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Tribe seeks to eliminate federal oversight

By Sandy Stokes The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s leadership wants to amend the tribe’s constitution so that its actions will no longer be subject to approval by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The tribe has not responded to this newspaper’s requests to elaborate on its plan.

Stan Speaks, the regional director for the Pacific Northwest Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs said, “That situation has not been admitted or approved.

We will be meeting with the tribe in the very near future to discuss the issue.”

In the meantime, he would not say anymore about it, “until I have an opportunity to meet with the tribe and their attorneys,” he said.

Here’s what the tribe has laid out for its members in two issues of the tribal newsletter Qyuuqs, formerly Kee-Yoks: In June, the tribe informed members that the Indian Senate would ask the Bureau of Indian Affairs to approve an election to amend the Swinomish constitution. The reasons laid out included: “protect all of its territory, not just the Reservation and the natural resources located within that territory;” and to “regulate action by non-tribal members that potentially may harm this territory and its natural resources.”

According to its newsletter, the tribe seems to be referring to land it controls outside the boundaries of the reservation. In recent years the tribe has acquired hundreds of acres of formerly privately owned land, including the 217-acre Swinomish Golf Links it bought for $1.1 million in 2013, and the 2014 tax lien purchase of about 430 acres of the never developed “Mona Lisa Estates” land that lies within the reservation boundaries.

In the last several months the tribe has also purchased the Shell gas station on Christianson Road across from Swinomish Golf Links and the Bayside Fitness property across Highway 20 from the reservation.

None of the land the tribe has purchased has been taken off the county tax rolls – the tribe will pay more than $21,000 in property taxes on just the golf

course this year. Even the land it purchased within the reservation boundaries is still taxed.

Parcels come off the tax rolls when the federal government takes ownership of the property and holds it in trust for the tribes, a process that can take years.

That’s how the land under the Great Wolf Lodge water park in Thurston County became tax exempt after the Chehalis Tribe bought it.

In the September issue of the Qyuuqs newsletter, three pages are devoted to the sovereignty initiative and explained, “our current Constitution and Bylaws undermine our status as a sovereign nation by requiring the BIA approve too many of our actions and decisions that we make as a tribe. This approval process is referred to as Secretarial Approval.”

An example given in the June newsletter stated: “The tribe has wanted to pass a law protecting the reservation’s supply of water but the BIA will not approve it due to its national policy prohibiting tribes from enacting such laws.”

Like La Conner, Swinomish purchases water from the City of Anacortes, which treats and distributes water from the Skagit River.

Should the Bureau of Indian Affairs allow the election to amend its tribal constitution, Swinomish members will be asked to vote to remove the requirement for “secretarial review and approval of all tribal actions.”

The move would also create a tribal court system, and ensure, “that our territory includes not just the land, but also the water flowing through out lands, the air above, the minerals below” and “provide that the tribe has sovereign authority over that territory.”

The Swinomish government’s affairs are not open to the public.

As with private corporations, the meetings of their governing body are closed and there is no public disclosure required on their finances.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is under the U.S. Department of the Interior, and, in theory, as a federal government agency it is answerable to the public.

POLO PLAYERS – Kaitlin Mitton, on left, from Oregon State University and Mackenzie Marten of Portland race for the ball during Sunday’s polo event.

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Women’s polo tournament

By Maria Matson The La Conner Polo Club’s “Pretty Women’s Tournament” was rained out last Saturday, but the following day was clear enough for the rowdy horses and competitive riders to proceed as planned. The tournament included female players of beginner to experienced skill levels from various cities, including Vancouver B.C. The club was founded by George Dill about 10 years ago and offers lessons, rents and sells horses. Dill said there were 24 riders and around 200 attendees.

“It was really successful, a nice weather day and the girls enjoyed it,” he said. The cancelled day cost them money, but “that stuff happens,” Dill said.

Journalist Jim Smith on assignment in heaven

By Sandy Stokes The scribe of La Conner has left the planet.

Jim Smith, once the unofficial Wonder of Woonsocket, South Dakota, and more recently the witty author of “Notes from Pull & Be Damned” is gone.

He would like it if we told you he was abducted by aliens or took off hunting Sasquatch, but the sad truth is Jim died early Friday.

Jim’s weekly columns and news stories delighted people for

Another Fire District 13 withdrawal attempt

By Sandy Stokes Residents of the Channel Drive neighborhood north of La Conner submitted a petition with more than 100 signatures of voters who want to withdraw from Fire District 13.

Dave Buchan, Dennis Milliken and Martin Howard delivered the petition to Elections Supervisor Dave Cunningham in the Skagit County Auditors office on Monday.

The Elections Department has 10 days to check the signatures and make sure the petition is in order. In March, the county rejected a petition with 90 signatures seeking the same result – detachment from Fire District 13 – because the wording on the petition did not meet the legal criteria.

This time, at first glance it appears that the petition is crafted properly, Elections Supervisor Cunningham said. He said he and his staff had not had a chance to study it carefully on Monday, but if it is in good form and the voter signatures are valid, the petition could set in motion a process for the people to take their neighborhood out of Fire District 13 so they can annex to Fire District 2 on McLean Road.

The odds are pretty stiff, however, and Buchan acknowledges that.

Cunningham said that if the petition checks out OK, his office will send a letter to the Fire District 13 Board of Commissioners. The fire commissioners would then be required to hold public hearings and pass a recommendation on to the Skagit County Board of Commissioners.

If both governing bodies agree that the withdrawal is a good idea, the County Commissioners can pass a resolution granting it.

Fire District 13 covers territory on both sides of the Swinomish Channel, and surrounds the town of La Conner, which has its own fire department. The vast majority of residents – more than 2,500 – served by District 13 are on the west side of the channel, mostly within the boundaries of the Swinomish Reservation. The area that wants to detach is in the northeast corner of the district, where there are only around 100 homes.

Fire District 13 Chief Roy Horn said he can’t say how his board will react to the withdrawal request. “On the one hand, you’ve got the urge to give people what they want,” he said. “But at the same time, the service we’re providing is excellent... From an operational point of view it’s hard to imagine how it will be beneficial to them.”

If one or both boards reject the idea, then the question could then be put to all the voters in Fire District 13, not just the portion that wishes to withdraw. The area seeking to withdraw is bounded by the Swinomish Channel on the west, the boundary of Fire District 2 on the east, the northern boundary of Fire District 13 and McLean and Downey roads on the south.

Buchan said the petitioners want to withdraw from Fire District 13 to be annexed to Fire District 2. He said the District 2 commissioners are aware of the potential annexation request and are supportive.

years. His historical knowledge of the town – he used to get introduced as “one of the original hippies” – gave newcomers a glimpse into La Conner’s soul and conjured up good memories and usually raucous laughter with everyone else.

In a 2009, La Conner Weekly News “Pull & Be Damned” column, he told everyone this newspaper had fired him. Now, for journalists, getting fired for standing firm on principle can be a badge of honor.

But in Jim’s case, he wanted everyone to believe it was for, “having phone sex with telemarketers who call during dinner time. Evidently, even writers can be fired for moral turpitude,” he wrote. “It’s not fair. All I said to the caller – after I paused to slurp my mashed potatoes – was “So, Tiffany, what color is your underwear?”

