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Nimitz won’t return in ’16 The decision will reduce disruption for sailors and their families
Dunshee to seek Somers’ position The state representative will try for the nomination to take over the county executive-elect’s job after he finishes work in Olympia. By Noah Haglund Herald Writer
Once the ship’s maintenance work is done, the Nimitz, which is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 11, would likely be sent out on another longterm overseas deployment, he said. Then, in 2018, the carrier is scheduled for yet more maintenance work at the shipyard in Bremerton.
SNOHOMISH — State Rep. Hans Dunshee wants to take on a new job as a Snohomish County councilman, but not before finishing some business in Olympia. The Democrat from Snohomish announced Tuesday he’ll be seeking the nomination for the council seat that Dave Somers will leave when he takes office as county executive. “I want to bring my passion for building strong communities to Snohomish County,” Dunshee said. Dunshee, who has served in the capitol for two decades, intends to complete the 2016 legislative session, when he’ll have a central role crafting the state budget. The session is scheduled Jan. 11 through March 10. “I’ll be negotiating a budget,” Dunshee said. “I’ve committed to do that.” Somers represents District 5, an area that includes Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Monroe and the U.S. 2 corridor to the east. The councilman defeated County Executive John Lovick on Nov. 3 and is set to be sworn in by the first of the year.
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The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz returns to Naval Station Everett from a nine-month deployment in time for Christmas in 2013. The USS Nimitz will return in 2019 instead of 2016, as originally planned.
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cycle. The Nimitz is now scheduled to return to Everett in 2019. The decision was made to reduce the number of disruptions the crew and their families would experience. The carrier, with a crew of 3,100 sailors and officers, already had undergone three changes of base in the previous five years, Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins said. It moved from San Diego to Bremerton
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EVERETT — The USS Nimitz will not be returning to Naval Station Everett in 2016, as originally planned. The aircraft carrier was moved to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton in January for 16 months of large-scale maintenance and upgrades. Now it will remain there through its next maintenance
in 2010, then to Everett in early 2012, and back to Bremerton in 2015. Frequent moves can be hard on sailors and their families, Hawkins said. “Sailors can now continue to focus on training and getting the ship ready for future missions without the added stress of relocating themselves and their families,” Capt. John Ring, the Nimitz’s commanding officer, said in a statement.
Maltby aims to build new park Herald Writer
MALTBY — Carousel Ranch is about to take a new turn. For 80 years, the hilly property on Highway 9 has served as a horse farm. This fall, Snohomish County reached a deal to buy the property, which has belonged to the Curtis family since 1980. The deal will allow a horseboarding business run by family members to stay there
for another year and a half, as the county performs outreach and starts to design a future park. What sold county staff on the property? Like many realestate deals, location, location, location. Carousel Ranch sits on a busy highway, adjoins a rail corridor that the county hopes to acquire and touches the grounds of King County’s Brightwater treatment plant to the south.
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“One of the nice things about the Carousel Ranch is that it’s right off of Highway 9,” said Russ Bosanko, operations manager for county parks. “It fits our long-term plan to have the rail and trail connecting on the east side of the property. Also, because it connects to the Brightwater property, we’d hope to have our property connect with the Brightwater trail system.” The $9 million deal closed Oct. 30. The agreement allows family members to stay in See PARK, back page, this section
Blue Christmas God rest ye, sullen gentlemen: There’s some discussion about how the 1971 Joni Mitchell song, “River,” about a heartbroken woman wishing for a river to “skate away on,” became a Christmas classic. “We needed a sad Christmas song, didn’t we?” Mitchell told NPR last Dear Abby. . . .D5 Good Life . . . .D1
year (Page D6). Not to throw Joni into a deeper funk, but “Coventry Carol” has her beat for downbeat Christmas song by more than 400 years. Everybody sing: “Herod the king in his raging ... .” Was she seeing a man about a donkey? Donald Trump’s latest attack labeled
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A horse grazes on the Carousel Ranch property in Woodinville, which, after being acquired by Snohomish County, will be changed from a horse boarding facility into public parkland.
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Hillary Clinton “disgusting” for leaving the stage during the recent Democratic candidate debate for a restroom break (Page A6). We’re not certain what’s so disgusting about using a restroom, but perhaps Trump, R-Depends, has another solution that he relies on. Don’t know much about Short Takes . . .D6 Sports . . . . . . . C1
history: On this day in 1788, Maryland ceded land for the seat of the national government, allowing for the creation of the District of Columbia (Today in History, Page D6). Unless Washington, D.C., does something productive with it soon, Maryland says it wants the land back.
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The city reached a deal to buy ideally located land now used for a family-run horse-boarding business.
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