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POTHOLE OF THE WEEK

East 34th & ‘L’ Street Tacoma has a tremendous pothole problem, and the city knows it.

During the past couple of years, the city has acknowledged this issue by spending millions of dollars in major arterial repairs with the council’s “pothole initiative.� In 2010, routine maintenance by Tacoma’s Grounds and Maintenance Division completed street repairs on 229,638 square feet of road.

In 2011, the city repaired about 150,000 more square feet of roads riddled with holes, and continue those efforts.

While that may sound like a lot of ground, new holes pop up – or return – each and every day, which means a pothole-free road might never exist in Tacoma.

With the help of our readers and our dedicated Pothole Pig, we will continue to showcase some of the city’s biggest and best potholes through our weekly homage to one of T-Town’s most unnerving attributes.

Help the Pothole Pig by e-mailing your worst pothole suggestions to SaveOurStreets@tacomaweekly.com.

Potholes in need of repair can be reported to the City of Tacoma by calling (253) 591-5495.

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The long-term future of Tacoma’s municipally owned Click! Network is in question, but the short term is clear: More talks are in the works.

The 17-year-old fiber optic web around the city directly provides cable television service as Click!

Network and Internet connections to businesses and households through third-party providers. The cable arm of the network has always lost money, according to Tacoma Public Utilities reports, which means that TPU power customers have been subsidizing the system by about $9 million a year.

The causes of that gap are the rising costs television content providers charge networks to carry their channels, the rising number of people “cutting the cord� with cable providers and just streaming shows and movies through Internet-only options like Netflix and Hulu and the loss of the economies of scale a relatively small network has in an increasingly merge-happy industry. “We are a small company in a competitive environment,� said Click!

Network Manager Tenzin Gyaltsen, adding that the network has $60 million in debt largely associated with

the utilities’ original plan to connect houses with “smart meters� as a way to streamline power consuming monitoring. This idea was abandoned because of the rise of wireless options. But the debt remains.

TPU started studying solutions more than a year ago, a process that prompted Wave Broadband to pitch a no-bid offer to lease the network for 40 years in return for $2 million a year in cash and $1.5 million a year in capital improvements. The deal would also have Wave providing technical support needed to continue to operate the governmental Internet system that currently flows through those fiber optic lines, which translates to a savings of about $6 million.

Totaled, it’s packaged as a $380 million deal over the two-generations of leasing.

TPU’s Tacoma City Council-appointed board endorsed the deal and pitched it to the City Council during a study session in March that started the clock for a 60-day review period that included two community meetings and a survey of all Tacoma Power customers.

The first community meeting was downright hostile to the whole idea, particularly since Wave was called a local company, when it is actually a subsidiary of a private equity group,

Bulletin Board VFW INVITES ONE AND ALL TO A FISH FRY Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 91 at 2000 S. Union Ave. is having an open house along with a fish fry on May 1 from 4-7 p.m. and May 2 from noon to 4 p.m. There will be service officers to assist in filing VA claims. Come by have dinner and see what the Veterans are doing to make the greater Tacoma area and JBLM better as they’ve done for 97 years. There will be a $ 10 donation taken at the door for the fish dinner. Friends and families welcome.

STANDARDIZED TESTING – WHY REFUSE? Parents and Friends for Tacoma Public Schools (PFTPS), a community group dedicated to strengthening our public education system, is featuring educator and author Wayne Au at their next meeting. The meeting will take place Thursday, May 14, at Wyatt Hall, Room 109 on the University of Puget Sound campus in Tacoma. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 6:45pm.

The public is encouraged to attend this PFTPS meeting to learn more about the Seattle school teachers who are refusing to test students, why so many parents are refusing to have their students tested, and most importantly, to get your questions answered. Community members, parents and educators are all welcome to attend this event. Admission is free.

Au is an associate professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell, and he is an editor for the social justice teaching magazine, Rethinking Schools. His work has focused generally on critical education theory, critical policy analysis and teaching for social justice. Specifically he has engaged in scholarship about high-stakes testing, social studies education, curriculum studies, and multicultural education. Au’s scholarly articles have appeared in Educational Researcher, Harvard Educational Review, and Teachers College Record, amongst others. He has edited multiple volumes including, most recently, the four-volume Routledge Major Works in Critical Education (with Michael Apple) and Mapping Corporate Education Reform: Power and Politics in the Neoliberal State (with Joseph J. Ferrare). He is also author of two books: Unequal by Design: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality (Routledge, 2009) and Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing (Routledge, 2011).

PFTPS has a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ ParentsAndFriendsForTacomaPublicSchools. For more information, contact Kim Golding at (253) 906-8827 or pftpscommunications@gmail.com.

CITY HOLDS PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR PAID LEAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS City of Tacoma’s Finance Department staff members will conduct the following public meetings to receive comment on the draft rules, regulations and notice to employers and employees regarding paid leave.

Thursday, May 14, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Wilson High School Library, 1202 N. Orchard St. Wednesday, June 10, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at STAR Center (Discovery Room), 3873 S. 66th St. The documents can be viewed at www:cityoftacoma:org/ paidleave. Written comments can be submitted by emailing paidleave@cityoftacoma:org.

For questions or need additional information, contact Danielle Larson at (253) 573-2378.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES TACOMA WATER Tacoma Water is one of eight to be recognized by the state Department of Health in May as an exceptional drinking water provider.

Oak Hill Capital Partners. The second community meeting, held last week, focused more on the hometown pride people have that Tacoma was the first city in the nation to form a municipal network, the need for more discussion about the future role of Internet services and on skepticism about TPU’s financial analysis. “We should be asking why it is not profitable when operated by our government,� Daniel Jones said, noting that Wave would not have pitched the offer if money weren’t to be made from the deal.

Wave is not alone.

Pierce County-based Rainier Connect, which is one of the three communications companies that currently provide Internet connections to customers through Click!’s network, formally entered the discussion last week by proposing its own lease deal. Rainier Connect’s proposal mirrors Wave’s deal but sweetens the pitch with a pledge to annually spend $500,000 for technology projects at Tacoma schools and offer a discounted rate for low-income families as a way to fill the well-studied educational gap between those students who have Internet access at home and the quarter of Tacomans who don’t. u See CLICK / page A3

Tacoma Water will receive DOH’s “Commitment to Excellence� award for its new Green River Filtration Facility, which provides filtered water to Tacoma Water customers. The filtration facility is the largest in the Northwest, able to provide 168 million gallons of water a day. It brings improved water reliability and quality to customers. “Tacoma Water is receiving our ‘Commitment to Excellence’ award to celebrate the completion of the Green River Filtration Facility. This filtration facility uses state-of-the-art methods in treating surface water,� said Clark Halvorson, Office of Drinking Water Director at the DOH. “Tacoma Water’s commitment to this project is quite impressive and benefits about 500,000 customers in Tacoma, Covington Water District, the City of Kent and the Lakehaven Utility District.�

Chris McMeen, Tacoma Water Deputy Superintendent, said that the award is particularly meaningful at this time, as the first week of May is National Drinking Water Week. “Our primary goal is to protect the health of our customers by providing clean, safe drinking water,� McMeen said. “Filtration improves water quality and provides a higher level of reliability. We are proud to do that and happy to accept this award from the Department of Health.�

CHARTER SCHOOL CHOOSES NAME TO REFLECT COMMUNITY, FUTURE The City of Destiny will now have a school that reflects its motto: Destiny Charter Middle School.

Tacoma area families, students and community members chose a name for the new public charter middle school that reflects the long history of Tacoma as the City of Destiny. “We are so pleased to have a public school name that reflects the pride we feel here in Tacoma,� said Melannie Denise Cunningham, Director of Multicultural Recruitment at Pacific Lutheran University and Green Dot Public Schools Washington Board member. “We believe in our city and our schools, and we are excited that Green Dot Public Schools is opening the first charter middle school in our community. This school adds to our already excellent public school system and offers families and students another choice in their educational journey.�

Destiny Charter Middle School Principal Genny Cadena said members of the Advisory Committee, including families and community members, have been meeting every month to help plan the opening of the school, which will open its doors on Aug. 24 on Tacoma’s east side. More than 200 students, families and community members came together to help name the school.

So far, 200 students have enrolled in the new public school, which will begin with sixth graders only and roll up to a full 6-8th grade middle school over the next three years. Green Dot Public Schools are publicly-funded and free to attend. Each Green Dot school shares the common mission of preparing students for college, leadership and life and is open to all students. Families can still apply for Destiny Charter Middle School, but space is limited. To enroll now, visit: www.wa.greendot.org/enroll/ Jessica Garcia was one of the first Tacoma residents to enroll her daughter at the new charter school. She closely followed the passage of the statewide charter law and contacted Green Dot Public Schools as soon as she learned they were coming to Tacoma. She said she wanted a name for the new school that felt very Tacoma. “I have lived here most of my life, and I love that I live in this town of blue collar workers who are fighting for change. We are the City of Destiny and this will be the school of Destiny,� Garcia said. “It’s amazing to be a part of building this school, it is a gift. Our name makes me so proud, proud of Tacoma and my community. I am so excited to be a part of this.�

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WOODSTICK BIG BEAT 2015 HUNDREDS OF DRUMMERS HELP SUPPORT CRIME

STOPPERS OF TACOMA/PIERCE COUNTY MUSIC PROGRAM

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‘BEAT’NIKS. The sold out “Woodstick Big Beat� brought in big names to teach, play and learn from the pros.

By David Rose Washington’s Most Wanted - Q13 Fox

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ore than 500 drummers playing to the same beat rocked the Emerald Queen casino ballroom at the annual “Woodstick Big Beat� on Sunday, April 26. The event brings DAVID ROSE talent of all ages and sizes together for fun, love of music and to raise money for Crime

Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County’s program called “Groove – Music for Youth� that provides instruments for schools in need and at-risk kids. Organizers of the massive drumming event included the Emerald Queen Casino and Donn Bennett Drum Studios.

Woodstick brings in big names to teach, play and learn from the best like REO Speedwagon drummer Bryan Hitt. “I don’t know where I would be without drums in my life. I started playing in the 5th grade at school. Thank God they had drums then

in my school, but some schools don’t have that and some schools don’t have music programs anymore, so we’re trying to support that,� said Hitt. The event was sold out and had support from several drum industry sponsors. You can go to www.groovemusicforyouth.com to donate to support the charity.

Watch video of the drummers on Washington’s Most Wanted Friday night at 11 p.m. on Q13 FOX and Saturday at 9:30 p.m. on JOEtv and 10:30 p.m. on Q13 FOX.

TACOMA WHITE SUPREMACISTS CONVICTED IN STABBING DEATH

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On April 28, a jury convicted Eric Michael Elliser, 34, and Shane Thomas McKittrick, 33, in the 2013 stabbing death of Derek Scott Wagner, 27. Elliser was found guilty of murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree. McKittrick was found guilty of murder in the second degree and manslaughter in the first degree.

They are scheduled to be sentenced on May 19 at 9 a.m. in room 304 of the County-City Building in Tacoma. “This was a complicated and violent case that required tenacious police work and prosecution,� said Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. “The Tacoma Police Department and Deputy Prosecutors Jim Schacht and Angelica Williams vigorously pursued justice.�

On Nov. 16, 2013, Jeffrey Cooke picked up Wagner and they drove to a party at Elliser’s house. McKittrick arrived at the party shortly after Wagner and a verbal confrontation ensued. Wagner had recently been accused of having an affair with the wife of

The next step in the process will include more public meetings and quite possibly the formation of some sort of ad-hoc group of industry professionals, accountants and citizens to review the financials to propose future paths. The city has a precedent for such things, having had community groups formed for the city’s recreational and medical marijuana regulations and zoning issues concerning billboards. “Whatever the next steps are, they will be made available to the public,� Tacoma Public Utilities Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Bryan Flint said, adding that he took more than four pages of notes, “And there will be more public discussion.�

TPU plans to brief the City Council about “updated� financial data later this month, following one-on-one discussions with each council member during the last few weeks.

a fellow skinhead.

Wagner and Cooke left the party in Cooke’s vehicle and the two headed back to Cooke’s house. McKittrick chased them down in his car. The cars pulled over a short distance from Cooke’s house and a physical altercation ensued. During the fight, Elliser arrived in another vehicle and joined in. McKittrick stabbed Wagner three times.

Wagner was able to run away, but collapsed and died in the backyard of a neighboring house. The following afternoon, a man discovered Wagner’s body in his yard and called police.

According to the medical examiner, Wagner died from a fatal stab wound to the heart.

Two other defendants pleaded guilty before trial. A jury acquitted a fifth defendant.

The defendants and the victim have ties to the Aryan Skins Kindred (ASK) prison gang.

Like an annoying little sibling who just won’t listen to your plea to stay out of your room, some criminals refuse to leave a place alone. This was the case on April 23 at a S 19th street convenience store when a woman returned over and over to the store, even after she had already been banned from the location previously. An officer driving by the store recognized the woman and confirmed with the store owner that she was banned, and had been bothering customers. When the officer confronted the woman, she promised to never return to the store.

This promise seemed rather hollow, as she had already left and returned to the store ten times that day. The woman was booked for trespassing into Fife jail.

That same night, another convenience store on South MLK Jr. Way was dealing with another loiterer.

This one thought it would be a good idea to treat the store as her personal bar, drinking alcohol right outside the door. When police confronted the woman with the devil-may-care attitude, they discovered she had two warrants out for her arrest, the woman who chose to publicly drink outside of a gas station while she had two warrants out for her arrest was transported to fife jail for processing.

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Turner and the other suspect went to the victim’s apartment, displayed a handgun and then shot the victim during a struggle for the gun.

David Wayne Turner Jr. is a white male, 35 years old, 5’7� tall, 180 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. He is known to use the street name “Beastie� and has the letters “B.S.V.� tattooed on his right forearm.

Turner has extensive violent criminal history including Robbery, Assault, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. He should be considered armed and dangerous.

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Season opens for farmers markets with Eastside location, low-income options

6th Avenue Farmers Market 3-7 p.m. Tuesdays, May 5 to Sept. 29 6th and North Pine Street

Broadway Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays May 7 to Oct. 29 South 9th Street and Broadway

South Tacoma Market 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sundays, June 7 to Sept 27.

STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St.

Proctor Farmers’ Market

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturdays, March 28 to Dec. 19.

Corner of No. 27th and Proctor Streets

Eastside Market

3-7 p.m.

Wednesdays, June 17 to Sept. 30.

44th Street and Portland Avenue More information is available at Tacomafarmersmarket.org. A roster of farmers markets around Puget Sound can be found at pugetsoundfresh.org.

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FRESH!. Farmers Markets are set to open, with the addition of one in Tacoma’s Eastside.

By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

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he presence of a bright orb of heat in the sky, albeit sporadic, marks the start of many farmers markets around Puget Sound.

New this year is the addition of a farmers market location on the Eastside of Tacoma and a program at Tacoma locations to boost the spending power of low-income produce seekers.

Tacoma Farmers Market’s “Fresh Bucks” program will allow people on government food assistance to receive a dollar-for-dollar match on purchases of up to $10 of

fruits, vegetables and plant starts from market vendors.

The effort aims to not only boost consumption of more nutritious foods but support local farmers through added sales. The match is funded through a United States Department of Agriculture Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grant market organizers landed.

“This program was a huge success last year and this new grant will help us build on that,” said Tacoma Farmers Markets Executive Director Stacy Carkonen. “The Fresh Bucks program strengthens our families, our farms and our local economy.”

The USDA, for example,

estimates that for every $1 of low-income spending for food at farmers markets through the program grows to $1.79 in economic impact in the local economy. Spending at Tacoma markets topped $925,000 last year.

The Fresh Buck matching program will be available at all four of the Tacoma Farmers Markets through the end of the season. The Proctor Market is operated independently of the Tacoma Farmers Market umbrella, so does not offer Fresh Bucks. All markets accept WIC, EBT and Senior Nutrition Vouchers, however.

The Fresh Bucks program follows a dollar-for-dollar

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pilot effort last fall that was supported by MultiCare’s Center for Healthy Living and a $5,000 grant from the Taco Time Northwest Foundation.

MultiCare was a key partner in Tacoma’s effort to land the federal grant to expand the program.

“It would not have happened without them,” Carkonen said.

Tacoma Farmers Markets are located on Broadway, 6th Avenue and South Tacoma Way, as well as a new one set to run at Tacoma’s Eastside from June 17 through Sept.

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The addition of the Eastside market came after neighbors there called for help in getting nutritious food easier since the community lacks a full grocery store. Future markets might even be mobile as a way to allow residents of groceryless neighborhoods in the city as a way to expand shopping options. The idea under discussion would have produce vendors shuttle on a bus once or twice a month as a way to provide basic fruits and vegetables to low-income shoppers.

“We need to keep building that customer base,” Carkonen said.

One issue about forming new markets or adding mobile options is the lack of farmers since many local farmers already sell their wares every day of the week somewhere along Puget Sound. Adding another option, therefore, would come at the expense of existing markets.

“Our Pierce County farmers are really tapped out,” Carkonen said.

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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.”

IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY FOR EVERYONE Tribe, WSDOT work together to upgrade roads, protect resources The Puyallup Tribe and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reached an agreement in 2014 concerning the agency’s HOV Project on Interstate 5 on the Puyallup Indian Reservation.

The agreement focuses particularly on one portion of the project: replacement of the freeway’s bridges across the Puyallup River.

Replacement of the bridges is vital. They are more than 50 years old and would not withI-5 crossing the Puyallup River as it exists now. (Right) A computer-enhanced image of what I-5 will look like after the new northbound bridge is complete. Note that stand the impact of a serious (Left) both northbound and southbound I-5 traffic will temporarily be shifted onto the new northbound bridge while crews demolish and rebuild the southbound bridge. HOV lanes earthquake. The new bridges will only open after both the new northbound and southbound bridges are complete. will provide a much greater degree of safety in such an event and with the fish migration periods. The work will use conthe Emerald Queen Casino in East Tacoma.

HOV lanes will improve transportation in the area. struction methods that minimize impacts on the The agreement provides that work will be conThe agreement allows the project to continue resource. ducted in a manner respectful of the Tribe’s culforward and at the same time protects the fishThe project will meet water quality standards tural resources. The agreement further conveys ery habitat and resource and preserves Tribal for the river established by the Tribe and by the several parcels of land to the Tribe to offset the members’ opportunity to fish, a right guaranteed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. WSDOT lost use of lands on which the Tribe has given by the Treaty of Medicine Creek. To accomplish will construct an upstream fishery habitat mitigaWSDOT easements for the project. A right of first those goals WSDOT agrees to focus its work in tion project. In addition, the overall project will refusal gives the Tribe an opportunity to purchase the river at times other than fishing season and improve transportation for the public in the area of additional lands.

PARTNERING TO ENHANCE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION Partnering with local jurisdictions to improve local transportation, in the past seven years the Tribe has spent more than $40 million on transportation projects and traffic safety services in neighboring areas. These are largely done in collaboration with state and local governments to benefit the region’s growing traffic infrastructure, which helps everyone.

Projects range from lighting and safety improvements, to bridges and reconstruction projects, providing hundreds of jobs to local engineers, tradesmen, environmental and cultural resource consultants, construction contractors, and the like.

Examples of the Tribe’s expenditures over the past seven years to completed and ongoing projects include: 30th Street Safety Project, Tacoma Paving, lighting, ADA access, replacement of sidewalks on both sides of 30th Avenue from Portland Avenue to R Street, and one side of 31st Avenue, including relocation of public utilities.

Permitted through the City of Tacoma. The project was completed spring of 2013.

31st Street Rehabilitation Project, Tacoma 31st Street is a failed road that will be repaved, establish curb and stormwater facilities, street trees, and relocation of public utilities. Permitted through the City of Tacoma. The project is in the design and engineering phase and is slated to begin in Spring 2015.

Wilkeson Hatchery Access Roads Project This project included rehabilitation and stabilization of an unpaved road critical for fisheries access.

Amenities include paving the road, building retaining walls, fencing, and lighting. The project was completed in the fall of 2013.

Grandview Avenue/East R Street Construction Project, Tacoma The project involved construction of an access road off of Grandview Avenue for the Grandview Learning Center due to safety concerns related to increased traffic projections, and includes installation of a storm water conveyance system from Grandview Avenue to 32nd Street. In 2009, activities related to this project included preliminary engineering, design, NEPA, right of way and completion of plans for the access road. The

stormwater conveyance has been installed, and the project was completed in September 2012.

Transportation Planning and Collaboration with State and Local Governments s East Side Community Projects: Tribal staff is working with the City of Tacoma with respect to long-range transportation planning involving several city streets. s Additional Transportation Planning and Administration: Tribal staff works in collaboration with a number of federal, state and local government agencies to plan and administer transportation projects in the region. s Inspection Services: The Puyallup Tribe pays for City of Tacoma inspectors for both the R Street and Grandview projects, fees to exceed $100,000. s Port of Tacoma Emergency Response ITS Study: The Puyallup Tribe has committed $75,000 to partner with the City of Tacoma, Port of Tacoma, and local port businesses to study emergency vehicle response in the Port of Tacoma tide flats area to address safety concerns and increase local police & fire response.

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

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PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR CARRIE HESSLERRADELET TO SPEAK AT UPS GRADUATION

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While the Evergreen State tops a lot of lists in regard to coffee and airplanes, Washington also tops another list: the number of graduating students entering the Peace Corps. This and many HESSLER-RADELET more facts will be highlighted on Sunday, May 17, when Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet speaks at the University of Puget Sound commencement ceremony.

Hessler-Radelet’s speech will hit on the importance of the Peace Corps, global awareness and programs such as the Let Girls Learn initiative that the Peace Corps and First Lady Michelle Obama have partnered on to expand access to education for adolescent girls around the world. Hessler-Radelet’s message to UPS grads will involve making sure these students know how important service can

be globally. “Service can enrich their life and it’s important to our nation. I’m encouraging [students] to find a way to make the world a little better. Whether they serve in Smalltown, USA or an international career, a life of service is a life worth living,�

Hessler-Radelet said.

University of Puget Sound has always had a special relationship with the Peace Corps, being one of the top volunteer hotbeds for small schools. This year, UPS took the No. 3 spot among small schools, with 16 alumni currently volunteering worldwide. University of Puget Sound jumped 11 places from its number 14 spot last year. It has established itself as one of the top volunteer-producing schools in its category and has been highly ranked for more than 11 years. Alumni from more than 3,000 colleges and universities nationwide have served in the Peace Corps since the agency’s founding in 1961, including 294 alumni from University of Puget Sound. “I would say that [UPS students volunteer in the Peace Corps] because the idea of service is incorporated into not only

their school ethos but into their classes,� said Amber Gomes, Peace Corps recruiter for UPS. “Not only are students encouraged to think about service but also encouraged to perform service.�

Hessler-Radelet joined the Peace Corps in the 80’s where she developed her love for public health in over 50 countries during her tenure in the Peace Corps. Her storied career was capped last June, when she became the acting director of the organization. HesslerRadelet is part of a family that has seen four different generations join the Peace Corp, and has dedicated her life to the wellbeing of others. “Carrie Hessler-Radelet chose a life and career that exemplifies the civic, intellectual and humanitarian values shared

by Puget Sound,� UPS President Ronald R. Thomas said in a press release. “Her pioneering sense of adventure and devotion to the wellbeing of others that initially took her abroad as a young Peace Corps volunteer, and her more than two decades of public health leadership since, align with the spirit of this university community. A

long tradition of service to humanity, global engagement, and making a difference in the world is ingrained here. Her address will resonate with and inspire our students.�

Hessler-Radelet believes that global service is not just fulfilling spiritually, but is important to the future of our world. “The jobs that are going to exist in the future are jobs that will exist in a global context,� Hessler-Radelet said. “Our world is increasingly complex and interconnected.

What happens on one side of the globe can have an impact right here at home.�

Hessler-Radelet will expand on these ideas during her UPS Commencement address, where she will also receive an honorary degree from the school. “I’m really honored to be invited to the University of Puget Sound. It’s a university that has committed itself to international service in a big way. We love Washington, we love Tacoma, and we love UPS. It’s a great honor to address the graduating class,� Hessler-Radelet said.

The Commencement Ceremony will be held from 2-4:30 p.m., Sunday, May 17, at Baker Stadium on campus.

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Not only will the fundraiser feature lively music from the Kim Archer Band, food expertly prepared by the Murano chefs and a series of live and silent auctions, but FISH Food Banks will also unveil a new video telling the remarkable story of two FISH customers.

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Growing up, my father taught my siblings and me how to honor Mom on Mother’s Day. This was a time when we did special things to show our mother how much we cared. Dad always reminded us that it was important to be good children and appreciate our mother all year long. But on this holiday we did the cooking with Dad, made special drawings, bought presents and often went to a restaurant. All of this to express our love and appreciation. Mom accepted our loving gestures humbly.

She helped us to learn that Mother’s Day was a good time to think of others as well. She said there were too many mothers and children who weren’t as lucky as we. Some were starving, dying, without a way to take care of each other.

Many years have passed since those days and Mom and Dad are both gone now, but the memories remain. The world is still a sad place for many mothers: 6.3 million children die before they turn five every year of mostly preventable causes. Plus, 289,000 mothers die from pregnancy related causes. My mother would want to do something. So do I.

Fortunately, America has been a leader in helping Moms and babies survive and thrive. And the evidence shows we can put an end to these unnecessary deaths by 2035. However, a 2014 report from the ACES BlueRibbon Panel, made up of business and development leaders, concluded that we will not meet our goals without first addressing underlying bureaucratic challenges. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), our main global development agency, is already implementing some of the panel’s proposed reforms. But this alone will not be enough. New, bipartisan legislation will hold USAID accountable for a smarter, more effective approach to ending preventable maternal and child deaths. Requiring a centralized and coherent strategy, the bill will maximize our investments, with returns measured in lives saved and healthy, prosperous communities. This forthcoming legislation will turn this lofty goal into a viable plan: partnering with developing countries to increase access to lifesaving vaccines, quality nutrition, skilled birth attendants, and other cost-effective, evidence-based interventions. This legislation will result

in a more effective strategy to maximize our investments in this important work.

So you and I can do something extra to honor every mother this Mother’s day. Let’s do our part to make it possible for every mother everywhere to see her children grow up healthy.

Representatives Adam Smith, Denny Heck, Derek Kilmer, Jim McDermott, Rick Larsen and Suzan DelBene have signed a letter originated by Rep. Dave Reichert supporting this work. They need to hear from us to know this matters to everyone. So call, write, tweet, text, email or visit your representative and tell them to support this legislation.

Every mother wants their child to grow and shine. We have the power to make sure that happens. Won’t you take five minutes on Mother’s Day (or any day) to do your part to save the lives of children and mothers? What we do today will decide if millions live or die.

Willie Dickerson is a former Tacoma resident, where he taught school for 16 years (and he still visits family often).

Retired now, he is a volunteer with RESULTS (http://results.org) working to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty in America and our world.

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The media has covered the saga of two citizens who are suing the sponsor of a referendum to allow the public to vote on this $142.5 million building.

Pierce County judges have recused themselves from the case, and I am told a judge from Kitsap County may preside over the case. We will have to wait to see if the County Charter’s language is clear about your right to a referendum on any non-emergency ordinance.

I was opposed to the idea of a new building in the first place, and even voted against the funding for the preliminary design. Also, the more I look at the 63-20 financing plan, the less impressed I am with its selling points of saving money and providing a guaranteed price – which would not include change orders.

Perhaps my biggest concern over the new building is the lack of alternatives not considered for analysis. Leases can be renegotiated. Other buildings are

available. The Council was not presented with any other research. When I learned that the Intel building at the DuPont Corporate Center could achieve over $150 million in savings, I knew it would be wrong to not at least see the building and consider the opportunity. So I toured the Intel office spaces, which were quite impressive to say the least. While the location may be a challenge, its features should not be ignored.

