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City rules governing the collective camping of homeless people, known as tent cities, are on the books, while a local effort to fund the creation of a tent city in Tacoma continues. Tacoma City Council has approved the permitting process and operational requirements for the temporary homeless camps within Tacoma in response to a state law change in 2010 that allows churches and religious groups to host the camps on their property. “By state law, cities are not allowed to say they don’t want these facilities in their cities, so what we are trying to do is be very proactive and thoughtful and very compassionate and really put parameters around how we would want this to work if this comes to our city,” Mayor Marilyn Strickland said. There are no solid plans for tent cities to be located in Tacoma in the near future. But if they form, the rules would require them to have fewer than 100 people and form no longer than three months. The rules also lay out size requirements and locations to address public health and safety of camp residents and nearby neighbors. The collection of tents,

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born and bred Tacoman with family roots here going back for generations, Dr. Gregory Plancich has always had a heart for his local community. This Wilson High grad (Class of ’81) has regularly engaged in charity work and civic pride practically ever since he established his dental practice in Old Town in 1989. From providing dental services to our area’s homeless and participating in low-income dental clinics through the Pierce County Dentists Care program, to coaching youth sports, being on the board of the Tacoma Athletic Commission (TAC) and chairman of the TAC Golden Gloves committee, among his other volunteer work, Plancich stays involved in his city and with its people. Last year he had the opportunity to expand his philanthropic horizons by traveling to Peronia, Guatemala with the non-profit organization Open Wide Foundation to provide oral healthcare in impoverished communities. He was so moved by the gracious people he met there that he returned to Peronia this year and plans to go back again in 2015 and beyond. His two sons accompanied him as well to enhance their own education as health care providers – Brett is currently attending

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for a photo opp with son Bryce Plancich (next to him) and Dr. Lee Payne (second from right) who traveled from Fairbanks, AK to join Plancich and the rest of the care team pictured here at Peronia. (Left photo) Bryce Plancich (on left) examines a patient’s teeth under of watchful eye of dad Dr. Gregory Plancich. (Right photo) The doctors and healthcare staff were able to relieve many children with abscessed teeth. (Above) These four dental students in blue learned a lot during Plancich’s visit in their preparation to work in the newly opened dental clinic at Peronia.

medical school in St. Louis and Bryce is in the process of applying to dental school. “I really wanted them to experience this international mission,” their dad said. “I

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ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) The Solar Eclipse in Taurus has blessed your financial situation this week. There may be some ups and downs along the way but they are necessary for progress down the road. The thrill of the chase may tempt you. Stay focused and keep your path clear of obstacles. Romance sizzles with passion. TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Dynamic change is heading your way on the tail of the Solar Eclipse. Stagnant areas of your life and relationships that don’t serve you will be in question. Time to say goodbye to the old and get ready for new plans to come. Enjoy each day as it comes as a gift from the cosmos. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) Your vivid dreams deserve examination. Keep a notebook by your bedside and write down all important inspirations. Meditation and yoga may play key roles to help you feel centered. Your social life experiences a boost with exciting new adventures heading your way. CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) A new special friend comes into your life to help you make positive changes. Professional relationships with like-minded people could bring new opportunities. A key decision needs to be made. Weigh the pros and cons to unlock the best possibilities for longterm growth.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) You feel more accepting of dynamic changes that happen this week. Stabilize your thinking and start planning for longterm success and happiness. An important opportunity or business proposal may come your way. Explore your options but act quickly before they are lost. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Change is in store for you in all aspects of your life. There will be good news from an old friend or romantic partner that could bring you financial success. Any unstable relationships will be in question. Leave behind what you have outgrown to make room for new transformations.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) It’s time for a healthier approach to your lifestyle. Diet and exercise are your main focus for personal transformation. Reward yourself by spending some time with friends and family. Romance sizzles with passion and excitement. Make each day a happy one. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Creative options inspire lucrative progress. Money and career matters may be on a temporary hold. It won’t last long, so don’t get frustrated. Your love life sizzles with passion that rekindles your current situation or finds you with someone new. Keep your cool.

LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) You desire to explore new options in all aspects of your life. Take some time to access your priorities. Prosperous connections may be made with important people that will help your longterm success. Take advantage of sunny days that give you more energy and inspiration.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Once you take some time to recharge your batteries you will have the energy and inspiration you need to accomplish long term projects. Listen to what your body is telling you and nourish it. Make those important decisions with trusted advisors. Soul searching is never ending.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) Time to really examine your finances and balance accounts. Cover your bases and plan your moves carefully. Dynamic aspects help you to achieve independence through exploring creative endeavors. Study or travel to unexplored territories. Expect the unexpected.

PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) Money issues and unexpected events may find you paying more than you thought you would. Keep notes on your spending and check your accounts and statements for accuracy. It’s a great time to do some planning for effective reorganization. Take a break and have some fun.

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The sun’s come, and it’s time to tell how some people are shining – and being shiny – as they deal with cancer. The more I hang around chemotherapy infusion suites, the more I learn from the people in the comfy recliners nearby. They are fighting a horrifying array of cancers with grace, plus surprising humor. They talk about how they think the cancer got into their bodies and commandeered such a chunk of their lives. One woman has the same kind of disease that killed her mom. One man was well into his career – a calling in which he saved other people’s lives –

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21st and ‘G’ 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.� And 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 road riddled with holeyness, and continued those efforts in 2012. And 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.

Bulletin Board -9,, *65*,9; 05 4,469@ 6- 7,;, :,,.,9 “I have a banjo and I’m not afraid to use it!� So says Tom Rawson, a folksinger and storyteller from Seattle who will be celebrating the life and music of Pete Seeger at a free concert in Tacoma on Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m. at Urban Grace Church in downtown Tacoma, 902 Market St. He plays one of Seeger’s “Long Necks,� and he brings Seeger’s spirit and love for humanity into his concerts. May 3 would have been singer and songwriter Pete Seeger’s 95th birthday. Rawson is performing this free benefit concert in Tacoma for Build CASA, a local organization serving abused or neglected children in Tacoma/Pierce County. According to Steve Durfee of Victory Review, “Tom Rawson-Pete Seeger. These two run together in my mind. Friendly charismatic banjo playing’ lovers of folk music... First timer or old fan, old song or new, it always seems we are singing our favorites with an old friend.� Seeger died in January. Many think of him as an American treasure, his best-known songs including “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?� (with Joe Hickerson), “If I Had a Hammer� (with Lee Hays of the Weavers) and “Turn! Turn! Turn!� (lyrics adapted from Ecclesiastes), which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement and are sung throughout the world. He was one of the folksingers most responsible for popularizing the spiritual “We Shall Overcome� that became the acknowledged anthem of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. What isn’t as well known is that he popularized the 5-string banjo and then went on to invent the Long Neck or Seeger banjo. Build CASA serves children throughout Tacoma/Pierce County who are abused or neglected and are either in Foster Care or at risk of going into Foster Care. Through Build CASA, committed volunteers are empowered by the courts to speak in court for the child’s best interests. For further information, write to bobtanderson@me.com or call (206) 428-7677. CITY OF DESTINY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Mayor Marilyn Strickland and the City Council will recognize Tacoma’s top volunteers this year during the 28th annual City of Destiny Awards on Wednesday, May 28, 5-9 p.m. This year’s event is being hosted at Cheney Stadium (2502 S. Tyler St. in Tacoma) in partnership with United Way of Pierce County’s Retired and Senior Volunteer (RSVP) Program and the Tacoma Rainiers. “There has always been a strong legacy of service in Tacoma, and we wanted to raise the profile of Tacoma’s most prominent volunteer recognition program – the City of Destiny Awards – starting with this year’s event,� said City Events and Recognitions Committee Chairwoman Roslyn Smith. The 2014 City of Destiny Award recipients are: Youth Leadership – Joan Vo; Youth Service – Nina Thach; Adult Leadership – Mike Mowat; Adult Sustained Service – Cathy Barton; Environmental Sustainability – Tacoma Nature Center Park Stewards; Youth Group – Stadium High School Navy Junior ROTC; Community Partnership – Tacoma First Nazarene Church; Equity and Empowerment – Wilson High School Project Unify; Community Health and Wellness – Janet Runbeck; Youth Mentorship – Ron Rzewnicki. The May 28 event will include a 5 p.m. reception for 2014

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years before his cancer was pinned as a job risk. Faith is a big topic, and comes with a broad definition. One mom explains her faith in God and her belief in the power of prayer. Another puts an equally strong trust in the power of science – specifically the surgery, chemistry and radiation she believes will make her whole again at the end of a year of struggle. Yet another puts her confidence in exercise, diet and attitude. They talk about the cruddiness and unpredictability of chemotherapy, even as kind, skilled, funny nurses get the chemical warfare dripping into their ports. “You’re going to be shiny,� one of my favorite (oh, they are all my favorite) nurses told me last week. I’d lost my hair once, but had a nice fuzzy skull going on. My husband likes patting it, and I like being patted. But the wonderfuzz is headed for the drain. Oh, well. When the sun is at just the correct angle, I will be able to use my bright pate to signal ships at sea, maybe direct them to port. We all have ports, little plastic contraptions embedded in our chests that funnel the chemicals into our blood vessels. Mine’s purple: A purple Power Port, cool and creepy at the same time. Speaking of cool and creepy at the same time, the infusees have built a collection of solar-powered plastic toys that jiggle on the windowsills. There are bees, flowers, jack o’lanterns. As of Wednesday, there are hula dancers, because The Dollar Tree got a big shipment of them last week. The cancer fighters talk food, immune systems, exercise, fatigue, joint pain, neuropathy. But they don’t do it from an invalid’s point of view. They talk as if they’re bopping the bad stuff in the nose. They are the grit champs of Gritty Tacoma. They are also strong and wise enough to submit

