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Another inmate dies in jail Staff checked on the woman, who was under extra supervision, at least three times the morning of her death. By Rikki King and Diana Hefley Herald Writers
EVERETT — A 62-year-old Everett woman with a history of mental health problems died Tuesday in the Snohomish
County Jail. The woman is believed to have suffered a medical emergency about 7:30 a.m., sheriff ’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. The sheriff ’s major in charge of the jail had checked on the woman at least twice earlier in
the morning, Ireton said. A captain also checked on the woman minutes before she died. Paramedics were summoned, but the woman could not be revived, Ireton said. The Herald is not naming the woman until her family has been notified of the death. Since 2010, at least 12 inmates have died at the county jail, where comprehensive reforms
have been under way to address overcrowding, medical care and other issues. The woman who died Tuesday had been living in Compass Health mental health housing in Everett, according to an arrest report. She was booked by Everett police on Sept. 19 for investigation of third-degree See JAIL, Page A2
Marysville cleaning house Crime downtown has dropped significantly after revitalization efforts
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Marysville’s Comeford Park is just right for Annette Cooper (left) and Betty Kirk to enjoy a little lunch Tuesday and wait for a bus beneath the water tower now that crowds have vanished with summer and the spray park is closed for the season.
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MARYSVILLE — The return of rainy weather and the start of the school year means Comeford Park is quiet again. This summer, the park was packed every day with kids frolicking in the city’s new spray
park while their families socialized under the trees. That meant there were much fewer homeless people and drug dealers there. “That spray park was really the right thing to get these families in here,” said Pat Olson, a volunteer at the Ken Baxter Community Center. “You don’t see so many of the homeless here to scare
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them away.” Over the past two years, the city has embarked on an effort to revitalize downtown. The area of focus, between Ash to Alder avenues and First and Ninth streets, is only about 2 percent of the city’s area, but it accounts for 20 percent of drugrelated crimes.
Municipal envy Take out the papers and the trash: Seattle’s City Council passed new fines for those residents who don’t separate food waste from their trash. Starting next July, failure to compost food waste can result in a $1 fine (Page A4). Legalized pot. A $15 minimum wage. No plastic Dear Abby. . . .D5 Good Life . . . .D1
Police worked closely with the fire department, Planning and Community Development, Public Works, and Parks and Recreation. Results are starting to show: Assaults were down 40 percent in the first half of 2014
shopping bags. Mandatory composting. Fair warning, Seattle: They’re coming for your Big Gulps next. Would you like some pepper spray on that? Police in Portland, Oregon, who responded to an accident involving a Pizza Hut delivery driver delivered the delayed pizza for the injured driver
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to a thankful but surprised couple (Page A8). Seattle, you’re going to have to work a lot harder if you’re trying to beat Portland for that National Liberal Bastion title. Was he with a squirrel in aviator’s goggles? A man who attempted to pet a bull moose in a Spokane Sports . . . . . . . C1 Short Takes . . .D6
Oil train work ahead Officials gathered with U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene to discuss what needs to happen to ensure residents are safe in case of a spill. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
EVERETT — With rail shipments of oil through Western Washington on the rise, conversations continue about the ability of communities to protect residents in the event of a spill. On Tuesday, civic, public safety and railroad officials sat down with U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., at the Snohomish County Emergency Operations Center to size up the situation from Snohomish County to the Canadian border. They concluded there’s work to be done. To prepare for an emergency, fire departments need additional training and better communication with Burlington Northern Santa Fe about what’s in the shipments, DelBene was told. And safer tank cars and elimination of at-grade road crossings will reduce the consequences should a trainload of oil go off the tracks, they said. Those are some of the issues “we’re grappling with,” Snohomish County Councilman Dave Somers told the first-term congresswoman and a representative of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen. “Accidents do happen, so we do need to be ready,” Somers said. Attendees included BNSF representative Terry Finn, Snohomish Mayor Karen Guzak, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary, Mount Vernon Mayor Jill Boudreau, Robin Everett of the Sierra Club and Eric dePlace, policy director for the Sightline Institute of Seattle. DelBene deliberately assembled a group with often disparate views on readiness. “It is important that all of us understand what can be done to be sure our communities are safe,” she said. See TRAINS, Page A2
cemetery was arrested after he fought with a wildlife officer who told him to stop (Northwest Briefly, Page A6). Spokane, feeling left behind by Seattle and Portland, immediately drafted an ordinance that would legalize the petting of moose in cemeteries.
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