Built in 1994, this 96-acre campus has over 462,000 square feet of available office space and ample parking. The power is purchased directly from the energy market, providing approximately a 30-percent savings there. There is fiber connectivity to the campus and the buildings are virtually “plug and play.” Of course, there is a generator backup as well. Building 2 is 312,000 square feet and nearly turn-key ready.

There are two, 149-person meeting rooms as well as two, 35-person capacity training rooms. Office furniture is also included. There is a full service cafeteria that could be leased or perhaps used for

a culinary school.

The biggest selling point was that the lease payment from Intel (for the two floors of space they currently use in Building 3) would cover the payment to buy both Buildings 2 and 3. If the County preferred to lease, we’d be looking at $12 per square foot as opposed to around $35. In addition, the bonds that would be sold to purchase the buildings would be at a lower interest rate than the bonds sold in the 63-20 plan.

Whether or not you believe the location of the Intel campus is conducive for county services, it’s an example of possibilities far more affordable than committing taxpayers to nearly $8 million per year for 30 years, which does not include maintenance and operation. I’d love to hear from you, pro or con. I truly appreciate the support I have received to maintain opposition to a new General Service Building without a vote of the people.

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And now, the rest of the story…

The majority of Pierce County Council members have abdicated their responsibility to lead on the issues they were elected to consider. Council Chair Dan Roach – along with Councilmembers Jim McCune, Joyce McDonald and Doug Richardson – passed an ordinance that requires a public “advisory” vote on the construction of a new county building.

This is a project that the council has voted to support. In other words, it PASSED, but these four individuals were on the losing side.

Roach introduced his proposal knowing that such a vote would not be binding (in other words, the election does not mandate the council to follow the results) but could potentially kill a sensible project that would save taxpayer money. I can only assume that he and the others were upset about losing the earlier vote and were bowing to pressure from Tea Party activists who want to stop the project and rack up millions in cost increases to the county. They have, in the past, voted twice to authorize spending $1 million for the project design. Now, after a million dollars has been spent, they are pulling their support.

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The project is actually a lease-to-own building that will be financed with private money, built with private money and leased to the county for 30 years before it becomes county property. The new building is a great example of a public/ private partnership that would consolidate county services into one place, leading to more efficiency in government and resulting in a building fully owned by the county. If we do nothing, the county will continue leasing around 150,000 square feet of commercial office space at eight different locations around Tacoma to house hundreds of employees, costing taxpayers more than $3.2 million each year (that’s over $100 million after 30 years, assuming lease costs increase!).

Those who supported Roach’s proposal know that, and apparently they think that’s a good idea.

Once again, Councilmembers Roach, McCune, McDonald and Richardson are giving the public misinformation. Since the lease payments will be made with the money currently being spent on leasing non-county-owned buildings, this project will NOT require an increase in taxes.

But these three continue to misrepresent the financing of this project by saying that it will negatively affect the public’s taxes. And then they want the public to vote on it with this misinformation! I

believe it is our responsibility as elected officials to make sure that the public receives ACCURATE information.

I, along with Councilmembers Rick Talbert and Derek Young, voted against Roach’s proposal for a number of reasons. First, we already voted in support of this project. Second, this issue is currently under examination by the court system to determine if a lease agreement qualifies as a ballot issue.

Any future action must wait until a court decision takes place. Third, lease agreements are administrative decisions (the county executive’s role), not policy decisions (the council’s role). Fourth, as mentioned before, Roach’s proposal is misleading about the effect the new building will have on your taxes.

And finally, I believe that we have been elected to research and study the issues that are brought to us, to represent the public’s best interest and to take tough votes when needed. I believe that the public wants us to save money and to be more efficient in our delivery of services. It appears that Roach and others may not have the courage and leadership to make tough decisions and prefer instead to send even lease agreements to non-binding votes. If they get their way and everything goes to a public vote, then why even have a representative form of government?

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Willie Dickerson, guest editorial writer in the April 10 issue of the Tacoma Weekly (“Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria must receive full funding”), did what he has been doing so well for several years – writing exceptional words that will move us to join him in contacting our U.S. Senators and members of Congress to support legislation to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty in America and the world. So many people in the Tacoma area know him as friend, teacher, colleague and even father and grandfather, having lived and taught in Tacoma for many years. He is a star in the RESULTS world, because of the hundreds of letters to the editor he generates every year.

So as not to disappoint him, I will urge you to watch for new bi-partisan legislation coming soon more efficiently ending preventable maternal and child deaths. Thanks to The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for their planning. Picture how important adequate nutrition is. The first 1,000 days of a child’s life – from inception to second birthday – will indicate not only will the child live, but live without stunting which will affect the child its whole life. At this point 6.3 million children die from preventable causes before they reach their fifth birthday. Thanks, Willie. Thanks, Tacoma Weekly.

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Dear Editor, In 1997, Tacoma created Click! – a public service offering both Internet and cable – because we were tired of inferior service from a for-profit cable company. It was a good idea then, and it’s a good idea now.

Having laid miles of fiber-optic cable, our investment has paid off, and many Comcast customers desperately wish they could get Click!. So why is current Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU) management trying to privatize our Click! Network?

For one, it is easier to manage electric and water delivery that 120 years of investment in dams and water rights by Tacomans has made both cheap and without competition. Easy business.

But Click! actually requires a business model in which TPU wins customers. It means that our utility executives must become more effective. Now that’s hard work.

Now TPU execs tell us that Click! offering Internet and cable is losing a (relatively) small amount of money. But…if we turn over our public investment to Wave, that private company can – over 10 years – afford to pay TPU executives $80 million, invest $60 million in upgrades and make a profit too?

Wow! The question is this: Is Click! the problem…or is it TPU’s management?

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CITIZENS SHOULD be PArt of CliCk!’S future The City of Tacoma spent more than two years studying, pondering, debating and reviewing its marijuana zoning rules. It spent almost a year reviewing its billboard rules. The budget gets several months of public discussion even during its off-year review.

The future of Click deserved at least that. It is, after all, not only a matter of civic pride but also a public asset worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The fact that Tacoma Public Utilities endorsed a plan to allow for only 60 days of discussion to lease the municipally owned fiber infrastructure to a for-profit company owned by an investment company suggests deep troubles with the system.

The fact that TPU didn’t open the lease options to other bidders backs that conclusion. And the fact that an in-town bidder emerged during the review process solidifies the argument that this deal should die, so more options – and potential partners – could be found.

There are just too many questions left unanswered and the credibility gap between Tacoma residents – the shareholders of the system – and TPU’s dealings surrounding the future of Click! is too wide to sign this deal.

Wave Broadband wants to lease the city’s fiber optic network for $2 million plus $1.5 million in capital improvements each year for 40 years.

The payments would be adjusted for the rate of inflation. Utility officials put the amount of payments and savings from future spending at $380 million. Click! is losing money, according to some accounts, at a rate of about $9 million a year.

While that is a matter of debate, the trend behind it is not. The system needs about 40,000 cable television subscribers to break even. It has less than half that, and it is losing television customers as a rising number of cable television subscribers opt to “cut the cord” with cable and simply stream their shows through Internet-only options. The gap between revenue from the shrinking number of subscribers and the rising costs of providing television programs is being filled by revenues from higher utility rates, although they are still lower than surrounding options.

TPU and its volunteer board of commissions have studied options to get Click! to pay for itself if not turn a profit. A consultant was hired and determined that leasing the network is the best option. Wave Broadband pitched its lease terms during that process and utility officials jumped on it as a good deal. The utility board rubber-stamped its endorsement of the deal when it presented the terms at a study session with the City Council a month ago.

The deal might be a good plan. But it is certainly not the last and best offer. Rainier Connect submitted a leasing plan that would not only match Wave’s offer but also add money for technology programs to provide low-income students with Internet connections as well as potentially provide a low-income rate for families that have students enrolled in free or reduced-cost lunch programs.

Nothing of the sort was in Wave’s deal.

The city has to get multiple bids to order copy paper or to clean vacant lots or fix streetlights. It makes no sense that the city should accept the first offer it received from a process that didn’t even announce bids were being accepted.

TPU underestimated Click!’s worth both to the community and to potential new operaters of its fiber optic system. And it botched the sales pitch for the deal with far too many less-than-complete financial records and estimates.

The utility now plans to report back to the City Council later this month with updated spreadsheets as well as recaps of surveys. Expect tough questions followed by more vague answers.

The City Council would then be wise to simply punt the whole idea of leasing Click!’s assets and form a stakeholders group to study the issue in the light of day and in open forums followed by more public meetings before any decisions are made.

Anything less would be an insult to a citizenry that has deep skepticism of government and a city that has a “new openness” about decision making.

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On April 24, the fun and laughter began as soon as the participants walked through the doors of the Washington State History Museum. They were greeted by joyful volunteers from the Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County, who offered a wide selection of tutus, dresses and accessories for those who sought to add to their ensemble.

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Abbott, a senior at Pacific Lutheran University and 2011 graduate from Gig Harbor High School, commended Rebuilding Hope staff members for their important contributions to the community.

For Abbott, the center’s work hits close to home.

During her freshman year in college, she had a stalker.

“That was the most terrifying time of my life,” Abbott said.

Since then, Abbott has used her status as Miss Pierce County to raise awareness of the resources available to victims of similar crimes.

After a round of applause, Abbott introduced Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist and he kicked off the annual Prosecutor’s Office on-stage fashion show. Lindquist introduced eight of his deputy prosecutors and asked them to describe their fashionable footwear for the audience. First up was Scott Peters. To complement his hot-pink knee-high boots, Peters also donned a spring dress – the result of a friendly competition with Sumner Police Chief Brad Moericke.

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When Lindquist handed the microphone to Sean Waite, the deputy prosecutor did his best Marshawn Lynch impression and responded, “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.” The crowd erupted in laughter and applauded Waite’s clever response.

After the fashion show, the men took to the streets, led by the cheerful tunes of the Lakes High School band and the school’s Army Junior ROTC cadets.

Some walked with grace and elegance as if they had done this many times, while others struggled to put one foot in front of the other as they listed from side to side.

“Go-go boots are surprisingly comfortable,” said Peters.

All were grateful when the rain clouds opened up to partly blue skies halfway through the walk down Pacific Avenue.

“It was a great event, great cause, and the best part: no blisters,” said Moericke.

The goal of the walk is to raise awareness and prevent rape, sexual assault and gender violence in the greater Tacoma area.

According to the United States Department of Justice, somewhere in America, a woman is raped every two minutes.

Rebuilding Hope offers services for those victims and their families through advocacy, therapy and education, at no charge.

Bringing in more than $20,000, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is Rebuilding Hope’s largest fundraising activity, by far.

“We were very impressed with the turnout and support from all of Pierce County for this year’s walk,” said Tasha Smith, executive director of Rebuilding Hope.

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The group hopes to gather about 7,800 signatures by mid June to qualify for the November ballot.

The issue of changing the city’s management system was a matter of much debate during discussions last year as the city was preparing to change its city charter, which is Tacoma’s Constitution. Changes to the city’s of government was one of the changes a council-appointed committee recommended on a split vote, but the idea was not among the 12 charter changes slated by the City Council last summer to be on last November’s ballot.

The Charter Review Committee’s recommendation had called for a change that would have a full-time mayor that operates separately from the council by drafting city budgets and directing city initiatives with a chief administrative officer instead of the current mayor-council-city-manager system. The committee recommended, and the petition drive is seeking, that the city have a smaller council, from the current nine members to seven. The council would be full time however, and serve as a legislature of the city. The council would also have its own staff.

The idea pitted former mayors against each other with Charter Review Committee Chairman and former Mayor Bill Baarsma and former City Council Member and former Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg supporting the idea, while former Tacoma Mayor Harold Moss harshly criticizing the idea.

The initiative drive is being supported by Baarsma, former Mayor Brian Ebersole, City Council Member Ryan Mello, County Council Member Connie Ladenberg, and community members Tim Strege, Eric Bjornson, Zach Powers, Andrew Austin, Justin VanDyk, Amy Heller, Anita Latch, Carolyn Edmonds, Eric Hansen, Tom Llewellyn, Nancy Pease Hogan, Jerry Hogan, Teresa Maxwell and Jeannie Mitchell.

The Pierce County Better Government League is a bi-partisan community organization that supports government reforms to county and local government. It had previously led the successful effort to repeal rank choice voting process.

to receive the prestigious title. Timpson continues to share her platform, “Aspire to Inspire,� with the hope to see it implemented in schools and communities all over the state where society turns “I� into “others�, showcasing the importance to put yourself second and focus on making a difference in other peoples lives.

Timpson believes that with mentorship and empowerment, you have the ability to change the world. “Being a positive role model for youth and my community is very

influential,� she said. “When people see that you are taking action, standing up for what you believe in and striving to better the world and others, you inspire them to do the same.

It’s an amazing journey and I am ready and excited for the next steps of progression.�

Timpson, a Browns Mills, NJ native, graduated from Pemberton Township High school, moved to Tacoma in 2011 with her husband and high school sweetheart, Joseph, who currently is stationed at Joint

Base Lewis-McChord and serves in the United States Air Force. She is a successful entrepreneur and owns and operates three businesses with her husband.

Timpson is actively involved in the community, volunteering and raising money for various charities and organizations including United Way of Pierce County, Toys for Tots and the pageant’s state charity, The Hope Heart Institute.

For more information on the Mrs. Washington America Pageant, visit www.mrswashingtonpageant.org.

To follow Timpson on her journey, visit www.facebook.com/mrstacoma2014.

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Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, since they are being used as parking lots. Some 290 school and tour buses are set to shuttle spectators from those lots to the course. Parking and shuttles will be complimentary and at 5:30 a.m. each day, and continue for one hour following the conclusion of play. Spectators traveling from points north and east are being asked to use the fairgrounds, while tourists from areas to the south should use Fort Steilacoom. Since there will be no public parking at the course itself, security screening will be done at the lots.

