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Longtime La Conner resident Kathryn Nadine Reinstra died at age 82 on Wednesday, February 10. Nadine was born May 19, 1933 in Tecumseh, Nebraska to Sylvan and Mildred McCoy. She moved to Washington when she was about 10 years old. Her mom married Tom Potter in 1946; Mildred and Tom owned and ran the Waterfront Café in La Conner. Nadine graduated from La Conner High School in 1951. While in high school she met the love of her life, Joe Reinstra of Oak Harbor. They were married July 14,...
Monday Feb 15 7:38 p.m.: Crunch time – A 39-year-oldOakHarbor man was traveling west onFir Island Road nearConway when he drove across the center line, causing a collision with a vehicle driven by a 54-year-oldBellevue man. Nobody was hurt, but there was property damage. 7:52 p.m.: Bad eyesight – Someone called in to report a car that slid off the road nearMcLean and Best roads. When the deputy arrived, he found it was a vehicle that was just parked at the roadside. Tuesday Feb 16 3:59 a.m.: Waking neighbors – There were peopl...
After a miserable year marked by fallout from a federal appellate court’s Great Wolf Lodge decision and failed levies, La Conner School District Superintendent Tim Bruce and district board President Rick Thompson announced their resignations on Monday. Supt. Bruce, who will continue to serve until his contract expires on June 30, said he has accepted another position, though he said he is not ready to announce which district recruited him. Bruce, who holds a Ph.D., is in a field where there i...
With two levies totaling close to $1.5 million rejected by voters this month, La Conner School District has shaved a half million and half the time off its request and will put it up for election again, the school board decided on Monday. In a special election set for April 26, voters in the La Conner School District will decide on a proposed one-year levy of $995,000, which is estimated to account for $2.08 per $1,000 of assessed valuation on property tax bills. Should this proposed levy pass, taxpayers in the La Conner district would be...
Swinomish Police caught the suspect who was wanted in the stabbing death of a 21-year-old Auburn man. After allegedly stabbing Jaseree Fountain numerous times last Thursday, Auburn Police sent out a bulletin to be on the lookout for the murder suspect, Fritz Ratcliffe, who was thought to be en route to Oak Harbor. Swinomish Officer John Riddle was staged at the Swinomish Chevron station on Highway 20, when dispatch notified officers in the area that the suspect was driving a silver Dodge Charger and possibly en route to Oak Harbor. “Officer J...
What appeared to be a derelict boat sank at a tribal dock on the Swinomish Channel last week. According to Swinomish Environmental Compliance Manager Scott Andrews, although there was fuel aboard the vessel, there was not a significant amount released into the water. “There was only a slight sheen on the water,” he said. “Not enough to bring the oil booms out.” When the boat was recovered, 130 gallons of diesel fuel was pumped from fuel tanks aboard the 34-foot tribal fisher. The sinking was reported at 10 a.m. last Wednesday when somebod...
