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When the McMenamins Elks Temple opens for business on April 24, not only will its interior be a stunning showplace with restaurants, bars, hotel rooms and a concert venue – its exterior will be home to the largest sidewalk café in the city. Located just outside the door of the Spanish Bar, the outdoor area is on the landing of the historic Spanish Steps that stand adjacent to the Elks building that the McMenamin brothers and their architects have beautifully renovated. Outdoor seating will also be set up in front of McMenamins on the sidewalk along Broadway for a total of about 50 altogether, adding even more ANKROM MOISAN ARCHITECTURE opportunity to enjoy the city. This artist’s rendering of the Spanish Bar with its outdoor café on the The café marks an important im- Spanish Steps landing shows just how charming this aspect of the provement for Tacoma city govern- McMenamins Elks Temple will be. ment as well. In the recent past, it was cess was so goofy,” Thoms said. a cumbersome process for restaurant Now it looks to improve even more with the Mcand bar owners to secure a permit to set up outdoor seatMenamins project in town. ing areas near pedestrian right-of-ways, but City Coun“When the McMenamin (brothers) first approached cilmember Robert Thoms set out to change that. In 2015, the city about three months ago to use the Spanish Steps he went to work creating an ordinance to streamline the landing (for an outdoor café), we had 14 different ways outdoor permitting process, and within the first year there to say no,” Thoms said, and thus a pilot program was was a 600 percent increase in permits being granted. “People just weren’t getting permits because the prou See MCMENAMINS / page 7
Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September, 1939 drove England and France to declare war on Germany and World War II began. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more property around the world than any other war in history. An estimated 45-60 million people were killed. Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was the five-star American general who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during the Second World War. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45. That successful invasion led to the eventual end of the war. General Eisenhower was fed up with the horrendous ravages of war and he was convinced that peace was the only option to restore humanity and that it had to be given a chance. He returned home to the United States and 66 years ago, Eisenhower was elected to be the 34th President of the United States. The President was convinced that citizen diplomacy could be a major road to peace so he convened a conference in Washington, D.C. in 1956. It was a conference regarding citizen diplomacy. He envisioned an organization that could be the promoter of peace and prosperity by creating bonds between people from different cities around the world. By forming these relationships, President Eisenhower reasoned that people
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TACOMA DOME EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY BY JOHN LARSON jlarson@tacomaweekly.com
Exterior renovations are underway at Tacoma Dome, a facility that opened in 1983. Part of the ongoing modernization of the building, most work on the interior of the Dome was finished last fall. There will be a few more improvements made inside, such as eventually replacing some of the sound and lighting equipment. “That is in need of a serious upgrade,” said Kim Bedier, venue and events director for the city. Wood cladding is being installed around the perimeter of the building. The original gray concrete will soon be covered by fascia inspired by the geodesic wood roof.
Other upgrades planned for this phase include enhanced lighting and hand rails at the entrances, improvements to the Heritage Bank box office and repainting of all exterior surfaces, such as the ticket kiosk on the east side of the building. This work is expected to be completed by the end of June. “It is a big building to go around,” Bedier observed. Bedier said that the wood cladding will have a special coating that will make it easy for workers to remove graffiti. Costs for this work are covered by $31 million in bonds that were issued by the city. Neeley Construction is the primary contractor. Bedier said work on the entrances will make Tacoma Dome a safer place for patrons.
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HELP NAME NEW CLOVER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL In fall 2020, Mann and Woodbrook middle schools will close and students will attend a new middle school currently under construction on the Mann Middle School campus. The New Middle School Naming Committee, consisting of representatives from both school communities, community members and district staff, is working this spring to develop a recommendation of three to five potential names for school board consideration. The committee will follow school board Policy 6970 and Procedure 6970P in developing its recommendation, which requires new district buildings and/or existing facilities sections of a facility, or a field, to be named after: • persons who have attained national or local prominence in the fields of education, arts and sciences, politics, military achievements and statesmanship, • past U.S. presidents or Washington national senators or representatives, or • the geographic characteristics of the area in which the facility is located. Name submissions will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, April 26. Follow two easy steps, in order: 1.) Learn about Mann and Woodbrook middle schools and their names, review district school names and their meanings, and review Lakewood and school district history; 2.) then complete the online survey at www. surveymonkey.com/r/DMVVMH8. The committee will review and con-
sider the input received as it develops its final recommendation, which is expected to be submitted to the school board by the end of May. Paper forms are also available from the Student Services Center, 10903 Gravelly Lake Dr. S.W., Lakewood, WA 98499. Please contact community relations at (253) 583-5040 if you need additional information or assistance.
WISE SCHOLARSHIP NOW OPEN FOR WOMEN PURSING A DEGREE IN STEM Alexander Sobel, DO, FAACS, of Bellevue is pleased to announce that the second annual WISE (Women in STEM Excel) Scholarship is now accepting applications. Created in 2017, the WISE Scholarship was designed to support women who live in Washington as they pursue a degree in a STEM-related field. “It’s no secret that men have long dominated STEM industries, and I truly believe that reversing the underrepresentation of women in these fields is essential for accelerating the sciences,” Sobel explains. “It is my hope that this scholarship can afford these students greater opportunity to take their rightful seat at the table.” In previous years, the WISE Scholarship has awarded $1,500 individually to engineering student Angela Flores-Marcus, who attends Seattle University and hopes to become an electrical and computer engineer, and Simran Handa, a student of biochemistry and molecular
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biology at Lewis & Clark College. “We’ve had the opportunity to meet and support such incredible young women who will no doubt take their respective fields by storm,” states Sobel. “The future of STEM shines brightly with these Washingtonian women at the helm.” All female students living in Washington state who plan to pursue a STEM-related degree are encouraged to apply for the $1,500 scholarship via a downloadable application at www.andersonsobelcosmetic.com/wise-scholarship-application. The awarded scholarship funds can be used at any college or university to offset the cost of tuition and educational expenses, including things like supplies and textbooks, required technology, transportation costs, and on-campus expenses. Applications will be accepted through June 28. Submitted applications will be reviewed and vetted by the WISE Scholarship Committee, who will choose an award recipient based on the quality of the application and adherence to the scholarship requirements. The chosen recipient will be notified upon selection, and the award will be disbursed via a cash prize. “I have no doubt the third iteration of this scholarship will introduce us to another incredible, diverse group of women with a passion for the sciences,” says Sobel. “I wish all of our applicants the very best of luck!” Sobel is a triple board certified surgeon based in Bellevue. Both in and out of his practice, Sobel is well-known and respected for his kindness, generosity, and commitment to providing patients with access to safe, quality treatment. His practice is located at 1632 116th Ave. N.E., Suite A, Bellevue. For more infor-
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CITY COUNCIL SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD Tacoma City Council is looking to fill one position on the Public Utility Board. The Public Utility Board is comprised of five members who are nominated by the Government Performance and Finance Committee and appointed by a majority vote of the City Council. The membership term is five years. The Public Utility Board acts as the governing body for Tacoma Public Utilities and oversees the management and operation of Tacoma Public Utilities, which includes Tacoma Power, Tacoma Water and Tacoma Rail. For additional information on the Public Utility Board, please visit www. cityoftacoma.org/government/committees_boards_commissions/Public_Utility_Board or contact Charleen Jacobs at cjacobs@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 502-8205. Applications must be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by Thursday, April 25. Applications can be submitted at cityoftacoma.org/cbcapplication. Questions, or requests for information and/or the application in alternate formats, can be directed to Jessica Jenkins at (253) 591 5178, servetacoma@cityoftacoma. org, or the City Clerk’s Office, Room 11, Tacoma Municipal Building North, 733 Market St., Tacoma, WA 98402.
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TACOMA CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP WITH KITAKYUSHU, JAPAN
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Led by Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards (seated in middle), a 12-person delegation from Tacoma returned last week from Kitakyushu. They celebrated their 60th anniversary with dynamic meetings and cultural and educational exchanges, including Tacoma Community College President Ivan Harrell (second from right) visiting the University of Kitakyushu to meet faculty and students.
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Celebrating 60 years of friendship, Kitakyushu, Japan and Tacoma have been Sister Cities since 1959. The relationship began with Kokura, one of the five towns that merged in 1963 to form the present-day Kitakyushu. Located in northern Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost island, this city of more than 1,000,000 is a commercial port and industrial center situated halfway between Tokyo and Shanghai. It is surrounded by beautiful mountain regions where ancient crafts of pottery, weaving and glasswork are still practiced today. Kitakyushu boasts numerous museums, universities, and parks. Led by Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards, a 12-person delegation from Tacoma returned last week from Kitakyushu. They celebrated their 60th anniversary with dynamic meetings and cultural and educational exchanges. Tacoma Community College President Ivan Harrell visited the University of Kitakyushu to meet faculty and students. Tacoma’s own world music maker Kareem Kandi created an instant orchestra of Kitakyushu stu-
dents playing jazz for meetings with Mayor Kenji Kitahashi of Kitakyushu. The delegation visited Kokura Castle and was surprised and delighted by the beautiful renovations made to the historic castle and the magnificent blooms of Kitakyushu’s cherry blossom trees. The past 60 years have seen many exchanges including the construction of traditional Japanese-style gardens in Tacoma. Tacoma and Kitakyushu have held friendly youth baseball exchanges plus many student and cultural exchanges. Walter Allen, chair of the Kitakyushu Sister City Committee, welcomes all Tacomans to a local celebration on Thursday, April 25 at the Blue Mouse Theater to view the opening film of the Sister City Film Festival and enjoy an authentic Japanese menu. Tickets are $25 and available through Eventbrite at Tacoma Sister Cities Facebook page and at the Pacific Northwest Shop on Proctor. “Our community looks forward to hosting our Kitakyushu friends this summer when they return to Tacoma for more jazz and celebratory events,” Allen said. “After 60 years, we have lots of stories to share.”
