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elebrate National Walking Day by attending the free Walk Tacoma Kick-off in Wright Park on Wednesday, April 1 at noon, with Downtown On the Go and the American Heart Association, in partnership with Metro Parks. This event will kick-off the 2015 Walk Tacoma series sponsored by CHI Franciscan Health and the Walk Around the World campaign. The first 250 walk participants will receive a swag bag. The Walk Tacoma Kick-off, spon-
“Walk Tacoma does two things – it gets people outside walking and they learn about their community through guided-walking themes such as history, museums, breweries and others.” – CHI Franciscan Health Senior Vice President of Mission Dianna Kielian sored by Midtown Lofts, is a free, 1.5mile history walk through Wright Park
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former Tacoma Mayor; and Derek Young, Exit 133. Participants will walk with all three leaders and learn about the history of Wright Park, residential complexes adjacent to the park, and Stadium High School. The walk will begin at the south side of Wright Park by the lion sculptures at noon. Walkers can visit booths from 11:30 a.m. until noon to learn more about healthy lifestyles, healthy commutes, and other walking events. All Walk Tacoma u See WALK TACOMA / page A4
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Hall. She works 40 hours a week, plus mandatory overtime. She also not only hasn’t had a paycheck since 2011, but added a second mortgage to her house to start the business and cashed out her retirement to keep the café open. “That was a huge sacrifice because it isn’t just my retirement, but my husband’s too,” she said, noting that their combined income is at the lower end of
Fife City Council has approved a document titled “Third Limited Modification to the Puyallup Tribal Land Claims Settlement of 1988.” The document, proposed by the Tribe and supported by all the local governments who are parties to the settlement, clears up confusion that was created by the Washington Attorney General’s Office about one section of the settlement. The document does not change the terms of the settlement but instead clarifies what the parties intended when they negotiated the settlement. The Limited Modification – approved over the opposition of Councilmember Barry Johnson’s lone “no” vote – explains that the original language of one section of the settlement “does not grant to the state or local governments any authority beyond that which federal law otherwise recognizes.” The original wording of that section indicated that those governments kept the jurisdiction they had before.
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Small business owners have a halfjoking saying that the lowest paid employee is the one who signs the paychecks. They are the CEO and bottlewasher, the adage goes. Kris Blondin lives that saying. She owns Stink - Cheese and Meat, a wine and cheese café in the shadow of City VOTE ONLINE
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he community minded merchants at the Westgate Shopping Center on North Pearl Street have come together with Tacoma/Pierce County Crime Stoppers to sponsor a big Easter egg hunt in the parking lot on April 4 at 10 a.m. Families are warmly invited to come and take part in this fun event and take advantage of specials many of the Westgate merchants will have
going on that day. “We’re excited about this. The Westgate Shopping Center is a great area and we want people to come over who haven’t been here before,� said Joe Stortini, owner of Joeseppi’s Italian Restorante at Westgate. He said the merchants are expecting anywhere from 400-500 people for the Easter event, which will include prizes and three separate egg hunts for kids in age brackets 1-5 years old, 6-9 years old and 10-12 years old.
Bulletin Board TACOMA TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH The City of Tacoma is partnering with Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) and the University of Washington–Tacoma to host an awards ceremony, film and discussion on March 28 in recognition of National Women’s History Month. The event, which will include a light lunch, will be at William Philip Hall (1918 Pacific Ave.) on the University of Washington – Tacoma’s campus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will include an award presentation by Council Member Victoria Woodards followed by the screening of the film “The Long Night,� presented by BEST. “The Long Night� is a feature documentary film that gives voice and meaning to the crisis of minors who are forced and coerced into the American sex trade. Discretion is advised due to the adult content nature of this film. Persons under the age of 18 will not be permitted. For more information, visit thelongnightmovie.com. If you have questions or for more information, contact Genesis Gavino at genesis.gavino@cityoftacoma.org. Following the screening, a community discussion will be moderated by the film’s director Tim Matsui. The panel will include trafficking experts from the fields of criminal justice, law enforcement and human services.
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Tacoma has a tremendous pothole problem, and the city knows it. During the past couple of years, the city has acknowledged this issue by spending millions of dollars in major arterial repairs with the council’s “pothole initiative.� in 2010, routine maintenance by Tacoma’s Grounds and Maintenance Division completed street repairs on 229,638 square feet of road. In 2011, the city repaired about 150,000 more square feet of roads riddled with holes, and continued those efforts in 2012. While that may sound like a lot of ground, new holes pop up – or return – each and every day, which means a pothole-free road might never exist in Tacoma. With the help of our readers and our dedicated Pothole Pig, we will continue to showcase some of the city’s biggest and best potholes through our weekly homage to one of T-Town’s most unnerving attributes. Help the Pothole Pig by e-mailing your worst pothole suggestions to SaveOurStreets@tacomaweekly.com. Potholes in need of repair can be reported to the City of Tacoma by calling (253) 591-5495.
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LET THE CHALK OFFS BEGIN Come chalk the sidewalks at the first Frost Park Chalk Off of 2015. The first weekly chalk drawing competition of its eighth year, this week’s prize will be a $20 gift certificate to Tacoma’s very own Destiny City Comics! As sponsors for the week, Destiny City Comics has suggested the theme of “Destiny City Superhero.� The Frost Park Chalk Off takes place every Friday, April through the end of October, from noon to 1 p.m. at Frost Park, on South 9th and Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. People of all ages and all levels of chalk experience are welcome to come enjoy the art, the community, and the Tacoma spirit that Frost Park embodies. Don’t feel confident drawing? Don’t worry – you don’t have to draw if you don’t want; you can watch and chat with everybody, if you prefer. There will be free community chalk available for those without chalk of their own. If you have particular colors you want to use, though, bring them with you. URBAN HIKE: DISCOVER DOMETOP ON FOOT The public is invited to a community walk through Tacoma’s Dometop neighborhood on Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to Noon, beginning at McKinley Park (600 Upper Park St.). The 2.3-mile community tour will be led in part by Council Member Marty Campbell, Metro Parks Tacoma, Rogers Park Community Garden Leaders with support from Harvest Pierce County and the Healthy Homes, Healthy Neighborhoods program. Dometop is an eastside community set upon McKinley Hill and is graced with parks, a community garden, some of the best views of Downtown Tacoma and many more areas of interest. Join this free event, rain or shine, and learn more about this hidden gem. Free water bottles will be distributed to the first 50 attendees and light refreshments will be provided. For more information, visit the Urban Hike: Discovering Dometop on Foot� Facebook event page. This event is presented by the City of Tacoma’s Healthy Homes, Healthy Neighborhoods program, an initiative of the Office of Environmental Policy and Sustainability, in coordination with multiple community partners. HIGH DEMAND REFLECTS DESIRE FOR MORE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICES On Saturday, March 21, over 200 families entered SOAR Academy’s lottery hoping to enroll their child(ren) in Tacoma’s first homegrown public charter school for K–8th grade. SOAR’s application period started Oct. 1, 2014 and
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ended with a deadline of 5 p.m. on March 15, 2015. With 62 spots for kindergarten and 62 spots for first grade, SOAR Academy, as required by Washington state law, selected students through a random, public lottery held at 9 a.m. on March 21, to ensure fairness for available seats. SOAR was the first South Puget Sound public charter school to hold a lottery. Students whose names were drawn will make up SOAR Academy’s founding classes of Kindergarten and First Grade for the 2015-2016 school year. “We are excited and humbled at the strong, positive response in our school as well as for Summit and Green Dot. Tacoma and Pierce County families are leaping at the opportunity to choose learning environments that best suit their child’s needs. That’s what this is all about – excellent caliber school choice! We at SOAR just want to say ‘thank you’ to the families of Tacoma and Pierce County for trusting us with their most prized possessions. We look forward to welcoming our founding families and students this fall,� said Kristina Bellamy-McClain, SOAR Founder and CEO. Families who were not chosen through the lottery were given a spot on a waitlist through a random drawing after the lottery. With a robust waitlist and a diverse population of enrolled families, SOAR continues to move steadily towards its first year of operation. “The Washington State Charter School Commission is happy and excited at the strong family and community interest in SOAR Academy. We congratulate SOAR on its historic day and look forward to continued support of SOAR as it readies to open this fall,� said Joshua Halsey, Executive Director of the Washington Charter School Commission. Set to open its doors on Aug. 17 for the first day of school, SOAR Academy staff is eager to serve its enrolled students in gaining a new experience in learning. SOAR Academy is a free public charter school, operated by a 501c3, serving K-8th-grade students. Located in Tacoma’s Hilltop Neighborhood, SOAR offers an integrative arts curriculum, a longer school year and extended school days where all learners are provided with a highly rigorous, engaging and personalized education. SOAR aims to transform the educational experience for all learners to prepare them for success in high school, college and beyond.
VENDOR APPS AVAILABLE FOR HILLTOP STREET FAIR Vendor applications are now being accepted for the annual Tacoma Hilltop Street Fair, to be held Aug. 22 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Last year’s event attracted over 5,000 fair goers with great food, live entertainment, art, crafts, public health information, retail shopping, community organizations, kids’ activities, the Buffalo Soldiers, and more. The 2015 Tacoma Hilltop Street Fair expands the street footprint to allow for a greater number of performances, displays, booths and food vendors. Download your application at www.hilltopstreetfair.com. Email: vendors@hilltopstreetfair.com. Applications for performance artists will be available on April 1. VENDORS NEEDED FOR OUT IN THE PARK Vendor registration is now open for Tacoma’s largest LGBTQA Pride event. Registration is available online: http://tacomapride.org/vendorbooth-applications or via paper application. Paper applications can be obtained by emailing the Rainbow Center’s Event Coordinator, Lisa Fruichantie at lisaf@rainbowcntr.org or call (253) 3832318. Additionally, Tacoma Pride Festival sponsorship opportunities are still available. If your business or organization is interested, we have sponsorship levels from $10,000$253. And, if you sponsor at the $500 level or up, your OITP booth is free. Plus you get lots of great sponsor benefits. Sponsorship information can be found at http:// tacomapride.org/sponsorship. Please note, the set up of the booths has changed this year, especially to make sure that everyone has the best attendee visibility. Booth spaces are limited, so register early. see More bulletin board iteMs at tacoMaweekly.coM
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POLICE NEED HELP FINDING HOMICIDE SUSPECT By David Rose
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Pierce County Sheriff ’s detectives need your help to locate homicide suspect Eric Contreras. A felony warrant has been issued for Contreras’ arrest for murder in the 1st DAVID ROSE degree. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, victim Victor Zaldivar was shot and killed after attending a birthday party at a house on 40th Avenue East in Tacoma. Detectives learned that several uninvited guests arrived at the party and had a dispute with the victim and his friends when they
were told to leave. The uninvited guests walked away from the party, then later ambushed and shot the victim when he left the party. Detectives have identified the shooter as Eric Contreras and a warrant was issued for his arrest. A handgun was used by Contreras in the shooting, which has not been recovered; Contreras should be considered armed and dangerous. Eric Contreras is an Hispanic male, 22 years old, 5’6� tall, 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He is known to frequent Tacoma and Lakewood. Receive up to $1,000 dollars for information leading to the arrest and charges filed for the person in this case. Call (253)591-5959. All callers will remain anonymous.
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Metro Parks Tacoma is offering spring break camps during two spring break weeks at three locations: Titlow Park, Center at Norpoint and STAR Center Day camps are being held the week of March 30-April 3. These camps offer daylong fun for children ages 6-12 during spring break week. Enjoy recreational activities, arts and crafts projects, games, fun and friendship. Day camper special: add-on Sports Skills camps for only $25, 1-3 p.m. daily. See sports camp details below. Titlow Lodge: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; only $139/week or single day option $35; Center at Norpoint: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; only $139/week or single day option $35. Sports Camp Details: Held 1-3 p.m. daily for ages 6-12. Improve your game by focusing on skill development. Camp includes instruction, games and lots of fun active participation. Soccer at Titlow Lodge: Tacoma Resident $69; Non-Resident $75; Basketball at Center at Norpoint: Center Card $69; Resident $69; Non-Resident $75. Specialty camps are also offered. Bricks4Kidz Mining & Crafting 2 is for ages 5-12. Campers will bring their virtual designs to life by building new mob figures, mosaics, and custom models, incorporating LEGO bricks. Campers will craft shelters, mobs, critters and
Pierce County roadsides will get their annual makeover this spring and summer. An initial application of herbicides to combat weeds along road shoulders will start March 30, and continue through June. Targeted noxious weeds and brush control applications will occur through the end of November as needed. Only federal- and state-approved herbicides are used. Workers will also mow, cut brush and trim trees along roads during the spring and summer. The work, which will be carried out weather permitting, is part of Pierce County’s integrated roadside vegetation management program. Property owners who do not want roadsides adjacent to their properties sprayed can sign an “Owner Will Maintain� agreement with Pierce County. Under this agreement, the property owner agrees to maintain the vegetation. If the property owner fails to perform as required, the maintenance of the right-of-way reverts to the county. The agreement must be renewed each March. The owner must display a sign indicating their participation in the program prior to the application of herbicides. Agreement applications and signs are available at the Central Maintenance Facility, 4812 196th St. E. in Spanaway, and by appointment at the West County Maintenance Facility, 13209 Goodnough Dr. in Gig Harbor. Call (253) 7986000 for an appointment. More information can be found at www.piercecountywa.org/ownermaintain or by calling (253) 798-6000.
tools using LEGO bricks. All campers will take home a T-shirt, mini-figure and daily craft. Camp takes place at STAR Center, 9 a.m. to noon. STAR Pass $140; Tacoma resident $168; nonresident $184. Bricks4Kidz Comic Book Creator is for ages 5-12. Explore comic book design as you create your personalized characters, develop story lines and incorporate pictures of actual sets with LEGO bricks. Takes place at STAR Center, 1-4 p.m. STAR Pass $140; Tacoma resident $168; non-resident $184. Day camps are also offered during the week of April 6-April 10. These provide daylong fun for children ages 6-12 during spring break week. Enjoy recreational activities, arts and crafts projects, games, fun and friendship. Day camper special: add-on Sports Skills camps for only $25, 1-3 p.m. daily. See sports camp details below. Day camps take place at Center at Norpoint, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; only $139/week or single day option $35. Sports camp is held 1-3 p.m. daily for ages 6-12. Improve your game by focusing on skill development. Camp includes instruction, games and lots of fun active participation. Basketball at Center at Norpoint: Center Card $69; resident $69; non-resident $75. Get more information at www. metroparks.com.