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>(94 >,(;/,9 79647;: :79(@.96<5+ 67,505.: Typically in May, Metro Parks Tacoma spraygrounds operate weekends only from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., as systems are prepped and tested for summer season. Due to the unusually warm temperatures this week, seven of the District’s nine spraygrounds are open: Jefferson Park - 801 N. Mason Ave. Titlow Park - 8425 6th Ave. Franklin Park – 1201 S. Puget Sound Kandle Park – 2323 N. Shirley St. Verlo Playfield (Formerly known as McKinley Playfield) - 4321 McKinley Ave. Norpoint Park - 4818 Nassau Ave. N.E. Wright Park - 501 South I St. These seven locations only will be open May 1 and 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public’s patience is appreciated since this early opening overlaps with the maintenance staff’s pre-season testing period. All nine sprayground locations will be open every Saturday and Sunday, regardless of the weather, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. beginning Saturday, May 3. Tacoma’s tenth and newest sprayground, located at the SERA Campus near STAR Center, is still under construction and will open to the public on June 1. “Generally, May is a critical time for us to work through any systems or spray feature issues before bringing them back on line full-time for the season�, said Marina Becker, Director of the Department of Parks and Natural Resources. “We’re expanding operations ahead of schedule, so we have to limit the number of locations and the hours available. And, we ask the public’s patience if they encounter any bugs this week. Since there is no scheduled afternoon staffing this time of year, if anything is not working correctly the sprayground may be shut down until staff can address the issue the next morning.� Visit MetroParksTacoma.org/Spraygrounds for more information or use the handy “Park Finder� to locate all Metro parks with spraygrounds. 100TH MONKEY IS BACK Back by popular demand, Tacoma 100th Monkey is back, May 8 at the Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave. Sponsored by Tacoma Art Group (TAG), 100th monkey is a no cost, all ages event bringing the community together to enjoy and support the arts, as well as meet new people. Held once a month, the event features a different artist each time, with LaQuinta Thurman featured at the May 8 event. Bring food and drinks to share, but no alcohol – this is a dry Monkey. There will also be an open forum on business insurance for artists; if you have information (contacts, etc.,) to share, please bring and place on the social awareness table. Visit http://100thmonkeytacoma.org or “Like� on Facebook at www.facebook.com/100thMonkeyTacoma. :,, 469, )<33,;05 )6(9+ 0;,4: (; ;(*64(>,,23@ *64

to naps and, if their caregiver turns up with one, milkshakes. These caregivers are treasures beyond measure, offering good company for two, three, five hours without the distractions of television, computers or music. They have the patience to sit quietly, to read, to simply be. Getting to know the people on these teams is a weird privilege. Who, after all, wants admission to the venue where they gather? But I think you’d enjoy hearing from them, getting a sense of how they’re making sense of what idealistic people call a “cancer journey.� I prefer the image of a cancer slog, a messy endurance event where you have to

sit down a lot, barf some and give a thumbs up to all the others on the same path. So the Tacoma Weekly is inviting people who have made, or are making, that slog, to share their stories. We are all pretty tired, so I’m making it easy. I’ve made two lists of questions, one for people with cancer, and one for the people who are supporting them. If you would like to be featured in a story, please e-mail your responses to kathleen@tacomaweekly.com. I’ll edit and shape your words a bit, so don’t worry about spelling or grammar. Please include a great picture of yourself There’s no time limit, no word limit. We just want to hear, and tell, your story.

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Pierce County detectives urgently want to find convicted felon Daniel Silva. They are asking for the DAVID ROSE public’s help because they are concerned a woman is in danger again who he once kidnapped, raped and tried to murder. Now, he’s wanted for terrorizing her again. In 2005, deputies say it

took a SWAT team to arrest Silva after he hit the woman in the head with a bottle, drove her to Point Defiance Park in Tacoma and beat her with a tree branch before threatening to throw her off a cliff and then raping her. “We want to get him caught because in the past he attempted to kill her,� said Pierce County Det. Ed Troyer. “He used sex as a part of the act. He also has a felony harassment order against the same person. He hasn’t learned his lesson. He’s already been in trouble and convicted of crimes against her. He’s a level

1 sex offender, has a current felony harassment order and we want to get him picked up before she gets hurt again – or something worse happens.� Daniel Silva is 34 years old and was last known to be living in Tacoma. Detectives say this guy is an immediate threat to his victim. If you know where Silva is hiding, call an anonymous tip into: CRIME STOPPERS: 1-800-222-TIPS. You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive’s arrest.

SIDES SPAR OVER PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGES By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

A forum on proposed changes to the Tacoma City Charter working their way through the city-required review process focused on the most controversial aspect of the review committee’s proposed changes, that of shifting from a manager-council system of government to one in which the mayor would have more authority, delegating day-to-day operations to a Chief Administrative Officer. The change is meant to follow a national trend toward a “strong mayor� system to promote accountability by shifting decision making from professional bureaucrats to elected officials. Critics say the shift would actually do neither by politicizing decisions. Thus was the focus of the discussion last week at a forum hosted by the University of Washington-Tacoma’s Urban Studies department. The panel talk included: Bill Baarsma, former mayor of Tacoma and current Charter Review Committee Chairman, and John Ladenburg, former Tacoma council member and former Pierce County Executive. Both support the shift. Opposing the change on the panel were Lyle Quasim, cochair of the Tacoma-Pierce County Black Collective, and Lyz Kurnitz-Thurlow, the first vice president of the Tacoma-Pierce County League of Women Voters. UWT history instructor Michael Sullivan provided much of the historical perspective of the city’s governmental past. The change doesn’t pass a three-part test in Quasim’s mind since it doesn’t add transparency or accountability by politicizing decisions, is not a widely used model around the nation and it would not be cost effective because it would add administrative staff to city government at a time the

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FORUM. UWT history instructor Michael Sullivan provided the background of Tacoma’s governance at a recent charter forum.

city is facing budget troubles. “We have a form of government that can be improved,� he said. “We do not have a broken government.� Landenburg and Baarsma, however, countered that Tacoma could be better served by having a mayor serve as the central vision creator rather than on the desk of a non-elected city manager. The city’s current manager-council form of government has been in place since 1952 and survived several attempts to change it, most currently following the last charter review process in 2004. Any committee recommendations go to the city council for consideration about whether they will be placed on a ballot for public vote. Another charter change related to the manager-council change involves the city council shifting to full time, elected positions with five district-specific council members and two at-large for a total of seven members instead of the current eight, plus the mayor who serves as the council chairperson. These council members would

For attempting to shoplift items, a gaggle of would-be thieves weren’t Tacoma Weekly is interested in very isgood at trying into the what happening in to ourblend community. crowdsend as ifyour theynews wereandregular shopPlease story ideas topers. news@tacomaweekly.com. One case involved a clerk at a convenience store along the 1900 block of Trafton Street calling police on April 29, after spotting a 42-year-old man putting a bag of candy into his pocket and then opening a can of juice without paying for either. The clerk confronted the man, who then threw the can at the clerk before attempting to leave the scene. Police arrested him at the scene and were told the man had a large bag of cell phone cases in their packages that he wanted to sell to the clerk. When he was booked into jail, the officers found the bag also contained drugs. He faces a roster of charges including assault, theft and drug possession. Earlier that day, a woman was arrested for trying to shoplift makeup from a grocery store along the 1900 block of South 72nd Street. The woman had emptied a makeup case of its filler paper and then stuffed it full of makeup before heading to the register to pay for the case, not mentioning to the clerk that the case was full of makeup. The clerk felt that the bag was heavier than it should have been and alerted store security. When asked if she had paid for everything she responded “Oops, I guess that is why I am here.� Compiled by Steve Dunkelberger

not be allowed to have other employment outside of their council duties. A slate of other charter changes is set to be formally proposed as well, including administrative changes to be gender neutral and be in congress with recently enacted state law. A change to the ordinance procedures would allow emergency ordinances to be enacted the moment they are passed rather than only after they are published as legal notices. This change is a direct response to the controversy involving the siting of WalMart at the former Elks Lodge land along Union Avenue, where the council enacted a moratorium to study the issue but the permits for the facility were submitted and vested the following morning before the legal notice was published. Citizens can attend any Charter Review meeting to give public comment. The committee meets Monday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Room 16 of the Tacoma Municipal Building North at 733 Market St. Those recommendations will be presented to the City Council on May 6.

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JAKE BARR SHARES HIS INSPIRING STORY By Matt Nagle matt@tacomaweekly.com

No one can really know for sure the reasons behind the Creator’s Great Plan, neither for our world nor for our individual lives. It’s a profound mystery, exactly why we’re here on this planet Earth and why we go through the things we do on our road of life. But for those who are truly blessed, the trials and tribulations can one day start making some sort of sense if we sincerely ask the Creator for help and guidance and fully dedicate ourselves to listening to, and acting on, the inspirations we receive through our prayers. This is the story of Jake Barr. It wasn’t too long ago that Barr’s life was careening directly toward two certain, and terrible, endings – prison or death. Between the drugs and the alcohol he had known since childhood, and kept well hidden from his family in his youth, and the grief and anger he has held inside from personal wounds going back years, Barr reached rock bottom about two years ago while living in Vancouver, WA. A final straw was that his family didn’t want him crashing on their couches anymore, as they loved him too much to enable his lifestyle – it was tough love, but necessary. Nearing 50 years old, Barr didn’t want this for himself, either. He only had to believe in himself to turn his life around, and he started by looking up to the sky. “I turned to my Creator and asked for help,� he said. “I have always

believed in my Creator. I turned to him and asked him to please help me. I need help and need it bad. I lost all hope in myself. After I asked for this, it was like the whole world was lifted off my shoulders.� Barr’s prayer was answered, and it led him directly to his Puyallup Tribe and Jody Brooks, Director of the Tribe’s Community/Family Services Program, for whom Barr is eternally grateful. She helped him get into treatment at Lakeside-Milam Recovery Centers in Tacoma. Barr remembers well his first day there. “When I was being entered into treatment, I will always remember this one man (Art) saying, ‘Do you wanna quit drinking and drugging?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I do.’ He said, ‘Okay, I guarantee that you will never pick up or drink again after you’re done here. But you need to apply the tools that are given to you here to be able to stay clean and sober.’� From there he moved into a men’s clean and sober home and was signed up for an outpatient program at Al’Ta Counseling, also in Tacoma. “This program took my journey of recovery to the next level. It taught me how to handle everyday issues, anger, stress, and to make better choices and reshape the way I used to live into a way of being a much happier person that I am today.� Growing up with two of his sisters under the care of loving, but nonNative, adoptive parents, Barr wasn’t raised among his Puyallup Tribe

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nor was he steeped in his Native American culture. The state had removed him and his siblings from their birth family when they were 4, 5 and 6 years old. Now that he’s finally home on the reservation, a whole new and wonderful world is opening up to him. He spoke of Brooks, for whom he is eternally grateful, and Cushman Cemetery Director Don Finley, who gave Barr a job once he moved on from treatment to clean and sober housing. “The Puyallups introduced me to another person that helps Native Americans get back into working and also shows there is hope in our lives‌ Donny (Finley). They have a wonderful program for people

coming out of treatment to help them get back on their feet in the working world, to be responsible again,� Barr said. “I thank Donny for giving me the chance to do that.� Going back to school was the next mile marker on Barr’s new journey with his Tribe. Thanks to the Tribe’s Higher Education Program and its manager Angela Shippentower, today Barr is attending Tacoma Community College studying to be a drug and alcohol counselor. His GPA is 3.0. “Jake has been an inspirational student – he has come a long way,� Shippentower said. “He is such a talented writer and his grades are fantastic! One thing that stands out so much with Barr is he is not afraid to ask for help. That’s why he is so successful in college. He is a role model for many tribal members who feel like they can never go back to school. He leads by example that they to can accomplish anything if they set their minds to it. They just have to believe in themselves and not be

afraid to ask for help when times get hard and to never give up.� Once he figured out his purpose in life – to help those just like himself get on their right path – Barr’s former life as a user and dealer began to fall into place. It also shed some light on perhaps why he didn’t end up going to prison, or overdosing, or joining a gang, as he had been invited to do by the gang members he used to hang with. He had to go through this “schooling� on the streets to prepare him for the next steps in his life, which he is experiencing now, and with joy. “Yesterday (April 21) was my 21-month ‘birthday,’� Barr said proudly, referring to his sobriety birthday. “Jake is a highly motivated person and I admire his strength and passion about wanting to help his tribal people with drug and alcohol addictions by counseling them one day,� Shippentower said. “That is where his heart is – helping others when they are down, and building

