Everett Daily Herald, September 11, 2015

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Gipson likely to be back While on leave as a corrections officer over harassment allegations, the councilman received $40K in overtime pay. By Noah Haglund Herald Writer

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Jose P. Sanchez Diaz was last seen Aug. 29.

EVERETT — Ron Gipson is expected to return to his job as a Snohomish County juvenile corrections officer later this month after spending a year and a half on paid leave for a workplace

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investigation that concluded he sexually harassed female co-workers. While Gipson might soon be back in uniform, the findings could hurt his public standing. He’s a 20-year member of the Everett City Council who’s up for re-election this year.

While on leave, Gipson received about $40,000 in overtime the county said was due to him because of labor rules. Ron Gipson Because of confidentiality policies for county employees, it’s unclear what repercussions he faced.

Two women who settled a lawsuit against the county over allegations about Gipson’s behavior said the atmosphere at Denney Juvenile Justice Center improved while he was away. Management left them with the impression that things had changed for good. See GIPSON, back page, this section

Boys & Girls growing up Club in Granite Falls is buying a bigger space to hold activities

Jose P. Sanchez Diaz has not talked to them or any of his friends or accessed social media or his bank account and is considered in danger. By Rikki King Herald Writer

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GRANITE FALLS — Hundreds of children and teens are signed up for the local Boys & Girls Club, but not all of them can fit in the building for summer camps or after-school programs. That’s about to change. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County is buying the former

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Mountain Loop Fitness Building, a large commercial gym on the corner of Alder and Stanley streets. It’s four times the size of the building at 307 N. Alder Ave that the club leases from the Granite Falls School District. About 600 kids belong to the club but no more than 125 can fit into the current location, and that would be a squeeze, said Bill Tsoukalas, executive director of the Snohomish County Boys

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& Girls Clubs. “There’s a huge demand for the services we provide,” he said. Those include child care, teen groups, homework help, sports and clubs, snacks and a safe place to go when kids aren’t at school or home. The Boys & Girls Club had a location in Granite Falls from 1998 to 2007 but closed when the city stopped leasing out space in the former community

the middle of hurricanes, tornados and blizzards. Just read the teleprompter: “Do you want fries with that?” Joined for a rally by Vice President Joe Biden, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the minimum wage for fast food workers was being raised to $15 an hour. “You’re going to

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center on South Granite Avenue. It quickly became clear that the community wanted their club back, Tsoukalas said. In 2014, the club moved into the small building on Alder Avenue. “Immediately we just had an influx of kids,” Tsoukalas said. “That demonstrated a need for something bigger and better.” See CLUB, Page A2

telethon, “Think It Up,” an education fundraiser that will be broadcast Friday night (The Clicker, Page D6). After the Muscular Dystrophy Association pulled Jerry Lewis’ Labor Day telethon off the air this year, expect Lewis to stage a coup and shout, “Timpani, roll those toteboard numbers.”

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Leti Hardison (from left), Angel Hernandez and Shawn Madigan play Uno at the Granite Falls Boys & Girls Club on Aug. 26.

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LYNNWOOD — Jose P. Sanchez Diaz was working and getting ready to go back to school. He was a few credits short of a high school diploma and looking forward to completing that goal at Edmonds Community College, said his foster mother, Karla Danson. Sanchez Diaz, 20, of Lynnwood, was last seen in the early hours of Aug. 29, playing video games at a friend’s house. Police are asking for the public’s help in finding him. His family is devastated, Danson said. Sanchez Diaz is considered an endangered missing person, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff ’s Office. He hasn’t talked to friends or family and hasn’t accessed his bank account or social media. “We’ve had no luck in getting good tips from the public about Jose,” sheriff ’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. “Detectives and family are very concerned about his safety.” Sanchez Diaz was raised by his grandparents in Honduras. He came to the U.S. at 17 and

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