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There’s a plan to flood farmland, but not all on the island are on board

A Florida man, allegedly part of a gang known for stealing identities across the country, is charged with stealing from a Mukilteo woman.

By Eric Stevick Herald Writer

EVERETT — Police believe that members of a prolific Florida-based gang of identity thieves have made inroads in Washington.

Prosecutors in Snohomish County earlier this month filed a felony charge against Ronald J. Rhoda, 41, of Hollywood, Florida. He’s accused of assuming a Mukilteo woman’s identity and stealing from her.

A 2013 Mukilteo police report alleges that Rhoda and a Florida woman are part of the Felony Lane Gang that’s known to travel the country, stealing identities and passing bad checks after breaking into cars.

“They hit us up and down the I-5 corridor quickly, and then they were gone,” Mukilteo detective Nicole Stone said.

“This is much bigger than we are used to,” she added.

The gang is known to target park, ballfield, community center, gym and day-care center parking lots — places where people are prone to leave wallets and purses in their cars. Often they’ll use stolen identification from one victim and the account number of another victim to swindle banks and credit unions.

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Naeem Iqbal picks peaches on his burgeoning organic farm on Smith Island east of Everett on Friday morning. Iqbal is worried about a county plan that would flood farmland on Smith Island along Union Slough.

By Noah Haglund

Hima Nursery and two other businesses are preparing to drop a legal fight against the county’s Smith Island project. In exchange, they’re getting a string of guarantees that the $19.2 million dike removal won’t harm their businesses.

“We think it’s going to put enough safeguards (in place), that this property won’t get flooded, if the county does what it’s supposed to,” Iqbal said last week.

The Smith Island project aims to bolster populations of the threatened chinook salmon by recreating tidally influenced marshlands. Eelgrass and other features of the habitat are

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EVERETT — Count Naeem Iqbal among the skeptics of an ambitious project to revive salmon habitat in the Snohomish River at the expense of farmland.

The organic farmer worries that Snohomish County could ruin his nascent business of growing pesticide-free produce.

Iqbal believes saltwater could infiltrate his soil, among other problems, if the county floods some 350 acres of agricultural ground it owns next door to him on Smith Island.

Despite his misgivings, Iqbal’s

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thought to be essential to the survival of juvenile salmon and other ocean-going fish.

The County Council has scheduled a hearing on the proposed legal agreement at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 3. If approved, it would settle four of five cases before the state’s Shoreline Hearings Board. That would clear a major obstacle for construction to start.

“This has not been the easiest conversation,” said Debbie Terwilleger, director of the county’s Surface Water Management Division. “There’s been a lot of education on both ends. We’re very excited for this piece of it to be this close to implementation.”

If all goes as planned, the county would open bidding late this year and start a two-year construction process in 2015.

In addition to Hima Nursery, appeals have been made

by Buse Timber and Dagmars Marina. Their concerns include construction traffic affecting Dagmars and added silt interfering with the mill’s ability to float logs in the slough. The three businesses comprise Diking District 5, which also filed an appeal.

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Stabbing suspect still unfit for trial, psychologists say Herald Writer

LAKE STEVENS — State psychologists say a mentally ill man still is unable to assist his attorney to defend against a

murder allegation.

It has been more than a year since Phillipa Evans-Lopez, 20, was found tied up in her Lake Stevens home. Prosecutors allege that Anthony Garver, 26, stabbed her two dozen times and slit her

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The pair may have just met the day before at an Everett McDonald’s, court papers said.

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Garver has denied killing Evans-Lopez. He reportedly told police his DNA was in her house because he helped her move some furniture.

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departments, including Everett, Mill Creek and Bothell, have investigated thefts connected to last fall’s crime spree, according to court documents.

One victim from Issaquah had $27,000 stolen.

The Felony Lane Gang is so called because it uses the farthest outside drive-through lane at banks, where they believe

they are less visible to tellers and surveillance cameras. That makes it easier to pass checks using false identities.

They’re known to rent cars using fake identification and to tint the windows and cover or remove the front license plate.

Rhoda and Alexa Joell Durkee, 24, also have been charged in Pierce County with 11 counts of identity theft and forgery. There are warrants out for their arrests. Rhoda has 13 felony convictions in Florida

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for possessing and selling cocaine between 1992 and 2011.

In the Mukilteo case, a woman reported her driver’s license was stolen while she was dropping off her children at day-care in September 2013. Someone withdrew $2,400 from her bank.

Her name and identity then were used to cash a $3,407 check from another person’s account at an Everett credit union.

That second victim’s checkbook had been stolen from the University of

Washington hospital.

In one instance in Pierce County, someone broke into a car parked at a YMCA in Gig Harbor and stole a woman’s driver’s license, Social Security card, checkbook and seven credit cards.

The same day, Rhoda and Durkee allegedly cashed $990 and $996 checks on the woman’s account at two banks within a 45-minute period.

The following day, they allegedly cashed a man’s stolen checks, making them payable to the

woman whose identification had been stolen. The checks — totalling nearly $3,000 — were cashed at three banks in a one-hour period.

The Felony Lane Gang has been linked to criminal activity in many states.

In a major case in Pennsylvania, 10 gang members were sentenced to prison after being convicted on federal charges for a spree that took place over a threemonth period in 2012.

During that time, they stole the identities of more than 100 people. Their sentences

ranged from one to nearly 16 years in prison.

Stone, the Mukilteo detective, said the likes of the Felony Lane Gang serve as a cautionary tale.

“Never leave your purse or wallet in your car,” she said. “I don’t care if it’s locked, unlocked or even if you have a car alarm. It only takes seconds.”

Those seconds can lead to years of headaches from repeated identity theft, she said.

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Hunters snag 1,000-pound alligator Associated Press CAMDEN, Ala. — A family battled a 1,000-pound alligator for more than five hours, putting several large hooks into the beast before firing a fatal shotgun blast into the gator’s head.

The result? The catch of a lifetime and a state record in Alabama.

The 15-foot gator was hooked in a creek about 80 miles west of Montgomery early Saturday, Al.com reported. The first attempt to weigh the gator destroyed a winch state biologists typically use, so they had a backhoe lift it. It weighed 1,011.5 pounds.

It was caught by Mandy and John Stokes, brotherin-law Kevin Jenkins and his children, 16-year-old Savannah and 14-year-old Parker.

“We give all the glory to God. Ten men couldn’t have done what we did,” John Stokes said.

The gator didn’t go down without a fight. After the family got some large hooks into the gator, Mandy Stokes aimed her 20-gauge shotgun at the “sweet spot” behind the alligator’s eyes.

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gator hunters.

She pulled the trigger, but the gator’s head was too far beneath the water’s surface.

“All it did was make this gator mad,” Mandy Stokes told Al.com. “Fear had taken hold at this point.”

The gator surged forward and towed the 17-foot boat and its five passengers across the creek at a startling speed, the hunters said. The towing continued until the boat crashed into

a tree stump in the creek, sending the crew spilling on top of each other.

Eventually, Mandy Stokes got another shot. “When I pulled the trigger this time, water just exploded on all of us,” she said.

This time, she killed the alligator. Anyone within a hundred miles probably heard the mixed screams of relief, joy and exhilaration, John Stokes said.

They tied the gator to

one side of the boat and hugged the opposite side so it wouldn’t tip over as they made an hour-long trek back to their truck.

The family planned to send the gator to a taxidermy shop. Beyond that, they’re not sure what they’re going to do with it.

The previous Alabama record was a 14-foot, 2 inch, 838-pound gator captured in the Alabama River in 2011.

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Financial clarity sought for arts center

By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer

EDMONDS — The Edmonds Public Facility District needs a written agreement with the Edmonds Center for the Arts to better define the financial relationships between the two organizations, according to a review of the district by the state Auditor’s Office.

The public facility district was created in 2001. It helped launch the $18.5 million renovation of

the Art Deco building on Fourth Avenue that became the home to the Edmonds Center for the Arts, which opened in 2006. Approximately 60,000 people attended events in the theater and the building’s classrooms and gym last year.

The recommendation from the state auditor was made in a socalled finding, the highest and strongest recommendation that can be made by the state agency.

It said that the district does not have adequate internal financial

controls to separate public and private money, since the two organizations are closely related.

The district’s building has the same name as the nonprofit, Edmonds Center for the Arts. The arts organization uses the district’s building to sell concessions and host fund-raising events. The non-profit Edmonds Center for the Arts exists to support the work of the public facility district.

A small percentage of sales tax collected by both the City of Edmonds and Snohomish

County is used to help pay down the debt for the renovation of the 1939 building. Supporters, including individuals, businesses and foundations, donated about $800,000 last year toward the art center’s operation.

The contract between the two organizations will ensure that public dollars are being spent in the way they should be, said Courtney Amonsen, an assistant audit manager for the state auditor. “We didn’t have any concern with how the money was being

Bothell’s ‘budtenders’ ready New marijuana store Herbal Nation claims it has stable supply

By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer

BOTHELL — Forget the deejay spinning reggae music, or the pizza and rolling papers for sale in the parking lot of the area’s newest recreational marijuana retail store.

Herbal Nation, which opened Monday, is courting middleaged professionals and retired people. It’s also accepting debit cards, something most pot stores aren’t doing yet.

Hundreds turned out. Some were in their 20s, but most were middle-aged and older. Many looked like they could have been waiting in a line at Whole Foods.

“Our clientele is 30s and older,” said Will Pearson, who was greeting customers and checking IDs at the door.

“Either they don’t have a steady supply, or they haven’t tried it in decades, and they’re saying, ‘Hey, it’s legal. I want to try it again.’”

The opening drew many outof-towners, he said. “I’ve seen a lot of Florida licenses today.”

He even had a customer from New Zealand, he said.

Pearson, 24, said he’s a “‘budtender,’ like a bartender for marijuana,” which is colloquially called “bud.”

“I greet them and get a feel for their comfort level with marijuana,” he said.

Based on that, he recommends some strains to try, suggesting less potent, mellower ones for newcomers.

“We don’t want to overwhelm anyone coming in for the first time. We want to give them a beer, not a bottle of vodka,” Pearson said.

Herbal Nation got a recreational marijuana retailer license from the state last month and actually started selling quietly last week.

The grand opening Monday was delayed to ensure consistent supply, Pearson said. Other marijuana stores that opened in July have struggled to get enough pot to meet demand.

That’s been the experience for Cascade Kropz, off Smokey Point Boulevard in Arlington.

The family-owned store opened more than a month ago but has only actually sold marijuana on eight days.

They ran out of supply and have been working with growers to get something lined up

by September, co-owner Lisa Kihm said.

“There is product out there, but we’re not going to pay crazy prices and pass it on to the consumer,” she said. “We’re going to get the best quality for fair prices.”

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Local News spent, just making sure they have a solid contract in place,” Amonsen said.

Joe McIalwain, executive director of the Edmonds Public Facilities District, said that the district has already taken action to meet the state auditor’s requirements. The new contract, a two-page agreement, will be in place by the end of September, he said.

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New fire chief for Lynnwood named

By Rikki King Herald Writer

LYNNWOOD — A new fire chief is set to start work on Sept.

29.

Scott Cockrum, 49, is joining the city from a post as deputy chief at the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.

Cockrum has been a firefighter 25 years and watched his small department grow through mergers into an agency with 40 Scott Cockrum fire stations, he said.

He has experience in hazardous materials, arson investigation and aviation.

Cockrum and his wife, Charlene, are looking forward to being part of a smaller community in Lynnwood, he said.

The couple have two sons in their 20s.

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Ryan Demmitt (left) helps a customer at the Monday opening of Herbal Nation, a recreational marijuana shop in Bothell.

visitors each day during their first week and a half of operation, and their stock quickly sold out.

The legal recreational marijuana industry is new to the state, and production hasn’t quite caught up with demand, Kihm said. She expects things to be smoother this fall when harvests come in.

Cascade Kropz and many pot stores in the state are still cash-only. Voters in Washington and Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, but the federal government still considers it a controlled substance. So banks have been

Picnic Point cleanup Marine-wildlife volunteers are planning a group trash cleanup at Picnic Point Park on Saturday.

The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the beachfront park at 7531 Picnic Point Road.

Soundside Marinelife Rescue Center is organizing the event.

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Danielle Greathouse (center) assists customers Monday at Herbal Nation, which is the second recreational marijuana outlet to open in the greater Seattle area.

calling 425-238-4361. Go to www. soundsidemarinelife.org for more information.

Mountlake Terrace revitalization: A Main Street Revitalization Project open house is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Mountlake Terrace Library. The city is seeking public input and will answer questions as it finalizes street design plans for the

Town Center.

The Main Street Project involves the design of street, pedestrian and bicycle right-of-way improvements along with work on utilities, street lighting, signals, the stormwater system and burial of overhead power lines.

The work will involve 56th Avenue from 236th Street to 230th Street; 232nd and 234th Streets; and 236th Street from

BOTHELL — In 1963, then 17-year-old Sandra Lantz was asked to leave Bothell High School four months before graduation because she was pregnant.

Despite the rejection she earned her credits for a high school diploma at a private school. She later graduated from Western Washington University and earned two master’s degrees and became a social worker, author and editor.

Now married and living in Anchorage, Sandra Kleven recently returned to Bothell for her 51st class reunion.

The Seattle Times reported that she was finally given her high school diploma with pomp and circumstance.

A friend and classmate, Lynda Humphrey, dug out transcripts and worked with the Northshore School District to organize the graduation ceremony.

56th Avenue to the transit station.

KPG Design will present designs, and there will be discussion of Town Center’s importance to the city’s economy and tax base, and how to accommodate population growth while preserving the character of adjacent singlefamily neighborhoods.

Fore more information, go to www.cityofmlt.com or call 425-744-6226.

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TV ads to promote pot campaign in Oregon

By Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — The campaign behind an Oregon ballot measure that would legalize marijuana for adults said Monday it will buy $2.3 million worth of television advertising in what is shaping up to be a lopsided debate.

The former head of addictions and

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hesitant to get involved.

Herbal Nation has found a federally insured bank willing to work with it, though, said a man claiming to be the company’s attorney.

His introduced himself as Joe but declined to give a last name due to “security concerns.”

Being able to take debit cards and, by the end of the month, credit cards “eliminates a lot of stress for us,” he said.

Employees don’t have

mental health for the Oregon Health Authority urges voters to support marijuana legalization in a YouTube video that proponents say will form the basis for their first television commercial.

Richard Harris says marijuana “is a pretty benign drug” compared with drugs like alcohol and heroin, and efforts to control it through the criminal justice system have failed.

to carry bags of cash, and vendors can be paid with cashier’s checks, Joe said.

Paying with plastic is familiar for customers.

You swipe a charge card at the Gap or the grocery store, not at your local drug dealer’s house.

But that legality comes at a price, with legitimate marijuana costing twice as much as what people pay on the black market and for medical marijuana, several customers said.

“It was a curiosity,” said Tom, a customer wearing a dress shirt, dark leather shoes and black-wool slacks. His hair was neatly cropped and combed.

The 33-year-old said he

Support from addiction experts like Harris can help legalization advocates rebut charges that decriminalizing the drug would fuel addiction problems. Marijuana has been legalized in Colorado and Washington state.

Other mental health experts and the law enforcement community oppose legalization, but nobody with deep pockets

PORTLAND, Ore. — The crewman who died in a fire aboard a chemical tanker that’s adrift off the Oregon coast has been buried at sea.

Ship spokesman Campbell Houston said Monday the engine-room fire left the 485-foot Pine Galaxy without much refrigeration, and the crewman’s family gave permission for the ocean burial.

Houston did not have his name. There were no other injuries, and the remaining 21 crew members from China and South Korea are still on board, hundreds of miles from Oregon. Houston

said they have plenty of provisions.

Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener of the U.S. Coast Guard said the Bahamian-flagged vessel has drifted about 100 miles northeast since Wednesday’s fire.

A commercial tug from Washington, with a damage-control specialist on board, was scheduled to arrive late Monday.

The plan is to get the Pine Galaxy moving on its own or, failing that, to tow it to a still-to-be-determined West Coast port for repairs.

Degener said the Coast Guard rescue-and-assistance crew that responded to the stranded vessel did not detect any damage to

Herald staff EVERETT — Officials confirmed Monday that a body found near Lake Stevens last week was that of a missing 89-year-old Everett woman, Ethel O’Neil.

The cause of her

Herald staff EVERETT — A teenage boy was taken to a hospital after being struck by a car in Everett on Monday.

The incident was reported about 1 p.m. in the 4100 block of Rucker Avenue, in the parking lot of a gas station, Everett

police spokesman Aaron Snell said.

The teen was part of a landscaping crew working in the lot. He was crouched at the time, Snell said.

Investigators believe the driver could not see the teen and backed over him.

The teen’s injuries were not thought to be

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STEVENSON — The Skamania County sheriff’s office says human remains found earlier this month on Mount St. Helens have been identified as those of a 27-yearold Japanese hiker reported missing last November after indicating he planned to climb the southwest Washington volcano.

Undersheriff Dave Cox said Monday that the Clark County medical examiner’s office identified the remains found Aug. 9 as those of Yosuke Onishi. The remains were found near the 7,100-foot level on the south slope of the mountain. The crater rim stands at 8,365 feet.

No cause of death has yet been determined. Cox says once the Skamania County coroner receives the medical examiner’s reports, it is possible the coroner can make that determination.

Onishi was reported missing last Nov. 27 after failing to return to the Lone Fir Resort in Cougar to pick up his personal effects.

Cox said Onishi reportedly left the resort that morning with a plan to summit the volcano.

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Jim Pugel, the former interim chief of the Seattle Police Department, has been named the second-in-command at the King County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff John Urquhart announced Monday he had hired Pugel to help manage day-to-day operations. The sheriff’s office has about 1,000 employees, including 700 deputies. Pugel is a 32-year police veteran who is well known for advocating programs that put low-level drug offenders into treatment instead of jail. He served as the first of two interim Seattle police chiefs before Kathleen O’Toole was named to lead the department.

Although Pugel was pushed out of that position, he said he has a tremendous amount of respect for the Seattle Police Department, and he’s just excited to be back in policing after a very brief retirement.

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Her car was spotted Aug. 12 by a county search-andrescue helicopter team. She was found inside.

Everett police and the Snohomish County sheriff’s office are investigating.

life-threatening. The driver stayed at scene and cooperated with police, who don’t expect to seek criminal charges. No citation was issued.

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Oregonians rejected a marijuana legalization measure two years ago after the proponents struggled to mount even a basic campaign.

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has a medical marijuana card, so he can buy it cheaper elsewhere.

“There’s really no reason for me to come back,” Tom said.

That’s fine with Joe, the man claiming to be Herbal Nation’s attorney.

“Our customers are engineers, nurses, professionals who are willing to pay a premium for legal marijuana,” he said. “The younger market, they’re going to continue buying from the black market.”

Reporter Kari Bray contributed to this article.

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The proposal will appear on the November ballot as Measure 91. It would allow adults 21 and older to use marijuana recreationally and give the Oregon Liquor Control Commission the job of creating a regulated system to distribute the drug.

Peter Zuckerman, a spokesman for the Yes on 91 campaign, said the ad will

Authorities say a 59-year-old Port Angeles man who was scratched by a rabid bat at Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park is receiving preventative rabies treatment.

Park spokeswoman Rainey McKenna said the man was sitting on the lake shore at dusk Aug. 12 when a bat flew out of a

nearby tree and landed on him. The man knocked the bat to the ground and was scratched in the process. He used a towel to capture it and alerted park staffers.

Tests confirmed the bat had the rabies virus. The man was not identified.

Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain. If untreated, it is fatal.

Puyallup: Senior Tuesdays dropped at state fair The Washington State Fair in Puyallup is dropping Senior Tuesdays this year.

Spokeswoman Karen LaFlamme told The News Tribune that attendance at special events for seniors has dropped off. She said the fair is researching its entertainment and services for older fairgoers.

The fair still offers discounts for those 62 an older. It’s $9 instead of $12.50 for general admission to the fair, which opens Sept. 5.

Olympia: Possible pipe bomb found in garage Police in Olympia say a woman who was cleaning her garage reported finding a possible pipe bomb.

Lt. Ray Holmes said Monday that the object was about 8 inches long with caps on both ends and a fuse. An Olympia officer who went to look at the device said it resembled a pipe bomb.

It was secured and the Washington State Patrol bomb squad went to the home and took the device to dispose of it.

Holmes says there’s no indication who might have put it there or when.

Idaho: Owl enters 10th story apartment, kills canary An Idaho couple says an owl flew into their 10th story apartment, apparently opened a bird cage and killed one of two canaries inside.

Sue Sausser, of Coeur d’Alene, said she awakened Sunday to find bird droppings and feathers all over her apartment and a 6- to 8-inch-tall owl behind a chest of drawers.

She told the Coeur d’Alene Press that the owl flew out the window and perched on the balcony railing for a while before flying away.

Sue and Don Sausser found one of their canaries dead and the other quite spooked.

Wildlife education specialist Beth Paragamian said it’s strange that an owl would be flying so high in an area without many tall trees and surprising that it would enter a residence. Don Sausser said they plan on using twist ties to secure the door on the bird cage.

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OLYMPIA — Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has donated $500,000 to a campaign seeking to expand background checks on gun sales in Washington state.

His Aug. 11 donation to Initiative 594 was made public when it posted on the state’s Public Disclosure Commission website Monday afternoon. Campaign manager Zach Silk told The Associated Press that the campaign was grateful for Allen’s support.

“He has always been the

type of leader who is willing to take on challenging issues and work with people to solve them,” Silk wrote in an email.

Other big names have made large donations to the campaign, including former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, who have given $580,000, and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, who has given nearly $400,000 and has pledged an additional $530,000.

Initiative 594 would require background checks for all gun sales and transfers in Washington, including at gun

shows and for private sales. Under the measure, some exemptions would exist, including gifts within a family and antiques. Supporters have now raised nearly $4 million, besides Hanauer’s pledge of an additional $530,000.

A rival campaign, Initiative 591, would prevent the state from adopting background-check laws that go beyond the national standard, which requires the checks for sales by licensed dealers but not for purchases from private sellers. That campaign has raised more than $1 million so far.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon state regulators rejected a proposal for a coal terminal on the Columbia River that would be a conduit for exporting millions of tons of American coal a year to Asia.

The decision is a victory for tribal groups that said the terminal threatened their fishing and environmentalists opposed to sending what they call “dirty coal” abroad.

In denying an important permit, the Department of State Lands said Monday the terminal would interfere with what regulators called “a small but important and longstanding fishery in the state’s waters.”

The department said the applicant, Ambre Energy, presented some possible options to mitigate the effect on fishing, but failed to commit to any specific action. It also said Ambre hadn’t properly investigated alternatives that would avoid construction of a new dock.

“From reading more

than 20,000 public comments to carefully analyzing technical documents and plans, this application has been scrutinized for months,” agency director Mary Abrams said. “We believe our decision is the right one.”

Ambre Energy, based in Brisbane, Australia, wants to transport coal mined from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming through Oregon on its way to power-hungry Asian markets. The company proposed bringing the coal by train to Boardman, Oregon, where it would be loaded on barges at the Port of Morrow and then sent down the Columbia River to the Port of St. Helens, where it would be transferred to oceangoing ships.

The project was expected to generate several hundred jobs during construction at the Port of Morrow and add about 30 port workers permanently.

Ambre said it would pay $850,000 in annual fees to each of the two

ports while paying property taxes in Morrow and Columbia counties.

“We disagree with this political decision,” Ambre spokeswoman Liz Fuller said. “We are evaluating our next steps and considering the full range of legal and permitting options.

Port of Morrow officials did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, a major opponent of the terminal who is up for re-election this year, released a statement in support of the decision, saying Columbia River Tribes have fundamental rights to fisheries and projects that affect them should be held to a high standard.

Environmentalists and tribes were thrilled with the ruling.

“Today’s landmark decision reflects what is in the best interest of the region, not a company’s pocketbook,” Carlos Smith, chairman of the Columbia River InterTribal Fish Commission, said in a statement.

Scout group has right to sell camp in Idaho, judge rules Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that found a Boy Scout group has the authority to sell or trade its camp on Lake Coeur d’Alene.

The case was brought by

opponents of an Arizona developer’s offer to trade the 420-acre Camp Easton for 270 acres elsewhere on the lake along with a $2.5 million endowment. Talks about the proposed swap ended, but a group called Camp Easton Forever sought a final ruling on

whether the Inland Northwest Council of the Boy Scouts of America had the right to trade the land.

Opponents argued the land was donated to the Scouts in 1929 with the condition that it would always be used as a Scout camp.

