Young Life faith-based outreach program praised

The iconic Rainbow Bridge has connected La Conner and Swinomish Reservation since 1957.

The Young Life ministry is extending that connection on spiritual and social levels.

Members of the La Conner and Swinomish communities celebrated that connection during the annual two-hour Young Life dessert banquet at La Conner Seafood & Prime Rib House Saturday night.

“The Rainbow Bridge is perfectly named,” explained Jaime Stroebel-Reinstra, one of the event’s lead organizers, “because you always think of a pot of gold being at the end of a rainbow. The bridge makes it so that La Conner and Swinomish ea...