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Artist Robert McCauley’s exhibit “AMERICAN FICTION” will be shown at the Museum of Northwest Art this spring. McCauley, who announced he was cancelling the exhibit in a Jan. 9 e-mail letter distributed to “The MoNA Community,” said his “show was now scheduled as it was” following a phone call with museum Executive Director Christopher Shainin Monday, Jan 15. McCauley and Shainin sent this e-mail to the Weekly News Jan. 16: “We are in discussion about the exhibit ‘American Fiction’ to be scheduled at MoNA. We are excited about the possibili...
Above everything, Paul Bannick is a good storyteller. It’s a skill the noted naturalist and photographer has been honing since childhood. As a boy in Bellevue, Bannick loved exploring the fields and woods near his home. But when development began to overtake the wild spaces he enjoyed, Bannick was deeply moved by the loss of wildlife and diversity of animals in his neighborhood. He witnessed firsthand how development was impacting the place he called home. It triggered a desire in him to tell o...
FARMING GOES ON YEAR-ROUND AROUND HERE – Workers feed Brussels sprout stalks into a hungry mobile Tumoba 4 row sprout harvester, one of two machines seen working in fields along La Conner Whitney Road just North of town. The Tumoba sprout harvester can also be seen operating up close on YouTube. – Photo by Don Coyote...
History was among the subjects children of Pleasant Ridge pioneer families studied at their two-room schoolhouse east of La Conner. Now it’s hoped the building itself can help teach and preserve local history going forward. Initial plans are afoot to restore the iconic Pleasant Ridge School, which was built in 1891 and welcomed students until 1929, when its closure was hastened by area school consolidation and development of bus routes. The old school, a house, and adjoining two acres of land w...
Washingtonians love art. Not just folks from the Skagit Valley or Bellingham and not just paintings capturing mystic light. It is too late now if you have not seen the Andrew Wyeth retrospective that closed Monday at the Seattle Art Museum. Celebrating his 100th birthday – he was born the same date as Henry Thoreau – the 110 paintings and drawings being displayed were crowded with people circling around them as if they were rock stars. These were mostly locals on this January, Friday morning low-tourist-season day. I was amazed and...
The lead articles and photo in last week’s paper came from interns in Olympia employed by the Washington Publishers Newspapers Association. Throughout the 60-day state legislative session, articles from these journalism students will continue to appear. Their trainer and editor is Sandy Stokes, this paper’s former co-owner. The Weekly News is a member of WNPA. Part of its dues, along with the other member newspapers, support the next generation of journalists. Support also came from Nell Thorn, the Country Inn, The Planter Hotel, the La Con...
Since my resignation is noted in the Jan 3 article about MoNA, I feel that I must respond. I will primarily address my situation. But, I know that my feelings are shared. We have been residents of La Conner for 11 years. My wife and I have both volunteered at MoNA since we moved here. I have hosted the docents as well as many other volunteer and charitable groups at my studio. I have contributed financially and with my work to MoNA since we moved to La Conner. We care deeply for this community and MoNA, My resignation was not because I...
Dear Mr. Stern, As one of the six trustees who recently resigned from the MoNA board, I would appreciate the opportunity to set the record straight in reference to your article in the Janaury 3rd edition. My resignation was a direct result of “no confidence” in the leadership of the museum by both its director and president. Their lack of required financial transparency, combined with issues with staff, made it impossible for me to stay quiet and watch the train derail. MoNA is a jewel of our community and deserves a sea change in lea...
I was present at the capitol on Monday [Jan 8] and saw the tee-pees, the individuals dressed in orca suits, as well as the aging hippies singing 60’s protest songs. It was a clown show. However, the chanting during the swearing-in ceremony in the Senate was downright rude. Gary Hagland...
A love affair has ended with the passing of Donald Moore. He leaves behind his beloved Jane in Sandy, UT. Theirs was a storybook beginning: He, a pilot and officer with the RCAF – she, working for a congressman in Washington, D.C. They met and sparks flew and they were wed, never to be apart .... and after the glam and the parties in D. C., they, at some point, settled on the Northwest for a landing spot and picked a small community called Shelter Bay. When they arrived, they determined to work as they could to enrich all activities,...
Patty Detzer, 68, passed away on January 8 surrounded by her 3 kids, at home in Seattle. She was born March 11, 1949. A trail blazer, a pioneer, and a firecracker Patty was born in NYC New York, the rebellious daughter of Mildred and Arthur. She was an Art and Ceramics major at San Fransisco Art Institute and later at the University of Washington, with influences from the work of Frida, Diane Arbus, and Patti Smith. Skagit Valley, Patty’s community, has greatly benefited from her loving, and generous hard work teaching and creating many b... Full story
An already short-handed Public Works Department was literally swamped last week when an aging Town water line on La Conner-Whitney Road north of Peth’s Corner ruptured in three places Jan. 8 and 9, leaving the area temporarily without service. The five-member work crew, including department head Brian Lease, toiled overtime between McLean and Young Roads to fix the leaks and restore water to affected homes. But more work remains to be done. The Town and a private contractor are tentatively s...
Robert A. “Bob” Westlake, 93, of La Conner, WA passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, Jan. 03, 2018, at Home Place Memory Care in Burlington, WA. Bob was born on June 12, 1924 in Kansas City, MO, the son of J.A. Westlake and Maude R. Westlake. After high school graduation Bob enlisted in the Army Air Corp, flying as a Navigator/ Bombardier in B-25’s through-out the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. Returning home from the war Bob earned his degree in Mechanical Engineer-ing from the University of Washington. In 1948 he married Patri... Full story
Add one more to this year’s Birds of Winter list. The pink flamingo. Or, in the case of Todd and Katie Wigal of Shelter Bay, make that pink flamingos. The local couple awoke Sunday morning to find a flock of 100 pink flamingos gracing their front yard. Gracing might not be the right word. But, as with snow geese and trumpeter swans, they were certainly eye-catching. The mass migration of colorful plastic birds to Shelter Bay isn’t linked to global warming, habitat loss or any other sci...
