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Path laid for airlines at Paine County Council OKs deal with firm that would build passenger terminal

By Noah Haglund

air service at Paine Field, a topic mired in decades of fierce debate.

Council members voted 3-2 in favor of the agreement with New York-based Propeller Airports.

Once the meeting concluded, Propeller CEO Brett Smith sought

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EVERETT — The Snohomish County Council on Monday approved a lease option that could open the door to commercial

out the two dissenting council members and other members of the opposition.

“The next step is — No. 1 — we need to work with the community,” Smith said. “We want there to be as much community involvement as there can be.”

The option to lease gives the company three years to design a passenger terminal and perform environmental studies. After that, Propeller could sign a 30-year lease, with two optional 10-year

extensions. The company would pay for building and operating the facility.

Don’t expect anything to be up and running for at least a year, as Propeller talks to airlines and explores potential terminal designs, Smith said.

“We’ve got to do this right,” he said.

Propeller’s lease option will cost the company $3,575 per month. That’s one-tenth of the $35,755 monthly lease if the deal

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advances. The county also would require a one-time traffic-impact fee of $333,000.

The county will receive 2.5 percent of gross revenue during the first four years after the terminal opens for business, in addition to the lease. After that, the county would receive 5 percent of revenue for the remainder of the lease.

That includes money from air See PAINE, back page, this section

Motocross track gets council approval Opponents say they will appeal the planned Granite Falls off-road complex.

By Kari Bray Herald Writer

Despite 24 surgeries, Camano teen just keeps on dancing Herald Writer

CAMANO ISLAND — Nichelle Humphrey is a fiercely determined 18-year-old who laughs easily and loves to dance.

She speaks matter-of-factly about a bone disease called congenital pseudarthrosis. She

has a prosthetic leg that starts at her left knee. Her 25th major surgery is coming up this fall.

Nichelle, a senior at Stanwood High School, was 14 months old when her parents learned that their precocious toddler would have to fight to do things other kids don’t think twice about.

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“She was walking down the stairs and did a small jump to the next step and the bone snapped,” mom Lori Havercroft said.

Nichelle has a disease in her left tibia, the shin bone. At first, Havercroft struggled to pronounce pseudarthrosis. Now she knows how to say it and

The Lady Vanishes We are not amused: Actress Maggie Smith told the Sunday Times that she’s leaving the cast of “Downton Abbey,” the BBC series set in an English manor.

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can recite the definition: “It’s genetically programmed to break without provocation, and it’s genetically programmed not to heal.”

The diagnosis hasn’t slowed Nichelle, who dances on a hiphop team with nine other girls.

after the sixth season (Page B4).

Is it too much to hope that “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes will spin off Smith’s Lady Grantham character for her own sit-com? Maybe a “Golden Girls” reboot?

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daytime television’s most popular personality, has extended the contract for her show and plans to continue hearing court cases into 2020 (Page B4).

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Nichelle Humphrey (right), 18, a senior at Stanwood High School, practices with her hip-hop group at the Camano Dance Academy on Thursday on Camano Island. After fracturing her left leg when she was 14 months old, Humphrey developed congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia, which eventually led to a partial amputation of her left leg. A prosthetic leg allows her to compete with her dance group and be active.

GRANITE FALLS — A longdebated motocross track here may be able to move forward after a 4-1 vote of the Snohomish County Council on Monday.

The council chambers, packed with about 120 people, erupted into cheers when county leaders announced their decision.

The council voted to uphold a Dec. 23 decision by the county hearing examiner that approved plans for a motocross complex and camping area on a 437-acre property between Green Mountain Mine and the Sand Hill gravel pit.

MXGP of Kirkland purchased the acreage in 2007, after an attempt to build near Maltby met opposition. They’ve been seeking permission to build the off-road tracks northeast of Granite Falls since.

Three parties appealed the hearing examiner’s December approval of the track: Martin Robinette, Ginger Amundson and the nonprofit Mountain Loop Conservancy. The council was tasked with reviewing county code and determining whether the examiner’s decision, and the process used to reach it, meets all legal requirements.

The council postponed the decision twice, once on Feb. 11 and again Feb. 18. They started Monday’s meeting with a 12-minute executive session before taking a vote. Chairman Dave Somers was the lone vote against the project.

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She’s also done cheerleading and played volleyball.

Her ambition and drive are no surprise to those who know her best, say her parents and instructors.

After a major surgery when Nichelle was 2, doctors said she wouldn’t be able to get up for a while.

The toddler used a wall to haul herself upright, Havercroft said.

“We knew then that she would do anything she set her mind to,” she said.

Nichelle wants to study American Sign Language and linguistics in college.

She’s been signing for several years and hopes to become an interpreter.

Her plan is to start online classes through Everett Community College in September. She has a surgery scheduled in October to amputate more of her leg. After 24 operations, she knows the routine. “Maybe it will stop at 25,” she said.

Her biggest surgery was nearly a decade ago.

After trying a variety of procedures that left her with rings and wires in her bone and a five-inch lift on her left shoe, doctors told Nichelle’s family they had a choice.

“It was either amputation or more surgeries,” Nichelle said.

She was 10 years old.

She told her parents that she wanted to make the decision. So she did.

Surgeons took off the front of her foot and gave

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Nichelle Humphrey’s prosthetic left leg is visible under her tights during her hip-hop group’s practice at the Camano Dance Academy on Thursday. Humphrey will undergo her 25th surgery later this year on her leg because of complications with congenital pseudarthrosis, a disease that prevents a broken bone from properly healing.

her a prosthetic that covers her lower leg to stabilize the bones.

Nichelle remembers waking up after the surgery. She lifted her right leg slightly, then her left. “I thought, ‘Wow, this one is so much lighter.’”

Physical therapy was grueling. The skin on her heel was ultra-sensitive, and she practiced for two months to master bending her knee.

Now she dances every week, dropping, spinning, stomping and jumping with fearless energy to the pounding beat of Jordin Sparks’ “I am Woman” and Little Mix’s “Salute.”

She’s been dancing for

eight years, six of them at Camano Dance Studio.

“At first, I changed choreography” to accommodate her, said Sarah Cooper, Nichelle’s hip-hop instructor. “The longer I’ve had her, the less I have to do that. She can adapt it herself, so it’s made her and the whole class stronger.”

Two weeks ago, Camano Dance Academy’s advanced hip-hop team competed at the Dupree Dance Convention during the national tour’s Seattle stop. They were recognized as one of the top teams in their division. As captain, Nichelle accepted the award.

The judges did critique her — in one pose, her left foot was cocked up while everyone else’s was flat on the floor. With her prosthetic, that’s not something Nichelle can control.

“But they had no idea she has a prosthetic,” said Terah Partridge director of the Camano Dance Studio.

“I still don’t think they know.”

It’s a point of pride for Nichelle’s instructors and teammates.

“It’s great because she’s judged the same as everyone else,” Cooper said. “As Nichelle’s gotten older, she’s gotten more confident in who she is and what she does.”

People look at her differently when they can see her legs, Nichelle said.

She’s been barred from rides at amusement parks, and waterslides are the bane of her existence. She is told no, which is frustrating. She also is told she’s a legal liability, which is even worse.

“I didn’t used to wear shorts or skirts or anything that would show my prosthetic because I hated the way people would treat me, or how they would look at me,” Nichelle said.

“We’re not as fragile as we look. I want to experience everything, too.”

One dance studio, no longer in business, turned Nichelle away because they didn’t know how to work around her prosthetic.

She’s learned not to take no for an answer.

Even when her own body seems to work against her, Nichelle fights back.

Because of the bone disease and prosthetic, her left knee dislocates frequently, whether she’s doing a stunt at practice or walking down a hill.

“My worst enemies are gravel and grass,” she said.

Last year, her knee dislocated during a performance. She curled up on the stage, screamed and cried for a minute, she said. Then she did what she does best.

“I got up and finished the dance.”

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Motocross: 9 years waiting, 15 to buildout From Page A1

scheduled to come before the council Wednesday.

It includes an amendment that requires MXGP to build a berm around the property before they

can begin operating. The condition is tacked onto a 14-page list included in the hearing examiner’s ruling.

“A lot of people worked really, really hard on this and put a lot into it,”

MXGP co-owner Gary Strode said after the vote.

“Our lives have been on hold for nine years.”

It could take years to build the berm to contain noise and manage runoff, as required in the council’s decision, he said. The

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It’s not ideal, he said, but he still is excited and relieved by the vote.

“We just want to have a place to ride,” he said.

Amundson, one of the appellants who opposes the motocross track, plans to pursue an appeal in court.

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Ex-optometrist pleads guilty to molestation John O’Brien admits he groped and photographed a 10-year-old patient. He faces sentencing in April.

By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

EVERETT — A former Everett optometrist faces at least 5½ years in prison after admitting Monday that he groped a young patient and took sexually explicit photographs of the 10-year-old while the girl’s father was in the next room.

Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Andrew Alsdorf plans to argue that John Patrick O’Brien

deserves a high-end sentence, which would send the former North Carolina man to prison for 7½ years. Alsdorf was prepared to tack on more charges if O’Brien took the case to trial.

No matter what sentence is imposed, O’Brien will have to convince the state’s Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board that he is fit to be released. He faces up to life in prison.

O’Brien pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree child molestation

and second-degree child pornography. He is scheduled to be sentenced next month.

O’Brien, 34, has been in jail since his arrest in September.

His wife has left the state with the couple’s three young children.

Everett police began investigating O’Brien in August after a girl reported to her mother that during an eye exam the optometrist fondled her and used his cellphone to photograph her while she was half-dressed.

O’Brien was working at Eye Doctors Ltd. in north Everett.

The state has since revoked his optometry license.

A different doctor examined the girl’s eyes. Her father and sisters were in the room at the time.

The family was taken back to the waiting room while the girl’s eyes dilated. O’Brien came out and told the girl’s father he wasn’t needed for the next part of the appointment.

Once behind closed doors, O’Brien ordered the girl to take off her shirt. When the girl asked why, O’Brien said, “I don’t know.”

She questioned him again and he told her he needed to check her symptoms.

The defendant groped the girl and also pulled down her pants.

She repeatedly tried to pull up her pants but he held on to the belt loops.

The girl said O’Brien told her to pose. He then pulled down her underwear. The girl saw O’Brien with a cellphone that he attempted to hide behind his back, court papers said.

The girl was allowed to pull up her pants. She reported that O’Brien told her she didn’t need glasses and her body was healthy.

He brought the girl to her father.

The girl was too scared and nervous to tell her father so See O’BRIEN, Page A4

Father accused of abuse

By Rikki King and Diana Hefley Herald Writers

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The new Oak Harbor kraken sculpture created by Oregon artist Bill Hunt (kneeling).

Oak Harbor gets kraken

By Ron Newberry Whidbey News-Times

OAK HARBOR — From the moment it was unloaded from a flatbed truck, the city’s newest piece of public art drew stares.

In the days since, more and more people have stopped to get an up-close look.

“This will be a real imagination-grabber,” said Wayne Lewis, of Oak Harbor, who drove into town, parked his vehicle and checked out the sculpture.

This was the sort of reaction supporters of the 8-foot-tall sculpture of a sea monster attacking a Nautilus submarine were

hoping for.

The copper-and-steel artwork, created by Oregon sculptor Bill Hunt, stands on a sidewalk near the intersection of Southeast Pioneer Way and City Beach Street, greeting visitors as they enter historic downtown Oak Harbor.

“We wanted to ... make it the Fremont Troll of Oak Harbor,” said Skip Pohtilla, chairman of the city Arts Commission.

Not all talk is positive. The piece has drawn criticism from the city’s mayor and even members of the Arts Commission, which couldn’t unanimously agree on the concept.

The kraken depicts a giant

octopus made famous in Jules Verne’s 1870 novel, “TwentyThousand Leagues Under the Sea.” The sculpture shows an octopus swallowing the Nautilus, a depiction that leaves Mayor Scott Dudley scratching his head in light of Oak Harbor’s close relationship with Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

Dudley also is critical of how public art projects are funded in Oak Harbor. Art projects in Oak Harbor are funded by a 0.25 percent utility tax on water, sewer and garbage. The Arts Commission of seven community members recommends projects for City Council approval. The

kraken cost $33,000.

“What we have in Oak Harbor is that anybody who receives a utility bill gets taxed” for art projects, “whether they like it or not,” he said. “And I don’t think anybody likes it.”

Work on the kraken sculpture started about nine months ago, Hunt said. The giant octopus is made of hammered copper and the Nautilus submarine is made of steel treated with a chemical that will turn the rust into darkcolored iron phosphate, creating an industrial look.

Hunt’s rendering is of a giant Pacific octopus, which are found in Pacific Coast waters.

BOTHELL — A 21-year-old man was arrested Monday in connection with abusing his infant daughter last year.

Jacob L. Tusken was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of firstdegree assault of a child and first-degree criminal mistreatment.

The girl, now 13 months old, was taken into protective custody and later placed with her grandmother, Bothell police Sgt. Ken Seuberlich said. She was 4 months old when she was brought to the hospital with a severe brain injury and fractured ribs. The girl was in the hospital on life support for weeks afterward.

Tusken was arrested about 10:15 a.m. Monday after police caught up with him. They had been looking for him after building their case using search warrants, interviews and forensic evidence, Seuberlich said.

Staff at a Seattle hospital called Child Protective Services on May 29 after the girl was brought in with serious injuries.

Doctors reported last year that the girl was bleeding from the brain and likely had profound brain damage. They also found numerous fractured ribs, including breaks that were healing.

The doctors concluded that the baby’s injuries were consistent with abuse, according to a search warrant filed last year.

Tusken is expected to make a first appearance in court on Tuesday.

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Communities, tribe to receive state Medal of Valor

By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new law Monday enabling the communities of Oso, Darrington and Arlington and the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe to receive the state’s Medal of Valor later this month.

The medal is one of the state’s highest civilian honors and will recognize heroism demonstrated

by people in response to the deadly Oso mudslide.

“We all know the heartbreak from the landslide in Oso,” Inslee said before signing the law. “It was so deep in our state and now this bill will allow the honoring of many heroic individuals and groups that at great personal peril responded to the tragedy.”

Representatives of the communities and tribe will receive the medals in a special joint session

Wine festival The Snohomish Chamber of Commerce is holding its sixth annual wine festival Saturday. It is expected to feature 20 wineries, mostly from Washington.

The festival is to be held at the Snohomish Event Center, 1011 Second St. Tastings are scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 9

of the House and Senate March 18.

The March 22, 2014, landslide killed 43 people.

Recipients of the Medal of Valor are chosen by a committee made up of the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives and chief justice of the state Supreme Court, or their designees.

“It’s great to honor those who’ve done so much and

p.m. VIP tickets allow access to either session in addition to a private tasting from 5 to 6 p.m.

Tickets start at $30. They include a commemorative wine glass and an appetizer plate. Tickets are available online at snohowinefest.com or at the event.

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realizing there are so many heroes out there, I wish we could give it to everybody in the Stilly Valley,” said Sen. Kirk Pearson, R-Monroe, sponsor of Senate Bill 5035 signed by the governor.

Until Monday, state law only allowed individuals to receive the honor. The new law expands eligibility rules to include communities and tribes.

It passed 47-0 in the Senate and 97-0 in the House.

munity hosts “Education is Not a Crime,” starting at 7 p.m. March 5 in the Black Box Theatre at Edmonds Community College, 20310 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood.

The event includes a screening of Maziar Bahari’s documentary, “To Light A Candle,” which focuses on human rights violations in Iran against members of the Baha’i faith. It will be followed

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by a panel discussion. Admission is free.

Spring forward: Sunday is when we lose an hour for daylight saving time. Lake Stevens firefighters will be outside the Haggen and Jay’s Market from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday to remind folks to change their clocks and check smoke-alarm batteries.

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Forums for Monroe schools chief finalists

By Amy Nile Herald Writer

MONROE — Finalists for the Monroe School District superintendent are to visit schools and answer questions at three public forums this week.

The Monroe School Board narrowed the search from more than 20 applications for the district’s top educator. Three candidates were chosen as finalists after interviews Saturday.

The public can question them at forums scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Monroe High School’s performing arts

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she waited until she was home and reported it to her mother. The family took the girl to the hospital

center, 17001 Tester Road.

Michelle Johnstone, superintendent of the Brush School District in Brush, Colorado, will attend the forum Tuesday.

Johnstone has a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Northern Colorado, and expertise in linguistics and Spanish. She has taught at the University of Northern Colorado and in Colorado elementary schools. She was also an elementary principal.

Timothy Nootenboom, executive director for elementary teaching and learning in the Central

Valley School District near Spokane, is to be in Monroe on Wednesday.

Nootenboom has a master’s degree in administration and has completed the superintendent program at Washington State University. He has worked as a principal in Washington’s Snoqualmie Valley, Colfax and St. John Endicott school districts. He also has been a teacher.

Fredrika Smith, chief academic officer for the Puyallup School District, will be in Monroe on Thursday.

She is also a lecturer at the University of Washington Bothell, in a graduate

program for educators.

Smith has a doctorate in education from the University of Washington.

Shehas experience as a school administrator, assistantsuperintendent,assistant principal, teacher and behavior specialist. She has worked in several Washington school districts, including Mukilteo, Meridian, Stanwood-Camano and Marysville.

The School Board is expected to announce its choice of superintendent by the end of the month.

Superintendent Ken Hoover is retiring from his $211,692-a-year position June 30.

immediately.

Everett detectives seized O’Brien’s cellphone and retrieved several images of the victim.

Investigators here later learned that O’Brien was suspected of downloading child pornography at his former workplace in North

Carolina in June, about two months before the incident in Snohomish County.

Detectives in Fayetteville received a cyber tip from the Center for Missing and Exploited Children in August. By that time, O’Brien already had moved to Washington. It is unclear

if O’Brien will face criminal charges in connection with the incident in North Carolina.

Once he’s released from prison O’Brien will have to register as a sex offender.

Diana Hefley: 425-3393463; hefley@heraldnet. com. Twitter: @dianahefley

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Heckman recently pleaded guilty to a federal tax fraud charge. He will be on probation for three years. He also was sentenced to six months of home detention. The case was investigated by the IRS’s criminal division.

OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS

Alvin Joseph Tom

Dec. 24, 1945-Feb. 28, 2015 Alvin Joseph Tom, 69, of Tu l a l i p p a s s e d a w ay February 28, 2015.

H e wa s b o r n D e c e m b e r 24 , 19 4 5 i n B e l l i n g h a m , Washington to Isadore and L a u r a To m . H e w a s a commercial fisherman, logger, and worked at the unemployment office.

He is sur vived by his children, Laura Tom, Andrew To m ; s t e p - s o n , A n d r e w Joseph Lorenz; siblings, I s a d o r e ( D o b i e ) To m , Laureen Lawrence, Geraldine Bill, Vivian George, L o r e t t a To m , a n d Lu c i l l e John; four grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at SchaeferShipman Funeral Home with an Interfaith Service at 6:00 p.m. at the Tulalip Tribal Gym. Funeral service will be Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at the Tulalip Tribal Gym with burial following at Mission Beach Cemetery.

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to be outside of his home without supervision, and he is not allowed any contact with minors.

He was convicted in 1990 of third-degree rape of a child.

He also has convictions from 1989. His convictions include first-degree rape and indecent liberties.

His victims were boys ages 5 to 9.

