December 12, 2012

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LA CONNER WEEKLY NEWS VOL. 5 • NO. 34

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Bottling plant lining up a land buy

By Sandy Stokes Proponents of a beverage bottling plant say they have agreements from three landowners willing to sell more than 30 acres for the proposed project.

The property includes the site of Sunland Bark & Topsoils on the southeast corner of Highway 20 and Reservation Road.

“It’s definitely land that we’ve identified as part of our site,” said Steve Winter, president of Tethys Enterprises, Inc. Even so, “it’s not the end of the land we’re looking at.”

The City of Anacortes, which two years ago entered into a contract to sell Tethys water for the proposed plant, has a request pending with Skagit County to place 11 acres on the west side of Reservation Road – on the other side of the road from the Sunland site – into the city’s “urban growth area.” An urban growth area is land outside a city’s municipal boundaries that the city plans to annex someday.

The city filed the request in August on behalf of Tethys and the county is still reviewing it.

Anacortes officials have said

that even if Tethys decides not to locate on the 11 acres, the city still wants the land added to its growth area for future industrial use.

On Monday Winter said it is not certain that Tethys will use the 11 acres Anacortes wants added to its urban growth area.

“We won’t know that until we finish negotiations with property owners,” he said.

The 30 acres Tethys is now eyeing on the east side of Reservation Road is already within the Anacortes city boundaries and would not require sanction by the county for the city to expand into it.

Still, Winter said, that 30 acres is just a start. “It’s the minimum requirement,” under the terms of the company’s contract with Anacortes, he said. “We will need more than 30 acres.”

He said bottling plant operation could involve more than 100 acres.

Padilla Heights Road and an abandoned railroad spur run through the 30 acres Tethys is eyeing on the east side of Reservation Road.

The old railroad right-of-way

– a strip of land which is now in private ownership – also runs across Reservation Road on maps, and according to county officials, is still down as a transportation corridor.

The railroad spur is one of the amenities that has drawn Tethys to the site – putting in train tracks would enable the bottling plant to ship its products by rail. The old railway spur passes under Highway 20 to connect to the tracks that serve the refineries on March’s Point.

For people in Shelter Bay, Hope Island and Swinomish, several trains a day crossing Reservation Road could be an impact for local drivers should Tethys decide to build its plant on the west side of the road.

Even if the plant is built on the east side, however, there could be an impact on local boaters – the trains would cross the swing trestle at the north end of the Swinomish Channel.

Winter said there will be volumes of studies and impact analyses before the project could become a reality. “It’s a 3½ year project from this point on,” THEATRICAL TALENT – In this scene from “Alice’s Adventures with Poorly Cooked Cafeteria Seafood,” Sarah Brewer as Alice discusses a meeting with the Queen’s secretary, the Cheshire he said.

Cat played by Aubrey Swigert. See the production live at La Conner School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.

– Photo by Scott McDade

The theatrical quest of Alice on bad fish

COLD WEATHER INSPIRATION – Winter skies dominate the scenery along the Swinomish Channel, giving rise to creativity in La Conner’s Ish River Poets.

– File art by Don Coyote

Poets cast a warm glow in the dark of winter

By Anna Ferdinand It’s four o’clock on Sunday in the La Conner Civic Garden Club, with a luminous gray sky outside.

A heavy fog has laid a chilly, silver mist over the landscape, visible from the windows of the old building which overlooks the town, the channel and the Swinomish reservation on the opposite bank.

During these winter months in the 1980s, poets would gather here and light the darkness with individual inspiration formed into words and carry on a backand-forth conversation in verse.

The tradition was begun by Robert Sund, a prolific local poet whose exalted reflection on the natural world around him continues to knit together a community of writers whose love of words and the moment bring them together.

“When Robert died 11 years ago, his memorial was held in this building and his ashes sat up on this table here,” said Ron Shrigley, one of those responsible for starting the Ish River Poetry Circle.

The poets circle, sponsored by

the Skagit River Poetry Project and the Robert Sund Poet’s House Trust aims to bring back the tradition that joins local writers in a winter conversation to share their work.

Shrigley said one of Sund’s final requests, “was that the people who love this valley like he did take some of these ashes to a sacred place and spread them,” he said.

So Shrigley took some ashes from the day 11 years ago when Sund’s ashes were in the historic Garden Club building, and spread them, “in all the cracks.

So Robert is actually here…” he told a crowd of about thirty, pointing to the stone fireplace and the wood floor in the historic Garden Club building.

The Sunday reading began with a poem of Sund penned in July 1973, when he lived in an old fishing shack on the banks of the Skagit River, where his daily visitors included “robin, swallow, crow, seagull, heron, goldfinch, duck, blackbird ...”

“Who needs a radio?

“Song at morning song at evening and all day long ...

Holiday Happenings Christmas collectibles: See a presentation on vintage Christmas decorations by Skagit Reliques of The Questers at the Skagit County Historical Museum at the top of the hill on Fourth Street in La Conner on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Christmas Concert: Shelter Bay Chorus presents the “Many Moods of Christmas” at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and again at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Holiday art sale: You can pick up a piece of original art by a local artist for as little as $20 at the La Conner’s artist community’s sale this weekend. The opening reception is 7 p.m. Friday in the Seaport Landing building next to Gilkey Square on South First Street. The sale will continue on Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday until 4 p.m.

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Four poets seated in front of the crackling fire place shared their color over the back drop of grey outside. Five minutes each, three times round, no exceptions.

Luther Allen, whose poetry stems from a “sense of nature” and seeing the world from a biologist’s point of view, read first.

