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EVERETT — A bipartisan experiment that seemed to promise great things a year ago
ended in a public meeting Monday, when John Koster lost his job as Snohomish County’s first ombudsman. The decision on reappointing Koster rested with the County
Council. Executive John Lovick, a Democrat, had urged them to say no because of Koster’s choice to lend his name to an antiunion fundraising letter. Koster, a former three-term Republican councilman, sat across from his former colleagues Monday pleading to keep his job.
“I would like to think that my reappointment will be considered in light of the work that we have done,” he said. Political affiliation and union membership, Koster said, never entered into his thought process See KOSTER, back page, this section
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Brianna Darby (from left), Sonia Vega-Hillaire, Keegan McKenna and Isabella Moore mourn the victims of the Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting during a vigil Monday sponsored by Victim Support Services on its two-month anniversary at Comeford Park.
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MARYSVILLE — They stood shoulder to shoulder. The soft glow from their candles contrasted against the cheerful holiday lights strung around the park. “Nobody should ever have to walk through it alone,” Nancy Hawley told the crowd. “You are not alone in your grief.” About 30 people huddled together Monday night at Comeford Park in Marysville to remember the young people whose lives were taken by
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gunfire at Marysville Pilchuck High School. They also were encouraged to find hope. Wednesday will mark two months since the violence. “Whatever pain we bring to this gathering we share,” said Hawley, of Victim Support Services. The Everett-based nonprofit organizes candlelight remembrance services every December to honor lives lost. Advocates understand that the holidays can be particularly difficult for survivors. Staff believed it was important to hold a special ceremony to honor those young people who
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were killed at the high school. On Oct. 24 a freshman used a handgun to shoot his friends at lunch before he committed suicide. Killed were Andrew Fryberg, 15, and Zoe Galasso, Shaylee Chuckulnaskit and Gia Soriano, all 14. Nate Hatch, 14, is the only victim to survive. Three girls huddled together Monday night. They are students at Marysville Getchell High School and attended middle school with some of the victims. “It’s important that we come together and remember them, that we come together to celebrate their lives,” said Katie Felix, 14.
Hello, Comcast “I feel all right; I’m gonna take on the world”: Days after President Barack Obama said the U.S. would respond to computer hacking by North Korea “in a place and manner and time that we choose,” the Asian nation suffered extensive Internet outages (Page A7). Dear Abby. . . . B3 Good Life . . . . B1
Catherine Konteh is a mom. She doesn’t know any of the families who lost children but she felt compelled to attend Monday’s service. She said she wanted to support the parents. Their children’s lives mattered, Konteh said. “They’ll be in my thoughts,” she said, reaching for her 11-year-old daughter’s hand. Hawley urged people to continue to “reach out to each other in love.” Behind her a business sign read: “MP Strong.” Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463; hefley@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @dianahefley.
“Extensive Internet outages” in North Korea means that Dear Leader Kim Jong-un was unable to watch the Disney Channel’s “Girl Meets World,” on his smartphone. Living in a material world: After unauthorized tracks of her upcoming album were leaked online, pop diva
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punch, a life is ended Police say a pact between classmates, both 18, was meant to settle a fender bender, but killed one teen and landed the other in jail. By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
EVERETT — The punch, it’s alleged, was consensual — a mutually agreed-upon yet ultimately tragic attempt between two high school students at making amends. The lone blow outside a Lake Roesiger cabin early Sunday morning ended one life and landed an 18-year-old classmate in the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of manslaughter. Michael Galen, 18, was supposed to start a new job Monday at a fast-food restaurant. Instead, the young man from Lake Stevens was wearing green and white jail coveralls at a hearing where a judge found probable cause to hold him on $10,000 bail. The victim was Jarom Thomas, the Granite Falls School District said in a Facebook post urging support for his grieving family. Both Thomas, 18, and Galen attended Crossroads High School in Granite Falls, officials said. Shortly after midnight Sunday, the pair got into a confrontation following a fender bender outside a party in the 900 block of SW Lake Roesiger Road. Witnesses allege Galen punched Thomas in the face, knocking him unconscious. Thomas fell backward and hit his head on the concrete pavement, sheriff ’s office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. Earlier, Galen was alone in a friend’s car that was struck by a car driven by Thomas. The other vehicle had minimal damage. Galen allegedly confronted his classmate and became upset when the other teen called him a liar. The two exchanged words and pushed each other, according to a probable cause statement. At some point they reportedly agreed to resolve their differences by having Galen punch Thomas once in the face. A witness said the pair even shook hands after reaching their pact and smoked a cigarette together. See PUNCH, back page, this section
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1788, Maryland ceded 10 square miles of property, which became Washington, D.C. (Today in History, Page B4). Noting that Congress doesn’t seem to be doing anything with it, Maryland has asked for its land back.
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British singer Joe Cocker dies of lung cancer By David Bauder Associated Press
NEW YORK — Joe Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends,” the teary ballad “You Are So Beautiful” and a contorted performing style uncannily parodied by John Belushi on “Saturday Night Live,” has died. He was 70. His London-based agent, Barrie Marshall, said Cocker died Monday of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. Cocker, an interpreter more than a writer, became a star through his dazzling transformation of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends.” Featuring a gospel-styled arrangement and furious call and response between Cocker and the backup singers, the song became
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a No. 1 hit in England and the highlight of his characteristically manic set at the Woodstock festival in 1969. In a statement Monday, Paul McCartney remembered hearing Cocker’s cover of the song he and John Lennon co-wrote for Ringo Starr and finding it “just mind blowing,” a
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His other popular covers included “Feelin’ Alright,” “The Letter” and “Cry Me a River,” a song previously recorded by one of Cocker’s greatest influences, Ray Charles. His voice, at times so worn it seemed in danger of shredding, was just one part of his legend. No Cocker fan could forget his intense, twitchy stage presence, his arms flailing, his hips stretching, his face contorting. Cocker was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and was singing with local bands by the time he was a teenager. His early groups included Vance Arnold and the Avengers and the Grease Band, which backed him on “With A Little Help From My Friends.” Cocker moved to Crawford, Colorado, a town of fewer than 500 people, in the early 1990s. He and his wife, Pam, ran a
children’s educational foundation — the Cocker Kids Foundation — that raised funds for the town and schools, and ran the Mad Dog Cafe for several years in town, said Tom Wills, publisher of The North Fork Merchant Herald, a local community newspaper. Wills said Cocker bought about 40 acres of property and built a hillside mansion — which he called Mad Dog Ranch — when he moved to Colorado. A group of Cocker’s friends gathered Monday at community radio station KVNF to play Cocker’s songs. Cocker is survived by his wife, Pam; a brother; a step daughter and two grandchildren. A private memorial is planned. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Cocker Kids’ Foundation, P.O. Box 404, Crawford, CO. 81415.
Court grants orangutan basic rights
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“soul anthem.” “I was forever grateful for him for doing that,” McCartney said. “I knew him through the years as a good mate, and I was so sad to hear that he had been ill and really sad to hear today that he had passed away.” Cocker’s “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” tour and
traveling party of 1970, featuring Leon Russell and numerous top session musicians, produced a film and a recording that went gold. But future success was more sporadic, and Cocker suffered from both drug and financial problems. He had a top 10 hit in 1975 on “You Are So Beautiful,” his voice cracking on the final, emotional note, and won a Grammy Award in 1983 for his “Up Where We Belong” duet with Jennifer Warnes, the theme of the movie “An Officer and a Gentleman.” His cover of Bryan Adams’ “When the Night Comes” was featured in the film “An Innocent Man” and became a top 20 single in 1990. Cocker, who received an Order of the British Empire in 2011 for his contribution to music, released 40 albums and continued to tour after the hits stopped.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An orangutan that has lived 20 years at the Buenos Aires zoo is entitled to some legal rights enjoyed by humans, an Argentine court has ruled, a decision the ape’s attorney called unprecedented and a ticket to greater freedom. The ruling comes a month after a local animal
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$1.50 stymies request for 2 centuries of records The man who demanded county documents dating back to 1776 claims the fee equals a denial of access. By Scott North Herald Writer
EVERETT — A man’s anonymous demand for every record at the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office back to 1776 is no longer being honored. That’s because he abandoned the request by failing for 30 days to collect documents
that had been gathered together for him as the first installment, said Sara Di Vittorio, the deputy prosecutor who advises county departments on responding to public records requests. In a brief phone conversation on Monday the man accused the sheriff’s office of denying him access but offered no details. “My attorneys are handling it.
I’ve got to go,” he said. The man, who uses the online identities “Anon ymous,” “Alex Jones Teleprompter Technician,” and “Publius Publicus,” filed the records request in November. He demanded the sheriff’s office provide him copies “in whatever form available, of each and every document in your agency’s possession of any and every kind whatsoever without exception or limitation except as provided by narrow exception of law.” His request stretched from that
day — Nov. 18 — all the way back to July 4, 1776. That’s when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. It also was 85 years before the county was established, and 113 years before Washington became a state. The county said it considered the request vexatious, but had no choice but to attempt to comply. When offered the first installment, the man refused to pay $1.50 for materials used in copying, Di Vittorio said.
The county routinely charges $1.50 to cover the cost of each DVD it uses when copying requested records. Under the state’s records law, governments are allowed to charge for reasonable copying costs. In a Dec. 3 email, the man told the sheriff’s office the $1.50 was out of line, and that “by demanding payment without lawful authority to do so, you are effectively denying my request.” See RECORDS, Page A4
Everett council ponders parking regulations Construction plans for the county courthouse don’t include enough parking spaces. By Chris Winters Herald Writer
today is that what the state is doing is illegal. Judge Pechman wants to hear what the solution is,” said David Carlson with Disability Rights Washington. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Bruce Weiss reached a similar conclusion earlier this year in the case of a mentally ill woman accused of throwing a child out a window. She was too sick to assist her lawyer. She had been held in the Snohomish County Jail for two months, waiting for a bed at
EVERETT — The Everett City Council is considering a change in parking regulations that could cost Snohomish County a lot of money. The focus is the planned new Snohomish County Courthouse, a $162 million project. Construction is scheduled to begin next year and last 22 months. The problem, as the city sees it, is that the courthouse design doesn’t include enough parking. The current proposed design for the courthouse includes only about 35 parking spaces for eight floors and a basement, which include 250,000 square feet of office space. “We’ve made it a priority that large government organizations won’t create hardship on the private sector,” Mayor Ray Stephanson said in introducing an ordinance at the Dec. 10 Everett City Council meeting. Government office buildings experience heavy usage, said Allan Giffen, the city’s director of planning and community development. “There was some discussion between the (Snohomish County) executive’s office and the mayor’s office about doing more, and that had fallen apart,” Giffen said. The city’s Central Business District zone, which was designated in 2006, doesn’t require offstreet parking for non-residential buildings. The council on Wednesday will consider adopting the ordinance, which would require large government or other public service buildings to install one off-street parking space for every 800 square feet of office space. For the 250,000 square-foot courthouse, that means the county would have to provide 312 off-street parking spaces. Deputy County Executive Mark Ericks said the county staff is studying the proposed ordinance and talking with city staff. It’s uncertain, Ericks said, if the new ordinance would apply to the courthouse or if the building would be grandfathered under current zoning rules. Another question concerns the county’s
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Desmond Bluehorse, 10, (right) plays basketball with other campers before the start of the Nike N7 basketball camp at the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club on Dec. 15.
For generations to come Basketball partnership aims to create well-rounded children
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TULALIP — The gym at the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club echoed with the shouts of scores of kids and the pounding of basketballs. Inside the club community room, more kids sat in circles and played games and talked about their feelings. The occasion was the first of what is hoped will be many days of physical education under
the imprimatur of the Nike N7 program. The N7 program derives its name from the Native American concept of “seven generations” — that you should consider the impact of your decisions on future generations. N7 evolved from an apparel line marketed to Native Americans into an ethos of physical fitness, health and community building in native communities across the U.S. and Canada.
That Monday night, Dec. 15, the Tulalip Tribes became the latest native community to partner with N7, and the Boys & Girls Club received a $10,000 check from the program’s charitable arm, the N7 Fund, which will help support the club’s athletic program, paying for such things as awards, tournament costs, staff training and equipment. Nike also left behind T-shirts for the kids in the evening program, as well as dozens of
basketballs for the club. “What we hope to get out of this is good continued training of our staff, and doing this with Nike’s help,” said Chuck Thacker, the executive director of the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club. “It’ll help bring our programs up to the next level,” he said. The N7 Fund has distributed $3 million since it was established in 2007, benefiting more See BASKETBALL, Page A4
Judge: State is violating rights of mentally ill One defendant, accused of tossing a child out a window, was set free after waiting two months for treatment. Herald staff and The Associated Press
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SEATTLE — A federal judge says long delays for jail inmates who need mental health treatment is unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle issued a ruling Monday in a class-action lawsuit challenging the long wait times for treatment at Western State Hospital for inmates who
aren’t able to assist in their own criminal defense. The lawsuit originated with the Snohomish County Public Defender Association, whose lawyers have been battling the issue for more than a year. Disability Rights Washington, a Seattle nonprofit, later took up the case. Pechman on Monday said the state “has consistently and over a long period of time violated the constitutional rights of the
Mill Creek seeking council applicants The city of Mill Creek is taking applications for City Council position 5 after Mark Harmsworth resigned, effective Dec. 31. State law requires the council to fill the vacancy by interim appointment until the next election in November
mentally ill.” She added: “This must stop.” Defendants typically have to wait for at least two weeks, and up to nearly two months, before receiving services. Critics say the conditions of the defendants often get worse during those waits. The state has conceded that the length of the wait times is indefensible. The case is expected to move to trial in March to determine a proper remedy, and sort out how long is too long for inmates to wait for treatment. “What the court made clear
2015. Applicants must be registered voters who have lived in Mill Creek for at least one year. The council is looking for candidates who are interested in city issues, municipalplanning and policy-setting. Members are expected to interview applicants at the Jan. 13 meeting. The appointment may be made at that public meeting.
People can apply for the appointment by completing an application on the city’s website and sending a letter of interest to City Hall by 5 p.m. on Jan. 6. The address is 15728 Main Street, Mill Creek, 98012. Materials may also be emailed to kelly@cityofmillcreek.com. For more information, call City Clerk Kelly Chelin at 425-745-1891.
Homemade holiday gifts on sale in Stanwood: The Port Susan Farmers Market is hosting its Handmade Holidays food and gift fair at the Stanwood Theatre Pavilion, 6996 265th Street NW. The organization’s goal is to encourage people to buy local goods and support small businesses yearround, and the holiday fair is one of its annual events.
The group’s last fair of the year is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Christmas Eve. Local crafters and artisans sell fresh-baked bread, jams and jellies, fudge, locally-roasted coffee and wines from around the state. Other gifts for sale include soaps, lotions, pottery, jewelry, baskets and toys. About 35 vendors are participating in this year’s Handmade Holidays.
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He said he should be able to pick up the records for free, or, as an alternative, the county should simply post them on the county website for his retrieval. The man has another records request still pending at the sheriff’s office. That one seeks specific information about deputies’ use of Tasers and drug-detection dogs. Those responsive records were made available weeks ago, also on a DVD, Di Vittorio said. The man has written the county threatening a lawsuit against anyone in government who makes his identity public. After The Herald reported about his records request, the man posted comments on the newspaper’s website and wrote an
Recycling plant death still unsolved
online article — all without providing his name. “I don’t want money, I want the records,” he wrote. “It is much easier for them to throw mud than to perform as required.” In a phone interview last month, the man claimed to be working with others to develop an online database of sheriff’s office records. He refused to provide details, including the names of those he claimed are involved. The man’s demands for records led the sheriff’s office to order employees to hang on to every email, every recording, every Post-It note — regardless of the department’s usual practices for archiving or disposal. On Monday, sheriff’s Capt. Tom Davis wrote staff that the order to retain everything had been lifted. Scott North: 425-3393431; north@heraldnet. com. Twitter: @snorthnews.
Herald staff EVERETT — Detectives may never know how an Everett man ended up dead at a recycling plant in October. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has closed the investigation after ruling out suspicious causes. That determination was based on evidence and witness interviews,
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than 200,000 kids. The Tulalip Tribes were one of 14 native communities selected to receive N7 Fund support in 2014. Out on the gym floor, Husani Slaughter led a group of about 15 eleEricks said. mentary school-age kids “We have a good relathrough a fast-paced dribtionship with the city of bling exercise. Everett, and we know they From Page A3 Husani, the assistant need parking down there, athletic director for the and we need a courthouse,” existing parking garage — Ericks said. club, lined the kids up, and whether that would then had them run laterThe budget of the fulfill any new city parking planned courthouse has ally across the width of the requirement. court while maintaining a been set, and any new park“The property we ing requirement or other constant dribble. acquired is based on the change could raise the cost. It had mixed results, but footprint of the design Slaughter quickly switched Chris Winters: 425and no additional parking 374-4165; cwinters@ the kids over to forward because we have a parking heraldnet.com. Twitter: @ dribbling, then stationary garage across the street,” Chris_At_Herald. dribbling, low to the floor dribbling, then standingupright dribbling. The kids then rotated to another station, where hospital was acting in bad they worked on sprinting .... faith. or jumping exercises. He concluded that the “We’re teaching the From Page A3 issue needed to be decided ABCs, the fundamentals by the higher courts, instead of basketball, at the lowest Western State Hospital. of the current piecemeal level possible,” Slaughter The judge eventually approach. said. freed the woman while she “This is great news for The N7 program guides waited to be treated. Other our clients,” Snohomish kids in learning such basic judges around the state County public defender skills, improving hand-eye have been leveraging fines Jason Schwarz said. “I think coordination, becoming against the state. it’s a good sign that fixing the facile with their left hands as Weiss was reluctant to problem is next.” well as their right, and other imposeWesanctions, sayingof Heating, Diana Hefley: are the Kings Not425-339the Jack of All elements, Trades so that when they that he didn’t find that the 3463; hefley@heraldnet.com. play on a team, they’ll play better and not give up in
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“Whenever there’s trauma, healing is the answer,” Joseph said. The goal of the exercises is to get the kids to open up and feel inspired, Joseph said, “and give them a few nuggets, a few gems they can use.” An activity near the end of the session had the kids describe their feelings about the day using a single word. The responses ranged from “happy,” “grateful,” and “thankful,” to “bored” (eliciting a response from one of the girls, “That was superinappropriate!”), “one word isn’t enough” and “I want to play basketball.” Sam McCracken, a Nike general manager who grew up on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana, launched both the N7 apparel line and the charitable fund. The fund is supported by proceeds from the sale of N7 apparel as well as donations, but McCracken credits his employer for supporting the program through the years. “Seventeen years later it’s turned into this,” McCracken said, waving at the hubbub in the gym. “Our goal is that when we come to these communities, we want the work to continue when we’re not here,” he said.
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Co-workers help beloved Everett dispatcher after strokes EVERETT — An Everett police dispatcher was released from the hospital Monday after suffering multiple strokes earlier this month. Co-workers of Scott Hockaday, 44, have started a donation drive to help his family pay for medical expenses. He spent nearly a week in the intensive care unit at a Seattle hospital. Hockaday lives in the
Everett area with his wife, Adria, and their 3-year-old daughter, Aerin. Since 2005, he has worked as a police dispatcher for SNOPAC, the emergency dispatch center serving much of Snohomish County. Originally from Texas, he also was a firefighter in the U.S. Air Force. Hockaday’s coworkers describe him as a teddybear personality who only looks gruff, SNOPAC Executive Director Kurt Mills said. Hockaday was
the lead dispatcher during the September 2010 pursuit, shooting and manScott hunt that Hockaday shut down I-5 and much of Everett. The suspect later received a 20-year sentence. Hockaday “is a rock-solid police dispatcher,” Mills said. More than six years ago,
Marysville mulls fire authority Herald staff MARYSVILLE — Voters could be asked to approve a regional fire authority in Marysville as early as April. A committee put together to study the issue is expected to make a recommendation by spring 2015, City Administrator Gloria Hirashima said Monday. The committee draws members from the City
Council and the Marysville Fire District board. They are expected to start meeting in January and likely will meet several times a month, Hirashima said. If the committee recommends moving forward with a fire authority, the issue could be on the ballot in April or August, she said. A consultant earlier this year recommended the city and the Marysville Fire District form a
regional fire authority. If it happens, the city and some surrounding areas would receive fire protection service from a new, separate government body, similar to what’s in place in Stanwood. The Marysville Fire District serves 55 square miles including the city, a swath of the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Lakewood and parts of Smokey Point.
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Former Blaine councilman killed BLAINE — Former Blaine City Council member Bruce Wolf was struck by a car and killed Sunday evening while walking his dog. The Washington State Patrol said the 73-year-old was hit when the dog got loose and ran into the road and Wolf ran after it. The Bellingham Herald reported the 86-year-old driver told troopers she did not see the man. She was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Olympia: Man pleads guilty to child pornography An Olympia man accused of trading child pornography that included images of children as young as toddlers pleaded guilty Monday to possessing and dealing depictions of minors engaged in sexual explicit conduct. Prosecutors are recommending a three-year prison term when 72-year-old John Robert Franklin is sentenced Jan. 26 in Thurston County Superior Court. Franklin was arrested in July as part of a federal investigation. In December 2013, federal agents had arrested a Seattle man and discovered Franklin had exchanged sexually explicit images with him. According to court documents, the photos and videos included victims as young as toddlers.
Seattle: Troopers injured responding to I-5 racers The Washington State Patrol said two troopers who were injured Sunday night on I-5 in north Seattle have been released from a hospital. The two were injured in separate crashes related to a racing incident. Trooper Chris Webb said one trooper was attempting to stop two racing cars about 9 p.m. when the trooper’s car went out of control and hit a utility pole. About a half hour later, another trooper who had responded to the scene was hit by a car that plowed into the coned-off area and then left the scene. That driver was caught and arrested for investigation of drunken driving and hit-and-run. The troopers were treated at a hospital for minor injuries. The racing cars apparently got away.
Drier weather forecast for Christmas in Washington The National Weather Service said Washington residents can expect the rain to continue into Wednesday. There’s a chance of heavy mountain snow Tuesday night, depending on the freezing level. Forecasters said Christmas Day and Friday should be cooler and drier — cloudy in Western Washington and mostly sunny in Eastern Washington.
Spokane: Officer finds stolen presents, delivers them Spokane police said one of their officers had a busy day, not only recovering a stolen vehicle and arresting a car theft suspect but finding several stolen
Christmas presents and delivering them to their rightful owners. Police spokeswoman Monique Cotton said Cpl. Zachary Dahle spotted a man Monday morning standing outside a vehicle, apparently stealing outgoing mail from mailboxes. When the man spotted the officer, he jumped into the stolen car and tried to flee. Dahle stopped the vehicle and arrested the 18-year-old driver. Cotton said stolen Christmas presents, mail, Social Security cards and methamphetamine were found inside the vehicle. Christopher C. Bacon was arrested for investigation of counts including vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, identity theft and possession of a controlled substance. Dahle then delivered the stolen Christmas presents to the addresses listed on each item.
Seattle-Newark flight safely diverted to Spokane A United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark was diverted Sunday night to Spokane because of engine trouble. KXLY reported the Airbus A320 made a safe emergency landing with power from only one engine. United put passengers on another plane. The website flightaware.com shows Flight 273 arrived in Newark on Monday morning.
Vancouver: I-205 good Samaritan dies of injuries A Camas man who was struck when he was trying to be a good Samaritan and help at an I-205 crash has died of his injuries. The Columbian reported 63-year-old Richard Irvine, of Camas, had been hospitalized and in hospice care following the Dec. 7 crash. His family said he died Friday. Officials said Irvine had stopped to help the injured victim of a hit-and-run wreck when another vehicle hit the car pushing it into him.
Yakima: Official suspended for derisive text messages The text messages that got the city’s Engineering and Utilities director suspended included derisive comments about other city officials and labor leaders, according to the messages made public through a public records request. Debbie Cook was suspended without pay for two weeks Dec. 8 after her boss, City Manager Tony O’Rourke, determined she had sent more than 1,300 personal text messages on her city-issued cellphone over the course of a year and a half. Many of the messages were released Friday to Yakima Herald-Republic. The majority of those personal messages were sent to Assistant City Attorney Jim Mitchell, who also responded using his city-issued cellphone. Mitchell has submitted a letter of resignation. Most of the messages are of a romantic nature, with the two planning get-togethers and referring to each other with pet-names. O’Rourke said the episode is a lesson to other employees. From Herald news services
when Darrin Stern became a police dispatcher, Hockaday “adopted” him at work and they became best friends, Stern said. Together, they like to work on cars and go target shooting. “We’ve spent several hours underneath each of our cars just fixing and fiddling,” Stern said. “He would do anything for anybody who needed it.” Hockaday is known for always talking about his little girl and showing
pictures to anyone who’ll look at them. “Everywhere he goes, she’s with them,” Stern said. “He would go to the moon for that child.” Hockaday is starting to get his speech back but still is struggling to talk, Stern said. The doctors have told them that only time will tell how well he’ll recover. The fundraiser is online at www.gofundme.com/ ixrbug. More than $8,400 had been donated as of Monday. Several of the
donor names are recognizable as officers from local police departments served by SNOPAC. The money will go toward the Hockadays’ medical expenses and cover time off work. Scott Hockaday’s colleagues also have been donating their vacation time to help, Stern said. “It’s just been so touching to see how many people have stepped up to help him and his family,” he said.
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Anne Eva Petrick
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Our beautiful, loving Stacy “Toots” Ann Oshie, born on May 18, 1970, lef t us too soon on December 16, 2014, af ter a brief, courageous battle with cancer. Stacy was surrounded by her dearest family members. Born in Coon Rapids, M i n n . , to R i c h a rd H a r l a n Oshie and Carol Jean ( B e l l a n g e r- H a r d y ) O s h i e , Stacy was the third of four siblings: Pami, Timothy and Michael Oshie. In 1977, the fa m i l y m a d e t h e 2 0 - p l u s hour drive to its final hometown, Everett, Wash. S t a c y a t te n d e d J e f fe r s o n E l e m e n t a r y, E ve r g r e e n Middle and Cascade High School, where she made numerous long-time friends including: Tina, George, Kelly, John, April, Shelly and Tanja. She enjoyed playing many spor ts, camping and fishing. Stacy was a devoted hockey fan and would never miss a St. Louis Blues game. She lit up every room she entered with her wonder ful smile and was always open and honest with everyone she met. Stacy had a hear t of gold and was a kind-hearted soul. Her family and friends meant the world to her. S h e l av i s h e d t h e s a m e affection on the many pets she had growing up, including her late pitbull, Jayda, and current pitbull, Khloe Ann. She treated her dogs like they were her kids, taking them everywhere she went. Even on a simple trip to the grocery store, there was “Klo-Klo” guarding the car! Stacy was preceded in d e a t h by h e r f a t h e r a n d mother, Richard and Carol; and by her nephew, Cory. She is sur vived by her b oy f r i e n d o f m a ny ye a r s , w h o m s h e l o v e d d e a r l y, Tr e v o r ; s i s t e r, P a m i ; brothers, Timothy (Tina) and Michael; nieces and nephews, Crystal (Stephen), T.J. (Lauren), Taylor, Tawni and Aleah; as well as her great nieces, Lux (Dumpins) and Lyla Grace. Stacy will also be missed dearly by her tribe of uncles, aunts, cousins and many friends. S t a c y ’ s l i f e w i l l b e c e l e b r a te d a t 1 p . m . o n S a t u r d a y, D e c e m b e r 27 , 2014, at Calvar y Lutheran Church (2532 Rockefeller) in Everett, Wash., with a luncheon af ter wards at Normanna Lodge in Everett (2725 Oakes) from 2 to 5 p.m. Please bring your favorite dish to share. I n l i e u o f f l o w e r s , contributions are suggested to the family, Alzheimer’s Association or any pitbull rescue effort. The family extends its gratitude to Trevor’s parents J i m a n d To n i , t h e P E M C hospital staf f, as well as Stacy’s nurses, James and Amanda.
