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OK, this is really the “dog beach” on the waterfront north of La Conner, but the polo ponies from George Dill’s ranch enjoy it as much as the canines do. Here, trainer Carlos Zamora let some of his charges cool off in the channel on Sunday. – Photo by Don Coyote...
The library was captured in a web last week. A perplexing sight greeted residents on Friday afternoon, as a string of art pieces, landmarks and stair railings around town were found covered by colorful knitted and crocheted bits of yarn. This wasn’t the work of any normal vandal, however, as the Quilt and Textile Museum was quick to take credit for the “yarn-bombing.” Known in some circles as knitfitti, yarn bombing is a global phenomenon occurring as far away as Eastern Europe. In La Conne...
Ida Lois Denton Wold died April 17, 2015 peacefully at home with family by her side. Lois was the fifth child born to Francis Oscar and Mamie A. Valentine Denton on February 18, 1925. Her early years were spent on Pleasant Ridge on the land her grandfather, S. T. Valentine, homesteaded in the late 1880s. She lived her whole life in Skagit County. Lois graduated from La Conner High School and worked for the Puget Sound Seed Company in La Conner until her marriage to Alvin L. Wold in 1950. Then in 1961, Lois and Al adopted two brothers, Alan Ross...
Jane E. Johnson died peacefully on Monday, June 8 at Mira Vista Care Center surrounded by her family. She had suffered for many years with COPD and can finally breathe freely! Jane Elizabeth Johnson was born in Mount Vernon on April 14, 1939, to Wallace and Virginia Hopkins Britten. She grew up on their dairy farm south of Mount Vernon. She attended Conway school and graduated from Mount Vernon High School and Skagit Valley College. She attended the University of Washington. While living in...
Monday June 8 9:33 a.m.: Check theft – A check issued by the Town ofLa Conner was never received by the party expecting it, but was found to have been cashed inIowa. Thursday June 11 12:06 a.m.: Oops! – Someone in La Conner accidently dialed 911 from a phone that had been previously used to report a verbal argument. When deputies arrived, the phone’s owner had just gone to bed. 9:38 a.m.: Sign theft – Somebody stole the warning sign indicating cross traffic on does not stop at the intersection ofMaple Avenue andMorris S...
The historic low water level in the Skagit River threatens to damage the valley’s farms this summer. With stream flows the lowest they’ve ever been in the 74 years records have been kept, the state authorized emergency water to be transferred from a utility to irrigate the most at-risk crops on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Skagit County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a meeting Monday to hear from farmers concerned about their irrigation water supply. Monday’s meeting is 11:30 a.m. at the commissioners chambers in Mount Vernon. “We’r...
