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CELEBRATE. Joining in on the ribbon cutting were (back row from left): Fife Mayor Tim Curtis; former Congressman Norm Dicks and Puyallup Tribal

Council Vice-Chairman Larry LaPointe; (front row from left) Puyallup Tribal Council Members Marguerite Edwards, Sylvia Miller and Roleen Hargrove; Senator Maria Cantwell; Puyallup Chairman Bill Sterud; Gov. Jay Inslee; Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen; Congressman Denny Heck; and Puyallup Tribal Council Members David Bean and Tim Reynon. (Left) Puyallup Tribal Chairman Bill Sterud greets Gov. Jay Inslee at the podium. (Middle)Puyallup Tribal Member David Duenas offers up an honor song. (Right) With its Coast Salish artwork, the Salish Integrative Oncology Cancer Center is now a visible landmark on the Puyallup reservation in Fife.

PUYALLUP TRIBE WELCOMES DIGNITARIES

FOR HISTORIC RIBBON CUTTING By Matt Nagle

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ederal, regional, state and local leaders gathered with the Puyallup Tribal Council on April 7 to officially cut the ribbon on the tribe’s new state-of-the-art Salish Integrative Oncology Cancer Center (SIOCC). The center, located in the tribal-owned Trans Pacific building in Fife, will start receiving patients on April 13.

The grand opening event welcomed invited guest speakers Governor Jay Inslee, Senator Maria Cantwell, former Congressman Norm Dicks and Congressman Denny Heck. Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Derek Kilmer were unable to attend the event and sent representatives bearing letters of congratulations. Others in attendance included Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen, members of Tacoma and Pierce County Councils, Fife u See CANCER / page A8

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“I’m very excited about the opening of the center. It’s a wonderful reflection of our core values of taking care of one another – that’s who we are as Puyallup people and what better way of demonstrating that to the world than by saving lives by treating or curing cancer.” – Puyallup Tribal Council Member Tim Reynon

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DIVE IN. Members of the SAMI A Team (from left to right), Alumni

Supporter Grace McKenney, Coach Matt Lonsdale, Coach Cathleen McConnell, Kenia Neely, Keyan Gootkin (kneeling), Joey Fisher, Team Captain Sean Holland and Emma Gregory.

SAMI STUDENTS MAKE FINE SHOWING IN ANNUAL ORCA BOWL By Derek Shuck Derek@tacomaweekly.com

Students from the Tacoma Science and Math Institute got their feet wet participating in the annual statewide Orca Bowl, a knowledge competition quizzing students on marine knowledge, which includes everything from water quality data, ocean organisms, marine policies and plate tectonics. “It’s one of the best ways to find things out and to get the knowledge out

there. Orca bowl is just a really great way to teach us, our families and everyone around through competition,” team member Keyan Gootkin said. Students were split into “A” and “B” teams, and the “A” team’s finish was second only to Friday Harbor High School, who will move on to national competition. “A lot of what was really cool was talking to the Friday Harbor’s ‘A Team.’ They were all super nice, and we even u See SAMI / page A9

Plans to lease Tacoma’s Click! Network for the next 40 years to Wave Broadband has received mixed reviews from the Tacoma City Council, which will ultimately have to sign off on any deal. The municipally owned Click Network has been losing money since it formed 17 years ago, and that rate of loss has grown as the cost of cable television content providers continue to raise the rates they charge Click to offer their channels. An increasing number of cable customers are also “cutting their cords” by opting out of television entirely for on-line only offerings such as Netflix and Hulu. Those factors translate to an annual loss of $9 million. A search to stem those losses started more than a year ago and lead to consultants

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stopped by the University of Puget Sound to chat with students about the mounting issue of student loans on April 2.

KILMER DISCUSSES STUDENT DEBT By Derek Shuck Derek@tacomaweekly.com

In 2013, the amount of student loan debt in the country topped $1 trillion, surpassing auto loan debt and credit card debt. That number has continued to grow and now it is quickly becoming apparent that mounting student debt is a problem. On April 2, Representative Derek Kilmer joined an education class at the University of Puget Sound to discuss these issues and what can be done to fix them. He was warmly welcomed by professor John Woodward, Dean of the School of Education, to speak to Woodward’s class “American Schools Inside and Out.” “My folks were school teachers and I could not

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DEBT. Congressman Derek Kilmer (right)

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Bulletin Board TACOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY CELEBRATES SILVER ANNIVERSARY Tacoma Historical Society will mark its 25th anniversary and learn about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Boat Builderâ&#x20AC;? when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 13, at the University of Puget Sound. The meeting will be held in the Rotunda at the Wheelock Student Center. The public is invited. The speaker, Allen B. Petrich, will tell of his research into the shipbuilding history of Tacoma and the South Sound. Petrich is a grandson of Martin Petrich, the Croatian immigrant who founded Western Boat in Tacoma in 1917. Petrich promises that no matter whom you think Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first boat builder was, you will be surprised. He grew up in Tacoma amid the sights, sounds and experiences of the shipyard. He attended Bellarmine Prep and graduated in history from the University of Puget Sound. The society will announce its two annual awards: The Murray Morgan Award, for significant efforts to preserve and communicate local history; the Alan C. Liddle Award, for achievement in historic preservation. Opened in March 2014, Tacoma Historical Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown facility at 919 Pacific Avenue houses exhibits, a gift shop, offices and a resource center for researchers. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. The societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection includes some 400 bound volumes of Tacoma newspapers dating back to 1883. The society is a volunteer-supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, and is dedicated to the preservation, promotion and presentation of the history of the city of Tacoma and its people. For more information, visit www. tacomahistory.org or call (253) 472-3738. ENJOY A TASTE OF TACOMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BREWERY DISTRICT Learn about Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic Brewery District and walk along the new Prairie Line Trail, Wednesday, April 15 from 5:15-6:30 p.m. The 1.5 mile walk, sponsored by KPG Inc., will start at the base of the UWT stairs at South 19th and Pacific Avenue and end at the Harmon Brewery and Eatery for a beer tasting and social. The walk, led by Michael Sullivan, will take people back in time and highlight Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic breweries, buildings, and rail line in the Brewery and Warehouse Districts. There is no need to pre-register for the event, simply join Downtown On the Go at the meeting spot. Walk Tacoma 2015, sponsored by CHI Franciscan Health, is a nine event walking series held on 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 introducing new walking routes, and sharing information 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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These walk events are a great way to encourage your employees to get out and to learn about the history of downtown Tacoma and see all the great things that are happening downtown. It is also a great event for our friends and family outside of Tacoma if they have not seen all the great things our city offers. Walk Tacoma events have seen fantastic growth in the last few years because they highlight how truly walkable our great downtown is,â&#x20AC;? says Michael Hutchinson, Downtown On the Go Board President and Partner at GeoEngineers. Walking maps of the routes are available at no cost at Downtown On the Go (950 Pacific Ave., Suite 300), at many downtown businesses, on www.tourpup.com/walktacoma/tours, or by contacting Meagan Kula, Downtown On the Go Coordinator, at (253) 682-1734 or meagank@ tacomachamber.org. Log your walks on the Trip Calendar at PierceTrips.com to earn prizes and be a part of the 24,859-mile community challenge to Walk Around the World. For more information on the full Walk Tacoma Series or the Walk Around the World campaign, visit www. downtownonthego.org or find the effort on Facebook or Twitter. MONDAY MIXER FOCUSES ON SMALL BUSINESS LENDING The City of Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next quarterly Monday Mixer networking event at Revive Tacoma (323 Puyallup Ave.) on April 20, from 5-6:30 p.m., focuses on traditional and alternative funding opportunities for Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small businesses. Lending agency representatives and crowd funding experts will explain their unique industry sectors and answer questions about funding for expansions or start-ups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Entrepreneurship and innovation are on the upswing in Tacoma,â&#x20AC;? said Mayor Marilyn Strickland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to see things improve even further. This upcoming Monday Mixer is an opportunity for small business owners and entrepreneurs to learn about new and innovative loan and funding options.â&#x20AC;? Staff from the City of Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community and Economic Development Department will be at the event

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CITY PRESENTS EIGHT MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TALKS COURAGE to End Domestic Violence, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Domestic Violence Awareness Initiative, will be hosting eight discussions about healthy relationships and ending domestic violence as part of the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talk Series. The Talks will be hosted at Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books (218 St. Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ave.) from 6-8 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month beginning in April and ending in November. The discussions are free and everyone is welcome. Jonathan Grove, who is the former Men Against Violence Program Coordinator at Pacific Lutheran University, and Will Jenkins, Sr., who has 10 years of advocacy experience helping victims of sexual assault, will lead the discussions. The Kickoff discussion is on April 16 and is titled Domestic Violence 101. The schedule of events includes: Âˇ May 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships Âˇ June 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Personal Experiences Âˇ July 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Prevention of DV and Bullying (this talk will be on the Second Thursday) Âˇ Aug. 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reflective Thinking Âˇ Sept. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mentoring Âˇ Oct. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Collaboration and Team Building Âˇ Nov. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bridging the Gap: Strategies For more information, contact Kelly Crouch at kcrouch@cityoftacoma.org. MULTICARE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FUND ACCEPTING GRANT REQUESTS Community organizations focused on issues such as health improvement, economic well-being, education and the arts are invited to apply for a new source of support for their work: MultiCare Health Systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Partnership Fund. The new fund, which was launched this week, will provide financial support to select not-forprofit organizations throughout Pierce, King, Thurston and Kitsap counties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;MultiCareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission is partnering for healing and a healthy future,â&#x20AC;? said Bill Robertson, President and CEO of MultiCare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is so much more to a healthy community than health care. MultiCare has a long history of building close partnerships in the community to improve the lives of all those we serve. This Community Partnership Fund is an exciting next step in that work, and will allow us to reach out in meaningful ways to support the health and vitality of the people and communities we are privileged to work with each day.â&#x20AC;? Registered, not-for-profit 501(c)3 community organizations are eligible to apply for single or multi-year grants from the $500,000 fund. Requests will be reviewed several times a year, and grants will be awarded in part based on whether the project or organization serves a broad range of community members, addresses an important need in the community, provides a significant and measureable impact and aligns with MultiCareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission. For more information, or to apply for funding, please visit multicare.org/communitypartnership. CATHERINE USHKA ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID Tacoma School Board Director Catherine Ushka announced today her intent to run for re-election. Ushka was elected to her current term in 2009 with a position of improving transparency and accountability. During Ushkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s term, the board completed the first strategic plan in over a decade setting bold goals to ensure every student can succeed in college or the career of their choice. She also led efforts resulting in increased graduation rates from 55 to 78 percent and helped champion Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful effort to become the only innovative school district in the State of Washington. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was elected in 2009, we were facing millions of dollars in budget cuts, a lack of transparency, and no plan for improvement. Today we have a clear strategic plan, are making significant progress on our goals and have created several policies to help ensure that students have greater support and opportunities to succeed.â&#x20AC;? Ushka says she is running for a second term because while Tacoma Public Schools has made significant strides there is still a long way to go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an amazing community surrounding students in our city. We need to complete carrying out the vision of equity and success- that work is not yet finished.â&#x20AC;? Highlighting several goals for her next term, Ushka noted that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are still significant gaps in achievement among ethnic and racial groups, as well as economic disparity, and 22 percent of our students are not graduating in four years. We have come this far because there has been an authentic focus on finding what works. I believe this community deserves a top-quality education system, and I am committed to seeing that we get there.â&#x20AC;&#x153; For more information, contact Catherine at (253) 5793129 or VoteCatherine@gmail.com. see more bulletin boArd items At tAcomAweekly.com

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TACOMA MURDER MYSTERY REMAINS UNSOLVED By David Rose Washington’s Most Wanted - Q13 Fox

It was springtime almost nine years ago when 20-year-old Beverley Ann Steward-Hill was found dead inside her Castellan West apartment in University Place, and the case remains unsolved. DAVID ROSE In the early morning hours of June 24, 2006, a call came in to 911 that an apartment complex at 2625 Cascade Place West was on fire. “There was a total of 36 apartments evacuated that morning and they sustained heavy damage,” Pierce County Det. John Jimenez says. The fire started inside Steward-Hill’s apartment and detectives believe that it was no accident. Jimenez adds, “Based on the evidence of the crime scene there were things in there that told us it was a staged event,” one that left more questions than

answers. “The cause of her death is undetermined,” said Jimenez. Investigators say Steward-Hill had no criminal background and believe she was killed by someone she knew. Her mom, Nellie, just wants to know why. She told Washington’s Most Wanted Cold Case Correspondent Parella Lewis, “There’s the lack of answers. Not having resolution, not knowing what happened, not knowing how

she died, why she died, there’s no closure.” One thing they do know is the hunt for Steward-Hill’s killer isn’t over. “We have not given up on this case.” said Jimenez. Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads investigators to StewardHill’s killer. You must to call the Crime Stoppers hotline to claim the reward at 1 (800) 222-TIPS.

PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AWARDED FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP

n Feb. 6, at its annual Lincoln Day Banquet, the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association honored the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with the “2014 Law Firm Pro Bono Award.” The office was recognized “for outstanding leadership in establishing the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Family Law Clinic for Veterans.” The program’s volunteer attorneys and support staff provide low-income veterans with legal services such as housing, child support and custody. Prosecutor Lindquist, Chief of Staff Dawn Farina, and Deputy Prosecutor Jason Ruyf accepted the award for the office. “I’m proud of our office’s commitment to public service as well as public safety,” said Lindquist. “Everyone in our office feels honored by these awards and acknowledgments.” Several Prosecutor’s Office staff members were recognized for their other achievements: Lisa Wagner, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: Marilyn Holzman Humanitarian Award for her work on behalf of the homeless in our community James Curtis, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: Service to Legal Education Award for his work with youth in local schools Tim Lewis, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: acknowledged for his work on the

As people get older, it’s natural to assume that they calm down, and take less of a rebellious attitude. This wasn’t the case for a resident of a retirement home on Fife street on April 1 who assaulted another resident and didn’t really seem to care when police were called. As the victim spoke to officers, the assaulter emerged from the dining hall, called the victim a liar, and gave him the finger. After confirming with other residents that the assault did happen, the man was booked into Fife jail for simple assault. Another man on April 2 was slightly confused as to how economics and the criminal justice system works. After attempting to leave a McKinley Avenue convenience store without paying for food he had consumed, the clerk told him he had to pay and the man simply responded that it was actually the clerk who owed him. He left the store after a brief scuffle. Police were called to the scene and the shoplifter returned. When asked by the officer about shoplifting, the man claimed that now the police officer owed him. The officer told him he was banned from the location but that didn’t stop the criminal, who returned inside once more to try and have the clerk arrested. The officer didn’t fall for the clever ruse and forced the man to leave the premises. Compiled by Derek Shuck

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Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives need your help to locate a missing woman, feared to be the victim of foul play. Joyce Dyer has been missing under suspicious circumstances since April of 2014. The last known sighting of Joyce Dyer occurred on April 4th, 2014. At the time of her disappearance Dyer was renting a room at a house on 40th Ave. E. in Tacoma; a roommate saw Dyer leave the residence with an unidentified male, possibly named “David Lee”. Dyer has not been seen or heard from since, and all of her possessions were left at the residence. Fridays at 10:30pm on

At the time she went missing Joyce Michelle Dyer was described as a white female, 54 years old, 5’2” tall, 150 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes. She wore prescription eyeglasses and had several surgical scars on her left leg and her back. “David Lee” is described as an asian male, approximately 50 years old, 5’7” tall and 160 lbs., with dark hair. He may have been employed in appliance repair. Detectives are looking for any information regarding Joyce Dyer’s disappearance and/or her whereabouts, including the identity of “David Lee”.

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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT Supporting the Economic Growth of Our Community

State, local and Puyallup tribal officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Feb. 18, 2015 for the next Interstate 5 project in Tacoma that will create a new bridge over the Puyallup River and reconstruct the I-5/State Route-167 interchange, commuter lanes and increase access to tribal properties. Pictured here are (left to right): Puyallup tribal member David Duenas; State Representative Hans Zeiger (R-25); Tacoma Deputy Mayor David Boe; Puyallup Tribal Chairman Bill Sterud; State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson; Hamilton Construction President Scott Williams; WSDOT Olympic Region Administrator Kevin Dayton; and Kierra Phifer with U.S. Senator Patty Murray’s office.

Considered among the most urban of Native American tribes, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has grown to be a critical component of the South Sound economy. As Pierce County’s sixth largest employer, a donor to a broad range of charitable organizations, and a major funder of housing, roads, education and environmental projects, the Puyallup Tribe stands as a model for taking care of not only its own membership but

sharing its wealth among the broader community as well. The Puyallup Tribe is one of the largest employers in Pierce County. With a payroll of more than 3,200 people that work in the Tribe’s businesses, government, economic development corporation, school, and health and housing authorities — approximately 70 percent of whom are non-Native — employees enjoy competitive wages and benefits.

In 2013, the Tribe spent more than $461 million. This spending supports communities by providing good wages and generous benefits to individuals, and through purchases of goods and services from local suppliers, vendors, contractors, construction companies and more. From sponsoring countless local charities, non-profit organizations, social welfare projects and events that may otherwise suffer or cease to exist, to

protecting the environment, funding crime prevention, city improvement projects and healthcare, the Tribe maintains its commitment to honoring its welldeserved reputation as “the generous people,” a reflection of the meaning of the Tribe’s very name “Puyallup.” 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.

PUYALLUP TRIBE BRINGS GOOD THINGS TO LIFE Helping the local economy thrive through renovations and new construction, jobs, opportunities for recreation and attracting business leaders to the South Sound Ever since the Puyallup Tribe established its Emerald Queen Casinos in Fife and Tacoma, the Tribe has generously shared the resulting financial success of these two stable, long-term businesses. Working to improve the quality of life for the people who live and work in the cities that exist within the Tribe’s reservation boundaries, in this 21st century the Tribe remains steadfast in its commitment to sharing the income generated from the EQC and related restaurant, retail and hotel facilities which, in turn, means good things for the people who live and do business in the South Sound. In 2014, the Tribe announced new ventures that will benefit not just tribal members but people from all walks of life, as the Tribe strives to build the local economy and help maintain a good standard of living for communities. EQC BALLROOM AND CONFERENCE CENTER In 2014, the Emerald Queen Hotel and Casino in Fife opened the doors to a brand new Ballroom and Conference Center available for rental to

Renovated into an attractive and spacious multi-functional facility, the Center is perfect for all kinds of occasions.

the public. Located just across the casino parking lot, the former EQC business building was given a makeover inside and out that must be seen to be fully appreciated. Renovated into an attractive and spacious multi-functional facility, the Center is perfect for all kinds of occasions, from wedding receptions, Seahawks viewing parties and family reunions, to confer- Considerable thought went into the design of the Center in order to make it as user-friendly as possible for a ences and conven- wealth of customer needs. tions, retirement parties, office parties and much more. Considerable thought went into the design of the center in order to make it as user-friendly as possible for a wealth of customer needs. The full Ballroom and Conference Center works great for larger functions, and moveable walls divide these areas into three different floor plans available individually or together. The center also offers a portable stage and dance floor and features a state-ofthe-art audio/video system, with 15-foot roll-down video screens that can televise everything from sports games to PowerPoint presentations. Everything needed for a memorable event is included in the rental price – from water and soda, coffee and tea, to the linens, china, glassware and silverware. All food is prepared in the EQC’s award winning kitchens, so clients can rest assured that there will be delicious, fresh choices to please everyone on the guest list. CHANGES TO EQC-TACOMA Since 2004, the majority of operations at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma have been housed in a tent structure. The tent has functioned well over the years, but from the beginning it was intended to be temporary. Now the time has come for the tent to be removed and the casino renovated into a nicer, permanent facility which will not only attract new patrons and tourist dollars to the South Sound; it will ensure that this popular casino continues to offer plenty of fullbenefit jobs to Natives and non-Natives alike.

The newly renovated EQC will offer more room for gaming and attract new patrons and tourist dollars to the South Sound.

Construction is now underway and will include a new parking garage, plenty of surface parking and beautification amenities, like a fountain water feature to create excitement and activity as patrons enter the property. New roads will also be built to allow for easy access to the casino and the Tribe is working closely with the Washington State Department of Transportation in getting the exits off the freeway correctly into the property to allow for smooth entry and exit.

For more information about the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, visit www.puyallup-tribe.com.

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SUSAN DREIER NAMED PIERCE TRANSIT CEO

NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE MAY 1

The Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners, at a special meeting on April 1, named Susan Dreier the next Chief Executive Officer of Pierce Transit after a six month national search. Dreier is the current Chief Operating Officer for Salem-Keizer Transit in Salem, Oregon. She began her transit career as a bus driver for Lane Transit in Eugene in 1992 before moving into management within Lane Transit. She began her current role in 2010. “Susan has great communication skills, compelling story to tell in terms of her path rising through the ranks of public transit agency. She will help bring stability for the agency for the customers, community and employees.” said Pierce Transit Board of Commissioner and Pierce County Councilmember Rick Talbert.

With the newly reinstated and enhanced Neighborhood Small Innovative Grant program, staff has worked to address a backlog of 86 projects totaling $495,584 and identify necessary program improvements reflecting the findings and priorities from the 2012 Neighborhood Council Program review. To date, staff has completed all but five of the remaining projects, which are in progress at sites located in Central, North End, Northeast and South Tacoma. Grant program enhancements include: · Funding of $320,000 allocated from the City of Tacoma’s General Fund, 10 percent of which is set aside for maintenance totaling $32,000 biannually · One application cycle with $36,000 allocated to each Neighborhood Council for the biennium · Increased flexibility for project eligibility as uses are not restricted to capital improvements · Increased impact with 18-month project deadlines

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coming to the conclusion that the best option would be to lease out the fiber optic network. That conclusion lead to a pitch from Kirkland-based Wave Broadband. The deal, which has been endorsed by the Tacoma Utility Board, came during a joint meeting between the council and TPU last week. It would have Wave leasing

The two finalists spent the day at the agency receiving a tour of facilities and system along with an all employee town hall and Community Stakeholder meeting prior to the Boards special meeting. Dreier enters at a time where the agency is beginning to see strong recovery from the Great Recession with both sales tax revenue and service hours increasing. Pierce Transit will increase service hours by 16,000 in 2015, focused primarily on adding weekend service and some frequency to weekday service. The Board will take final action on an employment agreement at their April 13, regularly scheduled Board meeting. The agency has been run by Interim CEO Jim Walton, former City Manager for Tacoma, since last September.

the Click assets for $2 million a year and spend another $1.5 million in improvements during the span of the 40-year lease. The deal would enable Click to avoid about $6 million a year in debt, totaling $9.5 million year in “revenue” or $380 million over the life of the lease. The deal is set to expire in two months, although that will likely be extended. Click was formed in 1997 as a way to fully use the fiber optic lines Tacoma Power needed for the

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“smart meters” to customers. It was the first municipal broadband system in the nation, fueled largely by the lack of competition for Internet Service Providers. Tele-Communications Inc. held a virtual monopoly in the market at the time and received complaints about poor customer service, lack of products and high prices. It was then purchased by AT&T, which then sold to Charter Communications, which in turn was sold to Comcast. The greater Tacoma market is now served by a host of Internet providers. Wave Broadband has a two-out-of-five star rating on Yelp. Click, for comparison, has three and a half stars as does Advanced Steam Broadband and Net Ventures, while Rainier Connect and Verizon have three-star ratings. Clearwire has two and a half stars, while Comcast has two stars. Centurylink and Dish Network have one and a half stars on the online customer review site. Council members Anders Ibsen and Ryan Mello are decidedly no votes on the deal as it is now. They want more community discussion before the city signs away such a large public asset for the next two generations of Tacomans. “We need to address Click’s financial challenges head-on - not by selling it down the river, but making pragmatic adjustments,”

Ibsen said. “In addition to responding to problems, we need to seriously pursue digital equity, as well as using Click more as an economic development tool.” Ibsen would like to form a community stakeholders group, similar to what the city did for marijuana laws and billboards, to discuss the future of Click as well as the broader discussion of Internet access to Tacomans. About one in four households, for example, do not have an internet connection in a city that once prided itself as “America’s #1 wired city.” “Click has real issues, sure,” Ibsen said. “But this particular ‘deal’ very much features a manufactured sense of urgency. It is not as bleak of a financial picture as it has been presented.” Mello would prefer to have had a broader discussion about policies and visions for Click’s future before a specific deal was presented with a 60-day clock ticking to sign it. “We need to start with a policy and vision discussion first, and authentically involve the community,” he said. “I do not support outsourcing our infrastructure.” Councilmember Mary Campbell worries that the whole issue of bridging the digital divide of those households with Internet access and those without it needs to be addressed, not just the dollars of any deal. “My primary concern is

· Elimination of minimum and maximum project amounts to better reflect total project costs · A simplified application with an emphasis on abutting neighborhood/community support, maintenance plans and identified life cycle costs · Restrictions on multiple funding allocations to one project or group · Program guidelines that call for equitable distribution of funding within each Neighborhood Council area Applications for funding are due May 1, with informational workshops scheduled for April 8, 6 - 7 p.m., at the Tacoma Police Department Sector 3 Substation (1501 S. 72nd St.) and April 16, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., at the Tacoma Police Department Sector 4 Substation (400 E. 56th St.). RSVP’s to each workshop are appreciated and can be directed to kmanno@cityoftacoma.org. Questions about the program can be directed to Carol Wolfe at cwolfe@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5384.

how we deal with Internet in the future,” he said. “How do we make it cheap and fast?” Councilmember Victoria Woodards wants any deal to include plans to increase Internet access around the city, particularly to low-income families. But she concedes that some retooling at Click is coming. “We need to do something about Click,” she said. “We need to find a better business model but I am not convinced that leasing to a private company is the best model or that we did our due diligence. Access to broadband and the Internet is just like water or light. It is no longer optional.” Mayor Marilyn Strickland supports the concept of a private-public partnership regarding Click and thinks some of the concerns people, and members of the council, have about the particular deal can be resolved. “This is a starting point for the conversation,” she said. “The end game here is to give our customers the best product for the best price.” Councilmember Joe Lonergan wants to see the breakdown of how Tacoma Public Utilities and Wave arrived at the lease amounts to see if it is the best deal for the city and ratepayers. “At first glance, it makes sense to not have this Albatros around our necks,” he said. TPU spokeswoman

Chris Gleason said that the council reaction to the lease idea was expected since there was a lot of information about a complicated industry presented at the study session in a short amount of time. “We’ve talked about Click!’s financial issues, and they have seen rate increases, but to have an actual LOI (Letter of Intent) put in front of them was pretty shocking, I’m sure,” she said. “The 60-day timeframe seemed to be a tough one for them, too. The board and the mayor have known about this proposal, so they’ve had more time to consider it. The board chair and mayor met with the Wave executives, so they know more about what kind of company it is.” TPU and Wave officials are now setting up meetings with each council member to address their particular concerns or reactions about the deal. “Some of the debate is about whether cable and Internet should be a public utility service,” Gleason said. “A better understanding of that will likely come out of the discussions with the council members.” Town Hall meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. on April 9 at Stadium High School and April 15 at Tacoma Public Utilities, 3628 S. 35th St. to gauge public interest in the idea as well as allow people to voice their concerns or support for the lease.

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For many students, attending a two- or four-year college, university, or vocational school is a crucial next step on their path to fulfilling their career and life dreams. If you want to help your child meet their higher education goals, join us on our first-ever parent college tours. From April 13-23, we are sponsoring tours of seven outstanding local colleges. We will provide transportation to and from each institution. Each visit includes a customized tour and presentation from college staff on the admissions process, financial aid and scholarships and college life unique to each school.