Drew Lehman Brown

D r ew L e h m a n B row n o f Granite Falls, Washington died on February 18, 2015.

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Gay Shoemaker Allais

May 1, 1984-February 25, 2015

Feb. 22, 1935-Feb. 27, 2015

Anthony was a loving father, brother, son, uncle, “Bucko”, cousin, and friend to many. Anthony gained his wings suddenly Wednesday, February 25, 2015 leaving us all with memories of many laughs, love, happiness, and even tears of hear tache from his passing.

Anthony loved being the life of the party. He was and outdoorsman, loved animals, hunting, fishing, and loved the farm.

Anthony loved his son Liam so much, as well as all his nieces and nephews. “He wa s l ove d by s o m a ny, a nyo n e wo u l d h ave b e e n lucky to have been touched by this young man’s life”.

Anthony leaves behind his fiancé, Jennifer McDowell; son, Liam Conrad Nesje; parents, Keith and Kimberly Nesje, John McDowell, step m o t h e r, H e l e n L i p p e r t ; s i b l i n g s , D a n i e l S tewa r t , E l i z a b e t h ( E r i c ) M a d d y, Timothy Webb, Allison Glantz, and Mariah, Shilo, and Cheyenne Lipper t; grandparents, Delores Trueman and Bill Enger; 16 nieces and nephews; many aunts, uncles and cousins (too many to list) that Anthony considered as his family.

T h e fa m i l y wa n ts to express how truly grateful we all are for all the love, support and donations towards laying Anthony at rest.

“Gone, but never forgotten” A viewing will be Thursday, March 5, 2015 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Gilbertson Funeral Home, Stanwood. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., also at Gilbertson Funeral Home.

Arrangements under the direction of Gilbertson Funeral Home, Stanwood.

Gay Shoemaker Allais was born February 22, 1935 and died peacefully at home in Edmonds, Wash. on February 27, 2015.

She is sur vived by David Allais, her husband of 57 y e a r s ; d a u g h te r, J u l i e Husted; sons, Eric, Ralph, and Paul Allais; and brother, Keith Shoemaker. She had nine grandchildren, Brian and Sarah Husted, Mark , C h r i s t o p h e r, E r i c , R y a n , Nicole, Natalie, and Lindsay Allais, and six great grandchildren.

G ay ’ s l i fe l o n g l ove w a s music and particularly b a r b e r s h o p h a r m o n y. I n 1951, she became a charter member of the Old Pueblo Chapter of Sweet Adelines in Tucson, Arizona. She was subsequently director of the San Jose, Calif. chapter of Sweet Adelines and performed in a barbershop harmony quartet, the Masqueraders. Upon moving to the Seattle area in 1968, she became a member of the Seattle chapter of Sweet Adelines and later the Jet Cities chapter, performing in many chorus competitions and shows. She directed a four-par t harmony quar tet, t h e M i s t y - A i r e s fo r m a ny years.

In 1990 Gay received an A s s o c i a te o f A r t s D e g r e e from Edmonds Community College with a 3.99 grade average and completed an additional year at the University of Washington, majoring in English. She wrote poems for the e n j oy m e n t o f f a m i l y a n d friends, collecting them into t wo b o o k l e t s , “ T h a t ’ s A l l She Wrote” and “Still She Wrote”. Crossword puzzles were her challenge, the harder the better.

Gay and David greatly enjoyed travel while learning about the history and culture of places they visited.

Greenland, Mongolia, and Easter Island were three of their favorites.

Gay was a board member and Secretary of PathGuide Te c h n o l o g i e s , I n c . o f Bothell, Wash. and a strong supporter of Seattle Shakespeare and Taproot Theatre. With a song in her heart she brought cheer to all who knew her.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. on March 7, 2015 at the Edmonds C o n f e r e n c e C e n t e r, 2 01 Fourth Avenue, Edmonds.

‘Babe’ Honora F. Bartlett

June 4, 1922 - Feb. 26, 2015

Evelyn B. Danner Evelyn B. Danner passed away Februar y 27, 2015.

She was 92 years old.

Evelyn enjoyed a very full life despite becoming a widow in her early 40s. She raised her three children and saw all three of them graduate from college.

Evelyn loved to travel and first did so as a military wife.

Later in life she was introduced to cruising. That i m m e d i a te l y b e c a m e h e r preferred mode of travel and she went on many cruises with friends and her family.

Evelyn was very outgoing and made friends wherever she went and stayed in touch with them for years and years. She worked for decades at the University of Washington Medical Center, retiring in 1988 as the director of the EKG lab. She then began volunteer work at the Snohomish County jail where she became the volunteer of the year.

E ve l y n wa s p r e c e d e d i n death by her husband, Harry and her son, Douglas.

She is sur vived by her children, Stephen (Karen) and Marilyn (Dusty) and numerous grandchildren.

Services will be at BonneyWatson Memorial Funeral H o m e a t S e a Ta c o n Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 10 a.m.

Born to Duncan and Honora Agnes (Murphy) Johnston in Vancouver, B.C. Babe spent many happy ye a r s o n t h e fa m i l y fa r m Langley, B.C. She had been a nurse, teacher, poet and self-published several books. She was a dreamer but did everything she could to make her dreams come true. Babe had many business ventures over the years including her own embroidery and heat press shop.

S h e m a r r i e d E d o n September 27, 1947 and enjoyed 52 years of marriage. After retirement Ed and Babe traveled in their little Winnie from 1982 to 1989. In 1989 they moved to Desert Hot Springs, Calif., to enjoy the warm climate.

Ever y summer they would travel back north to see their families making sure to stay at each household. Many enjoyable camping trips, rain or shine, were taken with Grandma and Grandpa.

Babe is sur vived by her sons, Ed (Sharon), Ken, Joe and Bob (Marguerite); grandchildren, Heidi Bryan, Eddie and Amanda Bartlett; Jennifer, Kelse and Robert Bar tlett; Trisha, Lora and Veronica Bartlett; plus many great-grandchildren.

A memorial will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 5 p.m. at New Life Christian Fellowship, 171 10 14 0 t h A v e N E i n Woodinville.

Mike Hofer

March 30, 1937 – Feb. 12, 2015.

J o h n M i c h a e l H o f e r (“Mike”) was born to John and Ellen Hofer in Athboy, South Dakota on March 30, 1937. He graduated from Nor thwestern Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, South D a kot a . I n S e p te m b e r o f 1957, Mike married Caroline Kahler of Colome, South Dakota. They moved to Everett, Washington where Mike worked for Teamsters 227 in the baking industry for 34 years. He and Caroline moved to Arizona in 19 9 6 . I n 2 0 0 0 , C a ro l i n e passed away af ter a long battle with COPD. In 2002 Mike married Andrea Berry and lived in Arizona City and Casa Grande, Arizona.

He will be buried in Lemmon, South Dakota at the family plot.

M i ke i s s u r v i ve d by h i s wife, Andrea Hofer of Casa Grande; his two boys, Michael and Mark Hofer of Seattle, Wash.; and his s i s te r, B e t t y H o fe r o f Nashville, Tenn.

Betty Wade

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B et t y Wa d e wa s b o r n i n Arlington, Wash. in September 1923 to Ar thur and Juta (Berg) Orcutt.

Betty passed away, per her wishes at home, with loving family members on February 27, 2015 at age 91.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Wade; her parents, Ar thur and Juta Orcutt;, her son, Larry; her brothers, Ray and Don; her sisters, Juanita and Violet.

Betty is sur vived by her children: Hank (Laurie) of M a r y s v i l l e , Wa s h . , C a r o l ( J e f f ) o f E v e r e t t , Wa s h . , Nancy (Wayne) of Mt Vernon, Wash., Judy (Mike) of Shafter, Calif., Carl (Pat) of Bunker Hill, Ind., Pauly (Larry) of Marysville and Kathy of Stanwood, Wash.

Betty loved her family whether they were her own or added by marriage. She was blessed with 22 grandchildren and their spouses, 53 great grandchildren and their spouses and seven greatgreat grandchildren.

Betty graduated from Sequim High School, in 1941 and graduated from beauty school in Port Angeles, Wash. in 1943.

Betty and Carl were married on July 4, 1943 in Port Angeles where they met when Carl was in the service during World War II. After the war ended they lived in Kansas and Oklahoma, they then returned to Washington in 1947.

Betty worked at Stokely Van Camps and later Helen’s Kitchen in Stanwood all while she and Carl raised eight children.

Af ter retirement she and Carl spent their “golden years” cris-crossing the United States in their RV, visiting family and friends.

Always returning to Washington State to spend time beachcombing for shells and those special elusive agates. Betty enjoyed watching the birds and her flower garden and had the “greenest of thumbs” especially when it came to her “special roses” and she could keep a poinsettia going when others were long gone. She loved to knit and crochet and made many things for her home and family.

Betty will be remembered as a loving Mother and Grandmother with a great s en s e of h um or, a n exceptional memory and a work ethic she passed on to her entire family.

The Wade family would like to thank Stanwood Fire Department and Skagit Hospital for their care and kindness during our mother’s brief illness.

In lieu of flowers please feel free to donate to the Stanwood Food Bank or to the charity of your choice in Betty’s memory.

Funeral ser vices will be h e l d o n M a r c h 6 , 2 01 5 , 11:30 at Gilbertson Funeral Home in Stanwood, WA with a reception following at the American Legion post 92, Stanwood. For those interested, viewing will be Thur sday, March 5, 2015 please contact Gilbertson’s for times: 360-629-2101

On Februar y 27, 2015 in the comfor t of her home, Sharon went peacefully to be with the Lord after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

S h a r o n w a s b o r n i n Everett, Wash. to Bert and Peggy Cronin. She attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School and Everett High School. She graduated from Gonzaga University in 19 6 5 , a n d t h e n b e g a n a career in teaching. While attending Gonzaga University she met her husband, Gene O’Neil, an Air Force Officer stationed at Fairchild AFB. They were married in 1966 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, and had four children, Katie, Kevin, Sean, and Bridget.

Gene served as an officer in the USAF for twenty years.

The family moved many times, from one base to the next, across the United States and Europe. Af ter Gene’s retirement the family moved back to Everett.

Gene and Sharon had a g r e a t fa i t h a n d a t te n d e d mass together every Sunday at St. Mary Magdalen. They both enjoyed travelling and in their retirement took many road trips together. Sharon loved animals, especially cats, and enjoyed gardening and reading. Sharon was a strong, smar t woman who will be missed by her family and loved ones, but is now f inally at peace and free from her suffering.

Sharon is survived by her children, Katie O’Neil, Sean O’Neil, and Bridget O’Neil; grandchildren, Liam Jouett, Eamon Jouett, and Gavin O’Neil; siblings; Colleen Cronin, Connie (Bill) Schuler, Ber t (Roxanne) Cronin Jr. and Mike Cronin.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene; her p a r e n t s , B e r t a n d Pe g g y Cronin; and her son, Kevin O’Neil.

Viewing and recitation of the Rosar y will be held Tuesday evening, 5- 7:00 p.m. at Purdy and Walters.

Funeral services will be held o n We d n e s d ay, M a rc h 4 , 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, with a reception to follow at La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant.

Robert Tschirgi

Sept. 27, 1924 - Feb. 20, 2015.

Robert served in the U.S. Navy in WWII and the Korean War. He is preceded in death by his wife, Mary, who he met at the recruiting station in Seattle.

He is survived by his daughter, Mary (Norm), his s o n , D av i d ( M a r i e ) ; h i s sister, Betty Jo (Joe); his grandchildren, great granddaughter; and many nieces and nephews.

Robert was a teacher and l a te r a V i c e P r i n c i p a l a t Arlington and Mukilteo School Districts.

Services to be held March , 2 015 , 2 : 0 0 p . m . a t Diane Helen (Borup) 7Calvary Fellowship, 23302 Johnson 56th Ave. West, Mountlake Terrace, WA. D i a n e H e l e n J o h n s o n In lieu of flowers donate to passed away peacefully on the Humane Society or your Feb. 22, 2015 in Lynnwood, favorite charity.

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Rev. Dr. John Leroy Williams John left us on Februar y 22, 2015 at the age of 85 years. Up to the very end he expressed love and gratitude for his family, his friends and caregivers.

He led a full and creative life as a missionary, pastor, author, Christian bookstore owner, husband and father.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Carol; his daughter, Rose-Marie (Don) Gallagher of Chehalis, Wash.; son, Paul Williams of Redmond Wash.; and two beautiful granddaughters.

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Mary Alice Dickson, 91, of A r l i n g t o n , Wa s h . p a s s e d away February 27, 2015 in Stanwood, Wash. She was b o r n to C h a r l e s a n d E va Marchant on March 12, 1923 in Cowley, Wyo. After graduating from high school she worked as a real estate broker. Mary enjoyed creating things in stained glass and was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mar y obtained her pilot’s license and flew for many year s.

She was a most loving person.

Preceding her in death were her siblings, Ronald Marchant and Evalou Willis.

Surviving Mary is her loving husband of 21 years, Robert Dickson of Arlington; children, Peggy Shurtleff of Salt Lake City, Utah, Tim Shurtleff of St. Louis, Mo., Beverly Ware of American Forks, Utah, John Shurtleff of the Netherlands, Rebecca Phillip of St. George, Utah; step-children, Rober t L. Dickson of Winthrop, Wash., Dennis L. Dickson of Arlington, Kathleen Johnson of Aloha, Ore., Linda Jones of Spokane, Wash., Ellen S. Lovacek of Salt Lake City, Kristeen Tate of Rancho San Margarita, Calif.; sister s, Roma Frost of Ogden, Utah, L a u r e n Fr o s t o f C o w l e y, Wyo.: 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A viewing will be held Saturday, March 7, 2015, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Arlington Ward at the corner of State Highway 530 NE and the Arlington Heights Rd. A funeral service will follow at 10 a.m. with a graveside s e r v i c e to fo l l ow t h a t a t Arlington Municipal Cemetery.

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Netanyahu assails Iran talks Associated Press WASHINGTON — Seeking to lower tensions, Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. officials cast their dispute over Iran as a family squabble Monday, even as the Israeli leader claimed President Barack Obama did not — and could not — fully understand his nation’s vital security concerns.

“American leaders worry about the security of their country,” Netanyahu said as he opened a controversial trip to Washington. “Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.”

Netanyahu’s remarks to a friendly crowd at a pro-Israel lobby’s annual conference amounted to a warm-up act for his address to Congress

on Tuesday, an appearance orchestrated by Obama’s political opponents and aimed squarely at undermining the White House’s high-stakes bid for a nuclear deal with Iran.

Netanyahu tried to paper over his personal differences with Obama, insisting he was not in Washington to “disrespect” the president and saying any reports of the demise of U.S.-Israel ties were “not only premature, they’re just wrong.”

The prime minister’s remarks were bracketed by speeches from a pair of top Obama advisers: U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, whose address served as a preemptive rebuttal of Netanyahu’s expected

critique of the Iran negotiations Tuesday.

With Secretary of State John Kerry opening a new round of talks with Iran in Switzerland, Rice said the U.S. was seeking a deal that would cut off “every single pathway” Iran has to producing a nuclear weapon.

She said Obama keeps all options on the table for blocking Tehran’s pursuit of a bomb and declared that “a bad deal is worse than no deal.”

Still, Rice warned against holding out for “unachievable” outcomes, such as getting Iran to fully end domestic enrichment.

“As desirable as that would be, it is neither realistic or achievable,” she said. “If that is our goal, our partners will abandon us.”

Netanyahu appeared to be reserving his most specific criticism of the negotiations for his remarks to lawmakers. But he said he had a “moral obligation to speak up in the face of these dangers while there is still time to avert them.”

The prime minister has suggested the U.S. and its partners have “given up” on stopping Iran. In response, Kerry has said America’s historic support of Israel suggests Washington deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Three Washington state lawmakers, Rep. Jim McDermott, Rep. Denny Heck and Rep. Rick Larsen, have said they will not attend Netanyahu’s speech. Rep. Adam Smith has said he is “troubled” but undecided about attending.

Christian soldiers in Iraq More than 900 foreigners have been in touch to find out how to join, a local militia says.

WASHINGTON — The Air Force has begun moving A-10 attack jets into backup status, even as it continues to use the plane in airstrikes against the Islamic State.

Air Force officials announced the move Friday.

Eighteen planes will be placed into “Backup-Aircraft Inventory” status, with the possibility of 18 more being mothballed later this year. The designation means the Thunderbolt II planes are considered to be undergoing maintenance or otherwise unable to fly.

The decision already is under fire by some members of Congress, who are frustrated by the Air Force’s plan to retire the

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service audited 0.57 percent of U.S. businesses in 2014, the lowest rate since 2005. The tax agency, which is shrinking amid budget cuts, conducted 57,211 business audits in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 compared with 61,020 a year earlier, according to statistics released Monday. The 2005 rate was also 0.57 percent. The IRS said last week that it audited 0.86 percent of individual taxpayers in fiscal year 2014, the lowest since 2004. In 2014, the IRS audited 26 percent of corporations with assets exceeding $250 million, down from 34 percent a year earlier.

New York: School phones A longtime ban on cellphones at New York City public schools has been lifted.

Mayor Bill de Blasio had promised during his 2013 campaign to overturn the ban. The city announced in January the ban would be lifted. The change went into effect Monday. De Blasio called it “a common-sense action” that would give parents peace of mind. Each school will have an individualized policy determined by its principal, with input from parents and teachers.

A man accused of fatally shooting three people at Jewish sites declared “Heil Hitler!” and asked how many Jews he had killed after the attacks, a police officer testified Monday during a hearing in which the man’s apology to some survivors was rejected. Frazier Glenn Miller, 74, is charged with capital murder in the April 13, 2014, shootings at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park and at a nearby Jewish retirement home. None of the victims was Jewish. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.

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Brett, a 28-year-old U.S. Army veteran, walks the streets of Al Qosh, Iraq, for Dwekh Nawsha, a recently formed Christian militia.

Khoshaba Youkhana, the secretary general of the Assyrian Patriotic Party, which funds the group, says more than 900 other foreigners have been in touch to find out how to join.

Some of the newly arrived say they’ve come to fight for their religion — others just to fight. Brett calls himself the “King of Nineveh” — after the province of ancient Christian villages now occupied by the Islamic State. He lifts his shirt to show a tattoo of St. Michael on his back and the TwentyThird Psalm, inked up his side.

The Iraqi Assyrians he fights alongside, not all of whom are impressed by the “King of Nineveh” persona, stress that this is not a crusade, but a fight to return to their homes.

“We don’t want to fight a holy war for Christians,” said Marcus Naissan, 25, an Iraqi Assyrian fighter. “We fight for our land.”

He said that while the influx of foreigners brings the media spotlight and potential funding, it also brings concerns.

“We aren’t crusaders,” he said. “That’s how they make it

look.”

Brett and others say they receive dozens of emails a day from potential recruits.

“This place will be flooded,” he said. “From Australia, Asia, literally everywhere. It’s overwhelming, it’s awesome.”

All recruits are interviewed before they come to ensure their intentions are good, he said. Youkhana says checks are carried out, but he wouldn’t go into the details.

At the base in Dohuk, Louis, a former Marine from Houston, nervously drums his fingers on his Kalashnikov as he explains that he’s desperate to get to the front line to fight Islamic State militants.

