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Tacoma has a tremendous pothole problem, and the residents know 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.

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Bulletin Board PUBLIC INVITED TO FORUM ON HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS The New Tacoma Neighborhood Council is sponsoring a forum on homeless encampments on Sept. 9, 5:30-7 p.m., featuring a panel of local community experts and social service program providers to engage with community to discuss opportunities and efforts to help develop effective outcomes for the New Tacoma Neighborhood. Please join the discussion with panelists: Korbett Mosesly, moderator; Allyson Griffith,-Community Based Services, City of Tacoma; Gerod Byrd, Safe Streets; Colin DeForrest, Homeless Service Manager, City of Tacoma; Troy Christensen, MDC; and Lynette Scheidt, Friends of McKinley Parks.

Come and share your experience and input with local government and community leaders and participate in a helpful dialog to learn more about resources, options and community solutions to homeless encampments.

The forum will be held at University of Washington-Tacoma’s Carwein Auditorium, 1900 Commerce St. Please register at www.eventbrite.com/e/new-tacomahomeless-encampment-forum-tickets-18244833789.

RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES RAISE MONEY FOR DISASTER RELIEF In light of the recent fires in eastern Washington, Village Concepts’ retirement and assisted living communities throughout Washington state are coming together to show their support for the cause through their Village Concepts Cares program.

To raise money for the victims, Mill Ridge Village at 607 28th Ave. in Milton will be hosting a spaghetti feed on Thursday, Sept. 3 from 5-7 p.m.

The Village Concepts Cares program was created by Village Concepts to give staff and residents from each of their 15 Washington residences a platform to respond and lend their support in the wake of disasters or other tragic events. Donations are greatly appreciated and will be accepted in the form of checks or cash. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross.

For more information about Village Concepts, visit www.villageconcepts.com, or follow Village Concepts on Facebook for updates.

Local retirees support relief efforts in Eastern Washington through the Village Concepts Cares program by companywide fundraising COUNTY TO OPEN MORE OF CHAMBERS CREEK PARK Pierce County Parks and Recreation is announcing that Soundview Trail, Central Meadow parking lot and the Central Meadow restrooms will reopen to the public on Saturday, Aug. 22. Those areas of Chambers Creek Regional Park had been closed for the U.S. Open golf championship, which took place June 15-21 at Chambers Bay. “This is what we had hoped for; to make these popular county resources available to the public again before the end of summer,� said Parks and Recreation Director Tony Tipton. “We’re on schedule to meet our goal and look forward to having the entire park open to the public again as soon as possible.�

Access to the beach, the off-leash dog area and the Central Meadow grass area will remain closed for now, however Tipton says he expects to reopen beach access and the off-leash area before the end of the month. In addition, access to the North Meadow parking lot and grass area will remain closed for parking lot construction and restoration activities.

The Soundview Trail, Central Meadow parking lot and restrooms at Chambers Creek Regional Park now join the previously-opened areas of Playground by the Sound, North Meadow restrooms, Grandview Trail, East Slope Trail and Environmental Service Building ball fields.

For safety reasons, the public is advised to please obey all signage and stay out of closed areas still undergoing restoration. Find more information on the park’s reopening schedule on the Parks and Recreation Department’s website at www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=4140.

TACOMA TO HOST WORKER SAFETY AND HEALTH CONFERENCE One of the largest safety and health conferences in the nation is coming to Tacoma in October. Registration is now open for the event.

The 64th annual Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference takes place on Oct. 7 and 8 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center. The event is geared toward workers, employers and safety and health professionals. It brings together leading industry experts to deliver cutting-edge education, examples of best practices, demonstrations and networking opportunities.

The Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board and the Department of Labor & Industries sponsor the conference with support from industry partners.

Lt. Governor Brad Owen will kick off the conference, followed by internationally known motivational safety speaker David Sarkus, the keynote speaker.

Featured events and activities include: s Two days of 60-plus industry workshops s Displays and product demonstrations by more than 80 exhibitors s Electrical high-voltage demonstration s Pole-top Rescue Competition s Forklift Rodeo s Continuing Medical Education credits (pending) for medical professionals s A pre-conference Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) course on OSHA 10 Construction.

A $160 advance registration fee covers the two-day conference. There’s a discount for groups of five or more.

Students in a college, university or trade program pay only $50.

The 2015 Governor’s Lifesaving Awards will be presented by KOMO TV news reporter Elisa Jaffe during a luncheon at the conference on Oct. 8. The awards recognize people whose heroic acts saved a life at work. People can attend the luncheon separately or as part of the conference. The luncheon costs $25.

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253 JOBS PROGRAM CELEBRATES THIRD SUCCESSFUL YEAR The Summer Jobs 253 Program, which places Tacoma youth into summer internships, has finished its third year with 135 students completing the program with the help of 49 area employers.

The program has continued to grow and this year accepted and placed 145 of Tacoma’s incoming high school juniors and seniors, nearly three times the participation from the pilot program in 2013, which accepted 50 students.

In addition to gaining on the job work experience, students in the program can also earn up to two high school credits, keeping them on track for on-time graduation. Students in the program work up to 96 hours for an employer as well as attending an additional 24 hours of classroom time to learn resume writing, interviewing and financial literacy. Seventy-four students signed up for a “free for life� bank account offered by program partner Wells Fargo.

The program is funded by the City of Tacoma, and through corporate donors and a small participation fee from participating employers.

This year the program was sponsored by State Farm, General Plastics Manufacturing Company, Toray Composites America, U.S. Oil & Refining Company, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation and United Way of Pierce County.

The City and its program partners, the REACH Center, Tacoma Public Schools and WorkForce Central, are beginning to plan for the 2016 program. People who are interested in becoming a program patron please contact Christopher Wright at (253)591-5075 or email cwright@ cityoftacoma.org. If you are interested in hosting a student for employment contact Sarah Atchison, at satchison@ reachtacoma.org or go online to summerjobs253.com to submit an application or get more information about the program.

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TACOMA POLICE, CITY MANAGER INTRODUCE PROJECT PEACE

By Derek Shuck Derek@tacomaweekly.com

With current events in the modern world, a dialogue between the community and police officers is more important than ever. This is something the City of Destiny realizes and leaders are taking steps to establish a conversation between the police department and citizens via a brand new initiative.

Project PEACE (Partnering for Equity and Community Engagement) will kick off with a series of community meetings stretching from Sept. 3 to Nov. 9. These meetings will offer the Tacoma community the opportunity to have a guided conversation with the Tacoma Police Department.

“We are excited to partner with community leaders to invite residents to conversations about how we can improve and strengthen our relationships with our community,” Tacoma Police Chief Don Ramsdell said. “We are committed to building strong and resilient community relationships.”

The conversations will lead to a cumulative event at the Tacoma Convention Center on Nov. 9, after which Ramsdell and city manager T.C. Broadnax will be tasked with coming up with an action plan that takes into account the feedback they have received from the community.

“The Tacoma Police Department is committed to building and maintaining a culture of positive community engagement, which is essential to maintaining strong working relationships between the members of our department and the residents that we serve,” Ramsdell said. ”Recent events in communities across the country have prompted our police department and our city to reexamine our efforts and interactions with our community members.”

The community discussions will have at least 10 officers attending each event, ensuring that voices from both sides are heard.

“It is our hope that this is a platform for us to engage in and facilitate a dialogue with the residents to find a way to better understand each other,” Ramsdell said.

These discussions are a stepping-stone in developing relationships that will hopefully last through potentially hard times.

“We want to make sure we have the kind of relationship that it takes to weather a storm, “ Tacoma City Councilmember Victoria Woodards said.

The Nov. 9 meeting does not mark the end of developing these relationships, as a big part of the greater plan is the Citizens Police Advisory Committee, a group of Tacoma residents that will act as a bridge between the general populace and the police department, advising officers on feelings and issues in Tacoma.

“This is an ongoing process,” Woodards said. “We are very serious about making sure these relationships are the kind of relationships we need.”

While Woodards believes relations in Tacoma are fair, there is still a lot of work to be done.

“I think they are better in some than they are in others. I don’t think we’ve got the perfection, because we're human beings, but I think we’ve made strides and we’ve got a lot of work to do. We’re only going to be able to get better when we have an understanding in two ways: one, the police have a better understanding of how citizens feel and (two), citizens have a better understanding of how police feel when they do their job,” Woodards said.

Every community meeting will open its doors at 4:30 p.m., and the conversation will last until approximately 8:45 p.m. Light refreshments and children’s activities will be provided. To RSVP for any of the events, visit www.projectpeace2015.eventbrite.com.

If you value honor, integrity, and professionalism, you’ll fit right in.

PHOTOS BY DEREK SHUCK

KICKOFF. A press conference drew a crowd of people on Market Street interested in a communal conversation.

Tacoma City Councilmember Victoria Woodards has been essential in getting Project PEACE off the ground, serving as part of a committee developing the project.

If you aren’t sure if your car’s headlights turn on automatically, there’s a real simple way to figure it out. One driver cruising down Tacoma Avenue South on Aug.20 just couldn’t crack that puzzle, likely due to his buzz. An officer noticed the man driving with no headlights on and promptly pulled him over before getting a whiff of his alcohol-fueled breath. When asked why he was driving so stealthily, the man claimed he thought the lights turned on automatically, and evidently didn’t investigate further when he began driving in the dark. When the man couldn’t find his registration, which the officer could see from outside the vehicle, he was asked if he wanted to perform field sobriety tests, which he refused. He was transported to the Tacoma Police Department for a breathalyzer test, where he blew a .211 and a .219. He was then transferred to Pierce County Jail for driving under the influence.

Another driver knew his headlights weren’t on, but decided to be a daredevil anyway when he couldn’t figure out how to activate them on Aug. 18.

He was pulled over on Sprague Avenue after an officer noticed the car gliding unseen through the night, and as soon as the driver rolled down the window, the officer was assaulted with the smell of alcohol. When asked why he didn’t have his headlights on, the driver claimed it was his mother’s car and he couldn’t figure out how. Putting two and two together, the officer asked the man if he would like to perform voluntary sobriety tests. Once he failed those, the driver was transported to the Tacoma Police Department for a breathalyzer test, which he refused, then to Pierce County Jail for driving under the influence.

Compiled by Derek Shuck

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organizations that provide culturally competent counseling to service members, veterans and their loved ones; grow its mental health care provider network; and help military families access the resources and services they need by creating a comprehensive mental health resource list and addressing barriers to treatment, such as money, stigma and transportation, in collaboration with other organizations.

“We are honored to be able to partner with Give an Hour to help expand its services and ensure our nation’s heroes have access to the health care services they need and deserve,” said John Mateczun, president, UnitedHealthcare Military and Veterans, a UnitedHealth Group company.

“No single organization can provide all of the care that our service members and their families need and deserve. And one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to addressing the invisible wounds of war such as post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. Through this generous grant from United Health Foundation, Give an Hour will work with our partners in Tacoma to expand services and, most importantly, coordinate care for our military and veteran families. Together we will ensure that they are aware of and have access to appropriate and effective support and mental health care. We are proud to work with United Health Foundation on this critical project,” said Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, founder and president of Give an Hour.

United Health Foundation awarded the grant during a service day project at the American Lake Golf Course in Tacoma. Dozens of volunteers from Give an Hour, UnitedHealthcare and Optum spent the day working alongside a RallyPoint/6 Community Support Team to perform maintenance and landscaping on the golf course that was built specifically for veterans who were wounded or have a disability. RallyPoint/6 helps to organize community members to serve as volunteers on projects aimed at benefiting service members. Today’s project will be the start of transforming American Lake Golf Course into a true regulation 18-hole course.

“Veterans made national defense a personal responsibility and want to continue serving their communities,” said RP/6 Director of Programs Tony Belot. “RP/6 is excited to welcome Give an Hour, United Health Foundation and UnitedHealthcare to roll-up their sleeves alongside us on service projects that place veterans front and center.”

Give an Hour will target the Tacoma region to recruit more licensed mental health professionals to offer free counseling to the military and veteran population. Mental health professionals interested in joining the Give an Hour network can complete an easy online application form at www.giveanhour.org. People in need of services may also visit the website and use the provider search tab to locate a mental health professional in their area.

FIRST-EVER “DOG GONE RUN” TO PRECEDE ANNUAL STEWART HEIGHTS POOCH POOL PARTY The dogs won’t be wearing numbers, but they could win the timed, two-mile race Sept. 12 at Metro Parks Tacoma’s Stewart Heights Park, 402 E. 56th St. The 8 a.m. Dog Gone Run is the first Metro Parks event specifically designed for dog owners who love to run or walk with their pets. It’s paired with a special racer-only pool party for participating canines.

