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The La Conner School Board on Monday embraced an idea put forth by Heather Henricksen and her sister Nicole. Students at La Conner High School will be allowed to wear hats at school on a trial basis when they return from their winter break next month. Hats will be allowed on campus through February 15. After that, depending on the results of research Henricksen will conduct during the trial period, the board will decide whether to permanently repeal the schools’ 30-year hat ban. “Very well presented,” School Board President Rick Thompson told...
In a special election on Feb. 9, La Conner Schools will ask voters to approve more than $1 million per year in taxes to be collected in 2017 and 2018. Two new levies will replace a maintenance and operations and a technology levy that were approved by voters in 2012 and expire at the end of 2016. The maintenance and opera-tions levy helps pay for school programs like foreign language instruction, music, drama, athletic coach salaries and other benefits for children that state funding does not cover. The tech levy, first approved by voters in...
Robert “Bob” Wayne Ellis, 80, a longtime resident of Skagit Valley, died in the morning on Sunday, December 6. Bob was born in Deer Lodge, Montana in October 1935, the second of five children to Edith and Wayne Ellis. He moved to the valley with his family as a young boy. Bob attended school in Mount Vernon until he transferred and graduated in 1954 from La Conner High School. He was an All American track athlete, which continued into his time serving in the Army, when he was drafted in 1958 unt...
Janet Clark Kerr died at home on Tuesday, December 8 at age 81. Janet was a third generation Skagitonian, who was born in La Conner on June 30, 1934 to Harrison and Valborg Brandt Clark. Her immediate family included her two younger sisters, Anita and Elaine, as well as a large extended family with several aunts, uncles and cousins, who have remained close and dear to her throughout her life. In 1956, Janet married Donald Kerr of Burlington, and together they raised their three children,...
Monday Dec 7 3:03 p.m.: It’s mine! –Argument on who owns what, between two exes at the 900 block Maple Ave. La Conner. 7:21 p.m.: Hang up – 911 hang up at the Pioneer Market in La Conner appeared to be a medical aid call. Tuesday Dec 8 3:00 a.m.: Pub plunder? – Automatic alarm at the Conway Pub. No sign of break in, all is good. 2:36 p.m.: The ultimate heist! – Art pencil sharpeners were stolen by a student while on a field trip at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner. 7:22 p.m.: Suicide threat – Someone report...
Bobbie Butterworth walked out of her Shelter Bay home on Saturday to a heartbreaking sight — the nativity scene in her front yard had been smashed to bits. Swinomish Police Chief Andrew Thorne said Butterworth told police that neighbors reported hearing noises Friday night. In the morning, when Butter-worth discovered that the figures in her nativity scene had been destroyed, she called the police. Swinomish Officer Aaron Nelson responded to the call. For years, the Butterworth’s S...
The La Conner High girls’ basketball team put on a lot of miles last weekend before stalling out at Nooksack Valley. Fueled by an impressive 62-39 road win over Cedar Park Christian on Friday, the Lady Braves sped to a 24-21 halftime lead Saturday against 1A Nooksack before sputtering late in a 47-40 non-league loss. “I think it was a case of how hard it is to get back-to-back wins on the road as we develop our depth,” La Conner head coach Scott Novak said after the Nooksack game. “We ended up running out of gas a little bit in the second...
It’s never easy winning back-to-back games on the road. Some might call it a longshot, in fact. For the La Conner Braves, that proved doubly true at 1A Nooksack Valley on Saturday. Coming off a near flawless 68-13 romp of NW2B foe Cedar Park Christian the night before, La Conner was poised to pull off that longshot. Trouble was, the Pioneers got there first, thanks to a Hail Mary three-quarters length trey that closed out a wild, wacky first half. The hosts built upon the momentum generated from the desperation heave by Connor Beard — a...