AROUND SNOHOMISH COUNTY Index: New rescue gear Snohomish County Fire District 28 in Index has received new rescue equipment thanks to a grant. In July, the Medic One Foundation of Seattle provided the fire district with a $2,900 evacuation chair, Fire Chief Ernie Walters said.

The chair is used for rescues, most often in medical emergencies, when crews need to carry people down stairs or through tight spaces that won’t accommodate a stretcher, the chief said.

The mostly volunteer fire district serves more than 170 square miles.

Mill Creek: Meetings canceled The city of Mill Creek has canceled its planning

commission meeting set for 7 p.m. Thursday.

The design review board meeting set for 5:15 p.m. also has been canceled.

Monroe: Vacancies open The city of Monroe is taking applications to fill a vacancies on the Ethics Board and the Civil Service Commission. An Ethics Board member serves a threeyear term.

A Civil Service commissioner is needed to serve a six-year term.

The city is taking applications until Friday.

For application forms and additional information, contact the city clerk’s office at 360-8634538 or email esmoot@ monroewa.gov.

Information also is available online at monroewa.gov.

Mukilteo: Fire contract proposal The Mukilteo City Council continues to consider a contract with Snohomish County Fire District 1. Mayor Jennifer Gregerson brought a new proposal to the council earlier this summer, with a recommendation to sign the contract to start as soon as September.

The council’s Public Safety Committee is reviewing the proposal, the mayor said, and is expected to draw up some questions for her to answer.

At that point, the mayor’s office will bring the issue back before the full council. That could take a few weeks.

Fire District 1 already serves Brier, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace and most of unincorporated southwest Snohomish County.

Cockrum wanted a job where the fire chief still could work closely with neighbors and community

The auditor’s office notes that the district’s general operation revenue increased from $1.5 million in 2012 to $1.8 million in 2013. Sales tax revenue used to pay off building debt increased from $192,546 in 2012 to $215,545 in 2013.

“Over the past three to four years, their financial position has improved dramatically,” said Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling. “It’s such a valuable asset to the community, we need to find solutions, there’s no question about that.”

The district has an operating budget of just under $2 million a year, McIalwain said, with 24 full- and part-time employees.

About 25 touring artists perform at the arts center each year. The building is rented by community groups, such as the Olympic Ballet Theater, on another 100 days per year.

groups and stay active in operations with front-line staff, he said.

Outside of firefighting, his hobby in California was volunteering as a reserve sheriff’s deputy in Sacramento County.

The former Lynnwood fire chief retired in 2011,

and the deputy chiefs have been taking turns serving as interim chief. Lynnwood has 60 firefighters serving a population of about 36,000.

The crews respond to 6,700 incidents a year, mostly medical emergencies.

Cockrum’s salary will be $140,483.

OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS Nona Lucille Hamilton Nona Lucille Hamilton was b o r n i n O x fo r d , K a n . o n M a rc h 19 , 19 24 . S h e passed away peacefully at the age of 90 in the presence of family.

Nona was the fourth of six children born to Marshall and Alma Swaim. In 1942 she married her high school sweetheart, Richard Hamilton, who preceded her in death in 2005 af ter 62 years of marriage. Six weeks after their wedding, Richard contracted polio, and Nona supported the family and the war effor t as a “Rosie the Riveter.” The couple had six children - three boys and then three girls. The family moved from Kansas to Marysville, Wash. in 1968 with Richard’s transfer with Boeing. Nona took great joy in her children and was their biggest cheerleader in all of their activities and endeavors. Nona loved the Lord Jesus and showed that love to others, never knowing a stranger. She was actively involved in Bible Study Fellowship for many years as we l l a s te a c h i n g v a r i o u s Bible classes, studies, and Sunday School. Nona was a ver y proud Grandma. She loved life and was quick to see the humor in life’s situat i o n s . N o n a l e ave s a b i g hole in the lives of her children, grandchildren, and everyone who knew her. She will be greatly missed.

Nona was preceded in death by her husband, Richard and their son, Richard, Jr.; her brothers, Roland Swaim and Lawrence Swaim, and her sister, Ruth Bremer.

Nona is sur vived by her children, Randal (Kris) Hamilton from Rogers, Ark ., Kendal (Sherrilyn) Hamilton f ro m Ro u n d u p , Mont., M a r ve l ( D a r y l ) G e s t f ro m Carlsbad, Calif., Janna (Tom) Hudson from Deerfield, Ill. and Kristi Hamilton from Marysville, Wash. She is also survived by grandchildren as well as great-grandchildren; sister, Evelyn Hamilton from W i c h i t a a n d s i s te r, B et t y H e i ke s f r o m M a n h a t t a n , Kan. A Memorial Service to celebrate Nona’s life will be held at Berean Baptist Church in Mar ysville on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

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As a small business trying to generate audience and grow, sometimes those projects don’t get addressed as quickly as they should. That’s my responsibility to drive that project forward. I failed to do that.”

The arts center opened just a few years before the onset of the national economic recession. That meant that sales tax revenue dedicated to paying off the bonds for the arts center’s renovations was much less than anticipated.

Payment and interest on the renovation debt is about $700,000 a year.

When the sales tax money didn’t cover that amount, the district began borrowing money from the city, in accordance with an agreement approved by the City Council. In 2011, it was $310,176, and last year that amount had dropped to $180,000.

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Betty Jean Granbery Betty Jean Granbery, 91, of Everett went home to the Lord on August 16, 2014.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Everett.

Shirley Strasburg

Nov. 6, 1939-July 28, 2014 Shirley Strasburg peacefully passed away at the age of 74 on July 28, 2014 of cancer. The daughter of William and Anna Mae Nielson, she was born November 6, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

She lived in the Seattle and Lynnwood areas for over 45 years. She was active at the Lynnwood Senior Center.

She made cooling neck wraps for the Arm Services that she sent overseas, and made quilts and hats for the children at Children’s Hospital in Seattle and also for abused women and children from the women’s homeless shelter. She was loved ever ywhere she went and by each person she touched.

She always helped people in need any way she could and was very generous with her love.

She is sur vived by her daughter-in-law, Carol; sons, Rick (Cindy), Joe and Steve (Nicole); 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and other family members too numerous to mention.

She was preceded in death by h e r h u s b a n d , Ro n a l d ; son, Jerry; and granddaughter, Marlena.

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The auditor’s office review was for the 2013 fiscal year. It also made suggestions in the area of accounting practices. The public facilities district hired a new accountant earlier this year and she began working to take steps to address those issues, McIalwain said.

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Police militarization questioned Obama wants to examine federal programs that arm police with military equipment.

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Calling for a sharp separation between the nation’s armed forces and local police, President Barack Obama on Monday urged a re-examination of programs that have equipped civilian law enforcement departments with military gear from the Pentagon.

The transfers have come under public scrutiny after the forceful police response to racially charged unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

Amid video images of well-armed police confronting protesters with combat weapons and other surplus military equipment, Obama said it would be useful to review how local law enforcement agencies have used federal grants that permit them to obtain heavier armaments.

“There is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement, and we don’t want those lines blurred,” Obama told reporters at the White House. “That would be contrary to our traditions.”

Obama’s remarks came as he called for understanding in the face of anger in Ferguson in the wake of a police shooting of

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Brigadier Gen. Greg Mason of the Missouri National Guard speaks to the media Monday to explain the role his soldiers will take in securing the Ferguson protest area in the coming days.

an unarmed 18-year-old black man Aug. 9. Obama said most protesters in the St. Louis suburb were peaceful, but said that a small minority was undermining justice for the victim, Michael Brown.

Critics have argued that the heavily armed police presence only fueled the tensions.

Attorney General Eric Holder and several lawmakers have suggested that the practice of supplying police with such military surplus be reconsidered.

A report by the American Civil Liberties Union in June said police agencies had become “excessively militarized,” with officers using training and equipment designed for the battlefield on city streets.

Obama said he spoke to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon about Nixon’s deployment of National Guard units to help secure Ferguson, urging the governor to ensure that the guard be used in a “limited and appropriate way.”

“I’ll be watching over the next several days, to assess whether, in fact, it’s helping rather than hindering progress in Ferguson,” he said.

Pausing briefly in the middle of his summer vacation, Obama expressed sympathy for the “passions and anger” sparked by Brown’s death. But he said giving in to that anger through looting and attacks on police only stirs tensions and leads to further chaos. He

said overcoming the mistrust endemic between many communities and their local police would require Americans to “listen and not just shout.”

Obama said Holder would travel to Ferguson this week to meet with FBI and other officials carrying out an independent federal investigation into Brown’s death.

Obama also spoke for the first time to the racial tensions and grievances perceived by blacks in Ferguson. Obama said it was clear that disparities in how blacks and whites are treated and sentenced must be addressed, calling for more safeguards and training to prevent missteps. At the same time, he acknowledged the difficult situation that police officers sometimes face.

“There are young black men that commit crime. We can argue about why that happened — because the poverty they were born into or the school systems that failed them or what have you— but if they commit a crime, then they need to be prosecuted,” Obama said. “Because every community has an interest in public safety.”

Obama weighed in on the crisis during a brief break in his annual summer vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, where the president was spending two weeks with his family.

Obama planned to return to the Massachusetts island on Tuesday.

Private pathologist: More info needed Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. — The unarmed 18-year-old whose fatal shooting by police has sparked a week of protests in suburban St. Louis had a bullet wound to his right arm that may indicate his hands were up or his back was turned, a pathologist hired by his family said Monday.

But the pathologist said the team that examined Michael Brown can’t be sure yet exactly how the wounds were inflicted, citing the need for more information.

An independent autopsy determined that Michael Brown was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, the family’s lawyers and hired pathologists said.

Witnesses have said Brown’s hands were above his head when he was shot by an officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson.

Forensic pathologist Shawn Parcells, who assisted former New York City chief medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden during the private autopsy, said a bullet grazed Brown’s right arm. He said the wound indicates Brown may have had his back to the shooter, or he could have been facing the shooter with his hands above his head or in a defensive position across his chest or face.

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Dr. Michael Baden speaks as Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump (left) holds a diagram produced during a second autopsy done on Michael Brown on Monday.

piecing things together.”

A third autopsy was performed Monday for the Justice Department by one of the military’s most experienced medical examiners, Attorney General Eric Holder said.

Also Monday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon lifted the neighborhood’s midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew two days after it went into effect when he declared a state of emergency. The governor had summoned the National Guard overnight after police again used tear gas to quell protesters.

Another protest quickly deteriorated Sunday night as marchers pushed toward one end of a street, and authorities — who said they were responding to reports of

gunfire, looting, vandalism and protesters hurling Molotov cocktails — pushed them back with tear gas.

It was unclear when National Guard troops would arrive, but Nixon said they would be under the direction of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which is overseeing security during protests.

Police were telling protesters Monday that they could not assemble in a single spot, saying they had to keep moving.

In federal court, a judge denied a request from the American Civil Liberties Union for a restraining order that would have prevented authorities from enforcing the rule.

Authorities were also establishing a designated protest

zone for nightly demonstrations. It was not clear what would happen to those who refuse to use the area along West Florissant Avenue.

A grand jury could begin hearing evidence Wednesday to determine whether the officer, Darren Wilson, should be charged in Brown’s death, said Ed Magee, spokesman for St. Louis County’s prosecuting attorney.

The St. Louis County medical examiner’s autopsy found that Brown was shot six to eight times in the head and chest, office administrator Suzanne McCune said Monday. But she declined to comment further, saying the full findings were not expected for about two weeks.

Family attorney Benjamin Crump said the second autopsy “verifies that the witness accounts were true: that he was shot multiple times.”

Baden said one of the bullets entered the top of Brown’s skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when he suffered that fatal injury. The hired pathologists said Brown, who also was shot four times in the right arm, could have survived the other bullet wounds.

Baden also said there was no gunpowder residue on Brown’s body, indicating he was not shot at close range. However, Baden said he did not have access to Brown’s clothing, and that it was possible the residue could be on the clothing.

Iraq dam recaptured from militants Associated Press BAGHDAD — Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq’s largest dam from Islamic militants Monday following dozens of U.S. airstrikes, President Barack Obama said, in the first major defeat for the extremists since they swept across the country this summer.

Militants from the Islamic State group had seized the Mosul Dam on Aug. 7, giving them control of enormous power and water reserves and threatening to deny those resources to much of Iraq.

Iraqi forces suffered a string of humiliating defeats at the hands of the Islamic State as the extremists took over large parts of northern and western

Iraq and sent religious minorities fleeing.

The Sunni militants’ battlefield victories brought U.S. forces back into the conflict for the first time since it withdrew its troops in 2011. Washington launched attacks from its warplanes and drones Aug. 8.

Pope Francis endorsed the use of force to stop the Islamic militants from attacking religious minorities in Iraq, although he said the international community — not just one country — should decide how to intervene.

Had the dam been breached, it could have had catastrophic consequences and endangered U.S. Embassy personnel in Baghdad, Obama said at the White House. He said the U.S. is urgently providing arms

and assistance to Iraqi security forces as well as Kurdish fighters fighting the extremists.

He also urged the badly fractured and largely dysfunctional Iraqi government to move quickly to forge a united front.

He noted last week’s decision by Nouri al-Maliki to step down as Iraq’s prime minister, a move that raised hopes a new government could roll back Iraq’s powerful Sunni insurgency and prevent the country from splitting apart.

There were conflicting statements throughout the day from the Kurdish commanders, the Iraqi military in Baghdad, the Pentagon and the militants of the Islamic State group over who was in control of the strategic 2.1-mile dam that spans the Tigris River.

Completed in 1986 under Saddam Hussein, it includes a sprawling complex with power generators, offices and employee housing.

Before Obama spoke, Kurdish forces spokesman Halgurd Hekmat said the peshmerga regained full control of the dam and its facilities following two days of fierce clashes.

But Iraq’s Defense Ministry said security forces only “liberated a large part of the Mosul Dam” with the help of U.S. airstrikes, adding that forces had not freed the entire complex.

Iraqi army spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi said militants fled to areas near the south of the complex, hiding in homes and offices on the premises.

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Cost to raise child grows to $245,340 WASHINGTON — A child born in 2013 will cost a middle-income American family an average of $245,340 until he or she reaches the age of 18, according to a report out Monday.

And that doesn’t include college — or expenses if a child lives at home after age 17.

Those costs that are included — food, housing, childcare and education — rose 1.8 percent over the previous year, the Agriculture Department’s “Expenditures on Children and Families” report said. As in the past, families in the urban Northeast will spend more than families in the urban South and rural parts of the U.S., or roughly $282,480.

The USDA’s annual report is based on the government’s Consumer Expenditure Survey.

Fla.: Baby satellite in space Spacewalking astronauts launched a tiny Peruvian research satellite Monday.

Russian Oleg Artemiev cast the 4-inch box off with his gloved right hand as the International Space Station sailed 260 miles above Earth. The nanosatellite is named Chasqui after the Inca messengers who were fleet of foot. The satellite, weighing barely 2 pounds, holds instruments to measure temperature and pressure, and cameras that will photograph Earth.

Utah: Parks ban drones Drones are now officially banned in Arches and Canyonlands national parks in southeastern Utah. Kevin Moore, acting chief ranger for the two parks, said the unmanned aircrafts disrupt wildlife and are an intrusion on visitors looking for tranquility.

Hawaii: WWII ship found Navy divers from the U.S. and Indonesia confirmed that a sunken vessel in the Java Sea is the World War II wreck of the USS Houston, a cruiser sunk by the Japanese that serves as the final resting place for about 700 sailors and Marines, officials said Monday. The Japanese sank the Houston during the Battle of Sunda Strait on Feb. 28, 1942.

The ship carried 1,068 crewmen, but only 291 sailors and Marines survived both the attack and being prisoners of war. The Houston’s commanding officer, Capt. Albert H. Rooks, posthumously received the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism.

AROUND THE WORLD Vatican City: Pope confirms hopes for U.S. trip Pope Francis confirmed Monday he wants to go to the United States next year and is considering a three-city trip in September 2015: Philadelphia, Washington. D.C., to address Congress and New York to speak at the United Nations. Francis said there was a proposal to tag Mexico onto the trip so he could visit the Madonna of Guadalupe shrine beloved by Mexican Catholics, “but it’s not sure.” He also opened the way Monday to a quick beatification for Oscar Romero, the slain Salvadoran archbishop who is one of the heroes of the liberation theology movement in Latin America.

U.N.: Gaza reconstruction The top U.N. official in the Mideast said Monday that Gaza will require massive reconstruction and proposed expanding a U.N.-Israeli system to import construction materials into the Palestinian territory. Robert Serry told the U.N. Security Council that approximately 16,800 housing units have been destroyed or severely damaged, affecting some 100,000 Palestinians.

In addition, he said an estimated 108 installations belonging to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees were damaged.

Exit screening for Ebola Ebola-affected countries should immediately begin exit screening all passengers leaving international airports, sea ports and major ground crossings, the U.N. health agency said on Monday. The agency didn’t spell out which countries should start screening passengers, but noted that the Ebola outbreak involves transmission in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leona and a “small number of people in Nigeria.”

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Vehicles that talk to each other The government wants future cars to carry technology that allows vehicles to warn each other of potential danger.

Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Monday it is taking a first step toward requiring that future cars and light trucks be equipped with technology that enables them to warn each other of potential danger in time to avoid collisions.

A research report released by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration estimates that the technology could eventually prevent as many as 592,000 left-turn and intersection crashes a year, saving 1,083 lives. The agency said it will begin drafting rules to require the technology in new vehicles.

The technology uses a radio signal to continually transmit a vehicle’s position, heading, speed and other information. Similarly

equipped cars and trucks would receive the same information, and their computers would alert drivers to an impending collision.

A car would “see” when another car or truck equipped with the same technology was about to run a red light, even if that vehicle were hidden around a corner. A car would also know when a car several vehicles ahead in a line of traffic had made a sudden stop and alert the driver even before the brake lights of the vehicle directly in front illuminate. The technology works up to

about 300 yards away.

If communities choose to invest in the technology, roadways and traffic lights could start talking to cars, as well, sending warnings of traffic congestion or road hazards ahead in time for drivers to take a detour.

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Mirrors (foreground) reflect sunlight onto a power tower at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System near Primm, Nevada. More than 300,000 mirrors to focus sunlight on boilers’ tubes atop 450-foot power towers, heating water into steam which in turn drives turbines to create electricity.

Solar’s deadly side Birds flying over a solarpower plant in California’s Mojave Desert are being burned to death by sun rays concentrated by an array of mirrors.

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DETROIT — Face it. If you own a luxury or sports car, whenever you hand the keys to a valet, you imagine the car going on a highspeed joyride like the Ferrari in the 1980s cult movie, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Now, General Motors has an option on the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette that takes those

PETALUMA, Calif. —A federal grand jury has indicted four officials at a Northern California slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall, alleging they slaughtered cows with cancer while inspectors were on their lunch breaks and distributed the diseased cattle, prosecutors said Monday.

Rancho Feeding Corp. halted operations in February after a series of recalls, including one for 8.7 million pounds of beef. The meat was sold at Walmart and other national chains and used in products.

Slaughterhouse owners Jesse Amaral Jr. and Robert Singleton and employees Eugene Corda and Felix Cabrera were charged with distribution of adulterated, misbranded and uninspected meat.

By Ellen Knickmeyer and John Locher Associated Press

IVANPAH DRY LAKE, Calif.— Workers at a state-of-the-art solar plant in the Mojave Desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant’s concentrated sun rays — “streamers,” for the smoke plume that comes from birds that ignite in midair.

Federal wildlife investigators who visited the BrightSource Energy plant last year and watched as birds burned and fell, reporting an average of one “streamer” every two minutes, are urging California officials to halt the operator’s application to build a still-bigger version.

The investigators want the halt until the full extent of the deaths can be assessed. Estimates per year now range from a low of

worries away.

The latest version of the sports car, due out in September, has a feature that records where the car goes with a camera mounted in the windshield trim. It captures audio in the cabin as well as speed, engine revolutions per minute, gear position and G-force. That all helps the car tattle on any valet who doesn’t take a slow, direct route to a parking space.

People Edmonds-based Landau Associates has added staff at its Snohomish County offices.

Christel Olsen is a senior staff engineer in the Edmonds Permitting and Compliance group. Stephanie Renando is an environmental technician in the Edmonds office. Jeffery

Britain said it will pay $373 million to defense firm Raytheon Systems Ltd. for unlawfully ending a contract for a program meant to collect information in advance about passengers traveling to and from Britain. Home Secretary Theresa May said in a letter that authorities are looking at the Arbitration Tribunal’s detailed conclusions to see if there are grounds for challenging the award. But she said the government stands by its decision to end the eBorders contract. She says key milestones were missed and the program was running late.

Starbucks testing mobile campus stores Starbucks plans mobile stores for three college campuses this fall. The food trucks will circulate around Arizona State University, the James Madison University campus in Virginia and Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina.

It’s not the first Starbucks “to go” store: That honor belongs to a Starbucks-branded train car hitched to a Swiss train that began slinging lattes to thirsty travelers last November. But it’s the first time the concept is applied in the U.S.

An array of mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.

about a thousand by BrightSource to 28,000 by an expert for the Center for Biological Diversity environmental group.

The deaths are “alarming. It’s hard to say whether that’s the location or the technology,” said Garry George, renewable-energy director for the California chapter of the Audubon Society. “There needs to be some caution.”

The bird kills mark the latest instance in which the quest for clean energy sometimes has

inadvertent environmental harm.

Solar farms have been criticized for their impacts on desert tortoises, and wind farms have killed birds, including numerous raptors.

“We take this issue very seriously,” said Jeff Holland, a spokesman for NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, the second of the three companies behind the plant. The third, Google, See SOLAR, Page A8

New Corvette feature keeps an eye on valets

By Tom Krisher

Four indicted in meat recall

Raytheon gets $373M

By Michelle Chapman NEW YORK — Dollar General isn’t about to be left out in the cold. The discounter is starting a bidding war for Family Dollar with an approximately $8.95 billion offer as it attempts to trump a Dollar Tree bid.

For Dollar General, the decision to enter the fray was clear because Family Dollar had been on its radar for a while.

Dollar General Chairman and CEO Rick Dreiling said during a conference call Monday that the company had expressed interest in combining with Family Dollar multiple times over the last few years.

While Dreiling didn’t disclose if there’d been any sticking points in working out an agreement in the past, he said Dollar General was very surprised when Family Dollar announced its deal with Dollar Tree. Despite the shock, Dollar General remains undeterred in trying to work out a transaction.

“It’s all water under the bridge. We’re ready to move forward,” Dreiling said.

While Dreiling was planning to retire from the CEO post in May 2015, he’s agreed to postpone his retirement until May 2016 in order to help with the integration of the two companies.

One reason Dollar General is angling for Family Dollar is its customer base.

Dreiling said that Family Dollar is strong in metropolitan areas, while Dollar General’s strength lies in rural markets.

“Maybe we’ll be able to learn something from each

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GM says it’s the most extensive attempt by an automaker to thwart valet joyriders, although it’s not the first. The automotive website Edmunds.com says Hyundai and Mercedes offer “geofencing,” a feature that sets a perimeter and then notifies the owner’s smart phone if a car goes beyond it. Chrysler has a valet mode that caps engine speed and horsepower, while Audi lets owners limit engine speed for valets.

Whitman is a senior staff engineer in the Geotechnical group.

Four people have been elected to the KSER Foundation’s Board of Directors. They are Alan Jacobson, Evergreen branch manager of the Everett Public Library; Nina Martinez, a health care business consultant and chairwoman of the

Latino Civic Alliance; Robert Shoup, engineer; and Laurie Wheeler, owner of Maestra Communications.

KSER 90.7 is an independent public radio station.

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Sweet Mona’s Chocolate Boutique will celebrate the grand opening of its location Saturday

With the Corvette, once the owner activates the feature with a four-digit code, the touch screen tells the driver it’s in Valet Mode.

But it doesn’t warn the valet that he’s being recorded. The feature also locks the glove box and a storage compartment in the dashboard and shuts down the infotainment system.

Valet Mode started off as a See CORVETTE, Page A8

at 221 Second St., Suite 16, in Langley. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. everything in the store will be buy-one-get-one-free.

The event will feature drawings for gifts and prizes and more.

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PG&E pleads not guilty to blast charges Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pleaded not guilty Monday to charges in a new indictment that accuses the utility of lying to federal investigators looking into a fatal pipeline explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood. Prosecutors say PG&E tried to mislead investigators about pipeline testing and maintenance procedures. The blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.

Aeropostale CEO Aeropostale is reinstating a past leader as it struggles with sliding sales. The New York company said Monday that Julian Geiger, its former CEO, is taking over effective immediately, replacing Thomas Johnson. Aeropostale and fellow teen stalwarts Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and American Eagle Outfitters Inc. have had a difficult time turning their businesses around as mall traffic drops and shoppers’ tastes change.

