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UNIVERSITY PLACE ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP FOR 2016 AND 2017

LINDQUIST RECALL EFFORT FACES CHALLENGES By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@universityplacepress.net

he University Place City Council has unanimously elected Javier Figueroa to serve as mayor and Kent Keel as mayor pro tem of the City in 2016 and 2017. Figueroa was first elected to the University Place City Council in 2010 and has served as mayor pro tem, as chair of the City’s Finance Committee and as a member of the 2015 U.S. Open Task Force. He currently represents U.P. as president of the Rainier Communications Commission. A native of Monterrey, Mexico, he was the

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SWEARING IN. (Top) Council Members Kent Keel (left), Chris Nye (center) and Caroline

Belleci are sworn into office at the Jan. 4 University Place City Council meeting by judge Grant Blinn. (Bottom left) Keel (left) Nye (center-left) Belleci (center-right) and Judge Blinn (right) celebrate the swearing in of the council members. (Bottom right) Former Mayor Denise McCluskey (left) is honored by recently council-elected Mayor Javier Figueroa.

HOMELESS PROGRAMS GET WINTER BOOST, FORM YOUTH CENTER

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PARKS. Petition co-chair Scott Traynor (back right) and volunteer Greg

Gooch (front right) gathered signatures at “picture day” for local basketball teams on Jan. 9 in hopes of gaining enough signatures to land a plan on the April ballot.

METRO PARK PLANNERS NEAR SIGNATURE GOAL SET SIGHTS ON CAMPAIGN PLAN FOR YARD SIGNS, NEWSLETTERS PARKS PROGRAMS WOULD SHIFT TO NEW AGENCY By Steve Dunkelberger

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Petition supporters turned in the first 3,000 signatures for validation in their effort to form a Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District for University Place as a way to fund parks and recreational programs in the cash-strapped city. The signature drive to qualify for a future ballot only needs about 3,000 signatures, which represents 15 percent of the registered voters living in UP. The goal is to file around 4,000 signatures by the end of the month to cover any signatures that can’t be validated because signatures don’t match, are illegible or someone signed without being a registered voter in the city. Another batch of signatures will be filed in the coming weeks. Of the 3,000 signatures turned in, 2,334 were deemed valid. That is a validation rate of 80 percent, well above the average of about 70 percent. The official signature count leaves about 600 valid signatures yet to be collected before the Feb. 22 deadline. u See PETITION / page 4

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SHELTER. Rescue Mission Program Director Frank Jackson show off donated camping mats that were handed out to homeless encampments around the county. By Steve Dunkelberger & Derek Shuck news@universityplacepress.net

The City of Tacoma is flowing another $235,000 toward homeless shelters and services during the coming winter, as inclement weather is forcing shelters to go beyond their capacity when winter turns harsh. The city had been using the declaration on a day-to-day basis over the past years, but the decision earlier this month allows shelters to go over capacity every night between now and March. City estimates suggest that some 250 families with children and more than 400 single adults in Tacoma are experiencing homelessness, and that every night about 100 of those families and individuals are turned away from area shelters because of a lack of space. The declaration will allow for 230 more shelter beds. The added money comes on top of the $6.3 million the city is slated to spend on homeless services under the current biannual budget. “The city, as we have talked about during the last several months, is making an effort and looking forward to working with our partners to provide homeless services during these tough winter months,” City Manager T.C. Broadnax said. u See HOMELESS / page 9

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The Committee to Recall Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist, endorsed by the Pierce County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild, is facing an increasingly steep mountain to gather enough signatures to even put a recall vote on the ballot. The recall committee received the green light to gather signatures to put a recall of Lindquist on the April ballot, after it filed a roster of allegations that included abuse of power, malfeasance and violation of the oath of office. Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jay Roof determined in August that there was enough legal cause in the petition to allow the campaign to move forward. The petition mentioned 12 allegations, and Roof rejected all but one of them. But it was enough to trigger a signature-gathering effort. Recall Committee President Cheryl Iseberg reports that the effort has gathered, after more than four months of work, just over a third of the signatures needed toward the goal of the 38,642 signatures needed to put the recall on a ballot. Signatures are due Feb. 22. The signature threshold is set by state law as 25 percent of the people who voted in the race that elected the official in the first place. The recall effort raised $43,000 and spent $19,000. It has about $40,000 in liabilities that range from legal bills to outstanding loans, according to State Public Disclosure Commission records in mid-December. About $17,000 of the loans to the campaign were from Iseberg herself to keep the heart beating in the recall campaign. “I knew I was willing to do some amount (of personal donations to the campaign she oversees), but I didn’t know what that amount would be,” Iseberg said. “I anticipate that I will be paying for this. Unfortunately, that is what we have found is the price of justice in Pierce County.” Iseberg, a healthcare technology consultant and self-described political novice, said she believed that she could file the actual recall paperwork, and Lindquist critics would then donate in droves to fund the $150,000 campaign to remove him from office. That hasn’t happened. Iseberg blames the lack of donations on the fear of retaliation by Lindquist and his supporters, since donor names are public documents. “We really thought the attorneys in the ‘confederacy of dunces’ would stand behind us,” she said. “But they are still afraid. I get that. I put a big target on my back. It’s real.” The “confederacy” is a roster of about two-dozen u See RECALL / page 7

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UNDERCOVER STING TARGETS ACCUSED CHILD SEX PREDATORS By David Rose

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This will not be easy to read, but it's important information for every parent in our state. Washington’s Most Wanted's Parella Lewis recently joined the Washington State Patrol’s Missing and DAVID ROSE Exploited Children Task Force and dozens of other agencies in a sting operation to identify child predators in our communities. Undercover agents either posted or responded to various ads online. Suspect after suspect showed up to a home in Pierce County where they believed young kids were waiting to have sex with them. “When I say children, minors, I’m talking 11 years old, 8 years old, kids. We’re not talking about what’s on the verge of legal; there’s nothing legal about this,” said Det. Sgt. Carlos Rodriguez. Eleven people in all showed up during the operation: Ten men and one woman ranging in age between 20 and 57 years old. Officers texted with suspects who believed there was a mother pimping out her three children: An 8-year-old girl, an 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy. Charging documents show one couple replied that, “Young is good. Your limit is

our limit. We have fantasies about singledigit age.” The task force says that text was from 49-year-old Robert Quintero and 51-year-old Shelley Harper, who drove almost 150 miles to have sex with these children. All of the suspects have been charged in Pierce County Superior Court with crimes ranging from Attempted Rape of a Child in the First Degree to Attempted Commercial Sex Abuse of a Minor to Attempted Rape of a Child in the 2nd Degree. "Nothing is more important than protecting our children," said Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. "Our goal here

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was to hold these particular defendants accountable, and also to send a message and deter all those who seek to exploit children." He went on to add, "One defendant told police that he responds to Internet ads an average of two times per day. He said he has a master’s degree in social work, has attended sexual exploitation seminars at work, and has been trained in communicating with victims of sexual abuse.” Here are the upcoming court dates in Pierce County for each suspect and city where they are from: Paul Anthony Carson, 59, Olympia – Jan. 22; Eric Kermit Jacobsen, 48, Enumclaw – Jan. 20; Antho-

Police Blotter WEST PIERCE FIRE AND RESCUE West Pierce Fire and Rescue was called for a smoke investigation in the Lakewood area of Veterans Drive and Washington Boulevard SW at 11:30 p.m. on Jan 4. As soon as crews left the station, the were able to locate the fire at 8800 121st St. SW, which is the vacant Harrison Prep school, and formerly was Lake City Elementary. Firefighters upgraded the alarm to a commercial fire and started more crews to assist, including a ladder company from Joint Base-Lewis McChord. Firefighters went into a defensive strategy, as it was unsafe for crews to gain access to the interior of the structure. This building was scheduled for demolition and had not been used for one year. The cause is currently under investigation. FIRCREST Officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute along the 1000 block of Broadview Drive on New Year’s Day. The suspects fighting were related, and the aggressor in the fight was subsequently arrested for simple assault and booked into the Pierce County jail. An officer made a traffic stop on Alameda at Regents Boulevard on Jan. 5. The driver of the vehicle was driving with a suspended license and was arrested. The registered owner was a passenger and intoxicated. There was also a third passenger in the vehicle. When they were advised the vehicle was being impounded, the registered owner approached the police officer and told him he was not

ny Ray Blankenship, 32, Tacoma, Not in Custody – Jan 12; Charles Andrew Drury, 50, Puyallup – Jan. 19; Manuel Antonio Figueroa, 37, Federal Way – Jan. 19; Jehran Steven Franklin, 20, Puyallup, Not in Custody – Jan. 19; Shelley Dianne Harper, 51, Vancouver WA – Jan. 19; Robert John Quintero, 49, Vancouver WA – Jan. 19, Kenneth Paul Zimmerman, 57, Puyallup, Jan. 19; Cliff Alan Jones, 41, Lakewood – Jan. 22. “This is the best thing to do, to make sure that people cannot hurt children, because that’s where it all starts. How is that person trafficked? Did they run away? Why did they run away? Are they being abused at home? So, all the cases we work, it’s a full spectrum. Anything with child exploitation, if we can help those kids earlier, maybe we can stop some of that,” said Det. Sgt. Rodriguez. WSP’s Missing and Exploited Children Task Force is one of the few agencies in the state that can accept public funds. Resources are tight and these arrests are just a small number of the predators out there working every day to abuse kids. Follow this link – www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/ mectf.htm – if you would like to help the task force fund do more sting operations like this one. The donation is tax-deductible.