“We’ve had dogs at our runs, but not runs for dogs,” said Ralph Thomas, Metro Parks fitness and sports coordinator. “Pooch pool parties have been very popular. We’re just trying to add to that.”

This is the seventh year that Metro Parks has hosted an end-of-season Pooch Pool Party at its Stewart Heights pool. Before the pool is drained and cleaned for the winter, Metro Parks invites dog owners to release their dogs into the water for as much as one and a half hours of swimming and splashing.

Depending on the weather, between 275 and 325 dogs have jumped in annually, said Jim Biles, senior recreation aquatics supervisor.

All dogs must be leashed for the run or walk. There’s no limit on the number of canines allowed for the Dog

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Gone Run. But no more than 120 dogs may be in the pool at one time, with a maximum of two dogs per owner. The hourlong, racer-only pool party starts at 8:30 a.m., immediately after the Dog Gone Run. If your dog doesn’t like water, you can limit your registration to the run or

walk. Everyone is invited to take part in the Dog Gone Run, regardless of whether you are accompanied by a pet.

To comply with health regulations, only dogs will be allowed in the pool.

For more information and registration, visit MetroParksTacoma.org/dogsgone-run.

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Cool CArS, greAt PeoPle on tAP for BuSCh’S 64th AnnuAl reunion EVENT TO HONOR THE LATE DICK PAGE

PHOTO COURTESY OF WALT KAPLIN

fine riDe. The late Dick Page was one of the most beloved hot rodders in the Pacific Northwest, and

his commitment to the hobby is evident in this beautiful ride he cherished for many years. Now a book is being put together about Page’s life, and his friends are invited to contribute.

By Matt Nagle matt@tacomaweekly.com

The public is invited out for a day of family fun and fellowship and to enjoy the finest group of hot-rodders and their families at Busch’s 64th annual reunion, Aug. 30 at Griot’s Garage. Featuring an amazing collection of sweet rides from the fabulous ’50s and car makes and models from later years, this reunion is always a guaranteed good time with some of the nicest people you’re bound to meet – and admission is free.

Back in the 1950s, Tacoma was considered the “Cruising Capital of the Northwest,” when visitors from throughout the western United States would drive to Busch’s Drive-In to enjoy a good meal and see the cool cars of the era. For teenagers in Tacoma, this was a weekly activity during those wonder years – when pegged pants, the “D.A.” haircuts, tight skirts, white bucks, saddle shoes, rock ‘n roll and the Bop were all the rage, and students at Lincoln High School enjoyed their carefree youth making Busch’s their home away from home. Together with Bill and Thelma Busch, owners of the famous restaurant, Lincoln students started a fad that has continued for 64 years and counting.

This year’s reunion will be extra-

special in that it will pay homage to Dick Page, who passed away this year at 73 years old. One of the most beloved hot-rodders the Northwest has ever known, Page was a legendary car builder, a cruiser and writer.

Evancourt Press, publisher of “The Old Car Nut Book” series, has announced that it will compile a new book of short stories about the life and adventures of Page. The purpose of this book is to memorialize Page and will be used in part to raise funds for charities through various organizations. This book will be written by those who knew Page, as his friends and those who were part of his life are being invited to contribute the stories. The book will be edited and compiled by David Dickinson at Evancourt Press. Dickinson was close to Page during these last few years and promises to deliver a book that Page would be proud of (Page appears in Dickinson’s “The Old Car Nut Book” #3 with his story of “Meeting Big Daddy”). Dickinson will be at the Busch’s reunion on Aug. 30, and those who have stories about Page are asked to let Dickinson know.

Stories for the book should be 1,000-2,000 words (guideline only) accompanied by high-resolution images that you have the rights to use. Some stories may be longer and

some shorter; more important than length is to get your story submitted. If you are not a writer and/or not computer savvy, Dickinson can help you tell your story. Time is of the essence and the goal is to compile and publish this book as soon as possible.

To submit your story, do one of the following: E-mail a Word document and images to Editor@EvancourtPress. com. In the subject line, indicate “Dick Page Book” and images should be high resolution. Include your telephone number in all correspondence.

Call Dickinson at (206) 497-3197 or e-mail him to make arrangements for an interview and he will compose a story for you. You will have final approval before a story with your name is included in the book. Again, please include your phone number in all correspondence.

Send your handwritten or typed story and phone number to: David Dickinson, C/O Evancourt Press, 8305 25th Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98117 Bring your friends, family and the camera for a day you will certainly enjoy at Griot’s Garage, 3333 S. 38th St., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call Walt Kaplin at (253) 858-8739.

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increasing share of the growth is likely to be absorbed

by Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties. As part of the regional growth strategy, local jurisdictions are required to plan to accommodate an allocation of future regional population and employment growth.

The City of Tacoma must plan for 127,000 additional residents and 97,000 jobs by 2040. This growth will place considerable demands on the city’s existing infrastructure and land supply.”

To accommodate that growth, the draft of city plans call for a mix of zoning changes to allow for duplexes and triplexes in single-family zones as well as changes that would allow for multi-family developments. Those changes don’t sit well with many residents of established neighborhoods, who fear apartments will change their streets.

Sammy Pruitt Sonju, for example, has been part of an effort in Proctor to call for a moratorium on new construction in that neighborhood. The group’s petition has 1,500 signatures, sparked by the sixstory Proctor Station currently under construction and more high-density projects already in the works. She learned that her concerns are shared by other residents in other communities that also face higher density zoning rules.

“There are a lot of people from a lot of different communities commenting about the same thing,” she said.

Northend and North Slope residents, for example, also worry about higher buildings blocking their views and clogging their neighborhood streets with in-fill developments. Others fear density changes that would allow for single-family homes converting to duplexes could threaten historical homes.

The Planning Commission will discuss proposed changes on Sept. 2 and Sept. 16 before recommendations head to the City Council for approval later this year. Information about the proposals is available at cityoftacoma.org/planning.

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‘WILD WEST’ OF MARIJUANA RULES SET TO RIDE INTO THE SUNSET

City and county governments around the state are cracking down on the largely unregulated world of medical marijuana dispensaries now that state lawmakers have merged medical and retail marijuana rules. The move streamlines the oversight and levels the marketplace between the untaxed and loosely regulated medical field with the tightly controlled and heavily taxed recreational industry.

The crackdown in Tacoma translates into the fact that the bulk of the city’s dispensaries will disappear, from the current 60 clinics to about 12 as early as year’s end because the dispensaries are either too young to be grandfathered or failed to follow industry standards concerning security, oversight, business practices and quality controls. Enforcement is set to start in October.

It didn’t have to come to this, but a few bad seeds ruined the crop. Tacoma was one of the first cities in the state to allow medical marijuana dispensaries, which set up shop like any other provider of medical services, but that didn’t last. Dispensaries mushroomed up near schools, parks and residential areas. Flashing signs and pot-themed murals dotted the landscape, in clear violation of dispensary rules that called for discretion and subtlety. Shops clustered together with three or four on the same street.

The City Council remained patient in hopes that the growing industry surrounding patients with beneficial medicines would police itself or that the marketplace would shake out the fly by nights from the business-minded operators. That didn’t happen.

So now the city hasn't any other option than to crack down on the medical marijuana dispensaries, and the easiest way to do that is to mirror the state’s regulations.

The state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board is hashing out the specifics of how the licenses will be issued next summer, but the basic requirements are that stores must have been opened since 2013, have remained current on all applicable business licenses and paid all required taxes.

The city might go even further by requiring dispensaries to employ unionized workers as a way to not only promote legitimacy and professionalism in the bud-tender industry, but also establish wage and benefits standards.

Requiring dispensaries to be unionized might be a bit of reach, but the sentiment has merit.

Marijuana is a medicine. It, therefore, should be dispensed in a medical setting during standard business hours, not from a garage turned storefront at midnight amid racks of Bob Marley T-shirts and rainbow headbands.

However, an ideal world would have a set of business requirements that dispensaries would have to follow in the future rather than setting post-dated rules of conduct that shops should have been following for the last two years. But here we are, and the majority of the current dispensaries haven’t even followed the few rules on the books. Any legitimate business looking to stay on the sunny side of the law would have set hours on their doors, quality and purity control procedures and have some sort of governmental document showing the state and city acknowledge they exist. Far too many shops didn’t do that.

Cleaning Tacoma’s streets of these operations makes sense.

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TACOMA: A CITY OF DESTINY

By Gary M. Peterson

The other day I found myself, for the first time in a long time, in the heart of Tacoma’s downtown. As I sat in a modestly populated coffee shop sipping a latte and observing the familiar buildings and the occasional passer-by through the front window, I was flooded with memories of the Tacoma of the 1950s.

Let me first establish an identity upon which to build a base for these reflections.

I was born in Tacoma just prior to the start of World War II, and although I’ve lived in the neighboring towns of University Place and Gig Harbor for much of my life, I’ve always been a Tacoman at heart. I’ve always considered it to be “my town.�

I well remember the Tacoma of the mid-20th Century with its vibrant central core of restaurants and theaters. In the days before cable TV made an endless list of movies available in the home, such downtown theaters as the Roxy, Rialto, Music Box, Temple, Cameo and Blue Mouse lured crowds from throughout the county.

In addition, large department stores such as Sears, Penny’s, Rhodes, The Bon, Peoples and Woolworth were a great attraction and were often packed with shoppers. Downtown was the place to meet people and to deal with matters of business. It was a place of energy and excitement.

But then I reflected on how this picture of Tacoma’s core faded in a matter of a very few years as a burgeoning county population led to the decentralization of retail and entertainment options. The construction of the Tacoma Mall and the Lakewood Mall are just two examples of developments that began to drive a spike through the heart of Tacoma’s downtown, leaving the city without a central retail identity as shoppers found their way to more easily accessible alternatives.

Eventually, large numbers of Tacomans and county residents lost all contact with downtown.

Coinciding with this trend toward decentralization, Tacoma’s city

government became a battleground of conflicting factions with differing views regarding Tacoma’s future. Nearly every week brought new conflicts to City Hall during the ’60s and ’70s, and this conflict tore at Tacoma’s image.

But while these years were bringing severe damage to Tacoma’s downtown vitality, a fascinating thing began to occur. The city simply refused to die. Its magnificent location on the South Sound, its beautiful parks, well-established port, wonderful summer weather, historic buildings and welcoming population continued to draw people.

While the downtown did not return to its earlier status as the retail and entertainment center of Pierce County, as the years progressed Tacoma began to stabilize and to reinvent itself. Leaders such as David Rowlands, Gordon Johndon, Ben Cheney, Clay Huntington, Stan Naccarato and others, emerged to give Tacoma a new vision, a new energy and a new confidence. Step-by-step these leaders began to wrestle victory from the jaws of defeat for their city.

Out on Tacoma’s west side a new baseball park was constructed, and professional baseball returned to the city after an absence of nearly a decade.

Cheney Stadium would immediately become a destination for fans eager to watch baseball at its highest minor league level.

New buildings were added to Tacoma’s skyline. These included the Wells Fargo Building, Cornerstone, the Russell Building and parking garages, as well as new apartments and condominiums.

Several downtown streets were softened and beautified with the planting of flowers, shrubs and trees, creating a pedestrianfriendly atmosphere for visitors.

Close to the city center, the Tacoma Dome was constructed. This building, sporting the country’s largest wooden roof and with its location along I-5, would greatly enhance the city’s identity. It has drawn people from a wide area who have enjoyed a variety of activities, some of which were formerly unavailable in the

South Sound.

The city also began to attract an exciting collection of museums, giving it credence as a cultural center. Today, the Washington State History Museum, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum, Maritime Museum, LeMay Car Museum, Children’s Museum and Karpeles Manuscript Museum draw thousands of visitors annually.

The once dismal waterfront along Ruston Way, which for years featured the remains of shoreline structures of an earlier era, was transformed into a magnificent people-place of parks and walkways that expose the multitude of visitors to the beauty of Puget Sound and the landforms across the water.

However, there can be little doubt that the majority of these wonderful changes and additions to Tacoma came about because government at all levels, in cooperation with local industry, began to get a handle on the air and water pollution problems that had been choking the city and its development for decades.

From its former status as the “Pittsburg of the West,� Tacoma emerged as a truly environmentally friendly city and a wonderful place to live, work and play.

