Anacortes Visitors and Newcomers Guide 2012 by Skagit Publishing

Anacortes Visitors and Newcomers Guide to a Special City and Island in NW Washington

2012 a n a c o r t e s v i s i t o r. c o m

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Welcome to Anacortes

owever you’ve arrived, whether on a drive through beautiful Fidalgo Island or a scenic flight or ferry ride, you’ve felt the change of pace and already experienced some of what’s wonderful about this special place. You’re invited to “Coast In and Hang Out” — as our Chamber of Commerce puts it — and discover even more, whether you’re here for a long weekend or looking to put down roots. Anacortes used to be known as the Gateway to the San Juans. Not anymore. Sure there’s a state ferry terminal here that can take you to the islands, but this historic city has long been a destination all its own. Our guide can help you discover, or rediscover, all the things that keep people coming back here. As a seaside community, Anacortes has long been tied to the waters surrounding Fidalgo Island. We still work and play on the water, and you’ll find so much to do. The whale watching here is world class, and the kayaking, boating, sailing, fishing, crabbing and scuba diving opportunities are hard to beat. Anacortes has a long history of preserving open space and boasts wonderful parks and preserves. The Anacortes Community Forest Lands are one of the city’s treasures: 2,800 acres forever preserved from development. A trail system stretches more than 50 miles for use by hikers and bicyclists. The arts are another ingredient that make this such a vibrant place. You’ll encounter wonderful murals and sculptures around town, and there are numerous galleries, concerts and community theater productions. We celebrate it all at the town’s biggest annual event, the three-day Anacortes Arts Festival that begins the first Friday in August. Strong schools are important to Anacortes residents. Levies pass regularly, the most recent with a whopping 76 percent yes vote. Test scores here are consistently above the state’s average. Our hospital enjoys strong support as well and recently completed a major expansion and renovation and added a Medical Arts Pavilion with updated cancer care and physical therapy departments. Not many cities our size have such excellent health care facilities, and even fewer support a museum and library at the level Anacortes does. It adds up to a special place indeed. Welcome, and enjoy your stay whether it’s a day or a lifetime. ANACORTES Visitors & Newcomers Guide | 2012 |

Table of contents Anacortes History........................ 5 Museums, Tours, Murals, Tribes Recreation.................................. 10 Viewpoints.................................. 16 Maps......................................17-19 Fidalgo Island, Anacortes Guemes Island........................... 20 Weather...................................... 21 Events......................................... 22 The Arts...................................... 24

Scan the QR code with your smartphone to link to our Skagit County Visitor website. For Anacortesspecific information, visit www.goanacortes.com

Anacortes Today........................ 26 Advertiser Index......................... 34

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oast Salish peoples thrived on the rich natural resources of Fidalgo Island for 10,000 years before Spanish explorers such as Carrasco and Narvaez started mapping the area in 1790 and 1791. European settlers staked their claims at Fern Prairie, now March Point, in the 1850s. They raised fruit, hops, cabbage, cauliflower seed and cattle. By 1873 the island was home to nine white women. In 1876, Amos Bowman and his wife moved to the Ship Harbor area. When Bowman established a post office in 1877, he gave it the Spanish-sounding name Anacortes, a version of Annie Curtis — his wife’s maiden name. In the boom year 1890, the population jumped from 200 to 2,000 fueled by speculation the town would become a transcontinental railroad terminus. Land prices jumped from $50 an acre to as much as $3,000 for a corner lot. But the bubble burst the same year anacortesvisitor.com

when the railroad selected Seattle. Hundreds departed, leaving behind many of the beautiful buildings that give downtown such charm today. Incorporated in 1891, Anacortes recovered as salmon and codfish industries grew. By the early 1900s hundreds of people worked at a dozen fish-processing plants, and Anacortes called itself the salmon canning capitol of the world. Dances were held whenever the fishing fleets came home. Trident Seafoods, Sugiyo and SeaBear still process fish today. Lumber was another vital industry. In 1911 Fidalgo Bay had 13 shingle and lumber mills. They thrived until resources grew scarce in the 1950s, and the last mill closed in 1992. Clear cuts were gradually replaced by secondgrowth forests. A new industrial era began in the mid-1950s, when Texaco and Shell built refineries on March Point. Today the

facilities, now operated by Shell and Tesoro, fuel the regional economy. The community’s tradition of land preservation dates back nearly a century. As early as 1913, citizens began donating key tracts, including the land that now comprises Washington Park, to preserve them for future generations. Today, more than half the area inside city limits is either park or forest, and 2,800 acres in the Anacortes Community Forest Lands are permanently preserved. In the late 1960s, marinas and pleasure boats began to replace waterfront mills and canneries, and tourism and boatbuilding industries grew. Developers began building upscale developments, most notably in Skyline. These amenities, as well as the arts scene, recreation and natural beauty, attracted well-heeled retirees, allowing Anacortes to evolve into the diverse city it is today.

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Anacortes Museum 1305 Eighth St. (360) 293-1915 http://museum.cityofanacortes.org Once a Carnegie Library, the Anacortes Museum offers revolving and permanent displays about the colorful people of the past and how they worked and played. The main exhibit this year is “Island Plants and People: A Twisted Path.” It explores the relationship between people and the native plants of Fidalgo and Guemes islands . Open daily except Wednesdays; admission is free. A research library with in-depth resources is open weekdays except Wednesdays. Appointments are preferred.

Engineers vessel that once cleared debris from Puget Sound waterways. The Anacortes Museum restored the craft, now permanently displayed ashore. Admission is $1-$3. The snagboat and nearby Maritime Heritage Center are open weekends in April, May, September and October; and daily except Wednesdays in June, July and August. Maritime Heritage Center 703 R Ave. (360) 299-1984 http://museum.cityofanacortes.org

W.T. Preston Snagboat 713 R Ave. (360) 293-1916 http://museum.cityofanacortes.org The Preston is a historic sternwheeler and a retired U.S. Army Corps of

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The Maritime Heritage Center, formerly the Snagboat Interpretive Center, now has a greater focus on the history of the community’s fishing, boat-building and marine transportation industries. This year see a show on the America’s Cup-winning BMW Oracle yacht that was built and tested in Anacortes. Open weekends in April, May, September and October; and daily except Wednesdays in June, July and August.

