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4 die in Tulalip crash By Eric Stevick and Rikki King
Ireton said. The victims were two men and two women. All died at the scene. Authorities didn’t release their names Tuesday while their families were being notified but the loss was being felt among tribal members. “Any death is heartbreaking, when we lose loved ones so young it is even more shocking and painful,” Tulalip Tribes Chairman Mel Sheldon told the tribal newspaper, See-Yaht-Sub. He asked people on the reservation “to hold your loved ones close and to give comfort to each
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TULALIP — Four young adults died early Tuesday morning after their truck left the roadway and landed in a pond on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. A call came in to 911 around 3:30 a.m. reporting that a truck had crashed near the 7500 block of Totem Beach Road. It climbed over a concrete barrier and landed in a tribal fish-rearing pond, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari
other during this trying time.” Adam Vassar lost his cousin in Tuesday’s accident. “It’s just sad,” he said. “We are supposed to live longer than all of our elders.” Several people who visited the crash scene identified one of the people who died as Dylan Monger, 22. He’d grown up in the area and recently worked at Boom City, a tribal fireworks sales venue. Names of the other victims MARK MULLIGAN / THE HERALD
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Adam Vassar (left) and Rhonda Gobin look at the site of an early morning car crash that killed four people in Tulalip on Tuesday.
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South Snohomish loses 3-2 to Iowa on Tuesday in a game it was forced to play after accusations it intentionally lost a game Monday. The state Little League softball champs will play today at 11:30 a.m. for fifth place. By David Krueger and Kevin Brown Herald Writers
The South Snohomish team’s run through the Little League Softball World Series appeared unstoppable. After three games, the Washington state champions owned a 3-0 record, were the only undefeated squad in the 10-team tournament and had outscored their opponents 25-3. Then a decision made “in the bubble of intense competition” brought the team’s championship hopes and dreams crashing down, and sparked a national debate about what constitutes fair play. Forced into a controversial playoff game Tuesday, which South Snohomish lost, league
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The family of Charles “Tuck” Gionet, including his wife, Marci (center) with her daughter, Callie, and Callie’s boyfriend, Seth Hespe (right) find laughter on top of tears as they listen to stories about the well-loved man whose life was celebrated by 2,500 friends, colleagues and students who packed the Snohomish High School gymnasium on Tuesday.
Snohomish High teacher Tuck Gionet helped students become better people SNOHOMISH — His lessons will live on. Charles “Tuck” Gionet, a beloved Snohomish High School teacher and coach, through his example showed others to leave the community better than they
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found it, family, friends, students and colleagues said at a public memorial service for the longtime educator Tuesday. Gionet died Aug. 8 after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 55. About 2,500 people packed into the sweltering Snohomish High gymnasium Tuesday to
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celebrate the life of the longtime civics teacher and coach. Gionet is survived by his wife, Marci, and their children, TJ, Callie and Kyle, who shared memories of their father. They described a man who would always stop to listen to stories of old timers on fishing trips or people they met while
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traveling abroad. “He would always give people that time of day,” TJ Gionet said. “He really taught me to live life to the fullest.” Tuck’s brother, Cory Gionet, and sisters, Cindy Bealer and Cristi Rowbotham, talked
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