With all of these positive developments of recent years, it would seem that Tacoma is poised to become a major attraction among Pacific Northwest cities, if it hasn’t already reached that status. This is my view, as one who has spent most of a long life in the South Sound area, and who has lived through Tacoma’s ups and downs since the middle of the 20th Century.

Certainly the slogan “City of Destiny� seems to have been well chosen as an indicator of what’s on Tacoma’s horizon.

I would challenge South Sounders to introduce, or reintroduce, themselves to this fine city by exploring it on foot, bicycle or by auto this summer. Additionally, booklets are available in area bookstores.

These booklets focus on Tacoma’s different neighborhoods, using text and photos.

Much historical information also can be found in Tacoma’s Central Library for those whose interest has been piqued by this article.

SPUd cONSUmPtION IN chINA BODES WELL FOR OUR STATE

By Don C. Brunell

In China, the government has launched an “eat more potatoes� campaign – and Washington state could benefit as a result.

China’s potato push is in part an environmental effort to provide more clean drinking water for its exploding urban population and offset its polluted water from factories and inadequate sewer treatment.

Home to more than 1.3 billion people, China has until recently enjoyed a decades-long economic boom that raised more than 600 million people out of poverty, according to World Bank statistics. Urbanization is expected to continue at breakneck speed, adding 300 million additional people to Chinese cities in the next 15 years to create a total urban population of about one billion people by 2030.

But 13 percent of Chinese city dwellers have inadequate water pressure and 60 percent of China's 661 cities face seasonal water shortages. Contamination of drinking water from feces is a critical health problem throughout the country.

That’s where the potato comes in.

Crops like rice and wheat, the Chinese staples, are far more water-intensive than the low-maintenance potato. Even though China grows a quarter of the world’s potatoes, the Chinese frown on tubers. Spuds have traditionally been viewed as a poor man’s food, something to subsist on in times of famine, fed to

hogs or thrown into simple stir-fries.

The government wants to change that.

Through marketing events and ad campaigns, it is promoting a new image for the lowly spud with slogans and catchy jingles like, “Potato, Potato, Potato� and “Our Potato, Little Round Potato� broadcast across the country.

To combat the notion that potatoes are bland, fast food companies such as McDonalds are experimenting with a variety of seasoned French fries.

That’s where Washington and Idaho come in.

Those two states are our nation’s top potato producers, and companies such as J.R. Simplot have developed the technology to deliver high-quality frozen potatoes. Nearly two thirds of Washington’s potato crop is processed, frozen and sent to the fast food market.

As lifestyles change and incomes rise among Chinese urbanites, so too does the demand for fast food – and part of the fast food menu is French fries, potato wedges and crisps. In the five years ending in 2014, the Chinese fast food industry grew at an average rate of 12.4 percent a year. In comparison, the mature U.S. fast food industry grew at just 2.5 percent.

While the U.S. fast food industry is more than twice the size of the Chinese industry, urbanization and income trends promise continued growth in China for the foreseeable future.

That’s good for our state because it

opens additional markets for exports. In 2014, China was far and away the largest market for Washington goods, at $20.8 billion, up 24 percent.

Trade is the life blood of our state.

Last year, total exports from Washington state hit a record $90.6 billion, an increase largely driven by Boeing ($48 billion). Non-Boeing Washington state exports, which are primarily a combination of agricultural and manufactured goods, increased by 8.9 percent to $3.8 billion.

According to a recent study by Washington State University, the potato industry has a $4.6 billion economic impact and is responsible for 23,500 jobs in our state. Nearly all of the potato farms throughout Washington are family businesses owned by people with deep roots in their communities.

Undoubtedly, China will beef up its food processing industry, but for now, America has a leg up.

The trump card is Washington has an abundance of clean water to grow and process potatoes and state of the art waste water treatment technology to protect streams, lakes and seashores. That is an advantage we want to maintain.

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.

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“This issue has been going on for years, decades,” Planning Division Manager Brian Boudet said. “And it would certainly be nice to bring it to a conclusion.”

The working group of residents, business owners and representatives from Clear Channel, which owns most of the billboards in the city, had spent five months reviewing options and presented a mixed bag of ideas earlier this year.

Formation of the group was part of a “standstill agreement” between the city and Clear Channel as a way to avoid a court battle over previous billboard changes. That agreement ended earlier this month, however.

Details about the proposed rule changes are now being worked out by the subcommittee of the Planning Commission for council review this fall. The timeline projects a draft of recommendations from the commission to the council sometime in September with hearings slated for October, followed by a vote in December. Public meetings and hearings will be part of the process, so residents can voice their thoughts on the rather complicated rules, even as the matter also works its way through legal negotiations between the city and Clear Channel to avoid more court challenges.

“We are trying to do this in a transparent manner,” City Manager T.C. Broadnax said.

At issue is the drive by many Tacomans to cut down on the number, size and location of billboards around the city, while Clear Channel wants to avoid tight restrictions that would hamper its business model. At last count, 308 billboards around the city are out of compliance with existing codes either because of their location or size. Clear Channel owns about half of them. With talk of a retooled exchange formula that would bring down the total number of billboards potentially at the cost of allowing larger signs, the overall square footage of billboards will likely drive most

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phase. We’ve definitely stepped up efforts at the county.”

Even if it means local areas may not look as green as they have in the past, it’s a small price to pay in statewide water conservation efforts.

“Our property’s biggest change is that we’re letting all of our non-essential lawns go dormant – ‘go gold instead of green,’ we’re calling it. We’ve quit irrigating everything except for areas where it’s absolutely necessary – ball fields, athletic fields – and it reduced our irrigation use by up to 25 percent in those areas,” Ludwig said.

Pierce County is doing

far more than simply turning off the sprinklers.

A state of the art grey water recycling program at Pierce County Jail will also help the area meet its reduction goals.

“The gray water recycling facility that will save 3 million gallons of water a year. We’ll be the first jail in Washington to have one installed, which is really exciting. We’ve done a lot of things over the years. We’ve cut down on water use 19 percent since 2009, and that saves us 15.4 million gallons of water each year,” Ludwig said.

The County hopes its efforts to reduce water use over the next several months will inspire citizens to follow suit.

“We are counting on all Tacoma Water customers to

of the conversation in the months to come.

“I think, honestly, this will probably end up being the most talked about decision point,” said Boudet during a study session this month.

Under a yet-to-be finalized exchange program, targeted billboards would come down around residential areas while larger signs would go up in industrial or commercial areas.

But there are other options under consideration as well, such as codes for pedestrian signs in highly walkable urban centers or billboards on the sides of commercial buildings rather than on freestanding poles.

Three-sided signs, ones hanging over buildings and digital billboard are set to be outlawed under the recommendations. Billboard regulations will also address lighting restrictions that could include “dark hours” when signs would not be illuminated.

The city first adopted comprehensive billboard regulations in 1988, when bubbling frustration regarding unkempt signs and the threat of digital billboards brought an outright be very conscious of their water use,” said Public Utility Board Chair Bryan Flint in a press release.

“By letting their lawns go dormant, people can make a significant impact.”

Pierce County residents can contribute to the reduction efforts in more ways than one. “[Citizens] can limit irrigation wherever possible, so if people don’t want to let their lawns go dormant, irrigation of lawn or grass requires watering once a week, and doing it at night or early morning helps,” Ludwig said.

“Really limiting irrigation of lawns, they can also reduce shower times, which is not everyone’s favorite, but definitely helps. Fixing any leaks in your irrigation system only washing full loads in the washing

machine and dish washer, and just generally being aware.”

Pierce County is hoping to accomplish an overall cut of 10 percent in water use by Oct. 1, when leaders from Seattle, Everett and Pierce County will get together to determine whether the efforts have been enough to avoid “phase 3,” mandatory cutbacks. “[Representatives] are going to come together in early October and reevaluate the situation and how critical our water shortage is. On that day, it could go to phase 3. We’re looking for immediate reduction – basically turn your water off wherever you can,” Ludwig said. “If we’re able to, as a region, lower our use by over 10 percent, it most likely won’t have to go into this required

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billboard ban in all areas except industrial and commercial zones. Existing billboards in residential areas, however, weren’t removed. Changes came a decade later that allowed them to remain but would be phased out over 10 years.

Changes to the billboard rules came again just as that removal plan was set to kick in as Clear Channel took the matter to court. Tacoma and Clear Channel negotiated for years and reached the “stand still” agreement to further research code changes to deal with the fact that 90 percent of the billboards don’t meet current regulations.

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mandatory phase.”

Regardless of what happens with the current drought problem, Pierce County is looking ahead to the future with helpful preventive measures that will permanently reduce water use.

“Our landscaping practices include native planting that doesn’t require as much irrigation. We're definitely focusing on that, and we’re looking to the

future as drought provisions continue. We're evaluating landscaping and making sure we’re following the trend of planting things that don’t require irrigation on a permanent basis,” Ludwig said.

For more information on the county’s water conservation efforts, or to find out other ways you can help, visit www. savingwater.org.

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he Tacoma Dome is the center of attention in our town, a building representing the creativity and longevity of the City of Destiny. It’s appropriate then that in its shadow sits Ammar’s Mediterranean Grill at 409 E. 26th St., an establishment that has been serving some of the best foreign food in Tacoma since 1989.

“It’s homey; people feel at home here,” owner Ammar Mannaa said as he joked with his servers.

Though the restaurant has a laid back and casual feeling, it’s all business in the kitchen. With a four-star Yelp average, food quality is something Ammar’s takes very seriously thanks to Mannaa’s wife Sorada, who he credits with helping the establishment run smoothly.

“We built this as a team,” Mannaa said.

The restaurant will often morph its menu in accordance to events happening at the Dome, but the mix of Mediterranean, Italian and American food contains some mainstays, including lamb kebab and lasagna. The crown jewel of the menu, however, is Mannaa’s special Greek dressing, “The dressing is to die for,” Mannaa said, “There is no way for anyone to match this dressing.”

The menu is smaller, but this helps ensure the quality of the dishes coming out of the kitchen. Any meal at Ammar’s can be expected to be a treat, but that’s not all the restaurant offers.

A full service bar will greet you with smiles and several beers on tap, a selection that will soon be rapidly expanding.

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readily apparent as these athletes prepare for the fall season," Kreier said. "The complement of these recruits to the PLU cross country program will dramatically enhance our team competitiveness within the Northwest Conference."

TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER THURSDAY, AUG. 27 – BASEBALL Nashville vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m.

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LARGE SENIOR CLASS LOOKS TO LEAD PUGET SOUND FOOTBALL IN 2015 Fast and physical is how Puget Sound football head coach Jeff Thomas expects the Loggers to play during every snap in every game of the 2015 season. Last year, the Loggers turned heads during one of the most successful seasons in recent history. Puget Sound opened the 2014 campaign with a home win against Claremont-M-S, and the Loggers shocked Willamette with a 27-14 victory on the road in the season finale. In all, Puget Sound finished 4-5 overall, and tied Willamette with a 3-4 mark in the Northwest Conference.

With well over 20 seniors on the 2015 roster, Puget Sound is poised to build off of last year's feat, and the rest of the country is taking notice. The Loggers were picked by D3football.com to place fourth in the NWC with a projected 6-3 overall record and a 4-3 mark in the conference.

"We certainly feel like we've set ourselves up to be a team to be reckoned with in the conference," Thomas said. "We'll certainly have to prove that on Saturdays."

Senior captains Chris Beaulaurier (LB), who finished second on the team with 70 tackles in 2014, and Matt Moore (OL) take to the front in providing veteran leadership.

"We've slowly been growing over the past couple of years, and we're just starting to show the results on the field," Moore said. "We don't have to change too much, we're just running our offense, and running our defense."

Puget Sound returns four players who were named to the All-NWC Second Team last year. Junior offensive lineman Reid Hartmann played an essential role in an offensive attack that averaged 25.2 points per game. He also helped the Logger rushing attack total 658 yards, nearly double the output from 2013. Fifth-year senior wide receiver Kevin Miller finished the season ranked third in receptions (76), fourth in yards (743), and eighth in touchdowns (six). He came up with four games of at least 10 receptions, and three games of 100 yards or more. Miller saved his best for crosstown rival Pacific Lutheran, when he finished with 130 yards on 11 catches, including two touchdowns.

Senior kicker Sawyer Petre accounted for 55 points in 2014 after connecting on 65 percent of his field goal attempts (11-for-17). He hit a season-best 47-yard field goal at George Fox on Oct. 18. As a punter, Sawyer averaged 35.6 yards per punt. He pinned opponents inside the 20 on seven occasions, and allowed only two touchbacks. Junior defensive back Jake Wuesthoff finished the season with six games of at least eight tackles, and his two interceptions on the year were returned for 52 yards. His interception against Lewis & Clark on Oct. 4 was returned for a touchdown, earning him the NWC Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week honor.

