Cornet cowboy’s book published

>His is not an Anacortes story — but he’s only a bay away!
I haven’t read the book yet, but I learned today of the release of “The Singin’ Salmon Man,” an autobiography by Arnie Deckwa of North Whidbey Island.
I first met Arnie as a reporter at the Whidbey News-Times in Oak Harbor, and over the course of my years at the paper I wrote at least two or three feature stories about him. “The story,” you see, kept changing.
As noted in the press release about his book, Arnie has worn career hats ranging from sheriff’s deputy and commercial fisherman to country gospel singer and gourmet food entrepreneur. I get a kick out of the book’s foreword, which tags Arnie as “the first and only cowboy ever to ride into the history of Nashville’s Country Music on smoked salmon.”
To learn more about Arnie, his book and his Northwest seafood products company, visit http://www.cornetbay.com/.