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DAMAGED. Howard Ben Tre’s “Water Forest” was installed outside the Museum of Glass in 2002 and has suffered vandalism four times. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

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oward Ben Tré’s public sculpture “Water Forest” quickly became one of the most popular public art pieces in the City of Tacoma’s collection when it was installed outside the Museum of Glass Main Plaza in 2002. The 12 pillars and cascading waters that comprise “Water Forest” almost demand visitors to touch the piece and wind around the splashing works. People have done just that. Some of those art lovers might want

“They aren’t just going to fall over. It’s not a safety concern. It’s unfortunate. It’s just people being knuckleheads.” – Arts Commission Coordinator Amy McBride to review the definition of “bad touches” when it comes to public art, however. “It’s supposed to be interactive, so it is not like we can just put a fence around

it,” Arts Commission Coordinator Amy McBride said. The work was out of commission shortly after it was installed after a vandal’s jump

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kick knocked over one of the pillars. It was fixed, and more than a decade passed. Another vandal cracked an acrylic water tank in 2014, which was repaired only to have a different man damage the $200,000 public art piece just weeks after it had been repaired. He was visiting the museum with his family and walked away before security responded. The most recent vandalism prompted city officials to ponder options to either repair or remove the piece. The Tacoma Art Commission will take up the issue Aug. 10. The preferred option at this point is to find u See DAMAGED / page A5

SOUND TRANSIT MOVES CLOSER TO FINAL LINK EXPANSION ROUTE By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

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TIME TRAVELERS. From left to right: Patrick Haas, Dana Repp, Rich Repp,

Mike Preston, Jim Weatherford, Karen Haas, Walter Neary, Steve Ricketts and Jill Weatherford participated in the 2013 tour, and many of them will be returning this year.

FORT NISQUALLY TIME TRAVELERS PREPARE FOR ANNUAL LIVING HISTORY CEMETERY TOUR By Derek Shuck derek@tacomaweekly.com

There are moments in history that shape the people who live it, and a century ago that moment lasted four years with the war to end all wars, World War I. This Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, the Fort Nisqually Time Travelers, a

select group of living history re-enactors, will be visiting Tacoma Cemetery to bring that era to life for the seventh annual Living History Cemetery Tour. The tour will feature Tacomans who are an important part of the City of Destiny, and who were all affected by World War I in one way or another. “We’re not all completely focusing u See HISTORY / page A5

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Sound Transit staffers held an open house on the potential Tacoma Link Expansion earlier this week to show the work done so far and get public comments on the direction of work to come. Decisions on the 2.4mile track routing and locating of stations for the light rail trains from downtown through the Stadium District and up to the Hilltop neighborhood are expected later this summer. The expansion will tie into the current 1.6-mile track between the Tacoma Dome and the Theater District. The proposed expansion route would start from the Theater District station near 9th and Commerce and head north along Commerce Street to Stadium Way, North 1st Street, Division Street and then to Martin Luther King Jr. Way, with a terminus at South 19th Street and MLK Jr. Way,

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In 1916, Fife High School held a graduating ceremony for two young women who had the honor of being the high school’s very first grads, thus launching a legacy of excellence that continues to this day. Fife High School will reach its 100-year anniversary in 2016, and plans are underway now to honor and commemorate this important centennial milestone. First off is a “Countdown to 100 Years” celebration slated for Saturday, Aug. 1 at the Dacca Barn, 2820 54th Ave. E., from 4-10 p.m. This will be a community-wide event to which everyone is invited to come and mingle with Fife High alumni, teachers, administrators, boosters, and parents of former and current students in the district (must be 21 years u See ALUMNI / page A7

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

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Award recognizing organizations, companies or individuals that have built or sustained momentum for revitalization: SiteCrafting.

COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES NEEDS MEMBERS The Tacoma Area Commission on Disabilities consists of 11 volunteers from Tacoma and Pierce County with a variety of experiences and expertise. The Commission advises City Council in policy making, and partners with the community to bring awareness of issues that affect individuals with disabilities. In addition, commission members participate on committees, help educate the public about disability issues, and serve as a resource for City staff. Youth between the ages of 16 and 18 are encouraged to apply. To find out additional information on the Commission, please visit the City’s website or contact Sandy Davis at (253) 591-5452. Applications must be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by Friday, July 24. To apply, please visit cityoftacoma.org/ cbcapplication or contact Amanda Punsalan at (253) 5915178 or servetacoma@cityoftacoma.org. The City Clerk’s Office is located in Room 11 of Tacoma Municipal Building North, 733 Market Street, Tacoma, WA 98402. UPCOMING CHIP SEAL ROAD CLOSURES The City of Tacoma is reminding drivers to slow down and be alert for upcoming road closures and chip seal road maintenance efforts. Chip sealing involves laying down a layer of hot liquid asphalt, following with a layer of clean gravel and finishing by rolling the gravel into the asphalt. This is used on top of an existing street to seal and even out cracked surfaces, which serves to protect roads from deterioration. To perform the work, roads will need to be closed to all traffic, except emergency vehicles, and detours will be in place per the following schedule: s Week of July 20: McKinley Avenue East from East 72nd to East 96th streets from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. s Weeks of July 20, and July 27: East/South 96th Street from McKinley Avenue East to South Steele Street from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. s Week of July 27: Jackson Avenue from SR – 16 to North 17th Street from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. s Weeks of July 27, and Aug. 3: 45th Avenue Northeast from Browns Point Boulevard to Northshore Parkway from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. s Weeks of July 27 and Aug. 3: Norpoint Way from 29th Street Northeast to 49th Avenue Northeast from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. This project is estimated to be completed within 15 days; however a week could be added for unexpected interruptions. Street Operations coordinates its maintenance work with Pierce Transit, Tacoma Fire and the Tacoma Police Department. All projects and their schedules are weather dependent and subject to change. Project notification boards posted in the area will further identify work dates. Those with questions or concerns may contact Project Supervisor Rich Barber at rbarber@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5497. CITY’S PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AWARDED The City of Tacoma’s Public Works and Environmental Services departments were recently awarded the American Public Works Association Accreditation. In recognition of this achievement, Pierce County Public Works Director and APWA Accreditation Board Chairman Brian Ziegler will present these departments with a plaque at the July 14 City Council meeting. The APWA Accreditation program recognizes public works agencies that go beyond the requirements established in the industry, as contained in the APWA Public Works Management Practices Manual. The two departments were awarded the Accreditation in April, representing the 99th public agency in North America, and the sixth to have received it in Washington State. “Being awarded the APWA Accreditation shows we have dedicated ourselves to concepts of improvement around department policies, procedures and practices,” said Public Works Director Kurtis Kingsolver. “It’s important to the City’s Public Works and Environmental Services departments to provide services and programs that contribute to making Tacoma a great city.” For more information about this accreditation, contact Assistant Director of Environmental Services John O’Loughlin at joloughl@cityoftacoma.org. SEE MORE BULLETIN BOARD ITEMS AT TACOMAWEEKLY.COM

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WHAT’S NEW AT THIS YEAR’S TACOMA MARITIME FEST? ment’s M/V Destiny. If that’s not enough to satisfy the boater in you, try your hand at maneuvering either remote controlled sailboats or remote controlled tugs (or both) at Maritime Fest. Learn what it takes to be a Sea Scout. These capable sailors will be showing off their line handling and safety skills, and will offer guests the chance to learn how to throw and heave a line, toss a safety ring, perform a rescue with a life sling or stoke litter, and more. Once these skills are mastered, a Sea Scout can take you out on a relaxing Walker Bay sail boat ride. Maritime Fest’s Art Initiatives are coming back in a big way this year. “Wunderkammer,” an exhibition featuring some of the Pacific Northwest’s fore-

most artists, will cleverly embed artworks inspired by the “wunderkammer,” or cabinet of curiosity, with the Foss Waterway Seaport’s permanent collections. Artistic kids will also be featured in their own exhibit; a design contest for next year’s Maritime Fest poster. And last, but definitely not least, kids will have the chance to help paint a maritime mural on a sail. The finished mural will be displayed in the Seaport for all who wish to see it. Of course, many of our guests’ favorite activities and spectacles will be returning as well including the free Port of Tacoma tours (Sunday only), the Quick and Dirty Boat Building Contest (Saturday only), toy boat building, and live music all weekend. Come and join the fun.

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Having an alias in a spy movie can help you out of a tight jam. You can’t get something pinned on you if you have a constantly switching identity. In real life, having an alias is just the mark of another stupid criminal, as a man loitering around on ‘I’ Street found out on July 7. Police approached the man after getting calls about a suspicious vehicle in the area. The man simply stated he was waiting for his girlfriend, which was fine, but he also gave police a name they couldn’t find in their database, which was not fine. He then proceeded to give a second fake name. Police eventually located the man’s girlfriend who spilled the beans on his real identity, and the criminal was transported to Pierce County Jail for obstructing justice. When asked why he lied to police, the man said he was concerned that he had a warrant out for his arrest. He didn’t. There are plenty of beautiful places to sit down and read in Tacoma but behind signs that say “no trespassing” surprisingly isn’t one of them. A criminal walking down Yakima Avenue on July 5 decided this would be the perfect place to sit and read his bible. The man attracted the attention of surrounding neighbors when he broke into a vacant house. Police were called and citizens detained the man who was trying to leave. When officers arrived, the man simply told them he had stopped into the house to read his bible before picking his children up in Spanaway. The man was arrested for criminal trespass and transported to Pierce County Jail. Compiled by Derek Shuck

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celebrAte WhAt IS GOOD, CHANGE WHAT IS BAD Tacoma is not all it could be but it is not what it once was either. And that’s a good thing. Few would argue that the City of Destiny is living up to its potential. It could do better, certainly. We all could do better but frankly, Tacoma is doing pretty well, all things considered, and the future is brighter than its past. It is easy to point out the missteps given the benefit of hindsight, and easier still to find fault in recent decisions since the future ramifications of them are just speculation of things yet to come. It is often harder, albeit more rewarding, to look back on what and who we were for the inspiration of what and who we are today. Just a generation ago, the streets of downtown Tacoma were open marketplaces for drugs and prostitutes at night and littered with their illegal activities each morning. Nothing good or wholesome or even legal happened downtown after 5 p.m. Tacoma truly was a gritty city. That was then. This is now. Crime is down. Employment is up. Trash piles get cleaned up and graffiti gets removed. Opentoed shoe wearers don’t have to worry about getting pricked by a drug needle while taking a lunch-hour walk. Neighborhoods are increasingly looking after each other, so chippy crimes no longer go unnoticed or unpunished. Not a day goes by, especially during the summer, that Tacoma’s rich offerings of art, diversity and culture go unnoticed with some festival or uber cool event. This booming echo of Tacoma pride didn’t just happen. People first said enough was enough. Then they set out to be the change they wanted to see along their streets, in their neighborhoods and for their city. They didn’t wait for someone else to fix the city’s ills. They took action, and they continue to take action in countless ways, for countless causes they hold so dear. They are what made, and keep, Tacoma great. Kudos go out to volunteers who help children catch up on their reading abilities, spend a few hours a week helping future Rembrandts create artwork bound for refrigerators and scrapbooks or pick up flashlights and cell phones after a hard day’s work only to patrol their neighborhoods in search of up-to-no-gooders. Thanks go out to people who plow community garden spots for others to plant their crops or plan festivals for others to enjoy while they dart around with clipboard in hand to make sure the right things happen in the right time and right order. These are the nut-and-bolt mechanisms of what it takes to maintain advances already made and to pave the way for more good things to come in our beloved City of Destiny.