Anne Eva Petrick was born in Monroe, Wash. on August 21, 1922 and passed away peacefully on December 3, 2014 in Monroe, Wash. Mom lived most of her life in the Monroe area and enjoyed her family, gardening and the outdoors. She is sur vived by her c h i l d r e n , Ke n ( P a t ) , R i c k (Joan), Rob (Judy), Ron (Joy), Lisa (Ric); 16 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren (2 on the way); and 1 great-great grandchild. Mom was preceded in death by her husband, Richard, of 62 years; her brothers and sisters; and numerous nieces and nephews. We want to extend special thanks to Charity, Janet and others who lovingly cared for Mom in our time of need. To Ta r a h a n d K e l l y n , h e r beautiful granddaughters, who did an amazing job taking care of their grandma through the years. We will have a celebration of her life sometime in the spring, details will follow with date and place. I n l i e u o f f l owe r s , M o m requested any donations to be made on her behalf to the East County Senior Center. Thank you everyone for the kind words since her passing, one of her favorite sayings was, “I truly feel blessed”. She surely will be missed.
Wesley H. Powers, 80, passed away December 19, 2014 in Everett, Wash. He was born to George and Nita Powe r s J u l y 2 6 , 19 3 4 i n Muleshoe, Texas. He loved family, fishing, hunting and being outdoors. Wesley is survived by his first wife, Claudia; second wife, Deanna; sons, Ron, Jeff, Mark, Monty; daughter, Mona; step-sons, Mark and Don Eagan; sisters, Jeannie Wikel, Virginia Jennings; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He will most cer tainly be missed and never forgotten. A v i ew i n g b e g i n s a t 10 a.m. on Saturday December 27 , 2 014 w i t h a f u n e r a l ser vice following at 1:00 p.m. at Weller Funeral Home, 327 N. MacLeod Ave, Arlington, WA 98223. A private graveside will follow on Monday.
Lawrence Paul Mitsules Lawrence Paul Mitsules, 71, passed away December 17 , 2 014 i n M a r y s v i l l e , Wash. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 17, 2015, 1:00 p.m. at Mountain View Presbyterian Church, 5115 100th Street NE, Marysville, WA 98270.
Kenneth Robert “Bob” Brackinreed Jan. 21, 1934-Dec. 13, 2014
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Cuba claims right to grant asylum Unlikely that America’s most-wanted woman will be extradited By Michael Weissenstein and Andrea Rodriguez Associated Press
HAVANA — Cuba said Monday that it has a right to grant asylum to U.S. fugitives, the clearest sign yet that the communist government has no intention of extraditing America’s most-wanted woman despite the warming of bilateral ties. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has urged President Barack Obama to demand the return of fugitive Joanne Chesimard before restoring full relations under a historic detente announced by Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro last week. Chesimard was granted asylum by Fidel Castro after she escaped from the prison where she was serving a sentence for killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973 during a gunbattle after being stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike. Asked if returning fugitives was open to negotiation, Cuba’s head of North American affairs, Josefina Vidal, told The Associated Press that “every nation has sovereign and legitimate rights to grant political asylum to people it considers to have been persecuted. ... That’s a legitimate right.” “We’ve explained to the U.S. government in the past that there are some people living in Cuba to whom Cuba has legitimately granted political
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asylum,” Vidal said. “There’s no extradition treaty in effect between Cuba and the U.S.,” she added. In a letter to the White House made public Sunday, Christie said Cuba’s asylum for Chesimard, who has changed her name to Assata Shakur, was “an affront to every resident of our state, our country, and in particular, the men and women of the New Jersey State Police, who have tirelessly tried to bring this killer back to justice.” The first woman ever placed on the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist list was living so openly in Havana that her number was listed in the phone book. The FBI and the New Jersey State Police have offered a $2
million reward for information leading to Shakur’s capture. Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the White House’s National Security Council, said the Obama administration will “continue to press in our engagement with the Cuban government for the return of U.S. fugitives in Cuba to pursue justice for the victims of their crimes.” Several infamous convicts and suspects in high-profile U.S.cases live openly in Cuba. Among these are a woman convicted of killing a police officer four decades ago, a man sought for a 31-year-old armed robbery and airplane hijackers. Cuba occasionally returns people convicted or suspected
of committing crimes in the U.S., but it refuses to send anyone back for a crime Havana considers political in nature. The Castro government’s position on returning fugitives has been to ask for the U.S. to return people wanted in Cuba. “We’ve reminded the U.S. government that in its country they’ve given shelter to dozens and dozens of Cuban citizens,” Vidal said. “Some of them accused of horrible crimes, some accused of terrorism, murder and kidnapping, and in every case the U.S. government has decided to welcome them.” In Cuba’s first detailed public response to Obama’s historic announcement last week, Vidal said Cuba is open to all of Obama’s moves to improve relations and strengthen private enterprise and civil society on the island. That includes U.S. equipment to improve the Cuban Internet and U.S. exports to Cuba’s new class of private business owners. “Our president has said we welcome President Obama’s decision to introduce the most significant changes in relations with Cuba in 54 years,” Vidal said. “That includes the entire package.” Obama’s announcement included a very general list of reforms and left a series of open questions about how far the U.S. could go to create deeper economic ties with Cuba.
Wife of Cuban agent freed by U.S. is pregnant By Peter Orsi Associated Press
HAVANA — Cuba is celebrating the return of three intelligence agents imprisoned in the United States for more than a decade, and the joyful but puzzling news that one of their wives is expecting just two weeks from now. Adriana Perez’s pregnancy has been the talk of Cuba since she appeared with Gerardo Hernandez at the island’s parliament this weekend. Perez beamed and held hands with Hernandez as he caressed her baby bump. It’s a girl, and she’s due in about 15 days. A top adviser to Sen. Patrick Leahy said Monday that the lawmaker helped arrange for Perez’s artificial insemination, one of the stranger chapters of 18 months of back-channel negotiations that culminated with Washington and Havana’s announcement they will resume diplomatic ties after more than 50 years of hostility. Tim Rieser, foreign policy aide to Leahy, said it all began with a February 2013 trip to Cuba by Leahy, who has met with both former and current Presidents Fidel and Raul Castro, and opposes the U.S. embargo. Leahy and his wife, Marcelle
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Gerardo Hernandez (right), a member of “The Cuban Five,” and his pregnant wife, Adriana Perez, hold an unidentified little girl during a concert in Havana, Cuba, on Saturday. Hernandez flew back to Cuba on Wednesday in a quiet exchange of imprisoned spies.
Pomerleau, met with Perez, now 44. At the time, Hernandez was at a federal prison in Victorville, California, serving two life sentences on murder conspiracy and other charges. Cuba had complained repeatedly that the U.S. was denying her a visa to visit her husband. “She made a personal appeal to Marcelle. She was afraid that she would never have the chance to have a child,” Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who is chairman of the State Department and Foreign Operations
Appropriations Subcommittee, said in a statement. “As parents and grandparents we both wanted to try to help her.” Back home, Leahy’s office began working with U.S. government officials. Conjugal visits are not allowed in the federal penitentiary system, but officials identified a precedent where artificial insemination had been permitted for an inmate. Around the beginning of this year, a first attempt at artificial insemination was made, but it
failed. A couple of months later, a second attempt worked. The procedure itself was carried out in Panama and everything was paid for by the Cuban government, according to Rieser. U.S. officials had been trying to win better conditions for Alan Gross, an American man who was serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba after he was caught introducing restricted communications equipment as part of a U.S. government democracy program on the island. Rieser lobbied for Perez to receive a U.S. visa and she was able to visit Hernandez twice in the last year and a half, after apparently only seeing being allowed to see him once before. That U.S. officials facilitated Perez’s pregnancy made a big impression on Cuban officials, for whom the agents’ return was one of the country’s most important international policy goals. And it helped set the tone for the secret negotiations that culminated with the deal announced last Wednesday, under which the last three of the “Cuban Five” returned home and Cuba freed a U.S. intelligence asset jailed for nearly 20 years on the island. Gross also was released as a humanitarian gesture.
NYC mayor: ‘Put aside protests’ for now By Jonathan Lemire and Colleen Long Associated Press
NEW YORK — As the New York Police Department mourns two of its own, Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for a pause in protests and rancor amid a widening rift with those in a grieving force who accuse him of creating a climate of mistrust that contributed to the executions of two officers. De Blasio called Monday for a halt of political statements until after the funerals of the slain officers, an appeal to both sides in a roiling dispute centered on the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. “We are in a very difficult moment. Our focus has to be on these families,” de Blasio
said at police headquarters. “I think it’s a time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in all due time.” De Blasio’s relations with the city’s police unions have tumbled to an extraordinary new low following Saturday’s shooting, that the gunman claimed was retaliation for the police-involved deaths of Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. In a display of defiance, dozens of police officers turned their backs to de Blasio at the hospital where the officers died, and union leaders said the mayor had “blood on his hands” for enabling the protesters who have swept the streets of New York this month
since a grand jury declined to indict an officer in Garner’s chokehold death. De Blasio, though he said he did not agree with the union leaders’ comments, largely tried to strike a unifying note. He said he was confident the city was “working toward a day where we can achieve greater harmony toward policing and community.” Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot and killed Saturday by a man who vowed in an Instagram post to put “wings on pigs.” The suspect, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, was black; the slain officers were Asian and Hispanic. The killings came as police nationwide are being criticized following Garner’s death and the shooting death of Brown, 18.
Protests erupted after grand juries declined to charge officers in either case. De Blasio and NYPD Commissioner William Bratton met with the officers’ grieving families Monday. The Rev. Al Sharpton, a close de Blasio ally, and other protest leaders said Monday that they would not heed the mayor’s call to suspend demonstrations. Bratton said a viewing for Ramos would be held on Friday at a Queens church, followed by a funeral service the next day. Officials are working to obtain travel documents for some of Liu’s family in China; a funeral will be scheduled after they arrive in the United States. De Blasio said he would attend both funerals.
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Oklahoma execution protocol ruled OK OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol is constitutional and the state can proceed with the executions of four death row inmates early next year, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot denied a request for a preliminary injunction that was requested by a group of Oklahoma death row inmates. The prisoners argued the use of the sedative midazolam as the first drug in a three-drug combination the state administers risks subjecting them to unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment.
Arizona: Execution drugs Arizona officials said Monday they are changing the drugs they use in executions after an inmate in July gasped repeatedly over the course of nearly two hours while being put to death. According to Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan, the department no longer will use the combination of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a pain killer. Instead, the agency will try to obtain pentobarbital and sodium pentothal, the powerful but obsolete sedative that has become difficult to obtain. If the state cannot obtain those drugs, it will use a three-drug combination that includes midazolam and potassium chloride, among others.
Ohio: Teen dies over shoes A mall shopper shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who attempted a robbery outside, possibly in pursuit of a pair of limited-edition athletic shoes, police said Monday. A Miami Township police official said the slain teenager, Jawaad Jabbar, and two other youths went to the Dayton Mall on Saturday for a shoe sale. Police said Monday that details were still being investigated, but that the teens apparently got there too late to buy the shoes they wanted. Police said the three juveniles from Middletown then approached two men outside and demanded their merchandise. They said one juvenile showed a gun, and one of the adults who had a permit to carry a concealed weapon then fired his own gun. It wasn’t clear whether the adults actually had the shoes the youths were seeking.
AROUND THE WORLD U.N.: N. Korea’s human rights situation on agenda
The U.N. Security Council took up the issue of North Korea’s bleak human rights situation for the first time Monday, a groundbreaking step toward possibly holding the nuclear-armed but desperately poor country and leader Kim Jong Un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity. The meeting appeared to be the first time that any country’s human rights situation has been scheduled for ongoing debate by the U.N.’s most powerful body. China and Russia protested the move. And an angry North Korea refused to recognize the meeting.
Vatican City: Pope gives church bureaucrats an earful Pope Francis issued a blistering indictment of the Vatican bureaucracy Monday, accusing the cardinals, bishops and priests who serve him of using their Vatican careers to grab power and wealth, of living “hypocritical” double lives and forgetting that they’re supposed to be joyful men of God. Francis turned the traditional, genteel exchange of Christmas greetings into a public dressing down of the Curia, the central administration of the Holy See which governs the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church. He made clear that his plans for a radical reform of the structures of church power must be accompanied by an even more radical spiritual reform of the men involved.
Mexico: Police involved with massacres of 193 Federal prosecutors said local police in the city of San Fernando in northern Mexico were involved in the 2011 massacres of 193 mainly Central American migrants whose bodies were found in mass graves. The claim appeared in a memo by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office and highlighted similarities in the case to what happened with the 43 teachers college students who disappeared in Guerrero state in September. From Herald news services
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N. Korea hit by Internet outages U.S. won’t say if connectivity problems are retaliation for Sony hacking By Eric Tucker Associated Press
WASHINGTON — North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country’s online access is “totally down.” The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible. President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. government expected to respond to the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., which he described as an expensive act of “cyber vandalism” that he blamed on North Korea. Obama did not say how the U.S. might respond, and it was not immediately clear if the Internet connectivity problems represented the retribution. The U.S. government regards its offensive cyber operations as highly classified. “We aren’t going to
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A South Korean soldier watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on Monday.
discuss, you know, publicly operational details about the possible response options or comment on those kind of reports in anyway except to say that as we implement our responses, some will be seen, some may not be seen,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.
North Korea has forcefully denied it was responsible for hacking into Sony. But the country has for months condemned the “The Interview,” a Sony satirical comedy about a plot to assassinate the North Korean leader. Sony canceled plans to release the movie after
a group of hackers made terroristic threats against theaters that planned to show it. North Korean diplomat Kim Song, asked Monday about the Internet attack, told The Associated Press: “I have no information.” Doug Madory, the director of Internet analysis at Dyn Research, an Internet performance company, said Monday the problems began over the weekend and grew progressively worse to the point that “North Korea’s totally down.” North Korea is one of the least connected countries in the world. Few North Koreans have access to computers, and even those who do are typically able to connect only to a domestic intranet. Though North Korea is equipped for broadband Internet, only a small, approved segment of the population has any access to the World Wide Web. More than a million people, See KOREA, Page A8
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Russia bails out bank after ruble slide Russia has bailed out a midsized bank for about $500 million to save it from bankruptcy — a clear sign that the slide in the ruble in the wake of falling oil prices is straining the banking system. The Central Bank said Monday that it will provide a 30-billion ruble loan to help the Trust Bank to continue operating as normal. It will also place Trust Bank under its own supervision until it finds an investor.
Coca-Cola cuts voice mail at headquarters Forget about leaving a voice mail at Coca- Cola Co.’s Atlanta headquarters. Send a text instead. Office voice mail at the world’s largest soft-drink maker was shut down “to simplify the way we work and increase productivity,” according to an internal memo from Chief Information Officer Ed Steinike. The change went into effect this month, and a standard outgoing message now throws up an electronic stiff arm, telling callers to try later or use “an alternative method” to contact the person.
BMW air bag recall
By Mae Anderson ATLANTA — As the holiday shopping season winds down, FedEx, UPS and online retailers are using the last few days to try to avoid the problems that occurred last year when severe winter weather and a surge in late orders from shoppers caused delivery delays. UPS spent $500 million this year upgrading its systems and processes and doubled the number of seasonal workers it hired to 90,000 to 95,000. The company, which pegged Monday as its busiest day of the year, expects to deliver more than 34 million packages on its busiest day ever. By midday Monday, UPS spokesman Andy McGowan said he expected packages to be delivered as planned. “All UPS air and ground operations are operating smoothly, he said. FedEx predicted its busiest day would be a week earlier, on Dec. 15, when it expected to move 22.6 million packages. It added 50,000 seasonal workers to help with demand this year and invested in a new software system called Radar for FedEx Express that helps supervisors anticipate fluctuations in package arrivals hours before an airplane carrying cargo lands. FedEx hasn’t released specific figures, but company spokeswoman Katie Wassmer said Monday that FedEx has already had several days with surges in demand that have been “among the busiest in company history,” with no significant problems so far. Package carriers also say they have been working closely with e-commerce retailers to help avoid problems. “We are working with
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Train operators remove their belongings from a Union Pacific locomotive at a rail yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on June 6. Railroads want to put a single person — an engineer — in charge of each freight train.
It’s down to 1-person rail crews That’s if nation’s railroads get their way By Josh Funk
These trains are 7,000 tons going 50 mph. You have to have two people.
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OMAHA, Neb. — When American freight trains delivered cargo after World War II, the steambelching beasts commonly had seven people aboard — an engineer, a conductor, up to four brakemen and a fireman. Trains have since grown much longer, seemingly stretching to the horizon and often taking 20 minutes to pass through a crossing. And crews have been reduced in size — to five people in the 1970s and two in 1991. Now U.S. railroads want to put a single person in charge of today’s huge locomotives, taking another step toward a future in which the nation’s rail-cargo system increasingly could resemble toy train sets — highly mechanized networks run by computers or distant controllers. For the moment, freight trains generally have two people aboard — an engineer who drives the train and a conductor who oversees the long line of cars. Railroad executives want to reduce that to a lone engineer, saying advances in safety systems, including a new automatic braking system under development, could
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— J.P. Wright, CSX railroad engineer
minimize risks. But labor groups and people who live near rail lines are skeptical. “These trains are 7,000 tons going 50 mph. You have to have two people,” said J.P. Wright, an engineer for CSX railroad in Louisville, Kentucky. “It’s mindboggling to me that the railroads would go this far with it.” The mayor of the Chicago suburb of Barrington asks how one person could split a stopped train to allow traffic and first responders through in the event of an emergency. “There may be technology to compensate for some of it, but I would have questions,” Karen
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Darch said. The one-person crew idea is being pitched at a time when railroads are working to increase train length because delivering more cars usually is more profitable, and they’re working to expand capacity to handle even more freight as the economy improves. Federal regulators have pushed back against the proposal, saying they may require two-person crews. The Association of American Railroads trade group says accident data does not support requiring two-person crews. It has opposed any effort by the government to prohibit one-person trains. During a cross-country rail journey, the engineer is at the train’s controls. The conductor is responsible for the cars behind the locomotive, communicating with dispatchers and providing a second set of monitoring eyes. Labor groups and regulators argue single-person crews, even with the new braking system called “positive train control,” would make trains more prone to accidents. See TRAINS, Page A8
The former Melody Hill Elementary School site in Mountlake Terrace will be sold to Devco, Inc. of Bellevue. Devco has proposed building affordable housing on the site. Biz Bits runs Monday through Saturday. Send business news and high-resolution photos to businessnews@heraldnet.com.
BMW has agreed to demands from the government to expand a recall of driver’s-side air bags to the entire U.S. The recall affects 140,000 BMW 3 Series cars made between January 2004 and August 2006. The company is calling its move a “voluntary improvement campaign” rather than a recall. It says no problems with BMW vehicles have been reported. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been pushing companies to recall older cars with air bag inflators made by Takata Corp.
Express Scripts turns huge hepatitis C deal The nation’s largest pharmacy benefits manager is throwing its weight into a fight over the high cost of treating hepatitis C, saying it will cover a new drug from AbbVie while pulling back on more expensive options from rival drugmakers. Express Scripts Holding Co. said Monday it will no longer cover Sovaldi and Harvoni from Gilead Sciences Inc. or Johnson & Johnson’s Olysio starting Jan. 1, except under limited circumstances. AbbVie Inc.’s Viekira Pak, approved only Friday, will become the preferred treatment for patients who have genotype 1 hepatitis C, the most common form of the liver-destroying virus.
U.S. home sales slow Home buying slid to its slowest pace in six months in November. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of existing homes fell 6.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.93 million. That was down from a revised annual pace of 5.26 million in October. The combination of higher home prices and relatively stagnant incomes has reduced affordability and restrained buying. From Herald news services
Amazon . . 306.54 6.64 Boeing . . . 128.22 1.99 Costco . . . . 143.21 1.44 Crane . . . . . 58.14 -0.16 FrontierCom . 6.79 0.07 HeritageFin 17.30 0.01 Microsoft . . 47.98 0.32 Nordstrom . 77.52 0.42 Starbucks . . 80.54 1.10 WshFederal 22.07 -0.07 Zumiez . . . . 37.70 0.39 Market report, A8
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THE DAY ON WALL STREET Stocks returned to record territory on Monday as the market delivered its fourth gain in as many trading days. The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index each notched record highs. The market was building on a big gain last week. On Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 154.64 points, or 0.9 percent, to 17,959.44. The Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 7.89 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,078.54. The Nasdaq composite added 16.04 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,781.42. — Associated Press
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“We’re transporting chlorine through your town in the middle of the night completely fatigued with the possibility that the computer is going to make a mistake,” said Wright, a third-generation railroader and co-chairman of the advocacy group Railroad Workers United. The National Transportation Safety Board says more than two dozen train crashes since 2004 could have been prevented by positive train control, which was required by a
2008 law approved after a commuter train collided head-on with a freight train near Los Angeles, killing 25 and injuring more than 100. The system is aimed at preventing human error by using GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor train position and speed. It can stop trains from colliding, derailing because of excessive speed, entering track under maintenance or traveling the wrong direction because of switching mistakes. Congress set a 2015 deadline for having the
system in place, but it won’t be ready by then. Railroads blame technical challenges and problems getting regulatory approval for thousands of antennas needed to make it work. The major railroads appear committed to making one-person crews a reality. They declared in 2004 that they wanted to negotiate a nationwide pact for one-person crews, but courts ruled each railroad had to negotiate individually with its unions. The BNSF railroad tried and failed earlier this fall to get one-person crews
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the biggest e-commerce shippers in an ongoing collaboration to understand capacity limitations and their needs,” said Sean Healy, VP of Global Planning and Engineering for FedEx Express. “We’re much more effective in planning with our e-commerce customers than we’ve ever been.” That’s key because retailers have been pushing shipping deadlines later and later and extending free shipping offers. This year, Amazon extended its free-shipping deadline by
approved by one of its unions. The proposal is getting more attention now because of BNSF’s effort and a recent string of fiery rail crashes. Mayor Darch helped form a rail-safety group after a 2009 derailment of ethanol tankers killed a woman at a crossing in Cherry Valley, Illinois. Normally, the conductor can uncouple cars to allow police, fire trucks and ambulances through. But if only one person is aboard, that crew member cannot leave the locomotive without manually setting brakes
one day to Dec. 19. WalMart, Barnes & Noble and other retailers also said Dec. 19 was the cutoff to getting orders delivered by Christmas. Still, retailers can’t afford a repeat of last year when UPS and FedEx failed to deliver some packages by Christmas due to poor weather and overloaded systems. So far, improvements seem to be working according to tracking-software firm ShipMatrix Inc., which said that during the week ended Dec. 13, FedEx deliveries were on time 96 percent of the time, up from 90 percent last year. UPS deliveries were on time 95 percent, compared to 92 percent last year.
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all along the train to ensure it does not roll away. The Federal Railroad Administration has promised to propose a rule next year requiring at least two people to operate a train. “We believe safety is greatly enhanced with the use of a multiple-person crew,” administration spokesman Kevin Thompson said. However, railroad companies argue having a second person in the locomotive does not dramatically improve safety. “In many cases, that second crew member will be
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however, are now using mobile phones in North Korea. The network covers most major cities but users cannot call outside the country or receive calls from outside. With the current outages, Madory said, “They have left the global Internet and they are gone until they come back.” Another Internet technology service, Arbor Networks, which protects companies against hacker attacks, said its monitoring detected denial-of-service attacks aimed at North Korea’s infrastructure starting Saturday and persisting Monday. Such attacks transmit so much spurious data traffic to Internet equipment that it becomes overwhelmed, until the attacks stop or the spurious traffic can be filtered and discarded to allow normal connections to resume. Given North Korea’s
redundant,” said Frank Wilner, who has written six books on the rail industry and previously worked for the Association of American Railroads, the federal Surface Transportation Board and one of the major rail unions. If railroads can successfully implement the braking system and stop trains remotely, the advances might open the door to one day operating trains entirely by remote control or with robots. Existing remote-control systems are limited to use in rail yards.
limited connectivity and lack of Internet sophistication, it would be relatively simple for a band of hacktivists to shut down online access, and it should not be assumed that the U.S. government had any part, said Dan Holden, director of security research at Arbor Networks. “Anyone of us that was upset because we couldn’t watch the movie, you could do that. Their Internet is just not that sophisticated,” Holden said. Madory said one benign explanation for the problem might be that a router suffered a software glitch, though a cyber-attack involving North Korea’s Internet service was also a possibility. Routing instabilities are not uncommon, but instead of getting better, as one might expect, “it’s getting worse, getting progressively degraded,” Madory said. “This doesn’t fit that profile,” of an ordinary routing problem, he said. “This shows something getting progressively worse over time.”
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IN OUR VIEW | 2015 legislative agenda
Funding our long-term care We’re not getting any younger. A little less than 14 percent of Washington state’s population is 65 years or older. Four years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the dependency ratio, the number of people 65 and older to every 100 people of traditional working ages, is expected to increase from 22 in 2010 to 35 in 2030, when the youngest of the baby boomers will have moved into that 65 and older category. Nor are we prepared for it. About 70 percent of those 65 and older will require some form of long-term services and support in their lifetimes. And 90 percent of adults are currently uninsured for long-term care needs, which means that when care is needed they will have to rely on unpaid family care-givers — many of whom will be at or near retirement age — or will have to spend down their life savings in order to qualify
for Medicaid, which itself is financially strapped, resulting in cuts to hours of service and flat rates of reimbursement to providers. Insurance providers are finding the business too risky and are pulling out of the market. And what insurance is available is too expensive for many seniors. “The system is broken and unsustainable,” said Jackson Holtz with the Service Employees International Union 775, which represents elder care workers. And it’s why a network of groups, including SEIU; AARP; the Elder Care Alliance; the Washington Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes; and other groups and agencies, while not always on the same page on all issues, is speaking with one voice to encourage the Legislature to fund further study of the problems and potential solutions in providing long-term care.
