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VOLUME 3 NUMBER 10

The Whole Foodie Issue

In a world where people are seeking to lead a healthier lifestyle, many are turning to growing their own fresh fruit and vegetables. And if you think it is happening exclusively in rural areas, nothing could be further from the truth. In this article

by Jessica Herbig, you will discover tips to creating your own sustainable urban garden. Be inspired as you realize it is not as difficult as you may think. Sustainable urban gardens, it gives a whole new meaning to shopping local!

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Sun Peaks, British Columbia In this article by Dan Aznoff, travel to Sun Peaks, British Columbia as he explores the town that is approximately 300 miles from Seattle. From the powder on the slopes in the winter to the canoes on the waters of McGillivray Lake in the summer, there is something for everyone year round. And with over 2,000 hours of sunshine each year, it is a great place to escape during the gray months of winter. Enjoy and explore!

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Spring Training in Arizona

America’s favorite pastime is coming to the end of yet another season. With the World Series right around the corner, many are disappointed that the days at the ballpark are drawing to a close. But why not look ahead and plan to visit your favorite team at spring training? It’s a tradition that many have done for years and one that offers a chance to see your favorite teams and players up close, not to mention escape to the sun and warmth in March. In this article by Dan Aznoff, you will learn just how to make the most of your spring vacation while taking in all that Major League Baseball Spring Training has to offer!

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PUBLISHER Home of the Brave JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD TURN ON some Sunday football and escape politics for a few hours, the issue of players choosing to sit or kneel during the national anthem has become the leading story. Yes, this is a country where we are blessed with freedom of speech, but I wonder whether people really understand the history behind this practice.

Let’s take a little look into our history books to discover how this patriotic tradition came about.

The year was 1918 and our nation was in the midst of a war. A World Series game was being played between the Chicago Cubs (yes, the Cubs in the World Series!) and the Boston Red Sox. During the traditional seventh inning stretch, the band began to play The Star Spangled Banner. With such distress hanging over our country due to the war, the reaction was one of support. Players and fans removed their caps and slowly began to join in song, erupting in applause at the conclusion of the anthem. From that moment on, all sporting events have taken on the tradition of honoring our military prior to each game. The spirit behind it was never meant to be political; it was a way to demonstrate respect and appreciation.

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While we are a country of free speech, one must realize that we earned the right to freedom of speech by having countless men and women die for our country. NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and other players may continue this tradition of sitting or kneeling, but let’s not let these “sports heroes” be the influence on our children when it comes to this. Instead, let’s open a dialogue with one another about what it is we can do to change what we may see wrong in our country. Be a part of the solution instead of creating more controversy.

I for one am grateful that the tradition that began nearly a century ago remains today. Be assured, each time I hear our national anthem, I will stand and honor those fallen heroes who have given me the freedom and privileges I have today.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 27

18 Essentials

The latest tips and trends.

27 Life & Community Great local events and stories.

28 Business Spotlight Sound Brain.

34 Gig Harbor in Focus

What to expect this year at the film festival.

38 Business Spotlight American Family Insurance.

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42 Living Local

Volunteers experience the true meaning of Thanksgiving on Make a Difference Day.

48 Hometown Experts The best local businesses.

50 Health & Lifestyle

Tips and informational articles about living a healthy, active lifestyle.

56 Feature Story Spring training in Arizona.

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80 Travel & Leisure

Sun Peaks is a little further, but worlds apart from more popular Canadian destinations.

86 Food & Drink

Discover Gig Harbor’s tastiest destinations.

92 Arts & Entertainment

Calendar of great local events, music and shows.

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Practical Living

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by Brett Marlo DeSantis

EAT LIKE A LOCAVORE HEALTH + FOOD SECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITION adopted by the U.S. Congress in the 2008 Farm Act, the total distance that a product can be transported and still be considered a “locally or regionally produced agricultural food product� is less than 400 miles from its origin or within the state in which it is produced.

Is there a link between our human-made structures, food access and availability?

Where is the nexus between the sustainable building movement and the local food movement?

We rely upon our built environment such as homes, workplaces, streets and open spaces for access to food. Rural, suburban, urban farming, Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs), P-Patches (community gardens) and neighborhood sharing all rely upon the physical design of our communities.

Whether you prefer to shop by visiting your local farm, farmers markets or you grow food in your own backyard or community garden, you are part of the local food movement.

Perhaps you choose the path less traveled and you forage for your ingredients, or

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even guerilla garden. (Please keep in mind that some of these practices may be illegal in many places.)

Whatever mode of local sourcing you favor; you are already eating like a locavore!

How does a community promote local sourcing through the built environment?

One such way is to create a regional food hub.

The National Good Food Network defines a food hub as “a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution and marketing of source-identified food products primarily from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail and institutional demand.�

Can you think of a good location for a regional food hub in your area? How can we support local and regional food production through our infrastructure? In what ways do we develop our planning, zoning and urban infrastructure to support our local food systems?

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When you consider ways to increase access to local food, do you envision more local food retailers and corner stores so you may walk or bike to your neighborhood market? Would you live in a community that had a shared garden?

Does your workplace participate in local food delivery service or support potluck family-style lunch breaks? Have you asked your favorite restaurants what local food they carry on their menu?

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How does a community promote local sourcing through the built environment? farmlands and open spaces, the creation of habitat and fertile soil; cultivating relationships between us, the land, pollinators and the people in our communities who plant these seeds.

We are in a time of extraordinary opportunity.

The local food movement brings us great hope for a healthier, more sustainable and prosperous future to produce, access, secure and consume good and healthy food. For food is not only the basis of our health, but it is also at the basis of traditions, customs and culture that bind us together as family and community (paraphrased from Jim Cochran and Larry Yee of Food Commons 2.0).

You name it.

We, as community members, play a big role in forming local solutions through local action.

Through collaboration, we will all benefit as local food is full of flavor, has more nutrients, supports our local economy and promotes a safer food supply. The community foodsecurity movement seeks to enhance access to safe, healthy and culturally appropriate food for all consumers – as do we when we ask ourselves these questions.

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When it comes to your retirement — lifestyle, security and location should be key.

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SUCCESSFUL AGING OPTIMIZING YOUR ENVIRONMENT

BY SARAH FRIESEN, HERON’S KEY GIG HARBOR

SOCIAL AND PRODUCTIVE STRONG

IN A HIGHLY POPULAR 1998 book titled Successful Aging, experts John Rowe and Robert Kahn outlined their prescription for healthy and successful aging with three main objectives: 1. Avoid disease and disability

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But what exactly does “environment” mean, and how do we actively engage in the process of optimizing our environment in order to attain those main objectives and age successfully?

Executive Director of Heron’s Key, Dr. Jim Antonucci, has conducted research that illuminates seven key aspects of wellness that contribute to the optimization of our surroundings: social, vocational, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, environmental and physical.

The more we intertwine and incorporate these aspects into our home, community, health care and support network, the more successfully we will navigate the aging process

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and find favorable emotional experiences.

Dr. Stephen Golant, author and professor at the University of Florida, says the key is to live in a place that is congruent with your needs and goals. This can be reflected through two different aspects of your living environment: comfort and mastery.

Residential comfort: does your place of residence/community provide you with pleasurable, appealing, hassle-free and memorable experiences?

Residential mastery: within your place of residence/community, do you feel competent and in control of your life and surroundings?

As we age, our feeling of comfort and our sense of competence may ebb and flow with changing circumstances, and living arrangements might have to adapt as a result.

But if we take a holistic approach to all seven aspects of our wellness, we can practice resiliency through changing circumstances, pro-actively optimize our environments, gain the benefits of health and longevity, and age successfully in an environment that is congruent with our needs and goals.

When considering your long-term plan for where you want to live throughout retirement, make sure you’re asking the right questions.

The joy of aging successfully is that it is a journey, unique to each of us. Communities that are committed to individualized, proactive wellness plans will provide you with all the elements needed to enjoy the benefits of an enhanced quality of life.

FINANCIAL FOCUS ARE YOU ON TRACK TO MEET YOUR FINANCIAL GOALS?

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OCTOBER IS FINANCIAL PLANNING MONTH. And now that you know it’s Financial Planning Month (just in case you didn’t know before), why not take the opportunity to determine if you’re on the right path toward meeting your financial goals?

Consider taking these steps: • Identify your goals. To know if you’re making progress toward your goals, you first have to identify them. Of course, you’ll have a variety of goals in life, such as helping pay for your children’s college educations. More than likely, though, your most important longterm financial goal is to build enough resources to enjoy the retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned. But we all have different ideas for how we want to spend our retirement years. Some of us may want to stay close to home, volunteering and pursuing our hobbies, while others want to visit the vineyards of Bordeaux or explore the pyramids of Egypt. So, name your goals and, as much as possible, put a price tag on them. Once you know about how much your retirement is going to cost, you can create an investment strategy that may ultimately provide you with the income you will need.

• Don’t underestimate your cost of living.

Even after you’ve identified some of your retirement goals and estimated their costs, you still haven’t developed a complete picture of your future cost of living. You also need to take into account other potential major expenses, such as health care. Once you’re 65, you’ll get Medicare, but that won’t cover all your medical costs – and it might cover only a tiny portion of those expenses connected with long-

term care, such as a nursing home stay or services provided by a home health aide. A financial professional can help you explore specific methods of dealing with these types of long-term care costs.

