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Citizens re-elected MaryLee Chamberlain, John Leaver and Bill Stokes to the La Conner Town Council Nov. 7. Chamberlain topped the vote count with 226. Fire District 13 Commissioners Bruce Shellhamer and Larry Kibbee, also unopposed, won election, Shellhamer for the first time. Similarly, Doug Peterson won his first race, unopposed, as a commissioner for Fire District 12. Michael Madlung won, again unopposed, in Fire District 2 as did Steven Omdal for Port of Skagit Commissioner 2. Jon Petrich will be District 2’s commissioner for the Port of A...
Many who grew up here know the story of World War II hero John K. Bob. Just not the whole story. The full extent of Bob’s bravery came to light Thursday, the result of family reminiscences and exhaustive research conducted over the past decade by Swinomish Records Manager and Tribal Archivist Theresa Trebon. Bob was the subject of a special Veteran’s Day assembly at Landy James Gym, a program highlighted by the posthumous presentation of his Class of 1943 La Conner High diploma. The salute to Bob’s memory included a video, photo display, and e...
The topic of former Fishtown artists, and their discussing “living off the grid,” both then and now, brought a crowd of over 60 people to the Skagit County Historical Museum Nov. 11. Artists and audience filled the room that the featured exhibit, “In the Valley of Mystic Light,” occupies. Claire Swedberg, whose newly published book of the same name inspired the exhibit, moderated a panel consisting of Ralph Aeschliman, Bo Miller, Allen Moe and Thomas Wood. In her introduction, Swedberg noted the all-male representation, saying “art was not a...
Spend quality time with a poet at the Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop at the Museum of Northwest Art Nov 18. It starts at 1 p.m. Washington state poet laureate Tod Marshall is the instructor. There is a fee. Ekphrastic poetry narrates or reflects on a work of visual art, expanding on it through the written word. MoNA’s current exhibits are the starting point. Marshall will guide participants to develop their own poetic responses. At 6 p.m. Marshall will be in Maple Hall to share a reading of his anthology “WA 129.” The featured lineup inclu...