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History Tours

Cap Sante Boat Haven esplanade Behind the snagboat, this attractive waterfront walk offers a glimpse of Fidalgo Bay’s history in a series of interpretive displays.

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The Anacortes Mural Project Downtown, it’s impossible to turn a corner without encountering a cast of historic characters from the unique Anacortes Mural Project, a longtime effort by artist Bill Mitchell, a colorful character in his own right. A list of murals is available at the Anacortes Visitors Center, 819 Commercial Ave. Walking tour of historic downtown Anacortes The Anacortes Historic Preservation Board has charted a leisurely stroll past historic buildings and places that enhances appreciation of the sites. Brochures are available at the Anacortes Visitors Center, City Hall and http://museum.cityofanacortes.org/

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For Information Call: (360) 293-1915 or Check our Website:

museum.cityofanacortes.org Anacortes Museum 1305 8th Street • Anacortes, WA

Exploring the history of Fidalgo and Guemes Islands through: • Educational Programs • Exhibits • Research Library • Special Events

The Carnegie Gallery 8th Street & M Avenue Gallery Open Year-Round Mon. - Sat., 10-4 Sunday 1-4, Closed Wednesday SPECIAL EXHIBIT "Island Plants & People: A Twisted Path"

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The W.T. PrESTon & Maritime Heritage Center 9th Street & R Avenue Open weekends: April - October Open Daily: June, July, August Closed Wednesday SPECIAL EXHIBIT "The Wawona & the End of the Age of Sail"

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eachers usually punish children for drawing on walls, but 50-odd years ago a second-grade teacher tried a different tack with Bill Mitchell, a precocious 7-year-old who checked out art books and carried a sketch pad. She gave him a whole wall to fill up. Today Anacortes still offers its walls to its well-known artist, historian and generally quirky character, especially downtown, where passers-by are occasionally startled and often charmed to encounter his nostalgic and distinctive life-sized murals of local characters. Mitchell’s subjects, more than 120 of them, come from all walks of life — fishermen, mayors, dancers, storekeepers,

bar patrons, children, pets, musicians, boaters, church leaders and editors. One mural is a self-portrait of the muttonchopped artist, seated in his trademark three-wheeled 1954 Autoette, which doubles as a wheelchair. Cheerfully eccentric and frequently cantankerous, Mitchell attacks his art and historical preservation projects with a missionary zeal. The first mural, of Fred White and his Safety Bike, went up in front of Marine Supply & Hardware on May 2, 1984, two years before the Vancouver Expo. Mitchell decided murals would be a good draw for visitors and followed the fair’s theme, transportation, so many of his

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murals feature trains, boats, cars, carts, trucks and wagons. They have proven wildly popular, collecting just enough snubs from art critics to keep them controversial. But tourists are frequently seen posing for photos with the murals, and pranksters occasionally embellish them with mustaches or hats — stunts Mitchell minds only if adhesives damage the mural’s finish. A list of Mitchell’s murals and locations is available at the Anacortes Visitors Center at Commercial Avenue and Ninth Street.

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Tribes

samish The Samish Indian Nation once stretched over a seven-county region of Northwest Washington. The tribe had more than 2,000 members in 1847, but raids from northern tribes and epidemics of European diseases wiped out more than 90 percent of its people by 1855. Despite this, 113 Samish were present at the signing of the Point Elliott Treaty. Samish status as a federally recognized tribe was lost through a clerical error in 1969 when it was left off a Bureau of Indian Affairs list. The tribe regained recognition in 1996 and since then has played a growing role in Anacortes. It operates the Samish Longhouse Preschool, the Samish Gallery of Native Arts, the Fidalgo Bay RV Resort, a new Health Services building and a beautiful administrative building with carved cedar posts. Today, tribal enrollment stands at about 1,450. The Samish Canoe Family occasionally hosts large Coast Salish canoe journeys, usually at the resort, where they greet visiting paddlers with drums, prayers, songs and a feast. On special occasions, Samish blessing ceremonies honor such things as a new story pole, the naming of a baby orca or the christening of a new canoe. These moving and inspiring events are always followed by the hospitality of a potlatch. anacortesvisitor.com

The Samish Indian Nation is governed by a seven-member elected Tribal Council led by Chairman Tom Wooten, who oversee the tribe’s welfare and its natural and cultural resources. Information: www.samishtribe.nsn.us SWINOMISH The Swinomish Tribe’s headquarters are in the historic Swinomish Village across Swinomish Channel from La Conner. What people might be more familiar with, though, is the Swinomish Casino on Highway 20 east of Anacortes. There’s a major expansion under way there this year that will add 98 rooms and the new 13 Moons Restaurant. The sweeping views from the lodge take in land where the Coast Salish people have lived for thousands of years. Their culture centered around abundant saltwater resources, particularly salmon and shellfish, which remain a key part of tribal economy today. The aboriginal Swinomish tongue was Lushootseed, a variant of the wider Salish language, and the tribe now offers language and culture classes for all ages at the Swinomish Social Services Building. Traditions also are upheld and passed on to future generations through such events as the annual Tribal Canoe Journey and the Blessing of the Fleet and First Salmon Ceremony. In 2010, the Swinomish entered a partnership with Washington State Parks that resulted in pristine Kiket Island

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becoming a protected site, now known as the Kukutali Preserve, within Deception Pass State Park. In addition to the casino, which began as a small bingo operation in 1985, the tribe operates the Swinomish Chevron Gas Station, which includes a tobacco, liquor and convenience store, the Swinomish Fish Company which processes salmon and shellfish for a global market that includes the United Kingdom and the European Union, and a Ramada Hotel in Ocean Shores on the Washington coast. The tribe has become one of the five largest employers in Skagit County with more than 250 employees in tribal government and approximately 300 employees in its casino and other economic enterprises. The reservation is about 15 square miles. The tribe has jurisdictional authority within the reservation’s boundaries and provides governmental services to all residents, including police, water and sewer service, and planning and permitting services. The tribe operates a fisheries department, a fish processing plant, a water resources program, an environmental education program, social services, a fitness center, senior services, a housing authority, a work training program and many other services. The tribe has about 900 members. Information: www.swinomish.org.

