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16 months for YWCA theft Stephanie Koppisch embezzled $330K from the agency by pocketing rent she collected from low-income tenants. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EVERETT — Stephanie Koppisch was abusing prescription medications when she embezzled $330,000 from the YWCA’s coffers.
A judge was told Tuesday that the Granite Falls mother has quit using drugs not prescribed to her and has sought mental health treatment. Koppisch declined to say anything before Snohomish County Superior Court Anita Farris
sentenced her to 16 months in prison. The judge ordered Koppisch taken into custody immediately. The defendant was led away in handcuffs with a courthouse marshal carrying her medications in a plastic bag. Koppisch, 44, has been receiving treatment for bipolar disorder, according to court papers. She was diagnosed after she confessed to stealing from
her employer. Koppisch once managed the YWCA’s south Everett apartments for women and children. From 2007 to 2011 she pocketed rent money she collected from low-income tenants. In some cases, Koppisch’s records showed the tenants delinquent on their rent even though See THEFT, Page A6
Eagerness and trepidation Sequel to beloved ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ released decades later
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Melanie Boaz, of Mukilteo, picks up of a copy of Harper Lee’s “Go Set A Watchman” early Tuesday at Barnes and Noble in Lynnwood.
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LYNNWOOD — Like millions of other students across the land, Barbara Wade first read the Harper Lee classic “To Kill A Mockingbird” in school. It was only when the Lynnwood woman revisited it as an adult that the richness of the storytelling took root. She grew enamored by the best-selling tale of 1930s life in the Deep South as told by a precocious tomboy named Scout. “It’s my favorite book and
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movie,” Wade said. So much so that she named her cat Atticus Finch after the narrator’s father, a gentleman lawyer seeking justice for a black man accused of rape. So much so that she and a friend drove to Monroeville, Alabama, the small town of Lee’s youth and inspiration for fictional Maycomb. So much so that Wade stood outside a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Lynnwood before 7 a.m. Tuesday so she could buy a copy of Lee’s second novel “Go Set A Watchman.” The new work — first shown to
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an editor in the 1950s — was written before “To Kill A Mockingbird,” which was published in 1960. For Wade and many others, the release brings a mix of eagerness and trepidation, particularly when it comes to Atticus Finch, who is portrayed as the community’s conscience in “To Kill A Mockingbird.” In the new book, the character is portrayed as an aging racist. Wade vows to keep an open mind. “If you take it for what it is — a piece of literature written
Fallen idol Now he could be anybody’s grouchy grandpa: “Go Set A Watchman,” Harper Lee’s (apparently) long-withheld sequel to her beloved classic “To Kill A Mockingbird,” arrived in Snohomish County bookstores Tuesday (above). In it, Atticus Finch, the Southern lawyer who was Dear Abby. . . .D5 Good Life . . . .D1
prior to ‘Mockingbird’ and it was her first attempt — you may view it differently than if she wrote it after ‘Mockingbird,’ ” Wade said. The book has generated plenty of interest. The publisher, HarperCollins, has printed more than 2 million copies. Amazon reported it has the most preorders since 2007 when J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was released. Barnes & Noble’s Lynnwood store alone had 200 preorders.
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The recently signed state package includes $3.83 million to increase activities for kids and teens in Arlington and Darrington. By Kari Bray Herald Writer
ARLINGTON — Local parks, trails, ballfields and the crowded Boys & Girls Club building are about to be upgraded thanks to a state spending package focused on young people in the Stillaguamish Valley. The state budget, signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on June 30, includes $3.83 million for the Stilly Valley Youth Project. The venture has four major pieces in Arlington and Darrington geared toward upping the number of activities available for kids and teens. The state money helps make up for fundraising efforts that were put aside after the deadly Oso mudslide in March 2014, Snohomish County Councilman Ken Klein said. “This was such a community effort in response to the mudslide,” he said. “We know that everybody’s extra resources were going to recovery and to those who were affected. These projects were going to sit on the shelf for three, four, five years.” The biggest part of the project is expanding the Arlington Boys & Girls Club. When the club opened downtown in 1974, the city’s population was about 2,000, said Bill Tsoukalas, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County. Now, more than 2,000 children use the club at 18513 59th Ave. NE, built in 1992. “It clearly doesn’t have all the space we need for the number of kids who go there,” Tsoukalas said. The plan is to double the size of the building. Designs include a second gymnasium, a larger entryway, a computer lab, an updated teen center and office space for the Arlington Family Resource Center, which opened in May at the Stillaguamish Senior Center. About 35 people stopped in last month looking for help, said Crisann Brooks, director of family support for Lutheran Community Services. The center offers information and referral programs for people who need social services.
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the personification of virtue in “Mockingbird,” turns into angry, bitter segregationist in his old age. Spoiler alert: At one point in “Watchman,” Atticus tells Jean Louise to “get that bleeding heart liberal Gregory Peck off my TV set.” Bertha replacement: The tunnel through which
Budget helps Stilly youth
Mexico’s most powerful drug lord escaped from prison probably took more than a year to build, and the crew had to overcome significant logistical challenges. Oh, and it boasted a dedicated motorcycle lane (Page A10). Obviously, Seattle needs to hire these guys to take over the Viaduct replacement tunnel. Short Takes . . .D6 Sports . . . . . . . C1
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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1834, the Spanish Inquisition was abolished, some 350 years after it was created (Today in History, Page D6). The Inquisition’s longevity prompted a long-standing slogan: “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition … to ever go away.”
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