Back of Photo: Demonstrators gather their signs together as they prepare to leave after the City Council vote on the sexual preference issue. By Jim Bates
Tacoma Public Library - Martin Luther King Jr. Branch
Back of photo: L Brown story Carrie Thomas gets one of the few good vantage points to be had in a crowded ceremony at MLKing Branch of the Tacoma Public Library. (Her dad is the support, he is Dave Thomas, one of the project's architects).
Back of Photo: 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.
Back of Photo: "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.
Back of Photo: "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
Back of Photo: As early evening moves into dusk.... 19-year-old Tacoma resident Janine Absten (right) and 19-year-old Sean Brown (Tacoma) light candles as part of a protest (and vigil) that was joined by 150 others at Owen Beach this evening. The group was concerned by the recent oil spill in Alaska and spent the time discussing the issues surrounding the incident and voicing feelings thereof. The group, with many families and children present created no problems for park officials who earlier were concerned that the protest might grow out of hand, possibly resulting in damages. After the gathering members left the park. Geff Hinds/Photo Gordon/News
Back of Photo: "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.
Back of Photo: 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
Back of Photo: Nikki Smith, Managing Director of Tacoma Little Theatre, is enchanted by the audition of children for parts in "Oliver". Staff photo by Peter Haley
Back of Photo: Harold Moss holds a copy of his impassioned letter to his Tacoma city council colleagues asking for an anti-discrimination law for the city.
Back of Photo: Rev. Bob Penton who is in the 9th day of a 10 day fast leads a prayer in the Puyallup Church of the Nazarene at Puyallup and urging the congregation into helping the city's needy during a prayer vigil at the church. Photo by Lui Kit Wong.
Back of Photo: Priscilla Lisicich, center, and Dennis Flannigan, right, watch as Lyle Quasim speaks at Clover Park High School Thursday night. Michael Chow photo
Lyle Quasim, Executive Director of Safe Streets, listens to police chiefs from throughout Pierce County at a community mobilization meeting Monday afternoon at the County-City Building in downtown Tacoma. Photo by Karen Stallwood
Front of Photo: OLYMPIA -- SMITCH/METCALF -- Department of Wildlife director Curt Smitch answers a question while Sen. Jack Metcalf, R-Langley, listens carefully. The two met in a face-to-face debate before the Capital City Press Club in Olympia on Thursday. AP Photo, 1989
Front of Photo: State Wildlife Director Curt Smith, seated, listened to charges made by State Senator Jack Metcalf during a debate between the two at the Capitol City Press Club meeting in Olympia Thursday. Staff photo by Bruce Kellman.
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Back of Photo: Over the cash register hangs a thermometer of how much money had been donated by 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the goals of the tavern that they wanted to reach. Peggy O'Neall rings up the cash register with sales donated to help the little boy, victim of rape and mutilation, at the Fern Hill Tavern Thursday evening. Melissa Stevenson - Photo Susan Gordon - Story
Back of Photo: About 2300 Tacoma and Pierce County citizens packed the Foss High School gym Thursday for the first "Safe Streets" community forum to Fight Illegal Drug Use, Gangs and Violence. 150 individuals held number signs to aid in forming discussion groups of 15 people each.
Bruce Kellman/News
Note: Published photo has the number of people at 1,600.
