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PAINT TACOMA-PIERCE BEAUTIFUL Program reinvents itself finding new ways to meet needs

By Kathleen Merryman Paint TacomaPierce Beautiful began transforming Tacoma in 1985, sending out teams to paint homes for free, raising the standards in neighborhoods, restoring dignity to low-income seniors and

people with disabilities. The program is now reinventing itself. The original concept was pure Tacoma: Give a bunch of volunteers the materials to make one person’s home lovely again. Service clubs, paint suppliers, schools and congregations rallied to it, and Associated Ministries added it to

its roster of community initiatives. Every year it grew. It expanded into Lakewood, University Place, unincorporated Pierce County. But members of many of the original congregations have aged, and younger people have not stepped in. City and County grant money has become scarcer. X See PAINT / page A10

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PAINTERS AT WORK. Volunteers like these fine folks have kept Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful going strong since 1985.

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6th Avenue Farmers Market 3-7 p.m. Tuesdays, May–Sept. 6th and North Pine Street www.tacomafarmersmarket.com

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Broadway Farmers Market

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays, May–Oct. South 9th Street and Broadway www.tacomafarmersmarket.com

South Tacoma Market

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays, April–September STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St. www.tacomafarmersmarket.com.

Proctor Farmers’ Market

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, March-Dec.; Corner of No. 27th and Proctor Streets www.proctorfarmersmarket.com

Puyallup Farmers’ Market

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 13–Oct. 12 Puyallup’s Pioneer Park and in the Pioneer Park Pavilion, 330 S. Meridian www.puyallupmainstreet.com

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TO MARKET. Farmers markets around the South Sound bring small farmers and vendors to locally minded shoppers.

By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

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he first harvests from local gardens and fields are hitting the streets with the opening of farmers market season around Tacoma and the South Sound. Any number of a variety of markets will take over a local street each day of the week with offerings from fresh veggies to cottage crafts and arts of all sorts, straight from the maker to the buyer. The largest of these markets is the Broadway Farmers Market that takes over the Theater District each Thursday beginning in May and lasting through the summer. The South Tacoma Farmers Market anchors Sundays while the 6th Avenue Farmers Market holds down the demands of Tuesday shoppers. All three operate under one non-profit management but

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11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays and Wednesdays June 2-Sept. 29 Skansie Brothers Park, 3207 Harborview Dr. www.gigharborfarmersmarket.com

Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Shopping Center

“Each market is unique.” – Kayla Waldorf Market Organizer

have their own neighborhood twists. “Each market is unique,” market organizer Kayla Waldorf said. “Our Thursday market is our flagship market and is our largest (ranges between 80 and 100 vendors) and most metropolitan market (since it is located downtown). It really is a lunch hub for the downtown and business community and provides urban residents with local, farm fresh produce. I think the most interesting thing about this market is the mix of rural and urban cultures that come together in this space.” X See MARKETS / page A4

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8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 6-May 14 4701 Pt. Fosdick Dr. www.gigharborfarmersmarket.com

Lakewood Farmers Market

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, June 4 -Sept. 17 Lakewood City Hall, 6000 Main St. SW cityoflakewood.us/farmersmarket

Steilacoom Farmers Market 3-7 p.m. Wednesdays, June 15-Sept. 7 Lafayette and Wilkes Streets www.steilacoomfarmersmarket.org

By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

With all the pomp and pageantry befitting a decision that was already made, Tacoma City Council passed Resolution No. 38664 on April 30, its formal endorsement of the North Downtown Central corridor as the choice route for the Tacoma Link Light Rail system expansion. “The City Council hereby expresses its support for the North Downtown Central (E1) corridor as the preferred alternative for the Tacoma Link Light Rail system expansion project, which will be a significant and important investment in Tacoma and an important addition to the regional transit system,” the resolution states. The route would run tracks from the current Theater District Station, run up Stadium Way to Martin Luther King Jr. Way and continue down to Hilltop’s South 19th Street. The route is projected to cost $133 million, but $50 million of local partnership dollars is still needed to match Sound Transit and federal grant dollars. During the public comment period before the formal vote, Hilltop residents championed the route to their neighborhood in hopes that it will push the once troubled area into prosperity. “The Renaissance is beginning,” resident Aaron Wilson said. East Side residents countered with their case for tighter connections with the rest of the city and easier access to everyday services such as schools, museums and grocery stores that a Portland Avenue route would bring. They also talked about the economic development potential of having light rail service between the

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City Briefs CHANGES COME FOR WEEKLY VOLCANO

Weekly Volcano publisher Ron Swarner has announced that the newspaper will no longer be printing as its own publication. Instead, the popular alternative weekly will be an entertainment supplement inside the Ranger and Northwest Airlifter publications. Tacoma Weekly wishes all the best to the fine folks at the Volcano during this transition period, and we look forward, like everyone else, to enjoying the Volcano’s continued one-of-a-kind coverage of area arts and entertainment. Here is a letter Swarner posted on the Weekly Volcano Facebook page over the weekend: Greetings South Sound campers, This may come as a shock, but the news isn’t a surprise. The Weekly Volcano will no longer stand alone as an alternative newsweekly, but rather be converted into the entertainment supplement to the Ranger and Northwest Airlifter, the weekly newspapers serving the South Sound military community. The Volcano will continue to be distributed exactly as it has been for the last 12 years — inside bars, restaurants, coffee shops, colleges, businesses, purple and green boxes on the streets, as well as inside the Ranger and Northwest Airlifter newspapers. By every measure not related to advertising sales, the Weekly Volcano has been a success. Unlike many newspapers and magazines, we didn’t suffer from declining readership, online or in print — only declining revenue. But, in the end, the money is what matters, it pays for the news department, fancy special sections, expansive arts coverage, marketing, daily happy hour in our fifth floor lounge and, sadly, weeklyvolcano.com and its blogs. The Weekly Volcano will continue to report on and review South Sound music, culture and craziness without a change in circulation or attitude. The Volcano website — weeklyvolcano.com — will merge with our sister site, www. northwestmilitary.com, over the next week. Restaurant reviews? You will find them on www.northwestmilitary.com. Theater reviews? They’ll be there too. Event calendars? Yup. We’ll even resurrect 5 Things To Do Today on a new entertainment blog. To all of you who supported us over the years by picking up our feisty alt rag or read us online, who shared our work or shouted at it: we can never thank you enough. Ron Swarner

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Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest (PPGNW) has moved its Tacoma health center to a new location at 1515 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, just six blocks east of the old location. The new health center opened last week. “We are extremely pleased to be opening our new facility in Tacoma,� said Chris Charbonneau, CEO of PPGNW. “The new health center is more spacious, and we’ll be able to serve more clients who need affordable, quality health care in Tacoma and Pierce County. It’s a busy health center and we’re committed to

providing the best care for the women and men in our community.� The new facility has been completely remodeled and updated to provide quality and efficient medical care for our Tacoma clients. Unlike PPGNW’s older facility, the new health center has a light and airy feel, and ample parking to better accommodate clients. Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading reproductive health care advocate and provider and has been delivering essential women’s health care in Tacoma since 1972. One in five women will come to Planned Parenthood at some point in her life and rely on the highquality health care she receives there. The new health center will continue to offer a full range of high-quality reproductive health care, including affordable access to birth control, well-woman visits, breast and cervical cancer screening, emergency contraception, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, abortion services, and comprehensive sexual health education and information. PPGNW will offer a seamless transition to the new location and clients will have no lapse in service. Hours of operation will remain the same -- Monday through Saturday. The new Tacoma health center is part of a larger plan to expand access to health care for Pierce County clients as national health care reform is implemented. Planned Parenthood is preparing for increased numbers of clients as more individuals obtain health insurance and are able to access reproductive health services. The Tacoma health center will be open six days a week – Monday through Saturday. To make an appointment at any of PPGNW’s health centers, call 1 (800) 230-PLAN or visit www.ppgnw.org.

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In support of the City of Tacoma’s ongoing efforts to combat blight and vandalism, the Tacoma Murals Project would like to hear from community groups interested in collaborating with local artists who will design and implement murals that reflect positive neighborhood themes or messages. The deadline for submissions is May 28, 2013. “These community-based murals have proven to be positive community catalysts, bringing neighbors together, helping them find common voices, and enlivening areas that were previously neglected,� said Tacoma Arts Administrator Amy McBride. “It is inspiring to see how artists have been able to work within each community to develop murals that are unique and responsive to the characteristics, stories, history and future of each neighborhood.� Each selected community group will receive a funded mural that includes artist supplies and artist compensation, an artist/artist team from a roster provided by the City, technical assistance and general promotion of the project. In return, each selected community group would be responsible for contributing in-kind services and materials as required to prepare their mural wall, participating in the selection of an artist/artist team from a City-provided roster, coordinating community meetings and the dedication of their completed mural, and

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maintaining their mural after completion. Community groups must, with property owner’s permission, propose specific mural walls. Proposed mural walls must be on commercial or public property and located within Tacoma city limits. Priority will be given to sites located within Community Based Services areas in Tacoma or sites located in areas without a good representation of public art. For project details and additional information, please contact Naomi Strom-Avila at nstrom-avila@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 5915191.

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On April 25 Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Brian Clement Allen, Terris Miller, Nathaniel Miles, Darrell Montea Lee and Anthony Ralls with first-degree murder for their alleged involvement in a gang-related murder that happened on Aug. 28, 1988. This is believed to be the first gang homicide in Pierce County. Early on that day 25 years ago, Bernard Houston and Michael Jeter, who were two known Hilltop Crips gang members, apparently shot at Allen and Ralls, who were two known Bloods gang members. The shooting took place on the East Side. In retaliation, two carloads of Bloods drove to Hilltop looking for Crips. Allen drove Ralls and Lee in one vehicle while Miles drove Miller and Joey Courtney in a second car. Just before midnight in the area of South 23rd Street and Sheridan Avenue, the Bloods group spotted Houston and Jeter in a car. Allen and Ralls stepped out of their car and gunfire erupted. Houston was shot in the head. The Bloods gang members fled. Tacoma police officers responded and found Houston lying in the street with a revolver in his hand. He was unconscious and transported to Tacoma General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. He was 17. The initial investigation did not yield sufficient information for arrests. Over the years, however, diligent Tacoma police detectives pieced together the case. In 2011, the Prosecutor’s Office filed murder charges and issued a warrant for Allen’s arrest. On April 14, Allen was picked up on the warrant in Texas. On April 24, Tacoma police arrested Miles in Steilacoom and the next day Tacoma officers arrested Ralls in Lakewood. Not guilty pleas were entered for them and they were ordered held in lieu of $2 million bail. Miller is serving a federal prison sentence. Lee is serving a state prison sentence. Joey Courtney is deceased.

