The building at Seafarers' Memorial Park is being readied for a move to a temporary location to make way for the $25 million cleanup of the former Scott Paper mill site. Contractor Nickel Brothers plans to move the building early Monday morning.

Anacortes Police are investigating the case of an eleven-foot banner for the movie Angels & Demons. Seems two men were spotted carrying it late Thursday night near Sixth St. & Commercial Ave., not far from the movie theater.

New this week at the Anacortes Cinemas: Fame. The other 2 films, The Informant and 9, are holdovers. I hope they book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Representatives of NOAA Fisheries Service got an earful from dozens of sport fishermen and whale watch operators over proposed new regulations designed to keep boats further away from Orcas than is current allowed.

The Chamber of Commerce is opposed to implementation of rules which would keep whale watch boats further from orca pods. The Chamber says "The damage done to a key regional economic driver would potentially be severe."

Anacortes resident and former Skagit County Commissioner Don Munks has been chosen as the new County Assessor, ending a nine-month withdrawal from politics for health reasons.