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New ride service in Everett ‘Bright OSO MUDSLIDE
The Saytaxi smartphone app aims to compete with companies like Lyft by allowing you to hail a regular taxi. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
EVERETT — Need a ride in Everett? If you do, Michael Zang hopes you open the Saytaxi app on
your smartphone to hail a traditional taxicab. The app allows taxi drivers to compete with upstart rideshare companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar, he said. The Everett resident launched
Saytaxi Washington last month, and users can hail a cab in Everett, Lynnwood and, occasionally, in Seattle. “It’s available, just not as widely as I’d like,” he said. So far, individual drivers have registered with the company, and Zang said he is close to finalizing an agreement with a major taxi company in
Snohomish County. An Estonia-based company, Multi Brain, designed the app and provides support for independent, local partners, such as Zang, 39. “The Saytaxi app helps the taxicab industry, which is why I care about it,” he said. See SERVICE, Page A2
Still standing proud Pacific All-Stars Little League team basks in accomplishments
spots’ in hard times Rescue workers are grateful for the countless acts of kindness from around the world in the weeks following the disaster. By Rikki King Herald Writer
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Clayton Broeder (18) of Pearland, Texas, scores as Pacific All-Stars pitcher Tyler Durbin covers home at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
After a whirlwind run that took them to state and regional championships and then to the Little League World Series, members of the Pacific All-Stars finally got a chance Tuesday to reflect on all they accomplished. Monday’s 11-4 loss to Pearland, Texas, ended the season for the 12- and 13-year-olds from
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Edmonds and Lynnwood. Tyler Durbin, 12, of Edmonds, a key hitter who pitched in the final game, said the experience made for memories “that I’ll remember for a lifetime.” Mason Vaughn, 12, an outfielder, said he “didn’t get that stressed” playing in the World Series, even with the games being broadcast nationally. “Millions of people were watching,” he said.
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Vaughn said he just felt like he was playing at the team’s home field in Lynnwood’s Lynndale Park. “I just kept my cool and just went out and played my hardest,” he said. Vaughn said he got to meet the some of the star players he had been hearing about from teams across the nation. “When they’re out there (on the field), they’re like celebrities,” he said. “When they’re in the dorm,
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they’re just like regular kids.” Vaughn said that his favorite memory of the team’s season was winning the regional championships, the game that sent to them Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the Little League World Series — the second team from Snohomish County to participate in the event. His father, Chad Vaughn, of
OSO — Willy Harper still finds himself reading through the cards that fill rubber totes at the Oso Fire Station. Donations for rescue workers are stacked along walls and shelves: water bottles, cookies, granola bars, paper towels. The smell of lavender from boxes of donated soap follows the fire chief into his truck at night. Harper and Assistant Fire Chief Toby Hyde have been searching for the right words and the right ways to thank everyone who sent donations and cards and shared thoughts and prayers after the March 22 mudslide. Those countless acts of kindness came as rescuers spent weeks in the mud, eventually recovering all 43 victims. People around the world found personal connections to what was happening in the tiny community of Oso, Harper said. “There are these bright spots in terrible times,” he said. During recovery efforts, the provisions helped the crews keep going, Harper said. Searchers would return from the wet and cold to homemade meals. Volunteers just showed up at the fire station and cooked and cleaned. Crews used the duct tape to keep the mud out of their boots. They used the plywood to create walkways over the muck. People brought whatever they could. One woman gave 100 fast-food hamburgers, Harper said. “She could barely talk. She was
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