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GAS. Puget Sound Energy’s appeal to block the release of emergency response information for its planned 8 million gallon liquefied natural gas production facility on the tideflats rests with the Washington State Court of Appeals.

DECISIONS PENDING IN WATER-PROTECTING INITIATIVES, LNG’S ‛WORST CASE’ RESPONSE PORT, CITY TO HOLD STUDY SESSION JUNE 28 JUDGE SET TO HEAR LAWSUIT JULY 1 THE PETITION HAS VERIFIED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO FACE A VOTE By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

ort of Tacoma Commissioners have acknowledged – to some degree – that the nowdead effort to site the world’s largest methanol conversion plant in the world, the current controversy about plans for a liquefied nature gas (LNG) facility and the grassroots uprising regarding large-water-volume developments have all taken a toll on community good will. That toll didn’t, however, stop the port from moving forward with a lawsuit to stop community members from gathering signatures for call for a public vote on future developments that would consume more than a million gallons of water a day. “We have destroyed our community

JUNE 28 - Members of Tacoma City Council and Port of Tacoma Commission will meet at noon on June 28 during the city’s regular study session in Conference Room 16 at 733 Market St. The meeting will be streamed live on TV Tacoma. JULY 1 - The legal effort by the City of Tacoma, Port of Tacoma, Tacoma Economic Development Board of TacomaPierce County and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber to stop the signature gathering efforts by Save Tacoma Water to put two initiatives on future ballots will be heard by a Superior Court Judge Jack Nevin at 9 a.m. on Friday, July 1 at the County-City Building, 930 Tacoma Ave. S.

– PORT CEO JOHN WOLFE connection here,” Port Commissioner Don Meyer said during a port meeting last week, when commissioners then formally endorsed the move to continue the lawsuit. Commissioners, however, amended

WILLIE STEWART SERVED STUDENTS IN TACOMA FOR LIFE

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By Larry LaRue larry@tacomaweekly.com

When the Tacoma School District named a building for Willie Stewart last year, many who knew him were surprised that it was only one. “He’s relentless, a force of nature,” said Terry Bergeson, a former district superintendent. “I was a young hotshot counselor that wanted to change the world when I first went to Lincoln High School, where Willie was principal. What I loved in Willie was his giving me leeway to do well by the kids. “Willie was tough and strong, and protected me from my own enthusiasm.” u See STEWART / page A9

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STUDY SHOWS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SERIOUSLY UNDERSTAFFED Representatives from Public Safety Strategies Group (PSSG) have presented a study to the Pierce County Council that shows the Sheriff ’s Department is seriously understaffed. PSSG recommends the Sheriff ’s Department hire between 72 and 82 employees in order to improve service delivery, increase community engagement and ensure public safety. “My goal in contracting with an outside agency was to obtain an unbiased review of the structure and staffing of the law enforcement side of the department,” said Sheriff Paul Pastor. “The team from PSSG gathered data and information and analyzed it using a process applied in departments across the nation. Earlier studies indicated that

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SAMI. Tacoma’s Science and Math Institute will be located on the campus of Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium through a partnership with Metro Parks Tacoma. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

The buzz of the school bell might have marked the end of classes for thousands of students when it blared for the final time last week, but the tone was also the work whistle for construction crews around the district. The sprint is on to finish as much construction and renovation work before school starts again in the fall.

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“It’s the biggest building boom in the history of Tacoma,” Tacoma Public School District spokeswoman Alicia Lawver said. Crews will be renovating or expanding six schools this summer with further work on four schools set to soon follow. Money for the construction comes from the $500 million bond package voters approved in 2013, more than a decade after the previous renovation-funding u See SCHOOLS / page A7

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Bulletin Board FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR LINCOLN DISTRICT PROJECTS The Tacoma Arts Commission is offering a workshop and $500-5,000 grants for creative community projects in the Lincoln District. The workshop will be held Saturday, July 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lincoln District Project Office (750 S. 38th St. in Tacoma). Lunch will be served. Any Tacoma resident with a creative idea for a community project is welcome to attend the workshop and apply for the grant, including neighborhood activists, teachers, creative professionals in the arts (visual artists, filmmakers, designers, performers, musicians, etc.), do-it-yourself entrepreneurs, storytellers, and practitioners of folk art, outsider art, healing arts, culinary arts, martial arts, or gardening arts. Workshop attendees will learn more about community engagement and creative projects, see inspiring examples, take a neighborhood walk, meet possible collaborators, and participate in brainstorming sessions for their own projects. “Tacoma is full of creative energy, and this is one of the many things that the City of Tacoma is doing to spark even more positive change across the Lincoln District,” said District 4 Council Member Marty Campbell. “This is all about thinking out of the box and bringing people together who want this incredible area to thrive and who are willing to help make it happen.” “We’re looking to support innovative and fun approaches that facilitate economic development, neighborhood identity, and community cohesion in the Lincoln District,” said Tacoma Arts Administrator Amy McBride. “Following the workshop, participants can apply for mini-grants in the amounts of $500, $1,000, $2,500 or $5,000 to support selected projects. People who are members of historically disenfranchised racial, ethnic, cultural, and other identity groups are encouraged to apply.” Those interested in attending the free workshop on Saturday, July 30 can RSVP to Asia Tail at atail@cityoftacoma.orgor (253) 591-5206. Grant applications are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15. More information on this opportunity is available at cityoftacoma.org/artsopps. More information about the Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project is available at cityoftacoma.org/lincoln. TACOMA AVENUE SOUTH BRIDGE NOW OPEN After a nearly 16-month closure, the City of Tacoma has reopened the Tacoma Avenue South Bridge (located between Center and Delin streets). The bridge is now open to all vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. This closure was necessary to reconstruct the bridge deck, guardrails, replace the girders and paint the steel members of the over 80-year-old bridge. Traffic lanes have also been re-configured to three vehicular lanes and two bicycle lanes and wider sidewalks were added. Total project cost was $12 million and funding came from the Federal Highway Bridge Program, Transportation Improvement Board, and City of Tacoma. For additional information, visit the Tacoma Avenue Bridge web page or contact Project Engineer Dan Soderlind in the City’s Public Works Department at dsoderli@ cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5263. PUBLIC INVITED TO REVIEW JAPANESE GARDEN PLANS Come hear about the latest version of redevelopment plans for the Japanese Garden and nearby areas during an open house at Metro Parks Tacoma Headquarters, 4702 S. 19th St., at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 27. After the open house, a presentation to the five-member Metro Parks Board of Commissioners will take place during a 5:30 p.m. public study session. The latest proposal features: s Enhancements of Puget Sound viewpoints s Upgrades to two bridges connecting the Pagoda area with the Point Defiance Marina, and connecting the gardens to the Main Picnic Area s A new upper garden and deck at the site of existing tennis courts, which would be relocated s An upgraded wedding lawn outside the Pagoda s Improved connection and lighting to the adjacent parking lot s New gateway entries In the latest version of the Japanese Garden redesign, the planned bicycle-pedestrian loop bypasses the garden. But the plan also links the loop with a planned bicyclepedestrian bridge that connects the park to Ruston Way. BAIL SET AT $50,000 FOR HIGH PRIORITY OFFENDER Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged high priority offender David Keith Legge, 52, on June 20 with burglary in the second degree. At his arraignment, the court set bail at $50,000. “The goal of the High Priority Offender Program is to make our community safer and reduce crime by focusing resources on the small percentage of offenders who are committing a large percentage of the crimes,” said Lindquist. The Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Legge with two counts of identity theft in the first degree and two counts of forgery on May 11. At the time of his arrest for the burglary, Legge was wanted on a warrant for those crimes. On June 19, police responded to a shop at 801 S. Sprague Ave. The victim reported that his shop was burglarized and that $40,000 worth of tools had been taken. He stated that he had not reported the burglary at the time because he believed the burglar would return, and he wanted to catch the burglar. The victim and a neighbor heard noise coming from within the shop and saw someone walking behind the fence located on the northeast corner

of the shop. The victim saw Legge crawling through a man-made hole that was cut in the fence. The victim and his neighbor confronted Legge and held him at gunpoint until police arrived. When Legge was arrested, police found him holding a Milwaukee bag containing a saw blade. He also had latex gloves and a plastic headlamp. The police observed several items staged as if they were going to be taken through the hole in the fence. Charges are only allegations and a person is presumed innocent unless he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

TACOMAN WINS SOUNDERS SIDELINE SEATS Marvelle Godwin is on her way to purchase new Sounders FC gear after winning the $2 “Sounders FC” Scratch VIP Couch Experience – a second-chance prize from Washington’s Lottery that gives fans sideline seats at a 2016 Sounders FC match. The winner submitted her non-winning $2 “Sounders FC” Scratch ticket by mail in April. “When they called and told me I’d won I was like, ’yeah right,’” said Godwin. “I asked them to email me because I thought they were joking and when I received an email, I knew I wasn’t dreaming.” Godwin told Lottery officials she didn’t read the back of her Scratch ticket closely before sending it in so she had to look up full details of her prize online. After realizing her prize was a place on the Lottery sideline couch during a Sounders FC match, she couldn’t contain her excitement. “I started telling all my friends and family,” said Godwin. “But then I realized I probably shouldn’t have told so many people because everyone started asking if they could go with me!” The winner said it was tough choosing one person to join her at the match, but she’s happy to be taking her pastor’s son because he’s a huge Sounders FC fan. They will attend the Sounders FC match on June 25 to see the team take on New York City FC. As part of the second-chance prize, Godwin will also receive an authentic Sounders FC jersey, which will be autographed by a player after the match. The next second-chance drawing will take place on Wednesday, July 27. Entries must be received by Friday, July 22. To enter the July 27 second-chance drawing, fill out the back of any non-winning $2 “Sounders FC” Scratch ticket and mail the ticket to Sideline Couch Seats, PO Box 1200, Woodinville, WA 98072-1200. RESCARE AWARDED $1.2 MILLION TO PROVIDE BUSINESS SERVICES The WorkForce Central Executive Board and the Pierce County Workforce Development Council has awarded $1.2 million of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity (WIOA) funds to ResCare to provide business services in Pierce County for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018. ResCare has more than 350 workforce operations and more than 2,000 workforce professionals deployed throughout the United States. Since 1968, their mission has been to assist people to reach their highest level of independence by (1) helping job seekers and students prepare for self-sustaining employment opportunities, (2) supporting businesses in their efforts to secure qualified employees and (3) functioning as a trusted community partner. With these funds, ResCare will work closely with Pierce County economic development partners, local businesses, labor, and the community at large to ensure businesses have access to a 21st century workforce. “We are confident that ResCare will provide the same high quality business services that WorkForce Central has done historically. We will partner closely with ResCare to ensure a seamless transition of services”, says Linda Nguyen, WorkForce Central CEO. This investment will increase the competitiveness of the local business community. For more information, contact Linda Nguyen at nguyen@workforce-central.org or (253) 495-8515. FOSS WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT NAMES NEW DIRECTOR The Foss Waterway Development Authority Board of Directors has chosen Norm Gollub as the new executive director of the Authority. Gollub, formerly of Sarasota, Fla., will report on June 23 to take the helm at the Authority. “The Board and selection committee were very impressed with the combination of Norm’s attributes, skills, and experience,” Board President Jay Jetter said. “He wore three different hats in his previous position in Sarasota, and we feel that his experience in economic development, public-private partnerships, and marketing will allow him to continue the success of the redevelopment of the Foss.” Gollub’s background includes business retention and attraction, land use planning, facilitating real estate development and work on environmental impact statements and mitigation plans. “This is an exciting time for the FWDA” said Jetter, “as we move forward with the Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest project and the development of the Foss Harbor Marina project on the north end of the Foss. In the near future we plan to embark on an ambitious capital fund raising campaign for Central and Waterway Parks along the Foss and hope to expand the utilities on the north end of the Foss through a Local Improvement District. Construction of the much anticipated hotel is on the horizon. We are thrilled to have Norm join us and look forward to completing the vision for the Foss under his leadership.” SEE MORE BULLETIN BOARD ITEMS AT TACOMAWEEKLY.COM

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Pierce County detectives are trying to identify two young men who tried to use credit cards at Walmart stolen during a burglary in Puyallup. The thieves broke into an attached garage and stole a wallet, keys and other DAVID ROSE valuables while a family with five children was asleep in the home. With her hands full with five kids, homeowner Chelsea Casement stays busy. “You can’t even have your kids running around in the front yard without worrying about it. It’s stressful,” said Casement. It’s even more stressful because her hands weren’t the only ones busy last week – so were those of the thieves who broke into her garage and stole her fiancé’s wallet and keys to his truck that sat on top of the fridge. Casement said it looks like the thieves even tried to turn on her family’s boat. “Scared because, you know, I have five kids here, and you know it’s been crazy with all the random people walking around,

and it’s a little bit nerve-wracking,” said Casement. According to Pierce County Sheriff ’s detectives, two young men were caught on surveillance video riding their bikes into the Puyallup’s Walmart later that morning. Detectives say the pair was caught trying to use the stolen credit card first at the Walmart but were denied, then successfully used it at a nearby Redbox. “When someone gets a hold of your credit card, a lot of damage can be done,” said sheriff ’s detective Ed Troyer. “In this particular case, we have two kids on bicycles trying to use this stolen credit card.

Somebody probably knows who these two are. We want to get them identified and find out how they got this credit card, see if they’re out riding bikes and stealing people’s items either when they’re sleeping or when their cars are unsecured.” Casement said most of her stolen items have since been returned when someone found them, but her sense of security is still shaken. “I mean, we got it back and that’s happy, but someone still came into our garage,” said Casement. “I don’t know who they are or how old they were or anything like that, but that shouldn’t be something they get to

do and get away with.” At this point, Casement doesn’t know how the thieves got in the garage because she remembers shutting it. However, at some point she believes something must have triggered it open after she went inside. It’s why she’s urging everyone to make sure your garage door is closed before you go in. If you can identify the two men in the surveillance video, call Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County at 1 (800) 222-TIPS. There is a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to their arrest.

JURY FINDS CAREGIVER GUILTY OF MURDER FOR DEATH OF MAN IN HIS CARE

HIGH PRIORITY OFFENDER ARRAIGNED FOR BURGLARY ENDING WITH CRASHED U-HAUL

A jury found Larry Lee, 51, guilty of murder in the second degree on June 15 for the death of Philip Carter, 59. The jury also found Lee guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and returned a special-verdict finding that the victim was particularly vulnerable. The jury delivered their verdicts following a six-day trial. “Protecting elders and vulnerable adults is one of our top priorities,” said Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. “Deputy Prosecutors Erika Nohavec and Bryce Nelson vigorously tried the case and reinforced the message that we emphasize the protection of vulnerable adults in Pierce County.” Lindquist noted that successful prosecutions of caregivers for neglect is rare, but he expects such prosecutions to increase with improvements in awareness, training, and collaboration among agencies. Elder-abuse crimes have historically been underreported. This is the first time a caregiver was tried for murder since the Prosecutor’s Office Elder Abuse Unit was formed in 2012. Carter was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital in May of 2015 after Lee,

High priority offender Jeremy Russell Nichols, 32, was arraigned on June 21 on charges of residential burglary, theft in the first degree, attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle and malicious mischief in the first degree. Bail was set at $50,000. “The goal of the High Priority Offender Program is to make our community safer and reduce crime by focusing resources on the small percentage of offenders who are committing a large percentage of the crimes," said Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. On April 15, two men burglarized a home in Puyallup. A neighbor saw the two men, who were later identified as the defendants Nichols and Rocky William Payment, 31, walk behind the home. The neighbor called the police after contacting the homeowner to confirm that no one was expected to be on the property. She saw them leaving the home with pillowcases that appeared to be full. Another neighbor saw the two men enter a U-Haul truck and leave the home. Police located the truck stopped at a stop sign on 14th Street Southwest at West Pioneer. When the officers activated their emergency lights and siren, the truck

his caregiver, had found him unresponsive. Carter had been living under the care of Lee for several years. Lee had received payments totaling thousands of dollars to care for Carter. Carter suffered from mild mental impairment requiring the daily assistance of caregiver. Carter was treated for several large and deep bed sores, the worst of which was 8 x 13 inches and went down to the bone. Before Carter’s admission to the hospital, the sores had been packed with paper towels. Lee’s failure to treat the sores properly or seek medical care resulted in a serious infection that caused Carter’s death within hours of arriving at the hospital. On the day that Lee found Carter nonresponsive, he “cleaned him up a bit” and then called paramedics. When Pierce County Sheriff ’s Deputies responded to the hospital, they described the odor of rotting flesh coming from Carter’s hospital room as overwhelming. Hospital staff told officers it was the worst case of neglect some of them had ever seen. Sentencing is set for June 30. Lee is being held in custody without bail pending sentencing.

turned into oncoming traffic and drove away. The driver of the truck turned into a private gravel driveway, rammed through a closed gate, and collided with an unoccupied 1950 Chevrolet Deluxe Coupe. The U-Haul pushed the Chevrolet backward at least 50 feet and partially through a fence dividing the property before colliding with a hedge of trees and a chain link fence. Both of the defendants jumped onto the hood of the U-Haul and over the fence. They fled on foot. Detectives received information that Payment might be one of the suspects. Two witnesses were shown a photo montage and selected Payment’s photo as one of the burglars. He was contacted at the King County Jail in Kent, where he was incarcerated on an unrelated matter. He confessed to detectives. Payment pled guilty on June 16 to burglary in the second degree and theft in the first degree. He was sentenced to 51 months in prison. Nichols was arrested on June 20. His trial is scheduled for Aug. 15. Charges are only allegations and a person is presumed innocent unless he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT Supporting the Economic Growth of Our Community

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Federal, regional, state and local leaders gathered with the Puyallup Tribal Council last spring to officially cut the ribbon on the Tribe’s new state-of-the-art Salish Cancer Center (SCC). Joining in on the event were (back row from left): Fife Mayor Tim Curtis; former Congressman Norm Dicks and Puyallup Tribal Council Vice-Chairman Larry LaPointe; (front row from left) Puyallup Tribal Council Members Marguerite Edwards and Sylvia Miller; Puyallup Vice-Chairwoman Roleen Hargrove; Senator Maria Cantwell; Puyallup Chairman Bill Sterud; Gov. Jay Inslee; Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen; Congressman Denny Heck; and Puyallup Tribal Council Members David Bean and Tim Reynon.

