Everett Daily Herald, June 21, 2014

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The to-do list Timberbowl Rodeo

Tour a B-29

Strawberry Festival

Watch bronco and bull-riding, barrel racing and more starting at 2 p.m. today and Sunday at the Darrington rodeo grounds, west of town on Highway 530. $7-10.

See the last flying B-29 in the air at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and noon today and Sunday; tour it after 2 p.m. 10719 Bernie Webber Drive, Mukilteo. $10-$15; kids 10 and younger free.

Head to Marysville today for events including a car show from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; a shortcake-eating contest from 1 to 3 p.m.; and the Grand Parade at 7:30 p.m., followed by a fireworks show. Most events are at Asbery Field, 1605 Seventh St. www.maryfest.org.

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Many steps before trial Before longtime sex offender Danny Ross Giles faces the judge, a host of legal questions needs to be untangled. By Scott North Herald Writer

EVERETT — A Snohomish County judge on Friday began picking his way through a thicket of thorny legal questions connected to the upcoming trial of

a longtime sex offender charged with two 1995 cold-case killings. Attorneys for Danny Ross Giles, 46, failed to convince Superior Court Judge Bruce Weiss to bar prosecutors from reviewing records created by other lawyers who earlier helped

Giles fight a civil lawsuit that sought to have him declared a sexually violent predator. That case, brought by King County deputy prosecutors, was a thinly disguised gambit to keep Giles behind bars for more than a year while Snohomish County prosecutors built their criminal cases against him, public defender Neal Friedman said. “It is abundantly clear how

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close those two teams were working together,” he said. Giles is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of Patti Berry, 26, and the disappearance and presumed death of Tracey Brazzel, 22. He’s allegedly linked to the women through genetic See TRIAL, back page, this section

Staying safe in the water

By Kari Bray Herald Writer

or the side of pool, Parent said. Up to 450 children will be able to participate in 30-minute classes. At the Everett branch, classes start between July 30 and July 28. Classes offered at the Mill Creek branch begin either July 7 or July 8. The classes will include helpful tips for parents. One of the

OSO — The stretch of Highway 530 that was buried in the Oso mudslide opened to twoway traffic Friday afternoon, days ahead of schedule. The state Department of Transportation announced the road was open at 5 p.m. The highway in that stretch has a 25 mph speed limit and no vehicle size restrictions. The road originally was expected to reopen in both directions next week. Matt Rugh, construction manager with Atkinson Construction, told a community meeting Thursday night that crews had been working to clear the roadway in order to open it to two-way traffic. His company holds a $20.6 million contract with the state to rebuild the road. The highway opened to alternating one-way traffic with a pilot car May 31. Drivers had relied on the bumpy Seattle City Light utility access road for about a month before rubble was cleared from enough of Highway 530 to allow traffic. Progress continues. Now that the road is reopened, work can begin on a new stretch of highway, which will be shifted to the south and raised up with fish culverts underneath. The existing road will remain open while two new segments are constructed nearby. Parts of the highway are expected to shift up to 22 feet south but remain within the state Department of Transportation’s right-of-way, Rugh said. Ruth Caesar, of Oso, said five homes, including hers, could be affected by the highway moving south and closer to their properties. Crews plan to connect the new, raised roadway to the rest of the highway during two separate day-long closures this summer. The closures are scheduled for Wednesdays, and contractors intend to announce specific dates soon. Work on the east end of the highway project is set to be finished by mid-August, and crews

See SAFE, back page, this section

See 530, back page, this section

Free swimming classes for children aim to prevent drownings

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Asha Cox, 3, swims back to the wall after practicing floating on her back during Wednesday’s Swim Access class at the Mill Creek YMCA. During the class, swim instructors were trained in a program aimed at reducing childhood drownings.

By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer

the buzz

Just in time for the fun-filled days of summer, the Everett and Mill Creek branches of the YMCA are offering free swimming lessons for kids ages 3 to 12 through a program aimed at reducing drownings. The YMCA of Snohomish County is one of only 15 Y’s nationally awarded a swim

safety grant of $25,000 from the national organization to cover the costs of the program. In the four-year period ending in 2012, four people 18 or younger in Snohomish County drowned, according to the Snohomish Health District. If children accidentally fall into water, mastery of skills like those taught in the classes “improves their chances of getting out of that trouble situation,”

Muk-ing about Keep clam and carry prawns: The Herald’s monthly Tourist in Your Own Town series takes us to Mukilteo to stroll its beaches and farmers market, tour the lighthouse and enjoy a microbrew and a basket of fish and chips (Page D1). The story confirms that Mukilteo is a Coast Salish Lushootseed word for “good

camping ground,” and not “Do not block driveway when in line for ferry.” Stick to the nuts and berries, Yogi: Three people in Florida face fines and community service for feeding bears after a woman was mauled by a bear that had become accustomed to human food and had lost its natural fear of people (Page A7).

>> Class schedules, A12 said Janette Parent, the local organization’s aquatics director. “It’s about minimizing drowning.” The crucial skills include being able to bob to the surface and get a breath, leveling off in the water, floating on their back to catch their breath, and turning around to get back to a dock

We know some folks will continue to feed bears, so we’ll offer this one tip: Offer the bear a choice of honey, ketchup or steak sauce. Then apply it liberally to your head. I thought I smelled patchouli: Some 10,000 members of the “Rainbow Family,” nudists and other free spirits are expected to cram into a national

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forest in Utah. Some, who arrived early to set up camp, crashed a nearby wedding reception and raided food platters (Page A7). Spared the fate of most bears, the Rainbow Family members, now accustomed to human food and demonstrating their natural lack of manners, were trapped, tagged and released deeper into the wild.

—Jon Bauer, Herald staff

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