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With Mount Baker in the background, a field on a farm in Edison is being readied for spring planting. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Otto “LeRoy” Karlstrom of Shelter Bay died at age 93 on Thursday, April 30, after a long illness. He was born in Seattle June 16, 1921, to the Rev. Otto and Alva Karlstrom. He grew up in the Fauntleroy neighborhood with a sister Hildur and brothers Reinhold, Paul, Thor and Ernest. LeRoy graduated with honors from West Seattle High School in 1938, then joined his brothers at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. In 1943 he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history. He served as a naval officer in the Pacific with an amphibious fleet... Full story
Dressed for success are these La Conner High Braves. More specifically, dressed to the nines after fashioning a key 6-4 road win over Friday Harbor last week that broke a first place tie and lifted the Braves into sole position atop NW2B baseball standings. The sometimes gritty, blue-collar triumph at Friday Harbor was La Conner’s ninth straight win. More important, it completed a two-game season sweep of the Wolverines, who fell to 7-4 in league play. La Conner improved to 9-1 in conference action. “It was another good week for us,” said...
Tuesday April 28 2:50 a.m.: Stuff missing – More items were discovered related to boat burglaries that occurred the previous week concerning vessels on land at La Conner Marina. 4:20 p.m.: Phone harassment – A La Conner resident reported receiving hang-up calls in the middle of the night. She was told how to block the last caller. Wednesday April 29 2:57 p.m.: Domestic altercation – A woman was arrested after a dispute with her husband, 900 blockMaple Ave., La Conner. 8:09 a.m.: Rocks in the road – Part of a hillside...
The Swinomish Senate has provided Shelter Bay Community with what the community calls the tribe’s “best and final proposal” for its terms to extend the land lease. Shelter Bay is a gated neighborhood of about 900 homes developed mostly on reservation land leased from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The original lease signed in 1968 is set to expire in 2044, which according to a tribal attorney would cause the land that people built their homes on to revert back to the original owners. For the past two years Swinomish and Shelter Bay repr...