The most urban of Native American tribes, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians continues 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 3,100 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 2015 the Tribe spent over $491 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 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 destiny as “the generous people,” the meaning of the Tribe’s very name “Puyallup.” In the following pages, you’ll read more about what a valuable community partner the Puyallup Tribe of Indians is to the region and the state.

STOGIE’S CIGAR AND SPORTS LOUNGE Bringing the ﬁner things in life to the South Sound

A formal grand opening event will be coming soon to Stogie’s, which is enjoying a bustling business already.

The Puyallup Tribe of Indians upped the ante in 2015 on options for going out the town with the opening of Stogie’s Cigar and Sports Lounge at 5402 Pacific Hwy., just off Interstate 5 at Exit 137 in Fife. Sept. 12 was the “soft opening” day and business has been booming ever since. A formal grand opening will be coming in 2016. The Puyallup Tribal Council established Stogie’s as an economic diversification and revenue source as well as enhanced entertainment, as it sits in proximity to the Emerald Queen Casino. Rather than build new from the ground up, the Tribe converted a former Mitzel’s restaurant into the high-end Stogie’s that features a décor of the utmost in taste and comfort, a full-service bar stocked with the finest spirits and a selection of nearly 30 top cigar brands, along with personal humidified lockers available to customers. Stogie’s hosted two major cigar events and its three tobacconists have Master Tobacconist License from the “Perdomo Factory” in Nicaragua.

The friendly staff at Stogie’s is at your service to make your experience there one that will have you coming back again and again.

Stogie’s is also becoming the go-to place to watch sports on any of the 30 large-screen TVs placed throughout the establishment. During Seahawks season, weekly events, like NFL Football Sundays, make for a fun way for fans to gather and cheer on the team. Sports fans also enjoy NBA nights, baseball starting in March and Seattle Sounders soccer matches. This summer, the outdoor area will host barbeques and live music in keeping with the Stogie’s ambience. The sophisticated lunch and dinner menus offer a delicious selection of appetizers and salads. With Stogie’s open to the public for just over four months now, the menus are being revised to focus more on the things that customers like the most. Everything is fresh and locally sourced, with salmon being a specialty. Guests love the Sunday Buffet Style Brunch and Taco Tuesdays, and ideas are being formulated to perhaps add a Military/Martini Monday and Service Industry Night on Sunday/Monday, as a lot of people in the service industry are off on Sundays and

Mondays and look for good bars where they can be waited on for a change. Plus, Stogie’s is one of the few places around anymore where smokers can sit back, relax and enjoy imbibing indoors rather than out on the sidewalk. A highlight of Stogie’s is that it attracts a clientele that reflects the diversity of the area. “Cigar culture is a very close and tightly knit culture,” says general manager Vicki Heckman. “It doesn’t matter what walk of life you’re in or who you are. If you’re a millionaire or lawyer, cop or construction worker, they’ve all got cigars in common.” Stogie’s is also showing itself to be a preferred meeting place to gather and network for local businessmen and women. If you want to take a business client to an upscale place in the South Sound, Stogie’s is it. With a work force of 26 employees, about half of whom are Native American, Stogie’s provides jobs for those who call the South Sound home as well as place where area residents can leave their hectic schedules in the rearview mirror. Learn more at www.stogiessportsbar.com.

NATIVE AMERICANS DO PAY TAXES Indian people pay taxes. They pay most of the same taxes non-Indians pay, and in some cases additional Tribal taxes as well. Indians have a few tax exemptions, just as non-Indians do. The Puyallup Tribe and its members are dramatic examples of these realities. Indian tribes collect taxes that are then sent to the appropriate taxing bodies. The Tribe withholds federal income tax from its employees (who include Puyallup Tribal members, other Indians, and non-Indians), and from the per capita payments it makes to its members.

As federal law provides, the Tribe sends that money to the I.R.S., a total of over $47 million in FY 2015. As an employer, the Tribe pays its share of payroll taxes and withholds payroll taxes from its employees, which is then sent to the Social Security Administration and other government agencies. Those taxes added up to over $20 million in FY 2015. Under the terms of agreements with the State of Washington and local governments, the Tribe collects and pays tax funds to those governments, including

about $11 million to the State of Washington, and over $300,000 to the City of Fife. Unlike all other governments, non-trust land owned by the Puyallup Tribal government is often subject to state and local property taxes. In 2015, the Puyallup Tribe paid over $575,000 dollars in property taxes to state and local governments. The total amount in taxes collected, withheld, or paid to the various governments by the Tribe in FY 2015 was approximately $80 million.

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

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he beauty of entrepreneurship is that the skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the limit when it comes to ideas that have the potential to flower into a successful business. Some people may invent a revolutionary product that puts them on a pathway to a winning new venture, while for others the simplest thing can hold that golden nugget to make their business dreams come true. For Chris Young, it was breakfast cereal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got started because I was living in Iceland and really fell in love with the cereal I was eating there,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After I got back to the states, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find anything that was really equal to that and so I started making my own. I decided to try something different instead of just going out and getting a 9-5 job. I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d try and start a company.â&#x20AC;? A stay-at-home dad at the time, Young began experimenting with various grains and sweeteners to develop a cross between European muesli and American granola that he calls American muesli. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came up with the recipe that is now our Blueberry Walnut, which is our original flavor,â&#x20AC;? Young explained, and the family-run company Mountain Muesli was born in 2011. More flavor combinations were soon added, such as cranberry hazelnut and cherry almond, and new products as well like snack bites called Muesli Minis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After we were in business for about a year, we started to manufacture the snack bites, which has become our more popular product,â&#x20AC;? Young said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really a cereal bite thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held together with some almond butter and some really good stuff in there like flax seed and pumpkin seed.â&#x20AC;? Mountain Muesli products are gluten free and made in small batches at a dedicated facility in Tacoma to ensure that the products are never contaminated with wheat, soy, corn, eggs, dairy or peanuts. Only wholesome, all natural, non-GMO ingredients are used without any additives or preservatives. Mountain Muesli is sweetened with a blend of honey, agave syrup and coconut sugar, which has one of the lowest glycemic indexes of any sweeteners, then baked to perfection. Mountain Muesli has the perfect balance of protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats to give the

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body energy the natural way. As the Mountain Muesli company is growing, Young and his team are making adjustments along the way, which includes launching a separate company called Paradise Foods Northwest in order to produce additional types of healthy foods. First off the production line are gluten free and vegan cookies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, shortbread and other flavors as the line expands. This will ultimately be the brand name for Muesli Minis as well, which will then be marketed as Nirvana Snack Bites. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think it makes more sense to have them labeled as Nirvana Snack Bites versus minis or something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more ambiguous and people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure what they are,â&#x20AC;? Young explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly people here know Mountain Muesli Minis and what they are but if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in Texas or New York I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to be more straightforward with what the product is.â&#x20AC;? Mountain muesli will continue to be the name of the cereal and the snacks and

cookies will be manufactured under the Paradise Foods Northwest name. Currently, Tacoma Fresh carries Paradise Foods Northwest cookies, and more locations are being added. Tacoma Fresh also carries Mountain Muesli products, as does Marleneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Natural Foods Market, Whole Foods and Metropolitan Market. Mountain Muesli and Paradise Foods Northwest are all about good food and good health, and the name â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paradiseâ&#x20AC;? was incorporated to reflect the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love for the natural world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in this case specifically, Paradise at Mount Rainier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It reflects more the value of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about, which is the outdoors,â&#x20AC;? Young said. In this spirit, the company donates 1 percent of profits to the National Park Conservation Association and is also celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Park System. Learn more about this growing Tacoma company at www.mountainmuesli.com and on Facebook â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just search Mountain Muesli and Paradise Natural Foods.

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Our View

THEATER AS therAPy

We live on a beautiful planet for the most part. Most of its inhabitants live simple and symbiotic lives that keep the world in balance. Grass and plants are eaten so a gazelle can grow old and become food for a lion that, in turn, dies on the plains and becomes nutrients for the grasses to grow. Only the â&#x20AC;&#x153;smartestâ&#x20AC;? animals on the planet have a history of tossing that balance into a death spin with wars, pollution and fights between â&#x20AC;&#x153;usâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;themâ&#x20AC;? to create haves and have-nots. We even invent reasons to fight by pitting one belief system or way of life against another, leaving innocent people who just want to live out their lives in peace left to mourn. And America is mourning. The mass shooting in Orlando left so many dead and so many injured, and it also left millions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if not billions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of people around the world worrying about the future, the perceived fall of society and withering drought of â&#x20AC;&#x153;common senseâ&#x20AC;? in the two-footed residents of the planet. Everyone is seeking answers to their questions and answers to their fears. Some people seek answers in books and rites. Some find answers in speeches and songs. Others seek answers in the creation of art. It is in that creative spirit that Tacoma Little Theatre is producing a one-night-only reading of the landmark play â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Laramie Projectâ&#x20AC;? on June 26, as a way to not only draw together the community of South Sound theater members and supporters, but to also communally grieve the best way they can â&#x20AC;&#x201C; baring their emotions on stage. The effort is being produced with support from Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Tacoma Youth Theatre and Lakewood Playhouse. The presentation is a donation-only reading to benefit the Rainbow Center of Tacoma and Equality Institute Florida to support survivors of the Orlando massacre. The play addresses the events, beliefs and emotions surrounding the death of Matthew Shepard and the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raw and mixed response to it. Shepherd was a 21-year-old college student when he was beaten and left for dead hanging from a wire fence in October 1998. He was found 18 hours after the attack, clinging to life and alone on that fence outside of Laramie, Wyo. He eventually died five days later in a hospital. A group of men had killed him simply for being gay. His death, and the trial that quickly followed, became a call to action for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and those who embrace understanding over ignorance. The play that told the story was nothing short of groundbreaking. A theater troupe spent the better part of a year interviewing more than 200 people in the town, including the two murderers, to craft an in-their-own-words production that dives not only into the depths of homophobia and intolerance, but also the cathartic nature of forgiveness and the belief of universal love. Maybe, just maybe, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;smartest animalsâ&#x20AC;? on the planet can figure out that everything and everyone on the globe should strive for peace and understanding, rather than wallow in violence and intolerant ignorance.

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rePublicAnS in deniAl on climAte chAnge, but the militAry iSnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

By Congressman Adam Smith

Climate change is a serious national security threat facing our country, and we are already seeing its effects in Washington. Our reliance as a nation on fossil fuels and other traditional sources of energy is unsustainable and is a serious vulnerability in our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense. The Department of Defense (DoD) has been an innovator in pursuing clean and alternative energy sources as well as planning for and mitigating against the impact of climate change. Unfortunately, continuing attempts by some Republicans to ignore its very real and negative impacts are threatening to reverse the critical progress that has been made. During the past century, we have seen the Puget Sound rise eight inches, droughts impact farmers in eastern Washington, and shellfish hatcheries fail due to an acidifying ocean. These trends are expected to continue, and failure to act now poses a serious risk to people, infrastructure, and ecosystems from floods, storm surges, seawater inundation, and erosion. In the Northwest, many coastal communities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including our various military installations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are particularly harmed by these changes. Additionally, higher temperatures and reduced rainfall create hotter and dryer conditions, increasing the number and severity of wildfires. Nonetheless, during House Armed Services Committee action on the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, a number of Republicans attacked DoDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans to address climate change. An amendment offered by one of my Republican colleagues, for example, would have prevented money allocated to DoD from being spent on climate-change initiatives in President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive orders 13653 and 13693. Fortunately, this amendment was defeated in a close bipartisan vote. Our military must have the resources and flexibility to adapt to the impacts of climate change in order to remain a ready and effective force. Amendments such as this represent a continuing effort to restrict the militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to plan for future contingencies and operating environments

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ultimately weakening our security. The impacts of climate change are not confined to the Puget Sound. On the Atlantic coast, for example, tides have risen by one and a half feet over the past 100 years and Norfolk, home to the largest navy base in the world, is seeing more flooding, hurricanes, and norâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;easters than ever before. Projections estimate water levels in Norfolk will rise another five and a half feet or more by the end of the century. These rising seas, whether they be on the west or east coast, means an increase in infrastructure flooding, threatening our coastal installations and limiting our ability to protect our national interests. Climate change, in addition to impacting military readiness, also contributes to global instability through food and water shortages, disease, disputes over refugees, and more severe disasters. Throughout the world, we are seeing the impacts of climate change on global stability. Yemen, for example, faces a severe water shortage. This scarcity has destabilized cities and rural areas alike, leading to violence and creating space for terrorist groups like Al-Qaida to operate. Thousands are dead, the country is on the brink of famine, and terror groups use water shortages as a tool of war. Climate change without a focus on environmental justice will continue to increase global insecurity, further demanding more of our military and civilian resources both in terms of assistance abroad and at home. Despite continued attempts by some Republicans to ignore the very real and negative impact of climate change, the Department of Defense has already recognized it as a threat multiplier. In the Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fiscal Year 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review and a report issued in July 2015, the DoD outlined how it intends to plan for and mitigate against the impact of climate change, recognizing that a more volatile climate not only leads to greater instability overseas but also negatively impacts U.S. installations and readiness. In fact, back in October 2010, retired Admiral Michael Mullen, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under both President George W. Bush and President

Barack Obama, stated that climate shifts contribute to food and water scarcity, leading to conditions of hopelessness that could lead to failed states and make populations vulnerable to radicalization. As Admiral Mullen stated, extreme climate events will continue to contribute to poverty, environmental degradation, and tension around the world, leading to further political instability in already weak countries. In addition to the impacts on global stability and readiness, DoD will also bear a financial burden as the result of climate change. In 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report stating climate change presents a significant financial risk to the federal government, and the country could respond by enhancing its resiliency â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reducing future potential losses the federal government could face as a result of climate change. This will require up-front costs but could reduce the amount of money needed down the road to repair damage caused by climate-related events. This is particularly relevant as we work in the House of Representatives and the Senate to authorize and appropriate funds for the next fiscal year. As noted, during the recent markup of the fiscal year 2017 defense bill, we saw how some Republicans are attempting to prevent DoD investment in, and purchase of, alternative fuels, citing associated costs. DoD recently refuted this claim when the Department made a bulk purchase of a 10 percent blended alternative fuel that ended up costing the same amount it would have cost for conventional fuel. Republican opposition to common sense, cost-saving initiatives like DoD investment in, and purchase of, alternative bio-fuels is a waste of money. Rather than trying to prevent the DoD from implementing smarter, more efficient, and environmentally sound options, we in Congress should be championing efforts to improve energy security, increase operational resiliency, efficiency, and effectiveness, and help global security. By doing so, our nation and the American people are best positioned help make the world a more stable and peaceful place.