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The 253 Collective is a group of diverse artists, and it is looking for more members. If you would like a unique opportunity to network, meet other artists, market and sell your art without any commission taken out of your sales, email three to five samples of your artwork to 253Collective@gmail.com. 253 Collective is located at 1901 Jefferson Ave. across from the Swiss restaurant on the University of Washington Tacoma campus. Gearing up for summer months and longer, warmer days, the group will be having their regular meeting in early May and they invite the community to come meet them and learn more about the operations of the group. For more information, send e-mail to 253Collective@gmail.com or visit http://253collective. com/about-membership. 253 Collective is open Saturdays from noon-5 p.m. and third Thursdays from 3–8 p.m. Lobby hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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For the next three months, The Grand Cinema will be selling up to 250 raffle tickets per month. At the end of each month there will be drawings for one grand prize winner and five runner-up winners. The monthly grand prize will be a Golden Ticket that grants unlimited access to movies at The Grand Cinema for an entire year and the runners-up will receive a Grand Cinema bucket loaded with goodies. Each raffle ticket is $20 and raffle tickets will be sold only at The Grand Cinema box office. You don’t have to be present to win and the first drawing will be on June 3. All proceeds from the Golden Ticket Raffle will go directly to The Grand’s Digital Cinema Challenge campaign to complete the cinema’s conversion to digital format.

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On Friday, June 7, Tacoma Sertoma will hold its 38th annual picnic for the deaf. There will be hot dogs, clowns, face painting, police vehicles, fire engines, entertainment and more. Those planning to attend are asked to contact the organizers by May 17 so they don’t run out of hot dogs. Email Linda Dobner at lldobner@ msn.com; (voice): (253) 863-1857; (text): (253) 442-9810. The picnic will be held at Birney Elementary School, 1202 S. 76th St. For directions, call (253) 571-4600.

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Not every car in the LeMay Collection, at America’s Car Museum or at the family’s Marymount location, is finely polished and fully restored. Some are works in progress or just plain cool the way they are. The 1968 Pontiac Firebird, a twodoor convertible, is one of them. The car in the LeMay collection is an unrestored body and has managed to retain its original interior. The Firebird was built by the Pontiac division of General Motors and shared the platform with its sister model, the Chevrolet Camaro. They came just as the Mercury Cougar entered the market with its shared platform car – the legendary Ford Mustang. It was game on in the world of muscle cars. The six-cylinder Firebird engine has a rare, four-barrel carburetor that was optional for owners who wanted more power, since it kicked with the power of 215 horses, up from the standard 175 horsepower model. The $116 “Sprint package” included a

The ignition switch was moved from the dashboard to the steering column as well. The car would face changes and updates as customer demands and federal safety rules required. The Firebird line came to an end in 2002. The whole Pontiac line would follow eight years later as General Motors remade itself into a smaller company with fewer plants, workers and dealers. The classic 1968 Firebirds now sell for between $15,000 and $30,000 when they are available at auctions.

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three-speed manual transmission with floor shifting, although a four-speed transmission was added to this car for another $226. The styling difference from the 1967 to the 1968 model was the addition of federally mandated side marker lights, but both years are considered “first generation” cars. The 1969 model received a major facelift with a new front end design made of an Endura bumper housing the headlights and grilles. The instrument panel and steering wheel were revised.

CHARLIE’S DINOSAUR Detectives love getting these kinds of calls The right kinds of calls have been coming in to the Pierce County Sheriff ’s detectives behind the Charlie’s Dinosaur drive. “Our box is full,” said the Tacoma Police officer at substation two. “We have a lot of coats,” said TPD spokeswoman Loretta Cool at headquarters. Box after box of donations arrived at the Sheriff’s headquarters in the CountyCity building. Pierce County Sheriff ’s detective Ed Troyer stopped by the warehouse where Charlie’s Dinosaur shares space with Mission to Mexico and Toys For Tots. There was a crate of rolling suitcases, another of backpacks. Someone had gone to Costco and bought a stack of jammies for toddlers. A big box of markers, crayons and notebooks is pretty good evidence that someone else understands that art is a valuable outlet for children in crisis. The public’s support – make that your support – of

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foster children is helping to energize the Charlie’s Dinosaur board members. They are looking for more ways to help kids through the foster care system. “They are in the process of redoing the visiting rooms at DSHS this spring, the rooms where the kids in foster care visit their parents,” Troyer said. “They are painting, putting in new carpet, getting new toys. The detectives decided that needs to be done for the kids’ sake.” They are planning a coat drive with Walmart, too, Troyer said. “When fall rolls around, they’ll walk into schools and see kids dressed in layers, without coats, even in freezing weather,” he said. So they give coats to those children, even if they are not in foster care.

“They see the kids where the need actually is. It goes straight from us to the kids. Nothing in between.” We’ll wrap the drive in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, feel free to bring your donations to Tacoma Weekly, 2588 Pacific Highway, Fife, 98424.

ABOUT THE DRIVE Child abuse and neglect cases are some of the hardest on Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies. Though they are all awful, the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at their father’s hand was one of the worst. Who could make sense of a parent murdering his own boys? After they found a picture Charlie made of a happy dinosaur, five detectives saw it as the mascot

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of an effort to help the kids they still can. They founded Charlie’s Dinosaur as a non-profit to help children moving out of abuse and into foster care. There’s an awkward time in that process, said Det. Sgt. Theresa Berg. The children rarely have clean clothes, toiletries or anything to pass the time in the few days when they are in meetings, hearings and temporary care. Charlie’s Dinosaur fills in that blank with a backpack or rolling suitcase filled with new necessities. The detectives are allowing us to help fill those bags during Tacoma Weekly’s Charlie’s Dinosaur Drive for Foster Kids. The list of things the children need, and the places to bring them are below this story.

Court C and 9th 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 holiness, 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.

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As Jake Sterino holds a stack of handwritten letters from customers pleading with him to re-open the much-beloved produce stand, it is clear the community has missed his locally grown, farm fresh produce. But fortunately, the fourth generation family-run farm is listening to its loyal customers. On May 1, Sterino Farms opened a brand new produce stand featuring fresh, local produce sold at a fair price. This month, the stand will feature rhubarb, leeks, lettuce and more seasonal items, along with gourmet pastas, olive oils, hanging baskets of flowers – just in time for Mother’s Day – and much more. All produce will be in-season, and the products available at the produce stand will more often than not have been harvested that same day. Much of the produce found in the typical grocery store was harvested an average of 16

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days prior due to the time it takes to cool, package, ship and distribute each item, Sterino said. “We harvest and sell our produce the same day, which just tastes better,� he said. As one of the few local farmers left in a region once known for its agriculture, Sterino simply attributes his farm’s success and longevity to a commitment to quality. “We have a commitment to stay ahead of the curve and grow some of the best produce we can,� Sterino said. Quality is something Sterino knows firsthand after watching his grandfather and father build the business. Over

the decades, customers have become increasingly interested not only in quality, but also in where their produce is coming from. And each Sterino Farms product sold at the produce stand or at the local grocery stores will be as fresh as can be. Sterino farms nearly 700 acres from Fife to Orting, and remains dedicated to keeping the business going as one of the few family-run farms with longstanding roots in the region. The produce market will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. through mid-June, and until 8 p.m. through the fall. The Sterino Farms produce market is located at 6116 52nd St. E. in Puyallup.

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This year, Downtown on the Go is bringing Bike Day complete with free bike parking and a bus demonstration to show riders how to load bikes safely and take the bus stress free. The 6th Avenue market is more of a neighborhood market that has a familyfriendly feel with games and activities for younger shoppers. “We work hard to collaborate with the 6th Avenue Business District to cross promote 6th Avenue as a social hub,� Waldorf said. “This year, we are developing a new community dining space that aims to bring people together each market day and have a communal dinner and meet their neighbor, and our hope is that this will strengthen community ties.� The South Tacoma Market is the baby of the bunch. Located at STAR Center, a hub of activity for the South Tacoma community, the partnership allows for everything from food and craft vendors to fitness classes to play areas, with the Boys and Girls Club tossed into the mix. “This is the perfect location for us because the STAR Center draws in exactly the right clientele,� Waldorf said. “Metro Parks has been extremely welcoming and helpful in the establishment and continued growth of this market and that partnership is so important to the development and feel of the market.� The Proctor Farmers Market operates outside of the “big three� markets in Tacoma as a way to serve the neighborhood with fresh, locally grown farm products and information about food. “Our market is unique to the entire county for several reasons,� organizer Lisa Lawrence said. “No. 1, we are a year-round market. Our weekly season runs from the end of March through the third week in December. Then we hold winter markets on the second Saturday in January and February.� The full calendar comes without “filler� vendors of crafters or art sellers. The market is all farms, all the time. “We are farmer centered,� Lawrence said. “Our goal is to support local farms and farmers. This is why you don’t see arts and crafts vendors at our market. It’s about food and farmers. Five of our nine current board members are farmers.� Surrounding cities have their own farmers markets that provide day-trip adventures for those seeking fresh food and local products. Gig Harbor, for example, has markets that offer vendors that come from the community for family entertainment and produce. “We have music for kids every Saturday, free guitar lessons, kids can sing or play percussion instrument,� market manager Dale Schultz said. “There are no storefront businesses at our market.�

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Like all good and thriving schools, Blix Elementary is a school in transition, and the transitions I saw as I gathered up marvelous art and writings, were incredible. Students are able to take Spanish immersion classes beginning in Kindergarten, and then into the grades thereafter. Excitement was very high with the teachers and the students. Senora Veach, a 2nd grade Spanish immersion teacher, gave her students guidance and enthusiasm to produce the following drawings and writings. And yes, at least half of what they do each day is in Spanish! Amazing! I have a lamb named Fleece. She lives with Princess and Solena, and her brother Ewey. They go to the mall and pick out a tux and a tutu for each other. After that they have a fashion show and a dance show. Fleece is 17 years old. One day Fleece went to the mall by herself. She was scared by a rhino named Spike. When she took the rhino and others home, the first time she gave all of them the power of love. It helped things grow and helps people love animals.

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BONES Bones is a dog. His nickname is Max. He loves to chew chairs and tables. He also likes to chew on bones. Bones is dark brown and light brown. His birthday is on 1-18-94. He is 19 years old. Bones is soft and he has big ears. I love Bones! Bones lives with me and feels happy when I play with him. He is special because of his big ears.

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PEANUT Peanut is my elephant. She lives in the circus. Peanut eats peanuts. People live with the elephants. When she is with people, she is happy. She does not like to be alone. She is special because she is pink and blue. She can do tricks at the circus. She also has babies and a family. Her ears are pink and she can fly, and she saves lives, and can hear really well. Peanut can hear someone in trouble, then can fly with her big ears to help them.

