Previous speakers at
Tacoma Cascade Club meetings
beginning in the Fall of 2017 to the present
Sept 19th 2023
Connie Behe
Pierce County Library System
Lakewood Library and the County Library System
1st meeting of the fall season 2023
Sept 12th 2023
Wayne Thronson
How I set up the PGA golf tournaments
Sunday July 16th 2023 5:30-8:30PM
Cascade Club Summer Fling
Courtesy of Dick & Mary Muri at their home
May 23rd 2023
Kris Peterson MD – Psychiatrist
Mental Health and Bipolar management
New treatments for depression, PTSD and anxiety
The Final Noon Meeting of the Season
May 16th 2023
Mackenzie Petersen – Senior Marketing Manager
and Averyl Mooney
of the Washington Wine Commission
Washington Wines
May 9th 2023
Al Schmauder
of Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council-Pierce County
Current Issues with Ground Water and Streams
May 2nd 2023
Kurt Grimmer – Dragon boats
The Boats and Competition
Apr 25th 2023
Mike Peronto
of the WSU Extension Program
The Resilient Yard
Apr 18th 2023
Sara Graham
Wonderland Trail Hike
Apr 11th 2023
Officer Joseph Arbiol of the Lakewood Police Dept.
Behavioral Health Contact Team
and Neighborhood Police Officers.
Apr 4th 2023
Cedric Ross
Amazon Fulfillment Center
Mar 28th 2023
Our Own New Member
Joe Hillyer
HomeWatch Care Givers
Mar 21st 2023
Austin Neilson of Sound Transit
South Sound Transit Development
Mar 14th 2023
Phil Raschke
of The Lakewood Historical Society
The Buffalo Soldiers and more.
Mar 7th 2023
Bill Baarsma
Former Mayor of Tacoma & Local Historian
The History of The Gyro Club and The Cascade Club of Tacoma
Feb 28th 2023
Donald Kimball
of Washington Policy Center
Capital Gains Tax
and what’s expected in this years legislature.
Feb 21st 2023
Lt. Gen. Ret. Keith Dayton
Previously the Director of the
George C. Marshall European Center
for Security Studies for 10 years.
“Ukraine”
Feb 14th 2023
Brent Mason
of Foss Seaport Museum
The Foss Seaport Museum
Feb 7th 2023
Becky Newton
Economic Development Officer
for the City of Lakewood
Lakewood Development
Jan 31th 2023
Alan Billingsley
of Partners for Parks
Restoration of Historical Barn
at Ft. Steilacoom Park
Jan 24th 2023
Ryan Dicks of
Pierce County Waste and Recycle
New Solid Waste & Recycle Plan
Jan 17th 2023
Sue Scott, Past President
of the Lakewood Historical Museum
Topic The Lakewood History Museum
and Ivan the Gorilla from the B&I
Jan 10th 2023
We will start off the new year with a field trip to Fort Steilacoom Museum and continue the interesting review of the history of the old fort and this area of the world.
Walter Neary spoke to us in December, and he will now show us around the Fort and the buildings that have been restored.
We will meet at the Museum (on the grounds of Western State Hospital) a bit before noon on January 10th. I will bring box lunches;
Jan 3rd 2023
TC&GC closed the whole first part of each year
for maintenance etc.
No Cascade club meeting today
Dec 27th 2022
No Meeting
See you at our next meeting
in the new year Jan 10th, 2023
Dec 20th 2022
President David Cotant
has invited all Cascade members to a
no host lunch in the TC&GC bar.
“You have to eat lunch somewhere!”
Dec 13th 2022
Walter Neary
of the Fort Steilacoom Museum
Current Status of the Museum
No Noon Meeting Tuesday December 6th
The 100th Annual Cascade Christmas Party is on
Tuesday December 6th, 2022 at the TC&GC.
Arrive about 4:45 PM (1645 hrs) for the no host bar & Happy Hour
The Memphis Belles, will begin about 5:00 pm.
Dinner will be served at 6:00 pm.
Nov 29th 2022
Randy Black
of Lakewood Water District
We’ve Got Water!