And after an entertaining tale that meandered through his twin sister Joan’s teen driving habits and his Methodist upbringing in Woonsocket, South Dakota, he got to the punch line. It was “April Fool.”

Of course he wasn’t fired.

And two years later, in 2011,

Jim Smith was awarded the First Place prize for his “Pull & Be Damned” column in the statewide newspaper contest sponsored by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.

When this newspaper first got started ten years ago, the previous paper had gone out of business.

La Conner had been home to a weekly newspaper since the 1870s, and we were on a mission to save the town’s voice.

Jim was one of the first people through the door to lend a hand.

That was just in his nature, as many people in town knew firsthand.

For years he was the barista working with Joyce and Stuart Welch when they owned the Rexville Grocery. His coffee appreciation and his expertise at preparing it was legendary.

Before Jim arrived in La Conner – back during the hippie era – he had been a high school teacher in an inner-city California school, working with very troubled youth.

When he wrote about that era in his life, Jim said he learned enough at that school to take his first step into his own, belated, juvenile delinquency.

He always readily admitted that his wife, Janet Saunders, gets the credit for keeping him from acting out the lessons his students taught him.

Jim’s wit and words were always a surprise. He’d pull humor out of thin air to deliver a straight-faced joke and something crazy funny would pop up unexpectedly in everything he wrote.

One holiday season, in a column lamenting all the white lights strung on buildings in town and hankering for more festive colored lights, Jim wrote: “I was going to give my personal holiday decorating award to the Gull Station at the entrance to town. Then I realized that all their beautiful colored lights are actually the beer signs in the windows.”

Jim, who turned 76 in February, retired from his weekly writing in 2013.

He left this world on Friday morning, but his voice will be around for a long time. He left us hundreds of incredibly entertaining columns and news stories, and this newspaper will reprint some from time to time.

District 13 is headquartered on Snee Oosh Road on the Swinomish Reservation on the other side of the Swinomish Channel from their neighborhood – which means its rigs must travel through Swinomish Village, across the Rainbow Bridge, through La Conner and up La Conner Whitney Road to reach their neighborhood.

District 2, with a station on McLean Road is closer, and is a straight shot down the road to Channel Drive. Also, Skagit County Medic One keeps an ambulance staffed with paramedics at the McLean Road fire station.

The area wishing to detach from District 13, the sparsely populated northeast quadrant, accounts for about a quarter of the District 13 land mass, but there are fewer than 200 registered voters living there.

In contrast, close to half the district lies within the boundaries of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation, where there are about 2,300 registered voters.

Should the issue be put to a vote, Cunningham said, under normal circumstances, the petitioners would have to pay for a special election – something that can be very costly. Cunningham said there have been special elections costing as much as $40,000.

Nevertheless, it’s worth a try, Buchan, Milliken and Howard all say. But should the proposal fail to garner approval from the commissioners of both governing boards, they say their plan could WITTY & CURIOUS – Jim Smith, a retired educator turned journalist, had became part of the fabric be dead in the water since the of La Conner by the time of his death on Friday. This 2009 photo shows him standing in front of the (Continued on Page 2)

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• On Oct. 6, 1866, in Indiana, the Reno gang carries out the first robbery of a moving train in the U.S., making off with over $10,000. Holding up moving trains in remote locations soon became popular in the American West. • On Oct. 5, 1947, President Harry Truman makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. He asked that the public voluntarily forgo meat on Tuesdays, eggs and poultry on Thursdays and to save a slice of bread each day. • On Oct. 4, 1957, the “Space Ageâ€? begins with the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. Other firsts for the Soviet space program included first man in space, first woman, first three men, first space walk and first to orbit the moon. • On Oct. 3, 1961, the United Auto Workers union goes on strike at Ford plants across the country to win higher wages and better benefits. It was the first company-wide strike since Ford had agreed to a collective-bargaining deal in 1941. • On Oct. 8, 1970, Matt Damon, the future star of a long list of hit movies, including “The Bourne Identity,â€? is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Damon, who left Harvard University before graduating to pursue an acting career, made his big-screen debut with a small role in 1988’s “Mystic Pizza.â€? • On Oct. 7, 1984, at Soldier Field, Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton runs for 154 yards to become the NFL’s all-time rushing leader, breaking the record set by Cleveland’s Jim Brown in 1965. • On Oct. 9, 1992, a bowling ballsized meteorite crashes through an orange 1980 Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Scientists say it came from the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. Š 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

By Samantha Weaver • It was 20th-century Florida politician Claude Pepper, member of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, who made the following sage observation: “If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.â€? • Those who study such things say that the letter “sâ€? begins more words in the English language than any other letter. The letter “câ€? takes second place, followed by “pâ€? in third. • In 1958, a woman named Ella Petry, then residing in St. Leonardson-bythe-Sea, England, spent 21 days carrying an egg around in the bosom of her dress, successfully hatching a chick at the end of the three-week period. • It’s been claimed that English is the only language that capitalizes the pronoun “I.â€? • It may be difficult to picture a pope in anything other than the robes of office, but they certainly lead normal lives when they’re young. Pope John Paul II reputedly was an excellent soccer goalkeeper, and he worked as a playwright — and even performed as an actor in some productions. • When black sheep get old, their wool turns gray. *** Thought for the Day: “Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on ‘I am not too sure.’â€? — H.L. Mencken Š 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Fire District 13 logged a total of 1,467 calls during the first seven months of this year, according to documents presented to its board of commissioners last month.

As of Monday, according to 911 logs, the district has been dispatched to the quadrant that wishes to withdraw a total of 11 times so far this year. Just one of those 11 calls were to Channel Drive, where the majority of the voters live.

Although neighborhoods east of the Swinomish Channel – which include about another 250 voters in the Pleasant Ridge and Rexville areas – generate a small fraction of the district’s calls, county figures have demonstrated that those taxpayers shoulder nearly 30 percent of the district’s property tax burden.

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By Mickey Bambrick Hospitals in Norway are not a fun place to be, as we found out when my husband broke his back years ago over there and had to be in one for a few days.

Just walking into our local hospital in Norway feels like walking through the basement corridors of an ancient laboratory.

It is sterile, quite dated and has zero ambiance.

No hospital staff are even visible anywhere, so they must have lots of places to hide behind all those long hallways of closed doors.

One weird thing about hospitals is that no one is “allowed� to die there. If it seems a patient is near the end of their life, they are sent away to another place where people die.

Norwegians don’t want to think of their hospitals as a place of death, they want to think of them as a place to get well. So they have other buildings where they transport patients so hospital employees don’t have to deal with the dead.

I’m not sure of the visiting hours of those places but visiting hours in the hospital are limited to just a few hours in the afternoon.

Bringing flowers, balloons or gifts to the patient is strictly forbidden. Norwegians feel if you are sick enough to be in the hospital then it’s not meant to be a party, don’t you know.

Norwegian hospitals also deal with births in a different fashion than America. When babies are born in Norway, no one but the parents and midwife are allowed in the room.

New mothers used to stay in the hospital for seven days but that has now changed to four, and absolutely no other family members are allowed to come visit.

The government figures this is a necessary time for the parents to bond with the baby and have no other distractions or stresses.

It’s a good thing technology exists today so grandparents are at least able to see photos of the newborn right away.