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Amazon . . 334.53 0.90 Boeing . . . 124.98 1.82 Costco . . . . 119.46 0.89 Crane . . . . . 71.08 0.93 FrontierCom . 6.56 0.06 HeritageFin 16.46 0.37 Microsoft . . 45.11 0.32 Nordstrom . 66.12 1.01 Starbucks . . 77.59 0.68 WshFederal 21.35 0.41 Zumiez . . . . 29.64 0.52 Market report, A8

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THE DAY ON WALL STREET Stocks climbed on Monday after a bidding contest erupted for discount retailer Family Dollar and as concerns eased about the situation in Ukraine.

On Monday: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 175.83 points, or 1.1 percent, to 16,838.74.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 16.68 points, or 0.9 percent, to close at 1,971.74.

The Nasdaq composite rose 43.39 points, or 1 percent, to 4,508.31.

For the year: The Dow is up 262.08 points, or 1.6 percent.

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performance data recorder for those who take their Corvettes on the racetrack.

GM engineers quickly figured out that it had more uses.

“Think of it as a baby monitor for your car,” Corvette Product Manager Harlan Charles said in a statement. “Anyone who has felt apprehension about handing over their keys will appreciate the peace of mind of knowing exactly what happened while their baby was out of sight.”

Data and video from the valet mode can be viewed instantly by the owner on the car’s 8-inch color screen when the car is

deferred comment to its partners.

The $2.2 billion plant, which launched in February, is at Ivanpah Dry Lake near the California-Nevada border. The operator says it’s the world’s biggest plant to employ so-called power towers.

More than 300,000 mirrors, each the size of a garage door, reflect solar rays onto three boiler towers each looming up to 40 stories high.

The water inside is heated to produce steam, which turns turbines that generate enough electricity for 140,000 homes.

Sun rays sent up by the field of mirrors are bright enough to dazzle pilots flying in and out of Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Federal wildlife officials said Ivanpah might act as a “mega-trap” for wildlife, with the bright light of the plant attracting insects, which in turn attract insect-eating birds that fly to their death in the intensely focused light rays.

Federal and state

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for future self-driving cars. But government and industry officials see the two technologies as compatible.

If continuous conversations between cars make driving safer, then selfdriving cars would become safer as well.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx called the vehicle-to-vehicle technology “the next great advance in saving lives.”

“This technology could move us from helping people survive crashes to helping them avoid crashes altogether — saving lives, saving money and even saving fuel thanks to the widespread benefits it offers,” Foxx said.

It will take time for the technology to reach its full effectiveness since the current fleet of vehicles on the road will have to turn over or be retrofitted.

Once a critical mass of

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parked, or it can be downloaded to a computer.

The system could go into more mainstream models if feedback is good on the Corvette, GM spokesman

Monte Doran said.

The feature is paired with a navigation system and costs $1,795. A 2015 Corvette starts at just under $54,000.

vehicles is equipped with the technology, they are expected to be able to follow each other safely at a close, pre-set distance on highways.

Such “platoons” or “road trains” hold the potential to enhance the flow of traffic and save fuel.

The information sent between vehicles does not identify those vehicles, but merely contains basic safety data, NHTSA said. “The system as contemplated contains several layers of security and privacy protection to ensure that vehicles can rely on messages sent from other vehicles,” the agency said.

Adding the technology to new vehicles or retrofitting existing ones is expected to cost about $341 to $350 per vehicle in 2020, but could decrease by more than $100 over time as manufacturers gain experience making the devices, the safety administration report said.

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global

Automakers praised the technology, but avoided commenting directly on the government’s intention to require the technology in new cars.

Instead, both groups urged the Federal Communications Commission to preserve the 5.9 GHz radio frequency for vehicle-tovehicle communications.

The frequency was initially expected to be dedicated to transportation technologies, but the commission has said it is exploring whether that frequency can be used for other wireless demands as well.

“We understand the pressing need for additional spectrum and are open to sharing this spectrum if it can be done safely,” said Gloria Bergquist, vice president for the alliance.

“We continue to urge the FCC not to compromise the use of the spectrum until it is definitively established that sharing will not interfere with the safety of the driving public.”

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other,” he said.

The two businesses also have similar pricing strategies, offering shoppers most products at $10 or less. At Dollar Tree, everything in its stores costs just a buck.

While Dollar General and Family Dollar have several complimentary aspects of their businesses, a combination would also help eliminate some competition in the sector.

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biologists call the number of deaths significant, based on sightings of birds getting singed and falling, and on retrieval of carcasses with feathers charred too severely for flight.

Ivanpah officials dispute the source of the so-called streamers, saying at least some of the puffs of smoke mark insects and bits of airborne trash being ignited by the solar rays.

Wildlife officials who witnessed the phenomena say many of the clouds of smoke were too big to come from anything but a bird, and they add that they saw “birds entering the solar flux and igniting, consequently become a streamer.”

U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials say they want a death toll for a full year of operation.

Given the apparent scale of bird deaths at Ivanpah, authorities should thoroughly track bird kills there for a year, including during annual migratory seasons, before granting any more permits for that kind of solar technology, said George, of the Audubon Society.

The California Energy Commissioni s now

considering the application from Oakland-based BrightSource to build a mirror field and a 75-story power tower that would reach above the sand dunes and creek washes between Joshua Tree National Park and the California-Arizona border.

The proposed plant is on a flight path for birds between the Colorado River and California’s largest lake, the Salton Sea — an area, experts say, is richer in avian life than the Ivanpah plant, with protected golden eagles and peregrine falcons and more than 100 other species of birds recorded there.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials warned California this month that the power-tower style of solar technology holds “the highest lethality potential” of the many solar projects burgeoning in the deserts of California.

The commission’s staff estimates the proposed new tower would be almost four times as dangerous to birds as the Ivanpah plant.

The agency is expected to decide this autumn on the proposal.

Dreiling said that even though retailers like WalMart Stores Inc. have been opening smallerformat stores to try to lure lower-income customers, Dollar General’s business has been hurt worse when a Family Dollar store opens near one of its locations.

But that doesn’t mean that Wal-Mart and other retailers like Kroger Co. aren’t a competitive threat still. By bringing Family Dollar into the fold, Dollar General can not only eliminate the rivalry — it can also bolster its muscle to help ward off bigger players.

A Dollar General and Family Dollar combination would create a chain with almost 20,000 stores in 46 states and sales of more than $28 billion.

Dollar stores came to the forefront of consumers’ minds during the recession, as people across income groups searched for ways to save money. To attract a broader array of customers, they also expanded their offerings to include more groceries and brandname products, instead of just the party favors and other knickknacks people often associated with them.

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IN OUR VIEW | Attorney General Bob Ferguson

Justice for child immigrants A society predicated on justice and fair play gives expression to those values.

Words without action fall away.

Last week, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson exhibited judgment and political courage, arguing in an amicus (friend of the court) brief to the U.S. District Court in Seattle that unaccompanied immigrant children in Washington should not be forced to represent themselves in their removal hearings. Ferguson’s analysis in the J.E.F.M. v.

Holder lawsuit merits a read for its clarity, historical grounding and moral and legal resonance.

“The consequences these children face are dire if they return to their countries,” Ferguson said in a statement. “I

am calling on the federal government to ensure every child who faces deportation has an attorney by his or her side in order to receive a fair hearing.”

This is a crystalline, right-orwrong question: Do 12-year olds escaping crime and violence in countries such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador deserve representation when tangled in the getting-the-boot labyrinth of the American justice system?

Yes, they do. A Guatemalan teen who only speaks an indigenous language and is forced to mimic Perry Mason stands a 4 percent chance of successfully making his or her case. Representation informs outcome. “Since 2005, approximately 41 percent of

unaccompanied children who are represented in Washington have had their cases resolved in a way that permits them to remain in this country,” Ferguson writes.

Ferguson’s take may have the lead-balloon popularity of a Gideon v. Wainwright, the seminal 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision which determined that state courts must provide counsel to criminal defendants who can’t pony up for an attorney.

How we treat children is one of the moral tests of government, to paraphrase Hubert Humphrey. But race is the great unspoken. The cyber trolldom would be a quiet place if these were undocumented Norwegian or Australian children

fleeing injustice.

The stakes are dead serious. “Deprivation of a full and fair hearing risks dire consequences for children who must return to their home countries,” Ferguson writes.

“To give just one example, in 2004 Edgar Chocoy, an unrepresented 15-year-old boy, insisted that gangs would kill him if he were returned to Guatemala. Asylum was denied and Chocoy was deported. He was murdered in less than a month.”

Ferguson is reviewing options including identifying pro bono attorneys to help unaccompanied immigrant children. It’s a reminder that justice and fair play need to be practiced.

I attest that Karla Jacks will have the best interests of the citizens of Island County at heart if she is elected as county commissioner.

proposal seems quite illogical, yet it is going to a hearing on Aug. 26. I encourage all citizens to get involved in expressing their opinion of the matter.

Jared G. Partridge Business director, Camano Dance Academy and Performing Arts Preschool

Victoria Purnell Mukilteo School District Everett

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Not cooperating a tea party tenet I am responding to the letter “Gridlock due to Democrats”: The writer may lay much of the gridlock in the House on Democrats, but if he were to review articles in local and national newspapers he would find that tea party candidates in this state and others essentially stated during primary elections in 2010 that they were “not going to extend their hand across the aisles of the House” to work with Democrats. One such candidate in this state was Clint Didier. The Herald can research this as Mr Didier and others repeatedly stated this. The tea party essentially came to power with an attitude of “our way or no way.”

The tea party has repeatedly made an effort to not fund almost anything except continued action in Afghanistan or repeated votes to abolish the Affordable Care Act. Both sides need to work together, both sides may have good ideas and both sides will not always get what they want.

Our own state had produced many great politicians who worked with the other party in helping citizens of this state and the country. Former governor and Sen. Dan Evans, Sen. Slade Gorton, Sen. Patty Murray, Congressman Joel Pritchard, congressman and Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson.

All these people didn’t stop being Democrats or Republicans, but they worked together to find solutions. I do not see that with the tea party. Political purity and ideology only go so far.

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Jacks steps up, gets things done Over the past three years, I have had the pleasure of working with Karla Jacks as we’ve served together on the Camano Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

While she served in her previous position as chamber president, I often witnessed her unfailing hard work and dedication to increasing business on Camano. Karla has the ability to get others excited and involved in community projects, increasing awareness and bringing in profits for all the business owners on the island.

Karla’s skills at planning, funding and executing largescale events are evident.

The success of the chamber’s many marketing ventures, like the annual

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Camano Chili-Chowder fundraiser, the Beer, Brats and Biz, and the Women’s Expo are a testament to Karla’s proficiency.

Not only has Karla been willing to serve as a leader, I have also seen her get down in the trenches and get her hands dirty when duty calls. Karla has stayed late to clean up after events when the assigned volunteers did not show up. Karla served and helped raise funds with the Stanwood High School Football Boosters Club and Pee Wee leagues, just to support our youth and local athletics programs. In short, Karla always steps up and gets things done.

As a small business owner, I understand how important it is that our elected county officials be trustworthy, as they are given the responsibility of disseminating hard-earned taxpayer funds. Over the last eight years I have known Karla, I have seen her to be extremely passionate about the health of our local economy, the involvement of local businesses in the community, and the growth of our area.

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What number Proposed change would be enough? will reduce safety It has just come to my attention that the State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has made this proposal: apps.leg. wa.gov/documents/laws/ wsr/2014/15/14-15-087.htm “Purpose of the proposal and its anticipated effects, including any changes in existing rules: This proposed change would allow school districts to purchase and operate a multifunction school activity bus (MFSAB) for the nonhome-to-school transportation of students.

“Reasons supporting proposal: This proposed change would allow districts to purchase an MFSAB. This vehicle would allow a non-CDL driver to transport up to fourteen passengers, instead of the current nine passengers. Safety is not reduced as these vehicles will meet school bus construction standards and will be required to have lap-shoulder belts. This change will provide additional flexibility for districts while reducing costs. These vehicles are not included in the school bus depreciation system.”

I am extremely opposed to this proposal. The statement that “safety is not reduced” conflicts with the OPSI’s recent increase in standards applied to CDL-school bus drivers. Those standards were increased this last spring for the purpose of increasing safety as well as reducing liability for the districts (and by extension, for the taxpayers). In that perspective, this

Among things asserted in the letter, “Our failure to learn from the past”: 1) “The lesson we learned in Vietnam was that when politicians run the war they try not to lose, rather than trying to win, but you take casualties and in the end you lose.” 2) “Wars are won when you kill enough of the bad guys to make them stop, not through negotiation.”

Gen. Giap, who led the North Vietnamese forces, viewed human life as being of no value and was prepared to send hundreds of thousands of his men to die for the cause.

Unencumbered by democracy, he was free to pursue his goals without regard to the will of the people. Thus, it seems probable that we would have needed to continue our efforts for quite some time before we could “kill enough of the bad guys to make them stop.”

As a Vietnam veteran, I would pose the following questions to the writer: Had the decision been his to make without any political restraints, how many more of us would he have been willing to sacrifice in pursuit of uncertain victory? How many more children, killed or running aflame in terror from their napalmed villages, would he deem acceptable? With all due respect, offering callous and overly simplistic solutions to this complex issue is an affront to any responsible discussion of the topic.

Dan Postema Everett

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ASHINGTON — The fire this time is about invisibility. Our society expects the police to keep unemployed, poorly educated AfricanAmerican men out of sight and out of mind. When they suddenly take center stage, illuminated by the flash and flicker of Molotov cocktails, we feign surprise.

The proximate cause of the rioting in Ferguson, Mo., is the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was stopped, a witness has said, by a white policeman for walking in the street rather than on the sidewalk. Officer Darren Wilson shot Brown at least six times, according to a private autopsy and, reportedly, one conducted by the county medical examiner. Two of those bullets struck him in the head.

There we have the familiar narrative: another unarmed black man unjustly killed.

Brown thus joins a long, sad list — Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, etc. — that seems to have no end. This storyline is unassailable.

Anyone who thinks race is not a factor in these fatal encounters should have to cite examples of unarmed young white men being killed by trigger-happy police or selfEUGENE ROBINSON appointed vigilantes.

Names and dates, please.

But the violence in Ferguson tells of a deeper, more fundamental narrative about what African-Americans have done, and what has been done to them, in the decades since the urban riots of the 1960s — the fire last time.

Tempted to conclude that nothing has changed? Please note that the Missouri highway patrol commander, brought in to bring proportion and discipline to what had been a provocative local police response, is black. The attorney general who interrupted his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to order a Justice Department investigation and a third autopsy is black. And, of course, the president and commander in chief — who also took time from a Vineyard holiday to address the crisis in Ferguson — is black.

Also note that this undeniable evidence of progress on the issue of race — which would have been unimaginable when Harlem exploded in 1964 over the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy — makes no apparent difference to the young men who have been rampaging through the streets of Ferguson.

Why not? Because the tremendous gains achieved by some African-Americans have not just left some others behind but made their situation more desperate and hopeless than it was 50 years ago.

When the unrest in Ferguson is over, I predict that there will be a flood of ambitious journalism seeking to assess the status of black America. Most of this analysis will be ignored because it will so contradict what many Americans see every day with their own eyes.

Millions of African-Americans took advantage of the opportunities created by the civil rights movement to climb into the middle class — and in some cases far beyond, as exemplified by President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder.

Yet millions of other black Americans did not reach the middle class. This group, mired in poverty and dysfunction, finds the paths others took are blocked. They live in neighborhoods with failing schools that cannot prepare them for today’s economy.

Secure, high-paying blue-collar jobs are a thing of the past. Racial bias in policing means they are much more likely to be arrested and jailed for minor nonviolent offenses, such as drug possession, than whites who commit the same crimes.

Increasingly, these African-Americans who were left behind are invisible. Their neighborhoods either get gentrified — which means they can no longer afford to stay there — or simply bypassed by development.

What happens in poor black neighborhoods has less and less to do with the everyday lives of middle-class Americans, white or black.

Yet in Ferguson and other such pockets across the nation, millions of young black men and women grow up knowing that the deck is stacked against them. Did Michael Brown have a chip on his shoulder? Not according to his friends and family, although the convenience store video suggests otherwise. Would it be understandable if he did?

Might he have wondered if white kids, living in more affluent parts of town, routinely got hassled by the police for jaywalking?

Brown had no police record. He had graduated from high school. He was about to enter a technical college. Given where he came from, it’s hard to do a whole lot better — and easy to do a whole lot worse.

Now that the streets are filled with incoherent rage — and the rioting must be strongly condemned — we can see Brown’s struggle. Momentarily, at least. After the smoke clears, we will be blind once again.

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Salmon: ‘A piece of a bigger strategy,’ councilman says Snohomish County Farm Bureau, is invalid. The Farm Bureau intends to keep up the fight.

“There’s been an effort over the years to pick up marginal ag land and restore the connection to the river for salmonrecovery purposes,” County Council Chairman Dave Somers said. “This is a piece of a bigger strategy.”

The dike system in the Snohomish River estuary was built up in the late 19th and early 20th century to protect farmland. Today, it also guards critical public infrastructure, including I-5 and Everett’s sewage treatment plant.

Smith Island is one of three large fish-habitat projects under way in the estuary.

The Tulalip Tribes have the 400-acre Qwuloolt project along Ebey Slough in Marysville. The Port of Everett has similar plans for a 300-acre wetland project on Spencer Island called Blue Heron Slough.

The three projects and several smaller ones

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hospital to the Snohomish County Jail to attend his court hearing in May. In a letter submitted to the court earlier this month, a state psychologist concluded that Garver continues to suffer from “symptoms of his diagnosed mental disorder.” He lacks the ability to understand the firstdegree murder charge against him and is unable to consult with his lawyer, Jon Scott of Everett, the psychologist wrote.

A few months after his arrest, Garver demanded a new lawyer, saying he couldn’t work with his then-assigned public defender. He argued that his constitutional rights

involve about 1,200 acres.

That far surpasses the 750acre Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge east of Olympia, currently the largest fish-habitat project on Puget Sound.

The county estimates the Smith Island work will aid 900 or so additional spawning adult chinook per year to return to the Snohomish River and its tributaries.

The project requires breaching a 1930s-era dike along Union Slough and building new dikes farther from the water.

The city of Everett, meanwhile, is building a 700-foot section of dike near its sewage pond, senior engineer Heather Griffin said.

The Snohomish County Farm Bureau hasn’t given up trying to stop the county project.

The group claims that state growth laws prohibit destroying designated agricultural land without going through a formal process to designate the land for another purpose.

The bureau also disagrees with the county’s characterization of the

were being violated. He was given a new lawyer.

The doctor reported that Garver was “guarded and suspicious” and avoided eye contact during a brief interview on Aug. 8. As soon as the doctor explained the purpose of the conversation, Garver “digressed into a nearly incomprehensible narrative about his dietary needs.” He said a sandwich wasn’t enough food for him, court papers said.

The psychologist said Garver has shown some improvement since July and has been taking medication. He is nearly halfway through the 90-day hold approved by the court.

Another status hearing is scheduled for October.

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project as “restoration.”

“Our position is that the island long preceded any diking and that the 400 acres they intend to flood through moving the dikes was never in the past flooded, that this is not restoration, that this is the creation of new wetlands,” said Ed Moats, a former County Council analyst and congressional candidate who serves as the bureau’s spokesman.

Moats and others have spoken against the project at nearly every County Council public comment period this year.

Terwilleger, the county surface water director, called the Farm Bureau’s claim about the area’s past “counter to reality.”

“The notion that it was never part of a saltwater system or a brackish system is something the natural history and the geology just don’t support,” she said.

Back at Hima Nursery, Iqbal is excited about a farming experiment he’s been conducting for about five years.

A few dozen sheep roam the land by I-5. A young

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya— Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent’s death rate of the world’s largest mammals because of an increased demand for ivory in China and other Asian nations, a new study published Monday found.

Warnings about massive elephant slaughters have been ringing for years, but Monday’s study is the first to scientifically quantify the number of deaths across the continent by measuring deaths in one closely monitored park in Kenya and using other published data to extrapolate fatality tolls across the continent.

The study — which was carried out by the world’s leading elephant experts — found that the proportion of illegally killed elephants has climbed from 25 percent of all elephant deaths a decade ago to roughly 65 percent of all elephant deaths today, a percentage that, if continued, will

lead to the extinction of the species.

China’s rising middle class and the demand for ivory in that country of 1.3 billion people is driving the black market price of ivory up, leading to more impoverished people in Africa “willing to take the criminal risk on and kill elephants.

The causation in my mind is clear,” said the study’s lead author, George Wittemyer of Colorado State University.

The peer-review study was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It was co-authored by experts from Save the Elephants, the Kenya Wildlife Service, an international group called MIKE responsible for monitoring the illegal killings of elephants, and two international universities.

“The current demand for ivory is unsustainable. That is our overarching conclusion. It must come down.

Otherwise the elephants will continue to decrease,” said Iain Douglas-Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants.

Elephant deaths are not

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Iqbal grows late-season strawberries. Elsewhere, he’s harvesting onion, fennel, dill, garbanzo beans and chard.

“It came out of the passion that we need to grow

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His enthusiasm, however, is tinged with anxiety that the county’s salmon project could harm crops with saltwater or pollutants

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“Once you introduce the saltwater into the soil,” he said, “it takes a long time to repair.”

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happening at the same rate across Africa. The highest death rate is in central Africa, with East Africa — Tanzania and Kenya — not far behind. Botswana is a bright spot, with a population that is holding steady or growing. South Africa’s rhinos are being killed, but poachers have not yet begun attacking elephants.

Some individual elephant death numbers are shocking. The elephant population in Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve dropped from 40,000 to 13,000 over the last three years.

China is aware of its image problem concerning the ivory trade. The embassy in Kenya this month donated antipoaching equipment to four wildlife conservancies.

Chinese Ambassador Liu Xianfa said at the handover ceremony that China is increasing publicity and education of its people to increase understanding of the illegal ivory trade.

“Wildlife crimes are a cross-border menace,” Liu said, according to a transcript of the ceremony

published by Kenya’s Capital FM. “I assure you that more action will follow as will support to fulfil our promise. We firmly believe that, through joint efforts, the drive of combating wildlife crimes will achieve success.”

Counting elephants is extremely difficult. Even Douglas-Hamilton refuses to offer an estimate as to how many live in Africa.

An often-cited number is roughly 400,000, but the Save the Elephants founder would argue that no one truly knows.

Counting elephant deaths is just as hard. But a Save the Elephants project in northern Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve has counted elephant births and deaths — including if the death was natural or from poachers — for the last 16 years. Using that data, the authors examined known death numbers in other African regions compared with the rate of natural deaths and were able to determine that the continent’s deaths between 2010-2012 were about 100,000.

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By William Hageman Chicago Tribune

There are certain truths that become evident at back-toschool time for most of us: The kids still haven’t stopped growing, and we need to update their comically ill-fitting wardrobes. The school supply list is longer, and the prices higher, than last year. The family is woefully disorganized.

Thank goodness for people such as Ellen Delap, a certified professional organizer, with a smart blog — find it at professional-organizer.com/ WordPress. She also works as a family manager coach.

Her expertise can make that transition into the new school year, and the months ahead, smoother. Here are some tips from Delap.

Three-part process: Organizing for the school year goes beyond slapping a planner on the wall (though that’s not a bad idea). Delap says there are three areas that need to be well-regulated: your house, your schedule and your finances. The house and schedule are obvious (more on them later). Financial organizing is sometimes overlooked.

There are a lot of checks that need to go out in the fall — extracurricular fees, ballet lessons and the like. Relegate them to one spot and keep on top of them. Bills, like scheduling, can be overwhelming when they start pouring in.

Command center: Set up a command center, one spot

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where all planning is done. It should have a desk-top sorter, a wall area with dry erase calendars, and wall pockets for papers (incoming mail, permission slips, school papers that need to be signed, tax receipts, etc.). Yes, we live in a growing electronic society,

but we still have to deal with paperwork. Triage it, sorting the urgent from the merely important and the trash.

Family calendar: Whether digital or that calendar stuck to the wall or fridge, the calendar lists what’s going on in individuals’ lives, where they need

to be and when. Potential conflicts can be headed off. “These are critical,” Delap says.

Weekly meeting: A weekly family meeting is a great way to ensure everyone is in the game. “Families live in the moment so much, even something like a vacation, you

won’t talk about until the last minute,” Delap says. A weekly meeting reminds everyone what is coming up. Attendance is mandatory. If one of the kids balks, well, have the meeting be the time allowances are handed out. The kids will attend.

Basic routines: Set specific times for regular tasks, based on family members’ schedules.

