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La Conner’s Fourth of July parade celebrated the nation’s founding in 1776, and was somewhat historic in its own right. People were united in wearing red, white and blue, though the shades, stripes, patterns and designs varied widely. Flags of all sizes, on and off sticks and poles, were waved and draped, respectively. The colorful downtown procession was by many accounts one of the best attended in the town’s recent history as crowds lined both sides of First Street on a picture-perfect day....
Jim Hernandez had no students aboard, but the La Conner school bus he drove Monday afternoon was filled to capacity nonetheless. With books, not students. At least for a while. His bus morphed into a local bookmobile for four fast-paced hours with stops at the Swinomish Gym and outdoor basketball courts, Shelter Bay Community Center and La Conner Regional Library. At each stop, students excitedly climbed into the bus to select from more than 3,000 donated books, a mission La Conner...
It’s that time of year: ballots are about to be in the mail, with voting this primary season starting July 20. Offices are contested from the U.S. Senate through county positions, though not all candidates face primary challenges. Contested primary election races for the greater La Conner area are: U.S. Senate, Second Congressional District, Legislative District 40: State Representative Position 1 and County Treasurer. These are the offices in which more than two candidates are running. The top two finishers will seek your vote again this f...
Dear citizens of LaConner: The Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps, staff and members of the board of directors offer our sincere gratitude for the use of LaConner Schools facilities, the great publicity received for our endeavors and the outpouring of friendship exhibited by the standing-room-only crowd at our preview performance July 2. We enjoyed our two-and-a-half weeks in your community and hope you appreciated having us here. We worked hard to prepare our show, “What Goes Around” for our national tour and enjoyed presenting it to you...
Thanks for making July 4th great! Thanks to all of you who entered this year’s parade. Without you the parade would have been much shorter and a lot less fun. Thank you, Town of LaConner and Port of LaConner; without you this parade would not have happened. Thank you, Swinomish Veterans and Boy Scouts for providing our Color Guards and leading the parade. Thank you to the LaConner Fire Department for manning the traffic barriers and bringing your trucks. Thank you, Fire District 13 for your participation. A special thanks to David Alvord, d...
Thanks to all who made Conner Waterfront Park’s Gazebo fund raising float so great during this year’s July 4th Parade. The marching group was made up of friends, neighbors, family and the Parks Commissioners. With a very special thank you to Barry Whipple, Pioneer Market Manager, who loaned us four grocery carts so we could keep the tent mobile. All told, another fabulous Fourth of July celebration in La Conner Ollie Iversen La Conner Parks Commission...
I urge our mayor and town council to do all in their power to get the Rainbow Bridge repainted. It is a recognizable feature – indeed a landmark – of La Conner. As such, it deserves to be maintained accordingly. Elizabeth S. Smith...
State Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, came to Channel Cove, the Home Trust of Skagit La Conner neigbhorhood, June 27 with a load of questions. She was answered by the Trust’s Executive Director, Jodi Monroe Also around the picnic table in the complex’s court yard participating were Trust board members Kent Haberly and Becki Bell and residents Bob Abrams, Gerald Johnson and Gary Hackley, all veterans. They were joined by La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes and Scott Thomas, town administrator. Smith tol...
b here last week more than a thousand miles from where she had worked since 2005. She already feels right at home. Formerly a teacher, coach and administrator in southwest Colorado, Herrera launched a new career July 2 as assistant principal and athletic director at La Conner Middle and High Schools. She hails from Ignacio, near the famed Four Corners, and where the Southern Ute Tribal Council offices are located. “Ignacio could be a sister city to La Conner,” she says. “This is a perfect fit f...
