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Incentives keep paying off for Boeing The company avoided paying nearly $20M in state sales taxes last year.

of the overall savings Boeing had in 2014 due to state aerospace tax incentives. In all, the industry was projected to save $182.4 billion that year, according to an analysis made two years ago

by Washington’s Department of Revenue.

It is not possible to say how much the tax incentives hurt or benefit taxpayers, though. How much businesses benefit from most state tax incentives is not publicly disclosed.

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By Dan Catchpole and Associated Press Herald Writer

EVERETT — The Boeing Co. saved $20 million on its state tax bill last year for starting construction on new buildings for its 777X jetliner in Everett.

That money is just a small slice

sales tax savings for building construction — $19,586,512 — is due to a tax-transparency provision passed in 2013. During a special session late that year, lawmakers extended and expanded aerospace tax incentives as part of Olympia’s effort to convince Boeing to assemble the 777X here.

The projected value of the savings — $8.7 billion over a 16-year period that begins in 2024 — makes it the biggest state tax break in the nation’s history.

The amount of sales tax savings was disclosed to The Seattle Times by the Department of Revenue after a public-records request and appeal. The department did not respond to The Herald’s requests for comment on Monday.

The tax-transparency provision, championed by state Rep. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, requires tax savings claimed by individual businesses to be made public within two years for any new or expanded tax break

passed by lawmakers.

“It’s the beginning of a new era in opening the books,” Carlyle said.

Previously, taxpayer confidentiality laws have, with few exceptions, shielded disclosure of tax-break benefits enjoyed by companies. Instead, such information has been largely limited to estimates of how the tax breaks apply to broad categories of industry.

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Storm extends school year

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Some districts are seeking a waiver from the state, rather than adding a day, to make up for closing after winds cut power and downed trees.

By Rikki King Herald Writer

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Festival of Trees decorator Lisa Phelps wraps lights around a giant teddy bear Monday for the “Christmas at the Zoo“ display as she and others put finishing touches on trees that will be featured at the four-day event at Tulalip Resort Casino. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Providence General Foundation and supports Providence children‘s programs.

Providence General Foundation fundraiser supports children’s programs

By Julie Muhlstein Herald Writer

TULALIP — It began 30 years ago, a festive family event in Floral Hall at Everett’s Forest Park.

The Providence General Foundation’s annual Festival of Trees, which starts Tuesday with an opening-night party, has grown from a fun time with cookies and Christmas trees into a glittering four-day celebration.

This year’s Festival of Trees is being held in the Tulalip Resort Casino’s Orca Ballroom. On Monday, teams of tree designers and volunteers were putting finishing touches on 16 creatively

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Most trees will be sold to the highest bidders at a live auction, part of Friday night’s gala dinner. After the festival two big trees covered with toys will go to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett’s emergency department and to the hospital’s Children’s Center.

All festival proceeds will support children’s services at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

“It’s just a really fun thing to do, and it benefits the foundation,” said Marsha Lyski, a tree designer whose candy-themed creation is called “Sweet Celebrations.”

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Whether it’s a black-tie evening with a three-course dinner or a free afternoon with cook cookies and Santa, the festival’s four events offer holiday fun for all kinds of crowds. The events include Tuesday night’s kickoff party, a free community open house Wednesday afternoon, the elegant gala dinner and live auction Friday, and a Teddy Bear Breakfast on Saturday morning.

Lori Kloes, the Providence General Foundation’s chief development officer, said the festival was started in 1986 by the Providence Hospital Foundation. That first event at Forest Park came nearly a decade

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“A core group of volunteers helped kick things off,” said Kloes. “As more and more people got involved, different events were added during the week.

Once those beautiful trees were decorated, it was nice that more people could see them.”

Since its start, the Festival of Trees has raised about $8 million, Kloes said. Last year’s proceeds supported the Providence Autism Center. In other years, Kloes said, money raised

EVERETT — The Nov. 17 windstorm and subsequent power outages led to schools around Snohomish County cutting classes short or closing altogether.

It was a safety decision, whether it was power outages in classrooms or roads blocked by fallen trees and downed power lines.

Now, some school districts that closed must add a day of classes at the end of the school year.

At least two districts, Edmonds and Stanwood-Camano, are asking the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for waivers, as they closed some, but not all, of their campuses.

The storm swept through the Pacific Northwest, leaving roughly half of Snohomish County without power. Flooding also caused problems in areas such as Stanwood, Sultan and Index.

Make-up days often are required for districts to meet the mandated 180 days per school year. In some places, make-up day policies also are governed in part by teacher contracts. No statewide tallies for school closures were available last week.

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You’d still have to tip: Although the Federal Aviation Administration has yet to sign off, Amazon is providing details on how its drone delivery service would work. Drones weighing about 55 pounds and flying below 400 feet would deliver packages up to 5 pounds in 30 minutes or less (Page A10).

Amazon drones can’t do better than 30 minutes? If that’s the case, why doesn’t Amazon just contract with Domino’s Pizza?

Was Mr. Yuk already busy? New York City is launching a new nutritional warning at chain restaurants, requiring menus to display a

special symbol next to highly salty dishes, those that top the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams, about a teaspoon (Page A9).

After toying with a few different options for a fitting symbol, New York City health officials settled on a line drawing of Guy Fieri’s spiky hair and goatee.

And the pizza’s cold: A record Cyber Monday, with sales topping $3 billion, was expected to make up for Black Friday numbers that were down from previous years (Page A10).

But we’ll bet shoppers will be back in stores after Amazon’s Domino drones deliver that sweater for your aunt with extra anchovies.

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Under the transparency law for new tax breaks, company-specific disclosure will be the rule, instead of the exception.

That means Boeing will be far from alone in seeing its precise benefits revealed.

In coming years, tax savings claimed by aluminum smelters, farms, data centers and newspapers will be made public.

Smaller Boeing aerospace suppliers benefiting from the 2013 tax package also will be subject to disclosure.

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for the state and communities,” he said.

According to the state’s own projections, the tax incentives are expected to generate more than $21.3 billion in state and local tax revenue over 16 years, he said.

Of course, most people here don’t know how much Boeing pays in state taxes.

As the incoming head of the House Appropriations Committee, state Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish, is one of about 45 lawmakers who will be able find out during the next session.

He has not seen any of that information yet, and after he does he is not allowed to share it, he said.

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interpretation, some of that package’s incentives will not have to be disclosed until 2016, when they technically go into effect.

As the state’s biggest private employer, Boeing will greatly benefit from the tax breaks. In 2012, for example, it provided just over three of every four jobs directly tied to aerospace manufacturing in the state, according to a state-commissioned study.

That same year, Boeing accounted for 95 percent of the aerospace industry’s $51.2 billion sales revenue, according to the study.

At the same time, the Chicago-based company is still the state’s largest taxpayer, Boeing spokesman Paul Bergman said.

“The bottom line is that (the tax incentives are) generating a lot of money

NEW YORK — Are the brains of men and women truly different? Not if you look at the overall structure, a new study says.

While specific parts show sex differences, an individual brain only rarely has all “male” traits or all “female” traits, researchers report.

It’s more likely to be a mixed bag: some things are more common in women, some more common in men, and some are common in both.

That argues against the idea that brains can be divided into two sexbased categories, Daphna Joel of Tel-Aviv University and co-authors conclude.

They published their work in a paper released Monday by the Proceedings of

the National Academy of Sciences.

They used MRI scans of more than 1,400 brains, focusing on anatomy rather than how brains work. They scored variable traits like tissue thickness or volume in different parts of the brain. They focused on traits that showed the biggest sex differences, dividing the scores into a predominantly male zone, a predominantly female zone, and an intermediate range.

The key question: How often did a brain end up in just one of those three?

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The researchers also used a similar approach to analyze psychological and behavioral scores from two prior studies that covered more than 5,000 participants, and again got similar results.

Overall, the results show “human brains do not belong to one of two distinct categories,” male and female, the researchers concluded.

Larry Cahill, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine, who didn’t participate in the study, said he agreed that brains contain varying mixtures of male and female anatomical traits.

But that doesn’t rule out differences in how the brains of the two sexes work, he said.

education, while voters have passed initiatives limiting its taxing ability, he said.

Boeing “benefits by being here, and we benefit from them being here,” Dunshee said.

Without knowing how much companies save on state taxes, “you can’t” do a cost-benefit analysis of tax incentives for any company, he said. The average taxpayer would be aghast at how much companies save on taxes, versus what the state gets in return, Dunshee said.

Some legislators, including Everett’s Rep. June Robinson, are expected to push in the upcoming legislative session a bill to tie the aerospace tax breaks to job numbers. Similar efforts stalled in previous sessions.

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Boy, 15, accused of shooting brother, 11

By Diana Hefley Herald Writer

EVERETT — A 15-year-old boy accused of shooting his 11-yearold brother in the face Sunday told police he bought the handgun after being shot in August.

Snohomish County sheriff’s detectives recovered the .38-caliber revolver at the scene. They

continue to investigate whether the boy’s parents knew he had the weapon.

The teen made a brief appearance Monday morning in juvenile court. Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Randy Yates told the judge that the boy mishandled the firearm. The judge found probable cause to hold the teen for investigation of reckless endangerment

and unlawful gun possession, a felony. He was ordered held on $5,000 cash-only bail.

Prosecutors have until Wednesday to file charges.

His brother was in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He is expected to recover, a hospital spokeswoman said. The shooting was reported about 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the

12400 block of Admiralty Way. Deputies initially were told the shooter fled but later determined that the victim’s older brother allegedly pulled the trigger.

He was booked into the Denney Juvenile Justice Center. He told detectives he purchased the revolver from an acquaintance a few months after he was hit by gunfire in a drive-by shooting.

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Police suspected that a simmering gang rivalry was behind the violence in August.

An 18-year-old man allegedly fired a military-style rifle at a pickup truck with four people inside, including the 15-year-old.

The shooting happened in the busy intersection of 112th Street See SHOOTING, Page A4

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Isabeau Prettyman, 8, of Marysville, organizes donations on an Everett Transit bus used for the annual Stuff a Bus Food and Toy Charity drive at Fred Meyer in Everett on Saturday. Volunteers will be accepting donations of new toys and nonperishable food items at the Fred Meyer stores on the BothellEverett Highway and in Monroe on Saturday, Sunday, Dec. 12, and Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Annual food and toy drive still looking for volunteers at Monroe site

By Kari Bray Herald Writer

EVERETT — Shopping carts and bus seats started to fill up with donations this weekend for the 12th annual Stuff a Bus campaign.

The food and toy drive continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday until Dec. 13. Volunteers collect nonperishable food, money and toys outside the doors of the Fred Meyer stores at 12906 BothellEverett Highway in Mill Creek and 18805 Highway 2 in Monroe.

Everett Transit employees and Volunteers of America work together on the drive. This year, the Monroe Fred Meyer was added as a second location in hopes of continuing the success they’ve seen at the Mill Creek store.

Less than an hour into the drive Saturday morning, donors were loading items into a shopping cart stationed next to Bus No. 21 at the Mill Creek Fred Meyer. There was a box of Raisin Bran cereal, three cans of whole

Donations are piled in a seat on an Everett Transit bus outside Fred Meyer.

kernel corn, a bright yellow box of Curious George gummy snacks and a football. Several shoppers chose to make donations by cash or check.

Volunteers passed out small green flyers to people as they headed into the store so they knew what was needed. Diapers, baby formula and new, nonviolent themed gifts, especially for teen boys, are a few key items organizers look for every year. Teens are harder to find gifts for than younger children, so gift cards are a big help, said Katie Prettyman, senior director of volunteer engagement for Volunteers of America Western Washington.

The list includes cereal, crackers, rice, pasta and sauces and canned foods. Among the gift ideas are slippers, gloves, art supplies, sport balls, baby dolls and board games.

Yevonne Park, 15, volunteered Saturday morning with other students from the National Honor Society at Jackson High See BUS, Page A4

Man arrested for passing bogus checks worth $50,000

By Eric Stevick Herald Writer

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EVERETT — Police in Everett believe they have caught up with a prolific identity thief.

Jaime Dinkins, 39, was arrested for investigation of forgery, theft and identity theft.

He’s accused of passing at least 74 bogus checks worth more than $50,000 in Snohomish County.

Dinkins is believed to be part of a stolen mail and counterfeit check cashing ring with multiple agencies investigating him, according to court papers.

The suspects allegedly created counterfeit checks using 19 different bank routing and account numbers. Police had encountered Dinkins in the past. He has 10 felonies, prosecutors said Monday. He also was investigated in 2011 as a suspect in a

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counterfeit check cashing ring.

A detective with the Everett Police Department wrote in a report that she, as well as other detectives from outside agencies, recognized him from surveillance videos.

In Marysville, he’s suspected of passing what appeared to be Marysville School District checks.

In Everett, a forgery victim told police he hadn’t written a

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check in five years, only to have several cashed in his name in September. Police allege that Dinkins presented identification in the victim’s name at a Fred Meyer store.

A woman in Lake Stevens reported her mail had been stolen in May and she, too, had multiple checks written on her account.

A judge on Monday set bail at $25,000.

annual holiday party will include a fundraiser this year, a live auction and a one-hour live comedy show by Brad Upton. The event will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at the Tulalip Resort Casino. To reserve seats, send an email to maryjane@marysvilletulalipchamber.com.

Parks board member sought: The city of Mukilteo is seeking

EVERETT — The Snohomish County Council on Monday approved a contract for the county jail to house inmates from Seattle.

The contract includes changes recommended by Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson.

The mayor made clear last week that he was worried about the jail potentially releasing Seattle inmates in downtown Everett, compounding the city’s ongoing struggle with homelessness.

At the same time, the contract means an estimated $3 million in annual revenue for the sheriff’s office, which runs the jail. The sheriff’s office has come in nearly $2 million over budget for 2015, most of it related to corrections and labor costs, some of which were unanticipated. The County Council on Monday agreed to cover the gap from reserves within the general fund.

Under the new jail contract with Seattle, the county will host inmates serving time for misdemeanor convictions. That rules out inmates facing felony charges and those with pending court cases.

The county’s motion approved Monday says: “The sheriff’s office has taken steps to lessen the likelihood that contract inmates will end up homeless within Snohomish County.”

The sheriff agreed to “take all legal measures necessary” to return Seattle inmates to Seattle, and to meet with Everett leaders in 90 days to review how it’s going.

Earlier plans called for the county to make up to five trips to Seattle each week returning released prisoners, and if that didn’t work, some inmates would be given bus vouchers.

After 90 days, the county and the city of Everett plan to prepare a formal agreement on release practices.

Stephanson attended the County Council meeting and spoke in support of that added language, some of which came from the city’s Streets Initiatives Task Force.

“We wanted something clearer,” city spokeswoman Meghan Pembroke said Monday.

Returning inmates to their city of arrest is “critically important to this community,” Stephanson said

someone to serve on the Parks and Arts Commission. Applications are being accepted until Dec. 16 and are available online. Interviews are planned in January.

Comissioners serve six-year terms and meet one Thursday a month. They advise the mayor and the City Council on issues related to parks and the arts.

More info: 425-263-8180.

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Woman struck by car on Highway 99 in Edmonds Herald staff EDMONDS — A 49-year-old woman was seriously hurt Sunday night when she was struck by a car.

Investigators believe she had been parked nearby, drove onto Highway 99, and stopped to clear her windshield, possibly of ice. She was standing near her car in the area of the center turn lane when she was struck.

It happened about 8:30 p.m. near the highway’s intersection with 236th Street SW, according to the Edmonds Police Department.

The driver sped off, continuing southbound.

The woman, who

suffered head injuries, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She was in serious condition Monday. Her daughter, who was in her car, was unhurt.

Detectives were on scene for hours, and they collected at least two pieces from the hitand-run driver’s car that had been knocked off. It is believed to be a black Dodge Charger, likely from 2006 to 2010.

The car likely has significant damage to the driver’s side fender, grill and headlight.

Anyone with information is asked to call 425-771-0212 or go to epdtips.edmondswa.gov.

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School. Community service is a requirement for staying in honor society, but she also enjoys helping with food drives throughout the year and decided she wanted to help with a toy drive, too.

She stood near the doors at the Mill Creek Fred Meyer, smiling while she passed out flyers.

“I feel like we’re going to be really successful,” she said. “I know they were really successful last year so hopefully we can go over

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in a prepared statement.

The jail and its booking policies have been a touchy subject in Everett, where Sheriff Ty Trenary has led a number of corrections reforms in recent years after overcrowding and insufficient medical

the people in the pickup truck had been looking for the shooter in hopes of beating him up in retaliation for some past offenses, according to court documents.

They ended up next to him at a stoplight. Juan Beteran

Monrroy allegedly placed the rifle on top of his car and pointed it at the victims.

They threw a metal bat and a knife at him and then sped away. He gave chase and allegedly fired several rounds at the pickup truck.

Deputies found bullet holes in the pickup’s tailgate, back window and backseat.

The 15-year-old was struck in the armpit.

Diana Hefley: 425-3393463; hefley@heraldnet.com.

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what they got last year.”

In 2014, volunteers collected roughly $26,000 worth of gifts, Prettyman said. More than 5,700 pounds of food also were donated, according to a news release.

Volunteers have set an annual goal of filling a 35-foot Everett Transit bus.

The Stuff a Bus project appealed to Park because the toys, food and money go to families in Snohomish County.

“It’s heartwarming to have an event that helps people within our reach,” she said.

Shana Livingston, a 22-year-old Western

Washington University student, agreed that the power of Stuff a Bus is that it focuses close to home for Snohomish County families. She’s studying human services and interns with Volunteers of America.

She helps track information for families who are sponsored by donors for food and gifts during the holidays. Stuff a Bus donations go to families, seniors and adults with disabilities who are not among those sponsored.

“These toys go to those families who don’t have anyone to help them, so it’s a really good cause,” Livingston said. “It’s our

community helping each other. And it also helps people see outside of their world and step into other people’s shoes.”

Stuff a Bus is a popular event for volunteers and the shifts at the Mill Creek Fred Meyer are full, Prettyman said. However, more volunteers are needed at the Monroe Fred Meyer for the next two weekend and to help unload and organize donations on Mondays.

To sign up as a volunteer or learn more about Stuff a Bus, go to voaww.org/ special-event-groups.

Kari Bray: 425-339-3439; kbray@heraldnet.com.

care contributed to multiple inmate deaths.

Trenary also has pushed back against the long-standing police practice of using the jail to warehouse people living with mental illness and addiction. Under the new contract, the jail will reject Seattle inmates with expensive, high-liability issues, including those having withdrawals from drugs or alcohol.

As for the sheriff’s budget, many of the costs were anticipated but not funded, spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. The biggest piece of the nearly $2 million was about half a million dollars in benefits for corrections officers and $408,000 for overtime payments ordered in a 2011 labor settlement. The settlement dealt with how shift changes were covered and

compensated, Ireton said.

Most of the rest of the sum was related to overtime, labor contracts and “separation payouts” for retirements and resignations.

“This is not an overexpenditure,” Ireton said Monday. “These are items we were required to pay but were not funded.”

Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.

Burn ban lifted in county — but not Darrington Herald staff EVERETT — The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency lifted a burn ban for most of Snohomish County on Monday.

The exception was Darrington, where the burn ban was elevated to stage

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A weak front coming from the south was expected to reduce the amount of air pollution in the county.