Is Saturday generally a slower day? Make that laundry day.

Too much laundry for one day?

Break the chore into two days.

Make Friday grocery shopping night. “We always know the trash is collected a certain day,” she says. “So find one or two family members to take the trash out the night before.”

Delap also suggests posting a chart listing the various jobs. “Then it’s not like you’re nagging.”

“I hate this!” No one loves every task he or she is assigned. If little Rico grumbles about unloading the dishwasher, give him another job, one he will like better. It’s all about getting the family to work as a team. “When you create these partnerships for responsibility, it’s a lot more fun,” Delap says. “No one wants to be left in the kitchen alone.”

Dealing with emergencies: If you have a routine in place, family members can adjust to take up the slack for a missing member. That also serves to strengthen the family and engender a feeling of accomplishment.

Two apps promise life management tools on your smartphone TIMEFUL The point: An app that helps you run your life.

The lowdown: Timeful sets itself apart from the calendar app pack by not only keeping all your calendars — Outlook, Google, iCal — in one place, but by acting as a mini-scheduler and slotting the things you have to do into those rare free moments. So while you may not think you have time to exercise four times a week, Timeful is looking at your quiet

hours to find those minutes to get you to the gym. In addition to pulling your calendar data, the app includes guidelines that you can give to better schedule your time. The more data you put in, the more use you’ll get out of it. The app also wants to help you achieve goals and knock things off of your to-do list, so it works best if you delve into the preferences to let the app know things such as when you’re most productive and when you’re normally at work.

Cost: Free, for iOS devices.

TRELLO The point: An easy way to track to-dos.

The lowdown: Planning a big project? A group trip? A team report? That means having to deal with a lot of details. Juggling ideas and to-do lists is never easy, and there are a ton of online tools to help you streamline that process. Trello has all the standard to-do and task assignment features you’d expect from group project software, but

its generally open form means that it’s easy to adapt to your tastes. The basic layout lets you set up several categories — To-Do, Doing and Done are the defaults — and lets you add as many cards as you want to each category to set up to-do lists, add diagrams or videos and set due dates for each task. You also can flag items for certain people in your group. Once you’ve dealt with a task, you can drag it to another column or archive it and get it off your list.

Cost: Free, for iOS and Android.

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Breast-feeding gives health benefits for mother and baby

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ost health experts highly recommend breastfeeding for new moms.

Both babies and mothers receive numerous health benefits. Consider the following advantages of breast-feeding.

Babies. Breast milk’s composition adjusts to a growing infant’s needs. At any developmental stage, it contains just the right mix of fat, sugar, protein, water and other nutrients.

Infants can digest breast milk more easily than formula. Nursing gives them infection-fighting antibodies and other substances that help prevent colds, allergies, asthma and other childhood diseases. Breast-fed babies also have a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome.

Mothers. Nursing provides a relaxed time for mom to bond and make physical contact with her baby. Mothers who nurse miss less work since their infants are sick less often. Weight loss

optimal baby nutrition and care, what could be more natural than breast-feeding?

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DR. ELIZABETH SMOOTS after birth is often easier for breast-feeding moms. They also have a lower risk of depression, diabetes and breast or ovarian cancer.

All told, research shows the benefits of breast-feeding are great for both mother and infant.

If you have any questions or concerns, talk to the physicians who will provide care for you and your child during and after pregnancy and delivery. With their guidance you can get prepared for how you will care for your newborne child. When it comes to

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It’s a painful, blistering rash caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. After the varicella-zoster virus gives rise to chicken pox, it lies dormant in nerve cells near the spinal cord. Years later the virus may reactivate to produce the rash characteristic of shingles.

Symptoms include pain, burning or tingling of the skin followed a few days later by an outbreak of fluid-filled blisters.

Shingles can occur anywhere but usually crops up in a band on the trunk. Complications may include a rash that affects the eye or a prolonged pain condition called post-herpetic neuralgia.

A weak immune system or older age increases the risk for shingles. The Centers for Disease

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Control recommends a vaccine for people aged 60 or older to prevent the disease. Medications may reduce shingles severity if started within about 72 hours after the start of the rash.

How to do Kegel exercises?

Also known as pelvic floor muscle training, Kegel exercises strengthen the muscles that support the uterus, bladder and rectum. The pelvic muscles may weaken from childbirth, surgery, overweight or aging. Kegel exercises are commonly used for several different medical conditions. Common reasons include: Urinary leakage brought on by laughing, coughing or sneezing; loss of urine following a strong, sudden urge to urinate; leakage of stool.

To do Kegel exercises: Locate the pelvic floor muscles that control urinary flow. You can

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squeeze these muscles to stop your urine midstream, or relax them to let urine pass.

Once you’ve located the muscles, practice tightening them when you’re not urinating. Squeeze the muscles for five seconds, relax for five seconds, and repeat the sequence 10 times. Keep practicing three to four times a day. And consult your health care provider if your symptoms persist.

For more information: Womenshealth.gov, www.womenshealth.gov; Mayo Clinic, www.mayoclinic.com Elizabeth Smoots is the author of “Allergy Guide: Alternative & Conventional Solutions.” Send comments to readers@drsmoots. com or go to www.drsmoots.com.

Smoots’ columns are not intended as a substitute for medical advice or treatment. Before adhering to any recommendations in this column consult your health care provider.

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Advice on breaking divorce news to parents

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Adapted from a recent online discussion and continued from Monday.

Hi, Carolyn!

I’m going home this weekend to tell my parents that my 21/2-year “happy” marriage is ending in divorce and I’m so anxious! We are a close family but I kept a lot of my unhappiness secret from them.

They saw the happy, young couple, not the couple that bickers and argues and held grudges.

How do I break this to them? I plan to mention that we went to lots of counseling and both feel at peace with restarting our lives before 30, but I feel like I’m letting them down big time AND know this will be a shock to them. Any tips?

— Telling Parents Yes. Repeat as needed, in your head, “I don’t have to justify my life to my parents.”

Answer their natural questions honestly, and as fully (or tersely) as your comfort dictates, and recognize that people who love you will be sad for you, but don’t “plan” your reveal around making this palatable to them. It’s just not your job to live a life that serves their needs.

Re: Divorce: “You are not a failure; your marriage has failed”: I think this is so important! I felt like such a failure over my divorce, but I

CAROLYN HAX TELL ME ABOUT IT wasn’t a failure. I did make some bad decisions that led me to a bad marriage. But I’ve learned and won’t make the same mistakes again!

— Anonymous Right! You’ll make new ones!

Presumably. And that’s the best case: Even those of us who learn from our mistakes will also repeat some. This business of being human is basically a jalopy ride over potholes, which is why it’s so important to ride with the best people you know, wherever possible, and to make sure you take note of any particularly beautiful scenery.

Re: Divorce When I was going through a divorce, the best piece of advice I read is that it is completely normal to feel the full range of human emotions in a single day — maybe hour. There is nothing wrong with

SUPER QUIZ Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: ? OF ?

Each answer is of the form: ___ of ___. (e.g., Superman. Answer: Man of Steel.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. Failed invasion of Cuba in 1961.

2. French heroine who was burned at the stake.

3. Leader who lived in the Emerald City.

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. American symbol located on an island in New York Harbor.

5. English museum housing the Crown Jewels.

6. The male heir to the British throne.

PH.D. LEVEL

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BIRTHDAYS 7. Title of a 2008 James Bond movie.

8. Henry VIII’s first wife.

9. Council at which Martin Luther was condemned as a heretic.

ANSWERS: 1. Bay of Pigs. 2.

Joan of Arc. 3. Wizard of Oz. 4.

Statue of Liberty. 5. Tower of London. 6. Prince of Wales. 7.

“Quantum of Solace.” 8. Catherine of Aragon. 9. Diet of Worms.

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2014 Ken Fisher North America Syndicate Inc.

Actor L.Q. Jones is 87. Actress Debra Paget is 81. USTA Eastern Tennis Hall of Famer Renee Richards is 80. Former MLB All-Star Bobby Richardson is 79. Actress Diana Muldaur is 76. Rock musician Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 75. Singer Johnny Nash is 74. Actress Jill St. John is 74. Actor and former U.S. senator Fred Thompson is 72. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 71. Rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) is 69. Former President Bill Clinton is 68. Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, is 66. Actor Gerald McRaney is 66. Actor-director Jonathan Frakes is 62. Political consultant Mary Matalin is 61. Actor Peter Gallagher is 59. Actor Adam Arkin is 58.

Actor Martin Donovan is 57. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ivan Neville is 55. Actor John Stamos is 51.

Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 49. Actor Kevin Dillon is 49. TV reporter Tabitha Soren is 47. Actor Matthew Perry is 45. Actress Tracie Thoms is 39. Actress Erika Christensen is 32.

Thought for Today: “Well done is quickly done.” — Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor (63 B.C.-A.D. 14).

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you for feeling them, and most of the time the best thing to do is let yourself feel them. Therapy makes a huge difference, and also helps “fixers” feel like they’re taking steps to fix something broken in themselves. But, simply knowing I wasn’t crazy for feeling so many conflicting things, and giving myself permission to feel them, made it all just a little bit easier to handle.

Also, have an answer you’re comfortable with for those few nosy people who ask what went wrong. And, if you have the kind of relationship with a boss or co-worker where you can (1) let them know the basics of what’s going on; (2) let them know you’re fine but may sometimes need to excuse yourself; and (3) ask them to tactfully spread the word, it can truly help with the day-to-day when you’re trying to function as a professional.

Finally, appreciate that this is a loss for your family, too. That doesn’t mean feeling guilty — you don’t need another layer of guilt right now — but it does mean giving them room to grieve in their own way, too.

— Anonymous 2 Good stuff, top to bottom, thanks. (c) 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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Options exist for covering up scar Dear Abby: You printed a letter from “Self-Conscious in Georgia” (May 15), a young man who is insecure about the scar from his heart surgery. I have had three surgeries for congenital defects, my first at 2 years old. Because many women’s fashions expose the upper chest, I applied anti-scar products, which greatly reduced the size and color of my scars.

Swimwear lines have sun-blocking swim shirts that are quick-drying and comfortable. At the beach, “Self-Conscious” could wear a beach-themed T-shirt and say he is reducing his sun exposure, which is a good idea these days.

As to anyone protesting his not going shirtless, true friends accept your choices, no matter the circumstances. They won’t call you out for not following the herd.

And another thing: The young man might benefit from a cardiac support group to lessen his feelings of isolation or inadequacy.

He suffered trauma that led to and created that scar.

Now he deserves to be happy on his own terms. — Was There Once And I’m Still Here Dear Still Here: Thank you for your comments.

Readers were quick to offer messages of support to “Self-Conscious”: Dear Abby: I am a registered nurse. That scar can be faded by using pure cocoa butter (in stick form, not lotion). It can be purchased at the pharmacy.

I would also like to let him know that in this part of the country, survivors are known as members of the “Zipper Club.” When I see patients with this scar, I know they have had open heart surgery. It alerts me RIP HAYWIRE

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Please let “Self-Conscious” know his scar is not an eyesore, but a GIFT OF LIFE. — Proud R.n. In West Virginia Dear Abby: “Self-Conscious” might benefit from getting a tattoo. A recent TV program aired a segment showing women with mastectomies receiving amazing designs to cover or beautify their scars. With a good tattoo artist, these pieces can be life-altering and the artwork stunning.

— Janet In Annapolis, Md. Dear Abby: I broke my ankle a few years ago. A wonderful surgeon and a fantastic physical therapist got me walking again, but I was left with several large, raised scars. I put wheat germ oil (full of vitamin E) on them in the morning and evening, and they are barely visible now. — Online Reader In Israel Dear Abby: For many years I dated a young man with a similar scar, and it was something I found endearing. To me, it was no different than freckles or a birthmark. It was part of what made him unique.

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BRIDGE That advice about not burning your bridges behind you is lost on some players.

They burn them before they even cross them.

Against four hearts, West led a diamond. South captured East’s queen and saw that he lacked the transportation to ruff both his low diamonds in dummy. He ruffed a diamond, drew trumps and let the jack of clubs ride.

East took the king and returned a diamond to West’s king, and a spade shift gave the defense two more tricks.

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ANSWER: This is a hazy area in “Standard” bidding.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today’s highlight: On August 19, A.D. 14, Caesar Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, died at age 76 after a reign lasting four decades; he was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius.

On this date: In 1812, the USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off Nova Scotia during the War of 1812, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides.”

In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler.

In 1942, during World War II, about 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a disastrous raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France, suffering more than 50-percent casualties.

In 1964, The Beatles opened their first full-fledged U.S. tour as they performed at San Francisco’s Cow Palace.

In 1974, U.S. Ambassador Rodger P. Davies was fatally wounded by a bullet that penetrated the American embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, during a protest by Greek Cypriots.

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Until now, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiography has gone unpublished.

By Kevin Burbach Associated Press

PIERRE, S.D. — Laura Ingalls Wilder penned one of the most beloved children’s series of the 20th century, but her forthcoming autobiography will show devoted “Little House on the Prairie” fans a more realistic, grittier view of frontier living.

“Prairie Girl: The Annotated Autobiography” — Wilder’s unedited draft that was written for an adult audience and eventually served as the foundation for the popular series — is slated to be released by the South Dakota State Historical Society Press nationwide this fall.

The not-safe-for-children tales include stark scenes of domestic abuse, love triangles gone awry and a man who lit himself on fire while drunk on whiskey.

Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, herself a well-known author, tried and failed to get an edited version of the autobiography published throughout the early 1930s. The original rough draft has been preserved at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and

‘Smokey & Friends’ duets nice, not vital SOUTH DAKOTA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS

An employee at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum in Mansfield, Mo., prepares to handle Wilder’s original manuscript of “Pioneer Girl,” written on tablet paper with lead pencil.

Museum in Mansfield, Missouri, for decades but hadn’t been published.

The children’s series never presented a romanticized version of life on the prairie — in “Little House in the Big Woods,” Laura and her sister Mary gleefully help dissect the family pig before bouncing its inflated bladder back and forth in the yard. But the series also left out or fictionalized scenes that publishers deemed unsuitable for kids, including much of the time the family spent in Burr Oak, Iowa, and Walnut Grove,

Minnesota, according to Pamela Smith Hill, a Wilder biographer and the lead editor on the autobiography.

“So you can read ‘Pioneer Girl’ as nonfiction rather than fiction and get a better feeling of how the historical Ingalls family really lived, what their relationships were and how they experienced the American West,” she said.

The autobiography preserves Wilder’s original rough draft — misspellings, idiosyncrasies and all — but adds extensive annotations.

SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY 50 years ago (1964) Dale S. Renberg of Snohomish was named assistant manager for New York Life Insurance Co. of Everett, according to Gerald Hyde, general officer manager of the Everett office. Renberg had been with Bickford Motors in Snohomish.

Named this week as chef for the Monte Cristo Hotel was Gil Ward, known to many Everett residents as Everett Yacht Club chef from 1955 to 1958. He had

also been chef at the Bellingham Hotel and the John Jacob Astor Hotel in Astoria, Ore. Recently he owned and operated the Coffee Cup Café on north Broadway.

25 years ago (1989) Wedding bells recently rang at the gas pumps at the Martha Lake Arco AM/PM Minimart.

Jim Wilson escorted Pam Unser through the doors of the store as Unser’s future mother-inlaw waited to take her place as

matron of honor. Her marriage to Jimmie Hallenberger took place where they worked for Jim and Jean Knowles.

A Taste of Edmonds was taking place this weekend at Sixth and Bell. There was plenty to do for all with fine food, Rainier Beer garden, live entertainment, kids’ activities, celebrities, Washington wine tasting and free trolley rides.

By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library

Smokey Robinson, “Smokey & Friends” (Verve Music Group) Smokey Robinson doesn’t want to be a relic and that’s understandable. He deserves for people to know his role as a chief architect of the Motown Sound and bard of the American romantic songbook, while remaining a vital, inspiring voice today.

Therein lay the catalyst and challenge of “Smokey & Friends,” which finds him pairing with artists young and old on classics he composed, performed or both.

Some duets boost the mission while others backfire.

Steven Tyler approaches “You Really Got a Hold on Me” less reverentially and the result is something beautifully bawdy and bluesy. Other songs that work and curb pining for the past are “The Way You Do (The Things You Do)” with CeeLo Green, which romps and rolls in a sonic workout that respects the Temptations’ version while adding something new, and “Ain’t That Peculiar,” which ain’t as peculiar as it might seem to feature James Taylor and the low-key gravitas he brings.

The album proves Robinson retains that vital, inspiring voice and provides nice moments.

The biggest success would come if it sends new fans back to the originals, which were not only nice, but necessary.

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TULALIP 2609 74th St NE Garage Sale Aug. 22, 23, 24 Hshl items, medicare items, & hitch for Dodge pick up.

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Notice of Public Auction Thursday, August 21st, 2014 10:00 a.m. at: Mill Creek Clock Tower Self Storage 16618 Bothell-Everett Hwy. Mill Creek, WA 98012 425-482-1600 Tillmon Auction Service Published: August 19, 20, 21, 2014.

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Notice of Public Auction Thursday, August 21, 2014 11:30am at: Marysville Clock Tower Self Storage 8119 State Ave Marysville, WA 360-651-7500 Tillmon and Daughter Auction Service Published: August 19, 20, 21, 2014.

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CITY OF EVERETT NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING AMENDMENT TO THE EVERETT ZONING CODE for B-3 SIGN CODE REGULATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Everett Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at their regular meeting beginning at 6:30 pm, in the William E. Moore Historic City Hall city council chambers, 3002 Wetmore Avenue.

The purpose of the public hearing is to allow signage at the top of buildings in the downtown Central Business District (CBD). Current regulations require signage to be at the street level oriented towards the immediate area, and not on upper floors of buildings.

The proposed amendment would provide flexibility for signage to act as a wayfinding tool for uses like hotels. Also, the amendment will add new definitions for façade and halo lighting.

The public is welcome to attend and provide testimony. A copy of the proposed amendment to the B-3 Sign Code Regulations can be viewed on the City of Everett website at the following link: http://www.everettwa.org/default.aspx?ID=1079.

Contact: Niels Tygesen, Associate Planner 425-257-8731 or planning@everettwa.gov We strive to provide special accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Please contact our office as soon as possible if special accommodations are needed. The City is in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Restoration Act of 1987, and related statutes and regulations in all its programs and activities.

Published: August 19, 2014. EDH582787

Permits Required: Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment / Rezone Date of Application: January 30, 2014 Completeness Date: January 30, 2014 Notice of Application & SEPA Determination Issued: August 19, 2014 Public Review and Comment Period: Interested parties may view the project file at the Lake Stevens Permit Center (1812 Main Street) Monday-Friday 8 am to 5 pm. To receive further information or to submit written comments, please contact the Planning and Community Development Department.

Email: rwright@lakestevenswa.gov Mailing address: P.O. Box 257, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 Upon publication of the Notice of Application & issuance of the Mitigated Determination on Non-Significance, there is a 14-day comment / appeal period. The deadline for public comment & appeals is 5:00 PM, September 2, 2014.

It is the City’s goal to comply with the American with Disabilities Act. The City offers its assistance to anyone with special needs, including the provision of TDD services.

Published: August 19, 2014. EDH582832

The State of Washington, Depar tment of Transpor tation is acquir ing proper ty and/or proper ty r ights for the SR 522, Snohomish River Bridge to US 2 project. Negotiations to acquire the property described below have reached an impasse; therefore the State is preparing to submit to the Attorney General’s Office a request for acquisition of this property and/or property rights through a condemnation action. This is done to assure that the rights of the individual property owner and the rights of all the taxpayers of the state are equally protected.

The final action meeting at which the State as condemner will decide whether to authorize the condemnation of the property will take place at 9:00 AM, Wednesday, August 27, 2104, at 15700 Dayton Ave. N., Shoreline, WA. The property owner may provide information prior to the meeting for the State to consider at this meeting. Information may be submitted in writing to the State of Washington, Department of Transportation, Attn: Hal Wolfe, Real Estate Services Manager, P.O. Box 330310, MS 118, Seattle, WA 98133-9710, or by phone to Hal Wolfe at 206-440-4163, prior to the meeting.

Assessed Owner: GALP LLC Property Address: 16413 W. Main St., Monroe, WA 98272-2924 Tax Parcel Numbers: 00911700000200, 00911700000300, 00911700000400, 00911700000500, 00911700000600 Brief Legal Description: Lots 2-6, Big Rock Plaza, A.F. No. 200008105001, Snohomish Co. Published: August 12, 19, 2014. EDH580982

No. 13-2-06559-1 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF PATRICIA P. MACMASTER; ESTATE OF PATRICIA P. MACMASTER; CATHERINE SCHABER; JAMES P. MACMASTER; VILLAJE DE MADERA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STATE OF WASHINGTON; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Patricia P. MacMaster ; Estate of Patr icia P. MacMaster ; Cather ine Schaber; James P. MacMaster; Occupants of The Premises; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after August 5, 2014, and defend the real property foreclosure action in Snohomish County Superior Court, and a n swe r t h e c o m p l a i n t o f C h a m p i o n M o r t g a g e C o m p a ny, (“Plaintiff ”). You are asked to serve a copy of your answer or responsive pleading upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff at its office stated below. In case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court.

The purpose of this lawsuit is to obtain a judgment, and if not immediately paid, to be satisfied through the foreclosure of real property located in Snohomish County, Washington, and legally described as follows: U N I T 1 4 B , O F V I L L A J E D E M A D E TA , A CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO DECLARATION THEREOF RECORDED UNDER SNOHOMISH C O U N T Y R E C O R D I N G N O. 7 7 1 0 2 6 0 2 3 8 , A N D AMENDMENTS THERETO; SAID UNIT IS LOCATED ON SURVEY MAP AND PLANS FILED IN VOLUME 37 OF CONDOMINIUMS AT PAGES 169 AND 170, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: UNIT 14B, OF VILLAJE DE MADERA, A CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO DECLARATION THEREOF RECORDED UNDER SNOHOMISH C O U N T Y R E C O R D I N G N O. 7 7 1 0 2 6 0 2 3 8 , A N D AMENDMENTS THERETO; SAID UNIT IS LOCATED ON SURVEY MAP AND PLANS FILED IN VOLUME 37 OF CONDOMINIUMS AT PAGES 169 AND 170, IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON. PARCEL NO. 00662300201400 Commonly known as: 22103 66th Avenue West #14B, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043.

DATED this 28th day of July, 2014.

RCO LEGAL, P.S. By__/s/_________________________ Synova M. L. Edwards, WSBA #43063 Attorneys for Plaintiff 13555 SE 36th Street, Ste 300 EDH579178 Bellevue, WA 98006 Published: August 5, 12, 19, 26; September 2, 9, 2014.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION & SEPA DETERMINATION Proposal:

CITY OF LYNNWOOD NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR LOWES FREESTANDING SIGN “SUP” MODIFICATION (File No. CUP-001937-2014) Application and Project Description: On July 29, 2014, Ed Hale, of 4G Development and Consulting, representing Lowes Homes Centers (Lowes), submitted an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to modify a Special Use Permit (SUP) that was granted, subject to 18 conditions, by the City Council in 1994 for construction of an Eagle Hardware (now Lowes). 16 of the conditions related to development of the site and were satisfied during, or prior to, construction. One of these conditions prohibited Lowes from constructing a freestanding sign (pole sign). The other condition related to outdoor storage which current City Code (LMC 21.46.110(B)) better addresses.

Lowes has applied to remove the pole sign prohibition; Staff will, however, recommend that the entire SUP be repealed. If the Hearing Examiner approves the modification as requested by the Applicant, they (Lowes) would then erect a pole sign meeting the requirements of Chapter 21.16 LMC (Signs) in the northwest corner of the property. The application was deemed complete on August 13, 2014.

Location: The site is located at 3100 196th St. SW. Conditional Use Permit Approval: The proposal will be reviewed for compliance with City of Lynnwood requirements.

Public Hearing: A Public Hearing before the Lynnwood Hearing Examiner will be held at the Lynnwood Civic Center, Council Chambers at 19100 44th Ave. W, Lynnwood, WA at 2:00 PM on September 18, 2014.

At the Hearing any interested par ty may appear and give testimony.

Appeal of Hearing Examiner Decision: Only persons who: - Appear and give testimony at the public hearing; or - Submit written comments to the Community Development Department; or - Submit a written request for a copy of the Examiner’s decision may appeal the Decision. Only comments and testimony received at or prior to the Hearing may be considered at the Hearing, or at any Appeal proceeding.

Additional Information: There are occasions when meetings may be postponed or items removed from an agenda. It is therefore advised that you confirm the meeting is going to be held and that this item is on the agenda.

