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POTHOLE OF THE WEEK EnJoy FathEr’s Day at thE national STREET ROD ASSOCIATION APPRECIATION DAY The second National Street Rod Association Appreciation Day will be held Sunday, June 21 and hosted at Griot’s Garage, located at 3333 S. 38th St. This event is being organized and sponsored by board/committee members Ken Bradford, Gary Dinwiddie, Dennis Castle, Bob Jasper, Chuck Johnson, Walt Kaplin, Vern LaCousiere, Jr. Nelson, Jimmy Olson, Dick Page, Harry Schaffert and Jim Waldon of the Pierce County Rod & Custom Car Association.
Last June, this event was held in Tacoma for the first time and was the largest NSRA Appreciation Day ever held in the state of Washington, a wonderful endorsement of approval and it happened in the first year. This year’s event is expected to be even larger, as it will be held on Father’s Day. This event is free to participants and the general public. Gates open at 7:30 a.m. for participants with vehicles 1985 and older, and at 9 a.m. for the general public. There will be a huge camera
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North 4th between ‘J’ and ‘K’ Streets 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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FITCH UPGRADES TACOMA’S OUTLOOK Fitch Ratings has upgraded its outlook for the City of Tacoma from stable to positive. According to a recent statement from the national ratings firm, the upgraded rating reflects the fact that the City has maintained balanced General Fund operations with moderate debt levels and reserves that have nearly tripled since 2012. It also recognizes continued management improvements that have been made, including the prioritization of long-term planning, prudent use of one-time funds and institutionalized processes to monitor budget performance. “This is great news and the result of making tough but necessary policy decisions,” said Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland. “The improving economy accounts for a portion of the change in the City’s financial position, and sustainable financial management has been key. Beginning in 2012, the City implemented a variety of policy measures and planning processes targeting long-term fiscal stability.” Fitch notes that the City addressed past fiscal difficulties through a balanced use of measures that focus on both expenditures and revenues, and that the City’s ability to sustain these recent fiscal improvements will likely result in a rating upgrade. “New policies for minimum fund balance levels, use of one-time funds, budget monitoring, and multi-year financial planning now guide our actions and have contributed to our improved financial outlook,” said City Manager T.C. Broadnax. The City of Tacoma’s $20 million unlimited tax general obligation (ULTGO) bonds continue to be rated at “A+,” $139.2 million limited tax general obligation (LTGO) bonds at “A” and $26.6 million convention center and parking revenue bonds at “A+.” ‘YOU THINK YOU KNOW TACOMA’ TRIVIA NIGHT IS BACK Join the City of Tacoma’s Historic Preservation Office and Tacoma Historical Society as they host the second annual “You Think You Know Tacoma” trivia night beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 25. This free event will take place in the Rock Loft at Stonegate Pizza (5419 South Tacoma Way) located on historic South Tacoma Way. Participants are invited to test their knowledge of Tacoma’s vibrant past. Fun prizes will be awarded to the top three teams, with food and refreshments available for purchase. “Trivia night is back again as it was one of the more popular events in 2014. The venue was changed this year in an effort to get people out to different parts of the community,” said Historic Preservation Coordinator Lauren Hoogkamer. “We want to encourage people to engage with Tacoma’s history and experience more historic neighborhoods. We’re also grateful for our continued partnership with Tacoma Historical Society.” For questions, contact Hoogkamer at lhoogkamer@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5254. SISTER CITY COUNCIL WINS INNOVATION AWARD The Tacoma Sister City Council (TSCC) has been recognized by Sister Cities International with an Innovation Award for its work surrounding youth and education. “Tacoma is an international city and education is a civic priority for us. Exposing our youth to global perspectives, by connecting them with community leaders and local organiza11,tions 2015 with an international focus, helps our students and our city thrive,” Mayor Marilyn Strickland said. With the overarching goal of achieving peace promoted through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation, since 2013 the TSCC has held daylong Student Leadership Conferences in partnership with Tacoma Public Schools. These conferences enable Tacoma high school students, civic and business leaders, and elected officials to gather and discuss Tacoma’s progress as an international city. They are designed to foster a broader community understanding of Tacoma’s international relationships, while generating ideas to stimulate student engagement. “The Tacoma Public Schools’ work to make this conference a priority for their students was of utmost importance to its success,” said Dr. Greg Youtz, the lead Sister City volunteer on this project. “More than 150 high school students attended the last conference, and they wrapped things up by crafting recommendations to better position Tacoma as an international city. We got some very interesting ideas that we also shared with the Tacoma City Council, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce, World Trade Center, Port of Tacoma and other interested groups.” The Sister Cities International Award categories include Best Overall, Innovation (Arts & Culture, Economic Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and Youth & Education), Volunteer of the Year, and Youth Leadership. Award winners will be honored at a special ceremony on Saturday, July 18 during Sister Cities International’s 59th Annual Conference. Visit cityoftacoma.org/sistercities to learn more about Tacoma’s sister cities. UPCOMING EVENT ROAD CLOSURES THROUGH JUNE 28 Please note the anticipated event-related road closures expected around Tacoma through Sunday, June 28: s From Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21, the Matador
session for all who bring them. Activities all day include music from the 50s and 60s, vehicle inspections for participants, interviews, Show & Shine, and a special awards presentation at the conclusion of the event at 2 p.m. The food vendor for the event will be the Fireside Kitchen, owned and operated by Troy and Deborah Whitehead and their children. Those who wish to support the food bank may do so by bringing canned goods. It will be greatly appreciated.
Summer Party event will close South 8th Street between Pacific Avenue and Court A from 11 a.m. to midnight. s On Saturday, June 20, the Draft Punk event will close Jefferson Avenue in front of the Swiss Restaurant between South 19th Street and the south edge of the Tioga Library Building from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. s On Sunday, June 28, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. the Tacoma Twilight Criterium event will close portions of streets in the following areas: North 29th through North 26th streets and North Mason through Washington streets. Ongoing: s The Proctor’s Farmers Market closes North 27th from North Proctor to North Madison streets every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. s The 6th Avenue Farmers Market closes North Pine Street from 6th Avenue to North 7th Street every Tuesday from 3-7 p.m. s The Broadway Farmer’s Market closes Broadway from South 9th to South 11th streets every Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Closures may change as a result of weather, event alterations and other unexpected circumstances. To get event-related road closure updates, go to the cityoftacoma.org event road closures web page and use the “Click to subscribe” link. To access a map of City construction projects with potential traffic impacts visit GovMe.com and click on Large Impact Construction Projects.
GRAND CINEMA PRESENTS ‘SCIENCE ON SCREEN’ The second installment of this year’s “Science on Screen” series melds entertainment with astronomy in a unique convergence of film and discussion hosted by The Grand on Monday, June 22 at 6:45 p.m. This “Science on Screen” event will bring theater-goers the opportunity to learn about astronomical discoveries and also watch “Another Earth,” a dramatic science fiction about the discovery of a duplicate earth in our solar system. Guest speaker Dr. Hillary Stephens, director of the Pierce College Science Dome Planetarium, will share a mini-lecture connecting this fictional narrative with reality by discussing how the rapid expansion of technology has significantly influenced astronomical observations and discoveries, posing the question of whether life exists on these distant planets. Stephens graduated from Stadium High School and has returned to Tacoma after earning numerous science degrees including a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy, a Masters in Physics and a PhD in Physics. Stephens shares her passion about the mysteries and wonders of the universe as a professor of physics and astronomy at Pierce College and also oversees the Science Dome Planetarium at the Fort Steilacoom campus. This is The Grand’s second year participating as a grantee in the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s national initiative to help make science accessible and interesting to general audiences by pairing engaging cinematic experiences with science and technology experts. The Grand Cinema is one of only 23 theaters across the nation to receive funding to participate in the trademarked “Science on Screen” event series. Prior “Science on Screen” film events at The Grand Cinema have included “Kon-Tiki,” “Life of Pi,” “12 Monkeys,” “Alien” and “Obselidia.” “Another Earth” is rated PG-13 and runs 1 hour and 23 minutes. Tickets to “Science on Screen” are on sale now and at The Grand’s Box Office at 606 S. Fawcett Ave., online at www. GrandCinema.com or by calling (253) 593-4474. GREEN DOT DESTINY MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLDS OPEN HOUSE Green Dot Destiny Middle School invites you to take a tour of the new school prior to its opening to Tacoma area families, on Tuesday, June 23, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 200 students have applied for the new public charter school, which will begin with sixth graders only and roll up to a full 6-8th grade middle school over the next three years. Green Dot Public Schools are publicly funded and free to attend. Each Green Dot School shares the common mission of preparing students for college, leadership and life and is open to all students. Our team has spent the last year working hard to renovate and remodel the empty Rogers Elementary building for our sixth grade students. This is our inaugural class of students, who, along with our amazing teachers and families, are making history here in Tacoma. Please RSVP to Bree Dusseault, Executive Director, Green Dot Washington at bree.dusseault@greendot.org. Please wear sturdy shoes, as parts of the school may still be under construction. You will meet Principal Genny Cadena speaking about how Destiny Middle School adds to the already excellent public school system and offers families and students another choice in their educational journey; Jessica Garcia, one of the first Tacoma residents to enroll her daughter at the new middle school, speaking on why she chose Destiny Middle school for her child; and School Operations Manager Le’Yondo Dunn describing what a typical day for a student at Destiny Middle School will be like. Destiny Middle School is located at 1301 E. 34th St., Tacoma, WA 98404. SEE MORE BULLETIN BOARD ITEMS AT TACOMAWEEKLY.COM
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AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO WORK COLD CASE MURDER OF TEEN By David Rose Washington’s Most Wanted - Q13 Fox
It was Feb. 6, 2004, and a laid-back Friday afternoon for 19-yearold Daitwon Young. He was hanging out with his friend on the couch playing video games when two men kicked in the apartment DAVID ROSE door in Lakewood. “There’s a brief verbal exchange and two shots were fired,” recalls Lakewood Police Chief Mike Zaro during an interview with Washington’s Most Wanted Cold Case Correspondent Parella Lewis. Zaro was the Pierce County detective assigned to the case. “One of the shots hit Daitwon and killed him. Investigators have no idea what the motive was. Daitwon had no criminal history. To our knowledge, he wasn’t involved in anything, any bad activities or illegal activities that would have drawn this kind of activity.” Chief Zaro says the two suspects shouted something at the men before opening fire. “People kicking the door in yelled ‘now
t Proctor residents of the city. “We know, as a community, that Proctor has a role to play,” she said, noting that whatever that role is should also include protections of the historic district’s community character. The 4 Proctor Foundation is now crafting a mission statement and list of concerns about changes that Proctor Station, which is currently under construction, and other future projects like it will have on the neighborhood. The group fears a potential boom of high-density apartments and condominiums could change the neighborhood’s family-friendly charm as well as its walkability and historically minded, small business-focused feel. “We are an independent group of Proctor residents and patrons who have come together to preserve the unique characteristics of our community as it faces the inevitable changes and challenges
what?’ shouted some profanities and then fired the shots,” Zaro explained. I talked with Daitwon’s sister, Tamika, several years ago. She believes the target was the man sitting next to her brother. “They basically killed the wrong person. He had nothing to do with it. I mean nothing at all,” she said. Chief Zaro adds, “It wasn’t a random apartment, I don’t believe. There was time for whoever kicked the door in to turn around and just run if they did get the wrong apartment. So I do believe they intended to kick the door in on that apartment and whether it was Daitwon or the person sitting next to him, that’s who they were targeting.” The gun used in the murder was found at the apartment complex, but police were unable to recover any fingerprints. They need information from someone who knows the two suspects, and can get justice for an innocent teenage boy. “We owe it to Daitwon who was just sitting on the couch, playing video games in his own residence. We owe it to him to find out who did it,” Zaro said. The suspects are both described as black men, 20 to 30 years old, 5-foot-7,
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that come with growth,” a draft of the group’s purpose statement states. “Livability is the sum of the factors that add up to a community’s quality of life – including the built and natural environments, economic prosperity, social stability and equity, educational opportunity and cultural, entertainment and recreation possibilities.” To that end, the group wants future developments to be compatible and in-scale with the surrounding neighborhood as well as address the infrastructure, transportation, parking and public service changes that would come with the growing demand for housing. Proctor Station, at 28th Street and Proctor, is a $30 million, six-story building that will offer 151 market rate apartments that would charge extra for in-building parking stalls, causing some to fear a crunch on street parking.
with medium builds and wearing dark clothes. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County at 1 (800) 222-TIPS (8477). All calls are anonymous and there is a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.