Babies aren’t really born “in� the hospital, as most hospital buildings have something akin to a hotel right next door. It’s like a minimal care center and that’s where the mother gives birth and the family stays until they’re discharged.

This “hotel� doesn’t have nearly the staff and no equipment like the hospitals. It’s used a lot as a recovery location for patients before being sent home because it’s cheaper to run, but

has quick access to the hospital if something is needed. Now that is smart.

The worst thing about Norwegian hospitals though is that every patient room is just a bed or two and a window. That’s it. Americans have no idea how spoiled we are by all the decorative color coordination, fancy waiting rooms and TVs in the room with speakers right in the headboard of the bed.

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This afternoon our always reliable cruiser lost power in the westbound leg of the Swinomish Channel.

By the time we deployed the anchor we had drifted into shallows which would be dry when the tide went out.

Two tribal crabbers noticed our plight and graciously towed us back to our home port at the north basin. We are very grateful for their alertness and help.

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JAMES “JIM� GUY SMITH 1940-2016 Jim Smith died suddenly on Friday, September 16 at Skagit Valley Hospital.

He was born February 23, 1940, in Ashton, South Dakota to Guy and Dale Smith and grew up in Woonsocket, South Dakota, in the apartment above the train depot where his father was depot agent.

Jim graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education and later received a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Moorhead State College in Minnesota.

After teaching in Okinawa for a year for the Department of Defense, he taught in various elementary and middle schools including SacramentoCalifornia, Fargo, North Dakota and Seattle. After moving to La Conner in 1970, Jim worked as supervisor for the tutorial program at the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and launched his writing career as a columnist for the Sanborn J o u r n a l  i n  W o o n s o c k e t  a n d the La Conner Weekly News. In 1999 Jim topped off his working life by taking on a job as weekend barista at the Rexville Grocery just outside La Conner.

Jim’s greatest gifts were his sense of humor and his unconditional love and acceptance of family, friends and all people he came in contact with.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife, Janet Saunders, his brother and sister-in-law Bill and Nancy; his twin sister and brother-in-law Joan and Marion Hegg; his sister and brother-in-law Ann and Terry Tollefson and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held for Jim at La Conner United Methodist Church on Sunday, October 2 at 3 p.m. A pot luck gathering will take place at Pioneer Park on Saturday, October 8 at 1 p.m.

Once again, we say “thanks� to all of our community partners, including the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, for their generous donations.

The La Conner Sunrise Food Bank has been helping families for the past six years, weekly serving over 100 families, many of whom are elderly and many who have young children.

This year we have more expenses than usual including adding freezers and a refrigerator and making costly repairs to our delivery truck. As a consequence we find ourselves needing additional financial support, and we hope you might be able to help us continue providing important supplementary food for families who rely on our services. We have more ideas to help families and to expand our services, but we will need your help in doing so.

Also, please join us on Saturday, October 15, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, at the Swinomish Yacht Club’s parking lot for our fall canned food drive.

Thanks Members of the Board La Conner Sunrise Food Bank

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By Joy Neal Banned Books Week is coming up September 25 to 30. This is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. This is a time to draw national attention to the harms of censorship.

Books have been and continue to be banned, however we celebrate the fact that, in a majority of cases, books have remained available thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers and community people who stand up for the freedom to read. Stop by the library during that last week in September to pick up a book that may have been considered unorthodox enough to be challenged.

When you come by the library be sure to check out the new book shelf for the latest additions to our collection. Here are a few titles you will enjoy.

Smooth Operator by Stuart Woods: When President Kate Lee calls Stone Barrington to Washington on an urgent matter, it’s soon clear that a potentially disastrous situation requires the kind of help more delicate than even he can provide ... and he knows just the right man for the job. Teddy Fay: ex-CIA, master of disguise, and a gentleman not known for abiding by legal niceties in the pursuit of his own brand of justice.

Damaged by Lisa Scottoline: Ten-year-old Patrick O’Brien is a natural target at school. Shy, dyslexic, and small for his age, he tries to hide his first-grade reading level from everyone: from his classmates, from the grandfather who cares for him, and from the teachers who are supposed to help him. But the real trouble begins when Patrick is accused of attacking a school aide. The aide promptly quits and sues the boy, his family, and the school district. Patrick’s grandfather turns to the law firm of Rosato & DiNunzio for help and Mary DiNunzio is on

the case. Soon Mary becomes Patrick’s true champion and his only hope for security and justice.

But there is more to the story than meets the eye and Patrick might be more troubled than he seems. With twists at every turn and secrets about the family coming to light, Mary DiNunzio might have found the case that can make her a true protector, or break her heart...

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty: Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit, busy life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s anything they can count on, it’s each other.

Clementine and Erika are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so when Erika mentions a last minute invitation to a barbecue with her neighbors, Tiffany and Vid, Clementine and Sam don’t hesitate. Having Tiffany and Vid’s larger than life personalities there will be a welcome respite.

Two months later, it won’t stop raining, and Clementine and Sam can’t stop asking themselves the question: What if we hadn’t gone?

Keep it Simple A creative approach to a balanced life.

By Kate Morgan

My fiancé and I have started planning our wedding and we’ve already encountered a big disagreement about who should and shouldn’t attend.

I am from a large family with many nieces and nephews and I want them to be a part of our big day, but my soonto-be-husband disagrees. He thinks a wedding is a formal event for adults, not a party where children often become disruptive.

I happen to agree with your fiancé. I also think that weddings are adult events where children aren’t typically able to act accordingly—no fault of their own; they’re kids. If you want to invite young children, you have to be willing to allow them to be kids, and that often leads to upset and distractions.

But I also understand why you would want your nieces and nephews to be a part of your special day, so perhaps you can compromise with your fiancé. Would you be willing to have them attend the ceremony, then hire a babysitter for the reception? Or invite them to a bit of the reception only?

By brainstorming with your beau, you may come up with a brilliant idea that suits everyone involved. You will avoid hurt feelings, and you will not have to make this an “all or nothing” deal where only one of you gets his or her way.

The writer is a life coach in La Conner and welcomes reader questions or comments.

Contact her by email at katemorgangrace@gmail.com.

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by Ashley Sweeney

I’m sporting a bumper sticker for one of the two mainstream presidential hopefuls.

One of my neighbors has a bumper sticker for the other candidate.

I’ve noticed this year that there is a dearth of bumper stickers for either candidate, although there are still a plethora of Bernie stickers around.

Usually by this time in a campaign voters are inundated with political information: bumper stickers, yard signs, TV and radio ads, campaign buttons, and mailers. Not this year. You can drive to Seattle and see three, maybe four, bumper stickers, if any. Certainly not hundreds.

I can attribute this lack of rahrah to two observations. Either no one is interested in the current campaigns or no one really cares enough about either candidate to risk touting his or her name.

It’s the political season of apathy or, perhaps, embarrassment, except for the now disgruntled Bernie supporters, a fervent group that includes two of my four children, and those favoring a third party candidate, a growing group that now includes these same two children.

Of course the digital world is popping with political news on ever-updated news feeds and blogs and on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Where we’re not seeing old fashioned politicking, we’re seeing information overload online.

My dad got us kids interested in politics long before we could vote. As a precinct committee chair, he’d have us all around the dining room table stuffing and stamping envelopes.