People should expect heavier than normal traffic, especially along Steilacoom Boulevard, Bridgeport Way and South Tacoma Way from 7:3010:30 a.m. then again from 4-7 p.m. as well as heavier traffic in general around the clock with the added cars flowing to and from the area. “The transportation plan for the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay is the result of countless hours and an 18-month collaboration with community officials,� said Hank Thompson, director of U.S. Open administration

for the USGA. “We are confident, after hosting many championships in small communities, that this plan will minimize delays for local residents while ensuring safe and orderly parking and shuttle services for all attendees.�

But there is more to the festivities than golf. The U.S. Open Championship Trophy will make local stops for people to get their photograph taken with the iconic image of the best golf has to offer. The first local stop will be on June 6 at the Eagle’s Pride Golf Course at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, then June 13 at The Home Course in DuPont on June 13, followed by June 14 at Chambers Bay and June 16 at the American Lake Veterans Golf Course.

Seattle’s Pacific Science Center will have “mini-learning lab� involving the science behind golf May 14 to June 15, and the Tacoma Historical Society currently has “Tacoma Tee Time,� a historical look at golf in the Pacific Northwest through July 31.

More information is available at usopen.com/knowbeforeyougo and usga.org.

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The championship itself will run June 15 to June 21 at the countyowned Chambers Bay Golf Course, drawing an estimated 30,000 spectators and 1,000 journalists a day to the waterfront course. That translates to some $140 million in regional spending during the international event and the residual tourism boost during the years after it ends. All hotels in Puget Sound are nearing capacity or already booked, including the Murano, Silver Cloud and the Emerald Queen.

But for most residents, the impacts are less about added tourism-related spending during the coming decade and more about where the rubber hits the road, literally. The 115th U.S. Open will mean road closures and traffic slowdowns throughout University Place as well as in downtown areas since they will have full hotels and around the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup and

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When you walk into our shop it gives you that quaint, small,l family owned business feel, while it also reminds many of our guests of those quaint European cheese shops from their travels. We offer some darn delicious specialty sammies (sandwiches) that everyone around here loves,� Sanders said.

My Cheese Shoppe evolved from a travel business in 2009 to being entrenched in the Puyallup community from 2011 onward, and the support of the community has allowed the shop to flourish and grow. “Without the support of their community, a small business does not stand a chance of staying in business.

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SPORTSWATCH

Any chance the Lutes had of claiming the momentum disappeared shortly after, however, as Whitworth took advantage of two more PLU errors to tack on three unearned runs. The final run of the game came in the sixth, as PLU fourth error of the day helped the Pirates score again before leaving the bases loaded.

Donahou took his first loss of the season, allowing the lone earned run of the day for the Pirates, while Jake Otness threw one inning and allowed a run. Larson threw 3.2 innings and allowed four unearned runs before Cory Nelson came in to throw three shutout innings with four strikeouts. Kort Skoda pitched the ninth for the Lutes.

Nilson finished the day with two hits, while Clements drove in the one run with his double and Wildung added his second home run of the season. Cory Mack earned his fifth win of the year for Whitworth, limiting PLU to two runs on four hits in seven innings. TJ Orchard pitched the final two frames and allowed one hit.

Whitworth caps a three-day run through the tournament that saw the Pirates no-hit Linfield on the first day and take advantage of spectacular defense to knock off the Lutes on the second day. The Pirates return to the regional tournament for the second time in four years after claiming the 2012 NWC title.

NWC regular-season champion PLU has three more games remaining on its schedule as the Lutes look to bolster an already-strong resume for an at-large bid. The Lutes will host Linfield Saturday at 1 p.m. before taking on Puget Sound at 4 p.m. in a day full of rivalry games. Senior Day Sunday will feature a 3 p.m. matchup against George Fox.

RECORDS FALL FOR LOGGERS AT NWC TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

PHOTOS BY ERNIE SAPIRO

BROKENSHIRE STEALS THE SHOW AT SUPER FIGHT LEAGUE 40 WITH TKO WIN

It was a night filled with beautiful submissions and brutal knockouts as Super Fight League put on another incredible show Saturday, April 25 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma. With every fight on the card ending by either submission or TKO, fans inside the I-5 Showroom definitely got their money’s worth.

Headlining this stacked card was Tacoma’s own Drew “The Eternal Fire” Brokenshire (11-3) vs. Jason Gray (4-2) of Enumclaw. Gray controlled the action early, using his elite wrestling to pin his much smaller opponent to the mat.

Heading into the third and final round, Brokenshire knew he needed to finish Gray to walk away with the win. Despite Gray’s best efforts, the experience and unbelievable tenacity of Brokenshire shown through as he landed multiple knees to the face of his opponent, leaving Gray bloodied and missing multiple teeth. At 2:50 into the third round, one final knee followed by a brutal left hand to the head caused Gray to go limp and the referee to jump in a stop the fight, giving Brokenshire his 11th professional victory.

In the semi-main event of the evening, previously undefeated Yakima MMA prospect Hector Lopez (4-1) looked to keep his winning streak alive against talented Canadian, Gurdarshan “Saint Lion” Mangat (7-1). From the opening bell, it was obvious that Lopez bit off more than he could chew against the more experienced Mangat.

“Saint Lion” controlled the action, imposing his will on his opponent en route to a submission victory due to a rear-naked choke at 3:00 in the very first round.

Super Fight League 40 was rounded out with six stellar undercard fights that left the packed I-5 Showroom screaming for more. Those results are as follows: John Heath (8-6) defeated Trent Tyler (4-6) via TKO at 3:19 in round two. Tony Reyes (6-7) defeated Victor Barajas (1-3) via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 4:02 in round one. Corey Watson (2-0) defeated Artiom Cula (1-1) via Submission (Kimura) at 2:53 in round three. Susy Watson (2-2) defeated Ciara Irvine (0-1) via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 3:29 in round one.

Jake Jokela (1-0) defeated Mike Ross (1-2) via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 3:44 in round one. Justin Marks (1-2) defeated Shane Sargent (0-3) via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 58 seconds into in round one.

WHITWORTH ENDS PLU’S NWC TOURNEY TITLE BID – NCAA BERTH STILL POSSIBLE

Pacific Lutheran’s quest for the inaugural Northwest Conference Baseball Tournament title came to an end Sunday, April 26, as third-seeded Whitworth scored seven unearned runs to upset the top-seeded Lutes and claim the crown 8-2 at PLU Field.

Whitworth improves to 28-13 overall and claims the NWC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III West Regional, while Pacific Lutheran falls to 28-11. The Lutes – ranked 18th in the last d3baseball.com Top 25 and first in the West Region rankings – claimed the regular-season conference crown and will look to strengthen their resume for an at-large bid at next weekend’s PLU Tournament.

Pacific Lutheran’s struggles began early, as a fielding error in the top of the first inning led to three unearned runs and prompted a pitching change as starter Ty Donahou lasted only one-third of an inning. Whitworth finished the frame with a 4-0 lead courtesy of three hits, a walk and the Lute error. A pair of walks in the second helped the Pirates load the bases with one out and prompted another PLU pitching change. Lee Larson induced an infield popup and a groundout to escape trouble and strand three runners on base without allowing a run.

The Lutes cut the deficit in half with a run in the second inning and another in the third. Collin Nilson opened the second with a double, and two outs later Jacob Clements brought him home with another double. In the third, Curtis Wildung stepped to the plate to lead off and crushed a 1-0 pitch nearly 400 feet to straightaway center field to clear the wall in the largest part of the park.

On Saturday, April 25, the final day of competition at the Northwest Conference Championships, the Puget Sound track and field teams came away with three individual wins that included a record-breaking performance in the women’s 200 meters as Allanah Whitehall set a new program-best in the event, timing in at 24.85.

As a team, the Logger men came in fifth accumulating 86.50 points. The Whitworth men took the team title with 218.33 points. On the women’s side, Puget Sound finished in sixth with 60.50 points. The Whitworth women’s team came in first, gathering 234 points.

After winning the men’s 10,000 meters April 24, Tyler Shipley took first in the 5,000 meters. He finished in 14:57.71. Also on the men’s side, two Loggers finished fifth in field events. Cameron Braithwaite took fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 13.49 meters and Steven Branham cleared 1.79 meters in the high jump, good for fifth.

On the women’s side, Whitehall once again left her competition in the dust. She won the 100 meters (12.15) by nearly half a second. She also broke her own school record, set earlier this season, in the women’s 200 meters. Whitehall finished under 25 seconds for the first time in her career, timing in at 24.85. She won the 200 meters by nearly one second over the rest of the field. Whitehall was also a member of two relay teams that finished in the top-three. The 4x100 meters team comprised of Logan Bays, Mara Cummings, Anna Joseph and Whitehall placed third, timing in at 49.60.

The women’s 4x400-m team took second place. Cummings, Melissa Motyer, Whitehall and Alison Wise teamed up to cross the line in 3:58.69. Cummings also placed fourth for the Loggers in the 400 meter dash (59.66).

Next up for Puget Sound is the Pacific Twi-Lite Meet in Forest Grove, Oregon. The event gets underway at 2pm on Friday, May 1.

LUTE WOMEN FINISH FIFTH, MEN SIXTH AT NWC TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

Pacific Lutheran closed out the 2015 Northwest Conference Track & Field Championships Saturday, April 25 with seven total all-conference performances and one event title.

The event title came Friday, when Tevon Stephens-Brown picked up the men’s hammer title. Saturday’s scoring leader was Garrett Hittner, who placed third in the men’s 100 and fourth in the 200. The top three placers in the men’s 100 meters finished within .02 of a second of each other, with Hittner coming in third with a time of 10.98. He finished the 200 meters with a time of 22.28.

Hittner also contributed on a pair of PLU relay teams. He ran with Marqui Makupson, Brady Daly and Alan Bell on the fourth-place 4x100 meter relay squad (42.86) and teamed with Bell, Robert Ellington and Daly to take eighth in the 4x400 meter (3:36.24). Meanwhile Makupson took sixth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.12.

Bell also contributed points in multiple events for the Lutes, placing fourth in the men’s 400 meter hurdles (56.94) and fifth in the 110 meter hurdles (15.76). Noah Kime took eighth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 2:08.18.

Stephens-Brown placed in his third event of the weekend, taking seventh in the discus with a distance of 43.45 meters (142-7 feet). Erik Swartout took third in the javelin to earn all-conference recognition with a throw of 60.87 meters (199-8).

On the women’s side, Amanda Wilson picked up points in four events. Wilson earned all-NWC honors in the 400 meters with a third-place finish (59.33), and she took sixth in the 200 meters (26.2). She also teamed with Machaela Graddy Emalie Gauntz and Taryn Dee to take fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (4:01.48) and joined Graddy, Dee and Nicole Dandridge to place sixth in the 4x100 meter relay (49.89).

Dandridge also scored in two individual events to go with the two relays. She placed fifth in the 100 meters (12.94) and eighth in the 200 meters (26.74). Graddy took eighth in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.61. Dee was all-conference in the 400 meter hurdles with a third-place time of 1:06.43.

Hannah Walton placed sixth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:08.98), while Desiree Domini took eighth (1:25.26).

Dominique Jackson earned her third top-eight finish of the weekend with a fifth-place throw in the discus on Saturday (37.81 meters/124-0 feet). Olivia Raymond placed fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.31 meters (10-10.25), while Maggie Watson tied for seventh (3.01 meters/9-10.5 feet).

The PLU women finished fifth in the team standings with a weekend total of 62.83 points, while the men placed sixth with 67 points. Whitworth won both team titles, while George Fox and Willamette placed second and third for both squads.

Stephens-Brown led PLU for the weekend with allconference performances in the hammer (first) and shot put (second), while Hittner (third, 100) and Swartout (third, javelin) also earned all-NWC honors for the men’s team.

Jackson led the women’s team with all-conference recognition in the shot put (second), while Wilson (third, 400) and Dee (third, 400 hurdles) also picked up all-NWC performances.

Linfield’s Jake Mhilech was named Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet, while Pacific’s Budweiser Hawkins received Men’s Field Athlete of the Meet honors. George Fox’s Rachael Kraske was named Women’s Track Athlete of the Meet and fellow Bruin Charity Arn was named Women’s Field Athlete of the Meet. Whitworth coach Toby Swartz was named both Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year.

TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS APRIL 30 – MAY 10 THURSDAY, APRIL 30 – BASEBALL Wilson vs. Bellarmine s Bellarmine HS – 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 – SOCCER Olympia vs. Stadium s Stadium Bowl – 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 1 – BASEBALL Yelm vs. Bellarmine s Bellarmine HS – 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 1 – SOCCER Capital vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 1 – SOCCER Shelton vs. Foss s Lincoln Bowl – 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 1 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 1 – SOCCER Lincoln vs. Wilson s Stadium Bowl – 7:15 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 – BASEBALL Grays Harbor vs. TCC TCC Minnitti Field – 1 & 4 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 – BASEBALL Lower Columbia vs. Pierce Mt. Tahoma HS – 1 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 2 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 5:05 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 3 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 4 – BASEBALL Capital vs. Foss s Foss HS – 4 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 4 – BASEBALL Shelton vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma HS – 4 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 4 – BASEBALL Wilson vs. Lincoln s Heidelberg Field – 4 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 4 – FASTPITCH Mt. Tahoma vs. Wilson s Wilson HS – 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 5 – SOCCER Gig Harbor vs. Bellarmine Bellarmine HS – 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 5 – SOCCER Foss vs. Lincoln s Lincoln Bowl – 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 5 – TRACK & FIELD Tacoma All-City Meet Mt. Tahoma HS – 3:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 – FASTPITCH Wilson vs. Foss s Heidelberg Park – 3:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 – FASTPITCH North Thurston vs. Lincoln s Sera Fields – 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 – FASTPITCH Shelton vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma HS – 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 7 – SOCCER South Kitsap vs. Bellarmine Bellarmine HS – 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 7 – SOCCER North Thurston vs. Foss Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 7 – SOCCER Mt. Tahoma vs. Lincoln s Lincoln Bowl – 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 7 – SOCCER Capital vs. Wilson s Stadium Bowl – 7:15 p.m.