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Recreation

The pristine waters of Fidalgo Island delight sailors, fishermen, kayakers and whale watchers, while the island’s parks and vast Forest Lands tempt hikers, bicyclists, rock climbers and nature lovers. Whale watching The breathtaking scenery and varied wildlife of the San Juan Islands draw thousands of visitors to the area each year for close encounters with nature, especially orcas. Three pods of Southern Resident orcas, the J, K and L pods, spend much of the summer and fall among the San Juans. Two charter companies provide whalewatching excursions from Anacortes. Cruises, usually five to six hours, depart from Cap Sante Boat Haven. Riders may see orca, gray, minke or humpback whales in addition to rugged shorelines, historic sites, bald eagle nests, barking seals, chattering cormorants and, in early spring and late summer, golden-skinned stellar sea lions. • Island Adventures: 1801 Commercial Ave., (360) 293-2428 and (800) 465-4604, www.island-adventures.com. • Mystic Sea Charters: 819 Commercial Ave. Suite E, (360) 588-8000 and (800) 308-9387, www. mysticseacharters.com.

Kayaking Kayaking is a great way to get out on the waters of western Skagit County and San Juan Islands, whether for a quick paddle or a trip lasting several days. Paddlers can enjoy beautiful vistas and see wildlife from a different perspective while gliding quietly along a shoreline or exploring a secluded cove. Two Anacortes businesses offer kayak rentals, instruction and tours. • Sea Kayak Shop: 2515 Commercial Ave., (360) 299-2300, www. seakayakshop.com. • Anacortes Kayak Tours: 1801 Commercial Ave., (800) 992-1801, www.anacorteskayaktours.com. A major Northwest kayaking event is the Deception Pass Dash held at the beginning of December by Outdoor Adventure Center. Close to 200 kayakers race from Bowman Bay in Deception Pass State Park through the pass as the tide changes. More information at http:// rubycreekboathouse.com under the races tab. Members of the Hole in

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the Wall Paddling Club, www. holeinthewallpaddlingclub.org, take day and multi-day kayaking trips throughout the region and encourage safe kayaking. Marinas ANACORTES MARINA 2415 T Ave. (360) 293-4543 www.anacortesmarina.com Anacortes Marina is a privately owned condominium facility with covered and open berths from 32 feet to 60 feet in length. Amenities include power, water, and private laundry facility, restrooms and showers. Associated facilities have a 60-ton lift, fuel dock and pump out station. CAP SANTE BOAT HAVEN 1019 Q Ave. (360) 293-0694 (360) 661-5000 after 5 p.m. http://www.portofanacortes.com/marina. shtml This marina is owned and operated by anacortesvisitor.com

the Port of Anacortes. It is located on the west side of Fidalgo Bay within walking distance to downtown. The marina provides permanent and transient moorage with up to 200 berths for guest moorage. Floats have power and water. Other accommodations include restrooms, showers, laundry facilities, fuel dock, pump out stations, boat launch and free public Wi-Fi. SKYLINE MARINE CENTER 2011 Skyline Way (360) 293-5134 www.skylinemarinecenter.com Located in Flounder Bay on the west end of Fidalgo Island, Skyline Marine Center provides guest moorage, a launching hoist, and fuel and pump out services. The marina has restrooms, showers and laundry facilities. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

CYCLING Mountain bikers can enjoy many easy to moderate trails winding through the 2,800 acres in the Anacortes Community Forest Lands. Maps are available through Anacortes Parks and Recreation at City Hall. The High Tide Ride at the Anacortes Waterfront Festival is Saturday, June 2. Rides range from about 75 miles down to a five-mile family fun ride. The fully supported rides through Fidalgo Island and surrounding communities offer great scenery and breathtaking views of the San Juan Islands. All proceeds support North Islands Young Life. GOLF SIMILK GOLF COURSE 12518 Christianson Road (360) 293-3444 This course sits between Fidalgo and Similk bays, giving golfers views of the water and sometimes bringing light breezes into play. The 18-hole, par-72

Shoreline stroll A new public trail out at Ship Harbor by the state ferry terminal makes for a great stroll in all seasons. It’s wide and flat, and the compacted gravel makes for easy going. There are several inviting viewing platforms along the way. Best of all is the location with views of Ship Harbor and Guemes Channel. Ferries pull in and out at the nearby terminal, and plenty of waterfowl can be seen along the shoreline. To get there, drive out to the San Juan Passage development and curl down to the water via Edwards Way. The trail is easy to spot — as in the other great trail out there, a paved portion of the Guemes Channel Trail that runs east along the water. Ferry passengers waiting for their boats can get to the trail by picking their way down the slope on the east side of the waiting lines and then walking along the beach. public course plays as long as 6,200 yards. The course designed by Rod Turner is rated 68.4 and has a slope rating of 110.

Come and experience for yourself the only Zip Line Tour in the San Juan Islands. Our family friendly zip tour features 8 zip lines that will take you through a beautiful forest, across a pristine lake and over protected wetlands. This tour is an amazing way to experience the natural landscape of San Juan Island while zipping from platform to platform through the forest canopy.

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TENNIS • Anacortes Middle School, M Avenue and 22nd Street, six tennis courts. • Clearidge Park, 1900 Block of Blakely Drive in Skyline, two tennis courts next to a basketball court. • Fidalgo Elementary School, 13590 Gibralter Road, two courts. The Anacortes Tennis Club holds clinics throughout the year for beginning, novice and intermediate players. It teaches basic techniques, tactics and strategies for this lifetime sport. For more information, contact the Anacortes Parks and Recreation Department at 293-1918.

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POOL Fidalgo Pool & Fitness Center 1603 22nd St. 293-0673 www.fidalgopool.com The 25-meter-by-25-yard pool has a water slide, 1-meter diving board, Ollie the inflatable Octopus, inner tubes and more. The average water temperature is 83 degrees. The water is treated with an ultraviolet system so chlorine is minimal. The pool’s weekly schedule includes family/open swims, lap swims, water aerobics, swim lessons, aqua arthritis and aquatic therapy sessions, water walks, preschool and prenatal swims and pool rentals. The upstairs fitness center offers aerobic and other exercise classes along with Nautilus equipment, free weights, treadmills and Stairmasters. Hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday and noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. FARMERS MARKET Depot Arts Center, Seventh Street and R Avenue Kerri Knapp, (360) 293-7922 www.anacortesfarmersmarket.org Anacortes’ Depot Arts Center is bustling each summer with folks stocking up on fresh vegetables, fruits and berries, artisan cheeses, fresh bakery goods and more at the Anacortes Farmers Market. Look for fresh fish, jam, honey, coffee, tea and fudge. Plants and fresh and dried flowers are also offered. Craft items include ceramics, photography, kitchen accessories, jewelry, garden art, knitwear, soaps and lotions and hand-spun yarns and clothing. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays from mid-May through mid-October. Indoor Winter Market is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. second Saturdays, January through April. FOREST LANDS The Anacortes Community Forest Lands encompass 2,800 acres preserved forever from development under a conservation easement program and overseen by the city, Skagit Land anacortesvisitor.com