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them back up.� “I thank Angela Shippentower for helping me get into school,� Barr said. “I thank Jody Brooks for having me go to treatment, and my out-patient counselor in Tacoma, Jeremy (at At’Ta Counseling). He taught me a lot about how to control anger and how to handle stress and everyday stuff.� Barr also gave thanks for his LakesideMilam counselor Rodney. Forgiveness became an important part of Barr’s life as he grew away from his “old� life of drinking and drugging. He was fortunate to have been able to address some things with his biological father, Marvin Thomas Sr., before he passed away and he said his family has forgiven him for all the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and such that he missed. “I didn’t want them to see me because I knew I didn’t look healthy. I didn’t want to let my mom down. I could tell the hurt in their voices, and my other family members when they passed the phone around to talk to me. They’d ask me what I was going to do that day and I said you know what I’m doing. They said why do you do that to yourself and I said I don’t know but I knew deep down inside every drug addict and alcoholic has their own reasons – they’re hiding some kind of pain, something that hurt them along the way. He, in turn, forgave as well. “Once I got clean and sober, I learned how to forgive others. I learned a lot about myself when I went to treatment,� he said. “I was very blessed.� Barr also embraced the act of gratitude, and now he visits his Tribe’s Administration Building almost every day to say thank you. The same with his family, who are very proud of how far he’s come. “I didn’t want to die with a beer bottle in my hand or a meth pipe or a bag of pills or cocaine or any of that next to me,� Barr said. “I didn’t want any of my nieces or nephews to see their uncle messed up again. I needed to get back into family life again.� And he did. This is the same advice his treatment counselors had given him. “They told me I had to change my playground and playmates. I didn’t know where I was going to go. I didn’t want to go back to Vancouver because that’s where I did all my drugs and dope. Everybody I knew was down there. I became so connected to my higher power – my Creator – I kept asking him that I really needed to know where he wanted me to be at. Finally I woke up three days before I got discharged from treatment and it was like a light clicked on in my head – my playmates were right there in the treatment center and my new friends were up here. I told my counselor I was going to stay up here. I said I don’t know anybody, but this is my new playground and you guys are my new playmates. He said, ‘You’re right.’� For those who may be reading Barr’s story and thinking about getting clean, or if you know someone who needs help, Barr highly recommends the book “The Red Road to Wellbriety,� a sobriety, recovery and wellness book especially for Native Americans, written by Native Americans. Find it at www.Amazon.com.

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The Princess and the Pea By Don C. Brunell Let’s face it. We’re spoiled. Even in our tough economy, most Americans enjoy a myriad of conveniences we take for granted. We awake to a warm house, turn night into day with the flip of a light switch, jump into a hot shower, get dressed and grab a cup of fresh brewed coffee before heading to work in our car or on the bus. On the way home, we stop at the grocery store to pick up a few items from the 40,000 choices offered there. What do all these things have in common? They are made possible by fossil fuels. But we have become so accustomed to these creature comforts that we no longer associate them with fossil fuels. Like the fairytale “Princess and the Pea,� we have the luxury of being discomforted by the smallest things. In that story, the heroine’s royal pedigree is secretly tested by hiding a pea under 20 mattresses and 20 feather beds. She is proven to be of royal blood when she emerges the next morning after a sleepless night, complaining about the uncomfortable bed. That’s us. We have become the Princess and the Pea. We grimace at the mere thought of “dirty� fossil fuels and embrace the idea of “clean� energy. Oil, coal, diesel fuel and even natural gas? Ick. But consider: The paper you’re

reading was produced and transported using fossil fuel. Same goes for the clothes you’re wearing and the chair you’re sitting in, your food, your car, your house and your workplace. Look around you. So, when government officials or the Sierra Club talk about eliminating fossil fuel, we should understand what that means. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, more than 90 percent of the energy we use comes from fossil fuels and nuclear power (another energy source the Sierra Club wants to eliminate – and they’re not crazy about hydropower either, which produces most of our electricity in Washington). If we eliminate those energy sources, how will the Princess and the Pea fare without all her creature comforts? How will we? During power outages, newscasts are filled with images of miserable families huddled in cold dark houses. We think it’s terrible to live that way for a few days. Are we willing to live that way permanently? It would be nice if solar and wind power could fill the gap, but they can’t – and never will. People who live a subsistence lifestyle have a very different view of fossil fuels. The National Geographic series “Life Below Zero� follows several people who live near the Arctic Circle in Alaska. Some are 100 miles

from the nearest town; no roads, no convenience stores, no Home Depot. They haul water from a stream and heat with wood; they fish, trap and hunt for food. But even so, their lives depend on fossil fuel. They cook with wood – sometimes propane – and use gas to run their snowmobiles and the generators that power their lights and emergency radios. Up there, the daily train with its diesel engine isn’t a nuisance; it’s a lifeline – the only way to get fuel, supplies and medicine, the only way to get to a doctor. My point is this: because we have so much, we think little about it. Because we don’t realize how much we depend on fossil fuel, we imagine we can do without it. Before we embrace public policies and campaigns that will eliminate 90 percent of our energy, perhaps we should spend a week living “Life Below Zero� to see how we like it. Hopefully, then we can focus on how to apply our knowledge and technology to use fossil fuels more cleanly and efficiently. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

Barnes & Noble: Gone by New Year’s? By Michael Levin If anyone gives you a Barnes & Noble gift card, be sure to cash it in by the end of the year. This may be the last year that Barnes & Noble bookstores remain open. It’s bad news for people who love books. It’s worse news for the next generation of readers, who may never experience buying a book in a bookstore. B&N has been closing about 20 stores per year since 2012 and has said it will continue to do so for the next several years. But its financial position is bleak. This follows a decades-long period of expansion, moving into neighborhoods where privately owned bookstores thrived, destroying those stores with cut-price best-sellers, and all but owning the book business. Borders collapsed because of poor choices – weak locations, an overemphasis on music and, worst of all, selling off its online bookstore to Amazon for $20 million in the 1990s. Chump change, by today’s standards. So why is B&N on the ropes if it has virtually no competition today from chains or privately owned bookstores? Five reasons. First, Amazon makes it so easy to buy books. Second, publishers thrashed B&N by selling bestsellers at deep discounts in non-traditional outlets such as supermarkets, Wal-Mart and Costco, thus removing a key source of revenue for the chain.

Third, the woefully underfunded Nook is competing with Amazon’s Kindle, which is like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Fourth, the antiquated model of printing books on spec, putting them on trucks, and crossing your fingers that they’ll sell doesn’t work in the Internet print-on-demand era. And fifth, book buyers want decent customer service. At B&N these days, the only way to find a sales clerk is to attempt to shoplift. The company that owns QVC nearly bought B&N a couple of years ago, presumably to sell low-cost jewelry and other tsotchkes in B&N’s nationwide chain of stores. That would have been hello collectible coins and bye-bye books. Now, one of B&N’s key investors has cut the level of its financial stake in the company. A wise move, alas. In many B&N stores, it’s actually hard to find books. You’ve got to wade through toys, umbrellas, Nook displays, chocolate bars, notebooks, birthday cards, and all kinds of other stuff that has stolen shelf space from books. The publishers have to be running scared. If B&N suddenly shutters its doors, then billions of dollars of books, which the bookstores take on consignment, go into the limbo of bankruptcy court. But the fate of B&N weighs most heavily on readers. Literary agent David Vigliano says that the disappearance of bookstores, and the move to buying books on Amazon, represents the death

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of browsing. Serendipity – the sweet surprise of happening upon an unexpected book – is an experience that can happen only in a bookstore. Yes, Amazon’s algorithms can point you to books you may like, but there’s no substitute for wandering the aisles of a bookstore, looking into a section you might never have visited before, and finding a new author or subject you had never considered. That experience is on the verge of disappearing. Barnes & Noble killed privately owned bookstores, and Amazon and technology are killing B&N. It’s downright Darwinian. Can B&N hang on through the holidays? Most likely. But sad to say, once Black Friday gives way to the 12th day of Christmas, a once-proud book chain may well have reached its final chapter. And that would be chapter 11, of the Bankruptcy Code. New York Times best-selling author, “Shark Tank� contestant and “World’s Greatest Writing Teacher� Michael Levin runs www.BooksAreMyBabies. com, the portal to the ultimate 200+ video channel on writing and getting published. Levin has written more than 100 books, including eight national best-sellers; five that have been optioned for film or TV by Steven Soderbergh/Paramount, HBO, Disney, ABC, and others; and one that became “Model Behavior,� an ABC Sunday night Disney movie of the week.

Hundreds of guns changed hands at the taxpayer funded Tacoma Dome last weekend. Some of those guns might be used in crimes and the city must be okay with that because the event made money for city coffers. That’s fine, since the Dome has no provision against, or special requirements for, hosting gun shows on city property. Oh wait. It does. The South Sound’s Tacoma Zombie Festival and Preparedness Expo QZ Con was not allowed to host its annual event at the Dome or other city facility this year because the cosplay crowd and “zombie hunters� would likely be carrying fake guns and blunted swords, a fact counter to the Dome’s anti-gun and weapons policy. Fake weapons at the zombie show would not be for sale, while racks of firearms at the gun show had pricetags, so the gun show was accepted. If the gun-ban wasn’t at least a working practice and not a hard-and-fast rule, then why is it the only gun show at the Dome in the last two decades? Either no other gun show organizer thought of selling guns at the South Sound’s largest and highest profile convention space or their applications were rejected until now. In either case, the Dome’s policy is to allow an Oregon-based gun show organizer to host a show of gun vendors with the sole purpose of selling guns. These vendors are not required by state law to show they are selling their wares to lawful buyers. The only requirement is that the buyer has to sign a statement that he or she can legally buy the weapon. And everyone knows that felons follow the rules, so all is good. That is not to say that gun shows are just collections of criminals looking to buy guns and willing vendors looking to sell them. Not at all. Gun ownership is a fundamental right in America. Buying and selling said guns, therefore, goes along with their ownership. But what adds a wrinkle to this Dome mess is that the Washington Arms Collectors was hosting a show last weekend as well. This event at the Washington State Fair Grounds was for members only, a fact that required background checks. Soooooo, follow the scenario for a minute. Bad people want guns and can’t get any through licensed gun stores or pawn shops because they would fail the required background checks, then they go to the WAC show and also get turned down for not being members. So they then go to the event at the city-funded Dome with cash and buy their fill only after signing a document that says they can. Like it or not, the city just armed future robbers or killers. And the city is fine with that, despite rejecting another group that was going to have fake guns because the event violated the Dome’s zero-tolerance policy on weapons. Fake guns are bad, real guns sold with handshakes, cash and winks are good. The city is home to where the D.C. snipers bought the rifle that terrorized the nation, after all. That business owner eventually lost his license. The city could find itself on the hook when guns sold at its facility are linked to crimes. And they will. Eventually. They will. The above opinion represents the view of Tacoma Weekly’s editorial board.

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I have a story to share. We live in the Stadium district, and First Presbyterian Church impounded about 10 vehicles (ours being one of them) on Easter Sunday. There are signs posted by the church. Parking has been tolerated since we have lived here for about three years. They admitted they hadn’t been enforcing them. Those are the laws and the facts and the rules. Ok, now...the feelings! I am upset by this. So many people are upset by this. And obviously...because I’m sure YOU’RE thinking this! On Easter Sunday. My boyfriend went into the church and calmly spoke to the pastors, and was able to get our situation resolved. A patron of the church, who didn’t want to be acknowledged, paid our towing bill. I want TO THANK THAT PERSON! I want to publicly thank this donor. I feel that the church should pay back that individual and to also pay for all the impound fees of those affected. Amberly Dewes Tacoma

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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT SUPPORTING THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY

The Puyallup Tribe’s donation of $200,000 to Northwest Harvest will help keep food on the table for countless struggling families.

