Everett Daily Herald, July 13, 2015

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Man of the Year

This week’s watchwords

T.J. Oshie takes home top honors

HARPER LEE: The

discovered sequel, actually written before her classic “To Kill A Mockingbird,” will be published Tuesday, to the hopeful delight of fans of the reclusive author.

SPORTS C1

ALL STAR GAME: Baseball’s annual

celeb-fest is Tuesday in Cincinnati (on TV at 7 p.m., FOX), and will include Mariners Nelson Cruz (DH) and pitcher Felix Hernandez.

BLUEGRASS: The Darrington Bluegrass

Festival is this weekend and features top bands from the region and beyond. Find details Friday in A&E.

MONDAY, 07.13.2015

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‘Huge deal for students’

ELECTION 2015 | Everett City Council, Position 4

Gibson faces two for his seat

New law cuts tuition at state’s colleges and 4-year universities

Cassie Franklin and Vic Paul are challenging the longest-serving councilman in the city for his Position 4 spot on the Everett council. By Chris Winters Herald Writer

extends beyond the savings, said Andrews, 22, a second year student who plans to transfer to the University of Washington to study environmental science. “It may not seem like much, but this bodes well not only for the state, but for the nation,” she said. “This is a very historic decision, and I am eager to see how the rest of the nation reacts to it.” Students enrolled at four-year

EVERETT — Two candidates, one well-known in nonprofit circles, the other a relative unknown, are challenging incumbent Ron Gipson for Position 4 on the Everett City Council. Gipson is the longest-serving councilman in the city, having held onto his seat for 20 years. Challenging him in the primary are Cassie Franklin, the CEO of Cocoon House, a service provider for homeless youth, and Vic Paul, an Everett resident who recently worked in pest control. Gipson, running for his sixth term, draws from his own background to say he’s the only person on the council who can legitimately represent working-class Everett. “I truly represent blue collar folks,” said Gipson, who works as a corrections officer at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center. For that reason Gipson advocates for services for the less-well off, including public transit and paratransit, making parks and

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Azrael Howell, president of the Everett Community College student body, leads a group of potential student mentors on a tour of the resources available to students at the college.

By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

Everett Community College student leader Azrael Howell couldn’t believe state lawmakers this year did something they’ve never done before — reduce tuition. “I was completely shocked,” said Howell, who is student body president. “I knew we had been waiting on the budget. I knew it was one of the big topics. I was

really excited.” He’s not the only one. “This is a huge deal for students,” Lia Andrews, president of student executive board at Edmonds Community College, said in an email. “Even for the students who qualify for financial aid, debts from student loans are exorbitant in America. The concern over whether one can even pay for college is a big incentive not to attend college.” A new law cuts tuition

5 percent starting in the fall quarter for resident students attending Washington’s 34 community and technical colleges. Tuition will be frozen the following year. For a full-time student carrying 15 credits that works out to about $50 a quarter. “That will be enough to cover books for some students,” said Howell, 38, a pre-med student and coordinator of the school’s student mentoring program. The effect of lawmakers’ action

OSO MUDSLIDE

Survivors paying forward support they once received Herald Writer

the buzz

ARLINGTON — There are 43 of them holding yellow ribbons that read “Oso Hope.” The stuffed bears, dogs and

other critters were being sent to Eastern Washington. Local firefighters will carry them along as they assist with wildfires. The yellow ribbons, plus Subway gift cards, were added to the stuffed animals by the families

Not Bashful Grumpy, maybe: The revelation that Bill Cosby admitted under oath in a court deposition that he had obtained Quaaludes to give to women he hoped to have sex with has added to calls that he be stripped of various honors. Disney World, for example, removed a statue of him from its a

television Hall of Fame at its Hollywood Studios theme park (Page B4). The statue still is being used, however. Disney staff say it’s handy for hanging the giant head and costume of Dopey the dwarf. Here in my car I feel safest of all: Our Street Smarts columnist took a closer look at the responses to a recent

of those lost in the deadly March 2014 mudslide between Oso and Darrington. As time passed, many of the families have found themselves looking outward, said Tim Ward, a survivor who lost his wife.

survey to find out what it would take to get people to stop driving alone and use a transit or carpool option. More than half — 56 percent — said nothing was getting them out of their car, even if gas goes up to $5 a gallon (Page A3). It’s not that we wouldn’t, it’s just that during the recent heat spell our butts have melted into the seats.

The survivors have found they possess energy and focus, and a new group of friends bonded by a shared grief. They wanted to turn those resources to something positive, to help others, and “for something other than reflecting

Peace Arch, my foot: Canada, once a haven for U.S. war resisters, no longer is allowing U.S. military deserters to stay in the country, a policy change by the Conservativeled government (Page A5). U.S. citizens can still seek asylum there on humanitarian grounds, but only based on the lack of Tim Horton’s shops in the U.S.

—Jon Bauer, Herald staff

back on our losses,” Ward said Tuesday. All of them have received help in countless ways, said Jessica Pszonka-Lutz, who lost her sister See OSO, Page A2

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