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The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s leadership wants to amend the tribe’s constitution so that its actions will no longer be subject to approval by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. The tribe has not responded to this newspaper’s requests to elaborate on its plan. Stan Speaks, the regional director for the Pacific Northwest Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs said, “That situation has not been admitted or approved. We will be meeting with the tribe in the very near future to discuss the issue.” In the meantime, he would not say a...
The scribe of La Conner has left the planet. Jim Smith, once the unofficial Wonder of Woonsocket, South Dakota, and more recently the witty author of “Notes from Pull & Be Damned” is gone. He would like it if we told you he was abducted by aliens or took off hunting Sasquatch, but the sad truth is Jim died early Friday. Jim’s weekly columns and news stories delighted people for years. His historical knowledge of the town – he used to get introduced as “one of the original hippies” –...
Jim Smith died suddenly on Friday, September 16 at Skagit Valley Hospital. He was born February 23, 1940, in Ashton, South Dakota to Guy and Dale Smith and grew up in Woonsocket, South Dakota, in the apartment above the train depot where his father was depot agent. Jim graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education and later received a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Moorhead State College in Minnesota. After teaching in Okinawa for a year for the Department of Defense, he tau...
La Conner High was more than a cut above the Darrington Loggers on Friday. The Braves were actually well past the tree line – in uncharted territory, so to speak – as they stumped many longtime sideliners as to whether La Conner’s 75-0 home drubbing of the rebuilding Loggers set new school football marks. The hosts, with Killer B’s Budda Luna and Brady Nelson leading the way, were credited with 503 yards rushing on the night’s initial stat sheet. That total could be a new La Conne...
Home sweet dome. That’s the atmosphere the La Conner High volleyball team has come to expect from its frequent visits to the Yakima Sun Dome. Last weekend was no exception. The Lady Braves returned from the site of many of the program’s biggest triumphs having won invaluable confidence going forward as result of placing in the Top 12 of a hyper-competitive early season tournament. The Yakima bracket featured teams from the 2A through 4A ranks in addition to La Conner, which placed second in the 2B State tourney at Yakima last November. “It...
Residents of the Channel Drive neighborhood north of La Conner submitted a petition with more than 100 signatures of voters who want to withdraw from Fire District 13. Dave Buchan, Dennis Milliken and Martin Howard delivered the petition to Elections Supervisor Dave Cunningham in the Skagit County Auditors office on Monday. The Elections Department has 10 days to check the signatures and make sure the petition is in order. In March, the county rejected a petition with 90 signatures seeking the same result – detachment from Fire District...
Tuesday Sept 13 2:28 p.m.: Light gone – The flashing amber light over the intersection ofMaple Ave. andCaledonia Street bit the dust. It was hit by an over-height vehicle and won’t be replaced. Wednesday Sept 14 6:57 p.m.: Car vs. boat – An unoccupied vehicle rolled across S. 4th St. in La Conner and into a boat on a trailer. There was little damage and the parties exchanged information. 8:53 p.m.: Boat vs. bridge – A boat fell off a trailer crossing theRainbowBridge in La Conner. The scene was cleared by Swinomish Police b...
