Everett Daily Herald, October 22, 2014

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Prison for prolific burglar Adam Nemra was sentenced to 12 years for dozens of break-ins at businesses from Bellingham to Bremerton. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

EVERETT — A Snohomish County judge showed no leniency to a prolific burglar on Tuesday, sentencing him to 12

years in prison for a rash of heists at businesses. Superior Court Judge George Appel didn’t find a reason to give Adam Nemra a second chance at drug treatment. Instead, the judge said Nemra, 30, deserved a

lengthy incarceration. “There is no other way I can see to keep society safe from you,” Appel said. Detectives believe Nemra was good for dozens of after-hours burglaries at businesses from Bellingham to Bremerton. He often would bring along a grinder to slice open safes, squeezing his small hands into

the incisions and making off with thousands of dollars. He also was accused of stealing high-priced merchandise from other businesses and selling the property online. One company was hit at five different locations. It reported losing more than $57,000 in goods and being See PRISON, back page, this section

Ground broken on center 777X wing program expected to create thousands of jobs

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner (center) is flanked by U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Composite Wing Center at Boeing in Everett on Tuesday morning. Darrel Staley (far left) and Eric Lindblad from Boeing, and Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson also helped mark the ceremonial beginning of construction of the facility that will build the new composite wings for the 777X in Everett.

By Amy Nile Herald Writer

EVERETT — Excavators and backhoes hummed in the background as Boeing executives and politicians shoveled dirt at a ground-breaking ceremony Tuesday for the company’s 777X wing fabrication center. New technology and thousands of jobs are expected to come with the new airplane production program. Boeing chose to manufacture carbon-fiber-composite wings

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and do final assembly of the new jetliner in Everett after winning concessions from workers and some $8.7 billion in tax breaks from the state last winter. With that in the past, workers, politicians and executives celebrated the 777X with X-shaped cookies as VIPs ceremoniously took golden shovels to the ground at the construction site near Paine Field. U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell were among the dignitaries in attendance. Also present were labor

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representatives from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner was given a carbon-composite shovel. He said Boeing plans to invest $1 billion in the Everett plant. The 1.3-million-square-foot building, just north of the present big factory, will be as big as 25 football fields, the company said. The site will include three

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of the world’s largest autoclaves. Each speaker at Tuesday’s event chose an item to put a time capsule that Boeing plans to store in the new building until Oct. 21, 2044. “It’s important to remember the work we do and the airplanes we build,” said Eric Lindblad, vice president of 777X wing integration. He placed a piece of an autoclave in the capsule to represent See WINGS, back page, this section

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Lovick raises to be studied County Council members have called into question the fairness of the increases, which are one part of the executive’s 2015 budget. By Noah Haglund Herald Writer

EVERETT — Some Snohomish County Council members plan to scrutinize raises awarded to top managers in Executive John Lovick’s administration as part of the ongoing 2015 budget process. The 10 percent increases for about a dozen employees total about $150,000 or so in Lovick’s proposed operating budget of $230 million. While that’s a small piece of the financial picture, the pay hikes have sparked a policy debate among council members over fairness and the validity of the raises under county code. With union contracts for most of the county’s nearly 2,800-person workforce set to expire at the end of this year, the raises also promise to make for some interesting negotiations. “The raises they got, they’re really in front of us in this budget,” Council Chairman Dave Somers said this week. “We’re letting the executive’s office know that we’ll be dealing with them separately.” This year’s budget has been more contentious than last fall, when the council adopted Lovick’s spending plan with few revisions. Changes since then include Somers assuming the chairmanship from Councilwoman Stephanie Wright and two new faces on the council, Ken Klein and Terry Ryan, who took over for term-limited predecessors. Last year, the council voted 4-1 to approve a budget that increased the average homeowner’s tax bill by about $20. The extra taxes are paying for a future $162 million courthouse. Construction is scheduled to begin next year. Lovick, a Democrat who was appointed executive, is running in the Nov. 4 election to keep his job for the remaining year of an unexpired term. His Republican opponent, Carolyn Eslick, has been critical of the raises and other spending decisions in Lovick’s administration. Lovick has recommended increasing the county’s general See BUDGET, Page A2

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