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The past few years haven’t been easy for Sally Wilbur and her son, 13-year-old Daniel Rapada—but the boy plans to “walk” in his eighth grade graduation in June. Daniel was in the sixth grade when he was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia, a condition that has left him fighting for his life. “He’s a survivor. Everyone refers to him as ‘our little warrior’ because he’s gone through so much in two years,” his mom said. Severe aplastic anemia is a rare bone marrow disease that leaves a per...
La Conner area residents are no strangers to the notion of a tax shift. Many homeowners have seen punishing increases in their property tax bills in the aftermath of tribal lawyer and state bureaucrat rule-crafting following the so-called Great Wolf Lodge federal appellate court decision. Now property owners in the rest of the state could start to feel the same kind of tax sting. An October ruling by the state Supreme Court, the “Hirst Decision” on a case originating in Whatcom County essentially requires the state’s 39 counties to prove water...
The Galleria project on First Street has survived what could be its final challenge from local residents who were opposing it since last summer. Mike Girdner, the businessman who owns the old Lighthouse Inn restaurant building says he’s happy he can start his project moving again. Girdner purchased the old Lighthouse Inn property on First Street two years ago after it had been sitting mostly vacant since the bank took it back in 2010. Before he began renovating it, the property was deteriorating and turning into a real eyesore on the t...
La Conner High track teams ran with the big dogs last week. The Braves, in fact, nearly matched the Mount Vernon High Bulldogs stride-for-stride in their half of the annual Clash of the Conferences Meet at Whittaker Field on Friday. The 4A Bulldogs nipped La Conner 80-76 for fourth place in the boys’ team standings. Burlington-Edison placed first with a 134.5 total. On the girls’ side, La Conner edged 2A Sedro-Woolley 94-89.5 for fourth place honors. Stanwood compiled 141 points to win the tea...
Monday, March 27 11:15 a.m.: Road rage – Police were called after a driver was involved in a dispute over parking on Morris Street, La Conner. 12:22 p.m.: Ditching school – A student left the Conway Elementary school premises, but was promptly found and returned. 4 p.m.: Vandalism – Vandals damaged the air and cleaning station at the La Conner Whitney Shell Road gas station and stole quarters. Wednesday March 29 12:58 p.m.: Scam alert – A phone scam was reported by a caller at the Harbor Villa apartments on State...
Now that the two-year school levy has passed and emotions have calmed, it is a good time to reflect on our predicament. It seemed I could not go anywhere without being instructed to “Be Brave!” Forcing only one third of our district’s citizens to foot the bill for top-heavy levy and bond measures brings many words to mind. Sadly, bravery is not one of them. If we really want to be brave, we must change how we fund our district and spend our education dollars. Our situation continues to be unsustainable even after the levy success. Recent histo...