Nov 22nd 2022
Shakisha Ross
of Puget Sound Energy
What’s New in Energy Plans
Nov 15th 2022
Mark Adams
Our own Cascade Member
Organization of the Legal System in the USA
Nov 8th 2022
Sue Potter
of Nourish Pierce County
Food Wasted
Nov 1st 2022
Sherrana Kildun
of Habitat for Humanity
About Habitat for Humanity
Oct 25th 2022
Deborah Armstrong
Lakewood Playhouse Education Director
Lakewood Institute of Theatre
Oct 18th 2022
Rick Ellingson
of Bargreen Ellingson Company
A talk about the company (Bargreen-Ellingson)
and how it started.
Oct 11th 2022
Our member – Mark Adams
Who are those Guys??
Oct 4th 2022
Various Members
What we members did on our summer vacations
Sept 27th 2022
Ruthann Howell
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
Sept 20th 2022
Peter Cook
The Titanic – The rest of the story
Sept 13th 2022
Victor Hogan
Member Steilacoom School Board
(and incidentally happens to be a candidate for the
WA 28th District Representative)
Steilacoom Schools, School Protection
and School Board Responsibilities
May 24th 2022
The Final Noon Meeting of the Spring Season
Matthew Hayward, National Outreach Director
Freedom Foundation
Advancing Individual Liberty
May 17th 2022
Craig Rhyne, President of FreedomCivics
Battling the rise of socialism in our schools
May 10th 2022
Don Doman
Hannibal over the Alps
May 3rd 2022
Spring Break scheduled
Enjoy the Florida beaches?
Apr 26th 2022
Our own Jim Tutton, Executive Director
of Washington Movers Conference
The ins and outs of the moving industry
Apr 19th 2022
Anthony Shipman
Director of Sales, Chambers Bay Golf Course/Club Host
The 2022 US Women’s Amateur Golf Championship
Apr 12th 2022
Scott Adams – Assistant Chief
West Pierce Fire & Rescue
911 and how to help if a call is needed
Apr 5th 2022
Jack Van Ommen
Around the world in 80 years (almost)
Mar 29th 2022
Our very own Cascade IPP Dick Muri
“An Overview of the Electric Vehicle Market”
Mar 22nd 2022
Alice Fong CEO
Center for Ethical Leadership
How ethical leadership can enhance your bottom line
Mar 15th 2022
No speaker today
Mar 8th 2022
Gust Erickson
Sales and estimating manager
for Jesse Engineering
The History of Jesse Engineering
Mar 1st 2022
Drew Kellerman
VP production
@ Heritage Distillery of Gig Harbor
What’s New at Heritage
Feb 22th 2022
John Jarmen MPE – Fitness Director
Fircrest Golf & Country Club
Fitness for the Senior Adult
followed by “Who are Those Guys?”
from club member Jim Tutton
Feb 15th 2022
Jon F. Sutter LLC
Ultimate Lean Manufacturing
Focus on the Health Service Providers
& Health Insurance
Feb 8th 2022
Jeannette Twitty
CEO House of Matthew
Helping the Homeless and People in need
in our community
https://www.thehouseofmatthew.org
Feb 1st 2022
Our scheduled speaker is down with Covid and
was rescheduled so no speaker today
Jan 25th 2022
Bob Woodcock
Community Disaster Preparedness
Jan 18th 2022
Walter Van Huene
TV & Movie Director
(Arnold Swarzenagger’s acting coach)
Stories from Hollywood
Jan 11th 2022
Shawn Mattingly
Certified Public Accountant
Weinand & Associates, CPAs, Lakewood, WA
Income Tax Update for Retirees
Jan 4thth 2021
No Noon meeting today
Dec 28th 2021
No Noon meeting today
Dec 21st 2021
Alanson Schweitzer
Commander VFW (Tacoma)
The V F W today
Dec 14th 2021
The Annual Cascade Holiday Party
was held at the TC&GC
and a good time was had by all
Dec 7st 2021
Bob Lucey
Retired Curtis Coach, Speaker & Motivator
3 Times State Football Championship coach
The lessons he learned from being an athlete
Nov 30th 2021
Julie Anderson
Pierce County Auditor
What happened at the last election??