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One Bellarmine Prep Lion is likely going to get a stern talking to by his parents after he was arrested for trying to shoplift $5 worth of hair bands from a department store along the 1900 block of Union Avenue on March 19. The store’s in-house security specialists had observed the boy put the hair bands into his pocket before going to a cash register to pay for a drink but not the hair bands. He was detained when he left the store. A search of his backpack uncovered a file often used to clean drug pipes and a bag of leafy material, “which I again, I recognized from my 33+ years of experience as suspected marijuana,� the arresting officer wrote. The boy said the drugs were not his but could not explain how a mysterious person could have put the drugs and drug pipes into his bag without him knowing about it, before he headed into the store to knowingly shoplift the hair bands. “Maybe a friend put it there,� he said, noting that his parents test him for drugs, so he doesn’t take them. He was taken to Remann Hall after several attempts to reach his parents. The officer noted that the boy “was very cooperative during the entire arrest and was very apologetic for the incident.� Of course, pot smokers turned unaware drug mules who get caught shoplifting $5 worth of hair bands from a chain store generally are rather pleasant. Written by Steve Dunkelberger
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Bodenhamer joined the USGA as senior managing director of rules, competitions and equipment standards in June 2011. In this role, he oversees the competition side of the USGA’s national championships, as well as its Rules of Golf and Amateur Status programs. Previously, Bodenhamer served in a number of golf leadership positions, including as CEO and executive director of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association, CEO and executive director of the Washington State Golf Association and executive director of the Pacific Coast Golf Association. Popich is the medical director and team physician for the Tacoma Rainiers and an orthopedic consultant for the Seattle Mariners. As a member of the Olympic Sports Medicine Society, Popich also provides care for U.S. Olympic teams and athletes and works closely with high school, college and club teams. He offers a range of adult and adolescent orthopedic services at MultiCare Orthopedics & Sports Medicine-Allenmore, specializing in treating conditions of the shoulder and knee. Popich is a graduate of the UW School of Medicine.
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The Limited Modification clarifies what it was that they kept. Fife City Council wanted to adopt the Limited Modification, while the city and the Tribe approved a side agreement between those two parties. But since that agreement was not quite ready to be finalized, it was removed from the council’s agenda as the two parties continue to work on it. The passage of the Limited Modification without the side agreement was presented as a gesture of good faith by Fife City Council to its largest resident and partner as talks on government services continue. The Limited Modification has already been approved by the other local governments who are parties to the Land Claims Settlement and is awaiting the signature of the governor, something he has agreed he will do. “We were the last ones,” Fife City Manager Subir Mukerjee said. There is no date set on the final adoption of the government services agreement, which outlines a host of government-togovernment understandings. “We need to set up operational standards as we do business,” Mukerjee said.
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he Tacoma Arts Commission has awarded $255,000 to nine Tacoma-based arts organizations through its Arts Anchor Fund program, and $40,000 to 16 Tacoma artists through its Tacoma Artists Initiative Program. The Arts Anchor Fund program awards range in value from $20,000 to $40,000 each, and the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program awards are $2,500 each. Funding for both programs is for the 2015-16 biennium.“Supporting a diverse group of local artists and arts organizations helps build a creative community,” said Tacoma Arts Commission Chair Traci Kelly. “Funding the arts at multiple levels means our city gives everyone opportunities for meaningful engagement and expression.” The 2015-2016 Arts Anchor Fund program award recipients are: Hilltop Artists, Museum of Glass, Northwest Sinfonietta, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Tacoma Opera, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, Tacoma
Youth Symphony Association and The Grand Cinema. In 2014, these nine organizations served 500,654 people, provided free admission to 124,209 people, and generated an estimated $9.55 million for the local economy. The Tacoma Arts Commission established the Arts Anchor Fund program in 1995 to provide financial support to major local not-for-profit arts organizations that significantly improve the quality of life for Tacoma. These arts organizations serve Tacoma’s community through regularly scheduled performances, exhibits and events, and school and outreach programs. The 2015-2016 Tacoma Artists Initiative Program funded artists are: Saign Charlestein, Jennifer Chushcoff, Matthew Coté, Kristin Giordano, Michael Haeflinger, Whitney Henry-Lester, Christopher Jordan, Jeremy Mangan, Janet Marcavage, Tim Norris, Chandler O’Leary, Isaac Olsen, Nichole Rathburn, Holly Senn, Emilie Shimkus and Gregory Youtz.
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tory, museums, breweries and others,” said CHI Franciscan Health Senior Vice President of Mission Dianna Kielian. National Walking Day will also kick-off the community-wide effort to Walk Around the World, a 24,859 mile challenge. Participants will be encouraged to walk for both health and transportation, and log their walks on
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Funded Tacoma Artists Initiative Program projects include a spoken word album and poetry reading; a podcast series exploring varying perspectives on Tacoma; production of a series of short films showcasing poetry; performance and recording of instrumental and vocal songs; production of a book of poetry and photographs; and the creation and exhibition of two- and three-dimensional visual art including metal art, photography, mixed media, paintings, printmaking, illustrations, and textile and paper sculptures. The Tacoma Artists Initiative Program was established in 1999 to assist artists with the generation of new work, and to share their talent with the public in a free and accessible format. The Arts Anchor Fund program and Tacoma Artists Initiative Program are two of three funding programs administered by the Tacoma Arts Commission. For a complete listing of funding programs and information about the Tacoma Arts Commission, visit cityoftacoma.org/arts.
the Trip Calendar at PierceTrips.com to earn prizes and be a part of the community program. Walk Tacoma 2015, sponsored by CHI Franciscan Health, is a nine event walking series held on the first and third Wednesdays, from April through August. The fun, themed walks, now in their sixth year, encourage people to enjoy downtown on foot by introduce new walking routes, and sharing infor-
mation about the community and its history through the guided tours. The walks are scheduled at the lunch hour and just after work to encourage downtown employees to walk during their workday, whether it is to and from work or at a lunch break. For more information on the full Walk Tacoma Series or Walk Around the World, visit www.downtownonthego. org or find us on Facebook or Twitter.
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the county average family income. “I swore I would never do it again after the first time,� she said, noting that she opened a wine shop, Vin Grotto, in 2003 and sold it in 2007 before opening Stink. “But once the restaurant business is in your blood, there is not a lot you can do. I really don’t have a life outside of this place.� Her days are spent placing orders, picking up produce, wiping tables, paying bills, crunching numbers to make payroll for her five employees and to find funding options for future expansion plans, like seeking a liquor license to offer more than wine and beer. “No one does this for the money,� she said. “People don’t understand that. This is the most challenging – physically and psychologically – industry you can be in.� Much like actors resign to a life of struggle between gigs, restaurateurs serve food out of an inner calling as well as an odds defying risk to pull success out of statistical failure – three in four restaurants fail shortly within three years of opening their doors. Many Tacoma restaurant owners fear more
closed doors if the effort to raise the minimum wage in the city gains enough signatures for the November ballot and is approved by voters. The ballot measure would require all businesses operating within Tacoma to offer their employees at least $15 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2016. There is no exemption for bartenders or servers who make most of their income not from the hourly wage but from the tips they generate during their shifts. Tacoma’s $15 Now signature drive comes after Seattle passed a $15 minimum wage law, but that one is being phased into effect over seven years, while Tacoma’s petition would mean a jump from $9.47 an hour to $15 literally overnight. Unlike Seattle’s law, it makes no concessions for tip earners or business size. The group has been gathering signatures since January and has a deadline of May 20 to make the November ballot. If approved by voters, the minimum wage would jump from the current $9.47 per hour to $15 two months later. If it fails, the wage would increase to about $9.75, since state law ties annual increases to the rate of inflation. That dramatic shift in an already small-margin industry would cause restaurant owners to make some tough
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radical proposal. It is $15 an hour off the bat, no exceptions,� he said. “It would be a desert maker.� The Tacoma ballot measure would impact every workplace with gross earnings over $300,000 a year. The minimum wage would also be increased every year based on the Puget Sound rate of inflation, which is largely set by inflation rates in Seattle. Local restaurants are pondering ways to tell their stories about what a jump in the minimum wage to $15 would mean for their businesses and their workers. They are also trying to battle the misconception that small business owners are all wealthy food moguls who sit on piles of cash. “People have a lack of understanding,� Anthony said. Muddying the debate is a rash of conflicting studies and reports about what a minimum wage change means for businesses and employees. Media coverage by some Seattle outlets, for example, reviewed the state of restaurants after its phased-in plan went into affect mentioned a rash of closures, but other media outlets conclude the reasons behind those closures rarely included the wage hike. “Wage facts� are also difficult to come by since many governmental studies example changes to the federal minimum wage, which
at $7.25 is half of Tacoma’s proposal. What is true is that Washington’s minimum wage of $9.47 an hour, or $19,697.60 a year, is the highest of any state. A $15-per-hour wage comes to $31,200 a year. Whatever the wage change in January, businesses will also have to find ways to fund three days of sick leave per employee, after the City Council approved the mandate earlier this year. The sick leave law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2016, the same day as the minimum wage hike. Washington lawmakers are also pondering a change to the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour, which would be phased in over four years. A group of small businesses owners has been gathering to discuss both the local petition effort and the statewide option, which they prefer for several reasons. Chief among them is that the changes are phased over time rather than in one swoop and that it would affect every business in the
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IT’S TIME TO REFORM THE FORMULA FOR FUNDING CLASSROOMS By Sen. Karen Keiser
With more than a million children in our public schools, many of our school districts are struggling with overcrowded classrooms, growing student populations and aging school buildings. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction estimates that across our state we need more than 10,000 new classrooms, and nearly 75 percent of them would be for kindergarten through third grade. A growing body of evidence shows that K-3 students learn better in smaller classes. When we funded all-day kindergarten and voters passed Initiative 1351 to reduce overcrowding, most folks didn’t consider the pressure it would create for additional classrooms. But adding classrooms is more complicated than just parking a few more portables in the school yard. And we need to find a way to pay for the additional classrooms. Our state’s formula for determining school space needs dates back to the Eisenhower era, and it hasn’t changed much over the years. Our current SCAP – School Construction Assistance Program – is based on several faulty elements, including unrealistic squarefootage-per-student allocations, unrealistic construction costs, and a state funding match dependent on passage of a super-majority bond measure. Clearly, we need to “reform the formula.� My solution, Senate Bill 6080, calls for a temporary six-year program to address our schools’ most pressing needs – a Super SCAP, if you will. Today, for example, wealthier
“Clearly, we need to ‘reform the formula.’ My solution, Senate Bill 6080, calls for a temporary six-year program to address our schools’ most pressing needs – a Super School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP), if you will.� districts are able to support additional school facilities while poorer districts, especially those experiencing rapid growth, are left out. My new Super SCAP approach would include, for the first time, a poverty rate increment in the state matching formula. Districts with higher rates of students with free and reduced-cost lunches would receive a higher match than districts with lower poverty rates. The old formula is only pegged to property values, not poverty rates, and does not reflect the actual needs of the students. This first step would also allow school districts to decide if they needed to build an entire new school or to simply add just a couple of classrooms to an existing school. Under Super SCAP, the use of modern modular and durable portables would, for the first time, be eligible for state matching funds. The best way to tackle a challenge
of this scope is with fully thought-out steps. Super SCAP’s temporary capital grant program would build 2,200 additional classrooms over a six-year period at a cost of $240 a biennium – a reasonable approach. It is well under our debt limit and preserves our state’s triple A bond rating. As an addition to our usual SCAP program, it adds real capacity for our schools and helps our kids escape crowded K-3 classrooms. As Ben Franklin famously observed, “An investment in knowledge always gives the best return.� This is an investment that will pay off for generations of students across our state. I can’t imagine a more important investment. Sen. Keiser (D-Kent) is the assistant ranking member on the Senate Ways & Means Committee, where she serves as ranking member on the Capital Construction Budget.