About 20 years ago, longterm care providers and the state, recognizing the increasing costs of nursing home care, made changes that provided more affordable options, including assisted living centers, home health aides and adult day care, said Gerald Reilly, with the Elder Care Alliance. Over those 20 years, those options have saved $6 billion, he said. A similar effort is needed now. Specifically, the group hopes to see a joint legislative executive committee on aging and disability, which recently completed its own report, be reauthorized and continue its work. And the group is encouraged that Gov. Jay Inslee has included $400,000 in his budget for a feasibility study of policy solutions. Potential solutions include a public-private insurance option and an option for a long-term security trust. The long-term security trust could
work something like Social Security or L&I’s workers compensation, in that participants would make contributions to insurance through a payroll deduction. As recommended by the group, reforms will have to support the financial health of seniors, spread the risk to create an affordable system, provide cost-effective, quality care, recognize the roles of public and private insurance, highlight personal responsibility and maintain Medicaid as a strong safety net. Currently, Hawaii is the only other state that has done any significant study of the issue, Reilly said. “They’re at the vanguard,” he said, so Hawaii’s work is being closely followed. The Legislature dithered on education funding to the point the state Supreme Court found it in contempt of court. It shouldn’t wait for another such citation to find the best ways to fund long-term care.
not fought with the arresting officers. In the case of Michael Brown, he assaulted officer Wilson before trying to grab his gun. The demonstrations, looting and burning that followed these incidents were disgraceful. They have caused millions of dollars in damage to public and private property and added law enforcement expense. Most hard working people in America rightfully support our law enforcement people and should speak out in their defense whenever possible before we find that no one wants to continue in the profession.
Norway. I’ve been told they were very proud to learn to speak English. That was then ... this is now. It may be convenient for us if people visiting would speak “our English.” It certainly not required, nor is it illegal. Come back and spend another day at the mall. Open yourself and your children to the new world, which you will see unfolding right here in Marysville, Washington. The USA population is growing by leaps and bounds. We welcome people here, just as we were welcomed in the beginning. We may just “Pop”! Please take another look at our differences. “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Thank you for asking this important question.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■■FOREIGN RELATIONS
Sony criticized for wrong reason Sony’s decision to cancel its picture, “The Interview,” a farcical plot to kill the leader of North Korea, is drawing a lot of criticism for the company’s lack of courage. The more serious problem, in my view, is Sony’s lack of responsible judgment in producing the film in the first place. While most Americans may say the film is a harmless comedy, many Koreans and others around the world view it as grossly disrespectful and arrogant, and as dangerously lending legitimacy to a possible real American assassination attempt. Standing up for First Amendment rights is honorable and important, but we all know that shouting “fire” in a crowded theater is irresponsible and illegal. Arguing for Sony’s right to release the picture ignores actual U.S. government and CIA plots to assassinate foreign leaders and overthrow governments we didn’t like in Guatemala, the Congo, Cuba, Iraq and Iran, to name a few. Ignoring this sordid history and its consequences in terms of people’s fears, makes Sony’s decision more like shouting fire than an innocent act protected by the First Amendment. As our country finally turns a page on five decades of ineffectual hostility toward Cuba, it would serve us well to learn the lesson that diplomacy and engagement are more morally responsible and more practically effective than boycotts and military bullying. Ron Young Everett
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We must show them support Over the years I have had many friends who were policeman. Needless to say I have heard many stories of what they experienced on a day to day basis, causing me to develop a great deal of respect for them and their profession. They put their lives on the line every day and in most cases don’t make a great deal of money doing so. Since retiring 11 years ago, I have volunteered at the Arlington police department for five of those years. Never have I met a more dedicated group of people — from the chief to
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the people in the office support staff. The department has been working shorthanded for years due to budgetary constraints. They are expecting further cuts in 2015. This is why I get so angry when I hear stories like the ones from Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York. In both cases a grand jury did not indict the officers involved, yet President Obama and Eric Holder want to conduct federal investigations. This isn’t the first time that they have stuck their noses in local affairs where they don’t belong. To indict these officers, the jury would have had to prove that they intended to kill the victims, which is next to impossible. These officers were doing their jobs protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and criminals and in both cases the suspects resisted arrest. Both would be alive today if they had
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Simply making all visitors welcome Regarding the letter, “NonEnglish speakers favored?”: The Seattle Premium Outlet Mall in Tulalip has grown in popularity by leaps and bounds since in opened about 11 years ago. Its I-5 location and amenities provide not only convenient shopping, but a vacation destination for families and friends to gather. You will find people travel to this area from all over the world to experience our Northwest beauty and everything else we have to offer. I ask the writer to look at this issue from a different perspective. Experience and celebrate the cultural diversity which now exists all around us. This country has been welcoming people from other cultures since the very beginning. My non-English-speaking ancestor’s arrived from Sweden and
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Will it be more cost than benefit? It seems our country now wants to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba. I am not sure how I feel about this, but one thing really bothers me, and that is how much money will our gracious government have to spend? After spending staggering amounts of money on illegal immigrants from Mexico, are we going to do the same with Cubans? However, there is one good thing I see if this does happen, and that is how many classic cars are in that country and our car buffs will have a field day purchasing them. Will Lewis Arlington
113th Congress’ final and fitting bit of inaction
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he 113th Congress went the way of the dodo — literally. The lawmakers of the 2013-14 legislative session finally put themselves out of their misery, but not before Harry Reid’s Senate passed one final piece of legislation marking “the centennial of the passenger pigeon extinction.” This bipartisan legislation recalled the Sept. 1, 1914, death at the Cincinnati Zoo of Martha, the last of a DANA MILBANK population of Ectopistes migratorius, once 3 billion-strong in North America. It hailed the work of Project Passenger Pigeon, devoted to making sure Martha did not die in vain. This commemoration of extinction was a perfect end to what was, by just about every measure, the worst Congress ever. According to a tally by the Library of Congress, 296 bills were presented to the president by this Congress — essentially the same as the 284 presented by the previous Congress, the fewest of any Congress since the counts began in the 1940s. (The “do nothing” Congress of 1948 passed about 900.) More than 10 percent of the bills presented were about naming or renaming things and awarding medals. House Speaker John Boehner said last year that Congress should be judged not by laws passed but by “how many laws we repeal.” To calculate that, you add the ones column, the tens and the hundreds, and you get — let’s see here — zero. Here is what Congress did achieve: The 113th Congress was responsible for the 16-day government shutdown in 2013, preceded and inspired by the “Green Eggs and Ham” filibuster by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The legislative term also saw the criminal indictment of one House Republican on tax evasion charges (he was re-elected), the resignation of another after a cocaine arrest, and the defeat of a third who was caught on film kissing a staffer. Perhaps that’s because they had so little work to do: A Politico count found that the Senate was in session 141 days per year on average in this Congress, and the House 147. Lawmakers passed into law not a single one of the 12 annual appropriations bills this year, and no budget resolution. The House voted on seven of the spending bills, and the Senate didn’t vote on a single one. Instead, it passed a series of “continuing resolutions” that left government spending on auto-pilot — further squeezing domestic programs and the military while doing little to curb entitlement programs. House Republicans set a new record for the number of “closed rules” — those blocking amendments — at 83, compared with a previous record of 61. In the Senate, meanwhile, Majority Leader Reid used a legislative maneuver to block amendments more times in his tenure than under the last five majority leaders combined, Republicans point out. Reid also detonated the “nuclear option,” stripping decades of tradition that gave the minority the right to filibuster judicial nominations. He was so successful at bottling up legislation passed by the House that President Obama didn’t have to issue a single veto. Congress failed to take meaningful action on immigration, the economy, the tax code, and the fight against Islamic State. But the House continued to hold votes to repeal Obamacare (more than 50 since 2011) and it spent $1.5 million to form a new “select committee” on the Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attacks. House Republicans are also suing Obama over the Affordable Care Act. The gushing sewer of money into politics — about $4 billion spent on this year’s midterm elections, a new record — further undermined Americans’ trust. Gallup found that Americans’ approval of Congress averaged 15 percent in 2014 and a record low 14 percent in 2013. Disdain was shared equally by Republican, Democratic and independent respondents. Under 20 percent of lawmakers now are veterans — compared with about 75 percent a generation ago — and fewer are able to grasp that their political opponents are patriotic Americans and not the enemy. In January, eight years of Democratic control of the Senate come to an end and Republicans will have sole responsibility for Congress. There’s little prospect of improvement, but at least Republicans will benefit from low expectations: Things couldn’t possibly get much worse. Dana Milbank is a Washington Post columnist.
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Study: Reading from tablets alters sleep cycles By Geoffrey Mohan Los Angeles Times
If you’re in bed reading this, you may feel sleepy tomorrow morning. A study has found that reading from a light-emitting device, such as an e-reader, before bedtime can shift your body’s natural clock and delay the onset and characteristics of your sleep. And that could leave you feeling groggier the morning after, according to the study published online
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when helping people: “We’ve always jumped in and done our very best for them.” In the end, Lovick’s argument won out. Supporting Koster were Council Chairman Dave Somers, a Democrat, and Ken Klein, the council’s lone Republican, who holds Koster’s former seat. Under county code, a motion requires three votes to pass. The reappointment only mustered those two supporters. Councilman Brian Sullivan voted against the
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“After they finished their cigarette, (the victim) stood in front of Michael as a willing participant and let Michael punch him,” detectives alleged in court papers. Afterward, the
Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A dozen people checked into the sleep lab at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and stayed for two weeks. During that time, each spent five consecutive evenings reading a book for four hours under reflected light, and five evenings viewing an iPad for the same duration (the order of the five-day blocks was randomly assigned). All had a
mandatory bedtime of 10 p.m. and a 6 a.m. wake-up. Blood tests showed those who read from the computer tablet had suppressed evening levels of melatonin, and on the next day, the increase in that hormone occurred 90 minutes later, an indication of a shift in their body’s circadian cycle, according to the study. Long-term suppression of melatonin by nighttime light exposure has been linked to increased risk of certain
cancers, the study noted. The study subjects using e-readers also took 10 minutes longer to fall asleep and had nearly 12 minutes less rapid-eye-movement sleep, a stage that has been linked to memory consolidation, the study found. Tablet reading participants also rated themselves as less sleepy in the evenings, a subjective measure that also correlated with weaker electroencephalogram, or EEG, readings that are associated with
transition to sleep, the study found. Those who used the e-readers also described themselves as more sleepy the morning after, and needed more time to feel fully alert. “We really didn’t anticipate it would have an effect the following morning, especially after an eight-hour sleep opportunity — and study subjects slept the same amount of time,” said neuroscientist Anne-Marie Chang,
a bio-behavioral health expert from Penn State University who works at Brigham’s division of sleep and circadian disorders. Although the magnitude of the melatonin shift was large, the smaller REM and sleep delays also may contribute to the morningafter effects, Chang said. Researchers suspect the quality of the light from computer devices matters more than its overall intensity relative to reflected light cast on a book.
appointment. Councilman Terry Ryan voted to abstain. Councilwoman Stephanie Wright was absent. Koster’s appointment is set to expire Dec. 31. It’s up to Lovick to forward nominees to the council to fill the post for the next two years. The ombudsman’s job is to investigate complaints about county government and to recommend efficiency improvements. It has no involvement with personnel complaints, which are handled by a separate office. Pay for the ombudsman’s job ranges from $91,000 to $128,000. Koster’s annual pay was set at $105,000. Koster spent much of this year drafting rules
for how the office should function. After the Oso mudslide hit March 22, he helped people affected by the disaster seek out assistance. “I think we did lay the groundwork for the future,” Koster said, before leaving the meeting. Koster’s troubles stemmed from an Oct. 11 fundraising letter for the Freedom Foundation. While technically nonpartisan, the Olympia think tank supports a conservative agenda, including limiting the influence of public sector unions. Koster said that the foundation’s CEO, Tom McCabe, wrote most of the letter, which asks “committed patriots across
Washington to support them in taking on the union machine.” Koster said he worked on the fundraising appeal at home. While labeled “from the desk of John Koster,” it’s not on county letterhead and makes no mention of the ombudsman’s office. Lovick, who hired Koster a year ago, said the statements crossed a line. The executive’s office learned about the fundraising letter after some county employees received copies in the mail. About 80 percent of the county’s approximately 2,800-person workforce are union-represented. Last week, Koster wrote
a formal apology to the council. After the vote, Ryan said that abstaining was the right decision, although he offered no information about any potential conflict or other reason to disqualify himself. Not voting had the same effect as opposing Koster’s reappointment, he said. “That office, more than any other, needs to have neutrality to it,” Ryan said. “There would be at least a perceived cloud over the office if we didn’t make a change.” Klein, on the other hand, said he was “deeply concerned about the email that we received from the executive” asking council members not to support
Koster’s reappointment. To him, the move smacked of retaliation against Koster as part of a larger dispute between Lovick’s administration and a majority of the County Council. Sullivan said he holds Koster in high regard, despite voting against his reappointment. Like many others, he was quick to note the outgoing ombudsman’s reputation for high ethical standards and his devotion to the community. “I think very highly of John Koster,” he said. “I think he’s been a great colleague, a worthy opponent and a good friend.” Noah Haglund: 425339-3465; nhaglund@ heraldnet.com. Twitter: @NWhaglund.
unconscious Thomas was carried into the cabin. Efforts to wake him proved futile. A friend of Thomas drove him to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett where he later died from his injuries. Michael Galen’s father, who has the same name, attended his son’s bail hearing Monday. His eyes were swollen and red.
“I’m crying for their loss,” the suspect’s father said. “I’m sad for his family. I’m so sorry for the family for what has happened.” When his son told him what happened, the father urged him to wait for police to arrive and to “tell the truth to the T.” He said his son was scared and cried. The father said the
punch seems to be part of a code among young people to resolve their differences. “It should never have happened,” he said. A witness told detectives that Galen initially told him to say it was a case of self-defense. Galen later allegedly told deputies that he punched the teen and acknowledged trying to make up a story that he acted in self
defense. By then, Galen had been receiving death treats via social media, detectives wrote. Galen has no criminal history. Patty Richard, the suspect’s aunt, said the outcome is tragic. “We prayed for them,” she said. “We prayed for him.” Galen was booked into the Snohomish County
jail for investigation of second-degree manslaughter. The case remains under investigation by sheriff’s office Major Crimes Unit detectives. In Washington state, second-degree manslaughter is defined as causing the death of someone “with criminal negligence.” Eric Stevick: 425-3393446; stevick@heraldnet. com.
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he ball is flying. Paddles are flashing. Eyes gleam back and forth. Welcome to workplace table tennis, also known as “Ping-Pong.” For several years the popular sport has been making a transition from garages and basements to businesses across the nation. More companies are encouraging employees to play for good reason. Here are some Ping-Pong facts: ■ The name was trademarked in the U.S. by Parker Brothers in 1901. Worldwide it’s known as table tennis. ■ It’s the No. 2 sport in the world after soccer. And it’s No. 1 in China, where there are well over 100 million players. In the U.S. about 8.4 million people play the game at least once a year, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. ■ The sport burns 245 calories per hour on average. It increases flexibility and tones muscles in your upper and lower body. It also boosts mental alertness and clear thinking. And it’s a great way to relieve tension and stress. To get started: All that’s required is a table tennis table, paddles, a ball and a willing partner. And table tennis makes a great indoor sport. After a quick game you can look forward to feeling refreshed and energized.
What is Pilates exercise? It’s a type of exercise that focuses on improving total body strength, flexibility, posture and balance. Pronounced puh-LAHteez, the method was developed in the 1920s by German-born Joseph H. Pilates. After World War I, he brought it to New York City where it gained popularity. Today, people of all fitness levels worldwide practice Pilates exercise. The technique involves learning to use the core muscles of the abdomen, buttocks, hips and back to control movements, which become easier and more flowing. Proper form and breathing are emphasized. The method also stresses full use of mental concentration and focus for each exercise. Pilates workouts might consist of simple mat exercises. Or they can utilize special fitness equipment such as rubber stability balls, hoops, bands or spring resistance machines. Instructors say benefits include a leaner physique, increased energy and stamina and fewer aches including back pain. You can learn the technique from private or group classes, books or videotapes.
Exercise a new year’s resolution The new year is a great time to begin a new exercise program. Greater physical fitness can help improve your mood, your health and your physique. The key is to find a form of exercise that you enjoy and are willing to continue doing regularly. See SMOOTS, Page B5
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Tamara Albaytari, 18, stands with a cup of corn in front of the business named for her, while visiting with her mother, Wafaa Jabbar (left) Thursday in the food court at Everett Mall. Tamara Corn sells specially seasoned corn, which Jabbar says is extremely popular in the malls of her native Iraq and other Middle East countries.
Off the cob and into a cup Traditional specially seasoned corn is the only item on this menu By Andrea Brown
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orn in a cup. Not on the cob. In a paper cup with a plastic spoon. That’s the menu at Tamara Corn, a kiosk in the Everett Mall food court that opened on April 1. It only sells corn. No fooling. No peas. No carrots. No beans. Corn. It’s a novelty here, but an Iraqi family is changing that, one cup of corn at a time. They hope to soon open a second corn stand in Alderwood mall. “In our country, and Middle East countries, all the malls they have this system,” corntrepreneur Wafaa Jabbar said. “When I came here I ask, ‘Where is the corn?’ They say, ‘Never have corn here.’ I say, ‘Why?’ ” It is a tradition in many cultures. McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong and Singapore sell cups of corn. Mexican corn cups with mayonnaise are popular. For some reason, Americans
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have kept it on the cob for snacks. That’s what this is. A snack. A 12-ounce cup is $3.50, tax included. Wafaa and her husband, Amer Albaytari, named the corn stand after their 18-year-old daughter Tamara Albaytari.
The family moved to Everett a year ago. They fled Iraq 15 years ago and lived in Qatar before coming here so Tamara and her twin brother, Tamar, could get an American college education. “We left everything there
looking for a future for them,” Wafaa said. “I was a physical education teacher. My husband was a professional volleyball coach.” Before that, he played on the Iraqi national volleyball team. The couple’s academic certificates didn’t transfer here. They never dreamed corn would be their pot of gold. “We used to make this at home,” Tamara said. “A friend of ours came to our house and we said, ‘Try this snack.’ He tried it. He said, ‘Why don’t you open a business like that?’ And we’re like, ‘Oh, that’s not going to work. No way.’ Then we started to think about it seriously, why not?” See CORN, Page B5
Try these tips to help beat the holiday blues By Jenniffer Weigel Chicago Tribune
It’s supposed to be the season to be jolly — but not everyone feels like celebrating this time of year. “It’s normal (for some people) to be sad around the holidays,” said Susan Forward, a therapist and author of “Mothers Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters.” “Part of it is the nostalgia for our childhood and another part is we’re mandated by guilt to be with people (who) have injured us, traumatized us or made our lives miserable.” Of course, even those with loving families and happy
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don’t include them,” Forward said. “You have to give yourself permission to say ‘no.’ But this is very hard for a lot of people who have major emotional setbacks or disappointments or trauma in their lives. Address these issues with a counselor or therapist so you can slowly gain back your self-respect and do what makes you happy.” ■ Take it easy: Don’t overbook yourself. It’s easy to do, but it will add stress at a time you least need it, psychotherapist Mark Sichel writes in “Ten Tips to Beat the Holiday Blues” on Psychology Today.com. ■ Take three deep breaths. Sense a meltdown coming?
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“A deep diaphragmatic breath puts you into what is called the parasympathetic nervous system, which is the calm nervous system,” Minor said. “The sympathetic nervous system is ‘fight or flight’ and that’s when we say the things we wish we hadn’t said or when we’ve run out the door. Take three deep breaths and track the beginning, middle and end of the inhale, and the beginning, middle and end of the exhale.” ■ Don’t stay long. Bonnie Eaker Weil, a relationship expert and author of “Make Up, Don’t Break Up” (Adams Media), said it’s See BLUES, Page B5
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Adapted from a recent online discussion. Hello, Carolyn: I have been dating my boyfriend for almost four years. When we met, he told me he was separated, and I later learned they still lived together due to financial reasons. Reportedly, the reason for the separation was that she had a years-long affair. The first couple of years were ridiculous: He wasn’t completely honest with me, I accused him of lying to me about being separated, etc. Since he moved out two years ago, our relationship has been GREAT. We get along, have a lot in common and always have a great time together. I am at the point of wanting to move forward with our relationship — after all, it has been nearly four years. When I recently asked him when he intends to get a divorce, he was very defensive (although my timing was terrible — we’d been out drinking). A couple of weeks later, he (unprompted and out of the blue) vowed to “work hard” on getting the divorce done so “we could be together all the time” (we do not live together). So far, I have seen no evidence of his “working hard” to get divorced. I think he feels bad because he carries the medical for his wife
CAROLYN HAX TELL ME ABOUT IT and she has no insurance available through work. But she can get Obamacare now! What do you make of this? Fear of commitment? Not wanting to deal with young children again? Embarrassment because (he probably knows) I make more than twice what he makes, or maybe he has a lot of debt and he doesn’t want to have the “financial discussion”? Is it time for an ultimatum? I hate to pressure him; I want him to WANT to marry me! Thanks! — Future? So, he lied — and not a white lie, but a marital-status whopper; he gets defensive about sensitive topics; you need a couple of belts before you can broach a sensitive topic yourself; you know nothing certain of each other’s finances; you haven’t talked about or don’t believe what he’s said to you about
SUPER QUIZ Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level. Subject: “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” — NO. 1 The questions are based on the novel. (e.g., How many ghosts visited Scrooge? Answer: Four.) FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. Who was the first ghost? 2. Who was Scrooge’s overworked clerk? 3. What one-word comment did Scrooge have about Christmas? GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Who was the first spirit to visit Scrooge after his former partner departs? 5. What was the name of Scrooge’s deceased sister? 6. How did she die?
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Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is 96. Actor Gerald S. O’Loughlin is 93. Actor Ronnie Schell is 83. Emperor Akihito of Japan is 81. Pro and College Football Hall-ofFamer Paul Hornung is 79. Actor Frederic Forrest is 78. Actor James Stacy is 78. Rock musician Jorma Kaukonen is 74. Rock musician Ron Bushy is 73. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer is 71. U.S. Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) is 70. Actress Susan Lucci is 68. Singer-musician Adrian Belew is 65. Rock musician Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) is 58. Actress Joan Severance is 56. Singer Terry Weeks is 51. Rock singer Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) is 50. The former first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is 47. Rock musician Jamie Murphy is 39. Jazz musician Irvin Mayfield is 37. Actress Estella Warren is 36. Actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is 24. Actor Spencer Daniels (TV: “Mom”) is 22. Thought for Today: “If you want to do things, do things.” — Grace Paley, American writer (1922-2007). Associated Press
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having children; you haven’t received any insight from him about why he’s moved so slowly on dissolving this marriage ... .. but you have a lot in common (indeed) and have a “great time.” This is coming out meaner-spirited than I intended, but I’m in full wow. You just sound so achingly unprepared for marriage. Before going in, you need to trust each other implicitly and feel comfortable saying what you need to say — and that’s just one of many ingredients for a healthy marriage. You don’t appear to be even close to that point with each other. What you’re doing in your letter is just mentally running through various scenarios to try to figure out what he is thinking and why, and apparently you’re relying on that as your primary mode of communication. That’s how people end up marrying someone who has ideas and goals that are completely different from their own. Find a way to talk to each other, about everything and anything, no more lies and no more rationalizations. When you actually know how he feels about insurance, income, kids, divorce and commitment — because he has told you himself — then write to me about wanting to get married. Washington Post Writers Group
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Man moving too slow on getting a divorce Dear Abby: I am three years into a relationship with Harold, a man who is separated but not divorced. We both have grown children. Harold was separated when we got involved. He has since moved in with me and is an active bill-paying member of the home. I was also separated from a brief marriage when we met, and divorced shortly after we started dating. My assumption was that Harold would also be divorcing. As of now, the paperwork remains partially filled out, but no legal proceedings have begun. I hate this. I have talked to him about it many times, so he knows my feelings. I’m at the “do it or leave” point, but can’t seem to get over the hump. I do not plan on marrying — I just want him to be divorced. What should I do? — Looking For Legality in Washington Dear Looking: When you became involved with Harold, did he TELL you he was planning on divorcing his wife? There could be reasons why he hasn’t gone through with finalizing it. One of them could be religious; another might be financial. A third, the fear that his relationship with his children — and grandchildren, if there are any — will be permanently damaged. Or that marrying you wasn’t his objective in the first place, and your saying you didn’t want to remarry made you more attractive to him. If remarriage isn’t your goal, why is his finalizing his divorce so important to you? Before you issue an ultimatum, it’s crucial that you understand the answer to this question. After that, you will know what — or what not — to do. Dear Abby: I have an 11-month-old son. When I RIP HAYWIRE
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was pregnant, I felt I had a great relationship with my mom. She seemed excited about becoming a grandma for the first time, but once my son was born she stayed away for two weeks. When she finally came over, it was only because she happened to be in town for a meeting. When we met for lunch, she seemed uncomfortable around the baby. I feel hurt that she doesn’t seem “into” him or being a grandma. I’m sad she’s missing out on so much, but I don’t know if I should tell her how I feel. I don’t want her to change only because I said something. I’d like her to WANT to visit. Should I say something to her, or let it be and continue feeling resentment toward her? — Disappointed New Mom Dear Disappointed: Please try to curb your resentment until after you have discussed this with your mother, which is necessary in light of the fact that you have always had a good relationship with her. In the weeks after your son was born, she may have been trying to give you space and time to bond with your newborn. She may also be busy, or uncomfortable around babies and toddlers who can’t yet communicate. Believe it or not, some people — even grandparents — feel that way, although they are hesitant to admit it. Universal Uclick
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Robin Roberts reviewing some of the biggest stories of the past 12 months, including the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, the Ebola virus and the fight against the Islamic State group. 9 p.m., ABC. On “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” host Guy Fieri eats a pancake that looks like him. 9 p.m., Food. From Herald news services
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NEW YORK — In a surprise preview of her new album, Madonna released six songs Saturday on iTunes and various streaming services. The songs were released because several in-progress demos were leaked earlier this week, publicist Liz Rosenberg said. Madonna said in a statement that she had wanted to wait until a different
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY 50 years ago (1964) Mary Brown, 2406 Highland Ave., had written two Christmas songs — “The Seven Elves” and “Christmas Bells.” Recording the songs were Pat Kasch, Bob Brannon, Kit Peterson, Paul McCarthy, Jerry Sather, Jimmy Brown, Dixie Givler, Adrian Mertens, Susan Williams and organist Joyce Morrison. All were from Everett. Much of the land on the flats between Everett and Marysville was under water due to a break in a dike near the Steamboat Slough bridges yesterday. County crews dumped several truckloads of sand on the road passing under both bridges in an effort to hold back flood waters that covered several hundred acres of land adjacent to Smith Island.
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THE CLICKER Tuesday’s highlights on TV include: Don’t be alarmed. Those highpitched screams you hear being emitted by teen girls are for “One Direction: The TV Special.” It features backstage footage from the band’s concert tour and follows the lads as they recorded their new album. 8 p.m., NBC. “The Year: 2014” has host
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holiday season. “I was hoping to release my new single ‘Living For Love’ on Valentine’s Day with the rest of the album Madonna coming in the spring,” she said. “I would prefer my fans to hear
completed versions of some of the songs instead of the incomplete tracks that are circulating. Please consider these six songs as an early Christmas gift.” Additional music will be released Feb. 9, Rosenberg said. The full album, “Rebel Heart,” is Madonna’s 13th and is set for release in March. Associated Press
The Doctor is coming to town for Christmas
25 years ago (1989) The Happy Stillys choir sang songs during the annual Christmas party at the Stillaguamish Senior Center in Smokey Point. During the gift exchange Kay Jensen and Dorothy Platt opened a package containing a ceramic vase. Barry Lamont was director at the center. KBLE radio aired today a special Scandinavian program featuring music and features from that part of Europe. Another would take place on Christmas Day. Ron Olsen Lynnwood hosted the programs with Doug Warne.
