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While forest fires rage in the Western United States and hurricanes batter the East Coast, we have had our own disaster here in the Salish Sea. The release of hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon into our waters here created an ecological disaster on a scale that we have not seen in the Salish Sea before. One week after their release this invasive species had been found as far south as the Nisqually River, as far North as the Fraser River and on the coast of Vancouver Island. I and other Swinomish fishers caught Atlantic salmon in our own S...
It may or may not be crowded at La Conner’s elementary and high school buildings, but there are 22 more elementary students and 19 more high school students this year than last year. The school district counted 586 students enrolled in its report to the state’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. That tops last year’s 543 students by 43, an eight percent increase. District administrators estimated 525 students would attend this year. The 586 enrolled are 61 additional students, an 11 percent increase. That’s “GREAT NEWS!” Di...
School is open for you to visit. Your invitation to talk to teachers and staff includes dinner. On September 20 everyone is invited to a community dinner at La Conner’s elementary school at 4:30 p.m. From 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. the elementary school hosts its open house. The middle and high school open house runs from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Among the vendors encouraging education in our community will be La Conner’s Library. Everyone, of every age, is encouraged to get a library card: this is Library Card Sign-up Month....
Long time town administrator John Doyle will retire November 30. Doyle’s departure, and the process for replacing him, was discussed during the mayor’s roundtable of the September 12 town council meeting. Doyle’s retirement was not a surprise: Mayor Ramon Hayes announced at the Fir Log Park timeline dedication September 6th that Doyle had informed him the week before. The mayor also e-mailed the news to council members. The mayor asked to have two council members work with him in the search process. Council members John Leaver and Mary Wohle...
