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CHINESE DIGNITARIES MEET WITH PUYALLUP TRIBE By Matt Nagle matt@tacomaweekly.com
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he Puyallup Tribe was front and center during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Tacoma with wife Madame Peng Liyuan. A highlight of President Xi’s time here was his visit to Lincoln High School, where he interacted closely with students, both in the gym and in a classroom, and spoke before a crowd of 500 people in the auditorium about
“Having the opportunity to meet with Chairman Wu will provide new economic opportunities for the Tribe in the near future.” – Puyallup Tribe Chairman Bill Sterud PHOTO BY JOHN WEYMER
the value of education and hard work. He also presented the students with gifts of books and ping-pong tables, and a surprise
invitation for 100 Lincoln High School students to visit China as his guests sometime next u See VISIT / page A9
EAST MEETS WEST. Meeting with Puyallup Chairman Bill Sterud
(second from left) were (left) Simon Vhang, CEO of NW Innovation Works; Chairman Wu Lebin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings Co., Ltd.; and former Congressman Norm Dicks.
UTILITY CREW COMPETITION PROVED TO BE TOUGH DAY FOR TEST DUMMY PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF TACOMA
BILLBOARDS. The city’s
Planning Commission held a public hearing last week, as the city works to draft an end to the decades old legal battle over billboard sizes and locations in the city.
BILLBOARD CHANGES INCH TOWARD COUNCIL VOTE COUNCIL VOTE SLATED FOR DECEMBER NEW RULES EXPAND BILLBOARDS IN SOME AREAS, TIGHTEN IN OTHERS By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com
Tacoma is one step closer to seeing an end to the decades long battle between City Hall and Clear Channel over billboards within the city limits. Tacoma’s Planning Commission held a public hearing last week as it prepared to adopt its recommendations Oct. 21. The package of changes would then go to the City Council, which is slated to have its own study session and public hearing on the proposed changes on Nov. 17, with a potential vote on Dec. 1. The recommended changes follow a billboard working group of residents and industry members who spent five months studying the issue and proposing a mixed bag of recommendations. The working group was required as part of a “standstill” deal between the city and Clear Channel, who sued the city in 2010 over
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RESCUE. Tacoma Power utility crew members Joe Tabisz and Ivan Welch tested their skills during the statewide pole-top rescue exercise in downtown Tacoma last week. The top utility crews in the state competed in an annual pole-top rescue as part of the Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center last week. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com
“Tuff Kelly” lived up to his name last Wednesday. He was electrocuted while servicing overhead power lines as his coworkers watched. Then he was shocked again. And again. And again. That’s a tough day at work, even for a 180-pound practice dummy. The final round of the state’s top utility crews “shocked” and “rescued” Kelly during the annual pole-top rescue exercise that was held at the Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center last week. The competition and conference started in 1973
as a way to teach people about proper rescue techniques. The top four teams of linemen from Washington’s electrical utility industry competed for honors in rescuing a “victim” from a 40-foot utility pole in a mock industrial accident that had been temporarily erected at Tacoma’s Tollefson Plaza. Judges poured over data and observational notes during the competition to determine the winner based on time, technique, CPR effectiveness, situational assessment and communication. “I think that competing is much better than any other training,” said Tacoma Power utility crewmember Ivan Welch after u See SAFETY / page A8
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Parents of volunteer firefighter Daniel Lyon are spearheading a project to honor their son and three other firefighters. PAGE A7
LIFESAVERS. Recipients of the
Governor’s Lifesaving Awards for saving a life, or taking heroic action to save a life while on the job, were honored at the Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference in Tacoma on Oct. 8.
L&I WORKPLACE SAFETY SNAPSHOT Most commonly reported workplace injury: One of every six compensable claims is a sprain or strain of the back from overexertion or repetitive motion. Most commonly reported worker fatality causes: Transportation incident, struck by or caught in objects, falls from elevation, assaults and violent acts. Most frequently cited workplace hazards: Lack of, or inadequate, workplace safety and health programs; chemical hazard communication; fall from elevation and electrical safety.
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Bulletin Board TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY CHAMBER ENDORSES $12 FOR TACOMA The Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber endorses the “$12 for Tacoma� campaign in support of Measure 1B, calling it the minimum wage increase that works for Tacoma’s workers and its economy. Measure 1B, a compromise proposal put on the Nov. 3 ballot by the Tacoma City Council, will raise the minimum wage by 27 percent over two years from $9.47 to $12 per hour. “The Chamber represents hundreds of small business owners who make up the foundation of Tacoma’s economy,� said Tom Pierson, President and CEO of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. “As the Chamber’s board deliberated, it became clear that $12 for Tacoma is the reasonable choice to help address income inequality while still providing a two-year phase-in for business owners to adjust to the higher wages. “Measure 1B is the minimum wage increase on the Nov. 3 ballot that fits Tacoma’s economy and was put on the ballot by eight members of the Tacoma City Council after months of collaboration among community leaders,� Pierson added. The alternative minimum wage proposal on the November ballot, Measure 1, was put on the ballot by a group of activists seeking to increase the minimum wage to $15, making Tacoma’s minimum wage the highest in the U.S. The full wage increase would kick in without any phase-in period; meaning business owners would have only weeks to increase their wages by 58 percent. “That kind of extreme and overnight change will harm Tacoma’s economy and small businesses across the city,� Pierson said. “This is why Measure 1B makes so much sense as a compromise that the entire Tacoma community can get behind. It will increase the minimum wage to $12 while giving business owners two years to adapt to the change.� The $12 for Tacoma campaign was launched last month by co-chairs and small business owners Don Hansen and Kevin Hayes. Hansen is president and owner of Cascade Park Communities, operating three senior care facilities in Tacoma, and Hayes is founder and principal of Tacoma Marketing Group, specializing in strategic marketing, brand development, and website design. PROJECT PEACE COMMUNITY DIALOGUES MEET THIS MONTH The next Project Peace community dialogues will be held on Oct. 21 at University of Puget Sound’s Wheelock Student Center, 1500 N. Warner St., and Oct. 29 at Center at Norpoint’s Cascade Hall, 4818 Nassau Ave. NE. Engage in dialogue with the Tacoma Police Department, the Tacoma City Manager and community members about building community empowerment and creating safe communities through positive relationships with the Tacoma Police Department. The events are open to the public. Light refreshments and supervised activities for children are provided. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., welcome and opening comments are from 5-5:15 and the guided conversations are from 5:15-8:45. Facilitators are Dustin Washington and Norma Timbang. Washington is affiliated with the American Friends Service Committee, People’s Institute Undoing Institutional Racism Training, and he is a director of the Community Justice Program. He has facilitated over 75 Undoing Racism Trainings for government officials, educators, universities, social service agencies, and incarcerated men at Monroe State Prison. Timbang is a professor at the University of Washington Seattle, has a private practice and has done consulting work at both national and international levels. She is passionate about strengthening citizen-to-citizen diplomatic relations in an effort to further economic and social justice. In addition, she has done government-consulting work regarding racial reconciliation. For more information visit cityoftacoma.org/projectpeace or call (253) 591-5000. COMMUNITY INVITED TO HELP SUPPORT FILM ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The team behind the short film “Asylum� is reaching out to individuals, businesses and organizations that share a vision of strengthening our community through education on compelling social issues. Illustrating the correlation between domestic violence (DV) and the subsequent mental trauma experienced by victims, “Asylum� looks at the mental wounds left behind by domestic violence and one woman's journey of hope as she starts to try to heal from the trauma. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Tacoma's Art Month. No better time to have an event that combines the two, speaking up against DV while supporting the film. Come and be a part of the celebration as the community comes together in being a voice against domestic violence and supporting “Asylum.� On Thursday, Oct. 22, The Office Bar and Grill at 813 Pacific Ave. will host a trivia night from 7-9 p.m. where they will donate a part of their proceeds to “Asylum.� At the Tacoma Brewing Company, 625 St. Helens Ave., on Saturday, Oct. 24 starting at 4 p.m., enjoy some locally brewed beer and wood oven fire pizza from The Rolling Crust while listening to some amazing local bands. There's a $5 love donation at the door. Tacoma Brewing Company and The Rolling Crust will be donating a portion of their proceeds from this event toward “Asylum.� RANDY SPITZER ANNOUNCES BID FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Randy Spitzer, a retired small business owner has announced that he is challenging Jesse Young for State Representative. Randy Spitzer declared his candidacy for State Representative with the statement, “It’s embarrassing that the legislature is being held in contempt of court and fined $100,000 per day because legislators like Jesse Young refuse to fully fund education. Meanwhile, folks back home continue to pay into a tax system that puts the burden on lower-income
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CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH TO HOST AIDS QUILT EXHIBIT Calvary Lutheran Church, at 2415 S. 320th St. in Federal Way, has partnered with Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) to present an AIDS Quilt exhibit during the month of October. This coincides with TAM’s “Art AIDS America.â€? A 12’ x 12’ section, featuring eight blocks, of the AIDS Quilt will be on display in Calvary’s vaulted Sanctuary. The exhibit is open now through Sunday, Nov. 1. Exhibit hours are Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests will be able to view the quilt in a quiet, contemplative environment. There is no charge. There will be guest speakers, including a representative from the Pierce County AIDS Foundation, who will present “Progress in AIDS Research, Treatment, Cureâ€? on Monday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. and a representative of the Tacoma Art Museum, who will present “Art AIDS Americaâ€? on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. The exhibit will conclude with a Community All Saints Prayer & Remembrance Service on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to place the name of a loved one lost to AIDS on a Memorial Display. For more information, visit www.calvaryfw.org/aidsquilt or call Calvary at (253) 839-0344. CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS SERIES TO HIGHLIGHT VULNERABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY This autumn, the City of Tacoma’s Office of Environmental Policy and Sustainability will host a free three-part series detailing Tacoma’s climate risks and what we can do to reduce our climate pollution and improve our local environment while preparing for change. “Cities like Tacoma are leading the way toward environmental sustainability,â€? said Tacoma Council Member Ryan Mello. “I’m excited about the conversations we will have on these significant issues and eager to hear what steps our community can take together.â€? The series will bring regional experts together with residents and decision-makers to discuss potential responses to the changing climate. The meetings coincide with the scheduled release of two new City documents: a Climate Change Risk Assessment and a Five-year Environmental Action Plan. ¡ Climate Change Risks – Global to Local: Oct. 19, from 6:30-8 p.m. at University of Washington Tacoma, Jane Russell Commons in the William W. Phillip Hall (1918 Pacific Ave.). The University of Washington’s internationally recognized interdisciplinary Climate Impacts Group will present the latest science about global climate changes and the expected impacts for Tacoma and the South Sound. ¡ Climate Policy and Pricing – Global to Local: Nov. 16, from 6:30-8 p.m. at University of Puget Sound, Wheelock Student Center Rotunda (1500 N. Warner St.). This meeting, moderated by the Sightline Institute, will focus on climate policy and pricing at the state, national, and international levels, featuring speakers from Climate Solutions, Carbon WA, and the Washington State Governor’s Office. ¡ Climate Policy and Environmental Action in Tacoma: Dec. 7, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus (1210 6th Ave.). Participants will hear from local leaders and elected officials about Tacoma’s environmental goals and help prioritize potential actions for municipal operations and the broader community. For more information and to RSVP, visit cityoftacoma. org/climateconversations. TCC IN GIG HARBOR HOSTS REGIONAL WRITERS CONFERENCE Garth Stein, best-selling author and Pacific Northwest native, is the featured keynote speaker at Write in the Harbor, Tacoma Community College’s annual regional writers conference. Write in the Harbor takes place Nov. 6-7, at the Gig Harbor campus of Tacoma Community College. The conference kicks off Friday evening, Nov. 6, with Stein’s plenary address and book signing. Saturday activities begin at 8:30 a.m. with a master class taught by Stein. A full complement of classes, workshops, and panels focusing on the craft and business of writing, as well as individual appointments with agents, will follow Stein’s workshop presentation. In addition to Stein, conference faculty include Anna Alexander, Donna Lee Anderson, A.J. Banner, Jana Bourne, Susan, DeFreitas, Malena Crockett, A.C. Fuller, Mark Lindquist, Wendy Hinman, Danielle Monsch, E.C. Murray, Diana Marre, Randall Platt, Mary Smith, Carla Seaquist, and Jan Walker. Mostly Books, Gig Harbor’s independent bookseller, will have copies of presenters’ works available for on-site purchase. Conference attendance will be limited to one hundred participants. For additional information, please visit Write in the Harbor’s conference website at http://continuingedtacoma.com/write-in-the-harbor/ or contact Tacoma Community College at (253) 460-2424. see mOre bulletin bOard items at tacOmaweekly.cOm
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TACOMA SUSPECTS WANTED IN MAKE A WISH THEFT By David Rose Correspondent
Tacoma Police are asking for the public's help to find the two suspects charged with breaking into a cancer patient's car and stealing his Make a Wish foundation gifts. Alex Burdo, 18, and his father, Gerry, said after eating at a Tacoma restaurant they went DAVID ROSE outside to their car and noticed thieves had smashed their windows and stole everything they had inside. The two were in Western Washington from Connecticut for bird watching. It’s a hobby Alex picked up at a young age, and one he says got him through a difficult time in his life. “In the last six years, birding has given me something to look forward to,” he said. After being diagnosed with cancer, the Make a Wish Foundation granted Alex a wish, including $10,000 in camera equipment to further his birdwatching experiences, but all the items were stolen. After their interview aired on Q13 FOX News, Tacoma Police received information identifying Brandon Wyatt, aka “Dook,” and Treyana Evans, aka “Treyana Heads,” as the suspects. Now both have been charged in the case. Wyatt is wanted by Tacoma Police, DOC and the Mason County Sheriff's Office for possession of stolen property in the 2nd degree and escape from community custody (on probation for Assault 2 with a deadly weapon) and promoting prostitution in the 2nd degree. He has felony convictions for burglary, narcotics possession, trafficking stolen property, theft and assault. He is 5’10”, 185 lbs. Evans is wanted by Tacoma Police, DOC and the Mason County Sheriff's Office for possession of stolen property in the 2nd degree and prostitution and criminal trespass in the 1st degree. She has a felony conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm. She is 5’1”, 120 lbs. Instead of canceling the trip, Alex and his dad decided to stay in Western Washington. They said the Seattle Audubon Society even loaned them some binoculars so that they could continue their bird-watching journey. In addition to camera equipment, they say the thieves stole a wallet with $10,000 in cash, money they were going to use for the trip. Alex and his dad say the thieves can keep the cash, but say they’d really like the camera and binoculars back because of the special meaning they hold. “It’s hurtful in that he’s fought so long for so hard and sacrificed so much that the value to someone else wouldn’t be what it is to him,” said Gerry. "We're asking the public to help Alex and help make our community safer by calling in tips. Thank you!" said Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. If you know where Tacoma Police can find either of the suspects, call Crime Stoppers of Tacoma\Pierce County at 1 (800) 222-TIPS. All calls are anonymous and there is a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to their arrest.
