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A measure to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library District in southeastern Washington has been temporarily blocked from the Nov. 7 ballot. Superior Court Judge Julie Karl ruled Sept. 6 that the proposition that would shut down the county’s only library is invalid. The temporary restraining order she issued will block the measure from the ballot and prevent officials from printing ballots for 14 days. The clock is ticking. According to the county auditor, the first ballots are supposed to be mailed to military and overseas voters Sept. 2...
DANCING THE DAY AWAY – The Fabulous Murphtones rocked Gilkey Square for the last Sunday concert of the season Sept. 10. Concerts start again Memorial Day weekend 2024....
Despite perfect late summer weather, thoughts of potential natural disasters – earthquakes, tsunamis, wildland fires and more – were on the minds of those visiting John K. Bob Ball Park on Swinomish Reservation Saturday afternoon. Emergency management staff and volunteers from throughout the region shared information and provided take-home items for use during major disaster events. The four-hour Swinomish Disaster Preparedness Fair, coordinated by the tribal emergency management dep...
Sunday, Sept. 3 10:00 a.m. The real deal – Subject at Shawn O’Donnell restaurant paid with a $100 bill that they believed was fake. A deputy arrived and found all the water marks and believed the bill to be real. The customer paid with other cash and advised he would contact his bank for verification on the $100 bill. No crime. La Conner Whitney Rd., Greater La Conner. 11:58 a.m. Struck and got away – Vehicle prowl at the Conway boat launch while a subject was out fishing. The back window of his truck was broken out and a backpack conta...
MEETING NOTICE TOWN OF LA CONNER PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 6:00 p.m. Location: Lower Maple Center 104 Commercial Street, La Conner, WA And by Zoom Information below and on the Town website Agenda 1. CONVENE 2. PUBLIC COMMENT (Topics not otherwise on the agenda) – time limit 3 minutes. 3. MINUTES Approve minutes from the September 5, 2023 meeting 4. OLD BUSINESS Status Report: Talmon Development Status Report: Public Participation Program Status Report: Transportation Element 5. NEW BUSINESS 6. CLOSING COMMENTS Join Zoom m...
This is one of several meals you can prepare with a rotisserie chicken. You start by making soup, cooking the whole carcass. This recipe makes enough for two families. We shared the other pan with our neighbor, Starina Jones. This is a comfort food. Takes about 2 hours to prepare. Ingredients Rotisserie chicken, what's leftover from another meal Onion, ½ medium, chopped Carrots, 2 peeled and chopped Water, 2 quarts Flour, 2 cups Baking powder, 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Dried oregano...
To Tom Robbins: your Kingly glow persists. Seasonally inspired, birds deposited seeds where no one could not see their timely forthcoming. First ever to proclaim your first King of the Day parade. Open kitchen blind, eyes getting bigger each day. Disbelief morphing to winged wonder. Dutifully aimed berry-washing-breakfast water to where thicker and thicker stems flaunted all green larger, five-pronged huge leaves. How big could they get? Then came their royal salute to you, King Tom: A string...
Twelve carvers, 12 sponsors, 12 prizes and 12 carvings from 24 cans of Spam . Way too much information to get into this space. Briefly, the winners are, “not written in any kind of order.” Everyone got a Spam T shirt. Better than the Seattle carving contest Spam Dunk: Peregrine O’Gormley, “Roasted Pig.” Weird and Wonderful: “Playing with Fire (your brain on Tom Robbins).” Pearl Spam: Mandy Turner, “Hot Trash: Spam jewelry displayed on Spam.” YOWZER: Chris Theis, “Stacked geometric sculpture.” Spam for the Masses: Pieter VanZanden: “Tom Robbi...
