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  • Murder Mystery Dinner - A family night event at the La Conner Retirement Inn

    Michelle Havist|Jan 29, 2020

    Eighty-five residents and family members packed the dining room at the Retirement Inn for its second annual Murder Mystery Dinner. “Last year’s murder mystery dinner was so successful; we just had to do it again. It’s a lot of work but so much fun to put on – we love it,” Executive Director Christina James excitedly reported. James adapts the popular Murder Mystery Dinner game to fit into the Inn’s hour dinner time frame. The audience enjoyed a delicious chicken, potato and asparagus...

  • First Sunrise Food Bank fundraiser rocks

    Ken Stern & Michelle Havist|Jan 22, 2020

    Start your planning now for the second annual Sunrise Food Bank fundraiser in 2021. It will be a night of music & silent auction. And folks have a year to prepare, much more than the nine weeks the Food Bank board gave themselves last November. Michelle Havist, the still new director, feels confident they will net more than the $15,000 they raised Saturday at Maple Hall. The music was from the ‘60s for a crowd that averaged a higher age than that, but for the night were back in their twenties d...