Stoppage time drama
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Portugal counters Dempsey’s goal, ties U.S.
YBARRA: Aaron Ybarra, who is accused of
a fatal shooting at Seattle Pacific University, is scheduled for arraignment today. He is being held without bail.
ANIMALS: The Animal Farm
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at Forest Park in Everett opens Saturday. Kids can visit goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens and more.
FIREWORKS: Tulalip’s Boom City opened
last week; elsewhere, fireworks go on sale Saturday. See Page A3 for rules about the use of fireworks where you live; they are banned in some local cities.
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Suit filed in 2011 jail death A wrongful death lawsuit contends that county jail staff ignored Sid Richards’ medical complaints. By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
EVERETT — The family of a former inmate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Snohomish County Jail, alleging that his medical complaints were ignored until it was too late.
Sid Richard, 52, was serving time for a drunken driving conviction. In March 2011, the Lynnwood man’s health began to fail and he was taken to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, where he died. In his obituary, his family reported that Richard died of
complications of Influenza A H1N3 — a viral infection that attacks the respiratory system — and bacterial pneumonia. The lawsuit alleges that Richard’s complaints to jail staff “were ignored until he began bleeding from his nose and ears” and that they failed to keep him safe while in custody. County officials said they can’t discuss the lawsuit. “We can’t comment on
pending litigation,” sheriff ’s office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. Part of the reason the family filed the lawsuit is to learn what led to Richard’s death, said Karl Malling, a Seattle attorney representing the man’s estate. They have many questions about what happened in the See SUIT, back page, this section
OSO MUDSLIDE
Search dogs are always ready Human-canine teams that worked to locate slide victims trained over the weekend to keep their skills sharp.
Springing into summer
By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
this year or early next year, he said. A ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Edgewater Beach “to celebrate the fact that people can get to the beach safely
BRYANT — To appreciate the work of the search dogs and their handlers after the deadly Oso mudslide in March is to hang out with them on a tree farm north of Arlington in June. Or just about any other weekend, at any other time of year, for that matter. It is to understand that the training never stops and the dogs that make the grade are few and far between. On Saturday and Sunday, many of the human-and-dog tandems that worked in the Oso debris fields were reunited for training exercises. They also had a chance to share what they learned from their experiences. After the slide, they toiled alongside loggers operating heavy equipment with deft touch as well as scientists and emergency management experts who tapped into technology to analyze the mudflow to pinpoint with remarkable accuracy the areas where victims would be found. Suzanne Elshult, of Edmonds, spent 10 days working in the debris fields. With her was Keb, her 4-year-old labrador retriever certified in air-scent and humanremains detection and now in training for avalanches and disasters. They stay busy. “It’s a lifestyle,” Elshult said. “You have to love it and be totally committed to it.” The reward for Elshult is her love of dogs, hiking, the wilderness and helping others. The Oso experience was both traumatic and uplifting.
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See DOGS, back page, this section
Surrounded by his friends, Darien Boyd, 7, casts a rock into Puget Sound from Mukilteo Beach on Saturday. Darien spent the summer solstice with family members along with hundreds of others who flocked to local beaches to enjoy sunshine on the year’s longest day. Off-and-on showers are forecast for this week after today. See Page C6.
New Mukilteo beach access trail opens today Herald Writer
MUKILTEO — A trail providing public access to a park and beach with views of Whidbey Island and Possession Sound opens today in Mukilteo. The gravel trail begins near
Sound Transit’s Mukilteo station at 920 First St. and continues for about a quarter of a mile, leading to Edgewater Beach. The park will be open from dawn to dusk. The trail will provide interim access to the one-acre park, which is owned by the Port of Everett. “The long-term vision
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is to use Mukilteo Lane and the Mount Baker railroad crossing and a nicely paved road,” said Marko Liias, a policy analyst for the city of Mukilteo. The Mount Baker crossing, which has been closed due to construction at the transit station, is expected to reopen late
Liar liar Pants on fire: Parenting columnist John Rosemond fields a question from a reader worried about an 8-year-old grandson’s habitual lying (Page B2). Rosemond suggests taking away all of the kid’s privileges until he goes 30 days without telling a lie. Dear Abby. . . . B3 Horoscope . . . B8
And if that doesn’t work, the boy’s talent for lying could be channeled into a lucrative career in corporate communications. Ewwww: Some House conservatives are skittish that their new majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, hails from left-leaning California (Page A7).
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Their fears were allayed, however, after McCarthy pledged to confine his visits to California to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, and installed a decontamination shower in his office to use after meetings with fellow Californian Nancy Pelosi. Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1989, TV . . . . . . . . . . B4 Your Photos . . B1
the Supreme Court refused to shut down the “dial-aporn” industry (Today in History, Page A2). Writing for the majority, Justice John Paul Stevens cited First Amendment issues, and also the fact that the Internet would wipe out dial-a-porn within about 10 years — 15, tops.
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