AN OPEN LETTER TO DONALD TRUMP Dear Mr. Donald Trump My family and I came across the border of Mexico into America when I was young. We were not drug dealers, criminals or rapists. At age 17, I became a naturalized citizen and took an oath to defend our country and obey the laws of the land. I fought for my country, so that everyone – yes, even you – could be free to express themselves. I fought for freedom and democracy, but I cherished the idea that my sacrifices would make our country better and stronger-not more divisive or destructive. I had in mind not only the family that raised me, but also the family I would raise, law-abiding patriotic citizens who care deeply about the future of all Americans and hold to the ideals of democracy and equality. Your ridiculous hate mongering of the worst kind. Your refusal to apologize is shameful and reveals the depth of your foolishness. The party of Abraham Lincoln will not long harbor a candidate who speaks with mindless prejudice and reckless disregard for contributions of our immigrant communities. We will not nominate a President who unwittingly damages relationships with our neighbors. That bump in the polls you experienced was you hitting your head on the Republican ceiling. Do not expect to see those numbers climb any higher. Mexico is our neighbor, and as President Roosevelt said in 1933: “In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor – the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others.� Our longstanding good neighbor policy gives us stability in our western hemisphere. One that we should improve upon – not deplete. Your disrespectful words and smallminded ideas devalue your fellow citizens and diminish our reputation as a good neighbor. I believe you will find that you cannot buy the hearts and minds of Americans nor win a presidential election by pandering to the lowest common denominator in American politics. The principles of true Americans remain steadfast – that all people are created equal whether they were born within our borders or outside of them. Javier H. Figueroa s Mayor Pro Tern City of University Place Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Washington

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When foreStS become the ‘big PolluterS’ By Don C. Brunell We associate air pollution with big cities, but millions of people are feeling the impacts of pollution from wildfires burning from California to Alaska and as far east as Colorado. It is one of the worst years on record for forest fires and we will spend billions to fight the fires and protect people, homes and businesses. Mammoth forest fires have been around for centuries. In a single week in September 1902, the Yacolt Burn engulfed more than a half million acres and killed 56 people in the Columbia River Gorge and around Mt. St. Helens. The choking smoke was so thick that ships on the Columbia River were forced to navigate by compass and the street lights in Seattle, 160 miles to the north, glowed at noon. Triggered by a mild winter and low snow pack, this year’s fire season is earlier than normal and could be devastating. Just as damaging, these fires are releasing millions of tons of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Last month, The Vancouver Sun published a Sierra Club analysis showing that, over the last two decades, British Columbia forests have turned from a big absorber of CO2 into a big emitter of CO2. Between 2003 and 2012, BC’s forests emitted 256 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. In the previous

decade, healthy trees actually absorbed 441 million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. The main culprit identified by the Sierra Club is the tiny pine beetle. Trillions of these beetles are suffocating healthy growing trees. Even though the infestation peaked a decade ago, it has turned millions of acres of once lush green forest into a barren moonscape. Huge swaths of central B.C. and parts of Alberta have been hit so badly that dead and dying forests cover nearly 100,000 square miles. The Sierra Club wants the British Columbia provincial government to invest more than $1 billion to improve the health of the public forests by reducing clear cuts and focusing harvest levels and fees on carbon storage. The Sierra Club wants the government to curtail harvests of mature trees, which they say store the most carbon. But those are the trees most affected by the beetles. Removing those dead and diseased trees and replanting is the best way to maintain a healthy growing forest that stores carbon and emits oxygen. In addition, clearing dead trees and debris from the forest floor reduces the risk of massive wildfires that pump millions of tons of CO2 into the air. President George W. Bush proposed a similar healthy forests initiative a dozen years ago, but groups like the Sierra Club roundly criticized the program as just a way to increase

logging in public forests. On its website, Weyerhaeuser illustrates how growing forests absorb carbon dioxide, store the carbon and emit the oxygen. When harvested, the carbon remains in the lumber and wood products we use and recycle every day. Nowhere is the contrast between managed forests and barren forest land clearer than in Mount St. Helens. After the 1980 volcanic eruption, Weyerhaeuser salvaged 68,000 acres of its damaged trees inside the blast zone and replanted 19 million trees. In the adjacent 110,000 acre Mount St. Helens Volcanic Monument area, the decision was made to just let nature take its course. The result? The unmanaged land remains barren, with alders, willows and some fir growing in stream beds. Meanwhile, Weyerhaeuser’s managed forest is flourishing and reducing greenhouse gases – something barren land cannot do. Sierra Club, take note: when it comes to pine beetle infestations or massive wildfires, letting nature take its course is not always the best course of action. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

not clicking With tAcomA – tPu mAnAgement By Tom McCarthy The Tacoma City Council is looking for ways to save our Click Network‌ perhaps from unresponsive management. In fact, council member Lauren Walker recently stated in frustration to Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU) CEO Bill Gaines that “The answer you’ve been giving is not to the question we originally asked,â€? which was, “How can we keep Click?â€? Visionaries started Click Internet broadband and cable TV over 15 years ago, the first municipally owned broadband Internet system in the nation. Instead of leveraging this strategic asset for Tacoma, TPU management has been flogging the privatization of our Click Network. TPU has lost sight that it belongs to Tacoma – it’s time for a change in management culture. Meet Tacoma Public Utility (TPU) “CEOâ€? Bill Gaines, our city’s best paid employee. He makes over $319,000 – more than twice the governor’s compensation – plus an extra $50 grand a year for retirement to boot. Recently, the TPU board lavishly praised Mr. Gaines, because Tacoma has relatively low utility rates. This is absurdly misplaced praise. In fact, Tacoma residents deserve the credit for over 120 years of investment in our public utility. Tacoma foresight established ownership of seven major dams and water rights to the Green River decades before Gaines arrived. Truthfully, only complete incompetence could fail to deliver the rates we enjoy. Perhaps not incompetent, but TPU’s chief has been anything but a team player when it comes to our city. In 2013, the Tacoma City Council advocated for a 2 percent tax increase on utilities to help rebuild our famously potholed roads, which Gaines – the city’s best paid bureaucrat – publically

opposed. There are a couple things important to understand. First is that taxes on TPU is already a major source of Tacoma’s revenue, like 20 percent of our general fund that pays for police, fire-fighters and should also cover potholes. Second, it is not just Tacoma residents that pay the tax. Tens of thousands of customers not in the city pay Tacoma’s utility tax, and in return they get a great deal – our incredibly cheap utility rates. When our city council supported increasing this utility tax by 2 percent, it meant that Tacoma residents would get a 2-for-1 deal; in short, Tacoma road improvements would be half paid for by TPU customers outside the city. (Stay tuned‌the issue is coming up again.) What business is it of Tacoma’s bestpaid employee to publically oppose our elected officials? Well‌TPU management touts a wrong-headed mantra that its only mission is to serve all customers equally. TPU is owned by Tacoma – priorities should be to service Tacomans, then be a strategic asset for our city, and finally, to serve all other customers. A careful read of the city charter clearly articulates the principle that TPU should look after Tacoma first. For example, Section 4.3 clearly states that the “rates and charges for services to consumers outside the corporate limits of the city may be greater but shall not be less thanâ€? Tacoma citizens. It is fine to help out neighboring cities, but TPU’s first priority should be Tacoma. Unfortunately, TPU management has forgotten who pays its wages‌the City of Tacoma. Not Fife, Ruston, Fircrest, University Place and Lakewood‌all bedroom communities that benefit from Tacoma-provided, inexpensive utility rates. Now, Gaines proposes privatizing Click Internet, cable TV and jobs,

because of failures under his watch. TPU management has been making a lot of noise recently about Click losing money. When one looks into the numbers, this claim is dubious and based on shifty methods of accounting apparently made to order for privatizing Click. In fact, our hometown’s ISP partners have successfully added thousands of Internet customers. The only part of Click that struggles to build market-share is cable TV, which‌is run exclusively by TPU management. Tacoma has already made a $200 million investment in Click. Instead of privatizing Click for pennies on the dollar, TPU should invest a few million dollars more to give Tacoma cutting edge Internet speeds. And yes, let’s concentrate on Tacoma, so dynamic companies come our city, rather then drain off to the bedroom communities around us. TPU is cash flush compared to the rest of the city, and can well afford to create this economic foundation for a 21st Century Tacoma. It is high time to create good jobs in Tacoma again, but we need committed and capable management at TPU to make this happen. Last year, 57 percent of Tacoma’s voters voted for a charter amendment to make the TPU CEO accountable to our elected officials on the city council. Perhaps it is time for our council to hire effective and cooperative management at TPU. Tom McCarthy teaches at Pierce College, and was event organizer for the 2014 Tacoma’s Hilltop Street Fair, an event that drew 5,000 participants its first year. He is a founding member of the Click Network Coalition to save and expand our public broadband Internet utility.

