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NETWORKING. (Left) U.P. business owners network and get to know each other at a recent Partner UP event at Bridgeport Place, a local retirement home. (Right) Earlier this year, the ribbon was cut and the doors officially opened for Summit Floral. Pictured here (from left) are U.P. Council Member Caroline Bellici, Summit Floral owner Mary Anne Kourtney, U.P. Mayor Javier Figueroa, U.P. Council Member Denise McCluskey, and Patty Mannie with the West Side Branch of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce.
U.P. BUSINESS SURVEY INDICATES STABILITY AND SATISFACTION
THE RESULTS OF A UNIVERSITY PLACE SURVEY AIMED TO MEASURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SATISFACTION IN THE CITY GIVES A POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND A RECORD HIGH SATISFACTION OF SERVICES RENDERED BY THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PLACE. By Carolin Jones carolin@tacomaweekly.com
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bout 20 percent of licensed businesses in University Place responded to a survey to help the city’s Economic Development Office get an idea of business within the city and feedback regarding programs offered by the city. Participants were asked to share data that serves as a waypoint for the shifting nature of firms in the city, and a perspective for future strategic economic development. The results indicate a growing economy
“In the next five years, we have some development in our major commercial areas that have just been waiting to happen.” – MARIZA CRAIG City Director of Economic Development and Assistant City Manager
and high satisfaction with the services available from the city, as businesses plan to remain and expand in University Place. From the companies that responded, 79 percent are planning to expand their
U.P. NORTH END STREETS GETTING THEIR DUE
workforce within the next two years. “We want to make sure that the services we are providing are relevant,” said City Director of Economic Development and Assistant City Manager Mariza Craig. Based on the
LOCAL CHURCHES BAND TOGETHER FOR COMPASSION WEEKEND
results, a vision for upcoming programs like a potential workforce program to aid businesses in finding workers is next on the agenda for the Office of Economic Development. A positive surprise that Craig and Economic Development Specialist Becky Metcalf encountered when reviewing the results was the high satisfaction with services offered by the city, as 91 percent of respondents reported that they are “satisfied” and “very satisfied” with the available resources. That is the highest reported level of satisfaction yet. “It may be because we improved our outreach,” said Craig. “We have monthly u See SURVEY / page 9
CONTROLLING CRIME TAKES EVERYONE DOING LITTLE THINGS
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The facelift of the streets at the north end of University Place is shaping up. Soon Bridgeport Way, 27th Street and Mildred Street will be fully outfitted with sidewalks, bike lanes, street lighting and landscaping, making these streets safe and inviting for all users. These projects have been part of a major effort by the city to improve the north end of town. Since University Place became a city, over 30 miles of sidewalk and bike lane improvements have been added to city streets. Until recently, however, most of this work was focused south of 27th Street. Many residents and business owners of the north end of town wondered when it would be their turn and made numerous requests to City Hall. In response to these requests, the city aggressively sought grant funding to make these improvements possible. This effort paid off and the city was able to obtain 12 separate federal and state grants totaling over $9 million. u See road work / page 3
On Oct. 8 and 9, Fircrest Presbyterian (1250 Emerson St.) and Redeemer Lutheran Church (1001 Princeton St.) joined together to share in a Compassion Weekend that included 12 different community service projects, three of which were local to the University Place community. The groups made cookies for the local fire and police departments, as well as the employees at the University Place library. At the same time, a group cleaned up litter around Emerson Street and Thelma Gilmur Park. The third local project involved donating more than 150 pounds of food and 30 pounds of produce from the local church garden to the Families Unlimited Network. Approximately 100 people participated in the event, which included a gathering of all for a worship service and dinner as a closing on Sunday evening. This is the fourth year the churches have got together for a weekend of community service, and will be far from the last. “The pastor at our church, when this started, was brothers-inlaw with the pastor at Redeemer Lutheran. [Redeemer] had done one by themselves and then we decided we would try it together, and we
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CRIME. University Place Public Safety Manager Jennifer Hales tells students that small changes at a house, such as trimming back bushes and using motiondetecting lights, can make a residence less attractive to burglars. By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@universityplacepress.net
Crime isn't usually random. Criminals often know their victims, or at least see them as easy targets by them not being aware of their surroundings. University Place Public Safety Manager Jennifer Hales says the top crime-prevention tip residents can follow has nothing to do with security systems or personal defense training. It has to do with simply trusting their instincts. If something seems weird, something likely is weird. Call the police. To highlight the concept of “trusting your gut,” she showed Youtube clips of Gavin de Becker, the author of “The Gift of Fear,” talking about how intuition works and how denying that intuition could be harmful. The crime consultant and author said one of the biggest mistakes people make is dismissing u See CRIME / page 9
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Beware of tweakers in Tacoma prowling around houses. That’s how Dennis Herron and another man got busted last August when an alert neighbor called police about suspicious DAVID ROSE characters behind a home at 11710 Vickery Ave. E. “These are people that go out, they have drug habits and they supply their drug habits by stealing from others,” said Pierce County Det. Ed Troyer. Court documents show police found a bag of meth on Herron, who now has a warrant for his arrest after not showing up to court. The 25-yearold has been charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and criminal trespass. "It's obvious that he supplies his
drug habit by doing burglaries and stealing from other people, so we want to get him caught as soon as we can,” said Troyer. Herron also has an active misdemeanor warrant for making a false or misleading statement to a public servant. The case serves as a good lesson to Pierce County residents worried about property crime. "When you see people who are suspicious in your neighborhood and they're not supposed to be there, give us a call. Maybe it's nothing, but a lot of times it is something. Unfortunately, with property crimes the way that they are, we can use all the help we can get from the public,” said Troyer. Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to Herron’s arrest. He is five feet, nine inches tall and weighs 135 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Call the hot line anonymously at 1 (800)
Police Blotter UNIVERSITY PLACE POLICE A burglary was reported in University Place. The victim later called 911 and said he saw a subject carrying his wife’s purse near Narrow’s View Intermediate. Police responded and got into a foot chase with the suspect. He was captured and was found to be armed with a loaded Glock that was stuffed in his waistline. The suspect was identified as a multiple repeat offender who also had four felony warrants for his arrest. The suspect cooperated and was turned over to the Sheriff’s Proactive Property Crimes Unit. He went on a ride along with them and showed them 13 locations that he has burgled recently. He described his method of operation and what he looks for before burglarizing homes. He led them to an apartment where a stolen handgun was recovered. He also described how he sold the stolen guns and from whom. Twelve firearms were stolen during these burglaries, including two AR15 battle rifles. The Proac Unit is working this backward now trying to recover the weapons. Because of the trafficking of the firearms and the suspect’s prior felonies, ATF is looking at the case as well. The suspect was booked into the Pierce County Jail. Police responded to St Claire Hospital regarding a stabbing victim. A Tacoma resident was contacted who reported that earlier that night he was walking to an apartment complex on Hannah Pierce Road West. He said he was looking for an apartment that his friend was staying at. He only knew the first name of his friend and did not have a phone number or apartment number for his friend. He said a group of three to four males approached him and began to attack him with punches. His gold bracelet was taken by the suspects before the victim was able to fight them off and flee on foot. He made it back to his residence where his girlfriend discovered he was bleeding heavily from his armpit. UP Police reported the wound
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was six inches long and very deep. A victim of a vehicle prowl called police to his residence. The victim reported that his loaded 9mm Ruger handgun was stolen sometime overnight from the center console of his vehicle. The victim said he accidentally left his vehicle unlocked.
FIRCREST POLICE Officers assisted University Place Police with a report of a vehicle being stolen from the victim’s carport. The suspects drove away while officers were responding to the call. The vehicle was spotted, and a felony stop was conducted on the 1800 Block of Wilton Road. The stolen vehicle was occupied by five individuals. The individuals were subsequently detained and taken into custody. Officers responded to a burglary on Columbia after the victim left his garage door open all night. The victim realized the next morning that someone had stolen his compressor, sprayer and clamps from inside his garage. Officers responded to an attempted suicide that occurred on the north side of town. The victim had ingested several pills that belonged to her mother. Officers arrived on scene and determined that the victim had taken the pills about an hour prior to police arrival. Fire responded to the scene and transported the victim to Mary Bridge Hospital for treatment. The department is coordinating the Washington Special Olympics Red Robin “Tip-A-Cop” event that will be taking place Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Red Robin located at the Tacoma Mall. Law Enforcement Officers from Fircrest, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, Tacoma Police Department, DuPont Police Department, Fife Police Department, Steilacoom Police Department, and the Ruston Police Department will be volunteering their time to raise awareness and money for Special Olympics of Washington. Several Special Olympic athletes from Fircrest and University Place will attend. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m.
UNSOLVED HOMICIDES Tacoma Police detectives need your help to identify the suspect(s) responsible for the murders of Terry Northcutt and Voravangso “Two” Phanmama. At approximately 1:00 a.m. on Friday, October 14th, 2016, witnesses reported hearing gunshots outside Voravangso Phanmama’s house, located in the 3600 block of Portland Ave. E. in the City of Tacoma. Responding officers discovered the bodies of victim Terry Northcutt and Voravangso Phanmama in the yard of the residence; both victims were deceased from gunshot wounds. Detectives are looking for information on any suspicious persons or vehicles seen near Voravangso Phanmama’s house on the night of Fridays at 10:30pm on
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COUNTY EXEC TAPS ABSHER-LED TEAM FOR CHAMBERS BAY DEVELOPMENT
After a comprehensive review that included significant community input, Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy has selected Chambers Bay Development, LLC as the group to design, build and operate the Chambers Bay Resort in University Place. As a result, county officials will begin the process to negotiate a development agreement. “We’re pleased to have had two outstanding proposals to consider and are delighted to move forward with Chambers Bay Development,” said McCarthy. “While both proposals had very strong elements, the internal review committee found in Chambers Bay a cohesive partnership with a track record of success.” Chambers Bay Development, LLC, includes a number of Pacific Northwestbased partners: Absher Construction, Tom Douglas, Columbia Hospitality and GGLO. The team also includes KemperSports, the current Chambers Bay golf course management company. McCarthy noted that while Chamber Bay Development was ranked first in the selection process, should the parties fail to reach an agreement the County would be interested in working with Valiant Washington. The $45 million proposal from Chambers Bay Development includes a boutique hotel, golf clubhouse, meeting
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and event space, a spa, a 200-seat Tom Douglas restaurant and bar, a public plaza and enhanced trails. The suggested Phase 2 and Phase 3 elements will not be included in the development agreement. “As local developers, we are committed to creating a clubhouse and resort that fulfills the county’s needs, expands public use of the park and is financially successful,” said Dan Absher, managing member, Chambers Bay Development. “We look forward to working with the
county’s team to execute their vision for the resort through collaboration, passion for the site and project, and commitment to the community.” Chambers Bay Development’s proposal adheres to the county’s vision for the resort, which includes: • Compares with facilities found at championship-caliber golf courses; • Compliments the golfing experience at Chambers Bay; • Takes advantage of the unique natural
PAY IT FORWARD – IT’S FOR THE BIRDS Mother Nature provides the human race with a vital ecological gift – birds! The majority of the human race does not realize the tangible value of birds, yet it would be reckless to underestimate how tough life would be without them. We have a moral responsibility, therefore, to look after them. Although birds are a critical part of our animal kingdom, they also provide a symphony for the senses that ranges from a rainbow of colors to a chorus of sounds, all of which grace us with a sense of serenity. The Tahoma Audubon Society provides a means for those who want to “Pay it Forward” to our friends, the birds. We advocate and lobby for the protection of birds; we educate, so that others can understand the tangible benefit of birds; and we provide “experiences” so that all members of our communities can share in the gentle joy that birds provide to the human race.
