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A formation of WWII-era P-51s will fly over the Puget Sound area Friday, as the nation marks the 70th anniversary of the momentous battle. Story, Page A3
Mayor Ray Stephanson will present his plan for balancing the budget Wednesday.
The Triple Crown will be on the line at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
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Class of ‘14 Commencement ceremonies get under way at Snohomish County high schools beginning Friday.
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Homelessness talks set Complaints about loitering at the Everett library and elsewhere downtown have prompted the mayor to call for a task force to examine several issues. By Noah Haglund Herald Writer
EVERETT — One gripe among Everett Public Library users surpassed all others in a poll last year: people loitering outside the
main branch who made some patrons uncomfortable. Another complaint was an unkempt group of regulars who use the library as a place to hang out, or even doze off. Wary library patrons aren’t
alone. The city has fielded similar feedback about Everett Station, the Carl Gipson Senior Center and city parks. All of that has prompted Mayor Ray Stephanson to form a task force to address street-level nuisances, including homelessness and loitering. The goal is to gather downtown residents, business owners, social service providers, faith groups and
others to talk through ways to improve the situation. “I really believe that we will come up with solutions and ideas that can help this problem and at the same time serve the most needy in our community,” Stephanson told the City Council recently. Work is set to get underway in See TALKS, Page A4
No news just isn’t an option With school paper ending, Jackson student launches newscast
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Journalism students at Jackson High School, Megan Fore (left) Nicole Guerroro, Hadiya Al-Shishani, Zach Anders and Zachary Purnell, work with Michael Xi (right) during the taping of a segment for the Jackson News Network. Anders, editor in chief, is discussing Xi’s delivery of the segment.
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MILL CREEK — He’s an upand-coming young journalist who has already faced some of the problems that come with the power of the press. Zach Anders, at Jackson High, made school history when, as
a junior, he became the youngest-ever editor-in-chief at the student newspaper. At 17, he is also writing professionally. But his school newspaper, the Stiqayu, is set to shut down next year. The class producing it will no longer be offered, ending the paper’s 20-year run. It is no longer able to afford to produce
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1,200 copies at about $300 a month, Anders said. But Anders has come up with a new way to get the information out. He’s leading students in producing newscasts on YouTube and envisions expanding the broadcasts to air on public access cable TV next year. For their inaugural Jackson
Cuba libre You first, Brad: Making only his 12th major league start, Mariner pitcher Roenis Elias earned a complete game shutout win Sunday against the Detroit Tigers. Elias, who defected from Cuba in 2010, then worked his way up the farm system, gave up only three hits in Dear Abby. . . . B5 Horoscope . . . B6
News Network broadcast, Anders and five other students got to cover their first national disaster. The JNN reporters were the only students allowed behind the Highway 530 barricade at the Oso mudslide.
the 4-0 win (Page C1). So impressed with the toughness and unflappability of Elias, the Mariners have decided that when other players struggle, rather than being sent down to AAA Tacoma, players will be airdropped into Cuba and expected to work their way into the farm system from there.
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Skipper! High above Hawaii on Tuesday, NASA plans to test a new parachute system it hopes to use for missions to Mars. A test capsule will fall to earth, then deploy the chute and gently settle to Earth (Page A2). We’ll have to check, but we’re pretty sure they already did this in an episode of “Gilligan’s Island.” TV . . . . . . . . . . B3 Your Photos . . B1
More help for ferry docks The project to move the Mukilteo terminal wins a $4.8 million federal grant. By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
The long-awaited project to move the Mukilteo ferry terminal has received a boost from a $4.7 million federal grant. The money, from the federal Department of Transportation, is part of a $129 million project to move the terminal to part of a 22-acre parcel that was the former site of the U.S. Air Force fuel tank farm. “It’s a piece of the funding; it’s very welcome,” said Jean Baker, a deputy chief of administration and finance for the Washington State Ferries. The project is nearing the end of its environmental review with a decision expected by the federal Department of Transportation in the next month or two, she said. Construction on the new ferry terminal could begin this summer. It’s expected to be completed in 2019, Baker said. The new terminal will replace the current terminal, used by 3.9 million vehicles and riders last year. The ferry system says it needs to be replaced because of its age and its susceptibility to earthquakes. Once complete, the new terminal will have a pedestrian loading bridge, a six-bay bus transit center and improved connections to the nearby Sound Transit commuter rail station. A second federal grant, for $2.2 million, will be spent to upgrade the Edmonds ferry terminal, which also is in need of improvements to better withstand earthquakes, Baker said. A trestle at the terminal is built on land that is not very stable, she said. The project calls for drilling holes into the dirt and injecting grout into the fill dirt to improve its stability, she said. The project will be done in a way to minimize disruption to ferry traffic, Baker said. Last year, the Edmonds/Kingston route was used by 3.8 million walk-on passengers and drivers. Sharon Salyer: 425-339-3486 or salyer@heraldnet.com
Here’s the story: Ann B. Davis, who played Alice the housekeeper on “The Brady Bunch” in the late ’60s and early ’70s, died Sunday at the age of 88 (Page A2). To honor her memory as you pick up after your children today, smile, shake your head and quietly say to yourself, “Kids.”
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