The building is fronted by former City Councilmember and current Pacific Northwest Shop owner Bill Evans and his business partner Erling Kuester. They have gathered other parcels in the area, prompting fears that similar developments in the historic business district are in the works as well. Zoning rules in Proctor allow for buildings up to 65-feet, or six stories, which many neighbors believe is too high for the area. They want the city to cap building height at 45 feet, or just four stories. That height was the limit until the city increased development allowances to 65 feet in 2009 in an effort to promote private development and increase housing density as the city’s population grows. “Growth is inevitable, and change is never easy,” Mayor Marilyn Strickland said. “Managing both is important for Tacoma’s future. Our past growth has been anemic at best and can be attributed to many factors. Sprawl, perception of
Police didn’t have to be master detectives to figure out the identity of a suspect breaking into 6th Avenue vehicles on June 8. Police were called to the scene after the man was seen fleeing a victim’s car. It would have been a clean getaway if the man hadn’t left behind his backpack, which included his photo I.D. Not content with one stupid move, the criminal returned to the scene of the crime a short time later, presumably to retrieve his bag, where officers promptly arrested him and transported him to Fife Jail for vehicle prowling and an outstanding warrant. Attracting attention to yourself while you have a warrant out is a classic mistake thousands of criminals have made in the past, and on June 6 another one joined their ranks when she decided some new makeup was worth the added attention of shoplifting from a 72nd Street convenience store. Police were called when the woman was detained and were surprised to learn she had an already existing warrant. The woman was transported to Pierce County Jail and was booked for her previous crime. Compiled by Derek Shuck
our school system, the need for more high-wage jobs and the city’s past reputation have all contributed to people choosing to live in surrounding communities instead of Tacoma. Things are finally turning around, and we’re seeing progress. People are also being priced out of King County and empty nesters are choosing to downsize, which means we need more housing options, and we need them in places we’ve zoned to receive increases in population. The proposed developments in the Proctor District do just that, and they will bring more customers to a walkable neighborhood businesses district with great amenities.” The Puget Sound Regional Council, which seeks to manage the area’s population issues under the state’s Growth Management Act, projected in 2000 that Tacoma would grow by 60,000 residents by 2020. The city has only grown by about 11,000 people in the last 15 years, however.
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Conferences are just a fact of life for professionals. Whether you are an educator who has to keep up with the latest innovations in teaching, or just a fan of a specific field like wine tasting, the scene is familiar to millions: a gray conference room filled with professionals in equally drab colors waiting for a potentially useful PowerPoint presentation to get underway. Michelle Breining at Learncation Travel has over 25 years of experience shaking this image up, with conferences taking place on cruises all around the world rather than at conference centers, allowing for an educational experience with a dash of adventure. Learning about gardening in the Philippines or better business practices on the Alaska coastlines are just a few of the limitless possibilities at Learncation Travel. “I’m committed to get customers the best deal, the best fit and the best rate to meet their needs,” Breining said. “You can’t get the hands-on experience sitting at a Seattle convention center looking at four walls. The experience on a cruise is second to none.” Learncation offers cruises for any kind of seminar, but Breining spe-
cializes in continuing education and wine education seminars. Recently, she was able to send a group of wine lovers on a cruise through Spain and France for a vineyard adventure. Not only were the patrons afforded plenty of time to learn about the subject, they got to visit vineyards in person to get a true hands-on experience that couldn’t be found at a traditional conference. “The educational piece is just so much better. You get so much more out of it by having a ship take you to a destination and learn along the way,” Breining said. “I think that would be a great benefit for people who want to do this.” Another benefit to a Learncation is the ability to take friends and families along for the ride. While there may not be a lot for a spouse to do during a hotel convention, everyone can enjoy a cruise, no matter what the purpose. “We’ve had 1,000 people on our cruises before. You are able to bring families and have that education all together to have that complete experience,” Breining said. If this sounds like a perfect fit for you and your company, contact Michelle Breining at (253) 576-8965. Learncation Travel will discuss with you a proper location, type of cruise and rates for you and your group.
A new community garden has been established in Fife at Levee Pond Park. Now, all that’s needed is for people to come and claim their plot, or plots, and get plants in the ground. A total of 54 plots have been staked on the strip of land, each of which measures 10-feet by 10-feet. Only 16 plots have been claimed so far, so there are plenty left to go around. It’s affordable, too: cost for a plot for the growing season, which lasts until Dec. 31, is $15 for Fife residents and business owners and $30 for non-residents. Seniors (62 and older) and people with physical limitations will be assigned plots closer to the garden access points and water outlets when possible. Karen McDonald heads up the community garden volunteer committee. As a resident of Saddle Creek (and president of its homeowners association), she is delighted to now have room for a garden that’s not grown in containers on her patio. “I went to the first meeting and I said if we can make this happen I will do it,” she said of assuming leadership of the committee. “What I have heard is that basically every community garden around here has waiting lists and that’s where the majority of our interest came from because nobody could get into community gardens in Tacoma or anywhere else. So this is a really good opportunity for anyone who wants to get in on a community garden.” The garden is perfect for those who live in multi-family housing developments, townhouses, condominiums and apartments and who don’t have a way to plant gardens. The garden is situated in an out-of-the-way section of Levee Park, which is locat-
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GrEEN THUmb. Karen McDonald heads up the com-
munity garden volunteer committee. Here she tends to the young plants she has given a home to in her garden plot. She’s hoping that Tacoma residents will come and claim their plot as well.
ed at 70th Avenue East and Levee Road, and just a short walk off the paved pathway. With Mount Rainier on the horizon, Levee Pond nearby and the garden receiving full sun all day, gardeners are sure to have a bountiful harvest from what they plant. Jake Sterino of Sterino Farms and a team of volunteers from New Life Adventist Ministry in Fife donated their time and energies to prep the garden soil. “This was all done by volunteers, out of the kindness of their own hearts. They did the majority of the labor, which was very, very kind of them,” McDonald said. “We would not have been able to do it without them.” Kurt Reuter is Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director for Fife. He said the notion to launch a community garden took root several years ago but until now it was one of the projects waiting in the wings. “This year, we had a renewed interest on the part of Deputy Mayor (Pat) Hulcey and a couple other folks, including Park Board Member Carol Sue Bratten, so that’s what got it going,” Reuter said, noting that McDonald stepping up to lead the charge was the final step. “Karen and her group have been terrific.” The city’s Public Works
department is now installing a water line for the garden, which is set to be completed in days. Reuter said he’s hoping that many more urban gardeners will take advantage of this opportunity to participate in Fife’s community garden, not to mention that the growing season for summer produce is well on its way. “We have lots of plots left available. We’ve got the space and we’re hoping folks will take us up on it,” he said. There are certain rules of use that garden participants are required to follow, such as not growing produce for personal consumption only – no commercial purposes – and gardeners are encouraged to donate extra produce to local food banks. Gardeners are also required to completely disassemble their gardens at the end of the season so that the ground can be plowed up for next year. A year-round garden may come in the future. “We’re investigating doing that so people can rent and maintain them yearround,” McDonald said. Those interested in securing space in the Fife community garden can pick up an application at Fife City Hall, 5411 23rd St. E., or through the city’s website at www. cityoffife.org.
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GrAduAtion 2015 HUMANITY AT THE FORK IN THE ROAD By Willie Dickerson Here you are: Graduation Day! Congratulations on a job well done. A hard fought battle for many of you to get in these seats today. Good work. How do you get here? On the shoulders of those before you. With the support of those who love you and, yes, with your determination. Be grateful to yourself and your support team. Parents deserve special thanks, embrace them. If a teacher made a difference, thank her or him. If it was a sibling or another relative or friend, thank them. Be grateful in your life, it makes a difference. Thanks in writing is very powerful. However you got here, congratulations! Not everyone makes it to this place. But you did and you’re the people we have been waiting for. This first part of your education is complete. Welcome to humanity’s fork in the road. We need you to help us choose. We’re counting on you – that’s why society invested in your education for the last 12 to 14 years. (Maybe longer for a few, and that’s okay – you’re here now.) This moment in time gives us the opportunity to control disease, end hunger and abject poverty, and make sure everyone gets an education, a decent job, health care and a place to
live. Sound like pie in the sky? Dr. Mark Dybul, director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, says there is a window to control these diseases right now if we keep up this fight. Dr. Jim Kim, president of the World Bank, says we can end the worst aspects of global poverty by 2030. Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, says that we can put poverty in a museum. His micro-finance model has helped tens of thousands out of poverty. The Global Partnership for Education has a working model to make sure the 58 million children with no education finally have the opportunity to learn. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is set to reach another 300 million children with live-saving vaccines. This work also strengthens health care systems in the developing world, so epidemics can be stopped where they begin. The recent Ebola epidemic once again showed us how important this is. All of these interventions help to end hunger, strengthen communities, and support a more peaceful world. We are making inroads on these epic problems with these and other organizations and solutions. But we aren’t there yet. It’s working but still
needs your help, your voice, your innovations to complete this work. Welcome to the global stage, humanity’s fork in the road. Your voice will help decide if we take the opportunity to create a better world or millions continue to suffer and die from problems we can fix. You can make a big difference. Don’t let the agents of apathy tell you otherwise. We are counting on you. So celebrate the commencement of your new life and the opportunity to change the world. Go for your dreams and remember those without a voice. This very moment you could call or email your representative and senators to vote for forthcoming legislation to end the 6.3 million preventable deaths of children and 289,000 mothers due to pregnancy-related complications that occur every year. It takes only a few minutes to do this in your busy journey to success. Thank you, and again, congratulations! Willie Dickerson is a former Tacoma resident, where he taught school for 16 years (and he still visits family often). Retired now, he is a volunteer with RESULTS (http://results.org) working to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty in America and our world.
Not a week goes by these days without some charges of racial disparity at the hands of law enforcement officers, government officials or school administrators somewhere in the country. Some people cite the rise of video-recording cell phones that allow witnesses to easily record incidents of police officers apparently using unwarranted force when interacting with citizens of color. Others say easy-to-use video editing and social media sharing of those recordings are allowing people to take such incidents out of context for their own gain. As usual, the truth just might lie somewhere in the middle. Regardless of the facts surrounding the mounting number of individual incidents, there is clearly a disparity at least in the perception of injustice across the spectrum of society that needs to be addressed. Not every arrest or suspension or shooting death of a member of a racial, sexual or cultural group is founded on the person’s skin color, orientation or background, but judicial disparity based on those factors can’t be ruled out in far too many of them to ignore outright. And it is comforting to hear Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor face that head on by admitting that there is racism in law enforcement agencies, adding that there is also racism in schools, churches, communities and society in general. He calls it a “species disease� that infects everyone. The first step to curing the disease is talking openly, frankly and often about racial disparity and racial bias found commonly in America. That step shouldn’t happen at the prompting of some investigation about claims of disparity. It should happen away from the cloud of “he said, she said� allegations that fall down to specifics of individual cases. Rather such talks should be ongoing and holistic. And those discussions are happening. Leaders of the local NAACP acknowledge that they have strong ties with the administrators of local law enforcement agencies and work well together at addressing issues when they arise. But they acknowledge that issues still arise, suggesting that there is a gap between police chiefs and sheriffs and the rank-and-file officers they lead. But there is also work to be done within communities regarding their own actions and tones toward police officers as law enforcement investigates potential crimes. Problems arise when matters are defined in terms of “us� and “them� rather than “we,� since matters of purely blind justice effect everyone. All forms of judicial disparity are not just an African American issue, or a gay issue, or a religious issue. It is a human issue. All humans play a role in propagating the disease as well as a role in its cure.
CORRECTION In the June 12 story “Author and speaker makes big impression on youth and adults,� the contact phone number for Jamicka Jones was incorrect. It is (253) 882-8702. Learn more about her at www. YouMatterNow.net. Tacoma Weekly apologizes for the error.
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CAreful About imPoSinG A STATE INCOME TAX By Don C. Brunell Connecticut is in a deep financial pickle and is in danger of seeing a mass exodus of businesses looking for states where taxes are lower and private sector employers are welcome. Connecticut, a state of 3.6 million people, just passed a two-year $40 billion state budget, which is roughly the amount Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and lawmakers in Olympia are grappling over. But an accumulation of tax increases has Connecticut taxpayers steaming and looking to leave. This is what happened. Right after Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) assumed office in 2011, he and Democratic lawmakers passed a $2.5 billion income tax hike – the biggest in the state’s history. The problem is the revenue got spent, taxpayers fled the state and the flimsy economy never really pulled out of the Great Recession. During his 2014 re-election campaign, Malloy promised not to raise taxes and said there would not be a budget deficit, but a year later lawmakers, with Malloy’s blessing, passed $1.2 billion in new taxes mostly on employers, to plug a gaping $2 billion budget hole. According to the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), the seeds of Connecticut’s ongoing budget crisis date back to 1991 when then-Gov. Lowell Weicker Jr. introduced the state’s first-ever income tax as a new revenue source that would
solve Connecticut’s budget woes for decades. But just the opposite happened. Spending soared after the politicians had access to a new cash cow of income tax receipts. IBD reports the income tax has been raised five times since the early 1990s. So, a state that originally had no income tax, then started with a low flat rate of 4.5 percent, now has a top rate of 6.99 percent. It also has one of the highest estate taxes, so people with wealth scram to Florida and Texas. Lawmakers responded by looking for new types of taxes. Connecticut is one of only eight states that taxes computer processing services and that tax is about to triple over the next three years. IBD reports, â€œâ€Śnow several of the largest corporations in the state, including Yankee mainstays such as insurance giants Aetna and Travelers, as well as General Electric, are threatening to leave and get out of this abusive relationship.â€? GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt told his thousands of Connecticut-based employees that he has put together a team to evaluate a move to another state with “a more pro-business environment.â€? He says the company’s state taxes have increased five times since 2011 and the new hike would impose “significant and retroactive tax increases for businesses.â€? IBD wrote that Aetna complained that it already pays $65 million a year
in state and local taxes and under this budget its burden rises another 27 percent. It is not only the Fortune 500 companies who are upset; the latest actions have infuriated Connecticut taxpayers who are already paying the third-highest state and local taxes in the nation and their income taxes are headed up yet again. Compounding the problem is Gallup’s annual ranking of state job markets in 2014. Connecticut ranks last in job creation, a position it has held since 2008. That same year, Fortune named Connecticut as the fourth worst place to do business. Washington’s State Supreme Court tossed out our state income tax in 1933 and several efforts to amend our constitution to re-impose it have failed. Some income tax proponents say the time might be ripe again to take another run at changing the constitution. Before we consider such a move, we should keep in mind Connecticut’s experience. After all, we already have lots of businesses that are being recruited every day to pack up and leave. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.
