Everett Daily Herald, August 16, 2014

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Seahawks lead the charge

The to-do list Beer: Taste craft beers from 33 breweries from noon to 7 p.m. today, on Hoyt between Hewitt and Pacific in Everett. $25; includes tasting cup and six 5-ounce tasters.

San Diego didn’t even stand a chance,

Fresh Paint: See artists at work, and take home some of their creations, at Fresh Paint from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday at the Everett Marina, 1700 W. Marine View Drive.

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For families: PEPSapalooza is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Everett Memorial Stadium with live music, including Caspar Babypants, a bouncy house, animals, crafts and lots more. $25-$35 for a family. www.peps.org. More: Find more ideas for weekend fun at www.heraldnet.com/goseedo. ●

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Beating the scammers Alison White was determined to bring a pair to justice after they sold her a motorhome that was never delivered. By Eric Stevick Herald Writer

EVERETT — Alison White is not someone to scam. When she grew suspicious that a Lake Stevens man and

woman had pulled a fast one, she was determined to hold them accountable. In January, White wrote them a $2,500 check as a deposit for a used motorhome that she never was given. Police believe

the Lake Stevens pair stole the motorhome and its title from an Everett widow in October 2013 under the pretense they were going to buy it. Later, they allegedly sold it to a Snohomish County man, having already cashed White’s check. That’s the gist of the police report. The story not told in the

official record is the measures White took to turn up the heat on the suspects, 41 and 39, and the kinship she formed with the other alleged victims. “We want to help so others don’t get ripped off,” the Bellevue woman said. To White, the pair she had See JUSTICE, Page A2

Plan thwarts repeat floods Everett wants to install backwater valves in homes and buildings that are most susceptible to prevent any more sewer backups.

Community reconnected One-lane bridge is only way into neighborhood cut off by mudslide

By Chris Winters Herald Writer

way into the neighborhood by vehicle. But the Mount Index Riversites homeowners group has decided to deny bridge access to some isolated residents who are behind in payment of dues for road work. The mudslide left the

EVERETT — As the anniversary of last summer’s torrential rainstorms approaches, the city has unveiled a plan to prevent future flooding in 1,800 homes and businesses that are especially vulnerable. The city wants to install backwater valves in those buildings, and is offering to pick up most of the cost, while at the same time putting a cap on future insurance claims stemming from flood damage. A backwater valve, installed on a side sewer line between a house and a sewer main, prevents a backed-up main from flooding into a building’s drains. A public hearing on the proposed ordinance will be held Wednesday before the City Council votes on the plan during its meeting. The need for a solution became clear on Aug. 29, 2013, when a violent squall dumped rain on the city at a rate of 2.8 inches per hour. It was the most intense storm recorded in the city since it started keeping records in the 1940s. Another storm hit Sept. 6, and over the course of those several days, scores of homes and businesses were flooded from backed up stormwater and sewage. A big part of the problem lies in Everett’s combined sewer-stormwater system, which covers about 6,500 acres of north Everett. Most of the flooding in 2013 took place in areas served by the combined system. Separating the two systems’ 145 miles of pipe, however, is a gargantuan undertaking the city estimates would take 30 years and cost up to $1 billion. By contrast, installing

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See PLAN, Page A2

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Residents of the Mount Index Riversites wait for a final inspection Thursday morning of a new bridge over the South Fork Skykomish River that will once again allow them to access their homes by car. A mudslide that started in 2013 permanently destroyed the only road into the neighborhood. Residents have been walking in and using ATVs to stay supplied.

By Amy Nile Herald Writer

the buzz

INDEX — Saturday’s ribboncutting for a new bridge over the South Fork Skykomish River comes with a sigh of relief in a private community that has been without vehicle access since a 2013 mudslide.

Debris started coming down a hillside in December, cutting off the neighborhood east of Sunset Falls. Mud still blocks Mount Index River Road, necessitating a hike along an 1,100-foot trail and then a walk or drive of up to another three miles, depending where one lives and whether there’s a vehicle available.

Under the dome I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in: The Tacoma Dome this weekend is hosting CannaCon, a retail convention of marijuanarelated products, seeking to take advantage of cannabis’ now legal status in Washington state. Organizers stress that the convention is strictly business. No space is being set aside for smoking

or otherwise consuming marijuana (Page A8). All the same, tickets for the nosebleed seats for next weekend’s Eagles’ concert at the dome are now going for premium prices. Anybody want to buy a case of tiny packages of pretzels? The FAA is quickly putting the kibosh on extending sharing services — like Uber for cars

More than 250 property owners were affected, including about 100 full-time residents. On Thursday, some were able to drive to their homes from U.S. 2 for the first time since the private road was blocked. The long-awaited one-lane bridge over the Skykomish, near Canyon Falls, is now the only

and Airbnb for vacation housing — to air service. The FAA has shut down a service called Airpooler that sought to connect pilots with passengers willing to split fuel costs and other expenses (Page A8). Well, so much for AirBuzz. Might as well cancel our Amazon.com order for a drone and a lawn chair. Cancel that order and

send us dog collars and cellphones: A Spokane man has attached cellphones to the collars of his two German shepherds. The dogs hear and follow his commands even when he’s not in their line of sight (Page A4). And rather than scratching the dogs behind the ears, all he has to do is set the phones on vibrate.

—Jon Bauer, Herald staff

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