The public is invited to attend and participate. Parking and meeting rooms are accessible for persons with disabilities. Contact the City Clerk at 425-670-5161 with 24-hours advance notice for special accommodations.

Comments / Contact: T h e f i l e o n t h i s p r o j e c t i s m a i n t a i n e d i n t h e C o m mu n i t y Development Department office and is available for review at 4400 198th St. SW. If you have questions or would like to provide comments, please contact Thaniel Gouk, Associate Planner, at 425-670-5411 or tgouk@ci.lynnwood.wa.us. Applicable documents are available on the at the City website at www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us>City Services>Planning and Development>Public Land Use Notices.

Date of this Notice: August 19, 2014 Comment Period Ends: September 3, 2014 Public Hearing Date: September 18, 2014 Published: August 19, 2014. EDH582649

DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE Issuance Date: August 19, 2014 Project Name (No.): Frontage Road Development Improvement Code Amendment (LUA2014-0058) Proponent: City of Lake Stevens Applicants: City of Lake Stevens, 1812 Main St., P.O. Box 257, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 Description of Proposal: This is a land use code amendment to L a ke S t eve n s M u n i c i p a l C o d e 1 4 . 5 6 . 1 7 0 , R i g h t - o f - Way Improvements and Dedication to Precede Development or Building, giving staff more discretion in allowing variations from the frontage road improvement requirements for new development when cer tain conditions exist such as a lack of connecting sidewalks or environmentally critical areas.

Project Location: Within City Limits of Lake Stevens Contact Person: Sally Payne, Senior Planner Phone: (425) 377-3221 Threshold Determination: The City of Lake Stevens, acting as lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement is not required under RCW 43.21 C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request. This DNS is issued under 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date of issuance.

SEPA Responsible Official: REBECCA ABLEMAN, Planning Director, City of Lake Stevens Comments on the Threshold Determination: If you would like to comment on this Threshold Determination, your written comments should be sent to the address below by September 2, 2014. The Responsible Official may incorporate any substantial comments into the DNS. If the DNS is substantially modified, it will be reissued for further public review.

Appeals: You may appeal this determination of non-significance by submitting an appeal to the address below no later than 5:00 PM, September 2, 2014. The appeal must be in written form, contain a concise statement of the matter being appealed and the basic rationale for the appeal. A fee is required per the City’s Fee Resolution. Please note that failure to file a timely and complete appeal shall constitute a waiver of all rights to an administrative appeal under City code. All comments or appeals are to be directed to City Hall, P.O. Box 257, Lake Stevens WA, 98258, Attn: Sally Payne.

Published: August 19, 2014. EDH582800 MEETING NOTICE The Board of Directors of Everett Public Schools, Snohomish County, Washington, will meet for the purpose of fixing and adopting the budget of the district for the ensuing fiscal year on Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at 4:30 P.M. This meeting will be held in the board room at the Community Resource Center, 3900 Broadway, Everett, Washington. The district has completed the budget, placed it on file in the school district administrative office and is available for review. Any person may attend this meeting and be heard for or against any part of the budget.

Submitted by, JEFF MOORE Executive Director, Finance and Business Services Published: August 12, 19, 2014. EDH579851

NOTICE OF APPLICATION & SEPA DETERMINATION Proposal: Kjorsivk Map Amendment and Rezone LUA2014-0009 and LUA2014-0010 Project Location: Eastern intersection of Sr-9 & Soper Hill Road Proponent: Walt Kjorsvik Lead Agency: City of Lake Stevens Proposed Project Description: The proposal would change the land use designation and zoning on several parcels to Commercial District from Multifamily Residential and Suburban Residential and change zoning on a single parcel from Mixed-Use to Local Business. The city is recommending the second proposed zoning change be extended to the adjacent parcel to the east. The proponent has submitted project narratives, environmental checklist and traffic report in support of the proposed land use request. The city has issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance. As conditioned and subject to identified traffic improvement there will be no adverse environmental impacts.

Huber Map Amendment and Rezone LUA2014-0007 and LUA2014-0008 Project Location: 1113 SR-204 Proponent: Dave Huber Lead Agency: City of Lake Stevens Proposed Project Description: The proposal would change the land use designation and zoning on two parcels, located at 1113 SR-204, from Medium-Density Residential (Suburban Residential) to Local Commercial (Local Business) as a Type VI permit. The proponent has submitted project narratives, environmental checklist and traffic report in support of the proposed land use request. The city has issued a Mitigated Determination of NonS i g n i f i c a n c e. A s c o n d i t i o n e d , t h e r e w i l l b e n o a d ve r s e environmental impacts.

Permits Required: Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment / Rezone Date of Application: January 30, 2014 Completeness Date: January 30, 2014 Notice of Application & SEPA Determination Issued: August 19, 2014 Public Review and Comment Period: Interested parties may view the project file at the Lake Stevens Permit Center (1812 Main Street) Monday-Friday 8 am to 5 pm. To receive further information or to submit written comments, please contact the Planning and Community Development Department.

Email: rwright@lakestevenswa.gov Mailing address: P.O. Box 257, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 Upon publication of the Notice of Application & issuance of the Mitigated Determination on Non-Significance, there is a 14-day comment / appeal period. The deadline for public comment & appeals is 5:00 PM, September 2, 2014.

It is the City’s goal to comply with the American with Disabilities Act. The City offers its assistance to anyone with special needs, including the provision of TDD services.

Published: August 19, 2014. EDH582827

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Lake Stevens Planning Commission Lake Stevens City Council Kjorsivk Rezone LUA2014-0010 Public Hearing The Lake Stevens Planning Commission is scheduled to conduct an open record public hearing and receive public testimony on September 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM to consider a proposed area wide rezone for properties located near SR-9 and Soper Hill Road at the Lake Stevens Community Center (1808 Main Street).

If recommended for approval, the Lake Stevens City Council will conduct a public hearing and first ordinance reading on September 22, 2014 to consider a proposed area wide rezone for properties located near SR-9 and Soper Hill Road. A second public hearing and ordinance reading will occur on October 13, 2014. Council hearings are at the Lake Stevens School District Educational Center (12309 - 22nd Street NE) at 7:00 pm.

The proposal would change the zoning on several parcels to Commercial District from Multifamily Residential and Suburban Residential and change zoning on a single parcel from Mixed-Use to Local Business. The city is recommending the second proposed zoning change be extended to the adjacent parcel to the east.

A list of the proposed amendments is available at the Planning and Community Development Department and the City Website. ADA information may be found at www.lakestevenswa.gov.

Comments regarding the proposed amendments may be submitted orally during the hearing or in writing any time prior to the hearing by sending them to City Hall, attn: Russ Wright, PO Box 257, Lake Stevens, WA 98258, or by email at rwright@lakestevenswa.gov.

Published: August 19, 26, 2014. EDH582846

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Lake Stevens Planning Commission Lake Stevens City Council 2014 Docket - Comprehensive Plan Amendments Public Hearing The Lake Stevens Planning Commission is scheduled to conduct a public hearing and receive public testimony on September 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM to consider proposed amendments to the Lake Stevens Comprehensive Plan at the Lake Stevens Community Center (1808 Main Street).

If recommended for approval, the Lake Stevens City Council will conduct a public hearing and first ordinance reading on September 22, 2014 to consider proposed amendments to the Lake Stevens Comprehensive Plan. A second public hearing and ordinance reading will occur on October 13, 2014. Council hearings are at the Lake Stevens School District Educational Center (12309 - 22nd Street NE) at 7:00 pm.

The 2014 Docket covers two citizen-initiated Map Amendments (LUA2014-0007 - Huber Map Amendment and LUA2014-0009 Kjorsvik Map Amendment). Both requests would create additional commercial designations in the city. The city is also proposing text amendments to the Comprehensive Plan (LUA2014-0013) to add capital projects to the Parks and Capital Facilities Elements along with standard administrative amendments.

A list of the proposed amendments is available at the Planning and Community Development Department and the City Website. ADA information may be found at www.lakestevenswa.gov.

Comments regarding the proposed amendments may be submitted orally during the hearing or in writing any time prior to the hearing by sending them to City Hall, attn: Russ Wright, PO Box 257, Lake Stevens, WA 98258, or by email at rwright@lakestevenswa.gov.

Published: August 19, 26, 2014. EDH582842

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Lake Stevens Planning Commission and Lake Stevens City Council Land Use Regulations Related to New Frontage Road Development Improvement Requirements The Lake Stevens Planning Commission is scheduled to conduct a public hearing on September 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM to consider a proposed land use code amendment related to new frontage road development improvement requirements (LUA2014-0058) at the Lake Stevens Community Center (1808 Main Street). ADA information may be found at www.lakestevenswa.gov.

The Lake Stevens City Council is scheduled to conduct a public hearing on September 22, 2014 at 7:00pm to consider a proposed land use amendment related to new frontage road development improvement requirements (LUA2014-0058) at the Lake Stevens School District Educational Center (12309 22nd Street NE, Lake Stevens.) A second public hearing is scheduled for October 13, 2014 at the same time and location. ADA information may be found at www.lakestevenswa.gov.

The scope of the project is to allow the Public Works Director more discretion in waiving or modifying the requirements for new frontage road development when certain circumstances exist such as no connecting sidewalks or disruption to critical environmental areas.

The proposed New Frontage Road Development Improvement Requirements and land use regulations are available at the Permit Center and on the city’s website (www.lakestevenswa.gov).

Interested Par ties can direct questions or provide written comments to the Depar tment of Planning and Community Development attn: Sally Payne at 1812 Main Street (PO Box 257), Lake Stevens, WA 98258 or by calling (425) 377-3221, prior to the hearing. Public testimony on the proposed regulations may be submitted orally at the hearing.

Published: August 19, 29, 2014. EDH582795

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Published: August 19, 26, 2014. EDH582646 Small Works Roster Applications are being accepted from contractors interested in providing services to Everett Public Schools. To request a copy of the Small Works Roster application, please contact the Everett Public Schools Purchasing Depar tment at 425-385-4180 or d ow n l o a d t h e a p p r o p r i a t e a p p l i c a t i o n f r o m o u r we b s i t e : www.everettsd.org. From our homepage, use the following path: Departments & Programs - Departments - Finance & Business Services - Purchasing. The District will retain applications on file for potential future projects.

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'PSFDMPTVSFT NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1-877-894-HOME(1-877-894-4663) . Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/ho meown er ship/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/whatclear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP., 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mercer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 8/29/2014 at 10:00 AM at AT THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY COURTHOUSE, OUTSIDE THE NORTH PLAZA ENTRANCE, 3000 ROCKEFELLER AVE, EVERETT, WA 98201 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Snohomish, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 11, BLOCK 1, MORRIS JOHNSON’S FIRST ADDITION TO MONROE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 6 OF PLATS, PAGE 27, IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON. Commonly known as: 241 SOUTH SAMS STREET MONROE, WA 98272 APN: 005199-001-011-00 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 9/8/2005, recorded 9/14/2005, as Auditor’s File No. 200509140825, records of Snohomish County, Washington, from PAUL MERCILLE AND AMALIA MERCILLE HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to PACIFIC NORTHWEST TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CTX MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by MNH SUB I, LLC, under an Assignment recorded under Auditor’s File No 201301240068. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust or the Beneficiary’s successor is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: 9/8/2005 Note Amount: $200,000.00 Interest Paid To: 1/1/2011 Next Due Date: 2/1/2011 PAYMENT INFORMATION FROM THRU NO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL 2/1/2011 39 $1,157.92 $45,158.88 ADVANCES/LATE C H A R G E S D E S C R I P T I O N TOTA L O t h e r A m o u n t s D u e $3,533.48 Accrued Late Charges $1,739.64 ESTIMATED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TOTAL Trustee’s Fee’s $587.50 Posting of Notice of Default $75.00 Record Substitution of Trustee $15.00 Title Datedown Fee $50.00 Trustee Fee Adjustment (Over CONV allowable) ($162.50) Mailings $54.50 TOTAL DUE AS OF 4/17/2014 $51,214.00 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $199,806.26, together with interest as provided in the Note from 2/1/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 8/29/2014. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 8/18/2014, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 8/18/2014 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 8/18/2014 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “1” by both first class and certified mail on 2/18/2014, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTA I N E D W I L L B E U S E D F O R T H AT P U R P O S E . D a t e d : 4/18/2014 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee EXHIBIT “1” NAME ADDRESS AMALIA MERCILLE 12923 WAGNER RD MONROE WA 98272-7712 AMALIA MERCILLE 241 SOUTH S A M S S T R E E T M O N RO E WA S H I N G TO N 9 8 2 7 2 O c c u pant(s)/Tenant(s) 241 SOUTH SAMS STREET MONROE WASHINGTON 98272 PAUL MERCILLE 12923 WAGNER RD MONROE WA 98272-7712 PAUL MERCILLE 241 SOUTH SAMS STREET MONROE WASHINGTON 98272 Published: July 29; August 19, 2014. EDH557576

No. 14-2-03656-4 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH ALI MERDASSI, Petitioner, v.

TIMOTHY J. YATES, et al., et ux.

Defendants.

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON to the said Defendants TIMOTHY J. YATES and JANE DOE YATES, individually and as a marital community: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 22nd day of July, 2014, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled cour t, and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff ALI MERDASSI, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff ROBERT A. GARRISON of GSJONES LAW GROUP, P.S. at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court.

This case arises from injuries and property damage the Plaintiff sustained in a motor vehicle collision with the Defendant, Timothy J. Yates at approximately 5:19 pm on April 25, 2011 at or near the intersection of E. Marine View Drive and the Broadway Ramp in or near Everett, Washington, all as more fully set for th in the Complaint which is incorporated by this reference.

DATED this 22nd day of July, 2014 ROBERT A. GARRISON GSJONES LAW GROUP, P.S. 1155 Bethel Avenue Port Orchard, WA 98366 Published: July 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. EDH576778 No. 14 3 01954 0 Summons by Publication (SMPB) Superior Court of Washington County of Snohomish

In re: RENE ALISON MACIAS ORTIZ

Petitioner, and VICTOR MANUEL MACIAS ORTIZ Respondent.

To the Respondent: 1. The petitioner has star ted an action in the above cour t requesting: that your marriage or domestic partnership be dissolved; the establishment or modification of a parenting plan or residential schedule; the establishment or modification of a child support order.

2. The petition also requests that the court grant the following relief: Provide reasonable maintenance for the petitioner; Approve a parenting plan or residential schedule for the dependent children. Determine support for the dependent children pursuant to the Washington State child support statutes; Dispose of property and liabilities; Order the payment of court costs and reasonable fees; Award the tax exemptions for the dependent children as follows: to Rene Alison MaciasOrtiz; Order the payment of attorney fees, other professional fees and costs.

3. You must respond to this summons by serving a copy of your written response on the person signing this summons and by filing the original with the clerk of the court. If you do not serve your written response within 60 days after the date of the first publication of this summons (60 days after the 12th day of August, 2014), the court may enter an order of default against you, and the court may, without further notice to you, enter a decree and approve or provide for other relief requested in this summons. In the case of a dissolution, the court will not enter the final decree until at least 90 days after service and filing. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be entered.

4. Your written response to the summons and petition must be on form WPF DR 01.0300, Response to Petition (Marriage).

Information about how to get this form may be obtained by contacting the clerk of the cour t, or by contacting the Administrative Office of the Courts at (360) 705-5328, or from the Internet at the Washington State Courts homepage: http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms 5. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

6. One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner is to send it by certified mail with return receipt requested.

7. Other: This summons is issued pursuant to RCW 4.28.100 and Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1 of the state of Washington.

Dated: 7-21-14 RENE MACIAS-ORTIZ Petitioner File Original of Your Response Serve a Copy of Your with the Clerk of the Court at: Response on: Snohomish County Clerk Petitioner MS 605, 3000 Rockefeller Rene Alison Macias-Ortiz Everett, WA 98201 7325 37th Pl. NE Marysville, WA 98270 EDH581218 Published: August 12, 19, 26; September 2, 9, 16, 2014.

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TUESDAY, 08.19.2014

Mariners fall to Phillies

AL West

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 73 50 .593 — Oakland 73 51 .589 ½ Seattle 67 57 .540 6½ Houston 52 73 .416 22 Texas 48 76 .387 25½

By Bob Dutton The News Tribune

AL Wild Card

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been a while since the Seattle Mariners served up something that resembles the back end of a dog’s dinner, so maybe this was overdue.

As a once-in-a-great-while thing, Monday’s 4-1 loss to struggling Philadelphia should be easy to flush from the system. Should be, anyway, for a club that views itself as a legitimate postseason

W L Pct GB Oakland 73 51 .590 +6 Detroit 66 56 .541 — Seattle 67 57 .540 — Monday’s games Philadelphia 4, Seattle 1 L.A. Angels 4, Boston 2 Baltimore 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 4

TODAY’S GAME

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TV: Root (cable) Radio: ESPN (710 AM)

contender.

“It was one of those games,” second baseman Robinson Cano said, “where even when you got your pitch right down the middle,

you missed it.

“There were some pitches over the plate, and we missed them, popped out or hit a ground ball.

Tomorrow is another day.”

A prime example came in the eighth inning when the Mariners, finally, showed some life. They had runners at second and third with one out after an RBI double

by Dustin Ackley.

Cano and Kendrys Morales — “our guys,” as manager Lloyd McClendon said — came to the plate against reliever Ken Giles.

Both struck out swinging. And that, pretty much, was that.

“We just didn’t get it done tonight,” McClendon noted.

This one was night soil almost from the beginning.

Rookie lefty Roenis Elias (9-10) returned to the Mariners’ rotation after a 10-day sabbatical at TripleA Tacoma and battled command issues in throwing 90 pitches in just four innings.

Elias walked a career-high six, See M’S, Page C3

COMMUNITY SPORTS

DAN BATES / THE HERALD

While practicing fielding and throwing, Megan Dedrick, 16, runs down and snags a fly ball sharply hit by her dad, Jim Dedrick, Tuesday at Lincoln Field in Everett.

Opportunity knocks Everett High School’s 16-year-old Dedrick gets tryout with U.S. women’s national baseball team

By Rich Myhre Herald Writer

E DAN BATES / THE HERALD

Jim Dedrick, a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, talks to his daughter Megan during a recent workout.

VERETT — In almost every way, Megan Dedrick is a typical teen-ager. Right down to her big smile and bobbing ponytail.

But on a baseball diamond, whether at the plate or in the field, she is anything but ordinary.

Dedrick, a soon-to-be junior at Everett High School, is good enough to have been the starting second baseman for the Seagulls baseball team the past two seasons. And later this week she will find out if she is good enough to be named to the 20-member United States women’s national team that will soon head to Japan for the eight-team Women’s Baseball World Cup.

By Nick Patterson Herald writer

Herald staff

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Pacific knocked out of LL Series

Sox have playoff aspirations EVERETT — It been a rough season for the Everett AquaSox. Victories have been hard to The AquaSox rally to beat Vancouver 8-6, C3 come by of late, and Everett owns the worst overall record in the Northwest League.

Nevertheless, Everett still has every chance of reaching the postseason.

With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, Everett somehow still finds itself in a good

Beginning today, Dedrick will participate in a three-day camp at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, with 39 other hopefuls, including some with previous national-team experience. Though she has no idea of her chances, Dedrick said she is excited for the opportunity to try out. And the possibility of

GENE J. PUSKAR / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pacific outfielders Karsen Tjarneberg (left), Ian Michael (center), and Colton Walsh (right) kneel in the outfield during a pitching change in a 11-4 loss to Pearland, Texas, in a loser-out game at the LLWS on Monday.

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Pacific All-Stars run at the 2014 Little League World Series is over.

Pacific lost 11-4 to Pearland, Texas, Monday in a loser-out game. Lynnwood-based Pacific, which features 12- and 13-year-olds from Lynnwood and Edmonds, is just the second Snohomish County team to reach the World Series.

But the team from Washington isn’t ready to

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Ex-player Sonne hired as Tips assistant

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By Nick Patterson Herald writer

EVERETT— The Everett Silvertips have mined their past to fill out their coaching staff.

Brennan Sonne, who played parts of three seasons for Everett from 2005-07, was hired as an assistant coach, the team announced Monday.

Sonne fills the spot vacated by Mark LeRose, who stepped down during the offseason to become the general manager of the United States Hockey League’s Sioux City Musketeers. Sonne completes Everett’s three-man coaching staff, alongside head coach Kevin Constantine and assistant coach Mitch Love. Sonne played for Constantine during Constantine’s first stint as Everett’s head coach.

“We’re very excited to bring Brennan back here to Everett, and adding him to our coaching staff makes sense for a lot of reasons,” Everett general manager Garry Davidson said in a press release.

“I always admired the way Brennan played the game, and he has always demonstrated a lot of character both on and off the ice. He’s a hard worker who will do whatever it takes to get the job done. Brennan has been actively involved on the coaching side recently, plus he’s an ex-Silverip who already has a good rapport with Kevin and Mitch.”

Sonne, a 27-year-old native of Maple Ridge, B.C., appeared in 106 games with Everett, tallying nine goals, five assists and 210 penalty minutes. He is best known for being a member of the “Joes” line in 2006-07, which played a

significant role as a shutdown line as the Tips won the Scotty Munro Trophy for the league’s best record.

Sonne spent last season as the head coach of the Meco Hockey Academy in Hong Kong, where he oversaw a program for players aged 5-14. Before that he coached minor hockey in the Vancouver, B.C., area while working on his sociology degree at the University of British Columbia, which he earned in 2013. This is Sonne’s first coaching job at the junior level.

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to be back in this organization,” Sonne said in the release. “I was so fortunate to play here and now I feel like it’s almost surreal that I’m able to come back and coach here.

Of course I played for Kevin and I’ve known Mitch for quite a while as well, so I look forward to working

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Verstappen set to become youngest F1 driver next season Associated Press LONDON — Max Verstappen is set to become the youngest ever driver in Formula One after Toro Rosso announced that the 16-yearold Dutchman will join the team next season.

Verstappen has been racing in the Formula 3 European Championship this year, winning eight of 27 races, and joined the Red Bull Junior Team this month.

Toro Rosso, the sister team of Red Bull, said Monday that Verstappen will race alongside Daniil Kvyat in 2015, replacing Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.

“Ever since I was 7 years old, Formula 1 has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true,” Verstappen said in a statement.

The teenager, who will turn 17 next month, is the son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen. He would shatter the record for the youngest person to drive in F1, with Jaime Alguersuari holding the current mark of 19 years, 125 days. The 20-year-old Kvyat is the youngest driver on this year’s F1 grid.

“We consider Max to be one of the most skilled young drivers of the new generation and we believe he has the necessary maturity and mental strength to take on this challenge successfully,” Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost said. “This year he has already demonstrated how well he can cope under difficult conditions. ... Bearing in mind that Scuderia Toro Rosso was created with the aim of bringing young talent from the Red Bull Junior Team into Formula 1 and to educate them, it will now be up to us to provide Max with a competitive car, which will enable him to have the best possible start to his Formula 1 career.”

with and learning from them. We all share similar values and beliefs about what a team should look like and how to mentor boys into men, which is what excites me most about being part of this coaching staff.”

Sonne’s hiring gives Everett a full coaching staff as it heads into training camp, which begins Thursday.

Also on Monday the Tips announced that athletic trainer Marc Paquet was hired by the NHL’s Calgary Flames to be the head trainer of Calgary’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Flames. The 27-yearold Paquet spent three seasons as Everett’s athletic trainer. Paquet’s position has yet to be filled.

Check out Nick Patterson’s Silvertips blog at http://www.heraldnet. com/silvertipsblog, and follow him on Twitter at @NickHPatterson.

Lynnwood left fielder Ben Grant fields a ball hit by Pearland’s Cole Smajstria for a single during the third inning of Monday’s Little League World Series game. Lynnwood lost 11-4 and was eliminated from the tournament.

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return home just yet.

“We’re here until the thing ends. Then we’ll leave the next day,” said Pacific manager Robley Corsi, Jr. The World Series continues with games Tuesday through Sunday’s championship game.

“We’re going to go root on all our buddies,” Corsi said of the other teams in the Series.

Pacific, which lost its Series opener to the Midwest champion from Chicago before defeating South Dakota in a loser-out game, finished the Series with a 1-2 record.

“After the game everyone asked me, ‘How are the kids handling the loss?’” Corsi said. “The same way they handled the win. These kids are fine. These kids are resilient. All I said is, ‘Congratulations.’

This has been a great run.”

Corsi said the Pacific players are going to enjoy their final days in Williamsport before returning home. Pacific will try to play a exhibition game with the team from Perth, Australia, and play a little more ping pong.