detoxifying congreSSionAl PoliticS By Don C. Brunell

Thankfully, June 8 marked a milestone for Congress. Members came together and overwhelmingly approved a sweeping bill that regulates tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture. The legislation capped more than three years of arduous work by Republicans and Democrats and business and environmental leaders who systematically plowed through volumes of complex, confusing and sometimes contradicting state and federal environmental laws and regulations dealing with toxic chemicals. It updates the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate new and existing chemicals against a new, risk-based safety standard that includes considerations for particularly vulnerable people such as children and pregnant women. It also establishes written deadlines for the EPA to act and makes it tougher for the industry to claim chemical information is proprietary and therefore secret. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., one of the billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief sponsors, told Associated Press correspondent Matthew Daly: â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the first time in 40 years, the United States of America will have a chemical safety program that works ... and protects families from dangerous chemicals in their daily lives.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new bill requires the EPA to set priorities for substances with the greatest likelihood of presenting a risk to the public

and establishes a process thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both effective and not unnecessarily onerous on companies so that beneficial products can get to market,â&#x20AC;? Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in an interview with Kent Hoover, national bureau chief of Biz Journals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will help both job creation and retention, and environmental concerns.â&#x20AC;? Although the legislation has wide support, it has some detractors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At issue here are potential new hurdles, delays and restrictions on statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to enact their own restrictions on toxics. Instead of being a national leader on controlling toxic chemicals, Washington will now have to fall in line behind the feds and wait for EPA to take the lead,â&#x20AC;? Rob Duff, chief of staff on environmental issues for Gov. Jay Inslee (D), told the Seattle Times in May. However, the 181-page bill specifies that any state law or rule in place before April 22 would not be pre-empted by federal law. Importantly, the national legislation sets new safety standards for asbestos and other dangerous chemicals, including formaldehyde, styrene and Bisphenol A, better known as BPA, that have gone largely unregulated for decades. While lawmakers and interest groups in Washington State have their share of differences and disagreements, they have a history of working together on key sensitive environmental issues. In the early 1980s, business, environmental and legislative leaders came together to streamline our State Environmental

Policy Act (SEPA). The changes, pushed by Gov. John Spellman (R), enabled SEPA applicants to focus on an environmental checklist of significant concerns for projects. In 1999, the landmark Forest and Fish Law brought together tribal, environmental, business and government leaders. Gov. Gary Locke (D) signed the bipartisan bill aimed at protecting water quality for fish, wildlife and people while allowing logging, tree planting and forest management on private forestlands. In 2002, business, environmental, municipal and state leaders came together to hammer out rules governing activities along our stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shorelines. Then Attorney General Christine Gregoire (D) helped mediate an out-of-court settlement of conflicting litigation. Locke pushed the agreement through the legislature with bipartisan support. The bottom line is our system will work, if people are willing to set aside difference and come together for the common good. While it is a long and bumpy road, in the end, we are all better served by laws that are clear, logical and function efficiently. Warning: Patience, persistence and understanding are required. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn. com.

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SUMMIT OLYMPUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CELEBRATE EXPEDITION LEARNING, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

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package swayed voters. District officials and construction crews have spent the last few years working on the most-needed repairs and drafting designs for the more extensive projects. Those drawings are now taking shape. Likely one of the most innovative projects district crews will be working on this summer is the 30,000-square-foot Environmental Learning Center at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, which will house the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Science and Math Institute, or SAMI, program through a partnership with Metro Parks Tacoma. The new facility is expected to open in late 2017. The nature-themed building will offer eight learning areas for SAMI students and community presentations. SAMI will be housed in portables at the former Camp 6 Logging Museum site along Five Mile Drive until then, a temporary move from the waterfront that was needed for construction of the stormwater treatment facility. Elsewhere in the district, Wilson High School will have new electrical, heating and ventilation systems as well as a new 28,000square-foot building that will replace two aging halls. Crews will also do upgrades to the sports fields and new plazas. Work on the academic buildings is expected to open by September, but plans are in the works to minimize the impacts on students since some work will occur after classes begin. Some of the renovations at Wilson started last fall with the bulk of the work set to be done by August. Work on the music building and sports field is expected to continue through much of the 2017 school year. McCarver Elementary School has been a neighborhood landmark on Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hilltop since 1925, so it was time for a major renovation. That work is about to end, with the school now set to reopen this fall after $39 million of renovations that include infrastructure upgrades and a community resource center inside the building, but with a separate entrance to control access into the elementary school. During the last year, the younger students remained in classrooms elsewhere on the campus while the 2ndto 5th-graders were temporarily bused to McKinley. Wainwright Intermediate School is being replaced by a new building on the Fircrest site and will reopen as a school for 4ththrough 8th-graders from nearby Whittier Elementary School, which will shift to a preschool through third-grade school. The two schools will be run by one principal and two assistant principals and will act in many ways as one school community operating on two campuses. The mascots for both will be Panthers when the new Wainwright opens in late

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DRUMMING. Summit Olympus students learned drumming skills as part of their expedition coursework. Students have about a dozen options to choose from for their Expedition learning, including music and drumming, culinary arts, active citizenship, film and video production, photography, 3D visual arts, beat making/music recording, drama, dance and sports like volleyball and basketball. By John Levi Correspondent

Outside Summit Olympus, the strawberries are starting to ripen, snap peas are growing and lettuce, kale and Brussels sprouts have been planted. The food growing outside of Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first public charter high school was planted by Olympus students and will be picked, cleaned and taken to local homeless shelters to provide needy families with fresh fruit and vegetables. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our students wanted to give back, and they talked about how they could help the homeless population,â&#x20AC;? said Lori Markowitz, Executive Director of Youth Ambassadors, one of the many community partners working with Summit Olympus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids brought issues of importance and voted on what they wanted to work on. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been so impressed with the Tacoma students; their passion is just off the charts.â&#x20AC;? The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban garden project is just one of the activities taken on by the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Active Citizenship course, one of many student-led expedition opportunities that are building strong partnerships between students and the community. The school celebrated these partnerships on Wednesday at the Summit Olympusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first Celebration of Learning: Expeditions. Students have about a dozen options to choose from for their Expedition learning, including music and drumming, culinary arts, active citizenship, film and video production, photography, 3D visual arts, beat making/music recording, drama, dance and sports like volleyball and basketball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We send a survey to students about expedition options. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really trying to make the programs driven by student interests,â&#x20AC;? says principal Greg Ponikvar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then we work with community partners to determine classes. We are so fortunate to have some great partners in Tacoma who are willing to share their expertise and talents with our students, who get to learn in real world settings.â&#x20AC;? As part of their school year, Summit Olympus ninth-graders have electives in four, two-week expedition sessions, where they explore new or existing passions such as culinary arts, drama, music, sports, student leadership, photography,

video and film production. The public charter high school works with community partners to develop expeditions and these electives are driven by student interests â&#x20AC;&#x201C; enabling students to explore their passions and get real-world experiences outside of their core subjects. Summit Olympus ninth grader Skylar Ramirez is participating in the photography and active citizenship expedition courses this year. He has enjoyed the time out of the classroom learning a skill and helping the community. He is part of the group of students who are raising the fruits and vegetables to donate to homeless shelters. They also spent time collecting and packaging medical supplies for Syrian refugees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a really good way to get involved in the school and the larger community,â&#x20AC;? the 14-year-old said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also organized a donation drive and donated more than 900 items to local homeless shelters.â&#x20AC;? Skylar said that in addition to the expedition work, he appreciates the one-on-one mentorship time and the ability to work at his own pace. He is working at an advanced level of math and appreciates the â&#x20AC;&#x153;relaxed, but challengingâ&#x20AC;? environment. Summit Olympus, Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first tuition-free public charter high school, opened its doors in fall 2015 to ninth-graders. The school is currently accepting ninth- and 10th-graders for the 2016-17 school year and will roll up to a full four-year high school by the 2018-19 school year. Summit Olympus is part of the larger Summit Public Schools, which also offers a public charter high school in South Seattle and operates eight schools in California. Summit Olympus High School is a small, diverse school that offers a personalized learning model, where students can work at their own pace, progressing once theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve shown competency in a subject. In addition, each student is paired with a mentor who helps them set short term and long term goals and check in on progress every week. For more information on attending this public charter school high school, visit http://summitps.org/schools/washington/summit-olympus. Applying takes just five minutes and there is no entrance requirement or tuition.

spring or early winter. But until then, Wainwrightbound students will be at Whittier. Adjustments are being made to the schedule, as well as grounds and facilities to accommodate the temporary increase in students and staff as construction at Wainwright continues a few blocks away. Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arlington Elementary School is also being replaced with a 450-student campus for students from pre-kindergarten through 5th-grade in a $28 million project. Students will attend McKinley during the upcoming school year, to allow for the construction to continue to prepare for a 2017 grand opening. Stewart Middle School, a school first built in 1924 and historically recognized by both the city and state, will be renovated to allow for modern teaching methods, but still retain its historical character at a cost of $62 million. This is the first significant renovation in the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and will enable the school to house 700 6th- through 8th-grade students when it opens in the fall of 2017. The new facility will be designed as a two-story school, with an additional full basement floor. The square footage will be reduced from an existing count of 147,657 square feet to 120,000 square feet with the demolition of various additions. The existing gymnasium, for example, was built in 1973 and will be demolished along with a classroom to accommodate a new facility. The new gymnasium will be designed within the original buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footprint, or as an attached addition. Stewart students moved to Hunt last year and will return when school is ready to start in September 2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The work includes removal of hidden historic features and replacing all the HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and controls,â&#x20AC;? according to the project summary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal is to save the historic envelope of the building that will include repointing brick, replacing windows, seismically upgrading the entire facility and addressing serious ADA compliance issues.â&#x20AC;? The next batch of major school changes will come in 2017, when Mary Lyon Elementary School will be completely replaced. The existing school was original constructed in 1924 with additions built in 1948 and again in 2003. The new building will add space and capacity as well as allow students to remain at the existing school while construction occurs elsewhere on the campus once work begins in next June, with the new facilities set to open in the fall of 2018. Construction of a new Browns Point Elementary School will roughly follow the same timeline as Mary Lyon, and allow students to remain at the campus through a phased construction schedule. More detailed construction information is available at tacoma. k12.wa.us.

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Kitsap BanK names 2016 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

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WINNERS. (From left to right): Alexis Bryson,

Emily Cryder, Cody Earl, Jacob Ralls, Kitsap Bank Vice Chairwoman Helen Langer Smith and MacKenzie Benson. Inset: Ali McLaughlin. Not shown: Delaney Hewitt and Olivia Olson

Kitsap Bank has presented eight scholarships to the graduating children of Kitsap Bank employees. Among this year’s scholarship recipients are Bellarmine Preparatory School graduate Alexis Bryson, daughter of Mary Kay Bryson; Olympic High School graduate MacKenzie Benson, daughter of Kimberley Webster; South Kitsap High School graduate Emily Cryder, daughter of Cindy Cryder; Port Townsend High School graduate Jacob Ralls, son of Jan Ralls; Overlake School graduate Delaney Hewitt, daughter of William Hewitt; Olympic High School graduate Cody Earl, son of Jacinta Earl; Kingston High School graduate Olivia Olson, daughter of Bonnie Olson; and Rogers High School graduate Ali McLaughlin, daughter of Tim McLaughlin. “We are extremely pleased to provide scholarships to this talented group of students,” stated Chief Executive Officer Steve Politakis. “At Kitsap Bank, we value education, and we are happy to help the children of our employees reach their educational goals.” Alexis Bryson will be attending Western Washington University in the fall, where she will study environmental science. Jacob Ralls plans to attend the Fire Training Academy in North Bend. Delaney Hewitt will be attending Scripps College, where she intends to receive her undergraduate degree in lib-

eral arts before pursuing a law degree. Ali McLaughlin will be attending Pierce College before transferring to Central Washington University where she will study law enforcement. Attending Olympic College will be MacKenzie Benson, Emily Cryder, Cody Earl and Olivia Olson. Benson will focus her studies on business and marketing, and hopes to become a personal/media relations representative; and Earl intends to study at Olympic College before transferring to Central Washington University to study chemical science. Established Aug. 8, 1908, Kitsap Bank is headquartered in Port Orchard, operating 21 locations throughout Western Washington. With over $1 billion in assets, the bank provides a full range of financial services to commercial and individual customers. Kitsap Bank has been named a Preferred Lender by the U. S. Small Business Administration, and a Corporate Philanthropist by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Kitsap Bank is ranked the 10th largest bank based in the State of Washington and is the second largest woman-owned business, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. The bank was named Family Owned Business of the Year in 2015 by Seattle Business magazine. For more information, visit www.kitsapbank. com and follow Kitsap Bank on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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judgment is set for July 1. Port CEO John Wolfe said the legal filing against the signature gathering efforts was based on the legal questions surrounding the authoritative limits of initiatives, not an effort to quash public debate about the environment and job creation. “It’s not about quieting voices,” he said. “It’s about focusing all those voices in a more productive way that achieves the public’s desired outcomes.” The fact that a public vote on the lawsuit coming after the actual filing of the legal challenge prompted open-meetings gadfly Arthur West to file a formal complaint with the state’s Attorney General and Public Disclosure Commission with the claim that the lawsuit violates the law by using taxpayer dollars on political efforts. “The recent actions, pleadings, press releases and statements of the Port of Tacoma, the Economic Development Board of Tacoma-Pierce County and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber clearly demonstrate that one of the actual primary purposes of each of these groups individually, and as their new incarnation as a tripartite political organization with a unified political agenda, is to affect governmental decision making by opposing ballot measures such as Tacoma Citizens’ Initiative 5 and 6,” he wrote in the complaint. Port of Tacoma, the Economic Development Board of Tacoma-Pierce County and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber had filed the petition earlier this month to stop Save Tacoma Water activists from gathering signatures with the legal claims that the initiatives are legally flawed because they overstep the limits of the initiative process. They also would allegedly violate state law, which requires public utilities to provide its customers with access to power and water. The City of Tacoma was also named in the lawsuit, but city officials have since announced plans to defend the city with the legal argument that state law does not allow cities to determine if the results of a petition efforts are legal, just that it should follow an initiative process. The city also amended its court filings to remove a previous demand for repayment of its legal expenses. The business groups have filed no such change. Initiative 6 would change the city code if it is placed on the Novem-

ber ballot and is approved by voters. Save Tacoma Water supporter last week turned in 4,963 signatures calling for the initiative to face a public vote. Pierce County Election officials validated 3,320 on Tuesday. That count sets it for the November ballot if a judge allows it to move forward since the initiative only needed 3,160 valid signatures to face a public vote. Another effort, Amendment 5, could change the city charter, which can’t be overturned by the City Council like a code change can, is continuing to gather signatures until a judge makes a legal call. It would have to receive 5,559 valid signatures to appear on a ballot in 2017. The initiatives were crafted while debate raged in Tacoma regarding a planned natural gas-to-methanol plant planned for the tideflats that would use more than 10 million gallons of water a day. Another controversial project on the tideflats to face a judge’s decision is the planned 8 million gallon liquefied natural gas production and storage facility that Puget Sound Energy has in the works. Redline Tacoma member John Carlton is seeking emergency response information concerning the facility. PSE is appealing an earlier judge’s decision to release the data on the grounds that it contains company secrets and details that could make the facility a target of terrorist attacks. A decision was expected last week but has yet to arrive. PSE, which has mounted an extensive public relations and advertising campaign of web ads and community surveys, claims the facility is needed to store natural gas for the seven or eight days a year when peak demand outpaces supply and to fuel TOTE container ships that use lower-emission LNG rather than diesel. Members of Redline, a sibling of Save Tacoma Water, fear the facility would endanger the waterway and nearby residents if there were an accident, a claim PSE officials say is unfounded. “The LNG project poses no threat to downtown Tacoma from explosion or fire or anything else,” PSE spokesman Grant Ringel said, noting that even the “worst case” accident would be contained within the facility’s 550foot fenceline. Carlton worries PSE is downplaying the potential dangers. The Puyallup Tribe has also filed a legal challenge against the plant, citing faults in the environmental review that leave questions about water runoff from the facility’s construction and operation.

