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Development plan fought Those who live near the site outside Mill Creek say the subdivision would lower property values and increase traffic. By Amy Nile Herald Writer
MILL CREEK — Neighbors here are fighting a proposed housing development set to be
built just south of the city limits. Kirkland-based Westcott Homes wants to build 149 townhouses on 14 acres along old Seattle Hill Road. The proposed site is just off the
Bothell-Everett Highway, south of 164th Street SE. It is part of an unincorporated part of Snohomish County between Mill Creek and Bothell. Some who live near the Mill Creek Country Club golf course don’t want the site to be developed. But Snohomish County
Planning Department Supervisor Michael Dobesh said the land is in the county’s southwest urban growth area. It’s designated for high-density residential use to accommodate the county’s growing population, which is expected to swell by See PLAN, Page A2
He’s quickest on the draw ‘Tank’ Dorman, 11, recently won a Fastest Gun Alive championship
School bond to go on ballot Lake Stevens voters will decide if they want to fund a $116 million proposal to build a new elementary school and other projects. By Kari Bray Herald Writer
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Anthony “Tank” Dorman, 11, clearly beats his sister, Macayla, aka Shotgun Diva, 14, to the draw in the family’s back yard shooting area. The 11-yearold won the 2015 Fastest Gun Alive World Champion title in the overall youth category at the Cowboy Fast Draw Association’s championship event Oct. 1-4 in Fallon, Nevada. Anthony’s gun belt is held together by a special buckle (below), signifying he is the 2015 Billy The Kid Champion.
sixth-grader at Cathcart Elementary School. His whole family takes part in the sport of Cowboy Fast Draw. When they compete, dressed headto-toe in western regalia, they all look like they just sauntered out of the Old West. Monty and Brooke Dorman and their children, Anthony and 14-yearold Macayla, participate in Cowboy Fast Draw Association competitions around the country. Anthony is the reigning shooter in his age group.
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SNOHOMISH — Anthony “Tank” Dorman is a quiet guy with cowboy cool. He leans back with an expert stance and stares down a target. In the blink of an eye — the instant a signal light on that target comes on — he pulls a single action Colt .45 western style six-shooter from his holster. He cocks the hammer and fires. The kid is dead-on accurate. Anthony is an 11-year-old
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Black & Blue Friday Here, I made hot chocolate on my camp stove: Retail exports say outdoor supplier REI isn’t really taking a great risk by closing on Black Friday (Page A9). Its customers shop elsewhere that day. They’ll be the ones running ahead of slower shoppers, rappelling Dear Abby. . . .D5 Horoscope . . . B4
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from the rafters of big-box stores and setting up camp the night before. Pea soup, anyone? Destination America network’s “Exorcism: Live!,” promises an attempt to rid a home of malevolent spirits. As proof of its haunting, a psychic on the show said a picture of Pope Francis was ripped
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from his hands during a visit (Page D6). Well, we’re convinced. Oh, no, not about whether ghosts are real. Just that the pope is so popular, you have to nail down any keepsakes with Francis’ likeness. Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1938, the radio play “The Sports . . . . . . . C1 Stocks . . . . . .A10
War of the Worlds,” starring Orson Welles, was broadcast, causing some to believe the world was being attacked by Martians (Today in History, Page D6). Of course, our society is much too sophisticated now to panic over something like alien beings, haunted houses or a Trump presidency. —Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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By Julie Muhlstein
LAKE STEVENS — The School Board has decided to ask voters for a $116 million bond to build a new elementary school and early learning center, among a number of other projects. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to put the measure on the ballot for Feb. 9. The estimated cost to taxpayers of the 20-year bond would be $1.21 per $1,000 assessed property value. That’s about $363 per year on a $300,000 home. The biggest piece of the proposal is building a new elementary school, early learning center and several new buildings at Lake Stevens High School. The high school would get additional special education, music and athletic space along with updates to the swimming pool, restrooms, parking lot and bus area. The elementary school and early learning center would share a new campus on a 38-acre property owned by the district between Soper Hill Road and Lake Drive, east of Highway 9. If voters approve the bond, construction would start in 2016 and the new elementary and early learning center could open in fall 2017. A committee would be formed before then to redo boundaries for the service areas of Lake Stevens elementary schools. Construction at the high school would take place in phases to be less disruptive during school days, according to the district. That part of the project likely would take longer than the elementary campus. The $116 million sum also includes money to upgrade safety equipment and other systems around the district. Video surveillance, intercoms and door controls would be updated, heating and ventilation systems replaced, and roofs and tracks rebuilt. School officials expect to offset some of the costs with up to $30 million in state money.
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