in the December 14, 2011 issue

Christmas lights La Conner style

Photo by Don Coyote

Photo by Don Coyote

Photo by Don Coyote

Big drug bust near La Conner

Four people were jailed on felony drug and weapons charges after SWAT and narcotics teams raided two houses on Best Road.

The bust was conducted by at least 25 officers and two dogs from four different agencies who found a drug lab, the hallucinogen DMT,  heroin, marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and several guns. It's in today's paper.

Gift Guide Inside

Inside the paper, find the thrifty Santa's guide to unique gifts available in the stores right here in La Conner. We've gathered up some ideas for wonderful La Conner gifts at budget-taming prices.

 

And as usual, our award-winning columnists have provided some really good reading... Jim Smith makes the Post Office sound like fun, Mickey Bambrick tells us when it's polite to tell a human "good dog," and Mel Damski has a haunting story about a tragic death that struck his film crew on location.

From the Police Blotter

7:48 a.m.: Swan dive – Deputies responded to a report of an injured swan lying in the intersection of  Fir Island Rd and Rawlins Rd, near Conway. The swan struck the power lines before landing and was turned over to the WA Department of Wildlife.

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