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Guest Editorials

GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TB AND MALARIA MUST RECEIVE FULL FUNDING "Y 7ILLIE $ICKERSON With World Tuberculosis Day having occurred on March 24, this is a good time to see how we are doing on controlling this disease. According to Mark Dybul the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, we are in an historic time where it will soon be possible to control these three diseases. Tuberculosis may get the least publicity, but it is the most pervasive of the three. One in three humans on our planet carry this disease. Though mostly in its latent form, it can become active anytime. This disease is spread through the air by coughing or sneezing. Of course if you spend much time on an airplane, chances are you may be exposed. Fortunately, our immune systems often fight off this and other infections. Not so easy for people who are HIV positive. Tuberculosis is the number one killer of people with HIV/ AIDS. Currently, 1.5 million people die of Tuberculosis and 1.5 million from AIDS each year.

The cure for TB is simple when the TB is simple. A course of drugs costing $20 in the developing world can end this disease. The most important part of the treatment is to take the full course of the antibiotics. When people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the full course, the TB bacteria can mutate into drug resistant TB, or extremely drug resistant TB. When this happen, treatment becomes very expensive. So why worry about this disease in America? There are still cases of TB in America. There have been drug resistant cases reported in America, including Washington State. The cost of curing this is $200,000 and more, and there is still only a 50/50 chance of success. So what can we do? First, do what it takes to stay healthy. Then we can use our voices to make sure our country is doing its job to protect us. Last year the U.S. pledged $5 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. This pledge would only be carried out if matched 2 to 1 by other donors. Unfortunately, the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed budget would cut the money

for the Gobalal Fund. We can ask our Representatives to make sure these and other TB monies are not cut, including the funding for the fight against TB domestically through our health departments. The recent Ebola outbreak has shown us that disease must be treated globally. This is even more true for tuberculosis, since it is an airborne disease and thus spread much easier than Ebola. Making sure all who need medicine receive it is more likely to happen if we fund the Global Fund, bilateral TB aid and our local health departments. So take five minutes to call or email your Representative and Senators asking them to make sure full funding to fight Tuberculosis is in the 2016 budget. Willie Dickerson is a former Tacoma resident, where she taught school for 16 years (and she still visits family often). Retired now, she is a volunteer with RESULTS (results.org) working to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty in America and our world.

NEW RAIL SAFETY REGULATIONS WELCOME "Y $ON # "RUNELL North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has announced new rules that reduce the vapor pressure in oil tanker cars leaving his stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booming oil patch. The goal is to reduce the risk of fiery explosions like the one that killed 47 people in LacMegantic, Quebec in July 2013. In separate efforts, Congress is beefing up safety standards for oil tank cars and the White House is calling for increased rail inspections and slower speeds for oil trains traveling through populated areas. Meanwhile, the Washington legislature is working to tighten regulations on oil trains and establish a per-barrel tax to be used for spill cleanup. Stiffer science-based safety regulations for crude-carrying trains are welcome. BNSF, the major crude-carrying railroad, announced a series of safety improvements. It has stepped up inspections of its track and roadbeds, particularly along waterways; slowed oil trains to 35 mph in areas where more than 100,000 people live; and it is accelerating the pace at which it brings new, safer oil tankers into its fleet. Additionally, BNSF Railway announced in February that it will spend $189 million this year on maintenance and improvements on its track system in Washington. The work focuses on replacing almost 50 miles of rails and 200,000 railroad ties along more than 1,000 miles of track. Areas of focus will

include BNSFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Columbia River Gorge main line east of Vancouver and the route between Vancouver and Seattle, All of this is welcome. Here is why. Railroads and highways are the backbone of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transportation network. Rail cars and trucks carry essentials that we use daily. Unfortunately, some of that cargo is hazardous. While the current focus is on crude oil accidents, other substances have been involved. For example, in the early morning of April 11, 1996, a train traveling 40 mph through western Montana derailed when a worn rail broke, sending 19 cars off the tracks. Six of those cars contained hazardous chemicals, including chlorine, a gas commonly used in water purification and sewer treatment. The derailment sent a cloud of chlorine gas toward the small town of Alberton, 30 miles west of Missoula. Emergency responders immediately evacuated the town, closed Interstate 90 and transported 356 people to hospitals for chlorine inhalation. Today, that same track carries tank cars loaded with gasoline for Spokane, northern Idaho and northeast Washington. Originally, the gasoline travelled through the Yellowstone Pipeline from Billings to Spokane. But in 1995 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the year before the derailment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Salish and Kootenai tribes terminated a lease that allowed the pipeline to operate under their land. As a result, refined petroleum must be loaded onto tank cars in Missoula and railed 100 miles

northwest to Thompson Falls and then re-injected into the pipeline, which ends in Spokane. While pipelines may be the safest way to transport oil and gas, projects like the Keystone XL are stymied by President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposition. Modern technology allows railroads to find defective track and malfunctioning equipment much faster. Safer equipment and increased inspections benefits freight and passenger trains, as well. Additionally, railroads are purchasing safer rail cars and newer locomotives that are more efficient and environmentally friendly. Freight rail is an important pillar of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy, generating ten percent of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GDP. Railroads support more than 342,000 Washington jobs and are vital to the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international trade. Stopping rail shipments of crude oil and hazardous cargo is not a viable option. It is better to strengthen railroad beds, replace aging track and bridges, enact better safety standards, increase inspections, continue to train emergency responders and invest in new technology and modern equipment. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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-ATTHEW 2 3HAY *AY 4IMMONS Contract negotiations between West Coast dockworkers and port management are finally over. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean congestion that built up during months of slowdowns and shutdowns will be cleared anytime soon, though, and the damage done to the West Coast portsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reputation and the U.S. economy will take far longer to repair. Disaster. Catastrophe. Fiasco. Pick your word: West Coast ports proved for the second time in just over a decade that they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide the predictability and dependability shippers count on. Christmas presents that needed to be under a tree showed up too late to make Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleigh, assembly lines stopped for lack of parts and agricultural exports rotted on the docks. With a backlog of ships still waiting to be unloaded even now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not clear that seasonal spring products will make it to the shelves in time. A tentative contract was reached before a full-scale shutdown occurred â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a shutdown that would have cost the U.S. economy an estimated $2 billion, according to a NAM/NRF study. But the scene has nonetheless been reminiscent of 2002, when a 10-day lockout cost the nation an estimated $1 billion a day and left a mess that took months to clean up. The long-term result of the 2002 debacle was that East Coast and Gulf

Coast ports saw a lasting boost in business as shippers diversified their options. This time the cry is even louder, with a Journal of Commerce survey finding 65 percent of shippers will send at least some of their cargo elsewhere in 2015 and 2016, with a third headed for the East Coast. The numbers are likely to soar even higher next year as expansion of the Panama Canal is completed, making alternative routes easier. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just domestic diversification â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some of the cargo has already ended up at ports in Canada and Mexico, taking U.S. jobs with it. Is it too late to save the West Coast ports? Maybe not, but only if labor, management and other parties come together to each do their part. If they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, the global supply chain and free market forces will simply move on and find less risky options of getting goods to market. Enough is enough. There are too many challenges facing the ports already to allow uncertainty from unpredictable labor negotiations every few years to become standard operating procedure. What we need is a path to ensure that our ports â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the United States â&#x20AC;&#x201C; always remain â&#x20AC;&#x153;open for business.â&#x20AC;? There must be an evaluation of how management and labor negotiate future labor contracts covering the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ports. The parties must find a way to evolve their negotiations to address todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s global supply chains. Retailers,

manufacturers and other businesses support collective bargaining when done properly. But the interests of two parties cannot be placed ahead of the millions of workers across the country whose jobs rely on efficient, reliable operation of the ports. If longtime adversaries such as Ford and the United Autoworkers can come together to build a stronger enterprise, port management and labor can do the same. In this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s State of the Union address, President Obama said â&#x20AC;&#x153;21stcentury businesses need 21st-century infrastructure,â&#x20AC;? specifically citing â&#x20AC;&#x153;modern ports.â&#x20AC;? But without a framework for port labor negotiations that recognizes the millions of jobs indirectly at risk when negotiations fail or break down, we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t achieve that goal. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we look forward to working with all parties to find a better path for port labor negotiations that are fair, efficient and can come to a conclusion without disruptions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to not just keep global commerce moving, but to safeguard the U.S. economy long into the future. Commentary by Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Matthew R. Shay, president and CEO of the National Retail Federation, and Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers. Follow them on Twitter @USChamber, @NRFNews and @ ShopFloorNAM.

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, For those of us who live in Lakewood and Steilacoom, the site of the proposed new County building will take 10 minutes driving time off a trip to the main County offices. It will probably make parking easier and less costly, too. "EVERLY )SENSON s 3TEILACOOM 7! Dear Editor, (Re: â&#x20AC;&#x153;On real women,â&#x20AC;? guest editorial, April 3.) I appreciated the guest editorial by Laura Finley about

â&#x20AC;&#x153;real womenâ&#x20AC;? ads. I am similarly annoyed by ads that proclaim itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;only humanâ&#x20AC;? to bounce checks and wreck your car. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t routinely overdraw my accounts or drive recklessly. Does that mean people like me are less than human? It makes great sense to recognize that some of us arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in great shape, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive well and/or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay much attention to our finances. However, trying to make those things the norm isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t helpful. 3TEVE #ASE s 4ACOMA 7!

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$15 WAGE IS WRONG FOR TACOMA A group of Tacomans is circulating a petition to boost the minimum wage for workers in town to $15 an hour at any workplace that has more than $300,000 a year in gross revenue. This would make Tacoma home to the highest minimum wage in the nation, almost overnight. The 15 Now Tacoma petition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; were it to gain the required 3,160 signatures by June then convince enough voters to fall for the scheme so it passes the November ballot â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is bad for Tacoma, and here is why. For one thing, it makes no concessions for workers in restaurants, where much of their actual income is by way of tips. Nor does it follow wageboosting measures in other cities, which call for increases to come in stages. It has no concessions for workplaces that pay minimum wage but also offer healthcare or vacation benefits. Perhaps most troubling is that the Tacoma petition jumps the minimum wage to $15 an hour virtually overnight. Minimum wage workers would receive the current hourly minimum of $9.47 on Dec. 31 and then $15 an hour on Jan. 1. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a raise of $5.53, or 59 percent. And it will come when workers will also be gaining three sick leave days, courtesy of a Tacoma City Council vote that failed to include any tax concessions on businesses that will have to simply swallow the added cost of vacation days for their workers. Workers who earn $15 per hour make $31,200 a year, while the current $9.47 hourly wage is $19,697.60 a year. The minimum wage would also automatically go up with the rate of inflation for Puget Sound, which is largely driven by increases in Seattle and Bellevue. That level of increase would likely kill most small businesses in Tacoma since they are already struggling to keep their lights on and their bills from piling up. The average restaurant turns a profit of just 4 percent, which translates to about a single percent when inflation enters the spreadsheet. An increase in wages that would be required under the petition would rapidly eclipse that slim margin, forcing small business owners to either raise prices in hopes of not alienating customers, or slash hours for servers. Some will simply close or move to the suburbs. That said, the struggles of the working poor are very real, and should be addressed. Many, many, many families are living on minimum wage paychecks in a city with rising rental rates and ever-increasing costs for utilities, insurance and groceries. At last count, some 17 percent of Tacomans are living at or below the poverty line. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35,000 people. While high, this is a full 5 percent more than the Puget Sound average, which is actually down from 19 percent or 37,000 people in 2013. So there are a lot of people currently financially struggling, but there are fewer of them. But the $15 â&#x20AC;&#x153;planâ&#x20AC;? is not the solution to the problem. It would make things worse. Any solution to solving the struggles of working poor families must include law makers, businesses, educators, unions and non-union workers to come up with holistic solutions that involve job creation, job training and money management. This petition addresses none of those. It mandates wage changes on mom-and-pop businesses with the threat of facing fines of $100 a day if they run afoul of the rules. All good policies have carrots and sticks to incentivize good behavior and punish scofflaws. This petition just swings a bat. The lack of even acknowledging that small businesses operate in real-world economics that are tough even when sales are solid shows this petition should die, and die now.

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Mayor Tim Curtis, Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist, Pierce County Detective Ed Troyer and former Tacoma City Council Member John Ladenburg, among others. Speaking to a packed house at the center, Inslee praised Tribal Council Chairman Bill Sterud and the entire Tribal Council for their vision to open the first cancer care clinic in the United States owned by an Indian tribe. “This is such a delightful day, not just for the Puyallup Nation but for the state of Washington because this is a center that is going to embrace health for the entire state of Washington and the Puyallup Nation all at the same time,” he said. “To me it is a real achievement to know that the first tribally owned and operated oncology center in the United States is right here in the Puyallup Nation. This is something for the whole state of Washington to be very proud of.” Dicks called it “an historic day.” “The Tribe’s investment in the oncology center is both unique and groundbreaking in tribal country,” he said. “The care that hundreds of tribal and non-tribal cancer patients will receive at the facility will be second to none. This facility has some of the best oncologists, naturopaths, acupuncturists and skilled nurses in the region.” The 8,200-square-foot cancer center will be staffed by boardcertified medical oncologists and naturopathic oncologists, as well as natural cancer care and complimentary cancer care practitioners who believe that natural healing through lifestyle, nutrition and botanical medicines – including naturopathy, acupuncture/Chinese medicine and Native American treatments – can blend with traditional healing to create a truly modern oncology practice. David Bean likened the cancer center to the Seahawk – another kind of “warrior” – and this is also reflected in the center’s signature colors of blue and green. “Cancer has affected all of us at one time or another. It doesn’t care if you’re young or old, it doesn’t discriminate on race – it attacks everybody. This center represents healing in a traditional sense as well as another ‘warrior’ in the fight against cancer.” Puyallup Tribal Council Member David Bean. The Tribe pursued its interest in developing the cancer treatment center after visiting and consulting with some established facilities. Because Cancer Treatment Centers of America plans to close the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center, a clinic it operates in Renton, the Tribe negotiated an agreement with Cancer Treat-

ment Centers of America to clear the way for the tribe to hire some of the doctors and other providers employed by SCTWC and to invite that clinic’s patients to receive their treatment at the tribe’s clinic. “This isn’t just about chemotherapy and radiation. This is about treating the whole person with whatever ways that heal not only their body but their spirit and that’s an incredible thing to do in this day and age,” Heck said. “It is a wonderful thing and it makes me so happy to be here.” Dr. Alan Shelton, clinical director for the tribe’s Puyallup Tribal Health Authority, said the tribe taught him that true healing involves the body and spirit. “The incorporation of integrative medicine is huge because the ancient wisdom of tribal people is what’s necessary to save the modern world. That’s the beautiful opportunity we have with this new integrative care model, to bring it onto tribal land and invite spirit and traditional healers to be part of the whole treatment for our patients.” The ribbon-cutting event began with the Puyallup Tribal Veterans Color Guard presenting the colors, then tribal member David Duenas offered up a Sundance song of sacrifice and honor. Puyallup Tribal Culture Director Connie McCloud gave an overview of the tribe’s traditions of healing through the spirit and the natural remedies supplied by the earth. “One of the first medicines of our people was our plants,” she said. The words she spoke brought the Puyallup culture into these modern times, saying that Puyallup ways aren’t of yesterday but also of today, alive and well and part of every tribal member’s fabric of life that they will now share to help others. “Today we celebrate that tradition,” McCloud said, noting that earlier that day traditional medicine healer and esteemed elder Isadore Tom Jr. went through the building to cleanse it and bless it for those who would come there in the future seeking treatment. “We celebrate that way of life because it still exists as a way of life. It is a part of who we are yet today. So this celebration today also comes with a cleansing and a welcoming for all of you that are here today.” Puyallup tribal ancestors were honored beautifully during the event. Heck and Inslee spoke of the late Puyallup Chairman Herman Dillon Sr. “When I think of the late Chairman Dillon’s leadership of the Puyallups, I think of how many times he extended the house of health, the house of social justice and the house of integrity to the Puyallups and the larger community here in the wider state,” Inslee said. “It’s really great to see that his legacy is now continuing to reach fruition a year after his passing.” Marjorie Matheson, part of the