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY HONORS HISTORY KEEPERS Tacoma Historical Society honored Dale Wirsing and David Fischer on April 8 for their dedication to preserving and promoting Tacoma’s history. The presentations were made at the Society’s 29th anniversary meeting, held at the University of Puget Sound. The Tacoma Historical Society is pleased to present the 2019 Alan Liddle Award to Fischer for his leadership role in the 2018 renovation of the Pantages Theater. The award is given annually for historic preservation and advocacy. As executive director of Tacoma Arts Live, Fischer met the challenges of fund raising and budget management for the $21 million project. While providing improved acoustics and patron safety, this project was conducted with meticulous restoration of the auditorium’s dramatic original details. The project was achieved on the theater’s 100th anniversary and, under Fischer’s direction, the broad menu of performances continue to enhance Tacoma’s cultural richness in this historic venue. In presenting the 2019 Murray Morgan Award to Wirsing, the Tacoma Historical Society honors the decades-long contributions of one of its founding members. He has served as president and vice president of the THS board and has worked tirelessly to preserve and communicate local history. A few examples of Wirsing’s contributions: Author of “Builders, Brewers and Burghers: Germans of Washington” Editor of the Society’s “City of Destiny Newsletter” for more than a decade Primary editor of every exhibit present-
ed at the Tacoma History Museum Primary editor of nearly a dozen publications by Tacoma Historical Society Press Manuscript reader for any local author who requests his assistance “Program Chair for Life,” coordinating monthly speakers at THS programs and outreach Popular speaker at area retirement centers, regularly presenting on a wide variety of topics Steadfast member of the Friday morning historian group, working to collate Tacoma Historical Society’s collection of books, artifacts, photos and documents
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COMMUNITY JOINS TO PROVIDE 655,000 MEALS TO FAMILIES IN NEED Close to 1,000 community members will gather together with one common goal – to help provide food for hungry neighbors in need by walking, running, and raising funds. On May 4, Emergency Food Network will kick off Hunger Awareness Month with the Hunger Walk & 5K Run at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood. Participants in this 39th annual event will walk or run in a chip-timed 5K around Waughop Lake. Family-friendly activities and live music are also provided at the start/finish line. “The support from the community at this event will have a significant impact on hunger,” said Michelle Douglas, chief executive officer at Emergency Food Network. “We expect more than 900 people to participate, helping us raise more than $131,000 to provide food for families and individuals in need.” Emergency Food Network is able to provide five meals for every $1 raised from the Hunger Walk & 5K Run, resulting in 655,000 meals for the community. Throughout the year, Emergency Food Network distributes a variety of food that is donated by businesses, farmers, the government, and community members. However, to ensure there is a reliable source of staple foods available for food pantries, Emergency Food Network also purchases, by the semi-truckload, seven staple items including rice, beans, oats, canned fruit, canned vegetables, frozen protein, and milk. Funds raised at events like the Hunger Walk & 5K Run help make these purchases of nutritious food possible. Emergency Food Network has seen a great amount of support from local businesses for the Hunger Walk & 5K Run. Event sponsors include Tucci & Sons, Waste Connections, Chuckals Office Products, Click! Cable TV, Toyota Lift Northwest, Whole Foods Market, and Zack Rosenbloom & Associates. Can’t make it to the event? You can still participate by registering as Virtual Walker to receive an online
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t McMenamins From page 1 launched. “I plan to take our existing sidewalk café ordinance and tweak it for additional businesses in the future.” The pilot program with McMenamins runs from now until October “Outside seating is a big part of it,” Brian McMenamin said of the overall McMenamins concept. “We love having it open because people love to be outside.” New rules from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board are helping as well. Up until about two years ago, the state required a physical barrier to separate outdoor sidewalk seating areas from pedestrian right-of-ways, such as the wrought iron gating outside of the Matador downtown. This proved to be an awkward requirement, however, and it posed some difficulties with the Americans with Disabilities Act due to wheelchairs not having enough room to access outdoor seating areas with a hardened delineation. “You don’t have to create all this extra infrastructure and make it burdensome for businesses to accommodate their clients,” Thoms said. The solution: painted or adhesive squares called “beacons” on the sidewalk to define seating areas and the public right-of-way. As Thoms explained, “Now, instead of poles or a fence, you have these beacons that you can walk right through. What I hope to get from the pilot program are changes to my own ordinance to enhance it to all beacons and not physical barriers.” Other jurisdictions in the state of Washington, including Seattle, Kirkland and Bothell, allow for alcohol servers to cross the pedestrian way, all approved by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board. “In these three cities, they’ve also been able to do away with the rather unsightly metal corrals that enclose the sidewalk cafés in favor of more pedestrian-friendly sidewalk beacons showing the limits of where alcohol can be served and consumed,” Thoms explained. “McMenam-
ins will be the first without physical barrier and I think it is far better aesthetically, also allows more flexibility with use of the sidewalk when needed and doesn’t impact the existing infrastructure at all. The goal is to create more access to the outside for customers to enjoy.” McMenamins General Manager D.J. Simcoe said that outdoor heaters would be placed during the chilly months. “It’ll look really nice and I can just see people sitting out here for breakfast,” another plus about McMenamins going in, as a nearby breakfast place is needed in that part of downtown. At the McMenamins Spanish Steps café, there is plenty of room for pedestrians and the improvements being made will ensure greater utility and safety, not to mention the great views and the European vibe, given the steps’ 1915 beaux arts design. The McMenamins have done much to incorporate the history of the former Elks Temple into a new showplace, including a Spanish Bar and Restaurant and Spanish Ballroom. The Spanish Steps will remain a public walkway as well. The new lighting and increased activity coming is bound to keep people from doing nefarious things on the steps, which has been commonplace until now and taxing to Tacoma law enforcement. Moves are also underway at the city level to add two new bicycle officers to patrol the area in addition to McMenamins 24 hour security staff. Brian McMenamin said that the McMenamins Elks Temple size is comparable to the larger McMenamins locations but rather unique in that its size is determined by height rather than square footage of surface area. “Sizewise, this one is up there. It’s different from the others because everything is within one building. Each floor is another journey.” “This pilot project will be a great amenity for Tacomans to enjoy the outdoors in a way that they haven’t had in the past, and I’m proud to have helped expand our sidewalk café opportunities,” Thoms said. “Now we will seek to create more jobs, more fun right here in Tacoma outdoors.”
t Peace From page 1 of different cultures could celebrate and appreciate their differences and that they could build partnerships that would lessen the chance of future conflicts. If people who never knew one another could work together as brothers and sisters, he reasoned, then perhaps we could achieve world peace. The President gave a legendary speech in which he said: “If we are going to take advantage of the assumption that all people want peace, then the challenge is for people to get together to work out not one method but thousands of methods by which people can gradually learn a little bit more about one other.” Since 1956, that is exactly what the organization Sister Cities International has tried to do: bring people together, learn from one another and promote exchanges that create community. Tacoma is so fortunate to have a citizen, soon to be 90, a woman named Sylvia Sass, who participated in those beginning moments when President Eisenhower established Sister Cities International. For Sylvia, the early days of Sister Cities were very exciting and she was in close contact with what was going on in Washington, D.C. and the Eisenhower administration. “Ike got it right,” Sylvia wrote, “and we need to get back to his fundamental principles, the idea that if every American could make one friend overseas, we would never see another war.” The result? Participants developed lifelong friendships that have provided prosperity and peace through people-to-people citizen diplomacy. And that’s what Sister Cities is all about.
Sister Cities International is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between communities in the United States and communities in other countries, particularly through the establishment of Sister Cities. More than 2,000 cities are partnered in more than 140 countries around the world. Sister Cities International “strives to build global cooperation at the municipal level, promote cultural understanding and stimulate economic development.” The Sister Cities organization strives to create exchanges that will create community and that will establish lifelong friendships that will result in prosperity and peace. Tacoma is one of the model cities in the United States in relation to establishing city-to-city relationships that promote peace through people. Tacoma has 15 Sister Cities around the world and this year will commemorate the 60th anniversary of a Sister City relationship with Kitakyushu, Japan. Other Tacoma Sister Cities are Aalesund, Norway (1986); Biot, France (2012); Boca del Rio, Mexico (2016); Brovary, Ukraine (2017); Cienfuegos, Cuba (2000); Davao City, Philippines (1994); El Jadida, Morocco (2007); Fuzhou, China (1994); George, South Africa (1997); Gunsan, Korea (1978); Kiryat-Motzkin, Israel (1979); Taichung, Taiwan (2000); Vladivostok, Russia (1992); and Stari Grad, Croatia (2019). Please show your enthusiasm for promoting Tacoma’s sister cities by attending the 17th annual Sister Cities International Film Festival at the Blue Mouse Theater, in Tacoma’s historic Proctor District, on April 25, 26, 27 and 28. Learn more at sistercityfilmfest.org.
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A new source for education and celebration This week, readers will notice something new within the Tacoma Weekly pages – the Weekly Weedly. It was seven years ago that voters in Washington state legalized recreational cannabis – the first state in the nation to do so – which makes it only fitting for a Washington hometown newspaper like ours to celebrate this historic achievement that continues to occur state-by-state across the nation. Recreational cannabis shops are now comfortably settled into the entrepreneurial landscape in Tacoma. “Pot shops” today are just as legitimate as the dry cleaners on the corner or the office supply store down the street. And, just like owners of other local
businesses, cannabis shop owners want to, and do, reach out and support their local communities through philanthropy, sponsorships, and other such acts of generosity. We want to reinforce this mainstreaming of the cannabis industry, which is at the heart of the Weekly Weedly. The Tacoma Weekly readership is perfect for the Weekly Weedly. As a generation that grew up with cannabis as part of the American lexicon, the topic is not nearly as taboo as it used to be. Rather than shy away from it or give it a reactionary condemnation, this generation is hungry for knowledge about all levels of cannabis. This is what the Weekly Weedly will be all about – not just the enjoyment of
recreational cannabis, but its medical and industrial aspects, its side effects good and bad, DUI laws, the wealth of uses for cannabis, political and legislative issues…. There is no end of topics that all of us can learn from. It can’t be reiterated enough that cannabis is legal now, and very likely headed toward legalization on a federal level someday. People of a wide range of ages benefit from cannabis and want to learn about it, and that’s what the Weekly Weedly is here for. It’s time to focus less on the Cheech and Chong stereotype and take cannabis seriously for all of the benefits that this multi-billion dollar industry holds for present and future generations.
