This week’s watchwords Strawberries
More buses
Triple Crown
The sweet season is upon us . June brings a local bounty and much rejoicing . Don’t miss recipes in Food on Wednesday (gotta try Double Strawberry buttermilk panna cotta) .
Starting this Sunday, Community Transit is bringing back service Sundays and major holidays, after a five-year hiatus prompted by the recession .
Can favorite American Pharoah grab the elusive third race of one of the most grueling athletic tests in sports this Saturday? It hasn’t been done since 1978 . Pharoah’s trainer, Bob Baffert, has come this close three times before . But the Belmont gives no guarantees .
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County faces $2.75M claim Four A man has ongoing medical issues after he was hit by a sheriff’s patrol car while walking along a road at 3 a.m. By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
EVERETT — A Lake Stevens man has filed a $2.75 million damage claim against
Snohomish County after he was struck by a sheriff’s office patrol car and seriously injured last fall. “The bottom line is we are still investigating, but I suspect we will file a lawsuit,” Everett
attorney Todd Nichols said. The accident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. Oct. 11 along Highway 92. The man was walking between Callow Road and 99th Avenue NE near Lake Stevens. Steven R. Smith, 51, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he was treated for broken bones and a head injury.
His medical bills are approaching $400,000. “Medical expenses for treatment are ongoing and expected to be lifelong,” according to the damage claim. A sheriff’s office accident report said Smith was walking See CLAIM, back page, this section
Residency has its privileges
cities get tax break Marysville, Arlington, Lake Stevens and Mill Creek companies will be exempt from some property taxes if they create jobs. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
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Starting today, nonresidents of Mukilteo have to pay to park at Lighthouse Park By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
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MUKILTEO — Lighthouse Park, with its views of the Olympic Mountains and Salish Sea, draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. Now, for many people, those sweeping vistas will come with a cost. A much discussed and debated program to start charging for parking in the city’s waterfront district begins at 6 a.m. June 1, when the covers are scheduled to come off recently installed parking kiosks. Lighthouse Park will have paid parking between 4 a.m. and 10 p.m.
from May 1 to Sept. 30 and between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. from Oct. 1 to April 30. Parking will cost $2 per hour from May 1 to Sept. 30 and $1 per hour from Oct. 1 to April 30. City residents can apply for a free parking permit and so far about 900 have done so, said Mayor Jennifer Gregerson. Residents can pick up the passes at the front desk at city hall, 11930 Cyrus Way, or at the Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave. The city also will have applications for the passes available at the park June 3 as part of the season’s first farmer’s market, Gregerson said.
Class road warriors Life in the fast lane: Critics have long called the express toll lane, which will replace the HOV lane on I-405 this fall, the “Lexus Lane” (Street Smarts, Page A3). They say only drivers of means can afford to whiz by the proles creeping at 5 mph near the King-Snohomish county line.
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State transportation officials say the toll lanes come in handy for lowerincome people once in a while. Sounds like the “Lexus Lane” can also be called the “I’ll Be Fired If I’m Late for Work Again Today” lane. Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1980, Cable News Network
A city of Mukilteo notice informs visitors about the paidparking change at Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo.
— CNN — made its debut (Today in History, Page B4). Critics scoffed at the notion of people watching a 24-hour news broadcast, but CNN founder Ted Turner replied, “All we need is a kid down a well, a missing attractive blonde woman, and a reporter with great hair talking about Scud missiles. You’ll see.”
Surfing the vast cultural wasteland: In the new show “Whispers,” children’s imaginary friend turns out to be diabolical genius bent on world domination (The Clicker, Page B4). Wait a minute — if he’s a so smart, why’s he talking to kids? He should be talking to the GOP presidential candidates.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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Cathleen Musch, of Everett, naps Thursday on the beach at Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo. Nonresident visitors to the popular park will need to pay for parking beginning June 1.
OLYMPIA — Marysville and Arlington will soon have a new tool to help attract businesses to an industrial area they share: a tax break. A bill passed by state lawmakers last week allows the cities to exempt companies from paying a portion of property taxes if they create a minimum of 25 jobs that pay at least $18 an hour. Senate Bill 5761 was passed by the Senate and House on Thursday, the final day of the first special session. It will now go to Gov. Jay Inslee for his expected signature. “The city of Marysville is very grateful for the Legislature’s support,” Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring said in a written statement. “Encouraging new manufacturing businesses to locate and expand in the area will bring jobs to cities and strengthen our economy.” The bill also applies to Lake Stevens and Mill Creek, but it was Marysville and Arlington that pursued the tax break. Leaders there have been lobbying lawmakers for three years. They say other communities in other states already offer the same or similar incentives to the very companies the two cities are trying to land. Their goal is to convince aerospace, high-tech and manufacturing companies to settle in areas designated for industrial development. Under the bill, taxes that are now paid on the land would continue to be collected. The proposed exemption would apply only to taxes due on the value of improvements, such as construction of new facilities. A company would be exempt from paying those taxes for 10 years under certain conditions, including that the firm creates 25 or more jobs that pay a “family living wage” estimated to be at least $18 an hour.
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