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in 2009. The thinly veiled threat prompted the deputy to call his duty sergeant about the mounting number of threats of violence. “I told him I was possibly going to have a confrontation at the school and asked him to come to my location,� the deputy wrote in his afteraction report. “Because (the witness) claimed to be related to Maurice Clemmons I wanted to avoid any/all controversy with anyone related to Maurice Clemmons.� The teen was placed under arrest for threats to shoot up the school. The deputy went to question Hardy and handcuffed him during an argument. Hardy denied any knowledge of the threats, despite the deputy mentioning the witness naming him as one of the teens making the threats to shoot up the school. “He began to physically resist, started yelling profanities and threatened to spit in my face,� the deputy wrote and Hardy later confirmed. Police backup then arrived. Hardy continued to resist, so the deputy and another officer forced Hardy to the ground in a hallway and a deputy placed his knee on Hardy’s neck, breaking Hardy’s glasses, the teen claims. The incident is briefly mentioned in the deputy’s report. The deputy mentioned in his official report that his shoulder was injured in the incident. Hardy was taken to
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Remann Hall along with the other teen. All charges were later dropped against Hardy, who was told by school administrators that he would not be allowed to participate in the school’s graduation ceremony because he had been handcuffed for resisting arrest, even though the charges were later dismissed. The Tacoma Branch of the NAACP called for an investigation into the appearance of disparity by police and school officials concerning students of color. “We are not here to say we don’t have great police officers,� NAACP chapter President Rev. Gregory Christopher said during a press conference on the issue last week. “We have that.� But there are enough questions about the actions of the deputy that resulted in the handcuffing of a student in a common area during
school on charges that were later dropped to prompt an investigation, he said. Pastor agreed. He attended the press conference and pledged to investigate the incident. “I need people to give me details on this,â€? he said. â€œâ€Ś That’s how we get answers to things‌ I will tell you that I don’t know the answers to this. I need a little time to find out what happened.â€? What he knows is that law enforcement officers responded to a call to investigate someone making threats about shooting up the school and students were arrested. At least one of those students, Hardy, is claiming his treatment at the hands of the arresting officer was racially motivated. Those claims, Pastor said, need to be answered. “Racism is a species disease,â€? he said. “It is not just a police issue. It is an American issue.â€? An investigation will take time, he said, and
it could result in a range of actions, from a verbal reprimand to dismissal, if the investigation finds that the deputy violated policies or acted inappropriately. But nothing will happen until all the facts are known. “We put things on the table, and we deal with them on the table,� Pastor said. “That is exactly, exactly how it should be.� Franklin Pierce School District officials reportedly denied NAACP requests to attend the conference to voice their reasoning behind the decision to not allow Hardy to participate in his graduation ceremonies. School officials did not respond to attempts seeking comment. “My son would have been the first that I could see walk, and they took that away from me, and they abused him and put him in jail,� the teen’s mother, Vivian Hardy, said, adding that the deputy in the most recent incident was also
involved in the case against her son reportedly being found with drugs. “This was pretty much a vendetta to get back at my son.� Hardy admits that he had been in trouble at school twice before, once for marijuana possession and once for an incident when he reportedly pushed a girl in the back after she slapped him in the back of the head. This local case of potential racial disparity in police responses comes as a rising number of similar allegations are being leveled at law enforcement agencies across the country. “This is not just an isolated incident,� A. Philip Randolph Institute Chapter President Grover Johnson said. “It is happening all over.� Hardy has since received his diploma and has plans to attend Clover Park Technical College, although he has also being accepted to Seattle Art Institute.
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The student, Christopher D. Hardy, is African American, raising questions with the NAACP and community leaders to wonder if there was a racial component to the handing of the case. The deputy is Latino. The whole issue started on June 1 when Washington High School administrators called deputies concerning a tip that two students had been talking about plans to “shoot up the school,� while they were getting onto a school bus the previous Friday. The witness initially identified Hardy as one of those students but during a police interrogation in the school’s office he mentioned that the comments were made jokingly. The witness then changed his story and said he was also involved in the conversation. The teen then changed his story yet again and took full blame for making the comments. He recanted his entire story and then denied he even mentioned that he had just said Hardy was ever involved, claiming he didn’t want to “snitch� on anyone. The deputy mentioned to the teen witness had also reported the conversation, prompting the teen to then stop talking to the deputy, saying, “Do you know who I am? I am Maurice Clemmons’ nephew, and you know how we do.� That is a reference to the man who killed four Lakewood police officers during a shootout in a Parkland coffee shop
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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT Supporting the Economic Growth of Our Community
State, local and Puyallup tribal officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Feb. 18, 2015 for the next Interstate 5 project in Tacoma that will create a new bridge over the Puyallup River and reconstruct the I-5/State Route-167 interchange, commuter lanes and increase access to tribal properties. Pictured here are (left to right): Puyallup tribal member David Duenas; State Representative Hans Zeiger (R-25); Tacoma Deputy Mayor David Boe; Puyallup Tribal Chairman Bill Sterud; State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson; Hamilton Construction President Scott Williams; WSDOT Olympic Region Administrator Kevin Dayton; and Kierra Phifer with U.S. Senator Patty Murray’s office.
Considered among the most urban of Native American tribes, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has grown to be a critical component of the South Sound economy. As Pierce County’s sixth largest employer, a donor to a broad range of charitable organizations and a major funder of housing, roads, education and environmental projects, the Puyallup Tribe stands as a model for taking care
of not only its own membership but sharing its wealth among the broader community as well. The Puyallup Tribe is one of the largest employers in Pierce County. With a payroll of more than 3,200 people that work in the Tribe’s businesses, government, economic development corporation, school, and health and housing authorities — approximately 70 percent
of whom are non-Native — employees enjoy competitive wages and benefits. In 2013, the Tribe spent more than $461 million. This spending supports communities by providing good wages and generous benefits to individuals, and through purchases of goods and services from local suppliers, vendors, contractors, construction companies and more. From sponsoring countless local
charities, non-profit organizations, social welfare projects and events that may otherwise suffer or cease to exist, to protecting the environment, funding crime prevention, city improvement projects and healthcare, the Tribe maintains its commitment to honoring its welldeserved reputation as “the generous people,” a reflection of the meaning of the Tribe’s very name “Puyallup.”
IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY FOR EVERYONE Tribe, WSDOT work together to upgrade roads, protect resources The Puyallup Tribe and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reached an agreement in 2014 concerning the agency’s HOV Project on Interstate 5 on the Puyallup Indian Reservation. The agreement focuses particularly on one portion of the project: replacement of the freeway’s bridges across the Puyallup River. Replacement of the bridges is vital. They are more than 50 years old and would not withI-5 crossing the Puyallup River as it exists now. (Right) A computer-enhanced image of what I-5 will look like after the new northbound bridge is complete. Note that stand the impact of a serious (Left) both northbound and southbound I-5 traffic will temporarily be shifted onto the new northbound bridge while crews demolish and rebuild the southbound bridge. HOV lanes earthquake. The new bridges will only open after both the new northbound and southbound bridges are complete. will provide a much greater degree of safety in such an event and with the fish migration periods. The work will use conthe Emerald Queen Casino in East Tacoma. HOV lanes will improve transportation in the area. struction methods that minimize impacts on the The agreement provides that work will be conThe agreement allows the project to continue resource. ducted in a manner respectful of the Tribe’s culforward and at the same time protects the fishThe project will meet water quality standards tural resources. The agreement further conveys ery habitat and resource and preserves Tribal for the river established by the Tribe and by the several parcels of land to the Tribe to offset the members’ opportunity to fish, a right guaranteed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. WSDOT lost use of lands on which the Tribe has given by the Treaty of Medicine Creek. To accomplish will construct an upstream fishery habitat mitigaWSDOT easements for the project. A right of first those goals WSDOT agrees to focus its work in tion project. In addition, the overall project will refusal gives the Tribe an opportunity to purchase the river at times other than fishing season and improve transportation for the public in the area of additional lands.
PARTNERING TO ENHANCE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION Partnering with local jurisdictions to improve local transportation, in the past seven years the Tribe has spent more than $40 million on transportation projects and traffic safety services in neighboring areas. These are largely done in collaboration with state and local governments to benefit the region’s growing traffic infrastructure, which helps everyone. Projects range from lighting and safety improvements, to bridges and reconstruction projects, providing hundreds of jobs to local engineers, tradesmen, environmental and cultural resource consultants, construction contractors, and the like. Examples of the Tribe’s expenditures over the past seven years to completed and ongoing projects include: 30th Street Safety Project, Tacoma Paving, lighting, ADA access, replacement of sidewalks on both sides of 30th Avenue from Portland Avenue to R Street, and one side of 31st Avenue, including relocation of public utilities. Permitted through the City of Tacoma. The project was completed spring of 2013.
31st Street Rehabilitation Project, Tacoma 31st Street is a failed road that will be repaved, establish curb and stormwater facilities, street trees, and relocation of public utilities. Permitted through the City of Tacoma. The project is in the design and engineering phase and is slated to begin in Spring 2015. Wilkeson Hatchery Access Roads Project This project included rehabilitation and stabilization of an unpaved road critical for fisheries access. Amenities include paving the road, building retaining walls, fencing, and lighting. The project was completed in the fall of 2013. Grandview Avenue/East R Street Construction Project, Tacoma The project involved construction of an access road off of Grandview Avenue for the Grandview Learning Center due to safety concerns related to increased traffic projections, and includes installation of a storm water conveyance system from Grandview Avenue to 32nd Street. In 2009, activities related to this project included preliminary engineering, design, NEPA, right of way and completion of plans for the access road. The
stormwater conveyance has been installed, and the project was completed in September 2012. Transportation Planning and Collaboration with State and Local Governments s East Side Community Projects: Tribal staff is working with the City of Tacoma with respect to long-range transportation planning involving several city streets. s Additional Transportation Planning and Administration: Tribal staff works in collaboration with a number of federal, state and local government agencies to plan and administer transportation projects in the region. s Inspection Services: The Puyallup Tribe pays for City of Tacoma inspectors for both the R Street and Grandview projects, fees to exceed $100,000. s Port of Tacoma Emergency Response ITS Study: The Puyallup Tribe has committed $75,000 to partner with the City of Tacoma, Port of Tacoma, and local port businesses to study emergency vehicle response in the Port of Tacoma tide flats area to address safety concerns and increase local police & fire response.
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PHOTOS BY DEREK SHUCK
IMPLORE. (Left) It wasn’t just Geiger parents who took to the microphone at the June 11 school board meeting, as students spoke passionately about their
love for the program. (Right) The Geiger group came to the meeting not only sporting matching shirts but also carrying a variety of banners showing Geiger and Tacoma pride.
t Geiger there was a vacuum of middle school options for students on the Westside, the board decided to re-open Wainwright over several other options, including expanding Geiger. This, in addition to the rebuilding of Hunt Middle School, would fill the gap. Should the funds for the Geiger middle school program not make it into the board’s biennial budget at the June 25 school board meeting, the chances of expanding the program within the next couple of years would be slim to none. “When we chose Geiger for our family we took into consideration that Geiger
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would have the option to expand to middle school by the time our students aged out of the program. We have spent the last several years being frustrated by a complete lack of clear communication on when this change will occur,� parent Alice Di Certo said. Parents and students both read prepared speeches to the board imploring them to add an expanded Geiger Montessori program to their budget. With the number of people wanting to address the council, the normal three-minute allotment was reduced to two minutes. “The precious and for-
mative middle school years for our children should be a smooth extension built upon the strong Montessori foundation they are receiving. We are so proud of our school community, culture and active family participation. We are so thankful to the wonderful teachers who are guiding our children and igniting an individual love of learning in each of them,� parent Lisa Olsen said. Councilmember Ibsen voiced support for the parent group, arguing that something that attracts families to the Tacoma School District should be expanded, not left unfinished. Although Geiger parent testimonies mentioned being promised a middle school, in a statement to the
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not saying Montessori ends now because it doesn’t,� Vialle said. For many parents, the solution to just transfer to Bryant doesn’t do much to ease their feeling of being misled to believe Geiger would reach its full potential before their children moved on to the sixth grade, as well as their inability to give feedback to the board when these decisions were made. The parent group also feels that various references on the district website labeling Geiger as a K-eighth grade school further spread misinformation on the future of the school. “We spent over $200,000 to be at Geiger because it was going to be a pre-K through eighth-grade school. We would not have chosen to go to Geiger if it was not going to be pre-K through eighth grade,� parent Rebekah Mingus said. “I put myself into pre-term labor moving so we could be near Geiger before my baby was born. This is why the first word out of my mouth is betrayed. It has been just over a month since we made our last payment on a broken promise.�
Students speaking at the meeting were concerned about moving away from Geiger, especially when it was built with a higherlevel program in mind. “Geiger is such a nice school because the whole school has new technology and the empty classrooms are just waiting for a middle school. So, would you please reconsider your decision so that Geiger can grow to what was promised?� student Alden Reyns asked the board. While the group of Geiger parents may be frustrated with how things were handled and communicated them in the past, they are determined to work with the school board to fix the thread and find out what they can do to complete the Geiger Montessori program going into the future. “Please provide us with clear guidance on how we can take Geiger Montessori to the next level to include a middle school option for our students. Our community is asking to work with the district and school board for the future of our students,� parent Mark Viramontes said.
