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The birthday of a Jewish child is called Christmas Day. The child, Jesus, born in poverty, grew to manhood in what is now Israel. Little is known about him until he reached approximately the age of 30. Then he left home and, with a group of followers, began to emphasize compassion and kindness, an end to slavery and exploitation of nature and humanity. Four accounts of his life, though with non-essential variations, are the source of our knowledge about Jesus. Not all his hearers accepted his teaching, especially the Romans who occupied Israel...
I live on Lummi Drive in La Conner in Shelter Bay. I thought, we’ve got such beautiful lights here on Lummi Drive, both sides, street side and water side and the lights across the bay reflect in the water and it is just absolutely glorious. I thought you might want to commend these people or take pictures. It is just beautiful. There are boats in the bay here that are lit up that reflect, also. I thought it would be just beautiful if we had some nice, nice pictures. I thank you. Patricia Roper [This is a word picture that is just beautiful, t...
When the lights went out last week, the friendly staff at Pioneer Market propped open the door, grabbed flashlights and went to work helping customers find something to eat and drink. All you needed was cash and the staff would calculate tax on paper bags. Many thanks from many customers! You’re a great neighbor and an asset to the community! Bill Allen...
Local historian Janna Gage shared stories of whites settling our northwest corner of the Washington territory and of her own family’s place on the Skagit River to 15 members at the Friends of the Library potluck and meeting Dec. 17. Gage started with Louise A. Conner and her family’s flight from a brutal, barbaric and dead-end life in Missouri. The Civil War was disruptive, with returning soldiers leading the movement westward. Gage stressed her surprise at finding that her relative buried in...
The Kiwanis Club of La Conner and half a dozen town restaurants are posed to make monthly donations to assist students in the local school district. Their program, “Eat Out for Kids,” has a simple premise: eat out at any of six restaurants on the first Wednesday of the month and the restaurants will donate a portion of their day’s sales to the Kiwanis. The Kiwanis then provide scholarships and donates to school programs. Sounds good. The only missing variable: lots of customers eating out Wednesdays at Anelia’s Kitchen and Stage, La Conner Seaf...
Fall roared out of the Salish Sea region with winds of up to 60 mph last Thursday, darkening all or parts of Island, Kitsap, Skagit and Whatcom counties served by Puget Sound Energy. In La Conner, the windstorm came without rain. About 1,600 greater La Conner residents were among the 120,000 people in Skagit County without electricity for up to 18 hours. La Conner lost power at 11:05 a.m. The lights returned in Town at 6:49 p.m. It was 2:22 a.m. before power was restored in Shelter Bay and south...
For many, December 31st symbolizes a closure to a year. With the ball dropping at midnight, crowds gather together to bid farewell to the old, and usher in the new. With mixed feelings this year’s end, Jo Mitchelle, LMT, says good-bye to her plant and flower shop, located in front of the Library Thrift Store on Morris street. The gate is locked with a pink sign reading “Flower Shop will not re-open in 2019”. The flower shop’s inception began roughly five years ago, after Mitchelle broke her arm in a scooter accident. Mitchelle ran Jo’s He...
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s First Street property will get a cosmetic makeover early in 2019, once the Town of La Conner changes its administrative code to exempt buildings with small footprints from onsite parking requirements. “Within a few weeks of the Town amending the code we’ll take those structures down,” said Allan Olson, general manager for the Tribe. He said no action has been taken out of deadline concerns for modifying the property after demolition and the parking space requirement. Town Administrator Scott Thomas...
Turn the Way Back Machine to 1958 when a La Conner company was one of the largest manufacturers of stylish fiberglass boats on the West Coast. It was also a year, like so many others, that had been ushered in on television by famed bandleader Guy Lombardo, whose rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” signaled for millions the official turn of the calendar. And, coincidentally, 1958 was the year that Lombardo – also known for orchestrating excitement on the speedboat racing circuit – joi...
It’s true that there is a “tax problem” on the Swinomish Indian Reservation, but it is much larger than the Great Wolf Lodge tax case that everyone has been hearing or reading about lately. For decades, the Swinomish Tribe has faced at least four separate but related tax problems that went largely unnoticed in the Town of La Conner until the impact of the Great Wolf Lodge decision that invalidated a state tax on the permanent improvements of lessees on federal trust land was felt by property owners of fee lands both here in town and on the r...
Erin Michael Henning, born February 27, 1961 and passed away December 24, 2017 suddenly at his home in La Conner, WA. Erin’s mother Diane Carol Kline, born November 21, 1937, followed him in death on November 7, 2018. Diane and Erin were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They will be laid to rest together on Thursday, January 3, 2019, 11:00 AM at Mount Vernon Cemetery, 1200 E. Fir Street, Mount Vernon. They are survived by Daniel Henning. You may offer your condolences and share memories online at w...
“My dear. Christmas Day,” was Bob Cratchit’s reply to his loving wife Martha when she wanted to scold – pile on, in modern parlance – his boss, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. What good cheer is there for us in this weary world this Christmas week, whether or not we are Christians? The ethics of any religion are grounded in peace on earth, good will to all. The Christian hymnals and our secular carols are full of joy to the world and glad tidings of comfort and joy. Who wants to be Scrooge this last week of the year – or on an...
Daren Nystrom is kicking off the new year in style. The La Conner native will be in Pasadena Jan. 1 to work the storied Rose Bowl football game as a senior associate athletic trainer for the University of Washington. Look for Nystrom on the Husky sideline, his outdoor office the past 12 seasons, when the UW meets Ohio State in the nationally televised game, college football’s oldest bowl contest. The Huskies have gone bowling every year since 2010 but will be playing in the popularly dubbed ...