SIOCC executive committee, told of her father and Tribal Chairman Don Matheson. “My dad used to say ‘it’s not the wealth of an individual that makes them a great person, it’s the ability to take care of others where a person finds greatness.’ And he would call that being a true chief.” Much gratitude was expressed for Chairman Sterud’s commitment to leading the Tribal Council in seeing the center become a reality. “It was his vision that you’re seeing materialize here, that we’re all seeing, and his wish, as all the Tribal Council, to make a difference for those suffering and in need of healing of cancer,” Matheson said. Sterud said he was deeply touched by those he has met along the way on his journey in establishing the center. “People I’d never seen before would come up to me and thank me, and in their eyes you could see what they’ve been through, whether it’s them or their family or their friends, but somehow they were all a part of that horror of cancer. And so this whole thing changed for me. This is big, and it’s such an honor for the Puyallup Tribe to be a part of it. I bow my head to it.” Sterud talked of the research arm of the center and its potential to do great things. “It’s a battle against this disease, only now our warriors are our doctors, nurses, lab technicians and people who are in the health profession world. Our warriors are going to be armed with the best medicine that can be, whether it exists now or down the road. This is not about making money – this is a non-profit organization that’s dedicated to the saving of lives, and hopefully we can all work together to make that happen.” “(The Puyallup Tribe) is a group who really understands how we’re all in this together and you are now building an oncology center that can save lives altogether,” Inslee said. “When it comes to our health needs it’s all individual, but when it comes to our healthcare solutions, it truly needs to be communal and there’s been no more communally successful operation than what you’re doing right here.” As the final speaker for the day, Cantwell vowed to be part of helping the center be all it can be through her work in Congress. “I’m going to do my part in Washington, D.C. by making sure we support the Teaching Health Center’s Graduate Medical Education Program so we can get more people here because we need more graduate medical education in primary care in underserved areas.” To close the event, tribal member Charlene Matheson, also part of the center’s executive committee, led the giving of hand-beaded stethoscopes and lanyards to welcome staff from the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center in Renton.

“The dignitaries reception was a great success. It was a wonderful time and we were able to successfully share the Puyallup Tribe’s vision and purpose for opening a cancer treatment center on the reservation with our local, state and federal friends. I recently read a statistic that indicates cancer is the number one killer of our Native people nationwide. “I believe we have done an important thing here, combating cancer and as I understand it becoming the first tribe in the nation to bring the battle against cancer home to its reservation.” – Puyallup Tribal Council Member Marguerite Edwards

“This is an amazing opportunity for our membership not only in the treatment of cancer but in the creation of new jobs in the future. Many of our tribal members have been afflicted with cancer and anything that this council can do to make life better for our membership and the community is what we are mandated to do.” – Puyallup Tribal Council Member Sylvia Miller

“Cancer has affected all of us at one time or another. It doesn’t care if you’re young or old, it doesn’t discriminate on race – it attacks everybody. This center represents healing in a traditional sense as well as another ‘warrior’ in the fight against cancer.” – Puyallup Tribal Council Member David Bean

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found out the captain of the team was the daughter of a marine biologist and oceanographer who works at UW. She knew a lot. Losing against them didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel bad at all; they deserved that,â&#x20AC;? Gootkin said. Despite a separation into teams, the competition fosters cooperation among not only students but faculty and outside advisors as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One big aspect is that the competition brings in great collaboration between students and SAMI faculty, including working with Cathleen McConnell from Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium,â&#x20AC;? coach Matt Lonsdale said. The format of the competition is a lot like a knowledge bowl, in which teams are quizzed through multiple questions over a six-minute period. The final showdown was intense but there was an air of encouragement from everyone in attendance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the finals, there were eight kids up front being quizzed and there was no one in the room being antagonistic in any

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than 450,000 borrowers in Washington State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes sense in my view. You can refinance car loans and you can refinance small business loans, and when you become a homeowner you can refinance your home loan. In my view you should be able to the same thing when it comes to student debt,â&#x20AC;? Kilmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth, if I had my druthers students would be able to borrow at the same rate large wall street banks borrow.â&#x20AC;? Another area of interest for Kilmer involves getting financial aid for students interested in becoming teachers. He believes some changes need to be made in order to streamline the financial aid package for future educators, as many students receiving TEACH grants fail to meet minimum requirements to continue funding, turning the grant into an additional loan. A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that since 2008 nearly one-third of TEACH grants, designed to help those looking to teach in high-need schools, have been converted into costly unsubsidized loans, leaving those participants with more student debt than they had in the first place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sticking it to the students, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost worse than if they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the grant in the first place,â&#x20AC;? Kilmer said. After updating the class on what was going on in congress, Kilmer opened a dialogue on everything from loan forgiveness to standardized testing, as well as pushing students toward STEM careers while still putting a focus on the arts. Kilmer encouraged students to contact their local representatives to let them know about the issues that matter to them.

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he Tacoma Weekly recently caught up with the president and head coach of the Tacoma Nomads rugby team, Ryan McHugh, as well as Meg deGravelles, the founder and head coach of the women’s Tacoma Sirens team. Rugby is one of the most exciting sports to watch in person, but we wanted to know more about what it takes to play the game. Here’s how our conversation went down:

TW - How long have you been associated with Tacoma Rugby, and how long has the organization been running? What was it that drew you to the sport? MEG - I founded the team (Sirens) in 2010. I started playing rugby as a freshman in college at LSU (1997)there were no high school teams then, so that was as soon as I could join a team. I have played for 12 years, and on seven teams in four different states. Rugby has always been a large part of my life, and has brought me joy, stability, friendship, fitness and family. When I moved to Tacoma after grad school, with no women’s rugby team here, there was a big void in my life. So I decided to fix it. There were two women’s teams in Seattle, one in Olympia, and two in Portland—there was no reason a city as diverse and large as Tacoma couldn’t sustain its own program. I reached out to the men’s team, The Tacoma Nomads, and they were willing to help support a women’s side (aka team) if I could “conjure one up.” So it began with me, covering Tacoma and its outskirts with flyers, press releases and reaching out to old players. This is a sport like no other. It is more than a sport; it becomes a way of life, your team becomes family, and that family is extended to not only your teammates, but anyone who plays, anywhere. I believe that is because it takes a certain type of person to step out onto that field, which is akin to a battlefield. So not only do you have instant respect, without saying a word, of strangers who have this same strange habit we call rugby, when you do actually play sideby-side with others, that bond becomes hard to break. I originally was drawn to the sport because I wanted to somehow prove to myself that I was strong enough

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PHOTOS BY ROCKY ROSS

MOVIN’ UP! (top) Lincoln’s Bryan Vides

battles with Foss’ Jose Jacinto. (middle) Trinidad Zuniga gets a chest ahead of Foss’ Alex Garcia. (bottom) Jordan Ramirez will need to step it up for the Falcons to get back into the playoff race.

LINCOLN ABES PLAYING SOCCER LIKE THEY MEAN IT By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

PHOTOS BY ERNIE SAPIRO

SIREN SONG (top) The Tacoma Sirens poured on the big scoring runs

on their way to a 64-10 victory. (middle) The Parkland Warriors gave a young Tacoma Tsunami squad a rough time and now own a 4-1 record. (bottom) The Oregon Sports Union squad had trouble keeping the Sirens off the scoreboard all game.

If the 3A Narrows League boys’ season were to end today, the Lincoln Abes would be playing in the postseason. No, that isn’t a typo. Even with two new and exceptionally talented teams joining the 3A Narrows League this school year, the Abes find themselves in a position pretty much unknown to any previous Lincoln boys’ soccer teams. Finding the last Abe team to play in the postseason is akin to searching for the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant. It just isn’t there. Of course, they’re not getting ahead of themselves with more than half the season still in front of them. But at the moment, there’s a good feeling going on over at Lincoln High School; perhaps this boys’ soccer program is on the verge of turning a big corner. On Tuesday, April 7, the Abes hosted the Foss Falcons at Lincoln Bowl. Last season, the Falcons were just shy of winning the 3A Narrows league and made short work of the Abes in both of their meetings. In what was the first contest between the two clubs this season, Lincoln turned the tables and kicked open the door with a 4-1 victory over the Falcons. The Abes opened up the scoring 12 minutes into the game as co-captain Tyler Samira sent a pass in from the right wing that Moises Nunez struck home for a 1-0 Lincoln lead. A little over ten minutes later, Lincoln goalkeeper Cesar Cortes came up with possibly the biggest saves of the match as he stopped two pointblank blasts from the Falcons’ Jordan Ramirez and denying Foss an equalizer goal and the lead. With two minutes remaining in the first half, Lincoln would extend their lead after Foss’ Michael Dang fouled Trinidad Zuniga inside the box, setting up a penalty kick. The foul was a tough one for the Falcons to swallow, as it looked like both players met at the

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SPORTSWATCH

BROKENSHIRE RETURNS TO MAIN EVENT FOR SUPER FIGHT LEAGUE 40

Brian Halquist Productions and CageSport MMA are proud to welcome back Super Fight League, Asia’s largest MMA organization for their fourth show stateside. Super Fight League 40 America will go live from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma on Saturday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. Headlining this explosive night of fights will be talented Tacoma native Drew “The Eternal Fire” Brokenshire (10-3) versus the always dangerous Jason Gray (4-1) in a three-round main event. Brokenshire will be looking to get back on track after suffering two consecutive losses, most recently in February of 2015 against Yakima native and Super Fight League America Featherweight and Lightweight champion, Julian Erosa. It’s a similar scenario for his opponent, as Enumclaw, Washington’s Jason Gray will also be looking to bounce back from a defeat in December of 2014 at Super Fight League America 2. In the semi-main event of the evening, undefeated Hector Lopez (4-0) of Yakima, looks to keep his perfect record alive against crafty veteran Gurdarshan Mangat (6-1) of British Columbia, Canada. Mangat has proven himself all over the world, with his fights taking place as far away as New Delhi, India. Lopez on the other hand, has competed exclusively at the EQC during his young career, and will be looking to continue his climb up the Bantamweight ladder with a win over a tough and savvy opponent. The card will be rounded out with seven undercard fights. Tickets for Super Fight League 40 are on sale now through the Emerald Queen Casino box office as well as all Ticketmaster locations and start at only $35. Fans are encouraged to reserve their seats early, as this event will sell out. Super Fight League America 40 is brought to you by Brian Halquist Productions and CageSport MMA. For more information, please visit www.halquistproductions. com as well as the CageSport MMA Facebook page.