When we think of giving, the words altruism or philanthropy often come to mind. Both refer to an ethical doctrine that claims that individuals are morally obliged to benefit others – to provide goodwill to humanity. I believe people are dedicated altruists at heart. They are willing to give because they know it will help others or the environment, even at times when the act of giving can be difficult. And although we normally think of generosity as pure and noble, in the end, our generous thoughts and actions often make us feel good, too. I encourage you to be part of the Audubon family. We would appreciate your financial support towards the Audubon mission and its efforts to preserve and share the joy of birds with our entire community. Javier Figueroa is Mayor of the City of University Place and a member of the Tahoma Audubon Society Board of Directors. A Vietnam Veteran, Javier served 12 years in the U.S. Army. He has also served as a U.S. Delegate to the 1993 Climate Change Conference, including work with The White House on Environmental Policy. He was technical lead and co-author of the “Washington State Home Energy Rating System Business Plan.”
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BEAUTY. American Robins can be seen just outside Tahoma Audubon’s offices at the Adriana Hess Wetland Park in University Place (2917 Morrison Rd W).
t Road Work From page A1 These projects have been a priority for local business owners as well. More than $400,000 has been contributed to these projects by local property owners. Jack Ecklund, the Director of Engineering with University Place, shared, “It is the strong support we have received from our local property owners that has really helped us be so successful in getting grants for these north end projects.” This success in grant funding has resulted in the recent flurry of construction activity. Many residents have wondered why so much is happening at once. “Getting the grants is only half the battle,” Ecklund says, “and the other half is making sure we deliver and complete the projects by the time required by the grants,” which in this case has resulted in the overlapping of construction. Although, this work has resulted in some inconvenience for those traveling along these corridors, progress is being made and the end is in sight. The Mildred project is nearing completion, the Bridgeport work will be completed early next year, and the improvements to 27th Street between Bridgeport and Mildred will be finished by spring 2017. The final phase of the north end work will begin early next year with a project that will provide sidewalks, street lighting and landscaping to the south side of 27th Street between Grandview and Bridgeport.
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qualities of the site; • Prioritizes and integrates with other public amenities on the site; and • Supports the ability of the site to host a national golf championship. No Pierce County funds will be used to design, build or operate the resort. The county will realize income from leasing the property to the developers and both the county and the City of University Place will receive tax-related revenues. The selection of Chambers Bay Development, LLC, follows a public outreach effort that included an Open House at the Environmental Services Building that attracted more than 250 attendees and a Town Hall at Bates Auditorium. In addition, the county used social media channels to solicit feedback on the two proposals via online comments at the site created to keep the community well-informed. “The input and feedback we received was helpful in ensuring the community’s priorities and preferences were kept in the forefront of the decision-making process,” said Tony Tipton, director, Pierce County Parks and Recreation. “We are excited to move forward in this next step in reclaiming a former gravel pit.” The negotiated development agreement will be subject to approval by the County Council due to the anticipated length of the property lease.
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PUYALLUP TRIBAL IMPACT Supporting the Economic Growth of Our Community
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Federal, regional, state and local leaders gathered with the Puyallup Tribal Council last spring to officially cut the ribbon on the Tribe’s new state-of-the-art Salish Cancer Center (SCC) in 2015. Joining in on the event were (back row from left): former Fife Mayor Tim Curtis; former Congressman Norm Dicks and Puyallup Tribal Council Vice-Chairman Larry LaPointe; (front row from left) Puyallup Tribal Council Members Marguerite Edwards and Sylvia Miller; Puyallup Vice-Chairwoman Roleen Hargrove; Senator Maria Cantwell; Puyallup Chairman Bill Sterud; Gov. Jay Inslee; Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen; Congressman Denny Heck; and Puyallup Tribal Council Members David Bean and Tim Reynon.
The most urban of Native American tribes, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians continues to be a critical component of the South Sound economy. As Pierce County’s sixth largest employer, a donor to a broad range of charitable organizations, and a major funder of housing, roads, education and environmental projects, the Puyallup Tribe stands as a model for taking care of not only its own membership, but sharing its wealth
among the broader community as well. The Puyallup Tribe is one of the largest employers in Pierce County. With a payroll of more than 3,100 people that work in the Tribe’s businesses, government, economic development corporation, school, and health and housing authorities – approximately 70 percent of whom are non-Native – employees enjoy competitive wages and benefits.
In 2015 the Tribe spent over $491 million. This spending supports communities by providing good wages and generous benefits to individuals, and through purchases of goods and services from local suppliers, vendors, contractors, construction companies and more. From sponsoring local charities, non-profit organizations, social welfare projects and events that may otherwise
suffer or cease to exist, to protecting the environment, funding crime prevention, city improvement projects and healthcare, the Tribe maintains its commitment to honoring its destiny as “the generous people,” the meaning of the Tribe’s very name “Puyallup.” In the following pages, you’ll read more about what a valuable community partner the Puyallup Tribe of Indians is to the region and the state.
PUYALLUP TRIBE SUPPORTS AREA NON-PROFITS Spirit of 12 Partners, Toy Rescue Mission, Emergency Food Network, Northwest Harvest, Toys for Tots and Tahoma Indian Center all gifted with major donations During the 2015 fiscal year, the Puyallup Tribe contributed more than $2.5 million from its charity and general funds into the local community with donations to various key charities and organizations. These generous donations will go a long way in helping these organizations to continue their vital efforts in the communities they serve. “It is truly humbling to know that there are so many people in need,” said Puyallup Chairman Bill Sterud. “I feel immense joy in us having the ability to take care of those who need it most. We, as tribal members, know what it is like to grow up with nothing. It gives us all great joy to make someone’s Christmas happier than it would have been otherwise.” “The donations we made ensure the vitality of the people in our community,” said Puyallup Vice Chairwoman Roleen Hargrove. “It is critical to ensure families and community members, suffering from long or short-term setbacks, that they have resources available to get them moving forward in life. The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is not unfamiliar with difficult times. We relied on the support of our community organizations not long ago and it is of great honor that we, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, are able to pay it forward.” SPIRIT OF 12 – PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Founded in 2004, the Spirit of 12 Partners program embodies the Seattle Seahawks’ commitment to the Pacific Northwest community and its fans. The Puyallup Tribe gifted the Spirit of 12 Partners with $550,000 to help it continue its mission. This gift to the Spirit of 12 Partners is the largest since its inception in 2004. At every home game, Pacific Northwest youth service organizations partner with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Seahawks fans to raise funds for kids’ programs. These non-profit partners include YMCA of Greater Seattle, Treehouse (for foster children), Rainier Scholars, Boys & Girls Club of Washington State Association and Camp Fire Snohomish County. As Spirit of 12 Partners, members of community-based nonprofits distribute the Seahawks Gameday Magazine, keeping 100 percent of the proceeds that are then matched by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. In 2014, more than $527,000 was raised in the Spirit of 12 Partners program and more than $3 million in total funds since 2004. Grant programs advance the areas of arts and culture, poverty alleviation, economic relief, education and scientific research. “In the old days, in our aboriginal language, we were known as the S’Puyalupubsh, meaning ‘generous and welcoming behavior to all people (friends and strangers) who enter our lands,’ said Vice Chairwoman Hargrove. “It is with great pride, and boundless excitement, that the Puyallup Tribe of Indians will be supporting the Seattle Seahawks Spirit of 12 program. We hope that our donation of $550,000 is able to advance community programming and create innovative opportunities for children and families throughout our state. The Spirit of 12 program not only generates diverse outlets for personal success, but continues to advance the human spirit. The Puyallup Tribe of Indians humbly thanks the Seattle Seahawks for their steadfast efforts, friendship, and dedication to our community. GO HAWKS!!” TOY RESCUE MISSION Tacoma’s Toy Rescue Mission received $100,000 for its work
to refurbish and recycle gently used toys for disadvantaged children and seniors in care facilities while providing meaningful volunteer opportunities for the young at heart. Not only does the Mission make birthdays, Easter and Christmas bright for children and seniors, its way of recycling toys is environmentally friendly too. At Christmas time, the mission typically serves more than 125 families a day starting around Dec. 2. In total last year, the mission served 11,152 children and seniors, 7,000 of those in December alone. The mission provides for children’s birthdays throughout the year and is at its busiest at Christmas, Easter and back-to-school time. Serving the South Sound for more than 20 years, the Toy Rescue Mission is nearly 100 percent volunteer run and receives no state or federal funding, nor is it affiliated with DSHS or any other state agency. Toy Rescue Mission Director and Board President Martha Davis said the Tribe’s donation is the largest one the Mission has ever received, and she was floored to receive it. “I was in a state of shock to be honored in such a way that I can continue serving the children of Tacoma,” she said. That the donation came at Christmastime, the Mission’s busiest time of year, is the icing on the cake. “We have already served nearly 900 families in eight days and I still have until Dec. 23. I wonder each day how many families will be coming in and if I have enough stuff, and now I don’t have to say no.” NORTHWEST HARVEST A longtime supporter of Northwest Harvest, the Tribe gave $50,000 to this organization, in keeping with generous donations of years past. Northwest Harvest is Washington’s own statewide hunger relief agency. Its mission is to provide nutritious food to hungry people statewide in a manner that respects their dignity, while fighting to eliminate hunger. Northwest Harvest’s vision is that ample nutritious food is available to everyone in Washington State. “We are so grateful for our ongoing partnership with the Puyallup Tribe in feeding hungry people statewide,” said Northwest Harvest CEO Shelley Rotondo. “Their most recent gift of $50,000 at Home Team Harvest puts the Tribe’s total contributions to Northwest Harvest at more than $1 million, which is over four million meals since 2005. With their ongoing commitment to strengthening the community, the Tribe’s most recent generous grant shows respect and concern for all of our neighbors in need. This is especially helpful since the demand for nutritious food continues to grow at a time when donations are down, yet one in five children in Washington are at risk of going hungry. The Tribe’s gift truly makes it possible for us to work toward our goal of ending hunger.” TAHOMA INDIAN CENTER Tahoma Indian Center received $100,000 to enhance its services to assist Native individuals to overcome their barriers to permanent housing, employment and self-sufficiency in a loving, protective environment. A program of Catholic Community Services, the Center serves 1,100 Native people a year free of charge, including serving 50-55 midday meals five days a week. It provides individualized and tailored case management to assist in accessing
support resources, offers free laundry facilities and acts as a mailing address for more than 250 people. Native cultural and spiritual ceremonies and social activities are held there as well. Through the Bridges Village housing program, 10 permanent and supportive housing units are available for Native families who have experienced homelessness. Among the many ways in which the donation will be used, the Center will expand its housing search and rent assistance programs, increase staff hours to provide more direct assistance, build a wheelchair ramp and reinforce stair railings (individuals in wheelchairs are currently carried up the stairs). “It’s an awesome, humbling gift. It will really make a huge impact. This donation will allow us to save Native lives,” said Program Manager Steve Gallion. “That’s the most important thing we can do.” EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK Emergency Food Network (EFN) received $100,000 to assist in its efforts to provide Pierce County with a consistent, diverse and nutritious food supply so that no person goes hungry. EFN partners with 73 food banks, hot meal sites and shelters, providing them with food at no cost to them or their clients, which are the homeless, unemployed, working poor, elderly, children and military. EFN maintains an eight-acre farm in the Orting Valley and has just started farming it year round. In 2014, EFN distributed 15.3 million pounds of food and accommodated 1,421,417 client visits, with 6,626 of these visits made by Native Americans. EFN was able to distribute 17 percent more food in 2014 than in 2011, keeping pace with the 11-percent increase in need in the community during that same time period. “It was like Chanukkah and Christmas all rolled into one,” said EFN Executive Director Helen McGovern-Pilant, noting that this donation is the highest EFN has ever received since it began in 1982. “It was totally unexpected, an amazing, generous gift and another way the Tribe reaches out to take care of their neighbors in need.” TOYS FOR TOTS Again this year, the Puyallup Tribe helped Toys for Tots with its blessed mission to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to about 50,000 less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. At Christmastime 2015, the Tribe gifted $50,000 to the Tacoma/Pierce County Toys for Tots effort so that area children would not be disappointed during this most joyful season of the year. Toys for Tots also includes older teenagers who desire more grown-up type gifts but are overlooked by donors focused on young children. “Without the generous donation from the Puyallup Tribe, many kids in specific age groups would not have received gifts this year Christmas morning,” said Pierce County Sheriff’s Detective Ed Troyer, the local Toys for Tots coordinator. With the Tribe’s donation added to the support Toys for Tots receives from across Pierce County, the local Toys for Tots mission will continue to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community.
