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Pros come to town

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Phoenix Coyotes’ Mikkel Boedker (left) battles with Tampa Bay Lightning’s Radek Smolenak for position of the puck in the National Hockey League exhibition game Sept. 22 at Comcast Arena at the Everett Events Center. Not since the Los Angeles Kings and the Pittsburg Penguins played in Tacoma in1992 has an NHL game been played in Washington state. With two former Everett Silvertips on the Coyote roster (Peter Mueller and Shaun Heshka), the 7,281 fans in attendance cheered on the Coyotes who lost 2-1. Although Mueller was absent from the game due to an injury, Heshka did play.

Fly back in time

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With the engine of a Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat fighter plane as a backdrop, Cascade War Bird’s member Rob Baughman of Kirkland, dressed in an authentic Word War II vintage flight suit, talks with a visitor at the second annual Vintage Aircraft weekend Sept. 26 at Paine Field in Everett. More than 60 airplanes from the Flying Heritage Collection Museum and the Historic Flight Foundation (both located at Paine Field) as well as the Cascade War Bird Association were on display, with many making demonstration flights over the airport.

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Lewd law up for revision
City says amendments not related to bikini barista bust

EVERETT - A new version of the city’s “lewd conduct ordinance” would define lewd acts and add businesses with a “drive-up window” to the list of places where those acts are prohibited.
The Everett City Council will vote on the revised ordinance at its Sept. 30 meeting.
City spokeswoman Kate Reardon called the revised ordinance part of an ongoing “housekeeping” effort.
“We’re eliminating gray areas, and we’re updating the language to reflect current times,” Reardon said. “We do this all the time.”
While the proposed ordinance does not change city laws, it specifies what lewd acts are and where they are banned.
After Everett police busted several women for prostitution at a Broadway bikini espresso stand, public discussions on the lewd ordinance have centered on these stand-alone stores, where bikini-clad baristas bring in big business.
The women involved in the Broadway stand have been charged with prostitution and violating the city’s adult entertainment ordinance, according to media reports. The city said the lewd conduct revisions are not related to the Broadway bust, which has made national headlines.
The new rules relating to lewd conduct would specify that businesses “which can serve customers who remain in their vehicles by means of a drive-up window,” including bikini barista stands, are public places where “exposure or display” of the genitals is prohibited.
At this week’s meeting, the City Council will hear public comment before deciding to approve, amend, reject or table the ordinance.
To speak at the public hearing, go to the City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the City Council Chambers at 3002 Wetmore Ave.
To view the proposed ordinance, visit www.everettwa.org.

by LINDSAY TOLER
Published Sept. 30, 2009