“Do you believe in Santa Claus?” You may have an opinion after this year’s “Doctor Who” Christmas Special on Christmas Day, 9 p.m. ET on BBC America, and available online the day after. Like all of Steven Moffat’s best writing, it’s a multilayered episode to be enjoyed by children and discussed between adults. There are moments where you’ll laugh at the humor (queue the slinkies), and moments to make you cry at the pathos. Moffat defines “Last Christmas” as a “big, optimistic show that does of course have monsters that want to commit genocide on the entire universe.” Who is The Doctor? He’s an
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alien Time Lord from Gallifrey who runs about the universe in a TARDIS time machine. He regenerates into a new body (whenever the show needs a new actor), which also brings a different version of the character. This will be Peter Capaldi’s first official Christmas since he took over the part in the last few seconds of 2013. Capaldi’s Doctor is older, grumpy and a disbeliever in myths and legends — including Santa Claus. At the end of the latest series, the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) has broken up with his latest travelling companion, Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), leaving them both unhappy and
misunderstanding each other. Clara is also grieving for the loss of her boyfriend, Danny Pink. Hardly spoilers since it’s in the YouTube trailers, Santa and his two snarky elves land their sleigh on her rooftop. The Doctor appears, sneers at Santa, and then takes Clara to a scientific base at the North Pole where there are aliens threatening the world (in typical “Doctor Who” fashion.) There are overtones of the Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, a rearing reindeer, a touch of classic Daoism, a song from the glam-rock ’70s, and a stellar score from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Tish Wells, McClatchy
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2014. There are eight days left in the year. Today’s highlight: On Dec. 23, 1954, the first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team led by Dr. Joseph Murray removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it in Herrick’s twin brother, Richard, who was dying
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Incorporating some cross training into your program is even better. This means alternating between several forms of exercise to prevent overuse of any particular muscle group. For example, you might decide to work out at the gym three days a week using an elliptical trainer and light weights, and on the other days of the week go walking at lunch. As the cover story indicates, don’t forget to take some fun breaks at work with activities like table tennis, or standing up and moving around the room. Before you begin the activities, get your physician’s OK if you have any chronic health conditions or are unaccustomed to exercise. Having a checkup is especially important if you plan to start doing strenuous physical activity. With any kind of exercise routine it’s essential to start slowly and gradually increase the duration and intensity to reduce the chance of accident or injury. Schedule a few appointments with an exercise trainer if you need additional help. Here’s wishing you success in designing an exercise routine you enjoy in 2015. For more information: American College of Sports Medicine, www.acsm.org. Elizabeth Smoots is the author of “Allergy Guide: Alternative & Conventional Solutions.� Send comments to readers@drsmoots.com or go to www.drsmoots.com. Smoots’ columns are not intended as a substitute for medical advice or treatment. Before adhering to any recommendations in this column consult your health care provider.
This was bold move in this land of choices aplenty. They set up shop in a vendor cart in the middle of the food court within steps from 31 flavors of ice cream and a dozen pizza topping options. Diners at the corn kiosk have two corn choices: Spicy or not spicy. There are two pressure steamers, a jar of butter, some seasonings and a small freezer with bags of frozen corn. Bright signs with smiling corn ears are the main clue of what’s inside those pots.
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important to set boundaries on how long you stay at certain gatherings. “This is what I call ‘doing a short run,’� Weil said. “For those people you’re anxious about seeing, tell them that you’ll be passing through or stopping by for an hour because you have another stop to make. And be sure to tell them before the day of the event so they don’t seem surprised.� ■Get support from your partner or a friend. “A 20-second hug can cause a dopamine rush,� Weil said, referring to the neurotransmitter that controls the brain’s pleasure center. “So if you are really struggling ... pull your partner aside and
Still, it takes some explaining. “People asked me, ‘What is this, just corn?’ �
Wafaa said. “We did a lot of samples,� Tamara said. “When they try it they go, ‘We
need this.’ � From the steamer, the kernels are mixed in a bowl with white cheese, yellow cheese, lemon juice, garlic, butter, salt and pepper. Some customers try it at home. “They say, ‘We can’t do it like you,’� Wafaa said. “They say, ‘We make it, but it’s not delicious like yours.’ I say, ‘A secret.’ � That’s right. Just like the chicken colonel, there’s an undisclosed ingredient. Kyle Ventler, a mall worker at a vape kiosk, is hooked. “It’s a nice simple treat that satisfies your sweet craving and fills you up,� he said. “It has a very unique flavor to it. I
ask (him or her) to give you a real, meaningful hug. That connection will immediately give you a boost.� ■Plan activities that uplift you. Whether it’s a trip to the spa, an extra yoga class, taking a holiday craft class — any activity that calms you, Sichel writes, gives you a better perspective on what is important in your life. ■Safety in numbers. “Those people you don’t like or can’t stand are much more tolerable when you dilute them with other people,� Weil said. “My father had a hard time getting close with family but when I invited friends over for Thanksgiving, he was nonstop chatting, because it dilutes the intimacy when you have new faces around.� ■Get out of the house. Weil also suggests, if it’s feasible, getting out of the
house for a walk, group activity or movie — any reason to leave the house “so you aren’t just sitting around drinking and watching television.� ■Start a new tradition. Patricia Evans, author of “The Verbally Abusive Relationship,� said a great way to mix things up is to start a new tradition, either with friends or family. “Pick a new venue like a hotel or good friend’s house and do something that you’ve never done before,� she said. ■Be around positive people. “If you spend your time around negative people, their energy will rub off on you,� Weil said. “Find positive people who make you laugh and avoid the Scrooge. If you feel the Scrooge start to bring you down, walk away. If you are the Scrooge, you need to make some changes so you aren’t the person everyone
is trying to avoid!� ■Take care of your body. “One way to lift your mood immediately is to get exercise, so work out every day if you can,� Weil said. “And be sure not to drink too much or eat too much sugar.� ■Don’t bring up the past. “It’s not where you’ve come from, it’s where you finish that matters,� Weil said. “Take the negative and see it as a positive because those negative incidents made you a stronger person and also gave you better skills to deal with uncooperative people.� ■Respond, don’t react. “We need to know the difference between reaction and response,� Minor said. “People react when they think they’re actually responding. We’re putting 100 percent of our energy on what we have zero percent control over — which
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REPORTER T h e G r a y s H a r b o r Publishing Group on Grays Harbor, Wash., has an opening for a full-time reporter with an emphasis on local sports writing. We’re looking for someone to produce clear, brightly w r i t t e n h i g h s c h o o l p r e p s p o r t s s t o r i e s relevant to real people reading us in print, on our website and in so- cial media. Ability to take photos is neces- sary, as is familiarity w i t h s o c i a l m e d i a . Grays Harbor is on the Washington Coast, an hour from the Olympic Rain Forest and two h o u r s f r o m S e a t t l e. Benefits include, but are not limited to paid vacation, sick and holi- days, medical, dental and life insurance, and a 4 0 1 ( K ) p l a n w i t h company match. Send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to: hr@soundpublishing.com All qualified applicants will be considered for employment. Qualified applicants selected for inter view will be re- quired to complete an application.
Multi-Media Advertising Consultant Be a part of the largest community news organization in Washington! The Daily Herald/HeraldNet.com, a division of Sound Publishing, Inc. is looking for a self-motivated, results driven person interested in a career in multi-me- dia sales. In this exciting role you will leverage your drive and creativity to develop, customize, and sell online and print marketing programs to local businesses and private party advertisers. Qualified candidate will be able to: • Sell advertising to meet and exceed goals • Make sales presentations and close sales over the phone • Provide a high level of customer service to meet and exceed client ex- pectations • Prioritize workflow and thrive in a very fast-paced environment with short deadlines Candidate must have a minimum of one year prior outbound phone sales ex- perience. You will receive thorough training on our products and solutions as well as successful sales techniques. We are committed to our team and ac- tively promote from within, opening doors for your future growth. If you have t h e n o t e d s k i l l s , p l e a s e e m a i l y o u r r e s u m e a n d c o v e r l e t t e r to:hreast@soundpublishing.com. This position, which is based in Everett, re- ceives base plus commissions and a benefits package including health insu- rance, paid time off, and 401K.Sound Publishing Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace. Visit our website to learn more about us! www.soundpublishing.com
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CITY OF SULTAN SULTAN, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 1206-14 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF SULTAN WASHINGTON FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2015; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Sultan, Washington, completed and placed on file with the City clerk a proposed budget and estimate of the amount of moneys required to meet the public expenses, bond retirement and interest, reserve funds and expenses of government of said City for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, and notice was published that the Council of said City would meet on October 23, 2014 for the purpose of making and adopting a budget for said fiscal year and giving taxpayers within the limits of said City an opportunity to be heard upon said budget; and WHEREAS, the Council continued the public hearing to November 6, 2014 and November 20, 2014 for the purpose of making and adopting a budget for said fiscal year and giving taxpayers within the limits of said City an opportunity to be heard upon said budget; and WHEREAS, the said City Council did meet at said times and did then consider the matter of said proposed budget; and WHEREAS, the said proposed budget does not exceed the lawful limit of taxation allowed by law to be levied on the property within the City of Sultan for the purposes set forth in said budget, and the estimated expenditures set forth in said budget being all necessary to carry on the government of said City for said year and being sufficient to meet the various needs of the City during said period. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SULTAN DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1: The budget for the City of Sultan, Washington for the year 2015 is hereby adopted in its final form and content as set forth in the document entitled City of Sultan 2015 Budget, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk. Section 2: Estimated resources, including fund balances or working capital for each separate fund of the City of Sultan, and aggregate totals (net of transactions between funds) for all such funds combined, for the year 2015 are set forth in the summary form below, and are hereby appropriated for expenditures during the year 2015 as set forth below: 2015 BUDGET Fund Fund Name REVENUE EXPENSE SURPLUS 001 General Fund $1,792,955.00    Legislative  $16,708.00   Executive  $62,650.00   Finance/Administration  $78,476.00   Grants  $23,773.00   Legal  $46,438.00   Other Governmental  $79,803.00   Law Enforcement  $989,129.00   Law Enforcement - Court  $71,600.00   Emergency Management  $5,985.00   Code Enforcement  $57,858.00   Planning and Community Development  $168,572.00   Building  $39,402.00   Public Health  $1,000.00   Library  $6,500.00   Park/Recreation  $92,504.00   Miscellaneous (Transfers Out)  $15,798.00   Total Expenditures  $1,756,196.00 $36,759.00      100 General Fund Contingency $6,798.00 $0.00 $6,798.00 101 Street Fund $190,719.00 $190,719.00 $0.00 103 Cemetery Fund $28,007.00 $28,007.00 $0.00 501 C.R. Equipment Fund $75,500.00 $15,000.00 $60,500.00 108 Street Impact Fee Fund $86,000.00 $53,200.00 $32,800.00 109 Community Improvement Fund $8,500.00 $8,500.00 $0.00 112 Park Impact Fee Fund $75,000.00 $75,000.00 $0.00 113 Building Maintenance Fund $50,200.00 $45,948.00 $4,252.00 114 Information Tech Fund (IT) $64,100.00 $56,500.00 $7,600.00 115 Insurance Claim Fund $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 117 Timber Ridge Settlement $303,568.00 $303,568.00 $0.00 203 Limited Tax Bond GO $145,575.00 $145,575.00 $0.00 205 Unlimited Tax GO Bond $31,978.00 $31,978.00 $0.00 207 LID Guaranty Fund $284,125.00 $284,125.00 $0.00 301 Capital Project Fund REET 1 $30,000.00 $30,000.00 $0.00 302 Capital Project Fund REET 2 $30,000.00 $30,000.00 $0.00 303 Street Improvement Fund $455,500.00 $399,500.00 $56,000.00 305 Park Improvement Fund $399,600.00 $399,600.00 $0.00 400 Utility Water Fund $1,105,628.00 $1,105,628.00 $0.00 401 Utility Sewer Fund $1,309,195.00 $1,264,480.00 $44,715.00 402 Utility Garbage Fund $806,650.00 $785,105.00 $21,545.00 403 Water Revenue Bond Fund $344,100.00 $343,591.00 $509.00 404 C.R. Sewer Utility Fund $225,640.00 $225,640.00 $0.00 405 C.R. Water Utility Fund $229,880.00 $229,880.00 $0.00 406 Storm Water Utility $180,580.00 $180,580.00 $0.00 407 Sewer System Improvement Fund $485,000.00 $485,000.00 $0.00 409 Water System Improvment Fund $1,827,200.00 $1,819,500.00 $7,700.00 410 Stormwater System Improvement Fund $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 412 Water System Debt Fund $129,478.00 $129,478.00 $0.00 413 Sewer System Debt Fund $204,982.00 $204,979.00 $3.00 621 Cemetery Trust Fund $2,200.00 $0.00 $2,200.00  TOTALS $10,908,658.00 $10,627,277.00 $281,381.00 Section 3: The City Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of the budget hereby adopted to the Division of Municipal Corporations in the Office of the State Auditor and to the Association of Washington Cities. Section 2. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this Ordinance be pre-empted by state or federal law or regulation, such decision or pre-emption shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after the date of publication. ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF ON THE 18th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014. CITY OF SULTAN ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED: Carolyn Eslick, Mayor Laura Koenig, City Clerk Approved as to form: Danielle Evans, City Attorney Published: December 23, 2014. 1208675
Deceased. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Cour t has a p p o i n t e d m e Pe r s o n a l Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: • Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and • In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: • By filing with the foregoing Cour t the original of the signed Creditor’s Claim, and • By ser ving upon or mailing by first class mail to me at the address provided below a copy of the s i g n e d C r e d i t o r ’s Claim. The Creditor’s Claim must be presented by the later to occur of: • Thirty (30) days after I ser ved or mailed this Notice to you as provided in RCW 11.40.020(3), or • Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the Creditor’s Claim is not presented within the foregoing time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. T h i s b a r i s e f fe c t i ve fo r claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication of this Notice: 12-23-14 Signed: RAYMOND R. HILL, III Personal Representative Address for Mailing or Service: RAYMOND R. HILL, III c/o THE MULVIHILL LAW FIRM P.O. BOX 1001 LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON 98046 Published: December 23, 30, 2014; January 6, 2015.
NO. 14-4-01710-9 NOTICE TO CREDITORS SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH In re the Estate of: LORETTA MABEL WARD Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by a ny o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attor neys of record at the address state below and file a n exe c u t e d c o py o f t h e claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of t h i s n o t i c e o r w i t h i n fo u r months after the date of ďŹ ling of the copy of this notice with the Clerk of this Cour t, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 or RCW 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FILING COPY OF N OT I C E TO C R E D I TO R S with Clerk of the Court: December 9, 2014. DATES OF PUBLICATION: 12/09/2014, 12/16/2014, 12/23/2014 Dated: December 5, 2014. Respectfully Submitted by: BRIAN L. DUCE, WSBA24613 Attorney for Estate Co-Personal Representatives: Brad Schoenberg Ferrier and Jana Lei Schoenberg Address: 12212 51st Ave NE Marysville, WA 98271 Attorney for Estate: BRIAN L. DUCE Address: 1701 Grove Street Marysville, WA 98270 Telephone: (360) 659-9210 Published: December 9, 16, 23, 2014. EDH604565
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1VCMJD /PUJDFT APPROVED: 11/24/14 EFFECTIVE: 12/10/14 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Ordinance No. 14-093. ORDINANCE NO. 14-093 AUTHORIZING INCREASE IN CONSERVATION FUTURES REVENUES FOR PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED IN 2015 W H E R E A S, t h e C o u n t y C o u n c i l h e l d a p u bl i c h e a r i n g commencing on November 24, 2014, following public notice as required by law to consider the County’s annual budget, including revenue sources for calendar year 2015, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and WHEREAS, the County Council, after hear ing and duly considering all relevant evidence and testimony presented, including evidence and testimony presented upon consideration of proposed Ordinance No. 14-093, has determined that an increase in conservation futures tax revenue from the previous year, in addition to the increases resulting from the addition of new construction, improvements to property, newly constructed wind turbine facilities, and any increase in the value of state-assessed property under RCW 84.55.010, and from the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW, is necessary for the purpose of acquiring rights and interests in real property pursuant to the terms of RCW 84.34.210 and 84.34.220, and for the maintenance and operation of any property acquired thereunder and in the County’s best interests; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120, that an increase in property tax revenues for taxes collected in 2015, in addition to the increases resulting from the addition of new construction, improvements to property, newly constructed wind turbine facilities, and any increase in the value of state-assessed property under RCW 84.55.010, and from the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW, is hereby a u t h o r i ze d i n t h e a m o u n t o f $ 3 4 , 8 4 4 fo r t h e ye a r 2 0 1 5 conservation futures levy, which is a percentage increase of one (1) percent from the previous year. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104473 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607119
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Planning Commission of Lake Stevens City’s Adoption of the Lake Stevens School District 2014-2019 Capital Facilities Plan The Lake Stevens Planning Commission is scheduled to conduct a public hearing to consider Adoption of the Lake Stevens School District 2014-2019 Capital Facilities Plan. The proposal is to adopt the Lake Stevens School District 20142019 Capital Facilities Plan as a sub-element of the City’s comprehensive plan to comply with the State Growth Management Act (GMA). Public testimony on the proposed change will be accepted at the hearing on January 7, 2014, at 7:00 PM, at the Lake Stevens Community/Senior Center at 1808 Main Street. Interested Par ties can direct questions or provide written comments to the Depar tment of Planning and Community Development attn: Sally Payne at 1812 Main Street (PO Box 257), Lake Stevens, WA 98258 or by calling (425) 377-3221, prior to the hearing. Public testimony on the proposed regulations may be submitted orally at the hearing. Published: December 23, 30, 2014. EDH607132
PUGET SOUND CLEAN AIR AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING A regular meeting of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Board of Directors will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2015, beginning at 8:45 a.m. The meeting will be held at the agency’s office at 1904 3rd Ave, Ste 105, Seattle WA 98101. Items on the agenda may include: Resolution on RACT determination for Ardagh Glass, an U p d a t e o n t h e S t r a t e g i c P l a n ’s F i n a n c i a l S t r e n g t h a n d Accountability Objectives, briefings on the Dry Cleaners Project and FY16 Budget Planning, staff reports, and approval of vouchers and previous meeting minutes. For further information contact Judith White-Crow at 206-689-4079 or check our website at www.pscleanair.org. The Agency will make reasonable accommodations for any person who needs assistance to participate in the Board of Directors’ meeting, or access our services. Our meeting facilities are accessible. Contact Judith White-Crow at 206-689-4079, or you may reach her by dialing 800-552-3565, ext. 4079. Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607074 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on December 17, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Emergency Ordinance No. 14122. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 14-122 RELATING TO PROPERTY TAXES, AUTHORIZING INCREASES IN GENERAL TAX REVENUES FOR PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED IN 2015 Section 1. Pursuant to RCW 84.55.120, an additional one percent (1%) increase in property tax revenues for taxes collected in 2015 is hereby authorized in the total amount of $822,180 for the 2015 general levy. Said increase is in addition to increases resulting from the addition of new construction, improvements to proper ty, newly constructed wind turbine facilities, and any increase in the value of state-assessed property under RCW 84.55.010, and from the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW. Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The County Council finds as a fact that the County Executive vetoed Ordinance No. 14-099 which adopted the amended budget for 2015, and that without an adopted budget, the County will be unable to make any expenditures in 2015, and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety or and/or for the support of county government and its existing public institutions. Based on the foregoing, the County Council declares that an emergency exists and this ordinance shall take effect immediately. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104482 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607125 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on December 17, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Emergency Ordinance No. 14121. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 14-121 RELATING TO PROPERTY TAXES, REPEALING AMENDED ORDINANCE NO. 14-088, FIXING THE 2015 GENERAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND PRESERVING FUTURE LEVY CAPACITY Section 1. Amended Ordinance No. 14-088, adopted November 24, 2014, by Amended Ordinance No. 14-088 is hereby repealed. Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The County Council finds as a fact that the County Executive has vetoed Ordinance No. 14-099 which adopted the amended budget for 2015, and that without an adopted budget, the County will be unable to make any expenditures in 2015, and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety and/or for the suppor t of county gover nment and its existing public institutions. Based on the foregoing, the County Council declares that an emergency exists and this ordinance shall take effect immediately. Section 3. The annual amount of general property tax levy necessary to raise the amount of revenues required by Snohomish County for expenditure during calendar year 2015 is hereby levied upon all real and personal proper ty subject to taxation in Snohomish County as set forth in the table below. 2015 GENERAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY Estimated Use of Funds Levy Rate Levy Amount General Levy .9795 $86,602,918 Section 4. The amount set forth in Section 3 is hereby levied upon all real and personal property in accordance with certified assessed values and the completed tax rolls of Snohomish County for collection in 2015. That property tax levy amount is intended: (a) to include 100% of the County’s 2014 levy amount; (b) to include any additional amounts allowed under (i) the n ew c o n s t r u c t i o n i n c r e a s e s i n a s s e s s e d va l u e d u e t o construction of wind turbine facilities, improvements to property and state-assessed property provisions of RCW 84.55.010 and, (ii) as provided pursuant to RCW 84.55.070, the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW; and (c) to exclude any amounts in excess of 100% of the 2014 levy amount plus those additional amounts described in paragraph (b) above; and shall be adjusted by the County Assessor when property values are certified. Section 5. Any unused general property tax levy capacity for the 2015 tax year is reserved for future levy as provided by RCW 84.55.092. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104482 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607123 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Amended Ordinance 14-097. AMENDED ORDINANCE NO. 14-097 RELATING TO THE SALES AND USE TAX FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY OR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND THERAPEUTIC COURT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES; AMENDING SCC 4.25.050 BE IT ORDAINED: Section 1. Snohomish County Code Section 4.25.050, last amended by Amended Ordinance No. 12-097 on December 10, 2012, is amended to read: 4.25.050 Use of fund.
