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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife found no evidence of a cougar at or around George Dill’s polo horse farm on Oct. 31. The only paw prints employees Chad Deyo and Clint Lucci observed during a two hour trek at the farm were “large dog tracks,” a domestic dog, said Sargent Shawnn Vincent in a phone call. “No more reports of tracks or sitings in the area” have been called in since the teenage sons of Dill’s staff reported seeing a cougar north of the La Conner Whitney Road farm October 30. Vincent repeated “that it is unknown what...
NOT ON THE WAY TO THE WIZARD – But there was plenty of hopes and lots of candy pursued by many during the annual La Conner Halloween Costume Parade down First Street. Last week’s sign of the times, no doubt about it. – Photo by Don CoyoteThere was plenty of hopes and lots of candy pursued by many during the annual La Conner Halloween Costume Parade down First Street. Last week’s sign of the times, no doubt about it. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Swinomish Trick or Treaters with Swinomish Police Officer Geer and Fire District 13 Volunteers Jack Stevens and Ted Carr. Fire District 13 staff for a few years have been taking the opportunity to say hello to the Swinomish Indain Tribal Community and give out treats to the kids. – Photo by Robin Carneen-Edwards...
Will Cox and Babette Gundersen, co-commodores of La Conner Yacht Club, present a $500 check to La Conner Volunteer Fire Department Chief Josh Morrison. This donation was made possible through the generosity of the LYC members and these merchants: La Conner Seafood and Prime Rib, Anelia’s Kitchen and Stage, Trumpeter Gallery, Northwest Propeller, Clever Kathy Designs and Shimmer Silver Store-Bellis Fair Mall. The funds will purchase and upgrade firefighting equipment. – Photo by Ken S...
As many as 400 people, primarily townspeople, opened the 33rd Art’s Alive! show Friday night, Nov. 3 at Maple Hall. Lovers of the visual arts spent the weekend walking through the invitational and open shows at Maple Hall, walked up to the Skagit artists juried art show at the La Conner Civic Garden Club and wandered through the 21 galleries and businesses feathering area artists. The winner of the 2017 Art’s Alive! open show People’s Choice Awards (in memory of Pat Doran) was Nancy Crowell for her metal photo print, “Best Willow.” Al Currie...
The Swinomish Tribal Community is poised to open the most comprehensive addiction treatment clinic in Washington state. Grand Opening activities for the state-of-the-art didgwalic (place where camas grows) wellness center, located on South March Point Road northwest of La Conner, are scheduled Nov. 15. Next Wednesday’s event kicks off with a 10 a.m. ceremony and luncheon to follow at Swinomish Casino & Lodge. Tours of the new 10,000-square foot facility, former site of Bayside Fitness, are slated for 1-4 p.m. that afternoon. Swinomish Tribal S...
How do I know good art? There is a “wow” factor, right? With really great art it might be an out loud gasp. My first reaction may be “I like that.” Or “that’s beautiful.” Or “listening to that gives me joy.” Or, “that makes me happy.” What creates the attraction, gets my attention? Good art is beauty. And good art brings joy. And there’s one more piece: Good art is true, truth. Even if a painting is a composite place, a combination of locations on the Palouse, as a Cynthia Richardson’s painting is. Art must be true, even if it is not real, a...
Wasn’t Art’s Alive! great? We are fortunate, and I am grateful, that Karen Gosetti, Rebecca Strong, Amy Carson, John Leaver and other committee members live in our midst and dedicate their efforts to realize their vision of art alive in our community. That is arts, plural. At Friday’s reception folks were entertained with music and delighted with culinary treats. And the visual arts extended from paper cutouts though ceramics, glass, photography and various painting media. Art in the community, of course, is good for business. People went...
I greatly enjoy Mel Damski’s columns, but I think he misstepped by criticizing the World War II song “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition,” describing it as a case of “killing in the name of God.” The song described an incident during the Japanese Empire’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which killed thousands of American men, women and children in and around the Navy base there and brought the U.S. into the war. One ship in harbor had cut off its electricity because a turbine was being replaced – so ammunition for the ant...
Fire District 13’s commissioners approved their 2018 budget at a special business meeting Nov. 3. The $1.81 million budget covers $797,623 in operating expenses, $883,000 for a proposed fire station and property on the east side of the Swinomish Channel and includes a reserve of $200,603. The budget is not fully funded: it projects $250,000 from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, a request that the Swinomish Tax Committee will consider on Nov. 16. Other projected revenues include $170,000 in BLS transport fees, for emergency response r...
