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Drohman, Lewis
Federal Way candidate
Lewis Drohman, Pos. 3 Federal Way
Photo by Michael Chow

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Oscar Eason
Photo by Michael Chow

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Pierce County Executive Joe Stortini was offered a cup of coffee by county staffer Sandy Bassett at the reception following the ceremony in which Stortini and council members Barbara Gelman, Dennis Flannigan, Bill Stoner, and Chuck Gorden took the oath of office for new terms.
Staff photo by Bruce Kellman

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Jule Sugarman, outgoing head of DSHS for the state.
Wilson story
Staff photo by Peter Haley

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Tacoma Mayor Doug Sutherland announces to the audience and for the record that the council will stay in executive session for another 10 minutes. This is in the council chambers before a regular meeting.
Staff photo by Peter Haley

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The Senate gallery was overflowing with spectators at the Curt Smitch confirmation hearing held by the Senate Environment and Natural Resource Committee.
Photo by Bill Hunter

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OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON -- WORK RELEASE -- Sen. Bill Smitherman, D-Tacoma, speaks in favor of legislation that would toughen-up Washington prison work release programs. The Senate passed the measure that some felt didn't go far enough.
Associated Press Photo, 1989

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Sheridan Elementary Principal Emma Sneed responded to charges raised by parents during a meeting at the school Wednesday morning. The principal was accused of driving away quality teachers.
Staff photo by Bruce Kellman

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Keith Stiles
Photo by Jim Bates

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"Tacoma Needle Exchange on a downtown street.
Dave Purchase gives a clean hypodermic needle to an I.V. drug user after the use put a used needle into the red plastic container on the table.
1988? 1989? Photo by Peter Haley, The News Tribune (Tacoma), 1950 S. State, Tacoma, WA 98405

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Lyle Quasim heads up the Tacoma-Pierce County Safe Streets Campaign.
Photo by Katherine Jones

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Antique dealer Dog Bassett cues up a "78" on one of the several Victrola phonographs he deals. Among his specialties is a 25,000-piece record stock. Bassett owns "The Time Machine" on Broadway.

Photo by Geff Hinds

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Jenny and George Sung stand in their restaurant at 32921 1st Ave. S. The Peking Wok.
Photo by David Brandt. Weathersby/Biz

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Curt Smitch at the Rotary Club Luncheon.
Staff photo by Geff Hinds

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Nikki Smith, Managing Director of Tacoma Little Theatre, is enchanted by the audition of children for parts in "Oliver".
Staff photo by Peter Haley

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Robert Stivers, PLU religion professor
Photo by Michael Chow

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Harold Moss holds a copy of his impassioned letter to his Tacoma city council colleagues asking for an anti-discrimination law for the city.

Photo by Geff Hinds.

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Dave Purchase
Tacoma Needle Exchange
by David Brandt 6/29/89

"Below: Bleach to sterilize needles that get a second use before being exchanged and condoms at right"

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Seattle Mayor-elect Norm Rice, foreground left, and Tacoma Mayor-elect Karen Vialle, foreground right, answer questions and thank the black collective for the support the group has given both Rice and Vialle. The two Mayor-elects met with the Black Collective Saturday morning at 2316 S. Yakima. (12-2-89 photo by David Brandt)
Pierce & S. King County

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Trying to keep 'K' Street safe, Morris McCollum, President of 'K' Street Boosters, far left, has customers and passers-by sign a petition to keep the Hilltop patrolled by the same officers on the crime management team task force for 'K' Street.
Pictured, from left, are McCollum, Diaetta Walker, Henrietta George, Mary Radziski, manager of New Look Clothing on 'K' Street, and Virginia Taylor. The children are Lashwanda Walker, 19 months, in stroller, and Lapaschia Walker, 4-years-old. Both are daughter of Diaetta Walker. They want the streets kept safe so they can shop and let their kids play in the area. (photo by David Brandt)

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A Sad But Hopeful Look.....Pastor Lynn Farnum (Trinity Presbyterian Church), no stranger to the life on Tacoma's Hilltop and the plight of its children, gives a thoughtful glance down a stretch of streets on the Hill today as she joined a concerned group of local pastors and church leaders who briefly toured the area following a press conference they called to express concern and call attention to the Children's Initiative which they support. In the background (right arm raised) another spokesperson for the group, Rev. Dave Alger (Ex. Director of Associated Ministries) explains the sights to other members of the group.
News/Callahan
Geff Hinds Photo

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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)

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Demonstrators gather their signs together as they prepare to leave after the City Council vote on the sexual preference issue.
By Jim Bates

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"NEWS 3/17/89 (Photo by Russ Carmack)
Judy Slaney puts a Mazda decal on the tail gate of a Mazda 4x4 pick-up truck at the Mazda import facility at the Port of Tacoma. Congress is taking a critical look at Foreign Trade Zones to see if they help or hinder the U.S. economy. Port of Tacoma has the second largest Free Trade Zone in the country, and the port officials consider it an important economic development too. Mazda adds accessories and detailing to cars imported from Japan and Korea.

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"I live on K street and I'm at war!" With those words Mary Miller, a hilltop resident and parent of 3 school-age children, introduced herself to a classroom of other concerned citizens during an hour-long workshop for "Safe Streets" held at Mt Tahoma High School this evening. Several Hundred (one count had it at 500) folks met in various classroom settings to discuss strategies and vent their fears and frustrations in dealing with the cities problems of late and assigning each participant an "action front" theme to concentrate and educate upon. Miller, who listens to a speaker emphasize the need for group action, sits next to her "Safe Streets" sweatshirt.
Geff Hinds/photo
Gordon/news

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"Volunteers work to clean up the Lakota Creek in Federal Way. The clean-up was sponsored by The Hylebos and Lower Puget Sound Basin Citizen Advisory Committee and King County Surface Water Management Division. Some of the volunteers included Federal Way mayor-elect Debbie Ertel and King County Executive Tim Hill.
The people in the photograph are: Dave Clark, foreground, Ted Enticknap, right, with the two people in the background unidentified."
Photograph by David Brandt.

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Pam Wilkerson is suing DSHS for cutting off her welfare payments when her mother gave her a car to use for job hunting. Wilkerson says she would rather support her two children, Jennifer (left) and Laura by working full-time than gathering welfare checks, but that the system makes getting off of welfare impossible.
Photo by Karen Stallwood

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Fire fighters from Kitsap County and Kingston and other volunteers comb the beach at Indianola cleaning up an oil spill.