Sounders win
This week’s watchwords
Dempsey, Martins lead 3-0 victory over New England,
PI DAY: Celebrate the enigmatic
number ... and pie... on March 14, when the date’s digits line up to equal the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — approximately 3.1415. The Snohomish Library will fete Pi with pie at 1 p.m.
Sports
PAC 12: The women’s basketball tournament
opens Thursday with WSU facing Oregon. …and for the first time Stanford is not the No. 1 seed (that distinction goes to Oregon State).
MOLLY CONLEY: Opening arguments are
this week in the trial of Erick Walker, the Marysville man accused of the drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old girl in Lake Stevens.
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Homeless encampment cleared out Chain-link fences now block access to an area near the Everett Gospel Mission frequented by transients. By Chris Winters
was cleared away last week. On Monday, chain-link fences were installed on both sides of Smith Avenue where it runs under I-5. The lighting in the underpass has also been
Herald Writer
EVERETT — A semi-permanent homeless encampment near the Everett Gospel Mission
upgraded to make it less attractive to transients. The encampment under the freeway has existed for years, but conditions had been deteriorating recently. The underpass was littered with garbage. Drug dealing and assaults were increasing problems. Between October and
mid-January, police officers made hundreds of contacts with people in the encampment, and cited or arrested nearly 60 people, Everett Police Chief Dan Templeman said. Sylvia Anderson, CEO of the Everett Gospel Mission, said she made the suggestion to the city that something be done about
Little snow; lots of water
the encampment. “It feels like to us that things were getting out of control,” Anderson said. “The sanitary conditions were beyond what anybody should be able to bear.” It’s what happened next that was different. Anderson, See CAMP, Page A2
Tax hike mulled for parks district The Snohomish City Council wants to create a way to pay for city’s recreation areas, a decision that would have to be approved by voters. By Amy Nile Herald Writer
River basins around Central Puget Sound will be fed by 14 percent of their average snowpack, according to a March 6 report by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, part of
SNOHOMISH — The city is considering asking voters to approve a metropolitan parks taxing district. The City Council is to meet at 6 p.m. on March 17 to discuss putting the property-tax-funded measure on the Aug. 4 primary election ballot. The workshop is to take place at the Snohomish School District administration office, 1601 Ave. D. If voters approve a taxing district, the amount of the tax would be determined by the City Council. City Manager Larry Bauman suggested that property owners in Snohomish might see a 25 cent to 75 cent increase in taxes per $1,000 of assessed value. Across Washington, 18 other taxing districts have been created to pay for parks in cities and unincorporated parts of counties, including in Tacoma, Seattle and Tukwila. City Manager Larry Bauman said people living in Snohomish, in a 2014 survey, ranked better maintenance and improvements in existing city parks among their
See SNOW, Page A2
See PARKS, Page A2
Lack of the white stuff may not trickle down to problems later Herald Writer
EVERETT — The Northwest and the Northeast U.S. are making headlines about snow, but for very different reasons. From New England to the
Mid-Atlantic states, the East Coast has been battered by record-setting depths of snow and freezing temperatures. Meanwhile, the Northwest has barely had winter at all. Washington has only received about 28 percent of the snow it usually
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gets, according to the latest federal estimate. The warm winter has forced ski resorts to close early or at least significantly restrict operations, but Snohomish County should have enough water to get through the summer.
Are we there yet? Far away, and yet so close: As a Herald reader notes, the reader board on I-5 at I-405 in south Snohomish County now gives estimated travel times to Southcenter instead of downtown Seattle (Street Smarts, Page A3). Newcomers to the area will be forgiven if they, after Dear Abby. . . . B3 Horoscope . . . B8
seeing the board announce “Southcenter 135 minutes” during rush hour, assume Southcenter is a city somewhere in Oregon. Fabulous human shield: Madonna, 56, says a rigorous workout regimen that keeps her in tip-top shape saved her from injury when she tumbled down
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some stairs during a recent performance (Short Takes, Page B4). But Madonna’s not leaving anything to chance: From now on, a 22-year-old boy toy dancer will be stationed at all times to cushion any falls she might take. Don’t know much about history: On this day in Sports . . . . . . . C1 Winners . . . . . B1
1933, Congress was called into special session by President Franklin Roosevelt to enact the “hundred days” of New Deal legislation (Today in History, Page B4). The surprising thing is that today’s Congress is capable of similar legislative output — they’d just need a hundred years to do it.
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Cameron Collingwood, 16, scrambles across a rocky outcropping near the summit of Mount Pilchuck on Saturday. Though icy, the popular trail that leads to a restored fire lookout has been accessible earlier this year with low snow levels in the Cascades.
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