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in Mrs. Johnson’s 3rd grade class at Boze Elementary were recently working on adding powerful adjectives and adverbs to their sentences. Some of them are quite stupendous!

In my flowers are colorful gradually zooming rainbow butterflies. Slowly flying beautiful golden bees are in my garden. All over town are beautifully blooming and dazzlingly scented flowers. At the park, there is a scary white, carefully walking spider. A tiny, quickly running pink ladybug, is in the grass.

At the park, scented green trees slowly swoop. Near the flowers, buzzy yellow bees swiftly fly. Lovely spotted butterflies crazily flutter under a tree. Smelly scented flowers torpidly bloom at the park. A radiant gold sun beautifully shines all over the world. Colorful dazzling rainbows gracefully rise all over town.

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In the outdoors, striped fuzzy bees are bumbly, buzzing loudly. Beloved precious flowers are persistently blooming in my garden. Playful entertaining girls are gracefully dancing around on the hill. Fluffy soft squirrels are anxiously eating hard nuts on the leaves. Black tiny flies are incredible, zooming near the sun. In the sky, colorful lovely rainbows are shining very bright.

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WILSON STRIKES EARLY IN SECOND HALF TO WIN Rams stop Mount Tahoma’s streak

SOPHOMORE LINCOLN DUO SHINING ON THE COURT

Le, Cabrera eyeing postseason success By Jeremy Helling jeremy@tacomaweekly.com

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he Lincoln High girls tennis team is bucking a very common trend. On a team chock-full of seniors, it is a pair of sophomores that have been the key to an impressive season on the court. Led once again by the duo of Lily Le and Miriam Cabrera, the Abes topped Wilson 3-2 in their final league contest of the season on April 24 at Stewart Heights Park. Le, with an impressive display of returns, made quick work of Wilson’s Karissa Longver, winning 6-0, 6-0 in number-one singles. Cabrera, meanwhile, followed shortly thereafter by dispatching the Rams’ Alecia Pak 6-0, 6-0 in number-two singles. “Between them they’ve only lost one match all year long,” said Lincoln head coach Minh Nguyen. “It’s been great, and I’ve got a lot to look forward to. I’m really excited about the possibilities in the future, but even more so this year. They’ve been great leaders on the team, they’ve been doing their part and everybody looks up to them.” With the league tournament starting up on May 2 at the University of Puget Sound, Le will look to improve upon her rookie campaign in which she emerged as the third seed to the district tournament last spring.

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LONE TALLY. (Top) Wilson’s Aarjay Narayan (11) celebrates with teammate Oswald Ramos after Ramos scored the only goal of the game less than a minute after halftime. (Bottom) Mount Tahoma’s Ian Karanja (7) leaps to get his foot on a ball as the Rams’ Louis Fox defends. By Jeremy Helling jeremy@tacomaweekly.com

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GOOD FOCUS. (Top) Lincoln’s Julie Nguyen sends a ball back across

net during her doubles match in the Abes’ victory over Wilson on April 24. (Bottom) Wilson’s Alexa Blackman makes contact during her win in a doubles match with partner Brenda Luu.

“Being a sophomore and making it to districts (last year) feels really good,” Le said. “I don’t think I would have made it without my coaches, so

I really appreciate them putting their hard work in it…my goal is to make it to state this year and step it up from X See TENNIS / page A9

Mount Tahoma was riding a wave of momentum heading into their key match against firstplace Wilson, with a four-game winning streak putting them into the thick of playoff contention. But the Rams proved they were still the team to beat, using Oswald Ramos’ goal less than a minute after halftime to take a 1-0 win over the Thunderbirds on April 30. “They definitely battled hard,” said Wilson interim head coach Dominick Cusato. “They’re a good team and they’ve been winning games lately. We just outworked them. We just wanted it more. It’s a testament to the boys.” The Thunderbirds created most of the pressure early, getting the game’s first good look in the 15th minute when Cesar Ramirez’s shot deflected off the crossbar and was grabbed by Rams keeper Matvey Shitik in midair. Ian Karanja added another scoring chance nine minutes later, but his free kick from 20 yards out was deflected out by Shitik. After not getting a good look at goal in the first half, Ramos caught the Thunderbirds off guard on a counterattack in the 41st minute, outracing the defense and sending a shot into the left netting from the right side. “They were pinching really hard on one side,”

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LIONS’ TOUGH WEEK ENDS IN LOSS TO SOUTH KITSAP Bellarmine still in position for playoffs By Jeremy Helling jeremy@tacomaweekly.com

It was a week full of a common, unpleasant theme for the Bellarmine Prep softball team. Facing a chance for a big win against a top league foe for the third time in four days, the Lions suffered another narrow defeat, falling 6-4 to South Kitsap at home on April 26. “It’s a tough league,” said Bellarmine Prep head coach Craig Coovert,

noting one-run defeats to first-place Olympia and third-place Gig Harbor earlier in the week. “We know we’ll get a chance come postseason, so all we can do is keep trying to get better and win our final two league games before the tournament.” With ace pitcher Courtney Schwan out of town for a volleyball tournament, senior Rachel Barcena – who was battling illness – valiantly took the mound for the Lions. After retiring the Wolves in order in the first, Barcena helped herself out at the plate in the bottom half by doubling with one out and scoring two batters later on Becca Sorenson’s squeeze bunt. Alex DeStephano made it 2-0 by scoring on a wild pitch after earlier drawing a walk. South Kitsap pitcher Ashley

Chamberlin cut it to 2-1 in the top of the second after reaching on an error and later scoring on a passed ball. Hannah Spohn tied it an inning later with a double to score Alissa Buss, and Haley Romo followed two batters later with a single to score Spohn. But the Lions responded in the bottom half, as DeStephano tied it again by singling and scoring on Alexa Ostrander’s infield single. Celine Woo followed with a bunt single to score Sorenson, regaining the lead for the Lions at 4-3. “Today we came out and scored most of our runs on bunting and slapping, putting the ball in play and putting the game in motion,” said Coovert, noting that they had focused on small ball in practice the day before. “Now X See SOFTBALL / page A9

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STEPPING UP. Bellarmine Prep senior pitcher Rachel Barcena delivers in the loss to South Kitsap on April 26.

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opportunities in this game. Vieth stood tall all afternoon on the mound for Stadium, matching Gagliardi pitch for pitch. The junior left-hander would strike out four through six innings, but Vieth would commit a costly error in the seventh that proved huge. After Gallinger singled to lead off the inning,

Vieth threw wide in an errant pickoff attempt to help Gallinger race around to third base. Gallinger would later score on an error by Tiger shortstop Brannon Ronia, and the Tides would took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh. Ronia lined a single to left to score Matt Gunn and cut the Gig Harbor lead to 2-1 in the

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In looking forward to next season, Fretwell will have to answer the question of who will take over the role of ace of the staff, occupied the past few seasons by Destunder. “That question will be answered early in tryouts next spring, and with the effort by Jake today it could be his in 2014.�

bottom half, and after a walk and an infield error the bases were loaded. But Jake Hinkle would ground back to the mound to end the Tigers’ season. “Jake (Vieth) hit his locations all afternoon,� Fretwell said. “He had good stuff, including a great curveball that we have been working on all year.�

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;** +967: ;/9,, 6- -6<9 Despite losing three of four non-conference contests to Bellevue College last weekend, the Tacoma Community College baseball team sits in second place in the West Region of the NWAACC as they head into their final two series of the year. The Titans fell 3-2 to Bellevue in the opener on April 27, as starter Lukas Hinton surrendered three runs in seven innings to take his first loss of the season. Hinton, though, sports some strong numbers, including a 4-1 record with a team-leading 1.56 earned run average in 52 innings pitched. But TCC scored nine runs in the first two innings in the nightcap to take a 9-6 win. Seth Heck – the team leader with 27 RBIs on the season – drove in two runs and went 2-for-3 with a double, while Chad Michaud

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was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Austin Johnson hit a three-run homer. Michaud and Ben Circeo drove in two runs apiece in the opener on April 28, but Bellevue scored six unanswered runs – including two in the bottom of the seventh – to take a 7-6 walk-off win. It was the same result for the Titans in the nightcap, as they came back from a 5-1 deficit with four runs in the sixth inning – including a two-run double by Evan Peterson – to tie it. But Bellevue notched another walk-off win in the ninth, with the winning run scoring on a wild pitch. That left TCC with a 26-10 overall record, and a 12-4 mark in the West Region as they resume conference play by hosting Green River in a doubleheader on May 4 at 1 p.m. and travel to Green River for another doubleheader on May 5 at 1 p.m.

<7: *36:,: >0;/ ( )(5. The Puget Sound baseball team closed their conference slate with a 15-3 win at Willamette on April 28, banging out 20 hits in the process. The Loggers got on the board with five runs in the third inning, including a threerun homer from designated hitter Christian Carter. They scored six runs in the ninth inning to put the game out of reach, including a two-run double by first baseman Jeff Walton. Left fielder Connor Savage was 4-for-6 with two doubles, three runs scored

and two RBIs, while third baseman Kaulana Smith was 3-for-6 with a double and three RBIs. Starter Nathan Aguiar allowed two unearned runs in 6.2 innings pitched, giving up three hits and two walks with four strikeouts. The Loggers – with a 16-22 overall record and 11-13 mark in conference play – close out their season by hosting Whitman on May 4 at 10 a.m. and Pacific (Ore.) on May 4 at 4 p.m.

:630+ 9,:<3;: (; NWC TRACK MEET The Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound track and field teams finished their seasons at the Northwest Conference Championships on April 26-27 in Salem, Ore. Alicia Burns and Matt Klein headlined the day for UPS on April 27 as the Loggers’ All-NWC honorees. Burns took third in the 800-meter run with a time of two minutes and 19.50 seconds, while Klein earned his second All-NWC honor of the meet by taking third in the 5k after taking second in the 10k on April 26. Joe Cerne also earned All-NWC status in the pole vault on April 26, vaulting just over 15 feet to take third. His vault was a personal-best and ranks fourth all-time for the Loggers. Josh Seekatz took second in the steeplechase with a time of nine minutes and 41.08 seconds to earn All-NWC honors on April

26, while Klein came in as the defending champion in the 10k and took second for All-NWC honors. Kathryn Flyte was an AllNWC performer for the women’s team with a third-place finish in the 10k. The Loggers’ men placed fifth overall while the women placed seventh. Pacific Lutheran, meanwhile, placed fourth in the men’s championship while the Lute women placed fifth overall. Marisa Gonzalez pulled off the biggest surprise for the Lute women on April 26, throwing a personal best mark of 41 feet and 5.25 inches to beat teammate Samantha Potter for the women’s shot put championship. Potter won her second straight NWC discus crown for the Lute women with a throw of 142.5 feet, while Taryn Dee finished second in the 400-meter hurdles and Madison Guscott took third in the 400-meter dash in 59.53 seconds. I.V. Reeves placed in the top seven in all four of his individual events, highlighted by his championship in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.94 seconds. He had placed seventh in the men’s long jump on April 26, finished seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 43 feet and nine inches and capped off his individual event effort by taking fifth in the 200-meter dash in 22.81 seconds. Kyle Peart, second in the hammer throw on April 26, threw a personal best of 53 feet and 8.25 inches to place second in the shot put.