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IF TENNESSEE IS DOING IT, WHY CAN’T WE? By Haleigh Missildine Students in Tennessee are applying to go to community college for free next year. Tennessee implemented free community college earlier last year, and now President Obama is pushing for a nationwide program. With the costs of university rising astronomically, why hasn’t this happened here in Washington state? “The Tennessee Promise� offers two years of community college free to students. It’s a last-dollar scholarship, which means that it will cover any tuition cost not covered by financial aid. Any student who lives in the state is eligible and there are no GPA or income requirements. All they have to do is fill out a FAFSA, attend mandatory training sessions, and do eight hours of community service. More than 35,000 students have applied. If a similar program were to be implemented here in Washington state or nationwide, you can bet high school seniors would jump on that opportunity. Community college should be free for students because it will reduce the cost of higher education and will help students succeed. The biggest argument against most students going to college is the cost. The average tuition for a public four-year college (in-state) is $9,139 and $31,231 for a private four-year college. Room and board adds an additional $10,000. By allowing students free community college, they won’t have to pay so much to further their education. In Washington State, we have the Running Start program where high school
“Opponents of the free community college bill might say that it will cost the government more money. Perhaps, but the reason Tennessee implemented this law is because the state needed more workers with degrees.�
Tacomans love to gripe about things wrong with the nation, state and city. Voting to actually voice their gripes with action, however, doesn’t follow the barrage of complaints. And that’s a problem that needs to change. Registered voters in Tacoma only turn in about one in three, often one in four, ballots they receive. Voter turnout for presidential elections tops out at three out of four. Non-voters are handing over their political responsibility to their neighbors, the same ones who let their dog poop on their lawn and the ones who play loud music into the wee hours of the morning on Wednesdays. This is not a new problem, or even a problem unique to Tacoma or Washington or even the United States. A growing number of people are simply opting out of political discourse. The troubles caused by those disconnected trickles of non-voting raindrops create a cumulative flood of troubles. One such case can be found in the rising tide of citizen-generated initiatives that only require a percentage of the signatures of registered voters to find a place on a ballot. Initiatives in Tacoma, for example, need less than 3,000 signatures to seek a ballot to change city law. That might be good on its face, allowing regular people to gather their forces and change city law when the City Council fails to act the way they wished. Accountability is a good thing. Citizen involvement in politics is also a good thing. “Accountability� only to a small group of people with a particular mandate, however, is troubling. Ponder the fact that anyone can get a measure placed on a ballot by gathering a few thousand signatures and then rely on the trend of low voter turnout to make the idea into law with little effort. A group just has to gather about 3,000 signatures to gain a slot on the ballot and just about 30,000 voters to affect the lives of 200,000 residents. That leaves the political process up to the will of an extremely small minority, often focused on a particular issue or special interest that isn’t particularly interested in debating the ramifications of whatever the ballot measure proposes since doing so would only lose voters. Not only are elections bought and sold; voter inaction is actually making it cheaper for it to happen. Special interest groups are getting their will at a bargain price. One interesting aspect of this apathy is that there are two main camps of habitual non-voters. One is made up of people who simply live in their own world and give little care to what happens outside of their social media feeds and the flashing box in their living rooms. But the second camp is made up of those folks who follow politics and issues of the day. They see inaction by their elected officials and simply follow that example. Neither group has the right to complain, yet they do as if inaction on their part will somehow correct the inaction of others.
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students can take classes at their local community college for free and receive high school and college credit. I did Running Start and graduated high school with my Associate’s degree, which was the only way I was able to afford Pacific Lutheran University. If free community college were an option, more students would be able to afford to go to their dream school. Students who go to community college will save around $4,183 over going to a four-year college, and $22,741 over going to a private university, according to the Center for College Affordability. Community college acts as an “in-between� for high school and university. There’s more independence in a community college class than in a high school class, which helps students transition to the independence they’ll encounter at a university. However the workload and classes aren’t as hard as a university class would be, which gives students a chance to brush up on their
study skills. I was able to use the skills I already acquired at community college to help me do better in my classes at PLU. Opponents of the free community college bill might say that it will cost the government more money. Perhaps, but the reason Tennessee implemented this law is because the state needed more workers with degrees. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam said that free community college will provide better economic opportunities since students will have the skills they need to get jobs that are in demand. Let’s hope that Obama’s free community college bill passes, or that more states follow Tennessee’s lead. Because really, if Tennessee’s doing it, why can’t we? Haleigh Missildine is a student at Pacific Lutheran University studying journalism. Aside from writing, she enjoys music and playing in PLU’s guitar orchestra.
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Brian Halquist Productions is proud to announce a very special night of fights as the Battle at the Boat series celebrates its 100th show on Saturday, Mar. 28, live from the Emerald Queen Casino. Headlining this milestone event will be hometown favorite, Mike “Imagine Me” Gavronski (16-1-1, 10 KOs) vs. Maurice Louishomme (8-1-1, 4 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight clash. This historic night will feature a number of thrilling matchups, showcasing the most talented up-and-coming fighters in the Northwest and is sure to be talked about for years to come. When Mike Gavronski steps in the ring, fans know not to blink. Gavronski has been a staple at recent Battle at the Boat events, first appearing at the EQC back in 2010. Since then, the talented Tacoma native has fought all over the country, including bouts in California, Oregon and Illinois just to name a few. His exciting style mixes elite footwork with heavy hands, creating a unique blend of speed and power that his opponents have learned to fear. Looking to extend his current win streak to three, Gavronski faces a tough test in Maurice Louishomme of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Louishomme has fought tough in his young boxing career, suffering his only setback against 2012 Ukrainian Olympian Ievgen Khytrov. Also featured will be undefeated sensation Jeremy McCleary (6-0) of Buckley. The talented 20 year old will look to keep his undefeated streak alive in a rematch against native Oregonian Corben Page. It will be McCleary’s first contest of more than four rounds and with all of his professional victories going the distance, the three time local Golden Gloves champion has proven that cardio won’t be an issue. Keeping with the theme of talented local fighters, Yakima’s Marcelino Pineda (4-1, 4 K0s) will be featured on the card as well. Pineda, who has knocked out all four opponents he’s defeated, will look to add another highlight reel knockout to his resume as he takes on skilled veteran Paul Mpendo. Rounding out the featured bouts of the night will be another name familiar to boxing fans, as Vancouver, Washington’s Jason Davis makes his long awaited return to the Battle at the Boat stage, taking on Daryl Gardner in a 4-round super welterweight contest. “This really is a truly special show for us. Over 18 years ago we were going to do one show and that one show has developed into the premier boxing series on the west coast. Number 100 and we’re going strong. I’m ready to start on the second hundred. I’m still young!” laughed promoter Brian Halquist. Since June of 1997, Battle at the Boat has been the premier showcase of boxing talent in the Pacific Northwest. The show has been featured on Showtime, HBO, ESPN, ESPN 2, Direct TV, Fox Sports and even garnered international exposure on Telemundo, Univision and Azteca. Battle at the Boat veterans have gone on to headline numerous events around the world, capturing world titles in the process. Tickets for this historic night are on sale now at the Emerald Queen Casino box office as well as all Ticketmaster locations and start at only $25. Fans are encouraged to get their tickets early, as this highly anticipated event will sell out. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with the first bout scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Battle at the Boat is brought to you by Brian Halquist Productions. For more info, please visit halquistproductions.com, as well as the Battle at the Boat Facebook page.
NEW UPS ATHLETICS AND AQUATICS CENTER DUE IN FALL 2016
University of Puget Sound is moving forward with plans to enhance its athletics facilities, including the addition of a new aquatics center and an expansion of the fitness center. Complementing the existing Memorial Fieldhouse, built in 1949, the $19.4 million project is expected to be completed by fall 2016 and will serve the needs of Logger athletic teams, as well as campus members, academic programs and local community programs. A key priority in the college’s “One of a Kind” comprehensive campaign, the project is supported by fundraising that will continue through June 30, 2015. Fundraising for the center has been bolstered by a generous pledge from a group of Puget Sound trustees to match every new gift made by June 30, 2015. “The Athletics and Aquatics Center is an important asset for our residential liberal arts college community,” said President Ronald R. Thomas. “Puget Sound is a place where students come from all over the country and around the world for a 24/7 living and learning experience. In addition to meeting the athletic and recreational needs of our campus community, the new facilities will serve as a resource for our programs in academic disciplines such as exercise science, occupational therapy and physical therapy. As with all of our facilities, the Athletics and Aquatics Center will not only support the academic and curricular experience, but create new opportunities for student success.” In all, 38,000 square feet will be added to Memorial Fieldhouse, and 24,000 square feet of existing space in the fieldhouse’s Pamplin Sports Center will be renovated. The aquatics center will be constructed to the west of the field house. It will include a 25-yard pool with eight competition-width lanes and three warm-up lanes for instruction, rehabilitation and therapy; and provide seating for nearly 400 spectators. The new pool replaces the current Wallace Memorial Pool, which was built in 1957. A modern great hall, with an entrance on N. 11th Street, will connect the aquatics center to Memorial Fieldhouse. This reception area will include a Loggers Hall of Fame and video showcase, a juice bar/café and patron amenities. The fitness center will nearly double in size. The building will include additional cardio and weight equipment, day-use locker rooms and a new climbing wall. The varsity team areas will gain new team meeting rooms, a new rowing ergometers room, an enhanced sports medicine facility and a coaching staff office suite. The newly developed areas will be fully accessible, and the upgrades will make it easier to navigate the facility, which will include two new elevators and accessible gender-neutral restrooms. Since 2003 Puget Sound has been implementing the 20-year Tapestry of Learning Master Plan, with the aim of meeting students’ current and future academic and cocurricular needs. The new Athletics and Aquatics Center is a vital part of the plan and will serve Puget Sound’s 23 NCAA Division III varsity teams; the many intramural and club sports teams; faculty, staff and alumni; and community partners such as the Metro Parks Tacoma
aquatics program and local swim clubs. The space will also be used by Puget Sound’s exercise science, physical therapy and occupational therapy programs, which provide health services to some 300 local residents each year. Construction on the project is expected to begin this summer, with renovations to the varsity locker rooms and sports medicine facility completed in August 2015, and the aquatics center completed by fall 2016.
PLU RETURNS HOME FOR STRETCH RUN AGAINST UPS AND G. FOX
After returning from Eastern Washington over the weekend, the 23rd-ranked Pacific Lutheran baseball team will settle in for the stretch run of the regular season with at least its next 12 games set for Tacoma. Pacific Lutheran, 17-7 overall and 10-5 in Northwest Conference play this season, will host cross-town rival Puget Sound Wednesday, March 25 at 4 p.m. in a nonconference matchup before taking on George Fox in a three-game NWC home series this weekend. Following a week off, the Lutes will battle the Loggers at UPS in a three-game series before hosting five straight games leading into the NWC Tournament on April 25-26. With five conference series in the rearview mirror, Pacific Lutheran has taken two of three in each series and currently ranks second in the standings. Due to weather-related postponements throughout the region, PLU is one of only two teams in the NWC to have played a full 15 games to this point. The Lutes’ 10 wins lead the conference, with Willamette topping the standings based on a .692 win percentage from a 9-4 record. Meanwhile, PLU has been listed in every regular season d3baseball. com Top 25 this year. After reaching a season-high rank of 19 two weeks ago, the Lutes sit at 23rd in the latest poll. Wednesday’s non-conference game will mark the second straight week that the Lutes and Loggers have matched up in a midweek game. Last week PLU’s pitching staff limited UPS’ league-leading offense to only three runs on six hits as the Lutes claimed a 9-3 win. PLU scored six runs in the second inning and Ty Donahou threw four one-hit innings of shutout ball. Pacific Lutheran boasts the top pitching staff in the Northwest Conference. The Lutes rank first in the conference in earned run average (2.63) by almost a halfrun, and also lead the league in strikeouts (175), strikeouts per game (7.54), strikeout/walk ratio (3.02) and home runs allowed (1). They also rank second in the conference in fielding percentage (.966), narrowly behind Linfield (.968). Kyle Rossman ranks third in the conference in earned run average (1.57) after throwing his second complete-game shutout over the weekend, while Chris Bishop ranks third in strikeouts (39) and AJ Konopaski leads all of NCAA Div. III with seven saves. PLU’s offense also ranks among the best in the NWC, as PLU ranks second in the conference in slugging percentage (.414), total bases (341) and extra-base hits (70) while ranking fourth in batting average (.291) and fifth in on-base percentage (.370). Tyler Thompson is tied for fourth in the conference with three home runs and leads the team with a .552 slugging percentage. Collin Nilson ranks first on the team in batting average (.368) and ranks second in slugging (.540), while Drew Oord’s .419 on base percentage is the highest on the team. George Fox comes into the March 28-29 weekend ranked fifth in the NWC standings and sits right in the middle of the conference rankings in most batting and pitching stat categories. The Bruins are batting .257 as a team, with Josh Rapacz leading the way at .388. Rapacz’s 38 hits are more than twice as many as any other Bruin and he also leads the team by a wide margin in home runs (4), doubles (9), walks (15) and runs batted in (21). Taylor Dunn is the Bruins’ top starting pitcher with an earned run average of 2.01 in seven starts, while Michael Hirko is GFU’s top reliever with a 1.40 ERA in 25.2 innings over 14 relief appearances. In a series that began in 1996 and regularly matches two of the top teams in the conference standings, George Fox holds a 36-25 all-time advantage. Pacific Lutheran has had the upper hand in recent seasons, however, as the Lutes are 17-13 in the last 30 games between the two teams and took two of three from the Bruins last season. The weekend series against George Fox is schedule to begin with a doubleheader on Saturday and the final game on Sunday. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. both days, and a live video feed will be available for Saturday’s games. Live stats will be available for all three games.
