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Planning for emergencies is key By Dan Catchpole
Thomas, the district’s spokeswoman. “We knew who to call.” The deluge was stopped and cleanup began that day. The district was able to quickly respond to that everyday emergency in part because it is ready for big emergencies, Thomas said.
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EVERETT — When a water pipe burst in the Snohomish Health District’s office one Saturday this month, “We knew the right people to bring to the table,” said Heather
“Many of our plans and drills helped us act quickly.” Planning for natural disasters and other emergencies is critical for businesses big and small, said Lucianne Phillips, who works in See PLANNING, Page A7
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Thief nabs candy money
Schools adding panic buttons Staff, dispatchers and first responders will use the notification network to communicate during any emergencies on campus. By Rikki King Herald Writer
Camp Fire member Nattalie Anderson, 11, raises the funds for camp Herald Writers
MILL CREEK — For the past four years, 11-year-old Nattalie Anderson has sold enough candy to pay for her summer camp. Nattalie was the top seller for Camp Fire in Snohomish County in 2013 and 2014. She was working this year’s fundraiser on Wednesday when a stranger approached and pretended to inspect the candy. “He asked what kind of candy we were selling,” Nattalie said. “I was telling him what kinds we had and then he stole the cash box and the troop money. “I was scared,” she said. “It was surprising.” About $85 was taken, said Nattalie’s stepmother, Maria Anderson, 31.
She and Nattalie had set up outside the Mill Creek Safeway just a half-hour before the theft. The man, wearing a chartreuse sweatshirt, had ignored them when he walked into the store, she said. When he came back out, he grabbed the money and ran. Maria Anderson chased after him to see if she could get a description on his car. “By the time I got to the corner, he was gone,” she said. On Thursday, store staff were looking for surveillance video to see if they had any images of the suspect’s face, Anderson said. Nattalie’s in the sixth grade at Riverview Elementary in Snohomish. She’s an outspoken, active kid who likes adventure and plays the clarinet, Anderson said. “She does Camp Fire so she
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can go to camp every year because she likes to hang out with all the other kids,” she said. “It’s her little summertime thing.” Nattalie has to sell more than 1,300 boxes of candy — roughly 88 cases — to pay for a week of horsemanship lessons at Camp Killoqua near Lake Goodwin. Her annual record is 1,311 boxes, said Meagan Farrell, candy sales coordinator for Camp Fire’s local office. In a Camp Fire news release earlier this week, Nattalie was quoted as saying, “The best way to be a successful seller is to work hard, focus, be creative, honest, and smile.” Nattalie’s favorite of the candies are the mints. Her dad, Tyson, likes the Almond Roca. Nattalie’s parents used to handle the cash box but she took over as she grew older
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and learned to make change. The adults always stay close, though. When Anderson got back to the candy stand after chasing the suspect, she and Nattalie realized that without the cash box, they’d have to pack up for the day. They filed a police report and are hopeful the store’s surveillance footage might show the man’s face, though he pulled up the hood of his sweatshirt during the crime. What happened still is sinking in, Anderson said, but Nattalie was disappointed that she didn’t meet her daily target of 60 boxes. Nattalie plans to continue her work outside the Tulalip Walmart from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. The Camp Fire candy sale runs until Feb. 16. Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.
in Redmond is a Toyota Prius V. With a bike rack. Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: On Friday night’s episode of “Grimm,” a shocking homicide is investigated in Portland (The Clicker, Page D6). “Shocking” in Portland means that the murder victim wasn’t bearded or
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drinking a craft brew and the suspect left the scene in a car, rather than on a unicycle. Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1815, Congress voted to buy the book collection of former President Thomas Jefferson to replace books lost when the British burned the congressional library during Sports . . . . . . . C1 Stocks . . . . . .A14
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the War of 1812 (Today in History, Page D6). Among Jefferson’s books were “Thin Thighs in 30 Days” by Ben Franklin, “Declaration of Independence Writing for Dummies,” and “The Louisiana Purchase Through the Back Door” by the great-great-great-grandfather of Rick Steves.
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Camp Fire member Nattalie Anderson, 11, and her stepmother, Maria Anderson, were selling candy outside the Safeway store on 128th Street on Wednesday when a man came up to the table and stole their cash box.
EVERETT — Just months after the fatal shootings at Marysville Pilchuck High School in October, Snohomish County school districts are adding panic buttons to more than 80 campuses. The buttons are part of a smartphone application that will be used by school staff, emergency dispatchers and first responders for communication during campus emergencies. Two Everett schools started a pilot program in August. Participating school districts are Arlington, Everett, Lakewood, Marysville, Monroe, Snohomish, Stanwood and Sultan. Meetings are planned next week to begin the larger rollout. Eventually, the idea is to add firefighters, medics and private schools to the notification network, officials said. The program is funded by a $250,000 grant from the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Each district is expected to start with the buttons at one school to get the hang of it. Not everyone is notified of every emergency, as school administrators decide on specific groups in advance. Rave is made by the same company as Smart911, the program rolled out in the county in 2014 that encourages people to share information about their households for dispatchers in case of an emergency. The panic buttons are for all emergencies, including school shootings, said Kurt Mills, the executive director at SNOPAC, the dispatch center based in Everett. For example, the buttons could summon help if someone suffers a heart attack on a playground, or a hazardous chemical is spilled in the science lab. If pushed, the button automatically calls 911 and sends alerts to the designated groups. As the call is connected, school officials are notified that something is happening on the campus. That means more notice to start making a plan, said Crystal Ayco, SNOPAC operations coordinator. “It’s not a huge amount of time
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