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Trust and Friends of the Forest (www. friendsoftheacfl.org). Those acres include forest lands, meadows, wetlands, Mount Erie, Sugarloaf Mountain, and Cranberry, Whistle and Heart lakes. The 50 miles of trails in the Forest Lands accommodate hikers, bicyclists and horse riders. A limited number of trails are open to two-wheeled motorcycles during the warmer months. Dogs must be on a leash at all times in the Forest Lands. Maps of the Forest Lands are available at City Hall, the Anacortes Visitors Center and local merchants. PARKS • Washington Park, 6300 Sunset Ave., is 220-acres on the west side of Fidalgo Island. The park has day-use and overnight camping facilities for tents and RVs, a boat launch, picnic shelters, playground, showers and laundry facility. A 2.3-mile loop road around the park can be walked or driven. • Cap Sante Park, 1000 W Ave., is a 37-acre forested area at the top of Cap Sante on the northeast corner of the island. The park offers views of Fidalgo Bay, March Point and the rest of Fidalgo Island.

• Tommy Thompson Parkway has trail heads at 22nd Street and R Avenue, Fidalgo Bay RV Park, and 30th Street and U Avenue. The paved path for pedestrians and bicyclists runs along the west side of Fidalgo Bay, leading to a walkway over the bay on a former train trestle that connects to March Point. • Volunteer Park, 1915 13th St., is the city’s sports center with a fastpitch/Little League field, two regulation baseball fields, a soccer field and basketball court. The park also has a playground and walking paths. • Storvik Park, 110 32nd St., is home to the community-built Our Town Our Park playground. The nearly 9-acre park

has a Little League field, two basketball courts, picnic tables and barbecues. • Causland Memorial Park, 710 N Ave., is a 2-acre park dedicated to Anacortes veterans and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The park has decorative rock and black and white mosaic walls and structures, including a bandstand, amphitheater and terraces. • Ace of Hearts Rotary Park, 38th Street and H Avenue, has a newly constructed Little League field and fenced off-leash dog area complete with watering station, wash-off hose and a special area for smaller dogs. • John and Doris Tursi Park,

Plan a Picnic • Seafarers’ Memorial Park — An easy walk from downtown. Lots of grass, a beach and great views. Watch boats coming in and out of the Cap Sante Boat Haven. • Kiwanis Waterfront Park — Less than a mile west of town on Sixth Street right next to the Guemes Ferry terminal. Nice beach and the ship traffic in the Guemes Channel keeps things interesting. • Causland Memorial Park — A lovely spot a few blocks west of downtown on Seventh Street that’s on the National Register of Historic Places. Low, serpentine mosaic walls surround the park, and a bandstand, amphitheater and terraces are similarly made of colored pebble and rock mosaic. Lots of grass.

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2200 Pennsylvania Ave., is a small neighborhood park just east of the Anacortes Airport. The park has a pavilion made of raw cedar logs, playground, picnic tables, zip line and nature trail overseeing wetlands. • The Ben Root Skate Park, 2313 R Ave., has a 7,500-square-foot concrete skate area, lights, seating and nearby restrooms. Each summer, the park brings skateboarders from all over the region for the Anacortes Skatefest. • Kiwanis Waterfront Park, 1708 Sixth St., is a 2-acre park overlooking the Guemes Channel and the Guemes Island ferry landing. • Rotary Park, 701 T Ave., is a 1.5-acre park running along the shoreline of a Fidalgo Bay inlet north of the Cap Sante Boat Haven. The park has walking trails and a gazebo. ORGANIZATIONS • Friends of the Forest: Regular office hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at 619 Commercial Ave., Suite 32. (360) 293-3725. www. friendsoftheacfl.org • Old Anacortes Rowing and Sailing Society: Meets at 7:30 a.m. Fridays at San Juan Lanes Bar and Grill, 2821 Commercial Ave. www.oarss.org • Puget Sound Anglers Fidalgo Chapter: Meets at 6:30 p.m. third Tuesday of the month at Village Pizza, 807 Commercial Ave. www.psafidalgo.org

A park for dogs Anacortes has a leash law, but dogs have a great place to romp at Ace of Hearts Rotary Park (38th Street and H Avenue). There’s a huge off-leash area, and a special spot for small dogs. You’ll find water for the pets, pet waste disposal bags and portable restrooms — and lots of dog lovers. The park is busy all year. A temporary off-leash area is open near the Cap Sante Boat Haven at Ninth Street and Q Avenue. anacortesvisitor.com

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Viewpoints

hoosing the best viewpoint in Anacortes isn’t easy. With so many remarkable vistas easily accessible, you have so many choices. In fact, just driving around town you’ll be treated to gorgeous sunrises and sunsets and plenty of saltwater scenery. Here are some of our favorite spots. CAP SANTE Cap Sante, just a few minutes from downtown, provides the most scenic overview of the city itself. To get there from downtown, take Fourth Street east to the top, turn right and follow the road up to the park. There, you will be treated to a view of the city and the San Juans to the west, refineries and bays to the south and a stunning view of Mount Baker to the east. SUNSET BEACH Those who prefer to keep their feet on the ground will like the view of the San Juan Islands and ferry traffic from Sunset Beach in Washington Park at

the west end of our island. It’s about 15 minutes from downtown — and a great picnic spot. To get there, take 12th Street and follow it west as its name changes to Oakes Avenue, then Sunset Avenue. Follow it until it ends in the park. The beach is down to the right, below the playground. Washington Park’s Loop Road also offers great views. The first section offers views to the southwest, with a nice area with picnic tables at Green Point. At Fidalgo Head, there is a landmark madrona tree and beautiful views of Skyline, Mount Erie and Burrows Island. DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK There are scenic spots inside the park at Pass Lake, Rosario Beach and Bowman Bay. But the iconic photo spot is at the pullout on Highway 20, where visitors will find one of the bridge’s most scenic aspects. The 20-minute drive along the west side of the island is scenic in its own right.

