On  the Waterfront 

Community Strength
Making a Difference


October 2014

NEW and Renewing Members --
Thank You!
  
Corporate Level
Law Offices of Stephen Hansen -- NEW

Sustainer Level
Integrity Payment Systems -- NEW
 
Next TWA Meeting
Wed.,  Oct. 8
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
 
Speaker
Peter Raffa
 
Topic
Tacoma Art Museum:  New Western Art Museum
 
  Tacoma Youth Marine Center

Don't Forget To Order Lunch 
  

Boxed lunches ($12) are available for TWA meetings.  

 

Lunches are provided by The Neighborhood Bistro, a Goodwill company and order forms are included in the monthly meeting reminder.

 

 

Thank You to ALL of our Corporate and Higher Level Members!
  
 
Enterprising Level
  
  
Columbia Bank Logo  

 

   Marine View Ventures Logo

 

PT Ruston

 

  
  
Executive Level  
  
dock st marina
  
 

 

 

 

 

  

  
Corporate Level   
  

Bannon, Carlson & Kessel, Inc.

 

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

 

Brown & Brown Insurance

 

Business Interiors Northwest

 

Courtyard Marriot Tacoma Downtown

 

Evergreen Home Loans

 

Foss Harbor Marina

 

Foss Waterway Development Authority

 

Global Marine Insurance

 

Globe Machine Manufacturing

 

Hotel Murano

 

Johnson, Stone & Pagano

 

Law Offices of Stephen Hansen

 

Marine Floats 

Narrows Marina 

 

National Pipe & Piling

 

NW Yachtnet

 

Point Defiance Marina

 

Rock the Dock

 

Selden's Home Furnishings

 

Tacoma Art Museum

 

Tacoma Design Collaborative

 

Tacoma Pierce County Sports Commission

 

Tacoma Yacht Club

 

University of Washington Tacoma/Urban Waters

 

Washington State Historical Society 

  

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

 President

Gregg Reynolds

 

 Vice President

John Trueman

 

Treasurer

 Mike Jameson

 

Secretary
Roger Williams 

 

 Past President

Roger Williams

 

Dean Burke

Joseph Govednik

Scott Knox

 Don Meyer

Tom Rogers

Stan Selden

Ian Wilkinson

 

Advisory Council

Darrel Bowman
Logan Brown

Loren Cohen
Su Dowie
Tom Drohan

Shari Hart

Mandy Lane

Dawn Lucien

Scott Mason

Craig Perry 

Dick Ramsey

Marv Sandberg

Pete Sponek

Mike Wark

CONTACT US

 

PO Box 7931 
Tacoma, WA 98417

 

(253) 777.3301

 

Jayna Marshall 

 

Buy Your Tickets Now!
YachtoberFest ... Our Annual Fundraiser
Saturday, Oct. 4 
  

 


 
YachtoberFest in Tacoma!
Join Us for YachtoberFest!


Saturday, Oct. 4
Gate opens at 11:30 a.m.


Discount Tickets if Purchased
before Noon Friday, Oct. 3
$12 in advance
$20 at the door
(must be at least 21 to attend)




See you in the fest tent
 Prost!

photo courtesy Michael Jordan photography

Sea Scouts' 90th Anniversary
  









The year was 1924. 

Calvin Coolidge was re-elected president of the United States; the first Winter Olympics was held; St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad; George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" premiered in New York; IBM was founded; Greece became a republic; four planes left Seattle on the first around-the-world flight; Congress granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans; the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade was held, Little Orphan Annie debuted ... and Ship 110 was formed in Tacoma with the name Fly Cloud.

Ship 110 is currently known as the Charles N. Curtis, and is the oldest, continuous operating unit in Tacoma Sea Scout history.

In the 1920 and 1930s, the Sea Scouts used small, private boats to provide service to the community.  They competed in regional competitions and had a drum-and-bugle team.  In 1931, Lawrence Berlund joined as a youth and later became an adult leader until his death in 2011.

The Charles N. Curtis came to the Sea Scouts in 1946 when it was purchased for $10 from WWII surplus.

In the early years, the Sea Scouts were an all-male organization although it worked closely with the Girl Scout Mariner Program.  It wasn't until 1986 that girls were allowed to join.

Today, the Sea Scouts used both marine-related programs and community service projects to provide opportunities for youth to grow and mature as adults.  The Sea Scouts participate in about 50-60 service projects each year in addition to classroom training activities.

