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Envisioning Skagitin the year 2060

By Mary EvittIt’s a showcase of local talents

Sunday, Dec. 9, for the Christmas in La Conner variety show.

This community benefit begins 2 p.m. in Maple Hall. Admission is by donation, which will help La Conner Sunrise Food Bank feed hungry people in 2013.

La Conner Institute of Performing Arts (LIOPA) sponsors this annual event.

“Our second La Conner Christmas Concert will focus on the joy of the season,” said Richard Tomkinson, LIOPA chairman. “We in LIOPA are privileged to produce this event for all the La Conner families — of whatever age.”

All of the members of La Conner’s First Family will perform: Ramon Hayes will play a piano medley of Christmas music to welcome visitors. The Shelter Bay Chorus will sing holiday favorites, including one with Victoria Hayes. Then Victoria’s mother, Heidi Hayes, accompanies her on the piano when she sings solo.

Lynne Reinhardt directs the chorus, but the audience will have an opportunity to hear her voice soar when she takes center stage for a solo.

Arthur Solomon’s rich voice will lead the audience back in time to “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” the classic tale by Dylan Thomas.

Lynette McCormack will sing solos, and Jan O’Leary will play piano solos.

The La Conner High School choir is going to serenade the crowd with four seasonal hits. Then the audience will be invited to join in a rousing round

of Christmas favorites. Scott McDade will direct the singing, while Brian Fraser directs the La Conner Middle School band as it plays the accompaniment.

While everyone attending the show will surely have a good time, the intent is fundraising. The food bank serves about 200 locals each week. In addition to people visiting the food bank on Monday afternoons, food is delivered to the home-bound and separately to impoverished families with children to feed.

“As we continue to grow and expand our services, we have certainly appreciated the outpouring of support from local businesses and community members,” said Arin Magill, food bank director.

A family Christmas show for charity Holiday HappeningsKevin Paul’s Call of the Wild—Swinomish Carver Kevin Paul will be displaying his newest work at Mark’s on Pine

Gallery at 619 S. 2nd Street, Mount Vernon Thursday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. One night only!Final Friday Art Walk—Galleries will be open late this Friday, Nov. 30.Washington Sips—Singer Michael Gonzalez will be performing his eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, roots, and blues Friday

night at 9 p.m.Duffy and Friends will be performing a combination of jazz, rock and folk on Saturday night at Washington Sips at 7:30

p.m.Alive, Dead – 28 artists’ interpretations of Alive and Dead at Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle featuring La Conner

artists Eve McCauley, Dave Cassera and Michael Wirth. Runs through Dec. 14.Santa Stuff—Ninth Annual “A Vintage Holiday” Santa Breakfast, Saturday, Dec. 1, 8:30 to 11 a.m. at Maple Hall.

Bring your children and grandchildren for breakfast and a photo with Santa plus a free gift ($6 for adults, $3 for kids).Light up the town Christmas Tree. Caroling, cocoa, cookies and Santa at 5 p.m. at Gilkey Square. Santa will arrive in

an antique fire truck, and together the town will light up the community Christmas tree! Photos with Santa and the Grinch available for purchase. Saturday, December 1, 5 p.m.

To encourage La Conner residents to support local businesses, our first Cash Mob event will take place this Friday evening, Nov. 30. The crowd will assemble at Washington Sips at 5 p.m. and head over to The Next Chapter bookstore at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is asked to buy something at the bookstore. The group will then head to the La Conner Station House at 7 p.m. to plan for the next Cash Mob event.

For more information on the national Cash Mob phenomenon, go to www.cashmob.com.

Cash Mob todescend onLa Conner

VIEW FROM A BRIDGE – A beautiful rainbow as seen recently from the Rainbow Bridge while Mt. Baker was hiding in the clouds. – Photo by Kirsten Morse

SANTA GETTING READY FOR HIS BIG JOURNEY – Santa stops to visit with La Conner siblings Maeve (age 4), Nora (age 3) and Ian McCormick (age 8) at Christianson’s Nursery during a reindeer break before the long trip to the North Pole to load up with toys for Christmas. – Photo by Don Coyote

A COLORFUL MESS – A clean-up began this week at the Moore-Clark property at the end of Caledonia Street. The rubbish pile is expected to be carted away over the next two weeks. — Photo by Maximus

by Nick Damski Mayor Ramon Hayes is

nearing the end of his tenure as Chairman of an important long term planning committee that has also brought short term gains to La Conner as well as other local jurisdictions.

The Skagit Council of Govern-ment (SCOG), chaired by La Conner’s Mayor Hayes, held its monthly board meeting November 21st at the Port of Skagit to discuss recommendations for Envision Skagit 2060, a long-term plan-ning process that examines a broad swath of opportunities and challenges facing residents of the County over the next 50 years.

At next month’s meeting, the 17-member board comprised of 15 jurisdictions as well as County Commissioners will vote on proposals from the Citizen’s Committee discussed last week.

The proposals seek to identify large parcels of industrial land countywide that could be used to draw large corporations to Skagit.

According to the Mayor, “these companies need support from businesses locally” which should in turn encourage the use of smaller industrial parcels in local jurisdictions.

This, many on the Board believe, will serve to raise regional tax revenues as well as spur employment for county residents and bolster small businesses.

The Board will also vote on whether to establish SCOG as the official governing body for Envision Skagit and whether to keep the citizen’s committee under the umbrella of the Council.

The December meeting will be the Mayor’s last as Chairman. He has served in that capacity since his nomination in January of 2010. At the time, the Council was facing the loss of ITS Executive Director and was plagued by financial problems.

While a typical chairmanship lasts only a year, Mayor Hayes has stayed on, he says, to usher the organization through the selection of a new Director and a

clean- up of the financial mess, a process that took two and a half years.

Kevin Murphy, a transportation planner from Lake Forest Park in Seattle, is now in place as the Executive Director, having been chosen from a pool of nearly 40 applicants. The financial issues have come under control as of the latest audit, the first clean audit in over a decade.

Mayor Hayes will now pass the torch, with a new Chairman to be voted on in the January meeting.

While La Conner is one of the smaller jurisdictions on a Council that represents larger population centers like Burlington, Ana-cortes, and Mt. Vernon, the town has benefited from SCOG’s lobbying in Olympia on critical local issues including the dredging of the channel, the building of the boardwalk and the road work on Maple Avenue.

Hayes points out that “the competition [for funds] can be fierce and [the jurisdictions] all take turns winning and losing,” with the designation of such funds coming via Council approval after a technical advisory committee reviews and grades the project.

The work of SCOG has not been without controversy. Some members of the Council have advocated for its dismantling, opposing many proposals along the way.

Concerns that secret meetings were taking place in violation of the Open Public Meetings Act led to the issuance of a Management Letter by state auditors cautioning SCOG over one such alleged meeting.

Some critics feel the Council and its work on the Envision Skagit project will advance Agenda 21, a United Nations action plan that addresses sustainable development, and, detractors say, threatens property rights.

The December board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 19th at 2:00PM at the Port of Skagit County and is open to the public.

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Guest Opinion –

Fair playBy Terry Nelson

Since people seem to understand sports analogies, and because I am a fan, I’d like to put the discussion on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision into that context.

Imagine a Super Bowl in which one of the opponents has made a deal with the referees to make calls solely in their favor. Like the last call in a recent Seahawks game, this should result in universal apoplexy because it is NOT FAIR!

I submit to you that the Supreme Court has created this situation in our politics with the Citizens United decision by reaffirming the concept of corporate personhood. That concept bestows rights of persons to one form of business ownership, a business owned by persons who already have rights.

By redefining the word “corporation,” the Supreme Court has given those owners their rights twice.

This is like giving one team eight downs to make 10 yards, while the other has four. This is NOT FAIR!

This injustice is at the heart of the rationale of corporate personhood.

The concept of equal treatment under the law is fundamental to our democracy, yet the Supreme Court has bestowed rights intended for people upon an abstraction. And in doing so, the court has enabled the people who own that abstraction to have rights superior to those of regular people.

Proof of this notion is evident in the fact that a proposed ordinance that would not recognize corporate personhood in our local elections is not being allowed on the La Conner Town Council agenda for discussion in a public forum.

The rationale for that decision is that it is against federal law to deny corporations those rights. Therefore, it is the case that a nebulous legal entity — some corporation — has rights superior to those of actual citizens of La Conner.

Why should a form of ownership trump the rights of actual people? This is not equal treatment under the law.

Wall Street is on the verge of imposing some serious negative impacts on our way of life in Skagit County, yet in the end, we will not be allowed a voice in the final decision because of the legal precedents created by the phony rationale of corporate personhood.

Let me offer one more sports related analogy: imagine two speakers at midfield at a Super Bowl, trying to make a point. One has a microphone, the other does not. It’s obvious that both are free to speak, yet only one will be heard.

This is the end result of Citizens United in our politics, and the only option we have to end this unfairness is to stand up for the principles the council affirmed recently when it passed a resolution objecting to corporate personhood. Now it must reinforce that earlier action by passing an actual ordinance, which has the effect of law.

