Back of Photo: Barbara Comte, Exec. Director of Tacoma/Pierce Co. Big Brothers/Sisters, stands at one of the several doors of the organizations Bingo Hall at 84th and Sprague Streets which will have to be brought up to county guidelines (including "panic" bars). Geff Hinds/photo
Back of Photo: Brenda Cook, sister of Samuel Johnson who was killed by an Auburn police officer, is consoled by Tanya Nelson, step-daughter of Samuel Johnson, and Dawncelie Johnson, daughter of Samuel Johnson comes up the hall. Cook was overcome with grief in the court room and fled to the hallway in tears after gruesome descriptions of the physical evidence of her slain brother during the inquest into the shooting b Auburn police officer Michnik. Haley
“Members of the Puyallup Tribe celebrate Yekabotsa Mills’ ninth birthday with a Native American Church prayer ceremony.” A tepee is backlit, showing the people sitting inside. Photo by New Tribune staff Dean J Koepfler
Back of Photo: Stylist J. R. Robinson of "Superhair" hair salons works his wares on one in a long line of folks who waited patiently for one of a couple of dozen free haircuts donated by Robinson and Migael Schieder of "Suno Contemporary Hair Design" (both Tacoma bizs) today at the Nativity House on Commerce in Tacoma. The gesture was the brainchild of Anna Maria Garcia with the "Outreach" program of the Pierce County Health Department. Garcia used the opportunity to provide cutee's with informational literature and condoms to help fight AIDS. Geff Hinds/Photo
Back of Photo: Charles Carson, 19, (of Tacoma) a member of the Safe Streets Youth Initiative, laughs during his speech, as Governor Booth Gardner shares in the joke. The two were speakers at a press conference at Safe Streets Headquarters where the governor announced grants to communities fighting drugs. Carson, who used to be involved with drugs, said that now he helps young kids stay away from drugs. The laughter came when Carson said that he wants to do this work now, because in 5 or 6 years he'll be 25 and too old to relate to the young kids. Photo by Therese Frare
Back of Photo: Park Police/ Photo by Dean J. Koepfler Park Police Officer Pat Murphy, feels that Tacoma's parks, such as Point Defiance Park won't be as safe if police are disbanded, sighting increased gang and drug activity in other city parks. 01/24/1991
Back of Photo: The signs on Puyallup's South Hill are being discussed as the Pierce County Council considers measures to cut down on the eye pollution in heavy commercial areas. Dan Voelpel/Story Bruce Kellman/Photo
Back of Photo: Cultural Fair sponsored by South Puget Sound Adoptive Parents. As part of a cultural fair to educate children and adults about different cultures Jennifer Yoon, 24, left and Angela Synn, 13, right performed some traditional Korean dances including fan and basket dancing.
Back of Photo: News/ National Night Out/ Hilltop Celebration and Prayer service. Members of Safe Streets, and Hilltop neighbors joined their hands in prayer on the corner of S. 16th and L streets, where two Tacoma residents where shot and killed July 16th of 1990. The men, Scott Higley, and Chris Sherrod were remembered during a Hilltop celebration of National Night Out, with the theme "Sweep, Walk and Talk" for our neighborhood, or "SWAT." Two members of the gathered held hands and then placed a flower on the spot of the drug related shootings. Left to right in main pic are Randy Herrid, Sister Laura Neal, organizer of celebration, Father Bill Bichsel, and Theda Cherry.
Back of Photo: --Salishan Residents Alliance-- Part of the Salishan Residents Alliance's goal is to give children a safe place to have activities such as this classroom in the East Side Neighborhood Center in the Salishan Project, where children left, Charles Ferrell Jr., 6, and Lashaunda Williams, 7 right, draw on the board before pizza. Photo by Dean J. Koepfler
Back of Photo: The Rev. George A. Stallings talks about his split with the Roman Catholic Church, and founding his own Imani Temple in Washington D.C., in Rev. Vernon Burroughs office prior to services at Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church. Staff 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.
Lyle Quasim, director of Safe Streets, looks back over the past year of fighting to make Tacoma's streets safer. Photo by Karen Stallwood (Neighbors/Pierce)
Back of Photo: Lyle Quasim was recognized with a Distinguished Service Award at the 1990 Pacific Lutheran University Commencement NEWS / Bill Hunter photo
Back of Photo: The Rev. George Stallings conducts services at the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church/ Stallings has broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and has founded his own Imani Temple in Washington D.C. NEWS/MAYNARD; Staff Photo by Bill Hunter
STALLINGS AFFAIR -- According to a published report, The Rev. George Stallings, who broke from the Catholic Church last year to form an independent African-American Church, had a two-year homosexual relationship with an employee of his former church. Associated Press Photo, 1989
Back of Photo: News (Photo by Russ Carmack) Judy Kipp, from the Tacoma Historical Society, reads from her notes at the corner of S. 11th and A. St. pointing out the local sites such as the Weyerhaeuser Co. Building which use of be called the Tacoma Building. Also from that location is the Perkins Building which was completed in 1906, and prior to the construction of the Eleventh Street Bridge in 1911. The VIP group went on a modified version of Walking Tour 2. some of the other sites they saw was the Bank of California, the Pantages Theatre, the location of the old Peoples-Store, The Rhodes Store, and other notable locations.
Front of Photo: VANCOUVER, Wash.--PLEADS GUILTY--Westley Allan Dodd is led into the courtroom in Vancouver's Clark County Courthouse Monday where he pleaded guilty to charges he murdered three young boys and tried to murder a fourth. Dodd, who went against the advice of his attorneys, faces the death penalty or a mandatory life sentence without parole for first-degree aggravated murder. AP photo, 1990
Back of Photo: Puyallup Project/Patty Butler Patty Butler enjoys the closeness of family and the feeling of living in an Indian community in Youngsville.
Back of Photo: Norbert Paul and Maggie Heasley were a whirlwind at the weekly square dance at the Kent Senior Center called "Ring N Swing" last Thursday. Every Thursday from 1 to 3 seniors from around the area get together for the dance with a live caller. Haley
Back of Photo: --Old Meets New-- The older generation tackles the technology of the new as 66-year-old Virginia Thorington tries her hand at working a video camera. Thorington is part of a group of Walla Walla, WA. area senior citizens who are taking video classes with the hope of learning how to produce their own television show. Jeff Horner/Photo
Back of Photo: Tuyet Mazziotta feeds her 14-month-old daughter during a visit to the Luner New Year Festival celebration in the Kingdome Saturday. This is the beginning of the year of the horse. It's two days of food, music, booths, and combines many groups of differing Asian backgrounds including Vietnamese, Cambodian, Chinese, Thai et cetera. The traditional dragon dance can still be seen tomorrow afternoon after 4 pm in Chinatown in S. Seattle.
Back of photo: School district and Safe Streets officials stood by while the Washington National Guard used two bulldozers to clear a parcel of land in front of McIlvaigh Middle School on the East Side of Tacoma Sunday morning. The 118th Transportation Company of the 144th Battalion cleared the school district property that Shanta Wright of Safe Streets said had been an area of drug activity. (Bruce Kellman 1/6/91 with story by Doreen)