Nov 23rd 2021
David Anderson
Newly elected Clover Park School Board member
What’s going on in our schools??
Nov 16th 2021
Thomas Broxon
Clover Park Vocational College
Vice President for Instruction
Improving Student Success
Nov 9th 2021
Nicholas Malden – Our own Cascade member
The Great Loop Boat Trip
An 8000 mile circumnavigation of the eastern US by boat
Nov 2nd 2021
Rich Wall – Our own Cascade member
WAR IS A TERRIBLE THING BUT
NOT THE MOST TERRIBLE OF THINGS.
WHY VETERANS DAY?
Oct 26th 2021
Alan Billingsley
Rotarian in Charge
Saving the South Sound Wildlife Area
A Rotary Project
Oct 19th 2021
Dennis English
Retired Los Angeles detective
Advisor to the TV show Bosch
A week in the life of a L.A. Detective
Oct 12th 2021
John Unfred, Assistant Chief
of the Lakewood, WA Police Department
Police Legislation
Oct 5th 2021
Eric Wylie
a fitness and nutrition coach
The benefits of cardiovascular exercise
and fitness on the aging brain
Sept 28th 2021
Terry Knight
Wakeboard Warriors
A plan to get disabled warriors up on wake boards
and back to being fully alive again.
Sept 21st 2021
Tiffany Speir
City of Lakewood: Long Range Plan.
Sept 14th 2021
Tom McClellan
Climate Change: What the charts show.
May 25th 2021
Elie Pieprz – US-Israel political consultant
Middle East: Are things changing
or is it just more of the same?
This was the Final Meeting
of this Spring 2021 Season
May 18th 2021
Ms.Hannah McDowell
Puget LNG. Sales Marketing Manager
Liquid Natural Gas and it’s role in clean energy.
May 11th 2021
David Jepsen
Professor of History at T.C.C.
Labor History in the North West
May 4th 2021
No Speaker Scheduled
Group discussion
Election of Officers and Trustees
for the next club year – Fall of ’21 & Spring of ’22
Apr 27th 2021
Jerry Bowman
The Curator of Restoration
for the Raymond WA Carriage Museum
Topic
Apr 20th 2021
Sheriff Ed. Troyer
Current Law Enforcement Issues
Apr 13th 2021
Bruce McKenty
The American Lake Veterans Golf Course
Designed by Jack Nicklaus
Apr 6th 2021
Melody Meyer
Specialist for the Pierce County
Noxious Weed Control Board
Everything you wanted to know about
noxious weeds in our Puget Sound area
Mar 30th 2021
Clay Norris
Tacoma Power Manager
The National Electric Grid, what happened in Texas
and the status of our grid here in our region.
Mar 23rd 2021
Cantor Geoffery Fine
of Temple Beth EL of Tacoma
Explaining the Passover story and rituals
Tuesday Mar 16th 2021
Cancelled due to Special meeting on Mar 13th
Mar 13th 2021
Special Saturday Meeting 0900 hours (9:00AM)
Colonel Arthur Tulak
“The PLA in the South China Sea”
Mar 9th 2021
Our very own Dr. Mike Jones presents
“Rafting the Alsek River from Yukon to Alaska”
Mar 2nd 2021
Brent Moore
Executive Director – Foss Waterway Seaport
&
Chris Staudinger, who is the owner of Pretty Gritty Tours
Topic: George Vancouver
Feb 23rd 2021
Stephanie Pedersen
President and editor of The News Tribune & The Olympian,
Washington state regional editor at McClatchy
Feb 16th 2021
The Cascade Club membership
Topic: General Discussion
Feb 9th 2021
Susan Warner
Lakewold Gardens Presentation Update www.lakewoldgardens.