Darrington often has more stagnant air, and the front is expected to arrive

late to the upper Stillaguamish River valley. A stage 2 burn ban means that no burning is allowed in any wood-burning fireplaces unless it is the building’s only source of heat. Even then, no visible smoke is permitted.

All outdoor burning is

prohibited under both stage 1 and 2 bans.

The current burn ban status can be found at pscleanair.org/burnban.

Darrington residents can also text “Darrington” to 313131 to receive text messages about the burn ban.

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Student arrested for making racial threats at WWU

By Donna Gordon Blankinship Associated Press

SEATTLE — Most, but not all, students returned to Western Washington University in Bellingham on Monday as police arrested a 19-year-old accused of making racial threats against black students and others on social media that shut down the campus last week.

Western Washington University police arrested the male student on campus and booked him into jail on suspicion of felony malicious harassment.

The student has been suspended and banned from campus pending the outcome of legal proceedings and the university’s

student conduct process, officials said in a news release.

At a public forum Monday about the racist remarks, one student said she had to force herself to come to the school to speak about the threats.

“Frankly, I’m exhausted.

This isn’t an ‘if’ but ‘when they come after you’ situation. I’m upset that Western let it get to this point,” said Lulu Sapigao, adding that students have been saying for a long time that they don’t feel safe on campus.

“I’m upset that we’re told to use the buddy system, and that’s the only way that we can maybe have safety.”

Administrators canceled classes last Tuesday, the day before the scheduled Thanksgiving break, after learning about the remarks

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he expects the people who posted the comments to likely say they were just trying to be funny and didn’t intend to hurt anybody.

“What we saw posted was merely a more public, and perhaps a bit more extreme, display of what our students of color experience daily,” Shepard said. “There is nothing funny here; these are forms of violence. It is why people understandably walk our campus in fear.”

The forum was the first step in a new campus “listening project” to address racial tensions on this usually quiet campus of about 15,000 students, nearly a quarter of whom are from minority groups.

Political science Professor Vernon Damani Johnson read a long statement on behalf of students whom he said are afraid to return to campus. It accuses the university of sacrificing the well-being and safety of a few students for the learning of the privileged minority.

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The university worked with Yik Yak, an anonymous social media platform popular among college students, to turn over the names of the commenters, who posted pictures of the student body president, a gun and references to lynching and nooses.

Officials said the student

arrested Monday has been linked to a threat posted on the social media platform and that university police are continuing to investigate.

The long stream of posts mentioned almost every ethnic group, including blacks, Muslims, Jews and American Indians, blaming them for an effort on campus to debate changing the university’s mascot, a Viking. The threats came days after several student leaders suggested that the mascot is racist.

Most of the online comments contained racist language and profanity, making fun of the mascot debate and the students who proposed it. One post called black students crying babies and another complimented the school for having an “overtly Aryan” mascot.

At the campus forum, university President Bruce Shepard expressed concern for the student leader targeted specifically. He said

SEATTLE — Washington state is struggling to meet all the requirements of a landmark lawsuit intended to improve foster-care services for children.

But even as lawmakers and the state Department of Social and Health Services struggle to find fixes for what’s known as the Braam lawsuit settlement, the state’s foster-care

system is experiencing a big reduction in foster homes.

The Seattle Times reported Monday that the state now has about 1,000 fewer licensed foster homes than it did in 2007.

Filed in 1998, the Braam lawsuit is named for plaintiff Jessica Braam, who was moved through 34 fostercare placements by the time the complaint was filed.

The state has met most of

the benchmarks to improve its foster-care system that came from a 2004 settlement of the lawsuit.

But seven have not been met as of September, and DSHS has recently slid backward on three of those: the average caseload being handled by social workers, and the goals of caregiver training and support provided to foster parents.

The number of licensed foster-care homes in Washington stood at 4,946 in October, down from 5,965 in 2007, according to state data.

Poorly served foster children can struggle in school, or can suffer from or develop mental-health or substance issues, and possibly wind up being incarcerated later in life, said Patrick Dowd, director of the state’s Office of the Family and Children’s Ombuds.

The Braam settlement required 90 percent of social workers to carry a caseload of no more than 18 children. But only 82 percent of social workers met that average in the first half of 2015 — down from 86 percent in the previous six-month reporting period.

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OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS

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Karen Baker-Falleen “MA Baker” (Simpson) May 15, 1941 – Nov. 11, 2015

Born in Idaho to Olen and Kristine Simpson, raised in Mukilteo, Washinton with her sister, Beryl. She lived her adult life in the Everett Marysville area raising her four kids. Karen loved Boating the Puget Sound with her husband, Norm and gardening in her back yard.

She was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed very quickly.

K a r e n w a s q u i t e unassuming, deplored judging others and was a gracious hostess with a heart of gold.

S h e l e a v e s b e h i n d husband, Norm; children, P a t r i c k , N e l l y, E d i t h a n d Kenny; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at St Hilda St Patrick Episcopal Church at 15224 52nd Ave W, Edmonds, WA on Saturday December 5, 2015, at 11:00.

In lieu of flowers the family requests you make a donation in Karen’s honor to a cancer charity of your choice.

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Richard A. Schaeffer Memorial services will be held December 4, 2015, in Mar ysville, Wash. for Richard A. Schaeffer, longtime area resident, who passed away November 24, 2015, at his Manson, Wash. home. He was 94.

Richard was born in Lang Lake, S.D. on Februar y 4, 1921, one of 15 children.

Af ter the Schaef fer family moved to the Bakersf ield area in California, Richard joined the Merchant Marines i n 1947. A ye a r l a te r, h e married Eleanor Horn of Everett, Wash. They moved to Marysville in 1956 where, years later, Eleanor died of a long illness.

In 1998, he married Marguerite Howell., at which time he gained a loving extended family of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren The couple m ove d to M a n s o n w h e r e they have resided until now.

Richard was employed by the telephone company for 28 years, retiring from GTE in 1983. A gentle soul with a g i f t o f h u m o r, R i c h a rd i s remembered by his fellow worker s and friends as a “gentle soul with an amazing gift of humor.”

He is survived by his wife, Marguerite; a sister, a loving extended family, and many beloved nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be h e l d a t 1 p . m . Fr i d ay, December 4, 2015, at the Schaefer-Shipman Funeral Home, 804 State St., Marysville, WA.

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HOROSCOPE Happy Birthday: Hard work, dedication and determination will be required if you are going to reach your goals. You’ll be led astray easily if you are hesitant or let outside influences interfere. Strive for perfection and implement improvements that will make your personal life better and your professional life less stressful.

Your numbers are 3, 14, 19, 28, 39, 41, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take on a new challenge or interest. Travel plans will give you an incentive to get things in order financially.

Update your personal documentation. Changing your look will turn out well, and romance is heating up. ★★★★★ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Broaden your outlook by engaging in events or taking courses that will expose you to different philosophies or ways of doing things. Socializing with people from different backgrounds will inspire you to embrace new beginnings. ★★ GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take on unreasonable responsibilities. You may want to help others, but you will end up being taken advantage of. Find out what’s expected of you before you take on other people’s problems.

Focus on home and family. ★★★★ CANCER (June 21-July 22): A heated argument with someone close to you will result in unwanted changes at home. Keep the peace until you have a better view of the situation.

Patience will be required. Protect against poor health or minor injury. ★★★ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your dramatic approach to life, love and bringing about positive changes will attract attention and enhance your reputation. Self-improvement projects will bring you that much closer to being your very best. Live, love and laugh. ★★★ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Problems will surface at home and in your personal relation-

Herbert Wesley Courtney Sr. 1919-2015

Herber t Wesley Cour tney Sr. passed peacefully in his sleep on November 23, 2 015 . H e wa s b o r n o n S e p t e m b e r 17 , 1 91 9 t o Randolph and Ida Courtney in Kinsale, Va. Herb ser ved in WWII as crew chief on B-17s. While at Boeing in Seattle, WA he met and married Olga Salvadalena. Together they raised six children in the S n o h o m i s h , Wa s h . a r e a .

Herb and Olga later lived in different areas in the state including Republic, Tonasket, Wenatchee, but ended up again in S n o h o m i s h . H e r b wa s a n exemplar y husband and father.

Herb was a member of The International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker s for 69 years. He enjoyed watching sports, especially baseball.

He always felt he could have had a career in baseball if the war hadn’t interfered. He was an avid golfer and always enjoyed a good game of cards. Up to the very end h e p l aye d a p o ke r g a m e weekly at the Sr. Center and often won the pot.

I n h i s l a te r y e a r s H e r b found new love and companionship in Barty Jean Pinkham. They were married for an adventure filled year before she passed away.

Herb was preceded in d e a t h b y h i s w i fe o f 6 4 years, Olga, his wife, Barty; two brothers and two sisters.

He leaves his children Ken (Sheri) Courtney of Saratoga, Calif., Jeanne (Jim) Connor of Republic, Deb (Phil) Anderson of Ocean Park, Wash., Teresa (Loren) Bogart of La Conner, Wash., Herb Courtney Jr. of Everett, Michael (Wanda) Courtney of South Carolina and sister, Annie Headley of Lottsburg, Va. as well as 20 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Viewing and Rosary will be T h u r s d ay, D e c e m b e r 3 , 2015, starting at 6:00 p.m. at Bauer Funeral Home, 701 1st St. in Snohomish.

Funeral services will be held F r i d a y, D e c e m b e r 4 , a t 11:00 a.m. at St Michael’s Catholic Church, 1512 Pine Ave. in Snohomish.

The family wishes to express special thanks to Country Care Adult Home for their loving care.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that you donate to the Snohomish Senior Center.

ships if you overreact or are uncertain about what you want or who you want to spend your time with. Do some soul-searching and make choices that will clear up a misunderstanding. ★★★ LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Check out what’s happening in your neighborhood or consider where you’d like to go on your next vacation.

Build friendships and join forces with people who share your interests and concerns. ★★★★ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put your brainpower to use when it comes to your work, reputation and getting ahead. Change can be good if you go about it the right way. Don’t stick to a format that doesn’t make good use of your abilities. ★★ SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your need for adventure and excitement will work against you. Indulgence will be at the root of a series of escalating problems. Take a moment to rethink your desires and reconstruct your game plan.

Make peace and love a priority. ★★★★★ CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look out for your interests. Expect to be called upon to deal with situations that are spinning out of control.

Stay calm and do what you can, but don’t get in so deep that you will regret offering to help. ★★★ AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share your emotions and discuss your plans with the ones you love. A change based on how you earn your living will be satisfying and could bring in more money to play with. A promise will lead to greater security. ★★★ PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Problems with partnerships will be apparent. Be careful how you word what you say or you will be misinterpreted. Proceed with caution when dealing with authority figures or institutions. Focus on creative endeavors and helping a cause you believe in. ★★★ Universal Uclick

The Edmonds School District, the biggest in Snohomish County, closed four of more than 30 schools, spokeswoman Debbie Jakala said. The school board last week decided to request a waiver from the state. If approved, that means no make-up day.

The Stanwood-Camano School District closed Elger Bay Elementary on Camano Island on Nov. 18 because there was no power.

Superintendent Jean Shumate sent the state her waiver request the next day.

School districts that plan to add a day in June, at the end of the school year, include Arlington, Everett, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Marysville and Northshore, which covers the greater Bothell area.

In Arlington, school buses couldn’t pick up students Nov. 18 due to “downed electrical wires, fallen trees and flooding,” spokeswoman Andrea Conley said.

Some Everett staffers

Storm information Those affected by the storm can report damage to Snohomish County online at snoco.org or by calling 425-388-5088.

In addition, the county Public Works Department has a voucher program for people to dispose of, for free, damaged household items and spoiled food from the storm.

The program runs through April 1 and applies only to homeowners, not businesses. Identification might be required, and restrictions apply. For more information about the waste vouchers, go to www.snoco.org/solidwaste or call 425-388-3425. could not drive to school Nov. 18, because roads were blocked, spokeswoman Mary Waggoner said. There were similar concerns for buses, and for kids walking to school.

The Lakewood School District has two make-up days built into the year, usually for snow, spokeswoman Robin Barker said.

“No decision has been made yet on the makeup day, but our calendar committee will be meeting to review options,” she said. “Most likely the day will be made up on Feb. 12, which is one of our snow make-up days.”

In Mukilteo, “the decision is not yet final, but the most likely scenario will be to add that day to the end of the school

year,” spokesman Andy Muntz said.

The Monroe district closed two schools that didn’t have power, spokeswoman Rosemary O’Neil said. The district doesn’t have to make up that time, she said. Other Monroe campuses had a two-hour late start.

The Snohomish district also opted for a late start.

Sultan changed some bus routes because of flooding but had no closures, Superintendent Dan Chaplik said.

In Darrington, classes were dismissed early Nov. 17 because of a power outage and resumed the next day.

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Festival of Trees decorators Debbie Finch (right) and Jan Jubie touch up their display, “Winter Wonderland,“ which will be featured at the Providence General Foundation’s Festival of Trees at the Tulalip Resort Casino.

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at the festival has benefited Camp Prov for children with developmental challenges, the hospital’s newborn intensive care unit and other children’s services.

At the gala, guests will be asked to support this year’s “fund-a-need” project, which is to build a cover for the playground and outdoor therapy area at the Providence Children’s Center. The playground includes a bridge, a small climbing wall, jungle gym and slide. “Think about a child in physical therapy. They best learn through playing,” Kloes said.

A day before the opening party, picture-perfect trees lit up the ballroom.

Some have playful or outdoorsy themes, others are stylish and sophisticated. All are created by designers supported by tree sponsors. Beyond that, the festival wouldn’t be possible without its major sponsors, among them the Tulalip Tribes, The Daily Herald, Sean and Lisa Kelly, Mary Jane Miller, K&H Integrated Print Solutions, Premera Blue Cross, Radia Inc., The Everett Clinic, Providence

Terry Earnheart (right) keeps an eye on a shaky Christmas tree Monday as he and Harv Jubie lift it onto a table.

Medical Group, Rodland Toyota/Scion, Roy Robinson Chevrolet, Subaru & RV Center, and Western Washington Medical Group.

Tree designers have spent months on their creations.

Lisa Votava and Wendy Fagan hand-painted pinecones and used melted crayons and India ink to color clear glass balls for their tree, “Radiant Rainbow.” A tree called “Winter Wonderland,” designed by Linda Jubie, Jan Jubie and Debbie Finch, brings the outside indoors with its acorn ornaments, woodland critters and moose-design lanterns.

Children unlucky enough to visit the Providence emergency room during the holidays will be cheered up by a stuffed

Festival of Trees The Festival of Trees, a Providence General Foundation fundraiser, supports children’s services at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. All events are held in the Tulalip Resort Casino’s Orca Ballroom, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd., Tulalip. They include: Tuesday: Opening nght, 6-9 p.m. Silent auction, dinner buffet, cash bar, live music. $60 per person. Tickets at the door or online.

Wednesday: Community open house, 1-6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

animal from “Christmas at the Zoo,” designed by Robin Schemkes and her team, and sponsored by the Botesch, Nash & Hall architectural firm.

Schemkes said her design includes more than 600 stuffed animals — tigers, pandas, monkeys, zebras — plus four raccoons she calls “bandits” that kids can find on the tree.

At the gala, event organizers will recognize all the people who have headed the festival over the past three decades, including the first chairman and chairwoman, Dick Morrison and Judy Oberg. “They can’t all attend, but we will acknowledge everyone. It wouldn’t have happened without them,” Kloes said.

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Music performances by local groups; free cocoa, coffee and cookies; photos with Santa.

Friday: Gala dinner and live auction, 6-10 p.m. Cocktail reception and hosted bar, silent wine auction, three-course dinner, live auction. (Black tie optional). $200 per person. Reservation needed.

Saturday: Teddy bear breakfast, 9-10:30 a.m. Breakfast, entertainment by Tim Noah, visit and photos with Santa, Teddy Bear store. $30 per person. Reservation needed.

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Help for an overheated planet

180 nations vow to cut, curb greenhouse-gas emissions at summit

By Karl Ritter and Sylvie Corbet Associated Press

LE BOURGET, France — With dramatic vows to save future generations from an overheated planet, the largest gathering ever of world leaders began two weeks of talks Monday aimed at producing the most far-reaching pact yet to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert environmental havoc.

“We should ask what will we say to our grandchildren if we fail,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said as the U.N. climate summit opened under heavy security on the outskirts of Paris, two weeks after the extremist attacks that left 130 people dead. “Instead of making excuses tomorrow, let’s take action today.”

Even before the gathering, more than 180 countries pledged to cut or curb their emissions, but scientific analyses show that much bigger reductions would be needed to limit man-made warming of the Earth to 2 degrees Centigrade (3.8 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial times, the internationally agreed-upon goal.

The biggest issue facing the 151 heads of state and government at the summit is who should bear most of the burden of closing that gap: wealthy Western nations that have polluted the most historically, or developing countries like China and India that are now the biggest and third-biggest emitters of greenhouse gases?

“Addressing climate change should not deny the legitimate needs of developing countries to reduce poverty and improve living standards,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the conference.

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President Barack Obama waits for his turn to speak during the COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, on Monday.

The last major climate agreement, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, required only rich countries to cut emissions, and the U.S. never signed on. Since then, global temperatures and sea levels have continued to rise, and the Earth has seen an extraordinary run of extreme weather, including severe droughts and storms.

This new round of talks seeks to produce an agreement that would require all countries, rich and poor, to take action.

While the specifics have yet to be worked out, the pact is meant to chart a path toward reduced reliance on coal, oil and gas and expanded use of renewable energy such as wind and solar power.

The negotiations will focus on whether emissions targets should be binding or voluntary and how to verify that countries are hitting their targets. Another big issue will be how to provide the finance and technology that developing countries will need to reduce their emissions and cope with the effects of rising seas, intensifying heat waves

and floods.

“The future of the people of the world, the future of our planet, is in your hands,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon told negotiators in his opening remarks. “We cannot afford indecision, half measures or merely gradual approaches. Our goal must be a transformation.”

China and India say they want the agreement to clearly reflect that industrialized nations bear the biggest responsibility for the problem.

President Barack Obama offered assurances that the U.S. isn’t trying to shirk its duty.

“I’ve come here personally, as the leader of the world’s largest economy and the second-largest emitter, to say that the United States of America not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it,” Obama told the conference.

Statistics since 1959 from the U.S. Department of Energy show the United States has been by far the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, the top

man-made greenhouse gas. It has released about 258 trillion tons of carbon dioxide over the past half-century, compared with China’s 158 trillion tons, the figures show.

China is catching up, though, and is now the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter, accounting for 28 percent of the world’s current emissions — twice as much as the United States. Beijing has pledged to put a ceiling on its emissions around 2030 as part of the latest negotiations.

Developing countries say they need financial support and technology to make the transition to cleaner energy.

On the bustling first day of the conference, a number of such initiatives were announced, including one backed by 19 governments and 28 leading global investors, including Bill Gates and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.

Their initiative would provide billions of dollars in investments to research and develop clean energy technology, with the ultimate goal of making it cheaper and more reliable.

Separately, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande unveiled an initiative to get rich and poor countries to cooperate on expanding solar power.

“It’s making the dream of universal access to clean energy become more real,” Modi said.

Many of the leaders said the world must keep the average temperature within 1 degree C (1.8 degrees F) of current levels — and, if possible, to half that, to spare island nations threatened by rising seas. The world has already warmed nearly 1 degree Celsius since the beginning of the industrial age.

