Back of Photo: State Sen. Kent Pullen, left, got a lesson in chess from Soviet player Elena Akhmilovskaya and her husband John Donaldson after the pair testified before the Senate Committee on Law and Justice. Pullen, who happens to be the 1985 Washington State Chess Champion, is the chair of the committee. He supported a Senate resolution which asked the officials of the Soviet Union to allow Elena's 7-year-old daughter, Dana, to leave the Soviet Union and come to live with her mother in Seattle. Donaldson said that his wife would eventually apply for American citizenship. Staff photo by Bruce Kellman
Back of Photo: Soviet chess player Elena Akhmilovskaya and U.S. chess player John Donaldson came to live in Seattle after they were married Nov. 25, 1988. But Elena's seven-year-old daughter, Dana, had to remain behind in the Soviet Union. Elena told the Washington State Law and Justice Committee that she deeply misses her daughter, and that she and her husband have applied to Soviet authorities to allow Dana to come to the United States. A resolution asking that Dana be allowed to come to the USA was introduced into the State Senate. Staff photo by Bruce Kellman
Back of Photo: BIZ---Preserved plants: Steve Barger, general manager for Weyerhaeuser Specialty Plants stands in front of two preserved Pin Oak Trees located in the lobby of Weyerhaeuser Technology Center.
Back of Photo: News/ Puyallup Women Protest Spouse Fishing Ruling Angry Puyallup Tribe women gathered at the Tribal administration building to protest a new rule disallowing spouses fishing rights. From left, Laura Rivera, Ramona Bennet, Deanna Val Peterson, and Betsy Terrones (holding kids Joaquin 1, and Richard, 2 months). After meeting with the group of women the rule was dropped and the spouse fishing right was restored. Photo by Dean J. Koepfler
Front of Photo: SEATTLE, Dec. 30--SETTLING IN SEATTLE--Newlyweds Elena Akhmilovskaya, former Russian chess player, and John Donaldson, the captain of the American chess team, are now living in Seattle following their secret wedding ceremony at the 28th Chess Olympiad in Greece last month. The couple are trying to get Soviet authorities to allow Akhmilovskaya's 7-year-old daughter, Dana, to come to the United States. AP Photo by Gary Stewart
Back of Photo: Carrie Robertson photo, Merryman story; Marine View Presbyterian Church members (from left) Mildred Sloan, Rick Weir and Roger Wiseman look over the house that they and other church volunteers remodeled to house needy families.
Back of Photo: Former Tacoman John Donaldson is a sparring partner for Yasser Seirawan (right). Seirawan is in the top ten in chess internationally. They're playing on the porch of the apartment of Seirawan's mother at Rainier Beach in Seattle. Photo by Peter Haley
Back of Photo: International Chess Master John Donaldson gives a lecture to the Tacoma Chess Club. Donaldson is the son of former City Manager Bill Donaldson, and also graduated from Stadium High School. Donaldson has achieved the highest ranking of any Tacoma chess player and was captain of the U.S. Olympic Chess Team. Neighbors 6/5/87 Photo by Scott Eklund