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MOUNT ERIE Arguably the best viewpoint on the island is atop Mount Erie. The lookout is about 20 minutes from downtown in the center of the island. To get there, take H Avenue south and continue as it turns into Heart Lake Road. Past the lake, turn left into the park. A steep drive or long hike rises about 1,000 feet to a park donated to the city of Anacortes by the Anacortes Noon Kiwanis Club. Several pullouts near the top provide access to views in different directions, with a panoramic outlook that stretches from the North Cascades to Mount Rainier and back around to the Olympics. Hikers can get views to the north. The best viewpoint is just beyond the access to the huge cell tower at the top. On a clear day, the crystal blue Salish Sea studded with its gem-like green islands will startle your eyes and feed your soul. anacortesvisitor.com

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nacortes and Fidalgo Island have a well-deserved reputation for some of the finest weather in Western Washington. With a mere 26 inches of average rainfall and mostly or partly sunny skies at least 230 days of the year, Anacortes is an ideal location for anyone looking for a home with a mild climate and unlimited recreational activities. Lying at the eastern edge of the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, Anacortes is sheltered from the heavier precipitation of some of its neighboring cities. Everett to the south and Bellingham to the north get an average of 10 inches more rainfall than Anacortes. And just 15 miles east in Mount Vernon, the average rainfall is 32 inches a year. Spring on Fidalgo Island seems to last forever. It can begin in February when the daffodils and tulips start pushing their way through the soil, and it doesn’t end until July. During those five months the weather can be very unpredictable — warm and sunny one day with temperatures in the 70s, then pouring rain and wind the next. Summers are dry and warm and offer some of the best weather in the country for July through September. Summer temperatures are typically in the 70s, with very little humidity. Rainfall is minimal, with July and August averaging less than an inch. Winters are typically short and mild, with temperatures rarely dipping much below freezing. Average yearly snowfall in the city is just 5 inches. However, there are rare arctic breakouts that can send temperatures plummeting into single digits. Even though Fidalgo Island is relatively small, it still has a number of micro climates. The west side of the island has beautiful sunsets, but can be cooler with more fog and wind than other areas. The southeast end of the island is the driest, with an inch or two less rainfall than the downtown area. The downtown corridor generally has the warmest temperatures. But no matter where you live on Fidalgo Island, you’ll be in one of the best climate zones of the Northwest.

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argain hunters, art lovers and leather-clad bikers can all find major Anacortes events that will tickle their fancy. So will wine enthusiasts, dog lovers and antique engine buffs. APRIL • Quilt Walk and Quilt Show showcase the fabric art of the Fidalgo Island Quilters. Quilts are displayed throughout April at many shops and businesses participating in the walk. The Quilt Show is April 6-7 at Anacortes Middle School. www.fidalgoislandquilters.com. • Spring Wine Festival, April 14 at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed Event Center with tastes from dozens of wineries from around the state. www.anacortes.org. MAY • TrawlerFest, a celebration of the cruising-under-power lifestyle, is May 15-19 at Cap Sante Boat Haven. trawlerfest.com

JUNE • Anacortes Waterfront Festival, June 2-3 at Cap Sante Boat Haven, includes free boat rides, music, radiocontrolled boats, kids activities, a marine swap meet, booths and food. • St. MerryFest, June 8-10, has carnival rides, food and entertainment at St. Mary Catholic Church, 4001 St. Mary’s Drive. • Bark in the Park dog festival, June 9 at Storvik Park, includes demonstrations, contests and booths. JULY • Old-fashioned July 4 celebration, town photo, patriotic parade and picnic — complete with sack races and watermelon-eating contests. Fireworks display over Fidalgo Bay. • Kids-R-Best Fest, July 14, is a free event with inflatable toys, games, food, entertainment and more at Storvik Park, between 29th and 32nd streets. • Shipwreck Day Flea Market, July

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14, fills several blocks downtown with booths filled with plunder. AUGUST • Anacortes Arts Festival, Aug. 3-5, is the city’s biggest annual event and one of the largest arts festivals in the Northwest. Features 250 juried booth artisans, a fine art show, two stages of free music and youth activities. Demonstrating Art Area has steamroller block printing, blacksmithing, weaving, painting, chain saw art and more. www.anacortesartsfestival.com. SEPTEMBER • Antique Engine and Machinery Day, Sept. 8, brings about 2,000 visitors to check out tractors, trucks, engines, saws and steam boats. • Oyster Run, Sunday, Sept. 23. The largest motorcycle rally in the Pacific Northwest, it draws thousands of bikers to Anacortes. www.oysterrun.org.

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OCTOBER • Oktoberfest — Bier on the Pier festival, Oct. 12-13, features samples from 30 Northwest breweries at Pier I, First Street and Commercial Avenue. www. anacortes.org.

DECEMBER • Wonderland Walk, Dec. 7-8, features twinkling lights and decorations at Washington Park campsites decorated by community groups. A holiday stroll for all ages. www.cityofanacortes.org/parks. asp.

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ith numerous galleries, musical events, community theater productions, quilt activities, public art and ongoing art classes, it’s clear that Anacortes takes its arts seriously. And that’s without considering the town’s biggest annual event, the three-day Anacortes Arts Festival, which draws about 90,000 visitors each year. • Anacortes Arts Festival, Aug. 3-5, takes up Commercial Avenue from the waterfront to 10th Street. Highlights include 250 artisan booths, working artists, live music, food, entertainment, children’s activities and a juried fine art show. Pre-events include a gala dinner, Art Dash and the Arts at the Port opening celebration. • Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., has delighted audiences for 46 years. The 2012 season includes “Iron Curtain,” “Out of Sight, Out of Murder,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “Murder on the Nile,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “White Christmas.” Call 293-6829 or visit www.acttheatre. com. • Arts on the Avenue exhibit features sculptures along southern Commercial Avenue. Maps are at each sculpture and

at the Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center. • Arts in Anacortes, a guide to 300 pieces of publicly displayed art, is at the Visitors Center, Parks and Recreation at City Hall and anacortesartscommission. com. • Brewgrass and Jazz Walk — Five or six pubs and restaurants band together

for these annual musical celebrations of jazz, blues and bluegrass. Brewgrass is typically the second weekend in November. • Cap Sante Summer Concert Series — Enjoy free and family-friendly rock and blues concerts Friday nights in July and August, at Seafarers’ Memorial Park at Cap Sante Boat Haven. www.

