The day after Faaluaiana “Lua” Pritchard resigned as executive director of the Korean Women’s Association, she sent only two dozen e-mails to her interim successor, Jeannie Darneille.
Life was more fun when we didn’t know what was good for us.
Want to alarm a resident at The Esplanade?
It’s been a brutal year,” Tacoma Community College President Pamela Transue told a room full of people who knew it all too well.
Someone was doing right by the petunias, dusty miller and pansies at Pacific Avenue and South 52nd Street.
The sad news came by e-mail: Yolanda Ramos, a former community mobilization specialist for the Safe Streets organization, had died June 16, at only 43 years old.
In her junior year at Fife High School, Jen Croak was legally blind. In her senior year, she wasn’t.
That it’s been such a rotten year for gang killings would, in a reasonable world, make no sense.
The outfit calls itself Families Unlimited Network, FUN for short.
The cinderblock gem of the South End is bound for dust.
Every murder is dreadful. Let’s stipulate to that.
Imagine showing up every Friday to teach a class of middle schoolers that environmental change starts with them. Imagine winning Tacoma’s City of Destiny Award for that effort. Imagine building it into a project so compelling that it places first on a statewide field of 93 teams. Imagine each of the five members of your team accepting a check for $5,000, plus one for your school.
In a perfect world, 4,618 families would show up for this month’s 25th anniversary of Helping Hand House.
Floyd Holden died sure of two things: He and his wife, Bea, had honored their country with lives of service. And Bea would be provided for with his life insurance policy from the U.S. Army.
Buddy and his 89 pals, in their first hour on the job, ate their way to two laundry baskets, three box springs and enough junk to fill a dumpster.
AIDS Housing Association of Tacoma
American Memorial
Amtrak Cascades
Away We Go
B&I Coin Shop
Banner Bank
Bergman Draper & Frockt
Big 5 Sporting Goods
Blue Mouse Theatre
Cadillac
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
Chambers Creek Pet Memorial Park at New Tecoma Cemetery
City of Tacoma
Classy Chassis
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Comcast
Dejà Vu
Dell
Destiny Harbor Tours
EB5 Facial Cream
Emerald Queen Hotel & Casino
Frank Tobey Jones Senior University
Galaxy Theatres
Gene Pankey Motor Company
GMC
Got Gold
Harbor Audiology & Hearing Services, Inc.
HomeStreet Bank
Honda Power Equipment
Hooters
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ideal Home Furnishings
Johnny's Dock Restaurant & Marina
JointFlex
Juvenescence MD Laser & Skin Care
Kantor Diamond Company
Katherine E. Crabill D.D.S.
Kenneth P. Ring, DDS
Little Creek Casino & Resort
Lost Lake Resort
Macy's
Mary's Burgo Bistro
Mattress Depot USA
Memory Wellness Program
Moe's Home Collection
Muckleshoot Casino
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
Narrows Glen
New Life Clinics
New Tacoma Cemeteries & Funeral Home
Win Mariners Tickets
McClatchy's Newspapers Commemorative Book
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