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if the project gains full funding. Proposed stations would be at Stadium Way and South 4th Street, North 1st Street and North Tacoma Way and on Martin Luther King Jr. Way at South Third, 6th, 11th and 19th. The current Theater District station would, under the current plan, be moved a block to sit outside Old City Hall, as well. The $165 million Link expansion was part of Sound Transit 2 that voters passed in 2008, with funding split among Sound Transit, Federal Transit Administration transportation grants, the City of Tacoma and other sources. Sound Transit is set to pay $50 million toward the project, while some $75 million will come from federal grants and $40 million will come from Tacoma and other sources. Work on studying environmental, economic and ridership projections of the expansion route has been ongoing since the route was selected from a half dozen options years ago. The most recent addition to that work was a roster of recommendations

t Alumni and older to attend). A donation of $10 will be collected at the door to benefit athletics, academics and activities within the Fife School District, and includes dinner (while it lasts), a no-host cash bar and music. Fife High alum Kevin Ringus (class of ’79) is chair of the Fife High Alumni Committee and on the board of the Fife Historical Society, which has teamed up with the Alumni Committee to make plans for the centennial celebrations. He encourages those planning to attend the Aug. 1 event at Dacca Barn to bring along any Fife High memorabilia such as photos or anything that could be scanned and put into the Fife Historical Society to add to the collection at the Fife History Museum for everyone’s education and enjoyment. “There are a lot of people in the area still that have pictures and things that we’d like to get into the museum,� Ringus

from Tacoma’s Planning Commission earlier this summer that included the locations of the light rail’s stations. Specifically, the commission raised questions about the need for a proposed station at Stadium Way and South 4th Street, which likely only have limited use based on ridership projections. “If the Stadium and South 4th Street station were to be built, specific strategies and funding plans should be developed to effectively address the challenging steep slope along the South 4th Street corridor, better accommodate riders’ walking to and from the station, and increase the potential ridership at this stop,� according to the commission’s report. “Consider adding a station near Martin Luther King Jr. Way and South 15th Street to better serve the neighborhood, as called for in the Hilltop Subarea Plan.� More information on the Tacoma Link expansion, including how to comment by email and mail, is available at soundtransit. org/TacomaLinkExpansion. An online open house will run through July 27 at tacomalink. org. The station design work will be done later this year, which will have its own round of comment opportunities.

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said, noting that scanning will be available at Dacca Barn that evening. More centennial celebrations will happen at homecoming weekend, Oct. 9-10. “We’re trying to get as many alumni as we can to the football game to fill the stands,� Ringus said. The weekend will include the Trojan Hall of Fame, an alumni luncheon on Oct. 10, tours of the high school and more. “After homecoming we’d like to do something each month of the school year.� Some ideas being tossed around include maybe an alumni car show in the spring, incorporating the Daffodil festivities into the Fife High centennial and bringing back sports teams for a night of champions. “Stay tuned for upcoming events and information,� Ringus advised, as events are confirmed and announced in the Fife Free Press and elsewhere. With the broader Fife community being such a

critical part of Fife High’s success over the years, Ringus stressed that the Dacca Barn event and all the centennial events are as much for the community as they are for current and past Fife staff and alumni. As the City of Fife grows and changes with the times, a constant is Fife High School and the rest of Fife schools in the area – focal points that help keep the city anchored. “Fife High School has really been the centerpiece of the community for a long, long time,â€? Ringus said. “The district is a good way to keep the community together and move forward and we want to make sure it stays that way for the next 100 years. We’re making this a community event so while we’re honoring the past 100 years, we’re looking forward to the next 100 years as a community.â€? Superintendent of Fife Schools, Kevin Alfano, came up with “Together‌ We Are Fifeâ€? for the centennial as a way to communicate this very sentiment to bring everyone in, families new to Fife and those that have lived there

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for generations. “It’s part centennial and part moving forward so we were trying to come up with a slogan that was all inclusive,� Alfano said. “We have people in our community that have been here as far back as the 1930s and also families that are brand new to Fife who moved here for our school and community. We were looking for some slogan to bring everybody together – for everyone to feel that they are part of our school and community.� Alfano said an important

aspect of the centennial will be recognizing the influential people who graduated from Fife High School. “We have alumni out there doing amazing things in our local community and across the United States.� For example, Ringus graduated from Fife High and is now a Fife municipal court judge and strong community leader on many fronts; then there is Jack Sterino (class of ’53) of Sterino Farms; and Mark Emmert (class of ’71), the 30th president of the University of Washington

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SOUTH SOUND FC TITLE HOPES TAKE A HIT IN 2-2 HOME SHOCKER TROPHY IS SPOKANE’S TO WIN OR LOSE NOW

PHOTOS BY ROCKY ROSS

RIVALS. (top) After he catches the ball,

6-3, 250-pound Antwan Wilmont is a load to try and bring down. (center) Running back Anthony France is a threat in the backfield and returning kicks. (bottom) Demetrius Moore had three sacks and ran back this fumble 36 yards for a touchdown.

BENGALS AND KINGS SET FOR REMATCH OF 2014 TITLE GAME By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

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t’s not an optical illusion when looking at the current standings in the Evergreen Premier League. The team on top of the heap is still South Sound FC, and the Shock are holding onto that lead by a combination of hopes and prayers at the moment. With just one game left on the league calendar for South Sound, the Shock hold a slim 28-to-26-point lead over the defending league champion Spokane Shadow. It’s always a nice thing to be in the lead but when the team nipping away at your heels still has three league games to close that gap and overcome you, it’s almost a bit of torture for players and fans alike. Going into their July 11 game against last-place Bellingham United, the Shock were already in the position of needing a loss by the Shadow over the course of Spokane’s final games combined with needing to win out themselves if they were going to raise the championship trophy. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to take care of business against a winless and untied Hammers club from up north. With South Sound’s younger players about to head to Virginia Beach for the USASA U-23 National Championships, it also seemed like the perfect opponent to play several reserve players for extended amounts of time.

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PHOTOS BY ROCKY ROSS

SHOCKED! (top) Dedicated center back Cody Guthrie drives

three hours from Portland for two practices a week and also a game for the Shock. (left) Tough veteran Eli Peterson is an anchor for the Shock defense. (right) J.J. Schmeck goes head-to-head for the ball. (bottom) Tyler John leads the team with five goals, but this bicycle kick didn’t make it.

The Puyallup Nation Kings and Pierce County Bengals have taken markedly different roads this season since the two teams locked horns in the Western Washington Football Alliance championship game. The Bengals walked out of Renton Stadium with the trophy, while the Kings would have to pick themselves up following their only loss in 13 games. Any fan of the WWFA has been waiting for the rematch and it’s finally here. The Kings will host the Bengals on Saturday, July 18 at Chief Leschi Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. While the Bengals have steamrolled their way to a 6-0 start this season, outscoring opponents by an average of 32-7, the thirdyear Kings have had to go through some more growing pains. Two coaching changes in the middle of the season, and a roster that largely looks nothing like 2014’s, has put the Kings to the test. If the past few weeks are any sort of measuring stick as to where they are now, the answer is that they’re beginning to look more like last year’s nationally-ranked team, and less like the squad that took some pre-season games square on the chin. Puyallup’s co-owner Ty Satiacum setup an extremely tough schedule, hoping to test his new squad, prepare them for the rigors of league play and to also get an idea about how all this new talent was going to look. The results weren’t always pretty. The Kings opened their season with an impressive victory over the Clark County Vipers of the Pacific Football League, but then faced the two top teams in the PFL and lost in two blowouts against the Portland Raiders and Seattle Stampede. Both teams are considered to be some of the best on the West Coast, and are currently a combined 18-1. Puyallup also dropped a one-point loss on the road in Pullman against a cagey Spokane Wolfpack team that just finished 8-3 and lost in the Washington Football League championship game. Puyallup then opened WWFA league play

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SPORTSWATCH

PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUNDERS WOMEN

SOUNDERS WOMEN TO HOST PLAYOFF GAME JULY 18 IN TUKWILA

The Sounders Women (10-1-1) have clinched the top spot in the Western Conference and host the Colorado Pride this Saturday, July 18 at 3 p.m. at Starfire Sport Complex. The 3 p.m. time will give the Sounders fans a full day of Rave Green with the women playing at 3 p.m. and the Sounders FC first team playing that night at 7 p.m. at Century Link Field. The winner of the Western Conference Championship will advance to the 2015 W-League Championship held in Laval, Quebec over July 24-26. The only two blemishes on the Sounders Women record this season were a 2-2 draw with the Rush and a drubbing from the Pride at 1-5. The game on Saturday represents the two best teams from the Western Conference and is sure to entertain fans. “We are proud of the work and commitment the women have done thus far,” explained Hubert Busby Jr., Sounders Women Head Coach, “We know the weekend match will be a fight to reach the final four. We look forward to the game on Saturday.” The Sounders Women held a youth clinic for the Mercer Island Football Club on Saturday, July 11 in lieu of the final game of the year against the Arizona Strikers as Arizona was not able to make the trip. All tickets sold for the match against the Arizona Strikers on July 11 are good for the playoff match against the Colorado Pride on July 18. The Colorado Pride finished the regular season at 9-2-1 and handed the Sounders Women their only loss on the year. With 18 goals, Tara Andrews led the Pride from the offensive side and will surely factor into the game on Saturday. Britt Eckerstrom landed an 0.635 goals against average between the pipes on the season so the Sounders Women will need to bring the guns to put up numbers on the day. With a five game unbeaten streak to end the Western Conference regular season, Sian Hudson’s Pride are hitting on all cylinders. The Sounders Women have been equally impressive with many players registering goals for Busby’s side. Rose Lavelle has seven goals on the year followed closely by Janelle Flaws with six, Cali Farquarson and Ashley Clark with five, and Brianna Hooks and Mele French hammering home four goals apiece. Kathryn Scheele has taken the majority of the game minutes between the posts for the Sounders Women but both Emily Boyd and Rose Hull have played multiple games in goal to help the women to the top spot in the conference. A stellar defensive effort from McKenzie Berryhill, Nicole Waters and the rest of the Sounders Women has highlighted Busby’s team first approach.

Van Garderen, 26, races internationally for the BMC Racing Team (Switzerland’s Bicycle Manufacturing Company) and has had a successful 2015 season so far with a second-place finish at the Tour of Oman and a secondplace at the Criterium du Dauphine where he lost to Froome by just 10 seconds overall.

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VANCOUVER STAR JOINS TACOMA’S SOUTH SOUND FC FOR U-23 NATIONAL TOURNEY

Sacramento vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

Timur Zhividze will join fellow EPLWA side South Sound FC for the USASA U23 National Championships July 17 to 19 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Shock are annual contenders for the U23 Cup. Timur will be accompanied by Victory owner Barrett Goddard. “I am excited to go back to Virginia with Timur and help South Sound compete for a national title,” Goddard says. “John Crouch (Shock owner) and I have a similar vision for providing opportunities for players in the northwest at the highest level possible. Joining forces here is an example of that and we are hoping we can win a national title for EPLWA.” “We have been so close in recent years to winning it all,” says Crouch. “We feel like we are just a player or two away, and perhaps with a stronger squad this year we can get over the hump. Timur is a guy who can help us take that final step.” Zhividze has been busy with the Victory this year being rivals with the Shock. Now that club’s younger players will be joined by Timur on the same roster for a highly competitive weekend all the way across the other side of the country. Timur is looking forward to the challenges. “First of all a huge thanks to John Crouch, the owner of South Sound and Adam Becker, the head coach, and their staff, for giving me this great opportunity,” says Zhividze, “and a huge thanks to Barrett Goddard, the Victory owner and Aaron Lewis the head coach of Victory and all the other staff, for connecting me with that team and sending me to play in the tournament with them. (I am) Really looking forward to the tournament and a great opportunity to compete against great players with a great team and represent this community well!” South Sound U-23’s begin play on Friday July 17 at 12 p.m. EST in the First Stage in Pool “C” against Brooklyn United. They play again six hours later against New Jersey Knights FC. Saturday July 18 at 12 p.m. (EST) the Shock U23’s play Maricopa FC in their final Pool “C” match. The winners of Pools A-C plus a wildcard team will play at 6 PM on Saturday in elimination semifinals. On Sunday July 19 at 12 p.m. (EST) the two semifinal winners will play for the USASA U-23 National Title. For more information on the EPLWA and all things soccer in the state of Washington, be sure to visit GoalWA. net on a regular basis.

