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FOODIE. (Left) While Whole Foods held a grand opening, complete with waiting lines of would-be customers, Proctor’s Metropolitan Market also celebrated its arrival to the marketplace as a way to boost knowledge and offerings about food. (Right Top) Metropolitan Market bakery clerk Alexis Dotts turns out cookies as fast as possible to keep up with demand. (Right Bottom) Lizzie Wysong-Schmidt prepares lasagna at Metropolitan Market’s demo kitchen.

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NEWCOMER TO FOODIE MARKETPLACE By Steve Dunkelberger

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ome of the loudest applauses about the grand opening of the Whole Foods in University Place last week came from one of its

“competitors” for the title of the South Sound’s foodie hub. “I hope that the community embraces them just as much as this neighborhood has embraced us for the last 20 years,” Proctor’s Metropolitan Market Director Kelly Heinzinger said.

Her home away from home for the last 18 years is actually midway through its 20th anniversary celebration to show off its remodel that expanded its bakery – yes, that means more of those death by chocolate overdose cookies – and expanded deli, meat, pasta and wine

offerings. “Our loyal customers have been part of planning this remodel for many years, and we are excited to give them a better experience,” said Heinzinger. The festivities started in April and run u See WHOLE FOODS / page A6

CITY TASK FORCE TO RESEARCH MINIMUM WAGE ISSUE By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

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VETS. Volunteers, veterans themselves, organize an annual resource fair to help other veterans. The event is set for May 30.

VETERANS KEEP VOW TO NEVER LEAVE ONE BEHIND By Steve Dunkelberger

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The military has its own “corporate culture” that civilians just don’t understand. Soldiers often distill it down to the motto, “embrace the suck.” Those in uniform struggle on without complaint and don’t ask for help, especially help from civilians or even from the government they wrote a check

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in the amount of “up to and including their lives” to protect. And that culture is killing them. A veteran commits suicide once an hour, double the civilian rate. A third of all homeless men are veterans, some 300,000 on any given night. Services to help are available of course, but veterans struggle on and largely “embrace the suck” instead of asking for assistance. u See VETERANS / page A5

A task force charged with researching minimum wage issues formed this week as a petition continues to circulate that would make Tacoma’s minimum wage the most radical in the country. Mayor Marilyn Strickland paneled the 15-person task force on Tuesday following a call from the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber to develop a “right-sized, local solution” for the city. That call came as volunteers with 15 Now want to set a ballot measure in the fall that would set the minimum wage at $15 per hour on Jan. 1, with no phase in process or concessions for workers who receive tips. “Many of my members

With graduation season upon us, it’s falling to many young adults to decide where they want to go with the rest of their lives. For graduating University of Puget Sound senior Emma Spalding, the decision is one she has been ready for since she was five years old. After graduation, Spalding plans to travel the globe studying various national scouting organizations to observe the differences in girls and boys programs, and hopefully

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East 60th & McKinley Street Tacoma has a tremendous pothole problem, and the city knows it. During the past couple of years, the city has acknowledged this issue by spending millions of dollars in major arterial repairs with the council’s “pothole initiative.” In 2010, routine maintenance by Tacoma’s Grounds and Maintenance Division completed street repairs on 229,638 square feet of road. In 2011, the city repaired about 150,000 more square feet of roads riddled with holes, and continue those efforts. While that may sound like a lot of ground, new holes pop up – or return – each and every day, which means a pothole-free road might never exist in Tacoma. With the help of our readers and our dedicated Pothole Pig, we will continue to showcase some of the city’s biggest and best potholes through our weekly homage to one of T-Town’s most unnerving attributes. Help the Pothole Pig by e-mailing your worst pothole suggestions to SaveOurStreets@tacomaweekly.com. Potholes in need of repair can be reported to the City of Tacoma by calling (253) 591-5495.

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Bulletin Board TAHOMA NATIONAL CEMETERY HONORS VETERANS ON MEMORIAL DAY Tahoma National Cemetery will hold a Memorial Day program beginning at 1 p.m. on May 25 to remember and honor all military members who have served or are currently serving our nation. Keynote speaker will be former First Gentleman Mike Gregoire. As a graduate of Army Officers Candidate School, he served as platoon leader and convoy commander with the Delta Express in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. A Washington State native, he graduated from Everett High School and the University of Washington. Guest speaker will be State Senator Joe Fain (47th District). The senator was elected in 2001 and is the Senate Majority Floor Leader. Each Memorial Day, Tahoma National Cemetery and other National Cemeteries hold a ceremony to honor the men and women that have served and are serving our great country. Tahoma National Cemetery is a commemorative partner with the Department of Defense for the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. Organizers would like to make a special request for all Vietnam War era veterans to attend the ceremony if possible. This year the Air & Flight Museum will be providing a B-25 flyover during the ceremony and a very large crowd is expected to honor our veterans. Tahoma National Cemetery is located at 18600 SE 240th St. in Kent. Parking space is limited in the cemetery. Visitors should plan on walking to and from your parking spot to the ceremony. Parking is available for Disabled passengers and drivers with a shuttle to and from the ceremony assembly area. WALK TACOMA HOLDS MILITARY HISTORY TOUR In anticipation of Memorial Day, learn about Tacoma’s historical connection to the military. Tour the Tacoma Armory, learn about the Spanish Canon in Wright Park, walk along a historic military parade route, and discover Tacoma’s connection to the Star-Spangled Banner on the Walk Tacoma Military History Walk on Wednesday, May 20 from 5:15-6:30 p.m. The 1.3-mile walk, sponsored by Veteran & Business Services, will be led by JBLM Commander, Col. H Charles Hodges, Jr. It will start at the Tacoma Armory at S. 11th & Yakima, and end with a social at the Odd Otter Brewing Co located in the old Soldiers and Sailors Clubhouse. There will be many exciting additions to the walk event: · The Tacoma Armory will be open to tour starting at 4:45 p.m., 30 minutes prior to the walk. · The patriotic-themed Pierce Transit bus will be unveiled at the walk event. · All participants will receive a free Pierce Transit OneRide bus ticket to use after the event. There is no need to pre-register for the event, simply join Downtown On the Go at the start. Walk Tacoma 2015, sponsored by CHI Franciscan Health, is a nine-event walking series held on first and third Wednesdays, from April through August. The fun, themed walks, now in their sixth year, encourage people to enjoy downtown on foot by introducing new walking routes, and sharing information about the community and its history through the guided tours. The walks are scheduled at the lunch hour and just after work to encourage downtown employees to walk during their workday, whether it is to and from work or at a lunch break. In sponsoring this Walk Tacoma event, Greg Mowat, Veteran & Business Specialist says, “We greatly appreciate the opportunity to link the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber’s Veteran & Business Service activities to Downtown On the Go and the kinship of the Tacoma community with Joint Base Lewis McChord.” Walking maps of the routes are available at no cost at Downtown On the Go (950 Pacific Ave., Suite 300), at many downtown businesses, on www.tourpup.com/walktacoma/ tours, or by contacting Meagan Kula, Downtown On the Go Coordinator, at (253) 682-1734 or meagank@tacomachamber.org. Log your walks on the Trip Calendar at PierceTrips.com to earn prizes and be a part of the 24,859-mile community challenge to “Walk Around the World.” Learn more at www. downtownonthego.com/go/walking/walk-around-the-world. For more information on the full Walk Tacoma Series or the Walk Around the World campaign, visit www.downtownonthego.org or find us on Facebook or Twitter. FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT LAUNCHES SUMMER SEASON The Foss Waterway Seaport, Puget Sound’s maritime heritage, education and event center, will officially open its doors for the summer season on Sunday, May 17 at 12:00 noon. Located on Tacoma’s Thea Foss Waterway, the Seaport will open to a special welcome by actors in period dress, free cups of Ivar’s World Famous Clam Chowder, cake-cutting, live music, exhibits and interactive activities, heritage boat shop, the Tacoma Fire Department fire boat and maritime vessels on-show. The theme for the summer season, “Tacoma: This is Your Waterfront,” will highlight the many historic maritime treasures in the Seaport’s collection. Throughout the summer themed programs and weekend activities will use those artifacts as touchstones to connect visitors to their shared past – the sailors, ships, rail yards, workers and The Port that shaped Puget Sound into the region it is today. A series of fun family events are scheduled throughout the summer including: Family Fun Day with Pierce County Education Communication Outreach Net May 30, Maritime Fest July 18 and 19, and Summer Science SeaCamp the weeks of Aug. 3-7 and Aug. 10-13 (advance booking is required). Foss Waterway Seaport Executive Director, Wesley A. Wenhardt said, “We are excited to welcome visitors for the 2015 season and to give them the opportunity to re-connect with the Tacoma waterfront, Puget Sound and the maritime history of our region. We have more than doubled our exhibit space and feature a new signature exhibit, ‘Where Rails Meet Sails.’” It is a model railroad switching yard representation of the historic half-moon railway yard (adjacent to the Seaport), that can be operated by children and adults alike. Also in the exhibit are an authentic operating Griswold crossing signal, railroad wheels forged by the Griffin Wheel Foundry in South Tacoma in 1909, and striking images of Tacoma’s railroads of the past. Soon to be added will be a hands-on steam locomotive simulator. Foss Waterway Seaport and Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Museum have joined forces and are offering a special “Where Rails meet Sails” combo ticket voucher. To experience the Seaport and Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad & Museum visit www.mrsr.com. Classic boats made in Washington State will be displayed in the expanded space, along with a maritime themed Lego exhibit with Lego Play Zone for children, vintage div-

ing equipment, and artifacts from the “Mosquito Fleet” era of steam ferries. The Heritage Boat Shop will be active with boat building activities. A focus exhibition, “An Ocean Transformed – Art with a Message,” features marine debris sculptures created by students from Sherman Elementary School through the Seaport’s 2015 education program. Students and their teachers partnered with local artists and engineers to construct marine debris sculptures. The five sculptures encourage best practices in visitors who view them, along with a 32-foot plastic grey whale constructed from recycled plastic bags, designed by artist Carrie Ziegler. This exhibition will run from May to October 2015. The museum will be open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free for Seaport members, $8 for adults, $5 for children (5 years+), students, and military or seniors (62+), $20 for a Family Pass. Parking is available adjacent to the Seaport. Side tie public moorage is available with power and water, and a four-hour stay at the Seaport dock is free. Moorage is within walking distance of restaurants, museums and downtown. For more information visit fosswaterwayseaport.org.

TACOMA FAMILIES ENCOURAGED TO BRING BACK SUNDAY DINNER Lois Etienne from Tacoma is on a mission to see more families share sit-down Sunday dinners with their senior loved ones. The reason? New research shows that 50 percent of surveyed families living near senior relatives feel they do not share enough meals with older loved ones, losing an important family connection. “For seniors, it’s not what’s on their plate that matters most at mealtime – it’s who is at the table with them,” said Etienne, RN, CSA, and owner of the local Home Instead Senior Care franchises serving Pierce and South King Counties. “When seniors share meals with a companion, they have a better mealtime experience – both nutritionally and emotionally.” Almost 75 percent of the people surveyed said they only sit down for a family meal with senior loved ones for special occasions, events or holidays. They say a big part of the problem is time – both not having enough of it and conflicting schedules. To encourage families to make time for these meals, the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation will donate $1 to Meals on Wheels America (up to $20,000 total through July 31) for each person that commits to regularly scheduling family dinners at www.SundayDinnerPledge.com. Pledging to have a sit-down dinner with loved ones will help to ensure other seniors will have a quality meal, friendly visit and safety check delivered by Meals on Wheels programs across the country. “We hope families will make the pledge to either revive or begin new mealtime traditions with their senior loved ones,” Etienne said. “This small commitment can have a big impact on a senior’s well-being.” To help families across the country host their own Sunday dinner, Home Instead Senior Care has partnered with celebrity chef and mother of four Melissa d’Arabian to develop easy, nutritious recipes. Additional resources include tips for how to involve seniors in meal planning and preparation, pre- and post-dinner activities and meal plans for healthy, inexpensive meals that all generations can enjoy. For these free resources and more information on how you can bring back the Sunday dinner and reconnect with your senior loved ones, visit www.SundayDinnerPledge. com, call Home Instead Senior Care at (253) 943-1603” 253) 943-1603, or visit www.homeinstead.com/152. ‘CLICK IT OR TICKET’ INCLUDES BUCKLING UP KIDS This year’s annual statewide “Click It or Ticket” campaign will take place between May 18 and May 31. During these dates, motorists in Washington can expect to see extra seat belt patrols, which will include an emphasis on children who are not properly restrained. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional deaths among children in the United States. Between 2010 and 2012, in Washington State, 26 child passengers age 12 and younger died, and another 122 were seriously injured as a result of traffic crashes. The majority of these tragedies likely could have been avoided had these children been properly restrained, as dictated by Washington State law. On August 27, 2013, Deputy Tyson Voss of the Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) witnessed a motorist running a stop sign at an intersection just off Interstate 90 near George, WA. When Voss made contact with this motorist, he noticed two small children in the back seat who were not properly restrained. Voss had previously spent several years in the GCSO’s Motor Traffic Unit, where he actively participated in the Child Car Seat Project and knew the importance of properly restraining children in a motor vehicle. Before allowing the motorist to leave the scene, he instructed her to properly restrain her one-year-old and three-year-old children in their car seats. Within only a few miles and just minutes later, the motorist Voss had stopped fell asleep at the wheel. Her car careened off State Route 283, hit a light pole, vaulted over the intersecting county road, and ended up on its side. Had these two children not been properly restrained, the crash forces they sustained would most likely have killed or seriously injured them. Since they were in their car seats correctly, the children sustained no injuries. Cesi Velez, Project Manager for Washington Child Passenger Safety, explains, “Washington State law requires child passengers to be properly restrained until the motor vehicle safety belt fits properly. It also requires children under the age of 13 to ride in the back seat. Seems simple enough, yet car and booster seats can be very confusing. Educating the public on Washington law can also be challenging for law enforcement. A new online child passenger safety training will be available to law enforcement officers prior to the start of the “Click It or Ticket” campaign. This training will assist officers to help ensure children are riding safely in the car.” For more information on Child Passenger Safety in Washington, visit http://washingtonCPS.com. In Pierce County, the Bonney Lake, DuPont, Fife, Fircrest, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Milton, Puyallup, Sumner, Tacoma and University Place Police Departments, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and the Washington State Patrol will be teaming up and participating in the extra patrols, with the support of the Tacoma-Pierce County DUI and Traffic Safety Task Force. These and all extra patrols are part of Target Zero – striving to end traffic deaths and serious injuries in Washington by 2030. For more information, visit www.targetzero. com. Additional information on the Washington Traffic Safety Commission can be found on the website, www.wtsc. wa.gov. see More bulletin board iteMs at tacoMaweekly.coM

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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?

