It was a homecoming of sorts last week when Marie Jacobsen and Karen Williams (center) attended the grand opening of The Bank of the Pacific at 801 Commercial Avenue. The bank is located in a building originally built as a movie theater, and these women worked as ushers when they were young. As evidence by the Marilyn Monroe cutout to the right, the bank opening followed the theme of a movie premiere, complete with red carpet, popcorn, candy and “stars.” Among dignitaries were bank CEO Dennis Long and his wife, pictured here. The theater was called the Paramont, and featured a vertical sign out front. Branch Manager Mike Trafton elected to go with a vertical neon sign out front, too. Interior design follows the period theme with amazing woodwork, and a wall of photographs from the Anacortes Museum Wallie Funk Collection tells the story of the theater and the community it served.