• Locate “gaps” – and work to fill them.

After you’ve had your investment strategy in place for a while, you may see that some “gaps” exist. Is your portfolio not growing as fast as it should to help you reach your goals? If not, you may need to review your asset allocation to make sure it is aligned with your risk tolerance and portfolio objective. Do you find that you own too many of the same types of investments? This over concentration could be harmful to you if a downturn affects one particular asset class, and you own too much of that asset. To help prevent this from happening, be sure to diversify your dollars across a range of investment vehicles. Keep in mind, though, that diversification can’t guarantee a profit or protect against all losses.

• Protect yourself – and your family.

Saving for your ideal retirement is certainly a worthy goal, but you have other ones – such as providing for your family in case you aren’t around, or if you become ill or incapacitated and can’t work for a while. That’s why you will need adequate life insurance, and possibly disability insurance, too. Your employer may offer you both these types of coverage as an employee benefit, but it might not be enough – so you may want to explore private coverage as well.

Financial Planning Month will come and go.

But by following the above suggestions, you can create some strategies that will bring you a lifetime of benefits.

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A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT WISDOM JUST ONE PART OF HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE

BY DEBORAH OLIVE

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A 9-YEAR-OLD WITH A CELL PHONE has more information in the palm of his or her hand today than the President of the United States accessed in 1975. In the digital age, information is a commodity, and most of us are exposed on a daily basis to far more data than we can process, much less use. To use information well, we need the right information and the ability to apply it at the right time and place.

success or failures, whether or not we’re happy, how much sleep we got the night before and so on.

Finally, wisdom doesn’t come from information and knowledge alone.

It comes from taking action and being willing to grow and learn from our actions. As human beings, we’re funny critters. We know what to do, but it’s common not to act on what we know. In our culture, we have a tendency to look outside of ourselves at external factors – situations, circumstances and reasons to explain why we’re not taking action.

Information is not the same as experience. Knowing people’s birthdays is not the same as appreciating the wonder of birth or finding a meaningful way to celebrate someone’s birthday. If you have a favorite flavor of ice cream, you know that reciting the ingredients is not the same as tasting it. Talking about a star that’s light years away is not the same as viewing it within a constellation on a clear moonless night.

For a moment, consider two fruit trees. One has rich and luscious fruit.

The other has dry, dimpled or damaged fruit. When only the fruit, branches and leaves on the tree with the damaged fruit are altered, it’s rare that the quality of the fruit is improved for the current season. In that case, the focus for change is directed to what’s external. The fruit, branches and leaves are only part of the story. The roots, which are out of sight, also need to be considered. The pH, nutrients in the soil, physical condition of the roots, access to water and so on impact the quality of the fruit. An important part of the fruit tree’s ecological system and health is underground. It’s invisible. And so it is with you and I.

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN Women’s Car Care Clinic helps reduce stress with auto issues. By Jessica Herbig

HOWARD MACKERT WITH MACKERT AUTOMOTIVE LLC practices what he preaches. On October 18, Mackert Automotive is hosting a Women’s Car Care Clinic to help you understand your hightech modern vehicle.

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They’re not meant to turn every woman into a mechanic, but you should know where your spare tire and jack are, the dangers of jump starting someone else’s car and proper process, vital fluids, and which trouble lights to worry about. All you need is to register, show up with your own car, and a clear trunk that makes accessing the spare tire easy.

Mackert Automotive opened for business on September 15, 2001 and is celebrating 15 years in business this month. These car care clinics have been happening for well over 10 years, and Mackert was motivated to start them after seeing how women are often taken advantage of by shops in terms of pricing and unnecessary services rendered. It’s not uncommon to have a vehicle towed into them that was actually safe to drive; the owner just didn’t know.

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“I just felt calmer, my sleep improved and my personal performance increased,” Burki said. Both father and son are now certified in BWO with Brain State Technologies and have been providing the service at Sound Brain in Gig Harbor since 2010. Sound Brain has grown by word of mouth referrals from people’s positive experiences when they had given up on traditional methods to address their problems.

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Troy, who by then was in graduate school, underwent the process and finally achieved relief from PPCS. He was able to sleep and concentrate better and complete his degree in sociology.

“It benefitted him to the point that we opened the business,” Burki said.

BWO is not a medical therapy or treatment but a process to selfoptimize the brain. Typically, clients complete the BWO process in 10 two-hour sessions over the course of one week. B-2 gives them new options so that people can integrate it with the BWO sessions or use it to accommodate individual schedules and needs.

Troy’s recovery prompted Burki to investigate BWO further, and he underwent training from Brain State Technologies and established Sound Brain to provide the service. As part of the training, Burki underwent the process as well. He continues to use BWO weekly and now uses the BRAINtellect-2 on a daily basis.

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A Golden Life Adventure and passion provide a blessed life Article by Kellie French

WHEN YOU WALK INTO A ROOM and see Helen Lochridge’s bright and sparkling smile, you would never guess she turned 100 years old on September 29. “I have had the most wonderful life,” she said with a glint in her eye that denotes happiness with no regret, but rather indicates a full and well-lived life. A longtime resident of Gig Harbor, Helen enjoys the small community feel and the joy that comes with knowing your neighbors and surroundings for a long time.

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Born in 1916 in Burns, Oregon where her family homesteaded, Helen’s family moved to the Seattle area after her father passed away. It was there that she met the love of her life, Frank Lochridge, when she was 21 years old. Their love story began when Helen, a bookkeeper, worked for Frank who owned a wholesale refrigerated ice cream company called the Auburn Ice Cream Company.

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One day Frank asked Helen to dinner, and they turned out to be a great match. She cherishes the memories she shared with him as she describes Frank saying he was “a wonderful and very kind man; a real people person. He had the kind of personality everyone could relate to.” They were blessed to enjoy 51 years of marriage before Frank passed away.

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first two boats they built were the smallest of the three. Of course, one was named after Helen. The third and largest boat they built, christened The Hustler, was eventually sold to the United Nations.

Helen and Frank ran their boats out of Oregon and Seattle, fishing for king and silver salmon.

Helen describes that in those days the fishing was far different; it was done with piano wire and stainless steel lines. But they were successful and the fish they caught and sold provided them with a good living.

But it was not always smooth sailing so to speak. Helen shares that at times the waters were rough and Frank would tell her, “The boat can always stand more than we can.” As she recalls her adventurous life, Helen shares that during World War II there were more restrictions for fishing vessels. She said it was required that lights had to be turned out at night and recalls a particularly eerie incident where a submarine surfaced and then went underwater while passing their boat. Helen was not sure which country the submarine belonged to.

Helen and Frank’s life in Gig Harbor began in the early 1950s when a friend of theirs shared what a wonderful community it was. After living here 64 years, Helen is grateful for the place she calls home and talks about the many changes she has witnessed. Sixty-four years ago Gig Harbor had a population of about

2,000, and the businesses were a dentist office and a general store. Highway 16 was not the paved busy highway that it is now. The favorite restaurant in town was Pearl’s. Helen said the famous Skansie brothers were her neighbors.

And adding to Helen and Frank’s adventure was living on their boat while building their home which overlooked the harbor.

Laughing, Helen said “You get tired of living on a boat for a while, and look for something a little more permanent.” One memory Helen recalls is when Mt. St. Helens erupted. She remembers the coating of ash and said it was quite a sight to see it close up.

Helen’s and Frank’s “life on the move” included traveling to warmer destinations in the country such as Texas and New Mexico; however their favorite destination ended up being Southern California in the Coachella Valley. Frank and Helen would spend the winters in warm Southern California golfing. They both loved to golf and shared several similar interests.

She recalls traveling extensively, including spending a couple of months in Hawaii.

These days Helen enjoys watching the yachts, fishing boats and kayaks go by her waterfront home. She says she did everything on her bucket list and has no regrets. And though they did not have children of their own, Helen said she has been blessed with a wonderful family of nieces and nephews.

So just what is the key to living a long life?

According to Helen, it is to be passionate about what you do and spend your time doing it. She is glad she and Frank settled in Gig Harbor and enjoys the active lifestyle she still has and her circle of friends and neighbors. Helen is a true inspiration. Congratulations Helen and happy 100th birthday!

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s the Gig Harbor Film Festival gears up for an exciting ninth year, the organization is being overseen by new leadership as Jenny Wellman takes the helm as executive director. The 2016 festival is scheduled for October 20 through 23 and will feature another stellar lineup of independent films.

Wellman has worked as a corporate tax analyst and in accounting roles for LCI International, Westin Hotels Corporation and VONS Corporation. She moved to Gig Harbor from Ohio six years ago and established an accounting practice.

In addition, she has a long history of volunteer leadership and board roles within nonprofit organizations, including facilitating campaigns through Kinder Key to raise funds for the heart catheter lab at Columbus Children’s Hospital, which is one of the premier pediatric cardiac care centers in the nation, and has done fundraising for visual and performing arts with The 500 Inc. in Dallas. She has also volunteered many hours with Peninsula School District with the Meister Singers boosters and parent - teacher associations.

