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ast Friday’s filing deadline for the primary campaign season brought a flurry of announcements that fired the starting pistol for races to fill seats on the City Council and Port of Tacoma Commission. Term limits led to three open seats on the Tacoma City Council, including that of mayor since current Mayor Marilyn Strickland and Councilmembers Marty Campbell and Joe Lonergan are not allowed under the city charter to run again. The trickledown effects of term limits caused former Councilmember Victoria Woodards to resign last year
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to concentrate on a mayoral bid. Former Councilmember Lauren Walker Lee was appointed to Woodards’ seat with the pledge to not seek election, leaving that seat open as well. The mayoral race is a three-way race between Woodards, architect Jim Merritt and former Public Disclosure Commission Director Evelyn Lopez. The top two vote getters during the primary election on Aug. 1 will then face each other in the general election on Nov. 7. Woodards is a U.S. Army veteran who currently works as president and CEO of the Tacoma Urban League. She is the odds-on favorite with endorsements from more than 50 local elected officials and neighborhood groups that include Strickland and the entire Tacoma City Coun-
cil. Her race, however, is the center of a signature gathering campaign to change the city charter to require a “break in service” of 10 years before elected officials could run for office again. Woodards has served on the Tacoma City Council for seven years. She previously served for five years as a Metro Parks Tacoma Commissioner. “I’m running for Mayor so every person who lives in Tacoma can fulfill their own destiny,” she said in her announcement. “I’ll fight for familywage jobs, public safety, responsible budgets, local businesses, and a lasting solution to our homelessness and mental health crisis.” Merritt was born and raised in the Tacoma area, has lived in Tacoma for 30 years and has been involved in
Boyington finally honored By Jackie Fender For Tacoma Weekly
The sun shone bright Friday, May 19. Perfect weather for those who looked to the skies in admiration of the F4U Corsair fighter plane that flew overhead Lincoln High School in honor of the unveiling of the Pappy Boyington Perpetual Garden Memorial monument. The festivities led by Master of Ceremonies Charley Land of KLAY Radio boasted a hearty turnout. People of all ages filled the seats, sidewalks and grassy knolls to celebrate a bit of Tacoma history in Gregory “Pappy” Boyington. A child, his mother’s fingers interlaced with his own in one hand, a blue toy plane in the other stood among history enthusiasts and a bevy of military veterans awaiting the unveiling of the marble monument that had at last found its permanent home on the grounds
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Oddmall: The Emporium of the Weird
PAULI CONTRACT SIGNED FOR CITY MANAGER POST By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com
All things weird and wonderful took over the Tacoma Convention Center last weekend during the Oddmall Emporium of the Weird that offered sci-fi writers, steampunk clothing, comic crafts and oddities.
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WEIRD. (Above) Emily McVickery paraded through a roster of instruments while she entertained the masses flowing through the booths. (Right) Matt Youngmark, former Tacoma Reporter scribe, has published his latest book "Futher Mucking Oz," a telling of the classic tale through the eyes of a foul mouthed teenager.
It’s official. Elizabeth Pauli is Tacoma’s first female city manager. The City Council formally approved the contract with Pauli, the former city attorney who was serving as the acting city manager since T.C. Broadnax left for the top executive post in Dallas and a failed $24,500 national PAULI search landed four less-than-stellar candidates. Interviews with those candidates led the City Council to ask Pauli to consider taking the post after she first opted out of applying for the position. Pauli’s contract to “perform the functions and duties specified by law, the Tacoma City Charter, and Tacoma Municipal Code, and to perform other legally permissible and proper duties and functions as Employer shall assign, from time to time,” is a two-year deal that will be reviewed annually and reaffirmed by a majority of the council every two years. Her salary will be $237,348.80 this year, or $114.11 an hour and receive 20 days of personal time off, with 10 days credited to her vacation balance. She will receive a year’s salary and benefits if her contract is not renewed unless she is terminated for gross negligence, intentional acts which are not in the best interests of the city or upon conviction of a gross misdemeanor or felony. Pauli now oversees a staff of more than 2,000 and a biennial budget of more than $1.9 billion, which includes a General Fund budget of $461.2 million. Tacoma has a population of approximately 208,000 residents. Prior to joining the City of Tacoma, Pauli was a partner at the Tacoma-based law firm of McGavick Graves. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School and also has bachelor of science degrees in education and social work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.
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43RD AND S. SHERIDAN After so long, we have to assume that Percival our beloved Pothole Pig has simply vanished. However, there are still potholes in the city that need attention, so we simply – and sadly – must hire someone to handle his workload. We decided to give the candidates a trial run to see how they do in the field. This week Carter the Crater Gator gave it another shot by finding a crater that would make Percival proud. But frankly, Carter might just not have the celebrity power to take on such a high-profile role. What are your thoughts? We have other candidates in the works that we might try out: Charles the Chuckhole Chicken and Blighty the Blight-Seeking Beaver, but several people voiced their opinion that a permanent replacement should be one of Percival’s relatives, namely Peyton, who lives in Portland, and Perry, who lives in Parkland. And now a new candidate has entered the running with a resume from Ruddy the Road Rut Reindeer, who is a brother-inlaw of Tacoma Rainiers mascot Rhubarb. Send your thoughts to stevedunkel@tacomaweekly. com.
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As Washingtonians prepare for upcoming summer travel, the Washington Traffic Safety Commission emphasizes the simplest step in keeping families safe: buckle up. The national “Click It or Ticket� seat belt enforcement campaign is taking place now through June 4, concurrent with Memorial Day, one of the busier travel and holiday weekends of the year. “It’s more than just putting your own seat belt on in the car; it means making sure everyone else in your car is properly restrained, especially children,� said Cesi Velez, project manager of Washington’s Child Passenger Safety Program. During the Click It or Ticket campaign, in Pierce County, the Bonney Lake, DuPont, Fife, Fircrest, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Milton, Puyallup, Ruston, Steilacoom, Sumner, Tacoma and University Place Police Departments, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, and the Washington State Patrol will be placing special emphasis on seat belt and proper child restraint use. Motor vehicle crashes continue to be a leading cause of unintentional death among children. From 2011-15, almost half (48 percent) of child fatalities caused by a vehicular collision had unknown or no restraint use; 15 percent of those were under 13 years of age and illegally riding in the front seat; and 21 percent were riding without a booster – restrained only by a lap/shoulder seat belt. The majority of these tragedies likely could have been avoided had these children been properly restrained. Unfortunately, Washington’s current child passenger safety law can be difficult to interpret. Washington’s child passenger safety law (RCW
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Bulletin Board PIER 4 REALIGNMENT NEARS HALFWAY POINT AT SOUTH HARBOR The Pier 4 reconfiguration is taking shape on the General Central Peninsula in Tacoma’s South Harbor. Crews are working heavily on pier construction and installing underground utilities, including electrical, communication, sewer and stormwater treatment. Since awarding the contract to Manson Construction Company and launching the first phase of the project last May, the 1,724-foot pier at the Port of Tacoma nears its halfway mark. In February, Manson wrapped up the first phase of the pile driving, which set up the foundation for the structure that will be capable of serving two 18,000-TEU container ships once completed. “Bigger ships require bigger cranes, and bigger cranes require a stronger foundation to evenly distribute the load,� said Trevor Thornsley, senior project manager for the Port of Tacoma. “Building the pier is all about providing enough support to handle the heavy cranes and the heavy load of the trucks, straddle carriers and the equipment that run on the pier.� Each pile, varying from 70 to 170 feet in length, is precisely driven underwater in a neat row formation. The segments are then bound together with rebar and concrete to create a thick platform called a pile cap. Once pile caps are built, the crew will place 25-foot-wide deck panels between the caps and fill any gaps with more concrete. At the end of the project, the pier will be covered with three to six inches of pavement. The second phase of pile driving is slated to resume in July. The project is expected to be completed in spring 2018. LEARN ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF POINT DEFIANCE PARK ROUNDABOUT A traffic roundabout will soon replace the tangled intersection that now confounds drivers at the North Pearl Street entrance to Metro Parks Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park. The roundabout’s design will make it easier and safer to drive to and from the park, the Point Defiance Marina boat launch and the Vashon Island ferry landing. Construction could begin as early as July and will likely continue for about six months, depending on the weather. Temporary detours will keep traffic flowing. Two community meetings will provide opportunities to find out about project details, ask questions and learn about anticipated impacts and benefits. The first is scheduled for noon until 2 p.m. at the Mary Joyce Community Center, 5219 N. Shirley St., Ruston. The second will be from 6-8 p.m. June 6 at the Point Defiance Pagoda, 5801 Trolley Lane, Tacoma. As part of the project, access to and from North Pearl Street from North Park Avenue will be eliminated on both sides of North Pearl Street. This is necessary to conform to accepted intersection design standards. In addition to the roundabout, Metro Parks plans other improvements at the park entrance, including a new sign welcoming visitors and a secondary roundabout at the entrance to a new boat trailer parking lot east of the ferry access road. More details about the roundabout and other projects at Point Defiance Park can be found at DestinationPointDefiance.org. STATE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY IN 1997 MURDER CASE The Washington State Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Cecil Emile Davis, 57. Davis was found guilty of aggravated murder in Pierce County Superior Court and sentenced to death for the murder of Yoshiko Couch.
Davis raped, robbed, and killed Couch in her home in 1997 and was sentenced to death. His first death sentence was set aside for error in 2004. In 2007 the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office successfully sought the death penalty again and that sentence was affirmed by the Washington State Supreme Court on direct appeal. The decision pertains to a second challenge to his death sentence. The state’s high court rejected Davis’s arguments, including that Washington’s death penalty system unconstitutionally fails to protect defendants with intellectual disabilities from execution. Both Washington law and the United States Constitution prohibit executing anyone who is intellectually disabled. While several medical experts testified at Davis’s trial, no one testified that he was intellectually disabled. Davis also argued unsuccessfully that Washington’s death penalty system is unconstitutional because it does not require a jury to find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a defendant facing the death penalty does not have an intellectual disability. In its decision, the court wrote, “We find his arguments unpersuasive and dismiss the petition.â€? In addition to the murder of Couch, Davis was also convicted of the 1996 murder of Jane Hungerford-Trapp. “The death penalty in Washington only applies to the most heinous crimes,â€? said Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. “Davis’ crimes shocked the conscience of our community. We hope this brings closure for the community, especially the family and friends of Yoshiko Couch.â€? NWSA YEAR-TO-DATE CONTAINER VOLUMES GROW 8 PERCENT For the month of April, total container volumes remained steady as the new ocean carrier alliance deployments took effect, resulting in 0.5 percent growth over the same month last year. Year-to-date volumes were up 8 percent. April international container volumes performed well. At 110,821 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), full imports grew 6 percent compared to April 2016, as retailers continued to rebuild inventory levels and a favorable market outlook fueled import demand. Full exports were up 1 percent to 77,558 TEUs. Empty exports grew 81.5 percent as ocean carriers began repositioning empties to Asia in preparation for peak season. Total international TEU volumes, including empties, increased by 8 percent compared to last April. April’s full imports brought year-to-date volumes to 462,427 TEUs, up 11 percent. Meanwhile, full exports grew 5 percent to 324,743 TEUs. Total international containers, including empties, increased 12 percent year to date. Total domestic volumes for the month declined 21 percent compared to April 2016. Alaska’s year-to-date volumes declined 8 percent and are expected to decline 5 to 6 percent this year due to soft market conditions. Hawaii volumes declined 9 percent. Other cargo: • Breakbulk cargo was down 10 percent, to 55,119 metric tons year to date, due to soft market conditions. • Autos, at 53,925 units year to date, slipped 13 percent compared to the same time last year, reflecting weakening U.S. demand and shifting manufacturing locations. • Driven by consistent demand from China, log volumes were up 165.3 percent, to 94,547 metric tons, over the same time last year. TACOMA PARTNERS TO PROVIDE CRISIS TEXT LINE IN TACOMA Tacoma is the first city in Washington to enter into a keyword partnership with Crisis Text Line. SEE MORE BULLETIN BOARD ITEMS ON PAGE A9
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TIDEFLATS TAKE CENTER STAGE ON SEVERAL FRONTS By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@tacomaweekly.com
The six protesters who were arrested last week after they reportedly chained themselves to construction equipment at the construction site of Puget Sound Energy’s eight million-gallon liquefied natural gas facility at the corner of East 11th Street and Alexander Avenue East on the Tideflats have been released. The protesters were booked into Pierce County Jail after they were arrested last Wednesday and originally faced felony charges of malicious mischief in the first degree, criminal trespass in the first degree and obstruction in the first degree. Those charges were downgraded to misdemeanors during a hearing Thursday that ended with them bailing out of jail to cheers from supporters. Sarah Morken, Jake Grote, Marilyn Kimmerling, Irene Morrison, Jeff Johnston and Cynthia Linet were identified by protest organizers as the “Super Six,” who were arrested for what the group called acts of non-violent civil disobedience. Redline Tacoma, Direct Action Tacoma and Rising Tide Seattle are promoting an effort to pay for their attorney fees. The six entered the 30-acre construction site and used bike locks to chain themselves to an auger used to drive deep holes into the ground. Construction crews were not allowed to start work for the day, so they called police to have the protestors removed from the private property. A few dozen protestors were on hand to wave signs and stream live video of the arrests on Facebook. The six protesters were removed from the site about 10 a.m. and the protesters on the sidewalk outside the fence line disbursed. No one outside the fence line was arrested.
Protests at the site have been increasing in recent weeks as PSE moves forward with construction of the facility as it seeks final permits under legal challenges. The site is projected to provide LNG to TOTE ships sailing between Tacoma and Alaska as well as provide storage for residential and business use during times of extreme weather. Environmental groups have questioned the environmental impact of the facility on the waterway, the safety of a natural gas facility being located so close to residential areas and the overall impact of dependence on fossil fuels. They are not alone. The City Council and Port of Tacoma Commission are finalizing a path for the Tideflats to undergo a multi-year review plan that would examine zoning and land-use rules for the industrial and commercial hub of the region that is home to shipping terminals, heavy industrial businesses and fuel refineries. One glitch in the review effort is who should also sit at the discussion table alongside the city and port. The city’s proposal also lists the Puyallup Tribe, since much of the Tideflats lies within its reservation. The port wants the tribe only listed as a stakeholder alongside other businesses and agencies with ties to the waterfront but also wants the Pierce County Council as a partner because activities on the waterway impact the region. Shipping activities on the waterfront provide some 29,000 direct and indirect family-wage jobs and $223 million in state and local taxes. A comprehensive look of the Tideflats will likely take upwards of four years once the effort starts. City and port officials will now negotiate the difference in their resolutions.