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 3,300 people

– 74 percent of whom are non-Native. Working in the Tribe’s businesses, government, economic development corporation, school, and health and housing authorities, these employees enjoy competitive wages and benefits. In 2012, the Tribe spent over $445 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. Even during the recession, the Tribe increased employment and funded substantial vendor purchases and construction projects,

keeping many businesses afloat and people employed. As the country continues to recover from past economic woes, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians leads the way locally. From sponsoring dozens of local charities, nonprofit 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 health care, the Tribe maintains its commitment to honoring its well-deserved reputation as “the generous people,� a reflection of the meaning of the Tribe’s very name.

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Each year, the Puyallup Tribe distributes 2 percent of its gaming revenue from its two Emerald Queen Casino locations to local governments. Over the years the Tribe has provided millions of dollars to fund vital projects and services, from police and fire to road and traffic improvements. Decisions on how to distribute this money are made by the Community Contribution Committee, which consists of representatives of the Puyallup Tribe; the cities of Tacoma, Puyallup and Fife; Pierce County; and the Washington State Gambling Commission. This year’s approved distribution was for $1.9 million and was awarded as follows: The City of Fife was approved to receive $850,000, an amount determined by an interlocal agreement between the City and the Tribe.

This money will help fund a broad array of cityprovided services and infrastructure improvements. The City of Puyallup was approved to receive $30,000 for River Road safety and capacity improvements. The City of Tacoma was approved to receive $851,549 to help cover police, fire department and city attorney’s costs concerning casino-related calls. Pierce County was approved to receive $148,051 for emergency management services. This covers the cost of assigning county employees to assist the Tribe in preparing to deal with natural disasters. Washington State Patrol was approved to receive $75,000 for costs associated with mitigating traffic safety issues on state highways impacted by casino patrons.

Partnering to improve local transportation Partnering with local jurisdictions to improve local transportation, in the past six years the Tribe has spent more than $35 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 six 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 Funds will go towards repavement, 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 summer 2014. Wilkeson Hatchery Access Roads Project Rehabilitation and stabilization of an unpaved road critical for fisheries access. Amenities include paving the road, building retaining walls, fencing and lighting. Project was completed fall 2013. Grandview Avenue/East R Street Construction Project, Tacoma This 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 Workers construct an access road off of Grandview Avenue for the Grandview Learning Center. included preliminary engineering, of federal, state and local government Tribal staff has worked with WSDOT design, NEPA, right of way and completion agencies to plan and administer transregarding HOV improvements on I-5. of plans for the access road. The stormwater portation projects in the region. conveyance has been installed, and the project ‡ East Side Community Projects: Tribal ‡ Inspection Services: The Puyallup staff is working with the City of was completed in September 2012. Tribe pays for City of Tacoma Tacoma with respect to long-range inspectors for both the R Street and transportation planning involving sevTransportation Planning and Grandview projects, fees to exceed eral city streets. Collaboration with State and Local $100,000. ‡ Additional Transportation Planning Governments and Administration: Tribal staff ‡ I-5 HOV Project, Tacoma and Fife: works in collaboration with a number

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he third member of the Rainiers’ coaching team is hitting coach Cory Snyder. Snyder spent 11 seasons in the Majors, with Cleveland, the White Sox, Toronto, San Francisco and the Dodgers, plus parts of four in the minors, before managing and coaching for seven seasons with both independent and Major League affiliated teams. Snyder was a threetime All-American for Brigham Young University, and a member of the 1983 BYU team (which at one point in the season was ranked No. 1). In his very first game with BYU, during his first three at-bats, he hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches. He was also a member of the very first U.S. Olympic baseball team in 1984. Snyder, who lives with his wife and six children in Elk Ridge, Utah, during the off-season, talked recently to Tacoma Weekly’s baseball correspondent Karen Westeen about his life in baseball. KW: What is your earliest baseball memory? CS: When I was eight years old, I played with the Bobcats. That was my first organized baseball experience, but I never thought about going into the pros until high school. KW: Where did you grow up? CS: I was born in Inglewood, California, and grew up in Reseda. We moved to Canyon Country and I went to high school there. KW: And then you went straight to college? CS: Yes, to Brigham Young University for three years. KW: And then in 1984 you took a detour to the Olympics. CS: As soon as college season was over, we hit the road to Lousville, Kentucky to work out for about 10 days to two weeks. We hit a different city every day to let people know what their Olympic team looked like. We played different college teams. We even played a team from Japan about six times, in different major league ball parks. It was

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HIGH FIVE! (Top Left) Hitting coach Cory Snyder brings a world of experience to Rainier batters. (Top Right) Tyler Kelly battled through an early-season hitting slump and is on a tear now at the plate. (Above) Chris Avery (left) and Xavier Avery (right) are finding success with the bat this season.

a 33 city tour in 40 days. KW: That year the Olympics were in Los Angeles. How did the team do? CS: We took silver. KW: You started playing professionally in 1985 and quickly moved to the Major Leagues in 1986 with Cleveland. What position did you play? CS: Mostly right field. KW: You spent parts of six seasons in the minor leagues, including Las Vegas in 1995. Did you ever play at Cheney Stadium? CS: No, that was in 1995 just after the strike and spring training was really crazy. I signed a minor league contract with the Padres and just played three or four games with them in Las Vegas before I went to major league spring training so I never played here in Tacoma. KW: That was your last year playing but you didn’t start coaching for several years. Why? CS: When I was done playing I took about eight years off to coach my boys and watch my girls do gymnastics and rodeo and things like that. During that time coaching my boys I had a lot of people ask me if I could help their sons and I was doing a lot of coaching on the side. It was hard in the beginning because when you play you just play but when you start coaching kids it’s like what did I do right when I was hitting. I had to go back and watch my tapes to see what I did when I was going good

and then I had to try and teach the kids. Bobby Bonds was my first hitting coach and then I had Reggie Smith and Dusty Baker as hitting coaches and learned a lot from them and then recalling how to do it. I did a lot of camps, a lot of clinics, and then when I managed in indie ball you had all levels from those who had never played professional baseball to those who were major league Triple-A players so you learned how to deal with all levels and that was really a good learning experience for me. Hitting is my passion. I love teaching hitting and I love seeing kids get better. That’s what I enjoy the most. KW: You put in a lot of hours watching film, writing reports. How long does that take when the game is over? CS: I usually get here around noon and watch film on the players, to see what they’re doing when they’re going good. After a double-header I usually don’t get home until after midnight. KW: How do you feel about this team? Has it got pretty good offense? CS: We’ve got a really good bunch of kids. They’re here to work hard and their ultimate goal is to get to the big leagues. They understand this is just a step to go through and they have to work hard every day to be prepared for when they get the call. My job is to get them prepared mentally and physically. It’s a hard game and there’s a lot more failure than success hitting in this game. Helping them understand they will have X See RAINIERS / page A10

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Rachel Katashina continues her run as the Lady Lion Ace. (Bottom) Junior Mia Smith and senior Megan Yates (not pictured) were dominant in doubles. By Steve Mullen smullen@tacomaweekly.com

After losing seven players off of last year’s Narrows League championship team, Lady Lions tennis coach Lyta Smith wondered in the off season how her team would respond. Despite bad weather early in the season her young team responded by going 4-1 in nonleague play and there was only one question to answer, how would they respond in the league opener at home against South Kitsap? It was answered in each and every match as the Lions would sweep to an impressive 5-0 win against the South Kitsap Wolves Tuesday afternoon April 29 at the Galbraith-Healey Tennis Center on the Bellarmine campus. “It was a great effort in our league opener as we got rid of some early tightness and nerves” said Bellarmine head coach Lyta Smith who went on to add ”if we can get this kind of effort every week we can be a force in the league race.“ The Lady Lions got off to a fast start with victories from the number two doubles team of Catherine Thatcher and Aisleen Whitaker 6-1, 6-2 and the number three team consisting of Kylie Love and Minahil Mian as they coasted to an easy 6-4, 6-1 to give Bellarmine a 2-0 lead. The Lady Lions would end the competitive phase of this match with a win from X See TENNIS / page A10

WILSON SHRUGS OFF EARLY NORTH THURSTON GOALS FOR 5-2 WIN By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

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GET IT! (Left) Wilson’s Munassar Saleh lobs a corner kick into a box full of Rams. (Right) Wilson was constantly on the attack and wore down North Thurston’s goalie.

The Wilson boys got a taste of something brand-new Monday night April 28 at Stadium Bowl as the North Thurston Rams scored the first Narrows league soccer goals against them so far this season. North Thurston midfielder Ben Hassan got behind the back-right of the Wilson defense and capitalized on a one-on-one opportunity with Goalkeeper Alek Greenleaf and drove the 50/50 ball into the back of the net. It was the first time Wilson had trailed in 3A Narrows action through 6 contests. After several near-misses, thirteen minutes later Wilson gained the equalizer when forward Kenneth Bwanika pushed a perfect pass into the box from the right wing to Munassar Saleh, who punched in a left X See SOCCER / page A10

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The Wilson Lady Rams hung tough with a hard-hitting North Thurston ball club Monday April 28 at Wilson High School. Just as the game looked to be a tight one until the last inning, North Thurston exploded for nine runs in the sixth inning, effectively ending hopes of a Wilson fastpitch victory and took a 15-4 win in six innings. The seventh and final inning was cancelled and the game ended due to the 10-run “mercy rule.� Wilson opened up the scoring in the second inning when Kenzie Baines drove a sharp single to left field scoring Adrianna Lanz, who led-off the inning with a double. Shyann Albert scored on a North Thurston throwing error to home plate on a fielder’s choice grounder from Nicole Sandoval. Shortstop Darian Grimm lined a single to left field scoring Baines and Wilson ended the second inning with a 3-0 lead. North Thurston would bounce back in the third inning by capitalizing on a few Wilson mental errors. After giving up a lead-off single, the Lady Rams committed a three-base error that scored a run and gave up a walk followed

by a sacrifice fly ball to left field. Grimm fielded a deep grounder at short that scored another and a passed-ball by the catcher brought in a fourth run. North Thurston had taken the lead for good 4-3. The teams were scoreless in the fourth, but the inning yielded the Wilson defensive play of the day. Grimm continued her solid day by nabbing an over-the-shoulder bloop shot that was deep over shortstop. She spun quickly and fired the ball to second baseman Lanz for the force-out on North Thurston, ending their inning. Wilson fell behind 6-3 in the fifth inning following a two-run North Thurston home run over the left-center field wall. The Lady Rams would fire back in their half of the inning as Grimm led-off with a sharp single to left-center field. Kately Kass followed her to the plate and punched a double to right field scoring Grimm and bringing Wilson closer 6-4. North Thurston batted-around and then some in the sixth inning. Thirteen batters came to the plate and rang-up nine runs on a combination of eight hits and a few Wilson fielding miscues. Trailing 15-4 in the bottom of the sixth, Wilson looked deflated and X See FASTPITCH / page A10

