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Seahawks prepare to face the Green Bay Packers Sunday in a duel that will determine whether or not they will return to the Superbowl.
Medical dispensaries already carry it but is it coming to a recreational shop near you? See Tuesday Good Life for the straight dope.
This week the Senate takes up a bill to expedite the controversial crude oil pipeline between Canada and Nebraska.
Gov. Jay Inslee’s State of the State address is Tuesday, with lots of area involvement. The Marysville Pilchuck High School choir will perform and the Oso Fire Department chaplain will deliver the invocation.
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Icy windshield a warning Police say an obscured window was the reason a Snohomish woman’s truck ran into a teen in a crosswalk. By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
SNOHOMISH — It was a cold morning in November. Twenty-three degrees. Clear skies. Five minutes before sunrise.
A pickup truck had stopped at the intersection of Pine Avenue and Maple Avenue, a busy part of town. The driver turned and hit a Snohomish High School sophomore in the crosswalk. Lora Burke, 15, was taken by ambulance to the hospital where
she was treated for a fractured pelvis. A Snohomish woman, 42, was driving her son to school when her pickup struck the girl. She told police she didn’t see the teen. Police believe they know why. The front windshield was “completely obscured by ice,” according to a police report. The woman told an officer that
she was surprised when a cellular telephone hit her windshield. It belonged to the teen, who was not using it as she crossed the street. Police have completed the accident investigation and are forwarding it to prosecutors for review. See ICY, back page, this section
7 seek Mill Creek seat The City Council will meet Tuesday with potential candidates to replace Mark Harmsworth, who was elected to the state House.
Edmonds to restore marsh
City hopes to release parts of Willow Creek from underground pipes
By Amy Nile Herald Writer
important in their life cycle,” O’Connell said. “There are fewer predators, lots of hidey-holes and shade to keep the water cool.” Salmon are so driven by a sense of smell that they can detect the location of a marsh, she said. Fish slightly bigger than fingerlings could feed and grow in the marsh until they’re better able to survive in Puget Sound, said Phil Williams, the
MILL CREEK — Seven candidates are vying for an open seat on the City Council, and members Tuesday will interview them during a public meeting. The council might make a decision immediately after the interviews. Mark Harmsworth resigned his Position 5 seat last month after being elected to the state House of Representatives. Harmsworth was also the mayor pro-tem. The council last week elected Brian Holtzclaw to serve as mayor pro-tem until Dec. 31. Now the council needs to appoint someone to fill Harmsworth’s unexpired term. He or she will serve until the results of the November election are certified. The appointee would have to run for election to serve beyond 2015. Among those vying for the appointment is Zach Anders, a Jackson High senior who is a school leader and editor of the student newspaper. At 18, Anders is the youngest-ever candidate for Mill Creek City Council. Unlike his competitors, Anders said, he is able to offer the council the perspective of a younger constituency that is often underrepresented in politics. He chairs the city’s arts and beautification board. He has worked as an organizer for school bonds and levies and is a legislative liaison for the Everett School District. He also writes for the Mill Creek Beacon newspaper and volunteers in the community. Also among the fresh faces who have applied for the appointment is S. Michelle Racioppo, a retired IBM manager. Wil Nelson has worked as an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and in private industry.
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The city of Edmonds has received a $157,331 grant to open the currently underground Willow Creek from Edmonds Marsh to Puget Sound. It’s part of a project to rehabilitate the marsh.
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EDMONDS — As drivers approach the ferry terminal along Edmonds Way, they might see hints of what existed 150 years ago. Cattails poke up along both sides of the road. There’s a 32-acre fresh- and saltwater marsh that is home to an annual bird festival. The cattails and wetland are remnants of what was once a 100-acre marsh. As documented
on an 1870 map, it stretched from what is now Marina Beach Park north to Brackett’s Landing. “When we show that map to people in Edmonds, they’re like, “What? No way!” said Keeley O’Connell, a senior project manager for the Seattle nonprofit Earthcorps. What O’Connell, a consultant, and the city of Edmonds now hope to do is turn back at least a few pages of the marsh’s biological calender, allowing saltwater to flow more freely, providing more habitat for animals and
Oh, the shark bites Discovery jumps the Shark Week: Discovery Network’s new chief says he wants to broaden the appeal of the network and isn’t happy with its recent direction toward fanciful “documentaries” about mega-sharks, mermaids, yetis and snake stunts. “I don’t believe you’ll be seeing a person eaten by
a snake during my time,” he said. (Page B4). However, if you want to see a show about people eating snakes, there’s always the Travel Channel. Channel surfing the vast cultural wasteland: MTV premieres a new thriller, “Eye Candy,” in which a computer expert tries online dating but suspects one of
establishing a safe harbor for young salmon to eat and grow before they enter Puget Sound. All this would come by restoring a more natural flow to Willow Creek into and out of the marsh. Plans call for freeing about 1,000 feet of the creek from pipes in which it has been encased since the 1960s, allowing it to meander toward the beach. Juvenile salmon, once they migrate out of streams, are looking for salt marshes to rear in. “Salt marshes are really
her suitors is a murderous cyber stalker (The Clicker, Page B4). It’s kind of a dead giveaway when he lists his favorite TV shows in his Craigslist ad as “Dangerous Minds,” “Dexter,” “Stalker” and something called “Eye Candy.” Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1915, the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives rejected, 204174, a proposed constitutional amendment to grant women’s suffrage (Today in History, Page B4). Five years later, when the definition of “suffrage” was explained to members of Congress as the right to vote, they replied, “Well, why didn’t you say so?” and passed the 19th Amendment. —Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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