In his poems we dance from the first twitches of mud four billion years ago and through time into water layered Northwest and the rose hip “orgasm of spring.” A poet from the southwest, water was new to Allen when he came here. He colors, with a biologist’s hand, “the deep belly of gray” the silver, platinum shimmer of the world dipped down away from the sun for the season.

Bellingham author J.I. Kleinberg brought us to Seattle, under a magnolia tree to a dance on fallen leaves, like those steps from her youth, learning the box step before life’s real dance, with “soft green hips unfurled, not yet fallen.”

“Opulent adjectives” are read, words that dance on the tongue and come alive in reflections on things such as the magical journey of gum, sweet taste of sugar through to tasteless wad, swallowed into the gut where it will stay “Forever.”

Bob Rose, director of Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland evokes in his poem, “Living on Islands,” the waking at 3 a.m. when it all turns back on itself, the madness of isolation.

In his poems we step over old drift wood, rusty stove pipes, old fish nets, and walking over seaweed in caves of sandstone mingled with the smell of coffee and cedar smoke. He evokes time (Continued on Page 7)

By Scott McDade Is it a crime to be average?

That’s the question La Conner Middle School drama students are exploring in a new comedy at La Conner Auditorium this Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m.

The play is “Alice’s Adventures with Poorly Cooked Cafeteria Seafood.”

Sound familiar?

Well, sort of. It’s a satire based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

But it’s like no other Alice you’ve ever seen.

Playwright Don Zolidis is a middle school teacher who understands young people. So it’s no wonder he’s popular among student actors.

He writes about things that matter to them. And he speaks their language.

In his version of the familiar story, Alice, played by Sarah Brewer, is struggling in school.

But Mom, played by Jordyn Krueger, doesn’t want to waste too much time encouraging her.

Instead, she focuses on Alice’s brilliant brother, Waldo.

You see, Alice doesn’t do well on standardized testing, much to the disgust of her mean-spirited teacher, Ms. Snodgrass, played

by Briana Porter.

To get out of detention, Alice eats some bad cafeteria seafood, hoping to get sick. But she soon finds herself in a delirium that makes the world look very strange indeed.

In comes Chloe Fullington as the White Rabbit, followed by a parade of crazy characters who end up helping Alice find herself.

Aubrey Swigert plays the Cat; Hailey Azure, the Mouse; Taylor Riemland, the Caterpillar; Joreen McDonald, the March Hare and Aiden Dalton the Mad Hater – that’s right, not hatter. And of course there’s the Red Queen, played by Jayna Whited, her long-

suffering King, Bryce Bolsinger and other cast members including Ashley Watkins, Jeremiah Williams, Kaden Murdock, and Alex Stewart. Stage manager for the production has been Sarah McCormack. Isiah James runs lights.

In the end, Alice discovers there’s nothing wrong with being average. She’s learned that she’s smart. And pretty. And most important, she’s a good and honest person.

Let’s hope all our kids make that discovery while they’re in school!

Admission to the production is free of charge.

Still no sale at Fruit & Produce

A sign in front of the former La Conner Fruit & Produce Market on South First Street said a sale was “pending” and raised the hopes of local residents.

“We’ve got to take that down,” said Jim Scott, the property’s listing agent with Windemere Realty.

An agreement to purchase the property fell through, and, “We’re back to square one looking for a buyer,” Scott said.

Wells Fargo Bank, which owns the property, is asking $670,000 for it.

The building that used to house one of the town’s most popular gathering spots is but one of several vacancies on First Street.

Just down the block the old Palmer’s lighthouse restaurant has been vacant for two years, though a local art gallery keeps the lights on at the front of the building.

Scott said the old Palmer’s is generating some serious interest among potential buyers. The Scott Collection keeps the lights on at the front of the large bankowned building, which has its price reduced to $499,000.

Meanwhile, the website bankingcentersforsale.com is still soliciting bids on the former Bank of America property, which is across the street from the lighthouse building. The bank closed on Oct. 12.

BOAT PARADE – Kids never complain about the cold when something sparkling catches their attention on a chilly night. Here, two little girls watch the Swinomish Yacht Club’s annual lighted boat parade along the La Conner waterfront on Saturday.

– Photo by Don Coyote

CHRISTMAS READING – La Conner’s Arthur Solomon had the audience captivated as he read from Dylan Thomas’s “A child’s Christmas in Wales” on Sunday during the Christmas in La Conner Concert sponsored by the La Conner Institute of Performing Arts. About 200 people attended the variety show, which benefited the Sunrise Food Bank.

– Photo by Don Coyote

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By Jim Smith It wasn’t the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade down Manhattan’s 5th Avenue, but the Swinomish Yacht Club’s lighted boat parade down the Swinomish Channel last Saturday night was good, Christmassy fun.

I sat at the bar in the La Conner Pub & Eatery – aka “The Tavern” – surrounded snugly by my wife Janet, my twin sister Joan, my niece Rhonda, her husband Fred from Camano Island and our friend Amara, chowing down as, outside, the lighted boats passed by.

The place was jam packed, the six of us actually lucky to squeeze onto three stools at the bar, elbowing each other as we drank beer and ate fish and chips.

Afraid of losing our seats, we took turns going outside for an up-close, frigid look at the boats – three of us at a time working our way out into the cold night to see the twinkling red, green and flood-lit boats.

Meanwhile, the other three of us guarded our bar stools, beer and fries.—3— It wasn’t exactly a cozy candle-lit holiday moment by the fireplace, but it was a traditional beer-drinking-familyand-friends-La Conner Tavernholiday night – “…just like the ones I used to know… ” There have been many memorable Christmas moments in my life. In your life, too, I’m sure.

