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Ruby Rose of Burien visited La Conner over the weekend and found Gilkey Square the perfect spot to really kick up her heels. She calls this maneuver “The Fire Fly.” – Photo by Don Coyote...
Remember those cute little neighborhood children who used to ring your doorbell and run away on May Day? Those same youngsters are now in high school, and they are planning to ring your doorbell again this May 1. The difference, however, is that this year they won’t be leaving a bouquet and running to hide. This year they will be offering you a brochure about the La Conner Community Scholarship Foundation. The foundation has been gifted with bequests, donations and memorials that allow it to offer scholarships of varying amounts to the great m...
The La Conner Chamber of Commerce has turned the annual Arts Alive! show back over to the Town of La Conner Arts Commission. To make sure the November show goes on, the commission needs help from people willing to work hard planning, organizing and putting on the event, said commission Chairman Kelly Wynn. In late 2006, the Arts Commission took over the responsibility for the invitational show and open show held at Maple Hall from artists Earlene Beckes and Chris Elliott, who had been organizing it on their own for seven years. When the Arts...
A squadron of World War II era T-6 planes used to train fighter pilots flew overhead during the grand opening of the Heritage Flight Museum at Skagit Regional Airport on Saturday. The museum relocated from Bellingham this year. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Monday April 21 5:56 p.m.: Crunch time – A driver failed to stop for a vehicle waiting to turn offMaple Ave west ontoWashington Street in La Conner. 8:52 p.m.: Dog-gone dispute – A man walking a dog onPark Street in La Conner was approached by another dog accompanied by its owner in front of a home. The dogs didn’t like each other and apparently, the owners didn’t hit it off, either. The property owner wielded a walking stick, saying he believed the dog walker was going after his dog. The dog walker grabbed the walking stick, saying...
Long before their long distance events began, La Conner High track teams had gone the distance. And then some. La Conner ventured 300 miles last weekend to take part in the Undeberg Invitational Track Meet — held in Ritzville, near Spokane — which traditionally draws many of Eastern Washington’s top small school programs. This year’s event, featuring nearly three dozen schools, was no exception. La Conner, Lakeside, and Seattle Academy joined the field from west of the Cascades, and...
Bowled over by non-league power Lynden Christian, La Conner avoided landing in the gutter last week by having secured a two-game split courtesy a key win at Friday Harbor. La Conner struck down the Lady Wolverines 13-3 Tuesday afternoon, taking some of the sting out of its one-hit, 8-0 shutout loss Wednesday to Lynden Christian. The youthful Lady Braves emerged from the up-and-down week with a solid 11-3 overall mark, but perhaps more important having also gained new insight into the art of winning consistently. Primarily in the form of...
It took a lot of drive by Kelley McClung to come back from serious ankle injuries that sidelined her most of basketball season and well into the softball campaign. And that drive is now being showcased on local golf courses. That plus a nice iron game and putting stroke, as well. While awaiting clearance to play softball, McClung has tried her hand at golf — with better than anticipated results. The La Conner High senior shot a 63 in her nine-hole debut during a recent league match with Grace Academy and Mount Vernon Christian, the top...
The La Conner High baseball team, its compass still pointed to the top of NW2B standings, veered off course briefly last week to test non-league waters. Now the Braves, after setbacks at Lynden Christian and Friday Harbor — both larger enrollment schools — are poised to lift anchor and rejoin the league title race. La Conner and Concrete were in a virtual dead heat for the league’s top spot when the Braves’ schedule took them out of the loop for successive trips Monday and Tuesday to face the high-powered Lynx and Wolverines. La...
Karen Van Wieringen Ballard, a self-described adventure junkie, stepped away from her desk job to compete in a sailboat race from Qingdao, China to San Francisco. She is a 1981 La Conner High School graduate and is the daughter of Nancy Van Wieringen, who also graduated from the local schools. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race begins and ends in South Hampton, England and is divided into several different legs. Karen jumped onboard with a crew of 16 on March 16 in Qingdao, China and docked...
