Tulip Season

The beautiful Skagit Valley is full of tulips! They have finally arrived, after a winter of COLD weather. We also have a lot of daffodils in bloom right now - they are usually ending as the tulips come on. I took a trip to Tulip Town today (off the McLean Rd between Mt. Vernon and La Conner) and enjoyed the color. In this photo you can almost see Mt. Baker in the distance. A beautiful day.

SWHS Class of 1971 scholarships - deadline extension

The deadline for applications, as described below, has been extended to April 30, 2009.

Please submit all materials as soon as possible.

Thanks!

SWHS Class of 1971 scholarships now accepting applications

Sedro-Woolley High School Class of 1971 is pleased to announce that two new scholarships are now available for 2009. Offered in conjunction with the Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni Association, the Class of 1971 scholarships are available to graduates of Sedro-Woolley High School or State Street High School, regardless of the year of graduation.

Each scholarship is for $2500; one is exclusively for students pursuing an academic degree and the other is for students pursuing vocational education. Awards are competitive and the due date for applications is April 15, 2009.

For additional information or to request an application send an e’mail to: Classof71scholarships@comcast.net .

Bus Jungquist, S-W businessman, passes away

Another icon of Sedro-Woolley is gone. “Bus” Jungquist, owner of the furniture store in downtown Sedro-Woolley from 1967 to 2008, was a big supporter of Sedro-Woolley and our high school. He passed away on April 1, 2009 at the age of 91.

Bus graduated from Burlington-Edison High School in 1936 and attended WSU for one year. He married his college sweetheart, Bernice, in 1939 and served in the Army from 1943 until 1946. He worked in several business in Skagit County (including owning Bus’s Grocery on Jameson Street in S-W) until he opened Bus Jungquist Furniture in 1967. It was an anchor store in our downtown, long before the concept of “malls” and “anchor stores” became familiar. He served as the distribution center for miniature wooden hope chests provided by the Lane Furniture Company to all graduating senior girls and we all made that shy trip into the store to ask for ours. It was such a great pleasure for him and the Lane representative became one of his closest friends.

He was an active Rotarian and belonged to George Baldridge Post #43 American Legion and Trinity United Presbyterian Church. He was a mainstay at Joy’s Bakery downtown where we all still go to “see and be seen”. He served the city and his community in many other ways. His full obit is available at:
http://www.legacy.com/skagitvalleyherald/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=125703681

Or check www.goskagit.com for obituaries published on April 4, 2009.

Thanks, Bus, for showing us what an independent business owner does for the town he supports. We remember you.