Braves defeat Warriors

Gaining an early lead, the La Conner Braves Boys Varsity Soccer team defeated the Crosspoint Academy Warriors 9 to 0.

Read the full story in next Wednesday's issue!

In the September 8, 2010 issue

Goodbye summer!

La Conner Elementary students Jennifer Lockrem and Mia Carlton squeeze the last few drops out of summer at an after school party for the First Grade classes on Friday -- Photo by Amylynn Richards

 Dodging Wolverines

La Conner Braves' Garret Wilbur moving out of the way of Friday Harbor Wolverines' Rueben Delay during Friday's first football match of the season. Friday Harbor took the win with 29 to the Braves' 8. -- Photo by Amylynn Richards

Test Scores an unreliable measure of school quality 

  Techie parents and avid data crunchers should be pleased with the material on the state's "school report card" website, which gives a detailed look into every school in Washington on last year's test day.

  To dig through the data and get the real picture of how the schools did, click here

Update: Just fixed the link to the state test data site.

Electric utility generates salmon recovery

By Sue Phillips

  Did you know that every time you turn on a light, you are helping a fish?

  Puget sound Energy goes to great lengths to preserve and enhance one of our finest natural resources, sockeye salmon. 

  Baker River sockeye are the only known sustaining population of sockeye salmon in the Skagit River drainage basin, and for their decades their numbers were dwindling alarmingly toward extinction. 

  But this year, with the utility's work to increase their numbers, there were enough sockeye for the state to stock Lake Baker with them. 

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Braves fight Wolverines

The La Conner Braves played the Friday Harbor Wolverines this evening.

Both teams showed excellent defense, but Wolverines asserted their lead early in the first quarter.

The score ended 8 to 29, in favor of Friday Harbor.

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La Conner Alumni Speaks About Meningitis

La Conner Alumni, Carl Buher spoke about his experience with bacterial meningitis on Good Morning America this morning.


Here is the clip from the website:

Week of September 1

Man with a message - Gonzaga University senior Carl Buher, shown here with his girlfriend, Anna Sullivan, was a student at L:a Conner High School when meningitis nearly took his life. He is scheduled to appear on Good Morning America on Thursday.

[Photo courtesy Anna Sullivan]

Buher goes on Good Morning America to say
Play it safe: Vaccinate young athletes -- Meningitis targets teens - Lori Buher

A new school year can be a busy time for families. As busy as it is, it's a critical time for parents to make sure their children are up to date on all recommended adolescent vaccines. To help get the word out, my son, La Conner High School graduate Carl Buher, will appear on ABC's Good Morning America tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 2, to talk about his own ordeal with meningitis, a life-threatening  illness that can be prevented with a vaccine.

Good Morning America airs from 7 to 9 a.m. on Seattle TV station KOMO channel 4. 

 Tee-Sa-Luk Chester Cayou, Sr.

Chet Cayou: 1922-2010

Longtime Swinomish Senator and revered Elder, Tee-Sa-Luk, Chester Cayou, Sr., died Friday, August 27. At 88 years old, Chester was Swinomish's most senior male tribal member. People on both sides of the channel remember him for his sense of humor, his tireless work on behalf of his community, and his abundance of knowledge, especially pertaining to history and Salish culture.

Letters to parents don't tell whole story - Sandy Stokes

The La Conner School District recently sent letters to parents stating that because some grades have not made Adequate Yearly Progress, parents are welcome to send their kids elsewhere at district expense. So far, no parents have taken the district up on the offer. The letters look alarming, but as the federal "NO Child Left Behind Act of 2002" ages, some experts predict that virtually every school in the nation will eventually be deemed inadequate.

"A Blue Bath for Blue Birds"

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