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OSO MUDSLIDE
Clean-up concerns run deep As crews sift through and remove debris, neighbors say not enough work is being done to find the last victim, Kris Regelbrugge. By Scott North and Rikki King Herald Writers
OSO — As Snohomish County spends millions of dollars for
crews to remove giant piles of debris left by the Oso mudslide, some are questioning whether enough is being done to find the lone victim still missing in the disaster.
The problem for the county: How much more is even possible? Oso Fire Chief Willy Harper sent a letter to county officials Thursday, detailing concerns he’s hearing from his neighbors. Some are wondering if more resources should be directed at finding Kris Regelbrugge. Of the 43 people known to have died
in the March 22 slide, she is the only person whose body has not been found. Since the slide, the need to search the debris for human remains, and the urge to move into recovery mode, have at times been in conflict. Crews hired by the county See CONCERNS, Page A8
Sky’s the limit in Arlington
Everett to K-C: Site work not done The city could sue Kimberly-Clark for not meeting all the requirements of cleaning up property of the former mill on the Everett waterfront. By Chris Winters and Dan Catchpole Herald Writers
Sitting in the shade provided by the wing of his 1947 8E Luscombe airplane, Mel Evers, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, enjoys the opening day of the Arlington Fly-In on Thursday. Hundreds of historic planes will be on display through July 12 at the Arlington Airport, with activities including air shows, fly-bys and an after-dark hot air balloon display tonight.
Lake Stevens teen ‘meant everything to us’ Bradley Hogue, a 2013 high school graduate, died Monday on the second day at his new job with Pacific Topsoils. By Kari Bray Herald Writer
LAKE STEVENS — Bradley Hogue, a 19-year-old Lake Stevens High School graduate, died Monday morning while working with landscaping equipment in Duvall. Hogue died of blunt force
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injuries after falling into an auger that was being used to distribute beauty bark. He was working for Pacific Topsoils, a landscaping and supply company with 11 locations in Snohomish and King counties. Elaine Fischer, a spokeswoman with the Washington Department of Labor
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& Industries, said the state has started an investigation into Hogue’s death. D e a n n a Hogue, BradBradley Hogue ley’s mother, said Monday was her son’s second day at his new job with Pacific Topsoils. He attended Everett Community College and had previously
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worked at Ace Hardware in Lake Stevens, but opted for a change of pace this summer, Deanna said. Bradley was the youngest of three boys. He loved the outdoors, played soccer for eight years on the same team and enjoyed family hunting trips, hikes and bonfires on the beach. With a mathematically inclined See ACCIDENT, back page, this section
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EVERETT — The city plans to sue Kimberly-Clark Corp. for not putting dirt and grass over its former mill site on Everett’s waterfront. The Council voted Wednesday to give City Attorney Jim Iles authority to sue the Dallas-based company over what the city says is a failure to complete the work on the site by a June 15 deadline. City officials say KimberlyClark was supposed to cover the rubble with one foot of topsoil and plant grass to prevent possibly contaminated dust from being stirred up. “There’s an obligation under the approved demolition permit for the Kimberly-Clark site that requires topsoil and seeding,” city spokeswoman Meghan Pembroke said. That demolition permit was issued in 2012, shortly after the company closed its mill. The city intends to move forward with a suit within a few weeks, she said. Kimberly-Clark spokesman Bob Brand said the company, so far, has met all requirements to clean up the location. Covering the site with topsoil and grass addresses a problem that doesn’t exist, he said. Dust has not been an issue since demolition work was finished, and if it became a problem it could be solved without laying down topsoil. “If there was a public safety or environmental concern at stake, we would understand” the city’s position, Brand said. The company has also told the city that adding the topsoil and grass would make the property harder to sell, because a new owner would have to do more work to prepare the site for future use. After the company closed its mill in early 2012, it knocked down buildings and tore up the pavement, leaving the site covered with crushed concrete. It is still working with the state Department of Ecology to clean up the area. Kimberly-Clark in 2013 proposed a revised plan for the final condition of the site that would not include topsoil or grass.
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