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Vol. CXXIII, No. 153
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Children's Bell Sculpture
Tacoma plans re-dedication ceremony Aug. 28 Posted online Weds., Aug. 6 Article and File Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor The City of Tacoma will host a ceremony this month to re-dedicate the recently restored Children's Bell sculpture. The City-owned art piece, which was created by artist Larry Anderson 14 years ago, was temporarily removed and placed in Metro Parks Tacoma's Parks Maintenance Building to address needed repairs, such as remounting the piece on a shaft foundation, painting existing support pipes, rebuilding gong strikers, and restoring the surrounding landscape to its original condition. In February, a $9,900 budget was established and the City of Tacoma began to accept bids on the project. In March, the City announced four companies submitted bids, with Tacoma, Wash.based Lewis Concrete submitting an $8,000 bid and receiving the contract. In April, area visitors noticed safety barricades were in place around the sculpture while the contractor spent several weeks completing the restoration work. In June,
City of Tacoma Public Works Project Engineer Dan Cederlund told the Tacoma Daily Index the contractor had wrapped up work on the project. The Children's Bell sculpture, which is located at 3800 Ruston Way, was a gift to Tacoma from “Washington Partnerships for Action, Voices for Empowerment (PAVE)” and other private
donors in order to celebrate the life, spirit, and accomplishments of Washington PAVE Founder and Director Marty Gentili, who was born on May 28, 1942, and passed away on Feb. 28, 1993. The four-foot-tall bronze bell is decorated with children around the border and is meant to be rung and accessible by people with disabilities, according to Metro Parks Tacoma and City of Tacoma officials. The re-dedication ceremony will be held on Thurs., Aug. 28, at 2 p.m., at 3800 Ruston Way, in Tacoma. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the Children's Bell sculpture restoration project, visit our Web site for the following articles: — Tacoma Children's Bell sculpture restored on Ruston Way waterfront (Tacoma Daily Index, June 3, 2014) — Metro Parks Tacoma: Children's Bell sculpture restoration project under way (Tacoma Daily Index, April 10, 2014) — 4 contractors bid on Children's Bell sculpture restoration project (Tacoma Daily Index, Mar. 14, 2014) — City Hall News: Tacoma Smelter Plume cleanup, public art restoration project and Presidents Day (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 14, 2014) — City seeks bids for Children's Bell sculpture restoration project (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 5, 2014)