Tacoma Daily Index, May 01, 2013

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013

Vol. CXXIV, No. 84

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices

Published Since 1890

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123 Years Young

A milestone moment for the city's newspaper of record

Tacoma's Recovery & Transfer Center earns public works project award Posted online Tues., April 30 Photo Courtesy City of Tacoma / HG Building Systems The American Public Works Association has selected the Tacoma Solid Waste Management Recovery & Transfer Center (pictured) as a 2013 Public Works Project of the Year. The facility was recognized as the top public works project in the country in the Environment category for projects from $25 million to $75 million. The 75,000-square-foot facility at the Tacoma Landfill received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the Green Building Certification Institute for the sustainable elements incorporated into the construction. It also allows Tacoma to sort and capture many recyclables that would otherwise end up in the landfill.

Every year an average of 165,000 tons of garbage goes through the state-of-the-art center. A portion of the material is recovered and recycled; the rest is trucked to the LRI Landfill in Graham. The APWA Public Works Project of the Year Award was established to promote excellence in the management and administration of public works projects by recognizing the alliance between the managing agency, the consultant/ architect/engineer and the contractor. Project partners were HDR Engineering (design), JE Dunn (contractor) and JR Miller & Associates (architecture and structural engineering). The Recovery & Transfer Center was completed in 2011 at a cost of $26 million. It was previously recognized as the top regional "Best Project" in the industrial/manufacturing category by Engineering News-Record. A division of the City of Tacoma Environmental Services Department, Solid Waste Management provides garbage and recycling services for single-family residential homes, multi-family units and commercial businesses. The utility also operates a full-service landfill/ transfer center, recycling center and household hazardous waste facility as well as a popular residential bulk item disposal service, Call-2Haul. More information is available online at TacomaRecycles.org.

By Todd Matthews, Editor Today is a milestone moment in the Tacoma Daily Index's history: the newspaper is 123 years old. The newspaper was first published on May 1, 1890 as a single-sheet under the name of the Daily Mortgage and Lien Record. The name then changed to the Daily Court and Commercial Index before finally settling permanently on the Tacoma Daily Index. When the newspaper opened its doors in 1890, it did so inside the five-story, stone-and-brick California Building, located at 1110-1116 Pacific Avenue. The building was home to Merrick Brothers clothing and shoe store; St. John's Pharmacy; I.J. Sharick jewelers; and Fidelity Rent & Collection Company. A photographer and "crayon artist" named Arthur French had a live/work space there, too. Sadly, the building was demolished in 1931 and replaced by a parking garage. Over its lifetime, our small legal newspaper has been a major source of information for Tacoma and Pierce County residents, attorneys, and business leaders looking to keep up on matters related to legal notices, new business announcements, property sales, and news about city, county and state government. The newspaper passed through the hands of only a handful of owners. Victor J. Hedberg and his business partner, J. D. Ogden, bought the paper in 1931 when then-owner H. H. Johnson, who owned the paper for 17 years, passed away. Before that, R. B. Whitaker, the paper's original publisher, owned the Index for 24 years. But no one owned the paper longer than Marshall B. Skidmore (pictured above with his son, Rob), who led the publication for 37 years before selling it to Sound Publishing and retiring in 1997. On this important anniversary, our staff looks forward to contributing to the Tacoma Daily Index's continued success.


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