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On leave after felonies found A top county administrator says she told her boss about the theft charges long before she plead guilty. By Noah Haglund Herald Writer
EVERETT — A top administrator in Snohomish County’s Public Works Department was placed on paid leave recently
after higher-ups learned she had two felony theft convictions — from more than a year earlier. Pam Miller contends she informed public works director Steve Thomsen about the criminal case long before pleading
guilty in May 2013. Miller also said the case has had no bearing on her performance as an administrative operations manager, where her duties included payroll, grants oversight and internal investigations. “If I was standing in a room with people, I would just ask for their forgiveness,” Miller said Tuesday. “I have done
everything that I can to make it right. I am very sorry to anybody I have hurt.” Miller, of Arlington, is just over a month shy of her 30-year work anniversary with the county. She earns about $128,000 per year. As with other employees, she is entitled to a name-clearing See FOUND, back page, this section
No limits for Jamarious
Family focuses on helping boy abused as infant defy expectations
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New brew plans on tap Edmonds-based American Brewing Company says it’s interested in moving to the former Olympia Brewery location after it is reopened. By Aaron Swaney Herald Writer
By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EVERETT — Jamarious Carpenter is good at helping his grandma prove people wrong. The 6-year-old is a pint-sized fighter, defying expectations. Maybe he gets that from his grandma, who was determined to prove to the boy’s doctors that he would beat the odds. The doctors spent a lot of time telling Ginger Carpenter what her grandson would never be able to do. She has spent the past six years focused on what Jamarious can do and how she can help him reach his next milestone. “We were never going to let
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We were never going to let him sit in a corner. We were never going to give up. — Ginger Carpenter, Jamarious’ grandmother
him sit in a corner,” Carpenter said. “We were never going to give up.” On Sunday, Jamarious played in the pool at the YMCA in downtown Everett. His grandma pulled him around the warm water. He kicked his legs and floated. He squealed, screeched and smiled.
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Pure joy in motion. It doesn’t matter that he can’t tell his grandma he’s having a good time. Words would fall short compared to that smile. Jamarious and his grandparents recently were given a five-year membership to the YMCA through the Make-AWish Foundation. On Sunday,
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there was a party and a dip in the pool to celebrate. The Carpenters were joined by dozens of relatives and people who have become family as they work to give the little boy a life that defies what happened to him. Jamarious was born healthy. Then when he was just 3½ months old his father assaulted him. Doctors discovered a devastating brain injury, broken bones and internal injuries. The abuse caused spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy. It robbed Jamarious of normal muscle function. He was
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Jamarious Carpenter, 6, swims with his grandmother, Ginger Carpenter, at the Everett YMCA during a celebration Sunday. After finding out Jamarious loves the water, the YMCA donated a five-year membership to his family so that he can swim. Jamarious suffers from frequent seizures after being abused by his father.
EDMONDS — Northwest Investment Group LLC announced last week that it intends to bring beer back to the former Olympia Brewery location in Tumwater. As for who will be doing the brewing, that might turn out to be a local brewery. American Brewing Company, which is based in Edmonds, has expressed interest in moving to the site as well as operating the contract brewery at the location just off Custer Way. “We are excited by the vision and concept presented by (NW Investment Group partners) Doug (Gray) and Ken (Brogan) and look forward to continued discussions,” American Brewing Company CEO Neil Fallon said in a press release. Troy Dana, who has been managing the site since late 2008 and will be working with NW Investment Group to secure tenants, confirmed that he is in talks with American Brewing. “We really like Neil,” Dana said. “It’s a real opportunity for American Brewing to work with us down here. We’re working hard at trying to get them down here.” It’s undetermined if American Brewing would pull up stakes in Edmonds or leave a small pilot brewery and taproom. “That’s an unknown at this point,” Fallon said. According to the Washington State Liquor Control Board, American Brewing brewed 3,119 barrels of beer in 2013, 20th in the state behind the top brewer Red Hook (149,028 barrels).
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