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lead. Freshman Erica Grenlund came on in the fifth to relieve Barcena, escaping a bases-loaded jam by getting Foster to hit into a double play. Grenlund shut out the Wolves the rest of the way, allowing just two hits and one walk. “She has hardly pitched all year and she was able to shut them down,� Coovert said. “It’s nice to get some good out of a loss.� The Lions were only able to man-

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Cusato said. “So I figured we would get the ball to the weak side‌it’s (one versus one). We’ll win that battle all day long.â€? Mount Tahoma’s Anthony Garibaldi had a couple of good looks at goal in the next 10 minutes but was unable to finish. Thunderbird forwards Brian Wambaa and Ian Karanja used their speed to create some pressure on the outside the remainder of the half, but were unable to create many serious threats. “We had a lot of pressure, but I don’t think the pressure really translated into chances,â€? said Mount Tahoma head coach Scott Nelson. “I felt like (Wilson was) on their heels a lot of the time, but that final ball or final decision was a little lacking.â€? The win gives the Rams seven league victories and a little bit of cushion for first place, as they look to sew up the league championship when they host Foss on May 2 at 7:15 p.m. at Stadium Bowl. The Thunderbirds, who remained tied for fourth place, will look to stay in playoff position as they faced a match at Timberline on May 2 at 7 p.m. With five teams still jostling for four playoff spots, Nelson knows there is no more margin for error. “Any of these teams can finish first and any of them can finish fifth. Whichever team does finish fifth is going to be saying ‘woulda, shoulda, coulda.’â€?

age one hit in the final three innings against Chamberlin, who retired the final six batters in a row. But Bellarmine responded with a big win on April 29, winning 3-1 over Central Kitsap behind DeStephano’s two-run single in the first inning. Schwan also returned to pitch a complete game – allowing just one run on two hits, with no walks and six strikeouts – to help the Lions remain in position for the postseason.

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last year.� Cabrera, meanwhile, will look to use her imposing serve to advance in the postseason this year after qualifying as an alternate to districts last year. “A lefty’s serve always has a little extra spin, a little extra funk on it,� Nguyen said. “She definitely has that. She has definitely made that a weapon.� Abes seniors London Hughes and Arijana Zekiri notched the other match win, a 6-3, 6-3 doubles win over the Rams’ May Luu and Young Cho to secure the team victory. Wilson, meanwhile, got strong play from their numberone doubles team of Alexa Blackman and Brenda Luu. The duo rattled off wins in four straight games in the first set to win 6-3, and took the second set by the same score over the Abes’ Julie Nguyen and Ferdeza Zekiri. Wilson’s Jordan Badilla and Delany Dawson later scored another doubles victory, topping Lincoln’s Deyanna Willis and Diana Zuniga 6-4, 6-4. Despite most of the roster graduating after this spring, the Abes certainly will be formidable not only in this postseason, but in the years to come with Le and Cabrera at the helm. Nguyen even noted that he may have the duo team up in doubles this postseason to have a stronger chance at making a run to state. “It makes for a dangerous combination,� Nguyen said. “We’re looking forward to some big things from them.�

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South Sound’s entertainment hub at the Emerald Queen Casino, which recently announced plans for a $200 million expansion, and Tacoma’s tourism industries. “You don’t want to ignore the golden goose,� Edwina Magrum said, noting the $430 million in local economic activity created by tribal operations each year. “You want to nurture it.� The endorsement of this route was officially 8-1 with Councilmember David Boe opting out, saying that the route was too expensive, at $50 million a mile, and would fail to create an economic boom the way other routes would have since Hilltop is already improving. Boe believes that the Link will only bring higher buildings and higher rents

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When long-time director Sallie Shawl retired, so did some of the teams she had kept faithful. You can think of that as waning, or as evolution. The new leaders have chosen the latter, and are adapting the program to new conditions. Amy Allison and Megan Shea are finding ways to meet fresh needs and work with new partners. The buzzword for that is collaboration – a smart strategy driven by dwindling resources. When Paint was founded, Tacoma was a “Father Knows Best� kind of town. City leaders made policy that city workers carried out with city money. People in tougher neighborhoods felt abandoned – in part, because they were. They demanded better policing, and worked with cops to develop it. In the process, they earned respect, and power, from their new partners. They tried out fresh ideas, including the Broken Window Theory. It maintains that a broken window is a sign that people don’t care about the area, and that it’s open to crime and more blight. Fixing the window

to make the economics of any new development pencil out. He likened the MLK route to the “compromise� of the current tracks that run along Commerce instead of the original plan of Pacific Avenue only to dead end in what is essentially a back alley of the Theater District. “It puts a poor decision on a poor decision,� he said. “It will be painfully expensive to expand in the future.� Councilmember Marty Campbell tossed a “hail Mary� into the political decision with a proposed amendment to the endorsement that would have still championed the MLK route but would have also requested a look at extending the route from Tacoma Dome Station to Portland Avenue if money were available. That route would service the Salishan community, the Portland Avenue mixed-use district, connect industrially zoned open land to commercial hubs, make a step

demonstrates that the residents claim ownership. That led to a natural partnership between police and code inspectors. It is a brilliant success. Police, alerted to highcrime houses, call in the code inspectors, and they work on the property together. The cops use arrests. The inspectors use code violations. Together they can force the owner to clean it out and clean it up. Tacoma’s neighborhood associations think of the people on these teams as rock stars. That brings us to the neighborhoods, where groups stemming from Safe Streets, Tacoma Neighborhood Council, community gardens and individual issues are the first to notice trouble spots. If a long-time neighbor’s grandson has moved in to move drugs, they notice, report and document. If a household has fallen into neglect, or hoarding, they notice, figure out what’s going on, and report. Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful is a fine fit in this new web of partnerships. Last year, organizers noticed an odd phenomenon. When they knocked on the doors of homes in bad shape and offered to paint

toward connecting Tacoma to SeaTac International Airport lines and help solve downtown event parking issues through a partnership with the Puyallup Tribe for use of the Emerald Queen Casino lots. The route would also open up another pool of federal grant dollars that specifically seeks to address transportation issues for federally recognized tribes. “It may find a way to self fund,� Campbell said. The amendment was a proposed compromise for a decision that pitted neighborhoods against each other because it contained a section of the main “route not taken� that would have run from Tacoma Dome Station to Portland Avenue and up to East 29th Street at a cost of $119 million. Sound Transit’s local stakeholders group of business and civic leaders has endorsed the concept of reaching Portland on one end and MLK on the other as a way to con-

them for free, homeowners declined. Seniors, especially those who are not connected to churches or community groups, didn’t know about Paint. They thought it was a scam. This year, Shea and Allison are spending their evenings at neighborhood meetings. In the past, Paint reps attended the same meetings, and asked the people at them to form teams and help. Allison and Shea recognize that the people at the meetings are already doing more than their share. Instead of asking them to paint, they are asking them to refer neighbors who need it. They are explaining the applications and leaving copies, and using the website: www.paintbeautiful. org. They have given Tacoma and Puyallup Tribal police, and code inspectors, applications to hand to homeowners. That means a trusted neighbor, or a public servant, can offer the free paint job. It also means that the houses that most need the work get applications into the program. It’s a new, smart approach, and, because Pierce County did not fund the program this year, it is centered on Tacoma and Lakewood.

nect the Salishan neighborhood to the rest of the city as well as boost economic development around the Dome and East Side as well as tie Hilltop to downtown. Campbell’s amendment got the backing of Boe, Councilmembers Joe Lonergan and Victoria Woodards, but failed to pass the ninemember council. The remaining council members feared it would weaken the endorsement message as Sound Transit seeks federal grant dollars against other transit projects around the nation. But now the city finds itself in a position with dueling endorsements going to Sound Transit’s Finance Committee on May 9, before a full board vote expected on May 23. The detailed routing and funding research then starts. Mayor Marilyn Strickland is a Sound Transit Board member. In other transportation news, council members wore their Trans-

Paint has made another smart move. In the past, it only painted for low-income seniors or disabled people. It will now paint for any homeowner who meets the low-income guidelines. While Allison and Shea have been adapting and collaborating, they have been listening and responding. Metro Parks’ Laura Rodriguez of Portland Avenue Community Center and Christine Lucey of Communities in Schools at Oakland High School have told Paint Tacoma that young people are desperate for meaningful, structured summer programs, especially on Tacoma’s East Side. Over the past two years, that neighborhood has lost a summer day camp, a library and a Boys and Girls Club. Paint has a pilot plan to meet part of that need – a youth mentorship summer paint program. Teams of 10 to 15 young people, mainly in middle and high school, would work with teams of five to six adults to paint several homes on the East Side, near the community center. The young people would earn volunteer hours – and make a visible, positive impact on their neighborhood. They’ll end the summer paint-spattered and proud of it.

portation Benefit District Governing Board hats this week to formally vote on how to spend the estimated $4 million the city will get this year from the $20 vehicle licensing fee that will start being collected in June to help fund road repairs. The money does not go far in a city that has an $800 million backlog of needed repairs, but it is something. Most of it, about $3.6 million, will go toward street repair. About $2 million of that will go toward residential street chip sealing and overlaying, with about $500,000 going toward work on main streets. Specific road repairs – potholes – will receive $1.1 million and make the Tacoma Weekly’s Pothole Pig happy. About $300,000 will go toward curb and sidewalk work and $60,000 will go toward upgrading traffic signals that are failing or based on outdated technology.

Shea and Allison are working with the city, Metro Parks, Pierce County Labor Council and United Way to sort out the details. They intend to start small, but see ways to work with other partners as they expand. They also are getting the word out that they need adult leaders.

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Celebrity zoologists abound on today’s airwaves. And they all owe a huge debt of gratitude to “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom,� the syndicated nature show that Marlin Perkins and sidekick Jim Fowler pioneered back in the ‘60s. Peter Gros has been part of the “Wild Kingdom� crew since 1985 and can be seen on its latest incarnation, which airs as specials on Animal Planet. On May 5, he’ll share his love for all things that fly, swim and slither in person, at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater. So we gave him a ring to find out what critters might show up on stage with him. Tacoma Weekly: Over the years—as you’ve seen the Croc Hunters and Jack Hannas—have you ever thought, “Posers!�

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Peter Gros: (Laughs) No, actually not. ... My thinking is, generally, that as many shows that we have that are out there educating people about wildlife, the better off it’s gonna be. I think that the formats have changed a little bit. They’ve had to become more exciting. But, on the other hand, I think with the pace of today’s world ... it takes a lot more to sort of grab young people, get their attention and educate them while you’re doing it. TW: How did you get started? Gros: I was sort of hardwired for this. I grew up in the Hudson Valley (in New York), and my backyard playground was a preserve of 3,600 acres. So I spent most of my childhood in nature, and then went to school to prepare for this in Northern California. This has always been my passion to be able to work with wildlife. But the opportunity arose for me to actually go work with wildlife, in the wild, (in) 1985 when I met Jim Fowler on the Johnny Carson

show. T W : What should we expect from the live presentation? What kind of animals are you bringing? Gros: Well, we have ... footage we’ve filmed from around the world interspersed with hand-raised animals. It could be a kookaburra singing. It could be an owl that flies over people’s heads and lands on the stage. It could be a kangaroo (or) the world’s largest porcupine, called the crested African porcupine. We have a good time with it. But the important thing is that it’s not a gloom and doom show about “the sky is falling.â€? ‌ It’s based on our successes and all the good things that are happening (with conservation) that you just tend not to hear about. And then it gives me a platform to really connect young people with wildlife. I have lots of volunteers coming up on the stage to meet and help me with these hand-raised animals. TW: Are there specific Northwest successes you can point to? Gros: Sure, our national bird, the bald eagle. It is off the endangered species list. You have the peregrine falcon up there, the fastest bird, clocked at over 200 miles per hour. Those, through captive breeding, have been reintroduced and doing very well. The whale populations in some cases are stabilizing. We have as many bears in some places as we had in the 1800s—black bears I’m talking about. TW: I’ve read there are bloopers involved in this show. What are some of the craziest things that

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happened on the show that didn’t make it onto the airwaves? Gros: When you’re filming in the wild, you never quite know what’s gonna happen. ... We were rafting the Zambezi River (the fourth-largest river in Africa) and we put in under Victoria Falls. It’s all class five-plus water, and the rapids are huge. They call it Valley of the Giants. And before we left they

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GOOD STORIES WELL READ Who says adults are too old to enjoy listening to a good story well read? Come and experience the joy of listening to a good story with local author and storyteller Judy Cullen. Cullen will read from various literary works, including her own, and two musicrelated stories that Cullen specifically wrote for this event entitled “Walking to the Music� and “Mute Impact.� Sunday, May 5, 1-2:30 p.m. at Proctor Art Gallery, 3811 N. 26th St. Learn more about Cullen at http://jdcstoryteller.blogspot.com.

THREE BOLLYWOOD NIGHT Come join the Asian Pacific Islander Student Union (APISU) for Bollywood Night on Friday, May 3 from 7-10 p.m.

in Longshoreman’s Hall at UW Tacoma. The night will be comprised of a dance featuring Bollywood music and a henna artist. Tickets $5 for both students and nonstudents.

year. The event will also feature acoustic performances and is open to all ages. Visit sites.google.com/site/mawpfestival for more info on donating to the cause.

FIVE REMEMBERING PAULA JOHNSON

FOUR MUSIC, ART & SPAGHETTI You can pig out in support of this year’s M u s i c & Art at Wright Park on May 9. F r o m 4-8 p.m., Louie G’s Pizza, 5219 Pacific Highway E., in Fife, will offer all-you-caneat spaghetti for 10 bucks, with proceeds benefitting Tacoma’s annual D.I.Y. music festival, which Tacoma Weekly will cosponsor on Aug. 10 at Wright Park this

Those who were lucky enough to know Tacoma art maven Paula Johnson are invited to share in a celebration of her life on May 5, 12:30 p.m. at Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 South Tacoma Way. There will be music, photos, family, friends and more. If you have a special picture of Paula, or you with Paula, please bring a copy to leave in a special keepsake box the family is putting together. Info: aljc911@ yahoo.com or (360)229-0915.

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LOCAL SUPERHERO AFICIONADOS WEIGH IN ON ‘IRON MAN 3’

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HE IS IRON MAN!!! Robert Downey Jr. dons the red and gold armor again on May 3.

By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

“Iron Man 3” was expected to be summer’s first box office blockbuster. And, so far, the Robert Downey Jr. vehicle hasn’t disappointed, having raked in nearly $200 million in overseas markets, as of Monday. It opens here on May 3. So to mark the occasion, we assembled a team of local super-hero gurus to deconstruct the movie’s Marvel Comics roots and speculate on what might come flying off the screen this weekend in brilliant 3-D. Our panel included John Munn, longtime owner of the now-closed Comic Book Ink managing artistic director of Lakewood Playhouse; Jason McKibbin, avid comic book collector, co-founder of Comics-4-Kids.org and lead singer of local punk band I-Defy; and Eugene Kirk, the owner of Tricky’s Pop Culture Emporium, recently relocated to Tacoma’s Stadium District. We met at Dorky’s Barcade to further amplify our team’s ability to break down all things nerdy. TW: So, we’ve seen movies based on the huge heroes – Batman, Spider-Man, Superman. Where does Iron Man rank? McKibbin: If you would have asked me that question 10 years ago, I would have said he’s almost a second-rate character. Not anymore. For years, in the comic books they’ve amped him up. And, ever since the first “Iron Man” movie came out, how many kids do you see running around wearing “Iron Man” stuff? I’d put him up there as one of the big five. Munn: Because of (Marvel Comics’) bankruptcy about five years earlier, they didn’t have the rights to Spider-Man. They didn’t have the rights to Fantastic Four. So they had to find the next piece that they had. And if they had a real entry point, a real everyman - a person like us that doesn’t have super powers - you have to look at Iron Man. TW: What I’m hearing from you guys is that he’s a second-string character who’s been elevated by the movie franchise. Kirk: He’s always been a second-string character. There had been no movies based

on him, maybe one cartoon. As much as you like certain (comic book) story arcs, there’s no “Dark Knight Returns.” Munn: There is. There’s “Demon in a Bottle” (a nine-issue run from 1979, briefly hinted at in

“Iron Man 2.”) That was his battle with alcoholism in the ‘70s. He’s also one of the original Avengers, and they always had a plan that if this (movie) works they’ve got pieces that they can extend. TW: Apparently, Robert Downey Jr. got paid $50 million for “The Avengers.” What is he doing right, and what are they doing right with the franchise? Kirk: He is amongst the biggest international movie stars. A Will Smith is huge in America and is not huge in China, for example. (“Iron Man 3” has) been edited to include extra scenes from China, taking in this huge, new market. So, A, you’ve got the biggest international star – one of ‘em, anyway. B, you’re making a special cut for 1 billion Chi-

nese customers. It’s an example of absolutely very savvy global marketing. If you read the paper today, it’s already opened bigger than “The Avengers” (the third highest grossing film of all time at more than $1.3 billion.)

TW: I’m not so familiar with the villain, the Mandarin. What’s up with this character that Ben Kingsley is playing? Munn: He is, originally, one of the most horrid stereotypes in comics. I’m not going to go into all the negative stereotypes that he embodies in the ‘60s, but (they touch on) everything that was negatively thought about anybody of Japanese, Chinese background. TW: So he was kind of a Ming-like character, or a Fu Manchu. Munn: Right down to the bad, written accent. But what he has is the rings. Each one of those rings represents a symbol of mystic power. I’m not going to say what those are going to be used for, but they open North American Martyrs Parish South Sound

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PATTERNS. Ben Sample’s “Progress� combines poplar wood with cedar strips to form innovative forms. By Dave R. Davison dave@tacomaweekly.com

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he big wheel of time keeps on turning and in the cycle of its churning a new group of seniors from the University of Puget Sound’s art department have emerged to set their stuff beneath the gallery lights. The “UPS 2013 Senior Show� is currently on display at the Kittredge Gallery and will be available for viewing through May 18. By and large, the 3-D work is abstract and the 2-D material is figurative. There are some digital video installations, a sampling of ceramic work and a tad of conceptual art. The sculptors from the UPS art student body always prove to be an innovative lot in their choice of materials as well as in the manner of its placement. Yuri Kahan uses the masculine combination of metal and concrete to create complex appendages that jut out from the pillars that support the ceiling of the gallery space. They are both mechanical and organic, showing Kahan’s keen interest in the process of decay. Durable materials are ironically used to mimic objects in a transitory state of deterioration. Erin Fremder, on the other hand, uses more traditionally feminine materials such as yarn and string that is netted and woven into ephemeral creations that dangle in clusters or hang like cobwebs. Her work is a kind of homage to a family tradition of crafting that set her on the path of joyful handwork from an early age. Some of her ephemeral creations are simply laid out on the gallery floor, so be careful where you step. Mara Felman’s volcanic mound of plaster pods and parcels occupies the middle of the floor in the main gallery. Ben Sample makes a strong state-

ment. His very distinctive creations – part carpentry, part basket weaving – leave an indelible mark on the whole show the way a red hot brand leaves its mark on the haunch of a Texas longhorn. “In Place� is a large structure bolted into place between two of the gallery’s pillars. Amoeboid forms constructed of pliable slats of poplar wood are suspended in space by a nimbus of spikes. “Progress� is a series of three wooden circles with centers of woven, cedar strips that are stained black. The cedar-work forms a circular opening that migrates closer to true center with each consecutive piece. Erin Wheary’s “Box� series, consisting of screen prints over digital prints, bridges the divide between the abstract and the figurative, between the 3-D and the 2-D. They are diagrams that could in theory be cut out and folded into the form of a box. Those of the art students that have chosen paint as their medium (so easy to use yet so difficult to master) are given over to figurative works. Ursula Beck, for example, has done a series of vertical canvases in order to depict the white pines of Minnesota in a variety of moods and atmospheres. The trees are pictured in daylight, moonlight, in fog and in overcast conditions. The operative concept is similar to that of Monet’s “Haystack� series in which haystacks were painted in a range of different light. Beck’s style is more free and easy than that associated with the French Impressionists. Her tree trunks are serpentine and the foliage is bulbous. Other painters in the show have involved themselves in portraiture for a variety of different reasons. Valerie Cordova’s ghostly, gawky, gothic portraits of persons who have had an influence on the artist are quite striking. Kelsey Vogan, meanwhile, does extreme close-ups of

faces using dripping sepias and greens. Darker, charcoal line work is used to transform the faces into compositions like contour maps. Vogan is interested in structure and layers and the way that mood can emerge via that process. Louise Blake is inspired by the spiritual impact of Seattle’s techno dance scene to create a honeycomb arrangement of hexagonal paintings of individual dancers into one big composition that suggests a community. Frieda Kahlo meets Paul Gauguin in Lehualani Shiroma’s big, feathery paintings of women in puffy-sleeved dresses and surrounded by peacock feathers and exotic foliage. Tess Warner appears to be the odd woman out. She uses the portrait painter’s skill to paint pictures of antique firearms in an attempt to depict the object-ness of guns and as homage to her upbringing in gun-loving Texas. While her statement denies a political agenda behind her work, she cannot avoid being embroiled in the current political debate on gun violence in America. A similar theme is touched upon in a video installation called “Drive By� by Elisabeth Geissinger. A constant loop projected onto a 3’x6’ panel shows a shadowy figure shooting a machine gun from the window of a red car. A more meditative, mysterious and perhaps foreboding mood is created by Geissinger’s videos in which hulking human shadows are juxtaposed against light-speckled palm trees

or a beautiful face is superimposed over dazzling facets of light. The sweetest and most light-hearted piece in the gallery is “Silver Cloud� by Symantha Lee-Harkins. This simple animation depicts a fairy-like figure walking along a street past San Francisco row houses. Everything is black and white until a cloud of colors chases the character. The protagonist at first runs in fear but is swept up and taken on a magic carpet ride over the Golden Gate Bridge. After that everything is in color and the enriched protagonist is deposited to walk the street past now colorized row houses. The watercolor-enhanced prints of the row houses used in the animation accompany the display. UPS’s art student shows generally include some edgy ceramic work but there is very little of it in the current show. The only example of ceramic art is K.C. Paulsen’s “Us,� a grid of fragmented, crackle-glazed tiles arranged on a long, low wooden tabletop. Each tile corresponds to names of people on a list, thus making the work another kind of very abstract portraiture. Finally, Wheary’s “Kittredge� is almost entirely conceptual. The artist uses white chalk lines usually employed to mark grass sports fields. Here the chalk marks out the outline cast by the shadow of Kittredge Hall, the building that houses the gallery. Always lively, engaging and inventive, the 2013 UPS art seniors show themselves full of promise of things to come.

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BANDS THAT WILL PLAY A BENEFIT SHOW AT UNCLE SAM’S IN SPANAWAY ON MAY 4. IT WILL RAISE MONEY FOR TELLA, A WOMAN BATTLING CANCER, TO HELP WITH HER MEDICAL BILLS. OTHER BANDS ON THE BILL ARE BEYOND THEORY AND MPB, FEATURING PATTI NELSON. THE SHOW BEGINS AT 8 P.M. WITH A $5 COVER.

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Mary Beth Kite - will celebrate the release of “Siren” on May 11 at Harmon Tap Room. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

When it comes to drummers, Spinal Tap has nothing on the Whole Bolivian Army. No, TWBA hasn’t had one spontaneously combust onstage, a la cult film “This Is Spinal Tap.” But the Tacoma band has auditioned dozens during its first two decades of rhythm section turmoil. It’s a constant headache that founding members Matt and Mary Beth Kite are just coming to terms with as they prepare to celebrate the release of their 10th CD, “Siren,” with a May 11 show at Harmon Tap Room. “We joke about it. We’ve learned to take it with a little dose of humor, but it’s frustrating,” said Mary Beth, the band’s lead singer. “We had a lot of momentum in the mid to late ‘90s, and things really started rolling along,” she said. “We were playing with more and more popular bands. It was starting to feel like, ‘Wow! This could really turn into something.’ Then things kind of blew up in the drummer department, and we drifted for a while.” “Being in a band is all about momentum, and 42 (128 MIN, PG-13) Fri 5/3: 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 Sat 5/4-Sun 5/5: 12:00, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 Mon 5/6-Thu 5/9: 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 A PLACE AT THE TABLE (84 MIN, R) Fri 5/3-Tue 5/7: 4:20, 6:45 Wed 5/8: 4:20 Thu 5/9: 4:20, 6:45 THE SAPPHIRES (103 MIN, PG-13) Fri 5/3: 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:10 Sat 5/4-Sun 5/5: 11:40am, 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:10 Mon 5/6: 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:10 Tue 5/7: 2:05, 4:35, 9:10 Wed 5/8-Thu 5/9: 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:10 MUD (130 MIN, PG-13) Fri 5/3: 2:55, 5:40, 8:30 Sat 5/4-Sun 5/5: 12:10, 2:55, 5:40, 8:30 Mon 5/6-Thu 5/9: 2:55, 5:40, 8:30 STARBUCK (109 MIN, R) Fri 5/3: 1:50, 8:50 Sat 5/4-Sun 5/5: 11:30am, 1:50, 8:50 Mon 5/6: 1:50, 8:50 Tue 5/7: 8:50 Wed 5/8-Thu 5/9: 1:50, 8:50 THE SILENCE (118 MIN, NR) Tue 5/7: 1:40, 6:55 FOOTNOTE (103 MIN, PG) Wed 5/8: 6:30

when you lose it it’s very demoralizing,” Matt said. “Every time you start with a new drummer, you’re really a new band because none of the old material is going to sound quite like it used to. The chemistry is different, and when you write new songs it’s gonna have a different feel to it.”

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The band draws from a pool of rotating drummers for live shows, and its new album turned into a who’s who of past members. “We just decided why buck our own history? We’ll just call all the drummers we know,” Matt said. TWBA – also bassist Greg Strickland – recorded at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Recording with the help of Roger Johnson, Dave Warburton and original drummer Dan Hazen, who will be onstage on May 11. On album closer, “Be a Prayer,” the band even went one step further than the Melvins, Modest Mouse and other groups that have used dual drummers in recent years, featuring all three men on the same track. “I would say Dan, Dave and Rog played the most years with the band and were the most invested of all the drummers,” Mary Beth said. “It was really neat to have them all together and be willing to play together. So they were kind of a riot to watch all in the same

room.” The Whole Bolivian Army formed in Seattle and played its first show in March 1993. The name is a reference within a reference, lifted from a scene from “Beverly Hills Cop” that recalls the finale of “Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.” The band rose through the ranks of Seattle’s rock scene with a melodic modern rock sound that recalls bands like Garbage and Throwing Muses. But, by 2001, Mary Beth had gotten the baby bug and the Kites had grown tired of the rat race. They spent the next six years in Port Townsend. But eventually the Kites started to crave a more urban experience again and set their gazes on Tacoma, despite sketchy first impressions from 1998. That’s the year TWBA first played the Central Tavern, a defunct Sixth Avenue venue that was most recently Metro Gruv. “We opened for this band called Face First,” Matt recalled. “They were kind of a grungish sounding band and nice guys. Anyway, a big riot broke out (with) tables flying.” “I can’t believe how fast it escalated,” added Mary Beth, cracking up. “It’s really pretty impressive, just like in the movies. So at first I was like, ‘What a dump!’” “We were like, ‘Who would ever live in Tacoma?’” Matt said. “And now we live, like, five blocks from there. And we totally love Tacoma. It seems like the perfect combination of urban energy and variety, but still has the small town feel to it.” Singer-songwriter Holly Figueroa O’Reilly will open the CD release show, which will start at 9 p.m. on May 11. The $5 cover charge comes with a complimentary copy of “Siren.” But we can’t guarantee a riot won’t break out.

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C.I. SHENANIGAN’S: Collaborative Works Jazz, 8 p.m. DAWSON’S: Rock ‘n Roll Magic (Classic rock) 9 p.m., NC EAGLES LOUNGE: Darrell Data (Vocals/guitar) 6 p.m. GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Chapter 5 (Top 40) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Pearl Django (Jazz) 8 p.m., $10 LOUIE G’S: Vividal, Late September Dogs, Pretty Enemy (Rock) 8 p.m., $5, AA PARADISE BOWL: Just Dirt (Rock covers) 9:30 p.m. MAXWELL’S: Lance Buller Trio (Jazz) 7 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: The West, guest, 9 p.m. STONEGATE: Ghost 311, 9 p.m. SWISS: Afrodisiacs (Disco covers) 9 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Nemesis, Path To Ruin, 8 p.m. UNCLE THURM’S: Gary Cook (Jazz guitarist) 5:30 p.m., NC, AA VARSITY GRILL: Rock-Bot live band karaoke, 8 p.m., NC

SATURDAY, MAY 4 EMERALD QUEEN: Spike & the Impalers, 8:30 p.m., $30-55

STONEGATE: Rafael Tranquilino (Blues jam) 8 p.m.

FULCRUM GALLERY: Qui Vive, Beans & Rize, Crazy Monk (Hip-hop) 6 p.m., $10, AA JAZZBONES: Rockaraoke, 9 p.m. SWISS: TBA (Blues) 8 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Bill Pease, Paul Buck, Chris Gartland (Blues) 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 7 STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (Acoustic open mic) 8 p.m.

ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3 DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (Blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA DAWSONS: Jho Blenis, Shelly Ely (Blues jam) 8 p.m. LOUIE G’S: (Acoustic open mic) 6 p.m. NEW FRONTIER: (Open jam), 9 p.m., NC UNCLE SAM’S: Blenis/Ely Band (Blues jam) 7:30 p.m., AA

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 C.I. SHENANIGAN’S: Collaborative Works Jazz, 8 p.m. DAWSON’S: Rock ‘n Roll Magic (Classic rock) 9 p.m., NC EMERALD QUEEN: 4 More (Top 40) 9 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Chapter 5 (Top 40) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Folsom Prism (Johnny Cash tribute) 8 p.m., $10 MAXWELL’S: Kareem Kandi Band (Jazz) 8 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Ghost 211, 9 p.m. SWISS: Spazmatics (80s covers) 9 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Unhailoed, Beyond Theory, MPB, 8 p.m., $5 VARSITY GRILL: Rock-Bot live band karaoke, 8 p.m., NC

SUNDAY, MAY 5 STONEGATE: Rich Wetzel’s Groovin’ Higher Orchestra (Jazz) 5 p.m.