going to impound his vehicle. At that point, the officer requested additional assistance and Tacoma officers and University Place officers arrived to assist. When the tow truck arrived, the registered owner sat on his car and told police he was not going to allow his vehicle to be impounded. The registered owner was advised to get off the vehicle or face arrest. He refused to get off the vehicle, so he was subsequently taken into custody after a short scuffle. The registered owner of the vehicle was booked into jail for obstructing a law enforcement officer and for resisting arrest On Jan. 9, Fircrest officers responded to a reported burglary that occurred at a house under construction on Harvard Avenue. The police officer was informed that someone had kicked in the front door and went to the garage area to remove a new tile saw that had just been purchased to start tile work this coming week. There was no suspect information, and no one was seen or heard removing the property. Officers returned to the residence because of a reported fight in front of the residence. Fircrest and University Place officers contacted three people in front of the residence. One subject said she was having an argument with another subject who hired her to paint and was trying to pay her less than the agreed upon amount. The subject had run out of the back, possibly because he had warrants out for his arrest. In checking, the officers found that the subject, complaining about not being paid, had two confirmed felony warrants out for her arrest from Texas. Both were extraditable. The subject was then taken into custody and transported to jail. The foreman of the construction site was contacted to secure the scene.

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DO SOMETHING HEALTHY! A NIGHT TO INSPIRE FINDING STRENGTH WITHIN

At the height of her swimming career, Amanda Beard had won seven Olympic medals for the United States. She was also a successful model, with a mane of amber hair and a surfer-girl physique. But behind her bright smile, she was hiding physical and emotional turmoil that she didn't reveal even to close friends, family members or coaches. Today, after years of struggling with depression, bulimia, drug abuse and bad relationships, Beard has finally emerged into greater strength and peace. She is happily married, a proud mom and will soon be opening a swim school in Gig Harbor. You can hear Beard's inspiring story at MultiCare Health System's 16th annual Do Something Healthy event, hosted by the Hotel Murano in Tacoma on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. At the event, Beard will talk about her journey of overcoming personal obstacles, drawing on details from her recent memoir, "In the Water, They Can't See You Cry."

early Pressures Beard was only 14 when she walked out onto the pool deck at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, carrying her teddy bear, Harold. Despite her young age, she exceeded expectations that day, winning silver in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke and gold in the 400-meter relay. Beard went on to compete in three more Olympic games during her teens and twenties, winning a total of seven medals. She has garnered a total of 21 medals in major international competitions. But despite all of her success, Beard felt unworthy. After her parents divorced and she hit puberty, she began to put more and more pressure on herself. Seeing her modeling images airbrushed and edited only added to the feeling that she needed to be perfect. With no other outlet except for the pool, Beard coped by engaging in selfdestructive behaviors during her teens and twenties. She became bulimic, abused drugs and alcohol and started cutting herself. "It was the bottom of the bottom for me in my life," Beard says. "I was living day after day in a funk. It was the only way I knew how to cope with anything, and I saw no light at the end of the tunnel. It just got to be too much."

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Finding healing through community Beard says that she finally got to a point where she took a step back to reevaluate. She credits her strong support system, including her boyfriend (now husband) Sacha Brown, with helping her turn her life around. Brown guided her to make changes and encouraged her to seek therapy. "We get into this mindset where we don't want to be a burden on someone, or don't want people to think differently of us," Beard says. "But when we start opening up and talking about these things, so many other people have similar experiences and issues. I think that was really a healing process for me." Beard says she realized that she didn't need to be ashamed about her experiences, or embarrassed to reach out to people. "There's nothing wrong with you – you're not broken. You're just human," she says. Beard and Brown are now happily married, have two small children and recently moved to Gig Harbor, where they are surrounded by friends and family. Beard's next venture is starting a swim school in Gig Harbor. "I've been involved with drowning u See MULTICARE / page 4

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END OF THE YEAR WRAP UP – YOUR COUNTY WORKING FOR YOU By Connie Ladenburg

Have you ever heard the expression, “What have you done for me lately?” When you are elected you hear that a lot. Since LADENBURG this is the end of the year, I thought that I would share a little of what the Council has been up to. Probably the number one topic of our residents is Public Safety. The Council has placed a lot of focus on our jail, a regional facility that supplies jail services to cities, towns, and unincorporated county. As a cost savings effort, the city of Tacoma decided to contract with another jail service resulting in huge loss of revenue to the County. In order to rectify this, the Council ordered an audit of jail services and implemented the recommendations, supported a hiring plan for correctional officers, determined different funding mechanisms for contracts and renegotiated the contract with the City of Tacoma. The jail is on the road to recovery. Our Courts, both Superior and District have taken steps to address the jail population. Superior court has started a pre-release program and a mental health court. District Court is also working with behavior health offenders within their court system. I have been especially concerned with the lack of services for those in our community that have behavior health issues, both mental health and chemical dependency. All too often people are arrested for behavior that is the result of a mental health condition, taken to jail and left there to languish while waiting for a competency hearing or restoration treatment. All of this before they have received a trial! More and more of those with behavior health issues are wandering our streets, sleeping in our parks, under our bridges and even on our sidewalks. The Council has supported my efforts to do a comprehensive analysis in 2016 of the behavior health system in Pierce County to look at the needs, gaps, and programs. We will be able to determine where our efforts will be most effective as we try to get control of this burgeoning social problem. This year was the year of our Comprehensive Land Use Plan, a long term effort to determine where growth will happen, what type of development i.e. residential, business, agriculture etc.;

and how to protect open space. I send a big shout out to our Planning and Land Use Department for their work in working with the community at a number of community meetings to get citizens input and for providing us with the necessary information to work on ordinances that reflect the needs of all of our residents. Shorelines Management is another long term effort that we undertook to protect our shorelines by ensuring that development is not harming our waterline or affecting the quality of our waters, both fresh and salt water. Especially important is the protection of fish and other sea life. This was another community wide effort with much community input and community meetings throughout the County. And another shout out to our Public Works Department for providing the support and information needed to pass legislation. I think most if not all of us are thankful for the US Open. It was successful for many reasons. Those of us in government are always interested in revenue and the Open did not let us down. The County, University Place, Tacoma, Seattle, among other cities and the State all went away with dollars in their coffers. We will have a regional comprehensive economic impact analysis presented to us in 2016 that will show the full impact of the Open. The USGA, the sponsor of the Open, couldn’t be happier. We broke most of the records in volunteer sign ups, merchandise sales, corporate sales, and attendance. Our hope is that they will come back. I cannot end without a big thank you to our residents throughout the County. Many have chosen to volunteer on County boards, commissions, and their neighborhood committees. And many have shared with us their views, concerns, sometimes agreeing and sometimes disagreeing. This is important to us as we work on legislation. We need to hear both sides as we make our decisions. One more thank you. Annette Swillie, my assistant extraordinaire, who keeps me organized (quite the challenge) and does a fabulous job with those that contact my office. She is the first voice you hear when calling and I can assure you that you will be well served. All in all, a busy year with more to do…

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PUGET SOUND ORTHOPAEDICS DOUBLES IN SIZE WITH ADDITION OF FORMER CHI FRANCISCAN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS Puget Sound Orthopaedics (PSO) has become the largest independent orthopedic practice in Pierce County since seven surgeons from Tacoma CHI Franciscan Health Orthopedics, Spine, Sports Medicine and Podiatry, formerly Tacoma Orthopaedic Surgeons, officially joined the independent practice Jan. 4. The combined practice now includes 15 board-certified orthopedic surgeons, two podiatrists, eleven certified physician assistants and a support staff of 110. “As a group of surgeons, we believed that we can better serve our patients and provide them with more care options by merging with an independent practice such as Puget Sound Orthopaedics,” said Richard Gray, MD, formerly with the CHI Franciscan orthopedic group

