“King for a Day” Wallie Funk enjoyed an afternoon of friends, family and fond memories at a public event acknowledging his 90th birthday. Funk, an Anacortes native, split a newspaper publishing career between Anacortes and Oak Harbor. Assisting him with the “candle ceremony” on his cake were Anacortes Mayor Dean Maxwell and Anacortes Arts Festival publicist Rita James. An audience of several hundred included sons Mark and Carl and their families. U.S. Representative Rick Larsen also stopped by to pay his regards. Among other things, Funk was honored with a modest gift in recognition of his one-man campaign to raise $100,000 for scholarships to the Northwest Marine Tech Center in Anacortes. Emcee was former Anacortes American publisher Duncan Frazier. More photos pending in the Activities section.