Pope urges peace during mosque visit

By Nicole Winfield and Krista Larson Associated Press

BANGUI, Central African Republic — Pope Francis made a historic visit to the last remaining Muslim neighborhood in Central African Republic’s capital Monday, a move that almost immediately opened up a part of the divided city troubled for months by retaliatory violence between Muslim and Christian militias.

Moments after he left, hundreds of Muslims who had essentially been barricaded inside by armed Christians burst into what had been a noman’s land only a day earlier.

Some jubilant residents even followed the pope into the city center shouting, “The war is over!” — a hopeful sign for potential reunification.

The bold visit by the pope, who traveled into the most volatile part of Bangui in his open-air popemobile, underscored his message of faith over fear. He was not without heavy security, though, including armed peacekeepers in the central mosque’s minarets high above the crowds.

Francis had insisted on visiting the PK5 neighborhood to appeal for peace in a country where two years of ChristianMuslim violence has forced nearly 1 million people to flee their homes, including thousands living in a camp at the airport amid wrecked planes.

The neighborhood’s oncevibrant markets are now largely shuttered and many Muslimowned businesses stand in ruins.

At the Central Mosque, Pope Francis removed his shoes, bowed his head and stood silently at the mihrab, or area of the mosque that faces Mecca.

About 200 men seated inside the mosque welcomed Francis, who sat on a sofa next to the imam. In comments, Francis said that Muslims and

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Francis talks to journalists during his return flight to Italy on Monday.

Christians are brothers and must treat each other as such.

“Christians and Muslims and members of traditional religions have lived peacefully for many years,” the pontiff said.

“Together, we say ‘no’ to hatred, to vengeance and violence, especially that committed in the name of a religion or God.” The mosque’s chief imam, Tidiani Moussa Naibi, thanked Francis for his visit, calling it “a symbol which we all understand.”

He urged the international community not to write the country off as doomed to a

cycle of violence, saying the current conflict was a moment in time — “a painful moment, a regrettable moment, but just a moment.”

The imam later joined Francis on the popemobile as it toured the area. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane en route home, Francis recalled that shared ride, saying that “these small gestures” of friendship and fellowship between Christians and Muslims were crucial.

The pope’s visit to the mosque was the highlight of a five-day, three-nation African

tour that included stops in Kenya and Uganda.

Central African Republic descended into conflict in 2013 when Muslim rebels overthrew the Christian president. That ushered in a brutal reign. When the rebel leader left power the following year, a swift and horrific backlash against Muslim civilians ensued.

Mobs attacked Muslims in the streets, even decapitating and dismembering them and setting their corpses ablaze.

Tens of thousands of Muslims fled to neighboring Chad and Cameroon. Today, the capital that once had 122,000 Muslims has only around 15,000, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.

Before the fighting drove away many Muslims, Central African Republic was 37 percent Catholic and about 15 percent Muslim, with traditional faiths and Protestants making up the rest, according to Vatican figures.

While the two opposing militias are identified by their religious affiliations, Muslim and Catholic leaders disavow the perpetrators of violence.

The conflict did not begin over religious ideology but rather in a bid for political power.

Economic resentment also fueled the violence: The Muslim community was made up of prosperous merchants, and as they fled, their shops were looted and destroyed.

Francis reminded the Muslims in the mosque that the origins of the conflict weren’t religious and urged them to put aside their differences.

“We must remain united to prevent any action from either side that disfigures the face of God or has at its base the goal of defending particular interests at the expense of the common good,” he said.

Later, Francis celebrated Mass at the Bangui sports stadium.

ACROSS THE U.S. Shooting of teen cited in U of Chicago threat CHICAGO — Federal authorities said an online threat that led the University of Chicago to cancel classes Monday targeted whites and was motivated by the police shooting of a black teenager.

Jabari R. Dean, 21, of Chicago, threatened to kill 16 white male students or staff at the school on Chicago’s South Side, according to the criminal complaint. Dean, who is black, was arrested Monday morning. He did not enter a plea later in the day on a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce in court.

The threat was posted Saturday, just days after the city released a video of Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is white, shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was black, 16 times. Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder.

His bond was set for $1.5 million earlier Monday, and hours later, he paid the $150,000 needed and was released.

Okla.: 7 quakes recorded At least seven earthquakes rattled northcentral Oklahoma on Monday, including one felt as far away as Iowa, prompting concern from local residents and policymakers that the state isn’t doing enough to curb the quakes that scientists have linked to oil and gas activity. Oklahoma has become one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world. Many of the earthquakes are occurring in swarms in areas where injection wells pump salty wastewater — a byproduct of oil and gas production — deep into the Earth.

N.Y.: High-sodium rule New York City is beginning a new era in nutritional warnings this week: Chain restaurants will have to start putting a special symbol on highly salty dishes.

The rule requires a salt-shaker emblem on menu items that top the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams of sodium. That’s about a teaspoon.

The rule takes effect Tuesday but chains have until March to update their menus before receiving a $200 fine.

D.C.: State refugee reports The White House is proposing to offer governors individualized reports about refugees in their states. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said in letters to all 50 governors that upon receiving a governor’s request, the State Department would send back a “tailored report” on refugees resettled in the past month and throughout the year so far. McDonough said the State Department would update the information monthly and would break down refugees by nationality, gender and age.

AROUND THE WORLD Turkey: No apology Turkey won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, stressing that the military was doing its job defending the country’s airspace. Ahmet Davutoglu also said Turkey hopes Moscow will reconsider economic sanctions announced against Turkish interests following last week’s incident. Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian warplane Nov. 24, sparking Cold War-style tensions between Russia and NATO, of which Turkey is a member.

Britain: Airstrikes debate Prime Minister David Cameron called for a debate and vote in Parliament on Wednesday on whether Britain should launch airstrikes against Islamic State group militants in Syria, arguing that the nation must stand with its allies in confronting extremism. Cameron’s statement Monday came hours after opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn decided that Labour Party lawmakers would be allowed to vote their conscience — rather than to keep party discipline and have a unified stance.

China: Pollution soars Beijing is choking on thick, brown smog after air pollution levels skyrocketed Monday to more than 20 times what the World Health Organization considers to be safe. The oppressive pollution has prompted China to issue its highest air quality alert so far this year.

Reuters reported authorities blamed “unfavorable weather” and coal fires lit by the poor for heat for the oppressive smog. But coal-fired power plants also are in overdrive.

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Economic Alliance names new CEO

By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal

Economic Alliance Snohomish County tapped someone with ties to the community and a background in economic development to be the organization’s new president and CEO. Patrick Pierce, 34, is expected start the new job Jan. 1 guiding the nonprofit that aims to build economic vitality and promote job growth in Snohomish County.

He currently works as a Puget Sound Regional Council economic development program manager in Seattle.

Pierce was born and raised in Everett and previously worked for Economic Alliance as a public policy director. He said he has

a passion for the county and its well-being and wants to make it a better place to live.

“I’m just excited to carry on the great work of that organization and add some new energy in terms of what we can get done in the region,” Pierce said.

Economic Alliance’s board of trustees is delighted that Pierce will lead the agency, said Chris Knapp, board chairman of the nonprofit.

Pierce knows Snohomish County, but has a lot of regional and statewide experience that will be especially valuable as the county faces significant transportation issues in the coming months, Knapp said.

“He’s a hardworking guy who really cares about our community,” Knapp said. “I couldn’t be

happier to have Patrick come back to lead the alliance.”

Pierce replaces Troy McClelland, who left in August to work as senior director of operations for Synrad, a Mukilteo firm that makes industrial lasers.

Pierce, who lives in the North Creek area between Mill Creek and Bothell, has worked since 2013 at the Puget Sound Regional Council, which helps coordinate regional transportation, growth management and economic development policy.

In the job, Pierce focused on public policy, government affairs and building alliances with key leaders in both the private and public sectors.

He graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor’s degree in political

science and received a master’s degree in public administration from Seattle University.

“Patrick has been a great contributor to the Puget Sound Regional Council and our activities, he will be missed, but this is a great opportunity for him as he moves forward in his career,” Josh Brown, the Puget Sound Regional Council’s executive director, said in a statement.

Economic Alliance was formed in 2011 as a merger between three organizations: the Economic Development Council of Snohomish County, the Greater Everett Chamber of Commerce and the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce.

Its goal is to provide a more unified voice for the county in Olympia and Washington, D.C.

Cyber Monday sales still on top

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David McClaughry (left) and Adam McClaughry, employees of Jaco Environmental, remove a refrigerator from a south Everett residence in 2010.

Appliance recycler closes

Jaco’s shutdown means loss of 154 local jobs

By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal

BOTHELL — Jaco Environmental, a company that billed itself as one of the largest appliance recycling services in the country, shut down, laying off 154 employees in Everett and Bothell.

A message on the company’s phone system said Jaco ceased operations Nov. 23.

Jaco Environmental started 26 years ago in Snohomish County.

The company based at 18323 Bothell Everett Highway had operations in 28 states, according to its website.

Jaco apparently had canceled rebate checks and appointment

pick ups in other states.

A story on Mlive.com in Michigan said the company had filed for bankruptcy protection Nov. 18.

Jaco recycled more than 400,000 units each year, working with local and regional utilities, according to its website.

The company said the demand for appliance recycling was projected to grow and double within the next 10 years.

The company said that it recycled 95 percent of the components of discarded appliance.

One of the utilities the company worked with was the Snohomish County PUD, which had a contract

with the company for 10 years from 2004 to 2014.

During the first years of the contract, Jaco recycled up to 10,000 refrigerators and freezers a year for the PUD, said Neil Neroutsos, a spokesman for the utility.

That number dwindled over the years and the PUD discontinued rebates for recycling those appliances last year because it felt that it had gotten rid of enough of most of the older, less-energyefficient appliances, Neroutsos said.

“We were able to take a lot of inefficient refrigerators and freezers off the market,” Neroutsos said.

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n one of my regular online discussions, a participant labeled her financial success story “Testimony Thursday.” I liked that phrase so much, I’ve adopted it.

Now that we’ve entered the season of spending, I want to share some of my other readers’ testimonies. My hope is that their good cheer will encourage you to make a change, too.

I’ll start with one about debt: “I paid off my student loan earlier this month, leaving us with only our mortgage in the debt

WASHINGTON — The Chinese yuan will join a basket of the world’s leading currencies, the International Monetary Fund said Monday.

The yuan will join the U.S. dollar, euro, Japanese yen and the British pound as one of the currencies used for the global organization’s Special Drawing Rights, which serves as a standard for dealing with the financial reserves of its 188 member governments.

Currency traders and economists say the move should encourage China to deliver on promises to make the yuan freely tradable and to open up its financial system.

Federal Reserve officials have moved to prevent the central bank from bailing out failing companies, a power it exercised during the 2008 financial crisis. The Fed governors voted 5-0 Monday at a public meeting to downsize the Fed’s emergency lending powers. Only broad lending programs designed to revive frozen markets — not loans to individual firms — will be allowed.

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By Mae Anderson NEW YORK — Shoppers traded bricks for clicks Monday, flocking online to snap up “Cyber Monday” deals on everything from cashmere sweaters to Star Wars toys.

Now that shoppers are online all the time anyway, the 10-year-old shopping holiday has lost some of its luster as online sales on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday pick up. But enough shoppers have been trained to look for “Cyber Monday” specific sales to ensure the holiday will still mean big bucks for retailers.

It’s too early for sales figures, but Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day ever, likely racking up more than $3 billion in sales, according to research firm comScore.

As of 7 p.m. Monday, Adobe estimated Cyber Monday sales would rise 12 percent to $2.98 billion by the end of the day. A more complete picture of Cyber Monday sales will be available when comScore releases figures Wednesday.

“A lot of people wait to see if deals are better on Cyber Monday,” said Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru.

New Yorker Anna Osgoodby was one of the many online shoppers who spread her

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MICHELLE SINGLETARY column. It will be great to have serious money to put into longterm savings starting after paying off bills (two student loans, two cars and a credit card) over the

Events The next Economic Alliance Snohomish County Business After Hours event will offer networking connections for ambassadors, investors and guests at the Harbour Pointe Golf Club. The event is set to take place from 5 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday. It is free. RSVPs re-

past two years. My husband said I should write to tell you since I have quoted you often through this process. Thank you so much for your sage and straightforward advice. Money and budgets don’t have to be terribly complicated, right?”

Nope. Once you put your mind to it, you can get that debt monkey off your back.

I especially love hearing from young adults like this person: “I’m single, in my late 20s, make $50,000, and the only debt I have is my student loans. Before I read

quested. Go to www.economicalliancesc.org for details.

The Port of Everett is inviting the community to its annual Holiday on the Bay event. The free festival is set to take place from noon to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at 1205 Craftsman Way, Everett. It includes activities, a tree lighting and a lighted

boat parade. For a schedule of the day’s events, go to http:// tinyurl.com/oum5ofd.

Announcements The Northwest Agriculture Center is seeking to fill openings on its board which meets six times a year. The organization serves farmers in Snohom-

your (book) “The 21-Day Financial Fast” and started following these chats, I was convinced that I needed a second job because I didn’t have any money to save.

After doing the fast, I cut, cut, cut my budget and now save a third of my salary and still have what I call my ‘fun money’ so I can socialize with friends.”

But there’s more. The person started saving in what I call a “life happens fund,” which is a pot of money separate from See SINGLETARY, Page A11

ish, Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan, Island and King counties. For information about the center, go to www.AgBizCenter.org. To nominate a board candidate, call David Bauermeister at 360336-3727 or Karen Bishop at 360-678-4708.

Biz Bits runs Monday through Saturday.

Amazon released new details on its Prime Air drone delivery program, but the timeline is still unclear. The retailer said Prime Air will one day deliver packages up to 5 pounds in 30 minutes or less using small drones.

The drones will fly under 400 feet and weigh less than 55 pounds, according to details posted on its website Sunday.

Alaska seafood said untainted by nukes Alaska seafood has not been tainted by the Fukushima nuclear disaster four years ago, according to test results announced Monday by a state agency. Alaska health authorities working with the federal Food and Drug Administration pronounced Alaska salmon, cod, halibut and other species free from radioactive contamination connected to the power plant damaged in Japan more than four years ago. A 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011, generated a 130-foot wave that devastated 217 square miles in Japan. About 16,000 people were confirmed dead and nearly 2,600 were never found.

Among the damaged facilities was the nuclear plant complex at Fukushima, and meltdowns created fear that radionuclides, or radioactive isotopes, might drift east.

Protests cost sales Activists who blocked the entrances to stores on Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue on Black Friday to protest the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white cop forced retailers to suffer economic pain on the busiest shopping day of the year. Unhappy store staff and managers said Monday that Black Friday sales on the Magnificent Mile were 25 percent to 50 percent below projections.

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purchases throughout the holiday shopping weekend.

On Black Friday, she took advantage of a 35 percent sale at online accessories retailer ashandwillow.com, buying earrings, a necklace and bracelet. Then she bought earrings and clutches Monday during its 40 percent off sale.

“That extra 5 percent convinced me to buy a few more,” she said.

Some hot sellers were in scarce supply by early afternoon Monday. At Target, a Swagway hoverboard was sold out by early afternoon.

The electronic transportation gadget had been $100 off at $399. Drones and some Star Wars toys were hard to find as well.

“There are certain hot products, hoverboards seem to be a phenomenon, they’re selling out everywhere,” said Scot Wingo, chairman of ChannelAdvisor, which provides e-commerce services to retailers.

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100 product views returned an out-of-stock message as of 7 p.m., twice the normal rate.

And there were a few brief outages at sites like Neiman Marcus and Target and online payments company PayPal reported a brief interruption in service.

Retailers have been touting online deals since the beginning of November.

And they no longer wait for Monday to roll out Cyber Monday deals, either.

Amazon started “Lightning Deals” on Saturday and Wal-Mart began all of its cyber offers at 8 p.m.

Sunday.

“It’s no longer about one day, but a season of digital deals,” said Matthew Shay, president of retail trade group The National Retail Federation.

That seems to have taken a toll on brick-and-mortar shopping. Frenzied crowds seemed to be a thing of the past on Black Friday — the busy shopping day after Thanksgiving — and sales fell to $10.4 billion this year, down from $11.6 billion in 2014, according to preliminary figures from research firm ShopperTrak.

“Consumers are

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your emergency fund. You pull from these savings for something unexpected, such as a major car repair.

This way, you aren’t depleting your emergency fund, which you might need if you lose your job.

And for those thinking you’ll be stuck with a mortgage for three decades, here’s proof that paying off your principal matters: “You wrote a column about prepayment, how it actually reduces your overall interest rate. We technically have 24 years

left on our 30-year loan at 4.875 percent. It is actually only about five years left because we pay more each month. We didn’t want to pay huge amounts to refinance. Thanks again for that long-ago column. It has had a major influence on us!”

The person was referring to a 2013 column I wrote on refinance envy. I spelled out how you can cut the amount you’ll pay in mortgage interest and achieve savings similar to what you’d get if you refinanced to a lower interest rate. I suggested that folks go to HSH.com, which publishes

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recognizing the Internet is the place to go for a deal any time, any day,” said Gene Alvarez, managing vice president of research firm Gartner.

“I personally skip Black Friday just to shop Cyber Monday,” said Mark Flores, a parks and recreation director from Lynwood, California. But this year, he started online shopping on Black Friday, buying five pairs of Sorel and Uggs shoes for gifts and eight Chromecasts that were two for $50.

Research firm comScore expects online sales to rise 14 percent to $70.06 billion During the November and December shopping period, slowing slightly from last year’s 15 percent rise.

Online sales make up 10 percent of overall retail sales, but that increases to 15 percent during the holidays as online shoppers snap up Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, according to research firm Forrester.

The name “Cyber Monday” was coined in 2005 by the National Retail Federation’s online arm, called Shop.org, to encourage people to shop online.

mortgage and consumer loan information.

I’ll end with this testimony about finding financial freedom: “We did it! We got off the debt wheel (well almost off)!

I’ve been reading you for several years. We decided to sell our house and significantly downsize. I have so much more money left.

We took the profits from the first house and paid 50 percent on the new place and put aside six months of housing expenses. We will be 100 percent debt-free in just seven years. So, thank you for making my family rethink the new norm and realize that more stuff isn’t always a good thing!” (c) 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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IN OUR VIEW | Boeing tax incentives

Provide details on tax breaks We’re getting our first look at the specifics of the tax breaks provided to Boeing, courtesy of the 2013 special session that secured Boeing’s pledge to build the 777X facility in Everett.

But it may be a long time before we see more.

It’s thanks to legislation that passed earlier that year that provides transparency into the tax incentives provided to Boeing, its suppliers and a range of other businesses in the state, as diverse as the makers of solar panels, beekeepers and hog fuel users.

The $8.7 billion in tax incentives passed by overwhelming margins in House and Senate, extended breaks, due to expire in 2024, until 2040.

It also expanded a sales tax exemption for construction of buildings used in the manufacture of airplanes, such as the new 777X facility.

It’s the details on the sales

tax break that we’re seeing now. The state Department of Revenue, following a public records request by The Seattle Times, released figures that showed Boeing saved $19.6 million in sales tax in 2014, a portion of what Boeing is expected to save each year between now and 2040.

So why aren’t we seeing more?

Because the state Department of Revenue is choosing to interpret the tax transparency provision very literally.