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first naturalized citizen from Mexico to be elected to a city council in the State of Washington, and now to also be elected as a mayor. Figueroa is a veteran of the U.S. Army and has lived in Pierce County for 37 years, having moved to University Place in 1991. In addition to his various public service assignments, Figueroa brings to his role as mayor more than 30 years of experience in real estate asset management, experience that is sure to be an asset to University Place as it continues its efforts to forge ahead with economic development in the city. "I’m honored to be elected as the new mayor of University Place by my peers and look forward to serving our community as mayor,” Figueroa said. “The council members and I are the team chosen by the community to govern our city and I truly believe we have an “A” team that will accomplish great work for the citizens of U.P.” Keel is a native of Fort Worth, Texas

and Tacoma Orthopaedic Surgeons. “With Puget Sound Orthopaedics’ Surgery Center in Lakewood, we can offer quicker and less expensive care with faster recovery time in an outpatient setting, as compared with a hospital operating room,” said Dr. Gray. PSO Administrator April Gibson, who played a key role in merging the two surgeon groups, is working with staff from both CHI Franciscan and PSO to oversee the transition, including transferring patient records. Gibson says finding space for everyone is a pressing issue. “We’re in ongoing growth mode right now,” says Gibson. “We’ll be adding office and practice space to accommodate the influx of staff.” A new clinic opening Jan. 11 in Gig Harbor will have additional practice space

and “The Biggest Loser,” the featured speakers at MultiCare’s Do Something Healthy event have inspired Tacoma for more than 15 years. This year, Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard will talk about her incredible journey and rise to the podium, along with her struggles and hardships along the way. Seating is limited and registration required, $10 per person. Register online at http://multica.re/1UCNSzl, or call 1 (800) 485-0205. Courtesy of MultiCare Health System and moved to University Place in 1987. He serves as an Association of Washington Cities (AWC) board member and has been the chair of the University Place Finance Committee. He is an active participant in various community organizations, including 10 years as a member of the University Place School District Board. Keel has also served on the Curtis Viking Scholarship Committee and as president and executive director of a low-income housing nonprofit. He currently works as a technology project manager for the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System. Every two years, the U.P. City Council elects council members to serve as mayor and mayor pro tem. Under its council-manager form of government, University Place’s City Council is like the board of directors of a corporation and the mayor is its chair. The mayor pro tem serves as the mayor in the mayor’s absence. Within this “businesslike” form of government, the Council sets the City’s goals and directs the professional city manager, who acts as the chief operating officer, in implementing the Council’s decisions.

for surgeons and staff. PSO has two clinic locations in Tacoma and Lakewood. It also operates Lakewood Surgery Center and Puget Sound Imaging, a MRI diagnostic imaging suite in Tacoma. With two operating rooms, the Lakewood Surgery Center can accommodate up to 3,000 outpatient surgeries per year. Originally established in 1990 as Lakewood Orthopaedic Surgeons, Puget Sound Orthopaedics serves the Puget Sound region with comprehensive orthopedic care in musculoskeletal disorders. PSO surgeons’ subspecialties range from joint replacement, shoulder, upper and lower extremity treatment, to sports medicine, spinal and podiatric care.

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“It’s totally doable,” campaign co-chair Rebecca Vader said, noting that the goal is to submit more signatures by the end of the month or in the first week of February. “I would not like to sweat it out during that last week.” A vote is in the works for the April ballot, but one could be held in August if the signature drive falls short. Delaying a vote until the late summer would mean signatures would have to be revalidated to make sure petition signers haven’t moved or died, invalidating their signatures. Waiting until a later vote, however, would allow for a longer campaign season. With the volunteer signature-gathering goal on track to reach the threshold to qualify for the ballot, Save UP Parks and Recreation Political Action Committee organizers are shifting into campaign mode with the hiring of a campaign consultant, Ben Anderstone to organize a campaign structure, streamline fundraising and develop informational materials such as campaign signs. Volunteers are also lining up talks with civic and business groups as well as going door to door to get the last few hundred signatures. The campaign seeks to form an independent parks agency to maintain and operate parks facilities and programs through its own taxing authority rather than through the city’s general fund. Tacoma parks, for example, are managed by the Metropolitan Parks District of Tacoma rather than through that city’s general fund. State law would allow the agency to collect up to 75 cents per $1,000 in property value, if voters approve its formation. But expectations are that the new district would enact a tax lower than the state-allowed maximum. Just shuffling the cost from the city’s general fund to a new district, without

improvements or new programs, would cost about 25 to 30 cents per $1,000 in property value, while a more expanded parks program would cost about 50 to 60 cents. Rough math translates that to between $60 to $120 in added property taxes for a home each year. That would create an annual parks fund of between $600,000 to $1.25 million. “We will see which vision prevails,” Vader said. Programs and parks operations would be administered by five elected parks commissioners if a district is approved. Commissioners would be elected on the same ballot that forms the district itself. Candidates for that commission will file for public office once the signatures to put the idea of forming the district have been validated. The newly formed district commissioners – if the district forms, that is – would first negotiate interlocal agreements and leases with the city about use of the city facilities and use the city’s 20-year plan regarding parks as a blueprint of how and where to spend the tax revenue it collects. Voters could then also approve levies or bond packages like they do for other single-purpose districts such as those for schools, library and fire services. Property taxes gathered under a parks district would only be allowed to be spent on parks and recreational efforts, so residents would know what their tax dollars funded. The drive to form a parks district started years ago, as the city cut services and parks funding to fund police services and other city efforts. The cost for police services takes up essentially all of the property tax dollars the city collects. The city announced this fall that, starting in 2016, it would stop using general fund dollars to backfill a gap between the revenue parks programs take in from fees and how much it costs to run the programs. More information about the University Place Metropolitan Parks District effort can be found at upmetroparks.org.

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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.” In the following pages, you’ll read more about what a valuable community partner the Puyallup Tribe of Indians is to the region and the state.

PUYALLUP TRIBE BRINGS GOOD THINGS TO LIFE Helping the local economy thrive through renovations and new construction, jobs, opportunities for recreation and attracting business leaders to the South Sound Ever since the Puyallup Tribe established its Emerald Queen Casinos in Fife and Tacoma, the Tribe has generously shared the resulting financial success of these two stable, long-term businesses. Working to improve the quality of life for the people who live and work in the cities that exist within the Tribe’s reservation boundaries, in this 21st century the Tribe remains steadfast in its commitment to sharing the income generated from the EQC and related restaurant, retail and hotel facilities which, in turn, means good things for the people who live and do business in the South Sound. In 2014, the Tribe announced new ventures that will benefit not just tribal members but people from all walks of life, as the Tribe strives to build the local economy and help maintain a good standard of living for communities. EQC BALLROOM AND CONFERENCE CENTER In 2014, the Emerald Queen Hotel and Casino in Fife opened the doors to a brand new Ballroom and Conference Center available for rental to

Renovated into an attractive and spacious multi-functional facility, the Center is perfect for all kinds of occasions.

the public. Located just across the casino parking lot, the former EQC business building was given a makeover inside and out that must be seen to be fully appreciated. Renovated into an attractive and spacious multi-functional facility, the Center is perfect for all kinds of occasions, from wedding receptions, Seahawks viewing parties and family reunions, to confer- Considerable thought went into the design of the Center in order to make it as user-friendly as possible for a ences and conven- wealth of customer needs. tions, retirement parties, office parties and much more. Considerable thought went into the design of the center in order to make it as user-friendly as possible for a wealth of customer needs. The full Ballroom and Conference Center works great for larger functions, and moveable walls divide these areas into three different floor plans available individually or together. The center also offers a portable stage and dance floor and features a state-ofthe-art audio/video system, with 15-foot roll-down video screens that can televise everything from sports games to PowerPoint presentations. Everything needed for a memorable event is included in the rental price – from water and soda, coffee and tea, to the linens, china, glassware and silverware. All food is prepared in the EQC’s award winning kitchens, so clients can rest assured that there will be delicious, fresh choices to please everyone on the guest list. CHANGES TO EQC-TACOMA Since 2004, the majority of operations at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma have been housed in a tent structure. The tent has functioned well over the years, but from the beginning it was intended to be temporary. Now the time has come for the tent to be removed and the casino renovated into a nicer, permanent facility which will not only attract new patrons and tourist dollars to the South Sound; it will ensure that this popular casino continues to offer plenty of fullbenefit jobs to Natives and non-Natives alike.

The newly renovated EQC will offer more room for gaming and attract new patrons and tourist dollars to the South Sound.

Construction is now underway and will include a new parking garage, plenty of surface parking and beautification amenities, like a fountain water feature to create excitement and activity as patrons enter the property. New roads will also be built to allow for easy access to the casino and the Tribe is working closely with the Washington State Department of Transportation in getting the exits off the freeway correctly into the property to allow for smooth entry and exit.

