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GENERAL SERVICES. Voters could decide the future of the $230 million Pierce County General Services Building this fall. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

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(middle, behind chair) and supported by Sen. Jeannie Darneille (far left) was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee (seated) with additional supporters including (from left) investigator Keith Barnes, Prosecutor Mark Lindquist, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Rep. Roger Goodman, and (at right) Rep. Laurie Jinkins and Sen. Steve Conaway. (Above) (Left to right) Deputy Prosecutor Mike Sommerfeld, Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist and Rep. Melanie Stambaugh (in orange) joined with other advocates of HB 1316 for Gov. Jay Inslee’s (seated) signing it into law. By Heather Songer Special to Tacoma Weekly

ov. Jay Inslee has signed two bills into law, introduced by local leaders, which will protect our community from those who prey on our most vulnerable citizens. The first bill, requested by Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist and sponsored by Rep. Melanie Stambaugh (R-Puyallup), will aid in protecting vulnerable adults from physical abuse and financial exploitation. This new law requires police officers to arrest any person they have probable cause to believe has violated a temporary protection order regarding the abuse of vulnerable adults, such as the elderly or disabled, a power police didn’t previously possess. “Many elder abuse cases involve financial fraud, such as gaining access to an elderly person’s bank account,” said Lindquist. “We want to be able to move quickly before the bank account is bled dry.” Police currently have the power to arrest a person without a warrant for violating a temporary protection order in domestic abuse cases, but not in cases involving vulnerable adults. “House Bill 1316 corrects a serious oversight in current law that has left our elderly and our disabled adult populations vulnerable to abuse,” said

Stambaugh. “This bill will make an important difference for many of our most vulnerable citizens.” The Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office prosecuted about three times as many elder abuse cases in 2014 as it did in 2011. This doesn’t mean that elder abuse is on the rise, though. Public awareness campaigns led by the Prosecutor’s Office and Crime Stoppers are teaching citizens how to spot and report abusive situations. Prosecutor Lindquist and Elder Abuse Team Chief Erika Novahec are available to speak to community groups about preventing and responding to elder abuse. The second piece of legislation signed into law was a bipartisan bill written by Rep. Christine Kilduff (D-University Place) and supported by Senator Jeannie Darneille (D-27th District), Senator Steve O’Ban (R-28th District) and Lindquist to change how the state handles the release of sex offenders back into the community. The amended law will allow judges to consider not only the wellbeing of victims of convicted sex offenders about to be released, but also the availability of sex offender treatment facilities and whether a disproportionate number of offenders are being released into a county or local community. While Pierce County makes up just 12 percent of the state’s population, it is home to 16 percent u See LAWS / page A5

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A Superior Court judge has ruled that efforts to gain enough signatures to put a referendum on the fall ballot to determine the future of the planned Pierce County General Services building can move forward. Judge Kevin Hull ruled last week that a lawsuit against the signature gathering lacked the legal standing required, allowing volunteers to continue to gain support for a public vote on the $230 million project in November. At least for now, that is. The ruling came because the judge determined that the lawsuit filers, Leslie Young and Anthony Miller, lacked standing to sue because they didn’t have direct ties to any potential injury caused by the building not being built if residents voted down the deal. Only Pierce County and the potential developers could make that claim. Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy had filed a lawsuit but that

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cise on a sunny Wednesday afternoon and learn about Tacoma’s ties to the military while chatting with neighbors along the way. The event was Downtown On The Go’s Memorial Day themed Wednesday Walk, hosted by Col. H. Charles Hodges, Jr., Joint Base Lewis-McChord Commander. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

It might be a sign of the times that more than one cell phone popped out so people at Wright Park could take photos of a stream of about 200 people walking two-by-two from the area around the County City Building before heading downtown. At least one of those “selfie snappers” thought it was some sort of well-mannered protest, marching through his jogging route.

“I was like ‘what is going on here?’” Johnnie Davison said. “Who got shot now?” He then learned the “marchers” weren’t protesting. They were just walking and learning about Tacoma’s history. “Oh, cool,” he said, as he took a flyer for future walks and joined the walk. “I’m in.” Downtown On the Go, the transportation advocate and resource collaboration among the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, City of Tacoma, Pierce Transit and downtown busiu See WALK TACOMA / page A9

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Jury convicts gang MeMber in atteMpted Murder On May 21, a jury convicted Tacoma gang member Tyree W. Jefferson, 27, in the shooting of Tacoma resident Rosendo Robinson Jr., 33. After a four-week trial, Jefferson was found guilty of attempted murder in the first degree, assault in the first degree and unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree. He is facing up 35 years in prison. Jefferson is scheduled to be sentenced on June 19 at 1:30 p.m. in room 833 of the

County-City Building in Tacoma. “Our gang unit continues to vigorously and successfully prosecute violent gang members,” said Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. “This is more proof that gang violence in Pierce County leads nowhere but prison.” On Feb. 15, 2013, Jefferson and his uncle, Dimitri Powell, got into a fight with Robinson at the Latitude 84 bar in Tacoma. The altercation moved across the street to the Union

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So. 50th & Bell 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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COUNTY LEADERS ISSUE STATEMENTS ON REFERENDUM RULING Three Pierce County leaders issued the following statements on May 22 in response to a Superior Court ruling that dismissed a citizen challenge to the General Services Building referendum: County Executive Pat McCarthy: “Legal experts, including the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, believe that the referendum is being illegally applied to the administrative act of approving a lease. I am confident the judge would have agreed. Unfortunately, he never got to the merits of the case because he determined that the two citizens didn’t have the right to ask the question.” County Council Chair Dan Roach: “I’m not surprised by today’s decision. The court has affirmed that the rights guaranteed to our residents must be upheld. Throughout this ordeal there have been a lot of complex – and sometimes confusing - turns, but the one thing that has remained crystal clear is that the citizens of Pierce County want to have a direct voice in this process beyond just a simple vote by their elected representatives. Now county residents will be able to move forward with the referendum without being hindered by frivolous lawsuits. I hope the Executive recognizes the need for our constituents to be heard and doesn’t rush the project until the will of the people is made clear.” County Councilmember Derek Young: “By ruling on standing rather than the merits of the case, the judge affirmed my belief that it’s the County’s duty to ask for judicial review. Unfortunately, four members of the Council refused to accept that responsibility.” TWO-WEEK RAMP CLOSURE BEGINS MAY 30 Following Memorial Day, crews have scheduled a series of ramp and lane closures to continue progress on two Interstate 5 HOV projects in the Tacoma area. The closures include an upcoming two-week aroundthe-clock closure of the northbound I-5 exit to southbound State Route 7 while crews build a retaining wall. The exit will close at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 30. The ramp closure will remain in place for at least two weeks. A signed detour will direct motorists to SR 7 via Interstate 705 and State Route 509. Access from northbound I-5 to I-705 will not be affected. In addition to the new two-week ramp closure, motorists are advised to expect the following closures. Continued ramp closures: northbound SR-7 on-ramp to southbound I-5 through early 2016; ‘A’ Street on-ramp to northbound I- 705/I-5 through project completion. Night ramp closures: May 28 – southbound I-705 exit to southbound I-5 will close from 11 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday; May 29 – Portland Avenue/East 28th Street on-ramp to northbound I-5 will close from midnight until 4 a.m.; May 30 – midnight to 6 a.m., the southbound I-705 exit to southbound I-5 will close; Portland Avenue/East 28th Street on-ramp to northbound I-5 will close from midnight until 6 a.m.; northbound I- 5 exit to southbound SR-7 will close at 12:01 a.m. The ramp closure will be in place around the clock for at least two weeks. In additional night lane closures, drivers can expect overnight single and double-lane closures in segments of both northbound and southbound I-5 between M Street and Port of Tacoma Road. For city streets, from 10 p.m. May 29 to 7 a.m. May 30, drivers will encounter a closure of East Bay Street between East 27th Street and East 28th Street. Drivers will follow a signed detour. COME AND ENJOY A PUBLIC ART WALKING TOUR Enjoy a free, guided Public Art Walk in downtown Tacoma on Wednesday, June 3 from noon to 1 p.m. The 1.5-mile walk, sponsored by Spaceworks Tacoma, will be led by Public Art Specialist Rebecca Solverson with the City of Tacoma. This walk will explore local public art and murals found throughout Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. It will start at People’s Park on Sourht 9th and MLK Jr. Way. 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. Spaceworks Tacoma manager Heather Joy says “Spaceworks Tacoma is proud to sponsor, for a third year in a row, the Walk Tacoma Public Art Walk. This year will be especially exciting as the walk will be in the Hilltop neighborhood, where Spaceworks has placed many exciting and innovative projects. And how fitting, the former Spaceworks Coordinator is leading the walk!” 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/walk-

76 gas station. As Powell and Robinson were fighting, Jefferson retrieved a gun from his trunk and shot Robinson four times. The case went cold because of lack of cooperation from witnesses. In May 2013, the South Sound Gang Task Force reactivated the case and conducted an extensive investigation, identifying all the witnesses. The investigation led to Jefferson’s arrest and successful prosecution.

tacoma/tours, or by contacting Meagan Kula, Downtown On the Go Coordinator, at (253) 682-1734 or meagank@ tacomachamber.org. For more information on the full Walk Tacoma Series or the Walk Around the World campaign, visit www.downtownonthego.org or on Facebook or Twitter.

NARROWS AIRPORT CELEBRATES NEW OBSERVATION AREA Aviation enthusiasts will have a new place to take in the sights and sounds of an active regional airport, thanks to Tacoma Narrows Airport’s new observation area. A ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the new area, which will be known as the Rotary Aviation Zone, will be held from 4:30-5:30 p.m. June 3 at the airport, 1202 26th Ave. NW in Gig Harbor. The zone features an ADA-accessible observation tower with a front-row view of the runway, a viewing shelter and tables. Future plans include adding educational displays about aviation and the airport, additional lighting, and potentially a small mounted airplane. “People of all ages and abilities can visit this new area to watch planes fly in and out and learn more about aviation,” said Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy. The zone is a joint effort between The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor, The Friends of Tacoma Narrows Airport and Pierce County. Funding was provided by all three organizations, while the concept and volunteer work to build the zone was handled by The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor and The Friends of Tacoma Narrows Airport. “We love to build projects like this,” said Dick Vanberg, The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor president. “The community will use it. It involves the different skills of several members. We like to work together as it builds our friendships. And our Rotary name will be seen by so many people.” The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor contributed approximately $25,000 toward the structures, while The Friends of Tacoma Narrows Airport contributed nearly $5,000 to the site. Pierce County contributed approximately $18,000 to pay for materials. “I’ve lived near the airport for almost 25 years and loved coming over to watch planes with my kids and now grandkids,” said Roger Gruener, The Friends of Tacoma Narrows Airport vice president. “After I became a community member (not a pilot) of the Tacoma Narrows Airport Advisory Commission, I felt we needed a better area to make that viewing easier. So I started The Friends group with our first goal of building this type of structure. I’m so thankful to The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor for funding most of it, because otherwise, it would still a dream. I value this airport as a very important asset in our community.” The observation tower and viewing shelter were designed by Jim Castino, principal at Castino Architecture, while Oliver Magnuson and Randy Barcalow served as construction managers. Brett Marlo DeSantis of Brett Marlo Designs served as the site designer. The roofs of the observation tower and shelter were provided by Spencer Aircraft, Wayne’s Roofing, and Scott & From Co. Inc. Tacoma Narrows Aviation provided the fencing around the site. Speakers at the event include Executive McCarthy, County Councilmember Derek Young (District 7), Vanberg, Gruener, and Deb Wallace, Pierce County Public Works and Utilities’ airport and ferry administrator. Attendees should park in the airport parking lot near the control tower. The zone is located next to tower. TACOMA ACTORS REPERATORY THEATER LAUNCHES FUNDRAISER Monday, May 11, marked the launch of the Tacoma Actors Repertory Theatre’s (TART) fundraising drive. TART will bring the first professional repertory theater to Tacoma in 10 years, boasting a unique 99 seat venue and an engaging variety of performances, from classical to kitsch. Running for 45 days with the goal of $50,000 via IndieGoGo, the funds raised will lease and renovate a venue, purchase equipment and hire talent and staff. A carefully chosen Board of Directors led the project with in depth experience in both the artistic and business details of a successful theatre company. For two years TART Artistic Director Jen Tidwell has worked to develop her vision into a reality. “We are very excited to be Tacoma’s new professional regional theater company, bringing entertainment, culture and arts education to Tacoma and the South Sound.” In addition to professional actors, TART will provide employment for area artists, set designers and builders, sound and lighting technicians and other related professionals. TART will also offer classes and experiences for local aspiring actors of all levels. In addition to supporting the arts and culture of Tacoma, donors will enjoy a wide variety of perks including free tickets, discounts on class offerings, reception invitations, name plaques and other special recognition. All members of the public who wish to be part of supporting the arts in Tacoma can visit the theatre’s webpage at www.tacomarep.org and search www. indiegogo.com for the Tacoma Actors Repertory Theatre Inaugural Season page. see More bulletin board iteMs at tacoMaweekly.coM