TACOMA RAINIERS ANNOUNCE 2015 OPENING DAY ROSTER

The Tacoma Rainiers have announced the team’s 2015 Opening Day roster in preparation for the club’s opening tilt this Thursday, April 9 at the El Paso Chihuahuas. A core of 13 returning players and 12 newcomers comprise the 25-man roster headlined by two of the top four prospects in the Seattle Mariners farm system. Infielder Ketel Marte, ranked as the No. 3 prospect in the Mariners organization by Baseball America, fronts a class of young talent when he makes his return to Cheney Stadium. Marte made his Triple-A debut on August 11 and appeared in 19 games to close out the season. Marte was named to the Southern League Mid- and Post-Season AllStar teams after hitting .302 with 46 RBI for Jackson. In his time with Tacoma, the 21-year-old Dominican native notched 25 hits and posted a .313 batting average. Alongside Marte will be newcomer and No. 4 ranked prospect by Baseball America, outfielder Patrick Kivlehan. Kivlehan makes his Triple-A debut after combining to hit .295 across time with Advanced-A High Desert and Double-A Jackson last year. His 103 total RBI ranked seventh among all minor league players in 2014, earning him the Mariners Unsung Hero Award. Returning to roam the outfield in Cheney Stadium in 2014 is James Jones, who split his 2014 campaign between Tacoma and Seattle. In 108 games with the Mariners during his rookie campaign, Jones led the club in stolen bases with 27, the most by a rookie in a single season since Ichiro. Anchoring the Rainiers rotation is experienced Major League left-handed pitcher Roenis Elias. Elias logged 29 starts with Seattle last year, posting a 10-12 record with a 3.85 ERA. In his lone Triple-A start on August 13 at New Orleans, Elias tossed 5.0 innings of scoreless, no-hit ball. He is flanked by returning right-handed pitcher Jordan Pries, who earned Mariners Minor League Co-Starting Pitcher of the Year honors after posting a 9-8 record with a 4.06 ERA in 24 starts with the Rainiers. Returning outfielder Stefen Romero, who split 2014 between Tacoma and Seattle, headlines a veteran outfield unit. Across two stints with the Rainiers last season, Romero hit .358 with 12 home runs, the third best mark on the team. The former 12th round pick made his Major League debut on April 1, 2014 against the Los Angeles Angels and spent a total of 72 games with Seattle. Surrounding the core of young talent in Tacoma is a strong Major League veteran presence, highlighted by Elias and rounded out by catcher John Baker, outfielder Franklin Gutierrez, infielder Jesus Montero, starting pitcher Joe Saunders, and relief pitchers Lucas Luetge and Mark Lowe. Saunders, a Major League veteran left-hander, makes his return to the Mariners organization after spending last year with three organizations and six teams. Saunders managed an 11-16 record with a 5.26 ERA through 32 starts with the Mariners in 2013. Baker saw time behind the plate in

68 games with the Chicago Cubs last year, while Lowe has logged over 271 Major League appearances during his 11 professional seasons. Rounding out the returning players are catcher John Hicks, outfielder Jabari Blash, infielder Leury Bonilla, and relief pitchers Logan Bawcom and Forrest Snow. Left-handed starting pitchers Mike Kickham and Mike Montgomery begin their first season in the Mariners organization with Tacoma. The pair of southpaws both struck out over seven batters per nine innings pitched in 2014. Also making their first appearances in Tacoma this season are infielders Carlos Rivero and Shawn O’Malley, and right-handed pitchers Sam Gaviglio, Justin Germano, Mayckol Guaipe, and Dominic Leone. The Rainiers 2015 roster can be seen during Opening Weekend at Cheney Stadium beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17. Tickets to 2015 Opening Weekend, as well as season tickets, group outings and suite packages are available for purchase in-person at the Cheney Stadium Box Office, online at www.tacomarainiers.com, or over the phone at (253) 752-7707. The most up-to-date news and notes about the Rainiers leading into the season can be found by following the Rainiers on Twitter (@ RainiersLand) or liking the team on Facebook.

TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS APRIL 9 - 19 THURSDAY, APRIL 9 – BASEBALL Stadium vs. Foss s Foss HS – 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9 – SOCCER Wilson vs. Stadium s Stadium Bowl – 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10 – FASTPITCH Peninsula vs. Wilson s Wilson HS – 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10 – FASTPITCH Foss vs. Lincoln s Sera Fields – 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10 – BASEBALL Clover Park vs. Foss s Heidelberg – 4 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 – HS TRACK Tacoma Invitational s Lincoln Bowl – 10 a.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 – BASEBALL Pacific Lutheran vs. Puget Sound UPS – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 – FASTPITCH George Fox vs. Puget Sound UPS – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 – ROLLER DERBY Finals - Dockyard Derby Dames Pierce College Gym – 6 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12 – BASEBALL NORTAC SOCCER TABS NELSON AS NEW DIRECTOR OF COACHING

Nortac Soccer Club is proud to announce it has hired Scott Nelson as its new Director of Coaching. Nelson has more than 20 years of experience, coaching male and female youth players of all ages and abilities. A University of Puget Sound graduate, he has coached for organizations, clubs and schools including USL & MLS Seattle Sounders, Nortac Soccer Club, Norpoint FC, Federal Way United, Maple Valley Soccer Association, Mount Tahoma High School, Meeker Middle School, Tacoma Baptist High School and Washington Youth Soccer Association. Since 2011, he has been director of Lifeway Outreach, a program that provides after-school soccer opportunities to grade school students in Federal Way. He’s received numerous soccer honors, including being named 2013 Narrows League 3A Coach of the Year. Nelson will provide high-level coaching, evaluation and training for Nortac coaches and players. He will create an overall plan for soccer development while managing and coordinating the coaching staff. Working closely with coaches, Nelson will implement performance goals for players from U6 through U18 age groups. “Tacoma has a very rich soccer history and we’re ready to write the next chapter here in the North End,” Nelson said. “The goal is to lay a solid foundation for Nortac’s long-term future success, and I can’t wait to get started.” Nortac was established as a nonprofit organization in 1972 in Tacoma. The club, devoted to bringing soccer to kids of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and economic status, serves more than 1,000 players from ages four to 19 through programs that are geared to the player’s age and skill level: Micro, Mod, Recreational and Select.

Pacific Lutheran vs. Puget Sound s UPS – 12 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12 – FASTPITCH Pacific (OR) vs. Puget Sound UPS – Doubleheader – 12 p.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 13 – BASEBALL Lincoln vs. Foss s Foss HS – 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 – SOCCER Lincoln vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 – BASEBALL Foss vs. Lincoln s Heidelberg Park – 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 – BASEBALL Central Kitsap vs. Wilson s Wilson HS – 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 – FASTPITCH Wilson vs. Mt. Tahoma s Mt. Tahoma HS – 4 p.m.

LOGGERS SWEEP WILLAMETTE TO REACH .500 ON THE SEASON

Whether it’s winning large or by the skin of their teeth, the Puget Sound baseball team proved it has knack for finding a way to win as it swept Willamette in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 7 at home. PUGET SOUND 16, WILLAMETTE 2 The Loggers (15-15, 13-8 NWC) matched a seasonbest 20 hits as the Loggers’ scored double-digit runs for the ninth time this season. Nathan Backes (3-for-5, HR, 3 RBI) belted his third home run of the season as his two-run shot gave Puget Sound a 10-1 lead in the fourth inning. Collin Maier continued his dominant season on the hill. The sophomore starting pitcher allowed just two runs on five hits through six innings. Three Willamette (18-12, 10-11 NWC) errors in the first inning resulted in a pair of Logger runs. Bobby Hosmer and Backes both picked up RBIs in the opening stanza. The first three Loggers reached base to open the second inning. Layne Croney (4-for-4, 3 R, 2 2B) and Cal Muramaru (4-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI) both singled, and Johnny Hosmer (1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B) drew a walk. Connor Savage’s (1-for-5, 3 R, 2 RBI) RBI single scored Croney. Later in the inning, Savage was caught in a run down as he tried to steal second with Muramaru on third, and heads up base running allowed Muramaru to score without a throw home on the play. Savage used his elite speed and agility to elude tags and land safely on second base. Puget Sound put the game well out of reach with a fiverun sixth inning. Croney and Johnny Hosmer hit back-toback doubles, and Muramaru followed with an RBI for the first two runs of the frame. An RBI double by Chris Zerio (3-for-5, R, 2 RBI, 2B) and a two-run double by Bobby Hosmer accounted for the inning’s other three runs. PUGET SOUND 6, WILLAMETTE 5 The Bearcats scored four runs in the seventh inning to take a 5-4 lead, but the Loggers won their second game of the season in dramatic fashion. Puget Sound put runners on the corners with one out following consecutive singles by Zerio (2-for-4, 2 R, SB) and Bobby Hosmer (1-for-5). Backes smacked a single to left field and Zerio touched home plate for the game-tying run. Croney (1-for-5, R) followed with a single of his won, which loaded the bases for Kaulana Smith (0-for-1, RBI). The Puget Sound shortstop hit a hard chopper to the shortstop and pinch-runner Yuki Umeda beat the throw home to give the Loggers the walk-off victory. The Loggers took a 2-0 lead in the second inning thanks to two errors by the Bearcats. An RBI double by Backes (3-for-5, R, 2 RBI, 2B) in the third pushed the lead to 3-0. Willamette got a run in the fourth, but Muramaru’s (2-for-4, RBI) RBI single in the home-half of the inning made it 4-1. The Loggers host crosstown rival Pacific Lutheran for three games this weekend, starting with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 11, at 12 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 – FASTPITCH Capital vs. Lincoln s Sera Fields – 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 – SOCCER Capital vs. Lincoln s Lincoln Bowl – 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 – SOCCER Mt. Tahoma vs. Wilson Stadium Bowl – 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 – SOCCER Central Kitsap vs. Foss Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 – BASEBALL Bethel vs. Wilson s Wilson HS – 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 – BASEBALL Orting vs. Foss s Foss HS – 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 – BASEBALL Mt. Tahoma vs. Bellarmine Bellarmine HS – 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 – BASEBALL El Paso vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 – BASEBALL El Paso vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 5:05 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19 – BASEBALL El Paso vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.

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It feels like I’ve been to a hundred soccer matches over the last year. Since “the world’s most popular sport” is also one of my favorites, it has been a wonderful experience. However, there’s been a hole in my soccer heart for nearly five years. Yes folks, it’s been that long since I’ve had the pleasure to witness in person what is easily the greatest soccer experience in all of North America. Of course, the event we’re talking about is a Seattle Sounders match at Centurylink Field along with around 40,000 other soccer fanatics. It truly is a one-of-a-kind experience and if you ever have the chance to go to a game, whatever you do, just say yes. I have several close friends that claim to hold no love for the game of soccer. A few of them have even gone as far as saying they hate the sport. While those sort of proclamations tend to make my heart hurt and set my teeth to grinding, I can’t really blame them because they just don’t know. They’ve never been to a Sounders game. When I journeyed up to Seattle with my friend, and fellow soccer enthusiast, Jason Foster to get an eyeful of his sweet season tickets in the supporters’ end of the stadium, I knew I was going to have one of those special times in my life. Don’t get me wrong. The best experiences at Seattle Seahawks and Mariners games are some of the crown jewels of my life; but for a singular game, no matter who we were playing, my money is on a Sounders game every time. The comradery, the chants, the songs, the constant electric buzz going out through the stadium can’t be matched. They don’t pipe in music or anything else through the PA system at the Clink. All that noise comes from a stadium full of fans that are absolutely sold-out for their Sounders. When Sounders star forward Obafemi Martins took a pass up the right side from Clint Dempsey late in the first half, I knew the game was afoot. I smacked Foster, returning his attention back to the field and said “look at this!” Martins spun a complete 360 with the ball, lost his defender and then rifled a shot into the far side of the goal for the deciding score of a 1-0 game. That’s right, it was a 1-0 final and it was absolutely fantastic, right down to the final seconds on the scoreboard. If you don’t believe me or any of the other Sounder friends that you are sure to have, maybe it’s time to put your pride aside and listen to your friends this one time. We’re not joking around. I know for a fact that Sounders fans love to bring a firsttimer to a game. As a matter of fact, they hope for it every season. What better way to enjoy a game than with a friend who is staggered by the sheer wonder, joy and exhilaration that only the best soccer experience in the United States can bring? Help a friend out. Take in a Sounders game just this once. It just might change you forever.

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ball at the same time, but the ref saw it otherwise. Foss’ Abraham Zuniga took the penalty shot and found the back of the net on the right side as Lincoln goalkeeper Sergio Barajas guessed wrong and dove the opposite way. Lincoln’s Henry Gonzalez would then stop a dead-on shot from Foss’ Jesus Perez just before the halftime whistle blew to secure Lincoln’s 2-0 advantage going into the half. The second half saw Foss miss two big chances to get back in the game. Foss’ Jose Jacinto got his head on two corner kicks inside the box and in front of the goal, only to have each chance sail just wide of the post. Coupled with a perfect pass in front

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or tough enough, to do it. It was simply a challenge, like those of us who have looked up at Mt. Rainier, thought â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wonder if I could make it to the top,â&#x20AC;? and then strapped on your backpack and crampons to find out. But I got so much more out of it than just reaching the summit. RYAN - I started playing with the Tacoma Tsunamis my senior year in high school. At the time it was just something new to try. I was hooked after the first game. I loved that every player could run with the ball.

TW - The Tacoma Sirens are 4-0 this season and looking great. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the secret to the success so far this season and what does this mean for the postseason? MEG - We have a lot of amazing athletes who are dedicated to the team. I returned this season to coach and lead again and I believe having someone with a game plan, with a love of the game (and of course the team), and a belief in upholding/honoring the code, is crucial to the success of any rugby team. Playing rugby is not easy. It takes a lot of sacrifice and time and is obviously very physically demanding. But when women come together, under consistent leadership, and see what they get from the sport and from their teammates, it can only grow, and has. Early in the season we decided, as a group, that growing the team and promoting a positive, inclusive team culture was, at this juncture in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolution, more important than gunning for the playoffs. So it has been wonderful to be able to bring home wins and give everyone playtime. That is what grows the game. As a coach, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a

dream come true. So where we go from here, it is hard to say. Our next match is against the team who has already secured the number one spot but we definitely have a solid chance to proceed to the regional playoffs as second seed, and will be playing our hardest to get there.

TW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Tacoma Nomads seem to be having a stronger season. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the scoop? RYAN - We have a good young core of players whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been growing and learning the game together for the last couple years. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve added a few new players to the mix this year and the boys seem ready to get over the hump. TW - Aside from the brutal hits and the pure physicality of the sport, what is it that makes Rugby culture so different from other sports? RYAN - Without a doubt itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the camaraderie with your brothers on the pitch and respect for your opponents. MEG - The social aspect of rugby is not just a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bonus,â&#x20AC;? but a vital part of the sport. There is a code. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no-holds-barred on the pitch (field), but when the game is done, we honor our opponents with food and drink and singing and gratitude for their play. What other sport does that? Because of this aspect of the sport, where ever I moved, I instantly had a social circle, and an organization and group that I was welcomed into. Just like that. And of course, once you start playing the game, you never want to stop. The running, the tackles, the breakaways, the catches, the tests of strength, endurance, and grit every Saturday. When I finally had to hang up my boots it took me years longer than it should have and I practically had to be tied to a tree to keep me off the field. I have been blessed to be

able to remain part of the club and the team through coaching.