I seriously doubt that the veterans we recognized this month made their sacrifices so that corporations, not people, can control our destiny.

Please help our effort to reverse this injustice by signing our petition and supporting our cause. Contact me at [email protected] for further information.

Coal trainsBy now, we are all hopefully

aware that there is a proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point, north of Bellingham, which would be the largest of its kind in North America.

There has been growing awareness of the potential impact of this project on the health and environment of the Pacific Northwest.

On one hand is the offer of jobs for the few who will live near either end of the operation. On the other are the many thousands of people who live along the route. You and I will absorb the enormous financial costs of mitigation and the health effects of noise, coal dust, emergency vehicle delays and environmental destruction, with no benefit in return.

What can we do?Participate in the “scoping

process.” This process, which ends Jan. 21, is designed to determine the “scope” of the Environmental Impact Statement that will in turn determine the feasibility of this project.

It is vital that the EIS include as much information as possible, not simply the effects on the immediate area around the terminal, as the proponents desire.

Many of us may feel that our opinions do not count or that there is no easy way to be heard.

We may feel uncomfortable about making our voice public in print or at a meeting.

I am writing to assure you that your opinion can make a difference and that there

Helping kidsThe La Conner Kiwanis were

busy giving out money at their November 21 meeting. The proceeds from a recent spaghetti feed were divided between two causes.

Kory Duran and his mother, Sheryl, accepted a check to help cover Kory’s medical bills. Kory, a recent graduate of La Conner High School, was severely

injured in an automobile accident in January of this year.

Also there to accept a check was Kira Haller from Seattle Children’s Hospital. The check to Children’s was designated to help with cancer research and given in memory of Emma Hedbom, a La Conner student, who died of colon cancer.Joy Neal,For La Conner Kiwanis

is a private, effective way to participate without standing up in public or writing a letter to the editor.

Please, write your comments now, while there is still time. If you wrote prior to the scoping period, you must write again for it to count. Now is that time.

Website to enter comments: www.eisgatewaypacificwa.gov/get-involved/comment.

Information on the areas of concern: www.coaltrainfacts.orgJerry Eisner M.D.Mount Vernon

FerriesBy Mickey Bambrick

We love showing our Norwegian guests around our part of America, but we’ve learned to never take them on a ferry. A ferry ride is like asking them to participate in a traffic jam, as they consider them a major annoyance. When Norwegians

talk about road trips, they don’t mention how many hours it will be, they just disdainfully talk about how many ferries it involves.

Strangely, they also hate ferry dock workers. These employees have developed a god-like self-image, as they know they control the placement of the cars. Norwegians are disgusted by any sense of superiority, as it goes against the very fiber of their socialist thinking. A song written a few years ago mocked the arrogance of the ferry workers. It was a huge hit, and Norwegians howled every time they heard it.

I find all this so ironic, since the ferry system itself, with very few employees, is far superior to any I’ve been on in America. Most run every 20 minutes, so there is no such thing as a “three-ferry wait.” They also provide free public toilets, a rare thing in Norway. The ferries are timed so if a driver goes the speed limit, they will make every ferry along their route, which eliminates the need for speeding. Smart.

I was impressed by the Norwegian ferry system early on, when one year we were at a party across the fjord. We stayed a bit too long, and the late ferry only ran once an hour. My husband’s cousin, who was driving, realized we wouldn’t make the 11 o’clock ferry, and he didn’t want to sit at the dock for an hour with small children in the car. His wife called the ferry, explained our predicament, and then asked if they would hold it. They run an extremely tight ship, so I was surprised when the captain said they would do it for 2 minutes, and 2 minutes only. Those 2 minutes were all we needed. That would so never happen in America.

Most ferries have small cafes, and when that shuts down, they leave out food and coffee with an honor box to pay for what’s been taken. It’s shocking that this actually works, but for the most part, Norwegians are very honest and honorable people. They’d have to be, or the ferry system itself would shut down. There are no tollbooths to drive through. The ferry workers just wander around aimlessly among the cars and passengers, collecting the fares willy-nilly. For a system that otherwise runs so efficiently, I don’t understand how they missed that one. I’m sure if a person wanted to avoid being found, they could easily get free passage. And if they did, it might just help deflate the ego of those ferry workers. Stay Alert for

Holiday Scams and Thefts

The last thing you want at this time of the year is to fall victim to a scam, one that either takes your hard-earned shopping money or destroys your credit through identify theft.

This year is going to be even worse for holiday scams and thefts. Here are some tips to avoid becom-ing a victim:

—Watch how you dress if you’re shopping in crowds. The bumping and chaos is a perfect scenario for a thief to take your wallet or purse. Wear pants and put your wallet and car keys in a front pocket, the deeper the better. Or leave your wallet locked in the car trunk and only carry the credit or debit cards you’ll use.

—If you use a credit card, don’t let it out of your sight when you give it to a clerk to swipe. If someone near you is using a cell phone, they could take a picture of your credit card. Be alert. They could be long gone and make online purchases with your card number before you even get home.

—If carrying cash, chose which pocket the money will go in. Put all same-denomination bills in your front left pocket, such as $10s or $20s. When you get

change, put it all in the right front pocket. That way you only have to pull out one bill at a time from your left pocket and will know exact-ly what it is without showing all your money in a crowd. If you need to re-sort your money, use the privacy of a restroom stall so no one sees the cash you’re carrying.

—At home, don’t put pres-ents under the tree too early in the season. When you go out, leave a light and televi-sion on to make it look like someone’s home.

—Collect the mail out of your box as quickly as you can after it’s delivered. Thieves want your information.

—Don’t order online unless it’s from a site you’ve successfully dealt with in the past. New sites are high-ly suspect. They might be just data collection points for your name and credit-card number. Before shop-ping online, go to http://blogs.mcafee.com and put “12 Scams of Christmas” in the search box. Read about the highly creative ways the thieves hope to relieve you of your cash.

—An unfortunate caveat this year: Beware online greetings e-cards. Check carefully before you down-load the card.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Week-ly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send email to [email protected].

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Middle School Student of the Month for November is Brianna Porter, the daughter of Brian and Laura Porter of La Conner. She is an eighth-grader at La Conner Middle School, where she has been active in school soccer, choir, Earth Club, Friendship Club, and the science fair.

She also has participated in several school plays. In the community, Brianna has participated in the annual Swinomish Canoe Journey.

Students ofthe Month

The Kiwanis Club of La Conner has announced its Students of the Month for November.

High School Student of the Month for November is General Cayou, the son of Fred and Lori Ann Cayou of La Conner.

He is a senior at La Conner High School, where he has been active in football, basketball, and golf and is also in Leadership Class. General is active in the community, helping the La Conner Kiwanis with their annual Food & Toy Drive and participating at various Swinomish activities such as the war canoe race. After graduation, General would like to pursue a career in marine mechanics.

Joy Neal,Director

I hope you all made it through that awful rainstorm we had last week. The library had some water back up and flood down into our bathroom, but luckily there was no damage to the books. Water in libraries can be very, very bad. Of course, getting the tennis ball out of our downspout has made a world of difference!

We have some new books that just came in. You might enjoy one of these.

Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan: Cambridge student Serena Frome’s beauty and intelligence make her the ideal recruit for MI5. The year is 1972. The Cold War is far from over. England’s legendary intelligence agency is determined to manipulate the cultural conversation by funding writers whose politics align with those of the government. The operation is code named “Sweet Tooth.” Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, is the perfect candidate to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer named Tom Haley. At first, she loves his stories. Then she begins to love the man. How long can she conceal her undercover life? To answer that question, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage: trust no one.

The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk: For more than 50 years, author Herman Wouk has dreamed of writing a novel about the life of Moses. Finally, at age 97, he has found an ingeniously witty way to tell the tale in The Lawgiver, a romantic and suspenseful epistolary novel about a group of people trying to make a movie about Moses in the present day.

The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle: The immensely wealthy Francis Reboul — the victim of Sam’s last heist but someone

who knows talent when he sees it — asks our hero to take a job in Marseille; it’s impossible for Sam and Elena to resist the possibility of further excitement ...to say nothing of the pleasures of the region. Soon the two are enjoying the coastal sunshine and the delectable food and wine for which Marseille is known. Yet as competition over Marseille’s valuable waterfront grows more hotly disputed, Sam, representing Reboul, finds himself in the middle of an intrigue-ridden and dangerous real-estate grab, with thuggish gangsters on one side and shark-like developers on the other.

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The Amnesty Fantasy

The networks had barely called the election for Presi-dent Barack Obama before GOP elites rushed to embrace an amnesty for illegal immi-grants.

Getting killed by almost 3-1 among Latino voters understandably concentrates the mind, but it’s no reason to lose it. The post-election Republican reaction has been built on equal parts panic, wishful thinking and ethnic pandering.

It’s one thing to argue that amnesty is the right policy on the merits. It’s another to depict it as the magic key to unlocking the Latino vote. John McCain nearly immolated himself within the Republican Party with his support for amnesty and did all of four points better among Latino voters in 2008 than Mitt Romney did in 2012, according to exit polls.

