The to-do list Home: The Everett Fall Home Show and Gift & Food Show is 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Xfinity Arena in Everett; $7 adults, $6.50 seniors, kids 16 and younger free.
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Out on top: Meadowdale takes down undefeated GP,
Fluffy: National Alpaca Farm Days is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Sunday at Casa de Arboles, 10320 227th Ave. SE, Monroe. There will be tours, demos, snacks and chances for photos; www.casadearboles.com.
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Critters: Meet an armadillo, skunk, possum, porcupine, fox, small alligator and snakes of all kinds at 2 p.m. today at the Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd. SATURDAY, 09.27.2014
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Medical examiner resigns The county’s highest-paid employee had a rocky tenure that included lawsuits about workplace conditions and complaints about morale.
By Scott North Herald Writer
EVERETT — Dr. Norman Thiersch, who presided as Snohomish County medical examiner for 16 years, resigned
from that job this week, leaving his reputation for forensic prowess intact even as he remained the focus of repeated complaints and lawsuits regarding his ability to work with others. Thiersch was the county’s
highest-paid employee, earning a $208,774 salary. He reported directly to County Executive John Lovick. His last day in the office was See THIERSCH, Page A6
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The FBI is investigating the case, which could be ideologically inspired based on graffiti found at the scene. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
MALTBY — A bulldozer was stolen early Wednesday morning from a work site near Highway 522 and driven into the base of a power-line tower, damaging it but not bringing it down. The FBI has taken over the investigation. Anti-capitalism and radical environmentalist graffiti was spray-painted at the scene and on nearby structures, according to the Bonneville Power Administration, which operates the transmission line. Service was not affected by the incident, said Mike Hansen, a BPA spokesman. Snohomish County sheriff ’s deputies secured the site after it was reported late Wednesday morning. The case was handed over to the FBI because an important part of the regional energy grid was intentionally damaged and, based on the graffiti, the attack could have been ideologically inspired, said Ayn Dietrich-Williams, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Seattle division. The graffiti included the phrase “#killcap” — an anti-capitalism slogan — and “ELF,” the acronym for the extreme environmentalist Earth Liberation Front. The group has claimed credit or is suspected of being
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Kyliah Sherrill, 5, pets Duke, a 12-year-old shepherd mix available for adoption, at the Everett Animal Shelter’s booth at the Everett Home Show at the Xfinity Arena on Friday. Along with four-footed creatures, the show also features the latest in technological gadgetry, food, a gift sale, workshops and more. See story, A3.
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Bikini coffee stand owner sentenced in sex crime Herald Writer
EVERETT — The son of the man who brought the controversial bikini espresso stands
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to Everett is headed to prison if he can’t undo his sex crime conviction. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge David Kurtz on Friday sentenced Bill Wheeler
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Jr. to three years in prison. The judge agreed to allow Wheeler the opportunity to post $100,000 bail pending the outcome of an appeal. Wheeler maintained his
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innocence, saying his conviction was based on deception, inaccurate information and a botched police investigation. Last month it took a jury less than an hour to convict Wheeler,
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31, of sexual exploitation of a minor. Wheeler employed a 16-year-old girl at his Grab-N-Go coffee huts last year. The teenager See CRIME, Page A6
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