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PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS AND PUBLIC TRUST By Paul Pastor Pierce County Sheriff
Recently, I attended a conference of Major County Sheriffs. I presented a paper to those in attendance on the topic of trust in law PAUL PASTOR enforcement. One of the themes of the paper was the relationship between public trust and public expectations. Public trust increases when there is balance between public expectations for the quality and quantity of services and law enforcement’s ability to deliver services in line with those expectations. Sheriffs present at the conference were concerned about the increasing disconnect between what the public expects and what we are realistically able to deliver. Public expectations are very high for both quality and quantity of services. If anything, they are higher than they have ever been. At the same time, over the past several years many law enforcement agencies in the United States have experienced cutbacks. Here in Pierce
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Our View
MARK THOSE BALLOTS Tacoma has a street-funding problem. Two propositions on November’s ballot would help solve that. They deserve your vote. Proposition 3 is a plan to add a 1.5 percent utility tax on power, natural gas and phone service and a 20-cent-per-$1,000 in property value to raise $130 million over the next decade. Our streets are falling apart, and that money will be well spent. The street effort’s companion Proposition A, would add a one-tenth of one percent to the city’s sales tax and raise $45 million during the next 10 years. Both packages could cost each Tacoman roughly $7.50 a month if approved. Something needs to be done, and these propositions would do it. The packages also call for transparency with periodic updates on progress and sunsets after 10 years. If we want our streets repaired, these packages would fund that work. Tacoma faces two minimum wage packages that should be voted down. Measure 1A would hike the minimum wage in the city from $9.47 to $15 on Jan. 1, crippling small business owners and then the low-wage workers whose jobs are lost as those businesses fail. A phased-in alternative to that scenario that is proposed by the City Council and endorsed by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber is Measure 1B. This measure would incrementally increase the minimum wage to $12 by 2018. Measure 1B is manageable and pragmatic, but wage issues are best solved at state and federal levels – or between the business and the workers they hire – rather than by cities. Measure 2, one that would change the city charter to expand the mayor’s rule to a Chief Executive Officer of the city, reduce the number of council members to seven and bring a host of other changes has merit. The ballot wording has flaws that could result in residents losing their right to initiative and referendum. That oversight can be fixed on the back end. No law is perfect, especially when citizen policy makers craft them. The issue of a strong mayor failed to put on the ballot because of split opinions during the Charter Review process last year. The idea had merit then and it has it now. Tacoma doesn’t lack for good ideas. It lacks clear leadership. This change would create that leadership. On the Tacoma City Council: Conor McCarthy’s real estate, governmental, legal and business experience would bring a balanced and pragmatic perspective to the council’s at-large Pos. 7, rather than the mission-driven vision Suzanne Skaar presents, no matter how noble those goals might be. The simple fact that John Hines has received endorsements from every present member of the City Council, except incumbent Anders Ibsen, who he is trying to unseat, and Councilmember Ryan Mello, who is running unopposed, shows that Hines is the better choice. The next councilmember for the city’s Northend District 1 has to work with the other eight members. The council believes Ibsen hasn’t done that during the last four years and therefore won’t do so in the future. Keith Blocker, who is endorsed by outgoing Lauren Walker to replace her since she is term limited out of running for reelection, is a far better choice than activist Tom McCarthy. Blocker’s pragmatically compassionate vision for Tacoma as well as his proven ability to draw support from varying groups – albeit largely progressive – make him the preferred choice. The overall theme in this local election season is largely a matter of who can rush farther or faster to the left of the political spectrum in a city that is already fairly liberal. That footrace comes at the cost of conservative or even business-minded perspectives. Voters in Pierce County will decide on Referendum 2015-1, which asks residents if the County Council vote to allow the County Executive to move forward with the funding and construction of a General Services Building at the site of the former Puget Sound Hospital should be repealed. A vote of “yes� on the referendum repeals the Council’s previous authorization for the $230 million project. A majority of voters already spoke in the issue with an advisory vote earlier this year by calling for the County Council to reconsider the vote. This ballot would settle it. While the simple idea of a government owning its buildings versus continuing to rent aging spaces around the county seems logical, this public-private, lease-to-own plan seems to have too many funding assumptions for comfort. Pierce County should find a better way, one with solid numbers and funding sources rather than projected cost savings.
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Time To reAuThorize The exPorT-imPorT BAnk By Don C. Brunell
American companies are beginning to feel the pinch from when Congress killed the Export-Import Bank last June. It is increasingly putting our manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage. Not only are we losing orders to foreign competitors, but some domestic manufacturers are shifting jobs and production to other countries where those banks exist. GE announced it plans to move 350 jobs from its Waukesha, Wisconsin gas engine plant to a new factory in Canada, which has its own version of an exportimport bank. The company, which supplies jet engines to Boeing, says that financing from an export credit agency such as Ex-Im is required for some $11 billion of projects in the pipeline, including power turbines, generation equipment and aircraft engines. It has been a long and contentious battle; however, Congress can rectify the situation before it adjourns for the year by reauthorizing the bank. For Washington, there is too much at stake not to. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, Washington state is the largest single beneficiary of ExportImport financing, largely due to Boeing, which sold $64 billion in Ex-Im financed exports from 2007 to 2012. But it’s not just Boeing, says Kris Johnson, president of the Association of Washington Business. “Of the 183 exporters in the state of Washington that use the Ex-Im bank, 133 are small- and
medium-sized businesses.� Since 1935, the Ex-Im Bank has provided financing to foreign companies seeking to purchase American goods. The purchasers buy needed products and American companies export billions of dollars’ worth of goods each year – $37 billion in 2013 alone. A federal agency, the bank borrows money from the Treasury Department and pays interest on the funds to the Treasury. It then lends that money to foreign companies at higher interest rates. The Ex-Im Bank is self-supporting through interest payments and fees. No tax money is used and, in fact, the bank generated a $1 billion surplus for the U.S. Treasury in 2013. Congress provides funding for the bank's Office of Inspector General and sets the bank's lending limit. Companies like Ethiopian Airlines need the Export-Import Bank to secure its loans to buy Boeing aircraft. It hopes to buy more than two dozen planes in coming years, but will consider going to European rival Airbus if the U.S. Ex-Im Bank stays out of business, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Ex-Im Bank has been clouded in controversy. Some in Congress question whether the federal government should be involved in providing loans and loan guarantees to foreign customers of U.S. companies. They believe companies like Boeing should finance aircraft sales themselves. The U.S. airline industry, led by Delta
Air Lines Inc., sued the Export-Import Bank over its long-standing support for Boeing's sales to foreign airlines. Delta and other airlines say the loans allow foreign carriers to purchase planes at below market prices, giving them an unfair advantage against U.S. carriers on international routes. But our strong dollar and weaker growth hampers U.S. exporters. America’s exports of goods and services were down 3 percent from a year earlier in the first seven months of 2015. Exports fell 3.2 percent in August, according to the Commerce Department. Declining exports, combined with a lack of U.S. Ex-Im Bank funding, is “a double-whammy,� says David Ickert, finance chief of Air Tractor Inc., which makes small aircraft for the agriculture industry. The bottom line is many foreign companies say they can’t secure financing from commercial banks without some kind of government-backed financing or guarantee, and most developed countries, our competitors, secure loans through their own Ex-Im banks. As difficult as it may be, it is in our collective best interest to resurrect the bank. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.
VoTe To rejecT The counTy’S GenerAl SerViceS BuildinG By Jerry Gibbs Vote YES on Referendum 2015-1 to REJECT the new General Services Building. Voters must question the reasons that Pierce County says justifies spending $230 million for a lavish building for bureaucrats. Saves Pierce County money? Be very skeptical. The cost of the new building is $230 million over 30 years, but current leases would cost $100 million. Annual payments on the new building will be approximately $8 million but current leases total $3.2 million, and include maintenance costs. Pierce County must also pay to maintain the new building. Considering the county's track record of deferring maintenance on buildings they own, that are in disrepair today, can we trust them to maintain a new building? The planned savings of over $100 million is solely based on a plan to lay off 38 FTE's. Again, be skeptical. The 2016 budget, just issued by the Executive, plans for no layoffs and, because of the growing needs in Pierce County, asks to hire 12 more FTE's. How can they
layoff 38 to pay for the new building when they need to hire 12 this year alone? A payment/financial plan based on government worker layoffs is fatally flawed. Improves customer service by co-location? We ask, who are the customers, whose service will be improved by putting all 19 departments in one location? There are 623,000 people served by Pierce County that live outside the city. Most get the service they need at the present day Annex (Auditor, Assessor/ Treasurer and Planning and Land Services, PALS). These are the services used by the majority of the people, and those services are already co-located at the Annex, in a building the County already owns, that needs some TLC. The number of developers, lawyers and other professionals that would benefit from all 19 departments in one location are very few. You can't ask all the taxpayers to pay for a convenience that benefits the few. Improves efficiency? Must we spend $230 million to improve efficiency in Pierce County
services? Efficiency is occurring naturally and quickly in our world today because of technology. Pierce County leads the state by utilizing technology to access our government services with the click of a mouse, not the automobile. The Court systems and recently the Planning/Land Services Department are proof of that. Ask yourself, how has technology changed the way YOU access government? What will the need be in 30 years? This building could become obsolete before it's paid for. And if you don't believe this prediction, Google the Wheeler Building in Olympia. It became almost obsolete the day it opened because of technological advances, and the state now has to subsidize these lease payments to the tune of $33 million. How will technological advances affect the need for this building in the future? Before we spend $230 million for 30 years we must be sure of the need. Go back to the drawing board. Demand a better plan. Vote YES to Reject Ref. 2015-1. Jerry Gibbs is Chair of Citizens for Responsible Spending.
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, (Re: The proposed Pierce County General Services Building) On Nov. 3, Pierce County voters have an opportunity to spend millions of dollars unnecessarily, putting the county in debt for more than $230 million, eliminate jobs, cut services that they are paying for and do it all by diverting tax monies to Seattle developers and bankers. Pierce County owns the property where the building is sited and a planned skyscraper, too large and too tall for the neighborhood, would be constructed without sufficient parking. The building will be empty on evenings and weekends. The first two floors will provide walk-in service which is already available at the county owned Annex. For example, license tabs, birth certificates, property records, building permits and marriage licenses. Having all these services in one location as they are now at the Annex, instead with only 1,115 parking stalls (200 for county fleet vehicles, leaving only 915 stalls for 1,300 employees and more than 1,000 daily visitors) will cause citizens a lot of time and trouble as they try to find parking on neighborhood streets. Planning for the new building started back in 2009, yet it was only a few weeks before the council voted on the issue that they add a 622 stall, three-level, $17 million parking garage.
They didn't study this too carefully. Talk about bad planning. Equally important, the $8.6 million lease is only part of the additional annual cost of the project. The annual maintenance and operations cost of $2.7 million is an additional cost that will be an added burden to the county budget. The citizens of Pierce County will be paying all costs of operation for the next 30 years. The county is also required to keep the building in top-notch condition and pay all costs of the debt. There is no escaping this "lease." At the end of those 30 years they will own a building at the end of its life, in need of many repairs, and be responsible for all repairs. The General Services Building is a poorly studied, hardly thought out proposal that costs the citizens money, inconvenience and time. Rather than spend money that could go to vital services such as public safety, meeting Public Health and other community needs, four members of the county council voted to spend taxes on a building that benefits only a few, costs everyone more and isn't needed. There are better options. Our county Treasurer Mike Lonergan has suggested other options that will save money and be of greater benefit. We need to consider those. On Referendum 2015-1, vote YES to REJECT the county's bad plan. Kit Burns ¡ Tacoma, WA
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BY STEVE DUNKELBERGER stevedunkel@fifefreepress.com The City of Fife has will be closits The City of Edgewood taken the first steps into to all motorists ing Jovita Boulevard Highway and “off yearâ€? biannual budget between West Valley annual mainof the review with a review for 114th Avenue East 2016 and drainage current forecast for tenance of the roadway a projection of the will commence and ZOO AND AQUARIUM facilities. The closure DEFIANCE POINT COURTESY OF to come this fall. Oct. 3 and will timeline the $198 at 6 a.m. on Saturday, will be funded by The City Council shiftapproximately 5 traditional and Aquarium, which remain closed until presented with a budgets Point Defiance Zoo city at the 4. how Oct. ed aquarium Minister Qiu was with love of the new p.m. Sunday, it to keep her gifted placed at 114th unveiled a rendering last November when Pendleton blanket Roadblocks will be Tacoma officials have she may travel. Valley Highway FISH. Metro Parks of voters approved in 2014. voted to have a mid-way and warmth wherever Avenue East and at West The roadway budhill. million bond package review of its two-year at the bottom of the keep safety measure get cycle as a way to closure is a necessary crews and heavy tighter reigns on spending to allow maintenance complete annual and to do more detailed equipment to safely NAGLE PHOTO BY MATT and Jovita Boulevard. changes as economics maintenance work on access will be was 26 Sept. Fife High School, projections change. Emergency and local ZAKHAROV Ford fundraiser for PHOTO BY MAKS other vehicles are show and a Korum A council study sesmaintained but all With a classic car ! $ routes. celebration. of driving a brand ! ! $ advised to use alternate sion last month touched fun day of centennial ! nity to feel the enjoyment Pick-Up or a sharp ! % ! " $ & their best sparkling on some of those changnew Ford F-150 Platinum were on view and looking enters "! ! ! " ! SHUCK es, as the council PHOTOS BY DEREK Mustang, for example. in the sunshine. BY MATT NAGLE ! fundraiser event,â€? said Kevin its more formal budget Tribe welcomed s %$'%7//$ $2)6% “It was a great first-time There was a novel car-oriented NAGLE mnagle@fifefreepress.com (class of ’79) and members of the Puyallup PHOTOS BY MATT )6% high school as well, review. Sales tax revenue, and several other Ringus, Fife High alumAlumni Committee. underway for the beloved in Puyallup. For s 35-.%2 (%)'(43 $2 PARKS BOND Sylvia Miller (right) 26, was a students ran laps for example, is projected Ford Tribal Council Member Dance Theatre chair of the Fife High aturday morning, Sept. the grounds that than walk, the energetic courtesy of Korum or by COVERED BY $198 MILLION University Place’s More run Korum provided one of about half is a much more accepton s #(2)3%,,! 2/!$ minister Qiu Yuan Ping (left) to Tacoma. to be $7.2 million, High School cheerleaders CONSTRUCTION TO BE a free “Arts “Thankfully, Ford and fun and festive time every person that test-drove We’re Thankfully, Tacoma today the track, as Fife 34 that were more than first money. only were around trucks raise Northwest will provide Concert with percent Not AT: to and 16 !6%.5% %! cars School. Ford the city council denounced High opportunity way. s -%2)$)!. easy it them all the of Fife a dozen new city’s increasefor BY DEREK SHUCK ing place. In 1993, estabINFORMATION IS AVAILABLE DEFIANCE on how to rooted Are Educationâ€? Spring junior soccer estimated. But the donate $20 to the school, and ballet MORE the city eventually already brainstorming junior football and there, Korum would tax is the end of s 32 4/ 32 4/ of cheerACOMA.ORG/DESTINATIONPOINT classical and contemporary Civic Centhe expulsion act and derek@puyalluptribalnews.net revenue from sales ROPARKST for 300 test drives. By Park as a reminder NAGLE next year.â€? on with the stands full n $6,000 Place for 4 to are WWW.MET MATT car going Y up B on drive games a events Reconciliatio University lot test the 6%.5% %!3 a jazz at heavily dependent people did lished Chinese which in a side parking -%2)$)!. ! Metro Parks Tacoma. More Fife High Centennial matt@mesignal.net May 3 at 5:30 the day, close to 100 to be r ing sports fans, over the pacific northwest, of the planned exhibit ter Atrium on Saturday, Melanie Kirksales, which tend approximately $2,000 on By Steve Dunkelberge Car Showâ€? was underof China’s history in The anchoring feature Page 11 the and earned Fife High of smiles and laugh“Trojan Centennial Qiu Yuan Ping visited Member Sylvia Miller visitors can walk through a much darker place. no sales pitch p.m. Artistic Director ongoing lecvolatile as they follow See CENTENNIAL / of celebrations to mark ith high energy and lots Discovery Primary stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com n of space is a clear tunnel Minister of Chinese Affairs n 1885, Tacoma was Puyallup Tribal Councilwith a bag of various an in one afternoon. Absolutely way, a continuation at around a 250,000-gallo Qiu Stauffer will provide of the town mayor, the welcome from a delegation (1916-2016). A general economy. was purely an opportuSOCIETY ter, the little students the to see aquatic life swim need of a wet suit. The presents Minister PLACE HISTORICAL Sept. 21, receiving a into several of the Mobs, with the backing got a was involved – this their walk-a-thon Fife High’s 100th birthday cars and trucks OF THE UNIVERSITY an introduction to the leaders, rallied ture offering insight “It’s good news in terms embers of the public PHOTO COURTESY across the state. running around School thoroughly enjoyedOrganized by the exhibit tank without ! tribal gifts, including from DTNW’s diverse cultures from police chief and community residents from first time so they’re just nice collection of vintage 25. will begin construction specially selected pieces Featured per"! ! !