Week in Review
Published 11:30 pm Saturday, September 20, 2008
Sunday, Sept. 14
After 25 years, last call at Everett’s Jimmy Z’s: The swan song for Jimmy Z’s in downtown Everett was played with a medley of power chords, Marshall stacks and Zildjian cymbals.
The iconic Hewitt Avenue nightclub closed Saturday after a quarter century in business at the same location in downtown Everett.
Over the years, it has hosted plenty of local bands and rising and falling stars on the national scene among them: Bo Diddley, The Presidents of the United States of America, 2 Live Crew and one Ramone.
David Chircop
Monday, Sept. 15
More bus and train options on the way for commuters: Transit agencies are scrambling to meet the growing demand for service as high gas prices continue to give commuters a reason to leave their cars at home and take buses or trains to work.
The agency’s buses have added more riders as well. For example, the Everett-Seattle route drew 84,148 people in July. That’s up 25 percent from 62,788 in July 2007.
Yoshiaki Nohara
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Man’s battle inspired 800 to sign up as marrow donors: Matt Johnson, whose battle against a rare blood disease inspired 800 people to sign up as potential bone marrow donors, has died.
Johnson was 34 years old. He died Sept. 4 at the University of Washington Medical Center.
He worked for Modular Electric in Kirkland for 10 years before forming his own company, JDT Electrical Contracting.
Sharon Salyer
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Arlington sailor killed in Afghanistan: Eichmann Strickland was killed Sept. 9 when Taliban insurgents detonated two anti-tank mines, killing Strickland, an Afghan translator and two Marines, including Lt. Nicholas Madrazo of Bothell.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Strickland was part of the 3rd Brigade Embedded Training Team, 201st Corps, that provided the Afghan national army with combat advisers. Strickland was not only patching wounds on Marines and Afghans alike, but also training Afghan soldiers on how to treat their wounded.
Justin Arnold
Thursday, Sept. 18
Edmonds schools, parents debate a fair meal deal: In the midst of public scrutiny, the Edmonds School District suspended its policy of giving students a packaged cheese sandwich with no drink last week, just days after the plan was put in place. Cafeteria workers were supposed to throw away hot lunches from kids whose parents owed more than $10 in unpaid lunch fees and give them a sandwich of cheddar on whole-grain bread instead. Since the policy was suspended, kids have been able to charge whatever they want to a tab that the parents are supposed to pay.
Kaitlin Manry
Friday, Sept. 19
Lake Stevens rallies for coach: One of the first lessons Kyle Bigham said he teaches football linemen is: Get used to being ignored. Do your work and don’t look for pats on the back, he tells them. That’s how it is in football: Quarterbacks, running backs and receivers get the attention, while linemen perform an essential role that often goes unnoticed.
“You will always be workhorses,” he tells them, “and not get your name in the paper.”
But Bigham was in the spotlight Thursday during a fundraiser for his benefit after he collapsed before the team’s season opener.
Mike Cane
Saturday, Sept. 20
Relief over bailout plan: After a two-week roller-coaster ride, many people from Wall Street to Main Street are feeling a little queasy and unsure about what’s next. Friday brought more extraordinary actions from the federal government, as it prepared to take over billions and billions in toxic mortgage assets and placed a $50 billion safety net under money-market accounts.
Eric Fetters