Where previously the public saw only estimates of the tax breaks enjoyed by particular industries, the change in the legislation sought to reverse the practice of hiding the specific details of the tax breaks benefitting individual companies. The change sought by Rep. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, requires reports through the Department of Revenue as to the value of tax savings

for individual companies within two years of any new or expanded tax break. Noting what’s good for both goose and gander, newspapers are among those whose tax breaks will be published.

But because the Boeing tax package passed by the Legislature extended breaks that would not have expired until 2024, the public can’t see the details on the new portion of the incentives until 2026. The Department of Revenue has determined the legislation only applies to newly created tax breaks, the extension that begins in 2025.

Carlyle told the Times he disagreed with the Revenue Department’s interpretation; the Legislature’s intent should have been clear that any change in legislation regarding a tax break should trigger the transparency rules. The Times is appealing the state agency’s interpretation. We

hope other newspapers and open government advocates join in the request.

And while the Legislature’s to-do list for its upcoming 60-day session is filling up quickly, amending the transparency provision to make its intent even clearer may be necessary.

There’s a place for tax incentives, especially when used to win agreements that keep and develop jobs in our communities. Along with the jobs, part of the calculus that went into agreeing to the estimated $8.7 billion in tax breaks for Boeing, was the anticipation that building the 777X in Everett would provide $21 billion in tax revenue for the 16 years of the extension.

But the public needs to see the numbers — and not just rough estimates — on what we’re spending on tax cuts and what we’re getting in return.

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fiber-deficient foods, microwave cooking, and the “terminal illness,” which is connected to our electronic media (especially television for us older Americans) and our wireless connections; be it computers or smart phones, which all promote significant inactivity.

Self-discipline can work very well for those who faithfully follow and apply it, but poor impulse control often leads us into trouble. Selfdiscipline can become for us “the greatest affordable care act imaginable,” and with no monthly premiums to pay out, as we get up and push ourselves away from the table. Medical care must first start at home and this mortal fact glares at all of us: None of us gets out of here alive.

Best wishes to all of you in that struggle for health! For when it is gone, like Humpty Dumpty falling from “that wall,” all of the medical care in the world cannot suddenly give us a prescription and easily undo decades of neglect and self-destructive habits.

Comfort perhaps, but likely little cure; against all odds and I am not even a betting man; for our morality reigns supreme over all of us.

Hi, neighbors. Try this cheap vacation trip. I left Camano Island, visited Portland, San Francisco, L.A., Las Vegas, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Denver, Boise, Spokane and Wenatchee all for under $120. The $120 was what I started with in pocket change for coffee, breakfast treats and candy bars along the way.

How did I do it for such a small cost? I used the federal government’s bookkeeping procedure. You have read that unemployment is under 6 percent, right? Well, those in Washington, D.C., are liars.

There are millions of Americans who are not on the unemployment list because they quit looking for work when there were actually no jobs in their area they could go after. The liars in D.C. do not count them as unemployed after they get past their 100 weeks of unemployment benefits. Yes, it is a lie, but it is more of a lie that the media passes the lies along as truths.

You can take a four-week trip as I did, for what it cost me, by not counting the charges on your credit card for gas and lodging.

See how simple life is when you are a liar.

Isn’t about time The Herald Opinion page started to print the truth? When columnist Eugene Robinson says that President Obama has the unemployment down below 5.8 percent, even a moron knows that if you include the millions who stopped looking for work are excluded from those figures, and you don’t say it, the unemployment figure is closer to 20 percent.

My generation is at fault! We didn’t demand term limits and honesty from the media. Think about it.

The Nov. 28 article, “Development opposed,” by Noah Haglund brings up a constant issue of growth in south Snohomish County. As a citizen, I have been involved with growth around the city of Bothell and issues of annexation for some years. It is likely that annexation for any area around Mukilteo will be remote for years to come.

It is important for the efforts of the sincere group called Picnic Point Preservation Committee to recognize that the goal of stopping development may be a waste of time and effort. My experience with the development community is to seek small victories as to traffic safety, pedestrian safety, reasonable solutions to surface water control and soil stability.

Work for a local park as with any kind of buffer and greenbelts. The article appears to be a declaration of war which does not create an atmosphere of compromise.

The county is under a lot of pressure to meet population goals, and the completion of the comprehensive plan update is an area to seek major places to keep natural with sources of funding. The county is essentially running a “city” of the unincorporated area south of Everett and King County where the majority of growth will occur, and it will be a challenge to the unincorporated county citizen to understand for years to come.

The project should be monitored as to slope stability and effective surface water management. Design assumptions must be monitored. In general our region will have to have a focus on public safety with our limitations of our sheriff, fire and EMS to serve a dense area.

John Laskey Lake Stevens

Richard Jauch Camano Island

Gene Grieve Bothell

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■■EDUCATION

Make decisions research-based On Nov. 22, I read three articles on education appearing in three different publications.

In a guest commentary on The Herald’s opinion page, Heather Kays is upset that the Washington State Supreme Court ruled the state’s charter school law as unconstitutional, stating that this was a law passed by the voters. (“Justices’ ruling ignores election.”)

In the Seattle Times, “Statewide stories of a broken education system” by state Sen. Christine Rolfes, outlines the difficulties experienced by schools.

“Choosing the right lens”

by C. Kent McGuire, trustee, Teachers College, Columbia University says, “Amid a competition of ideas, we need to educate the public about research on what’s really effective ... for example, many parents support enabling charters despite evidence that charters siphon resources from their schools and don’t achieve better results.” (TC Today, Fall/Winter 2015).

There are three types of written material on education. The first is research, the second is opinion. The third consists of teaching materials or laws — some are research-based, others are opinion-based.

As a nation we are aware of the need to improve our educational system. Many concerned citizens hold strong opinions.

We need to use our resources wisely to provide quality education at to all students equally.

Our democracy depends on it.

Catherine L. Blasewitz, Ed.D Mill Creek

■■MEDICAL CARE

Take your health into your hands Strict personal prohibition, like self-discipline, works wonders on the overall health of its adherents. Let’s purchase a small bowl to assist with our portion control; when the bowl is empty ... we stop! Statistics point out that excess sugar, salt, the overuse of prescription drugs, like antibiotics, the use of illicit drugs and heavy alcohol consumption contribute significantly to an increase in our societal and health care costs, while also reducing quality of life.

These factors, combined with our sleep deprivation and sedentary lifestyle, which is based on every-ready and convenient, preservativeladen, prepackaged and

Have your say Include your name, address and daytime phone number.

Send it to: Email: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Daily Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Have a question about letters? Call Carol MacPherson at 425-339-3472 .

Jobless numbers complete fiction

Negotiation, not confrontation

Heed boarding call for clean energy train

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s the Paris climate talks begin, the die is already cast: The world is going to move toward cleaner, more sustainable sources of energy. The question for U.S. policymakers is whether the world’s biggest economy gets left behind.

President Obama is trying his best to ensure this doesn’t happen. He told the world leaders assembled in Paris that he saw the effects of global warming firsthand on a recent trip to Alaska. He EUGENE ROBINSON wanted to make clear, he said, “that the United States of America not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it.”

Obama has set a target of reducing U.S. carbon emissions, over the next decade, to a level at least 26 percent below what they were in 2005. Republicans in Congress — and on the presidential campaign trail — vow to do everything they can to sabotage this effort, claiming it will be bad for the economy. But if the naysayers succeed, they will only guarantee that the other great industrial powers, China and Europe, dominate the new energy landscape.

Of the nearly 200 nations gathered in Paris, 183 have already set targets for limiting heat-trapping carbon emissions.

Whether or not the summit produces a comprehensive agreement, the cleanenergy train has already left the station.

It is fitting that such a hopeful gathering takes place in a city that recently saw such tragedy. It is also fitting that it comes amid what is the warmest year since global record-keeping began.

The basic facts are not in dispute among scientists: The large-scale burning of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution has sharply increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 40 percent, and this increase, because of the greenhouse effect, has warmed the planet. Nor are the facts in dispute among policymakers in most capitals other than Washington, D.C. Sea levels are measurably rising. Glaciers are rapidly melting. Weather patterns are obviously changing. Deniers look like bratty children, with their hands clamped over their ears, going “na-na-na-na-na.”

China, which pumps far more carbon into the atmosphere than any other country, has announced a goal of limiting its emissions so that they peak “around” 2030. Cynics point out that this is roughly when they would peak anyway, given current trends. But that’s because China’s emissions, at present, are barely growing at all — at most a 1 percent increase in 2014 and probably less this year.

Two important things have happened in China. First, the nation’s leaders have come to realize that the smog that periodically blankets major cities — as is happening this week in Beijing — poses a real threat to the Communist Party’s legitimacy. Having ushered hundreds of millions into the urban middle class, the leadership is obliged to provide a reasonably safe environment for these people to raise their children. Eliminating the smog means cutting back on burning coal.

The other big development in China is that the leadership — rather than deny climate science, as most Republicans do — is making a huge bet on clean energy.

In the third quarter of this year, China saw $26.7 billion invested in solar, wind and other clean-energy technologies, as compared with $13.4 billion in the United States, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

About 17 percent of the world’s solar power capacity is in China, according to Bloomberg, as are about a third of the world’s wind turbines and a third of all the nuclear power reactors under construction. A new clean-energy economy is taking shape; the only question is whether the United States sits by and lets others reap the coming benefits.

The Paris summit could yet fail; India, the third-biggest carbon emitter, balks at limits that would curb its economic growth and wants rich countries to help it bear the cost of leapfrogging the “dirty” stage of development. Even if the meeting reaches an agreement, it will not be a legally binding treaty. And scientists warn that the limits pledged thus far will not achieve the best-case goal of keeping warming to less than 3.6 degrees by the end of the century.

But clean energy, once a pipe dream, now has both mass and momentum. This gathering of world leaders in the City of Light is a stunning rebuke to those who would prefer to curse the darkness.

Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

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He makes delicious food cheaply, but Takayuki Masumoto of Mukilteo’s Grouchy Chef is exacting and demanding — of himself and his customers

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efore you get to the menu, you first have to get through the manifesto.

It’s a binder of rules presented to diners at Mukilteo’s Grouchy Chef restaurant.

No shoveling food in your mouth like at some cheap eatery (or at home).

No blowing your nose or fixing your makeup at the table. No clinking crystal glasses. No shorts. No sandals. No personal requests. No frills. No substitutions.

Don’t like it?

Eat elsewhere, said Takayuki Masumoto, the chef with the curmudgeonly persona.

“This is not a mess hall. You don’t have to come.”

But people do come — and have for 12 years — to the nine-table eatery that’s now boxed in a nondescript suburban business park on Russell Road, away from the clamor of Mukilteo Speedway.

The chef’s reputation for serving beautiful, hand-crafted French cuisine attracts diners, albeit nervous ones, from all over the state.

What up with this place?

It’s a unique and unflinching vision of what a restaurant, and a restaurant patron, should be. There’s a reason it’s called Grouchy Chef. Just don’t confuse the person with the place, as hard as this might be.

“I don’t call myself ‘grouchy chef.’ My name is Mr. Masumoto. Grouchy Chef is the name of the restaurant,” Masumoto told me.

“If you see an obese person, do you call them ‘Chub?’ Or to an unattractive lady you don’t say, ‘Hey, unattractive lady.’ I never expect people to call me ‘grouchy chef.’ I disagree with that.”

Masumoto minces garlic, not words.

He also greets, seats, cooks, serves, buses. It’s a one-man show.

“Many people think my place is a freak show,” he said.

Online reviewers have compared him to the Soup Nazi a la “Seinfeld.” I found him to be a man who takes extreme pride in his work and means well. He’s actually a bit of a softie inside.

“One thing that gets on my nerve is when people come in, looking at me and laughing,” he said. “They try to push my button. It is disruptive. When I work I need to focus on what I do. Some people try to relax, I’m not that type.”

That’s part of his charm, and how he creates tasty, imaginative groupings of foods and flavors, presented with an artist’s flair.

“I used to work for expensive restaurants,” he said. “Some of my ex-workers told me, ‘You look grouchy.’ That’s why I pick that name. Also it sends a message, ‘I am not flexible for what I do.’ ”

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WHAT’S UP WITH THAT

BY ANDREA BROWN More: www.heraldnet.com/ whatsup.

Ideas? abrown@heraldnet.com, 425-339-3443

Dining review For a dining review of Mukilteo’s Grouchy Chef restaurant, see Friday’s A&E section.

His voice is gruff and forceful. His movements, swift and purpose-driven.

“It’s not OK to say, ‘I don’t want to eat a carrot, so can you change it to zucchini?’ ” he said. “I don’t do that. I’m not able to comply with individual requests.”

This keeps prices reasonable. Ridiculously reasonable.

A four-course dinner starts at $15. For real. Two people can easily have a gourmet meal on nice china for $50, including wine. Tipping is strictly forbidden.

Entrees include grilled duck breast, chicken burgundy and seared wild salmon. What you see is what you get.

Payment is cash-only: first, not last.

It goes with the method to the seeming madness.

“If I’m working on someday else’s table, I need to focus on that. I’m not able to deal with somebody coming to the counter saying, ‘OK, I’m ready to pay.’ It ruins the moment of the timing of the food,” he said.

Sit up straight, keep your elbows off the table, use the proper utensil and enjoy the meal as it is executed in grand style.

Masumoto has expectations for patrons.

“This is America. You can dress any way you want, but I take offense when men come in here in beach sandals and shorts.

I do not refuse those people, but I do mention how I feel,” he said.

Those who wear sandals are admonished to walk carefully, because he keeps his floors polished and clean. Pick the wrong fork and he’ll politely point out the correct tool to use.

Manners, please. “It’s not a hamburger, it’s not ‘put your hands on it, bite it with ketchup.’ ” Not satisfied? “I give full money back,” he said. “You should consider not coming back here.”

Love your meal? Don’t heap on the praise.

“Words mean nothing. The plate tells me everything.”

Good etiquette gets rewarded. “There’s

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one lady, I was so appreciative I gave her a dinner certificate,” he said.

He welcomes teens on dates or prom night. “To me, that’s an honor.”

Little kids, not so much. “I don’t have a kids menu. You can bring your kid. Probably not twice.”

Masumoto, a bachelor pushing 60, came to America 30 years ago.

“I worked at many different places. It took a long time, 18 years and 7 months, to open a restaurant. You struggle.”

He opened his first Grouchy Chef in a busy strip plaza on Mukilteo Speedway.

The rent was high and he said the lunch crowd drew too many “bozos.”

When he moved to his current spot, at 4443 Russell Road, he limited service to dinner only. Reservations are required.

Don’t even think about just showing up.

Inside, you’ll find a mixed dining ambience with candles and soft music, against a backdrop of paper cranes, customer snapshots and some Americana thrown in.

The entry has a shrine to the America of the 1950s and ’60s when men wore suits and walked on the moon.

The chef’s sister’s kimonos are displayed in glass shadow boxes in the dining area.

She died from cancer at age 32. “I just wanted her to be here, that’s all,” he said.

Masumoto sells “Grouchy Chef” logo T-shirts for $10 to raise money for cancer research in her honor. Wear the shirt on vacation (not to dinner) and snap a photo for the gallery of hundreds of pictures covering the walls.

The logo is all we could use for this story.

Masumoto refused our requests to take a picture of him, saying he doesn’t want photos of him floating around the Internet (good luck trying to find one).

“Once the picture goes in the public, people use it without any responsibility,” Masumoto said. “Pictures of the food is OK. Food is a merchandise. Once I sell it to you, it’s yours.”

What does he do for fun? I just had to ask.

“Yesterday a lady in the bank said, ‘How was your weekend?’ I don’t have a weekend. I work everyday, ma’am. What is ‘off work?’ When I’m off work I go to Japan for my duty,” he said.

“My accountant tells me to quit operating the restaurant. He says I should work for someone. He knows how little I make.”

He turned the table to me: “You work for the newspaper. No matter how unappreciated you feel, you get paid for it,” he said.

He had some advice for this story: “I just want you to be fair. Don’t try to kiss me up.”

Does he ever smile?

“If I want to,” he said.

Maybe next time.

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EVERETT Taralli turned 99 last week. To celebrate, he went to his favorite store, Assistance League of Everett’s Thrift Shop, where workers had a surprise party for him with a giant cake, balloons and hugs.

Taralli was born in Boston in 1916 and moved to Washington in 1977. He was a machinist for 42 years. He and Fran, his wife of almost 43 years, were senior volunteers at the Everett Police Dept., where they were “Volunteers of the Year” in 2011.

When he’s not scouring garage sales and thrift stores for clocks, tools and sweaters, he likes to fix things and to play bingo.

His favorite place to eat is Applebee’s on Everett Mall Way because “the girls are all so nice” to him.

For his birthday, he had linguine and shrimp, his favorite dish, and ate cake three times.

He’s always ready to go somewhere. He starts each morning by saying, “What’s on the agenda today?”

On his birthday, he got his first selfie.

Three things in your fridge?

Frozen waffles. Anything Italian. Meatball soup.

Finish this sentence: People are shocked to know ...

My age.

What he says when the Mariners lose: If I was the manager, they’d win them all.

Biggest worry?

I don’t worry. I used to worry but I don’t anymore. Just take things as they come.

What do you plan to be doing in five years?

Kicking the box because I want to get out.

Most amazing invention in the past 99 years: Cellphones. (He has a flip phone but wants a smartphone.)

First vehicle?

A bug. A horse and buggy.

First car?

It was a Model T Ford and it was a truck, more or less a small truck. I was about 10 or 11 when I drove it.

First kiss?

Oh, that’s from my mother.

Pet peeve?

Drivers on the road. When they don’t come to a complete stop at stop signs. That everybody’s in a hurry today.

Guilty pleasure?

Board games. “Aggravation” with marbles.

Favorite president?

(Franklin) Roosevelt. He was for the people. And Kennedy. Those other guys are for themselves.

Secret to a long life?

Live and love.

Earliest memory?

I was 10 years old. I used to get up at 3 o’clock in the morning to deliver 400 quarts of milk.

By horse and buggy team. The horse would know when to turn and come back and wait for me.

That’s how good the horses were.

Biggest age affliction?

I don’t have any teeth. I lost those a few years ago. I got hair.

Birthday wish?

Live to be 200. After 200 you aren’t that useful anymore.

— Andrea Brown, Herald writer Do you know someone we should get to know better?

Send suggestions to abrown@ heraldnet.com or call 425-339-3443.

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Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Hi, Carolyn: After almost two years of counseling, my husband and I decided this year we’d be happier apart.

We’ve been married 22 years and have two adult girls. We are all in a good place. He and I will always be family, and we function well as parents and friends.

For the past, oh, 15 years or so, I’ve been one of those people who sends out the Dreaded Christmas Letter. Only mine isn’t dreaded.

People look forward to it. Yes, really. This year I won’t be writing one. Our separation isn’t public knowledge, but we’re not hiding it.

It just doesn’t feel like something we need to announce, in a Christmas card or anywhere else.

I know quite a few friends will wonder about the missing letter.

What do you feel is the best way to handle inquiries?

— Christmas Card Conundrum “I’m taking a year off — too much going on.”

To you the annual letter is a Symbol of Everything, but when you consider its impact on recipients — a fun read, a happy tradition even — and the fact that it’s not the divorce you’re talking about, but only a letter, I think you’ll see it’s really just a gnat to brush

CAROLYN HAX TELL ME ABOUT IT away. Follow-up questions are a bit more of a challenge, but you can either ignore those by changing the subject, or you can joke them away — “Too much pressure!”

