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4 i Local My Life THE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 182002 Sultan police chief back on the job is See WALSER Page B2 By Cathy Logg HeraldWriter a I A veteran knows firsthand that Americans in the military make Education plan enrollment opens The Guaran teed Education Tuition program opened enroll ment this week for par ents hoping to lock in their future college education at to prices estimated that a four year college edu cation at a public uni versity costs $50000 today But that same education 18 years from now could cost $120000 The GET program al lows families to buy up to 500 tuition units this year at the price of $52 per unit for use in the future A family purchasing 100 credits will have a year of tuition and fees at the University of Washington paid for even if their child will not be going to college for another 18 years GET accounts are tax free can betrans ferred to other children within an immediate family and can be used toward paying tuition at' any accredited universi ty college technical or Stocks B4 Opinion B7 Northwest B8 Weather B8 SUEEAN The menu reads like an old fashioned picnic in cluding chicken legs potato sal ad Swedish meatballs ham roll ups zucchini and banana bread deviled eggs and pinklemonade And maybe it was It was a down home welcome back for Sultan Police Chief red Walser thrown by people glad to see the chief back at his post Tuesday was first day back at work since July when the mayor suddenly suspended Walser The potluck welcome caught Walser unprepared all the people that showed up It was just amazing I was totally surprised and very humbled never seen anything like Walser said After the Sultan Summer Shindig in mid July Mayor CH Rowe asked Walser to resign Walser refused He took some va cation time and on the eve of his Mayor to explain his controversial suspension of chief Justin Best The Herald Sultan Police Chief red Walser Is welcomed back to work at the police station Tuesday by Anita Bickler and many others The sign on the door was made by children at the Boys and Girls Club Walser was suspended In July by Sultan Mayor CH Rowe who so far hasn't explained his decision i RjRR'RiR Iw I yp is i I I HR trade school in Wash ington or out of state or more information see wwwgetwagov Hurry to apply Marysville leaning to keep mayor A I Some legislative races come down to the wire Herald Staff 44th Legislative District See MARYSVILLE PageB2 John McCoy Marine to face Inslee 2nd District GOP runoff too close to call Erv Hoglund 39th Legislative District Jay Inslee Joe Marine 38th Legislative District Rick Larsen Norma Smith See ILGIS LATURE Page B2 See CONGRESS Page B2 By Brian Kelly HeraldWriter Hans Dunshee Brent Samodurov Dan Kristiansen the Granite alls School Board said education and affordable health care are his top priori ties Republican Dan Kristiansen 39 of Snohomish two years ago narrowly lost to against Hans Dunshee Shohomish who held the seat when the district was redrawn Dunshee is now in the 44th District Kristiansen described him self as an old school Reagan Republican who opposes tax increases and supports proper ty tax reform A tea vision ought to be to win the race Inslee said Marine a former Mukilteo City Council member was pleased with his showing in the primary were working the polls re The field narrowed in con tested state legislative district races Tuesday though slow re turns from tire county made some races too close to call government has been rattling residents since the start of the year when some citizens angry that Weiser had kept quiet about a police investigation of Tom Grady while he won a hotly contested city council race be gan circulating petitions to change the way City Hall is man aged The call for change was led by Reform Now and its members started circulating petitions soon after Grady took office They gathered enough signatures with in a few months to force the vote Grady who had been under in vestigation for allegedly forging records to hide the still unex plained disappearance of more than $38000 from the Marysville store where he Hospital safety fair runs this week 3 Leam more about safety and disaster preparedness by at tending a safety fair at rJ Providence Everett Medical Center cam puses The first will be 9 to 5 pm Thurs day on the Pacific Cam pus 916 Pacific Ave in Everett The second event will be from 9 am to 5 pm riday at the Cascade Room Medical Office Build ing 1330 Rockefeller 1 Ave in Everett The building is adjacent to the Colby Campus The American Red Cross Navy for Child Identification Sno County Search and Rescue and the Everett ire Depart ment are among the groups that will be there Call 425 258 7262 for By Diana Hefley and Katherine Schiffner HeraldWriters At press time Tim Krivanek was leading fellow Republican Brent Samodurov for the chance to go against