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Ashlyn Reinstra and her boyfriend Austin Keyes at the 5K fun run held in her honor on Sunday. Ashlyn is recovering after an 8-month battle beating an aggressive leukemia, and the La Conner community came together with fundraisers to help her family recover from the financial impacts of her successful cancer fight. Debbie Grant, with the La Conner Booster Club, said 465 runners participated on Sunday, and there were more than 60 volunteers, including the Kiwanis. Grant said the donation tally is...
Phyllis Staffanson, a longtime resident of Skagit Valley, died on Thursday, September 4. She had resided on Pleasant Ridge with her husband Ken for 58 years and devoted her life to raising and caring for her family and spending time with relatives, friends and neighbors. Phyllis was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, and she will be dearly missed. Phyllis was born in 1935 in Atwood, Kansas to Lucille and Glenn Jones. The family moved to Toppenish, Washington in 1939 and settled in Skagit...
Dezi, my beloved Pomeranian companion of nearly 15 years, died on Wednesday, August 20, in the arms of his second mom-my, Angela, while his mommy was on an Alaskan cruise. The Sunday before he died, he enjoyed a dog day afternoon in the presence of nine other dogs, including his two favorite canine cousins, Maggie and Granddaughter. Dezi was born October 5, 1999, and I met him when he was 6 weeks old. I sat in a field, along with five other puppies. Dezi came to me immediately and didn’t l...
Beating Bellevue Christian was pretty impressive, despite the lack of style points for a La Conner High team that fashioned a 22-7 non-league grid decision Friday to remain unbeaten in three starts. For the workmanlike Braves, the game was literally a grind. La Conner ground out nearly 300 yards rushing while moving the sticks and controlling the clock against their larger enrollment foes. Cameron Hansen paced the victors, carrying eight times for 148 yards and two touchdowns, including a 92-yard scoring dash in the first quarter. Hansen also p...
Crews have been taking apart the old La Conner Elementary School brick by brick this month, and about 90 percent of the materials are being recycled, said School District Superintendent Tim Bruce. The demolition is expected to be finished by Monday. But before construction of the new La Conner Middle School can be built on the site, pilings will have to be put deep into the ground to support the buildings. The influence of the Swinomish Channel and tides makes it necessary to install more than...
