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Event honors fallen workers Twelve people from Snohomish County were among 89 statewide remembered at a ceremony for those killed on the job.
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Bond narrowly passing The Monroe School District is seeking $110.9 million to improve school buildings, safety measures and more. By Amy Nile Herald Writer
MONROE — A $110.9 million bond request for the Monroe School District is narrowly
passing, according to preliminary election results released Tuesday evening by the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office. With 6,309 ballots counted — more than the minimum 4,686
needed to pass — the bond had been approved by 61.17 percent of voters. At least a 60 percent yes vote is required for passage. Mailed-in ballots will continue to be counted this week, which could change the results. “There’s still quite a few ballots to count but this is an excellent
start,” district spokeswoman Rosemary O’Neil said. “None of this would have been possible without the hours and hours of work people in our community put in to make this happen.” If approved, the bonds are See BOND, back page, this section
Bear spotted in I-5 median
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A trap has been set between six lanes of traffic near Stanwood By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
STANWOOD — Sgt. Jennifer Maurstad wouldn’t win any culinary contests with the meal she prepared the other day. The entree was stinky fish, rotting apples and bananas and fruit tarts. It is a feast she hopes only a bear would love. The state Department of Fish
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and Wildlife agent left it in a large section of corrugated culvert pipe atop a trailer in the center of I-5 near Stanwood. There’s only one way in and that closes shut with a tug on the food bag. The past few days brought a steady stream of calls from people reporting they had seen a black bear in the broad median of grass, cedar and pine that separates six lanes of northbound and southbound traffic.
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With cars and trucks whizzing by at 70 mph, the situation is considered too dangerous to do nothing. Drivers easily could become distracted and cause accidents; the bear’s odds are even worse. “Most of the time we like to leave things alone,” Maurstad said. “But I would also like to see this bear have a shot at living a full life.” It’s not the first bear to find
train Boeing workers at the South Carolina plant on an empty stomach.
Then again, the Miami Marlins play to an empty house 81 times a year.
The way the M’s are going, late September at Safeco could sound like this: Because of unrest and a curfew in Baltimore, today’s Orioles-Blue Jays game at Camden Yards will be closed to the public (Page C7).
Surfing the vast cultural wasteland: A show airing tonight on CNBC called “White Collar Convicts: Life on the Inside” shows us what prison life is like for disgraced CEOs and crooked I-bankers (Short
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room and board in the median. “We have had reports every year for the last three or four years,” she said. Last July a small bear was hit on I-5 close to where the trap is set now. In 2010, a bear was killed on southbound I-5 near Everett Mall Way. See BEAR, back page, this section
Takes, Page D6). If the show’s any good, it should be part of “scared straight” night at Harvard Business School: “You know what prison’s like, kid? There’s no steward service! No yacht club! And they don’t give a (bleep) that you punched two final clubs at Harvard!”
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Sgt. Jennifer Maurstad, with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, checks the location of a bear trap Tuesday morning along I-5 near Stanwood. There has been a steady stream of calls from people reporting spotting a black bear in the median of grass, cedar and pine separating six lanes of north- and southbound traffic.
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TUMWATER — Alan and Deanna Hogue approached the cylindrical brass bell and paused to collect their emotions. Then, as cloudy skies threatened a downpour Tuesday afternoon, Deanna Hogue told a small crowd gathered in the Worker Memorial Garden that they’d traveled from Lake Stevens to honor the memory of their 19-year-old son, Bradley, who was caught in heavy machinery while working for a landscaping company. “He was killed on his second day of work due to severe nonsafety issues. Bradley, we wish you well,” she said, her voice filled with emotion as she rang the bell. They came outside after a 75-minute ceremony to mark Worker Memorial Day, an event held annually to remember those who died on the job. Hundreds of people filled the auditorium of the Department of Labor and Industries. Bradley Hogue was among 89 men and women who died of work-related causes in Washington in 2014. A dozen lived in Snohomish County. Each of the names was read aloud during the ceremony and surviving family members and friends went outdoors to ring the bell. Leaders of the state’s largest labor and private business organizations called for a renewed commitment to workplace safety. Gov. Jay Inslee said the state must strive to achieve zero workplace fatalities statewide. “I think it is very special that they acknowledge the lack of safety in the workplace and acknowledge the fallen,” Deanna Hogue said. There were six workers from Snohomish County who died in
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