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This is the Grand Chicken Parade in downtown Edison, a really fun part of the community's annual Bird Festival held last weekend. Xica Pederson of Samish Island, with hens in tow, carries 4-month-old Finn, while big brother Ian, 2, powers a parade float. -Photo by Don Coyote...
On what appeared to be a unanimous vote, the four La Conner Town Councilmen on Tuesday appointed Marylee Chamberlain to fill the vacancy on their five-member panel. Troy Allen, who was elected in November, did not take office in January because he moved out of town for a job inOregon. Chamberlain has been a member of the town’s Planning Commission for four years, a volunteer position that has given her knowledge of town codes, land use and development issues, she said. The Planning Commission is...
Chester Cayou, Jr. and Brian Wilbur were each re-elected to five-year terms on the 11-member Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Senate. In an election held Sunday, Cayou garnered 135 votes, with his challenger, La Conner School Board President Janie Beasley, coming in a close second with 118. Wilbur, who was challenged by Theodore Edge, Sr., won re-election to his position 183 to 71. Shelly Roberts, executive assistant with the tribal government, said the Swinomish Senate consists of 11 members, whose terms are staggered so that elections are...
Thursday was filled with crowning achievements for the La Conner High girls’ basketball team. Sharing center stage with the University of Washington’s pep band, the Lady Braves also struck a chord with those gathered at Landy James Gym for special Senior Night festivities. La Conner fashioned a convincing 60-20 triumph over Concrete, a rout that clinched co-league championship honors for the Lady Braves. With the win, they also locked down a favorable seed and home court venue for this Fri...
Concrete was solid, but La Conner High chipped away just enough Thursday so that the visitors crumbled in the end. The Braves, playing before a large and supportive Senior Night crowd, held on for a surprisingly tough 57-48 league victory in their regular season finale at Landy James Gym. It was anything but a smooth triumph — nothing like La Conner’s 79-29 steamroller win at the two teams’ earlier meeting at Concrete. Still, the Braves avoided an upset loss that would’ve repre...
Evening has been looking like this in La Conner lately, as winter loosens its grip and our days get longer. -Photo by Don CoyoteEvening has been looking like this in La Conner lately, as winter loosens its grip and our days get longer. -Photo by Don Coyote...
Longtime La Conner resident Merle Dean Flood, “Dean” to everyone who knew him, died on Thursday, February 6 at the age of 66. Dean was born in Barron, Wisconsin on December 12, 1947 to Merle C. Flood and Allene S. Flood. He attended Stout State University of Wisconsin, where he graduated with a degree in Fine Arts. After college, Dean traveled around the United States, visiting various cities. During his travels, he arrived in beautiful La Conner and decided to call the town home. Dean fell in love with the beauty of the Skagit Valley, he enj... Full story
La Conner alumnus Wayne Lindstrom of Mount Vernon died at age 89 on Sunday, February 9. He was born October 1, 1924 in Northwood, North Dakota to Wendell and Mathea Lundgaard Lindstrom. At an early age, Wayne moved with his family to La Conner, where he grew up and graduated from La Conner High School. Wayne enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and earned an officer’s commission in 1944. On December 19, 1944, he married his high school sweetheart, and love of his life, Birgit Larson. He proudly s... Full story
Monday Feb 3 4:17 p.m.: Alarm – An alarm went off in a home onChannel Drive north of La Conner. The deputy contacted the homeowner and everything was fine. Wednesday Feb 5 9:08 a.m.: Alarm – An alarm went off at the Post Office inConway. There were no problems. Thursday Feb 6 5:19 p.m.: AWOL pooch – A canine resident ofState Street in La Conner went missing, but was located. 8:05 p.m.: Death – A resident ofSouth Fourth Street in La Conner who had been in hospice care passed away. Friday Feb 7 9:18 a.m.: Fraud – La...
