Are you ready for the beach?
07.05.2015
●
Everett, Wash.
Legal costs top 50k
●
$1.50 (higher in outlying areas)
●
HeraldNet.com
●
Facebook.com/HeraldNet
●
D1
Twitter: @EverettHerald
A love most unexpected
Everett Public Schools investigated concerns about special needs students’ services and alleged retaliation against school staff by supervisors. By Chris Winters Herald Writer
EVERETT — A recent internal investigation of Everett Public Schools’ Special Services Department has cost the district nearly $55,000 in legal fees. Because of the privacy issues that come up when students are involved, and assertions of attorney-client privilege, much of the activity has happened outside the public eye. This has led some to speculate what the investigation found. The school district provided some documents to The Daily Herald in response to a public records request and offered other information that addressed some of these concerns. The investigation was launched in response to complaints that two special needs students weren’t See COMPLAINTS, Page A9
CHURCH V. MARRIAGE?
WORLD CUP PREVIEW
Can Hope Solo and the U.S. women bring it home after 16-year dry spell? Sports, C1 Classified . . . . E3 Crossword . . .D5
Dear Abby. . . .D5 Entertainment D3
GENNA MARTIN/THE HERALD
Debbie Durnell and Jerry Farnes pose for a photo at their home in Stanwood in May. Durnell lost her husband,Tom, 65, and Farnes lost his wife, Julie, 59, and son, Adam, 23, in the Oso mudslide last year.
They shared friendship, tragedy, loss … and finally, happiness Horoscope . . .D5 Lottery . . . . . .A2
Movies . . . . . .D5 Obituaries. . . .XX
CORDOVA, ALASKA — Debbie Durnell and Jerry Farnes plan to marry today near a cove overlooking Prince William Sound and the mountains of Heney Ridge. She will wear a lacy, cream white dress she found in a shop in Conway and brown, knee-high work boots. Debbie laughs when talking about the outfit. “The boots cost more than the dress,” she said. If those boots seem an unusual match for such a feminine dress,
Success . . . . .A13 Viewpoints . . . B7
it is by design. In part, they are a practical concession. The couple will be married in a meadow that in the past 10 days has seen rains hard enough to bring yellowed, rain-parched mosses back to life. But the brand name of the boots, Xtratuf, also says a lot about the couple. Neither could ever have imagined the events that, by turns, would shatter their lives and then, improbably, bring
Story by
Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
See LOVE, Page A8
Sunny 88/64, C8
VOL. 115, NO. 143 © 2015 THE DAILY HERALD CO.
SUNDAY
Debate on whether gay rights decision erodes religious freedom. Viewpoints, B7
6
1351342
42963 55555
7