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It was pretty dangerous, probably even a little illegal, but the result of a clandestine effort was brilliant: La Conner’s Rainbow Bridge has lights again for the first time in a decade. Mayor Ramon Hayes and the Town Council have been trying to figure out a way to get the bridge lit up for more than a year. At the last meeting, Town Councilman Bill Bruch gave an update: A contractor could bring a boom truck and string lights on the bridge with special clamps for under $50,000. But two local m...
Once a year, the La Conner Middle School gym fills for a day with eighth-graders proudly displaying well-decorated poster boards, giving out freebies and facts to those who pass by their tables. The yearly culture fair’s public launch reveals the cumulative efforts of each individual student, under supervision of their teacher, Mrs. Thurmond — a teacher who is all about celebrating individuality. Veronica Thurmond has taught La Conner’s seventh- and eighth-graders for the past 16 yea...
