Everett Daily Herald, October 18, 2014

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The to-do list Feast: The Fisherman’s Village Music Festival presents a two-day event featuring 10 bands and plenty of local music tonight at The Cannery in Everett. Doors open at 6 p.m.; music starts at 8. $10; 21+

Running game: Arlington can’t catch Marysville Pilchuck,Page C1

Buggy: See more than 2,000 insect specimens from around the world from 2 to 3 p.m. today at Everett Public Library, 9512 Evergreen Way. For ages 4 and older. Free. Scream: Scare up some fun at one of the many haunted houses or farms around the county. Check out our list of options at www.heraldnet.com/haunted.

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$18.4 million later, Harvin gone By John Boyle Herald Writer

RENTON — Nineteen months after Percy Harvin came to the Seattle Seahawks in one of the

biggest trades in franchise history, his career in Seattle came to a shocking and abrupt end. Harvin, who cost the Seahawks multiple NFL draft picks, including a 2013 first-rounder, is

headed to the New York Jets after the teams agreed to a trade Friday, meaning he leaves Seattle having played in just eight games: one regular-season contest last season, part of a playoff game

against New Orleans, Super Bowl XLVIII and the first five games of this season. For those eight games, the Seahawks paid Harvin roughly $18.4 million, gave up first- and

Riders digging the dirt

seventh-round picks last year and a third-rounder this year, and will deal with future salary-camp ramifications going forward. See HARVIN, Page A2

ELECTION 2014 | Everett City Council, Position 7

Deficit, crime are top issues

1,200 yards of soil turn Xfinity’s ice into a EnduroCross track

By Chris Winters Herald Writer

MARK MULLIGAN / THE HERALD

By Andrew Gobin Herald Writer

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EVERETT — It takes a lot of work to convert Xfinity Arena from a brawling ice rink to dirt motorcycle track and back within a week. On Thursday, crews covered the Silvertips’ home ice with insulation and a plastic cap. On top of that they added plywood and whole lot of dirt — 1,200 yards of it. Saturday, professional riders will compete in one of nine EnduroCross events that will

determine this year’s championship. This is the fourth year Everett has been part of the tour, which began in May in Las Vegas. “This track has the most obstacles this year, which should make this an exciting round. Not so much for the crashes, but the carnage,” said Destry Abbott, a 23-year racing veteran who was testing the track Friday. Track designers built hills and obstacles such as a rock pit, boulder dash and log hop. The one hairpin will act as a

Buy a vowel Look at this classroom, filled with humiliating punishments: A teacher who used a “Wheel of Misfortune” device to discipline her students will keep her job despite complaints from parents (Page A5). Misbehaving students spun the wheel to determine their punishment. The school district

determined that the teacher didn’t really want to hurt or embarrass students. Besides, some kids were inspired to check out the real “Wheel of Fortune,” which led to priceless bonding time with their grandparents after supper. Binders full of women: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has again apologized to employees for his

bottleneck in the race, to test riders’ agility. Heavy machinery was used to build jumps from giant tires and piles of dirt. If the dirt looks familiar, that’s because it’s been here before. “We use the same materials each year,” said Lance Bryson, the event’s marketing director. They are stored at places like gravel pits until they are needed the next year. Two track designers direct workers in two front-loaders and a front end loader, who carefully manicure the track. Condensation from the

gaffe about women seeking pay raises, and announced that all workers will receive training on inclusive workplaces (Business Briefly, Page A6). In the company-wide memo, Nadella also said that anyone who knows hot chicks who want to work for Microsoft should send the candidates’ photos to him. Don’t know much about

underlying ice is a factor in the race. At the start of the day, it’s a dry track. By the last race, it’s a mud pit. Then it’s all scooped away, with care, to avoid breaking through the plywood floor. “It’s a big job, but it’s worth it,” Bryson said. Practice and qualifying races begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and are open to local racers. Qualifying racers will hit the track at 7:30 p.m. Andrew Gobin: 425-339-3000, ext. 5461; agobin@heraldnet. com.

history: On this day in 1867, the United States took possession of Alaska from Russia (Today in History, Page D4). Russian president Vladimir Putin marked the anniversary by ordering his top scientists to invent a time machine so he can go back 147 years and prevent the deal.

— Mark Carlson and John McCartney, Herald staff

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Destry Abbott, of Phoenix, tries out the freshly built EnduroCross track inside Xfinity Arena in Everett on Friday morning. Abbott, who has been riding professionally for 23 years, will be racing Saturday night during the EnduroCross professional races at Xfinity Arena. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday the public can watch qualifying races for free at the arena before the evening’s professional events.

EVERETT — Two candidates are squaring off for Position 7 on the Everett City Council. In this off-year election, the race is for a one-year unexpired term. The winner will run again in November 2015 for a full term. Rich Anderson is the incumbent, appointed to the seat in 2013 when Shannon Affholter resigned. Anderson has been an accountant with the firm Hascal Sjoholm & Co. PLLC for 38 years. His challenger is Judy Tuohy, who has been the executive director of the Schack Arts Center for nearly 20 years. Both are Everett natives — they were in the 1972 graduating class at Everett High School — and both have long been involved in the community. Both also see street crime and the city’s long-term structural deficit as the key issues facing the council. The city’s deficitreduction package to date has been criticized, in particular for its emphasis on raising revenues, especially utility taxes and fees. With the budget, Anderson said he felt that during the recession it wasn’t appropriate to consider new revenue sources. “Now that we’ve reached the new normal, I think it’s appropriate to look at new revenues,” Anderson said, adding that any revenue increases need to be

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