TACOMA NATIVE MAKING ANOTHER RUN AT TOUR DE FRANCE CROWN

After 10 stages of 2015 Tour de France, Tacoma native Tejay Van Garderen is putting together another amazing performance following his fifth place finish in 2014. As of this edition of the Tacoma Weekly, Van Garderen sits in second place behind Great Britain’s Christopher Froome by two minutes and 52 seconds. The next-closest United States cyclist is Andrew Talansky who is in 25th place and trails Froome by 16:01.

THURSDAY, JULY 16 – BASEBALL

FRIDAY, JULY 17 – BASEBALL Sacramento vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 18 – SOCCER Colorado Pride vs. Sounders Women Starfire Stadium, Tukwila – 3 p.m.

PHOTO BY ROCKY ROSS

SATURDAY, JULY 18 – FOOTBALL Pierce County Bengals vs. Puy. Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 18 – BASEBALL Sacramento vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

SUNDAY, JULY 19 – BASEBALL Sacramento vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.

SUNDAY, JULY 19 – SOCCER Timbers U-23 vs. Sounders U-23 Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 2 p.m.

MONDAY, JULY 20 – BASEBALL Salt Lake City vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

TUESDAY, JULY 21 – BASEBALL Salt Lake City vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

FORMER LUTE QUALIFIES FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SECOND TIME

Pacific Lutheran rowing alum Natalie McCarthy qualified for her second World Championships Monday in the pararowing event of legs, trunk and arms mixed double sculls. McCarthy won bronze in the event at the 2013 World Rowing Championships and is joined by 2008 Paralympic silver medalist Jesse Karmazin in the two-person competition. McCarthy began her rowing career at PLU in 2005 and graduated with a degree in biology in 2009. “We are so thrilled for Natalie to hear that she qualified again for the World Championships,” PLU women’s rowing coach Andy Foltz said. “Having someone work as hard as she has for the last few years, representing PLU and the USA at the highest level of competition is truly an inspiration for every one of our athletes, present and future. Every single member of PLU Crew is with her tugging on the handles, supporting her on this journey. We couldn’t be more proud of her as an alum and wish we could all be there with her in France next month to cheer her on!” McCarthy began rowing after running track in high school, seeking a sport that did not require vision after a brain tumor several years earlier had cost her eyesight. A Tacoma native, she attended Steilacoom High School before coming to PLU. She credits her experience at PLU for helping her take the first steps towards her successful rowing career. “PLU has helped me prepare for this in so many ways,” McCarthy said. “Of course, my coaches at PLU taught me the basic technique, which has obviously helped me to get where I am today. I think that more than the basics of the stroke though, it is the intangible elements of rowing that I learned at PLU that helped me most. I learned the importance of trusting my teammates, what it really means to be dedicated to a sport, work ethic, and most importantly, just a passion for competing in the sport of rowing. The love of this sport is what keeps me going back to it year after year even through the hardest of erg workouts or most devastating of losses. That love for the sport is something not every rowing program passes to the athletes so I am very thankful for the positive experiences I had with the small D3 program.” The 2015 World Rowing Championships are scheduled for Aug. 30 through Sept. 6 in Aiguebelette, France. McCarthy will take aim at another top finish, although she believes that the competition will be stronger than two years ago when she earned bronze. “The LTA 2x race has become very competitive internationally,” McCarthy said. “The field also has much more depth than it had in 2013 when I was last competing for the national team. That said, I have trained very hard and my partner, Jesse Karmazin, is very talented and powerful so I have no doubt that we will be competitive at the World Championships. We plan to train with the gold medal standard in mind and of course hope to come home with hardware. I think though a very realistic goal for us though is the A final.”

FOR JULY

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 – BASEBALL Salt Lake City vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

THURSDAY, JULY 23 – BASEBALL Salt Lake City vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY, JULY 24 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 25 – FOOTBALL Snoh. Thunder vs. Puy. Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 25 – FOOTBALL Snoh. Mayhem vs. Pierce Cty. Bengals Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 7 p.m.

COURTESY, METRO PARKS TACOMA; PHOTOS BY INGRID BARRENTINE

TACOMA TUGS RED WEST CLAIM METRO PARKS 14U BASEBALL TITLE

The Tacoma Tugs Red West team came into the Metropolitan Parks 14U championship baseball game as the top seed with a 15-2 record and defeated the second-seeded Bayview Bombers 6-5 with a three run rally in the bottom of the 7th inning to take home the victory July 9 at Cheney Stadium. The Tugs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st on big hits by shortstop Evan Overmars and catcher Travis Miller. The Tugs were held in check over the next five innings by solid starting pitching from the Bombers lefty Kyler Stancato who scattered just the three runs over his six innings of work. The Bayview Bombers were held scoreless over the first six innings by strong pitching from the Tugs Theo Grutas and Hunter McKlosky, before rallying for five runs in the top of the 7th on a big hit by Brevin Gronlund and clutch bunt from Jackson McCann to take a 5-3 into the bottom of the 7th. The Metro Parks 14U boys baseball championship game will be rebroadcast on TV Tacoma on Thursday, July 16 at 9 p.m. and Friday, July 17 at 2 p.m. The Metro Parks 16U boys baseball all-star game will be rebroadcast on TV Tacoma on Thursday, July 16 at 1 p.m. and Friday, July 17 at 10 p.m.

PHOTO BY RAIMUNDO JURADO.

SATURDAY, JULY 25 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

SUNDAY, JULY 26 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.

MONDAY, JULY 27 – BASEBALL Fresno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

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t was an historic night inside the I-5 showroom at the Emerald Queen Casino. Fighters from all over the Pacific Northwest stepped into the cage for a chance at glory. With two title fights headlining this incredible card, fans packed inside the showroom were in for a treat from the opening bell. In one of the most exciting fights any mixed martial arts fan can hope to see, the main event of the evening featured Tacoma’s own Harrison “Wolverine� Bevens (7-4) taking on Enumclaw native Justin “Ruckus� Harrington (7-2) for the Super Fight League America 155-pound title. After surviving a vicious left hand and seemingly endless ground and pound from Harrington in the first round, Bevens began to battle back in the second before eating another vicious overhand right from his opponent. Harrington followed up the shot with hammer fists from the top position, forcing the referee to make the stop. With the win, Harrington goes home with the Lightweight championship for the second time in his young career. The co-main event of the evening saw another Enumclaw fighter, the undefeated Tyson Cunningham (4-0-1) take on Thomasville, Georgia’s Mike “Zombie� Dubois (4-2) for the Super Fight League America Welterweight Championship. The first round went to the ground early and often, with Cunningham landing takedown after takedown. As the action moved to round two, the trend remained the same, with Cunningham outwrestling the Georgia native before sinking in the elusive Von Flue choke hold and earning championship gold. In one of the evening’s featured contests, highly touted Spanaway native Bobby McIntyre (3-1) took on Vancouver’s Jason Novelli (8-1) in a three-round Lightweight title eliminator bout. The action came early, with both fighters landing huge takedowns in the first round. The second round saw Novelli pull away, eventually sinking in a rear-naked choke hold for the submission victory and staking his claim to a Lightweight title fight against newly crowned champion, Justin �Ruckus� Harrington in a fight. Four hotly contested bouts rounded out the evening. Corey Watson (3-0) defeated Adam Walkemeyer (2-3) via first round submission with an arm triangle. Kody Kramer (1-0) defeated Tony Reyes (8-9) via Unanimous Decision. Woo Johnson (4-1) defeated Chris Aparicio (0-3) via third round submission. Vince Morales (2-0) defeated Jeremie Montgomery (0-1) via first round technical knockout. Up next from the Halquist Productions team, worldclass professional boxing returns with Battle at the Boat 102, live from the Emerald Queen Casino on Saturday, August 15. Tickets are on sale now through the Emerald Queen Casino box office as well as all Ticketmaster locations. For more information, visit www.halquistproductions.com as well as the Battle at the Boat Facebook page.

PHOTOS BY BILL BUNGARD

Tk-oh mY! (top-left) Tacoma’s Harrison Bevens put up a good fight, but in the end couldn’t handle

Justin Harrington. (top-right) Enumclaw’s Tyson Cunningham made use of his exceptional ground skills and choked-out Mike Dubois in the second round. (bottom-left) Koday Kramer and Tony Reyes went the distance, with Kramer winning by decision. (bottom-right) Vancouver’s Jason Novelli secured a title shot after sinking a rear-naked choke hold on Spanaway’s Bobby McIntyre.