Join us for our 90th anniversary celebration Oct. 4 at the Tacoma Youth Marine Center. For more information, please contact Malcolm Russell at (253) 572.2666 or 
mrussell@youthmarinefoundation.org.


Tacoma Sea Scouts Ships of the Past
Watch the Video: Tacoma Sea Scouts Ships

submitted by Tom Rogers
"The Hands That Built Tacoma" Mural
  
"The Hands that Built Tacoma" mural, located below the Murray Morgan Bridge at the corner of Dock and 11th streets, was dedicated in a public ceremony Sept. 20 during Maritime Fest. 

The mural, created by Gig Harbor artist Nick Goettling, is a celebration of Tacoma's working waterfront and pays tribute to Tacoma's rich history.

The mural was commissioned by the City of Tacoma as part of the Murray Morgan Bridge rehabilitation.  The bridge was built in 1913 but was closed in 2007 because of safety concerns.  It was restored and reopened in 2013.

   









submitted by Lorraine Ralston
Congratulations
Tom Rogers!


For Your 50 Years of 
Volunteer Leadership
Bringing the El Primero Home
  

El Primero, a 120-foot luxury yacht, has been a fixture on Tacoma's waterfront for more than half a century.


A local group led by Richard Hildahl and Stan Selden is trying to find a permanent location to moor the 121-year-old vessel and turn it into a working and floating museum. The group is trying to complete the project in time for the 2015 U.S. Open.


El Primero's story begins in 1893 in San Francisco. She was one of the first steam-powered yachts built at the time, and was commissioned for Edward W. Hopkins, an avid boater and heir to the Hopkins fortune.


Hopkins sold the boat to Chester Thorne of Tacoma in 1906, and thus began the yacht's association with Puget Sound.


Local lore has the El Primero changing owners again in 1911 in a game of poker. The game was played on the stern deck and legend says it was a hand of aces and eights (known as the "dead man's hand") that had Sam Perkins, a Tacoma businessman and publisher of the Tacoma Daily Ledger and News, winning the yacht.


Read more about the El Primero project here.  Tax-deductible donations can be sent to the Tacoma Historical Society.

 

submitted by Richard Hildahl

Our Voices, Our Waterfront
  
 
TWA members and others are talking to writer
Sharon Babcock about enduring inspirations,
life lessons, and perspectives from their
experiences on 
the working waterfront.
 
This month is the 16th installment in the 
series:  Dr. Hannah Ayoyagi, Programs  
Operations Planner for Toxic Cleanup for  
the Washington Department of Ecology.  

 

   


 

 
Dr. Hannah Ayoyagi is part of Tacoma's emerging generation of environmental experts who have cut their professional teeth on the shores of Commencement Bay.  She recently spoke at a TWA meeting in her former role as a Tacoma Smelter Plume Project Planner.  

 

Following undergraduate studies at the University of Puget Sound and a doctoral program in Environmental Health Science and Policy at the University of California Irvine, Ayoyagi decided to return to Tacoma and its waters to live and work.

 

Read entire article

  
  submitted by Sharon Babcock
Comanche To Visit Foss Waterway  

 

The Comache, a U.S. Navy rescue tug from World War II, will be in the Foss Waterway Oct. 11 for a few hours and will  be open to the public.

The Comanche is the only Coast Guard-recognized historic medium endurance cutter on the West Coast.  It is based at the Bremerton Marina and is returning to Tyee Marina for the winter.

For more information, call (253) 227.9678.

  submitted by Lorraine Ralston
Happenings On the Waterfront
October 2014
Oct. 4
Foss Waterway near MOG
Oct. 4
Youth Marine Center
Oct. 4
Point Defiance Marina
Oct. 4
Foss Waterway Seaport
Oct. 8
Youth Marine Center
Oct. 11
parks along the waterfront
Oct. 16
Point Defiance Pagoda
Oct. 18
PNW-ORCA Ruston Way Solo/Relay
Jack Hyde Park
Oct. 18
Point Defiance Marina
Oct. 21
Guest Speaker Rep. Derek Kilmer
Tacoma Propeller Club
Oct. 24
Fabulich Center

  Free Bus Tours of the Port

 

Get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the 43,000 local jobs 

related to the Port of Tacoma on a free guided bus tour. 

 

Oct. 24 at 1 p.m.

Nov. 21 at 1 p.m.

 

Each tour lasts 75 minutes and leaves from the Fabulich Center in Tacoma.  Space is limited and reservations are required.  Reserve your seat by calling (253) 383.9463 or email bustours@portoftacoma.com.

 

 

submitted by Carola Filmer