For more information about the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, visit www.puyallup-tribe.com.
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF SHARED HOUSING SERVICES
HELPING HAND. Homeless youth in Pierce County between the ages of 13 and 24, like the client pictured at left, are getting help to secure housing and stability in their lives thanks to generous people opening their homes to the youth. Housed in the Schneebeck Building (right), Shared Housing Services (SHS) offers many programs. Some of its staff was invited to attend a panel recently with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro (standing center in middle photo); to the left are SHS Youth Host Home Case Manager Leigh Lindstrom, SHS Program Coordinator/Housing Specialist Amy Klippert, SHS Executive Director Mark Merrill, and three associates from the children’s advocacy organization The REACH Foundation on Castro’s right.
SHArED HouSING SErvIcES SEEkING to END youtH HomELESSNESS YOUNG ADULTS STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS ARE OFTEN A GROUP
OVERLOOKED, BUT A TACOMA-BASED SHARED-HOUSING ORGANIZATION IS FIGHTING TO END THE PATTERN AND MATCH HOMELESS YOUTH WITH LOCAL HOME PROVIDERS. By Carolin Jones carolin@universityplacepress.net
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group especially vulnerable to the dangers of homeless living is youth. Unaccompanied youth and young adults between the ages of 13 and 24 without a legal guardian constitute about 5 percent, or 90 people, from the roughly 1,800 homeless persons living in Pierce County according to a recent Community Connections study. Tacoma's nonprofit organization Shared Housing Services aims to reduce and prevent homelessness by connecting the homeless population to stable housing and the individuals with resources to become self-sufficient. In 2013, the organization developed the Youth Host Home Program aiming to get young people off the streets and into a home. Shared Housing began partnering homeless kids with caring community members that opened their home and provided a spare room. “The goal is to house unaccompanied youth with high barriers and place them in a home-sharing situation, and give them
a place to live while we assist them with their educational and career goals,” said Amy Klippert, Youth Host Home Program coordinator. In partnership with Associated Ministries and The REACH Center (Resources for Education and Career Help), the Youth Host Home Program connects homeless youth, youth in shelters and homeless domestic violence survivors with individualized case management that matches them with the best housing fit for their situation. “People confuse it with foster care, but it's actually very different. We help our young adults to be as self-sufficient as possible,” said Klippert. The program is aimed to prepare the youth for self-sufficiency within a year, with homeowners acting as mentors along the way. “The biggest challenge is finding home providers. People don't understand what kind of support we can provide for them,” says Klippert. After hosting international students, and being open to the idea of a new roommate, Pierce County resident Jennifer did know that she wanted to make a
difference in someone's life. Through the program, a match with a young woman was made. “I feel like it's a win-win. I am helping someone get started with their life as an adult, and she fits right into our family,” she said. Turning her son's old bedroom into a new home for someone in need was Jennifer's way of "giving back to the community.” After receiving a brief training regarding self-care, quality mentorship, conflict resolution and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Jennifer (last name withheld for confidentiality) met her family's new addition and is now helping with tasks like building a budget. “It's what I would do for my children; it's what I would do for any of my friends,” she said. “We have a goal to get youth housed within 30 days, and as of now we've housed all of our participants in under 30 days,” Klippert said. She hopes that the program will continue to grow and families or individuals with a spare room will consider providing the extra space. Both parties will receive a background check to ensure a safe environment for
everyone, and weekly check-ins guarantee the success of the program and a positive experience for home providers and youth. “These are people that might have not come from the same background to be open to hearing their story without judging who they are or where they are in their lives,” Jennifer said. “This program is out to end chronic homelessness. They are interrupting a pattern that could become chronic for someone.” Klippert is hoping that people open to shared living spaces and taking the challenge of being a mentor will reach out to Shared Housing Services to get connected with a young adult in need of a haven. Home providers will receive a stipend to cover monthly rent. Anyone that doesn't have space or time is welcome to contribute through monetary donations, donating hygiene products, bed sheets and towels or volunteering for any of the home-sharing programs. Any individual or family interested in hosting a young adult is encouraged to reach out to Shared Housing Services at (253) 272 1532 or www. sharedhousingservices.org.
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SPORTS
DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS
GEARING UP FOR BIG PLAYOFF RUN By Justin Gimse jgimse@universityplacepress.net
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inning a state high school championship in any sport is quite the accomplishment. In fact, it is a rare thing for a high schooler to be part of a title team. With a limited amount of time in high school, it takes quite the combination of skill, timing and luck for any team, in any sport, to put together the sort of winning season that ends with the big trophy. Once all the cheering has ended, the role of a champion takes on a new meaning once the seniors from that team have graduated and moved on. When the new season begins the following year, the returning players and new additions must battle through a gauntlet of games as the reigning and defending state champions. No matter who the team is playing, they will know from opening whistle to the final second of their season, that they have a huge target on their back for every single team they play. Quite frankly, a win over a defending state champion can make an average, mediocre or poor team’s entire season worthwhile. This is the crown that the Curtis Vikings volleyball team currently wears, and as the 4A defending state champion, they’ve witnessed foes bring their “A-game” against them every single night. While the Vikings returned much of their 2015 championship team, there were still four spots to fill due to graduating seniors, and for a sport that fields just six players on the court at one time, that’s no small task.
When Curtis traveled out past South Hill to face the Emerald Ridge Jaguars on Monday, Oct. 17, there was no question as to just how big the game was going to be. The last time the two teams faced each other was on Nov. 14 at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, and it was for all the marbles. Both squads had clawed their way through an exceptionally difficult 4A state volleyball field to square off for a title. The two teams put on a show, as the match extended to four close games with Curtis finally overcoming their league and district rival by a score of 25-21, 25-18, 18-25, and 25-20. Not only had the Vikings edged Emerald Ridge for the South Puget Sound League (SPSL) championship, but they would go on to defeat the Jaguars a total of four times during the course of the season. Emerald Ridge would have to settle for a second-straight state tournament runner-up finish, but it was now a new season and a clean slate. With the new-look 4A SPSL at nine teams this season, a 16-game home and away setup wasn’t going to work any longer, so teams were only going to face each other once in the regular season. There is going to be no second chances this season if your team drops a game to a league foe. All of this combined to make the game environment between Curtis and Emerald Ridge absolutely electric when they met for their lone regular season tilt. When the final whistle blew, it would end up being a whole lot of deva vu for both teams as Curtis came away victorious in three straight games that were nothing short of furious. The two teams looked about
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REIGNING. Curtis senior Emma Estigoy hammers a spike past a leaping Miranda Haag of Emerald Ridge. Estigoy landed the final point of game three to sew up a sweep at Emerald Ridge on Monday, Oct. 17. Curtis wraps up the regular season with a home match against Graham Kapowsin on Monday, Oct. 24.
as evenly matched as you could be during the first set, with both teams trading big hits, exceptional digs and stiff resistance at the nets. In the end, Curtis would take a 25-22 victory in game one. With no team gaining a lead of more than a couple of points, the next set was nearly a carbon copy of the first as Curtis again edged Emerald Ridge for a 25-22 win in game two. You could almost smell the playoff intensity in the air as the third game began. The look of
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determination was set like stone on the Emerald Ridge players’ faces, and it was obvious that they weren’t going to see this contest come to a close without putting it all on the line. The only problem for the Jaguars was the intensity emanating from the other side of the net as the Vikings answered each and every Emerald Ridge push and run. Twice, it really felt as though the Jaguars had swung the momentum in their favor and were bound to put some points together and grab a win. In a
remarkable show of resiliency in the face of a loud, away crowd, the Vikings never wavered and just kept on doing what they do best. With the game three score knotted at 20-20, it was still anyone’s game. The teams traded points up to 22-22 and then Curtis junior Kasey Woodruff took over service. Woodruff would deliver an ace for a 23rd point, and then a defensive block at the nets by senior Abie Cole and Katie Yorke pushed game three to match point. A big hit by senior Emma Estigoy closed out Emerald Ridge’s hopes for the final point and the Vikings celebrated another win over their rivals. Curtis wraps up their regular season with a home match on Monday, Oct. 24 against Graham Kapowsin. The Vikings currently sit in third place in the 4A SPSL, behind Puyallup and Bellarmine. There is still an outside shot that Curtis could claim a share of the league title, but Viking head coach Michael Miller has his team already looking toward the league tournament that begins on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at various sites, and he knows that each and every team they face from here on out will be itching to knock off the reigning state champions. “Going into this game, I knew this was going to be a true test of the season to see if we’ve continued to grow as the season has went on,” said Miller. “I’m looking to the league tournament. If we can finish up in the top-three and take it one match at a time, we’ll have a nice seed into the district tournament. It is lonely at the top, but every year is a new year and we’ve got to look at it as one match at a time.”
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ReP. KilmeR meets with UbeR dRiveRs By Derek Shuck derek@universityplacepress.net
One of the biggest innovations of the new-teen’s decade has been the creation of Uber, a ride-sharing service that pays qualified citizens to act as a driver for those who need a lift from one place to another. Representative Derek Kilmer met with a group of drivers with a military background to understand the effects the service has on the county, and the people that populate it. Kilmer, an experienced Uber user, spoke to the drivers about their experience with the company in an informal roundtable discussion on Oct. 13 at the STAR Center to not only give Kilmer a view of how the service works, but also to give him a view of how he could support the burgeoning business model in Congress. “It was interesting to hear the number of people who have a military background who have now pursued this as an economic opportunity. The other real takeaway is to the extent in which the flexibility of hours is alluring for people who are looking
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CARPOOl. Representative Derek Kilmer (center) met with Uber employees and drivers on Oct. 13 to discuss the service's impact on the country.
to drive Uber. For me, those are the two biggest takeaways,” Kilmer said. The group of six drivers who live in
the Pierce County area spoke to Kilmer about what he could do to help out drivers in the area, including getting
business licenses for multiple cities and easier access to military bases. While answers to these problems are far from guaranteed, Kilmer took the time to listen and promised to look into it. For the drivers’ part, they all had a story, most having to do with how Uber either supplements income from a primary job or has become the sole source of income for the family. The flexibility of the hours allowing them to work as much as they need to is another plus. “Whether they intended it to be or not, it has become a stop gap for all the people who have been displaced by loss of job, or are unable to get a job with their degree – illness, injury, it doesn’t matter what. Rather than being a drain on the economy, they can contribute to it through this,” driver Laura Kittel said. In all, the conversation allowed Uber drivers to communicate with one another about the service in the Pierce County area, as well as communicate with Kilmer about how the relatively new service is working legislatively.