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CENTRAL TACOMA RESIDENTS DEMAND FAIR TREATMENT BY CITY OF TACOMA ‘It is unconscionable that the failings of the City of Tacoma have resulted in an entire neighborhood of residents who have invested their lives and hard-earned money are being sued by a developer to impose their will.’ BY KRIS AND DUSTIN BLONDIN My husband and I bought our first home here in Central Tacoma in 2001. We have stayed in this neighborhood for many reasons: 1) the homes were affordable, 2) this is a thriving working-class neighborhood with a great mix of older and younger families of varied backgrounds and 3) we all love and respect our neighborhood. In 2007, the property across the street with six rental houses was re-zoned from residential to commercial mixed-use (CCX) by the City of Tacoma and then sold to a foreign investor. With the exception of a few homes that were occupied, the rest were left to languish to the point of demolition in 2018. For years leading up to this demolition, we had to deal with fires caused by homeless individuals, drug dealing and usage, excessive amounts of trash and feral cats we took upon ourselves to spay and neuter. Fast forward to the second half of 2018, when the property is in the process of being sold to an outof-town developer and is slated to host a four-story, 920-unit storage facility. What the developer didn’t realize is that the proposed site, and the surrounding neighborhood, are governed by a legally-binding, decades-old covenant that restricts the development of parcels to be residential and limited to two stories in height. Unfortunately, due to the lack of proper notification as outlined
in the Tacoma Municipal Code, the neighborhood was never offered the opportunity to appeal the proposed land use and the plans were approved by the City of Tacoma’s Planning Department. This ultimately led to the neighborhood and adjacent Gloria Dei Lutheran Church being sued by the developer, in an attempt to be released from the covenant restrictions and gain unrestricted ownership of the parcel to build their four-story, end-to-end, storage monstrosity. While the area in question is currently zoned (CCX) for Community Commercial Mixed-Use District, the “City of Tacoma Zoning Reference Guide” notes that, “mixed-use center districts are intended to create spaces where people can work, live, walk, shop, play, and eat all in the same area. Mixed-use center districts accommodate and support alternative transportation such as walking, transit, and bicycling to reduce reliance on the automobile.” It also specifically states, “Residential uses are encouraged in all mixeduse center districts.” Although there are other commercial businesses nearby, nothing on the north side of South 19th Street is of this magnitude. A four-story storage facility is a striking use of the land, positioned adjacent to residential, single-family homes. With the light-rail projected to go down S. 19th St, doesn’t it make more sense in the long term to develop the land under current zoning, with retail and residential units co-existing within a residen-
tial mixed-use center? How is the City encouraging residential use here, by rubber-stamping a storage facility without considering the impact on the neighborhood or longterm growth and urban density? In addition to the covenant violation, there were numerous concerns about the proposed plans including overall height impact on adjacent parcels and residential structures, insufficient street width for moving trucks, lack of sufficient parking for office and retail spaces, ingress/egress facing residential properties, garbage spill-over, and potential for people living within the facility; the latter, already a well-documented issue in both King and Pierce Counties and corroborated by code enforcement officers within Tacoma. These issues also did not have the opportunity to be considered, due to the lack of project notification. It is unconscionable that the failings of the City of Tacoma have resulted in an entire neighborhood of residents who have invested their lives and hard-earned money are being sued by a developer to impose their will. We are hoping that in bringing enough awareness to this situation, we can petition the City of Tacoma to rescind the approved land-use permit and provide residents the full appeals process we were denied. A Go Fund Me account has been established to help with legal costs. Please consider donating today – any amount is welcome: www. gofundme.com/no-4story-storage-in-Tacoma-Neighborhood.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, (Re: “State 21 law does not apply to tribes,” TW 4/14/19). As a registered nurse I’m concerned about smoking in general, and especially the sale to minors. I have to say while your story is informative, I’m a little put off by the editorial content you express, considering it is front page content. It may indeed be troubling that children, including tribal youth, can freely purchase these products, but as a reader I’d like to make that connection myself without finding what appears to be an opinion on the front page. Let’s let Fox News and Breitbart feed their opinion to their brand of consumer and put well-written and informationional stories like yours in the editorial section. That way when I pick up another copy of this well sold rag to pursue the advertisements I won’t have to think I’m getting someone’s opinion mingled with the facts. James Kinsey, RN BSN Tacoma Dear Editor, (Re: “LNG squabbles reveal policy of silence toward Puyallup Tribe,” TW 4/7/19). Regarding your staff editorial about the LNG plant. What you fail to recognize or give voice to is the undeniable fact that the majority of people in this area, many of your readers, do not support this facility and its proximity to Tacoma. I’m not sure where you live, but I don’t want to live anywhere near this Superfund site of the future. Not to mention the incredible harm fracking is doing to the environment, for short term economic gain. Of course you can say these things. This will not be your problem, it will be the problem of your children and grandchildren. God save us from the shortsighted. Paul Soriano Director, Dissent Gallery Tacoma Dear Editor, There is a full-page ad that touts how great the new LNG plant is (TW 1/27/19) and how horrible the Puyallup Tribe’s casino is. My thoughts on the matter: What happens if a terrorist shoots a pair of missiles into the filled tanks? (One to penetrate the outer skin and insulation, the second to rupture the inner skin.) My bet is, a good chunk of Tacoma will be blown away and there will be massive casualties. Next unaddressed scenario, the mountain goes out and the lahar slams into the tanks on its way to the bay. If you watch videos of the tsunamis that hit Japan, you will see tanks just like the ones proposed, floating away. That was sea water. A lahar contains boulders that can breach a tank. Again, potential explosion when enough oxygen mixes into the vapor cloud. Next, is their boogieman casino; unmentioned in the ad is the fact that the Puyallup Tribe is an independent nation and does not need to ask permission from a foreign country for permission to build a casino on their land. The other “charges” are moralistic BS and innuendo. I would much rather have their casino than the potential atomic bomb of an LNG plant on the Tideflats. Paul Freischlag Tacoma Dear Editor, How can Washington even consider constructing a new refinery that by 2025 would be the largest polluter in the state? It will pollute as much as 1.2 million cars and increase Washington’s contribution to global warming by almost 10 percent. Every week we hear how little time we have to reduce emissions or risk run-away climate change. Now is the time to stop fossil fuel use, not permit new dangerous plants in our beautiful state. Write or call Governor Jay Inslee to oppose this plant! Kathleen Hiatt Tacoma
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WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY WEEDLY Ever since recreational cannabis was legalized, publications dedicated to marijuana have been popping up left and right. Just about all of them are glossy magazines; publishing in a newspaper format didn’t really seem to take hold – until now. Once again, Tacoma marches to the beat of its own drummer, and so do we at the Weekly Weedly. The first of its kind for Tacoma, the Weekly Weedly will be tucked into every issue of the Tacoma Weekly, bringing you a variety of cannabis news from Tacoma and beyond. Topics covered will be across the board – from interviews with Tacoma cannabis shop owners and reviews of retail stores, to po-
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litical and legislative issues, product news, and more – all presented in a mainstream fashion in order to encourage the “normalization” of cannabis and move away from the clichés and timeworn “blearyeyed stoner.” Times have changed, and even those who have enjoyed the benefits of cannabis for decades are discovering new things about this miraculous plant right along with everyone else. Let’s not forget that once upon a time, having open conversations about marijuana could get you a visit from the feds. After waiting at least 90 years for prohibition to be lifted, join us in celebrating and educating about all things cannabis.
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HOUSE BILL SEEKS TO VACATE MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS
The Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill on April 16 that will make it easier for people with misdemeanor marijuana possession. The bill was passed on a bipartisan vote of 69-29. The action taken by the House amends the measure, which will mean it will go back to the Washington State Senate. Last month, the Senate approved the prior version of the bill. Under current state law, a court al-
ready has the discretion to vacate a person’s criminal record in regard to convictions for misdemeanor crimes. This is not allowed under certain situations, such as when criminal charges are pending against a suspect. It is also not an option when less than three years have passed since a person completed their sentence, or if they have been convicted of a new crime since their marijuana conviction.
THE HISTORY OF 420
A group of five high school boys in San Rafael, Calif., are credited with coining the term “420” in the early 1970s. Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz and Mark Gravich heard about a marijuana plant that was planted by a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, who became unable to tend it. The students obtained a map showing the location. After class, the five athletes would have practice. After that, they would meet at a statue of Louis Pasteur on the campus of San Rafael High School to smoke at 4:20 p.m. then go off in search of the marijuana plant. They began using the term 420 as slang for getting high, a term their parents, teachers and coaches would not know the meaning of. Several of the students had connections with the Grateful Dead. One had a father who managed the band’s real estate holding. Another had an older brother who was friends with the band’s
bass player. The boys used to hang out at a rock club called Winterland and use the term to refer to smoking cannabis. High Times magazine is credited with making the term 420 widely known. Legend has it that a reporter with the magazine heard fans using the term at a
Grateful Dead concert in Oakland in 1990. In 2003 the California Legislature codified a medical marijuana law passed by voters. The piece of legislation was assigned the name Senate Bill 420. Earlier this year, U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) introduced House Resolution 420, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, which intends to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. April 20 has become a day to celebrate the use of marijuana and for political advocacy to promote legalization. In cities around the world, people light up in public at 4:20 p.m. This reporter was not familiar with the term until hearing talk radio show host Tom Leykis using it on the air with his callers. How about you, dear readers? How did you learn the meaning of 420? How will you celebrate 420? We suggest visiting Token Therapy for their bong giveaway and barbeque. It is located at 5917 N. 26th St. in Tacoma.
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YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GROW YOUR OWN By Tyler Markwat
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“Legalizing” cannabis was something we never thought would happen in our lifetimes. Six years after the passage of I-502 and Washington state still remains the only “legal” cannabis state in the Union that doesn’t allow for their constituents to grow this “legal” plant at home. There is only one action the legislature needs to take to remedy this, so why have they been dragging their feet on this matter? First and foremost we need to address the fact that when I-502 passed in 2012, it didn’t actually “legalize” cannabis. The initiative only created new laws that allowed for a certain demographic of people to access and possess cannabis in designated amounts. I-502 never actually removed any of the previous laws that made cannabis illegal (RCW69.51 – the Washington State Controlled Substance Act). If you do not meet the above mentioned criteria that I-502 created, then you can be charged with a misdemeanor or a felony depending on the amount of cannabis you are in possession of. Does that mean that people are still getting arrested for non-violent, victimless crimes of possession, distribution and manufacturing in Washington state? You bet they are! But that’s the exact opposite of what legalization means, isn’t it? Why have our legislators dragged their feet on fixing the semantic issues plaguing our legal system? Well, in short, most of our legislators are ignorant to the fact that there are two controlled substance acts (one for the state and one for the federal government) and that cannabis is still considered a Schedule 1 substance in Washington state. This means that the state of Washington recognizes cannabis as having no medicinal value and can only be recommended by a physician and not actually prescribed. What’s that? You thought we had medical cannabis laws in Washington State? We do, but when I-692 was passed in 1998, it never actually made medical cannabis legal. All it did was provide an affirmative defense to use in court if you were arrested while engaging in the possession, manufacturing and distribution of medical cannabis. Even then, the medical defense wasn’t always allowed
to be used in court as was the instance in my own personal medical cannabis trial in 2011. So what exactly needs to happen to amend the law so that no one is arrested for possession, distribution and the growing of this plant in the future? The legislature or the Washington State Department of Health need to draw a simple line through RCW 69.50.204.C.22 (or we could just eliminate the entire Controlled Substance Act in Washington State and actually end the war on drugs). That’s it! Just a simple line through one word and the war on cannabis is over. The response you often hear from legislators or government officials is that if we did that then the black market would surpass the legal market. Well, guess what: The black market is alive and thriving and it isn’t because cannabis is still a Schedule 1 substance. It’s because the state continues to collect 37 percent excises tax including a 10 percent state sales tax on top of the excise tax as well. The over taxation of recreational cannabis has allowed for the black market to thrive in Washington State. Beyond that, many medical patients are still resisting signing up through the state medical program due to its “big brother” like mentality, which allows the state to conduct warrantless searches on sick and disabled people as well as limiting their access to designated amounts not prescribed by a physician but designated by the initiative. Oh, yeah – and if you’re a medical cannabis patient and in possession of more than what the law says, you’re going to get arrested and go to jail. Every day our government takes steps toward infringing upon our rights and liberty. What many people don’t understand is that the people are the fourth section of checks and balances when it comes to government. In order to preserve our rights, we need to stay active in politics and continue to engage our government officials to stop creating more laws to “protect us from ourselves.” Contact your legislature, representatives and state senators today and tell them that you want to remove cannabis from the Washington state controlled substance act. You can find out who your legislature is by going to https://app.leg. wa.gov/districtfinder.