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t U.S. Open JBLM Orchestra. Sunday was a free admission for fans, and the thousands that showed up seemed to be having some of the best times of their lives. But wait, things were just getting started. Monday ushered in more sunshine and a fuller contingent of U.S. Open golfers descending upon Chambers to play nine or 18 holes of golf, hoping to get a better feel for this golf course that has been the talk of the world for several weeks now. Throughout the day, no matter how many fans were surrounding fairways, tee-boxes or greens, the Spectator’s Square area was constantly buzzing with activity. Between the tasty eats offered up by the likes of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Chamber’s Grill and the Seafood Shack, golf fans had quite the variety of dining options. Surprisingly, for an event this size, the prices were a little less or at most, on-par with sporting events at Centurylink Field. The 41,000 square-foot Merchandise Pavilion was a sight to see. You didn’t read that incorrectly. The souvenir shop at the U.S. Open is approximately the size of a grocery store. Upon entering, I was surprised to hear some John Mellencamp playing overhead, shortly followed by some 38 Special. Needless to say, I felt right at home. I grabbed four items, made it through the check out and was back out in the blistering sun in a record-setting time of 12 minutes. They have that place running like a well-oiled machine, much like pretty much everything else on the sprawling thousandacre golf wonderland. The golf course is looking spectacular, and if you find yourself spending
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time on the 16th and 17th holes, the proximity to the water adds a charm and touch of coolness to the surroundings that is probably only matched in a handful of golf locales around the world. Tuesday, I felt I had burnt my skin enough the previous day to qualify for some extended Media Center time and I dropped anchor for much of the day taking in press conferences with the biggest names in golf. When you’re a fan of golf for decades, it’s certainly a special feeling to sit mere feet away from the best in the game and even ask them a few questions. I expected Tiger Woods to be stiff and cold with the media. For several years now, the media has been Woods’ worst enemy and I wasn’t going to blame him if he came across as standoffish and distant. Instead, what we got for over 30 minutes was a funny, relaxed and engaging Woods that was an absolute delight to behold. I for one was not the only journalist fan-boy a little moved by his appearance and the way he conducted himself. I’ll be pulling for Tiger just a little bit more this week during the tournament. Phil Mickelson was great. He was very open about having to approach the game and his body a little differently now that he just hit his 45th year on this planet. What I also enjoyed about Mickelson was his
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sense of humor. He’s got a sneaky one and I’m sure there were several writers in attendance that couldn’t tell if he was being serious, or having a little fun with the journo-throng. I don’t really know what I was expecting out of the press conference with 15-year old Cole Hammer. The young Texan defeated scads of older golfers in his Texas qualifier to advance to the Open this week. While the kid wasn’t exactly an old-pro on the microphone, he was leaps and bounds ahead of what you would expect from such a young
man. It looks like Hammer has some great parents, because they’re obviously raising a well-mannered, well-spoken, happy and humble kid. I would love to see him make the cut on Friday and play the final two days of the tournament. It would be huge for the game of golf. Barbara and Jack Nicklaus appeared later in the day on Tuesday for a heartwarming conversation. Yes, that Jack Nicklaus. The legendary couple was not in town just to take in the tournament. Barbara was awarded the
2015 Bobby Jones award, which is the United States Golf Associations highest honor in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. The couple spoke warmly of their early days together, their time during Jack’s long golf career and what seems most-important to them now: the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. After the Nicklaus press conference, we were all invited to sample some of the new ice cream flavors from the Jack Nicklaus Ice Cream line available
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SECTION A, PAGE 12
115TH U.S. OPEN
IN THEIR OWN WORDS:
GOLF’S BIGGEST NAMES CHIME IN ON U.S. OPEN
PHOTOS BY ROCKY ROSS
SHOCKED. (top) Jay Hardy is one of
thirteen Shock players that have scored goals this season in the Evergreen Premier League. (bottom) Danny Minnitti is no stranger to big air.
SOUTH SOUND FC SUFFERS FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON By Sara Hines Tacoma Weekly Correspondent
By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com
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onday and Tuesday saw the 2015 U.S. Open roll into full swing at Chambers Bay and the all-stars and legends were dropping by the Media Pavilion for a string of press conferences that left heads spinning. With so many hours of commentary, we’ve grabbed some of the best bits from some of the biggest names in the world of golf.
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One of the local favorites this week is Puyallup’s RYAN MOORE. Currently ranked 32nd in the world, Moore proved to be a hit on the microphone. On what it means to have the U.S. Open in this area: “Well, I mean it’s huge. It’s huge for us players that are from around here. I remember when it was announced not too long ago, and it was incredible to think that it was really going to be a U.S. Open, truly where I grew up, not just in Washington or the Pacific Northwest, but truly -- I grew up, my home was 10 to 12 miles from here, where I lived and grew up. And where I went to high school is 15 miles away from here, so u See GOLF / page A14
PHOTOS BY ROCKY ROSS
TIME FOR TEE. (top) The 16th hole at Chambers Bay is much of a
beauty as it is a challenge. (middle and bottom) “The Big Easy” Ernie Els works to regain some of the magic that made him one of the premier golfers in the world not too long ago.
South Sound FC traveled across the state on Saturday, June 13 to take on the Spokane Shadow for the second time this season. South Sound battled back to level the match twice after facing a 2-0 deficit in the first half. In the end, it wasn’t enough and the match ended in a 4-3 loss. The traveling squad left Saturday morning and planned to get into town early enough to rest and stretch legs before the match. That went mostly to plan, minus a flat tire for one of the vehicles in Easton. After a delay, that group was back on the road and able to meet up with the rest of the squad who took a detour to the river before heading to the stadium for warm-ups. Both teams set out on a pace to win the match early in the first half. South Sound had a few early shots on goal, but it was Spokane who would score the first goal in the 12th minute. It wasn’t long before Spokane would increase their lead and scored their second goal in the 27th minute. A save from goalkeeper Chris Kintz would keep Spokane from scoring again. Then, at the 34th minute, Tyler John put South Sound on the board after he took advantage of a ball that bounced near his head and put it in the net for a goal. Jay Hardy would keep the momentum going with a save and clearance in the 42nd minute. The half would end with Spokane up 2-1. Daniel Gray, Marcus Wilson, Brandon Madsen and Kellen Brown were the South Sound halftime substitutions in for Scotty Hanson, Taylor Jackson, Tyler John and JJ Schmeck. Brandon Madsen made good on his substitution when he scored in the 46th minute to level the game at 2-2. Danny Minniti sent a cross in from the left side and Madsen buried it 40 seconds into the second half. Spokane pulled ahead again in the 51st minute, but Brandon Madsen again proved his worth as he spun with the ball inside the box and shot it past the Spokane defense. The match was again level at 3-3. A penalty was awarded to Spokane in the 77th minute, who converted to bring the home side up one last time. The match ended with Spokane Shadow winning 4-3. South Sound’s Head Coach Adam Becker was sent off by the referees after the penalty kick was awarded. He will be unavailable for the club’s next match. The Shock’s next match is a home match Saturday, June 20 at Harry Lang Stadium against the Olympic Force. First kick is set for 7 p.m. South Sound then plays a mid-week game against the first-place Vancouver Victory FC on Wednesday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m.
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SPORTSWATCH
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SOUNDERS WOMEN EDGE PRIDE 2-1 FOR WESTERN CONFERENCE LEAD
More than 600 people watched the Sounders Women win against the Colorado Pride on Sunday, June 14, in Bellingham. The game was played at Civic Stadium as part of the club’s initiative to reach out to clubs and areas and give young players the opportunity to see high level women’s soccer in Washington State. The Whatcom Rangers youth club hosted the game and offered the opportunity to watch the game and give opportunities for young players to get involved. Sounders Women head coach, Hubert Busby Jr. also serves as the Technical Director for the Whatcom Club. The game started with physical battles across the park with McKenzie Berryhill receiving a yellow card early for a hard tackle. The altercation was followed quickly by a Janelle Flaws miss on a feed from Rose Lavelle. The Sounders Women pressed hard to find the first goal and Cali Farquarson hammered home a corner kick placed well by Lavelle. As the game progressed, the physical nature was again apparent as the Pride earned a penalty kick before half time and Elizabeth Madjarac finished making it 1-1. Kate Scheele had a big night making saves to keep the game level while the Sounders Women looked to counter and find the winning goal. The game as billed as the top game of the week and it delivered with attacks regularly buzzing from one end of the park to the other. The halftime score had the teams level at 1-1. In the 52nd minute, the Sounders Women broke free on a run by Brianna Hooks. Rachel Pittman played a nice ball in and Hooks smacked the net to make it 2-1 Sounders Women. Yellow cards were handed out again as the game remained physical with both teams fighting for the top spot in the Western Conference standings. The final 20 minutes of the second half saw the Pride pushing forward to find the equalizer and the Sounders Women holding on to finish the game. Saves by Scheele and stellar defensive performances from the Sounders Women as a group highlighted the end of a winning day for the Sounders Women. The final score was 2-1 for the Sounders Women. The two Western Conference foes will meet again in Colorado on July 3. The Sounders Women take the week off of W-League play to head to Calgary to play the Calgary Foothills women this weekend in an exhibition game on Saturday, June 20th. They return to league play against the Colorado Rush on June 28 at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila, Washington. Tickets and the complete schedule are available at www.sounderswomen.com.
TWO LUTES SEE SOUTH AMERICAN SIDE OF SOCCER WITH TRIP TO BRAZIL
A pair of Pacific Lutheran soccer student-athletes got a taste of international play to begin summer as Lutes Kaylie Rozell and Troy-Mikal Oliger traveled to Brazil as part of the USA D-3 Soccer Teams. Rozell and Oliger, who have each earned all-conference recognition while competing for PLU, each joined 15 other players to form 16-team men’s and women’s squads comprised of all-conference, all-region and All-American soccer players from 15 different NCAA Div. III schools around the United States. The two squads traveled to Orlando, Fla., for orientation and training May 26 before spending a week in Brazil. They competed against top U-22 club teams from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and toured historic sites throughout Brazil. “This was an amazing experience for me,” Rozell said. “It really opened my eyes to how the game of soccer can bring people together and how lucky I am to play this sport.” Rozell highlighted the experience of sharing that took place following each contest. She recalled how the teams would trade shirts and mentioned how welcoming and generous the Brazilian players were. Another memorable moment for Rozell was the opportunity to take on a group of kids in a pick-up basketball game. “None of them could speak English, and none of us could speak Portuguese, but that didn’t stop us,” Rozell said. “We ended up giving all the kids a USA patch, and I gave one of the kids a USA shirt. His eyes lit up and he put it on right away and wore it the rest of the time we were there.” Oliger shared similar sentiments, including the experience of sharing shirts and recognizing how little some of the Brazilian players had. He commented that “even though they didn’t have much at all, they were still happy to be playing the game that they loved. That’s all they needed to be happy.” Pacific Lutheran was the lone Northwest College school represented on the trip. The opportunity to visit historic sites and the home of the 2014 World Cup, all while experiencing an international style of soccer, was not lost on the two Lutes. And both reflected on the value of the sport in uniting people despite any language or cultural barriers. “I’ve grown up playing soccer my whole life, so to play in another country was an unbelievable experience,” Oliger said. “From watching amazing players from all over the world, many of them coming from Brazil, it was crazy to actually be in their country playing against players and clubs that have the same style as them.” “It didn’t matter what language we spoke; the language of soccer brought us together,” Rozell said. “I am so thankful that I got to have this experience and meet so many new people. I would go back and do this again in a heartbeat.”