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(1) The resources of the chemical dependency/mental health program fund shall be used solely for the purpose of providing for the operation or delivery of chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services and for the operation or delivery of therapeutic court programs and services as allowed by state law, except as follows: (a) A portion of the revenue provided to the chemical dependency/mental health program fund by moneys collected under the tax imposed by SCC 4.25.010 may be used to supplant the costs of providing for the operation or delivery of chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services previously funded by the county general fund as follows (,notwithstanding any authorization for a higher amount of supplanting under state law): (i) in 2013, no more than 30 percent of the total collected in 2013; (ii) in 2014, no more than 25 percent of the total collected in 2014; (iii) in 2015, no more than (15) 20 percent of the total collected in 2015; (iv) in 2016, no more than (five) 10 percent of the total collected in 2016; and (b) For the purposes of this section, “programs and services” includes, but is not limited to, treatment services, case management, and housing that are a component of a coordinated chemical dependency or mental health treatment program or service. (2) Contracts and contract amendments with private sector providers of home care services, chemical dependency or mental health treatment services, or therapeutic court services that are approved by the county executive under this section must be awarded in a manner consistent with contracting policies adopted under SCC 2.400.067, if applicable. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Counc i l . T h e y m ay b e o b t a i n e d b y c a l l i n g ( 4 2 5 ) 3 8 8 - 3 4 9 4 , 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104473 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607121
WHEREAS, the County Council, after hearing and duly considering all relevant evidence and testimony presented, including evidence and testimony presented upon consideration of proposed Ordinance No. 14-091, has determined that an increase in road tax revenue from the previous year, in addition to the increases resulting from the addition of new construction, improvements to property, newly constructed wind turbine facilities, and any increase in the value of state-assessed property under RCW 84.55.010, and from the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW, is necessary in order to discharge the expected expenses and obligations of the County and in its best interests; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120, that an increase in property tax revenues for taxes collected in 2015, in addition to the increases resulting from the addition of new construction, improvements to property, newly constructed wind turbine facilities, and any increase in the value of state-assessed property under RCW 84.55.010, and from the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW, is hereby authorized in the amount of $548,387 for the year 2015 road levy, which is a percentage increase of one (1) percent from the previous year. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Counc i l . T h e y m ay b e o b t a i n e d b y c a l l i n g ( 4 2 5 ) 3 8 8 - 3 4 9 4 , 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104473 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607117
SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENCATMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on December 17, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Emergency Ordinance No. 14127. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 14-127 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2015 ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM FOR COUNTY TRANSPORTATION Section 1. The Snohomish County 2015 Annual Construction Program for Transportation for the laying out, construction, and maintenance of county roads, attached hereto as Exhibit A, as submitted by the Snohomish County Engineer, is hereby approved and adopted pursuant to RCW 36.81.130 and is, by this reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof. Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The County Council finds as a fact that the County Executive vetoed Ordinance No. 14-095 which adopted the 2015 Annual Construction Program and that without an adopted Annual Construction Program the County will be unable to make necessary road improvement expenditures and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety and/or for the support of county government and its existing public institutions. Based on the foregoing, the County Council declares that an emergency exists and this ordinance shall take effect immediately. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104482 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607133 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Ordinance No. 14-084. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 14-084 APPROVING A SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENTS PROPOSED BY THE SNOHOMISH CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND IMPOSING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION PURPOSES ON ALL NON-EXEMPT REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN SNOHOMISH CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING IN 2015 Section 1. Adopts findings of fact and conclusions. Section 2. Accepts and imposes the system of assessments proposed by the Conservation District for the purpose of financing Conser vation District programs and activities. The special assessments are imposed at the rate of $5.00 per parcel plus $0.05 per acre. Section 3. Classifies certain parcels as non-assessed properties exempt from the special assessments imposed by this ordinance. Section 4. States that special assessments shall be collected in 2015 and each year thereafter for a total of five years. Section 5. States that special assessments shall constitute liens against the parcels assessed and shall be subject to the same conditions as tax liens. Section 6. States that the County and the Conservation District may enter into agreements to coordinate programs funded by the special assessment. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #107024 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607112 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on December 17, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Emergency Ordinance No. 14126, adopting the 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program as a p a r t o f S n o h o m i s h C o u n t y ’s G r o w t h M a n a g e m e n t A c t Comprehensive Plan. Policy Changes No new policy changes are being proposed or implemented in the 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program. The 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program was developed as part of the 2015 Budget adoption process. The following is a summary of the proposed ordinance: EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 14-126 ADOPTING THE 2015-2020 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS A PART OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY’S GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Section 1. States that the county council adopts foregoing recitals as findings and conclusions. Section 2. States proposed findings of fact and conclusions, including but not limited to, determinations that the action complies with the goals of the GMA, the county’s Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan - including the CFP, state and county environmental review procedures, and the county’s public hearing process. Section 3. States that the county council bases its findings and conclusions on the entire record of the planning commission and the county council, including all testimony and exhibits. Section 4. Adopts the 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program. Section 5. States that the 2015-2020 CIP supersedes all other county Capital Improvement Programs. Section 6. The council directs the code reviser to update SCC 30.10.060. Section 7. States the terms of severability for the ordinance. Section 8. Declaration of Emergency. The County Council finds as a fact that the County Executive vetoed Ordinance No. 14-098 which adopted the 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program and that without an adopted Capital Improvement Program the County w i l l b e u n a bl e t o m a ke n e c e s s a r y c a p i t a l i m p r ove m e n t expenditures and that this ordinance is necessar y for the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety and/or for the suppor t of county gover nment and its existing public institutions. Based on the foregoing, the County Council declares that an emergency exists and this ordinance shall take effect immediately. Exhibit A. 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program. The CIP is a component of the Capital Facilities Plan but is a physically separate document that fulfills the County’s related financial and infrastructure responsibilities required under state and local law. The 2015-2020 CIP, like previous CIPs, divides the County’s capital projects into three broad categories: 1) General Government; 2) Transportation; and 3) Proprietary. Many small or mid-sized projects are consolidated into several program categories under these three broad headings, with funding sources and expenditure levels identified for each category over the next 6 ye a r s. T h e C I P i n c o r p o r a t e s t h e a n n u a l Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Improvement Program and its suppor ting documents for the surface transportation capital construction program by reference. The CIP also includes a determination of whether probable funding for public facilities that support development will fall short of maintaining minimum level-of-ser vice standards (called the “statement of assessment”). The GMA requires the County to take action if funding is found to be insufficient to ensure that new development will be served by adequate public facilities. Where to Get Copies of Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance under consideration, including attachments, are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104482 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607127
SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Ordinance No. 14-091. ORDINANCE NO. 14-091 AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN ROAD TAX REVENUES FOR PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED IN 2015 WHEREAS, the County Council held a public hearing on November 24, 2014, following public notices as required by law to consider the County’s annual budget, including revenue sources for calendar year 2015, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Ordinance No. 14-090. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 14-090 RELATING TO PROPERTY TAXES, FIXING THE 2015 ROAD PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY Section 1. The annual amount of road proper ty tax levy necessary to raise the amount of revenues required by Snohomish County for expenditure during calendar year 2015 is hereby levied upon all real and personal proper ty subject to taxation in unincorporated Snohomish County as set forth in the table below: 2015 ROAD PROPERTY TAX LEVY Estimated Use of Funds Levy Rate Levy Amount Road Levy 1.6419 $59,904,197 Section 2. The amount set forth in Section 1 is hereby levied upon all real and personal property in accordance with certified assessed values and the completed tax rolls of Snohomish County for collection in 2015. That estimated property tax levy amount is intended: (a) to include 101% of the County’s 2014 levy amount, (b) to include any additional amounts allowed under (i) the new constr uction, increases in assessed value due to construction of wind turbine facilities, improvements to property and state-assessed property provisions of RCW 84.55.010 and, (ii) as provided pursuant to RCW 84.55.070, the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW, and (c) to exclude any amounts in excess of 101% of the 2014 levy amount plus those additional amounts described in paragraph (b) above, and shall be adjusted by the County Assessor when property values are certified. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104473 Published : December 23, 2014. EDH607116 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Amended Ordinance No. 14088. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AMENDED ORDINANCE NO. 14-088 RELATING TO PROPERTY TAXES, FIXING THE 2014 GENERAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND PRESERVING FUTURE LEVY CAPACITY Section 1. The annual amount of general property tax levy necessary to raise the amount of revenues required by Snohomish County for expenditure during calendar year 2015 is hereby levied upon all real and personal proper ty subject to taxation in Snohomish County as set forth in the table below. 2015 GENERAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY Estimated Use of Funds Levy Rate Levy Amount General Levy .9699 $85,756,072.60 Section 2. The amount set forth in Section 1 is hereby levied upon all real and personal property in accordance with certified assessed values and the completed tax rolls of Snohomish County for collection in 2015. That property tax levy amount is intended: (a) to include 100% of the County’s 2014 levy amount; (b) to include any additional amounts allowed under (i) the n ew c o n s t r u c t i o n i n c r e a s e s i n a s s e s s e d va l u e d u e t o construction of wind turbine facilities, improvements to property and state-assessed property provisions of RCW 84.55.010 and, (ii) as provided pursuant to RCW 84.55.070, the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW; and (c) to exclude any amounts in excess of 100% of the 2014 levy amount plus those additional amounts described in paragraph (b) above; and shall be adjusted by the County Assessor when property values are certified. Section 3. Any unused general property tax levy capacity for the 2015 tax year is reserved for future levy as provided by RCW 84.55.092. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104473 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607115 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Ordinance No. 14-094. ORDINANCE NO. 14-094 RELATING TO USE OF REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAXES; AMENDING SCC 4.12.015 BE IT ORDAINED: Section 1. Snohomish County Code Section 4.12.015, last amended by Ordinance No. 13-081 on November 25, 2013, is amended to read: 4.12.015 Disposal of tax. (1) The county treasurer shall place one and three-tenths percent (1.3%) of the proceeds of the taxes imposed under SCC 4.12.005 in the current expense fund to defray costs of collection. (2) The remaining proceeds from the taxes imposed under SCC 4.12.005 shall be placed in separate accounts within the real estate excise tax fund created pursuant to this chapter or as required by chapter 4.13 SCC and used for the following purposes: (a) Revenues generated from the tax imposed under SCC 4.12.005(1) shall be used by the county for local improvements, including those listed in RCW 35.43.040. After April 30, 1992, revenues shall be used solely for financing capital projects specified in a capital facilities plan element of a comprehensive plan and housing relocation assistance under RCW 59.18.440 and 59.18.450. However, revenues pledged to debt retirement prior to April 30, 1992, shall continue to be used for that purpose until the original debt for which the revenues were pledged is retired, and revenues committed to a project prior to April 30, 1992, shall continue to be used for that purpose until the project is completed. As used in this subsection, “capital project” has the meaning given in RCW 82.46.010. (b) Revenues generated from the tax imposed under SCC 4.12.005(2) shall be used by the county solely for financing capital projects specified in a capital facilities plan element of a comprehensive plan. As used in this subsection “capital project” has the meaning given in RCW 82.46.035. (3) Beginning with the preparation of the ((2015))2016 budget and annually thereafter, the selection of capital projects to be financed by the taxes imposed under SCC 4.12.005 shall be limited as follows: (a) Total debt service to be paid in any year shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total projected revenues of such taxes for that year; (b) Up to seventy-five percent (75%) of projected tax revenues under SCC 4.12.005(1) or 4.12.005(2) may be used for debt service so long as the total to be paid in any year does not exceed the fifty percent (50%) limit imposed by subsection (3)(a) of this section; and (c) The term for which a project may be financed shall not exceed the useful life of the project, provided that preference shall be given to a shorter term if the total debt service to be paid in any year will be close to the fifty percent (50%) limit imposed by subsection (3)(a) of this section. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104473 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607120 SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Ordinance No. 14-085. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 14-085 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO SIGN AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND THE SNOHOMISH CONSERVATION DISTRICT This ordinance would approve Amendment No. 1 to the Interlocal Agreement between Snohomish County and the Snohomish Conservation District dated December 11, 2009. The original agreement set forth the mutual understanding of the County and the Conservation District for implementation of a program for managing, distributing, and expending revenues from assessments imposed pursuant to RCW 89.08.400. This amendment extends the original agreement an additional five years to coincide with the special assessment proposed in Ordinance No. 14-084.
1VCMJD /PUJDFT NO. 14-4-00753-7 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY In Re the Guardianship of: EVONNE DOTO, An Incapacitated Person. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the Guardian, will apply to the Court for confirmation of the sale of the following described real estate: PARCEL 1: The east 114.16 feet of the west 154.16 feet of the north 150 feet of the south 532.33 feet as measured along the south line thereof, Tract 2, Block 15, Plat of Alderwood Manor No. 6, Snohomish County, Washington. Subject to: Easements, restrictions and reservations as of record, if any. PARCEL 2: The north 130 feet of the south 382.33 feet of the east 114.16 feet of the west 154.16 feet as measured along south line of Lot 2, Block 15, Alderwood Manor No. 6, Snohomish County, Washington. Subject to: Easements, restrictions and reservations as of record, if any. Commonly known as 21511 35th Place W. Brier, WA, 98036. The Return on Sale of Real Estate by private sale sets forth a cash purchase price of $340,000. RCW 11.56.110 provides that any increased bid pursuant to this Notice must be ten percent (10%) higher than the above amount, must be filed with the Court, and must be accompanied by a deposit of twenty percent (20%) of the bid amount in the form of cash, money order, cashier’s check, or certified check. This increased bid must be filed with the Court and the funds deposited with the Clerk of the Court on or before December 27, 2014. Any such bidder should review the additional requirements of the request for confirmation private sale of the property will be presented to the Court on January 9, 2015. SIGNED at Everett, Washington this ____ day of December, 2014. Renee DeFreece, WSBA# 38138 Attorney for Guardian Published: December 23, 30, 2014. EDH607139
Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Counc i l . T h e y m ay b e o b t a i n e d b y c a l l i n g ( 4 2 5 ) 3 8 8 - 3 4 9 4 , 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #107024 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607113
SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 24, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Ordinance No. 14-092. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 14-092 RELATING TO PROPERTY TAXES, FIXING THE 2015 CONSERVATION FUTURES PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND PRESERVING FUTURE LEVY CAPACITY Section 1. The annual amount of conservation futures property tax levy necessary to raise the amount of revenues required by Snohomish County for expenditure during calendar year 2015 is hereby levied upon all real and personal property subject to taxation in Snohomish County as set forth in the table below. 2015 CONSERVATION FUTURES PROPERTY TAX LEVY Estimated Use of Funds Levy Rate Levy Amount Conservation Futures Levy .0415 $3,673,341 Section 2. The amount set forth in Section 1 is hereby levied upon all real and personal property in accordance with certified assessed values and the completed tax rolls of Snohomish County for collection in 2015. That estimated conservation futures property tax levy amount is intended: (a) to include 100% of the County’s 2014 levy amount, (b) to include any additional amounts allowed under (i) the new constr uction, increases in assessed value due to construction of wind turbine facilities, improvements to property and state-assessed property provisions of RCW 84.55.010 and, (ii) as provided pursuant to RCW 84.55.070, the refund provisions of Chapters 84.68 and 84.69 RCW, and (c) to exclude any amounts in excess of 100% of the 2014 levy amount plus those additional amounts described in paragraph (b) above, and shall be adjusted by the County Assessor when property values are certified. Section 3. The County’s unused conservation futures property tax levy capacity for the year 2015, determined utilizing a limit factor of the lesser of 101% or 100% plus inflation as provided by RCW 84.55.005(2)(c), is reserved for future levy as provided by RCW 84.55.092. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #140473 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607118
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CITY OF STANWOOD WASHINGTON REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL POLICE STATION / CITY HALL CAMPUS BUILDING FEASIBLITY STUDY Request for Proposal packets must be received by January 9, 2015 (Friday) 2:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time The City of Stanwood is accepting Requests for Proposals (RFP) for a Building Feasibility Study and general site evaluation for a Police Station/City Hall campus. The City is entering into a purchase and sale agreement for property located at 26820 Pioneer Highway (north of SR 532 and west of Pioneer Highway) and is also considering a secondary site as an alternative. It is the sole responsibility of responder to have the packet at designated location prior to the deadline date and time. Each response must be sealed in an envelope which has been clearly marked “RFP Police Station/City Hall”. All late packets will be returned to responder unopened when properly marked. All responders shall submit one (1) signed original RFP, five (5) copies of the original, and a pdf copy on a thumb drive to: City of Stanwood ATTN: Ryan C. Larsen 10220 270th Street NW Stanwood, WA 98292. All questions concerning the RFP should be directed to Community Development Director Ryan C. Larsen at (360) 629-2181 or via e-mail at Ryan.Larsen@ci.stanwood.wa.us. T h e R e q u e s t fo r P r o p o s a l p a cke t i s ava i l a bl e o n - l i n e a t http://www.ci.stanwood.wa.us/ on the City of Stanwood’s front page. The City reserves the right to modify or cancel in part, or in its entirety, this RFP. Published: December 18, 23, 2014. EDH606029
NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County will receive and open sealed proposals from bidders currently prequalified by the District for the following work: Request for Proposal No. 1634 PWC - HAT ISLAND SUBMARINE CABLE INJECTION at the District office of Contracts/Purchasing, 1802 - 75th Street S.W., Everett, Washington, on Wednesday, the 21st day of January, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. (Local Time). Address proposals to P. O. Box 1107, Everett, Washington 98206-1107. Proposals received after this time will not be considered. The bid opening is public and all proposals will be read aloud. Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security in the amount of 5 percent (5%) of the total amount bid, excluding tax. Contractors must be currently prequalified prior to bidding on this prequalified electrical work for category B-7 “Underground Line Construction (Cable Injection Work).” The work under this contract consists of the labor, material, and equipment necessary to dielectrically enhance the approximately 16,000’ long, #2 copper stranded, 3-phase, 15kV Hat Island submarine cable while the cable is energized. The process includes: steel armor and neutral resistance testing, re-terminating cable ends to allow injection of the cables while energized, pressure testing to ensure fluid flow, injecting a non-condensing radial exclusion fluid to remove water from the strands, shielding, and insulation, and finally injecting the cable with dielectric enhancement fluid. The location of the work will be within the District’s service area, on the two cable ends, at Mission Beach on the Tulalip Tribe Reservation and on Hat Island, in Snohomish County, WA. There are two mandatory prebid meetings scheduled for (1) Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. and (2) Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in Conf. Rm OA-1 East (#158) at the District’s Operations Center, 1802 - 75th St. SW, Everett, WA. Bidders must attend one of the mandatory prebid meetings in order to bid on this work. For additional information pertaining to this Request for Proposal, please visit www.snopud.com, select “Bids” and select “RFP No. 1634”. This Notice to Bidders, the Planholders List, Addenda, Bid Responses, Award Recommendation, and Bid Protest Procedures are available for viewing on the District’s website, in read only format. The electronic file is provided as a cour tesy to the Prospective Bidders by the District. PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS by STEVE KLEIN CEO/GENERAL MANAGER DATE: December 19, 2014 Published: December 23, 2014. EDH607044
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Please Call For Pricing And Deadlines To advertise, call 425.339.3089 | Mon-Fri - 8AM-5PM | 24/7 www.Heraldnet.com/Classifieds LEGAL NOTICE SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF ENACTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on December 17, 2014 the Snohomish County Council enacted Amended Emergency Ordinance No. 14-125, adopting the 2015 Annual Budget and making appropriations for the operation of county agencies and departments and capital improvements for the period beginning January 1, 2015 and ending December 31, 2015. AMENDED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 14-125 ADOPTING THE 2015 BUDGET AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF COUNTY AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2015 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2015 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED: Section 1. Appropriations. Having considered the County Executive’s proposed 2015 budget, including the Executive’s proposals regarding property tax revenues, the County Council hereby adopts the budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2015, and ending December 31, 2015, at the program levels set forth in Attachment 1, a computerized compilation of budget detail attached hereto and incorporated as if fully stated herein, except as revised by Attachment 2, which are attached hereto and incorporated as if fully stated herein. In case of conflict, the figures in Attachment 2 shall control over Attachment 1, and Attachments 1 and 2 shall control over the summary table in section 4. Section 2. Fire Districts. Pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 49, § 23, Laws of Washington 1982, 1st ex. sess., funding for the fire districts within Snohomish County has been fully considered during the budget process. While such districts provide an important service to the residents of Snohomish County, they are independent taxing entities; therefore this budget does not provide funds for their use. Section 3. Non-represented Employees. (a) The base 2015 compensation levels (salaries and wages set out in adopted pay grade tables) of non-represented regular employees (except the elected officials identified in SCC 2.105.010, employees covered by the Sheriff’s office exempt employees compensation plan established by SCC 3.69.050 and District and Superior Court Judges and Commissioners) that are set by section 1 of this ordinance are unchanged from the base 2014 compensation levels. The intent of this section is to establish that the base 2015 compensation levels of non-represented county employees shall include a cost of living adjustment (COLA) in a manner that is the same as those granted to AFSCME union employees in their collective bargaining agreements covering the year 2015. The base 2015 compensation for such employees shall be subject to adjustment such that final 2015 compensation for such employees shall be determined at the time wage negotiations between the county and its AFSCME union employees are concluded. Compensation increases granted to non-represented county employees shall be the same as those granted to AFSCME union employees, if any, in their collective bargaining agreements covering the year 2015. The amount of any compensation increases applicable to non-represented county employees shall be established by the council by written motion. Any increased compensation shall be paid as a lump sum for those months prior to the date of the adjustment determination and shall be paid on a monthly basis as an increase in total compensation for those months following the adjustment determination. For non-represented regular employees who are hired after January 1, 2015, any lump sum adjustment amount they receive shall be prorated based upon their date of employment. b) For active non-represented temporary employees who perform duties that are equivalent to those performed by regular employees and who receive a rate of compensation for such work that is equal to the rate paid for that work done by regular employees, the compensation levels set by section 1 of this ordinance shall be fixed in a manner equivalent to that set forth in subsection (a) of this section for regular employees. Section 4. Summary Table. The 2015 budget is organized by funds and departments in the following amounts: Fund Fund Name Dept Department Name Revenue Expense FTE Fund Fund Name Dept Department Name Revenue Expense FTE 130 Grant Control 30 Sheriff $3,264,059 $3,264,059 5.000 002 General Fund 01 Executive $156,990 $1,960,824 11.000 130 Grant Control 31 Prosecuting Attorney $3,880,132 $3,880,132 34.000 002 General Fund 02 Legislative $0 $4,262,317 24.000 130 Grant Control 36 Superior Court $2,861,839 $2,861,839 24.380 002 General Fund 04 Human Services $0 $3,742,445 19.500 130 Grant Control 39 Dept Emergency Mgmt. $3,439,627 $3,439,627 7.000 002 General Fund 05 Planning $572,808 $4,017,603 28.000 141 Sheriff-Search & Resc Helicopt 30 Sheriff $20,000 $20,000 0.000 002 General Fund 07 Office of Hearings Admin. $377,090 $1,046,551 5.750 142 Sheriff Drug Buy Fund 30 Sheriff $825,000 $825,000 0.000 002 General Fund 09 Parks And Recreation $6,660,780 $9,990,117 49.550 143 Arson Investigation & Equip 05 Planning $100 $100 0.000 002 General Fund 10 Assessor $107,022 $7,102,774 62.500 144 Tax Refund Fund 22 Treasurer $5,000 $5,000 0.000 002 General Fund 11 Auditor $7,206,276 $7,508,436 41.000 156 Emerg Svcs Communication Sys 01 Executive $0 $451,725 4.000 002 General Fund 12 Finance $512,573 $3,972,230 32.700 156 Emerg Svcs Communication Sys 16 Nondepartmental $8,319,721 $7,867,996 0.000 002 General Fund 13 Human Resources $127,790 $2,222,360 18.848 180 Evergreen Fairground Cum Reser 09 Parks And Recreation $1,269,848 $1,269,848 0.000 002 General Fund 16 Nondepartmental $157,278,458 $11,739,605 2.000 185 Conservation Futures Tax Fund 09 Parks And Recreation $22,628,857 $22,628,857 7.000 002 General Fund 22 Treasurer $9,016,144 $3,240,546 29.000 186 Auditor’s O & M 11 Auditor $1,224,759 $1,224,759 2.000 002 General Fund 24 District Court $8,977,795 $9,308,802 78.500 189 Elections Equip Cumulative Res 11 Auditor $378,000 $378,000 0.000 002 General Fund 30 Sheriff $15,663,193 $52,540,780 341.000 190 Sno Cty Tomorrow Cum Res 05 Planning $141,367 $141,367 1.000 002 General Fund 31 Prosecuting Attorney $565,089 $15,382,092 117.500 191 Real Estate Excise Tax Fund 16 Nondepartmental $15,491,983 $15,491,983 0.000 002 General Fund 32 Office of Public Defense $603,468 $7,813,440 7.000 192 Transportation Mitigation 06 Public Works $7,829,000 $7,829,000 0.000 002 General Fund 33 Medical Examiner $114,348 $2,445,696 16.000 193 Community Development 05 Planning $14,220,368 $14,220,368 98.000 002 General Fund 36 Superior Court $1,681,315 $21,711,068 166.275 194 Boating Safety 30 Sheriff $112,000 $112,000 0.000 Clerk $3,842,330 $6,968,347 75.850 002 General Fund 37 195 Antiprofiteering Revolving 31 Prosecuting Attorney $79,245 $79,245 0.000 002 General Fund 38 Sheriff’s Corrections Bureau $12,404,250 $48,054,845 363.250 196 Parks Mitigation 09 Parks And Recreation $1,933,760 $1,933,760 0.000 002 General Fund 39 Dept Emergency Mgmt. $254,556 $1,091,397 5.000 197 Fair Sponsorships & Donations 09 Parks And Recreation $372,941 $372,941 1.300 100 Special Revenue 01 Executive $1,245,114 $1,245,112 1.350 199 Snohomish Cnty Arts Commission 01 Executive $855,000 $855,000 0.000 100 Special Revenue 09 Parks And Recreation $448,000 $448,000 0.000 215 Limited Tax Debt Service 17 Debt Service $28,116,097 $28,116,097 0.000 100 Special Revenue 11 Auditor $5,000 $5,000 0.000 218 Road Improvement Dist. 24A 17 Debt Service $300,400 $300,400 0.000 100 Special Revenue 16 Nondepartmental $18,044,235 $18,044,235 0.000 300 Capital Projects Fund 16 Nondepartmental $210,460 $210,460 0.000 100 Special Revenue 30 Sheriff $50,000 $50,000 0.000 300 Capital Projects Fund 18 Facilities Management $44,370,494 $44,370,494 1.000 100 Special Revenue 31 Prosecuting Attorney $94,324 $94,326 1.000 309 Parks Construction Fund 09 Parks And Recreation $13,885,477 $13,885,477 9.250 100 Special Revenue 36 Superior Court $166,900 $166,900 0.000 311 Facility Construction 18 Facilities Management $373,035 $373,035 1.000 102 County Road 06 Public Works $104,321,809 $104,321,809 382.750 315 Data Processing Capital 14 Information Services $2,058,000 $2,058,000 0.000 103 River Management 06 Public Works $26,888 $26,888 0.000 402 Solid Waste Management 06 Public Works $55,334,015 $55,334,015 124.000 108 Corrections Commissary 38 Sheriff’s Corrections Bureau $1,029,914 $1,029,914 3.250 410 Airport Operation & Maint. 21 Airport $36,406,966 $36,406,966 53.000 116 Convention & Perf. Arts 01 Executive $2,753,178 $2,753,178 1.650 415 Surface Water Management 06 Public Works $40,075,026 $40,075,026 92.000 118 Crime Victims / Witness 31 Prosecuting Attorney $438,129 $438,129 4.000 Equipment Rental & Revolving 18 Facilities Management $25,423,050 $25,423,050 49.000 502 124 Human Services 04 Human Services $51,696,450 $46,272,259 180.325 505 Information Services 14 Information Services $18,108,577 $18,108,577 91.000 124 Human Services 20 Pass-Through Grants $44,234,117 $44,234,117 0.000 506 Snohomish County Insurance 02 Legislative $0 $39,771 0.625 124 Human Services 24 District Court $0 $50,177 0.500 506 Snohomish County Insurance 12 Finance $12,820,127 $10,031,115 7.850 124 Human Services 30 Sheriff $0 $31,332 0.000 506 Snohomish County Insurance 13 Human Resources $0 $52,475 0.500 124 Human Services 31 Prosecuting Attorney $0 $967,649 5.000 506 Snohomish County Insurance 31 Prosecuting Attorney $0 $2,696,766 18.000 124 Human Services 32 Office of Public Defense $0 $388,762 0.000 507 Pits and Quarries 06 Public Works $236,525 $236,525 0.000 124 Human Services 36 Superior Court $0 $2,600,849 10.000 508 Employee Benefit 12 Finance $48,143,606 $47,889,911 2.950 124 Human Services 37 Clerk $0 $234,368 0.000 508 Employee Benefit 13 Human Resources $0 $253,695 2.503 124 Human Services 38 Sheriff’s Corrections Bureau $0 $1,151,054 11.500 511 Facility Services Fund 01 Executive $263,178 $263,178 2.000 130 Grant Control 01 Executive $150,000 $150,000 0.000 511 Facility Services Fund 18 Facilities Management $12,198,431 $12,198,431 43.000 130 Grant Control 05 Planning $35,000 $35,000 0.000 512 Training & Development 13 Human Resources $391,692 $391,692 2.000 130 Grant Control 11 Auditor $14,000 $14,000 0.000 513 Security Services Fund 30 Sheriff $2,171,554 $2,171,554 11.000 130 Grant Control 16 Nondepartmental $2,060,000 $2,060,000 0.000 Total $882,974,649 $882,974,649 2789.905 Section 5. FTE Table. Pursuant to the Personnel Cost Policy established by Motion No. 07-691 and Section 6 of this ordinance, the number of FTEs is limited by department for the year 2015 as set out in the following table: Dept Dept Name FTE Dept Dept Name FTE 18 Facilities Management 94.000 01 Executive 20.000 21 Airport 53.000 02 Legislative 24.625 22 Treasurer 29.000 03 BRB BOE 0.000 24 District Court 79.000 04 Human Services 199.825 30 Sheriff 357.000 05 Planning 127.000 31 Prosecuting Attorney 179.500 06 Public Works 598.750 32 Office of Public Defense 7.000 07 Office of Hearings Administration 5.750 33 Medical Examiner 16.000 09 Parks And Recreation 67.100 36 Superior Court 200.655 10 Assessor 62.500 37 Clerk 75.850 11 Auditor 43.000 38 Sheriff’s Corrections Bureau 378.000 12 Finance 43.500 39 Dept Emergency Management 12.000 13 Human Resources 23.850 Total 2789.905 14 Information Services 91.000 16 Nondepartmental 2.000 Section 6. FTE Limitations. Except as provided in Section 7, the FTE figures contained in Section 5 constitute the maximum number of FTEs for which funds are appropriated by this ordinance. Unless otherwise specified in this ordinance, department heads may transfer FTEs between divisions (or programs) within their departments, but FTEs cannot be transferred between departments or funds unless authorized by the County Council. Council action to authorize such transfers is an administrative act and may be taken by motion. As used in this ordinance, the term “FTE” has the meaning set forth in SCC 4.26.010. Section 7. Additional FTEs. Notwithstanding the limitations contained in Sections 5 and 6, the Council may authorize one or more increases in the maximum number of FTEs for a specific department or fund, up to an aggregate of 25 additional FTEs for the County for 2015, upon finding that (a) the increase is in the best interests of the County and (b) necessary funds have been appropriated. Council action to increase the maximum number of FTEs in an administrative act and may be taken by motion. Section 8. Project Positions. The number of FTEs for which appropriations are made by this ordinance as shown in Section 5 includes the 21 “project” positions listed below. Expenditures of appropriations for these positions may only be made through the indicated end dates. These positions shall not be considered permanent positions notwithstanding their inclusion in Section 5 of this ordinance. Dept 04 06 06 06 06 06 09 09 12 14
