Back of Photo: Jae Young Jung spoons herbs into folded pieces of paper while preparing prescriptions for patients at his chinese herb store in the Korean shopping center at 9312 South Tacoma Way. Jung is one of several tenants in the shopping center, which attracts both Asian and American customers. Story by Gordon Photo by Carrie Robertson
Back of Photo: International Woodworkers of America local 3-38 formed an informational picket line at the Simpson owned Commencement Bay Mill Company at 11th and Portland Avenue in Tacoma on Tuesday morning. They claim that so many workers honored the picket that the mill did not operate Tuesday. Local 3-38 workers are on strike against Simpson in Shelton. Three of the people in photo are IWA 3-38 members from Shelton; the person who is second from the left is a union carpenter who stopped by to give moral support. His name is Roger Dudley... From left: Patsy Glaser, Roger Dudley, Bill Gibson, and Doug Norton. Bruce Kellman
Back of photo: The Rev. Bob Penton is in charge of the Ministry in the Central. The church is devoted to helping the down and out find jobs, get them employment training if necessary and helping others. The program meets at the First Baptist Church downtown. Staff photo by John Giron. 1/22/87
Back of Photo: Steam escaped from the broken pipes on the coal-fired engine of the African Queen after she broke down during a news media cruise of Seattle's Lake Union Monday morning. Damage to the 76-year-old African steamer of movie fame evidently came during a January visit to the mid-west during sub-zero cold spell. The tour continued via a tow. The boat will be on display at the Big Tacoma Boat Show this week. The steam pressure valve indicated zero pressure and the boat whistles remained silent because of the broken pipes. Bruce Kellman
Back of Photo: -Ape Cake- Roland Winbeckler, chief decorator for a bakery in suburban Kent, daubbed frosting on a 6-foot, 4-inch gorilla made of banana cake and butter-cream icing. The ape will go on display at a Tacoma firm's private zoo. The 30-year-old Winbeckler has carved all sorts of animals and people out of cake and hopes someday to do something "outrageous" like a life-size Empire State Building or busy street scene.
Back of Photo: Dave Dustan notches log Dave Dustan, Stadium HS, Tacoma, notches log for footbridge in the backcountry between White and Chinook Passes, Snoqualmie NF. Jay M. Steinberg, Midway Station, Kent
Back of Photo: Ernesto, left, wife Marina, and son David stand in front of their store, El Compadre, at the corner of 40th and McKinley Ave. The store has become the hub of information and assistance for the stream of Mexicans who continue to flow into Pierce County. They will be receiving an award from a new Hispanic organization in town. (photo by David Brandt)
Back of Photo: Miss Nan Yung Chung sings Top 40 hits in English and Korean at the Torch Light, a Korean nightclub on South Tacoma Way. Story by Dorian Smith Photo by Bill Hunter
Back of Photo: Dennis LaPointe, newly elected chairman of Puyallup International Inc., a corporation which will oversee the tribe's economic development programs, listens to input from other board members at a recent meeting.
Back of Photo: Jim Hendricks adjusted a British flag on the African Queen, the 76-year-old African steamer that starred with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in the 1951 movie classic of the same name. It was in the water at Lake Union in Seattle prior to its scheduled appearance at the Big Tacoma Boat Show this week. Bruce Kellman