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Danny Minnitti: ThE kid FroM TacoMa jusT won’T sTop kicking

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NO STOPPING. (left) Minnitti rebounded from a serious knee injury to become a force for the WISL champion Tacoma Stars. (right) Waiting to get his knee worked on, Minnitti shows his positive streak.

By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

This week the Tacoma Weekly catches up with a homegrown soccer star that has overcome several obstacles over the years to continue to play the game at a higher level. A star at Wilson High School, Danny Minnitti went on to play collegiately at St. Mary’s before returning home to play at Tacoma Community College following a tough injury. Minnitti went on to play for the Tacoma Stars and the South Sound Football Club. Minnitti scored two goals and added two assists in the team’s 5-1 season opening win against rival Bellingham United on April 26.

TW - Danny, tell us where you were born. Where is your family from?

DM - I was born in Tacoma and my family is from here as well. The north end by Wilson High School.

TW - When did you start playing soccer? Do you have any big memories from when you were playing as a kid?

DM - I started playing soccer when I was four years old. I have many memories.

My dad, uncle, mom and I would always play soccer golf in my back yard. I have scored some pretty big goals to get my team into P-1, keep us into P-1, and have scored some goals that I will remember forever.

TW - Who was your earliest influence(s) when it came to soccer?

DM - My mom, dad, and uncle all were major influences. My mom would play with me every morning before elementary school, my uncle played at University of Portland, and my dad coached me TW - Last year we were walking down the hallway at Wilson High School and saw your name listed under the words “Hall of Fame.” Tell us about that.

DM - Well I am very honored to be in the hall of fame at Wilson. With guys like Jason and Joey Gjertsen in the Hall of Fame I feel like I have done something pretty special in my four years there in order to be in the same category as them.

TW - You had a successful high school career and then took your game to college where an injury slowed you down for a while. What happened?

DM - Down at St. Mary’s we had just gotten back from a tournament in North Carolina where I had played very well. Our next day was going to be our home opener and the coach had told me that I was going to get my first start.

It was towards the end of practice and we were working on corner kicks. I was on offense, but we couldn’t win a single ball.

I told my coach to let me get in the box and challenge for the ball, so he said ‘sure why not.’ So I ended up getting away from my defender and I won the header. But as I won the header, my keeper ducked under me and flipped me over. When I came down I tried to brace myself and I ended up with a double compound fracture of my right forearm.

TW - Tell us about Tacoma soccer. It seems like a pretty tight-knit community of players.

DM - Tacoma has always been a tightknit soccer community. Ever since I can remember, the older players were working with the younger guys trying to help them get better. Joey Gjertsen and I would go down to Curtis frequently and work on our game together, which shows how tight the soccer community is because he of all people was busier with soccer than anyone I know.

TW - What made you get involved with South Sound Football Football Club.

DM - I got involved with SSFC through John Crouch and Adam Becker. I started playing with the Tacoma Stars back in high school and one day John asked if I wanted to come out and play in an outdoor game at Starfire with his team. I said yes and ever since that day I have been involved with the club.

TW - SSFC seems like an organization that is moving forward and on the rise.

What is different about them?

DM - We are a family and truly take care of each other. We have guys that are from out of the country and out of state that stay with guys and their families. We always

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TW - Now for more difficult stuff.

Before last season was barely underway, you injured your knee. What happened?

DM - This was my first major lower body injury ever. We were playing Bellingham on June 1 and we had just started the game. I had gotten after their right back multiple times early in the game and had success so I was getting more and more confident.

Chris Kintz had just made a save and I took off down the line and he kicked a ball to me...I lunged to save it from going out of bounds and I just landed weird. I felt my knee give out and I knew something was wrong. It was the first time I couldn’t actually get up and walk it off.

I tried and tried to run on the track to go back in but I couldn’t. My lateral meniscus actually tore and flipped into my joint.

TW - What was it like watching your teammates do so well and then ultimately fall just shy of the Evergreen Premier League crown?

DM - It was so painful! I knew they had all the talent in the world to take the title but a few mistakes cost us the crown.

TW - It seems like you healed up pretty fast. How did you get back on the field so quickly?

DM - Well I had an amazing surgeon (Dr. Johnston) and the best physical therapist I know (Dr. Waterland). I have always been in great shape and was always healthy so that was a huge help for me. I had physical therapy twice a week but I did a lot of stuff on my own, probably more than I should have, but I felt good so I was able to keep pushing myself.

TW - You made your return with the indoor Tacoma Stars who went on to go undefeated and win the Western Indoor Soccer League title. You even played and traveled with the professional team. That must have been a rewarding experience after working so hard to get back in action.

DM - So rewarding! I ended up coming

back about three month earlier than they even thought I would start touching a ball. I was sure at first that I was going to miss the whole indoor season. I started practicing with the guys and I was very limited at first but as I kept practicing and feeling good I was allowed to do more and more.

After getting some confidence I was able to play in some games and then eventually get a ton of playing time.

TW – South Sound FC has some new and exciting players on the 2015 roster.

In a way you are one of them. Does it feel new to you?

DM - No! Not even a little bit. I feel so comfortable with these guys and I feel like I have been playing with them forever.

Some of them I have played with since I was younger, but some I have played with just once. We all seem to be on the same page already, so it’s nice.

TW - You debuted last weekend with two goals and two assists against one of the league’s toughest teams. How did it feel to come full circle and be back on the field for the Shock?

DM - I couldn’t have asked for a better debut! This was the same team I got injured against almost a year ago and for me to be able to play the way I did felt amazing!

Micah (Wenzel) and I right before kickoff made eye contact and we both knew what we wanted to have happen. To say the least, our game plan was executed superbly.

TW - What do you do off the field that prepares you for your work on the field?

DM - Off of the field I am constantly busy. I work at the YMCA in the mornings, help coach soccer with Adam Becker at Stadium High School, I’m a personal trainer, have my own workouts, and also have practices with the team. I love everything I do so most of the time it doesn’t really feel like work to me.

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succession of saves by Barajas who was under constant duress for the majority of the second half.

The problem for Wilson was that a tie was not going to help them in the standings as Shelton continued to keep pace with them.

They needed a win and the three points in the standings. Finally, with 12 minutes remaining in the game Saleh came through again as he put a long shot into the box that skipped on the wet turf and slipped through Barajas gloves, dribbling over the goal-line for his second goal. Wilson now led 2-1 and refused to let up.

Shortly before regulation time expired, Barajas was involved in a nasty collision with Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kenneth Bwanika and had to leave the field. Fossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Alam Villeda-Campos took over in goal for the remaining minutes and Wilson continued to attack.

Aarjay Narayan punched a slicing leftfooter from just outside the box that found its way into the back of the net just before time expired and Wilson walked away with the crucial 3-1 victory.

Wilson (5-2-3 Narrows, 6-2-4 overall) returns to action on Friday, May 1 as they host Lincoln (2-8, 2-10) at 7:15 p.m. at Stadium Bowl. Mark the calendars for the 7:15 p.m.

Friday, May 7 home game against secondplace Capital (6-0-2, 7-0-3). It could be the game of the year.

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Meanwhile, all Wilson did was attack and attack. They held the ball for the majority of the first half, but the Foss defense and goalkeeper Sergio Barajas kept snuffing out nearly every opportunity â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but not nearly enough.

The Rams were bolstered by the return of 2014 Tacoma Weekly All-City selection Munassar Saleh, who is finally healthy after suffering a broken jaw at the beginning of the season. Saleh began his onslaught early, peppering the Foss defense with a handful of shots on goal, two of which barely missed finding the net.

At minute 29 of the first, Saleh hit paydirt and put a stamp on his return to action.

Saleh recovered the ball behind the 50-yard line and began building up a head of steam up the sideline. Cutting toward the center of the field, Saleh dodged and weaved around several Falcon defenders and slung a low burner of a shot from the 25-yard line that just found its way inside the left post past a diving Barajas. The game was tied 1-1 with 11 minutes remaining in the first half and would hold until halftime.

The second half was all Wilson, all the time. Fossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; saving grace was a spectacular

t Media Day work of their photo moment in time and we were ready to get a bevy of information from the head honchos of the USGA. As the press conference kicked off, Adam Barr, senior director of communications for the USGA led things off. Before anything though, he needed to inform the packed house about the location of all the fire extinguishers and exits in the area in case of fire. In the event of a heart attack, there was also a heart defibrillator on the premises. I almost let out a good laugh, twice, but the rest of the room didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a peep.

I thought it was lighthearted and in jest. However, in a room full of golf press, laughter was going to be at a premium.

I did think about the trophy attendant for a second and how he might be candidate number one for that

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heart defibrillator. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty sure he had the toughest job of the day babysitting that hunk of silver.

Several USGA dignitaries spoke warmly from the podium, expressing their view that this 2015 U.S. Open was going to be one of the best ever. Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy also got up and gave a quick rundown of how the whole shebang originally got off the ground and pointed out many of the local officials that were instrumental in making it happen. McCarthy didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat around the bush and bore the crowd.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obviously a professional and showed why sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a leader around these parts for quite some time now.

Shortly after, the USGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mike Davis got up to the podium and pretty much owned the rest of the press conference. As the

executive director, Davis is obviously the USGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ace when it comes to answering questions and framing his responses with color, humor and a friendly manner. The guy knows what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking about and was the most enjoyable part of the presser.

Davis touched upon many subjects including how they expected to hear many of the U.S. Open players cry about how difficult the Chambers Bay course is.

He wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apologetic about it and basically said that it was a good thing. It was clear from all who spoke that Chambers Bay is unlike any golf course that has held the U.S. Open tournament in its 115 years.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be clear on something. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a golfer to know that Chambers Bay is a doozy of a golf course. Everybody has seen a course or a dozen in their lives, but once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve set eyes upon this course in University Place, you know thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some crazy and spe-

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and for South Sound FC this season?

DM - My goals are for us as a team to win the league. My goals are to make my teammates better and always perform to my best ability TW - With such a huge turnout at SSFC tryouts (100+), what does this say about the state of soccer in Tacoma?

DM - We are growing and becoming a powerhouse. Everyone wants to play for us and even some of the guys from Bellingham last week were saying that they should have come and played for us.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the stuff I love to hear because it proves how big we are getting.

TW - Do you have any words of wisdom for young people who are thinking about playing soccer at a high level?

DM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Work, work, work! There is nothing better than to have a great work rate and to have a true love for the game.

Make sure that when you practice, practice with a purpose and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the practices you get for granted. They make you better as a player and you can work cial going on over there.

As the U.S. Open week advances, believe me, I look forward to hearing the PGA players cry about their difficulties with this course after a couple of rounds. I want to see the best be thrown to the dogs and may the best man come out scratched up, bitten, limping and the undisputed winner.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written it before. I know. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m horrible.

After the press conference, the media cluster advanced upon the lunch tent like it was Christmas morning, giddy with the prospects of a free lunch that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made up of hot dogs and potato chips. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just say it was an exceptional meal and I thank the USGA and Chambers Bay for their generosity to us media hacks. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re used to

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TW - What is it that drives you the most to be a better player and a better man?

DM - My family. My family has always driven me to become the best man I can possibly be. I have an amazing support system that believes in me more than I do sometimes, which is a great feeling.

I also have this chip on my shoulder ever since I was about 12 years old. I had a coach say that he tried to make me fail and prove that I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good enough... well I proved him wrong back then and I am trying to prove everyone wrong now that said I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it professionally. * You can see Danny Minnitti and the rest of the South Sound Shock take on the Sounders U-23 in one of the best â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendlyâ&#x20AC;? matchups youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re liable to see this year on May 17 at Sumnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunset Stadium. First-kick is set for 2 p.m. The Shockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home opener is May 30 at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. For more information go to SouthSoundFC.com.

hot dogs, believe me.

But enough about delicious beef tri-tip, clam chowder and salmon sliders; letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk about the golf course.

The Tacoma Weeklyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s esteemed photographer Rocky Ross and I loaded up into a golf cart piloted by a good friend of mine Chris Micone, who also happens to be part of the wonderful staff at Chambers Bay and is also fabulous drummer, as well as the karaoke host at the Oaktree in Lakewood.

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make this stuff up.

Chris weaved us around and through the course, finding his select and possibly secret spots that Rocky will be dropping anchor at to shoot during U.S. Open week. No, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not dropping any hints. You can see the

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One thing is for certain, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take my golf clubs with me and attempt to tackle 18 holes with much of the media types that did. Not having swung a golf club in over a year, the last thing on earth I needed to do was lose 34 golf balls and leave a minimum of 62 nasty divots throughout this beautiful course. I made this sacrifice for you, U.S. Open.

Next week we will begin highlighting many of the signature holes at Chambers Bay and perhaps include a few tips for each hole from some of the locals who regularly take a crack at what is surely one of the more difficult golf courses in the world.

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“SNL” Vet’s comeback trail winds through tacoma

By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

Jon Lovitz is not dead. Let’s dispel that rumor right off the bat after Steve Martin’s “in memoriam” joke on “Saturday Night Live’s” 40th anniversary special a few weeks ago.

In fact, fans may see more of Lovitz in coming months than they have at any time since his signature characters pathological liar Tommy Flanagan and Master Thespian were all the rage in the ‘80s. He’ll headline four big sets on May 8 and 9 at Tacoma Comedy Club, and he provided a few details on a forthcoming Adam Sandler film he’s starring in. But first, we had to ask him about some other “SNL” alumni that will visit Tacoma later this spring.

TACOMA WEEKLY: So you’re headed this way, and then Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon and Dennis Miller are bringing their own tour through a few weeks later. What’s up with that? Did you not get the Facebook invite?

LOVITZ: What are they playing? The state fair or something?

TW: They’re gonna be at the Tacoma Dome.

LOVITZ: Oh, different venue. (Awkward silence.)

TW: Um, well, I’m being facetious. But are you in touch with those guys? Was there ever talk of touring together?

LOVITZ: No, I’m friendly with them. That’s just a separate thing they do.

TW: OK, fair enough. Speaking of “SNL,” though, you’ve played some of that show’s most iconic characters. Years later, do people come up to you and do your catch phrases?

LOVITZ: They still say, ‘Yeah, that’s the ticket’ from the liar character, which is amazing. It was 30 years ago, you know. I think it’s very flattering that they remember it.

