Park pavilion fully funded

Thank you all,

It was a packed house as Jeff Hellam opened the doors for us at Hellam’s Vineyard Friday night and everyone who came was there to make sure the pavilion at Conner Waterfront Park will be built. The two major donors were there, Shell Refinery and La Conner Rotary. They both gave deeply to start the initial fund raising and they, along with countless individual donors, had gotten us close and this event put us over the top.

The crowd was loud and happily bid on the three wonderful donated items. Earlier Mayor Ramon Hayes entertained us, playing the piano when, of all things, Dick Paynter stopped by and sang some of our favorite songs to start a beautiful evening.

While all this was going on, Michael and Madison Kooch, La Conner high seniors and members of the school’s Culinary Club, served us fabulous desserts they had baked the day before.

The auctioneer, Don Wick, masterfully sold the items donated by Bruce Bradburn and Meg Holgate of Forum Arts, Julie Lennartz and Sherry Thostenson of La Conner Pub & Eatery, and Mark Bistranin of Seaside Galley.

At the end of the auction, La Conner Parks Commission thanked everyone for coming and called this fund raising party a huge success.

Thanks to all the donors, bidders and attendees for being there to make the pavilion happen.

La Conner Parks Commission

Tom Winn

Annie Taylor

Martin Howard

Ken Lee

Ollie Iversen