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Plan for terminal faces split council
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COURTESY OF JIM WATSON
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The car that got away
Two County Council members support passenger flights, two oppose them, and one says he’s undecided. By Noah Haglund Herald Writer
EVERETT — An investment firm’s bid to build a passenger-jet terminal at Snohomish County’s Paine Field would have to overcome a political split to get off the ground. Propeller Investments needs the County Council’s approval to move forward with any deal, like the two-gate passenger terminal the company pitched last week. Until talks evolve further, it’s unclear what the proposed project would even look like. Four of five council members are divided evenly over allowing commercial passenger flights at the county-run airport. A fifth says he’s undecided. “It sounds like it’ll be coming to a head in six to nine months,” said Councilman Brian Sullivan of Mukilteo, a staunch opponent. The potential tie-breaker is Terry Ryan of Mill Creek, a pro-business Democrat with a background in commercial real estate. A few months is a relatively short amount of time to wait for what could be the final bout in a decades-long fight. Events have intensified of late. New York-based Propeller Investments entered the picture Monday when it asked county airport officials to discuss a plan See TERMINAL, Page A5
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Jim Watson, 86, peers from the passenger compartment of his 1933 Ford Coupe. Watson sold the car 60 years ago when he needed money for a family home, but he never forgot it. At top is the coupe in its earlier days.
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LEARVIEW — He loved that car. Oh, man, he loved that car. In his youth, Jim Watson bought and fixed up a 1933 Ford Coupe. He drove it cross-country after he got drafted into the U.S. Army. He took his girlfriend, Patricia, on dates in the coupe before they married. When it was time to buy a house and have a family, Watson knew he had to sell his beloved Ford. He always hoped to get it back. He retired about 25 years ago. He always tried to persuade Wayne Caldwell — who bought the car from him in 1954 — to sell it back. Then, in 1999, the coupe was stolen from a garage in Seattle. The coupe finally resurfaced in 2013, when it showed up in Stanwood. It had been sold so many times since the theft that the new owner didn’t know See CAR, Page A4
When Jim Watson sold his beloved 1933 Ford Coupe, he always hoped he’d get it back one day. Finally, after a lot of years and a lot of miles, he did.
story by rikki king photos by dan bates the herald
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