Christmastime is a wonderful hybrid Christian event – a mixture of the sacred with Santa Claus, combining worship of the Christ Child with a let-it-allhang-out dance hall celebration washed down with many Tom and Jerries. (I’m sure the Christchild approves.)

Once I spent much of the holiday season in Tokyo in the New Mikado, a swanky night club. It was quite different from an American Christmas, very subdued. I suspect the lovely geishas I danced with weren’t even aware that it was Christmas. But at that time I was

more entranced with the beauty of my white-kimonoed dance partners and the Tokyo skyline than the magic of a traditional all-American “let it snow, let it snow” Christmas.

Another Christmastime I was home from college and found myself spending a formal evening at, once again, an upscale hotel.

This time it was in Fargo, North Dakota, at the top of the FM Hotel and I was dressed uncomfortably in a rented tuxedo dancing with Fargo cutie college girls.

Even though I don’t remember how I managed to get an invitation, all of us were “Home for the Holidays” and determined to have a very merry Christmas.

But the holiday moments I remember most fondly occurred in my hometown of Woonsocket, South Dakota, on the lake in the center of town. During the Christmas public school holidays, we town kids would build a blazing bonfire along the edge of the lake next to a picturesque bridge that led to a tiny island (I’m not making this up).

We’d skate away from the heat and brightness of the fire—out into the darkness of the stardotted night, holding the mittened hands of our sweet hearts. The sound of our skate blades on the ice is unforgettable. I can hear that sound now, over a halfcentury later.

When the bonfire burned down we’d take off our skates, put on our shoes and walk two blocks to the Corner Café – every town has a Corner Café – where we’d crowd into booths and drink hot chocolate. It was not only memorable; it was perfect. We were the happiest, healthiest kids in the world. Except possibly you – during a perfect holiday moment in your life.

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It was a full contact scrimmage against our high school archrival Manhasset, and their fullback found a big hole in our defensive line, and I rushed to fill it from my middle linebacker position, and we collided, my head in his chest.

It felt like my whole head exploded. I sat out a few plays and then went back in for a few more plays and mercifully the scrimmage ended.

I played it down to the coaches but some very strange things happened on the way home.

I was spacey, light headed, strangely removed. There was no way I was going to tell my parents because they didn’t think I should be playing football to begin with.

The next morning, instead of going straight to school, I headed to the team doctor’s office which was attached to his home. On my way there, my mind was flooded with strange minute remembrances from my childhood, obscure things I hadn’t thought of since they happened. It felt like I had poked some places in my frontal lobes where these inconsequential memories were stored.

Dr. Frye couldn’t find anything worse than a slight concussion and suggested I sit out the next few practices until I felt normal.

Actually, later I find out that I had broken my nose and deviated my septum as well but I didn’t mention that to the doctor so he didn’t pursue it.

I definitely had my bell rung that day, but I soon forgot about it and ended up having an excellent senior season that earned me some nice awards and a scholarship to college.

In my first college freshman game for Colgate, I was again playing middle linebacker and we were playing a much bigger team in Buffalo. I made the first tackle of the season and my teammates all smacked me on the side of the helmet to congratulate me in a very caveman-ish way.

—3— I was so dizzy from the bro taps that I wandered into the Buffalo offensive huddle. I can still remember the nonplussed looks of the Buffalo players as I stood amongst them listening for the next play to be called. I literally did not know if I was coming or going but I shook it off and played the whole game.

It was a decent freshman season. I played straight up against Syracuse tailback Larry Csonka, who went on to be a Hall of Fame NFL player.

Every day in practice, I scrimmaged against our own Marvin Hubbard, who went on to be a star tailback for the Oakland Raiders. Both of those running backs outweighed me by more than 30 pounds.

The freshman football coach, Howie Hartman, was an exMarine with a leathery face and crew cut. He would constantly implore us to “hit ’em with your head” and told us “the only place you’re going to find sympathy is between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”

I knew I wasn’t in high school any more.

My roommate, tackle Paul Smith, turned to me in the locker room after we had just lost a close game to Army at West Point and said, “We’re going to really kick their butts today.” He spent the next two nights in the infirmary before heading back to our upstate New York campus and that was the end of his football career.

In my sophomore year, I played behind two eventual NFL linebackers and realized that at 5-9, 180 lbs., I had no future in this sport and I quit.

It didn’t help that one of my fraternity brothers was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a collision at practice one day and was carried

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By Joy Neal Director On Wednesday, Dec 19 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. the library will host a Christmas Family Fun Night. Bring the kids for treats, crafts and stories that will be sure to kick off their break in grand style.

Here are a few new books you might want to check out next time you are in.

Art Forger by Barbara Shapiro: Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a bargain with a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting—one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his gallery. But when the longmissing Degas painting—the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner—is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery. Claire’s search for the truth about the painting’s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life.

Sutton by J. R. Moehringer: Born in the squalid Irish slums of Brooklyn, in the first year of the 20th Century, Willie Sutton came of age at a time when banks were out of control. If they weren’t taking brazen risks, causing millions to lose their jobs and homes, they were shamelessly seeking bailouts. Trapped in a cycle of bank panics, depressions and soaring unemployment, Sutton saw only one way out, only one way to win the girl of his dreams. So began the career of America’s most successful bank robber. Over three decades Sutton became so good at breaking into banks, and such a master at breaking out of prisons, police called him one of the most dangerous men in New York, and the FBI put him on its firstever Most Wanted List. This is a fictionalized account of his life.

The Legend of Broken by Caleb Carr: Some years ago, a remarkable manuscript long rumored to exist was discovered: The Legend of Broken. It tells of a prosperous fortress city where order reigns at the point of a sword—even as scheming factions secretly vie for control of the surrounding kingdom.