“I was prepared for this to be a one-way ticket,” said the 24-year-old, who was discharged from the service just over a month ago after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, following a sixmonth tour in Afghanistan in 2012. “I just want to get out there.”

He decided to join the group after the Marines said he would not be deployed again because

of his diagnosis.

“I couldn’t adjust to peacetime,” he said. “The fight for me wasn’t over. I felt I didn’t have a purpose anymore.”

While religion wasn’t a particular motivation, he said Dwekh Nawsha’s fight against the Islamic State was an easy one to relate to.

Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan’s national security chief, said that foreign governments were being kept up to date on those travelling to join military groups.

“There are regulations we have to bear in mind and make sure everything happens according to the legal structure,” said Barzani. “We are thankful for any volunteer that is coming here and fight.

But we don’t lack men, we lack weapons.”

For the Iraqi Christian fighters here, the battle is more personal.

Roni Najm, 21, can see his village from the telescope positioned on the building’s roof.

Islamic State’s black flag flutters above its church. “It just makes you cry,” he said.

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“Jesus tells us what you do unto the least of them, you do unto me,” said the 28-yearold from Detroit, who served an extended tour in Iraq in 2006 and 2007 and asked for his surname not to be published to protect his family at home. “I couldn’t sit back and watch what was happening, women being raped and sold wholesale.”

So in December he travelled to northern Iraq, where he joined a growing band of foreigners leaving their lives in the West behind to fight with newly formed Christian militias. The leaders of those militias say they’ve been swamped with hundreds of requests from veterans and volunteers from around the world who want to join them.

The new arrivals add to a varied array of foreign fighters and donors drawn to the expanding conflict, which has had a brutal impact on Iraq’s minority sects and is threatening Christianity here at its roots. But while they say they welcome the gesture, Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq are wondering how to vet foreign recruits who are clamoring to sign up.

Brett’s group, Dwekh Nawsha, which means “selfsacrifice” in Aramaic, the ancient language spoken by Jesus, has only six Westerners among its 200 Iraqi Assyrian Christian fighters. But Emanuel

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plane, nicknamed the Warthog.

Eight Republican senators sent a letter to new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, saying that moving A-10s to backup status now is effectively a “‘back-door divestment” of the plane, even though Congress voted to stop the Air Force from retiring the plane in 2015.

“The A-10 is the Air Force’s most combat-effective and cost-efficient close-air support aircraft,” said the senators.

“Close-air support experts believe that the A-10 provides capabilities that no other aircraft can replicate. This is not just another fight over a Department of Defense weapons program; this is about what kind of help we will provide our ground troops when they

are pinned down by enemy fire and call for help.”

The senators who signed the letter are Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Richard Burr, R-N.C. Air Force Secretary Deborah James said the new National Defense Authorization Act gives the Pentagon the authority to move 36 A-10 jets into backup status, but officials are electing to move only 18 now “out of respect for the intent of Congress.” The service is still assessing what to do with the other planes.

The slow-moving jet isn’t designed for air-to-air combat,

but is beloved by ground troops for its ability to deliver close-air support. It has an armored belly to protect pilots from ground fire, and is armed with a 30mm Gatling gun cannon and a variety of bombs, missiles and rockets. It has been in the Air Force since the 1970s and has flown in combat missions since the 1990s.

The 18 A-10s the Air Force wants to put in backup status now are split between three bases. They are Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, and Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Nine planes will be mothballed at Davis-Monthan, with six put in backup status at Moody and three at Nellis.

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a man charged with shooting and killing three Muslim students at an apartment complex last month.

A spokeswoman for Durham County Superior Court confirmed the district attorney will try Craig Hicks on capital murder charges in the fatal shootings of Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, in the Chapel Hill neighborhood. All three attended college in the Raleigh-Durham area.

Hicks is being held on three counts of first-degree murder, and the office is weighing possible hate crime charges.

California: Hail on beach The beach at “Surf City” was turned white by hail from a fast-moving storm.

The National Weather Service said at least an inch of icy pellets coated the sand at Huntington Beach after the system roared ashore Monday. A worker at Duke’s restaurant on the city pier said the sky suddenly turned dark and then opened up. She said when it was all over the beach was white and it looked like it had snowed. Pilots reported seeing funnel clouds about 25 miles off Redondo Beach.

Nebraska: ‘Not weed’ bust A man in Lincoln has been cited for possessing pot in a container that had been slapped with a label reading: “Not weed.” Lancaster County deputies stopped the man’s vehicle around 9 p.m. Saturday. Officers found the plastic sour cream container during a search of his car, and the driver acknowledged that the pot belonged to him. He was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and cited for having less than an ounce of marijuana.

AROUND THE WORLD Iraq: Attack on Tikrit Thousands of troops backed by Iranian-trained Shiite Muslim militias pushed north Monday toward Tikrit, marking a major offensive to wrest control of the strategic city from the militant group Islamic State. The attack, involving more than 20,000 fighters along with air power, tanks and artillery, appeared to be the most concerted effort to date to expel the extremists from one of their major urban strongholds. Iraq’s Shiite militiamen are regarded as among the most effective forces at the government’s disposal.

Islamic State, also known as ISIS, is a Sunni fundamentalist group that views Shiites as apostates and Shiite Iran as a mortal enemy.

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In the tech skills test, “There was just no place where we performed well,” a researcher says.

By Todd C. Frankel The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — There was this test. And it was daunting. It was like the SAT or ACT — which many American millennials are no doubt familiar with, as they are on track to be the best educated generation in history — except this test was not about getting into college. This exam, given in 23 countries, assessed the thinking abilities and workplace skills of adults. It focused on literacy,

math and technological problemsolving. The goal was to figure out how prepared people are to work in a complex, modern society.

And U.S. millennials performed horribly.

That might even be an understatement, given the extent of the American shortcomings. No matter how you sliced the data — by class, by race, by education — young Americans were laggards compared to their international peers. In every subject, U.S. millennials ranked at the bottom or very close to it, according to a new study by testing company ETS. “We were taken aback,” said ETS researcher Anita Sands. “We tend to think millennials are really savvy in this area. But that’s

not what we are seeing.”

The test is called the PIAAC test. It was developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, better known as the OECD. The test was meant to assess adult skill levels. It was administered worldwide to people ages 16 to 65. The results came out two years ago and barely caused a ripple. But recently ETS went back and delved into the data to look at how millennials did as a group.

After all, they’re the future — and, in America, they’re poised to claim the title of largest generation from the baby boomers.

U.S. millennials, defined as people 16 to 34 years old, were supposed to be different. They’re digital natives. They get it. High

achievement is part of their makeup. But the ETS study found signs of trouble, with its authors warning that the nation was at a crossroads: “We can decide to accept the current levels of mediocrity and inequality or we can decide to address the skills challenge head on.”

The challenge is that, in literacy, U.S. millennials scored higher than only three countries.

In math, Americans ranked last. In technical problem-solving, they were second from the bottom.

“Abysmal,” noted ETS researcher Madeline Goodman.

“There was just no place where we performed well.”

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Gates repeats as top billionaire Forbes said there were 1,826 billionaires on its list this year, up from 1,645 in 2014. 197 of them were women.

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trillion last year.

Most of the those on the list were men. But there were 197 women, up from 172 a year ago.

The highest-ranking woman was Christy Walton, the widow of John Walton, a son of the founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. She has a net worth of $41.7 billion, according to Forbes.

The world’s youngest billionaire was 24-year-old Evan Spiegel, the CEO and co-founder

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MARYSVILLE — Greenpoint Technologies, which makes and installs custom interiors for Boeing Business Jets, has formally merged with two sister companies — Greenpoint Products and Services in Marysville and Odyssey Aerospace in Denton, Texas. The Marysville operation manufactures and tests Greenpoint products, while the Texas site does machining work. Greenpoint Technologies’ corporate headquarters are in Kirkland. The merger mostly aligns Greenpoint’s organization on paper with how it functions in the real world, said Scott Goodey, the company’s CEO. Greenpoint has more than 400 employees, and is owned by Zodiac Aerospace, a French company.

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of mobile messaging company Snapchat, with a net worth of $1.5 billion. Snapchat’s other co-founder, 25-year-old Bobby Murphy, had the same net worth as Spiegel. Other tech billionaire newcomers were two co-founders of taxi-ordering app Uber and one of its executives. Three co-founders of Airbnb, the vacation-home rental website, also made the list.

Basketball legend Michael

Jordan joined the list for the first time this year, thanks to his ownership in the Charlotte Hornets basketball team and payouts from his Nike brand. Jordan had a net worth of $1 billion, the magazine said.

This is the the 29th year that Forbes has released its billionaires list. The magazine said it calculated each person’s wealth based on stock prices and exchange rates on Feb. 13, 2015.

A college-bound teen needs Economics 101 t’s that time of year when parents and high school seniors are struggling with college choices. For many, the decision isn’t easy and can lead to family feuds.

A dad from Virginia wrote to me asking for my thoughts on his family’s decision of where his daughter should go to college.

Here’s the background: ■■The couple has a high achieving daughter. She’s taken advanced placement classes and done well. She has great grades, exceptional ACT and SAT scores, and been involved in charitable work, etc. “Proud and fortunate does not begin to describe the feelings here,” he wrote.

■■She is planning a career that will require a graduate degree.

“My current belief is while her

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Several environmental groups Monday sued the Port of Seattle to prevent Royal Dutch Shell PLC from using Seattle’s waterfront as a homeport for its Arctic oil drilling fleet. The Port of Seattle in early February signed a two-year lease with Foss Maritime Co., whose client is Shell, to rent 50 acres across from downtown Seattle. The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court also names port commissioners and Foss. The lawsuit says the port violated state environmental laws when it did not do a review before signing the lease. The lawsuit asks the court to vacate the lease.

Associated Press NEW YORK — The world’s richest person got even richer this year.

Forbes said Monday that Bill Gates’s net worth rose to $79.2 billion in 2015 from $76 billion last year. That put him at the top of the magazine’s list of the world’s billionaires for the second consecutive year. The cofounder of Microsoft Corp. has topped the list for 16 of the last 21 years.

In second place is Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim Helu, with a net worth of $77.1 billion. He had topped the list in 2013.

Next is investor Warren Buffett, who moved up one slot this year with a net worth of $72.7 billion. In fourth place was Amancio Ortega, the Spanish co-founder of clothing retail chain Zara, with a net worth of $64.5 billion.

Rounding out the top five was Larry Ellison, founder of technology company Oracle Corp., with $54.3 billion.

Forbes said there were 1,826 billionaires on its list this year, up from 1,645 in 2014. Added together, they were worth a combined $7.05 trillion, up from $6.4

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MICHELLE SINGLETARY undergraduate pedigree is somewhat important, it may be better to focus on the graduate program as this ultimately provides your career brand moving forward,” the dad wrote.

■■The couple has saved a five-figure nest egg to cover her college expenses as if she were attending an in-state school. With sufficient

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The event is 5 to 6 p.m. March 12 at The Manor, 13032 Admi-

savings, one would think they wouldn’t have an issue. But they do and here’s why: ■■The daughter did not want to attend an in-state school and applied to several top out-of-state schools. She also applied to international programs.

■■The daughter was accepted into two of her top picks, one ranked nationally and an international school also highly regarded and where her boyfriend happens to be attending in his freshman year. “Though I do not see that as what is driving her decision entirely,” the father said.

■■At the U.S. university, the daughter was accepted into an honors program and given a scholarship that will cover a significant portion of her tuition and expenses. In fact, she would have money left over

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from her college fund to help pay for graduate studies. She did not get any money from the international university.

“My belief is both options are excellent schools, and either would position her well for graduate school, with the greatest determinant of success moving into graduate studies being her grades rather than the undergraduate brand,” the dad wrote.

“As such I am not entirely sold on investing more in one over the other.”

The discussion centers on this: ■■The daughter wants to go to the international school. If she goes, she’ll end up with significant debt just for her undergraduate degree.

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Citigroup Inc. will become the exclusive issuer of Costco’s credit cards and Visa Inc. will replace American Express as the credit-card network for Costco’s stores starting in 2016, the retailer announced Monday. AmEx has been the only credit card accepted at Costco for the last 15 years.

The deal had been a boon for both companies, analysts said, but they ended their partnership last month. The Costco partnership represented 8 percent, or $80 billion, of AmEx’s billed business and about 20 percent, or about $14 billion, of its interest-bearing credit portfolio, The Los Angeles Times reported last month.

Google maps captures rainforest The Amazon rainforest is the latest natural wonder to get the Google “Street View” treatment. A camera that’s normally attached to a car’s roof to capture what neighborhoods look like instead recently took to a zipline, a hiker’s back and a boat in the Amazon jungle. Google has previously captured the Arctic and the waters near the Galápagos Islands. The imagery from the Amazon launched on Google Maps late Sunday. It gives viewers a sense of what it’s like to encounter the trailhead for the rainforest and to live nearby. The panoramic pictures also show the expanse of waterways and the density of flora.

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But surely America’s brightest were on top?

Nope. U.S. millennials with master’s degrees and doctorates did better than their peers in only three countries: Ireland, Poland and Spain. Those in Finland, Sweden and Japan seemed to be on a different planet.

Top-scoring U.S. millennials — the 90th percentile on the PIAAC test — were at the bottom internationally, ranking higher only than their peers in Spain. The bottom percentile (10th percentile) also lagged behind their peers.

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And the gap between America’s best and worst was greater than the gap in 14 other countries. This, the study authors said, signaled America’s high degree of inequality.

The study called into question America’s educational credentialing system.

While few American testtakers lacked a high school degree, the U.S. didn’t perform any better than countries with relatively high rates of failing to finish high school. And our college graduates didn’t perform well, either.

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native-born Americans.

Nope. They tried nativeborn Americans with at least one college graduate parent — a big group when compared to other countries. That didn’t work. They looked at race — white and Asian Americans did better, but still fell behind similar top performers in other countries and below the OECD average.

The ETS study noted that a decade ago the skill level of American adults was judged mediocre. “Now it is below even that.” So millennials are falling even further behind.

“It doesn’t seem like it’s going to get better if we stay on the road we’re on,” Goodman said.

See an interactive graphic: U.S. millennials, ages 16 to 34, scored at or near the bottom in an international test of adult work skills at http://wapo. st/1GHxl75.

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■ The father doesn’t want to overextend beyond what he and his wife have saved.

“I feel it is appropriate to commit to her success and fully support her undergraduate education at in-state costs,” he said.

But the mom wants to do more.

“My spouse differs, taking a position that we should fund the best school possible, with no boundaries, which runs contrary to my current thoughts on responsibility, ownership and entitlement risks.”

■ The parents agree their daughter should be free to choose her own path. “I see value in her owning both the choice and the outcomes,” her father said.

Here’s what I think: ■ I’m not completely persuaded that the daughter’s decision isn’t being influenced by the fact that her boyfriend is at her top choice.

■ The decision of what college to attend should be made together as a family. I don’t believe parents should abdicate the college decision to a teenager who doesn’t have a penny to pay for his or her

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choice. The student gets a say but not the final word.

■ This is a great test for a young adult on how to make sound financial decisions.

All too often folks give into emotions when it comes to college choices. If both schools achieve the same end goal, which is a great education, why wouldn’t you opt for the one that is much more affordable and have money for graduate studies?

So here’s what I would do: ■ I would put my foot down for the U.S. university. And it makes more financial sense to choose the school that is giving her a scholarship, thus freeing up money for her graduate studies.

■ If my daughter refused to listen to me and opted for the international school, I would still give her what I’ve saved.

She deserves it. But she would then be responsible for coming up with the difference for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. I would not take on any parent loans. I would not co-sign on any student loans she may take out. I would not dig into my retirement savings.

In the end, if she wants to make a grown-up decision, she has to come up with the money and then live with the financial consequences of her choice. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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IN OUR VIEW | Grizzlies in the North Cascades

Restore bears to the wilderness It sounds a little ironic that an environmental impact statement would be necessary to restore a wildlife species to its native habitat, but if a proposal to bring back the grizzly bear to the North Cascades is going to be accepted, it needs explanation and consideration through a public process.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service have begun a review of the proposal to rebuild the grizzly bear population in the North Cascades Ecosystem, a 2.6 million-acre swath of land spreading from I-90 north and extending into Canada, which includes lands managed by National Parks, the Forest Service and other agencies.

In a range that likely supported thousands of bears before fur-hunting in the 19th century nearly wiped them out, five or fewer grizzlies are estimated to live in the North

Cascades south of the Canadian border. There has been only one sighting of a solitary bear in the last decade. About 20 grizzlies are estimated to live in British Columbia’s portion of the ecosystem. Between 1,400 and 1,700 grizzlies live in four other ecosystems in the West in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, but that is the extent of their range and numbers in the lower 48 states. They have been listed as a threatened species by the federal government since 1975.

A previous study has determined that the North Cascades is capable of supporting a self-sustaining grizzly population. Any work to restore the bears to the ecosystem will happen only gradually. Even bringing in a few bears of reproductive age won’t result in a baby bear boom. Grizzlies typically give birth to one or two cubs every

three or four years, and cub survival is about 50 percent.

While it’s likely very few of us would ever see a grizzly in the North Cascades, even if the repopulation work sees some level of success in the next 50 years, there are steps that outdoor enthusiasts should already be taking to limit contact with all bears in the wilderness. The bears aren’t the master predators they are often made out to be and are most likely to eat insects, plants, fish and scavenged carrion.

This is not to say there is no risk in returning grizzlies to the North Cascades. But risk is inherent in nature.

The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming and Montana, which supports about 590 bears, had two fatal grizzly attacks in 2011, but Yellowstone’s last fatal attack prior to that was in 1984.

The process of completing an environmental impact statement on the repopulation plan includes a series of public meetings that begin today in Winthrop and continue with meetings on March 10 in Seattle and March 11 in Bellingham. The meetings will give people a chance to learn more about and comment on how the plan will be carried out and how concerns for public safety, livestock, recreation and other issues are addressed.

We as a nation have set aside the various lands of the North Cascades for a variety of uses, including resource production, recreation and wilderness preservation.

Preserving the wild nature of the North Cascades requires we preserve the wildlife that lives within it as a functioning ecosystem and not as a sterile forest.

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Fortunately, oil isn’t only choice The Thursday letter to the editor, “Money trumps Safety for Murray,” contained the best example of non sequitur I have seen in a long time. So Sen. Murray voted against Keystone, and therefore she doesn’t care about her constituents’ safety?

Wow, that is one amazing leap of twisted logic. It assumes that we have only two choices: oil pipeline or oil trains. The oil producers must have loved that letter. The truth is that we have a third choice, and given the irrefutable evidence of climate change we have seen lately, it is by far the best choice: leave the oil in the ground.

How many permanent jobs are estimated to result from construction of that pipeline? Fifty. Will the tar sand oil wrenched from the ground and transported benefit any Americans? No; it’s going overseas. So what do we gain from it? Nothing. Is there any downside? Yeah, jeopardizing the water supply of over 2 million Americans, along with a strong chance of contaminating three rivers, not to mention the additional burden of carbon spewed into Earth’s atmosphere when this particularly dirty fuel is used. But a small number of people stand to gain a lot of money, and they own a number of legislators.

I’m glad that they don’t own Sen. Murray.

Gina Parry Snohomish

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Illegal workers to get back taxes I read two newspapers on a daily basis and it’s shocking to me that neither paper has reported that illegal immigrants will be able to claim back tax benefits.

