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About 30 people, including several who are not school employees, were poring over the La Conner School District budget again last Wednesday. It was the second in a series of seven workshops for the public put together by school Finance Director Bonnie Haley, Superintendent Tim Bruce and senior administrator Peg Seeling, who will take the helm as interim superintendent in July. At the workshop, people on both the “yes” and “no” sides of the levy peacefully sat side by side, working to familiarize themselves with the school funding process...
Local Native American Tribes are set to receive portions of a nearly $1 billion settlement reached with the government in a class action lawsuit filed in 1990. The lawsuit was originally filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico by the Ramah Navajo Chapter because the government underpaid the tribes for administration of contracts for programs such as health and social services. The settlement amount was $940 million. After the attorneys shave off nearly $80 million of that amount, and another $5 million to $6 million goes to cover costs,...
Never has the payment kiosk at the La Conner town parking lot been so popular. Every afternoon this week, there have been visitors standing in line to use the new parking pay station that runs on debit and credit cards. “For some reason, people are just more than happy to slide their cards,” said Town Administrator John Doyle. For the first time in 13 years, the town increased the parking fee to $4 per day this year, but business has picked up. Last year, the fussy, old clunker of a meter that took cash yielded $3,548 during the three mon...
La Conner High split a twinbill at Orcas last week but won the game that mattered most. La Conner, behind a three-hit, route-going effort from starting pitcher Max Miller, blanked the hosts 4-0 in the opener of a league doubleheader in which only the results of the first game count in NW2B standings. Orcas came back to win the nightcap 6-2. The Braves on Thursday improved to 2-0 in league action with a second shutout victory, this time by a football-like final score of 29-0. The win at Orcas was indeed a gem. The two clubs were locked in a scor...
Casey at the bat faltered mightily in the famous Ernest Thayer poem. But, in a case of poetic justice for the La Conner High Lady Braves, it was Kahneesha Casey who delivered a big win from the pitcher’s circle in the team’s NW2B opener at Orcas last week. Casey struck out seven Orcas batters while scattering seven hits as La Conner forged a 10-7 triumph in the league game half of a Tuesday afternoon twinbill. Chloe Fullington ignited a La Conner attack that would post double digits three times last week. Fullington was a perfect fou...
Monday March 28 4:04 p.m.: Found wallet – Someone reported a wallet at a business onFirst Street in La Conner. The owner was contacted and the wallet was returned. Tuesday March 29 3:04 a.m.: Loud movin’ – A neighbor onMorris Street in La Conner called to report noise in the middle of the night. The noise was caused by a man moving things into a storage shed. He agreed to pick up where he left off during the day. Wednesday March 30 12:28 a.m.: Check in – Someone in La Conner called to gather information on a no-contact o...
