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i 4 1 1 Ll IfiJ Li LI Lj 7 THE HEALD Sunday October 23 1 983 3A SC tZL lillllMlMMMH Demonstrators carry signs and chant slogans as they march through downtownSeattle Saturday to protest deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe The Heraldtom reese Xfr 1 MMI JS 7' 't5''' 1 21 2000 march in Seattle against nukes By PAM WITMER Herald Staff Writer People in downtown Seattle had to stop their shopping for a while Saturday to watch a crowd of about 2000 protesters passing by on their way to a rally at the Seattle Center As they marched to the beat of drums the crowd chanted slogans calling for a halt to the planned installa tion of nuclear missiles in Europe While Seattle's march was minuscule in comparison to the more than 1 million marchers in Western Europe the chief speaker at the Seattle Center rally was pleased with the turnout The speaker Helena Knapp of Olympia is co chair woman of the national committee for the Nuclear Weap ons reezeCampaign weather was awful and it seems like our time is running Knapp said all that I think it is amazing people are stilb illing tij come out to stand here and say what they feel about nuclear war" The first of the Pershing II missiles is expected to be installed in Western Europe before the en of this year Protesters say the warheads could strike jthe military areas much faster than missiles fired from this continent That say opponents increases the likelihood of an accidental nuclear war because the Soviets wouldn't liave time to confirm an actual missile launch before firing their own in retaliation Seattle's protest was one of more than 140 such events across the nation Large rallies were held at arms depots and at factories where missiles are manufactured the Associated Press said No violence was reported More than 5000 protesters braved icy winds near the Seneca Army Depot outside Romulus NY And near Los Angeles an estimated 2000 protesters paraded past fac tories run by some of the nation's biggest arms makers In Seattle there were a few couples like Andrew and Linda Bindman of Mountlake Terrace who marched through city streets pushing a baby stroller The Bindmans have twin sons lOt month old Jevon and Dylan "They're the reason I'm here today" said their fa ther may sound trite but it's the way 1 feel" The University of Washington student said he feels guilty that he doesn't have more time to spend in helping with anti nuclear missile protests "I hope our marching here today shows people in Eu rope that we are behind them" he said "And the people we walked past downtown 1 hope they stopped to wonder what this march was all about so hard to imagine the horrors of nuclear war 1 believe most'people don't even think about it" he said our march today helps people start thinking about it then accomplished something Lorna Simons is a Seattle resident and supporter of US Rep Mike Lowry Democratic candidate for 'US Senate Shp wore one of orange "I Like Mike" eStmpaignSbuttons oh the collar of her plaid coat as she listened to the speakers at the rally think controlling nuclear weapons is the most im portant human issue of our time" Simons said hope our presence here calls attention to the need for real work on this issue also feel that if they do put those missiles in Europe and I haven't done anything to try to stop it I'd feel partly she said: There were other Lowry signs at the Seattle Center rally One woman wore a sandwich board decorated with campaign signs There appeared to he no campaign signs at the rally supporting US Sen Dan Evans the Republican candi date for the seat left vacant by the death of Henry MJackson There were banners of all shapes colors and sizes One man carried a piece of cardboard with black cray on lettering "World Citizen for Peace from Hanford Wa" the sign read "Home of the Bomb" Little political lapel buttons were seen everywhere which 4said: ('Teach Peace (live Peace a Chance No Euromissiles" The marchers had started from the courtyard at the ederal Building Second Street and Marion Avenue at I pm The crowd stretched out more than two city blocks as protesters marched toward the center People along the sidewalks watching the crowd pass by said they generally supported the group's right to march but few would join Some said they disagreed with the protesters' aims to stop installation of missiles in Europe think we ought to put our missiles in said one man who would not give his name "I don't know why these people are spending all their time doing this protesting got to take a stand someplace At the center the crowd chanted and waved their banners as they passed through the un orest amuse ment area Parents held the hands of their children leaning down to them to explain the event as the crowd passed One young man with shoulder length hair and a ban dana around his head leaned down to a small boy "You wonder what we're doing?" the man asked the boy "We' re trying