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we needed more personnel to do the job right; however, those studies were over 10 years old. The department, the County Council and the County Executive needed updated information in order to reach informed decisions about staffing levels and deployment.” PSSG Director Kym Craven stated that the level of hiring her firm is suggesting is unprecedented. “Normally when we are working with an agency, we find many sworn employees performing duties best suited for civilians. That was not the case here in Pierce County. In fact, the organization is so lean that we are suggesting additional hires throughout the department.” PSSG’s study concluded that the department needs to hire 40 patrol deputies alone in order to deliver the level of service the community expects. “The number of patrol deputies suggested might seem high,” said Pastor, “but, in reality, it brings

t Stewart The chance for Stewart, now 80, to have a building named for him – or have students, district executives and members of the Tacoma community smile when he’s mentioned – was impossibly long. Born into a family of 11 children to a sharecropper from Columbus, Tex., Stewart picked cotton, attended small, all-black schools and graduated with a class of 14 from Columbus Colored High School in 1953. “I played football, basketball and baseball,” Stewart said. “At the time, we weren’t allowed to use the fields of white schools. We had our own field, but it was in disrepair. If I went to watch a game at a white school, I had to stand beyond the end zone – that’s the only place blacks were allowed.” Stewart tried to turn his anger into something more positive. “One of the summer jobs I had – along with picking cotton – was caddying at a local golf course,” Stewart said. “One of the guys I caddied for was the quarterback for a white high school. We became lifelong friends.” One of Stewart’s sisters, Pearlie Mae, and her husband lived and worked in Houston. They asked Stewart to live with them and attend the all-black Texas Southern University there. They made it clear he had one job – to become the first in his family to get a college degree. Stewart did so. A few years later, Pearlie Mae’s husband died, and Stewart learned that his brother-inlaw could neither read nor write. Knowing what he owed his sister, he sent her a check every month for the rest of her life.

the total number of deputies dedicated to the unincorporated areas to just above the level of staffing in 2007.” Attrition and cutbacks reduced the number of deputies from 235 in 2007 to 189 in 2016. Those 189 deputies are responsible for patrolling an area of 1,800 square miles and serving a population of 400,000. The study calls for a phasedin approach, starting with the hiring of some command staff, supervisors, civilians and deputies, followed by additional hiring over the next 3-5 years. The report states that the department is a fairly efficient organization and that it has a positive, strong, duty-oriented culture. However, it also concludes that there are improvements to be made including:

services s )NCREASED COMMUNITY engagement to address problems rather than just responding to calls for service s )NCREASED FOCUS ON LONG TERM planning to help the department address community needs s )MPROVEMENT IN DATA collection and analysis to monitor crime and quality of life issues and emerging trends “While some recommendations in the study are not ones I might have made,” said Pastor, “I believe that we need to take every recommendation seriously and work to implement them with the help of county government and the citizens of unincorporated Pierce County.” PSSG’s next step is to finalize its review of the department’s Criminal Investigations Division, s !DDITIONAL STAFFING TO which will conclude in the fall. improve service delivery In 2015, the Sheriff ’s s !DDITIONAL STAFFING TO ENSURE public safety and the safety of Department contracted with the Public Safety Strategies Group deputies s #HANGES TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL (PSSG) to conduct a study of structure to further enhance the law enforcement component accountability and improve of the department. Established

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A one-year teaching job in Texas didn’t keep him out of the draft, and in 1958 Stewart found himself in the Army – 8th Infantry, medical platoon – at Fort Lewis. “I cried for six months,” Stewart said, laughing. “All it did was rain. In 1960, we took part in a big maneuver, spent 60 days in pup tents. I sent a note to the Tacoma School District and set up an interview. My sergeant gave me the time, so I took a bus to Tacoma and got the job.” He also married his wife, Faye, stayed in the Army reserves and started going for a Masters degree at Pacific Lutheran University. After teaching at Gault Middle School and being named assistant principal, Stewart was transferred to Lincoln High School in 1969 and, one year later,

became the first African American principal in Tacoma history. Stewart got there being himself. He remembers a story from his teaching days. “One ’back to school night’ at Lincoln, I met with parents of my classes, and afterward one white couple waited to talk to me,” Stewart said. “They said they wanted to thank me. They told me their daughter had insisted they meet me, that she had told them all about me – but never mentioned my color. I loved that.” Today, some 40-plus years after his stint at Lincoln, Stewart still hears often from former students. They remember him, in part, because he remembered them. Stewart has a unique ability to remember everyone he meets, not just by name, but whatever he learns about them. “I’d greet my students

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by name as they came into school,” Stewart said. “For me, it was always about the kids, and they were all my kids.” Late in the ’70s, the district moved Stewart into administration, where one of his first jobs was recruiting qualified black teachers. Stewart brought in teachers from across the country by meeting with them and selling them on Tacoma. After retiring from the job in 1995, Stewart became a Tacoma school board member, serving 10 years. “The thing about Willie is that he’ll tell you about the people who gave him a hand up over the years,” said former teacher, now jeweler Steph Farber. “But he’s always turned around and given that hand up to others. Everything that’s come to him, he’s tried to give back.” Faye Stewart has battled Parkinson’s disease for near-

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ly 25 years, and Willie has been part of her care-giving each day. The couple has two grown children: Willie Jr. is a Puyallup elementary school principal, Collette the school personnel director in Tacoma. Retirement for Willie is more concept than reality. He is on boards and councils, from the Boys and Girls Club to a prostate cancer survivor’s group. Each Sunday at his Urban Grace church – which he joined in 1963 – Stewart is in charge of a breakfast for the homeless made by different volunteers each week. “Last Sunday we had 275 men, women and children eat,” Stewart said. In that building named

for him are high school dropouts getting a second chance. Stewart visits each week, meets and remembers students there who have no idea he once picked 300 pounds of cotton a day. “When I graduated from college in Texas, the job routes available to black men there were preach, teach or manual labor,” Stewart said. “Black cops could only arrest other blacks in Houston.” Things have changed. Stewart has helped that happen, in the Northwest and back home in Columbus, Tex. “In 2005, my hometown named me to its Hall of Fame,” Stewart said. “Isn’t that something?”

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MAKE THEIR MOVE WITH THREE WINS IN FIVE DAYS

PHOTO BY RAIMUNDO JURADO

MIDWAY. Tacoma Rainiers left fielder Daniel

Robertson takes a cut against the Fresno Grizzlies. The Rainiers split their four-game series with Fresno before hitting the road for 15 of 19 games on the road leading up to the Triple-A All-Star break. Tacoma will play 16 home games in 20 days following the break.

DESPITE JUNE SLUMP, RAINIERS STILL IN FIRST By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

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he Sounders U23 entered possibly the most important stretch of the season on Friday, June 17. The night’s matchup against the defending champions of the Premier Developmental League (PDL) Northwest Division would mark the first match of three over a span of just five days. The Sounders U23 found themselves in a three-way tie for third place after the first six matches of the season. A troubling trend for the team was that every single win thus far in the season had been followed by a loss. The team was looking for some momentum and with a playoff spot possibly on the line, this three-match stretch was going to be a true test. When the smoke cleared following their third win out of three on Tuesday, June 21 at Seabloom Field in Redmond, it was pretty clear that the defending PDL Western Conference champions had once again found their mojo. A week prior, the Sounders U23 were deadlocked with Washington Crossfire and the Victoria Highlanders FC for third place in the Northwest standings. A little run of victories by any of the three could very well create some distance from the rest of the pack and seal a post-season berth for someone. As it would play out a week later, the Sounders U23 not only had racked up three wins, earning nine points in the standings, but they had also supplanted Lane United FC for second place with five games left on the schedule. The top three teams in the division will advance to the post-season. Seeds two and three will face each other in a loser-out match that will send the winner, along with the division champion, on to the Western Conference tournament. After finishing the 2015 season in third place, the Sounders U23 went on a blazing run, defeating rival Portland Timbers U23 on the road and

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RISING. (top) Sounders U23 midfielder Keith "Nano" Francisco winds up for a penalty kick against the Victoria Highlanders. It would be his second goal of the day. (mid-left) Just as he did with the Tacoma Stars, Joseph Cairel delivers instant energy to the Sounders U23 attack. (mid-right) Midfielder Brandon Zimmer gets some air. (group shot) Goal hugs for everyone. (bottom) Another Tacoma Star in the fall and winter, Chase Hanson is a steady hand for the Sounders U23.

As the Tacoma Rainiers baseball season hits the midway point, the team’s recent June slump has been a big reminder that the Pacific Coast League season is not a sprint. It’s a marathon, or maybe a triathlon would be more fitting. As the Rainiers currently sit at 39-32, one thing has remained a constant from opening day at Cheney Stadium, up until their most recent 5-2 road loss to the Sacramento River Cats. Over the course of Tacoma’s 72 games thus far, the Rainiers have never left first place in the PCL Pacific Northern division standings. While the team may currently be tied for first with the Reno Aces, Tacoma fans may find a silver lining in the fact that the boys of Cheney have been slumping, yet still they remain at the top and in the hunt for a PCL pennant. The month of June has been difficult on the Rainiers, and it’s not going to get easier with Tacoma playing 15 of 19 games on the road leading up to the Triple-A All-Star break. As of press time, the Rainiers have gone 9-11 in June, following a season start that saw them build a 7.5 game cushion between themselves and Reno with a win over the Iowa Cubs on May 22. So far, that has proven to be the high-water mark for Tacoma, as the team has went 12-16 since. Sometimes these seasons are a roller coaster ride, and as a fan, it’s a matter of holding on for dear life. For instance, if the club can get through it’s tough stretch of games leading up to the AllStar break, they can expect a little payback on the other side of it. Starting Thursday, July 14, the Rainiers will play 16 games at Cheney Stadium in 20 days. For a team that still owns the best home record in the PCL, this has got to be some welcome news for the club, as well as the fans. Speaking of fans, the crowds coming out to Cheney Stadium this season have been nothing short of stupendous. Tacoma has hosted 35 games so far this season with a grand total of 171,238 fans in attendance. If your calculator isn’t handy, that’s a cool 4,893 fans per ballgame. The organization is in some rare air at the moment, averaging nearly 5,000 fans per game. If recent crowds are any example of what to expect down the road, the numbers are trending for a record-breaking year with well over that 5,000 per game. It seems like every Tacoma home stand has been seeing crowds over 6,000 for at least a ball game or two. The Rainiers’ recent four-game home stand saw crowds of 6,759, 6,294, 6,875 and 4,491. That’s an average of 6,105 fans per game, with two of those games played under sketchy weather conditions. The Rainiers will be returning home on Thursday, June 30 to host the Las Vegas 51s for a four-game series. June 30 is going to be a special night at Cheney Stadium as the Rainiers celebrate Ken Griffey Jr. Night. “The Kid” played one game for Tacoma during a rehabilitation stint back in 1995. One game is all it takes to become a permanent part of Grit City, as far as I am concerned. The first 2,500 fans through the gates will receive a free Griffey bobblehead. Of course, this is all coinciding with Griffey’s recent election to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, so those bobbleheads are definitely going to be more special than those offered up on just a regular bobblehead night. The Friday, July 1 game will be followed by a fireworks show. If you hadn’t heard, Fridays have become the place to be this spring, and now that summer is upon us, expect big crowds and tons of fun at Cheney Stadium when the hometown boys make their return, and hopefully hit the gas pedal on what could be one of the best summers ever at the ballpark in Tacoma. For tickets and more information, visit the Cheney Stadium box office or go to www.tacomarainiers.com.

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- 14 people per session (10 and older) - $20 per person. Intro to Paddle Board (SESSION III) – 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. - 10 people per session (10 and older) - $20 per person. Paddle Board Improving Your Skills Class (SESSION IV) – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - 10 people per session (10 and older) - $20 per person. July 30: Sailing (SESSION I) – 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. - 14 people/7boats, 2 per boat (10 and older) - $20 per person. Sailing (SESSION II) - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - 14 people/7boats, 2 per boat (10 and older) - $20 per person. After finishing a water-based class, be sure to visit our museum to see our new exhibit: “10 Years of Clean Water.” Water-based activity classes are generously supported by the Wendell Stroud and Marine Floats Corporation and the Phil Hayes Discovery Fund.

SOUNDERS WOMEN STAY UNDEFEATED WITH LATE WIN OVER ISSAQUAH

TACOMA RAINIERS ANNOUNCE OPEN AUDITIONS FOR NEW RHUBARBS

Have you ever dreamt about becoming a part of one of the best minor league baseball organizations in the United States? If so, this just might be your summer. The Tacoma Rainiers are looking for Grit City’s wildest, craziest party animal. The question is: Could you be Rhu? That’s right, the Rainiers are holding open mascot auditions on June 28. Rhubarb the Reindeer is one of the most iconic and fun mascots in the Pacific Northwest, and now it’s your chance to become a part of the wild shenanigans that go on at Cheney Stadium week after week. If you think you’ve got what it takes, contact Casey Catherwood at ccatherwood@tacomarainiers.com to book an audition time. Auditions will take place between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

HENRY FOSS’ KATHY LE SELECTED FOR WIAA LEAP COMMITTEE

Eight incoming juniors from around the state of Washington were recently selected to join the WIAA LEAP (Leadership through Education Activities and Personal Development) Committee, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) announced Tuesday. Committee members will have the unique opportunity to represent the voice of Washington’s 225,000-plus high school student participants. The eight incoming juniors selected are: Kathy Le, Henry Foss High School; Jade Chamberlin, Connell High School; Aaron Davenport, Cedarcrest High School; Tabitha Messineo, Puyallup High School; Lexi Mikkelsen, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) High School; Dylan Mooers, Tumwater High School; Ford Powers, Chiawana High School; Eddie Rojas, Lake Washington High School. The selected students completed a thorough application process which included an online application, a short essay explaining why athletics and activities are important, three letters of recommendation, and a video personal statement about their school and why they should be selected. This year saw a record number of applicants with over 110 total submissions. The new Committee members will serve a two-year term, joining eight seniors who just finished their first term during the 2015-16 school year. “The WIAA LEAP committee has become a priority of the Association to make sure the voice of the students is heard,” WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbrese said. 2016-17 will mark the 10th school year of the LEAP Committee. Members of the Committee collectively represent each of the WIAA’s six classifications and nine districts. The group is scheduled to meet five times throughout the 2016-17 school year. Meetings consist of guest speakers, leadership exercises, peer discussions, and group projects. Committee members will attend a retreat in August during the summer before their senior year. The retreat combines physical outdoor adventures and team building exercises, while evaluating the previous year and providing opportunity for goal-setting for the upcoming year. In addition to attending the five meetings and the retreat, each student is required to write a blog about their school that is highlighted on the WIAA website and social media streams during each year they are on the Committee. The students also plan and implement the Coins for a Cause Fundraiser that raises money for Special Olympics Washington and InvestED at State Basketball and State Football. Returning to serve their second term in 2016-17 are incoming seniors Megan Drake (South Whidbey High School), Feven Fessehatzion (Lindbergh High School), Michael Larson (Everett High School), Lindsey Lindgren (Oakesdale High School), Drake Mitby (Ocosta High School), Jordan Oakes (Holy Names Academy), Cameron Read (Goldendale High School), and Keithen Shepard (Union High School). The first meeting of the 2016-17 school year is scheduled for Sunday, September 18, 2016.

