Everett Herald

Logging protest moves to Bothell roof

March 15, 2007 By Jackson Holtz Herald Writer

BOTHELL – Sheriff's deputies arrested two protesters for deliberately trespassing at a new housing development Wednesday evening, officials said.

A man, 24, and a woman, 25, both of Seattle, chained themselves together on top of a model home in the 19100 block of 13th Avenue SE, sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said. About 16 people protested on the ground.

The protesters told deputies they were upset with Weyerhaeuser Co.'s use of lumber from Canadian forests, she said. The housing development is being built by Quadrant Homes, a Weyerhaeuser subsidiary.

Deputies were called to the area just after 3 p.m., Hover said. The arrests were made just before 6 p.m.

A Bothell Fire Department ladder truck was used to bring the protesters off the roof.

Protesters from the same organizations were outside the Everett Events Center on Tuesday.

Reporter Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3437 or jholtz@heraldnet.com.