May is National Bike Month
Wheels never seem to stop spinning at 2nd Cycle, an all-volunteer bike shop in Hilltop.
The community bicycle project provides low-cost bicycles, bike parts and free classes about bike repairs and safety as a way to help people opt out of their cars and onto a set of pedals. The 4-year-old nonprofit supports itself through donations and the sale of refurbished bikes and parts.
2nd Cycle formed in mid-2008, when four friends gathered their thoughts to create a community bicycle shop. The effort started simply as a portable bike stand, some discarded parts and a small set of tools that volunteers could use to refurbish old bikes for resale to low-income people who could not otherwise afford new bicycles. The organization is part of a growing trend around America to bring bicycles…
May 22, 2012
Drivers, Start Your Engines
It’s almost “race day” for what is primed to be Tacoma’s main attraction. All the cars have been waxed and buffed and waxed and buffed again for the grand opening of LeMay: America’s Car Museum June 1-3…
May 18, 2012
Health Department Holds Free Immunization Clinics
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) has issued some recent information on our state’s whooping cough (pertussis) epidemic, including the most recent case numbers for Pierce County.
To date in…
May 17, 2012
Flood District Begins Formation
With the recent Pierce County Council’s passage of the creation of a county-wide Flood Control Zone, the rules and policies to fund levee work and water-retention projects around the county are being drafted.
…May 17, 2012
Garbage Schedule Could Change
By early next year all of Tacoma could be having garbage collected every other week, as opposed to weekly as is done now. City staff estimates making this switch could save the city between $900,000 and $1.3 million…
May 17, 2012
Garbage Schedule Could Change
By early next year all of Tacoma could be having garbage collected every other week, as opposed to weekly as is done now. City staff estimates making this switch could save the city between $900,000 and $1.3 million…
May 17, 2012
Do-It-Yourself Dog Wash Makes this Chore a Joy
Puyallup Tribal member William Manzanares has set up a most convenient, inexpensive and effective self-serve dog washing system next door to his Northpoint Smoke Shop on River Road. Housed in its own neat and tidy…
May 17, 2012
City Briefs
CINCO DE MAYO ARRESTS TOP 180
Cinco de Mayo celebrations ended in 187 driving under the influence arrests in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties where police had stepped up special Target Zero patrols Friday…
May 17, 2012
Police Blotter
FATAL STABBING IN HILLTOP
A man was found stabbed to death in an alley near the intersection of South 19th and South ‘M’ streets on May 9. Officers responding to a 911 call found the body of Stanley Howard.…
May 17, 2012
Monthly Swap Meets Planned for Cheney Stadium Parking Lot
Ted Cooper has an idea that he feels will close a gap in the region’s swap meet scene. Cooper, long-time operator of Estate Sales and Consulting, is organizing a new monthly event at Cheney Stadium. For one weekend…
May 17, 2012
Letter to the Editor: May Day Vandalism
I am writing in response to the vandalism and terrorism done by the so-called “anarchists” in Seattle on May 1. Why do we call them anarchists when actually they are terrorists? All they are doing is terrorizing…
May 17, 2012
Letter to the Editor: Walmart
As of May 4 the property of the Tacoma Elks building was officially sold to the developers of the Wal-Mart on South 23rd Street and Union Avenue. With that, and the permits for the building issued by the City of Tacoma,…
May 17, 2012
Letters to the Editor: Pothole Pig
I saw the Pothole Pig on Pine Street recently, getting its fine picture taken between North 8th and 9th streets. I just wanted to let you know that a few weeks ago, the city pothole fixers were at the same location,…
May 17, 2012
Letter to the Editor: Export-Import Bank of the United States
“I am pleased my colleagues were able to reach an agreement to reauthorize and raise the lending limits for the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Ex-Im provides critical financing to promote American exports…
May 17, 2012
Our View: Fading History, Changing Times
Tacoma’s history is disappearing from the landscape slowly but steadily. The Luzon, First United Methodist, the Heidelberg Brewery… all remain only in photos and postcards and fading memories.
Another icon…
May 17, 2012
Guest Editorial: Think F.A.S.T. and Help Save Lives From Stroke
The City of Tacoma has proclaimed May as Stroke Awareness Month. As a stroke survivor and volunteer for the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, I had a chance to address Tacoma City Council on…
May 17, 2012
Port plans for Grand Alliance truck traffic
Port of Tacoma is preparing for the arrival of three new shipping lines this summer and the impact they will have on traffic on roads on the Tideflats. Port of Tacoma Commission recently approved a contract to pave…
May 17, 2012
Peace Out: Empowering Youth to Make a Positive Difference
In the current economic climate, saving your pennies is something everyone is doing, especially when you go to the gas pump and pay $4 a gallon. With people’s pocketbooks shut tight, when it comes to giving money…