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t Soccer Bellingham United had other plans. After a contentious and rough first half at Harry Lang Stadium, the Shock finally broke the scoreless tie just minutes before the teams went into halftime. Cody Guthrie sent a looping pass deep inside the Bellingham box, and team captain Micah Wenzel was tracking it perfectly. The cagey veteran put his head on the ball, directing it past the Bellingham goalkeeper for a 1-0 advantage with just two minutes left in first-half regulation time. The Hammers caught the South Sound defensive backline snoozing just before halftime as Bellingham’s Kyle Witzel snuck a shot past goalkeeper Christopher Kintz on what was a bang-bang goal that developed and finished surprisingly quick. With more reserve players subbing in at the half,

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South Sound head coach Adam Becker felt confident that his lineup would still overcome in the second half and walk away with the win. What ensued was some of the roughest action the Shock has been a part of the entire season. Bellingham, playing for nothing more than pride and the desire to ruin South Sound’s day, if not season, hit the Shock with everything they had. The Hammers were called for two yellow cards in the early goings of the second half and then capped it off by going a man-down in the 77th minute when Lenny Cucina crashed into Kintz as the goalkeeper was flying through the air to get the ball. South Sound would strike quickly with the oneman advantage and it was a new face making it happen. Working the ball from the far side of the box, Brandon Madsen drilled a perfect

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with an expected pounding of the Washington Cavaliers. Up next would be a crosstown rivalry game with the much-improved Puget Sound Outlaws. The Outlaws capitalized on King errors, stuck to their game plan and walked-off with an emotional 36-14 win. The Kings have went on to win three out of their next four games, leading up to the big one against Pierce County. The Kings are led by starting quarterback Justin Southern. After running together 12-straight victories as a starter in 2014, Southern suffered his first loss as the signal-caller in the most important football game of the year. While the savvy veteran has seen several new faces around him this season, he’s also confident that he is seeing a football team that is finding its stride. “We’ve always had the talent this year to compete,” said Southern. “But the thing is, we had a lot of new faces to our team. We lost three offensive linemen, a key playmaker in Chris (McCutchin) and added pretty much all new wide receivers. We had one returning defensive back and linebacker. So it was hard for us to roll at first. Between head coach (Aaron) Rambo getting an opportunity to coach elsewhere and then everything else happening, it was rough for the team overall. I honestly believe losing during the regular season helped. It brought the team together as one.” Meanwhile, the Bengals steered clear of any sort of preseason games and decided to focus on defending their WWFA league championship. So far it has worked out for

pass into the center of the box and found newcomer Isidro Prado-Huerta, who connected with the ball inflight and punched the ball into the back of the net. The Shock now led 2-1 with just nine minutes left in regulation time. Nerves were beginning to frazzle in the stands as South Sound fans held onto their seats, hoping the Shock would close-out the game and earn three points for the victory. It wasn’t to be as Witzel again found an opening in the Shock defense and delivered a low screamer past Kintz with just seconds to spare in extra-time. Witzel advanced past the larger mass of players and found a spot between two Shock defenders. Miscommunication was in-play on defense as Witzel gathered in a 30-yard free kick with his chest, wheeled to his right and hammered the shot. It was a tough 2-2 tie to take for players and fans alike. “That’s going to hurt me until we lift the trophy next

the area’s longest-running semi-pro football franchise. Legendary head coach Ron Baines has his team firing on all cylinders and if there is any team in the area what wants this victory as bad as the Kings, it is the Bengals. Puyallup (4-2 WWFA) will enter the game against the Bengals (6-0 WWFA) in a surprising position; as an underdog. “It’s weird coming into a game as an underdog, especially knowing the talent we have,” Southern said. “But it’s completely understandable going against the champs of last year. This week we will have to simply play kings ball. I trust that the team is now ready for anyone. The Bengals will be tough but as long as our defense can keep playing smash mouth football and our offense puts up points, I feel we have a great chance to win this weekend.” Anyone that hangs around the Kings organization knows that they have no problem with confidence. They truly believe they will win every game and the ones that got away from them should have also been wins. They just didn’t play to their abilities. “I feel our team has embraced the underdog tag,” said Southern, who recently passed for four touchdowns and ran for another in a 64-0 romp over the Cowlitz County Cobras. “We know we control everything from here on out and I feel everyone is as motivated as ever. As long as we play kings football, I believe we’ll be hoisting the trophy. It’s going to be exciting and it’s going to be a bruiser of a football game. Make plans for Saturday evening down in the Puyallup valley. If this season is anything like last year, it could also be a preview of the WWFA championship game next month.

year,” said Wenzel. “It felt like a loss. I’m not writing it off completely, but it’s pretty unrealistic to think Spokane will drop two or lose one and tie one, given their form lately.” A couple of Spokane miscues are what the Shock need now from the Shadow. With two road games against Seattle and Bellingham on July 18 and 19, it’s unlikely, but not impossible to imagine two upsets happening. The Shadow close the season July 25 at home against the Olympic Force who are one of the hottest teams in the EPLWA right now. With four victories in their last six games, the Force have turned a disappointing first-year in the EPLWA into a positive for future seasons. In the end, the pressure is truly on Spokane now. If they want to hoist the championship trophy for a second year, they are going

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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT Supporting the Economic Growth of Our Community

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Roger Shimomura at Tacoma Art Museum

Master of pop art takes on stereotypes and explores issues of identity By Dave R. Davison dave@tacomaweekly.com

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acoma Art Museum recently opened a show of work by the Seattle-born artist Roger Shimomura: “Roger Shimomura – An American Knockoff.” Shimomura’s prints and acrylic paintings are so big, colorful, lively and seemingly playful that the show gives the impression of stepping inside of a comic book. But peeling back the layers of Shimomura’s work quickly brings one face to face with an artist that means serious business. Shimomura is very deftly making statements about racism, stereotypes and identity. He does the trick so masterfully that it is very easy to become troubled by what Shimomura is showing via the seemingly playful and frivolous visual language of pop art. Born in Seattle just a few years prior to the outbreak of WWII, Shimomura was just three years old when he and his family were rounded up with other Japanese Americans. They were incarcerated at Camp Minidoka in Hunt, Idaho. After the war, Shimomura returned to Seattle. In 1961, he graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in commercial design. After a stint in the U.S. military, Shimomura attended Syracuse University where he earned his MFA in painting. From 1969 until 2004 Shimomura taught at the School of Fine Art at University of Kansas. He continues to split his time between New York, Seattle and Lawrence, Kansas and attends annual reunions at Camp Minidoka. Shimomura’s pop art style is employed to devastating effect in a series of paintings in which the artist depicts himself engaged in combat against the kind of grotesque visual stereotypes that were prevalent in the anti-Japanese propaganda of the war years. Shimomura also depicts himself fighting characters that stand in for American mass culture like Superman, Popeye or various Disney characters. In these scenes of combat, Shimomura presents himself as a samurai warrior or as a practitioner of martial arts (thus playing on the stereotype that all Asians are somehow genetically gifted in martial arts). In another series of works, Shimomura juxtaposes himself against things Chinese: he shows himself as Chairman Mao or as a Mandarin courtier. “American vs. Chinese” shows the artist striking a kung fu pose directed at a silver screen image of martial arts idol Bruce Lee. Here Shimomura is playing against a tendency in American culture to lump all Asians together. There is an inability or unwillingness to distinguish between different national groups or to understand the diverse histories of Asian civilizations. “Chinese” and “Asian” are often used interchangeably as a tag for anyone of Asian descent. A third group of images in the show are derived from Shimomura’s memories of childhood in the incarceration camp. Barbed wire is everywhere. Visually it is both a decorative pattern and an ominous reminder that quaint, domestic scenes are taking place under condition of forced confinement. “American Infamy #5” is perhaps the most ominous of this series. Cartoonish, black clouds hover over a trio of comic book American soldiers – standard issue G.I. Joes.

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American in Disguise, 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 34 × 34 inches. Collection of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Maribeth Collins Art Acquisition Fund, 2014.031.

They are guarding an internment camp. The machine gun is not pointed outward but inward at those below who are arranged in little vignettes: people involved in their dayto-day activities. American media does not show a culture that has always been diverse and complex. Rather, it is a flattering mirror showing the majority the way it likes to see itself: a Disney/Norman Rockwell version of America. The mass media culture of America has rarely given a reflection of the lives of members of non-majority social groups that have always been part of the overall fabric of American social existence. These groups have always existed and flourished but have rarely been acknowledged by a market-driven media that exists to serve the financial interests of its advertisers by playing to the vanity, the preferences

Classmates #1, 2007. Acrylic on canvas. 24 × 36 inches. Collection of Tilman Smith, Seattle, WA.

and the prejudiced assumptions of the majority audience. It is a numbers game that has excluded non-majority parts of the cultural fabric. Shimomura is playing one of the vital roles of the artist. He is making his own mirror and reflecting back images of his own experience. It is an act of generosity that allows others to catch a glimpse of something different and thus gain a little more understanding that will hopefully add to the overall stock of a multicultural mode of wisdom. Shimomura’s pop-art style is the perfect vehicle for his message, which is so much based on imagery that bubbles up from popular media culture. Shimomura’s wit, humor and insight are honed as sharp as – dare I say it – a samurai sword. “An American Knockoff ” runs through Sept. 13. For further information visit www.TacomaArtMuseum.org.

American vs. Chinese, 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 54 × 54 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

American vs. American #2, 2012. Acrylic on canvas. 54 × 54 inches. Collection of The Art of Emprise, Emprise Bank, Wichita, Kansas.

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CHRISTMAS IN JULY This July, laughter in Tacoma will come from an unlikely source: a staged reading of “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estates Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Production of ‘A Christmas Carol.’” Tacoma Actors Repertory Theatre (TART), Tacoma’s newest theatrical endeavor, will present this short and hilarious holiday comedy as a Christmas in July fundraiser for their inaugural season, set to begin this fall. July 27, 7 p.m. inside the Olympic Building at 1224 Tacoma Ave. S. Enjoy pre- and postshow refreshments, live music, exciting prizes, and the best ugly holiday sweater contest this side of the Cascades. Tickets $15 at www.tacomarep.org.

TAKE A SPIN Take a drive down memory lane and experience history in motion. Vehicles from the America’s Car Museum collection will give visitors the opportunity to ride along ACM’s 3.5-acre show field in vintage cars. Vehicles will vary each session and may include antique and pre-war classics to rides from the fabulous 50s. July 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Cultural Center for a free, all-day “matsuri” (Japanese for “festival”) celebrating Japanese American multiculturalism in art. Feel the dramatic beats of Taiko drumming, groove to DJ Mike Thielk’s international soundscapes, sip Japanese tea, make origami, see the international award winning documentary “The Cats of Mirikitani,” explore the exhibition “Roger Shimomura: An American Knockoff” and hear from Shimomura in person during an artist talk. Sunday, July 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at TAM.

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some cross-cultural splendor, delicious food, and fun in the sun – 21 years and older only, please. July 23, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Star Center, 3873 S. 66th St. Register online at www.MetroParksTacoma.org/GO, (253) 305-1022 or in-person at Community Centers or Headquarters, 4702 S. 19th St.

FIVE FOOD TRUCKS Get your food truck fix at the Tacoma Food Truck Fest, July 19 in Wright Park. Enjoy lots o’ food, music with Stephanie Anne Johnson and Mixxed Fit and brewskis from Engine House No. 9 and Powerhouse breweries. Admission is free, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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‘WEST SIDE STORY’ PROVIDES A SOLID, ALBEIT UNEVEN, GEM

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Museum of the Week: Tacoma Art Museum

1701 Pacific Ave. Tues.–Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Free Third Thursday 5–8 p.m. www.tacomaartmuseum.org Tacoma Art Museum is a public-spirited institution with nationally recognized exhibitions and innovative educational programs. Named by USA Today as one of the “Top 10 Great Places to See Art in Smaller Cities,” the museum has developed a reputation for presenting art in a thought-provoking yet accessible manner with a strong commitment to Northwest art through its acquisition and exhibition programs. Founded in 1935, the museum has strong roots in the community and anchors Tacoma’s lively downtown university and museum district.