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TACOMA POLICE SEEKING WITNESS IN BIZARRE HIT AND RUN DEATH By David Rose Washington’s Most Wanted - Q13 Fox

I have a feeling that out of all the cases I’ve written about in the Tacoma Weekly, this will be the one you help solve. It’s strange to be sure. It was just after midnight on Oct. 4, 2008 when Ronald McKellar and his friend DAVID ROSE left Peewee’s Tavern on 72nd street in Tacoma. “This was on a really dark, rainy blustery October evening,” recalls Det. Vicki Chittick, who talked Washington’s Most Wanted Cold Case Correspondent Parella Lewis. “Ronald’s friend decided he needed to leave and catch the last bus before they stop running to go home.” The two left the tavern together and started walking across the street to the bus stop. “Ronald’s friend was wearing a bright yellow rain suit and he crosses the street directly from the tavern over to the bus stop and as he reaches the curb, he hears Ron call out his name. He looks back and he sees Ron approximately in the turn lane following him across the street,” Det. Chittick explains. “His back is to Ron and he hears a thud noise, and he turns around and he sees a car driving off and Ron’s gone.” Just like that, in a matter of seconds, McKellar had vanished into the night almost without a trace. “He’s like, ‘What just happened and where’s my friend?’” As he looked around, he discovered Ron’s hat nearby, but still no sign of the man who was just a few feet behind him before he just disappeared. Then someone spotted a man lying in the middle of the road 12 blocks away. Det. Chittick says, “Medical got a call that there was a body at 64th and C Street.” It was McKellar. He somehow got caught under a car and was dragged more than half a mile. Police are still trying to piece together how something like this happens. Det. Chittick isn’t sure but says, “It’s a possibility that if you didn’t see him, it was dark and he was wearing dark clothing, if for some reason he stopped in the roadway and knelt down, perhaps. It’s a long way to drag something under your car, but if you were under the influence it’s possible that you might not have known. There’s just no way of knowing until we have more information.”

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HIT AND RUN. This Thunderbird is not the actual car but is a car similar to the one that police believe the hit and run driver was driving.

There was a witness who may have seen everything. He was driving a grey Jeep Cherokee and pulled into the Rite Aid parking lot. Another woman who lived nearby had run across the street when she heard the crash to see if everyone was okay. She describes the witness in the jeep as being an older white man, approximately in his 50’s, with gray hair and was wearing a gray jacket and jeans. She asked him if he was all right or needed help and he said, ‘I’m not part of the accident. A car just hit a pedestrian, but we don’t have a pedestrian here so everybody’s wondering what happened,” said Det. Chittick. The driver of the Cherokee left before police arrived, but they would love to talk to him now. Det. Chittick says, “There was just a strange coincidence that there was no video or no employees or any witnesses during that 15 minute window. There were a lot of businesses in the area at that time, there was a Pizza Time and there was a movie theater, and the timing was that a lot of businesses closed and their employees left at midnight or people didn’t come back until 12:30 a.m. and for some reason that 15 minute window of time, just disappeared.” Police are hoping to turn a series of bad decisions, or just bad luck, into answers and find out who killed Ronald McKel-

A driver responsible for a wreck on May 8 was either a time traveler or just intoxicated. When officers arrived on the scene of the Mason Avenue crash, the man informed everyone he was okay and was wearing a seatbelt. When asked if he had been drinking, he claimed he had a glass of wine seven hours earlier, as well as a laundry list of medications he was on. He claimed that he simply looked down for a second and then hit two other vehicles. Smelling alcohol, police performed voluntary sobriety tests and decided to take him down to the Tacoma Police Department headquarters where he revealed that he thought he was in Kitsap County and that the time was around 9:30 p.m. when in fact it was around 11 p.m. He was booked into Fife Jail for a laundry list of prior felonies. A shoplifter at a 56th Street store on May 11 had his master plan foiled when an employee of the store watched the man walk back to his home after leaving with unpaid merchandise, which officers were promptly led to. Police found the shoplifter who led officers back to his original vehicle, which was full of purses and wallets and appeared to have ignition damage. The shoplifter was transported to Fife jail for shoplifting and nonaggravated assault for roughing up store security to escape. Compiled by Derek Shuck

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;UNITED WE STANDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DRIVE BEHIND Port AlliAnce MAKES SENSE The ports of Tacoma and Seattle are entering into a shipping partnership that would merge some administrative and marketing departments as a way to draw more traffic at their terminals in an increasingly competitive global market to land and keep trade routes. Known as the Alliance, the partnership between former rivals marks a shift that was long overdue. The battle to have shipping companies name local waters as their ports of call rather than opt for other routes means millions of dollars in local pockets with every container loaded, and crate or car unloaded, in the most trade dependent county in the most trade dependent state in the nation. Seattle and Tacoma have had a long history of growing their operations at the cost of the other. Tacoma would land a new customer, while Seattle would lose one. And vice versa. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not true growth. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just trading lawn chairs. Real growth can only come by leveraging the strengths of both ports to bring more shipping customers to the region, not stealing from one at the cost of another within Puget Sound. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a matter of gaining and growing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about keeping the customers the two ports have in an increasing roster of other global options. The widening of the Panama Canal, for example, could allow cargo ships and vehicle importers to bypass West Coast ports altogether and simply shuttle their wares from Asia through the Panama Canal and up to the Midwest markets rather than off-load in Tacoma or Seattle to continue the trip by rail. Or shippers could use Canadian ports and trains and flow their cargo into the Midwest through Great Lakes cities as a way to avoid higher port taxes and fees found in U.S. waterfronts. The alliance would shift the operations of both ports into a single administration under current Port of Tacoma CEO John Wolfe, who would take on Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s port operations as well as those in Tacoma, while both ports would retain their independent port commissions. Both commissions would still have to approve any major decisions, but day-to-day tasks and initiatives fall under one command structure. Combined, the port would be the third largest shipping operation in the county. With size brings savings through economies of scale, added clout in the industry and options neither port could have if they stood alone. The next step in formalizing the agreement is at a joint commission meeting on June 5 at Auburn City Hall. The agreement would then face approval by the Federal Maritime Commission then go back to both commissions for another round of votes. The joint operations effort could start as early as late this summer.

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looking At foSSil fuelS through A different lenS By Don C. Brunell While protesters were trying to block a Shell oil rig from docking in Elliott Bay, a team of surgeons and nurses at Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital was replacing my left hip. Interestingly, the tools used in both places primarily came from raw materials made from coal, oil and natural gas. Some of the Seattle protestors were in a flotilla of kayaks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; boats made, ironically, from petroleum-based products. Their attempted blockade is the latest chapter in a larger campaign across the nation to eliminate fossil fuels. But fossil fuels continue to be the feedstocks for thousands of products we use daily, including the equipment and supplies in my operating room. Demonstrators point to alternatives such as wind and solar power, brushing aside the disadvantages: the vast expanse of land required, the high installation and maintenance costs, and the shocking inefficiency of wind and solar power â&#x20AC;&#x201C; inefficiency that requires fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric power plants to pick up the slack when the wind doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blow and the sun doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shine. A rational energy policy must include both traditional and alternative energy sources as scientists search for the perfect solution. However, many activists simple demand an end to the use of fossil fuels now. Period. But where does that leave the more than 50 million people who

have surgery each year? How would windmills replace all the critical medical equipment and supplies made from petroleum distillates â&#x20AC;&#x201C; things like lancets, latex gloves, surgical tape, syringes, antiseptics, antibiotics, ointments, oxygen masks, stethoscopes, anesthetics, x-ray film, intravenous tubing, prescription bottles, aspirin and band-aids? Paradoxically, while activists brand oil and coal as â&#x20AC;&#x153;dirty,â&#x20AC;? hospitals use sterile petroleum-derived equipment and supplies to ensure cleanliness and prevent killer infections. Another unanswered question is how would the activists produce the vast amounts of energy needed by technology-intensive hospitals? In 2010, the US Department of Energy estimated that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Śhospitals use 836 trillion BTUs of energy annually and have more than 2.5 times the energy intensity and carbon dioxide emissions of commercial office buildings.â&#x20AC;? Even with concerted efforts to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions, hospitals consume lots of energy. So, if we eliminate coal and oil, what would the activists propose? Should we postpone millions of surgeries when the sun doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shine? Last year there were 332,000 total hip replacements. That should be of some interest to many of the Seattle protestors who appeared to be cardcarrying members of the baby boom generation. In fact, the procedures are more common in younger people, according

to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC reports that, over the last decade, the number of hip replacement surgeries has grown 205 percent in those aged 45 to 54. Dr. Mark Pagnano, chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic, calls hip replacement surgery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the most dramatic and cost-effective ways to improve the quality of life for patients.â&#x20AC;? Part of the reason for the increase in joint replacements is surgeons have found ways to avoid post-surgical blood clots by having patients wear tight elastic leggings (made from petroleumbased products). Too bad those stockings were not around 20 years ago when my aunt died from a blood clot soon after her hip replacement surgery. Yes, we should continue searching for new energy sources that leave a lighter carbon footprint. But it is not practical â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nor rational â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to think we can just stop using fossil fuels, which are so completely woven into our daily lives. What we need is thoughtful debate, not reactionary thinking as thin as bumper stickers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which, by the way, use a petroleum-based adhesive. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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AwAkening FroM the nightMAre By Major Steve Taylor, U.S. Marine Corps It was a year of constant fatigue, compounded by constant migraines, insomnia and a failing memory. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the same person I was before combat. Family, friends or anyone else that tried to tell me I had changed were usually met with denial or worse, a barrage of four letter words that created lasting wounds, which I am still trying to mend. Following the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has become an all too familiar medical condition. The afflicted range from my fellow service members on the battlefield, to crash, sports and other head injury victims at home. For decades, common wisdom held that TBI was beyond treatment. But every day at six special centers (and soon, hopefully, four more) on military bases around the country, the conventional wisdom is being proven wrong. Researchers and clinicians at these Intrepid Spirit Centers (ISCs) report success rates as high as 92 percent in returning TBI sufferers to full duty status and resume their regular duties. They are showing beyond any doubt that the injured brain, like other parts of the body, can repair itself. A remarkable non-profit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund â&#x20AC;&#x201C; designed and paid for the building of the ISCs currently under construction at Fort Bragg (also on military bases in northern Virginia, Southern Kentucky and soon in Texas). They apply the findings of an associated research and treatment facility â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the National Intrepid Centerof Excellence

