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Articles from the April 29, 2015 edition


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  • Coming Attraction

    Apr 29, 2015

    La Conner High School Drama Club’s presentation of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” premieres on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. and runs through May 16. Shown here are some of the talented cast, Will Malcomson, Maggie Powell, Isabel Garcia and Frannie Fletcher. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors and can be purchased in advance through the school district office, 466-3171....

  • Novak to join State's elite coaching circle

    Bill Reynolds|Apr 29, 2015

    He teaches math, but Scott Novak has long been a student of history. Especially La Conner High basketball history. Novak, a hoops coach at the school since 1988, has painstakingly developed within the foyer of Landy James Gym a virtual pictorial museum of La Conner basketball dating back nearly a century. Now he’s about to make some history of his own. Novak is among eight new members to be inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame this summer. N...

  • Braves whitewash Concrete; cement league lead

    Bill Reynolds|Apr 29, 2015

    The La Conner High baseball team enjoyed a smooth ride to Concrete on Friday. And ace hurler Max Miller made sure the Braves didn’t hit any bumps in the road during their brief upriver visit. Miller earned his seventh mound win of the year with perhaps his best outing to date, a one-hit shutout, as the Braves blanked Concrete 4-0 in a key NW2B road test. Second place Friday Harbor sported a 5-1 NW2B mark – its lone loss coming to the Braves – entering this week’s conference play. The win over Concrete was huge for a Braves club that...

  • MICKEY K. SMITH

    Apr 29, 2015

    At sunrise on Monday, April 27, Mickey Kazhe Smith Sr., 51, member of the Swinomish Tribe died peacefully at home. He was born in Mt. Vernon on May 10, 1963 to Alfreda Sampson and Carl Kazhe. He was raised by his dad Ernest Bob Bailey. Mickey graduated from La Conner High School in 1981. Most of his life he was a Commercial Fisherman and cherished his time on the water. He was the deck boss on fishing vessel Anna J; he also fished on the Point Elliot and the Amber Dawn. Mickey was baptized at the Pentecostal Church when he was very young and... Full story

  • Skagit Co. Sheriff's Office POLICE BLOTTER

    Apr 29, 2015

    Monday April 20 10:26 a.m.: Abandoned vase – Somebody left a vase by a fire hydrant near First and Morris streets in La Conner. The person who picked it reported it in case someone is looking for it. 11:12 a.m.: Catch & release – A deputy picked up a fellow who wanted a ride onMorris Street in La Conner, It turned out the guy had outstanding arrest warrants. He was booked and released. 12:58 p.m.: Hot dog – A dog was kenneled inside a truck canopy with no ventilation. The vehicle was gone when deputies checked. Wednesday...

  • Home grown

    Don Coyote|Apr 29, 2015

    Here’s proof that a kitchen garden isn’t just for landlubbers. This floating garden was moored on the La Conner waterfront. –Photo by Don CoyoteHere’s proof that a kitchen garden isn’t just for landlubbers. This floating garden was moored on the La Conner waterfront. –Photo by Don Coyote...

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