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LEGALIZED MARIJUANA Four big ways states can benefit economically By Daniel Ameduri Marijuana’s legalization continues to spread across the U.S. In the midterm elections, Michigan became the 10th state to legalize recreational marijuana use. Voters in Missouri and Utah passed initiatives to approve medical marijuana, growing that list to 33 states. Popularity of the drug for medicinal and recreational use – and its positive economic impact on some states where marijuana is legal – could lead to more states legalizing it. A recent Pew Research Center survey shows 62 percent of Americans think marijuana should be legalized, with 74 percent of millennials in favor, along with 63 percent of Gen Xers and 54 percent of baby boomers. State tax revenues related to both recreational and medicinal marijuana sales in Colorado totaled nearly $250 million last year. Some projections see California collecting over $1 billion annually. “The walls are coming down,” says Daniel Ameduri (www.futuremoneytrends.com), co-founder of the Future Money Trends newsletter. “Legalized cannabis is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy, attracting investors and state governments. “The landscape is changing because policy follows sentiment, and it’s a great economic growth opportunity for states on several levels.” Ameduri explains four key ways cannabis legalization can benefit states: Create jobs. Nurseries and dispensaries, as evidenced in the cannabis-legal states, create many employment opportunities. In California, over 80,000 jobs came about – producing a $3.5 billion increase in labor income – due to legalized marijuana sales, according to a study by ICF International. Colorado, which saw an estimated $2.4 billion worth of cannabis-related economic activity in 2015, has over 40,000 occupational licenses connected to the cannabis industry. “Just for starters, you need peo-
ple to farm, distribute, and sell products,” Ameduri says. “Then you have a whole host of industries doing support work for the cannabis-related companies.” Boost tax revenues. Along with the big haul state governments can make are the ways that new state money could be invested in education and business development. “The potential of tax revenues is the carrot dangled before the states,” Ameduri says. “With so many states in a pinch or running in the red, why would you not legalize it?” Save law enforcement costs. Making marijuana legal means many fewer court cases and incarcerations, Ameduri points out. “States that legalize marijuana would be adding millions to their coffers and subtracting millions from their wasted expenses,” he says. “They are likely to lower their law enforcement costs substantially, right off the top by removing it from the list of controlled substances.” Help address social ills. Another offshoot of boosted tax revenues from cannabis sales: Colorado put some of the money into a fund to help create housing programs for the homeless and to address the state’s opioid epidemic. “More people spoke at the midterms about marijuana, and the momentum for more legalization is strong,” Ameduri says. “More states are seeing it makes a lot of sense as a new component of the economic engine.” About Daniel Ameduri Daniel Ameduri (www.FutureMoneyTrends.com) is co-founder of the Future Money Trends newsletter, an authority for financial freedom and economic research in commodities, cryptocurrencies, personal finance and income ideas. A self-made multi-millionaire, Ameduri also has a YouTube channel, VisionVictory, that has received 10 million video views. He’s also been featured in The Wall Street Journal and ABC World News.
WHAT ABOUT MARIJUANA MEDICAL RESEARCH? By Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish, Cannabis Lawyer
Notably, according to an August 2018 filing in the Federal Register (www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/23/2018-18265/proposed-adjustmentsto-the-aggregate-production-quotas-for-schedule-iand-ii-controlled-substances), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is seeking to more than quintuple the amount of marijuana that can legally be grown in the U.S. for medical research purposes – from roughly 1,000 pounds in 2018 to more than 5,400 pounds in 2019. At the same time, the DEA is also seeking to curtail the total number of opioids manufactured in the country. Most Americans are unaware that since 1968, a farm maintained by the University of Mississippi has monopolized the production of marijuana that can legally be used for research in America. Scientists and members of the medical research community have frequently and fervently complained that approvals to conduct research are difficult to obtain, and that the Mississippi farm’s marijuana product they are forced to use is of such poor quality that it alters and hampers results yielded from their research studies. In response to these complaints, several years ago the DEA moved to end the Mississippi farm’s production monopoly and create a process for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to license additional cultivators. Since then, well over two dozen facilities have filed proposals for licenses to legally grow mari-
juana for medical research, but Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department repeatedly blocked the DEA from acting on these applications. With Jeff Sessions out now, one can hope that these applications will be reviewed and that many will be granted, so that high-grade cannabis will be available to the scientific and medical communities for research. The DEA’s significant increase in marijuana production quotas for 2019 could signal that the agency believes some of these additional grower applications will now be reviewed and approved. If so, perhaps it will encourage scientists and the medical community to conduct more research studies targeting the medicinal uses of cannabis.
BANKING LAW CHANGES Four ways marijuana businesses could benefit The old adage “money talks” could be revised to “money screams” when it comes to money and the legalized marijuana business. “There is just too much cash running through these pot businesses for something not to change,” says Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish (www.sarahleegossettparrish.com), a cannabis industry lawyer. ‘’The status quo – not allowing banks to legally work with pot businesses – is not going to work for very much longer.” Although marijuana is still illegal under federal law, some state laws allow it, and that leaves distributors of legal marijuana in peril. Wall Street interest in marijuana firms is at an all time high. The North American cannabis market is expected to go from $9.2 billion in 2017 to $47.3 billion within 10 years, according to Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics. That kind of money attracts the movers and shakers in the upper echelon of the financial markets who know how to pull strings in Washington, D.C. “The politics are tricky, but money is a great motivator in politics,” Parrish says. “Plus as more states continue to jump on the bandwagon, there will be huge incentives for the banks to want to get involved with the business.” A few small credit unions offer marijuana businesses checking accounts, but most financial institutions are awaiting the federal government to act. And that means most marijuana businesses are dealing with large amounts of cash. She says allowing financial institutions to work with legal marijuana businesses would ease these issues: Financing. Marijuana growers are like any other business people. They occasionally need to borrow money for a variety of reasons. Being able to work with a bank will open up more opportunities. Credit card access. Customers would be able to use credit cards to purchase marijuana, and marijuana businesses would have better ways to track spending and income. Cash violence. It is not unusual for some marijuana businesses to handle $20,000 or more in cash. This is not only dangerous for the people carrying the money, but for innocent bystanders should a robbery occur. IRS paper trail. Cash transactions are easier to hide from the Internal Revenue Service. Putting the money in a bank is an easier way for the IRS to track revenue from a business. “It is ridiculous for the federal government to put these shackles on businesses that are allowed to operate under their state laws,” Parrish says. “But it can’t last. Money talks.” Or screams…
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PLANT FOOD 101
How to feed plants so you get big buds and huge yields
Just like humans need proper food packed with healthy nutrients to help us grow strong and vigorous, your plants also need the right foods. Feed your plants the right foods in the right ways and you too could see consistent yields of 3-plus pounds per grow light, like many growers today who follow these feeding guidelines. To help you on your path to successful growing, in this article we’re going to cover everything you need to know about plant food and what you need for your high-value plants and specialized strains, including: What plant-specific nutrients do and why they’re so important for high-value crops. How to know exactly what to feed your plants during every stage of their growth cycle to get maximum yields, potency and performance. And common feeding mistakes, along with how to fix them as quickly as possible. Let’s start with the basics…
What Are Plant Nutrients, What Do They Do, And Why Are They So Important?
Just like food for people, your plants need food to survive, thrive, and grow into the high-value performers you want them to be. Nutrition and food can be broken down into three categories: macronutrients, secondary nutrients and micronutrients. Macronutrients are the big nutrients that are required for health and growth, secondary nutrients are slightly less important, and micronutrients are the small nutrients. For example, with people food, macronutrients are protein, carbohydrates and fats. These are the most important nutrients you must have to be healthy and to survive. For plants there are 16 important nutrients that can be broken up into macroand micronutrients: • Macronutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) • Secondary nutrients: Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Sulfur (S) • Micronutrients: iron (Fe), boron (B), chlorine (Cl), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo) The bottom line is, your high-value plants need macro-, secondary and micronutrients to thrive. A QUICK GUIDE TO NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM (N-P-K) Once you get into growing strains of high-value plants, you will find that nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are also commonly referred to as N-P-K. That’s because these are the three most important nutrients for plants. Without these three nutrients in the proper amounts, your plants will eventually die.
Early on, growers of high-value plants recognized the importance of these nutrients in combination and so began formulating plant food with specific ratios in mind. When you pick up a bottle of base nutrients, you will often see the three numbers on the label: These numbers stand for the N-P-K ratio in the product. The first number is nitrogen, the second is phosphorus, the third potassium. Keep in mind, these are the ratios – not a specific amount in the product. If N-P-K are all essential nutrients for your plants, at this point you may wonder why the ratios in the bottle would make any difference at all.
Why Your Plants Need Specific Nutrients For Each Phase Of Growth Your plants not only need the right nutrients, but they need them in the right ratios, only at specific times in their life cycle. To keep things simple, there are two main stages to your plant’s life and they each require a specific ratio of N-P-K for optimum performance: Vegetative stage: high nitrogen, medium phosphorus, high potassium. Flowering stage: low nitrogen, medium phosphorus (much less than most growers have been led to believe), high potassium. If all this seems confusing, don’t worry, the important thing to remember is this: You have to make sure your plants are getting the optimal levels of nutrition and the nutrients they crave during these times in order to keep them healthy, growing, and later enjoy a great harvest. That’s why scientific testing, research and development with the distinct strains you grow (as opposed to other typical food plants) is so important when choosing your nutrients.