Re: Letter: The thing that always bothers me about annual Christmas letters is that they present an airbrushed, Facebook-worthy branding of a family. I would get ahead of the story by sending a letter that briefly lays out what’s happened, how the family’s doing well, and that it’s too soon to answer any questions.

If Conundrum doesn’t send a letter at all after 22 years of them, people may call, worry, intrude to find out why. There’s nothing shameful about admitting the family has changed. In fact, I would venture to guess the recipients of an honest letter would be more inclined to understand and

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3. Brackets that are curved: ( ) GRADUATE LEVEL 4. A set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without asking questions about them.

5. Giving too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar.

6. Any of the 26 political divi-

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PH.D. LEVEL 7. To deceive an opponent in ice hockey by a fake move.

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9. An inscription, as on a statue or building.

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Apostasy. 9. Epigraph.

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Former CIA director Stansfield Turner is 92.

Singer Billy Paul is 80. Actor-director Woody Allen is 80. World Golf Hall of Famer Lee Trevino is 76. Singer Dianne Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 76. Country musician Casey Van Beek (The Tractors) is 73. Television producer David Salzman is 72. Rock singer-musician Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) is 71. Rock musician John Densmore (The Doors) is 71. Actress-singer Bette Midler is 70. Singer Gilbert O’Sullivan is 69. Former child actor Keith Thibodeaux (TV: “I Love Lucy”) is 65. Actor Treat Williams is 64.

Country singer Kim Richey is 59. Actress Charlene Tilton is 57. Actress-model Carol Alt is 55.

Actor Jeremy Northam is 54. Actress Katherine LaNasa is 49. Producer-director Andrew Adamson is 49. Actor Nestor Carbonell is 48. Actress Golden Brooks is 45. Actress-comedian Sarah Silverman is 45. Actor Ron Melendez is 43.

Thought for today: “I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don’t treat me right, shame on you.” — Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician (1900-1971).

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— Silent It’s OK, a silent response to a silent treatment is not a silent treatment. You have no further obligation here. Carry on with your life; enjoy the company of people who can say, “I’m too upset to talk, I need a day or so,” and who, in a day or so, come back and talk.

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They’re out there, I’ve read them, and they’re wonderful.

It’s also possible Conundrum has been honest about ups and downs in past years, but is staggered by this latest plunge.

Getting out in front of it is always worth considering, and I agree the news might be better received that way, but I also believe people who have been through the wringer are entitled to give themselves a break.

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Testing crucial first step in treating HIV Dear Abby: Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. With effective treatment, people with HIV can live as long as those without HIV. Fear, shame and ignorance remain barriers to testing and treatment, which can be more deadly than HIV itself. People with HIV who are in treatment need never develop advanced HIV (formerly full-blown AIDS). Please encourage your readers to get tested, and if positive, to get treatment. — Mary In Frederick, Md. Dear Mary: Knowing one’s HIV status is extremely important because the disease can be controlled. But in order to do that, it is essential that sexually active individuals get tested. Readers, you can be a healthy HIVpositive person and control it IF you know you have it AND get treatment. Ask your doctor about being tested, if you have one. If you don’t have a doctor, contact your county health department about how to find testing and treatment in your community, or go to www.freehivtest.net for information about free tests in many areas across the nation and abroad.

Dear Abby: I am retired, divorced and never had children. My two sisters have four adult children between them. Their kids are all married and have children themselves.

Every Christmas there is a gift exchange, which I don’t attend because I stay in Florida during the winter. At this stage in my life, I dread the holiday because it is expected that I spend a minimum of $50 per person for two dozen people.

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He is by no means violent when awake. Other than sleeping on the couch, what can I do? — Black And Blue In New Jersey Dear B And B: Before your husband causes you any more physical harm, schedule an appointment for him with a sleep disorder specialist. For both your sakes, please don’t put it off. Your doctor or medical insurance carrier should be able to refer you to one.

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THE CLICKER Tuesday’s highlights on TV include: Laugh and call him names all you want, but “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer� still makes for a holly-jolly Christmas special after all these years. Even Bumbles know that. 8 p.m., CBS. Producers are promising some turbocharged action as “The Flash� again mingles with “Arrow� in a special

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THEATER crossover event that sets the stage for their midseason spin-off “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.�

The fun starts on “The Flash� and continues Wednesday on “Arrow.� 8 p.m., The CW. On “The Muppets,�

Animal and Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl have a drumoff, which is hard to beat.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2015.

There are 30 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.

On this date: In 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ended up the winner.)

In 1860, the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations� was first published in weekly serial form.

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to Congress, in which he called for the abolition of slavery, and went on to

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We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves.�

In 1921, the Navy flew the first non-rigid dirigible to use helium; the C-7 traveled from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Washington, D.C. In 1934, Soviet communist official Sergei M. Kirov, an associate of Josef Stalin, was assassinated in Leningrad, resulting in a massive purge.

In 1941, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito approved waging war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands after his government rejected U.S. demands contained in the Hull Note.

In 1942, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States.

In 1969, the U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II. Associated Press

Musical ‘Daddy Long Legs’ to be broadcast free NEW YORK — On Dec. 10, you can settle down on the couch and catch the regular Thursday fare on TV — “The Big Bang Theory,� “The Mentalist� or “Bones.� Or you can see a live musical a few blocks from Broadway.

Producers of the off-Broadway show “Daddy Long Legs� will allow audiences to see the full production online for free, broadcast from the Davenport Theater.

The show starts at 8 p.m. EST and then will be rebroadcasted at 8 p.m. PST, 8 p.m.

GMT and 8 p.m. in Tokyo.

The musical, about a romance that spans several years, features music and lyrics by Paul Gordon and a book by John Caird, who also directs. It stars actor Adam Halpin and Megan McGinnis, who are married in real life.

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PSY to release 1st album since smash hit ‘Gangnam Style’ SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rapper PSY, who is set to release his first album since becoming an international sensation more than three years ago with the smash hit “Gangnam Style,� says the pressure to live up to that success caused him to take his time with his latest project. “There were many thoughts going around in my head, including thoughts like, ‘If I write like this, it would be not as good as Gangnam Style,’ and ‘If I write like this, the international audience will not understand,’ so it took me a very long time to organize all those thoughts into one,� PSY said at a news conference in Seoul on Monday, a day before

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South Korean singer PSY answers a reporter’s question during a news conference on the release of his seventh album in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday.

“Chiljip PSY-Da� debuts. “Chiljip PSY-Da� — which means “This Is PSY’s Seventh Album� in Korean — comes about a year and a half after the release of his single

“Gentleman.� It’s his first album since 2012, when “Gangnam Style� swept the world with addictive music and dance moves and made PSY a global superstar.

“Gangnam Style,� featured on the album “PSY 6,� recorded 2.46 billion views on YouTube, becoming the most viewed YouTube video ever.

PSY’s new album includes songs of various genres, including dance music, hip-hop and punk.

He said he tried to include many emotions, including happiness, anger, sadness, joy, love, hatred and greed, as he had done in his past albums. “Because this is an album that retains my continued desire as a lyric writer who wants to try things other than love songs in a movie-like way, there are several genres,� he said.

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By Mae Anderson Associated Press

NEW YORK — Between splashy launches, lavish new phone offers (get a free HDTV on activation!) and frequent software updates that slow down your old handset, it sometimes feels like the entire technology industry is pushing you to buy the latest smartphone. Yet some holdouts resist.

Take Zak Sommerfield, 35, a software analyst in New York, who has hung onto his LG Delight flip phone for five years, even though his friends and coworkers make fun of it. “I hate smartphones, I hate how they take over people’s lives and they spend all their time looking at them,” he says. “I’d love to stay on this phone forever.”

People like Sommerfield are a rarity. More than 90 percent of smartphone users trade up for newer models within two years, says Ramon Llamas, who tracks mobile phones at research firm IDC. But a fraction of the population continues to cling to older phones, some 3 to 4 years old — or more.

These upgrade holdouts have different reasons for standing athwart techno-progress, yelling “Stop!” Some reject the trend toward ever-larger screens, preferring smaller phones that are harder to find these days. Others simply aren’t wowed by the latest features, or see no reason to spend hundreds of dollars when their current phones still work fine.

“Just as we saw with PCs and tablets, lifetimes on people’s devices are generally getting a bit longer,” says Bob O’Donnell, chief analyst at Technalysis Research.

Every customer counts these days. Overall smartphone sales are slowing down — particularly in industrialized markets such as the U.S., where most people who want a smartphone already have one. IDC forecasts a 10 percent increase in worldwide smartphone sales this year, but that’s slowed considerably from 27 percent growth in 2014.

Some manufacturers have

turned to emerging markets for new sales, but many customers there can afford only cheaper — and less profitable — devices. To keep making money on premium phones, Apple, Samsung and their rivals are counting on regular upgrades.

With its latest iPhones, Apple started an annual upgrade program that leases customers the latest models for a year. Upgrades are particularly important for Apple because iPhones account for more than half of its revenue.

Sprint and T-Mobile also have leasing options aimed at yearly iPhone upgrades, but Apple’s new leasing option has put even more pressure on carriers. They depend on regular upgrades to keep existing customers and sell them more services, such as bigger data plans or cloud services and storage. Since a customer upgrades only once every two or three years, it’s an “important moment to capitalize on” for carriers, says FBR analyst Daniel Ives.

To encourage upgrades, manufacturers have been packing new phones with cutting-edge hardware. The latest iPhones have better cameras and screen sensors to enable shortcuts and other menus with a hard press.

Samsung won critical acclaim for curved screens that spill over a phone’s edges like a glassy waterfall.

Phones also get new system software every year, and many apps require the latest updates.

Although many older phones can get the latest versions of Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS software, the updates can slow them down, and the phones sometimes don’t support all the new features.

Not surprisingly, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure argues that having the latest model is important to many people. Phones are “the most valued personal possession that we have,” Claure said in an interview. “We use our phone to capture the memories of our lives.”

But O’Donnell of Technalysis says smartphone technology is “hitting the top of a curve.” As a

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result, each new model brings tweaks and refinements rather than new must-have features.

“I think it’s a little ridiculous to give up a perfectly good phone for a new one that is only slightly different,” says Kelsey Scott, 25, from Hutchinson, Kansas, who has an iPhone 5S from 2013 and doesn’t plan to upgrade.

And while many people upgraded last year when Apple made larger-size iPhones for the first time, matching what Samsung has long had, others prefer smaller phones. Apple still sells the 4-inch iPhone 5S, but the technology is two years old. The latest, fastest iPhones measure 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches diagonally.

Nathan Jarus, 24, says he’s been keeping his eyes open for inexpensive phones with 4-inch screens, but complains that “almost nobody seems to be making them.” The computer science PhD candidate from outside Rolla, Missouri, still uses Google’s discontinued 3.7-inch Nexus One phone from 2010.

Brett Shoemaker, 22, from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a regular upgrader since the original iPhone debuted in 2007 — but stopped in his tracks with the 4-inch iPhone 5 in 2012.

Manufacturers are “forcing users into larger screen sizes for the latest and greatest technology” he says. “I’m contemplating not upgrading ever.” Or even switching to a BlackBerry, he adds, only half-joking.

High-end phones start at a $200, a subsidized price that requires a two-year service contract. More recently, though, wireless companies have been pushing people to pay full retail price — often around $650 — via monthly installment plans. Although such deals also offer discounts on voice, text and data service, many people just see that they are paying more for the phone.

John O’Neill, 49, a tax analyst in Dallas, says he won’t upgrade from his iPhone 4, which he has had for nearly 5 years — mostly because he doesn’t want to lose

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his $30 unlimited data plan with Verizon. “I’ve looked around and nothing comes close,” he said.

For Mary Reichard, 52, legal affairs reporter in Springfield, Missouri, the money and fear of the unknown that keeps her from upgrading from her iPhone 4s she has had for two years.

“I long for the old days of one land line and tiny monthly bills,” she said. She also fears she might lose data if she upgrades. “I’m a baby boomer, so technology is still kind of scary.”

And some just feel too attached to their current smartphone to give it up. William Hurst, a 22-year-old student in Portland, Oregon, said he decided not to upgrade because he feels attached to his 3-year-old iPhone 5. He even likes its quirks like a lock screen button that doesn’t fully work and a crack from when he dropped it on cement in his rush to get in line for a concert.

“I have lived two years of my life with this same iPhone and it’s a part of who I am,” he said.

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1VCMJD /PUJDFT CITY OF ARLINGTON NOTICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING On November 24, 2015, WD Arlington Investments, submitted a Conditional Use Permit application to the City for a new MultiFamily Residential Community (Park 77 - PLN#193) to be located at 20201 77th Avenue NE, Arlington, WA 98223 (Assessor parcel number: 00829100000103 - 00829100000109).

Per Arlington Municipal Code 20.16.130, a neighborhood meeting is required for a Conditional Use Permit application. The purpose of this meeting is to allow members of the public and other interested parties an opportunity to become involved early on in the permitting process and to help identify any concerns or issues the public has regarding this specific proposal. At this informal meeting, the public will have the opportunity to ask questions, review plans, and voice any concerns they may have. This meeting is scheduled to occur on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 5:30PM in the City Council Chambers located at 110 E. 3rd Street, Arlington, WA 98223 (directly behind City Hall). This meeting is anticipated to last approximately one (1) hour.

Staff Contact: Amy Rusko, Associate Planner Staff Contact e-mail: arusko@arlingtonwa.gov Published: December 1, 2015. EDH671244 SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 201 SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES FROM GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Resolution No. 11-15, that the Board of Directors (the “Board�) of Snohomish School District No. 201, Snohomish County, Washington (the “District�) will hold a public hearing on December 9, 2015, at 6:00 P.M., in the Boardroom located in the District Administration Building, located at 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, Washington. The purpose of the public hearing is to: (a) consider whether certain state and local circumstances should cause alterations to the specific expenditures from the general obligation bonds or iginally authorized in Resolution No. 05-08; and (b) receive public testimony. If the Board determines that the alterations are in the best interests of the District, the Board may, at a future public meeting, adopt a new resolution or amend Resolution No. 05-08 approving the alterations.

All residents of the District wishing to be heard for or against the alterations should appear at the public hearing and present their views. Alternatively, or in addition, such interested residents may submit their views for and against the alterations in writing and deliver them to: Tom Laufmann, Executive Director of Business Services, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, Washington 98290, on or before the date of the public hearing. Copies of Resolution No. 11-15, which set the time and place for the public hearing and describe the proposed alterations will be posted on the District website at http://www.sno.wednet.edu or may be obtained by contacting Tom Laufmann, at (360) 563-7240.

SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 201 SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON /s/ William A. Mester Secretary to the Board of Directors Published: November 24, December 1, 2015.

EDH670207

NO. 15-4-01722-1 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN PROBATE ESTATE OF CHARLES J. POSEY, Deceased.

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the cour t in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The c l a i m mu s t b e p r e s e n t e d within the later of: (1) Thirty d ay s a f t e r t h e Pe r s o n a l Representative ser ved or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: November 17, 2015.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Jill M. Jackson ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Steven G. Phillips WSBA #22789 ADDRESS FOR MAILING FOR SERVICE: c/o Steven G. Phillips PO Box 190 Arlington, WA 98223 COURT OF PROBATE PROCEEDINGS Snohomish County Superior AND CAUSE NUMBER: 15-4-01722-1 DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: November 16, 2015.

EDH669215 Published: November 17, 24; December 1, 2015.

NO. 15 4 01778 6 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY In re the Estate of JEROME “JERRY�

SORENSEN Deceased.

DEBRA ANNETTE SORENSEN, the Personal Representative of the E S TAT E O F J E R O M E “JERRY� SORENSEN, has been appointed and has q u a l i f i e d a s Pe r s o n a l Representative of this estate.

Pe r s o n s h av i n g c l a i m s against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims w o u l d b e b a r r e d by a n y otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The c l a i m mu s t b e p r e s e n t e d within the later of: (1) Thirty d ay s a f t e r t h e p e r s o n a l r e p r e s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: November 24, 2015 Paul H. Grant, Attorney for Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: Paul H. Grant, WSBA #42664 Address for Mailing or Service: Paul H. Grant Planning With Purpose, Inc 2031-196th St SW, Suite B-201 Lynnwood, WA 98036 Court of Probate Proceedings: Snohomish County Superior Court Case Number: 15-4-017786 Published: November 24, December 1, 8, 2015 EDH670217

NO. 15-4-01805-7 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN PROBATE ESTATE OF ASTRID BLOCH, Deceased.

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim w o u l d b e b a r r e d by a n y otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The c l a i m mu s t b e p r e s e n t e d within the later of: (1) Thirty d ay s a f t e r t h e Pe r s o n a l Representative ser ved or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: December 1, 2015.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: David A. Bloch ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Steven G. Phillips WSBA #22789 ADDRESS FOR MAILING FOR SERVICE: c/o Steven G. Phillips PO Box 190 Arlington, WA 98223 COURT OF PROBATE PROCEEDINGS Snohomish County Superior AND CAUSE NUMBER: 15-4-01805-7 DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: November 30, 2015.

Published: December 1, 8, 15, 2015.

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NO. 15-4-06301-1 KNT PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING In re the Estate of DONALD J. WATSON and JUDITH E. WATSON, Deceased.

The person named below has been appointed personal representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the deceased must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and by ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the court.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal r e p r e s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.51 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of ďŹ rst publication: November 17, 2015 JOSEPH ARTHUR WATSON Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: GREGG H. HIRAKAWA WSBA 32860 Address for Mailing or Service 31919 Sixth Avenue South Federal Way, Washington 98003 EDH669217 Published: November 17, 24; December 1, 2015.

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No. 15-4-06498-1 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.020, .030 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY Estate of ANN B. RHODES, Deceased.

John H. Rhodes has been appointed as personal representative (“personal representativeâ€?) of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and ďŹ ling the original of the claim with the cour t in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The c l a i m mu s t b e p r e s e n t e d within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal r e p r e s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of ďŹ rst publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c l a i m i s fo r ev e r b a r r e d , except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: November 17, 2015 John H. Rhodes, personal representative Attorneys for personal representative: Colonel F. Betz, WSBA #29524 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 (206) 359-8000 EDH669214 Published: November 17, 24; December 1, 2015.

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Wilson has gotten hot at right time Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has thrown eight touchdown passes and no interceptions in his past two games.

By Dave Boling The News Tribune

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Columbus State-Bridgeport semi will be Saturday.

Given all she has been through in recent years, a championship “would mean the world,” Russell said. “And I think we have a really good chance of winning it all. Our team has no doubt that we can do it, and when we want something we work really hard to get it.”

Russell was playing for the Northwest Nationals club team on March 11, 2012, when she tore her ACL. She was on

ENTON — The question was put to guard J.R. Sweezy after the Seahawks’ 39-30 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday: So, is the offense getting tired of having to carry around this defense?

He could tell there was an implied wink in the question because the Seattle defense has been one of the best in NFL history over recent seasons while the offense tended to be mostly effective, but certainly not at any historic level.

Sweezy chuckled and shook his head, but tackle Garry Gilliam, one cubicle over, jumped in: “Is that a set-up question? Are you kidding?”

Yes, it was kidding. But the best humor is based in truth, and it appears that this is a new reality for the Seahawks: It’s up to the offense to produce more points.

And with the win over Pittsburgh, the 2015 Seahawks finally proved they can win a shootout against a good opponent.

In their past four home games, the Seahawks have given up 109 points — 27.25 points a game — including 39 and 27 in losses to Arizona and Carolina, respectively.

