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Vol. CXXIV, No. 77
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New Tacoma Goodwill store opens May 2 Posted online Fri., April 19 Tacoma Goodwill will open a new outlet store May 2 in the heart of Tacoma's Nalley Valley district. The new location replaces a store formerly located at 714 South 27th Street, which was adjacent to Goodwill's Milgard Work Opportunity Center. The new 12,000 square foot Tacoma Goodwill Outlet, located at 3120 S. Pine Street, is the newest of 31 Goodwill stores in southwest and central Washington. "The new outlet location will be more customerfriendly because it is centrally located, provides additional parking, and increases the selection of goods available," said Mark Holcomb, Senior Vice President of Business Services for Tacoma Goodwill. He also noted the location is adjacent to one of Tacoma Goodwill's major recycling centers. "By eliminating the distance between our area retail and recycling operations we reduce transportation costs, leaving more funding for Tacoma area job training and placement programs." More information is available online at tacomagoodwill.org.
TCC hires academic affairs VP Posted online Fri., April 19 Tacoma Community College has hired Dr. Tod E. Treat as its new executive vice president for academic and student affairs. Dr. Treat has served as vice president for student and academic services at Richland Community College in Decatur, Ill., since 2010. Prior to that position, Dr. Treat spent two years at the University of Illinois as assistant professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership. While at the University of Illinois, he was regularly recognized for excellence in teaching. Dr. Treat also spent five years as dean of academic services at Parkland College in Champaign, Ill. Dr. Treat began his academic career on faculty at Parkland College, where he taught chemistry from 1994 to 2003. Dr. Treat has a Doctor of Philosophy from the College of Education at the University of Illinois, a Master of Science in Chemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois. Dr. Treat replaces longtime executive vice president Dr. Tim Stokes, who in January became president of South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia. Dr. Treat will begin working at Tacoma Community College in July.
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Repairs needed for downtown Tacoma's historic totem pole
Article and Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor City engineers have raised safety concerns over the structural integrity of an historic totem pole in downtown Tacoma's Fireman's Park. Earlier this month, two engineers with PCS Structural Solutions, a firm contracted by the City of Tacoma, visited the park to assess the 110-year-old totem pole. They found enough "soft wet deteriorated wood" and "significant deterioration" that the pole's seismic stability has been compromised by at least 50 per cent. "It is our opinion that deterioration was discovered to be much more advanced than the surface would indicate," wrote PCS Structural Solutions engineers Jim Collins and Gary Beckner in an April 15 memo to Darius Thompson, an engineer in the city's public works department. "Therefore it should be viewed that the
deterioration presents a significant liability for the pole's stability, and the pole should be considered unreliable or unstable and a falling hazard. We recommend that the pole be lowered to the ground or shored as a precaution." As a result, Tacoma's public works director ordered the totem pole be stabilized immediately and the surrounding park area to be fenced off, according to documents prepared by City of Tacoma staff. The Tacoma Totem Pole, which stands 82 feet-six-inches tall, was carved by Alaskan Indians on Vashon Island and installed in Tacoma in 1903. According to Metro Parks Tacoma, it stood for decades near South 10th and A Streets, but was moved to Fireman's Park, located at South 9th and A Streets, in 1953. The pole includes carved images of an eagle, killer whale, raven, grizzly bear, and wolf. It was designated an historic landmark in 1975 and is now part of the city's collection of public art. The landmark nomination prepared 38 years ago notes two wealthy Tacoma businessmen, William Sheard and Chester Thorne, paid $3,000 to commission the pole after Sheard grew irritated by articles touting Seattle's Totem Pole. Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to be briefed on the issue during its meeting on Weds., April 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market Street, Room 248.