(NICOE) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on the campus of Walter Reed National Medical Center near Washington. That is where my story begins. When I returned from Afghanistan, I was different, but I did not realize how much my injuries affected not only me physically but how these injuries impacted everyone else. My physical and mental deterioration hit a defining moment as I watched my three year old cower down and cover his ears to silence my verbal assault on my wife over a simple pizza topping. Of all the things I have forgotten on a daily basis, that is a lasting image I cannot shake. I knew I was losing my family and needed help. With the support of my Command I found myself among NICOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first patients. At NICOE, I was diagnosed with a TBI. The medical treatment I received was like nothing I had ever seen. It began with the clinical team interviewing me at length, identifying the physical, physiological, psychological, social and spiritual elements contributing to my symptoms and conditions. Then they developed a comprehensive, goaldirected treatment plan, which they implement. In the weeks that followed, the caregivers coupled mainstream medical and therapeutic techniques with such non-traditional treatments as acupuncture and even aroma-therapy. Everything, I learned, was linked to new findings about the operation of the brain. They made sure my family was involved with me every step of the way. At the end of four weeks, I was back invigorated and recharged with a renewed spirit, a diagnosis and a

plan for continued treatment back at my command. The program saved my marriage and probably my life. I am not an isolated case. The ISCs are reporting impressive numbers across the board numbers. Dr. Bret Logan, director of the ISC at Fort Campbell in Kentucky reports that, the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success rates are â&#x20AC;&#x153;determined by a battery of standardized neurocognitive tests that certify a soldier prepared to return to active duty.â&#x20AC;? All ISC success rates for TBI range from 85-92 percent. These numbers are comparable to penicillinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in stopping infections when introduced in World War II. Since my treatment, I have met hundreds in and out of the military who suffer from as I did. I have realized how important it is to speak out about the ISCsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; success and how important it is to get treatment. Two more ISCs will open this year. Fundraising has begun for a final four at Joint Base Lewis McChord (Army and Air Force; Tacoma), Camp Pendleton (Marine Corps; California), Fort Carson (Army; Colorado Springs) and Fort Bliss (Army; El Paso). Our heroes in uniform and their families arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only beneficiaries. The science and clinical techniques of the Intrepid facilities will soon be used to treat sports and other civilian TBI. Meanwhile, NICOE and ISC researchers are making connections with other brain conditions including multiple sclerosis, strokes, Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease and Parkinson disease. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m grateful to the Intrepid facilities for giving me my life back. I look forward to their helping millions more, civilian and military.

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RENDERING COURTESY OF PIERCE COUNTY

GENERAL SERVICES. Voters could decide the future of the $230 million Pierce County General Services Building this fall.

was withdrawn by a split vote of the Pierce County Council, and the developers have remained silent on the issue. Hullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision, however, leaves open the legal questions surrounding the idea that a referendum on a council decision concer ning administrative issues is even legal under the county charter. That question centers on the debate over what is an administrative decision â&#x20AC;&#x201C; approving a contract â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and what is a financial decision concerning taxpayer dollars. The already complex debate concerning the effort to merge many county offices currently dotted around leased spaces in Tacoma into offices at the former site of the Puget Sound

Hospital on the Pacific Avenue hillside now gets a bit more twisted, with the potential of two public votes on the project in the coming months. One vote in August would be an advisory vote that was called by a split vote of the County Council in April, while another vote in November would be a binding referendum if enough signatures â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 24,427 of them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are gathered by July 1. If the August vote affirms the project, the building could still move forward since the vote is only advisory. The project could also proceed if the referendum gains enough signatures, but fails at the ballot box in November because the County Council already approved the project in February. Pierce County started researching ways to lower its operational costs in 2009 and

determined that the best way to cut rental and maintenance costs would be to create a onestop facility that houses many key county services instead of continuing to lease aging offices around Tacoma. That process developed plans to build a new general government building that would be funded through what is called a 63-20 plan, which has a private developer building the facility that would then have a lease-to-own contract with the county for 30 years. The county would then own the building outright. The county would pay the lease by a combination of staff reductions, money gained from the ending of the current rental spaced that would move into the new building and from a sublease with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.

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of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s registered sex offenders. Some of those offenders are released into our community from the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island, which houses an especially dangerous group of violent sex predators. Between 2010 and 2015, 21 out of 29 sex offenders released from the SCC took up residence in Pierce County. Only four of them were living in Pierce County when they

committed their crimes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pierce County should not be a dumping ground for sex offenders,â&#x20AC;? said Lindquist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This bill helps restore balance and fairness in how dangerous sex offenders are released in Washington State.â&#x20AC;? In Washington, prisoners are under the control of the Department of Corrections. Recent legislation requires

the DOC to return prisoners to their home county when released. Since offenders at the SCC are under the control of the Department of Social and Health Services, that law doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply to them. This amendment will fix that loophole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seven or eight years ago, there was a fair share bill that addressed folks released from a traditional

prison environment,â&#x20AC;? said Kilduff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What this bill does is it puts special commitment releases in the same process.â&#x20AC;? Heather Songer is the Communications & Public Information Coordinator for the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.

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Staying active physically is important as you age. But exercising the brain can also have some important health and disease-prevention benefits. In fact, a 2014 study conducted by the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center found that participants who reported playing memory games at least every other day performed better on standard memory tests compared to those who played less frequently. The study assessed 329 older adults who were free of dementia, but at increased risk of Alzheimer’s based on family history. Trumping Alzheimer’s According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the number of people with the disease may nearly triple to 16 million by 2050, barring the development of medical breakthroughs to prevent, slow or stop the disease. For older individuals, getting involved in social and cognitively stimulating activities, such as the game of bridge, is more important than ever. “In our study, we found that individuals who participated more frequently in activities such as card games, checkers and crossword puzzles have increased brain volume in areas that stimulate memory and affect the development of Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Bridge The card game of bridge is one of the

most popular games of skill and memory, involving math and social skills as the players deal the cards, auction, play the hand and score the results. According to the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), an estimated 25 million people in the U.S. play the game socially in clubs or homes, competitively at tournaments, or online. Many ACBL members are senior citizens who have been playing at local bridge clubs for most of their lives, such as 103-year-old Lily Hansen of Ludington, Mich. Hansen, who serves as a director of her club, recently told AARP Bulletin that playing twice a week helps her stay sharp and active. She has been playing bridge for nearly nine decades. “Duplicate is competitive. It keeps your brain working. I honestly believe that.” With more than 167,000 members and 3,200 clubs nationwide, the ACBL offers a number of programs developed to make learning the game simple. Visit learn.ACBL. org for sessions on how to play or to find a club in your area. The game also attracts businessoriented minds, including two of the smartest men in America – Warren Buffet, 84, and Bill Gates, 59. The duo has been particularly supportive of promoting bridge among youth, given the game’s competiveness and unlimited series of complex calculations. Other mind-sharpening activities

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In addition to card games, research shows there are a number of other activities that help boost brainpower. For example, a game of checkers or a crossword puzzle can offer plenty of mental exercise, forcing the brain to be curious and engaged. Remember to mix up these mental exercises often, which will call on different parts of the brain.

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SEVEN SWORDS ACADEMY TEACHES HISTORICAL EUROPEAN MARTIAL ARTS

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SPAR. In his 1,800 sq. ft. training space, instructor Ken Dietiker teaches beginners and experts alike the ins and outs of Historical European Martial Arts. By Derek Shuck derek@tacomaweekly.com

With the popularity of television shows like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game of Thronesâ&#x20AC;? and movies like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbit Trilogy,â&#x20AC;? interest in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) is at an all time high. Experts like Ken Dietiker, principal instructor at Seven Swords Academy (2321 104th St. Ct. S., Lakewood), are excited to teach new students the historic art. Seven Swords Academy is a training school that deals with combat, both armed and unarmed, through the lens of HEMA. The 1,800-square-foot training room is home to newbies and experts alike, learning from HEMA certified instructor Dietiker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cover everything, from unarmed combat to dagger to a spear or staff,â&#x20AC;? Dietiker said. Basic classes go through the fundamentals of HEMA, which includes footwork and basic cuts, guards and strikes. These fundamentals are the basis of every weapon you will use in the academy, and understanding them is essential to advancing in the art. The fundamentals also have practical uses, such as an exercise in defending yourself against an attacker with a knife or dagger.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;What it really comes down to is moving to defend yourself, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the cardiovascular exercise comes in,â&#x20AC;? Dietiker said. While Seven Swords teaches an ancient art, it uses modern sensibilities for safety protocols. Practice weapons are made of high quality plastic rather than wood, and students armor up with everything from a mix of modern fencing helmets to padded jackets. The worst that could happen while sparring is some bruising. The facility includes safety mats, changing rooms, an observation deck and loaner equipment for beginners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone knows that swords are cool. People watch or see things and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I want to be cool like that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Seven Swords employee Matthew Fiebig said. Seven Swords really focuses on the theory of historic manuals left from the 14th and 15th centuries by masters of the art such as Fiore dei Liberi and Filippo Vadi, as well as the Liechtenauer Tradition (Doebringer, Ringek, and von Danzig). While many schools will focus on the forms of one of these experts, Seven Swords takes the time to study them all.

If you are interested in joining up with Seven Swords to learn cool spinning moves shown in your favorite video games, you may want to look elsewhere. The true art is direct and fluid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in fact, you may never look at sword fights the same way again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One thing I tell students is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I will ruin every movie and video game youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever enjoyed because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a critical eye,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Dietiker said. Instead, peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true love with the art often comes the first time they pick up a sword. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When someone picks up a sword, sometimes you can see a light in their eyes, a primordial response. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a human thing, it really is,â&#x20AC;? Dietiker said. Seven Swords offers several different payment options. A regular class is $125 per month, a beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class is $100 for the first month, and an additional family member can take the class for $90 per month. Stopping by once a week only is $100 per month, while drop-in classes are $25 per session. Seven Swords offers a military discount of 10 percent, meaning a regular class is $112.50 per month. For more information, visit www.sevenswords.us.

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nesses, organized the bimonthly walks to promote non-car transportation options and community building through exercise and environmental activism. Walks started six years ago with about a dozen people and have grown to draw upward of 50 to 250 each walk, on first and third Wednesdays from April through August. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each one is a little different, at a different place and with a different theme,â&#x20AC;? said coordinator Meagan Kula. The Wednesday Walk before Memorial Day seemed a fitting event to showcase Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ties to the military. The 1.3-mile walk started with tours of the former Tacoma Armory at 11th Street and Yakima Avenue. Built in 1908 to serve as a horse stable, shooting range, swimming pool, training site and artillery storage facility in the years leading up to World War I, the armory then hosted up and coming bands in the early days of rock and roll. The historical landmark then housed overflow inmates when the Pierce County Jail was suffering from overcrowding in the 1990s and now hosts events that range from inline skating tournaments to weddings and proms. The first stop on the walking tour was the 4,500-pound bronze cannon in Wright Park. Dating back 117 years, the cannon was captured in 1898 at Morro Castle in Havana, Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Col. Albert E. Joab presented it to Tacoma Mayor L.D. Campbell during a Fourth of July dedication ceremony in 1900. During the ceremony, the battleship Iowa, which played a major role in helping end the war against Spain, fired a sunrise salute from the water; the cannon fired a salute in return. A landmark was made since Tacomans talked for decades to come about the loud booms that rocked their windows at 5:20 a.m. that Wednesday morning. The tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patriotic capper concerned the Hotel Boswick, the building at the Theater Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Five Corners at South Ninth Street

and South Broadway that now house a Tullyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee. The triangle hotel was built in 1889 by Dr. Henry Clay Bostwick. He was Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first physician and was later a bank president. Members of an early veterans group called the Loyal Legion of the United States met in the hotel. Members began standing during the National Anthem in 1893, a tradition quickly spread and is now routine around the nation. The walk ended at Odd Otter Brewing Co., which was once a soldiers and sailors clubhouse, a recreational outlet for military personnel during World War I. Walking maps of the routes are available at no cost at Downtown On the Go, 950 Pacific Ave., Suite 300, at many downtown businesses and on www. tourpup.com/walktacoma/ tours.

s Public Art Walk Wednesday, June 3, from noon to 1 p.m. at Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park at South Ninth and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. s Architecture Walk Wednesday, June 17, from noon to 1 p.m. and again at 5:15-6:30 p.m. at Wells Fargo Plaza on South 12th and Pacific Avenue.