Meanwhile, outside the city’s granite walls, an industrious tribe of exiles known as the Bane forages for sustenance in the wilds of Davon Wood. Breathtakingly profound, Caleb Carr’s longawaited new book is an actionpacked, multi-character epic of a medieval clash of cultures.

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up and down the stairs of the fraternity house thereafter.

Football is a very violent sport, and I wasn’t playing it at the highest level. It’s not hard to imagine the kind of damage that professional players who are much bigger and stronger and faster than I must heap upon each other every weekend.

It took a long time for the National Football League to admit that it had a problem with head trauma, officially Chronic Traumatic Encephology.

After a very embarrassing Congressional hearing at which were revealed many cases of dementia and several resulting suicides, the league finally decided to clean up its act.

Now it is illegal for a defensive player to hit an offensive player in the head—what we called “headhunting”—and that is a definite improvement, but it doesn’t stop the kind of normal devastating collisions that go on constantly between these modern day gladiators.

Hockey has gone through a similar reckoning. The game is way faster than football because these guys are skating on ice, and they are also driving each other into the wooden boards that outline the rink.

Hockey is the national religion of Canada and I find it amazing that my mostly mild-mannered work mates in Vancouver totally defend the violence that is NHL hockey, including the ridiculous fights that constantly break out in which players drop their gloves and punch each other in the head while the fans whoop and holler.

“It’s part of the game,” they say, although it’s not part of the game in Europe or in the Olympics, where they play a much more elegant version.

Football was very good to me—it taught me some life lessons about sportsmanship and teamwork and overcoming adversity and it paid for my college education, for which I am extremely grateful.

But I was equally as grateful that none of my four sons played football. I didn’t enroll them in any peewee leagues and by the time they were old enough to play in school, they were more interested in baseball and soccer and rock and roll.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t let your kids play contact sports, but you must be aware of the risks. As soon as they start bumping heads, there is a chance of concussions—even in boys and girls soccer games—and if a concussion reoccurs, it’s time for them to quit the sport.

When I can remember a conversation I had yesterday but can’t remember with whom I had it, or if I walk in a room and can’t remember why I went in there, I can’t help but think that these are the wages for battles that I fought on the gridiron many years ago and I’m glad I quit while I still had a head.

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Braves repel Mount Baker with peak effort

By Bill Reynolds It was Mount Baker that had to fight an uphill battle Saturday in non-league basketball action.

And facing La Conner proved too rugged a test for the Mountaineers.

Spencer Novak scored a gamehigh 21 points, including four deep treys, as La Conner posted a 52-31 victory to remain unbeaten in four starts.

Novak also led the victors with seven assists.

Tyler Howlett added 14 points for the Braves, who played with a full roster as members of the La Conner High football playoff team completed their mandatory pre-season workouts and joined the hoop squad.

“It’s nice to have everyone in the fold going forward,” said La Conner head coach Scott Novak, who received solid contributions from the returning gridders.

Sean Hulbert scored four points and grabbed five rebounds, while Hudson Zavala was perfect from the floor and tallied five points.

Cameron Sherman finished with two points and four caroms.

Jamall James added a free throw and a steal for La Conner, which was never seriously challenged.

Colby James, meanwhile, continued his fine play with five points on flawless shooting. He hit both his shot attempts, one from beyond the trey arc.

La Conner began the week with a 67-51 win over Nooksack, then routed Coupeville 74-25.

Five Braves, led by 6-8 post Jonah Cook, scored in double figures against Nooksack.

Cook, who sprained an ankle, scored 13 points and reeled in 11 rebounds before being sidelined.

Colby James, who buried a team-high three treys, scored 12 points, as did Howlett. The latter did most his damage in the paint, converting six of 10 shots.

Spencer Novak and Skylar Krueger added 10 points apiece for the winners. Novak, in addition, recorded a season-high 12 assists.

La Conner High followed a similar script Thursday opposite Coupeville.

Novak, fueled by an eight-foreight night at the charity stripe, led all scorers with 26 points.

He also hit six of nine attempts inside the trey line, and two from well past the arc.

He dished off for six other La Conner scores and led the Braves with a half-dozen steals.

Howlett chipped in nine points, with Colby James, Jamall James,

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TRUE TO FORM – La Conner’s Spencer Novak, number 10, shows the form that saw him bury six outside treys in non-league hoop action last week. The undefeated Braves resume play with games this Friday and Saturday at Landy James Gym. – Photo by Lauren Reynolds

Krueger, and Hulbert adding eight tallies apiece.

Zavala, Matt Finley, and Erick Reinstra each scored two points, and Wylie Thulen meshed a free throw to round out the Braves’ attack.

As a team, La Conner was 26 of 47, 55 percent, from the field, taking advantage of repeated easy scoring

By Bill Reynolds In a sometimes heated election season, the La Conner High football team won in a landslide when it came to voting for 2012 post-season awards.

The Braves, who went 11-2 and won the league championship enroute to a State semifinal appearance, swept Most Valuable Player balloting and dominated selections for All-conference recognition.

La Conner quarterback Sean Hulbert was named Offensive Most Valuable Player and teammate Wil James was tabbed Defensive MVP in recent polling of league coaches.

Both played key roles on a Braves’ squad that won La Conner’s first football league title in 12 years and advanced to the State’s Final Four for only the third time in school history.

Showing their versatility, each was a dual All-League choice.

Hulbert was also selected as an All-League defensive lineman.

James was an All-League offensive line pick.

They were surrounded by plenty of familiar faces on the All-League roster.

