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Bucket list Seattle is just down the road a bit, so check out this book about 100 things you should do there before you die (and next week you can check out our Snohomish list). More things to do this weekend in Venture, A13
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Charge filed in double homicide Prosecutors allege Tye Fleischer ambushed the victims at a south Everett home that has a history of violence. By Diana Hefley
shooting last month that left two people dead and injured a third. Kevin Odneal and Irene Halvorson were gunned down outside the Everett home Odneal shared with his mother. A second
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EVERETT — Prosecutors on Friday charged an Everett man with aggravated murder for a
woman was seriously wounded. The house, located in the 2400 block of 75th Street SE, has been the scene of two other deadly shootings since 2008. Prosecutors allege that Tye Patrick Fleischer ambushed the victims as they approached his van parked outside Odneal’s house. Detectives recovered
10 shell casings at the scene. A security camera trained on the driveway captured the shooting. The video is too dark and grainy to be used to identify the shooter, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Craig Matheson wrote in charging papers. Fleischer, however, allegedly confessed to a 911 dispatcher
that he shot two people at “Faulty Kevin’s” house. When the operator asked why, Fleischer allegedly said, “OK, so I am a junkie. I got clean. My kids deserve a better father. I am just taking a couple of pieces of (expletive) that (expletive) hurt and kill people out See CHARGE, Page A2
Drive-by shooting trial set to start
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Erick Walker, of Marysville, allegedly shot high school freshman Molly Conley on a rural Lake Stevens road in 2013. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
candidates for the job. Hoover is retiring from his $211,692-a-year position on June 30. Smith is expected to start July 1, but her contract has not been negotiated. Truitt Pierce said Smith’s and Hoover’s salaries would likely be similar because the district bases superintendent pay on that of six nearby districts of similar size. The contract is
EVERETT — The murder trial for a Marysville man accused of killing a Seattle teenager is expected to begin next week. Jury selection started Wednesday after the defense made motions to limit testimony from a from a State Patrol firearms expert and to keep out photographs of a reenactment detectives created using the d e f e n d a n t ’s Erick Walker vehicle. A jury was impaneled by Thursday afternoon and lawyers are expected to give opening statements Monday. Erick Walker Molly Conley is accused of killing Molly Conley, 15, in a drive-by shooting on a rural Lake Stevens road on June 1, 2013. The high school freshman, who was walking with a group of friends, was struck in the neck by a single bullet. She died at the scene. Two of her friends reported seeing gunfire come from a passing vehicle.
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Lynnwood’s Kelsey Rogers high fives a fan after the Royals beat Bellevue 63-37 in Friday’s semifinal of the 3A Hardwood Classic in Tacoma. Lynnwood faces two-time defending champion Cleveland for the state title at 3 p.m. Saturday.
New leader hired for Monroe schools Herald Writer
MONROE — The Monroe School Board has chosen a new superintendent. Fredrika Smith, chief academic officer for the Puyallup School District, was selected after touring schools and meeting people in Monroe on Thursday. Smith, 48, was chosen
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because she has experience implementing inventive programs that work for different types of students, School Board Fredrika Smith member Nancy Truitt Pierce said. Smith “has a clear track record of creating innovative pathways
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for children,” she said. Truitt Pierce said she met Smith’s boss, Puyallup Superintendent Tim Yeomans, in Olympia last week. “He said, ‘You’d be a fool not to hire her,’” Truitt Pierce said. Yeomans called Smith “one of the best educators in the state.” Truitt Pierce credited Monroe Superintendent Ken Hoover for leaving the district in a condition to attract “cream-of-the-crop”
I Am America And So Can You: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is bringing out a new book, “A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Miracle of America,” scheduled for release June 30 (Page C10). In it, the likely presidential candidate will share his reverence for free marDear Abby . . C11 Horoscope . . C12
kets — especially the one that reportedly gave him a seven-figure book deal. He was just there so he’d get paid — a lot: Marshawn Lynch will return to the Seahawks for the 2015 season (Page C1). According to published reports, the running back met with Seahawks brass including
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owner Paul Allen on Friday about a 2-year extension. Under the contract, Lynch will get 11 million bucks, and that massive Japanese battleship Allen found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean earlier this week. Empty-bucket list: A new guidebook lists “100 Things To Do In Seattle Before You Sports . . . . . . C1 Venture . . . . A13
Die” (Venture, Page A13). The Buzz is working on a similar book we call “100 Things That Won’t Happen in Seattle Before You Die.” These include a solution to the Mercer Mess, a second term for the mayor, and the existence of an inhabitable house in the north end for less than $350K.
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