PADDLE AND SAILING ADVENTURE AT THE FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT

Ten years ago, the City of Tacoma and its partners completed a historically significant clean-up effort on the Thea Foss Waterway. Thanks to this effort, today we can live, work, paddle and play on a clean waterway. The Foss Waterway Seaport is offering a variety of amazing green water activities from our dock located on the Thea Foss Waterway during July. Classes include paddle boarding, kayaking and sailing experiences. Don’t miss out. Please sign up now to enjoy one or more of the adventures listed below. To register go to http://www.fosswaterwayseaport.org/events-calendar. July 2: Intro to Paddle Board (SESSION I) – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. - 10 people per session (10 and older) - $20 per person. Into to Paddle Board (SESSION II) – 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.- 10 people per session (10 and older) - $20 per person. Paddle Board Yoga (SESSION III) – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - 10 people per session (10 and older) - $20 per person. July 9: Intro to Paddle Board (SESSION I) – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. - 10 people per session (10 and older) - $20 per person. Intro to Kayaking (SESSION II) – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Sounders Women remain perfect at 5-0 after a late comeback win at the Issaquah Gunners. The tough, physical match was played on Friday, June 17 th at Issaquah high school. The Gunners went up to lead 2-1 with the Sounders Women rallying to score two goals. The Issaquah Gunners found goals from Jessica King, who tried out early this year with the Sounders Women, and Jade Richards to lead the Gunners. Always an exciting match, this game met the expectations. The game was a battle from the opening whistle with both teams getting behind and finding looks at goal. The Gunners had the early lead but Natalia Kuikka found the back of the net for the Sounders Women. Late in the game, Kaycie Tillman would make her presence known scoring to tie the game at 2-2. In stoppage time, Kate Bennet iced the game for the Sounders Women with a penalty that she calmly hammered home. The Sounders Women are now perfect on the season with a trip to Portland this weekend for a double header against the Portland Spartans and CU Diamonds. Game times are 7pm Friday and 7:30pm Saturday in a quick turnaround. Returning for a home game on Tuesday, June 28 th the Sounders Women will host OSA in another tough division match. Tickets and information for both games and the remaining schedule can be found at www.sounderswomen.com. Come see the future.

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The Pierce College Athletic Department will be hosting a basketball and volleyball camp this summer, as well as a volleyball skills clinic at the Lakewood Campus Health Education Center. The first camp is the Raider Basketball Youth Skills camp which runs from June 27 to June 30. Attendees will hit the courts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. This camp is reserved for boys and girls age seven to 13. The attendance fee is $90, paid in advance, or $100 on the day of camp. The Raider Advanced Volleyball Skills Camp will be held from July 11 to July 14. Camp begins daily at 9 a.m. and will run until 3 p.m. This camp is reserved for girls age 14 and older. The camp fee is $100 per camper, paid in advance, or $110 the day of camp. The Raider Youth Volleyball Skills Clilnic will be held Saturday, July 16. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is reserved for boys and girls ages eight to 13. The camp fee is $35 per camper, paid in advance, or $40 the day of camp. Camp participants can sign up or find additional information at www.pierce.ctc.edu/athletics/camps.

PUGET SOUND LOGGER FASTPITCH MADE GREAT STRIDES IN 2016

The Puget Sound softball program continued to take a step in the right direction in 2016. The Loggers reached double-digit wins (10) for the first time since 2011, but that’s far from the whole story. Out of the Loggers’ 38 games in the spring, 18 were decided by three runs or less. The Loggers captured wins against three of the four Northwest Conference teams that competed in the postseason. Puget Sound topped Pacific, 12-10, in early March. Later in the month, the Loggers picked up a 4-3 win over George Fox, and Puget Sound opened its April slate with an 11-7 win over Whitworth. The Loggers also gutted out a 6-3, nine-inning win over crosstown rival Pacific Lutheran during the final weekend of the season. No stretch of the season was more memorable than the six-game spring break trip to Tucson, Arizona. The Loggers finished with a perfect 6-0 record, including wins over Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin-La Crosse, and La Verne. Senior Kayla Andrus earned an All-NWC Second Team nod after leading the Loggers in hitting (.339), onebase percentage (.388), slugging (.492). In addition to playing second base and third base, Andrus tossed 55.2 innings in the circle. Andrus also helped the Loggers to 16 home runs, which was the program’s most since clubbing 19 long balls in 2011. Erica Gott led the 2016 Loggers with five homers, while Andrus and Jaci Young hit four apiece. Amanda Fehr and Haley Gray also went yard for Puget Sound.

TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS JUNE 25 – JULY 18 SATURDAY, JUNE 25 – SCOT GAMES Tacoma Highland Games Froniter Park, Graham – 8 a.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 25 – FOOTBALL Puget Sound vs. Puyallup Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 25 – FOOTBALL Cowlitz Cobras vs. PC Bengals Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 6 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 26 – SOCCER Women – Yakima FC vs. South Sound Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 1 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 26 – SOCCER Men – Yakima FC vs. South Sound Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 4 p.m. THURSDAY, JUNE 30 – BASEBALL Las Vegas 51s vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. FRIDAY, JULY 1 – BASEBALL Las Vegas 51s vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 2 – BASEBALL Las Vegas 51s vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 3 – BASEBALL Las Vegas 51s vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 9 – FOOTBALL Cavaliers vs. Puyallup Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m. THURSDAY, JULY 14 – BASEBALL Colorado Springs vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. FRIDAY, JULY 15 – BASEBALL Colorado Springs vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 16 – FOOTBALL Cowlitz vs. Puget Sound Outlaws Orting HS – 6 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 16 – FOOTBALL Wenatchee vs. Pierce County Bengals Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 6 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 16 – FOOTBALL Snohomish vs. Puyallup Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 16 – BASEBALL Colorado Springs vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. SUNDAY, JULY 17 – BASEBALL Colorado Springs vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m. MONDAY, JULY 18 – BASEBALL Oklahoma City vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

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COLLISION. South Sound midfielder Hanna Massee navigates through the Spokane Shadow defense. On

May 15, South Sound handed Spokane a 2-1 defeat, marking the Shadow’s sole loss of the season. Outside of the match, Spokane has outscored their opponents 53-7. The Shock will meet the Shadow in Spokane on July 30 with a possible NWPL championship on the line... or maybe not.

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Save Tacoma Water does. Your tax dollars are being used to stop a vote by the people. Fight back. Fight for democracy. Donate to STW for our Legal Defense Fund The public interest law ﬁrm, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), is working pro bono to defend the initiatives and their rightful place on the ballot once signature validation is complete “We should make no bones about it, this lawsuit is much less about the law and much more a show of political power”, says Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin, attorney from CELDF representing Save Tacoma Water. “Via this lawsuit, the corporate-local government plaintiffs are trying to say, ‘how dare you?’ as if the people of Tacoma, acting on the rights of the people to petition and vote, should be subordinate to the powerbrokers of Tacoma.” Lindsey goes on to say, “Whether you are active in supporting the initiatives or not, this lawsuit is bigger than the issue of water. This lawsuit is really a direct assault against direct democracy, free speech rights, the right to vote, and the right of local community self-government, which affects everyone in Tacoma.” Fight for democracy and your vote.

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Under normal circumstances, a weekend that includes a win and a tie in two soccer matches would be considered a positive outcome for most teams. When the weekend’s

battles were over for the South Sound FC women’s team, the very same outcome may have proven to be a deathblow for the Shock’s championship hopes in the statewide Northwest Premier League (NWPL). Following a business-as-usual 3-0 shutout victory over the Olympic

taC awards yearian with top honor By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

For those feeling uncertain about the youth of America and wondering if any true leaders will arise from their ranks someday down the road, one must simply attend a Tacoma Athletic Commission (TAC) Athlete of the Year banquet. The quality and quantity of upstanding, outstanding and remarkable student athletes representing the 34 high schools within Pierce County was both staggering and breathtaking on Wednesday, June 15, when the cream of the crop filled up the LeMayAmerica’s Car Museum. To be completely honest, this writer was nearly moved to tears several times throughout the proceedings as it was difficult not to feel a profound sense of pride in these young men and women who have already begun trying to better our area with their gifts. The fact of the matter is these kids today are giving their time and doing things in the community at a level that would have left one flabbergasted just 25 years ago. For decades, the Tacoma Athletic Commission has been sorting through the best of the best from each and every high school sport to find the male and female studentathletes that they consider to be the top in and out of the classroom, their chosen sport and their community. If you were to ask most representatives from the Tacoma Athletic Commission about the selection process, many would tell you that it was one of the most difficult and grueling decisions they’ve had to make. The candidates in each sport are often so evenly matched that in the end the award is sometimes split between up to five athletes in some cases. However, it usually comes down to just one finalist, and this year the

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LION TIME. Bellarmine Prep’s Jack Yearian capped

an incredible senior year for the Lions. Yearian would be awarded the 2016 Scott Names Tacoma Athletic Commission Athlete of the Year award following a 4A cross country state championship and a successful defense of his titles in both the 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs. Yearian will take his running shoes to the University of Oregon next fall.

city of Tacoma was well represented when the winners were announced. Today, the event is known as the Tom Names Salute to Sports, “Honoring the TAC Athletes of the Year.” The Names Family Foundation has continued the late Tom’s wish to significantly impact the importance of the Athlete of the Year program. Through scholarships attached to the awards, the Names family has now financially impacted local student athletes for the past 23 years with the Athlete of the Year award alone. Not only does the award represent a paramount achievement, each award also comes with a $10,000 scholarship from the “First Family of Sports” as the Names have

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been known by the TAC since 2007. Bellarmine Prep’s Jack Yearian took home the 2016 Scott Names TAC Athlete of the Year award for his phenomenal fall and spring running seasons. Yearian captured the 4A state cross-country championship in the fall and then pulled-off a fete that has happened just 13 other times in state history. Yearian would go on to win the 4A 1,600-meter championship and then the 4A 3,200-meter title. As a junior, Yearian would also win the state 1,600 and 3,200 titles giving him a run of five distance titles that may never be matched again. Yearian will take his skills to the University of Oregon in the fall. Puyallup’s Jordyn Bartelson would be awarded the 2016 “Sis” Names Athlete of the Year award for her excellence in wrestling. A four-time, 4A state champion, Bartelson racked up an amazing 141-7 over the course of her high school career. Bartelson was also a fixture on the 2014 4A state softball championship team, as well as allstate in soccer.

The 2016 Clint Names Mult-Sports Excellence award for the boys would go to Henry Cheney of Charles Wright. If the name looks familiar, it is. Henry is a grandson of the late, great Ben Cheney. Cheney starred for the Terriers in football, basketball and baseball. Cheney has worked with the homeless and started a Fellowship of Christian Athletes club at Charles Wright. He’ll be taking his $5,000 scholarship to play baseball at the University of Portland next year. On the girls’ side, the award went to Taylor Hoffman from Mt. Rainier Lutheran in Parkland. Hoffman excelled for the Hawks in soccer, basketball and track and field and also donated her time through youth basketball and soccer. With the recent passing of Tacoma’s own Stan Naccarato, it was very fitting that the TAC debuted a new award this year in Stan’s name. The 2016 Stan Naccarato Sports and Civic Betterment award would go to Raquel Gray of Spanaway Lake. Gray made a name for herself as a state champion wrestler, three-time captain of her soccer team and stints in lacrosse, as well as track and field. Gray opened the night’s proceedings with an excellent rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, something she has done at numerous football, basketball, wrestling and soccer games throughout her career. Donating her time to the church food bank, toy drives, clean-up crews and more made Gray a fitting recipient of the $2,500 Naccarato scholarship award. Bellarmine Prep’s Joe Lyon took home the Clay Huntington Sports Communication Scholarship award. Lyon made a name for himself on the tennis courts, as well as the golf course. One of the most remarkable bits about Lyon concerns his jams. Joe’s Jam has been selling for $5 a jar for a few years. For every jar sold, Lyon has donated $2 to the American Lake Veterans Golf Course. So far, Lyon has delivered more than $3,000 to the course. Lyon was also the editor of Bellarmine’s online newspaper. He will take his skills to the University of Southern California next year.

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It was a flat performance for the Shock, one they hoped to not repeat in their rematch. As fate would have it, not only did the Shock suffer another lackluster outing against the Stars (1-3-4) on Sunday, June 19, they also failed to score in the 0-0 draw. While it was another strong showing for a defense that has shutout five of their nine opponents, the team has been looking for a scoring punch this season that just hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t arrived yet. When it was all said and done, the Shock found themselves tied with the Spokane Shadow at the top of the league standings with 21 points apiece. Here is where the devil begins to torch the Shockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title dreams with the little details. While the two teams are currently tied, South Sound has played one more game than the Shadow. The two teams will face each other in Spokane to conclude the season on Saturday, July 30. A quick look at the standings says that looks like it could very well be a championship match. However, looks can be deceiving. If Spokane wins their three remaining games before the South Sound matchup, they will enter the final game a full three points ahead of the Shock. Should the Shock win what should be considered the final, decisive game, both teams would finish with 30 points each in the standings. Should the Shock come away from Spokane victorious, it would be a two-game season sweep of the Shadow. In most sports leagues, following a season-ending tie, the first tiebreaker is determined by how the teams faired against each other. In this case, South Sound would hold a 2-0 record (6 head-to-head points) and would bring home the championship trophy to Tacoma. For reasons beyond this writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head scratching, at the beginning of the season the NWPL decided to make the total number of wins the first tie-breaker, instead of how the two teams faired against each other, like most of the rest of the civilized sporting world. As a first-year league, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

hard not to chalk up this decision as an oversight, but when the season is over, it could be the most heinous oversight possible. For example, if the Seattle Seahawks end up tied at the top of the standings with the San Francisco 49ers, the division champion is first decided by who won what between the two teams. Had the Seahawks swept the 49ers in a tie situation, and were denied the division title; the Puget Sound would shake from the cries and anger of Hawks fans, and rightly so, because it would be ridiculous. Of course, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that Spokane stubs its toe in the other three games leading up to their final matchup with the Shock. However, if statistics are any indication, it is going to take more than a minor miracle. Taking away their 2-1 loss to the Shock on May 15, Spokane (7-1-0) has outscored their opponents 53-7 in just seven games. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a typo. They are outscoring the rest of the NWPL by an average of 7.5 to 1. Meanwhile, the Shock (6-0-3) have given up just five goals the entire season, while averaging three goals per match in their nine contests. South Sound will host their final home game of the season on Sunday, June 26 against Yakima United FC. First kick is set for 1 p.m. at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood. On the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, the Shock had a difficult weekend. South Soundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jason Twaddle scored a hat trick on Saturday, June 18 against the Olympic Force (2-4-3). However, the Force had an answer for each goal and the two teams finished in a 3-3 draw. The following day, the Shock had what looked like a clear goal overlooked earlier in the first half against the Seattle Stars (2-4-2). A second-half Stars goal would be the only scoring as the Shock took one on the chin at home 1-0. Twaddle was named the Evergreen Premier Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Offensive Player of the Week for his hat trick performance. South Soundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s men (4-5-1) will host Yakima United FC (0-5-2) at Harry Lang Stadium on Sunday, June 26 at 4 p.m.

