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County adopts ban on vaping
Ex-cop guilty of sex crimes
The ordinance also limits sampling of products to permitted retail outlets that exclude minors and only sell e-cigarette-related items.
VETERANS DAY
By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
But jurors reached a special verdict regarding the voyeurism charge, leaving the outcome of sentencing unclear. By Scott North Herald Writer
EVERETT — A former Monroe police sergeant was found guilty Tuesday of two sex crimes for secretly videotaping a teenage
babysitter while she took showers in his bathroom 11 years ago. But whether both verdicts will count at Carlos Alberto Martinez’ Dec. 21 sentencing wasn’t immediately clear. The jury found Martinez guilty
of voyeurism and possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Both are felonies. Ho w e v e r, Martinez, at also trial in 2013 jurors reached a special verdict, finding that prosecutors
did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Martinez’ victim learned of the voyeurism within the statute of limitations. The defense had maintained that the former babysitter, now 26, knew about the filming as early as July 2007. She testified that Martinez did not tell her See MARTINEZ, Page A2
He defied death four times Elwood Barker served on the front lines during World War II
A countywide ban on vaping in public places, such as parks, and at restaurants or other businesses, is scheduled to go into effect Dec. 10 following action Tuesday by the Snohomish Health District Key board. points Snohomish in the new County joins four vaping ordiother counties — nance, A6 King, Pierce, Grant and Clark — in regulating public use of vaping, or e-cigarettes, as they do tobacco. Sampling of vaping products will be allowed only in permitted retail outlets that exclude minors and specialize exclusively in selling vaping products. “No vaping” signs must be posted in public places. The public health agency has been considering restrictions on the use and sale of vaping products since February. Dr. Gary Goldbaum, health officer for the Snohomish Health District, said one of the reasons for the proposal to restrict vaping or e-cigarettes is because of the dramatic increase in use of the devices, and the potential for creating a life-long addition to nicotine. There’s also concern about young children accidentally being exposed to the nicotine often contained in the liquid or “juice” used in vaping devices. Last year, the Washington Poison Center received 182 calls about children being exposed to the liquid nicotine products. Just a few drops of “E-juice” absorbed by the skin or swallowed can send a child to the emergency room, according to the state Department of Health. Most of the discussion by health board members Tuesday focused on the nitty-gritty of a few words in the ordinance, which was approved unanimously. One of the ongoing debates between those calling for a ban on vaping in public and those who oppose it was whether sampling of vaping products should be allowed.
ARLINGTON — He doesn’t tell the kids the whole story when he speaks at schools about serving on the front lines during World War II. Elwood Barker, 91, survived four close calls while fighting the Axis powers in Europe. He’s part of the Veterans so-called Silent jam band will play at artist Generation that kept the war mostly reception for to themselves for Steven Markus- more than half sen, also a a century. Tears veteran, A3 welled in his eyes as he described the annihilation of the armed conflict during an interview at his Arlington home Friday. Barker grew up on a farm outside the small town of Golden Valley, North Dakota. At 18, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. His deployment was delayed so he could keep farming until after one of the war’s bloodiest battles. “The guys I was trained with all got killed at the Battle of the Bulge,” he said.
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Elwood “Woody” Barker talks at his home in Arlington on Monday about his time as a front line wireman and nearly being killed four times during World War II. Barker was a private first class throughout his time in WWII.
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