COAL HAS FUELED OUR PAST – Well over 200 people flowed into the Museum of Northwest Art last weekend for the exhibit “Surge 2018.” Speaking to 76 people at the opening were Dr. Jon Riedel, National Park Service, and Roger Fuller, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, describing changes in estuaries, flood risk, glaciers and sea...
MAKING A TOOL ON THE FARM – Farmers still make things as well as grow crops and raise livestock. Adair Orr, blacksmith, was celebrating his art for an attentive audience at Gordon Skagit Farms Saturday, part of this year’s Festival of Family Farms. – Photo by Ken Stern
Joining with the League of Women Voters of Skagit County and the Skagit County Dispute Resolution Center, the Oct. 6 culminating day of the 2018 Civil Discourse series was made possible by support from Skagit County Board of Commissioners, EDASC Foundation and Skagit Publishing.Led by independent dispute resolution professional Mary Dumas the fifty-person...
In the longest Town Council meeting in at least a couple of years, democracy was both patient and in action Sept. 25. Mayor Ramon Hayes laid out a firmer 2019 budget that included significant reductions in hotel-motel tax grants. The Town will use $40,000 from that fund to repair the Maple Hall elevator, estimated at $155,000. Funds are also budgeted for shoreline restoration at the waterfront park. The La Conner Chamber of Commerce’s allocation was reduced to $43,000 from 2017’s $74,000. By the meeting’s end, $17,000 was restored. Wednesday, October 10, 2018