What is the common thread uniting McCain, the advocate of “comprehensive” immi-gration reform, and Romney, the advocate of “self-deporta-tion”? They are both Republi-cans supporting conservative economic policies. Surely, that had more to do with their showing among Latinos than anything they did or didn’t say about immigration.

According to Census Bureau data, among native-born Hispanics, 50 percent of all households with children are headed by unmarried mothers. About 40 percent of all households receive ben-efits from a major welfare program. This doesn’t mean that the GOP shouldn’t try to appeal to persons in these households. It does mean that they aren’t natural Republi-can voters.

Latinos tend to have liberal attitudes toward government. Take health care. An Impre-

Media/Latino Decisions poll of Latinos conducted on the eve of the election found that 61 percent of Latinos sup-ported leaving Obamacare in place. Sixty-six percent believed government should ensure access to health insur-ance, perhaps because 32 percent of nonelderly Latinos lack health insurance, about twice the national average.

These are facts that never intrude upon Wall Street Journal editorials scolding Republicans for suppos-edly turning their backs on budding new recruits. In the Journal’s telling, if it weren’t for Republican intransigence on immigration, Latino vot-ers would be eagerly joining the fight for lower marginal tax rates and the block-grant-ing of Medicaid.

Republican donors with a disproportionate influence in the party would be perfectly happy to jettison the cause of immigration enforcement. They are fine with a flood of low-skilled immigrants competing with low-skilled American workers. And why shouldn’t they be? These immigrants don’t suppress their wages; they care for their children and clean their pools.

Whenever it is pointed out that illegal immigration tends to harm low-skill workers already here, the comeback is the scurrilous canard that there are “some jobs that no Americans will do.” But most hotel maids, construc-tion workers, coal miners and workers in meatpacking — all tough, thankless jobs — are U.S.-born. If it is hard to entice legal workers into such positions, here is a radi-cal concept: Pay them more.

None of this is to deny that the GOP has a tonal problem on immigration, or that Lati-no voters care deeply about the issue. Absent a greater economic appeal to all work-ing-class voters, though, it’s hard to see how an obviously opportunistic turnabout on immigration will help the party much. Amnesty isn’t a quick fix for the GOP’s prob-lems. Would that it were.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

© 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.

• On Dec. 13, 1621, under the care of Robert Cushman, the first American furs to be exported from the continent leave for England aboard the Fortune. During the crossing, the Fortune was captured by the French, and its valu-able cargo of furs was taken. Cushman was detained on the Ile d’Dieu before being returned to England.

• On Dec. 14, 1799, George Washington, the first U.S. president, dies at age 67. Two days earlier, he rode out into a freezing sleet to survey business affairs on his estate. He returned home late for a dinner engagement and refused to take the time to change out of his wet clothes. The next day, Wash-ington developed a severe respiratory infection and died the following day. His last words were “’Tis well.”

• On Dec. 16, 1811, the greatest series of earth-quakes in U.S. history begins in the Mississippi River Val-ley near New Madrid, Mo., when a quake of an esti-mated 8.6 magnitude slams the region. The earthquake raised and lowered parts of the Mississippi Valley by as much as 15 feet and changed the course of the Mississippi River.

• On Dec. 10, 1915, the one-millionth Ford car rolls off the assembly line at the River Rouge plant in Detroit. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford sold more than 15 mil-lion Model Ts in all; they initially cost $850 (about $20,000 in today’s dollars).

• On Dec. 11, 1946, the United Nations votes to establish the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to provide relief and support to children. Only two coun-tries have failed to ratify the treaty — Somalia and the United States.

• On Dec. 15, 1973, Sandy Hawley becomes the first jockey to win 500 races in a single year. Hawley achieved his historic win aboard Char-lie Jr., in the third race at Maryland’s Laurel Park race track.

• On Dec. 12, 1989, hotel magnate Leona Helmsley receives a four-year prison sentence, 750 hours of com-munity service and a $7.1 million tax fraud fine in New York. Helmsley became the object of loathing and dis-gust when she quipped that “only the little people pay taxes.”


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Israel signed a peace treaty last week with Hamas, which is labeled a terrorist organization by most of the major democracies of the world.

It ends a brief but deadly conflict that saw over 160 Palestinians and six Israels killed in one week.

The treaty is win-lose for Israel. They pummeled Gaza with their superior firepower and were able to assassinate the top Hamas military commander with a rocket strike on his vehicle. For now, Hamas has agreed to stop shooting its Iranian-supplied rockets across the border towards Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Hamas won for losing. By engaging with Israel, even though getting thoroughly trounced, Hamas has made its bones and is now considered a major player in the region. Fatah, the more moderate Palestinian party, has become mostly irrelevant to a population that glorifies death as martyrdom.

Hamas has vowed to stop the rocket attacks, and Israel, with a strong nudge from Barack Obama via Hillary Clinton, agreed to stop targeting Hamas military leaders.

Hamas, at least for now, did not get what it really wanted, which was the relaxation of Gaza’s borders, but I suspect the Hamas leaders were anxious to know they could eat their lunch at home without worrying about a rocket blowing them to kingdom come. It’s one thing to send your boys to blow themselves up for the cause, another thing entirely to make the ultimate sacrifice yourself.

To say the peace is tenuous is a tremendous understatement. While many people in the West heralded the rise of democracy during the Arab Spring, what came with it was the empowerment of religious fundamentalists and even greater intransigence towards Israel’s right to exist.

Egypt, spurred on by a huge influx of cash from the United States, signed a peace treaty with Israel that hampered Hamas under President Mubarek, but Egypt is now run by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who is going to have a very difficult tight rope walk to satisfy his brethren while also hanging on to necessary U.S. aid.

To his credit, President Morsi was a key player in getting this truce enacted, and his counterpart in Tel Aviv, Benjamin Netanyahu, facing an upcoming parliamentary election, scored points with an increasingly nervous Israeli populace before giving up very little in the negotiation.

Just days later, President Morsi declared himself absolute ruler of

Egypt, and now the protestors are right back in Tahrir Square, so we shouldn’t expect to see stability, even within the Arab world.

What has become clear to me, and I write this with a very heavy heart, is that there will never be peace in the Middle East. Not as long as a tiny country with nuclear weapons and U.S. support continues to be surrounded by hostile neighbors who will fight to the death to drive them into the Red Sea.

I have always been a huge supporter of the right of the Jewish people to return to their ancestral homeland after over a thousand years of wandering from place to place without ever finding comfort and acceptance.

From slavery in Egypt to slaughter during the Crusades to near annihilation in Nazi Germany, the Jews finally decided enough was enough, and they might as well reclaim Jerusalem, where King Solomon’s temple had been destroyed more than 2,000 years before.

With a United Nations mandate, Israel was formed out of Palestine in 1948, and there hasn’t been a moment’s peace since. The Palestinians had moved in and understandably didn’t think they should have to abandon a place which was also the home of their most holy sites.Generation after generation of Jewish and Palestinian children have grown up in a war zone, so hatred has grown exponentially.

How would you feel about the people who were strapping bombs to their children and sending them across the border to blow themselves up at your local café? How would you feel about the people who evicted you from your homeland and built a wall that was keeping you away from the only place you could make a living?

I have a fantasy that the Jewish people went instead to Belize and are now living in their happy homeland on the Caribbean. They have a wonderful symbiotic relationship with their Catholic neighbors in Mexico and Guatemala. We go there on vacations and love to visit the re-creation of the original temple.

After all, what binds the Jewish people together is their religion and their culture, and that shouldn’t be tied to the place where the original temple lay in ruins.

I don’t want to make light of all of the lives that have been lost in the battle of the Jewish people to create a peaceful life back where they started.

I just can’t stop thinking about how many more lives will be lost on either side of the wall in a war that has no end.

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DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR T-WOLVES – La Conner’s Sean Hulbert and Wil James combine on a stop during Friday’s State semifinal grid action between the Braves and Morton-White Pass at the Tacoma Dome. That’s La Conner’s Dahlton Zavala (15) eyeing the play. LCHS pushed the favored Timberwolves to the limit before dropping a hard-fought 12-0 decision. – Photo by Lauren Reynolds

By Bill ReynoldsThey say the best defense is a

good offense.Unless you’re the Morton-

White Pass Timberwolves, that is.

In that case, the best defense is, well, having a great defense.

Which is exactly what the physical and relentless T-Wolves unleashed Friday in their 12-0 State semifinal shutout win over La Conner High at the Tacoma Dome.

Morton-White Pass held La Conner to under 200 yards total offense and forced several key turnovers to eliminate the Braves from post-season for a second straight year.