Instead we get reports on the theft of the $150,000 gown worn by actress Lupita Nyong’o at the Oscars or NOAA reports third baby orca born. If I didn’t go online I would never hear any important news at all. Your readers should be made aware of what’s going to happen as result of Obama’s executive amnesty.

The IRS confirms that once these immigrants are granted Social Security numbers, which is in Obama’s plan, they will be able to file back tax returns. They will be able to obtain up to four years of tax benefits including the earned income tax credit where you receive money back not having paid taxes.

Early estimates for a married couple with three children filing a four year back tax return

for 2011 to 2014 would amount to over $35,000.

Can you imagine the billions of tax payers’ dollars that will go to people who are here illegally and have more than likely never paid any taxes nor filed any tax returns? I am very disturbed by this as should all hard working, law-abiding taxpayers be as well. Wake up, folks. He has almost two years remaining to inflict more damage to our once great country.

Don Williamson Arlington

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Ayn Rand, Christ not compatible Respect is usually a great starting point for any political or religious discussion. When politicians, like Paul Ryan and Rand Paul claim to believe in Christ and the teachings of Ayn Rand simultaneously, the gloves must come off.

Ayn Rand’s teachings have permeated conservative government and even the Supreme Court where Clarence Thomas holds Rand movie screenings. Even Ronald Reagan extolled her. That’s fine if you’re not a Christian.

It’s not possible to reconcile the teachings of Christ with Ayn Rand’s. Her books were intentionally atheistic and unabashedly anti-love.

Her ideas are a common philosophy of the rich. Many no doubt agree with what she told Playboy magazine in 1964, when she said that the fact that Christians are called to care for the most vulnerable of God’s people is manifest proof that the religion has nothing constructive to add to human life.

How can Christians support the numerous politicians that claim to have these incongruent beliefs? It seems the more politicians agree with Ayn

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Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Daily Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Rand, the more support they get from Christians.

Rand Paul gets positive coverage from the Christian Broadcasting Network, including a tour of his home. He constantly talks to evangelicals about his fighting the liberal war on Christianity. This is beyond the reach of cognitive dissonance. Have they read that Christ said you cannot serve two masters: God and wealth? Didn’t he also say that by their fruits you shall know them? Who is advocating for the poor?

Christians are supposed to be judged by how they behave toward the most in need. It’s in black and white. But according to Christianity Today, the vast majority of evangelicals think that churches not government should care for the needy. This even includes unemployment insurance!

That’s ridiculous since most churches I know have trouble paying the bills, even with government tax breaks. But like Gandhi said: “Everyone knows what Christ taught, except Christians.”

This marriage of convenience seems to me to be another perversion of the religion that I love. And I remember something about wolves in sheep’s clothing.

And a few other parables with unfortunate endings.

Rick Walker Snohomish

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Little people have hit their limit Thank you for printing Elizabeth Diedrick’s letter, “Tax breaks: Businesses need to pay their fair share.”

I often think of Leona Hemsley’s statement: “I don’t pay taxes. Little people pay taxes.”

Joseph O. Bissonnette Arlington

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Try keeping it all in perspective I have to respond and agree with Mr. Calender’s letter, “Great paper, at really fair price”: The Herald is a great paper; it and its reporters have won awards, so obviously we are not alone. The price is fair, considering prices now-a-days. I have to say it really gives me a belly laugh at some of the reasons some people are so mad and going to discontinue the paper — single pages too hard to deal with; the TV section has a fold in wrong place; they make typo errors now and then; and oh, yes, they had the answer to the puzzle on the same page as the puzzle one day. Now that’s got to be a deal breaker!

These might be the same people that do not like the humor of The Buzz (so don’t read it) and they don’t even know they are funny. They think the paper has problems. They probably should change because, they really have problems. However, they are going to be in for a shock when they do.

Jean Holtrop Edmonds

Net neutrality had fewer foes than assumed

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et neutrality won the day in Washington, and that wasn’t supposed to happen. Republicans indignantly opposed regulating Internet service, currently dominated by a few cable giants. Texas Republican Ted Cruz called it “Obamacare for the Internet” (in his world, fightin’ words).

The lobbying money and muscle of Comcast, AT&T and Time Warner no doubt stoked the lawmakers’ passions.

FROMA HARROP And when the Federal Communications Commission Wall Street voted to preanalysts have vent Internet service prodismissed viders from establishing Republican fast lanes for claims that favored customers, its two net neutrality GOP memwill throttle bers voted against it. the cable So why, when the FCC companies’ said the Interinvestment in net would be treated as a infrastructure. public utility, like telephone lines, did Republicans retreat rather than battle on?

The most cited reason was the successful campaign by open-Internet activists working alongside heavy broadband users, notably Netflix, Twitter and Mozilla, proprietor of the Firefox browser.

But there’s another reason. A lot of ordinary Americans hate their cable company.

They fume with every month’s astronomically high TV-Internet-phone bundle bill, the product of the company’s monopoly or near-monopoly power.

High-speed Internet is seen no longer as a luxury but as the staff of commercial and personal life. Many Americans know that they are paying vastly more for far slower service than their friends in France, in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe. For huge numbers of us, hating the cable company transcends politics.

Faced with these realities, the ideologically motivated voices on the right do what they do so well, avoid them. You have Holman Jenkins in The Wall Street Journal writing that the big tech names — Google, Facebook, Microsoft — didn’t fight against the net neutrality decision “because they didn’t want to be attacked by left-wing groups.”

(Yeah, Google, Facebook and Microsoft are so shy about defending their interests.)

In the real world, these big content providers have been for — not against — net neutrality. In a letter last spring to the FCC, they warned that permitting the Internet service providers to slow traffic for some sites and speed it for others would pose “a grave threat to the Internet.”

Did they make themselves clear?

As for the politics, Barbara van Schewick, an Internet expert at Stanford Law School, offers a wildly different analysis of why Google and the others didn’t rush into the fray. She told Wired they “risked drawing the ire of the Republicans in Congress who might retaliate in various ways.”

Elsewhere in the real world, the cable companies don’t seem devastated by the FCC decision. The stocks of Comcast and Time Warner Cable actually rose in its wake. Their proposed merger was being held up by fears of creating a monolith that couldn’t be regulated. Now there are regulations, lowering those fears and making the merger likelier.

Meanwhile, Wall Street analysts have dismissed Republican claims that net neutrality will throttle cable companies’ investment in infrastructure. After all, the service providers paid $44 billion to buy a new wireless spectrum at a recent FCC auction.

Google is pro-net neutrality, though it did have some reservations about regulating the Internet. That’s because Google’s business interests have spread into broadband. But note that the head of Google Fiber said the impending FCC decision “did not have any specific impact on (Google’s) plans to build more Fiber cities.”

All this solves the mystery of why Republican lawmakers did not bark after the FCC rejected their position. What’s left for the pure ideologues is a bowl of kibbles about the evils of regulation and the selfless good deeds of corporations. That bowl never empties.

Froma Harrop’s email address is fharrop@gmail.com.

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service as well as parking.

A two-gate terminal building could be up to 30,000 square feet.

Airlines will ultimately determine which destinations any Paine Field-based flights serve, he said.

Locales such as Spokane, Portland, Oregon, or the Bay Area might be possibilities.

The vote came after about 40 people from both sides of the issue addressed the council.

Supporters were dominated by Everett’s business and political power brokers, opponents by people who live in nearby Mukilteo.

Opponents urged the council to wait longer to consider the consequences of their decision, given that details of the potential 50-year lease only became public in mid-February.

“There’s no downside to conducting due diligence to make sure you get this huge decision right — for the county, taxpayers and for your own legacies and political careers,” said Michael Moore, president of the Save Our Communities opposition group.

Supporters said the opposite: That it’s time for county leaders to put an end to stall-tactics.

“Decisions need to be made at some point, and it’s time to move on,” said Jim

Langus, a former administrator for the Snohomish County PUD and the city of Everett.

On Monday, Propeller CEO Smith also challenged opponents’ attacks on his company’s track record.

The opponents maintained the business has only been around 45 days. Founded in 2008, parent company Propeller Investments has been developing an alternative to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, one of the busiest in the world.

Propeller’s chairman, Robert Aaronson, is a former top Federal Aviation Administration official and former executive for the Air Transport Association of America, Smith said. That’s the main industry group for U.S. airlines. Aaronson also has helped manage major U.S. airports, including John F. Kennedy and Newark international.

Other arguments against expansion included the spectre of future growth in the number of flights beyond the current vision of five or so per day. Smith said the area’s population won’t support more than a two-gate terminal, but he didn’t provide a specific number of daily flights.

Paine Field already sees about 300 flights per day, including general aviation planes and jetliners manufactured by Boeing or flown

I cannot jeopardize future FAA funding for Paine Field, therefore I’m voting ‘yes.’

— Terry Ryan Snohomish County Council

I’m going to be voting ‘no’ to flag concerns.

— Stephanie Wright Snohomish County Council

here for maintenance at Aviation Technical Services (ATS).

The Boeing Co. has said that regular commercial passenger flights at Paine Field would not interfere with its Everett factory, where it builds 747s, 787s and 777s. It will also build the future 777X here. The aerospace giant is said to be more worried about the county losing federal funding or anything else that threatens smooth airport operations.

FAA rules require the county to negotiate in good faith or risk losing millions of dollars in grants the airport relies on to keep running.

ATS, the largest business at the airport after Boeing,

supports scheduled commercial passenger flights.

“It will essentially make us more competitive, allowing us to grow and expand in Everett,” said Gabe Doleac, the company’s senior vice president of strategy.

A 2012 federal aviation study concluded that noise, traffic and pollution from commercial passenger jets would not harm nearby communities. It looked at 23 passenger flights per day, far more than anything Propeller has suggested.

The proposed Paine Field lease involves land between the airport’s administrative offices and control tower. The area covers about 466,000 square feet.

Propeller first approached the county about a potential lease in June. Serious negotiations began in October.

County Executive John Lovick’s office sent the option to lease to the council on Feb. 13, with a recommendation for approval.

With four council members split on the issue, the tie-breaking vote was left to Councilman Terry Ryan.

The potential for economic development and the risk of losing FAA grants influenced Ryan’s decision.

“I cannot jeopardize future FAA funding for Paine Field, therefore I’m voting ‘yes,’” Ryan said.

Joining him in support of the proposal were Councilmen Dave Somers and Ken Klein.

Council members Brian Sullivan and Stephanie Wright voted against the option to lease. They both represent south Snohomish County communities in the Paine Field flight path. Sullivan also is a former mayor and city councilman for Mukilteo.

“I’d like to see the lease tightened up if this goes forward,” Sullivan said.

Wright, for her part, said she hoped Propeller and the local business community would help to “make the best of this situation.”

“I’m going to be voting

‘no’ to flag concerns,” she said.

Alaska Airlines threw another wrinkle into the discussions Friday by asking council members to delay a vote. The Seattle-based carrier wanted to discuss the lease with county leaders and other stakeholders.

Alaska is “taking a fresh look at (Paine Field) to determine whether the demand exists to service this market, irrespective of whether any other carrier enters the market,” wrote Megan Ouellette, the company’s managing director of government relations.

Alaska in years past has considered starting regular passenger flights from Paine Field but in 2012 said it was no longer interested because of improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The carrier, however, suggested its position could change if other airlines entered the picture.

Allegiant Air of Las Vegas also had explored service at the Snohomish County airport.

The city of Mukilteo and Save Our Communities have taken the FAA to federal court over Paine Field passenger service, demanding further environmental impact studies.

The case was stayed last year but would be reactivated once a viable terminal proposal moves forward.

Coffee’s good for your heart, new research suggests Los Angeles Times Now you can enjoy your third daily cup of coffee and feel healthy while you do it: According to a new study, that third cup of joe

may be good for your heart.

Researchers found that people who drink between three and five cups of coffee a day are likely to have less coronary artery calcium, or CAC, than those

who drink no coffee at all.

They also found a correlation between people who drink between one and three cups of coffee a day and a reduced prevalence of CAC, according to a

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Kimberley Barnes poses during last year’s Northwest Yoga Conference at the Lynnwood Convention Center. This year’s NWYC is March 5 through 8.

Get centered

Learn a new discipline or take a class at the Northwest Yoga Conference this week in Lynnwood

By Jessi Loerch Herald Writer

People practice yoga for many reasons: exercise, relaxation, spirituality.

Or, sometimes it’s just a good chance to channel your inner “Frozen” character.

The Northwest Yoga Conference this week in Lynnwood features two free community classes that cater to a younger crowd, including Sunday’s “Frozen” theme session, with yoga poses related to the movie. After the class, kids will have a chance to meet Elsa and Anna and take photos.

While your kids are busy — there’s also a football themed yoga class for youngsters — there will be dozens of adult yoga classes to try out free.

The conference, which started in 2012, is a way for the local yoga community to come together and learn new skills, said founder

Melissa Phillips-Hagedorn.

Phillips-Hagedorn, who was born and raised in Marysville, found herself at a stressful point in her life and simply wanted to spend an entire weekend practicing yoga.

She found plenty of retreats to exotic locations, but nothing local.

So, she started something herself.

“It was a very emotional experience for me to put so much of my heart and soul into something and see it come into existence,” PhillipsHagedorn said. “I had never put so much effort into creating something in my life.”

The course offers a variety of instructors, the majority from the Northwest.

This year, Phillips-Hagedorn is excited to have speaker Richard Miller, who does scientific research into the benefits of yoga.

The conference is more than just classes. There will be a marketplace, focusing on local and small businesses, and interactive displays

for people to try.

Curious about aerial yoga? Give it a try. PhillipsHagedorn said it’s a good chance for customers to give products a try without making a big financial commitment.

Roy Holman, who teaches yoga in Everett, will be Lion Lady Photography one of the teachers A participant holds her toes during last year’s at the event and Northwest Yoga Conference at the Lynnwood will also be attend- Convention Center. ing classes on his own.

“There’s not enough gentle, body “It’s exciting to meet so many friendly yoga out there,” he said. new people,” he said, “and it’s His class will allow people to always fun to step out of the little slow down and connect to their bubble we teach in.” breath and their deeper self.

His slow yoga class is for all “People are usually very cenlevels. He said by slowing down, tered, relaxed and even blissed one can really discover the deeper after a class like this,” he said. “It’s benefits of yoga. usually less is more.”

Northwest Yoga Conference The conference is March 5 through 8 at the Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. Take a look at the full schedule of classes at nwyogaconference.com/schedule.

Single workshops are $25, or you can buy passes for one day up to three days, from $149 to $399. Get details at nwyogaconference. com/registration.

Three free community classes are at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Two classes are for children, one with a “Frozen” theme and another with a football theme. There is a free class for adults at the same time. Pre-registration is encouraged.

How to handle, and learn from, errors in judgment

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ver the Presidents Day weekend, a close friend of mine, Jim, was skiing with his family in Colorado. On the trip, his 5-year-old granddaughter skied into a tree and broke both of her legs.

What a disaster. Fortunately, she’s young, didn’t hit her head and will heal quickly. That’s a blessing. But Jim was at the top of the hill watching this nightmare unfold. He was responsible for taking care of his granddaughter.

He made several mistakes in judgment: The day before the ski instructor indicated to Jim that his granddaughter wasn’t ready for that particular slope, he didn’t ski in front of her and he overestimated her ability. It was a perfect storm.

Jim told me later that he was shaken up by the whole experience. Aside from taking responsibility for the accident, he wonders if he will ever recover his confidence in his judgment.

Accidents occur every day that

Paul Schoenfeld family talk can have huge consequences.

Probably, the most common are automobile accidents. Frequently, these are completely out of our control. Other bad things happen, too. Companies go out of business, employees get laid off, close friends and family develop serious illnesses. These events shake us up. We often feel like victims of fate — standing in the wrong place at the wrong time.

But what if we were responsible? What if we made a mistake?

What if we showed poor judgment? Mary was texting while

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driving and caused an accident.

Bill had an impulsive extramarital affair that ended his marriage.

John made a poor business decision that ended in bankruptcy.

Fortunately, many of these bigger mistakes are rare, but they do happen.

Here are some important points to remember about handling errors: Take responsibility. Jim’s first response to his granddaughter’s accident was to come up with “reasons” for his choices.

But later, he stared at himself in the mirror and recognized that it was his error in judgment. He accepted responsibility for his actions and the consequences.

It was painful for him to do this, but he realized that he couldn’t honestly deny his blame for the mishap.

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particularly vulnerable to this condition. Success at work or in relationships can give you the false impression that bad things won’t happen to you or yours — or that your judgment is infallible.

Doubt has its place in the human equation. Consider the potential unanticipated consequences of any decision.

Underconfidence can be costly, too. Lack of confidence can result in delaying or avoiding decisions when they must be made. This can create its own set of problems.

Accidents happen. Whether we make good or bad decisions, unanticipated events will always occur. Sometimes, we are simply the victims of fate. We only have control over our own choices.

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” The poet Alexander Pope got this one right. Don’t beat yourself up too much. It is just as important to forgive yourself, as it is to forgive others.

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couldn’t turn back the clock, he did help his granddaughter’s family. He felt that it was the least he could do. He provided practical help and it made him feel better too.

Learn from your mistakes.

Teenagers develop good judgment from making bad choices.

Frequently, their parents engineer consequences that teach them valuable lessons. For adults, the ups and downs of life provide us with the education we need.

We can’t change anything that we did yesterday, but we can learn from our experience and do things differently today. Sadly, in adult life, trial and error is our primary instructional tool, as painful as it can sometimes be.

Dr. Paul Schoenfeld is director of The Everett Clinic’s Center for Behavioral Health and has been a clinical psychologist for more than 30 years. Read his Family Talk Blog at www.everettclinic.com/ family-talk-blog.

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It’s no use lying — your kids know your secret Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: My wife smokes a few cigarettes per day, usually at work. Our daughter has smelled smoke on her and asked if she smokes, but my wife lies and says it came from other people.

Now our daughter has learned about secondhand smoke, and told her mother to make the smokers smoke outside. My wife told her she doesn’t want to cause trouble at work.

I told my wife she should either quit or tell our daughter the truth.

She said smoking is an integral part of her routine, but knowing the truth would make our daughter too upset. I think our daughter may already suspect the truth, so we might as well be honest with her. Should I tell her myself if this comes up again?

— Lying to Daughter You can’t sell out your daughter’s mother, no, but you are right that your wife has only two choices of integrity: Quit or tell the truth.

As her current enabler, please stand up: “I can’t bear to have you lie to our daughter like this. It is going to destroy her trust in you — unless, that is, you change the truth by quitting. It is your decision whether to smoke, I get it, but

CAROLYN HAX TELL ME ABOUT IT how we talk to our daughter is both of our decision, and I will not keep enabling your lie. I will long enough for you to quit, yes, if you choose that, or long enough for you to find a way to tell her the truth if that’s how you would rather handle it — but I will not stay quiet indefinitely.”

By the way, your wife is bringing home “thirdhand smoke” on her clothes, and it’s harmful (http://1. usa.gov/1oCdBgg).

Re: Smoking Mom: My father has been an offand-on secret smoker for the last 15 years. ALL of us kids knew and eventually confronted him.

He tried to cover it up until we showed him proof. It would have been very easy for him to just say, “I’m sorry but I have been smoking.” But by not admitting it, that trust in him not to hide things

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Subject: NATURE (e.g., Term for animals such as kangaroos, wallabies and opossums. Answer: Marsupials.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. In zoology, what order of mammals includes man, apes and monkeys?