& $ ! " glimpse at Point Defiance’s kindergarteners it’s their fundraiser on Sept. laughed. Chinese new, three-story facility See BUDGET / Pg. 10 Puyallup tribal language. the goal was to 3 okay to walk!’â€? Carl "!& ! ! " together to expel all planned opening in 2018. innovative repertoire. Mam, Allison much-anticipated redesign been left Organization (PTO), Middle School See CHINA / Page and we tell them, ‘it’s next summer with a " $ !" $ ! built and Tacoma has since school’s Parent Teacher seem like a high bar for the students at the Surprise Lake aquarium will be # !& ! $ formers include Chhay Amelia Arial this week, and it promises the city. Several died, As each class arrived may photo was taken The $48.5 million g to with a painful past. raised an impresraise $40,000, which Outdoor Theater to Discovery, a class " ! ! Zakharov, Lauren Trodahl, to bring water-watchin and then considering that they running track next door with a Chinese population between the Wild Wonders and span 34,000 “Dig Inâ€? Marianne to reach but actually isn’t photographer Ian Hamilton and Oceana Thunder. and host of the TV show is courtesy of volunteer the Rocky Shores exhibit year. Society of Fife High School at 10 a.m. on and level. last Atrium jumping group new speak a A Place Historical and $38,000 will sive Place running. replacement, hopping ed The University Binetti. Marianne The University skipping and the kids were off and Universee it as a moderately-siz advancements square feet. for more details Pl. W,“We “They just have a blast, a Fife Schools para-substitute and University Place Garthe design concepts / Page 10 located at 3609 Market performance Saturday, May 17. Watch announces its 2014 services and about Carl, feature technological Place. Park officials unveiled engineering firm See WALK-A-THON with Discovery on Saturday, May 17 $26 million from rail leases.around,â€? said Krissie that will WA 98464. The but it will ed in and around University walk-a-thon Place, the experiences sity posted den Tour to be held visitor California-bas Society with coordinated estate more by the enhanced Historical aide, who “For the public. andFor Tickets are $15 $4 million in real teacher’s 10 percent off the peak. of 204 miles of impressive on Sept. 28 and however, The University Place and Jessica Connaway. is free and open to the and Sunday, May 18. preservation of the or even larger and more Rail operations are EHDD at public meetings organization and all make itrg‘feel’ President Kara Rogers The improving bottomline,has The municipal web the city-owned Tacoma Director of A7 information visit www.DTNW.o is a non-profit 501c-3 Rail PTOa clear proceeds to benefit RGER Thurston counties increased pace. Theatre guests,â€? said Gary Geddes, Dance u See AQUARIUM / page to our for tax-deductible. Tickets Place. doesn’t mean Tacoma expansion of the tracks in Pierce and the “first and last chugging along at an BY STEVE DUNKELBE m call (253) 778-6534. Regional Per-and Environmental Education out of the ticket purchases are history of University hours. Friends are diverse in Zoological purchase mid-April. “We are slowly coming Tacoma Rail and bright future. The focuses on what is called stevedunkel@fifefreepress.co could divert Northwest is a 501-c-3 will be available for for the next several chain, linking The gardens this year during the garden reconnectSchool based in CHINESE PRESIDENT inspiration to all those Panama Canal, for example, milesâ€? of the transportationlong-haul cargo Great Recessionary period,â€? is seeking To be a volunteer BY MATT NAGLE forming Company & Rail, caused design and will be an gardens in Univerof the cargo traffic to hugged and acquaintances American King said. The City of Edgewood an unexat 2811 BridgeBarbara Lee at (253) as much as 15 percent The slow times at Tacomaof years past, the shipping terminals Superintendent Dale Native to fill shipping University Place, WA tour, please contact Santa Fe and who visit them. Spring hit 14,000 cars a matt@puyalluptribalnews.net ed as award-winning interested citizens s and other positions include Its peak operations through Tacoma as international trains, Burlington Northern containers, by the economic downturn for City Council songwriter Rona port Way W, Ste 24. route for their 564.4061. Volunteer sity Place with Rhododendron dropped to about and internationpired term of office and hostesses at flutist, singer and will be a colorful traffic opts for an all-water vessels rather Union Pacific by shuttling after longmonth in 2005, but that Its business is in applyare gone as national on the tideflats the event with check-in, garden docents spring flowers in bloom cargo Position #4. Those interested lecture. All volunteers Yellow Robe gifted increasingly larger from the shipping terminals 5,100 a month in 2009. al shipping operations Casino of the United CONCLUDES WITH the Marianne Binetti to the rail yards treat! accompanied by West Coast only to driving up again in traffic means the ing must be citizens Washington, The Emerald Queen to this year’s tour than offload on the shoreman build the train, her heavenly music, increase. That rise the the free passes to the gardens. of EXCHANGES eastward from or receive An additional feature products nation with the joyful alongside MEMORABLE Witham on guitar. States and the State of the City of garden columnist shuttle the cars and for tranport around the cargo ships. The Showroom was alive multi-talented Bruce is The News Tribune’s BY MATT NAGLE improving econconversations on AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL and be registered voters Veterans posted been rail yards to the awaiting Utilities has 74 sounds of laughter and After Puyallup Tribal / Page 10 ribalnews.net Applicants must have its omy, averaging including more approachable held Public matt@puyallupt Edgewood. Tribe RAILROAD welcomed Tacoma advantages, of See Sterud division preceding Sept. 18, as the Puyallup are no longer boxed four-day, 32-hour the colors, Chairman revenue of about about 13,000 cars City residents for one-year officers. Since they charge with a Intertribal Elders customers and an annual talking to them Mountain Bike very popular annual a month, or about everyone. their application submittal.be obtained in to quick moving cars, International Police BY DEREK SHUCK people – tribes were represpaces. from Milton, Gig In partnership with Luncheon. At least 40 “On behalf of the Puyallup – I’d like Application packets can City Clerk is much easier in open Course. Officers derek@mesignal.net thing from a Canada and places Island and King families the American Foundation by contacting the Edgewood the City’s sented from Alaska, “Biking is a very good are supposed Puyallup elders, youth, Harbor, Yakima, Mercer Sheriff, Pierce SONGER via together for too pretty an area Police the PHOTO BY HEATHER said. “I remember DUNKELBERGER at (253) 952-3299 or PHOTO BY STEVE for Suicide Prevention The city of Milton is space point of view. County Office of around the U.S., all coming company. to welcome you,â€? he gewood.org. inside a car; it with the public,â€? Sheriff, and Pierce great came along website at www.cityofed Lindquist says defendant at shipping terminals to be seen, to interact County Office of the to just be enjoyed from (AFSP), the Puyallup a day of great food and growing up before gaming Prosecutor Mark to e-mail the and felt through Tribal in attendance. RAIL. Increasing traffic means Tacoma Rail TACOMA You are also welcome Kwawachee Hernandez said. County Security were should be experienced have much. Nobody was crowd were Puyallup IN SESSION. Pierce County love life led to him killing his fiancĂŠ. PHOTO BY CITY OF the a in for didn’t Tideflats Tribe’s gewood. like thing effort Among tribes one and Tacoma have grueling the on helping out, and City Clerk at jane@cityofed The course was a All of the agencies in our mouths – up. other modes of transportation William Grisso’s complicated WELCOME. When Chinese Counseling Center this process. Council Members there of bicycle patrols sustainable born with a silver spoon Police Chief Tony operations are picking Sylvia visited org for information on here and I to develop a more common: the institution These types of bicycle, and Milton Chairman Bill Sterud, President Xi Jinping and / Page 11 the South Puget Intertribal to survive. I look out signed applications team are the ones city. including had and maintain BIKES the Police Department’s his we to their in and See memsource jections, Completed officers Hargrove for School, Hernandez funding to Roleen bunch of you that Lincoln High the Clerk no later By Matt Nagle different types of levels. Planning Agency (SPIPA) Miller, Vice-Chair know there’s a whole funding will be insufficient must be received by patrols involve several setting the example. enhance police service parled the existbers of the Abes football a 6. 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orientAtion. (Left) Stadium High School students filled backpacks with supplies that were then handed out to students earlier this year. (Right) Wilson High School orientation saw incoming freshman receiving bags of school supplies and tips from students about how to navigate the world of high school. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com
Tacoma’s graduation rate reached a milestone last year as it reached 78 percent, the highest since the state began officially tracking graduation statistics in 2003 and two percentage points above the state average. The increase came thanks to a comprehensive effort by schools, administrators and community partners through the Graduate Tacoma umbrella. The effort started in response to Tacoma’s graduation rate hitting a bottom of 55 percent in 2010, which led to a nationally circulated report calling the school district little more than a “dropout factory.” Tacoma Public Schools then set out to change that. The school board set a goal of reaching a graduation rate of 85 percent by 2020, now just five years away, so the work continues to gain that last seven percent to reach the target. The Foundation for Tacoma Students, the non-profit arm of the Graduate Tacoma effort, collaborated with a wide array of community partners to put together a
resource guide of available services that is now distributed to every incoming freshman student of Tacoma’s schools. The foundation will highlight efforts to improve student achievement at an event on Oct. 30 at the Hotel Murano. The luncheon is free and open to the public but requires registration. The “2015 Back to School Event: Reaching Higher” will feature higher education leaders as well as voices and performances of Tacoma students. Complimentary lunch will be served. This is not a fundraiser, since sponsors have already underwritten the cost of the event. The luncheon is expected to draw more than 700 people and represent more than 50 community, business and government efforts tasked with increasing student achievement. The event happens to come just weeks after Tacoma Public Schools was nationally recognized for its use of data to improve student achievement by Data Quality Campaign, a Washington, D.C.based nonprofit organization. Tacoma was one of four finalists for the group’s 2015 Data Flashlight Award. The award
recognized school districts that use data in trailblazing ways to answer questions, empower educators and transparently communicate with parents and the community about educational matters. “We are excited to celebrate Tacoma Public Schools for empowering educators, parents, and the community with better information,” said Aimee Rogstad Guidera, president and CEO of the Data Quality Campaign. “It’s clear Tacoma’s multi-layered approach of transparency, community engagement, and training was critical to its success.” Tacoma, for example, tracks data to meet its four strategic plan goals – Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Early Learning and Safety – priorities developed with help from the community. “Community members tell us we’ve built trust by transparently sharing data, both the good and the bad,” said Tacoma’s Deputy Superintendent Josh Garcia in an announcement about the award. “We’ve seen continuous growth and trend increases in the data.” More data and registration information is available at GraduateTacoma.org.
tAcomA PuBlic SchoolS s 28,529 Students s 18,256 Students (64 percent) in/near to poverty (free and reduced lunch eligible) s 35 Elementary schools s 9 Middle Schools s 8 High Schools s 30 Schools with more than 70 percent students in poverty s 4,079 Special education students (14.3 percent) s 2,426 English language learning students (9 percent) s 40+ Different native languages of students s 56 percent identify themselves as students of color More data and event registration information is available at GraduateTacoma.org.
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NAtioN SubmitS PAtcheS to mAke quiltS for firefighterS PAreNtS of iNjured miltoN reServe officer ANd voluNteer firefighter dANiel lyoN leAd the chArge By Derek Shuck Derek@tacomaweekly.com
Volunteer firefighter and Milton Reserve Officer Daniel Lyon was injured on Aug. 19 in wildfires that were tearing through Eastern Washington, near Twisp. Lyon was taken to Harborview in critical condition; he has since stabilized and gone through several major surgeries. Parents Don and Beverly Lyon are spearheading a project to honor not only their son, but the three other firefighters who died battling the blaze. Over the past several weeks, the pair has gathered various service patches from police and fire departments all around the nation, and have teamed up with the Crazy Quilters of Federal Way to create quilts composed of the patches for Daniel and the deceased firefighters’ families. “What can we do with these, how can we display them? So we came up with the idea of a wall quilt,” Barbara said. The pair stopped by the Milton Police Department on Oct. 2 to deliver the patches, as well as receive a bucket load more that had been sent to the Milton Police Department. In all, more than 200 patches were laid out on the table, a metaphor of national support lined up side by side, from Milton to Florida. “This is the perfect example of the brotherhood of first responders, and how when one of us is hurt, we all hurt, and they come together like this to support one of our brothers who has been injured in the line of duty, and this is a prime example of that tight knit brotherhood we have,” Chief Tony Hernandez said. The Crazy Quilters are a group from Federal Way who get together to sew and create quilts, as the name implies, but they have quite a project ahead of them. The 200 patches will be spread across four different wall quilts. As the various patches have different shapes and sizes, it will be tricky. However, it is a task the club is ready and willing to undertake. “We’re a community-based group, and we do a lot of community service. It’s kind of what we do; we’re all a little crazy,” member Diane Keller said. “It will take a few weeks at least. There are a lot of patches to sew on, but what an awesome project.” Daniel Lyon has been making progress in recent weeks, and the support he has received has been overwhelming for him. He makes several laps around the nurse’s station every day, and is slowly but surely showing signs of improvement. “Daniel is doing better. He’s got one more major graft, “ Don said “He seems to be more alert, maybe a little less drugs each day, so they’re able to get him in a less-sedated state.” “He has more willingness to do things. Every day, he gets up and walks each day. It’s baby steps,” Barbara said. “It is so overwhelming, what everybody does, has done and wants to do for Daniel. As parents, we can’t believe it. We can’t thank everyone enough.” Lyon is a 25-year-old reserve officer who came to the force last year. When Chief Hernandez saw how dedicated Lyon was to his servicethrough-action philosophy, he knew the young man had to be a part of the team, and the city of Milton agrees. “This is just what Milton’s made of. Milton is one big, giant family and they show it, they rally, they’re there every day,” Milton Mayor Debra Perry said. “They’re there for the long haul, and this is just a great example of that, and Daniel is definitely part of the family.” The quilts will take a few weeks to make, but when they are finished, they will serve as reminders of both the sacrifice these firefighters made and the support that has swelled around the nation.
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competing alongside coworker Joe Tabisz. Training in classrooms and reading manuals keeps knowledge and skills sharp just in case an accident happens, but actually facing a live competition pulls all that information into real-world practice. Doing something wrong, even a little misstep, could turn an otherwise routine job into an accident and then a catastrophe if rescuers don’t train properly. “The last thing we want to do is become a second victim,� Tabisz said. “In the case of an accident, it’s going to be our guys who are going to get us down. We know each other’s families, and we want to make sure everyone can come home to their families.� Tabisz and Welch placed fourth in the competition’s final round, with a team from Spokane-based Avista Utilities taking the top slot ahead of teams from Snohomish County Public Utility District and Spokane’s Inland Power and Light. But regardless of the scores, participants and viewers were reminded of the fact that an average of 30 utility linemen around the nation don’t return to their families because of accidents each year. “We are getting better in terms of safety, but things happen,� said poletop rescue judge and Avista lineman Bill Shaffer, noting weather, aging electrical lines and simple human error can cause 13,000 volts of elec-
tricity to spark through a utility worker, causing injury or death. But they aren’t the only ones at risk. Statewide, about 50 people die from work-place accidents each year. Recent workplace deaths locally include a sawmill worker who died at Manke Lumber Co.’s mill on Tacoma’s tideflats last December and a United Building Services window washer who fell 10 stories to his death in September. The millworker died when his clothing snagged on a conveyor as he was clearing a jammed piece of lumber from the line. The window washer died after he apparently fell while climbing over the roof’s edge of the Davita Building. The state later fined Manke $87,120 for 25 serious and 11 general safety violations following a state investigation according to Labor and Industry reports. The investigation into the death of the window washer is ongoing. “Like any other large city, Tacoma has its share of workplace incidents,� Labor and Industries spokesperson Tim Church said. The capstone of the competition and the workplace safety conference include the awarding of Governor's Lifesaving Awards to 32 men and women who saved the lives of coworker who suffered emergency situations that ranged from a teacher tackling a high school student holding a loaded handgun, to a logging inspector providing aid to snow-stranded motorists on a remote logging road, to a graphic design worker administering the Heimlich maneuver to a coworker who was choking.
