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While muckraking is deeply rooted in journalism, it has branched out quite nicely into other fields as well. Horticulture, for one. That was the scoop shared last week by environmental engineer Tammy Thomas, who outlined findings from a local four-year compost field study during a briskly-paced 20-minute presentation before the La Conner Town Council, Mayor Ramon Hayes and other town officials. Thomas termed the use of compost in tree-cropping as “very promising” based on extensive trials conducted in the La Conner area. The La Conner Was...
One La Conner High diamond team didn’t use a scorebook Saturday. The other would just as soon not have. The end result was pretty much the same, however. Head coaches Peg Seeling and Jeremiah LeSourd now have the means to measure early season progress made by their respective clubs, regardless of stats. Seeling and the Lady Braves debuted at home with a multi-team jamboree format in which the emphasis was to practice game-type situations rather than put crooked numbers on the board. “We don...
Monday March 10 12:19 p.m.: Suspicious – Someone reported what they suspected to be a person waiting to conduct a drug transaction, 900 blockMaple Ave., La Conner. 2 p.m.: Theft – A small home-made boat trailer was taken from a shed onChannel Drive north of La Conner. Tuesday March 11 3:02 p.m.: Lost – Someone lost a wedding ring during a sports tournament at La Conner Middle School over the weekend. 6:35 p.m.: Lost & Located – A fellow reported to La Conner deputies that he’d lost his backpack a couple of weeks back. I...
Sixty years after graduation from La Conner High School, members of the Class of 1954 are still doing their homework. And the topic of interest is history. Specifically, local history. That’s because these La Conner alums were born the same year — 1936 — that the recently vacated La Conner Elementary School building was constructed, a project made possible in great measure by the Works Progress Administration. The WPA was the largest and most ambitious of President Franklin D. R...
