Anacortes residents responded in a big way last Saturday to a community-wide food drive held on behalf of the Salvation Army Food Bank. KLKI radio station served as “base” for the food drive, conducted by student athletes from Anacortes High School. Also featured during the day was the kickoff of the Christmas Kettle campaign, the Salvation Army’s major annual fund-raiser. Before day’s end, students delivered about 8,000 pounds of food. The kettle drew about $2,500 in donations after being “primed” by Mayor Dean Maxwell. Local business people Nels Strandberg, Bill Wooding and Ray Sizemore donated a total of 1,333 pounds of holiday turkeys, following in the wake of a $1,000 donation for Thanksgiving turkeys given by Allan Schroeder of Portalis Homes. Recent donations also included about 600 pounds of food collected by students and staff from Secret Harbor School. If you’d like to help, call the Salvation Army Anacortes Corps at 293-6682 or mail to PO Box 303, Anacortes 98221.