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over for Savage, who had revived the employee. During a recognition ceremony on July 23, Tababa, Savage, Perea and Mendoza-Jackson were honored for acting quickly and saving the life of a fellow employee. During a recognition event to honor the efforts of these standout employees, officials presented the casino’s first lifesaving award to each one involved in the incident. “The Emerald Queen Casino is honored to have employees who are not only able to recognize a serious situation, but who chose to respond and show such care and concern for a fellow employee,� the casino said in a statement. “The actions of Marcelino, Curtis, Steve and Wendy all contributed to the survival of the injured employee. With pride, the EQC Safety Department recognizes these employees for going above and beyond the call.�
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Thanks to the quick thinking and skills of four Emerald Queen Casino employees, a potentially tragic incident ended well on May 28 when they discovered an employee on the ground and unresponsive. When his co-worker Marcelino Tababa, groundskeeper in the facilities department, heard a loud noise and noticed the employee had collapsed, he immediately called for help, as plumber Curtis Savage and maintenance worker Steve Perea responded. When Savage realized the injured man had no pulse and was not breathing, he administered CPR while Perea stabilized the man’s head. Sitting in her first-floor security shed, Wendy Mendoza-Jackson noticed the commotion and immediately called for additional help. Security and medics arrived within minutes and took
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READY AND ABLE. From left, Steven Perea, Curtis Savage, Marcelino Tababa, and a co-worker standing in for Wendy Mendoza-Jackson, were recognized for their efforts in saving the life of their co-worker, Charles (kneeling).
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concluded that a sports complex would succeed. The city had opted to spend $7,500 on a preliminary study for the Milton Edgewood Chamber of Commerce rather than for a full report since much of the questions were answered in previous reports. The chamber’s original Lodging Tax funding request was for $45,000. A second application is now being drafted for the remainder. The city’s lodging tax fund totals about $557,000 a year and funds tourism-related and marketing activities that range from the Fife Historical Society, Harvest Festival, the Daffodil Festival and float and membership in the Tacoma-Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau. “$37,000 is not necessarily a lot of money to give to one project, but it really depends on the project,� Fife’s Marketing Specialist Laurel Potter said. Fife’s LTAC members will gather all funding requests and provide the City Council with recommendations, which could then approve the list outright or remove some funding requests or send the list back for further review. A new state law does not allow the City Council to change the amount of the funding recommended by the committee. Sportsplex USA from California prepared the pre-feasibility study and would likely do the work of the full study if the request is approved. The initial study concluded that there is strong support from the
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community and its leadership for a sports complex in Fife and that there is a need for a facility of this sort in the Puget Sound. A sports complex within Fife would have great freeway access, be located close enough to Seatac International Airport to draw outside athletes but also be located close enough to local users for more predictable sports events. Fife, however, lacks mid and higher end hotel rooms that are sought after by traveling athletes. Troubles with the area’s rainy weather would be solved by installing
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synthetic turf on the playing surfaces as a way to maximize the days of use. “Ultimately, the pre-feasibility study recommends that a full and comprehensive feasibility study be prepared given the sizable investment necessary to construct a tournament quality sports complex,� the city report stated. The sites listed as potential locations for a sports complex are along Levee Road, one at the corner of 45th Street and 70th Street, a Freeman Road site and a patch of land along Frank Albert Road.
From now through Monday, Aug. 5, Museum of Glass will be holding the second annual Fuel Their Fire online auction in support of the museum’s Visiting Artist Program. Bidders have the unique opportunity to sponsor an artist for a five-day residency in the Hot Shop. Bidding takes place online at www.biddingforgood.com/ museumofglasswa. “Fuel Their Fire directly connects donors to a program which is pivotal to the artist’s creative exploration. With financial constrictions lifted and access to our world-renowned team of three glassblowers for five days, artists experience unparalleled freedom to experiment and explore,� notes Susan Warner, executive director of Museum of Glass. This year bidders can select from the following artists: Rik Allen, James Carpenter, Dan Dailey, Tammy Garcia, John Grade, John Kiley, Donald Lipski, Sibylle Peretti, Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles, Richard Royal, Therman Statom and Akio Takamori. Winning bidders will receive recognition on the Museum’s website and in the Hot Shop during the residency, a piece created during the residency and the option to attend a private lunch or reception with the artist. Bidding begins at $5,000 and continues in increments of $500. Over the past 11 years, the Museum has hosted over 300 artists from 17 countries. Live stream of the Hot Shop annually reaches 93 countries and has over 55,000 viewers.