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COMMUNITY TAKES STRIDES AGAINST HUNGER, LITERALLY
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WALK. The Hunger Walk and 5K Run was the largest fundraiser for the EFN’s Hunger Awareness Month. By Daniel Beers For Tacoma Weekly
The Emergency Food Network (EFN) wrapped up its first official Hunger Awareness Month on Saturday, May 20, with a Hunger Walk and 5K Run fundraiser. More than 650 runners and walkers took advantage of a beautiful sunny morning at Lakewood’s Fort Steilacoom Park to show support for a noble cause that affects one in seven people in Washington. “We could not have been more pleased with the event,” said Helen McGovern-Pilant, executive director at the EFN. “The turnout was perfect. We had teams who had not participated before and teams who had been doing it for decades. We had individuals who next year want to form teams!” To support those running and walking, more than 100 volunteers helped make the event run smoothly. Volunteers included two bands, The Possible Solutions and The Derivatives, and Deena the Zumba Instructor, who helped warm everyone up before the race began. Saturday’s Hunger Walk and 5K Run was the first of its kind since the Associated Ministries transitioned the
event over to the EFN. “For 35 years, EFN has benefited from the generosity of our community and Associated Ministries,” explained McGovern-Pilant, “and taking it over could have resulted in less financial support than we have received in the past. Saturday’s success solidified that it is indeed a relay race. Associated Ministries handed the baton to EFN, they ran their strong leg. Now it is our turn and the community continued to support, or race, to provide nutritious food to our neighbors.” The proof of the event’s success can be seen in the numbers. While donations are still flowing in, the EFN boasted $110,000, which was leveraged into an additional $65,000 grant from the Safeway/Albertson Foundation for dairy purchases. “This was the first Hunger Awareness Month in Pierce County,” said McGovern-Pilant. “We couldn’t be more grateful to our community as we heard so many talking about it, raising money and awareness to help. We are already planning for a bigger success next year.” Even though Pierce County’s first Hunger Awareness Month is drawing to a close, work at the EFN continues. McGovern-Pilant said that with the school year ending,
the need becomes even greater for children. “While May was Hunger Awareness Month, we want folks to know that the numbers relying on food pantries will go up through the summer as many of the 58,000 students who rely on free and reduced lunch programs at school will not have access to summer meals.” The EFN also plans to take advantage of the warm weather at their Mother Earth Farm, an organic eight-acre farm in Puyallup Valley that distributes 80,000 pounds of food to local food banks and meal sites. Volunteers are welcome to stop by Friday through Sunday to help with planting, weeding, and harvesting. The need for volunteers doesn’t end at the farm either. “There are many ways that our community can help,” said McGovern-Pilant. “They can plant an extra row in their own garden and donate to a food pantry. [They] could host a food or fund drive. How about a spice drive? When it is buy one get one free, choose the free one to donate! Spices are expensive yet still needed to make your food taste as it should.” Those interested in donating their time and/or money, go to http://www.efoodnet.org/ for the most up to date information.
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TACOMA RESIDENTS ORGANIZE TO SAVE HEALTHCARE FOR LOCAL CAREGIVERS HOME CARE AIDES CALL ON STATE SENATORS TO SAVE CAREGIVER HEALTH BENEFITS FROM BUDGET CUTS
COST. The rising cost of healthcare for caregivers prompts rally. Pierce County residents are fighting to save affordable healthcare for Washington’s caregivers. Last week, community members rallied to oppose the state Senate budget, which would cut $28.1 million to home care aide health insurance and cause thousands of caregivers to lose insurance. Home care workers in Washington provide long-term direct care to more than 60,000 Washingtonians. Home care advocates say that losing access to healthcare would hurt not just the caregivers but also their clients – vulnerable seniors and adults living with disabilities who need direct care in order to lead quality lives. Tanika Aden, a Tacoma home care aide and member of SEIU 775, personally knows dozens of caregivers living in her community who would lose insurance under the proposed cuts. She joined the demonstration to ask lawmakers to stand up for caregivers like her. Aden says, “The state Senate shouldn’t take our healthcare away. If they take away my health insurance, I wouldn’t be able to care for myself or my son. I need to be able to see the doctor to continue to get things done.” In the budget passed by state Senate Republicans,
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thousands of home care aides could see their premiums increase by 500 percent or lose their healthcare coverage completely. This is in stark contrast to the budget passed by the Democratic House, which leaves funding intact for the home care aide health benefits program. Pointing to the fact that thousands of working families would be hurt, demonstrators demanded support from local Senators Hans Zeiger, Joe Fain and Mark Miloscia. The three state senators represent more than 13,000 caregivers between their legislative districts. “Those who need in-home direct care rely on caregivers for their most basic needs,” says James Reece, a caregiver who lives in Zeiger’s district. “Without access to health care, thousands of us could lose our ability to be our clients’ dependable lifeline to the outside world. The senator needs to listen and stand with us – his constituents.” The decision to save funding for the home care aide health-insurance program will be decided upon this fiscal year. Budget negotiations between the House and Senate have reached a stalemate after Gov. Jay Inslee just extended the regular legislative session for a second time.
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Tacoma, and the greater Puget Sound region, is getting slammed with a dramatic rise in homelessness and its related ills that will likely only get worse as working-class wages remain largely stagnant while rents and housing costs continue to skyrocket with little hope that they will plateau anytime soon. The City has already allocated $9 million for homelessness services during the next two years, which is a 48 percent increase over what the city spent in 2015 and 2016. The Tacoma City Council took further action earlier this month to help the problem from growing by declaring that the rising tide of homelessness camps mushrooming around the city is a public health emergency. The last count found more than 50 encampments – about 500 people – in forested areas on side streets, under bridges and clustered under highway offramps around Tacoma. The declaration allows the city to take immediate action to clean up the encampments, which pose safety and health concerns about human waste, garbage, exposure to communicable diseases, exposure to violence and other human health concerns not only for the people living in them, but for their surrounding neighbors, who see increased trash and crime. The city can also fast track support services and shelters for the people displaced as these encampments close. But those are just the first steps. Others must follow, and that will mean we must have some honest and frank conversations about the trickle-down troubles of “economic development.� Sure, new businesses and condominiums are better than vacant storefronts and blighted buildings. But Tacoma’s business boom shouldn’t just bring prosperity to out-of-town investors the way previous economic cycles have, and the new housing shouldn’t be just for Seattle refugees to enjoy as Tacomans find themselves being priced out of the city they loved long before it was hip to love the Gritty City. Many residents of the Hilltop neighborhood are waiting patiently, for example, for the coming Link light rail line to their neighborhood with visions of them being able to get rid of their cars and save money to pay for things like health insurance or maybe even a retirement plan. But the math just doesn’t work because rents are rising faster than their paychecks even before any track laying has started. These working-class folks are simply going to be priced out of their neighborhood long before Link service ever starts, while stickershocked residents of the Emerald City take over. We need to have conversations about that as a way to provide housing options for everyone, not just for those people fleeing higher prices elsewhere.
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TIME TO FIRE THE VA HEALTH SYSTEM
By Sally C. Pipes
Rewarding failure appears to be something of a tradition at the Department of Veterans Affairs. In April, President Trump kept up that tradition by signing the Veterans Choice Improvement Act, which extends the beleaguered Veterans Choice program. That initiative, originally due to expire in August, gives select veterans the freedom to seek care from private providers. The program has utterly failed at its express purpose – expanding healthcare choice and reducing the wait times faced by veterans seeking care. In some cases, it’s exacerbated life-threatening delays. Instead of throwing more money at the program, lawmakers should give cash directly to veterans to pay for their medical care. Healthcare vouchers would empower veterans to secure timely care in the private sector – and finally get the VA out of the healthcare business. Congress passed the Veterans Choice Act in 2014 in response to a scandal in which agency employees were caught covering up excessive wait times at VA health facilities. The Choice program allows veterans facing wait times of 30 days or more, and those without a VA facility nearby, to obtain care from a network of private providers. Cutting wait times and expanding healthcare choices for veterans are certainly worthwhile goals. But the $10 billion program hasn’t lived up to its potential. A recent report by the VA’s inspector general found that Choice enrollees still face high barriers to access, including “cumbersome authorization and scheduling procedures, inadequate provider networks, and potential veteran liability for treatment costs.� Beneficiaries had to wait an average of 32 days before they were approved to receive outside treatment. After getting the
go-ahead from agency bureaucrats, vets had to wait an additional two weeks for an actual doctor’s appointment. In other words, ailing veterans languished for 45 days, on average, before seeing a physician. For a program created to avoid wait times of 30 days or more, this result amounts to a total failure, plain and simple. To further relieve wait times, the Veterans Choice Act provided $2.5 billion for hiring an additional 12,000 VA staffers across the country. But that money was largely squandered. For instance, before the Choice Act, veterans in Albuquerque faced the nation’s longest waits for mental-health care, while their counterparts in Cincinnati faced some of the shortest. Yet administrators used the new funds to give both offices the same number of new psychiatrists, according to an investigation by NPR. To his credit, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order establishing an Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the VA. That office will help VA Secretary David Shulkin fire subpar agency employees more swiftly. But contrary to Shulkin’s view, the VA isn’t just a few reforms away from being fixed. It’s time the VA got out of the healthcare business – and gave its generous federal funding directly to patients in the form of healthcare vouchers. We’ve already trusted veterans to keep our nation free and secure. Surely, they’re up to the challenge of making their own healthcare decisions. It’s hard to imagine they could do worse than the VA. Sally C. Pipes is president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in health care policy at the Pacific Research Institute. Her latest book is “The Way Out of Obamacare� (Encounter 2016). Follow her on Twitter @sallypipes.
FOREST LANDOWNERS PROVE COOPERATION WORKS By Don C. Brunell Recently, Washington’s largest environmental, wildlife and natural resources agencies recognized 43 large forest landowners for their “exemplary efforts� to upgrade forest roads and stream crossings, which improved salmon habitat and water quality. After investing more than $300 million collectively, these landowners rebuilt 25,000 miles of forest roads, replaced more than 6,000 in-stream barriers to migrating fish, and opened in excess of 3,500 miles of previously blocked spawning habitat. The recognition is milestone in collaboration and a remarkable turnaround from nearly a half-century ago when regulators, fishermen and loggers were at each other’s throats. It took a couple of visionary leaders from vastly different backgrounds to set up the problem-solving framework which is in place today. Billy Frank, Jr., the legendary Nisqually tribal leader, was a fisherman with an engaging personality and an abundance of common sense and wisdom. Even though he fought bitter fish wars and was arrested, he wasn’t resentful. To him, the battles weren’t about the past, they were about the future. Stu Bledsoe was a World War II Navy fighter pilot who saw combat in the Pacific Theater. He had the same warmth, engaging manner, and genuine commitment to settling a feud which many thought unresolvable. Bledsoe was a rancher, former legislator and state agriculture director in the Evans administration, and head of the Washington Forest Protection Association – the powerful organization representing private forest landowners. Together, they were the “calmer heads� which were needed to reduce tensions and set a respectful tone. They started bringing other leaders together to listen to one another’s perspective and conduct research to determine what would work. At that time, Judge George Boldt, a Tacoma federal jurist, issued game-changing rulings which were upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the landmark decisions didn’t settle differences, they only exacerbated them. Boldt ruled that natural fish spawning and rearing habitat
must be restored. That meant reducing silt in spawning beds, curbing soil erosion from logging roads, and reducing harvest areas along streams to keep water temperatures low. The overriding fact was wild salmon and steelhead runs were declining. Something dramatic needed to happen outside the court room and legislative chambers. Bledsoe understood that forest landowners were in for dramatic and costly changes, but his members could not afford another round of prolonged litigation nor to be shut out of the woods. Frank felt the same way. He would repeatedly say that while the lawyers argue, fish runs decline. Litigation meant paralysis for everyone. Both took enormous risks and recognized they had a hard sell with their constituents. The talks were emotionally charged and at times, were on the verge of unraveling. Somehow, Frank and Bledsoe kept the train from derailing. After a decade of hard work, the forests and fish agreement was ratified by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Booth Gardner in the 1980s. It led to streamside buffer zones, road culvert revisions which allowed migrating fish to pass, and put sensitive areas off limits to logging. The bottom line was simple. Frank wanted fish runs restored and Bledsoe wanted timber landowners to be able to plant, manage and harvest trees. They soon realized their interests were compatible. To Bledsoe and Frank respectful relationships mattered as did the words they wrote and spoke. They realized that unless they brought people with diverse views together and found ways to work out their differences, everyone would lose. Too bad Frank and Bledsoe aren’t around today. We could all use a good dose of their common sense, wisdom and good manners. It’s the best way to build public trust and solve problems. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.
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The construction of an LNG plant would require a large capacity natural gas pipeline to be constructed through the heart of the city of Fife, another booming city that lies right on the Interstate 5 corridor through Pierce County. This should deeply concern local residents considering historic on-site accidents that have occurred involving or related to LNG: r On Oct. 20, 1944 in Cleveland, 128 people died when an East Ohio Natural Gas Company’s LNG tank ruptured and exploded. LNG spilled into the city’s sewer system, vaporized and turned into a gas, which exploded and burned. r On Oct. 6, 1979 in Lusby, MD a pump seal failed at the Cove Point LNG facility, which released natural gas vapors that settled into an electrical conduit. The gas vapors ignited when a worker switched off a circuit breaker, causing an explosion that killed one worker and severely injured another.
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Among the most ardent Tacoma boosters is the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, which has been a forward thinking and financially generous leader in keeping Tacoma beautiful. The Tribe’s active protection of this area’s pristine waters, the salmon and all natural resources has benefitted the entire region. The Tribe vigorously opposes the prospect of an LNG plant being sited in the metropolitan Tacoma area. Not only would the plant be placed right on the Tribe’s reservation, it would mar Tacoma’s great scenic beauty, put natural resources at risk and endanger the lives of everyone who lives and works here in the event of a catastrophic LNG accident.
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r On Jan. 19, 2004 an explosion at Sonatrach LNG facility in Skikda, Algeria killed 27 people and injured 56. Three LNG trains were also destroyed. The massive hydrocarbon gas explosion was ignited when a steam boiler that was part of an LNG liquefaction train exploded near a propane and ethane refrigeration storage site. A report from a U.S. government inspection team cited that a leak of hydrocarbons from the liquefaction process initiated the domino effect of explosions. r On April 7, 2014 a “processing vessel” at a Williams Co. Inc. facility near the small town of Plymouth, Wash., exploded, spraying chunks of shrapnel as heavy as 250 pounds as far as 300 yards. The flying debris pierced the double walls of a 134-foot LNG tank on site, causing leaks. Five workers were injured, and local responders warned that vapors from the leaks could trigger a more devastating, second explosion. A county fire department spokesman said authorities were concerned a second blast could level a 0.75 mile “lethal zone” around the plant.
Puget Sound Energy is in the final permitting stages of the proposed LNG plant even though at this point PSE lacks any customers for LNG. The proposal started after the private utility company landed a contract with Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) to provide ships with cleanerburning LNG rather than diesel, but TOTE has since put those plans on hold, announcing in a news release that the company does not have an exact date for when it will retrofit its ships to use LNG. In other words, PSE wants to build a plant without a customer.