How Often Do You Need To Feed Your Plants? How often you nourish your plants will be determined by both the type of growing medium and the nutrients you are using. For example: Soil growers: Some growers who plant their seeds in nutritious soil in a vibrant outdoor area may find they hardly need to feed their plants at all. You will have to keep them watered, though, and can add nutrients as needed when you water. Soilless mediums: Using a soilless medium such as peat or sphagnum-based mediums, you’ll have to water and feed your plants often. When the top of the growing medium feels dry, it’s usually the right time to give them water. Coco coir: Using coco coir, you’ll want to feed often, with ample runoff. Coco should remain wet and usually be
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fed at least daily. You’ll also want to use coco-specific nutrients. Hydroponics: Your plant’s roots are interacting with water constantly, which also contains your nutrients. In some of these hydroponics setups your plants are feeding all the time. As you might imagine, answering the questions of when to water and feed your plants at this point can get complex and there are many variables based on the strains you’re growing, where you’re growing, the strategy you’re using, and the medium you’re growing in.
How To Know Exactly What To Feed Your Plants For Strong, Growth And Maximum Yields
In order to figure out exactly what’s right for your personal grow situation, the good news is that you don’t have to guess. There are experts that have done the legwork and experimentation for you. These are commonly called feeding schedules (see www.advancednutrients.com/articles/feeding-schedule-growing-success) and they’re a very convenient way to get your grow going. In fact, here at Advanced Nutrients, we have three excellent ways for you to determine the optimum feeding schedule for your plants: Nutrient Calculator: When you use our nutrient calculator, you’ll quickly be able to see how much of what nutrients to feed your high-value plants growing hydroponically. BudLabs Mobile App: If you’d like to take our nutrient calculator into the grow room with you, this is the best way to do it. Simply download the app to your phone (available for both iOS and Android) and you’ll have everything you need in the palm of your hand. Customized Growing Recipe: To completely customize your grow recipe, you’ll want to use the free recipe generator we provide. With this one page, you can receive a completely custom recipe based on your experience level, growing medium (including coco coir, hydroponics, Pro-Mix/ Sunshine Mix/soilless or soil) and more. It’s literally your step-by-step guide. Once you have the recipe you want to follow, the only thing left for you to
do is visit a local store to find your nutrients and get started. A QUICK GUIDE ON HOW TO MIX NUTRIENTS It’s pretty simple to get your nutrients ready to use. Vigorously shake your nutrients: The base nutrients you’re using may have been sitting on the shelf for a while, so it’s a smart idea to agitate them to make sure the active ingredients aren’t accumulating at the bottom from sitting too long. Ready your reservoir: Get your pure, preferably reverse osmosis, or RO-filtered water reservoir ready. Depending on your setup, this could be your reservoir or the container you’re going to use for hand-watering your plants later. Measure out each nutrient as directed into the reservoir, according to label rate: Using an appropriate measuring device, pour the nutrient from the bottle into your measuring device and then into the water container. For example, when using pH Perfect® Sensi Grow Part A, the label states: Use 4 ml per liter during all weeks of vegetative growth. That means you pour 4 ml of the nutrient into 1 liter of water and use that mixture to feed your plants. Simple!
How To Know If The Nutrients You’re Using Were Designed Specifically For Your Plants
Many growers are not aware that there is a huge difference in fertilizers that were designed for traditional agricultural crops such as corn, soybean and wheat, and fertilizers that were developed for high-value plants. A study conducted by the University of Mississippi demonstrated the dramatic difference specialized fertilizers can make when growing specialized strains. It is the only scientific study of its kind, proving that the Advanced Nutrients fertilizers delivered 21 percent bigger yields when compared to regular fertilizers. You can download the free white paper to see the science for yourself. The fact is, in this day and age, there is no reason to use regular fertilizers for growing high-value plants. And whatever you do, don’t make the common beginner mistake of us-
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t Plant food From page 4 ing something like Miracle-Gro for your high-value plants. Miracle-Gro nutrients and Miracle-Gro soil (or any “extended release” soil, really) will leave you with all kinds of nutrient problems – everything from burning your plants to starving them. Your best bet is to leave those plant formulas for the tomatoes and flowers they were intended to feed.
Here Are Some Common Feeding Issues And How To Fix Them While growing great plants is not always simple, here’s a quick and simple list of some common feeding issues and how to fix them: Underfeeding: If your plants are looking pale green instead of vibrant, then you could be underfeeding them.
You need to give them more nutrients. Overfeeding: Likewise, you could be overfeeding your plants and not know it. This is often accompanied by nutrient burn and could be caused by problems like nutrient lockout. Nutrient lockout: This occurs when the nutrients you’re feeding your plants are unable to be absorbed and so they can’t feed. Discover what you need to know about nutrient lockout at www. advancednutrients.com/articles/nutrient-lockout-prevent-diagnose. Nutrient burn: When you give your plants too many nutrients and they end up with brown/black/dark burn spots on the tips of their leaves. This can happen if you don’t recognize signs of nutrient lockout and think plants are underfed, so you add more nutrients. Overwatering: Your plants can be drooping because they’re starved of oxygen if their roots are sitting in stagnant water caused by overwatering. This is one of many plant root problems you can run into. (See www.advancednutrients.
com/articles/fix-plant-root-problems.) Nutrient deficiencies: Often looks like underfeeding in the form of droopy, sad, sick-looking plants. Goes hand in hand with underfeeding, but you could be lacking specific micronutrients even if you’re feeding them enough. pH problems: Your pH levels are critically important to your plant feeding program. Visit www.advancednutrients.com/articles/ph-perfect-technology to see why pH affects everything you do. Don’t forget to flush! Many nutrient and feeding issues can be fixed by knowing how and why to flush your plants. Don’t forget to do this. (See www.advancednutrients.com/articles/ how-to-flush-plants-potency-yields.) Feeding Your Plants The Right Nutrients At The Right Time And In The Right Amounts Will Give You The Results You Want Plant food and proper nutrition is so important that it can mean the dif-
ference between losing a harvest or enjoying the most bountiful, potent yields of your life. It’s that important. So take the time to educate yourself on plant nutrition. Use the tips in this article and check out the recommended resources to see what a big difference the proper plant food and fertilizers can make, and you’ll be improving your growing results in no time! Did you enjoy this article? If you liked this article, then you will love the Advanced Nutrients newsletter. That’s because we consistently send out short yet info-packed articles like this to our subscribers who want to get better growing results. Fill out the subscription form on this page to join our newsletter now to get more essential gardening tips. Reprinted with permission from Advanced Nutrients: www.advancednutrients.com.
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CLONES OR SEEDS
What’s The Best For Growers?
It’s a question that almost every grower runs into at some point: should I grow from seeds or clones? Of course, if you have no access to any other mother plants, then your decision is already made for you – you’re growing from seeds. But if you have a functioning garden, should you continue with seeds or should you start from clones? What are the benefits and drawbacks to each? When might you want to use one over the other? That’s what we’ll cover today …
Let’s Start With Growing From Seeds
Plants come from seeds right? It’s an easy, logical thing to start growing your high-value plants from seeds. So let’s talk about the pros and cons here: PROS: • Seeds are easy to buy legally at many places online and can be delivered discreetly to almost anywhere in the world. • You can pick the gender of the plant you want to grow. That means you can easily purchase feminine-only high value plant seeds. • By shopping for specific seeds, from an established seed bank, you can have a very accurate idea of what your plant will look like and its characteristics as far as yield, quality, and flowering time. • You don’t inherit any potential problems from the “mother plant.” That means if you grow from seed, your plant won’t start with any disease or pest problem. CONS: • Not all seeds will germinate, so you have to account for some failures right off the bat. • It’s a little bit harder than growing from a clone, because you have to get the seed to germinate first, before it can start into the grow phase. • It can take a little bit more time, again, because you have to wait for the seed to germinate, etc. • The costs can certainly add up, if you are purchasing seeds for every single grow cycle. (And also if you are choosing famous strains to grow)
What About Growing From Clones? A clone is a cutting from a mature plant that you can replant that will grow into a new plant. Let’s talk about the pros and cons here, too: PROS: • You can guarantee the gender of your new plant simply by choosing the correct gender mother plant. • Because you are starting with a plant, and you don’t have to wait for the seed to germinate, you are saving a little bit of time. • If you have a plant you really like, then you can almost exactly duplicate it by “cloning” it. In fact, that’s the reason it’s called “cloning” in the first place. • Once the clones root, you can save a lot of time. CONS: • Compared to seeds, which you can buy many places online, you need to have access to a source of mother plants in real life. Either from your own grows or from someone that you trust who can provide them. • If the mother plants had any problems, like pests or disease, you could be starting your clones with these problems. • While you could save time compared to seeds, if you don’t clone properly, your plants could be in “shock” and take extra time to root and grow or may even die. • You generally have to “baby” the new clone so that it can get established and start growing strong in the beginning. Again, you have to account for this in your grow schedule.
Here Is When You Might Want To Consider Growing From Seeds Many growers start with growing from seed because it’s so easily accessible. You simply jump on the internet and search for the exact type of plant that you want to grow and order the seeds. It’s that easy. Because of this, it makes it easy for first-time growers to start this way, when they may not know anyone in real
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life who has a garden they can access for mother plants. Another thing that you can do with seeds, that’s not possible with clones, is that you can “bank” them for later use. Say if you’re preparing to start your grow at a later date, but you have the money to buy your supplies now. You can simply order your seeds now and store them in a cool, dry place and they will last a long time (years even!) until you are ready. Finally, if you want to see exactly how to grow your specific plants – from seed to harvest – then it may be very educational to start with seeds to learn the entire process of growing.
Here Are The Times When Growing From Clones May Be a Better Option
If you have already done at least one successful harvest, or if you know someone that grows the types of plants that you would like to grow, then you have easy access to mother plants for cloning. For some beginners, this may seem like the easiest way to get started because it almost feels like a few weeks worth of “work” is already done for you because you’re starting with a plant and not seeds. Also, if you come across a plant in your own grows or a friend’s grows, and when you want to – literally clone it – then obviously cloning is the best choice because you can get almost an identical plant this way. Finally, if you are in a real time crunch and want to save as much time as humanly possible, then it may be wise to consider growing from clones because then you can save yourself a few weeks worth of time (in general) and assuming you clone correctly.
Where Can You Acquire Seeds?
There are a few ways to acquire the seeds for the specific, high-value plants that you want to grow. First, you can simply go online and start searching for seeds. The benefits to this are you can be as specific as possible and even search for specific strains. Second, you could potentially find seeds in the harvests of other grows. Either yours or friends. You have to be a little careful in this instance, because you may not know what types of plants you’re going to get if you use these seeds. Finally, you can breed your own seeds by mating two different plants, which means you can “make” a virtually unlimited supply of seeds if you so desire. The downside to this is that, yes, it can take some time and, yes, you have to know what you’re doing. Once you acquire your seeds, then it’s a pretty simple process to get your rooting medium, get them wet and wait for them to germinate. Even so, because even the best growers might not achieve a 100% success rate with seeds — we wrote this article called Treating Seeds for Plant Propagation to show you our best tips to get your seeds to germinate.