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WEST SIDE. Tacoma Musical Playhouse’s “West Side Story” plays through Aug. 2.

By Steve Dunkelberger Stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com

Tacoma Musical Playhouse is ending its main stage season with “West Side Story,” the most popular contemporary retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” by Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Berstein. This tale of star-crossed lovers has the Puerto Rican immigrant “Sharks” feuding against the European-descended “Jets” for the streets of their shared New York City neighborhood of the 1950s. Following the Bard’s original script, members from each gang fall in love and set off a cascade of tragedy. Anchoring the 31-actor play are Tony (played by Ryan Anderson) and Maria (Melissa Maricich), supported by Anita (Melanie Gladstone), Bernardo (Anthony DeLeon) and Riff (Steven Walker), with artistic director and co-choreographer Jon Douglas Rake. The clear standout of the show is Marichich’s performance in the iconic role. With credits that include “Jane Eyre” and “Appalachian Christmas Homecoming” at Taproot Theatre, “Bye Bye Birdie” at Tacoma Little Theatre, “The Music Man” at 5th Avenue and “Fiddler on the Roof ” at Village Theatre, she powers through her portrayal of Maria with both confidence and targeted vulnerability. She simply brings the “wow factor” to the already competent cast. While also solid, Anderson’s take on Tony was a distant second to Marichich’s Maria, creating a noticeable lopsidedness to the duet the likes of bringing a knife to a gun fight. Both weapons can do the

job, but one clearly has an advantage. With theatrical street cred from Seattle Symphony Pops, Leavenworth Summer Theatre and 5th Avenue, Anderson is still out gunned by his counterpart. He delivered but Marichich just brought more and brought more on top of that for good measure. In the vocal battle between the rivaling “Sharks” and the “Jets,” the “Sharks” clearly owned the field with Gladstone’s thunderously intense vocals and Deleon’s nuanced energy after coming off his amazing stint as Ritchie Valens in TMP’s “The Buddy Holly Story.” The duo simply overpowered all the voices on the “Jets” side. The closest challenger is Walker’s Riff, which drips a rage-fueled loyalty to his gang, but it just didn’t have the signature song to carry the rest of the “Jets.” One sleeper hit on the “Jets” side of the ledger is Anybodys (Amanda Jackson.) She lands only a few lines and is never centerstage, but she clearly owns the tomboy role and drives Jon Douglas Rake’s tightly knitted choreography to Jeff Strvtecky’s masterful musical direction of the orchestra. The show clocks in at two and a half hours, but every minute of that is needed to parade through the stampede of great songs that include “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight,” “America,” “I Feel Pretty,” and “Somewhere.” West Side Story plays at Tacoma Musical Playhouse, located at 7116 Sixth Ave. at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 2. Tickets are $20 to $29 and available calling (253) 565-6867, and by visiting www.tmp.org.

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This week’s events:

July 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. American Matsuri Free Community Festival “Matsuri” is Japanese for “festival.” Come to TAM for this free event and celebrate Japanese-American multiculturalism in art. Experience taiko drumming, tea tasting, origami, art making, and more.

Schedule

Roger Shimomura, Astro Boy, 2004. Acrylic on canvas, 36 X 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

10:30 a.m.: Taiko drumming performance from The School of Taiko 12 p.m.: Taiko drumming performance from The School of Taiko 1 p.m.: Film screening of “The Cats of Mirikitani,” winner of Best Picture in the 2006 Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Eyes category 3 p.m.: TAM Talk – Featuring An American Knockoff artist Roger Shimomura, who will share stories about internment, inspirations, and being Japanese-American

All Day Activities DJ Mike Thielk of SendaiEra playing contemporary electronic music Nori Kimura of Monkey 3 Productions facilitating origami making Asia Pacific Cultural Center informational booth and art activity American Matsuri is in partnership with the Asian Pacific Cultural Center. Generously supported by the Tacoma Arts Commission. Seasonal support provided by ArtsFund.

Current Exhibits: • Roger Shimomura – “An American Knockoff” • Partners in Northwest Art: Selections from the Aloha Club Collection at Tacoma Art Museum • “Art of the American West: The Haub Family Collection” • “Northwest in the West: Exploring Our Roots” • Dale Chihuly at Tacoma Art Museum

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AHOY! MARITIME FEST IS HERE

SEA LEGS. A number of ships, including the R.W. Confer, will be on display during Tacoma Maritime Fest this weekend. Fans of Tacoma Martime Fest don’t have to wait as long for the event to return this year. Last held in September, the festival’s 23rd annual run will highlight the City of Destiny’s nautical heritage from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 18 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 19. at the Foss Waterway Seaport Museum, 705 Dock Street, and nearby Thea Foss Park. This year’s event will feature lots of fun, free, family activities, including live music, a model railway display, a maritime-themed Lego exhibit, a story-telling mermaid, a marine biology education center and safety skills demonstrations. There will also be hands-on challenges like

the Quick and Dirty Boat Building Contest for which 10 teams of three people will be given materials and six hours to build a boat, which they will then race around Thea Foss Waterway. There will again be emphasis on Maritime Fest’s Art Initiatives, which include Wunderkammer -- an exhibit that will embed works inspired by the “wunderkammer,” or cabinet of curiosity, with the Foss Waterway Seaport’s permanent collections. Artistic kids will get their own exhibit and participate in a design contest for next year’s Maritime Fest poster. Those kids will also get the chance to help paint a maritime mural on a sail.

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All of that comes on top of the dozens of vendors, the likes of Tippacanoe Boats, Citizens for a Healthy Bay and Da Tiki Hut this year; and various vessels that will be docked and open for close inspection. This year’s ships include the Sea Scouts’ M/V Charles N Curtis, the Fire Department’s M/V Destiny, Tacoma Police Department’s M/V Vigilance, the M/V Thea Belle and much more. Free Maritime Fest shuttles will run from the Tacoma Dome Bus Station, located at Puyallup Avenue and G Street. Visit www.maritimefest.org for further details. Ernest A. Jasmin, Tacoma Weekly

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: JANET JACKSON The second leg of Janet Jackson’s “Unbreakable” tour will kick off in the Northwest – specifically, on Jan. 12 at Portland’s Moda Center, followed by a Jan. 13, date at Seattle’s KeyArena. Expect lots of new tunes since Jackson plans to release a brand spankin’ new album – the follow-up to 2008’s “Discipline” – in the fall. “No Sleeep,” the lead single from that as yet untitled disc, debuted at No. 18 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Tickets for the Seattle show will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on July 20, with prices ranging from $45.50 to $131. However, fans who pre-order the new album will gain special pre-sale access to tickets for next year’s dates. For further details, visit www.ticketmaster.com. That’s also where you can find more info on these other upcoming shows, except where otherwise indicated. • Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival: 1 p.m., July 25, South Tacoma Way, $10 to $25; www.tacomajazzfestival.com. • Imagine Dragons with Metric: 7 p.m., July 31, Tacoma Dome, $26.50 to $56.50. • Martina McBride: 8:30 p.m., Aug. 1, Emerald Queen Casino, $45 to $115. • Taylor Swift with Vance Joy and Shawn Mendes:

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Quick, name the comedian who took top honors on the inaugural season of NBC-TV’s “Last Comic Standing.” Stumped? Well, you’re likely more familiar with runner-up Ralphie May – the Clay Aiken of competitive comedy – who is headed to town for five big shows, from July 23 to 25, at Tacoma Comedy Club. “Last Comic” made him a household name in 2003, and this year he’s riding high from “Unruly,” his most recent comedy special for Netflix. Earlier this week, he took a few minutes to share his impression of the Northwest, possible fodder for his new act and a life-changing experience he had in 2012. Here are highlights of that chat. Tacoma Weekly: You’ve been up here a few times at this point. So what stands out about playing this market? May: The amount of dirty white people really amazes me. It’s like the standard downtown Seattle greeting is, “Hey, man. Can I get two dollars?” I don’t know how self-respecting white folks and black people deal with those dirty white people. It would drive me crazy. TW: So that’s what stands out for you? May: Yes, it’s never rainy like ya’ll like to (say). I think y’all put out a bunch of negative self-images trying to keep Californians from coming up and driving up the prices. I’ve only been in Seattle twice when it rained, and other than that it’s been beautiful. I think this is the best-kept secret in America, and you all are doing that on purpose. TW: Hey, you can’t let that out. May: OK, I’ll keep it to myself for now. If you wanna keep people away, then popularize the dirty white people. That’ll keep folks away – except for the heroin folks. Then they’ll go, “Oh, God, we gotta go to Seattle where heroin and dirt meet. It’s awesome.” TW: You’re comin’ through with a new routine, I presume. What kind of stuff are you riffin’ on? May: I’ve been doing standup now for 25 years, so I can basically talk about anything. It’s interesting when there has been a time crunch, ‘cause everybody in the room will know I just came up with this (bit) right then, you know; whether it’s Caitlyn Jenner or Donald

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Trump or whatever is happening at the time. I just come up with stuff about it. TW: If you weren’t a comedian, what do you guess you’d be doing? May: Probably cooking. I was a chef, and I liked it a lot. I’d probably own a restaurant by now. TW: Is that something you think of doing on the side? I guess a lot of celebrities have restaurants on the side: Sammy Hagar, Shawn Kemp. May: Yeah, exactly. (He chuckles.) The children’s menu is called “my baby’s menu” at the Shawn Kemp restaurant ‘cause they’re all his babies. TW: He’s got a few. May: What has he got? 18 kids or something like that? Lord, Jesus. TW: I don’t think he caught up with O.D.B. I’d have to check that. So what is the most crazy, out-ofcontrol audience experience you’ve ever had? May: Probably in Daytona Beach, Florida. There were 20-something fights in the theater, 30-something people went to jail. They ran out of booze. They went to four liquor stores, bought more and ran out. They said they had never sold as much as we had sold. It was crazy, it was a crazy ... show. TW: That sounds frightening. May: Yeah, it was a little manic, but I kind of like it crazy a little bit. I live right on that edge, so I like it like that. It’s fun. TW: As long as it doesn’t get stabby. May: Yeah, exactly.

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Stabby is where it gets a little tough. TW: If we can switch to a more serious note, you had a scary situation a couple of years ago with your health. I wonder how that has changed your perspective. May: I had bilateral double pneumonia and pulmonary embolism, and I almost died. I was only given a 10 percent chance of living, and I made it. … It (messed) me up. I’ve got PTSD now, so what it’s done is given me something else to talk about. It’s given me another cause to fight for: what we do to our vets who have PTSD. If more people knew about the treatment of our veterans … they wouldn’t stand for it. They wouldn’t stand for a two-year waiting list for prosthetics or the fact that the No. 1 homeless group in America are U.S. veterans, or the No. 1 highest unemployed group is U.S. military. It’s ridiculous. We allow ultra-rich white guys to rob and steal from our country, and we bail them out. Our U.S. servicemen and women serve our country, even though we don’t send them in fully equipped; even though we don’t support them they support us. It should be better. Visit www.tacomaweekly. com to hear Ralphie May’s story about opening for Sam Kinison. Cocaine, hookers and – pizza – are involved.