ERNIE ELVING REPORTED MISSING FOR THREE WEEKS By Matt Nagle matt@tacomaweekly.com

amily and friends of local man Ernie Elving are desperately trying to find him as he has been missing since April 26. He was last seen at the Emerald Queen Casino’s Tacoma location (2024 E. 29th St.). Elving suffers from grand mal seizures and may be disoriented. He

was released from Tacoma General Hospital on April 24. He is 55 years old, 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs approximately 100 pounds. When last seen, he was wearing a black leather jacket and black “Native Pride” baseball cap. Anyone who has seen him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call his brother, David Elving, at (253) 370-0489 or Puyallup Tribal Police at (253) 680-5656.

ASK A COP: DET. ED TROYER MAN PLEAD GUILTY TO STADIUM ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS DISTRICT MURDER

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Have you ever wondered if something was legal? Each week on Washington’s Most Wanted, we feature a segment called “Ask a Cop” in which members of law enforcement answer viewer questions. A DAVID ROSE lot of them are about self-protection. For example, Tess in Puyallup wanted to know, “At what point can I use a gun if someone is breaking into my home? What constitutes self-defense in that situation?” I turned to Pierce County Sheriff’s Detective Ed Troyer for the answer. “Tess, if you’re going to use a gun while in your home, the rule is you need to fear for your life or be in danger for yourself or others. If someone breaks into your home and you’re there and you’re armed and you fear for your safety you can use the gun. If they break in the home and see you and they’re running away down the street or across your yard and you fire at them after the threat is gone, you could have a problem because that fear is no longer there and you need to be prudent when you use that firearm,” said Troyer. Willie wanted to know “if it’s legal to carry a taser or stun device here in Washington?” It’s a good question and one Det. Troyer was happy to answer. “Yes, it is legal to use a stun device in the state of Washington, but you also have to understand if you’re using it as

an offensive weapon it becomes assault. You can use it for protection, and you can use it when you need it in an emergency if someone’s coming after you, but if you’re using it in a fight or using it in an offensive way then it becomes a different type of weapon and you can be held liable for numerous different levels of assault,” said Troyer. If you have a question for a cop, you can go to www.catchwmw.com and click on the Ask A Cop logo, fill out the form and I will do my best to get it answered for you on Washington’s Most Wanted airing every Friday night at 11 p.m. on Q13 FOX and Saturday night at 9:30 on JOEtv and 10:30 on Q13 FOX. Until then, stay safe and let’s make sure the bad guys have nowhere left to hide!

Andrew James Boyd, 19, pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree on May 11 for the 2013 robbery and murder of Stadium District resident Lawrence Howse, 54. “This guilty plea provides justice and closure for the community,” said Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. “Mr. Howse is missed by his many friends and his neighbors in the Stadium District, as well as his family.” Howse’s two sons, ex-wife and brother were present for the defendant’s plea of guilty. On Sept. 5, 2013, Howse was robbed and killed in his condominium parking garage. Just before the robbery, a witness on a balcony above the entrance to the garage heard Boyd or his accomplice say, “Let’s go get him.” Based on surveillance video and witness statements, police put together descriptions of the two suspects. A recent robbery of a Tacoma Walgreens involved a suspect wearing a distinctive jacket similar to one worn by Boyd. Jeremy Bennett was identified as the second suspect in the murder. Circumstantial evidence indicated that Boyd and Bennett followed Howse into the garage when Howse was parking. One of the defendants pulled a gun on Howse and robbed him of his wallet, car keys and watch. Howse was shot twice in the chest, once in the heart. Under Washington accomplice liability law, both defendants were legally responsible for the murder. In November 2014, Bennett pleaded guilty to felony murder in the first degree and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. Jheri Flood was charged with rendering criminal assistance in the first degree for helping Boyd and Bennett hide and destroying evidence after the murder. Flood pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 17 months in prison.

There are plenty of ways to tell whether you are too drunk to drive, and there are even more signs that you’re too drunk to be in public. Unfortunately, a man ignored all of these signs on May 8 when he decided to take a public bus from Seattle to Tacoma. When a transit bus pulled into a Puyallup Avenue bus stop, police were called to help deal with an unruly passenger who had been loudly swearing the whole trip. When another rider smirked at the man’s belligerent behavior, the man stood up and punched him. When police confronted the man, he claimed it was not their business how much he had to drink. However, given the smell of his breath, it was clear he had quite a bit. This theory was further validated when he stood up and police noticed he had urinated himself. The man was booked into Pierce County jail for criminal assault and was banned from pierce transit busses. There are tons of great public places you can go in Tacoma, parks, the library, the waterfront. One criminal did not understand that the Tacoma Dome does not make this short list when on May 8, when he kept trying to sneak into the building. Eventually, event staff contacted police and told them the man was banned from the premise. The man did not quite understand this concept, trying to reenter the building five times, eventually, police restrained him and transported him to the SCORE correctional facility and booked him for trespass. Unsurprisingly, the man appeared to be intoxicated. Compiled by Derek Shuck

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WAGE TASKFORCE IS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER Tacoma business boosters and Mayor Marilyn Strickland have formed a task force that would develop recommendations about minimum wage rules within the city. The mayor appointed 15 members from a pool of candidates generated by the City Council members. It’s a good idea. But it is coming under the threat of a ill-planned, poorly written citizen initiative to set Tacoma’s minimum wage at $15 an hour. Were it to become law, it would go into effect immediately on Jan. 1, 2016, with no exemptions for tipped or teenaged wage earners, no phase-in of increases for small businesses and no tax breaks on business taxes. Volunteers are gathering signatures for the plan now for a possible vote in the fall. If passed, it would be the most drastic wage increase plan ever approved. Other cities, namely SeaTac and Seattle that have passed minimum wage plans, did so with phased plans to reach $15 an hour over four to seven years. The 15 Now Tacoma petition circulating around Tacoma only concedes that micro businesses that have gross incomes below $300,000 would be exempt. Gross income is cash flow of a business. It is not net income, which is commonly called profit. There is a big difference between the two, and the initiative writers don’t seem to understand that. Or they simply don’t care. So it makes sense that Tacoma has a task force of some sort to study the pros and cons of any wage mandate and to develop recommendations based on facts and an understanding of economics rather than what is currently being presented. The notion that simply putting more money in paychecks will boost the economy shows a misunderstanding of how economics work, a misunderstanding that could cripple Tacoma’s growing, yet still fragile, economy. The city has a growing trend of trying to develop policies based on discussion and debate rather than on political drives. Tacoma led the state in its proactive approach to marijuana rules and its collaborative approach to curing the ongoing ailments surrounding billboards dotting the landscape. It should do the same with the future of Click! as well as the future of paychecks in Tacoma. Any minimum wage task force should address the city’s new sick leave plan that is set to go into effect a month after the minimum wage changes. To be clear, the state’s minimum wage of $9.47 will go up Jan.1, no matter what happens at the ballot box. It does so every year based on the rate of inflation. The actual rate of the increase will be determined in September. With a projected task force deadline to have recommendations to the City Council by late June, any group will have enough time to include information from all sides and consider any wage change holistically rather than simply added numbers on a paycheck. Anything worth doing is worth doing based on facts, not rhetoric, on informed compromise, not knee-jerk petitions.

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MEMORIAL DAY: GO VISIT THE FALLEN By Chad Storlie Memorial Day is a busy holiday. The swimming pools open, everyone gets outside in the fresh air and there are lots of parties and barbeques. This Memorial Day make a pledge to go visit the fallen and renew your understanding and appreciation for their sacrifice. The struggle with Memorial Day is how do we make the remembrance personal, respectful, and meaningful? On Memorial Day, we need to remember those that fell in combat during America’s conflicts. The fallen military personnel we remember could be a paratrooper jumping into the black during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, a U.S. Navy sailor who patrolled along the rivers of China in the 1920s, or members of the famed African-American Buffalo Soldiers who served protecting settlers in the Western United States as members

of the U.S. Cavalry. No matter where they fell and how long ago they fell, we need to continue to remember them all. We need to remember their courage, sacrifice, professionalism, dedication and the essence that made them devote their life to their country. We need to remember the recent fallen from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as remember those long past from the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In remembering the large wars, we cannot forget the “small” wars of Panama, Haiti, Somalia, Lebanon, as well as countless other small conflicts and attacks where American servicemen and servicewomen died. Making Memorial Day real, meaningful and personal is the essential step. The Department of Veteran’s Affairs has 131 National Cemeteries in 40 states that will be open to visit. In those cemeteries, there are military

personnel who have fallen for hundreds of years to protect America – we need to honor their sacrifice and remember them. There is nothing more compelling to understand personal sacrifice than seeing row upon row of white, perfectly aligned tombstones upon a green field and knowing a soldier, sailor, Marine or airman lies there. Make Memorial Day meaningful and personal. Go visit a National Cemetery, learn about the military personnel who fell, and remember them. Find the closest National Cemetery near you at www.cem.va.gov/cems/ listcem.asp. Chad Storlie is a retired Special Forces (Green Beret) lieutenant colonel, an Iraq combat veteran, author, marketing professional, and an adjunct professor of marketing at Creighton University. He has been published in more than 40 separate publications.

CONNECTING THE DOTS . . .

By Don C. Brunell

How is Seattle’s Lighthouse for the Blind connected to the Export-Import Bank? Very closely. Since 1918, The Lighthouse for the Blind has provided education, training and manufacturing jobs for people with visual and hearing disabilities. Of the 400 people currently employed there, approximately 240 are blind or deafblind. In its certified machine shop, the Lighthouse employs more than 70 visual or hearing-impaired machinists whose customer list includes the Federal Defense Logistics Agency, The Boeing Company and BAE Systems. The machinists earn wages and benefits comparable to similar jobs in the Puget Sound region. By utilizing adaptive technology such as computer screen-reading software, voicing calipers and large-print keyboards, they can operate computercontrolled machinery to create aircraft parts. Lighthouse machinists have been making aircraft parts for The Boeing Company since 1951. Each month, they produce more than 5,000 unique parts and 45,000 individual part pieces (540,000 per year) for Boeing, with an acceptance rate of more than 99.9 percent. As a Boeing contractor, the fortunes of The Lighthouse for the Blind are directly connected to the fortunes of Boeing’s commercial aircraft sales. And those sales are directly connected to the ability of Boeing’s customers to

purchase its planes. That’s where the Export-Import Bank comes in. The bank’s mission is to support U.S. jobs by making it easier for American companies to sell their products abroad. Since 1935, the Export-Import Bank has provided financing and loan guarantees to foreign companies seeking to buy American goods. A federal agency, the bank borrows money from the Treasury and pays interest on the funds. It then lends that money to foreign companies at higher interest rates. The Ex-Im Bank supports itself through interest payments and fees; no tax money is used. Each year, Congress must vote to reauthorize the bank, but this year, with the June 30 deadline looming, some politicians are balking. They question whether the federal government should be providing loans to foreign customers of U.S. companies. Because of its role in financing airplane sales, some opponents call the Export-Import Bank “Boeing’s bank” and characterize the program as corporate welfare. That’s not the case. The Wall Street Journal reports that last year, nearly 90 percent of the bank’s deals, worth more than $5 billion in financing and insurance, directly served small businesses. In Washington, more than 150 small businesses have used the bank. Critics argue that companies should get their own financing. But Todd McCracken, president and CEO of the National Small Business Association, says small companies have a hard time

getting loans, and when their customers are foreign companies, the challenge is almost insurmountable. While critics say the Ex-Im Bank gives U.S. companies an unfair advantage, it’s just the opposite. It levels the playing field. Some 59 countries have some type of export credit program. Airbus, Boeing’s major competitor, is heavily subsidized by the European Union and China operates its own export-import bank. Gov. Jay Inslee says the ExportImport Bank is a vital tool for hundreds of Washington companies, from aerospace to agriculture. “The Bank allows these companies to export their products, grow their businesses and supports tens of thousands of jobs.” While politicians argue the philosophical merits of the ExportImport Bank, Lighthouse president and CEO Kirk Adams, who is himself blind, sees the issue in simpler terms: if customers can’t buy airplanes, his machinists will be out of work. “Those folks are not getting other jobs,” notes Adams. “Those people are going home and collecting a very small Social Security disability insurance check, and sitting on the couch waiting for us to give them a call letting them know they can come back to work.” Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at TheBrunells@msn.com.

ORdINARY cONSUmeRS ARe PAYINg FOR OBAMACARE’S ‘SAVINGS’

By Sally C. Pipes

Federal programs rarely come in under budget. Consider Medicare, which will soon celebrate its 50th anniversary. In 1967, lawmakers projected annual spending in the program would reach $12 billion in 1990. The actual tab that year? A cool $110 billion. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office says that Obamacare will buck the trend. The CBO has lowered its projections for the cost of the president’s healthcare law by $142 billion over the coming decade, from $1.35 trillion to $1.2 trillion. Obamacare may cost the feds less than anticipated, but it’s extracting far more from consumers’ wallets than they bargained for. Consequently, Obamacare has put insurance out of reach for many Americans – breaking its promise to make health care more affordable. The decline in Obamacare’s cost is not as impressive as it seems. The total price tag is still some $250 billion higher than the president promised when he signed Obamacare in March 2010. The CBO’s projection came down primarily because the agency decided that the law would be less effective at expanding access to insurance

coverage than previously thought. An earlier estimate held that Obamacare would increase the number of insured Americans by 27 million in 2023. The new estimate is 25 million. In other words, the law hasn’t become cheaper. The CBO has just decided that it will cover fewer people. That’s not evidence that Obamacare is saving taxpayers money. Meanwhile, overall healthcare spending has increased drastically under Obamacare. According to the Altarum Institute, a non-profit health research organization, health spending jumped 5 percent last year. That’s not what the president promised. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expect spending to surge 6 percent each year over the next decade. The agency cites the Affordable Care Act as a prime reason for these increases. Health spending will soon eat up a larger portion of the U.S. economy. From 2009 to 2013 – the year before Obamacare’s most significant reforms took effect – such spending made up just over 17 percent of U.S. GDP. Altarum says that health spending is on track to consume 25 percent of the nation’s economy. Obamacare has also pushed up premiums. They’re set to rise 8.5

percent a year between 2016 and 2018, according to the Congressional Budget Office. These increases are hitting lowincome Americans particularly hard. And if they don’t buy insurance, they face a tax penalty of $325 or 2 percent of income. Even if they follow the law and buy insurance, their coverage may not do them any good, as deductibles have skyrocketed. The average deductible in a “bronze” plan sold through the exchanges is north of $5,300. Many families don’t have the savings to cover those kinds of costs. About one-third of all non-poor households, and two-thirds of those just above the poverty line, don’t have the money to cover a mid-range deductible. The federal government’s tab for Obamacare may have dipped slightly. But ordinary Americans are paying for those supposed savings via higher deductibles, premiums, and even new taxes. This is hardly the affordable care the president promised. Sally C. Pipes is President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute. Her latest book is The Cure for Obamacare (Encounter 2013).

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I’ve noticed the City of Tacoma spending many dollars building pretty curb corners on many blocks in the city. I’m wondering why they don’t spend some of that money improving the traffic jams on southbound Yakima. At rush hour every evening cars back up for many city blocks to wait for two or three light cycles of the light at South 56th. I suppose maybe it’s more cost effective to give people nice curbs to step on and to just let those people in line waiting to

get through the intersection on their way home wait. Oh well, it’s kind of like the mess at South 56th and Washington where someone put a train passing traffic barricade in the middle of the South 56th eastbound left turn lane so cars turning left to northbound Washington back up into the eastbound South 56th lanes stopping eastbound traffic to wait for a break in the westbound traffic for the left turning cars to clear the eastbound lane to allow traffic to move again. 'ARY 2ILEY s 4ACOMA 7!

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FAIRY GODMOTHER VISITS TCB SO 300 CHILDREN CAN ENJOY FREE BALLET By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

dollars of their own money to keep the event free for both veterans and the long list of cottage non-profits tasked with helping them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the budget to pay a vendor fee or anything like that to get into an event like this,â&#x20AC;? Medina said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We offer this as a service to the community. It takes us about six months to put this together.â&#x20AC;? The event is sponsored by The Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Alliance to End Veteran Suicide, Sea Mar, Military Veteran Solutions, the Washington State Department of Veteran Affairs, Humana, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, DAV, Tacoma Public Utilities and the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. More information is available at: theveteransresourcefair.us or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ TheVeteransResourceFair

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services, VA benefits, legal services, homeless services, educational benefits, medical screenings, dental resources and support networks, courtesy of an army of mostly veteran volunteers. Everything is done by volunteers, from the painting of dozens of sandwich board signs and waving flags over Interstate 5, marketing the event to staffing informational booths, to providing haircuts and dental screenings, to offering job referrals and employment placement services to handing out backpacks, sleeping bags and boots to all veterans in need. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do this as individuals,â&#x20AC;? Medina said. We call ourselves a humongous community of partners.â&#x20AC;? Medina and Pondelick raise money through on-line donations and a few sponsorships, but spend thousands of

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Tacoma Arts Commission awarded Tacoma City Ballet a grant that will allow the ballet company to play the role of Fairy Godmother to 300 children and their families, who will receive free tickets to see its production of Cinderella at the Pantages Theater this weekend. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fairy Godmother Projectâ&#x20AC;? is a gift of art and theater, targeting people in Tacoma who may not have had the opportunity to see live theater and a live orchestra. Tickets were distributed by The Rescue Mission, Peace Community Center, Mary Bridge Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital and Learn To Play, which is a partnership to benefit Joint Base Lewis McChord families. Grants also enabled children from Stand for Children and Jason Lee Middle School to see the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final dress rehearsal. TCB has two performances, May 16 and 17, of its trimmed down production of Sergei Prokofievâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scintillating musical score played by the Tacoma City Ballet Orchestra as well as all the royal grandeur and lavish costumes the production demands. Prokofievâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version tops out at about four hours, which was determined to be too long for a family-focused show, so TCB is staging this production that is less than half that length. The production includes about 100 characters and 33 musicians in the orchestra pit conducted by Bernard Kwiram. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a wonderful ballet for children,â&#x20AC;? said TCB Artistic Director Erin Ceragioli. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our productions are geared toward a family audience. This is not the Disney version, but they will get the story.â&#x20AC;? The ballet follows the story of Cinderella, who lives with a very wicked stepmother, two very jealous and ugly stepsisters, and a very loving but weak father. Magic comes into her life when she is forbidden to attend the Royal Ball, only to have a fairy godmother appears and make the seemingly impossible come true. The prince falls in love with Cinderella at first glance and the rest is history as he searches for her the moment she abruptly leaves the ball at the stroke of midnight, leaving just a glass slipper as a clue. The iconic glass slipper for this production was made by Museum of Glass. Tickets to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;? are still available at tacomacityballet.com.

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2015 CITY OF DESTINY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Mayor Marilyn Strickland and the City Council will recognize Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top volunteers this year during the 29th annual City of Destiny Awards on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, from 5 to 9 p.m. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is being hosted at Cheney Stadium, 2502 S. Tyler St. in Tacoma.

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The 2015 City of Destiny Award recipients are:

The June 3 event will include a 5 p.m. reception for 2015 award winners and their guests in Cheney Stadiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Left Field Party Deck with an awards ceremony immediately following. Recognition will be made to all nominated volunteers and the award winners during several inning breaks during the Tacoma Rainiers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New Orleans Zephyrs game, which is

s Youth Leadership â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hunter Fruehling-Thomas s Youth Service â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Michelle Crosby s Adult Leadership â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Brien Elvins s Lifetime Service â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sharon Winters s Environmental Sustainability â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tacoma Rose Society s Group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trinity Presbyterian

t Whole Foods through June with daily activities, bands and classes for both gourmands and foodie virgins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to take the mystery out of cooking,â&#x20AC;? she said, who greet customers by name more often than not. She is even hiring â&#x20AC;&#x153;second generationâ&#x20AC;? clerks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the children of current and former clerks she hired when the neighborhood landmark opened, after all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is so much passion that we have for food that it is really great to share that. We all love food, so we just want to share that joy.â&#x20AC;? The Puget Sound-based grocer, for example, has culinary artists like Lizzie Wysong-Schmidt cooking up recipes at a display kitchen in the middle of the store and Alexis Dotts baking cookies every hour on the hour from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. to attempt to keep up with demand, a task that often leads to lines forming at the oven. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We run out,â&#x20AC;? Dotts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All. The. Time.â&#x20AC;? So the opening of a Whole Foods across town, another grocer that focuses on locally produced produces, not only raises the bar for foodie offerings but proselytizes the glories of all things fresh and local to the unwashed masses who exist on prepackaged dinners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Whole Foods is a great company,â&#x20AC;? Metropolitan Market Senior Vice President Helen Neville said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think good food anywhere is great for everyone.â&#x20AC;? Whole Foods is expected to draw customers from around Puget Sound for its offerings, a fact Metropolitan Market

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is all too familiar with handling as a destination grocer. Whole Foods will soon play the role of neighborhood meeting space in University Place the way Proctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Metropolitan Market is for its North Tacoma community. City officials there hail the grand opening as the latest success in creating a community hub in its downtown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From our earliest beginnings as a city 20 years ago, one of our primary goals has been to make University Place a regional shopping destination,â&#x20AC;? said City Manager Steve Sugg in an announcement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our work to create a new downtown for U.P.-one with public uses such as the library, public plaza and pedestrian and bicycle-friendly amenities has successfully established our new center on Bridgeport as a central gathering place for our entire community. It is a place that Whole Foods told us they wanted to be a part of.â&#x20AC;? Implementation of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s town center concept has included $60 million in federal, state and local funds such as significant road improvements and a new multi-modal parking garage over the passing decades, a move that has already doubled that amount in private investments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only completed the first third of the entire project,â&#x20AC;? Sugg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the opportunity for significantly greater private investment in the years to come.â&#x20AC;? South Sound foodies can now applaud.

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scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. 2015 award winners, and committee, board and commission members, will receive special instructions for event attendance. Since 1987, the City of Tacoma has honored over 200 outstanding local volunteers through its City of Destiny Awards program. The City of Destiny Awards program is spearheaded by a City Council appointed City Events and Recognitions Committee comprised of local community leaders from a broad array of backgrounds and areas of expertise. This committee develops the City of Destiny Awards nomination tools and selection criteria, selects the City of Destiny Awards winners and plans the annual City of Destiny Awards

event. The annual City of Destiny Awards event is also covered by TV Tacoma and aired on both the Click! and Comcast Cable systems. On Click!, TV Tacoma can be seen on Channel 12 within Tacoma City limits and in Pierce County, with the exception of University Place, where TV Tacoma can be found on Channel 21. On Comcast, TV Tacoma can be seen on Channel 12 within Tacoma City limits and on Channel 21 in Pierce County. TV Tacoma is not on the Comcast system in University Place, but is accessible anywhere via the Internet. For more information, go to cityoftacoma.org/DestinyAwards or contact Kala Dralle at kdralle@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 573-2523.

CHAMBERS BAY BOOK AUTHOR TO VISIT UNIVERSITY PLACE LIBRARY At 7 p.m. on May 27 at University Place Library author and sports writer Blaine Newnham will talk about and sign his new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Andrews: Chambers Bay.â&#x20AC;? No tickets required. Books will be available for purchase at the event. People may also reserve a copy of the book in the catalog or if buying, consider using Amazon Smile where a portion of the proceeds will benefit Pierce County Library Foundation (choose the foundation when setting up an account). University Place Library is located at 3609 Market Place W., Suite 100, University Place, WA 98466. Told with award-winning photography and extensive interviews with key players, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Andrewsâ&#x20AC;? tells the improbable backstory of how Chambers Bay, a newly opened and untested publicly owned facility, was selected as the site of the first U.S. Open to be held in the Pacific Northwest.

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The community is invited to participate in other golf-themed library events and activities throughout Pierce County to highlight the U.S. Open Championship taking place June 15-21 at Chambers Bay in University Place. s Play golf at the library! Participate in the Pierce County Library Open Mini Golf Tournament for all ages. Balls and clubs will be provided. Semifinals take place at three libraries on May 16, and the tournament culminates with the finals on May 30 at University Place Library. s Love golf? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specially-curated collection of golfthemed programs, crafts, films, book and DVD lists, and local theatre ticket discounts. More information at www.piercecountylibrary.org, search site: golf. s Pick up a limited edition U.S. Open library card at any Pierce County Library. The commemorative cards are available while supplies last.

I-5 RAMP METERS AIM TO RELIEVE CONGESTION The Washington State Department of Transportation will activate new ramp meters at 11 interchanges near Joint Base Lewis-McChord where traffic routinely slows to a crawl during the morning and afternoon commute. WSDOT will activate the new meters at these interchanges as soon as Monday, May 18. The new ramp meters, traffic cameras, and variable-message and travel-time signs are part of a federally funded project specifically designed to help alleviate congestion through this corridor by installing intelligent transportation systems (ITS) tools to better manage traffic. The newly installed ramp meters are located on these on-ramps: s Mounts Road to southbound I-5; s Center Drive to northbound and southbound I-5; s Steilacoom/DuPont Road to northbound and southbound I-5; s JBLM main gate to northbound and

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he Seattle and Tacoma port commissions plan to form The Northwest Seaport Alliance to create more jobs for the region jointly rather than operate fully independently. The alliance will unify management of the two portsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; marine cargo terminals and related functions like marketing and lobbying efforts. The two ports will retain existing port commission governance and

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could support an increase in the minimum wage, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think our economy is strong enough for an increase that is so much higher than what Seattle has today. We would like to see all the sides come together and develop a package that reflects what is best for Tacoma,â&#x20AC;? Chamber CEO Tom Pierson said in his letter to Strickland calling for a task force. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When polling was done in Seattle regarding the proposed move to $15 an hour, there was overwhelming support in excess of 65 percent. In Tacoma, the support was below 50 percent, suggesting if there is not a compromise, there is a real chance no increase will pass. We can take the uncertainty away by building a compromise proposal that has the support of a vast majority of Tacoma residents.â&#x20AC;? The members of the new task force that will develop recommendations to the City Council by June 30 were selected by the mayor, with each Council member recommending someone. Their charge will be to study options about raising the minimum wage over time. The people appointed to the task force includes business owners, union workers, nonprofit directors, a minimum wage worker and a college student. They are: Visiting Angels owner Kelly Chambers, United Food and Commercial Union 21 Policy Director Sarah Cherin, Shiloh Baptist Church pastor and Tacoma NAACP leader Gregory

asset ownership. Tacoma and Seattle are the third-largest container gateway in North America, supporting more than 48,000 jobs. The draft final agreement recently announced outlines The Northwest Seaport Allianceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s governance charter, management and financial structures, a transition plan and business development strategy. The ports will basically form a port development authority to manage the

container, breakbulk, auto and some bulk terminals in Seattle and Tacoma. The two port commissions expect to submit the final agreement to the Federal Maritime Commission at a joint public meeting June 5 at Auburn City Hall. The commissioners expect to hire John Wolfe, current Port of Tacoma chief executive officer, as the CEO of the seaport alliance following approval of the agreement. Public comment about the agreement

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Christopher, Celebrity Cake Studio owner Odette Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aniello, Tacoma Community House Director Liz Dunbar, Rainbow Center Director Michelle Douglas, Advanced Technology Construction owner Dennis Farrow, Chalet Bowl owner Reggie Frederick, General Plastics Vice President and Workforce Central board member Eric Hahn, Doyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public House owner Russ Heaton, A Taste of Philly owner Jason Kinlow, Staff Pro employee Elizabeth Lewis, Urban Studies at University of Washington Tacoma Director Ali Modarres, Lincoln High School student Abranna Romero Rocha and AIDS Housing Association of Tacoma Director and Greater Christ Community Church pastor David Strong. Ser vice Employees International Union 1199 field director Robert Taylor and Teamsters 117 legal affairs coordinator Brenda Wiest will serve as alternates. The city will pay a facilitator a $30,000 contract to shepherd the task force toward a final recommendation. That money will come from the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contingency fund. The state already has one of the highest minimum wages in the nation, at $9.47 an hour, which will automatically adjust for inflation Jan. 1. Other cities, namely Seattle and SeaTac, have approved $15 minimum wages, but those rules include phasing in periods and tip considerations. Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current minimum wage is $11 an hour, so there is a scenario in which Tacoma could have a higher minimum wage than its Emerald neighbor despite having a lower cost of living and less robust economy.

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are currently being collected. Throughout May, citizens and stakeholders are invited to review and comment on the proposed final Seaport Alliance agreement at town hall meetings, regular commission meetings or through an online form. One town meeting is slated for Thursday, May 21, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Rotunda, Building No. 3, Clover Park Technical College, 4500 Steilacoom Blvd. SW.

me while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m there.â&#x20AC;? Spalding will first travel to Malaysia, where she will work with the World Organization of the Scouting Movement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cool thing about doing it now is most programs go into 24 to 25 years old, so I could participate with the older scouts as a peer and more of a mentor with the younger scouts,â&#x20AC;? Spalding said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to do that with them and really get my feet on the ground and work with those local girls, as well as see what Girl Scouts International is doing worldwide and how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re providing spaces for young girls.â&#x20AC;? The next part of Spaldingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trip will be traveling to Pune, India, the home of one of four International Girl Scout headquarters where she will volunteer and observe the scouts. The third leg of the trip, which may or may not happen, is a trip to Turkey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turkey is sort of up in the air, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sort of drawn to Turkey. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a co-ed program until 12, then splits off into gendered programs. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking at the ways the experiences are different or similar. They go to age 24 as well. Turkey doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a larger organization. It will be an interesting contrast too look a their program,â&#x20AC;? Spalding said. Spalding is hoping she can bring back ideas to boost recognition for Girl Scouts in America. While everyone knows what an Eagle scout is, many people are blind to the equivalent award for Girl Scouts, the Gold award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really about an experience in getting to live out this dream and this passion that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had,â&#x20AC;? Spalding said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just going to experience that is the goal. I think it will be really personally enriching to experience other countriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; programs.â&#x20AC;? If you are interested in helping Spalding achieve her goal, she has set up a donation drive at www.fundmytravel.com/Emma-Spalding-1431483546/campaigns/Scouts-HonorWorking-with-International-Scouting-Programs1431485661/view.

bring her findings back to America and examine the inequity between the Boy and Girl Scouts in this country. Spalding has been involved with the Girl Scouts since she was a child. As a teenager, she also joined the Venture Scouts, a more outdoor, venture-oriented scout group for teenagers to young adults. As her father was a scoutmaster, she also got to observe her brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boy Scout troop through her childhood, as well as being a current leader at a Boy Scout camp. Being around all three organizations gave Spalding a unique insight into the programs, and she realized that the Girl Scouts donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the same recognition or experiences the Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts have. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why this November Spalding plans to travel abroad to see how other scouting programs in other countries are run, and hopefully bring helpful information back that will assist the various scout troops here to further support young women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having experienced all three, in my experience I felt there was inequity in what I got in Girl Scouts and what I get in Venture Scouts and what I see boys get in Boy Scouts,â&#x20AC;? Spalding said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More broadly Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to bring back any insights I gain and work with scouting programs over here, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Venture Scouts, Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, to make experiences with girls more equitable in the U.S. I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of great things happening; I just see a lot of different experiences between boys and girls.â&#x20AC;? Spalding originally laid out her proposal for a Watson Fellowship that would have financed her trip. When the proposal did not get financed, rather than give up Spalding used the resourcefulness taught to her in the scouts and decided to finance the trip herself, using savings and some generous donations from her parents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been really lucky. My parLighthouse Laundry ents are going to help me with plane Get Ready for Camping HUGE WASHERS! tickets and getting off the ground,â&#x20AC;? Wash & Dry Your Sleeping Bag for only $7! Spalding said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping that once 26th & N. Pearl â&#x20AC;˘ Westgate S. Shopping Center Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m over there, I can get a job with a Open m www.LightHouseLaundry.biz Free Wi-Fi 8am - 9p troop or some other group to sustain

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LINCOLN’S RAQUET GIRLS LOOK TO BECOME QUEENS OF THE COURT

By Justin Gimse

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here are some sports that seem to go hand-in-hand with success at inner-city schools. Football, basketball and track are quick and easy ones that come to mind. It’s pretty fair to say that few people will throw tennis into that mix. In recent years the girls over at Lincoln High School have been working hard to change that view and turn the game of tennis into a sport that is regularly associated with Lady Abes’ success. Lincoln ran away with the 3A Narrows League title this season posting a perfect 7-0 mark against league foes and finishing 12-0 overall. Head coach Minh Nguyen has put together a championship squad that was born out of humble beginnings when he took over the program in 2007. “We’ve gone through some very lean times where we were just trying to just get a team together,” said Nguyen. “To go from those first years where we were 0-10 the first couple of years to 1-9 to 12-0 this season is amazing. We didn’t even have that expectation coming in. We knew we were going to be competitive to win a league title, but to go undefeated was not something we were thinking about at the beginning of the season.” Without much financial backing, sports like tennis and golf are often overlooked by most folks in the city. Between lessons, equipment and court or greens fees, the sum dollar total can be staggering and out of reach for most families. Throw in other obstacles like the weather around here and you can quickly see why success on the court is hard to find from Tacoma’s public schools. “In the Pacific Northwest it rains a lot and in the winter time it’s cold. So you have to put up with the cold weather and if it rains there’s nowhere to go,” said Nguyen. “So we have to make up that stagger because they don’t necessarily have the financial means to go to a private club and hit. So what we do his play a lot in the summer time. We go to tournaments and a lot of the extras that we have to do to make up the gap with the other kids that have been playing a long time. The only way we can do that is by working harder and working longer.” Nguyen is a coach that has an easy smile and hanging around his team it’s easy to see why. They’re a fun bunch and they seem to have a solid relationship with the guy in charge. In fact, it has often been the girls themselves that have pushed the envelope to help them reach the next level. “Honestly, with these girls, they’ve been so motivated with hard work and the desire to get better. It wasn’t like when the season ended and they were ready to go on vacation,” said Nguyen. “As soon as the season was over, they wanted to know what we were doing on Monday. From the day state ended until the end of July, we were hitting almost every day and going to tournaments every

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PHOTOS BY ROCKY ROSS

TOP CATS. (top) Senior Luke Witker may

not be the tallest player on the field, but the kid can get some air. (middle) You score with a bicycle kick. You get dogpiled. It’s a rule. (bottom) Senior Connor Thompson used his head to contribute on all three goals.

BELLARMINE CAPTURES NARROWS CROWN IN ROYAL FASHION By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

PHOTOS BY JUSTIN GIMSE

LOVE IT! The 2015 3A Narrows League girls tennis

champions are (back row, left to right) Miko Davis, Amy Hung, Yanira Suarez, Naravie Phaisan and Miriam Cabrera. (front row, left to right) Channtra Nom, Lilly Le and Alexis Choy. (middle) Cabrera and Le have a sixth-place state finish that they look to improve upon and finished 14-1 combined playing in singles matches this season. (bottom) Coach Minh Nguyen has much to smile about with this group.

It’s good to be the champion. Had the Bellarmine Prep boys soccer team rested on their laurels, having already wrapped up the second-seed from the 4A Narrows league, they would be preparing for a loser-out matchup in the opening round of the district tournament. Instead, the Lions went on the attack from the first whistle on May 11 and throttled Olympia 3-0 in a match that looked more like it was 10-0 at Memorial Field on the Bellarmine campus. A tie was going to do nothing for Bellarmine, as they trailed Gig Harbor by three points in the league standings. They had to get a victory and those three points that come along with it. With the win, the Lions captured the 4A Narrows crown, bypassed the opening round of the district tournament and guaranteed themselves at least the sixth-seed from the district tournament to the state tournament. That’s right, with the Narrows title comes, what amounts to be, an automatic berth into the state tournament. The Lions will play for the second-seed to state and they’ll be keeping play right here in Tacoma. Bellarmine will host either Curtis or Olympia on May 16 at Mt. Tahoma Stadium. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. How the Lions (9-1-2 Narrows, 10-1-2 overall) closed the book on their championship was pretty remarkable. Olympia (6-4-2,

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SPORTSWATCH

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RAINIERS BACK IN TOWN FOR SOME FAN-FRIENDLY BALLGAMES

The Tacoma Rainiers return home for a two-series home stand and several nights offer special treats for the fans. Tacoma will host the Salt Lake Bees on May 14 and 15 before welcoming the Las Vegas 51s on May 16-19. Thursday night’s 7:05 p.m. game against the Bees is a one of the popular “Thirsty Thursdays” at Cheney Stadium with special Coors beer prices all night. Friday night’s 7:05 p.m. game against the Bees will be followed by a fireworks extravaganza. Saturday’s 5:05 p.m. game against the 51’s is “Salute to Armed Forces Night” at the ballpark as well as “Silver Bullet Saturday.” Your $20 R-Yard tickets also include a limited-edition t-shirt as well as a beverage. Tuesday’s finale with the 51s is a special 11:35 a.m. matinee at Cheney Stadium.

THE WAIT IS OVER AS LUTES EARN NCAA BASEBALL BERTH

After awaiting its postseason fate, the Pacific Lutheran baseball team has been selected as the second seed in the South Region and will travel to Demorest, Georgia, to begin play Wednesday in the six-team double-elimination tournament, the NCAA announced. The NCAA released its 56-team tournament field on May 11, with the teams split between eight regional sites. Four of the regional tournaments have eight teams, while the other four have six teams, with the eight winners of the respective double-elimination tournaments earning the right to advance to the championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 22-26. For Pacific Lutheran, the berth marks the second time in program history that the Lutes have earned a postseason spot. PLU advanced to the West Region Tournament in 2007 and won its first two games before falling to host Chapman in consecutive contests to finish second. That team won the program’s first Northwest Conference title and became the first 30-win squad in program history, both feats matched by the 2015 team. The Lutes, 30-12 overall this season, claimed their third NWC regular-season crown since 2007 with an 18-6 conference record and were ranked first in the West Region in each of the three public regional rankings. They will open postseason play Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. EST against Emory at Piedmont College’s Loudermilk Field. Top-seeded Rhodes will take on sixth-seeded Methodist in Wednesday’s first game at 12 p.m., with third-seeded Birmingham-Southern and fourth-seeded Marietta wrapping up the day at 7 p.m. PLU, ranked 21st in the d3baseball.com Top 25, earned the program’s first at-large selection to the NCAA regional tournament (the 2007 team earned the conference’s automatic bid) and brings a balanced team to Georgia. The Lutes ranked among the top of the Northwest Conference in both pitching and offense, as the pitching staff’s 3.22 team earned run average is the third-best in team history and the offense has compiled a .301 batting average to go with a .387 on-base percentage and a .420 slugging percentage. Landon Packard leads the Lutes with a .350 batting average, while Collin Nilson boasts a team-best .570 slugging percentage and 41 runs batted in and ranks among the PLU single-season top-10 in both home runs (7) and doubles (14). Curtis Wildung leads the team with a .446 on-base percentage. Chris Bishop fronts the starting rotation with a 7-2 record and 3.19 earned run average, while Kyle Rossman leads all PLU starters with a 2.51 ERA and has thrown three complete games. AJ Konopaski ranks among the national leaders with 10 saves and owns a 1.64 ERA. The May 13 game will be the first time PLU has ever faced Emory, as the Lutes have never before played any of the other five teams in the South Region Tournament. Emory won the South Region Tournament last season and advanced all the way to the championship series before finishing second to NCAA Div. III champion Wisconsin-Whitewater. This year the Eagles finished the regular-season with a 26-12 record and ranked fourth in the South Region. Emory owns a .291 team batting average to go with a .370 on-base percentage and a .379 slugging percentage. Philip Maldari leads the team with a .370 average and a .541 slugging percentage on the strength of 18 doubles. Wes Peacock has hit a team-best three home runs and stolen 15 bases, while Dylan Eisner has compiled a team-high .437 on-base percentage. Four Emory players have stolen more than 10 bases, with the team totaling 99 stolen bases this season on 114 attempts. Wednesday’s first slate of competition will include one game for each team. If PLU wins Wednesday, the Lutes will play at 7 p.m. on Thursday against the winner of the Birmingham-Southern/Marietta game. If the Lutes lose Wednesday, they will play Thursday at 12 p.m. against the loser of the Rhodes/Methodist contest.

Also featured on the card will be two incredible five round contests, featuring some of the most exciting up and coming fighters in years. Virgil “Black Mamba” Green (10 3, 3KOs) of Vancouver, Washington will be looking to extend his win streak against heavy handed Toppenish, Washington native Marcelino Pineda (5 1, five KO’s). Pineda has proven himself a true knockout artist, with his latest win coming in brutal fashion during Battle at the Boat 100 in March of this year. Look for these two talented welterweights to give the crowd a potential “Fight of the Night” candidate. Also going five rounds will be the extremely talented Ray “Lightning Jr.” Lampkin (7 0, 1KO) making his long awaited return to the I 5 showroom against undefeated Yakima native Andres Reyes (3 0). Both fighters will put their perfect records on the line in what’s sure to be a show stopping bout from the opening bell. Battle at the Boat 101 will take place on Saturday, May 30 at 7 p.m. at the Emerald Queen Casino and is brought to you by Brian Halquist Productions. Tickets are on sale now through the Emerald Queen Casino box office as well as all Ticketmaster locations. Fans are encouraged to get their tickets early, as this event is expected to sell out. For more information, please visit www.halquistproductions.com as well as the Battle at the Boat Facebook page.

MAY 14 - 24 THURSDAY, MAY 14 – SOCCER Wilson vs. Auburn Mountainview Stadium Bowl – 5 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 – SOCCER Olympia vs. Curtis s Curtis HS – 6 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 – SOCCER Fife vs. Liberty (Issaquah) Franklin Pierce HS – 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 – SOCCER Franklin Pierce vs. White River Fife Stadium – 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 – BASEBALL Salt Lake vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUNDERS U23

SOUNDERS U23 SIGN TOP-NOTCH TARHEEL TO BOLSTER DEFENSE

The U-23 Sounders have signed Jonathan Campbell from the University of North Carolina. Campbell was a member of the U.S U-18 team and was named the 2011 North Carolina State Player of the Year. As a freshman Campbell started all 23 games as a defender, was named to the College Soccer News All-Freshman first team after helping Carolina lead the nation in goals against average and shutout percentage. During his sophomore season Campbell was ranked number 58 on the Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 100 Upperclassmen. He started all 18 matches and helped anchor a defense that was nationally ranked in goals-against-average. A starter again as a junior, Campbell helped anchor one of the top defenses in the nation. “Jonathan is a prototypical central defender with other great attributes. He can win balls in varying ways, but he can also play varying balls to get our team into attack. We look forward to having him along our back line this summer,” said Sounders U23 Head Coach, Darren Sawatzky. The U-23 Sounders play one final pre-season game on May 17 against the South Sound Shock at 2pm at Sunset Stadium in Sumner. The Sounders U23 open the PDL campaign on May 24 against newcomers, Calgary Foothills. Tickets and the schedule can be found online at www.soundersu23.com.

PLU’S KONOPASKI RECIEVES ALL-DISTRICT ACADEMIC HONORS

Pacific Lutheran’s star closer AJ Konopaski is already the most decorated pitcher in PLU baseball history when it comes to athletic recognition, but his work in the classroom has also caught attention as Konopaski was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Eight First Team. Konopaski boasts a 3.71 grade point average while pursuing a degree in business administration. He was the lone relief pitcher on the NCAA Div. III District Eight academic honor list and will advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, secondand third-team All-America honorees will be selected in late May and early June. Konopaski has already claimed numerous honors in his four-year career. He is a three-time first-team All-Northwest Conference performer and the PLU record-holder for both single-season and career saves. His 13 saves in 2014 led all of NCAA Div. III and helped make him the first first-team All-American in PLU baseball history, while his 30 career saves are the sixth-most in Div. III history. His 1.59 career ERA is the best in team history, as is his 0.97 single-season ERA from 2013. Konopaski was named the PLU Athlete of the Year in 2014 and the PLU Career Achievement Award winner in 2015. His performance this spring helped the Lutes win their first regular-season Northwest Conference title since 2009 while posting the fourth 30-win season in team history. Konopaski is one of three NWC players to receive Academic All-District honors, joining Whitworth starting pitcher Dan Scheibe and Linfield infielder Eric Lawson. To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/ her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

FRIDAY, MAY 15 – BASEBALL Salt Lake vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 – SOCCER Olympia/Curtis vs. Bellarmine Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 1 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 – BASEBALL Las Vegas vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 5:05 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 – SOCCER Boys West Central Dist. Finals Franklin Pierce HS – 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 – BASEBALL Las Vegas vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 – SOCCER South Sound FC vs. Sounders U23 Sunset Stadium – Sumner – 2 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 17 – BASEBALL Salt Lake vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 6:05 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 17 – BASEBALL Salt Lake vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 11:35 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 22 – SOFTBALL Hazen vs. Fife s Sprinker Fields – 10 a.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 22 – TENNIS Girls West Central Dist. Tourney Sprinker Rec. Center – 12 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 22 – SOFTBALL Lincoln/Wilson vs. Auburn Mountainview Sprinker Fields – 12 p.m.

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FRIDAY, MAY 22 – SOFTBALL Lincoln/Wilson vs. Enumclaw Sprinker Fields – 2 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 23 – BASEBALL First Round State 4A Tourney Heidelberg Park – 10 a.m.

GAVRONSKI LOOKS TO CONTINUE RUN AT BATTLE AT THE BOAT 101

For the fourth time in as many chances, a Battle at the Boat show will see hometown favorite Mike “Imagine Me” Gavronski (17-1 1, 11 KOs) in their main event slot. Coming off of an incredible night celebrating their 100th show, Battle at the Boat 101 will take place Saturday, May 30 at the Emerald Queen Casino. Mike “Imagine Me” Gavronski has been on a roll as of late. The talented Tacoma native has won three fights in a row and has earned himself a reputation as one of the top fighters on the West Coast today. Across the ring from Gavronski will be the always dangerous Tyrell “Hollywood” Hendrix (11 6 2, four KOs). This fight will be a rematch from their thrilling 2011 bout that resulted in a draw on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights. Hendrix is as tough as they come, willing to fight anyone, anytime. He consistently fights top level challengers, with his last five opponents having gone a combined 62 1. Gavronski will look to keep his winning streak alive fighting once again in his own backyard.

TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS

SATURDAY, MAY 23 – BASEBALL First Round State 4A Tourney Heidelberg Park – 1 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 23 – BASEBALL Quarterfinal State 4A Tourney Heidelberg Park – 4 p.m. PHOTO BY ROCKY ROSS

TACOMA WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHER SURVIVES CARRIBEAN VACATION

Our own Rocky Ross has returned from what we’re sure was a very difficult Caribbean cruise with his family. We’re glad Rocky survived all the fancy food, sunshine and relaxation. We think Rocky is easily one of the top photographers in the Puget Sound, and we’re happy he’s back in action, covering some of the best sporting events Tacoma has to offer.

SATURDAY, MAY 23 – TENNIS Girls West Central Dist. Tourney Sprinker Rec. Center – 12 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 24 – SOCCER Calgary Foothills vs. Sounders U23 Sunset Stadum, Sumner – 1 p.m.

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Wenzel (foreground) helped put together a strong secondhalf push that erased a two-point deficit. By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

As it is still early in the Evergreen Premier League season, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a â&#x20AC;&#x153;do or dieâ&#x20AC;? situation for the South Sound Shock as they traveled to face Yakima United on Saturday, May 9. However, with a league as tight and hotly-contested as the EPLWA is, early season trip-ups can turn into title-erasing disasters by seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end. The Shock faced a talented and physical club as they took to the ragged, weather-beaten pitch, and for a half it looked as though South Sound might be setting themselves up for a long, sad ride back to Tacoma. South Sound trailed 2-0 going into halftime and had to figure out how they were going to get back in the match while also being a mandown due to a late red card in the first half. With a few personnel and attitude adjustments made at the half, South Sound turned up the pressure and pulled to even at 2-2 before time ran out. The tie at least salvaged a point for the Shock in the standings, instead of a fat zero to go along with what would have been three points for Yakima. After the weekend EPLWA matches had concluded, South Sound found themselves just two points behind their rivals, the Vancouver Victory FC, for first place in the eight-team league standings. Yakima took advantage of two lulls in the Shock defense to gain their two goal advantage. The Hopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s star Jesse Esquivel scored both goals as he found a little daylight in the South Sound defense 20 minutes into the match and again at the end of regular time to end the half. It would end up being his best and last chances as South Sound head coach Adam Becker made some key changes at halftime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I added Marcus Wilson, Eli Peterson and Brandon Blanks at the half,â&#x20AC;? said Becker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a scrappy, physical game on a sloppy pitch. So I added three guys who I knew would go out and give them a fight. Their energy, attitude and willingness to keep fighting really sparked the team. Captain Micah Wenzel really set the tone and made everyone work harder.â&#x20AC;? His substitutions would prove to be the difference as Peterson punched a header into the back of the net off a corner kick from J.J. Schmeck 22 minutes into the second half. With just three minutes to spare in regulation, Blanks drilled a quick pass in the box from Daniel Gray and the Shock had their equalizer goal. South Sound will travel to Bremerton to face the Olympic Force on Friday, May 15 before returning south to face the Sounders U23 at Sumnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunset Stadium on Sunday May 17. First kick is set for 2 p.m.

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The USGA will begin U.S. Open Championship week with a series of special events on the grounds at Chambers Bay on Sunday, June 14. The activities, which will be open to the public, will focus on families and appreciation of the military. In honor of National Flag Day, a color guard from Joint Base Lewis-McChord will hold a special flag-raising ceremony. The day will also feature junior activities and the opportunity for guests to have their photos taken with the U.S. Open Championship Trophy.

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other weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want to provide these girls with an opportunity that they normally wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of work, but they have the desire to play so I just want to feed that. I love tennis. I come from a tennis playing family. I tell the girls all the time that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lifetime sport. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those things that they can stay active in after high school, in college and after college.â&#x20AC;? One thing that has made Nguyenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job easier is the surprising talent of his two stars. Both Lilly Le and Miriam Cabrera will soon be wrapping up their final days at Lincoln High School and they are already one of the best doubles teams in school history. With a few good bounces, they might even graduate as arguably the best. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their freshman year was their first year of competitive tennis. Lily qualified for districts in singles and Miriam was the alternate,â&#x20AC;? said Nguyen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The second year, I put them together for doubles and they won the league tournament, they won the district tournament and then won their first two matches at state placing sixth. That almost never happens in tennis. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually girls that have been playing since they were young. For them to just come out of

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nowhere was amazing.â&#x20AC;? The two have spent their time apart on the tennis courts during the regular season as the Lincoln team needed them more in singles matches to win and each earn a point. Three points wins a team match and the two girls were a combined 14-1 in the regular season. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to see how and why Lincoln finished up at 12-0. Le and Cabrera won their first match at state their junior year and then ran into the eventual champions from Mercer Island in the quarterfinals and another tough Mercer Island duo in the consolation round. Look for the two veterans to make their mark in the next few weeks. Lincoln will participate in the Narrows League Tournament on May 15 and 16 in Olympia and then the West Central District tournament on May 22 and 23 at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The dedication, hard work and the desire theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put into this as a team is something that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen here at Lincoln,â&#x20AC;? said Nguyen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been kind of like the perfect storm of motivated kids, athletically talented and very humble and modest at the same time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hungry and so coachable. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I think their accomplishments should be noted and rewarded. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been one of the most rewarding seasons for sure.â&#x20AC;?

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9-5-3) brought a solid squad to town and found itself unable to mount any type of offensive threat whatsoever against a Bellarmine onslaught that was just too much to work against. At times, the only offense that Olympia would muster would be to kick the ball downfield and wait for Bellarmine to work the ball back into the Olympia zone. Bellarmine goalkeeper Dylan Zurfluh spent the majority of his day yelling out directions for his defense, and that was about it. Olympia never threatened the Bellarmine goal once. The Lions got on the board early when junior Isaac Russell sent a corner kick into the box that connected with senior Connor Thompson. The tall defender launched himself airborne and headed the ball into the net and Bellarmine was ahead 1-0 with just three minutes off the game clock. Olympia actually put together an impressive performance defensively, because they were under fire constantly. At times, Bellarmine seemed to be putting shots and chances at goal at a rate of two every minute. Something was going to give sooner or later, but the Bears held on for dear life. Junior Robert Nurmi had several scoring opportunities in the first half, missing slightly on each attempt. He would have

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something to say about the outcome before the final whistle, however. Somehow, Olympia kept Bellarmine out of the goal for the remainder of the first half and must have felt buoyed only trailing by one point at the break. If they could just hold on in the second half and perhaps sneak a goal in for themselves, they just might leave town with a tie and kill the Lions hopes of a league title. As the second half got under way it was apparent that Bellarmine was not going let Olympia into the game. The Lions immediately resumed their attacking game plan and the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hopes of mounting any sort of offense was pounded into submission. Eleven minutes into the second half Bellarmine had the ball out of bounds deep in Olympia territory. Senior Luke Witker heaved a long throw-in into the middle of the box that skipped off the head of Thompson. Just on the other side was sophomore Casey Kyle who headed the ball low and

past the surprised Olympia keeper. Bellarmine now led 2-0 with 29 minutes remaining in the game. Thompson would have multiple scoring chances in the second half that were near-misses. He would have to settle for just the single opening goal, while having a hand, or head, in the two that would follow. Nearing the end of regulation play, the Lions remained on the offensive. It was apparent that there was going to be little chance of Bellarmine easing-up and possibly seeing their title hopes blown away when they could almost taste it. With three minutes left, another long Bellarmine throw-in found Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head again. He popped it further behind him toward Nurmi who would pull off possibly the goal of the year. Timing it just right, Nurmi lept into the air with his back to the goal and pounded a bicycle kick perfectly into the upper left corner of the goal and the Bellarmine team and crowd went bonkers. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to put a cherry on top of a 3-0 championship win, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way it could have been drawn up better.

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It t akes a VIllage A Found Photograph and Art Exhibition

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LOST AND FOUND. Isaac Olsen’s “It Takes A Village: A Found Photograph and Art Exhibition” shows May 16 and 17, 2-9 p.m. at 717 Tacoma Ave. S., Suite C. $5 admission May 16, free May 17. Recommended for ages 18 and older. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

Macklemore isn’t the only regional performer to turn an obsession with thrift stores into art. Granted, Isaac Olsen’s focus is on one in particular: the Value Village that used to be located in South Tacoma, on Hosmer Street. These days, Olsen will be familiar on the local art scene as a member of psych-garage outfit Red Hex and the director of indie films “Quiet Shoes,” “Ich Hunger” and, most recently, “Strictly Sacred: The Story of Girl Trouble.” But in 2011 and 2012, his day job involved sorting through donated books and discarded junk, finding items that Value Village could sell. The gig could be tedious and dirty, but it also fed a guilty pleasure of his: collecting discarded memories. He’d discover them daily in the form of forgotten photographs and notes stuck between pages, their imagery and out-of-context messages ranging from hilarious and bizarre to strangely poignant. Olsen says he’s squirreled away thousands of found objects over the years, and this weekend he’s putting a fraction of them on display – along with his photographs of what he calls the “borderline third-world practices” of his former employer. The two-day exhibit is called “It Takes a Village: A Found Photograph and Art Exhibition.” The show will run from 2-9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, at his downtown studio space, located at 717 Tacoma Ave.; and recently we paid the curator a visit to delve deeper into what fuels his infatuation with kitsch. TW: Tell me about how you started collecting this stuff and why. Olsen: In 2004 … I used to walk like eight miles a day, right around the time I was graduating high school. That would yield me maybe a note every month and a photo every couple of months. These would mainly be crumpled up sidewalk items. I would find a lot of notes

that way. But then I discovered Found Magazine and then I thought, ‘Oh, other people are doing it.’ TW: When you found something like this what excited you about it? Olsen: It’s a one-of-a-kind thing. You just don’t find this stuff. TW: Well, technically, you do. Olsen: Some of us do, but I don’t know. You could go into some psychological thing about why. So I kind of forgot about it for a while. I had my little box of stuff I’d throw in there every once in a while. Then when I started the Village job, I realized that hundreds of these things were getting thrown out because that was their policy. I said, “Can I take these? Can I just pay a flat fee and just take them out of the store? They said, ‘Nope, you’re to rip ‘em up and throw ‘em away.’” … So I developed a systematic approach of hoarding them at my work station and sneaking them out after every shift. Every day, I’d make sure to bring a book I was reading so I could shove ‘em in there. TW: So you had to be a little covert. Olsen: Oh, totally; but I got a system down, so it just became kind of second nature after a while. For a whole year and a half – actually, it might have been closer to two years I worked there – every day some gold was coming out. All the other employees thought it was cute that I was doing this. All the girls up on the clothes line (would) have a little box under their station; and as I’d be going to lunch or something, “Isaac, we got a couple of good ones for ya.” It was just a fun part of the job. TW: When you collect these photos, do you make up stories about what was going on? Olsen: I don’t know. The whole thing with this show is it doesn’t have a punchline. It’s a little bit more existential than that, maybe. Not all of these are funny, per se. If I like the aesthetics, it goes – even though some of them do have their humorous potential.

So that’s half the show, and the other half is photos I took of what was going on around back. … My first idea is I wanted to do a book. I was into photo essays at the time so I thought, “Oh, I’ll do my own.” It was only later that I thought I had enough of this stuff that it could just be a speculative thing. It didn’t have to have a message or whatever. (He shows an image of a truck piled high with junk.) So this is inside one of the trucks that would come from all over the place. We would just open these things up, and it would literally be like people just chucked stuff in there. It would just be garbage – free-floating, free-form garbage, sometimes in a bag and sometimes not. And we would have to get in there and swim across. TW: That doesn’t sound safe. Olsen: It really wasn’t. TW: What’s the weirdest thing you ever found? Olsen: (He considers) Well, we’d find unmentionable stuff that you probably shouldn’t publish. We’d find a lot of that. …Sometimes it would be like people took the bathroom counter, and they’d sweep everything off the sink into a bag, tie it up, and that’s what we got. So we’d get bodily fluids… (He trails off.) I guess the strangest was, one time there was a dead snake. One of the (sorting) ladies … opened up a box, and there was a snake in there, so she screamed. Every time somebody screamed we knew there was somethin’ goin’ down.”

THE THINGS WE LIKE ONE NW NATIVE CELEBRATION Gather up the kids and head out to Tacoma Art Museum on May 17 for the annual Northwest N a t i v e Celebration, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TAM highlights c o n t e m p o ra r y Native American artists during this free community festival that features an art market with more than 15 vendors, song, dance and music, a contemporary Native fashion show, and art activities for all ages. The TAM Café will be open to the public and the museum’s current exhibitions will be open and free to all.

TWO SOCCER CAMP For the past 22 years, Pierce County Parks and Recreation has collaborated with Colleen Hacker, of Team USA, both in women’s soc-

cer and ice hockey, to offer a one-week soccer camp. The camp is for girls and boys ages 6-17, of all playing levels, and is held at Sprinker Recreation Center, 14824 S. C St. in Parkland. The weeklong camp runs June 22-26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the fee is $165, which includes a tee shirt and soccer ball To register or for more information call 253-798-4091 or www. piercecountywa.org/parks. Space is limited.

THREE IMPULSE CIRCUS Impulse Circus Collective is a group of performers and friends with art on their minds and circus in their hearts. They aim to stir and inspire the psyche, challenge societal constructs and usher in the next evolution of contemporary circus. Their newest show,

“Figments,” transports the audience into a world populated by imaginary friends who have been forgotten by the children who imagined them. Exciting and hilarious, the acrobats of Impulse deliver heart pounding flips and high flying excellence. Fun for the whole family. Tickets/Info: www. BroadwayCenter.org.

FOUR BEAR CAMP Learn about some of the most powerful mammals in North America at Bear Camp at Northwest Trek. Living with bears is part of the great outdoors experience in the Pacific Northwest, so there will be demonstrations of how to keep campsites safe for both bears and humans. Attend a Keeper Chat to meet the bears up close and talk to the keepers who care for them. Bear-themed crafts and activities will also be available throughout the weekend, May 16-17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All activities are free with admission or membership to Northwest Trek. Info: www. NWTrek.org.

FIVE NATIVE BASKETRY Families can learn Native American basketry at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, May 23-14, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Instructor Judy Bridges, a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, is descended from five fur traders and their Native American wives. Her baskets use both traditional and modern materials. She has been teaching and demonstrating basketry for more than a decade. Bridges will demonstrate basketry techniques such as plaiting, twining and coiling. Guests can examine baskets under construction and handle raw materials. Free with paid admission.

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KING OF THE BOY BANDS

NKOTB turns back the clock at T-Dome

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK PHOTOS BY BILL BUNGARD

By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

n case you were wondering where Tacoma’s “cougars” disappeared to Wednesday night, a few thousand of them were at the Tacoma Dome rekindling their middle school crushes on Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre and Jonathan and Jordan Knight, a.k.a. NKOTB. The crowd was roughly 90 percent female; and while many of those ladies were in their ‘30s and ‘40s, they screeched with the wild abandon of giddy 14year-olds as the artists formerly known as New Kids on the Block strutted, preened and pelvic-thrusted their way around a sprawling stage set up in the middle of the arena floor. The New Kids covered hits spanning from the Reagan Era through their post-comeback albums, “The Block,” “NKOTBSB” and “10,” with streamers, pyrotechnics and confetti punctuating all the big moments. (Seriously, their NELLY

confetti bill must be bonkers.) Among the cheese-tastic highlights: An old-school slow-jam medley made fans swoon with “Didn’t I Blow Your Mind,” “Valentine Girl” and “Please Don’t Go, Girl”; Jordan Knight showing off his washboard abs, his shirt flowing behind him like some Harlequin Romance cover model as he sang “Baby, I Believe In You”; Wahlberg pandering shamelessly, holding up Seahawks gear for the band’s “change cam” and shoehorning 12th Man references into all of his stage banter. (Nice try, buddy. We know you guys are from Boston, and we saw Tom “The Deflater” Brady go by in that Bean Town sports montage you showed during “Hangin’ Tough.” Boooooooooo!!!!!) Rapper Nelly opened, looking yoked enough to play fullback for his hometown St. Louis Rams. He was supported by a pair of hype men and a troupe of bootylicious dancers as he performed “Hot in Herre,” “Country Grammar” and other hits. TLC followed, surviving group members Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozanda “Chilli” TLC

Thomas dressed in glittery gold overalls as they delivered early ‘90s chart-climbers that included “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg,” “Creep” and “No Scrubs.” The late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes’s vocals were pre-recorded, of course, and the crowd erupted every time her image appeared on screen during the crowd-pleasing finale, “Waterfalls.” NKOTB set list: Block Party; Crash; My Favorite Girl; You Got It (The Right Stuff); The Whisper/Shout (Isley Brothers); Let’s Try It Again; We Own Tonight; medley: Didn’t I Blow Your Mind/Valentine Girl/ If You Go Away/ Please Don’t Go, Girl; Remix (I Like The); Summertime; Dirty Dancing; Piano medley: Just a Friend (Biz Markie)/Good Vibrations (Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch); Tonight; Jordan Knight solo: Baby, I Believe in You/ Give it to You; Joey McIntyre solo: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This, The Eurythmics)/Twisted; Donnie Wahlberg solo: I Need You/ Lean on Me (Ben E. King)/Cover Girl; Games; Step By Step; I’ll Be Loving You (Forever); Hangin’ Tough/ We Will Rock You (Queen).

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MEET ARTIST BILL SCHENCK AT TAM’S ART TALK THIS SATURDAY

CULTURE CORNER

A GUIDE TO THE MUSEUMS OF TACOMA

Museums of the Week: Fort Nisqually Living History Museum Point Defiance Park, 5400 N. Pearl St. Wed.–Sun., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: FortNisqually.org

This week at Fort Nisqually: Queen Victoria’s Birthday May 16, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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RIDE ‘EM. Bill Schenck (American, born 1947), “Snakes in the Grass,”

1996, Oil on canvas, 45½ × 60½ inches. Tacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub, 2014.6.114

If you’ve been to see Art of the American West: The Haub Family Collection at Tacoma Art Museum, you would have taken note of the large pop-art influenced paintings by artist Bill Schenck. This weekend brings the opportunity to hear Schenck discuss his work. Following the discussion, there will be a reception and book signing of “Schenck in the 21st Century.” The event takes place May 16 from 2 – 4 p.m. at University of Washington Tacoma’s Keystone Building (1754 Commerce Street, Tacoma). Registration is required and tickets can be purchased through TAM’s website ($10, $5 TAM members and students). “My style of painting is a marriage of my earliest romantic remembrances of the West and my artistic roots in the pop painting of the early 1960s,” says Schenck. Using images pulled from the popular culture of the American West, Schenck creates vivid, modern paintings with a humorous, satirical edge. His paintings of the vast landscapes and people of the West challenge long-accepted myths and stereotypes, while also celebrating the beauty of this place. “Movies,” he says, “were how I knew the most about the West.”

Schenck earned a BFA at Kansas City Art Institute in 1969 and moved to New York. He gained recognition for his flat, reductivist style, placing colors side by side rather than blending or shading. At the young age of 24, his first solo show sold out. Drawn by Western imagery, Schenck moved west, where he worked in Wyoming and Arizona, and established a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During the past 40 years, he has created a body of paintings, prints and photography and is represented in notable museum collections including Tacoma Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, The Autry Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, Buffalo Bill Historical Center Whitney Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art and more, along with many private collections. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the country from the early 1970s to today. TAM is pleased to present Bill Schenck at the first Christine Mollring and Jennifer E. Sands Artist Lecture Series, focusing on contemporary artists of the American West. For more information visit www.TacomaArtMuseum.org.

‘Movies were how I knew the most about the West.’

– Bill Schenck

A revealing look at Victorian fashion – including a peek at corsets and petticoats – will be part of the annual celebration of Queen Victoria’s birthday at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. A merry mood envelopes the Fort on this occasion. Both children and adults play games, and many of the Fort’s ladies and gentlemen will be dressed in their finest, 1850s style. At noon, bagpipes will announce the start of the traditional tributes to the queen. The pipes are followed by a musket volley, toasts to the queen, and a cannon salute. Reenactors in period dress will exhibit and explain mid19th century Victorian fashion as seen at Fort Nisqually. Presentations scheduled during the day will highlight a Victorian woman’s underclothes, the fashionable attire of ladies and gentlemen, and the Scottish, French-Canadian and Native American influences in clothing of laborers and children. Throughout the day, guests can play croquet and other 19th century games. There will be tea, cookies and lemonade while supplies last. Guests can enjoy live music and a dancing lesson and visit with several dozen re-enactors who will be cooking in the kitchen, toiling in the laundry, spinning wool and hammering in the blacksmith’s shop.

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This week at Tacoma Art Museum: 6th Annual Northwest Native Celebration May 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TAM highlights contemporary Native American artists during this free community festival. This event features an art market, song, dance, music, a contemporary Native fashion show and art activities for all ages. Join us as we celebrate the diversity of Native American cultures in the Northwest! Shop our Indoor Art Market featuring traditional and modern works by local artists, including: Jewelry, Beadwork, Basket Weaving, Carving, Paintings, Ledger Art, Ceramic Art and Tech Accessories.

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NORTHWEST GUITAR COMMUNITY TO CONVERGE ON TACOMA By Ernest A. Jasmin

register as a vendor at www.tacomaguitarfestival.com. The focus is on guitars, and musicians can also keep their eyes peeled for a variety of other stringed instruments, and related gear. “Every hour, we take a 15minute no-amp break so that it kills the noise in the hall and people can hear the acoustic instruments,” Adolph said. “If they’re playing a ukulele, banjo or guitar, they’ll have a good chance to hear it.” Among the performers at this first Tacoma Guitar Fest is hometown guitar hero Jerry Miller whose work with legendary rock band Moby Grape earned him a No. 68 ranking on Rolling Stone’s 2003 list of the 100 the greatest guitarists of all time. Also performing are singersongwriter Ian Moore, Guitar World columnist and Internet teaching phenomenon, Adrian Gaylish and bluesman Griff Hamlin, known for his instructional DVD series, “Blues Guitar Unleashed.” Tickets for the event are $10, but it is free to children ages 12 and younger accompanied by an adult. They may be purchased in advanced through Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.com.

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On Sunday, May 17, the Tacoma Dome will host what organizers hope will become the Northwest’s most talked about guitar happening. Starting at 9:30 a.m., the inaugural Tacoma Guitar Festival will showcase live music, workshops and dozens of vendors buying, selling and trading everything from inexpensive starter guitars to rare collectibles and custom-made instruments. “I got a call one day from the Tacoma Dome. They said they were looking to partner with someone to help grow one of the largest guitar events in the country,” said organizer Bruce Adolph, known for publishing Collectible Guitar Magazine and putting on the Seattle-Tacoma Guitar Show, which is held in September in Kent. Adolph takes his inspiration from the massive Dallas International Guitar Show, among the nation’s premier six-string showcases which will be held later this month. “I’ve been going to guitar shows for almost 30 years,” said Rick King and avid collector who owns

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Guitar Maniacs, a 25-year staple of downtown Tacoma. “This time it seems like he’s going more towards the Dallas Guitar Show in the sense that ... it really is an event that goes beyond looking at a bunch of new, boutique and vintage guitars.”

An estimated 150 vendors will be on hand on Sunday, not to mention walk-in guitar fanatics looking to sell and trade their gear. “There’s just regular guys that have a pretty big bunch of guitars, and they are just trying to thin the herd

and make the wife happy because they’ve got way too many,” Adolph said. The general rule is that anyone can bring whatever they can carry to sell; but if patrons have an entire cartload of instruments and amps to unload, they are asked to

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: IGGY AZALEA

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Australia’s biggest export since Tim Tams is headed to Puyallup. Rapper Iggy Azalea – best known for last year’s ubiquitous hit, “Fancy” – will headline the Washington State Fair Grandstand at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22. Tickets are $55 to $85 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 16. For further details, check www.thefair.com/concerts. Here are a few more hot tickets coming up this spring and summer with more info available at www.ticketmaster.com except where otherwise noted. • Luniz: 8 p.m. May 30, Jazzbones, $15; www.jazzbones.com. • Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon and Dennis Miller: 7:30 p.m., June 16, Tacoma Dome, $35.50 to $99.50. • KUBE Summer Jam featuring T.I., Tech N9ne, Action Bronson and more: noon June 20, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $19.33 to $75. • Gordon Lightfoot: 8:30 p.m. June 26, Emerald Queen Casino, $20 to $60. • Taste of Tacoma: 11 a.m. June 26 to 28, Post Defiance

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TW PICK OF THE WEEK: SINGER-SONGWRITER KARA HESSE

WILL BRING HER “THE ROAD HOME” TOUR TO THE TOWN ON TUESDAY, MAY 19. STEPHANIE ANNE JOHNSON AND AYRON JONES WILL OPEN WITH MUSIC STARTING AT 7 P.M.; WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM.

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RIALTO: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (swing) 7:30 p.m., $37-$59, AA

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FANTASTIC FOUR. The Approach includes (L-R) Jeramey Abarca

vocals, bass and guitar; Sam Morrow on guitar and bass; Kevin Dailly on drums; and Joseph Abarca on vocals. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

Tacoma rock-reggae outfit The Approach will unleash its brand-spankin’ new CD, “Alien,” on Saturday, May 16, with a release party at Jazzbones, 2803 Sixth Ave. Mighty High, The Hookys, Yodi Mac and DJ Einstein will add support with music starting at 8:30 p.m., and tickets are going fast at $10 to $15; www.jazzbones.com for further details. Vocalist Joseph Abarca helped us break down one of Grit City’s hottest bands. Lineup: (L-R) Jeramey Abarca vocals, bass and guitar; Sam Morrow on guitar and bass; Kevin Dailly on drums; and Joseph Abarca on vocals. Discography: Find the band’s self-titled debut EP and March release “The Approach Acoustic Live on KGRG 89.9 FM” online at theapproachband.bandcamp. com. The new album will be available there beginning May 17. Serendipitous start: Joseph Abarca played with short-lived reggae band Forever Green before being recruited by the band that would become The Approach in 2012. “It actually started in my basement, and I wasn’t even in the band,” he explains. “One night, I came home after work, and (brother Jeramey) had a different group of guys down there, and they were just jammin’. I was actually out drinkin’ that night with some friends, and I grabbed the mic jokingly … and the next day Jeramey sent a message and was like, ‘Hey, you wanna be in this band?’ That was three years ago, and we’ve been making music ever since. Really, I just fell into it.” Eclectic sounds: The band fuses reggae, rock and hip-hop into an infectiously groovy sound that most immediately recalls bands like Sublime and 311. But Abarca describes The Approach’s influences

B SHARP COFFEE: Songwriters Showcase with Owl Parliament and friends (singer-songwriter) 8 p.m., $5, AA CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Cultura Live: Latin Edition (Latin) 9:30 p.m. GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Decade X (dance) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Dessi Devine cancer benefit with BoomBoom L’Roux, Kitty Baby, Lulu Bell and Mae Zing (burlesque) 7:30 p.m., $15-$20 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC METRONOME: Elias Deleaut (singer-songwriter) 8 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: MAWP Benefit with the Variety Hour, Battersea, Season of Strangers (indie-rock) 9 p.m., $5 STONEGATE: S.A.S.S. (blues) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: The Spazmatics (‘80s covers) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Josh Wolf (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $15, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: The Olson Brothers (country, rock) 8 p.m. UNCLE THURM’S: CJK Band (blues) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA

SATURDAY, MAY 16 as running the gamut, from Rage Against the Machine to Wu-Tang Clan. They’ve even been known to take notes from the Material Girl. “It’s really funny ‘cause when we were doing our first tour, we’d listened to a whole Madonna album, front to back,” Abarca says, cracking up. “When it comes to writing catchy music, we like to listen to pop. When we listen to Prince or Justin Timberlake or Madonna, their stuff is so ridiculously catchy and good. One of the things me and Sam will talk about is we remember being little kids and our moms cleaning the house and listening to Madonna. When you’re a kid, you’re influenced by everything around you.” Cutting out the fat: Initially, the band was a seven-piece, which contributed to early struggles. “It was crazy organizing that many people in a brand new band,” Abarca says. “We were all onstage at once every show, no matter where we were. It was chaotic, and everybody that was in the band played an instrument in high school or had been in a four-piece band before; and it was kind of like everyone had their own opinion about how a song should be written, and no one had a consensus or an agreement. That’s why it took so long for us to write songs.” On “Alien,” the quartet

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DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, soul, jazz) 8 p.m., NC HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 21 EL POTRERO: C-Bo and Killa Tay (hip-hop) 9 p.m., $10 B SHARP COFFEE: Keith Henson Jazz Octet (jazz) 8 p.m., NC, AA CHARLEY’S: Blues jam with Richard Molina, 8 p.m., NC DAVE’S OF MILTON: Open jam, 8 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Billy Stoops (open mic) 8 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Dedric Clark and the Social Animals (indie-rock, pop) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Adam Norwest (comedy) 8 p.m., $10, 18+

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30 Teams of local filmmakers are given 72 hours to create an original short film 253 seconds in length. The viewing party is the premier for all 30 films and the biggest, most lively film event of the year in Pierce County. Join the fun and support local filmmakers on their big night. Presented by The Grand Cinema at Urban Grace. Price: $10$15. Info: (253) 857-3716

THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Fri., May 15, 8 p.m. Tacoma Musical Playhouse, 7116 Sixth Ave. Before the Beatles, The Beach Boys or The Rolling Stones ever played a note, rock ‘n’ roll was forever changed by Buddy Holly, a 19-year-old kid from Texas. “The Buddy Holly Story” tells the true story of Buddy’s meteoric rise to fame, from the moment in 1957 when “That’ll Be The Day” hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later. The show features more than 20 hits including “That’ll Be The Day,” “Peggy Sue,” and “Oh Boy!” Price: $20-$29. Info: (253) 565-6867 INTO THE WOODS AT PLU Fri., May 15, 7:30 p.m. Pacific Lutheran University – Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 12180 Park Ave. S. The Brothers Grimm hits Broadway with an epic fai-

rytale. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim bring classic storybook characters together for a Tony Award-winning musical. The story follows a baker and his wife, who want to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; and Jack who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn of a witch’s curse, they journey to break the spell. Their wishes are granted, but their actions return to haunt them. Price: $8; $5 seniors; $3 students. Info: (253) 535-7411 CADETTE GIRL SCOUTS: LEADER IN ACTION BADGE WORKSHOP Sat., May 16, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler St. Learn what it takes to earn the LiA badge at this hands-on workshop. Tacoma Nature Center staff will teach the tips and tricks of exploring nature with

younger children with games, outdoor hikes and activities. Work with staff to plan and prepare to lead activities of the Brownie WOW! Wonders of Water journey. Then put your skills into action at an upcoming nature center event or with your local Brownie troop, and earn your LiA! Price: $12; Adults Free. Info: (253) 5916439; RSVP required

FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., May 16, 8-9 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12115 Park Ave. S. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have experienced difficulties in life as a result of the way we used to eat. Through shared experience and mutual support, we help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. Our program of recovery is based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. We make use of AA principles to gain freedom from addictive eating. There are no dues, fees or weigh-ins at FA meetings. Membership is open to anyone who wants help with food. Price: Free. Info: (253) 537-0201 AHOY: A MARITIME EXHIBITION Sat., May 16, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. B2 Fine Arts Gallery & Studios, 711 Saint Helens Ave. AHOY explores one- and twodimensional fine artworks regarding Northwest maritime ships and vessels. Price: Free. Info: (253) 238-5065

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ARGENTINE TANGO BEGINNERS CLASS Sun., May 17, 12-1 p.m. Backstreet Tango, 3505 S. 14th St. Join this group for an Absolute Beginner Level Class. The studio was built with the sole purpose of teaching only authentic social Argentine Tango. You will learn the basic elements for this wonderful dance by a certified professional instructors. Dancers can start on any Sunday no need to wait for the start of another series. Stop by for a complementary class. Price: $40-$70. Info: (253) 304-8296

dhist principles, such as kindness, respect for others and keeping a happy heart through stories, songs, meditation and crafts. A parent needs to accompany each child. Price: $10 suggested donation. Info: (360) 754-7787 BANNED BOOK CLUB Tues., May 19, 7 p.m. Doyle’s Public House, 208 St. Helens Ave. Banned Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every month at Doyle’s Public House meeting room. The group exclusively read books that have been banned or challenged, usually at schools or school libraries. Price: Free. Info: (253) 2727468

HOMEMADE CLEANERS Sun., May 17, 1-3 p.m. WW Seymour Conservatory, 316 G St. South This informative workshop on homemade natural and herbal cleaners provides participants with recipes, resources and the opportunity to make their own cleaning product to bring home. Price: $6; $4 members. Info: (253) 591-5330

COMPUTERS FOR BEGINNERS Tues., May 19, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. This class covers basic computer skills and concepts, including identifying the parts of a computer, understanding basic computer terminology and navigating a window using a mouse and keyboard. Price: Free. Info: (253) 5483304

JOB LAB Mon., May 18, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. Need help with a job-finding question or issue? Find one on one help for your job search from WorkSource employment professionals. Get advice on topics such as how to develop and launch an effective job search strategy, resume, cover letter and application assistance, interviewing tips and more. No registration required. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304

MONEY MATTERS: CREDIT 101 Wed., May 20, 7 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. Learn credit basics: what is it, how to get it and how to keep it. You’ll also learn about credit bureaus, how a score is determined, steps you can take to improve your credit and more. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304

MEDITATION FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES Mon., May 18, 4-5 p.m. Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1501 Pacific Ave S. Children will learn simple Bud-

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WITCHY WOMAN HOROSCOPES Christina Wheeler has been studying astrology for the past 22 years and runs The Nearsighted Narwhal on Sixth Avenue in Tacoma with her partner, Ossain. She loves combining her writing and craftiness to make zines and has one out now called Gypsy Grimoire Magickal Herbs & Spells available at her shop. She also heads the committee for the Sixth Avenue’s Dia de los Muertos parade. Contact her at thenearsightednarwhal@gmail.com for any questions or just to chew the fat about the stars. ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) You will be feeling pulled in opposite directions for a while. On one hand, you’d like to broaden your communications or visit someone that taps into your emotions. On the other hand, Mercury retrograde is doing its level best to keep communications and visits as skewed and impossible as it can. If you’re missing someone you haven’t seen in a while, hold on. There will be a reunion soon. TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) There is a great indication that you might be rethinking an investment of either the monetary or emotional kind. Where you put your money – and especially where you put your energy – is where you care. But maybe you’ve gotten a bad turn on your investment. The time to rethink and adjust accordingly is now. Don’t miss the opportunity to reassess, re-evaluate, and reflect. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) There may be something off about the image of yourself you hold in your mind. Something is not adding up. You are not who you used to be, but you still go through the motions of being that same old person. There are things you do not wish to continue doing or being, but you still do them and are them. Reassess who and what you are. Be happy with the outcome, or change it. CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) There is no one better to separate fantasy and reality than you, Cancer, but this week you may be thrown for a bit. It’s always nice to have high ideals and dreams but are they realistic for your situation? Are you accepting something as fact when it may be sugarcoated fiction? Put some thought into it. Ignorance is not bliss; it leads us to disappointment. LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) Plan on communication being jumbled as Mercury turns retrograde this week. Petty disagreements and misunderstandings with your social circle are likely, but can be diffused if you take a step back, reevaluate the situation, and move forward with kindness and compassion. Friction leads to growth, on many different levels. Embrace it instead of shying away. VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) Expect that the things you say and do may be misinterpreted this week. You may have the best of intentions, loads of integrity, but people like to talk and sometimes, when they don’t have much to talk about, they jump to conclusions. Instead of fighting fire with fire, remove yourself emotionally from the situation and know that you always have the best of intentions. Leave others to their gossip.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) There may be a stall-out on your travel plans or creative projects this week, but have no fear. Sometimes we just need a moment to take a step back and not take action but really evaluate what we’re doing and why. The need to escape to somewhere far away might be strong now, but you’d do better to wait it out until summer hits and not make any long-term commitments. Philosophical thoughts also hit hard right now. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) There might be extreme circumstances surrounding someone or something you care about immensely. Choose your words very carefully, as withholding information can be considered lying. Do your level best to be honest, be compassionate, and act with love. Words can sometimes fail to show those we love how we feel, but actions come across loud and clear. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Your love relationships might take a hit this week. Count on misunderstandings, issues swept under the rug to resurface, and a rethinking of who you are with to come about. There is no harm in problems, as they can lead to newfound understanding and chances to reconcile long-term issues. Speak with love and act with compassion. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) You may be feeling restless with your work or your daily activities. You may be feeling impulsive about quitting or starting something new right now. Your best plan of action is to simply reflect on these feelings and wait to take action on them. Starting or quitting a job right now isn’t the best idea. The best idea is to fully ruminate on why you feel this way and examine your options. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Things just aren’t clicking or coming out the way you want them to, and that’s OK. You don’t have to produce all the time. Things that bring you joy may just not be doing their job. Just go with the flow and let all the feelings come out and take their course. Don’t be afraid to put them down for a while if they’re not making you happy. You can always pick it back up. PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) There may be some issue with your living situation that is bringing you much stress. Parents co-habitating with their adult children brings on a whole different set of dynamics. Take the time to evaluate what it takes to make you feel comfortable in your own home and why. Express these needs to those you live with or your parents. Make it a two-way street so everyone wins.

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NOTICES TO: Leo I. Charles Case Name: WSFC vs. CHARLES, Leo I Case Number: PUY-CS-FC-2015-0016 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Tribal Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. Your Initial Hearing set for the 20th day of May, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. has been rescheduled. You are summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing on the 26th day of May, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT. TO: JEREMY COLLINS In the Welfare of: C, N. DOB: 06/01/2004 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2015-0034 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Rescheduled Initial for Termination of Parental Rights Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Rescheduled Initial Hearing on the 20th day of July, 2015 at 10:00 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: EUGENE JOSEPH In the Welfare of: N.J DOB: 12/29/13 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2013-0052 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Adjudication Hearing on the 1st day of JUNE, 2015 at 10:00 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint. TO: Martha Wyeng In RE: L., T. Case Number(s) PUY-CV-PC-2014-0184 YOU are hereby summoned to appear in the Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for Continued Initial Hearing on the 23rd day of June, 2015 at 9:00 am If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT.

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

In the Welfare of: C., D. M. DOB: 11/05/2006 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2015-0049 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing on the10th day of August 2015 at 1:30 pm If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint. TO: JESSICA CAYOU In the Welfare of: P.C. DOB: 04/18/2015 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0043 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 15th day of June, 2015 at 2:30 pm. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: EUGENE JOSEPH Sr. and DONNA JOSEPH In the Welfare of: J, N. DOB: 12/19/13 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2015-0044 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing for Termination of Parental Rights in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Initial Hearing on the 10th day of August, 2015 at 10:30 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

SINCERE RETIRED WHITE MALE. Good Health. Wishes to meet sincere retired female for lifetime commitment. Age, weight unimportant. Must be serious and sincere. For reply write Mike with phone number. Box D2, 3007 Borst Ave., Centralia, WA 98531

VOLUNTEERS Smile Looking for volunteers who want to share the passion of reading with a struggling reader! All-Star Readers is held Monday and Wednesdays 3:45-5:00 at Arlington Elementary School now through mid-June. Contact Lori Ann Reeder, Program Manager at lreeder@tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253-571-1139 for specifics and to get started.

Build Success Many middle school students need your help with math homework and preparing for tests and quizzes in our after school program on Tuesdays at Baker Middle School. Be a part of their successful transition to high school by helping them with math now. Please contact Jenna Aynes at jaynes@tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253-571-5053 or Lori Ann Reeder lreeder@tacoma.k12. wa.us or 253-571-1139 for specifics.

Math or Reading Help Wanted! Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 2nd grade readers at Sherman Elementary School on Wednesdays from 3:454:45 PM. Tutors are also needed at Mt. Tahoma High School with Algebra in the Math Boot Camp on Monday or Thursdays afterschool. This program is designed to help students improve their math skills/grades before the semester ends on 1/23. Please contact Trisha Tracy @ 571-3843 or ttracy@tacoma.k12.wa.us for specific information.

Build a Brighter Future. Help a Student Read Dedication and tireless efforts are making a difference in our community. Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 2nd grade readers or to assist in the Homework Club at Fern Hill Elementary School on Wednesdays from 4-5 PM. Please contact Judy Merritt @ 571-3873 or jmerrit@tacoma.k12.wa.us for specific information.

Help Students Graduate. The process of grooming kids for success can act as a powerful deterrent to dropping out of high school.

Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 9-12 grade at Oakland High School. Students need assistance in Algebra, Basic Math and English Monday - Friday. Volunteers must be consistent, reliable and willing to share their knowledge in one of the above areas weekly. Please contact Leigh Butler @ 571-5136 or lbutler@ tacoma.k12.wa.us for more information.

A Student Needs You. The process of grooming kids for success can act as a powerful deterrent to dropping out of high school. Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 9-12 grade at Foss High School. Students need assistance in Algebra, English, Geometry and Trigonometry on Monday and/or Wednesdays. Volunteers must be consistent, reliable and willing to share their knowledge in one of the above areas weekly. Please contact Tiffynee Terry-Thomas @ 571-7380 or xx for details.

Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care Needs Volunteers Looking to have a positive impact on your community this year? Invest a few hours per week to support our patients and families. Read a book, listen to life stories, give caregivers a few hours to rest and renew. Apply your listening skills and compassion in a meaningful role as a Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care volunteer. Comprehensive training and on-going support are provided. Join our caring and professional team to change lives-especially your own. Training starts soon. Call 1—855— 534—7050 to learn more or log onto www.chifranciscan. org and click on Hospice and Palliative Care under “Our Services”

Food Bank We are a local food bank on the east side of Tacoma, WA and are powered strictly by volunteers. We provide much needed food and other basic household

VOLUNTEERS items to people in need on a weekly basis. Being a volunteer driven organization we are always looking for good people who are interested in donating a few hours of their lives helping make the lives of someone else a little better. Donate as much or as little of your time you want for a wide variety of tasks, there is always plenty to do. If you are looking for a way to be part of something bigger and give a little much needed help to the local community then contact us and we’ll get you started. Please join us in helping to spread a little holiday cheer. Contact Enzi 253212-2778.

Contact Ms. Lee at (253) 677-7740 for further information.

Volunteer Math Tutor

These are exciting times and you can make a difference!

Tacoma Community House is looking for volunteers to help adults improve their basic math skills. Classes are Monday through Thursday 1:00-2:00 pm. The commitment is for one class weekly but we would love to have your assistance any day if you are available. Please contact Karen Thomas at (253) 383-3951 or a kthomas@tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information.

Volunteer Classroom Assistants

Looking for a rewarding experience? Help adult students improve their basic reading and writing skills. Classes are Monday through Thursdays 2:004:00 pm. Please contact Karen Thomas at (253) 3833951 or kthomas@tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information.

Help a Child Improve Reading One-on-one support makes a huge difference in an elementary student’s ability to overcome reading challenges. As a Read2Me Tutor, you can be that person who makes a difference. The Tacoma School District and the Tacoma Community House are partners in this endeavor and we are on the lookout for committed tutors for grades 1-3. Call Karen Thomas at (253) 383-3951 for more information.

Hospice Volunteers Needed To Provide a Special Kind of Caring Franciscan Hospice needs volunteers with helping hands and open hearts to support terminally ill patients in homes and nursing homes in our community. As part of the Franciscan Hospice care team, you will provide companionship and support to patients and their families in a variety of ways. Volunteers receive comprehensive training and support for this life-affirming work. There is a volunteer training starting soon. For more information, call us at (253) 534-7050.

EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY FISH FOOD BANK Seeking volunteers to staff Thursdays from 3:30pm - 6:30pm and/or Saturdays from 11am-2pm . Those interested contact Community Coordinator, Kate Wright at 253-826-4654 Address: 3505 122nd Ave E Edgewood

Donate time and receive free groceries. Volunteers needed with skills in management, organization, clerical, food handling, warehousing, maintenance etc. and receive free groceries from a Non-Profit Food Distribution Program. Older teens are welcomed to volunteer and gain valuable work experience.

PAWS NEEDS WILDLIFE VOLUNTEERS PAWS in Lynnwood is looking for volunteers to help care for wildlife this spring. Every year, PAWS cares for more than 3,000 injured, orphaned or abandoned wildlife. Join the team and you can help feed and care for these remarkable animals. It’s a remarkable experience you won’t find anywhere else! For any questions please contact Mark Coleman, Communications Manager, at 425-787-2500 x 817.

South Sound Outreach Services invites you to be trained as an In Person Assister Volunteer to help Pierce County residents enroll online for health insurance in the Washington Health Plan Finder. Open Enrollment is October 1 until March 31st. Coverage begins January 1st, 2014 for those enrolled by December 15th. Interested trainees may call Heather at SSOS 253-593-2111. You’ll be glad you did!

Become a Senior Companion today! Volunteers help frail or disabled seniors stay in their own home and maintain their independence. Activities include running errands, providing transportation or simply being a friend. Hourly stipend and mileage reimbursement provided. Requirements: must be 55+, serve at least 15 hours a week and be low-income. Drivers are especially needed currently. For more info call Julie Kerrigan, Program Director: 1(800) 335-8433, ext. 5686

Help furnish hope to those in need! NW Furniture Bank Volunteers needed. “NWFB helps restore hope, dignity and stability in our community by recycling donated furniture to people in need.” TuesdaySaturday Truck Volunteers Needed- 9:00 am-2:00 pm. Truck volunteers ride along in the truck, deliver furniture to clients and make residential and corporate pickups; they are an essential part of the NWFB Team. To volunteer contact us at volunteer@ nwfurniturebank.org or call 253-302-3868.

Portland Ave Community Center Senior Programs We need a volunteer to host programs Tuesday & Thursday 9:30-12, & 1-2:30 pm at Portland Ave Community Center Senior Programs. Volunteer will be calling Bingo and doing some extreme crafting, gardening during spring & summer and into fall. If interested call Bonnie @ 253-278-1475 MondayFriday 8:30-4PM.

Ayusa International SeeksTacoma Host Parents for High School Exchange Students Ayusa International, a 30year-old non-profit that promotes global learning through the hosting of high school foreign exchange students, is seeking parents/families in Tacoma to host for the upcoming 20132014 school year. Ayusa students are 15-18 years old and come from more than 60 countries around the world including Brazil, Japan, Germany, Ecuador, France, Peru, Morocco, China and Spain; they are all proficient in English. For more information, please visit our website: www. ayusa.org

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Classifieds HOMES

HOMES

6711 36th St Ct NW, Gig Harbor

3 Bed, 1 3/4 Bath. 1,356 sq ft. Open floor plan & vaulted ceilings highlight this handsome rambler on a park-like corner lot in Artondale. Kitchen features an island, new smooth-top stove & convection oven, tile countertops & bay windows. Family room with fireplace is perfect for entertaining as is the large deck & fenced backyard. The master suite, one of three newly carpeted bedrooms, has French doors to the deck and a remodeled ¾ bathroom. 30-yr roof installed in 2005. 10 mins to schools, shopping, recreation & SR-16 MLS# 573155

$257,500

Debbie Houtz Better Properties 253-376-2280

FOR RENT

2be/1ba Apt. For Rent Full Kitchen, living room; laundry & parking..$680/m At Tacoma 8324 S. Park Ave. Contact 206-214-8538

HOMES

4820 N Shirley St. Tacoma $439,000

10519/10521 Mt. Tacoma DR SW Lakewood

$439,000

CONDOS & HOMES PUYALLUP

TACOMA

16917 139TH AVE E

3602 S 15TH WA #6

$1895

$750

3 BED 2.5 BATH 2361 SF. MASSIVE HOME INCLUDES HARDWOODS, FORMAL DINING, AMAZING KITCHEN, OFFICE AND A/C

2 BED 1 BATH 900 SF. 2 BED APT INCLUDES W/S/G & BASIC CABLE, LARGE KITCHEN, DECK AND CLOSE TO EVERYTHING.

SPANAWAY

UNIVERSITY PLACE

7705 193RD ST CT E

7516 41ST ST CT W #E4

$1250

$895

3 BED 2 BATH 1358 SF. AMAZING HOME HAS ALL APPLIANCES, OPEN KITCHEN, 2 CAR GARAGE, FENCED YARD AND MORE

2 BED 1 BATH 800 SF. LARGE 2 BED APT HAS NEWER APPLIANCES, WASHER/DRYER, $75 FEE FOR W/S/G AND MORE.

NORTH EAST TACOMA

TACOMA

2912 59TH AVE NE

4912 162ND ST CT E

$925 2 BED, 1 BATH 900 SF. 2 BED HOME HAS HARDWOODS, NEW WINDOWS, FORMAL DINING, WASHER/DRYER AND STORAGE.

$1550 3 BED 1.75 BATH 1530 SF. PERFECT HOME HAS FRESH PAINT, NEW FIXTURES, OPEN KITCHEN, LARGE FAMILY ROOM AND MORE.

Park52.com · 253-473-5200 View pictures, discounts & more properties online.

Professional Management Services

FOR SALE Couch, Loveseat, 2 End Tables & Futon Bed for Sale. Excellent Condition. $500 For All. 253-531-0330

FOR SALE New Tacoma Cemetery. 2 crypts, includes entombments, inscriptions and vases. Value is at $16,250 – Will sell for $8,000. Call (702) 896-0082

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

Incredible opportunity to own a well maintained duplex plus an 1800+ sf shop/office! Just a few blocks from Pierce College and near shopping. 3 bedroom, 2 bath units with over 1200 sf each. Ideal for an owner/user, hobbyist, mechanic or a great place to store your cars, boats, equipment or? in the detached shop. Plenty of room to park your RV also. GSI does not include the full shop potential income, only the office portion. Only a short distance from historical Steilacoom and the waterfront! Mark Hulen 253.761.8888 Better Properties North Proctor mark@betterproperties.com

www.betterpropertiesnorthproctor.com

3720 S Alaska St. 3 beds 1 bath 1,391 sqft. Adorable vintage craftsman w/original woodwork, finishes & attention to detail throughout! Picture perfect with hardwood flrs, fireplace, coved ceilings, large din rm & spacious, bright kitchen w/upgrades & stainless steel appliances. Remodeled bath w/high ceilings, dressing room & closet, 2 bedrooms upstairs, one on main. Dry basement large enough for bed/bath & family room. Fenced bkyd is like a private oasis with mature landscaping & room for entertaining & gardening & garage. MLS # 750464 $189,000

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

11425 Madera Cir SW, Lakewood

Currently used as non conforming triplex. Over 1/2 acre! This classic home has views of the Sound & Olympic Mountains. Many upgrades yet original woodwork and charm. Main level has large kitchen with vaulted ceiling, skylights, 2 bedrooms & full bath. Upstairs & downstairs have been converted to separate units and could be easily converted back to a fabulous 4 bedroom home. OR subdivide (3 lots? -buyer to verify) Fully fenced yard with fruit trees, RV parking, detached garage/shop.

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

www.betterpropertiesnorthproctor.com

PROPERTY

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

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

1116 N. Jackson $175,000 2 parcels : Build your dream home with a gorgeous view of Narrows Bridge and Puget Sound. The property is being sold as one to maximize the building envelope and open space but see what works best for you. Build on one lot, sell the other or build on the whole lot, there is so much opportunity here! (MLS # 612161)

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

CALL 253.922.5317

HOMES

6027 S. Lawrence 3 Beds, 1¾ Bath, 1855 SqFt. Beautiful turn of the century Dutch Colonial home completely updated with character galore. Hardwood floors, foyer, banister staircase, large living & dining rooms, high ceilings, large remodeled kitchen, separate utility rm, 3 bedrooms up w/loft for possible 4th bedroom. Updated electrical & plumbing, new windows, tank less water heater, heat pump, insulated floors, oversized bathtub, security system. Fully fenced back yard w/large deck, sprinkler system, 2 car garage w/ upgraded electrical. MLS # 730787 $179,000

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

16 N SALMON BEACH $349,000 Welcome to this uniquely Northwest home in the waterfront community of Salmon Beach! Featuring main living area on the 2nd floor, the home boasts an amazing panorama stretching from the Narrows Bridge(s) to Pt Defiance. Open concept great room with living/dining/kitchen laid out with views like crazy! 1500 sq ft of deck space gives you lots of room for gardening, entertaining or just relaxing in the SW exposure, with spectacular sunsets, the Olympic Mtns, marine activity & wildlife galore... MLS# 690309

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

COMMERCIAL

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Excellent business opportunity! The owners of “Sure to Rise Bakery,” located in Cashmere WA, are looking to retire. This business has been operating for 65 years and has supported our family since we bought it in 1985. We do both wholesale and retail out of our Front Street location. We own the building and all equipment. Please call 509-548-4788 for more information. NOW LEASING 4008 S. Pine 2100 SQ. FT. Completely remodeled w/over 200k in high end upgrades. 10 offices, private exits, shared executive conference room, kitchen w/dining area, lots of storage, and 15 parking stalls. One office could be used as apartment for out of state clients. ADA Accessible. Mall & 38th Street Exit.

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

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

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITIES

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

ABANDONED VEHICLE SALE Northwest Towing, at 2025 S 341st Pl, Federal Way on 5/18/2015. In compliance with the RCW46.55.130. at 2:00pm. Viewing of cars from 1:002:00pm. Registered Tow Number 5695. www.ﬁfetowing.com

WANTED

WANTED:

Old Post Cards, Photo Albums, Menus, Shipping, Railroad, Airplane Automobile Items, Old Pens, Watches, Costume Jewelry, Quilts, Toys, Musical Instruments, Native American and Any Small Antiques.

(253) 752-8105

Black Tie Finished yet, Comfortable & Casually Elegant. Named Most Beautiful home in its class. Controlled access, gated & walled community of Madera. The ultimate in seclusion yet near world class amenities. Stylish interiors, warm colors, kitchen that rivals Elle Décor magazine w/ marble, new custom cabinetry, professional appliances, woods & neutral colors, open concept living, flexible floor plan, bed/office on main floor, manicured grounds, unique spaces. Quality. Location. Style. Timeless. MLS# 726788 $699,500 Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

OFFICE BUILDING WITH 6 SUITES, Close to Wright’s Park, ideal for Attorneys or Professional use. Asking Price $599,000, Terms. Suites are also available for Lease. LONGTIME ESTABLISHED POPULAR RESTR./LOUNGE Business for sale. $189,000 & size, 4,100 sq. ft. GIG HARBOR CHINESE RESTR., same owner 26 yrs., $40,000 Huge reduction

PORT ORCHARD, DOWNTOWN Food & Beverage, annual gross sales, approx. g $1,300,000, excellent net. inOwner selling real estate & the business for $850,000, terms d avail., same location en over 100 years.

SAME OWNER: BARTENDING ACADEMY OF TACOMA, Since 1959, Very profitable, Training provided. VERY PROFITABLE GROCERY STORE/DELI/BAKERY/MEAT MARKET. La Huerta International Market #2 at 5605A Pacific Ave.Business For Sale, $275,000, Annual Gross Sales, Seller Financing.

RICHARD PICTON or ED PUNCHAK

253-581-6463 253-224-7109

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