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

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LINDQUIST DEFENDS HIS OFFICE AGAINST CRITICS

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LINDQUIST. Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist: "Being tough on crime is my main concern." By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@universityplacepress.net

laims for damages involving Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Lindquist and his office total some $10 million, largely stemming from claims handled by the same Fircrest-based attorney, Joan Mell. And the numbers are growing along with the legal bills taxpayers are paying. The allegations and cross allegations would make for a real pageturner novel. Lindquist might even write it one day or include it in a reality show he is in talks to create. He already has five crime novels that pull from real life cases, after all. This could be one more. “That is a safe bet,” Lindquist said. “I would put money on that.” Before the presses start on that book, however, he has quite a bit of legal troubles to face, including streams of legal filings involving allegations that he is politicizing the office, retaliating against critics and violating public trust followed by rebuttals and counter claims. Criticism is nothing new for Lindquist, who is unrepentant about his leadership style. “The only way to avoid criticism is to say nothing, do nothing and be nothing,” Lindquist said, quoting the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Lindquist was appointed by a bipartisan and unanimous vote of the Pierce County Council in 2009 to run the office. He won election in 2010 and ran unopposed in 2014. He has announced he will run again in 2018. “I’m tough against all crimes,” he said, noting as proof that his office files two times as many felony charges as King County does, per capita. “Pierce County has tough challenges, and we need a tough prosecutor.” It’s that volume of cases and his office’s aggressive prosecution, Lindquist said, that also led to the noted fact that more than half of the cases to be overturned for prosecutorial misconduct since 2012 in Washington involve cases prosecuted by his office. “We aren’t afraid of going to trial on close cases,” he said, adding that the broad label of “prosecutorial misconduct” is a misnomer. A prosecutor’s good-faith tactic during a trial can be allowed by a presiding judge, he said. Another judge could then tag the same tactic as prosecutorial misconduct rather than judicial misconduct made by the presiding judge. A tree rooted in a sex-crime case has branched into his current troubles. The six-year saga in the Dalsing case has sparked a swirl of claims, whistleblower allegations, cross claims and appeals that will likely take years and millions of taxpayer dollars to meander through the legal system, with media outlets chronicling the journey. Lynn Dalsing was charged with child rape in 2010. Her sex offender husband and another man were also charged, and later convicted, of raping Dalsing’s daughter and two of her friends. Dalsing had spent months in jail. Charges against Dalsing were later dropped. She then sued Pierce County for malicious prosecution. New charges were filed against her in 2014. A judge later dismissed those charges on the grounds that they were a matter of prosecutorial vindictiveness and only filed because Dalsing had sued for damages. The deciding judge noted that the investigation into Dalsing spanned almost three years, stating that Lindquist’s office “was not interested in this information until after the civil lawsuit was filed by the defendant against Pierce County.”

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? TAKE A QUICK POLL ABOUT THE ISSUE AT UNIVERSITYPLACEPRESS.NET. Lindquist’s office filed – then withdrew – an appeal against that ruling, saying an appeal would be traumatic to the victim, who is now living with family in Texas. The complicated case now includes not only Dalsing’s lawsuit, but claims of retaliation against a handful of Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies who were involved in the investigation, whistleblower complaints by members of Lindquist’s office and ethic probes by the Washington State Bar Association. A Pierce County Ethics Commission investigation is looking into a potential violation involving free legal advice Lindquist personally received from a lawyer at Keating, Bucklin and McCormack. That could be a violation of the county’s rules on officials receiving gifts worth more than $25. But that issue gets even murkier because his office then hired the firm, at taxpayer expense, to represent the county in the same dispute. The firm had never done work for the county. That taxpayer-funded work tops $500,000 at last count. The county has spent another $300,000 on the issue as well. The pro bono work, something that is routine in legal circles, had been reviewed by the county’s Civil Division, so he is confident they made the right decision and says the roster of allegations are political theater that doesn’t distract him. “We live in a small community,” he said of the 800,000 residents of Pierce County. “I think they can figure out what is going on. … I stay focused on public safety and public service. … I stay focused on protecting the citizens of the county,” he said. “Lawsuits are filed against the county for any number of reasons, one of them is political.” He said he continues to talk about the law and the duties of his office at public meetings and community gatherings on top of running an aggressive staff of attorneys. Critics have called him arrogant and void of any ability to accept criticism or dissension. Confronted with what others have said about him, Lindquist stayed on message. “No one is talking about the recall,” he said of people he meets at community forums. “People care about the safety of their children, the safety of their homes and the safety of their neighborhoods. That’s what matters. I stay focused on protecting the citizens of Pierce County and work to make sure the county will always be safe.” As far as members of his own staff filing complaint against him, he has no regrets about how he runs his office. He points out that he changed from a seniority-based promotion system to one based on performance. That change, he said, made some staffers aggressive and high achievers, while making others – less aggressive prosecutors – resentful. “Some people call that politics,” he said. “I call that public service. I have little patience for laziness and mediocrity. I lead an office that is high achieving and aggressive. Both of those qualities will upset people, and that’s okay. We play hard, but we play by the rules.” Joan Mell, an attorney representing most of the clients’ alleging misdoings and acts of retaliation by Lindquist and his office, including a $6.5 million claim filed by Deputy Glenda Nissen and a $3.6 million claim filed against the county by retired Deputy Mike Ames, thinks differently. “The best case scenario would be for Mark

to just go,” she said. Mell donated $120 to the recall campaign and did some legal work for Iseberg in 2010 to help set up Finn’s Fight, a nonprofit to raise money to assist owners of Labrador Retrievers with Canine Epilepsy. “There is no cap on his expenses as long as he is in charge.” Mell also did some legal work for Lindquist’s predecessor Gerry Horne in the mid-2000s involving allegations that Horne fired deputy prosecutor Barbara Corey when he learned she was considering a run for his office. Corey won $3 million in a jury trial in 2008. Horne left the office the following year, prompting Lindquist’s appointment. Mell is now representing clients who claim Lindquist retaliates against his critics. She said she has talked to Horne about the swirl of legal issues surrounding Lindquist. She said Horne feels Lindquist is tarnishing the office. When contacted for an interview, Horne was short and polite. “I would just rather stay out of it at this point,” he said. “But whatever Joan told you is probably true.” Horne’s predecessor, John Ladenburg, hired Lindquist out of law school. He wouldn’t comment much about Lindquist either other than to say that he auctioned off an item at one of Lindquist’s election campaign events last year. “Right now, I am the Interim Court Administrator and cannot get involved in political fights,” he wrote in an email. “Also, the governor has appointed me to the Executive Ethics Commission, and I take office next month to serve two years there. It is possible that some the problems that Mark is involved in could end up there.” Ladenburg, who left the prosecutor’s office to serve as county executive and is now in private practice, is also the attorney for the Pierce County Community Newspaper Group, publisher of the University Place Press. In a further twist in an already complex tale of swerves and side stories, Corey’s attorney against Horne was John “Jack” Connelly. Connelly and Lindquist are friends. Lindquist lists him as a member of Pierce County’s top-tier attorneys who support him, as opposed to the list of “lower-tier” attorneys who don’t. “Mark is a friend, and he is going through tough times right now,” Connelly said. “He has been committed to Pierce County for years, and he takes his job very seriously.” He and Lindquist haven’t talked much about the current state of affairs, he said. “It’s not my job to jump in and give advice,” Connelly said. He, however, offered his own armchair quarterbacking of the situation by noting that the extensive media coverage about the allegations, hearings, rulings and appeals hasn’t stopped for months. It now seems to have caused yet more allegations to arise to what Connelly characterized as an “unprecedented” level. “That’s of concern,” he said. “There has been a bit of piling on. People believe where there is smoke, there is fire.” That said, Connelly isn’t ready to give Lindquist a full pass on the allegations against him and his office. “None of us know what the full truth really is,” he said. “These things have to work themselves through, so the truth comes out.”

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s “It is longer than a Harry Potter novel and less based in reality,” Lindquist said of complaint against him that totals some 1,000 pages he says are filled with speculations and theories rather than facts and evidence. s “He (Lindquist) pissed off somebody, and I don’t know who it is,” Gibbs said. “When you run unopposed, you get sloppy, and I think he got sloppy.” s “I’m the one who autographed that sign – as a joke. I was just joking,” said Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer, regarding a recall campaign sign that petition volunteers waved outside of a Lindquist appearance at Kings Books earlier this year. Troyer asked for a recall sign. They gave him one. “They had no idea what I was going to do with it,” he said, noting that he signed Lindquist’s name himself and returned it to the protesters as a joke. The recall effort, however, then auctioned the sign off for more than $1,000, listing Lindquist as a high-dollar donor to his own recall effort. That prompted a PDC investigation. s “My opponents fabricated that claim in 2010. That shows you how low they are willing to go,” Lindquist said, concerning an allegation that he once said the murders of four Lakewood Police Department officers: Mark Renninger, Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold and Greg Richards on Nov. 29, 2009, was worth $100,000 of publicity for his campaign because of the media attention the deaths created. s “I may choose to turn over my personal and communications, but the government doesn’t have the right to that personal and political communication. Everyone has the right to their personal and political communications,” Lindquist said, noting that privacy holds true even if those communications are between him and members of his staff, saying that people don’t give up their right of privacy because they chose public service careers. “We turned over everything we possessed that was related to work. We have gone above and beyond what was required… At what point do you say, ‘No. You don’t get these communications between my wife and I about our babysitter.’” s “Is he (Lindquist) crooked? Yeah. Should he be recalled? Yeah,” Baker said. “But I’m not blind to history. They are all black hats. There is nothing new here.” s “Adversity is a blessing,” Lindquist said. “My supporters have been galvanized by this and have become wiser and stronger.” The cases for and against Lindquist and his office are complex, nuanced and often intertwined. What are your thoughts? Go to UniversityPlacePress.net to take a quick poll about the issue.