TWO TITLE FIGHTS TO HEADLINE SUPER FIGHT LEAGUE 41
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11 at 7 p.m. Since their arrival in the U.S. in Oct. 2014, Super Fight League has been putting on some of the most talked about shows on the West Coast. July 11 will be no different, as two title fights will headline a stacked card featuring the best up and coming mixed martial artists in the country. In the main event of the evening, two hometown favorites look to bring home the gold as Harrison Bevens (7-3) faces Justin “Ruckus” Harrington (6-2) for the recently vacated Super Fight League America Lightweight Championship. As two of the most well-known and exciting fighters in the Pacific Northwest today, Bevens and Harrington are known for always bringing their A-game. When asked for his thoughts on his newest opponent, Justin Harrington had this to say: “It’s going to be a dog fight. Harrison is hungry to get that belt and I’m super hungry to get it back. He’s probably the toughest fighter I’ve faced and that’s what gets me motivated. I have tons of respect for him and his camp, but I need my belt back and I’m training my a__ off to make sure that happens. I will get my belt back.” With both men as hungry as ever to capture gold, this Lightweight Championship contest will be nothing short of incredible. In the evening’s co-main event, Enumclaw’s Tyson Cunningham (3-0-1) will get another shot at the SFLA Welterweight Championship against talented Georgia native Mike “Zombie” Dubois (3-1). Cunningham was last in the cage in Dec. 2014, fighting the World Series of Fighting’s Ben “Flattop” Fodor aka. Phoenix Jones to a draw in one of the most exciting and controversial fights the I-5 showroom has ever seen. With Fodor moving to the WSOF and vacating his welterweight championship, Cunningham has a second chance to make good on his promise to bring the belt home. “Obviously, this fight will be tough. Any title fight should be” said Cunningham. “Mike seems like a durable and well-rounded fighter, but so am I. It’s a good matchup and we both have heavy hands. The last one to go to sleep wins!” Fans packed inside the EQC are in for a treat with so much on the line come July 11. The evening will be rounded out with many stellar undercard bouts, which will be announced at a later date. Tickets for Super Fight League 41 are on sale now through the Emerald Queen Casino box office as well as all Ticketmaster locations. Fans are encouraged to reserve their seats early, as this event will sell out. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the first bout scheduled for 7 p.m.. Super Fight League 41 is brought to you by Brian Halquist Productions and Cagesport MMA. For more information, please visit http://www.halquistproductions.com as well as the Cagesport MMA Facebook page.
TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS JUNE 18-28 THURSDAY, JUNE 18 – GOLF U.S. Open Men’s Championship Chambers Bay – All Day
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 – GOLF U.S. Open Men’s Championship Chambers Bay – All Day
SATURDAY, JUNE 20 – GOLF U.S. Open Men’s Championship Chambers Bay – All Day
PHOTO BY KEVIN PETERSON
SATURDAY, JUNE 20 – FOOTBALL Renton Ravens vs. Puyallup Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20 – SOCCER Olympic Force vs. South Sound FC Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21 – GOLF U.S. Open Men’s Championship Chambers Bay – All Day
TUESDAY, JUNE 23 – BASEBALL Reno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 6:05 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 – BASEBALL Reno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 – SOCCER Vancouver Victory vs. South Sound FC Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25 – BASEBALL PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUNDERS WOMEN
SOUNDERS U-23 DROP A TOUGH ONE TO RIVAL PUMAS, THEN BOUNCE BACK
The Sounders U-23 were defeated by the first place Kitsap Pumas 1-0 Friday night, June 12 at Sumner’s Sunset Chevrolet Stadium in a clash of northwest division unbeatens. After playing to a scoreless first half, the Pumas found the game’s only goal off of a corner kick, and then hung on after suffering a red card late in the second half. The teams played a first half of quality soccer on both sides, though neither side could find the net. The best chance in the first half for the Sounders U-23 came in the 28th minute. Outside midfielder, Luis Estevez, was free at the Pumas back post. Brandt Bronico whipped the ball across the box as Estevez ran on to meet it. Estevez got off a clean header, but Pumas keeper, Matt Grossy, was up to the task as he dove to his right and sent the ball out for a corner kick to keep the match tied at 0-0. The Pumas broke the stalemate in the 54th minute of the second half. Having earned a corner kick from the Sounders U-23 defense, Pumas forward, Joe Masumiya, sent an out-swinging cross across the face of the goal. Mike Chamberlain, who had just substituted into the game, was first to the ball and sent his header straight into the back of the net, giving the Pumas a 1-0 lead. As the Sounders U-23 battled for an equalizer, Pumas forward, Mike Ramos, did his best to help their efforts as he got himself red carded out of the match in the 78th minute. The match had gone from physical to contentious and Ramos let his temper get the best of him as he cut down a Sounders attacker and was sent off. Despite the extra man and several nail-biting chances to score, the Sounders U-23 could not produce an equalizer in the closing moments of the game. In the 97th minute, the referee blew the final whistle and the Pumas had escaped with a 1-0 win. The Sounders U-23 rebounded from the loss with a 3-0 road victory on Tuesday, June 16 over the Washington Crossfire in Redmond. They will continue on the road for two Oregon games against Lane United and the Portland Timbers U-23 before returning to host the Timbers at Tumwater District Stadium on June 26. For more information about all of the upcoming games, visit SoundersU23.com
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Reno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 26 – BASEBALL El Paso vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 pm.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27 – SOCCER Yakima United vs. South Sound FC Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27 – BASEBALL El Paso vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 5:05 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28 – BASEBALL El Paso vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28 – SOCCER Sounders Women vs. Colorado Rush Starfire Stadium, Tukwila – 3 p.m.
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it’s so close to home for me (to) have. And it’s huge for this area. I think this is a very golf starved area, especially for professional golf. We don’t get events up here very often. So it’s huge to have an event like this for the rest of the world to get to see how great this area is.” On his impressions of Chambers Bay: “I’ve really enjoyed it this last week. I’ve played it a bunch. I was here the whole week before the tournament just so I could get out there and play the course and just get comfortable with it. I had played it maybe five or six times over the years in the past. But I was kind of waiting until a week before the tournament because I felt like it would start getting firmer, faster, and getting closer to where they were going to have it for the tournament. So I played it a bunch last week. Honestly, I think it’s one of those courses, the more you play it, the more you get to enjoy it, the more you get to know it. It’s a fun golf course. It’s a very challenging, it’s very tough. But I feel like it kind of gives… you a chance, even when you miss it in certain areas, depending obviously on where they’re going to put the pins. “There’s a lot of swales and slopes, and you actually can get in a little bit of trouble and you can still recover because there might be a slope that will kick it back towards the pin or -- so it’s been fun. It’s fun kind of seeing that and messing around with that on the course and kind of seeing where to miss it, where not to miss it, all that good stuff. I’ve really enjoyed the course, and I’ve actually talked to a lot of people the last few days that have kind of said the same thing, that they weren’t sure what to think, they’d heard some negatives about it, and they love it. So it’s been great to hear.” On having so many friends and family in attendance: “Yeah, I think I’m going to have a pretty good crowd out there. My whole family does live right here, actually all within about five miles of this golf course. So, yeah, I’m going to get a good crowd out there. I’ve been asking guys… if they have extra tickets. I mean, I can use them. There are a lot of people asking. It will be great. It will be great to get that local support, something I’ve never experienced before. So I almost don’t really know what to expect when I get out there.” On the motivation of playing so close to home: “In the end, it’s a golf tournament and you’ve just got to go out there and play. There’s certainly extra motivation, I’d love to play well here, but I also really want to enjoy this week. This could be the one time in my entire life I get to play a tournament in my backyard, where I grew up. So just really trying to enjoy this experience, enjoy this event, being here is kind of a priority to me.”
DAY JASON DAY is currently ranked tenth in the world and is considered one of the favorites to win the tournament this year. It will mark the fifth consecutive U.S. Open
for Day, who has finished in the top-four three times.
versational and relaxed at the podium and seemed like a real cool customer.
never thought that I’d be able to do that. But, you know, it was really cool.”
On his initial impressions of Chambers Bay: “…when I first arrived, I was driving down the driveway, it caught my eye in a way that I really was going to enjoy this week, regardless of how I played, just because I was going to enjoy the challenge of this course because it’s just one of those courses that just got me excited. And it’s very rare to see that because I guess we play kind of similar golf courses out here, especially on the stateside of things. But it’s interesting. I’m excited about it, and I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
On embracing the different course at Chambers Bay: “This is my fourth U.S. Open, and even though that’s not a ton of history, it’s enough to realize that courses can drastically change in this tournament from Monday to Thursday and from Thursday to Friday, Friday to Saturday and on. They’re very different golf courses day-by-day. First of all, if you are going to talk negative about a place, you’re almost throwing yourself out to begin with, because golf is a mental game. Plus, the U.S. Open is about as challenging mentally as any tournament in the world. So you have to go in positively. You have to go in with enough confidence to get yourself into contention. But understanding that what you see at the beginning, it’s nice to kind of get a feel for how it’s going to play and the greens. But you don’t know. And we still aren’t going to know. “Today it’s going to play very different from Thursday. We don’t know where the pins are going to be specifically. So we don’t know exactly what shots to play on certain holes. So it’s just about kind of getting into a good rhythm here, saving your legs and having enough confidence in all parts of your game. And that’s what I’ve adapted here this week at Chambers.”
On whether he spends time playing video games: “No, I don’t like video games. But I don’t have any extracurricular activities other than golf. It’s just golf after school.”
On the mental approach to a course like Chambers Bay: “I keep saying to people, U.S. Open is all about controlling your attitude, controlling your emotional level and your stress levels out there because it can be a very frustrating week if you let it be. And for me personally, I think the biggest thing is not to beat myself out there. And you’ve just got to keep grinding and grinding and grinding, and hopefully by Sunday you’re somewhere around the lead. And that’s how I’ve taken that into every U.S. Open I’ve played pretty well. And I’m looking forward to trying to get across the line this week.” On what makes the U.S. Open unique from other tournaments. “U.S. Opens, they’re very unique just because -- I think by the end of the week, you probably lost ten pounds just from all the stress that you have out there. It’s physically and mentally demanding. This is going to be more so physically just because of the elevation changes that we have to encounter. And once you start bringing that into play, then if you start losing focus, you start making mental errors. So it’s a premium on making sure that you’re eating right this week, you’re keeping the fluids up, especially this week, if it does get a little warmer. And just really trying to mentally prepare yourself knowing that you’re going to make mistakes out there.” On playing with Tiger Woods in practice and where his game is at: “Tell you what, if he could get on the fairway, he’d probably be back to where he was. His iron play is just ridiculous how good it is right now, it’s really special. The driver and the 3-wood -- the 3-wood is okay, the driver is little -- gets a little wide sometimes. But I think that’s the biggest thing for him right now is to really kind of get on the fairway. His short game looks pretty good. Who knows what’s going on with Tiger right now? We’re friends, but I don’t get into his personal life and I don’t want to. That’s his stuff and he deserves his privacy. But when it comes to golf, it’s very difficult because you could have all the tools in the world, but if you really don’t want to be there or if there’s something that’s off course that’s playing on your mind -- the game of golf is so mental and if you don’t have everything in the right order, it’s very difficult to win golf tournaments.”
SPIETH After his win at the 2015 Masters, JORDAN SPIETH has shot up to 2nd in the world golf rankings. Spieth was con-
On being an inspiration to young golfers like 15-year old Cole Hammer: “It’s cool to see that that can have an impact on somebody, and somebody that’s kind of got the same ambitions that I had at his age. He’s getting better experience than I had at his age. It’s great to see the outreach that that tournament had and it’s cool that these young junior golfers are looking to us young guys on Tour and working their tail off to get out here. And all of a sudden you see one that… maybe didn’t expect himself to be out here testing his game this soon, but it just shows how the game is growing, how much better it’s getting at a young age, and Cole’s the living image of it. And I’m interested to see how he does this week. I think with really no expectations, it could help him. And a golf course like this, you just never know.”
HAMMER At the tender age of 15, COLE HAMMER became the third-youngest golfer to qualify for the U.S. Open in the tournament’s history. The bright-eyed kid had plenty to say and seemed to be having the time of his life at Chambers. On his feel for the course after a few rounds: “I got here Friday, played nine Friday, 18 on the weekend and nine yesterday. I really, really like the course. At first I played the first hole and I was in a bit of shock, I’ve never seen anything like it. But then as I got more used to it, I really like it now. I think it kind of suits my game. A lot of the short game shots I really like around the greens, and I really can’t wait to get started. I really like the course.” On warming up next to top-ranked golfer Rory McIlroy: “Every one of his three shots I’d look over. He hits it so far, it’s crazy. But, yeah, it was really cool being able to hit balls next to the No. 1 player in the world. I
On the best advice he’s received from the players he’s talked to: “Webb Simpson told me to stay patient out there. Everyone’s going to make bogeys. If you’re making some bogeys, just know everyone else out there is struggling, especially at a course like this at the U.S. Open. And he said he thought that if I play well, I have a chance to compete which gave me a lot of confidence. I really appreciate his advice and I think his advice about being patient is going to be huge out here considering how hard it is.”
PUTNAM Possibly the biggest local favorite this week at Chambers Bay is University Place native and Life Christian alum MICHAEL PUTNAM. Growing up just a stone’s throw from Chambers and his familiarity with the course might just push Putnam toward the top of the leaderboard. On being the first golfer to ever play at Chambers Bay when it opened: “When the course opened in 2007, they called me and asked if I wanted to come and play the first official round of golf. I think they wanted to see how this place actually played for a good professional golfer. They charted the whole round, and it was a pretty neat experience. Not really realizing that now eight years later, I’ll be teeing off, the first person to tee off for the championship here at Chambers Bay. It’s a pretty neat and cool honor to have.” On whether it bothers him to hear criticism of his hometown course: “No, not really. Every U.S. Open and USGA event comes with a certain amount of criticism from players. The course is what it is. It’s not typical for this area to have a links golf course, and this gravel pit area is not a typical course for the whole United States. A lot of players here expecting a U.S. Open golf course, came here not seeing what they usually see for a U.S. Open venue. But we’re really proud of this course and this area. There’s always going to be some criticism.” On playing Chambers several times and having his brother caddie for him: “It can’t hurt. I’ve probably played 30 or so rounds out here throughout the last five years. And, yeah, the course has changed a little bit since the Amateur, but not a ton. And definitely knowing the bounces off hills and on the greens is what’s going to separate the guys this week. And I’ve played enough rounds to feel like I know if I hit a ball here, it’s going to bounce there. So it’s going to come in handy to me on some of the pin positions they’re going to have. My brother, Joel, he’s caddied 500 rounds out here. He’s seen the good, the bad, the ugly with all the amateurs that come and play. He knows the golf course, probably every square inch of it. He’s going to have some good knowledge for us out there when the tournament starts.”