La Conner (11-2), riding an eight-game winning streak, was

LA CONNER 0 0 0 0 -- 0MORTON-WHITE PASS 0 6 6 0 -- 12(M-WP)--Gianni Bertucci 31-yard pass from Rylon Kolb; Kick blocked. 2:25 (2).(M-WP)--Ben Powell 21-yard pass from Rylon Kolb; Run failed. 6:44 (3).LA CONNER STAT LEADERSRUSHINGSean Hulbert 13/65-YDSDahlton Zavala 10/49-YDSJimmy Brooks 6/8-YDSJamall James 1/0-YDSPASSINGSean Hulbert 9-23-70-YDSRECEIVINGJamall James 2/38-YDSHudson Zavala 4/19-YDSJimmy Brooks 3/13-YDSRUSHING 122PASSING 70TOTAL 192

Braves denied first-ever berth to State grid finalsthus denied in its bid to earn the school’s first-ever State grid finals appearance, after having delivered successive playoff wins over Wahkiakum and Raymond.

“Although we came up short,” LCHS head coach Johnny Lee said afterward, “I hope the guys will come to appreciate that we have a third place trophy in the case, and they earned every bit of that trophy.

“I hope,” stressed Lee, “that the efforts of this year’s seniors will be a tradition for years to come, and making a run in the State playoffs will now become an expectation and not an exception.”

One of those seniors, linebacker Levi Paul, definitely made his presence felt in the

Braves’ penultimate game.Paul intercepted two Rylon

Kolb passes and recorded a tackle for loss in his Braves’ swan song.

But it wasn’t quite enough as Kolb, though pressured the entire afternoon, managed to complete touchdown passes of 31 and 21 yards to Gianni Bertucci and Ben Powell, respectively.

The two Kolb TD passes were the difference in what played out as a defensive battle between two clubs that entered the game averaging more than 40 points per contest.

La Conner limited the explosive T-Wolves and their multi-set attack to just 133 total yards in a briskly-paced first half of what was a strangely called game, with officials often huddling longer than the teams.

The sequence which drew the most ire among La Conner fans took place right after the break, when the Braves, trailing just 6-0, forced a Morton-White Pass punt and were ready to take over at the LCHS 37.

La Conner, however, was pushed back 15 yards following a lengthy confab, in which the refs ruled the Braves’ Jimmy Brooks had tried to advance the ball after calling for a fair catch.

The La Conner sideline didn’t see it that way.

From the Braves’ perspective, Brooks was merely trying to avoid contact when no whistles were blown after his fair catch signal.

The La Conner protest fell on deaf ears, and three snaps later — on a third-and-nine play — Morton-White Pass defensive back Tyler Barnett intercepted a pass and returned it to the Braves’ 30.

That led to Kolb’s hookup in the end zone with Powell, a vital insurance score for the T-Wolves.

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By Bill ReynoldsLa Conner High soccer players

not only scored goals in match action, but achieved them off the field as well.

Lady Braves’ senior midfielder Ashlyn Reinstra, who shared Northwest 1A/2B Co-Player of the Year honors with Mount Vernon Christian’s Natalie Sakuma, is one of 12 La Conner High soccer standouts to receive All-League recognition in recent polling of rival coaches.

Nine of those La Conner selections were members of the Lady Braves’ League title team that advanced to the Bi-District finals opposite Crosspoint Academy.

Reinstra was joined on the All-League first unit by La Conner teammates Kelsie Crawford and Tessa Bruland.

Crawford is a senior forward, while Bruland, a junior, served this fall as La Conner’s goalkeeper.

The Lady Braves’ trio was also named this week to the All-Skagit County squad.

“This is only the second time ever that we’ve had three players make that team,” La Conner High head girls’ soccer coach Amy Freeto said Monday.

Nor were they alone in earning post-season accolades.

La Conner juniors Kirstyn Bell, a forward, and Kaitlyn Cultee, a midfielder, were All-

LCHS soccer players scorepost-season recognition

League second team choices along with senior defenders Ellen Benetti, Sammie Mesman, and Lydia Lenning.

Lady Braves’ sophomore midfielder Isis Gamble was an All-League honorable mention pick.

The La Conner boys’ soccer team is also well represented on the All-NW1A/2B honor roll.

Joe Lee, Tanner Cyr, and Dylan Sicklesteel each received All-League salutes for their fine seasons, Braves’ head coach Steve DeLeon said this week.

Lee, who scored six goals in La Conner’s 14-1 regular season rout of Lopez, was a first team All-League selection as a midfielder.

Cyr, a defender, and Sicklesteel, a forward, were tabbed for the All-League second squad.

Cyr and Sicklesteel each scored two goals in La Conner’s double-digit victory over the Lobos, among the Braves’ highlights on the 2012 campaign.

In another LCHS fall sports note:

*Lady Braves’ League volleyball Co-Player of the Year Kelley McClung was selected this week to the All-Skagit County net team. McClung, a junior, led a La Conner club that qualified for its 11th consecutive State Tournament, in assists. She was also among the Lady Braves’ top servers.

quarterback Sean Hulbert, following a 23-yard strike to Jamall James, was later able to march the Braves deep into Morton-White Pass territory.

James would get La Conner inside the Timberwolves 10 on a reverse, but only for a brief moment. A clipping penalty called on the play forced the Braves back to the Morton-White Pass 28, and the threat fizzled.

As did the game.But not Lee’s admiration for

his club.“This,” he insisted, “is a

season I’ll always remember as a coach. It was so fun to join these guys on such a great journey. I’m so proud of this team, and in particular, the upperclassmen, for the leadership, dedication, and effort they put into this program.”

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Start preparing now to make sure you get the credit you’re due for all that effort you put in to get that project off the ground. A new chal-lenge emerges after the 15th.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re still charging full steam ahead on the job — and that’s fine. But take time to share the joy of preparing for the upcoming holidays with folks you love.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A former detractor resists joining your ranks just yet. Give him or her time to learn more about what you’re doing. Meanwhile, devote more time to friends and family.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be careful not to be goaded into a tiff by someone who might be looking for a fight. Remain cool as you make your exit. Be assured that others will rally to your support.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Kudos on getting the well-deserved Lion’s share of the rewards for a job well-done. Now you can take a breather from your worka-day duties and spend time with your family.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You enjoy a quick spurt of renewed energy just in time to meet that upcoming deadline. A potentially romantic situa-tion looms. How it develops will be up to you.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Watch out for distractions that could cause delays and leave you run-

ning twice as fast to finish your work by the 15th. Then go ahead and have fun.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You might prefer to work on current tasks on your own. But be open to a potentially useful suggestion from someone who admires you and wants to help.

SAGITTARIUS (Novem-ber 22 to December 21) Avoid rushing full gallop into that volunteer project without knowing what’s expected of you. Take things a step at a time as you begin to find your way.

CAPRICORN (Decem-ber 22 to January 19) Good news: You should begin to feel more comfortable expressing your emotions. This will go a long way in helping you with that per-sonal situation.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An old friend gives confusing signals. Best advice: Don’t assume that things will necessarily work themselves out. Ask ques-tions and demand straight answers.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A new relation-ship needs time to develop. Be careful not to let your emotions flood your natural sense of caution. Meanwhile, check out that new job offer.

BORN THIS WEEK:Your sense of right and wrong sometimes causes you to come into conflict with others. But you invari-ably come out ahead.


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• It was British biolo-gist and author Richard Dawkins who made the fol-lowing sage observation: “When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.”

• If you’re like 20 percent of American women, you think your feet are too big.

• Did you ever wonder why we say, “I smell a rat” when we sense that something is amiss? The phrase dates back to a time before effective means of pest control, when it was not uncommon for a home to be infested by rodents. If a rat died inside a wall, the residents wouldn’t be aware of it until the smell of the decaying body became noticeable.

• If you’d like to have a festive New Year’s Eve but don’t want to deal with the crowds in New York City for the iconic ball drop, consider heading to Mount Olive, N.C. Every year the

town hosts a celebration in which a 3-foot lighted pick-le is dropped into a barrel at midnight.

• Ancient Romans believed that a sneeze was the body’s way of expel-ling evil spirits that caused disease. Thus, if one tried to suppress a sneeze, it was regarded as an invitation to illness and death.

• The 14-foot model of the Starship Enterprise that was used during shooting of the original “Star Trek” series is now displayed in the Smithsonian.

• If you are over the age of 40, you’ve lived longer than the average gorilla.

• The first woman to appear on the cover of Busi-ness Week magazine, in 1954, was Brownie Wise, the originator of the Tupper-ware Party.

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you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” — Lewis Carroll


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There are approximately 275 Indian land areas in the United States ad-ministered as Indian reservations.

Aqiimuk’sKitchen

Baked Danish SquashIngredients1 Danish squash3 Tablespoons butter or margarine4 Tablespoons brown sugarcinnamonPreparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Wash the outside of the squash. Cut in half and remove the seeds. Place open side up on a greased baking sheet.

By Patricia Aqiimuk Paul, Esq.When I bake Danish squash, also called acorn squash, my

husband reminds me to add the cinnamon. This year, most likely due to lack of rain, the squash were not the size that we normally see, but I was patient and waited until the perfect ones arrived at the local farm stands.

Fill each side with butter/margarine and brown sugar. Generously sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake one hour until you can pierce the meat of the squash easily with a fork. Generally, half a squash feeds one adult.


