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Everybody loves a parade! Lining the streets of La Conner amid stars and stripes banners, sparkling sequined hats and red, white and blue garlands, ties, leis, vests, pins, capes and drapes, newborns in slings to nonagenarians in patriotically bedecked wheelchairs came out for the annual Fourth of July parade. This was my fourth July 4th parade here and I loved it - All 10 minutes of it. Sitting in front of Caffe Jubilee, thanks to a quick thinking Frank Scott, we lined chairs on the sidewalk,...
Discussion at times devolved into debate during Tuesday’s forum on police services in La Conner. “Our conversation began as a review of police services today,” Mayor Ramon Hayes said near the end of an hour-long public hearing at Maple Center, “and it has obviously taken a turn.” But when all was said and done, the turn wasn’t completed. A slim Town Council majority opted to stay the course and remain contracted through 2016 with the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement and related services. Council members Bill Stokes, Jacqu...
Tuesday July 1 7:42 p.m.: Alarm – An alarm went off at Hellam’s Vineyards onFirst Street in La Conner, but deputies found the business to be secure. Wednesday July 2 10:48 a.m.: Found property – A Diaper bag was left behind onFirst Street in La Conner. Several attempts were made to find the owner, but the owner has not yet claimed the diaper bag. Thursday July 3 6:18 p.m.: Alcohol Problem – Several subjects were having a “good, loud time” on the La Conner boardwalk. Friday July 4 12:12 p.m.: Warrant – Deputies recog...