2. What type of animal is a magpie?

3. What type of animal is an eland?

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. What do tendons usually connect?

5. What type of primate is characteristically endemic to the island of Madagascar?

6. Where in the body are the islets of Langerhans located?

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BIRTHDAYS PH.D. LEVEL 7. This type of “ground squirrel” is found in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

8. This brown pigment is derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish.

9. The seeds of maize are called ____.

ANSWERS: 1. Primates. 2. Bird.

3. Antelope. 4. Muscle to bone.

5. Lemur. 6. Pancreas. 7. Prairie dog. 8. Sepia. 9. (Corn) kernels.

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Socialite Lee Radziwill is 82. Movie producerdirector George Miller is 70. Actress Hattie Winston is 70. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 68. Actordirector Tim Kazurinsky is 65. Singer-musician Robyn Hitchcock is 62. Actor Robert Gossett is 61.

Rock musician John Lilley is 61. Actress Miranda Richardson is 57. Rock musician John Bigham is 56. Radio personality Ira Glass is 56. Actress Mary Page Keller is 54. Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee is 53. Former NFL player and College Football Hall of Famer Herschel Walker is 53. Contemporary Christian musician Duncan Phillips (Newsboys) is 51. Rapperactor Tone Loc (lohk) is 49. Actress Julie Bowen is 45. Actor David Faustino is 41. Gospel singer Jason Crabb is 38. Singer Ronan Keating (Boyzone) is 38. Rapper Lil’ Flip is 34. Actress Jessica Biel is 33. Rock musician Blower (AKA Joe Garvey) (Hinder) is 31. Pop singer Camila Cabello (Fifth Harmony) (TV: “The X Factor”) is 18.

Thought for Today: “America is a tune. It must be sung together.” — Gerald Stanley Lee, American clergyman and author (1862-1944).

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— Anonymous Since frailties are unavoidable, teaching kids to deal with them is essential, and that starts with owning them. What would you like your kid to do when s/ he makes a bad choice or adopts a vice — feel ashamed and hide it from you? Feel defensive and lash out at you for your failings? Feel disappointed in herself and seek support from others to help her do better? Feel comfortable with some naughty things in moderation and as informed choices?

There’s no one way to handle the low end of our humanity, but there are healthy and unhealthy ways, and a parent, when busted, would be well served to already have in mind what lesson is going out to the kids.

Re: Smoking Mom: I am so grateful for the failings I saw in my father — had I not seen them, I might have spent my life feeling inadequate as a father, unable to live up to his perfect example.

— Anonymous 2 So important, thanks. You want kids to feel bad about mistakes, but not like bad people for making them.

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Dear Abby: I teach at a fairly small school. My grade-level teaching team consists of five teachers who work closely together.

During the last school year, one of my team members got engaged. This year, we’ve had a change of staff and now have a new member on our team. My colleague has not, and does not, plan to invite this new member to her wedding, although the rest of us are invited. The save-the-dates and shower invitations have all been hand-delivered at school, making it awkward for the person who has not been invited.

I feel it wasn’t appropriate to include all but one of the team simply because she is new to the group. Am I correct in feeling that my colleague did not handle this appropriately? — Frustrated In The Fisrt Grade Dear Frustrated: A wedding is not a children’s birthday party to which all the children must be invited if the invitations are handed out at school.

While it would have been more diplomatic if the bride had mailed or emailed the invitations to her teammates, she was in no way obligated to invite someone with whom she hadn’t worked.

Dear Abby: How do you handle providing truthful advice to someone with sensitive feelings? My sister “Ella” is actively dating and doesn’t seem to handle the rejection well. This leads her to ask a number of questions she wants me to be truthful about, yet when I answer honestly, she gets mad and sometimes starts to cry.

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Dear Abby: I have a man living with me as a boarder, paying weekly rent. He’s a friend as well, but not a close one.

I’m at a loss as to how to tell him he can’t use my bath towels, washcloth, bar soap, toothpaste or hairbrush. I’m tempted to tape a list on the bathroom mirror saying, “Please do not use the following,” then list the items I feel are too personal to share. I can’t imagine how someone would think it’s OK to use someone else’s personal things. — Grossed-Out Guy In The South Dear Grossed-Out: The thing about silence is that it implies consent. If you don’t have the courage to tell him face-to-face that certain things are off-limits and what they are, then by all means tape a large sign to the bathroom mirror.

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TELEVISION (pause) the most amazing (pause) night out (dramatic pause) with (pause) William Shatner!

8 p.m., Fox From Herald news services

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2015. There are 303 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight: On March 3, 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II. On this date: In 1845, Florida became the 27th state.

In 1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior was established.

In 1913, more than 5,000 suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., a day before the presidential inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.

In 1923, Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, made its debut.

In 1931, “The StarSpangled Banner” became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution.

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In 1959, the United States launched the Pioneer 4 spacecraft, which flew by the moon.

Comedian Lou Costello died in East Los Angeles three days before his 53rd birthday.

In 1974, a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board.

In 1985, coal miners in Britain voted to end a year-long strike that proved to be the longest and most violent walkout in British history. The comedy-drama series “Moonlighting,” starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, premiered on ABC-TV. In 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on video.

One year ago: President Barack Obama pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a White House meeting to make the “tough decisions” needed to move forward on talks with the Palestinians.

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Maggie Smith to leave ‘Downton Abbey’ after next season The one character who can go toe-to-toe with Lady Mary’s dour-faced shadethrowing and emerge victorious will depart “Downton Abbey” at the end of next season.

Pardon the sniffles, but if anything calls for weeping in your pudding, it’s this.

For five seasons, Maggie Smith, 80, has ruled “Downton” as the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley.

Lady Grantham, as she’s also known, is so old she’s earned the right to say whatever she likes, and this has resulted in five years worth

of highly Tumblr-friendly retorts. Bless us, every one, for Maggie Smith is nothing if not showrunner Julian Fellowes’s designated zinger-delivery system.

Here’s the silver lining, serious “Downton” adherents: Maybe this will force Fellowes to finally give Lady Edith a spine, assuming the show runs past six seasons. Oh please, who are we kidding? At this point we might as well just rename Edith “Lady Long-Suffering Doormat” and be done with it.

Besides, Smith’s departure

just adds to the evidence that “Downton” will wrap after six seasons given that Fellowes, who writes the show by himself, is eager to get started on a new period project for NBC. “The Gilded Age,” which was announced two years ago, will focus on American aristocracy in late 19th century New York. In January, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt said he was hoping that the show would be “coming to life sometime in the next season.”

Smith dropped the news in an interview with the

Sunday Times, where she also revealed her disdain for selfies, something with which the Dowager Countess would most certainly agree.

“What’s awful is it used to be just autographs, but now everyone wants photographs,” Smith said.

“You begin to feel like all those people who believed photographs took the soul away. There’s nothing like privacy, but nobody will have that soon. Nobody’s private any more.”

Soraya Nadia McDonald, The Washington Post

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‘Judge Judy’ Sheindlin’s court staying in session until 2020 NEW YORK — Daytime television’s most popular personality, “Judge Judy” Sheindlin, has extended her contract for three years and plans to keep her court in session into 2020.

CBS Television Distribution didn’t discuss terms of the deal Monday.

TV Guide has reported her current salary at $47

million a year — making her by far the highestpaid personality on Judge Judy television. Sheindlin Sheindlin is 72.

“Judge Judy” is now

in its 19th season, and has been the top daytime TV show for the past five years. During the week ending Feb. 15, for example, “Judge Judy” was seen by an average of 10.1 million viewers each episode and the second most-popular show, “Dr. Phil,” had 4.9 million, the Nielsen company said.

“We could not be more excited to continue our longtime relationship with Judy,” said Armando Nunez, president and CEO of CBS Global Distribution Group. “She is a true television icon, who entertains and inspires millions of fans each day.”

David Bauder, Associated Press

BOOKS

Brokaw memoir about his battle with cancer coming out in May NEW YORK — Tom Brokaw is sharing the news about his battle with cancer.

The former NBC anchor has a memoir coming out May 12, Random House announced Monday.

The book is called “A Lucky Life Interrupted,” and will draw upon a journal that Brokaw began keeping in 2013 after learning he had multiple myeloma.

Brokaw, 75, said in a

statement issued through Random House that he hoped his book would “help others dealing with this unwelcome condition.”

Brokaw’s previous books include the

best-selling “The Greatest Generation” and “A Long Way From Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties.”

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Marysville senior park near shopping and busline. 2 Br. plus bonus room and bathroom, 764 sf, remodeled inside and o u t . C ove r e d p a r k i n g and large deck on back of home, resonable lot rent, quiet park and small pets welcome.

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12433 Admiralty Way Everett, 98204 Great Location!

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OAK Entertainment Center $75; Oak Round Dining Table w/4 stools, $75; Desk & Bookcase, $75,425-293-4814

Carex - Plastic Transfer Bench, w/backrest, right or left hand, adj. $40 (425)334-4920 High End Invacare Xtra wide, manual , folding, Wheelchair w/ elevating foot rest, $100 206.600.0425

KLIPSCH Vintage HERESEY SPEAKERS, clean wood cabinet $500 425.737.3523

Lt wt Transporting Manual Folding Wheelchair w/retractable footrest, very good cond $80 206.600.0425 NOVA XTRA WIDE Rolator Walker, wt cap 400#, w/seat, brakes, 8� wheels, $70 (425)334-4920

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Muster a todo list and don’t stop until it’s been completed. The satisfaction and confidence you get from taking care of your responsibilities will give way to having fun with someone whose company you enjoy. ����� TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Refrain from bringing up emotional matters until you feel you can handle the consequences. Focus more on work and the contributions you can make that will make a difference. �� GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make changes because you want to, not because someone else pushes you. You have a much better handle on what you want to see happen than an onlooker has. A relationship will improve if you do more together. ���� CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may not like change, but it will bring about a favorable new lifestyle. Don’t fight the inevitable. Make do with what you are given.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Money, health and legal matters will be prominent, so do your best to take care of your responsibilities at home. Personal papers are best dealt with sooner rather than later. ��� LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Size up your situation and your current position. Partnerships are bountiful and will help you increase your momentum as well as your reputation and confidence. ���� SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Explore different ways of doing things. A tweak here and there to the way you’ve been conducting your life will help you appreciate what you have. ���� SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Tie up loose ends and make plans to travel or get involved in a home improvement project that will help stabilize your future. Realistic plans will ensure that you are successful. ����� CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid travel, communication or being around unpredictable people. Rely on past experiences and your intuition to help you make good decisions now. An exaggerated joint venture will entice you. ��� AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ve got the right mindset to make your dreams come true. A moneymaking opportunity is within reach, along with a partnership that can help you expand. Promote and enjoy the recognition you receive. ��� PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A colleague, superior or peer will have a hidden agenda.

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John Clos, a member of the Kamiak High School swim team, competed in the three-day Can-Am Para-Swimming Championships in Edmonton, Alberta in December, winning gold in the 100-meter backstroke.

Disability is not an obstacle Arthrogryposis has kept Kamiak’s John Clos from competing in most sports, but it didn’t stop him from winning a gold medal at the Can-Am Para-Swimming Championship.

By Rich Myhre Herald Writer

MUKILTEO — Some kids are born with the determination to become great athletes and the physical prowess to make that dream come true.

John Clos was born with one of those.

Clos has arthrogryposis, a genetic condition that leaves him with just traces of triceps muscles in both arms, similarly scant calf muscles in both legs, and diminished flexibility in his elbows, wrists, knees and ankles.

The condition makes it difficult for Clos, a sophomore at Kamiak High School, to do even ordinary physical activities. Walking, for instance, is painful if the distance is much beyond a few hundred yards. Likewise, popular sports

such as football, basketball, baseball and soccer are simply not possible.

But Clos is a swimmer, and in the water he has found both a sport he enjoys and one that allows him to compete. And against others with a similar level of disability, he excels.

In December, Clos traveled to Edmonton, Alberta, for the threeday Can-Am Para-Swimming Championships, which brought together approximately 150 disabled athletes from Canada, the United States and elsewhere in the world.

Competing in the S8 class — the International Paralympic Committee has competitive classes for different levels of disability, and S8 is essentially for

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Kamiak’s John Clos (right) receives a second place medal after competing in the 50-yard disability freestyle race during the Class 4A state swimming championships at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way on Feb. 21.

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M’s to platoon in left and right field

Silvertips’ defense gets reinforcements

Ackley, Weeks in left; Smith, Ruggiano in right

By Nick Patterson Herald writer

By Bob Dutton The News Tribune

PEORIA, Ariz. — Start with this: Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon has an aversion to the word “platoon,” primarily because, he believes, the Left-hander term is generally viewed in James Paxton, absolute terms. who has had a Even so, he acknowlsore forearm, re- edged plans Monday to sumed throwing start the season with what and is slated for amounts to a pair of de his first bullpen facto platoons in the outon Friday, C3 field: Dustin Ackley and Rickie Weeks in left field; a n d Seth Smith and Justin Ruggiano in right.

“Now, having said that,” McClendon stressed, “if there’s a favorable matchup — whether it’s left or right — where a guy See M’S, Page C3

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EVERETT — The Everett Silvertips have been suffering a crisis on defense, and Tuesday night they face the best the WHL has to offer.

However, it’s possible the crisis is abating just in the nick of time.

Everett welcomes leagueleading Kelowna to Xfinity Arena on Tuesday, and the Tips may be in better shape defensively for that game than originally feared.

The crisis on defense TONIGHT’S GAME reached its apex in Saturday’s Kelowna at Everett, 7:05 p.m. home game against Prince Radio: KRKO (1380 AM) George. Overager Ben Betker was serving a one-game suspension handed down by the WHL for a checking-to-the-head major penalty assessed during Friday’s 7-2 victory over Calgary. Meanwhile, Kevin Davis and Tristen Pfeifer were ruled out

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Gonzaga slips to No. 7 in poll Associated Press Kentucky remained the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, while Gonzaga slipped from No. 3 to No. 7 Kentucky (29-0) received all 65 first-place votes from a media panel on Monday.

Virginia remained at No. 2, but the next three spots changed after Gonzaga and Wisconsin lost.

Duke moved up one to No. 3, Villanova climbed two spots to No. 4 and Arizona was up two to No. 5. Wisconsin dropped a spot to No. 6, and Gonzaga fell to seventh after losing to BYU on Satuday.

For the complete poll, see the Scoreboard on Page C4.

Montreal busy at deadline

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General manager Marc Ber Bergevin added to the Montreal Canadiens without altering his Eastern Conference-leading lineup.

In Detroit, GM Ken Holland thought it was important to provide his young Red Wings a nudge by adding two experienced veterans. As for the Toronto Maple Leafs, their longexpected purge of high-priced talent failed to materialize before the NHL’s annual trading deadline struck on Monday.

“We did as much as we could.

We just hoped for more,” Maple Leafs general manager David Nonis said after being limited to making just two moves, none of which included forwards Joffrey Lupul and Tyler Bozak, or defenseman Dion Phaneuf. “Today, there weren’t deals that were there for any of our players that made sense for us.”

That didn’t prevent others from staying busy on a day that featured 24 trades involving 43 players.

The Canadiens plugged several needs by acquiring defenseman Jeff Petry from Edmonton, and making two separate deals with Buffalo to land forwards

The senior scored 24 points and made seven of his eight free throws to lead the Tomahawks to a 51-47 win over Kennewick in a 3A state regional game on Saturday. The Tomahawks will face Eastside Catholic at 9 p.m. on Thursday at the Tacoma Dome in the state quarterfinals.

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Edmonton’s Jeff Petry (center) battles Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk (right) for the puck earlier this season. The Montreal Canadiens acquired Petry for draft picks at the NHL trading deadline on Monday.

Torrey Mitchell and Brian Flynn.

In exchange, they gave up a combined four draft picks and minor-league prospect Jack Nevins.

“We’re getting rewarded for our good play right now,” Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty said. “I think (Bergevin) saw a couple of areas he can improve on but not change things too much.”

Other East teams weren’t going to let Rangers GM Glen Sather

steal the thunder a day after the Rangers acquired defenseman Keith Yandle and forward James Sheppard.

The Anaheim Ducks made four trades. The most significant involved Columbus, in which the Ducks acquired defenseman James Wisniewski and a 2015 third-round pick in exchange for forwards Rene Bourque, Williams Karlsson and a 2015 second-round pick.

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suspended by the league for his goaltender-interference major penalty from Saturday’s game.

But despite the possible missing bodies, the Tips know they have their hands full, especially if Davis doesn’t play and the Tips find themselves short on defense again. Everett has lost all three of its previous meetings with the Rockets.

“It would be nice to beat them once during the year, we haven’t done that,” Constantine said. “We took them to overtime in our building. I think they’re the class of the league, for sure. There’s other good teams, but if you look at the depth of their team and the entire season as a whole, they’re the class of the league.

It’s another opportunity for us.

In this league, if you’re really serious about winning championships and the Memorial Cup, the road I think is going to go through Kelowna.

“We’re going to eventually have to figure out how to beat them.”

Having their defensemen back would help.

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because of upper-body injuries.

That left Everett without three of its top five defensmen.

With those three out, the Tips were left with just three regulars available: Noah Juulsen, Cole MacDonald and Lucas Skrumeda. Jordan Wharrie, a defenseman by trade who’s spent most of the season playing forward, was drafted into substantial minutes on defense. Everett even conscripted winger Dawson Leedahl into emergency defensive duty.

Everett ended up losing that game 5-1, though the defense held up well given the circumstances.

“We were missing some guys, so obviously some guys had to step up and play more minutes than they’re used to,” said Skrumeda, who as much as anyone was charged with increasing his role to fill the void. “I thought we played pretty well, but we gave up too many chances and we didn’t get the job done.”

If the Tips, minus three defensemen, lose by four goals to a Prince George team that’s merely fighting for it’s playoff life, imagine the possibilities against a Kelowna team that’s already surpassed the 100point mark.

But there may be light on the horizon for the Tips. Everett will have Betker back against Kelowna. The 6-foot-6 veteran will be a vital piece of Everett’s defensive game plan against the Rockets. With Betker back for certain, Constantine said the Tips plan on returning Leedahl to his forward duties Tuesday.

There’s also a chance Davis may be able to play. Davis missed both of Everett’s games over the weekend. However, he took part in practice Tuesday, and there’s a chance he could play against Kelowna.

Pfeifer is definitely out against the Rockets.

“Davis, depending on how he feels (Tuesday), is a possibility,” Everett coach Kevin Constantine said. “If you count Wharrie as a D we’ll be at five or six, depending on how things go (Tuesday) morning.

“In the last year-and-a-half we haven’t really ever been able to compete when we’re injured,” Constantine added.

“If you look at our record, if we

Tale of the tape (Records and stats through Monday)

EVERETT KELOWNA 37-19-3-4 (81 pts.) 48-11-3-1 (100 pts.)

