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American history teaches us there are many ways to honor the nation. Memorial Day in La Conner added the lesson that there are just as many ways to salute the country’s fallen heroes. There were large turnouts at both the Pleasant Ridge and Swinomish Tribal Community cemeteries Monday morning for local Memorial Day services. Each stressed the need to remember the many sacrifices made by America’s men and women in uniform. Each ceremony was equal parts reflective and spiritual. Rev. Don Robinson, a La Conner High alum officiating his final Pleas...
The Sigrid Dunlap was blessed before a cheerful and enthusiastic crowd of over 200 well-wishers, family members, company employees, ship builders, support partners and invited guests May 22. Dunlap Towing President Jim Dunlap thanked all who worked so diligently on this project in his opening remarks. In contrast to the dark, cold early-morning launch on January 20, the blessing and readiness ceremony was held under brilliant blue skies on a warm morning. The dedicated efforts of all associated...
The La Conner school board of directors first gave Superintendent Whitey Meissner a passing grade in its evaluation and then voted her a three-year contract at their May 21 meeting. Meissner, finishing her first year, will have an annual salary of $137,794. She will also earn an annual 403(b) annuity of $10,020. Her contract starts July 1. The board addressed wages for most district employees, passing a resolution offering “employment assurances to non-supervisory classified staff and assurances and /or contracts to supervisory classified perso...
My wife and I have recently returned from a vacation in Europe where we stayed in Martinsthal, a village in the German Rheingau near Wiesbaden. The village’s population is approximately sixteen hundred. It is surrounded by vineyards and a church consecrated in the 13th century. The Rheingau is one of the important wine growing regions of Germany emphasized by a village of this size having five vintners who produce the local “Wildsau” wines. Beside the stream running thorough the village is a small park with a playground and small covered event...
This Memorial Day I am thinking of one American citizen in particular: Bob Nixon. Nixon was 67 when he died in March. He lived in Anacortes, was retired, a lawyer, married, white and middle class. He was also probably depressed. And he was a gun owner. He is now a suicide victim. Nixon was from a prominent family. He was class president at Vanderbilt University. His father and brother are doctors. His wife had no idea that he was stockpiling a small arsenal. He owned six guns. In 2016, 38,551 Americans died from guns. Almost 60 percent were...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of long-time L aConner resident (and force of nature) Lee Racanello, beloved mother, Nana, aunt and friend. Lee died peacefully in her sleep at her home on April 26, 2018. It will take a long time to adjust to no longer seeing her smile, hearing her forthright and sassy opinions and tales of the past, as well stories of the people she met on her daily walks through town. Born Verleigh Pool in Brisbane, Australia (1926), Lee immigrated to the U. S. at 21 as a war bride and finally settled in... Full story
I just wanted the LaConner people to know of the passing of Rod Falor. He passed away on May 5, 2018. We lived in Shelter Bay for eight to ten years. Rod enjoyed the great outdoors, whether on the water, sailing or on the snow, skiing. He was part of the Board of Directors for the Shelter Bay Community for a few years. We enjoyed the community activities and the terrific people. We re-located to Snohomish County for medical reasons. There will be a Memorial service on Saturday June 2 at the Shoreline Community center at 3:30 p.m. Carol... Full story
If sharing food is love, then Jimmy Schermerhorn is very loved. The tables were full at Saturday’s party in woods in Burlington near I-5 and State Route 20. There were four potato salads, green and noodle salads, and a watermelon, arugula and feta cheese salad from Rick Shorten. There were two pots of cooked beans and meat. Joe Caparella brought a whole clams and pasta in red sauce dish. Chester Cayou had grilled salmon, and Rosie Cayou and Roxanne Wilbur brought fry bread. Chicken drumsticks appeared. Homemade desserts outnumber store b...
PROTECTED FROM VAMPIRES – Even if it was night, this white-crowned sparrow would be safe in this field of alium. Will it have garlic breath after nibbling on the flowers? Inquiring photographers want to know. These garlic flowers will be cut, put in bouquets and sold. – Photo by Nancy Crowell...
Matty Lagerwey soared through the air with the greatest of ease. Others didn’t. At least not when compared to the La Conner High junior, who swept the long jump and triple jump events at the State 2B Track Meet in Cheney last week. Lagerwey set a new personal mark with a leap of 18’-0” in the long jump, winning the event by eight inches. Her triple jump effort of 36’-4” topped the field by half a foot. Lagerwey didn’t need all her attempts to record her winning distance in the latter even...
“It” – fascism – will never happen here. It can’t, not in FDR’s1936 or Donald Trump’s 2020. Right? Well fascism wins on stage at the Philip Tarro Theatre at Skagit Valley College this Friday through Sunday. The cast offers a spirited and determined rendition of “It Can’t Happen Here,” Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel. Lewis and John Moffitt revised it for Broadway in 1936. While the book was set for that election season, the play is placed in “very soon – or never.” This allows Director Damond Morris to blend smartphones alongside...