We’d accompany him as he hosted candidate forums at local venues or picked up shut-ins to take them to vote. We’d even cruise around neighborhoods with car rooftop signs and loud speakers blaring for local candidates: “Vote for Jerry!”

I recall traveling to see candidates when they stumped near our hometown. One in

particular was delayed by weather and didn’t appear until well after midnight. On a school night! I can still see him, wrinkled and tired, descending the steps from his chartered plane at the local outdoor airfield. I was sitting on my father’s shoulders as I strained to see him over the people pressed up against the police barricades.

This was 1968 and another very volatile time in American politics. And I remember vividly my dad’s reaction to the assassination of another presidential hopeful, just five years after his brother, a sitting U.S. president. In the only fit of rage I ever witnessed, my father was so distraught over the murder that he beat the brick wall on the side of our house until both of his wrists were broken.

American politics is fascinating, infuriating, and, at times, fabulous. Swearing in ceremonies make me tear up, regardless of the candidate’s party. This is America, after all. A shining beacon to the rest of world, or so we continue to hope.

It’s the eleventh hour now in this political season. Only six more weeks. I’ll be as happy as anyone when November 9 rolls around. Of course I hope to open my newspaper to the headline that my choice for president has succeeded against great odds.

My neighbor no doubt wishes the same for his candidate of choice. We’re in the homestretch and every vote counts.

But no matter what transpires, I’ll keep that bumper sticker on.

Until next time.

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SPORTS

Lady Braves net big gains at Yakima tourney

SUDDEN STOP – La Conner High defender Cooper Zavala applied the brakes to a Darrington ball carrier during Friday’s NW2B grid action at Whittaker Field. Zavala and the Braves’ stop unit made sure the Loggers hit the skids all night long, posting an impressive 75-0 league triumph.

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Braves clear cut grid winner over Loggers

By Bill Reynolds La Conner High was more than a cut above the Darrington Loggers on Friday.

The Braves were actually well past the tree line – in uncharted territory, so to speak – as they stumped many longtime sideliners as to whether La Conner’s 75-0 home drubbing of the rebuilding Loggers set new school football marks.

The hosts, with Killer B’s Budda Luna and Brady Nelson leading the way, were credited with 503 yards rushing on the night’s initial stat sheet.

That total could be a new La Conner record, says Braves head coach Peter Voorhees, a history teacher whose new homework assignment is ongoing research of the school’s gridiron archives.

“I’m not sure if the rushing total is record-setting, but it’s got to be close,” Voorhees told La Conner Weekly News on Saturday. “I’m told as scoring goes, 71 was the previous best.”

Luna and Nelson combined to score seven touchdowns for the victors. Arjuna Adams added

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Assume South is declarer at six hearts and West leads the queen of diamonds. How should he play the hand?

The actual declarer won the diamond lead with the ace, drew two rounds of trumps, cashed the A-K of spades and ruffed a spade. He then cashed the king of diamonds, led a trump to the king and ruffed dummy’s last spade.

South now exited with the nine of diamonds, hoping West would have to win the trick and return a club. This

method of play might well have succeeded, but unfortunately West had very shrewdly disposed of his jack of diamonds on the second diamond lead. As a result, East won the nine with the ten and returned a club, and declarer went down one.

South’s plan was good, but not good enough. He pursued the right idea in stripping the dummy of spades so that he could later try to put West on lead with a diamond and thus avoid a club finesse.

His execution, though, left something to be desired. South gave the show away when he started ruffing dummy’s spades. He made it too easy for West to see that an endplay was in the offing if he retained the jack of diamonds.

The best play is to win the opening diamond lead with the king and cash the ace at trick two. West would have to be extremely farsighted to play his jack at this point, and if he makes the normal play of the four at trick two, declarer winds up making the slam as described above.

As in many similar hands, the key play by declarer should be made before the opponents have any notion of what is going on. In the actual case, it would be almost impossible for West to know at trick two that the critical point of the play had already been reached.

how well Michael Page, Cooper Zavala, Nick Reese, Elijah Adams, and Harley Hulbert controlled the line of scrimmage,” said Voorhees, whose club improved to 3-0 on the campaign.

Page, Zavala, and Reese – along with Jeffrey Johnson and Kaden Murdock – were likewise dominant up front defensively.

They helped the Braves post their first shutout of the season, limiting Darrington to just 74 total yards and a single pass completion of 21 yards in a dozen attempts.

Johnson also made his presence felt on offense, reeling in a 23yard scoring toss from James Hulbert to close out the opening period.

Johnson was one of 11 La Conner defenders to record solo stops against the Loggers.

Murdock and Reese led the way with five unassisted tackles apiece. Harley Hulbert, Elijah Adams, Arjuna Adams, Luna, Nelson, Page, Zavala, and Miles also landed on the Braves hit parade.

In Darrington, La Conner faced a program that took a hiatus from varsity football a year ago. The schedule gets much tougher this week, notes Voorhees, who though a fan of history is very much in tune with the future.

Especially the near future.

“We play Concrete at their place on Friday,” he stressed.

“They will definitely be our toughest test to date.”

In related notes: • Entering the much anticipated 7 p.m. Sept. 23 NW2B clash at Concrete, La Conner had scored 24 touchdowns on the ground in its first three games.

• The Braves have outscored their opponents 184-20 thus far.

Their lowest point total was a 53-6 win over Coupeville. La Conner opened with a 56-14 defeat of Friday Harbor.

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another pair.

La Conner bolted to a 35-0 first period lead and never looked back.

The Braves built a 56-0 cushion by the break, then coasted home with three second half TDs. “There was definitely a lot of offense. We had a lot of short two and three-play drives,” said Voorhees. “Our offensive line did a great job of dominating up front.”

The O-line created wide running lanes for Luna, Nelson, and Adams.

Luna reeled off scoring jaunts of 17, 31, 57, and 93 yards. He finished with 245 yards on just five carries.

Nelson reached paydirt from 11, 18, and 33 yards out. He carried four times for 93 yards.

Adams also made the most of his four touches, scoring on second period runs of three and 49 yards. He totaled 64 yards.

Trey Casey capped La Conner’s explosive ground attack with a 14-yard touchdown run in the final stanza.

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By Bill Reynolds Home sweet dome.

That’s the atmosphere the La Conner High volleyball team has come to expect from its frequent visits to the Yakima Sun Dome.

Last weekend was no exception.

The Lady Braves returned from the site of many of the program’s biggest triumphs having won invaluable confidence going forward as result of placing in the Top 12 of a hyper-competitive early season tournament.

The Yakima bracket featured teams from the 2A through 4A ranks in addition to La Conner, which placed second in the 2B State tourney at Yakima last November.

“It was a great test for us to see where we need to go,” said Lady Braves head coach Suzanne Marble, who has guided La Conner to three State crowns during her tenure here, and was inducted into the Washington State Coaches’ Hall of Fame during ceremonies in Yakima a year ago.

La Conner defeated Oak Harbor and split with Eastmont to highlight the Lady Braves’ latest visit to Yakima.

“It was a great weekend of learning and trying new things,” Marble noted. “It was great preparation for our players.”

The Lady Braves placed second in their pool, in large measure due to La Conner’s straight-sets – 25-19 and 25-19 – victory over Oak Harbor.

