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‘Aggressive panhandling’ banned Critics say Everett’s controversial new ordinance is punishment that does nothing to address the root issue. By Chris Winters Herald Writer
EVERETT — The City Council passed a controversial ordinance against panhandling Wednesday
that has drawn the attention of activists on behalf of neighborhoods and the homeless. The vote was 4-2, and came before a packed crowd that included vociferous testimony
from the public. The ordinance amends current city code to classify “aggressive panhandling” as a misdemeanor punishable by jail or a fine. That’s the clause that’s drawn the most criticism from residents and activists. Other sections of the ordinance will instruct the police to work with
property owners so they can know their rights as far as prohibiting begging on their property, and put into place a public outreach campaign to discourage people from giving money to panhandlers and instead encourage donations to specified agencies that provide social services for the homeless. Jason Mohn, pastor at First
Covenant Church of Everett, commented that by focusing on enforcement, the council wasn’t looking “upstream” to find and address the root of the problem of homelessness. “Where are all these people with needs coming from?” Mohn said. See BAN, Page A8
Looking for a second life Laser Volunteers hope to resurrect old barn that became a memorial
burns ferry captain Investigators are trying to find out what happened and what charges should be filed against the man accused of aiming the device. By Rikki King and Jerry Cornfield Herald Writers
chipping paint but smooth to the touch along the lines of stark blue letters. Anthony’s name is here, too: “RIP Anthony I Love You.” Some large parts of the barn remain in a farmer’s field. The farmer wasn’t always keen on having his barn vandalized by high-schoolers but over time it became tradition. When space ran out, teens painted over past designs. In recent years, the barn had been decorated with the names of a mother lost to cancer, teens killed in car accidents and a 7-year-old accidently shot by her younger brother, among others.
MUKILTEO — A man could face criminal charges after he allegedly aimed a high-powered laser into the eyes of a ferry captain and a chief mate last week. One of the men suffered a damaged retina and a third-degree burn to the eyelid, said Sgt. Christina Martin with the Washington State Patrol. Investigators are talking with prosecutors to determine what charges might be appropriate and in which county they will be filed, she said. The man, described as being in his mid-20s, has not been arrested. The U.S. Coast Guard also is looking into the case. “This is the first time we’ve dealt with something like this with the ferry system,” Martin said. The injured crewmen did not have to go to the hospital, but they will need medical followup, Martin said. The men were in separate wheelhouses when they were apparently targeted. The incident happened just after 8:30 p.m. Oct. 22 on the regular run between Mukilteo and Clinton. The suspect was on the car deck of the Kitsap, which was headed to Mukilteo, Martin said. They were on the Tokitae, which was passing the other ferry on its way to Clinton.
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You just want to know your child’s life mattered. To see all of these kids come together meant so much. — Kristy Comstock, who lost her son in a car accident in 2013
before it was taken down in November 2013. Megan Dascher Watkins, a local mother of three, bought the barn and had it taken apart by a preservation expert to save the pieces. She hopes to turn them into an open sculpture where teens can continue painting the old wood, covered with the memories and
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STANWOOD — Kristy Comstock has the barn doors on display in her backyard. They say “RIP Anthony Comstock” and were painted in memory of her 16-year-old son, who died in a car accident on Pioneer Highway in July 2013. Friends and classmates painted the doors when they still were attached to an old barn along Marine Drive. For decades, local teens painted the barn with messages, class colors and, when they lost someone, names and notes of love and grief. Anthony’s name was one of the last painted on the barn
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emotions of generations. Now two years on, Watkins says the project is more complicated than she expected but she and others in the Stanwood Memorial Barn Resurrection group continue their work. Pieces of the barn are propped against the back of a shed at Watkins’ house, layered with
Casting judgment Bewitched, bothered and bewildered: A judge in Salem, Massachusetts, has granted a protective order sought by a witch against a warlock. Former business partners, the pair are now rivals. The witch claimed she was harassed over the phone and on social media Dear Abby. . . .D5 Horoscope . . . B4
for the past three years by the warlock (Page A2). “She turned me into a newt,” said the warlock in his defense. “I got better.” How much for the raspberry beret? Prince, the artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, has opened his Minnesota home to fans to listen
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to the pop star perform and tour his Paisley Park Studios. Prince, known for valuing his privacy, hasn’t explained the new openness, but he is charging $40 for the tours and selling T-shirts and CDs (Page D6). In other words, Prince is partying like it’s $39.99. Don’t know much about Short Takes . . .D6 Sports . . . . . . . C1
history: On this day in 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, the English poet and military adventurer who popularized tobacco, was executed in London for treason (Today in History, Page D6). To save money, after he was cremated his remains were kept in a Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco tin.
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Megan Dascher Watkins talks about the first name she painted on an old barn, that of Ellen Floyd, a girl she did not know. She saved parts of the barn, used to memorialize local deaths, and keeps them behind a building at her home in Stanwood. The barn outside of Stanwood, which served as an impromptu memorial for years, was disassembled Nov. 12, 2013. When the barn came down she decided to preserve the legacy of years of names.
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