“We’re going to keep hanging out, playing some baseball and having fun,” Corsi said. “I think everybody’s having a ball. It’s just an incredible experience.

“And we get to play more ping pong. Now we have a ping pong tournament instead of a baseball tournament.”

Pearland, the champion of the Southwest regional, took a 1-0 lead in the first. Layne Roblyer hit his second home run in as many days, a three-run homer, in the third inning to give the Texas team a 4-0 lead.

Pearland increased its lead to 5-0 in the top of the fourth before Pacific got on the board.

Pacific’s Colton Walsh led off the bottom of the fourth with a double, the first of four consecutive hits. Tyler Durbin, Tygan

Duncan and Karsen Tjarneberg each had an RBI hit as Pacific scored three runs, cutting Pearland’s lead to 5-3.

The teams exchanged runs in the fifth, with Durbin getting his second RBI hit of the game.

Pearland scored five runs on two wild pitches, a passed ball and a single in the sixth to seal the victory. The Texas team plays Chicago in a loser-out game Tuesday.

Each team had eight hits in the game.

“I think we matched those guys hit for hit,” said Corsi. “We just walked them. We had nine walks, two hit batters and they were able to convert.”

Tjarneberg had two hits and an RBI, Walsh had two hits and scored a run and Durbin had two hits, two RBI and scored a run for Pacific.

“He’s been our offensive catalyst the whole time that we’ve been here,” Corsi said of Durbin.

“It was that way (at the regional tournament) in San Bernardino too.”

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Chicago stays alive with win over Cumberland

By John Kekisap Associated Press

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Joshua Houston and his teammates from the west side of Chicago aren’t ready to go home just yet.

Pierce Jones and Trey Hondras homered, and Houston hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the fifth inning as Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West beat Cumberland, Rhode Island, 8-7 on Monday night in an elimination game at the Little League World Series.

“It means a lot because it’s been 31 years,” said Marquis Jackson,

who had two hits and scored twice.

“It shows anything is possible.”

Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 1 Ronny Medina struck out nine for Venezuela.

Medina came through in the elimination game, pitching five innings and allowing just two hits.

“I’ve been working hard every single day to achieve what I’ve done up to now,” Medina said.

Puerto Rico’s lone run came in the bottom of the first and was unearned as Yadiel Santana stole home on a passed ball.

Mexico 6, Australia 2 Erick Vela’s three-run home run was enough for Mexico.

Trailing by two in the bottom of the fourth, Vela stepped to the plate with one out and runners at second and third. He hit the first pitch far over right-field wall to put Mexico ahead by two.

South Dakota 5, Czech Republic 3 Two errors by the Czech Republic and an RBI double by Daniel Vigoren in the fifth inning helped Rapid City earn a consolation game victory.

Vigoren hit a line drive to the rightfield gap to score Logan Miller and give Rapid City a 5-3 lead. The hit came after Colton Hartford got in a run-down between third and home, and Czech Republic relief pitcher Tomas Oppelt made a throwing error to third base, allowing Hartford to score.

LOS ANGELES — Sweating, clapping and shouting until he was nearly hoarse, Steve Ballmer introduced himself to Los Angeles Clippers fans at a rally on Monday celebrating his new ownership of the NBA team.

The former Microsoft CEO made his way through the crowd inside Staples Center to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” exchanging high-fives and chest-bumping as he took the stage in front of 4,500 fans.

Ballmer paid a record $2 billion for the team in a sale that was confirmed by a judge last week. The name of disgraced former owner Donald Sterling, who controlled the team for 33 years before being banned for life by the NBA for racist remarks, was never uttered during the rally.

“We’re looking forward,” Ballmer proclaimed, having removed his blue Clippers hat.

“Everything is about looking forward.”

Ballmer’s fervor was in stark contrast to Sterling, who never spoke to the media and was famously frugal when it came to spending on the team during decades of losing — despite having amassed a fortune through real estate.

“Today is about this other guy who just happened to have two billion dollars in his pocket,” coach Doc Rivers joked on stage. “I asked him are you sure it went through and he said, ‘I know my bank account is minus two billion so I know something went through.’”

Ballmer gave out his email address during the televised rally and was quick to assure fans he won’t move the team to Seattle, where he’s lived for 34 years. He was nearly an NBA owner last year before league owners chose to keep the Kings in Sacramento, rather than allow them to be sold to a group that included Ballmer and moved to Seattle.

“I love Los Angeles,” he said.

“Yes, I live in Seattle. We’re not moving the Clippers to Seattle for a hundred reasons.”

Ballmer used a microphone, but his booming voice easily filled the arena without it.

He prowled the stage and gestured to make his points in the enthusiastic style he was known for among Microsoft employees.

“We’re going to be bold.

Bold means taking chances,” he said. “We’re going to be optimistic. We’re going to be hard-core. Nothing gets in our way, boom! The hard-core Clippers, that’s us.”

Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan were among eight players on hand, along with Rivers, who guided the Clippers to 57 wins last season, his first with the team.

“When he came through the crowd, I literally had goose bumps,” Griffin said afterward.

“I don’t know if there’s one good word to describe him. I know all our guys are excited about the energy he brings. It’s completely different.”

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Hernandez: ‘I’m good’

MARINERS | Update

Bruised hip not expected to keep Mariners star out

TODAY’S GAME

By Bob Dutton

Seattle at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

TV: ROOT (cable) Radio: ESPN (710 AM) Probable starting pitchers: Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma (11-6, 2.72 ERA) vs. right-hander A.J. Burnett (6-13, 4.35)

Adjusted rotation Efforts to limit the workload of rookie left-hander Roenis Elias didn’t end when he returned Monday from a 10-day stay at Triple-A Tacoma. Elias’ next start won’t be until next Monday, when the Mariners open a three-game series against Texas at Safeco Field.

An open date Thursday will allow Hisashi Iwakuma, who starts Tuesday against the Phillies, to start again Sunday at Boston on his normal rest.

“I want Kuma against Boston,” Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said, “but we also have to watch Elias any time we can. An extra day makes sense.

He’s going to uncharted territory.”

Elias, 26, entered Monday at 139⅔ innings, including the five innings he worked last week in his only start at Tacoma. He pitched a combined 142⅔ innings last year, counting winter ball in Venezuela.

The rotation now projects as Iwakuma and James Paxton for the final two games against the Phillies, and Hernandez, Chris Young and Iwakuma for the three weekend games against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

That sets up Elias, Paxton and Hernandez next week against Texas.

precaution.

The News Tribune Afterward, Hernandez admitted he was “pretty sore,” and he was still limping a PHILADELPHIA — Seattle Mariners day later. On Monday, he walked with no ace Felix Hernandez acted surprised noticeable limp as he entered the clubMonday when asked whether his bruised house prior to the game. right hip might prevent him from making Last Saturday’s short outing against the his scheduled start Friday at Boston.

Tigers ended Hernandez’s streak at 16 conFelix “What?’ he barked. “I’m good!” secutive starts of pitching at least seven Hernandez suffered the injury in the Hernandez innings and allowing two or fewer runs. fourth inning of Saturday’s 4-2 loss at Even so, Hernandez (13-4) still leads Detroit when he was hit in the hip by Ian Kin- the American League with a 1.99 ERA. Going into sler’s sharp comebacker. Hernandez lasted one Monday’s games, he ranked second in innings more inning before exiting, at least partially as a and was tied for second in strikeouts.

Thanks for the help

The Mariners not only lead the majors in ERA at 2.94, which puts them on pace to shatter their franchise record of 3.54 of 2001. They continue to get better as the season progresses.

After posting a 3.67 ERA from March 31 through April, they have posted a better mark in nearly each succeeding month.

Monday’s game

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The Mariners’ Dustin Ackley slides into second with a double, beating the tag the Phillies Chase Utley.

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including two in the third inning before yielding a twoout RBI double to Marlon Byrd.

(That would be the same Marlon Byrd, by the way, who wouldn’t waive his no-trade clause to the Mariners a few weeks ago unless they agreed to pick up his $8 million option for 2016.)

“I was a little erratic with my fastball,” Elias said, “but I felt good. It was just a baseball thing.”

The loss dropped the Mariners (67-57) into a tie with idle Detroit for the AL’s final wild-card spot. They also fell 61⁄2 games behind first-place Los Angeles in the American League West.

Elias dismissed any connection between his control issues and his time away from the bigleague club.

“No-no-no,” he said. “That was not a factor. It was just

baseball. It just wasn’t my day.”

The Phillies surged to a 4-0 lead in the fifth inning against reliever Dominic Leone when light-hitting Andres Blanco hit the fourth homer of his sevenyear career and his first since July 1, 2011.

“He just left a slider in the middle of the plate,” McClendon said. “The kid (Blanco) put a pretty good swing on it.”

Blanco drove the ball into the right-field seats after Leone allowed a double and a walk.

Meanwhile, a Mariners’ attack that had, encouragingly, averaged more than five runs a game since the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline, turtled against Phillies right-hander Jerome Williams.

And, yes, that’s the same Jerome Williams cast off earlier this season by American League West also-rans Texas and Houston after spending the previous three years with the Angels.

Now, though, Williams has a new catcher in Carlos Ruiz.

“My game plan wasn’t working this year,” Williams

admitted. “That’s why I’m on my third team. We’re just using the same weapons, but moving the ball around. With Chooch behind the plate, I trust him.

“I was hard-headed before. I wanted to do it my way. My way got me off two teams.”

Williams (1-0) carried a three-hit shutout into the eighth before exiting after hitting Chris Taylor to start the inning.

“He pitched (well),” Cano said, “but we also got ourselves out. We chased pitches. ... You’re not always going to win the battle. This was his day. You’ve got to give him the credit.”

Giles replaced Williams with Taylor at first and things finally got interesting. Giles gave up a pinch single to Endy Chavez and Ackley’s RBI double. Ackley had three of the Mariners’ six hits.

But Giles then squelched the comeback by striking out Cano and Morales before Jonathan Papelbon closed out Williams’ victory with a scoreless ninth for his 29th save.

the postseason in their heads.

“We have a great chance,” Everett manager Dave Valle said when assessing the Sox’s postseason possibilities. “What are we, two games out right now? That’s just putting a hot streak together. We haven’t gotten hot at all yet. I’m waiting for it, and this would be a great time for it to happen.”

If Everett is to make a push for the playoffs, the Sox will have to do so against the South Division.

Beginning Tuesday, Everett has 10 straight games against South Division foes: five at home against Eugene, followed by five at Boise. Eugene went into Monday 11-13 in the second half and 26-36 overall, while Boise was 12-12 and 34-28.

Should the Sox still be in the hunt after that 10 game stretch, they finish off the season with a three-game series at TriCity, which could be battling head-to-head with Everett for a playoff spot.

All it might take for Everett to get over the hump is a couple breaks. Everett was a miserable 6-20 in one-run games this season going into Monday,

including dropping its previous seven. No other team in the league had lost 10 one-run contests.

“We’ve had so many one-run games that we’ve come up on the short end of the stick, where it was just one run here or one base hit there,” Valle lamented.

“It’s just going to be some of these young men stepping up in those critical situations.

“I’m just looking for that extra effort to finish strong,” Valle added. “One of the tendencies I think players have when they see the end is they start to let up a little bit. We need to put the pedal down and finish strong, finish through the tape.”

Whichever team wins the second half will face Spokane, the North Division’s first half winner, in the first round of the playoffs.

Should Spokane rally and also win the second half, then the team with the second-best overall record would advance to the playoffs. It’s extremely unlikely Everett would finish with the second-best overall record in the division.

Therefore, it’s first place or bust for the Sox.

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AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 4 0 3 1 0 0 .252 4 0 0 0 0 1 .329 3 0 0 0 1 2 .225 0 0 0 0 0 0 —3 0 1 0 1 0 .277 4 0 0 0 0 2 .206 3 0 1 0 1 0 .233 2 1 0 0 0 1 .344 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 —0 0 0 0 0 0 —1 0 1 0 0 0 .276 0 0 0 0 0 0 —0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 31 1 6 1 3 8 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 5 0 2 0 0 0 .315 2 1 0 0 3 0 .258 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 2 0 1 0 2 0 .221 4 0 1 1 0 1 .270 3 1 2 0 1 1 .256 0 0 0 0 0 0 —0 0 0 0 0 0 —3 1 1 0 1 2 .251 4 1 1 3 0 0 .313 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 .297 31 4 8 4 7 8

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a-singled for Wilhelmsen in the 8th. b-popped out for C.Taylor in the 9th.

LOB—Seattle 7, Philadelphia 11. 2B—Ackley 2 (24), Byrd (24), Ruf (3). HR—A.Blanco (1), off Leone. RBIs—Ackley (48), Byrd (71), A.Blanco 3 (3). SB—Revere (36). CS—Morrison (1). Runners left in scoring position—Seattle 4 (Cano, K.Morales 2, B.Miller); Philadelphia 6 (Byrd, Asche 2, Howard 2, Utley). RISP—Seattle 1 for 6; Philadelphia 2 for 7.

GIDP—Zunino, A.Blanco. DP—Seattle 1 (Cano, K.Morales); Philadelphia 1 (A.Blanco, Utley, Howard).

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Elias L, 9-10 4 3 1 1 6 4 90 4.09 Leone 2 3 3 3 1 2 37 2.65 Wilhelmsen 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 2.18 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 14 3.63 Furbush 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.29 Rodney Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Je.Williams W, 1-0 7 3 1 1 3 4 94 2.19 Giles 1 2 0 0 0 3 21 1.27 Papelbon S, 29-32 1 1 0 0 0 1 22 1.58 Je.Williams pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Inherited runners-scored—Rodney 1-0, Giles 1-1. HBP—by Elias (Utley), by Je.Williams (C.Taylor). T—2:52. A—28,102 (43,651).

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Radio: KRKO (1380 AM) Probable starting pitchers: Everett right-hander Jeffeson Medina (2-5, 3.57 ERA) vs. right-hander Zechariah Lemond (2-2, 3.77)

AquaSox rally to beat Canadians 8-6 Herald writer

The cozy dimensions of Citizens Bank Park prompted McClendon to opt for a bat (Logan Morrison) over a glove (Endy Chavez) in right field for Monday’s series opener.

“It’s tough because Chavy is playing well,” McClendon said. “It’s a small ballpark, and you want power in there.

It may play.”

With the designated hitter unavailable for this series, Kendrys Morales shifted to first base.

Good and getting better

TONIGHT’S GAME

Eugene at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

By Nick Patterson

Opting for offense

Phillies bench coach Larry Bowa said he received a Rolex watch from Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano. The gift was a thank you from Cano for Bowa’s work as a coach while the two were in New York.

“That’s my boy,” Cano said. “He came over in 2006, and he was a guy who talked to me every day. The thing I liked is he’s honest. He tells the truth.

“He was the guy who told me that whenever you have a ground ball, always have in your mind that it’s going to be a bad hop. And also, whenever you go to second base, always expect a bad throw. That way, you’re always going to be ready.”

Cano was in his second big-league season when Bowa joined manager Joe Torre’s staff as third-base coach.

Bowa spent just two years in the role, but Cano said those years were instrumental in his development as a player.

“He was a big mentor for me,” he said. “(Bowa) was a person who really helped me out. ... He was always there, and he always told you the truth. Those are the kind of persons you want to be around.”

Cano played for the Yankees from 2005-13 before signing a 10-year deal with the Mariners as a free agent.

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position for earning a playoff berth.

It’s been a mostly trying season for Everett. Going into Monday night’s game against Vancouver the Sox were 21-41 and on pace for just 26 wins, which would be the fewest in the franchise’s 31-year history — the previous worst was 29 in 1997. It’s been rough seas lately, too, as Everett had dropped 10 of its previous 13 contests going into Monday.

But despite the struggles, Everett finds itself right in the thick of a playoff race. The Sox were just 10-14 in the first 24 games of the second half. However, the entire North Division has struggled during the second half, meaning Everett was just two games behind Tri-City and Vancouver, which were tied for first place. The team that finishes first during the second half earns a playoff berth.

So the Sox still have visions of

EVERETT — Kyle Petty and Kristian Brito powered the Everett AquaSox to a much-needed win Monday night.

Petty and Brito combined to drive in five runs as the Sox topped the Vancouver Canadians 8-6 at Everett Memorial Stadium.

Everett managed just five hits in the game, but Petty and Brito made the most of those. Petty finished 2-for-3 with three RBI, and Brito went 2-for-3 with a homer as the Sox rallied from a 4-1 deficit.

The victory ended a sinking spell for Everett (11-14 second half, 22-41 overall), which had dropped three straight and 10 of its past 13.

Everett received a solid pitching performance from Dan Altavilla, who gave up four runs and struck out seven in his sixinning stint to earn the win.

Altavilla has won each of his past five starts.

Trey Cochran-Gill got the final five outs to earn the save, giving him saves in each of his two appearances with the Sox this season.

Ryan McBroom and Michael Reeves each slugged two-run homers to lead Vancouver (12-13, 37-26).

Everett trailed 4-1 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, but two walks and an error to start the innings set up a three-run rally that tied the score 4-4.

The Sox took the lead in the sixth when Petty ripped an RBI double to center to score Corey Simpson from first. Then Everett gave itself cushion with three more in the seventh, the first two coming home on Petty’s single to left-center and the third scoring on Brito’s single to right-center.

Catching quandry Everett suddenly finds itself stretched at catcher.

If there’s one position where the Sox have been well stocked throughout the season, it’s behind the plate as Everett has generally had four catchers listed on the roster. But Monday the Sox found themselves scraping the bottom of the barrel for backstops.

First, Luke Guarnaccia was called up to Clinton of the mid single-A Midwest League, taking away one of the options. Second, Adam Martin remains sidelined because of a bruised right forearm, suffered when taking a foul tip during Saturday’s game against Vancouver. Finally, James Alfonso hasn’t played in the field since last Wednesday and has been seen needing assistance returning the ball when warming pitchers up in the bullpen.

That left Kyle Petty, who is listed as a catcher on the roster but has spent most his time this season playing first and third base. Petty was Everett’s starting catcher Monday.

As for Guarnaccia, he departed having batted .266 with one home run and four RBI in 21 games with the Sox. He also deprives Everett of one of its bullpen arms as he made four appearances on the mound when the Sox ran out of available pitchers.

Monday’s game AquaSox 8, Canadians 6 Vancouver ab r h bi Everett ab r h bi Fields cf 4 0 0 0 Cousino cf 3 1 0 1 Locastro dh 2 1 1 1 Mariscal 3b 3 0 0 0 Barreto ss 4 0 1 1 Planas-Arteaga rf 3 1 0 0 Carlson lf 4 1 1 0 Simpson dh 3 1 0 0 McBroom 1b 3 1 1 2 Petty c 3 1 2 3 Heidt 2b 4 0 0 0 Brito 1b 3 2 2 2 Collins rf 4 1 1 0 Peterson 2b 2 1 0 0 Reeves c 4 1 1 2 Castillo lf 4 0 0 0 Maldonado 3b 4 1 1 0 Cowan ss 3 1 1 1 Totals 33 6 7 6 Totals 27 8 5 7 Vancouver Everett

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E—Mallard (1), Petty (12). LOB—Vancouver 3, Everett 5. 2B—Petty (17). HR—Brito (4), McBroom 8, Reeves 1.

SB—Petty (8), Castro (4), Locastro (25). CS—Locastro.

Vancouver IP H R ER BB SO Mallard (L, 3-3) 52⁄3 3 5 4 2 3 1 ⁄3 0 2 2 3 0 Kelly Biggs 11⁄3 2 1 1 1 2 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Fernandez Everett IP H R ER BB SO Altavilla (W, 5-2) 6 4 4 4 1 7 Seifrit (H, 2) 11⁄3 2 2 2 0 1 Cochran-Gill (S, 2) 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 HBP—Locastro (by Altavilla). T—2:31. A—1,284.

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BASEBALL American League West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 73 50 .593 — Oakland 73 51 .589 ½ Seattle 67 57 .540 6½ Houston 52 73 .416 22 Texas 48 76 .387 25½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Kansas City 69 55 .556 — Detroit 66 56 .541 2 Cleveland 62 61 .504 6½ Chicago 59 66 .472 10½ Minnesota 55 68 .447 13½ East Division

W L Pct GB Baltimore 71 52 .577 — New York 63 59 .516 7½ Toronto 64 61 .512 8 Tampa Bay 61 63 .492 10½ Boston 56 68 .452 15½ Monday’s games Philadelphia 4, Seattle 1 L.A. Angels 4, Boston 2 Baltimore 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 4 Today’s games Houston (Oberholtzer 4-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 1-3), 4:05 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 11-6) at Philadelphia (A.Burnett 6-13), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 14-4) at Tampa Bay (Archer 8-6), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 13-7) at Boston (Webster 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

Texas (Mikolas 1-5) at Miami (Cosart 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 9-5) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-9), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Bauer 4-7) at Minnesota (Gibson 11-9), 5:10 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 8-7) at Milwaukee (Fiers 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 11-6) at Colorado (Matzek 2-8), 5:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-5) at Oakland (Kazmir 135), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs 4, N.Y. Mets 1 Washington 5, Arizona 4, 11 innings Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 4, Seattle 1 St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 5, 10 innings Today’s games Arizona (C.Anderson 7-4) at Washington (Strasburg 9-10), 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Harang 9-7) at Pittsburgh (F.Liriano 3-9), 4:05 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 11-6) at Philadelphia (A.Burnett 6-13), 4:05 p.m.

Texas (Mikolas 1-5) at Miami (Cosart 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-8) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 2-1), 5:05 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 8-7) at Milwaukee (Fiers 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 12-8) at St. Louis (Lackey 1-1), 5:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 11-6) at Colorado (Matzek 2-8), 5:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-5) at Oakland (Kazmir 135), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 9-10) at L.A. Dodgers (Correia 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago New York

000 001 012—4 000 100 000—1

LOB—Chicago 9, New York 4. 2B—Rizzo (20), Dan.Murphy (34). HR—J.Baez (5), Rizzo (28), Duda (22). CS—den Dekker (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Hendricks W,5-1 7 3 1 1 2 3 N.Ramirez H,12 1 0 0 0 0 2 H.Rondon S,18-22 1 1 0 0 0 2 New York C.Torres 5 3 0 0 2 6 1 Eveland BS,1-2 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 Carlyle L,1-1 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 Black ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Mejia 1 2 2 2 0 0 PB—d’Arnaud.

T—2:53.

A—23,271 (41,922).

Northwest League

FOOTBALL NFL Preseason NATIONAL CONFERENCE West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 1 1 0 .500 60 30 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 57 35 San Francisco 0 2 0 .000 3 57 St. Louis 0 2 0 .000 31 47 North

W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 54 47 Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 40 34 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 39 39 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 27 South

W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 57 48 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 23 42 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 46 36 Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 24 36 East

W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 3 0 0 1.000 64 55 Washington 2 0 0 1.000 47 29 Dallas 0 2 0 .000 37 64 Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 63 76 AMERICAN CONFERENCE West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 0 0 1.000 55 16 Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 57 67 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 33 36 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 41 48 North

W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 60 33 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 35 36 Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 35 37 Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 56 66 South

W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 35 30 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 44 47 Houston 1 1 0 .500 32 39 Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 36 40 East

W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 38 27 New England 1 1 0 .500 48 58 Miami 1 1 0 .500 30 30 Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 49 54 Today’s game Washington 24, Cleveland 23 Thursday’s game Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Carolina at New England, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m.

Jacksonville at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Oakland at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 1:30 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 4 p.m.

Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Indianapolis, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 24 San Diego at San Francisco, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 5 p.m.

North Division

W L Pct. GB Tri-City (Rockies) 13 12 .520 — Vancouver (Blue Jays) 12 13 .480 1 Everett (Mariners) 11 14 .440 2 x-Spokane (Rangers) 10 15 .400 3 Cardinals 6, Reds 5 (10) South Division Cincinnati St. Louis

W L Pct. GB ab r h bi ab r h bi x-Hillsboro (Diamondbacks) 16 9 .640 — BHmltn cf 4 1 1 0 MCrpnt 3b 5 1 1 0 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 15 10 .600 1 Bruce rf 5 1 2 4 Wong 2b 5 0 0 0 Boise (Cubs) 12 13 .480 4 Frazier 3b 4 0 2 0 Hollidy lf 4 2 2 1 Eugene (Padres) 11 14 .440 5 Mesorc c 4 0 0 0 MAdms 1b 5 1 3 1 x-clinched first half Ludwck lf 5 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 5 1 3 2 Monday’s games Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0 Przyns c 4 0 1 1 Tri-City 21, Spokane 12 Ondrsk p 0 0 0 0 Tavers rf 4 0 1 0 Salem-Keizer 7, Boise 3 B.Pena 1b 4 1 1 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Hillsboro 9, Eugene 2 Cozart ss 4 1 1 1 Grenwd p 0 0 0 0 Everett 8, Vancouver 6 Leake p 2 1 1 0 Jay cf-rf 4 1 1 0 Today’s games Ju.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 Mstrsn p 1 0 0 0 Eugene at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Heisey ph 1 0 0 0 SRonsn ph 1 0 0 0 Boise at Vancouver, 7:05 p.m.

