Did you miss your news last week? Here’s a selection of the week’s top news items from across Snohomish County as they appeared in The Herald. For the full stories, go to www.heraldnet.com.
Sunday, Sept. 17
Boeing’s flying giant: It looks like a bloated 747, one that tried to eat another airplane. Or maybe a flying green whale. The huge airborne freighter built to ferry pieces of the Boeing Co.’s new 787 jetliner to Everett from around the globe floated out of Saturday’s chilly morning sky and hit the runway at Seattle’s Boeing Field after its first long flight from Taiwan.
Eric Fetters
Monday, Sept. 18
Mobile homes must move: The ground beneath Peter Carrig’s south Everett mobile home is being sold from under him.
His landlord, the owner of Holly Vista Mobile Home Manor, and an Everett builder plan to cover the property with 50 two- and three-story condos. Carrig and others in the park have until May 1 to find a new place for their homes.
David Chircop
Tuesday, Sept. 19
Wanted: Man known only by DNA: The police don’t know his name. But they think they know what he did.
The alleged rapist left behind enough evidence seven years ago for investigators to learn the man’s genetic profile.
Last week, Snohomish County prosecutors took the unusual step of filing rape charges against the unknown suspect, filing the case not under his name, but instead using his genetic code.
Jim Haley
Wednesday, Sept. 20
Justices safe for now: At least one state Supreme Court justice will keep his seat while the fate of a second is still up in the air following a controversial campaign with a lot of spending by special-interest groups, according to early returns from Tuesday’s primary election voting.
It appears Justice Tom Chambers will easily beat former King County Superior Court Judge Jeanette Burrage.
Whether Chief Justice Gerry Alexander will keep his job or be replaced by Bellevue attorney John Groen will depend on late returns and absentee ballots that could trickle in through the week. However, the incumbent had a solid lead early in the counting.
Jim Haley
Thursday, Sept. 21
Hundreds pay tribute to officer: Eddie Thomas grew up to be a cop. He lived his dream.
As a young boy, Thomas pedaled around the neighborhood with a toy microphone strapped to his bicycle and a set of plastic handcuffs at his hip.
On Wednesday, more than 1,200 people filled Westgate Chapel in Edmonds to pay their last respects to the Brier police officer, who died Sept. 12.
Diana Hefley, Jackson Holtz and Bill Sheets
Friday, Sept. 22
New lights protect kids: Days are growing shorter, and the skies are turning gray.
Fall and winter in Snohomish County are dangerous times for pedestrians, especially as students head to school in the morning, Washington State Patrol trooper Kirk Rudeen said.
In hopes of preventing children from being hurt, flashing yellow lights are being installed in all 40 public elementary school zones in unincorporated areas of the county.
The work should be finished by the end of October, said Chris Eaves, traffic investigator for the Snohomish County Public Works Department.
Scott Pesznecker
Saturday, Sept. 23
Everett VFW post must sell to survive: It was not the news Don Robbers wanted to deliver to a few dozen aging war veterans earlier this week.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2100 has fallen on hard times and sorely needs an infusion of money.
Bills are piling up, and the 59-year-old downtown Everett VFW hall on Oakes Avenue needs expensive repairs. So, to keep the post going and hopefully reinvigorate it, it will sell its Oakes Avenue building and a nearby parking lot.
David Chircop
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