Anacortes, WA

Congratulations are in order to the Anacortes swimmers from the Thunderbird Aquatic Club that made it into the Pacific NW Swimming Short Course Champs meet! We are sending 9 - count them - NINE swimmers this December to the meet in Federal Way over the weekend of the 13th and 14th.

The Thunderbirds are a USA swimming club with age group swimmers from the very very young to the very very... well, you know what I mean! If you'd like more info about the Thunderbirds, see the website at www.thunderbirdswim.org.

Please support our local Anacortes pool. Not only is it the home of the Thunderbirds, it is an invaluable community asset. The next time a pool levy is on the ballot, remember that we are so lucky to have such a great faciility!

Broadniak hall is decked out for the holidays! First, it's the Nutcracker, performed by Fidalgo DanceWorks. A holiday tradition, especially in Anacortes. Only two shows, so get there early - they will both sell out as usual! Saturday, December 13 at 7pm and Sunday, December 14 at 3pm.

Anacortes High School Holiday Choir Concert is Monday at 7pm. Our choir is excellent - if you haven't seen them yet- please go to this concert. From contemporary to traditional holiday selections, our choir director likes to mix it up and she really inspires these kids. They are great!

Next up it's the Holiday High School Band concert. Go Band! This is a lot of fun and will get you in the holiday mood with great symphonic band selections and some really cool drumline performances. 'Cause nothing says Christmas like a good drumline! Tuesday at 7pm.

By the way - in case you haven't had the pleasure of attending anything at Brodniak Hall, it's at the North end of the High School. Go East on 17th to the end to enter the parking lot. Brodniak is just South of the Gymnasium.

Attention Anacortes Boaters!

The annual Anacortes Boat Parade will be on December 19, 2008 from 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM

The boats travel up Guemes Channel from Can Sante Boat Haven to just past Lourvic's and then back to Cap Sante. The events grows each year with more boats and usually Santa is on one of the boats.

La Conner and Anacortes boaters can meet up and form a line in Fidalgo Bay outside of Cap Sante Boat Haven.

If you would like to participate call 360.507.9999 or sign up sheet at Harbor Master office, Skipper Cress Yacht Sales and Island Adventures.

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The 2009 Port of Anacortes budget has been approved and this is great news for Anacortes home owners! Since our property taxes are budget based, the funds that taxpayers pay this year will about the same as last year....$530,000. The millage reate will actually go down one cent per $1,000 to $.84/$1000 (this is just for the Port of Anacortes portion of property taxes).

The budget eas based on the moorage rate for the Cap Sante Boat Haven to increase by only 5% rather than 10% which is great news for Anacortes boaters. It also included some environmental clean up projects and a new boat ramp at Wyman's Marina another plus for boaters!

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