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Westside Story – Recycle at Recycle
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APCC Hosts 14th Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration
Posted by | CommentsWHO: Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC)
WHAT: 14th Annual Asia Pacific New Year's Celebration
WHEN: Saturday, February 11, 2012, from 11:00 a.m. - 6 p.m.
WHERE: Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall, located at 2727 East D Street, Tacoma, WA 98421. With an expected attendance of 8,000 people from all over the Northwest and beyond, we encourage attendees to arrive early. Doors will open at 10:30am. The opening ceremony is at 11:00am and the festivities go on until 6:00pm. Free and low cost parking is available.
WHY: This year APCC (Asia Pacific Cultural Center) is proud to feature the Island Nation of Fiji, a country known for its beautiful landscape and beaches, and for its beautiful and diverse people. The Chief Guest for the Fijian Community will be the Honorable Ambassador Winston Thompson from Washington D.C. Everyone will be able to learn about and experience some of the traditions from Fiji as well as all of the different Asia Pacific countries and cultures through song, music, dance, and other interesting and entertaining demonstrations.Fun, free, and entertaining event for the whole family. Sample the vast diversity of the Asia Pacific region, through song, music, and traditional dances. Throughout the day, children can participate in educational games, storytelling, and hands-on activities.
Traffic up at The Suburban Times website
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Twenty-six percent more visitors (9,419 v. 7,467) visited www.thesubtimes.com in January 2012 compared with January 2011. Those 26% more visitors viewed 42% more pages (24,533 v. 17,270) once at the site. Comparing complete year (2011 to 2010), the numbers are also quite impressive. 44% more visitors (106.144 v. 73,396) viewed 33% more pages (244,434 v. 183,709). Check out our site statistics for your yourself. If you'd like to reach this growing audience with an consistent (and affordable) advertising, check out our rates or call Stephen Neufeld (253-318-7013) for more information.
Same sex marriage bill: Forum to discuss the effects for the people of Washington
Posted by | CommentsOn Feb. 1, the Washington State Senate passed a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in Washington. The measure now moves to the House, where supporters say they have the votes to pass it as early as next week. From there, Gov. Chris Gregoire has promised to sign it, making Washington the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage.
But what does it mean to the citizens of the state? Some interesting consequences are tied to the measure.
A panel hosted by the Division of Student Affairs and the Diversity Resource Center will consider the consequences of making same-sex marriage legal in Washington at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 6 in William Philip Hall on the UW Tacoma campus. Read More→
AD: Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity Changing Lives Luncheon
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Community steps up to help students with tuition
Posted by | CommentsAround 130 supporters of the University of Washington Tacoma attended a fundraising breakfast this morning on the university campus to help students meet the gap between what they can pay and what it costs to attend the university this year.
Friends of the University of Washington Tacoma, including community members, staff, faculty, retirees and alumni, have raised $350,159 so far for a new fund drive called Step Up Scholarships.
UW Tacoma is matching contributions to the Step Up Scholarships at 50 cents on the dollar, bringing the total thus far to more than $525,000. The goal is to raise $1 million all together by April 13, when tuition is due for spring quarter.
“Students are being asked to shoulder more of the cost of attending the university, and we want to help them as much as we can,” said UW Tacoma Chancellor Debra Friedman. “We have made remarkable progress in a short time, but we still have a ways to go. We need to raise another $316,000 from the community in two and a half months.”
UW- Tacoma Russell T. Joy Building Receives LEED Platinum Certification
Posted by | CommentsThe Green Building Certification Institute has awarded LEED Platinum certification to the University of Washington Tacoma’s Russell T. Joy Building.
The Joy Building, renovated by Korsmo Construction, is the first in Tacoma and first on any University of Washington campus to achieve a Platinum rating in the "new construction / major remodel" category and only the second state-funded building to receive this recognition. Platinum certification is the highest possible, and most rigorous certification in the LEED system.
Emergency Food Network receives $15,000 from Harlequin Books
Posted by | CommentsAfter more than 111,000 online votes and 7,800 Facebook shares, the 2012 recipients of the eighth annual Harlequin More Than Words award are Mindy Atwood of Hilliard, Ohio, who runs Patches of Light, a nonprofit organization where anonymous angels pay the rent for parents of desperately ill children; Helen McGovern of Tacoma, Washington, who oversees Emergency Food Network, which distributes food to 67 food banks, meal sites and shelters, including those with health restrictions; and Sally Spencer of Toronto, Ontario, who manages a mentoring program that rescues at-risk children.
Check into “California Suite” for a laugh-filled evening
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by Lynn Geyer
There was a time when, if theatre-goers wanted an assurance of a fun evening, they would look for a Noel Coward play. Since the 1960s, Neil Simon plays have always been sure-fire laugh fests.