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Also among its plans, PSE wants to form a for-profit subsidiary to handle the commercial sales of LNG to TOTE and other yet-to-be-determined customers while also storing the LNG for its utility customers to use during extreme weather conditions. Transporting LNG for local ratepayers presents the threat, and the inherent risks, of tanker trucks on our road-
A catastrophic LNG explosion could ignite the entire Port of Tacoma.
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MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
FOOD FIGHT! FOR A CAUSE
TACOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Tacoma Historical Society will present its annual Memorial Day Observance in Tacoma’s War Memorial Park at Sixth Avenue and MacArthur Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, May 29. Two new memorials, bearing the names of 226 Pierce County citizens who lost their lives as a result of the Korean conflict and the Vietnam War, will be dedicated on that day. Guest speaker will be Chief Warrant Officer 5 Teresa Burgess, who entered active duty in 1982. She earned her pilot wings in April 1984. Burgess joined the Washington National Guard in 1993 and became the second command chief warrant officer for the Washington Army National Guard. In 2007, the society dedicated the first monument bearing the names of Pierce County’s fallen military from World War II, researched by Tacoma Historical Society volunteers. In 2011, a second memorial honoring those lost during World War I was dedicated. The society also erected a Medal of Honor memorial and installed a remembrance bench. The monuments are visible to nearby highway traffic and a steady stream of War Memorial Park visitors. A brass quartet from Camp Murray will provide the music. More information is available at www.tacomahistory.org.
MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL PARK Mountain View Memorial Park is hosting its annual Memorial Day Celebration from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, May 29. The event includes remarks by a keynote speaker and a wreath-laying ceremony honoring veterans from each branch of the military. The cemetery is the final resting place for thousands of U.S. veterans. Local dignitaries, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, US Volunteer Joint Service Command and Pierce County Veterans Advisory Council will be in attendance. For more than 100 years, Mountain View Memorial Park has been part of life for the people of Tacoma and Lakewood. Mountain View has 160 acres of property, 110 of which have been fully developed for cemetery use. The first burial took place in 1915 and since then more than 100,000 interments have occurred in the cemetery. The cemetery hosts about 1,000 burials a year and helps about 1,400 families a year with funeral services. The cemetery continues to grow and is committed to preserving the beauty and peacefulness of the park. The cemetery also includes five veterans' sections and 53 other separate gardens for burial. Mountain View Memorial Park has an array of flora and fauna, including 181 different varieties of trees, 575 rhododendrons, a prize-winning rose garden and many varieties of birds and wildlife. For more information, visit:mountainviewtacoma.com.
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FIGHT! The upcoming Food Fight will benefit the Fish Food Bank and run June 1 to June 16. By Jackie Fender For Tacoma Weekly
There’s nothing like a little friendly competition to capture a community’s attention. Two community organizers do just that with another round of the Fife Milton Edgewood Food Fight. Rather than the typical lunchroom action of slinging mashed potatoes and hamburger buns through the air, this food fight is more constructive, a food drive with all proceeds benefitting the Edgewood FISH Food Bank and the families in need the nonprofit serves. Mill Ridge Village Executive Director Jennifer Reich and April Balsley, director of membership development at the Fife Milton Edgewood Chamber of Commerce, make up “Team Red” (Reich) and “Team Blue”
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FIRST SALMON CEREMONY
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FISH. Members of the Puyallup Tribe gathered along their namesake river to hold the annual First Salmon ceremony on Tuesday.
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The City entered into the partnership this month as part of its efforts to address mental health needs in the community and raise awareness during Mental Health Awareness Month. The service is available for anyone suffering from a family crisis, domestic violence, sexual assault, anxiety, depression, self-harm, stress, eating disorders, bullying, LGBTQ issues and more. The crisis text line rapidly assesses situations using an algorithm that analyzes words in text messages and prompts the counselors to ask questions that helps the person in crisis move from a hot moment to a cool moment and plan for their future health and safety. The aggregate data can be viewed to assess trends and learn more about how to address needs of people in crisis. To use the Crisis Text Line, text “HEAL” to 741741. The City receives special tax revenue to provide funding for mental health and substance use disorder services and plans to utilize data collected to assess the needs of our communities. For more information about mental health and substance use disorder resources in Tacoma, go online to cityoftacoma.org/NCS. FBI, POLICE WANT YOUR HELP IN SEARCH FOR FUGITIVE The FBI and Tacoma Police Department are seeking the public’s help in locating a fugitive whom investigators believe is responsible for murders in the Tacoma area. Santiago “Pucho” Villalba Mederos, 25, may be in Mexico and speaks both English and Spanish. Mederos is known to have family living in the Las Grutas, Guerrero and Cuernavaca, Morelos areas of Mexico and also has ties to Washington. A reward of up to $20,000 is offered for information that leads to the arrest and extradition of Mederos. Mederos is a member of the Eastside Lokotes Sureno (ELS) gang and is wanted for his alleged involvement in several crimes committed in 2010 in Tacoma. On Feb. 7, 2010, Mederos purportedly took part in the planning and execution of retaliatory actions on rival gang members. While looking for potential targets, Mederos reportedly encountered two innocent victims, not involved in any gang activity, in their car stopped at a stoplight. Due solely to the color of their vehicle, the brother and sister victims were chased while in their vehicle and, when they stopped at another stoplight, Mederos allegedly fired multiple shots into the car, killing the 18-yearold girl and seriously wounding her brother. On Dec. 3, 2010, Mederos was charged with murder in the first degree, attempted murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, and unlawful pos-
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session of a firearm in the second degree in the Superior Court of Washington for Pierce County and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Mederos was allegedly involved in violent criminal activity again on March 25, 2010, when he and other gang members purportedly went to collect money from a person they knew. According to investigators, Mederos and other gang members broke into and ransacked that person’s vehicle. Several innocent bystanders observed this situation and confronted the group. A fight ensued during which Mederos allegedly fired a single gunshot towards the bystanders, striking and killing an innocent 25-yearold male victim. On March 3, 2010, Mederos was charged with murder in the second degree in the Superior Court of Washington for Pierce County and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On Sept. 30, 2016, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Mederos in the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, Tacoma, after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Tacoma Police Department is investigating the murders and other criminal activity. The FBI is assisting with the international investigation. The Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed the charges as part of this collaborative effort to seek justice for the victims. HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED BY LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION The Landmarks Preservation Commission recognized excellence and dedication in local preservation efforts at the Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony on Saturday, May 20, at Slavonian Hall. The 2017 Historic Preservation Award recipients were: • Residential Renovation: Ross and Julie Buffington 502 S. Sheridan Ave. • Residential Renovation: Lynda and Todd Shepherd 321 N. J St. • Commercial Renovation: Kevin Grossman, Patrick Rhodes and John Hunt - The Kellogg-Sicker Building, 1114-16 Martin Luther King Jr. Way • Commercial Renovation: Ryan Fuson, Redwood Housing Partners and Les Tonkin, Tonkin Architecture - The Winthrop Hotel, 776 Commerce St. • Leadership in Preservation: Julie LaRue - Director of Tacoma Historical Society • Organization in Preservation: Tacoma Public Schools • Community Engagement: Knights of Pythias - Commencement Lodge #7 • Community Engagement: Prairie Line Trail Interpretive Committee • Heritage Event: Fort Nisqually Living History Museum • Landmark Nomination to be Recognized: Historic
Tacoma and Marshall McClintock - The Hosmer House, 309 S. 9th St. “The Landmarks Preservation Commission was pleased with the number of nominations that came in this year. There are a lot of people and organizations doing great preservation work in Tacoma,” said Historic Preservation Officer Reuben McKnight. The reception and awards event was free and open to the public, complimentary refreshments were available. Executive Director of the Job Carr Cabin Museum, Mary Bowlby, lead the keynote walking tour, “Tacoma Maritime: More than Sailors and Ships.” WARM FORECAST PROMPTS EARLY OPENING OF SOME SPRAYGROUNDS Metro Parks staff usually use the month of May to prepare spraygrounds for summer, with normal operation only on weekends. This year, the parks maintenance team stepped up its testing in the hope of providing more service on hot days. Their work paid off in time for last week’s warm weather: Six of the district’s 10 spraygrounds were open May 22 to 26. Kandle Park (Note this is the small splashpad outside the pool. The pool and its adjacent water feature will open June 17.) • Norpoint Park - 4818 Nassau Ave. N.E. • SERA Campus (near STAR Center) - 3873 S. 66th St. • Titlow Park - 8425 6th Ave. • Wright Park - 501 South I St. • Verlo Playfield - 4321 McKinley Ave. These locations will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The public’s patience is appreciated since this early opening overlaps with the maintenance staff’s preseason testing period. “It’s important to be able to take full advantage of sunny days in the northwest, so we hope that families will come enjoy the spraygrounds,” said Joey Furuto, community and neighborhood parks manager. “We just ask for people to be patient if they encounter any bugs this week. Since there is no scheduled afternoon staffing this time of year, if anything is not working correctly the sprayground may have to be shut down until the next morning.” Beginning Saturday, May 27, all of the spraygrounds will be open seven days per week until Labor Day, regardless of the weather.
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numerous public and community projects and initiatives throughout his adult life, most notably the restoration of Union Station, where he was the lead architect. He was also a member of the Charter Review Committee in 2014. Currently, Merritt is a board member of the North End Neighborhood Council and Tacoma Rotary 8. Lopez was the most recent candidate to file for a bid to be Tacoma’s next mayor. She is a former assistant attorney general and executive director of the state’s Public Disclosure Commission. “We need better management from our leaders and a commitment to doing the people’s work,” she stated in a release. “I have managed teams of staff and worked for justice and open government. Tacoma is on the brink of enormous change. We need smart growth in mixed-used areas like Stadium and around the Mall. We also need leaders with the backbone to say no to projects like the (liquefied natural gas) plant.”
The recent rise of criticism about developments in the Tacoma Tideflats is likely going to be a central part of campaign debates and campaign literature this election season, with a handful of candidates for council and port commission races primed to make fossil fuels concerns and environmental stewardship issues key parts of their campaigns. Sarah Morken, for example, is running for the Tacoma City Council’s at large position 6. She is one of the six protesters who were arrested last week for chaining themselves to an auger at the construction site of Puget Sound Energy’s LNG plant. Morken is a socialist who backs pro-labor, social justice and environmental restoration and protection issues. She is an occupational therapist and a shop steward for United Food and Commercial Workers union local 21 as well as the chair of Tahoma Green Party. Four other candidates are running for the position 6 seat, including Planning Commission member Meredith Neal, who made the council’s short list during the appointment process to replace Woodards; Rev. Gregory Christopher, Hilltop’s longtime civil rights icon and activist; Tacoma Public Library Trustee Lillian Hunter and activist Maria Johnson.
Campbell’s open position 4 seat drew three candidates: Shalisa “Shay” Hayes, a community organizer for the Eastside Community Center and health insurance professional; Tacoma Public School District Boardmember Catherine Ushka and developer and revitalization booster Kevin Grossman. The only incumbent able to seek reelection to the Tacoma City Council is Robert Thoms. He is being challenged by Grand Cinema’s Executive Director Philip Cowan for the position 2 seat. Lonergan’s position 5 seat has five candidates, most notably Chris Beale, who is the chairman of the city’s Planning Commission. His challengers are Brian Arnold, Joanne Babic, Janis Clark and Justin Van Dyk. The Port of Tacoma Commission has three races to watch: one to replace outgoing commissioner Connie Bacon, who has held the position 1 seat for two decades and two seats held by incumbents. Candidates for Bacon’s position 1 seat are Eric Holdeman, Jim Jensen and John McCarthy. Position 2 is currently held by the commission’s President Dick Marzano. He is being challenged by Noan Davis. Position 4 has incumbent commissioner Don Meyer facing Kristin Ang.
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of Lincoln High School. Though the F4U Corsair, flown by pilot Jim Martinelli, was a highlight for many, the festivities as a whole, encompassed the spirit of the gathering. During the national anthem, the performer faltered for just a moment, a brief pause, the start of the line again and another pause, invited the entire audience to join in unison and support to finish the song to its end. Perpetual Garden Memorial Board Chair, and former Lincoln Vice Principal Connie Rickman began with an untraditional invocation, reciting a passage written by Jim Curtis about eagles and a former military colleague of his. The words, “His spirit lives in my heart and I often think of him when I see an eagle,” seemed to resonate as we were witnessing the placement of a permanent tribute to the sacrifice and hard work of another American hero. Many took the stage including Rickman, Land, Dick Muri and Trish Holmes. Each remembering Pappy’s legacy, telling stories of the hard partying, gruff Boyington. They spoke about his days as a football player and wrestler at Lincoln, known then as Greg Hallenbeck, his step-father’s surname. He later discovered his original given name was Boyington and adopted that to join the military. Humor was sprinkled throughout these stories as one joked that Boyington’s experience as a wrestler later served him well throughout bars in
Pierce County. Many giggled at the fact that Greg was given the moniker of “Pappy” at a mere 31 years of age, being a decade older than his cohorts. During the war, Pappy was shot down and held prisoner in a Japanese prison for more than a year. He survived the experience and returned home to a hero’s welcome and the Medal of Honor. Later at a dinner, Boyington saw the pilot who shot him down and approached him with a smile on his face. When asked why he wasn’t angry with the pilot that led to his imprisonment, Pappy was reported as saying, “Pilots never hold grudges. It’s a worldwide brotherhood.” Another famous quote from Pappy that gives us just a glimmer of why the man was such a character, was in regards to his love of flying. He said, “Flying is hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer
terror.” Tacoma City Councilmember Marty Campbell spoke more about the importance of this memorial, speaking of Boyington’s time as an engineer and his ability to look at things from a unique perspective. A perspective of innovation, something he hoped would serve as an inspiration to the students who walked past the Perpetual Garden Memorial, through the doors of Lincoln High School. Campbell thanked the veterans and police force in attendance for their service and brought the point home when speaking on honoring the veterans and their stories before doing the honor of lifting the veil and exposing the marble piece at last. You can visit the Perpetual Garden Memorial yourself by visiting the South 37th Street side of Lincoln High School.
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RAINIERS ROLLING DESPITE M’S CALL-UPS, TACOMA ON TOP
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TIGER STRONG. (top) Stadium pitcher
McKenna Braegelmann keeps her eye on the ball. On the mound, the freshman was on fire, giving up just two runs over a full seven innings of work. (seconddown) Sophomore Catherine Nelson snares another out for the Tigers. (third and fourth-down) Two more runs slide across the plate for Stadium. The Tigers will face Mt. Spokane at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 26, at the RAC in Lacey.