How To Clone Plants?
To clone plants, you first need access to a mother plant. This is the plant that you will cut parts off of to make your clones. It’s actually pretty simple, but as always, the devil is in
the details. You will take a razor blade and cut off a good, sturdy stem – somewhat large – from the mother plant. Then you need to use either a cloning gel or powder to cover the cut area of the clone. Next, you place this new clone into what growers call a “cloning tray” which is usually small peat pellets or rockwool containers for your clones. For more information on cloning gels, go to www.advancednutrients.com/articles/keys-to-success-whencreating-clones-with-cloning-gel to read our keys to success when creating clones with cloning gel. And if you want to know about cloning powders, then go to www.advancednutrients.com/articles/how-to-makea-clone-using-cloning-powder to read how to make a clone using cloning powder. Again, the process seems simple, because it is. But that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily easy to get it right! The fact is that new clones need the right care to grow fast and strong. That’s why we also wrote an article with multiple tips to make sure your clones take root and grow: click here to read how to make certain your clones have the maximum success.
In The End, It’s a Personal Choice We firmly believe that in the end, this is a personal choice and growing from clones vs. growing from seed is simply up to the grower. Some growers may find it less stressful to grow from seeds, while others think it’s easier to grow from a clone. It’s up to you. And as you increase in skill as a grower, you might find that one suits you better because of its particular strengths and/or advantages. On the other hand, it may depend on your life circumstances at the time which one is a better strategy for you. You may not have ready access to mother plants for example, so you can’t clone but you can easily order seeds online. Again, it all comes down to individual preference and circumstance. Just be sure to be aware of the pros and cons of each method and account for them in your overall growing strategy.
Still Have Questions? Want More Answers? We Are Here To Help! We understand that at times you might need a helping hand when you’re getting started in growing (heck, even if you’ve been growing for a while!) That’s why we are here to help. Visit our Grower Support page at www.advancednutrients.com/growersupport where you can get 100 percent secure and confidential garden and growing advice from Advanced Nutrient growing experts. Even better, you can get the best help from us – and even more valuable content like this – by subscribing to our newsletter at www.advancednutrients.com. Simply enter you email into the form on this page and you can receive our very best growing information absolutely FREE! Reprinted with permission from Advanced Nutrients: www.advancednutrients.com.
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COME FLY WITH ME … OR NOT!
The pitfalls of flying with marijuana By Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish, Cannabis Lawyer Now that Oklahoma has legalized medical marijuana, can patients take it to Will Rogers International Airport? Can patients carry it on the plane or check it in their baggage? Currently, nothing is posted on the airport’s website about a marijuana policy. However, one thing is certain: Once you are in a Transportation Security Administration area in any airport, that area is run by, and under the jurisdiction of, the United States government. Thus, federal regulations apply and marijuana is illegal under federal law. Federal law prohibits possession of marijuana, and this includes possession of it in federal airspace. TSA’s website specifically provides that “medical marijuana” is not allowed in carry-on bags or in checked bags (www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/medical). In Oklahoma, seemingly, airport law enforcement, which operates under state law, would adhere to the provisions of S.Q. 788. Additionally, Will Rogers is located within Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma City Council voted in September to reform ordinances addressing marijuana possession. Those reforms became effective on Oct. 26, 2018, and reclassified marijuana as a Class “a” offense with a maximum fine of $400. Those reforms also conformed Oklahoma City’s ordinances to the provisions of S.Q. 788, so that patients with a state medical marijuana license and those with commercial business licenses issued by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority will not be cited for marijuana possession if the amount within their possession is within the legal limit for license holders under S.Q. 788. Across the country, airports are weighing in with
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marijuana policies. Boston’s Logan International Airport has no rule to prohibit bringing marijuana to the airport, whereas McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas has a formal, airport-wide ban on marijuana possession and has installed amnesty boxes for cannabis products at key locations outside airport buildings. Denver International Airport prohibits marijuana possession anywhere on airport property. Reno-Tahoe International Airport has a sign in the smoking area that reminds people that marijuana use is prohibited. LAX’s policy is that what is legal on the streets of Los Angeles is also legal in airport terminals.
THE MEZZROLE COCKTAIL By Warren Bobrow I’m a huge fan of Manhattan-style cocktails; they make great aperitifs. This one is named after Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, a jazz musician who lived in Harlem in the 1920s. And, as Mezz himself would have known, the term for a well-rolled cannabis cigarette was a “mezzrole” – so I just had to commemorate both man and medicine in this elegant cocktail. It combines cannabis-infused sweet vermouth, handmade cocktail cherries, and quality bourbon into a small, but well-formed, libation that’s deeply healing. When you’re infusing your vermouth, consider choosing a Sativa-Indica hybrid strain called Cherry Pie. It’s redolent of sweet and sour cherries, and it complements the toasty, oaky flavors inherent in the liquors. As for making crushed ice, it’s best to place the ice in a Lewis bag – a heavy canvas bag that’s made for the job – before whacking it with a wooden mallet or rolling pin.
INGREDIENTS Muddle the Greenish Cocktail Cherries with a wooden muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon then top with the vermouth. Continue to muddle for 30 seconds to combine the flavors. Cover with the crushed ice. Top with the bourbon, then dot with aromatic bitters. Don’t have two: one should be more than enough. • HANDFUL OF CRUSHED ICE • 1 OUNCE (30 ML) BOURBON WHISKEY • AROMATIC BITTERS • 4-6 GREENISH COCKTAIL CHERRIES • 1/2 OUNCE (15 ML) CANNABIS INFUSED VERMOUTH, SUCH AS UNCOUTH VERMOUTH’S SEASONAL WILDFLOWER BLEND
In practice, at most commercial airports in states where medical or recreational marijuana is legal, no charges will likely be filed against you if a state-legal amount of medical or recreational marijuana is discovered, because the matter is referred to airport law enforcement and state law applies. However, flying with marijuana is illegal under federal law, as is bringing marijuana into post-security areas at any airport in the United States. So what is the take-away here? Don’t fly with marijuana. While it may be legal, at least medicinally, in a majority of states now, traveling with it is not. Don’t take the risk. Leave it behind.
SWEET CHAMPAGNE MANGO SALAD Ingredients • • • • • • • • • • • • •
1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 cup pistachios, de-shelled and slightly broken up 2 tablespoon granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper 3 tablespoons cannabis infused extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 ounces mixed baby greens 2 ounces spinach Leaves 1 firm Hass avocado cut into bite-size cubes 1 ripe Champagne Mango, peeled, cut and cubed Himalayan pink sea salt to taste
Preparation In a medium skillet, melt the butter. Add the pistachios and cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until the nuts turn a deeper brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the sugar and the cayenne and stir just until the sugar dissolves. Turn the nuts onto parchment or wax paper to cool. In a medium bowl, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, mustard, salt and the remaining tablespoon of sugar. In a large serving bowl, combine the greens, spinach, avocado, mango and pistachios. Toss with the dressing and season to taste with salt. 20 min. prep 5 min. cook time 4-6 servings
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RAINIERS WRAP UP FIRST HOME STAND BY STEVE MULLEN news@tacomaweekly.com
Coming off of their opening series loss in Sacramento by a four games to one margin, the Tacoma Rainiers edged the El Paso Chihuahua’s by a two games to one margin and split with Albuquerque, two games apiece for a 4 to 3 home stand and climb back to respectability with a 5 and 7 record with return matches with both El Paso and Albuquerque starting with a three game set with the Chihuahuas on Tuesday and ending against the Isotopes with a four-game set beginning in the New Mexico capital city on April 19. Leading the charge for the Tacoma offense is third baseman Shed Long. The off-season acquisition from the New York Yankees is hitting .372 on the season. (All the averages are through Sunday, April 14). Other big sticks for the Rainiers are shortstop PJ Crawford, obtained from the Philadelphia Phillies in the Jean Segura trade, who checks in with a .325 average, center fielder Braden Bishop with a .324 average and right fielder Tito Polo at .286. On the mound, right hander Ryan Garton currently carries a 2.45 ERA. Garton, who recently became a starter was called out of the bullpen to give the struggling Rainier pitching staff a big boost when it needed it most. Struggling with 0-1 record and a 5.14 ERA, top prospect and hard-throwing left hander pitcher Justus Sheffield is trying to find the mark with his mid to upper nineties fastball and devastating change with little success to this point. The consistent velocity usually comes to the hard-throwing pitchers a month or so into the season so the concern at this point is at a minimum. Waiting to return to the mound for Tacoma is another hard throwing fire baller, Gershon Bautista, who is soon to comeback from a mild hip strain and will begin a couple of rehab outings in Tacoma before returning to the Mariners. Aside from the shaky starts from the Rainier pitching staff, two games have defined
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Tito Polo celebrates with teammates after hitting his home run to win the game on April 9. the Rainier season to this point. Sunday April 14th of April saw Tacoma squander an 8-0 lead and eventually lose to Albuquerque by a score of 17-9 as the Isotopes would overcome an 8-7 deficit in the ninth inning with a 10-run outburst in one of the strangest games seen at Cheney Stadium in quite some time. On the flip side, Tacoma returned the favor by beating the Topes by a 10-0 score. Tacoma should get a real boost in the bullpen with the return of former Rainier Matt Festa. The hard-throwing right hander struggled
with the Mariners with an ERA above 6 runs a game and will get many chances to right his ship, possibly as the team closer. Another possibility down the road could be right hander Justin Dunn, who touched the mid to upper 90’s with his fastball to go with hard breaking slider and changeup. Dunn is currently at double A Arkansas, who are currently in first place in the Texas League standings. The games can be heard on South Sound 850 with the play by play being handled by Mike Curto.