Dearto My Heart

By Roberta Nelson

La Conner ChristmasVariety Show

featuring local talents whenMaple Hall’s doors swing open on

Sunday, Dec. 9that 2:00 p.m.

Admission to this merry celebrationis by donation.

Proceeds to benefit the La Conner Sunrise Food Bank

This event is presented by theLa Conner Institute of Performing Arts

It was 1989, and my friend Jean Sickler of Shelter Bay and I were at the Farmhouse Inn just outside of La Conner to hear one of the state Port Commissioners talk about a great legal achievement they were about to put through the Legislature.

He wanted to talk about a bill proposed by State Senator Lowell Peterson of Sedro-Woolley which would exempt 4th class cities from receiving their allotment of funds from the port tax. Only La Conner and Ruston, near Tacoma, would be affected.

La Conner needed these funds for upkeep on the waterfront. My brother, Milo Moore, secured these funds for La Conner when he was mayor, so it just so happened that I knew something about this subject.

The Port Commissioner said his piece and left. After his departure, I told Jean what that was all about and asked her if she could think of any way we could foul up the local port’s plan to stop Lowell Peterson.

Jean worked for KBRC in Mount Vernon and wrote news items for them. She said she would put this on the evening news broadcast — which she did.

I can’t remember his name, but the same commissioner called KBRC, called Milo, called me and who knows else, wanting us to quit making this a news item. We continued to carry on and told the rest of the La Conner Women in Business the real story. One of these women knew somebody at KOMO and would call on them for support in this effort to thwart the local port’s plan to exclude La Conner.

My brother Milo thought we should go to Olympia prior to the next meeting of the Senate to attempt to get the State Port head man to see reason. Milo was past 80 then, and he wanted me to drive him to Olympia to discuss this with senators he knew.

Early one morning, we started out, getting as far as Federal

Way and my brother’s favorite restaurant, The Poodle Dog — we had to stop there for breakfast.

Then it was “on the road again” for Olympia. We visited Senator Rasmussen from Tacoma. Milo thought he would be an ally, since Ruston was in his district, and he said he was willing to do whatever he could to help.

Milo visited some other old friends, and then we headed to see Lowell Peterson. While in the elevator, who should appear but the head of the state Port Commission. He seemed most upset. After a few harsh words, his parting shot was, “You are not going to get away with this, Milo!”

Lowell Peterson wasn’t available, so we headed back to La Conner to activate Plan B.

The La Conner Women in Business were ready to go. They only needed to get the go-ahead from La Conner Mayor Mary Margaret O’Leary Lam, who was waiting to get an exact date for the preliminary hearing. A date was set; the ladies were about to make signs to appear with them in Olympia and alert KOMO

This is when the satisfying moment occurred. The state Port Advocate — the one who told Milo he wasn’t going to get away with securing funds for La Conner and Ruston — called Mary and said he was “coming down with the flu” and would be unable to attend the preliminary hearing.

Some of us did attend the hearing, and Mayor Mary, dressed to kill in a yellow two-piece suit with a white ruffled blouse, gave an impressive talk, and nobody showed up to oppose her.

La Conner kept its funding, and I consider this a very sweet and satisfying event. This was a lesson on how politics really works: it’s not what politicians say, it only matters what they do.

By Bill ReynoldsThe La Conner High boys’

basketball team once again has a tough act to follow.

Last year’s edition of the Braves forged a superb 22-4 mark, including an impressive road victory at 3A Sedro-Woolley and earned yet another trip to the State Tournament in Spokane.

Only the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” in which La Conner players apparently failed to properly “exit the arena” to remove and swap out a bloodied jersey — resulting in a technical foul and loss of the ball to eventual tourney winner Colfax — seemed to derail one of the best Braves’ squads in school history.

Two members of that team — seniors Landy James and Mike Wilbur, who graduated last June — have since been inducted into La Conner’s exclusive Wall of Honor.

Key contributors Bobby Poul-ton and Jared Fohn have also graduated from the 2012 team, forcing Braves’ head coach Scott Novak to assemble a somewhat new cast for the upcoming campaign.

While preseason workouts began in earnest this week, Novak held extended auditions during the spring and summer seasons.

He liked much of what he saw.

La Conner scrimmaged against a variety of foes — teams from big and small schools alike, both at home and on the road — as the Braves began laying the foundation for this season.

Much of the scoring load previously shouldered by James and Wilbur fell to veteran returnees and outside shooting threats Spencer Novak, Hudson Zavala, and Skylar Krueger.

Jamall James emerged as an effective slasher in the paint and force on the offensive glass.

Cameron Sherman developed as a versatile post-up player and should benefit from the return of power forward Tyler Howlett, who missed the last half of the ‘12 season with a severe ankle injury.

The front line also welcomes back junior Sean Hulbert, who assumed a starting role down the stretch a year ago and will be counted upon for interior scoring and defense plus strong board work.

Dylan Watkins, Alec Azure, and Taylor Swanson were likewise among those who impressed during the spring and

La Conner High hoop teams begin courting success

summer sessions.“A lot of kids,” coach Novak

said at the time, “were able to get out there and contribute.”

La Conner was scheduled for a JV and varsity twinbill tonight (Wednesday) at Lakewood before it was known the Braves’ football team would advance to this past weekend’s State

HOLDING COURT – Spencer Novak drives the lane during a Braves’ scrimmage Monday night. Cameron Sherman, Hudson Zavala, Sean Hulbert, and Tyler Howlett were also in on the action. La Conner High hoop teams began gearing up in earnest this week with the fall sports docket now cleared. – Photo by Karla Reynolds

semifinal round.Novak, the ultimate multi-

tasker, is again also guiding the La Conner High girls’ varsity team.

The Lady Braves are coming off a fine 17-8 year, which saw them finish second in the league race and gain a Regional tourney berth.

Despite losing backcourt aces Priscilla Ponce-Venegas and Nikki Finley — along with steady Emily Anderson — to graduation, optimism has been the prevailing theme during Lady Braves’ practices.

The reason is depth.La Conner returns point guard

Kelley McClung, perimeter shooters Katie McKnight, Katie Novak, and Siomi Bobb, seasoned pivot players Aubrey Stewart, Alyssa McCormick, and Anna Cook, and rangy wings Emma Christianson and Lauren Reynolds to the fold.

The Lady Braves are also expecting big things from senior post Taysha James, who was sidelined all of last year with a knee injury.

“This,” coach Novak stressed last summer, “is a hard-working and competitive group. We’re definitely blessed with above-average speed and depth in numbers, especially with players who can play multiple positions.”

They, too, are set to take center stage tonight against Lakewood.

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Q: I recently found a fountain pen at a

garage sale. I purchased it for a dollar, but think it could be worth much more. It is a Sheaffer “Lifetime Balance,” black with what appears to be flakes in its design. I was told that it was originally a graduation present. —Steve, Rio Rancho, N.M.

A:Your pen was issued in about 1934 and in

excellent-to-good condition should be worth in the $250 to $350 range.

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Q: I have a small col-lection of Louis

L’Amour books, some authorized editions and others published in paper-back for the first time. Are they worth anything? —Bonnie, Granite City, Ill.

A:Louis L’Amour was born in North Dakota

in 1908. When he died 80 years later in Los Angeles, 89 of his books were still in print. To find out the value of your books, you should contact some of the excel-lent used- and rare-book dealers in St. Louis. If you have access to a computer, go to www.abe.com, and type in the titles for current values. Pay close attention to editions and whether the book is autographed by the author.

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Q: I recently pur-chased an original

poster from “The Fleet’s In” starring Clara Bow. It is in excellent condition

and still retains its origi-nal bright colors. Any idea of how much this might be worth? — Steve, Brighton, Colo.

A:This was a film released in 1928. A

one sheet from this mov-ie sold for $3,500 about 10 years ago at auction. Despite our sluggish econo-my, movie memorabilia has continued to grow in popu-larity and values are still box-office gold with collec-tors. For a second opinion, contact Conway’s Vintage Treasures, P.O. Box 40962, Providence, RI 02940.

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Q: We purchased an Atari Super Pong

system when it was intro-duced a number of years ago. It is still in its original box and has four games, instructions and an AC adapter. The model is NO-C-140. How much do you think it is worth? — Shir-ley, Sun City West, Ariz.

A:I checked several used electronic shops

and monitored the action on eBay, and think your Atari setup would sell in the $50 to $75 range.

Write to Larry Cox in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected]. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox is unable to personally answer all reader questions. Do not send any materials requiring return mail.


Kitty Potty Training

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We’re going to adopt a kit-ten from a litter that our neighbor’s cat had. We’ve never had a cat before. I hear they’re easy to house train. How do we do that? — Sara in Helena, Mont.

DEAR SARA: Congratu-lations on your soon-to-be new pet! A kitten is a life-long responsibility, so learn as much as you can before you bring the kitten home.

