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The Town Council gained $100,000 for the Town in less than an hour at its June 11 meeting: After months of negotiating, Council passed having Mayor Ramon Hayes sign an agreement with Crown Castle Cell Tower, a Texas-based company. The 42 year lease, with extensions, includes camouflaging the extension portion of the tower, annual rent increases, a percentage share of the subleases and the signing bonus. An agreement for terms of reimbursements between the Washington State Patrol and the La Conner Fire Department also passed unanimously. Hayes...
The Skagit Wildlife Area is home to many different types of birds, but also to a man who has studied them most of his life. Bob Hamblin, 80, has been officially birding for 37 years but recalls his first identifications at the age of seven. Now, Hamblin spends his time between his landscaping work during the week and birding on the weekends. Hamblin started professionally birding and photographing birds in 1982. The same year, he remade a three-person camera into one that he could carry and...
April attracts visitors to the Skagit Valley’s tulip fields. Tulip Town, on Bradshaw Road is ready. Although the cold weather in March had the potential to stunt growth, Jeannette DeGoede, co-owner of Tulip Town, said that recent rain has brought the tulips to the point of blooming. “Every day is a new day while farming,” DeGoede said. DeGoede manages Tulip Town with her husband, Anthony. While some of the fields are not yet in bloom, others show an impressive array of yellow, purple, pink,...
Skagit Valley citizens wanting the Mueller Report released to the public gathered on the steps of the County Courthouse in Mount Vernon on Thursday. Indivisible Skagit organized the rally. Signs included “We Paid for It” and “Let us read the damn report.” Sue Bloomfield organized the event. She wants U.S. Attorney General William Barr to release the unredacted report to Congress, the House Judiciary Committee and the public. Deb Hubenthal and her husband Graham came from south Conway to join th...
