Wednesday, April 25, 2012

in the April 25, 2012 issue ...

Reasons people love La Conner:
We're in bloom!                Photo by Don Coyote

Brody's lunchtime puppet show    Photo by Kirsten Morse

Swinomish canoes on the channel      Coyote photo
Thrilling rides                                  Coyote photo
We're blooming!                   Karla Reynolds photo
Waterfront dining                  Coyote photo

We're in for a dry spell...
Homeport Liquor will close on Saturday, May 5 – two weeks earlier than originally planned.
As one of 163 contract liquor stores, the La Conner Homeport Liquor’s inventory is all owned by the state, which will be out of the liquor business May 31, since voters approved Initiative 1183 in November.
For La Conner, there will be no retail liquor available in town for more than three weeks, until at least June 1, when Pioneer Market expects to start carrying spirits in addition to the beer and wine already available there. In today's paper!

Tribal tideland ordinance public hearing set for Thursday
People concerned with shorelines on the Swinomish Reservation will have a chance to voice their opinions on a revision of the tribe’s proposed tidelands ordinance tomorrow, Thursday, April 26.
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at the Swinomish Social Services building at 4 p.m.
Longer trek on La Conner transit
By Adrian Sharpe
Proposed changes to public bus routes may have La Conner residents spending more time on trips to Mount Vernon and back.
Skagit Transit will hold several public meetings to introduce the proposed changes and take public comments. The meeting in La Conner is scheduled for Wednesday, May 3, from 5 to 6 p.m., in Maple Hall.
The schedule changes would take effect in September. Read Adrian's story in today's paper.

Photo by Scott McDade
M*A*S*H comes to La Conner Auditorium By Scott McDade
   Remember the TV sitcom M*A*S*H? Or the 1970 blockbuster film starring Elliot Gould, Tom Skerrit and Donald Sutherland?
   If you do, you've already been introduced to some of the craziest and most lovable military doctors and nurses you'd ever want to know.
   Next weekend, May 4, 5, and 6, you'll get to meet them all again at La Conner Auditorium as the high school drama department presents the stage version of this beloved story.
   M*A*S*H will be performed three times. The show opens Friday evening at 7:30 p.m., Saturday's matinee is at 12 noon. The final performance is Sunday evening at 7 p.m.
   Tickets for the production are $5 per person. You can reserve seats by calling Vicki Jones at the district office, 466-3171. Tickets will also be available at the door. you won't want to miss this!
More M*A*S*H                     Scott McDade photo
More M*A*S*H                     Scott McDade photo


From the Police Blotter
3:30 p.m.: Tourist teasing – The Sheriffs Office received a report of two fellows hiding in the bushes near the area where tulip buses stop at the intersection of South First Street and Washington Ave. in La Conner. They guys were yelling and whistling at the visitors, so the deputy picked them up and  transported them away from town.

Pick up the paper today in all the usual spots or from one of our red news stands. Don't have enough quarters? No worries! Our stands also accept rupees from India!





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