A total of nine Braves were All-League choices.

Dahlton Zavala was an AllLeague first unit selection as a running back and defensive lineman.

Jimmy Brooks was chosen as a

first team All-League linebacker and second squad running back.

Hudson Zavala was likewise an All-League first team defender, earning a nod at defensive back.

He also picked up second team All-League honors as a wide receiver.

Wideout Jamal James and lineman Harrison McGaughey were named to the All-League first team offense, while lineman William Ziemantz was voted an All-League first unit defender.

Brandon Koss was a second team All-League choice at

opportunities in transition.

The Braves will put their unblemished mark on the line this weekend at home against a pair of highly regarded preleague tourney foes.

La Conner faces Naselle this December 14 through 20 Friday at 8:30 p.m. and greets FRIDAY, DEC. 14 Tacoma Baptist in a 6:30 p.m.

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Zavala needed just 28 seconds to pin Chief Leschi’s Buddy McCallum.

La Conner’s Ben Harper, in the 138s, and Scott Gregory, at 106 pounds, each won twice.

Gregory recorded two wins by forfeit, while Harper blanked his CL rival 16-0 and won by forfeit in the Tacoma Baptist pairing.

Josh Summers, in the always competitive 132-pound division, fell to Chief Leschi’s Isaac Bennett and Tacoma Baptist’s David Stone.

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By Bill Reynolds If early season success is an indication, the La Conner High wrestling team has another successful campaign firmly in grasp.

Head coach Barry Harper’s charges swept Tacoma Baptist and Chief Leschi in last week’s “Double Duel” mat action.

La Conner bested Tacoma Baptist 36-12 and defeated Chief Leschi 35-12, with four Braves winning matches by pin.

Wil James, competing in the 220-pound division, pinned Chief Leschi’s Marcel McClaughlin less than 90 seconds into their clash.

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Grandma Margaret spent her lifetime supporting a farming family with 150 acres of corn and a huge silo between the barns and farmhouse.

The farm had milking cows, pigs, hens and a huge, cool basement full of home-canned goods. There was a bell on the porch that you rang when breakfast was ready at the huge wooden kitchen table that seated 12 to 16.

I always considered her goulash recipe authentic, due to her family roots prior to World War II. She quickly adapted to Alaska’s wild game which featured moose ground into moose burger with fresh beef suet added during the grinding stages.

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“I can’t overstate their fortitude,” he said. “We had our backs against the wall a few times, but this team was resilient.

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Lady Braves lose key ingredient to injury

By Bill Reynolds The La Conner High Lady Braves won’t have their main Cook to help serve up wins the next four weeks.

Sophomore frontliner Anna Cook, who led La Conner High with 14 points in a 53-28 non-league win Thursday over Coupeville, has been lost for a month with a fractured elbow.

Cook was injured early in La Conner’s 50-21 rout of Meridian, a game which saw the Lady Braves improve to 3-1 on the young campaign.

La Conner head coach Scott Novak couldn’t help but note the irony afterward, as Cook was sidelined about this time last year with a knee ailment.

“Meridian was our fourth game,” said Novak, “and it was in our fourth game last year when Anna hurt her knee and was out awhile.

“It’s definitely a tough loss for us,” he added.

Novak, however, is blessed with a deep roster and might literally throw everything and the kitchen sink at foes in Cook’s absence.

Twelve La Conner players saw court time – and all scored – in the romp against Meridian.

Katie Novak paced the Lady Braves with 11 points, including three perimeter treys.

Siomi Bobb and Katie McKnight also buried threepointers for the Lady Braves.

La Conner’s shooting from

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FOCAL POINT – Lady Braves’ guard Emma Christianson looks for an open teammate while dribbling in backcourt last week against Meridian. Christianson scored two points and dished off for another score as La Conner posted a convincing 50-21 non-league triumph. LCHS returns to Landy James Gym this weekend for games against Naselle and Tacoma Baptist.

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beyond the arc opened up passing lanes into the paint.

Alyssa McCormick was the prime beneficiary, posting up for six points.

McCormick also made her presence felt by grabbing a team-high 15 rebounds, all but six being offensive boards, and leading the Lady Braves with four steals.

Lauren Reynolds chipped in 10 rebounds and three steals for La Conner, helping trigger the Lady Braves’ transition game.

Cook scored four points before

exiting.

She had begun the week by meshing 10 points in a tough 36-33 loss to Nooksack.

Cook and McKnight, who led La Conner with 15 points – including three-of-four shooting beyond the trey line – kept the Lady Braves within striking distance.

But it wasn’t enough as La Conner suffered through its coldest shooting night of the season, managing just 12 of 44 attempts from the floor.

McCormick and Taysha James were each two of four from the field, while Aubrey Stewart hit one of her two shots.

The Lady Braves rebounded against Coupeville as seven players joined Cook on the La Conner point parade.

McKnight netted 11 points, with Kelley McClung, McCormick, and James finishing with six tallies apiece.

La Conner’s passing was much crisper than in the Nooksack game, where the Lady Braves had recorded just three assists.

Novak and Reynolds each matched that total as La Conner rang up 12 assists on the Lady Wolves.

Carly Anderson passed off for two scores and hit her only field goal attempt for the victors.

La Conner, minus Cook, will now hope to find a winning recipe this weekend when the Lady Braves play host to a twoday pre-League tournament.

La Conner entertains Naselle Friday at 7 p.m., then faces Tacoma Baptist Saturday in a 5 p.m. tipoff.

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Wednesday Dec 12

7 p.m. – Scenic Treasures of SW: Photographer Lance Ekhart focuses on lesser known areas of the American Southwest. Free. Anacortes Library 1220 10th St. More info: 293-1910 x21.