TW: Rolling Stone came up with that list of best and worst cast members of all time this year. What was your initial reaction to being No. 19?

LOVITZ: It’s flattering, but it’s kind of meaningless. It’s just kind of silly, you know. … I think anybody that was on the show tried their best, and it’s very competitive, and it’s hard to get stuff on the air.

TW: The guy who ended up dead last is doing pretty well, though, I hear. (Robert Downey, Jr., for the record.)

LOVITZ: Right, he was on my first year of the show. He was 20 years old, and I thought he was a genius. He was a really nice guy - very, very funny. But he was just on for a year or so.

TW: Who were your favorite and least favorite people to work with?

LOVITZ: I don’t really want to slam anybody, but Phil Hartman and Dana were my favorites to work with. Phil was like my older brother. I really looked up to him, and we were in (sketch comedy troupe) the Groundlings together. I loved working with Dana, but we only got to do a few sketches together.

TW: One of my favorite recurring skits to this day is that silly one with you, Phil and Kevin Nealon as Tonto,

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Frankenstein and Tarzan.

LOVITZ: Yeah, that’s was funny. Jim Downey wrote that. He was the head writer then. It was fun to do. I liked working with all of them; but Phil and I loved old movies and would do stuff from the ‘40s. We did a sketch called “One More Mission.” That’s probably the best example of us working together.

TW: One of your current projects is actually at the center of controversy today.

Were you on set during the walkout on “The Ridiculous Six”? (Native American actors recently walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s forthcoming Netflix movie saying they were offended by the script.)

TW: Oh, I’m just finding that out from you. I have no idea what that’s about. I worked on it about – I don’t know – three weeks ago. I had a blast. Whitney Cummings plays my wife. I’m in a scene with Blake Shelton, David Spade and Vanilla Ice. Adam showed me some footage from it, and I thought it looked fantastic.

TW: Blake Shelton and Vanilla Ice? LOVITZ: Blake Shelton, David Spade, Vanilla Ice and Rob Schneider and myself. We were all in this scene. And Terry Crews and Jorge (Garcia) – those are the main guys.

TW: From what I’ve read it’s a western satire or something like that.

LOVITZ: Yeah.

TW: How’d you get involved with that, and who do you play?

LOVITZ: I play a very wealthy man, like the richest man in the western half of the United States. Adam Sandler asked me to be in it. He’s been talking about it for a long time and trying to get it made. Then he made the Netflix deal, and … this is the first of his four-movie deal. The director of photography is Dean (Semler). It looks so great you go, “This should be in theaters.”

TW: As long as you’ve been in the business, I read somewhere that you only started doing standup in 2003. Is that true?

LOVITZ: Well, let me think. (Long pause.) Yeah, 12 years ago.

TW: So that is true.

LOVITZ: After college, I thought I’m gonna start doing standup. They had a workshop in L.A., and the guy teaching it said they weren’t hiring standup (comedians) for sitcoms, which wasn’t true; but I was 22 and I believed him. So I said, “Well, skip that step. I’ll just go straight to acting.” I thought it would be a great way to break in, which it would have been.

Then I was 46, and the movie roles were drying up. I said to my agent and manager, “Listen, can you guys get me work?

I’m not broke, but I’ll run out of money in five years.”

They both said, “Why don’t you sell your house?” One was building a mansion, and one had just moved into one up the street from me. I just thought, you know, they’re giving up on me. I’ve got a better idea. I’m going to learn to do standup

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and then fire both of ‘em, and that’s what I did.

To (owner) Jamie Masada at the Laugh Factory I said, “Can you give me a Wednesday night where I can do an hour and practice?” I did that for about a year, and then I started going out on the road. I took about two years before I started doing clubs because I knew that I would sell tickets. But I knew that if I didn’t know what I was doing they would hire me once, and that would be the end of it.

TW: From your past work you obviously know what’s funny. But what was the most difficult part of that learning curve?

LOVITZ: Figuring out “who am I gonna be onstage?” I tried doing my characters from “Saturday Night Live” in the beginning, and it just didn’t work. … So I make fun of myself, men, women – racism, which I hate. I play the piano. I sing funny songs.

Actually, Dana Carvey (is) one of my best friends. He’s been doing standup since he was 18, so he’s great at standup.

He gave me some great tips that helped a lot. A lot! We watched a tape of a comic and he said, “See, this guy does a long setup and then does one joke. Then he switches topic and does another long setup. … That’s just a recipe for exhausting your audience.” Those tips that he gave me saved me, literally, years. Normally, you have to figure that stuff out on your own.

TW: Do you have particular memories of playing this market?

LOVITZ: Yeah, I played (there) maybe a year ago at a club in Seattle. I had a great time. I have to say it was the most enthusiastic audience I’ve ever played in front of. … It made me feel great. I’ve never gotten a response like that. (It was) to the point where I thought if I ever was to shoot a special about my act I would shoot it there. I don’t know why, but I’m very grateful.

THE THINGS WE LIKE ONE HOPSCOTCH RECORD Two University of Puget Sound students will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for hopscotch on Sunday, May 3. See it all take place and participate between 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at UPS. This is a family-friendly, community event, and everyone is invited to see the record broken, conquer the 3.5-mile hopscotch course themselves, and fill campus streets and sidewalks with chalk drawings. A barbecue will be held

by UPS dining services and there will be music, dancing, and fun for families. Event donations go directly to support student mentoring programs with UPS. Register and learn more at Facebook by searching Puget Sound Hopscotch!

TWO SPRING GLASS SALE The Spring Glass Sale promises an array

of perfect Mother’s Day gifts and an o p p o r t u ni t y to support Hilltop Artists youth, with all proceeds going back into its tuition-free programs. Shorten your wait in line: arrive at 9 a.m., pick up a timed ticket and return at your appointed entry time. Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jason Lee Middle School, 602 N. Sprague Ave. Info: hilltopartists.org/events/ spring-glass-sale.

THREE DAVID SEDARIS David Sedaris, NPR humorist and bestselling author of “Barrel Fever,” “Naked,” “Holidays on Ice,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” (to name a few),

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has become a household name for his biographical anecdotal writing and engaging stage presence. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that he is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. He plays the Pantages Theater on May 3, 3 p.m. Get tickets at www.

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FOUR FROM DISTANT SHORES The Tacoma Youth Symphony Association presents the Tacoma Young Artists Orchestra in concert. “From Distant Shores” will include performances of Borodin’s “In the Steppes of Central Asia,” Aaron Copland’s “The Red Pony Suite” and Tchaikovsky’s “March Slav.” Saturday, May 9 at the Rialto Theater. Tickets/info: www.BroadwayCenter.org.

FIVE POSTCARD EXCHANGE On Friday, May 1, Historic Tacoma will host the Postcard Exchange Event as a kick-off to Historic Preservation Month.

The event will be from 7-9 p.m. at the Arts and Crafts Press (2515B S. Tacoma Way).

Attendees must bring at least one stamped, handcrafted, 4” x 6” postcard of a Tacoma building of their choice (limit 10 per person). Postcards can be created from photos, drawings, digital images, watercolor, collages or any other original artwork. Identification of the building and/ or some added text is acceptable, but room should be left for a label. Postcards will be on display during the evening and, following the event, each attendee will be mailed a randomly selected postcard in exchange for each one that they brought. For more information, visit historictacoma.org.

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The Go Hard kicked off its national tour Saturday night bringing a gang of top-notch EDM acts to the Tacoma Dome, the likes of Porter Robinson, Flosstradamus, Destructo and more. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to mention all the great opportunities for people watching, with many fans showing up in quirky, skin-baring costumes complete with glow-in-the-dark accessories. Tacoma Weeklyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roving photographer Bill Bungard was there, and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some of what he witnessed.

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Social commentary in spotlight at ‘2015 Senior Show’ at UPS

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Museum of the Week: LeMay America’s Car Museum 2702 E. D St., Tacoma, WA 98421 Mon.-Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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America’s Car Museum (ACM) spotlights America’s love affair with the automobile.

Featuring a nine-acre campus – with a four-story museum as the centerpiece – ACM, situated 30 minutes south of Seattle and in the shadow of Mt. Rainier, is one of the world’s largest auto museums and attractions when it opened in June 2012. ACM is designed to preserve history and celebrate the world’s automotive culture. The spacious facility houses up to 350 cars, trucks and motorcycles from private owners, corporations, and the LeMay collection, which amassed a Guinness Book record of more than 3,500 vehicles in the mid-‘90s.

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IDYLLIC. “Laura,” by Karina M. Harper is done with acrylic paint, pens and paper on wood.

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It is an annual rite of passage. The graduating senior students of the University of Puget Sound art department get a last show in the school’s Kittredge Gallery before they move on to the next stage of life as artists or whatever else art majors morph into during the twists and turns that the future holds.

The “2015 Senior Show” finds the fledgling artists facing problems of how to express themselves through physical materials and how to make their chosen media into a vehicle for the social commentary and criticism that some of them have become concerned with.

Sofia Shuman uses paint in a non-traditional way with “Drops of Childhood.”

Here, flat, rubbery ovals of dried paint are draped down one of the gallery’s support pillars.

A number of the artists use forms found in nature as their jumping off point. Rachel McFarland, for example, uses polymer clay to construct enlarged fungal forms, mosses and molds. Abby Osborne builds ceramic critters and puts them in planter boxes or whiskey barrel ponds. Chloe Boulay arranges moss, soil and stones into Mason jars and displays them en masse. Elissa Gibb does leafy cutouts of wood block prints and media on paper to create a wallsized collage of aquatic plants.

Others among the artists are interested in expanding the idea of portraiture of individual people. Olivia Turner, for instance, portrays people of her acquaintance in a series of dualistic portraits. A charcoal drawing of the sitter is paired with a colorful, abstract painting that is an expression of the sitter’s essence or personality. Bianca Jarvis, on the other hand, uses photolithog-

raphy along with dried flowers, candles and a fish skeleton to construct an elaborate, three-part installation that explores personal themes of preservation, stagnation and reconciliation. One of the more promising artists in the show is Karina M. Harper who does mixed media portraits of people on paper and then cuts these out and fixes them to wooden surfaces to form rich, textured, colorful images that are quite bewitching.

Two of the artists in the show explore issues of gender. Andrea K. Eaton combines fabric work with metal to make fun of gender stereotypes. Laura M. T. Andersen has printed sexist commentary (encountered on social media) onto a series of female torsos that are made of ceramic.

At the very least, the blatantly sexual nature of the commentary exhibits an erosion of politeness. At worst it exhibits that dangerously misogynistic attitudes are still prevalent in our culture.

Gabby Hall’s ceramic sculptures of chickens and cattle prods exhibit that artist’s concerns for the disregard for humane treatment afforded to animals born into the houses of horror called factory farms.

Another cutting commentary on consumerist culture is delivered by Dylan Harvey, who crushes various electronic devices and then puts them atop slick images and beneath neat, pristine, plastic packaging.

In doing so, Harvey reveals the beguiling power of packaging and glitz to make objects desirable. Even objects that are deliberately rendered functionally useless take on the nature of holy relics through the magic of proper packaging and marketing.

All told, a great show has come from the 2015 seniors of the UPS art department. The show runs through May 16.

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If cars could talk, they might just share stories we never imagined. Each month, our speaker will pick a car and offer a fascinating peek into its history. Join us the first Tuesday of each month, and explore the story of cars with Museum curators, staff, or local personalities over lunch. Our speaker Charles Smith, ACM Educator and Docent, will be talking about the automobiles used during the prohibition era in the United States in conjunction with “PROHIBITION: A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.”

Guests are welcome to purchase lunch from our Classics Cafe prior to the program, bring a brown bag lunch from home, or just come to enjoy the program. Pre-ordered lunches from the Classics Cafe can be purchased for $5 but need to be ordered no later than the Friday before the event. You have the option of ham, turkey, or cheese on wheat or sourdough and it comes with an apple, water and chips.

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SEVENTH ANNUAL TACOMA BIKE SWAP

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PEDAL POWER. The Tacoma Bike Swap takes place May 2 at UPS Field House.

If you’re in the market to buy or sell a bike, you can skip the classified ads routine of setting up safe exchange spots and being at the whim of flaky strangers. The seventh annual Tacoma Bike Swap will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, at the University of Puget Sound Field House, which is located on N. 11th Street between Union Avenue and Alder Street.

The event – held annually in honor of National Bike Month – will feature a free bike corral for private sellers, experts from local bike shops to offer tips on buying and minor repairs and a kids’ bike rodeo.

For more information or to register as a vendor, visit www.eventbrite.com and search for “7th Annual Tacoma Bike Swap.”

Ernest A. Jasmin, Tacoma Weekly

HAPPY FEET. Lively, colorful Middle Eastern dance group performs at last year’s event.

PHOTO BY ED KANE

LAKEWOOD SISTER CITIES FESTIVAL Lakewood Sister Cities and Lakewood Arts Fest Committee will jointly host a two-day celebration of art and entertainment on May 2 and 3 at Pierce College’s Fort Steilacoom Campus. This colorful, fun-filled, family friendly event is free.

The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 2, and activities will include a welcome to the Republic of the Philippines, colorful dancers, ethnic vendors, a juried art show, face painting in the Kids Corner and a special exhibit by the Philippine Scouts Historical Society.

The event will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday with activities including FLY Dance Company, the Northwest Flute Collegium, Clover Park Community

Bells, the Philippine Scouts, Lakewood’s Brightest Star winner Ken Heath and more. There will be a special art awards ceremony at 3 p.m.

The Lakewood Sister Cities – ArtsFest Celebration is sponsored by America’s Credit Union, Lakewood Family YMCA, Asian Pacific Cultural Center, KLAY Radio, City of Lakewood, Pierce College, Lakewood Motor Inn, Historical Phil, Freelance Graphics and Photo, Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers and Clover Park Rotary.

