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“Cuba is broken,” Gloria says. “Familias’ broken. How will our children take care of us in our old age when they live in America or Europe? We were so hopeful with Obama. Now we are uncertain. I am very frightened.” My taxi is late. I’m headed to Vinales, land of tobacco, Cuban cigars, coffee beans, banana trees and limestone mountains. Gloria, my host in Havana, and I take the opportunity to visit while we wait sitting on her patio in the warm Cuban sun. She tells me how frightened she is for...
The three-man Fire District 13 board of commissioners wants to staff the La Conner Fire Station near the roundabout on Chilberg Road. Meanwhile, the La Conner Volunteer Fire Department already has plans to man the station 24-hours a day with two firefighters of its own. La Conner’s Mayor Ramon Hayes, Administrator John Doyle and Fire Chief Josh Morrison met with Fire District 13’s Chief Roy Horn and Commissioners Arne Fohn, Chuck Hedlund and Larry Kibbee on Friday, Dec. 16. The outcome of that meeting led to setting another meeting at the La...
There are ugly wins, but few pretty losses. A rare example of the latter, though, might have been La Conner’s 77-55 non-league home hoop setback to 1A power Mount Baker on Saturday. The double-digit defeat looked much better in hindsight, at least from the perspective and through the lens of Braves’ head coach Scott Novak and his staff. “The Mount Baker game,” Novak said Sunday, upon reflection, “looks like we got blown out, but other than one stretch in the first quarter when we went from bein...
They have height. They have length. Now the La Conner High Lady Braves are building depth. And that depth was on display in a big way when La Conner swept back-to-back games at Landy James Gym last weekend. Joanie Benson and Kayla Hagen each made important contributions off the bench as the Lady Braves routed Concrete 61-37 on Friday and romped past Sultan 56-29 Saturday night. Benson scored a game-high 19 points, shooting five-of-nine from behind the three-point arc, while Hagen led the victors with four steals to go along with two points in...
Skagit Co. Sheriff’s Office Monday Dec 12 7:07 p.m.: Arrest – A 62-year-old man was harassing workers at the Conway Pub and Eatery, when asked to leave for using foul language and being disruptive. Deputies contacted the man and arrested him for assault. 11:11 p.m.: Monday thing – A verbal argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend onMaple Avenue in La Conner. Both parties agreed to return home. No problems. Wednesday Dec 14 11:04 a.m.: Lunch raid – A 30-year-old man was arrested for stealing three milk crates from outside o...
As the photo shows, our snowy Salmon Slide is resting for the winter. Yet here is the good news: Conner Waterfront Park was started with a $50,000 matching grant from the Osberg Family Trust, which after some time fundraising, we were able to match. Well, you know it must be the holidays, because Town Hall received a letter from the Osberg Trust offering a second matching grant — this time for $25,000 for all donations from Dec. 2 through all of 2017. As you have seen, we started building...
