The Daily Herald from Everett, Washington • 7

SECTION Local cws 1 INSIDE 0bituaries4B Economy5B WeatherZBB The Herald Tuesday ebruary 2 1 999 fM 3 1 5 i Election ends Ballots for Camano emergency medical services levy must be postmarked today or dropped off by 4:30 pm today at the Camano Island Annex of the Island County Courthouse 121 NE A Camano Drive This is a renewal of A Island County ire Protection District No current levy at the rate of 50 cents per $1000 of 1 assessed property value An owner of a $1 50000 home would pay $75 per 1 year 7 If approved the levy will go into effect for a six year term from 2000 through 2005 The first year it would raise an estimated i $684217 Island County officials report distributed 8367 ballots and had received 3586 back by jMonday more than 3 the 2345 ballots required to validate the election To i pass the measure 60 i percent of the votes must be History awards The League of t' Snohomish County Heritage Organizations recently gave Malstrom 5 Awards to the Monroe Historical Society for 'expanding and reopening its museum in Old City Hall and to the Edmonds Museum for creating a Activity The awards are named for the late Everett historian and author Helmer Malstrom To read about other local award winners see the Applause column every Wednesday on Page2B More to do The reopening of the 4 Lynnwood Library has been delayed to mid March The library which is being remodeled will resume operation with more space parking and seating The remodel which began last spring will i nearly double the 27 year old square footage from 14000 square feet to 26000 square feet A An additional 160000 books videos talking books cassettes and 32 public computer terminals will fill the new space 1 Correction 1 Everett Evergreen Kiwanis will screen The 7 Adventures of the at 7:30 tonight at the Historic Everett Theatre 291 1 Colby Ave in Everett Tickets are $750 5 for adults $7 for seniors I and $3 for students or information call 425 258 ft 6766 i i The date for the screening was wrong in 4 an item in Go column Call us If you have an item for YI i call Kristi at 425 1 fe 339 3451 If you have a news tip or an idea for a local story call the city desk at 425 339 3428 or send mail to newshoundheraldnetccm Other numbers to call: Delivery: 1 Everett 425 339 3200 Lynnwood 425 672 2500 3 Index may take up arms Residents seeking more protection threaten retaliation By LESLIE MORIARTY 7 Herald Writer INDEX A series of break ins has people on edge in this moun tain hamlet and they want more protection from the Snohomish County Sheriffs Office also talking about taking up arms against the intruders That message came Monday night at a public meeting called after people living in a neighbor hood southeast of town reported more than five residential break ins in the past week In one case a pentagram was scrawled on a wall and a bed was soaked with urine in a cabin in the Skyko 1 neighborhood Another cabin was torched Capt Rick Cothem faced more than 50 residents at town council meeting Most in this town of 140 people came to tell the office they feel safe and they want more police protection Index area resident Rick Watson told Cothem he was dis appointed earlier in the day when he could not reach deputies about the possibility of boosting police coverage in the area during the meeting at this Watson said figured it would be a pretty good time for the crooks to hit but I get anything except an answering Cothem said he has only been in chaige of patrols in the area for one day but will dedicate himself to respond to concerns He gave his personal telephone number to those attending Mon meeting He said the patrol in the area from the city of Sno homish along US 2 to the Stevens Pass area is being increased from two to three deputies 24 hours a day budgets preclude us from doing as much as like he said Cothem said the office will continue to investigate the recent break ins and arson in the Skyko 1 neighborhood He said evidence points to a suspect in the cases but strong enough to file charges He told the crowd an individual See INDEX Page 4B 5 Herald Writer IVXVLUIUCUVC 1 Cl 1 tiVU woman walked into the police officer about her involvement in the stabbing Connor declining to be more specific1 Detectives arrested the woman yj and booked her into Sno 3 A' 7 knife death MOUNTLAKE TERRACE young man whose bodv was 3 9 discovered at a i park riday homish County Jail for investi allegedly stabbed to death gation of first iby a 19 year old woman during manslaughter" fierht nvpr thpir rplatinnchin nw VAVIUII nuo dvftUlA 11CO1W the Evergreen Park restrooms snmpriinp ridav Pp a fight over their relationship nnlirp cairi I 1 The 26 year old man whose sometime riday morning? He iname has not been released5 was able to make it to his car pending notification of family where he died Passersby whodied of a single stab wound to i stopped to use park 4 the chest said MountlakeTer restrooms in the 22200 block ohr a race Sgt Mark Connor 11 56th Ave' Wt discovered hirn'r The Mountlake found thp Vnifo fa' I AMtVii the killing behind a house iust station Saturday evening with v' family friend and told an See SLAIN Page 48 NLRB delays Medalia clinics unionizing vote By SHARON SALYER Herald Writer A unionization effort by nonphysician employees of Medalia health care clinics in Snohomish King and Pierce counties has hit at least a temporary set back The federal National Labor Relations