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Scott Thomas’s first official day of work was Jan. 2, but he took time from moving into his third-floor office in Town Hall to speak with the Weekly News last week. Thomas, 58, was chosen by Mayor Ramon Hayes to be La Conner’s administrator and attorney in November. Thomas says “La Conner feels somewhat comfortable. In a lot of respects, it’s like coming home.” He grew up in Nebraska and reflected that his mother’s hometown held 300 to 400 people and his father’s town was less than 30. He’s...
Local Emergency First Responders may not be able to respond to your area for up to 72 hours after a disaster, such as fire, earthquake, or tsunami. Register now for CERT – Skagit County’s Community Emergency Response Team. Join your friends and neighbors at the Shelter Bay Club House Jan. 9 for six weeks of training. Classes will cover Fire, Safety, Organization, Medical and Search and Rescue Operations. Register by Email: [email protected] or call Rick Wallace at 360-202-3106. More information is at www.skagitcou...
Bird watchers from around the world will be flocking to La Conner for the first La Conner Birding Showcase at Maple Hall Jan. 27-28. That’s the hope of Heather Carter, executive director of La Conner’s chamber of commerce. She has scheduled award-winning author and wildlife photographer Paul Bannick as Saturday’s keynote speaker. Martha Jordan will discuss “Swans of Winter” Sunday afternoon. The executive director of the Northwest Swan Conservation Association, Jordan started studying snow gees...
Krista Sunday asks for a little love for Morris Street and offers a litany of benign neglect. Sounds like Morris Street could use a lot of love. Love starts with listening, with attention to the other. And love is self-generated. Self-love starts with believing in, advocating for and championing the self. Morris Street merchants, believing in themselves and their cause, will do well to consider that time honored American tradition of organizing. They don’t need to march with pitchforks to Town Hall, but they do need a plan. I have some i...
A new year doesn’t have to bring new things. La Conner did see significant intuitional changes in 2017, first with an overwhelming passage of a school levy and Whitney Meissner’s hiring as school superintendent and then John Doyle’s retirement and Mayor Ramon Hayes tapping Scott Thomas as town administrator and attorney. Meissner and Thomas will, hopefully, be administering their respective ships of state for years, even decades. They are just getting started. Change sometimes come as a surprise. Last January would Meissner and Thomas have been...
In my 11th year as mayor I can honestly say that I am a much different person than when I started. Thank you for the opportunity to represent you throughout the county, state and national levels. As we enter 2018, La Conner has so much of which to be thankful. We live in one of the most beautiful communities in the country and are blessed to have an eclectic group of neighbors and friends that create a dynamic and wonderful atmosphere. Over the past decade the town has been focused on projects. Of course, the most visible project has been the...
DID YOU HEAR HOWLING? – The Wolf Moon between January 1 and 2 was a Supermoon. It will fade away and be covered by cloudy skies this weekend. January has a second full moon, on the 31. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Since mid-November there have been several staff resignations and lay-offs at the Museum of Northwest Art. Six board members resigned as a group after Development Director Liz Theaker’s sudden resignation following a November board finance committee meeting. In mid-December Northwest Legacies Project Curator Kathleen Moles resigned and Communications Director Justine Thayer was laid off. Board members who resigned are Bruce Bradburn, C.J. Ebert, Betsy Humphrey, Steve Klein, Gretchen McCauley and Meghan Dunlap Rice. Theaker’s and the board mem...