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s Museum/Family Walk, Wednesday, July 15, noon to 1 p.m. at Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum of Tacoma on South 15th and Pacific Avenue. s Scavenger Hunt, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 4:30-6:45 p.m. at Washington State History Museum Plaza on South 19th and Pacific Avenue. Walks are free and do not require a reservation. Walkers can also log their mileage on the Trip Calendar at PierceTrips.com to earn prizes and be a part of the 24,859-mile community challenge to Walk Around the World. For more information on the Walk Tacoma Series or the Walk Around the World campaign, visit www.downtownonthego.org.

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TOUR. Col. H. Charles Hodges, JBLM Commander, gives private tour of Tacoma.

Pierce Transit unveiled a patriotic-themed bus last week that will be rotated through routes throughout the system as a way to show local pride in service members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everywhere in our area, you will see this bus,â&#x20AC;? Pierce Transitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Interim CEO Jim Walton said. This is not the first time the transit agency has decked out a bus in a certain theme. Previous special edition buses have included The Puyallup Fair, Daffodil Festival, Point Defiance Zoo, the holiday season and Downtown: On the Go! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our customers and community greet themed buses with much fanfare. It has been some time since we last did oneâ&#x20AC;? said Pierce Transit Marketing Manager Kathy Walton. Employees at the agency got really excited about the idea of a patriotic-themed bus, so we did it and we wanted to get it into service before the Memorial Day weekend.â&#x20AC;? The patriotic bus is expected to remain in service for two to three years, depending on weathering of the decals.

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TACOMA HIGH SCHOOLS

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By Justin Gimse

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OCHO GRANDE. (top) South Sound’s

hat tennis duo from Lincoln High School is at it again. The doubles team of seniors Miriam Cabrera and Lilly Le are making their third trip to the 3A state tennis tournament in the TriCities on May 29 on the heels of a 3A West Central District doubles title. The girls helped lead Lincoln to a Narrows league team title, as well as their first district title on May 23 at Sprinker Recreation Center. After a sixth place finish in their first trip to state in 2013, Cabrera and Le suffered through a difficult bracket the following year and were bounced from the tournament by two Mercer Island duos. This year they could face the defending 3A state doubles champions from Mercer Island in the second round, but they don’t seem to be too worried about it. “We are fine tuning some techniques and strategies that we did not implement as well as we could have during districts,” said Lincoln head coach Minh Nguyen. “But above all else, we are having fun. This is their third and final trip and I really just want them to appreciate their successes and just stay loose. Their three state trips have been my first three state trips as a coach in tennis and I am forever grateful to them for that.” After several years of hard work, trials and tribulations together, it’s going to be difficult for Nguyen to finally say goodbye to his senior stars. “This final time with Lilly and Miriam is definitely much more emotional,” said Nguyen. “I am trying to enjoy this run with them, but there is a part of me that is already saddened because it is the last run we will have together as player and coach. They have redefined Lincoln Tennis and more importantly I have grown very close to both them. They are like my daughters and I am sad to see this whole experience with them end. “They are the hardest working, most humble, and most coachable girls I have ever coached. They have helped me realize anything is possible with hard work and determination.” As the final weekend of high school athletics arrives, let’s take a look at who is still in the running for a state trophy and who came up short. Tacoma will be represented on the state tennis courts in other classifications as well. Bellarmine Prep’s Mia Smith and Rachel Kadoshima will compete in Richland for the 4A doubles title. Franklin Pierce will send Kristi Floyd and Lauren Baker to the University of Washington’s Nordstrom Tennis Center in 2A doubles. Alexis Schorno from Charles Wright will take her singles game to the Yakima Tennis Center for the 1A competition. Bellarmine Prep’s resurgent soccer season came to a close on May 23 on the road against a potent Snohomish squad by a 3-1 score. Bellarmine fell behind 2-0 early in the state quarterfinal match and was never able to get loose with their high-profile attack game. The Lions u See STATE / page A13

Danny Minnitti gets his head into the game. (middle) The Shock showed some caring and class, naming Isaac honorary team captain for the home opener. The youngster is battling Hirschsprung’s Disease. (bottom) Vincent McCluskey earned Tacoma Weekly’s Man of the Match with a hat trick against Wenatchee FC.

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EIGHT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH IN SOUTH SOUND FC WIN By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

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TITLE TIME? (top to bottom) Senior doubles partners Miriam

Cabrera and Lilly Le hope to add to their league and district titles at the 3A state tennis tourney. Senior pitcher Lauren Spencer has helped lead her Fife Trojans back to the 2A state softball tourney. The Fife Trojans soccer team are the last remaining area soccer team still fighting for a state title. The Wilson softball team showed some grit this season, even winning a game at the 3A district tourney.

After starting the season with six straight road games, the South Sound Shock were more than ready to bring it all home and host a soccer match. On Saturday, May 23 the Shock welcomed Wenatchee FC to the cozy confines of Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood and proved to be difficult hosts as they exploded for five second half goals in an 8-2 romp. The first half was another story in this Evergreen Premier League contest. Before the crowd had even settled in for the match, South Sound was on the scoreboard. Just eighteen seconds into the match, Scotty Hanson took a quick feed from J.J. Schmeck and punched the ball past the Wenatchee goalkeeper for a 1-0 Shock lead with pretty much the entire first half remaining. Nine minutes later, Wenatchee (2-4-0) evened the score on a hotly contested call. The Shock argued that the shot by the Capital’s Eleazar Galvan did not cross the goal line, as the ball was quickly cleared back out of the box. Somehow, through a multitude of bodies in front of the goal, the referee made the judgment that the ball had crossed and the score was even at 1-1 with 36 minutes remaining in the first half. Galvan struck again for Wenatchee 11 minutes later and the Shock crowd was fairly jolted by the unexpected deficit. The nerves and wondering didn’t last long however, as three minutes later, South Sound’s Schmeck scored on a give-and-go feed from Tyler John for his first goal of the year and an equalizer for the match. The score was now 2-2 with 22 minutes remaining in the half. South Sound would strike again five minutes later on what was likely the goal of the match. Schmeck sent a corner kick from the far side right into the center of the box where a leaping Jay Hardy hammered the ball with a perfect header past the startled Wenatchee goalkeeper. The Shock would take a 3-2 lead into halftime and feelings were running high for the South Sound home crowd. u See SOUTH SOUND FC / page A13

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60 hits in a season when he totaled 63 in 2015. Savage is an All-Northwest Conference Second Team member, as the centerfielder ranked top-five in the NWC in hits, runs (43), and triples (4). He was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Player of the Week in the first week of the season, and he earned Puget Sound’s Bob Cheney Award for Most Outstanding Male Student-Athlete. Zerio collects his second regional honor in 2015, as he was also named to the D3baseball.com All-West Region Second Team. The junior second baseman from Pleasanton, California, is also an All-Northwest Conference First Team selection. Zerio ranked among the conference’s top 10 in batting average (.365), hits (54), steals (nine), doubles, (11) and runs (32). Zerio finished the year with 21 multi-hit games, and he collected 15 extra-base hits.

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SOUNDERS WOMEN HANG NINE GOALS ON ARIZONA IN OPENER

The Sounders Women opened the 2015 season in fine form scoring nine goals after conceding an early goal to the Arizona Strikers in the first minute of play on Sunday, May 24 in Yuma, Arizona. The W-League season opened for the Rave Green Women on a beautiful grass field at Desert Sun Stadium. Mele French opened the scoring in the 17th minute for the Sounders Women to tie the game on an assist from Simone Kolander. Nearly two minutes later Allie Jackstadt would score the go ahead goal followed quickly by Ashley Clark opening her 2015 account on an assist from Morgan Reuther. Reuther then responded in the 26th minute with a goal of her own from Jackstadt. As the Sounders Women pounded the Arizona goal, French again hit pay dirt off a dish from Cali Farquarson. Reuther and French then combined again with Reuther finishing the sixth goal of the night in the 72nd minute. Brianna Hooks got in on the act with a goal in the 84th minute after an Alex Arlitt shot on goal. Farquarson scored a goal in the 87th minute on a clever ball played by French, then dished a beauty of her own to Clark who scored the final goal to make it 9-1 in the 90th minute. “All credit goes to the players in this game,” says Sounders Women Head Coach Hubert Busby Jr, “After a long trip they came together as a group. They scored some great team goals and set the standard for the season to come.” The Sounders Women home opener is Saturday, May 30 at against the Colorado Storm at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at www.sounderswomen. com.

LOCAL ARMY BOYS HELP WIN ARMED FORCES SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP

The All-Army soccer team traveled to San Diego in mid-May to square-off against the All-Air Force, AllNavy and All-Marine teams for the Armed Forces Soccer Championships. After a round-robin tournament, Army defeated Air Force on 1-0 in the gold medal match on May 21. The All-Army team represented the best soccer players throughout the Army; including three soldiers stationed locally at Joint Base Lewis McChord. Andy Hyres, Jeremy Dornbusch and Aaron Casper represented JBLM for the tournament. Hyres and Dornbusch also played for the South Sound FC indoor soccer team this past winter. After the tournament, Hyres was among just five Army players selected to play for Team USA in the 2015 World Military Games. Over 7,000 military athletes from across the globe will come together to compete in 23 different sports throughout six different cities in South Korea in October. It will mark the third time Hyres has been selected to compete internationally for Team USA.

UPS TAKES SECOND IN RACE FOR NWC ALL-SPORTS TROPHY – PLU THIRD

Puget Sound finished in second place in the race for the 2014-15 Northwest Conference McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy; marking the Loggers’ best finish since 2008-09. The McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy recognizes athletic excellence among Northwest Conference institutions across all fields of competition. Puget Sound’s 20 varsity teams recognized in NWC competition totaled 214 points. Whitworth won the trophy for the eighth consecutive year with 268 points. The women’s soccer team and women’s crew led Puget Sound with 18 points apiece. Women’s crew won the inaugural NWC Championship this spring, and the women’s soccer team won its 13th consecutive NWC title en route to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The women’s basketball team also advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament as it collected 16 points. The men’s cross country team matched women’s basketball with 16 points, as it finished second at the NWC Championships in November. Women’s lacrosse collected 15 points after they finished the season with program’s second-highest win total (10). Women’s cross country, men’s soccer, and volleyball each tallied 14 points after finishing near the top of the NWC standings. Both men’s and women’s swimming combined for 35 All-NWC swimmers and 24 points (12 apiece) in the hunt for the McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy. The Puget Sound baseball team led the NWC in hitting (.316) as it added 11 points to Puget Sound’s total. The men’s track and field team collected 10 points, while the women’s team added eight. The football team and men’s basketball team each totaled nine points, while men’s golf chipped in with eight. The softball team accounted for four points, and both tennis teams tallied two points each. Crosstown rival Pacific Lutheran University finished just eight points shy of the Loggers with a total of 206 points for third place out of the nine-school Northwest Conference.

