Anacortes Police helped a Corrections Officer arrest an escaped felon this week; several cars were hit by a pickup truck in a parking lot and a woman walked away from a grocery store with $75 in groceries without paying.

The Department of Safety, a haven for creativity in art and music, is closing its doors Saturday, Jan. 30 with a farewell celebration. The DoS has been there since 2002, in a building abandoned as a police and fire station in the mid-90's.

An intense, new thriller, Edge of Darkness, starting Mel Gibson, opens this weekend in Anacortes. Back for another week are Up in the Air, The Book of Eli, and Tooth Fairy. I loved Up in the Air. Meanwhile, The Apartment, winner of 5 Oscars, shows Friday night at 7pm at the library.

Shell Refinery Manager Sue Krienen (second from right) presents a check for $10,000 to Trestle committee representatives, including Anacortes Parks Foundation Treasurer David Hall; City Council member Brad Adams; fundraising chair Michele Pope and vice-chair Kris Lytton.

Here's a list of upcoming fund-raising events to help the trestle rebuild. The goal is to raise as much as $300,000.

The search continued for the third day Monday in a remote area of southeastern Skagit County for Keith Anderson, who hasn't been heard from since January 6. His truck was discovered late Friday on a remote logging road.