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When Janie Beasley speaks, whether in English or Lushootseed, people listen. In fact, her ability to speak – and listen – to a broad base of La Conner area constituents has long been a trademark of the incumbent La Conner School District Board Director, who currently chairs the five-member panel. Beasley, a La Conner High alum, is often called upon to deliver bi-lingual messages during local special events, both at school and off-campus. Thus, she knows well the importance of...
La Conner students enjoyed their summer, even those for whom the time off was more of a working vacation. Perhaps especially them. La Conner High junior Ashley Davis attended two separate student leadership events, one in Spokane and another in southwest Washington, while eighth graders Kailey Carlson, Hattie Walls and Latesha Guerrero-Gobert took part in a week-long Tech Trek session at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. They wouldn’t have done it any other way. “It was really neat,” Kaile...
Since Yvonne Naughton has completed ultra-marathons all over the globe, you’d think the La Conner physician and assistant track coach has no more mountains to climb. Not so. She and two friends, Kelsey Wilmore and Minda Paul, found one in their own backyard. Last July the trio tackled the rigorous Infinity Loop, which involves two summits of Mount Rainier with a circumnavigation of the Wonderland Trail. It’s a journey of 135 miles and 45,000 feet in elevation gain. They ended up covering most of...
I have been reading my fellow American’s letters of opposition to the content of my letter (“A letter I should not need to write,” viewpoint, Aug. 28). I did expect “push back.” That is a valuable freedom we have – to disagree – which is not allowed in some countries. May this freedom always exist in America. Nancy Burlison...
At last Wednesday’s school board candidates forum, all four candidates agreed that confidentiality is required while discussing personnel matters. They are right, of course. Whether considering retaining Georgia Johnson or finalizing Superintendent Whitney Meissner’s evaluation, reaching these decisions must be done behind closed doors. That is not a breach or a masking of transparency but standard operating procedure for any employer-employee interaction. The larger issue that staff and residents are insisting on is engagement and participatio...
Our apple pie and salute the flag American values start with standing for the truth and protecting the country. The American way is about truth, first and last, because we know we are the good guys. We are always the good guys. God made us that way, sent us forth to multiply. Part of being right is not being angry. And, if you say you are not angry, it is about staying calm. If your worst fears come to pass will you stay calm? We don’t have to love our neighbors, despite what the Bible says. We do have to get along. If you think the nation i...
Today you are one boat ride and 16 days away from 35 documentary films playing on six screens at four venues over three days. At the 7th annual Friday Harbor Film Festival, each film will be screened twice. That adds up to a whole lot of eye and mind stimulation – and heart, also. From October 25 to 27 Friday Harbor will be documentary film central in the Pacific Northwest. In this 50th anniversary year of landing on the moon, the films Apollo 11 and Mission Control will be shown, with three NASA astronauts taking questions from...
An attentive crowd of 80 people heard candidates for La Conner School Board District Directors 1 and 2 at a forum co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Skagit County and the La Conner Weekly News last Wednesday on the Swinomish reservation. Incumbents Kate Szurek, District 1 Director, and Janie Beasley, District 2 Director, are challenged by John Agen and Marlys Baker, respectively. The large turnout indicated the interest in the tension between the administration and the two school unions. Also, the District 2 position is a contest...
