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State Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, came to Channel Cove, the Home Trust of Skagit La Conner neigbhorhood, June 27 with a load of questions. She was answered by the Trust’s Executive Director, Jodi Monroe Also around the picnic table in the complex’s court yard participating were Trust board members Kent Haberly and Becki Bell and residents Bob Abrams, Gerald Johnson and Gary Hackley, all veterans. They were joined by La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes and Scott Thomas, town administrator.

Smith told the group that the state legislature provided $180 million “across a continuum of care,” wo...