With an average of 20.2 points scored against them in the 11 games this season, the Seahawks are seeing opponents ring up roughly a touchdown more per game than in 2013 (14.4) and more than a field goal more than last season (15.9).

When three of their five losses have been by a total of 10 points, the significance of the current averages seem obvious: The burden is on the offense.

Head coach Pete Carroll wasn’t buying the premise at his Monday press conference.

“I don’t think it feels that much different,” he said. “That was a big game we went through yesterday, (with) a monstrous output by Ben (Roetlisberger).”

Roethlisberger attempted 55 passes and generated 456 yards.

And both teams combined for 974 yards, but that doesn’t feel different? It should.

Carroll thought the Pittsburgh game just evolved into a “throwing game,” and the high point totals against the Seahawks this season are not a factor in how they approach their offense.

Fine. Here’s a point that’s indisputable about the offense: Quarterback Russell Wilson, newly protected from chronic defensive harassment, has gotten

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Erin Russell, who graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School, is a starting left back for Western Washington and the junior has helped the second-ranked Vikings to a 21-1-1 record this season.

Long road back

Brier’s Erin Russell, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right leg playing club soccer during her junior year in high school, is now a key player on a No. 2-ranked Western Washington team trying to win a national championship.

By Rich Myhre Herald Writer

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or any college athlete, the chance to play for a national championship is a special career moment.

But for Western Washington University soccer player Erin Russell, who endured a severe knee injury and subsequent surgery 31⁄2 years ago, simply being able to play the game — anywhere and for any reason, let alone a national title — is already special indeed.

Russell, a Brier resident, tore

the anterior cruciate through the difficult ligament in her right leg and often painful days while playing club socof rehab, she embarked cer in the spring of her on a successful career junior year at Mountlake at WWU. Now a junior, Terrace High School. she became the team’s She had surgery three starting left back this weeks later — part of her season and has helped hamstring muscle was the second-ranked Erin Russell used to replicate a new Vikings to a 21-1-1 ACL — and then began record heading into her rehabilitation, though the Thursday’s NCAA Division II duration of her recovery did not national semifinal game against allow her to play a senior season two-time defending champion for the Hawks.

Grand Valley State.

But with steadfast determinaIf WWU wins, the title game tion, Russell not only prevailed against the winner of the

Silvertips acquire defenseman Martin from Blades

By Jesse Geleynse Herald Writer

EVERETT — The Everett Silvertips parted with some of their future youth to enhance their veteran depth Monday as the organization announced it had acquired 19-year-old defenseman Brycen Martin from the Saskatoon Blades.

Everett will also receive 2017 conditional third- and sixth-round draft picks in exchange for 16-year-old defenseman Jantzen Leslie, the rights to 16-year-old left wing Ryan Anderson and Everett’s 2017 second-round draft pick.

Martin was the third-round

selection of the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL draft. He had three goals and 21 assists in 25 games with Saskatoon. In 236 WHL games with Saskatoon and Swift Current, Martin has 18 goals and 100 assists. This season he is sixth in scoring among WHL defensemen and is second in assists by blue liners.

“He’s a very experienced defenseman who moves the puck exceptionally well,” Everett general manager Garry Davidson said. “We think he is a real solid addition. He’s our eighth defender and we thought it was important to have some depth back there because you’re always concerned about depth if you have

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Leslie, a native of Lloydminster, Alberta, appeared in 10 games with the Silvertips and was sent back to the Lloydminster Bobcats after four games this season. He was Everett’s first-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft. Anderson, an Edmonton native, was Everett’s fifth-round selection in 2014. The Tips currently have four 16-year-olds on their roster.

“In adding quality you have to give up something, and we sacrificed some youth in the (19)99 group,” Davidson said. “(Leslie and Anderson) are two good quality young players that we

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Outfielder Nori Aoki batted .287 in 93 games for the San Francisco Giants in 2015.

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M’s interested in free-agent Aoki

By Bob Dutton The News Tribune

SEATTLE — After a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Seattle Mariners are back to stoking the Hot Stove with free-agent outfielder Nori Aoki emerging as their latest possible target.

“At this point,” one industry source said, “there appears to be real interest (in Aoki) from the Mariners. Whether that leads to a deal is anybody’s guess.”

Aoki, 33, fits the Mariners’ new preferred profile as an athletic player with on-base skills. He has a .287 average and a .353 onbase percentage in four seasons since coming to the big leagues after eight seasons in Japan.

But he comes with some risk.

Aoki finished last season the disabled list because of postconcussion issues after being

hit in the head Aug. 9 by a pitch from Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs.

While Aoki continued to play for a while after the incident, he eventually went to the disabled list in early September after experiencing light-headedness and remained there for the remainder of the season.

Concern over his recovery likely played a role in San Francisco’s decision not to exercise a $5.5 million option for next season. The Giants’ decision, announced Nov. 4, turned Aoki into a free agent.

Aoki also missed a month midway through last season because of a fracture in his right fibula (calf bone). In all, he played just 93 games, but he still matched his career norms with a .287 average and .353 OBP. Prior to last season, Aoki

averaged 146 games while playing in 2012-13 for Milwaukee and 2014 for Kansas City. He signed a one-year deal last January with the Giants for $4.7 million that included a club option.

The Mariners’ interest in Aoki comes after efforts to acquire outfielder Marcell Ozuna from Miami appeared to stall over the Marlins’ demand for pitcher Taijuan Walker in return.

Winter notables Lefty swingman Vidal Nuno concluded his time last week at Aragua in Venezuela by going 5-1 with a 1.98 ERA in seven starts. Nuno planned all along to return home for Thanksgiving.

Other notables • Utilityman Pat Kivlehan, added recently to the 40-man roster, had hits in each of his first five games after joining Escogido in the Dominican Winter League.

• First baseman Kyle Petty, a 23rd-round pick in 2013, continues to rake for Adelaide in the Australian League. He is batting .372 in 22 games and leads the league with eight homers. Nobody else has more than four homers.

Fanfest tickets Tickets are now on sale for the Mariners’ 18th annual FanFest, which runs Jan. 30-31 at Safeco Field.

They can be purchased at www.

Mariners.com or at Mariners’ team stores.

The cost is $10 for adults but those aged 14 and under get in free.

The closest team store to Everett is located at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood.

The annual FanFest includes interaction with players, coaches and front-office personnel. Fans can also tour the Mariners’ clubhouse and take part in numerous interactive activities.

A list of club personnel scheduled to attend will be released at a later date.

Zimmermann finalizes 5-year, $110 million deal with Tigers

By Noah Trister Associated Press

DETROIT — Jordan Zimmermann’s arrival in Detroit is encouraging news for Tigers fans because of what he can bring to the starting rotation — and what his contract signals about the team’s willingness to spend.

Zimmermann was introduced Monday after finalizing a $110 million, five-year contract with the Tigers. He was flanked at the news conference by general manager Al Avila and owner Mike Ilitch, the latter making a rare appearance in front of reporters during a turbulent year for his baseball team.

“I don’t care about spending money,” Ilitch said. “They get the players and I spend and I don’t worry about it, because they

have good judgment. We’ve had good teams over the years, and it’s a lot of fun for me.”

Following four straight AL Central titles, the Tigers finished last this year. Detroit traded high-priced stars David Price and Yoenis Cespedes during the season and replaced GM Dave Dombrowski with Avila. With an expensive core of Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Victor Martinez that has shown signs of age, it is fair to wonder whether the Tigers missed their window of opportunity to win their first World Series since 1984.

But Detroit has been active early this offseason. The Tigers have also traded for closer Francisco Rodriguez and outfielder Cameron Maybin, and the signing of Zimmermann is

an indication that the team still is willing to make a big financial commitment.

The right-hander gets $18 million in each of the next two seasons, $24 million in 2018 and $25 million in each of the final two years. He has a full-no trade provision through 2018, then can be dealt to 10 teams without his permission during 2019-20.

Zimmermann went 13-10 with a 3.66 ERA last season for Washington, striking out 164 with 39 walks. The previous year, he went 14-5 with a 2.66 ERA. Zimmermann was the first major free agent to come to an agreement this offseason. He was part of an impressive market of pitchers that includes Price, Zack Greinke and Johnny Cueto. The Tigers made their

bid for Zimmermann, and he was willing to strike a deal quickly.

“They had me as a top target, and other teams that were out there, I was the second or third option,” Zimmermann said. “I didn’t want to wait until January into February. I wanted to sign early. We knew what my value was.”

Detroit will forfeit its secondround pick in June’s amateur draft and Washington will gain a compensation selection, No. 38 overall.

Zimmermann was the first free agent to sign among the 17 with compensation attached.

The Tigers slipped last season in large part because their rotation declined after Max Scherzer signed with Washington as a free agent. Now Zimmermann is heading in the other direction,

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MIAMI — Barry Bonds might soon be tutoring Giancarlo Stanton, slugger to slugger.

Bonds is talking with the Miami Marlins about working for them as a hitting coach, a person familiar with the discussions said Monday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the discussions haven’t been confirmed publicly.

If hired by the Marlins, Bonds would coach Stanton, their $325 million slugger, who has 181 career homers even though he just turned 26.

Frank Menechino will be back in 2016 as the Marlins hitting coach, and Bonds would work with him.

Bonds is the career leader in home runs with 762; Menechino hit 36.

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Cook, who placed third in the 100yard breaststroke at the Class 4A state meet last year “is a phenom,” Jackson coach Drew Whorley said.

“One of the goals I’m going to talk about with him this year is, if the schedule sets up the right way, that he could get a state-qualifying time in every event. He’s just an incredible talent. He’s the most talented (boys) swimmer we’ve ever had at Jackson.

His work ethic is second to none, he has a terrific attitude, he’s incredibly humble and he’s (very) competitive.”

Connor DeMarco Marysville Getchell | Sr.

DeMarco earned first-team AllWesco 3A North honors last season in both the 50 and 100 freestyles, “and he went to state in both events … so I’m anticipating that’s what he’ll be shooting for again,” Marysville Getchell coach Meredith Jenks said. Though DeMarco had to overcome a shoulder injury last season, “his hopes and my expectations are that he will do even better than he was able to finish out the season last year. … He’s a hard worker, a great athlete, a great student and just great all around.”

Nick Lavigne Glacier Peak | Sr.

A state title will be in the sights of Lavigne, who placed fourth in the 100 butterfly at the Class 3A state meet last season. “And I think that’s certainly possible,” Grizzlies coach Rob Serviss said. “Nick is great. He’s a year-round swimmer, he has a lot of competitive experience, and he has some pretty big goals going into his senior year.” Added Serviss, “He’s an extremely hard worker and a great student-athlete. He’s what coaches hope for when they get a young man or a young woman with talent.”

Henry Limm Kamiak | Sr.

Limm placed third in the 500 freestyle at the Class 4A state meet a year ago, and he could well end up improving on that finish this season.

He’s also strong in the 200 freestyle and the 400 individual medley, and Kamiak coach Chris Erickson is unsure what his best event is. But, Erickson said, “he should be in the running for (an individual) state championship. … I’d say top three is conservative, and top two or top one is probable, even likely.”

Tony Mikhail

Archbishop Murphy | Jr. Mikhail placed sixth in the 500 freestyle and ninth in the 200 freestyle at the Class 2A state meet last season, “and he should definitely go top eight (in both this season),” Wildcats coach Erin Edmondson said.

“He’s the fastest guy that I have on my team, and think he’ll score the best (on the team) at the state meet.

And if we have any relays that go, he’s going to be on them, too. …

He’s already looking better than he started last year, and I think he’s going to have a great season.”

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Kamiak High School senior Henry Limm placed third in the 500-yard freestyle at the Class 4A state meet a year ago and is expected to bid for a state championship this fall.

RIVALRY WITH A SPLASH When the Jackson and Kamiak swim teams square off, it’s ‘a little more than just another meet on the schedule’

By Rich Myhre Herald Writer

In all sports, and at all levels, coaches sometimes use rousing pregame speeches to prepare their athletes to compete.

But when the Kamiak and Jackson high school swim teams collide, that kind of fiery oratory is rarely needed.

Because when the Knights and Timberwolves square off in the pool, everyone knows a showdown is at hand.

On the day of a KamiakJackson dual meet “we need to be ready to go,” Jackson coach Drew Whorley said. “The kids are always fired up to swim against them without me even having to talk about it.

“We know that every swimmer on our roster is going to have a race when we go swim Kamiak,” he added, “and that’s always been the case.”

Facing the T-wolves “is a little more than just another meet on the schedule, for sure,” agreed Kamiak coach Chris Erickson. “I wouldn’t call (the rivalry) heated, but I would call it competitive.”

Last season’s Kamiak-Jackson dual meet was particularly memorable. On Jan. 22, Jackson defeated the Knights 100-70, ending Kamiak’s winning streak for dual meets at 103.

Previously, the Knights had not lost a dual meet since Feb. 7, 2008, and that defeat was to a Snohomish team that went

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Jon Cook of Jackson High School placed third in 100-yard breaststroke at last season’s Class 4A state meet.

on to win the Class 4A state championship.

As Whorley recalls, “We had a good day. … And I remember that (beating Kamiak) was something the guys were hyped about.”

The winning streak “was great when we had it,” Erickson said. “But as soon as we lost it, we changed our focus to ‘What’s next?’ And that was district and state.” This season, he said, “it’s over and forgotten, and now we’re on to something different.”

As it turned out, Kamiak had a strong finish to the season, placing third at the 4A state meet with Jackson ending up 10th. But as the two teams prepare for the

We focus on trying to thrive in the moment, but everybody also recognizes where that meet is on the calendar.

Compiled by Rich Myhre, Herald writer

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Koa Wilkins Andrew Cline & Caleb Perry King’s | Football The junior running back duo of Cline and Perry along with the senior quarterback Wilkins led the Knights to a 28-25 victory over Montesano in the 1A state semifinals Saturday. Wilkins rushed for two touchdowns and threw another. Cline rushed for 138 yards on 16 carries and scored a touchdown and Perry rushed for 126 yards on 19 carries. The Knights will face No. 1 ranked Royal in Saturday’s state championship game.

new season — and they will see each other on Jan. 26 in a meet that also includes Lake Stevens — the Knights and T-wolves have reasons for both optimism and uncertainty.

Kamiak was hit particularly hard by graduation, and the prospects this season are “really unknown,” Erickson said. “We have 45 kids (on the roster) and half of them are freshmen, so it’s going to be interesting. … I think our freshmen will be a huge part in our depth.”

Leading the way for the Knights is Henry Limm, who placed third in the 500-yard freestyle at state a year ago and could bid for a championship this season. “Henry could be

state champ,” Erickson acknowledged, “but that doesn’t mean we’ll win district or state, or even dual meets either.”

Jackson, meanwhile, has “a good squad,” Whorley said.

“We’re a little deeper than I thought we were going to be.

There were a couple of pleasant surprises (i.e., promising newcomers) this year that weren’t really on my radar. … I don’t think we’re going to have a whole lot of holes in our lineup, and there are some places where we’re strong.”

The Timberwolves are led by sophomore Jon Cook, who finished third in the 100 breaststroke at state last season and is strong in several events, including the individual medley.

Though both Kamiak and Jackson have bigger goals than just beating each other in the regular season, both teams and both coaches understand the value of having a top rival on the schedule.

As Whorley explained, “things kind of ebb and flow” over the years, but a meet against Kamiak “is always a really good gauge for us as to how good we are.”

Between the two squads, he added, “there’s an ultimate amount of respect. … We focus on trying to thrive in the moment, but everybody also recognizes where that meet is on the calendar. And when it comes, the kids always seems to rise up for it.”

— Drew Whorley Jackson High School boys swimming coach

GP and Snohomish to honor Stechers

MONDAY | Scoreboard GIRLS BASKETBALL Arlington 65, Meadowdale 25 At Meadowdale High School Arlington 18 18 21 8 —65 Meadowdale 7 8 2 8 —25 Arlington—Gracie Castaneda 10, Serafina Baldares 13, Sevi Bielser 3, Emma Janousek 2, Jayla Russ 10, Sarah Shortt 0, Peyton Brown 11, Selena Gutierrez 2, Olivia Larson 11, Emmi Modahl 0, Abby Anderson 2. Meadowdale—Adriana Valadez 5, Lauren Hunnewell 4, Selina Tekle 5, Ngozi Ezeokeke 4, Sarah Haughney 2, Grace Wilson 5, Kassidi Dotter 0, Emma Helm 0, Kaeli McKinley 0.

Records—Arlington 1-0. Meadowdale 0-1.

Glacier Peak 69, Roosevelt 58 At Roosevelt High School Glacier Peak 21 17 15 16 —69 Roosevelt 13 13 15 17 —58 Glacier Peak—Addison Sande 0, Paisley Johnson 29, Sammy Fatkin 6, Charlie Sevenants 0, Kayla Watkins 26, Natalie Rasmussen dnp, Maya McFadden 8, Seirra Nash 0, Makalya Guerria 0, Nichole Jensen 0, Abbie Juozapaitis 0. Roosevelt—Bradburne 4, Hultz 11, Dean 17, Synovec 2, Mirick 0, Johnson 5, Morrill 13, Zhai 6. Records—Glacier Peak 1-0 overall. Roosevelt 0-1.

Monroe 61, Redmond 48 At Redmond High School Monroe Redmond

12 21 17 11 —61 3 18 8 19 —48

Monroe—Kat Ragusa 2, Corrina Roppo 12, Kittra Evenson 1, Jadynn Alexander 21, Emily Donnelly 4, Katie Piland 2, Hannah Drivstuen 13, Monique Fierke 6.

Redmond—not reported. Records—Monroe 1-0 overall.

Redmond 0-1.

GIRLS BOWLING Cascade 3, Burlington-Edison 0 At Riverside Lanes Highlights—Cascade: Paris Smith 180 high game, 494 series; Remi Shipley 150 high game, 424 series.

Everett 2, Squalicum 1 At Mt. Baker Lanes Highlights—Everett: Sammy Durr 224 high game, 549 series; Jo-Jo Durr 157 high game; Elizabeth Casper 149 high game..

By Aaron Lommers Herald Writer

SNOHOMISH — The Glacier Peak and Snohomish boys basketball teams will honor Jan and Charlie Stecher, two community members who have been involved in youth basketball for 46 years, at Tuesday’s season-opener between the Grizzlies and the Panthers.

Charlie Stecher, who passed away in June, spent much of his life coaching basketball in Snohomish, both at the high school and youth levels. He coached kids until he was 76-years old, slowing down only for health reasons.

Both Charlie and his wife Jan were always willing to do whatever was needed to help grow basketball in Snohomish.

Jan has kept stats for Glacier Peak since the school opened in 2008. Charlie and Jan’s grandson Jim is the JV coach for the Grizzlies.

“I give them a ton of credit for developing the talent that came through Snohomish 15 years ago,” Glacier Peak head coach Brian Hunter said. “For us at Glacier Peak, they quickened the process for us to become successful.

Whatever was needed the two of them were willing to do.”

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USC promotes Helton from interim to full-time head coach

By Gary Klein Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Clay Helton’s big day came right at the start of an important week for USC’s football team, and it was clear which took precedence.

Dressed in a suit and wearing an ear-to-ear grin, Helton completed his opening remarks during a buoyant news conference at USC’s McKay Center — where he was formally introduced Monday as the Trojans’ permanent coach — when he turned a little antsy.

“I really need to get back to that film room,” he said, chuckling.