Feb 2nd 2021
Lt Col (USAF Ret) Keith Snyder presents
Past, Present and Future of the B-52 Stratofortress
Jan 26th, 2021
Charles Bergman,
“Every Penguin the World”
Jan 19th 2021
Dr. Ken Farmer (Major General USA Ret), Director of the Office of Disaster Recovery, Office of the Pierce County Executive with an update on Covid-19.
Jan 12th 2021
Bob Rezba is a past president
of the following Model A clubs:
Model A Ford Club of America,
The Northwest Regional Model A Club,
The Gallopin’ Gerties Model A Club.
Bob is also an applicant for membership in
our Cascade Club of Tacoma.
The History of the Ford Model A
Jan 5th 2021
There was No Meeting Today
Dec 29th 2020
7 to 8 PM PST, Evening fellowship meeting on ZOOM
Round robin discussion on plans and aspirations
for 2021 New Year.
Dec 15th 2020
Shara Sauve and Kevin Williams
Pierce County Juvenile Court System
Dec 8th 2020
Joe Martin
Pearl Harbor attack and
our Military Intelligence shortcomings
Dec 1st 2020
Bill Baarsma, former Tacoma Mayor
and Historian
The Beltway sniper
Nov 24th 2020
Group discussion of life and times we live in.
Nov 17th 2020
Kady Valois, Attorney
Pacific Legal Foundation
Topic: Property rights and eviction moratoria
in Washington state
Nov 10th 2020
the latest research on Blue Zones around the world.
for their exceptional health and longevity.
Nov 3rd 2020
Laurel Lemke and Bob Aten
Grave Concerns
Restoration of the historic Western State Hospital Cemetery
located on the grounds of Western State Hospital
Oct 27th 2020
John Simpson from the Lakewood City Council
Retired USAF Major and photojournalist
Topic: Observations from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan
Oct 20th 2020
Bill Baarsma, former Tacoma Mayor
and Historian
Topic: The David and Crystal Brame Case.
Oct 13th 2020
David Z. Bean
Member of the Puyallup Tribal Council
The Emerald Queen Casino and it’s Economic Impact.
Oct 6th 2020
No Speaker
General Fellowship Meeting
Sept 29th 2020
Jason Mercier
Director, Center for Government Reform
Washington Policy Center
Topic – Washington State Budget
Sept 22nd 2020
Navy Commander (Ret) Ray Corrigan presents
“Expat in Singapore”
An interesting account about his 20 years
of living and working there.
Sept 15th 2020
The first weekly online meeting of the
Tacoma Cascade club in the fall of 20202
Mr. Whaling
Inventor of the HeLi copter hydrant
Forest fire fighting system
Presentation and video of the helicopter
snorkeling and fire fighting system
The Tacoma Cascade club took it’s traditional summer hiatus to heal from our recent Covid-19 assault instead of the usual world wide travel and experiences of it’s members.
The board did hold 3 online ZOOM meetings to further the club’s goals.
May 19th 2020
Yet another weekly digital meeting of the
Tacoma Cascade club online #7.
Mariya Frost,
Transportation Director
Washington Policy Center
Impact of Covid-19 on Transportation in Washington State
and challenges for the next legislative session
May 12th 2020
Yet another weekly digital meeting of the
Tacoma Cascade club online #6.
Doctor Wayne Turnberg, Director,
Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology,
Division of Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories,
Washington State Department of Health
May 5th 2020
Another digital meeting of the
Tacoma Cascade club online #5.
Our speaker was retired Marine Brigadier General Paul Lebidine who gave us a detailed history of our involvement in the wars in Afghanistan
Apr 28th 2020
A 4th digital meeting of the Tacoma Cascade club online
Dan Gibbons of Edward Jones Brokerage in Steilacoom.
His topic was Financial consequences
related to the Covid-19 crisis.
Apr 21st 2020
Join Cascade Club VP Dick Muri as he leads our club in a historic third online meeting in which our historic club refuses to be deterred by a mere Governmental lockdown of the whole state and continues to meet on it’s traditional weekly schedule – even though we can’t perform our traditional shaking of hands and pats on the shoulders – meet for our long standing camaraderie nearing 100 years from it’s origin in 1923. This is possible because the forward looking club members have laid down their quills and ink for the new digital world of information and contact at our fingertips on our keyboards and screens.