REIGN FC TIES HOUSTON IN SEASON OPENER Team takes on Orlando on April 21
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The seventh season in Reign FC history is underway. After making the playoffs last season for the first time since 2015, Reign FC looks to build on a strong first season under head coach Vlatko Andonovski as the club began NWSL play on the road in Houston against a revamped Dash on April 14. Houston Dash goalkeeper Jane Campbell’s lone save of the match preserved a point for her side, blocking a penalty kick from Reign FC forward Jodie Taylor four minutes into second-half stoppage time, to result in a 1-1 draw at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. The penalty appeared to be the ultimate reversal of fortune for Reign FC, who gave up an early goal and were forced to use two substitutions in the first half due to injury, but the team left Houston wanting for more. Reign FC now returns home for their 2019 home opener against the Orlando Pride at Cheney Stadium on April 21. The game will start at 7 p.m. “The goals for us are very clear and it has been the same goal from day one when I first came here,” Andonovski said. “We have goals for the staff, we have goals for the players. The goal is to get better every day. All we’re doing is working to get better every day. We don’t want to walk out of this stadium thinking that we didn’t achieve anything, that we didn’t get better today. As long as we get better, as long as we get to be the best that we can possibly be, I think the results will follow.” Who is back Reign FC returns a back line in Steph
Catley, Lauren Barnes, Megan Oyster and Theresa Nielsen that conceded a club record-fewest 19 goals in 2018, the second time in club history that the Reign allowed less than a goal per game. Also returning are keeper duo Lydia Williams and Michelle Betos, who together kept a league-best 12 clean sheets last season. Offensively, Reign FC returns forwards Jodie Taylor and Megan Rapinoe, who led the team with nine goals and six assists, respectively. Jess Fishlock remains on loan to Olympique Lyonnais through the duration of that club’s UEFA Women’s Champions League run. Lyon will face Chelsea on April 21 and April 28 in a two-legged semifinal. Who is new The club has brought in several new faces, notably reuniting Andonovski with former FC Kansas City forward Shea Groom, for whom the club traded Nahomi Kawasumi to Sky Blue FC Jan. 15. The club also acquired forward Darian Jenkins from North Carolina Courage and midfielder Morgan Proffitt from Slavia Praha. Two new internationals joined the club, including former Reign FC draft pick Celia Jimenez Delgado and Australian international midfielder Elise Kellond-Knight. Celia has 16 appearances for the Spanish senior national team, including three appearances as a 19-yearold for Spain in the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Meanwhile, Kellond-Knight’s 106 caps for the Matildas rank as the sixth-most for the Matildas.
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THE HANK SHREVE BAND The Hank Shreve Band will be the headline act at the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival, taking place at the Swiss on April 12. The show begins at 1 p.m. Hank Shreve Band will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HANK SHREVE BAND
UPCOMING SHOWS:
Friday, April 19
ALMA MATER: Big Business, Dryland, Gold Sweats, 8 p.m., $13-15 GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Harmonious Funk, 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Take It To Space, Lunarbass, Burn Band, 8 p.m., $8-10 LOUIE G’S: Dedset, guest, 8 p.m., AA PLAID PIG: Black Magic Flower Power, Thunders of Wrath, No More Suns, 8 p.m., $8 REAL ART TACOMA: I’m Not Me, The Groans, Biorotethemusical, Cape Nowhere, 8 p.m., $10, AA UNCLE SAM’S: The Remedy, 8 p.m. VALLEY: Granite Waves, Slut Penguin, Face The Sun, 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 20
GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Harmonious Funk, 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Randy Oxford Band, TBA (Blues) 8 p.m., $8-10 LOUIE G’S: Girls Love Rockets, Aury Moore Band, The Jethro Tull Experience, 8 p.m., AA O’MALLEY’S: Hard Circus, Doggercide, New York City Cops (Strokes tribute), Pink Triangle (Weezer tribute), Good Riddance (Green Day tribute) 7 p.m., NC PLAID PIG: Great Falls, Deathbed Confessions, Foes, Florida Man (Metal) 9 p.m., $5 SPAR: The Whirlies, 8 p.m. SWISS: Little Bill and the Blue Notes, Mark Hurwitz and Gin Creek, Maia Santell and House Blend with Jay Mabin, Leanne Trevalyan, Hank Shreve Band, Grey Sky All-Star Band, 1 p.m., $10 UNCLE SAM’S: Rif Raf, 8 p.m. VALLEY: Groove Colony, Clyde Clover, Dain Norman, 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 21
PLAID PIG: Lust Punch, Face The Sun, Thunder Knife, Of Lioness, 7 p.m., $7 STONEGATE: Dave Nichols (Country jam) 8 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Final Notice w/Bob Evans (Country/ rock) 7 p.m., NC VALLEY: Thread the Sky, In Raptu
Monday, April 22
JAZZBONES; Rockaroake, 9 p.m., NC SWISS: Chuck Gay (Open mic) 7 p.m., NC UNCLE SAM’S: Lolo & friends ( Jam) 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23
PLAID PIG: Vicious Kitty, Hole Dug Deep, Wayside Of Hope, 8 p.m., $5 UNCLE SAM’S: SOB ( Jam) 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 24
AIRPORT TAVERN: Brandon Lee Cierley ( Jazz jam) 7 p.m. JAZZBONES: Leilani Wolfgramm, Island Bound, Rhythm and Brown, 8 p.m., $14-19 STONEGATE: Justin McDonald (Open mic) 8 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: CBC (Rock jam) 7 p.m. VALLEY: Howling Giant, 8 p.m.
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Black and white image of the Asarco Smelter in Ruston, May 14, 1913. The photo shows the smoke stack on the left and Puget Sound on the right with the town of Ruston in the distance. REVIEW BY JOHN LARSON Washington State Historical Society invited creative writers into a building filled with tens of thousands of historic artifacts and select a few for a new exhibit. The result is “A Thousand Words’ Worth: Washington Authors Tell Stories With Objects.” It is on display through Aug. 24. A group of popular authors with diverse voices from around the state were asked to go through the artifacts, ephemera and images and select items that hold significance and help tell a story. These objects are placed alongside works published years ago, as well as newlyinspired writing. Some of the 13 authors are living. In cases where the author is deceased, an interpreter has written something to accompany the items. “We want to actively use our collections to engage communities with history in unique and accessible ways,” said Audience Engagement Director Mary Mikel Stump. Octavia E. Butler is one of the writers no longer with us, having died in 2006. She was a science fiction writer. Sales of her books have increased since her passing. Her novel “Dawn” is being developed for television. A touring opera is based on her book “Parable of the Sower.” A passage from that novel describes the survival kit a young girl is assembling in the year 2025. A case includes items listed in this passage. Jamie Ford is famous for his debut novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.” A case of items from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 is next to a piece of his writing. One is a small flag commemorating Taft Day on Sept. 30 of that year. William Howard Taft was president of the United States at the time. Shawn Wong examines menus from Chinese restaurants, such as one from Henry Wong’s Café from 1947. It was located downtown on South 12th Street. Two others are from Seattle restaurants, with another from one in Yakima. Wong, now a professor at the University of Washington, wrote an essay about how Chinese food became somewhat Americanized in this country. Two items refer to the anti-Chinese rhetoric of the past, such as the expulsion of Chinese
residents of Tacoma in 1885 and an incident in which they were marched to the docks in Seattle the following year. The late science fiction author Frank Herbert, a Tacoma native, has a case with his son Brian Hebert. It examines the industrial wasteland of the Asarco copper smelter in Ruston and this impact it had on the elder Herbert’s science fiction masterpiece, “Dune.” It includes photos of the smelter from 1910-15 and audio of an interview done with him for a biography that was never published. John Okada was born in 1923 and died at the age of 47. He is known for his novel “No No Boy,” based upon the experiences of Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II and their re-integration into society after the war. Frank Abe, who worked as a reporter for KIRO radio and served as communications director for two King County executives, wrote a piece to accompany this case. It includes a poster from 1942, informing residents of Japanese descent to report to Auburn High School to begin the relocation process. David Guterson, author of the book “Snow Falling on Cedars,” is featured in a case with mountain climbing equipment. Two Tacoma-area women, Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring, should be well known to local residents. They are known for the letterpress broadsides they have produced since 2008. They offer an essay on famous feminists. Items in their case include a pair of tennis shoes owned by U.S. Senator Patty Murray and a girl’s letterman jacket from Olympia High School from the late 1980s. Charles Johnson, a professor emeritus at the University of Washington, wrote an essay about the late artist Jacob Lawrence and George Washington Bush, an early black settler in this state. It includes two paintings from Lawrence’s series on Bush. The museum has several events planned in conjunction with the new exhibit. “Family Saturdays at the History Museum: Make Your Own Book” will be on May 11 from 1-3 p.m. “Scholarly Selections: From Emily Dickinson to Lucinda Williams” will be on May 16 from 6:30-8 p.m.
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SCHOOL PAGE ARTWORK, POETRY, AND WRITING FROM TACOMA STUDENTS
PTA Reflections Student Contest Entries and Theme: “Heroes Around Me”
My Mom and Dad are My Heroes My heroes around me are my Mom and my Dad. They have helped and loved me all my life. The sunrise represents the starting of my life with my parents, their love, care, guidance, and protection. — Maya Shkarin, Grade 4, Teacher: Mrs. Heckman, Browns Pt. Elementary
Heroes Around Me Here is a footstep bridge, and on it are hidden words of things that are heroes to me. — Catherine Siegeman, Grade 1, Teacher: Ms. Hansen, Pt. Defiance Elementary
Handprint This is my handprint. My Mom is the blue hand. My Dad is the green hand. And of course, the pink hand is my hand. The hearts are everybody that I look up to.
Born a Hero Mina Smith, a 2nd grader at Browns Pt. Elementary, interviewed her cousin, submitting a film to last Fall’s PTA contest on The Heroes Among Us. Here is her poignant artist statement that accompanied her film, infused with a rare wisdom that all of us could practice: This is an interview with my cousin. She was born a hero because s-he has Pfeiffer Syndrome. Her bones grow differently, and she looks different, too. But she is very funny, loving, and caring. She is strong and brave. She has a beautiful Heart. Food makes her happy. She wants to be a princess when she grows up. She may look different, but she is just like us. It is okay to be different. We can all become heroes by being kind to others, even if they are different than us. Our super power is love! — Mina’s teacher: Ms. Rossetto
— Zobelle Lynn, Grade 1, Teacher: Ms. Blakely, Geiger Montessori School
Voters have Power to Change My Mom is my Hero I chose my Mom, Christina, as my hero, because she is cool and kind. She takes us to a lot of fun places even though there are four of us kids. My Mom also, is a foster parent and adopted three kids. Now she does respite which is giving other foster parents a break. I love my Mom because of all this and more. She is a good example of helping other people. — Elizabeth Kindt, Grade 5, Teacher: Mr. Hartman, Jefferson Elementary
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Superheroes can save people with their extraordinary power. But, ordinary people have the power to change our country by voting. If we vote for a better leader who will create fair laws, we can make our country safe and happy. — Isabelle Ye, Grade 4, Teacher: Mrs. Scott, Browns Pt. Elementary
Creative Thinking Draws Smiles at Downing Elementary Kindergarten students of teacher Ms. Fouts, had some wonderful ideas on how they might look in 100 years.