In his 27 years at Henry Foss High School, veteran Falcon coach Roy Young had seen it all. Add the April 28 meltdown to the list of seen it all’s as he watched his team squander a 4-2 lead late in the baseball game against Stadium at Foss Field and lose the game 8-4. “They walked the house and we took full advantage of it,� said Stadium head coach Barry Fretwell. “We needed an inning like that to give our kids some confidence going into the latter half of the league season while we are competing for league and district playoff spots.� Meanwhile, Young put it all in perspective from the Foss point of view. “This will be a great learning experience for our kids. We did not do many things right in the sixth inning and we’ll have to play better down the stretch to get into the postseason.� After surrendering two runs in the top of the first inning, Foss starting pitcher Brady Todhunter settled down and kept the Tigers at bay for the remainder of his four-inning stint. Todhunter would scatter seven hits and allow just two earned runs. Sam Aown would pick-up where Todhunter left off, shutting down the Stadium attack in the fifth inning and handing off the two-run lead to Avondre Little who would see his defense and control desert him in the sixth. “We could not do anything right in the sixth and that was pretty much the ballgame,� said Young. After a leadoff single by Jacob Hinkle, Mike Van Orden’s ground ball to second was mishandled by Sam Aown and the floodgates were opened. Three outs later and the Tigers had pushed across six runs and took command of the game at 8-4, and the Falcons were left to wonder how it all fell apart. “It was hard to watch but we will move on to the next game,� said Young. Van Orden would take over in relief for Stadium in the sixth inning and close the door to give the Tigers the come-from-behind victory and leave the Falcons thinking about what could have been. A big factor for the Tigers on the afternoon was leadoff hitter and left fielder Tyler Mick who was 3-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored. “I just try to do my best which is my approach when I step into the batter’s box,� Mick said. “We need a big push at the end of the season to get into a good playoff position and coming back like we did today is a big boost to our confidence.� Fretwell would put the comeback win in further perspective. “This team has a lot of potential, but of course all potential means is that you have not done what you should have done to this point. This win just might kick-start our season as we try to fulfill that potential.� “This hurts a lot, but we’ll just have to regroup and point towards that postseason,� said Young. “This loss will show us what we are really made of.�

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number two singles player Jacqueline Pecaro won her match going away with a 6-0, 6-1 win to clinch the match at 3-0. Now the attention turned to the number one doubles match between the Lady Lions’ pair of junior Mia Smith and senior Megan Yates against Rachel Bauman and Laura Rill of South Kitsap. After losing the first set 4-6, Smith and Yates would rally to win the final two sets 6-2, 6-4 to up the Bellarmine lead to 4-0 with only the number-one seeds to complete the afternoon. South Kitsap’s senior Emily Wilkins squaredoff against Bellarmine’s freshman sensation Rachel Katashina whose lethal groundstrokes would play a large part in the match as it wore on. Katashina would struggle early as Wilkins’ patience would earn her a 6-2 first set win. As the second set began, Katashina’s ground strokes would find their mark with Wilkins trying to find a way to turn the tide and with the 6-2 win for Katashina, the third set would be any-

thing but anticlimactic. “I had to become more consistent after my subpar first set and found a way to pull out the match� said Katashina. And more consistent she became as Wilkins began to wear down under the relentless pressure of Katashina’s ground strokes would wear Wilkins down as she would defeat the South Kitsap number-one with a 7-5 win to clinch the sweep for the Lady Lions. In the end Katashina was happy with her effort. “I was kind of nervous to start the match but I began to settle down and finished strong,“ Katashina said. Smith, noting her youth and ability to establish an effective serve and volley game shakes her head at her young number one’s poise. “She got over her nervousness real quick and found a way to pull out this match. She’s an amazing young talent.� Looking ahead down the road, Smith began to speculate about her team’s fortunes. “Olympia and Gig Harbor have more talent than we do but if we can compete and show a lot of heart, we can be right there at the end to try and defend our Narrows League Championship.�

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footer into the goal for a 1-1 tie. North Thurston would not quit, as eleven minutes later Hassan drilled a free kick from 28 yards out over Greenleaf’s leap to find the back of the net and Wilson trailed 2-1 going into the half. “They came out and handed it to us,� said Wilson head coach Jason Gjertson. “We went in that locker room and made some adjustments and collectively thought about how we were going to dig ourselves out. We needed to battle and do what we know how to do and that’s

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went down quickly for a 1-2-3 out inning. The Lady Rams had pulled to within a couple of runs of North Thurston, only to have the game called at the end of the next inning due to the

KW: What are the highlights of your career as a player and as a coach? CS: Probably as a player the Olympic team and then getting a chance to play in the big leagues. Also I was the sixth player in MLB history to hit two home runs in one game in both the NL and AL. Coaching-wise, we went to the playoffs almost every year in indie ball and went to the championship game my last year. And seeing players that you’ve helped make it to the big leagues and be successful.

worked together in spring training and that gave you some consistency. Roy Howell came along in March. Did you know each other before? CS: I was hitting coach in A ball the last two years and we were going to go to Double-A together until this promotion came along. We’ve got the team to repeat the championship season of 2010 but we have to push really hard. Triple-A is a hard level because when the guys get really good they’re gone.

getting the ball wide, moving it around and creating chances. We put four away in the second and I think we could have easily had two or three more.� Just over eleven minutes into the second half Wilson had a corner kick and Saleh short-passed quickly to Aarjay Nayajan who sent a beautiful kick into the box and junior Louis Fox skipped a header into the back of the net. Game tied 2-2. Six minutes later senior Scott Sheerer launched an impressive throw-in deep into the box and North Thurston goalkeeper Connor Hawthorne couldn’t get a handle on the ball. The ball dropped at Nick Rhode’s feet and he nudged the ball into the goal for

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10-run “mercy rule.� “We unraveled a little bit defensively and they put the ball in play,� said head coach Ron Balmer. “We made some errors and things sort of snowballed

ultimately the game winner at 3-2. At the 12:30 mark, junior Andres Coronado one-touched a stellar pass from senior captain Oswald Ramos past a diving Hawthorne to put the match at 4-2 Wilson. Four minutes later, Bwanika saved the ball from going out-of-bounds past the end-line, evaded two defenders and drilled a low shot just inside the near-post beneath the arms of Hawthorne, a University of Washington signee. Wilson wins 5-2. “This was the first little bit of adversity that we’ve seen this year and we talked about it at halftime,� said Gjertson. “The difference between the good teams and the great from there. What really killed us was the pop-up in the fourth inning with two outs and two players looking at it and it falls foul and it should have been out number three. Instead they turn around and get a tworun homer. “That deflated us a lot right there. Then we came

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A true French restaurant also has to have a niche wine selection, and the Aviateur is once again ready to step up to the plate. Offering a mix of French classics like Chardonay and Bougogne, but also local Washington and California state wines, ensures that any connoisseur will find something they enjoy. For those who may not be familiar with French cuisine but want to check out the classics, the Aviateur offers French food anyone would know. Escargot is cooked with garlic and parsley butter and served with a crust baguette for $10. For those with a sweet tooth, fondue with French and Suisse cheese is served with apple cub and a baguette for $18. The quaint location is perfect for newcomers to French cuisine, or experienced veterans looking for the new hot spot in Tacoma. Currently, the Aviateur is a dinner-only establishment, open from 4-10 p.m. Tuesday- Friday and 5- 11p.m. on Saturdays. For more information about the restaurant or to make reservations call (253) 589-3001.

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permitted at any one time in the city, and restrictions for demographic of persons allowed in the camp. The Planning Commission is proposing these measures to protect the health and safety of persons in the camp, neighborhoods and the community and to encourage the efficient provision of camps in the City to support the homeless. Alan Oldstudent supports the framework for permitting organized homeless camps not only as a way to provide organized shelter services but also to provide homeless people with some level of self determination, as the camp would be largely controlled and managed by the residents themselves.

“This is something that gives people the dignity and the capability of governing their own lives, which is one thing homeless people have a lot of difficulty with,� he said. Others fear the permitting of tent cities would cause crime in neighborhoods around the camp and promote the idea of Tacoma being a destination for homeless people. “We don’t want Tacoma to look like it’s a haven for this sort of activity,� said Valentine Smith, a member of a Central Neighborhood Committee, who added that the temporary nature of the camps doesn’t solve the city’s homelessness issue. “It just sorts of shuffles them around the city from one religious place to another.�

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“We loved it and the people loved us. It was a great experience for the whole team, and especially for my sons. They really got to get actively involved in the overall health of those patients and their dental care.� In total, a team of two dentists, three dental assistants and one support staff person traveled to Peronia this year with Open Wide, a Scottsdale-based foundation of dentists with a mission to make a difference in the world and break the cycle of poverty through health, hope, and dentistry. The foundation was established in 2011 by the leadership of Spear Education, a prominent provider of advanced post-graduate dental education named after dentist Frank Spear, a University of Washington graduate who was originally from Fife. Plancich said that after graduating from dental school, he gravitated toward Spear’s teaching in continuing dental education, so it was serendipity that Plancich would one day put his talents toward advancing the good works of Open Wide. This year Plancich’s visit added even more affirmation to his efforts. The first time that he visited Peronia, the Open Wide Foundation had recently opened the city’s first dental clinic (on Jan. 23, 2012) with the ultimate goal of making it sustainable for the community to provide dental care to the 85,000 residents that have not had access prior to the clinic opening. While Plancich and the Open Wide team were there this year, they mentored and taught four Central American dental students that will one day work in these clinics. “My first trip was to help the people get out of pain, get comfortable, get them back to health,� Plancich said. “But this clinic has evolved such that now we’re able to do so much more permanent type dentistry. This time I performed about eight root canals on young women on their front teeth where otherwise they would have had those teeth extracted. Having no smile really hurt their self-esteem, but we were able to do the root canals, save their teeth and build them back up so that they have a great looking smile.� Plancich said he and the team could not have imagined how much of an impact on the Peronia community they could make simply by providing the basic dentistry we have grown accustomed to here at home. “Most of the patients we’ve seen in Guatemala, for a lot of them it’s their first time to the dentist whether they’re five years old or 95. It tugs at your heart a little bit when you see kids with so many abscessed teeth.� The doctor said he was sincerely moved by his patients’ gratitude. “They were so appreciative to get any type of help. The language barrier was tough but they hugged us, said ‘God bless you’ and we saw tears of joy from those patients. It’s very rewarding. We made a difference right there. It is the most appreciative culture and people that I’ve ever seen in my years of volunteering.� Plancich said that next year he plans on working with the Pierce County Dental Society to get a team of dentists from the Tacoma/Pierce County area to travel with him to Peronia. It takes about one day of travel and everything is all set up for the traveling doctors to have a comfortable and safe time. You just need the willingness to help and a bit of wanderlust in your soul. “If anybody wants to contact me here at the office, I’d be happy to discuss ways they could help,� Plancich said. He thanked Burkhart Dental Supply in Tacoma and Patterson Dental in Kent for donating supplies, the patients at his practice for understanding his absence during the mission, and his dental office staff for making his trip possible and without a hitch. “They stepped up over and above the call of duty,� he said. Contact Plancich at his office (2312 N. 30th St.) by calling (253) 272-7400. Also visit www.openwidefoundation.org.