TW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ryan, how hard is it to join the Nomads and what type of player and teammate is the organization looking for? RYAN - Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very easy to join the Nomads. We have a simple registration on our website and welcome all new players at practice. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for athletes that want to have a great time competing in a physical sport and be a part of the Nomad family. TW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Meg, how hard is it to join the Sirens and what type of player and teammate is the organization looking for? MEG - This is the beauty of the sport - there is a place for everyone, little, big, skinny, fat, short, tall, agile and also plow horses. So women of all shapes, sizes and athletic ability are welcome. There are no tryouts. Come out to practice and join the family. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing how it works. You simply need to be open to working hard, learning new skills, getting dirty at times, and have that special fire or competitiveness that makes you willing to tackle a girl twice your size if needed. As founder of the club, inclusivity is one of my core values. I was never that fast, only weigh about 125, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch a ball for years, etc, but I was never turned away. I was always welcomed and valued, and as my skills improved, I got more playing time. TW - Is there more than one season for the Nomads and Sirens? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this we hear about the seven-man team? When does this all go down? RYAN - There are two versions of the game - The full 15-person per side version is where we play our league season, which runs from October thru April, with a couple of months

off for winter break in the middle. This is the full version of the game. In the summer we play a seven a side version of the game. It has the same laws of the game as 15â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but as the name suggests, there are only seven men on the pitch and the halves are only seven minutes long compared to 40 minutes for the 15-man version. Basically itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rugbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of fast-break basketball. Sevens are played in a tournament format. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll play in about five tourneys this summer leading up to our own tournament on July 25, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tacoma Aroma 7â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.â&#x20AC;? This year will be the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 39th annual rendition of the tourney, which makes it the longest running, the largest and we hope, the best sevens tournament in the Northwest.

TW - What type of physical training do you advise for a new or interested rugby player? MEG - Overall cardio fitness is the best place to start. Strength training comes next. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too winded to get to that next ruck, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter how strong you are. But honestly, lots of recruits come in not very fit. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen some women make pretty amazing transformations from start of the season to the end. And while you may be out-of-shape showing up, we all have to have the commitment to make fitness a priority. That is both for our teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success but also safety. A fit player is a lot less likely to get injured. RYAN - A good cardiovascular base is always a good idea! TW - It looks like support for the Tacoma Rugby teams is growing. Can you expand on that? RYAN - Rugby is really experiencing rapid growth across America - especially at the youth levels. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen several reports that claim itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fastest grow-

ing sport in America. On the local level our club has been around for over 40 years now and we have a lot of former players looking for ways to give back to the game. MEG - Rugby is the fastest growing sport in the country, and it will continue to be. With the inclusion of the sport in the Olympics in 2016, I expect its popularity to explode. But locally, word of mouth is a huge factor in how all of our teams grow recruits as well as fans, supporters, and sponsors. Once friends, roommates, siblings, coworkers see what rugby is giving you, they want in. Who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t? As far as sponsors go, who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want their name associated with a team of strong, independent, generally well-educated, financially independent, values-driven, athletic women, playing a sport that is taking the nation by storm?

TW - What are the age limits for the Tsunami and are those players staying in the sport and/or organization after leaving? RYAN - The Tsunamis and (Parkland) Warriors are both U-19 programs.

Basically the kids must be currently enrolled in high school to be eligible. Many of the high school players continue on with the game after high school either with the Nomads or in college and beyond. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had several high school and collegiate All-Americans come through the programs, including former Tsunami and CWU graduate, Pat Blair who is currently representing the United States on the international sevens circuit.

TW - Where do you see Tacoma Rugby at in the next ten years? RYAN - I would love to see us continue to develop our youth programs and give even more people a chance to enjoy this great game of ours. MEG - I believe the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side will continue to grow- ideally to field two sides, an A and B. But I think youth rugby is what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see take off. Tacoma already has a couple U-19 boys teams. In ten years there will no doubt be multiple U-19 girls teams, and maybe even younger. For more information about all of the Tacoma Rugby teams visit TacomaRugby.com.

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or her first act, Vicci Martinez spent a decade growing her Vicci Martinez Band into one of the region’s most popular live acts. For her second, she built a national following as the spunkiest member of Team CeeLo on the inaugural season of NBC-TV’s “The Voice.” Her brush with pop stardom came at a cost, though. Martinez did not feel her major label debut, “Vicci,” was a priority for her new label, Universal Republic, and grew disillusioned as sales remained flat. The singer had developed a full-blown crisis of confidence by the time she left Los Angles last year. “When I came home, I was at a low point (and realized) this could really send me into a depression,” she recalled last week. “You can go into your own head, and I know a lot of people who have just stopped. I knew that I would never stop. I just didn’t know what was going to happen next.” In that context, fellow singer-songwriter Aaron Stevens’ timing could not have been better. Stevens, a longtime friend, is best known as the vocalist and primary songwriter for popular Tacoma indie-folk outfit Goldfinch; and, a year and a half ago, he set the stage for

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Martinez’s third act, which entails fronting a new Tacoma super-group, Enter-Exit-Stay. The band - which also includes Goldfinch drummer Paul Hirschl and Tacoma-based hip-hop producer D.J. Phinisey - will make its public debut on April 18 at the Rialto Theater. Meanwhile, fans can download the quartet’s new EP, “I Am” - which surfaced on iTunes Tuesday - or hear Martinez preview new cuts during her guest run this week on “Mornings with Jackie, Marco and Moote,” on Seattle’s KLCK-FM (Click, 98.9). The new material is electronic-pop contrasting the rootsy repertoire the Vicci Martinez Band is known for, but not too far removed from songs Martinez recorded for “Vicci.” The sound evolved from a project Stevens had been plotting with his dancer wife, Faith. “It was something that she was going to be doing some choreography to,” he said. “I wanted to work on something more hip-hop related than anything I’d ever done before, and I actually had set out to write music that wasn’t lyrical.” Laughing, he added, “Then I failed at writing non-lyrical music.” The new tunes didn’t fit the Goldfinch aesthetic; but when Stevens shared a track with Martinez, in October 2013, she was instantly hooked. “She loved the song,” he said, “and before she left the studio that night, she was like ‘let’s do a record.’” “I needed to do something different,” Martinez said. “I was actually gonna go to Sweden and possibly have a publishing deal and live out of there. But I started going to D.J.’s studio, and it became like medicine.” Over time, the quartet developed a solid rapport and a tireless work ethic. The quartet keeps a rigid schedule, dedicating two nights a week to recording, and has already written nearly three albums worth of material, according to Stevens. “There’s a tremendous amount of confidence that comes when you see a team of people all working together for a common goal,” he said. “We’re all fighting to make the music better all the time. We get in some pretty serious arguments in the studio at times, but it’s always with the understanding that we’re fighting so hard because we think it’s going to make the

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art better. So there’s not any personal feelings that get in the way.” “It’s really awesome. I feel more a part of my music than I ever have,” Martinez said. “Everyone is bouncing knowledge and experience off of each other. Paul Hirschl is a music director, and he’s just changed my world, how to practice and how to rehearse.” “The songs that we’ve been writing and what we’ve been doing is the best work any of us have ever put out,” Stevens added. “Somehow, the combination of all of us working together is pulling things out of us each, artistically. It’s like mining depths that have never been mined before. There is bad news, though, for fans of their previous projects. For starters, the Vicci Martinez Band is no more. “That was 15 years of my life. So I think If anything happens with that, it’s gonna be in 15 years,” Martinez said. “We played together, and we were really tight, and it was nice. But I was running the whole ship, and I can’t run the whole ship any more. Maybe I could one day, but I don’t want to any more. “This is more collaborative, and I prefer that more in my life. It’s nice to have the help.” Stevens seemed more open to reuniting Goldfinch some time down the road. “If I feel like I start writing songs again that fit the aesthetic of Goldfinch, I have no problem putting out another Goldfinch record,” he said. “But right now, as it stands, I don’t have the time to be rehearsing or touring or writing for any other project other than this. We’ve made a two-year commitment. The hope is that it goes well and we just continue working on this project. But I can’t read those tea leaves. I have no idea what’s going to happen.” The April 18 show is also a benefit for Center Force, a 501(c)3 non-profit that supports families with members that have disabilities. Learn more about the group online at www.centerforce.net.

Vicci Martinez & Enter-Exit-Stay’s debut EP, “I Am,” is available for download on iTunes. Learn more at www.viccimartinez.com.

THE THINGS WE LIKE ONE BLIND SCHOOL ART The Washington State School for the Blind and Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) are raising public awareness about making art and culture a part of life for children and adults affected by sight loss. The art on display at TAM was created by elementary, middle and high school students with visual impairments using a variety of media. The art is meant to be touched and explored tactilely. Visit TAM to enjoy this community installation and see the exhibition “Eloquent Objects: Georgia O’Keeffe and Still-Life Art in New Mexico” while you’re there.

TWO ARTIST LECTURE Puget Sound Book Artists presents visual

artist Kate Kern for an artist lecture on Wednesday, April 15, 7-8 p.m. in University of Puget Sound’s Collins Library, Rm 020. Kern makes drawings, artists’ books and installations. To find out more about Kern and her work, visit her website at www.katekern.com

THREE ‘REUNITE THE SINNERS’

On April 11 starting at 7 p.m.,The Prophets of Addiction kick off their CD release party at Louie G.’s in Fife for “Reunite the Sinners,” their newest offering. Opening bands Surgical Chaos USA, DedElectric and Thirion X. All ages, anyone 21+ can get beer and wine with ID. Don’t miss what is sure to be one of the top area music events in 2015. Visit www.poarocks.com.

FOUR MINI MAESTROS

Drumroll please! The Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Percussion Quartet invites you to join them for a grand showcase of the percussion family. The audience will be fascinated by the number of different instruments as well as a few “instruments” that are part of our everyday lives. Listeners will be introduced to the elements of rhythm, body percussion, tempo and steady beat to name a few. Be prepared for your feet to march, your hands to clap, and for your eyes and ears to be dazzled as the TSO Percussion Quartet goes on parade! University of Puget Sound’s Schneebeck Hall, April 19, 2:30 p.m. Tickets/info: www.BroadwayCenter.org.

FIVE ‘EVITA’ Argentina’s controversial First Lady is the subject of this dynamic musical masterpiece. As an illegitimate 15-year-old, Eva escaped her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed with charisma, she was a starlet at 22, the president’s mistress at 24, First Lady at 27, and dead at 33. Told through a compelling score that fuses haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop and jazz influences, “Evita” creates an arresting theatrical portrait as complex as the women herself. April 10-May 3 at Tacoma Musical Playhouse. Tickets/info: www.tmp.org.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ROMĂ&#x2030;O AND JULIETTEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SET FOR TACOMA OPERA

ROMANCE. Tacoma Opera set to stage â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeo and Julietteâ&#x20AC;? that will be sung in French this weekend. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

Tacoma Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season ender needs no translation, even if the music will be sung in French. â&#x20AC;&#x153;RomĂŠo and Julietteâ&#x20AC;? takes on the international language of love. Charles Gounodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version has all the romance, intrigue and tragedy of the William Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original tale of star-crossed lovers but adds music and the lyrical sounds of French, the anchor romantic language. Fear not, performances will have English supertitles above the stage for nonFrancophiles. The show runs this weekend only. Soprano Ksenia Popova returns to Tacoma Opera to play the role of Juliette. Popova, a former Tacoma Opera Young Artist, recently received critical praise for her portrayal of Josephine in Tacoma Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of H.M.S. Pinafore. Praised as having â&#x20AC;&#x153;power, sure intonation, and fine diction that comes in a package tied with a ribbon of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;natural sound

tenor,â&#x20AC;? Christopher Benbecause itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible gochea will be Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to literally translate the Romeo. He is known for story from a spoken his unique combination genre to a musical genre of vocal and dramatic and still stay within an interpretations in peracceptable three-hour formances ranging from timeframe for the peroratorio to opera. formance. But after The show is directed studying and researchby Tacoma Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own ing Gounodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opera, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Noel Koran, who faced very impressed with the the challenge of presentway that he was able to ing such an iconic show translate the play into an in a lyrical way. opera while remaining â&#x20AC;&#x153;In general, there is true to the essence of â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tacoma Opera director Noel Koran no set process that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story.â&#x20AC;? aware of for keeping a Audiences shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t known work â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;freshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; while staying true expect a retelling of the story that has to the text,â&#x20AC;? Koran stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But a truly Koranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thumbprints all over it. That is not great play like Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Romeo and his way. For him, the text and music drive Julietâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; makes the process easier because the story. Period. all one has to do is to present the story â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me the best possible critical that Shakespeare told in a straight forreview is to receive no mention whatward, honest manner and let the story tell soever,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a reviewer devotes itself. Gounodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operatic version of the a significant amount of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;inkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; discussing story must of course make some changes my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stage directingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;conceptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for

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a production in a review, then I feel as though I have failed. My goal is always to get the audience totally involved in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the production.â&#x20AC;? That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play with concepts while he was pondering the show. He just abandoned them for the sake of the story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a short while, I contemplated setting the story in the early 1800s French Napoleonic period because the music is so French and the period is a beautiful costume period for both men and women, but I decided the story is too iconic with its Renaissance setting to change it,â&#x20AC;? he said. That would have been either an epic success or an epic failure the likes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Howard the Duck,â&#x20AC;? so staging it straight seems prudent. Never mess with a proven audience pleaser. Tickets for â&#x20AC;&#x153;RomĂŠo et Julietteâ&#x20AC;? on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. and April 12 at 2 p.m. start at $29 and can be purchased by calling the Broadway Center Box Office at (253) 5915894 or at BroadwayCenter.org.

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TCC CELEBRATES 50 YEARS WITH ART FACULTY EXHIBIT By Dave R. Davison

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Tacoma Community College opened its doors in 1965. This year thus marks 50 years that this wonderful school has been at the heart of our civic life. In celebration, the Gallery at TCC is hosting a show called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;50th Anniversary Exhibition.â&#x20AC;? The title is somewhat perplexing since the show consists almost entirely of work by members of the current art faculty (the exception is a couple of pieces by Frank Dippolito who recently retired.) There is nothing at all from many of the art instructors that have taught at the school during the course of the decades prior to the current crop of teachers. There is nothing by the great ceramicists F. Carlton Ball and Ken Stevens who taught at TCC for a time. Nor is there anything by Dan Raphael who taught calligraphy in the 1970s or public artist Doug Granum who once had a fountain on TCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus. Basically this is another rendition of the art faculty show, some of which has been exhibited in previous exhibitions of the gallery. That being said, it is always a pleasure to see what the TCC arts faculty is up to. In the ceramics realm, for instance, there are recently made works by the Rick Mahaffey and Reid Ozaki, the twin pillars of TCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world-class pottery program. Mahaffeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wood fired vessels stand like rustic, textured turbans while Ozakiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soda fired vessels exhibit the deft skills of a master potter. There is also a pair of works by apprentice potter and studio tech Anthony Gaudino, a rising star in the South Sound pottery world.