PLU’S BUTTERS NAMED NWC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
In four appearances at the Tucson Invitational Games on March 20 and 21, Leah Butters posted a 1.40 ERA in 15 innings pitched to finish 3-0 and earn Northwest Conference Softball Pitching Student-Athlete of the Week honors. In her four games, including three starts, she allowed only three walks while striking out 12 and limiting batters to a .194 average. On Friday, she pitched a five-inning complete game in an 11-3 win over Central (Iowa), allowing two earned runs on four hits and five strikeouts. On Saturday, Butters got the 8-7 win over Dubuque with an inning of perfect relief followed by two one-hit shutout innings with four strikeouts in an 8-0 Lutes win over St Joseph’s-Brooklyn. She closed the weekend with a 6-5 complete-game win over Lewis & Clark in a nonconference matchup, allowing only one earned run on seven hits with three strikeouts. PLU returns home this weekend to resume conference play, hosting Lewis & Clark in a four-game set featuring doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday. Both sets will begin with a 12 p.m. first pitch.
UPS’ WHITEHALL NAMED NWC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Allanah Whitehall has been named the Northwest Conference Women’s Track Student-Athlete of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday. Whitehall broke her own Puget Sound record in the 100-meter dash by finishing in 12.05 seconds at the Redlands Invitational on March 20. The previous record was 12.14 seconds. She also won the 200-meter dash in 25.10 seconds, only .04 seconds away from matching her program record in that event. Whitehall currently holds the nation’s best time in the 100-m and the second-best time in the 200 meter. The Loggers host the Peyton Scoring Meet on Saturday, March 28, starting at 11 a.m.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26 – BASEBALL Shelton vs. Wilson Wilson HS – 4 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 – HS SOCCER Boys – Wilson vs. Foss Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 – HS SOCCER Boys – South Kitsap vs. Stadium Stadium Bowl – 7:15 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 – FASTPITCH River Ridge vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma HS – 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 – FASTPITCH Clover Park vs. Foss Heidelberg – 4 pm.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – TRACK Wilson, Lincoln @ Viking Invit. Curtis HS – 10:30 a.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – TRACK Peyton Scoring Meet UPS Baker Stadium – 11 a.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – BASEBALL Whitman vs. UPS UPS – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – BASEBALL George Fox vs. PLU PLU – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – FASTPITCH Whitworth vs. UPS UPS – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – FASTPITCH Lewis & Clark vs. PLU PLU – Doubleheader – 12 p.m
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – BOXING Battle at the Boat 100 Emerald Queen Casino – 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 – BASEBALL Whitman vs. UPS UPS – 12 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 – BASEBALL George Fox vs. PLU PLU – 12 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 – FASTPITCH Whitworth vs. UPS UPS – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 – FASTPITCH Lewis & Clark vs. PLU PLU – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 30 – BASEBALL Mt. Tahoma vs. Wilson Wilson HS – 3 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 30 – FASTPITCH Capital vs. Wilson Wilson HS – 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 – BASEBALL North Thurston vs. Foss Foss HS – 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 – BASEBALL Central Kitsap vs. Lincoln Heidelberg Field – 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 – HS SOCCER Yelm vs. Bellarmine Bellarmine HS – 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 – HS SOCCER Wilson vs. Lincoln Lincoln Bowl – 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 – BASEBALL Federal Way vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma HS – 4 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5 – TRACK 30th Shotwell Invitational UPS Baker Stadium – 10 a.m.
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ing year and we’re going to have a lot of fun.� Returning to the Lions are four 2014 Tacoma Weekly All-City selections. Junior defenders Jordan Williams and Bailey Larson will be looked to for leadership as well as junior midfielder Isaac Russell and senior forward Luke Witker. Look for big things out of sophomore Kyle Casey. The kid is active and on the attack. Two teams moved from the 4A to the 3A Narrows over the summer, while Timberline moved from 3A to 4A. “It’s certainly going to have an effect on our league,� said Waters. “There’s usually four good teams in this league and now there’s a lot of them. We beat each other up during the season. It’s always a competitive league. All these other schools are getting better and better. It’s great to be in this league because you know once you’ve gone through it you’ve been battle tested. It’s always competitive.� Bellarmine’s next game in Tacoma is a home match against Yelm, Tuesday, March 31 at 4 p.m.
STADIUM TIGERS
The Tigers look to return to form this season after a relatively down year in 2014. Head coach Adam Becker’s team looks like it has the makings of a contender after a long season with young players last year. They’re still a young squad, but Becker sees more on the table this year to work with. “We’re young and talented and just need some experience,� said Becker. “We have shown very well against Gig Harbor and Bellarmine now, so the team is confident. I believe we can contend for the Narrows top two spots. Our first goal is to make the post season.� To get there he’s going to need some firepower and the Tigers return a Tacoma Weekly All-City selection in senior forward Hunter Hwang. The team will also lean on senior Bryce Ikeda and sophomore Taylor Dabney. Keep an eye on goalkeeper Ryan Naylor and defenders Taylor Dabney and Kendal Brooks. The Tigers next game in Tacoma is Thursday, April 9 against Wilson at Stadium Bowl. Kick-off is at 7:15 p.m.
WILSON RAMS
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CAT FIGHT. (top) Bellarmine goalkeeper Sean Carlin double-punches the ball out of harm’s way. (left) Stadium’s Kendall Brooks gets some airtime. (right) Tyler Vu (2) and Kyle Casey (13) celebrate their equalizer goal combo. Bellarmine and Stadium would end in a 2-2 tie.
The Rams were the champions of the 3A Narrows last season, narrowly edging out Shelton and Foss for the title. It was a rough district playoff run for Wilson however, as they lost a penalty shootout against Kennedy Catholic and were then bounced from the playoffs by Mountain View on their way to a 10-7 final record. That experience could pay dividends this season as Wilson returns nine players from the 2014 Tacoma Weekly All-
City team. “I think our biggest strength is our defense,� said head coach Jason Gjertsen. “Nick Rhode has really stepped up as a leader in the back. He had the game winner against North Thurston. We are looking for Kenneth Bwanika to continue his form from last year. Pedro and Pablo Ramos are also very talented players. Aarjay Narayan will also be a very important player for us in the attack. “I think our league is much stronger with Capital and Central Kitsap in it now. I think it will be a race until the end between those two teams and us.� Two of Wilson’s top players are still out with injuries, but expect Evan Pichette and Munassar Saleh to return soon. The Rams next game in Tacoma is Tuesday, March 31 against Lincoln at Lincoln Bowl. Kick-off is at 7 p.m.
MT. TAHOMA T-BIRDS
With nine seniors having graduated last spring, the four returning T-Birds are surrounded by a host of freshmen and sophomores, but no one seems to be worrying. Like last season, Mt. Tahoma doesn’t seem to have that kind of player that just goes out and takes over scoring goals. Not yet anyway, but that guy might appear before the year is out as head coach Scott Nelson will be working several inexperienced varsity players who already look like they’ve got some talent. Look for experienced players like Anthony Garibaldi, Ivan Dimov and Ivan Davila to take charge and put the younger players under their wings. Some of the young T-Birds to keep an eye on are Nestor Rodriguez, Quinten Enbody, Hugo Barragan, Marco Arceo. Mt. Tahoma’s next game in Tacoma is Tuesday, April 7 against North Thurston at Mt. Tahoma Stadium. Kick-off is at 6:30 p.m.
LINCOLN ABES AND FOSS FALCONS
The Abes and Falcons are a big question mark this season. Lincoln’s former head coach Monte Gibbs has moved on and Brian Lawson has taken over. At Foss, longtime head coach Mark Kramer left and made way for Mark Pick. Lincoln had a very difficult season in 2014, so Lawson will have his hands full turning the Abes into a competitive team nightly. However, they do have the athletes to make a go of it in each game. Foss returns three Tacoma Weekly All-City team selections in Jesus Perez, Jordan Ramirez and Sergio Barajas. Expect some growing pains for the Falcons with a surge in the second half of the season to make a run at one of the four league seeds to the district playoffs. Lincoln’s next game in Tacoma is Tuesday, March 31 against Wilson at Lincoln Bowl. Kick-off is at 7 p.m. The Falcons’ next game in Tacoma is Tuesday, April 7 against Lincoln at Lincoln Bowl. Kick-off is at 7 p.m.
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Yes, football was back. The game opened up with a Clark punt followed by a first-strike by the Kings. This was a usual occurrence during their 12-1 campaign in 2014, but one was unsure how long it would take to shake off the rust. It took three plays. New signal-caller James Tyler III hit receiver Donte Green 25-yards down the field and Green took it to the house for a 78-yard scoring strike. Nick Rhodesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; point-after kick was good and the Kings led 7-0 with 13:21 left in the first quarter. Clark County would show big play ability throughout the game as well, and made it happen on the following drive. Using a 48-yard pass from Chris Gore to receiver James Young, the Vipers were in business at the Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; two-yard line. Two plays later, Gore connected with receiver Cody HunterBrown and the game was tied at 7-7 with 11:16 left in the first quarter. The Viper defense buckled down on the next possession and forced the Kings out after three plays. Punter Ryan Burks boomed a 48-yarder and following an unsportsmanlike penalty on the Vipers, Clark would go to work from their own eight-yard line. The Kings would also force them out after three plays. Puyallupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kelly Morgan returned the Clark punt 21 yards to the Viper 19-yard line and it took just two plays for Puyallup to hit paydirt again. Following a pass interference penalty that moved the Kings to the Viper two-yard line, running back Isaac Syph Jr. punched it up the middle for the score and the Kings now led 14-7 with 8:58 remaining in the first quarter. On the next play from scrimmage, Puyallup linebacker Joseph Titialii forced a fumble in the backfield and it was scooped up by linebacker Kevin Graves. Covered in Vipers, Graves was finally brought down at the Clark one-yard line. Running back Donald McKee took no time punching the ball up the gut on the first play and the Kings lead moved to 21-7 with 8:26 left in the first
quarter. It was still very early in the ballgame and Clark was not going to go away. Using pass plays of 30 and 34 yards, the Vipers drove down to the Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fiveyard line. On first down, Gore took the snap and spun his way through the middle of the line for a Viper touchdown. The point-after failed and the Kings led 21-13 with 6:40 left in the first quarter. Puyallup put together an impressive 14-play, 67-yard drive on the following possession, including a successful conversion of a fourth-and-four from their own 39-yard line. On third and goal from the one-yard line, Tyler III tucked the ball under and followed his linemen into the endzone. The Kings now led 27-13 with 16 seconds left in the first quarter following a missed point-after by Rhodes. The Kings forced another fumble on the next Viper play from scrimmage and recovered the ball at the Clark 40-yard line. The Viper defense stepped up again and forced the Kings to turn the ball over on downs following a big fourth-down stop at the 46-yard line. The two teams would then trade-off punts. Clark County would then put together an eightplay, 67-yard drive of their own. Gore swung a quick pass out to Young in the flat and the speedster raced to the end-zone pile on, crossing the goal line just before a host of Kings. The pointafter failed again, but Clark closed the gap to 27-19 with 8:01 left in the second quarter. Puyallup would need only three plays to respond. Tyler III hit Morgan on a short ten-yard pass play and the big receiver did the rest. Morgan broke two tackles and headed for daylight for a 64-yard scoring strike.
The Kings now led 34-19 with 6:40 remaining in the second quarter. The Kings defense put their foot on the gas pedal on the next Viper possession and got into the scoring act. Linebacker Stanley Matau stepped in front of a pass from Gore and returned the ball 59 yards for the score. To add insult to injury, Matau flattened Gore at the goal line for the six points. The Kings now led 41-19 with 5:56 left in the second quarter. As they did throughout, the Vipers responded again. On the third play of their possession, big running back Donovan Cunningham took a handoff from Gore, cut left outside of the Clark tackle and rambled 47 yards to the end-zone for the score. The twopoint attempt failed and the King lead was cut to 41-25 with 5:05 left in the second quarter. Both defenses stuffed their opponent on the next two possessions, resulting in a turnover on downs. Burks field goal as time expired fell short and the teams hit the locker room after a exciting, but long, two-hour first half. On the first drive of the third quarter, play was stopped after six Puyallup plays due to a lower-back injury to Clark linebacker Justin Saldano who would be taken to the hospital where thankfully, results showed no serious damage. The game was delayed for nearly 45 minutes. The Kings got right back into their groove when play resumed. Puyallup marched down to the
pass to Young toward the back of the end-zone that proved too high and Puyallup would get the ball back with 10:02 left in the game. Against a driven Clark defense, Puyallup managed to get the ball out to their own 29-yard line before having to punt. Clark had life again starting at their own 35-yard line. On the first play of the drive, linebacker Corey Newton stepped in front of a Gore pass, shook off several tacklers and weaved his way all the way into the end-zone. Penalties would bring the ball back, but only after Puyallup had gained possession of the ball. The Kings wasted no time creating some distance on the scoreboard. Tyler III connected with receiver Ktron Barquet just inside the right-front pile on of the end-zone and the Kings would take a 54-39 lead with 3:20 left in the game. On the next possession, Puyallup would force Clark to turn the ball over on downs. With their backups
in the ballgame, Puyallup ran the ball up the gut and Clark was not stopping them. Three runs by McKee put the Kings at the Clark one-yard line. Backup quarterback Stokely Leggitt snuck into the end-zone behind center and the Kings closed out the game 60-39. Tyler III finished the game 21 of 36 for 483 yards passing with three touchdown strikes and another on the ground, with one interception. Syph finished with two touchdowns on 35 yards and McKee added 40 yards and a touchdown. Barquet finished with 107 yards receiving and a touchdown. Donte Green finished with 92 yards receiving and a touchdown and Morgan finished with 84 yards receiving and a touchdown. The Kings hit the road for three games before returning home to Chief Leschi Stadium for their true home opener against the Washington Predators on May 30. Kick-off is set for 6 p.m.