DUO OF LOGGERS EARN WEST REGION BASEBALL HONORS

Connor Savage and Chris Zerio have been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association / Rawlings NCAA Div. III West All-Region Third Team. Savage, a two-sport senior from Bothell, is Puget Sound’s all-time hits leaders with 205 career hits. He also became the second Logger in program history to eclipse

Pacific Lutheran finished the 2015 season with the second-most wins in program history, and a quartet of Lutes received all-region honors following the conclusion of the historic season. Outfielder Collin Nilson and closer AJ Konopaski were each named to the d3baseball.com All-West Region Second Team, while second baseman Landon Packard and starting pitcher Chris Bishop were named to the third team. Packard, Nilson and Konopaski also were named to the ABCA/ Rawlings All-Region Third Team. Nilson finished his senior season with seven home runs, 16 doubles and 42 runs batted in, all totals that rank among the all-time top-10 for a single-season in PLU baseball history. He batted .347 and slugged .561, leading the team in every one of those categories. Meanwhile Konopaski followed his record-breaking 13 saves in 2014 with 11 in 2015 to again rank among the national saves leaders. He compiled a 2-1 record with a 2.16 earned run average in 20 appearances for the Lutes. Packard finished his sophomore season as one of the top hitters in the PLU lineup, batting .331 with 11 doubles and three home runs. He ranked among team leaders in on-base percentage (.409) and slugging percentage (.471). Bishop closed out his senior season with a 7-2 record and a 3.65 earned run average in 14 starts and 15 total appearances. He led the team in both wins and strikeouts (78). All four all-region honorees were previously named to the All-Northwest Conference First Team. Konopaski received all-region recognition in 2014, when he also became the first First-Team All-American in program history. Pacific Lutheran closed out the 2015 season with a 32-14 record after winning the program’s third Northwest Conference title and advancing to the NCAA Regionals for the second time in team history.

PLU’S MCCONNELL AND HAMURA RECEIVE ALL-NWC SOFTBALL HONORS

Sophomore Emily McConnell and senior Tori Hamura have received recognition as the Northwest Conference announced the 2015 all-conference team. McConnell was named to the All-NWC Second Team while Hamura received honorable mention recognition. McConnell, an outfielder, earned all-conference honors for the first time after completing the season with a .382 average while slugging .647 with seven doubles, a triple and three home runs. She finished conference play with a teamleading 20 RBI. McConnell also led her team with 11 walks and a .469 on-base percentage. First baseman Hamura received honorable mention recognition for the second time in her career, receiving the same honor in 2014. Hamura finished her senior season, batting .344 and slugging .557 with a .453 OBP. She hit seven doubles and two home runs while driving in 17 RBI.

TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS MAY 29 – JUNE 7 THURSDAY, MAY 28 – TRACK 2A, 3A & 4A State Track and Field Meet Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 3:20 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 29 – TRACK 2A, 3A, & 4A State Track and Field Meet Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 9 a.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 29 – SOCCER State 2A Semis – Fife vs. Othello Sunset Stadium, Sumner 8 p.m.

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FRIDAY, MAY 29 – BASEBALL Round Rock vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 29 – SOCCER Lane United FC vs. Sounders U23 Bonney Lake HS – 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 – TRACK 2A, 3A & 4A Track and Field Meet Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 9:30 a.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 – BASKETBALL Baker Bulldogs vs. First Creek Eagles Wilson HS – 12 p.m. Mid. School Title Game

SATURDAY, MAY 30 – BASEBALL Round Rock vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 5:05 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 – FOOTBALL Seattle Stallions vs. Puyallup Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 – SOCCER Seattle Stars vs. South Sound FC Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 – SOCCER Colorado Storm vs. Sounders Women Starfire Stadium, Tukwila – 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 30 – FOOTBALL Renton Ravens vs. Pierce County Bengals Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 8 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 31 – BASEBALL Round Rock vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.

MONDAY, JUNE 1 – BASEBALL Round Rock vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 11:35 a.m. PHOTO BY ERNIE SAPIRO

TACOMA’S GAVRONSKI LOOKS FOR REDEMPTION AT BATTLE AT THE BOAT 101

On Saturday, May 30, live from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Brian Halquist Productions presents Battle at the Boat 101. This incredible night of fights will feature six stellar bouts, showcasing the top up and coming talent on the West Coast. Headlining this packed card is hometown favorite, Tacoma’s own Mike “Imagine Me” Gavronski (17-1-1 11KO’s) vs. Tyrell “Hollywood” Hendrix (11-6-2 4KO’s) in a rematch of their incredible 2011 contest. Though the bout ended in a draw, it was featured on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights. Gavronski has been one of the most talked about fighters in the Northwest as of late. His hard-charging style, mixed with heavy hands and a seemingly endless gas tank has made for some very memorable bouts at recent Battle at the Boat events. May 30 should be no different, as he looks for his 18th win as a pro against dangerous California native, Tyrell Hendrix. As the only man to fight Gavronski to a draw, Hendrix has proven that he has what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the best in the business. The man known as “Imagine Me” has been on a roll as of late, winning three in a row, all inside the I-5 showroom in Tacoma, a place where he feels right at home. Gavronski will once again have home field advantage for his second fight with Hendrix. When asked how he’s training this time around, Gavronski was brief, and confident: “Training is going very well,” said Gavronski. “I’m excited to put on a great show. Tyrell Hendrix won’t know what hit him.” Gavronski’s confidence is nothing new. He has amassed legions of fans that pack the EQC for each of his fights, and they’re not afraid to show their support as loudly as possible. When asked for a prediction as to how the fight may end, the hometown hero had only this to say: “You’ll just have to show up and see the madness,” said Gavronski. Battle at the Boat 101 will take place on Saturday, May 30 at 7 p.m. at the Emerald Queen Casino. 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 even is expected to sell out. For more information, please visit www.halquistproductions. com as well as the Battle at the Boat Facebook page.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2 – BASEBALL New Orleans vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 6:05 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 – BASEBALL New Orleans vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

THURSDAY, JUNE 4 – BASEBALL New Orleans vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 – BASEBALL New Orleans vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 5 – SOCCER Puget Sound Gunners vs. Sounders U23 Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 – SOCCER Spokane Shadow vs. South Sound FC Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 1 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 – FOOTBALL Puyallup Kings vs. Pug. Sound Outlaws Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 5 p.m.

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COUNTDOWN. Less than three weeks are left on the clock before the U.S. Open kicks off at Chambers Bay on June 18. (left) Local duffers get in some final

swings before Chambers closes to the public for tournament preparations. (right) In some towns, the huge “1885 Club” on the north side of the course would be referred to as “the Mall.”

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a tie for 10th in 2009 at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course. The other players who earned full exemptions through the current Official World Golf Ranking are: Byeong-Hun An, Paul Casey, George Coetzee, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Matthew Every, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, Charley Hoffman, J.B. Holmes, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Ben Martin, Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter, Marc Warren, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger and Danny Willett. An, who won the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship, moved up 78 positions in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) to No. 54 by winning the PGA European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship on May 24. Jimenez, who tied for second in the

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The second half was the sort of 45 minutes of soccer that the winning side and crowd pray for. South Sound ramped up their physical, defensive pressure, squeezing the smaller Wenatchee attackers out of nearly every run toward the Shock box and goalkeeper Chris Kintz. Meanwhile, the South Sound attack poured it on like nothing theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put together so far this season. Twelve minutes into the second half Schmeck sent a long pass from outside the box on the far side of the field to a waiting Danny Minnitti on the opposite side. Minnitti caught teammate Vince McCluskey flashing toward the goal down the neck of the box and sent a perfect pass in that McCluskey toed into the left side of the goal. South Sound now led 4-2 with 33 minutes remaining in the half. Three minutes later, South Soundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marcus Wilson saw a mismatch for McCluskey down the field and sent a long pass toward the goal. McCluskeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defender fell down near the box and the Shock attacker had a second to gather himself together and blasted a shot inside the right post. South Sound now led 5-2 with 30 minutes remaining. Ten minutes later, McCluskey struck again for his third goal and a hat trick. Schmeck dribbled the ball from the left side into the box. After drawing the Wenatchee defenders toward him, Schmeck skipped the ball forward at an angle for what looked to be a fifty-fifty ball between McCluskey and the Wenatchee keeper. The South Sounder beat the keeper to the ball and sent a low shot into the back of the net. South Sound now led 6-2 with 20 minutes remaining in the game. Instead of shutting it down and going into a defensive shell, the Shock kept creating scoring chances and hit the jackpot again at the 83rd minute. South Soundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brandon Madsen chased after a long pass from Colton Ronk toward the Wenatchee goal. Just as the keeper rushed toward the ball, Madsen got a toe on it, lofting the ball up and over the keeperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head and dropping into the middle of the goal. South Sound now led 7-2 with just seven minutes remaining in the match. Four minutes later, Madsen would be on the giving end as he connected with Hardy for his second goal of the match. Kintz would follow with the save of the night just moments before time expired, securing the 8-2 final. With the win, the Shock maintains their hold on second place in the EPLWA with a 4-0-1 record and 13 points, trailing only the Vancouver Victory FC (5-0-0, 15 points) in the standings. South Sound returns to action on Saturday, May 30 at Harry Lang Stadium against the Seattle Stars at 7 p.m. First-place Vancouver visits the Shock on June 24.

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SO CLOSE. Bellarmine Prep senior defender Connor Thompson left it all

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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT Supporting the Economic Growth of Our Community

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

Considered among the most urban of Native American tribes, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has grown to be a critical component of the South Sound economy. As Pierce County’s sixth largest employer, a donor to a broad range of charitable organizations, and a major funder of housing, roads, education and environmental projects, the Puyallup Tribe stands as a model for taking care

of not only its own membership but sharing its wealth among the broader community as well. The Puyallup Tribe is one of the largest employers in Pierce County. With a payroll of more than 3,200 people that work in the Tribe’s businesses, government, economic development corporation, school, and health and housing authorities — approximately 70 percent

of whom are non-Native — employees enjoy competitive wages and benefits. In 2013, the Tribe spent more than $461 million. This spending supports communities by providing good wages and generous benefits to individuals, and through purchases of goods and services from local suppliers, vendors, contractors, construction companies and more. From sponsoring countless local

charities, non-profit organizations, social welfare projects and events that may otherwise suffer or cease to exist, to protecting the environment, funding crime prevention, city improvement projects and healthcare, the Tribe maintains its commitment to honoring its welldeserved reputation as “the generous people,” a reflection of the meaning of the Tribe’s very name “Puyallup.”

TRIBE WORKS TO RESTORE PUGET SOUND URBAN STREAMS Clarks Creek may provide clues to Puget Sound restoration The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is working to decrease sediment in Clarks Creek, an important salmon tributary to the Puyallup River. “Clarks Creek is important because it supports several different species of salmon, some listed under the federal Endangered Species Act,” said Char Naylor, water quality program manager for the Tribe. Clarks Creek also supports the highest salmon spawning densities in the Puyallup watershed as well as the most significant number and variety of spawning salmon within a city limits in the watershed. “It’s also important because it can be an example of how we can restore hundreds of small urban streams in Puget Sound,” Naylor said. The problems facing the Clarks Creek watershed are endemic to most Puget Sound lowland streams. The principal non-point pollutants causing degradation are excessive sediment, nuisance weed growth, nutrient enrichment and excessive bacteria loading. “If we can tackle these issues in Clarks Creek, we can show other Puget Sound communities how to heal their streams,” Naylor said. The Tribe is leading a regional effort to clean up the creek by reducing the amount of sediment flowing into it. Too much sediment in a stream drives down salmon productivity because it impacts the fish’s ability to find clean spawning gravel in which to spawn or rear. The goal of the project is to reduce sediment loads by half and nutrient and bacteria by a third by lowering flows and stabilizing banks to reduce channel erosion. The Tribe recently finished a two-year study of sediment sources throughout Clarks Creek. The study found that if 23 major sources of sediment were repaired, over 50 percent of the creek’s sediment problem would go away. Yet by doing just the top eight bank stabilization projects, a huge amount of sediment can be removed from the stream very cost-effectively. The tribe is putting together plans to restore two of those major sources of sediment in the creek. The tribal projects This photograph reveals deep incision and erosion shown in the upper portion of the Clarks Creek watershed (where nearby homes are located). would stabilize the banks of two Clarks Creek tributaries. “We would literally be changing the shapes of their banks and channels, adding gravel and planting vegetation along their banks,” neighborhoods of the city of Puyallup before joining the Puyallup River. Naylor said. Because it is largely spring-fed, the creek has a consistent level of water Other sorts of projects suggested by the study include stormwater retthroughout the year, making it great rearing habitat for juvenile salmon. rofits, low impact development, and stormwater detention ponds. The Puyallup Tribe also operates a chinook hatchery on the creek. Most of the creek’s sediment actually starts with the river it flows into. “We have already begun working on implementing several of the iden“The Puyallup River is diked through most of its lower reach,” Naylor said. tified sediment projects to restore the watershed almost before the ink “This caused the river bed itself to drop, which means the creeks flowing was dry on the report,” Naylor said. “It is satisfying to have changed the into it also drop.” This down-cutting action puts more sediment into the status quo, the way things have been done in this watershed over the last creek than would be there otherwise. several decades.” Clarks Creek is just four miles long and flows through suburban (Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)

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

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SOUL WITH A CAPITAL T.O.P. The Bay Area’s legendary Tower of Power bring horn-powered hits to the Emerald Queen

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SOUL POWER. Expect Bay Area legends Tower of Power to bring funky, horn-powered hits “Don’t Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream),” “You’re Still a Young Man” and “What is Hip?” to the Emerald Queen Casino on June 6. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

Local fans are sure to groove to “Soul with a Capital S,” “What is Hip?” and other funky classics when Bay Area legends Tower of Power take over the Emerald Queen Casino’s I-5 showroom on June 6. Band leader Emilio Castillo took a few minutes recently to reflect on nearly half a century of touring the world and the bad, youthful decision that set it all in motion (which possibly makes it a good decision. You decide.) Tacoma Weekly: You became a musician because you got in some trouble as a kid. Take me back to that incident. Castillo: I had a really short crime career; I got caught the first time out. Me and my friends were 14 years old and were on our way to the swimming pool at Washington High School, and we always walked through the Fremont Hub to do that. We decided this day that we would go through Mervyn’s, try on about three of these tight, pastel-colored, muscle man t-shirts that were popular with all the young men of the day. We put our shirt on and walked out, and the manager was waiting for us. (He chuckles.) TW: Uh oh. Castillo: My dad ... made us apologize to the manager. Then he gave us a notebook and told us to fill it with why we were never gonna steal again; and while we were in our rooms, we were to think of something that was gonna keep us out of trouble and off the streets or we were never comin’ out of that room again. My friend, who was also caught with us, had just gotten back from vacation in Mexico, and he had bought a guitar. The Beatles had just come out, and we said, “We wanna play music, Dad.” He said, “Get in the car.” He took us to the music store and said, “Anything you want.” He pointed to all the instruments on the wall. My dad … worked in this place, called Narrows Nook, and they had show bands there. We’d see these show bands either rehearsing or playing in the evening; and I always noticed that the sax player was the cool guy up front with the spotlight, and my brother always dug the drummer. So he pointed to the drums and I pointed to the saxophone, and we started our band that day. TW: You’re closing in on your 50th anniversary. When you started this band, how long did you think you could keep it going? Castillo: I never thought in those terms. When you’re a

kid you don’t think like that. But I remember after I’d been playing about three years; by then we were pretty good, and by then we had gotten into soul music. We had this band that we idolized. They were called the Spiders, and we watched them as much as we could. We tried to be like them as much as we could. I remember they got a gig at a topless bar in Sacramento. They went away, and they played this engagement there for like three weeks. And I just thought to myself, “Man, if I could ever get to Sacramento – wow.” To say I surpassed my dreams is an understatement. TW: So the Spiders may have had a big impact on that sound you came up with, with that powerful horn section. Castillo: They were the first band that I saw that had a trumpet player. A lot of bands had saxophones. You’d see a band like Paul Revere & The Raiders; Mark Lindsay played the tenor sax. You’d see the Kingsmen – the tenor sax. The sax was pretty popular, but you didn’t see a whole lot of bands – at least the bands you heard on the radio – that had a trumpet and a tenor. This band, the Spiders, they had a trumpet and a tenor, and the singer played keyboards. When he wasn’t singing, he’d pick up an alto and play the middle horn section part of the song with them. So they would have three horns sometimes, and I had never heard nothin’ like that. By then, I was really into soul music. These guys, they were a white soul band, and their singer was so soulful it was just unbelievable. Black people would come from Oakland and San Mateo and San Jose and just stand there and shake their heads. They couldn’t believe how soulful this band was. … I wanted to do that. It moved me emotionally. TW: You’ve been at it almost constantly since back then. What is it that keeps you excited about this band? Castillo: It’s easy to be passionate about what I do. I’m the leader of the band. I’m the second tenor sax player. I’m the fill-in lead singer. I’m a background vocalist. I write songs with my partner Doc. I produce the records. So I wear a lot of different hats, and they’re all totally fulfilling. I had drug and alcohol problems in my early career. We kind of came up in that era, you know. Then when I sobered up I realized I got higher when I wrote a song or when I ran a rehearsal, or I produced a record. … The high was just unbelievable. It’s just really easy for me to be passionate about what I do. So it’s not hard for me to continue doing it at all. TW: You get up here on a pretty regular basis. Do you have any specific memories of playing in the SeattleTacoma market?

Castillo: I have so many memories of Seattle. We found the Northwest to be a hotbed for soul music when we first came up in 1970. Our first record was not a national hit. It was a local hit in the Bay Area, but it was a hit in the Northwest. We went up there and we immediately got acclaim. As our career went up and then went down and back up again, we’ve played every sort of venue you could imagine, from the Paramount Theatre to the stadiums over there, to the Aquarius Tavern to the Backstage Saloon. Just all these different types of gigs up there, and they were always into horn bands. Some of the greatest horn bands that never really made it, were up there; and they were in direct competition with us. They were looking to take us out and we were looking to do the same thing with them. (Chuckles.) It made for a really competitive and highly musical environment. TW: How’s the new record coming along? You’ve been working on that for a minute, right? Castillo: Yeah, we’re working on a new all-original record and it’s taking us a long time because we’re a working band. I’m producing it along with Joe Vannelli, Gino Vannelli’s brother. So we do it now when I have the time in between tours. We’re doing the Michael Jackson method. We’re cutting way more than we need, and we’re picking the best 12. So I have 25 tracks cut, and I have about six or eight grooves and various little fillers that I’ll use between tracks and bookends on the recording, and I’ve gotta finish it all. It’s coming along really well, we’re making a lot of progress, but it’s gonna be a while. TW: Are you road testing any of these songs? Castillo: We don’t do that any more and I’ll tell you why. In our early career that was always how we did it. We worked up new songs all the time, and we tested ‘em on the road. We polished them up then we went to record them. But now, we have so many fans and the social media is such that as soon as we play a new song it’s on YouTube. (He laughs.) I’m just not into giving away all the new material before it’s done.

TOWER OF POWER 8:30 p.m. June 6 Emerald Queen Casino, 2024 E. 29th St. Tickets are $35 to $65; www.ticketmaster.com

THE THINGS WE LIKE ONE ROGER FISHER Roger Fisher, the founding guitarist of Heart, will release his new album “All Told” with a concert that will be recorded for a live album. Roger Fisher and the Human Tribe will take the stage June 5, 7 p.m., at the Temple Theater, 47 St. Helens Ave. Tickets are $25-$75. Info: rogerfisher.com.

TWO MINI-GOLF FINALS At 2 p.m. on May 30 at University Place Library, finalists will vie for the championship in the Pierce County Library Open Mini Golf To u r n a m e n t .

People of all ages throughout Pierce County have participated in the tournament this spring. A total of 18 Pierce County Libraries hosted first rounds of the tournament, and semifinals took place at six libraries. University Place Library is located at 3609 Market Place W., University Place.

THREE BOOK ARTISTS The fifth annual members’ exhibit of the Puget Sound Book Artists will be held June 430 at Collins Suze Woolfe: Memorial Library Rockbound Book: on the University Canyon of Puget Sound campus. The exhibit features 44 handmade books by 28 artists from the Puget Sound area and beyond. Events include: Opening reception on June 4, 5:30-7 p.m. – recipients of the Collins Library Award, the Curator’s Choice Award, and the Recognition of Excellence Award will be announced at

6:30; “Conversation with the Artists” on June 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Trimble Hall – artists will discuss the inspiration and creative process associated with one of their featured pieces; “The Artist’s Vision: From Idea to Completion” on July 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Collins Library, Room 020 – a panel discussion open to the public, with a moderator and a select group of PSBA artists. Questions about parking and library hours: libref@pugetsound.edu.

FOUR FREE FISHING Grab your fishing pole and enjoy the Washington State “Free Fishing Weekend” June 6-7. No license will be required to fish or gather shellfish in any waters open to fishing in the state. Visit Point Defiance Marina Complex for bait, tackle and boat rental specials. Info: www. PointDefianceMarina.com.

FIVE TRAILS DAY

On June 6, outdoor enthusiasts across the country will celebrate the 23rd annual National Trails Day, a long-standing celebration of America’s magnificent trail system. Volunteers are needed at Point Defiance Park to help improve trails, clean up after winter storms and ready the paths for vigorous summer use. All ages and abilities are welcome. Tools, equipment, snacks, water and materials will be provided. Volunteers are encouraged to carpool, dress appropriately for the weather, and bring their enthusiasm, smiles and energy. Meet at Owen Beach at 9 a.m. Groups of three or more are asked to register in advance so organizers can properly plan for the day. Contact Richard Madison at richardm@tacomaparks.com or (253) 202-5978.

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Moss + Mineral displays charming ceramics by Nakamura and Nyland

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Moss + Mineral, Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most charming design boutique/art gallery, is exhibiting works by two of the Puget Sound areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more important ceramic artists. Yuki Nakamura and Nicholas Nyland are both Artist Trust fellowship recipients and have already won acclaim. Nakamura is perhaps best known for her porcelain soccer balls. The soccer ball series is Nakamuraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homage to her brother, a soccer coach who passed away at too young an age. Nakamura crafts the soccer balls to seem as if they are at various stages of deflation. Two of these are on display at Moss + Mineral. Also showing are Nakamuraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colorful hexagonal tiles emblazoned with kanji characters. There is a cluster of porcelain light bulbs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Illuminantâ&#x20AC;? series â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that are cast to resemble both antique and contemporary light bulbs. Many of these are decorated with colorful glazes that have been drizzled over their tops. Completing Nakamuraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portion of the exhibit are two models for large, public benches (some of which were unveiled at the Bay Terrace apartments on May 28). These resemble a cross between a torpedo and a banana done in somber grays and livid reds. Nakamura graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, in 1994. She earned her Master of Fine Arts Degree from University of Washington in 1997 and has been a force in art of the Pacific Northwest ever since.