MParr p 0 0 0 0 CMrtnz p 0 0 0 0 Negron 2b 0 0 0 0 Descals ph 1 0 1 1 Pacific Coast League SFrmn p 0 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0 Pacific North Division Bourjos cf 0 0 0 0

W L Pct. GB Totals 37 5 8 5 Totals 39 6 13 6 Sacramento (Athletics) 72 58 .554 — Reno (Diamondbacks) 70 60 .538 2 Cincinnati 000 040 001 0—5 St. Louis 201 000 110 1—6 Tacoma (Mariners) 68 62 .523 4 Fresno (Giants) 63 68 .481 9½ One out when winning run scored.

Pacific South Division Angels 4, Red Sox 2 E—Pierzynski (2). DP—Cincinnati 2, St.

W L Pct. GB Louis 1. LOB—Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 7. 2B— Los Angeles Boston Las Vegas (Mets) 72 59 .550 — Bruce (20), B.Pena (17), Cozart (16), Leake (2), ab r h bi ab r h bi El Paso (Padres) 61 69 .469 10½ M.Carpenter (30), Ma.Adams 2 (28), Jh.Peralta Calhon rf 2 2 2 0 B.Holt rf 4 1 2 1 Albuquerque (Dodgers) 57 72 .442 14 (32), Descalso (7). HR—Bruce (14). SB—B.HamTrout cf 4 1 2 1 Pedroia 2b 5 0 2 0 Salt Lake (Angels) 55 75 .423 16½ ilton (46). CS—Taveras (1).

Pujols dh 3 0 1 1 D.Ortiz dh 3 0 2 0 American North Division

IP H R ER BB SO HKndrc 2b 4 0 0 0 Cespds lf 5 0 0 1

W L Pct. GB Cincinnati Aybar ss 4 0 1 0 Napoli 1b 4 0 0 0 Omaha (Royals) 69 60 .535 — Leake 7 8 4 4 1 5 Boesch lf 3 0 0 0 Mdlrks 3b 3 0 0 0 Oklahoma City (Astros) 68 63 .519 2 Ju.Diaz 1 2 1 1 0 0 Cowgill lf 1 0 0 0 Bogarts ss 4 0 0 0 Iowa (Cubs) 67 64 .511 3 M.Parra 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Freese 3b 3 0 1 0 Betts cf 3 1 1 0 Colorado Springs (Rockies) 51 80 .389 19 Ondrusek L,3-3 0 3 1 1 0 0 JMcDnl 3b 1 0 0 0 Vazquz c 4 0 2 0 American South Division St. Louis ENavrr 1b 4 0 0 0

W L Pct. GB Masterson 5 5 4 4 2 5 Iannett c 3 1 0 0 Memphis (Cardinals) 71 58 .550 — C.Martinez 2 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 32 4 7 2 Totals 35 2 9 2 2 Nashville (Brewers) 70 59 .543 1 S.Freeman ⁄3 1 0 0 2 1 1 Los Angeles 002 000 020—4 Round Rock (Rangers) 63 66 .488 8 Maness ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Boston 000 100 001—2 New Orleans (Marlins) 63 67 .485 8½ Rosenthal BS,5-41 1 1 1 1 1 1 Monday’s games Greenwood W,2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 E—Tazawa 2 (3). DP—Los Angeles 1, BosOndrusek pitched to 3 batters in the 10th.

Salt Lake 7, Iowa 5 ton 1. LOB—Los Angeles 5, Boston 12. 2B—CalHBP—by M.Parra (Bourjos), by MasterNew Orleans 3, Reno 2, 11 innings houn (23), Trout (34), D.Ortiz (24). CS—Aybar son (Leake). WP—Leake, Masterson. T—3:19.

Omaha 9, Las Vegas 5 (9), Freese (3).

A—42,973 (45,399).

Tacoma 6, Round Rock 2

IP H R ER BB SO Nashville 9, Albuquerque 3 Los Angeles 1 Memphis 7, El Paso 4 C.Wilson W,10-8 5 ⁄3 5 1 1 5 5 Braves 7, Pirates 3 2 Oklahoma City 7, Sacramento 0 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Morin H,8 Atlanta Pittsburgh Fresno 5, Colorado Springs 0 Salas H,5 1 1 0 0 0 3 ab r h bi ab r h bi Today’s games Grilli H,7 1 0 0 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 4 1 3 2 GPolnc rf 5 0 0 0 Salt Lake at Iowa, 10:05 a.m.

Jepsen S,1-3 1 2 1 1 0 1 ASmns ss 5 1 1 1 JHrrsn ss 4 0 1 0 Boston Reno at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

FFrmn 1b 4 1 2 0 NWalkr 2b 3 1 2 1 Workman L,1-7 7 6 2 2 2 5 Las Vegas at Omaha, 5:05 p.m.

J.Upton lf 5 1 2 0 RMartn c 2 0 0 0 Tazawa 1 1 2 0 2 2 Tacoma at Round Rock, 5:05 p.m.

CJhnsn 3b 5 1 2 1 PAlvrz 1b 4 0 0 0 Mujica 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nashville at Albuquerque, 5:35 p.m.

LaStell 2b 4 0 1 0 SMarte cf 4 2 3 2 WP—Tazawa. T—3:22. A—35,170 (37,499).

Memphis at El Paso, 6:05 p.m.

Gosseln 2b 1 0 0 0 Snider lf 4 0 2 0 Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 7:05 p.m.

Laird c 5 2 2 1 Morel 3b 4 0 0 0 Royals 6, Twins 4 Bonifac cf 3 0 1 0 Worley p 1 0 1 0 ESantn p 3 0 0 1 I.Davis ph 1 0 0 0 Little League World Series Kansas City Minnesota Avilan p 0 0 0 0 JGomz p 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi At South Williamsport, Pa. Hale p 0 0 0 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Aoki rf 4 0 0 0 DaSntn cf 4 0 1 0 UNITED STATES Doumit ph 1 0 1 0 JuWlsn p 0 0 0 0 L.Cain rf 1 0 0 0 Dozier 2b 4 0 0 0 GREAT LAKES, Chicago; MID-ATLANTIC, Russell p 0 0 0 0 GSnchz ph 1 0 0 0 Infante 2b 4 1 0 0 Mauer 1b 4 0 1 0 Philadelphia; MIDWEST, Rapid City, S.D.; NEW Totals 40 7 15 6 Totals 33 3 9 3 S.Perez c 3 0 2 2 KVargs dh 4 1 1 0 ENGLAND, Cumberland, R.I.; NORTHWEST, LynKratz ph-c 2 2 2 2 Arcia rf 4 2 2 1 Atlanta 600 000 010—7 nwood, Wash. (Pacific); SOUTHEAST, Nashville, BButler 1b 4 0 2 1 Plouffe 3b 4 1 1 3 Pittsburgh 011 100 000—3 Tenn.; SOUTHWEST, Pearland, Texas; WEST, Las AGordn lf 4 0 2 0 Parmel lf 4 0 1 0 Vegas Wlngh dh 5 1 3 0 Fryer c 3 0 0 0 E—N.Walker (4), J.Harrison (5). DP—Atlanta INTERNATIONAL Mostks 3b 5 0 1 0 KSuzuk ph 1 0 0 0 2, Pittsburgh 2. LOB—Atlanta 9, Pittsburgh 7.

ASIA-PACIFIC, Seoul, South Korea; AUSTRAAEscor ss 3 1 0 0 EdEscr ss 2 0 0 0 2B—S.Marte (22), Snider (7), Worley (1). HR— LIA, Perth; CANADA, Vancouver, B.C.; CARIBJDyson cf 3 1 1 1 Heyward (10), A.Simmons (6), N.Walker (17), BEAN, Humacao, Puerto Rico; EUROPE & AFTotals 38 6 13 6 Totals 34 4 7 4 S.Marte 2 (8). S—Worley. SF—Heyward.

RICA, Brno, Czech Republic; JAPAN, Tokyo; LATIN

IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City 000 030 111—6 AMERICA, Maracaibo, Venezuela; MEXICO, GuaAtlanta Minnesota 000 000 103—4 dalupe, Nuevo Leon 1 E.Santana W,13-6 5 ⁄3 9 3 3 2 4 Double Elimination Avilan H,8 1 0 0 0 0 0 DP—Minnesota 1. LOB—Kansas City 10, Thursday’s games 2 Hale H,4 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Minnesota 4. 2B—A.Gordon (29). HR—Kratz 2 Seoul 10, Brno 3 Russell 2 0 0 0 0 1 (5), Arcia (12), Plouffe (9). SB—Da.Santana (12).

Chicago 12, Pacific 2, 5 innings Pittsburgh

IP H R ER BB SO Humacao 16, Perth 3, 4 innings Worley L,5-3 6 9 6 5 2 8 Kansas City Las Vegas 12, Rapid City 2 J.Gomez 11⁄3 4 1 1 0 0 J.Vargas W,10-5 7 4 1 1 1 3 2 Friday’s games Axford ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 W.Davis 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Guadalupe 4, Vancouver 3 Ju.Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 1 ⁄3 3 3 3 0 0 Crow 2 Philadelphia 4, Nashville 0 WP—E.Santana.

G.Holland S,38-40 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Tokyo 1, Maracaibo 0 T—3:00. A—31,669 (38,362).

Minnesota Pearland 6, Cumberland 4 May L,0-2 42⁄3 7 3 3 4 1 Saturday’s games Swarzak 31⁄3 4 2 2 0 2 Nationals 5, Diamondbacks 4 (11) Perth 10, Brno 1, Brno eliminated Pressly 1 2 1 1 1 0 Arizona Washington Lynnwood 7, Rapid City 5, Rapid City elimiT—3:09. A—25,559 (39,021). ab r h bi ab r h bi nated Inciart cf 4 0 1 0 Span cf 4 1 1 0 Maracaibo 10, Vancouver 0, 5 innings, VanOrioles 8, White Sox 2 A.Hill 2b 4 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 5 1 1 1 couver eliminated DPerlt rf 5 1 1 1 Werth rf 4 0 1 1 Baltimore Chicago Cumberland 8, Nashville 7, Nashville elimi ab r h bi ab r h bi Trumo lf 4 1 1 0 LaRoch 1b 5 1 1 1 nated Markks rf 5 2 3 2 De Aza lf 3 1 0 0 MMntr c 4 0 3 0 Dsmnd ss 3 1 0 0 Sunday’s games Pearce 1b 5 0 3 1 AlRmrz ss 4 1 1 0 Pachec 1b 4 0 1 0 Harper lf 4 0 1 0 Seoul 8, Humacao 5 Flahrty 3b 0 0 0 0 JAreu 1b 4 0 0 0 Lamb 3b 3 1 0 1 WRams c 4 1 2 2 Las Vegas 13, Chicago 2, 4 innings A.Jones cf 5 0 1 0 A.Dunn dh 3 0 0 0 Gregrs ss 5 1 2 2 ACarer 2b 4 0 1 0 Tokyo 9, Guadalupe 5 N.Cruz lf 3 1 1 1 AGarci rf 3 0 1 2 Nuno p 2 0 0 0 Zmrmn p 2 0 0 0 Philadelphia 7, Pearland 6 Lough ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Gillaspi 3b 3 0 0 0 Paul ph 1 0 0 0 Thrntn p 0 0 0 0 Monday’s games DYong dh 5 0 1 0 Flowrs c 3 0 0 0 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 Frndsn ph 1 0 0 0 Consolation: Rapid City 5, Brno 3 JHardy ss 5 2 2 1 JrDnks cf 3 0 1 0 OPerez p 0 0 0 0 Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe 6, Perth 2, Perth eliminated C.Davis 3b-1b 3 1 0 0 GBckh 2b 3 0 0 0 AlMart ph 1 0 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0 Pearland 11, Lynnwood 4, Lynnwood elimiCJosph c 2 1 0 0 Stites p 0 0 0 0 Hairstn ph 1 0 0 0 nated Schoop 2b 4 1 1 3 Pnngtn ph 1 0 0 0 Stmmn p 0 0 0 0 Maracaibo 2, Humacao 1, Humacao elimiTotals 38 8 12 8 Totals 29 2 3 2 Harris p 0 0 0 0 nated Totals 38 4 9 4 Totals 37 5 8 5 Baltimore 010 011 050—8 Chicago 8, Cumberland 7, Cumberland Chicago 000 000 200—2 Arizona 000 010 021 00—4 eliminated Washington 000 000 220 01—5 Today’s games LOB—Baltimore 7, Chicago 1. 2B—Pearce 2 Consolation: Vancouver vs. Nashville, 9 a.m.

(19), D.Young (10), Schoop (13), Al.Ramirez (25).

Two outs when winning run scored.

Game 21: Guadalupe vs. Maracaibo, Noon HR—Markakis (11), N.Cruz (32), J.Hardy (7).

DP—Washington 2. LOB—Arizona 8, Game 22: Pearland vs. Chicago, 4:30 p.m.

CS—Jor.Danks (2).

Washington 3. 2B—Inciarte (9), Span (34).

Wednesday’s games

IP H R ER BB SO 3B—Rendon (6). HR—D.Peralta (6), Gregorius Game 23: Seoul vs. Tokyo, Noon Baltimore (5), LaRoche (19), W.Ramos (6). SB—Inciarte (9).

Game 24: Las Vegas vs. Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

B.Norris W,11-7 7 3 2 2 0 5 CS—Span (5). S—Pacheco. SF—Lamb, Werth.

Brach 2 0 0 0 0 2

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Arizona Sale L,10-3 6 8 3 3 2 8 Nuno 7 5 2 2 2 7 Belisario 12⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Ziegler BS,8-9 1 2 2 2 0 1 WNBA Playoffs Surkamp 0 0 1 1 0 0 O.Perez 1 0 0 0 0 2 Lindstrom 0 3 3 3 1 0 Stites 1 0 0 0 0 1 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS 1 2 Cleto 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 Harris L,0-3 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 (Best-of-3) Surkamp pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Washington Western Conference Lindstrom pitched to 4 batters in the 8th.

Zimmermann 7 4 3 3 3 2 Phoenix vs. Los Angeles HBP—by B.Norris (De Aza), by Surkamp Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Friday, Aug. 22: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 (C.Davis). T—3:02. A—17,686 (40,615).

Clippard BS,4-5 1 2 1 1 0 0 p.m.

Storen 1 1 0 0 1 1 Sunday, Aug. 24: Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9 Stammen W,3-4 1 2 0 0 1 2 National League p.m.

Zimmermann pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. x-Tuesday, Aug. 26: Los Angeles at Phoenix, West Division T—3:16. A—21,292 (41,408).

10 p.m.

W L Pct GB Minnesota vs. San Antonio Los Angeles 70 56 .556 — Thursday Aug. 21: San Antonio at MinneCubs 4, Mets 1 San Francisco 65 58 .528 3½ sota, 9 p.m.

San Diego 58 65 .472 10½ Chicago New York Saturday, Aug. 23: Minnesota at San AntoArizona 53 72 .424 16½ ab r h bi ab r h bi nio, 7 p.m.

Colorado 49 75 .395 20 Alcantr cf 4 0 0 0 Grndrs rf 4 0 1 0 x-Monday, Aug. 25: San Antonio at MinneCentral Division J.Baez 2b 5 1 1 2 DnMrp 2b 4 0 1 0 sota, TBD

W L Pct GB Rizzo 1b 4 2 2 1 DWrght 3b 4 0 0 0 Eastern Conference Milwaukee 70 55 .560 — SCastro ss 4 0 1 0 Duda 1b 3 1 1 1 Atlanta vs. Chicago St. Louis 67 57 .540 2½ Valuen 3b 4 0 3 1 dArnad c 4 0 0 0 Friday, Aug. 22: Chicago at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh 64 61 .512 6 Ruggin rf 4 0 1 0 dnDkkr lf 2 0 1 0 Sunday, Aug. 24: Atlanta at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati 61 64 .488 9 Castillo c 3 0 0 0 Black p 0 0 0 0 x-Tuesday, Aug 26: Chicago at Atlanta, 7:30 Chicago 54 70 .435 15½ Szczur lf 3 0 0 0 Mejia p 0 0 0 0 p.m.

East Division Coghln ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Lagars cf 3 0 0 0 Indiana vs. Washington

W L Pct GB Hndrck p 3 0 0 0 Flores ss 3 0 0 0 Thursday Aug. 21: Washington at Indiana, Washington 70 53 .569 — NRmrz p 0 0 0 0 CTorrs p 1 0 0 0 7 p.m.

Atlanta 65 60 .520 6 Sweeny ph 1 1 1 0 Niese ph 1 0 0 0 Saturday, Aug. 23: Indiana at Washington, Miami 62 62 .500 8½ HRndn p 0 0 0 0 Evelnd p 0 0 0 0 5 p.m.

New York 59 67 .468 12½ Carlyle p 0 0 0 0 x-Monday, Aug. 25: Washington at Indiana, Niwnhs lf 1 0 0 0 Philadelphia 55 70 .440 16 Totals 36 4 9 4 Totals 30 1 4 1 Monday’s games TBD

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Pittsburgh RHP Michael Clemens (Bristol-Appalachian) 68 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned OF Jackie Bradley Jr. to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled OF/INF Mookie Betts from Pawtucket. Sent OF Allen Craig to Pawtucket for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Kevin Whelan outright to Toledo (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned OF James Jones to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled LHP Roenis Elias from Tacoma.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed 1B Matt Hague off waivers from Pittsburgh and assigned him to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Bradin Hagens to Reno (PCL). Recalled RHP Will Harris from Reno. Sent SS Chris Owings to the AZL Diamondbacks for a rehab assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned INF Ben Paulsen to Colorado Springs (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned LHP Robbie Erlin to El Paso (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with OF Nate Schierholtz on a minor league contract and assigned him to Syracuse (IL).

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Peter O’Reilly senior vice president of events.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed LB Dom DeCicco on the waived-injured list. Claimed LB Justin Jackson off waivers from Detroit.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released LS Tyler Ott. Re-signed TE Justin Jones.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Released DE Damik Scafe. Signed DL Doug Worthington.

a baseball scout after his playing career ended and works today for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Because her dad was a ballplayer, Megan Dedrick was naturally drawn to the game as a young girl. She began playing tee ball at 4 and has played baseball ever since, always against boys. Her only experience playing softball was two years at Everett’s North Middle School, where softball is a fall sport.

“I just enjoy baseball more than softball,” said Dedrick, who also plays on the girls soccer and basketball teams at Everett. “It’s more of a challenge.”

As a two-year starter for the Seagulls, Dedrick has held her own playing against boys. She has a

being invited to the preliminary camp in Houston back in June.

“There were a lot of good players there taking ground balls,” said Jim Dedrick, who attended as a spectator. “But honestly, throughout the whole day she was one of the better players. I wouldn’t say she was the best player at any one stretch, but I thought she was the most consistent. And I thought she showed her versatility as good as anybody.”

That said, the competition at this week’s tryout camp should be stiff, with women coming from all across the country and from a variety of backgrounds.

Several are current or past college softball players, including two other women

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representing her country in international competition is almost too thrilling for words.

She attended a preliminary tryout camp in Houston two months ago, “and at the end we all did a cheer and said ‘USA,’ and it was just so cool,” she said. If she makes the team — and on Thursday she will find out, yes or no — “it would really mean a lot.”

Dedrick is the daughter of Jim Dedrick, who spent several years in pro baseball including part of the 1995 season with the Baltimore Orioles. He became

smooth swing with enough power to occasionally find an outfield gap, and she is a smooth fielder with a decent arm. She plays mostly second base at Everett, but also pitched a few innings this past season.

“She does a lot of things well,” her father said. “She’s got one of the better swings I’ve ever seen. That doesn’t necessarily mean she’s going to bash the ball like some of the boys. But I love her swing, I love her balance (at the plate), and I love her hands defensively.”

Megan Dedrick’s initial tryout for the national team was the result of her dad’s baseball connections.

The daughter of a Pirates assistant general manager works for USA Baseball, and it led to Megan Dedrick

SOCCER Major League Soccer WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA Real Salt Lake 11 4 9 42 38 28 Seattle 13 7 2 41 38 30 FC Dallas 11 7 6 39 43 32 Los Angeles 9 5 7 34 35 23 Vancouver 7 4 12 33 33 29 Portland 7 7 10 31 39 39 Colorado 8 10 6 30 34 35 San Jose 6 9 6 24 25 27 Chivas USA 6 11 6 24 21 36 EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA Sporting Kansas City 12 6 6 42 36 23 D.C. 12 7 4 40 36 26 Toronto FC 9 8 5 32 33 34 Columbus 7 8 9 30 32 32 New York 6 7 10 28 35 34 New England 8 12 3 27 30 36 Philadelphia 6 9 9 27 36 39 Houston 7 12 4 25 25 42 Chicago 4 6 13 25 29 35 Montreal 4 14 5 17 23 41 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s games Los Angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Seattle FC, 7 p.m.

Friday’s game Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s games Montreal at New York, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.

Chivas USA at New England, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 24 Seattle FC at Portland, 2 p.m.

San Jose at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Nat’l Women’s Soccer League

W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 16 2 6 54 50 20 FC Kansas City 12 7 5 41 39 32 Portland 10 8 6 36 39 35 Chicago 9 7 8 35 32 26 Washington 10 9 5 35 36 43 Sky Blue FC 8 8 7 31 29 37 Western New York 8 12 4 28 42 38 Boston 6 16 2 20 37 53 Houston 5 15 3 18 23 43 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s game Houston at Sky Blue FC, 4 p.m.

DEALS

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Snohomish picked to host soccer regional Herald news services US Youth Soccer announced Monday that Snohomish has been selected as the host site for the 2015 Region IV (West) Presidents Cup tournament.

The event is scheduled for June 9-14 at Stocker Fields.

The tournament is expected to draw 130 boys and girls teams in the U-13 through U-17 age groups. They will compete for a regional title and a berth in the 2015 US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup, scheduled for July 9-12 in Overland Park, Kan. “It is always exciting to begin planning for future US Youth Soccer Regional Presidents Cup events,” US Youth Soccer president John Sutter said in a press release, “and part of that initial planning is choosing the best possible host city for each of our competitions.”

Bender makes U-22 team Lexi Bender of Snohomish, a member of the Boston College women’s hockey team, has been named to the U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select Team that will compete in a three-game series against Canada this week at Canada Olympic Park in Cal-

gary, Alberta.

The 21-year-old Bender starts her junior season at Boston College in the fall.

The 22-member American team, which includes three members of the 2014 U.S. Olympic squad (Alex Carpenter of North Reading, Mass.; Michelle Picard of Taunton, Mass.; and Lee Stecklein of Roseville, Minn.), will play games against Canada on Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

The U.S. team was chosen after last week’s USA Hockey Women’s National Festival at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York.

Crossfit team places third A team from CrossFit Marysville placed third at the annual CrossFit Games, July 23-27 at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.

The competition included 13 different events involving, among other things, speed, endurance, weight lifting, gymnastics and swimming.

Teams are comprised of three men and three women.

The Marysville team included Noah Pester of Marysville, Ryan Swobody of Marysville, Kyle Flanders of Marysville, Kelsey Nagel of Mill Creek, Ashleigh Moe of Mount Vernon, and Melissa Dixon of Anacortes (formerly of Mountlake Terrace).

First place went to CrossFit Invictus from San Diego with 935 points, and second place went to Cross-Fit Conjugate from Cincinnati with 916 points. CrossFit Marysville had 911 points.

COMMUNITY | Bulletin Board Baseball/Softball n Tryouts for the Seattle Tides Baseball Club’s 12-U team are scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Aug. 23 at Kamiak High School. For more information, visit www. seattletides.org or send an email to darren.watkins@seattletides.org. n Tryouts for the Seattle Tides Baseball Club’s 15-U, 16-U and 18-U teams are scheduled for Aug. 23 at Kamiak High School. Sessions are from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information, visit www. seattletides.org or send an email to darren.watkins@seattletides.org. n Tryouts for the Seattle Titans 16-U, 17-U and 18-U baseball teams are scheduled from 3-6 p.m. on Aug. 24 at Mariner High School.

For more information, call Dewayne Dalton 425-4180536 or Ryan Dalton at 425-210-3534. n The City of Edmonds is offering Men’s and Coed Fall Softball Leagues. The fee is $570. Play starts Aug. 26 at Meadowdale Playfields. For more information, visit www. reczone.org or call Todd at 425-771-0229.