Board President Pat Nagle shared the news saying, “Marty Thacker co-founded the Gig Harbor Film Festival. Her vision and skills built this event, bringing local, national and even international independent filmmakers to Gig Harbor. In just eight years it has become one of the most notable film festivals in the country. With that success under her belt and with the community’s gratitude, Marty retired last November.” Nagle added, “Jenny Wellman has been on the team for the past two years working with Marty to push the festival to the next level, expanding beyond a single weekend of events into an array of year-round fun. She has been instrumental in forging broader community partnerships. We are pleased that Jenny has accepted the executive director role and look forward to all that her leadership will bring.”

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When asked about the start of her tenure, Wellman responded, “It has been going great. The most exciting thing so far has been the response in the community to some of our new events.”

Wellman hit the ground running. In May, she partnered with Peninsula School District’s community outreach director Kathy Weymiller to bring the film “Screenagers” to Uptown’s Galaxy Theater. Galaxy offered two auditoriums at no cost for parents or students, showing this multi-award-winning film about growing up in the digital age and the impacts on youth. Also, over 350 people attended the first fly in/drive in movie at the Tacoma Narrows Airport in August, and former Oakland A’s first baseman Scott Hatteberg was in attendance for a showing of “Moneyball” at the Galaxy. These are just a few examples of the expansion Wellman has planned in bringing more awareness to theatre and film in the greater Gig Harbor area.

The mission of the Gig Harbor Film Festival (GHFF) is “to educate, entertain, inspire and enrich the cultural vitality of our community through the art of cinema.”

Wellman and the board are expanding GHFF’s offerings, including events throughout the year, and further connecting the festival within the community.

Also expanding this year is the number of films that are being shown during the festival. Twenty-eight films were shown last year and 46 are scheduled to hit the screen later this month. Two of those major films will also be making their Washington premiere at the Gig Harbor Film Festival. Wellman hopes to hold the annual film festival Opening Night Gala and the Sunday Awards Ceremony in partnership with downtown organizations, spreading some of the Uptown festival atmosphere to the waterfront.

The 72-Hour Film Competition will continue each spring. And during the summer of 2017, GHFF plans to launch filmmakers’ camps geared toward middle school aged students.

“Working in accounting and operations with GHFF over the past two years, I’ve been inspired by Marty, the board and all of the incredible volunteers. We knew there was more to be done, and it is my goal to achieve all that we’ve outlined in our plan,” said Wellman. “I really had an epiphany in April. This was the first year for the 72-Hour Film Competition as a stand-alone event and participation was outstanding.

Seeing the teams with their families and friends who came to support them was truly an impactful moment.

It clearly meant so much to them to make these film projects and share their work on the big screen. I knew then that I was fully committed to the future of GHFF and all that it brings to our community.”

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One of the huge driving forces that keeps the Gig Harbor Film Festival running and expanding each year is the amount of community members that volunteer their time. As the festival continues to grow, so does the need for added volunteers. Some of the volunteer jobs that help make this favorite yearly event possible are drivers to help the filmmakers around town and box office staff to take tickets and assist guests. There are also opportunities throughout the year for volunteers to booth events and hand out sponsorship and other festival information.

Volunteers are compensated with passes to the festival with the number increasing the more hours they put in.

Another of Wellman’s goals in her first year at the helm is to increase relationships with the business community. “This year we are focusing on working with not only the Uptown merchants, but we are incorporating more downtown businesses in the Festival. We held our annual summer fundraiser at The Club @ The Boatyard, which was a great success, and we are holding our Opening Night Gala at the Harbor History Museum. We will have filmmakers staying in many of the local hotels and private homes in town during the Festival, and they will be patronizing local businesses while they are here. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our beautiful community and make this a premier destination event,” said Wellman.

You may purchase tickets online through Eventbrite or in person. The Box Office will be open in the Gig Harbor Film Festival office in Uptown Gig Harbor just doors down from the Galaxy Theater next to Massage Envy.

Ticket sales at the office will start Monday, October 10th. Office Hours are 10am to 4pm Monday through Friday. During the Festival, the Box Office will be open all day. The festival begins on October 20 and wraps up October 23. With nearly 50 films, there will be a variety of topics covered. As a reminder to parents, most films are not rated so it is best to do a little research into the film to determine if it is appropriate for your child to see.

The beauty of independent film is that it is art in its purest form. Hollywood movies are built for entertainment and profit, whereas small filmmakers bring their passion to the screen in hopes of engaging their audience in an emotional way. There’s also the likelihood of speaking directly to the filmmaker at the festival. Whether you see one film or a dozen, take some time to take in at least one of these amazing films. Who knows, the next big star might be debuting here.

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INSURANCE CAN BE TRICKY. After all, you want to make sure you are adequately protected in the event of an unexpected loss. But many people find themselves under or uninsured at a time when they need it most. Fortunately for Gig Harbor residents, Tim Lopez and American Family Insurance have been providing many in our community with all their insurance needs for nearly a decade, giving them the peace of mind they need.

“We personally contact our clients and offer personalized insurance products,” said Lopez. “We pride ourselves on having excellent customer service, even staying open for extended hours and Saturdays to better serve our clients.”

Lopez first moved to Gig Harbor in 1989 when he was working in Bremerton in law enforcement. Since then he has integrated himself into the community and enjoys giving back to those who have supported him through all these years.

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He currently serves as the Chairman and an ambassador of the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce and is actively involved in his church, Chapel Hill.

Have you lived in your home for a period of time but never increased your coverage? Chances are your home has increased in value and you are not adequately covered. Lopez will perform periodic reviews of your policy to ensure that should you experience an increased value in your home or business that your policy will reflect that increase.

“My employees Darcy Hyland and Anikka Abbott, are members of the Silverdale Chamber of Commerce,” said Lopez. “Anikka also is a very active volunteer with the YWCA. She is a public speaker and frequently gives presentations about domestic violence to business and community organizations.”

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Not only is Lopez grateful to his clients, but he also credits a large part of his success at American Family Insurance to the company itself, his family and his amazing employees.

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SENIOR JACK FILKINS is a two-sport athlete who has lettered six times so far in his high school career. As captain of this year’s football team, Jack has earned all-league honors in football both sophomore and junior years. When football season is over, Jack moves onto his other chosen sport of track and field where he has placed in districts twice. And it’s not just in sports where Jack excels. He has above a 3.9 cumulative GPA and serves as treasurer for Peninsula High School’s Associated Student Body and the National Honor Society.

Jack is looking forward to continuing his education at a four-year university and the opportunity to continue to play football at the collegiate level. “I currently hold an offer to play college football from the University of San Diego,” said Jack, whose career interests include law, communications and film.

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“Every game, every practice and every day I look forward to playing the game I love with my brothers,” shared Jack.

But the game of football has given Jack more than the knowledge of a game and lifelong friendships, it has taught him important life lessons as well.

“If one component or individual of a team fails, the whole team will fail. That is why it’s important to work together to strive for success. This notion is not only true in football, but in the world of work as well,” said Jack.

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“I have played team sports, including soccer, fastpitch and volleyball, since I was 5 years old and have always enjoyed being a part of a team and challenging myself to improve my skills,” said Lindsey who is now focused on the sport of volleyball.

As a member of the National Society of High School Scholars, Lindsey said it is definitely a challenge to play competitive sports while keeping up with her schoolwork.

Lindsey shares that she will begin to explore her post high school options this year and plans to attend a four-year school and would like to play sports at the collegiate level.

of a team. She also shares that volleyball has helped her grow as a person and to become a better teammate.

“I always look forward to practices and games because the environment on the court is so positive and encouraging,” she said. “From sports I have learned leadership, work ethic, teamwork, and how to cope with success and failure. I have also learned to always put others before yourself. When you’re on a team, you have several people who are depending on you, which is much like life outside of sports.”

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CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN Elly Aronson received an important lesson last year while preparing a documentary on the Basket Brigade in Gig Harbor.

“It was an amazing experience to be part of,” Aronson remembered.

“Seeing so many people from different organizations coming together for a single purpose was truly inspirational.”

the bell and run away so the gift would be completely anonymous.

But many times the people were out in their yards so the volunteers would just hand over the box and try to make a quick exit.”

The 18-year-old soccer standout recorded many of the meetings held to prepare for the night when boxes were filled with turkeys and fresh produce. She also filmed the meals being dropped off to residents who may not have been able to afford a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

Aronson said the recipients she filmed were surprised by the generosity and grateful for the kindness. The lesson she learned as an observer of the Basket Brigade has inspired her to go back again this year to fill boxes and help deliver holiday dinners.

“The goal was to do a ding-dong dash,” she said with a smile. “The hope was that they could leave the boxes on the doorstep, ring

The Basket Brigade has been delivering Thanksgiving dinners to families in Gig Harbor and the surrounding communities for 23 years, according to residential

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The program began with delivery of turkeys and roasting pans to 12 families. Cathers said 450 volunteers from civic and service organizations came together last November to provide holiday meals to 1,305 families. He estimated the meals fed more than 4,700 people.

Many of the holiday feasts went to military families stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The list of recipients, said Cathers, is provided by schools and churches in the area.

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Each basket was delivered with a card that read: “This basket comes to you from someone who cares about you. All we ask is that you take care of yourself well enough to do this for someone else someday.”

