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Seeking to stay involved A petition ensures volunteers will be able to help find the last two bodies once debris removal begins on 520. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
A Darrington man is pressing state officials to make sure residents involved in the search for
victims of the Oso mudslide can continue their efforts during the clearing of Highway 530. Nearly 800 people have signed a petition drafted by Brian Roggenbuck to ensure those who
volunteered after the March 22 slide are not barred from helping find the last two bodies once a state-hired contractor begins the debris removal project. “Hundreds of local volunteers showed up with heavy equipment and chainsaws to undertake the immense task of searching for survivors,” reads
the petition. “We want those local contractors and workers who rushed to volunteer after the slide to be allowed to participate in restoring the main road to Darrington.” Roggenbuck insisted Thursday it’s not about money and See SLIDE, Page A2
Her trade is in cuteness Everett woman raises and sells hedgehogs, everything they need
Zaria is one of about 60 hedgehogs for sale at Krissy Brouner’s business, Hedgehogs Northwest, in Everett.
By Jim Davis HBJ Editor
EVERETT — Oliver is a friendly little ball of spiky joy. The hedgehog is one of about a dozen in the living room of Krissy Brouner’s Everett home. “You just have to scoop them up,” Brouner says. “They always
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do better in your hands.” Most of the hedgehogs remain inside brightly colored carrying cases spread on a table each with a name tag and identifying information. Oliver and several others are outside burrowing into the cushions of her couch. Brouner, 28, is a research specialist at the Allen Institute
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for Brain Research in Seattle. She also is the proprietor of Hedgehogs Northwest, a small business that raises and sells hedgehogs, their food and gear including wheels, cages and, oddly, hedgehog sleeping bags. Brouner sold about 90 hedgehogs last year. Her price is $180 for a hedgehog and some food.
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Or $300 for a hedgehog and “everything you need for them.” Many of her pet items she buys at wholesalers and resells to her previous customers. The hedgehog food is mink food she buys in bulk and sells in
Boeing plans to keep busy The overhaul of its commercial jetliner catalog is “like changing tires on a car that’s moving 60 miles an hour down the road.” By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
EVERETT — The Boeing Corp. is confident that its overhaul of its commercial jetliner catalog will keep its airplanes in demand — and its factories busy — for decades to come. But making those changes in offices and on shop floors in Everett, Renton and South Carolina won’t always be easy. Boeing, for example, plans to add the 737 Max to current 737 NG final assembly in Renton while also increasing the plant’s production rate to 47 from 42. “In some ways it’s like changing tires on a car that’s moving 60 miles an hour down the road,” said Keith Leverkuhn, a Boeing vice president and general manager of the 737 Max program. The need to have the Max and NG models assembled at the same pace is influencing design of the Max, he said. “We have to make sure that as the designs are being considered we’re thinking about every control code in the factory: How many more minutes is it going to take to build this part? How many minutes less is it going to take to build this part?” Leverkuhn said. The Chicago-based company plans to start building the Max next year, with the first flight slated for 2016 and the first delivery in the third quarter of 2017. Work crews will be trained to move from one model to the other, he said. Increasing production will mean at least a “nominal increase” in the Renton workforce, Leverkuhn said. The Max is meant to secure the narrow-body jetliner market for Boeing, which already has 1,939
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