1st in U.S. Div. 1st in B.C. 0-1-0-0................Streak................0-1-0-0 4-3-0-3............... Last 10 ...............7-3-0-0 0-2-1-0......... Head to head .........3-0-0-0 25.4 (2nd) .......Power play.........26.0 (1st) 76.7 (17th)......Penalty kill........ 80.8 (8th)

Top skaters EVERETT RW Nikita Scherbak (26 goals, 48 assists) D Ben Betker (5 goals, 23 assists) C Kohl Bauml (29 goals, 26 assists)

KELOWNA D Madison Bowey (15 goals, 37 assists) C Leon Draisaitl (14 goals, 23 assists) C Nick Merkley (17 goals, 64 assists)

No. 1 goalies EVERETT KELOWNA Austin Lotz Jackson Whistle 24-15-1-3, 2.69, .903 31-8-3-0, 2.46, .913 Key injuries / suspensions Everett: D Kevin Davis (upper body), D Tristen Pfeifer (upper body).

Kelowna: C Rourke Chartier (undisclosed), D Josh Morrissey (lower body), LW Justin Kirkland (lower body), C Tomas Soustal (undisclosed), D Mitchell Wheaton (upper body).

have two or less injuries our record in the last two years is very good. If we have three or more it’s not very good at all. Unlike Kelowna which goes pretty deep in its roster, I don’t think we go that deep.

So health to us I think is more important than it is to other teams. It doesn’t matter who we play (Tuesday) — Kelowna or anybody else — having a healthy roster is very critical to our team.”

Kelowna has its own issues with regards to player availability. Leading goal scorer Rourke Chartier has missed three straight games because of an undisclosed injury, key defenseman Josh Morrissey had to be helped off the ice with an apparent leg injury during Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Calgary, and the Rockets have several support players also questionable for the game.

However, Kelowna learned Monday that star center Leon Draisaitl wouldn’t be

Around the WHL Former Everett defenseman Rasmus Rissanen received the call to the show. Rissanen, who played two seasons for Everett from 200911, was called up Monday by the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes. Rissanen, a native of Finland, was a sixth-round pick by the Hurricanes in the 2009 NHL draft. If Rissanen gets into a game, he’ll become the 13th former Silvertip to appear in the NHL. ... Swift Current defenseman Dillon Heatherington signed an entry-level contract with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. The 19-year-old was a second-round pick in the 2013 NHL draft. ... Portland forward Oliver Bjorkstrand tied a franchise record when he scored a goal in his 11th straight game during Saturday’s 5-2 victory at Seattle.

The 19-year-old tied the record set by Tony Currie in 1976-77. …

Prince George’s Jansen Harkins was named the WHL Player of the Week. The 17-year-old forward had one goal and six assists as the Cougars went 2-0. That included three assists in Prince George’s 5-1 victory over Everett on Saturday.

Leaders Points — Trevor Cox (Medicine Hat) 97; goals — Oliver Bjorkstrand (Portland) 48; assists — Cox 74; penalty minutes — Keegan Kanzig (Calgary) 144; wins — Jordan Papirny (Brandon) 39; goals against average — Taran Kozun (Seattle) 2.41; save percentage — Adin Hill (Portland) .925.

Check out Nick Patterson’s Silvertips blog at http://www. heraldnet.com/silvertipsblog, and follow him on Twitter at @ NickHPatterson.

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Clippers owner tops money list NEW YORK — Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is listed as the world’s 35th wealthiest billionaire for 2015, according to a list released Monday by Forbes Magazine. Michael Jordan, owner of the Charlotte Hornets, was a newcomer on the list. The magazine reported there are a record 1,826 billionaires in the world. Some of the sports-related billionaires are listed below by name (affiliation), net worth and worldwide rank in terms of net worth:

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Team grants daughter’s request for deal ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jordan Leopold has learned he’s coming home, to the Minnesota Wild, and nobody could have been more delighted by the deal than Leopold’s daughter.

Hours before the trade was finalized Monday, a photo of a heartfelt letter 11-year-old Jordyn Leopold wrote to the Wild coaching staff was being circulated online.

Her handwritten urging of the Wild to make a trade for Leopold was never actually delivered to the team. The veteran defenseman’s wife, Jamie Leopold, posted it on Facebook a couple of months ago. She told Twin Cities radio station KFAN she found the note on the counter after Jordyn left for school one day.

In the letter, Jordyn Leopold said she, her mom and three siblings have been lonely without their dad around.

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A woman walks in the rain past a group of large baseballs on Monday at the Peoria Sports Complex, where the Mariners hold spring training.

Paxton resumes throwing

By Bob Dutton The News Tribune

PEORIA, Ariz. — Lefty James Paxton tested his recovery from a sore forearm Monday by playing catch and is targeting Friday for his first official spring bullpen workout.

The Seattle Mariners put Paxton on a go-slow approach after he stumbled in an agility drill in a pre-camp workout. When he fell forward, he reached to brace his fall — and the result was two sore forearms.

And no throwing ... until Monday.

“I’m ready to get rolling here and get ready for the season,” Paxton said. “I feel confident that I’ll have plenty of time to get myself ready for those (regular-season) games in April.”

Paxton had been scheduled to throw long toss Monday before rain forced the Mariners to shift their workouts out of the elements. That rain is expected to exit the area prior to Tuesday’s practice.

“I’ll probably go out to 90 or 110 feet (on Tuesday),” Paxton said. “The plan is to take a day off on Wednesday.

Then Thursday, I will throw again. And Friday, a bullpen (workout).”

The Mariners’ standard approach for pitchers is two bullpen workouts and two rounds of throwing live batting practice before getting into a Cactus League game.

That would put Paxton on pace to make his spring debut by mid-March and allow him to make roughly five starts prior to the regular season.

“I think we’re OK,” manager Lloyd McClendon said. “He’s been off about a week. He was built up before then. We had a target date, and he’s certainly going to be back on the mound before then. He should be just fine.”

Intrasquad rainout Rain forced the Mariners to cancel their only planned spring intrasquad, which meant those pitchers scheduled for work had to shift to bullpen workouts.

McClendon said there were no plans to reschedule the game. The Mariners open their 32-game Cactus League schedule at 12:05 p.m.

Pacific time Wednesday against San Diego at renovated Peoria Stadium.

But for those interested, here are

the planned intrasquad lineups (no designated hitters): ■ Second baseman Shawn O’Malley, shortstop Brad Miller, right fielder Jordy Lara, third baseman D.J. Peterson, first baseman Pat Kivlehan, left fielder Julio Morban, center fielder Austin Cousino and catcher Tyler Marlette.

■ Center fielder James Jones, shortstop Chris Taylor, first baseman Jesus Montero, left fielder JiMan Choi, third baseman Carlos Rivero, right fielder Stefen Romero, second baseman Ketel Marte and catcher John Hicks.

Iwakuma on target The rain also forced Hisashi Iwakuma to settle for throwing a modified batting practice — hitters stood at the plate in a semi-covered area near the indoor batting cages but weren’t permitted to swing due to the confined area.

There was a hit, though.

Iwakuma plunked outfielder Gabby Guerrero in the back.

“It was a split-finger (fastball) that just kind of slipped out of my finger,” Iwakuma said through interpreter Antony Suzuki. “I felt kind of bad for (Guerrero).”

Iwakuma is scheduled to make his spring debut Saturday against Arizona at Peoria Stadium. The Mariners have a split-squad doubleheader on Saturday; their other team is playing the Chicago White Sox in Glendale.

Pries noticed Right-hander Jordan Pries is likely ticketed for a return trip to Triple-A Tacoma, but he’s already drawn McClendon’s attention.

“I’ve been impressed,” McClendon said. “He’s been a strikethrower. He shows a lot of poise.

I’m excited about him being at the Triple-A level.”

Pries, 25, was 9-8 with a 4.06 ERA last season in 25 games for the Rainiers and was picked as the organizations’s co-minor-league starting pitcher of the year with right-hander Edwin Diaz. “(Pries) certainly gives us more depth with our starting pitching in case we do have injuries,” McClendon said. “That’s a nice feeling. I can see why people in our organization like him a lot. He’s pretty good.”

Angels issues It appears Angels right-hander Garrett Richards won’t be recovered from knee surgery in time to pitch in Los Angeles’ season-opening series against the Mariners at Safeco Field.

Manager Mike Scioscia said Richards won’t likely be available until two-to-three weeks into the season.

Richards, 26, was 13-4 with a 2.61 ERA last season in 28 before suffering a torn tendon in his left knee while covering first base on a play in Boston.

Switch-pitcher hopes to find spot with A’s

By Janie McCauley Associated Press

MESA, Ariz. — Pat Venditte is used to it by now.

Teammates, coaches and others regularly stop him for a chance to check out his oneof-a-kind glove, the same one he has used for years featuring space for either hand.

Venditte is a rare switchpitcher. He hopes that versatility will make him a perfect fit for an Oakland club that values it so much.

While there is intrigue with his unique ability, Venditte is determined to make his mark at Athletics spring

training with little fanfare and do whatever he can to find a spot at the highest level in the organization.

Count manager Bob Melvin among the A’s in awe of Venditte, who can make for serious matchup problems in the later innings.

Former Oakland coach Ariel Prieto used to throw batting practice with both arms. Melvin played in Boston with ambidextrous pitcher Greg Harris, the only one in the modern era to throw in a major league game with both hands.

Stephen Vogt is now catching Venditte after

facing him in the minors.

“It’s just crazy how he can throw with both hands. It’s impressive, it’s fun,” Vogt said. “His slider’s good lefthanded. I faced him five years ago, too, in high-A.” Venditte was 3 when he began using both hands.

He’s a natural right-hander, so the left side needed some time to develop.

“It took many years of work to get to the point I feel comfortable from both sides,” he said. “I just remember spending a lot of time outside with my dad playing catch, hitting and doing all the baseball

things. I don’t really remember fighting it too much.”

New A’s designated hitter Billy Butler stood in against Venditte the other day.

“He’s got every arm angle there is, they say,” Butler said. “I’ve only seen him throw from the left side. I haven’t met any ambidextrous guys. I’ve been playing baseball for a long time now, and it’s one of those things that’s very unique. I can’t do anything left-handed, and I’m really good at doing stuff righthanded. That just shows you the type of talent he has to be able to do both.”

hits (an opposing pitcher) really well, you’ve got to put him in there.

“That’s why I’m not crazy about the word, ‘platoon,’ because it puts you in a box. You want to be a little more dynamic than that with your managing skills.”

McClendon is merely confirming what appeared likely: That Ackley and Smith, who are left-handed hitters, will play against right-handed pitchers; while right-swinging Weeks and Ruggiano will start against lefties.

The left-right splits for all four players generally validate the platoon approach.

■ Ackley has a .249/.315/.377 career slash (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage) against right-handed pitchers, but those numbers dip to .236/.295/.342 against lefties.

■ Weeks shows the least disparity over his career at .261/.385/.448 against lefties and .244/.332/.416 against righthanders. But his slugging percentage gap widened considerably last season to .504 vs. .395.

■ Smith has the biggest disparity. His slash is .277/.358/.481 against righthanders but only .205/.291/.314 against right-handers.

■ Ruggiano shows far more pop against lefties with a .266/.329/.508 slash but dips to .252/.314/.390 against right-handers.

McClendon also identified Weeks as the projected primary backup to first baseman Logan Morrison. That also provides the Mariners with a left/right option since Morrison is a left-handed hitter.

“At some point this spring,” McClendon said, “(Weeks) will start to take ground balls at first base. He will be that backup first baseman, in case something happens.”

Utilityman Willie Bloomquist spent time last season as a backup at first base but now appears ticketed for reserve duty at second base, shortstop and third base.

Any injury to Morrison would likely trigger a roster move to add a first baseman. The likeliest in-house candidate at this point is Jesus Montero.

McClendon also reiterated plans for Nelson Cruz, the club’s primary designated hitter, to draw time in the outfield.

“How much he’ll play (in the outfield) this spring?” McClendon pondered.

“I’m not sure. But it would be safe to say he will play his share of games, during the season, in right field.”

That would enable other players, such as Robinson Cano, to spend occasional time at DH, but it also permits the Mariners, by putting Weeks at first, to stack their lineup with right-handed hitters.

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BASKETBALL NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Portland 39 19 .672 — Oklahoma City 33 27 .550 7 Utah 23 35 .397 16 Denver 20 39 .339 19½ Minnesota 13 46 .220 26½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 46 12 .793 — L.A. Clippers 40 21 .656 7½ Phoenix 31 30 .508 16½ Sacramento 20 37 .351 25½ L.A. Lakers 16 42 .276 30 Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Memphis 42 16 .724 — Houston 41 18 .695 1½ Dallas 40 22 .645 4 San Antonio 36 23 .610 6½ New Orleans 32 28 .533 11 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 38 22 .633 — Brooklyn 25 33 .431 12 Boston 23 34 .404 13½ Philadelphia 13 47 .217 25 New York 12 46 .207 25 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 47 12 .797 — Washington 34 26 .567 13½ Miami 26 33 .441 21 Charlotte 24 33 .421 22 Orlando 19 42 .311 29 Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 37 23 .617 — Cleveland 37 24 .607 ½ Milwaukee 32 27 .542 4½ Indiana 25 34 .424 11½ Detroit 23 36 .390 13½ Monday’s games Toronto 114, Philadelphia 103 Miami 115, Phoenix 98 Brooklyn 110, Golden State 108 L.A. Clippers 110, Minnesota 105 Dallas 102, New Orleans 93 Today’s games L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Boston at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Sacramento at New York, 4 p.m.

Houston at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Denver, 6 p.m.

Raptors 114, 76ers 103 TORONTO (114) J.Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, A.Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Valanciunas 1-2 3-4 5, Vasquez 5-8 0-0 12, DeRozan 12-24 10-10 35, Williams 6-15 7-7 21, Patterson 6-10 1-1 15, Ross 4-10 0-0 12, Hansbrough 3-4 0-2 6. Totals 41-80 21-24 114.

PHILADELPHIA (103) Mbah a Moute 4-10 1-2 10, Sims 5-10 0-1 10, Noel 7-7 3-4 17, Canaan 5-12 0-0 14, Sampson 2-7 2-2 7, Thompson 1-3 4-5 7, Grant 2-7 0-0 4, Smith 8-13 2-3 19, Robinson 6-8 1-2 13, Aldemir 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 41-78 13-19 103.

Toronto 26 29 28 31 — 114 Philadelphia 22 27 27 27 — 103 3-Point Goals—Toronto 11-27 (Ross 4-7, Vasquez 2-4, Patterson 2-4, Williams 2-9, DeRozan 1-3), Philadelphia 8-20 (Canaan 4-8, Smith 1-2, Thompson 1-2, Sampson 1-2, Mbah a Moute 1-2, Grant 0-4). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Toronto 41 (DeRozan 9), Philadelphia 44 (Noel 7). Assists—Toronto 24 (Williams, Vasquez, DeRozan 5), Philadelphia 32 (Smith 9). Total Fouls—Toronto 16, Philadelphia 18.

Technicals—Toronto defensive three second.

A—10,742 (20,318).

Nets 110, Warriors 108 GOLDEN STATE (108) Barnes 2-7 1-2 6, Green 1-5 1-2 3, Bogut 8-10 0-0 16, Curry 8-16 4-4 26, Thompson 3-17 0-0 7, Iguodala 5-8 0-0 12, Livingston 5-8 1-3 11, Speights 3-6 0-0 6, Holiday 1-3 0-0 3, Lee 2-4 0-0 4, Ezeli 4-6 6-7 14. Totals 42-90 13-18 108.

BROOKLYN (110) Anderson 7-10 0-0 16, Johnson 2-7 1-1 5, Plumlee 3-7 1-4 7, Williams 8-19 2-2 22, Brown 1-4 2-2 4, Lopez 11-22 4-5 26, Jack 4-7 0-0 9, Young 5-9 2-2 14, Bogdanovic 3-4 0-0 7. Totals 44-89 12-16 110.

Golden State 23 28 29 28 — 108 Brooklyn 33 24 29 24 — 110 3-Point Goals—Golden State 11-30 (Curry 6-12, Iguodala 2-3, Holiday 1-1, Barnes 1-2, Thompson 1-9, Speights 0-1, Green 0-2), Brooklyn 10-21 (Williams 4-7, Young 2-3, Anderson 2-5, Bogdanovic 1-2, Jack 1-2, Johnson 0-2).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Golden State 57 (Green 11), Brooklyn 45 (Plumlee 7). Assists— Golden State 26 (Curry 7), Brooklyn 20 (Jack 5).

Total Fouls—Golden State 20, Brooklyn 12. Technicals—Golden State defensive three second.

Flagrant Fouls—Bogut. A—17,732 (17,732).

Clippers 110, Timberwolves 105 L.A. CLIPPERS (110) Hamilton 4-10 0-0 10, Hawes 3-12 0-0 8, Jordan 4-7 4-9 12, Paul 12-20 0-0 26, Redick 7-15 0-0 18, Crawford 4-9 0-0 9, Davis 5-8 2-4 12, Rivers 5-9 2-4 13, Turkoglu 0-2 0-0 0, Wilcox 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 44-92 10-19 110.

MINNESOTA (105) Wiggins 5-16 8-10 18, Garnett 6-10 0-0 12, Dieng 4-8 2-2 10, Rubio 5-11 7-9 18, Neal 6-17 5-6 19, Payne 4-9 4-4 12, LaVine 5-9 3-4 14, Budinger 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 36-82 29-35 105.

L.A. Clippers 36 22 28 24 — 110 Minnesota 23 37 27 18 — 105 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 12-33 (Redick 4-9, Paul 2-4, Hamilton 2-6, Hawes 2-7, Crawford 1-3, Rivers 1-3, Jordan 0-1), Minnesota 4-15 (Neal 2-7, LaVine 1-3, Rubio 1-4, Budinger 0-1).

Fouled Out—Davis. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 55 (Jordan 18), Minnesota 54 (Rubio 12). Assists— L.A. Clippers 24 (Paul 14), Minnesota 25 (Rubio 11). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 26, Minnesota 22.

Technicals—Hawes, Redick 2, Rivers, L.A. Clippers Coach Rivers, Garnett, Minnesota Coach Saunders. Ejected—Redick. A—18,239 (19,356).

Heat 115, Suns 98 PHOENIX (98) Tucker 8-13 3-4 20, Mark.Morris 6-10 0-3 13, Len 4-9 2-2 10, Bledsoe 6-10 7-11 20, Knight 3-12 5-6 13, Marc.Morris 3-12 4-8 11, Green 1-7 0-0 3, Goodwin 0-1 2-2 2, Barron 0-0 0-0 0, Wright 0-0 0-0 0, Thornton 1-2 2-2 4, Warren 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 33-78 25-38 98.

MIAMI (115) Deng 4-11 2-4 12, Haslem 0-0 3-4 3, Whiteside 8-12 1-3 17, G.Dragic 5-9 9-9 21, Wade 7-19 2-4 16, Chalmers 3-8 1-1 7, Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 10-13 3-3 26, Beasley 6-10 0-0 12, Andersen 0-0 1-2 1, Napier 0-0 0-0 0, Z.Dragic 0-0 0-0 0, Ennis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-82 22-30 115.

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Virginia 59, Syracuse 47

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24 24 26 24 — 98 23 39 23 30 — 115

3-Point Goals—Phoenix 7-31 (Knight 2-7, Mark.Morris 1-2, Bledsoe 1-3, Tucker 1-6, Green 1-6, Marc.Morris 1-7), Miami 7-14 (Johnson 3-3, G.Dragic 2-2, Deng 2-6, Wade 0-1, Chalmers 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 53 (Tucker 14), Miami 52 (Whiteside 10). Assists—Phoenix 17 (Knight 7), Miami 19 (Wade 9). Total Fouls—Phoenix 27, Miami 31. Technicals—Green, Len, Marc.Morris, Mark.Morris, Walker, Whiteside, Miami defensive three second. Flagrant Fouls—Mark.Morris, Walker. Ejected—Len, Mark.Morris, Whiteside. A—19,600 (19,600).

