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Light rail: What about Paine Field? One of the two options for bringing the rail system to Lynnwood and Everett also would serve thousands of aerospace workers. Herald Writer
EVERETT — As Sound Transit pencils out possible light-rail routes between Lynnwood and Everett, the big question revolves
around Paine Field. Specifically, should the rail system diverge from I-5 to connect workers to the state’s largest manufacturing center, even it means higher costs? Or would it be better to follow a more direct path
Snohomish County Council on Tuesday, some council members suggested they would support an option designed to serve the tens of thousands of aerospace workers at Paine Field. The city of Everett also strongly favors that option. Another possibility, other than light rail, would be starting up a rapid-transit bus line to Paine Field, similar to Community
‘It’s about our belief system’ Electric Mirror CEO Jim Mischel Jr. is in step with Supreme Court’s decision By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
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Electric Mirror President and CEO Jim Mischel Jr. stands on the floor of one of the company’s large manufacturing facilities in Everett. The company filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of companies opposing the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage mandate.
The company developed backlit mirrors for high-end hotels. It created Bluetooth mirrors that — using the glass as an amplifier — play music from a synced smartphone. The company expects sales to push past $50 million this year.
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The first lawsuit following the Oso mudslide claims negligence caused the deaths of two families who were related.
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EVERETT — Jim Mischel Jr. isn’t trying to stop anyone from getting an abortion or taking the day-after pill. He and his family just don’t want to pay for it. Doing so would be a “grave sin.” That is what the family, which owns a manufacturing company in Everett, said in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of companies opposing the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage mandate. The court ruled 5-4 that “closely held” corporations — meaning they are for profit and have a handful of owners — may cite religious objections to providing all forms of birth control. Individuals had formerly been the only ones able to make such claims. Jim Mischel can’t compartmentalize his faith. It infuses every aspect of his life, the 42-year-old said. His faith inspired him to start Electric Mirror in 1998 and to stick with it through several lean years, living with his parents and barely scraping by. His parents, brother and sister all helped, and they are part-owners. And Mischel’s younger brother, Aaron, was adopted from a 14-year-old girl who had been raped and had wanted an abortion, Jim Mischel said. “No one person can be successful in business. I don’t believe in the self-made man,” Mischel said. Electric Mirror has taken the age-old mirror and made it high-tech and energy-efficient.
Transit’s SWIFT bus on Highway 99. Whatever happens will take years to materialize. Planning for a Lynnwood-toEverett rail leg is underway now to prepare for a possible ballot measure in 2016. If the Sound Transit Board decides to ask
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About 10 years ago, the company started offering health insurance for employees. It pays good wages and offers health coverage better than those required by the Affordable Care Act. But it has never covered voluntary abortions and a handful
Lessons learned OK. Everyone, back to work: Belgium defeated the United States, 2-1, in extra time Tuesday, dropping the U.S. from the World Cup tournament (Page C1). Our fascination with futbol may be over for another four years, but at least our young soccer players have Dear Abby. . . .D5 Good Life . . . .D1
of contraceptive measures, such as Plan B. “If people want Plan B, I’m not stopping them. I just don’t want to pay for it,” he said, sitting in his cramped office.
learned the importance of theatrics and persuasive speaking when arguing for yellow or red cards. Let’s all go to the lobby: For many TV lovers, 50inch screens just don’t cut it anymore. The big sellers now are screens 55 inches and larger as people turn their living rooms into
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EVERETT — After a barrage of damage claims, the first lawsuit has been filed against Snohomish County and the state by families who lost loved ones in the March 22 Oso mudslide. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in King County Superior Court, claims the county and state Department of Natural Resources were negligent and caused the deaths of two Oso families who were related. It was filed in behalf of the estates of Lewis and JuDee Vanderburg, 71 and 64, and Shane and Katie Ruthven, 43 and 34, as well as their children, Hunter and Wyatt, 6 and 4. Hunter was in kindergarten at Kent Prairie Elementary See SUIT, back page, this section
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home theaters (Page A9). Of course, for the real home theater experience, you’ll need to dump stale popcorn behind the recliner cushions and have the kids spill pop until you can fix the cat to one spot on the floor. If you’re done, they’d like the hair back: Oxford University in London has tested Sports . . . . . . . C1 Stocks . . . . . .A10
36 samples of hair thought possibly to have come from a sasquatch, but all samples proved to be from bears, wolves, cows, raccoons and one human (Page A8). Further DNA testing will be necessary to determine from which member of the cast of “Duck Dynasty” the hair came.
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along I-5 to downtown Everett, which might not attract as many riders? “Those two options kind of become the arm-wrestling match,” Snohomish County public works director Steve Thomsen said. As it stands, arguments in favor of a Paine Field route appear to be prevailing. During a Sound Transit presentation to the
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