Art abounds here • In 1915, with 11 of the 41 salmon canneries in operation between Blaine and Olympia located in Anacortes, the city was proud to be the salmonpacking capital of Puget Sound. Today images of some of the early labels have turned downtown trash cans into street art. • An elegant and striking bronze orca fin sails above the waterfront at the Cap Sante Boat Haven — right next to the marina office. The sculpture “Annie Curtis” was crafted by prominent Northwest artist Gerard Tsutakawa. • That woman gazing over town from the south side of the Wilson Hotel at Eighth Street and Commercial Avenue is Anne Curtis Bowman, wife of founding father Amos Bowman. Swedish artist Lisa Liedgren’s mural went up in 2007 as part of the redevelopment project at the historic hotel. • “Halibut Fisherman,” an oil on canvas work by legendary Northwest artist Kenneth Callahan — one of Life magazine’s “Mystic Painters of the Northwest” – is mounted inside the Anacortes post office.

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Owner-occupied housing: 59 percent Source: U.S. Census Bureau GOVERNMENT INFORMATION City of Anacortes 904 Sixth St. P.O. Box 547 Anacortes, WA 98221 Phone: (360) 293-1900 www.cityofanacortes.org

Anacortes has a strong mayor-city council system of government. The City Council meets in regular sessions on first and third Mondays, and in study sessions on second and fourth Mondays. The council sets policy, determines building codes and enacts ordinances. Mayor Dean Maxwell, now in his fifth term, is the city’s chief executive. He presides over council meetings and

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makes sure public policy is enforced. He also manages the city, doubling as city manager, and runs the city’s regional water utility. PUBLIC SAFETY Anacortes Police Department 1218 24th St. (360) 293-4684 Emergencies: 911 www.cityofanacortes.org/police.asp The department provides 24 hours a day, seven days a week patrol and emergency response service. The office is staffed 8 a.m. to 5. p.m. Monday through Friday. There are currently 24 commissioned police officers working and seven non-commissioned support staff. • Animal Control: Call 911. • Auxiliary Patrol: Capt. Grant Lightfoot at 293-4684; www. anacortesvisitor.com

cityofanacortes.org (click on the Police then Citizens Auxiliary Patrol options). Anacortes Fire Department 1016 13th St. (360) 293-1925 Emergencies: 911 www.cityofanacortes.org/fire.htm The Fire Department office in the main station is open 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. weekdays except holidays. The department staffs two other stations — 5209 Sunset Drive near the ferry terminal, staffed 24 hours, and 9029 Molly Lane, staffed 12 hours, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Emergency response is provided by two EMTs and 18 firefighter/paramedics. A minimum of four firefighter/ paramedics are on duty at any given time during a 24-hour period. NEW RESIDENT MOVE-IN PHONE NUMBERS Garbage and sewer: City of Anacortes (360) 293-1921 Recycling: Rabanco (800) 942-5965 Natural gas: Cascade Natural Gas (888) 522-1130 Water: City of Anacortes (360) 293-1909 Electricity: Puget Sound Energy (888) 225-5773 Voter registration: Skagit County (360) 336-9305

Did you know? • The 2010 America’s Cup winner, BMW Oracle, was built in Anacortes by Core Builders. The 90-foot trimaran won the 33rd edition of sailing’s premier event by routing defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in two races off the coast of Valencia, Spain. • The Port of Anacortes’ main warehouse at the marine terminal has come a long way from storing salmon coming from Alaska in its early days. Today the newly dubbed Transit Shed Event Center at the north end of Commercial Avenue is a go-to venue in town for weddings, dances, concerts and fundraising galas. • The Anacortes Sister Cities Association maintains strong ties with four sister cities: Lomonosov, Russia; Nikaho (formerly known as Kisakata), Japan; Sidney, British Columbia; and Vela Luka, Croatia. You’ll see the flags when you come into town on Highway 20. Travel and cultural exchanges, often involving students, are common. www.anacortessistercities.com SKAT runs buses throughout Skagit County and offers connector service to Bellingham, Everett and Whidbey Island. The main transfer location for most Skagit Transit routes is at 105 E. Kincaid St. in downtown Mount Vernon.

There is a park and ride lot east of Anacortes at March Point. Skagit Transit also offers Dial-A-Ride service for people whose disabilities and conditions prevent them from traveling on fixed routes.

information Anacortes Chamber of Commerce 819 Commercial Ave., suite F (360) 293-7911 www.anacortes.org TRANSPORTATION SKAGIT TRANSIT (360) 757-4433 www.skagittransit.org Skagit Transit provides bus service in Anacortes Monday through Saturday. Route 410 includes stops at the Guemes Ferry terminal, the Washington State Ferries terminal and March Point. Route 49 runs from 10th Street and Q Avenue downtown to Island Hospital. anacortesvisitor.com

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WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES (888) 808-7977 www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries Washington State Ferries provides passenger and car service from its Anacortes terminal to Orcas Island, Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, and Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. The terminal is located at the end of Highway 20, about 4 miles west of downtown Anacortes. Citizens of the United States and Canada need to have either a passport or an enhanced driver’s license to enter or depart the United States by sea. GUEMES ISLAND FERRY (360) 293-6356 www.skagitcounty.net Skagit County provides ferry service for passengers and vehicles from Anacortes across the Guemes Channel to Guemes Island. The dock is located at Sixth Street and I Avenue. The crossing takes five minutes. ANACORTES AIRPORT 4000 Airport Road (360) 299-1829

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The Port of Anacortes operates the airport on Airport Road in northwest Fidalgo Island. The airport hosts corporate and private aircraft and offers space for business tenants. San Juan Airlines operates several flights a day to the San Juan Islands, Bellingham and other destinations. Charters and scenic flights also are available. For information and reservations, call San Juan Airlines at (800) 874-4434. Other services at the airport include fuel, hangars, tie downs, aircraft service, flight instruction and maintenance and modification. INDUSTRY Major industries include two large refineries on March Point, several boat building and repair businesses and two seafood processing plants. Shell Puget Sound Refinery and the anacortesvisitor.com