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really enjoyed it; it allowed us to get together a bit and is a way to give back to a community, so we continued to do it together,” Fircrest Presbyterian organizer Sylvia Gentili said. The food drive serves the Families Unlimited Network, a local food bank in U.P., and the drive predates the collaboration. “We’ve been doing [the food drive] for a long time year round. There was an extra effort to collect food for this particular project; we’ve had a garden for the last couple of years so we also donated produce from that this year,” Gentili said. The cookies project was an important one to take on for the group, and included cards from kids in the churches as a way to support the safety the firefighters and police bring, and the education the library employees bring. “We just wanted to say thank you for all that they do in the community. We really want them to know that we value them,” Gentili said. The process of cleaning up a road is new this year, but was successful with pounds of litter being picked up. “New this year, we decided that we would clean
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seRviCe. Fircrest Presbyterian and Redeemer Lutheran churches Compassion Weekend on Oct. 8 and 9 saw both of the churches baking cookies for U.P firefighters, police officers and library workers (left) as well as cleaning up Thelma Gilmur Park (right.)
the Emerson street area and down in the gully – sometimes a lot of trash gets in there, between Emerson Street and [Thelma Gilmur Park]. We collected about
10 pounds of litter,” Gentili said. The project weekend is not only an opportunity to give back to the community, but a way for the two
community, to be of service – serving the Lord by serving other people. It’s not only reaching out to the community, but also people in need. It’s really
churches, located just a few blocks away, to bond with one another. “It really is our philosophy that we want to be reaching out to the
a partnership mission, and we’ve found that has really helped both churches do other things now, too,” Gentili said.
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their intuition as nerves or paranoia only to become a victim, saying, “Know that you think about it…. Your mind will never waste your time.” When it comes to personal safety, the usual tips of staying in well lighted and populated areas are important, but people should also simply be watchful of where people are and to avoid places where someone could hide. But people should also avoid being distracted by phone calls or texts, earphones or other actions. “You are safer when you let it be known that you are an observer,” Hales said. Washington tops the nation in property crimes, and Pierce County ranks high within the state with 7,000 burglaries in 2015. It is on track to at least match that rate this year. One of the causes is that burglars are rarely caught or spend much time behind bars. Only 6 percent of burglars ever get arrested and only a quarter of those convicted spend more than two months in jail because county budgets can’t afford the jail staffing for criminals who commit non-violent offenses, Hales said. That’s because property taxes increases to fund jails and other county services are capped by a statewide initiative at 1 percent per year. That leaves empty beds in jails with burglars being released early to
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COPS. University Place Police Chief Mike Blair tells Public Safety and Criminal Justice Community Academy students that simply being aware of their surroundings can keep them from being a victim.
control costs. A North Carolina study of convicted burglars concluded that more than 80 percent of burglars were arrested on other crimes within five years of their first conviction and four out of five of them burglarized homes and cars to feed their drug habits. Tips to avoid having a home burglarized include having doors and windows visible from the street by keeping bushes and trees trimmed and having areas well lighted. People should also lock doors and windows, have – and use – alarm systems, keep mail and deliveries from piling up at front doors when residents are away on vacation. But, much like personal crimes, property crimes often can be avoided by simply being aware. People should know who lives around them and what cars they drive and what hours they
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e-newsletters, we've been conducting site visits, and if the economy and businesses are doing well, it generally translates to a high satisfaction.” Roughly half of the businesses in University Place are home-based (53 percent), with storefronts making up the remaining 47 percent, yet both sides were equally eager to participate in the survey and share their insights. A surprising find was that only 56 percent of the responding businesses have an up-to-date website, meaning that they are at risk of losing customers who rely on a web presence. By the lack of a quality website, companies also sacrifice business-to-business interactions by not partaking in commercial transactions conducted on the Internet. “We are probably going to brainstorm and figure out how we bridge that gap in service, whether it's doing
generally work so people can notice a strange car on the street or unusual activity at odd hours. Burglars generally have about three minutes in homes armed with alarm systems. They first generally go to the master bedroom to get jewelry boxes on vanities or in the top drawers of cabinets then they rifle through the main closet for portable safes that they would open later. Burglars then hit the bathroom medicine cabinet for prescription drugs before heading to the living room for cameras, computers and game systems. One way to safeguard against such quick, in-and-out burglaries is for residents to “think like a burglar” and walk around the house to look for access points. A better option is to have a trusted friend or neighbor “burglarize” the house by finding a way to get in and
spending a few minutes looking for expensive items like electronics and jewelry. “That is a great conversation to have,” Hales said. A few technological crimefighting tools residents can use are smart phone apps like Code Red, which provides real-time emergency, community, missing person and severe weather alerts to users within the specific area. The alerts are initiated by public safety officials who use the Code RED community notification system and it works much like a hyperlocal AMBER alert. University Place, for example, issued alerts to 2,700 cell phones in a matter of minutes following the WalMart shooting in 2009. Services such as NextDoor.com allow neighbors to connect about issues, recommendations or concerns along their streets as do neighborhood-specific Facebook groups. (Editor’s Note: Staff writer Steve Dunkelberger is attending the seven-week University Place Public Safety and Criminal Justice Community Academy class and will highlight the issues facing law enforcement officers and communities along the way. The Fife Police Department meets with homeowner associations and groups to talk about crime prevention and is looking at broadening those presentations by creating a citizen academy next year for members of the general public. Tacoma Police offer a Community Academy every fall).
special workshops to encourage our business owners or more targeted information. We will try to address it,” said Craig. From all business surveyed, almost half (48 percent) have been part of the University Place community for 10 years or longer, and 89 percent plan to stay in their current location. About 11 percent of business owners plan to relocate to reduce costs or add space, yet Craig remains hopeful for the economic future of the city. “In the next five years, we have some development in our major commercial areas that have just been waiting to happen,” she said, referring to the senior housing developing project, and bringing the private business community together in the town center. “We're always here. Please call us, we are here to connect you with the right location, get you the information you need and help the business community,” said Metcalf, and hopes that existing business and new companies
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Anyone can attend individual courses if they are unable to attend the full academy, which meets from 1-4 p.m. on Mondays at the University Place Police Headquarters, 3609 Marketplace West, Suite 201. Other courses include: Basic Defensive Firearms from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 25; Advanced Defensive Firearms from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 26; and Emergency Preparedness from 6:308:30 p.m. on Nov. 1. Contact Jennifer Hales (253) 798-3141 to reserve a spot in the classes or with questions. Safe Streets will hold a Neighborhood Safety Patrol Training from 10 a.m. to noon on Nov. 5 at Camp Curran Boy Scout Camp, 13220 50th Ave. E., for community members interested in making a change in their community by joining the Safe Streets Neighborhood Patrol Program. The program is comprised of residents who walk and drive the streets of their neighborhood looking for suspicious activities and situations that can attract crime and gangs. More information is available at safest.org.
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Local Support delivered Merriment (and pizza!) at the Senior Center The University Place Senior Center would like to send a big “Thank You” to the following businesses who made donations to the Senior Bingo & Pizza Party held on Wednesday, Oct. 12. ȗ ȗ ȗ ȗ
University Place Refuse University Place Safeway University Place Bartell’s Krista Osborne and Peter Filmer of Windermere ȗ Cutters Point of University Place The seniors had a great time and were appreciative of the prizes they won and the delicious pizza they were able to enjoy!
CITY HALL Office Hours:
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Address:
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UP CITY COUNCIL MAYOR JAVIER FIGUEROA JFigueroa@CityofUP.com | 253.682.7379 MAYOR PRO TEM KENT KEEL KKeel@CityofUP.com | 253.878.8041 COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE WORTHINGTON SWorthington@CityofUP.com | 253.565.4855 COUNCIL MEMBER KEN GRASSI KGrassi@CityofUP.com | 253.278.1946 COUNCIL MEMBER DENISE MCCLUSKEY DMccluskey@CityofUP.com | 253.878.8039 COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS NYE CNye@CityofUP.com | 253.878.8042 COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLINE BELLECI CBelleci@CityofUP.com | 253.878.8040
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DEFENSIVE FIREARMS CLASSES
Please join University Place Police Deputy Dan Hacker for free classes regarding defensive firearms. This will be a classroom setting, where the students will not do any actual firearms handling. It is recommended that students are 12 years of age and older. The Basic Defensive Firearms class covers topics such as firearms safety, use of force, law and liability, alternatives to firearm use and basic handgun control and manipulation. Do NOT bring firearms to class. Class size is limited.
ȗ Time: 6:30–8:30 p.m. ȗ Where: UPPD, 3609 Market Place W, Suite 201
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CLASS
Please join University Place Police Deputy Dan Hacker for a free Emergency Preparedness class. Deputy Hacker will use his over 20 years of experience to cover topics such as: ȗ Why prepare? ȗ What to prepare for?
ȗ When: Tuesday, Oct.25
ȗ Ways to prepare?
ȗ Time: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
ȗ How to prepare for both short term and long term emergencies?
ȗ Where: UPPD, 3609 Market Place W, Suite 201 The Advanced Defensive Firearms class covers topics such as the importance of advanced training, the types of advanced training, hazards of advanced training, advanced handgun manipulation, defensive firearm tactics, preparing your mind for combat, and post shooting etiquette. Do NOT bring firearms to class. Class size is limited. ȗ When: Wednesday, Oct. 26
Get the answers to any questions you might have and get a practical plan so you can get started. ȗ Date: Tuesday, Nov. 1 ȗ Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m. ȗ Location: UPPD, 3609 Market Place W, Suite 201 If you would like to attend any of these classes, R.S.V.P. by calling 253.798.3141.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TIMES MONDAY, NOV. 7, 6:30 P.M. Regular Council Meeting
ȗ 2017/2018 Proposed Budget Public Hearing All items listed are tentative; please refer to the city’s website at www.CityofUP.com for the most up-to-date information. All City Council meetings are held in the Town Hall meeting room, Windmill Village, 3715 Bridgeport Way, at 6:30 p.m. on the 1st & 3rd Mondays of the month. Changes to meeting times and locations are posted at City Hall, University Place Library and at www.CityofUP.com or you may contact the City Clerk’s Office at 253.460.2510.
COMMISSION/COMMITTEE MEETING TIMES THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 7:30 A.M. Economic Development Commission
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 7 P.M. Planning Commission
THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 6:30 P.M. Parks & Recreation Commission
All meetings are open to the public. Contact the City Clerk’s Office at 253.460.2510 to confirm times, for more information and meeting locations.
