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La Conner is famed for its impromptu parades, most notably during tulip season. Now volleyball season has followed suit. A large and festive crowd of parents, siblings, family, friends and volleyball enthusiasts gathered Saturday at Gilkey Square to celebrate the return from Yakima of the state champion La Conner High volleyball team, whose bus was led down Morris Street by a Hook & Ladder engine joined by a procession of private vehicles. After pausing at the Square to receive fervent cheers,...
The slow, and low, vote counts in Skagit County means several contested races cannot be called, primarily the two 10 District legislative positions. On the county level, Jackie Brunson is likely to be the County’s next treasurer, defeating Brad Whaley. Likewise, Sandy Perkin’s lead over Mike Urban for county auditor will almost certainly hold. Laura Riquelme is winning by 1,929 votes and seven percentage points over Rosemary Kaholokula for Skagit Superior Court Judge Position 2. Tom SeGuine has a substantial 4,730 vote lead over Cecily Haz...
The Kiwanis Club of La Conner would like to thank all of the volunteers who worked with us to make the annual Chowder by the Channel a success. To Jean Kolb, Gary Cline, Larry Moore, Ric Henderson and Larry McCormick thank you so much. To the Key Club members and to Jo’s Massage and Stompin’ Grounds and to the considerate custodial staff and other employees of the school and to anyone we have failed to mention here, thank you so much. Thanks also to the seven vendors who put in so much effort to present their chowders. And, of course, tha...
It is my belief the intention behind Thanksgiving Day goes well beyond the mere “thank you” or “thanks for the grub” that can be said in a passing moment. The meaning of the day becomes the memories we share and the gratitude we express for each other, whether we are with immediate family, friends or family found in community. Here is a story to share what I mean. It is Thanksgiving Day. We are sitting down to dinner. There is much chatter and shuffling of plates as we pass around the dishes of our feast. Before I hand the bread basket to my d...
The theme this week: “Paradise Lost.” The waves consuming parts of California have the character of fire. They are still out of control and totally destructive. Did Joni Mitchell’s song come to mind: “Don’t it always seem to go / That you don’t know what you’ve got / Till it’s gone / They paved paradise / And put up a parking lot”? Paradise, California has been leveled. People of every belief and value have been equally affected. Dozens are dead. After such a fire, one can see for miles and miles. There is certainly clarity. There is also utter...
Plastic straws are hollow and rigid and objects move through them. They are also a lot safer topic to write about than guns. This editorial on plastic straws is way overdue. It was conceived following the Town Council banning plastic bags in July. Then other seemingly more urgent topics took precedent. The elections are over, but gun murders continue. In the month since three people were murdered in Las Vegas on Oct. 14, there have been four mass shooting where at least three people were killed. The 11 deaths at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synago...
A Town Planning Commission Open House drew a full house Monday night. All chairs around the table, including a piano stool, were filled when the public was invited to peruse and discuss updates proposed to the Town’s Comprehensive Plan during a one-hour forum at the La Conner Civic Garden Club Building. More than two dozen people attended, both new and long-time residents and business owners among them. Residents received notice of the meeting in their October utility bills and the meeting w...
Seventy-five miles south of the Skagit Valley, at the Bellevue Art Museum, glass sculptor Steve Klein is delivering a powerful message. At BAM’s Biennial 2018, “GLASSTASTIC,” a new, juried exhibition showing the work of 40 Pacific Northwest artists, Klein’s work sits proudly amongst the multiple installations. Klein, an internationally recognized glass artist, is digging in his heels. He has taken on our moral failings and his narration is loud and clear: we have allowed the abundance and bea...
When it rains, it pours. It’s not just a phrase that describes local weather this time of year. It also aptly describes a recent flurry of activity related to key town of La Conner Public Works projects. A lot is happening all at once. Several major items on the Town checklist are being addressed simultaneously between now and Christmas. Topping that list is the water main replacement project on the west side of La Conner-Whitney Road between Young and McLean / Downey Roads. As of this week, SVR...
Close to 500 people, primarily area locals, opened the 34th Art’s Alive! show Friday night in Maple Hall at the annual reception. Lovers of the visual arts spent the weekend walking through the invitational and open shows at Maple Hall, walked up to the Skagit artists juried art show at the La Conner Civic Garden Club, wandered through the 12 galleries and businesses featuring area artists and listened to music at Maple Hall. New this year was the high school artists exhibit at the T...
