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The La Conner School Board on Monday adopted a resolution to cut the equivalent of 2.7 full-time certificated positions to save a total of $330,000. At the same time, the district must fill the equivalent of 3.363 full-time teaching positions which have come open due to resignations and retirements. Thus, a teacher whose job is being eliminated at the high school can apply for one of the positions open at the elementary school, said the district’s Business Manager Bonnie Haley. Certificated positions being cut include the administrative post pr...
Local drivers should avoid Highway 20 this weekend, and boaters should steer clear of Padilla and Fidalgo bays, as county officials are expecting long delays and congestion with thousands of protestors expected to converge on March’s Point. “Break Free PNW” has organized a three-day event centered on the refineries on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Besides the protest against fossil fuels by a gazillion kayakers, other groups are expected to join in. On Saturday the official protest schedule includes an Indigenous Day of Action, aimed at prote...
An advertising campaign overseen by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community has prompted lawmakers to ask for a federal investigation into possible misuse of taxpayer money, the agricultural newspaper “Capital Press” has reported. The “What’s Upstream” advertising campaign calls on state lawmakers to require 100-foot buffers between salmon streams and farmland. According to Capital Press, the campaign was commissioned by Swinomish with money funneled to the tribe from the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, which had received a grant of...
William H. De Silva of La Conner died at age 102 on Wednesday, April 20. He was born in a hospital in 1914 in New York City, the first of five boys born to William Smith De Silva and Ada Harter De Silva. He saw more than 100 years of American history unfold before his eyes. William remembered World War I soldiers coming home and served in the World War II National Guard Signal Corps. He began his employment with Prudential Insurance Company in Newark when he was 15 years old. He married Rita M. MacArthur of Newark, New Jersey and in 1947... Full story
Monday May 2 5:18 p.m.: Hat drop – A 20-year-old man was confronted as he tried to walk out of Pioneer Market in La Conner with a hat he didn’t pay for. He left the hat. Tuesday May 3 12:39 p.m.: Booze snooze – A 58-year-old man was sleeping on a bench near the public restrooms onMorris Street. Deputies gave him a ride home. 1:50 p.m.: Oops! – A 17-year-old boy lost control of his vehicle and ran offLa Conner Whitney Road north of La Conner and hit a gas meter at a home. 3:03 p.m. Tipsy rider – Someone was concerned t...