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COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNSELOR ENGINEER III SPECIAL PROJECT ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN IV-DRAINAGE ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN V-DRAINAGE RECORDS TECHNICIAN-PUBLIC WORKS PARK PLANNER ASSOCIATE PARK RANGER ACCOUNTING ANALYST BUSINESS APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER 4 – DIS
Wage Scale 237 244 243 238 239 308 237 234 240 775
FTE 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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Wage Scale 775 303 777 236 238 112 309 603 114 22.0
FTE 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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Section 9. Budget conditions and notes. (A) Budget Conditions. Pursuant to Section 6.50 of the Snohomish County Charter, the 2015 budget is subject to the following conditions, restrictions, and limitations: (1) Director of Finance and Risk Management. This ordinance appropriates $170,202 in the Finance Department to pay salary and benefits of a Director of Finance and Risk Management (FIN7431R), which amount (including salary savings realized by delay in filling the position) may not be used for any other purpose or position. This amount is expressly conditioned and no amount of this appropriation may be spent until council has confirmed the appointment of the position and a bona fide job offer has been made and accepted for this position. The Council requests that the Executive submit to the Council by February 15, 2015, a written report on the status of the position and, if still vacant, on all actions that have been taken since October 2014, and all actions that will be taken, to fill the position. (2) New Medical Investigator Positions. $92,894 of the Medical Examiner’s Office budget appropriation has been identified to fill 2.00 FTEs, Medical Investigator positions NEW3301R and NEW3302R. This dollar amount represents 12 months’ funding in total. The department may proceed with filling one of the positions immediately, as long as the total appropriation and total months of employment for both positions combined in 2015 do not exceed $92,824 and 12 months, respectively. (3) Economic development outbound trade missions. In 2014 the general fund nondepartmental budget for outbound trade missions was increased from $12,000 to $47,000; that increased level is maintained in the 2015 recommended and amended budgets. Because this is a material increase in this travel account, council may occasionally request activity or progress reports on the results of the missions; therefore $35,000 of this appropriation is expressly conditioned and no amount of this appropriation may be used without prior council approval. (4) Expansion of SWM fund appropriation expended according to the requirements of Snohomish County Code 25A.20.030(3). This ordinance appropriates $2,110,243 related to revenues received under the authority of rates imposed according to RCW 36.89 ($1,718,281) and RCW 90.72 ($391,962) The appropriation related to the RCW 90.72 and 13.33% of the appropriation related to RCW 36.89 may be expended only according to the parameters established in Snohomish County Code 25A.20.030(3). The Council requests that the Executive submit to the Council by February 15, 2015, a written report containing the projects and budgets that are planned for expenditure according to this budget condition. (5) Mukilteo Ballfields. The 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program includes the Mukilteo Ballfields Project. This project involves the construction of ballfields on property owned by the City of Mukilteo. Before the appropriated $250,000 in REET 2 funds can be expended, the Council requires a written request from the City of Mukilteo for the funds, a description of the project, a confirmation of the City’s ownership interest in the property, a draft Interlocal Agreement detailing public scheduling and use of the ballfields by County residents, and a description of the City’s involvement and on-going role in developing, maintaining, and operating the project. Council requests that this information be provided by no later than June 15, 2015. Use of funds shall be subject to Council approval by Motion. (6) Stilly Valley Youth Recreation Project. The 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program includes the Stilly Valley Youth Recreation Project. The project involves the renovation of two existing ballifelds and construction of two new ballfields in the City of Arlington. Before the appropriated $200,000 in REET 2 funds can be expended, the Council requires a written request from the City of Arlington for the funds, a description of the project, a confirmation of the City’s ownership interest in the property, a draft Interlocal Agreement detailing public scheduling and use of the ballfields by County residents, and a description of the City’s involvement and on-going role in developing, maintaining, and operating the project. Council requests that this information be provided by no later than June 15, 2015. Use of funds shall be subject to Council approval by Motion. (7) Permit Cost Recovery. Council requests that the Executive, Finance, PDS, and the Hearing Examiner study the costs for permit processing by the Hearing Examiner and propose budget amendments by June 1, 2015, if needed to ensure that permit revenues fully recover the costs of permit processing in the Office of Hearings Administration. (8) Deputy Director, Medical Examiner’s Office. The Council has determined that the Deputy Director will be a project position, ending December 31, 2015; continuation beyond that date will be subject to funding in the 2016 Adopted Budget. Of the $181,731 appropriated to support this position in 2015, $132,000 shall not be expended or otherwise encumbered until (1) the department staff presents the County Executive and the County Council with a written proposal for restructuring the office to include the following: best practices within the medical examiner field, professional recommendations, examples from similar sized governments (in terms of population, workload and area), the projected workload for the office, evaluation of alternative administrative structures to ensure the adequate resources but the elimination of existing redundancy, job descriptions for all positions within the office, and any necessary code amendments and (2) the Council by Motion approves the proposal after review and recommendation from the County Executive. The proposal is due to Council no later than March 31, 2015. (B) Budget notes. The 2015 budget is adopted with the following statements of County Council intent and requests for information or agency action: (1) Replacement of HRIS/Financial Systems. During the presentation of the Finance Department’s proposed budget for 2015, the Finance Department and Executive staff expressed concerns to the Council that the existing human resource information and financial systems are in need of replacement. In order to become better informed about the issue, the Council directs the formation of an ad hoc committee to be comprised of two council members or their representatives, the Deputy County Executive or his representative, and associated staff. The committee will meet with representatives of N. Harris Computer Corporation (the vendor of Cayenta, the County’s financial system) and High Line Corporation (the County’s payroll and human resources system), and discuss the obstacles and challenges the County has faced and continues to encounter in the implementation and upgrade of the two existing systems, in order to determine whether the existing systems should be replaced or maintained and upgraded. The committee will report to the Council as follows: a. By February 28, 2015, the committee will prepare and present a recommendation to the Council and Executive whether to proceed with complete replacement of the current systems or to consider maintaining and upgrading the existing systems. b. By April 1, 2015, the committee will prepare and present a preliminary budget for the recommended approach. In the event the committee fails to come to a single recommendation, the committee will prepare and present budgets for both alternatives. c. By June 1, 2015, the committee will prepare and present a report providing a financing strategy for the projected costs to upgrade or replace the systems. (2) REET spending plan. It is the Council’s intent that a five-year spending plan for REET I and REET II revenues be adopted each year as part of the annual budget process. The spending plan shall identify revenues received from each source and shall specify the planned expenditures for projects, debt service and other allowable purposes. The plan shall begin with the 2014 budget and include the Executive’s recommendations for each annual budget for the following four years. Each subsequent year will include a budget for the current year and recommendations for the following four years. The Council may by Motion make amendments to the plan at any time. (3) Courthouse Property Tax Collection and Expenditure Monitoring. In 2012 and 2013 the County Council passed general fund property tax increases in order to provide debt service resources to repay bonds issued to finance the construction of a new Snohomish County Courthouse. The tax increases began with the 2013 collection to repay debt service for bonds issued in 2013 and was increased in 2014 to fund debt service on a future bond issue to fund additional costs related to changes to the original construction plan. The bond proceeds for the second bond issue are not yet needed for construction costs. Moreover, the debt service on the second series of bonds is not expected to begin until late 2015 or 2016. The Executive’s proposed budget provided for use of the 2015 anticipated collections for a variety of needs. a. Beginning with the Executive’s submission of the Fourth Quarterly Budget Report of 2014, and continuing in each subsequent Quarterly Report until the second series of bonds are issued, the Executive will include a section in each Quarterly Report that shows: The property taxes collected to date under the authority granted by the 2013 and 2014 property tax increases that were passed to fund the new county courthouse; b. A schedule of how the revenues reported in item 1 above have been used or are planned to be used; and c. The amount of the collected property taxes that have been reserved and are available for the new courthouse construction. In the first Quarterly Report following the issuance of the second series of bonds, the Executive will include a section that provides a comparison between the debt service required to service both issues of the bonds and the related property tax receipts available to meet the debt service requirements. The section should also contain the Executive’s recommended strategy for meeting any shortfall between the debt service and the property tax receipts, or in the event that debt service is lower than the property tax receipts, a proposed plan for programming the excess receipts. (4) Options to pay for capital improvement projects. The Executive’s recommended budget applied $1.25 million from the General Fund’s non-departmental fund to fund “high priority capital projects” in 2015 and identified projects without identifying funding for 2016 through 2020 (the “Projects”). Council requests the Executive’s Office: prepare a report describing the Executive’s priority for, and approach to, funding the Projects, and transmit this report to Council not later than February 3, 2015. (5) Adding Recording Capability in Hearing Room. Council requests that the Executive’s Office prepare a report detailing the costs to install and operate equipment to digitally record and live-stream audio and video of public meetings and hearings held in the first floor meeting room of the Drewel Building, and to post the recordings to the County’s website using Granicus. Council requests the Executive’s Office transmit this report to Council not later than March 3, 2015. (6) REET 2 Funded Positions. For 2015, Council requests the Executive’s Office direct the Parks and Recreation Department to document time spent by all positions, funded in whole or in part by REET 2, on Fund 309 construction projects. Council requests a report documenting this time from January 1, 2015 to July 31, 2015 to the Council not later than August 10, 2015. (7) Quarterly SR 530 Slide Report. Beginning in the first quarter of 2015, Council requests that the Executive provide Council a quarterly report detailing the County’s activities and finances related to the SR 530 landslide. The report should include (1) landslide-related expenditures (by fund), reimbursements, and activities during the previous quarter; and (2) cumulative landslide-related expenditures (by fund) and reimbursements from March 22, 2014, through the end of the previous quarter. (8) Phase 2 Work Plan for Geologically Hazardous Areas Regulations. On September 23, 2014, the Executive provided Council a work plan for reviewing and updating the county’s regulations for geologically hazardous areas in response to Council requests in Amended Emergency Ordinances 14-045 and 14-046. The first phase of that work plan included steps to be taken by June 30, 2015. The work plan noted the possibility of a second phase after the SR 530 Joint Commission releases its findings and the 2015 state legislative session is completed. Council requests that by September 30, 2015, the Executive provide Council either (1) a work plan for the second phase of reviewing and updating the county’s regulations for geologically hazardous areas; or (2) if no second phase is proposed, a report to Council on the completion of phase one and the basis for determining that no second phase is needed. (9) Road Fund Transfer to General Fund. In 2003, the Roads Division and Sheriff’s Office conducted a study regarding the Sheriff’s traffic enforcement activities in order to determine the amount of funds that the Roads Fund should provide the Sheriff’s Office for these activities. For 2015, the County Council requests that Finance, Public Works, Council and Sheriff’s Office staff review the current methodology used to calculate the annual transfer in order to confirm its continued efficacy. The Council further requests that the Sheriff’s Office submit a report by April 30, 2015 detailing the review and providing any recommend changes to the methodology. (10) Unallocated reductions. In order to make the reductions necessary to match expenditures to revenues while providing department heads with the discretion necessary to manage their departments in the most effective manner, the budget for every General Fund department includes an unallocated reduction embedded within the budget. Each department must determine how the reductions will be achieved, through specific cuts, underexpenditures, or a combination thereof. The Council requests that each department head submit a written report to the Council on progress towards achieving the reductions for each month of the budget year. The reports should be submitted to the Council no later than the tenth day of each month for the previous month beginning February 10, 2015. Additionally, the Executive recommended an additional anticipated underexpenditure in 2015 of $3.4 million, which is included in the Council Adopted Budget. Because this represents a significant level of additional underexpenditure, the Council requests that the Finance Director report quarterly to the Council on the status of this additional underexpenditure, including the source of underexpenditures and projections for realizing the full amount by the end of 2015. (11) Management and Exempt Compensation Plan: Snohomish County Code Section 3.68.050 requires the personnel director to prepare a “management and exempt employees compensation plan” (hereinafter “plan”) to be submitted to the county council for consideration and adoption. The last plan submitted to the county council for consideration, independent from the annual budget, was in 2006. The county council hereby requests that the personnel director prepare an updated plan, consistent with the criteria contained in SCC 3.68.050 and submit it to the county council for approval. To the extent that the personnel director proposes a plan that deviates from the adopted 2015 Budget’s exempt positions and related salary ranges, documentation of: competitive salaries for the same or similar positions in the labor market, salary relationships within the county, the county’s ability to pay, results of collective bargaining and other applicable factors shall be forwarded with the plan supporting each deviation. The proposed plan shall be submitted to the county council no later than the date upon which the county executive transmits the proposed 2016 budget to the county council. (12) Communications Specialist II. The Council’s budget deletes a .5FTE from the Information Services budget (NEW1499) and a .5FTE from the Executive’s Office budget (NEW0101). The eliminated position was a Deputy Director of Communications funded at job scale 109 step 4. The Council’s budget also restores a 1.0FTE in the Public Works budget (NEW9930R). The position is a Communications Specialist II, assigned to job scale 240 Classified. There is no funding provided for the position, but at the discretion of the Public Works Director, the Communications Specialist II position may be filled using fund balance available in the Road Fund. If the Public Works Director fills the position using Road Fund or other restricted revenues, the Director shall ensure that any work performed by the individual is done in strict conformance with the legal limitations placed on the use of restricted revenues, and that all activities assigned to the position are directly related to the funding source. (13) Salary Ranges for Executive Management and Exempt Positions. The Council recognizes the occasional need for salary adjustments for management and exempt positions. SCC 3.69.040 sets forth the rules for the administration of the management and exempt compensation plan. SCC 3.69.040 requires Council approval for certain changes to salary ranges. The salary ranges proposed by the executive for the positions of County Deputy Executive EXE7410R, Controller/Comptroller FIN1550R, Finance Budget & Systems Manager FIN7401R, Human Resources Director HRS7500R, Facilities Management Director FAC2529R, and Parks Director PRK7105R were not approved by the Council pursuant to SCC 3.69.040. Therefore, the proposed salary ranges for the aforementioned positions are not authorized by this ordinance and are instead set at those ranges identified in the Salary Range Tables submitted and approved in the 2014 budget. Pursuant to the rules set forth in SCC 3.36.040, the council will only consider proposed increases to the salary ranges for these positions upon receiving a proposed recommendation from the Human Resources Director that shall include a salary survey of comparable positions in the labor market, an analysis of how such increases will impact the salaries of similarly classified exempt positions, a summary of the outcome of union negotiations and any changes to the cost of living, an analysis of the total cost (including benefits) of such increases, and an explanation of the county’s ability to pay for such increased costs. The council reserves the right to request additional information as it deems necessary before approving or denying any proposed increases to the salary ranges for the positions identified above. (14) $25,000 is added to the Professional Services line item (002.5021604101) within the Council’s budget to hire a consultant to conduct a study of the management exempt pay plan for all county employees. The work of the consultant will be overseen by the Council. Section 10. Declaration of Emergency. The County Council finds as a fact that the County Executive vetoed Ordinance No. 14-099 which adopted the amended budget for 2015, and that without an adopted budget, the County will not be able to make any expenditures in 2015, and that this ordinance is necessary for the support of county government and its existing public institutions. Based on the foregoing, the County Council declares that an emergency exists and this ordinance shall take effect immediately. Where to Get Copies of the Adopted Ordinance: Copies of the full text of the ordinance are available in the office of the County Council. They may be obtained by calling (425) 388-3494, 1-(800) 562-4367 x3494, TDD (425) 388-3700 or E-mailing to www.contact.council@snoco.org. Copies may be picked up at the Council office at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA or will be mailed upon request. Website Access: The ordinance can also be accessed through the County Council’s internet website at: www.snoco.org/departments/council. Dated this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Debbie Eco Clerk of the Council #104482 Published: December 23, 2014. 1208674
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NFL The Bengals beat the Broncos 37-28 to qualify for the playoffs and give the Patriots the top seed in the AFC, C5
TUESDAY, 12.23.2014
Seahawks turn up the heat The Seattle Seahawks have 20 sacks in their past five games. By John Boyle Herald Writer
DOUG RAMSAY / FOR THE HERALD
Cascade’s Trevon Blackmon (10) passes the ball in front of Monroe’s Alex Johnson (center) and Alex Spahman (left) in the first-half of Monday’s game.
Cascade tops Monroe Bruins build big lead in first half, hang on to beat Bearcats 74-60 By Rich Myhre The Herald
EVERETT — In a tale of two halves, the Cascade boys basketball team was very good in the first two quarters against visiting Monroe. The third and fourth quarters were not nearly as good, but the Bruins were still good enough to hold on for a 74-60 Western Conference 4A victory on Monday night. “In the first half I felt like we played really well,” said Cascade coach Darrell McNeal. “We were moving the ball, sharing the ball, playing team basketball, and we had a lot of success just shooting well. “But I was concerned about the way we played in the second half,” he said. “I don’t think we played very well. We didn’t move the ball, we didn’t take care of the ball and we definitely didn’t do a good job of rebounding in the second half. So there are some things we need to fix, but we were still able to escape with a win.”
Cascade got its first two points on a layin by forward Isaiah Gotell, but from there the Bruins went on a 3-point binge, getting their next eight field goals from beyond the arc. Guard Brevin Brown hit three in a row to give Cascade a lead it never lost, teammates Cameron McGrath and Justin Gordon followed with 3-pointers, then McGrath hit two more and Gordon added another. Gordon’s final 3-pointer of that string came early in the second period, giving the Bruins a 26-8 lead. The margin reached 22 points three times later in the quarter and was 20 points, 44-24, at halftime. “We have a couple of kids that can shoot the ball, and we’re fortunate this year to have that,” McNeal said. “The shots were there and it’s part of the offense. ... It was a night where our shooting was on and I’m happy about that.” Still, despite his team’s first-half success, “I See CASCADE, Page C2
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Cascade’s Isaiah Gotell (30) takes a rebound away from Monroe’s Rhen Shore (25).
RENTON — Throughout the first 10 games of the season in which the Seattle Seahawks defense failed to live up to the ridiculous standard set by the 2013 team, one of the worst questions you could ask a defensive lineman was this: What’s wrong with the pass rush? Through 10 games, the Seahawks had just 13 sacks, a year after finishing eighth in the NFL with 44. At least in part because of a lack of pressure, opponents weren’t turning the ball over at nearly as high of a rate and quarterbacks were having considerably more success. And after Seattle’s loss to Kansas City, the question wasn’t whether or not the Seahawks would win the division or earn home field advantage, but rather if they could even salvage a postseason berth. Yet if you asked Michael Bennett or Cliff Avril, the team’s top two pass rushers this season and last, what was wrong, the defensive ends would bristle at the question. After all, it wasn’t as if those two or any of their teammates, had stopped trying or had suddenly forgotten how to play football. Even so, as talented as Bennett and Avril are, the sack numbers weren’t there for much of the season for them or their teammates. Part of it was simply teams adjusting their play calling, often settling for quick check-down passes rather than drop back and take a chance with both a dangerous pass rush and the league’s best secondary. Plus, for all of their defensive talent, the Seahawks lost a significant amount of defensive line depth with defensive ends Red Bryant and Chris Clemons both released as salary cap casualties and defensive tackle Clinton McDonald signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency. And as much as pass rushing might look like a series of oneon-one match ups, there is a lot to be said for the chemistry that develops between players. If a defensive tackle has a feel for how the end next to him might attack his blocker on a particular play, then he has that much better See SEAHAWKS, Page C4
Unbeaten Huskies beat Tulane 66-57 By Tim Booth Associated Press
ELAINE THOMPSON / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington’s Shawn Kemp Jr., right, dunks in front of Tulane’s Tre Drye during the first half of Monday’s game.
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SEATTLE — Shawn Kemp Jr. scored 16 points, Nigel Williams-Goss added 14 and No. 13 Washington remained undefeated, pulling away in the second half for a 66-57 win over Tulane on Monday night. The Huskies improved to 11-0, matching the best start in Lorenzo Romar’s tenure as Washington’s coach. The Huskies also started 11-0 during the 2005-06 season. Washington committed a season-high 18 turnovers coming off a short turnaround after its win over Oklahoma in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The Huskies were sloppy and careless for stretches, but used a 14-3 run midway through the second half to take control. Dylan Osetkowski led Tulane (9-2) with 12 points. The Green
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Wave had their nine-game winning streak snapped. Tulane had beaten up on lesser competition in running off its longest win streak since early in the 2011-12 season. The Green Wave made it difficult on Washington, but the Huskies ultimately prevailed in their next-to-last game before starting Pac-12 play. Jay Hook added 11 points and Jonathan Stark scored 10 for Tulane. The quick turnaround after the draining one-point win over Oklahoma was a test to see how the Huskies will respond to short turnarounds once Pac-12 Conference play starts next month. And it turned out to be far more difficult than most expected. Robert Upshaw continued to be a force in the middle for Washington. The 6-foot-11 center finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks.
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Tulane went nearly 8 minutes at the end of the first half and to begin the second half without a field goal, the skid finally getting snapped on Osetkowski’s reverse layup with 15:25 left. That basket started a 17-8 run by the Green Wave, capped by Louis Dabney’s 3-pointer for a 46-43 lead. Darin Johnson’s three-point play pulled the Huskies even and started an eight-point spurt finished off by Andrew Andrews’ 3-pointer with 6:53 left for a 51-46 lead. Andrews had missed his first seven shots. Williams-Goss eventually capped the 14-3 run with his fastbreak layup for a 57-49 lead with 4:35 remaining, matching the Huskies’ largest lead of the game to that point. Washington’s cushion eventually reached 12 in the closing seconds. The Huskies play their final non-conference game when they host Stony Brook on Sunday.
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Next game: St. Louis 1:25 p.m., Sun., Dec. 28
Next game: Vancouver 7:05 p.m., Sat., Dec. 27
Next game: vs. Oklahoma St. 7:15 p.m., Fri., Jan. 2
Next game: Stony Brook 5 p.m., Sun., Dec. 28 UW MEN
Next game: UC Davis 7 p.m., Tue., Dec. 30
Next game: Texas A&M 6 p.m., Mon., Dec. 29 UW WOMEN
Next game: at Oregon 7 p.m., Mon., Dec. 29
Next game: UC Davis 3 p.m., Sun., Dec. 28
Next game: at BYU 6:30 p.m., Sat., Dec. 27 Home
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TELEVISION TODAY BASKETBALL PAC12 Detroit at Arizona State ESPN2 Stanford at Texas FS1 NJIT at Villanova ESPN2 Diamond Head Classic PAC12 South Dakota St. at Utah ROOT N. Dakota at Marquette FOOTBALL 3 p.m. ESPN Marshall vs. N. Illinois 6:30 p.m. ESPN Navy vs. San Diego St. HOCKEY 5 p.m. NBCS St. Louis at Colorado Noon 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
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Herald staff The StrikeForce girls team from the Pilchuck Soccer Alliance won the state U-17 Recreation Cup on Dec. 14 at the Starfire sports complex in Tukwila. After beating Kirkland 3-0 in a semifinal match earlier in the day, the Marysville-based Strikeforce faced Federal Way FC in the championship game. The scoreless contest went to penalty kicks, with Strikeforce converting three of its five kicks and Federal Way FC getting only one of four past goalkeeper Jourdyn Tollum. “In our five-year history, we have drilled into the players that defense is what matters on the field,” Strikeforce co-coach Cary Stuart said. “From the forwards to the defenders, they know their job is to not allow any shots on goal, and it showed as they shut out every team in the
tournament.” The Strikeforce roster included Tollum, Melissa Bean, Taylor Graham, Serenity Monar, Emily Bisenius, Sasha Bean, Emily Fisher, Maggie Novy, Payton Perez, Victoria Stevens, Kaitlin Shane, Chloe Sakshaug, Megan Gross, Victoria LeMaster, Sheryl Johnston, Hannah Saunders and Ophelia Meadows. The co-coaches were Stuart and Mike Tidwell, and the manager was Carrie Gross.
Towell helps West win Kiera Towell, a senior at EdmondsWoodway High School, helped lead the West girls to victory earlier this month in the All-American Soccer High School soccer match in Raleigh, N.C. With Towell in goal, the West defeated the East 5-0. In November, Towell helped Edmonds-Woodway claim the Class 3A state championship. Towell has committed to play in the Ivy League next season for Penn. In the boys All-American match, the West defeated the East 2-1.
Baseball/Softball n The Lynnwood-based Northwest Baseball and Softball Academy is offering monthly pitching and hitting camps in January, February and March. The camps are for players ages 8-13. The pitching camps meet from 6-8 p.m. on Sundays. The hitting
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Joe Condit of Mukilteo, a member of the Northwest Nationals soccer team, has been named the December US Youth Soccer Player of the Month. Each month US Youth Soccer recognizes one male and one female player whose accomplishments on and off the field stand out. Condit was honored for his athletic, sportsmanship and citizenship achievements. Condit, who attends Harbour Pointe Middle School, has been a team captain of the Nationals for three years. This season he was named the team’s Most Valuable Player and Most Dedicated Player. He is also on the Washington Youth Soccer Elite Player Development team and played for the U.S. squad in the FC Barcelona Escola Easter Tournament in Barcelona, Spain, in April.
Three firsts for Trinidad Competitive climber Sidney Trinidad, a sophomore at Arlington High School, finished with three firstplace finishes and one second at the Pan American Youth Champion-
Gymnast picked Kyliann Hendrickson, 12, of Lake Stevens was one of six girls named to the Washington State gymnastics team that will compete in the Level 7 State Team Challenge at the National Judges Cup on Jan. 10 in Montgomery, Alabama. Hendrickson trains at Rising Star Gymnastics in Marysville. Two other Rising Star gymnasts won all-around titles Dec. 12 at the Holiday Express Meet in Kent. Maggie Schaffler, 12, of Marysville won her age division with an allaround score 35.550. She placed first in the floor exercises (9.000), second on the vault (9.300) and tied for third on the uneven bars (8.350). Cienna Navaro, 9, of Mount Vernon, won all four events in her age group — the vault (9.200), uneven bars (8.800), balance beam (9.075) and floor exercises (9.525) — to win the all-around with a score of 36.600.
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knew Monroe wasn’t just going to lay down,” he said. “I knew from playing them last year that they were going to come back and give us a good fight.” Indeed, Monroe did battle back, though the big surge came in the fourth quarter. Trailing 59-40 after three quarters, the Bearcats ran off eight straight points to open the period, and later they twice closed within seven points. But Cascade sank enough free throws in the remaining minutes to finish with a final 14-point margin. “The recipe for success was there for us in the first half, but it was
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disaster in the second,” McNeal said. “We just didn’t play well (after halftime).” As disappointed as McNeal was with the second half, Monroe assistant coach Todd Newhouse (filling in for head coach Tyson Horner, who was ill) was similarly unhappy with the first half. “We came out a little sluggish,” Newhouse said. “We missed a few layins early, we missed a few free throws, and they took advantage and hit some 3s and away they went. “But we battled back,” he added. “We’ve been a second half team all year, but now we have to get them going in the first half.” Though the Bearcats could easily pin the blame for the loss on a sluggish start, they were also undone by
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Sedro-Woolley—Kate Morgan 6, Zoe Demming 0, Mariko Meyer 0, Emily Van Lieu 4, Taylor Warner 2, Jordan Stapleton 0, Samantha Cox 7, Mikaylela Nutting 14. Archbishop Murphy— Megan Wall 9, Addi Schmit 4, Kacey Moore 16, Madeline Maher 0, Alyston Matriotti 4, Izzy Lucas 0, Natalie Hayward 8, Talys Jurdana 12, Olivia Riojas 12. 3-point goals—Morgan 1, Van Lieu 1, Jurdana 1, Riojas 1, Moore 1. Records—SedroWoolley 1-6 overall. Archbishop Murphy 5-1.