Today – things haven’t changed!
No matter how you slice it or what your age, “California Suite,” by Neil Simon is still as funny as it was when first produced in 1976.
This sparkling comedy offers four vignettes involving five actors as 11 characters; all but one of whom plays two or three roles. The differences between these personas are beautifully pulled off by the actors – there is absolutely no similarity of character in the roles each plays.
Much of this is probably due to the excellent direction of Frank Kohel, who has a portent for bringing out the best performances from an actor. Yet, surely, it is the actor who is ultimately responsible for the finished product of any show.
Tacoma Nature Center and Tahoma Audubon February events
Posted by | CommentsBird Walk
All ages welcome, free
Find out which of our avian friends call the Adriana Hess Wetland Park their home on a guided walk through the park. No registration needed. Call 253-565-9278 for more information.
February 13 noon – 1:30pm
Tahoma Audubon Just for Kids
Budding Scientists
Ages 5-7, $9 per student
Young homeschoolers and other children begin science and nature exploration through games, walks, and crafts. Register two days prior to the session.
This class is held at the Adriana Hess Audubon Center in University Place.
February 1 10:30am – noon Who’s Who
February 15 10:30am – noon Animal Families
February 29 10:30am – noon Bunches & Groups
AD: Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity Changing Lives Luncheon
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TCC Alumnus Chi Choi honored at “Transforming Lives” event
Posted by | CommentsTacoma Community College alumnus Chi Choi was one of five students and former students selected to receive the "Transforming Lives" award from Washington’s Trustee Association for Community and Technical Colleges (TACTC). TACTC chose the five students, including Choi, from 34 students nominated by the Washington community and technical colleges. Choi and his fellow award recipients were presented with a $500 prize at the TACTC’s Winter Conference dinner in Olympia Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. The five award recipients are also featured in a video, currently in production.
Choi is currently employed as a design engineer at Genie Industries in Moses Lake, WA. He was nominated for the award by the TCC Board of Trustees.
What to do with extra garbage, recycling and storm debris
Posted by | CommentsLast week’s storm affected almost everyone’s trash and recycling collection and many of you are wondering when to set out your containers.
American Disposal, DM Disposal, and Murrey’s Disposal, Lakewood Refuse, LeMay Enterprises, and Pierce County Refuse
For no additional charge, the company will accept twice your normal amount of garbage and recycling on your next regularly scheduled pick up day. If this requires you to use an additional container, please make sure you label it “Garbage” or “Recycling”. Drivers will be on the lookout for these extra containers.
‘Xanadu’ may be no pleasure dome but what a hoot!
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by Lynn Geyer
Somebody made a mistake and dropped the Muse in Venice, California, in 1980, where they collided with “Starlight Express!”
Tacoma Musical Playhouse’s Director/Choreographer Jon Douglas Rake confesses that “Xanadu” is “a Dumb…Stupid… show!” But, it’s SO entertaining!
In a nutshell, this unbelievably campy musical is about a sidewalk artist who isn’t satisfied with his mural of the Greek Muse so he figures he’ll commit suicide. The youngest muse, Clio decides to help him. However, she must disguise herself or break Daddy Zeus’ rules of not revealing herself to a mortal. So, she changes her name to “Kira” and puts on a pair of roller skates, leg warmers and an Australian accent. Sonny, our hero, is instantly inspired and plans to ask location owner, Danny, to donate the old, never opened Xanadu Movie Theater to him to use as a roller disco!
Darneille DNA bill would help cops catch serial criminals
Posted by | CommentsCustomers can pay their utility bill in person or by phone on Jan. 28
Posted by | CommentsCustomers of Tacoma Public Utilities may pay their bill in person in the utility building lobby or by phone this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
While the lobby and phone center are normally closed on Saturdays, they will be open Jan. 28 to help customers who couldn’t reach the administration building during last week’s inclement weather or make a payment by phone due to the focus on storm-related calls.
This Saturday, customers may pay their bill in the lobby, at 3628 S. 35th St., Tacoma, or by phone at (253) 502-8600.
Please join us on Saturday, March 10th for the 2nd Annual Bia - Ceol- Damhsa, an evening of Irish food, music and dance to support the St. Leo Food Connection, which operates a number of emergency food programs, including:
- The St. Leo Food Connection, one of the the largest food banks in Pierce County.
- *The Springbrook Mobile Food Bank, serving more than 150 households weekly.
- A Backpack Project that provides two days worth of kid-friendly food to more than 415 Tacoma Public School students at 14 schools on Fridays throughout the school year.
- Summer Meals sites in Tacoma and Lakewood that provide lunch to an average of 500 children on weekdays throughout the summer as well as sites at two Migrant Farm Worker camps in the Skagit Valley that served lunch and a snack to 100 children daily.
