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  • Hambone and bean soup

    Ham and Bean Soup

    Patricia Aqiimuk Paul Esq.|Apr 10, 2024

    I make a version of this recipe at least four times a year. This one is special because I used the hambone from our Christmas ham dinner. I kept it in the freezer. Ingredients Dried pinto beans, 1 cup Hambone Onion, 1/4 cup chopped Chili garlic sauce, 1 teaspoon Turmeric, 1 teaspoon Bay leaves, 2 Water, 8 cups Preparation Rinse the beans. Put all ingredients into a slow cooker. Cook on high for five hours. Test the beans. If soft, lower heat and cook another couple of hours....

  • News and media literacy: Is it fact or propaganda?

    Apr 10, 2024

    Do you know fact from propaganda when you see or hear it? Learn more at the April 29 forum “News & Media Literacy: Informed or Influenced?” The League of Women Voters of Skagit County offers its second program in their series of voter education, part of their ongoing commitment to community engagement and understanding of key electoral issues. Speakers are Skagit Valley Herald Executive Editor Andrew Paxton and Skagit Valley College librarians Elena Bianco and Libby Sullivan. Join them from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Skagit Pub...

  • Town wants public feedback on uses for Jenson property

    Ken Stern|Apr 10, 2024

    Town of La Conner staff are planning a community mingle about the best use for the Jenson property. The date may be April 25 but no information has been posted on the town website as of April 8. “Town officials over the next few months will begin examining potential options for the Jenson property located south of Channel Cove near the Maple Avenue approach to Pioneer Park,” Planning Director Michael Davolio wrote to the town council in their April 9 packet in his March monthly planner’s report These forums have typically started at 6 p.m....

  • Comment on management plan for Skagit Wildlife Area

    Apr 10, 2024

    OLYMPIA — Public input on a draft management plan for the Skagit Wildlife Area is sought through 5 p.m. Monday, April 22, by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Once finalized, the Skagit Wildlife Area plan will guide stewardship for the 17,968-acre wildlife area for the next 10 years. The Skagit Wildlife Area is made up of 21 units. Most of the units are located on the Skagit River Delta and Skagit Bay Estuary between La Conner, Conway and northwestern Snohomish County. To the west are isolated parcels in the San Juan Islands. I...

  • EMS Levy supports all fire departments

    Wood Weiss|Apr 10, 2024

    My name is Wood Weiss and I am the Chief of Skagit Fire District 13. Recently people have been asking me about the upcoming ballot measure for the countywide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) levy renewal. I thought it might help to clarify who we are as a fire district and how the EMS levy impacts us and the people we serve. Our district provides Fire and EMS protection for a 71 square mile area, which includes the Swinomish Tribal Reservation (Tribal village, Shelter Bay, Snee Oosh beach area, Casino), farmlands east of the Swinomish channel,...

  • A vision for the Jensen parcel

    Apr 10, 2024

    About that cute little 0.53-acre plot known as the “Jensen Parcel?” As a resident of Channel Cove for a couple of years, I spent a lot of time thinking about it, from my permaculturalist perspective. How many wants and wishes could be achieved if the parcel could be creatively developed. Well, wouldn’t you know it, the Jensen family makes an enticing offering of the challenged property for the town. It’s not big enough for a ball field, it’s very low and wet, just ask Maggie, for she lives next to it and wrote last week of her thoughts...

  • Tidal energy is coming, once hurdles vanish

    Greg Whiting|Apr 10, 2024

    The tide-based currents in the Swinomish Channel may offer a local source of reliable, predictable renewable energy. Several people have asked me whether this natural resource could be developed to power greater La Conner, including Shelter Bay and Swinomish Village. A tidal energy system must be durable, reliable and capable of being installed and maintained cost-effectively in salt water. Doing all this has been challenging, so the engineering needed to extract energy from tidal currents...

  • Legal Notices

    Apr 10, 2024

    SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY Estate of MARJORIE EBERLI (a/k/a MARJORIE ANN EBERLI), Deceased. NO. 24-4-00149-29 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of the Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing...