The Council will introduce legislation within the next month that would prohibit drug injection sites in unincorporated Pierce County.
This legislation comes as follow-up to a proviso sponsored by Councilmember Jim McCune and adopted by the Council in the 2018 Budget. The proviso prohibits the expenditure of funds to any drug injections sites.
The Council will be modeling the legislation after Snohomish County’s Ordinance No. 18-014. County residents are encouraged to contact their County Council Representative to provide input on drug injection sites.
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Seattle police arrested a Garfield High School student for threatening to shoot his classmates.
Seattle police have arrested a student for allegedly making threats to shoot his classmates at Garfield High School.
Officers were called to the school on February 16 when students observed the suspect posting an image of a revolver on his Snapchat account. That was two days after the deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Several students had previously witnessed or engaged in a conversation with the suspect in which he suggested pulling the fire alarm and shooting students behind the school, according to a police report. The witnesses told police the comments were made several weeks to a month ago.
The students interviewed by police say they reported the incident to a teacher but no action was taken. The teacher “nervously laughed, and disregarded the information that was given to her.” The police report goes on to say the teacher did not make a report of the students’ comments.
When the students saw the Snapchat picture, they took a screenshot and reported it to school staff. Then police were called to the school.
Responding officers arrested the student at his home for investigation of harassment.
Seattle Public Schools released the following statement:
“Student and staff safety is always a priority. We are concerned by and looking into the report that students notified a teacher and that tip wasn’t escalated as it should have been. Thankfully, students courageously brought this up again with school leadership. The principal immediately contacted SPD and the district Safety & Security team per safety protocols. Once SPD arrested the student, they were able to notify families. We are so proud of the students for making sure school leaders received this tip directly. Schools are closed this week for mid-winter break. Next week, with school in session, school leaders will review with staff the process and importance of reporting any threats.”
Race & Pedagogy National Conference
CALL FOR PROPOSALS! The Race & Pedagogy Institute invites proposals for the quadrennial Race & Pedagogy National Conference, September 27 – 29, 2018 at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. The conference theme is Radically Re-Imagining the Project of Justice: Narratives of Rupture, Resilience, and Liberation. Major sub-themes are: Rupturing the Logics of Domination: Urgencies in the Project of Justice; Undoing Miseducation: Reclaiming and Rewriting Narratives of Liberation; and Radical Transformations: New Publics, New Social Contracts.
We invite proposals for papers, panels, and other presentation formats, including, but not limited to, roundtables, posters, performances, visual arts, and interactive sessions, from a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, and diverse range of participants involved in a variety of educational, civic, artistic, and community-based organizations. We support innovative and creative presentation formats that address conference themes. PROPOSALS DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018. Online submission process. For the full Call for Proposals and more information visitwww.pugetsound.edu/raceandpedagogy; email ; or call 253.879.2435.
FREE 7-week summer program teaches 10th & 11th grade girls the computer science skills
The 14th Annual Students of Color Recruiting Day HBCU Student of Color Recruiting Day South Puget Sound Community College Saturday, February 24, 2018
February 24, 2018
Bridal Showcase offers one-stop shop for wedding planning
Brides-to-be can reduce the overwhelming task of wedding planning at the fifth annual Bridal Showcase on Sunday, March 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Environmental Services Building, located at 9850 64th St. W. in University Place.
The Bridal Showcase will connect prospective brides with up to 20 different event vendors.
Experience Chambers Creek Regional Park and get inspired by the majestic views of Puget Sound. A sampling of confirmed participants includes live entertainment by Music De-Lite DJ/MC Service, photographers Lauren Bentley and Mike Tabolsky, who will be showcasing their work. Also, preferred caterers X-Group Catering, Jonz Catering and Snuffin’s will have tasty samples, along with Celebrity Cake Studio.
Discover the latest trends from local salon and spa Brassfield’s and their cutting-edge stylists, personalize your dream honeymoon with experienced travel planners, and so much more.
