Shortly after noon Saturday, Anne Thompson cut the ribbon in a ceremony dedicating the 3.8-mile Tommy Thompson Parkway stretching from downtown Anacortes to Fidalgo Bay. Anne (right) is the widow of Tommy Thompson, whose dream was to run a narrow gauge railway along the northeast perimeter of the island. That dream was not realized, but the public parkway is now a reality. Pictured here with Thompson are City Parks and Recreation Director Gary Robinson (center) and resort manager Bob Shepard. Robinson was instrumental in negotiating purchase of 29 acres of land from Burlington Northern Railroad for $81,000. Host of the Saturday event was the Samish Indian Nation, owner of Fidalgo Bay Resort. The resort property was once the site of a Samish village.