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then went on to run the table in Tucson to capture the Western Conference crown. Next up would be a berth into the national PDL semifinals where the squad would give up just a single goal, in the final minute of regulation, to the eventual champions. Last season saw the Kitsap Pumas run away with the division title. This season, the Sounders U23 are now nipping at the heels of the current division leading Calgary Foothills FC (6-2-1). With 18 points in the division standings, the Sounders U23 (6-3-0) trail Calgary by a single point. When the two teams collide for two matches to end the regular season, it could be a huge stakes affair. The Sounders U23 will travel to Calgary on Sunday, July 10 and will then host their neighbors from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great White Northâ&#x20AC;? on Friday, July 15 at Sunset Stadium in Sumner. The first kick is set for 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendars and make plans now. To begin their three-game stretch, the Sounders hosted the Pumas on Friday, June 17. The day began with heavy rains throughout the Puget Sound, but by game time, the Sun was peeking through the clouds and the match was played under dry, optimum conditions. The game between the two clubs began as they usually do between such fierce rivals. The play was physical and it was fast. It would be 36 minutes before the scoreless deadlock was broken as Chris Wingate found himself a little daylight near midfield and sent a long pass down to star forward Guillermo Delgado. Not only did he break away past the last Puma defender, Delgado then shook Puma goalkeeper Matt Grosey, who went to the turf to block a shot that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t coming quite yet. Delgado sidestepped Grosey and then planted a left-foot heater into the far corner of the net for a 1-0 Sounders U23 lead. Delgado would work his magic again just three minutes later. As the Sounders U23 inched closer toward the Pumaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box, Delgado slashed through the defense, taking a pass and sending it backward with his heel. It was perfectly timed, as midfielder Jose Aguinaga advanced on the ball and torched a shot into the back-right corner of the goal for a

2-0 Sounders U23 advantage that would hold into halftime. The Pumas did everything they could in the second half to put some points on the board, but the Sounders U23 defense held firm. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until the 67-minute mark of the game when a suspiciouslooking penalty was called on the Sounders U23 in front of their own goal. The play had several qualities that are normally reserved for the Academy Awards, but the referee saw it as being legit. Kitsap finally had their chance to get back into the game, and it would be up to veteran Cory Keitz to notch them a goal via a penalty kick. Keitz lined up his shot, the referee blew his whistle, and the ball sailed toward the upper right portion of the goal. It was a strong shot. The only problem was that Sounders U23 goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell had read it all perfectly and met the ball on a leap with both mitts and turned away what would be the Pumas one true shot at turning things around. One of the interesting side notes of the game was the number of Tacoma Stars playing between the two clubs. Kitsap was represented by Mike Ramos, Cory Keitz and Trevor Jensen. The Sounders U23 sent out Chase Hanson, Troy Peterson, Derek Johnson and Joseph Cairel. The 2-0 victory would be followed by another 2-0 shutout just two days later in Sumner, as the Sounders U23 hosted the Victoria Highlanders. A goal by Keith Francisco on a feed from David Olsen opened up scoring 40 minutes into the first half. By halftime, Francisco had netted another goal off of a penalty kick and the Sounders U23 defense would hold the shutout throughout the second half. On Tuesday, June 21, the boys in rave green and blue took care of business yet again in Redmond against the Washington Crossfire. The Sounders U23 would get on the scoreboard 14 minutes in off a goal by Jakob Granlund on a feed from Delgado. Crossfire would answer with their own goal less than a minute later and the game was tied at 1-1. Four minutes before halftime, the Crossfire were called for a handball in the box. Aguinaga would capitalize for the Sounders U23 with a successful penalty kick. The 2-1 lead would hold until just four minutes remained in regulation as Aguinaga sent a Granlund pass into the back of the Crossfire net for a 3-1 Sounders U23 victory, and a third-straight win.

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5. Performer alert: Rocky Sandoval Among the most compelling artists performing original tunes this weekend is Tacoma R&B singer-songwriter Rocky Sandoval, who has honed his skills over the years trying out for reality TV shows as MTV's “Score,” P. Diddy's “Making the Band” and Fox-TV's “American Idol.” He'll perform new single “Just Like Stevie” and other fan favorites at 1 p.m. Sunday on the Pond Stage. Preview his music at www.rockysandoval.com.

ummer has arrived, and in Tacoma that means its time to head over to Point Defiance for some serious eats. More than 225,000 noshers are expected to visit the park as this year's festival showcases dozens of local food vendors, breweries and musical performers from Friday to Sunday, June 24 to 26. Most vendors will serve a featured item that costs no more than $10 and a smaller “just a bite” option that costs $3.75 or less. Visit www.tasteoftacoma. com for a full menu and schedule of performers. Meanwhile, here are 20 things you should see, hear, do and taste at this year's festival.

6. Try local beer and wine. The Rose Garden Stage is sure to be popular with grown ups, especially with the Craft Beer Tasting & Wine Bar serving a wide array of regional brands,

1. Take the free shuttle. On-site parking will be at more of a premium than usual this year with phase one of Metro Parks Tacoma's Destination Point Defiance improvement plan underway. But Taste fans can space themselves the headache of having to find a space and then walk several blocks by taking one of the free shuttles that will run between the park and Tacoma Community College, 6501 S. 19th St. They will depart every 15 minutes beginning at 10:30 a.m. each day, with the final shuttle leaving Point Defiance half an hour after closing each day.

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Novello will battle Bray at 4 p.m. Saturday. Chuch's Jon Maley will challenge Bar Bistro's Chris Lewis at 5 p.m. Friday, and Bush Kitchen's Saffron Hodgson from will try to out-fry Farrelli's Pizza's Michael Rutledge at 3 p.m. Sunday. 9. The Funtastic Carnival This kid friendly section of the carnival will again feature a wide variety of carnival rides. It's up to you to gauge how much centrifugal force your tummy can take after loading up on corn dogs and FroYo. Take six rides for 16 bucks after picking up coupons from the 94.1 KMPS booth. 10. Performer alert: Geoffrey Castle For years, this critically acclaimed bandleader, producer and solo artist has set out to change people’s preconceived notions of what is possible on a violin. His

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with the distillery's Batch No. 12 Vodka, Grapefruit Sparkling Ice and lime, and the Batch No. 12 Bourbon Palmer, a boozy spin on the Arnold Palmer. 14. New restaurant: Barbar Shawarma If you're craving this savory snack from Mediterranean, look no further than Barbar, which will serve up shawarma of the beef and chicken variety. 15. Performer alert: Janis Lives Sherrie Johnson is a veteran of the local scene, known as an on-air personality on Tacoma's NWCZ Radio and the singer for Devil on a Leash and Voxxy Vallejo. With her latest project, she'll channel the spirit of trailblazing '60s singer Janis Joplin at 6 p.m. Saturday on the Bowl Stage; www.janislives.com. 16. Diet buster: Deep fried peanut butter and jelly Peanut Butter Goodness improves on this lunch box staple. And really, does it count as a summer fair or festival these days if no one is chucking comfort foods in a deep friar? 17. Meet the new park ranger. At 1 p.m. Friday at the Family Fun Stage, Taste visitors can meet Point Defiance's new ranger, 25-year-old Alaska native Mary Kruszer. Since May, she's been brainstorming new ways to engage visitors and patrolling the park to make sure they comply with rules. You know, don't feed the raccoons, people – not even the really adorable ones. She'll explain more about what she does during this meet-and-greet session.

2. Easily find vegan and gluten-free options. Vendors will label those options with an asterisk this year. “But we're asking people when they're at those booths to make sure what category it is, because not everything that is vegan is gluten free and vice versa,” explained Megan Postiglione, spokeswoman for Taste of Tacoma promoter Festivals Inc.

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including 7 Seas Brewing, Washington Hills Winery and Odd Otter Brewing this year. During happy hour – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily – revelers can enjoy $3 off of tasting packages or $1 off wine and beer by the glass.

3. Step up your cooking game. “We have some great chefs from awesome local restaurants coming to prepare some of their favorite items,” Postiglione says. TV Tacoma's Amanda Westbrooke will again host the Taste Cooks stage where area chefs will provide insight into how to make some of their signature dishes. This year's lineup includes Jere Scott of Point Ruston's new Wildfin Grill (1 p.m. Friday), Derek Bray from The Table (3 p.m. Friday), Julie Thavon from Stadium's Indo Asian Street Eatery (noon Saturday) and Jon Maley from Tacoma “pop-up” Chuch (2 p.m. Saturday).

7. Diet buster: The Krispy Kreme bacon burger This decadent mash-up of meaty, sugary goodness, served up by Deano's Grill, is what “cheat days” are made for. Oh, and Deano's will have Krispy Kreme birthday cake and ice cream sundaes, too. 8. Culinary combat When chefs aren't providing tips on the Taste Cooks stage, they'll do battle during mystery ingredient cook-off challenges. Each chef will have 30 minutes to whip up a new dish using three mystery ingredients. Pacific Grill's Alexander Anton will take on The Table's Derek Bray at 4 p.m. Friday. Skillet Diner's Nick

4. New restaurant: Keli's Hawaiian Foods Keli's will bring deliciousness from the South Pacific, smothered in glutenfree sauces. Their booth will serve up

trio – featuring Castle on electric violin, Darin Watkins on drums and Eric Robert keys – will take the Rose Garden Stage at 3 p.m. Saturday; www.geoffreycastle.com. 11. Kids' karaoke contests. If your little people can sing, sign them up to compete for prizes when Seattle country station KMPS-FM (94.1) hosts karaoke at 3 p.m. Friday, 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. 12. New restaurant: Chaat N Roll This east King County eatery specializes in the flavors of India and will serve up its popular kathi roll, a type of kebab wrap popular in Kolkata. 13. Sip signature spirits. Gig Harbor's award-winning Heritage Distilling Company will be on site mixing up refreshing concoctions for the over 21 set. The official cocktails of Taste of Tacoma this year are the Flirty 32, made

18. Performer alert: Michael Powers “There are two types of people,” according to The Review magazine. “Those who love Michael Powers' music, and those who have not heard it yet.” The popular Seattle jazz and funk guitarist will perform songs from his new CD, “What's Going On,” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the Rose Garden Stage. 19. Cool off with frosty treats. Summer is the season for chilly snacks. Get caffeinated with frozen coffee from Joe Froyo, chill out with shave ice from Snowie or enjoy a grown-up fruit smoothie from Margarita Village. 20. Look at the lizards. Monroe-based Zoologist Scott Peterson – aka Reptile Man – will bring an assortment of scaly critters to the Family Fun Stage at 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. He might want to keep his eyes peeled for the folks from New Orleans Cookery, though, in case they run out of festival favorite, Alligator on a Stick.

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The Grand Cinema will be showing “Dragon Inn” this weekend as part of its Weird Elephant series, which celebrates cult horror, sci-fi and fantasy films. “Dragon Inn,” released in 1967 and directed by King Hu, is widely consider one of the most influential wuxia films, martial arts fantasy adventures in the style of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” The film will be screened at 9:09 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25. Tickets are $5.50 to $10 and can be found online at www.grandcinema.com.

TWO ‘MAGIC’ BATTLE Time Vault Open will host a “Magic: The Gathering” tournament on Saturday, June

25, at Real Art Tacoma, 5412 South Tacoma Way. Contestants will do battle with the popular fantasy trading card game in search of top prizes – $300 for first place, $200 for second place and $100 for third and fourth. The entry fee is $30, and registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Learn more at www. tvgopen.com.

ers, the gentle tones of the Harpers’ Circle and amazing feats of strength from the Scottish athletes all bring the sights and sounds of Scotland to South Puget Sound. Learn more at www.tacomagames.org.

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THREE HIGHLAND GAMES Tacoma Highland Games will take over Frontier Park – located at 21718 Meridian Ave. E., in Graham – on Saturday, June 25. Visitors will enjoy a family friendly day of Scottish competition, Scottish farm animals, whiskey and mead tasting and more, starting at 8 a.m. The sound of bagpipes across the field, the light steps of Highland danc-

Banana slugs may not be the cuddliest of creatures found in this region, but Northwest Trek is showing them some love anyway with Slug Fest 2016, which will be held at the park – located at 11610 Trek Drive E., in Eatonville – on June 25 and 26. Slugs are fascinating decomposers that break down organic matter and return nutrients to the soil, and this event will celebrate them with crafts, games and “human slug races.” The park will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is

Buy and sell gently used treasures at the Hilltop Community Rummage Sale on Saturday, June 25, at Old Key Bank, 1120 S. 11th St. Participants will be able to meet neighbors and local businesses, share ideas about the future of Hilltop. Tables will be provided. Set up is at 9 a.m., and the event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations will also be accepted for Goodwill and the Tacoma Tool Library. To learn more or register, call Brittani Flowers at (253) 448-2773 or email bflowers@tacomahousing.org.

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Ride for FREE! Park for FREE! Take Pierce Transitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freedom Fair Express from TCC or Tacoma Dome Station If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking forward to enjoying everything Freedom Fair has to offer, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to spend any time in traffic, Pierce Transit is here for you! Catch a Freedom Fair Express bus from Tacoma Community College at 19th & Mildred, or at Tacoma Dome Station at 610 Puyallup Avenue; parking is FREE at both locations. Service runs every 30 minutes from 10 AM until 8 PM sharp, then resumes after the fireworks to return festival-goers to their vehicles. All other Pierce Transit service is also FREE on July 4, 2016, thanks to the Tacoma Events Commission! Visit XXX GSFFEPNGBJS DPN for more information.

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WEEKLY REWIND Photos by Bill Bungard Among participants at Spaceworks Neon fundraiser on June 11 at the Carperter's Building (top photos) were rapper Clemm Rishad and Tinkertopia co-owner Darcy Anderson, who emceed a fashion show with models sporting local gear. The event raised $54,000 for Spaceworks, a joint venture by the City of Tacoma and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber that pairs aspiring entrepreneurs with vacant storefronts. Last weekend, Strangely Alright (left), the Pierce County Community Band (bottom left) and Colt Ford & The Peacemakers performed at Puyallup's Meeker Day's Festival and Stone Foxes (bottom right) headlined Jazzbones.

STAN NACCARATO 1928 - 2016 This year’s 4th of July Freedom Fair and Air Show fireworks display will be dedicated to the memory of Stan Naccarato, who passed away on May 25th, 2016 at age 88. Stan was an integral part of the production of this award winning event for many years, and he especially enjoyed the fireworks display. He had a tireless and consistent presence around Tacoma circles for over sixty years. He will truly be missed! If you would like to donate to the 2016 Freedom Fair fireworks show on the 4th of July in memory of Stan Naccarato, please mail a check to Freedom Fair, 4109 E-7, Bridgeport Way West, University Place, WA 98466, or see our donation page at freedomfair.com to make a donation through PayPal. All donations are tax deductable. Thank you, The Tacoma Events Commission (253) 507-9357

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STEVE JENSENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BĂ&#x2013;TSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ON DISPLAY AT FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT

CULTURE CORNER

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Event of the Week: The Gritty City Sirens Presents: Varie-TEASE! Washington State History Museum June 25, 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

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THE LONG VOYAGE HOME. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Viking Swanâ&#x20AC;? by Steve Jensen. Cast bronze. 16 x 14 x 7.5. Jensen is a Seattle-based artist that celebrates his seafaring heritage through his art. A show of Jensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funeral boats and paintings are on display at Foss Waterway Seaport through Oct. 9.

Foss Waterway Seaport is currently hosting â&#x20AC;&#x153;BĂ&#x2013;TS,â&#x20AC;? an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Steve Jensen. The theme of the sea voyage lies at the heart of Nordic mythology, and it illuminates this show by Jensen, a contemporary artist who comes from three generations of Norwegian boat builders. He transports the rich symbolism of his heritage into the 21st century with bold woodcarvings and muted color-field paintings that bespeak death, rebirth, and the mysterious "voyage into the other side or the journey into the unknown." A centerpiece of this show is a series of "funeral boats". The Voyager series arose from the stunning loss of four loved ones in eight years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his best friend, Sylvain; his parents, Norman and Pat; and his companion of 20 years, John. Sylvain drew a boat and requested that Jensen make a carving of it for his ashes. From this intimate tribute the first vessel emerged. The process was a way of coping with grief and loss. Following the four deaths, the artist continued with an exploration of the spiritual voyage as a universal theme, hewing and welding boats inlaid with maritime material such as a rusted anchor and chain, found on beach walks, and cultural artifacts collected on his world travels. In Jensen's paintings, boats also plumb physical and psychological depths: unmanned vessels are glimpsed through sea mist, or hover dreamlike above the ocean's calm, moon-lit surface. Like the funeral boats, the boat canvases have found a unique trajectory in the world: In 2013, Seattle high-tech tycoon Richard Garriott selected two of them as part of a 12-piece art collection that was launched on a spaceship into outer space, and on return auctioned off to raise money

for science education. Jensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is in museum and private collections around the world, but his roots remain firmly attached to our region. Jensen grew up on a houseboat in Ballard and spent years sailing on family fishing boats. His given name is Sven. With the sea in his blood, his Scandinavian heritage shines throughout this show with a nod

to the memory of boat builders, dockworkers and craftsmen who came before him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BĂ&#x2013;TSâ&#x20AC;? by Steve Jensen at Foss Waterway Seaport through Oct. 9. Address: 705 Dock St., Tacoma, WA. For information visit www.fosswaterwayseaport.com. To see more of Steve Jensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art, visit www. stevejensenstudios.com.