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On returning to his alma mater Life Christian to pay a visit prior to the tournament: “Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sunday night I kind of did a hometown event up at the school I went to and the church I went to, Life Center. They didn’t know how many people were going to come out, did kind of a Q&A, a celebration of the U.S. Open coming to our hometown. It was awesome. We had 400 or 500 people there. I got to sign autographs for people that have watched my career for a long time. It’s cool, as a local growing up, people haven’t watched me because they knew they were going to have a U.S. Open here, but they watched me because they cheer for the locals no matter where we’re playing. And to kind of reward them with a nice night like that was really fun.”
WOODS Making his 19th appearance at the U.S. Open, three-time champion TIGER WOODS is a huge question mark among golf analysts and writers. However, no matter what kind of game Woods brings to Chambers Bay this week, he looks to be focused and driven to win more championships. On his impressions of Chambers Bay: “Well, it’s certainly different for a U.S. Open, that’s for sure. We normally play pretty traditional golf courses where back of the tee is narrow, fairways are high and from fast greens. They have that here, but some of the holes you can move up a hundred yards. And the greens are getting firm, but it’s more of the shape of the golf course. There’s so many different ways that you can play it, and sometimes you have to be able to play it. I think one of the more dramatic things I’ve noticed is how different it plays from morning to afternoon. It gets so much faster and drier. You just feel it as the day wears on how much this golf course can dry out, and it certainly will. The morning times versus afternoon times, it’s very different.” On whether the pressure increases the longer he has gone without a major championship victory: “I think it feels the same. From my very first one to now, it’s the same. I want to win these championships. I love them. I love playing them. My first major was being the Masters and my first U.S. Open at Shinnecock and then obviously the British at St. Andrews. For me it was a pretty good introduction to Major Championship golf, and I’ve loved it ever since. There’s pressure, of course there’s pressure. You’re trying to win the biggest events against the best fields and that’s the fun part.” On the current state of his golf game and his practice play at Chambers: “I hit the ball pretty good today. It’s getting better every day. I’m starting to get the feel for, more than anything, for this golf course and what I need to do off the tees and where to miss it around the greens to certain pins and playing some of the back boards. You can’t play them all. Because if you use it too much, actually, it can roll off the greens and into the bunkers. “So how many of these backboards can you use, I think that’s more the thing I’m really learning as I’ve played this golf course is, yeah, there are places you can’t get up and down from. You just can’t, unless you make a 20- or 30-footer. But then again, you’re obviously firing away from the flag 70, 80 feet sometimes to get the ball close and you can’t, which is unlike any other tournament. You hit it pinhigh 70 feet away, and next thing you know it ends up right next to the hole. That’s the feel of this golf course and trying to understand that to each pin location. I think Joey (LaCava) and I have got a pretty good handle on that now.” On his recent swing changes: “Sometimes you have to make a shift, and I did - and short-term suffering for long-term gain. I’ve done this before when I’ve made changes in the past I’ve struggled through it. I’ve come out on the good side. But I had to make those -- it’s more of a commitment than anything else. I had to make a commitment, and I have. And things are starting to come together piece by piece. And just all the big change is already in and now it’s just refining it and actually now playing more golf, playing more tournament golf. Because I haven’t played that much early in the year. And now throughout the summer, I’ve got a very full summer schedule. It would be nice to get back into the realm of playing tournament golf again.”
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DIVOT. (top) Frenchman Alexander
Levy works to get a feel for Chambers Bay during a practice session. (bottom) Chambers Bay architect Robert Trent Jones II held court on Monday for a lively press conference.
On sticking it out with his swing changes: “Well, I wouldn’t have made the changes if I wasn’t devoted to the game of golf and winning golf tournaments. I want to be out here. I want to play. I want to compete, and I want to win. And to me it’s so much fun having a chance to win on the back nine on Sunday. There’s plenty of times where I haven’t gotten it done. But there are also times when I have gotten it done. But you’ve got to be there. And that’s one of the reasons why over the course of my career I’ve made a few changes here and there in search of becoming a little more consistent to put myself there more often. And we’re doing that. This year certainly has been a struggle. But for me to go through what I went through at Torrey and Phoenix, to come back and do what I did at Augusta gave me a lot of confidence going forward.”
KAYMER The defending U.S. Open champion MARTIN KAYMER is a soft-spoken and engaging personality once you get him talking. The German oozes with an underlying confidence rarely seen. On his thoughts about Chambers Bay: “I said yesterday already in a couple of interviews that I believe we’re going to play three British Opens this year. We start here and then we play the real one at St. Andrews, and then Whistling Straits (Wisconsin). The golf course here, I think, is very is similar around the greens what happened to -- or the way I played Pinehurst last year. I think even chipping, pitching might be more difficult than putting. So I think you will see the putter a lot this week, not only from me, but from other players, too. So definitely for me, I enjoy playing those golf courses. I think the guys from the UK might have a little bit of an advantage this week, because this is what they grew up on. And I think the holes, there are some funky greens here and there… “But overall, I think it’s a great golf course. I think completely different in the way you have to be very creative, very untypical for U.S. Opens. But I think for the European players, we welcome those courses.” On whom he thinks may challenge for the U.S. Open trophy:
“Well, obviously you have to go with Rory, for sure, the way he played recently. I think the few cuts that he missed, they’re very explainable why. I think Jason Day has a very good chance. I think for him I was very surprised about the Masters. I thought he would play a lot better there, because he was playing great golf at the beginning of the year. So I think for him it’s just a matter of time that he will win a major. Jordan will be interesting to see how he deals with all the expectations now. “I think Mickelson will have a good chance. He’s under the radar, not many people talk about him. Apparently he’s on his back nine in his career and all those things. But I played with Phil a few times in the past and knowing how aggressive he can play and how good and how creative he is on golf courses, so I think he will have a good chance. And all those guys, they’re not afraid to win. Once they’re leading, they want to win a golf tournament. Some other players, they are feeling uncomfortable in situations where they are about to win a golf tournament. It’s not that easy to win, but for them it’s even tougher. But those guys I just named, they want to win and therefore it’s even more difficult to catch them.”
I’ve come. But I feel like I have the proper direction of my game. But you just never know, you know. It’s been a little while since I’ve played my best golf. So we’ll see. But this golf course allows for short game to save shots that may be less than perfect. It doesn’t force you to play perfect golf. There’s plenty of room to play and to recover from. And I feel like there’s a number of holes that you can capitalize and make birdies on and shoot a good number. I feel that it has characteristics of playability similar to Augusta, characteristics of St. Andrews that allow you to play and allow you to play it less than perfect.” On his impressions of the Puget Sound area and whether the U.S. Open could return in the future: “Well, I love how the USGA has moved the tournament to parts of the country that doesn’t necessarily have year-round PGA Tour events. We’re going back to Erin Hills -- going to Erin Hills in a couple of years. And I like how they’re bringing major championship golf to different parts of the country. But the critical part is having a golf course that can host it, that is a viable host. And I think Chambers Bay is every bit of that. And it’s been remarkable how the community has gotten involved with this event and been so excited for years and how they’ve supported it. And I think that it seems like it’s going really well. They’ll ultimately be the final judge on if it’s a great place for it. But it sure seems from a player’s standpoint to be a good host.”
MICKELSON One of the biggest names in golf history is PHIL MICKELSON and he’s also a fan favorite wherever he travels around the world. The lefty celebrated his 45th birthday at Chambers Bay on Tuesday, June 16 and was serenaded with “Happy Birthday” by fans throughout his practice round. On not counting him out and whether he may contend for the title: “I think that I’ve gone through kind of a period these last couple of years where I haven’t played my best golf, and I feel like I’m back on the upswing. I don’t know if I’m quite there yet or not. This week will be a good test to see just how far along
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ASYLUM. The non-profit Pierce County Asylum prepares for Halloween in July, and possible haunted house operating upstairs.
PHOTOS BY STEVE DUNKELBERGER
Pierce County Asylum preps to become center of haunted hub By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com
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n army of volunteers at Pierce County Asylum is busy sanding and painting and splattering fake blood and guts around their haunted house in preparation for Halloween in July and plans for a sibling haunted house upstairs. The co-location of two haunted houses in Freighthouse Station, which is better known by its former name of Freighthouse Square, would make the backside of the historic location into a haunted house hub of the region. Negotiations with Freighthouse Station are reportedly moving forward for a second haunted house to be located in 12,000 square feet of space directly above the 14,000- square- foot asylum operation. “It’s going to be exciting,” Station manager Doug Huntington said, noting that the current haunted house is already a big draw, so having two year-round haunts in the same building provide for some a combination of entertainment options. The haunted houses would operate separately,
but would work on joint ticket prices and coordinate special event dates as a way to maximize their scream factors. While the haunted house operators are hammering out those details, asylum volunteers are putting the finishing touches on their 40-room haunt and other summer events with more plans in the works to mark their 40th year of scares and screams. Some 2,000 visitors are expected to flow through the haunted house next month while upwards of 10,000 are expected to scream in fear when the anniversary haunt runs in October. A second haunted house in the building could not only mean more scream seekers through the haunted hallways but a boon for local nonprofits. Pierce County Asylum donates its proceeds after expenses largely to the Pandamanda Foundation to help fight Cystic Fibrosis. The foundation is named after Amanda “Pandamanda” Messinger, who was a long-time haunted house volunteer when she died of the disease in 2013. Other charities benefiting from the haunted house include local foodbanks and mental health nonprofits. Last year’s donations totaled $42,000. “None of us are collecting a paycheck,” asylum manager Doug Campbell said. Its service to the community, however, doesn’t just come in the way of donation checks. The haunted house also provides dozens of teens with training on basic construction, coordination, creativity and responsibility. “All of the actors learn things,” Campbell said. “They can’t just show up and act. They have to put in some sweat equity.” Volunteers must choose and develop their characters, design and build their sets and workshop how their “phobia enhancing” character fits with the overall house theme of a deteriorating mental hospital straight from the television show “American Horror Story.” Each of the characters and individual rooms is continuously reviewed by haunted house managers
to guard against foul language and derogatory terms but also to boost the scare factor with mood lighting, a fair share of goo, creepy sounds and piped in smells known as “smell-o-vision.” “We are trying for an immersive experience,” Campbell said. The full-sensory experience requires between 40 and 60 volunteers just to operate every night, and hundreds of hours of painting and hammers swinging. One of those volunteers is Chelsea Scott, who swings by the haunted house a few days a week after school just for the opportunity to scare strangers alongside her friends. “It’s fun,” she said. Pierce County Asylum will have Halloween in July on July 17, 18, 24, 25 and 31. Tickets are $10. A Zombie Block Party is set for Aug. 8 along Opera Alley. www.piercecountyasylum.org.
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The anticipated release of the Grieve the Astronaut music project is finally here. The new CD will be celebrated with a release party on June 27, 7:30 p.m. at Auburn Avenue Theater with special guest Amber Sweeney (London Tone music artist). The band mates have worked very hard on this project over the past eight months and are sure to present their vision in a don’t-miss concert experience. Tickets $15 advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/1673281 and $20 at the door.
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DAD’S DAY June 21 is H a l f - P ri c e Dads’ Day at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, and all fathers will receive halfoff general admission. Visitors can view the all-new exhibit, “Jammin’ with Jellies,” and see a variety of jellyfish in specially constructed tanks. Plus, there’s the live animal show, “Indiana Bones and the Golden Treasure,” to watch; visitors can buy seed sticks and feed colorful budgies from their hands; take a spin on an antique carousel; and climb aboard a camel for a ride. There also are stingrays to touch, sharks to see and an amazing collection of animals from polar bears to tigers to meerkats. In addition, all dads will receive a 50 percent discount on the Deep Forest Challenge zip line/challenge courses at the zoo.
THREE STORY HOUR Round up the little ones and join Bonnie Beaudoin at the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Wright Park for story hour
on June 24, 11 a.m. to noon. Beaudoin will read “Allison’s Zinnia” by Anita Lobel, as the theme for the story hour will be flower gardens and will include an art project to make garden markers. Admission free/suggested donation $3.
FOUR FREELANCE FANDANGO Creative professionals meet at 1 p.m. every Monday at Corina Bakery, 602 Fawcett Ave., to sit and draw for an hour while kabitzing about their ongoing projects, business tips, and other items of interest that concerns freelancers. Attendance is free.
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WOOLWORTH WINDOWS: NEW ‘ARTSCAPES’ By Dave R. Davison dave@tacomaweekly.com
A new crop of “Artscapes,� temporary installations by local artists, has appeared in the windows of the old Woolworth building at S. 11th Street and Broadway downtown. The installations are by Sarah Casto and Nathan Orosco. There is also a series of photographic portraits presented by the Gender Alliance of the South Sound. All will be on view through Aug. 20.
the incorporation of chance (a legacy of the Dada artists that emerged in Europe around the time of the first World War) are hallmarks of her work. The polarity of isolation/togetherness is infused with a theatrical eeriness that is a style-marker of much of Western art since at least the advent of the Romantics.
