Edmonds arms police contract ends long wage talks
Edmonds voters approved the city mayor signing a police union contract after two years of negotiations. The agreement raises wages by 6 percent and equalizes insurance, shortens the top salary step from 66 to 54 months, and covers health welfare leave and uniform allowance. Police Chief Marlo Foster called the outcome a middle ground and urged unity to avoid renewed friction.
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Joyce Meyerson Edmonds
Edmonds
Union
Marlo Foster
Choppers in extra training at Paine Field
Paine Field sees more Chinook and Huey flights as 124th Army Reserve Command pilots log extra hours to regain flying time after last fall’s grounding. A Mannheim Germany Chinook crash caused the grounding due to oil flow and overheating. Reservists, 75 pilots, train Thursday evenings and monthly weekends to maintain full competence for worst case scenarios.
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Paine Field
South County
124Th Army Reserve Command
92Nd Transportation Company
Chuck Smith
124Th
Mannheim
Germany
U.S. Army Reserve
Smith
High school grads weigh future paths amid tight job market
Edmonds School District seniors face excitement and anxiety about graduation. Students cite few jobs, high college pressures, and plans ranging from college and early work to military service. Many anticipate joining relatives or friends at shared colleges or towns as they map the class of 1983 future.
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Susan Gregerson
Edmonds
Don Brady
Meadowdale High School
Brady
The
Enterprise
Meadowdale
Kim Claussen
Steve Austenfeld
Steve
University of Washington
Terry Euling
Lee Kulla
Mountlake Terrace High
Karen Turner
Meadwdale
Brian Bendawald
Shoreline Community College
Kulla
Shoreline
Sign code deadline nears for noncompliant Edmonds signs
Edmonds property owners with noncompliant signs face a tightening deadline as the five year grace period ends this month. Assistant planning director Duane Bowman says letters will go to offenders in Westgate, near 76th Street Southwest and 212th Street Southwest, and Five Corners. He notes the code largely succeeds as a city tool.
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Edmonds
Duane Bowman
Bowman
Westgate
76Th Street
212Th Street
Five Corners
Pilot crashes plane into Sound near Edmonds marina
After a five hour Friday night search and a dawn Saturday effort Snohomish County divers recovered the pilot Gerald Helm 30 of Mukilteo from his single engine plane found in about 20 feet of water 150 yards off Meadowdale Marina The crash occurred near Harvey Field and witnesses say the aircraft buzzed bonfires before banking right into the water police initially suspected a second occupant and the fiancee’s fate remained unknown until later authorities described Helm as an experienced pilot and the wreckage was scattered like shrapnel with gear and painted debris recovered from the shore
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Snohomish County
Edmonds
Meadowdale Marina
Gerald Helm
Mukilteo
Harvey Field
Snohomish
Helm
Marina Pier
Coast Guard
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