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This feast for the eyes has been stopping traffic on Caledonia Street in La Conner for the past couple of weeks. The pink clematis and purple wisteria climbed up timber bamboo to create a magnificent display at Breta Malcom’s garden. – Photo by Kirsten Morse...
Everyone in Grandpa Vanderhoff’s family does exactly as he pleases. Which is exactly why things will go wrong at the Vanderhoff home in this weekend’s production of “You Can’t Take It With You.” The play opens at the La Conner School auditorium on Friday night at 7:30 p.m., with two additional shows on Saturday at 2 and at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling 466-3171. The year is 1937, the place, a quiet neighborhood in New York City. “Penny,” played...
The Skagit River Poetry Festival kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, with a fundraising dinner followed by a literary show with Tom Robbins and Sherman Alexie. Dinner is at Maple Hall in La Conner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will feature local cuisine with poets seated at every table. Tickets are $100. After dinner, from 8 to 10 p.m., author Tom Robbins and poet Sherman Alexie are scheduled to take the stage at the La Conner Elementary School gym for an entertaining evening of wit and wordplay. The evening event is $40. Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
La Conner resident Robert John Herrington died at age 94 on Easter morning, April 20, at Mira Vista Care Center in Mount Vernon after suffering an earlier stroke. Bob was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon on December 12, 1919. He attended Pelican Grammar School and Klamath Union High School. He joined the Army Engineers in 1937, and was discharged in 1940, and then went into the Army Reserves. He attended Oregon State University. He was called back into the Army 29th Engineers in 1941 and made... Full story
Wednesday April 30 4:39 p.m.: Lockout – Deputies helped someone at La Conner High School get the keys that were locked inside their vehicle. Monday May 5 12:54 p.m.: Crunch time – An inattentive driver ran into the back of another vehicle that was stopped in the construction zone for the roundabout inConway. Tuesday May 6 11:44 a.m.: AWOL pooch – A local dog was on an unauthorized walkabout and wound up at the espresso stand near the roundabout in La Conner. The barista recognized the dog, which suddenly lost all roaming...
Fire District 13 Commissioners Chuck Hedlund and Arne Fohn are accepting applications from people willing to step up and fill a vacancy on the three-member board of commissioners. The deadline to submit an application is June 10. Then, at the commission’s June 26 meeting, Hedlund and Fohn are expected to vote on a replacement for commission member Doug Avery, who resigned last month. Should the commissioners fail to make an appointment after the position has been vacant for 90 days, which would be the end of July, the Skagit County Board of C...
A dozen antique tractors from Cascade Two Cylinder Club plowed more than 60 acres last Wednesday. The event, held on farmer Gail Thulen’s land off Downey Road north of La Conner was originally set for May 3 but was rained out. The tractor enthusiasts are dedicated to the preservation of John Deere two-cylinder agricultural machinery. They meet here every year for a plow day. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Match play with La Conner High can be painful. Just ask the Friday Harbor Wolverine golf team. The host Braves defeated Friday Harbor by a cozy 28-shot margin — 180 to 208 — during a key dual match last Tuesday. And La Conner inflicted its pain, despite playing without top returnee Brendan McLeod, who — ironically enough — was sidelined by injury. McLeod has been nursing a nagging shoulder ailment, but if he can heal in a timely fashion, has a shot to contend for the...
The rain last week did nothing to dampen the spirits of the La Conner High baseball team. Quite the opposite, actually. The Braves weathered scattered showers and wet field conditions to defeat league rival Orcas 6-1 and clinch a share of the NW2B title with Concrete. La Conner players already had plenty of reason to be in sunny moods. That’s because the Braves on Tuesday had drubbed Darrington 17-6 in a key road test. The two-game conference sweep gives La Conner, by virtue of winning a tie-breaker with the Lions, top seeding going into this w...
Darrington first responders provided aid and hope aplenty to those impacted by the tragic Oso mudslide. But there was little Darrington’s high school softball team could do to stop the avalanche of runs posted by the Lady Braves last week. La Conner pounded out 16 hits in five innings en route to a 20-3 romp in the nightcap of a key NW2B doubleheader on Tuesday. The Lady Braves had earlier blanked Darrington 3-0 behind a one-hitter tossed by sophomore hurler Olivia Hedlund. With the twin wins, La Conner improved to 5-0 in league play and 1...
The La Conner High mile relay team shared the limelight at the Stanwood Twilight Invitational Track Meet. The Braves’ quartet of Kolbe Rasler, Mitchell Grant, Harrison Orkney, and Josh Summers took top honors in the 4x400 meter event, capturing gold with a time of 4:11.86 in a field that included entries from Lake Stevens, Oak Harbor, and other larger schools. La Conner’s mile relay triumph highlighted a sixth place finish for the Braves, who more than held their own at the May 9 competition. On the girls’ side, the Lady Braves were eight...