COMMISSION VACANCIES Commissioners are citizens who, through their volunteer efforts, play an integral role in the growth and development of their city. Citizens serving on the City’s Commissions apply their unique knowledge and experiences to the issues and the needs of their city and then create ideas, identify resources and make recommendations toward fulfilling the Council’s Vision. Applications are currently being accepted from citizens interested in serving on the following commissions: ȗ Economic Development Commission
PIERCE COUNTY DISTRICT 4 CANDIDATE FORUM IF YOU MISSED THE CANDIDATE FORUM ON OCT. 18, VIEW IT DAILY ON UPTV! CHANNELS: CLICK! 12 OR COMCAST 21 TIMES ARE LISTED AT CITYOFUP.COM HOSTED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
ȗ Parks & Recreation Commission ȗ Planning Commission ȗ Public Safety Commission - Youth Application deadline is Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Forms are available on-line at www.CityofUP. com, and at City Hall. For more information contact the City Clerk’s office at 253.566.5656.
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SAVE THE DATE
MARKET SQUARE
1ST FRIDAY IN DECEMBER
Treat Our Young People to a Safe Halloween
5 P.M.
HOME-BASED BUSINESS HOLIDAY PARTNER UP It’s hard to believe, but pumpkins and black cats will soon be replaced by lighted trees and candy canes. So please make a note to attend the HomeBased Business Holiday Partner UP on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Civic Building atrium. Meet the owners of local businesses that operate from their homes and see how their products or services make great holiday gifts. The event is free and those who complete a card indicating a visit to all of the vendors will be eligible for a drawing to win one of several prize baskets. Businesses participating in the event include: ȗ Pencil Point Arts
ȗ Dog House Publishing
ȗ Sonia’s Designs
ȗ Smiley’s Custom Creations
ȗ Holloway Home Maintenance
ȗ Cushman Enterprises
ȗ Windell Photography ȗ Scrumpalicious Novelty Bakery Arts ȗ Classy Custom Embroidery
ȗ Barker Estate Sales
ȗ We Speak Medicare
ȗ Red’s Classy Vintique
ȗ Anar Health Plan Services, LLC
ȗ The Able Body Fitness
The city’s Economic Development Department encourages you to shop local this holiday season. The Home-Based Business Holiday Partner UP is an opportunity to learn more about many of U.P.’s businesses that operate from home and offer a wide variety of goods and services, including unique hand-crafted items. There are still a few spaces available for home-based businesses in U.P. that would like to participate in the event. For more information, contact Becky Metcalf at 253.460.5442.
Halloween is just around the corner and the U.P. Police Department reminds motorists to take it slow, especially in neighborhoods and on side streets without sidewalks. If the roads are wet, visibility can be even more challenging, so be alert for excited—and distracted— youngsters who may dart out from between parked cars. Parents are also encouraged to remind their little goblins about: ȗ NO ZIG-ZAGGING: Encourage your kids to “trick or treat” up one side of the street and down the other. Do not zig-zag across the street. When it is time to cross, make sure they always stop and look before venturing into the street. ȗ KEEP IT LIGHT: Find ways to incorporate reflective material on the front and back of costumes. Make sure masks, capes and other crime-fighting accessories don’t interfere with your trick-or-treaters’ ability to see and walk safely. Have a supply of batteries on hand for flashlights they can take with them to see sidewalks and walkways better. ȗ STAY LOCAL: Children should trick or treat in their own neighborhoods and only approach houses with porch lights on. They should be home with
their loot by 9 p.m. ȗ GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT: Remind your children to wait until they get home to sample their goodies, so that you can inspect it (and perhaps grab one of your favorites, too!). The Police Department also reminds parents that children who are too old to have a parent accompany them are probably too old for trick-or-treating. Traditionally, juveniles commit many of the criminal mischief acts on Halloween. The night is supposed to fun, but there is nothing fun about property destruction. Be sure children understand that anything that could be deemed punishable if they were caught crosses the line of fun. And as a reminder, stealing candy is robbery and punishable by law. If you witness suspicious or criminal activity, call 911 immediately. You can also call the non-emergency line at 798.4722 to report concerns about speeding vehicles in your neighborhood. Take a minute to remember what Halloween was like when you were a kid…and then do everything you can to make sure today’s youngsters can also enjoy the fun in a safe and welcoming way.
Construction Updates MILDRED – REGENTS TO 19TH Improvements: This project will provide new sidewalks, bike lanes, street lights and landscaping along both sides of Mildred between Regents Blvd and 19th Street. New transit stop and transit signal improvements to be provided. Anticipated Completion: November 2016 Status: All utility and sidewalk work has been completed; driveway, street patching and lighting to be completed before the end of October, landscaping to be complete in November. BRIDGEPORT – 27TH TO 19TH Improvements: This project will provide new sidewalks, bike lanes, street lights and landscaping along both sides of Bridgeport Way between 27th Street and 19th Street. A right turn lane will be provided at the northwest corner of the Bridgeport and 27th Street intersection in front of Walgreens. The water main along will be replaced/upgraded. The traffic signal at 27th Street will be upgraded to match the
other signals along Bridgeport. Anticipated Completion: February 2017 Status: Water main upgrade has been completed; sidewalk, driveway and street patching to be complete in November; lighting and signal work anticipated to be complete in January; landscaping to be complete in February. 27TH STREET/REGENTS – BRIDGEPORT TO MILDRED/67TH Improvements: This project will provide new sidewalks, bike lanes, street lights and landscaping along both sides of 27th Street/Regents Blvd between Bridgeport Way and Mildred/67th Avenue. The water main along will be replaced/upgraded. A new signalized crosswalk will be installed between Cascade Place and Rochester. Anticipated Completion: April 2017 Status: Water main upgrade will be complete by the end of October; sidewalk and driveway work to be complete in February; lighting and signal work anticipated to be complete in March; landscaping to be complete in April.
REGIONAL RECREATION PROVIDERS & PROGRAMS At the end of 2016, the City of University Place will be closing its Recreation Department. This closure will affect youth and teen sports, as well as Recreation and Senior Center programming. To help serve your recreation needs in the future, the list below has been compiled for your use. These lists are not to serve as endorsements, nor are they all-inclusive or exhaustive. You are encouraged to check them out as possible choices for your future recreation needs.
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KIDS IN BUSINESS: A DAD AND DAUGHTER TALK ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP By William Manzanares william@universityplacepress.net
With fall having arrived and school now back in full swing, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to get kids interested in business – how to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in young people starting at the earliest age possible. Myself, I was engaging in business transactions going back to grade school when I opened a “store” in my bedroom to sell candy bars and such to my elementary school classmates. It started me on a path of self-employment that remains strong to this day. To further explore this topic, I sat down recently with my 13-year-old daughter Vanessa, who interviewed me about business, and I learned a lot from her point of view, just as she picked up a few pointers from me. My hope is that parents and teachers will share this article with the young people in their lives and get a conversation started about all the options available for youth to achieve a satisfying and rewarding future for themselves. My daughter started with the basic question: Vanessa: What is business? William: Business is all around us. If you look around, everything has gotten to where you’re at because of business – the shoes on your feet, the sweatshirt on your back – everything around us is business. It’s all about trading services. If someone is good at making a shirt, they trade their time for money to provide that service. Vanessa: What would make someone want to get into business? William: You get to be your own boss, create your own hours and you get to make money. Vanessa: How do you start a business? William: To start a business, you have to first solve a problem. What problem are you trying to solve? The answer to that question could very well be the basis for your own business – you have to be able to provide a good service, like a lemonade stand. Someone has to be thirsty to want to buy lemonade from a lemonade stand. Would you set up a lemonade stand on a rainy day? Vanessa: No. William: When would you do a lemonade stand? Vanessa: On a hot, sunny day. William: Why is that? Vanessa: Because they’re thirsty. William: Yes, so you’re solving a problem, and you have to pick the timing so that the timing is right. Would you sell ice cream in the winter? Vanessa: No. William: The ice cream man comes around the summer, right? That’s because it’s hot and you want ice cream. That’s what we mean by solving a need – you have to solve the need at the time someone needs it. Vanessa: How do you make your business unique from others? William: That’s the thing – other businesses already have things created, but there is room to improve on what they are not making or what they may lack in their service. Like McDonald’s and Burger King – they both sell burgers, but they’re different kinds of burgers. Would you agree? Vanessa: Yes, but then you look at Wendy’s, Five Guys, In-N-Out… How do you make another different burger? William: You have to be different and set yourself apart. What do you know about Five Guys? Vanessa: Their burgers are big… William: …and they have homemade fries, right? That’s what separates them. And they don’t have a drive-through – you walk in. They have a different theme and different look. Vanessa: What do you say to those kids out there wanting to make their own color changing T-shirt company, for example? William: For every kid, you have to start learning basic money skills. Where would you say kids go to get money? Vanessa: Their parents. William: And what happens when their parents say no? Vanessa: Then you have to find your own way – sell something at a yard sale, a lemonade stand… William: I had the fortunate situation of being where my parents couldn’t just hand me money. And I’d see other kids getting brand new stuff and I didn’t get brand new stuff. Instead of sitting back and saying I wish I would have this or that, it made me think of creative ways to come up with money, and I knew I had to go make it. So I think parents shouldn’t just give their kids money – they should ask their kids what they could do to earn it. Vanessa: There are plenty of kids out there who want to do stuff, but their parents say no. Say their kid wants
KID POWER. Vanessa Manzanares (right) and dad William (left) talk a lot about her future and that of other kids her age, with self-employment being as viable an option as becoming a doctor or lawyer.
to grow up and own a vape shop and their parents say no. You can’t make your kid do something they don’t want to do when they’re older. You want to let your kid do what they’re best at and once they get older, they’ll realize what’s good for them. You can’t push them to make them someone they’re not, like a doctor or lawyer. William: I think that’s a great point when you say “the best at.” In school when you’re taught something you’re bad at, they say keep working on that because you’re bad at it – you’re not good enough yet. That’s not business. In business, you take what you’re best at and you hire people that are better at the job than you in other areas. In business, you don’t waste your time on what you’re bad at. I do not personally waste my time on what I’m bad at – I hire people to do stuff that they’re good at and that’s the thing I would sum up with business. Say you may be really good at making the lemonade, but you’re too shy to talk to people… Vanessa: …but you’re good at selling it… William: Yes, I’m good at talking to people, but when I make the lemonade, it’s too sweet. And if you started a lemonade stand at a young age, you would learn how many hours it took you to make, say, $5. Would you think a little bit more before you spend that $5 if it took you all day out in the hot sun to earn it? Vanessa: Yes, definitely. William: A lot of time I think parents should not just give their kids money and instead help them find ways to work for it, otherwise the kid will just stop. “Mom says no, Dad says no” and that’s it. Vanessa: Say you got the $5 and you go to Toys R Us and you want a Lego set. You have to think, “I’m going to play with this for 10 minutes then I’ll have to go work in the hot sun again to get $5 because I don’t even want to
play with this toy anymore.” William: Does every one of your friends have an iPhone or Android? Vanessa: Yes. William: And I’ll bet you that some of those parents don’t have all that much money, but every one of their kids has an iPhone. Why do you think that is? Vanessa: Because they want to be connected with their kid whenever they need to call them or text them. William: Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that everyone else’s kid has an iPhone so why can’t my kid have one? Vanessa: That could be. Parents feel that their kid needs to have what other kids have. William: Do kids talk about having to do chores in order to get their iPhone? Vanessa: Not really, just the basics – do the dishes, take the garbage out and keep your room clean. William: But they get paid an allowance for this too? Vanessa: No, I never hear about kids getting allowances anymore. I think it’s just like, “Hey, mom, can I have $10 to go get something to eat with my friends?” It’s not really an allowance anymore – nobody does that. William: Do kids your age in 8th grade talk about what they want to be when they get older? Vanessa: A lot are still deciding. I’ve always had it in my heart that I want to be a heart doctor. I want to stick with that. There are a lot of people who say, “I want to be a race car driver” or “I want to be a veterinarian” but once they get older, they’re working at jobs they hate because they didn’t set their goals high enough to reach. They set their standards low and they kept them low. You’ve got to set your standards high and keep them high.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Halloween in all its forms
Dietz. It is directed by pug Bujeaud and it stars some of the South Sound’s finest actors: Joseph Grant (Van Helsing), Michael Christopher (Dracula), Christopher Rocco (Seward), Jacob Tice (Harker), Jesse Morrow (Mina), Brynn Garrett (Lucy), Brian Wayne Jensen (Renfield), and Jess Allan, Kadi Burt, Ariel Birks, Ethan Bujeaud, and Gerardo Zaragoza as members of the company. For more info: Reach to box office at (253) 272-2281 or visit www.tacomalittletheatre.com.