A date against Stanford in the Pac-12 Conference championship game was five days away, and he had work to do.

A couple of hours earlier, soon after USC announced in a statement that Helton would shed the “interim” part of his coaching title, he was on the practice field in shorts, a pullover and his trademark ball cap, tutoring some of the younger Trojans on fundamentals.

The formal news conference was a necessary break in his routine.

With his wife and three children looking on, Helton thanked USC Athletic Director Pat Haden for the opportunity to continue with the Trojans.

“I totally understand the high bar of excellence and expectations that come with the job,” he said.

Helton, 43, received a fiveyear guaranteed contract, Haden said. Terms were not disclosed.

Haden, who has been under fire for hiring Steve Sarkisian and the way the former coach’s situation was handled before he was fired on Oct. 12, described Helton as a leader, teacher and mentor.

“We have a man with undisputed integrity,” Haden said.

USC has a record of 5-2 since Helton took over and infused the program with a physical running game and approach that some former players and coaches said harks to the glory

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The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant announced on Sunday he will retire at the end of the season, his 20th in the NBA.

Kobe’s farewell tour underway Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant said he will not be shedding any tears. At least not publicly.

But the Bryant farewell tour is underway after Bryant announced Sunday that this will be his last season after playing all 20 seasons of his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The rest of this season will likely be a test to see if he can maintain his composure.

The Lakers and Bryant begin their longest trip of the season, an eight-game, 13-day trip that starts Tuesday night in his hometown of Philadelphia. And Bryant knows there could be some ceremonies for him throughout the trip.

But don’t expect Bryant to start crying for the world to see.

“It’s not going to happen on the court,” Bryant said Sunday night, smiling, then laughing. “Ain’t going to happen there, man. But if I said I wasn’t getting a little emotional about it, I’d be lying.

It’s a little different internally than when you actually voice it, now it’s out there. There’s a certain level of finality to it that adds a little more.

“The coolest thing is the blessings that I’ve received from other

players. They say thank you for the inspiration, thank you for the lessons, the mentality. Those things honestly mean the most to me. That respect from my peers, there’s nothing in the world that can top that.”

This trip has the potential to be draining for Bryant, and it will be up to Lakers coach Byron Scott to keep a close eye on the 37-yearold guard.

Scott said it “might be impossible” for Bryant not to be emotionally spent on a trip that has three sets of back-to-back games and five games in seven days.

“I know how focused he is and I know how dedicated he is to making sure he’s ready for every game,” Scott said. “But with this announcement and going on this road trip, it might be impossible to keep him from being mentally drained at times, as well as physically drained. That’s where with the back-to-back games where I really have to watch and make sure that he looks like he’s OK when he’s out there.”

Bryant took some time to reminisce about growing up in Philadelphia.

He talked about playing in the Sonny Hill League, an amateur summer league in that area. He said he developed his skills on

the Tustin Playground in Philadelphia. And he talked about becoming a standout at Lower Marion High, about 30 minutes outside of the city.

“It’s going to be beautiful,” Bryant said about playing his final game in Philadelphia. “So much of my game was developed in Philadelphia. ... Just so many, so many great memories there. It’s going to be a very, very special moment.”

Bryant is averaging 15.2 points per game, the fourth-lowest of his career, his 30.5 percent shooting is a career low and his 20.2 percent three-point shooting is the second-worst of his career.

And Bryant is averaging 31.1 minutes per game, second-most on the team behind Jordan Clarkson (31.6).

Yet, Scott said he won’t alter Bryant’s playing time.

“Just try to keep it the same, but also keep a close watch on him,” Scott said Sunday night after the Lakers lost to Indiana and dropped to 2-14. “I talk to him on a day-to-day basis, make sure he feels OK, because . I think he wants to play every game as much as possible.

“Games are important, but I’ll also have to watch him when the game is not going on, make sure he’s getting his rest.”

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days of the program. Helton has the Trojans positioned for a shot at their first Rose Bowl appearance since the 2008 season.

Helton grew up in Florida and Texas and speaks with a folksy twang. He noted that while driving to campus from his South Bay home he could see the Hollywood sign in the distance.

“I apologize for not being glitzy, but I believe that that mentality, that blue-collar toughness mentality, is what wins championships, and it has been proven here over a long period of time way before me.”

Helton acknowledged some fans wanted a bigger-name coach for the Trojans but offered no apologies.

“Sometimes the right choice in not always the easy choice,” he said. “I understand I’m not a flashy name.”

Helton had been a USC assistant for five-plus seasons before he was elevated to interim coach for the second time. He also was interim coach for the Trojans’ 2013 Las Vegas Bowl victory over Fresno State.

In its first game under Helton this season, USC lost at Notre Dame, 41-31. The Trojans then defeated then-unbeaten and third-ranked Utah, California, Arizona and Colorado before losing at Oregon, 48-28.

USC rebounded with a 40-21 victory over UCLA last Saturday, its first win over the rival Bruins since 2011.

Players voiced support for Helton throughout his interim tenure and several started a social media campaign with the hashtag Helton2016.

On Monday, the team erupted into cheers during a morning meeting after Haden informed them that Helton was the permanent head coach.

Some fans on social media and columnists online criticized USC for not hiring a coach from outside the program, but reaction to the news was met with enthusiastic tweets from several current and former Trojans.

“Helton 2016!” wrote freshman tight end Tyler Petite.

“Great day to be a Trojan”

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L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Orlando at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m.

Men’s College Basketball AP College Poll The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 29, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Kentucky (59) 6-0 1,619 1 2. Maryland (4) 6-0 1,512 2 3. Michigan St. (2) 7-0 1,510 3 4. Kansas 4-1 1,342 5 5. Iowa St. 5-0 1,338 4 6. Oklahoma 4-0 1,269 7 7. Duke 6-1 1,253 6 8. Villanova 6-0 1,218 8 9. North Carolina 5-1 1,155 9 10. Virginia 5-1 965 12 11. Purdue 6-0 904 16 12. Xavier 7-0 801 23

13. Gonzaga 4-1 788 10 14. Syracuse 6-0 696 — 15. Oregon 5-0 628 21 16. Vanderbilt 5-1 587 19 17. Cincinnati 7-0 551 24 18. Texas A&M 6-1 522 25 19. Arizona 6-1 504 11 20. West Virginia 6-0 363 — 21. Miami 5-1 289 15 22. SMU 4-0 256 25 23. Providence 6-1 247 — 24. Louisville 5-0 173 — 25. Baylor 4-1 162 — Others receiving votes: UConn 153, Utah 72, Butler 62, George Washington 45, Indiana 26, N. Iowa 25, Notre Dame 22, California 19, Pittsburgh 11, Dayton 8, San Diego St. 5, South Carolina 5, Georgetown 4, UTEP 3, Iowa 2, LSU 2, Northwestern 2, UALR 2, Colorado St. 1, Davidson 1, Louisiana Tech 1, Monmouth (NJ) 1, Northeastern 1.

USA Today Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 29, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (29) 6-0 797 1 2. Maryland (3) 6-0 759 2 3. Michigan State 7-0 720 4 4. Iowa State 5-0 652 5 5. Duke 6-1 642 3 6. Kansas 4-1 615 7 7. Villanova 6-0 613 9 8. Oklahoma 4-0 607 6 9. North Carolina 5-1 549 8 10. Virginia 5-1 495 12 11. Purdue 6-0 456 15 12. Gonzaga 4-1 376 11 13. Vanderbilt 5-1 343 16 14. Arizona 6-1 320 10 15. West Virginia 6-0 299 22 16. Oregon 5-0 291 23 17. Cincinnati 7-0 282 24 18. Xavier 7-0 280 — 19. Syracuse 6-0 221 — — 20. Texas A&M 6-1 175 21. Miami 5-1 145 19 22. Louisville 5-0 141 — 23. Baylor 4-1 113 25 24. Providence 6-1 110 — 25. Butler 4-1 65 — Others Receiving Votes: Utah 62, UConn 53, California 43, Indiana 35, LSU 29, Notre Dame 25, George Washington 17, Dayton 11, Davidson 10, Saint Mary’s 10, UNLV 9, Pittsburgh 8, Iowa 5, Monmouth 5, South Carolina 4, Northern Iowa 3, Florida 2, Wichita State 2, UTEP 1.

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crutches for a month and wore a knee brace for three months, and by the summer she was back to running and kicking a ball. She was finally ready for contact drills in the late fall, but by then her high school season was wrapping up.

Western Washington had showed recruiting interest before her injury, and afterward the Vikings were still in touch, though the coaches wanted to see her compete at full speed. She attended a WWU camp in the winter and was invited back to a team practice, and it was then she was offered a scholarship.

“We loved her as a player when we watched her in high school,” said Vikings head coach Travis Connell. “She’s explosive, athletic, and she has one of the best left foots we’ve ever had on our team.

And she has a drive, which you could see when she was playing (years ago). She was hungry and she was never satisfied, and when you see that in a youth player you know she’s going to continue to work hard to improve when she’s in college.

“The timing of her injury (in the recruiting process) was probably the worst. But she was able to overcome all that, find a way on our team, and then find a way into the starting lineup. And she’s become a key, key contributor for us.”

Russell played forward in high school, but early on Connell approached her about moving to defense. The reason, he explained, is that “she thrived in (oneon-one) situations. Whether she was dribbling against someone, or whether she was trying to stop someone, she was so competitive in those individual battles. And that’s something that’s great for defenders because they’re in those situations all the time.

“It isn’t always easy to have that conversation with a student-athlete,” he added with a laugh. “But Erin is a team

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had to sacrifice in the deal. But again, we’re very excited about our (19)99 group.”

Martin seemed to welcome the news, tweeting: “Would like to thank @BladesHockey for the past year. Great organization with a great group of guys. Happy to be joining the @WHLsilvertips.”

Martin, who will wear No. 4 with Everett, played for Canada Pacific at the 2012-13 U-17 World Hockey Challenge and led all defensemen at the tournament with nine points. He played two games at the end of last season with the Rochester Americans, Buffalo’s AHL affiliate.

“The key is that he’s a guy that can skate very well and he handles the puck very well and in today’s game those are very important ingredients for a player,” Davidson said. “He did put up points as a young bantam (player). I think he fits in well with what we do, which is control and manage pucks.”

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Seattle at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Houston at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Denver at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 1:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at New England, 1:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Next Monday’s game Dallas at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

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player. Even though (moving to defense) was not exactly what she wanted, she understood and wanted to do everything she could to help the team. And she is the perfect player as far as the characteristics you need for that position.”

Russell played sparingly in her first two seasons — “She’s on one of the best teams in the country ... and there’s not a lot of freshmen that come in and play right away,” Connell pointed out — but she is one of just six Vikings and one of just two defenders to start every game this season.

“It turns out that I’m a defender at heart,” Russell said. “At first I was a little confused. It was like, ‘What the heck am I doing back here?’ But once I practiced it, I realized how natural it was to me.”

Defense is a big reason the Vikings have reached the national semis.

Western Washington has 14 shutouts while surrendering just 11 goals for the entire season, and is taking a 20-match unbeaten string into Thursday’s game.

“I think our chances (for a championship) are great,” Connell said. “We’re healthy, and we played the best soccer we have this season in our last three games. So we’re peaking at the right time.”

In 2013, Russell’s freshman season, Western Washington also reached the D-II Final Four, but lost a 2-1 overtime heartbreaker to West Florida in the semis. But despite that disappointment, WWU’s seniors and juniors “have played in a lot of really important games in the playoffs and they’ve reached the Final Four previously,” Connell said. “So there’s a ton of experience and maturity.”

It is, he went on, “a real even-keel group. I don’t need to make pump-up speeches before matches because they know what they have to do to bring energy and composure for every match.

It’s their goals and their team, and they fully expected to be (at nationals) and trying to win a championship at the end of the year.”

Austria tabs Winkler Everett forward Dario Winkler was named to the Austrian U-20 junior team that will compete at the World Junior Division I A Tournament scheduled for Dec. 13-19 in Vienna, Austria.

The winner of the tournament earns promotion to the top division and a berth at the 2017 World Junior Championships, while the loser is relegated to Division I B. The remaining four teams stay in Division I A for next year’s tournaments.

The Austrians will compete with Germany (relegated from last year’s World Juniors), Norway, Latvia, Italy and Kazakhstan (promoted after winning Division I B last year).

Winkler is scheduled to depart on Dec. 6 and return on Dec. 26.

Hart nominated Everett Silvertips goaltender Carter Hart was the WHL’s nominee for CHL Goaltender of the Week for the second time this season.

The 17-year-old was 3-0-0-0 last week with two shutouts and one goal allowed and a .985 save percentage.

Hart leads the WHL in shutouts (six), goals against average (1.61) and save percentage (.939). He is also tied for the lead in victories with 14.

The CHL winner will be announced later this week.

For the latest Silvertips news follow Jesse Geleynse on Twitter @jessegeleynse.

23 12 7 4 28 59 60 22 11 7 4 26 63 61 25 11 12 2 24 67 80 24 9 14 1 19 71 75 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 25 18 4 3 39 88 56 Ottawa 23 12 6 5 29 76 68 Detroit 24 12 8 4 28 56 60 Boston 22 13 8 1 27 73 64 Tampa Bay 25 11 11 3 25 59 58 Florida 23 10 9 4 24 60 59 Buffalo 24 10 12 2 22 54 62 Toronto 24 8 11 5 21 56 66 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 25 17 6 2 36 74 53 Washington 23 17 5 1 35 75 51 N.Y. Islanders 25 13 8 4 30 72 62 Pittsburgh 23 13 8 2 28 52 54 New Jersey 23 12 9 2 26 56 57 Philadelphia 24 9 10 5 23 45 65 Carolina 24 8 12 4 20 50 70 Columbus 25 10 15 0 20 60 76 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s games N.Y. Islanders 5, Colorado 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Carolina 3 Toronto 3, Edmonton 0 Anaheim 4, Vancouver 0 Tuesday’s games Colorado at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Florida at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

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BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Assigned OF Michael Choice outright to Columbus (IL). Agreed to terms with C Anthony Recker on a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jordan Zimmermann on a five-year contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Assigned LHP Fernando Abad and OF Craig Gentry outright to Nashville (PCL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jim Johnson on a one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Claimed RHP Michael Mariot off waivers from Kansas City.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with C Brayan Pena on a two-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES LAKERS — G Kobe Bryant announced his retirement, effective at the end of the season.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Assigned F Cleananthony Early to Westchester (NBADL).

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Waived F Martell Webster. Signed C Ryan Hollins.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Placed DT Alex Carrington on injured reserve. Released LB A.J. Tarpley.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed C Cornelius Edison to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived LB Sean Porter from the PUP list. Released G Dan France from the practice squad. Signed CB Asa Jackson to the practice squad.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived RB Trey Williams.

DETROIT LIONS — Placed CB Alex Carter on injured reserve.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed RB Ahmad Bradshaw on injured reserve. Signed RB Zurlon Tipton.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Fired offensive coordinator Bill Lazor. Named Zac Taylor offensive coordinator.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released WR Chris Harper.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released OL Julian Vandervelde. Signed OL Barrett Jones from Chicago’s practice squad and CB Mike Lee and LB Brandon Hepburn to the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed TE Jimmy Graham on injured reserve. Signed DT A.J. Francis from the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived S Kimario McFadden. Signed LB Adarius Glanton from Carolina’s practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Rico Richardson to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Jeremy Harris to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D Richard Nedomlel from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned D Victor Bartley to Milwaukee (AHL). Reassigned G Juuse Saros to Milwaukee.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled F Jayson Megna from Hartford (AHL).

COLLEGE HAWAII — Named Nick Rolovich football coach.

SOUTHERN CAL — Named Clay Helton permanent football coach.

UTSA — Named Rodrigo da Silva men’s tennis coach.

Galaxy’s Keane on MLS Best XI Associated Press NEW YORK — Los Angeles Galaxy forward Robbie Keane has been selected to Major League Soccer’s Best XI for the fourth straight year.

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hot when he has needed to.

A couple weeks ago a thread of commentary was that Wilson needed to revert to the freewheeling form of his 2012 rookie season, when he threw 16 touchdowns and only two interceptions in the final eight regular season games.

Had he become too focused on getting the ball to Jimmy Graham or Marshawn Lynch? Had he been listening to the external voices calling for him to stay in the pocket, to color his game inside the lines of the game plan?

Certainly, with the big contract, everyone was expecting him to put the offense on his back when they needed it.

The past two games, he has done exactly that, throwing eight touchdown passes and no interceptions against San Francisco and Pittsburgh.

Three of those touchdown passes on Sunday were in the fourth quarter after the Steelers had taken a 21-20 lead.

It was the kind of rocksolid, clutch performance the big-money quarterbacks are expected to make.

“I think he’s the best he’s been in the pocket, and you can see him

New crew chief for NASCAR’s Stewart Associated Press KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — Tony Stewart will have a new crew chief for his final season in NASCAR. Stewart-Haas Racing said Monday that Michael Bugarewicz has been promoted from race engineer for Kevin Harvick's team to crew chief for Stewart.

Columbus’ Kei Kamara and Toronto’s Sebastian Giovinco were the other forwards on the team, which was announced Sunday.

Luis Robles of the New York Red Bulls was chosen as goalkeeper, joined by defenders Laurent

Ciman of Montreal, Kendall Waston of Vancouver and Matt Hedges of Dallas.

Kansas City’s Benny Feilhaber was in the midfield, joined by Dallas’ Fabian Castillo, the Red Bulls’ Dax McCarty and Columbus’ Ethan Finlay.

solid in his reads and his decision-making. That was an illustration of it yesterday,” Carroll said of Wilson.

“He’s come a long way and is really comfortable and can whip the football and use all his guys and use the whole field when we give him a chance to. That’s a real positive sign.”

The “when we give him a chance” was a nod to Sweezy and Gilliam and their offensive-line compatriots, who have coalesced into a fairly functional unit.

Just a couple weeks ago,

Wilson’s passer rating was at an all-time low, in the 91 range. Now, it’s up to what would be a career high if he sustained it — 102.9.

As a result, in part, the Seahawks (6-5) are back in wild-card territory. They will have to finish strong without two key injured players — Lynch and Graham.

But with Wilson pushing the offense at this rate, having to simply outscore productive opponents is not such an unrealistic proposition.

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NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2015 PRELIMINARY TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT BOARD AGENDA - 6 P.M. PRESENTATION– 2015 Annual Report ACTION ITEM– Transportation Benefit District Board RELIMINARY CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA - 7 P.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. Assumption of Transportation Benefit District – ADOPT Ordinance 2297 b. 2016 City Manager Recommended Budget (cont) – ADOPT Ordinance 2293 c. Vacation of Portion of Spruce Street (cancelled) – Ordinance 2291 DISCUSSION ITEMS a Police 3rd Quarter Report b. Cell Tower Regulations CONSENT ITEMS a. AUTHORIZE City Manager to Sign Professional Services Agreement Addendum for 2015 Transportation Master Plan Consultant b. CONFIRM Mayor’s Appointment and Reappointment to Parks and Recreation Board c. AUTHORIZE City Manager to Sign Interlocal Agreement for Yakima County Jail Services EXECUTIVE SESSION – Collective Bargaining & Personnel ADJOURN NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, December 15, 2015, workshop at 6 p.m., regular meeting at 7 p.m., in the George Gilbertson Boardroom, Snohomish School District Resource Center, 1601 Avenue D. The City Council Chambers are ADA accessible. Specialized accommodations will be provided with 5 days advanced notice.