“The people who receive the baskets may be out of work, have suffered a death in the family or might be going through a difficult divorce,” said Cathers. “Every family deserves the chance to give thanks in spite of the hard times they may be faced with.”

The Realtor added that many of the volunteers who were convinced to help for a single night have returned on their own, year after year.

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“The most rewarding part of the program is when somebody wants to help because their family had been given a Thanksgiving basket when they were young,” said Cathers. “Young people have come back to say the lessons they learned from the Basket Brigade inspired them to join the Peace Corps.

Others have duplicated the program while they were stationed with the military around the world.”

Cathers said he invited a friend visiting from Oklahoma to pack baskets with him. That friend returns every year to take part in the Basket Brigade.

The program has been so successful, he said, that it has been replicated in communities across Western Washington.

Community partners This year the efforts of the Basket Brigade will be enhanced through the Make a Difference Day program coordinated by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation (GGHF). Volunteers from the foundation are scheduled to coordinate donations and raise funds for the Bucket Brigade on Oct. 26 at Peninsula High School.

The foundation joined the Make a Difference Day campaign in 2013 by incorporating the national day of service into its own on-going Community Harvest Project.

In addition to the Thanksgiving deliveries this year, the directors of the foundation hope to deliver food backpacks to children on two peninsulas as part of the #Backpacks4Kids program.

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The foundation has marked the national day of service for the past 25 years in an effort to improve the lives of residents within the community.

By joining forces with volunteers and businesses in the area, The Gig Harbor Foundation hopes to expand their mission by having residents stand up for members of the community in ways that will be felt throughout the year. In the past three years, the Community Harvest Program has turned $20,000 in donations into food, coats and blankets donated to programs that help meet vital needs across the region.

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Make A Difference Day is the single largest national day of community service in the country. Held annually over the past 25 years on the fourth Saturday of October, it is a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors when millions of Americans unite on a single day in a common mission to improve the lives of others.

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“The most rewarding part of the program is when somebody wants to help because their family had been given a Thanksgiving basket when they were young,” said Cathers.

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Information on packing and delivering meals for the Basket Brigade on Nov. 24 and 25 is available at www.gigharborbasketbrigade.com.

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LET’S FACE IT, THERE ARE A MILLION weight loss eating programs out there from which to choose, and everyone says their program is the obvious choice. I think that the creators of said “diet” plans believe they can help you more than anyone has before because it has worked for them.

have the secret is not being truthful. Now that I said that, I’m going to give you the real secret. Oxymoron? Nope. Just the truth and nothing but.

The purveyors of the weight loss gadget world want your money and know that most people are willing to do anything and pay any amount to lose weight – except eat right and exercise. It’s a billion dollar industry for a reason. The same reason none of these things really work. You want a quick fix; a magic pill or anything that will melt your fat while you lie on the couch and watch television or sleep in your cozy bed. What are you willing to sacrifice for your beach body? Most likely a large portion

Honestly, most diets work. Let me clarify, most diets work if and only if you stay on them. Now the peddlers of the quick fixes, fat-melting superfood pills, shakes, body wrappers and gadgets just want your money. If it’s quick and easy, it’s not going to work in the long run. Life, my dear neighbors, is not quick and easy, and anyone telling you they

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“If my friends drink these shakes and like them, why would they want to sell them to me unless they really worked?” I’m not saying the low calorie “meals” the shakes provide won’t help you lose weight. I’m saying they aren’t real food. They aren’t teaching you to have a real relationship with the way food should nourish your body. I’m saying that whole foods are the epitome of good medicine!

Diets work. They really do. And most creators really lost their unwanted pounds doing the very program they want to sell to you. By work, I mean most diets can make you lose weight when followed to the letter. The question is can you, and more importantly will you, stay on them forever? When I say diets, I don’t mean the urine of a pregnant woman that you inject and eat a staggeringly low amount of calories. I’ve known so many people to go down that path saying, “I’m just using this to get to a weight where I can then change my habits because I don’t want to gain my weight back.” I’ve also

known the same amount of people that gained all of their weight back and more. It wasn’t sustainable. It taught them nothing except how to rely on anything other than themselves.

What is needed is a bridge; a wholesome bridge between real food, real movements and real life. Something that changes your perspective on what you crave, how much food you eat at a given time and what you are willing to do to prepare on a regular basis.

So what is the right diet? I don’t know. I know what is right for me. I know what is right for my clients. I don’t know you, so I can’t say for sure.

What I can say for sure is that the right diet or food plan is the one that is sustainable. The one that has you eating real, wholesome food that agrees with your whole person. I also believe you must move. A lot. Even if you work out 30 minutes a day, it isn’t enough. You must find a way to love to move and eat and live. If what you are doing to get in shape and lose weight is truly healthy, you will end up loving it. The track to losing weight isn’t easy, but nothing with an awesome outcome ever is. If you really want it, you must be willing to work for it.

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BY RHONDA R. SAVAGE, DDS WHAM! THE BLACK ACURA slammed into Sara’s car. It was “only” going 15 miles an hour. Sara came into my office in terrible pain; the accident happened two years prior.

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petite, blond 18-year-old said, “My fear is that I’m going to have to wear this thing on my wedding day!”

Have you ever been in an accident or had an injury to your head and neck? When I was in dental school, my shoe caught on one of those weather strips that are supposed to keep you from falling down the stairs. I took a header and did two complete somersaults on the concrete stairs. The hospital said I was fine, but three weeks later my neck and shoulders seized up. I was in so much pain; thank goodness for the sports medicine clinic. I didn’t end up with TMJ pain. Not all injured patients have ongoing pain, but there are some statistics I’d like to share with you.

The question is this: Can an auto accident result in headaches and/or TMJ or temporomandibular disorder (TMD) pain?

In a 2014 review of 129 articles, Fernandez, Amiri, Jaime, and Delaney reported findings of whiplash trauma in TMJ/TMD patients ranged from 8.4 percent to 70 percent, with

You may not realize it, but automobile insurers are eager to settle claims early as TMJ/TMD issues can surface several months to a year after an accident. Sara hadn’t closed her claim. Because her bite had changed dramatically due to long-term use of an orthotic appliance, she needed orthodontic care and jaw surgery to correct her bite. But first, we needed to reduce her TMJ/TMD symptoms so she could tolerate the treatment.

Using cold laser, ultrasound, trigger point release and TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation), plus more non-invasive therapy, she’s now able to have her final care that will result in a beautiful smile for her wedding. At her final appointment, she smiled and her eyes were clear of pain. She said, “I don’t have headaches or any pain.”

Sara is now enjoying time with her boyfriend; it’s a long distance stressful relationship, so we discussed the need for quality sleep, hydration, a good diet and focusing on not clenching during the daytime.

There are many causes of headaches.

Clenching, grinding, habits, trauma: What the TMJ, head and neck areas need to be comfortable is a solid bite. Is your bite part of the cause of your headaches or TMJ pain?

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facial gestures. The researcher observed participants felt more alert, calmer and uplifted after each session. Lead researcher Dr. Marion Tegethoff adds, “These findings demonstrate the viability of smartphonebased micro-interventions for improving mood in concrete, everyday situations.”

Health Alert: Americans Are Heavier Than 20 Years Ago. According to a new report by the National Center for Health Statistics in August of 2016, the average American has put on about fifteen pounds since the late 1980s and early 1990s. The authors of the report speculate the reasons behind the increase in weight are most likely related to tendencies toward less exercise and more access to high calorie foods. Dr. Anthony Comuzzie, an obesity researcher and

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scientist with the department of genetics at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, says that the study reveals that Americans are still gaining weight at “a fairly rapid rate, and such an increase does not bode well for the overall health of the nation. The findings suggest there will likely be an associated increase in chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart disease in the coming years.”

Diet: Nut Consumption Associated with Reduced Signs of Inflammation. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports that a study that involved over 5,000 participants has revealed an association between greater nut intake and reduced levels of inflammation. Investigators found that those who consumed five or more servings of nuts per week had lower levels of biomarkers related to inflammation than those who seldom or never ate nuts.

In addition, individuals who substituted three servings of red meat, processed meat, eggs or refined grains per week with nuts had significantly lower levels of inflammatory biomarkers. Study author Dr. Ying Bao writes, “Population studies have consistently supported a protective role of nuts against cardiometabolic disorders such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, and we know that inflammation is a key process in the development of these diseases… Our new work suggests that nuts may exert their beneficial effects in part by reducing systemic inflammation.”

This information should not be substituted for medical advice. Any and all healthcare concerns, decisions and actions should be done through the advice and counsel of a healthcare professional.

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PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME CAN CAUSE PAIN IN THE BACK, BUTTOCKS AND HIP

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BY JENNY JONES, CORNERSTONE PHYSICAL THERAPY EVERYONE EXPERIENCES temporary low back pain at some time in their lives, but sometimes it can become debilitating and greatly impact one’s ability to perform ordinary tasks and disturb sleep patterns.

Lasting pain in the low back, especially when it begins to travel down into the hip, buttocks or leg, will send many people to seek medical diagnosis and help. Common terms used for such pain issues are known as lumbago or sciatica.

PredisposingHfactors E A L for T Hagitating Y T I Pa painful piriformis include sitting cross-legged or sitting on one foot; excessive sitting, especially on hard surfaces or on a wallet in a back pocket. Trauma, overuse, difference in leg length, foot problems or prolonged standing in poor posture may lead to piriformis syndrome.