La Conner barely missed out on its pool’s top seed with a tight 21-25, 21-25 loss to Selah.

Marble had no complaints.

“It was a great match,” she said.

Ditto a tourney pairing opposite Steilacoom, a narrow 19-25, 2325 defeat for the Lady Braves.

“It was a match that was up for grabs,” said Marble. “The winner was the one with the most gas left in the tank, and we got a little tired.”

Which was understandable, given that La Conner was coming

off a grueling five-set win over 2A Anacortes and NW2B sweeps of Darrington, Shoreline Christian, and Orcas in the days leading up to the Yakima trip.

La Conner also played well Saturday in a hard-fought tournament setback to East Valley of Yakima.

“We took complete control in the first set,” Marble said, alluding to a fast 25-13 La Conner start. “But after that we just lost a little confidence.”

East Valley closed out the match in 25-23, 15-9 fashion.

The Lady Braves, as the stat sheet indicates, used the Yakima visit to experiment with different looks and provide quality playing time up and down the La Conner roster.

Justine Benson finished with 75 assists, 24 digs, 11 kills, six service aces, and three blocks.

Lindsay Lowry delivered 10 kills and three aces, while Aubrey Swigert had both a strong day at the net and with floor coverage, totaling 27 digs, 18 kills, 12 blocks, and five aces.

Matty Lagerwey chipped in 30 kills, 26 digs, four blocks, and three aces.

Ashley Watkins added 31 digs, 17 kills, five aces, and four blocks at Yakima.

Defensive specialist Sage Burgmeier had 35 digs.

As fulfilling as was La Conner’s performance at Yakima, it was the epic win earlier in the week over Anacortes that had Lady Braves fans buzzing.

La Conner prevailed 25-17, 17-25, 25-19, 22-25, 15-12 over the Lady Seahawks.

Watkins and Lagerwey registered 11 kills apiece for the hosts. Swigert added another eight kills to go along with four aces and a pair of blocks.

Benson dished out 31 assists, plus chipped in three kills and two service whiffs.

Burgmeier notched 27 digs.

“Anacortes kept coming back,” said Marble, “and we stepped up at the right times. We were down 4-0 in the fifth set and we

could’ve given in to them, but our players battled back to take control.”

Everybody played a part, she said.

“Matty and Aubrey really stepped up as middles and took control in the front row,” Marble said. “They connected well with Justine. Sage did a nice job of controlling the tempo of the defense.”

It helped to have plenty of fans in La Conner’s corner, Marble stressed.

“It was our Youth Appreciation Match and we had about 40 fifth through eighth grade players in the crowd,” she said. “It was a great match for our fans to watch and we had great fan support. I’m so proud of our community.”

As it is proud of the Lady Braves.

In related notes: • La Conner visited Mount Vernon Christian late Tuesday and travels tomorrow, Thursday, to Concrete. The Lady Braves remain on the road next Tuesday, Sept. 27, for a big non-league match against 4A Woodinville.

• Marble called La Conner’s 25-9, 25-7, 25-8 verdict over Orcas a total team effort. Among the highlights were three kills and two aces from Madison Wilson, four kills by Joanie Benson, and Jayna Whited’s five kills and two aces.

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It was a big week around our house. Our son was home for just eight days then was gone again for nine months of Bible school on an island in Canada.

His time home was action packed applying to colleges for next year, packing up his things, and seeing his friends. In the midst of it all he had his Eagle Scout Board of Review and passed, so he’s now officially an Eagle Scout.

We couldn’t be more proud, of course, but considering the Scout motto is “Be Prepared” I felt like the parents should be able to weigh in on the final decision about whether he really is all the things Eagle Scouts are touted as being. He’s already texted me with the list of things he forgot to bring to Bible school.

We took our son’s car up to Canada, since the check engine light came on our van just days before and we weren’t able to get it serviced in time.

Our son bought our old car and even though he doesn’t yet have his license, at least he’s planning ahead in that arena. The window on the driver’s side doesn’t work anymore so that car is no fun at drive-ups . At every ticket booth along the way, we had to open the door and explain that the window doesn’t work.

So on the return from Canada, my husband opened the car door slightly to tell the border agent the window didn’t work. He told him it was our son’s car, as if that made a good excuse for a nonfunctioning window.

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He confiscated our car keys, opened the trunk and did a thorough search of every bag in

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We told him our son doesn’t smoke pot, he doesn’t even drive, and we are certain there is no marijuana in the car. I couldn’t stop laughing, which didn’t help the situation any.

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Of course he didn’t find any marijuana so eventually we were free to go, but he said we really needed to have a talk with our son. We laughed all the way home.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of INGRID S. KASSLER, Deceased.

Cause No. 16-4-00336-2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS 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’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court.

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(3); 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: September 21, 2016 Personal Representative: Karl S. Kassler Attorney for Personal Representative: Aaron M. Rasmussen, WSBA #29496 Address for Mailing or Service: Law Office of Aaron M. Rasmussen, P.S., 1101 Eighth St., Suite A, Anacortes, WA 98221; Phone: 360-293-3018 Published in La Conner Weekly News, September 21, 28 and October 5, 2016.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF SKAGIT The United States of America acting through the Rural Housing Service or Successor Agency, United States Department of Agriculture, Plaintiff, vs.

The Estate of Debra Lee Matteson; unknown heirs, spouses, legatees and devisees of the Estate of Debra Lee Matteson; unknown occupants of the subject real property; parties in possession of the subject real property; parties claiming a right to possession of the subject property; and also all other unknown persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, and DSHS, Financial Services Administration, Office of Financial Recovery of the State of Washington, Defendants.

Cause No.: 16-2-00541-4 SHERIFF’S NOTICE TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY To: Department of Social and Health Services, a Washington nonprofit corporation; The Estate of Debra L. Matteson; unknown heirs, spouses, legatees and devisees of the Estate of Debra L. Matteson; unknown occupants of the subject real property described in the complaint, Judgment Debtors An Order of Sale has been issued in the above-captioned case, directed to the Sheriff of Skagit County, commanding the Sheriff as follows: TO: The State of Washington; and TO: The Sheriff of Skagit County, Washington; GREETINGS: WHEREAS, in the above-entitled Court, on the 3rd day of August, 2016, The United States of America acting through the Rural Housing Service or Successor Agency, United States Department of Agriculture, as Plaintiff, recovered a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure against the Defendant, The Estate of Debra L. Matteson in the amount of $267,595.57, principal sum of $194,649.40, with interest through July 1, 2016 in the amount of $45,058.41, and additional attorneys’ fees and interest accruing thereafter, which judgment is entered into the execution docket of the Superior Court and which judgment decrees foreclosure on the below described property; THEREFORE, in the name of the State of Washington, you are hereby commanded to seize and sell forthwith and without appraisement, property located at: Lot 20 and the South 20 feet of Lot 19, Block N, Town of La Conner, according to the Plat, thereof recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, Page 49, records of Skagit County Washington.

Skagit County Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: 4123-014-020-0001 (P74028) and commonly known as 513 2nd Street, La Conner, Washington 98257 in the manner provided by law; or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the judgment, interest and costs.

MAKE RETURN HEREOF within sixty (60) days of the date indicated below to the Clerk who issued it, showing you have executed the same. For purposes of the sale, per RCW 6.21.050, a thirty (30) day extension shall be authorized.

