http://www.goskagit.com/home/ en efrancis@skagitpublishing.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-21T04:58:28 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/a_cunning_ruse/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/a_cunning_ruse/#When:19:00:50Z LA CONNER — It was a long and at times tedious and difficult process. Then again, nobody said carving a brant goose from a solid block of cedar was going to be easy. Yet, Eric Flones… News, Recreation, Top, Lead, Latest, LaConner, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-11-05T19:00:50 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/input_sought_on_heart_lakes_future/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/input_sought_on_heart_lakes_future/#When:14:00:04Z The process to develop a plan for looking after the area commonly referred to as the heart of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands has begun with the organizing of an eight-member advisory committee.… News, Living, Recreation, Top, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-04T14:00:04 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/council_weighs_conservation_recreation_in_acfl/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/council_weighs_conservation_recreation_in_acfl/#When:18:00:27Z Lynn King brought his motorcycle to Anacortes City Hall on Oct. 5 to show City Council members just what a 625cc dual sport bike with a four-stroke engine looks and sounds like. Motorcycles… News, Recreation, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-10-19T18:00:27 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/nonprofit_aims_to_unite_vision_of_small_boating_groups/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/nonprofit_aims_to_unite_vision_of_small_boating_groups/#When:13:00:15Z Will John Pope, president of the Anacortes Small Boat Center, foot the entire bill for everything members want in the facility? Probably not. But that was one of the scenarios played… News, Living, Recreation, Top, Latest, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-09-24T13:00:15 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/julie_hodges_commit_to_being_fit_start_planning_seasonal_changes_to_your_ex/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/julie_hodges_commit_to_being_fit_start_planning_seasonal_changes_to_your_ex/#When:18:00:52Z Start planning seasonal changes to your exercise routine now There are plenty of nice weather days still left for you to continue your summertime fitness routine. But a change in season… Opinion - Column, Recreation, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-09-10T18:00:52 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/pool_group_gets_nonprofit_status/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/pool_group_gets_nonprofit_status/#When:20:00:09Z Raising money to keep Anacortes’ community swimming pool and its programs going got a little easier this month. The Friends of Fidalgo Pool and Fitness Center learned it received 501(c)(3)… News, Recreation, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-08-26T20:00:09 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/electric_truck_no_emissions_and_lots_of_utility/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/electric_truck_no_emissions_and_lots_of_utility/#When:19:00:02Z Cara Peffley said switching from her biodiesel powered Volkswagon truck to the Anacortes Parks and Recreation Department’s electric truck is like going “from a horse-drawn wagon to a Jetson… News, Living, Recreation, Top, Lead, Latest, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-08-15T19:00:02 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/serious_math_clicks_in_when_rubiks_guy_gets_cube_in_his_hands/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/serious_math_clicks_in_when_rubiks_guy_gets_cube_in_his_hands/#When:13:00:05Z Surrounded by Rubik’s Cubes of every possible dimension cubes, spheres, flats, UFOs and even one of Star War’s Darth Maul Jameson O’Connor looks like an overgrown kid in his stocking… Living, Recreation, Top, Lead, Latest, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-08-05T13:00:05 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/anacortes_art_dash_brings_out_the_runners/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/anacortes_art_dash_brings_out_the_runners/#When:12:00:05Z More than 200 participants turned out for the fourth annual Art Dash in Anacortes on Saturday. The 5K, 10K and half marathon, part of the annual Anacortes Arts Festival, raises money for artwork,… Living, Recreation, Top, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-08-05T12:00:05 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/julie_hodges_commit_to_being_fit_your_success_story_starts_with_being_hones/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/julie_hodges_commit_to_being_fit_your_success_story_starts_with_being_hones/#When:17:00:13Z I love fitness success stories, and the best examples aren’t those on TV reality shows or infomercials, or about someone who just lost 30 pounds in a six-week boot camp. The best examples are… Opinion - Column, Living, Recreation, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-07-29T17:00:13 -08:00