Anacortes Tesoro Refinery employ close to 800 people from maintenance workers to engineers. Both plants, which were constructed and opened in the 1950s, convert crude petroleum into fuels. One of the largest boat building and repair businesses in Anacortes leases waterfront land at the Port of Anacortes’ marine terminal. Dakota Creek Industries, established in 1975, employs close to 200 workers. The company was recently awarded a $74 million contract to build a Navy research ship. Additional marine businesses in the city include North Harbor Diesel, San Juan Yachts, Cap Sante Marine, Cortland Puget Sound Rope, Northern Marine and Northwest Yachts. Cortland Puget Sound Rope, which recently moved into a new office building, develops and produces ropes that are engineered for difficult applications and harsh environments, often offshore, in a 70,000-square-foot facility at the port. The two major seafood processing businesses are Trident Seafoods and Sugiyo USA Inc. Together they employ about 300 workers. Trident opened in 1973 and is part of a corporation that harvests, processes and markets seafood. Sugiyo introduced surimi-based seafood products to Americans. Surimi is fish paste that with snow crab meat and other ingredients is turned into imitation crab. THE PORT OF ANACORTES FOUNDED: 1926 MAJOR FACILITIES: The 950-slip Cap Sante Boat Haven, Anacortes Airport, 30-acre marine terminal GOVERNANCE: Five commissioners, elected from five individual districts, who serve four-year terms and an executive director. MAJOR TENANTS: Dakota Creek Industries, Puget Sound Rope, Northwest Marine Technology, Micro Aerodynamics and Transpac Marinas. INFORMATION: (360) 293-3134 www.portofanacortes.com anacortesvisitor.com

MEDIAN HOME PRICE Skagit County — $200,000 Anacortes — $287,000 (Source: Northwest Multiple Listing Service, year-to-date December 2011)

LIBRARY ANACORTES PUBLIC LIBRARY 1220 10th St. (360) 293-1910 http://library.cityofanacortes.org

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The Anacortes Library offers much more than books — it is also a thriving community center, a showcase for art, a computer lab and a venue for films, music, lectures and events. Recently celebrating its centennial year, the library was a vital public institution even before it officially opened in March 1911. The 1910 Carnegie Library building served Anacortes readers and researchers for more than 50 years, until the library moved into the old hospital building at Ninth Street and M Avenue in 1968. That facility served the community 35 years. In 1999 a group of citizens began working to replace the cramped old building. The community passed a bond in 2000 and the spacious new $6.9 million facility opened in January 2003.

NEWSPAPERS Anacortes American, weekly, 901 Sixth St., Anacortes, (360) 293-3122, www.goanacortes.com Skagit Valley Herald, daily, 1215 Anderson Road, Mount Vernon, (360) 424-3251, www.goskagit.com TELEVISION/PUBLIC ACCESS Channel 10, Anacortes. City’s government access channel broadcasting City Council and Port of Anacortes Commission meetings, public notices, community events and related programming.

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Since then, the community has lavished the facility with resources, such as artwork, a bequest from the Manieri family for a jazz collection and an anonymous gift for a maritime collection. Volunteers also help with library tasks, raise money and sell books in the FriendShop. • Friends of the Library: Meets second Thursdays in the library. Call Beverly Reed at (360) 293-4149. • Anacortes Public Library Foundation: call Cynthia Harrison at (360) 293-1910 ext. 23. ANACORTES CINEMAS Three screens 415 O Ave., Anacortes (360) 293-7000 www.farawayentertainment.com/ anacortes.html SHOPPING/RETAIL Most of Anacortes’ stores are along Commercial Avenue, from just past the roundabout at the entrance to town to

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near the Guemes Channel. The arch at 10th Street welcomes you to Historic Downtown Anacortes, which is filled with locally owned shops, art galleries and restaurants. Anacortes has a wide range of service and retail businesses, including two major grocery stores, several drug stores, two large hardware stores, a lumberyard and a furniture store. Two auto dealerships are in the commercial area along Highway 20 at the eastern edge of town. The nearest shopping mall is Cascade Mall in Burlington, which is about a 30-minute drive. SOCIAL SERVICES THE ISLANDS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS 2900 T Ave. (360) 293-2911 www.theislandsredcross.org The chapter has been chartered since 1918, offering disaster preparedness and health and safety classes. THE SALVATION ARMY 3001 R Ave. (360) 293-6682 Assists people with food boxes from

its food bank, rental assistance, energy assistance and gas for transport in a medical emergency. ANACORTES 100 FOOD BANK 512 Fourth St. (360) 293-6445 ANACORTES FAMILY CENTER 1011 27th St. (360) 293-2993 www.anacortesfamily.org The emergency shelter provides nine temporary housing units for homeless families. During a limited stay, residents receive support from a case manager as they build the skills they need to transition out of homelessness. GENTRY HOUSE ADULT DAY CARE 1208 Seventh St. (360) 293-4466 www.skagitadultdaycare.org (click on Gentry House) Gentry House offers a safe, nurturing and fun place where people with Alzheimer’s disease and similar conditions can stay for a few hours while their family members get a needed respite from the demands of caregiving.

Did you know? Island Hospital, well aware that art can improve the hospital experience and soothe and help heal patients, is home to a large and varied collection of uplifting and inspiring art — much of it from local artists. The folks at the Island Hospital Foundation office (use the 24th Street entrance) can point the way. The Anacortes Public Library is another hot spot for art — and jazz. There are free jazz concerts at the library on the second Sunday of each month. They complement the Manieri Jazz and Swing Music Collection. Stop in and listen. Thrift shops operated by Anacortes service clubs, churches and nonprofits return more than $250,000 a year to the community — and offer some great shopping. The Soroptimist shop at 1107 Third Street is good for clothes and household items, and the Kiwanis shop at 420 O Ave. is full of tools and treasures.