Our speaker was our well known physician friend and associate Dr. Barry Weled, Pulmonologist from Tacoma, WA. His topic was explaining the treatment issues of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apr 14st 2020
Dick Muri led the clubs second online ZOOM meeting #2
The topic was “Random musings”
Apr 7th 2020
Dick Muri led the clubs first online ZOOM meeting #1
Mar 31st 2020
Meeting cancelled due to the Coronavirus
and the state lockdown
Mar 24th 2020
Meeting cancelled due to the Coronavirus
and the state lockdown
Mar 17th 2020
Dear Cascade members, I am cancelling our meeting of Tuesday, March 17. We have older members who do not need to be in crowds and be at risk during this Coronavirus epidemic. Sincerely, Jim Rooks.
Mar 10th 2020
Dick Muri
The Life and Times of Dick Muri
Mar 3rd 2020
Michael Hemp
Historian of various areas of interest. He has written stories and books about John Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row”. Particularly Monterrery, California and relation to the Northwest. Mike Hemp is an author and professional speaker.Thanks Phil Sloan.
Feb 25th 2020
Linda Henslee
Infectious disease and travel medicine
Feb 18th 2020
Mayor Bill Baarsma
Mayor Baarsma was a plaintiff in the 1980s on a first amendment case. Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion and the results significantly affected modern politics. His lawyer was Chuck Colson. He will also explain the history about why the Democrat and republican parties developed different primary method.
Feb 11th 2020
Rich Wall’s grandson,
PFC Tanner Bush 275 Ranger Batallion
Experience of a 2017 Bellarmine Graduate in a Ranger Battalion in Northern Syria
Feb 4th 2020
Dr Kim Mebust, Neurologist
Director of Multicare sleep medicine
“advances in sleep medicine”
Jan 28th, 2020
Joel Kachmerak
Ground Manager, TCGC
“Early History of TCGC”
Jan 21st 2020
Jason Whalen
Deputy Mayor of Lakewood
Build your better here-Lakewood’s forward Momentum
Jan 14th 2020
Lorraine Ralston
Partnership Specialist, US Census Bureau
Census 2020
No MEETINGS ON:
Dec 24th 2019
Dec 31st 2019
Jan 7th 2020
Dec 17th 2019
Mr Michael Mirra
Director of Tacoma Housing authority
The Annual Cascade Christmas Party was on
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the TC&GC.
Dec 3rd, 2019
Col Watson
Depty Comander, 5th SFAB JBLM
Nov 26th 2019
Scheduled Speaker was unable to attend
Nov 19th 2019
Chris Dobler CEO and founder
of Dobler Rental property Management
President of Washington State
Rental Management Association
Recent new laws surrounding rental management
Nov 12th 2019
Mark Dalan, Freedom Foundation, workers rights
The Government-Public Union influence circle
Nov 5th 2019
Tod Myers
Director, center for the environment
Washington policy center
A contrary view of the Environment
Oct 29th 2019
Dick Muri, Vice President and local authority
on social media
Orientation on use of social media
for member development
Oct 22nd 2019
LtGen Volesky, Commander I Corps
Previously Commander 101 airborne division, Commander of American forces of Joint Task Forces in Iraq
“Summary of status of ICorps”
Oct 15th 2019
TACOMA WEEKLY NEWS
JOHN WEYMER PUBLISHER-MATT NAGLE EDITOR
NEWS PAPER REPRESENTING THE MARIJUANA
GROWERS AND RETAIL STORES
Oct 8th 2019
Marty Stump
Director of Development for Metro Parks projects.