to stop war to make sure there is no nuclear war in your he said Gray sky no damper on fun at ceremony Snohomish bypass is finally open By PAM WITMER Herald Staff Writer SNOHOMISH Il had all the atmos phere of a ourth of July celebration Oxcepl for autumn weather and when they cut the ribbon on the US 2 bypass for the 10 kilometer run the crowd from Snohomish cheered It took 311 years to get the highway around Snohomish built but no one on the speakers' platform Saturday wasted atty time getting around to taking good na tiired pot shuts at the state Department of Transportation for the delay Snohomish County Executive Willis Tucker took the first jab when he pointed out that scheduled speaker Duane Berent son secretary of the department hadn't arrived yet "There's a possibility he can't find the off ramp Tucker said of Berentson "We understand that or 30 years we coijldn't find the The event marked the opening of a high speed route skirting Snohomish Un til Saturday US 2 traffic passed directly through the city on busy streets While dark clouds threatened the cele bration they didn't bring any rain until after the ceremony Walt Schoknecht pointed out a patch of blue breaking through as the dignitaries sat on folding chairs atop a state flatbed truck decked out as a speaker's platform Tucker singled out Schoknecht in the audience as one of the townspeople most persistent in getting the highway diverted around downtown and resi dential areas i "1 was just an innocent bystanding citi ien" Schoknecht said "But I wrote a lot of letters to our legislators" One of the people who received Schok letters over the years is state Rep jim Mitchell Lake Stevens who is on jjie House Transportation Comitiittee He was in the audience for the festivities too few years ago an opponent of mine gave me a bad time for voting in support of the gas Mitchell said only did it to fund this thing and for a while there I wondered if we were ever going to get Many candidates up fur election on the Nov 8 ballot were present for the occa sion And Tucker serving as the event's master of ceremonies and himself run ning for re election introduced them all the senator here Tucker asked of US Sen Dan Evans Someone whispered something to Tucker and he turned back to the audience at the podi um ''Well when he shows up in his shorts we'll introduce Tucker said 'And a few minutes later Evans did show up in sweat pants jogging tacket and running shoes to participate in the 10 kilometer run that officially opened the bypass Evans climbed the stairs to the speak er's platform as Tucker called his name "You're welcome to join us up here Senator but you're name is not on the speakers' list just the runners' Tucker joked Evans smiled waved to the crowd and took a seat on the truck ormer Snohomish mayor Jone Gale unveiled a that may have finally lead to transportation department action on the road a few years ago She told the crowd about the time when the State Highway Commission was invit ed to an outdoor luncheon at a home along the old US 2 route in Snohomish And with some help townspeople got all the loggers to agree to hold up their trucks in nearby Monroe until noon came through town three Gale said long after that that the highway was After the speakers finished there were young women Kla Ha Ya princesses and the quepn to cut the pink satin ribbon they stretched across the road And then Senate candidate Evans and a few other political candidates decided to take their race for office seriously and The HeraldRANK VARGA 1 Bill Karen and Phil Ranheim of Snohomish push their son Paul in his stroller during Saturday's race They picked up a rider Andre Salyer near the end joined the group of about 220 for the run The highway was opened to vehicles after the race Mixed in with the crowd of runners a few family dogs and parents pushing baby strollers down the highway was Gertrude Shorrock She had her runner's number pinned to the front of her sweater her cane in one hand and her official shirt from the run tucked under her arm "I insist that if they were giving a prize 1 today for the oldest runner get it" she said "How old am 80 years No she wasn't planning to do the 10 kilometer run she said doing the two mile crawl" But what about the scheduled speaker? Secretary Berentson didn't get any prizes Saturday The transportation official didn't make an appearance He still may be in the Snohomish vicinity though looking for the off ramp County plan gives the boot to austerity Budget plan calls for a 13 percent increase By ROBERT NELSON Herald Staff Writer EVERETT orget hard times orget hir ing freezes salary freezes and layoffs After two years of austerity Snohomish County is about to let out its belt a notch or two Snohomish County is planning to spend $133 mil lion of your tax dollars next year 13 percent more than it will spend this year After struggling through 1983 without a raise virtually all county employees will receive at least 