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HEALTH CARE ISLAND HOSPITAL 1211 24th St. (360) 299-1300 www.islandhospital.org Publicly owned Island Hospital takes pride in offering big-hospital services at its small acute-care facility. With 43 beds, it is the smallest hospital in Washington with Level III Trauma care accreditation. The hospital’s main entrance is at 1211 24th St. The Emergency Department’s entrance on 26th Street is best reached from Commercial Avenue. A certified ER physician and trained emergency nurses are on duty 24 hours a day. Also known as Skagit County Public Hospital District No. 2, Island Hospital serves western Skagit County, north Whidbey Island and the San Juan Islands. The main hospital campus and a family care clinic are in Anacortes, and a clinic is on Lopez Island. Medical staff includes more than 100 physicians and other providers. Since it was built in 1962, Island Hospital has grown with the community. A major renovation and expansion project was completed recently, largely funded by a $30.5 million voterapproved bond. A new Medical Arts Pavilion housing cancer care, wound care and physical therapy services opened in January. The hospital’s spectrum of services includes inpatient and outpatient surgery, a Birth Center, home health care, acute and critical care, respiratory care, lab services and rehabilitation services. Diagnostic imaging includes MRI and CAT scanning, Dual Energy X-ray, mammography and nuclear medicine. OTHER SERVICES • Island Health Resource Center, 1211 24th St., (360) 299-1397, offers support and education such as free SHIBA insurance counseling, support groups, health classes and free/low-cost screenings. • The Cancer Care Center, in anacortesvisitor.com

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the upper level of the Medical Arts Pavilion, 1015 25th St., (360) 299-4200, is accredited by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. Physicians and nurses have specialized cancer care training and certification. The center offers chemotherapy, medication administration and blood product transfusion. • Island Hospital Sleep Wellness Center, 1110 22nd St., (360) 299-8676, has a board-certified sleep disorders physician to help patients get to sleep. • Prenatal Care Center, 2601 M Ave., suite C (360) 293-6973, provides maternity and infant care for lowincome families. • Island Hospital Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy, in the Medical Arts Pavilion, 1015 25th St., (360) 293-1328, is a comprehensive center helping patients manage pain, restore function and prevent further injury. • Island Hospital Auxiliary: Meets 12:30 p.m. for coffee social followed by

regular meeting at 1 p.m. first Mondays September through June in the hospital’s Cypress Room (360) 299-4201 www.islandhospital.org (click on Auxiliary) • Island Hospital Foundation 1211 24th St. (360) 299-4201 www.islandhospitalfoundation.org SENIOR CENTER ANACORTES SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER 1701 22nd St. (360) 293-7473 www.skagitseniors.org The center offers a variety of activities for the senior population, including exercise classes, group games like pool and bridge, art lessons, information sessions and wellness activities. It also serves lunch on weekdays. Suggested donation for seniors 60 and older is $3-5; lunch charge for everyone else is $6.

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EDUCATION ANACORTES SCHOOL DISTRICT 2200 M Ave. (upstairs) (360) 293-1200 www.asd103.org The Anacortes School District has an early childhood education center (for birth to kindergarten), three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. It offers an alternative program at Cap Sante High School and a community college partnership through Running Start. The district is also home to the regional Deaf and Hard of Hearing program for kids from preschool through high school. The district’s enrollment is around 2,500 students and its budget is about $26 million. The district is overseen by an elected five-member board. Unlike many other districts that place students in schools based on where they live, the Anacortes School District has open enrollment. Families can request which school they want their child to attend. Test scores are consistently above the state’s average. The district was awarded a rating of 7 (on a scale of 1-10) by Great Schools, a nonprofit group working to improve K-12 education by inspiring parents to get involved. It rates schools based on state standardized test scores as compared to comparable districts throughout the state and against state average scores. Cap Sante High School is an alternative program offering different options for students in grades 9-12 who “have not found success in a traditional school setting,” the program’s brochure states. Running Start is a partnership between Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon and area high schools. It allows eligible high school juniors and seniors to take college level courses tuition free. Students get high school and college credit for completed classes.

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SCHOOLS • Whitney Early Childhood Education Center 1200 M Ave. (360) 293-9536 • Fidalgo Elementary School 13590 Gibralter Road (360) 293-9545 • Island View Elementary School 2501 J Ave. (360) 293-3149 • Mount Erie Elementary School 1313 41st St. (360) 293-9541 • Anacortes Middle School 2202 M Ave. (360) 293-1230 • Anacortes High School 1600 20th St. (360) 293-2166 • Cap Sante High School (alternative, grades 9-12) 1600 20th St. (360) 293-2166 NORTHWEST CAREER AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY The Northwest Career and Technical Academy offers a satellite campus in Anacortes that focuses on marine skills technology. It is a partnership between Skagit Valley College and county high schools. The center is a place where students can gain marine skills, enter the work anacortesvisitor.com

force and have living-wage jobs. The facility includes four primary labs with adjoining teacher offices and physical and visual connections to a central project area that links to a covered outside work area. Visit www.nwtech.k12.wa.us.

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anacortes, Wa

The Northwestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier coastal community Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re building a neighborhood that embraces and enhances an active coastal lifestyle. Quality, right-sized homes built with attention to livability, craftsmanship and the use of earth friendly materials. Drought-resistant, native landscaping brings the residences, parks and tree-lined streets together as one. And a sense of place and community grows every day.

Models open daily, 11-4pm or by appointment. From Anacortes, take hwy. 20 (12th Ave.) west for 3 miles.The entrance to San Juan Passage is on the right hand side, just before the ferry terminal.

www.sanjuanpassage.com 360-588-6900

Center for health & wellness for West Skagit & the San Juan Islands! III Emergency Department, state-of-the-art Diagnostic Imaging and a full range of high-quality services from the Birth Center to Home Healthcare.

• Aesthetic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery

299-4200

Anacortes Family Medicine

299-4211

• Cardiopulmonary Rehab

299-4242

• Diagnostic Services, including Mammography, DEXA

299-1315

• Family Birth Center

299-1331

• Fidalgo Medical Associates

293-3101

• Home Health Services

299-1302

• Island Hospital Foundation

299-4201

OUR PROMISE

Your best healthcare experience begins at Island Hospital. We always place your emotional and

IMMEDIATE CARE!

Same-day appointments available! Walk-ins welcome! 2511 M Avenue, Suite B • Anacortes

• Physcal, Occupational & Speech Therapy

299-1328

• Plastic Surgery Center

588-2081

• Psychiatry & Behavioral Health

299-4297

• Island Prenatal Care Center

• Surgery Center - Inpatient & Outpatient

• Island Surgeons

• Sleep Wellness Center

• Lifeline

• Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine

293-6973

299-1300 299-8676

293-5142

(360) 899-4600

293-7563

• Merle Cancer Care Center

299-4200

Main Switchboard (360) 299-1300 1211 24th Street / Anacortes • islandhospital.org