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This year the La Conner Rotary Club is bringing back an old favorite – the Santa Breakfast. Add a craft fair the same day and selfie photo opportunities at the boardwalk gazebo, and you have a formula for fun. The ever-popular Santa Breakfast will be held 8:30-11a.m. Dec. 4 at Maple Hall. Come join us for eggs, sausage and pancakes. Santa will be there for photos with families and/or pets. We will help you take photos of your loved ones using your own cell phone, no waiting for us to send you finished prints. Our thanks in advance to the...
It might have looked easy, but no effort was spared by the two-time defending state champion La Conner High School volleyball team in its quest to make a return trip to the 2B title tournament in Yakima this week. La Conner, a perfect 18-0 in regular season action – including non-league triumphs over teams from larger schools – secured its latest state tourney berth with a straight-sets win over NW2B rival Coupeville in district playoff action last Wednesday at Landy James Gym. “I’m proud of the girls and the work that the...
Seniority has its advantages. But once lost, starting over becomes the new normal. Such is the fate of the La Conner High School boys’ soccer team, which rode a strong senior class to a respectable 7-8 record and fifth place finish in a NW2B title chase that saw league leaders Providence Classical Christian and Orcas Island win 14 and 13 conference matches, respectively. Now, for next fall, Braves head coach Galen McKnight faces the daunting task of replacing a key core group of seniors, including Skagit County scoring leader Mason Wilson. W...
A La Conner alum who shares a famous name with a hero of the American Revolution is himself well known for tireless work over the past quarter-century on behalf of youths. John Hancock, a 1983 graduate of La Conner High School, was student body president and the Northwest B league boys’ basketball player of the year his senior year – and joined by his younger brother, Robert, in the Braves starting lineup. Today he leads by linking America’s students to real-world career options. “Pe...
The La Conner Parent Teacher Student Association would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the organizations that helped make the annual Halloween Parade and Trick-or-Treating possible. They include: the Town of La Conner, the Chamber of Commerce, the La Conner Fire Department, the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office detachment, the La Conner High School volunteers, La Conner United, community members and, especially, the generosity of local merchants. Without you, this highly anticipated event would not be possible. As we all know, C...
Anyone would love to have a dollar for every dig that La Conner High senior libero Rachel Cram has recorded during her four years with the school’s state championship volleyball program. Turns out, the Skagit Valley Hospital Foundation is in line for just such a payout. The unbeaten net team raised $1,200 for the foundation and breast cancer research as part of its annual Dig Pink-Senior Night match last Wednesday, coinciding with Cram notching her 1,200th career dig during a tense five-set n...
Making the jump from high school sports to college athletics is a long shot at best. Good thing, then, that Charles Baker of Swinomish is often at his best when taking long shots. Which is just what the 2021 La Conner High grad, who turned 19 over the Halloween weekend, is doing these days. Baker, who was a top perimeter scorer on the Braves basketball team, is now a freshman at Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, where he has earned a spot on the men’s hoops roster. Standing 5’-10” and p...
Some La Conner midgets have done big things this fall. The La Conner youth football midget team has advanced to the league championship clash with Friday Harbor at Anacortes High School this Saturday after blanking Lakewood 6-0 in semifinal action last weekend. Duron Cayou-Clark scored the game’s lone touchdown, propelling La Conner into the 1 p.m. Nov. 6 title contest. La Conner and Friday Harbor split their two-game regular season North Cascade Youth Football League series. Friday Harbor shut out La Conner 44-0 when the teams met on San Juan...
Honesty is always the best policy, though two others that figure prominently with La Conner school officials aren’t far behind. School board members have for the past year championed the crafting and adoption of a district equity policy and at their Oct. 25 hybrid monthly meeting also took initial steps toward beefing up an existing anti-bullying measure. “I am so ready!” board member Amanda Bourgeois exclaimed as the panel inched ever closer to approving the long-sought district equity guidelines. The board in recent months has held detai...
La Conner High volleyball opponents have been seeing – and feeling – nothing but blue this season. But tonight, pink will be added to the mix. The undefeated La Conner netters, who this fall have dropped just one set other than in weekend tournaments featuring teams from larger schools, host 1A Nooksack Valley in their annual Dig Pink-Senior Night match. First serve for the Oct. 27 event is set for 6:30 p.m. at Landy James Gym. Proceeds from the non-conference match go to the Skagit Valley Hospital Foundation to help support breast...
The two-time defending state 2B volleyball team brought its ‘A’ game to Burlington Saturday. La Conner High School, benefiting from superb serving, strong net play and crisp defense, won 11 of 12 sets in pool play and split two matches in the main bracket against teams from larger schools competing at the annual Burlington-Edison Invitational Tournament. La Conner defeated Lynden Christian 25-19, 25-17, 28-26, edged Washington High 25-20, 25-21, 16-25, swept North Kitsap 25-22, 25-12, 25-18 and prevailed over Meridian 25-22, 25-12, 25-18 in...
A La Conner civic leader helping shape the community’s future has also proved adept at bringing history to life. Susie Gardner Deyo, who chairs the La Conner School Board, revisited vivid chapters of her family legacy through a 10-minute video as part of the recent centennial celebration in Anacortes of the Ann Washington chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United S...
It is often said that if you want a job done, assign it to a busy person. In that case, the Skagit County Historical Society couldn’t have found a more qualified candidate to preside over its board of trustees. Local attorney Pat Paul, known for wearing many hats – including as food editor for the La Conner Weekly News – was elected earlier in October to chair the historical society’s governing panel, which administers policies designed to preserve Skagit County’s cultural heritage. She has been a trustee for two years. Paul, an Al...