Democrat Hans Dunshee in the Nov 5 election Krivanek 35 is a financial an alyst for the Boeing Co and says he has the big budget experi ence to fix transportation and education funding problems Like his Republican oppo nents Dunshee is a newcomer to the 44th District which stretches from Mill Creek to Marysville and includes Sno homish Dunshee was bumped from the 39th District after the state shifted political bound aries Dunshee 48 said his record proves he is a capable represen A three way race for the chance to battle Republican Erv Hoglund for Aaron old 38th District seat in the House appears to be going to Democratic hopeful John Mc Coy McCoy was leading fellow Democrats Dylan Malone and Randall Rike in early vote tal lies This is the second shot at for a free ride Community van grant program is on the go again LThe agency has ap proved a new round of vehicle grants and a' new name for the prt 'gram: Van GO CT will grant four surplus minibuses and six vans to nonprofit Snohomish County community groups The application deadline is riday or more information call 425 348 7185 Republican Dan Kris tiansen likely will face De mocrat Bob Quarterman for Position 1 in the 39th District Kris tiansen held a slight lead over fellow Republi can Carolyn Eslick Tuesday night Quarter man 55 faces no party oppo sition and will automatically advance to the general elec Bob tion Nov 5 Quarterman The 39th Legislative District was redrawn after the 2000 census and in 32nd Legislative District The 32nd Legislative District includes residents of both King More local election news Page B2 Granite $21 mil lion school bond issue: Voters apparently send it to defeat again Island County treasurer: Incumbent Maxine Sauter leads her Republican pri mary challenger 0 Early returns show Proposition 1 which would have the city run by a hired manager rather than the mayor losing narrowly Democrat Jay Inslee will take on Republican Joe Marine in the 1st Congressional District gener al election while the 2nd Con gressional District race between two strong Republican candi dates vying to challenge Democ ratic incumbent Rick Larsen was too close to call Inslee will face Marine who ran unopposed for the GOP spot and Libertarian candidate Mark Wilson in the general election Nov 5 voters decided Tuesday Inslee 51 of Bainbridge Island previously served in Congress from the 4th Congressional Dis trict in Eastern Washington He said he wants to continue his work to get a Medicare prescrip tion package passed press on with the fight against terrorism and continue the battle for envi ronmental issues he has made a priority puslting forward on our Tim Krivanek eludes about 63000 registered voters The borders stretch from the Canadian bor der to the King County line and include Arlington and Monroe Quarterman a Vietnam vet tative who understands what it eran and 10 year member of takes to make changes in Olympia elected office for McCoy the executive direc tor of govern mental affairs for the Tulalip Tribes He un successfully ran for Position 2 in the 10th Leg islative District in 2000 McCoy 59 already is al most a fixture in Olympia He has been to the Capitol repeat edly during the past six years to speak on tribal affairs and is sues A 20 year US Air orce veteran and a father of three McCoy lives on the reservation but vows to represent all of the disparate com munities A central issue of his campaign is to make medical care and phar maceutical drugs affordable for the elderly If early vote tallies remain constant McCoy will face Hoglund in race for Position 1 the post that Rear don gave up to run for the Sen ate Hoglund 64 has come up on the short side in two previous campaigns for a seat in the Leg islature In 1998 he lost to Rear don by nearly 13 percent He came closer last year trailing Rep Jean Berkey Everett by just 2 percent in his second bid for the House Hoglund is a retired airline pilot who has pledged fiscal re sponsibility if elected Call us If you have an item for fl call Kristi ran at 425 3139 3451 If you have a news tip (or an idea fora local story call the city desk CLat 425 339 3428 ore mail newshound heraldnetcom Other numbers to call: Delivery: Everett 425 339 ic'3200 uiK sports 425 339 3470 after R4 MARYSVILLE Like him or not too soon to tell if Mayor David Weiser will keep control of City Hall Marysville voters were leaning toward keeping Weiser and the position of an elected mayor by rejecting Proposition 1 a propos al that would see City Hall run by a hired city manager The meas ure was failing by a slim margin in early vote returns is just too close to said Jan Gustavson spokeswoman for Reform Now the group that put Proposition 1 on the ballot just very grateful for the citizens who supported our ef forts eagerly awaiting the final returns and obviously hope for a The call for reforming rW MR Er? 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