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  • Circus atmosphere at weekend protest

    Lisa Obermuller|May 18, 2016

    Local law enforcement agencies prepared for thousands of protestors during the Break Free event to draw attention to the Anacortes refineries. Bronlea Mishler, Skagit County’s communication coor-dinator for the event, said there were an estimated 750 people actually participating in the protest. She said it was only a rough guess because they were protesting in different locations. Dozens of people paddled their kayaks in Fidalgo Bay, more than 100 camped on the train tracks at Farm to Market R...