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Dear Editor: Your March 13 editorial denies political bias in publishing a biweekly column by state Reps. Lekanoff and Paul, saying this was done “not to promote their views but to update citizens on their legislators’ activities and thinking.” I always hope that legislators’ “views” arise from their “thinking” so I find this distinction confusing. And surely every newspaper editor knows there can be a difference between a politician’s activities and what the politician most wants to tell you about them. More basically, Rep. Lekanoff is not o...
Math Night at La Conner Schools was sum-thing special. Sixth graders through high school seniors showed their “mathological sides” – which often and fittingly took the shapes of triangles and rectangles – during a first-ever local prime time celebration of numbers and variables at the La Conner Middle School gymnasium Tuesday night. “The thing I loved about it,” said La Conner Middle and High School Principal Todd Torgeson, “is the students got to take the math they’ve learned in...
Ryan Booth will soon have the rare opportunity to both study and make history at the same time. This after the La Conner High alum, now a doctoral candidate at Washington State University, was selected earlier this month for a prestigious J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Award. Booth has been approved by the Fulbright Board to research comparisons between U.S. Native American soldiers and Indian auxiliaries of the British Raj from the mid-19th century to the onset of World War II. Booth,...
IF IT’S MARCH, DAFFODILS ARE HARVESTED – Friday was the fi rst day Jose Partida’s 81 person crew was cutting stems in the Washington Bulb Company’s (RoozenGaarde)’s 35 acre fi eld on McLean and La Conner Whitney Road. Harvesting has started as early as Feb. 15. – Photo by Ken Stern...
Much has happened in La Conner over the past dozen years, from completion of the popular waterfront boardwalk to a series of major street and infrastructure upgrades to creation of new public recreation and park areas. Yet more remains on the drawing board. Which is why three-term Mayor Ramon Hayes, a trained classical pianist who has been conductor of the Town of La Conner’s Council for those aforementioned projects, is seeking re-election. “I’m very pleased with what all of us over the past...
The Navy will bring 36 EA- 18G Growler aircraft to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, it announced March 14. It published its record of decision, committing to following the preferred alternative identified in the Environmental Impact Statement without any changes. The Navy has not addressed mitigating noise and potential harm to historic properties to the satisfaction of many local, state and federal organizations seeking changes to the EIS, including the American Council for Historic Preservation. Carrier landing practice to Outlying Field...
La Conner students attended their classes last Friday. That’s not news. Better had they made news by taking to the streets and demanding their elders make news by seriously acting on the dire condition our planet is in. Maybe next time La Conner students will be a part of pushing adults past talking to taking significant action on climate change. Students in 125 countries and 1,000 locations, including Bellingham, Friday Harbor and, of course, Seattle, did march last Friday. They are following the lead of 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who has bee...
The Skagit County elections office will get additional funds from the commissioners, more fully supporting the operations for the time and training needed to prepare what is predicted to be a high voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election. At their meeting next week commissioners will approve funding for an additional staff person, a scanner and expanding office space, said Ron Wesen, district 1 commissioner. While the elections office request was not included in the 2019 budget passed in December, Wesen said the commissioners “said we w...
Just a couple weeks after moving clocks forward an hour, folks at the Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner are poised to set in motion the long path to 2069. Reversing the process that unfolded in December, when a time capsule embedded at the museum since 1969 was opened amid much fanfare, the same metal box will be refilled with contemporary items and stored away March 28 for another 50 years. The public can see future history in the making that night during a special time capsule reception event at the museum. The fun starts at 6...
Far from the hustle and bustle of the big city, our La Conner seniors are finalizing their post-graduation plans. While acceptance letters and emails have been delivered, families still await confirmation of financial aid before they will be able to make final decisions. Ninety percent of our 39 graduates will continue into programs at tech schools, community colleges and universities. Jobs, apprenticeships and the military are choices for their classmates. Recent stories highlighting the extraordinary measures some parents go to in order to se...