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By Josiah Rutledge Tacoma Weekly Correspondent
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s if the Rainiers schedule wasn't crowded enough as they prepared to enter a stretch of 16 games in 15 days, it was further compressed when last Tuesday's showdown with the Omaha Storm Chasers was canceled due to rain and rescheduled for just two days later. With the rescheduling, the Rainiers would be forced to cram 16 games into just two weeks, beginning with a four-game series against Omaha, crunched into two doubleheaders. In the first doubleheader, the Rainiers sent Kyle Hunter and Chris Heston to the mound to face off against Yender Caramo and Eric Skoglund, respectively. As has been the case with many of the Rainiers contests this season, both games were decided by the successes and failures of the men squaring off on the pitcher's mound (the Rainiers own a 21-1 record when leading after six innings, while they're just 3-12 when trailing after six), as Hunter (5 IP, 1 R) outpitched Caramo (4 IP, 5 R) in the opener, but Heston (4 IP, 2 R) couldn't match Skoglund’s two-run complete game in the nightcap, giving the Rainiers a split in the first doubleheader. The next day the Rainiers again squared off with the Storm Chasers for a doubleheader, and the results were similar. As had been the case the day prior, they won the opener but were stymied by an excellent pitching performance in the nightcap, courtesy of right-hander Christian Binford. Leaving Omaha after the double-doubleheader, the Rainiers headed to Des Moines, Iowa for a four-game set against the Iowa Cubs. This time, at least, they’d have a full four days to complete the series. In typical Rainiers fashion, the opener against Iowa was a pitcher’s duel, as Rob Whalen tossed a fantastic eight innings of two-run ball (one earned), fanning five, but was saddled with the loss as he ran up against Jake Buchanan’s seven scoreless innings. With just two runs in their previous three ballgames, the pressure was on the Rainier bats to wake up in time for the rest of the series. Things didn't look too promising on that front through the first eight innings and change, as they trailed 4-3 despite a nine-strikeout outing from righthander Andrew Moore and were down to their
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TOP NOTCH. (top) Tacoma shortstop Tyler Smith is congratulated by
his Rainiers' teammates after smacking a solo blast over the left field wall. (three-shot) Center fielder Leonys Martin looked as though he wasn't going to be able to make the play, and then Tacoma Weekly photographer Rocky Ross caught the fantastic outcome. (third-row) Back down from the Mariners, designated hitter Dan Vogelbach wasted no time putting runs on the board. Vogelbach crushed a line-drive blast over the right-center field wall, pushing across three runs. (bottom) Starting pitcher Tyler Floyd gave up just three hits over his five innings of work for the win.
It’s been a crazy season for fastpitch and baseball teams around the Tacoma area this year. The wet weather wreaked havoc on team schedules, and even trying to make up games turned into an exercise in futility. For the Stadium Tigers’ fastpitch team, their journey to a state tournament berth included as many as four different attempts to try and squeeze in a game against just one team. It certainly paid off for the Tigers, as the Stadium squad finished out the regular season with an impressive 15-2 record, good enough for a second-place finish in the 3A Pierce County League behind powerhouse Bonney Lake (22-2). Over the years, there have been several talented Tacoma teams that carried a strong record into the West Central District fastpitch tournament. With teams represented from the peninsula and all the way down to the Oregon border, the level of talent at this tourney has always been way up there. The end result for Tacoma schools has usually included a season-ending loss out on a Sprinker fastpitch diamond. Fielding a team heavy on underclassmen, Stadium perhaps didn’t know about recent history and just plowed through their schedule like a talented, veteran ball club. If they were going to stumble at the district tournament, it wasn’t going to happen without a fight. Entering the tournament, the Tigers faced a tough North Thurston club that pushed them to their limit. It would have been easy for a second seed to look past a fifth-place league finisher like the Rams, and the Tigers nearly fell into the trap, scratching out a nail-biting 4-3 victory to advance to the quarterfinals. With only five state berths coming out of the WCD tournament, it was incredibly important to get the first two wins on opening day. A loss would send a team into the u See TIGERS / page A14
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SOUNDERS U23 EARNS A SPLIT OVER OPENING WEEKEND
The Sounders U23 team played the Portland Timbers U23 team on Friday, May 19 at Bonney Lake High School. The Sounders U23 scored in stoppage time on a goal by Conner Antley to seal the win. Antley scored the stoppage-time winner for the Sounders U23s on Friday evening in the 92nd minute on a clever cross from Sergio Rivas, lifting the home side to a 1-0 victory over the Timbers U23s. The Sounders U23 are now 1-0 on the season heading into a Sunday showdown with Calgary Foothills FC. The first half was a physical affair with the Sounders U23 getting behind the Timbers U23 with Will Bagrou narrowly missing a one on one with Jordan Farr, the goal keeper for Portland. Farr was very busy in the first half with the Sounders U23 pouring on the pressure. The teams went into halftime 0-0. In the second half, the Timbers U23s held off a Sounders U23 onslaught with quality defending, keeping the Sounders U23s off the board. Antley’s timely run late and subsequent finish ended the night for the home side happy to gain three points. The Sounders U23 team played another tough PDL Northwest Division game on Sunday, May 21 at Sunset Stadium in Sumner, losing a late heartbreaker to Calgary Foothills by the score of 1-0. The Sounders U23 outshot Calgary 11 to two but could not find the back of the net. The game was physical and the first half saw an early chance just get past Colton Cavey for Sounders U23 as he was positioned well on the back post. Calgary were content to sit behind the ball on the day and bunkered in further after star forward Dominic Russo walked off 20 minutes into the game with a hamstring injury. The teams went into the half tied at 0-0. Bagrou continued to hassle the Calgary back line but the stingy Calgary defense would not open up for clear looks for the Sounders U23 attackers. Derek Johnson and Stian Sandbekkhaug came into the game and brought life late with the Sounders U23 missing chances created late in the game. Nathan Aune also entered the game and helped create an opportunity that just went past the outstretched arms of Calgary goalkeeper Dylan Powley to go out of bounds. With the 84th minute showing on the clock, Ali Musse received a pass from Dean Northover and proceeded to run into the Sounders U23 half. Musse wound up and hammered a 40-yard shot that found its way into the lower right side net from distance. The final score was 1-0. The Sounders U23 now sit at 1-1 in the tough PDL Northwest Division and ready themselves for their first trip north into Canada to face the 1-0 Victoria Highlanders on Friday, May 26. The Sounders U23 return to play TSS Rovers at home on Sunday, May 28 at Starfire Sports Complex at 5 p.m., following S2 playing the Sacramento Republic in an all Sounders double header. For tickets and information on the Sounders U23 team, please visit www.soundersu23.com. The top developmental men’s league in North American, the PDL features more than 70 teams within four conferences across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean divided into 10 regional divisions. The PDL season consists of 16 regular season matches for each team, eight home and eight away, and provides elite collegiate players the opportunity to taste a higher level of competition while maintaining their eligibility. In addition to league play, PDL teams compete in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup as well as various exhibitions. The PDL has proven to be an important stepping-stone for top professionals now playing throughout the world. For more on the PDL, visit www.uslpdl.com. Follow the PDL on Twitter at @USLPDL.
OLD TIMERS BASEBALL-SOFTBALL BANQUET SET FOR JUNE 4
The Tacoma-Pierce County Baseball-Softball Oldtimers banquet will be held Sunday, June 4 at the McGavick Conference Center in Lakewood, with several individuals being honored for their contributions to the sport. More than 300 people are expected to attend. Former professional baseball players Jim Nettles and Bill Ralston will receive the prestigious Dill Howell Award in recognition of their contributions to the
community over the years. Ralston played two seasons with the Tacoma Twins in the 1970s and Nettles played one year for the Twins and two with the Tigers in the early 1980s. Receiving the Marv Scott Coaches Award for their dedication to baseball among the coaching fraternity are Bob Lightfoot and Bruce Nichols. Lightfoot spent more than 20 years as the Wilson Rams head coach and led the club to a state crown in 1977. He was also instrumental in the successful Sister City baseball exchange with Japan. Nichols spent 22 years with the Rogers High baseball program, the last ten as head coach. An emphasis on learning the fundamentals of the game, respect and a love of the game were the watchwords of his program. Receiving the Cy Greenlaw Old-Timer’s Salute Award are fastpitch player Bud Thomsen and longtime umpire Ted Lopat. Thomsen was a standout catcher for the Hudson AC, Ben’s Truck Parts and Wood Realty teams in the 1940s and 1950s and later coached Pot & Kettle baseball teams for 15 seasons. Lopat, the brother of New York Yankees hurler Ed Lopat, enjoyed an outstanding career as an umpire in the Northwest, Eastern and Triple A International League. This year’s Meritorious Service Award goes to three deserving individuals–Whit and Shirley Hemion and Owen Shackett, Jr. The Hemions rarely missed a ballgame if their three boys and one daughter were playing. When it came to travelling, sponsoring or hosting teams, they set the bar high for everyone. Shackett was not only a stalwart pitcher on the People’s Church national power but he helped establish the state USSSA Church program in Washington and twice won the National Church Director award. Hall of Fame inductees for baseball include Phil Misley Sr., Jim Lopez, Randy Peterson and Mic Stump. Slowpitch Hall of Fame honorees include veteran player and coach Nancy Craig and the long-ball hitting Brett Kreuger. Recognition will also be accorded Bosco Reopelle in the fastpitch category, Bruce Ledbetter in the umpire category and Charlie Thomas will be honored for his longtime sponsorship commitments in the community. The accomplishments of the Tacoma Tugs senior baseball team will be highlighted with a special mention of the Washington Titans as well. Both clubs are powerhouses on the senior circuit. The central theme of the evening will be a celebration of the history of slowpitch softball of the 1950s through the 1980s and will bring together some of the finest (and now oldest) players who graced the diamond at the Peck, Sprinker and SERA ballfield complexes when TacomaPierce County laid claim as the hotbed of slowpitch, especially during the late 1960s through the 1970s. Special guest Rob Garratt, professor emeritus of English at the University of Puget Sound will be on hand to speak briefly about his recently released book, “Home Team: The Turbulent History of the San Francisco Giants.” Books will be available for purchase and will be signed upon request. Players, coaches, and fans are invited to attend this annual banquet, which will begin at 2 p.m. with a onehour social. A buffet dinner will be offered at 3 p.m. followed by the program. In addition, a wide variety of memorabilia including uniforms, old gloves, programs, bats, and turn-of- the-century photos will be on display. Tickets are $30 in advance or $40 at the door. For reservations, please contact Marc Blau by May 31 at (253) 677-2872 or via email at mhblau@comcast.net.
TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS MAY 25 – JUNE 11 THURSDAY, MAY 25 - TRACK 4A, 3A, 2A State Track Meet Mt. Tahoma Stadium - 3 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 25 - BASEBALL Fresno Grizzlies vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium - 7:05 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 26 - TRACK 4A, 3A, 2A State Track Meet Mt. Tahoma Stadium - 9 a.m. FRIDAY, MAY 26 - BASEBALL Fresno Grizzlies vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium - 7:05 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 27 - TRACK 4A, 3A, 2A State Track Meet Mt. Tahoma Stadium - 9:30 a.m. SATURDAY, MAY 27 - SOCCER 1A State Championship Sumner Stadium - 12 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 27 - SOCCER 3A State Championship Sparks Stadium - 3 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 27 - SOCCER 2A State Championship Sumner Stadium - 5 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 27 - SOCCER 4A State Championship Sparks Stadium - 5 p.m. SUNDAY, MAY 28 - SOCCER TSS Rovers vs. Sounders U23 Starfire Stadium, Tukwila - 2 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 3 – SOCCER Vancouver vs. South Sound FC Washington Premier Complex – 3:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 3 – FOOTBALL Renton vs. Puyallup Nation Kings Chief Leschi Stadium – 6 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 5 – BASEBALL Reno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 6:05 p.m. TUESDAY, JUNE 6 – BASEBALL Reno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 6:05 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 – BASEBALL Reno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 11:35 a.m.
TWO LUTES HEADING TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
For Pacific Lutheran University student-athletes Brad Hodkinson and Machaela Graddy, the 2017 NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships won’t be too big of a stage on Thursday, May 26, in Ohio, as both head to the meet with national championship experience from earlier in the year. Hodkinson is an outstanding distance runner for the Lutes, qualifying for nationals in the 10,000-meter run. His best time came on March 4 at the Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker with a time of 30 minutes, 23.02 seconds, an effort that currently ranks as the 16th fastest time in Division III. In the fall, Hodkinson competed at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. “I’ve been lucky to have the opportunity to compete at the national meet for cross country two times and I’ve learned that at nationals it’s really good competition compared to the competition in our region,” Hodkinson said. “Having the experience competing with high level competition will definitely help me moving forward to track nationals, I know what to expect, and I’m prepared for the competition.” Hodkinson finished 35th in the nation for cross country back in November, earning All-American honors. In the spring, he was named Northwest Conference Runner of the Year after winning conference titles in the 1,500-meters, 5,000-meters, and 10K. Graddy will compete in javelin at the NCAA Track & Field Championships. It will be the first time the junior has made it to nationals during the spring in her career. Graddy finished second at the NWC Championships in the javelin and ranks 22nd in the nation with a toss of 135 feet, four inches. Like Hodkinson, Graddy experienced the national stage in the fall as a member of the women’s soccer team and is trying to take what she learned through her team sport experience and apply it to her individual efforts. Graddy played a significant role in sending the PLU women’s soccer team to the NCAA Tournament last November. Graddy scored 13 goals, contributing 34 points (goals count as two points, assists one) for a Lute team that finished undefeated in the regular season for the first time in program history. She received Northwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors as well as First Team All-Region recognition. Both Hodkinson and Graddy will compete on Thursday, May 26, at the NCAA Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Hodkinson will compete at 10:45 a.m. (Eastern Time) in the 10K while Graddy will compete at 3 p.m. in the javelin.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8 – BASEBALL Reno vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. FRIDAY, JUNE 9 – BASEBALL Las Vegas vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. FRIDAY, JUNE 9 – SOCCER Lane United vs. Sounders U23 Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 10 – FOOTBALL Thurston Cty. vs. Pierce Cty. Bengals Sunset Stadium, Sumner – 6 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 10 – BASEBALL Las Vegas vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 11 – SOCCER Fuerza FC vs. South Sound FC Women SUNDAY, JUNE 11 – BASEBALL Las Vegas vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 11 – SOCCER Bellingham vs. South Sound FC Washington Premier Complex – 3:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 17 – BASEBALL Las Vegas vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 7:05 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 18 – BASEBALL Las Vegas vs. Tacoma Rainiers Cheney Stadium – 1:35 p.m.