A tight, spasming piriformis can directly apply pressure to the sciatic nerve. Deep, achy pain with tenderness may be experienced anywhere along the muscle. Extreme tenderness over its insertion on the femur may be misdiagnosed as hip bursitis. The syndrome’s common symptoms include pain with 15 to 20 minutes of sitting, standing or lying down.

Often worse at night, the sufferer is unable to find a position of relief for the buttocks and low back pain. Walking may temporarily alleviate the symptoms. Pins and needles sensations and numbness may travel from buttocks down the back of leg.

Sciatica, a term for pain radiating into a lower limb from compression of a nerve, is a common complaint. The majority of cases is believed to be caused by the lower back, the lumbar spine.

An often under looked source of pain in the low back, buttocks and leg is the piriformis muscle. This culprit, a small muscle deep in the buttocks, originates on the front aspect of the sacrum (tailbone) and attaches to the bony protuberance on the outside of the upper thigh (femur’s greater trochanter). This muscle rotates the leg outwardly to toes out position and can also bring the leg out to the side. The piriformis can become extremely irritated for a variety of reasons.

This hip rotator muscle, when in spasm, will alter the pelvic and lower vertebrae positioning and movements, causing other conditions with related muscle shortening and weakness. If left untreated, pain will often develop up the back or farther down into the leg due to the abnormal postures created by the musculoskeletal dysfunction.

The recovery process is usually slow, but includes anti-inflammatories as prescribed by your physician, deep massage, stretching, mobilization, ultrasound and electrical stimulation. Stretching and strengthening exercises performed in water is particularly helpful. Physical therapists can assess the cause of low back and buttocks pain and develop an appropriate treatment plan and instruct in the exercises indicated for the individual.

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame Spring training in Arizona

BY DAN AZNOFF // LEFT Fish eye view of Peoria Stadium.

Photo courtesy Dan Aznoff.

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ince only two teams can play the World Series, this is the time of the season that loyal fans of the other 28 Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs begin their annual chant of “Wait ‘til Next Year” as they watch their favorite teams fall out of contention.

Instead of mourning not having games to watch, this is the perfect time of the year to plan a trip to Arizona next spring to watch The Boys of Summer prepare for the 2017 campaign.

More than half of the 30 MLB teams make their spring training homes in the Valley of the Sun. The sunshine gives veteran players the opportunity to shake off the cobwebs of the offseason while coaches have an opportunity to look at new players who have been added to the roster.

All of the Cactus League stadiums are concentrated within a 30-mile radius of the greater Phoenix area, making it easy for fans to visit multiple ballparks on consecutive days or take in two games as part of a day-night doubleheader at two different parks. Unlike the regular season, there are no long road trips, which means fans can be guaranteed their favorite team will play on its home field at least three or four times each week.

Arizona in the spring is a haven for baseball fans with divided loyalties. Paul Smolarski lives in Los Angeles and attends games at Dodger Stadium, but he opens the newspaper every morning to follow his beloved Chicago White Sox.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? • The chances of a fan being hit by a baseball are 300,000 to 1

• The longest professional baseball game recorded was in 1984 and lasted 8 hours 6 minutes.

• In the early days, baseball players wore straw hats instead of baseball caps during games • Babe Ruth, one of baseball’s most famous players, used to keep a wet cabbage leaf beneath his cap in order to keep cool. He would change it every 2 innings • The tallest player in MLB history is the Minnesota Twins’ pitcher Job Rauch who stands at 6 feet, 11 inches tall • A regulation baseball has 108 stitches • In 1920, the average cost of a baseball ticket was a whopping $1.00 • 21 million hotdogs are consumed each year at baseball games. If you lined up all of the hotdogs end to end, they would round the bases 29,691 times.

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• The Star Spangled Banner was first played during the seventhinning stretch at Game One of the 1918 World Series. This now famous song became the official national anthem in 1931.

• In 1921, baseball was first broadcast on the radio. Not until 1939 was a baseball game televised.

• The tradition of spring training began in 1886. Continuing into the 1940’s, the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Highlanders (now the New York Yankees) got ready for the baseball season in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

TAKE ME AWAY “Nobody is in first place…yet,” said Smolarski. “We’re all optimistic that our team can win the World Series this year. Maybe this year it’ll be the Dodgers and White Sox.”

All of the Cactus League stadiums are concentrated within a 30-mile radius of the greater Phoenix area, making it easy for fans to visit multiple ballparks on consecutive days or take in two games as part of a daynight doubleheader at two different parks.

The Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres both play their home games at the Peoria Sports Complex. The West Coast interleague rivals became the first teams to share a spring training facility when it opened in 1994.

The rival Texas Rangers and the 2015 World Champion

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Kansas City Royals train at the sports complex in nearby Surprise, while the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians both play in Goodyear. The Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers share fields and clubhouses at Camelback Ranch in Glendale.

The Chicago Cubs were the first major league team to break with tradition by moving their own spring training headquarters away from Florida in 1952 to play their games in antiquated Rendezvous Park. The Cubs moved across town into Hohokam Stadium in Mesa in 1976 when the old ballpark was razed. The team now plays in the newest baseball complex in the Valley, Sloan Park in Mesa, while the Oakland Athletics play at a remodeled version of the Cubs’ old spring training ballpark at Hohokam.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim gather after the offseason in Tempe and play their home games at Diablo Stadium near the campus of Arizona State University. The Milwaukee Brewers play in the western portion of Phoenix in Marysville. The Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants and the hometown Arizona Diamondbacks all host spring training in the upscale community of Scottsdale. The Rockies play at Salt River Park, the Giants at Scottsdale Stadium and the Diamondbacks dust off the rust of the offseason at Salt River Fields.

All of the spring training venues are small compared to major league parks, putting fans close to the action.

There are truly no bad seats in the house. For a real treat, take a picnic to the game and purchase tickets to sit on the grass in the general admission areas beyond the outfield fences.

LEFT Enjoying a game from the stands. Photo courtesy Dan Aznoff.

PEANUTS! POPCORN! Lodging There are lodging options for spring training to meet almost every budget. For those who want to be pampered or need a massage after the game, there is the Biltmore and the Hyatt Regency and other fine upscale hotels in Scottsdale. There are budget motels in Phoenix with rates starting as low as $59 per night that will put you close to all the action. Try the Homewood Suites or the Residence Inn if you plan to stay for a week or two.

However, for most true baseball fans, the joy of spring training is sharing your love of the game with other fanatics. That’s why mid-priced lodging like Embassy Suites, Hampton Inns and Fairfield Inns have become popular. Most of the mid-priced options offer free breakfast, which gives fans the opportunity to exchange trivia with lovers of the game wearing their team colors from all parts of the country while standing next to them in the buffet line.

“Never thought that I’d see a Chicago Cubs fan waiting for a Cleveland Indians fan to make his waffle,” said Jim Kanter, who flew from Atlanta to meet up with some friends from college he had not seen in 30 years.

Tickets The 2017 schedules for all 16 teams will be available after the World Series in October. Teams usually begin workouts in mid-February with spring training games beginning the first week of March. Spring games for the

Seattle Mariners start every year with a charity contest against the San Diego Padres at the Peoria Sports Complex.

Game tickets for Mariners spring training games are not available through team stores. They can only be purchased online from the team website, from the Peoria Sports Complex or from third-party vendors like StubHub or Venue King. The best seats are usually available through the vendors who scoop them up as soon as they are released.

When Knowing how soon to visit is an important factor to consider. Although an escape to sunny Arizona in early March is an appealing alternative to the clouds in the Northwest, be aware that games during the first two weeks of March are filled with players who will not be with the team when it comes north to begin the regular season. The regulars may only play two or three innings before being replaced by minor leaguers or by players who might end up spending their summer bagging groceries or tending bar at a local tavern.

Teams begin to take shape by mid-March when the major leaguers stretch themselves out for the season.

By the end of the spring schedule, the major leaguers will be in for at least two or three at-bats (pitchers up to three innings) and the competition for the last few spots on the roster begins to unfold.

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schedule, which means visitors will have time to play one of the 170 golf courses or visit one of the other tourist attractions available in the Valley. There are more than enough retail stores and outlet malls to satisfy even the most ravenous shopper’s appetite.

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For those with an eye for the more unique attractions, the Greater Phoenix area is home to the winter residence of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting plus scores of galleries featuring works from Native American craftsmen, modern artists and legendary masters.

One attraction not to miss is the boneyard of mothballed commercial and military aircraft visible from the road on the way to the ballpark in Goodyear (aviationexplorer.com/goodyear_ boneyard). The final resting place for hundreds of classic airplanes is truly inspirational.

For avid baseball fans, the games are only the tip of the thrill of spring training. While the action is being played in the stadium, fans can wander the back fields to watch their favorite players get in some extra batting practice or see their favorite pitcher (i.e., Felix) throw a simulated game to build up his arm strength.

Players are more accessible for autographs in the casual atmosphere of the desert, and there is a realistic possibility of grabbing a foul ball. It’s not uncommon to see younger players hanging over the railings, eager to give autographs and memorabilia to dedicated fans. If you’re extremely lucky, you might pick up a signed item from a future member of the Hall of Fame. (Preserved items like gloves or baseballs might be enough to send your kid to college.)

