Everett Daily Herald, June 09, 2014

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This week’s watchwords AquaSox

World Cup

For Oso

Father’s Day

The Dave Valle era begins in Everett with the season opener Friday.

The biggest sports event on Earth begins Thursday, but team USA doesn’t play until June 16.

Darrington students aren’t letting the landslide cancel their spring play, Page A3

Sunday, June 15, is the day to honor Dad, so act accordingly. We’re told Dad would really like a Bostitch N62FNB finish nailer with LED worklight and rear-mounted exhaust baffle.

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Nice day to meet ‘Tokitae’ Newest state ferry offers improvements over older boats

Group readies oil train report Snohomish County Train Watch counted a week’s worth of coal and oil trains passing through the county. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

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Freeland resident Savannah Simmons, 8, walks off the Tokitae on Sunday, following the vessel’s welcoming ceremony at the Clinton ferry terminal.

By Noah Haglund Herald Writer

CLINTON — To many people here on Whidbey Island, Washington state’s newest ferry is more than just a ship. The Tokitae, as it’s called, is the fruit of their labor in a local shipyard. It promises riders slightly shorter ferry lines. And it’s a floating awareness campaign for endangered resident orca whales. Hundreds of admirers stopped by the Tokitae, docked near the Clinton ferry terminal, for a welcoming ceremony on Sunday.

“Now we are breathing life into the steel and giving it a soul and making it a ship,” interim state ferries director Capt. George Capacci said. Transportation officials and shipbuilders offered up applause lines to an audience gathered in the car deck. Members of the Swinomish Inidian Tribe and Samish Indian Nation performed blessings. The Tokitae is scheduled to start sailing this summer, as part of the state’s 23-ferry fleet. The $144 million ship was christened in March at Vigor Industrial in Seattle. While Vigor

built the hull, much of the structure above deck took shape at Nichols Bros. Boat Builders in Freeland, a short drive from the Clinton ferry terminal. Numerous other contractors had pieces of the job. All told, about 500 workers participated. Walk up the steps from the Tokitae’s car deck, not yet reddened by rust or blackened by exhaust, and you start to notice differences from the current fleet. The angle of the stairs is more gentle, making for an easier climb. The stairwell gives ample space for people to pass in either

direction. As a fire-proofing measure, the corridor is walled off from the car decks. The new ferry promises to be more efficient, easier to maneuver, safer and cheaper to maintain than any others in the state fleet, said Chris Morgan, a vice president with Vigor. The 144-car Olympic Class vessel will replace the Cathlamet, which is being moved to the Vashon Island route so the state can retire a ferry built in the 1950s. See TOKITAE, back page, this section

EVERETT — A group that recently spent a week counting coal and oil trains traveling through Snohomish County will share its findings at a community meeting Tuesday. Volunteers with Snohomish County Train Watch tracked train traffic around the clock at locations in Edmonds, Everett and Marysville between April 21 and 28. The train watch was organized to estimate the amount of coal and oil shipped by rail through the community to coal export facilities in Canada and oil refineries in Skagit and Whatcom counties. It was conducted in coordination with the Sierra Club of Snohomish County, Transition Port Gardner and 350 Seattle. On Tuesday, Train Watch will report on what it sees as the risks surrounding transport of the cargo through Snohomish County. There also will be discussion of developments at the state and national levels in response to an increasing number of coal and oil trains. The event begins with a free reception at 6:45 p.m. Results of the train watch will be presented at 7:30 p.m. in the Everett Public Library Auditorium, 2703 Hoyt Ave. For information, contact Steven Liedlich at stevenrliedlich@ gmail.com or 425-876-1633.

Under Sheriff’s contract, Granite Falls, its chief settle in By Rikki King Herald Writer

the buzz

GRANITE FALLS — The bell rang on the front door of the Granite Falls Hardware store as Police Chief David Bowman

walked in Thursday morning. The chief stopped by to collect a statement from the owner about a recent shoplifting case. Another man in the store greeted the chief by his first name.

A ‘Tokitae’ day Cast off: Tours were offered Sunday of the state’s newest ferry, the 144-vehicle M/V Tokitae, which will begin service this summer. “Tokitae” is a Coast Salish Indian greeting for “nice day, pretty colors” (above). Although it might have fit the weather more often, the state ferry system rejected as a ferry name the Coast

Salish phrase for “highs in the 50s and an 80 percent chance of rain.” Channel surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Among TV’s best bets next week are the Guys Choice Awards at 9 p.m. Wednesday on Spike TV. Among the awards, dubbed the “Mantlers,” being presented are “Guy of the Year” to Matthew McConaughey, the “Guycon”

The man had some information to pass along, he said. Bowman told him to come on by the station later. Bowman, a 45-year-old Snohomish County sheriff’s sergeant, is the new police chief in Granite Falls. Earlier this year, the city entered into a sheriff’s contract for law enforcement services, similar to what’s in place in other towns, including Snohomish and

award to Johnny Knoxville and the “Decade of Hotness” award to Sandra Bullock (Page B4). As with all testosterone medications, prolonged exposure to the Guys Choice Awards can cause nausea and vomiting, changes in skin color and painful or difficult urination. Give me a phlbbt! A Phoenix woman has

Stanwood. Bowman and four deputies are assigned to patrol Granite Falls and the surrounding areas. The contract runs through 2018, City Clerk Darla Reese said. The former Granite Falls Police Department, now a sheriff’s office substation, looks a little different these days. Some bushes outside have been torn out and replaced with three Japanese

been barred from turning cartwheels during municipal government meetings. Officials told the woman her cartwheels, which the 65-year-old former cheerleader claims express her enthusiasm, were disruptive and a public safety liability (Page A2). I guess that’s a “no,” as well, for her 10-person senior citizen pyramid.

—Jon Bauer, Herald staff

maple saplings. The trees were donated through a program at the senior center across the street. The roof had a leak, so city public works supervisor Brent Kirk replaced some of the stained ceiling tiles, Bowman said. The sheriff’s office had a volunteer work party to spruce up the See CHIEF, back page, this section

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Although its police department has closed, Granite Falls’ new police chief has ties to the community and feels welcomed by its residents.

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