Senior Peter Bell and juniors Brennan Schon and Dustin Harrison join Miller in a talented receiving core. Bell had seven catches for 90 yards in a game at Occidental last year, and he caught two touchdowns at home against Lewis & Clark. Schon had a big game against Occidental last season by grabbing nine catches for 155 yards and a touchdown.

Harrison also looks to improve on his 2014 season when he had four games of at least 80 receiving yards.

In addition to Beaulaurier, the Loggers return their leading tackler from 2014 – Matt Gilbert (72). Fifth-year senior defensive lineman Doug Owusu looks to lead the Loggers' push at the line.

"We took huge strides on defense last year," Thomas said.

"We expect to continue to improve on defense and turn some heads."

Puget Sound opens the 2015 campaign at Claremont-M-S on Sept. 5. The Loggers host Occidental for the home-opener on Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. before opening the NWC slate at Willamette on Oct. 3. Crosstown rival Pacific Lutheran comes to Peyton Field for the UPS Homecoming game on Oct. 31 at 1 p.m.

The Loggers improvement is showing as it has been picked to finish fourth in the NWC in the conference poll.

EIGHTEEN NEWCOMERS SET TO JOIN LUTE CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAMS The Pacific Lutheran cross country programs will feature some new talent for the 2015 season as 18 new recruits will look to help the Lutes climb the rankings when they host the Northwest Conference Championship in October.

Nine incoming freshmen will join the women's squad, while nine more will join the men, as newcomers make up more than half the members of each team. Lute head coach Heather Kreier believes that won't be a problem, as the talent in this recruiting class will make up for the lack of collegiate experience.

"I am so enthusiastic about the incoming class of Lute harriers," Kreier said. "I have been awaiting their arrival all summer, and I have excitedly watched this group of athletes develop over the past few years. To have them actually arriving very soon is such an exciting opportunity."

The incoming classes make up the majority of each team for Pacific Lutheran in 2015, as the Lutes have nine freshmen and seven juniors on the 16-athlete men's squad and nine freshmen, five sophomores and three juniors on the 17-athlete women's squad. They will have their first chance to prove themselves in collegiate competition on Sept. 5, when the Lutes compete in the Puget Sound Invitational in Lakewood. PLU hosts its annual Homecoming weekend Invitational Oct. 10, and the Lutes host the Northwest Conference Championships Oct. 31. With the start of the competition season just a week away, Kreier is excited to see her teams in action.

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PACIFIC LUTHERAN VOLLEYBALL OPENS SEASON IN THE TOP-25 RANKINGS The Pacific Lutheran volleyball team opens the 2015 season in two weeks, and it will do so as a preseason top25 team according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

Pacific Lutheran, which finished the 2014 season with a 21-5 record and tied for its third straight Northwest Conference championship, ranks 23rd in the preseason poll.

The Lutes picked up 161 points and start the season one spot lower than their final 2014 ranking of 22. Meanwhile Calvin picked up 1542 points to top the rankings, while Emory ranks second and Hope is listed third.

PLU is the lone NWC squad to make the top 25, while Whitworth picked up 30 votes to sit 10 spots below No. 25 Coe. PLU and Whitworth split the conference crown last season.

The Lutes begin the year Sept. 1 with a 7 p.m. road match against Evergreen. They follow that match with a trip to Grand Rapids, Mich., for four tournament matches hosted by topranked Calvin. PLU will have its chance to take on the No. 1 team in the preseason poll at 7 a.m. PST on Sept. 5. The Lutes' first home match will be Sept. 12 against Texas-Dallas at 2 p.m.

TACOMA RAINIERS PARTNER WITH JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY TO HOST “JAPAN NIGHT” The Japan-America Socity of the State of Washington (JASSW) will be hosting “Japan Night” at the Saturday, Aug. 29 Tacoma Rainiers game at Cheney Stadium. Below is the recent announcement from the JASSW: As part of our ongoing Strategic Planning Grant through The Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership (CGP), JASSW is reaching out to Tacoma and the South Sound.

Tacoma has rich ties with Japan through extensive trade relations in the port and was the original location of the Japanese Consulate.

We are taking this opportunity to celebrate that connection by bringing authentic Japanese art, dress, and culture to this Saturday’s baseball game. We will have guests wearing Japanese yukata. There will be traditional children’s games and activities for the whole family. We will also have artists Boss Hiko, and Yoshiko Yamamoto share some of their finest works. Boss Hiko will also be doing a live speed-painting for guests as they arrive just before the game.

The Japan-America Society’s flagship program, Japan-Inthe-Schools (JIS) has been active in classes throughout the state, and our hope through this event is to extend that reach further into the Tacoma area by growing our volunteer base and teacher network. Here are responses to our program from one of our regular schools: “It [Japan-America Society] helps me to bring the children awareness of other cultures.”

“I think this is a wonderful program for people to donate and support, because you’re not only supporting the program, you’re also supporting the children that have another opportunity to have a small picture of the greater world they live in.” – Thurgood Marshall Elementary School If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Corey Nunn at (206) 374-0180 or by email at cnunn@jassw.org.

SPANAWAY, PARKLAND AND PUYALLUP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL LEAGUES OFFERED Registration for the RAGE Girls Volleyball League in the Puyallup and Spanaway-Parkland communities will be held on Sept. 12 at Puyallup High School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and again on Sept. 19 at Franklin Pierce High School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. League play is offered for girls in grades three to nine in both the elementary and junior high divisions. Cost is $60 and includes a t-shirt, an instructional clinic, and seven matches.

An instructional clinic will be held on Sept. 11 from 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at Puyallup High School for students in grades three to five and from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. for students in grades six to nine. Another similar clinic will be held on Sept.

19 at Franklin Pierce High School at the same times.

All matches are played on Saturdays from Oct. 3-31.

Volunteer coaches are also being sought and training materials are available to assist. Over 240 girls participated in the league last year.

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SUNDAY, AUG. 30 – BASEBALL Nashville vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 – FOOTBALL Kentwood vs. Curtis Curtis HS – 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 – FOOTBALL Stadium vs. Fife Fife HS – 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 – FOOTBALL Mt. Douglas (AK) vs. Mt. Tahoma Mt. Tahoma Stadium – 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 – FOOTBALL Lakes vs. Clover Park Harry Lang Stadium – 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 – FOOTBALL Sumner vs. Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce HS – 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 – FOOTBALL Roosevelt (OR) vs. Lincoln Lincoln Bowl – 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 – SOCCER Women – Hamline vs. PLU Pacific Lutheran – 2 p.m.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 – FOOTBALL Raymond vs. Chief Leschi Chief Leschi HS – 7 p.m.

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MY FANTASY FOOTBALL CURSE

MUST COME TO AN END

By Justin Gimse jgimse@tacomaweekly.com

When this time of year comes around, and if you’re anything like me, you’re pretty excited about another year and another crack at your fantasy football league. Of course, if you’re anything like me, you also have pretty much stunk at it for approximately 20 years now.

What’s it going to take to end this string of fantasy fizzle?

There’s scads of fantasy football “insiders” and “programs” that a person can use or even purchase to help the prospective fantasy football owner, and I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I’ve tried them all, just a bunch of them. In return, I’ve found myself dwelling amongst the cellar rats at the bottom of nearly every fantasy football league I have ever entered.

And it’s not because I’m an incredible homer and draft nothing but Seattle Seahawks players year after year. Instead, it’s something more like every other year.

What can I say? I’m a homer for my Seahawks, and I know someday my faithfulness and loyalty to the Blue Wave is going to pay off with a nice little chunk of change at the end of the season.

So it’s been 20 years. So what? The odds tell me that sooner or later, it’s all going to line up for me and I’m taking the entire league’s money this time. I’ve got a feeling this time and it’s more different than ever.

Trust me.

While this is a fine example of perseverance and consistency, it hasn’t paid off yet, so I decided to change my approach leading up to the fantasy football draft last weekend. I am a member of a group called “The Bounty League” and these guys are a crew of cutthroat draft engineers.

While I certainly outnumber most, if not all of them, on the IQ side, they keep eating my lunch when it comes to picking a winning fantasy football team. It’s probably been the main reason I don’t send them Christmas cards, nor do I find myself hanging out with them at all outside of fantasy league functions.

Am I a sore loser? Probably, but it’s fantasy football and I know I can speak for the tens of millions that suffer debilitating fantasy defeats every year.

It’s beyond painful. It’s like losing a family member, albeit, one you’ve only had for four months.

Year after year, I have spent countless hours doing my own research and planning for my league’s draft. Year after year, I have also proven that my time would have been better spent scrubbing the bathroom floor, starting a dog-walking business and possibly earn a few online degrees with the remaining time gained.

This year, I went total John Rambo. I decided to push my research back to the night before the draft and trust my instincts.

Less than midway through my number crunching, I decided to let the dice fly, set down my pen and turned off the computer.

The plan hit me, probably not unlike the moments when Stephen Hawking decides he has yet another idea about black holes. It was pure genius.

I slept in late the next afternoon. Why should I get up? I had one thing to do that day, and that was to draft the best fantasy football team ever. I arose with purpose and direction, threw on some clothes and hit the road for the draft.

On the way, I swung into Safeway to pick up my secret weapon. Cruising down the greeting card and magazine aisle, I found just what I was looking for: the 15th anniversary issue of 2015 Fantasy Football Diehards magazine. After dropping a meager nine dollars off at register, I walked out of Safeway with a sense of pride. I had finally made the right call.

One hour later, after eating a delicious buffalo chicken sandwich and making small-talk with my Bounty League friends/ enemies, I went on to draft what will certainly go down as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fantasy football teams in world history.

This is the year. I’ve really got a feeling about it this time.

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a brand new football stadium and track, a solid weight room that is currently expanding into what will probably be the finest that will be found at the 2B level in the state, and an administration that was fully behind him and excited about the possibility of turning things around at Chief Leschi.

“At this level, the 2B level, there is not a better set of facilities in the state of Washington,” said Smith. “And you could throw in a lot of 1A schools, some 2A schools and even some 3A schools. When you take the facilities that this place has to offer and the resources that come with the facilities, it’s something else. We have a new administration on campus that I think is exciting. They want to change this place. They want it to become a high-academic facility and they want it to become a high level athletic facility. They are committed to winning, being the best they can be and they’re going to change things.

“I just think this place is on the rise and you’re going to see things happen here over the next five year period that I think are going to firstly, transform this community and secondly, become something that the people out in the Tacoma area are going to say ‘where’d they come from… what’s going on here?’”

When 38 players showed up for football tryouts, Smith knew the changes were already happening in the valley.

“At one time, if you count spring and fall, we’ve had over 50 kids at least come to one practice,” said Smith. “Now, it’s like anything. You start at 50 and hope you can get to 35. Right now we’re solid at 37 kids, maybe a little more depending on some things happening. That in itself is a victory; getting kids out here… and we’ve got some real size and athletes suiting up.”

It’s not going to be an easy ride for the Warriors, as they look to climb up the ranks through the tough 2B Pacific league. After the team opens the season on the road in a non-league matchup with Naselle, the Warriors will be tested right out of the gates. On Sept. 11, Chief Leschi will host perennial powerhouse Raymond in what will be a big early test. The Gulls finished the season 9-2 last season, losing to eventual state runner-up Napavine in the state quarterfinals, and this year they look as tough as ever.

The folks over at Chief Leschi will gladly put up with the growing pains. Things are on the rise in the Puyallup Valley.

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SCORE! Life Christian will return two 2014 Tacoma Weekly All-City players in running back Wyatt

Dunlap and offensive lineman Jackson McKenna-Kier. While McKenna-Kier and the Eagle offensive line opened up holes, Dunlap would rack up an astounding 25 touchdowns on the season.

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With starting quarterback Jack Hohimer also back under center, the whole idea of a reload begins to make more sense. Big play utility back Mike McKay averaged 10 yards each time he rushed or caught a pass from Hohimer. A total of six starters return on the offensive side of the ball, with seven returnees on the defensive side.

One of the more exciting additions will be that of 6-foot-4 senior Reid Roelofs. After giving up football after eighth grade, Roelofs decided to put on the pads one more time and according to secondyear head coach Jess Nelson, there’s a good chance the physical speedster just might be a game changer for the Eagles.

“He’s [Roelofs] an outside receiver and cornerback and is going to be dynamite,” said Nelson.