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Last week, we highlighted the plague of creepy clowns that seemed to have invaded South Sound this month. In order to further diffuse that situation this week, we offer a list of socially acceptable places for wearing those killer clown duds, where locals will be similarly dressed in anticipation for Halloween. Or maybe you'll consider wearing something that's not a trigger for people whose parents let them watch “It” before their little minds could handle that creepy Pennywise guy – a sexy Ken Bone outfit, perhaps. (Yes, that is a thing. Look it up on Amazon.) Whatever you decide, here are a few hot spots where you can pre-funk for the big day, which falls on a Monday this year. (Lame.) FILE PHOTO
Fright house station
When: 7-10 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays, 7-11:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Halloween Where: Freighthouse Square, 2501 E. G St. Admission: $20 to $40 Age limit: All ages Each year, volunteers give a 14,000-square-foot portion of this popular Dome District marketplace a ghoulish makeover – complete with fake blood, guts and cobwebs – to turn it into Pierce County Asylum, one of the area's longest running Halloween attractions. Since last year, the Asylum has been joined by the nearby Haunted Hollow, so visitors are getting two haunted houses for the price of one. A portion of proceeds from these family friendly attractions will benefit Tacoma Adventist Community Services food bank. Come celebrate the Halloween season with this growing tradition. For more info: Visit www.shadowshaunt.com.
night oF the Living W.a.M.
rhythM Fire schooL oF Music haLLoWeen Party
When: 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 Where: Blue Mouse Theatre, 2611 N. Proctor St. Admission: $6 Age limit: 17 and up Sure, you could rent “A Nightmare on
FRIGHTHOUSE. This dashing gentleman resides at Pierce County Asylum, located inside Freighthouse Square.
Elm Street” for the hundredth time to get in the mood for Halloween. Or you could check out this showcase of scary shorts created by local filmmakers that entered the Wait-a-Minute Film Competition. And as if those aren't enough to chill the blood in your veins, the event will wrap up with a screening of John Carpenter's 1978 slasher masterpiece, “Halloween.” For more info: Call (253) 752-9500 or visit www.bluemousetheatre.com.
the haunted theatre
When: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 and 28, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 29 and 30 Where: The Merlino Art Center, 508 Sixth Ave. Admission: $10 Age limit: All ages If you never thought ballet could be scary, (a) you clearly haven't seen Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in that disturbing “Black Swan” flick a few years back, and (b) you don't know what the folks at Tacoma City Ballet have in store for visitors of the Merlino Arts Center this and next weekend. For the eighth annual installment of their family-friendly Hal-
CALENDAR EVENTS TOP PICK: HALLOWEEN WEEKEND WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE Fri., Oct. 28, 7 p.m. University Place Civic/ Library Atrium, 3609 Market Place W (36th and Bridgeport Way W) Halloween is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate than spending a night with Edgar Allan Poe? Back by popular demand, actor Tim Hoban returns with his one man performance of “An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe” featuring “The TellTale Heart,” “Annabell Lee,” “El Dorado” and, of course, “The Raven!” UP for Arts is sponsoring the performance, which also features acclaimed glass artist Carol Stockdale who will showcase her beautiful fused glass bowls and sculptures. Tickets are available at the door. Price: $15 adults, $5 students and free for UP for Arts members. Free parking available. Info: www. upforarts.org
‘DRACULA’ Fri., Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 23, 2 p.m. Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St. Bram Stoker’s classic novel comes to life just in time for Halloween. This new adaptation restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker’s classic novel to the stage. As Count Dracula begins to exert his will upon the residents of London, they try to piece together the clues of his appearances in a valiant attempt to save themselves from a hideous fate. Rich with both humor and horror, this play paints a wickedly theatrical picture of Stoker’s famous vampire. Ages: Recommended for ages 13 and up. Price: $24 adults; $22 students, seniors & mili-
tary; $20 for 12 and under. Info: (253) 272-2281; www. tacomalittletheatre.com FRIGHTHOUSE STATION Fri., Oct. 21, 7-11:30 p.m. Freighthouse Square, 430 E. 25th St. Tacoma’s longest-running haunted attraction has evolved into an all-new experiment in terror. Ages: Recommended for ages 13 and up. Price: $15. Info: www. freighthousesquare.com LAYZIE BONE Fri., Oct. 21, 8:30 p.m. Jazzbones, 2803 Sixth Ave. Layzie Bone, AKA rapper L-Burna, first came to prominence as a member of the Cleveland outfit Bone ThugsN-Harmony. Ages: 21 and over. Price: $15-$20. Info: (253) 396-9169; www.jazzbones.com
loween production, “The Haunted Theatre: Backstage Tour & Eerie Dances,” the venue will be filled with a spooky cast of characters. Bats, ghosts, monsters and marionettes will pirouette their way around the Jan Collum Ballroom Theatre during this hour-long event. Best come dressed to impress since TCB will hand out awards for best costume after at each performance. For more info: (253) 272-4219 or visit www.tacomacityballet.com.
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When: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, though Nov. 6 Where: Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St. Admission: $20 to $24 Age limit: All ages So how did vampires go from being creepy bloodsuckers that made us scared to go outside after dark to whimpy, glitter-covered pretty boys that hang out in Forks? Lame. Get back in touch with the Beatles of vampire stories as Tacoma Little Theatre puts its spin on Bram Stoker's 1897 horror classic, “Dracula.” The source material is adapted by Steven
When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 Where: Louie G's Pizza, 5219 Pacific Hwy. E., Fife. Admission: To be determined. Age limit: All ages Mission 253 and other bands that have honed their chops at Scott O'Brien's Rhythm Fire School of Music will perform at this rockin' Halloween event. Proceeds will benefit Rhythm Fire, which provides affordable music lessons on the fundamentals of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, violin and singing to local kids. The group has two locations, at 3108 29th Ave. SW in Olympia and 1220 Homann Dr. SE in Lacey. For more info: Call (253) 926-9700 or visit www.louegspizza.com for event details; www.rhythmfireschool.com to learn more about Rhythm Fire School of Music.
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MINA CHOI, ORGANIST Fri., Oct. 21, 12:10-1 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, 310 N. K St. Mina Choi, organist, plays music by Bruhns, Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Bach, Parry and Schumann on the renowned John Brombaugh pipe organ. Price: Donations accepted Info: (253) 383-1569; www. ccptacoma.org BRIDAL CLEARANCE EVENT Sat., Oct. 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adorned in Grace, 3104 S. Union Adorned in Grace will have its “Adorned in Grace” bridal clearance event to help you find that perfect dress for your special day. Price: Free. Info: (360) 888-4921; www. facebook.com/AIGTacoma FANTASTIC BEASTS CELEBRATION Sat., Oct. 22, 1-5 p.m. Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. Harry Potter fans unite for a costume contest, crafts, potion creation, games, reader’s theater, movie screening and more. This program is a celebration of Teen Read Month. Price: Free. Info: (253) 292-2001 LAST CALL COMEDY SHOWCASE Sat, 22, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wingman, 509 1/2 Puyallup Ave. A showcase of local comedians, and perhaps some surprises. Ages: 21+ Price: $5. Info: (253) 256-5240; wingmanbrewers.com NORTHWEST GLASS PUMPKIN PATCH Sat., Oct. 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. McLendon Hardware, 1015 N. Pearl St.