All events are located in the Pierce College Cascade Building, 9401 Farwest Dr. SW in Lakewood. Call (253) 983-7835 for additional information.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: PATTI LABELLE WITH TACOMA SYMPHONY Patti LaBelle is headed to Puyallup. The legendary R&B singer – whose hits include “On My Own,” “If Only You Knew” and “Lady Marmalade” – will join the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra on Sept. 21 at the Washington State Fair grandstand. Tickets are $28 to $75, and will go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 2. For further details, visit www.thefair.com/concerts.

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• Life in Color: Big Bang featuring Diplo, Laidback and more: 8 p.m., May 8, Tacoma Dome, $51 • 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.

• KUBE Summer Jam featuring T.I., Tech N9ne, Action Bronson and more: noon June 20, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $19.33 to $75.

• Gordon Lightfoot: 8:30 p.m., June 26, Emerald Queen Casino, $20 to $60.

• Van Halen with Kenny Wayne Shepherd: 7:30 p.m., July 5, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $56.50 to $156.50.

• One Direction: 7 p.m. July 15, Century Link Field, Seattle, $29.50 to $99.50.

• Imagine Dragons with Metric: 7 p.m., July 31, Tacoma Dome, $26.50 to $56.50.

• Brew Five Three with Duffy Bishop and Market Street Dixieland Jazz Band: 1 p.m., Aug. 8, Broadway Center, $10 to $30; www.broadwaycenter.org.

• 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.

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SMASHING! Jones at Neumo’s in November 2013.

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Ayron Jones is a guitar hero in the making in a city known for producing its share of guitar heroes. “The first time I saw Ayron Jones and the Way, I was captivated by Jones’ talent and cocky but playful showmanship,” Megan Seling writes in Seattle’s alt-weekly, The Stranger. “Dude can shred a guitar, and he has a hell of a good time doing it.”

Jones and his powerhouse band, The Way, will headline Jazzbones on May 8; and with several high-profile gigs lined up – including opening dates for Robin Trower and main stage appearances at both Sasquatch Festival on May 23 at the Gorge Amphitheatre and Pain in the Grass on Aug. 23 at White River Theatre – it may be one of the few chances Tacoma fans have to catch the trio in an intimate setting this summer.

Personnel: Ayron Jones & The Way features Jones on guitar and lead vocals, Deandre Enrico on bass and Kai Van De Bitte on drums.

“We’ve been playing with Kai since 2013, and it has done us wonders, man,” Jones says. “I can’t even explain to you the jump we made after he joined the band. He brought this sense of rock music that we were really missing out on.”

Bluesy roots: Jones, 28, started teaching himself to play guitar 15 years ago.

“As a kid, I was really into the blues guitar players: Buddy Guy, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King,” he says. “But Stevie Ray Vaughan is probably the person that influenced me the most to pick up a guitar and play.

“All the while, I was really studying amazing crossover singer-songwriters, such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Ray Charles. Those people were really influential in the

way that I heard and played music as was growing up in Seattle. A lot of the grunge influence is taken from that.”

No. 1 fan: Among the band’s most vocal supporters is Seattle rap legend Sir Mix-A-Lot who discovered Jones and company in 2012 when they were competing in the Hard Rock Cafe’s national battle of the bands competition, Hard Rock Rising.

“He decided to come down to see us at a show at the Rant and Rave up here in Seattle, which is now closed,” Jones recalls.

“He liked what he heard so much that he decided he was going to produce our album.”

The result was the band’s eight-song debut, “Dream,” which can be found on iTunes. “To have someone who has been at that level of the music industry pass on his knowledge and expertise ... was priceless. It honestly was like a friend teaching me how to do what I want to do with my life. Watching how he handles the media and how he handles the public and how he carries himself meant the world to me. He taught me a lot, and it really set the foundation of what I needed to take off in this career.”

New tunes: Two more Seattle big shots will help Jones with the next batch of tunes: Screaming Trees and Walking Papers drummer Barrett Martin is producing the band’s next album, and Jack Endino – a guy who’s worked with everyone from Soundgarden to The Sonics – will mix the new tunes down.

“We just got some stuff back, and it sounds absolutely incredible,” Jones say.

“We’re probably a quarter done with the album, so we’re hoping to finish it up and have it done by the end of the year, hopefully for early release next year.”

Jones will showcase his

increasingly eclectic sound at Jazzbones. Among the new tunes is “Play Me a Song,” an acoustic number that he describes as “one of those songs that’s kind of the period at the end of the sentence.” And lately, the band has been kicking off with a rocker called “Boys from Puget Sound.”

“This song is really just an anthem that talks about where we come from in almost an abstract way,” Jones says. “It captures a lot of the elements from soul and grunge and a little bit of hip-hop all into one. People from the Northwest will go crazy for it, I hope.”

Show details: Rock will commence at 7:30 p.m. on May 8 with Jack Rainwater and SweetKiss Momma opening. You’ve got to be 21 or older to attend, and tickets are $8 to $13. Jazzbones is located at 2803 Sixth Ave., in Tacoma; www.jazzbones.com for further details.

Jones will also appear, solo, with Kara Hesse and Tacoma singer-songwriter Stephanie Johnson on May 19 at the Town, 6409 Sixth Ave., in Tacoma. That show will start at 8 p.m. and tickets are available for $10 at www.brownpapertickets. com. Then Ayron Jones & The Way will warm up the main stage at Sasquatch Festival at 3:45 p.m. on May 22. Three-day festival passes are $150 and available through Live Nation, www.livenation.com.

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CAPITOL RECORDS WILL DROP CHEWELAH SOUL SINGER ALLEN STONE’S THIRD ALBUM, “RADIUS,” ON MAY 26, AND LOCAL FANS WILL BE ABLE TO PREVIEW NEW TUNES ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, WHEN STONE HEADLINES THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND’S FIELDHOUSE. THE SHOW WILL START AT 7:30 P.M, AND TICKETS ARE $20. CALL (253) 879-3366 OR VISIT UPS.UNIVERSITYTICKETS.COM FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

FRIDAY, MAY 1 JAZZBONES: The Stacy Jones Band (blues) 8 p.m., $7

B SHARP COFFEE: New Tacoma Poet Laureate Cathy Nguyen (spoken word) 6 p.m., NC, AA CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Kolohe Kai, Island Bound, Tribal Order (pop, reggae) 8 p.m., $20-$25 DAWSON’S: Rock N’ Roll Magic (rock) 9 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Full House (Vietnamese pop) 8:30 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE G’S: Insuburban Avenue (alternative) 8 p.m., $5, AA METRONOME: Devin Sinha (indie-folk) 8 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: New All Stars (classic rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: The High Council (dance) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Seaton Smith (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $15, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: May Day Jam with Strange Pleasure (rock) 8 p.m.

WRIGHT PARK: Puget Sound Revels May Day Celebration, 6 p.m., NC, AA

SATURDAY, MAY 2 BOB’S JAVA JIVE: The Snakebites, Loser Dog, Sir Coyler & His Asthmatic Band, Explorer’s Club (rock) 8 p.m., $5 B SHARP COFFEE: Patti Allen (soul, R&B, blues) 8 p.m., $5, AA DAWSON’S: Rock N’ Roll Magic (rock) 9 p.m., NC DOYLE’S: Ethan Tucker Band (folk-rock, pop) 9:30 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Pop Rocks (dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE G’S: Section 6, EKTOMORF (metal) 8 p.m., $10, AA THEATRE ON THE SQUARE: Beatrice Herrmann Competition Recital (classical) 3 p.m., $5-$8, AA PANTAGES: Tacoma Concert Band presents “Sousa!” (classical) 7:30 p.m., $18-$36, AA THE SPAR: Tatoosh (classic rock) 8 p.m., NC STONEGATE: New All Stars (classic rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Kry (rock covers) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Seaton Smith (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $15, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: Justice Creek (southern rock) 8 p.m.

UNCLE THURM’S: Heather Jones & the Groove Masters (R&B, soul, blues) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA

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KEYS ON MAIN: Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Show (comedy) 7 p.m., $15 MARINE VIEW CHURCH: Mimi Fox & Friends (jazz) 5 p.m., NC, AA NEW FRONTIER: 40 Grit (bluegrass jam) 3 p.m., NC O’MALLEY’S: Comedy open mic, 8:30 p.m., NC PANTAGES: David Sedaris (spoken word, comedy) 3 p.m., $29-$85, AA THE SPAR: Gin Creek (blues) 7 p.m., NC THE SWISS: The Saturday Giant (indie-rock) 4 p.m.

STONEGATE: Bobby Hoffman (rock) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Seaton Smith (comedy) 8 p.m., $12, 18+ UPS – KILWORTH CHAPEL: Adelphian Concert Choir with Freda Herseth (choral) 2 p.m., NC, AA

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JAZZBONES: Rockaraoke (Rockaraoke with a live band) 9 p.m., Free, 21+

TUESDAY, MAY 5 DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC

ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Owen Straw and Jason Goad (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5 STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (acoustic open mic) 8 p.m., NC

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 TACOMA DOME: New Kids on the Block, TLC, Nelly (pop, hip-hop) 7 p.m., $51.50-$91.50, AA DAWSON’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 Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Chris Stevens and the Surf Monkeys (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.

THE TOWN: Rockbot (live band karaoke) 8 p.m.

TREOS – UNION: Open Mic, 6:30 p.m., NC, AA

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CULTURAL EVENT CENTER: Hempfest tryouts (rock) 7 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC

CHARLEY’S: Blues jam with Richard Molina, 8 p.m., NC DAVE’S OF MILTON: Open jam, 8 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: The Dating Game Show (comedy) 8 p.m., $10, 18+ UW – TACOMA: Tall Heights (indie-folk)

GUIDE: NC = No cover, AA = All ages, 18+ = 18 and older

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COMING EVENTS

TW PICK: ‘THE 39 STEPS’

May 2, 8 p.m.

Lakewood Playhouse, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd. S.W. This show is a recipe for zany comedy: Take 1 part Monty Python and 1 part “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged” and mix liberally with Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film mystery “The 39 Steps.” One actor plays the hero, one actress plays the three women he encounters and two clowns play the other 150 roles.

Plays through May 10.

Price: $19-$25 Info: (253) 588-0042 ‘THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY’ May 1, 7:30-10 p.m.

Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 North I St. The Tacoma Little Theatre presents “The Fox on the Fairway.” A tribute from Ken Ludwig (“Lend Me a Tenor”) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, “The Fox on the Fairway” is filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans. It’s a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics: a charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with... golf.

Closes May 3. Price: $15-22.

Info: (253) 272-2281 ORGAN AT NOON May 1, 12:05-1 p.m.

University of Puget Sound – Kilworth Memorial Chapel, 1500 N. Warner St. Joseph Adam, organist, pres-

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ents works by Elgar, Bach, Guilmant, and Handel. Price: Free. Info: (253) 879-3555 REVELS MAY DAY CELEBRATION May 1, 6-7:30 p.m.

Wright Park (Northwest Corner), 316 S. G. St. Make a flower crown. Dance (including the May Pole wrap). Sing. Welcome lovely May. NW corner of Wright Park. Price: Free. Info: (253) 756-1804 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY May 2, 12-8 p.m.

Destiny City Comics, 218 St. Helens Ave. Once again comic book shops across the nation will be celebrating the world of comics and graphic novels by participating in Free Comic Book Day. Held on the first Saturday in May, specially created editions are made

available free to customers from various publishers. Get a free comic book during business hours until they’re gone. Price: Free. Info: (253) 234-7112; www.freecomicbookday.com

GET SMART WITH ONLINE CLASSES May 2, 10-11 a.m.

Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. Your classes on your schedule. Find out how to access online learning available with your library card to learn just about anything–from tech skills and language learning, to basic cooking and web development, it’s learning on demand. Register at a Pierce County Library or online at piercecountylibrary.org/calendar. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3321 PACIFIC GALLERY ARTISTS MEMBER ART SHOW May 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler St. “Art That Comes...Naturally.” The 2015 member show now showing. Fine art in a variety of media and styles.

Price: Free. Info: (253) 5916439 ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE/PRACTICE May3, 2-5 p.m.

Backstreet Tango, 3505 S. 14th St. Come out for an afternoon of dancing and practicing Argentine Tango. You can practice what you know and ask for as much assistance as you like. Dances are held the first and third Sundays of each month. Price: $5. Info: (253) 304-8296

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INTRO TO YOGA SERIES & MEMBERSHIP May 4, 7-8:15 p.m.

Source Yoga North Tacoma, 2712 N. 21st St. This class is at the University Place Studio and is a six-week session designed to teach the fundamentals of yoga postures and breathing to students new to yoga. During your six-week intro class, you will have a six-week membership to attend any regularly scheduled classes.

Price: $120. Info: (253) 756-8066

THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSATLANTIC LINERS May 6, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Garfield Book Company, 208 Garfield St. S. The historic ocean liners of the early 20th century came to symbolize hope for the starving immigrant, as well as status for the wealthy. Join writers and educators John and Donna Mollan as they give this historical talk to Learning Is ForEver. Walk-ins are welcome to register at the door. LIFE is affiliated with Pacific Lutheran University and Road Scholar Institute Network. Price: $15. Info: (253) 241-4166

UKULELE SING-A-LONG CIRCUS May 5, 6-8 p.m.

Studio 6 Ballroom, 2608 6th Ave. Singers, ukulele players, delighted listeners – come join the circus to sing and play traditional and new songs in a feast of the senses.

The Ukulele Sing-a-long Circus gathers on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. at the delightful Studio 6 ballroom. All are welcome to come sing, play a ukulele if you got one or just sit and enjoy the madness. Lead sheets and disco ball are provided. Price: $8. Info: (253) 905-5301; singingbarista. wix.com/ukecircustacoma

ORGANIC GARDENING IN THE MARITIME NORTHWEST May 6, 5-7 p.m.

Bates Technical College, 1101 S Yakima Ave. Organic Gardening in the Maritime Northwest is designed to create advanced urban gardeners. It’s for gardeners who have some experience, but want to get a comprehensive educational foundation of organic gardening and learn what works best in our local climate. We have gathered all the latest techniques and data for veggie gardening in our local region and assembled it into a six week course that will set you on the path to knowing what to grow and how. Would you like to get higher yields and better veggies with less work? Then this course is for you. Price: $100. Info: (253) 680-7000

‘AHOY: A MARITIME EXHIBITION’ May 5, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

B2 Fine Arts Gallery & Studios, 711 St. Helens Ave. “AHOY” explores one- and two-dimensional fine artworks regarding Northwest maritime ships and vessels.

