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Former Shelter Bay resident Virginia Hendrickson Osman died following a short illness on Sunday, January 10 at the age of 94. Born in Puyallup in 1921, Virginia and her husband, Steig B. Osman lived in Shelter Bay for many years. After Steig’s death, Virginia moved to Vermont in 2010 to be near her daughter, Cathy. She was surrounded by family in her last days and will be sorely missed....
Lack of depth didn’t keep La Conner High wrestlers from reaching lofty heights in Sultan on Saturday. Two-thirds of La Conner grapplers entered at the elite Sky Valley Invitational Tournament, which drew top wrestling programs — both large and small — from around Puget Sound, returned home with bronze medals. Of course, by two-thirds, we quite literally mean two of three. “We only took three wrestlers down there,” said Braves head coach Barry Harper, “but they all did really well.” Especially Sam Smith and Elijah Adams. Both plac...
Monday Jan 5 1:26 p.m.: Computer issue – An 87-year old La Conner man loaned a computer to an acquaintance and it was not returned. The man got it back before the deputies contacted the “borrower.” Thursday Jan 7 7:40 a.m.: Arrest – A 28-year-old man was arrested onMorris Street in La Conner and went to jail on an outstanding warrant for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Friday Jan 8 5:27 p.m.: Just checking – A 38-year-old La Conner man called to ask about a court order that he believed was to be served on him...
About 50 people gathered at Maple Hall last week to hear La Conner Schools officials make the case for passing two levies totaling nearly $1.5 million in next month’s election. School officials have scheduled another meeting for today at 7 p.m. at the Shelter Bay clubhouse. Most of the voters in Shelter Bay live on land that cannot be taxed by the school district. But on the La Conner side of the Swinomish Channel, where voters still pay school taxes, several people stood up at last week’s mee...
On Tuesday La Conner’s Public Works crew was putting the finishing touches on the new pay station at the town’s public parking lot below Town Hall. The town has replaced the old, obsolete yellow clunker that had been sucking in currency and spitting out dollar coins and parking permits since 2003. A vandal beat the old one to death in November during an apparent attempt to break in and steal cash from its innards. The new model, which Public Works Director Brian Lease said will be ope...
La Conner resident Beatrice McLaskey died with her family nearby on Wednesday, December 23. Beatrice Ruth Christofersen Goodrich McLaskey, daughter of Christian missionaries Arthur and Julia Rau Christofersen, was born near Durban, South Africa in 1918. Raised at Ifafa Mission and homeschooled with her four siblings — June, Mabel, Howard and Arthur — Beatrice cherished her African heritage all of her life. Beatrice completed a degree in music at North Central College, near family,...