Featuring 2,000+ handblown glass pumpkins crafted by local glass artisans. Wander through a dazzling array of one-of-a kind glass pumpkins in a variety of colors, shapes, sizes and price ranges. Ages: 16 and up. Price: Free. Info: (253) 888-4000; www.mclendons.com FORGIVENESS: LETTING GO & MOVING ON Sun., Oct. 23, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1501 Pacific Ave. S. It is impossible to go through life without feeling harmed or insulted. Unfortunately we injure ourselves even more by harboring ill-feelings toward the ones who have harmed us. Come and discover how to let go and move on. Ages: All. Price: $20. Info: (360) 7547787; www.meditateinolympia.org/tacoma YWCA PIERCE COUNTY LABEL WINE Sun., Oct. 23, 12-6 p.m. Vino Aquino Winery, 4417 Sixth Ave. Stop by anytime during the month of October and purchase a YWCA labeled bottle of red or white wine and the YWCA will receive 15% of your purchase. Price: Free. Info: (253) 272-5511 36TH ANNUAL ARTISTRY IN WOOD SHOW & SALE Sun., Oct. 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Waller Road Grange, 2708 64th St. E. The Northwest Carvers Association presents its 36th annual “Artistry in Wood” juried show and sale at a new location: the Waller Road Grange. Price: $7 (good for both days); free for children under 12. Info: (253) 5311741; www.woodcarvers.org
WHO WILL WIN THE WHITE HOUSE? Mon., Oct. 24, 7-8:30 p.m. University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St. Join political scientist Dr. Michael Artime and presidential historian Mike Purdy for a discussion on the 2016 presidential election. Ages: All ages. Price: Free. Info: (253) 879-3100; www.ups.edu HANDMADE GROUP Mon., Oct. 24, 3-5 p.m. Summit Library, 5107 112th St. E. Do you knit? Crochet? Stitch? Do you like to make things by hand? Would you like to meet other people in the area who make things by hand, too? Or maybe you’ve always wanted to learn. Join us at the Summit Pierce County Library for this free Handmade group. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3321; www.piercecountylibrary.org PLAY TO LEARN Mon., Oct. 24, 1:30-3 p.m. South Hill Library, 15420 Meridian E., South Hill Play to Learn is for those who nurture children 6 and under. Each week’s theme offers individual play, fun group activities, songs and story times for children and adults to enjoy together. Price: Free. Info: (253) 548-3303 VEGAN BOOK CLUB Tues., Oct. 25, 7-8:30 p.m. King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave. Join King’s Vegan Book Club, coordinated by The South Sound Vegan Meetup Group. The book club is open to anyone interested in a vegan diet, vegans and vegan-curious alike. Meets the fourth Tuesday of every other month. Price: Free. Info: (253) 2728801; www.kingsbookstore. com
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MONDAY, OCT. 24
JAZZBONES: Layzie Bone, Mo Thugs, Barz, Cally Reed (hip-hop) 8 p.m., $15-$20
B SHARP COFFEE: Joe Doria Trio (jazz) 8 p.m., $7, AA CULTURA: “Azul Friday” with DJ Mauro and DJ Leo (Latin DJ) 10 p.m., $5-$10 G. DONNALSON’S: Ed Taylor (smooth jazz) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Chapter 5 (dance) 9 p.m., NC KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC REAL ART TACOMA: “Undead” with Anthony Bullis, Project DieSlow, DJ Killer B, Cliffvrd, DJ Thiq James (DJ dance) 7 p.m., $10-$15, AA TACOMA COMEDY: Adam Ferrara (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $18-$24, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: SOB Band (blues) 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 22
THE SWISS: The Phoenix (R&B, dance) 9 p.m., $5-$10
B SHARP COFFEE: The 322 Jazz Collective (jazz) 8 p.m., $7, AA BOB’S JAVA JIVE: Stop Don’t Stop (punk, hardcore) 8 p.m. DOYLE’S: The Cold 102s (blues) 9:30 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: Nancy Erickson (vocal jazz) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA GREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Chapter 5 (dance) 9 p.m., NC JAZZBONES: Sweetkiss Momma, John Hamhock and the Enablers (rock) 8 p.m., $10 KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC LOUIE G’S: Positive Rising, Stay Grounded (reggae) 8 p.m., $10, AA NEW FRONTIER: The Stingy Brim Blues Project (blues) 8 p.m., $5 PANTAGES: Tacoma Symphony Orchestra presents “Classics I: New World Season Opening” (classical) 7:30 p.m., $19-$80, AA REAL ART TACOMA: Chronological Injustice, Jesus Wears Armani, Whythre, Bioplague (metal) 7:30 p.m., $7, AA THE SPAR: Not My Tempo (rock covers) 8 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: “Doug Loves Movies” (comedy, podcast) 4:20 p.m. $22, 18+; Adam Ferrara (comedy) 8, 10:30 p.m., $18-$24, 18+ early show UNCLE SAM’S: Jason Thompson Band (rock) 8 p.m. THE VALLEY: Vanilla, Mr. Blackwatch, Jim Basnight (rock, alternative) 8 p.m., NC
THE SWISS: Chuck Gay (open mic) 7 p.m., NC
DAWSON’S: Heather Jones and the Groove Masters (R&B, soul, funk) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: G’s showcase with Brian Feist (blues) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Rockaroke (live band karaoke) 7 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Tacoma Comedy Academy graduation show (comedy) 7:30 p.m., $10-$16, 18+
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ANTIQUE SANDWICH CO.: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., $3, AA B SHARP COFFEE: Peeled Bananas (comedy open mic) 8 p.m., $5, AA DAVE’S OF MILTON: Jerry Miller (blues, rock) 7 p.m., NC DAWSON’S: Doug Skoog and Brian Feist (blues) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: G’s showcase with Brian Feist (blues) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA JAZZBONES: Girls Night Out (burlesque) 8 p.m., $15-$50 NORTHERN PACIFIC: Stingy Brim Slim (blues) 7 p.m., NC, AA ROCK THE DOCK: Dustin Lefferty (open mic) 8 p.m. STONEGATE: Leanne Trevalyan (open mic) 8 p.m., NC THE VALLEY: Jerry Miller (blues) 7 p.m., NC
DAWSON’S: Tim Hall Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: “Soulful Sundays” (blues, gospel) 8 p.m., NC, AA NEW FRONTIER: Bluegrass Sunday, 3 p.m., NC
Dance Theatre Northwest will perform at the Tacoma Holiday Food and Gift Festival at the Tacoma Dome on Oct. 22 from 12-3:15 p.m. Musical Theatre style favorites along with holiday songs and dance staged and directed by Melanie Kirk-Stauffer, Artistic Director, will be presented. Excerpts from classical ballets “Don Quixote,” “Paquita,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Nutcracker” will also be on the lineup. Featured artists include dancers Neil Alexander, Kathryn Neumann, Oceana Thunder, Philandra Eargle, Madeline Ewer, Gregory Peloquin, Solana Sartain, Olivia Stephen-Jordan, Emma Young, Olivia Estes and vocalists Sydney and Tiger Paulson. In addition to the performances on Saturday, Dance Theatre Northwest will be at booths 1055 and 1056 from Thursday, Oct. 20 to Sunday, Oct. 23. Stop by for information about upcoming performances, this season’s Nutcracker, special events, classes, and more. The Tacoma Dome is located at 2727 E D St, Tacoma, WA 98418, and the performance is handicapped accessible and free with show admission. Dance Theatre Northwest is a 501c-3 non-profit organization, committed to making dance as an important art form accessible to individuals and groups and to assisting future dancers and artists.
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PHOTO LEAD. Kathryn Neumann will be featured in “One Singular Sensation” and “Almost Blue.”
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26
EMERALD QUEEN: Frankie Ballard (country) 8 p.m., $25-$55
DAWSON’S: Linda Myers Band (R&B, blues, jazz) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: James Haye (blues) 7:30 p.m., NC, AA HARMON TAPROOM: Open mic with Steve Stefanowicz, 7 p.m., NC NEW FRONTIER: Open mic, 8 p.m., NC NORTHERN PACIFIC: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., NC, AA STONEGATE: Dave Nichols’ Hump Day Jam, 8:30 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY CLUB: Comedy open mic, 8 p.m., NC, 18+ TOWER BAR & GRILL: Michelle Beaudry (jazz guitar) 4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 27
PANTAGES: Craig Ferguson (comedy) 7:30 p.m., $19-$69
SUNDAY, OCT. 23
THE SPAR: Junkyard Jane (blues, Americana) 7 p.m., NC
DANCE THEATRE NORTHWEST PERFORMS AT THE TACOMA DOME
ANTHEM COFFEE: Live Roots (open mic) 5 p.m., NC, AA B SHARP COFFEE: Marc Harper and the Ground Up Trio (jazz jam) 8 p.m., NC, AA CULTURA: “Ladies Night Out: Halloween Edition” with DJ K-Phi (DJ dance) 10 p.m., $5-$10 DAWSON’S: The Billy Shew Band (open jam) 8 p.m., NC G. DONNALSON’S: John Maxwell (jazz and blues guitar) 8 p.m., NC,AA JAZZBONES: “Ladies Night Halloween Party” with DJ Freshwell (DJ dance) 8 p.m., $6 men, NC women KEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NC TACOMA COMEDY: Gabriel Rutledge (comedy) 8 p.m., $10$16 or NC with costume, 18+ TACOMA ELKS: Casanova (dance) 6:30 p.m., $6-$10
GUIDE: NC = No cover, AA = All ages, 18+ = 18 and older
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CONGRATULATIONS TO DTNW'S JUNIOR DANCE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS Congratulations to the young dancers chosen to be members of Dance Theatre Northwest’s newest junior dance ensemble through recent auditions. These young dancers receive extensive performing experience, group and private training in classical ballet in addition to other dance styles. They perform throughout the area at community arts events, fairs, festivals, in schools, and in formal concerts. Front row left to right: Willow Kirk, Amber Gainey, Annalise, Haley Copeland, Emma Young, Phoebe Holland, Willow Marx, Fancy, Ashlynn Steward, Souza, top row left to right: Kalari Knoll, Nadia Niva, Philandra Eargle, Oceana Thunder, Solana Sartain, Madeline Ewer, Olivia Estes, Gregory Peloquin, Olivia Stephen-Jordan (Not Pictured: Olivia Kudra, Ellice Bledsoe). MASTER CLASS IN CLASSICAL BALLET Soloists Antonina Radiyevskaya and Alexandr Vasilev from The Russian Grand Ballet Theater will conduct a Master Class in Classical Ballet Technique for dancers age 12 through adult on Friday, Oct. 28, at Dance Theatre Northwest Studios at 2811 Bridgeport Way W #24, University Place, WA 98466. Master class fee is $20. Both artists will be performing in “Sleeping Beauty” presented Friday evening at the Pantages Theater. To confirm the time for the Master Class call (253) 778-6534. For more information on Dance Theatre Northwest, visit www.DTNW.org.
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When: 8 p.m. Oct. 29 Where: Temple Theatre, 47 St. Helens Ave. Admission: $20 Age limit: 21 and older The man who put Seattle hip-hop on the map seems to be choosing special occasions for heading to Tacoma in recent years. When he headlined Jazzbones in 2013, it was on the eve of Superbowl 48, and you all know what happened then. This year, he heralds what could be an equally epic Halloween. Expect performances of classic cuts like “Posse on Broadway” and “My Hooptie” and to see
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When: 9 p.m. Oct. 29 Where: Zodiac Supper Club, 745 St. Helens Ave. Admission: No cover Age limit: 21 and older Weird Tigers normally function as a rad Tacoma punk trio; but, according to the announcement for this one, the band “in a semi-bloodless Halloween coup, have seized the means of party production,” and for one night only those guys will be on the wheels of steel – or the laptop or iPhone mixer or whatever – acting as “Tacoma's least favorite dubstep crew.” Huh? Weird, indeed. But let's hope this is a prank and that the trio will come equipped with guitar, bass and drums. For more info: Call (253) 327-1891 or visit www.zodiacsupperclub.com.
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WANTED: Old Post Cards, Photo Albums, Menus, Shipping, Railroad, Airplane Automobile Items, Old Pens, Watches, Costume Jewelry, Quilts, Toys, Musical Instruments, Native American and Any Small Antiques.