Mavericks 102, Pelicans 93 NEW ORLEANS (93) Pondexter 2-5 0-0 6, Cunningham 6-15 0-0 12, Asik 1-3 0-0 2, Evans 6-14 4-4 17, Gordon 4-11 6-6 18, Cole 8-12 1-2 19, Babbitt 1-3 1-2 4, Ajinca 6-9 1-2 13, Fredette 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 35-74 13-16 93.

DALLAS (102) Jefferson 5-6 4-4 16, Nowitzki 5-13 1-1 14, James 0-1 0-0 0, Rondo 9-15 0-0 19, Ellis 8-19 4-4 20, Aminu 1-3 0-0 2, Stoudemire 6-9 2-2 14, Barea 1-5 1-2 3, Harris 3-6 8-9 14, Villanueva 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-79 20-22 102.

New Orleans 31 27 13 22 — 93 Dallas 32 23 25 22 — 102 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 10-21 (Gordon 4-7, Pondexter 2-3, Cole 2-4, Babbitt 1-1, Evans 1-5, Fredette 0-1), Dallas 6-16 (Nowitzki 3-5, Jefferson 2-2, Rondo 1-1, Villanueva 0-1, Harris 0-1, Barea 0-1, Aminu 0-2, Ellis 0-3). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—New Orleans 41 (Ajinca 12), Dallas 44 (Nowitzki 8). Assists—New Orleans 19 (Evans 7), Dallas 11 (Harris, Stoudemire, Rondo, Ellis 2). Total Fouls—New Orleans 18, Dallas 14.

Technicals—New Orleans defensive three second. A—20,367 (19,200).

College men’s scores SOUTHWEST Sam Houston St. 76, Cent. Arkansas 49 Stephen F. Austin 83, Incarnate Word 62 Texas 61, Baylor 59, OT MIDWEST Iowa St. 77, Oklahoma 70 SOUTH Boston College 66, Virginia Tech 59 Delaware St. 85, Hampton 75 Howard 61, Norfolk St. 59, OT MVSU 66, Grambling St. 62 McNeese St. 70, Lamar 69 NC A&T 67, Bethune-Cookman 50 NC Central 62, Savannah St. 49 Nicholls St. 89, New Orleans 79, OT Northwestern St. 92, SE Louisiana 79 Texas Southern 77, Alabama A&M 75 EAST

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (65) 29-0 1,625 1 2. Virginia 27-1 1,547 2 3. Duke 26-3 1,501 4 4. Villanova 27-2 1,417 6 5. Arizona 26-3 1,338 7 6. Wisconsin 26-3 1,318 5 7. Gonzaga 29-2 1,244 3 8. Wichita St. 27-3 1,104 11 9. Kansas 23-6 1,087 8 10. Maryland 24-5 1,035 14 11. N. Iowa 27-3 908 10 12. Notre Dame 24-5 879 9 13. Utah 22-6 823 13 14. Baylor 22-7 801 19 15. Oklahoma 20-8 759 16 16. Louisville 23-6 728 17 17. Iowa St. 20-8 536 12 18. Arkansas 23-6 515 18 19. North Carolina 20-9 435 15 20. West Virginia 22-7 389 20 21. Butler 21-8 359 23 22. SMU 23-6 210 21 23. Ohio St. 21-8 114 — 24. Providence 20-9 91 25 25. Murray St. 26-4 79 — Others receiving votes: Dayton 61, Boise St. 53, Oregon 33, St. John’s 27, BYU 21, Texas A&M 20, Davidson 18, Georgetown 13, Colorado St. 7, San Diego St. 7, Tulsa 7, LSU 6, Rhode Island 3, VCU 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Valparaiso 2.

USA Today Top 25 The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 1, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (32) 29-0 800 1 2. Virginia 27-1 764 3 3. Duke 26-3 732 5 4. Villanova 27-2 688 6 5. Wisconsin 26-3 664 4 6. Arizona 26-3 654 7 7. Gonzaga 29-2 618 2 8. Wichita State 27-3 557 11 9. Maryland 24-5 505 14 10. Kansas 23-6 480 9 11. Notre Dame 24-5 469 8 12. Northern Iowa 27-3 420 10 13. Utah 22-6 392 12 14. Louisville 23-6 384 15 15. Oklahoma 20-8 359 17 16. Baylor 22-7 353 20 17. Iowa State 20-8 275 13 18. Arkansas 23-6 264 16 19. North Carolina 20-9 215 18 20. West Virginia 22-7 203 19 21. Butler 21-8 165 23 22. SMU 23-6 74 21 23. Providence 20-9 65 — 24. Murray State 26-4 50 — 25. Ohio State 21-8 42 — Others receiving votes: Georgetown 35, Dayton 25, San Diego State 22, Boise State 18, Oregon 14, Michigan State 13, St. John’s 12, Texas A&M 11, Davidson 9, Purdue 9, Rhode Island 7, Stephen F. Austin 7, BYU 5, LSU 5, VCU 5, Valparaiso 4, Colorado State 3, Kansas State 2, Mississippi 1, Texas 1.

College women’s scores SOUTHWEST Baylor 75, Texas Tech 65 Jackson St. 78, Ark.-Pine Bluff 74 Oklahoma 66, Oklahoma St. 56 Temple 56, Houston 45 MIDWEST Kansas 68, Iowa St. 64 Tulsa 71, Cincinnati 58 SOUTH Alabama St. 60, Prairie View 42 East Carolina 67, UCF 57 Hampton 78, Delaware St. 63 MVSU 61, Grambling St. 58 NC A&T 58, Bethune-Cookman 55 Norfolk St. 63, Howard 60 SMU 60, Memphis 53 Savannah St. 65, NC Central 54 Texas Southern 83, Alabama A&M 46 UConn 88, South Florida 65 EAST Bryant 55, CCSU 53 Fairleigh Dickinson 84, Sacred Heart 75 St. Francis (NY) 73, LIU Brooklyn 49 St. Francis (Pa.) 90, Mount St. Mary’s 87 Wagner 66, Robert Morris 60

AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (35) 28-1 875 1 2. Notre Dame 28-2 832 4 3. South Carolina 27-2 796 2 4. Maryland 27-2 774 5 5. Tennessee 25-4 722 6 6. Baylor 26-3 687 3 7. Florida St. 27-3 673 9 8. Oregon St. 26-3 622 7 9. Arizona St. 26-4 577 10 10. Louisville 24-5 540 8 11. Mississippi St. 26-5 508 11 12. Kentucky 21-8 500 13 13. Princeton 27-0 458 14 14. Iowa 23-6 381 17 15. North Carolina 23-7 358 15 16. Duke 20-9 351 16 17. Chattanooga 26-3 290 18 18. Texas A&M 22-8 261 12 19. Stanford 21-9 218 19 20. Florida Gulf Coast 27-2 177 21 21. George Washington 26-3 145 22 22. Syracuse 21-8 115 23 23. Rutgers 21-8 107 20 24. Northwestern 22-7 99 25 25. Seton Hall 26-4 69 — Others receiving votes: California 64, South Florida 43, Ohio St. 24, Green Bay 19, DePaul 17, James Madison 17, Dayton 13, W. Kentucky 10, Oklahoma 9, Iowa St. 8, LSU 4, Nebraska 4, Wichita St. 4, Quinnipiac 2, Texas 1, Washington 1.

GOLF The Honda Classic Monday At PGA National (Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,140; Par: 70 Final Harrington won on second playoff hole P. Harrington, $1,098,000 67-66-71-70—274 Daniel Berger, $658,800 68-71-71-64—274 Paul Casey, $317,200 69-70-68-68—275 Russell Knox, $317,200 69-68-70-68—275 Ian Poulter, $317,200 71-64-66-74—275 Jamie Donaldson, $219,600 68-71-71-66—276 Luke Donald, $183,763 69-67-74-67—277 Jim Herman, $183,763 65-72-71-69—277 Jeff Overton, $183,763 71-68-69-69—277 Patrick Reed, $183,763 67-67-70-73—277 Brian Harman, $129,320 70-74-70-64—278 Joost Luiten, $129,320 71-71-67-69—278 George McNeill, $129,320 72-70-68-68—278 Rory Sabbatini, $129,320 68-75-69-66—278 Brendan Steele, $129,320 66-69-71-72—278 Camilo Villegas, $103,700 73-71-67-68—279 Jason Dufner, $85,400 71-69-70-70—280 Martin Flores, $85,400 67-71-74-68—280 John Huh, $85,400 70-73-68-69—280 Phil Mickelson, $85,400 71-67-69-73—280 D. Summerhays, $85,400 71-68-70-71—280 Zac Blair, $63,440 71-71-69-70—281 William McGirt, $63,440 71-71-69-70—281 Steve Wheatcroft, $63,440 74-70-69-68—281 Sean O’Hair, $46,563 70-71-71-70—282 Ryan Palmer, $46,563 71-72-71-68—282 Brendon de Jonge, $46,563 69-71-71-71—282 Ryo Ishikawa, $46,563 74-65-72-71—282 David Lingmerth, $46,563 68-75-70-69—282 Lee Westwood, $46,563 71-73-72-66—282 Jonas Blixt, $32,452 71-71-70-71—283 Stewart Cink, $32,452 73-71-69-70—283 Sergio Garcia, $32,452 72-70-70-71—283 Robert Garrigus, $32,452 70-69-74-70—283 Adam Hadwin, $32,452 72-71-68-72—283 Jamie Lovemark, $32,452 72-70-69-72—283 Ben Martin, $32,452 70-72-76-65—283 S.J. Park, $32,452 68-71-72-72—283 John Peterson, $32,452 74-68-71-70—283 Scott Piercy, $32,452 68-73-69-73—283 Rickie Fowler, $23,790 70-73-70-71—284 Stephen Gallacher, $23,790 73-71-68-72—284 Nick Watney, $23,790 73-71-71-69—284 Charles Howell III, $18,004 70-71-72-72—285 Michael Thompson, $18,004 69-73-69-74—285 Cameron Tringale, $18,004 71-70-72-72—285 Russell Henley, $18,004 73-70-72-70—285 Martin Kaymer, $18,004 68-75-72-70—285 Patrick Rodgers, $18,004 75-69-74-67—285 Y.E. Yang, $18,004 71-72-72-70—285 Robert Allenby, $14,274 72-69-76-69—286 Kevin Kisner, $14,274 74-68-74-70—286 Brooks Koepka, $14,274 78-64-70-74—286 Scott Langley, $14,274 72-71-72-71—286 Marc Leishman, $14,274 73-69-75-69—286 Carl Pettersson, $14,274 72-69-71-74—286 Tim Wilkinson, $14,274 73-71-68-74—286 Blayne Barber, $13,664 75-69-72-71—287 Chad Campbell, $13,359 71-72-71-74—288 Brian Davis, $13,359 71-71-71-75—288 Derek Fathauer, $13,359 74-69-71-74—288 Robert Streb, $13,359 73-71-74-70—288 Ricky Barnes, $12,871 74-69-70-76—289 Matt Every, $12,871 70-73-76-70—289 Andres Gonzales, $12,871 73-70-74-72—289 Scott Stallings, $12,871 71-70-78-70—289 Derek Ernst, $12,566 74-70-75-71—290 Ben Crane, $12,383 69-74-73-75—291 Scott Pinckney, $12,383 73-71-73-74—291 Fabian Gomez, $12,200 73-69-75-75—292

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HOCKEY NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 64 40 17 7 87 189 177 Vancouver 62 36 23 3 75 180 167 Calgary 62 33 25 4 70 175 160 Los Angeles 62 29 21 12 70 166 162 San Jose 64 31 25 8 70 179 181 Arizona 63 20 36 7 47 138 214 Edmonton 63 18 35 10 46 143 208 Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 64 41 16 7 89 192 155 St. Louis 63 40 18 5 85 197 159 Chicago 64 38 21 5 81 188 152 Winnipeg 64 32 20 12 76 179 172 Minnesota 62 33 22 7 73 176 161 Colorado 63 27 25 11 65 167 182 Dallas 63 27 26 10 64 196 210 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 63 41 17 5 87 171 139 Tampa Bay 64 38 20 6 82 210 171 Detroit 61 35 15 11 81 180 159 Boston 62 31 22 9 71 165 161 Florida 63 28 22 13 69 154 178 Ottawa 60 27 23 10 64 171 163 Toronto 63 25 33 5 55 170 193 Buffalo 63 19 39 5 43 123 212 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 62 39 17 6 84 196 153 N.Y. Islanders 64 41 21 2 84 205 179 Pittsburgh 62 36 17 9 81 181 155 Washington 64 34 20 10 78 188 159 Philadelphia 63 27 25 11 65 168 183 New Jersey 63 26 27 10 62 141 164 Columbus 62 26 32 4 56 160 196 Carolina 62 24 31 7 55 144 167 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s games N.Y. Rangers 4, Nashville 1 Chicago 5, Carolina 2 San Jose 4, Montreal 0 Today’s games Nashville at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Washington at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Rangers 4, Predators 1 Nashville N.Y. Rangers

0 1 0 — 1 1 1 2 — 4

First Period—1, N.Y. Rangers, Staal 5 (Zuccarello, Brassard), 6:36.

Second Period—2, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 17 (Zuccarello, Brassard), 4:14. 3, Nashville, Cullen 7 (Beck, Santorelli), 15:24.

Third Period—4, N.Y. Rangers, Moore 6 (Girardi, Glass), 5:51. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Nash 38 (Klein), 19:16 (en).

Shots on Goal—Nashville 5-11-10—26. N.Y. Rangers 12-13-15—40.

Goalies—Nashville, Rinne. N.Y. Rangers, Talbot. A—18,006 (18,006). T—2:30.

Blackhawks 5, Hurricanes 2 Carolina Chicago

0 0 2 — 2 1 3 1 — 5

First Period—1, Chicago, Toews 20 (Rozsival, Hjalmarsson), 8:07.

Second Period—2, Chicago, Toews 21 (Keith), :44 (sh). 3, Chicago, Saad 20, 9:42. 4, Chicago, Kruger 6 (Shaw), 15:42.

Third Period—5, Carolina, Liles 2 (Nestrasil, Gerbe), 4:29. 6, Chicago, Hossa 18 (Toews, Rozsival), 7:55. 7, Carolina, Semin 3 (E.Staal, McClement), 18:50.

Shots on Goal—Carolina 4-14-11—29. Chicago 7-11-8—26.

Goalies—Carolina, Ward, Khudobin. Chicago, Crawford. A—21,641 (19,717). T—2:22.

Sharks 4, Canadiens 0 Montreal San Jose

0 0 0 — 0 2 1 1 — 4

First Period—1, San Jose, Smith 6 (Hertl, Vlasic), 6:51. 2, San Jose, Pavelski 32 (Burns, Thornton), 19:13 (pp).

Second Period—3, San Jose, Irwin 7 (Wingels, Smith), 6:28.

Third Period—4, San Jose, Marleau 15 (Pavelski, Couture), 13:07 (pp).

Shots on Goal—Montreal 8-5-7—20. San Jose 13-11-13—37.

Goalies—Montreal, Price. San Jose, Stalock.

A—17,236 (17,562). T—2:33.

Western Hockey League WESTERN CONFERENCE U.S. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt x-Everett 63 37 19 3 4 217 175 81 x-Portland 63 37 20 2 4 237 207 80 Seattle 62 31 23 4 4 181 174 70 Spokane 61 30 27 3 1 177 183 64 Tri-City 63 27 33 0 3 164 211 57 B.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt y-Kelowna 63 48 11 3 1 276 156 100 Victoria 63 34 25 3 1 217 194 72 Prince George 63 26 33 2 2 189 259 56 Vancouver 62 26 33 1 2 174 214 55 Kamloops 63 24 33 3 3 184 232 54 EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt y-Brandon 63 46 10 4 3 291 195 99 x-Regina 63 34 20 5 4 234 202 77 Swift Current 63 30 28 1 4 193 208 65 Moose Jaw 63 26 32 4 1 183 234 57 Prince Albert 62 24 35 2 1 178 224 51 Saskatoon 63 19 40 2 2 181 264 42 CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt x-Calgary 63 39 19 1 4 262 182 83 x-Medicine Hat 63 39 21 1 2 238 191 81 Red Deer 62 32 20 4 6 206 199 74 Kootenay 64 33 28 1 2 220 233 69 Edmonton 63 29 28 4 2 182 174 64 Lethbridge 62 19 35 5 3 180 258 46 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top two positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Monday’s game Victoria 3, Seattle 2, SO Today’s games Edmonton at Prince Albert Red Deer at Medicine Hat Calgary at Kamloops Seattle at Victoria Kelowna at Everett Vancouver at Spokane

SKIING Women’s World Cup Super-G Monday At Bansko, Bulgaria 1. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 1 minute, 14.59 seconds. 2. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 1:14.75. 3. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 1:14.87. 4. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 1:15.14. 5. Elena Curtoni, Italy, 1:15.15.

6. Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany, 1:15.25. 7.

Tina Weirather, Liechtenstein, 1:15.44. 8. Cornelia Huetter, Austria, 1:15.49. 9. Nadia Fanchini, Italy, 1:15.55. 10. Lara Gut, Switzerland, 1:15.60.

World Cup Standings After 5 of 9 races 1. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 372 points. 2.

Lindsey Vonn, United States, 340. 3. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 250. 4. Lara Gut, Switzerland, 216. 5.

Cornelia Huetter, Austria, 204. 6. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 184. 7. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 178. 8.

Julia Mancuso, United States, 132. 9. Tina Weirather, Liechtenstein, 132. 10. Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany, 122.

Overall World Cup Standings 1. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 1145 points. 2.

Anna Fenninger, Austria, 1101. 3. Mikaela Shiffrin, United States, 750. 4. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 706. 5. Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany, 573. 6. Kathrin Zettel, Austria, 562. 7. Frida Hansdotter, Sweden, 506. 8. Lara Gut, Switzerland, 488. 9. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 478. 10.

Nicole Hosp, Austria, 455.

DEALS BASEBALL National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Mauricio Cabrera, Brandon Cunniff, Mike Foltynewicz, Juan Jaime, Tyrell Jenkins, Shelby Miller, Williams Perez, Shae Simmons, Arodys Vizcaino and Dan Winkler; LHPs Luis Avilan, Manny Banuelos, Yean Carlos Gil, Ian Thomas and Alex Wood; INFs Phil Gosselin, Jose Peraza, Jace Peterson and Elmer Reyes; OFs Todd Cunningham, Eury Perez and Joey Terdoslavich and C Christian Bethancourt on one-year contracts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with OF Tony Gwynn Jr. on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Houston G James Harden one game for kicking Cleveland F LeBron James in the groin during a March 1 game.

Named Christine Pantoya senior vice presidentmobile strategy.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived C JaVale McGee.

Rome’s clinic set for March 14 Herald staff Two-time Olympian Jarred Rome of Marysville will host his annual track and field throws clinic on March 14 at Marysville Pilchuck High School. Check-in is from 9-10 a.m., with the clinic running from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

The clinic is open to athletes and coaches.