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final out in the ninth with no one on base against Iowa closer Justin Grimm. That’s when the long-awaited offensive explosion finally struck for Tacoma, starting with a two-out double by Leonys Martin. Seth Mejias-Brean was able to reach via a walk, putting the go-ahead run on base, and Dario Pizzano followed with an RBI single to tie the game. Catcher Mike Zunino topped off the rally with a three-run opposite field blast to give the Rainiers a 7-4 lead. Though Omaha was able to scrape across a run in the ninth to cut the deficit, they weren’t able to claw all the way back, evening the series at one game apiece. Four Rainiers had multiple hits, including Zunino, who fell a triple shy of the cycle, collecting a single, a double and a game-winning home run. The Rainiers were able to carry some of that offensive momentum from the twoout rally into the penultimate game of the series, as the Rainiers once again saw four hitters with multiple hits (among them were Martin and Zunino, who had also accomplished the feat the night before) en
route to eight runs. For Zunino, it was not only a multi-hit outing but a multi-home run outing, as he launched two long balls, giving him three in two days and prompting a call-up back to Seattle. In the finale against Iowa, the Rainiers saw four multi-hit batters (this time Steve Baron, Dario Pizzano, Zach Shank and Tyler O'Neill) for the third night in a row and were able to put up six runs on 12 hits. It was all for naught, however, as starting pitcher Chase de Jong was roughed up for seven runs over five innings, and the Rainiers took the loss. Having completed half of their grueling 16 games in 14 days stretch, the Rainiers returned home on Tuesday for a four-game set against the Fresno Grizzlies. They kicked off the short home stand in style, plating four runs in the first inning, including a two-run home run from Daniel Vogelbach and a two-RBI double from DJ Peterson. They continued to pile on through the next seven innings, with Vogelbach picking up an additional RBI on a single to right field, Tyler Smith hitting his fourth homer of the year (a line drive solo shot), and an RBI double by Pizzano. Meanwhile, the Rainier tandem of Tyler Cloyd (5 IP), Nick Hagadone (2 IP), Ryne Harper (1 IP) and Mark Lowe
(1 IP) combined to silence the Grizzlies’ lineup, racking up nine strikeouts and holding Fresno to just six hits. After the four-game set against Fresno, the Rainiers will head to Salt Lake City for yet another four-game series, after which they’ll finally receive a muchneeded day off. The rest will be shortlived, however, as they’ll begin a stretch of 11 games in 11 days the next day. Tacoma will return home for a sevengame home stand beginning on Monday, June 5, against Reno. UP WITH THE BIG CLUB It’s been tough sledding in Seattle recently, as they’ve lost eight of their last 10 and have fallen to the cellar of the American League West. With five starting pitchers on the disabled list, the Mariners patchwork rotation has been lackluster, allowing 26 runs in a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox. Despite the struggles, the Mariners have finally started to receive some good news on the injury front: Robinson Cano returned from his quad injury on Tuesday, while James Paxton and Mitch Haniger appear ready for rehab assignments. If recent play is any indication, the reinforcements are much-needed.
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STATE. Stadium second baseman Kaelyn Barnwell and the Tigers' defense came up big to secure a state berth in their 5-2 district victory over Prairie.
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consolation side of the bracket, and all of those teams would only have a crack at a single (fifth) seed to the state tournament beginning Friday, May 26, at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey. Two straight wins on day one would punch a ticket to state and that was Stadium’s plan. They were going to put a laser-focus on getting out of Friday’s competition with a state berth already locked up, and the first opponent was now in the rear-view mirror. Up next for the Tigers would be a much stronger team from Prairie, that just knocked off Peninsula 6-2 in the first round. The Falcons would field an impressive group of players, but from the opening pitch, it was clear that Stadium had the “eye of the tiger” in this contest. After scoring three runs in the top of the first inning, Stadium never wavered in their focus and the lead had grown to 4-0 by the time Prairie went to bat in the bottom of the fifth inning. Prairie was able to scratch across a couple of runs in the bottom of the second, and for a moment it appeared that the momentum of the game was shifting a little. Stadium freshman pitcher McKenna Braegelmann buckled down and made it tough on the Falcon batters. Meanwhile, the Tiger defense kept rising to the occasion, snagging fly balls and scooping up hot grounders for outs. Stadium would add one more run in the top of the seventh inning to make the score 5-2 Tigers. Going into the final inning, Stadium would face the top-three hitters in the Prairie lineup. After a strikeout, a pop-out to the catcher and a ground-out to third base, the Tigers stormed the field, having punched a ticket to the big dance. “These girls are determined and they knew what they had to do,” said Stadium head coach Bridgette Walker.
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“We definitely wanted to win the first two games so that Saturday would not be so stressful. They got the job done which is good because the heat and down time Saturday was brutal.” It was hot, and the teams they would face would be among the top in the entire state. First up in the semifinals would be a matchup with the undefeated Yelm Tornadoes, who were the top-ranked 3A team in the state. After steamrolling through 10-0 and 14-2 tournament wins, Yelm (25-0) was barely able to squeak past Stadium by a score of 5-4. In the third-place game, Stadium would square off against the Greater St. Helens League champions from Kelso (20-2). It was another monumental tussle for the Tigers, but in the end Stadium fell short by just a single run at 3-2. The pressure, heat and competition may have been just what the Tigers needed to prepare for the big show in Lacey. “Saturday was definitely a precursor to the intensity we need to bring to state,” said Walker. “Minus a few experience errors, I think we had both of those games and the girls learn from every loss just as much as every win. They know that state will require more intensity and mental clarity than they brought to districts. They really want to bring an even more improved and competitive game to Lacey. We hope to see Yelm and Bonney Lake again this weekend.” Stadium is the only fastpitch or baseball team that will represent the city of Tacoma at one of the various state tournaments. “We are absolutely stoked to be repping Tacoma for softball,” said Walker. “I'm a Tacoma kid and Lincoln alum so I'm all about this community and helping it shine where I can. We want to make sure that the other teams remember Stadium from Tacoma and are honored to have the task of being goodwill ambassadors and athletes for our city.” The Tigers open tournament play against Mt. Spokane on Friday, May 26, at 9 a.m.
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ELSEWHERE ON THE FARM After starting off the month exceptionally poorly (including an eight-game losing streak), the Double-A Arkansas Travelers appear to have finally found some momentum, winning four of their last five, clawing to within six games of the division lead. Though remaining scorching hot, with five multi-hit games in his last six, left fielder Chuck Taylor finally saw his hitting streak snapped at 22 games. With a monstrous .360/.467/.488 slash line, it seems inevitable we’ll see the 23-year old in Tacoma sometime this season. The lineup for the Class-A Modesto Nuts has been scorching hot, with 47 runs in their last five games, but the results haven’t quite matched, as they’ve gone just 3-2 in that stretch. On the strength of their hitting (four Modesto hitters rank in the top 12 of the California League in batting average), the Nuts rank first in the Northern division, three games ahead of the Visalia Rawhide. After a four-game winning streak, the Low-A Clinton LumberKings momentum has ground to a halt, as they've now lost five of their last six. twenty-one-year old outfielder Anthony Jimenez has continued to rake for Clinton, slashing .321/.384/.481 on the season.
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SHOWCASES REGION’S DIVERSITY THIS WEEKEND
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Tacoma’s Delvon Lemarr Trio will perform on Friday.
The 46th annual Northwest Folklife Festival will take over Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St., with festivities starting at 11 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Sunday and Monday. Find a full schedule at www.nwfolklife.org.
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FOLK FEST. Northwest Folklife is expected to draw 225,000 to Seattle Center over the next four days. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com
With Memorial Day weekend upon us, Tacomans are finalizing their plans for packing as much fun and sun into their three- and four-day weekends as possible. Some will load up the SUV and make a beeline for the woods where they’ll reset with a few relaxing days of hiking and camping. Others dropped 300 bucks for tickets to Sasquatch Festival, which will bring the likes of The Shins, Chance the Rapper and LCD Soundsystem to Grant County’s breathtaking Gorge Amphitheatre. Still others will get the biggest bang for their buck at the 46th annual Northwest Folklife Festival, which will again take over Seattle Center Friday through Monday, May 26 through 29. The event is expected to draw 250,000-plus attendees for a full slate of international and home-grown music, dance, food, fashion and more. Best of all, it’s technically free to attend, though organizers are asking for donations to make sure they can keep it that way. Recently, we caught up with event Program Director Kelli Faryar to get the skinny. Tacoma Weekly: When you started 40 some odd years ago, folk had a more specific meaning. What does Folklife mean in 2017, and what does the festival encompass? Kelli Faryar: Northwest Folklife regards the word folk as “of the people,” and that’s exactly what you’ll see at the festival; 25 stages with over 800 different performances. The festival is curated with over 100 different community leaders that are coming to showcase and promote what’s going on in their communities through music, dance, workshops and food tastings. TW: What percentage of the talent is homegrown. These are pretty much people who live in the community, right? Faryar: Exactly, these are your neighbors. We have master artists coming in who have been performing for the Northwest region; for example, Maurice Rouman who plays the Egyptian oud (and) up-and-coming great bands, like the Black Tones. The festival really does run the gamut of up-and-coming, cutting edge artists to cultural bearers in different communities. TW: You’ve managed to keep Folklife free all these years. In the context of some of Bumbershoot’s troubles with their budget in recent years, how have you managed to keep that going?
ONE “SNL” GREAT Comedian Tim Meadows – best known for his salacious “Saturday Night Live” character, the Ladies Man – will headline Tacoma Comedy Club at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 26 and 27. Meadows is the second-longest tenured “SNL” cast member, with a run that went from 1991 to 2000. He also went on to star in a variety of popular movies and TV shows, including “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” ABC-TV’s “The Goldbergs,” and FOX-TV’s “Son of Zorn.” Tickets to see him in Tacoma are $20 to $27; www.tacomaweekly.com.
TWO LIVE AT THE JIVE There’s still more comedy on tap Friday
Faryar: It’s interesting that you bring that up. Right now, Northwest Folklife is at a crossroads where we’ve had this particular model of all access for all folks that are coming; and what we’ve found is probably about 17 percent of folks who attend the festival actually donate. If the community is looking to see Northwest Folklife continue for another 45 years, we need to change that dynamic. … We need everybody to participate in supporting the festival in order for it to survive. TW: What is your budget? Faryar: Our total budget (is) $350,000. Normally, what we see over the course of the four days, is somewhere around the 200K; and that’s about half of how we sustain throughout the year (with) individual donations that come in through different campaigns. … We do a great partnership with Seattle Center who offers us some in-kind (donations) as far as stages and the infrastructure of putting on the all-access festival. But it really does come down to the individual donor; whether it be at the festival, and you’re chipping the suggested donation of $10 to $20, or throughout the course of the year and you can offer sustaining gifts. TW: In the past, I seem to recall you’d have themes for each year. What is the theme for this year’s festival? Faryar: The theme – which we call the cultural focus, which is a year-round program – is celebrating 20 years of Seattle Center’s Festál. Festál is the larger umbrella organization that makes up all of the 24 different ethnic and multicultural festivals that happen on Seattle Center grounds. Northwest Folklife is underneath that umbrella. TW: What is the process of coming up with the theme? Faryar: The 20th anniversary just seemed like a perfect time to showcase this particular program that Seattle Center has, and how it is truly a one-of-a-kind program. Otherwise, we hear from the communities that we work with through our community coordinator program. That’s really how the festival is curated. A small programming team here of two connects with over 100 community coordinators to put together two- to three-hour showcases representing that specific community’s culture, music and dance. So the cultural focus really comes from those conversations and that year-round engagement. TW: One of the things that Folklife seems to be about is showcasing the diversity of this region. I wonder if conversations were different this year given what has been going in the news; for example, with Seattle being a “sanc-
night at Bob’s Java Jive, 2102 South Tacoma Way. Live from the Jive 5 will feature a whole gang of comedians, including Rachel Laurendeau, Tracy Walton, Aaron Fishbein, Jill Silva, Mihkel Teemant, Cheri Hardman, Natalie Holt, Kayley Rae, Christine Clarke and host Sarah Champion. Doors open at 8 p.m., and cover is $5. For updates, check the events facebook.com page.
THREE BIKE CAMP In addition to opening a new classroom location at Tacoma Public Schools’ new School of Industrial Design Engineering and Art (IDEA) in South Tacoma, community bike shop Second Cycle has announced the launch of its first summer camp for kids, ages 8 to
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tuary city” and that sort of thing. Faryar: Now more than ever we’re hearing back from the communities that we work with that there’s fear out there, and there’s a lot of misunderstanding. What better time to come together; not over a computer screen, but face to face to really showcase who we are; to come together as a neighborhood of many different backgrounds and ethnicities and break down those barriers.
Here are 10 acts with Tacoma ties that you can support at the 46th annual Northwest Folklife Festival DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO (soul, jazz, funk): 3 p.m. Friday at KEXP Gathering Space, 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Fountain Lawn Stage; preview online at www.reverbnation.com/dlo3music. HOLY PISTOLA (soul, hip-hop, funk): 9:25 p.m. Friday, Mural Amphitheatre; www.holypistola.com. BARLEYWINE REVUE (red-hot Tacoma bluegrass): 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Mural Amphitheatre; barleywinerevue.bandcamp.com. KABUKI ACADEMY AND TACOMA FUJI TAIKO (Japanese traditional music and dance): 4 p.m. Saturday at Exhibition Hall; www.kabukiacademy.org and www.tacomabt.org. TORPOISE (electronic dance, experimental): 5:45 p.m. Sunday at The Vera Project; torpoise.bandcamp.com. TRIO GUADALEVIN (Latin American meets Mediterranean): 11:02 a.m. Sunday, Charlotte Martin Theatre; www.trioguadalevin.com. COWGIRL’S DREAM (Western swing, country western): noon Sunday at Fisher Pavilion; cowgirlsdream.sknebel.com. BUNNY HOLIDAY AND THE HIGHBALL BOYS (vintage swing for dancers): 3:15 p.m. Monday at the Armory Court Stage; www.facebook.com/ thehighballboys. COSMO’S DREAM (Americana): 6:15 p.m. Monday on the Back Porch Stage; cosmosdream.sknebel. com.
16. The seven-week program will teach youth about bike safety and handling skills while they explore their city. The program will run from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday from July 10 to Aug. 16. Camper drop off and pick up will take place at the IDEA classroom, located at 6701 S. Park Avenue. Participants can choose to enroll in just one or all seven weeks of camp. Fees for the bicycle day camp will be on a sliding scale based on income. Second Cycle will provide bikes, helmets, and water bottles to each camper. To learn more, visit www.2ndcycle.org, call (253) 327-1916 or email youthprograms@2ndcycle.org.
FOUR EXHIBIT KICKOFF “Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame” will make its debut at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave. Visitors can watch rare footage from NFL
Films, try on a helmet to hear coach to player communication, and step inside an authentic instant replay booth to make a tough call. There will also be a special Seattle Seahawks tribute section. The exhibit will continue through Sept. 10; www.washingtonhistory.org.
FIVE KID PARTY Parents’ Night Out gives mom and dad a chance to drop the kids off for a night of fun and games starting at 6 p.m. Saturday at Children’s Museum of Tacoma, 1501 Pacific Ave. While at the museum, kids will play games, explore the “playscapes,” create works of art, and enjoy pizza and treats. The event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 10. Cost: $30 per child, $15 each additional sibling. Members receive a 10 percent discount; www.playtacoma.org.