Thursday Dec 13

Inside ... white clapboard house bland and blond food and family jul table like snow white landscape white damask cloth lutfisk, white sauce sprinkled with allspice white potato flour lefse white boiled russets pickled herring.

Ice crystals slide down warm kitchen window.

2 to 4 p.m. – Car Seat Clinic: Free.

Get your child’s car seat checked for safety and proper installation in parking lot of Island Hospital, Anacortes. More info: 299-1309.

6 to 8 p.m.–Collecting Christmas: Presentation on vintage Christmas decorations by Skagit Reliques of The Questers. At Skagit County Historical Museum. 501 S 4th St. $4 Adults, $3 Seniors & Children 6-12 (under 6 Free), $8 Families. More info: 466-3365.

Friday Dec 14

7 p.m. – Artist Reception: Original art by local artists will be for sale with prices starting at $20 at a space for community artists in the Seaport Landing building located at 106 S. First Street, La Conner.

7:30 p.m. – Christmas Concert: The Shelter Bay Chorus presents “The Many Moods of Christmas,” a traditional Christmas concert at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse.

Saturday Dec 15

2 p.m. – Christmas Concert: An afternoon performance of “The Many Moods of Christmas,” by the Shelter Bay Chorus at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Christmas Bazaar: The Swinomish Christmas Bazaar will be held in the Swinomish Spiritual Center at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, 1742 Pioneer Parkway.

2 to 5 p.m. – Theatre Auditions: Try out for “Legally Blond, the Musical” at Anacortes Community Theatre. Audition materials available at theatre office, 10th St. and M. Call Willow with questions: (360)395-8107 or visit www.acttheatre. com 4 p.m. – Family Sailing Voyage: Learn all about the 3-1/2 year tropical adventure of Anacortes family on 46-ft. sloop. Free. More info: 293-1910x21 or library.cityofanacortes.org

Sunday Dec 16

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) An old adversary wants to make amends over the holidays. The decision is yours.

But wouldn’t it be nice to share the upcoming new year with another friend?

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) As news of your work gets around, expect to receive a special holiday “gift” from influential contacts who could help you launch your new projects in the new year.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Instead of fussing over what you didn’t do to prepare for the holidays, relax and enjoy the kudos for a job truly well done. A happy surprise awaits you early next year.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The best way to shake off lingering holiday blues is to join loved ones in the fun and festivities of this special time. A confusing situation starts to make sense in upcoming weeks.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Special emotional rewards mark this holiday time for Leos and Leonas who are able to open up to new relationships and the possibilities they offer in the upcoming year.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your efforts to make the holidays especially memorable for some people will be rewarded in some unexpected (but very welcome) ways in the upcoming year.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Be assured that your efforts to make this

holiday special for everyone won’t go unnoticed by those who could make some important changes in your life.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Lots of folks want you to light up their holiday parties. But try to take some quiet time ‘twixt those glittering galas to spend with some very special people.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) While the current round of holiday revels has your social life on the fast track, someone special might want to keep pace with you next year, as well.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Enjoy all the fun you deserve at this holiday time. However, don’t lose sight of the need to check out some of the changes the new year is expected to bring.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) What happens during this holiday time can help clear up some of the confusion jeopardizing a once-stable relationship.

Follow your instincts on what to do next.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your holidays are brightened by new friends eager to become part of your life. But don’t forget to spend time with that one special person. (You know who!)

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10:30 a.m. – Story Time: For all 9 a.m. – Library Meeting: Friends of the Library meet at La Conner Retirement preschool ages (babies too!). Sing,

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Date: December 10, 2012.

Scott Andrews, Environmental Management Coordinator Published in La Conner Weekly News, December 12, 2012.

• LEGAL NOTICE •

TAPED UP – These kids fastened their school principal to the wall with duct tape and got away with it! Actually, taping La Conner Elementary Principal Lori Knudson to the wall was an incentive reward for the school’s recent fundraiser.

Students Betsy Campbell, Marcus Mussivand and Sammy Williams sold the most wrapping paper and home goods to raise money for their school.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of ROBERT R. HART, Deceased.

No. 12 4 00387 4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the

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Friday Dec 21

Winter solstice occurs at 3:12 a.m.

7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Donate!

Give blood at the Puget Sound Blood Center Mobile Bus on Morris St. between 3rd and 4th (closed 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.).

Call 1-800-398-7888 or go to psbc.org for info or to sign up.

5 p.m.–Locals Appreciation Nite!

Relax, shop downtown La Conner this evening at participating shops. More info, call Marci: 466-4778.

5:30 to 7 p.m.–Family Fun Time at the La Conner Library. Drop in for games, stories, songs, crafts and treats for all ages!

December 10, 2012

2 to 2:30 p.m. – Piano Recital: Enjoy soft background music played on Anacortes Library’s beautiful baby grand piano. Free. 1220 Tenth St. More info: 293-1910 x21 or library.cityofanacortes. org 6 to 8 p.m. – Theatre Auditions: Try out for “Legally Blond, the Musical” at Anacortes Community Theatre. Audition materials available at theatre office, 10th and M St. Call Willow with questions: (360)395-8107 or visit www.acttheatre. com

at La Conner Senior Ctr. 12:30 to 2 p.m. – Celebrate! Help us celebrate another year at the La Conner Senior Center. Cake, noisemakers, all the trimmings.

7:30 to 8 p.m.– Piano Recital: Enjoy soft background music played on the Library’s beautiful baby grand piano.