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Nolan is in a league of his own, pretty much. I know that they’re touting “The X-men” as being more like the “Avengers” franchise where you’ll get as many characters into one movie as possible. EJ: We’ve seen the reboot with emo James Garfield “Spider-Man” (2012’s “The Amazing Spider-Man.”) What are your expectations for the sequel? DEREK: I see these Spider-Man movies as just kind of fun. They’re nothing too deep. I think the Amazing Spider-Man did SpiderMan well. I think it’s how he should be. What I kind of dislike about them is the fact that they’re kind of trying to “Avenger-tize” it. They have all these spinoffs planned (Sony has announced upcoming flicks focusing on villains, The Sinister Six and Venom) and I feel like they’re trying to manufacture what Marvel (Studios) has already done. That could lead to stagnation. I’d rather just see a fun Spider-man movie and not a bunch of plot threads that may be resolved five years from now. JASON: My hopes for the new “SpiderMan” movie would be for the death of Gwen Stacy. I know that sounds horrible, because I think she’s (actress Emma Stone’s) doing an awesome job. But if you’re going to keep the continuity (from the comic book) Spider-Man has got to (accidentally) kill Gwen Stacy. EJ: In case I didn’t mention, there may be spoilers in this discussion - for those who never read “The Amazing Spider-Man” no. 122 (which concluded a well-known story arc from 1973.) JASON: That’s what needs to happen. It changes his character. There’s a story arc there. And they screwed up the continuity of (Sam Raimi’s) trilogy, and that bugged some people. RACHELLE: I feel like you’re taking some liberties anyway with the story, in the movie. Why not let Gwen Stacy live? In so many stories, so many types of movies we just kill the female characters to advance the male lead’s emotional progress. I don’t really feel that’s fair; and in this particular adaptation of the comic, Gwen Stacy is awesome. She’s a cool chick, she’s super smart, and I’d really hate to see her go. But I’ve read a couple of things where I feel like that’s where it’s going. DEREK: I’m OK if they kill her. But with how jam packed this movie is I would like to see them do it justice rather than have it just come out of left field. RACHELLE: There’s three villains. So where can they fit it in? EJ: How do you feel about the makeovers for the villains? You have a blue Electro. You’ve got a teenage Green Goblin, though I think I’ve seen pics where he gets uglier. And you’ve got Paul Giamatti as Rhino. RACHELLE: I love Paul Giamatti. I think he’s

gonna play a bad ass Rhino. I’ve seen a couple of set pictures and think he looks amazing. DEREK: He looks the coolest. But every trailer I’ve seen features the same scene with Rhino. I assume he won’t be in the movie very long. RACHELLE: Maybe they’re teasing for the next movie, and he’ll be in the end fight or something. DEREK: Which is fine, ‘cause three villains is already pushing it, as “Spider-Man 3” showed us (in 2007.) JASON: (Laughs)Yeah. I kind of wanted the green spandex with the yellow lightning bolt face mask (for Electro.) Or some creepy old guy (as Vulture.) But we’re not gonna get any of that, ‘cause it’s hard to sell action figures from that. EJ: With costumes, there seems to be a trend, as highlighted by Avengers, where they have to show the highest paid actor’s face a lot. “I’m Iron Man and I’ll open my mask for no reason while bullets are flying.” JASON: (Laughs.) Captain America does a bit of that, too. RACHELLE: It must get hot under there. I don’t blame him. EJ: (To Rachelle) You were saying “X-Men” is the movie you’re most excited about. RACHELLE: When I was in elementary school, I used to draw “X-Men” and trade for fruit snacks. That’s how I got into art and that’s how I got into comics. I love “The X-Men.” EJ: That one’s based loosely on a classic story line from 1981 (from “The Uncanny X-Men” issues No. 141 and 142.) RACHELLE: Which is awesome. EJ: You mentioned the chronology in the comic books, and X-Men more than the others has probably taken liberties with when things happen. RACHELLE: I see it as its own entity, pretty much. I try not to compare them to the comics because they are so far from the stories, and the characters, even. EJ: They’re killin’ off major character ... RACHELLE: ... in a really ridiculous way. They just brush Phoenix under the carpet. JASON: Wolverine’s 6’ tall. DEREK: I’m okay with this one kind of going off base from the comics just because it’s a good comic. It’s just two issues, I’m pretty sure. Not a lot goes on. Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page’s character) comes back. What’s cool about it is the background and the history, and it looks like they really nailed that. My problem with the “X-men” kind of comes in how (director) Bryan Singer does the characterization. (To Rachelle) I try to be like you and separate it. But it seems like “X-men” is the biggest offender in just how off base everything is.

EJ: And we shall not speak of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” JASON: Huh? What is that? RACHELLE: I don’t know what you’re talking about. DEREK: Not even that. As a kid I loved Cyclops. Cyclops is my favorite X-Man, and when the movie came out ... JASON: He was a whiney (whimp.) DEREK: Yeah, this isn’t Cyclops at all! So I was mad about that. Then “X-3.” we won’t even talk about that. Honestly, my only hope for this “X-Men” is at the end maybe they fix the time line thing and Cyclops is just there. That’s all I want. I just wanna see Cyclops and fade to black. (They laugh.) EJ: Along those lines, I was disappointed with the lack of Colossus. JASON: I know he’s in the new ones. DEREK: My suspicion with that movie is that most “X-1,” “X-2,” “X-3” characters won’t be in it that much. They’ll have some of them in the beginning, Wolverine goes back (to the ‘70s) and 90 percent of the action takes place there. EJ: It’s kind of weird. I guess the original comic came out in 1981, and they went forward in the future to about now. And now, in the movie, they’re going into the past. JASON: I don’t know. I think both these movies are gonna be a good distraction and keep people busy until “Guardians of the Galaxy” comes out. I think that’ll be the hit. DEREK: I’m with you on that. EJ: That’s the one I’m not familiar with. So who the hell are “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and why should we care? JASON: When I was young, they used to occasionally appear in “The Avengers” and several other things. Then, several years ago, they came up with the lineup you’re gonna see in the movie. They ramped up the violence, the action and the humor - and the sex - and made it a much more entertaining comic book. That’s what you’re gonna get a movie out of. It’s a perfect way to tie in all the celestial villains into the Avengers universe. EJ: It’s got the guy from “Parks and Rec” (Chris Pratt). So how can it miss? (To Derek) But you also think that’s the one people are overlooking. DEREK: That’s the one I’m excited for, and mostly because I think Marvel’s really been killin’ it lately. I’ve enjoyed this latest run of movies and how each one kind of has a different feel. You’ve got a buddy cop vibe with “Iron Man 3.” Then “Thor: The Dark World” was high fantasy; and then Cap was like a political thriller. Now we’re getting this big sci fi adventure. I think that’s really cool how they’re diversifying like that.

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uperheroes used to be guilty pleasures. Now nothing is more mainstream than a superhero-based summer blockbuster. Putting costumed crime fighters on the big screen, in 3D, is essentially a license to print money these days, as demonstrated most recently by Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” That flick has raked in around $225 million domestically, according to The Hollywood Reporter, making it the highest grossing April release of all time. Expect “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” – which stars James Garfield and Emma Stone and opens May 2 – to put up similar numbers, with an army of other Marvel Comics characters to follow Spidey onto the big screen. We figured it was time to revive our Nerd Panel, as first assembled a year ago to speculate about “Iron Man 3.” (Boy, were we wrong about the Mandarin thing.) Here are a few thoughts on the mayhem to come. ERNEST JASMIN (MODERATOR): Let’s start with all of you stating your names and nerd credentials. RACHELLE ABELLAR: My name is Rachelle Abellar, and I’m a designer at Tacoma Weekly. I’m also a designer for GeekGirlCon. I guess that would be my cred. I’ve been there for three years. JASON MCKIBBIN: I’m Jason McKibbin. I am one of the co-founders and vice president for Comics For Kids, Inc. I was a former coowner of Poison Apple, which was a wacky retail store here in Tacoma. Yeah, I’m a nerd. DEREK SHUCK: My name is Derek Shuck, and I’m a staffer for Tacoma Weekly, plus I was a frequent purveyor of Central City Comics in Ellensburg. EJ: We’re gathered because this is one of the biggest summers for comics to movies on record, kicked off by “Captain America.” We have “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” opening this weekend. We have “X-men: Days of Future Past” coming up (on May 23) and “Guardians of the Galaxy” (due June 14.) We even have some TV shows in development. (Netflix has announced plans for “Daredevil,” “Powerman,” “Iron Fist,” “Jessica Jones” and “The Defenders.”) When it’s all said and done, which of the latest batch of movies do you think we’ll mention in the same breath as, say, “The Dark Knight”? DEREK: Well, “The Dark Knight” is kind of its own category. The movies that (director) Christopher Nolan made are not the same comic book movies that anyone else made. RACHELLE: Yeah, I feel like Christopher

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FOUR DANCE THEATRE NW Dance Theatre Northwest will give a free “Arts Are Education” spring concert with classical and contemporary ballet and jazz at the University Place Civic Center Atrium, PHOTO BY MAKS 3609 Market Pl. W., on ZAKHAROV Saturday, May 3 at 5:30 p.m. Artistic Director Melanie Kirk-Stauffer will provide an ongoing lecture offering insight into several of the specially selected pieces

FIVE JAMES MANUELE Classical guitarist James Manuele will perform an afternoon of Spanish, Mexican and Latin American music from three centuries on Saturday, May 3 at Tacoma’s downtown Main Library (1102 Tacoma Ave. S.). Manuele is an active guitar instructor and has taught at the Creative and Performing Arts, San Diego; the Beacock’s Music Education Center, Vancouver, WA; the Urban Music Center, Portland; and presently teaches at both Clark College Vancouver, Washington and at Concordia in Portland. As a soloist and ensemble performer, James has performed in concert series, music festivals, and concertos. The free concert begins at 1 p.m., with doors opening at 12:30 p.m. More information is available at www.tacomapubliclibrary.org or by telephoning the library at 253.292.2001, ext 2.

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Conducter Harvey Felder bids farewell to Tacoma Symphony Orchestra By Ernest A. Jasmin

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arvey Felder has gracefully wielded the baton for two decades at the helm of Tacoma Symphony Orchestra. But his run as musical director will officially come to a close following his final concert at the Pantages Theater on May 10. “It’s going to be a bittersweet last concert,� said Felder, reached at home near Hartford, Conn. where he has served as the University of Connecticut’s director of orchestral studies since early 2013. “I’m very proud of the Tacoma Symphony, what it has become,� he said. “It’s so heartwarming to know how the community has always been there for me and TSO, supporting us through some rough times and some good times. The community has embraced me as one of their own, and I feel like Tacoma is one of my homes.� Felder’s path to the conductor’s podium was a bit circuitous. He grew up in Milwaukee where his parents enrolled him in piano lessons at a young age; and, by seventh grade, he’d decided he wanted to be a music teacher. He realized that goal, teaching for several years in Wisconsin’s public school system before moving on to Haverford and Bryn Mawr colleges, which share a music department in Pennsylvania. It was there that he became interested in studying conducting at a more advanced level. “I had no intention of taking that knowledge to the professional realm,� Felder recalled. “I just thought I would do it to improve my conducting so I could be a better collegiate conductor. But once I started studying those workshops and observing who my peers were ... I realized I was viable. I had a comparable level of talent.� Felder’s aptitude landed him at the Milwaukee Symphony where he became assistant conductor in 1989. The Milwaukee Sentinel characterized him as “a thoughtful and sincere musician, with a