The sale date has been set for November 4, 2016. YOU MAY HAVE A RIGHT TO EXEMPT PROPERTY from the sale under statutes of this state, including sections 6.13.010, 6.13.030, 6.13.040, 6.15.010, and 6.15.060 of the Revised Code of Washington, in the manner described in those statutes.

Dated this 14th day of September 2016.

Will Reichardt, Sheriff By: , Civil Assistant Skagit County Sheriff’s Office 600 South Third Street Mount Vernon, WA 98273 360-416-1913 Published in La Conner Weekly News, September 21, 28, October 5, 12 19 and 26, 2016.

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PUBLICATION FOR: SKAGIT COUNTY, WASHINGTON IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO 1. SARAH ARTZ, mother, of SIERRAH ROBERTS; DOB: 5/20/02; Cause No. 16-7-00998-4;A Dependency Petition was filed on 4/1/16.

2. SARAH ARTZ, mother, of SHARLIANNA PATRICIA MARIE ROBERTS; DOB: 9/12/00; Cause No. 15-7-01717-2; A Dependency Petition was filed on 9/18/15.

AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: A Fact Finding Hearing will be held on this matter on: October 18, 2016 at 1:30 P.M. at Pierce County Family and Juvenile Court, 5501 6th Avenue, Tacoma WA 98406.

YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING. THE HEARING WILL DETERMINE IF YOUR CHILD IS DEPENDENT AS DEFINED IN RCW 13.34.030(6).

THIS BEGINS A JUDICIAL PROCESS WHICH COULD RESULT IN PERMANENT LOSS OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING THE COURT MAY ENTER A DEPENDENCY ORDER IN YOUR ABSENCE. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, calls DSHS at 1-800-4236246. To view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY.aspx.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY In re the Estate of CHRIS P. JEWETT, Deceased.

No.: 16-4-00317-6 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. The Administratrix named below has been appointed as Administratrix of this estate.

2. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitation, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Administratrix, or the Administratrix’s attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court.

3. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Administratrix served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); 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 filing copy of Notice to Creditors: September 2, 2016 Date of First Publication: September 14, 2016 Jessica J. Brown, Administratrix Presented by: Michael A. Winslow WSBA #13901 Attorney for the Estate 1204 Cleveland Avenue Mount Vernon, Washington 98273 Phone: (360) 336-3321 Published in La Conner Weekly News, September 14, 21 and 28, 2016.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SKAGIT IN PROBATE No. 16-4-00218-8 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 In the Matter of the Estate of Ronald David Bennett, Deceased.

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(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 filing copy of NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: 8/31/2016.

Date of first publication: September 7, 2016.

Valencia McGee Personal Representative LAW OFFICE OF COLE & GILDAY, P.C.

By Gregory L. Gilday WSBA #36608 Attorney for Personal Representative 10101 270th St NW PO Box 249 Stanwood, WA 98292 Telephone: 360-629-3311 or 360-629-0220 Published in La Conner Weekly News, September 7, 14 and 21, 2016.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of: ELDORA L. LACOUNT, Deceased.

No. 16-4-00110-0 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The co-personal representatives named below have been appointed as co-personal representatives 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 a manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the co-personal representatives or the co-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 co-personal representatives 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: September 14, 2016 CAROL BARBO Co-Personal Representative FRED LACOUNT Co-Personal Representative, by CAROL BARBO, his attorney-in-fact PHILLIPS, KRAUSE & BROWN Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives By: JAMES M. BROWN, WSBA #11634 Addresses for Mailing or Service: Phillips, Krause & Brown 101 E. Market St., Suite 525 Post Office Box 2110 Aberdeen, WA 98520 Telephone: (360) 532-8380 Clerk of Court Grays Harbor County Superior Court 102 W. Broadway, Room 203 Montesano, WA 98563 Published in La Conner Weekly News, September 14, 21 and 28, 2016.

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Wednesday Sept. 21

5 to 7 p.m. – School open house: La Conner Schools have a spaghetti dinner and an evening of family fun topped off with ice cream planned. The entire community is invited.

6 to 7:30 p.m. – Aromatherapy Class: Learn all about aromatherapy and how to create a spray to help relieve stress. $20 includes supplies. at

Island Hospital. To register, visit www. islandhospital.org/classes or call 2994204.

7 p.m. – Pioneering women: Author Ashley Sweeney discusses her historical research on how women lived during the Klondike Gold Rush. Her novel, “Eliza Waite,” focuses on one such woman. At Anacortes Public Library.

Thursday Sept. 22

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Saturday Sept. 24

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9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Giant Pumpkin Festival: Join the fun at Christianson’s Nursery! Pumpkin weigh-off, harvest food, pony rides, face painting, family carnival games, toad races, “the Bat Lady” and more! Free admission. 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon More info: 466-3821 or christiansonsnursery.com.

1 to 2 p.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. – Kick start your family tree: Mount Vernon City Library and Skagit Valley Genealogical Society present an introductory class on genealogical research. At the Mount Vernon City Library.

Sunday Sept. 25

Oyster Run: The Largest Motorcycle Run in the Pacific Northwest! Live music with the Unfaithful Servants, Seattle Cossacks Motorcycle Drill Team, food, street vendors and more. Free admission. Get the latest info at www. oysterrun.org.

Monday Sept. 26

2 to 3 p.m. – Food Bank: La Conner Sunrise Food Bank is located in the Garfield Masonic Lodge at 602 S. Third Street, behind the Methodist Church on the hill. All are welcome: those who need groceries and those with food to share.

6 to 8 p.m. .– Unspoken MS Issues: People with multiple sclerosis can get help with bladder and bowel symptoms at this discussion about the latest advances and recommendations with neurologist Dr. Patti Brettell at Skagit Valley Hospital. Free. For more info, call (360)814-2325.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Cosmic changes create a potential for disruptions in your travel plans. In the meantime, you might want to consider shifting your focus to another area of your life that needs attention.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It’s a good time for beauty-loving Bovines to enjoy something special for the senses. It will restore your spirit and return you to the workaday world ready for the next challenge.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) With your planetary ruler, Mercury, going retrograde, you might want to slow down the pace in pursuing some of your projects. Rushing things could be counterproductive.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Tensions begin to ease in those once-testy relationships. This helps create a more positive aspect all around. Expect to hear news that could lead you to rethink a recent decision.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) The pace of activity that had slowed last week now begins to pick up. This is good news for Leos and Leonas who have career-building plans that need to be put into operation.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Venus offers encouragement to romance-seeking Virgos who are ready to get up, get out and meet more people, one of whom could be that long-sought soul mate.

1. GEOLOGY: What is pumice made of, and what is its most unusual characteristic?

2. ANATOMY: How much blood does the human body contain, on average?

3. MONEY: How many ridges does a dime have?

4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the current name of the country once known as British Honduras?

5. LANGUAGE: What is unusual about the sentence, “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs”?

6. HISTORY: When was the euro introduced as legal currency?

7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which two presidents had sons who also became presidents of the United States?

8. MUSIC: What was Elvis Presley’s first No. 1 hit on a national chart?

9. MOVIES: What actor played the character of Charlie Allnut in “The African Queen”?

10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of coyotes called?