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FESTIVALS OFFER FUN ALL SUMMER LONG Summer festival season is officially underway with Seattle Center’s Northwest Folklife and the Gorge Amphitheatre’s Sasquatch on the docket this weekend (you know, even if it’s not technically summer yet.) Here are some South Sound events you’ll want to mark on your calendar – sunscreen optional.
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Meeker Days June 16 to 19, Pioneer Park, Puyallup Pierce County’s big summer brouhahas start and end in Puyallup. Meeker Days – named after first Puyallup Mayor Ezra Meeker – originated as a quaint arts and crafts festival in 1939; but these days, the town’s biggest block party draws anywhere from 100,000 to 135,000. Admission is free, and stay tuned for the musical lineup at www.puyallupmainstreet.com.
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Tacoma’s lesbian, gay, transgendered and allied communities will come together in July to celebrate unity with festivities that include not one but two big block parties on July 8: Tacoma Pride (formerly Out in the Park) will take over Pacific Avenue, between 7th and 9th streets, from noon to 5 p.m. followed the The Mix’s Pride Block Party, from 5 p.m. until 2 a.m. at The Mix for the 21 and older set. The week’s activities also include the Grand Cinema’s Pride Film Series, an evening with spoken-word artist Andrea Gibson, staring at 7:30 p.m. July 14 at Urban Grace Church; and a vogue competition, called Ball Out, at 10 p.m. July 7 at Jazzbones. Find the full schedule at www.tacomapride.org.
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Broadway Center’s blues and brews showcase is back. Beer fanatics can sample the latest sudsy concoctions from brewers from around the region, the likes of 7 Seas, Wingman, Elysian and Schooner Exact. Tickets are $25 for drinkers, $10 for designated drivers, and you’ve got to be 21 older to attend; www.broadwaycenter.org.
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Even bigger is this nosh-fest which draws 225,000 to Ruston to pig out on barbecue, noodles and, of course, alligator on a stick. Highlights this year will include 30 restaurant and food booths, bands on four stages, wine and craft beer tasting in the Rose Garden and demos, and cooking demos hosted by TV Tacoma’s Amanda Westbrooke (left in photo.) Admission is free; www.tasteoftacoma.com.
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Tacoma’s biggest block party generally draws around 10,000 revelers to Sixth Avenue, where it will again be held between Cedar and Trafton streets. Expect some of the biggest names in regional rock, pop and hip-hop, divided between three stages. Also taking shape is the Grub Crawl, which will feature contributions from Gateway to India, Jazzbones, Ice Cream Social, Dirty Oscar’s Annex and more; www.on6thave. org/art-on-the-ave.
On and off since the early 1990s, MAWP fest has showcased the best in local punk and indie-rock music. This year’s lineup will include Radio On, Acid Teeth, Sporty Lee and much, much more. Keep up with announcements at www.mawptacoma.com.
Washington State Fair
Sept. 1 to 24, Washington State Fair Event Center, Puyallup
Ethnic Fest
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July 29 and 30, Wright Park
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The Northwest’s biggest fireworks display will draw 100,000-plus to a two-mile stretch of Ruston Way Waterfront on Fourth of July for music, air shows, food and more. Freedom Fair is put on by the non-profit Tacoma Events Commission, which suggests a donation of $2 to $15 to attend the event. Fans can also make donations online at www.freedomfair.com.
Since 1986, Ethnic Fest has celebrated the various cultures and ethnic groups that make up our community. This year’s festivities will include hands-on art projects, games, dance and live music. Metro Parks Tacoma is still taking applications for vendors and performers. Learn more at www.metroparkstacoma. org/ethnicfest.
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Playing the 11,000-seat grandstand this year will be Nickelback and Daughtry (Sept. 1); Lady Antebellum with Kelsea Ballerini and Brett Young (Sept. 2); Steven Tyler with the Loving Mary Band (Sept. 3); Granger Smith featuring Earl Dibbles Jr. (Sept. 8); Easton Corbin (Sept. 9); Melissa Etheridge (Sept. 11); Masters of Illusion (Sept. 13): The Beach Boys (Sept. 14); “I Love the ‘90s” with Salt-N-Pepa, Vanilla Ice, Color Me Badd, and Tone Loc (Sept. 15); Hank Williams, Jr. (Sept. 16); Casting Crowns with Matthew West (Sept. 18); Thomas Rhett (Sept. 20); Modest Mouse with Built to Spill (Sept. 21); Earth, Wind & Fire (Sept. 22); Marlon Wayans (Sept. 23); and Jason Aldean with Kane Brown (Sept. 24.) Find ticket prices and other info at www.thefair.com.
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TCC DISPLAYS ANNUAL Culture Corner STUDENT ART EXHIBIT A GUIDE TO CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS OF TACOMA Goings on this Week in Tacoma: “The Pirates of Penzance” May 26 through June 25, Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. Lakewood Playhouse, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd., Lakewood Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious, hopeful farce follows young Frederic, an orphan who has mistakenly been apprenticed to an ineffectual, but raucous band of pirates. He disavows the pirates’ way of life and falls for the beautiful Mabel. Frederic’s melodious tones win over the heart of Major General Stanley’s songbird daughter, Mabel. Then the Pirate King discovers that General Stanley lied about being an orphan to keep the pirates from stealing all of his belongings and carrying off his bevy of beautiful daughters. An ingenious paradox is revealed. Info: www.lakewoodplayhouse.org/. LeMay Valve Cover Races May 28, 1 p.m. LeMay Family Collection at Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. E, Tacoma
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VOYAGERS. Denise Levine’s “Taking on Water, Little Pond, Catskills,” 2017, is acrylic on canvas. By Dave R. Davison dave@tacomaweekly.com
The Gallery at Tacoma Community College, a vault of visual delights, is hosting its annual, “Student Art Exhibition” a display of work by students who have passed through one or several of the school’s art courses. The show follows hot on the heels of the arts faculty show. TCC’s arts program offers courses in a variety of media including digital design, photography, printmaking, drawing, painting, sculpture and ceramics. TCC’s arts program is blessed with a dynamic faculty whose members are skilled practitioners of the various media that they teach. Work in the show is grouped, for the most part, according to teacher. The entry area, for example, displays work by Anthony Culanag’s graphic design students. Design concepts for posters and bumper stickers as well as the postcards and signage for the current show are on display. Samuel Layton did a nice “Godzilla” poster. Carlos Ernesto Mendoza’s “Dune” poster is also eyecatching. A similar vein of work is exhibited by students of Alice Di Certo’s course in 2D-design. For most of these works, students used arrangements of the printed word to construct an image or design composed of font and script. A prime example is Miranda Washington’s “GunBlood,” an image of a handgun shooting a bullet. The gun is made of words like “violence, warfare and blood” while the bullet itself is made of the word “bullet.” The versatile Kyle Dillehay, meanwhile, is something of a contrarian in regards to photography. He teaches techniques of photography that go back to earlier centuries in which the first photographic processes were being developed. Among his students we find the likes of Adrianna Herrera, Samantha Andrade, Megnan Chico, Marina Santos, Heidi Redford and Don Redford, all of whom did gelatin silver prints. Dillehay is also one of the school’s sculpture instructors. Some of his students show off the results of his teaching in bronze casting. Kadie Lawson’s “Empty Homes” is a cluster of tiny, detailed little buildings clustered together like a village on a throwing stone. Lavonne Hoivik’s bronze, “Three Showoffs & One Clown,” is a comical scenario of two little doggies and a clown with ballooned-out pants that are way too big. Dillehay is also a proponent of the use of nontraditional materials when it comes to sculptural self-expression. The school’s sculpture studio is a place where the most disparate objects congregate and are made to coagulate according to the cogitations of his students. Ayana Gilbert’s “My Hands” is a pair of disembodied hands – cast in a rubbery material – that are holding onto plastic Starbucks cups that contain photographs. Melinda Cox teaches both drawing and painting. Other courses in drawing are taught by Jenny Roholt. Their students have come up with some wonderful examples of their teachings. Denise Levine’s “Taking on Water, Little Pond, Catskills,” is a charming acrylic painting of figures in a little boat. The image looks as if it were based on a vacation snap shot. The figures are simplified and the colors are a harmony of pastel tones that are straying into the gray zone. The scene of figures in a boat using water bottles to bail excess water is both active and quiet. Other vivid acrylic paintings include Villa Kerr’s “Citrus” and David Thacker’s “Rhubarb.” Giyeon Kim’s “Curiosity” is a well-crafted scene of an
orange and white cat gazing down into a goldfish bowl. There are a great number of drawings in the show, made in ink, graphite, charcoal, chalk, and color pencil. Karen Doten’s drawing students are showing some great studio still lifes. Rachel Lewis’s example features a cowboy boot, among other items. Melinda Cox’s drawing students add color to the mix, with some stunning results. Katherine A. Tylczak’s “Claudius Striking a Pose” is an image of a cat laying in regal manner on a blue blanket. Giyeon Kim’s color pencil “Self Portrait” is eye-catching, as is Denise Levine’s “Self Portrait with a Glass Earring,” in which the artist poses herself as Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” Year after year, the most consistent performers in TCC’s student show are the printmaking students of Marit Berg. Katie Friend’s relief print “Rising from the Deep” is a dramatic image of a giant octopus towering over a sailing ship. The image has crisp edges and is colored with a rich gradient running from blue to purple. A quartet of red, black and white prints by W. Wachtler, Monique Ford, Parker A. Lucey and Izzy Tucet make a nice set. David Thacker’s “Eat Your Greens” is a screen print of leafy vegetables that has a painterly quality. Last but not least are the works by students who have been fortunate enough to be involved with the school’s ceramics program, which is presided over by Reid Ozaki and Rick Mahaffey. There is a diverse selection of ceramic works like Jimmy McDonough’s faux African masks or some of the trompe l’oeil (“fool the eye”) pieces that are made of clay and painted to look like something else. Kellie Schumacher’s “Red Delicious” is so realistic that I thought someone had left a real apple on the podium in jest. Brigette Bates’ “Apples and Bananas” is a group of fruit slices in a bowl that look ready to eat. Though new to the ceramics department, Joe Godfrey made his own miniature woodfire kiln to fire the small bottle and cup that are on display. Crystal Reunanen is making some amazing work with a wide range of surface effects. Her “Dragon Skin” bottle has a bubbly texture, whereas “Fall Wind” is a vessel with a gold luster rim and a relief decoration of autumn leaves. Kendyl Chasco works with densely worked surface effects. Susan Strobel’s earthy tones are captured in a beautifully made teapot. Nocola Woon’s “Sun and Moon” orb is decorated with a scene that has all the allure of a painted miniature. Rowena Forde’s “Puffins,” with beaks full of little fish, continue that artist’s fascination with making birds and critters in clay. Kazumi Divens-Cogez’s “Tall Vase with Floral Carvings” has an autumnal feel. Dave R. Davison, your show reviewer, has a pair of weird ceramic sculptures glazed in pastel majolica tones. I could go on and on about how brilliant they are, but modesty bids me exercise selfrestraint. (Wink.) TCC provides a valuable service to our fair city with an arts program that helps usher in a new crop of students and provides inspiration, instruction and facilities for life-long learners. For this review, space does not allow for a discussion of each and every artist featured in the exhibit. There was room only to give a few examples from each cluster of work. The 2017 Student Art Exhibition runs through June 8. The gallery if open Mon. through Fri., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For further information visit www.tacomacc.edu/thegallery or call (253) 460-4306.
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Gridiron Glorious Weekend May 27 and 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma
Spend an adventurous holiday weekend in Tacoma and be here for the opening of the spectacular multimedia experience, Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Connect with the spirit of the game like never before. Be among the first to see this 6,000 square-foot exhibit filled with hundreds of iconic artifacts. Immerse yourself in the Hall of Fame experience. View rare footage from NFL Films, try on a helmet and hear coach-to-player communication, and step inside an authentic instant replay booth to make a tough call. Don’t miss the special Seattle Seahawks tribute section and your chance to snap a selfie with the Super Bowl trophy. Info: www.washingtonhistory.org.
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MCGRAW AND HILL BRING SOUL 2 SOUL TO DOME MAY 27 For local country fans, what could top hunky, chart-topping singer Tim McGraw headlining at last September’s Washington State Fair? Try McGraw hitting the road with superstar spouse, Faith Hill, for their first co-headlining tour in more than a decade. The pop power couple has rebooted its popular Soul 2 Soul tour from 2006 and 2007, the highest-grossing country tour of all time with nearly $89 million in box office business. The new version kicked off on April 7 in New Orleans, and regional fans will get to see it on Saturday, May 27, at the Tacoma Dome. Expect McGraw and Hill to have about an hour each to perform their solo hits, the likes of “I Like It, I Love It” and “Live Like You Were Dying” for him, “Mississippi Girl,” “This Kiss” and “Breathe” for her. Then they come together for a few duets, ranging from “I Need You” to “Angry All the Time.” The set list from their recent show at Spokane Arena also included some interesting cover choices: Aretha Franklin and George Michael’s duet “I Knew You Were Waiting For Me,” Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart.” Music starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and tickets are still available with prices ranging from $22 to $150; www.ticketmaster.com for further details. - Ernest A. Jasmin, Tacoma Weekly PHOTO COURTESY PMK-BNC
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: FUTURE
Future is the main attraction on June 10 at Auburn’s White River Amphitheatre. The rapper – who performed at the Tacoma Dome with Drake in September – is out in support of the two albums he released this year, “Future” and “Hndrxx.” Also on the bill are Migos, A$AP Ferg and Zoey Dollaz with a 7 p.m. start time. Tickets are still available with prices ranging from $26 to $386. Visit www.ticketmaster.com for more details on that and these other upcoming shows, except for where otherwise noted.
• Ed Sheeran: 7:30 p.m. July 29, Tacoma Dome, $36.50 to $86.50
• Kendrick Lamar with Travis Scott and DRAM: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1, Tacoma Dome, $35 to $96. • Green Day: 7 p.m. Aug. 1, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, $41.50 to $81.50.
• Death Cab for Cutie with The Decemberists and Sara Cahoone: 7:30 p.m. June 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle, $55 to $150; www. showboxpresents.com. • Christopher Titus: 7:30 p.m. June 15 to 17, 10:30 p.m. June 16 and 17, Tacoma Comedy Club, $22.50 to $37.50.
• Lady Gaga: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5, Tacoma Dome, $46 to $251. • Matt Braunger: 8 p.m. Aug. 3 to 5, 10:30 p.m. Aug. 4 and 5, Tacoma Comedy Club, $10 to $28; www. tacomacomedyclub.com. • Brew Five Three festival: 1 p.m. Aug. 5, Broadway, between 9th and 11th streets, $10 to $25.
