July 3, 1919
It was reported to the city council at its meeting last night that Heart Lake water is still being used to supply the city, in spite of the fact that the council ordered it shut off at the request of health officer, Dr. H.E. Frost, at its last meeting, and in spite of the fact that it was shut off at that time.

July 4, 1929
X-rays taken disclose that two ribs were broken when Tom Conway, fire chief, fell in the kiln at the Western Cedar Shingle company, when it was ablaze last week. Mr. Conway states that they pain him, but he is able to be out and take it easy.

July 6, 1939
With about 200 stockholders, as active members of the Anacortes Veneer Company Incorporated, at the present time only about 40 more stockholders in the company will be accepted, was word released from the Anacortes plant this week. Once the desired amount of holders in the company has been reached, no more stock will be issued, and persons needed for the mill other than stockholders will be employed by the plant from men needing positions in town. Workers taken on in addition to the stockholders will however be accorded work only when it is necessary to keep up on orders at the plant.

July 7, 1949
Purchase of the 65 foot purse seine boat “Frisco” by two local men and two out of town men was revealed here this week. The purse seiner will be another addition to the fishing fleet of Anacortes and will fish this summer for the Fishermen’s Packing Corporation plant. The new boat owners are John Plancich and brother Vince and George Plancich of Tacoma and Mike Pirak of Anacortes. The ship will be captained by Mike Pirak of Anacortes.

July 1, 1959
Several Anacortes homes were without water for a short time yesterday afternoon as a wooden main broke beneath Anacortes Veneer. The leak dropped pressure for about an hour, said City Engineer F.E. (Knobby) Clark.

July 4, 1979
The Supreme Court ruling earlier this week on the Boldt decision in no way will stop protests of that decision by area fishermen, gillnetter and fishing rights activists, Bill Lowman said Tuesday. Lowman said the ruling, which essentially upholds the 1974 decision by Federal Judge George Boldt allocating large percentages of salmon and steelhead runs to treaty Indian tribes, “didn’t settle anything. It just started things rolling again faster than ever.”

July 5, 1989
City officials will be asked next week whether the Ship Harbor resort project should receive an additional five years to obtain a building permit, under terms of permits granted in July 1984. Ship Harbor’s proponents were given five years to obtain a building permit for the resort, condominium and 500-slip marina project near the state ferry dock.
If the request by land owner the Port of Anacortes is granted, the new deadline would be Jan. 4, 1994.
— From the archives of the Anacortes American