The mission of the Foss Waterway Seaport is to celebrate Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich maritime heritage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; past, present and future. Located on the waterfront in a century-old wooden wheat warehouse, built for cargo arriving by rail and departing by sail (â&#x20AC;&#x153;where rails met sailsâ&#x20AC;?) during the early years of Tacoma. The Foss Waterway Seaport is Puget Soundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier maritime heritage, education and event center where families, students and entire communities come to discover, explore, work and play. The development partners of this project â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Foss Waterway Seaport and the Foss Waterway Development Authority â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are dedicated to creating a venue that will continue to bring the downtown waterfront to life as a place for everyone.

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Puget Sound Starts Here Family Fun Day May 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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EXPRESSIVE. Ceramic sculptures by Nicholas Nyland are spontaneous and inventive.

In contrast to Nakamuraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very controlled and technical use of clay, Nyland shows that clay is the ultimate medium for making expressive, gestural and spontaneous works of art. Every mark and impression of the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands is visible in Nylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abstract little sculptures and vessels. Accented in dashes and daubs of colorful glaze, Nylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceramic evocations are weirdly joyful. They are at once childlike and sophisticated. Nyland lives and works in Tacoma. He earned his bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree at UW and his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Nylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works at Moss + Mineral are smallscale, but he does larger scale public works as well.

As a design boutique, Moss + Mineral has much to offer, such as proprietor Lisa Kinoshitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelry and inventive terrariums containing exotic plants. The jewelry case also contains polished, canewrapped stones. These are the creations of local artist Marcia Mahaffey. The weaving technique is adapted from that used on Japanese flower arranging baskets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like looking at the shape, color and texture of the rock and figuring out which technique to use on it,â&#x20AC;? notes Mahaffey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get pleasure from weaving on rocks for the hypnotic and calm feeling that it gives me.â&#x20AC;? There will be an artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reception June 20, 36 p.m. The exhibit runs through June 27. For further information, visit mossandmineral.com.

A day full of free, family fun returns to the Foss Waterway Seaport for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Puget Sound Starts Here Family Fun Day.â&#x20AC;? Environmental Educators from around the area join together to host this event offering hands-on activities, lessons, games and entertainment related to water quality and the environment. Come see very cool marine animals and enjoy a wide variety of kid friendly activities and eat organic food. There will be prizes for the whole family. Parking is free.

New Seaport Exhibit: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;An Ocean Transformedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; On display through Oct. 31

â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Ocean Transformed,â&#x20AC;? art with a message, is a new exhibit featuring marine debris sculptures designed and built by students from Sherman Elementary School (Tacoma Public Schools) as part of 2015 Seaport education pilot program. The Foss Waterway Seaport in partnership with The Ikkatsu Project, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Sherman Elementary School PTSA and local artists offered this innovative pilot program. The pilot program gave six classes at Sherman Elementary School the opportunity to design and build a marine debris sculpture for display at the Foss Waterway Seaport through Oct. 31. Each class partnered with a local artist who mentored and guided the class through the building process. Students received engineering concepts lessons from local engineers to learn what compression and tension are, which helped students better understand how to design their sculptures. As part of this project, students collected trash, recorded data based around their trash collection, designed a sculpture, built the sculpture, kept a detailed journal as a record of their adventure, while photographing each step of the journey from start to finish. The five amazing sculptures invoke strong visual messages and are sure to encourage best practices in everyone who views these wonderful art pieces. The students, their teachers and the artists have worked very hard to produce this outstanding exhibit.

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Immanuel Presbyterian Church is hosting a special, Friday installment of its monthly Blues Vespers series that will be headlined by pop singer-songwriter Chrissi Poland on June 5 at B Sharp Coffeehouse, 706 Opera Alley. Poland is out in support of her newest EP, Reckless, which you can hear at www. chrissipoland.com. In Tacoma, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have support from local favorite, the Mark Riley Trio. The show will start at 8 p.m., and there will be a $5 cover charge; www.bsharpcoffeehouse.com. Here are a few more hot tickets coming up that you should take note of with more info available at www.ticketmaster.com except where otherwise noted. â&#x20AC;˘ Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon and Dennis Miller: 7:30 p.m., June 16, Tacoma Dome, $35.50 to $99.50. â&#x20AC;˘ Nolan Garrett CD release: 8 p.m. June 19, Jazzbones, $10 in advance, $15 day of show; www.jazzbones.com. â&#x20AC;˘ KUBE Summer Jam featuring T.I., Tech N9ne, Action Bronson and more: noon, June 20, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $19.33 to $75.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Gordon Lightfoot: 8:30 p.m., June 26, Emerald Queen Casino, $20 to $60. â&#x20AC;˘ Old Town Rhythm and Blues Festival: 9 a.m. to midnight July 11, Old Town Park, Slavonian Hall and Spar Tavern, $20 for late show; www.tacomaoldtownrhythmandbluesfest.com. â&#x20AC;˘ James Otto: 7 p.m., July 15, Steel Creek American Whiskey, $10 to $60; www. brownpapertickets.com. â&#x20AC;˘ Lyfe Jennings: 8:30 p.m., July 18, Emerald Queen Casino, $20 to $60. â&#x20AC;˘ Under the Sun Tour with Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Uncle Kracker and Eve 6: 8 p.m., July 25, Emerald Queen Casino, $45 to $90. â&#x20AC;˘ Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival: 1 p.m., July 25, South Tacoma Way, $10 to $25; www.tacomajazzfestival.com. â&#x20AC;˘ Imagine Dragons with Metric: 7 p.m., July 31, Tacoma Dome, $26.50 to $56.50. â&#x20AC;˘ Rock and Rally for the Troops with Eve to Adam: 5 p.m., Aug. 1, Cheney Stadium, $20 to $25; www.rockandrallyforthetroops.com. â&#x20AC;˘ Martina McBride: 8:30 p.m., Aug. 1, Emerald Queen Casino, $45 to $115.

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It seems like forever since the band formerly known as Mahnhammer released new material. In reality, it has only been four years since the popular, Tacoma noise-rockers – now called Ex-Gods – made their debut with “Above the New Frontier,” a promising opening salvo that captured the gist, if not the full fury, of the band’s sweltering sound. But just as the band was picking up steam, it went on a hiatus in 2011 following founding drummer Kris Lyon’s departure for a resort gig in the Virgin Islands. Co-founding guitarist Dave Takata jumped ship the following year to focus on his other projects, Cody Foster Army (CFA) and Furry Buddies. Mahnhammer returned after a year’s absence, with Lyon back in the fold. Absence had only made fans’ hearts grow fonder; and the quintet seemed on the verge of something big months later as it ventured to Joshua Tree, Calif., to record with renowned producer Dave Catching. He’s probably best known for overseeing the Desert Sessions, a rotating cast of all-stars lead by Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme; and landing him felt like a coup that could help grow the band’s audience nationally. But it didn’t take long before things fell apart again. The band’s drummer – now known as Kristen Lyon – left again last year, this time taking its moniker with her; and that development may or

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FRESH OFF HIS NATIONAL TOUR, COMEDIAN NATE JACKSON WILL BRING HIS SUPER FUNNY COMEDY SHOW BACK TO KEYS ON MAIN ON SUNDAY, MAY 31. TICKETS ARE $15, AND THE LAUGHS START AT 7 P.M.; WWW.SUPERFUNNYCOMEDYSHOW. COM FOR MORE INFO.

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SUNDAY, MAY 31

EMERALD QUEEN: Whitesnake (hard rock) 8:30 p.m., $30-$70

B SHARP COFFEE: The B Sharp Players (jump blues) 8 p.m., $5, AA CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Cultura Live: Latin Edition (Latin) 9:30 p.m. THE GIG SPOT: Mission 253 (pop) 8 p.m., AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Nite Crew (dance) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: James King and the Southsiders, Heather Jones & The Groove Master (blues) 8 p.m., $6; Friday Nights with 2 O.A.K. (DJ) 10:30 p.m., NC ladies KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC METRONOME COFFEE: Wounded Mic (classic rock covers) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA MOUNTAINEERS HALL: Comedy for Our Cause with Jerry Miner (comedy) 7 p.m., $25 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Angie Lynn, Jeff Ross, Gina Belliveau (singer-songwriter) 7 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Crosswalk (blues, rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Rusty Cleavers with Wild Rabbit (bluegrass) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY CLUB: Roger Hawkins (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $16-$20 UNCLE THURM’S: Kareem Kandi (jazz) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA

SATURDAY, MAY 30 JAZZBONES: Luniz with Slightly Fragrant, Tribal Order and Brainstorm (hip-hop) 8 p.m., $15-$20

B SHARP COFFEE: Eugenie Jones CD release (jazz) 8 p.m., $10-$12, AA CULTURA EVENT CENTER: Karlous Miller with Ralph Porter and DJ Taber (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $15 GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Nite Crew (dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE G’S: Surgical Chaos, Custom, Blue Tooth Grin, Boneshaker (metal) 7 p.m., AA THE SPAR: The Bog Hoppers (Irish folk-punk) 8 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Crosswalk (blues, rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Kry (rock covers) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY CLUB: Jubal Flagg 5 p.m., Robert Hawkins, 8, 10:30 p.m. (comedy) $16-$20 each set, 18+ early shows THE TOWN: Moe Cheekz CD release with Lroc, Red Head, Dougie Jay, D-Dazh and Cally Reed (hip-hop) 9 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Straight Classic (classic rock covers) 8 p.m.

TACOMA COMEDY: Jose’s Ha Ha Ha Show (comedy) 8 p.m., $10, 18+

DAWSON’S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Back to Beale Street Blues Competition (blues) 3 p.m., $10 KEYS ON MAIN: Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Show (comedy) 7 p.m., $15 THE NEW FRONTIER: 40 Grit (bluegrass jam) 3 p.m., NC O’MALLEY’S: Comedy open mic, 8:30 p.m., NC THE SPAR: Linda Meyers Band (blues) 7 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Bobby Hoffman (rock) 8 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Poyeho Project Fundraiser, 1 p.m.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 2 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Quietly Kept (alternative) 6:30 p.m., NC, AA

ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA B SHARP COFFEE: Comedy open mic, 7 p.m., NC, AA DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Todd Armstrong (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5 STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (acoustic open mic) 8 p.m., NC

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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 TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.