• Maxwell: 8 p.m. June 20, Showare Center, Kent, $56 to $96; www.showarecenter.com.
• Metallica with Avenged Sevenfold and Gojira: 6 p.m. Aug. 9, CenturyLink Field, Seattle, $55.50 to $155.50.
• Cedric the Entertainer: 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. June 23 and 24, Tacoma Comedy Club, $45 to $65; www.tacomacomedyclub.com.
• Terri Clark: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Pantages Theater, $29 to $69; www. broadwaycenter.org.
• Taste of Tacoma: 11 a.m. June 23 to 25, Point Defiance Park, free; www.tasteoftacoma.com.
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers with The Lumineers: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19, Safeco Field, Seattle, $49 to $149.
• Roger Waters “Us + Them”: 8 p.m. June 24, Tacoma Dome, $55 to $199.50. • Tacoma Pride (formerly Out in the Park): noon to 5 p.m. July 8, Pacific Avenue, between 7th and 9th streets, free; www.tacomapride.org.
• Nickelback with Daughtry: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1, Washington State Fair, Puyallup, $80 to $100; www.thefair.com.
• Cheech & Chong: 8:30 p.m. July 22, Emerald Queen Casino, $35 to $80. • Bruno Mars: 7:30 p.m. July 24, Tacoma Dome, $45 to $125. • Brian Regan: 8 p.m. July 28, Pantages Theater, $62.50; www.broadwaycenter.org. .
• Scorpions with Megadeth: 8 p.m. Sept. 30, Tacoma Dome, $65 to $365.
• Modest Mouse with Built to Spill: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21, Washington State Fair, $58 to $85; www. thefair.com.
• Imagine Dragons: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6, KeyArena, Seattle, $66.50 to $99.50.
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TACOMA’S OFF THE DOME TAKING OFF SINCE COLLABORATION WITH KUTT CALHOUN
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OFF THE DOME. The rap duo – featuring
Anthony “B-Dub� Turner and Terry “Capital-T� Maxwell – will open for Kutt Calhoun on Friday, May 26, at Jazzbones. By Ernest A. Jasmin ejasmin@tacomaweekly.com
Tacoma rappers Terry “Capital-Tâ€? Maxwell and Anthony “B-Dubâ€? Turner didn’t expect to be working with one of their idols at this stage in their careers; but there they’ll be Friday night, playing Jazzbones with Kansas City’s Kutt Calhoun (nĂŠ Melvin Calhoun.) Calhoun is best known as the hype man for popular hardcore hip-hop artist Tech N9ne and the founder of Black Gold Entertainment, and he shocked the duo – which performs under the moniker Off the Dome – by responding to one of their e-mails. “We were like, ‘Hey, man, check out our video; and hopefully, if you want to work with us let us know,â€? Maxwell recalled. “Sure as s---, he wrote us back. It was just like, wow, we used to listen to this guy every day with Tech N9ne. We used to bump their CDs all day, and he actually wrote us back. Let’s get the ball rolling. Then we started talking to him, and now we’re on a friendship basis.â€? Sure to be on the set
list Friday is the first Off the Dome/Calhoun collaboration, a frenetic cut called “Pass the Beat.� A video for the song has been viewed more than 24,000 times since it was released in March, massive exposure for a local hip-hop act. “It happened real fast,� Maxwell said. “We flew him out, and we pretty much shot a video the whole time he was out here. It’s very humbling – it really is – to sit back and look at it and see how far we’ve come from just an idea to where we are now within a short amount of time. It’s just surreal.� Off the Dome can be traced back to Lakewood’s Hudtloff Middle School, where Maxwell and Turner bonded over their love of Grammy Award-winning rap group Bone Thugs-nHarmony. “I forget who was listening to some Bone,� Maxwell said, “but that’s how we hit it off: Bone Thugs-nHarmony, Tech N9ne, Twista and stuff like that. The double-time rapping with the harmony is something that we’ve been incorporating more and more into our music. We just said, ‘Let’s
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take this style and make it our own. So, we added a couple of different things here and there; we slow it down, speed it up. It’s just fast-paced fun.� Later, the duo would draw crowds with freestyle verses they would perform at parties. “People would gather around us,� Maxwell said. “It just clicked right there. ‘Dude, what if we really did this, and what if we can add a different element to this music scene and whatnot?’� Among Off the Dome’s biggest performances to date are appearances at last year’s Seattle Hempfest and with rap act Dirty Nasty at Seattle’s Nectar Lounge. Recently, the duo added guitarist Tony Bennington with plans to expand its sound further. “It’s just a different element,� Maxwell said. “Now, we’re gonna probably start adding drummers and stuff like that. There’s no limits right now.� Through their label, Off the Dome Records, Maxwell and Turner plan to release a CD called “Tacompilation� later this year featuring their collaboration with Kutt Calhoun, a possible track with Strange Records recording artist Wrekonize and contributions from hip-hop artists around the region. “We’re just putting together an album where everybody gets some kind of shine,� Maxwell said. “If everything works out, it should be the end of summer. If things get backed up, it’s probably gonna be late fall. But the album will be done this year.� The music starts at 8:30 p.m. Friday night. Tickets are still available with prices ranging from $20 to $25; www.jazzbones.com. To learn more about Off the Dome visit www.facebook. com/otd253.
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CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY (92 MIN, NR) Fri 5/26: 2:00, 4:15, 6:35, 8:45 Sat 5/27-Mon 5/29: 11:45 AM, 2:00, 4:15, 6:35, 8:45, Tue 5/30: 2:00, 4:15, 6:35, 8:45, Wed 5/31: 2:00, 4:15, 8:45 Thu 6/1: 2:00, 4:15, 6:35, 8:45
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THE LOST CITY OF Z (141 MIN, PG-13) Fri 5/26: 5:00, Sat 5/27-Mon 5/29: 11:30 AM, 5:00, Tue 5/30-Thu 6/1: 5:00
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FRIDAY, MAY 26 LOUIE G’S: For the Likes of You, Follow the Lights, Monsters Among Gods, Pure Earth (metalcore) 8 p.m., $10, AA AIRPORT TAVERN: Jordani & The Sun Kings, Sotaria & The Gravities (soul, pop) 9 p.m. G. DONNALSON’S: Eugenie Jones (jazz, blues) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Nite Crew (dance) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Kutt Calhoun, Off the Dome, Automatic, Kithihawk, Cole Z, DJ Don Gee (hip-hop) 8:30 p.m., $20-$25 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC MARKEE (OLD TOWN): Angie Lynn (acoustic, singer-songwriter) 7 p.m., NC, AA PACIFIC BREWING: Kareem Kandi Band (jazz) 8 p.m., NC, AA REAL ART TACOMA: Nice Fest featuring Seacats, Rookie Town, Dead Lakes, Marrow Stone, Itemfinder, Forget It, Save Bandit, Supervision and Cursed Crows (rock) 3 p.m., $10, AA THE SWISS: Rusty Cleavers (bluegrass, country) 9 p.m., $8 TACOMA COMEDY: Tim Meadows (comedy) 7:30, 10:30 p.m., $20-$27, 18+ early show THE VALLEY: Into the Storm, A God or an Other, Ergo I Exist, Joseph (doom metal) 8:30 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Law Dogg Music Night/Roger Capps cancer benefit (rock) 6 p.m.
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DAWSON’S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: Jazz and blues open mic, 5 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Foamfest with DJ Indica Jones (DJ) 9 p.m., $10-$15 NEW FRONTIER: Bluegrass jam, 4 p.m., NC THE SPAR: Brian Lee & The Orbiters (blues) 7 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Kareem Kandi Band (jazz) 5 p.m., NC
MONDAY, MAY 29
G. DONNALSON’S: Jazz and blues open mic, 5 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Rockaraoke (live band karaoke) 7 p.m., NC THE SWISS: Chuck Gay (open mic) 7 p.m., NC
TUESDAY, MAY 30
TACOMA COMEDY: New Talent Tuesday (comedy) 8 p.m., NC, 18+
ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Leanne Trevalyan (acoustic jam) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: James Haye (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Deathbed Confessions, Armed for Apocalypse, Witchburn (metal, hard rock) 9 p.m., NC METRONOME: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., NC, AA NORTHERN PACIFIC: Stingy Brim Slim (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA ROCK THE DOCK: Dustin Lefferty (open mic) 8 p.m. THE VALLEY: Jerry Miller and friends (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 AIRPORT TAVERN: APDA benefit with Big Wheel Stunt Show, Planet of Giants (hard rock) 9 p.m., $5 G. DONNALSON’S: Eugenie Jones (jazz, blues) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Nite Crew (dance) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Kry (rock covers) 9 p.m., $7-$8 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC MARKEE (OLD TOWN): Erin McGann (singer-songwriter) 7 p.m., NC, AA METRONOME: The Far Field with Paul Handelman (folk) 7 p.m., NC REAL ART TACOMA: Zach Norris, Matt & Asher, Seth Bernard, Strawberry Blonnde, Josiah French (rock) 1 p.m., $5, AA THE SPAR: Red (classic rock) 8 p.m., NC THE SWISS: ‘80s Invasion (‘80s covers) 9 p.m. TACOMA COMEDY: Tim Meadows (comedy) 7:30, 10:30 p.m., $20-$27, 18+ early show TACOMA DOME: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill (country) 7:30 p.m., $22-$315 THE VALLEY: Ike Fonseca, Sharky Waters (singer-songwriter, folk) 8 p.m. UNCLE SAM’S: Majik’s Music Night, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAY 28
TACOMA COMEDY: The Dope Show (comedy) 8 p.m., $14.20-$24.20, 18+
DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, blues, jazz) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: James Haye (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Lyon Pride Music festival auditions (rock) 8 p.m., $5 NEW FRONTIER: Open mic, 8 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Leify Green (open mic) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+
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TACOMA COMEDY: Auggie Smith (comedy) 8 p.m., $10-$16, 18+
DAWSON’S: Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: John Maxwell (blues) 7 p.m., AA JAZZBONES: Ladies Night (DJ) 10 p.m., NC-$5 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC STONEGATE: Comfort and Call (rock jam) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA ELKS: Michael & Leslie (ballroom dance) 6:30 p.m., $6-$10 UNCLE SAM’S: Jerry Miller (rock, blues) 7 p.m.
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Coming Events TW PICK: CRAFTS OF THE PAST Sat. May 27 and Sun. May 28, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fort Nisqually, Point Defiance Park, 5400 N. Pearl St, Tacoma The popular Crafts of the Past program returns to Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. Modern practitioners of 19th century artistic traditions share the methods and materials of their work. This weekend features textile artist Synthia Santos. Each weekend from Memorial Day through Labor Day a different artist will be in residence at the Fort with demonstrations and displays of their work. Most will also offer guests the opportunity to try the craft themselves. Featured crafts include tatting, blacksmithing, Native American basketry, banjo making, and many more. Crafts of the Past is sponsored by the Fort Nisqually Foundation and made possible by a grant from the Tacoma Arts Commission. It is free with paid admission. Price: Info: http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/fort-nisqually-living-history-museum/ KARAOKE WITH DJ NO PANTS Fri., May 26, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Acme Tavern, 1310 Tacoma Ave. S. Sing your heart out with a great crowd, a fun host and a good sound system. Good food and drinks. Ages: 21+ Price: Free. Info: (253) 2226864
REDSHIFT AT B SHARP COFFEE HOUSE Sat., May 27, 8-10 p.m. B Sharp Coffee House, 706 Court C Jazz trio Redshift will be performing at B Sharp Coffee House on Saturday, May 27 from 8-10 p.m. Ages: All ages. Price: $7 cover. Info: (253) 292-9969; www. bsharpcoffeehouse.com
LIVE FROM THE JIVE 5: A COMEDY SHOWCASE Fri., May 26, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Bob’s Java Jive, 2102 Tacoma Way South On Friday, May 26 at 8:30 p.m., come out and see some of the funniest standup comedians in the Pacific Northwest at Live From The Jive V. Ages: 21 and up. Price: $5. Info: (253) 4759843; www.facebook.com/ livefromthejive
‘SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL’ Sat., May 27, 7:30-10 p.m. Tacoma Musical Playhouse, 7116 Sixth Ave. A woman hiding in a convent helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she discovers her own. “Sister Act” is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet. Ages: PG13. Price: adult ($31): senior ($29): student ($29): military ($29): child 12 & under ($22). Info: (253) 565-6867; tmp.org/index.php/20162017-mainstage-shows/
LOUNGE FRIDAYS AT THE SOCIAL BAR AND GRILL Fri., May 26, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Social Bar and Grill, 1715 Dock St. Come enjoy drink specials and the electric sounds of DJ Nelson Estrada. No cover, no dress code. Ages: 21+ Price: Free. Info: (253) 442-0874; thesocialbarandgrill.com TIM MEADOWS Fri., May 26, 7:30-9 p.m.; 10:30 to 12 a.m. Tacoma Comedy Club, 933 Market St. Best known as the secondlongest running cast member on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Tim Meadows is arguably most famous for his swingingly smooth character, “The Ladies Man.” Ages: 8 p.m. show 18+; 10:30 p.m. show 21+ Price: $17-$32. Info: (253) 282-7203; www. ta c om a co m ed y c lu b. c om / events/16079 FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Sat., May 27, 8-9:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12115 Park Ave. S. There are no dues, fees, or weigh-ins at FA meetings. Membership is open to anyone who wants help with food. Price: Free. Info: (253) 310-8177; www.foodaddicts. org HURRICANE JUNIOR GOLF TOUR: NORTH SHORE GOLF COURSE Sat., May 27, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. North Shore Golf Course, 4101 Northshore Blvd. Northeast The mission of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour is to accommodate the ladies and gentlemen of junior golf with an extraordinary experience in a competitive environment. Price: Member $249 Nonmember $299. Info: (206) 452-8177; hjgt.bluegolf.com/ bluegolf/hjgt17/schedule/ hjgt/index.htm
ARGENTINE TANGO ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS CLASS Sun., May 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Backstreet Tango, 3505 S. 14th St. You will learn the basic elements for this wonderful dance by a certified professional instructor. Dancers can start on any Sunday. No need to wait for the start of another series. Ages: 16 with guardian and up. Price: $10 per class, 8 classes for $40, 10 classes for $70. Info: (253) 304-8296; backstreettango.com CHURCH TOUR Sun., May 28, 12 p.m. St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1001 North J St. Join us on a tour — a tour of Saint Patrick Catholic Church. Meet at the church entrance for a docent-led tour of the beautiful sanctuary. Price: Free. Info: (253) 383-2783; saintpats.org MORE THAN PINK AT TACOMA MALL Sun., May 28, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tacoma Mall, 4502 S Steele St. Donate $10 to Susan G. Komen and receive a special discount card offering 15-25 percent off one item at participating retailers. Your contribution will help support Komen’s mission to save lives and end breast cancer forever. Price: Donation. Info: (253) 475-4566; www.simon.com/ shop-support-save LEMAY VALVE COVER RACES Sun., May 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. LeMay Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. East Enjoy a fun afternoon at the races. Build and race your own valve cover cars. Race check in: 11 a.m. Races begin: 1 p.m. Ages: Open to all ages. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-2336; www. lemaymarymount.org/lemayvalve-cover-races
BIBLE DISCUSSION - THE BOOK OF REVELATION Mon., May 29, 1-2 p.m. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S. 12th St. All are welcome for a discussion of the Book of Revelation, led by Pastor Martin Yabroff of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. No background required. Open discussion and practical applications. Price: Free. Info: (253) 564-4402; saintandrewstacoma.org TEE-OFF FORE TROOPS Mon., May 29, 8 a.m. Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course, 9600 Veterans Dr. S.W. Tee-Off FORE Troops is a charity golf tournament Monday, May 29, to benefit Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide a safe space for veterans to rehab through the game of golf. Ages: All ages. Price: $99 per person. Info: (253) 589-1998; www.teeoff-fore-troops.org GRIDIRON GLORIOUS WEEKEND IN TACOMA Mon., May 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave. Spend an adventurous holiday weekend in Tacoma and be here for the opening of the spectacular multimedia experience, Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ages: All ages. Price: $24. Info: (253) 798-3500; www.washingtonhistory.gov MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE Mon., May 29, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. War Memorial Park, 6th and McArthur Memorial Day activities will begin at 11 a.m. with instrumental music performed by a military band. The program will include a color guard, rifle salute and the traditional laying of wreaths. Ages: All ages, ADA accessible. Price: Free. Info: (253) 472-3728; tacomahistory.org LINE DANCING Tues., May 30, 6-8 p.m. Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 South Tacoma Way Beginners and intermediates can get on the dance floor for fun and exercise in this seven-week program. Beginners meet on Tuesdays, intermediates on Thursdays. Price: $45 for seven-week session. Info: (253) 383-3900; funtimelinedancing.com HISTORIC OLD ST. PETER’S CHURCH Tues., May 30, 10-11 a.m.; 5-5:40 p.m. St. Peter’s Church, 2910 N. Starr St. Tacoma’s first and oldest church, St. Peter’s (est. 1873,) invites you to experience holy communion every Sunday at 10 a.m. (Sunday School). At 5 p.m., we offer compline services the 1st and 3rd Sundays and evening prayer all others. Ages: all ages. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-4406; www. oldstpeters.org