Kittens who have reached the right age to be adopted — at least eight weeks and preferably 12 weeks, that have been fully weaned — should be easy to housetrain. A cou-ple of factors might make this training take a bit longer: if the kitten is from a “barn cat” family or from a feral mother, or if the kitten has any hidden health issues.

Most cats develop similar elimination habits no matter their environment. They look for a protected place with loose soil so they can bury their waste. In their distant non-domesticated past, they likely did this to stay hidden from predators. Consider pur-chasing a covered litter box that does not have a mechani-

cal scooper arm — the auto-mated scooper action could traumatize the kitten.

The day your kitten comes home, show it around the house, with the new litter box as the first stop. Place the kitten into the box and let it sniff around. In the days that follow, if you see your kitten scratching the floor and/or turning in place, pick him up and place him into the litter box, using encouraging words. You may need to do this for a few days — most cats get it pretty quickly, though.

As soon as possible — even the same day — after get-ting your kitten, schedule an exam with the veterinarian. Your kitten will need to be checked for hidden diseases or parasites, general health and given required vaccina-tions and license. Doing so will save you tons of trouble in both house training and serious health issues.

Send your questions or com-ments to [email protected], or write to Paw’s Cor-ner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. For more pet care-related advice and information, visit www.pawscorner.com.


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In Newark, New Jersey, it is illegal to sell ice cream after 6 p.m., un-less the customer has a note from his doctor.In Carlsbad, New Mexico, the Mer-riam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary is banned.

This is the first in an occasional series of columns about the history of La Conner by lifelong resident Roberta Nelson.

ART AS THERAPY – L to R, Vivian Landsman, Nan Fritzer, Carol Taintor, Art Therapist Amy Griffin and Beatrice McLaskey work to access emotions through art projects at an ongoing program at the La Conner Retirement Inn. – Photo by Don Coyote


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By Sharmagne Leland-St. John

I Will Dance For You

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

La Conner SeniorCenter Calendar

Tues., Dec. 4104 E. Commercial

• 8 - 9:15: Rise and Shine Yoga.• 8:20 - 8:50: Morning Walk.• 9 - 11: Totemic Art Class w/Bob Patterson.• 9 - 11:30: Stone Soup Discus- sion Group.• 9 - 11:30: Mahjong.• 9:30 - 11:30: Canasta.• 12 - 12:30: Senior Services Hot Lunch. Donation requested.• 12:30 - 2: Old Radio Programs.• 12:30 - 3: Knitting Group.• 2 - 4: Creative Non-Fiction Writing with Claire.• 3 - 3:45: Yoga for Every Body.

Classes and programsopen to all ages.Contact person:

Janna Gage, 466-3941

A proud member of the Confederated Colville Tribe of Nespelem Washington, Leland-St. John is a Native American poet, concert performer, lyricist, artist, and film maker, who spends time between her home in California and her fly fishing lodge on the Stillaguamish River.

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When you call me “squaw”You have no idea how much it hurtsTo hear you refer to meAs something so perverseWhen you yell out “Hey, Pocahontas!” It only shows your ignoranceSo I go to the pow wow and I pray for youEvery prayer a danceAnd every dance a prayerI will pray for youTo become more awareThat your words canBreak my heart in twoI know sometimesYou speak your words in jestBut still like arrows loosedThey pierce my breastI will dance for youI will pray for youEvery prayer a danceEvery dance a prayerI will dance for you
















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• Senior Lunch Menu •for Tuesday, December 4

Macaroni and Cheese Italian Sausage Link

Lunch is served at 11:45 a.m. at the La Conner Senior Center at Maple Hall. Donation is $3 to $5 for seniors 60 and over, and $6 for younger folk.

• LEGAL NOTICE •SUPERIOR COURT OF THESTATE OF WASHINGTON

FOR THE COUNTY OF SKAGITIn the Matter of the Estate

ofMANFERD A. OLDS and

DOROTHY OLDS,Deceased.

Case No. 12-4-00382-3PROBATE NOTICE

TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.020, 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified 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 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 Clerk of 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 or within four months after the date of filing a copy of this notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later. 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 RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS WITH CLERK OF THE COURT: 11/16/12

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 11/21/12MICHAEL A. OLDSPersonal RepresentativeAttorney for PersonalRepresentative:FELICIA VALUEWSBA No. 27635PO Box 578La Conner, WA 98257(360) 466-2088

Published in La Conner Weekly News, November 21, 28 and December 5, 2012.

• LEGAL NOTICE •SUPERIOR COURT OFWASHINGTON FORSKAGIT COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estateof

ROBERT R. HART,Deceased.

No. 12 4 00387 4PROBATE 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 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. HARTPersonal RepresentativeSKAGIT LAW GROUP, PLLCBy: BRIAN E. CLARK,WSBA #9019Attorneys for Personal RepresentativeP. O. Box 336/227 Freeway Drive,Suite BMount Vernon, WA 98273

Published in La Conner Weekly News, November 28, December 5 and 12, 2012.

• LEGAL NOTICE •NOTICE OF

MEETING CANCELLATIONNotice is hereby given that the

Town of La Conner Planning Com-mission meetings scheduled for De-cember 4th and December 18th have been cancelled.

Published in La Conner Weekly News, November 28, 2012.

COMING UPFriday Nov 30

10:30 a.m. – Story Time: For all preschool ages (babies, too!). Sing, move, listen to books, dance, interact with your child, and pop bubbles! At La Conner Regional Library.

5 to 8 p.m. – Holiday Art Walk: E. Stanwood, downtown. Caroling, music, munchies. Free. More info: Gretchen, 360-629-3710.

Saturday Dec 110 a.m. to 12 p.m.–All Ages Hike:

Meet at Whistle Lake parking lot for a hearty hike of the area. No pets, please. More info: Denise Crowe or Jean Andrich at 293-3725 or [email protected]

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.–Crafts & Cookies: Make holiday crafts and decorate cookies 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.

Sunday Dec 28 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Wreath sale: The

Bay View Civic Association’s annual wreath and swag sale is at the Bay View Civic Hall, 12615 C Street, Bay View. Proceeds help support the upkeep of the hall.

Monday Dec 32 to 3 p.m. – Food Bank: La Conner

Sunrise Food Bank is located behind the Methodist Church on S. 2nd Street on the hill. All are welcome: those who need groceries and those with food to share.

Tuesday Dec 412:30 to 2 p.m. – Old-Time Radio:

Take part in 1940s radio program. Read from episodes of “Inner Sanctum” & “The Maltese Falcon.” La Conner Senior Center.

Wednesday Dec 57 p.m. – Which Digital Camera?

Tony Locke helps you decide on the camera that is right for you. Free. Anacortes Library, 1220 10th St. More info: 360-293-1910 x21.

Friday Dec 710 a.m. to 12–Senior/Adult Hike:

Enjoy an easy hike in the Whistle Lake area. Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot. More info: Denise Crowe or Jean Andrich at 293-3725 or [email protected].

10:30 a.m. – Story Time: For all preschool ages (babies, too!). Sing, move, listen to books, dance, interact with your child, and pop bubbles! At La Conner Regional Library.

Saturday Dec 81 p.m. to 3 p.m. – Story Time with

Mrs. Claus & decorate cookies 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.

6 p.m. – Lighted Boat Parade: Bundle up, come on down to the Swinomish Yacht Club and watch the glittering boats cruise by on the channel. Bigger than ever!

Sunday Dec 91 to 3 p.m. – Christmas Music:

Get in the spirit with local pianist Ruth Ann Burley and wander through Skagit Christmas Circa 1869 gallery 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.

2 to 3 p.m. – Sunday Jazz: The Paul Sorensen Trio plays jazz & swing. Free. Anacortes Library, 1220 10th St. More info: 360-293-1910. x21.

3 p.m. – Poets’ Circle: The Ish River Poets’ Circle presents a winter afternoon of readings featuring poets Jane Alynn, J.I. Kleinberg, Bob Rose and Luther Allen at the La Conner Civic Garden Club building on 2nd Street on the hill in La Conner. Suggested donation: $5.

Monday Dec 102 to 3 p.m. – Food Bank: La Conner

Sunrise Food Bank is located behind the Methodist Church on S. 2nd Street on the hill. All are welcome: those who need groceries and those with food to share.

Tuesday Dec 1112:30 to 2 p.m.–School Changes:

LC Schools Superintendant Dr. Tim Bruce explains the recommendations for some big changes in a slide presentation. La Conner Senior Center.

Wednesday Dec 127 p.m. – Scenic Treasures of SW:

Photographer Lance Ekhart focuses on lesser-known areas of the Southwest. Free. Anacortes Library, 1220 10th St. More info: 360-293-1910 x21.

Thursday Dec 136 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 1410:30 a.m. – Story Time: For all

preschool ages (babies, too!). Sing, move, listen to books, dance, interact with your child, and pop bubbles! At La Conner Regional Library.

