Views of the news: Images from this past week

READ 'EM DON'T BAN 'EM – Get thee to your local library by its 2 p.m.Saturday close and thank and hug a librarian for their championing of our "Freedom to Read," this year's American Library Association banned books theme. Find something upsetting to read. Be brave.

GREAT DAY TO DRINK BEER – Saturday was the first Farm to Pint Beer Festival at the La Conner Marina, presented by the Port of Skagit in support of Genuine Skagit Valley.

THE HEIGHT OF SUNFLOWER SEASON - The sunflowers at the edge of a Hedlins farm field on Chilberg Road east of La Conner welcome the foggy season of fall