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city plans to start enforcing rules that had been passed in 1997. Most of the comments at the public hearing fell along commercial-versuscitizen lines. Residents mostly wanted tight restrictions, or an outright ban on
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As staffing numbers have decreased, we have not been able to do the amount of selfinitiated policing that we want to do. We have not been able to intervene early in public order issues. We have necessarily become more reactive as we must send our reduced number of deputies to deal with the most urgent, immediate needs. As staffing has gone down, more of our time is spent answering priority calls for service. This leave less time for getting to know the community and having the community get to know us. In recent months there has been a call for law enforcement to do more community outreach and more community engagement and more de-escalation training to enhance public trust. Outreach and engagement and training all take time. Time is not free. In law enforcement, as elsewhere, there is no free lunch. More and more does not come from less and less. Our deputies care about what they do. They take their very work seriously. They take public expectations seriously. They want to do more for the people of Pierce County. It is not a question of motivation or work ethic. It is a question of resources. In my budget requests for the county’s 2016 budget, I have provided some, modest steps to address this situation. I am requesting six personnel for a Property Crimes Reduction Team to get ahead of the curve for serious crimes such as burglary and metal theft. I know that we can make a difference and we are ready and willing to step up to do so. If the county and the public will meet us half way, we can address these issues and be in a better position to meet expectations and reduce crime. With wise decisions by the council in the 2016 budget and with active public involvement, we can keep things real and keep Pierce County safe.
boards and schools, parks and historical properties from 500 to 250 feet. Billboard lights would have to be turned off between midnight and 5 a.m. The proposal also calls for 17 billboard faces in six residential zones to be removed within three years, with about another half dozen being removed after five years. “The main objective is to continue to reduce the number of billboards in the city and move billboards which adversely impact neighborhoods, protected districts and land uses to more acceptable areas,� according to the staff report. “The
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Technology and Science, Inc. (BioSino), and vice president of the Institute of Biophysics. He received a Masters degree in Biosciences and Bachelor’s degree in Medicine from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988. As China’s leaders are working to reduce the country’s coal consumption over the next decade in order to eliminate chronic air pollutants and address long-term climate change concerns, Chairman Wu was in Tacoma to announce the expansion of capacity at Port of Tacoma to produce methanol manufactured by the Pacific Northwest-based NW Innovation Works through using natural gas delivered by pipelines. NW Innovation Works is a multi-national partnership that promotes manufacturing methanol from natural gas rather than coal, as doing so offers a significant environmental benefit and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 70 percent, in addition to posing minimal risk to air, water and land The methanol will then be exported to Asia, where Chinese companies will convert it to olefin, a compound found in many plas-
tic and fiber goods such as carpeting, furniture and cell phone covers. “It’s a wonderful way to promote global environmental responsibility and economic growth for communities,� said NW Innovation Works project spokesperson Charla Skaggs. NW Innovation Works has opened an office in Tacoma and is working with the Port of Tacoma, the cities of Tacoma and Fife, Tacoma Fire Department, Pierce County and the Puyallup Tribe to consider the unique site needs at the Port of Tacoma. While in town, Chairman Wu and representatives from NW Innovation Works met with Puyallup Chairman Sterud. “We wanted to meet with Chairman Sterud for a nationto-nation meeting,� said Skaggs. “This was the initial meting to show our respects, explain the project and answer questions to ensure that they understood the project and to be present for anything they may need from us.� “Having the opportunity to meet with Chairman Wu will provide new economic opportunities for the Tribe in the near future,� Sterud said. “I look for-
ward to working with the Chinese in these endeavors. “I was very impressed with Chairman Wu,� he continued. “We called each other ‘cousin.’ Not only is he head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he’s also a doctor. I explained our recent opening of our cancer care center and the possible partnerships in the future with Asian medicine in helping with the concerns of cancer. We discussed not only the cancer center, but other projects, such as the development of our deep water port.� In addition to Port of Tacoma, NW Innovation Works has proposed two other facilities in the Northwest: a two-phase, $1.8 billion plant at an existing industrial park owned by the Port of Kalama, which approved a lease agreement with NW Innovation Works in April 2014, and a two-phase, $1.8 billion gas-to-methanol plant at Port Westward, an existing industrial park owned
by the Port of St. Helens in Clatskanie, Ore. At Port of Tacoma, NW Innovation Works is proposing to construct a two-phase, $3.4 billion gas-to-methanol plant. NW Innovation Works signed a lease with the Port in 2014 and is anticipating the permitting process to begin soon. Skaggs said that at the peak of construction, the project will create up to 1,000 jobs and once operational, it will employ up to 260 full-time managers and workers. The facility will be sited at the former Kaiser property. “The good news is that in Tacoma we are going to have four manufactur-
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FIFE BREAKS 2A SPSL LOGJAM WITH WIN OVER FP By Chance Pittenger Tacoma Weekly Correspondent
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FLEXING. (top) The
Masters Over 50 division finalists, Nancy Ward Siglin, Nancy Diaz, winner Cynthia Smith, runner-up Katherine Hoffman and Glenda Shepard. (second row) Over 40 winner Kevin Reed. Overall Masters Figure winner Brandy Seal. (third row) Light Heavyweight finalists Daniel Babuata, winner Kobie Wyatt and Kevin Reed. (fourth row) IFBB professional Tarna Aldermann dazzled the crowd. (fifth row) Overall Open Men's champion Cody Plumb.
Homecoming is one of the great fall traditions at high schools and universities. Alumni are invited back to campus and encouraged to interact with their old school, just not in that creepy “Dazed and Confused”, Matthew McConaughey way of interacting. On Oct. 9, Fife High School had its homecoming football game, hosting the Franklin Pierce Cardinals. Fife is also celebrating the school’s 100th year of existence, and the celebration night included fireworks. The two teams added their own fireworks in a game that saw 80 points scored in a back-and-forth battle. The Fife Trojans came into the game still stinging a little from a loss the previous week that ended their bid at an undefeated season, while Franklin Pierce was riding high on a two-game winning streak. Fife had a chance to strike first after an interception of a Willie Patterson pass was returned to the Cardinal 10-yard line, but the Cardinal defense held and the Trojans missed a field goal. The Cardinals struck quickly on the ensuing drive with Patterson connecting with Emmanuel Thornton on a 63-yard pass play to hit pay dirt. Cameron Bowdish added the extra point, and the Cardinals were out to a 7-0 lead, which held until the end of the quarter. The Cardinals turned the ball over again early in the second quarter, and again the Trojans were not able to take advantage. On their ensuing possession, Franklin Pierce hit a big play again, this time with Patterson
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SPORTSWATCH
TACOMA STARS ADD TWO VETERANS AS NEW MASL SEASON APPROACHES The Tacoma Stars have announced the signings of veteran midfielder Jamar Beasley and veteran forward Dan Antoniuk. Beasley and Antoniuk join the Stars as the club prepares to begin its first full season in the Major Arena Soccer League later this month. Beasley, 35, has been playing professionally since 1998, when he became the first player in league history to make the jump directly from high school to Major League Soccer with the New England Revolution. Beasley made the transition to the indoor game in 2003, joining the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. His brother, DaMarcus, has played professionally for years and represented the United States in four separate World Cups. “Jamar is a savvy player that can change the game at any moment,” Stars general manager and head coach Darren Sawatzky said. “He has played at this level for years and brings with him a wealth of experience. We are getting the pieces together to compete from day one and Jamar will be a huge piece of that for us.” “I am very proud and happy to be a part of the Tacoma Stars organization and very grateful to be on the field competing for a championship,” Beasley said. “I can’t wait to get out in the community and meet the wonderful fans of the Stars.” Antoniuk, 34, brings over 11 years of professional experience to the Stars, including time spent with five separate indoor clubs. The 1999 NCAA Division III All-American played three years for Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where he still holds school records in career goals (54) and points (144). Antoniuk led the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League with nine goals on the way to a NASL Championship in 2012. “Dan will fill a few roles for us, with the most important being a veteran leader,” Sawatzky said. “He has vast experience in the indoor game and the younger squad we have put together will learn from his experience. We also need his ability to play different roles as we find our way in the new league.” “I’m really excited about signing with the Stars,” Antoniuk said. “We have a great leader in Coach Sawatzky. The Northwest has awesome soccer fans, and I have family that lives here. There are a lot of things to feel positive about - I’m looking forward to the season.” Stars single-game ticket sales are now open and can be purchased by visiting www.tacomastars.com or by calling 866-973-9613. All 10 of the Stars home games are played at the ShoWare Center in Kent, with the home opener against the Sacramento Surge on Friday, Nov. 6. Season ticket packages, group outings, and suite offerings for the Tacoma Stars 2015 season are available now. To purchase, call 1 (844) STARS-TIME or visit the Stars online at www.tacomastars.com.
LUTES UPEND CROSSTOWN RIVAL LOGGERS TO MOVE UP IN NWC STANDINGS The Pacific Lutheran men's soccer team returned to form with a 3-1 win Tuesday, Oct. 13 against Northwest Conference cross-town rival Puget Sound. The win brought PLU's conference record to 5-2, tying the Lutes with UPS for second place in the Northwest Conference. PLU improved to 9-4 overall, while Puget Sound fell to 7-5. After waiting an extra few days for the road rivalry match due to rain postponing Saturday's contest, the Lutes aimed to get going quickly. The team did just that when a Suwilanji Silozi shot found the back of the net off of a Bennett Bugbee assist in the 19th minute for the first score of the game. The Lutes held off the opposing offense for the rest of the half despite a 9-5 UPS shot advantage, and PLU entered intermission with a 1-0 lead. The Lutes kept applying the pressure to the home team in the second half, out-shooting the Loggers 8-5 after the break. The Lutes reaped the benefits early when they punctured UPS's defense again with an unassisted goal from Sidney Ecoiffier in the 51st minute, Ecoiffier's first collegiate score. The Lutes didn't maintain their 2-0 lead for long, though, as UPS's Sam Zisette drove in a goal off of a Cameron Lorek assist in the 57th minute to make it a onegoal match. In the 73rd minute, Bugbee restored PLU's two-goal lead when he took a pass from Joe Sammartino and put it in by the near post. While UPS finished the match with the 14-12 lead in the shot column, the Lutes took advantage of their opportunities, as seven of their shots were on goal, compared to just four of the Loggers' shots. The win keeps the Lutes in the hunt for a chance at the Northwest Conference Championship. They'll continue their journey toward that goal when they visit Willamette (3-8-1, 2-5 NWC) and Linfield (7-6, 3-4 NWC) on Oct. 17 and 18. LUTE WOMEN CONTINUE HOT STREAK AND MOVE UP IN DIV. III SOCCER RANKINGS Six consecutive wins has given Pacific Lutheran its best 12-match record since 1988, and the Lutes' performance has earned national recognition as PLU ranks 20th in the latest NSCAA Div. III National Poll. PLU joined the rankings last week at 21st, the program's highest ranking in at least two decades. That record lasted one week before the NSCAA released its latest poll Oct. 13, as PLU joined the top 20. The Lutes are the highestranked Northwest Conference program, with cross-town rival Puget Sound sitting four spots back at 24th. With a 10-1-1 overall record and a 6-1-1 conference mark, the Lutes sit atop the NWC standings through the
first half of the conference season. PLU has won its last six matches and is currently working on its second five-match shutout streak of the season. The Lutes head to Oregon this weekend to begin the second half of NWC play, with a rematch Oct. 17 at 12 p.m. against a Willamette squad that ranks second in the conference standings. TWO LUTES TAKE HOME WEEKLY NWC CONFERENCE ATHLETIC HONORS A pair of Pacific Lutheran student-athletes celebrated Homecoming weekend with success that warranted Northwest Conference recognition, with both earning Student-Athlete of the Week honors for the second time this season. Pacific Lutheran freshman Brad Hodkinson was named NWC Men's Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week after earning his second meet title of the season as he celebrated his 19th birthday Oct. 10 with a first-place finish at the PLU Invitational. His time of 25:54.6 beat out the second-place finisher by nearly one full minute (exactly 59 seconds) as he led the Lutes to a second-place team finish. Shortly after Hodkinson raced to victory, PLU women's soccer goalkeeper Takara Mitsui picked up her ninth shutout of the season with a 1-0 Lute home win over Linfield. She followed that up with her 10th shutout of the year Sunday in a 5-0 win over Pacific to match her season shutout total from last season, when she was named NWC Defensive Player of the Year. Mitsui leads the conference in saves (53) and save percentage (.946) and ranks in a narrow second in goals-against average (0.25), while PLU has compiled a 10-1-1 record that marks the program's best 12-match record since 1988. The Lutes have climbed to No. 20 in the NSCAA national rankings and top the NWC standings midway through the conference season.
TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS OCT. 16 - 25
FRIDAY, OCT. 16 – FOOTBALL Foss vs. Wilson Lincoln Bowl – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 16 – FOOTBALL Capital vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma HS – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 16 – FOOTBALL Bellarmine vs. Yelm Yelm HS – 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 17 – FOOTBALL George Fox vs. Puget Sound UPS Baker Stadium – 1 pm.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 – SOCCER Women – PLU vs. UPS Puget Sound – 3 p.m.