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attorneys who criticized Lindquist’s office in sworn declarations. A whistleblower lawsuit claims Lindquist told his deputy prosecutors to not offer generous plea deals to defendants who hired members of the “confederacy” to defend them in court. Lindquist denies the allegation, but admits to making the “dunces” comment, albeit in passing. Some high-profile attorneys have stepped forward and donated to the recall campaign, most notably famed defense attorney Monte Hester, who has donated $2,000 according to PDC filings. Lindquist’s rival during the 2009 campaign, former deputy prosecutor Bertha Fitzer, donated $1,000. By December, the recall committee was a month behind with filing the required PDC expenditure reports, while still reporting campaign forms that largely show donations of only a few hundred dollars. The lack of filing of expenditure reports prompted PDC campaign watchers to shepherd the recall committee through the process so that it can become compliant with state campaign laws. “It looks like they are a little behind,” PDC spokeswoman Lori Anderson said when questioned about the lack of up-todate expenditure reports for the recall committee. “They have been operating for six months, so I think they should be past the learning curve at this point.” PDC staffers have since contacted the recall committee about the lack of expenditure reports. Since the disclosure system is largely driven by campaign complaints, staffers don’t monitor campaign financial report filings until such irregularities come to light. They then typically contact campaigns to solve the issue – either technical issues with the online filing system or misunderstandings about deadlines – without issuing penalties for not filing the required paperwork, Anderson said. But those could come later if the PDC determines campaign rules were intentionally violated. The seeming lack of fundraising has limited the committee’s ability to pay for professional signature gatherers. The committee also changed who managed those paid signature gatherers early in the process. Tacoma activist Sherry Bockwinkel had coordinated those efforts, but has since left. “I have nothing bad to say about Sherry Bockwinkel,” Iseberg said. “I don’t hold anything against her. I think she put forth her best effort. I think she did the best she could.” The signatures just weren’t coming in fast enough, prompting the campaign to shift gears. The campaign, Iseberg said, now has the target of gaining 11,000 signatures through volunteer efforts and 45,000 through the use of paid workers. Mario Montague had reportedly taken over from Bockwinkel. Montague would not comment. He has since left the campaign as well. Mid-December campaign filings showed no records of payment to him from the recall committee, seemingly giving credence to the perception that the recall effort is having troubles. That said, Iseberg’s projected total would bring about 56,000 signatures, which is over the 39,000 requirement. But the general rule of thumb in such matters is that only about 70 percent of the signatures pass the validation requirements. Signatures are deemed invalid by the Pierce County Auditor’s Election Department if signers are not found to be registered voters or the signatures on the petition don’t match the ones on file, for example. All signatures are inspected, a process that takes about two weeks. Only one signature counts if someone signs more than once. To date, however, the recall effort hasn’t

submitted any signatures for validation, according to the Elections Department of the Pierce County Auditor’s Office. Campaigns routinely submit signatures during the collection process as a way to determine validation rates at particular signature-gathering locations and provide for a running tally of qualified signatures. For her part, Bockwinkel said she left the recall-Lindquist effort to concentrate on a campaign to remove money from politics and to work on the local effort to stop a methanol plant from being built on Tacoma’s tideflats. She painted a picture of the anti-Lindquist camp as a collection of political novices who wanted to focus more on sign waving and letter writing than fundraising. “You can’t get on the ballot without money,” she said. “This guy is not going to resign because you send him a letter. (The recall campaign) was totally unrealistic from the get go.” Political campaigns, especially citizendriven efforts, need large donations early in the effort to show future donors that the effort can succeed, she said. The recall campaign meetings had moneyed attendees, she said, but they seemed more interested in organizing and strategizing rather than writing donation checks. Recall campaigns are particularly tough because they have to form, raise lots of money and gather thousands of signatures just to get a recall on the ballot. They then have to raise even more money to fund a campaign in hopes of swaying voters in an even shorter time. “There are only 180 days in a petition drive; there are no days off,” Bockwinkel said, noting that most petition drives are coordinated by novices who don’t know the time and dollar demands they require. The Lindquist recall effort is fairly typical in that regard. “Every campaign is a novice campaign.” Jerry Gibbs was behind the last successful petition effort in Pierce County. He mounted a campaign to ask voters to kill the county’s plan to build a Pierce County General Services Building at the site of the former Puget Sound Hospital. Voters soundly defeated the county’s efforts. The campaign had a validation rate of 73 percent and spent about $90,000, of which about $1,500 came from Gibbs himself. “I think I have about 10 bucks in the bank,” he said. Gibbs said recall backers approached him the same day the judge allowed the start of signature gathering. He has since provided advice on the petition process to both the recall committee and Lindquist’s supporters. He remains neutral on the matter. “I don’t really have a big position one way or the other,” Gibbs said. “I don’t have a dog in this fight.” He admitted as a matter of disclosure, however, that Lindquist prosecuted a man who stole Gibbs’ identity in 2009, when no one else would take the case. That fact might seem like Gibbs would be a Lindquist supporter, but Gibbs also pointed out Lindquist sued him – at the direction of County Executive Pat McCarthy – in an effort to stop the signature gathering against the General Services Building plans from proceeding. Gibbs said he simply champions the responsible spending by government agencies and the right of voter-initiated ballot measures, he said, be they recalls, initiatives or referenda. So Gibbs will give advice to either side of an issue. That advice includes such bits as any campaign simply can’t gather enough signatures without paying for them; farmers markets and festivals are great locations to get signatures, while standing outside retail locations might yield signatures, they are often invalidate because they are illegible or from people who aren’t registered voters. Another bit of Gibbs’ advice was that the fear of retaliation -- either real or imaginary

-- against donors and petition signers is very real in Pierce County – something the Lindquist recall campaign has long claimed as a reason for the lack of donations. “If they are saying that, I think they are spot on, because I experienced that,” Gibbs said. He noted that his petition staff routinely talked to people who said they supported his petition but were unwilling to sign it or donate money simply because those records are public and could target them for retaliation. With the lack of outdoor festivals, the cold weather, and the apparent lack of an army of paid signature gatherers, he said, the recall committee likely has an almost impossible task to get enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. “During the winter months, people are running back and forth from their cars because of the weather,” Gibbs said. “I just don’t see, logistically, how they can get it done.” Compounding the local weather troubles and the seemingly lack of donations is the fact that paid signature gatherers work around the nation and have largely moved on to warmer states rather than battle the Puget Sound drizzle. “You aren’t going to get people from Florida or California to come up here to work in the rain,” Gibbs said. One of those local petition gatherers is Will Baker, a 20-year veteran of activism in local politics who now works as a paid signature gatherer while not gadflying local governments with claims of corruption and abuse of power. He gathered signatures for Gibbs’ referendum campaign, for example. He said he has also gathered signatures for Lindquist’s recall effort, although he has yet to turn any of them into the committee because of a dispute about how much he should be paid for them. He had no signed contract with the recall committee to gather signatures. He gathered signatures he then hoped to sell to the recall campaign based on verbal agreements.

It’s called “wild catting” in the election industry. Professional signature gatherers are essentially contract laborers who are paid between $1 and $4 per signature, he said, a rate confirmed by industry insiders. The rate often goes up, through the economic principles of supply and demand. The price goes up as a campaign comes closer to the required threshold. A signature gathered in August, for example, might bring in $1.50. One gained in the winter might go up to $2.50. One submitted as a campaign reaches its deadline could run $4. One way paid gatherers further maximize their incomes is to handle several petitions at the same time, since a person who stops to give one petition signature is likely to sign others, he said. Pro petitioners who work eight hours a day and average just 10 signatures an hour can make $500 a day if they handle two or three petitions at a time and reach set quotas that bump them up to higher per-signature rates. That makes the economics of the recall effort gathering enough signatures more costly as the deadline nears. “They can do it, but it is going to get more expensive,” Baker said. “This is an army of lawyers behind this thing, so they have the money. They just have to open their pockets.” That’s a fact not lost by Lindquist supporters, his campaign advisor Alex Hays said. Lindquist’s 2018 reelection campaign has raised $18,000 and spent just $7,000, with the election still three years away. His supporters haven’t even mounted an anti-recall campaign. Lindquist had faced a recall in 2011 that failed on legal grounds when it reached the state Supreme Court, after all, and this drive won’t succeed either, they believe. Supporters are confident this recent effort won’t gain enough signatures to even qualify, let alone then turn around and mount a campaign to sway voters to remove him from office, Hays said. “If we thought they were going to qualify, we would be setting up an anti-recall effort,” he said. “We have a 2018 campaign.”

