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U.S. beats Japan to win the Women’s World Cup, 5-2
ARLINGTON FLY-IN:
One-of-a-kind planes, vintage aircraft and a Black Hawk helicopter will be among the winged attractions this year at the Arlington Airport, July 9-11.
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VOTER REGISTRATION: Today is the
deadline for the Aug. 4 election. You can do it online at www.sos.wa.gov/elections, or in person at the election office at 3000 Rockefeller Ave. in Everett.
TEXT 911: Snohomish County dispatchers
will be able to take emergency texts by mid-week. Watch The Daily Herald for updates.
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Bringing back the bears Several groups are exploring options for ensuring the grizzly population doesn’t go extinct in the North Cascades. By Amy Nile Herald Writer
People all over the world have weighed in on an effort to help ensure grizzly bears don’t
become extinct in the North Cascades. Now, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are working with other agencies to come up with several
options for bringing the bears back to this part of their natural territory. That includes many of Snohomish County’s prominent peaks, such as Mount Index and Whitehorse Mountain. The federal and state agencies earlier this month released a report that analyzes almost 2,900 public comments received from
all over the country and abroad about the recovery in the North Cascades. About 500 people attended meetings about the effort earlier this year, held in six cities across Washington. “There are strong feelings about grizzly bears,” said Ann See BEARS, back page, this section
Everett has it cover to covered
District’s first-ever summer reading program keeps literary skills fresh
PUD projects OK to proceed Two small hydroelectric facilities will be built along creeks in the Snoqualmie Valley and will generate most energy in winter and spring. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
receive free or reduced-price lunch, Stewart said. “If you don’t read over the summer, you actually slide back and lose the reading growth you’ve gained,” Everett High School librarian Deb Payne said.
EVERETT — Federal energy regulators have given a green light to Snohomish County Public Utility District to build two small hydroelectric projects in the Snoqualmie Valley. Work on the sites could start later this summer, followed by major construction next year, said Scott Spahr, a PUD manager who oversees all engineering work on the district’s energy generating facilities. “In essence, we have all the permits to begin work,” he said. The projects are estimated to cost a combined $52 million, and should be finished and generating electricity by 2017, he said. During winter storms and spring months, the Calligan Creek and Hancock Creek projects will each create about 6 megawatts — enough energy for about 10,000 homes. They won’t produce energy during much of the summer, when the streams will be too low, according to the PUD’s license applications filed in 2013 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Hancock project is estimated to cost $28 million, while Calligan is expected to run $24 million. Both creeks flow into the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River near the I-90 corridor in east King County. The projects are run-of-theriver hydroelectric facilities, meaning the river isn’t dammed. Instead, water is diverted through a pipe to generating turbines and back to the stream. The peak amount of energy will be less than 1 percent of the PUD’s overall power load, Spahr said. The amount of energy
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EVERETT — School’s out, but the students in the Everett School District are continuing to learn. Summer reading programs are nothing new, but this summer, every school in Everett
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Public Schools — and every student, it is hoped — is participating in a district-wide reading program. “Our community has been saying for years that we need to do this,” said Joyce Stewart, the district’s Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning. The primary goal for the
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program is to prevent students from falling back on their literacy skills during the summer, which has been shown to be a major factor in the achievement gap between rich and poor students. That’s a significant consideration in a district where 43 percent of the students
Hot Takes Ave. No nonstick surface, so use plenty of butter: The summer road work season has begun, as Snohomish County crews get going on chip seal and paving on 107 miles of roadway (Street Smarts, Page A3). Chip sealing is a costeffective way to make roads Dear Abby. . . . B3 Horoscope . . . B5
suitable for another seven to 10 years of smooth driving and, on days like today, egg-frying. He’ll be here all week: With his 65th concert at Madison Square Garden last week, Billy Joel broke Elton John’s record for most gigs at the New York City venue (Short Takes, Page B4).
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But Joel will need to play another 917 concerts at the Garden to surpass the all-time Billy Joel-related consecutive-gig record set by the guy who does “Piano Man: A Tribute to Billy Joel” at Whispering Pines Casino and RV World in Moose Falls, Minnesota. Surfing the vast cultural Short Takes . . . B4 Sports . . . . . . . C1
wasteland: In a new HGTV show called “Tiny House, Big Living,” families eschew suburban starter mansions and move into 180-square-foot micro-houses (Page B4). Spoiler alert: Trouble with neighbors ensues when one family uses the open window above the bed as an ensuite bathroom.
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During a summer reading period at Whittier Elementary School library, Megan Adams of Everett (right) reads to her three children, Jack, 1 (nearest) Liam, 4, and Dillon, 6 (left) along with a friend, Peter White, 6 (Harvard cap).
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