“He’s a big blessing for us.

I’ve told him no one can cover you. He can jump out of the gym and he’s fast. He’s like a gazelle running. We’ve got no empty cupboard here for sure. We definitely have some key

cogs to fill, and I think we’ve got the guys to fill them.”

Although the pantry looks to be well stocked for Life Christian, Nelson knows that his team faces a very difficult road if they plan on getting through the league season again and back into the state tournament. While his team may have taken some steps forward, the rest of the 2B Pacific league looks stacked and maybe even better than it’s been in recent memory.

“Raymond and North Beach have been the teams to beat recently in the 2B Pacific, which we’re still new to,” said Nelson.

“It’s going to be a strong league. We were in third place. Rainier will be really strong. Ilwaco will be really strong. South Bend won the state title in 2010 and they’ll be vastly improved. Ocosta should be improved. Chief Leschi should be improved.

Tim Rasmussen over at Tacoma Baptist should be really improved. So the 2B Pacific league will be a very tough league.”

Nelson went so far as to say that four of the 2B

Pacific league teams should probably be ranked in the top 15 in the state going into the season. “Which means nothing though,” said Nelson. “It’s all based upon last year.”

One thing that hasn’t changed at Life Christian is the way the administration and coaches approach the training of their student athletes. Terms like “servant leader” are a regular thing around campus and it goes way beyond what happens between the chalk lines on the football field.

Nelson, a former tightend who helped win 1999 National Championship at Pacific Lutheran University, learned much under the tutelage of legendary head coach Frosty Westering.

After speaking with Nelson for a while, I had to inform him that what I was hearing sounded a lot like Westering and PLU football, without knowing that he had actually played football in Parkland under the wise, old man’s guidance.

“I’m a disciple of that system,” said Nelson.

“That is how I will coach and it will be my philosophy wherever I go. It was half way through college for me, making a personal decision about Jesus that

really transformed and brought about a larger view, where it wasn’t really about how I performed on the field, but instead I felt that it was now about others…

It’s something that we want to emulate here. Frosty’s legacy is continuing here.”

It’s apparent that Nelson wants to win games over at Life Christian, but his number one desire is to help turn his group of Eagles from boys into solid, young men who are better prepared to face life’s problems in the years to come. It’s not unheard of today around Tacoma. There are several top-notch leaders teaching and mentoring their players on and off the fields around the City of Destiny, trying to help in ways that maybe it just wasn’t done back in the day.

These Eagles look like they’ve got their eyes up and the sky’s the limit this season.

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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.”

SALISH INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY CARE CENTER Tribe opens state-of-the-art cancer center in Fife The Puyallup Tribe of Indians has opened a new, state-of-the-art cancer care clinic in Fife.

Named the Salish Integrative Oncology Care Center (SIOCC), it is housed in the first floor of the Trans Pacific building that the Tribe has purchased, located at the Interstate 5/Port of Tacoma exit.

“It is with full honor and dignity of our Tribal Council, tribal members, reservation and ancestors that I announce the opening of the Salish Integrative Oncology Care Center,” said Puyallup Tribal Chairman Bill Sterud, noting that the center is the first Tribal-owned cancer care center in Indian Country and the United States. Opening the center fulfills the Puyallup Tribe’s vision of bringing integrative cancer care to Native Americans and non-Native Americans alike and to participate in cancer research.

The Tribe’s goal is to target national and regional Native Americans fighting cancer. Although SIOCC serves non-Native individuals wanting an integrative approach for cancer treatment, this treatment will not diminish the services provided to Native Americans. Quite the opposite, as treating non-Natives will help ensure a viable and robust program for the underserved Native population.

The 8,200-square-foot cancer center has 23 infusion chairs and features numerous amenities to make patients’ time there as comfortable as possible. For example, to help instill a serene atmosphere and peace of mind for patients, chemotherapy treatment rooms offer beautiful views of the majestic Mount Rainier. Outdoor treatment areas will be available in the spring and summer months.

SIOCC is staffed by board-certified medical oncologists and naturopathic oncologists, as well as natural cancer care and complementary cancer care practitioners who are experts in providing innovative treatment for most types of cancer.

“As the indigenous keepers of the Puyallup Tribe Indian Reservation, we have a strong ancestral bond with nature and creation. We believe that natural healing through traditional roots, berries, herbs and traditional healing can blend with modern oncology practices,” said Chairman Sterud.

It is with the foundation of “integrative medicine” that the Puyallup Tribe hired the former providers of Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center to build upon traditional oncology (chemotherapy, radiation and other pharmaceutical treatments) with whole person integrative medicine, including

Named the Salish Integrative Oncology Care Center (SIOCC), it is housed in the first floor of the Trans Pacific building the Tribe has purchased, located at the Interstate 5/Port of Tacoma exit.

naturopathy, acupuncture, Chinese medicine and Native American treatments.

“Most of our allopathic community doesn’t believe in how we practice medicine with complementary care,” said Kim M. Sunner, practice administrator. “However, the Puyallup Tribe, which has operated the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority since the early 1970’s, wants to build upon the established and proven success record that mixes traditional and natural healing.”

Medical Oncologist Dr. Paolo Paciucci spoke in gratitude for the Puyallup Tribe’s vision and their resolution to sponsor an integrated oncologic care center in a setting of restorative tranquility and to have chosen the providers of the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center team to carry out this vision.

“I am very excited to continue to work with a group of people that practice cancer medicine in a setting that is quite different from that of com-

partmentalized, often fractured and ‘institutionalized’ model of larger oncology centers,” said Dr. Paciucci. “I have come to appreciate the kindness, humanistic and personal care that is delivered by this group of practitioners, nurses, coordinators and patient navigators whose foremost goal is that of delivering individualized and compassionate state-of-the-art medicine.”

As Dr. Paciucci pointed out, one does not “cure” ailments with infusions of drugs only. “The friendly atmosphere, the attentive dedication of a team of professionals and the concurrent treatments imparted by a group of exceptional naturopathic practitioners help shatter the negative mythology associated with ‘cancer’ and its often fearful implications,” he said.

For more information on the Salish Integrative Oncology Center, call Lauree Ombrellaro, Transition Manager, at (253) 382-6300 or visit www.SalishOncology.com.

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

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Ronson Family Redux

Band that spawned popular F-ing Eagles to play reunion PHOTO BY JEN ACTION

REUNITED. The Ronson

Family Switchblade - Jesse Ray, Nick Gordon, Stu Linkert and Owen Atkins – will be back in action on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the New Frontier Lounge.

By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com

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ears and many miles separate Newport, Oregon resident Nick Gordon from his heyday on the Tacoma rock scene. Yet something happens every once in a while that takes him right back to that rowdy time, more than a decade ago.

For example, there’s the time he rented “True Adolescents,” a 2009 comedy starring Mark Duplass that was filmed around Puget Sound. Gordon had started to doze off when a jangly guitar riff pierced through the haze. The song was “He Won’t Love You Like I’ll Leave You,” a cut from Tacoma garage-rock band the F---ing Eagles’ debut album, “A Million Dollars Worth of Music,” but he had played it countless times himself.

“I was like ‘What the @#%@%! I wrote half that song!” Gordon recalled, laughing during a phone interview last week. “It was weird. I had no idea. I just kind of got a kick out of it. Then I got ahold of them.”

The song was originally a set staple for

his old band, the Ronson Family Switchblade, which, since spring, has been plotting a comeback show that’s set for Saturday, Aug. 29, at the New Frontier Lounge.

Aside from a cameo with the F---ing Eagles at Magoo’s Annex in March – singer-guitarist Owen Atkins and drummer Stu Linkert are also Ronsons – it will be the first time Gordon has performed with his band in 11 years.

“I just really enjoy hanging out with those guys, and we played the kind of music I like to listen to, personally,” Gordon said. “After a few years of not ever listening to the songs, I popped the CD and I was just like, ‘Wow!’ ... I guess that’s what it is. I like the music, and I like the guys.”

Fans and newcomers can download the Ronsons’ previously unreleased EP, “Stilleto Voodoo,” at ronsonfamilyswitchblade.bandcamp.com where it surfaced in October.

The group can be traced back to late ‘90s Misfits cover band, the Pisfits, which initially included Atkins as lead singer, Gordon on guitar, Sean McGee on bass and Ryan Loiselle on drums. “We were like the drunk Misfits,” Atkins recalled. “Instead of

‘Walk Among Us’ we had ‘Drink Among Us.’ We dressed up like them, and it was a Halloween type of thing.”

Perhaps most memorably, the Pisfits provided a soundtrack to events held

by Tacoma Championship Wrestling, a defunct underground wrestling league populated largely by the local music scene.

CFA and Furry Buddies guitarist Dave Takata, for example, was “Secret Asian Man,” and referee “Fair Deal” Wade Neal was Atkins’ band mate in Tacoma alt-rock outfit Seaweed.

Eventually though, the Pisfits aspired to write original material. “At the time, Nick was really into the Hellacopters from Sweden, so he kind of turned us all onto that,” Atkins recalled. “So we were like, ‘let’s be in a band that’s a cross between the Misfits and the Hellacopters, but with a fierce Tacoma spirit.’ That’s how it started.”

Gordon took the name from a funny encounter with a friend at Seattle’s Central Saloon. “Scott Hunter walks up to me out of the blue and for no reason says, ‘You know what? I’m gonna start a gang. We’re all gonna have black hair and wear hooded sweatshirts, and we’re gonna be called the Ronson Family Switchblade.’ I said, ‘Oh yeah?’ He goes, ‘Yeah,’ and just walked away.”

For the original lineup, Gordon and Atkins teamed up with bassist Sean McGee and drummer Bryan Johnson.

Linkert – a veteran of popular Tacoma band, Swelter - replaced Johnson on drums in the second incarnation of the band, following a short break in 2001.

Atkins was still playing in Seaweed – a band that had made waves nationally – when the Ronsons initially started picking up steam, but that band called it quits in 1999.

“Seaweed reunions have definitely felt like time travel back to the early ‘90s,” he said. “But Ronson is so solidly ‘99 or 2000. Around that time, there

was a lot of Y2K paranoia and ‘X-Files’ on TV. There was a weird apocalyptic thing in the air (and) Ronson was just about having fun while this millennial madness was surrounding us.”

However, Gordon’s enthusiasm for the project eventually fizzled out. He played his last show in 2004 at Northwest Punklife, a Northwest Folklife parody show held at Seattle rock venue, the Funhouse.

A few years later, he and his wife moved to the Oregon coast.

Atkins said his departure lead to the transformation of the Ronson Family into the F---ing Eagles, a name often referred to as a “Big Lebowski” reference, but actually an inside joke about Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh. (Visit www.tacomaweekly. com/dailymashup for elaboration.)

“Nick started to get kind of burned out, and he would just start flaking out and not showing up for practices,” he said. “The F---ing Eagles was basically Ronson when Nick didn’t show up. It was a joke name.

Then when Nick permanently didn’t show up, we decided to keep that name as a placeholder until we found a real name.” A decade later, it’s still in place.

Depending on how this first gig goes, Gordon said there’s energy behind the notion of writing some new material. “I hope it’s fun,” he said. “We’re rockin’ out when we practice, drinking beer and having a good ol’ time. Why not share the fun if anybody (cares) and comes?”

Adding support this weekend will be The Fosdicks and Weird Tigers. Music starts at 9 p.m., there will be a $5 cover charge, and you have to be 21 or older to get in. The New Frontier is located at 301 E. 25th St., in Tacoma; (253) 572-4020 or www.thenewfrontierlounge.com for further details.

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SOARING. The F---ing Eagles rose from the ashes of Ronson Family

Switchblade to become one of Tacoma’s most popular bands. They most recently played the Hilltop Street Fair on Aug. 22.

THE THINGS WE LIKE ONE ICE CREAM FOR PCAF

Ice Cream Social at 2914 6th Ave. is holding a fundraiser for Pierce County AIDS Fo u n d a t io n (PCAF) to support the South Sound END AIDS Walk. Through Sept. 1, Ice Cream Social will donate $1 from every scoop of Red Velvet Cake ice cream to the AIDS Walk.

This is a special ice cream they are featuring just for PCAF. Learn more about the Walk and register at www.piercecountyaids.org.

TWO MOVEMENT CLASSES Sound Movement Arts Center’s fall classes begin on Sept. 14. Registration is open now at https://dancestudio-pro.com/

online/index. php?account_ id=3997.

SMAC’s mission is to deliver high quality dance, cheer and performing arts to the community by providing a positive studio environment with educated and gifted instructors who focus both on technique and the individuality of each child.