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POW! The Tacoma Golden Gloves turns 68 this year and takes place Friday, Jan. 22 at the Al Davies Boys & Girls Club for the preliminary bouts at 7 p.m. The semifinals and finals will take place on Saturday, Jan. 23 at the UPS Memorial Fieldhouse starting at 7 p.m. By Justin Gimse jgimse@universityplacepress.net

he Tacoma Golden Gloves boxing tournament isn’t just the second-longest event of its kind in the United States, it’s also long been known as one of the finest tournaments out there. Tacoma will host many of the region’s top talent in the amateur boxing game on Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23. The number of entries this year is so large, event staff are expecting some of the bouts to bleed into Sunday to crown a champion in each weight class. Back in the 1940s, the Tacoma Athletic Commission began staging Golden Gloves championships in the Tacoma Armory. The fights moved to the University of Puget Sound Memorial Fieldhouse in the 1950s and then into the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall in the early 1980s. Two years ago, the fights returned to UPS and the old look and feel of the Fieldhouse seems like a fitting location for the 68th Golden Gloves. Event coordinators are happy with the move and plan on continuing their partnership with UPS each winter.

While every Tacoma Golden Gloves tournament is special, every four years the pressure ratchets up a bit as the event coincides with an upcoming Summer Olympics and the prospect of making a run at a Team USA becomes a real possibility for the best of the best. The best athletes in the world will converge on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this coming summer for the 31st Olympiad, and the “Road to Rio” just might begin for some boxers in Tacoma next weekend. Continuing on the subject of the Summer Olympics, one of the great things about the Tacoma Golden Gloves is that it consistently draws former champions back to the event and some of them began their own Olympic journey in Tacoma many years ago, and returned with a hunk of precious metal around their neck. Last year’s Golden Gloves attendees were lucky enough to have Leo Randolph serving as the ring announcer. Randolph began his climb to the top with two Tacoma Golden Gloves titles. The last win catapulted the Tacoma kid into a run that culminated in a flyweight gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Randolph also went on to win the WBA Super Bantamweight world title in 1980 after a TKO over Ricardo

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Because of a lack of a regional approach to sheltering homeless people, Tacomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four shelters support an area much larger than the city itself, drawing the homeless from South King County, throughout Pierce County and down to Thurston County. Mayor Marilyn Strickland pointed out that of the 14 homeless shelters and programs in the county, 11 are located within the city, for example. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tacoma alone canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t carry the full responsibility for the county and adjoining cities in providing services,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are happy to do it. It is a moral obligation, but we need everyone to be all in on this so that we can come up with a way to address this.â&#x20AC;? The Salvation Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shelter program of 14 families and six individuals will add 50 beds through March, while the Tacoma Rescue Missionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 214 beds will be upped by 80 more beds and space for 50 families. Catholic Community Services will add 80 beds to its roster of 167 beds for singles and families. The added beds will help the immediate shortage so fewer homeless people and families are turned away from shelters. But the added beds are just temporary and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t directly address the underlying issues that cause homelessness in the first place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homelessness is a serious problem, and it is a serious problem because we are addressing it in the wrong way,â&#x20AC;? Rescue Mission Program Director Frank Jackson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economics. People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough money to live.â&#x20AC;? Even with the improving economy in recent years, wages have not kept up with rising rental costs, for example, so more people are living at or below the poverty line, even with steady paychecks. Some 90 children currently call the Rescue Mission shelters their home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea is not to build more shelters, because if you do, you warehouse people, and warehousing people starts to dehumanize them,â&#x20AC;? Jackson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t build yourself out of homelessness.â&#x20AC;?

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On Dec.21, the city of Tacoma turned the Beacon Senior Center into an emergency overnight shelter for youth experiencing homelessness, tackling one of the cities biggest, and most hidden issues facing our area. In 2014, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) found that 1,764 K-12 Tacoma School District students have been identified as experiencing homelessness, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been 30 long years since Tacoma had a dedicated spot for these youth to go for the night. This is something that the city is trying to fix, along with Pierce County Community Youth Services, to develop a center for youth experiencing homelessness that will not only serve as an overnight shelter for youth, but as a location where teens can have the resources they need such as nourishing meals, clothing, hygiene and a place to stay for the night. The center would also provide transitional steps toward permanent housing, case management, basic skills training and access to employment and education opportunities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youth and young adult homelessness is unique because the vast majority of the times the young person has no control over their circumstances. It is determined by others,â&#x20AC;? said Kurt Miller, executive director of Pierce County Community Youth Services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Research shows that when they are provided resources, there is a positive impact on their mental and physical health, which means the cycle of homelessness can end with them.â&#x20AC;? The center is accounted for in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget, and the search is currently on for the perfect location to house the shelter. With the winter season and cold weather upon Tacoma, the city knew it had to act to get immediate relief to those in need, which is how the shelter at Beacon was conceived. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been looking for that right facility and we have not found it, but we continue to look. We had hoped we would have that facility by now, because we knew we also had to address sheltering those young adults,â&#x20AC;? Tacoma's Human Services Manager Pam Duncan said. While homelessness is an issue that affects all age groups, youth experiencing homelessness are especially vulnerable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A person who is experiencing homelessness is vulner-

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WILLIAM'S CUSTOMER SERVICE HEROES We all experience customer service on a daily basis, sometimes good and sometimes bad. Finding the good ones can really be a rewarding experience, so I am on the lookout to find the people who go that extra mile to give the best customer service. In the coming weeks, I will be secret shopping local businesses on the hunt for the people that deliver the best top notch customer service. I am on a mission to find the people behind the jobs. How often do employees get praised by customers for taking good care of them? I want to spotlight and recognize these unsung heroes among us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the ones that, just by doing their job, can make our days better. Please help me by nominating anyone you know who delivers outstanding service, and I may just secret shop that person. You can reach me at william@universityplacepress.net PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS MILLER

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like meeting good people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; inspiring people who inspire others â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Chris Miller is a good person. As owner, operator and co-founder of BeeKingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raw Honey and Body Care in Auburn, he is on a mission to make peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives better and to do his part in helping save our environment by protecting one of our most valuable resources â&#x20AC;&#x201C; honey bees. A key component of Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business is education, particularly on the many health benefits of raw honey versus the processed honey found on grocery store shelves. Raw honey is unpasteurized, unfiltered and undiluted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;as fresh off the comb as you can get,â&#x20AC;? Miller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only reason companies have been pasteurizing honey is for appearance. It looks prettier on the shelves. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clearer and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t crystallize as quickly, but the downside is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no longer healthy for you. The enzymes are all killed in the pasteurization process and filtering it removes all the pollen, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to get that allergy relief. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a healthier product for our bodies, and it will last 3,000 years and never go bad. Honey was even found in Egyptian tombs.â&#x20AC;? By â&#x20AC;&#x153;allergy relief,â&#x20AC;? Miller is referring to the fact that honey made from the pollen of local flowers can have a positive effect for allergy sufferers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had customers come back saying that because of the local pollens in this, a spoonful everyday has helped them eliminate or at least keep at bay their seasonal pollen-based allergies. It makes sense. When you go to the doctor for an allergy shot, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting a little dose of that pollen in you that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re allergic to, and your body is building up immunity to it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same concept with raw honey.â&#x20AC;? BeeKingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raw Honey and Body Care also sells pollen that customers can take home and use as they wish. In addition to honey and pollen, BeeKingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raw Honey and Body Care features a fine selection of all-natural cosmetic products made from beeswax such as lip balms, soaps, body butter and balms, shave cream, beard balm and even a natural deodorant. Currently, Miller is considering adding toothpastes to his inventory.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bees give us a lot more than honey in the hives,â&#x20AC;? Miller explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a lot of excess comb, and the pollens, so we decided that anything the bees make, we can make products out of them,â&#x20AC;? using Burtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bees as an example. Miller is mindful, however, not to go overboard when it comes to developing new products. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be careful how thin you spread yourself because sometimes you can miss out on a delivery because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out of product â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;xâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re focusing on product â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;y,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he advises. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Find a core base of products that you can really put your energy into and become the best at. Grow as your business allows you to. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to take risks, but be aware that when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also allowing that product to find its own maturing and its own legs before moving on to the next and the next.â&#x20AC;? A very personable and friendly man, Miller is his own best advertisement. This is how I first met him at the Puyallup Fair. His outgoing personality made me want to stop and talk. He thrives on talking to customers at farmers markets and anywhere that sells his product, such that his company embraces this motto: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farm to Friends.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a promise that we make,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honey from our own bees or from beekeepers we trust, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing it from the field, to the jar, to your table. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we do it all. Even with our body care lines, we know the process from beginning to end and have handled that product every step of the way as much possible. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy anything pre-packaged or have it put in a jar for us and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re slapping a label on it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not us. We craft these products by hand ourselves.â&#x20AC;? He said the â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendsâ&#x20AC;? part is equally important to him in that his customers are really his friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t serve a friend something I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in,â&#x20AC;? as he put it. He calls his sales staff â&#x20AC;&#x153;friend findersâ&#x20AC;? because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out here not just to sell products; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here to make friends.â&#x20AC;? No matter what you do in business, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the relationships you form that will outlast anything else you do. Miller takes this to heart and it includes establishing solid relationships with the people who stock his products at Marleneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Natural Foods Market, QFC, PCC and Whole Foods Market. From