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stylish, poised podium presence,� a reputation that led to numerous guest conducting gigs. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1991. When it came time for Felder to lead his own orchestra, he set his sights on Tacoma where he succeeded long-time music director Edward Sefarian in 1993. His hiring marked the beginning of a sea change for the 85-member ensemble, which was a mix of professional and skilled amateur musicians at the time. “Harvey Felder was the primary architect for the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra’s transformation from community to professional orchestra,� executive director Andrew Buelow said in a statement

released by TSO. “Under his leadership the TSO has become a respected, full-service symphony – among the finest artistic ensembles in the state.� Felder said he chose to perform Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 5� at his final concert to underscore just how much the Tacoma Symphony has grown. “This is a virtuoso piece,� he said. “It requires depth in maturity from an ensemble in order to play it; and the fact that we can do this symphony on my final concert represents the progress we’ve made. We could not have played this symphony 15 years ago.� TSO will also perform Liszt’s “Piano Concerto No. 1� with guest pianist Andrew Armstrong and Roberto Sierra’s “A Joyous Overture� on May 10. But along with TSO’s growth, Felder said he was most proud to leave behind Simply Symphonic, an educational outreach program that he developed with local educators. Launched in 1996, the

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SACRED ANIMAL. Kelly McLaughlin’s “Tiger (Self Portrait)” is made of cermic and oil paint. McLaughlin’s animal-headed busts dominate the show of PLU’s graduating art seniors.

the days of the week, are filled with a variety of things that suggest a busy family life to come. The piece is reminiscent of Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party.” The printmakers are also prominent in the show. Rachel Teahan’s woodcut prints, with a “Days of the Dead” vibe are colorful, humorous and well crafted. Kailey McEvilly’s lyrical lithographs and Katherine Vail’s powerful monoprints are also very professional. Lauren Peterson’s lithographs of heads with collage elements are striking. Some of the artists choose to work in mixed media. Tam Nguyen’s “Vietnam in me” is a mobile of paper cones with painted images on the undersides. Hanna Kreutz’s “(Cross)ing Generations” is a series of silhouettes of people silk screened onto wooden panels. These are linked

together by a web of blue thread. The show includes examples of photography and graphic design. Of the latter, Hyunhee Kim’s “Puppy Package” – a box design for a product called lazy Dog Pumpkin Gingers – is quite delightful. Katie Hoffman’s printed quotations of things “Overheard on the Bus” are cleverly conceived and executed. “You might not want to sit there. A small child threw up a while ago,” reads one. Karly Cornelison’s is a prolific painter whose works are sprinkles throughout the show. Her “Waters of the Earth” series seems to be grappling with the despoiling of the waters by oil spills and other atrocities of industrial capitalism. The PLU Senior Exhibition runs through May 26. For further information visit www.plu.edu/ artd/gallery/home.php.

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Featuring classic cars on the plaza April through October, rain or shine! It’s a road so quintessentially American that it has become a permanent part of our cultural memory. Experience Route 66 with ACM’s newest exhibit Route 66: Dream of the Mother Road. Opening Day Festivities: • First 100 ACM Members receive commemorative Route 66 posters.

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nnually, the Grand Cinema’s 72 Hour Film Competition challenges squads of local filmmakers to produce short, original features – from story boards to DVD – in three days or less. This year’s entries will be shown at a big screening party on May 9 at Tacoma’s Urban Grace Church. Writing a script, wrangling actors and securing locations can be tricky enough under such a tight deadline. But in 2010, Nick Butler attempted something even more ambitious than all of that. “I tried to do an animation project, and it was a total train wreck,� he said, laughing as he recalled the ill-fated story of “Kat and Bunnie.� The attempted film’s source material was an indie comic book Butler had written and illustrated; and he felt more than equipped for the task since he had the run of a computer lab at Pacific Lutheran University that year. But complicating matters were misguided attempts to coordinate with two collaborators overseas, his younger brother, Christopher, in Japan and a PLU student named Thor Wang who’d returned to Norway. “The coordination just ate up all my time,� Butler said. By the 11th hour, he had cut off all ties and rushed to meet his deadline. Finally, he was horrified to realize he’d accidentally overwritten half his files. Animation: Fail. You’d figure Butler had learned his lesson that year; but last Sunday he was back at it again, working on a new animation project called “Agent O.� He figured he’d had less than two hours sleep since Thursday evening, when contestants were briefed on this year’s rules at the Grand. When asked what was keeping him upright, he rattled a bottle of

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neon orange fluid. “Rockstar!� he declared, with a big grin. This year, at least, he had the sense to recruit a local collaborator in fellow animator, John Carlton. The two met after Carlton – a veteran of the video game industry – learned of Butler’s upstart company Turtle Dust Media. It is housed in a suite on Tacoma Avenue that Butler obtained through Spaceworks, a city program that pairs aspiring entrepreneurs with vacant office and retail space. “Our proposal to Spaceworks was that we’d complete two minutes of feature length quality animation, that will help us get more jobs, and then bring that work into Tacoma,� Butler said, alluding to Nintendo, Bungie and other companies that have turned Western Washington into a hotbed for computer animation. Storyboards for the duo’s longterm project, “Peanut Butter Jelly Jam,� hung on the wall nearby. But the 72 Hour contest seemed like a prime opportunity to work on a fresh, green-themed project about a secret

agent otter (voiced by Carlton) who takes on an evil robot (Butler’s wife, Bethany) that is flooding the waterway that O and his friends live in with plastic junk. “I’ve never done an animation for the 72 Hour,� Carlton said. “So it’s definitely been more painful and more leisurely at the same time because everything is done within a relatively small space. “There’s not so many people to coordinate with, so it’s easier to just blaze ahead. But doing a complete animation of the length that we’re working on here in 72 hours is pretty painful.� The duo plans to pitch the project to “Nick Jr.� Learn more about Turtle Dust Media online at www.turtedustmedia.com. “Agent O� and up to 30 other projects will be screened beginning at 7 p.m. at Urban Grace Church, which is located at 902 Market St., in Tacoma. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Learn more at grandcinema.com.

ngela Davis, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Winona LaDuke and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva have been announced as keynote speakers for the University of Puget Sound’s DAVIS National Race & Pedagogy Conference, which will be held at various campus venues from Sept. 25-27. Davis is among the most well known counter-cultural figures to emerge from the late 1960s, with much of her activism focused on civil rights and bringing attention to abuses of the prison-industrial complex. She has been a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and was twice a candidate for vice president on the Communist Party USA ticket. LaDuke is an American Indian activist, environmentalist and economist. She is the founder of Honor the Earth, a national advocacy group that encourages public support and funding for native environmental groups, and she was presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s running mate on the Green Party ticket in 1996 and 2000. Gates is a professor at Harvard University and a renowned writer, literary critic and scholar. In 2009, he made headlines after he was arrested while trying to enter his home in Cambridge, Mass., stirring up a whirlwind of controversy about race relations in America and ultimately leading to he and his arresting officer being invited to the White House for a “beer summit� with President Barack Obama. Bonilla-Silva is a professor at Duke University who is best known for his critically acclaimed book “Racism Without Racists: Color-blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America� ($28.45, Rowman & Littlefield). The theme of this year’s event is “What NOW is the Work of Education and Justice? – Mapping a New Critical Conscience.� Among topics organizers say will be covered are the teaching of science and race; the criminal justice system and “school-to-prison pipeline�; innovations in public education and the process of institutional change. “The conference takes place against the backdrop of the re-election of America’s first African American president, and legal reform in areas such as marriage equality and immigration policies,� reads a statement from UPS. “Yet at the same time, voting rights have been challenged, mass incarceration continues, and severe economic conditions have exacerbated the politics of racial resentment.� This will be the third time the Race & Pedagogy Conference at UPS, and the event is open to the general public. Registration info is available by calling (253) 879-2435 or by going online to www.pugetsound.edu/RPNC.

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me about what you’re working on? Are you going to play any new songs we can listen for at UPS? Bishop: Right now, we’re just demo-ing a lot of our new ideas, and we’ll definitely be playing them at the few shows that we have. At UPS, we’ll probably have four or five new songs. The live performance and testing those out are a pretty integral and important part of the process for us. We’re recording at our band studio right now and hoping to have some demos to send out to studios and producers within the next few weeks or months. We’re aiming to have a third record with a release date of a year from now or so. TW: What are some of the new titles we can listen up for? Bishop: There’s a new one I just wrote called “North and South.” There’s another new one called “Perfect, OK.” We might be soliciting title suggestions for a couple others. TW: How would you compare and contrast what you’re doing now versus the stuff on the first two records? Bishop: I think what we learned after finishing the second record is a lot of our songs are very pretty and kind of sad. We want to maintain the music aesthetic of the first two records, but we also kind of wanna ... have a bit more of a groove to ‘em. We’ve been listening to a lot of music that’s more beatfocused, and understanding how to integrate that with our instrumental arrangements and strings and stuff, to make music that might make people want to move TW: So you wanna see more people dancin’, maybe. Bishop: (Laughs) You know, I think it would be a lot for us to ask – a band with an accordion and cello and six white guys – for too many people to dance. But maybe a step in the direction of dancing. Maybe a little hip shuffle or an occasional tapping of the foot.

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STRONGER TOGETHER, A CONCERT FOR OSO Fri., May 2, 7 p.m. Life Center Church, 1717 S. Union Ave., Tacoma Help us help our neighbors in need by joining the Florida Regional Salvation Army Band and the Northwest’s own Breath of Aire Choir in “Stronger Together-A concert for Oso.” An offering will be taken to support the Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services in Oso and the surrounding area. Price: Free. Info: (253) 854-9999 RIGHT PLANT FOR THE RIGHT PLACE WORKSHOP Fri., May 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler St., Tacoma Learn landscaping tips to add beauty, interest and value to your yard and reduce how much time and money you spend on yard work. As a bonus, attendees will be able to pre-choose their plants to purchase at the Tacoma Nature Center’s Spring Native Plant Sale the next day. Price: $5 per person. Info: (253) 591-6439

DENNY & BILL ORCHET Fri., May 2, 7 p.m. Art House Cafe, 111 N. Tacoma Ave., Tacoma The Art House Café welcomes house favorites Bill and Denny’s Orchet featuring a female vocalist. Denny Foreman & Bill Young will play a jazzy evening on guitar and sax. Bring some friends to enjoy dinner, dessert, spirits and music. Price: Free. Info: (253) 212-2011 SALVATION ARMY GARDEN – PLOTS AVAILABLE Sat., May 3, 10 a.m. Salvation Army Neighborhood Garden, 3545 S. 12th St. The Tacoma Salvation Army has developed the lot on 12th Street and Union Avenue for a neighborhood garden. There are 19 plots available for the general public. Plots are 4’ x 8’ and cost $25 for the growing season to cover operating costs. All gardeners will have access to a master gardener for plot design and general guidance. Vegetable plant starts will also be provided for free for registered gardeners. Price: $25. Info: salvationarmytacoma@gmail.com.

