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Turning 100 doesn’t happen every day. But, in the case of Joyce Johnson, celebrating the rare milestone hasn’t been limited to a single date on the calendar. She has too many friends and admirers for that. They have gathered recently for a series of parties and receptions, including one at La Conner Civic Garden Club last Thursday in honor of Johnson, who has taken the Hollywood ideal of It’s a Wonderful Life a step further. For her, it’s been a beautiful life – one full of beautif...
New greens at Swinomish Golf Links helped raise much appreciated green for area charities, among them the La Conner Sunrise Food Bank. Golfers taking part in a special free day at the Swinomish Tribal Community-owned course near La Conner last Wednesday chipped in $227 for the local food pantry, which took donations on the par-3, 156-yard fifth hole. Almost $5,600 was raised for area charities, split evenly between $2,800 donated by golfers to the charities positioned at each hole and $2,757...
Last weekend an equestrian twist on everyday field sports came to LaConner. Tents, trucks, and trailers were set up and parked at George Dill Farm as people came to witness a polo tournament. Men and women dressed in brightly colored uniforms rode across a wide-open field atop beautiful horses to score points. The atmosphere was friendly and welcoming as neighborhood children sat atop marshmallow hay bales to cheer on their team of choice. Citizens on Flats Road had perfect views of the game...
For the first time in almost forty years, the Swinomish Tribe lowered a well-known landmark on Friday: the 1989 Centennial Totem Pole. The carving, created with Washington State Centennial funds, replicated the original totem carved in 1938 by Swinomish Tribal member Charlie Edwards and assistants. The Tribe permanently lowered that first pole, which stood on the corner of Snee-oosh and Reservation roads for 45 years, in 1983 due to rot and insect damage to its base. They then removed the...
For the artists hosting the 21 stops on this weekend’s NW Art Beat tour, there is no opportunity to see their colleagues work. That is exactly why artist Dee Doyle organized her three La Conner area colleagues for a preview tour open to the 30-plus Skagit Artists last Wednesday. Thirteen artists, spouses and interns took the Progressive Appetizers Tour, making the socializing better by enjoying provided snacks and beverages. The group started at Lynn Skordal’s, a paperwork artist on North First Street. Skordal’s work is slightly three dimen...
Thank you! The La Conner Chamber purchases and arranges for the maintenance and upkeep of our town flower baskets each year with the help of our wonderful community’s support. Thank you to the 29 basket sponsors. Thank you to those that purchased personal baskets. Thank you to the attendees of our annual fundraiser and a special shout out to Ward Phillips for his donation that matched our income from the June 14th Ice Cream Social and Silent Auction. Channel View Farms created beautiful baskets and Sandy is doing a great job watering them e...
The Rotary Club of La Conner awarded six scholarships totaling $14,000 to graduating La Conner High School students to pursue higher education. Congratulations to: Abigail Harper, Fred Martin Academic Scholarship; Myken Hassler, Rotary Club of La Conner Academic Scholarship; Aubre Cunningham, Bert Langenhorst, Community Service Scholarship; Dawson Featherstone, Jim Hulbert Scholarship; Rylee O’Neil, Bob Hart Scholarship; and Katieann Cook, Rotary Club of La Conner Scholarship. The club and its members also invested more than $25,000 in the c...
I’d like to remind my fellow citizens here in the 10th Legislative District that all three of your elected officials supported SB 6617, which would have exempted them from our state’s public records act. Dave Hayes and Barbara Bailey voted yes, while Norma Smith did not vote due to an excused absence. She later stated that she would have “absolutely voted yes” if she were present for the vote. Thanks to a citizen’s uprising, we prevented this disaster by pressuring a gubernatorial veto, but we now know where our elected officials stand on the i...
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The La Conner-Whitney Road water main replacement project will be funded by a $1.5 million, 20 year revenue bond the Town Council decided at its July 10 meeting. The bond is structured as a loan, with payments coming from “water revenues” the Town receives from its water, sewer and drainage funds. Mayor Ramon Hayes told Council, “The intent is that water rates will pay for this bond.” The project is slated to start in September and finish in December. The bid notice is in today’s Weekly News. Bids must be received by July 30. They will be o...
Known to many in the LaConner and Shelter Bay area, Betty (Diane Elizabeth) Spencer passed away peacefully surrounded by her large family on June 21, 2018 at Franciscan Hospice in University Place, WA. Born December 8, 1925 in Los Angeles, she was 92. As a toddler she was part of Hal Roach’s Our Gang comedies, later known as the Little Rascals. Betty grew up in Arizona and moved to West Seattle in 1954. She and her husband Willard also lived in Renton and La Conner. She was known as a fantastic cook, gardener and seamstress, and loved to e...
Peggy Hart Rush passed away at the age of 92 on June 27, 2018. Peggy was born on July 12, 1925 in Beaumont TX. She and her husband Dick were married in 1944. Dick’s job at Boeing took them to Wichita, New Orleans, Huntsville, AL and back to Bellevue WA in 1969. Peggy taught 1st grade on Mercer Island until she retired in 1986, and then moved to La Conner. Peggy and Dick enjoyed traveling to Europe, Thailand, Australia/New Zealand, Peru, and Mexico. Much of their free time was spent with friends boating around the San Juan Islands, complete w...
