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Women--Employment - 1

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Females on fireline
Linda Black, a UW student this fall, joined two of her firefighting friends in the chow line during a respite from forest blazes. They are part of about a dozen girls on the male-dominated fire crews in Eastern Washington.

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

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

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.
Official Photo
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

Freeway--Interstate 5 - 1

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--Freeway Model Displayed--
A 40-foot model of the Tacoma Freeway as it will appear when completed in several years is being displayed this month on the second floor of the county-City Building. Picture shows freeway running east to and over the Puyallup River. G. M. Schuster, city public works director, front right, points to state approach to city's projected Yakima Avenue Bridge. Under his arm are Delin Avenue and Tacoma Avenue undercrossings. Behind Schuster are Harold A. Hagestad, left, coordinating engineer between Tacoma and state, and Myron Calkins, city engineer. They are pointing to the complex of crossings and approaches that will be the Pacific Avenue Interchange, designed to relieve Freeway of Cross-town traffic congestion.

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