1801 Dock St. Wed. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Info: museumofglass.org The Museum of Glass provides a dynamic learning environment to appreciate the medium of glass through creative experiences, collections and exhibitions.

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April 10 through April 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visiting Artists Hanne Enemark and Louis Thompson

UK-based artists Hanne Enemark and Louis Thompson will collaborate in the MOG Hot Shop to produce a series of glass pieces that investigate themes such as the enchanted garden and ebb and flow. The works of art created during their residency will be exhibited at two European venues: one in London, England, and the other in Maastricht in the Netherlands. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GALLERY AT TCC

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consumptionâ&#x20AC;? is a grid of spent coffee filters.

If photography tickles your fancy, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in luck since there are some great photos, like a trio of digitally distorted images of a lady in red on a concrete grid by Anthony Culanag. Husband and wife art instructors Kyle Dillehay and Alice Di Certo also contributed photos from a recent excursion to Genova Italy. The gritty day-to-day events of contemporary European life unfold against a backdrop of ancient architecture. In addition to photography, Dillehay also teaches sculpture. His sculpture â&#x20AC;&#x153;Out of Balanceâ&#x20AC;? is a wooden trough affixed to a tripod made from the trunk and branches of a cherry tree. Riding in the trough is a trio of honeycombs from beehives. Dillehayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s installation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consumption,â&#x20AC;? a grid of used coffee filters mounted on the wall in the entry area, is a study in repetition and a meditation on the waste generated by the daily routines of contemporary life. Examined as an organized group, the used coffee filters make a strong,

visual impact. Yet each one shows individual characteristics. Retired faculty member Dippolitoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s untitled sculpture of stacked plastic cups that contain digitally made drawings has a quiet charm. Nearby is one of Dippolitoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rumors,â&#x20AC;? which features a big hashtag drifting in the sky above a flock of inky crows. Humorous and masterfully rendered bird drawings by Melinda Liebers Cox have been shown before, as have her gouache paintings of postwar ceramic dogs (colorful, pop-art still lifes). Likewise, Marit Bergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house-shaped surfaces done with paintings of the animals of various ecological zones will be familiar to regular visitors to the gallery. Her etchings of dragonfly boxes and bees are new, however. While TCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gallery missed a golden opportunity to revisit the work of some of its former art instructors, this variant of the art faculty exhibit will yield rewards to all who pass through the gallery doors.

April 11 & 12, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discounted Fusing Workshops

Learn how to combine colorful glass shards, spaghetti-like stringers and pebbly frit to create a unique souvenir of your visit. Choose to design a glass tile, a sun catcher or two pendants/magnets. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fire it for you and mail it to your home. Special discounted fusing price: $20 per person. Workshops start on the hour. To make a reservation, call (253) 284-4719.

April 11, 1-4 p.m. Family Day: Spring Safari

Spring Safari is back by popular demand. Paint your own egg animal menagerie with artist Jennifer Adams to celebrate the season of spring. Dance Explosion will entertain everyone with new dances in the Grand Hall at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

April 11, 2-3 p.m. Kids Design Glass Too Story Reading

Bring your kids to see Kids Design Glass Too and enjoy a story reading in the gallery with them.

April 12, 2-3 p.m. Conversation with the Artists

April 12 through April 17 National Volunteer Week

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NEW NIRVANA BOOK HIGHLIGHTS TACOMA TIES By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

There always seems to be a spike in interest in Nirvana around the anniversary of singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain’s death, even more so this year as buzz builds for HBO’s forthcoming documentary, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” which will debut on May 4. There is also a new book that highlights some of the band’s early exploits in Tacoma and Olympia, “I Found My Friends: The Oral History of Nirvana” by Nick Soulsby (St. Martin’s Griffin, $15.99). Recently, we caught up with the British author to see how he went about tracking down members of local bands like Machine and Mico de Noche. Tacoma Weekly: What is it about this band that you think has resonated over the years? Nick Soulby: Having this kind of immortality, I think it was just the right moment; plus, on top of that, it’s (Cobain’s death) a very rare event. We’re so used to seeing people dying on TV news, we don’t realize how rare it is when a star at the top of their game goes. Michael Jackson was a shock to people, but he went 20 years after the peak of his career. John Lennon had disappeared for most of 10 years. Ian Curtis wasn’t famous yet at the time that he went. Kurt Cobain is very rare because 18 months after the band had become famous he was gone. TW: You do the web site, NirvanaLegacy.com, and previously wrote “Dark Slivers; Seeing Nirvana in Shards of Incesticide.” What was the catalyst for this project? Soulby: I was preparing a blog ... and one day what I was doing was going through the list of all the bands they played with (including) Tacoma bands. We’re talking Machine, Inspector Love. My Name is, of course, on the list – Girl Trouble. There’s all these bands that I admit I had not heard of. I thought, “Oh, I wonder if I could find these guys.” In the end, there were probably about 250 to 300 bands - if we’re not talking about the big festivals - who played with Nirvana, which means a thousand to 1,500 musicians. I spoke to 210 of them and got 170 bands. There are undoubtedly other ways I could have done this, but everything has to end somewhere. TW: This book as opposed to some of the other books out there seems to focus on the people who didn’t become famous but saw things from the sidelines.

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SCRIBE. Nick Soulby’s new book on Nirvana notes early exploits of the band in Tacoma.

Soulby: Yeah, certain people get asked these questions all the time (like) Dave Grohl. .. In the end, there’s only so much these people can now tell us that hasn’t been repeated, ad nauseum. What interested me a lot more was there were all these other people who aren’t part of the rock star level of things ... with normal jobs and normal lives that also have this legitimate claim to having been there. That’s what intrigued me, that there were all these people who essentially have been ignored. I spoke to the bands who played with Nirvana in Argentina and Brazil, and they said … they never had an American or British journalist ever bother and come and speak to them about their experiences. But there just at those three shows is where Nirvana is pretty well at their worst. TW: There’s quite a bit of Tacoma in there. How much did you know about the scene here?

Soulby: There is a gap (in the ‘80s) between the end of Gorilla Gardens in Seattle, where the punks had been congregating, and the next venue, the Community World Theatre (in Tacoma.) The only other place in the region that’s really a major hub is the Hell House in Tacoma as well, which is where Girl Trouble is based. Those two venues for this brief period of time are pretty much the only games in the region. There are traditional rock clubs, but they’re not that friendly towards punk, they’re not too friendly towards all-ages shows. So all this stuff gravitates towards Tacoma. At the time, for Nirvana, it makes absolute sense to end up there because the Community World Theatre is the primary venue for very young bands. So you’ve got the right venue, you’ve got this core of people who are very supportive and open to hearing this quite rough band at the time. It just allows them to grow into something a little more advanced in a community that is quite accepting of sloppy bands making some good noise. Tacoma is where Nirvana becomes a real band. TW: Did you have any luck contacting Krist Novoselic or Dave Grohal? Soulby: I never bothered. In the end, I kind of circled the nest. Two of Nirvana’s drummers (Aaron Burckhard and Dave Foster) ended up providing the quotes for the book, the cover quotes, which is very kind of them. I think I was more interested in that early phase when they were more uncertain what they would become. TW: What do you think people will find most surprising about this book? Soulby: “We’re 21 years down the line (and) these people have become icons. They’ve become figures who exist above us with this kind of myth that people reach that level because they’re genius; people reach that level because they’re special or different. I hope what I put across as both respectful and also honest is showing them as real people. In the end, the difference between a John Purkey (Machine, Sleeper Cell) – who is my favorite guy in Tacoma – versus Kurt is one compromises more in the direction of pop music … and that’s legitimate. But I hope what people will draw from it is … these are people doing something someone like you or I could have a go at. The fact that it succeeds is completely separate to the act, which is simply to go out, create something you’re proud of, make music … make connections and be friendly. I hope that comes across very well.”

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• Luke Bryan with Randy Houser and Dustin Lynch: 7:30 p.m. May 16, Tacoma Dome, $39.75 to $69.75. • Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon and Dennis Miller: 7:30 p.m. June 16, Tacoma Dome, $35.50 to $99.50. • Van Halen with Kenny Wayne Shepherd: 7:30 p.m. July 5, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, • Imagine Dragons with Metric: 7 p.m. July 31, Tacoma Dome, $26.50 to $56.50. • Christopher Titus: 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Aug. 21 and 22, 8 p.m. Aug. 23, Tacoma Comedy Club, $25 to $35; www.tacomacomedyclub.com. • KISW’s Pain in the Grass with Slipknot, Lamb of God and Three Days Grace and more: 2 p.m. Aug. 23, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $32 to $72 or four for $99. • Tim McGraw with Billy Currington and Chase Bryant: 7 p.m. Sept. 4, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $51.75 to $67.75. • Jake Owen: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $45 to $70; www.thefair.com.

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DANNY BONADUCE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OF â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;BREAKING BONADUCEâ&#x20AC;? AND KZOK FAME â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WILL RETURN TO TACOMA COMEDY CLUB FOR A 5 P.M. STANDUP SHOW ON SUNDAY, APRIL 12. TICKETS ARE $12, AND THE SHOW IS OPEN TO 18 AND OVER; WWW.TACOMACOMEDYCLUB.COM.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10 JAZZBONES: Curtis Salgado (soul, blues) 8 p.m., $15-$17

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BOOM. Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sonics played tracks from their new album of April 2 at the Moore. Chris Ballew (in polka dots) helps out with â&#x20AC;&#x153;You Got Your Head on Backwards.â&#x20AC;? By: Ernest Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garagerock super-heroes, The Sonics, have made several regional appearances nearly eight years after they came back from their mysterious, 40-year hiatus. But none of them have been quite like the heavy hitting, star-studded affair the band headlined at Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Moore Theatre on April 2. For starers, the band is now equipped with its first proper, full-length album since the Johnson Administration. Last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rawhide tough â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the Sonicsâ&#x20AC;? album is recorded in glorious mono, exponentially raising the grit factor from â&#x20AC;&#x153;8,â&#x20AC;? the decent but overly produced EP the band dropped in 2010. From the classic lineup the band still includes Jerry Roslie (keys and vocals), Larry Parypa (guitar) and Rob Lind (sax); and on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonicsâ&#x20AC;? theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve successfully recapture the rowdy spirit of their 1960s heyday. On Thursday, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sugaree,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be a Womanâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Betty,â&#x20AC;? among other new jams, blended in seamlessly with garage

classics like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Witch.â&#x20AC;? As is usual these days, Roslie traded off lead vocal duties with bassist Freddie Dennis, a veteran of Freddie & The Screamers and the Liverpool 5 whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been with the band since â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09; and those two got a little help from some famous admirers. First up was Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America and Caspar Babypants fame, who helped out on the bluesy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Got Your Head on Backwardsâ&#x20AC;? (one of my personal Sonics favorites.) Earlier, grunge godfathers Mudhoney had riled up the crowd up with Superfuzz Bigmuff â&#x20AC;? era favorites â&#x20AC;&#x153;Touch Me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Sickâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweet Young Thing Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Sweet No More,â&#x20AC;? and front man Mark Arm returned to add some punk swagger to The Sonicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shot Down.â&#x20AC;? And while Nirvanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Krist Novoselic didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing, his cameo playing bass on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;? was the cherry on top.

show. Set list: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Psycho,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dirty Robberâ&#x20AC;? (The Wailers), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Waitinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sugaree,â&#x20AC;? Have Love Will Travelâ&#x20AC;? (Richard Berry), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be a Woman,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Got Your Head on Backwardsâ&#x20AC;? (with Chris Ballew), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boss Hoss,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep A-Knockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? (Little Richard), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Betty,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leaving Here,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shot Downâ&#x20AC;? (with Mark Arm), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look at Little Sister,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Got Your Number,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Money (Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s What I Want)â&#x20AC;? (Barrett Strong), â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hard Way,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Louie Louieâ&#x20AC;? (Richard Berry), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;? (with Krist Novoselic) Encore: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Need No Doctorâ&#x20AC;? (Ray Charles), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strychnine,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Witch,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lucilleâ&#x20AC;? (Little Richard, with Chris Ballew) Opening acts: The Intelligence, Mudhoney

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B SHARP COFFEE: Twang Junkies (country, Americana) 8 p.m., $5, NC CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Latin Edition (Latin music) 9:30 p.m. DAWSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: High Rollers (soul, funk, R&B) 9 p.m., NC FIRST PRESBYTERIAN: Tacoma Symphony Chorus presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life, Luminousâ&#x20AC;? (classical) 7:30 p.m., $20-$40, AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Notorious 253 (dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Project 86, Stolen Society, Clear the Chaos (metal, alternative) 8 p.m., $10, AA PANTAGES: Tacoma Opera presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;RomĂŠo et Julietteâ&#x20AC;? (opera) 7:30 p.m., $29-$90, AA STONEGATE: Four Skins (rock, downstairs); the Why Adam Show with Wreckless Freeks, Red White and Die and Mrs. Howl (punk, circus sideshow) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Afrodisiacs (retro dance) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Pete Lee (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $15 UNCLE SAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Wayward Strangers (classic rock, blues) 8 p.m.