Answers 1. It is formed by magma, and it’s the only rock that floats.

2. 10 pints 3. 118 4. Belize 5. It contains all the letters of the alphabet.

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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You are usually decisive about most matters. But you might want to defer your decision-making this week until you get more facts. Someone is holding out on you.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) That quiet period is ending, and a new burst of activity creates some problems at the workplace.

But things are soon resolved, and everything goes back to normal.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Relationships could be either helpful or hurtful as you pursue your career goals. You might have to make some difficult choices depending on what your priorities are.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might still have some doubts about a career move that could involve a lot of travel. If so, continue to check things out until you feel secure about making a decision.

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Pot and pesticides

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board and the Washington State Department of Agriculture have an agreement that will allow the two agencies to work together cooperatively to test for illegal pesticides on marijuana.

The Liquor and Cannabis Board will pay for the specialized equipment necessary to test for pesticides and two Department of Agriculture employees who will be dedicated to carrying out pesticide tests. This agreement is for pesticide enforcement, random testing and testing when illegal pesticides are suspected.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Department of Agriculture, the state agency responsible for regulating pesticide use in Washington, will analyze an average of 75 samples per month covering a spectrum of 100 or more pesticides. The turnaround time for analytical results will be 15-30 calendar days.

Currently, marijuana growers may use any of the 330 pesticides that the Department of Agriculture has determined are allowed for use on marijuana, as long as all applicable label directions are followed. The list of allowed pesticides is available on the agency’s Pesticide and fertilizer use on marijuana in Washington webpage.

The list is also available by using the Washington State University Pesticide Information Center Online database.

The Skagit Conservation District is now accepting applications for the Fall 2016 Watershed Masters Volunteer Training Program. The program is intended for community residents, age 17 and up, who want to increase their knowledge about local watersheds, water quality, and beach and stream ecology.

Participants attend 8 Wednesday evening sessions, held weekly beginning Sept. 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. and continuing through Nov. 16. Participants will also attend three Saturday field excursions, scheduled for Oct. 8, 15, and 22. After training, participants provide 40 hours of volunteer service working on water quality related projects of their choice. The Skagit Conservation District, in partnership with the City of Anacortes, City of Mount Vernon, City of Sedro-Woolley, City of Burlington, and Skagit County is sponsoring the Fall 2016 training. Evening sessions will be held at the Padilla Bay Research Reserve meeting facility, located at 10441 Bayview Edison Road. Class limit is 25.

Pre-register by Monday, Sept. 26 by contacting Kristi Carpenter, Farmer training grant Skagit Conservation District, In order to help educate, men(360) 428-4313 or email: kristi@ tor, and enhance the sustainability skagitcd.org. of the next generation of farmers, Lummi reserve expansion the United States Department of The Lummi Nation has asked Agriculture awarded Viva Farms Peter Goldmark, Washington and its project partners received a State Commissioner of Public $599,999 grant for their project, Lands, to adjust the boundaries of “Beginning Farmer Development the Cherry Point Environmental Program Skagit County.”

Viva Farms supports aspiring Aquatic Reserve to include a portion that was formerly farmers by providing bilingual intended for the Gateway Pacific training in sustainable organic Terminal, a project that was farming, and access to land, equipment, denied by the U.S. Army Corps infrastructure, marketing and capital. They of Engineers in May. “Earlier this year, the deliver training including: onCorps found that a terminal at farm business incubation, an Xwe’Chi’’eXen, Cherry Point, on-site Sustainable Agriculture would violate our treaty rights,” Education Student Farm, an said Tim Ballew II, chairman accredited land based training of the Lummi Indian Business program in partnership with Council. “This boundary change Skagit Valley College, WSU is essential to protect this unique Skagit County Extension and ecosystem that is critical to through a series of regional our ability to harvest fish and workshops.

Other partners include the shellfish.”

When the Department of Northwest Agriculture Business Natural Resources denied Center, Skagitonians to Preserve and Economic an aquatic land lease for the Farmland, Development Alliance of Skagit Gateway Pacific Terminal, it eliminated the need to consider County , the Washington State Department of Agriculture, leasing the area.

“This is not an area in con- Future Farmers of America, and sideration for lease any longer,” the Skagit Land Trust.

Through July 2019, the grant said Ballew. “Protecting this location that is within our Usual will fund training for aspiring and Accustomed fishing sites is farmers, helping them succeed critical to prevent any additional as both farmers and business harm to the shoreline and habitat. people. Programs include Viva But, most importantly, expanding Farm’s bilingual landbased the Cherry Point Aquatics training, poultry farmer training; Reserve is critical to upholding business and financial training and a farmland mapping project Lummi’s treaty rights.” aimed at increasing knowledge Drug overdose grant and awareness of available The Washington State farmland for lease or sale in Department of Social and Skagit County.

Health Services, working in Additionally, a Farmer-topartnership with the University Farmer mentor program will of Washington’s Alcohol and be developed to help connect Drug Abuse Institute, has been new and experienced farmers, awarded $1 million per year, and a Farm-to-School program up to five years, from the U.S. bringing local organic food to Department of Health and Skagit County school children.

Human Services to help prevent Viva Farms is a non-profit farm opioid overdoses and deaths. business training organization Washington was among 12 established in 2009 to grow the states to receive this funding to next generation of farmers. It is provide overdose prevention and located at the Port of Skagit in response training and to distribute Skagit County. naloxone in high-need areas.

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Monday Oct. 3

2 to 3 p.m. – Food Bank: La Conner Sunrise Food Bank is located in the Garfield Masonic Lodge at 602 S. Third Street, behind the Methodist Church on the hill. All are welcome: those who need groceries and those with food to share.

Watershed training

Washington State Project to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose, or WA-PDO, work with syringe exchange programs in Pierce, Skagit, Thurston and Walla Walla counties. Training and naloxone kits will be provided to first responders and to community members who may be at risk for having, or witnessing, an opioid overdose.

September 19, 2016

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Saturday Oct. 1

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Curator Talk & Opening Reception: At Museum of Northwest Art, curator Vicki Halper presents “Matched Makers: Northwest Artist Couples,” the museum’s new exhibit, followed by the opening reception. Admission is free. MoNA is located at 121 S. First St., La Conner.

Tuesday Sept. 27

7 a.m. – Conservation Board: The Skagit Conservation District board meets at 2021 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

7 to 9 a.m. & 4 to 6 p.m. – Volunteers Needed to assist with counting bicyclists and pedestrians throughout Skagit.

Counts will be conducted from Sept 27th through Sept 29th. Register on line at www.wsdot.wa.gov/bike/count.htm.

More info: gabep@scog.net or (360) 416-6678.

12 to 1 p.m. – Cooking Class: Guest chef provides us with a tasty lunch main course. Join us for a nice repast and share the cook’s recipe. A donation to the chef is recommended. La Conner Senior Center.

Wednesday Sept. 28

Local Estate Liquidator

Friday Sept. 30

10:30 a.m. – Story Time: Stories, songs, rhymes, learning, dancing and bubbles for the little ones. Birth through pre-school welcome. Free. La Conner Regional Library.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival: Continues through Oct. 2.

Workshops, mini classes. Admission $10; buy online and save $1. La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum. More info, call 4664288 or visit http://www.laconnerquilts. org/2016-quilt--fiber-arts-festival.html.

