Everett Daily Herald, November 12, 2015

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PUD power project delayed WSU See PUD, Page A2

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The university has asked lawmakers for $832,000 in state funds to launch four agriculture-related programs like those at its main campus.

Diwali celebration especially resonant after earlier hate crime

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By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer

EVERETT — An experimental project that spurred a whistleblower complaint at the Snohomish PUD is running and churning out data for more

research and development work. The PUD hopes the project can help the utility drive down the cost of its power grid and make greater use of wind power. However, the energy storage system and its huge battery is still missing a critical piece of software.

That software, which allows for remote control and greater flexibility in using the battery, is ready to be installed once the Snohomish County Public Utility District is finished upgrading the system it uses to control its grid, said Dave Kaplan, CEO of 1Energy Systems, which developed the software for the PUD. That could happen as soon as next month, he said.

The delay was because of a disagreement between the PUD and Seattle-based 1Energy Systems over whether the software was to be developed for the first energy storage system project, called MESA 1, or for a related project to develop a control system for managing multiple energy storage systems

not to press charges, said Nitya Niranjan, the chairman of the temple’s board of directors. “Someone didn’t do a good job of raising this kid,” Niranjan said. Niranjan said he since has spoken to one of the youths, and even talked about the possibility of the boy doing volunteer work at the temple. “We want him to understand us,” he said. Spreading understanding is part of the temple’s mission, Niranjan added.

OLYMPIA — Washington State University wants to expand its offerings in Everett if the governor and state lawmakers will provide the money. Officials are seeking $832,000 in state funds to launch four agriculture-related degree programs at WSU North Puget Sound headquartered on the campus of Everett Community College. The request went to Gov. Jay Inslee last month who will consider including it in his 2016 supplemental budget proposal due out in December. WSU also will need lawmakers’ support next year. For WSU, this is a chance to provide research and training opportunities long available to the agricultural community east of the Cascades. “People know WSU supports the production of agriculture in Eastern Washington,” said Chris Mulick, director of state relations for WSU. “We haven’t done quite as much in Western Washington for small independent farms and those farming on smaller plots of land.” If funding comes through, the university intends in 2017 to bring its renowned Organic Agriculture Systems degree program to Everett. Now offered on WSU’s main campus in Pullman, it would give students instruction in all aspects of organic food production. Also in 2017, WSU would provide a degree in agriculture and food security. In this program, students would be studying ways of protecting crops from pests, diseases and other external influences that are not harmful to the health of humans or the environment. Faculty from WSU extension centers in Mount Vernon and Puyallup would be involved in these programs, Mulick said. Two other two degree offerings — sustainable food systems and urban horticulture — would be phased in later, according to materials submitted to the governor.

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Vasudava Ravuru (right) offers blessings to attendants of a Diwali celebration at Bothell’s Hindu Temple and Cultural Center on Tuesday. The holiday, marked each year on a day with no moon, calls for Hindus to reflect back and be thankful for their well-being.

The highlight of Diwali is the lighting of small clay lamps, called diyas, and a fireworks display. This actually occurs on the third day of the five-day Diwali festival. The third day, which corresponds to the new moon, is called Lakshmi Puja after the goddess of prosperity.

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BOTHELL — Hundreds of devotees lined up Thursday at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. Diwali, which occurs on the new moon in the Hindu month of Kartika (usually mid-October to mid-November), is one of the major holidays of the faith, symbolizing both a rebirth as well as the triumph of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. That’s an especially resonant theme this year. In February, the temple and nearby Skyview

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the crime. All three eventually pleaded guilty. The temple, which operates as a largely volunteer-run nonprofit organization, elected

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in the U.S., Miller could sell its American holdings to Molson Coors (Page A7). Can we just cut to the chase and have Amazon buy them all up? And then pour us a Scuttlebutt. Look, Ma! No hands: Broadway has honored Michael Flatley, the choreographer of the Irish stepShort Takes . . .D6 Sports . . . . . . . C1

dance shows “Riverdance” and “Lord of the Dance,” by renaming a section of 42nd Street as “Flatley Way” during the run of his latest show (Page D6). Sadly, the ceremony turned awkward. When dignitaries went to shake Flatley’s hand, out of habit, he kept his arms at his side.

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