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Arlington—Gracie Castaneda 14, Serafina Balderas 3, Sarah Shortt 2, Sevi Bielser 8, Brittany DeNike 2, Olivia Larson 2, Emmi Modahl 2, Jessica Ludwig 6, Abby Anderson 6, Jayla Russ 11, Peyton Brown 10. Sehome—not reported. 3-point goals—Balderas 1, Bielser 1, Brown 2, Russ 1. Records—Arlington 7-1 overall. Sehome not reported.
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poor free throw shooting, going just 14-for-30 at the line. “We struggled at the free throw line, and we struggled with little 4- and 5-footers around the hoop,” Newhouse said. “We have to finish.” McGrath led all scorers with 22 points, while Brown added 19 and Gordon chipped in 15. Rhen Shore was high for Monroe with 16 points, with freshman teammate Colby Kyle chipping in 15. At Cascade H.S. Monroe Cascade
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PREP ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Sam Saufferer Jackson | Boys Basketball The junior scored a season-high 34 points in Tuesday’s victory over Snohomish and added 15 in a victory over Lake Stevens on Friday as the Timberwolves improved to 3-0 in Wesco 4A play.
Sadie Mensing Glacier Peak | Girls Basketball The senior scored 23 points in a victory over Shorecrest on Friday and had 15 in Wednesday’s victory over Meadowdale.
Marcus Beccera Glacier Peak | Wrestling Trailing Everett’s Anthony Brown 10-2 late in Tuesday’s match at 192 pounds, Beccera scored a reversal and followed it up with a pin. His victory helped the Grizzlies stay unbeaten so far this season.
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Eastern Washington defensive lineman Dylan Donohue (left) and Oregon State University offensive tackle Dustin Stanton (right) teach Lakewood football players techniques in the weight room Monday afternoon. Six former Lakewood players held a clinic Monday, and talked to current players about their experience playing in college.
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ARLINGTON — The Lakewood football team sees itself as a family and when a few older members came home for winter break recently, the patriarch, Cougars head coach Dan Teeter, saw an opportunity. Teeter rounded up six Lakewood alums that are currently playing college football at various levels and brought them back to their old stomping grounds Monday night to talk to the current Cougars and give them advice about football, recruiting and whatever else they asked about. “It’s a blast. We like to build a family atmosphere and when these guys come back it’s just a lot of fun to see them and talk to them and hear about how their experiences are going,” Teeter said. “When I asked if they’d be willing to come do something like this they all jumped at the chance.” Central Washington players Justin Peterson and Justin Lane, Eastern Washington’s Dylan Donohue and Jerrod Jones, Dustin Stanton (Oregon State) and Brandon Stott, who plays for Whitworth University, followed up a question and answer session by showing a few drills that they do at their respective teams. Teeter, who along with his staff is barred from coaching after the season, just sat back, watched and took photos with his cell phone. The coahces also took notes on drills they might incorporate into the Lakewood football team next season, while making sure not to do any coaching. “I had one coach that started to say, ‘Hey! Keep your eye —’ and I said, ‘Coach! You can’t say
anything!’” Teeter said. “I had to remind him. But it’s fun just to sit back and let them do it and we can relax and just have fun.” For the former players, it was an opportunity for them to return to Lakewood and give back to the program that helped them pursue their dreams of playing at the next level. “If we can give back to the community a little bit that’s always a great time,” Peterson said. “We love the coaches. They would do anything for us. This isn’t very much that we’re doing but when we can do something with them we’d love to.” “I love it,” said Donohue, a lineman at Eastern. “I spent four years here so it’s a big part of my life. It’s fun to come back and see all the younger kids and help them out a little bit. ... As long as you show them respect they’re going to respect you. They’re open and receptive to everything and I hope we helped them out a lot. I wish we had more time with them.” The idea came to Teeter when he saw Donohue and Jones working out in the weight room one afternoon. He realized a few other former Lakewood players were home and asked the duo if they would be interested in putting on a little clinic. “It’s winter break. I don’t have any plans,” Jones said. “We were down.” A lot of players make it a point to reconnect with their old coach when they’re back in Snohomish County, including Lane, who went to Illinois State University before transferring to Central. “Every time I come home for Christmas, or for a week in the summer, I always try to get back together with coach Teeter,” Lane said. “It’s always fun. He was my
mentor in high school. He did a lot for me so it’s nice to give back to the program.” Each player discussed their respective path to college football and gave advice to the younger Cougars. Whitworth’s Stott focused on academics. “For me, it’s grades,” Stott said. “I’m going to a small (Division III) school where they don’t give away athletic scholarships. Not everybody is going to be the next (Division I) superstar where they get a full-ride scholarship. Grades were the only reason I was able to continue on playing football.” Stanton, who was a 220-pound all-league tight end for Lakewood before becoming a 270-pound starter on the offensive line late in Oregon State’s season this year, told the Lakewood players how he got to where he’s at. “Work hard in any aspect of life because if you work hard enough and you care about stuff enough you’re going to be successful,” said Stanton, a 2012 Lakewood grad. “That’s my biggest message when I come to Lakewood to talk to these guys. Just work hard, no matter what it is, whether it’s football, in the classroom, anything.” Lakewood junior Jordan Jira remembered a younger Stanton, who was affectionately known as “Noodle.” Jira — who, like Stanton, is a lineman — said talking to the college players was an invaluable resource for the Cougars. “Dustin was really helping me with my stance,” Jira said. “It’s awesome, just to see where you need to be. It’s crazy seeing him. My eighth grade year he was ‘Noodle,’ he was so skinny. And now he’s like, ‘Boom.’ He’s a big
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BASKETBALL NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 22 7 .759 Oklahoma City 13 15 .464 Denver 12 16 .429 Utah 9 20 .310 Minnesota 5 21 .192 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 23 3 .885 L.A. Clippers 19 9 .679 Phoenix 15 14 .517 Sacramento 12 16 .429 L.A. Lakers 8 19 .296 Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 21 7 .750 Houston 20 7 .741 Dallas 20 9 .690 San Antonio 18 11 .621 New Orleans 14 13 .519 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 22 7 .759 Brooklyn 11 15 .423 Boston 10 15 .400 New York 5 25 .167 Philadelphia 3 23 .115 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 20 7 .741 Washington 19 7 .731 Miami 13 15 .464 Orlando 10 20 .333 Charlotte 9 19 .321 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 18 9 .667 Cleveland 16 10 .615 Milwaukee 14 14 .500 Indiana 9 19 .321 Detroit 5 23 .179 Today’s games Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Boston at Orlando, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Indiana, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
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Rockets 110, Trail Blazers 95 PORTLAND (95) Batum 1-3 0-0 2, Leonard 5-11 0-0 13, Freeland 1-3 2-2 4, Lillard 6-16 6-6 18, Matthews 5-10 1-1 14, Blake 3-6 0-0 8, Kaman 4-7 1-2 9, Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, McCollum 6-9 3-3 17, Wright 0-1 4-4 4, Crabbe 0-1 0-0 0, Barton 2-6 0-0 4, Claver 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-76 17-18 95. HOUSTON (110) Ariza 3-9 0-0 7, Motiejunas 4-9 1-2 10, Howard 7-11 2-2 16, Beverley 4-9 0-0 11, Harden 14-26 12-13 44, Dorsey 1-1 0-2 2, Brewer 5-10 0-1 12, Papanikolaou 0-3 0-0 0, Shved 1-4 0-0 3, Terry 2-4 0-0 5, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Canaan 0-1 0-0 0, Black 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-87 15-20 110. Portland Houston
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3-Point Goals—Portland 10-27 (Matthews 3-5, Leonard 3-7, McCollum 2-3, Blake 2-4, Wright 0-1, Batum 0-1, Crabbe 0-1, Lillard 0-5), Houston 13-36 (Harden 4-9, Beverley 3-6, Brewer 2-4, Shved 1-2, Motiejunas 1-3, Terry 1-3, Ariza 1-6, Canaan 0-1, Papanikolaou 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 44 (Kaman 6), Houston 50 (Howard 13). Assists— Portland 19 (Lillard, McCollum, Batum 3), Houston 22 (Harden 7). Total Fouls—Portland 23, Houston 22. Technicals—Matthews, McCollum, Papanikolaou, Terry. Flagrant Fouls—Matthews. A—18,316 (18,023).
Warriors 128, Kings 108 SACRAMENTO (108) Gay 4-14 4-5 13, J.Thompson 3-3 0-0 6, Cousins 9-19 4-6 22, Collison 7-14 1-2 17, McLemore 4-8 0-0 11, Williams 1-6 1-2 3, Casspi 7-10 2-4 16, Sessions 0-1 0-0 0, Landry 5-6 2-2 12, Stauskas 1-3 0-0 3, McCallum 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 43-90 14-21 108. GOLDEN STATE (128) Barnes 3-8 1-2 8, Green 2-5 2-3 6, Ezeli 7-11 1-2 15, Curry 5-12 1-1 12, K.Thompson 10-16 3-3 25, Iguodala 5-6 0-0 12, Speights 2-3 8-8 12, Livingston 2-5 2-2 6, Lee 3-9 0-0 6, Holiday 7-12 1-1 18, Rush 1-2 0-0 2, Barbosa 1-1 2-2 4, Kuzmic 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 49-91 21-24 128. Sacramento 20 30 Golden State 36 28
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3-Point Goals—Sacramento 8-17 (McLemore 3-6, Collison 2-4, Gay 1-2, Stauskas 1-2, McCallum 1-2, Williams 0-1), Golden State 9-25 (Holiday 3-7, Iguodala 2-3, K.Thompson 2-4, Barnes 1-4, Curry 1-5, Green 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Sacramento 49 (Gay 9), Golden State 50 (Green, Barnes 8). Assists— Sacramento 31 (McCallum 7), Golden State 36 (Curry 11). Total Fouls—Sacramento 17, Golden State 19. Technicals—Casspi, Sacramento defensive three second, Golden State defensive three second. A—19,596 (19,596).
Spurs 125, Clippers 118 L.A. CLIPPERS (118) Barnes 2-4 0-0 4, Griffin 10-20 2-4 22, Jordan 4-4 1-3 9, Paul 8-17 6-7 25, Redick 6-13 4-6 21, Crawford 6-15 6-6 18, Farmar 2-6 2-2 7, Davis 4-5 1-1 9, Bullock 1-1 0-0 3, Turkoglu 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-86 22-29 118. SAN ANTONIO (125) Anderson 2-4 0-0 5, Duncan 9-16 3-4 21, Splitter 3-4 0-0 6, Parker 11-18 3-4 26, Green 3-5 2-2 11, Belinelli 3-4 0-0 9, Ginobili 7-11 3-4 19, Diaw 9-11 3-8 23, Joseph 1-1 0-0 3, Baynes 0-1 0-0 0, Bonner 1-2 0-0 2, Ayres 0-0 0-0 0, Daye 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 49-77 14-22 125. L.A. Clippers 33 27 San Antonio 35 37
30 23
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3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 10-24 (Redick 5-8, Paul 3-6, Bullock 1-1, Farmar 1-2, Turkoglu 0-1, Barnes 0-1, Crawford 0-5), San Antonio 1323 (Belinelli 3-4, Green 3-5, Diaw 2-3, Ginobili 2-5, Joseph 1-1, Anderson 1-2, Parker 1-2, Bonner 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 46 (Jordan 11), San Antonio 40 (Duncan 12). Assists—L.A. Clippers 23 (Paul 9), San Antonio 37 (Ginobili 10). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 22, San Antonio 19. Technicals—San Antonio defensive three second. A—18,581 (18,797).
Hawks 105, Mavericks 102 ATLANTA (105) Carroll 6-15 2-3 15, Millsap 5-12 2-4 13, Horford 8-13 1-2 17, Schroder 9-15 4-8 22, Korver 4-8 7-8 18, Antic 2-4 0-0 5, Sefolosha 3-3 0-0 7, Mack 1-6 0-0 2, Scott 2-4 0-0 4, Bazemore 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 40-81 18-27 105. DALLAS (102) Parsons 2-6 0-2 4, Nowitzki 6-13 4-4 16, Chandler 3-4 2-4 8, Rondo 6-15 0-0 13, Ellis 8-22 1-2 18, Jefferson 4-7 1-2 10, Harris 3-5 2-2 11, Smith 1-2 1-2 3, Villanueva 4-8 2-2 14, Barea 2-6 0-0 5, Aminu 0-2 0-0 0, Ledo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-90 13-20 102. Atlanta Dallas
25 27 18 20
30 25
23 — 105 39 — 102
3-Point Goals—Atlanta 7-19 (Korver 3-6, Antic 1-1, Sefolosha 1-1, Millsap 1-2, Carroll 1-5, Horford 0-1, Schroder 0-1, Mack 0-2), Dallas 11-28 (Villanueva 4-6, Harris 3-5, Jefferson 1-2, Barea 1-2, Rondo 1-3, Ellis 1-6, Aminu 0-1, Nowitzki 0-1, Parsons 0-2). Fouled Out—Parsons. Rebounds—Atlanta 54 (Millsap 12), Dallas 54 (Chandler 19). Assists—Atlanta 26 (Millsap 7), Dallas 23 (Rondo 11). Total Fouls—Atlanta 21, Dallas 23. Technicals—Carroll, Chandler, Ellis, Parsons. A—20,339 (19,200).
Jazz 97, Grizzlies 91 UTAH (97) Hayward 7-12 5-8 21, Favors 5-12 5-6 15, Kanter 6-11 0-0 13, Burke 3-8 1-1 8, Burks 7-14 7-8 23, Gobert 1-6 0-0 2, Exum 2-3 0-0 6, Hood 2-8 2-4 7, Ingles 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-75 20-27 97. MEMPHIS (91) Prince 0-3 0-0 0, Koufos 2-4 1-2 5, Gasol 1022 4-4 24, Conley 12-22 0-0 28, Lee 6-14 1-1 13, Udrih 0-3 0-0 0, Carter 4-7 2-2 12, Leuer 2-9 0-0 4, Adams 2-2 0-0 5. Totals 38-86 8-9 91. Utah Memphis
19 25 22 21
26 25
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97 91
3-Point Goals—Utah 9-19 (Hayward 2-2, Exum 2-3, Burks 2-4, Kanter 1-1, Burke 1-4, Hood 1-5), Memphis 7-23 (Conley 4-6, Carter 2-4, Adams 1-1, Prince 0-1, Gasol 0-1, Leuer 0-1, Udrih 0-2, Lee 0-7). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Utah 59 (Gobert 16), Memphis 38 (Gasol 12). Assists—Utah 20 (Hayward, Burks, Burke, Hood 4), Memphis 22 (Gasol 5). Total Fouls—Utah 15, Memphis 18. A—16,991 (18,119).
Hornets 110, Nuggets 82 DENVER (82) Chandler 3-4 0-0 6, Faried 2-3 4-5 8, Mozgov 1-4 0-0 2, Lawson 8-15 0-0 18, Afflalo 4-12 1-2 9, Hickson 1-3 0-2 2, Gee 4-8 7-7 15, Robinson 3-14 0-0 6, Nurkic 3-9 2-2 8, Harris 0-4 4-6 4, Green 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 31-82 18-24 82. CHARLOTTE (110) Kidd-Gilchrist 2-4 1-2 5, Zeller 4-7 2-4 10, Jefferson 10-13 2-4 22, Walker 5-12 6-6 18, Henderson 2-5 0-0 4, Biyombo 3-3 0-0 6, Williams 1-5 2-2 4, Neal 5-8 2-2 13, Hairston 4-11 0-0 10, Roberts 3-5 0-0 7, Pargo 2-3 0-0 6, Maxiell 2-2 1-2 5, Taylor 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 43-80 16-24 110. Denver Charlotte
18 22 28 30
17 26
25 — 82 26 — 110
3-Point Goals—Denver 2-18 (Lawson 2-3, Gee 0-1, Faried 0-1, Chandler 0-1, Harris 0-3,
Afflalo 0-3, Robinson 0-6), Charlotte 8-19 (Pargo 2-3, Hairston 2-5, Walker 2-5, Neal 1-1, Roberts 1-1, Taylor 0-1, Williams 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Denver 47 (Faried 9), Charlotte 55 (Hairston 10). Assists—Denver 11 (Lawson 4), Charlotte 23 (Walker 9). Total Fouls—Denver 20, Charlotte 21. A—16,913 (19,077).
Bulls 129, Raptors 120 TORONTO (120) J.Johnson 7-10 2-2 16, A.Johnson 1-6 0-0 2, Valanciunas 8-18 4-6 20, Lowry 12-22 6-10 34, Ross 6-16 0-0 17, Williams 3-10 6-6 12, Patterson 5-10 2-4 12, Vasquez 1-7 0-0 2, Hansbrough 0-0 3-4 3, Hayes 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 44-100 23-32 120. CHICAGO (129) Dunleavy 1-4 0-0 3, Gasol 2-7 10-10 14, Noah 4-4 6-8 14, Rose 12-19 5-6 29, Butler 7-16 11-11 27, Gibson 5-10 0-0 10, Hinrich 1-2 0-0 3, Brooks 6-10 4-4 17, Mirotic 2-2 7-8 12. Totals 40-74 43-47 129. Toronto Chicago
33 33 33 27
17 20
37 49
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3-Point Goals—Toronto 9-30 (Ross 5-11, Lowry 4-8, J.Johnson 0-1, Vasquez 0-3, Patterson 0-3, Williams 0-4), Chicago 6-12 (Butler 2-3, Dunleavy 1-1, Mirotic 1-1, Hinrich 1-2, Brooks 1-2, Rose 0-3). Fouled Out—Ross. Rebounds— Toronto 53 (Valanciunas, Patterson 9), Chicago 50 (Butler 11). Assists—Toronto 15 (Williams, Vasquez 4), Chicago 20 (Noah, Butler 4). Total Fouls—Toronto 30, Chicago 20. Technicals— Chicago Coach Thibodeau, Chicago defensive three second. A—21,846 (20,917).
College men’s scores 56.
No. 6 Wisconsin (11-1) beat California 68-
No. 10. Kansas (9-2) lost to Temple 77-52. No. 11. Wichita State (9-1) beat Loyola Marymount 80-53. No. 13. Washington (11-0) beat Tulane 6657. No. 16. Notre Dame (12-1) beat Northern Illinois 91-66. No. 17. St. John’s (10-1) beat Long Beach State 66-49. No. 18. West Virginia (11-1) beat Wofford 77-44. No. 19. Oklahoma (8-3) beat Weber State 85-51. No. 21. Ohio State (10-2) beat Miami (Ohio) 93-55. No. 22. Baylor (10-1) beat Southern 70-66. No. 24. Colorado State (12-0) beat Charleston Southern 75-54. No. 25. TCU (12-0) beat Grambling State 80-36.
Washington 66, Tulane 57 TULANE (9-2) Dabney 2-13 2-2 7, Stark 3-11 2-5 10, Smith 2-5 1-2 5, Hook 3-6 2-2 11, Drye 0-2 1-2 1, Pinckney 2-3 3-5 7, Mack 1-3 0-0 2, Osetkowski 5-11 1-2 12, Liberman 0-0 0-0 0, Henson 1-6 0-0 2. Totals 19-60 12-20 57. WASHINGTON (11-0) Williams-Goss 5-11 3-6 14, Anderson 3-3 1-1 8, Andrews 3-10 1-3 8, Jarreau 3-3 0-0 6, Kemp Jr. 7-11 2-2 16, Johnson 1-2 1-1 3, Winters 0-1 0-0 0, Upshaw 3-6 5-8 11, Dorsey 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-48 13-21 66. Halftime—Washington 28-26. 3-Point Goals—Tulane 7-17 (Hook 3-5, Stark 2-3, Osetkowski 1-2, Dabney 1-4, Henson 0-1, Drye 0-1, Mack 0-1), Washington 3-10 (Anderson 1-1, Williams-Goss 1-2, Andrews 1-4, Winters 0-1, Dorsey 0-1, Johnson 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Tulane 36 (Osetkowski 9), Washington 33 (Upshaw 10). Assists—Tulane 7 (Henson 4), Washington 16 (Williams-Goss 9). Total Fouls—Tulane 19, Washington 17. A—7,130.
Men’s AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (65) 12-0 1,625 1 2. Duke 10-0 1,548 2 3. Arizona 12-0 1,502 3 4. Louisville 10-0 1,344 4 5. Virginia 11-0 1,336 6 6. Wisconsin 10-1 1,322 5 7. Villanova 11-0 1,214 7 8. Gonzaga 11-1 1,170 8 9. Texas 10-1 1,149 9 10. Kansas 9-1 1,096 10 11. Wichita St. 8-1 966 11 12. Iowa St. 9-1 821 13 13. Washington 10-0 798 16 14. Utah 8-2 796 14 15. Maryland 11-1 678 17 16. Notre Dame 11-1 536 21 17. St. John’s 9-1 517 20 18. West Virginia 10-1 464 22 19. Oklahoma 7-3 436 15 20. North Carolina 8-3 414 24 21. Ohio St. 9-2 411 12 22. Baylor 9-1 203 — 23. N. Iowa 10-1 162 — 24. Colorado St. 11-0 144 — 25. TCU 11-0 120 — Others receiving votes: Georgetown 85, San Diego St. 72, VCU 70, California 32, Miami 27, Arkansas 22, Indiana 11, LSU 7, Old Dominion 7, Florida 4, Penn St. 4, Oklahoma St. 3, Seton Hall 3, Butler 2, Minnesota 2, Davidson 1, Valparaiso 1.
College women’s scores No. 14. Georgia (12-0) beat Belmont 62-43. No. 16. Stanford (7-4) beat UC Davis 71-59. No. 21. West Virginia (9-2) lost to Ohio State 96-54.
National Football League NFC x-Seattle x-Arizona San Francisco St. Louis y-Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington Carolina Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay x-Detroit x-Green Bay Minnesota Chicago
West L 4 4 8 9 East W L 11 4 9 6 6 9 4 11 South W L 6 8 6 9 6 9 2 13 North W L 11 4 11 4 6 9 5 10
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .733 .733 .467 .400
PF 374 293 286 318
PA 248 279 323 334
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .733 .600 .400 .267
PF 423 440 354 284
PA 335 374 366 394
T 1 0 0 0
Pct .433 .400 .400 .133
PF 305 378 378 257
PA 371 383 404 387
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .733 .733 .400 .333
PF 301 456 312 310
PA 252 328 334 429
AFC West L T Pct PF 4 0 .733 435 6 0 .600 341 7 0 .533 334 12 0 .200 239 East W L T Pct PF y-New England 12 3 0 .800 459 Miami 8 7 0 .533 364 Buffalo 8 7 0 .533 326 N.Y. Jets 3 12 0 .200 246 South W L T Pct PF y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 431 Houston 8 7 0 .533 349 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 232 Tennessee 2 13 0 .133 244 North W L T Pct PF x-Cincinnati 10 4 1 .700 348 5 0 .667 409 x-Pittsburgh 10 Baltimore 9 6 0 .600 389 Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 289 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Monday’s game Cincinnati 37, Denver 28 Sunday’s games Indianapolis at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m. San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Dallas at Washington, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m. Buffalo at New England, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 1:25 p.m.
y-Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland
W 11 9 8 3
PA 340 329 274 405 PA 296 336 280 377 PA 359 290 389 411 PA 317 351 292 317
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NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 36 23 8 5 51 104 98 San Jose 35 19 11 5 43 99 90 Vancouver 33 20 11 2 42 99 91 Los Angeles 35 17 11 7 41 97 88 Calgary 36 18 15 3 39 104 98 Arizona 33 11 18 4 26 75 111 Edmonton 34 7 20 7 21 74 116 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 34 23 9 2 48 106 67 Nashville 32 22 8 2 46 92 65 St. Louis 33 21 9 3 45 100 81 Winnipeg 34 17 10 7 41 83 80 Minnesota 31 16 12 3 35 91 84 Dallas 32 14 13 5 33 95 109 Colorado 33 12 13 8 32 85 101 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 34 21 11 2 44 92 83 Tampa Bay 35 20 11 4 44 113 93 Detroit 34 17 8 9 43 94 84 34 19 12 3 41 114 102 Toronto Florida 32 15 9 8 38 73 82 Boston 34 17 14 3 37 86 88 Ottawa 34 14 14 6 34 90 94 Buffalo 34 13 18 3 29 66 109 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 33 22 6 5 49 105 76 N.Y. Islanders33 23 10 0 46 104 91 Washington 33 17 10 6 40 97 86 N.Y. Rangers 31 17 10 4 38 93 81 Philadelphia 33 13 14 6 32 92 99 Columbus 33 14 16 3 31 80 107 New Jersey 35 12 17 6 30 77 102 Carolina 33 9 20 4 22 68 92 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Today’s games Nashville at Boston, 4 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Arizona at Edmonton, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Capitals 2, Senators 1 Ottawa Washington
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First Period—None. Second Period—1, Washington, Beagle 5 (Kuznetsov, Green), 13:59. 2, Ottawa, Condra 3, 15:56. 3, Washington, Backstrom 11 (Green, Johansson), 19:25 (pp). Third Period—None. Shots on Goal—Ottawa 14-10-15—39. Washington 6-10-7—23. Goalies—Ottawa, C.Anderson. Washington, Holtby. A—18,506 (18,506). T—2:29.
Predators 5, Blue Jackets 1 Nashville Columbus
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5 1
First Period—None. Second Period—1, Nashville, Wilson 7 (Bartley), 7:47. 2, Nashville, Smith 9 (Ribeiro, S.Weber), 9:25. Third Period—3, Nashville, Jones 1 (Bartley, Neal), 6:29. 4, Nashville, Smith 10 (F.Forsberg, Josi), 7:13. 5, Nashville, Fisher 3 (Wilson, Ellis), 8:43. 6, Columbus, Wennberg 1 (Johansen, Johnson), 15:38 (pp). Shots on Goal—Nashville 12-9-14—35. Columbus 9-14-8—31. Goalies—Nashville, Rinne. Columbus, Bobrovsky, McElhinney. A—14,573 (18,144). T—2:26.
Panthers 4, Penguins 3 1 0
0 2 1 2
0 — 3 0 — 4
Florida won shootout 1-0 First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 12 (Despres, Crosby), 4:39. Second Period—2, Florida, Jokinen 4 (Bolland, Kulikov), 19:23. Third Period—3, Florida, Hayes 8 (Bergenheim), :22. 4, Florida, Hayes 9 (Bergenheim, Barkov), 4:55. 5, Pittsburgh, Spaling 6 (Pouliot, Despres), 15:08 (pp). 6, Pittsburgh, Malkin 16, 16:50. Overtime—None. Shootout—Pittsburgh 0 (Malkin NG, Crosby NG, Letang NG, Kunitz NG, Hornqvist NG, Pouliot NG, Despres NG), Florida 1 (Pirri NG, Trocheck NG, Bjugstad NG, Huberdeau NG, Jokinen NG, Bolland NG, Barkov G). Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 8-7-8-4—27. Florida 9-13-12-3—37. Goalies—Pittsburgh, Fleury. Florida, Luongo. A—15,947 (17,040). T—2:48.