We are stewards of nature. It is our duty to protect that which sustains usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to safeguard it for generations to come. When people unite to save their communities, they immediately run into legal barriers put in place by their own government as in the City of Tacoma and The Port of Tacoma v Save Tacoma Water. To overcome these barriers, an American Revolution is building to elevate the rights of people, communities, and nature above corporate â&#x20AC;&#x153;rightsâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We the Peopleâ&#x20AC;? are the key decision-makers for our own communities. A discussion will follow with CELDFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kai Husche, NW & Hawaii organizer and volunteers from SaveTacomaWater.org

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The Gritty City Sirens (GCS), Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier cabaret burlesque troupe will be performing two shows on Saturday, June 25 at 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The show will be located at The Historic Tacoma Little Theater. Tickets will be $20 for general admission and $25 for VIP, they are available online through Brownpaprertickets.com. There is also a link located on the venue website, www.tacomalittletheater.com and www.grittycitysirens.com. The show will run approximately two hours with a brief intermission. The GCS are pleased to present a cabaret variety show showcasing its members in high-energy group routines and debut individual performances. The theater will offer beer, wine, specialty cocktails and snacks. This performance is open to adults age 21 and over, with mature content. Putting the T and A in Tacoma is what The Gritty City Sirens do best. Come enjoy a spectacular show. The Gritty City Sirens recently added new members and has added some spectacular talent! This production will hold some wildly innovative concepts and spectacular costume design. GCS are thrilled and honored to be in such a lovely theater with such rich history. The venue holds 250 patrons in a stadium style seated theater environment, providing excellent viewing from nearly every seat. Tickets are general admission and seating will be first come first serve, with the exception of a limited number of VIP tickets that will be located in the front two rows. The show will be hosted by Pretty Ricky and Miss Cha-Cha, offering comedic banter and exquisite theatrical energy. Stage assistance provided by the lovely stage kittens Sofeelia Popps and Lady Go Diva. Performances by Adora Borealis, Ava Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Jor, Bettie Klondike, Dessi DeVine, Funny Face Fanny, Heather Hostility, Ivanna Twirl, Kitty Kisses, Pink ChamPain, Polly PuckerUP, and troupe founder Rosie Cheex.

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MONTGOMERY, OLD FOALS AND MORE HEADED TO MAWP FESTIVAL By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

Organizers have revealed the lineup for Music and Art in Wright Park, the local punk and indie-rock festival that will take over Wright Park - 501 S. I St. - on Aug. 13. “We’ve still got a couple of spaces left, but I’m waiting on a couple of exciting call backs,” said Jayme Fisher, who booked the bands for this year’s event. “But I’m pretty excited. There’s only a couple of these bands that have ever played MAWP. The rest of them are new or iterations of old bands that have not yet played under this headline.” Among acts confirmed to play this year are Deathbed Confessions, Stoned Evergreen Travelers, Dunce, Pig Snout, Rusty Cleavers, Hannah Race Car, ExGods, Phasers on Kill and Big Wheel Stunt Show. MAWP will also feature a reunion performance by Montgomery, a Tacoma emo band that was popular in the ‘90s. More recently, members have gone on to perform with Bandolier, Sons of Ivan, the Dignitaries and Little Donuts. The event will also feature the debut performance of Tacoma’s newest bands, Old Foals. The power trio features Pig Snout’s Justin Tamminga on guitar, Pioneers West’s Jason Locking on bass and Josh Kilpatrick on drums, and the group has only been together for a little over a month.

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SCREAM KINGS. Tacoma’s Deathbed Confessions will return to Music and Art in Wright Park this year.

Locking and Tamminga said they have discussed starting a new project since Pioneers West played its final show, at a MAWP fundraiser in 2014. Tamminga

had added incentive to get the ball rolling this summer. “My intent was to get him in a happy place,” Tamminga said, alluding to Lock-

ing’s recent health woes. A fund-raising concert was recently held at the Swiss Tavern to help cover treatment costs as Locking battles pancreatic cancer. Friends have also set up a gofundme. com page under the heading “Love for Locking.” “Justin, Josh and I have a similar mindset musically,” Locking said, “and Justin’s really focused and talented and easy to work with. We’re all kind of informed by our hardcore roots and ‘90s Seaweed, Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., all that kind of stuff. Fugazi’s in there, (Drive Like) Jehu’s in there. So it’s been good, and it moves along pretty quickly.” MAWP is a free, family friendly festival that was founded in 1992 by Ken Johnson, the owner of defunct Tacoma label Mother Records. Organizers fund the non-profit event each year with a series of fundraisers. The next is being billed as Sunday Funday, a bingo-themed event that will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on July 17, at Zodiac Supper Club, which is located downtown at 745 St. Helens Ave. Organizers are also seeking donations for a yard sale that will be held the following week, on July 23. Anyone with items to donate may contact organizers through their Facebook page, “Music & Art in Wright Park Tacoma,” or by emailing mawpfestival@gmail.com. To learn more, visit MAWP’s new web site, located at www.mawptacoma.com.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: KANYE WEST Rapper, producer and reality TV star Kanye West recently released dates for his 32-stop “Saint Pablo Tour,” which will kick off on Aug. 29 in Indianapolis and include an Oct. 19 stop at Seattle’s KeyArena. West is among America’s most divisive pop stars, celebrated for “Through the Wire,” “Jesus Walk,” “Gold Digger” and other hits, but also maligned for some of his antics, notably the time he crashed Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 Grammy Awards. The fun will start at 8 p.m. in Seattle, and tickets are on sale now with prices ranging from $25.50 to $134. Learn more about that and these other upcoming shows at www.ticketmaster.com, except for where otherwise indicated.

• Motopony: 9 p.m. Aug. 20, Jazzbones, $10 to $15; www.jazzbones. com.

• Kenny Rogers: 8:30 p.m. July 8, Emerald Queen Casino, $50 to $120.

• Kid Rock with Unkle Kracker: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3, Washington State Fair Event Center, Puyallup, $95 to $120; www. thefair.com.

• Nick Swardson: 7 p.m. July 19 and 20, Tacoma Comedy Club, $37.50 to $50; www.tacomacomedyclub.com. • Sinbad: 8:30 p.m. July 30, Emerald Queen Casino, $25 to $65. • Fête Music Festival featuring Nas, Metro Boomin’ and more: noon July 30, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $43 to $133. • Travis Tritt: 8:30 p.m. Aug. 6, Emerald Queen Casino, $35 to $85. • Music and Art in Wright Park: noon Aug. 13, Wright Park, free; www.mawptacoma.com. • Band of Horses: 8 p.m. Aug. 18, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, $36.20. • Josh Turner: 8:30 p.m. Aug. 19, Emerald Queen Casino, $35 to $80.

• Lynyrd Skynyrd: 8 p.m. Aug. 24, Emerald Queen Casino, $60 to $135. • “I Love the ‘90s” featuring Salt N’ Pepa, Color Me Badd and more: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26, Tacoma Dome, $25.50 to $99.50.

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• Tim McGraw: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4, Washington State Fair Event Center, Puyallup, $85 to $350.

• Art Garfunkel: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Pantages Theater, $29 to $85; www.broadwaycenter.org.

• Jake Shimabukuro: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7, Pantages Theater, $29 to $85; www.broadwaycenter.org.

• Flo Rida with Natalie Rose: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Washington State Fair Event Center, Puyallup, $40 to $68; www.thefair.com.

• Juan Gabriel: 8 p.m. Sept. 9, Tacoma Dome, $63.50 to $203.50.

• Def Leppard with REO Speedwagon and Tesla: 7 p.m. Oct. 1, Tacoma Dome, $29.50 to $125.

• Prophets of Rage: 7 p.m. Sept. 10, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $23 to $85.20.

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This spring was quite a roller coaster ride for Kris “Sonics Guy” Brannon, the Tacoma super-fan who’s been carrying the torch for the Seattle Supersonics since the team left for Oklahoma City in 2008. Thousands have seen Brannon adorned in green and gold as he’s appeared at hundreds of local festivals and concerts, drumming up support for bringing his favorite team back. And his wish seemed closer to coming true than it had been in years on May 2, the day Seattle City Council rejected a plan that would have allowed entrepreneur Chris Hansen to build a new arena in the city’s Sodo District. “I thought we had the votes going in,” Brannon mused a few days later. “As Sonics fans, we’re disappointed and depressed about the outcome, but that still doesn’t mean we won’t keep fighting for an arena and getting a team back.” Brannon could at least console himself with the excitement of starring in “Superfan,” a short documentary, directed by Leigh Burmesch, that documented his Sonics quest. The six-minute clip made its debut on May 21, at the Seattle International Film Festival, which brings us to the reason local bands and comedians will gather Saturday night at Jazzbones to raise money for their hometown hero. “Well, my happiness lasted for about five min-

utes,” Brannon said. “My documentary appeared before a Spencer Haywood film. So I was at an after party with Spencer and Chuck D from Public Enemy and (Seattle Seahawks defensive end) Michael Bennett and all these luminaries. Then just to come home and have my house ransacked of everything I had of value ... I was just crushed.” Brannon discovered the intruder when he returned home from Seattle, around 8 a.m. the morning of May 23. “I noticed one of my yard waste cans was down, which was weird,” he recalled. “I thought maybe it’s the wind. I tried to open my front door, and I noticed that the deadbolt was locked. I thought this isn’t right because you can only do that from the inside. “So I go around the back and I see some discarded coat hangers that are from inside my house and a couple of items of clothing scattered. I’m like, ‘Oh crap! Somebody’s been in my house.’” Brannon caught a fleeting glimpse of the intruder who briefly opened the door as he was calling police. “I ran up the walk

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B SHARP COFFEE: Urban Explorers Benefit Show, 6 p.m., NC, AA THE SWISS: Chuck Gay (open mic) 7 p.m., NC

TUESDAY, JUNE 28 STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (open mic) 8 p.m., NC ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA DAVE'S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC DAWSON'S: Doug Skoog and Brian Feist (blues) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Debbie Wooten and the Real Hyjinx (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Stingy Brim Slim (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA REAL ART TACOMA: Guilty Smoke, The City Comes Alive, Sanka Labs, Backxburner, Vader Tots, Neal Chin (rock) 6 p.m., $8-$10, AA ROCK THE DOCK: Dustin Lefferty (open mic) 8 p.m., NC

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 OLD TOWN PARK: Nolan Garret (rock, blues, pop) 6:30 p.m., NC, AA

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

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TACOMA COMEDY: Jose's Hammer Time (comedy) 8 p.m., $10$16, 18+

ANTHEM COFFEE: Live Roots (open mic) 5 p.m., NC, AA DAWSON'S: The Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC TACOMA ELKS: Funaddicts (pop covers) 7:30 p.m., $6-$10

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COMING EVENTS

TW PICK: OZZIE FUHRMANN SWING BAND Thurs., June 30, 7:30 p.m. Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St., Tacoma Tacoma Little Theatre presents a legend of Tacoma for a one night only Throwback Thursday event. Tacoma’s own Ozzie Fuhrmann Swing Band will perform a musical evening of classics from the Big Band era, featuring the young artists of Club TLT. The Ozzie Fuhrmann Swing Band consists of Pierce County area musicians playing standards of the 1930s and 1940s. 94-year-old Ozzie Fuhrmann has been leading and directing swing bands since 1946. Come and enjoy the musical stylings of three generations of performers, from teens in the Club TLT program to seniors. Funds raised will support the Club TLT education program at Tacoma Little Theatre. This show is recommended for all ages. Price: Tickets $10 (adults) and $5 (students/seniors/military/children). Info: www.tacomalittletheatre.com or (253) 272-2281 ‘AVENUE Q’ Fri., June 24, 8 p.m. Sat., June 25, 8 p.m. Sun., June 26, 2 p.m. Lakewood Playhouse, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd. SW, Lakewood Come and enjoy the South Sound debut of this Tony Award winning musical celebrating its first decade on Broadway. “Avenue Q” is part flesh, part felt, and packed with heart. The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. “Avenue Q” is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. This show contains very mature and adult content. Parents are encouraged to research the

content of this production on the show’s Broadway website at http://www.avenueq.com. Price: $29 general admission; $27 military, $26 seniors; $24 students/educators. Info: www. lakewoodplayhouse.org; (253) 588-0042 DOWN NORTH Fri., June 24, 9 p.m. The Swiss Pub, 1904 S. Jefferson Ave. Down North is a seven-piece band from the Seattle area that blends funk and rock into danceable grooves. Price: Free. Info: (253) 572-2821 MANDY PATINKIN: DRESS CASUAL Fri., June 24, 7:30 p.m. Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway Broadway legend and acting star Mandy Patinkin will perform songs from his immense repertoire. Price: $39-$110. Info: (253) 591-5894

THREE-DAY ROSEMALING CLASS Fri., June 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center, 122nd South Park Ave. Take a rosemaling class from true expert Marilyn Hansen. Gain a new depth of knowledge into the traditional Scandinavian craft and better understand the culture which is behind the various specialty styles. Price: $75. Info: (253) 535-7322 GRITTY CITY SIRENS Sat., June 25, 7 and 10 p.m. Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St. Come and see this captivating burlesque and cabaret troupe that celebrates all ethnicities and body types. Ages: 21 and over. Price: $22-$27. Info: (253) 272-2281 HILLTOP COMMUNITY RUMMAGE SALE Sat., June 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1120 S. 11th St. Members of the Hilltop neighborhood convene for residents’ annual rummage sale. Price: Free. Info: (253) 448-2773

MY LITTLE PONY PARTY Sat., June 25, 2-4 p.m. Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. Kick up your hooves like Twilight Sparkle, Pinky Pie, Rarity, Apple Jack and Fluttershy. Enjoy games, a singalong, dancing, cartoons, food, crafts and fun at this all-ages event. Price: Free. Info: (253) 292-2001 BLUES, GOSPEL & MORE Sun., June 26, 7-10 p.m. G. Donnalson’s, 3814 N. 26th St. A regular Sunday evening show of music based on the

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his singular form of pop art known as “cerealism” utilizing recycled packaging from food items, candy and other mass consumables. Ages: All ages. Price: Free. Info: (253) 292-2001

TACOMA MOUNTAINEERS’ PHOTO GROUP Mon., June 27, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Catholic Community Services, 1323 S. Yakima Ave. This exhibition presents photographs of cities, shorelines, starlit nights, deserts, mountains and floral still-lifes from the Tacoma Branch of the Mountaineers. Price: Free. Info: (253) 502-2617

SUMMER STORYTIME AT THE CABIN Wed., June 29, 1-2 p.m. Job Carr Cabin Museum, 2350 N. 30th St. Children and their families can enjoy stories and arts and crafts activities that vary by week. Ages: 3-8. Price: Pay as you can. Info: (253) 627-5405

OPEN HOUSE Mon., June 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Metro Parks Tacoma, 4702 S. 19th St. The public is invited to an hour-long open house focused on proposed improvements in and around the Japanese Garden in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park. Afterward, the five-member Metro Parks Board of Commissioners will take up the same topic during a public study session. Price: Free. Info: (253) 305-1092

STEILACOOM FARMERS MARKET Wed., June 29, 3-7 p.m. LaFayette & Wilkes St, Steilacoom Fresh produce, meat, cheese, flowers and a variety of specialty foods and crafts will be offered as well as prepared foods. Perfect for picking up on the way to the concerts in the park. Price: Free. Info: (253) 581-1912

DEBBIE WOOTEN Tues., June 28, 8:30 p.m. Jazzbones, 2803 Sixth Ave. Debbie will make you laugh. Her sister calls her a funny liar. Debbie will tell you about overcoming obstacles. She’s done it all of her life and she is still working at it. Ages: 21 and over. Price: $5. Info: (253) 396-9169

LAS VEGAS ‘51S AT TACOMA RAINIERS Thurs., June 30, 7:05 p.m. Cheney Stadium, 2502 S. Tyler St. The Rainiers take on the Las Vegas ‘51s in this four-game Pacific Coast League series. Price: $7.50-$11.50, not including Ticketmaster fees. Info: (253) 752-7707

MICHAEL ALBERT ART SHOW Tues., June 28, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. Michael Albert is a New York artist who for over a decade has been creating

KAREEM KANDI BAND Thurs., June 30, 8-11 p.m. G. Donnalson’s, 3814 N. 26th St. Tacoma’s favorite saxophonist leads his jazz trio through a history of the greatest hits in jazz. Price: Free. Info: (253) 761-8015