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FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL Wilson vs. Lincoln Lincoln Bowl – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL Timberline vs. Bellarmine Bellarmine HS – 7 p.m. CHENEY FOUNDATION MAKES $100,000 GIFT FOR NEW UPS BASEBALL STANDS Logger baseball fans will be enjoying the game more than ever next season when they take their seats in a brandnew, elevated spectator stand, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Ben B. Cheney Foundation. The generous gift will upgrade the current spectator seating by increasing fans' visibility of the game and improving access and safety. The expanded 264-seat grandstand, with a new press box, will be ready for the 2016 season, which starts in February. The upgrade to the baseball field will complement the new Athletics and Aquatics Center that will open in fall 2016. "The new seating configuration and press box will offer our fans improved sightlines and create a great setting to take in a game and cheer on the Loggers!" said Amy Hackett, director of physical education and intercollegiate athletics and recreation. "We appreciate the generosity of the Ben B. Cheney Foundation for its long-standing support of Logger athletics." "I am incredibly grateful to the Cheney Foundation for the support they have shown to Puget Sound and the baseball program in particular," said Coach Jeff Halstead '00, M.A.T.'03. "We have always had one of the best playing surfaces, and, now, the new addition will really bring the entire complex up to the same high standard. " The Cheney Foundation's loyal support of Logger baseball has helped contribute to the team's ongoing success. The 2015 season was a particularly remarkable one: the team finished 10th in the nation in hitting, with 457 hits – a Puget Sound record. Under first-year coach and alumnus, the team won five of their eight Northwest Conference series, while playing one of the toughest Division III schedules in the country. The team also led the conference in batting average. The Cheney family and its foundation have been trusted friends of Puget Sound for 39 years. Brad Cheney '82, a former baseball coach and Logger athlete, is a trustee emeritus of the university. Piper Cheney, a foundation trustee, graduated from Puget Sound in 1977. STRONG LOGGER DEFENSE NOT ENOUGH AGAINST UNDEFEATED WHITWORTH The Puget Sound football team's defense forced seven turnovers, but the Loggers fell to Whitworth at Baker Stadium on Saturday, 24-7. Puget Sound and Whitworth entered the weekend as the Northwest Conference's top two offenses in yards per game, but wet weather played a factor in slowing both sides. The Pirates (5-0, 2-0 NWC) came to Tacoma averaging over 500 yards of total offense, but the Loggers held Whitworth to 336 yards. On the flip side, Puget Sound (2-2, 1-1 NWC) mustered 196 yards of total offense. Puget Sound wide receiver Kevin Miller continued to demonstrate why he's one of the best receivers in the country. Miller entered Saturday's contest ranked third the nation with 10.7 receptions per game. The senior from Seattle frustrated the Whitworth secondary with 121 yards on 12 catches and a touchdown. Miller's fifth touchdown of the season brought Puget Sound to within 15-7 with 2:35 left in the first half. Hans Fortune's 23-yard completion up the middle of the field to Max McGuinn set up a quick three-yard touchdown strike to Miller. The Pirates' ensuing drive ended with Jacob Wuesthoff's first interception of the season as the Loggers entered halftime down by one possession. Whitworth found the end zone five minutes into the second half as quarterback Ian Kolste scampered for an 11-yard score. Puget Sound's next possession ended with an interception, but the Loggers got the ball right back after Matt Ahnin recovered a Whitworth fumble on the Loggers' 34-yard line. Both teams struggled to move the ball through most of the second half. The Pirates cushioned their lead to 24-7 following a safety with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Chris Beaulaurier led Puget Sound's defensive effort with a game-high 11 tackles, including one for a loss. The Loggers stopped the Pirates on five of their seven fourthdown attempts. Whitworth was also held to 29-percent efficiency (6-for-21) on third downs. The Loggers remain at home when they host George Fox on Saturday, Oct. 17, for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL Central Kitsap vs. Foss Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL Franklin Pierce vs. Clover Park Harry Lang Stadium – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL Orting vs. Washington Franklin Pierce Stadium – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL White River vs. Steilacoom Steilacoom HS – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL Tacoma Baptist vs. Chief Leschi Chief Leschi Stadium – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – FOOTBALL Emerald Ridge vs. Curtis Curtis Viking Stadium – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – VOLLEYBALL Lewis & Clark vs. PLU Pacific Lutheran – 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – VOLLEYBALL Linfield vs. UPS Puget Sound – 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – SOCCER Women – Pacific (OR) vs. UPS Puget Sound – 12 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – FOOTBALL South Kitsap vs. Stadium Lincoln Bowl – 1 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – FOOTBALL George Fox vs. Puget Sound UPS Baker Stadium – 1 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – SOCCER Men – Whitworth vs. PLU Pacific Lutheran – 2:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – SOCCER Men – Whitman vs. UPS Puget Sound – 2:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – FOOTBALL No. Beach vs. Life Christian Harry Lang Stadium – 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – VOLLEYBALL Pacific (OR) vs. PLU Pacific Lutheran – 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 – VOLLEYBALL Willamette vs. UPS Puget Sound – 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCT. 25 – SOCCER Women – George Fox vs. PLU Pacific Lutheran – 12 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCT. 25 – SOCCER Men – Whitman vs. PLU Pacific Lutheran – 2:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCT. 25 – SOCCER Men – Whitworth vs. UPS Puget Sound – 2:30 p.m.
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LiFe Christian vOLLeybaLL keeps On winning By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com
With just four games remaining on their regular season volleyball schedule, the Life Christian Eagles continue to soar above the competition. After a commanding 3-0 performance over the visiting Willapa Valley Vikings on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Eagles maintained their one-game lead in the 2B Pacific league, and if you believe their head coach Ioane Spencer, the team hasn’t even begun to play its best volleyball so far. The Eagles graduated four seniors from last year’s state tournament qualifying squad and the team decided to turn it up a notch in the off season, knowing there were several important spots that needed filling on the team if they were going to continue playing like a winning team that advances deep into the postseason. While the previous summer saw little, if any, team activities, the 2015 Eagles spent the summer attending volleyball camps and working together. It has certainly paid off for Life Christian as they now sit 6-0 in league play, and 8-2 overall. Each win has been a fight for the Eagles, as the top of the 2B Pacific league has been extraordinarily difficult. Four teams trail Life Christian in the league standings, and each one of them have only one defeat. Any slippage over the final quad of games and the Eagles could find themselves facing some difficult foes once the postseason district tournament begins. It’s a 50/50 bag for the Eagles as well, as they will face two teams going through difficult seasons with matchups against North Beach (1-4 2B Pacific, 3-5 overall) and Tacoma Baptist (1-4, 3-7). The problem will arise when Life Christian hosts Ocosta (5-1, 6-2) on Oct. 22 and then travel to NW Christian (5-1, 10-1) in Lacey for what might amount to a 2B Pacific championship match on Oc. 28. For the most part, the Eagles made it look easy over Willapa Valley in their last game, despite a feisty, scrappy performance by the Vikings. Life Christian won the first game 25-17 after running out to an early 10-2 score to start. After letting the Vikings back in the game, Life Christian were able to keep them at arm’s length and outlast them to the last point which was scored on a massive spike by freshman middle-blocker Madison Boles on a beautiful set from junior Alyssa Donaldson. The second game saw the Eagles run out to a huge advantage. Sophomore out-
side hitter Megan Konsmo took over service with her team leading 4-3. When the dust settled and Willapa Valley were finally able to score a point and end the Life Christian run, the Eagles string of 16 straight points was snapped. Play got a little sloppy as Life Christian held such a commanding lead, and the Vikings made the most of the lull in focus and ultimately outscored the Eagles 12-3 in the end, before giving up the final point and losing 25-15. The third game was worth the cost of admission. Not only did Willapa Valley hang around, they actually led at several points during the game, including as late as a 17-16 lead, as well as a 19-19 tie. As went the second game, it was Megan Konsmo again holding service as the Eagles closed out the game and the match with five straight points, including four aces by Konsmo to close out the 25-19 victory. “She is one of our top servers and we practice serving a lot,” said Spencer. “So all six of my servers, whoever they are at the time, I only put the players that I’m confident in back there, and really, it’s not even my confidence in them, it’s how confident they are in their own abilities. If I give a girl a certain spot on the court to serve to and they miss it and drop their head, that’s not necessarily someone that I want to be serving. But at the same time, I challenge them and want them to accept it and overcome adversity. Move on, learn from it and grow from it. “I definitely feel that we’re not where we need to be, which is definitely a good thing. You never want to peak too early and we try to challenge ourselves at practice. I say if you’re not better from the last time you made an attempt, then you’ve really got to be on yourself about it. I push these girls day in and day out at practice and demand the best. I try to fire them up and put ourselves in the best position for postseason.”
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completing a pass to Alex Bing for a 69-yard score. The extra point was missed and the Cardinals now had a 13-point lead. Fife did not need much time to rally. Barely a minute later, Tanner Knapp took a handoff and rumbled 40 yards to get the Trojans on the scoreboard. Later in the second, Knapp capped off another Fife drive with a two-yard run for a touchdown, and after the extra point, Fife was on top 14-13. After recovering a Franklin Pierce fumble, Kyle Mozzone of Fife scored on a threeyard run, and in the space of 33 seconds the Trojans suddenly had a 21-13 lead. The second quarter fireworks were not over though, as the Cardinals drove quickly down the field, and Sam Samaga scored from a yard out. Samaga also plays linebacker and had a monster game on the defensive side of the ball. The game announcer seemed to call his name on every other tackle. The two-point conversion failed, but the Cardinals had drawn within two points. Not to be outdone, Fife senior quarterback Kyle Mozzone led the Trojans down the field, and scored his second rushing touchdown of the game with 8 seconds left to play in the half, giving Fife a 28-19 lead. The Trojans took the second half kick and went straight down the field, with Mozzone scoring his third rushing touchdown. Franklin Pierce's Isaiah Cubean returned the kickoff 78 yards, and quarterback Willie Patterson ran the final 10 yards for a score, providing a quick answer to the Fife score. The Trojans seemed to want to settle the game down on their next possession, and went on a methodical, time consuming drive that took almost six minutes before junior running back Wes Nixon carried five yards for another score. As the teams headed into the fourth quarter, it still seemed to be anyone's game, with Fife leading 41-26 but both teams showing they could score on any play. Indeed, the Cardinals scored on one play, an 80-yard bomb from Patterson to Thornton for their second long-range hookup of the game. Fife's Cornelius Polo blocked the extra point. Polo played a very nice all-around game. Along with the blocked kick, he had a key third down catch to keep a Fife drive alive, had a sack, and knocked down a pass. The score was then 41-32, but unfortunately for the Cardinals, this was as close as they would get. Fife's Bo Rogers finished another drive with a 26 yard run for a touchdown, the extra point was added, and the Trojans had done enough to secure a 48-32 win on homecoming night. Also worth mentioning was Fife's sophomore defensive back Eli Graham. He
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CAP'N. Team captain Kyle Mozzone
did most of his damage with his feet, scoring three times for the Trojans to help seal the win.
had two key, fourth quarter interceptions, including one in the end-zone to stop a Franklin Pierce drive. These were the fourth and fifth turnovers of the game for the Cardinals, and as the old adage goes, you can't win a game when you lose the battle of the turnovers. Next week for second place Fife (3-1 2A SPSL, 5-1 overall) is a road trip to Orting (1-3, 3-3), while Franklin Pierce (2-2, 2-4) will host Steilacoom (3-1, 3-3). Both games are scheduled for Oct. 16 with a 7 p.m. kickoff. *Stadium High School update – Due to the flooding of Stadium Bowl on Oct. 10, the historic landmark has been closed until at least February and the remaining home football and girls’ soccer games have been moved to Lincoln Bowl.
TACOMA AREA FOOTBALL SCORES OCT. 8-10 LINCOLN 41, NO. THURSTON 0 BELLARMINE 37, SO. KITSAP 23 WILSON 17, CAPITAL 16 MT. TAHOMA 14, FOSS 0 CURTIS 35, ROGERS 7 OLYMPIA 44, STADIUM 6 STEILACOOM 41, ORTING 15 R. RIDGE 48, WASHINGTON 34 WHITE RIVER 25, CL. PARK 16 AUBURN MTN. 46, LAKES 42 CH. WRIGHT 76, VASHON 52 NO. BEACH 60, CHIEF LESCHI 0 RAINIER 50, TACOMA BAPT. 9
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these competitions are all about, let's get down to what actually happened. The first event of the night was the Masters Figure. I should mention that a lot of the judging actually took place earlier in the day and much of the show was presenting the finalists and then the winners in each category. The Masters Figure over 35 winner was Brandy Seal, who ended up winning her fair share of categories over the course of the evening. Taking the Masters Figure over 40 group was Lorrie Reaves, and the over 50 group went to Cynthia Smith. The three group winners then competed for Masters Figure overall title, and that went to Brandy Seal, which as I mentioned would be a recurring theme. Next up was the women's bodybuilding. There must have been few competitors in comparison to some of the other categories, because there were no sub-groups presented, only the women's winner was brought out and announced to the crowd. Heather Munson took home this title. Another category that appeared to be lightly populated was the Men's Masters bodybuilding. There were six finalists on the stage, and after the judging, the title went to Kevin Reed. Then it was time to bring out the athletes for the Men's Masters Physique category. There were guys in the over 35 and over 40 groups. Brian Bennett took the over 35 group and William Hogan took the over 40 and Masters overall titles. Honorable mention goes to Selves Smith, who provided the first really entertaining moment of the night by doing his posing and performance in a gigantic afro wig and shades to some classic old school funk. The men's open body-
building category was the next title to be decided. The contestants are broken down by weight, which seems fair, as a guy who weighs 120 probably can't build the same muscle as a guy who weighs 200. The bantamweights were first, and we were treated to more entertainment by Tuan Dang, who came out in the regulation speedo-type suit, some really bizarre looking high top shoes, and red sunglasses, and proceeded to put his all into his routine that was half posing, half kung fu moves straight out of your favorite martial arts film. The judges obviously loved him, as he won his group. Phil Zuniga took the lightweight group, Tim O'Malley the middleweights, Kobie Wyatt was the judge's favorite light heavyweight, and Cody Plumb was the heavyweight finalist. Plumb took the overall title for men's bodybuilding with a truly impressive physique. He is one of those guys who you would look at and think to yourself, “I didn't know muscles were supposed to be there.� After a bunch of heavily muscled guys, it was a definite change of pace when the Masters bikini competition was announced. The contestants were in the over 35 and over 40 groups. Tiffany Sawyer was your over 35 winner, Sandra Bigelow took the over 40 group, and Tiffany Sawyer also took the prize as the Masters bikini overall winner. There are novice groups for those athletes who are competing for the first time. The Novice Figure title went to Cynthia Smith. Then we had the open Figure competition, which is broken down in groups depending on the women's height. The A group went to Brandy Seal, Andrea Whiskey was the B group winner, Laurie Fryar
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POSE. (left) Overall Women's champion Heather Munson. (right) Middleweight champion Tim O'malley. took the C group, and the D group, the tall girls as the MC called them, was won by Lorrie Reaves. If you can read between the lines in my earlier paragraph, you know that Brandy Seal was the overall Figure winner. Back to more Physique competition, Brad Anderson was the men's Novice winner, and Katherine Hoffman was the women's winner. In the open groups, Christian Despi was the choice from the A group, the B group went to Darryl Marble, Jer'Dear O'Neil was your winner from the C group, and Noah Bartholomew won the D group. O'Neil was another breath of fresh air and seemed genuinely happy and surprised to be the winner of his group. The overall Physique winner was Darryl Marble. The bikini competitions were the last of the night. In the novice groups, Annabelle Fernandez took the A group and Brandie Mabee the B group. Ms. Fernandez took the overall novice title, and would sweep up a few more titles before this competition ended. As they moved on to the open competition, Annabelle Fernandez won the A group, Tiffany Sawyer the B group, Talla Amini the C group, and Jamie West the
D group. In what had to be a very big surprise, Ms. Fernandez was the overall winner, taking another title in her very first competition. Certainly she is a competitor to keep an eye on. As the evening came to an end, I had a chance to reflect on what I had seen. Going into the night, my thoughts were along the lines of wondering why people would compete in bodybuilding and the other offshoots. Were they really athletes? Were they just vain individuals, so obsessed with showing the world how beautiful they were that they had to resort to strutting around stages wearing hardly anything? What kind of people are they, anyway? After watching how hard they worked on stage, they are definitely athletes. I had the opportunity to talk to a couple of guys seated next
to me and they explained how much conditioning is done along with all the weight training, so that as they pose and flex and move around on stage under the bright, hot lights, they hardly break a sweat. There are hundreds of hours spent in the gym building and molding their physiques. The strain of holding the poses was obvious from where I was seated, and I certainly gained a new respect for all the work put in by these athletes. The winner of each category was also interviewed on stage, so there was an opportunity to hear how these folks responded to various questions. Some of them had their families in attendance and were able to bring them up on stage during their interviews, and it certainly personalized them and helped put them in the
light as regular people, just like all of us, except they were really dedicated to building their bodies. If you call someone an athlete who hits a golf ball, or bowls, or punches people, who are dedicated to being the best they can be in these various pursuits, then I don't see how bodybuilders are any different. They just seem like the rest of us, and I'm sure they go through all the struggles and difficulties that we all face. Not vain, not full of themselves, they simply have a passion for what they do. In my book anyway, I tip my cap to anyone who finds a passion in life, pursues it and tries to bring out the best in themselves. For me, it was a very enlightening evening very well spent, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to view this unique sporting event.