Price: Free. Info: (253) 2385065

For more details on these events and many more, visit www.TacomaWeekly.com and click on the “Calendar” link.

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) If feeling feelings isn’t your thing, buckle up because everything good and bad will play out in an intensely emotional manner for you. It’s also a great time to dig into life’s mysteries and take a closer look at things revolving around sex, death and all manner of mergers. Let others in and you may be surprised.

TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Relationships will pull at your heartstrings this week. Jealously, love, agony and ecstasy are all going to be felt as though it’s the first time you’ve ever experienced them. While you may prefer to emote in private, there is something quite therapeutic about opening yourself up to another.

Reach out, if you like.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) Your work may be highly emotionally driven this week. You find yourself digging for all the hidden details of why you do the things you do and what happened in your life to form those habits. Emotional balance can be acquired through work performed in service to others.

CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) Chances of feeling intense joy in your hobbies, creative pursuits and playmates are high right now. Reflecting on all you have to be grateful for is an easy way to fill yourself with happiness. Dig deep to fully realize the full spectrum of blessings you have, despite the downfalls. Let the hidden side of you come out to play.

LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) Digging deep into your memory bank and assessing your past with a new set of eyes is on the agenda this week. What is it about your past experiences and memories that has remained hidden from you? What needs to be uncovered? What truths need to be reassessed? Learn what you can from this process.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) Be aware of a possibility of your emotions deepening to the point of obsession this week, Virgo.

People you just can’t stop talking to, regardless of if it’s really what’s best for you, are going to pose a simple question: Is what I’m doing what’s best for me? Sometimes the people we obsess over are good in the moment but in the long term are not healthy.

Proceed wisely.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) Money has become a sore spot in your life

lately. What you do and what you’re willing to do to earn it will take the spotlight this week. Try not to obsess too much over your income defining your lifestyle and who you are. You are much more than a bank account balance and the people that matter know that about you. You might not be able to afford a vacation in the Bahamas, but love is still free.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Intense introspection has always been the name of your game, Scorpio, but this week it’s going to take on its own intensity. Questions regarding who you really want to be and if what you wanted to be years ago measures up to what your life goals are now are brought to the fore. Carve out your own life and dismiss the shavings. If anyone could be anything they wanted, it’s you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Repressed emotions and hesitation to reveal your wants and needs may be the theme of your week. Hidden feelings that you feel too privately to allow to burst forth may just flood out anyway.

Instead of being fearful of your own vulnerabilities, be thankful that there are those loving souls around you that take you at your worth and who will do much to see you happy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) You may be feeling a heavy need to be a part of a group or are examining what role in a group you play. You care a great deal for others and are probably feeling magnetically drawn to a cause or charity. You can provide a great deal of help with your logical thinking skills and work ethic. Helping those in need can be a great tool at defining your worth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Your self-worth is closely tied to your accomplishments this week. You are striving hard to meet a goal, finish a project, and it feels like your focus is razor-sharp and borderline obsessive. The need to succeed is not only for yourself, but to live up to others’ expectations of you. Just make sure you’re doing it more for yourself than for others.

PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) You long to know the answers to all of your in-depth questions this week, and there’s a chance that with enough investigation, you very well may get them. Whether it’s educational or philosophical, there’s a depth that you’ve been wanting to plunge into with your questioning. Ask the right questions and don’t stop until you are satisfied.

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TO: Sonia Silva

TO: Michelle Hutchins and Michael Zollner

TO: CLAUDIA ANCHETA & DONALD GEORGE IV

Case Number(s): PUY-CV-EVT-2015-0029

In the Welfare of: Z., L. DOB: 11/10/2013 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-008

In the Welfare of: C-G, T DOB: 04/30/2009 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0017

You are summoned to appear for a Trial on May 12th , 2015 at 9:00 am

YOU are hereby summoned to appear for a 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 hereby summoned to appear for an ADJUDICATION Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is locateda at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

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

You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 11th day of June, 2015 at 2:00 pm

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

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

You are summoned to appear for an ADJUDICATION Hearing on the 13TH day of JULY, 2015 at 11:00AM If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.

TO: MELODY BROWN

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.

NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

YOU are hereby summoned to appear in the Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

In the Welfare of: M.B DOB: 10/03/14 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2014-0065 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for a Continued Dispositional 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 Dispositional Hearing on the 11th day of JUNE, 2015 at 1:30pm 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: JEREMY E. COLLINS In the Welfare of: C, N. J. DOB: 06-01-2004 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2015-0034 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

You are summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing on the 4th day of June, 2015 at 1:30 PM If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.

NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: JESSICA CAYOU In the Welfare of: P.C. DOB: 04/18/2015 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0043 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 15th day of June, 2015 at 2:30 pm.

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

NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: BRET STRICKLER In the Welfare of: A.M.R.S & A.M.S DOB: 05/18/11 & 04/25/08 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0006 & PUYCW-CW-2015-0005 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

You are summoned to appear for a Continued Adjudication Hearing on the 18th day of June, 2015 at 1:30pm If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.

TO: JEREMY COLLINS In the Welfare of: C, N. DOB: 06/01/2004 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2015-0034 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Rescheduled Initial for Termination of Parental Rights 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 Rescheduled Initial Hearing on the 20th day of July, 2015 at 10:00 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.

NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

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 Sean Fritz; In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for the County of Pierce. Sean Fritz, Petitioner v.

Ashley Tolliver, Respondent; Pierce County Cause No. 10-5-00271-1. The Respondent has filed a Petition for Modification of the Parenting Plan. You are here by summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 24th day of April, 2015 and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the Petition of the Respondent, Ashley Tolliver, and serve a copy of your response upon the undersigned attorney for Respondent, Ashley Tolliver, at her office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the Petition, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. Laura M. Groves, Attorney for Respondent, 1008 Yakima Ave, Ste 201, Tacoma, WA 98405.

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VOLUNTEERS Smile Looking for volunteers who want to share the passion of reading with a struggling reader! All-Star Readers is held Monday and Wednesdays 3:45-5:00 at Arlington Elementary School now through mid-June. Contact Lori Ann Reeder, Program Manager at lreeder@tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253-5711139 for specifics and to get started.

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Many middle school students need your help with math homework and preparing for tests and quizzes in our after school program on Tuesdays at Baker Middle School. Be a part of their successful transition to high school by helping them with math now.

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Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 2nd grade readers at Sherman Elementary School on Wednesdays from 3:45-4:45 PM. Tutors are also needed at Mt. Tahoma High School with Algebra in the Math Boot Camp on Monday or Thursdays afterschool. This program is designed to help students improve their math skills/grades before the semester ends on 1/23. Please contact Trisha Tracy @ 5713843 or ttracy@tacoma.k12. wa.us for specific information.

Build a Brighter Future. Help a Student Read Dedication and tireless efforts are making a difference in our community.

Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 2nd grade readers or to assist in the Homework Club at Fern Hill Elementary School on Wednesdays from 4-5 PM. Please contact Judy Merritt @ 571-3873 or jmerrit@tacoma.k12. wa.us for specific information.

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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.

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FOR RENT

Absolutely Charming, Mediterranean Style, custom built North Tacoma view home. Enjoy Commencement Bay view from Mstr Br balc.

Inside feat. incl. Marble floor entry, St. Steel Appl, Gran. count-tops, Cust. built Hickory cab. + Beaut. Brazilian Cherry hardwood floor, Bay windows. Mstr suite w/ FP & Lrg bath+steam shower, Cali closet. New Energy Efficient heating. Cent. vacuum, new paint in & out, new carpet, Finished Bsmt w/ kitchen.

Close to Schools, Parks, Freeway, Hospitals & Waterfront. $623,000.

Gil Rigell Better Properties N. Proctor (253) 376-7787

Guild Mortgage, Tacoma Branch Company NMLS #3274 2702 S. 42nd St., Ste. 116 Tacoma, WA 98409

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4820 N Shirley St. Tacoma $439,000

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1 BED 1 BATH 770 SF. AMAZING DOWNTOWN CONDO HAS HARDWOOD FLOORS, ALL APPLIANCES AND $35 FOR W/S/G

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$850 1 BED,1 BATH 850 SF LARGE 1 BED APARTMENT HAS DINING AREA, WASHER/DRYER, NEW CARPET, FRESH PAINT & GARAGE.

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6926 5th St. Ct. E., Fife WA 98424 Will be postponed if bad weather

HUGE ANNUAL YARD SALE! ST. ANN CHURCH, 7015 S. PARK AVE., TACOMA MAY 28 & 29 FROM 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. MAY 30 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M.

$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!

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3720 S Alaska St. 3 beds 1 bath 1,391 sqft. Adorable vintage craftsman w/original woodwork, finishes & attention to detail throughout!

Picture perfect with hardwood flrs, fireplace, coved ceilings, large din rm & spacious, bright kitchen w/upgrades & stainless steel appliances. Remodeled bath w/high ceilings, dressing room & closet, 2 bedrooms upstairs, one on main. Dry basement large enough for bed/bath & family room. Fenced bkyd is like a private oasis with mature landscaping & room for entertaining & gardening & garage.

MLS # 750464 $189,000

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

11425 Madera Cir SW, Lakewood

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Abandoned Vehicle Lakewood Towing Inc. #5002 9393 Lakeview Ave SW Lakewood, Wa 98499 Ph. 253-582-5080 Auction 05072015 Date 05/7/2015 View @ 11 am Auction Starts @ 2 pm In accordance with RCW 46.55.130 Lakewood Towing Inc. will sell to the highest bidder. See complete listing @ lakewoodtowing.com or posting at our office

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MLS# 726788 $699,500 Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

6711 36th St Ct NW, Gig Harbor

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 Debbie Houtz Better Properties 253-376-2280

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6027 S. Lawrence 3 Beds, 1¾ Bath, 1855 SqFt. i d Beautiful n turn of the Pe century Dutch Colonial home completely updated with character galore. Hardwood floors, foyer, banister staircase, large living & dining rooms, high ceilings, large remodeled kitchen, separate utility rm, 3 bedrooms up w/loft for possible 4th bedroom. Updated electrical & plumbing, new windows, tank less water heater, heat pump, insulated floors, oversized bathtub, security system. Fully fenced back yard w/ large deck, sprinkler system, 2 car garage w/ upgraded electrical.

MLS # 730787 $179,000

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Currently used as non conforming triplex.

Over 1/2 acre! This classic home has views of the Sound & Olympic Mountains. Many upgrades yet original woodwork and charm.

Main level has large kitchen with vaulted ceiling, skylights, 2 bedrooms & full bath.

Upstairs & downstairs have been converted to separate units and could be easily converted back to a fabulous 4 bedroom home. OR subdivide (3 lots? -buyer to verify) Fully fenced yard with fruit trees, RV parking, detached garage/shop.

Mark Hulen 253.761.8888 Better Properties North Proctor mark@betterproperties.com

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PROPERTY

PROPERTY

OLD TOWN $499,950 Amazing development potential with this unique Old Town property! City has given final plat approval for 4 lots on this prime 3 acre piece. Big views possible from all lots in this great neighborhood, tucked back & out of the way. Walk to the historic Old Town district with its coffee shops, wine bar & restaurants.; then stroll down to the waterfront & enjoy the gorgeous Puget Sound setting with walking paths, public docks, shoreline restaurants & more! MLS# 332653

Call Dave Peterson, Managing Broker at Better Properties N Proctor for more information.

253-222-8480 or davepeterson@ betterproperties.com

1116 N. Jackson $175,000 2 parcels : Build your dream home with a gorgeous view of Narrows Bridge and Puget Sound.

The property is being sold as one to maximize the building envelope and open space but see what works best for you. Build on one lot, sell the other or build on the whole lot, there is so much opportunity here! (MLS # 612161)

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

Heather Redal (253) 363-5920 Heatherredal@gmail.com

16 N SALMON BEACH $349,000 Welcome to this uniquely Northwest home in the waterfront community of Salmon Beach! Featuring main living area on the 2nd floor, the home boasts an amazing panorama stretching from the Narrows Bridge(s) to Pt Defiance.

Open concept great room with living/dining/kitchen laid out with views like crazy! 1500 sq ft of deck space gives you lots of room for gardening, entertaining or just relaxing in the SW exposure, with spectacular sunsets, the Olympic Mtns, marine activity & wildlife galore... MLS# 690309

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

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Excellent business opportunity!

The owners of “Sure to Rise Bakery,” located in Cashmere WA, are looking to retire. This business has been operating for 65 years and has supported our family since we bought it in 1985. We do both wholesale and retail out of our Front Street location. We own the building and all equipment.

Please call 509-548-4788 for more information.

NOW LEASING 4008 S. Pine 2100 SQ. FT. 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.

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

12706 Pacific Hwy SW. Lakewood WA 98499 $120,000 This is a commercial raw land the seller will lease or sale the property can be fenced completely for someone to store equipment or ??. 6000 Sq/ Ft, .14 Acres commercial property tucked away between commercial vacant land. Abutting the Sound Transit RR. Pacific Hwy has a high traffic count. Close to all services and freeway. Seller will look at leasing the land and possibly fencing the perimeter. Owner contract terms available.

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITIES

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR SALE/LEASE “LANDMARK BBQ INN,” Free-Standing, 3,900 SF Bldg., 12,700 SF Commercial Lot in Lakewood. Asking Price $450,000.

OFFICE BUILDING WITH 6 SUITES, Close to Wright’s Park, ideal for Attorneys or Professional use. Asking Price $599,000, Terms.

Suites are also available for Lease.

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

PORT ORCHARD, DOWNTOWN Food & Beverage, annual gross sales, approx. g $1,300,000, excellent net. inOwner selling real estate & the business for $850,000, terms d avail., same location en 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.

Huge reduction

RICHARD PICTON or ED PUNCHAK

253-581-6463 253-224-7109

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