Everett Daily Herald, September 17, 2015

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China’s president to visit Xi Jinping could have plane order announcements planned when he tours Boeing’s Everett plant Wednesday. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer

SEATTLE — When China’s President Xi Jinping’s 747 touches down next week at Paine Field, he could have airplane order announcements in his luggage. Similarly, when he tours the adjacent Boeing Co. Everett plant, the aerospace company could announce plans to build a new 737 delivery center in China.

China is fast becoming the world’s biggest buyer of commercial airplanes and is expected to overtake the U.S. airliner market by 2030, said Randy Tinseth, Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ vice president for marketing. “The competition is intense, and it’s only going to get more intense,” he said. En route to a high-profile D.C. visit, Xi will arrive in the Seattle area Tuesday and tour the Everett plant Wednesday. On hand

will be Boeing Chairman Jim McNerney, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg and Ray Conner, the president of Chinese President Xi Renton-based Jinping Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We’re honored that President Xi will see our factory and meet the Boeing employees who worked to deliver a record 155 airplanes to China last year,” McNerney said in a news release.

So far this year, about a quarter of all Boeing airplane deliveries have been to Chinese airlines. The country is expected to need 6,330 new airplanes, worth an estimated $950 billion, over the next 30 years, according to Boeing. Selling in China requires balancing collaboration and competition, Tinseth said. “They want you to invest. They want you to help develop their industry as you move forward,” Tinseth said Wednesday after a panel discussion about China See VISIT, Page A8

Casting a wide net

EvCC to offer tuition waivers Qualified low-income students from around Snohomish County can apply to earn College in the High School credits for free. By Kari Bray Herald Writer

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Zach Richter, 23, of Snohomish, launches his fishing boat at Cady Landing in the old part of Snohomish. He said, “I’m going to go try to catch some silvers or humpies. I don’t really care. It’s just a nice day to get out.”

EVERETT — Acing the class isn’t enough. Students in College in the High School programs can earn college credits, but $210 per five-credit class is more than some can afford. In Everett Public Schools, nearly a third of students who take College in the High School courses never get the credits, according to Everett Community College. A new financial aid program aims to change that. The college’s board of trustees on Tuesday voted to direct $300,000 from reserve funds toward a tuition waiver program for low-income students around Snohomish County. Highschoolers who qualify for free and reduced lunches can apply to earn College in the High School credits for free. The new program starts Oct. 1 and is expected to cover tuition for at least 1,350 classes during the first year. It includes 18 high schools in the county. Among them are Snohomish, Arlington, Lake Stevens, Granite Falls and several Everett and Marysville high schools. College in the High School instructors are high school teachers who are trained and certified through the program. “Students can get those credits without leaving their friends and those social aspects of high school that they value,” said Bob Bolerjack, chairman of the college’s board of trustees. See WAIVERS, Page A2

Marysville City Council bans vaping in public parks MARYSVILLE — As of Sept. 24, vaping will no longer be permitted in city parks. The Marysville City Council on Monday passed an ordinance

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harmful chemicals into the air. The ordinance, said Mayor Jon Nehring, was a logical progression from the current ordinance banning cigarette smoking. “We have had a number of complaints” about vaping in the parks, Nehring said.

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As public gathering places, the parks should be free of health hazards, he said. “If people are gathering for a movie or concert they’d rather not be exposed to it,” Nehring said. Vaping will be a civil infraction and, as with smoking, can be met

because his name is Ahmed Mohamed (Page A6). Budding scientist Ahmed just got a lesson in a law of nature, courtesy of officialdom in Irving, Texas: You can’t fix stupid. Guaranteed two-day shipping on birdcage liner: Amazon Prime members now will have six months

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of free online access to The Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (Page A7). As part of the deal, the Post newspaper will be used as packing material for all Amazon Prime shipments. Mr. Creosote will be first in line: Olive Garden is bringing back its neverShort Takes . . .D6 Sports . . . . . . . C1

with a $150 fine. Signs informing the users of the new rule will soon be installed. The council approved the ordinance unanimously. Chris Winters: 425-374-4165; cwinters@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @Chris_At_Herald.

ending pasta pass, in which folks shell out $100 for the right to shovel Olive Garden grub into their gobs for six months (Page A7). The pass covers noodles, bread sticks and soda. Not included are barf bags, diabetes screenings and elastic waistbands. — Mark Carlson and Jon Bauer, Herald staff

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