NEW FRONTIER: 40 Grit (bluegrass jam) 3 p.m., NC Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;MALLEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Comedy open mic, 8:30 p.m., NC PANTAGES: Tacoma Opera presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;RomĂŠo et Julietteâ&#x20AC;? (opera) 2 p.m., $29-$90, AA THE SPAR: Steve Bailey & The Blue Flames (blues) 7 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Rich Wetzelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Groovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Higher Orchestra (jazz) 5 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Urban Music Farm, 6 p.m. TACOMA COMEDY: Danny Bonaduce (comedy) 5 p.m., $12, 18+; Comedy Truth or Dare, 8:30 p.m., $10, 18+

MONDAY, APRIL 13 TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Rich Wetzelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Groovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Higher Orchestra with Billy Shew (jazz) 7:30 p.m., $10-$15

JAZZBONES: Rockaroke (live band karaoke) 11 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Too Many Cooks with Steve Stefanowicz (rock) 8 p.m., NC

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Matt Claybrooks, Albert Kirchner and host Ralph Porter (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blues Vespersâ&#x20AC;? with Jimmy Vivino, Mark Riley and Paul Green (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA B SHARP COFFEE: Dean Reichert Band (blues) 8 p.m., $5, AA CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Kurupt, Kokane (hip-hop) 9 p.m., $25-$100 DAWSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: High Rollers (soul, funk, R&B) 9 p.m., NC DOYLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Velocity (jazz, funk, fusion) 9:30 p.m., NC EMERALD QUEEN: Keith Sweet (R&B) 8:30 p.m., $30-$65 GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Notorious 253 (dance) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers (blues) 8 p.m., $17.50 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Prophets of Addiction, DedElectric, Surgical Chaos (rock, metal) 6 p.m., $10, AA NEW FRONTIER: Red Planet Rebels (rock) 9 p.m., $5 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Boat Race Weekend (alternative) 8 p.m., NC, AA THE SPAR: J.P. Hennessey (blues) 8 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Rumble Underground, Atom Science Show fundraiser (rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: The Spazmatics (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s dance) 9 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Pete Lee (comedy), 5, 8, 10:30 p.m., $5$15. 13+ 5 p.m., 18+ 8 p.m. UNCLE SAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: The Psychedelic Shadow Show (psychedelic rock) 8 p.m., NC

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CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Hempfest tryouts (rock) 7 p.m., NC DAWSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Zarni, Acoustic Mayhem, Torre (rock) 5 p.m., $10

ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA B SHARP COFFEE: April Showers, Bathtubs and Sinks (comedy) 8 p.m., NC DAVEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (acoustic open mic) 8 p.m., NC

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DAWSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, soul, jazz) 8 p.m., NC HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nicholsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Hambone Blues Band (blues) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 TACOMA COMEDY: John Caparulo (comedy) 7:30 p.m., $15

B SHARP COFFEE: Keith Henson Jazz Quartet (jazz) 8 p.m., NC, AA CHARLEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Blues jam with Richard Molina, 8 p.m., NC DAVEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OF MILTON: Open jam, 8 p.m., NC DAWSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 THE VALLEY: Earth Control, Faus, Zan, A God or Another (rock) 7 p.m., NC

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TW PICK: DISTINGUISHED WRITER SERIES WITH PEGGY BARNETT Fri., April 10, 7 p.m. King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave.

This month features poet Peggy Barnett. Born in 1945, she grew up in Queens, New York. After receiving a BA in fine art from The Cooper Union, she opened a photography studio in New York in 1968 and became a successful corporate still-life and portrait photographer. In 2006, she moved to Woodinville. Her book “On Your Left!” is a poetic memoir dwelling on the specifics of unending change. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-8801 COURAGE360 Fri., April 10, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Courage360, 3516 S. 47th St. Do you or your employees need a brush up or advanced training in Microsoft Word or Excel? Increase your skills with Career Keys at Courage360 where you can take four-hour, intermediate and advanced classes focused on Word and Excel. Whether you just need a refresher, or you’re looking for more advanced training, instructors will help. The next advanced Word class is Friday, April 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Price: $60-$100. Info: (253) 474-9933 ‘LOOKING FOR NORMAL’ BY JANE ANDERSON Fri., April 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m. University of Puget Sound – Jones Hall, 1500 N. Warner St. University of Puget Sound 2015 Senior Theatre Festival production directed by Laura Shearer. Price: $6-$8. Info: (253) 879-3100

BRIDES FOR A CAUSE: CHARITY WEDDING DRESS SALE Sat., April 11, 12- 5 p.m. Point Defiance Pagoda in Point Defiance Park Shop from over 500 new and gently used wedding dresses that you won’t find anywhere else. Price: Free. Info: (253) 305-1090 DANCE 2015 Sat., April 11, 7:30-10 p.m. Pacific Lutheran University – Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 12180 Park Ave. S. The concert promises to highlight the depth of artistic capabilities of PLU student choreographers. By delving beyond today’s commercialized representation of choreography in popular culture, these emerging choreographers have pushed themselves to create works that represent the complexity of the human experience. Price: $8; $5 seniors; $3 students. Info: (253) 535-7411

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FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., April 11, 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 we used to eat. Through shared experience and mutual support, we help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. Our program of recovery is based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Price: Free. Info: (206) 9790866

ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Mon., April 13, 6:30-8 p.m. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S. 12th St. Caring for someone with memory loss? Do you need information and support? Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver support groups provide a consistent and caring place for people to learn, share and gain emotional support from others who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with memory loss. Meetings are held the 2nd Monday of the month, from 6:30-8 p.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Downstairs. Price: Free. Info: (253) 564-4402

LET YOUR INNER CHILD OUT TO PLAY Sun., April 12, 3 p.m. Artful Dreamers Studio, 2926 S. Steele St. Come play and bring your friends to this quirky, creative place where you can get away from your hectic schedules. Put on comfy clothes and have fun with paint, glitter, glue and much more. Price: $35. Info: www.ArtfulDreamers.com

CONVERSATIONS ON CAREGIVING Mon., April 13, 12:1012:50 p.m. Pierce County Annex, 2401 S. 35th St. Whether because of age, accident, debilitating disease, chronic health conditions or simple frailty, most of us will become caregivers. Enjoy this informal conversation about caregiving, coordinating care, legal planning, medications, respite care, self-care, skills, emergencies and community programs and services. Price: Free. Info: (253) 798-4600

DAN DUVAL TRIO Sun., April 12, 1-2:30 p.m. WW Seymour Conservatory, 316 G St. South The Dan Duval Trio plays original jazz music and features Duval on vibraphone, Trent Leurquin on bass and Steve Yamasaki on saxophone. The group has a melodic and unique sound, which makes their Latin, swing and bebop rhythms appeal to a wide audience. Price: $3 suggested. Info: (253) 591-5330

from an award winning garden designer. Price: Free. Info: (253) 591-5337 RAG RUGS Tues., April 14, 7 p.m. Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. Pick up basic techniques to make a rag rug like those made in the 1930s. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3321 LUNCHTIME MEDITATION: DOWNTOWN TACOMA Wed., April 15, 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 our self by developing a peaceful mind. Experience for yourself the effect a peaceful mind has on your day. Price: $5. Info: (360) 754-7787 WHAT IS KINDERGARTEN READINESS? Wed., April 15, 6-8 p.m. Tacoma Nature Center at Snake Lake, 1919 S. Tyler St. This parent education class will offer parents a variety of views and techniques in support of guiding young children in their early learning of self-control, responsibility, communication, cooperation and following directions. Information and resources, large and small group interactions, and group discussions are all included. One or both parents are welcome, as are child-care givers and grandparents, but children should be left at home. Price: $5. Info: (253) 591-6439

NO FEAR GARDEN DESIGN WORKSHOP Tues., April 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 N. Pearl St. A beginners guide and creative approach to planning a garden. Don’t just create a landscape, plant a garden with texture, dimension and sustainability. Learn shortcuts for designing your own garden with insider tips

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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) Rebellion and light-hearted flirtations are the name of your game this week. Emotionally you are breaking out of your rut and are highly focused on people seeing you for who you really are. Mid-week things take on a more fun, fancy free vibe, so don’t be surprised if you catch yourself shamelessly flirting with someone while engaging in small talk. TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) The time is ripe to break out of your work rut or to show your boss what you’re really made of. There may be things at work that cause you immense stress and you may not have realized your role in them until now. Adjust your reactions accordingly so that you can lighten up your spirit and downplay the urge to be rebellious with authority figures. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) You’re going to be the eye of the storm, a flurry of activity surrounding you this week. There’s also going to be situations in which you find yourself almost automatically seducing people. You’re shining quite brightly right now and there’s nothing that’s going to stop you. Be prepared for a lot of new experiences and the feeling that the sun shining just for you. CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) Resting and rejuvenating are on the agenda. When crises emerge – if they do – you are the one to call upon to handle those extreme situations. People know and like this about you. Though dealing with others’ issues can take a toll, if you can balance the need to care for others with the need to care for yourself it should be smooth sailing. LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) Behold! You will be commanding all the attention, getting all the phone numbers, and refusing to settle for anything less than worship this week. The truth is that you actually deserve all of these good things and it may have come down to you realizing that that’s what you deserve. Open the floodgate for the good to come crashing in and I promise you that it definitely will. Accept all the good things. VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) I’m sure you wouldn’t be too surprised if I told you that this week you’re going to be majorly restructuring your day-to-day routines and working almost fanatically on your homestead. If things haven’t been up to par at home, you are attuned to it rather psychically and it can seriously interfere with your peace of mind. Throw out what hasn’t been working for you and don’t be afraid to adopt new routines that may seem rather unconventional, as long as they work.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) Your natural charm and creativity are getting kicked up a few thousand notches this week. You might be surprised by just how easy it is to dazzle people with your smile, get them to laugh at your jokes, and make a few hearts pound a little faster. Creatively you are able to take on new projects with a fresh perspective and can do what others can’t. The world is your oyster, teeming with pearls. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) You’ve been kind of a loner lately and, for the next week at least, that’s not going to change. Drive home the point with those around you that you need your time alone. It’s imperative to you to be understood at the most basic level and the planets are backing you on getting your point across. Also, flirtations with danger can be fun but don’t take it too far. You are only human, after all.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Relating on a one-on-one basis and keeping things light-hearted and fun is on your mind this week. Relationships can definitely benefit from some not-soserious playtime or maybe breaking out of the rut and trying something you’ve never done before. If you’re attached, your love for someone is going to bubble up and overflow. If single, you may find yourself flirting with someone you’ve known for a while. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Earning your money in an unconventional way is going to work out great for you. Creative projects are going to simply pour out of your fingertips and you may surprise yourself with just how aesthetically pleasing your unique perspective is. Don’t be shy about showing people your work. They will respond favorably and applaud all that you do. A slow clap may even be involved.

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NOTICES

TO: TIFFANY BOWEN

TO: JASON ISBELL, MONICA ISBELL

In the Welfare of: B.B DOB: 10/11/2014 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2014-0053

FOR THE MATTER OF: LORELEI EVANS VS. JASON ISBELL, MONICA ISBELL

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.

CASE NUMBER: PUY-CV-CV-2015-0005

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. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: Joshua Omelas In re the Application for a Representative Payee: O., A. Case Number(s) PUY-CV-PC-2014-0187 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. FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT.

TO: CORA McNUTT & MARCUS AZURE In the Welfare of: A.A DOB: 09/25/2012 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2014-0062 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 11TH day of JUNE, 2015 at 11:00AM 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. TO: Claudia Cota-Ancheta & Donald George IV In the Welfare of: T. C-G DOB: 04/30/2009 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0039

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The Petitioner has filed a Civil Petition against the Respondent in this Court. Both the Petitioner and Respondent have the right to legal representation in this case. This Court has a list of attorneys and spokespersons who are admitted to practice in this Court. The Respondent must respond to this Civil Petition within twenty (20) days after being served. The Respondent must respond by serving a copy of a written answer on the Petitioner and by filing this written answer with this Court along with an affidavit of service. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear in the Puyallup Tribal Court on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, in the matter of which is located at 1638 East 29th Street, Tacoma, Washington, and you are to stay until this Court may hear this matter. YOU ARE SUMMONED to appear on Thursday the 28th day of May, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. for a continued Pre-Trial Hearing. FAILURE TO APPEAR AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT.

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DATE: this 1 day of April, 2015.

NO: 5Z8028300

TO: ERIC TSOSIE Case Name: DILLON, Nadine vs TSOSIE, Eric Case Number: PUY-CV-PO-2015-0025DV YOU are hereby summoned to appear for a Continued 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 a Continued Initial Hearing on Tuesday the 2nd day of June, 20 15 at 3:00 p.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.

TO: WENONA THOMAS In the Welfare of: A.T DOB: 03/29/2014 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2014-0049 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an REVIEW Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a REVIEW Hearing on the 18TH day of JUNE, 2015 at 11:00AM 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.

TO: CORA MCNUTT Case Name: WSFC vs MCNUTT, Cora Case Number: PUY-CS-FC-2015-0009 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for a Continued 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 a Continued Initial Hearing on Wednesday the 3rd day of June, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.

Regarding the Name Change of Lillian Prudence Kountrouba Minor NOTICE OF HEARING FOR NAME CHANGE By Amber Michelle Midgett Parent/Guardian THE STATE OF WASHINGTONDIRECTED 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. 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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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PIERCE In re the Estate of: ROBERT ORVAL OVERLAND (a/k/a CARSON) Deceased

Diva

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.

Miss Diva may have a sassy name, but she is quite gentle and reserved in nature, coming out of her shell when hot dogs are involved. This brown speckled, long haired Chihuahua is looking for the right lap to perch on, and requires an understanding owner, one with the patience to work with her on her timidity. If you’ve got a home on the quieter side and ﬂeece blankets aplenty, consider bringing this 5-years-young cuddle bug into the fold — #A496397

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DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with the Clerk of Court: March 18, 2015

If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: Friday March 27, 2015. Subsequent weekly publications will run April 3, 2015 and March 10, 2015.

FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT.

Donald N Powell, WSBA #42055, Attorney for Clara Norton, Personal Representative

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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

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

Call Dave Peterson, Managing Broker Better Properties N Proctor 253-222-8480 or davepeterson@betterproperties.com

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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

3720 S Alaska St.

Sergio@betterproperties.com

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

Advertise Your Real Estate Listing in the Pierce County Community Classifieds CALL 253-922-5317

Sergio Hernandez (253)431-2308 Sergio@betterproperties.com

Businesses Opportunities 4 Sale with Owner Contract 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. GIG HARBOR CHINESE RESTR., same owner 26 yrs., $50,000 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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SAME OWNER: BARTENDING ACADEMY OF TACOMA, Since 1959, Very profitable, Training provided. 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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