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Aged and Age--Activities - 2

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Bob Allan of Auburn works on his brush stroke at the Federal Way Senior Center Oil and acrylic painting class taught by Elizabeth Halfacre-Burke from Highline Community College. The seniors worked on their flesh tones today (Thursday).
Photo by Karen Stallwood

Korean-Americans - 7

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Peter Kim drinks his Sake while talking with James Jee (L) and his sister Joanne Jee (R). The three are from Vancouver B.C. and think the Torch Light is one of the best Korean nightclubs in the northwest.
Story by Dorian Smith
Photo by Bill Hunter

PORT OF TACOMA--GENERAL 1985-- - 1

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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.

Women--Employment - 2

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The joy of Towboating
Kay Sloan, cook first class, paused for some dockside cook-book reading before boarding the Tacoma-built Kirsten H. for another tow to Alaska. She's been working in the tug's galley for the past 10 months.
11/04/1974 - Tacoma Tradewinds, Page C-17
Photo by Russ Carmack

Aged and Age--Activities - 3

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Senior citizens from all over the county danced to the tunes of Pep Perry's Combo, a quartet playing music from the 40's and 50's, at Green River Community College. The college's Special Events Program sponsored the Valentine's dance which was free. Seniors enjoyed refreshments and each got a complimentary photo taken with their sweetheart.
(The program has been going for about 4 years)
Photo by Karen Stallwood

Barnacle Bill's (11th St. and Port of Tacoma Road) - 1

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Old Barnacle Bill's Leveled- A longtime Tacoma waterfront landmark, Barnacle Bill's Cafe at the intersection of 11th Street and Port of Tacoma Road, was leveled early last week. The structure has been a cafe since the 1930s and was moved to the site from across 11th Street in 1941, according to owner Ben Erhart, who bought the establishment in 1950. The cleared site will be developed as a parking lot for the new, enlarged Barnacle Bill's, which has opened its doors to the rear of the site.

Indians, Nisqually - 10

Two Nisqually tribal members prepare nets in lower Nisqually River in defiance of state regulations. Nisqually tribal members planned to exercise their right to fish under the Medicine Creek Treaty following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision which allowed states to regulate off-reservation Native fishing.


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Fisheries Men Watch

Nuclear Power Plant--(Hanford Nuclear Reservation)(Hanford Atomic Energy Commission Reservation) - 11

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--Nuclear Project no. 2--
The image of the No. 2 nuclear project of the Washington Public Power Supply System at Hanford is reflected on the surface of an adjoining spray pond, one of two comprising a back-up safety cooling system. Each pond contains 7 1/2-million gallons of water. Pillars on the circular structure in the foreground hold the nozzles to spray water into the air which would be cooled by evaporation as it falls back into the pond.
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Washington Public Power Supply System

PORT OF TACOMA--GENERAL 1985-- - 2

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"Port of Tacoma - Gen.
New Construction Site: Shown here is the current terminal for Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) which leases the 25-acre site from the Port of Tacoma. This area will be the new site of a two-berth container facility for Tacoma Terminals, Inc., a subsidiary of Sea-Land Services, Inc. The Port is relocating the TOTE operation to Blair Waterway, where it will build a modern, expanded, roll-on, roll-off facility.

Aged and Age--Activities - 4

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Tony Daigle makes the stop from his position at short stop during a morning - practice of the "King County Sounders", a coed softball team for seniors. They practice in Des Moines Park, and their first game will be at a jamboree on May 31. More participants are welcome-- especially women.
Haley

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