Property values

The Skagit County Assessor’s office will be sending appraisers around to revalue properties in the La Conner and Conway school districts starting this month. The new values will be for 2017, which figure into the property tax rates for 2018.

At the same time, notices of assessed value change are being mailed to property owners of their 2016 value, for taxes payable in 2017. According to the Assessor’s Office, the values are determined by real estate market activity for the year spanning May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

People with questions can contact the Assessor’s Office at 360-416-1780.

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10:30 a.m. – Story Time: Stories, songs, rhymes, learning, dancing and bubbles for the little ones. Birth through pre-school welcome. Free. La Conner Regional Library.

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5:30 to 7 p.m. – Annual Meeting of Skagit County Historical Society including preview of “Más Voces del Valle” for members. Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. More info: 466-3365 or www.skagitcounty.net/ museum.

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Aqiimuk’s Kitchen

By Patricia Aqiimuk Paul, Esq. Food Editor For the full “wow” effect, select a variety of hot peppers, different colors, shapes and heat. A few years back I pickled peppers and cut them in slices. This year I left them whole and they are beautiful. For this project, I initially filled ten wide mouth pint canning jars with hot peppers; but the brine only filled 8, so I went with 8. Plenty for me and a few to gift. It is optional to add pickle crisp to each jar. The pickle crisp container will have details on how much to add according to the size of the canning jar. This is a water bath canning recipe, so be sure to have a rack inside the pan, for the canning jars to sit on and be sure to have enough water to cover the jars by a full inch. Start timing when the water begins to boil. You want a steady boil but not a rolling boil. For the bigger canning pots, I use the lid to get the water to heat up and then remove when the boiling point is reached.

Pickled Hot Peppers Ingredients Pint canning jars, 8 White vinegar, 6 cups Water, 2 cups Garlic cloves, 3 crushed Hot peppers, one gallon Preparation There are four steps to this recipe. One is to prepare the canning jars by placing in the canning pot and heating the water and allow the jars to simmer and keep hot until ready to use.

Second, prepare the hot peppers. You can choose to wear rubber gloves, particularly if cutting the peppers.

Wash the peppers, under running water, with a vegetable brush. Cut the stem close to the pepper. Arrange the peppers in the jars, allowing one-inch headspace.

The third step is to prepare the brine. Heat in a large cooking pot the vinegar, water and garlic cloves. Do not use an aluminum pot. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Fill the jars. The peppers will begin to float if not packed tightly. Using a chop stick, press the peppers to release the air inside. Using a clean cloth, wipe the rim of the jar and fasten the canning lid.

The fourth step is to place the jars of hot peppers into the water bath pot. Heat the water to the boiling point.

Beginning timing and water bath boil for 10 minutes.

Remove from water and place in a location where the jars can sit undisturbed for 24 hours. After cooled, label, with the date; as home canned goods are generally good for one year.

UPLIFTING – Soroptimists Monica Todd-Klopfer, left, Maureen Harlan and Marilynn Olson display some of the bras they’ve collected to “Free the girls.” Selling bras is a cottage industry for girls and young women who have been rescued from slavery in countries where human trafficking is common.

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Wanted: Good bras to “free the girls”

By Marilynn Olson Soroptimist International of La Conner sends bras to “Free The Girls,” a non-profit organization that provides bras for rescued victims of human trafficking.

These women were forced into prostitution at an early age. Girls fortunate enough to find their way to safe houses have been taught skills to help them earn money to support themselves and their own children.

There is a cottage industry that gives these young women their own inventory of bras, a desired commodity, to sell on the streets of their community.

Soroptimist La Conner collects the bras and ships them to a sorting facility in Chesterton, Indiana. From there they are sent to Mozambique, Uganda, El Salvador and soon to more areas in Africa and Central America.

Donations of new and gently used bras are collected at Vintage La Conner to aid this cottage industry effort. Combined with other donations throughout the U.S., thousands of bras have been collected and distributed. This is an on-going project. New, with tags, and clean, gently used bras may be brought to Vintage La Conner for future distribution to “Free The Girls.”

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Tuesday Sept 13

2:28 p.m.: Light gone – The flashing amber light over the intersection of Maple Ave. and Caledonia Street bit the dust. It was hit by an over-height vehicle and won’t be replaced.

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12:23 a.m.: Big ticket – A 37year-old man was speeding and when he was pulled over, he was cited for driving with a suspended

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Thursday Sept 15

3:30 p.m.: Farm fight – Coworkers at a dairy farm in Conway had an altercation.

A 57-year-old man ended up being stabbed with a knife and transported to Skagit Valley Hospital. A 19-year-old man went to jail for assault.

9:50 p.m.: Barking dog – A lonely dog was barking all night on S. 4th Street in La Conner. The deputy was able to contact the owner the next day and the owner took care of the problem.

September 19, 2016

6:57 p.m.: Car vs. boat – An unoccupied vehicle rolled across S. 4th St. in La Conner and into a boat on a trailer. There was little damage and the parties exchanged information.

8:53 p.m.: Boat vs. bridge – A boat fell off a trailer crossing the Rainbow Bridge in La Conner. The scene was cleared

by Swinomish Police before the deputy arrived.

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2:58 p.m.: DUI disappear – After a La Conner Code Enforcement officer reported a possible DUI driver, deputies and Tribal police checked the area around Pioneer Park but couldn’t find the car.

7:34 p.m.: Deputy escort – An intoxicated 58-year-old man was given a ride home from a deputy DRESSED FOR SUCCESS – It was a mom’s night out on Friday, but it was their sons who dressed up for the occasion. La Conner after he was found sleeping at High football players were in full uniform as proud moms saluted their efforts against NW2B rival Darrington at Whittaker Field. The Gilkey Square in La Conner.

Braves made Mom’s Night a special one with a crushing 75-0 league triumph.

– Photo by Karla Reynolds 9:58 p.m.: Car kicker – A man got into a verbal altercation with two intoxicated men by the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, and one kicked his car as he was driving away.

Top 10 Video On Demand Saturday Sept 17 4:49 p.m.: Icy latte – A 65- 1. Angry Birds Movie ..............(PG) year-old man went to a local animated Blood Father .......................... (R) business in La Conner, where he 2.

Mel Gibson was not welcome due to a “no 3. The Boss ................................. (R) trespass” order. He was arrested Melissa McCarthy 4. The Huntsman: for violating the order.

War ..................... (PG-13) 6:09 p.m.: Child care – Winter’s Chris Hemsworth Deputies advised the people in 5. The Jungle Book .................(PG) a child custody issue on Morris Neel Sethi Street, La Conner to contact the 6. Me Before You ............... (PG-13) Emilia Clarke court for help.

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1. The Jungle Book .................(PG) Disney 2. The Huntsman: Winter’s War ..................... (PG-13) Universal 3. Me Before You ............... (PG-13) Warner Bros.

4. The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season ... (TV-MA) Anchor Bay 5. The Angry Birds Movie ......(PG) Sony 6. Arrow: The Complete Fourth Season .................... (TV-14) Warner Bros.

7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ................. (PG-13) Warner Bros.

8. Star Wars Rebels: The Complete Season 2 ............(TV-Y7) Disney 9. The Nice Guys ....................... (R) Warner Bros.

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