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Defense has become force for Vikings

By Gregg Bell The News Tribune

By Dave Campbell Associated Press

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have developed one of the toughest defenses in the NFL under the demanding, experienced and creative direction of coach Mike Zimmer.

If Adrian Peterson’s leagueleading rushing total is the face of this team’s identity, the aggressive, disciplined and well-rounded defense is the rest of the body, as well as the mind and the soul.

The Vikings, who have given up the second-fewest points in the NFL, took back sole possession of first place in the NFC North with another hallmark performance by the players paid to keep the other team from scoring in a 20-10 victory Sunday at Atlanta.

There’s no better time of the year for this defense to be thriving.

“Anytime you have a north in your division, NFC North or AFC North, this is a pretty good ingredient going forward when the weather starts getting colder and things like that,” Zimmer said Monday as the Twin Cities area was topped with its first significant snowfall of the season.

The Vikings (8-3), who have a four-game winning streak on the road for their longest since 1998, play three of their next four games at home. It’s the stretch run of their two-year stay at the University of Minnesota before they become a downtown dome team again.

“Everybody’s doing their job and understanding their assignment and scheme and playing fast,” linebacker Anthony Barr said.

“So hopefully guys can continue to play at a high level, and I think we’ll continue to be successful.”

Zimmer tends to ration the compliments, perhaps an overlooked reason among many why the Vikings have become such a force on defense. The Falcons scored a meaningless touchdown in the closing minutes, and the coach didn’t miss his opportunity to urge the group to be better in the future at finishing a game strongly.

“We’re going to have to that Super Bowl trophy in our hands to satisfy him,” cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said, smiling.

The players hardly disagreed, though.

“You can always do better.

We’re just trying to strive for greatness. We want to be champions,” Barr said.

The key to the scheme can sound quite cliche, but pass rushers not overrunning a play in pursuit of a sack and the secondary resisting temptation to chase a turnover can be critical toward success.

“That’s really what it’s about.

Just doing your job. All 11 guys being where they’re supposed to be when the defense is called,” defensive end Brian Robison said. “If we do that, we’ve shown we can be pretty dang good. But we’ve also shown that when we don’t do that, we can be pretty mediocre. We just have to keep doing what we’ve been doing here lately.”

Elite talent can’t be discounted, either.

Barr’s play, despite an injured left hand he confirmed Monday was broken three games ago, has been Pro Bowl-caliber. Linval Joseph and Everson Griffen have led the way on the line.

The defensive backs had one of their best collective performances at Atlanta, too. With star safety Harrison Smith out, steering Antone Exum Jr. into his first career start, the Vikings kept NFL receiving leader Julio Jones quiet and intercepted Matt Ryan twice.

“I think everybody just goes out and tries to play for each other,” Exum said. “When you make a mistake, it’s not just about you making a mistake. You’re trying to think about, ‘Oh, man, I could have left the corner out to dry on that one, or I wasn’t in the right gap and now I put the linebacker in a hard spot.’ We’re not just hurting ourselves, but we’re playing for the guy beside us.”

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Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham injured his right knee on this pass play in the end zone during Sunday’s game against the Steelers.

Life after Graham

Luke Willson takes over as the Seahawks starting tight end after Jimmy Graham was lost for the season with a knee injury in Sunday’s game against the Steelers.

By Gregg Bell The News Tribune

RENTON — Luke Willson starting. Cooper Helfet backing him up. The Seattle Seahawks shopping for help and depth.

And Jimmy Graham not even on the roster.

It’s 2014 all over again at tight end for the Seahawks — not at all by choice, of course.

The Seahawks officially ended Graham’s Seattle-debut season on Monday when they put him on injured reserve, before surgery to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee. Graham got hurt Sunday in Seattle’s 39-30 win over Pittsburgh when his leg stuck awkwardly in the turf while he was double covered in the end zone on an incomplete pass early in the fourth quarter.

Head coach Pete Carroll was unequivocal Monday when asked if the NFL’s most accomplished tight end since 2011 will return to playing before Seattle’s 2016 season begins.

“Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yes,” Carroll said.

The team doesn’t know if that means the 29-year-old Graham, for whom Seattle traded twotime Pro Bowl center Max Unger and a first-round draft choice to New Orleans in May, would be back on the field for the start of training camp in late July.

“I don’t know about the dates of that,” Carroll said, “but there’s plenty of time for him to get back.”

The Orthopaedic Trauma Center at the University of California-San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital states surgery for a patellar tendon rupture usually occurs within four weeks.

“After the surgery, it typically takes between six and eight

weeks for the tendon to heal,” the clinic states. “During that time, the knee is kept straight in a brace for a majority of the time to allow the repair to heal without stretching out. Once the surgeon has determined that the repair is healed, physical therapy begins in order to regain motion of the knee and strength in the quadriceps.”

Six to eight weeks of the tendon healing would put Graham into late February, at the long end of those estimates. The Seahawks’ offseason training program usually begins in earnest in March.

Until then, Carroll hinted “we may do some things in next day or so” regarding adding another tight end before the Seahawks (6-5) play at NFC Central leader Minnesota (8-3) Sunday.

Willson has 12 catches this season behind Graham, including for 12 yards on the play immediately after Graham got hurt. The fifth-round draft choice in 2013 started 10 games last season after Zach Miller had career-ending ankle injuries, including the final four of the 2014 regular season when Seattle rallied to the NFC West title and all three playoff games through his start in Super Bowl 49.

“It’s tough, especially because he was having a great year,” Willson said of Graham.

“He’s such a hard worker.

“I’m sure he’s crushed right now. But I know he’ll come back strong next season.”

Indeed, Carroll has spent extra time with Graham since his injury to comfort him. The coach said the injury “breaks my heart.”

The 6-foot-5, 252-pound Willson has gained his quarterback’s and coaches’ trust

by flashing wide receiver-like speed. His biggest plays over 34 catches the last two seasons have come on runs after catches.

“Luke’s got plenty of confidence. He’s a vet now, he’s been around,” Carroll said. “There’s nothing that’s going to surprise him now. He’s really in the groove of it and he’s ready to go. That was evidenced by how he jumped right up to make a play the next snap, and away he goes. He’ll be fine.”

The 6-foot-7 Graham’s season ends with 48 catches for 605 yards in 11 games. Those are the lowest totals since his rookie year with the Saints in 2010, when he’d yet to become a full-time starter. His two touchdown catches this season were a career low. But he had been emerging in recent games as a more consistent target and threat as quarterback Russell Wilson has gotten more time to throw behind an improving offensive line.

The Seahawks filled Graham’s spot on the active roster by re-signing defensive tackle A.J. Francis. Seattle released the part-time Uber driver last week after it had claimed him off waivers from Miami. Francis is on the roster for depth with defensive tackle Jordan Hill recovering from a toe injury and Demarcus Dobbs beginning the league’s concussion protocol. Hill and Dobbs got hurt in Sunday’s 39-30 win over Pittsburgh.

Graham has two, non-guaranteed years remaining on the four-year, $40 million contract he signed with the Saints before the 2014 season. It paid him $2.9 million guaranteed with another $5.1 million in roster and workout bonuses this season.

Ravens return blocked kick for TD to beat Browns Associated Press CLEVELAND — This season of injury upon injury for the Baltimore Ravens finally includes a break worth celebrating.

Brent Urban blocked Travis Coons’ field-goal attempt and Will Hill returned it 64 yards for a touchdown as time expired, giving Baltimore a stunning 33-27 win Monday

night over the luckless Cleveland Browns, who lost their sixth straight game along with starting quarterback Josh McCown.

Coons lined up to kick a potential game-winning 51-yard field goal with 3 seconds to go for the Browns (2-9), but it was deflected by Urban, who was playing his first NFL game after missing the past two seasons with injuries to his

knee and right arm.

“It’s surreal,” said a beaming Urban, a fourth-round pick in 2014 who missed all last season and tore his biceps earlier this year. “After being out so long, it’s crazy. I’m almost speechless. It’s just a wonderful feeling.”

Quarterback Matt Schaub, making his first start since 2013, threw two touchdown passes for the Ravens (4-7).

RENTON — DeShawn Shead is going to remain the Seattle Seahawks starting right cornerback for the foreseeable future.

As he did Sunday following the 39-30 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, head coach Pete Carroll praised the part-time safety and nickel back Monday for playing well amid an aerial bombardment by Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers’ deep-running receivers.

“We feel pretty good about DeShawn coming back again this week,” the coach said.

Shead broke up three deep passes — which is about three more than Cary Williams had been breaking up per game — and four passes total on Sunday.

Williams has four breakups for the season.

Carroll likes what Shead brings in coverage and tackling.

Williams, Seattle’s $18 million free-agent signing in March to replace departed free agent Byron Maxwell, went from starter into a sweat suit on the sidelines Sunday. He was inactive for the game.

Asked what Williams’ role now is, the coach said tepidly: “He’s trying to fight for playing time.”

Lynch ‘on schedule’ Carroll was vague on how long running back Marshawn Lynch will remain out but said “everything is on schedule” and going well following Lynch’s abdominal surgery in Philadelphia Wednesday.

Lynch stayed back East through week’s end to begin his rehabilitation, which will now shift to team headquarters. The original estimate the coach gave for a possible return for the league’s leading rusher since 2011 was perhaps three or four weeks, which could be for the Dec. 13 game at Baltimore or Dec. 20 against Cleveland. But, again, the Seahawks aren’t saying anything new about when Lynch might be back.

Irvin was a surprise Starting outside linebacker Bruce Irvin was a “surprise,” in Carroll’s word, in playing 33 of the defense’s 80 snaps Sunday. Irvin had been doubtful to play after missing the previous week’s win over San Francisco with a sprained knee ligament. But he ran better than he had in weeks during Seattle’s pregame warmups Sunday, so in he went first as a nickel pass rusher and then more on early downs as the game went on.

Irvin is on track to start at Minnesota. Veteran Mike Morgan had made his first two starts in five years the last two weeks for him.

Extra points The Seahawks should have wide receiver Paul Richardson full go at practice on Wednesday and returning from his hamstring injury for Sunday’s game, Carroll said. The secondround draft choice in 2014 has played in one half of one game this season, getting hurt on his only target and catch, a 40-yard sprint down the sidelines Nov. 15 against Arizona. That was three games ago. ... Carroll said defensive back Marcus Burley has a “minor” sprained ankle and may play Sunday at Minnesota.

Report: Cards’ Johnson has broken leg Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have not confirmed a report that running back Chris Johnson has a broken left leg.

The injury was reported Monday by Fox Sports.

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said earlier in the day it was a bruised knee, but MRI results on Johnson weren’t available then.

Johnson’s agent, Joel Segal, did not respond to text and phone messages seeking confirmation of the report that Johnson fractured his tibia in Sunday’s 19-13 victory at San Francisco on Sunday.

Johnson is in the midst of a comeback year. He is fourth in the NFL in rushing with 814 yards.

His backup, Andre Ellington, also was hurt in the game. Arians says Ellington has turf toe.

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Today Hi/Lo/W Amsterdam 53/47/r Athens 65/52/pc Baghdad 72/55/c Bangkok 94/80/s Beijing 35/26/c Berlin 46/40/c Buenos Aires 84/60/s Cairo 70/53/pc Dublin 57/49/sh Hong Kong 79/71/s Jerusalem 56/45/sh Johannesburg 87/62/pc London 57/50/pc

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 51/46/c 68/51/s 70/49/s 94/78/t 35/24/s 50/41/pc 82/63/s 71/56/s 54/42/sh 80/63/s 57/47/pc 86/63/c 57/52/c

Washington Bellingham Colville Ellensburg Forks Friday Harbor Moses Lake Ocean Shores Olympia Port Angeles Pullman Spokane Seattle Tacoma Walla Walla Wenatchee Yakima Idaho Boise Coeur d’Alene Sun Valley Oregon Astoria Bend Eugene Klamath Falls Medford Portland

Feet 0.0 9.2 5.3 6.0

through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ..................................... 41/29 Normal high/low ....................... 47/37 Records (2000/1985) ................. 57/18 Barometric pressure (noon) ... 30.13 R 24 hours ending 5 p.m. ............... 0.00” Month to date ............................. 5.39” Normal month to date ............... 3.40” Year to date ............................... 20.46” Normal year to date ................. 18.18”

Sunrise today ....................... 7:37 a.m.

Sunset tonight ..................... 4:18 p.m.

Moonrise today ................. 10:40 p.m.

Moonset today ................... 11:54 a.m.

Last Dec 2 City

New Dec 11

First Dec 18

Full Dec 25

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Madrid 59/34/pc 60/37/s Manila 91/77/pc 92/77/pc Mexico City 77/47/pc 75/54/pc Moscow 35/28/sn 32/24/sn Paris 55/43/pc 52/41/s Rio de Janeiro 78/72/r 81/73/t Riyadh 80/56/s 80/58/s Rome 63/45/s 61/44/pc Singapore 89/78/t 89/77/t Stockholm 34/25/s 38/36/sh Sydney 95/66/pc 74/62/pc Tokyo 59/48/s 55/50/r Toronto 47/32/c 43/32/pc

City

Vancouver

47/42

Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 51/43/c 30/21/c 30/22/c 48/44/r 49/43/c 30/23/c 50/47/r 48/39/r 48/39/r 34/27/c 31/23/c 49/40/c 49/39/r 31/24/c 29/24/c 32/22/c 23/18/c 32/23/c 21/10/s

35/28/c 37/31/i 30/21/pc

53/45/r 39/29/c 50/41/c 40/28/pc 50/39/c 48/38/c

55/48/sh 42/36/c 55/44/r 44/33/r 54/38/r 50/41/sh

Today Hi/Lo/W Albany 40/37/i Albuquerque 45/23/s Amarillo 48/23/s Anchorage 26/23/c Atlanta 71/59/sh Atlantic City 57/52/r Austin 59/43/c Baltimore 55/48/r Baton Rouge 67/54/sh Billings 39/22/pc Birmingham 66/49/r Boise 23/18/c Boston 45/42/c Buffalo 54/41/r Burlington, VT 41/39/r Charleston, SC 77/60/pc Charleston, WV 64/46/r Charlotte 63/58/sh Cheyenne 35/21/c Chicago 42/32/c Cincinnati 56/34/r Cleveland 58/34/r Columbus, OH 60/36/r Dallas 54/37/pc Denver 41/22/s Des Moines 36/29/sn Detroit 53/31/r El Paso 59/32/pc Evansville 52/34/pc Fairbanks 2/-5/pc Fargo 35/15/sn Fort Myers 85/69/pc Fresno 58/36/s Grand Rapids 48/33/sh Greensboro 58/56/sh Hartford 44/37/c Honolulu 84/74/pc Houston 57/48/c Indianapolis 50/33/pc

Bellingham

Kelowna 30/24

Calgary 41/23 Everett 46/40 51/45/sh Medicine Hat Seattle 33/17 35/30/c Spokane Libby Tacoma 49/40 34/29/i 29/20 31/23 49/39 51/48/sh Yakima Coeur d’Alene 32/22 50/47/sh Portland 32/23 48/38 Great Falls Walla Walla 35/32/c Newport Lewiston Missoula 33/24 31/24 52/50/sh 53/46 36/27 21/11 Salem 50/43/sh 50/43 Helena Pendleton 49/43/sh 25/9 33/20 36/34/i Eugene Bend 50/41 Butte 36/30/i 39/29 23/-1 Ontario 51/44/sh 28/19 Medford 52/43/sh Boise 50/39 37/33/i 23/18 Klamath Falls 32/29/c Eureka 40/28 Idaho Falls Twin Falls 36/28/c 58/51 22/-1 24/10

National Weather

Tacoma 49/39

Tides

City

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 50/36/r 47/24/s 51/24/s 28/23/i 61/41/r 61/47/r 63/36/c 60/40/r 58/42/sh 41/25/s 56/40/r 35/28/c 53/46/r 46/33/c 49/34/sh 78/55/c 56/34/c 68/42/r 45/24/s 39/27/sf 49/29/pc 49/34/pc 47/32/pc 57/36/s 49/25/s 39/24/pc 44/31/sn 56/29/s 46/29/s 1/-8/c 31/18/s 84/70/pc 62/42/pc 38/31/sf 66/41/r 51/42/r 83/74/pc 63/40/sh 42/30/c

51/43

Port Angeles 48/39

Redding 59/40

Roseburg Salem Montana Butte Great Falls Missoula Alaska Anchorage

48/45/c 50/43/c

56/47/r 55/45/sh

23/-1/s 33/24/s 21/11/pc

28/7/pc 40/29/c 31/20/c

26/23/c

28/23/i

Today Hi/Lo/W Jackson, MS 60/47/sh Kansas City 43/27/pc Knoxville 64/53/r Las Vegas 57/36/s Little Rock 54/37/pc Los Angeles 71/48/s Louisville 56/38/r Lubbock 57/24/pc Memphis 56/40/pc Miami 83/73/pc Milwaukee 42/31/c Minneapolis 34/28/sn Mobile 76/61/c Montgomery 75/60/c Newark 54/50/r New Orleans 74/60/c New York City 52/49/r Norfolk 63/54/sh Oakland 60/40/pc Oklahoma City 51/28/pc Omaha 33/25/sf Orlando 84/66/pc Palm Springs 70/44/s Philadelphia 57/52/r Phoenix 65/39/s Pittsburgh 58/42/r Portland, ME 43/33/pc Portland, OR 48/38/c Providence 47/42/c

Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 57/38/sh 39/23/s 57/36/r 58/38/s 55/34/s 77/51/s 51/32/pc 56/25/s 55/35/s 84/73/pc 40/29/sf 37/19/pc 64/46/sh 62/44/r 58/45/r 62/49/sh 57/46/r 69/51/r 64/43/pc 48/27/s 36/17/s 85/67/c 72/47/s 61/44/r 70/42/s 53/35/c 48/39/r 50/41/sh 56/46/r

City

Barrow -5/-9/c Fairbanks 2/-5/pc Juneau 41/35/r British Columbia Chilliwack 47/40/c Kelowna 30/24/pc Vancouver 47/42/c Victoria 47/43/r City

Today Hi/Lo/W Raleigh 61/56/c Rapid City 35/19/sn Reno 44/25/pc Richmond 55/50/r Sacramento 58/37/pc St. Louis 53/34/pc St. Petersburg 82/69/pc Salt Lake City 35/17/s San Antonio 62/48/c San Diego 69/48/s San Francisco 59/45/pc San Jose 61/40/pc Stockton 59/35/pc Syracuse 47/41/r Tallahassee 81/63/pc Tampa 84/70/pc Tempe 63/36/s Topeka 44/27/s Tucson 64/33/s Tulsa 53/31/s Washington, DC 54/50/r Wichita 44/26/s Winston-Salem 57/56/sh Yuma 66/42/s

49/41/c 37/32/c 48/44/r 48/45/sh Tomorrow Hi/Lo/W 70/44/r 48/23/s 51/31/pc 63/41/r 61/38/pc 45/32/pc 82/68/pc 40/20/pc 65/40/pc 75/51/s 63/47/pc 65/44/pc 62/41/pc 49/35/sh 77/57/sh 83/69/pc 69/39/s 41/21/s 70/39/s 50/28/s 62/43/r 44/22/s 66/42/r 69/44/s

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

National Extremes (for the 48 contiguous states) High: Punta Gorda, FL ..................... 85 Low: Wisdom, MT ........................... -20

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

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