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Their original summer camp venue fell through, but the beat goes on for members of the Seattle Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps. In La Conner, no less. The elite group of 150 musicians has been drilling on the La Conner Schools campus since mid-June and has scheduled a July 2, 7:30 p.m. send-off performance at Whittaker Field prior to embarking on a cross-country tour ending at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Seattle Cascades is the Pacific Northwest’s oldest youth organization in the pageantry arts. Members, who range in age from 14 to 21, h...
The next time you read this newspaper, it will be our nation’s birthday. Are you ready for the 4th of July in La Conner? Robin Lindstrom hopes you will march in the parade down First Street, starting at 12 p.m. Line-up is at 11 a.m. Volunteers are needed to assist, if you are not in the marching mood but want to help. Veterans from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community will be the color guard. “It makes me really happy. I always thought they should be included,” said Lindstrom. “I hope this starts a tradition.” The annual community picnic an...
“I took him to lunch and said, ‘call this lady,’” recalled Chamberlain’s daughter, Becky. “She said ‘we are going to Japan.’” The American Defenders of Bataan and Corrigedor, a memorial society, had contacted Becky with the invitation. “There were ten of us on this trip.” Said Becky. Chamberlain was the only living U.S. POW among surviving relatives of six other POWs to make the trip. “The only thing they could give him were the dates of his capture and his liberation,” said Becky. There are no surviving Japanese men or guards from that camp....
PLAY A SONG FOR ME – Rick Fogel is glad to be back in La Conner “busking,” or entertaining passerby-ers on the street. He says that business is nowhere near as lucrative as at Seattle’s Pike Place Market, but that he likes it here better. His assessment: “This could be a world class performance spot. There are people here from all over.” Folger makes La Conner’s color a bit more colorful. – Photo by Ken Stern...
Isn’t it great to have a longtime best friend who is sure of your worth? Some of us are doubly, triply blessed with parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins who believe in us, who are glad we have their backs. I have one such friend: Dick Wittenberg. He will be thrilled to find his name here this week and I am lucky he gets to read the paper in La Conner. We have been friends for over 40 years, since 1974. I was 19 when we met. He was 27 and running for re-election for the Ohio House of Representatives We bonded and now it is 2018 and he i...
Thank you for your recent coverage of the Skagit County charter campaign. As I collect signatures on the petition I have had a number of people comment about reading your article. Our steering committee certainly appreciates the offer to help us with a forum. I hope we can bring that together. Brenda Cunningham The Weekly News intends to coordinate a forum for issues and candidates in the fall. – Editor...
As museum exhibits go, “In the Valley of Mystic Light” was a work of art. On several levels. Based on the acclaimed Claire Swedberg and Rita Hupy book of the same name, “In the Valley of Mystic Light” was curated by Karen Summers and displayed from October 2017 to February 2018 at the Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner. It proved a hit with the public and critics alike. The most recent proof came last Thursday when “In the Valley of Mystic Light” was tabbed by the Washington Museum Association for an Excellence in Exhibits aw...
The La Conner community is positioning itself to shape its long-term future in two tremendous ways. Two weeks ago, over 250 people came together downtown under a white tent for the Museum of Northwest Art’s annual auction. Saturday, 145 even happier people, if possible, joined in Maple Hall, fundraising for the new library. MoNA needs a new roof and a heating and air conditioning system. The library will build a new building. These projects will shape La Conner’s physical and social infrastructure for decades to come. From toddler to eld...
Jim worked for me, but was more of a friend and member of the family than anything else. He was able to fix most anything and always made time to stop by to see if I needed anything done. While he was he here we would talk music, art, friends, animals and politics. He took good care of my house and my animals when I traveled, and he developed a long-standing relationship with Soochie, my old Siamese cat and Grande Dame of the property. He was known among the many people that he helped as a kind and cheerful man who lived a simple life. He made...