SMAC offers a nurturing yet challenging atmosphere that will propel students to reach their potential as performing artists and individuals.

THREE ‘SIMPLY TACOMA’ 253 Collective at 1901 S. Jefferson is currently featuring the awesome photos of Carla Gramlich through Sept. 12 in a collection called “Simply Tacoma.” Gramlich spends some time traveling, but this show will spotlight Tacoma. When Gramlich got

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FOUR RAINBOWS & TACOS Pack up a taco fixing or side to share and head to the Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave., forTaco Night on Sept. 2, 5:30-8 p.m.

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FIVE FEEDING FRENZY All animals love to eat!

Come to Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and see how keepers present food in creative ways to stimulate each animal’s natural food-finding behaviors and watch the animals enjoy specialized meals. Free with paid admission, Aug. 29-30. Info: nwtrek.org.

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Hilltop Street Fair, S.A.S.S., Ethan Tucker, : WEEKLY REWIND Kareem Kandi and Stanley Clark

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The Hilltop Street Fair (left three photos) drew custom rides, big and small, and Deathbed Confessions provided the mayhem that metal heads – even little ones – craved in the Peterson Bros 1111 beer garden. S.A.S.S. (top right) brought the blues to South Tacoma’s Stonegate Pizza later that night while Olympia singer-songwriter Ethan Tucker (second from top) was delivering tunes from his new album, “Misunderstood,” at Jazzbones. Jazz fans had plenty to cheer about, too, as local favorite Kareem Kandi – (second from bottom, right) headlined Dawson’s, days after he was announced as head of the new Tacoma Jazz Association. (See www.tacomajazzassociation.org.) Up the road in Seattle, jazz great Stanley Clark headlined Jazz Alley on Aug. 20.

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TACOMA’S BICENTENNIAL KIOSKS CULTURE CORNER M 40-year-old kiosk gets a new coat A G UIDE TO THE

Museum of the Week:

By Dave R. Davison

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum

dave@tacomaweekly.com

Sometimes if you just let things sit long enough, good things will happen.

Such is the case with one of the big, concrete information kiosks that were installed in the downtown area four decades ago.

Under the aegis of the City’s Spaceworks program, the kiosk at South 13th and Market Streets has acquired a dazzling new mural. The painting, done by a design team calling itself the Year Round Company, breaths new life and gives new purpose to the neglected street fixture that was originally put in place back in 1975.

Back then, the city was busy spiffing up in preparation for the Bicentennial Celebrations the following year. The Bicentennial Pavilion was under construction and Tacoma was getting ready to celebrate the nation’s 200th birthday in style.

The concrete kiosks were a great addition to the civic street furniture and show a spirit of optimism.

The word “Happenings� is prominently etched into the concrete surface. One can see that these were intended as a venue that citizens could use to display posters informing passersby of a multitude of events and spectacles taking place in a happy and lively city core.

Unfortunately, not much happened. Tacoma’s downtown core was like a scene from a zombie apocalypse during much of the time that the kiosks have stood watch. After dark, few would venture downtown.

The “Happenings� moniker etched into the kiosks

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RENEWAL. The 70s era information kiosk at S. 13th and Market Streets has a new mural.

took on an ironic twist as their faces stood grey and blank alongside the empty streets.

Fortunately, the kiosks were designed sturdily enough to withstand the tender mercies of some of Tacoma’s more rugged denizens. We are fortunate, too, that some wild-eyed urban designer did not have them bulldozed to make room for the latest frou frou street fad. The downtown has revived at last and now good things are happening with both the city and the monolithic kiosks.

Year Round Company’s new mural on the 13th and Market kiosk is a vibrant design in yellow, magenta, purple and blue. The painting draws the eye to the formerly grey and all-too-forgettable edifice. One now can appreciate the charm of the overall design of the kiosk – its rounded sides and its ribbed roof and its

decorative base (which matches street planters that were done at the same time as the kiosk.)

The Year Round Company is a duo of designers, Jacqui and Scott Scoffin, which do everything from marketing and package design to pillows and bags.

Their kiosk mural will be visible through May 2016, at which time another artist or team will paint a new mural.

It is remarkable that these sturdy and welldesigned kiosks have lasted for 40 years now. It would be nice to see them made beautiful through art, but also to serve their originally intended function as a place where artist’s posters and flyers announce all of the activities and happenings in a city core that has at last become vibrant and lively with all manner of fantastic, uplifting, weird and curious things.

Catherine the Great will be represented in two exhibits. One is her grant of a title to Swen Waxell for his discovery of Alaska. The original leader Vitus Bering died en route. This was the largest expedition in the history of the world to that date.

Another exhibit features the great Russian admiral Paul Jonze, better known to us as John Paul Jones who was in the British merchant fleet before he went on to become an American naval captain in the American Revolutionary War. He subsequently went on to become a French Knight.

The unintentional suicide charge of British cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on Oct. 25, 1854 in the Crimean War is represented by the original draft of the great poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson wherein he first writes: “Our’s is not to reason why,� “Our’s is but to do and die�

The most spectacular exhibit is one little known by Americans. Czar Alexander II evaluated all the details of the Emancipation Proclamation of Russia that was issued four years prior to Lincoln’s. The Russian Emancipation Proclamation freed 40 million serfs (as opposed to 4 million slaves in the United States).

The Russian Revolution is represented by exhibits of Lenin, Marx and even little Anastasia.

Russian scientific successes in space are owed to the researches of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky and the first flights into space by a man and by a woman. That woman, Valentina Tereshkova, kept a log during her flight in space, in which she states “Greetings to the people of the USA� as her spaceship passed over America. Materials by Tsiolkovskys and Tereshkova are on view.

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“My husband never met a car he didn’t like,” Nancy LeMay said of her late husband, Harold “Lucky” LeMay. He, at one time, owned more than 3,000 cars, earning him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Harold’s legacy will be presented in “Lucky’s Garage,” the first permanent display at LeMay – America’s Car Museum, located at 2702 E. D St., in Tacoma’s Dome District.

The exhibit opens to the public on Friday, Aug. 28. It is modeled after the Spanaway home that Harold and Nancy LeMay shared; and it will feature 50 treasured vehicles from the Harold E. LeMay Collection, including a 1947 Cadillac Series 62 two-door convertible, a 1922 Ford Model T Touring, a 1930 Packard 740 Custom Super Eight Convertible, a 1933 Hupmobile Series I-326 and a 1953 Kaiser Dragon.

“Harold was a true American success story,” said LeMay Museum President and COO Paul E. Miller in a statement the museum released on the exhibit. “He was raised during the Great Depression, worked extremely hard and became an accomplished businessman and car collector. His affinity for a wide cross-section of automobiles is at the core of what ACM is about – America’s history and love affair with the automobile during the last 100 years. Lucky’s Garage will engage and educate visitors about Harold and his passion for cars.”

The ACM exhibit opening coincides with the 38th Annual LeMay Car Show and auction on Aug. 29 at the LeMay Family Collection at the Marymount Event Center, a 20-minute drive from ACM. It houses vehicles and other Americana (dolls, toys, antiques, farm equipment, etc.) from Harold LeMay’s personal collection.

The LeMay Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Admission is $8 to $16, and free for children ages 5 and under. For more information on exhibits and events, visit www.americascarmuseum.org.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: RON WHITE Don’t expect any sugar-coated jokes when Blue Collar Comedy alumnus Ron White headlines the Emerald Queen Casino at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 20. His new set is called “Nutcracker” (read what you will into that) and tickets are $40 to $95.

Visit www.ticketmaster.com for further details on that and these other events, except where otherwise indicated.

• Hometown Throwdown with Big and Rich: 2 p.m., Sept. 13, Cheney Stadium, $33.50 to $50.

• Weird Al Yankovic: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 14, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $30 to $60; www.thefair.com.

• Heart: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 15, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $30 to $90, www.thefair.com.

• Nate Jackson: 8:30 p.m., Sept. 15, Jazzbones, $5; www.jazzbones.com.

• Caroline Rhea: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 17 to 19, 10:30 p.m.

Sept. 18, and 19, $20 to $24, www.tacomacomedyclub.com.

• Terry Fator: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 18, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $30 to $60; www.thefair.com.

• Keith Urban: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 19, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $40 to $100; www.thefair.com.

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• Iggy Azalea: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $55 to $85; www. thefair.com.

• Duran Duran with Chic: 7:30 p.m., Sept.

23, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $60 to $100; www.thefair.com.

• Jake Owen with A Thousand Horses: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 24, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $45 to $70; www.thefair.com.

• Sinbad: 8:30 p.m., Sept. 25, Emerald Queen Casino, $25 to $65.

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• Johnny Mathis: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 8, Pantages Theater, $89 to $169; www.broadwaycenter.org.

• Jason DeRulo: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 26, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $40 to $65; www.thefair.com.

• Jay Mohr: 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., Oct. 10, Tacoma Comedy Club, $25 to $35; www.tacomacomedyclub. com.

• Pitbull: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 27, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $70 to $110.

• Tim Allen: 8:30 p.m., Oct. 24, Emerald Queen Casino, $40 to $100.

• Lewis Black: 7 p.m., Sept. 27, Pantages Theater, $59.50; www.broadwaycenter.org.

• Juan Gabriel: 8 p.m., Nov. 20, Tacoma Dome, $78 to $234.

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Film buffs headed to Proctor and Lakewood for two dynamic festivals Local film aficionados will be quite busy over the next two weekends as the Destiny City Film Festival takes over Proctor’s historic Blue Mouse Theatre from Aug. 28 to 30, and the third annual Lakewood Asian Film Festival has its own three-day run at Lakewood Elks, from Sept. 5 to 7.

The Destiny City Festival will present 26 award-winning films from around the world. Festivities will kick off at 7 p.m. on Aug. 28 with new, indie drama, “A Rising Tide,” which tells an inspirational story of redemption about a young chef named Sam Rama (played by Hunter Parrish of “Weeds” and “The Following” fame).

After the his family’s wellestablished Atlantic City restaurant is destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, he must grow up quickly, taking the biggest risks of his life, both in business and in love.

There will be opportunities to interact with filmmakers on opening night as “A Rising Tide” writer and director Ben Hickernell takes questions after the opening film. Prior to the movie, writer Jeffrey Field will discuss his first place script in DCFF’s short screenplay competition.

Over the next two days, Destiny City will be in full swing with a full slate of drama, comedy, animation, short film packages, thought-provoking documentaries and more. Highlights include “For Grace,” which follows the trial and tribulations of renowned chef Chris Duffy as he opens a new restaurant in Chicago; “Blood, Sweat and Beer,” about the explosive growth of the craft beer industry; “Tom Girl,” which follows Jake, a 7-year-old who defies traditional gender roles; and the award-winning HBO film, “Very SemiSerious,” an offbeat documentary about humor, art and the genius of “New Yorker” cartoons.

All-Access VIP passes – which grant access to all films and events – are available for $65. A DCFF punch card, good for four general admission tickets, is available for $20.

The Blue Mouse is located at 2611 N. Proctor St., in Tacoma. For more information, trailers and a full festival schedule visit DestinyCityFilmFestival. com.

The Lakewood Asian Film Festival has migrated

Asian Film Fest that runs Sept. 5, 6, and 7.

this year after scheduling conflicts with its previous home at Lakewood Playhouse. This year, the festival will host free screenings to four critically acclaimed films. “The lineup is our strongest one ever,” said Phil Raschke of festival sponsor Lakewood Arts Commission.

“There are films from India, Japan, China, and they’re all award-winning films. Some were highly controversial.”

In that category is the festival opening, the emotionally charged Indian drama, “Water.” Set in the 1930s, the film highlights the plight of Chuyia, an 8-year-old Hindu girl who is suddenly widowed after being placed in an arranged marriage. Custom demands she be sent away to a home where widows must live in penitence, but her feisty nature soon affects the other widows and causes them to question their faith and social status.

Director Deepa Mehta faced death threats and arson attempts as she made the film, which Ebert and Roeper gave two thumbs up.

The stunning “The Painted Veil” is the film fest’s second film, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Sept. 5.

This PG-13 film is based on Somerset Maugham’s classic novel of the same name and stars Edward Norton (“The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Fight Club”), Naomi Watts (“St. Vincent,” “Mulholland Drive”) and Diana Rigg, of the “Avengers” TV series fame. It follows an English doctor who takes his beautiful but unfaithful wife to a cholera ravaged village deep in China. Rolling Stone calls it “magnificent.”

