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This year’s Pioneer Picnic honors, for the one-hundred-and-twelfth time, Skagit Valley predecessors who, by definition, plunged forward into an unknown future.

Their hard work, perseverance, faith, and yes, vision, told them that a better world for their children would be brought forth by their efforts. And so they took chances and relied on each other.

Discussion at the Picnic will probably include renovation of the Pleasant Ridge schoolhouse. That property’s purchase makes that project possible. It will take years, monies and hard work. We save the schoolhouse as much for our kids as...