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ELECTION 2014 | U.S. House, 1st Congressional District
DelBene has the money to win After showing early interest in moderate Celis, GOP sends cash elsewhere. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
PHOTOS BY DAN BATES / THE HERALD
Dorothy Gove, 105, plays a game of balloon ball in one of the exercise rooms at the 106-year-old Josephine Sunset Home on 272nd Pl NW in Stanwood. The elder care home will move to a new facility out of the floodplain sometime in the next five years.
IN TOO DEEP
Longtime Stanwood institutions heading for higher ground Costs of improvements in floodplain are too steep, so city offices, Josephine home will move. By Kari Bray
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Herald Writer
STANWOOD — Local leaders and the city’s second-largest employer are looking to the hills as the threat of flooding makes downtown an increasingly hazardous and costly place to be. Located near the mouth of the Stillaguamish River, within reach of severe Skagit River floods, Stanwood’s entire downtown falls within a 100-year floodplain designated by the Federal
Downtown Stanwood Lovers Rd.
Josephine Heritage Sunset Home Park City Hall
Police station 271 St. NW
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See RACE, Page A8
Emergency Management Agency. Recently, city officials renewed discussions about moving Stanwood City Hall and the police department to higher ground. Josephine Sunset Home, the second-largest employer in the city behind the Stanwood-Camano School District, also plans to relocate. The city continues to work with business owners, developers and insurers to keep the historic west end of Stanwood — its downtown core — lively. Shops and restaurants are tucked into some of the oldest and most recognizable buildings in town, and downtown business vacancies left after the recession have been filled.
way High eer Pion
Freshman Democratic congresswoman Suzan DelBene expected a bruising campaign for re-election. Republican leaders made no secret of wanting to unseat her in the 1st Congressional District to bolster the party’s majority in the House of Representatives. They had a candidate, Pedro Celis, with an interesting life story and impressive resume poised to make a serious run in the district with an electorate of roughly equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans and independents. But Celis foundered in the August primary, finishing a distant second to DelBene and uncomfortably close to not advancing to the general election at all. Now, with voting for the Nov. 4 election under way, DelBene seems on course for an easierthan-expected victory. Celis’ campaign is shy on money,
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268 St. NW
Irvine Slough
Stillaguamish River
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The Herald
See FLOODPLAIN, Page A6
LOCAL SPIN
HUSKIES LOSE
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Shoreline label gives bands a break, one week at a time. Good Life, D1
UW’s losing streak against the Ducks jumps to 11 games. Sports, C1
Point, counterpoint on the class size ballot measure. Viewpoints, B7
Motley 67/57, C10
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