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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT Supporting the Economic Growth of Our Community
State, local and Puyallup tribal officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Feb. 18, 2015 for the next Interstate 5 project in Tacoma that will create a new bridge over the Puyallup River and reconstruct the I-5/State Route-167 interchange, commuter lanes and increase access to tribal properties. Pictured here are (left to right): Puyallup tribal member David Duenas; State Representative Hans Zeiger (R-25); Tacoma Deputy Mayor David Boe; Puyallup Tribal Chairman Bill Sterud; State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson; Hamilton Construction President Scott Williams; WSDOT Olympic Region Administrator Kevin Dayton; and Kierra Phifer with U.S. Senator Patty Murray’s office.
Considered among the most urban of Native American tribes, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has grown to be a critical component of the South Sound economy. As Pierce County’s sixth largest employer, a donor to a broad range of charitable organizations, and a major funder of housing, roads, education and environmental projects, the Puyallup Tribe stands as a model for taking care
of not only its own membership but sharing its wealth among the broader community as well. The Puyallup Tribe is one of the largest employers in Pierce County. With a payroll of more than 3,200 people that work in the Tribe’s businesses, government, economic development corporation, school, and health and housing authorities — approximately 70 percent
of whom are non-Native — employees enjoy competitive wages and benefits. In 2013, the Tribe spent more than $461 million. This spending supports communities by providing good wages and generous benefits to individuals, and through purchases of goods and services from local suppliers, vendors, contractors, construction companies and more. From sponsoring countless local
charities, non-profit organizations, social welfare projects and events that may otherwise suffer or cease to exist, to protecting the environment, funding crime prevention, city improvement projects and healthcare, the Tribe maintains its commitment to honoring its welldeserved reputation as “the generous people,” a reflection of the meaning of the Tribe’s very name “Puyallup.”
SHARING THE WEALTH Puyallup Tribe keeps communities strong The breadth of the Tribe’s giving has long been a model for how people in communities should take care of people in communities. For years the Tribe has given critical funds to thousands of organizations throughout Western Washington, employing a careful, thoughtful approach when choosing its donation recipients. During the 2014 fiscal year, the Puyallup Tribe contributed more than $2.5 million from its charity and general funds into the local community with donations to various charities and organizations such as hospitals, healthcare and medical research, schools, food banks, literacy programs, job training…the list goes on. Again and again the Puyallup Tribe’s generosity comes shining through, and 2014 was certainly no exception. This past summer the Tribal Council made its final payment on a $1 million commitment to MultiCare Health System, presenting $200,000 on July 10 to MultiCare CEO Bill Robertson and Foundations of MultiCare Vice-President Sara Long. Thanks to the Tribe’s contribution, the once over-crowded emergency departments of Tacoma
Community partners help the Tribe do good works for those who need them the most. Here, Pierce County Sheriff’s Detective Ed Troyer volunteers at a Christmastime giveaway the Tribe sponsored in 2014, giving out cups of hot chocolate and steaming soup.
At a Puyallup Tribe Christmastime giveaway for the homeless, Puyallup Tribal Council Member Sylvia Miller (in yellow) helps a giveaway visitor pick out gloves and warm hats.
Native American education and research at the university. “This grant from the Puyallup Tribe will help address one of the greatest barriers faced by Native people today – the lack of information and abundance of misinformation the public has about tribes and tribal people,” said Sharon Parker, UWT’s assistant chancellor for equity and diversity. “As the work of this grant ripples out, students, faculty and staff will share in a great communal experience with roots much deeper than the 25-year history of UWT.” And in December, the Puyallup Tribe gave Northwest Harvest $250,000, the food bank’s biggest donation this year. Presented during KING 5 television’s annual Home Team Harvest event, this donation puts the Tribe at the $1 million mark in donations to Northwest Harvest, Washington’s statewide hunger relief agency. “Since 2011 the Tribe has been our largest contributor each year,” said Dee Christoff, director of donor relations. “A significant percentage of our budget every year is raised right around the holidays, and we have to make it last, so a large gift like this really helps us to get through our entire year.” More Christmastime donations were given as well in 2014 – $125,000 to Toys for Tots and $125,000 to Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County. The Tribe’s donation is the largest sinIn keeping with their namesake legacy as “the generous people,” in December 2014 the Puyallup Tribe of Indians gave generously to the University of gle gift to these entities, marking the Washington-Tacoma. Pictured here are (holding check, from left) Kenyon Chan, Interim Chancellor at UWT, and Puyallup Tribal Council Members Marguerite Edwards and Sylvia Miller. Behind them are (from left) Joshua Knudson, Vice Chancellor-UWT Advancement; Michael Tulee, Native American Educator-UWT third year the Puyallups have given this Office of Equity & Diversity; Puyallup Tribal Council Member Tim Reynon; Puyallup Tribal Council Chairman Bill Sterud; Puyallup Tribal Council Vice Chairman Larry LaPointe and Puyallup Tribal Council Member David Bean. amount of financial support. General Hospital and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital expanded from a small footprint to spanning the length of an entire football field including both end zones. Continuing its longstanding tradition of supporting higher education, the Tribe made its largest grant to date to the University of WashingtonTacoma - $275,000 that will go toward enhancing
For more information about the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, visit www.puyallup-tribe.com.
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TURN IT UP! (Clockwise) Ex-Gods, Qui and Hammerhead are among the bands that have broken in the stage and P.A. at new, all-ages club, Real Art Tacoma.
real art is new all ages hot spot By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com
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here's a new beacon of hope on the local, allages music scene. Since Oct. 1, the new, nonprofit Real Art Tacoma has been open at 5412 South Tacoma Way, a venture funded this year by a successful $15,000 Kickstarter campaign. It's the same space that was occupied by the Viaduct before that all-ages club went dark in 2010, and some of the key players are the same. So we dropped in recently and caught up with co-owner Brian Skiffington who gave us the skinny on what's different this time around. TACOMA WEEKLY: Tell me a bit about your background in the music scene and what made you want to open an all-ages rock club. SKIFFINGTON: (He grins.) Oh man, this is gonna take a bit. There was a list going around on Facebook the other day that was “30 bands you've shared the stage with.” So I did 30 bands that I've been in that have been onstage. I've been playing music since about 2000. TW: What are some that people would know you from? SKIFFINGTON: Nobody knows any of my bands. Tonight, I'm playing with a band called Sidetracked. I've been in that band for about 15 years. I was in a band called the Owen Hart. … There was a cease and desist (from the wrestler's estate) and we had to hire an attorney to clear our name. So now we're called Earth Control. We've been around in some form since about 2002. Most of my bands have been some varying degree of hardcore punk (and) metal – something fast, usually kind of political. TW: Were you born and raised here? SKIFFINGTON: I'm a Gig Harbor kid. TW: What options did you have when you were 15, 16? SKIFFINGTON: If it wasn't a show in somebody's basement, we were all piling in a car, and we were going to Seattle. It just didn't happen here. When I first started coming around - in terms of all ages - there was the Kickstand Cafe. There was the Usual on Hilltop, Lake City Community Center and then basements and wherever (you had) four walls and the P.A. could plug into the wall. The way the laws are actually written, it's almost (as if) people can't comprehend music or art unless there's a liquor license. We've run into that with every venue that we've tried to run in this town. … This place was called the Viaduct for a while. That was around for two and a half years. TW: And you were part of the Viaduct? SKIFFINGTON: I was a promoter. I booked a lot of shows there. Eventually, we moved, and some people kept it going at a place called the Red Room. Before all those, we ran a place in Midland that was called the Frame Shop. We were open for about five or six months, and that was my first attempt at doing all-ages.
TW: And you have partners? SKIFFINGTON: There's five owners on our lease. There's Josh Brumley, Alex Schellhammer, Phil Peterson, Tom Long and then myself. After the Viaduct shut down, Josh (the owner) moved away to go to law school. Basically, this venue started as a conversation over breakfast at Marcia's Silver Spoon. He moved back, and then we just quickly started gettin' together, and we realized this space was still for lease. The owner of the building remembers us and liked our working history in the past. (At the Viaduct) we had such a stigma attached to us; not necessarily a negative one, but we were a punk-hardcore venue. Just straight up, that's what went down there. With this, we really wanted to focus on getting away from that and just being in a neutral space that was for young people to perform and to see music. TW: All-ages venues are notoriously difficult to make money with. What are the pitfalls you're looking to avoid? SKIFFINGTON: (He sighs.) That's a complicated question, or I don't know exactly how to answer it. ... A lot of venues can eat the cost of an awful night of a show because they did well at the bar. So one thing we've done is we have concessions with candy and soda, that kind of stuff. But sometimes, that's the only thing that saves us at the end of a night. Early on, one thing that we really wanted to do was keep the space clean, have nice tables and chairs. That way, we could actually be marketed as an event space. We can just close down the venue for the night and just rent it out. TW: What are some of your goals for this venue? Are there benchmarks that will let you know that you're on track? SKIFFINGTON: What is new and kind of exciting - especially with our non-profit status - is forging community partnerships. People have just been coming to us out of nowhere. The Oasis Center wants to talk to us about a partnership which I'm really excited about. We really want to partner with School of the Arts and see how we can get people that are enrolled in their audio engineering (program) actual seat time here and get them credit for an internship. We've got a real good crew doing sound, and I think there's a lot of knowledge. TW: Of course, there are tons of bands that are formed at SOTA. SKIFFINGTON: I think our biggest struggle right now (is) how do we get young people in there? We've had great shows, and people come. But how do we actually get into high schools and get into where young bands are and tell 16-, 17-year-olds, “Hey, you can play here.” Not only that, you can volunteer. I don't wanna call it “the music business,” but if a kid wants to come here and learn how to make a flyer or learn how to promote their own show, that's what this is about.
TW: Is it truly all ages, or is there a cut off? Some clubs don't want creepy old guys in there. Is it 6 to 60, but obviously with an emphasis on kids? SKIFFINGTON: We are truly all ages. Pig Snout played here the other day, so there were 5-, 6-, 7-year-olds running around here with headphones on having a great time. I don't think that our shows are going to attract lecherous, old, creepy men who stand in the corner. The spirit of this space is inclusivity, and it's about breaking down barriers. So to me the biggest barrier that we can break down is the age thing because essentially the way the laws are written, you are invalid as somebody to appreciate art or express music from the stage if you are under the age of 21. TW: But obviously, the main focus is on the kids. SKIFFINGTON: I wouldn't say the focus is on kids. I would say the focus is on completely eliminating that age barrier. Yes, young people, we want them on our stage. We want them at our shows. We want them volunteering. But we're not just booking bands that only 17-year-old kids appreciate.
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UPCOMING EVENTS (all shows open to all ages)
s Kragtoberfest featuring Acquitted, Anti-Self, Crooks to Kings, Cross Me and more (punk, hardcore, metalcore) 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, $12 s The Holophonics, Natalie Wouldn't, Be Like Max, It Gets Worse (ska, punk) 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, $10 s Open volunteer meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19 s Lo There Do I See My Brother, X Suns, Surface, Of Sleep (indie-rock, alternative) 8 p.m. Oct. 23, $10 s Real Life, Almond Roca, Don James, Wizeguy Ent, MBE with A.C. Deucey, Black Lives Matter (hip-hop) 8 p.m., $10 s To the Wind, Cowardice, Unjust, Cold Truth (hardcore, punk, metal) 8 p.m., $10-$12 s David Bazan, Colonies (indie-rock, alternative) 8 p.m. Nov. 7, $14-$16 s The Bomb Shelter, Lttrs, Ryan Anthony Brooks, Imaginary Lines (indie-rock, experimental) 8 p.m. Nov. 12, $10
THE THINGS WE LIKE ONE WOOF WOOF WALK The Pierce C o u n t y Parks and Recreation Department will host the Woof Woof Walk for pet owners and their dogs on Saturday, Oct. 24. The event will last from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Spanaway Park. Participants can choose between a 1.5mile or a 3-mile route. Trails are paved and are suitable for people of all abilities. People and pets are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes and prizes will be awarded at the Canine Costume Contest. Dogs must be on a leash at all times. Visit www.piercecountywa.org for registration information. Spanaway Park is located at 14905 Bresemann Blvd. S. Tacoma, WA 98387.
TWO BAZAAR & BAKE SALE Temple Beth El, 5975 S. 12th St. in Tacoma, will hold an open house, bazaar and bake sale on Sunday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Browse tables of beautiful hand-crafted treasures including hand-crafted bags, unique jewelry, original canvas, felt glass and bead art, Judaica, note cards, scarves, hats, quilts, and so much more. Take a tour and experience the history and beauty of Temple Beth El, chat with club members and check out all the activities Temple Beth El has to offer. And don’t miss the Temple’s student bakers from 1-4 p.m. Treat yourself to one of their yummy bake sale items with proceeds benefitting families in need. All are welcome. Cash only.
THREE PUMPKIN PATCH Visit the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Wright Park and take a fun
Halloween photo in the pumpkin patch. Lots of boo-tanical activities, including crafts, games and treats, will be taking place on Oct. 31 too, 4-7 p.m. $3 suggested donation. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
FOUR CHAOPRAYA ENSEMBLE A free, public performance of Thai dance, music and theatrical martial arts by the Chaopraya Ensemble will be held at University of Puget Sound at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, in Rasmussen Rotunda, Wheelock Student Center, near the corner of N. Alder Street and N. 15th Street, Tacoma. It will be colorful and everyone is welcome.
FIVE LADIES NIGHT OUT
As part of Tacoma Arts Month, Throwing Mud Gallery, 2212 N. 30th St., will host a “Ladies Night Out” evening of creative fun on Oct. 16. 6-9 p.m. Paint pottery and get together with friends. Everything you need to have a great evening will be supplied, including drinks and appetizers. You’ll be able to choose from a wide assortment of pottery items and add your own color and design. There will be many shapes and sizes of mugs, bowls and plates, as well as home decor and kitchen items and some new fall and holiday seasonal pieces. Reserve your spot with the $15 event fee by registering online or calling (253) 254-7961. You just pay for whatever you paint that evening.
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ere's some of the action you may have missed out in club land this month: High Ceiling and Tribal Order (top, lower left respectively) brought lively reggae vibes to Jazzbones on Oct. 3; tribute band Second Sting (right) brought the music of Scorpions to life during an all-ages set at Louie G's Pizza in Fife; and renowned blues man Walter Trout wound his comeback trail through Jazzbones on Oct. 9, a year removed from lifethreatening liver failure.
High Ceiling, Second Sting, Tribal Order, Walter Trout Photos by Bill Bungard
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TAM SHOW EXAMINES IMPACT OF AIDS EPIDEMIC ON ART IN AMERICA
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Museum of the Week: Washington State Historical Museum 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402 Tue.-Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: www.washingtonhistory.org
The Washington State History Museum is where fascination and fun come together. People of all ages can explore and be entertained in an environment where characters from Washington’s past speak about their lives. Through interactive exhibits, theatrical storytelling, high-tech displays and dramatic artifacts, learn about our state’s unique people and places, as well as their impact on the country and the world.
