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April attracts visitors to the Skagit Valley’s tulip fields. Tulip Town, on Bradshaw Road is ready. Although the cold weather in March had the potential to stunt growth, Jeannette DeGoede, co-owner of Tulip Town, said that recent rain has brought the tulips to the point of blooming. “Every day is a new day while farming,” DeGoede said. DeGoede manages Tulip Town with her husband, Anthony. While some of the fields are not yet in bloom, others show an impressive array of yellow, purple, pink,...
Jan Franklin Young, 73, a resident of the Shelter Bay community in La Conner, passed away at his home on March 22, 2019. Jan was born on January 2, 1946 in Great Falls, Montana, the son of Jess & Louise (Quinlan) Young. He was raised and attended school in Great Falls, graduating from Great Falls High School with the class of 1964. He joined the Naval Reserves in 1963. He then attended Montana State University until he was called to active duty with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, serving one year in Vietnam and one year on a ship in... Full story
Bill Meador, age 94 and a resident of La Conner passed away on 3/28/19 at 9:20 pm. Bill was born in Anderson, Missouri June 6, 1924 to parents Harrison and Ruth Meador. He completed his schooling in Bell, California in 1942 and was drafted into the US Army. He served as a sergeant in the 389th Auto Weapons Battalion, attached to the 13th Air Force 307th Bomb Group. He saw combat in New Guinea, East Indies, and Philippine campaigns in the north and south Pacific. After separation, he joined Shell Oil Company in Wilmington, California, later... Full story
Marian Louise Crim, born October 8, 1930 to Manfred & Ella (Meyer) Nystrom of La Conner, WA., passed away March 3, 2019 at her home Marian Nystrom graduated from La Conner High School in 1948, and graduated with a secretarial degree from Mt. Vernon Junior College in 1950. Later she married and started a family. She had three sons Gary, Randy and Stan Schopf. Marian later remarried Robert (Bob) Crim February 5, 1965 who added two daughters, Julie & Debbie to the family. After living in Sedro Woolley for 5 years Bob was transferred to Bellingham... Full story
Skagit Valley citizens wanting the Mueller Report released to the public gathered on the steps of the County Courthouse in Mount Vernon on Thursday. Indivisible Skagit organized the rally. Signs included “We Paid for It” and “Let us read the damn report.” Sue Bloomfield organized the event. She wants U.S. Attorney General William Barr to release the unredacted report to Congress, the House Judiciary Committee and the public. Deb Hubenthal and her husband Graham came from south Conway to join th...
The U.S. Navy wants your “substantive pubic comments” on its plans for Northwest Training and Testing in an area stretching from northern California to southeastern Alaska, including Puget Sound and “certain areas within the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound, and at Navy pierside and harbor locations within Puget Sound,” its website states. The Navy has organized an open house public meeting in Everett on April 24, 5-8 p.m. It is one of three meetings in Washington. Five more are scheduled for California, Oregon and Alaska through May 8....
Janet Laurel’s show at Cassera Gallery Stanwood, “Flowers, poems, birds, frogs & bones,” closes April 12. A lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Laurel pursued art as a means to express her love of nature with an emphasis on Asian art and philosophy. Her talent was made classic through schooling in calligraphy and Sumi painting with noted artist George Tsutakawa. The ancient technique of Sumi became her favorite form of artistic expression with its sweeping, shaded lines providing the p...
Your donations – our collective contributions – open the new library. Two years ago a new La Conner Regional Library was a gleam in the eyes of a few people. A year ago the state legislature provided $500,000, a bet that the total $3.74 million needed for construction would be raised by June 2019. It wasn’t, but now the state is about to double down, adding another $720,000 and extending the deadline for using the first appropriation. That’s a long way from gleam and dream. Local fundraising contributions have been critical, inc...
To the editor: I’d like to commend Rachel Cram for her wonderful article on the history of La Conner’s newspaper. There was so much detail to feast on and it reminds all of us of how invaluable a town newspaper is. She especially captured the spirit of Pat O’Leary, the newspaper’s editor. His intellectual curiosity certainly informed the Puget Sound Mail and how it reflected the community. I’d like to add a few lines however, about the earliest years of the newspaper. James Power began the Mail in 1873 as the Bellingham Bay Mail, the only pape...
Dear Editor, Why is it that some people want to whitewash the Mueller investigation into whether or not Trump and his organization colluded with the Russians? Is it because they’re afraid of where it will eventually lead when we know the whole truth? Please, it’s not a time to “spike the ball” and claim that it was indeed a “witch hunt” as Trump and his ardent followers have. Really, who are the “winners” and “losers”? I think if we, the American people, regardless of party affiliation, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, left, right,...
This letter is a response to the question many people are asking me: “Pastor, what’s going to happen to your Methodist Church?” Let me just say first: God is always ready for us to work for change, to invite diversity and look forward to new seasons in the life of the church. But I would like to offer a longer response about the future of the United Methodist Church during this Christian season of Lent and Easter. First of all, Lent allows Christians to take time to see what may be hidden and be ready for change. It’s a time in which the aim...
The 2019 annual MoNA (Museum of Northwest Art) membership meeting could not have been more different from 2018’s for the seven board members or the 25 or so members they faced in the second floor Museum gallery. From the essential tangible, the budget, to the critical intangible of community relations and pulling together, board and members were in agreement. Treasurer Cathie Wyman’s report was upbeat: they are maintaining a first-class museum, the budget has been cut and its revenue increased. With the annual auction returned to La Conner in...
It’s never too early to look ahead. Even for an historical museum. That’s especially true of the Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner. Staff announced the names of the children to assist in opening its 100th anniversary time capsule in 2069 at the reception and program re-filling and re-entombing the box March 28. The Museum, on top of Fourth Street, was built in 1968. A time capsule was placed in its cornerstone in 1969. That time capsule has been replaced in the Museum’s west wall,...