For more details on these events and many more, visit www.TacomaWeekly.com and click on the “Calendar” link. ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) The week begins with a Full Moon in your travel and adventure sector, which could stir up wanderlust. You might need to put such dreams on hold for a while if you have responsibilities to attend to. A focus on your home zone suggests that you may be happier pottering around the house than on the other side of the globe anyway. This could be just as well, as you’ll be in the right place to take advantage of a great offer this weekend. TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Shopping fever could grab you at the start of the week as the Full Moon encourages you to splurge on items that you’ve coveted for some time. You might decide you’re getting them no matter what, and if so, you might as well enjoy them. Communication is key as the Sun joins Venus in your sector of talk and thought, which could inspire you to get in touch with family members or anyone else you haven’t seen in a while. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) Go easy at the start of the week, as the Full Moon in your sector of relating could inspire some blunt conversation. If you have something to say, try to be tactful, especially if you want to remain friends over the long term. Later, opportunities could come your way through property and real estate or business-related matters linked with family or relatives. The chance to invest your money could prove lucrative over time. CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) The week gets off to a dynamic start with a Full Moon in your lifestyle sector encouraging you to forget about your diet or exercise routine and indulge. The Sun glides into Cancer that same day, enhancing your vitality and encouraging you to get cracking on projects that have been on the back burner. You won’t want to miss out on a potential opportunity or lucrative collaboration this weekend. It’s certainly something to watch out for. LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) The start of the week could be excellent for a party, celebration, or get-together at your place, as the Full Moon encourages you to kick back and have some fun. However, the Sun glides into your sector of spirituality and introspection that same day, which suggests that the next four weeks could usher in a time of reflection and meditation. In fact, you may have an opportunity to get closure on an issue that you’ve struggled with for some time. VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) The Sun’s move into your sector of wishes, long-held dreams, and friendships could be a call to get more involved in community life and connect with your friends more often. In addition, you might be motivated to reflect on your goals and consider whether they’re applicable to your life as it currently stands. This is a time of taking stock, so don’t be surprised if your priorities have changed. The weekend could bring a creative opportunity that you won’t want to miss.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) Go easy at the start of the week, as the urge to be very honest could cost you a friendship.The Full Moon in Sagittarius can bring emotions to the surface while also encouraging you to express them openly. While it’s great to speak your mind, employing a little tact would be helpful. The focus then shifts to your sector of career and goals, encouraging you to take stock and consider your plans for the coming months and tweak them if necessary. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) The Full Moon at the start of the week could nudge you over the edge and cause you to splurge unnecessarily. If you’ve been scrimping and saving lately, your hard work could go out the window unless you refuse to give in to temptation. The Sun’s move into Cancer and your sector of travel and study could see you eager to acquire new knowledge. Taking up a course or class could give you the skills necessary to rise further up the ranks. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) You may feel quite gung-ho as the Full Moon in your sign encourages you to express yourself freely and openly on Monday. However, try to be careful of more sensitive souls who might find your honesty somewhat disconcerting. The Sun’s move into your sector of shared finances and intimacy could be a call to think carefully about your income and expenses and how to make the most of them. Finally, opportunity knocks over the weekend. Don’t miss a potentially fabulous offer.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) The Jupiter/Pluto connection in your sign peaks this week, so prepare to make the most of a situation or circumstances that could propel you to greater success. If you’re willing to do the groundwork now, you could reap the rewards later. It would be wise to go easy on Monday, as the Full Moon could see you making a rash judgment. Avoid impulsive moves to avoid embarrassment! Finally, the focus on your relationship sector could help one relationship blossom. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) The Full Moon at the start of the week can be excellent for all kinds of celebrations and social events. If you throw a party, it could be everything you hope for - and more. Meanwhile, the focus shifts to your sector of lifestyle and wellness, encouraging you to think about your habits and how they contribute to your overall well-being. Making changes to diet and exercise could be key to feeling more energized and upbeat than you have in some time. PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) Be careful when dealing with those in authority, particularly at the start of the week. The Full Moon could encourage you to answer back or rebel. It might be best to toe the line if you want to avoid problems. Aside from this, the Sun’s move into your leisure and pleasure sector is the perfect time to indulge your senses. If you’ve felt somewhat frazzled due to a hectic lifestyle, head to the nearest bathtub with a glass of champagne and unwind.

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EMPLOYMENT

WANTED Commercial Landscape Installers

DISCRIMINATION

We are looking for experienced and qualified landscaping laborer’s and foreman’s who are looking for long term employment with a growing landscaping company that is primary on public works projects.

Experiencing Workplace Discrimination? Retired City of Tacoma Civil Rights Investigator will provide assistance. Call 253-565-6179. Never a fee for my services.

Hourly rates are reflective of the project and work involved. Experience with the above is preferred. Please- only serious and qualified applicants only apply. Please call us for a short screening interview over the phone. After passing the telephone screening, you will be asked to come in and fill out our application and interview with us by appointment. We will welcome your resume if you have one. Please bring all proper identification with you at the time of the interview process. All applicants must have an outstanding work history. Please bring a list of references when you are scheduled to come in and fill out an application and interview. Your references will be checked. Please call us at 253.722.5833

ESL TEACHERS WANTED English as Second Language Teachers NEEDED for 2016/2017 academic year in SHENZHEN, CHINA. INCLUDES:

Airfare Medical Insurance Monthly Salary Chinese Lessons Accommodation Traveling Bonus

CONTACT:

Matthew 541-631-8104 matai0802@gmail.com

253-922-5317 Fax: 253-922-5305 2588 Pacific Highway E., Fife, WA 98424

Omni Air International is looking for outgoing professionals who are at least 21 years of age with excellent customer service and communication skills to join our Flight Attendant Team! Come prepared to meet Hiring Managers! Come professionally dressed with two forms of government issued ID and your 10 year job history. Candidates will be selected and interviewed from the open house attendees. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. and the session starts promptly at 8:00 a.m. Be prepared to stay all day. Only 120 candidates will be allowed. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

NOTE: Must not have interviewed with Omni Air for a Flight Attendant position in the past twelve (12) months.

Fife Towing is looking for experienced tow operators who are hardworking and self motivated. Employment is full time. Pay is DOE. To apply email service@ fifetowing.com or visit 1313 34th Ave. E., Fife WA 98424 (253) 922-8784

Phone: Mail:

FLIGHT ATTENDANT OPEN HOUSE LOCATION – SEATTLE, WA

Date: Thursday, July 14th, 2016 Location: DoubleTree By Hilton-Seattle Airport Address: 18740 International Blvd Phone: 206-246-8600

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NOTICES

NOTICES TO: Johna Birdwell-Young and Kenneth Nugent In the Welfare of: B-N., Q DOB: 03/27/09 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2015-0052

ABANDONED VEHICLE SALE Fife Towing, Fife Recovery Service & NW Towing, at 1313 34th Ave E, Fife on 6/27/2016. In compliance with the RCW46.55.130 at 11:00 a.m. Viewing of cars from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Registered Tow Numbers 5009, 5421, 5588. Cash Auction Only www.ﬁfetowing.com

ABANDONED VEHICLE SALE Northwest Towing, at 2025 S 341st Pl, Federal Way on 6/27/2016. In compliance with the RCW46.55.130. at 2:00 p.m. Viewing of cars from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Registered Tow Number 5695. Cash Auction Only www.ﬁfetowing.com

TO: AVERY - AKA: “SLICK” In the Welfare of:: C., A. DOB: 1/27/2014 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2015-0051 You are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1451 EAST 31ST STREET Tacoma, Washington 98404.

YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1451 EAST 31ST STREET TACOMA, WA 98404. You are summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing on the 1st day of August, 2016 at 9:30 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. TO: Michelle Hutchins and Michael Zollner Case Name: Z., L. DOB: 11/10/2013 Case Number: PUY-CW-TPR-2016-0003 A Termination of Parental Rights Petition has been filed. You are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1451 EAST 31ST STREET Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Initial Hearing on the 15th day of August, 2016 at 10:30 am

You are summoned to appear for a Initial Hearing on the 15th day of August, 2016 at 2:30 pm

If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.

FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT.

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.

WHEN A PARTY AGAINST WHOM A JUDGMENT IS SOUGHT FAILS TO APPEAR, PLEAS 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, WITHOUYT FURTHER NOTICE TO THE PARTY IN DEFAULT, ENTER A JUDGMENT GRANTING THE RELIEF SOUGHT IN THE COMPLAINT.

NO. PUY-CS-CS-2016-0030 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON

TO: Shellyne Squally and Russell Johns Sr. In the Welfare of: S-J., L DOB: 07/28/2007 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2016-0011 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1451 EAST 31ST STREET TACOMA, WA 98404. You are summoned to appear for an Adjudication Hearing on the 29th day of August, 2016 at 10:00 AM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

Daniel Shane Hurd Petitioner, v. Shavon Evette Horn 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 August 10th, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court. Dated June 22nd, 2016 Kasandra Gutierrez Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court 1451 East 31st Street Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585

VOLUNTEERS Volunteer meals on Wheels Driver Seeking a volunteer Meals on Wheels Driver. Delivers frozen meals once a week in the Pierce County area, mileage reimbursement. Must have a clean background check, WA driver’s license, car insurance and food handlers card. Call front desk for more info: 253272-8433 Clowns and Singers Wanted 2 Seniors, (male or female) who have talent as a Clown or Sing Harmony. If you have either of these talents and want to have fun and are interested in Volunteering to perform with me at my shows that I do at Senior Retirement & Community homes then Please call me for more details, Don at 816-313-7831 during daylight hours. AmeriCorps Opportunity: Employment Case Manager/Job Developer Tacoma Community House is seek an outgoing, enthusiastic, and motivated professional that is passionate about assisting low-income community members on their journey to self-sufficiency. This professional position is responsible for assisting people in need of employment. The case manager/ job developer will provide career counseling, employment & training information, job search skills, workshop facilitation, job placement/follow-up, and referral to other community resources. The case manager/job develop will assist in facilitation of our Employer Advisory Board and will also develop and implement 3 financial fitness events. Contact Arrie Dunlap at (253) 3833951 or adunlap@tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information. 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 one-on-one adult/student reading program for struggling first, second, and third grade readers. Duties include recruiting volunteers, producing a monthly tutor newsletter, facilitating bimonthly tutor workshops, tracking attendance for both students and volunteer tutors, researching best practicing best practices for tutoring strategies and tutor training and tutoring a student in each of the four schools. You must be 18-25 years of age at the start date of service (Sep 1, 2016Jul 15, 2017). Contact Karen Thomas at (253)383-3951 or kthomas@ tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information.

Volunteer for Hospice You decided you want to volunteer your time, connect with others, and make a difference. All of that is possible volunteering with Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care. You can help us in many ways. Make a phone call, hold

a hand, arrange some flowers, run an errand, or listen to life stories. Our comprehensive training includes access from your computer or portable device for your convenience. Our next training begins March 12th. To learn more or reserve your spot call 253-534-7050.

Great Volunteer Opportunity Make friends, have fun and help seniors with simple tasks. You’ll make a big difference by helping people maintain their independence. This is volunteering, not caregiving. Volunteers must be 55 or older, low income, serve 15 hrs/wk and live in Pierce or Kitsap Counties. Drivers are especially needed. Benefits include hourly tax-free stipend and mileage reimbursement. For information call Julie at Lutheran Community Services, Senior Companion Volunteer Program, (253)722-5686.

GARAGE SALE GARAGE SALE FINAL INDOOR SALE! TOOLS, FURNITURE, MAHOGANY DINING TABLE, HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN ITEMS. 3626 65TH AVE. W., U.P. 98466 SAT. JUNE 25, 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.

WANTED

Food Bank Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank on the Eastside of Tacoma, WA is 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 253-2122778.

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 Needed9:00 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 info@ nwfurniturebank.org or call 253-302-3868.

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

(253) 752-8105

PETS SHITZU PUPPIES FOR SALE! REGISTERED LITTER, 4 BLACK & WHITE PUPPIES, 2 MALES, 2 FEMALES. READY FOR A LOVING HOME! ONLY $800. NON-REFUNDABLE $150 DEPOSIT REQUIRED. CALL 253-301-8254

Pet of the Week

South Sound Outreach is offering free tax preparation for those who make $50,000 or less. To schedule an appointment call 253.593.2111 or visit our website at www. southsoundoutreach.org.

Make a difference in the life of a child! The Northwest Youth Sports Alliance is looking for coaches for our developmental youth sports program. Sports vary by season. Coaches are provided general training and go through a national background check clearance process. For more information, visit www.metroparkstacoma. org/nysa or contact Roy Fletcher, Youth Sports Coordinator, royf@tacomaparks.com or 253.305.1025.

DINAH Featured Pet Dinah is as strong as she is gorgeous. Beneath her striking gray coat, goofy smile, and expressive brown eyes, she’s pure muscle. With training, she’ll be one top dog, though she’s most definitely going to need to be the sole pup of your pack. At 5-years-young she’s got a heart of gold, and really just needs folks to take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on her. Dinah will be strutting her stuff at Mud Bay’s Uptown Seattle location (522 Queen Anne Ave N) this Saturday from noon to 5:00 pm (if she hasn’t already been snatched up), so do stop by if sold on this sweetie — #A507018.

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FIND OUT WHAT YOUR HOME IS WORTH AND HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS HOT SELLER’S MARKET! Call me for a Free Market Analysis on Your Home. Offering free staging, professional photography and a specialized marketing program to help you sell your home for top dollar!

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1525 Panoramic Lane, Tokeland 98590 $950,000 Come experience this one of a kind custom build luxurious & sophisticated but yet, warm & inviting home. Incredible panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean from almost every room. This meticulously maintained home has exquisite detail & abundant natural light. 1st floor includes mega master suite, formal dinning, living, family, laundry room plus gourmet eat in kitchen w/top quality appliances. Upstairs you will find 3 sleeping areas full bath, private office/library w/.5 bath & theater room.

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$339,950

4802 NASSAU AVE NE #203, TACOMA MLS#: 944971 Area: Browns Point

Beds: 3 Baths: 2.25

Heat/Cool: Forced Air, Heat Pump Water Heater: Gas

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HOMES

Commercial Building for Lease 900 Sq. Feet. Min. Parking 7416 Custer Rd. W., Lakewood WA $600 month, Dep. $600. $55 for Screening. 253-381-8344

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REAL ESTATE

3 bdrm, rambler, 2 car garage, 1.5 bath, large lot. 3626 65th Ave. W, U.P. 98466 $275,000 Open House/ Indoor Sale Sat. June 25th 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. REAL ESTATE

HOMES

3008 S. 12th St., Tacoma 3 Beds, 1 Bath, 1250 SF. Wonderful Victorian home that has easy commute to UPS & is close to Franklin elementary!!! Large covered front porch. Main floor bedroom. Both a living room & family room Large bedrooms. Breakfast bar & loads of storage in kitchen. Newer roof, storm windows, newer hot water tank & furnace.Great Value Fully fenced backyard and paved driveway. Fresh paint inside and out, new flooring, updated plumbing & electrical, and fully insulated! Plenty of room for your own touches! Super close to 6th Ave! MLS# 832899 $150,000

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REAL ESTATE

BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITIES COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR SALE/LEASE POPULAR, WELL ESTABLISHED, VERY PROFITABLE EATERY, with Beer, Growlers, Wine & Liquor. Asking price $375,000.

Just Listed! 11299 Borgen Loop NW Gig Harbor, WA 98332 Perfect Condition Inside & Out! This Meticulously maintained 2064 SqFt Home located on a corner lot boast 3Bd 2.5Bth plus a Loft/Bonus Room~Open Concept Living Room w/ Gas FP Flowing Easily into Gourmet Kitchen w/ Large Island, SS Appliances, Granite Counters, Butler Pantry & Wood floors~Master Bdrm has Ensuite w/ soaking tub, double sinks & walk in closet~Upgrades include Central A/C, Covered Back Porch, Home Theater System~Walking Distance to Shopping Center, Costco, Target, Home Depot & YMCA.

Beds: 3 Baths: 1.5

Appliances: Dryer, Range/Oven, Refrigerator,

MEXICAN FAST FOOD Successful Franchise in Pierce County, 15 yrs. same location. $350k annual gross sales, excellent net. Asking $129,000, terms avail., Owner retiring. 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.

$369,900

LONGTIME ESTABLISHED POPULAR RESTR./ Huge reduction LOUNGE Business for sale. $149,000 & size, 4,100 sq. ft. SAME OWNER: BARTENDING ACADEMY OF TACOMA, Since 1959, Very profitable, Training provided.

Lisa Taylor 253-232-5626

Michelle Anguiano 253-232-5626

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

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