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Need clothes? Come and take your pick at the “La Conner Cares Free Clothing Event” next Monday, Aug. 31, 12-5 p.m. at the parking lot between Crescent Moon Yoga Studio and the La Conner Library, 606 Morris Street. Clothes for people of all ages, including new baby clothing, will be available for the taking. There will be about four truck loads estimates Jan Paul, president of the La Conner Soroptimist club. “We have gotten clothing. My garage is half full. (Rotarian) Marty Pease’s garage is half full,” she said. “This is getting clothing to...
On their longest fire run ever, four firefighters from Fire District 13’s Station 1 are in Calistoga, Napa County, California providing structure protection against fires from the LNU Lightening Complex Fire. They drove down Aug. 21 in Unit 13-11 a fire engine designed for structure fires. Jami Jurdi, FD 13’s assistant chief, is in charge. The team is “red card” certified to fight wildland fires, FD 13 Chief Wood Weiss told the Weekly News Monday. “They have that gear,” he said. Phillip Andrew w...
Thanks to new guidelines from Governor Jay Inslee, La Conner’s three museums will soon be back in business. Hours and visitors will be limited when the Museum of Northwest Art museum opens Friday, Sept. 4. “Since we can only operate at 25 percent of capacity, our docents will need to monitor the number of visitors in the galleries,” said MoNA Executive Director Joanna Sikes. “When one group leaves, another can enter.” While there is no need to make an appointment beforehand, Sikes said some patience may be required as MoNA staff work to make s...
Amid a global pandemic that has caused much pain and anxiety, Swinomish Tribal Community members are celebrating a local miracle. Michael Smith, Jr., who had gone missing and at one point was presumed drowned, had left La Conner to deliver crabbing gear in Blaine Monday, Aug. 17. He was found alive Thursday by Canadian authorities. “Michael Smith has been located safe in Delta, B.C.,” Swinomish Tribal Police said in a Aug. 20 statement. “Thank you to all who have assisted in the search. Such great news for Swinomish.” Smith, 39, had drifted...
Town Councilmember John Leaver, citizen Rick Dole are leading a group that gets an E for effort for their ad hoc rallying of merchants and residents to shop – and eat – locally and late Friday, Sept. 4. Let’s rally around our merchants to kick-off the Labor Day weekend. We can all take some of the monies we are not spending traveling and recreating and buy ourselves or families or friends a gift and treat ourselves to dinner out. Make it a weekend-long pleasure to walk First and Morris Streets and keep our local dollars local. L...
President Donald Trump was re-nominated for the 2020 election by his Republican Party in Charlotte, North Carolina Monday. Maybe that is because he: Puts others first. Brings the nation together. Brings other nations together. Protects and promotes children. Honors and defends women. Sacrifices his time and fortune. Has a good word for everyone. Takes responsibility. Inspires confidence. Respects the rule of law. Provides stability. Plays fair. Is kind. Is reverent. Is trusted. Is trustworthy. Is respected by his foes. Is quiet and...
My Uncle Harry Rosenfeld turned 91 years old this month. His is a remarkable story that constantly reminds me why I value the message of the Statue of Liberty so much. Harry was born in Berlin, Germany in 1929 and is eight years younger than his sister, my mother Rachel. Their father, Sam, was an uneducated Polish immigrant who became a very successful furrier in Berlin. After Hitler came to power, Jews were not allowed to go to public school. Before Krystallnacht happened in 1938, Sam was...
Five folks from each of two service clubs in La Conner, led by Rotarian Marty Pease, met at Gilkey Square to wash the Town’s Park picnic tables, trash containers and benches Aug. 17. They were from our local Kiwanis and Rotary clubs who together saw a need and stepped up to make sure our town sparkles for everyone here in town and for people visiting, especially on these warm weekends. Public Works Brian Lease and Todd Parks were a great help to make sure we had water and hoses with proper connections. When you see anyone from any local s...
My friend said she is going to vote for a decent man, Joe Biden. He has been in national politics for 47 years and has been a racist, voting against bussing and saying he did not want his kids to go to school in a jungle. He had 47 years in the Senate and as vice president to build America better and failed. If decent is sex accusations, there are plenty of those in both parties. I plan to vote for the truly decent man, Donald Trump. He opposes late term abortion, where a soon to be born child is cut into pieces in the womb. His administration...