Pickle Ball n The City of Edmonds

is offering Adult Pickle Ball Leagues at 7:15 p.m. on Mondays (singles) and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays (doubles).

All matches are at the Frances Anderson Center in Edmonds. League play starts Sept. 15. Men’s, women’s and mixed divisions are available. The league fees are $35 for residents and $40 for non-residents. For more information, visit www. reczone.org or call Todd at 425-771-0229.

Skateboarding n The seventh annual Board Bash skateboard competition is scheduled from noon-3 p.m. on Aug. 23 at Mill Creek SportsPark (13903 North Creek Drive). The event, which is free, includes a best-trick competition and multiple heats of riders in different age divisions. The age divisions are 6-10, 11-15 and 16-up. For more information, visit www.cityofmillcreek.com or contact Mill Creek Parks & Recreation at 425-745-1891.

Items for the Bulletin Board can be submitted by e-mail (sports@heraldnet. com), by fax (425-339-3435) or by mail (P.O. Box 930, Everett, Wash.). The deadline is noon Sunday.

Ohio State’s Miller reinjures shoulder

By Rusty Millerap Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — With just over two weeks remaining before its season opener, it appears No. 5 Ohio State has already sustained a devastating loss.

Two-time Big Ten offensive player of the year, quarterback Braxton

from Washington. Amalia Hopson of Sequim played at Texas Tech, and Michelle Snyder of Wenatchee played at Florida State.

There are also girls such as Dedrick who play on high school baseball teams. Like Sarah Hudek, the daughter of ex-major league pitcher John Hudek, who pitches on her Houston-area high school team.

The funny thing is, this is Dedrick’s first opportunity to play baseball with other women.

“It’s really fun,” she said.

“In baseball, guys aren’t always going to tell you, ‘Oh, great play.’ But even when you mess up the other girls go, ‘Oh, you’ve got it.’” At the Houston tryout camp, she added, “everyone was cheering

Miller, considered among the top contenders for the Heisman Trophy, reportedly reinjured his throwing shoulder in practice on Monday.

Ohio State officials declined to confirm Miller was hurt or speak to the severity of the injury, first reported by The Columbus Dispatch.

everyone else on.”

If Dedrick makes the national team, she will train with the rest of the U.S. squad for another week, then head to Miyazaki, Japan, for the World Cup tournament the first week of September. Other countries participating will be Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Japan and Venezuela. Games will be played in two of Japan’s major-league stadiums.

“I’m totally proud of her,” Jim Dedrick said of his daughter. “To be able to play for your country, that’s an elite group. Because as high as I got in baseball, I never got the chance to play for my country.

And that would’ve been a dream of mine.”

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Seahawks LBs Smith, Toomer return to practice

By John Boyle Herald Writer

RENTON — As loaded as the Seattle Seahawks defense is overall, it’s easy to forget just how thin Seattle has been at linebacker this preseason.

Yet in their first two preseason games, the Seahawks were without three of their top four, and arguably four out of their top five linebackers with Bruce Irvin, Bobby Wagner, Malcolm Smith and Korey Toomer all sidelined by injuries.

On Monday, the Seahawks got two of those linebackers back — Smith, the Super Bowl MVP, and

Toomer, who after missing all of last season with a knee injury was one of the standout players in offseason workouts, or as head coach Pete Carroll put it at one point, “The hottest player in camp.”

Smith, who had offseason ankle surgery, and Toomer, who opened camp on the physically unable to perform list with a hamstring injury, were both limited in Monday’s workout, but it was a good step for the Seahawks in getting their linebacking unit whole again.

“It’s good to see those guys back out there,” Carroll said.

“They’ve been dying to get back on the practice field ... Tomorrow

they’ll try to take a little bit more, and we’ll work them through the week and see what happens, see what that means.”

The Seahawks are still without Ivrin (hip) and Wagner (hamstring), who could both return to practice next week, though Carroll said Irvin, who is also on the PUP list, might not come back until after Seattle’s final preseason game.

With Toomer and Smith returning to action Monday, and with Irvin and Wagner getting closer, linebacker is going from a position with depth concerns to one of the strongest position groups on the team.

In their first two preseason games, the Seahawks started undrafted rookie Brock Coyle at middle linebacker and Mike Morgan, a special teams standout who has had very limited defensive playing time since first singing with the Seahawks in 2011, at strongside linebacker. If the Seahawks are at full strength by the end of this month, neither of those preseason starters is even a lock to make the 53-man roster, though both have certainly made a very strong case to be included.

When everyone is healthy, Irvin, Wagner and K.J. Wright will start, meaning the Super Bowl MVP is likely the top backup at

3 starting jobs in UW secondary up for grabs

By Christian Caple The News Tribune

SEATTLE — With the Fight Hunger Bowl trophy in tow, the Washington Huskies made their way home from San Francisco last December knowing an offseason of change awaited them.

Chris Petersen had been hired to replace Steve Sarkisian as head coach. A few assistants had already left to join Sarkisian at USC. And it was no secret that a few more, including defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox, were on their way out the door as soon as they arrived back in Seattle.

Say this for Wilcox, though: he didn’t mail it in. Third-year sophomore free safety Brandon Beaver points to a conversation they had on the flight back home as what he hopes will prove to be a turning point in his football career.

“He was letting me know that the only thing I was missing the whole time was just to be focused about everything,” said Beaver, who made his first career start in the Fight Hunger Bowl as a redshirt freshman. “He said he was pushing for me to play the whole season last year, I just wasn’t focused right. It kind of was true. So just get my focus right, play like I know how to play, and make my plays.”

Someone has to. And so far, Beaver has been a fall camp standout among a group of defensive backs who seem to possess the requisite talent to compete at the Pac-12 level, but for the most part lack any kind of significant game experience.

The exception is fourth-year junior cornerback Marcus Peters, a second-team all-conference selection in 2013 and the unquestioned leader of UW’s defensive backfield.

The other three positions are up for grabs. Beaver and sophomore Trevor Walker have worked together quite a bit at the safety positions with

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PULLMAN — Classes haven’t even started at Washington State and the freshmen members of the Cougars’ defensive backfield are already feeling a bit overwhelmed with how much studying college requires.

Pat Porter and Sulaiman Hameed are likely to see the field just days after taking their first college class, while freshman Marcellus Pippins and second-year players Isaac Dotson and Darius Lemora aren’t exactly grizzled vets.

“They’re brain-dead right now. They’ve overcooked,” defensive coordinator Mike Breske said. “We’ve thrown a lot at them and now we begin the process of just — to tear them down, so the kids can play fast.

As a freshman, it’s unique to them.”

Breske has his young charges on an accelerated learning curve, studying hard and knowing that their first test, Rutgers, will be pass-fail. As in, allow too many passes and you fail.

Currently, they major in Film Appreciation 101.

“It’s really film study,” Porter

SEAHAWKS | Notebook

NFL says flag on Simon was wrong call

By John Boyle Herald Writer

Washington cornerback Marcus Peters (21) was a second-team all-Pac-12 selection in 2013.

the No. 1 offense throughout camp, though sophomore Kevin King and touted freshman Budda Baker have been given their opportunities, too.

Redshirt freshman Jermaine Kelly takes quite a few reps with the first unit at the cornerback spot opposite Peters, but Travell Dixon and freshman Naijiel Hale are also competing at that position. And defensive backs coach Jimmy Lake has said four or five true freshmen could see the field at some point this season.

All seem to be skilled. But Beaver’s bowl-game start, plus the two games King started as a freshman, comprise 100 percent of that group’s starting experience.

“There’s really no tandem that’s together right now,” Lake said. “It’s kind of mix and match.

But those four guys I am pleased with. They’re very, very smart, all four of them. We just have to

progress. We’ve been putting in more defenses, and they have to be ready for our gameplan vs.

Hawaii here.”

Since the beginning of spring practices, Beaver has been the Huskies’ most productive defensive back in terms of creating turnovers. But Walker has been steady, too, and followed a strong spring performance with a fall camp good enough to keep him with the No. 1 defense.

The biggest difference between now and spring, Walker said, is “just knowing the defense in and out. Knowing what the offense is doing. Knowing thirddown situations, first-and-long, second and long, just different situations like that, having a feel for what’s going to come.”

To that end, Peters’ experience is a blessing. He’s been around long enough to identify certain offensive looks, and is smart enough to know how to

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best communicate strategy on the field.

“Marcus is nice to have out there,” Lake said, “because he is a veteran guy. Very, very instinctive football player, very, very smart, and he can relay a lot of the information I’m saying in the classroom and on the field. He can relay that all on the football field while I’m on the sidelines.”

“He sees a lot of stuff before it happens,” Beaver said. “He lets us know, and it helps us make plays.”

Beaver thinks that final chat with Wilcox will help even more in the long-run.

“He was telling me whoever comes, he said he was going to be watching me,” Beaver said.

“So whoever comes, he’s going to know if I’m focused or not by if I’m playing or not. So I just took it to heart. I appreciate the talk we had. It made me a better football player.”

Freshmen could see playing time in Cougars’ secondary

By Jacob Thorpe

both outside linebacker positions, while Toomer, Morgan and Coyle lead a group of roster hopefully that also includes the likes of rookie Kevin Pierre-Louis and veteran Heath Farwell.

“It’s a really good group,” Carroll said. “We are really excited about these guys, and it’s been thin all throughout the camp.

Mike Morgan, Brock and K.J. have really held it together for us, so it’s really fun to see these guys come back. Not only do they do well in scrimmage plays, they’re a fantastic addition to special teams too so we will get faster and more experience real quick as they return.”

said. “Film study and just stay grounded because most freshmen don’t really have a shot to come in and play early.”

The urgency stems from the loss of three defensive starters whose contributions were invaluable last season. At cornerback, the Cougars lost Nolan Washington, who made 31 career starts. They also lost Damante Horton, whose three interceptions returned for touchdowns were critical in wins over USC and Utah.

Deone Bucannon, strong safety and first-round NFL draft pick by the Arizona Cardinals, was a menace to opposing receivers, who will likely be a little less reluctant to challenge the Cougars in the middle of the field now that the enforcer is gone.

Those familiar names are gone, replaced by ones the casual fan has never heard of because the player likely either spent last season redshirting or in high school.

Taylor Taliulu is the dean of the defensive backs with 12 starts in his two seasons. Cornerback Daquawn Brown made four starts in 2013 and is the best playmaker in the secondary.

With 10 starting quarterbacks

returning in the Pac-12, many of whom are NFL prospects, good secondary play will be critical to every team’s success. What the Cougars don’t have in experience in the secondary they make up for in numbers, and as such the cornerback position opposite Daquawn Brown has been a revolving door of players getting a shot to prove themselves, as has the strong safety position.

The hope is that the competition will create a rising tide, or at least raise the game of one player.

It appears that Tracy Clark is the favorite to start at cornerback, but even he is relatively inexperienced in game situations with just seven career tackles. But he’s also played significantly better in spring and fall practices than he’d previously shown.

“Going into the bowl game I felt like I had to work harder and go into the offseason,” Clark said. “It started there, had a great spring. Just working really hard and then being consistent in the summer.”

Even if they do not start, Porter and Pippins have been receiving reps in practice with the twos and occasionally the

first string and figure to be oftenused members of the depth.

At safety, sophomore Isaac Dotson appeared to be the successor to Bucannon, but injuries caused him to miss a lot of time in the spring and the fall, and he has only just resumed practicing without limitations. His loss has been redshirt freshman Darius Lemora’s gain. Lemora could start and will certainly see plenty of snaps.

Hameed is also in the mix at safety.

“Honestly, I don’t take it as a surprise. It’s just me trying to get more reps and me trying to understand what’s in front of me,” Lemora said. “Understand routes, understand our plays, understand calls, and honestly it’s a blessing for me to even be out there with my brothers and my teammates, and I’m happy that coach Breske is giving me the chance to show what I have.”

If those young players can buoy WSU, or at least limit mistakes so as not to hurt it, then the entire defense could be vastly improved this season. But if matching up with the Pac-12’s elite passers this early is asking too much then the Cougars will learn the hard way.

RENTON — As is the case in the regular season, teams communicate with NFL officials after preseason games to get feedback on officiating decision.

And if you think the illegal contact call that negated Seattle Seahawks cornerback Tharold Simon’s 105-yard interception return for a touchdown in Friday’s game against the Chargers seemed a little ticky-tacky, well apparently the league agrees.

“They said as they observed it that that shouldn’t have been called,” Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Monday.

Illegal contact and defensive holding are points of emphasis this year in the NFL, and there has been a big uptick in flags during the preseason. It’s worth noting that the first flag against a Seahawks defensive back for either penalty didn’t come until the second half of preseason game No. 2.

Both Carroll and some of his players have expressed concerns about how those calls are being enforced. The fact that the league is acknowledging mistakes now could be a sign that pass plays will be called at least a little less tightly by the start of the regular season.

Guard play shines One noticeable difference for the Seahawks from their first preseason game to their second was the improved offensive line play. That especially showed up at guard, Carroll said, so much so that he showed a few of J.R. Sweezy’s highlights to the entire team during a film session.

“Really one of the better preseason games I can ever remember us playing,” he said. “As far as the line of scrimmage just coming off the ball, just in that single element, we were really flying off the football. Sweezy played a fantastic half and James (Carpenter) did really well. If you look at Sweezy’s plays, he had a bunch of knock-downs and really aggressive blocks that we were really excited about. ... Those two guys were really the highlight.”

Who will return punts?

Carroll said the competition for the punt return job is wide open, and likely won’t be settled before Seattle’s final preseason game. Carroll said safety Earl Thomas has looked comfortable in that role, and praised the job done by receiver Bryan Walters. But no decision has been made.

“We just haven’t had enough opportunities to tell in games,” Carroll said.

Speaking of Walters, he sat out with sore ribs Monday, but he made an impression both as a kick and punt returner Friday against the Chargers.

“He was awesome,” Carroll said.

“Shoot, everybody was fired up about what he brought. He was really a valuable player in that game. You could tell the way he was jumping around making this happen, his great decisions on short balls that saved us yardage and made something out of it. He just showed his savvy and experience. You can tell he’s returned a lot of kicks in his lifetime and he’s very comfortable back there.”

And while Percy Harvin is the team’s top kickoff returner, the expectation is that the Seahawks will only use occasionally to keep him fresh at receiver.

So that’s another spot where others have a chance to earn playing time, Walters included. Another name to throw in the mix, Carroll said, is rookie receiver Paul Richardson, who said after he was drafted that he would be interested in punt returns, but who instead has been getting practice time as a kick returner.

“He’s working there, and he’s in the mix,” Carroll said. “He could play in a game as a kick returner right now.”

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Western WA Northwest Weather

72°60°

Not as warm today; mostly cloudy. Pleasant on the Olympic Peninsula. Mostly cloudy tonight; however, partly cloudy near the Cascades.

Bellingham 73/57

Clouds and some sun

TOMORROW

71°57°

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Mountains

Oak Harbor 69/56

Arlington Eastern WA 76/54 Granite Partly sunny today. Mainly Falls clear tonight. Partly sunny Marysvile 77/54 tomorrow; an afternoon 73/56 shower or thunderstorm Langley EVERETT Lake Stevens around in the east.

72/60 70/55 77/54 Mukilteo Snohomish Gold Bar 71/56 77/54 80/53 Lynnwood Mill Creek Index Monroe Sultan 75/56 78/51 75/56 77/54 80/53 Kirkland Redmond 76/56 77/56 Seattle Bellevue 78/57 77/58

72°56° 73°56° Partly cloudy

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74°56° Partly cloudy

Mount Vernon 76/55

Stanwood 74/56

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FRIDAY

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Clear to partly cloudy tonight.

Port Orchard 77/55

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Seas 3-5 feet. Visibility clear.

Wind southwest 6-12 knots tonight. Seas 4-7 feet. Partly cloudy.

Port Townsend Low High Low High

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Everett

Arlington

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Pollen Index

Sun and Moon

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Today

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Sunset tonight ..................... 8:15 p.m.

Moonrise today ................. 12:58 a.m.

Moonset today ..................... 4:24 p.m.

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 79/57 Normal high/low ....................... 73/55 Records (1977/1920) ................. 88/42 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 29.99 S 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.00” Month to date ............................. 1.45” Normal month to date ............... 0.56” Year to date ............................... 21.47” Normal year to date ................. 19.20”

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through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 81/55 Normal high/low ....................... 73/55 Records (2009/1976) ................. 87/48 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 29.98 F 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.00” Month to date ............................. 0.86” Normal month to date ............... 0.76” Year to date ............................... 34.53” Normal year to date ................. 26.75”

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Today Hi/Lo/W Amsterdam 61/52/sh Athens 89/72/s Baghdad 116/85/s Bangkok 94/79/t Beijing 90/70/s Berlin 69/50/sh Buenos Aires 78/62/s Cairo 93/75/s Dublin 59/45/sh Hong Kong 88/80/t Jerusalem 84/65/s Johannesburg 72/51/s London 65/46/sh

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City

72/57

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66/54/pc 79/45/s 82/51/pc 82/45/s 89/56/s 77/58/pc

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Bellingham

Kelowna 81/52

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Tacoma 78/54

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73/57

Port Angeles 68/52

Redding 98/65

Roseburg Salem Montana Butte Great Falls Missoula Alaska Anchorage

88/59/s 85/55/s

84/55/s 79/55/pc

81/46/t 88/55/s 86/52/pc

76/47/t 78/52/t 81/51/t

67/55/pc

66/53/pc

Today Hi/Lo/W Jackson, MS 92/73/t Kansas City 90/72/pc Knoxville 85/71/t Las Vegas 97/74/t Little Rock 95/77/pc Los Angeles 81/63/pc Louisville 89/72/t Lubbock 90/68/pc Memphis 95/78/t Miami 92/78/t Milwaukee 81/64/t Minneapolis 80/64/t Mobile 92/75/t Montgomery 91/74/t Newark 82/65/pc New Orleans 92/77/t New York City 81/66/pc Norfolk 83/71/t Oakland 71/60/pc Oklahoma City 96/75/pc Omaha 87/69/pc Orlando 95/74/s Palm Springs 103/75/s Philadelphia 83/66/pc Phoenix 94/78/t Pittsburgh 82/67/pc Portland, ME 75/55/s Portland, OR 81/57/s Providence 80/57/pc

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 94/73/pc 92/75/pc 89/70/t 91/73/s 94/76/s 82/64/pc 90/74/t 92/68/s 96/78/pc 92/79/t 78/64/pc 84/70/pc 91/73/pc 97/74/t 83/66/pc 91/77/pc 82/68/pc 82/71/pc 73/60/pc 98/74/s 92/73/t 95/75/pc 97/76/pc 85/68/pc 96/74/t 81/66/t 77/57/s 77/58/pc 81/57/s

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Barrow 43/38/c Fairbanks 68/49/pc Juneau 61/47/pc British Columbia Chilliwack 77/57/t Kelowna 81/52/t Vancouver 72/57/pc Victoria 70/53/pc City

Today Hi/Lo/W Raleigh 88/70/t Rapid City 87/64/pc Reno 90/58/t Richmond 83/69/t Sacramento 87/58/s St. Louis 90/73/t St. Petersburg 92/77/s Salt Lake City 77/61/t San Antonio 98/78/s San Diego 76/69/pc San Francisco 72/61/pc San Jose 75/60/pc Stockton 89/59/s Syracuse 79/62/s Tallahassee 95/76/t Tampa 92/78/s Tempe 95/78/t Topeka 94/73/pc Tucson 83/69/t Tulsa 97/77/t Washington, DC 85/70/t Wichita 97/74/t Winston-Salem 85/68/t Yuma 103/79/pc

48/37/c 70/50/sh 63/50/pc 72/55/t 78/48/t 69/55/pc 68/49/pc Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 90/71/pc 82/58/t 91/59/s 87/71/pc 85/59/s 93/77/t 93/77/pc 82/63/pc 96/78/s 76/69/pc 73/60/pc 76/59/pc 89/60/s 83/66/t 97/76/pc 92/78/pc 95/73/t 95/76/pc 87/70/t 96/77/s 87/72/t 96/75/s 87/69/pc 100/76/t

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Sounders face Quakes Wednesday Nadal withdraws from U.S. Open with wrist injury SEATTLE — Last week, the Seattle Sounders faced a team determined to pass them in the Major League Soccer standings.

Next, the Sounders will face a couple of clubs with different but maybe equally urgent incentives: climbing into the Western Conference playoffs.

On Wednesday, the Sounders will return to league play with a home match against San Jose, which is nine points behind Vancouver for the fifth and final conference playoff spot. Then on Sunday, the Sounders visit the Portland Timbers, who are sixth in the West, two points south of the Whitecaps.

“Motivations for those teams is whatever motivates them, and obviously that’s making the playoffs,” Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said Monday. “For us, what the motivation has to be is we have a chance to do a lot of special things this year, and we have to recommit ourselves and rededicate ourselves to do that. I think we are a committed team and I think we are dedicated to those goals, and we’ve got to realize that this can be a very special year. We’re in an Open Cup final, we’re in the hunt for the Supporters Shield, and then the playoffs loom at the end of the year.”

Seattle central defender Chad Marshall played with both kinds of incentives

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over his previous decade with the Columbus Crew: winning the Supporters Shield in 2008 and 2009, while missing the playoffs in 2012 and 2013.

“Having been on both sides, it’s definitely nicer to be on the top instead of scrambling at the end of the year to try to get points and get yourself into the playoff,” he said. “I just look at it game to game, so every game is a chance to get three points.”

With its 2-1 win over the Sounders last weekend, Real Salt Lake got the three points it needed to nudge past the Sounders and into first place in the West for the first time this season.

“They were just highly motivated,” Schmid said.

“They played a good game.

We ran into a couple of teams lately that have played their best or close to their best games against us.

If it takes somebody’s best game to beat us, they’re not always going to be able to bring that best game every time, especially when rest and everything else is equal. It’s just a matter of us getting ready now for the

task at hand.”

The Sounders are 1-3 over their past four MLS matches. However, they still lead the league with an average of 1.86 points per game and have two games in hand against the only teams ahead of them in the points table: RSL and Sporting Kansas City.

Both of those teams are idle Wednesday, so Seattle would move back atop the Supporters Shield standings with a win against the Earthquakes and would pull into a three-way tie at the top with a draw.

Forward Obafemi Martins will return to the team after sitting out the RSL game on red-card suspension. Schmid indicated that midfielder Marco Pappa could return after missing the Salt Lake match with a hamstring. Midfielder Brad Evans remains questionable with a hamstring injury suffered in the first half of that game.

“When individuals play well, teams play well, and then we move forward from there,” Schmid said. “... We get the win on Wednesday and move ourselves back up on top.”

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Defending U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal, still rehabilitating a wrist injured in practice three weeks ago, withdrew Monday from this year’s tournament, the second time in three years he will miss New York’s Grand Slam event because of injury.

The Open commences its two-week run Monday and Nadal, who pulled out of this month’s Open tuneup events in Toronto and Mason, Ohio, announced that he “won’t be able to play. I am sure you understand that it is a very tough moment for me, since it is a tournament I love and where I have great memories from the fans, the night matches, so many things.”

Nadal was injured during training at his home on the Spanish island of Mallorca on July 29 and required a cast on his right wrist for more than two weeks. Nadal plays lefthanded, but uses a two-handed backhand. In a statement released early Monday, Nadal said, “Not much more I can do right now, other than accept the situation and, as always in my case, work hard in order to be able to compete at the highest level once I am back.”

His last competitive match was a fourth-round loss at Wimbledon to 19-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios, who turned pro only last year.

Nadal was forced to

skip the 2012 Open during a seven-month absence from the pro tour because of chronic knee tendinitis, but he returned from that setback with a flourish, winning 10 tournaments in 2013, including two Grand Slam events (French and U.S.) and 75 of 82 matches, finishing the year ranked No. 1.

Still only 28, Nadal has won 14 major tournament titles — his most recent being June’s French Open — second in men’s tennis history (along with retired Pete Sampras) to Roger Federer’s 17. Nadal, who won his first Open in 2010 and was runner-up in 2011, is only the seventh man to win each of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

But tennis observers regularly have wondered if Nadal’s hard-driving physical game, based on relentless running and exhaustive training, might be punishing him as much as it hurts his opponents.

Knee trouble, in particular, has plagued him, and it was knee tendinitis that kept Nadal, in 2009, from defending the first of his two Wimbledon championships.

In U.S. Open history, besides Nadal, three other men did not defend their titles: Ken Rosewall in 1971, because of an ongoing conflict the WCT and the international tennis federation; Sampras in 2003, as he retired after his 2002 title; and Martin del Potro in 2010, because of a wrist injury requiring surgery.