Board has refused to schedule a union vote for nearly 1000 workers such as registered nurses nurse practi tioners social workers and nonprofessional employees working in clinics and its busi ness office because the clinics will no longer be under the Medalia umbrella beginning on April 1 In Snohomish County where 11 Medalia clinics care for 85000 patients the offices will be an inde pendent division of Providence General Medical Center Hoyvever the board took what it called unusual of allowing the request for a union elec tion to be reinstated once the medical clinics in the three counties officially split up April 1 Representatives of the Service Employees Interna tional Union vowed to continue to seek union repre sentation pretty unhappy but it stop said Gretchen Donart who works for Seattle Union Now a cooperative organizing project of the AL CIO With organizational transitions now under way is the moment when folks most need a voice on the she said not waiting for Donart said of the next move are very determined to go However officials of the Snohomish County clinics would have to voluntarily agree to the union elections for this to happen she said Otherwise an option would be to wait until after April 1 to reinstate their union election request with the federal agency determination will be made closer to April 1 on what road Donart said Employee issues include lack of adequate staffing and increased workloads she added Medalia spokeswoman Diane Stollenwerk responded: respect the right of employees to join a union We were perplexed on the See MEDALIA back page this section Herald photo by JUSTIN BEST Sno lsle director Tom Mayer is retiring after 16 years with the library system Mayer has seen many technological changes come along but he says he doubts that the Internet will ever supplant libraries jn fi AgfilraaH jJMBEjht 4fi aDtigh ft Book BELIEVER By PAM McGAIN Herald Writer County delays action on planned oil pipeline well as bookmobile and outreach services During his 16 years with the libraty system Mayer 56 saw the shift from microfiche catalogs to computers as well as the expansion or rebuilding of almost all of the library buildings He also faced a host of hot controversies many of them surrounding what should or coming to an end Mayer last Monday announced his deci sion to retire from his $95700 a year post effective Aug 31 Sno lsle the second largest regional library serves more than a half million residents in Snohomish and Island counties with branches in 19 communities (now including Mukilteo) as Sno lsle library chief ending rich career but always ARYSVILLE Tom Mayer director of the Sno lsle Regional Library System is so passionate about the imnortance of public libraries that talking about it will bring tears to his eyes think the public library is one of the great he said in a recent interview concept that people will agree to pool their tax dollars so that everyone can have access to the books the pro grams Suddenly overcome Mayer apol ogized and grabbed a tissue to dab his eyes Recovered he continued: think that what really brought it home was when (the city of) Mukilteo turned down its library levy (in 1994) It hit me what it would mean to five in a community without a library I conceive of That moment was a defining one in his career said Mayer who may be a bit more emotional these days because that career is be available in a public library? The censorship debates over books rap lyrics pornography on the Internet were the most difficult part of hrs job he said Those issues are difficult because free speech battles have been going on for hun dreds of years and emotions run high on both sides come to understand that there are a fair number of people who see the public library as a place and under stand that the library serves he said The latest irst Amendment controversy over unrestricted access to the Internet including pom sites occupied the Sno lsle board for a full year Mayer said Mem bers last spring approved the use erf filtering software on those Internet terminals in chil areas of the libraries but held fast to its position against monitoring patron use of the terminals The Internet debate highlights one of the See MAYER Page 4B By JIM HALEY Herald Writer Snohomish County officials are still negotiating with a pipeline company on a proposed line that would carry gasoline and other oil products across the Cascades That means the issue has been stricken from Sno homish County Council agenda officials said Monday In the face of stiff opposition from anti pipeline factions the council seemed headed toward signing an agreement with Olympic Pipe Line Co when the issue was last raised Jan 19 The council approved a handful of amendments and then sent the agreement backto Sno homish County Executive Bob office for further negoti ations on treatment of stream crossings steep slopes and wetlands The council had asked the office to finish in time for consideration Wednesday More public testimony is expected on the amendments when the negotiations are complete County staff members were trying to reach people who previ ously indicated interest in the pipeline issue to inform them that the pipeline be on the agenda Wednesday Council members were anxious to act before a state permitting agency starts its hearings in April Deputy executive Joni Earl said the delay necessarily an indication of problems in the See LINE back page this sermon.