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Dance TheaTre norThwesT ‘on PoinTe’ for 2016 season

The season begins by welcoming two new dance instructors to Dance Theatre Northwest. Bonnie Calvert comes to DTNW as an experienced instructor and a former student of the Royal Academy of Dance in Arizona. Lauren Hancock has a passion for working with children and teaching dance. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Montana. “Audition” is the word for January. Experienced dancers with classical training are needed for upcoming Community Arts Are Education and Holiday performances. Positions are open for Company members, Junior Dance Ensemble Members and Guest performers. Saturday, Jan. 16 at 8:50 a.m., auditions are being held for Junior and Advanced Junior dance Ensemble members. Adult dancer auditions take place in open classes. Adult dances looking for principal roles and/or to be company members should write dancetnw@gmail.com or call (253) 778-6534 for an application and audition appointment. Please send a resume and DVD audition to: DTNW, 2811 Bridgeport Way W. #24, University Place, WA 98466. Some artist stipends and paid positions are available. Saturday, Jan. 24 Joffrey Ballet auditions and master class are being held at DTNW. Joffrey Ballet contacted DTNW to be one of their northwest audition sites. To register for an audition go to www. joffreyballetschool.com. For ages 10-25, registration is from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and the auditions are from 1:30-3 p.m. Call DTNW at (253) 778-6534 to register for the Master Class from 3:15-4:45 p.m. (classical ballet for ages 12 and up).

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CALENDAR EVENTS TOP PICK: INSIDE RADIOLAB WITH ROBERT KRULWICH Friday, Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway Podcasts and public radio have never been more fascinating and popular, and now you have the rare opportunity to experience it live! RadioLab is one of the most downloaded and listened to shows – played on more than 450 NPR stations, and has been downloaded over 4 million times – and in this special event co-host Robert Krulwich will discuss the inner workings of the smash hit, shedding light on what makes their work examining big questions in science, philosophy, and the human experience so compelling. Krulwich will also conduct original interviews with local science specialists and dignitaries – including audience Q & A too! Tickets: $19, $29, $35, $49. Info: www.broadwaycenter.org; (253) 591-5894 BARBARA LEE SMITH: TRANSITIONS AND REFLECTIONS Fri., Jan. 15, 12 p.m. Tacoma Community College, 6501 S. 19th St. The Gallery at Tacoma Community College presents “Transitions and Reflections” with textile artist Barbara Lee Smith’s farewell to the Pacific Northwest. The show is also a celebration of Smith’s long association with the college, where Smith’s art has been displayed for many years. Price: Free. Info: (253) 566-5000 GET HELP WITH HEALTH INSURANCE Fri., Jan. 15, 6-8 p.m. Parkland/Spanaway Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S. You can still apply for medical insurance. Talk to in-person

assisters from Sea Mar Community Health Centers to find out if you are eligible for health insurance coverage. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3304 HOARDING: THE HIDDEN PROBLEM - EXPOSED Fri., Jan. 15, 12:10 p.m. Pierce County Annex, 2401 S. 35th St. This free workshop will help identify hoarding behaviors, provide an understanding of the disorder and a look at the solutions and resources available in Pierce County. Price: Free. Info: (253) 798-4600 THE STITCHUATION Sat., Jan. 16, 11 a.m. King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave. Get crafty with this new group of needle crafters. Bring a project

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ARGENTINE TANGO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL CLASSES Sun., Jan. 17, 2 p.m. Backstreet Tango, 3505 S. 14th St. Come learn at the only studio in town build specifically for the purpose of providing authentic social Argentine Tango instruction. Instruction is provided by only professional certified instructors. Increase your abilities in Argentine Tango with this class. Ages: 16 and over. Price: $10 per class or packages of 8 classes and two dances for $40. Info: (253) 304-8296 ‘SOUNDS OF BRASS’ Sun., Jan. 17, 3-4 p.m. Tacoma Community College, 6501 S. 19th St. The 18th annual event features tubist Andy Abel playing musical selections from Ginastera, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Vaughan Williams and others. Featured ensembles include the

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and send emails, reply to email, check email and delete unwanted email. Requires ability to use a mouse. Price: Free. Info: (253) 292-2001 MICROSOFT WORD 2010 INTERMEDIATE Wed., Jan. 20, 1:30 p.m. Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. This intermediate workshop follows the Word 2010 Basics class, introducing students to the following word processing features: setting margins and tabs, inserting images and creating tables. Requires ability to use a mouse. Basic knowledge of Word 2010 is necessary. Price: Free. Info: (253) 292-2001 HEALTH EQUITY IN SCHOOLS DISCUSSION Wed., Jan. 20, 6 p.m. King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave. Join Parents and Friends for Tacoma Public Schools (PFTPS), a community group dedicated to strengthening our public education system, for a discussion on Health Equity in Schools. Join us. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-8801 DO SOMETHING HEALTHY Thurs., Jan. 21, 6:30-8 p.m. Hotel Murano – Bicentennial Pavillion, 1320 Broadway You’re invited to enjoy an evening with local Olympic gold-medalist, model, wife and mother, Amanda Beard. Listen as she shares her incredible journey and rise to the podium, along with her struggles and hardships along the way. Ages: Teen to adult. Price: $10. Info: (866) 986-8083

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In the 1630s, Nicolas Poussin created a neoclassical painting called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Et in Arcadia Egoâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even in Arcadia, there am I.â&#x20AC;? The sentence is spoken by Death, who is depicted in the painting as a beautiful woman. Even in an idyllic place â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Arcadia â&#x20AC;&#x201C; death, decay, and dissolution are part of the scheme. It was from this painting that playwright Tom Stoppard took the title of his 1993 play â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arcadia.â&#x20AC;? Lakewood Playhouse is currently running a wonderful production of this Stoppard masterpiece. Directed by Steve Tarry, this is the third production of Lakewood Playhouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 77th season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arcadiaâ&#x20AC;? is an artistic piĂ¨ce de rĂŠsistance that has a symphonic feel in its harmonious complexity and in its use of theme and variation to explore a story that took place in the past and continues to ripple through the present. All of the action takes place around a book-cluttered table in a room of a fictitious English Manor house called Sidley Park, ancestral home of the Coverlys. Some of the action is set in Regency, England (early 1800s) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; familiar via Jane Austenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novels â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and some is set in present day Sidley Park where the current crop of Coverlys dwell. A cluster of characters, in both past and present, are intermeshed in a web of relationships and storylines that unfold through a brilliant sequence of profound, humorous and bawdy dialogues. The play touches on an array of themes both scientific and artistic that build a conceptual framework of dualities. The orderly, Newtonian universe of the neoclassical period is giving way to the emotional and intuitive world of the Romantic Movement. This is reflected in the remaking of the gardens of Sidley Park that are taking place during the course of the play. Part of this Sidley Park facelift is the construction of a hermitage that is meant to add a rustic note to the new romantic garden. The present day characters become caught up in the mystery of the identity of the hermit that lived in the hermitage and what it was he was up to. The dynamism of the play churns up all manner of issues: the nature of time, the eventual ending of the universe through gradual entropy, the order that arises out of chaos, the recurrent nature of knowledge, the poetic way of knowing through leaps of insight, the folly of scholarship that reaches for fame and fortune at the expense of hard evidence. The list goes on and on. Yet it all unfolds through such brightly sharp interaction of the characters that one just has to sit back and listen and watch as if one is in the midst of a great symphony. Lakewood Playhouse pulls off the feat without a glitch. The cast is almost flaw-

less as they flow giddily along with the dynamic interaction among the characters. It is difficult to critique individual performances because the actors seem to so convincingly inhabit their characters. One ends up simply describing the characters themselves. Kait Mahoney is Thomasina Coverly, the precocious daughter of the aristocratic family who is able to make leaps of insight far ahead of her agile tutor Septimus Hodge (played without a hitch by Mason Quinn). Ben Stahl brings a comic easiness into the role of Ezra Chater, the second-rate poet that is always spoiling for a duel but is easily deflected by his own vanity over his poetry. A quadrangle of sexual tension exists amid the present-day denizens of Sidley Park: Deya Ozburn inhabits the brash, brilliant, and cynical author Hannah Jarvis who is pursued by the young mathematician Valentine Coverly, here played by Jacob Tice. A potent state of attraction/ repulsion runs between Hannah and Bernard Nightingale played by Jed Slaughter, a professor eager to write a bestselling book and have his name enshrined in the annals of Byronic scholarship. Bernard is also interested in Chloe Coverly, the sultry and witty modern-day aristocrat played by Tracy Torwick. Ninth grader Charlie Stevens plays characters in both the past and the present: the mute and unwittingly comical Gus Coverly and the lively Augustus Coverly. Stevens is coming off his recent and brilliant appearance in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Treasure Island.â&#x20AC;? As various objects are brought to the table, they remain in place and are available to characters from either timeline. At the center of the table is a tortoise that is present in both the past and the present storylines. Like Kurma, the tortoise avatar of Vishnu in Hindu mythology, the tortoise in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arcadiaâ&#x20AC;? is a still point at the center of the restless tug-of-war of action and opposing forces that swirl all around him. The tortoise is also the key to the mystery at the heart of the drama. The one drawback of the Lakewood Playhouse production is that this central element of the play is not given any emphasis visually or in voice. The tortoise almost becomes lost in the tide of grand ideas and pithy statements. As the play progresses, the past and the present begin to overlap, making for wonderful madrigals of action and dialogue. The blurring of time periods increases when the characters of the present dress up in costumes of the past to take a picture for an upcoming party. Despite a high level of humor, there is a heart wrenching tragedy baked into the mix. Lakewood Playhouse has risen to the challenge and made a memorable work of art from Stoppardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grand composition. The show runs through Jan. 31. For further information call (253) 588-0042 or visit www.lakewoodplayhouse.org.