Children of all ages will enjoy the trek through the Old West along Apache Junction in the Superstition Mountains or a visit to Rawhide in nearby Chandler (rawhide.com) where there are shootouts scheduled on Main Street at the top of every hour.

WE’RE ALL OPTIMISTIC THAT OUR TEAM CAN WIN THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR.

Again, if money is no object, spring training packages are available through each team’s website. The packages include airline and premiere game tickets, ground transportation as well a choice of hotels. (Tip: A few minutes on the Internet can save you some major bucks.)

Postgame attractions Night games are the rare exception on the

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The eastern portion of the Valley is home to Tempe and Arizona State University. The town’s social life is centered around Mill Avenue with trendy shops and pubs. Nearby Mesa is where many of the first “active senior” communities were developed. Chandler is a color-themed community that provides backdrop for an eclectic mixture of Old West charm and contemporary boutiques.

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DON’T FORGET THE ESSENTIALS The McDowell Mountains north of Scottsdale offer popular day hikes, mountain bike trails and belay ropes for visitors with day passes to the area. Visitors to Pinnacle Peak are amazed by the geological beauty as well as to the natural wonder of the sharp hill tops.

Where to eat For many (including me), the most important part of any vacation is the restaurants. The towns where many of the ballparks are located are mirror images of each other, featuring every conceivable national restaurant chain.

For those who seek local fare, there are some small eateries (with rave reviews) that deserve to be patronized.

Two of my favorites were the Golden Thai Kitchen, a tiny-family operated restaurant in a strip mall in Phoenix, and the Bobby-Q Lounge, which features abundant portions of ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket served with beer from its own in-house brewery. (Ask manager Nicole Allman for a sample of BobbyQ’s award-winning amber.)

The Dhaba in Tempe offers an extensive menu of Punjabi delicacies, while the tacos and chili fries served at the Rusty Spur Saloon in

Scottsdale make it a must for fans returning to the desert. The nearby Old Town Tortilla Factory is famous for its Western spiced surf and turf.

Arizona is synonymous for disproportionately massive portions of meat. The Stockyards in Phoenix holds up the region’s affinity for beef and pork. For those seeking to offset their increased cholesterol, CHoP serves its short ribs, rib-eyes and onion rings with spaghetti squash and roasted cauliflower. Don & Charlie’s on Camelback Road is a restaurant as well as a sports museum.

The Arrowhead Grill in Glendale offers a la carte choice of cuts, preparations and sides. If you’re up for a drive, check out the Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill in Sedona where a reservation will get you breathtaking views from a scenic bluff among the red rock hillsides.

Here are a few essentials not to forget that will make your tour of the Cactus League a guaranteed hit: • • • •

Sunscreen Your glove A hat Your team jersey

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An autograph book Good walking shoes A hearty appetite Heartburn medication Personal recommendation: Don’t leave the ballpark in Goodyear without picking up a bottle or two of Cleveland’s Famous Bertman Original Ball Park mustard

Baseball is a feast for all of your senses. From the smell of fresh cut grass to the shriek of the vendors wandering the stadium peddling their wares. It’s never too early to start planning for next year.

Dan Aznoff was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the toxic waste crisis.

He is now a freelance writer living in Mukilteo dedicated to capturing the cherished stories of our lifetime so they can be preserved for future generations. He can be contacted directly at da@dajournalist.com.

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From Farm to Table

FOCUS ON Whole Foods Modern society has made everything convenient – from ready-made dinners to quick service takeout. In our fast-paced lives, convenience often wins out over what’s healthy to eat. But what we may take for granted is that we’ve made shopping healthy convenient too. It takes changing our shopping habits a bit, but in no time, you’ll forget the taste of prepackaged foods and crave the healthy whole foods instead. For starters, shop the edges of the supermarket. This is where your whole foods are. In other words, foods in their most natural state. Fill your cart with fruits and vegetables, organic dairy and 100 percent whole wheat and whole grains. Substitute sugar for natural sweeteners like honey and pure maple syrup. If you begin making substitutions of processed foods, you’re on your way to healthier eating habits.

FILL YOUR PLATE with Plants

Create a palette of color on your plate. The more variety of plants, the healthier.

Plants each have a variety of nutrients, and a good plate includes a lean meat, a serving of rice, pasta, potato or bread plus vegetables and fruit. Slice up some red, green and yellow peppers and lightly sauté them in olive oil. Keep them crisp, and they make a nice addition to brown rice or pasta. Check what serving size is right for you. Serving sizes are a lot smaller than you may think!

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CONSIDER Calorie Density Many of us who are conscious of eating healthy or losing weight check the nutrition labels for calories. The fewer the calories, the better, right? But keep in mind serving size as well. The calorie count is based off it. The number you eat doesn’t matter as much as what you eat. Fresh fruit and vegetables have much lower calorie densities. Choose foods high in water and fiber: vegetables, fruits, cooked whole grains, oatmeal, beans and legumes, nonfat dairy and soy products and lean animal meats for proteins. These foods have between 65 and 450 calories, which is a far cry from whole dairy products and processed foods.

CHOOSE Healthy Fats Americans are generally guilty of eating a high fat diet. But cutting fats out entirely isn’t healthy either because we need certain fats. The ones we should go after include nuts, seeds, vegetable oils (e.g., soy, walnut, corn and safflower) and fatty fish (e.g., tuna, salmon and sardines). These foods are called essential fatty foods because our bodies don’t make those fats. Choose these over red meat, seafood and whole dairy.

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FIND ALTERNATIVES to Oil Some vegetables oils are culprits of trans fats. These fats are solid at room temperature and include butter, margarine and vegetable shortening and are used in traditional American cuisine. Substitute frying oil with grapeseed or olive oil and lightly pan fry instead of deep frying. For salad dressing, try avocado oil. For baking, substitute butter for coconut oil. The consistency will remain the same, and they might even enhance the flavor of your cooking.

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Eating closer to nature goes back to the concept of eating whole foods. Heap your plate with plant-based foods and whole grains. Set aside fried foods or syrupy sauces for a baked potato with Greek yogurt and skinless, lightly seasoned chicken.

Drag out the blender and make your own smoothies with bananas and berries.

Eating healthy can be just as easy and filling as eating takeout – and it’s your own creation.

DRINK YOUR WEIGHT in Water Water is at the core of all existence. Without it, no plant, animal or human can live for long. Many of us don’t realize how easy it is to become dehydrated.

That headache, fatigue and food cravings could be attributed to it. When you feel a headache coming, feel tired or are craving food, try drinking water first. Dry lips and the feeling of thirst are signs of dehydration. The easiest way to determine how much water to drink is to divide your weight in half and drink that much water in ounces daily. If you’re working out or being active, you’ll need to add on to that. You can get your daily water supply not just from the tap but from tea, soda and juice. Make it a habit to keep a water bottle in your car, desk or locker when you’re out of the house. It’s the one thing you shouldn’t leave home without.

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Sustainable Urban Gardens It’s a thing

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s it possible to grow enough food to feed your family in an urban setting? Yes! Don’t you need acres of farmland to produce enough to make a go of it? The answer is a resounding “No!” More people in an urban setting are turning their hats towards the idea of small-scale urban gardening in a big way. As people are becoming more aware of the foods with which they choose to nourish their bodies, so they are shifting towards a start-to-finish approach to feeding themselves. Plant it, grow it, nourish it, harvest it, prepare it and eat it. Lather, rinse and repeat yearly. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reports that 800 million people worldwide grow vegetables or fruits or raise animals in cities, producing what the Worldwatch Institute reports to be an astonishing 15 to 20 percent of the world’s food. Doesn’t it make you want to grab a piece of the pie, knowing exactly where your food is coming from?

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It takes careful planning and attention to placement of edibles, growing seasons and smart use of vertical space, but it is possible and is being done right now in cities around the world.

Despite their relatively small size, urban farms grow a surprising amount of food with yields that often surpass those of their rural cousins. This is possible for a couple reasons. First, city farms don’t experience heavy insect pressure, and they don’t have to deal with hungry deer or groundhogs.

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also plant more densely because they hand cultivate, nourish their soil more frequently and micromanage applications of water and fertilizer. There’s no need for a big green harvester within city limits, just a little elbow grease and the will to get it done!

There’s nothing quite like fresh rosemary and oregano in your spaghetti sauce or fresh mint muddled into your favorite drink.

Some advice: if you don’t know if you can commit to turning your beautiful green lawn into an edible landscape, start small. Put in one or two raised beds, with well tended soil, and two or three varied plants. Salad greens are a plant that gives immediate success, with its short growing season and ability to thrive under a variety of conditions. Throw in a few herbs, such as thyme and chocolate mint for variety, a tomato plant or two, and just go from there! If you can handle more, plant more.

Let’s talk about that concept of vertical gardening. Many vegetables grow on vines.

Vines will travel up and wrap themselves around the nearest hospitable host. If you make use of trellises, you can double your ground space just by growing up instead of out.

Plant your vine vegetables in neat rows with a trellis between them and all of a sudden you’ve maximized your space and opened up dirt for the next crop.

