Everett Daily Herald, July 26, 2014

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The to-do list Bring the family

Fair bit of fun

A free family fun day is from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the Evergreen Arboretum, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett. There will be music, games, art projects and food.

The Silvana Community Fair is 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at 1331 Pioneer Highway. There will be live music, food, farm animals, exhibits and kids’ games. Free.

Aquafest Lake Stevens’ big festival is today and Sunday downtown. The grand parade is at 1 p.m. today and the boat parade is at 7 tonight. The Family Funfest is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Learn more at www.aquafest.org.

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Commission announced Twelve people, including scientists and land-use experts, will examine the emergency response to the disaster. By Eric Stevick and Rikki King Herald Writers

EVERETT — It is an enormous task with a tight timeline for such a massive disaster.

State and county leaders on Friday announced the make-up of an independent commission that will examine the emergency response to the March 22 Oso mudslide that killed 43 people, destroyed dozens of homes and

caused millions of dollars in damage. The panel also will study landuse planning in slide-prone areas. Gov. Jay Inslee said he hopes the final report, due Dec. 15, “will help us become a safer, more resilient state.” One thing the commission will not do is point fingers of blame,

the governor said. That, he said, is the role of the courts, which are expected to sort through multiple lawsuits to determine questions of accountability. The governor was joined by Snohomish County Executive John Lovick. The jointly See SLIDE, Page A4

Teacher heads into the lab Marysville Getchell’s Heidi Dullum will share experience with students

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Marysville Getchell math and science teacher Heidi Dullum has been spending some of her summer getting research training in the Teacher at Sea Program at NOAA’s Mukilteo laboratories.

By Chris Winters Herald Writer

MUKILTEO — Some teachers spend the summer teaching summer classes, attending conferences or working a second job outside education. Heidi Dullum spent hers

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chopping up and analyzing fish DNA. Dullum, who teaches science and math at the International School of Communications on the Marysville Getchell Campus, has been taking part in an innovative outreach program called Teachers in the Lab, an offshoot

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of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Teachers at Sea program. The goal of the program is to bring teachers into research laboratories to learn or refine their skills in a manner that can be then passed on to their students. For Dullum, it’s her fall

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The contract for longshoremen and others has expired, but both sides agreed to remain working while negotiations continue. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer

EVERETT — It’s been weeks since the contract expired for Everett’s dock workers, but the ships keep coming. Meanwhile, representatives for terminal operators, shippers and longshoremen are still negotiating a new contract covering 29 ports in Washington, Oregon and California. Port officials are on the sidelines, waiting to see if the two sides reach a deal. The last sixyear contract expired July 1, but both sides agreed to keep working while continuing talks. “We’re kind of in a holding pattern, waiting for an outcome,” said Lisa Lefeber, spokeswoman for the Port of Everett. The port regularly employs about 50 longshoremen, who made an average of $40.54 an hour in 2013, according to data from the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents terminal operators and shippers. The San Francisco-based organization negotiates labor agreements with the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union. Talks broke down in 2002, and the ILWU accused the PMA of locking workers out. President George W. Bush dusted off a rarely used provision in the TaftHartley Act to get docks operating again. The current contract was negotiated in 2008. Hourly base pay starts at about $25 and goes up to more than $40, plus additional pay depending on the work and skills required, said Craig Merrilees, an ILWU spokesman. On the West Coast, longshoremen earned an average of $47.31 an hour last year, according to the Pacific Maritime Association.

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sophomore Advanced Placement Biology class that’s going to be on the receiving end of her experience. For three weeks, Dullum went to the Mukilteo Research Station of NOAA’s Northwest

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