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G. DONNALSON'S: Jared Hall Trio (jazz) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Funk Factory (dance) 9 p.m., NC HALF PINT: Fun Police (rock, punk, Latin, Americana) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Bree Westbrooks birthday party with Clemm Rishad and DJ Supa Sam (hip-hop) 9 p.m., $10-$15 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC REAL ART TACOMA: Vendetta Red, Grenades, Hot Cops, Newbrighton (alternative, hard rock) 7 p.m., $10-$12, AA THE SWISS: The Spazmatics ('80s covers) 9 p.m., $5-$10 TACOMA COMEDY: Jackie Kashian (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $16-$20, 18+ early show THEATRE ON THE SQUARE: Fanny Ara in Juncal Street Flamenco (flamenco) 7:30 p.m., $24-$44, AA THE VALLEY: Sugar Candy Mountain, Reds, DJ BS System (psych-pop, slow core) 8 p.m., NC

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THE SWISS: Puget Sound Music For Youth (rock) 3 p.m., NC, AA TACOMA COMEDY: Battle of the Sexes (comedy) 8 p.m., $10-$14, 18+

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B SHARP COFFEE: Creative Colloquy (spoken word) 7 p.m., NC, AA DAWSON'S: Heather Jones and the Groove Masters (R&B, soul) 8 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Rockaroke (live band karaoke) 9 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Open Mic Night with host Chuck Gay, 7 p.m., NC, AA before 8:30 p.m.

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ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA B SHARP COFFEE: Peeled Bananas (comedy open mic) 7:30, NC, AA DAVE'S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Ha Ha Tuesday (comedy) 8:30 p.m., $5 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Stingy Brim Slim (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 REAL ART TACOMA: Dogs on Acid, Power, The Exquisites, Slouch, Post/ Boredom indie-rock) 7 p.m., $5-$10, 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 JAZZBONES: Cas Haley, Ethan Tucker, Brightside (singer-songwriter) 8:30 p.m., $15 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols' Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.

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JAZZBONES: Saving Abel, Leaving Eden, Blue Helix, ArtrA (rock) 8 p.m., $15

B SHARP COFFEE: Tacoma Bellydance Revue, 7 p.m., NC, AA DAWSON'S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: Bluegrass Sunday, 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 REAL ART TACOMA: X-Ray, Keshawn the King, D-Habbeats, Brocas Real, FML (hip-hop) 7 p.m., $5-$10, AA THE SPAR: Norman Baker and Back Roads (blues) 7 p.m., NC

B SHARP COFFEE: The Keith Henson Octet (jazz) 8 p.m., NC, AA G. DONNALSON'S: Al Jord (jazz) 7 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: College Night (DJ dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC REAL ART TACOMA: One Famm Music Group (hip-hop) 7 p.m., $5-$10, AA THE SWISS: Infinite Flux, Balsa (hard rock) 9 p.m., NC

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TO: SHELLYNE J. SQUALLY & RUSSELL C. JOHNS Sr.

TO: Ty Rae Satiacum

In the Welfare of: S-J., L DOB: 07/28/2007 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2015-0134

Case Name: Puyallup Tribe Vs. SATIACUM, Ty Rae

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

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT FOND DU LAC COUNTY SUMMONS Case No. 15-CV-538 Foreclosure Of Mortgage: Judge Gary R. Sharpe U.S. Bank National Association, Plaintiff, vs. 30404 Walter R. Borgmann 722 54th Street Tacoma, WA 98408 Defendant. THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within 40 days after January 1, 2016,* (which is the first day that this Summons was published in the Tacoma Weekly newspaper) you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, which address is: Fond Du Lac County Courthouse, 160 S. Macy Street, Fond du Lac, WI 54935, and to Bass & Moglowsky, S.C., plaintiff’s attorneys, whose address is Bass & Moglowsky, S.C., 501 West Northshore Drive, Suite 300, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within 40 days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. DATED: December 29, 2015. BASS & MOGLOWSKY, S.C Attorneys for Plaintiff P. O. Address: Suite 300 501 West Northshore Drive Milwaukee, WI 53217 Telephone: (414) 228-6700 Shawn R. Hillmann WI State Bar No. 1037005

You are summoned to appear for an Adjudication Hearing on the 29th day of February, 2016 at 2:00 PM If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

IN COURT OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS BENITA OCHOA, Petitioner, Vs EARL YOUELL, JR., Respondent NO: PUY-CV-PO-2015-0165DV SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

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 14th day of March, 2016 at 1:30 PM. If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

TO: Julio Taraya Case Name: Puyallup Tribe Vs. TARAYA, Julio

The COURT OF THE OUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS to: EARL YOUELL, JR. (respondent) YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMOND to appear on Tuesday February 09, 2016 at 11:00a.m., At the Court of the Puyallup Tribe on Indians, 1638 E. 29th Street, Tacoma, WA 98404 and respond to the petition filed against you pursuant to the provisions of the Domestic Violence Protection and AntiHarassment Civil Code )PTC ch. 7.19). If you fail to respond, an order of protection will be issued against you for one (1) year from the date you are required to appear. A temporary order of protection has been issued against you, restraining you from the following: (contact the court for a complete copy of the Temporary Order) You are restrained from causing petitioner or any of the minor children residing with petitioner any physical harm, bodily injury, assault including sexual assault, and from molesting, harassing, threatening, or stalking the same. You are restrained from coming near or having any contact whatsoever with the parties, in person or through others, direct or indirectly. You are further restrained from entering the petitioner’s residence, school or place of employment. A copy of the petition, notice of hearing, and ex parte order for protection has been filed with the clerk of this court. DATED 01/07/16 Brandon Young, court Clerk

TO: EARL YOUELL JR Case Style: CUSTODY Case Number: PUY-CV-CUST-2015-0164

YOU ARE HEREBY summoned to appear and respond to the Civil Complaint/Petition filed by the above named Petitioner in the Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, located at 1451 E 31st Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. A(n) Initial Hearing is scheduled at the abovenamed Court on March 3, 2016 at 1:30p.m. You must respond in writing to the civil complaint/petition within twenty (20) days after the date of the first publication of this summons. You must serve a copy of your written answer on the Petitioner and file with this Court an affidavit of service. Failure to file a written response may result in a default judgment entered against you. The parties have the right to legal representation at their own expense and effort. This Court has a list of attorneys and spokespersons who are admitted to practice in this Court. Copies of the Civil Complaint/Petition and this Summons are available at the Court Clerk’s Office located at 1451 E. 31st St., Tacoma, WA 98404. If you have any questions, please contact the Court Clerk’s Office at (253) 680-5585.

FAILURE TO APPEAR, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE DEFEND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT. TO: VELMA L. SATIACUM In the Welfare of: S-A. L DOB: 01/05/2016 Case Number: PUY-CW-CW-2016-0002 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404. You are summoned to appear for an Initial Hearing on the 23rd day of February, 2016 at 9:30 AM.

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: LUCY TOM In the Welfare of: H.,C DOB: 05/07/1998 Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2016-0001 YOU are hereby summoned to appear for an INITIAL Hearing in the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1638 East 29th Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

If you have any questions, please contact the court clerks at (253) 680-5585. NOTICE, PURSUANT TO TRIBAL CODE SECTION 7.04.750, THE COURT MAY FIND THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN IN DEFAULT FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND OR APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING. THIS MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(REN) BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER HOME AND THE PARENT ORDERED TO CORRECT CERTAIN PROBLEMS. Notice, pursuant to §7.04.740, If the parent(s), guardian or custodian fails to respond or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find the parent(s), guardian or custodian in default, and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps the parent(s), guardian or custodian must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). Notice, pursuant to § 4.08.250, when a party against whom a judgment is sought fails to appear, plead, or otherwise defend within the time allowed, and that is shown to the Court by a motion and affidavit or testimony, the Court may enter an order of default and, without further notice to the party in default, enter a judgment granting the relief sought in the complaint.

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YOU are hereby summoned to appear in the Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which is located at 1451 E 31st Street Tacoma, Washington 98404.

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