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Viper three-yard line following an 18-yard run by Syph. He was rewarded with another carry and he launched himself into the end-zone for a 47-25 Kings lead with 10:07 left in the third quarter. Clark rolled with the punches, yet again, and responded with a ten-play, 58-yard scoring drive. Gore found receiver Ty Lang just in front of the goal line near the right pile on. Lang caught the ball, spun off a Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defender and scored, pulling the Vipers closer 47-33 with 6:47 left in the third quarter. The teams traded punts on the next two possessions and then the Kings were driving again. With a first down at the Clark 26-yard line, Tyler III had his pass tipped and intercepted by linebacker Shane Miller at the Viper 19-yard line. It would take two plays for Clark to tighten up the game as Gore connected with Hunter-Brown, who brought the ball in with one hand racing down the sideline for the 81-yard touchdown. The Kings lead was now 47-39 with 12:49 left in the game. Lightning struck again for the Vipers on the next play as linebacker David Saylors recovered the onside kick and Clark would take over on the Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 37-yard line. Trailing now by just eight points, Clark marched down the field all the way to the Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; one-foot line. It was first down. Three straight running plays up the gut were smothered by the Puyallup defense. On fourth down, Gore sent a
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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 over $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.” In the following pages, you’ll read more about what a valuable community partner the Puyallup Tribe of Indians is to the region and the state.
SUPPORT FOR OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY
As a method of preventing substance abuse, the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority organized a drum-making gathering outside the Tribal Youth and Community Center. The drum is a sacred instrument that brings people together and offers a connection spiritually, and a connection with Native culture and identity. “Drum Assisted Therapy” research has shown that drumming improves mental health and spirituality and is beneficial in treating substance abuse disorders. The drum symbolizes the heartbeat of the Mother, and the songs that are sung with drumming are sacred and relates to Native American ancestry, stories and traditions. Even the drum itself offers a connection to the spirit of the animal and the cedar used to create the drum.
To the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, the word “community” means more than their own membership circle. With over 4,800 Puyallup tribal members locally and across the country, and an Indian population of over 24,000 in the tri-county area, the Puyallup Tribe takes great pride in continuing its ancestral ways by caring for Native American people across the board. HEALTHCARE Puyallup Tribal Health Authority (PTHA) has seen many accomplishments this past year. Below are just a few of the top news stories of 2014. New Construction/Remodel. It was a year of major renovation as PTHA added a two-story, 10,000-square-foot wing to the Takopid building and remodeled existing departments. Community Health moved into their new space both upstairs and down. Pediatrics added six additional exam rooms. Referral Services, Patient Benefits, Patient Accounts, Security and Member Services all moved into their new spaces. And Medical saw a huge improvement with expanded exam room space. Self-rooming. An exciting change at PTHA was the start of self-rooming, where patients now checkin and receive instructions on locating their specific exam room. This process eliminates waiting room time, provides easier access to services and better care as the health services come to the patients. Pharmacy. PTHA has been working over the past few years on improvements in pharmacy workflow. Wait time is now averaging less than two and a half
minutes for medication pick up. Medical School Residency Program. This program has first, second, and third-year medical school student residents. The residency has allowed PTHA to expand capacity, offering primary care physicians to many patients that were previously urgent care only. The addition of Osteopathic manipulation has been a huge success. The residency has allowed growth in the capacity for obstetrical (OB) care at PTHA. In the past year, PTHA has not referred out one OB patient due to capacity issues. Events. Puyallup tribal members enjoyed days dedicated specifically for them during School Days, Healthy Ways and the four Honoring Our Elders days throughout the year. Mental Health Month was celebrated in May at Cheney Stadium as the Puyallup Tribe community enjoyed a Tacoma Rainiers game and participated in a Guinness Book of World Records attempt to bring awareness to mental health. Treatment Center alumni celebrated recovery during the annual Alumni Picnic at Chief Leschi School. ELDERS Elder care is a top priority for the Tribe, with nearly $5.2 million spent last year on elder care services. The Tribe’s beautiful House of Respect Elders Center – a $13 million facility opened in 2009 – stands as testament to the Puyallups’ deeply held reverence for their elder membership. The center, located on a historically significant site above the Puyallup River, offers a variety of health and recreational options for Puyallup elders over 45 years old.
YOUTH The Tribe works to proactively instill positive values in its young members as early as possible through several important means: s Puyallup Tribal Community Center – This 34,000square-foot-facility includes a 15,000-square-foot gymnasium and other areas for youth activities. The facility also accommodates gatherings for meetings, weddings, funerals and cultural activities. The Tribe partners with Junior Achievement to offer financial education to the youth which is now held at the Tribal Community Center for two weeks during the summer. s Chief Leschi Schools – Providing a Nativefocused academic environment for children in prekindergarten through high school, Chief Leschi Schools serves Native American students from more than 60 different tribes with current enrollment of approximately 1,030 students. As one of the largest Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools constructed in the nation, the 200,000square-foot school is intended to be a model for Native American programs around the country. s Grandview Early Learning Center – During 2014, Grandview Early Learning Center served 137 families and 243 children, providing quality and culturally appropriate early childhood care for Native children in the community. Education opportunities within the Tribe don’t stop there. For its members seeking higher education after high school, or their general equivalency degree (GED), the Puyallup Tribe ensures that funding is available for tuition assistance, books, tutoring and more. HOUSING The Puyallup Tribe and the Puyallup Nation Housing Authority (PNHA) strive to provide safe, sanitary, and comfortable homes for Puyallup tribal members, their families, and other Native Americans living in the Puyallup Nation’s service area. During 2014, the Puyallup Tribe spent over $3 million providing housing assistance to more than 150 households. The recently completed Longhouse project in Tacoma added a total of 20 new tribally owned and operated units and have operated at full occupancy from their completion. During the year the Housing Authority served 147 individuals. After a couple of years when there was a freeze on Section-8 vouchers the Housing Authority began issuing vouchers again in 2014 and has the funding in place to issue and sustain 40 households. The Puyallup Nation Housing Authority has a total of 37 single-family homes that are being purchased or rented; 70 apartment units; and eight duplex units. All units are kept fully occupied and few vacancies occurred during 2014.
For more information about the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, visit www.puyallup-tribe.com.
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“SPIRITUAL COWGIRL”JESSICA LYNNE PLAYS FOR A GOOD CAUSE By Ernest A. Jasmin
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acoma country singer Jessica Lynne has been a mover and shaker in the regional country scene since shortly after she arrived in 2010. In 2013, she beat out competitors from around the state to reach the western regional finals of the Texaco Country Showdown, among the biggest showcases of unsigned country artists in the country. Then, last year, she took her Gretchen Wilson-style sass to the Gorge ,Amphitheatre in George where she played her biggest gig to date, as an opening act at last year’s Watershed Festival. It’s just the sort of career arc you’d expect from someone who honed her chops in the twangy clubs of – huh? – Denmark? “I grew up in a very strict, Christian environment, and I loved the way country gave me a little bit of an outlet,” said Lynne, recalling her childhood in the small town of Haslev; her Danish mom and American dad met while attending Bible college in New York. “But I was writing all these country songs,” she said, “and I got really discouraged because in Denmark they were not very encouraging.” Lynne will share her music with much more receptive audiences over the next few days. First, she’ll join Tacoma sax man Paul Sawtelle to raise funds for Ted Brown Music’s outreach program on March 28. Then she’ll warm up for “Pickin’ Wildflowers” and “Podunk” singer Keith Anderson when he drops by Steel Creek American Whiskey on April 1. Earlier this month, she provided some insight into her journey from Scandinavia to Puget Sound, and why naming her 2011 CD debut, “Spiritual Cowgirl,” made perfect sense. Tacoma Weekly: So how did you fall in love with country music in Denmark? And at what age are we talking about? Lynne: When I was little, I didn’t know country music other then Patsy Cline and some of the real old stuff. Then, when I was 12, I was home sick from school; and the TV got kind of stuck on this channel that was only PHOTO BY BILL BUNGARD
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over there for like a month, and it was CMT. Faith Hill’s “Wild One” was No. 1, and it played over and over again. I was like, “Oh my god, I love this song. She’s singin’ about me.” There was just this whole other type of songwriting and whole other type of music than what I was used to, and I just fell in love with it. TW: When did you really start playing music? Lynne: I feel like I wrote my first song when I was like 6 years old. It was just taking a melody that was already there and then translating it to Danish. But I started playing piano by 8 or 10, or something like that. I know I did six years of piano before I started on guitar, as well. TW: What made you start writing your own country songs? Lynne: I was spending every minute I had guessing what made country music, and every penny I had buying CDs that were imported. We didn’t have the Internet or iTunes or anything, so I had to import them for triple the price. And my vacations over here, I’d spend in record stores. TW: What kind of scene was there for country music? Lynne: There was none. I was out in the boonies in this little town where there was no scene except for church music, and I wasn’t even allowed to do that. TW: So you were not encouraged when you finally performed. Did you get heckled? Lynne: No, not exactly, but sometimes the cold shoulder and nonacceptance is worse. ... if you take a country music song and you turn it pop, some of the anecdotes or references that are in there won’t work because they’re so geared toward a certain part of the population over here that doesn’t even exist in Denmark. My theory is that they didn’t understand the genre, so they didn’t understand the songs and weren’t very receptive to them. And in that vulnerable time of development for me, it was very discouraging, and I put down my guitar and I stopped playing – from 18 to 28. TW: Was having so much trouble over there the catalyst for moving here? Lynne: Well, yeah. I had to get out of a fairly abusive relationship, so that took a toll and time and therapy. I lost my job, so I was getting into yoga, and I’d found a new instructor (in India), as well. I was kind of thinking, OK, that’s gonna be my new career path … So to me the fact it was a spiritual journey that brought me here. TW: So the name, “Spiritual Cowgirl,” comes from that time period. Lynne: (She considers.) If you ever talk to survivors of abusive relationships (they say) once you’re in it that far, you’ve kind of lost track of who you are, and that’s what I was kind of trying to find my way back home from. I was trying to figure out
who am I. I realized I’d been living someone else’s dreams all these years and not my own; and I had to go all the way back to imagining my own song on the radio and country music and rekindle the love for music. So I came back with this whole new view on life, feeling cleansed and happy. It felt great; and also knew, yeah, I’m moving. TW: How did you wind up here? Lynne: My dad lives here. That is how I have American and Danish citizenship. TW: Ah, that also explains your lack of accent. Lynne: I learned both languages at the same time. … We don’t have much of an accent; my sister doesn’t either. Although, when I was just back home visiting, they were teasing me so much ‘cause my Danish was so bad. (She laughs.) TW: Well, we haven’t talked about the benefit yet. Tell me a bit about what you and Paul are playing for. Lynne: Let me run through first what I’ve been doing with Paul. (Mixing) saxophone and country music is like oil and water. It’s just never really worked well; but we’ve made it work, and we went to Denmark (in February.) We played together, and we got some good write-ups, and we had a really good time. I also sang on his CD (“Virtual Insanity”) and all the profits from that CD go to Ted Brown Music Outreach. So that’s how we’re kind of intertwined. I was a mentor for their outreach program last year, so of course I’ll help any way I can. That’s where we get a band and mentor them. TW: So what’s coming up next for you? Lynne: I put out a single, and it’s called “Calling Me Home.” It’s about the great Northwest, and I’m in the process right now of planning a music video. I got a grant for it from the Northwest Music Foundation. I’ve been through a lot of directors … and I think I found the right one. We’ll be filming in the next two weeks. I’m also in the studio now working on a new EP. I got signed by London Tone Music last year, and those are the guys I’m working with. We did a voting thing with the fans and put three songs out to them to vote on. The winner was called “My My My,” so that’s the one we’re recording now. u Listen to tunes and learn more
about Jessice Lynne online at www. jessica-lynne.com.
