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During the Christmas season we hear and sing one of the most famous of all Christmas carols: “Joy to the World.” This year, not just churches, but our secular community choirs have celebrated the 300th birthday of this famous carol and made it the headliner of their Christmas programs. Originally it was published in a book of poems by Isaac Watts in Great Britain in 1719. Watts used a “Christian lens” of interpretation to celebrate Jesus’ role as the “King” of the Christian church and the whole world, rather than translating words of Psal...
We gift the paper to our son – who lives in New York City. He is busy with work and family (yes!) – but he looks at it and seems to enjoy the parts he reads. He at least reads my letters (I hope). Most of the “kids” in that generation are not newsprint readers – and links to digital subscriptions go unnoticed. So print is a great way to keep your offspring connected to home – whether they live in the valley or far away. So if you are looking for a very last minute gift, think about that one. Best to all, Linda Tal...
My elderly father lives alone in a small apartment and receives care by an agency because he is bed-bound. There isn’t much room to visit, but our family wants him to feel a part of us on Christmas as this may be his last one. Any suggestions? It certainly makes sense that you’d like him to feel a part of the family, especially this year. There are plenty of ideas, and consulting with others in the family may open up the flood-gate for more, but here are just a few: - Since Christmas is just a week away, you can begin visiting him now, with jus...
Darwin Eugene Butcher, 88, passed away peacefully at home on December 9th, 2019 surrounded by his wife of 55 years and loved ones. Darwin was born August 11th, 1931 in Ogden, Utah to Harold Butcher and Hazel (Bingham) Butcher. He was the oldest of three children. His early childhood years were during the Great Depression. Darwin lived many places as a child including Washington D.C., Oklahoma City, Berkeley, Oakland and Seattle. In 1944, the Butcher family moved to Anchorage, Alaska. They were one of the first pioneer families to drive the...
Roy Horn literally wrote the book on the Hope Island Volunteer Fire Department. Now he is about to embark on a new chapter in life. Horn announced his decision to retire as chief of Skagit County Fire District 13 near La Conner in May, a post he has held for the past 17 years. Friday he will be honored with other long-serving district officials at a special open house, 1-5 p.m. at the Snee-Oosh Road station. The other honorees are: Horn’s wife, Maggie, the district’s administrative assistant for nearly two decades; Battalion Chief Ted Car...
There was a time, a generation ago, when Miles Johns was truly a man about town, involved in just about every possible civic project in and around La Conner. The only time he was in the dark, it seemed, was while on the job at the old Channel Town Press, where he was its darkroom technician and commercial printer, two skills – like so many over the course of his life – that were largely self-taught. Johns died last week in Anacortes, a passing that was deeply felt in the La Conner area, where he was remembered for his multiple...
Saturday will be the shortest day of the year. All month darkness has come earlier and daily the sun has risen later. Slowly, oh so slowly, come mid-January, the darkness will lift. We are in the middle, not the end of the season of darkness. People, however, are the species of hope, as we are the only species with art in its culture. “Hope is the thing with feathers” wrote Emily Dickinson. For Christians, next week celebrates the birth of Jesus. Church founders placed that birth at the darkest moment of the year. All around them, people wer...