Rose Munizza, Grade 11, Teacher: Ms. Mann
Audrey Elliott, Grade 12, Teacher: Ms. Mann
In 100 years I will be…
In 100 years I will…
Police girl. Firefighter. Spy. Mom. Scientist. Zookeeper. (2 students) Power Ranger. An Artist. (2 students)
Make computers. Be wearing glasses. Have glasses. (2 students) Go ice skating. Be wrinkly. (Our favorite)!
Jackson Fuller Violet Croke In 100 years I will have a grandson! In 100 years I will have glasses!
Teachers and students interested in submitting work may get guidelines or information from Shari Shelton, (253) 906-3769 or at 8ssheltonz8@gmail.com. View this page and others online at www.tacomaweekly.com.
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‘THE ABSTRACTION HAIKU’ Now to June 28: Tuesday–Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., free Thursdays 5-8 p.m. Tacoma Art Museum, Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation Education Wing (3rd floor), 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma “The Abstraction Haiku” brings together seven abstract painters from the Tacoma and Seattle area whose works signify important dichotomies inherent to abstraction. The artists’ intention for this exhibit is “to open the door to a fresh look at abstraction and to invite a dynamic discovery of form, shape, and relationship that can lead museum viewers to greater access to the subtleties and rich layers inherent in each painting on view.” The participating artists of the Northwest Abstractionists include: Deanne Belinoff, Dede Falcone, Teresa Getty, Karey Kessler, Anna Macrae, Angela Wales, and Audrey Tulimiero Welch. Info: TacomaArtMuseum.org, (253) 272-4258
Celebrate the diversity in our community as the Northwest’s most celebrated Ballet Folklorico company, Bailadores de Bronce, joins Trío Guadalevín in a celebration of Mexican culture. From the well-known dances and mariachi of Jalisco to the Afro-Mexican traditions of Veracruz and the Zapotec indigenous language of Oaxaca, the night will be packed with brilliant energy, mesmerizing movement, and compositions crisscrossing traditional styles. Bailadores de Bronce have been dancing for more than 40 years, and promote the beauty and richness of Mexican traditions through music and dance in the Pacific Northwest. They encourage a bridge of understanding among all people by sharing culture, and preserving traditions. Trío Guadalevín’s repertoire overlaps generations and genres: from Mexican son jarocho, son huasteco and the music of Oaxaca, to Spanish Baroque, Sephardic Jewish, Arab-Andalusian, and more. Price: $12, $19, $29, $39. Info: www.TacomaArtsLive.org
FREE EASTER BUNNY PICS Every Saturday until Easter, 1 p.m. Kidz Kaboodle, 6409 6th Ave., #10, Tacoma Bring your adorable kids and a camera/phone and come take pics with the Easter bunny absolutely free! Please invite your friends and come enjoy this free, fun event! Info: www.facebook.com/ events/573703346449001 EASTER AT TACOMA MALL Now through April 20 Kids can visit with the Easter bunny and take home a treasured snapshot of the fun occasion, daily 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Save time and avoid the line by reserving your magical moment with Bunny online at simonbunny.com. Info: www.simon.com/mall/ tacoma-mall JOBFEST Tues., April 23, 1-4 p.m. Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D St., Tacoma Washington’s largest young adult job fair for 16- to 24-year-olds returns to the Tacoma Dome. Looking for a job? Get ready to meet 100 exhibitors, many of whom will be interviewing applicants on the spot. Employers on-site will include Horizon/Alaska Air, McDonalds, U.S. Army/Navy/Air force, Coleman World Wide Moving, Fred Meyer, Wild Waves, YMCA, Chick-Fil-A, UPS, and Goodwill, to name a few. Young adult job seekers can sign up at the link below. Register in advance of the event and you’ll receive special information about JobFest VIP sessions right to your inbox! These VIP sessions take place before JobFest and are meant to help with resume crafting and interview skills so you can show up ready to land a job. Price: Free. Register: http:// tinyurl.com/y3j6nbwj AUTHOR ELANA MUGDAN Wed., April 24, 5 p.m. Kings Books, 218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma In advance of Independent Bookstore Day, Elana A. Mugdan will be performing a reading and signing copies of her book “Dragon Speaker.” She will be attending the event in full medieval costume, and will be talking about her experience with living smartphone-free for a year in connection to vitaminwater’s #nophoneforayear challenge. “Dragon Speaker” is the first in a cycle of five novels in Mugdan’s young adult fantasy series, “The Shadow War Saga.” After having been published in 2016 by Pen Works Media in England, the book was accepted as
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SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: BAROQUE WINDS Thurs., April 25, 7 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 3615 N. Gove St., Tacoma The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents Baroque Winds with recorder player Vicki Boeckman, baroque oboist Sand Dalton (pictured here), baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan, cellist Caroline Nicolasand harpsichordist Jonathan Oddiein this performance of rarely-heard chamber music from the 18th century for flute, recorder and oboe with cello and harpsichord. Please see the complete schedule of upcoming Tacoma performances below. Chamber music by German, French and Italian composers Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph Bodin de Boismorter, Fortunato Riedel, Johann Joachim Quantz and Georg Philipp Telemann for a variety of instrumental combinations will be performed by specialists on early wind instruments, which are significantly different from their modern counterparts. Suggested donation: $15, $20 or $25 (a free will offering), 18 & under free. Info: www.SalishSeaFestival.org ‘INSPECTING CAROL’ Thursdays (8 p.m.): April 25, May 2; Fridays (8 p.m.): April 26, May 3, May 10; Saturdays (8 p.m.): April 27, May 4, May 11; Sundays (2 p.m.): April 21 (pay what you can), April 28 (pay what you can actor's benefit), May 5, May 12 Lakewood Playhouse, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd. S.W., Lakewood (inside Lakewood Towne Center) April fools have never been so hilarious, as the Lakewood Playhouse honors this month of mirth with the madcap comedy “Inspecting Carol.” A man who asks to audition at a small theater is mistaken for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor, and he is given a role in the current production, “A Christmas Carol.” However, Tim is no longer tiny, Scrooge wants to do the play in Spanish (Feliz Navidad), and their funding is on hold pending an inspection. Everything goes wrong, and hilarity is piled upon hilarity in this laugh out loud spoof that makes for a night at the theatre anything but show business as usual. Featuring a cast of new and returning actors, “Inspecting Carol” takes the stage for 15 performances.
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‘LAURA’ April 26 – May 12, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Pay What You Can: Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St., Tacoma First shown in 1947, this classic film noir story will have you guessing until the very end. When Mark McPherson first falls in love with Laura, he knows he's in love with a phantom – for Laura is dead, and he's in charge of her murder investigation. From her portrait, her letters, her personal effects and from his contacts with the three men who loved her, Mark has created an image of a woman tantalizingly alive and real. As the detective grows obsessed with the case, he finds himself falling in love with the dead woman. What really happened to Laura? Recommended for ages 12-plus. Info: (253) 272-2281; www.TacomaLittleTheatre.com BUFFALO SOLDIERS MC FIFTH ANNUAL BOXING EVENT Sat., April 27, 7 p.m. Al Davies Tacoma Boxing Club, 1620 S. 17th St., Tacoma Tacoma’s Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club welcomes the community to attend the club’s Fifth annual boxing event. All proceeds go to the Al Davies Tacoma Boxing Club to help children stay off the street. The Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club, a nationwide organization, is dedicated to the broader community and gives back through events like these. Price: $10. Info: www.buffalosoldiersmc.org TACOMA SCANDINAVIAN DANCE Sat., April 27, 7-10:30 p.m. Normanna Hall, 1106 S. 15th St., Tacoma Music by Folk Voice Band with their international sound. Learn or review trava, a slower turning dance done to polka music, with Nancy Neuerburg. Class at 7 p.m., dance at 8 p.m. Other dances include waltz, schottische, hambo and more. Easy mixers are taught throughout the evening. No partner needed. This will be the last Tacoma dance of the season until September. Price: $10 adults, $7 Sons of Norway members ($10 Sons couples), $5 non-dancers, students free. Info: karengoettling@gmail.com SECOND CITY CHAMBER SERIES Sun., April 28, 4-6 p.m.
First Lutheran Church, 524 S. I St., Tacoma Winter Concert III: “Paris & Vienna” The Delft Piano Trio & Friends Lauren Basney, violin; Elizabeth Oakes, viola; Sally Singer Tuttle, cello; David Kim, piano. The Walla Walla based Delft Trio is joined by violist Elizabeth Oakes performing two of the more popular piano quartets in the literature by Brahms and Fauré. Program: Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quaret in C minor.
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LEGAL NEWS Tacoma Fred Jarrett joins Public Disclosure Commission The Public Disclosure Commission has announced that Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Fred Jarrett, the recently retired King County Senior Deputy Executive, to the Commission. Jarrett is a former state lawmaker, mayor, city council member and school board member. “Fred has extensive experience at all levels of government, which has given him a deep appreciation and understanding of the importance of the work of the state Public Disclosure Commission,” Inslee said. “He is well-respected in both government and the private sector and will be an excellent addition to the PDC.” Jarrett served four terms in the state House of Representatives before being elected to the state Senate. Prior to his time in the Legislature, Jarrett was on the Mercer Island City Council and Mercer Island School Board. He had a 35-year career at The Boeing Company. Born in Great Falls, Mont., Jarrett moved to Mercer Island as a teenager – just a few years before a group of open government advocates joined forces to fight for the public’s right to know about the financing of political activity in this state. Due to their efforts, voters overwhelmingly passed Initiative 276 in 1972. “The PDC was created in the first election I was able to vote in. I’ve always been proud to have voted for I-276 and to support transparency in Washington state,” Jarrett said. “I am honored to have the opportunity to serve on the commission, furthering open government and improving the commission’s
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customer service, both to filers and users of data.” Jarrett served in the U.S. Air Force and graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in financial analysis. He received a Master of Business Administration from Seattle University. Jarrett was an elected official for 30 years before leaving the Legislature in 2009 to become the second in command for newly elected King County Executive Dow Constantine. Described by colleagues as bright, devoted and action-oriented, Jarrett was a driving force behind the county’s continuous improvement work. Last year, he received the King County Executive Leadership Award, which was subsequently renamed the Fred Jarrett Leadership Award. “I have long admired Fred’s dedication to innovation and accountability in government and his deep commitment to public service,” Commission Chair Anne Levinson said. “His background in system change, and his range of experience as a candidate, an elected official, and a leader of local government make him a terrific addition to the commission as we continue our work to strengthen laws and reform processes so that Washington state can lead the country in promoting confidence in the political process through full disclosure of money in politics.” The PDC has ensured timely and meaningful public access to accurate information about more than $1 billion in contributions to candidates and political committees, and more than $600 million in spending on state lobbying over the last decade.
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