ANTHEM: Taxi Driver (Jazz) 7 p.m. DAWSONS: Tim Hall Band (Blues jam) 8 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: (Bluegrass jam) 3 p.m. STONEGATE: Bobby Hoffman & All-Star Band, 8 p.m. TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Brass Unlimited, Kareem Kandi (Jazz) 3 p.m., NC, AA UNCLE SAM’S: Remedy (Rock jam) 7 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: Rob Hutchinson Quartet, Kareem Kandi (Jazz) 8 p.m., NC, AA

SWISS: Kareem Kandi Band (Jazz) 7 p.m., $5, AA

DAVE’S OF MILTON: Rubber Band (Jam session) 8 p.m. DAWSONS: Crazy Texas Gypsies (Jam session) 8 p.m. GIBSON’S (STADIUM DISTRICT): Ephraim Richardson (Open mic) 7 p.m. STONEGATE: N.M.W.P. (Rock jam) 8:30 p.m., NC

THURSDAY, MAY 9 OLIVE BRANCH CAFÉ: Michelle Beaudry (Jazz guitarist) 4 p.m., NC, AA

DAVE’S OF MILTON: Powercell (Jam session) 8 p.m. DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (Jam session) 8 p.m., NC EAGLES LOUNGE: Biff Moss (Ukelele/guitar) 6 p.m. PARADISE BOWL: Just Dirt (Rock jam) 9:30 p.m. ROCK THE DOCK: (Open mic) 8:30 p.m. STONEGATE: Billy Stoops (Jam) 9 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Jerry Miller (Blues) 7 p.m.

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FRI., MAY 3 With the gardens in May’s vivid color show, Lakewold Gardens’ MayFest is a great way to enjoy the beauty of the gardens alongside great displays, exhibits and activities in the Wagner House. Current participants for the week will include: floral arrangement displays from Ikebana International #147, artwork exhibited by Lakewood Arts Commission and multi-medium artist Lorie Bennett, a historical and events exhibit of Lakewold, a display and demonstrations by the Olympia Weavers Guild and a variety of musical performances. During this week the gardens will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Standard admission fees apply, $9 adults, $6 seniors, military and students and children under 12 are free, but all activities (with exception of Mother’s Day brunch) are free to Lakewold members. Event runs through May 12. Info: http:// www.lakewoldgardens.org/ or (253) 584-4106. –

BIKE COMMUTER MEET-UP ETC – Whether you have been commuting to work by bike for years or are just trying it for this first time this May, you are welcome to join this gathering of cyclists at the Broken Spoke to relax over a beer, swap stories and share information about what it takes to be a bike commuter in Tacoma. This event is 21+ only. The meetup will take place every Friday in May at 5 p.m. Info: http:// www.downtownonthego.com/

SUN., MAY 5 BENEFIT AT THE SWISS HAPPENINGS – Eat and drink for a good cause at the Swiss from 5-8 p.m., and help raise money for Team Henley’s Relay for Life fundraiser. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society to help fight cancer. Raffle tickets will be available throughout the night, and silent auction items include tickets to Teatro Zinzanni, Tacoma Comedy Club, hotel and cabin getaways and more. Families are welcome. Info: www. relayforlife.org. HISTORIC HOMES TOUR ETC – Tacoma Historical Society’s home tour will bring people into houses in Stadium District and the North Slope this year. The annual event will take place on May 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on May 5 from 1-5 p.m. It is the group’s major fundraiser of the year. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased at Pacific Northwest Shop, Stadium Thriftway, and Columbia Bank branches in Fircrest, at the intersection of North 21st and Pearl streets and at the corner of South 19th Street and Union Avenue. They can also be purchased at First Presbyterian Church the days of the tour. Info: http://www. tacomahistory.org/

SAT., MAY 18 YOGA TO THE BEAT – Molina Healthcare is hosting a free yoga class for all ages that is open to the public and is designed to make yoga fun and exciting for people who have never tried it before. Instead of the slow, meditative music most people associate with yoga, this event will have a DJ mixing popular music and an energetic yoga instructor teaching some basic poses designed to get your heart rate up while calming your mind. The event takes place from 1-2:30 p.m. HAPPENINGS

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TEDDIE BEAR MUSIC MUSIC – Teddie Bear Music is a child and parent musical adventure. Join instructor Janice Berntsen as she shows students how to share the gift of music and movement with their children, ages 1-4. Sessions are held Thursdays at 8:45 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. at Ted Brown Music, located at 6228 Tacoma Mall Blvd. For more info, visit www.tbmoutreach.org.

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FRI., JUNE 7 38TH ANNUAL DEAF PICNIC ETC – Join Tacoma Sertoma Club for the 38th annual Deaf Picnic at Birney Elementary School. The day will be filled with face painting, police vehicles, entertainment and delicious hot dogs. The picnic takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Organizers ask for RSVPs by May 17. Birney Elementary School is located at 1202 S. 76th St. in Tacoma. RSVP by sending an e-mail to lldobner@msn.com.

BULLETIN BOARD ‘A PLACE AT THE TABLE’ HAPPENINGS – “A Place at the Table,” a powerful new documentary that investigates and proposes solutions to incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, will be screening at The Grand Cinema from May 3-9. Emergency Food Network and Immanuel Presbyterian Church are cosponsoring a post-film discussion following the 4:20 p.m. screening on May 5. The discussion will be led by Helen McGovern, executive director of Emergency Food Network, and will draw connections between the film and work being done to address hunger in Pierce County. BIKE MONTH COMMUTER CHALLENGE ETC – The month-long Bike Commuter Challenge is back again with plenty of opportunities to get out and ride! Sign up as a team or individual to participate. Log at least five trips during the month of May and be entered to win an overnight getaway to Portland with travel on Amtrak. Other prizes include gift certificates to Tacoma Bike, bike tune-ups, and team pizza parties – and a $100 Tacoma Bike gift certificate will also be awarded to the college student who logged the most cycling miles in the month of

May! Your college, university or place of employment must be located in Pierce County in order to participate. Visit http://www.piercetrips. com/bike-month for more information or http://www. piercetripscalendar.com/ to log your trips in the commute calendar. Sponsored by The Tacoma Wheelman Bicycle Club and Tacoma Bike. ‘SESAME STREET LIVE’ HAPPENINGS – When Elmo gets his furry fingers on Abby Cadabby’s magic wand, there is something in the air – and Sesame Street becomes a nonstop, all-singing, all-dancing musical montage! Grover and Baby Bear sing their highs and lows, Cookie Monster sings fast and slow, Bert and Ernie converse in song and Murray makes mouth music for all to sing along! Learn why it feels good to sing a song, but why it feels good to stop, too! What will Elmo learn about the power of musical magic? Join the conga line of fun to find out! The Sunny Seats Package includes a VIP seat and a preshow meet and greet photo opportunity with two Sesame Street Live friends. Sunny Seat orders will include a special admittance ticket for entry into the meet and greet. You will receive the special admittance ticket with the rest of your show tickets. All meet and greets start 90 minutes prior to the performance, which takes place at Tacoma Dome, located at 2727 E. ‘D’ St. Please meet at the Sunny Seats sign. Latecomers may miss the opportunity. Please bring your own camera. Info: http://sesamestreetlive.com/ shows/cant-stop-singing. ‘THE RAINMAKER’ THEATER – The Lakewood Playhouse presents N. Richard Nash’s beautiful romantic drama “The Rainmaker.” Set in a drought-ridden rural town in the West in Depression-era America, the play tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie Curry. She

keeps house for her father and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. She has just returned from a trip to visit pseudo-cousins (all male), which was undertaken with the failed expectation that she would find a husband. The play will be performed on Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Performances will be through May 12, with a special showing at 8 p.m. on May 2 (pay what you can actor’s benefit). Ticket prices are $24 (general admission), $21 (senior/ military) and $18 (students/ educators). This production promises to, indeed, bring rain to the inside of the Lakewood Playhouse! Info: www.lakewoodplayhouse.org. Lakewood Playhouse is located at 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd. S.W. in Lakewood. ‘LOVE DOES STUFF’ HAPPENINGS – Inspired by The New York Times bestseller, “Love Does,” author and world changer Bob Goff invites you to a two-day conference celebrating the very tangible outcomes of dreaming big at Love Does Stuff 2013. Love Does Stuff 2013 is a conference on May 1617, uniting a community of people who not only have a distinctive perspective on how ideas can be realized, but how to also launch them in a whimsical and purposeful way. The conference will be chock-full of speaker presentations, spoken word, breakout sessions and a special live concert. Speakers include: Bob Goff, New York Times bestselling author of “Love Does,” CEO and founder of Restoration International; Donald Miller founder of Storyline and author of New York Times bestseller “Blue Like Jazz;” Dean Curry lead pastor at Life Center Church; Joshua DuBois, former head of the Office of Faith Based & Neighborhood Partnerships in the administration of President Barack Obama; Jeff Bethke author of “Jesus>Religion” and YouTube sensation, Propaganda,

HOT HULA FITNESS ETC – Every Monday through Wednesday, Asia Pacific Cultural Center hosts hot hula fitness classes from 7-8 p.m. Inspired by the dances of the Pacific islands, hot hula fitness incorporates easy to perform dance moves set to the sounds of traditional Polynesian drum beats fused with funky reggae music, resulting in a modern, hip fitness workout. Hot hula fitness is a fun, new and exciting dance workout that isolates your larger muscle groups, quads and arms, providing a total body workout in 60 minutes. All ages and fitness levels will enjoy hot hula fitness. Admission: $6 (discount with APCC membership). APCC is located at 4851 South Tacoma Way. DRUM CIRCLE MUSIC – Ted Brown Music Tacoma hosts a free, all-ages drum circle every Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. You do not need to have a drum to participate. For more info contact Ted Brown Music at (253) 272-3211 or visit www.tedbrownmusic.com. CHARITY BOOT CAMP ETC – Jeff Jowers, owner and founder of Tacoma’s Ultimate Fitness Boot Camps, is hosting charity fitness boot camps every Saturday morning at 8:15 a.m., benefiting Campfire USA. These drop-in classes are $10 apiece, with all proceeds going to charity. Info: www.tacomabootcamps. com. FREE FIRST WEEKENDS ETC – Bank of America bankcard holders and employees receive free admission to the Tacoma Art Museum the first weekend of every month as part of Bank of America’s national Museums on Us program. Info: museums.bankofamerica.com. THE VALLEY CHORALE ETC – The Valley Chorale, a soprano-alto-tenor-bass singing group, meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Lutheran Church of Christ the King, located at 1710 E. 85th St. in Tacoma. If you like singing, contact Joy Heidal at (253) 848-1134, or Dixie Byrne at (253) 677-5291 for more information and a personal invitation to join the group. UKULELE CIRCLE MUSIC – Ted Brown Music Tacoma hosts a free, all-ages ukulele circle every Wednesday from 6:30-8 p.m. For more info contact Ted Brown Music at (253) 272-3211 or visit www.tedbrownmusic.com.

