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riday October 5 1979 Everett Herald 3A Have reviews Mall is fun and convenient shoppers say By MARK UNK Staff Writer Judy Smith of Bothell says she has never heard of the late Nichols and imagine why history should reserve a place for him But Nichols is a man' whose impact on American society and people like Judy cannot be overlooked: He is father of the modern shopping mall Nichols took a gamble more than 50 years and built his first mall betting the good citizens of Kansas City would be willing to drive their Model Ts and Buicks a few miles to shop He named his modest development Country Club Plaza It would alter a nation's shopping habits Thursday the Alderwood Mall the latest testi monial to the success of idea was opened with pomp and ceremony in Lynnwood And Judy Smith was there "I just had to come out to see what the mall was said the young mother her 3 year old son Ja son tugging at her arm love to shop and well I thought spending the day here would be So did as many as 30000 other people from throughout the Puget Sound area Crowds started building before mall developer Edward DeBartolo Sr and Lynnwood Mayor MJ Hrdlicka cut a ribbon to open the shopping center at 9:30 a They peaked about 7:30 pm concluded Ms Smith quite an In fact it was more than that The economic impli cations of the Alderwood Mall are immense If it be comes as profitable as its owners hope they predict sales of more than $65 million in the first year its take will be greater than the combined gross national product of the African countries Chad and Rwanda Sales tax revnue from the mall will make Lynnwood one of the wealthiest cities (on a per capita basis) in the state "If this opening is any indication I am sure the mall is going to succeed beyond the wildest expectations Jim Stewart of Mountlake Ter race He also had a 3 year old son Tommy with him DeBartolos have thought of just about every thing for your he continued you ve got small children yon can get a stroller If tired there are places to sit down at convenient locations got several places to eat a look around This place is The mall was designed by DeBartolo architects at the headquarters in Youngstown Ohio They've got a name for the style: DeBartolo Modern In more than a million square feet of retail space in the Alderwood Mall shoppers would be hard pressed to find examples of American Colonial or rench Provincial Company officials feel those themes are too stylized The mall is characterized by clean lines functional surfaces that can stand up under the wear and tear of 32000 shoppers a day and are easily maintained Stott photos by Michoel Leary jM mibSKm 48 Tt SKir BBMBBHHiHHBBBHBNB8KMiBBHHBv 1 rA 1 4 I 7 i Much of what happened at the Alderwood Mall Thursday had less to do with shopping and more to do with resting and looking landscaping and colors which blend into the surround ing area Alderwood Mall is done in earthtones There also are some touches of rococo: flora plant ers two fountains and five sculptures But concourse furniture is simple been to other malls in the Northwest gate Southcenter the Sea Tac Mall and this ones as nice as any of said Chuck Wdder of Ever ett "They seem to have done a good job here understand that only six stores were ready for operation yesterday and that the others wiere all ap proved late in the afternoon or this morning Some body here must have been doing some One worry both city and mall officials had before the shopping center opened was that there would be a huge traffic jam Off duty policemen were hired to control tiallie but the expected crush never material ized Hie evemng rush hour was the only period when there were delays All road construction in the area was finished on time and traffic lights were operating "I came by here a week ago and didn't think the st rix'ts looked fit to travel on" said Betty Jones of Edmonds there were no problems at all today 1 was surprised There was even enough parking at the mall Traffic flood falls short Alderwood Mall opening tie Lynnwood streets in knots By BYRON ACOBIDO Staff Writer LYNNWOOD Traffic congestion really too bad in Lynnwood Thursday says Lynnwood Police Chief John Paddock It was common for motorists to sit through one or two green lights before they got through an inter section but in Lynnwood that's practically standard procedure Extra officers were ready to direct a swarm of ve hicles heading for Alderwood Mall on its opening day but the tidal wave of traffic never quite materialized The closest thing to an abnormally bad Lynnwood traffic jam occurred around 4:30 pm at 37th Avenue and 195th Street SW said Paddock The problem was solved by adjusting a traffic signal at the inter section giving traffic heading south a longer green light than that traffic flowed pretty said Paddock A crunch is more likely to occur tonight and Satur day as people off work head for the mall Paddock speculated Paddock said widely distributed maps and