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CHARLEY’S: Blues jam with Richard Molina, 8 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC DAVE’S OF MILTON: Open jam, 8 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Billy Stoops (open mic) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY CLUB: Kevin Bozeman (comedy) 8 p.m., $10, 18+ THE VALLEY: The Cryptics, Crystal Methodist, Sister Act and Ain’t Got Time to Bleed (punk) 8 p.m., NC

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COMING EVENTS

TW PICK: ‘BETWEEN SEA AND SKY’ Sat., May 30, 10 a.m. University Place Atrium, 3609 Market Pl. W., #100, University Place

Dance Theatre Northwest presents “Between Sea and Sky,” a new company ballet commissioned by University Place for the public dedication of UP’s new spectacular “Between Sea and Sky” art installation in the atrium of the U. P. Civic/Library Building created by nationally renowned artist Michele Gutlove. The sculpture, suspended above the University Place Atrium, features hand blown pieces of glass in unique in color and form. From different angles and lighting, the various shadows and colors can be seen dancing from below. Similarly, each dancer will have a unique, handmade costume and will be seen dancing with reflections of the glass. In three parts, featured performers, Amelia Arial, Gregory Peloquin, Oceana Thunder, Lauren Trodahl and Allison Zakharov will PHOTO BY MAKS ZAKHAROV waltz, leap and turn as nature’s jewels of the Pacific Northwest. DTNW Gregory Peloquin and Amelia Arial in DTNW’s “Between Director Melanie Kirk-Stauffer has Sea & Sky” chosen Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides Overture” and music by Evgeny Svetlanov and Peter Tchaikovsky as music that highlights the drama and mental images of some of the beautiful nature found in the Pacific Northwest. This dance performance will be included as part of the ceremonies of the public unveiling of “Between Sea and Sky.” Everyone is invited to attend. Price: Free ‘CABARET’ Fri., May 29, 7:30-10 p.m. Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St. At the dawn of the 1930’s in Berlin, the Nazis are rising to power. In the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy cabaret full of interesting characters and decadent celebration, we find the naive English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and the infamous Emcee. We follow her relationship with American writer Cliff Bradshaw as the

Nazis begin their takeover of the city. Price: $15-22. Info: (253) 272-2281 OH MY GOSH – NOW WHAT? Fri., May 29, 12-1 p.m. Pierce County Annex, 2401 S. 35th St. This is a six session workshops series covering different topics on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, including warning signs, behaviors, disease progression, how to pay for

care, legal issues and where to go for help. Price: Free. Info: (253) 798-4600; www. PierceADRC.org ID THEFT PROTECTION SEMINAR Fri., May 29, 6:30 p.m. Milton/Edgewood Pierce County Library, 900 Meridian Ave. E., Suite 29, Milton A seminar to teach business owners and the public how to better protect themselves from identity theft will be

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held in Milton. The seminar will provide information on the different types of identity theft and key principles to safeguarding personal information. Price: Free. Info: Stephen White at steverino7@ gmail. com. POTTERY CLASS Mon., June 1, 6-8 p.m. Throwing Mud Gallery, 2210-2212 N. 30th St. Learn the basics of creating functional and decorative pottery on the potter’s wheel and using hand-building techniques in these six-week pottery class sessions. Registration includes instruction, 25 pounds of clay, glazes and firing as well as additional studio time for practice. Price: $185. Info: (253) 254-7961

NAVIGATING CANCER SURVIVORSHIP Wed., June 3, 1:30-3 p.m. Tacoma General Hospital, 1003 S. 5th St. Have you experienced the “roller-coaster” of emotions that come along with a cancer diagnosis? Our speaker, Bruce Gimplin, LICSW, will talk about the shared experiences of anxiety, depression, fear, and grief and how we cope with diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. He will also provide tools and resources to support you and your loved ones. Price: Free. Info: (866) 200-2383

INTERNET FOR BEGINNERS Tues., May 2, 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. Learn the basics of the Internet, including navigating a web page, using a search engine, applying search strategies and evaluating online information. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304

AN EVENING WITH DUKE ELLINGTON Thurs., June 4, 7 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. In and out of the persona of American composer and big band leader Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, actor and playwright Cedric Liqueur brings to life the story of this celebrated jazz musician through vintage vinyl records and a slide show. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304

LAKEWOOD ITTL LEAD GROUP Tues., June 2, 7:30 p.m. IHOP, 7445 S. Hosmer St. iTTL is a Referral Groups Organization offering educational seminars. Speed Networking gives another opportunity to network. Quarterly events. We give back to the community with food baskets for families in need. Price: Free. Info: www.itakethelead. com

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WITCHY WOMAN HOROSCOPES Christina Wheeler has been studying astrology for the past 22 years and currently offers personalized natal charts, forecasts, and relationship compatibility charts. She also co-owns The Nearsighted Narwhal on 6th Ave in Tacoma with her soul mate and equally talented partner, Ossain. Contact her at gypsygrimoire@gmail.com for rates or just to chew the fat about the stars. ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) This is a great week for you to take some time off from your action-packed schedule and explore your surroundings a bit. Adventures are at your fingertips and higher learning is knocking on your door. There may be a flurry of intense optimism and fun; laughing much too loudly and enjoying life to the hilt. Roll with it and let yourself enjoy the moment.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) You may have been bogged down with a great workload or responsibility lately but this week you will rise from the restraints and truly enjoy your life to the fullest extent. Being social and opening up the lines of communication are important to you at this time. Reconnect with those from your past and learn something new from those engagements.

TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) If something has been sitting heavily in the back of your mind lately, this is a great time for you to delve into it as deeply as you can to figure out why and then simply let it go. If healing is needed, this week will start you on that path. Remember that to fully heal, we must accept circumstances and people for what they are. Emotional regeneration is at the fore.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Stressing about your financial situation takes its toll and this week you try a more lighthearted approach. Certain opportunities provide loads of optimism for you to draw upon and a respite from the stress. Take some time to get outside and reconnect with nature and clear your mind. You are on the right path. Resistance is simply a part of life designed to strengthen our determination.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) This week your past or current relationships will require healing in some form. There is definitely a playful element here. It should go without saying that sometimes just letting go and letting the fun seep in is the best way to let go of worries, heartbreak, and endings. Throw your head back and laugh at the absurdity of life, if it’s what you want to do. CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) Many adventures are to be had either in your home or in service to other people. Cancers always tend to take care of those around them, and this week you will do so with a flair for the lighter side of life. Perhaps creating laughter and good times is the easiest way to ease someone’s mind and nurture them. Let it all unfold organically. LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) You are carrying a great deal of optimism with you about some kind of creative project. Something you have thrown yourself into wholeheartedly that can determine your fate. This will be a major milestone for you and the planets indicate that you have nothing to worry about. Whatever your instinct about life is right now, it is on the nose. Celebrate with a little dose of hedonism. VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) If there are issues from your childhood or home life that you’ve been carrying with you, expect to let them go and move on fully from them this week. We all have our issues with our early life and whatever has been paining you will no longer drag you down if you don’t let it. Acknowledge that you have no control and then let the circumstances fade away into distant memory.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) This week plan on shining like the vibrant, funloving person that you are. There is an air of optimism and lightheartedness about you that others are drawn to magnetically. Plan on exciting adventures to get you out and about in the world, and memories that you will draw upon for a lifetime to be created. Living life to the fullest this week will replenish you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) If there’s ever been any part of yourself that you haven’t been exactly comfortable with, count on this week being the time to let that dogma go and fully step into who you are and what you’ve become. We all have parts of ourselves that we find less than desirable, but now is the time to realize that this is what makes us different and gives us character. You will be okay. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) You will be in high social demand this week, as the planets give way to feelings of being highly connected to your peers and gratuitous amounts of happiness. You will be drawn to the causes you hold dear and the social situations that appeal the most to you. Spend your days carefree and your nights making yourself known around town. PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) If there has been any sort of gossip or judgmental opinions of you floating around lately, this is the week to fully let your feelings about it go. Maybe realize that people will always talk, but it’s your choice whether to be personally affected or not. You are doing your best and your best is definitely good enough. Now, get out there and show them what you’re made of.

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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: Maria Ann Carrillo and Curtis Rashad Haskins 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: 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.

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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.

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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.

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Tacoma Community House seeks an AmeriCorps member to assist in the Read2Me Program in local elementary schools. Read2Me is a oneon-one adult/student reading program for struggling first, second, and third grade readers. Duties include facilitating monthly workshops for tutors, scheduling students and tutors, producing monthly newsletters, recruiting volunteer tutors, researching best practices for tutoring strategies and tutor training, tracking student success, and tutoring. You must be 18-25 years of age at the start date of service (Sep 1, 2015-Jul 15, 2016). Contact Karen Thomas at (253)383-3951 or kthomas@ tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information.

AmeriCorps Opportunity: Employment Program Specialist Tacoma Community House seeks an AmeriCorps member to serve closely with the employment staff to develop and conduct work-readiness workshops for youth and adult participants. Duties include assisting adult and youth participants with online job search, resumes, and applications, helping to create curriculum for employment workshops, and mentoring youth in the Career Pathways Program. You must be 18-25 years of age at the start date of service (Sep 1, 2014-Jul 15, 2015). Contact Arrie Dunlap at (253) 383-3951 or adunlap@tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information.

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

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 253571-1139 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 3:45-4:45 PM. Tutors are also needed at Mt. Tahoma High School with Algebra in the Math Boot Camp on Monday or Thursdays afterschool. This program is designed to help students improve their math skills/grades before the semester ends on 1/23. Please contact Trisha Tracy @ 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 912 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.

VOLUNTEERS 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 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.

Volunteer Math Tutor 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.

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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 11am2pm . 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. Contact Ms. Lee at (253) 677-7740 for further information.

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.

These are exciting times and you can make a difference! 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.” Tuesday-Saturday 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.

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1,648 SF W/ side by side units- 2 bed, 1 bath each, both w/ separate decks, laundry facilities, & individual garages this is the rental for you. HUGE lot- 3.81 acres with a pond, a creek and possible marketable timberenjoy the private, secluded feel while being super close to civilization. Rent rates are lower than market value, so financial info is low. Rents could/should be closer to $900, currently rented for $675 per side, seller has lowered the rents as a perk for his tenants staying so long. MLS# 780554 $249,950

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Light, bright & lovely w/ a super charming yard and a nestled, private feel- hard to believe one is mere minutes from walking trails, shopping, dining, schools, parks, & award winning Norpoint Community Center w/ free water park just in time for summer. This 4 bedroom, 2 bath home has a large master bedroom w/ continental bathroom & soaking tub. Huge family room downstairs, formal dining, wired for generator, fully fenced backyard and an efficient kitchen w/ new appliances... Welcome home. MLS# 792243 $293,329 Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

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1116 N. Jackson $150,000 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)

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Excellent business opportunity! The owners of “Sure to Rise Bakery,” located in Cashmere WA, are looking to retire. This business has been operating for 65 years and has supported our family since we bought it in 1985. We do both wholesale and retail out of our Front Street location. We own the building and all equipment. Please call 509-548-4788 for more information.

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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

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

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COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR SALE/LEASE 2102 S Adams St Cash flow now with this beautiful Victorian tri-plex with tons of character in good location! Walk to hospitals, downtown, parks. Main floor has one lg bedroom plus attached small bonus room, dining, lkitchen with nook, new carpet, bay windows. Upstairs has 2 bedrooms, bath, lg living room, kitchen & balcony. Lower level has 2 studio apts & bath, could be turned into a 2 bedroom. Sep. utilities for main and upper units. Great investment with lots of character. Live in 1, rent the others!

$219,000 Heather Redal (253) 363-5920 Heatherredal@gmail.com

Step inside this completely remodeled rambler on a secluded street near Bellermine Prep. Everything is new and unique. Hardwood floors, trendy ceramic tile, gorgeous kitchen with granite & stainless steel appliances opens to dining which walks out to beautiful, very large, fully fenced backyard with mature landscaping, lots of privacy and a fire pit, great for entertaining! New windows bring lots of light. Large driveway offers parking for your boat, cars, RV. $179,950

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

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

“LANDMARK BBQ INN,” Free-Standing, 3,900 SF Bldg., 12,700 SF Commercial Lot in Lakewood. Asking Price $450,000. OFFICE BUILDING WITH 6 SUITES, Close to Wright’s Park, ideal for Attorneys or Professional use. Asking Price $599,000, Terms. Suites are also available for Lease. LONGTIME ESTABLISHED POPULAR RESTR./LOUNGE Business for sale. $189,000 & size, 4,100 sq. ft. GIG HARBOR CHINESE RESTR., same owner 26 yrs., $40,000 Huge reduction

PORT ORCHARD, DOWNTOWN Food & Beverage, annual gross sales, approx. $1,300,000, excellent net. Owner selling the business for $850,000. Estate Sale, Price Negotiable. 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 $1,400,000, Seller Financing.

RICHARD PICTON or ED PUNCHAK

253-581-6463 253-224-7109

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