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Museum of the Week: Tacoma Art Museum
1701 Pacific Ave. Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Late-Night Thursdays: Every Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (through June 25), Free Third Thursday 5-8 p.m. Info:www.tacomaartmuseum.org Tacoma Art Museum is a public-spirited institution with nationally recognized exhibitions and innovative educational programs. Named by USA Today as one of the “Top 10 great places to see art in smaller cities,� the museum has developed a reputation for presenting art in a thought-provoking yet accessible manner with a strong commitment to Northwest art through its acquisition and exhibition programs. Founded in 1935, the museum has strong roots in the community and anchors Tacoma’s lively downtown university and museum district. JUNE 2015
Detail from Nathan Orosco’s “Take it to the Bridge.�
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Detail from Sarah Casto’s “We Part to Meet Again.�
Casto’s installation, “We Part to Meet Again,� is a crypto-drama with headless mannequins as the main characters. Set up in two separate display cases, Casto’s compilation has the quality of a two-panel comic strip or a two-act play. The first panel features an isolated figure. White hands with red thread are on the floor. In the background are the woody cores from cacti. Artificial eyes gaze out from the cactus wood. This is a scene of isolation. The second panel features two characters: nude, female mannequins that are leaning forward against each other. They are set on a rectangle of Astroturf and there is a doll’s head on the ground between them. The eye sockets are empty. Dozens of pairs of scissors, in all styles and sizes, hang on the wall in the background. Animal skulls, jawbones and vertebrae hang down from the ceiling. A red thread runs from the back on one mannequin and seems to connect with the figure in the previous panel. This is the “meet again� portion of the story. It is all very macabre. Casto describes herself as a “hunter and gatherer, attracted to the stranger side of things.� Elements of the surreal and
Orosco is also dealing with duality. He is a man that stands between cultures: Latin American and North American. He also has roots in the landscape of the Southwest and that of the Northwest. The title of his piece, “Take it to the Bridge,� may refer to his personal position as a bridge between cultures and regions. It is difficult, however, to make this connection by viewing the actual work. There are a series of abstract ink washes and purple banners mounted on wooden stakes. The thing seems totally abstract. The visual complexity may be a reference to the complex structure of a bridge. Orosco is an art instructor at Mt. Hood Community College near Portland. He earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree in sculpture from Washington State University in 2002. The third display along the Broadway row of windows is the series of photo portraits called “T-Town Transgender Neighbors.� Pictures of members of Tacoma’s transgender population are accompanied by biographical information that cover topics like first trans notion, adolescent coping, career, relationships, coming out and words of wisdom. These documents serve to fully flesh out the portraits and offer brilliant insight into the issues that transgender folks experience along the course of their life’s journey. The “Artscapes� are one facet of Tacoma’s Spaceworks program which seeks to match artists and entrepreneurs with vacant spaces in order to help vitalize Tacoma, both culturally and economically. For further information visit spaceworkstacoma.com.
This week’s events:
June 18, 5-8 p.m. Pop-Up Art Putt! Mini-Golf
Inspired by the U.S. Open Championship, TAM and Tacoma Arts Commission bring you ten sculptural, miniature golf holes designed by Tacoma artists. See if you can get a hole in one! The course spans TAM’s Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Plaza, Tollefson Plaza and the Prairie Line Trail. After you play, vote for your favorite artistdesigned hole. Pop-Up Art Putt! highlights Tacoma artists and is free and open to the public. Clubs, golf balls and score cards available at TAM. Be among the first to play our artistdesigned miniature golf course. Groove along the course to the sounds of a live DJ. Create your own 3-D masterpiece in the TAM Studio. Snack at fun food trucks along the course, and 21+ can enjoy the beer garden.
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Thurs., June 18, 5-8 p.m. Fri., June 19, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat., June 20, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sun., June 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
June 18, 5-8 p.m. Free Third Thursday with The Cloves
Tacoma Art Museum presents Thursday Night at the Museum, in conjunction with Museum of Glass and the Washington State History Museum. Performances are included with admission. TAM Cafe is open too, offering delicious Northwestinspired meals, small plates and drinks. Listen to local band, The Cloves, playing mellow tunes from their forthcoming album. This evening is the kick-off party for Pop-Up Art Putt! too, with art putt artists, beer garden for 21 and over and DJ.
June 20 New Exhibition opening: Roger Shimomura – An American Knockoff
Shimomura’s most recent series in which the artist inserts himself as an aging Asian Everyman in various guises, both ironic and poignant.
June 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Summer Solstice Sculpture Festival
Welcome summer and explore TAM’s new sculptures. Make a 3-D art project in the TAM Studio. Meet Washington sculptors and discover what’s cool about public art. It’s Father’s Day, so get Dad out on the Pop-Up Art Putt! mini-golf course. Stop at TAM Cafe for a tasty snack or lunch.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: DURAN DURAN, CRYSTAL GAYLE AND MORE HEADED TO THE FAIR
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Just when you thought the Washington State Fair lineup was bursting at the seams, organizers announced two more big shows last week. For starters, British hitmakers Duran Duran will headline the grandstand in Puyallup on Sept. 23, a set that’s sure to include ‘80s favorites “Hungry Like the Wolf,� “Girls on Film� and “Rio,� among others. Warming up for the band is disco royalty Chic, the band that launched super-producer Nile Rodgers and gave us classic party anthems “Good Times,� “Dance, Dance, Dance� and “Le Freak.� Tickets for that show go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 19 with prices ranging from $60 to $100. Also just announced is a Sept. 17 show featuring Crystal Gayle and Lee Greenwood, who last performed at the Fair in 1989. Expect a nostalgic walk back in time with such classics as “It Had to Be You,� “God Bless the U.S.A.� and more.
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bands playing the Swiss Tavern’s new (253) Draft Punk Festival on Saturday, June 20. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com
Know this, U.S. Open visitors: You’re sitting in the cradle of Northwest rock, the city that unleashed three pioneers of garage on the world in the ‘50s and ‘60s, the Wailers, the Ventures and the Sonics. Through the years, Tacoma has also been home base for the likes of Robert Cray, Neko Case and members of Nirvana. There’s something in the water, so you might want to catch a rock show before you skip town. The Northwest is also a region that’s increasingly known for its stellar craft beer options. According to Washington Beer Blog (www.washingtonbeerblog.com), Washington has the second most breweries in the country, behind only California, and the eighth most per capita, with several up-and-coming ales being brewed in this fair county. That juxtaposition got pub owner Jack McQuade thinking. He started calling brewers and tapped rocker Eric Olson (of Squirt fame) to round up some of the region’s best rock talent. The result is the new (253) Draft Punk Festival which will showcase regional suds and tunes from noon to close on Saturday, June 20, at the popular Swiss Tavern, located at 1904 S. Jefferson Ave., in Tacoma. “With the U.S. Open stuff going on, I wanted to show the other side of Tacoma – a little grittier side,” McQuade said. Libation at the inaugural festival will come from The Harmon Brewing Company, Pacific Brewing & Malt Company, Narrows Brewing, Wingman Brewery and the new Odd Otter Brewing in Tacoma, 7 Seas Brewing in Gig Harbor, Northwest Brewing in Pacific, and M.T. Head Brewing in Graham. “We have their beer on tap all month long,” McQuade said. The musical lineup is garage-rock-centric, with Trees & Timber (powerpop), The Riffbrokers (Americana) and Seattle’s Stereo Creeps (heavy alternative rock) serving as outliers. Bands will play outside from noon to 8 p.m., with those performances free and open to all ages. But there will be a $10 cover charge and you have to be 21 or older to get in to see the headliners, which will play inside from 9:30 p.m. until close. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of what you’ll hear.
INDOOR STAGE The F---ing Eagles (midnight to 1 a.m.): The name (sanitized here) is a reference to Cohen Brothers’ comedy classic, “The Big Lebowski.” The popular Tacoma garage outfit is fronted by Seaweed alumnus Owen Atkins, and has lately been showcasing new sounds and a new lineup. Gone, sadly, are backup singer/tambourine shaker Kathlyn Lind Neal, bassist/guitarist Wade Neal and some of the poppier tunes. In is new bassist Alex Hosea and a rawhide tough sound more in line with signature number, “Gentleman’s Blues” (a cut out-of-towners may have heard on Anthony Bourdain’s “The Layover” or Sony’s “Gran Turismo 5” video game.) Listen up: thef---ingeaglestacoma.bandcamp. com Girl Trouble (10:40 to 11:40 p.m.): “Eluding fame since 1984” goes the Tacoma garage-punk band’s slogan. Perpetually shirtless front man K.P. Kendall, bassist Dale Phillips, guitarist Bill “Kahuna” Hendersona and drummer Bon Henderson (aka Bon Von Wheelie) may not have cashed in like some of their alternative peers in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, but they remain one of Tacoma’s most beloved acts. “Girl Trouble, they are Tacoma,” Olson says. “They are the institution. They put us on the map.” Added bonus: Toy prizes tossed into the crowd at every show. Listen up: wig-out.com The Tripwires (9:30 to 10:15 p.m.): A Seattle super-groups of sorts, with Mudhoney’s Dan Peters on drums, singer-guitarist John Ramberg (The Minus 5, Model Rockets), bassist Jim Sangster (The Young Fresh Fellows) and his brother John (Dear John Letters, Roy Lonely & The Longshots) on lead guitar. Listen up: myspace.com/ thetripwires. OUTDOOR STAGE The D.T.s (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.): Founded by Dave Crider, of the Mono Men and Estrus Records fame, this power trio will bring sizzlin’ rock n’ soul from Bellingham. Listen up: estrus.com/ thedts The Tom Price Desert Classic (5:30 to 6:15 p.m.): This rockin’ Seattle outfit is now the main focus of influential Northwest guitarist Tom Price (Gas Huffer, Monkeywrench, the U Men.) Listen up: myspace.com/ thetompricedesertclassic
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Squirt (4:30 p.m to 5:15): Olson is a member of this this band, known for rockin’ Seattle joints with quirky punk anthems about balding, fast food and Evil Knievel in its ‘90s heyday. This is the last stop on its latest mini reunion tour. Listen up: youtu.be/HboqbX3yw10 Radio On (3:45 to 4:15 p.m.): The name is an homage to the Modern Lovers’ ‘70s cut “Roadrunner,” which embodies the band’s rowdy garage style. But the quartet also draws inspiration from more unusual places, like the LSD-powered no-hitter Major Leaguer Dock Ellis claimed he threw in 1970s (as immortalized in last year’s “No No: A Dockumentar” and Radio On set staple “Electric No-No.”) Listen up: facebook.com/ radioontacoma Trees & Timber (3 to 3:30 p.m.): This trio has made a name for itself on the local scene with infectious power-pop jams, as captured on 2013’s “Electric Gypsy Lovechild” and last year’s “Hello, My Name Is Love.” Listen up: treesandtimber. bandcamp.com Stereo Creeps (2:15 to 2:45 p.m.): This Seattle squad will rock Tacoma with the headbangers from last year’s “Cave Dwellers of Tomorrow” album. Listen up: stereocreeps. bandcamp.com Finger Guns (1:30 to 2 p.m.): This Seattle band describes its sound as “slices of ‘80s punk topped with sprinkles of ‘90s rock and spatters of country (that) make up a steaming batch of awesome.” Pick up their new “A Double EP” and decide for yourself. Listen up: thefingerguns. com
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TACOMA COMEDY: Brian Moote (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $16-$20, 18+ early show
B SHARP COFFEE: Velocity (jazz) 8 p.m., $5, AA BOB’S JAVA JIVE: The Hard Way, The Pop Cycle, Severhead, Emby Alexander (rock, power-pop) 9 p.m., $5 DAWSON’S: Still Got It Band (rock) 9 p.m., NC GIG SPOT: Mystery Machines, Fraudulence, Staticbox (punk, alternative) 8 p.m., $6, AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Duy Manh, Quang Binh, Anh Thu (Vietnamese pop) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: The Spazmatics, Mr. Pink, DJ Minus (‘80s covers) 9 p.m., $7-$10 JOHNNY’S DOCK: Tim Hall Band (blues) 5 p.m. KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE G’S: Positive Rising (reggae) 8 p.m., AA THE SPAR: Lana’s Garage (alternative) 8 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: (253) Draft Punk Festival with The F-ing Eagles, Girl Trouble, The Tripwires and more (garage-rock, punk) noon, NC before 8 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: S.O.B. Band (classic rock) 8 p.m. THE VALLEY: Deathbed Confessions, Wade Grahm, Looking for Lizards (metal, rock) 8 p.m., NC
DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, soul, jazz) 8 p.m., NC HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: One Love Wednesdays with Jugo Chavez (reggae) 9 p.m., $3 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.
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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: Josh Blue (comedy) 8 p.m., $14, 18+
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TW PICK: PEOPLE OF THE ADZE: SHOALWATER BAY TRIBE June 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave.