New Exhibit: Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage Oct. 17 through March 6, 2016
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Tacoma Art Museum’s latest exhibition, “Art AIDS America,� is a weighty, somber and emotionally draining affair that sprawls through several of the museum’s gallery spaces. The show explores art made from 1981 to the present that deals with the AIDS epidemic that swept through the gay community in the 1980s and continues be a clear and present danger in our midst. The show is a project of TAM’s chief curator Rock Hushka and Jonathan D. Katz of the University at Buffalo. It took a decade of research and procurement to bring the show together. The premise of the exhibit is that the AIDS epidemic changed the trajectory of art in America by forcing influential artists away from a post modern malaise in which any kind of meaning in art was given over to the viewer. Having to deal with the coming of an incurable plague forced artists into making art that had deeply personal meaning. Some wrestle with their own mortality while others turned to vehement political activism in order to goad a moribund medical establishment and mute political leaders into taking action in dealing with the epidemic. The show consists of 125 works of art in all manner of media. It is divided up into thematic sections like “memento mori� (reminders of death), “grassroots activism� and “portraiture.� There are lovely works like a pair of flowery skulls in Tino Rodriguez’s “Eternal Lovers.� There are also disturbing images of people with AIDS and paintings that zero in
on the horrifying skin lesions that characterized the disease. Robert Sherer’s “Sweet Williams� looks like an innocent drawing of flowers cut and placed in a basket. The painting medium, however, is human blood. The cut flowers were done with HIV positive blood and the unpicked flowers are done with HIV negative blood. The show includes some sexually explicit images that make it not exactly family friendly. Given its subject matter, it is not a happy show in any case. The idea of a show devoted to the AIDS epidemic seems outdated. Why revisit one of the horrors of the 1980s? This show, however, reminds us that HIV/AIDS is still out there, with 1.2 million Americans living with the disease. The sense of urgency shown by AIDS activist groups like ACT UP is reflected today in places like the Black Lives Matter movement. The exhibition’s examination of how societies deal with the outbreak of a deadly disease continues to resonate. Consider that it was just a year ago that the nation was in the grip of a major scare over the spread of Ebola. The possibility of some new incurable plague is always out there. This exhibition is a sobering experience. The museum has provided a space where visitors can go to reflect upon what they have seen and to collect their thoughts. A number of events and talks are scheduled to coincide with the show until its Jan. 10 closing date. After that, the show will move on to Kennesaw State University in Georgia and then the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York. For more information visit www. TacomaArtMuseum.org.
It is one of science’s burning questions: Will the melting Arctic ice reveal a Northwest Passage – the very thing Captain Cook sought but never found? The foremost British explorer of the 18th century, Captain James Cook circumnavigated the globe twice before setting a course for the North Pacific. Mostly celebrated for his explorations of the South Pacific, Cook also braved the frozen Arctic searching for a northern route to Asia. Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage focuses on his journeys in the northeast Pacific during 1778 and 1779. Artifacts, art, and hands-on activities for visitors of all ages bring to life this exciting era in history – a time of bold discoveries made dangerous by uncharted waters, rocky coasts, and unrelenting ice. This exhibition examines the legacies of Cook’s northern voyage, including changes to indigenous life. Visitors learn about the intriguing issues at play in the North during Cook’s expedition that are still relevant today, including different nations’ claims to the region and its resources. OCT
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Drawing on her Siberian Yupik and Inupiaq ancestry, Alaskan artist Susie Silook explores Inuit stories and the important bond with Bering Sea mammals and environment through her works made of walrus ivory, whale bone, and wood.
Noon to 4 p.m. Carving Demonstration in People of the Adze
Come see artists at work as Earl Davis, Ken Waltman, and Brandt Ellingburg – the artists showcased in the stellar People of the Adze exhibit – work on an art piece and discuss their program and history in the exhibit space.
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‘M.I.C.’ EVENT GIVES STUDENTS INSIGHT INTO THE MUSIC BIZ By Ernest A. Jasmin
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Federal Way singer-songwriter Shyan Selah can only laugh when asked what sorts of things he wishes he’d known before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music in 1996. “Oh, my goodness. Where do I start?” Selah said. To dispel misconceptions many young and aspiring musicians have about the industry, Selah’s company, Brave New World Entertainment, has teamed up with Pacific Lutheran University for “MIC: Music Industry Careers,” a free mixer, concert and panel discussion set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the school’s Karen Hille Phillips Performing Arts Center. “A lot of people just think they can go buy a guitar and it just happens,” Selah said. “But you have to have a respect and a good understanding of the industry, and then you have to have qualified people who know what they’re doing – the lawyers, the agents and the managers. I can’t say enough how critical that is. Then you have to have a great talent and a great drive to see it through.” Selah was born Travis Henry, and before moving to Los Angeles, he was better known for his exploits on the grid iron, as a standout running back for Federal Way High School in the early ‘90s and later at Central Washington University. Since then, he has changed his name and built his reputation
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regionally, first as a rapper - releasing the full-length album, “Brave New World,” in 2008 - and more recently with his genreblurring band, Shyan Selah & The Republic of Sound. On Nov. 27, he’ll release a new live album called “Cafe Noir,” recorded while touring Starbucks stores around the coun-
try. “It’s really cool, man,” he said. “It’s a groove project. It’s got a lot of blues and early rock and old-school hip-hop tonality to it. It’s very intimate.” Performing and speaking with Selah on Oct. 20 is Seattle singer-songwriter Paula Boggs. Boggs formerly worked as general counsel for Starbucks but retired in 2012 to pursue music full time. She’ll perform songs from “Carnival of Miracles,” the latest album from her Paula Boggs Band. “She’s an incredible woman with an amazing story, and we’ve got a great friendship,” said Selah . “We thought it would be great with all of our diverse backgrounds to kind of come onto campus and share that process and not only perform, but go and engage in an interview about what the whole things has been about. I’m super excited for it.” The performers will also sit on a panel moderated by PLU composition lecturer, Jeff Leisawitz. “The event provides our students an opportunity to learn about the music industry from two people who are more than just performers,” PLU Associate Provost for Graduating Programs Geoff Foy said in a statement released in advance of the event. “Their community engagement intertwines beautifully with their passion and professional appreciation of music; and their stories resonate with the PLU mission.” The event is free and open to the general public, but attendees are asked to RSVP online at www.plu.edu/mic.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: TOBYMAC’S COMIN’ BACK You’re in luck if you missed TobyMac’s recent appearance at the Washington State Fair. The Christian rap act will be back in the area headlining Seattle’s KeyArena on March 10. The show is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start and tickets are on sale now with prices ranging from $13 to $65.50. Visit www.ticketmaster.com to learn more about these other upcoming shows except where otherwise indicated.
• Big Wheel Stunt Show: 8 p.m., Nov. 13, Jazzbones, $10; www.jazzbones. com.
• Russian Grand Ballet presents “Swan Lake”: 7 p.m., Oct. 15, Pantages Theater, $29 to $85; www.broadwaycenter.org.
• Ron White: 8:30 p.m., Nov. 20, Emerald Queen Casino, $40 to $95.
• Audra McDonald: 3 p.m., Oct. 25, Pantages Theater, $26 to $99; www.broadwaycenter.org. • Florence and the Machine with Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: 8 p.m., Oct. 27, KeyArena, Seattle, $26.50 to $66.50. • Rachel Lark: 8 p.m., Oct. 27, UPS – Commencement Hall, free. • Gritty City Sirens’ Halloween Costume Ball: 9 p.m., Oct. 31, Temple Theater, $20. • Godsmack with Red Sun Rising: 8 p.m., Nov. 3, Showare Center, Kent, $27.50 to $55; www. showarecenter.com. • Bobcat Goldthwait: 8 p.m., Nov. 5 to 7, 10:30 p.m., Nov. 6 and 7, $10 to $20; www.tacomacomedyclub. com.
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MEMPHIS BOUND. Doug Skoog and Brian Feist are two of the blues
artists slated to head to Memphis, Tenn. this coming January as part of the 32nd Annual International Blues Challenge. A fundraiser to send local talent to the competition takes place Nov. 1 at Jazzbones.
The South Sound Blues Association (SSBA) presents “Back to Beale Street Blues 2016,” a fundraiser, concert and dance to help send King Kom Beaux (Band Winner) and Doug Skoog/Brian Feist (Solo/Duo Act) to the 32nd Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. in January, 2016. The event will be held on Sunday, Nov. 1, 5-10 p.m. at Jazzbones, 2803 6th Ave. in Tacoma. In addition to the two adult groups, SSBA is also sending a youth blues band who are part of the Puget Sound Music for Youth Association, an affiliate of the SSBA. They will be performing in Memphis at the Youth Showcase. Donations for the Jazzbones event are $8 for Blues Association members, active and retired military, and $10 for non-members. Admittance for ages 14 and older is $5, and children under 14 are admitted free. Performing in order of appearance are: Doug Skoog and Brian Feist The Emerald City Blues Band, The Back to Beale Street Blues Jam Band with Preston MIller, Pete Marzano, Steve Blood, Neal Fallen and special guests and The CD Woodbury Band. King Kom Beaux will be closing the show.
LINEUP (Schedule subject to change without notice) 5-5:30 p.m. Doug Skoog and Brian Feist (2016 solo/duo entrant Memphis IBC) 6-6:45 p.m. Emerald City Blues Band. (PSMFYA Youth Showcase Memphis IBC 2016)
King Kom Beaux and Doug Skoog/ Brian Feist won the SSBA’s regional finals and will be representing the South Sound Blues Association at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, which will be held Jan. 26-30, 2016. Emerald City Blues Band members were selected by the Puget Sound Music for Youth Association from a group of kids that showed an interest in blues. The youth group will not be judged on their performance, but will have an opportunity to perform in front of industry professionals, including booking agents, festival buyers, record labels producers and fans from around the world. The Back to Beale Street Blues Jam Band will consist of musicians who have performed on Beale Street in past competitions. The International Blues Challenge in Memphis is the largest gathering of blues artists in the world. Groups from around the globe are chosen to represent their states and countries. Last year more than 250 acts competed on Beale Street. Twenty-nine other countries besides the United States were represented. Each contestant performs in front of an international panel of music industry professionals who judge the event. To learn more, visit www.blues. org/ibc.
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SUNDAY, OCT. 18 REAL ART TACOMA: The Holophonics, Natalie Wouldn’t, Be Like Max, It Gets Worse (ska, punk) 7 p.m., $10, AA
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B SHARP COFFEE: Creative Colloquy (spoken word) 7 p.m., NC, AA DAWSON’S: Heather Jones and the Groove Masters (R&B, soul) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Rockaroke (live band karaoke) 9 p.m., NC
TUESDAY, OCT. 20 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Stingy Brim Slim (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA
ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA B SHARP COFFEE: Peeled Bananas (comedy open mic) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Brian Feist and Doug Skoog (blues) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Diaz Mackie and Sean McBride (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC
DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, blues, jazz) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Way Back Wednesday with DJ Reign On, Indica Jones (DJ dance) 9 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 22 THE SWISS: Three for Silver (acoustic, experimental) 9 p.m., NC
CHARLEY’S: Blues jam with Richard Molina, 8 p.m., NC DAVE’S OF MILTON: Open jam, 8 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: Al Gord (jazz piano) 8:30 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Quinn Dahl (comedy) 8 p.m., $10-$14, 18+
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TW PICK: TACOMA POETRY FESTIVAL Fri., Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. (doors open 5:15); Sat., Oct 17 at 10 a.m. Tacoma Public Utilities Building, 3628 S. 35th St. Come and enjoy the first-ever Tacoma Poetry Festival featuring a reading with celebrated poet David Wagoner, past Tacoma Poets Laureate William Kupinse, Antonio Edwards, Jr., Josie Emmons-Turner and Lucas Smiraldo, as well as current Laureate Cathy Nguyen. Also on the bill: Chicago poet Nate Marshall, SPLAB founder Paul Nelson, and Tacoma poet and actress Emilie Rommel Shimkus. The show begins at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5:15. On Saturday, a day of workshops will be held with Poets of Catherine Place (including Pamela Reed and Kay Mullen), Kevin Miller, Tanya McDonald, Christopher Luna, and more. There will also be a book fair and an open mic. It all kicks off at 10 a.m. Find a full schedule and register online at www.thetacomapoetryfestival.com. You can also register in person at the event. ‘IN MY LIFE - A MUSICAL THEATER TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES’ Fri., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. Rialto Theatre, 310 S. Ninth St. “In My Life” – A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles’ is the award-winning, smashhit musical biography of the Beatles as seen through the eyes of their manager Brian Epstein. More than just a Beatles tribute concert, “In My Life” gives the audience a chance to “be there” at pivotal moments in the extraordinary career of the Beatles – from Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club, to the “Ed Sullivan Show,” Shea Stadium’s
50,000-plus screaming fans and their final live performance on the rooftop of their Apple Corp. offices. Price: $35-$65. Info: (253) 591-5894 PIERCE COLLEGE DIGITAL DESIGN: COLLECTED WORKS 2014-2015 Fri., Oct. 16, 8 p.m. Tahoma Center Gallery at Catholic Community Services, 1323 S Yakima Ave. A collection of works from students in the Digital Design program at Pierce College, this exhibit features photographs, illustrations and digital paintings from 30 current students and recent graduates. Price: Free. Info: (253) 502-2617
PLAY TO LEARN Fri., Oct. 16, 10 a.m. Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 South Tacoma Way Play to Learn is a program hosted by the Children’s Museum of Tacoma for children ages six and under and their adults, parents, grandparents, neighbors, family and friends. Price: Free. Info: (253) 383-3900 BLACK CAT FUN RUN Sat., Oct. 17, 7 p.m. Point Defiance Park, 5400 N. Pearl St. Grab your family and friends to run/walk a glowing Point Defiance Five Mile Drive in the dark. Wear your flashiest costume and bling while you enjoy glow sticks, zoo lights characters, strobe lights and more along the lighted roadway. Price: $25-$40. Info: (253) 305-1000 FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., Oct. 17, 8-9:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12115 Park Ave. S. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have experienced difficulties in life as a result of the way they used to eat. Through shared experience and mutual support, members help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. The program of recovery is based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Price: Free. Info: (206) 979-0866 RUMORS Sat., Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m. Pacific Lutheran University – Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 12180 Park Ave. S. At a large, tasteful townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of
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WORD: BEYOND THE BASICS Tues., Oct 20, 11 a.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. Learn how to create a customized brochure using the skills developed in Word: Intro to Word formatting. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304
New York has just shot himself. Though he suffers only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience an absurd sequence of events. As the confusions mount, the evening spins off into classic hilarity. Ages: All ages. Price: $8. Info: (253) 535-7411 BATTLE OF THE SEXES Sun., Oct. 18, 8-9:30 p.m. Tacoma Comedy Club, 933 Market St. Stand-up and improv collide to prove who is better once and for all: men or women? Price: $10-$14. Info: (253) 282-7203
WRY TOASTMASTERS CLUB Wed., Oct. 21, 7-8:30 p.m. Charles Wright Academy, 7723 Chambers Creek Rd. W. Do you want to become a confident public speaker and strong leader? If so, Toastmasters is the place for you. You’ll find a supportive learnby-doing environment that allows you to achieve your goals at your own pace. Price: Free. Info: (253) 460-4862
MEDITATION & MODERN BUDDHISM: WEEKLY CLASS Mon., Oct. 19, 7-8:30 p.m. Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1501 Pacific Ave. S. Meditation is becoming more popular, but people have many questions. How do we get a qualified practice started? How do we make use of our practice? What can meditation do for me? These are some of the most common questions. In our weekly class learn about meditation as explained in Buddhism but presented in a way that fits our modern, busy world. Price: $10. Info: (360) 754-7787
MAKING THE LINK Wed., Oct. 21, 11 a.m. STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St. Benefits to help older adults and individuals with disabilities. Price: Free. Info: (253) 404-3939 ARCTIC AMBITIONS: CAPTAIN COOK AND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE Thurs., Oct. 22, 10 a.m. Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave. This exhibit makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the earliest recorded history of the Northwest Coast of America and Alaska, and in addressing climate change in the Arctic in the context of the Northwest Passage demonstrates the relevance of that history to the present-day. Price: $11; $8 students, seniors & military. Info: (253) 272-3500
BANNED BOOK CLUB Tues., Oct. 20, 7 p.m. Doyle’s Public House, 208 St. Helens Ave. Banned Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every month at Doyle’s Public House meeting room. The group exclusively reads books that have been banned or challenged, usually at schools or school libraries. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-7468
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WITCHY WOMAN HOROSCOPES Christina Wheeler has been studying astrology for the past 22 years. She writes, creates, laughs too loud, and owns a store called The Nearsighted Narwhal in Tacoma, WA. If you ever want to chew the fat about astrology, contact her at tinathehyena@gmail.com. ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) You seem to be the pillar of strength that everyone needs right now. Any sloppiness of emotion, career move, or action simply will not do. You keep it all laced together tightly, because that is the most functional way to wear a shoe. Taking care of business is on the top of the to-do list and you’re not about to let anything get in the way of that. Cherish the fact that you have the strength to do this.
LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) You keep expecting life to be fair and it never fails to disappoint you in its detached dealings. If you can drop the expectation of a fair and balanced life that you’ve been idealizing since day one, you can appreciate life for the ups and downs that it offers. In the end, it all balances out. You can’t have the good without the bad. The sooner you realize that, the easier it will be to get through the bad.
TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Opportunity is knocking gently at your front door right now and – if you’re willing to put the elbow grease in – there could be great strides taken in the fields of education and travel for you. Boiling it all down until you see what evaporates and what remains is crucial right now. Once you get down to the things that really matter, you can prove to yourself just how much you’re truly capable of. And that’s a lot.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Since you already have the tendency to be the misunderstood loner, this week will try to hermit you further away than normal. Standing alone on the mountaintop provides for wonderful views, but it can be tiring if you have no one to share them with. Try to teach yourself to reach out and communicate your needs slowly and steadily. You can take baby steps right now to achieve this if you’re willing.
GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) There may be some heavy things you’re dealing with right now. Not that anyone knows, but there is fire and ice behind your eyes right now. You keep it all behind a serious facade and no one’s the wiser. In dealing coolly with your emotions, make sure that they’re actually being dealt with and not stuffed down to where no one can reach. Healthy compartmentalization is the name of the game.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) There may be some restructuring of your beliefs. An unexpected occurrence may have made your normally confident stride turn into a stumble, and now you’re trying to recover. Rethinking the ideas that we have firmly planted after they’ve been ripped out is how to keep the soil fertile. Replant a different thought crop and watch as your life starts to bloom in different ways.
CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) If you have grand expectations for your relationships right now, it’s because you know exactly how much potential they have. Keep your eyes on the prize, but at the same time don’t forget to nurture what you already have as you work toward a higher goal. Remember that when you do the work together, you don’t run the chance of isolating anyone and you strengthen your foundation. LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) There will be some serious effort put forth to take care of the little details and do the work that it takes to get your health and family back on track. You manage to effortlessly turn your attention off of your emotions and turn it onto a lofty goal that you’re quite capable of achieving right now. Sometimes our distractions are what keep us going and that just may be the case for you right now. Drive on. VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) There is some difficult work that needs to be done, either with your children or in a creative hobby. Your emotions are tied in heavily with this one and there is no one more able than you to roll up your sleeves and put the work in. Those that know you well know that you only work the hardest at the things you care about the most. Show your love for your family or your creativity by getting it done.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Emotions hit you in a way that you’re unprepared for and your cool exterior wears away and you show others how vulnerable and sensitive you really are. These can be either good or bad emotions, but just make sure to take the love that others pile on you right now. You need it. Being self-sufficient is fine but we are meant to be a pack and not a bunch of lone wolves. Please remember that. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) You put the work in to dig in to your subconscious and find those little gold nuggets that you thought you lost. You feel more than connected to the collective conscious and tiny moments of psychic ability may spring up. Feel yourself relax into the natural flow of life and the seasons and take as much happiness from feeling the dirt between your toes as you can. PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) Your focus is razor sharp and you have the greater good of humanity in your crosshairs. Even if it’s not on a large scale, you take the focus off of yourself and instead find it easier to put the work in to make someone else’s life better. In turn, your life is reinvigorated and the wheel just keeps on spinnin’. In that you find the greatest moral code to life: treat others the way you need to be treated. Use it well.
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NOTICES TO: MARJORIE BASBALLE In the Welfare of: B, T. DOB: 06/12/1998 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2015-0014
ABANDONED VEHICLE SALE Northwest Towing, at 2025 S 341st Pl, Federal Way on 10/19/2015. In compliance with the RCW46.55.130. at 2:00pm. Viewing of cars from 1:00-2:00pm. Registered Tow Number 5695. www.fifetowing.com TO: Lalaina Ancheta and William Comenout In the Welfare of: A-C, O. DOB: 11/01/2014 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0029 In the Welfare of: A-C, L DOB: 06/18/2012 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2013-0049 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Review Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Review Hearing on the 17th day of December, 2015 at 9:30 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint. TO: Lalaina Ancheta TO: William Comenout In the Welfare of: A-C, L DOB: 6/18/2012 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2015-0036 In the Welfare of: A-C, O DOB: 11/01/2014 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2015-0037 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 30th day of November, 2015 at 11:00 AM If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint. TO: ZELDA IKE-JOE In the Welfare of: W., N DOB: 09/01/2005 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2015-0028 In the Welfare of: I., N DOB: 03/02/2003 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2015-0029 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 14th day of December, 2015 at 10:30 am. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.
YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 30th day of November, 2015 at 9:00 AM If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint. NO. PUY-CS-FC-2015-0050 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON Washington State Foster Care Petitioner, v. Joslynn Gealdine Jones Respondent, The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court. In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing. If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition. This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act. NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for December 2, 2015 At 9:00 a.m. at the Puyallup Tribal Court. Dated October 1st, 2015 Camille N Gordon, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585 TO: PATRICK O. BARLET In the Welfare of: B Jr., P. DOB: 04/19/2015 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0043 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 10th day of December, 2015 at 10:00 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint. TO: JESSICA CAYOU In the Welfare of: B Jr., P DOB: 04/19/2015 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0043 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Adjudication Hearing on the 10th day of December, 2015 at 9:30 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.
NOTICES TO: JOAQUIN ANTIONE In the Welfare of: A, M. DOB: 07/29/1999 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0064 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Adjudication Hearing on the 21st day of January, 2016 at 9:30 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.
TO: FARRAH BRADLEY In the Welfare of: T, J. DOB: 12/29/2011 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0029 In the Welfare of: T, A. DOB: 12/10/2005 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0032 In the Welfare of: T II., H DOB: 08/10/2009 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0031 In the Welfare of: T, R. DOB: 08/20/2003 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0030 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Adjudication Hearing on the 25th day of January, 2016 at 1:30 PM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint. TO: Raul Sanchez Torres In the Welfare of: P.R.S DOB: 04/22/2000 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0091 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing on the 28th day of January, 2016 at 1:30p.m. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.
VOLUNTEERS WE NEED YOU AS A VOLUNTEER!!! WHAT: The concept is simple: stand up for immigrants by sitting down for a meal. Participating immigrant owned and immigrant allied restaurants donate (a minimum of) 25% of the days sales to more than 3,600 immigrants, refugees, and long-term residents benefiting from Tacoma Community House’s four core programs: education, employment, immigration, and advocacy (domestic violence). This year we are thrilled to have Bertrand Young of Aviateur and Russel Brunton of Indochine as our Co-Chair’s for FLAVOR 2015! WHEN: Thursday, October 22, 2015 WHERE: In the South Puget Sound region. Near your neighborhood, work, and/or school!
WE NEED YOUR HELP: We are in need of ambassadors to volunteer at participating restaurants. As an ambassador, you’ll work with the TCH staff and volunteers to help ensure that participating restaurants have our complete support before, during and immediately after the event. The tasks include: Attend a mandatory orientation/training the week of October 12th; Encouraging their family, co-workers and friends to dine at their favorite participating restaurant on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015; On the day of the event, ambassadors will greet patrons and thank them for participating in Flavor, or thank them if they do not know about Flavor/TCH, and then tell them a little about event and a brief overview of the agency. New this Year: An appreciation drawing for a wonderful prize (up to 13 volunteers) will take place after the event! If you are interested in volunteering as an ambassador or if you have any questions please contact our Volunteer Services Manager, Karen Thomas at kthomas@tacomacommunityhouse.org or call 253-383-3951.
Great Volunteer Opportunity Make friends, have fun and help seniors with simple tasks. You’ll make a big difference by helping people maintain their independence. This is volunteering, not caregiving. Volunteers must be 55 or older, low income, serve 15 hrs/wk and live in Pierce or Kitsap Counties. Drivers are especially needed. Benefits include hourly tax-free stipend and mileage reimbursement. For information call Julie at Lutheran Community Services, Senior Companion Volunteer Program, (253) 722-5686.
Smile Looking for volunteers who want to share the passion of reading with a struggling reader! All-Star Readers is held Monday and Wednesdays 3:45-5:00 at Arlington Elementary School now through mid-June. Contact Lori Ann Reeder, Program Manager at lreeder@tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253-571-1139 for specifics and to get started.
Build Success Many middle school students need your help with math homework and preparing for tests and quizzes in our after school program on Tuesdays at Baker Middle School. Be a part of their successful transition to high school by helping them with
math now. Please contact Jenna Aynes at jaynes@ tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253-571-5053 or Lori Ann Reeder lreeder@tacoma. k12.wa.us or 253-5711139 for specifics.
Build a Brighter Future. Help a Student Read Dedication and tireless efforts are making a difference in our community. Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 2nd grade readers or to assist in the Homework Club at Fern Hill Elementary School on Wednesdays from 4-5 PM. Please contact Judy Merritt @ 571-3873 or jmerrit@tacoma.k12.wa.us for specific information.
Help Students Graduate. The process of grooming kids for success can act as a powerful deterrent to dropping out of high school. Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 912 grade at Oakland High School. Students need assistance in Algebra, Basic Math and English Monday - Friday. Volunteers must be consistent, reliable and willing to share their knowledge in one of the above areas weekly. Please contact Leigh Butler @ 571-5136 or lbutler@tacoma.k12.wa.us for more information.
A Student Needs You. The process of grooming kids for success can act as a powerful deterrent to dropping out of high school. Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 9-12 grade at Foss High School. Students need assistance in Algebra, English, Geometry and Trigonometry on Monday and/or Wednesdays. Volunteers must be consistent, reliable and willing to share their knowledge in one of the above areas weekly. Please contact Tiffynee Terry-Thomas @ 571-7380 or xx for details.
Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care Needs Volunteers Looking to have a positive impact on your community this year? Invest a few hours per week to support our patients and families. Read a book, listen to life stories, give caregivers a few hours to rest and renew. Apply your listening skills and compassion in a meaningful role as a Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care volunteer. Comprehensive training and on-going support are provided. Join our caring and professional team to change lives-especially your own. Training starts soon. Call 1—855—534—7050 to learn more or log onto www. chifranciscan.org and click on Hospice and Palliative Care under “Our Services”
Food Bank We are a local food bank on the east side of Tacoma, WA and are powered strictly by volunteers. We provide much needed food and other basic household items to people in need on a weekly basis. Being a volunteer driven organization we are always looking for good people who are interested in donating a few hours of their lives helping make the lives of someone else a little better. Donate as much or as little of your time you want for a wide variety of tasks, there is always plenty to do. If you are looking for a way to be part of something bigger and give a little much needed help to the local community then contact us and we’ll get you started. Please join us in helping to spread a little holiday cheer. Contact Enzi 253-212-2778.
PAWS NEEDS WILDLIFE VOLUNTEERS PAWS in Lynnwood is looking for volunteers to help care for wildlife. Every year, PAWS cares for more than 3,000 injured, orphaned or abandoned wildlife. Join the team and you can help feed and care for these remarkable animals. It’s a remarkable experience you won’t find anywhere else! For any questions please contact Mark Coleman, Communications Manager, at 425787-2500 x 817.
Help furnish hope to those in need! NW Furniture Bank Volunteers needed. “NWFB helps restore hope, dignity and stability in our community by recycling donated furniture to people in need.” Tuesday-Saturday Truck Volunteers Needed9:00 am-2:00 pm. Truck volunteers ride along in the truck, deliver furniture to clients and make residential and corporate pickups; they are an essential part of the NWFB Team. To volunteer contact us at info@ nwfurniturebank.org or call 253-302-3868.
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35412 88th Ave S, Roy, WA 98580 11.15 AC Land $500.000
3 Beds, 1¾ Bath, 1855 SqFt. Beautiful turn of the century Dutch Colonial home completely updated with character galore. Hardwood floors, foyer, banister staircase, large living & dining rooms, high ceilings, large remodeled kitchen, separate utility rm, 3 bedrooms up w/loft for possible 4th bedroom. Updated electrical & plumbing, new windows, tank less water heater, heat pump, insulated floors, oversized bathtub, security system. Fully fenced back yard w/large deck, sprinkler system, 2 car garage w/ upgraded electrical. MLS # 730787 $179,000
11.3 acres located on SR706 off of 506 high traffic count, across from Strip Mall, and a variety of services and businesses. Zoned RAC commercial and industrial businesses that provide goods, services, employment, group homes, and senior housing. Corner of SR 702 and 88th Ave.
Sergio Hernandez Better Properties University Place/Fircrest (253) 431-2308 Sergio@betterproperties.com
Sergio Hernandez Better Properties University Place/Fircrest (253) 431-2308 Sergio@betterproperties.com
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NOW LEASING/FOR SALE 4008 S. Pine
14624 51st Av Ct NW, Gig Harbor
2700 SQ. FT. Completely remodeled w/over 200k in high end upgrades. 7 offices, private exits, shared executive conference room, kitchen w/dining area, lots of storage, and 15 parking stalls. One office could be used as apartment for out of state clients. ADA Accessible. Mall & 38th Street Exit.
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Sergio Hernandez, Better Properties University Place/Fircrest (253) 431-2308
Sergio@betterproperties.com
1,648 SF W/ side by side units- 2 bed, 1 bath each, both w/ separate decks, laundry facilities, & individual garages this is the rental for you. HUGE lot- 3.81 acres with a pond, a creek and possible marketable timber-enjoy the private, secluded feel while being super close to civilization. Rent rates are lower than market value, so financial info is low. Rents could/should be closer to $900, currently rented for $675 per side, seller has lowered the rents as a perk for his tenants staying so long. MLS# 780554 $234,950
Shannon, Agent Extraordinaire Better Properties 253-691-1800 shannonsells@hotmail.com
12706 Pacific Hwy SW. Lakewood WA 98499 $120,000 This is a commercial raw land the seller will lease or sale the property can be fenced completely for someone to store equipment or ??. 6000 Sq/Ft, .14 Acres commercial property tucked away between commercial vacant land. Abutting the Sound Transit RR. Pacific Hwy has a high traffic count. Close to all services and freeway. Seller will look at leasing the land and possibly fencing the perimeter. Owner contract terms available.
Sergio Hernandez Better Properties University Place/Fircrest (253) 431-2308 Sergio@betterproperties.com
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COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR SALE/LEASE NON-FRANCHISE, VERY SUCCESSFUL & VERY PROFITABLE COFFEE SHOP CAFE FOR SALE. $125,000 with $75,000 down, owner’s contract. OFFICE BUILDING WITH 6 SUITES, Close to Wright’s Park, ideal for Attorneys or Professional use. Asking Price $510,000, Terms. Suites are also available for Lease. price reduction
LONGTIME ESTABLISHED POPULAR RESTR./LOUNGE Business for sale. $149,000 & size, 4,100 sq. ft. Huge reduction
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PORT ORCHARD, DOWNTOWN Food & Beverage, annual gross sales, approx. $1,300,000, excellent net. Owner selling the business for $250,000. Estate Sale, Price Negotiable. price reduction SAME OWNER: BARTENDING ACADEMY OF TACOMA, Since 1959, Very profitable, Training provided. VERY PROFITABLE GROCERY STORE/DELI/BAKERY/MEAT MARKET. La Huerta International Market #2 at 5605A Pacific Ave.Business For Sale, $259,950, Annual Gross Sales $1,400,000, Seller Financing. price reduction
RICHARD PICTON or ED PUNCHAK
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