JESSICA LYNNE IN CONCERT 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28 Ted Brown Music, 6228 Tacoma Mall Blvd. Tickets are $30 to $40; www.tedbrownmusic.com ALSO OPENING FOR
KEITH ANDERSON
7 p.m. Wednesday, April 1 Steel Creek American Whiskey, 1114 Broadway Tickets are $15 to $60; www.steelcreekwhiskey.com
THE THINGS WE LIKE ONE LIFE, LUMINOUS Tacoma Symphony Orchestra’s resident chorus presents its annual stand-alone performance in the stately grandeur of First Presbyterian GEOFFREY BOERS, CONDUCTOR Church, 20 Tacoma Ave. S., from the heart of Tacoma’s Stadium District. This concert will be a song journey from struggle, darkness to joy, creativity. April 10, 7:30 p.m.
TWO FAMILY BINGO NIGHT On Friday, April 4 Pierce County Parks and Recreation will host a Family Bingo Night at Chamber Creek Regional Park, 9850 64th St. W.
in University Place from 6:30-9 p.m. Fee $5 per person, which includes six game sheets. Prizes are awarded to the winner of each game. Register you and your family members by April 1 – space is limited. For more information, call (253) 798-4104 or visit www.piercecountywa.org/parks.
THREE SPRING FAIR SAVINGS It’s never too early to get excited about Spring Fair. Savory fair food, roller coasters and general merriment is just a month away. Buy your tickets pre-fair by Wednesday, April 15 for the lowest price, plus print at home and skip the lines at the gate. The perfect way for a family to enjoy Spring Fair. The Quack Pack is the best value: includes two adult admissions, two student admissions, and 120 ride and game tickets for just $68 (reg. price $96). Available online only through April 15 at www. TheFair.com.
FOUR ARTFUL DREAMERS STUDIO Help celebrate the opening of a fun place to create art at Artful Dreamers Studio’s studio warming with Nadine Hamil and guest Whitney Freya (author of “The Artist Within” and Creatively Fit coach). Help create a blessing piece of art for the studio, too. Saturday, March 28, 4-7 p.m. Refreshments, art, fun, conversation served. 2926 South Steele St. (Do not use a GPS or Mapquest – Google Maps give correct directions.) Look for a four-story brick building past the Humane Society in the building with Western Gloves.
FIVE DIVERSITY FILM FEST
Tacoma Community College presents the Fifth Annual Diversity Film Festival at The Grand Cinema, April 12-29. Featuring a world’s worth of stories, the festival gives students and community members a window into life experiences and points of view not often explored in mainstream cinema. TCC instructorled discussions follow film screenings. An opening day gala follows the 2 p.m. screening of “Dancing in Jaffa” April 12 and a Skype Q&A with “Facing Fear” filmmaker Jason Cohen follows the 2 p.m. short film series screening April 29. Admission $2 for TCC students (with TCC student ID); $8 matinee/$10 evening; $8 military (with ID).
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PHOTOS BY BILL BUNGARD
JONNY LANG WOWS EQC AUDIENCE Former child guitar prodigy Jonny Lang played to a sold-out crowd at the Emerald Queen Casino on Friday, March 20. The 34-year-old, American blues, gospel and rock artist is known for his unique vocals and soulful guitar riffs which heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delivered aplenty since he debuted with his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smokinâ&#x20AC;? album in 1995. Six of his seven albums have ranked in the Billboard top 50, and he received a Grammy for 2006â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turn Around.â&#x20AC;? He recently completed a 21-city â&#x20AC;&#x153;Experience Hendrixâ&#x20AC;? European tour with other top billed artists; and is in the midst of his North American tour with 32 more cities through July.
Fans at the EQC were taken for a ride with a impeccable delivery of Lang doing his thing with the following set list. If you did not catch him on this visit to Washington, he is a must see on his next. Set list: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blew Up (The House),â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Stop (For Anything),â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Quitter Never Wins,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turn Around,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red Light,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Livinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for the City,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Looking For,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Angel,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Great Day,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Are the Same,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;40 Days,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lie to Meâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bill Bungard, special to Tacoma Weekly
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Fez-wearing cartoonists add new monsters to old pictures By Dave R. Davison
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A GUIDE TO THE MUSEUMS OF TACOMA
Museum of the Week: Washington State Historical Museum
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The Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians (a.k.a. the C.L.A.W.) is Tacoma’s own, homegrown, fezwearing illustration group. Amongst the group’s many endeavors is the “Thrift Shop Painting Project” in which old, decorative, landscape paintings are repurposed by having monsters (both strange and familiar) added to them. A dramatic seascape, for example, might have Godzilla painted in. Or H.P. Lovecraft’s ever-popular Cthulhu, one on the “great old ones,” is shown dragging his giant body over the land. The artists of C.L.A.W. are tasked with taking an old painting (they are not allowed to spend more than $20 per painting) and adding a monster to the scene. They must match their chosen monster to the style of the original painting. The general idea is that the monster must be integrated into the scene as seamlessly as possible. The result is an everevolving collection of works that have been showing up at various venues around town ever since the Thrift Shop Painting Project debuted in the Old Post Office Building last October. March’s venue is Destiny City Comics, housed inside King’s Books on St. Helens Avenue. From there the show will move to either the Nearsighted Narwhal or Tacoma Games. The project came about when members of the group went shopping for frames to show their own work. They decided to find a use for the old paintings that came with
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March 28, 1 p.m. Loving Hands at Home: Western Fashion & Sewing
Live models in period clothing and clothing expert Kate Slaminko share the history of Western fashion and sewing. See techniques from the different fashion eras featured in the exhibit Pomp & Circumstance. Learn what has influenced clothing design and sewing through history and hear what it means for something to have been made by, “loving hands at home.” After the program, tour the exhibit with its curator, Jennifer Kilmer, Director of the Washington State Historical Society. Clothing shown in this program is not part of the WSHS collection. Price is included in Museum Admission For more information, contact Susan Rohrer at susan.rohrer@wshs.wa.gov. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK MONLUX OF C.L.A.W.
OLD FRIEND. Mark Brill’s “Beachfront Property” enlivens an old seascape.
the frames and the rest is history. Mark Brill’s afore mentioned Godzilla scene, entitled “Beachfront Property,” is masterfully painted. The iconic atomic reptile is fitted seamlessly into a standard, furniture-art seaside scene. The artist also added a plume of smoke rising from the ruins of a tower that Godzilla has just destroyed. James Stowe’s “The Monlux Crossing the Wicked Woods” shows a big, red, devil-like monster in a pond that has been colored blood red. Author and illustrator R.R. Anderson transformed a lakeside dock into a giant, mechanical crab in “Post Mechanical Crab Apocalypse.” Visitors to the show
will also encounter the likes of Bigfoot, a giant Tiki, the evil witch from Hansel and Gretel, and the “Trojan rabbits,” from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” All of the paintings are for sale. Proceeds go toward a scholarship that C.L.A.W. awards to deserving students. Those with unwanted landscape paintings (original paintings, not prints) may donate them to C.L.A.W. at Tinkertopia (an “alternative art supply and creative reuse center” located at 1914 Pacific Ave.). For further information on C.L.A.W. and the “Thrift Shop Painting Project” visit www.cartoonistsleague.org.
March 31, noon History Speaks: Gypsy & June
Hear authors and subject experts speak about a variety of historical topics of interest to Washingtonians. “Gypsy & June: Causing Havoc in the Great Depression and Beyond” with Gwen Whiting. Gypsy Rose Lee and her sister June Havoc were made immortal in the Broadway play and subsequent movie Gypsy. Their real lives, however, were far more colorful than anything Hollywood could dream up. Take a backstage peek into history from the Great Depression to the Red Scare and learn more about mayhem, mystery, and possibly murder. Price is included in Museum Admission.
April 1, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ring of Fire Family Camp
Hands-on volcano activities for visitors of all ages. Hear legends of volcanoes with Native American storyteller Harvest Moon. Price is included in Museum Admission. Pre-registration encouraged. To pre-register, email SchoolPrograms@wshs.wa.gov.
Thursday Nights at the Museums April 2, 2-8 p.m.
Can’t visit the museum during the work day or on the weekend? No problem! We’re open late until 8 p.m. every Thursday night in March, April, May, and June. Avoid the evening traffic, spend some quality time with your loved ones and visit one of the participating museums – the History Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Glass and LeMay - America’s Car Museum. Regular admission applies, except on 3rd Thursdays when admission is free at the History Museum from 2-8 p.m., and at Tacoma Art Museum and Museum of Glass from 5-8 p.m.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: TIM MCGRAW
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Fans tuned in to see Tim McGraw sing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Not Gonna Miss Youâ&#x20AC;? at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oscars, and now they can look forward to seeing him live in Auburn this summer. The country superstar is hitting the road in support of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sundown Heavenâ&#x20AC;? disc, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll drop by White River Amphitheatre on Sept. 4. Billy Currington and Chase Bryant will open starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $26.75 to $67.75 and go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on March 27; www.ticketmaster.com. Here are 10 more hot tickets to jot down, with more info available through Ticketmaster except where otherwise indicated. â&#x20AC;˘ Vicci Martinez: 7:30 p.m. April 18, Rialto Theater, $19 to $69; www.broadwaycenter.org. â&#x20AC;˘ Go Hard Festival featuring A$AP Ferg, Flosstradamus, Anna Lunde and more: 4 p.m. April 25, Tacoma Dome. â&#x20AC;˘ New Kids on the Block with Nelly and TLC: 7 p.m.
May 6, Tacoma Dome, $51.50 to $91.50 â&#x20AC;˘ Life in Color: Big Bang featuring Diplo, Laidback and more: 8 p.m. May 8, Tacoma Dome, $51 â&#x20AC;˘ Luke Bryan with Randy Houser and Dustin Lynch: 7:30 p.m. May 16, Tacoma Dome, $39.75 to $69.75. â&#x20AC;˘ Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon and Dennis Miller: 7:30 p.m. June 16, Tacoma Dome, $35.50 to $99.50 â&#x20AC;˘ Paradiso with Skrillex, Armin Van Buuren, Knife Party and more: June 26 and 27, Gorge Amphitheatre, George, $165 per two-day pass. â&#x20AC;˘ J. Cole with Big Sean, YG and Jeremih: 6:30 p.m. July 12, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $30.75 to $70.75. â&#x20AC;˘ Imagine Dragons with Metric: 7 p.m. July 31, Tacoma Dome, $26.50 to $56.50 â&#x20AC;˘ Rock & Rally for the Troops featuring Saving Abel: 5 p.m. Aug. 1, Cheney Stadium, $20; www.brownpapertickets.com.
Nearsighted Narwhal celebrates move with music By Matt Nagle matt@tacomaweekly.com
Sixth Avenueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hip, funky and educational zine shop, The Nearsighted Narwhal, is moving the business just one storefront down on April 1. Then on April 2, owners Christina Wheeler and Ossain Cardenas will be throwing a big party there with a very special guest â&#x20AC;&#x201C; singer, songwriter and storyteller Forest Beutel. Beutel, who plays banjo for two of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular bluegrass bands, Barleywine Revue and the Rusty Cleavers, will be leaving for his Colorado tour the next day in support of his new solo album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If You Label Me, You Negate Me.â&#x20AC;? His music is getting noticed, too. Olivia Weitz of the Northwest Hall of Radio History wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nods to delta-swamp and bluegrass give us a sense of where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been, Beutelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harmonica and country/folk themes take us closer to where he is and where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going with a new sound he calls Americana Blues.â&#x20AC;? But before Beutel hits the road, he has an evening planned that Wheeler describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;an intimate view into the mind of Forest.â&#x20AC;? The beautiful part is that this particular venue will not have the usual loud bar crowd for the music to contend with. Instead, this will be your opportunity to catch one of Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite music men in an intimate showcase where you will be able to thoroughly enjoy hearing his music, his voice and his story up close and personal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show him some Tacoma love as we send him off on the road,â&#x20AC;? Wheeler wrote in her Facebook invitation, which can be found at www.facebook.com/
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BANJO JAMS. Forest Beutel, of Barley Wine Revue and Rusty Cleavers fame, will help Nearsighted Narwhal celebrate its move.
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and directly from Forest Beutel. Admission is $5, or $10, with a special CD recording by Beutel.
While The Nearsighted Narwhal is moving to new digs, it will retain its unique place in Tacoma as the store whose sole focus is the myriad forms of the DIY culture. Not only does the shop house more than 1,000 self-published books, zines, and comics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with inventory growing daily â&#x20AC;&#x201C; customers love the Narwhalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-stocked selection of music titles and art from local artists. As everything at The Nearsighted Narwhal is on consignment, the shop is always accepting new zines, books, comics, music, all manner of handmade goods and art. Just send contact them through their website www.thenearsightednarwhal. com with pictures or links to your products or bring them into the store. The Nearsighted Narwhal is a learning center too. You can learn how to make your own buttons or your own record art for extremely reasonable prices, and the store also offers DIY birthday parties for both children and adults. Workshops include a wealth of intriguing subject matter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from crafting poetry, creative writing, grant writing for artists and book-binding techniques, to beginning block printing, self-portrait silhouettes, zine making and more. As Wheeler puts it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you wanted something a little different in your locally owned bookstore â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or maybe a lot different â&#x20AC;&#x201C; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to the right place.â&#x20AC;? Discover much more about The Nearsighted Narwhal at www.TheNearsightedNarwhal.com. The store is newly located at 2610B 6th Ave. Be sure and check out Forest Beutelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.ForestMarekBeutel.com, where you can hear his music and find out more on this gifted T-Town talent.