JAZZBONES: Studebaker John and the Hawks (blues) 8 p.m., $10; Freaky Friday with DJ Switch (DJ dance) 11 p.m., NC

B SHARP COFFEE: The B Sharp Players (jump blues) 8 p.m., $5, AA DAWSON’S: Felix (rock) 9 p.m., NC DOYLE’S: St. Practice Day with Fields Under Clover (Celtic) 8 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: The Phoenix (dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE G’S: Tramps of Panic (rock) 8 p.m., 18+ METRONOME: Cloud Mover (ambient, electronic pop) 8 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Crosswalk (rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Afrodisiacs (dance) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Andrew Shulz (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $18-$20, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: Pat Travers (rock) 8 p.m.

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ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Stingy Brim Slim (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Andrew Rivers and Jose Bolanos (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, blues, jazz) 8 p.m., NC

SATURDAY, JULY 18 EMERALD QUEEN: Lyfe Jennings (R&B, soul) 8:30 p.m., $20-$60

B SHARP COFFEE: Tom Boyle and the T-Town Blues Revue (blues) 8 p.m., $5, AA BOB’S JAVA JIVE: Snailmate, The Spider Hole (rock) 8 p.m. DAWSON’S: Felix (rock) 9 p.m., NC DOYLE’S: Champagne Sunday (folk, pop) 9:30 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Anh Minh, Trán Anh Thú and more (Vietnamese pop) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Stranger, Thrive, Positive Rising (reggae, rock, jazz) 8:30 p.m., $7-$12 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC THE SPAR: Los Orchids (rock) 8 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Crosswalk (rock) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: The Spazmatics (‘80s covers) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Andrew Shulz (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $18-$20, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: Church of Hate (metal) 8 p.m.

HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: One Love Wednesday with Ill-Legitimates (reggae) 8:30 p.m., $3 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA OLD TOWN PARK: Ben Potter (singer-songwriter) 6 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, JULY 23 TACOMA COMEDY: Ralphie May (comedy) 7:30 p.m., $27.50, 18+

SUNDAY, JULY 19 TACOMA COMEDY: Jubal’s Comedy Battle Royal (comedy) 8 p.m., $10, 18+

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CHARLEY’S: Blues jam with Richard Molina, 8 p.m., NC DAVE’S OF MILTON: Open jam, 8 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: College Night with DJ Pheloneous (DJ dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC PLU: Velocity (jazz) 7 p.m., NC, AA THE SWISS: Micheal Shay Trio (alt-country, folk) 8 p.m., NC

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COMING EVENTS

TW PICK: LYNN DI NINO AND FRIENDS GALLERY TALK

Wed., July 22, 7 p.m. Handforth Gallery, Downtown Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino will talk about her artwork, her current exhibit and the curated group show, “The Fable,” and Dick Stein will read his very funny epic poem “The Tacomiad.” John Carlton, Ann Meersman, Sharon Styer and others will read their statements regarding our city: Tacoma. It’s an evening of seeing the last of the two shows (final day is July 24). Di Nino’s show, “Riding the 594 Express Bus,” features wall hung vignettes. “The Fable” features 10-inch high self-portraits of 24 local artists. Come for a casual evening of talk about art and Tacoma. Price: Free AMAZING ANIMALS Fri., July 17, 4 p.m. Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. Explore heroic career and volunteer opportunities. Could your sweet little pup be a hero? Dana Babb of PawsAbilities brings 40 years of experience training dogs and will answer all your questions. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3321 ATOMIC COMICON Fri., July 17, 1-8 p.m. Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. The Atomic Comicon is a free celebration of reading comics and geek culture, sponsored by Atomic Comics and Tacoma Public Library. Price: Free. Info: (253) 292-2001

KNIGHTS OF VERITAS Fri., July 17, 11 a.m. Tacoma Public Library - Mary Rose Kobetich Branch, 212 Browns Point Blvd. N.E. The Knights of Veritas is a non-profit organization specializing in interactive and educational demonstrations of medieval arms, armor, knighthood, culture and chivalry. The Knights introduce the Code of Chivalry to a modern audience and pits myth against fact with thrilling demonstrations of historical combat technique. Exciting and supervised hands-on sharing allows the audience the rare opportunity to handle the weapons and try on the armor. Price: Free. Info: (253) 248-7265

BIG HAT BRUNCH Sat., July 18, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oasis Youth Center, 2215 Pacific Ave. As delightful as it is delicious, the Big Hat Brunch is an irreverent celebration of queer youth and a fundraising event for Oasis Youth Center, Pierce County’s only drop-in support center dedicated to LGBTQ youth. Pick out your most cheerful summer apparel and enjoy a memorable morning of fabulous food, fun and festivities. Price: $50-$65. Info: (253) 383-2318 FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., July 18, 8-9:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12115 Park Ave. S. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have experienced difficulties in life as a result of the way we used to eat. Through shared experience and mutual support, we help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. Our program of recovery is based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Price: Free. Info: (206) 979-0866

LARRY G. JONES Sat., July 18, 8-9:30 p.m. Allenmore Golf Course, 2125 S. Cedar St. Larry G. Jones is a singer, comic and impressionist whose shows offer both parodies of and tributes to many notable music figures. Price: $15-$20. Info: (253) 272-1117 LOOSE CANON COMMUNITY SING-ALONG AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL Sun., July 19, 4-6 p.m. Bethany Presbyterian

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Church, 4420 N. 41st St. Loose Canon, a mountain gospel band, invites all to a free family-friendly community sing-along followed by an ice cream social. Cash and nonperishable food donations will be accepted for the North Tacoma FISH food bank. All are invited to an evening of fun, music and ice cream sundaes. Price: Free. Info: (253) 752-1123

“The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern. Meets on the third Monday of each month. Price: Free. Info: (253) 5483321 MEDITATION FOR OPTIMAL WELLBEING Tues., July 21, 6 p.m. Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. Incorporating meditation into your life can have many positive effects for your body, mind and spirit. Join expert Ajili Hodari to learn a simple meditation technique that can help you in all aspects of your life. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3321

‘WEST SIDE STORY’ Sun., July 19, 2 p.m. Tacoma Musical Playhouse, 7116 Sixth Ave. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is transported to modern-day New York City, as two young idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the American Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of their time. Price: $20-$29. Info: (253) 565-6867

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COOL STUFF WITH YOUR CARD Mon., July 20, 4-5 p.m. Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. Explore the free, money-saving and fun things you can do on with your library card. Learn a new language, find bargains, download music, access Consumer Reports and more. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3321

5210: HEALTHY HABITS FROM HEAD TO TOE Wed., July 22, 10:30 a.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. This is a fun event with activities about being healthy all over. Geared to families with preschool age children. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304

ESCAPE THE ORDINARY BOOK CLUB Mon., July 20, 7 p.m. Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. Read outside your comfort zone. This month’s title is

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ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) The moon casts its light and darkness on your interpersonal relationships this week. You may heavily vacillate between feeling fully dependent on your partner and being moody, withdrawn and placing blame on them. Try your best to not be at the mercy of your mood swings and realize that everyone just wants to be loved and is doing their best. Alone time may be required. TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) Creating a space where you can take care of both your mind and body is essential this week. Striking a balance between what you give and what you get is also paramount. If important schedules are interrupted or you’re constantly giving without receiving, your emotional upsets could turn into physical ones. Take a step back, evaluate, and breathe deeply. You got this. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) It’s high time for you to find that sacred avenue of genuine self-expression. Whether it be art, music, writing, or any other creative avenue, the need to show the world who you are and what you’re capable of is both strong and working on a deeply sub-conscious level. Seek wisdom from people who are well-versed in whatever area you choose. Learn from their experiences. CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) Facing any kind of family dispute with clarity and fairness may be expected of you this week. Strive to truly understand differences and struggles that others may be experiencing and note how it has shaped how they react to certain issues. The theme of mother is also running strong and nurturing going to both parties is needed. Fight for solutions and forgive as you see fit.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) Your emotions will be written all over your face this week. Happiness, heartbreak, whatever it is that you’re feeling – people will be able to read this on your furrowed brow, teary eyes, or toothy grin. Consider not putting yourself in the spotlight if your emotions are of a more private nature. Also lean in to your close emotional support system. Not the best week to play poker, to be sure. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) If you feel as though you are receiving a distinct lack of emotional compensation from the world – especially a partner – there are chances of subconsciously lashing out to try to control and manipulate them. Don’t do it. What you need to work on right now is finding a way to nurture yourself and finding happiness on your own. Fight the evil impulses, Scopio! You can do it.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) You may find yourself drawn to social issues that you feel very deeply emotional about this week. It is within your nature to take a public stance on what you believe is most right and fair for all involved in this world. Others will be inspired by your example and your expectations of acceptance. You understand we’re all in this together and do your part. Go team Sag! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Being cooped up at home and dealing with the banalities of busy housework just isn’t something you’re willing to deal with right now. You’re craving public recognition, and not just any old kind will do. You want to be noticed for the work you’re doing. Being in the public eye is a hefty goal for you and one that will bring emotional fulfillment. Do what you can to make it happen.

LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) It’s highly likely that you may be traveling with a close companion to places close by this week. Opportunities for really digging into each other’s minds, motives, and meanderings are rife at this time. There is a real chance at emotional understanding through carefully thought out communication. Keep an open mind and your will to learn from this person close to your heart.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) A sense of comfort can be found in explorations of unfamiliar territory this week. Whether it be physical planes of existence or philosophical ones, the easiness you’ve been needing will lie in the journey to these places. Having someone you’re close with along for the ride is a favorable idea. Expect a lot of mindbroadening experiences and esoteric knowledge.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) If you’re not having money troubles at this time, the worry associated with future financial unreliability may be making you feel rather uneasy, especially if you rely on someone else to bring home the bacon. Finding your own source of income and stability is paramount at this time. It’s a good idea to brainstorm what skills you can be compensated for while indulging in some comfort.

PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) Feeling people out on an emotional level is second nature for you, Pisces, but what you may not realize is that if you don’t consciously rid yourself of these residual energies they can become quite burdensome. Especially if you’re having issues with verbalizing these feelings. Also, free yourself from expectations in relationships and let things happen. You’ll be much happier.