Other highlights include complimentary mimosas for guests 21+ from our beverage partner and showcase vendor KemperSports and a chance to win prizes.
This free event is open to the public. Bring your bridal party, family, and all your ideas and questions to the showcase. This is the place to get your entire wedding planned in one weekend!
For a full list of activities and exhibitors visit www.piercecountywa.org/esbbridal. To learn more about the Environmental Services Building call 253-798-4141 or email.
BIG LAUGHS – BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE – GOOD TIMES
It’s going down Thursday March 1st!! We have Eric Blake from HBO performing live in Tacoma, WA!!!
We are doing $10 tickets for this one so that its crazy packed. so click the blue button below and get yours today! If you need a table reservation, REPLYto this email and lets get you squared away. If you need to set up a meet-up for physical tickets… Reply… and let me know. The whole team has physical tickets for sale. Come get your laugh on, let off some stress, and have a fun night out with your friends, family, and/ or loved ones.
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Task force outlines next steps for bolstering apprenticeships, career-connected learning in Washington
As employers clamor for a workforce versed in science, technology, engineering and math, state leaders are gearing up to build an apprenticeship and career-connected learning system across Washington to help young people land jobs in STEM and other high-paying fields.
A job in STEM — and in technology in particular — was something Washingtonian Shawn Farrow wanted. Farrow was working as a crew lead at a moving company, but he dreamed of a career that challenged him.
He enrolled in a two-year associate program at a technical college, yet upon graduation, struggled to get his foot in the door in the technology sector. He applied to the nonprofit Apprenti program in late 2016 and was placed as a web development apprentice at Seattle-based Avvo.com, a website that helps people find attorneys.
Learning on the job at Avvo meant Farrow was learning the latest skills in a quickly evolving field. He excelled and soon transitioned to a fully qualified journey-level employee ahead of schedule. The 31-year-old is now a permanent member of Avvo’s development team.
“I wouldn’t have been able to do it without Apprenti,” said Farrow, while sharing his story with members of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Career Connect Washington Task Force today at South Puget Sound Community College.
“They gave me the training and placed me in a place that got me ahead in the game,” Farrow said. He added that he wants people to know that “you don’t need to be a genius or the smartest person in your class to be able to have a nice, successful, sustainable career.”
Task force members were visiting SPSCC to share their recommendations with Inslee for improving Washington’s apprenticeship and career-connected learning programs to create more opportunities like the one Farrow received.
Clibborn: House Transportation budget invests in future
Under the proposed House Transportation budget (House Bill 2469), the Alaska Way Viaduct Tunnel could be open as early as fall of 2018, there’d be funding for a new class of state troopers and tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge would be frozen until 2022.
“Transportation is a vital issue to families and businesses in the great state of Washington,” said Rep. Judy Clibborn (D-Mercer Island), chair of the House Transportation Committee. “This supplemental budget makes smart changes and investments to the two-year budget we passed last year.”
What’s new?
The Alaskan Way Viaduct Tunnel—$10.4 million in new funding for the tunnel, scheduled to open this fall. Tolls will start at least one month after the opening and possibly as late as April 2019. Work to demolish the old viaduct and make improvements to surface streets will continue through the middle of 2020.
Ferry docks—$25.7 million in new funding for Colman Dock and $11.6 million in new funds for Mukilteo Dock.
State Troopers—$4.3 million to add a new class of cadets, bringing the total to four.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls—House Bill 2990 would provide an $85 million loan over 11 to 13 years, allowing tolls to be frozen until 2022, when they would be allowed to increase a maximum of 25 cents.
The budget also adds a list of new local projects. For more information about the budget or those projects, click here.
What’s next?
The House Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 3:30 p.m. It may be voted out of committee as soon as Wednesday, then go to the full House of Representatives for a final vote before going to the Senate to be reconciled with their proposed budget.
