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A member of an invasive crab species that indirectly threatens our delicious Dungeness variety and preys on clams and oysters was found at Westcott Bay on San Juan Island last week. Volunteer monitors caught a European green crab, which doesn’t belong in our waters, but seems determined to homestead here anyway. A team of volunteers from Washington Sea Grant caught the three-inch adult male as part of the Crab Team’s regular monitoring program. European green crabs are native to the eastern Atl...
The La Conner Weekly News recently published two articles about the state Department of Revenue’s March 2014 guidance that advised counties to stop assessing property tax on homes, or any other structure, constructed on tribal trust land. The federal court’s ruling that spurred the guidance had a significant effect inSkagitCounty. As a result, state and local property taxes shifted from homeowners living on tribal trust property to the others in the community. I fully support the public’s right to know how my agency arrived at this guida...
Jack Gubrud died on Thursday, August 25, in Mount Vernon. He was born February 7, 1935 in Fargo, North Dakota to Verne and Mildred Swindeck Gubrud. A celebration of Jack’s life will be held 2 p.m. Friday, September 23, at His Place Church, 1480 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington followed by a reception at the Skagit Golf and Country Club. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Jack’s name to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County, PO Box 947, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 or to Alzheimer’s research. Jack was buried with his parents and in-la...
It was smooth sailing to Friday Harbor last week for the La Conner High football team. Once there, things also went swimmingly well for the Braves. La Conner opened its 2016 grid season with a convincing 56-14 league triumph over the hosts, making a winner of new Braves head coach Peter Voorhees in his NW2B debut. “We played real physical,” Voorhees told “La Conner Weekly News” afterward. “We dominated the line of scrimmage, and our kids played with a lot of passion.” That passion, said Voorhees, surfaced at Friday Harbor, even on rare occasion...
Monday Aug 29 10:45 a.m.: Bank flap – A 47-year-old man was disturbing customers at Washington Federal Bank in La Conner. He left when he was asked to do so by deputies. 1:15 p.m.: Hot dog – A dog was reported locked in a vehicle onFirst Street near the La Conner Tavern; the vehicle was gone upon deputy arrival. Tuesday Aug 30 7:00 a.m.: Suspicious – A suspicious looking man wearing khakis and a grey sweatshirt was walking around in the Channel Cove parking lot in La Conner. Deputies were unable to locate him. 7:43 a.m.: Love...
The 15 fidgeting and excited 5-year-olds began their kindergarten through 12th-grade journey on Tuesday with La Conner Elementary teacher Judy Zimmerman. Zimmerman, also known as “Mrs. Z,” corralled her rambunctious charges into a half circle, sitting quietly as she flipped through a picture book describing the story while animatedly explaining school rules. She covered the basics — how to use the classroom bathroom, with its high-tech light sensors and automatic soap dispensers. She told them they will have to listen attentively as the...
