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The old Palmer’s restaurant building was bustling with activity on Friday, with about 60 people filming a television commercial for the Washington State Health Plan Finder. Locals hadn’t been expecting to see the restaurant full. The building fell out of escrow recently when the buyer backed out, citing uncertainty over state shoreline lease rates. But on Friday, two actors dressed like blinged-out gangsters — one sporting gold chains and the other a tattoo in the shape of the state of...
Monday Jan 27 3:27 p.m.: Crunch time – Fender bender in the parking lot at La Conner Elementary School. The drivers swapped information. Tuesday Jan 28 2:39 p.m.: Fraud – A La Conner resident checking her credit history found that someone had fraudulently opened a line of credit in her name and had made charges inFlorida on one of her accounts. 3:31 p.m.: Forgery – A business inConway took in a counterfeit $10 bill. The customer apparently had been carrying it around for sometime and couldn’t shed light on where it o...
Upset-mindedFridayHarborwas looking to steal a game at La Conner last week. It wasn't happening. Not with the Lady Braves having already planned an inside job of their own. Lauren Reynolds and Anna Cook scored 17 points apiece – with most of their damage coming in the paint – as La Conner cruised to a 46-30 home conference win Friday night at Landy James Gym. With the win, La Conner improved to 14-4 overall.FridayHarborfell to 6-12. The Lady Braves had won the two teams' earlier meeting, a 47-28 decision at Port Townsend in...
The Northwest 1A/2B hoop title was literally on the line for La Conner High Friday night. And that's where the Braves might've let this year's league crown slip away. On the line. The foul line, that is. La Conner suffered through a woeful 11-for-23 night at the foul stripe while dropping a heartbreaking 41-40 decision toFridayHarborat Landy James Gym. Both clubs entered the eagerly anticipated match with identical 4-0 conference marks. But it was the Wolverines who remained atop league...
Ashlyn Reinstra often carried the team as a La Conner High soccer standout. Now she has an even bigger team standing behind her. Ashlyn, a former co-League Player of the Year who recently completed her freshman season at Skagit Valley College, is now in a high-stakes match not of her choosing. She’s battling leukemia. But Ashlyn, daughter of Aaron and Jaime Reinstra, isn’t facing her foe alone. Far from it. The La Conner community and countless others from far and wide have rallied to her sid...