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TACOMA MOUNTAINEERS Tues., May 30 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Catholic Community Services, 1323 S. Yakima Ave Tahoma Center Gallery is presenting photographs of cities, shorelines, starlit nights, deserts and mountains, and floral still lives from the Tacoma Branch of the Mountaineers. Price: Free. Info: (253) 502-2617
BOOST YOUR BODY IMAGE: CONFIDENCE AT ANY SIZE CLASS Wed., May 31, 7:15-8 p.m. Lean Body Lifestyles, 711 St Helens Ave, Suite 201 Re-boot and repair your relationship with your body. It is possible to love your body, independent of how much you weigh, or what number appears on the labels of your clothing. Ages: 18 and older. Price: $295; for 6-class sessions, workbook and private Facebook group. Info: (253) 678-5403; www.leanbodylifestyles.com/events.html
EXOTICS @ ACM SEDUCTIVE SUPERCARS Tues., May 30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. LeMay – America’s Car Museum, 2702 East D St. Seductive Supercars will focus on the crème de la crème of exotic cars that embody the world’s best designs, technology and performance. Ages: All. Price: $10$18 children 12 and under free. Info: (253) 779-8490; www. americascarmuseum.org
GUEST ARTIST SERIES TOWN OF STEILACOOM Wed., May 31, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Steilacoom Community Center, 2301 Worthington St., Steilacoom Marcy McPherson, a member of Pacific Gallery Artists, will be showing her watercolor, collage and mixed media art at the Steilacoom Community Center Gallery. Price: Free. Info: (253) 581-1076
MIKE’S MOVIE RIFF OFF Wed., May 31 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Acme Tavern, 1310 Tacoma Ave. S. Galaxy of terror, A movie night where you berate, mock and interject on the classiest trash cinema has to offer. All you need is a phone capable of texting, your wit and your comments will appear live on the movie. Ages: 21+ Price: No cover. Info: (253) 5036712; www.facebook.com/ events/193507334492121/
BROADWAY FARMERS MARKET Thurs., June 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Broadway Farmers Market, 921 Broadway Come for lunch and shop for dinner at the Broadway Farmers Market. Our farmers provide the freshest food around and the most beautiful bouquets for that special someone. Ages: All ages. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-7077; www. tacomafarmersmarket.com
STRETCH & UNWIND CLASS Wed., May 31, 8-8:45 p.m. Lean Body Lifestyles, 711 St. Helens Ave, Suite 201 This 45-minute class is a great way to unwind at the end of the day, and to improve the connection between your mind and your body. Price: $60 for monthly pass; or $20 for drop-ins. Info: (253) 678-5403; www.leanbodylifestyles.com/events.html
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BOXING 101 CLASS Thurs., June 1, 7-7:45 p.m. Lean Body Lifestyles, 711 St Helens Ave, Suite 201 Boxing 101 is a great introduction to the fundamentals of boxing workouts. You’ll learn simple, challenging and fun movements that will improve your physical fitness, clear your mind and release stress. Price: $20 drop-in rate; $60 for a monthly pass. Info: (253) 678-5403; www.leanbodylifestyles.com/events.html
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NOTICES TO: Donna Joseph and Eugene Joseph Case Name: A., A Case Number : PUY-CW-CW-2017-0010 Nature of Case: Child/Family Protection PetitionADJUDICATORY HEARING SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF HEARING A Child/Family Protection has been filed regarding the above-named child. YOU ARE HERBY SUMMONED to personally appear before the Children’s Court of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians for a FORMAL ADJUDICATORY HEARING and date, time and location below: DATE: July 6th , 2017 TIME: 10:00 am LOCATION: 1451 EAST 31ST ST., TACOMA WA 98404 At the formal adjudicatory hearing the petitioner must prove that the allegations raised in the child/family protection petition are more likely true than not and that the best interests of the child will be served by continued Court intervention. The Court will either find the allegations of the child/ family protection petition to be true or dismiss the child/ family protection petition, unless continued to allow the presentation of further evidence. If you do not respond to the petition within 20 days or appear for the formal adjudicatory hearing, the Court may find you in default and enter a default order of child/family protection and order necessary intervention and appropriate steps you must follow to correct the underlying problem(s). 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. A copy of the Petition and Advisement of Rights is available at the Court Clerk’s office. You may call Puyallup Tribe Children’s Services for more information about your child. The telephone number is 253680-5532. DATED this 5 day of May 2017 For more information, please call the Puyallup Tribal Court Clerk at 253-680-5585. TO: Albert Comns Jr. Case Name: Y, W Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0042 Nature of Case: Guardianship of a Minor Child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition has been filed asking the Court to appointed the above-named Petitioner(s) to be guardian(s) for T-S JR, P, a minor child under PTC 7.12 (Guardianship of Minors Code). YOU ARE SUMMONED to appear at a guardianship motion hearing in this Court on the Puyallup Indian Reservation at: DAY: Monday DATED: July 10th , 2017 TIME: 2:30 PM LOCATION: 1451 EAST 31ST ST., TACOMA, WA 98404 The guardianship hearing is private and closed. Only those persons the Court finds to have a legitimate interest in the proceedings may attend. The Court will hear testimony to determine whether guardianship is in the best interest of the child and the Tribal community. The Court will consider all guardianship reports submitted for review. All parties shall be given the opportunity to contest the factual contents and conclusions of the guardianship reports. Any party may file recommendations regarding the guardianship with the Court at least 10 Calendar days before the hearing. You also have the following rights before the Court: 1. The right to be present before the court; 2. The right to present written and oral testimony; 3. The right to subpoena witnesses; 4. The right to submit relevant evidence to the Court for consideration; 5. The right to counsel at our own expense and effort; the court has a list of attorneys who are admitted to practice before the Puyallup Tribe; and 6. The right to appeal a final decision in this matter. If you do not appear at the hearing or file a written response to the petition within 20 days from the date of this notice, the Court may enter an order in your absence. NOTICE PURSUANT JUDGMENT
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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 JUDGEMENT GRANTING THE RELIEF SOUGHT IN THE COMPLAINT. Copies of the 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.
NOTICES NO. PUY-CS-CS-2017-0016 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing
NO. PUY-CS-FC-2017-0008 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing
IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON
IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON
Elisa Barlet, Petitioner, v. Jessica Ann Cayou Respondent,
WSFC, Petitioner, v. Laura George Respondent,
The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court.
The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court.
In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing.
In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing.
If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition.
If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition.
This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act.
This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act.
NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for June 28th, 2017 at 9:15 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court.
NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for June 28th, 2017 at 9:45 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court.
Dated May 17, 2017 Kasandra Gutierrez, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1451 East 31st Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585
Dated May 17, 2017 Kasandra Gutierrez, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1451 East 31st Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585
NO. PUY-CS-FC-2017-0006 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing
NO. PUY-CS-FC-2017-0007 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing
IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON
IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON
WSFC, Petitioner, v. Richard Cayou, Respondent,
WSFC, Petitioner, v. Richard Cayou Respondent,
The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court.
The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court.
In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing.
In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing.
If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition.
If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition.
This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act.
This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act.
NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for June 28th, 2017 at 9:30 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court.
NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for June 28th, 2017 at 9:30 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court.
Dated May 17, 2017 Kasandra Gutierrez, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1451 East 31st Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585
Dated May 17, 2017 Kasandra Gutierrez, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1451 East 31st Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585
NO. PUY-CS-FC-2017-0006 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing
NO. PUY-CS-FC-2017-0007 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing
IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON
IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON
WSFC Petitioner,
WSFC Petitioner,
v. Laura George Respondent,
v. Laura George Respondent,
The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court. In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing. If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition. This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act. NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for June 28th, 2017 at 9:30 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court. Dated May 17, 2017 Kasandra Gutierrez, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1451 East 31st Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585 TO: Albert Comns Jr.
TO: Albert Comns Jr.
Case Name: A, E
Case Name: T-S JR, P
Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0041
Case Number: PUY-G-JV-2014-0040
Nature of Case: Guardianship of a Minor Child
Nature of Case: Guardianship of a Minor Child
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF HEARING
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition has been filed asking the Court to appointed the above-named Petitioner(s) to be guardian(s) for T-S JR, P, a minor child under PTC 7.12 (Guardianship of Minors Code).
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition has been filed asking the Court to appointed the above-named Petitioner(s) to be guardian(s) for T-S JR, P, a minor child under PTC 7.12 (Guardianship of Minors Code). YOU ARE SUMMONED to appear at a guardianship motion hearing in this Court on the Puyallup Indian Reservation at: DAY: Monday DATED: July 10th , 2017 TIME: 2:30 PM
YOU ARE SUMMONED to appear at a guardianship motion hearing in this Court on the Puyallup Indian Reservation at: DAY: Monday DATED: July 10th , 2017 TIME: 2:30 PM
LOCATION: 1451 EAST 31ST ST., TACOMA, WA 98404
LOCATION: 1451 EAST 31ST ST., TACOMA, WA 98404
The guardianship hearing is private and closed. Only those persons the Court finds to have a legitimate interest in the proceedings may attend. The Court will hear testimony to determine whether guardianship is in the best interest of the child and the Tribal community. The Court will consider all guardianship reports submitted for review. All parties shall be given the opportunity to contest the factual contents and conclusions of the guardianship reports.
The guardianship hearing is private and closed. Only those persons the Court finds to have a legitimate interest in the proceedings may attend. The Court will hear testimony to determine whether guardianship is in the best interest of the child and the Tribal community. The Court will consider all guardianship reports submitted for review. All parties shall be given the opportunity to contest the factual contents and conclusions of the guardianship reports.
Any party may file recommendations regarding the guardianship with the Court at least 10 Calendar days before the hearing.
Any party may file recommendations regarding the guardianship with the Court at least 10 Calendar days before the hearing.
You also have the following rights before the Court: 1. The right to be present before the court; 2. The right to present written and oral testimony; 3. The right to subpoena witnesses; 4. The right to submit relevant evidence to the Court for consideration; 5. The right to counsel at our own expense and effort; the court has a list of attorneys who are admitted to practice before the Puyallup Tribe; and 6. The right to appeal a final decision in this matter.
You also have the following rights before the Court: 1. The right to be present before the court; 2. The right to present written and oral testimony; 3. The right to subpoena witnesses; 4. The right to submit relevant evidence to the Court for consideration; 5. The right to counsel at our own expense and effort; the court has a list of attorneys who are admitted to practice before the Puyallup Tribe; and 6. The right to appeal a final decision in this matter.
If you do not appear at the hearing or file a written response to the petition within 20 days from the date of this notice, the Court may enter an order in your absence.
If you do not appear at the hearing or file a written response to the petition within 20 days from the date of this notice, the Court may enter an order in your absence.
NOTICE PURSUANT JUDGMENT
NOTICE PURSUANT JUDGMENT
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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 JUDGEMENT GRANTING THE RELIEF SOUGHT IN THE COMPLAINT.
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 JUDGEMENT GRANTING THE RELIEF SOUGHT IN THE COMPLAINT.
Copies of the Petition and this summons are available at the Court Clerk’s Office located at 1451 E. 31st St., Tacoma WA 98404
Copies of the 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.
If you have any questions, please contact the Court Clerk’s Office at (253) 680-5585.
The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court. In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing. If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition. This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act. NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for June 28th, 2017 at 9:30 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court. Dated May 17, 2017 Kasandra Gutierrez, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1451 East 31st Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585 NO. PUY-CS-FC-2017-0009 Summons in a civil action And notice of hearing IN THE PUYALLUP TRIBAL COURT PUYALLUP INDIAN RESERVATION TACOMA, WASHINGTON WSFC, Petitioner, v. Laura George, Respondent, The petitioner filed a child support (civil) action against you in the above named court. In order to defend yourself, you must file an answer by stating your defense in writing and filing it with the court and serving a copy on the petitioner within twenty (20) days after the day you received notice of this hearing. If you fail to respond, a DEFAULT JUDGMENT may be entered against you without further notice to you. A default judgment is a judgment granted the Petitioner for what has been asked in the Petition. This Summons in issued pursuant to Section 7.24.090(4.08.100) of the Puyallup Parental Responsibility Act. NOTICE OF HEARING: A hearing on the petition is set for June 28th, 2017 at 9:45 am at the Puyallup Tribal Court. Dated May 22, 2017 Kasandra Gutierrez, Clerk of the Court Puyallup Tribal Court, 1451 East 31st Street Tacoma, Washington 98404 (253) 680-5585
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