A popular favorite of gardeners is a salsa garden; tomatoes, tomatillos, pepper plants, garlic and onions all grown together with cilantro. When it’s ripe, harvest a little of each and blend it all together for a savory fresh salsa that will be the envy of your block party. When they ask where you got it, just say you “shop local.”

Each plant has a unique growing season. You can spread out the work by planting early season crops first. Root vegetables and hardy vegetables can be planted extremely early in the season, even before the danger of frost is past, if you cover them with straw to help insulate. Later on in the season, that straw will help mulch the beds, holding in moisture and making more efficient use of water.

Lettuce and salad greens have a short growing season but can be harvested at intervals throughout the growing season. Plant early and harvest early to take maximum advantage of this delicate edible. Long-season crops, such as brussels sprouts, need to be planted early and then left alone until well into the fall. If your area is in danger of early frosts in the fall, portable hoop houses can be utilized to drop over late season crops at night to insulate them from the dangers.

Are you ready to benefit from a homegrown lifestyle? Imagine strolling through your garden beds and deciding what goes in your salad that night based off of whats ripe.

Imagine sending your children out to “grab a snack” off the vine. Fresh tomatoes, fruit right off of the tree or bush, snap peas, beans, carrots and more. The possibilities are endless. Are you more gourmet? A supplemental herb garden will give extra zip and zest to your dishes.

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Oktoberfest Northwest, Washington State Fair Events Center - Puyallup, WA, October 7 - 9 One of the largest gatherings in the region, Oktoberfest Northwest is about as authentic as it gets. You’ll find traditional German food, beer and entertainment as well as plenty of other fun activities. The Stein Dash 5k is a fun run where competitors get a souvenir stein before the race and can stop to have a drink at three different beer stations along the race course. There is also the annual Hammerschlagen tournament which has become one of the Northwest’s most addicting bar games. There is plenty of fun for the kids including a root beer tasting tent, games, pumpkin and face painting, scavenger hunt and more.

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Great Northwest Oktoberfest Great Northwest Oktoberfest - Whitefish, MT, September 29 - October 1 & October 6 - 8 The Whitefish Chamber of Commerce holds this yearly festival in Depot Park right downtown. Five dollars gets you into the party where you’ll find plenty of food to pair with imported German beer as well as five German-style offerings from local Great Northern Brewing. Let your competitive spirits fly in stein holding contests, chicken dance-offs, log sawing, keg hurling championships or the brat eating contest. Three different bands will provide music and dancing throughout both weekends.

Kids 12 and under are free with a paid adult admission.

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Fall at Green Bluff Fall at Green Bluff, Spokane, WA, October

Just north of Spokane you will find a conglomerate of family-run farms, and fall is a great time to visit. At Beck’s Harvest House kids can enjoy a hayride or navigate a corn maze. Several farms offer pick-your-own pumpkin patches and others have pumpkin catapults and cannons ready to hurl pumpkins hundreds of feet! Bring home fresh squeezed apple cider or sample drinks from local wineries, breweries, a hard cidery and even a meadery, all while taking in amazing views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. Green Bluff is a perfect place to make several stops without having to drive far in between.

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This is the festival that has spurned so many others.

But if you haven’t made your reservations yet, you are probably out of luck until next year. People from all over the West and Canada come for this Bavarian-themed town and its three weekends of celebration. You’ll find a massive festival hall and three other beer tents packed to the brim with food, drink and rowdy celebration goers. Follow the parade each Saturday at noon as the festival kicks off with the honorary keg tapping at 1pm.

This is a party you won’t soon forget.

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It’s always a great time to go wine tasting at some of Walla Walla’s more than 200 wineries, but fall barrel release weekend provides some added incentives. New varietals come out at dozens of participating wineries. Dinners hosted by winemakers will help you become an expert at pairing wines with different main courses and desserts. Art festivals and live music are in abundance, and taking in the beautiful fall colors is favorite pastime. In general, tasting fees run around $10 but are refunded with the purchase of a bottle – so be prepared to see your collection grow!

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ARE WE THERE YET? Sun Peaks is a little farther, but worlds apart from more popular Canadian destinations

By Dan Aznoff Photos courtesy of Tourism Sun Peaks

WHEN FRIENDS ASKED why my wife and I would drive to a resort in the Canadian Rockies when the most popular ski destination in North America is 100 miles closer to our hometown of Seattle, my response was simple, “Because most of that drive will be spent enjoying the views along the Trans-Canada Highway.”

Families from Western Washington flock north of the border every winter to challenge the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb. Many of those same families return during the warm weather months to hike the hilltop trails that criss cross peaks of the coastal mountains.

The crowds in Whistler and the picturesque drive were just two of the reasons why my wife and I choose to drive the extra kilometers to the resort community of Sun Peaks for our latest getaway.

Many of the same attractions that draw two million visitors to the former Olympic village north of Vancouver are available at Sun Peaks, an invigorating 300-mile drive

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from Seattle and 28 miles north of Kamloops in south central British Columbia. The summit of the Sun Peaks ski area covers 5.8 square miles of skiable terrain and receives more than 18 feet of snowfall in an average year.

“We have everything in Sun Peaks that people like about Whistler Blackcomb, but in more casual, family-friendly atmosphere,” said Kevin Tessier, a local tour operator and proprietor of The Voyageur Bistro inside the Kookaburra Lodge. “Visitors enjoy the interaction with the people they meet at Sun Peaks almost as much as the powder on the slopes. The attitude is contagious.”

In addition to the light, dry, “easy-to-ski” powder, skiers and snowboarders who come to Sun Peaks can take advantage of the almost 3,000-foot vertical rise from the base of the ski area in the village to the top of the 11 lifts. The Burfield Chair takes skiers to the start of a 23-minute run that starts at 6,800 feet above sea level. The area also has 12 protected areas for almost 25 miles of

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There is one ski area reserved exclusively for kids that features bunny hills under the watchful eyes of adult supervision.

The skiing, I’ve been told, is similar to the conditions in Aspen, Colorado.

Sunny alternatives All these wintertime stats are nice. But we are not skiers. So our visit in early June was designed to take in the vibrant blooms of Indian Paintbrush, Tiger Lilies and Fireweed along some of the 16 trails on Mt. Tod. The tourist brochures claim that Sun Peaks enjoys 2,000 hours of sunshine every year.

However, I can honestly say that I did not see a single cloud in the pale blue sky during our stay.

Tessier runs his tour operation with his wife from behind the bar at his bistro. His guided Voyageur excursions include exploration of the backwoods with seasoned guides who share the history of how British Columbia was established as a trading post for greedy English merchants. Experts glide the replica 30-foot Voyageur canoes across the waters of McGillivray Lake while they add their own interpretation of how the early settlers established commercial partnerships with members of the First Nation (Native Americans).

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The bistro is an incredibly friendly place, so I had no problem asking people at nearby tables what they had ordered. Other diners raved about the rabbit (no bunny for me), the zucchini fritter burgers and the extensive wine list.

The walk and talk on the Medicine Trail features more than anybody needs to know about local flora, fauna and the natural remedies the indigenous people created from the vegetation.

Voyageur’s most popular tour is a recreation of a fur trader dinner featuring ingredients from local farms. Guests return to a cedar house after a canoe trip on the lake to a feast of foods the early settlers would have enjoyed after a cold day of hunting and trapping.

Following her meal in the lakeside structure, one patron commented, “The food was all local and described as what fur traders may have had back in the early days. But I doubt the fur traders ate like we did!”

Guests end their adventure back at The Voyageur where only the bravest souls dare to draw liquid refreshment from the Jägermeister on tap.

Bison burger The bistro is also where we consumed one of our favorite meals in Sun Peaks, an incredible bison burger, cooked to a perfect medium rare, topped with Brie, served with yam fries accompanied by some wonderful

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The Voyageur was not the only place we sampled local cuisine during our stay in Sun Peaks. The 5Forty Café & Grill was not only where we grabbed bagels in the morning, but where we discovered my newest obsession, Kicking Horse Coffee. We were hesitant to try sushi at Oya Restaurant until we learned that the entire Sun Peaks Resort is owned by a Japanese conglomerate and that the restaurant provides comfort food for corporate visitors.

Some of the other intriguing dining establishments included Bella Italia Ristorante inside the Hearthstone Lodge and fine dining at Mantles Restaurant & Lounge in the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel & Conference Centre.

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It’s important to remember that Sun Peaks was built as a wintertime playground. Names like the Vertical Café, Mountain High Pizza and Powder Hounds are common in the village. Our visit in early June was long after the snow had melted and before the resort had geared up for summer visitors.

Extreme sports Summer in Sun Peaks begins in mid-June when restaurants switch to summer menus that feature lighter fare and the chairlift reopens to carry passengers with hiking poles and trail boots. The platter lift starts up again in June to carry riders and their vehicles to the top of America’s first and only Mountain Kart Cross Country Course.

The summer concert series kicks off the first week of July, followed by the Mountain Dew Mountain Bike Championships, the first of several extreme sport competitions that make annual stops at the resort.

The “Reach the Peak” hike is held every year in August, just before the 50km North Face Dirty Feet Relay in September, part of the Canadian National Championship Series.

For the less adventurous visitors, the Alpine Bloom Festival hits full stride in July, the same month as the annual “Quilting in the Mountains” event that draws participants from every corner of North America.

