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A Boeing executive says its KC-46A program is undergoing final preparation after wiring problems were “resolved and closed out.” By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
EVERETT — The first test plane for the Boeing Co.’s KC-46A aerialrefueling tanker program is on the flight line at Paine Field next to the company’s factory. “We’re doing final prep for first flight on tanker,” Boeing Chief Operating Officer Dennis Muilenburg said Wednesday during an investors conference in New York. The first test flight had been planned for this past summer, but wiring problems delayed the schedule. The company is developing the KC-46, derived from the Boeing 767 passenger jet, for the U.S. Air Force as a replacement for aging KC-135 tankers, which are Boeing 707 derivatives. The Air Force plans to order 179 KC-46s from Boeing to be delivered over 10 years. The Air Force also plans to buy a couple of hundred more tankers in two subsequent procurement programs. By the end, it will have replaced the entire tanker fleet, which consists of KC135s and larger KC-10s, which were derived from the DC-10. Boeing must deliver the first 18 KC-46s to the military in August 2017. The wiring issues “have now been resolved and closed out,” Muilenburg said at the Credit Suisse Global Industrials Conference in New York. “That airplane is done. We completed factory functional test. That airplane has now rolled out of the factory.” Muilenburg also said he is confident the company can get enough orders for in-production 777 models to keep that assembly line busy at the current rate of 100 airplanes a year, through 2020. That is when the company expects to make the first delivery of a successor, the 777X. At the current production rate, Boeing has enough orders to keep the line moving through 2016. That leaves several years for the company to bridge. Many aerospace analysts said they expect Boeing will have to See TANKER, Page A2
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‘No threats’ by deputy After conducting an inquiry, County Executive John Lovick finds nothing inappropriate was said by Mark Ericks. By Noah Haglund Herald Writer
EVERETT — Snohomish County Executive John Lovick said there’s no evidence that his top deputy threatened or harassed county councilmen.
Lovick made the announcement Thursday after performing his own fact-finding inquiry into comments made by Deputy Executive Mark Ericks this fall during closed-door meetings. He was responding to a formal complaint that council
Chairman Dave Somers filed Nov. 18, accusing Ericks of having said he would kill Councilman Terry Ryan “if it wasn’t for jail time.” Somers also recounted an episode in which Ericks allegedly laughed when another manager joked about drawing up death certificates for Somers and Ryan. “What I’ve determined is that no threats were made,” Lovick
said. “I’ve interviewed a lot of people at the meeting and no threats were made.” Lovick said he performed the inquiry according to a procedure recommended by the county’s human resources director, who also was present when some of the comments were made. In all, See THREATS, back page, this section
Tons kept from landfills State-run program recycles variety of electronic products for free
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Ryan Baldwin (right), Eric Elslip (center) and Shelby Edwards disassemble televisions Thursday at the E-Waste Recycling Center in Lynnwood. In the six years since Washington began its program for recycling electronic products, 250 million pounds of TVs, computers and monitors have been collected and thus diverted from dumps. E-Waste is one of about 340 companies that recycle electronic products.
By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
LYNNWOOD — Unwanted televisions and outdated computers provide tons of work for a business here called E-Waste. It amounted to two tons, plus or minus a few pounds, this year alone, said Sam Kim, a co-owner of the business. That’s the collective weight of electronic products dropped off for free recycling through a state-run program known as E-Cycle Washington. E-Waste is one of 340
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participating drop-off sites for the program, which since 2009 has collected 250 million pounds of TVs, computers and other electronics. More than 5.4 million electronic devices have been recycled in the past six years, according to figures from the state Department of Ecology. That’s helped keep millions of pounds of lead and toxic heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium out of landfills. This is an impressive but not surprising feat to Kim, who sees people bring in castoffs
Logorrhea Brand new brand: Following a months-long contest, Everett has selected its new logo: Accompanying “Everett” in light block letters is a stylized E that, we’re told, is meant to evoke a ship’s bow, a plane’s tail fin or an open book (Page A3). Graphic design was never Dear Abby. . . .D5 Horoscope . . . E8
every day. “There are plenty of electronics to go around,” he said. Residents, businesses and public agencies can recycle computers, monitors, laptops, tablet computers, televisions, portable DVD players and e-readers at no cost. The program costs around $11 million a year, with manufacturers picking up the tab under a 2006 law. Former state Rep. Brian Sullivan, now a Snohomish County councilman, helped craft the law and steer it through the Legislature.
our strong suit, but we’ve got some slogans we think fit the logo: “Everett: It starts with the letter E”; “Everett: About What You’d Expect”; and “Let’s See Everett, Massachusetts, Come Up With Something Better.” Hook ’em when they’re young: Amazon is launching its own line of diapers
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and baby wipes for exclusive sale to its Prime members, who pay $99 a year for such deals and free shipping (Page A12). And when choosing diapers and baby wipes, the first thing I look for is Amazon’s stylized smiling logo. Hang on to your Pudding, Pops: The U.S. Navy has Stocks . . . . . .A12 Sports . . . . . . . C1
“It was cutting-edge,” Sullivan said. “It just made a lot of sense. It is truly a legacy bill, and I am very proud of it.” Washington was the fourth state after California, Maine and Maryland to pass an electronic waste law. Since 2006, more than a dozen other states have passed electronic-product recycling laws. Sullivan recalled that Sony, Panasonic and other major manufacturers were opposed the program. Hewlett Packard See PROGRAM, back page, this section
yanked the honorary title of Chief Petty Officer from Bill Cosby following allegations from several women of sexual abuse by the TV star (Page A2). It’s looking bleak for Coz. Even the Knitwear Foundation is considering yanking Cosby from its Ugly Sweater Hall of Fame.
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