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Paco, a 19-year-old Macaw from Seattle, was visiting La Conner last weekend. According to his human, artist Camille Patha, Paco likes to wave at people, and since he doesn’t have a hand to do it with, uses his talon. Paco has a vocabulary of around 50 words, too. – Photo by Don Coyote...
La Conner’s Vince Fejeran was one of the musicians on stage last weekend at the Anacortes Arts Festival. – Photo by Don Coyote...
An important piece of local history is on display at the Swinomish Casino & Lodge for the next month. The Snakelum canoe, a family canoe built by members of the Lower Skagit Tribe more than 160 years ago, will be exhibited in the hotel lobby through early September. The Swinomish Tribe has invited the public to come and see it. It gives locals a unique chance to “get up close and personal” with the history,” said Swinomish Casino & Lodge Marketing Director Jumada Schwinden. The canoe was used in...
Skagit County government officials are scrambling to figure out how to deal with a huge cut in tax revenue resulting from a federal court ruling that eliminates property tax for every building on tribal land. That means most of the approximately 900 homes in Shelter Bay, a gated community built on leased land that the federal government holds in trust for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, are now exempt from property taxes. Skagit County Commissioner Ron Wesen said buildings on tribal land will be removed from the 2015 tax rolls. In the...
Most people see La Conner’s channel-side businesses as they boat past or stroll along the boardwalk. But now with artist Bob Patterson’s rendition, the town’s entire waterfront can be viewed at once. Patterson recently completed an 18-inch by 20-foot painting of the town depicting everything from Rainbow Bridge on the south, to La Conner Marina at the north end of town. It is on display upstairs at the Museum of Northwest Art. “It took around 700 hours,” the artist said. “Mayor Ramon Hayes...
Robert Douglas Peth, Officer Peth, Officer Bob, Badge 6383, Unka Bob, Bob, Bobby, was born May 21, 1968 in Mount Vernon, WA. He died May 10, 2014 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Colon cancer made his last three years interesting and gave him the opportunity for more laughter, more jokes, new friends, more love, and much hard work, and then it finally got him. All that wise-crackery, lost. Bob was the son of Earl and Kathy Peth, born into a pioneer farming family in Skagit County, and a family...
Our beloved mother, Ruth Elizabeth Oldenburg Kirk, died on Monday, July 28, from natural causes. She was born September 5, 1923 in Oak Harbor to John and Cressie Oldenburg. Her early childhood was spent on the Oldenburg family farm, which is 40 acres adjacent to Deception Pass State Park on North Whidbey Island. She grew up with five older brothers, who all proceeded her in death. Her mother and father died when she was still a child. Following the death of her parents, she was raised by her...
Former La Conner resident Thurston Barr “T.B.” Ames died at age 90 on Saturday, July 5 in the loving care of his children and the wonderful staff of Rosario Assisted Living in Anacortes. He was born in Ossining, New York on May 9, 1924 To Helen Aird Ames and Edward Maurice Ames and was a fun-loving sibling to Shirley Keeler, Ned and Jimmy. T.B. was a dominating force of personality. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a pilot during World War I...
Our dad, Ron Nelson, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on Saturday, July 26 in La Conner. He was born in Seattle June 21, 1929, the only child of Alice Gertrude King Nelson and Angus Johannes “Joe” Nelson. Ron grew up in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island and graduated from Central Washington University, where he studied economics. While there, he met our mom, Flossie Mitchell, his wife of 59 years. Flossie preceded him in death. Ron, who served in the Korean War, retired from the U.S. Nav...
Tuesday July 29 8:10 a.m.: Ahoy Muttley! – A stray dog was wandering the docks at La Conner Marina. 8:56 a.m.: Vehicle prowl – A boater returned to find electronics and tools stolen from his vehicle parked near La Conner Marina. 2:16 p.m.: Fender bender – Misjudgment in parking caused a crunch in the parking lot near Calico Cupboard in La Conner. Wednesday July 30 8:55 a.m.: Agency assist – The Sheriff’s Office put out a bulletin in La Conner and everywhere else in the county to be on the lookout for missingOregon w...