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VOLUNTEERS Make Time , Make Connections: Hospice Volunteers Needed CHI Franciscan Hospice and Palliative care is looking for compassionate people interested in honoring those near the end of their life. We are committed in our program to celebrate and support people’s lives all the way until they die. Volunteers can help by taking time to listen to life stories, make phone calls, support a tired caregiver, play someone’s favorite music, run errands, welcome people to our hospice facility, or just hold someone’s hand. Our next training starts Saturday, September 10th at Hospice House. Training includes flexible web-based material along with class room instruction. To learn more and to get started call us toll free at 1-855534-7050 or email us at jamesbentley@chifranciscan.org Volunteer meals on Wheels Driver Seeking a volunteer Meals on Wheels Driver. Delivers frozen meals once a week in the Pierce County area, mileage reimbursement. Must have a clean background check, WA driver’s license, car insurance and food handlers card. Call front desk for more info: 253-2728433 AmeriCorps Opportunity: Employment Case Manager/Job Developer Tacoma Community House is seek an outgoing, enthusiastic, and motivated professional that is passionate about assisting low-income community members on their journey to self-sufficiency. This professional position is responsible for assisting people in need of employment. The case manager/job developer will provide career counseling, employment & training information, job search skills, workshop facilitation, job placement/ follow-up, and referral to other community resources. The case manager/job develop will assist in facilitation of our Employer Ad-
visory Board and will also develop and implement 3 financial fitness events. Contact Arrie Dunlap at (253) 383-3951 or adunlap@ tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information. AmeriCorps Opportunity: Read2Me Program Specialist Tacoma Community House seeks an AmeriCorps member to assist in the Read2Me Program in local elementary schools. Read2Me is a one-on-one adult/ student reading program for struggling first, second, and third grade readers. Duties include recruiting volunteers, producing a monthly tutor newsletter, facilitating bimonthly tutor workshops, tracking attendance for both students and volunteer tutors, researching best practicing best practices for tutoring strategies and tutor training and tutoring a student in each of the four schools. You must be 18-25 years of age at the start date of service (Sep 1, 2016Jul 15, 2017). Contact Karen Thomas at (253)383-3951 or kthomas@ tacomacommunityhouse.org for more information. Great Volunteer Opportunity Make friends, have fun and help seniors with simple tasks. You’ll make a big difference by helping people maintain their independence. This is volunteering, not caregiving. Volunteers must be 55 or older, low income, serve 15 hrs/wk and live in Pierce or Kitsap Counties. Drivers are especially needed. Benefits include hourly tax-free stipend and mileage reimbursement. For information call Julie at Lutheran Community Services, Senior Companion Volunteer Program, (253)722-5686. Food Bank Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank on the Eastside of Tacoma, WA is powered strictly by volunteers. We provide much needed food and other basic household items to people in need on a weekly basis. Being a volunteer driven organization we are always looking for
good people who are interested in donating a few hours of their lives helping make the lives of someone else a little better. Donate as much or as little of your time you want for a wide variety of tasks, there is always plenty to do. If you are looking for a way to be part of something bigger and give a little much needed help to the local community then contact us and we’ll get you started. Please join us in helping to spread a little holiday cheer. Contact 253212-2778. Help furnish hope to those in need! NW Furniture Bank Volunteers needed. “NWFB helps restore hope, dignity and stability in our community by recycling donated furniture to people in need.” Tuesday-Saturday Truck Volunteers Needed- 9:00 am2:00 pm. Truck volunteers ride along in the truck, deliver furniture to clients and make residential and corporate pickups; they are an essential part of the NWFB Team. To volunteer contact us at info@nwfurniturebank.org or call 253302-3868. South Sound Outreach is offering free tax preparation for those who make $50,000 or less. To schedule an appointment call 253.593.2111 or visit our website at www.southsoundoutreach.org. Make a difference in the life of a child! The Northwest Youth Sports Alliance is looking for coaches for our developmental youth sports program. Sports vary by season. Coaches are provided general training and go through a national background check clearance process. For more information, visit www.metroparkstacoma.org/nysa or contact Roy Fletcher, Youth Sports Coordinator, royf@tacomaparks. com or 253.305.1025.
Join us in changing lives! Changing Rein Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies, a nonprofit, offers equine assisted services to differently-abled individuals. Currently the program offers several volunteer opportunities. Our primary need at present is for program volunteers who work with our horses and support our riders in therapeutic and adaptive lessons. Other volunteer opportunities include: grounds maintenance and administrative/clerical work. Must be at least 14 years old to participate. Horse experience helpful, but not necessary. Training provided. For more information contact: Volunteer Coordinator
at 253-370-1429 or volunteer@changingrein.org. The Tacoma Maritime Institute meets every 4th Monday at the Midland Community Center 1614 99th Street East Tacoma WA Potluck at 6:00, all are welcome. Meeting Starts at 7:00. Call 253-5364494 Be a Big Brother! Becoming a Big is a fun and easy way to volunteer in your community and make a BIG difference in the life of a child. There are several program options to fit your schedule and interests, such as meeting your Little at school, going on an outing or attending an agency-planned activity. For more information, visit www.bbbsps.org or call 206.763.9060. INTERVIEWEES FOR A NON-PROFIT PROJECT “MEMORY COMMUNITY” What It Is: We are Memory Community (a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation). The Memory Community Project is a creative service to seniors. Our Goals & Objectives: To create an accessible resource that: • helps our senior citizens tell their stories • connects the young and the old • increases our understanding of those before us who help us be who we are • honors the generations before us and show our appreciation by preserving their memories • All seniors are welcome to volunteer for filming their story! • At most two days of work during daytime – Day 1: pre-production meeting, and Release Form signing Day 2: filming, ideally wrapped within half a day What we’d like you to talk about in the film: Use 10 minutes or so to tell the most memorable story from your life, the lessons that were learned, and the wise words you want to pass along to your children/grandchildren. Compensation: a DVD in which you are the leading character, and a free upload to our website http://memorycommunity.org/ Contact: send your emails to deyung@memorycommunity.org Or call Deyung at 253858-2445 for scheduling a meeting. The filming is free, but donations are appreciated to help the project continue.
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7713 197th St. Ct. E., Spanaway, WA 98387 This completely remodeled, bright, like-new home has 2 Master Bedroom Suites with full baths plus 2 additional large bedrooms AND Loft area which could be 5th bdrm, 2 family rooms on main and 3.5 baths! Open Concept Kitchen with tile island, SS appliances, pantryand maple cabinets opens to family room w/gas fireplace and walks out sliding doors to backyard. Huge master w/walk in closet, coved ceilings, remodeled bath. 2nd master w/full bath, new carpet throughout, located in culdesac with park. (MLS# 1018117)
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17 SALMON BEACH, TACOMA
Better Properties University Place/Fircrest (253) 431-2308 Sergio@betterproperties.com
$309,000
Beautiful turn of the century home, located central to all services. Remodeled 2 stories w/ basement detached oversized 2 car garage, fully fenced, hot tub, nicely landscaped. Interior Floor plan features open concept living w/ spacious formal living & dining, enticing Kitchen w/Quartz counter tops, Shaker cabinets, Farm sink, Stainless Steel appliances, Pantry & Island. Evening brings 4 bedrooms 2 tastefully tiled bathrooms one adjoining. Partially finished laundry area in basement for games & hobbies.
FOR SALE 8424 15th Ave SE, Olympia
CONDOS & HOMES TACOMA 2112 N FIFE ST #8
$1395
$1100
2 BED 1 BATH 910 SF. STUNNING CONDO INCLUDES HARDWOODS, GRANITE COUNTERS, WASHER/ DRYER AND W/S/G IN RENT.
2 BED 1.75 BATH 1123 SF. NORTH END APT HAS LARGE LIVING ROOM, DECK, RESERVED PARKING, WASHER/DRYER AND CATS OK.
LAKEWOOD 8017 CUSTER RD #A3
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3 BED 2.5 BATH 1534 SF. 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOME INCLUDES ALL APPLIANCES, NEW CARPET, ATTACHED GARAGE AND MORE.
2 BED 2 BATH 1023 SF. AMAZING CONDO HAS ALL APPLIANCES, 5 PIECE MASTERS, FRONT PATIO AND GARAGE SPACE.
TACOMA
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760 COMMERCE ST #503
8403 LOCUST AVE E #K3
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2 BED 2 BATH 1249 SF. LAVISH DOWNTOWN CONDO HAS HARDWOOD FLOORS, ALL APPLIANCES AND $65 FOR W/S/G.
2 BED 2 BATH 1100 SF. BEAUTIFUL CONDO HAS EAT IN KITCHEN, WASHER/DRYER, RESERVED PARKING & COVERED PATIO W/STORAGE.
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Completely remodeled w/ over 200k in high end upgrades. 5 offices, private exits, shared executive conference room, kitchen w/dining area, lots of storage, and 15 parking stalls. One office could be used as apartment for out of state clients. ADA Accessible. Mall & 38th Street Exit.
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House for Rent $1100/m 3bed/1bath, 1 1/2 Story, 2017 sq ft Call : 206-214-8538 Tacoma BUSINESS OPP
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Business Opportunity Cafe’/Bakery/Deli For Sale Great Location in University Place Inventory of equipment included Call for More Details Mark 253-405-9607
FEATURED PROPERTIES This 1282 Sq Ft Home is in Perfect Condition inside & Out! It boast 2 Bdrm & 2 Full Baths on Main Floor w/ Open Concept Living Room, Kitchen w/ Large Island & SS Appliances ~ Lower Level includes a Family Room, 3rd Bdrm & Guest Bath & 2 Car Garage ~ Close to all area military bases, Seattle Ferry, West Hills STEM, Silverdale Shopping, SR 16 & WA-3 ~ Schedule appt for your tour today!
$219,000
Incredible, no bank water front gem nestled amongst the intriguing & eclectic community of Salmon Beach. Whale watch from your deck, breathe in sea air year round, & leave your cares behind as you become one w/ nature in this amazing home.
MLS#: 1010544 Area: Brown’s Point Beds: 3 Baths: 1.75 So cool, so functional, so efficient. Entire home heated w/ 1500 watts & a gas fireplace. Heated floors; hickory cabinets; soaring 18 foot ceilings & a stunning custom, old growth staircase & banister are some of the fab details. Huge partially finished upstairs awaits your vision.
$375,000
$595,000
Charming 2 story with covered porch on corner lot. Living room with soaring ceilings, gas fireplace and open spindled staircase. Kitchen with SS appl. , walk in pantry and breakfast bar, open to Family room and Dining area. Slider to patio and fenced back yard. Master with walk in closet and 5 pc bath with jetted tub. additional 2 bedrooms that share a jack and jill bath. Close to schools, shopping and JBLM. 1 year old appliances stay! New roof.
MLS#: 1005622 Area: Point Defiance Beds: 3 Baths: 1.75
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4608 60TH AVE W, UNIVERSITY PLACE MLS#: 963152 Area: University Place
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Beds: 3 Baths: 2.5
Heat/Cool: Forced Air Water Heater: Electric Appliances: Dishwasher, Range/Oven, Refrigerator Interior Features: Bath Off Master, Double Pane/Storm Window, Dining Room, Vaulted Ceilings
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3008 S. 12TH ST., TACOMA 3 Beds, 1 Bath, 1250 SF. Wonderful Victorian home that has easy commute to UPS & is close to Franklin elementary!!! arge covered front porch. ain oor bedroom. Both a living room & family room Large bedrooms. Breakfast bar & loads of storage in kitchen. Newer roof, storm windows, newer hot water tank & furnace. Great Value Fully fenced backyard and paved driveway. Fresh paint inside and o t, new ooring, pdated pl ing electrical, and fully insulated! Plenty of room for your own touches! Super close to 6th Ave! MLS# 832899 $150,000 Carmen Neal, Blue Emerald Real Estate
253-632-2920
BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITIES COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR SALE/LEASE KENT, WA, SANDWICH-TERIYAKI, Same Owners last 20 years, great location, short hours (7:30 AM-3:30 PM) Closed weekends. Price, $60,000, Terms may be possible. UNIVERSITY PLACE-COMMERCIAL ZONED, 27th & Bridgeport Way, Former CPA Office - Real Estate Included, $225,000, Now Vacant. PUB & EATERY - Same Owners last 10 years - Business Price, $200,000, Real Estate Price, $350,000. Profitable Seller Will Sell Business Only & Lease w/Option On The Real Estate. Confidential Sale - Employees Do Not Know Business Is For Sale.
OFFICE BUILDING WITH 6 SUITES, Close to Wright’s Park, ideal for Attorneys or Professional use. Asking Price $519,000, Terms. Suites are price reduction also available for Lease. LONGTIME ESTABLISHED POPULAR RESTR./LOUNGE ON 6TH AVE. Business for sale. $110,000 OR LEASE the space, $149,000 3,300 SQ. FT. for $4,000 Month. another price reduction
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SAME OWNER: BARTENDING ACADEMY OF TACOMA, Since 1959, Very profitable, Training provided.
5440 W Sherman Heights Rd, Bremerton 98312
RICHARD PICTON 253-581-6463 or ED PUNCHAK 253-224-7109 Lisa Taylor 253-232-5626
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