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Fire crews gird for drought Wildfires could be more of a threat in Western Washington if summer turns out to be hot and dry. By Rikki King Herald Writer
lawyers with the nonprofit public defender association. Today, there are about 40 attorneys and 35 support staff. The association contracts with Snohomish County to provide indigent defense. It also has contracts with the state, Skagit County and a few smaller cities for public defense. “Bill was brought in to right the ship. He instituted a number of important changes and stabilized the office,” said Neal Friedman, the association’s longest-serving public defender. He’s had his eye on building a professional office, not just a place where people pass through, public defender Natalie Tarantino said. Jaquette hired Tarantino nearly 20 years ago. During the job interview, she and Jaquette got into a heated argument over whether to have a client testify or not. Tarantino was surprised
EVERETT — A hot and dry summer predicted for Western Washington, combined with widespread drought, creates the dangerous potential for wildfires. A record-breaking absence of snowpack also means rivers and streams are running low throughout Snohomish County. Major utility companies are prepared with adequate supplies of drinking water, but folks who rely on streams and wells may be affected, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle. The governor Friday issued a statewide drought declaration. On Monday, the Skykomish River in Gold Bar was lower than it was on May 18 during the drought of 1977, weather service hydrologist Brent Bower said. Still, Bower cautions that summer weather outlooks for the region often are proven wrong by unexpected significant rainfall. “A lot can happen between now and the summer,” he said. Either way, local fire crews say they’re prepared. Every year, they see brush fires in the county, and many of those are caused by the actions — or inactions — of people. Now combine that with dried-out grass and feisty winds. Last June an abandoned campfire destroyed 37 acres of newly planted Douglas fir in Lakewood. In September 2012, a GMC minivan burned up after the heat of the rig’s exhaust system lit brush along Marsh Road near Snohomish. “People don’t think that’s going
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After holding the post since 1989, Bill Jaquette has stepped down as managing director of the Snohomish County Public Defender Association. Kathleen Kyle is taking over the position. Jaquette hired Kyle out of law school 16 years ago, and she has been working as assistant director since 2008.
Bill Jaquette has stepped down as managing director of county association By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EVERETT — Bill Jaquette plans to spend more time on the water. He rows about three times a week with the Everett Rowing Association and logged about 1,000 miles last year. There will be more time in his boats now that Jaquette, 73, has stepped down as the managing director of the Snohomish County Public Defender Association. Jaquette held the position since Feb. 6, 1989. “The association needs someone with more energy and youthfulness,” Jaquette said. The board of directors recently selected Kathleen Kyle for the position. Jaquette hired Kyle, 41, out of law school 16 years ago. She has been the assistant director since 2008. Jaquette isn’t ready to leave entirely, though. He plans to work part-time, helping where
Bill was brought in to right the ship. He instituted a number of important changes and stabilized the office. — Neal Friedman, public defender
he can and continuing to mentor lawyers. “These are my best friends and I’m involved in something really important. I would miss both,” Jaquette said. Law was not his first career choice. Jaquette earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Missouri. He was a philosophy professor at Southwest Missouri State University for about six years. He later decided that he wasn’t suited for a career in academics. He wanted more
opportunities to affect change. He also wanted to get back to the Pacific Northwest, where he grew up. He went to law school at the University of Washington. “I still consider myself a philosopher,” Jaquette said. He worked for the King County Prosecutor’s Office for a couple of years. He spent some time with the now-defunct Eastside Defender Association and also was in private practice for a couple of years. When he started in Snohomish County there were about 18
Prisoner accused of beating fellow inmate to death MONROE — Detectives believe a prisoner serving time for manslaughter has killed again. An inmate in the Special
Offenders Unit at the Monroe Correctional Center allegedly hit, kicked and stomped on a fellow prisoner May 9. Inmate Gordon Powell, 45, suffered head injuries in the attack. He never regained consciousness and died
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in an Everett hospital Monday morning. The suspect — Benjamin C. Price, 35 — has a history of mental illness and violent assaults. “I hit him because I knew he was Satan,” Price allegedly told a
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corrections lieutenant after Powell was beaten. Price reportedly demanded to speak with police in the weeks before the attack, even if it meant he had to kill someone to make it happen, according to
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court papers. In 2008, Price was charged with second-degree murder in Skagit County. Price eventually pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an See DEATH, Page A2
history: On this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery. (Today in History, Page B4). A terrible fate, to be sure, but the women on “Game of Thrones” have seen worse.
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