The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Production of Kiss Me, Kate Inspires Conversations about Gender Equality
The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Production of Kiss Me, Kate Inspires Conversations about Gender Equality
April 6 – 29, 2018
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by Samuel & Bella Spewack Directed by Alan Paul
Choreographed by Michele Lynch
This spring The 5th Avenue Theatre will stage Kiss Me, Kate, the Cole Porter musical inspired by William Shakespeare’s TheTaming of the Shrew. Kiss Me, Kate will be directed by Alan Paul and choreographed by Michele Lynch, who both worked on a previous production of the show at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2015.
A significant work in the canon of great musical theater, Kiss Me, Kate puts the story of two (formerly married) feuding stars in the 1940s in the spotlight. As they swing from love to loathing and back again, their behind-the-scenes battles spill on to the stage. Viewed through a contemporary lens, the story of Kiss Me, Kate and its characters, particularly this starring couple, illuminate long-standing historic issues of gender equality, reminding us of how far we have come and how far we still have to go—all at a time when we are actively addressing this subject on a national scale. The 5th Avenue Theatre’s production seeks to inspire conversation and debate on these issues while dazzling audiences with a world-class Broadway caliber production of this time-honored American musical.
“When we decided to produce Kiss Me, Kate nearly two years ago we had no idea it would open at a time when issues of gender equality and the power dynamics between women and men would so dominate our culture,” said 5th Avenue Theatre Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong. “It is Shakespeare who, very appropriately to this discussion, asserted that the very purpose of theater is ‘to hold the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.’ Kiss Me, Kate could not be more pertinent to ‘the very age and body’ of our time.’”
Leading the cast as Lilli Vanessi/Katherine is Cayman Ilika, who is known in Seattle for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in Always… Patsy Cline at Centerstage and her performances in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and Vanities (The 5th Avenue Theatre/ACT Theatre co-productions) and at Village Theatre in Mary Poppins. She is joined by Broadway star Ben Davis who makes his 5th Avenue Theatre debut as Fred Graham/Petruchio. Davis’s Broadway credits include Les Misérables, Violet, A Little Night Music and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Broadway’s Clyde Alves (The Music Man, Wicked, Hairspray) and Robyn Hurder (Grease, The Wedding Singer) return to the roles of Bill Calhoun/Lucentio and Lois Lane/Bianca after previously performing in the Shakespeare Theatre Company production.
Playing April 6-29, 2018 (press opening Friday, April 13, 2018), tickets for Kiss Me, Kate start at $29 and are on sale now. They can be purchased at www.5thavenue.org, by phone at or at the Box Office at 1308 5th Avenue in Downtown Seattle.
The 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of Kiss Me, Kate is part of Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare, a city-wide festival that honors the work of one of the world’s most renowned playwrights. A multi-Tony Award®-winning Cole Porter masterpiece that set the standard for great musicals and then broke the mold, Kiss Me, Kate is a play-within-a-play inspired by William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. This sparkly sensation is, at its core, a true battle of the sexes. A charming leading man and his superstar ex-wife are starring in a production of the Bard’s famous play. Both on stage and off, they revel in combat and romance. Who comes out on top? We’re thinking you’d better “brush up your Shakespeare…”
About The 5th Avenue Theatre
The 5th Avenue Theatre is one of America’s leading musical theater companies. We enrich the community we love with the art form we love—giving the Pacific Northwest a front-row seat to original powerhouse productions that go on to light up marquees and audiences all the way to Broadway. From the page to the stage, we bring passion and epic scale to every musical we create. With big talent. Bigger-than-life productions. And did we mention dazzle? As a nonprofit theatre company and our region’s largest performing arts employer, we spread the joy of great musicals with people of all ages across our region and state. Each year, we reach more than 75,000 young people through our nationally acclaimed education programs. Programs designed to develop new musicals ensure that the next generation of great musicals will be there to tell the stories that captivate tomorrow’s audiences. On the national stage, we are a leading voice for the power of this American art form to lift the human spirit.
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