Free. Anacortes Library, 1220 Tenth St. More info: 293-1910 x21 or library. cityofanacortes.org

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of HOWARD L. WINNINGHAM, Deceased.

No. 12-4-00404-8 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provide in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of first publication: December 12, 2012.

RENITA OVERHOLSER Personal Representative SKAGIT LAW GROUP, PLLC By: JOHN T. BURKE, WSBA #37952 Attorneys for Personal Representative P.O. Box 336/227 Freeway Drive, Suite B Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Published in La Conner Weekly News, December 12, 19 and 26, 2012.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of RUTH C. THOMPSON, Deceased.

NO. 12-4-00423-4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed LA CONNER PLANNING as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim COMMISSION AGENDA —21— against the decedent must, before Tues., Dec. 18 - 6 p.m. the time the claim would be barred 1. Convene by any otherwise applicable statute 2. Opening Comments of limitations, present the claim in 3. Minutes of Nov. 6, 2012 the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing 4. New Business a. Public Hearing - Tree to the Personal Representative removal permit #12-42 or the Personal Representative’s Applicant: Michael Felt attorney at the address stated below 505 S. First St. a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditors provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: December 12, 2012.

Richard E. Thompson Personal Representative Jack R. Wallace, WSBA 15439 Attorney for Estate P.O. Box 372 Burlington, WA 98233 360/757-6153 Published in La Conner Weekly News, December 12, 19 and 26, 2012.

personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of first publication: November 28, 2012.

MARJORIE E. HART Personal Representative SKAGIT LAW GROUP, PLLC By: BRIAN E. CLARK, WSBA #9019 Attorneys for Personal Representative P. O. Box 336/227 Freeway Drive, Suite B Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Published in La Conner Weekly News, November 28, December 5 and 12, 2012.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH In re the Estate of DORIS ROSALIND SPALDING Deceased Case No.: 12 4 051262 2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(2)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: December 12, 2012.

Personal Representative: ANNE ELIZABETH LEOPARD Attorney for the Personal Representative: KEVIN COPP Address for Mailing or Service: 114 Second Ave. S., Suite 101, Edmonds, WA 98020 Court of probate proceedings and cause number: SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WA. Published in La Conner Weekly News, December 12, 19 and 26, 2012.

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FIRE DISTRICT AWARDS – During the Fire District 13 Awards and Appreciation dinner held last week, Battalion Chief Ryan Hiller presented Firefighter Carley Higgens with the 2012 Firefighter of the Year award.

– Photo by Chris Weiss

Firefighters honored

By Roy Horn On the evening of Dec. 5 at the Farmhouse Restaurant, Skagit County Fire District 13 held its ninth annual Firefighters’ Appreciation and Awards Banquet with 63 firefighters, family, friends and community leaders in attendance.

Battalion Chief Wood Weiss was the Master of Ceremonies.

Weiss presented Commissioners Chuck Hedlund and Jim Grove with the District’s 9th consecutive Washington Fire Commissioners Management Excellence Award trophy.

Weiss also presented to the two Commissioners a Certificate and signed letter from President Barack Obama congratulating the District on 54 years of volunteer service.

As District Fire Chief, I announced that the 2012 Top Responders were Tara Little and Nathan Welch.

Collectively, Little and Welch responded to over 300 emergency calls.

Battalion Chief Ted Carr announced that Captain Jamie Jurdi was the 2012 Firefighter of the Year for Station 1 – Summit Park.

Battalion Chief Ryan Hiller announced that Firefighter Carley Higgins was the 2012 Firefighter of the Year for Station 2 – Hope Island.

Battalion Chief Wood Weiss announced that Captain Christopher Dodds was the 2012 Firefighter of the Year for Station 3 – Dodge Valley.

The 2012 Leadership Award went to Battalion Chief Wood Weiss.

Cladoosby introduces Obama

Swinomish Tribal Chairman Brian Cladoosby introduced President Barrack Obama at this year’s White House Tribal Nations Conference.

The summits are designed to provide leaders from Native American tribes the opportunity to interact with the president and his cabinet. This is the fourth summit during the Obama Administration, and several historic steps have been made to aid tribes, including making permanent the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, signing into law the Tribal Law and Order Act, reaching agreement on the Department of Agriculture’s settlement of the longstanding Keepseagle care regarding discrimination against Native American farmers and ranchers, and signing into law the Cobell Settlement, a landmark settlement of more than a century of government mismanagement of tribal assets.

“President Obama has shown a deep commitment to Indian Country and Native American issues since his inauguration, far outstripping most of his predecessors in the White House,” Cladoosby said in a written statement. “I look forward to continued government-togovernment relations with his administration.”

Cladoosby has been the Swinomish chairman for 16 years.

Senator to be honored

On Dec. 18 the Skagit County Board of Commissioners will sign a proclamation honoring Washington State Senator Mary Margaret Haugen. The event will be held at 10 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, and the public is invited.

Senator Haugen began her service to the 10th District in 1983, first in the House of

Representatives, and then as State Senator beginning in 1993. Her term expires in January 2013.

“We very much appreciate all the years of service Senator Haugen has given to her constituents here in Skagit County. When County government sought help in funding projects, Mary Margaret made things happen,” said Sharon Dillon, a Skagit County Commissioner.

Commissioner Ken Dahlstedt said, “Mary Margaret has been a true friend of Skagit County for many, many years, she will be sorely missed, not only by her constituents locally, but throughout the State.”

Senator Haugen currently serves as the Senate Chair for the Transportation Committee and has led the charge for a number of significant projects in Skagit County. She also has been a champion of farmland preservation in Skagit County.