The instructors include Rome, a two-time national champion and Pan American Games silver medalist, in the discus; 2008 Olympics silver medalist and four-time World Championships gold medalist Christian Cantwell in the shot; and two-time

Olympian and three-time national champion Duncan Atwood in the javelin.

There will be morning and afternoon sessions in the discus, shot and javelin, and there will also be a question-andanswer period with the instructors at the end of the clinic.

The cost is $100 for athletes and $125 for coaches. Proceeds from the event benefit the track and field program at Marysville Pilchuck.

For additional information and to register, visit Rome’s web page at www. jarredrome.org. Or email jarredromethrowsclinics@gmail.com.

COMMUNITY | Bulletin Board Baseball/Softball n Tryouts for the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League are scheduled for March 8 at Meridian Park in Shoreline, March 15 at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue, and March 21 at Bellevue College. The league is for players ages 19 and older. For more information, visit pssbl. com or call 425-644-1901.

Basketball n The Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County are offering Spring Select Basketball Leagues for boys and girls teams. The leagues are for players in grades 4-12.

Games are on Sundays, starting March 15. The deadline for teams to register is March 6. For more information, contact your local Boys & Girls Club. n Registration for the City of Mountlake Terrace’s Men’s Basketball League runs through March 22. Two divisions are offered: Intermediate (B) and Recreational (C).

Play begins in April. The team fee is $630. For more information, call Kevin Witte at 425-640-3105. n The City of Edmonds is accepting registration for its Adult Three-on-Three Half-

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swimmers without two hands or one arm or with considerable joint restrictions in the legs — Clos placed first in the 100meter backstroke. His prize was a large gold medal, similar to those handed out to Olympic champions.

“It was pretty nice to win,” Clos said with a smile. “I didn’t expect to.”

Clos is also a member of the Kamiak team and there he competes against swimmers without disabilities, which puts him at an obvious disadvantage. This past season he raced in junior-varsity heats where “I might not have been the slowest one, but I was pretty close,” he said.

In para-swimming events, by contrast, “you know you’re going to be competing against people (with similar disabilities).

You know it’s going to be more fair and that you actually have a chance of beating them,” he said.

Still, the experience of swimming for Kamiak, one of the state’s elite high school programs, gives Clos a sense of athletic belonging that once

Court Basketball League on Wednesdays, beginning April 1. The team fee is $265. For more information, call Todd at 425-771-0229 or visit www. reczone.org.

n Registration for the City of Mountlake Terrace’s Coed Volleyball League runs through March 22. Two divisions are offered: Competitive and Recreational. Play begins in April. The team fee is $334.

For more information, call

Kevin Witte at 425-640-3105. n The Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County are accepting registration for Spring Volleyball. The program is for boys and girls in grades 1-12.

Practices start in mid-March and play begins in April. For more information, contact your local Boys & Girls Club. n The City of Edmonds is accepting registration for its Adult Co-Rec Competitive Volleyball Leagues. Matches are on Tuesday nights, beginning March 17, at Edmonds Community College. The team fee is $290. For more information, visit www. reczone.org or call Todd at 425-771-0229. n The Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County are offering Premier Volleyball Leagues. Registration is for teams only (no individual registration). Three divisions are offered: grades 5-6, grades 7-8 and high school. For more information, contact your local Boys & Girls Club or call Kevin at the Arlington Club (360-435-4442).

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The deadline is noon Sunday.

seemed unlikely.

“Most sports are not an option,” explained his father, Bill Clos. “So I think (what he’s doing) is tremendous. For me it’s not about the athletic accomplishment. It’s about being comfortable with himself, doing activities the same as other people, and being treated as an equal. ... He’s not going to let what he can’t do hold him back.”

Though his son “was a little apprehensive when he first joined the team, John is now happy to be a member of the Kamiak swim team. He’s real proud of that,” Bill Clos said.

John Clos joined the team several weeks into the season, so the remaining weeks involved “a lot of discovery,” Kamiak coach Chris Erickson said.

“What can he do and how much can he handle? ...

With anybody that has challenges like that, you have to figure out what works for them.”

But the good thing about swimming, Erickson added, “is that it’s a sport he’s able to do. He might not be able play football, basketball or soccer. But with water being as supportive as it is, if you can get into a horizontal position and move yourself along, then you can

swim. And he did a nice job.”

At the recent state swimming championships in Federal Way, Clos swam in special races for disabled athletes. He placed second in the 50 backstroke and third in the 50 freestyle, and the other Kamiak swimmers were there “cheering for him,” Erickson said.

The goal, John Clos said, is to represent the United States someday at the Paralympic Games, an event that is a few weeks after the Olympics every four years, and is held in the same host city and uses the same sporting venues. He has his eye on the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

“I’d love to be in the Paralympics,” said Clos, who works out several times a month with the Seattle area’s Shadow Seals disability swim club.

The chance of him being in Tokyo, he went on, “is pretty realistic, I think. My times have been improving a lot. They keep getting better. And I’m still growing.”

As he continues his training, “it’s a pretty big motivator to think about being at the Paralympics in 2020,” he said. “It’d be real cool, and you’d feel great because you’d be representing your country.”

Flag Football n The Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County are holding sign-ups for Coed Flag Football. The program is for players ages 5-14. Practices start in mid-March and play begins in April. For more information, contact your local Boys & Girls Club.

Soccer n The City of Edmonds is offering UK Elite Soccer classes on Tuesdays, beginning March 17. The classes are from 5-6 p.m. (Elite Feet) and 6-7 p.m. (Goal Scoring) and run through April 21. The cost is $130. For more information, call 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org.

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Harrington wins Honda Classic

By Doug Ferguson Associated Press

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Whether he was piling up majors or playing so poorly that he lost his PGA Tour card, Padraig Harrington never wavered from one goal in golf. Just get him anywhere near the lead with nine holes to play, and he would happily take his chances.

His caddie, Ronan Flood, reminded him of that Monday morning in the Honda Classic when Harrington was four shots behind at the turn.

“He said, ‘Look, would you have taken this on Thursday?’ And I said, ‘Yes, that’s what you want,”’ Harrington said. “You want to

be in contention with nine holes to go, because anything can happen coming down the stretch. And it did.”

Not even Harrington could have written the script to his playoff victory at rain-soaked PGA National.

He ran off four straight birdies on the back nine to take the lead. He gave it back with a 5-iron into the water for double bogey on the par-3 17th. He made a 15-foot birdie putt to force a playoff. And given a shot at redemption, he hit 5-iron to 3 feet on the 17th to win on the second playoff hole when 21-year-old rookie Daniel Berger hit into the water and made double bogey.

Ten years after winning the Honda Classic for his first PGA Tour victory, Harrington won it again. It was his first PGA Tour victory since he won the 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills for back-to-back majors.

Harrington lost his card last year and needed a sponsor’s exemption to get in the Honda Classic. Now he’s eligible for the Masters, The Players Championship and at least two World Golf Championships. He had fallen to No. 297 in the world. The 20th win of his career moved him to No. 82.

None of that mattered to him as he sat next to the trophy, Irish eyes smiling bright as ever.

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Fenninger moves into 2nd place in super-G

Harden suspended 1 game for kicking James in the groin

By Derek Gatopoulos Associated Press

BANSKO, Bulgaria — With less than three weeks of competition left, Anna Fenninger is on a roll.

The Olympic champion from Austria overtook Lindsey Vonn in the super-G standings and closed in on Tina Maze at the top of the overall World Cup standings with back-toback victories in Bulgaria.

The 25-year-old Fenninger won Monday’s super-G in 1 minute, 14.59 seconds, beating Maze by 0.16 seconds. Vonn was third, 0.28 seconds behind.

The victories narrowed Maze’s overall lead to 44 points, while also pushing Fenninger ahead of Vonn in the super-G discipline standings.

“I couldn’t show my best skiing here because of the weather conditions but it’s

Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA suspended Houston star James Harden one game without pay for kicking LeBron James in the groin.

The All-Stars and Olympic teammates became tangled in the third quarter of Houston’s 105-103 victory over Cleveland on Sunday and Harden fell back to the court, then kicked his foot up into James.

Harden was given a flagrant foul 1 for the play, which the league upgraded Monday to a flagrant 2, which would have been an automatic ejection if called at the time.

An angry James said after the game that Harden’s kick was “not a basketball play” and that the league would probably look at it.

Harden, the NBA’s leading scorer and a top MVP candidate, won’t play when the Rockets visit the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.

GIOVANNI AULETTA / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Austria’s Anna Fenninger celebrates her World Cup women’s super-G victory in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Monday.

been great,” Fenninger said.

“I’ve had a perfect two days.”

Although she gained ground ahead of the World Cup finish in Meribel, France, on March 22, Fenninger noted that Maze is set two compete in two slalom races that she’s likely to skip.

“So you never know what

will happen,” the Austrian said. “I have confidence ... and I’ll try to keep going.”

Skiers raced under clear skies in the Pirin Mountains on Monday after fog forced two days of cancellations and upset some competitors on Sunday.

Despite the start-stop races,

noisy fans filled the stands throughout the weekend, joined by the country’s president, Rosen Plevneliev, who handed out prizes Monday with a broad grin.

Maze said she was happy to return to form after failing to finish in the three races prior to Bansko.

“I had three zeroes on my account,” the Slovene said. “It isn’t easy because Anna is skiing fast. ... So I think I can be happy with my weekend.”

For Vonn, making the podium after returning to competition from prolonged injury was another good sign in her recovery.

“I’m definitely very happy with my comeback season. It’s difficult being away from the sport for almost two seasons,” Vonn said. “I always believed I could make it back to the top. But I didn’t know it would come so quickly.”

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No. 15-4-00999-8 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE J. LARSEN, Deceased.

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Date of First Publication: February 24, 2015 Co-Personal Representatives: Rex K. Hall Rene L. Rose Attorney for the Co-Personal Representatives: Sarah B. Bowman Address for Mailing or Service: Estate of Beatrice J. Larsen c/o Ms. Sarah B. Bowman K&L Gates LLP 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98104 Court of probate proceedings and cause number: King County Superior Court for the State of Washington under Cause No. 15-4-00999-8 SEA Dated this 11th day of February, 2015.

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Published: February 26, 27, 28; March 1, 2, 3, 4, 2015. EDH617277

housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1-877-894-HOME(1-877-894-4663) . Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_ counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm? webListAction=search&searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP, 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mercer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 3/13/2015 at 10:00 AM at AT THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY COURTHOUSE, OUTSIDE THE NORTH PLAZA ENTRANCE, 3000 ROCKEFELLER AVE, EVERETT, WA 98201 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Snohomish, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 14 OF RIDGEVIEW ADDITION DIVISION 2, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 18 OF PLATS, PAGE 10, RECORDS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY AUDITOR, SITUATE IN THE CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH, STATE OF WASHINGTON Commonly known as: 22005 6 7 T H P L W E S T M T L K T E R R AC E , WA 9 8 0 4 3 A P N : 005558-000-014-00 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 3/18/2006, recorded 3/22/2006, as Auditor’s File No. 200603220716, records of Snohomish County, Washington, from ROBERT J JUPITER AND SANDRA E JUPITER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to LAWYERS TITLE, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of BENEFICIAL WASHINGTON INC., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust, u n d e r a n A s s i g n m e n t r e c o r d e d u n d e r Au d i t o r ’s F i l e N o 201404170203. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust or the Beneficiary’s successor is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: 3/18/2006 Note Amount: $238,147.25 Interest Paid To: 2/23/2011 Next Due Date: 3/23/2011 PAYMENT INFORMATION FROM THRU NO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL 3/23/2011 44 $1,859.78 $81,830.32 ADVANCES/LATE CHARGES DESCRIPTION TOTAL Accrued Late Charges $8,158.82 Corporate Advance $22,319.38 ESTIMATED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TOTAL Trustee’s Fee’s $750.00 Record Appointment of Successor Trustee $14.00 Record Assignment of Deed of Trust $15.00 T.S.G. Fee $894.20 T.S.G. Fee (Tax) $84.95 Title Datedown Fee $100.00 Mailings $76.72 TOTAL DUE AS OF 10/30/2014 $114,252.15 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $218,203.42, together with interest as provided in the Note from 3/23/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 3/13/2015.

The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 3/2/2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 3/2/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 3/2/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by

the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “1” by both first class and certified mail on 8/1/2014, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any comparable state laws regarding the risk of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protections, please contact our office immediately. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 10/31/14 CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599 EXHIBIT “1” NAME ADDRESS ROBERT JUPITER 22005 67TH PL WEST MTLK TERRACE, WA 98043 ROBERT J JUPITER 22005 67TH PL WEST MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA 98043-2113 ROBERT J JUPITER 22005 67TH PL WEST MTLK TERRACE, WA 98043 ROBERT JUPITER 22005 67TH PL WEST MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA 98043-2113 SANDRA E JUPITER 22005 67TH PL WEST MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA 98043-2113 SANDRA E JUPITER 22005 67TH PL WEST MTLK TERRACE, WA 98043 SANDRA JUPITER 22005 67TH PL WEST MTLK TERRACE, WA 98043 Published: February 10; March 3, 2015.

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Public Notice Disadvantaged Business Enterprise FY 2015 – 2017 Goals Everett Transit is proposing a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal of seven percent (7%) in FTA funded transportation projects for FY 2015-2017. A description of this goal and its rationale are available for review during normal business hours for 30 days following publication of this notice. DBE businesses are encouraged to inform Everett Transit of products and services they have available. Public comments regarding the goal will be accepted for 45 days from the date of this notice. Comments should be directed to Melinda Marine, Program Manager, Everett Transit, 3225 Cedar St., Everett, WA, 98201; or to the Regional Civil Rights Officer, Federal Transit Administration, Region 10, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3143, Seattle, WA, 98174.

Published: March 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2015.

SILVER LAKE WATER & SEWER DISTRICT SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of Silver Lake Water & Sewer District (District) will hold a Public Hearing in the Administration Building of the Silver Lake Water & Sewer District located at 15205 41st Avenue SE, Bothell, Washington, commencing at 5:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as can be heard, on Thursday, March 12, 2015. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to receive public testimony on the method and manner of providing sewer facilities and sewage treatment to areas within or near to the District’s jurisdictional boundaries over the next fifty years and the manner and timing for possible transfer to the City of Everett (City) of District customers and facilities once annexed by the City of Everett by long-term agreement addressing these matters.

At the time and place stated above, all interested parties will be heard. All interested persons are invited to be present and to offer comments they may have regarding these matters. At the close of the Public Hearing, the Board of Commissioners will consider the adoption of a resolution approving an agreement with the City to provide for the method and manner of providing sewer facilities to serve this area and to provide for the manner and timing of possible transfer of District customers and facilities to the City once annexed by the City. Additional information regarding the Public Hearing and the proposed long-term agreement may be obtained from the District by contacting Patrick Curran, District’s General Manager, at (425) 337-3647.

Anne Backstrom, Secretary Board of Commissioners Published: February 24; March 3, 2015.

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Foreclosures NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to

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DETROIT — Ndamukong Suh can test the open market when free agency begins March 10 after the Detroit Lions did not use the franchise tag on the star defensive tackle.

The deadline for teams to designate franchise or transition players came and went Monday, and the Lions did not say anything publicly about their decision. There was only a report early in the day on the team’s website saying the franchise tag’s price of around $27 million for Suh proved too daunting.

Last month, general manager Martin Mayhew said he was optimistic about getting a deal done with Suh, but the franchise tag may have been the team’s best source of leverage, and actually using it could have come at a

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The Lions decided not to use the franchise tag on defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, who can test the market when free agency begins on March 10.

prohibitive cost.

When the franchise tag is used, a team must tender the player a one-year contract for a figure based on the average of the five highest salaries at his position — or for 120 percent of the player’s prior year’s salary, whichever is higher. It’s the latter provision that pushed Suh’s price tag so high, making it difficult for the Lions to use the franchise tag.

“Obviously, you make that kind of financial commitment, it kind of determines what else you can do during the offseason,” Mayhew said last month. “So that’s something for the equation — the value of having him versus if we don’t get something done long term

and losing him, what we’re able to get accomplished during the offseason.”

Suh has been a force in the middle of Detroit’s defensive line ever since the Lions drafted him with the second overall pick in 2010. He has 36 sacks in five seasons, including 81⁄2 in 2014, when the Lions made the playoffs as a wild card while boasting one of the league’s top defenses.

Suh has been hit with several fines in his career for his aggressive on-field actions, and he was nearly suspended for Detroit’s playoff game at Dallas last season — a one-game ban for stepping on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers was overturned on appeal. But that occasional drama has done little to

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detract from Suh’s overall value to the Lions, who now face the prospect of having to bid against other teams for the 28-year-old All-Pro’s services.

Detroit has become competitive again recently because of Suh, quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Calvin Johnson — all of whom came to the Lions via high draft picks. That trio helped Detroit reach the postseason twice in the last four years.

The Lions were able to secure Stafford and Johnson on long-term deals beyond their rookie contracts, but so far they’ve been unable to sign Suh. It’s been obvious all along that Suh’s status would shape the rest of Detroit’s offseason, in terms of the team’s free agent needs and perhaps its approach to the draft.

Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley is also a pending free agent. The offense is coming off an uneven season in which the line struggled to protect Stafford. Detroit released running back Reggie Bush last week, so the Lions may try to add a significant player at that position.

The Lions did confirm Monday that they have re-signed backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky.

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NFL salary cap increases $10 million to top $143 million Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL’s salary cap is going up $10 million to $143.28 million for the 2015 season.

All 32 teams and the players’ union were notified Monday of the increase, the second straight season the cap went up by at least $10 million. Adding in benefits, the league says the projected player costs will be $180.775 million per team.

The salary cap is determined by a series of NFL revenue streams, with the players receiving 46 percent to 48 percent of those revenues, depending on the year.

Chiefs tag LB Houston KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Chiefs placed the franchise tag on All-Pro pass rusher Justin Houston. As an outside linebacker, the oneyear deal would earn Houston about $13.1 million for the upcoming season.

Giants tag DE Pierre-Paul EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants placed the franchise tag on 26-year-old defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul.

The move guarantees PierrePaul will make at least $14.813 million next season unless the two sides reach an agreement on a long-term deal by July 15.

Cowboys tag WR Bryant IRVING, Texas — Dez Bryant will get four more months

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to work on a long-term deal with the Cowboys and make $12.8 million next year after the team used its franchise tag on the star wide receiver. Bryant led the NFL with a club-record 16 touchdowns in the final year of a rookie contract that paid $11.8 million over five years.

Patriots tag K Gostowski FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots placed the franchise tag on three-time Pro Bowl kicker Stephen Gostkowski. If no deal is reached by July 15, the Patriots will pay Gostkowski $4.126 million in 2015.

Steelers don’t tag Worilds PITTSBURGH — The Steelers did not use the franchise tag on Jason Worilds, who is is considered one of the top outside linebackers/pass rushers who will be available in free agency on March 10.

Eagles don’t tag Maclin PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles didn’t use their franchise tag on wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. The receiver tag was worth $12.82 million for the 2015 season. The Eagles have been negotiating with the 27-year-old Maclin, but now have only until next Tuesday to work out a deal before he hits the open market.

Titans to release Pollard NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A person familiar with the decision says the Tennessee Titans have informed veteran safety Bernard Pollard he will be released, which the nine-year veteran asked for last month.

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