route suggestions appear to have helped disperse traffic headed to the shopping center He had a suggestion however for those heading north in the 19500 block of 36th Avenue take a right turn there onto Alderwood Mall Boulevard in stead of continuing on 36th to the 188th Street SW entrance "That would save them some time and help relieve some the police chief said Granite alls raises new stink over sewer grant Read write count or else Sto pnoto bv Allan Mav Mayor Alexander and Rep Mitchell look at sewer effluent pouring from alls sewer outlet into Pilchuck River I thus get more points toward a grant She thinks the city should get 100 points be cause its sewer line is leaking directly into Lake Gardner and even more points because of coliform counts fair but the way they do Mrs Alexander says we got all the points we are entitled to we would probably be the highest in the As it is the town even on the list to be considered DOE spokesmen said they would have By ALLAN MAY Staff Writer Granite alls is opening another round in its fight to regain the grants it once thought it had for a new sewer system Mayor Barbara Alexander backed by State Rep Jim Mitchell Lake Stevens plans to talk to the Department of Ecology today The department recently pulled the rug out from under the plans to build a replacement sewer system The present one was built in 1918 It was designed to serve a maximum of 1000 persons but now serves more than 1200 Worse the sanitary sewer is linked to the storm drain system and during a rain storm is saturated With more water than it can hold The system is capable of treating 180000 gallons a day It can drain up to 900000 without treatment During a heavy rain engineers have measured more than 2 million gallons just spills out of the system and runs into the said Tony Vivolo the con sulting engineer That is a potential health hazard and illegal The facilities are so old they no longer work well In some cases sewer lines have rotted completely away so there is nothing left but a hollow place in the soil The sludge bin walls are cracked so only a small amount of sludge is treated The rest is dumped on the ground and it drains into the Pilchuck River: The main line is broken in so many places that it leaks sewage into the ground and at the same time drain water leaks into the pipe carrying silt that clogs the line The labo where chemical tests are supposed to be made has had no water supply since WatMiftwt PmMJI Tinm wir BAGHDAD Iraq The tough Arab nationalist lead ership of Iraq has launched an extraordinary literacy cam paign that makes refusal to learn reading writing and arithmetic a crime punishable by fines and jail terms The unusual measures are said by Iraqi officials to be the first of their kind anywhere They reflect the author itatrian ways of President Saddan government and its determination to rid Iraq of traditional illiteracy judged out of place amid the economic and social change being hastened here by oil revenues estimated at more than $14 billion this year The campaign also fits into Hussein's ambition to end longstanding place as the Arab odd man out and restore Baghdad under his presidency to its ancient role as a major center of Arab culture and political leadership no comment on the situation immediately but they have agreed to listen to the town's arguments and she and Rep Mit chell have arranged to make their trip to the DOE offices not sure what will happen "she said Maybe just give us the bu reaucratic runaround But I think we have a strong case and maybe listen worth a she said we don't get it (the grant) not sure what we will the pipes froze last winter so the sewage is not tested Treatment plant machinery is so old that the city get parts when it breaks down a says Mrs Alexander thought we were on our way to solv ing the problem Then they changed She said the city was notified by the state 1970 that it would be required to fix its sewer system City officials began working on the program The state kept sending the city back for more informa tion to prove that it needed the system make Mrs Alexan der said had told us we needed the new system injhe first But the state controlled the matching funds the city needed to build the system so the city complied with ail the require ments for nine years Then when the city thought it had done everything it had to do the Department of Ecology announced it had changed the cri teria for disbursing funds Granite alls no longer was eligible they Mrs Alexander said change the status of the Pilchuck River so it no longer was considered im portant that we were polluting That cost the city 50 points in the DOE system of deciding how to disburse its Sewer grants Mrs Alexander also says the city is at a disadvantage because larger communities have in house experts who can gather data to prove they are causing pollution and "It a mess We thought we were on our way to solving the problem Then they changed the rules" 1 I I Pili' 3 Mfc A i Ornnff I 1.