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New chapter for old library IGA’s OSO MUDSLIDE
By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EVERETT — Snohomish County leaders have plans for a
vacant historic downtown building in hopes of keeping people off the streets and out of jail. The county is requesting $1.6 million from the state to
help renovate the former Carnegie Library so it can house what is being called the Rapid Recidivism Reduction Program. The plan is to provide transitional housing and social services for homeless people being released from jail for nonviolent crimes or as an
alternative to the county lockup. The county plans to chip in about $500,000 to complete improvements to the vacant building, located at 3001 Oakes Ave. The county wants to build See CHAPTER, Page A2
ELECTION 2014 | Snohomish County executive
One-year term up for grabs John Lovick is being challenged by Sultan’s mayor for county’s top job
By Kari Bray Herald Writer
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Snohomish County Executive John Lovick goes door to door in Mill Creek, campaigning for election, on Sept. 8.
Sultan Mayor Carolyn Eslick takes her campaign for county executive to the Everett home of John Van Patten on Sept. 12.
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EVERETT — John Lovick began his tenure as Snohomish County executive last year with an outpouring of good will. Picked by Democrats after the previous executive resigned, the former sheriff brought about immediate improvements in government transparency and employee morale. In March,
Lovick’s administration led the response to the Oso mudslide, the worst natural disaster in the county’s history. The enthusiasm that buoyed Lovick during those extraordinary events hasn’t always translated into support for his day-to-day management. A Republican challenger, Sultan Mayor Carolyn Eslick, is trying to capitalize on political discontent as she and Lovick
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compete Nov. 4 for a special oneyear term in office. “I’m proud of the work that I do and I’m proud of the work of this community,” Lovick said Thursday, sounding characteristically upbeat. “We shouldn’t have to apologize for having good government in this county.” On campaign stops, Lovick says he’s honored and humbled to serve as executive. He describes a three-point vision:
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safe schools, good roads and “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Eslick accuses Lovick of avoiding tough questions about his leadership. “John’s a really nice man, he really is,” she said. “All he says is ‘How honored and humbled I am’ ” to be executive. She’s made an issue of pay See EXECUTIVE, back page, this section
in a police report on the disturbance spurred calls for Vice President Joe Biden to cut short his visit to the Seattle area Thursday (Page A6) and fly up to Anchorage to help calm tensions at a party Friday night that Bristol, Track and Willow Palin plan to attend.
based online retailer Amazon.com plans to open a brick-and-mortar store in Manhattan, the Wall Street Journal reported (Page A12). There’s no word yet on whether the store will be permanent, a temporary pop-up, or a really mean joke at Sears’ expense.
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DARRINGTON — Things are finally settling down at the Darrington IGA, a family-owned store that became an information hub, a food and water provider, and a place to gather and pitch in after the Oso mudslide. “We’re as close to normal as we could hope to be,” co-owner Kevin Ashe said. “But it’ll never really be normal again.” Kevin and his wife, Sheila, got a call March 22 from their sonin-law. There had been a slide, he said. It was bad. “But we really couldn’t wrap our heads around it,” Kevin said. Then they saw pictures of the fallen hillside and the muddy debris where homes once stood. With volunteers and first responders searching the mud and more rescuers on the way, they started making sandwiches, cooking chicken and rounding up water bottles and warm drinks. People began showing up at the store, looking for information or just wanting to talk. The slide killed 43 people, swept away a neighborhood and buried a stretch of Highway 530 between Arlington and Darrington. “It’s hard to describe it,” Kevin said. “It was an emotional, hectic, difficult situation that we were in. But we all knew we had a job to do and we weren’t waiting on anybody else to do it.” Earlier this week, the Washington Food Industry Association recognized Kevin, Randy and Sheila Ashe and the Darrington IGA for their efforts after the slide. The family received WFIA’s Community Service Award in a surprise ceremony Wednesday afternoon. It’s the first time community service has been separate from the association’s overall Grocer of the Year award. The group has been around for 115 years and recognizes grocers and vendors annually, President Jan Gee said. “The beauty of a communitybased grocer is that they can do things really no one else could,” Gee said. “The neighborhood grocery store is a great asset to any community because they become that hub in a crisis. What the Darrington IGA did for their community makes their community stronger.” See IGA, Page A2
Washington Traffic Safety Commission wants lawmakers to make it illegal to hold a phone in your hand while you’re driving (Page A6). Look at it this way, phoneaddicted drivers: With both hands free, you’d be able to hold your Starbucks in one hand and an Egg McMuffin in the other.
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The county is seeking state funds to turn the vacant building into a transitional facility for homeless offenders.
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