Flames 4, Kings 3 (OT) Calgary Los Angeles
0 2
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2 0
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4 3
First Period—1, Los Angeles, Lewis 6 (Doughty, McNabb), 2:26. 2, Los Angeles, Gaborik 11 (Kopitar, Williams), 17:50 (pp). Second Period—3, Los Angeles, McBain 2 (Brown, Williams), 4:32 (pp). 4, Calgary, Gaudreau 8 (Wideman, Russell), 18:02 (pp). Third Period—5, Calgary, Gaudreau 9 (Monahan, Giordano), 17:48. 6, Calgary, Gaudreau 10 (Hudler, Wideman), 19:01. Overtime—7, Calgary, Giordano 10 (Bouma, Hudler), 4:07. Shots on Goal—Calgary 7-8-8-5—28. Los Angeles 15-10-7-2—34. Goalies—Calgary, Hiller. Los Angeles, Quick. A—18,230 (18,118). T—2:37.
Ducks 3, Sharks 2 (OT) San Jose Anaheim
0 0
0 1
2 1
0 1
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2 3
First Period—None. Second Period—1, Anaheim, Rakell 1 (Etem, Beleskey), 7:20. Third Period—2, San Jose, Pavelski 16 (Burns, Thornton), 2:00 (pp). 3, San Jose, M.Karlsson 1 (Goodrow, Dillon), 7:56. 4, Anaheim, Fowler 4 (Getzlaf, Smith-Pelly), 15:44. Overtime—5, Anaheim, Kesler 12 (Maroon, Getzlaf), :58. Shots on Goal—San Jose 15-11-6-0—32. Anaheim 7-10-13-2—32. Goalies—San Jose, Niemi. Anaheim, Andersen. A—17,405 (17,174). T—2:35.
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Bengals 37, Broncos 28 Denver Cincinnati
HOCKEY
Pittsburgh Florida
FOOTBALL
W 11 11 7 6
Den—Sanders 4 pass from Manning (Barth kick), 9:08. Den—Sanders 5 pass from Manning (Barth kick), 1:29. Fourth Quarter Cin—FG Nugent 23, 7:49. Cin—Kirkpatrick 30 interception return (Nugent kick), 2:41. A—66,107. Den Cin First downs 22 20 Total Net Yards 385 353 Rushes-yards 19-85 37-207 Passing 300 146 Punt Returns 3-14 3-72 Kickoff Returns 3-121 3-134 Interceptions Ret. 1-33 4-44 Comp-Att-Int 28-44-4 17-26-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 0-0 Punts 6-47.2 5-42.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 6-72 7-45 Time of Possession 28:22 31:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Denver, Anderson 18-83, Thompson 1-2. Cincinnati, Hill 22-147, Bernard 8-36, Dalton 6-25, Sanzenbacher 1-(minus 1). PASSING—Denver, Manning 28-44-4-311. Cincinnati, Dalton 17-26-1-146. RECEIVING—Denver, Anderson 8-55, D.Thomas 7-115, Sanders 6-70, Welker 4-30, J.Thomas 2-33, Tamme 1-8. Cincinnati, Gresham 9-62, Bernard 5-45, Sanu 1-16, Tate 1-12, Sanzenbacher 1-11. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Denver, Barth 49 (WL).
28 37
First Quarter Den—Talib 33 interception return (Barth kick), 10:32. Cin—Hill 85 run (Nugent kick), 10:09. Second Quarter Cin—FG Nugent 37, 10:23. Cin—Gresham 2 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 7:56. Cin—FG Nugent 49, 1:03. Third Quarter Den—Anderson 1 run (Barth kick), 14:12. Cin—Bernard 22 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 12:35.
NCAA Football FAVORITE TODAY UNDERDOG Today Bahamas Bowl At Nassau W. Kentucky 3 Cent. Michigan Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Rice 2½ Fresno St. NFL Sunday FAVORITE TODAY UNDERDOG at Green Bay 7½ Detroit at Houston 10 Jacksonville at Pittsburgh OFF Cincinnati Indianapolis 7 at Tennessee at Baltimore 9 Cleveland at New England 10½ Buffalo at Miami 4½ N.Y. Jets at Atlanta 3½ Carolina at Minnesota 7 Chicago at Kansas City 2½ San Diego at N.Y. Giants 2½ Philadelphia Dallas 6½ at Washington New Orleans 3½ at Tampa Bay at Seattle 13 St. Louis at San Francisco 4½ Arizona at Denver OFF Oakland Off Key Cincinnati played Dec. 22 Denver needs win Dec. 22 to clinch first round bye
Rams’ Fisher anticipates no fines from brawl with Giants By R.B. Fallstrom Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Rams head coach Jeff Fisher said Monday that he doesn’t expect any of his players to be fined for their participation in a brawl in the first half of a loss to the Giants. Fisher said accusations of dirty play by New York defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and others are overblown. “To buy into all of our friskiness or all this stuff that they’re referring to, I think it would be good if they look themselves in the mirror,” Fisher said. “They beat us physically in a number of instances, but I don’t think we had a lot to do with those things on the sideline other than the attempt to break things up.” On the play that led to the brawl, linebacker Alec Ogletree carried his tackle of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. well out of bounds and then rubbed it in. Ogletree was jumped from behind by wide receiver Preston Parker and in the ensuing fracas Rams defensive end William Hayes had his helmet ripped off. Hayes admitted to trading punches, neither of which landed, with Giants defensive end Damontre’ Moore. Hayes, Parker and Moore were ejected. Contrary to the video of the game, Fisher said “when you look at it really close” Beckham had been grabbing Ogletree’s facemask. “He’s pulling him out of bounds, so it’s hard for (Ogletree) to let up,”
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chance of being in the right place if the quarterback is moved off of his spot. “I think it’s a little bit of both,” Avril said. “I feel like we’ve been pass-rushing well all season, we just haven’t been getting the sacks. We still have a lot of hurries and hits, but it’s just that split second of getting the sack that we haven’t been able to get. But I think we are starting to learn how to pass rush with each other, because it does take chemistry, it does take understanding who’s pass rushing next to you, so I definitely feel like it’s a little bit of both.” And whether it’s improved chemistry or just quarterbacks holding the ball longer, the Seahawks pass rush is beginning to resemble the unit that was so good late last season and in the playoffs. After registering just 13 sacks in the first 10 games, including zero in the loss to Kansas City that dropped Seattle to 6-4, the Seahawks have 20 in their past five games, all dominant victories that put them back in control of their own destiny. Obviously the Seahawks would have loved to average four sacks a game all season, but if there are going to be ups and downs, they’re getting it going at the right time. “The media can misconstrue the stats and say this and that, but sometimes you just don’t get them down and sometimes you do,” said Bennett, who leads the team with seven sacks, including one of Seattle’s four against the Cardinals Sunday. “You’ve just got
the coach added. Beckham might have had a hand on Ogletree’s facemask, but only while hanging on for dear life. Fisher judged actions of Giants kicker Josh Brown much worse. Brown kicked Cody Davis in the facemask after getting tossed onto a pile of players after a kickoff and was whistled for a personal foul, but Fisher thought Brown should have been ejected. “People get ejected for kicking people in the game,” Fisher said. “Typically when that happens, they go. It could have been the difference in the game, finishing the game without a kicker.” No such luck for the Rams (6-9), assured of an eighth consecutive losing season. Fisher brought the franchise back from the ashes and has overhauled the roster but mistakes combined with occasional boneheaded play have combined to keep them stuck at the bottom of the NFC West. Best case scenario, and it’s a stretch, they upset the powerful Seahawks in the finale and finish at seven victories for the third straight year under Fisher. Seattle is a 13-point favorite, ending a run of four straight weeks when the Rams were the oddsmakers’ pick. Against the Giants there were way too many gaffes. The defense surrendered a season-worst 514 yards to a team that hasn’t been an offensive power and was particularly shaky
in the secondary with safeties often mismatched in 1-on-1 coverage with Beckham. Two late hits, by Ogletree and safety T.J. McDonald revealed a mindset to teach the rookie a lesson after he’d vowed earlier in the day to “set records.” “Goodness, we’ve got a lot of stuff we’ve got to correct,” Ogletree said. “Can’t go into the offseason after having a performance like this.” The offense couldn’t keep up. Quarterback Shaun Hill missed on two deep throws to open receivers, Tavon Austin muffed a routine catch that resulted in an interception and center Scott Wells sent two shotgun snaps over the quarterback’s head. The first denied a shot at a touchdown in the final seconds of the half and the second short-circuited a late comeback bid after special teamer Daren Bates leaped over the line to block a field goal. Fisher said he’s sticking with Wells, who has worn a large brace covering most of his right arm for more than half of the season. He’s happy with Wells’ performance calling the blocking and protection assignments and said the brace was “just protective.” “He’s not getting treatment on it, he’s strong. I think it’s more of a security thing for him. It has not affected it but something went wrong yesterday. “He’s going to have to not allow that to happen.”
to be getting them down at the right time. If you’re getting them down in the first four weeks and don’t get them down when it’s crunch time, then all those stats don’t matter, because you’re not playing in the big game. “I think it’s a chemistry thing. We have a big rotation here, getting people in and out, getting people in the right positions. We have so many different plays we do, sometimes it takes a while. ... Then when it comes along, it comes along. We’re doing a good job now, that’s all that really matters.” Another big part of the improved pass rush has been the development of second-year tackle Jordan Hill, who the Seahawks hoped could be the replacement for McDonald, who had 5.5 sacks last season as an interior pass rusher. Hill had a quiet start to the season, then missed time with an injury, but has come on strong late in the season, with five sacks in as many games during Seattle’s winning streak. There’s no doubt Seattle’s defense has been considerably better since that loss in Kansas City. That improvement has a lot to do with players getting healthy, most notably middle linebacker Bobby Wagner and strong safety Kam Chancellor. Also there is the muchdiscussed team meeting before the first Cardinals game, which seemed to make a real difference as well. But another huge factor in Seattle’s late-season turnaround has been a pass rush that, after a slow start to the season, is looking as disruptive as it did a year ago. “It’s just been part of our elevated play, and it’s been a big factor,”
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said. “We’ve rushed the passer a lot better and made it harder on the quarterbacks. As the whole defense has played better, the pass rush has really been significant. The numbers are up in the last month. The intensity is really obvious, the timely pressures and stuff to add to the four-man rush has been good and helped us, and all in all, I think it’s been a big part of the shift in our effectiveness.
Injury update On his weekly show on 710 ESPN Seattle, Carroll said starting wide receiver Jermaine Kearse “didn’t feel the big pop” when he injured his hamstring, but said, “that’s really touch-and-go to get back in a week’s time.” Carroll didn’t have any timetable on cornerback Tharold Simon, who hurt his shoulder late in the game. Carroll said left tackle Russell Okung, who missed Sunday’s game with a bruised lung, should return to practice Wednesday. On center Max Unger, who has missed five games with a high-ankle sprain, Carroll said, “Talking with Max, he’s going to try to get through. He’ll do whatever he can to get out there this week knowing that if we can get a win, we’ll have a week off, but we’ll have to wait and see. We’ve seen a lot of high-ankle sprains that take six-to-eight weeks. That’s kind of the way we used to see it, but there have been a number of guys who have made it through quicker, so it’s really frustrating for Max; he’s got one of the long-term ones. So we’ll wait and see.” Carroll was not asked about tight end Cooper Helfet, who left the game in the first half then came back to finish the game. Helfet himself provided an update on Twitter, however, saying he cracked a rib on the first play of the game, but expects to play this week. Herald Writer John Boyle: jboyle@heraldnet.com
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Bengals beat Broncos, secure playoff berth
LEAGUE | Notebook
Cardinals rookie QB Thomas to start against 49ers
By Joe Kay Associated Press
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CINCINNATI — With everything on the line, the Bengals picked off Peyton Manning in the closing minutes — twice, no less — and ran themselves right back into the playoffs. One breakthrough win gave them a chance for another. Dre Kirkpatrick returned Manning’s third interception of the game for a touchdown in the closing minutes on Monday night, completing a rain-soaked rally for a 37-28 victory over the Denver Broncos and a spot in the playoffs. The Bengals (10-4-1) secured a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season, a franchise record. They’ll play in Pittsburgh next Sunday night, with the winner taking the AFC North title. And then, Cincinnati will get yet another chance to break one of the longest playoff droughts in NFL history — no postseason victory since the 1990 season. First, they go to Pittsburgh to determine when and where they’ll play. “Well, we have another hump day next week,” coach Marvin Lewis said. Kirkpatrick’s 30-yard return with 2:41 left capped a game of big plays — long runs, big kick returns and two interceptions run back for scores. With 67 seconds left, Kirkpatrick picked off Manning again to clinch it. “I’m not saying I knew he was going to do that,” Kirkpatrick said. “The guy changes plays. He’s a first-ballot Hall of Famer. When he came back to my side, I was waiting for the ball.” Manning rallied the Broncos (11-4) to three touchdowns in the third quarter and a lead, but finished with a season-high four interceptions. The loss handed New England homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. “I shouldn’t have thrown it,” said Manning, who was 28 of 44 for 311 yards with two touchdowns. “Four interceptions, you’re not going to beat many good football teams.” The AFC West champions failed in their attempt to clinch a first-round bye and came away with more questions about Manning, who was limited in practice during the week because of a strained right thigh. Denver scored 21 points in the third quarter, with Manning throwing a pair of touchdowns to Emmanuel Sanders. With a chance to pull off his 51st gamewinning drive in a heavy rain, Manning threw a sideline pass directly to Kirkpatrick, who ran it back untouched. Manning had been 8-0 career against the Bengals with 20 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He nearly matched that total in one game. Demaryius Thomas had seven catches for 115 yards, setting a club record with his ninth 100yard game of the season. Andy Dalton settled down after a huge early mistake — an overthrown pass that Aqib Talib returned for a touchdown — and rookie Jeremy Hill led a dominating running game that finished with 207 yards overall. Hill had an 85-yard touchdown run with 147 overall, going over 1,000 for the season.
TEMPE, Ariz. — In the wake of Arizona's most one-sided loss in Bruce Arians time there, the Cardinals coach said at Monday's press conference he's leaning toward starting rookie quarterback Logan Thomas in the regular-season finale. Later in the day, Arians said on a local radio station that Thomas would start in the regular-season finale against the 49ers. "We'll go with Logan," Arians said on Arizona Sports 98.7. "We need to find out what he can do for the future and the playoffs, if it were to come to that," Arians said at his day-after news conference Monday. "That's my job — to make sure that we cover every base." Arians insisted that starting Thomas "no way would be a reflection in the way that Ryan played, only the chance for Logan to show that he can do something." Lindley completed 18 of 44 passes for 216 yards with one interception in Arizona's 35-6 loss to Seattle on Sunday night. Thomas would be the fourth quarterback to start for the Cardinals this season, third in the last three games. Sunday's game at San Francisco has playoff implications. If the Cardinals win and Seattle loses at home to St. Louis, Arizona would win the NFC West and possibly the conference's No. 1 seed. Either a Cardinals loss or Seahawks win would relegate Arizona to a wild-card spot and a first-round game on the road, most likely as the No. 5 seed. Arians said he has "very, very high optimism" that Drew Stanton will be ready for the playoffs "because he wants to be ready." Stanton, who took over when Carson Palmer went down with a season-ending knee injury, sprained his right knee in Arizona's 12-6 win at St. Louis on Dec. 11. He practiced on a limited basis last Thursday, but experienced some swelling in the knee.
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Seahawks tight end Luke Willson (82) catches a pass for a gain of 39 yards as Cardinals linebacker Larry Foote (50) defends during Sunday’s game in Arizona.
Playoff scenarios
Plenty of drama for final Sunday of regular season By Barry Wilner Associated Press
With five of the six playoff slots in the NFC and four in the AFC decided, some would think much of the drama of the schedule’s final week has been removed. Think again. All nine of the teams already qualified for the Super Bowl chase have something to play for on Sunday. Start with the defending league champion Seahawks (11-4). Excluding any Week 17 ties in the multitude of scenarios, Seattle not only will get the NFC West title by beating St. Louis, but also home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Not a pleasant thought for its opponents. “They’re playing awesome football,” Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson said. “You can’t take nothing away from that ballclub. They have a championship pedigree, what it takes to win on the road, what it takes to win the division. Obviously, it’s not over yet, but they’re one step closer.” New England (12-3) doesn’t need to show up against visiting Buffalo on Sunday; it already owns the top seed in the AFC. The Patriots already are the first team since the current postseason format was adopted in 1990
to get five consecutive firstround byes. Everyone else is still scrambling. Denver (11-4), after losing Monday night’s game at Cincinnati (10-4-1), has the AFC West secured. But their home game with Oakland (3-12) has significance because a loss could force the Broncos to play in the wild-card round. The Bengals grabbed a playoff berth by beating Denver. They travel to face already-qualified Pittsburgh (10-5) on Sunday for the AFC North crown. Indianapolis (10-5) has the AFC South title and will be either the No. 3 or No. 4 seed. The Colts are at Tennessee (2-13), which has the inside track for the top overall draft pick through 15 games. The remaining AFC wildcard spot could go to Cincinnati or Pittsburgh, barring winning the North division; San Diego (9-6); Baltimore (9-6); Houston (8-7); or Kansas City (8-7). The Chargers have the easiest task: win at KC and advance. But all of them remain alive heading to the weekend, with Jacksonville (3-12) at Houston, and Cleveland (7-8) at Baltimore. The sixth NFC spot will go to the survivor in the South, where Atlanta (6-9) hosts Carolina
(6-8-1). Yes, a losing team will not only make the postseason, but will be the No. 4 seed and host a game on wild-card weekend. “It says a lot about the guys in here,” Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said. “Every year you set out to try to win your division. We have one game left and it is right in front of us.” With Seattle, Arizona, NFC East champ Dallas, Green Bay and Detroit all at 11-4, byes are up for grabs. The Cowboys have the most difficult road to get the top seed because the Packers host the Lions and both own the tiebreaker over Dallas. The Cowboys need a victory at Washington (4-11), an Arizona loss and a tie at Lambeau Field. Oops, sorry, didn’t mean to throw draws into the mix, but in that case it’s essential. For Green Bay to get the No. 1 spot in the conference, it must win and have Seattle lose. Detroit must win and have both Seattle and Arizona lose. As for earning a bye, the winner of Detroit-Green Bay gets one. “It’s what you play the game for,” Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said. “You play the game to play extremely meaningful games in December. They’ll be excited for it. I know everybody in our locker room will be excited as well.”
Manziel out for season CLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel’s rookie season is over for the Cleveland Browns, who may have to start rookie Connor Shaw in the season finale. Manziel injured his hamstring in Sunday’s loss to Carolina and coach Mike Pettine said the first-round draft pick will need several weeks to recover. Manziel, making his second start, got hurt in the second quarter against the Panthers and was replaced by Brian Hoyer, who sustained a shoulder injury in the second half. Pettine said it may be several days before the Browns know if Hoyer can play on Sunday in Baltimore. If he can’t go, the team will turn to Shaw, an undrafted free agent, who spent the season on Cleveland’s practice squad.
Cutler to start for Bears LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Quarterback Jay Cutler is returning to the Chicago Bears’ lineup and will start the final game of the season after Jimmy Clausen suffered a concussion. The Bears are going back to Cutler for this week’s game at Minnesota after benching him for Sunday’s loss to Detroit. Clausen was injured on a helmetto-helmet hit by Detroit’s Ezekiel Ansah while scrambling on Chicago’s final drive of Sunday’s 20-14 loss. Ansah received an unnecessary roughness penalty. Coach Marc Trestman would not say Monday if a healthy Clausen would have made another start.
Lions’ center Raiola suspended for showdown with Packers Herald news services DETROIT — He has toiled on losing teams for most of his 14 NFL seasons, and now that he’s on the verge of the biggest game of his career, Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola won’t get to play because of his own misbehavior. The NFL announced Monday that it suspended Raiola one game without pay for stomping on the ankle of Chicago Bears defensive tackle Ego Ferguson. Raiola is appealing the suspension, but unless a Tuesday afternoon hearing goes his way,
he’ll miss next Sunday’s NFC North showdown between the Lions and Green Bay Packers. The Lions and Packers are tied atop the division with identical 11-4 records, and the winner will get a first-round playoff bye as the NFC North champion. Raiola, who has six playersafety violations since 2010, said Sunday that he did not intentionally step on Ferguson’s ankle and that he apologized to the rookie defensive tackle after the game. Ferguson said after the game that he did not accept Raiola’s apology. Bears receiver Brandon
Marshall unloaded on Raiola on the radio Monday after the NFL suspended Raiola one game. Marshall, during his show on WMVP-AM (1000), said of Raiola: “This guy is a dirty player, and he’s a worse human being.” He also said the league’s discipline was not harsh enough. “It’s ridiculous,” Marshall said of the suspension. “He’s shouldn’t be allowed in the NFL. He should be banned from the NFL.” Marshall then recalled a pregame incident in which he said Raiola taunted him about his mental illness. (Marshall was
diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2011.) “Two years ago, a lot of people are like, why did you call Detroit ‘little brothers?’ Actually, so I’ll apologize again, Detroit. I retract those words. I retract that statement. But I was really mad at him because in the game, I’m just warming up, I’m just standing there, and he looks at me and he’s like: ‘Go take your medicine! Go do this, you freakin’ weirdo! You freakin’ crazy guy, go take your medicine!’ Before the game. “Like, bro, we play football, and I understand we’re rivals.
But at the end of the day, this is a brotherhood. We’re all men here. We’re all trying to do the same thing. This is only a platform for us to do better. You’re sitting here being defined by this sport. But this guy is a dirty player, and he’s a worse human being. “He has no respect for himself, and one game is freakin’ terrible. This was clear. This was clear. This guy literally jumped and stomped on this guy’s ankle.” Raiola was fined $10,000 early this year for an illegal club to the head of New England Patriots defensive tackle Zach Moore.
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BYU’s Latanoa Pikula (79) intercedes during a brawl after Memphis defeated BYU 55-48 in double overtime in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl on Monday.
drive of regulation. And Lynch said afterward that Malone wasn’t even the intended receiver. “This is probably the craziest game, most emotional game I’ve ever been a part of,” said Lynch, the first player at the FBS level with at least four TD throws and three TD runs in a game since Clemson’s Tajh Boyd in 2012. Malone caught two TD passes for the Tigers (103), who won their first bowl game since 2005 and reached double-digits in wins for the first time since 1938. The 10 wins this season match Memphis’ total from the previous four seasons combined. “We made history,” Malone said. Stewart passed for 348 yards and three touchdowns for BYU (8-5), which finished with the same record for the third
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fantastic sportsmanship,” BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said. “I’m sure if you go back and look, there’ll be an instance or two that ignited. Probably the majority wanted to handle it really well.” “I don’t know what happened at the end, first of all, so I don’t know how upset I am,” Fuente said. “I’m sure I’ll see it eventually. It’s not who we are, it’s not what we want to represent. I hope it doesn’t take away from an incredible football game, for both sides.” There was no immediate word on any disciplinary action from either team. Lynch threw for 306 yards and the four touchdowns, including a 5-yarder to Keiwone Malone with 45 seconds left in regulation — on fourth-and-4, his second fourth-down conversion on the Tigers’ final
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Brawl mars Memphis’ 2OT win over BYU in Miami Beach Bowl MIAMI — They battled for 60 minutes, then again for two overtimes and literally fought after the final play. And for Memphis, the end result was a win 76 years in the making. Paxton Lynch threw four touchdown passes and rushed for three more scores, Jake Elliott kicked a 54-yard field goal to end the first extra session and Memphis wasted a pair of double-digit leads before rallying to beat BYU 55-48 in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl on Monday. “It wasn’t always pretty,” Memphis coach Justin Fuente said. No, but it was memorable — largely for the right reasons, though also for a scene that got out of hand at the end. Roderick Proctor caught an 11-yard pass from Lynch to put Memphis up in the second overtime, and from there things just got worse for BYU. After DaShaughn Terry sealed the win by picking off BYU quarterback Christian Stewart in the second OT, tensions and emotions took over. Dozens of people from both sidelines spilled toward the middle of the field, many punching and grabbing. Cameras caught BYU defensive back Kai Nacua — who had blood streaming from his face — coming from behind to punch in the head Memphis tight end Alan Cross, who was being restrained by someone from the Tigers’ staff. “You want them to rise above that and have
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straight season and fell to 0-7 all-time in the state of Florida. The Cougars rallied from 10-point deficits twice to take the lead, but couldn’t hold either. BYU has now lost 12 straight games in which it trailed at some point by double figures. “I was sitting there in the shower replaying in my mind just all of the missed opportunities with guys open or just missed opportunities that we had,” Stewart said. “We played a good enough game to win this. I feel I missed a few key throws that really could have sealed the deal for us.” The teams combined for four touchdowns in the first 8 minutes and Memphis led 24-14 early in the second quarter, before BYU rallied with two scores in the final 4:55 to take a 28-24 lead at intermission.
Lawyer says ‘fix was in’ when Winston cleared by FSU hearing By Kareem Copeland Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The lawyer for Jameis Winston’s accuser says “the fix was in” when Florida State cleared the star quarterback of violating the school’s code of conduct. Baine Kerr, one of the woman’s lawyers, said the university did not conduct a fair hearing earlier this month. “I don’t want to impugn the proceeding as corrupt, but I think it was biased and the fix was in,” Kerr said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “It’s all about a football game 10 days from today. It turned out to be just a predetermined whitewash to keep a guy playing football.” A two-day hearing was held this month to determine whether the 2013 Heisman winner violated sections of the conduct code — two for sexual misconduct, two for endangerment. Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Major Harding ruled the evidence was “insufficient to satisfy the burden of proof.” Prosecutor Willie Meggs made a similar decision a year ago when he decided not to criminally charge Winston, citing lack of evidence. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said there’s a sense of relief now that the quarterback has been cleared. The Seminoles play Oregon in the semifinal of the first College Football Playoff on Jan. 1. “I felt very happy for him and his family and the people involved with him,” Fisher said. While Florida State is
looking forward, Kerr said they are not ready to move on and are pondering the next step. The woman has five school days to file an appeal. “The proper forum to getting to the truth is going to be the court of law, not, essentially, a sham court like this one turned out to be,” Kerr said. Kerr does not believe the subject of consent was properly vetted. The woman testified that she asked Winston to stop and the code of conduct states that clear verbal consent must be given. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, Winston gave a statement during the hearing that detailed his account of the night. He exercised his right to decline to answer questions from the judge and the woman. Winston, however, did answer one question about consent. He said she verbally and physically consented by “moaning” during the sexual encounter. “Moaning cannot possibly count as any evidence of consent,” Kerr said. “There has to be clear verbal consent. That’s not verbal and it’s not clear. Moaning can be from pain. Winston said in his statement that woman was an active and willing participant in sexual acts that evening. Kerr called the hearing a “mockery ... that ignored what the evidence was.” “It was not an impartial ruling,” Kerr said. “It was a ruling that went to great lengths and improper lengths to try to find a way to exonerate Winston.”