ARTSLA CONNER QUILT & TEXTILE

MUSEUM: “Material Men: Innovation & the Art of Quiltmaking” showcases the many innovations in design, technique, and materials which a formidable group of 16 male quilters have brought to the art of quiltmaking. Pieces on display from Holland, Japan, and the U.S. “Best of the Festival” is an exhibit of the outstanding quilts that were judged to be the best of the 2012 Quilt Festival. Both exhibits run from October 11 to December 20.The museum is located in the historic Gaches Mansion at 703 S. 2nd St. For more info: www.laconnerquilts.com or 466-4288.

AT MoNA: In celebration of 50 years of studio glass, “Pilchuck: IDEAS” features work from the famous glass school’s permanent collection rarely seen off the school’s campus. These pieces from the early days of the revolution in studio glass were created by some of the most important artists working in the medium. “CIRCULAR” from the Permanent Collection considers the meaning and influence of the circular form. Both exhibits continue through Jan. 1, 2013. The Museum of Northwest Art is located at 121 S. First Street. For more info: www.museumofnwart.org or 466-4446.

HELP OUTCALLING ALL CRAFTERS: The La

Conner Kiwanis is hosting a Holiday Bazaar and vendors who sell hand-crafted items are needed. The Holiday Bazaar will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at La Conner Middle School Saturday, December 1. Proceeds will help fund Kiwanis activities that support the children of La Conner. Stop by the La Conner Library for a booth application or contact Joy Neal at [email protected] or 466-3352 (daytime).

BOOSTER PAVERS: Show your Brave Pride with the La Conner High School Booster Club’s paver project. A quad in front of the school is covered in tiles to memorialize alumni, families, special occasions and businesses. Tiles are $75 for two lines with up to 20 characters each and additional lines can be purchased. Order forms are available at the La Conner Weekly News office or call Nancy Anderson at 466-4068 or Kelly McKnight at 466-3482.

HELP THE HUNGRY: Hunger is becoming an everyday state of emergency. You can help. Your community food bank needs board members, organizers, program coordinators, teachers, drivers, workers — including strong and flexible people — and writers and photographers to tell their story. If you would like to volunteer, please call Gil Gillmor at 360-420-0558.

SUNRISE FOOD BANK: To volunteer call Gil Gillmor at 360-420-0558. Mail cash donations to La Conner Sunrise Food Bank, P.O. Box 922, La Conner, WA 98257. The food bank is open only between 2 and 3 p.m. on Mondays behind the Methodist Church on S. 2nd Street on the hill in La Conner.

HELP KIDS: The La Conner Boys & Girls Club needs volunteers to help youth with homework and teach special skills such as knitting, art techniques and chess. In order to

create the best match, volunteers are required to complete an application, participate in an interview and have a background check. To find out more, please contact Unit Director Noah Bannister at (360) 466-3672 or by e-mail at [email protected].

BE PART OF HISTORY: Skagit County Historical Museum has openings for lots of volunteers, including school tour docents and people to help with clerical work, maintaining the collections, maintaining the buildings and helping with special events. Call 466-3365 to find out how you can help.

BENCH PLAQUES: The beautiful bandstand benches in Pioneer Park are the perfect setting to honor a family or loved one. For a $500 donation to the Save Our Bandstand Fund, each large split-log bench can be dedicated with an attractive four-by-eight-inch plaque. Call Bud Moore, 466-4583.

BUY A BENCH: The Town of La Conner has waterfront locations perfect for commemorative benches made of powder-coated cast iron and designed to last for generations that the Parks Commission wants to install. For a donation of $2,100, the town can buy a bench and have a plaque installed on it honoring any person or occasion of the donor’s choosing. Call the town at 466-3125.

FIREFIGHTERS NEEDED: The La Conner Volunteer Fire Department is recruiting healthy men and women 18 years and older to help save lives and property in La Conner. The town’s firefighters are professionals who receive many hours of training and respond to emergencies day and night. To be considered for a position as a volunteer firefighter, pick up an application packet at Town Hall. Applicants must pass a background check, driving record check and a physical, all paid for by the town. Firefighters meet 7 p.m. each Wednesday at the Fire Station on Chilberg Road just east of

town. For information call 466-3125.RECYCLE ELECTRONICS: Help the La

Conner Kiwanis earn cash by recycling empty inkjet cartridges, used cell phones, laptops, PDAs and Palm Pilots, iPods, digital cameras, video games and video game systems. Drop-offs are located at the Shelter Bay Office, Key Bank, Washington Federal Savings, La Conner Drug Store, Swinomish Tribal Administration Office and La Conner Potlatch. The program benefits local youth.

Put your listing in the Community Calendar: Please email your event notice to [email protected]. Deadline is NOON FRIDAY for inclusion in the following Wednesday’s paper. There is no charge to list events that are free and open to everyone and events sponsored by non-profit organizations.

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BLACKBIRD LANDSCAPING - Lawn mowing, pruning, bed care, landscaping, paver walkways, composting, garden chipping. Tim Chomiak: (360) 421-1652. tfcn8/12

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FOR RENT - La Conner water-front charming cabin downstairs mother-in-law apartment. Sepa-rate private entry. Gorgeous sunsets. 35 steps to beach. No smoking, no pets. $800 month includes utilities. Washer/dryer. Furnished. Call 425-743-0828 or 425-773-9074. tfcn10/17

FOR RENT - 3+ bedroom, 2 bath house in Shelter Bay. En-joy beautiful sunrises, a stunning view of the North Cascades with a view of the marina and Swinom-ish Channel. Use of a par 3 golf course, tennis courts and boat launch. Large deck, landscaped yard, low maintenance. Inquire by calling Patsy at (360) 391-3214. $1,250 month. tfcn11/14

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McLEAN ROAD CHRISTMAS TREE FARM - west Mount Ver-non. All varieties. Help provided or ready cut. Farm animals, bring your camera. Corner of McLean and Penn Roads. Call 424-3829. 4tc11/21MORRIS STREET ANTIQUES - First ever sale! In December, 25% off all owner/selected dealer merchandise. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 503 Morris St. 1tp11/28

All donors & shoppers help provide needed services for our community.

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FRESH LOCAL CHRISTMAS TREES FOR SALE. Trees cut weekly. Hedlin’s Farm stand by the roundabout in La Conner. Open Fridays: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting this Friday. For info call Gretchen at (360) 421-0985. 1tc11/28

FOR RENT - 1,200 sq. ft. of prime La Conner retail space available on the waterside of 1st Street, in the heart of the historic retail district. Rent and move-in dates negotiable with the possibility of a studio apartment to make work and live in La Conner a possibil-ity. Call 206-669-2447. tfcn11/28

Skagit County Sheriff’s Office

POLICE BLOTTERBusiness ProfileBy Marci Plank

Barry Whipple has been the manager of Pioneer Market for a year and a half now. Talk about six degrees of separation — when Barry started to put out feelers that he was looking for something new, someone who knew his mother and someone who knew his wife heard that he was available, and that started a chain of events that led Barry to La Conner’s Pioneer Market, and customers are lucky to have him.

Barry has been in the grocery industry for over 20 years, having been a manager for the past 10 years. It was quite an adjustment coming to Pioneer Market, where the total square footage is 1,100, compared to the 7,300-square-foot facility he came from.

Barry coaches Little League in Sedro-Woolley, he also coaches youth soccer, and in Barry’s free

time(?), he loves to go fishing. His wife Kimberly works at the cancer care at Skagit Valley Hospital, and Barry and Kim have three sons and one daughter.

Pioneer Market works closely with the Sunrise Food Bank and have a donation box for non-perishable food items in the front of the store. Want to know how you can help the less fortunate this year? Purchase a gift certificate from Pioneer Market and donate it to the Sunrise Food Bank — help give a family a meal for the holidays.

Did you know that Pioneer Market offers home delivery to local residents? If your purchase is over $50, there is no charge; under $50, there is a $5 fee. Pioneer Market does catering for groups small and large, any time of day. Looking for hardware? Pioneer Market now has a selection. Hours: 6 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 416 Morris Street, 360-466-0188.

Musicians wantedThe Skagit Community

Band, conducted by Vince Fejeran, is always looking for people interested in joining the band. The band rehearses each Tuesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at Anacortes High School band room. For more information, go to www.Skagitcommunityband.org or contact Vince Fejeran at [email protected]. Look for their next concert in La Conner on Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. at Maple Hall. CINEMA PARADISO “Music That Inspired, Touched and Moved You From the Silver Screen.”

Santa is coming!Back by popular demand,

Santa will be available for photos and wishes this Saturday, December 1 at Maple Hall for the 9th annual Santa Breakfast from 8:30-11 a.m. Cost is $6 adults, $3 children; free gift and a picture with Santa, hosted by La Conner Rotary.

Then Santa will arrive at Gilkey Square to light the community tree with help from all the “elves” that show up. Arriving on an antique fire truck, Santa will greet all of the children and adults, with hot chocolate provided by La Conner Retirement Inn, decorated cookies provided by La Conner High School culinary class, music provided by La Conner High School choir and band. Band and choir will start at 3:30 p.m., and everyone is invited to come down to enjoy the evening.

For more details, visit www.LaconnerChamber.com or call 466-4778.

