The week in review
Published 10:30 pm Saturday, March 22, 2008
Sunday, March 16
Family, friends reflect on loss of boy: Codey Porter, 10, was fatally injured while pretending to be a superhero.
People who knew him say he was the real thing.
On Saturday, more than 150 of Codey’s family members, friends and classmates honored him at a memorial service at Gold Creek Community Church in Mill Creek.
Codey, a fifth-grader, stopped breathing March 8 after being buried headfirst in a backyard sandbox while trying to mimic a cartoon superhero trick. He died two days later.
Scott Pesznecker
Monday, March 17
Dream ferry terminal not in the plans: Mukilteo may get a ferry terminal on its waterfront sooner than expected, but it won’t be the terminal city leaders had hoped for.
Engineers with Washington State Ferries are revising their plans for a new ferry terminal in Mukilteo in hopes of keeping the project’s price tag around $150 million.
To control costs, the new terminal’s plans must be scaled back — which means no commuter holding lanes built over the water.
Scott Pesznecker
Tuesday, March 18
“I’m amazed nobody was killed”: Start with a truck loaded with frozen pizza and cheese-cakes stopped at a Marysville railroad crossing.
Add a fast-moving freight train. It was a recipe for disaster. Or at least a crummy commute Monday morning.
The food was scattered, but no one was seriously hurt when the freight train sliced into the semi along State Avenue.
Diana Hefley and Jackson Holtz
Wednesday, March 19
The War at Home: Moms and dads cried when their sons and daughters went off to war. They cried again for joy when they returned unscathed.
Tears also poured for those who didn’t come back.
It’s been five years today since the United States began the invasion of Iraq.
A total of 17 people with connections to Snohomish and Island counties have died since the war started.
Jim Haley and Gale Fiege
Thursday, March 20
Another 787 delay?: The Dreamliner’s biggest customer told investors Tuesday that his leasing company doesn’t expect delivery of the first 787 until late 2009, about six months later than the Boeing Co. has announced.
That would make the 787 roughly 16 months late.
Michelle Dunlop
Friday, March 21
Gossip site jolts high school: A Web site that invites people to anonymously post gossip about each other is creating problems at Marysville-Pilchuck High School.
In the past week, students have used the site to bully, post compromising photos of their rivals and spread rumors about other kids’ supposed sexual experiences, abortions, eating disorders, diseases and drug use. Many of the messages have been viewed thousands of times.
At least two of the students who have been the subject of the gossip mill are afraid to go to school anymore.
Kaitlin Manry
Saturday, March 22
No room for sick kids: It didn’t take long for Providence Everett Medical Center doctors to realize the seriousness of 12-year-old Alex Webster’s condition, and that he needed to be hospitalized Tuesday night.
Alex previously had been diagnosed as a “brittle” Type 1 diabetic. Getting sick from common viruses can trigger a dangerous reaction.
Generally, patients such as Alex are quickly transferred to Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle.
But Tuesday night, Children’s intensive care unit was full. It took six hours for Alex to be transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.
Sharon Salyer