20TH ANNUAL HISTORIC HOMES OF TACOMA TOUR Sat., May 3, 7 p.m. Tacoma Historical Society Exhibition Center, 3712 S. Cedar St., Tacoma Tacoma Historical Society invites you to the Historic Homes of Tacoma Tour, held annually on the first weekend in May. The tour typically includes eight or nine private homes plus a reception center, usually a historic church. Ticket books, purchased in advance, contain a brief history of each home and a map. Homes may be visited in any order during tour hours. Cost: $20. Info: (253) 4723738 or www.tacomahistory.org

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS COMEDY ROCK SHOW PART 2 Sat., May 3, 8:30 p.m. Rock N Roll Lodge, 9825 Pacific Ave., Tacoma Comedy Mob Entertainment presents “The Unusual Suspects Comedy Show” Part 2, starring two of the Northwest’s funniest comedians, Justin Hayes & Dylan Avila. The show will be hosted by comedian Mike James and will include guest appearances by some of the wildest comedians in The Comedy Mob & their Funny friends. Price: $5-$10. Info: (253) 539-2616 CIVIL WAR PATHWAYS IN THE NORTHWEST Sun., May 4, 7 p.m. Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave. Join the Washington State History Museum in its groundbreaking exploration of the American Civil War, and the role and impact it had on the Northwest territories. With more than 150 original artifacts and stories from primary documents, this exhibit will look at the profound effect this war had on the lives of Washingtonians, and the choices that citizens, soldiers and slaves made

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JAZZ DISCIPLES’ BENEFIT CONCERT Sun., May 4, 5 p.m. Praise Covenant Church, 3501 S. Orchard St., Tacoma Golgotha Baptist Church has twice been the victim of arson. What can we do to help? The Jazz Disciples decided to help by performing a benefit concert. The Jazz Disciples play Christian church music arranged to a Big Band style, a volunteer band comprised of seven vocalisst and 20 musicians representing about 16 churches across the Puget Sound. All donations will go to Golgotha Baptist Church to help them in their rebuilding. Price: Free (freewill offering will be taken). Info: (253) 495-3022

HA HA TUESDAY HOSTED BY RALPH PORTER Tues. May 6, 8:30 p.m. Jazzbones, 2803 Sixth Ave. Hosted by Ralph Porter every Tuesday, Ha Ha Tuesdays offers a night of laughs for you and your friends as well as drink specials to enjoy. If you are looking for an inexpensive night of entertainment this is one to check out. Info: (253) 396-9169 TACOMA MUSICAL PLAYHOUSE 9TH ANNUAL LADIES LUNCHEON AND AUCTION Wed., May 7, 11:45 a.m. 7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma Join the Tacoma Musical Playhouse Board of Directors, staff and dozens of other lady patrons for a festive afternoon of fun, food, friendship, fundraising, and, of course, music. Bid on hundreds of wonderful silent and live auction items. All to benefit Tacoma Musical Playhouse many programs. Price: $40. Info: (253) 565-6867

SPECIAL FAMILIES OF PIERCE COUNTY Mon., May 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Pierce County Library Processing and Administration Center, 3005 112th St. E. SPECIAL Families of Pierce County is a support group for families that have children with special needs. Each month features an expert speaker discussing a topic relevant to special needs. This program is free, donations welcome to cover expenses. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3300 or www.special-families.org

DR. TOLMIE, THE NATURALIST Wed., May 7, 11 a.m. Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, Point Defiance Its common name is the Piggyback Plant, but its scientific name is “Tolmiea menziesii.” It was named for William Tolmie, the on-site manager of Hudson’s Bay Company operations at Fort Nisqually from 1843 until 1859. A new exhibit at Fort Nisqually reveals the exploits of a younger Tolmie as he collected plants and animals of the Pacific Northwest, including his history-making expedition to Mount Rainier in 1833. Price: Included with fort admission. Info: (253) 591-5339

ARGENTINE TANGO FOR BEGINNERS Tues. May 6, 8-9 p.m. Cultura Event Center, 5602 S. Washington St., Tacoma Argentine Tango lessons for absolute beginners. Learn this elegant way of moving on the dance floor with easy to understand and follow lessons that include an hour of class weekly and a weekly practica (practice) dance to learn how to use what you are learning with other dancers. Partners not needed. Cost: $12 per person drop

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ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) The Solar Eclipse in Taurus has blessed your financial situation this week. There may be some ups and downs along the way but they are necessary for progress down the road. The thrill of the chase may tempt you. Stay focused and keep your path clear of obstacles. Romance sizzles with passion. TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Dynamic change is heading your way on the tail of the Solar Eclipse. Stagnant areas of your life and relationships that don’t serve you will be in question. Time to say goodbye to the old and get ready for new plans to come. Enjoy each day as it comes as a gift from the cosmos. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) Your vivid dreams deserve examination. Keep a notebook by your bedside and write down all important inspirations. Meditation and yoga may play key roles to help you feel centered. Your social life experiences a boost with exciting new adventures heading your way. CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) A new special friend comes into your life to help you make positive changes. Professional relationships with like-minded people could bring new opportunities. A key decision needs to be made. Weigh the pros and cons to unlock the best possibilities for longterm growth.

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3728 N Gove St, Tacoma Cute little bungalow in Proctor! Nice upgrades include a new family room, windows, roof, energy package & carpet 6 years ago. Detached garage was converted to extra living space. It has a separate electric panel, heat & lights - lots of possibilities... music studio, art studio, exercise / yoga room, etc. Parking for 3 cars off the alley next to garage. Charming back yard, too! +DUGZRRG Ă RRUV XQGHU FDUSHW H[FHSW LQ family room. MLS# 518902. $195,000 Call Dave Peterson, Managing Broker at Better Properties N Proctor for more information. 253-222-8480 or davepeterson@betterproperties.com.

2212 N Ferdinand St Tacoma

NEW LISTING: VIEW LOT • $230,000 1116 N. Jackson, Tacoma 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)

1018 S 61st St, Tacoma • $139,999 Charm and character galore in this 1920’s &XWLH %HDXWLIXO KDUGZRRG à RRUV WKURXJKRXW high coved ceilings, large open kitchen, mud room, master bedroom w/2 closets, upstairs has KLJK FHLOLQJV )LU à RRUV DQG EHGURRPV ZLWK ORWV of closet space plus lots of storage. Backyard is fully fenced and is a gardener’s dream with pond, mature landscaping and so much privacy. Garage is like a quaint cottage with a loft, new wiring and shop. House has 60 year roof, new insulation and is adorable! (MLS # 600824)

6711 36th St Ct NW, Gig Harbor

3 Bed, 1 3/4 Bath. 1,356 sq ft. Open Ă RRU SODQ YDXOWHG FHLOLQJV KLJKOLJKW this handsome rambler on a park-like corner lot in Artondale. Kitchen features an island, new smooth-top stove & convection oven, tile countertops & bay ZLQGRZV )DPLO\ URRP ZLWK Ă€UHSODFH LV 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 ž bathroom. 30-yr roof installed in 2005. 10 mins to schools, shopping, recreation & SR-16

$257,500

TWO HOMES IN ONE! 1207 N K St.

Gil Rigell

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

$204,950

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

936 S Sheridan $219,000 Beautiful Victorian 4plex in good location back on the market after remodel. Walking distance to hospitals, downtown, SDUNV 0DLQ Ă RRU XQLW has one bedroom plus attached bonus room, dining room, lg kitchen with nook, new carpet throughout, bay windows. Upstairs unit has 2 bedrooms, bath, lg living room, kitchen & balcony. Lower level has 2 studio apts & bath. Sep. utilities for main and upper units. 3,064 sq ft MLS# 523770

Better Properties Heather Redal 253.363.5920

Nested behind the coveted gates of Madera, your elegant dream home awaits. Boasting an open, spacious à RRU SODQ WKLV home is an entertainer’s dream and chef’s delight. Elaborately upgraded in 2013. MLS# 617879. $849,950

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

PROPERTY

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OLD TOWN $499,950

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

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Businesses Opportunities 4 Sale with Owner Contract LAKEWOOD FLORIST SHOP Same location 30+ years, owners retiring, Asking $60,000 cash. PORT ORCHARD, DOWNTOWN Food & Beverage, annual gross sales, approx. $1,500,000, excellent net. Owner selling real estate & the business for $1,050,000, terms avail., same location over 100 years. ice

RURAL LIVING: pr reduced Restaurant/Lounge in Ashford, WA Price for business, $105,000 with $25,000 down. Price for the real estate, $390,000 with $75,000 down. Owner’s contract includes a 3 B/R house, laundromat, restr./lounge bldg. on 3.4 acre, commercial zoned parcel.

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COLLISION CENTER Same owner 15 yrs. Retiring, 6621 So. Tacoma Way. $130,000 with terms to qualified buyer - some training provided at 0 cost to buyer.

3614 E G St, Tacoma

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

1232 S Adams St. Super charming home w/ the ease of newer amenities... Box beam ceilings, hardwood à RRUV PDUEOH HQWU\ SLFWXUH SODWH UDLOV SHULRG VW\OH OLJKW À[WXUHV DGG WR WKH DPELHQFH ZKLOH newer roof, furnace/heat pump, indoor/outdoor speakers, newer wiring/plumbing, & gas ÀUHSODFH DGG WR WKH DKKKK IDFWRU 6SDFLRXV living room, large kitchen, HUGE dining room, a bedroom and cute remodeled bathroom JUDFH WKH ÀUVW à RRU *LJDQWLF GHFN Z VHDWLQJ welcome home. Move in and make it yours.

O’CALLAHAN’S PUB & GRILL IN KEY CENTER Business is for sale for $225,000 with $75,000 down, High gross sales. Saler will also consider leasing the space. Health price issue forces sale. d

Better Properties N. Proctor (253) 376-7787

Need space? This house is much larger than it appears... Want charm? We have it here- from the coved ceilings to the KDUGZRRG Ă RRUV WKURXJK WKH DUFKHV DQG the gorgeous woodwork- this house has appeal. MLS# 609404. $180,000

HOMES FOR SALE

Amazing development potential with this unique 2OG 7RZQ SURSHUW\ &LW\ KDV JLYHQ ÀQDO SODW 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

Debbie Houtz Better Properties 253-376-2280

Wonderful turn of the century home w/ lovely upgrades AND original charm: New underground power, sewer & waterlines w/ new plumbing, new panel & wiring in home. Soaring ceilings & built-ins add character. MLS# 526817. $258,000

HOMES FOR SALE

11425 Madera Cir SW Lakewood

MLS# 573155

Absolutely Charming, Mediterranean Style, custom built North Tacoma view home. Enjoy Commencement Bay view from Mstr Br balc. ,QVLGH IHDW LQFO 0DUEOH Ă RRU HQWU\ 6W 6WHHO $SSO *UDQ FRXQW WRSV &XVW EXLOW +LFNRU\ FDE %HDXW %UD]LOLDQ &KHUU\ KDUGZRRG Ă RRU %D\ ZLQGRZV 0VWU VXLWH Z )3 /UJ EDWK VWHDP VKRZHU &DOL FORVHW 1HZ (QHUJ\ (IĂ€FLHQW KHDWLQJ &HQW YDFXXP QHZ SDLQW LQ RXW QHZ FDUSHW )LQLVKHG %VPW Z NLWFKHQ &ORVH WR 6FKRROV 3DUNV )UHHZD\ +RVSLWDOV :DWHUIURQW $623,000.

CALL 253.922.5317

A 3 Bdr, 3 Bath AND a 2 Bdr, 2 Bath. Historic 1910 North Slope home is all new inside and out . Condo living with no HOA. High &HLOLQJV JDV ÂżUHSODFHV VHSDUDWHO\ PHWHUHG &DOO IRU SULYDWH VKRZLQJ WRGD\ 253.606.0689 BROKER PARTICIPATION WELCOME

$399,000

LAKEWOOD CAFE/LOUNGE on a busy intersection, $71,000 CASH. ice

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CALL RICHARD PICTON 253-581-6463 or ED PUNCHAK 253-224-7109

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