Thirty percent off Sun Peaks is just 30 minutes up the mountain from Kamloops, where several wineries produce delicate whites and fruitforward reds that are worth declaring at the border. We especially enjoyed the Sagewood Winery on Meadowlark Lane where Doug offers tastings from the comfort of his garage.

Harper’s Trail is more upscale and similar to the wineries in the Red Mountain region of Washington. The tastings are free and the grounds practically demand that you purchase a bottle for a picnic on the patio. (www.tourismkamloops.com/wineries-inkamloops-bc).

One of the best things about the wine in Canada is that it is sold in Canadian dollars, so even moderately priced wines becomes a

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bargain when it is discounted at the current exchange rate.

The one thing I like better than a nice wine or eating at a good restaurant is getting it all at a discounted rate. The exchange rate (at the time this article was written) meant that every U.S. dollar spent on my trip to Sun Peaks was worth $1.30 in Canada.

The exchange rate—and the Trans-Canada Highway—made our weekend in Sun Peaks one we will certainly duplicate soon.

Dan Aznoff was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the toxic waste crisis. He is now a freelance writer who lives in Mukilteo, WA dedicated to capturing the cherished stories of our lifetime so they can be preserved for future generations. He can be contacted directly at da@dajournalist.com.

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Harbor General Store

The Harbor General Store is a gourmet market, cafe and gift boutique, where the community comes to get supplies & gifts and feel connected. They sell goods that are quality and made in America and are passionate about the environment, creating jobs and supporting artisans. Open Mon 7am-3pm, Tues-Sat 7am-7pm, Sun 8am-4pm.

Drive thru opens 6am Mon-Fri. Free WiFi! 7804 Pioneer Way 253.358.3241 www.theharborgeneralstore.com

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Gig Harbor’s family owned and operated self-serve frozen yogurt store offers ten varieties of yogurt that rotate on a regular basis and over 60 toppings!

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Voted best Mexican Restaurant in South Sound Magazine for 2015! Since 1978, Moctezuma’s has been the favorite of those seeking authentic Mexican food and award winning Margaritas. Go visit their Gig Harbor location and enjoy their Tequila Bar for daily happy hour specials and an array of delicious appetizers. They have WiFi! 4628 Pt. Fosdick Drive NW 253.851.8464 moctezumas.com

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TACOMA HOLIDAY FOOD AND GIFT FESTIVAL October 20th-23rd

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THE TACOMA HOLIDAY FOOD AND GIFT FESTIVAL is back for it’s 34th year! This is Washington’s largest holiday gift show with over 550 booths including more than 250 brand new exhibits for this year’s show.

You will find unique gifts, arts and crafts, specialty foods and holiday decor all under the Tacoma Dome. Visit the Artists in Action Village that will feature artists demonstrating their skills and making one-of-a-kind gifts including wood carvings, folk art, stained glass, pottery, jewelry and more.

Also check out the Festival Food Market as this year they are rolling in the food trucks to add even more flavor to the food court! The exhibits will also feature live music throughout the event including West Coast Country Heat, Dance Theatre Northwest, Dance Makers Northwest, Eatonville Dance Center and more.

Throughout the weekend, there will also be numerous cooking demonstrations that you won’t want to miss. To learn more about the chefs and show times, visit holidaygiftshows.com/cooking-program/.

For the kids, Santa will be making an appearance and taking pictures for free! After your photos are taken, view them on one of the convenient touchscreens, and the photos will be printed immediately. After you receive your prints, you can return to plenty of shopping and fun with a great keepsake with Santa. Event photos are $11.95 for the first sheet and $6.50 for each additional sheet of photos.

Tickets are available online via Ticketmaster or you can purchase at the door.

Kids 12 and under get in for free and adults are $14.50. One ticket is good for all four days of the event and for groups of 10 or more you can call the Tacoma Dome at 253.272.3663 to receive group discounts on your tickets.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS October 31: Trick or Treat in the Harbor

The Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance presents “Trick or Treat in the Harbor” beginning at 3pm and ending at 6pm on Halloween. Many downtown waterfront businesses will be open for trick or treating and some street closures will take place to ensure safety for everyone. The following activities are planned: Harbor WildWatch will present their “Mad Scientist Laboratory” at the Skansie House, Harbor Dance will have Spooky Dance Performances on Harborview, The Kaleidoscope store will have a “Boo Bash” & Costume Contest, Gig Harbor Church of the Nazarene will have their “Trunk or Treat Carnival” behind and inside the church, Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One will welcome the kids near the Skansie House, Kids can visit Paradise Theatre’s Haunted House (former ACE Hardware location) from 4 -6pm for free! No scares! For more information visit gigharborwaterfront.org.

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Come celebrate the Key Peninsula Civic Center’s 60th year of serving the community October 8 at 5:30pm. The Flavors of Fall Gala is the Civic Center’s biggest fundraising event. This year the Flavors of Fall committee is gearing up to bring you an evening of fun and adventure with the theme “Flavors of the World.”

Guests will start off the evening with a champagne greeting, go on to taste foods and drinks from all around the world, and then go home with an amazing one- ofa-kind experience and items won during the silent or live auction. Find more information on their Facebook page.

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Widely acclaimed as one of today’s finest narrative songwriters, Shindell has a rare gift for using detail to illuminate his characters’ motivations and actions without ever getting mired in minutiae.

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Make Waves: Celebrate, Donate, Educate Harbor WildWatch hosts their Second Annual Benefit event in The Club at The Boatyard from 6 to 8:30pm. The event will include a silent auction with local goods and adventurous experiences available to bid on. To learn more or to attend please contact jennifer@harborwildwatch.org.

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Gig Harbor Film Festival October 20-22. Join us for one of the fastest growing independent film festivals in the Northwest. The 9th Annual Gig Harbor Film Festival will feature a variety of selected films, a KidsFest and a 72-hour film competition with awards. Located at the Galaxy Theatre in Gig Harbor. Entries for films are still being accepted on our website gigharborfilmfestival.org.

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#COMMUNITYHARVEST Make a difference day is the largest national day of community service – a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. On this one day millions of Americans will unite in a common mission to improve the lives of others. And we’re standing up in our community to do the same!

In 2013 the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation took on the development of the first Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula Make a Difference Day. That year they raised over $20,000 in addition to direct donations of food, coats, blankets and more to area programs that work to provide the community families with what they need.

Now in it’s 25th year, and the third year of the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula Make a Difference Day, the foundation is mixing it up to help make an impact in the community that extends beyond this one day through the new #Community Harvest Project, feeding families for a brighter future. In partnership with two community programs that work to meet the nutritional needs of families, the collaborative campaign will help Food Backpacks 4 Kids and the Gig Harbor Basket Brigade to secure food and funding for about 12,000 meals by Make A Difference Day on 10.22.16, when all community efforts will culminate at Peninsula High School.

A great way you can get involved is by sponsoring a recipe! As a recipe sponsor you agree to rally your team to fulfill the canned, boxed and/or dry good ingredient requirements for 425 bags. On Make A Difference Day, the #Community Harvest Convoy will collect and transport the foods gathered by the 29 sponsoring groups to Peninsula High School, where the day’s activities will include a community harvest – crockpot meals cooked up by area chefs, and more! Read more about it at gigharborfoundation.org/communityharvest.

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Alejandro Fleites Harbor History Museum is thrilled to welcome back guitarist Alejandro Fleites, to the stage at the Museum on Friday, October 21 from 7 to 8:30pm. Fleites will perform works from the Cuban musical tradition, including salsa, son, rumba, and Afro-Cuban for the Gig Harbor community. Doors open at 6pm for happy hour. For tickets call 253.858.6722.

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Key Pen Parks is putting on a spooky and fun festival with Halloween right around the corner. Take part in the flashlight hunt and haunted hayride. Be sure to dress up and enter to win the costume contest!

S’mores and a live DJ will make this night lots-o-fun. Visit for more information keypenparks.com.

Ready for a scary good time?! In the (haunted) spirit of the season, the Museum will host Night at the Museum: Harbor History Museum’s 1st Annual Halloween Ball, a spooky soiree for grown-up ghosts, ghouls and goblins on Saturday, October 29 from 7 to 10pm. It will include Halloween-themed rooms, music and dancing, costume contest, door prizes, scary stories and more. For questions, contact the Museum at 253.858.6722.

This year’s Blues & Brews Fest at the Key Peninsula Civic Center will feature TWO bands and seasonal beer from 7 Seas Brewing. Featured bands are S.A.S.S. and C.J.K. Advance Tickets are available at Sunnycrest Nursery, The Blend Wine Shop, Key Peninsula Civic Center or through Brown Paper Tickets. For more information call 253.884.3456.

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This will be the absolute best new cyclocross bike racing venue in the South Sound! All the best to offer: Grass Maze with barriers, gravel, downhill/ uphill sections, hill run up, bridges, water feature, asphalt stretch, woods, team tent area along start/finish, food trucks (Stacks! & On The Grind 253), beer garden, real bathrooms, and killer prizes from our sponsor - FSA. You name it! 100 percent of the proceeds to be donated to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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Uptown Trick or Treating Come on down to Uptown Gig Harbor Shopping Center for Trick or Treating with the local merchants. For more information visit www.uptowngigharbor.com.

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