Everett Daily Herald, July 10, 2015

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Permanent pot rules set The Everett City Council’s ordinance sticks to what the mayor’s administration wanted, with a new restriction. By Chris Winters Herald Writer

EVERETT — After a lengthy debate and comments from more than two dozen people, the Everett City Council on

Wednesday adopted permanent rules governing recreational marijuana businesses in the city. The new ordinance hews close to what Mayor Ray Stephanson’s administration wanted and represents a reining in of the

Planning Commission’s looser recommendations. It is also a bit tighter than the existing interim ordinance, which was set to expire on July 27. The new ordinance will take effect in 15 days. The vote was a unanimous 6-0, with councilman Ron Gipson absent. However, the council also took several votes

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on amendments proposed by the city and local church groups. The churches wanted to be added to the state’s list of sensitive uses, such as day care centers, schools and parks, that require a 1,000-foot buffer zone from any marijuana business. See POT, back page, this section

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Anna Santana was visiting relatives in Snohomish County with her boyfriend, who was injured in Monday’s collapse. By Eric Stevick and Rikki King Herald Writers

VERLOT — Anna Santana and Dustin Wilson were together Monday when the Big Four Ice Caves collapsed. The California couple were visiting her relatives in Snohomish County when they ventured to the popular hiking destination in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, about 12 miles east of here. Santana, 34, died from bluntforce injuries to her head and body, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office reported Thursday. Her death was ruled an accident. She is from Moreno Valley, near San Bernardino, and also goes by Annalisa. The families of the survivors are asking for prayers on social media. A friend is organizing a fundraiser for Santana’s family at a taco restaurant in Colton, California, in San Bernardino County. One person wrote on Facebook to her: “You were truly loved and will be missed by many.” Santana was about 50 yards into a fast-melting cave, and survivors said she appeared unconscious after the collapse. It took search and rescue crews nearly a day to retrieve her body because of fears the cave could give way above them.

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Pilot Allen Miller taxis past the crowd in a P-51C Mustang belonging to the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron after flying in the airshow Thursday during the first day of the Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Municipal Airport. The restored plane is flown to create interest and awareness of the Tuskegee Airmen, African American pilots who flew P-51s during World War II. The phrase “By ReQuest” painted under the side windows honors the name of Tuskegee Airman Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.’s plane. For more about the festivities, see Page A3.

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Protections being taken to save fish from heat Fishery managers are taking unprecedented steps to protect fish from potentially lethal conditions caused by the drought this summer. Fishing is restricted in some areas and hatcheries are having to make changes. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is concerned that low snowpack and warm weather

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and the Olympic Peninsula, are now classified as being in a “severe drought,” which is the middle rating on a five-point scale used by the Department of Ecology. “All of our rivers are at record lows,” said Larry Altose, a spokesman for the Department of Ecology. “Conditions are very dry.” The effects of the drought are wide-ranging. Already, two federal

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hatcheries on the Columbia River released 6 million juvenile salmon two weeks early in the hope that the fish will make it to the sea before the water becomes too warm. According to Ecology’s Weekly Drought Monitoring Report for July 2, staff of the Quileute Nation near Forks had to rescue 150 steelhead fry recently from a pool where they’d become cut off from Elk Creek. During warm weather, fish can

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usually find cooler temperatures in deeper water. But because of the drought, the water is shallower than usual. “The water is much warmer than the fish are used to,” Scott said. Fish do best in water temperatures below 65 degrees. Fish can die if the water temperature reaches 70 degrees, Scott said. See FISH, back page, this section

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have raised water temperatures and reduced flows in rivers and streams, causing problems for fish, said Teresa Scott, the department’s drought coordinator. “This is new stuff for us. We haven’t really had to develop strategies to help fish through a drought before,” she said. “We’re working on a lot of fronts.” A statewide drought was declared by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 15. Significant portions of the state, including the Cascades

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