Farm funding available The USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced they have funding available for Washington producers who are interested in extending the growing season for high-value crops in an environmentally safe manner, can apply for the financial assistance through December 21.

Use of the high tunnels provides farmers with a conservation-friendly way to create a steady income by helping to extend their growing season into the fall and winter months. This also provides consumers with locally-grown crops year-round.

The Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative assists producers in addressing resource concerns by providing technical and financial assistance in improving plant and soil quality, and reducing nutrient and pesticide transport, while improving air quality through reduced transportation inputs, and reducing energy use by providing consumers with a local source of fresh produce. Producers interested in applying for the High Tunnel Initiative funding can contact their Washington State field office, located through the web site at: http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?state=WA.

Organic Farm funding available

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has funding available for the Organic Initiative in Washington State. Organic farmers and producers wanting to transition over to organic will have the opportunity to apply for financial assistance to implement conservation practices that are consistent with organic production.

Eligible producers include those certified through USDA’s national organic program, those transitioning to certified organic production, and those who meet organic standards but are exempt from certification because their gross annual organic sales are

less than $5,000.Application deadline for

this funding is December 21. Producers interested in applying for the Organic Initiative funding should contact their Washington State field office, located through the web site at: http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?state=WA. New marina supervisor

The Port of Skagit hired a new supervisor for the La Conner marina. Chris Carlile took the helm beginning November 26. She brings with her an extensive background in marina operations and marine law. “Salt water runs in my veins,” Carlile said. “I’m ecstatic to be part of the team here at the marina.”

Carlile was with the Port of Bellingham for 22 years, where she served as the office supervisor at Squalicum Harbor from 1984 to 1994. She most recently worked on contracts and grants for the Skagit County Public Works department. Her education includes courses in grants and contract administration from the American Public Works Association, the Wash-ington Finance Officers Association, the Washington Department of Transportation and the Emergency Management Institute. Carlile also attended Peninsula College and Western Washington University.

A Christmas Cameo Jill Boudreau, mayor of Mount Vernon, will be making her stage debut in META’s production of “A Christmas Carol” on November 30 and December 2 beginning at 7 p.m. both nights.

This local musical is an adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” It is directed by Christopher Tuohy, written by Teresa Vaughn and Brian Young, with music and songs by Jo Jeffery and orchestration by Sharyn Peterson. The show is packed with Skagit Valley talent, with a cast combining seasoned actors with complete newcomers to the stage.

McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon will host the productions both nights. Tickets are available in person at the box office, online at www.mcintyrehall.org, or by calling 360-416-7727 ext. 2.

META (Multicultural Educa-tional Theatre Arts) is a local nonprofit now in its 15th season and winner of Skagit Publishing’s People’s Choice Awards for Best Performing Arts Group for the fifth straight year.

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1. Where is Tim Wake-field on the list of most career victories by a Boston Red Sox pitcher?

2. In 2012, Toronto and Cleveland played the lon-gest Opening Day game in history (16 innings). Which teams played in the previ-ously longest game?

3. Who is the only player in NFL history to have eight seasons of at least 290 rush-ing attempts and 50 recep-tions?

4. Name the first men’s basketball coach to be named both an ACC and a Big East Coach of the Year.

5. Beginning in 1917 with the Seattle Metropolitans, how many times has a U.S.-based team won the Stanley Cup?

6. Who was the last Amer-ican male runner before Leonel Manzano (silver medal) in 2012 to medal in the Olympic 1500 meter race?

7. In how many of the past 16 Ryder Cups (1981-2012) has the team trailing after the first day of golf play gone on to with the event?

Answers1. Third with 186 victo-

ries, behind Cy Young and Roger Clemens (192 each).

2. Cleveland and Detroit (1960) and Washington and Philadelphia (1926) each played 15 innings.

3. LaDainian Tomlinson (2001-08, with San Diego).

4. Leonard Hamilton (Big East: 1995, ‘99; ACC: 2009, ‘12).

5. Forty-five times.6. Jim Ryun won the sil-

ver medal in 1968.7. Eight times.


1. Where did the Marshall Tucker band get its name?

2. Name the group origi-nally known as The D-Men. What was their most popu-lar song?

3. Which group had a hit with “Take a Chance on Me,” and when?

4. What was the title of the first album by Bob Mar-ley and the Wailers outside Jamaica?

5. Name the song that has this lyric: “I done told you once, you son of a gun, I’m the best that’s ever been.”

Answers1. From a key ring. They

rented rehearsal space in Spartanburg, S.C., and were given a key marked with the name of the previous tenant, a blind piano tuner by the name of Marshall Tucker.

2. The Fifth Estate. Their 1967 “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” was so popular it was recorded and released around the world in five different languages.

3. ABBA, in 1978. The original title of the song was “Billy Boy.” In the U.S., the record sold even more than the group’s “Dancing Queen.”

4. “Soul Rebel,” in 1970.5. “The Devil Went Down

to Georgia,” by the Charlie Daniels Band in 1979. The Devil, looking for another soul to steal, challenges a young fiddle player to a competition with the prize being a gold fiddle.


1. Is the book of Micah in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. What perfectly square “new” city is described as having walls made of Jasper?Jerusalem, Jericho, Paphos, Gibeon

3. From 1 Samuel, what Philistine soldier was slain by a boy? Joab, Abishai, Dan, Goliath

4. On which “Mount” did Jesus deliver his final dis-course? Zion, Olives, Car-mel, Pisgah

5. In what book is the phrase, “Could eat a horse” found? None, Acts, Ruth, Ephesians

6. What friend of Jesus was buried in a cave? Sisera, Joshua, Lazarus, Arioch

ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) Jerusalem; 3) Goliath; 4) Olives; 5) None; 6) Lazarus

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1. TELEVISION: What famous politician did Alex P. Keaton idolize on the show “Family Ties”?

2. MUSIC: Which 1970s song featured the line, “Jer-emiah was a bullfrog”?

3. LITERATURE: What literary figure had a loyal companion named Sancho Panza?

4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Iowa?

5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What are omnivores?

6. LANGUAGE: How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?

7. ANATOMY: How many pairs of ribs does a human body normally have?

8. HISTORY: In which year did the U.S. space shut-tle first fly into orbit?

9. FOOD: What kind of food is mortadella?

11. GAMES: What is the movable device used in the game Ouija to spell out mes-sages?

Answers1. Richard Nixon2. “Joy to the World,” by

Three Dog Night3. Don Quixote4. Des Moines5. Animals that eat meat

and vegetables6. 247. 128. 19819. Italian sausage10. A planchette© 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Tuesday Nov. 207:59 p.m.: Broken window –

A local business owner reported a broken window at his business on Morris Street. Officers said this is an ongoing problem and there is a possible suspect.

8:35 p.m.: Substitute driver — A licensed driver was called to drive a vehicle from the site of a traffic stop on La Conner Whitney Road, after the driver was cited by officers.

Wednesday Nov. 215:09 a.m.: In a roundabout

way – A concerned citizen reported a disabled vehicle in the middle of the roundabout in La Conner. The caller said the driver was possibly drunk because a bottle fell from the vehicle as the occupants were attempting to push the vehicle out of the roadway. The vehicle and subjects were gone when deputies arrived a couple minutes after the call was received.

11:57 a.m.: Door jam – An apparent break-in went wrong, or good, depending on which side of the door you are on. Apparently someone tried to kick in the door on a recreational cabin at a business near the Port of La Conner, causing approximately $100 in damages. It appeared the subject was unable to gain entry to the building and nothing was missing from the cabin.

1:50 p.m.: Break in – Someone broke into the Boys and Girls Club over the Veteran’s Day weekend, and stole an Xbox and games.

Friday Nov. 2312:29 p.m.: Assault – A 30-

year-old female reported she was assaulted in the 21000 block of Second Street in Conway. The report was not available at press

time. Saturday Nov. 24

2:59 a.m.: Park(ed) intoxication – Tribal officers located a female driver parked in Pioneer Park. She had been reported as driving under the influence near Caledonia and S. Fourth streets in La Conner. The driver was transported to her residence.

11:45 p.m.: Dance hall assault – Caller reported they had been assaulted during a dance at the Norway Hall in Conway earlier in the evening. The report was not available at press time.

Sunday Nov. 2512:15 a.m.: Hall fight

– Deputies received a call for a fight at the Sons of Norway Hall in Conway. Report was not ready at press time.

8:33 a.m.: Alarming – The alarm at the Conway Post Office was sounding off with no apparent cause.

3:28 p.m.: Neighborhood watch – Caller reported they saw two people enter a boat at the marina, and the caller knew the owner of the boat but did not recognize the couple. The caller asked officers to contact the couple to make sure they had permission to be aboard the craft.

Monday Nov. 269:59 a.m.: Fresh paint – La

Conner’s Rainbow Bridge has been beautifully painted from many different angles by many different artists. But when the Public Works found graffiti spray painted on the bridge supports, it was far from beautiful. In fact, it was reported as malicious mischief to the Sheriff’s Department.


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