Justine Benson set the pace for the La Conner High School volleyball team’s state title runs in 2018 and 2019. Now she is stepping up her game even further at the college level. “I think my overall game has improved significantly,” Benson, a 5’-9” freshman setter for Bellevue College told the Weekly News Thursday. “The pace is definitely a bit faster and more intense, but it has been the most rewarding process.” Benson has clearly kept pace, helping Bellevue race to five wins in its first six co...
Ellie Marble is a big hit with La Conner High volleyball fans. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is a huge fan, too. The WIAA selected Marble for Athlete of the Week honors based on her stellar play at the recent Capital City Invitational Tournament in Olympia. Marble helped La Conner place third among 17 tourney teams from all enrollment classifications. She compiled 119 digs and 109 kills, served at a 98 per cent clip and was 77 of 77 on serve receives. “Marble has been a...
The La Conner High School volleyball team swept three matches last week, two of them in conference play. The team, the two-time defending state 2B champion, followed up on its superb performance at a major non-league tournament in Olympia. It placed third among 17 larger school entries at the Capital City Invitational Tournament earlier this month. The Lady Braves, undefeated in 12 regular season contests, returned from Olympia to defeat 1A Lynden Christian and league foe Concrete at home and NW2B rival Friday Harbor on the road. The...
No lunch at The Fork at Skagit Bay. No summer patio service at the Calico Cupboard. One person filling parts orders at the Morris Street NAPA store. A dozen-plus openings on the La Conner School District website. These are among the local impacts of a national scenario that in July saw 10.1 million job openings and 9.5 million unemployed people. “That’s backwards,” said Scott Price of Edward Jones in La Conner. “Now we are at about 4.8 million unemployed, but there are still a lot of job openings out there, especially in the restaurant and ser...
The two-time defending state champion La Conner High School volleyball team took a break from NW2B play last week for matches against teams from larger enrollment schools. And the Lady Braves showed they clearly weren’t out of their league. The team, which had not lost a single set to open the 2021 campaign, defeated 4A Glacier Peak 3-1 in a key road test on Thursday, then placed third overall Saturday among 17 larger school entrants at the Capital City Invitational Tournament in Olympia. “It was so great for us to compete against larger sch...
Blue and white are the official colors of La Conner Schools – except two weeks ago, on Sept. 30, when orange shirts were worn instead. And, very likely, annually going forward. The change in garb was no mere fashion statement. It was intended to build public awareness of the atrocities and ensuing historical trauma linked to prior forced attendance and assimilation to white culture imposed upon Indigenous students at residential schools in the U.S. and Canada. The La Conner School Board, following an impassioned presentation last month...
The beat goes on – thankfully – for young Nani Luna after surgeons at Seattle Children’s Hospital successfully completed a lengthy procedure on the two-month-old baby’s aortic valve Sept. 29. Their timing couldn’t have been better. It was World Heart Day, which each year draws attention to heart illness and its range of associated issues. On that day doctors closed baby Nani’s chest, about 48 hours after she had undergone the Ross Procedure to replace her aortic valve, the main outflow valve between the heart and the body. Other sur...
Faye Martin, who grew up in La Conner, WA, died at age 66 on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in Port Angeles, Washington at the Olympic Medical Center. She died peacefully while being treated for Covid-Pneumonia. Though vaccinated, Faye’s immune system was too compromised. Faye Ellen Martin was born in Seattle, on August 11, 1955. The family moved to La Conner in 1956. She attended La Conner Grade School and La Conner High School, graduating in 1973. She then attended Skagit Valley College and r...
For the La Conner High School boys’ soccer program, wins over league power Mount Vernon Christian have come about as often as the U.S. Census in recent seasons. Which means La Conner’s 4-1 win via penalty kicks at MVC Friday counts for a lot. “This was a huge win for us, beating Mount Vernon Christian for the first time in 10 years,” Braves head coach Galen McKnight told the Weekly News afterwards. “Some of the boys have been playing for five years – since eighth grade – and it really meant a lot to them.” La Conner’s Christian Fix...
It’s true that practice makes perfect. But the La Conner High School volleyball team remained perfect last week without any practice. After having had several playing dates shelved earlier due to COVID-19 infections, the two-time defending state champions were faced with a heavy makeup schedule featuring four league matches in as many days. The Lady Braves (6-0) won each in straight sets, completing a Monday through Thursday sweep of NW2B foes Concrete, Orcas Island, Friday Harbor and Mount Vernon Christian. Ellie Marble dominated the net at M...
All football players are faced with adversity at one time or another and in many cases the most difficult challenges come after their playing careers are over. That was the message delivered to the La Conner High School football team last week by someone who has tackled big tests on and off the field. Former NFL defensive end and linebacker Joe Tafoya, a member of the Seattle Seahawks’ 2006 Super Bowl team, has since gone on to become a successful entrepreneur. He met with La Conner players to offer them encouragement as they struggle through a...
Two weeks after approving a new labor contract with the La Conner Education Association, La Conner School District board members rolled up their sleeves and got to work on several key tasks marking the start of the 2021-22 academic year. The first of those at their Sept. 27 meeting was to unanimously approve a proclamation designating Sept. 30 as Orange Shirt-Residential School Awareness Day during their 90-minute hybrid public session. The board action followed a presentation by district...