This week’s watchwords Jimmy Carter
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The 90-year-old former president is in the NW to discuss current affairs and his latest book, “A Full Life,” Tuesday at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park.
Welcome this new one-day music festival, which features bands Mudhoney, Fauna Shade and Duke Evers, starting at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Port of Everett.
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Training camp The Seattle Seahawks, who are bidding for a third-straight trip to the Super Bowl, open their 2015 camp Friday in Renton. A Hawks fan (right) eagerly anticipated the season during a Mariners loss in Los Angeles on July 12.
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Assault victim sues cities The woman’s suit says she should have been protected from a now ex-police officer who forced her to have sex. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EDMONDS — The woman who was sexually assaulted by a former police officer is suing Edmonds and Mountlake
Terrace, alleging the cities failed to protect her from Daniel Lavely. Lawyers for the cities have not yet filed responses to the lawsuit, which recently was moved to U.S. District Court in Seattle
after the woman alleged her civil rights were violated. “My clients’ position is they did nothing to cause the injury claim. What Lavely did was outside the scope of his employment and contrary to training and policy,” said Mark Bucklin, an attorney representing Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace.
Lavely, 50, is jailed in Texas awaiting trial on an unrelated sex crime. He resigned from the Edmonds Police Department in 2013. That same year, a Snohomish County jury convicted him of custodial sexual misconduct. Jurors were convinced Lavely See SUES, Page A2
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Gas tax rising 7 cents And it will go up again next summer. The money will be used to fund billions of dollars in transportation projects, from roads to transit. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
OLYMPIA — The state’s gas tax will climb this week and by next summer will be the second-highest rate in the nation. It will rise 7 cents a gallon Saturday and another 4.9 cents July 1, 2016. The two-step increase will help pay for billions of dollars in improvements in the state’s transportation system. How your Supporters legislators say boostvoted, A2 ing the state’s gas tax will be worth it because those dollars will pay for much needed new roads, bridges and bike paths and expanded bus service throughout Washington. It is the largest source of money for the state’s plan to make $16 billion of improvements in its transportation system in the next 16 years. “I think people will notice (the increase). I think people driving in congestion are not going to like it but will appreciate where it is going,” said Rep. Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island, chairwoman of the House Transportation Committee and a leading architect of the final package. Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, one of a handful of lawmakers involved in the intricate negotiations, said there will be many benefits in his district. “For us, for example, we’re getting a new intersection that everybody in Lake Stevens knows we have to do and that is at Frontier Village,” he said. And there’s money to construct a new bridge over the Snohomish River and deal with issues surrounding 35th Avenue in Mill Creek, he said. Lawmakers who opposed the gas tax hike differed in their reasons. Some simply vote against
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Hula hoopers hoping to make the Guinness book get rained out Herald Writer
EVERETT — An attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people participating in a hula hoop routine was upended in part by the weather. Sunday’s afternoon showers sent the 150 people at Everett Memorial Stadium scurrying for cover. But while it lasted, they had fun. Chris Maddy, of Arlington, brought her 7-year-old daughter, Reese, to the event as well as Taylor Villareal. The girls have been
friends since they were infants. Maddy said she heard about the event on Facebook and thought it would be something fun she and her daughter could do together. Participants were led through a few practice rounds of a two-anda-half minute routine with hula hoops, involving lunges, squats, and marching in place. “They enjoyed it,” Maddy said. Reese, an incoming second grader at Pioneer Elementary School, said she has been using a hula hoop since she was 4 years old. “It was really fun,” she said. Goldie Groat, 87, of Seattle,
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decided to attend the event after hearing about it while visiting her daughter’s family in Mill Creek. “They said, ‘Would you like to come along?’ I thought it would be a bit of a lark and I did,” Groat said. Despite the sudden rain shower, “we were having fun,” she said. Bianca Hernandez, 16, of Everett, said she helped a little girl at the event. When asked if she would go back if the event is scheduled again, she responded “Yes, of course. It was so much fun.” The event was organized by the Providence Institute for A
It is a small world Five-eighths, to be exact: As Disneyland celebrates its 60th anniversary, consider some trivia: The trains that circle the park are built to five-eighths scale, and forced perspective make the buildings on Main Street appear taller than their actual height (Page B4). Dear Abby. . . . B3 Horoscope . . . B6
Healthier Community. The nonprofit has set a goal of improving the health of people living in Snohomish County in the next five years. Breaking the world’s record would have required 600 participants. They had hoped to attract some of the crowds attending the nearby Everett AquaSox baseball game to the event before the rain cut it short, said Lisa Daly, a Providence spokeswoman. Nevertheleess, the event “was a chance to bring people together and demonstrate that fitness can be fun,” she said. “What better way to do than hula hooping?
Some other facts: U.S. airlines copied Disneyland’s design for the trains, building the seats to five-eighths scale, too. Forced feeding of corn dogs makes visitors appear wider when standing next to Goofy. Trump is in his own tier: To accommodate the large field of Republican
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presidential candidates, only those ranking among the top 10 will qualify for the main debate Aug. 6 on Fox News Channel, leaving out several others (Page A5). Second-tier candidates will be invited to join the cast of Donald Trump’s new series, “Political Apprentice.” There’s a franchise fee for Sports . . . . . . . C1 Your Photos . . B1
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that, Ted: Senior Senate Republicans rebuked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz following his floor speech Friday in which he accused Senate Leader Mitch McConnell of lying (Page A5). Just who does Sen. Cruz, R-Second-Tier, think he is, attacking fellow Republicans? Donald Trump?
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Workout leader Michelle Clinage leads approximately 150 participants in a hula hoop routine in their attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people participating in a hula hoop routine.
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