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COMMERCIAL LAND – 1.25 ACRES fully

and securely fenced. Large 1680 Sq Ft storage garage, and mobile home used as office. Currently used by towing company. Ideal for towing company or secure yard for contractor. Near 188th and Pacific Avenue. Call for photos

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beautiful wooded building lots in Gig Harbor/Arletta area. Water and electricity available on 40th St NW. Owner/Agent may consider a trade.

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Food & Beverage Businesses 4 Sale with Owner Contract

LOCAL HIGH GROSSING POPULAR BAR & GRILL $220,000, terms negotiable, seating cap. 74, great kit. PENDING PORT OF TACOMA DINER Breakfast & Lunch, M-F, Price $70,000. Long-time established & great location. VERY SUCCESSFUL/PROFITABLE SPORTS BAR Business is For Sale for $320,000 PRICE Terms are avail. REDUCED LAUNDROMAT W/ DROP SHOP.ICSame location 15 years in Lakewood. Excellent PR E lease with contract terms. $36,000 REDUCED LANDMARK “BBQ INN� Restaurant/Lounge Huge Price Reduction - For Sale For $565,000 (R.E. $525K) Bus. $40K. Bldg. has been completely remodeled for a sports bar and grill. “UNDISCLOSED� BEAUTY SALON In Puyallup, Great Location, $36,000 Cash. Call PRICE Angelo, (253) 376-5384. REDUCED RURAL LIVING: ASHFORD, WA- Restr./Lounge, $125,000 with $50K Down, Real E. Avail: ICE 3.4 Commercial Acres for Future Devel., 3 BR Remodeled Home, laundromat. PR REDUCED

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Professional Management Services

City of Tacoma residents are eligible to apply for positions 1 and 2 on the Civil Service Board. These positions are elected citywide by Tacoma citizens. 7KH WHUPV RI RIĂ€FH for Civil service board members is four years and will begin January 1, 2014. Filing dates for open positions are Monday, May 13 through Friday May, 17.

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VOLUNTEERS Franklin Pierce High School needs your help We are in need of volunteers to help judge portfolio presentation for our graduating seniors for the class of 2013. This year the senior culminating project presentations are going to be held on May 6th, 7th, 13th & 14th with make-ups on the 20th & 21st from 3:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. By the time they graduate the portfolio (culminating project), will include samples of their work (his/her best work and work that shows how they have improved); grades, test results, fouryear plan, transcripts and credit check; their selfassessments about how they are doing and how they can improve academically; career goals and post-secondary plans; High School & Beyond Plan (a Washington State graduation requirement); D ÀQDQFLDO SODQ IRU WKHLU future; a record of their jobs, internships, or volunteer service; and honors or awards they have received. Completion of a high school culminating project is required for graduation in the state of Washington. The culminating project requirement for the Franklin Pierce School District is the completion and presentation of the portfolio. Each culminating project presentation will be 12-15 minutes long. There will be a short orientation at 2:50 pm in the Counseling Career Center on each day. Our Counseling Career Center is located to the right inside the main entrance of the school. If interested in participating as a panel member for one or more of the days listed above please contact me by phone at 253-298-3934 or email at ksolomon@ fpschools.org. Please consider this opportunity to volunteer your time. Without volunteers like yourself, this would not be possible. I look forward to hearing from you. Help teach English to Spanish Speaking

Seniors We need a volunteer to teach ESL to a group of Spanish speaking seniors Tuesday’s 10:30-11:30am weekly. Maybe also stay to help translate during the other programs until 2:30 pm. The class is at Portland Ave Community Center 3513 Portland Ave E Tacoma, Contact Bonnie Elliser at 253-591-5391. Volunteer with Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful! Make your neighborhood more beautiful and help your neighbors in need! Volunteer with Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful! Apply now as an individual or crew to paint houses of low-income homeowners during the summer of 2013. Learn more at: http://associatedministries.org/community-mobilization/paint-tacomapierce-beautiful/volunteer/ Contact Info: Megan Shea at 253-383-3056*142 or megans@associatedministries.org Volunteer needed to teach exercise class for seniors Tai Chi, sails class or yoga. Tuesday & Thursday mornings 10 or 11 AM. Portland Ave Community Center, 3513 Portland Ave E Tacoma, WA 98404. Call and speak with Bonnie @ 253-591-5391 South Sound Outreach is offering free tax preparation for those who make $50,000 or less. To schedule an appointment call 253.593.2111 or visit our website at www.southsoundoutreach.org. Project Homeless Connect is an annual event where homeless individuals can receive free services. The next event will be held in Sumner, WA on Friday, May 17th. For more information visit www.pchomelessconnect.com or call 253.593.2111. Get involved with Metro Parks Tacoma’s Citizen Advisory Councils!

VOLUNTEERS The Business & Responsive Agency Council helps district leadership with business planning, ÀQDQFLDO VXVWDLQDELOLW\ decisions, revenue development and quality assurance. Monthly meetings focus on issues that affect the future of our park system. Visit www.metroparkstacoma.org/business-volunteer to learn more or call Brett Freshwaters, Chief Financial 2IÀFHU DW Brettf@tacomaparks.com. Metro Parks Tacoma Special events bring the community together and provide families with affordable fun. Metro Parks Tacoma needs volunteers to help produce memorable events. Visit www.metroparkstacoma. org/volunteer and signXS WR EH QRWLÀHG RI VSHcial event service opportunities. To learn more, contact Roxanne Miles, Volunteer Manager, at 253.305.1068. Roxannem@tacomaparks.com.

Make a difference in the life of a child! The Northwest Youth Sports Alliance is looking for coaches for our developmental youth sports program. Sports vary by season. Coaches are provided general training and go through a national background check clearance process. For more information, visit www.metroparkstacoma.org/nysa or contact Roy Fletcher, Youth Sports Coordinator, royf@tacomaparks.com or 253.305.1025. Literacy Tutor Tacoma Community House is looking for volunteers to help adults improve their reading, writing, and basic math skills. Training is provided. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer tutor, please contact Karen Thomas at (253) 383-3951 or at kthomas@tacomacommunityhouse.org.

Join us in changing lives! Changing Rein Equine Assisted Activities and 7KHUDSLHV D QRQSURĂ€W RIfers equine assisted services to differently-abled individuals. Currently the program offers several volunteer opportunities. Our primary need at present is for program volunteers who work with our horses and support our riders in therapeutic and adaptive lessons. Other volunteer opportunities include: grounds maintenance and administrative/ clerical work. Must be at least 14 years old to participate. Horse experience helpful, but not necessary. Training provided. For more information contact: Volunteer Coordinator at 253-370-1429 or volunteer@changingrein.org. The Tacoma Maritime Institute meets every 4th Monday at the Midland Community Center 1614 99th Street East Tacoma WA Potluck at 6:00, all are welcome. Meeting Starts at 7:00 CONVERSATION PARTNERS NEEDED Help adults learn to speak English! Mornings, no experience or foreign language skills needed. South Tacoma. Contact Lee Sledd, Madison Family Literacy, 253-571-1887. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED If you enjoy helping tod-

dlers learn, you can help us! Seeking retired or experienced volunteers to assist in expanding our capacity and provide quality learning for busy little people. (No diaper changing!) Background check required. Contact Lee Sledd, Madison Family Literacy 253-571-1887

Meals on Wheels at Federal Way Senior Center seeks morning volunteers: One Co-coordinator, Friday and Monday; two Callers, Monday; three Packers, Wednesday; two Drivers, Thursday. To learn more, call 206-727-6250. Be a Big Brother! Becoming a Big is a fun and easy way to volunteer in your community and make a BIG difference in the life of a child. There are several program options WR Ă€W \RXU VFKHGXOH DQG interests, such as meeting your Little at school, going on an outing or attending an agency-planned activity. For more information, visit www.bbbsps.org or call 253.396.9630. INTERVIEWEES FOR A NON-PROFIT PROJECT “MEMORY COMMUNITYâ€? What It Is: We are Memory Community (a nonSURĂ€W FRUSRUDWLRQ 7KH Memory Community Project is a creative service to seniors. Our Goals & Objectives: To create an accessible resource that: • helps our senior citizens tell their stories • connects the young and the old • increases our understanding of those before us who help us be who we are • honors the generations before us and show our appreciation by preserving their memories • All seniors are welcome WR YROXQWHHU IRU Ă€OPLQJ their story! • At most two days of work during daytime – Day 1: pre-production meeting, and Release )RUP VLJQLQJ 'D\ Ă€OPing, ideally wrapped within half a day What we’d like you to talk about in the Ă€OP 8VH PLQXWHV RU VR to tell the most memorable story from your life, the lessons that were learned, and the wise words you want to pass along to your children/grandchildren. Compensation: a DVD in which you are the leading character, and a free upload to our website http://memorycommunity. org/ Contact: send your emails to deyung@memorycommunity.org Or call Deyung at 253-858-2445 for scheduling a meetLQJ 7KH Ă€OPLQJ LV IUHH but donations are appreciated to help the project continue. Donate time and receive free groceries. Volunteers needed with skills in management, organization, clerical, food handling, warehousing, maintenance etc. and receive free groceries from D 1RQ 3URĂ€W )RRG 'LVtribution Program. Older teens are welcomed to volunteer and gain valuable work experience. Contact Ms. Lee at (253) 677-7740 for further information. Knitters and Crocheters &RPH -RLQ 8V /RYLQJ Hearts is a group of volunteers who crochet or knit: hats for chemo, baby items, and blankets for difIHUHQW QRQ SURĂ€W RUJDQL]Dtions with in the community. We meet twice a month. Once on the second Tuesday, from 1:00pm

VOLUNTEERS to 3:00pm and again on the fourth Thursday, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Please join us at the WayPoint Church, 12719 134th Ave KP N, Gig Harbor. We are also in need of donations of yarn. For more information please email: lovingheartsonkp@aol.com or call Virginia at 253-884— 9619 Loving Hearts also meets 1pm to 3pm 3rd Thur. at Clubhouse Mobile Park Ardena Gale 4821 70th Ave. E., Fife 98424

The Backpack Program of the St. Leo Food Connection is looking for a volunteer to pick up backpacks full of food for the weekend for students at McKinley Elementary and Sheridan Elementary from the Food Connection and deliver them to both

schools the 2nd and 4th Thursday or Friday of each month for the duration of the school year. Volunteers must have their own vehicle and be able to commit to volunteering for the rest of the school year. This is a low time commitment way to make a big difference to kids! If interested, please contact Britani Hollis: jv@foodconnection.org

Hospice is seeking compassionate, caring individuals to volunteer up to 4 hrs. per week with terminally ill patients. Comprehensive training and education provided. We support your service goals and your spirit to give. Training Jan. 2010 call today! 253.301.6464

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