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SCHOOL, GAULT JUNIOR HIGH (Gault Junior High School) (Eastside Neighborhood swimming Pool) 3537 East K. St. (Eastside Community Pool)- 3

Back of Photo: NEWS 6/10/87 (Photo by Russ Carmack) A maintenance man from the Tacoma School District shop paints over spray painting on the side of a classroom building at Gault Jr. High, located at 1115 E. Division Lane. (The maintenance man refused to give his name)

SCHOOL, LISTER (Lister School) in Salishan Community - 3

“Low enrollments and inefficient structures may force Tacoma to close some schools, rebuild or remodel others.” Lister elementary was expensive to upkeep and faced several problems. It was 300 students short of its total capacity of 650. The school was initially built as a community center, and gymnasium and additions were later added. The different elements fit together awkwardly. Photo by staff member Warren Anderson.


Back of photo:
School, Lister Elementary
Feb 14 1982

Bennett, Ramona (Puyallup) - 10

Front of Photo:
Ramona Bennett shown with her daughter, Ee-Nuck-A-Mee, 7, is best known for her years of activism as Chairwomen of the Puyallup Tribe in Tacoma, Wash. Today, Ms. Bennett is Director of Family Services at the Seattle Indian Center where her job involves finding Indian foster homes for homeless Indian children.

Staff photo by Bruce Kellman

Bennett, Ramona (Puyallup) - 13

Back of Photo:
Ramona Bennett
Mar 16 1977

"George Carlson and Associates - Western Lecture/Entertainment Bureau - Agents for Entertainers and Speakers... National - Local - Regional... Arcade Building - Seattle, Washington 98101 USA Phone Area Code 206 - 623 - 8045"

Oil Slicks and Spills--Washington State - 1

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Oil Skimmer for Commencement Bay
Belt in Middle Scoops Up Oil and Debris


Commencement Bay received an oil skimmer rig to fight oil spills. The skimmer can hold up to 880 gallons of oil and uses the belt in the middle of the rig to pick up oil and debris. The skimmer can hold the oil for about 98 percent of the oil spills that occur in Puget Sound, and it is run by the Marine Oil Pickup Service (MOPS) of Seattle.

Oil Slicks and Spills--Washington State - 2

40 Mallard ducks used to paddle Fife’s Wapato Creek had to paddle in a kitchen sink instead. Volunteer Chris Wells scrubbed one of the ducks affected by the oil spill in the creek. All ducks were expected to recover. The spill was blamed on vandals who were believed to have tampered with the storage tanks at the Old Valley Packing Co. recently purchased by the Milwaukee Railroad. Photo by staff member Bruce Kellman.


Back of Photo:
Duck
Photograph by Jerry Buck

Sumner--General - 7

Back of Photo:
Early Sumner - Incorporated in 1891, the city had little more than buildings shown above in photo supplied by Mrs. Harry Ryan, daughter-in-law of the city's first mayor. Note church in foreground, the Presbyterian, established in 1858.

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