The highly decorative, yet utilitarian, carvings created by the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe and members of its Carving Apprenticeship Program are on display at the Washington State History Museum. “People of the Adze” highlights the creativity, beauty and strength of the work of a young team of carvers from Willapa Bay. In two short years, with national funding support, working out of their hand-built carving shed, apprentice carvers and their leaders have produced a masterful body of work and brought new recognition and pride to the Shoalwater Bay People. The exhibit shows through Dec. 13. Price: $11 for adults, $8 for seniors, students, and military, children 5 and under free. Info: (253) 272-9747 ‘DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN’ Fri., June 19, 7:30 p.m. Theatre on the Square, 915 Broadway Written by Rob Becker and performed by a network of talented actors nationwide, “Defending the Caveman” is a one-man comedy performance that examines the battle of the sexes and how men and women struggle to understand one another. Becker traces conflict between the sexes back to the era of the caveman and, in so doing, reveals that these differences can actually be used to build bridges to cross the gender gap. Price: $19-$49. Info: (253) 591-5894
GUY MCPHERSON TALK ON CLIMATE CHANGE Fri., June 19, 6:30 p.m. King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave. Join conservation biologist Guy McPherson as he talks about responding to abrupt climate change. If industrial civilization is maintained, climate change will cause human extinction in the near term. If industrial civilization falls, sufficient ionizing radiation will be released from the world’s nuclear power plants to cause human extinction in the near term. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-8801
MARYMOUNT MOTORCYCLE WEEK Fri., June 19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. LeMay Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. E. Marymount Motorcycle Week features an indoor display of more than 200 vintage and specialty motorcycles, an AHRMA-sanctioned vintage motorcycle trials course on Saturday, an outdoor cruisein, a motorcycle soccer exhibition game and a special performance by the Seattle Cossacks Stunt Drill Team as well as a display from the Pacific Northwest Museum of Motorcycling. Price: $15. Info: (253) 272-2336
FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., June 20, 8-9:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12115 Park Ave. S. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have experienced difficulties in life as a result of the way we used to eat. Through shared experience and mutual support, we help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. Our program of recovery is based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Price: Free. Info: (206) 979-0866 JAZZ@TMP Sat., June 20, 8-10 p.m. Tacoma Musical Playhouse, 7116 Sixth Ave. Tacoma Musical Playhouse announces Jazz@TMP starring Lance Buller & The Roadstars with special guests Greta Matassa, Bernie Jacobs and Laura Rosok saluting the timeless classics
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LINDA SEVERT Sat., June 20, 11 a.m. Anna Lemon Wheelock Library, 3722 N. 26th St. Master of an astonishing range of musical instruments and theatrical techniques, Linda Severt dazzles eyes and ears fusing music, circus arts and puppetry into unique solo performances. Somewhere between music concert, circus and Vaudeville, Severt doesn’t just play songs. She turns everyday objects and musical instruments into whimsical props and characters, weaving them into hilarious routines with refreshing originality. Price: Free. Info: (253) 617-7811
IAN DOBSON – BE A MUSIC SUPERHERO Wed., June 24, 6 p.m. Tacoma Public Library – South Tacoma, 3411 S. 56th St. Dance, clap and stomp along to live steel drum music. Learn about music superheroes of the past and be a music superhero for the future. Best of all, at the end of the journey audiences will learn how they can be music superheroes by inventing their own ways to make music out of recycled materials. Price: Free. Info: (253) 617-7809 DROP-IN HELP Thurs., June 25, 2-4 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. Stuck? Need more help? Bring your questions to get answers on using Microsoft Office, e-books and e-readers, email and any Pierce County Library e-source. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304
FATHER’S DAY CRUISE-IN & BBQ Sun., June 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. LeMay Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. E. Bring your dad out to Marymount to enjoy cool cars. Dads get to tour the LeMay Collection at Marymount for only $5 ($10 off general admission pricing) on Father’s Day and families can even have a BBQ picnic lunch with picnic tables available and BBQ will be served up at reasonable prices. Price: $15. Info: (253) 272-2336
ID THEFT PROTECTION SEMINAR Fri., June 26, 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 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
VEGAN BOOK CLUB Tues., June 23, 7 p.m. King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave. Join King’s Vegan Book Club, coordinated by The South Sound Vegan Meetup Group. The book club is open to anyone interested in a vegan diet,
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ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) Family members may be strumming your heartstrings this week. Either good or bad, tap into your seemingly deep well of emotions and resolve to feel all the feelings and then move on from there. Work to heal old wounds and allow your heart to open to possibilities. They’re called second chances for a reason.
LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) Heavy feelings surrounding your mother will pop up along with examining if your career and life goals still resonate with you emotionally or not. It’s okay to jump off the path you’ve been treading and onto another one if that’s what suits you. Don’t let others’ opinions guide your destiny. Do what you feel. Also, call your mom. No, really.
TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Heartfelt communications are going to start your week off and harmony will bring it to a close. Communicating how you feel to those who you feel strongly for – on both ends of the spectrum – can bring you the inner peace you’ve been craving. Wrap it up by reveling in your own company at home to reflect on what you’ve learned about who you are and what you feel.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) You have done the observing, the sorting, and the brain work behind your ideals and you remain attached to them quite obsessively. Always one to wholeheartedly examine the minutiae of abstract ideas, you may want to examine your emotional motives for your conclusions to these ideas. Your emotions guide you more than you’d like to admit. That’s okay.
GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) The need to accumulate material things for your home is strong right now. Always one to collect curious oddities, you may find yourself filling an unmet emotional need by spending. Try to unravel what it is that you emotionally need and try your best to supply it for yourself or – if you dare – ask it from those who are supposed to supply it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) This week heavily implies an emotional ending or beginning for you. If there is something you’ve been struggling with, it’s okay to put an end to it. If there’s an opportunity for happiness, grab it by the horns. In the end, life is unpredictable and that unpredictability can shake us to our core. Don’t let it. Remain the powerhouse that you are.
CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) Never one to shy away from deep emotions, you will be facing a lot of those at this time. Your first instinct may be to hermit yourself away within your domicile and wrap yourself in a blanket and assume the fetal position. Feeling so much can be a positive thing. Keep your astute introspective mind and delve in. Only then are you allowed to indulge in some Netflix.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Those you love will have their faces framed in roses in your mind this week. This great burst of love and adoration may be non-typical for you but it’s a feelgood emotion that you should have no shame in sharing with whomever you’re feeling it for. Love gets rekindled and shines like a beacon in your heart. A tiny fluttering to remind you of why we’re here, after all.
LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) Compartmentalized feelings and experiences may hit you hard and unexpectedly this week. If there are things that you’ve been pushing aside in order to strive, now is the time to truly feel it out and let it lead you down the path to self-discovery. Breaking apart our emotions at the core is heavy work. Feel free to indulge in as much solo time as you need while you do it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) If you’ve been anxious about your health lately, now is the time to do something about it. Feeling unwell can go on for a long time before we even noticed how much we’ve changed, not only physically but emotionally as well. Resolve to care enough about yourself to do something about your well-being. There’s no greater investment than investing in yourself.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) The likelihood of you staying in and working on some kind of altruistic project is high right now. There’s no better place to be than at home this week, with a mind toward helping other people for the greater good. Whatever your mission is, its effects leave you with a greater sense of accomplishment than you have felt in a long time. Humanitarianism looks good on you.
PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) There’s a certain whimsy about you this week. You take your paintbrush and paint the world with your ethereal colors and people appreciate this otherworldly quality about you. Your emotions are heavily tied in to your creativity at this time. Keep it close to home and keep the creative juices flowing. No need to stop until your heart is fully satiated.
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NOTICES TO: Janae’a Broussard-Dillon In the Welfare of: D, A. DOB: 03/22/2014 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0018 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Adjudication Hearing on the 6th day of July, 2015 at 11:30 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.
NOTICES TO: ALVARO HODGSON In the Welfare of: P.A. DOB: 01/16/99 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2014-0036 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 17th day of August, 2015 at 10:00 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to 7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problems(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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NO. PUY-CS-FC-2015-0016 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON Washington State Foster Care: Petitioner, v. Leo Issac Charles: Respondent, The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court. In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing. If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition. This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act. NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for July 15, 2015 at 9:30 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court. Dated May 27, 2015 /s/ Lou Hammond, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1638 East 29th Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585 TO: CLAUDIA COTA-ANCHETA DONALD GEORGE IV In the Welfare of: C-G, T DOB: 04/30/2009 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0039 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an CONTINUED INITIAL HEARING 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.
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You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing Hearing on the 13th day of July, 2015 at 11:30AM 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.
VOLUNTEERS AmeriCorps Opportunity: Read2Me Program Specialist 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.
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-espe-
ANTIQUES WANTED Jack Featured Pet Jack is a firecracker. Even with his high energy, this 2-year-old Chihuahua is a nice little dog, who’s very happy when he’s in the company of people. Given that Jack is always ready and waiting for action, we’d suggest a more experienced owner for our friendly fella — he’s going to need a significant amount of exercise and mental stimulation. Rest assured, though. Jack has no handling issues. If ready to take on a frisky, energetic little one, Jack can be yours for $380. #A498088
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VOLUNTEERS cially 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.
Volunteer Classroom Assistants
Looking for a rewarding experience? Help adult students improve their basic reading and writing skills. Classes are Monday through Thursdays 2:004:00 pm. Please contact Karen Thomas at (253) 3833951 or kthomas@tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information.
Help a Child Improve Reading One-on-one support makes a huge difference in an elementary student’s ability to overcome reading challenges. As a Read2Me Tutor, you can be that person who makes a difference. The Tacoma School District and the Tacoma Community House are partners in this endeavor and we are on the lookout for committed tutors for grades 1-3. Call Karen Thomas at (253) 383-3951 for more information.
Hospice Volunteers Needed To Provide a Special Kind of Caring Franciscan Hospice needs volunteers with helping hands and open hearts to support terminally ill patients in homes and nursing homes in our community. As part of the Franciscan Hospice care team, you will provide companionship and support to patients and their families in a variety of ways. Volunteers receive comprehensive training and support for this life-affirming work. There is a volunteer training starting soon. For more information, call us at (253) 534-7050.
EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY FISH FOOD BANK Seeking volunteers to staff Thursdays from 3:30pm 6:30pm and/or Saturdays from 11am-2pm . Those interested contact Community Coordinator, Kate Wright at 253-826-4654 Address: 3505 122nd Ave E Edgewood
Donate time and receive free groceries. Volunteers needed with skills in management, organization, clerical, food handling, warehousing, maintenance etc. and receive free groceries from a NonProfit 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 425787-2500 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.
Portland Ave Community Center Senior Programs We need a volunteer to host programs Tuesday & Thursday 9:30-12, & 1-2:30 pm at Portland Ave Community Center Senior Programs. Volunteer will be calling Bingo and doing some extreme crafting, gardening during spring & summer and into fall. If interested call Bonnie @ 253-278-1475 MondayFriday 8:30-4PM.
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Classifieds Stephanie Lynch We are now experiencing a sellers market which brings more money when selling your home. Call me today if you are thinking about selling for your free market analysis and learn how I will sell your home for the most dollar to you!
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3 Bed, 1 3/4 Bath. 1,356 sq ft. Open floor plan & vaulted ceilings highlight this handsome rambler on a park-like corner lot in Artondale. Kitchen features an island, new smooth-top stove & convection oven, tile countertops & bay windows. Family room with fireplace is perfect for entertaining as is the large deck & fenced backyard. The master suite, one of three newly carpeted bedrooms, has French doors to the deck and a remodeled ¾ bathroom. 30-yr roof installed in 2005. 10 mins to schools, shopping, recreation & SR-16 MLS# 573155 $257,500
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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$439,000 Incredible opportunity to own a well maintained duplex plus an 1800+ sf shop/office! Just a few blocks from Pierce College and near shopping. 3 bedroom, 2 bath units with over 1200 sf each. Ideal for an owner/user, hobbyist, mechanic or a great place to store your cars, boats, equipment or? in the detached shop. Plenty of room to park your RV also. GSI does not include the full shop potential income, only the office portion. Only a short distance from historical Steilacoom and the waterfront!
2054 East 34th St., Tacoma WA 98404 $236,000
Panoramic View! Easy Access to I-5. Charming Custom Built Home. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, 2-car Garage plus Carport. Contact: Dick and Sharon Vasel 253-327-1808 FOR SALE BY OWNER Check us out on www.zillow.com/homes
6027 S. Lawrence 3 Beds, 1¾ Bath, 1855 SqFt. Beautiful turn of the century Dutch Colonial home completely updated with character g a l o r e . Hardwood floors, foyer, banister staircase, large living & dining rooms, high ceilings, large remodeled kitchen, separate utility rm, 3 bedrooms up w/loft for possible 4th bedroom. Updated electrical & plumbing, new windows, tank less water heater, heat pump, insulated floors, oversized bathtub, security system. Fully fenced back yard w/large deck, sprinkler system, 2 car garage w/ upgraded electrical. MLS # 730787 $179,000
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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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NOW LEASING 4008 S. Pine 2100 SQ. FT. Completely remodeled w/over 200k in high end upgrades. 10 offices, private exits, shared executive conference room, kitchen w/dining area, lots of storage, and 15 parking stalls. One office could be used as apartment for out of state clients. ADA Accessible. Mall & 38th Street Exit.
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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.
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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!
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“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 $250,000. Estate Sale, Price Negotiable. price reduction 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, $259,950, Annual Gross Sales $1,400,000, Seller Financing. price reduction
RICHARD PICTON or ED PUNCHAK
253-581-6463 253-224-7109
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