Everett Daily Herald, May 15, 2015

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YMCA to buy Colby building Firmer The youth organization likely would tear down all of the structures and replace its facility in downtown Everett. By Chris Winters Herald Writer

EVERETT — The YMCA of Snohomish County has agreed to buy the Everett school district’s former administration building at 4730 Colby Avenue.

The youth organization is offering to pay $3.325 million for the 8.1-acre parcel, which includes the 51-year-old main building and two portable buildings. All the buildings would likely be torn down and replaced with a new YMCA, which will

replace the organization’s nearly 100-year-old facility in downtown Everett. YMCA CEO Scott Washburn said that if the deal closed, construction of a new facility would likely be three or four years away. The YMCA estimates a new building will cost at least $25 million to build. The nonprofit is in the middle of a capital campaign, with about

$3 million raised so far from a small number of donors. It plans to raise about $10.5 million and fund the remainder of the building with loans and some existing assets. The full purchase price for the Colby building will be due when the deal closes, which could take See YMCA, back page, this section

Singing Everett’s praises Fisherman’s Village Music Festival celebrates people and place

train law is signed

The new legislation requires advance notice of crude oil shipments as well as more training, but the governor says it’s not enough. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

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More about the Fisherman’s Village Music Festival is in today’s A&E section: ■ The best places to eat in Everett’s downtown core ■ The lineup of musical acts

Crowther and Steven Graham, the volunteers who run the festival, are optimistic about its long-term success. This year the event features 75 acts at five venues. “It’s the largest urban music festival north of Seattle,” Graham said. “People of all ages need

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EVERETT — It takes a village to raise a music festival. Line up the bands and the stages, but without the support of the city, a legion of volunteers, the business community and local fans, it won’t go far. That’s the message from Eric Gilbert, who runs the successful Treefort Music Festival in Boise, Idaho. Gilbert believes Everett’s music festival is on track to becoming a sustainable event. The second annual Fisherman’s Village Music Festival runs through Sunday in downtown Everett. Everett Music Initiative’s Ryan

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to come out. You’re going to be impressed.” Crowther and Graham started the music initiative about four years ago to promote the independent music scene in Everett. It started with booking shows for local bands at clubs around the city, and pulling together the occasional outdoor concert. Today, the men are approached by people who book for other festivals, looking for Everett bands. “Everett Music Initiative has brought attention to music in Everett,” said Morgen Schuler, who writes for Seattle Weekly. Crowther and Graham hold down day jobs to support their music passion. In 2014, they

Kitchen debates His and hers campaign signs: A Bremerton City Council member who had filed for re-election was surprised to learn that his wife also is running for his seat. Roy Runyon said his wife, Kim Faulkner, as a citizen has every right to run for office (Page A4). Dear Abby. . . .D1 Horoscope . . . B6

beat their own expectations. Last year’s Fisherman’s Village Music Festival attracted more than 3,000 fans. The EMI venue, The Cannery, averages about 150 people for each show. A music festival such as Fisherman’s Village has a lot to offer a city such as Everett, Gilbert said. “In Boise, Treefort galvanized the community. It’s inclusive, respected and was named a cultural ambassador for the city,” he said. “I imagine that is something Fisherman’s Village is doing for Everett.” Carol Thomas, the city’s cultural arts director, praises

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worker’s $36,134 salary. But that disparity is less than what it was in 2000 when CEOs made 525 times what workers made (Page A9). We know; we felt bad for the CEOs, too. Should we start a GoFundMe account? Don’t know much about history: On this day in Sports . . . . . . . C1 Stocks . . . . . .A10

1937, the House and Senate chambers of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., were air-conditioned for the first time (Today in History, Page D6). It was a simple and inexpensive job and one that remains in use today; they just vented all the hot air to the outside.

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Scotty Smith of the Everett band Fauna Shade plays guitar out front of Bayside Bikes on Colby Avenue on Thursday afternoon, in advance of the Fisherman’s Village Music Festival this weekend.

OLYMPIA — Washington will hire more rail inspectors and let fire departments know ahead of time when train shipments of crude oil are coming though town under a new law signed Thursday. It also calls for more training of emergency responders, new analyses of risks posed by shipping oil on the Columbia River and additional contingency plans from railroads in the event of a spill. But while those changes mark progress in making the transport of oil safer in Washington, Gov. Jay Inslee said the federal government must do more to prevent catastrophic accidents involving oil trains, like those seen in the past few years. Federal authorities must require immediate replacement of older-model tank cars used to transport crude from the Bakken region of North Dakota, the governor said. And it must act to lower the speeds trains can travel through Washington. “I have to be honest with people that while this (new law) is a step forward, we still have an unsafe situation in our state. It demands federal action,” Inslee said after signing House Bill 1449. “These trains are a mile long, with very volatile material, they’re rolling though our neighborhood and they are not safe today.” The impetus for the new law is an explosive increase in oil shipments by train. As recently as 2011, no oil trains traveled through Snohomish County or the rest of the state. Oil arrived only in pipelines and by marine tanker. In 2013, 700 million gallons moved on rails through the state, Inslee said. That’s a result of the shale-oil boom in North Dakota. Washington attracts so many shipments because it is the fifth-largest refining state in the U.S. In a typical week, a dozen trains each carrying at least 1 million gallons of Bakken

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