The Electoral College in our Constitution, Article 2, Section 1. We voters need to be informed why it exists and why it is still necessary. It gives the smaller and/or less populated states a fair representation when voting for our president and vice president. It makes it harder to steal an election. It encourages the candidates to campaign nationally, in order to win every state, not just the heavily populated states. It protects Americans from the tyranny of the majority. Our Founding Fathers were far more than what the word politician may b...
La Conner has long been considered one of the most livable communities in the Puget Sound region. The trick, for an equal length of time, has been to find available housing here. Now the Town Planning Commission has crafted proposals designed to address the local housing shortage which could also help provide a positive economic ripple effect as La Conner faces projected revenue shortfalls related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission will hold a video-conferenced public hearing next month...
If you need food, go to the La Conner Sunrise Foodbank Mondays 3-5:30 p.m. at 602 3rd St, La Conner in the Masonic Hall behind the Methodist Church. Distribution is via curbside drive thru. Their mission: meet the food needs of our community by providing supplemental food to individuals and families who find themselves in need. Volunteers look forward to helping you. No one should go hungry The federal government is a supplier. Their guideline is 400% of the federal poverty level. Information: 360.488.3878, laconnersunrisefo...
Interim La Conner Schools Superintendent Rich Stewart is getting quite familiar with distance learning. So, too, is U.S. Rep Rick Larsen (D-Everett). This meeting last Wednesday morning had them climbing their respective learning curves both literally and figuratively as they compared notes on public education and COVID-19 while maintaining six-foot social distancing outside the La Conner School District Office building. Stewart shared how school staff have adapted to the pandemic and what the district’s plans are for the upcoming academic y...
He is a musician, a chef, a craftsman and a painter. Now Camas Logue is carving out a new niche in his adopted hometown. The 36-year-old Portland native, who resides with his wife, Katherine, on North First Street, has spent much of August helping carve three ceremonial cedar totem poles that will be installed near the Swinomish Tribal Community’s signature cedar hat pavilions. Logue passed his first traditional carving test with flying colors – and not just those he applied to the stylish migrating salmon images that highlight the p...
The La Conner Rotary Club’s 75th Diamond Jubilee anniversary is Thursday. In service to the community the Club has supported and fundraised for projects, raising tens of thousands of dollars for: the new La Conner Swinomish Library, Conner Waterfront Park, the Gilkey Square pergola, Maple Hall’s commercial kitchen and audiovisual system, and in Mount Vernon, McIntyre Hall and the new Skagit Family YMCA. Emphasizing literacy and education, the Club has awarded annual scholarships for high school seniors, provided dictionaries to all third gra...
Appreciation for art is deeply rooted in La Conner, but spray-painted graffiti on a large tree near the skate park off North Sixth Street doesn’t make the cut. Either with critics or the public at large. La Conner residents were upset Sunday to find the north side of the thick, multi-branched oak – long admired for its colorful autumn leaves and collection of acorns at its base – tagged with several symbols and icons, the most notable being the 360 area code. Many in La Conner c...
Monday, August 17 10:53 a.m.: Move it or lose it – A blue Ford pickup on the caller’s property last two days. Registered owner was contacted and advised to have it removed or the property own will have it towed. McLean / Beaver Marsh Rds., Greater La Conner. 11:33 a.m.: Bike theft – A black “Trek” Mountain bicycle was stolen. No suspects. Park St., La Conner. 2:50 p.m.: Overly suspicious – Motorhome in the area of Channel Dr. It was recently purchased by a homeowner in the area. No issue. Channel Dr., La Conner. 4:03 p.m.: Lef...
Ingredients Rhubarb, two cups chopped Orange, 1 medium Water, 1/4 cup Sugar, 1/3 cup Preparation Using fresh or frozen rhubarb, add to a medium sauce pan. Cut orange and add. Add sugar and water. Stir to mix the sugar around. Cook on medium low heat for 40 minutes. The rhubarb will soften into a sauce. Serve warm or cold. Serve with or without the orange pieces....
Folks staying home for Labor Day can travel to downtown La Conner for an evening of shopping and eating. Over 40 merchants on First and Morris streets will be open Friday, Sept 4, until 8 p.m. and several restaurants will close at 10 p.m. From Enchanted Locks on Morris Street to Fine Feathered Friends on North First Street all the way down to Earthenworks and The Stall at that street’s south end, a wide variety of stores and galleries will be open, waiting for the local community to stop in, browse and buy. The ad hoc committee planning ...