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NOTICES SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) Notice to Respondent: MELODY SCHEIDWEILER Petitioner’s Name is: MITCHELL TIMS CASE NUMBER : PL 1500468 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online self-help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www. lawhelpca.org). or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE- RERSTRAINGIN ORDERS These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the Court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE Waiver: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and Address of the Court: MARIN SUPERIOR COURT 3501 Civic Center Drive PO Box 4988 San Rafael, CA 94913 The Name of petitioner without an attorney: MITCHELL TIMES 450 Entrada Drive, #54 Novato, CA 94949 (650) 270-3272 NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION OF COMPLAINT IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA Case No: 13-cv-05979-BHS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, v. DELIGHT WILSON, FARMSTEAD COMPANY TRUST, and LEWIS COUNTY, Defendants. The United States of America to Farmstead Company Trust: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 3rd day of July 2015, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the Complaint of the plaintiff, the United States of America, and serve a copy of the answer upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff, the United States of America, at her office below stated; and in the case of your failure to so do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the Complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of this action is to (1) reduce to judgment the outstanding federal tax, penalty, and interest assessments against Delight Wilson, (2) to foreclose federal tax liens against that property owned by Delight Wilson, and (3) and determine that Farmstead Company Trust has no interest in that real property.

NOTICES TO: ANTHONY SAKELLIS In the Welfare of: S-D, D DOB: 01/17/2015 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0007 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Adjudication Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for a Continued Adjudication Hearing on the 17th day of September, 2015 at 11:00 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. IN THE RRIVAL COURT OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS FOR THE PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON Case no: PUY-CV-PR-2015-0059 In the Matter of the Estate of: MCCLOUD, Steven Reese DOB: 07/16/1958 Deceased. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Agreed) (Court Clerk action required) THIS MATTER comes before the Court pursuant to an agreed Petition for Letter of Administration. Steven McCloud of the Puyallup Indian reservation and County of Pierce, State of Washington, on the 3rd day of May, 2013, passed away, leaving at the time of his death personal property subject to probate administration. The court, having reviewed the Petition, enters an Order appointing Teresa Harvey as Administrator of the Estate. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS COURT appoints Teresa Harvey as Administrator of the Estate of Steven McCloud. WHEREAS, said Administrator having been duly qualified, this Court authorizes her to administer the Estate according to Puyallup Tribal and other applicable law. WITNESS, the Honorable, JUDGE of our said Court and the Seal of said Court hereto affixed this 7th day of July 2015. PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT

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TO: Maria A. Carrillo and Juan Martinez

The subject property consists of two adjacent parcels: parcel number 032023-003-000, and 032036010-000, located at 514 Carr Road East, Randle in Lewis County, Washington, 98377.

In the Welfare of: J.D.M DOB: 08/24/2000 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2015-0027

The United States District Court has ordered that you be served by publication of this Summons. If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Plaintiff Attorney: YAEL BORTNICK Trial Attorney, Tax Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 683 Washington, D.C. 20044

IN THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS FOR THE PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA WASHINGTON Case No. PUY-CV-CUST-2015-0011 SUMMONS TO APPEAR AND NOTICE OF HEARING DAKOTA WAYNE CASE Petitioner, Vs. CHRISTINA JONES Respondent YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear in the Puyallup Tribal Court on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street, Tacoma, Washington, and you are to stay until this Court may hear this matter. Continued Initial Hearing’ on Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 at 2:00 PM. FAILURE TO APPEAR AFTER RECEIVING PROPER NOTICE MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU. DATED this 91h day of June 2015

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YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing on the 24th day of August, 2015 at 9:00 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.

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VOLUNTEERS Tacoma Maritime Fest needs volunteers! Tacoma’s only free community festival that celebrates everything fun about the waterfront will take place on July 18 and 19. We need you! Positions include set up and tear down, vendor assistance and food court clean up, shuttle bus monitors, activity booth volunteers and information booth volunteers. To sign up, please visit www.maritimefest.org/ volunteers and fill out our brief application.

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

Build Success Many middle school students need your help with math homework and preparing for tests and quizzes in our after school program on Tuesdays at Baker Middle School. Be a part of their successful transition to high school by helping them with math now. Please contact Jenna Aynes at jaynes@tacoma. k12.wa.us or 253-571-5053 or Lori Ann Reeder lreeder@ tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253571-1139 for specifics.

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

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

Help Students Graduate. The process of grooming kids for success can act as a powerful deterrent to dropping out of high school. Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 912 grade at Oakland High School. Students need assistance in Algebra, Basic Math and English Monday - Friday. Volunteers must be consistent, reliable and willing to share their knowledge in one of the above areas weekly. Please contact Leigh Butler @ 571-5136 or lbutler@tacoma.k12.wa.us for more information.

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

Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care Needs Volunteers Looking to have a positive impact on your community this year? Invest a few hours per week to support our patients and families. Read a book, listen to life stories, give caregivers a few hours to rest and renew. Apply your listen-

VOLUNTEERS ing skills and compassion in a meaningful role as a Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care volunteer. Comprehensive training and on-going support are provided. Join our caring and professional team to change lives-especially your own. Training starts soon. Call 1—855—534— 7050 to learn more or log onto www.chifranciscan. org and click on Hospice and Palliative Care under “Our Services”

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

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

Donate time and receive free groceries. Volunteers needed with skills in management, organization, clerical, food handling, warehousing, maintenance etc. and receive free groceries from a Non-Profit Food Distribution Program. Older teens are welcomed to volunteer and gain valuable work experience. Contact Ms. Lee at (253) 677-7740 for further information.

PAWS NEEDS WILDLIFE VOLUNTEERS PAWS in Lynnwood is looking for volunteers to help care for wildlife this spring. Every year, PAWS cares for more than 3,000 injured, orphaned or abandoned wildlife. Join the team and you can help feed and care for these remarkable animals. It’s a remarkable experience you won’t find anywhere else! For any questions please contact Mark Coleman, Communications Manager, at 425-7872500 x 817.

Hospice Volunteers Needed To Provide a Special Kind of Caring

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

South Sound Outreach Services invites you to be trained as an In Person Assister Volunteer to help Pierce County residents enroll online for health insurance in the Washington Health Plan Finder. Open Enrollment is October 1 until March 31st. Coverage begins January 1st, 2014 for those enrolled by December 15th. Interested trainees may call Heather at SSOS 253593-2111. You’ll be glad you did!

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11425 Madera Cir SW, Lakewood Black Tie Finished yet, Comfortable & Casually Elegant. Named Most Beautiful home in its class. Controlled access, gated & walled community of Madera. The ultimate in seclusion yet near world class amenities. Stylish interiors, warm colors, kitchen that rivals Elle Décor magazine w/ marble, new custom cabinetry, professional appliances, woods & neutral colors, open concept living, flexible floor plan, bed/office on main floor, manicured grounds, unique spaces. Quality. Location. Style. Timeless. MLS# 726788 $699,500

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10519/10521 Mt. Tacoma DR SW, Lakewood Incredible opportunity to own a well maintained duplex plus an 1800+ sf shop/office! Just a few blocks from Pierce College and near shopping. 3 bedroom, 2 bath units with over 1200 sf each. Ideal for an owner/user, hobbyist, mechanic or a great place to store your cars, boats, equipment or? in the detached shop. Plenty of room to park your RV also. GSI does not include the full shop potential income, only the office portion. Only a short distance from historical Steilacoom and the waterfront! $439,000

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The Fitness Center with saunas, clubhouse, pool & hottub will be enjoyed all year long.

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

2102 S Adams St

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

Unparalled beauty above the shores of the Tacoma Narrows, GOLD CREEK is the perfect example of “Northwest Condominium” living! One visit and you’ll never forget the expanse of nature at it’s finest...spectacular water, mountain and territorial views that stretch as far as the eye can see!!

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6711 36th St Ct NW, Gig Harbor

14624 51st Av Ct NW, Gig Harbor

3 Bed, 1 3/4 Bath. 1,356 sq ft. Open floor plan & vaulted ceilings highlight this handsome rambler on a park-like corner lot in Artondale. Kitchen features an island, new smooth-top stove & convection oven, tile countertops & bay windows. Family room with fireplace is perfect for entertaining as is the large deck & fenced backyard. The master suite, one of three newly carpeted bedrooms, has French doors to the deck and a remodeled ¾ bathroom. 30-yr roof installed in 2005. 10 mins to schools, shopping, recreation & SR-16 MLS# 573155 $257,500

1,648 SF W/ side by side units- 2 bed, 1 bath each, both w/ separate decks, laundry facilities, & individual garages this is the rental for you. HUGE lot- 3.81 acres with a pond, a creek and possible marketable timberenjoy the private, secluded feel while being super close to civilization. Rent rates are lower than market value, so financial info is low. Rents could/should be closer to $900, currently rented for $675 per side, seller has lowered the rents as a perk for his tenants staying so long. MLS# 780554 $239,950

Debbie Houtz Better Properties 253-376-2280

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

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1116 N. Jackson $150,000 2 parcels : Build your dream home with a gorgeous view of Narrows Bridge and Puget Sound. The property is being sold as one to maximize the building envelope and open space but see what works best for you. Build on one lot, sell the other or build on the whole lot, there is so much opportunity here! (MLS # 612161)

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

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4008 S. Pine

2100 SQ. FT. Completely remodeled w/over 200k in high end upgrades. 10 offices, private exits, shared executive conference room, kitchen w/dining area, lots of storage, and 15 parking stalls. One office could be used as apartment for out of state clients. ADA Accessible. Mall & 38th Street Exit.

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

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

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COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR SALE/LEASE “LANDMARK BBQ INN,” Free-Standing, 3,900 SF Bldg., 12,700 SF Commercial Lot in Lakewood. Asking Price $450,000. OFFICE BUILDING WITH 6 SUITES, Close to Wright’s Park, ideal for Attorneys or Professional use. Asking Price $510,000, Terms. Suites are also price available for Lease. reduction LONGTIME ESTABLISHED POPULAR RESTR./LOUNGE Business for sale. $189,000 & size, 4,100 sq. ft. GIG HARBOR CHINESE RESTR., same owner 26 yrs., $40,000 Huge reduction

PORT ORCHARD, DOWNTOWN Food & Beverage, annual gross sales, approx. $1,300,000, excellent net. Owner selling the business for $250,000. Estate Sale, Price Negotiable. price reduction SAME OWNER: BARTENDING ACADEMY OF TACOMA, Since 1959, Very profitable, Training provided. VERY PROFITABLE GROCERY STORE/DELI/BAKERY/MEAT MARKET. La Huerta International Market #2 at 5605A Pacific Ave.Business For Sale, $259,950, Annual Gross Sales $1,400,000, Seller Financing. price reduction

RICHARD PICTON or ED PUNCHAK

253-581-6463 253-224-7109

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