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Next up is Australian film, “The Sapphires,” a PG-13 film that will show at 2 p.m. on Sept. 6. The film is set in 1968 and focuses on an aboriginal girl group that doesn’t know what it’s getting into when it pursues its first big break, performing for troops in Vietnam. It scored a 91 percent rating on review aggregation site, RottenTomatoes.com.

In the Chinese film “The Flowers of War” – up next at 7 p.m. on Sept. 6 – Christian Bale poses as a priest to try and save young schoolgirls and Chinese courtesans from invading Japanese troops during 1937 Rape of Nanking. The film, directed by the legendary Zhang Yimou, is rated R. The Asian Film Fest’s final selection, the Japanese drama “Departures,” will be shown at 2 p.m. on Labor Day, Sep 7. In it, a young husband loses his job in an orchestra and returns back to his small hometown where he accepts a socially degrading job preparing the deceased for the journey to the afterlife. “Departures” won the American Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The film is rated PG-13.

Raschke said attendees will be given a small, symbolic stone to commemorate their attendance at this “deeply moving film.”

The Lakewood Elks is located at 6313 75th St. Seating is on a first come basis, and there will be a special lobby exhibit by the Philippine Scouts Historical Society. For further details, call (253) 9837835 or (253) 861-1366.

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JAZZBONES: Girls Love Rockets with Geoffrey Castle (rock, power-pop) 8 p.m., $15; Filthy Fridays with Sharps, Helix and Rome (DJ) 10:30 p.m.

DAWSON’S: Mod Men (classic rock) 9 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: Michael Martinez (Brazilian jazz) 8:30 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Notorious 253 (dance) 9 p.m., NC HALF PINT: Cody Raymond (R&B, soul) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE G’S: Massacre at the Opera, Helles, Deathbed Confessions, Delapidation (metal, thrash) 5 p.m., $5, AA THE SWISS: Sway (dance) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: John Roy (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $16-$20 UNCLE SAM’S: Summer Blast with Saliva, Hairnation, Acid Teeth and Under Sin (hard rock) 6:30 p.m., $25-$75 UNCLE THURM’S: Kareem Kandi (jazz) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA

SATURDAY, AUG. 29 METRONOME: Happy Otherwise (indie-pop) 8 p.m., NC, AA

DAWSON’S: Brian Lee and the Orbiters (blues) 9 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: Michael Martinez (Brazilian jazz) 8:30 p.m., NC GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Ho Hoáng Yen, Du’on Bu’u Trung, Thuy Trang, Minh Phung (Vietnamese pop) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: A King Also & The Royal Court, Antihero, Ylana Rae (funk, rap-rock) 9 p.m., $15-$20 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC THE SPAR: Cottonwood Cutups (bluegrass) 8 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Kry (rock covers) $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: John Roy (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $16-$20 TACOMA DOME: South Sound Craft Beer Festival with Rain City Time Machine, 12 p.m., $15-$25 UNCLE SAM’S: Hell’s Belles (AC/DC tribute) 6 p.m., $15

SUNDAY, AUG. 30

JAZZBONES: Rockaroke (live band karaoke) 9 p.m., NC

DAWSON’S: Heather Jones and the Groove Masters (R&B, soul) 8 p.m., NC SMOKE & CEDAR: Maddy Dullum (singer-songwriter) 7 p.m., NC

TUESDAY, SEPT. 1 DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC

ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA B SHARP COFFEE: Peeled Bananas (comedy open mic) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday with Albert Kirchner (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Stingy Brim Slim (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2 TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.

B SHARP COFFEE: Chris Symer Duo (jazz) 6:30 p.m., NC, AA DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, blues, jazz) 8 p.m., NC HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+

THURSDAY, SEPT. 3 B SHARP COFFEE: Dennis Hastings sings Mel Torme with Keith Henson Octet (jazz) 8 p.m., NC, AA

JOHNNY’S DOCK: Maia Santell & House Blend (blues) 5 p.m., NC

DAWSON’S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: 40 Grit (bluegrass jam) 3 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Geriatric Jazz (jazz) 11 a.m., NC, AA O’MALLEY’S: Comedy open mic, 8:30 p.m., NC THE SPAR: Teddy Dortch Trio with Buck England (blues) 7 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Jose Bolanos (comedy) 8 p.m., $10-$14, 18+

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 G. DONNALSON’S: Al Gord (piano jazz) 8:30 p.m., NC, AA KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Andy Woodhull (comedy) 8 p.m., $10-$14, 18+

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COMING EVENTS

TW PICK: NW CANNABIS CLASSIC Sat., Aug, 29, noon to 8 p.m.; Sun., Aug, 30, noon to 6 p.m.

Tacoma Armory, 715 S. 11th St.

The NW Cannabis Classic is a cannabis festival, competition and conference featuring some of the finest vendors, speakers and growers in the industry. Visitors will enjoy a truly unique experience featuring 70+ vendors showcasing the latest in cannabis culture, products and services; educational and entertaining seminars from industry leaders like Jorge Cervantes and Russ Belville; cannabis competition award show crowning WA’s best growers; sports lounge showing the Seahawks pre-season game on Saturday and featuring Madden16 on PS4 and XBOX; outdoor garden area with seating and food trucks; DJ’s spinning the latest tracks; foosball and air hockey in the gamers lounge and so much more. Tickets/Info: www.nwcannabisclassic. com/tacoma NATIVITY HOUSE ARTISTS Fri., Aug. 28, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Catholic Community Services, 1323 S. Yakima Ave. Nativity House Artists are exhibiting paintings in varied styles, blending texture and vivid color with a juxtaposition of forms and patterns. Imagery pulls from cultural references, Northwest nature and dream fantasy. Crocheted items and jewelry are also exhibited.

Nativity House is a homeless program of Catholic Community Services, and all artwork sales support artists that receive services. Price: Free.

Info: (253) 502-2617 PEOPLE OF THE ADZE: SHOALWATER BAY TRIBE Fri., Aug. 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave. The highly decorative, yet utilitarian, carvings creat-

ed by the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe and members of its Carving Apprenticeship Program are on display at the Washington State History Museum. Price: $11 for adults, $8 for seniors, students and military, children 5 and under free. Info: (253) 272-9747 ANNUAL LEMAY CAR SHOW Sat., Aug. 29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

LeMay Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. E. More than 500 vintage vehicles from the LeMay Family Collection are on view at Marymount, plus hundreds more at the LeMay home grounds. The LeMay Car Show is a two-location event, which means that it’s the one day a year that in addition to the LeMay Collections at Marymount, Nancy LeMay and her family open their private LeMay homestead property

in Spanaway for the general public to come gawk and walk.

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FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., Aug. 29, 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.

The program of recovery is based on the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Price: Free. Info: (253) 537-0201 ARGENTINE TANGO ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS CLASS Sun., Aug. 30, 12 p.m.

Backstreet Tango, 3505 S. 14th St. Join this group for an absolute beginner level class.

The studio was built with the sole purpose of teaching only authentic social Argentine Tango. You will learn the basic elements for this wonderful dance by a Master Tango Instructor. Dancers can start on any Sunday no need to wait for the start of another series. Price: $40 for eight classes and two practicas. Info: (253) 304-8296 LUCKY COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION FALL CLASSIC Sun., Aug. 30, 9 a.m.

LeMay Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. E. The Lucky Collector Car Auction Fall Classic is held in conjunction with the Annual

Promote your community event, class, meeting, concert, art exhibit or theater production by e-mailing calendar@tacomaweekly.com or calling (253) 922-5317.

LeMay Car Show. It’s a twoday auction featuring 200+ collector cars. There will be plenty of vehicles to choose from. There are sports cars, muscle cars, true classics, a few pickup trucks and motorcycles, some automobilia and some unusual rarities. Price: $15. Info: (253) 272-2336

sing and play traditional and new songs in a feast of the senses. The Ukulele Sing-along Circus gathers on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. at the delightful Studio 6 ballroom. All are welcome to come sing, play a ukulele if you got one, or just sit and enjoy the madness. Price: $8. Info: (253) 905-5301

MEDITATION & MODERN BUDDHISM: WEEKLY CLASS Mon., Aug. 31, 7-8:30 p.m.

Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1501 Pacific Ave. S. Meditation is becoming more popular, but many people have many questions. How do we get a qualified practice started? How do we make use of our practice? What can meditation do for me?

These are some of the most common questions. Price: $10. Info: (360) 754-7787

VOICES OF SUMI ART Tues., Sept. 1, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. David Berger, Fumiko Kimura, Selinda Sheridan and Voski Chakiraian-Sprague are four members of Puget Sound Sumi Artists. Sumi is the Japanese word for the black ink used in painting and calligraphy, applied by brush to paper. A traditional goal of sumi painting is not simply to reproduce the image of a subject, but to capture its essence and spirit. Price: Free. Info: (253) 292-2001

WORKSOURCE WORKSHOPS: JOB LAB Mon., Aug. 31, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; 2-4 p.m.

Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. Need help with a job-finding question or issue? Find one-on-one help for your job search from WorkSource employment professionals.

Get advice on topics such as how to develop and launch an effective job search strategy, resume, cover letter and application assistance, interviewing tips and more. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304

A GREAT NORTH AMERICAN JOURNEY Wed., Sept. 2, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Pierce County Library System Headquarters, 3005 112th St. E. Dixie and Dirk Havlak’s retirement goal was to bike, hike and paddle their way around the United States and Canada. Dixie will give a multimedia presentation of their nine month trip in which they visited 50 National Parks and Monuments across our continent, the “ultimate” retirement adventure. A potluck lunch will follow Dixie’s talk.

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UKULELE SING-A-LONG CIRCUS Tues., Sept. 1, 6-8 p.m.

Studio 6 Ballroom, 2608 6th Ave. Singers! Ukulele players!

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For more details on these events and many more, visit www.TacomaWeekly.com and click on the “Calendar” link.

WITCHY WOMAN HOROSCOPES Christina Wheeler has been studying astrology for the past 22 years. She writes, creates, laughs too loud, and owns a store called The Nearsighted Narwhal in Tacoma, WA. If you ever want to chew the fat about astrology, contact her at tinathehyena@gmail.com.

ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) A heaping dose of compassion and empathy may show up on your plate unexpectedly. The soft, rippling undercurrent of life is something you’re taking more notice of and are feeling rather than seeing.

Psychic abilities may spring up. You find yourself caring deeply and being lost in romantic fantasies.

This is fine as long as you keep your feet firmly grounded in reality. Feel it out.

LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22) There’s a dangerous chance for getting lost in the fantasy of someone right now, while the reality of that person is ignored. Your intuition is heightened right now so it’s especially important for you to pay attention to your gut feelings instead of getting lost in what could be. You’re feeling rather romantic about life lately and that’s okay. Just don’t give completely in to that fantasy and you’ll be fine.

TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20) There may be some secret wishes and desires you’re harboring right now. Nothing terrible, but things that you’re not exactly willing to go public with. You’re feeling things on a subconscious level these days and your empathy for social causes is magnified. Working behind the scenes is best at this time but don’t be afraid to go after whatever it is you want. Only you can stop you now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) You’re a ball of emotions right now, but they’re not negative ones. Extended stages of worrying have led you to a place where you realize it’s futile and it’s easier just to be gentle with yourself. Nurturing yourself right now is extra important and will come a lot easier than it has in the past. New jobs and chores come through. Right now you just want to help people, and that’s okay.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun. 20) You may be feeling somewhat sentimental about your father or father figures at this time. A rush of understanding can be brought to any disturbances that may push you forward on your karmic path of understanding. To push aside ego and move toward understanding others’ actions is the mark of an evolved individual. You’re got all the superpowers right now. Use them!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Life takes on a softer tone this week as you’re more attracted to the subtle than the bold. Creative productivity may be on the upswing as you contemplate different methodologies for the things you’ve done the same way for a long time. Breaking out of old shells is fine as long as you don’t trade them for bigger ones. Push your own boundaries until it amazes you what you can do.

CANCER (Jun. 21 – Jul. 22) You may be drawn into exploring what lies beneath right now. Metaphysical possibilities, life after death, and psychic twinges of intuition are all on your mind lately. Ease into any new endeavors in these fields and do so with a heart full of love and an open mind. These can be experiences you take with you for the rest of your life. Make them count.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Your connections to the past may tug at your heartstrings this week. Healing old wounds requires compassion for the people that made them. Something inside of you will click and you will understand why things happened the way they did. Forgiveness is a definite possibility as long as it’s on your terms.

Mothers and mother figures play an important role.

Heal and let it go.

LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22) There’s a lot that we humans haven’t exactly figured out about life. A heavy leaning toward the secrets of life and trying to figure them out is what’s on your mind lately. Perhaps some alone time, a solitary walk in the woods, or a deep discussion with a close friend could help you figure out what your ideals really are. Let your curiosity and sense of wonderment guide you toward the answers.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Deeply philosophical discussions with lighthearted attitudes could be something to look forward to right now. Keeping an ear out for the thunderous beat of the unknown world intrigues you and it helps to sort out your questions and ideals with someone else that gets it. If a person isn’t easily accessible, writing it all down and sorting out your thoughts that way will help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 – Sep. 22) There’s a lot going on under the surface for you right now. Perhaps meeting your internal problems with a kinder perspective than before is the answer.

You’re feeling much more sensitive about the big life ideals than you’re used to. Healing old wounds and meeting others with a renewed sense of compassion is a possibility. Keep the judgment at a minimum and crank up the love.

PISCES (Feb. 19 – Mar. 20) You may get a little lost in emotions this week as your normally compassionate nature gets kicked up a few notches. Sorting out what you’re feeling and why is an important task for you. Emotions come through strongly and your poker face is nowhere to be seen. Spend some time by yourself to press the reset button and only engage in social activities if you feel up to it.

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ABSHER CONSTRUCTION Tacoma Housing Authority Bay Terrace Phase II Absher Construction GC/CM Advertisement for bids due prior to 2:00 p.m. Sept. 3, 2015 Informational Walk through August 27, 2015, 1:00 p.m., at Community Center 2510 South G Street, Tacoma, WA 98405.

Bid Number THA 537-01 – Fire Sprinklers Bid Number THA 537-02 – Plumbing Bid Number THA 537-03 – HVAC Bid Number THA 537-04 – Electrical, Communication, AV, and Security Absher Construction General Contractor/Construction Manager (GCCM) is requesting subcontractor Bids for the bid packages referenced Above for the Tacoma Housing Authority Bay Terrace Phase II. All bids must be submitted on The proper Proposal Form Included in the bid documents.

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August 29 10 AM to 5 PM At Clover Park Technical College, Building 3 5400 Steilacoom Blvd., Lakewood Free to Public 40 + Vendors Food and Entertainment TO: JACOB CULTEE In the Welfare of: C., M DOB: 07/01/13 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0027 In the Welfare of: C., W DOB: 02/25/15 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0024 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

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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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TO: PRISCILLA YOUNG and DONALD A. YOUNG In the Welfare of: Y., L DOB: 08/19/13 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2014-0061 In the Welfare of: Y., J DOB: 05/28/15 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2014-0060 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Dispositional Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

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NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: JACQUELINE SALYERS In the Welfare of: W, K. DOB: 07/27/15 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0094 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

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TO: BRUCE BERRY In the Welfare of: B,A. DOB: 08/20/2012 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0079 In the Welfare of: B, R. DOB: 12/02/2010 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0080 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 8th day of October, 2015 at 10:00 AM If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585.

NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

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

You are summoned to appear for a Continued Initial Hearing on the 8th day of October, 2015 at 10:30am.

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

NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s).

Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: LISA SIVONEN In the Welfare of: D Jr., A DOB: 09/05/08 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0065 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Continued Motion 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 Motion Hearing on the 22nd day of October, 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.

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.

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

Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 912 grade at Oakland High School. Students need assistance in Algebra, Basic Math and English Monday - Friday. Volunteers must be consistent, reliable and willing to share their knowledge in one of the above areas weekly.

Please contact Leigh Butler @ 571-5136 or lbutler@tacoma.k12.wa.us for more information.

A Student Needs You. The process of grooming kids for success can act as a powerful deterrent to dropping out of high school.

Communities In Schools is looking for dedicated volunteers with an interest in tutoring 9-12 grade at Foss High School.

Students need assistance in Algebra, English, Geometry and Trigonometry on Monday and/or Wednesdays.

Volunteers must be consistent, reliable and willing to share their knowledge in one of the above areas weekly. Please contact Tiffynee Terry-Thomas @ 571-7380 or xx for details.

Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care Needs Volunteers Looking to have a positive impact on your community this year? Invest a few hours per week to support our patients and families. Read a book, listen to life stories, give caregivers a few hours to rest and renew. Apply your listening skills and compassion in a meaningful role as a Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care volunteer. Comprehensive training and on-going support are provided. Join our caring and professional team to change lives-especially your own. Training starts soon.

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Also like her namesake, Paris is all a bustle, brimming with energy and curiosity. Lots of hop time outside of her cage is just the ticket to keeping the 8-month old content. Take a walk on the exotic side, and meet our Paris today — # A496853.

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VOLUNTEERS Great Volunteer Opportunity Make friends, have fun and help seniors with simple tasks. You’ll make a big difference by helping people maintain their independence.

This is volunteering, not caregiving. Volunteers must be 55 or older, low income, serve 15 hrs/wk and live in Pierce or Kitsap Counties.

Drivers are especially needed. Benefits include hourly tax-free stipend and mileage reimbursement. For information call Julie at Lutheran Community Services, Senior Companion Volunteer Program, (253) 722-5686.

Smile Looking for volunteers who want to share the passion of reading with a struggling reader! All-Star Readers is held Monday and Wednes-

days 3:45-5:00 at Arlington Elementary School now through mid-June. Contact Lori Ann Reeder, Program Manager at lreeder@tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253-571-1139 for specifics and to get started.

Build Success Many middle school students need your help with math homework and preparing for tests and quizzes in our after school program on Tuesdays at Baker Middle School. Be a part of their successful transition to high school by helping them with math now. Please contact Jenna Aynes at jaynes@ tacoma.k12.wa.us or 253-571-5053 or Lori Ann Reeder lreeder@tacoma. k12.wa.us or 253-5711139 for specifics.

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 253-212-2778.

Hospice Volunteers Needed To Provide a Special Kind of Caring Franciscan Hospice needs volunteers with helping hands and open hearts to support terminally ill patients in homes and nursing homes in our community.

As part of the Franciscan Hospice care team, you will provide companionship and support to patients and their families in a variety of ways. Volunteers receive comprehensive training and support for this lifeaffirming work. There is a volunteer training starting soon. For more information, call us at (253) 5347050.

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

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Classifieds Stephanie Lynch

HOMES

HOMES

NEW LISTING

We are now experiencing a sellers market which brings more money when selling your home. Call me today if you are thinking about selling for your free market analysis and learn how I will sell your home for the most dollar to you!

936 S. Sheridan Tacoma Tri-Plex

Let me help! Call today.

253.203.8985 www.stephanielynch.com President’s Award Recipient 2008-2013

REPRESENTING BOTH BUYERS AND SELLERS Proven Results Experienced Integrity High Service Standards FOR RENT

FOR RENT

2be/1ba Apt. For Rent Full Kitchen, living room; laundry & parking..$700/m At Tacoma 8324 S. Park Ave. Contact 206-214-8538

HOMES

HOMES

15905 124th Ave E, Puyallup 98374

CALL 253.922.5317

HOMES

HOMES

8808 37th St W, University Place With a huge yard, great floor plan, newer 30 year roof and some gorgeous updating, this 3 bedroom home with family room AND large bonus room is welcoming it’s new owners. Add in coveted U.P. School District, apple and plum trees, gas range, newer carpet, and lovely neighborhood- the only question is what are you waiting for?

MLS# 836017 $320,000

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

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!

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

6711 36th St Ct NW, Gig Harbor

PROPERTY

PROPERTY

Solid Financial LLC, Industrial (land) 5th Ave Ct NE & 66th Ave, Tacoma WA $475,000 Unimproved land 2.20 acres, 2 parcels each is 1.10 acres, 4053 & 4054, slopping has not been logged and there is a non-exclusive easement for ingress and egress. Property has been incorporated

by Milton all building and land use fall under the Milton Municipal Code.

35412 88th Ave S, Roy, WA 98580 11.15 AC Land $500.000 11.3 acres located on SR706 off of 506 high traffic count, across from Strip Mall, and a variety of services and businesses.

Zoned RAC commercial and industrial businesses that provide goods, services, employment, group homes, and senior housing. Corner of SR 702 and 88th Ave.

Sergio Hernandez

CONDOS & HOMES NORTH TACOMA

TACOMA

509 N YAKIMA AVE #304

4312 S ALDER ST

$975

$925

2 BED 1 BATH 1100 SF. NORTH END SECOND FLOOR APT HAS ALL APPLIANCES, DINING AREA, $25 FOR W/S/G AND BASIC CABLE.

2 BED 1 BATH 950 SF. LARGE NORTH END INCLUDES ALL APPLIANCES, FORMAL DINING, VIEW AND $35 FEE FOR W/S/G.

LAKEWOOD

NORTH TACOMA

8416 PHILLIPS RD SW #15

631 N FIFE #2

$695

$595

1 BED 1 BATH 573 SF. 1 BED CONDO HAS NEW HARDWOODS, SS APPLIANCES, PETS WELCOME AND MUCH MORE.

1 BED 1 BATH 600 SF. 1 BED 6TH AVE DISTRICT APT INCLUDES W/S/G, CATS WELCOME, ONSITE LAUNDRY AND MORE.

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TACOMA

8403 LOCUST AVE E #D2

6712 S PARK AVE.

$950 1 BED, 1 BATH 950 SF. 1ST FLOOR UNIT INCLUDES $45 FOR W/S/G, ALL APPLIANCES, EXTRA STORAGE AND RESERVED CARPORTS.

With an incredible layout & a light, bright, open floor plan this 2 story beauty, located in a quiet neighborhood & backing to a greenbelt, is the home for you. Arched doorways, coved ceilings, & French doors are just some of the charming features- add in a large kitchen w/ great work spaces & walk in pantry, & we see character & efficiency working hand in hand. The awesome family room PLUS a den in addition to 4 bedrooms make this home so easy to live in.

Come view, you won’t want to leave.

MLS#: 836807 $310,000 Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

2240 S 17th St, Tacoma

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10519/10521 Mt. Tacoma DR SW, Lakewood

(253) 431-2308 Sergio@betterproperties.com

1116 N. Jackson $130,000

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

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

NOW LEASING

Cute little home on a HUGE lot. Wood floors, character, an oversized tandem garage, and central location with a super low price tag- why rent when you can have this cutie for your own.

MLS#: 838135 $99,950 Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800 3 Beds, 1¾ Bath, 1855 SqFt. Beautiful turn of the century Dutch Colonial home completely updated with character galore.

Hardwood floors, foyer, banister staircase, large living & dining rooms, high ceilings, large remodeled kitchen, separate utility rm, 3 bedrooms up w/loft for possible 4th bedroom. Updated electrical & plumbing, new windows, tank less water heater, heat pump, insulated floors, oversized bathtub, security system. Fully fenced back yard w/large deck, sprinkler system, 2 car garage w/ upgraded electrical. MLS # 730787 $179,000

3 Bed, 1 3/4 Bath. 1,356 sq ft. Open floor plan & vaulted ceilings highlight this handsome rambler on a parklike corner lot in Artondale. Kitchen features an island, new smoothtop 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

4418 N 19th St, Tacoma

Gleaming hardwoods, coves, arches, characterall sweetly wrapped in this North End Bungalow with private fenced yard, a large living room, separate dining area and a cute kitchen with space for informal dining... A large mudroom, nice sized bedrooms, updated bath and garden space welcome you. Extra offstreet parking, natural gas heat and fireplace- Welcome to the U.P.S/Proctor district.

MLS#: 838040 $229,900 Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

14624 51st Av Ct NW, Gig Harbor

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3 bed, 1.75 bath. Super charming Craftsman style home with mature landscaping, French doors, fun detailing, a pretty kitchen with a sweet breakfast nook, lovely hardwoods, newer bathrooms, and a central location for easy commuting make this a wonderful home ... Partially finished basement waiting for new owner(s) to make a media room, rec room, extra bedroom or just have tons of extra storage. MLS# 82403 $171,000

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 timber-enjoy 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 $234,950

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

Shannon• Better Properties (253) 691-1800

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

www.betterpropertiesnorthproctor.com

4008 S. Pine

2700 SQ. FT. Completely remodeled w/over 200k in high end upgrades.

7 offices, private exits, shared executive conference room, kitchen w/dining area, lots of storage, and 15 parking stalls. One office could be used as apartment for out of state clients.

ADA Accessible. Mall & 38th Street Exit.

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

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

Sergio Hernandez (253) 431-2308

Sergio@betterproperties.com

BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITIES

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

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. $149,000 & size, 4,100 sq. ft. price reduction

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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