Janet Jensen

Playwright August Wilson 

Walter Poole, who is also known as the 'Credit Angel'.

Gertrude Murphy, 95, refuses to let go of Lester.  She has watched the long-lost railroad town die as every other resident finally left.  Even a 1993 fire that burned her home to the ground couldn't push the former teacher away. Murphy now lives in a home two miles from the former center of town with her niece, Mary Aucourt, 72.

Yauger Williams sits with his work in the Commencement Art Gallery in downtown Tacoma.

Ruggles Larson's attic ceiling displays bibs from a fraction of his 700 road races.  Larson, 77, who has run in 33 of the 39 Sound to Narrows, plans to race again in this year's event.

Flour is a constant for many bakers.

Green, black, white, pureh, and oolong teas, from top are among the dozens of varieties available at Mad Hat Tea Company.

Steeping Chinese Bai Lin Gong Fu tea.

Chilled cantaloupe/peach soup with lavender bud garnish.

Red beans, lentils, pasta, and rice

A mustard plant provides a splash of color and Vietnamese style hats provide protection from the rain for field workers weeding a strawberry field at Spooner Farms near Puyallup.

With the opening of the trout fishing season, boats congregate on Mineral Lake in Lewis County.

A steam cloud rises from Mount St. Helens' newly active crater 25 years after the massive 1980 eruption shattered millions of trees -- including those that remain as stumps along Windy Ridge on the mountain's eastern side.

Water drips from a hand-carved paddle in a dragon boat on the Foss Waterway.

Lino Quintero picks soon to bloom daffodils for Knutson Farms in the Orting Valley outside of Puyallup.

Climbing rangers Cameron Reade and Jeremy Shank along with Anna Hicks, head back toward Camp Muir after taking in the full moon rise on the prow above Mt. Rainier's popular base camp.

A cormorant swims through the water of Commencement Bay while another bird flies through the fog as seen along Ruston Way.

Amanda Duncan, 25, and Jen Holsted, 19, embrace near the support pillar that a Ford Escort slammed into killing six of the seven passengers.  The young women were friends with three of the victims (Tim Stewart, his twin Thomas Stewart and Brandon Dupea).

University of Puget Sound's Alex Lehecka, right, goes up against Pacific Lutheran's Brain Lubeck, center, during a down pour at UPS.  PLU's Scott Parsons is at left. The rival teams tied 1 to 1.

Washington State University seniors Brock Brady and Matthew Fowler, left, cheer as the Cougars score a touchdown giving the team a 17 to 7 lead seconds before halftime at Huskies Stadium.  UW fan Jane Broghammer, right, expresses her disappointment. The Cougars won the Apple Cup 41 to 35 in Seattle.

People wave their arms hoping to be selected to grab bills only with their mouth from an inflatable pool during radio station 106.9 FM's "Bobbing for Bills" competition, during Tacoma's annual 4th of July  Freedom Fair on Ruston Way, in Tacoma.

Spc. Jeffrey Hodge mourns the loss of four soldiers from his unit, Capt. John Hallett, Capt. Cory Jenkins, Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Sawyer and Spc. Dennis Williams, following their memorial service at Soldiers Field House, at Fort Lewis, Wash. The four soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device.

On the day before the Mat Classic XVII state wrestling championships begin, competitors from across the state gather and practice at the Tacoma Dome.