Pavers as presents

Here’s an idea for a gift that will last for generations: Honor someone special with their name engraved in a patio in front of La Conner High School.

The Braves Booster Club is taking order for Braves Pride Pavers through Wednesday, Dec. 19. The giver will receive an attractive gift certificate to put under the Christmas tree for the recipient and the paver will be installed in front of the school in January.

The price is $75 with two lines of engraving – additional lines can be purchased for $5 each.

Each line can contain up to 20 characters and spaces.

Money raised by the Braves Booster Club goes to support many extra-curricular activities for the students. Boosters pay for things like awards banquets, treats and medals for athletes, refreshments at school plays, and cash scholarships for graduating seniors.

To purchase a paver, stop by the La Conner High School office by Wednesday, Dec. 19.

Also, you can visit the Booster’s webpage at http://lcsd.wednet. edu/domain/94

2:53 p.m.: Purse snatcher – A customer left a handbag business in La Conner’s the Pier 7 building, with her purse on her shoulder. The problem was, she also had a purse which belonged to the business on her shoulder. The customer returned the purse to the store as soon as she discovered the mistake. The business owner did not press charges.

2:59 p.m.: A real drag – A commercial fishing vessel with no engine was reported to be dragging anchor off Similk Beach. The USCG is aware of the vessel and it’s current condition.

5:47 p.m.: False alarm – False alarm at Museum of Northwest Art.

Thursday Dec. 6

11:23 p.m.: Civil – Caller asked deputies to check on her aunt, in the 900 block of Maple Ave. in La Conner, because she was concerned that her aunt is being taken advantage of by the people who are residing with her.

Friday Dec. 7

8:03 a.m.: Table scuffers – The La Conner Public Works department reported that kids had stacked tables at Pioneer Park to make room to skate.

Metal bands on the tables gouged the wooden surfaces of the tables and it took extensive sanding and refinishing to repair the tables.

The damage may not have been intentional, but the kids who stacked the tables are still liable for the damage and subsequent repairs. Deputies are reviewing surveillance videos from the park in order to identify the juveniles involved.

9:51 a.m.: Drunk driver – Sheriff deputies and Washington State Patrol officers searched Fir Island Road near Conway after receiving a report of a drunk driver in a blue pickup truck. No report available yet.

10:36 .am.: Hunk o’ junk – A La Conner resident had a request for deputies to certify a vehicle on their property as junk. Note: a vehicle must be inspected and certified as scrap value before it can be sold to a scrap hauler or junk yard. The signed inspection form and vehicle title will allow the vehicle to be sold for scrap metal and destroyed.

10:55 a.m.: Tired and thirsty prowler – A prowler caused approximately $2,500 in damage when forcibly entering a 50-foot vessel moored at the La Conner Marina. The suspect not only broke into the vessel, but drank a Foster beer from the refrigerator and may have slept on the boat.

No other property was taken.

11:13 a.m.: Rental fraud – A La Conner resident who responded to a home rental ad on Craig’s List called officers after the prospective renter determined this was a fraudulent ad. The person had checked the Skagit County website to find more information about the rental property and found the address did not exist. The person had received several photos of the residence by email, but became leery when the owner of the property requested a money order for the rental amount.

Saturday Dec. 8

10:08 a.m.: False alarm – False alarm in the 700 block of Morris St. in La Conner.

3:29 p.m.: Worried father – Deputies received a call from a father who was trying to locate his daughter. The father lives out of the area and someone had called him and told him that his daughter was deceased. He thought she was living in the La Conner area, but deputies determined that her last known residence was in Mount Vernon.

The case was forwarded to the Mount Vernon Police Dept. for further investigation.

Sunday Dec. 9

3:11 p.m.: Domestic argument – Officers responded to a call in the 900 block of Maple Ave. in La Conner for a verbal dispute. The people were both intoxicated, but no crime had been committed.

5:46 a.m.: Intoxication – Deputies assisted aid crews with an intoxicated man on Center Street. The man was not injured and was taken to his residence.

4:57 p.m.: Drug activity – Report of drug activity in the 900 block of Maple Ave. in La Conner. No other information available.

7:02 p.m.: Shooting range – A guest staying in La Conner called to ask if there was an area near La Conner where he could shoot his firearm.

Monday Dec. 10

5:56 a.m.: False alarm – False alarm went off at La Conner City Hall.

8:19 a.m.: Hang up- Someone called 911 and hung up from La Conner School District. School employees stated there was no problem.

8:32 a.m.: Alarmed – False business alarm at Washington Federal Bank in La Conner.

9:05 a.m.: Horse welfare – The County Animal Control Officer investigated a report of a horse under water in a field near McLean Rd. and La Conner Whitney Rd.

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past, tribes past and the depths of a human’s internal cave.

These words and images from the poets are like the dim sum, written about by Jane Alynn in “Chicken Feet,” the fourth poet on the panel. She tells of encountering a young Chinese couple “with centuries of Taoism sealed in their marrow,” making room at their table, “they gather dish after dish with a fund of exuberance, until the table is a vision of an altar, round shrine of plenty.”

Alynn weaves metaphor like yarn – In “Grandmother” her knit one purl one a weaves the past, one of tradition and pain – a tragic cycle looped back on itself, tied off.

Only poetry can travel so far, so fast. Sunday afternoon with the poet’s circle is dim sum of poems, a meditation on the I, the we, the eternal, the temporal – the land.

These poets share a language of place “sealed in their marrow” and there is something palette cleansing in this afternoon. It warms the soul, and is worth a visit.

The next winter poetry gathering at the Garden Club will take place on Jan. 6 and will feature the poetry of Rachael Rose. There is a suggested $5 donation.

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