5 percent more next year providing contract talks continue as they are going County Executive Willis Tucker's salary will go from $47256 to $49620 County council salaries which have been fixed at $30000 since 1980 will rise to $34000 Meanwhile after two years of layoffs and making sure voters knew about it during the re cent primary election Tucker and the council seem poised to start hiring again At least 85 XkltdlySIS new positions are proposed in the 1984 budget ifty of the new jobs are headed for the public works department Normally that department con centrates on how many miles of roads it can resur face in a given year but next year the department will focus its attention on correcting problems that cause roads to deteriorate and on replacing many of the countyls dilapidated bridges In all eight bridges will be replaced They in clude the Hat Slough Quileeda Creek and Sturgeon Creek bridges along Marine Drive the Mann Road Bridge south of Sultan the Brooks Creek Bridge north of Oso the South Slough Bridge south of Sultan the Grant Creek Bridge nin th of Cicero and a bridge over the South ork of the Sauk River Work on six of those bridges is expected tii be completed next year Public Works Director Jerry Weed said 1984 will see the start of a three year program designed to correct drainage problems and repair the subsur face portion of the county's roads Instead of see ing long stretches of freshly laid asphalt drivers will find short stretches where roads have been completely dug up repaired and finally patched this time we will accomplish very little resurfacing while we concentrate our efforts on repairing the places where the roadway has settled or the subsurface has failed" said Weed He esti mates the department will repair 200 miles of roadway next year The entire criminal justice system also is sched uled to get more people next year Sheriff Bob Dodge will likely suit up and train 10 additional deputies in 19H4 The district court sys tem will add six positions plus a court coordi nator the county council wants to hire to begin the reorganization of the court system A year ago over the objections of the district court judges the council passed an ordinance that will consolidate the administration of the four dis trict courts in Everett in 1987 Council members think this won't happen unless the planning begins now Whoever gets the job will have the unenviable task of trying to get seven judges to cooperate with a reorganization they have opposed from the begin ning Prosecutor Seth Dawson not only will keep the lour new district court attorneys he hired last sum mer to cope with drunken driver cases he will likely add three more in 1984 They will bring to 14 the total number of new positions added to the prosecutor's office since the 1983 budget was adopted Tucker's staff will expand by at least one new position and possibly a second He has asked the council for permission to transfer a budget analy st to his staff And it is no secret Tucker is considering hiring Toni Dickson an Everett attorney Dickson who turned down a job offer from Tucker more than a year ago confirmed the two have talked about fu ture employment but said nothing firm has been of term'd The county council will add another staff person in 1984 It has been operating with a makeshift stall since this summer when its two top aides resigned One of those positions has been filled but the other has Ix en left vacant That opening along with the additional position will be filled by the new council after it takes office in January In the auditor's office the staff had gotten so small in recent years that Tucker was able to shrink the dimensions of the office by about a third (to make room for a personnel department) and the place still looked empty That will change Three people are being added to the auditor's staff: a clerk to collect the new boat license fees a filing clerk to make sure property transfers are recorded in a timely fashion and another clerk in the election office While Tucker has been quietly dismantling the budget office transferring its director to his own staff this year and requesting the transfer of an other employw in 1984 the council has been looking for ways to beef it up Council Chairman Cliff Bailey said the council is thinking about add ing three employees to the budget office As for the future of the office itself Bailey said the council needs to sit down and have a long talk with Tucker There are several new programs in budget or the first time since last year when the proposed countywide drainage utility was put on the back burner the council is talking about reviving it Tucker and the council had been moving toward a countywide utility in which all property owners contributed based on the amount of land they paved The county quietly completed much of the computer work needed to begin sending bills to property owners but the project stalled there See SPEND Page 5A iiiiiiBWiihiWiiiiiiM.