Everett Daily Herald, May 10, 2014

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The to-do list Choo choo: Celebrate National Train Day today. Model trains will operate on a layout with 400 feet of HO scale track that passes through miniature towns and scenery. See it from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Edmonds Amtrak Depot baggage room, 210 Railroad St.

Seahawks add wide receiver, offensive tackle, Page C1

Squawk: See live parrots and learn about them at 2 p.m. today at the Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Cheers: Taste hard ciders made in the Pacific Northwest from 6 to 9 tonight at the Snohomish Hard Cider Festival at Craven Farm, 13817 Short School Road, Snohomish. $25 for five tasting tokens and appetizers.

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IAM leadership claims victory Machinists union incumbents say they were re-elected 2-to-1, but challengers dispute the vote and say laws were broken.

By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer

EVERETT — Leaders of the Machinists union say they have beaten back a challenge from reform candidates in the union’s

first contested general election since 1961. The challengers, a slate called IAM Reform, say they will dispute the results with the U.S. Department of Labor, which is overseeing the election.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) released a statement Friday saying that members re-elected the incumbents by a 2-to-1 margin. Votes from IAM lodges

were counted this week at the union’s headquarters in Upper Marlboro, Md. One of those lodges, District 751 in Seattle, represents about 33,000 See IAM, Page A8

OSO MUDSLIDE

Crews begin removing debris

DAN BATES / THE HERALD

In heavy rain, crews take on the gigantic task of clearing deep mud and debris from an estimated mile-long stretch of SR 530 in Oso, Friday.

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OSO — Work crews have started digging up the muck and debris left by the Oso mudslide to uncover Highway 530. After they dig out the road, it can be repaired and rebuilt. State transportation officials say they hope to have the highway open for general traffic by October. “We’re working 24/7,” said Mark Sawyer, the site manager for the state Department of Transportation. Cleanup started Tuesday. Crews have to clear debris about 15 to 20 feet deep from roughly 1,500 feet of the highway, he said.

The March 22 landslide dumped about 10 million cubic yards of material — soil, sand, trees, rocks, clay — onto the valley floor and wiped out a neighborhood, killing at least 41 people. Searchers have found the remains of all but two victims. Based on debris-field analysis, the missing victims’ bodies are likely not on the road and not likely to be recovered by crews clearing the highway, said Kevin Bartoy, the Transportation Department’s chief archaeologist on the project. Bartoy usually scours state transportation project sites for

Last call Don Draper must be rolling in his grave: The martini shakers fell silent Friday, as the bar cars on commuter trains between Manhattan and the upper-class suburbs in Connecticut made their final runs (Page A10). Officials say the bar cars don’t bring in the kind of money that they used to,

See DEBRIS, Page A7

can’t be coupled to modern trains, and have outlived their usefulness as settings for John Cheever short stories. Would you buy a used Louis Vuitton from this woman? Shoppers with a taste for luxury goods like designer handbags now are considering the items’ resale value on online consignment shops (Page

New rule for logging proposals Anyone applying to harvest near unstable slopes must get a review from a qualified geologist. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

OLYMPIA — State Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark on Friday ordered expanded studies for logging proposals in areas near unstable slopes

A10). “I’m really thinking of the value and investment of some of the things I’m buying,” one shopper told the Associated Press. The Buzz does more or less the same thing. When we shop for clothes, we’re really thinking about whether those $14 Costco jeans will make us look like Grandpa Art, and if so, will Goodwill even accept them?

that could raise issues of public safety. Under the new rule, those applying for timber harvest permits must provide the Department of Natural Resources with a detailed review of the proposed site by a qualified geologist. The requirement is not retroactive and does not apply to any pending harvests that have been approved by the state. The type of geotechnical report envisioned by Goldmark

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1977, actress Joan Crawford died at the age of 73 (Today in History, Page A2). Afterlife sources reported that an initially elated Crawford thought she was in heaven — that is, until she discovered wire coat hangers in a closet just inside the Pearly Gates.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

already is required when a logging tract itself contains potentially unstable topography, according to a DNR official. Goldmark’s action extends that requirement to proposed logging near unstable features, according to information provided by his office. “When questions began to be asked if a timber harvest conducted before I took office may have contributed in some way to See RULE, Page A7

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