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YOU GO, GRRL. From L-R in photo are Jessie Jackson (guitar/vocals), Sarah Lynn (drums) and Ali Baker (bass, lead vocals.) Full Moon Radio will perform at Bob’s Java Jive March 28 at 9 p.m. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com
Olympia’s Full Moon Radio started with a hostile takeover of sorts. Guitarist Jessie Jackson and drummer Sarah Lynn moved to town in 2000 inspired by Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and other bands associated with the city’s feminist, “riot grrl” movement in the ‘90s. “That’s the exact reason I moved here,” said Jackson, a native of California. “We just knew there were lots of girls living here and playing music, and we thought that we could do the same thing.” The trio – also singerbassist Ali Baker – heads to Bob’s Java Jive on Saturday armed with a reputation as one of the capitol city’s hottest bands. Granted, it took a few tries to get to where they are now. The band’s first incarnation was She Wolf, founded by a fourth band member Jackson preferred to remain nameless. “He wanted us to be like a ‘60s girl band with lots of reverb and jangly guitars,” Jackson recalled. “It was not even a band we wanted to be in, but we agreed to play together; and then we kind of took over and ended up kicking him out (because) he had a major problem with drinking.” Another band member met a similar fate in the
band’s second incarnation, Vertebrae by Vertabrae. “When that band broke up, it was pretty devastating,” Jackson said. “He was my boyfriend, so that was lots of drama. He had also dated Ali; so we kind of scared him off. He ended up hitchhiking and moving back to Missouri in the middle of the night, and we all stopped playing music for a couple of years.” The third time was a charm, though. Jackson and Lynn were reunited in an L7 cover band they formed to play Olympia Film Society’s Night of the Living Tribute Bands in 2011. Baker was soon back in the fold (she’d shuffled off to Portland, Maine for a spell) and they decided to try their hand at original material again. Full Moon Radio as we know it was born. “Since we’d all played music together before, we’ve just always kind of had chemistry together and musically we can read each other’s minds,” Jackson said. “We like to stick together playing music because it’s just easy and it’s fun.” Their partnership has yielded two releases thus far: “Drop Off,” their debut EP for K Records, and last summer’s “Best Mother” album, both of which can be downloaded through bandcamp.com. Their brand of punk is
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B SHARP COFFEE: Warren G. Hardings (folk, bluegrass) 8 p.m., $5 CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Latin Edition (Latin music) 9:30 p.m. DAWSON’S: Little Bill & The Bluenotes (blues, jazz) 8 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Nite Crew (dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC MAXWELL’S: Live music, 7 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: Devil on a Leash, Brad Yaeger & The Night Terrors (rock, gothic-American) 9 p.m., $5 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Mister Master, Captain Algebra, Cradleman (rock) 7 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Crosswalk (rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Wildsky (rock) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Dennis Regan (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $15, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: Led Zeppmen (Led Zeppelin tribute) 8 p.m. UNCLE THURM’S: Kareem Kandi Band (jazz) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA THE VALLEY: Fabulous Downey Brothers, The Cutwinkles, Masonsapron (alternative) 9 p.m., NC
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 LOUIE G’S: Monsters Scare You, Keeping Secrets, Sky Pilot (rock, metalcore) 8 p.m., AA
B SHARP COFFEE: Fang Chia, Children of Kids (post-rock, prog-jazz) 8 p.m., $5 BOB’S JAVA JIVE: Full Moon Radio, Hot Cops, Coma Figura, Halcyonaire (alternative, punk, pop) 9 p.m., $5 BROADWAY CENTER – STUDIO 3: Drunken Telegraph (storytelling) 7:30 p.m., $8, AA CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Absolution (DJ) 9:30 p.m., NC before midnight, $5-$10, 18+ DAWSON’S: Steve Bailey and the Flames (blues) 8 p.m., NC DOYLE’S: The Bog Hoppers (Irish, Celtic-rock) 9:30 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Nite Crew (dance) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Erotic City, Bump Kitchen (Prince tribute, funk) 8 p.m., $15 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Mister Master, Captain Algebra, Cradleman (rock) 7 p.m., NC, AA THE SPAR: Tumblin’ Dice (Rolling Stones tribute) 8 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Crosswalk (rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Kry (rock covers) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Dennis Regan (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $15, 18+ early show TACOMA DOME: Maroon 5, Magic!, Rozzi Crane (pop) 7:30 p.m., $46.50-$122, AA UNCLE SAM’S: Stoned Evergreen Travelers (hard rock) 8 p.m. UPS – KILWORTH CHAPEL: Adelphian Concert Choir (poetry and music) 2 p.m., AA
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 TACOMA COMEDY: Jose’s Ha Ha Ha Show (comedy) 8 p.m., $10, 18+ CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Hempfest tryouts (rock) 7 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Rhythm Fire School of Music and Performance, 3 p.m., NC, AA NEW FRONTIER: 40 Grit (bluegrass jam) 3 p.m., NC O’MALLEY’S: Comedy open mic, 8:30 p.m., NC THE SPAR: Jim King & The Southsiders (blues) 7 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Bobby Hoffman and the Soul Spiderz (open jam) 8 p.m., NC
MONDAY, MARCH 30 STONEGATE: Too Many Cooks with Steve Stefanowicz (rock) 8 p.m., NC
B SHARP COFFEE: Creative Colloquy (spoken word) 7 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Rockaroke (live band karaoke) 11 p.m., NC
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 STEEL CREEK: A Thousand Horses (country, southern rock) 7:30 p.m., $25-$50 ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Luis J. Gomez and host Ralph Porter (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5 STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (acoustic open mic) 8 p.m., NC
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DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Bumpin’ Uglies, The Bastard Suns, The Sindicate (rock) 8 p.m., $5 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STEEL CREEK: Keith Anderson unplugged (country) 4:30 p.m., $15-$60 STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Doug Benson (comedy) 8 p.m., $20 TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m. TREO’S – UNION: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., NC, AA
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
B SHARP COFFEE: Keith Henson Jazz Quartet (jazz) 8 p.m., NC, AA 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 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Billy Stoops (open mic) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Brad Upton (comedy) 8 p.m., $10
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TW PICK: CARING BUNNY Sun., March 29, 9:30-11a.m. Tacoma Mall, 4502 S. Steele St.
Caring Bunny is an opportunity to connect with multitudes of families that have children with autism and other special needs, providing a more controlled and welcoming environment to visit the Easter Bunny. Presented in partnership with Autism Speaks. Price: Free. Info: (253) 4754566
KITTREDGE GALLERY EXHIBIT Fri., March 27, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. University of Puget Sound – Kittredge Gallery, 1500 N. Warner St. Come enjoy the gallery exhibits at Kittredge including works by Makoto Fujimura and Puget Sound students studying art abroad in Germany. Price: Free. Info: (253) 879-3555 ‘PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE’ Fri., March 27, 7:30-10 p.m. Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St. The Tacoma Little Theatre presents “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso are in a Parisian cafe in 1904. The two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects among other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness. A final surprise patron joins the merriment at the
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FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., March 28, 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, we 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. It makes use of AA principles to gain freedom from addictive eating. Price: Free. Info: (206) 979-0866
VINTAGE STATION WAGONS Fri., March 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. LeMay Museum, 2702 E. D St. Come see the grand opening of ACM’s newest exhibit: Vintage Station Wagons. Price: Free. Info: (253) 779-8490
MIXXEDFIT CLASS Sat., March 28, 9-10a.m. STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St. Created and founded by Lori Chung, MixxedFit is a people-inspired dance fitness program that is a mix of explosive dancing and boot camp toning. Price: $5; free for members. Info: (253) 404-3939
6-WEEK GEEK Sat., March 28, 2-4 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. Get an intro to coding and web design basics including HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Impress yourself and your employers, friends and family. Learn with others at the library and practice at home. Plan to spend about three hours per week on independent learning between ses-
ARGENTINE TANGO BEGINNER LEVEL CLASS Sun., March 29, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Backstreet Tango, 3505 S. 14th St. Join this group for an Absolute Beginner level Class. The studio was built sole purpose of teaching only authentic social Argentine Tango. You will learn the basic elements for this wonderful dance by certified professional instruc-
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tunity to network. Quarterly events. Lead With Heart – we give back to the community, food baskets for families in need. Price: Free. Info: www. itakethelead.com
MEDITATION & MODERN BUDDHISM Mon., March 30, 7-8:30 p.m. Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1501 Pacific Ave. S. Meditation is becoming more popular, but many 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. We will learn to calm our mind, develop new and beneficial attitudes, and focus on our mind so that we have greater control over our experiences in life. www.meditateinolympia.org/monday-nights-tacoma. Price: $10. Info: (360) 754-7787
WOODEN BOATS Tues., March 31, 6 p.m. Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. See wooden boat models and hear boat-building history with a Gig Harbor BoatShop boatwright. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3321 ABC BOATING COURSE Wed., April 1, 7-9 p.m. Point Defiance Marina, 5912 N. Waterfront Dr. This basic boating course is designed as an introduction to legal and safe power and sailboating. It meets the requirements for the mandatory Washington State Boaters Education card. Preregistration required. Price: $50. Info: www.metroparkstacoma.org/marina-instruction-classes LUNCHTIME MEDITATION: DOWNTOWN TACOMA Wed., April 1, 12-12:35 p.m. Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1501 Pacific Ave S. With Buddhist Teacher David Eskelin. Change your mind, change your day. Through meditation we learn to reduce stress and improve our mindfulness and concentration. This in turn makes us more relaxed, flexible and effective. In these classes we will emphasize creating happiness for ourself by developing a peaceful mind. Experience for yourself the effect a peaceful mind has on your day. Price: $5. Info: (360) 754-7787
SPRING BREAK SUPERSTARS Mon., March 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 N. Pearl St. Salute the zoo’s conservation animal superstars as they enjoy special treats. Price: $6.7517; free for children 2 and under. Info: (253) 591-5337 LAKEWOOD ITTL LEAD GROUP Tues., March 31, 7:30 a.m. IHOP, 7445 S. Hosmer St. iTTL is a referral groups organization offering educational seminars. Speed Networking gives another oppor-
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WITCHY WOMAN HOROSCOPES Christina Wheeler has been studying astrology for the past 22 years and runs The Nearsighted Narwhal on Sixth Avenue in Tacoma with her partner, Ossain. She loves combining her writing and craftiness to make zines and has one out now called Gypsy Grimoire Magickal Herbs & Spells available at her shop. She also heads the committee for the Sixth Avenue’s Dia de los Muertos parade. Contact her at thenearsightednarwhal@gmail.com for any questions or just to chew the fat about the stars.
ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) Take pride in your hobbies and creations this week, and don’t be afraid to puff your chest out a wee bit and harbor a twinkle in your eye when talking about yourself. Catch a show at the local theatre or star in one! It’s a time when you need to be recognized for your myriad talents and there’s no shame in commanding respect for the things you should be respected for.
LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) If life has been too crazy for you to connect with others lately, now’s the time to link arms with a good friend you haven’t seen in a while and skip to a grand adventure. Don’t let lack of funds or ideas stop you. Breathtaking memories are full steam ahead whether you plan them or not. Make memories that will have you reminiscing about them for years to come.
TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) There is a vein of needing attention and approval from your family running deeply below your surface, more than likely from a mother figure. Spend some time with your elders and be excruciatingly honest when expressing your needs to them. Mercury moves into Taurus this week so there is no better time to open up a dialogue in the way that best suits you. Communicate with love.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) You work hard, you work late, and you work on a plane that others simply cannot comprehend. Your efforts are about to pay off. Expect a powerful moment of approval this week, especially in regard to your creative works – a moment that reminds you why you work so hard in the first place. You totally deserve it.
GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) Your communique is running high on drama this week. Whether with a spouse, friend, coworker, or boss, there may be no way to escape the controversy. Try changing up your coping techniques. The power to be had in situations relies on your participation/nonparticipation. Stay in control by controlling yourself.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) The need to put your extensive knowledge base on display is strong right now, and it might just be what the world needs. You seem to be a well-spring on a variety of different subjects so who better to add an informed opinion than you? Try to keep your vanity in check and remember that you’re doing this for the greater good.
CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) You’re feeling a need to be recognized for the amount, style, and commitment to the work you do. You bring creative solutions to the table, and you are functioning at a higher capacity in your job than most. Sometimes it just takes an arm around the shoulder and a “well done” to make you feel better. Don’t be afraid to ask for that when you need it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Dramatic upheavals in your life as of recently are begging for you to turn your attention to them and milk them for the wisdom that these experiences offer up as restitution. Bad things definitely happen for reasons, and it’s up to you to discern the how’s and why’s. Remember not to point the blame finger at anyone, including yourself.
LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) If the paparazzi aren’t following you around this week, then they’re going to be missing out on a bunch of amazing photo ops. This is the time for high drama, or even higher drama, dear Leo. Wear your finest gown to a work meeting. Invest in a cane sword and a top hat and challenge anyone to a duel that doesn’t agree that you’re amazing and irreplaceable.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) What’s going on in your love life lately, Aquarius? This week can slip to either end of the dramatic scale. Grand gestures of love and shows of affection are just as likely as a glass full of wine being thrown in your face and engagements called off. Your actions denote either outcome. Realize this in your dealings with partners and aim for something good.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) Beware melodramatic happenstances, especially surrounding places of confinement like hospitals and jails. Life is in a bit of an upheaval for you but you’ve just got buckle up and ride that roller coaster to the end of its run. Downplay outbursts by non-reactions and take a bird’s eye view of situations to gain a better perspective.
PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) It’s time to put some attention on how you’re spending your days and taking care of yourself. Spring cleaning is in order for you mind and body, and in turn will cleanse the spirit. Throw out the parts of your daily routine that aren’t serving you in some way and replace them with healthy activities instead. The worst that will happen is that you’ll be more in tune with your needs.
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NOTICES TO: Wahelute Mills In the Matter of: Puyallup Tribe vs Waheluete Mills Case Number: PUY-FH-SHELL-2015-0003 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Tribal 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 April, 2015 at 9:00 am If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT. TO: WARD, Jade In the Matter of: Puyallup Nation Housing Authority vs WARD, Jade
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TO: TIFFANY BOWEN In the Welfare of: B.B DOB: 10/11/2014 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2014-0053 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 18TH day of MAY, 2015 at 11:00AM If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.
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.
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 summoned to appear for a _ Initial Hearing on the 30th day of April, 2015 at 9:00 AM
TO: Joshua Omelas
If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.
In re the Application for a Representative Payee: O., A.
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.
Case Number(s) PUY-CV-PC-2014-0187
Case Number: PUY-CV-EVT-2014-0188 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for a Motion Hearing in the Tribal 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 Motion Hearing on the 31st day of March, 2015 at 11:00 am If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT. TO: SYLVIA CARRILLO In the Welfare of: B, C DOB: 02/25/2015 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0021
TO: Donald George IV Case Name: In Re the Welfare of : T.C-G and D.G.V Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0016 PUY-CW-CW-2015-0017 A CHILD/FAMILY PROTECTION PETITION HAS BEEN FILED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2015 AGAINST YOU IN THE CHILDREN’S COURT OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS You are hereby summoned to appear for a 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 Monday the 20th day of April, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT. 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. WHEN A PARTY AGAINST WHOM A JUDGMENT IS SOUGHT FAILS TO APPEAR, PLEAS 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, WITHOUYT FURTHER NOTICE TO THE PARTY IN DEFAULT, ENTER A JUDGMENT GRANTING THE RELIEF SOUGHT IN THE COMPLAINT.
TO: JIMMY JOHNS In the Welfare of: S, A DOB: 03/28/2001 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0064 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 27TH day of APRIL, 2015 at 9:00AM 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 in the 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 Initial Hearing on May 5th, 2015 at 10:30 am If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT. TO: Rowena George AND Kevin George In Re the Application for a Representative Payee: Case Number(s) PUY-CV-PC-2014-0180-RE: L., G. PUY-CV-PC-2014-0181-RE: K., G. PUY-CV-PC-2014-0182-RE: K., G. Jr. PUY-CV-PC-2014-0183-RE: T. G. YOU are hereby summoned to appear in the 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 5th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 am If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PIERCE In re the Estate of: ROBERT ORVAL OVERLAND (a/k/a CARSON) Deceased NO: 15-4-00387-1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of the above estate. Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorney of record in the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four (4) months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 or 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and the non-probate assets of the deceased.
FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING MAY RESULT IN THE NAME CHANGE IF THE ABOVE LISTED MINOR(S). DATED 03/16/15 FILE YOUR RESPONSE WITH Pierce County District Court, 930 Tacoma Ave. S., Room 239, Tacoma WA 98402 (253) 798-6311
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THE STATE OF WASHINGTON-DIRECTED TO Michael Angelo Koutrouba YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that pursuant to RCW 4.24.130, the mother/father/legal guardian of the above named minor child(ren), has filed a Petition to change the Name of Lillian Prudence Koutrouba TO Lillian Prudence Midgett. The hearing on this matter shall be on Thursday April 23rd , 2015, at 9:00 AM 930 Tacoma Avenue S., Courtroom 127, Tacoma, Washington.
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 912 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.
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: Friday March 27, 2015. Subsequent weekly publications will run April 3, 2015 and March 10, 2015.
PIERCE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT STATE OF WASHINGTON
Regarding the Name Change of Lillian Prudence Kountrouba Minor NOTICE OF HEARING FOR NAME CHANGE By Amber Michelle Midgett Parent/Guardian
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.
DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with the Clerk of Court: March 18, 2015
FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT.
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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 45 PM. Please contact Judy Merritt @ 571-3873 or jmerrit@tacoma.k12. wa.us for specific information.
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$975
2 BED, 1.5 BATH 900 SF. REMODELED HOME HAS BRAND NEW APPLIANCES, NEW FLOORS, WASHER/DRYER INCLUDED
2 BED 1.5 BATH 975 SF. 2 BED CONDO HAS NEW HARDWOODS, SS APPLIANCES, PETS WELCOME AND MUCH MORE.
TACOMA
PUYALLUP
12704 A ST S # 3
12613 80TH AVE E #B
$595
$925
1 BED 1 BATH 500 SF. 1 BED APT HAS PATIO WITH STORAGE, LAUNDRY ON-SITE, $24 FOR W/S/ G & 6 MONTH LEASE AVAILABLE.
2 BED 1.5 BATH 1050 SF. AMAZING 2 BED DUPLEX HAS REC ROOM, LARGE MASTER SUITE, GARAGE SPACE AND HUGE DECK.
NORTH TACOMA
BONNEY LAKE
1006 N YAKIMA AVE #8
8403 LOCUST AVE E #B4
$1195 2 BED, 1 BATH 870 SF. NORTH END CONDO HAS SS APPLIANCES, JACUZZI TUB, WASHER/DRYER AND COVERED PARKING.
NO RENT TO OWN, LEASE OR OWNER CONTRACT! HOMES
HOMES
6027 S. Lawrence 3 Beds, 1¾ Bath, 1855 g SqFt. Beautiful in turn of the d n century Dutch Pe 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
Heather Redal (253) 363-5920 Heatherredal@gmail.com
11425 Madera Cir SW, Lakewood
$925
Park52.com · 253-473-5200 Professional Management Services
HOMES
3720 S Alaska St. 3 beds 1 bath 1,391 sqft. Adorable vintage craftsman w/original woodwork, finishes & attention to detail throughout! Picture perfect with hardwood flrs, fireplace, coved ceilings, large din rm & spacious, bright kitchen w/upgrades & stainless steel appliances. Remodeled bath w/high ceilings, dressing room & closet, 2 bedrooms upstairs, one on main. Dry basement large enough for bed/bath & family room. Fenced bkyd is like a private oasis with mature landscaping & room for entertaining & gardening & garage. MLS # 750464 $189,000
Sergio@betterproperties.com
4820 N Shirley St. Tacoma $439,000
16 N SALMON BEACH $349,000
Currently used as non conforming triplex. Over 1/2 acre! This classic home has views of the Sound & Olympic Mountains. Many upgrades yet original woodwork and charm. Main level has large kitchen with vaulted ceiling, skylights, 2 bedrooms & full bath. Upstairs & downstairs have been converted to separate units and could be easily converted back to a fabulous 4 bedroom home. OR subdivide (3 lots? -buyer to verify) Fully fenced yard with fruit trees, RV parking, detached garage/shop.
Welcome to this uniquely Northwest home in the waterfront community of Salmon Beach! Featuring main living area on the 2nd floor, the home boasts an amazing panorama stretching from the Narrows Bridge(s) to Pt Defiance. Open concept great room with living/dining/kitchen laid out with views like crazy! 1500 sq ft of deck space gives you lots of room for gardening, entertaining or just relaxing in the SW exposure, with spectacular sunsets, the Olympic Mtns, marine activity & wildlife galore... MLS# 690309
Mark Hulen 253.761.8888 Better Properties North Proctor mark@betterproperties.com
www.betterpropertiesnorthproctor.com
10519/10521 Mt. Tacoma DR SW Lakewood
$439,000 Incredible opportunity to own a well maintained duplex plus an 1800+ sf shop/ office! Just a few blocks from Pierce College and near shopping. 3 bedroom, 2 bath units with over 1200 sf each. Ideal for an owner/user, hobbyist, mechanic or a great place to store your cars, boats, equipment or? in the detached shop. Plenty of room to park your RV also. GSI does not include the full shop potential income, only the office portion. Only a short distance from historical Steilacoom and the waterfront!
Mark Hulen 253.761.8888 Better Properties North Proctor mark@betterproperties.com
www.betterpropertiesnorthproctor.com
1116 N. Jackson $190,000
Call Dave Peterson, Managing Broker Better Properties N Proctor 253-222-8480 or davepeterson@betterproperties.com
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Excellent business opportunity! The owners of “Sure to Rise Bakery,” located in Cashmere WA, are looking to retire. This business has been operating for 65 years and has supported our family since we bought it in 1985. We do both wholesale and retail out of our Front Street location. We own the building and all equipment. Please call 509-548-4788 for more information. COMMERCIAL BUILDING 4008 S. Pine Completely remodeled w/over 200k in high end upgrades. 10 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.
MLS# 663155
$599,000
Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308 Sergio@betterproperties.com
PROPERTY
PROPERTY
OLD TOWN $499,950 2 parcels : Build your dream home with a gorgeous view of Narrows Bridge and Puget Sound. The property is being sold as one to maximize the building envelope and open space but see what works best for you. Build on one lot, sell the other or build on the whole lot, there is so much opportunity here! (MLS # 612161) Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308
Amazing development potential with this unique Old Town property! City has given final plat approval for 4 lots on this prime 3 acre piece. Big views possible from all lots in this great neighborhood, tucked back & out of the way. Walk to the historic Old Town district with its coffee shops, wine bar & restaurants.; then stroll down to the waterfront & enjoy the gorgeous Puget Sound setting with walking paths, public docks, shoreline restaurants & more! MLS# 332653
Call Dave Peterson, Managing Broker at Better Properties N Proctor for more information. 253-222-8480 or davepeterson@ betterproperties.com
Businesses Opportunities 4 Sale with Owner Contract
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Sergio Hernandez (253)431-2308
Debbie Houtz Better Properties 253-376-2280
Sergio@betterproperties.com
2 BED 2 BATH 1100 SF. BEAUTIFUL CONDO HAS EAT IN KITCHEN, WASHER/DRYER, RESERVED PARKING & COVERED PATIO W/STORAGE.
HOMES
Gil Rigell Better Properties N. Proctor (253) 376-7787
Guild Mortgage, Tacoma Branch Company NMLS #3274 2702 S. 42nd St., Ste. 116 Tacoma, WA 98409
FOR RENT
Absolutely Charming, Mediterranean Style, custom built North Tacoma view home. Enjoy Commencement Bay view from Mstr Br balc. Inside feat. incl. Marble floor entry, St. Steel Appl, Gran. count-tops, Cust. built Hickory cab. + Beaut. Brazilian Cherry hardwood floor, Bay windows. Mstr suite w/ FP & Lrg bath+steam shower, Cali closet. New Energy Efficient heating. Cent. vacuum, new paint in & out, new carpet, Finished Bsmt w/ kitchen. Close to Schools, Parks, Freeway, Hospitals & Waterfront. $623,000.
3 Bed, 1 3/4 Bath. 1,356 sq ft. Open floor plan & vaulted ceilings highlight this handsome rambler on a park-like corner lot in Artondale. Kitchen features an island, new smooth-top stove & convection oven, tile countertops & bay windows. Family room with fireplace is perfect for entertaining as is the large deck & fenced backyard. The master suite, one of three newly carpeted bedrooms, has French doors to the deck and a remodeled ¾ bathroom. 30-yr roof installed in 2005. 10 mins to schools, shopping, recreation & SR-16 MLS# 573155 $257,500
Black Tie Finished yet, Comfortable & Casually Elegant. Named Most Beautiful home in its class. Controlled access, gated & walled community of Madera. The ultimate in seclusion yet near world class amenities. Stylish interiors, warm colors, kitchen that rivals Elle Décor magazine w/ marble, new custom cabinetry, professional appliances, woods & neutral colors, open concept living, flexible floor plan, bed/office on main floor, manicured grounds, unique spaces. Quality. Location. Style. Timeless. MLS# 726788 $699,500 Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800
LONGTIME ESTABLISHED POPULAR RESTR./LOUNGE Business for sale. $189,000 & size, 4,100 sq. ft.
SAME OWNER: BARTENDING ACADEMY OF TACOMA, Since 1959, Very profitable, Training provided.
GIG HARBOR CHINESE RESTR., same owner 26 yrs., $50,000
TAVERN, w/cocktails, Pulltabs, Mineral Lake, Mineral, Wa., EZ terms, Seller Financing
Huge reduction
PORT ORCHARD, DOWNTOWN Food & Beverage, annual gross sales, approx. $1,300,000, excellent net. Owner selling real estate & the business for $850,000, terms avail., same location over 100 years.
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VERY PROFITABLE GROCERY STORE/DELI/BAKERY/ MEAT MARKET. Business For Sale, $275,000, Annual Gross Sales, $1,400,000, Seller Financing.
RICHARD PICTON or ED PUNCHAK
253-581-6463 253-224-7109
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