Design and development of the Dunes park on the site of the Tacoma Smelter
Oct 1st 2019
COL RICH WALL
SPECIAL FORCES AND HISTORIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND THE BELGIAN DIGGERS
Sept 24th 2019
Debbie Cockrell – NEWS TRIBUNE REPORTER
MENTAL HEALTHCARE FACILITY DEVELOPMENT
IN PIERCE COUNTY
Sept 17th 2019
Ed Troyer
Pierce County Sheriffs Department
Common Scams, particularly seniors
Sept 10th, 2019
The History of the Indian Casinos
Alan Stay
Legal representative for several of the tribes
over the last 40 years
May 14th 2019
Eric Hasstebt and Sarah DuBois, are both with “Safe Streets”
They are neighborhood organizers who help
keep your neighborhood safe.
May 7th 2019
Mary Dodsworth
Lakewood Parks-Recreation and Community Service Director
Lakewood Projects:
Gateway Signs Motor Ave
Fort Steilacoom Barn Restoration,
Park Projects.
Apr 30th 2019
Chris Fruitrich, Professional Journalist who has worked in Washington DC for the last 40 years
“End of Life choices and Death with Dignity program in Washington State”
Apr 23rd 2019
Ed Troyer with the Pierce County Sheriffs Department
Update on issues confronting the Sheriffs Department with emphasis on the Homeless
Apr 18, Thursday, 2019
Visit to Bangor, on board modern submarine, presentations of torpedo launching, command, museum and lunch.
Will be a fantastic field trip.
contact Rich Wall.
Apr 16th 2019
Brian Minnich
Executive Vice President, Freedom foundation
Opt Out and other programs to educate State and Federal employees as to their rights following the Janus decision in the US Supreme Court
Apr 9th 2019
Col. Jay Miscelli
Commander of the 2nd Stryker Brigade at Fort Lewis
Speakers Perogative
Apr 2nd 2019
Philip Roscoe Sloan Jr. – Our “Scribe for Life”
The Life & Times of Philip Roscoe Sloan Jr.
Mar 26th 2019
Capt Bobby Tuttle, Special Forces
Modern Special Forces in the Army
Mar 19th 2019
Erin Shannon
Washington Policy Center
Director for Workers Rights
Supreme Court decision on Janus and effect on Workers Rights
Mar 12th 2019
Curt Scott of the Preparedness Coalition &
Steve O’Donnell on
“How to be Ready for the next “Big One”
Mar 5th 2019
Speaker
Topic
Feb 26th 2019
Andrew Nieditz,
Director of 911 System.
The Pierce County 911 System
Feb 19th 2019
Wesley Wenhardt, Executive Director
Foss Waterway Seaport
Seaport new developments and directions
Feb 12th 2019
Capt Bobby Tuttle,Special Forces
Modern Special Forces in the Army
Feb 5th 2019
Michelle Douglas, Executive Director
Emergency Food Network
Organization and services of
Emergency Food Network
Jan 29th, 2019
Mr Josh Dunn, President, Premier Media Group
“Media and Current Trends”
Jan 22nd 2019
Bill Baarsma, Historian and past Mayor of Tacoma
“Baarsma Art of the Deal:
How he brought the Sonics to Tacoma.”
Jan 15th 2019
Member Chuck Foster PhD in Nuclear Physics
“Tales From the Laboratory”
Jan 8th 2019
Dr. Jessica Kennedy Schlicher
The Virtual Hospital/Mission Control for Healthcare:
Putting patients first
Dec 25th 2018
Merry Christmas
See you at our next meeting
in the new year Jan 8th, 2019
Dec 18th 2018
Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor
The Homeless and the Sheriff’s Department
Extensive Experience With our growing
Homeless Population
Dec 11th 2018
Port Commissioner Don Johnson
History of Simpson Pulp and Paper Mill
Nov 27th 2018
Stuart Early, CEO of Humane Society
Programs and status of the Pierce County Humane Society
Nov 20th 2018
Rails to Trails: past and future
Roxanne Miles, Director of Parks and Recreation
Nov 13th 2018
Liz Dunbar
Tacoma Community House Executive Director
Immigration Issues
Nov 6th 2018
Linsey Wade, Senior Investigator
“Sexual Assault Kit Initiative”
Criminal Justice Division
Office of the Attorney General
Oct 30th 2018
Michelle Douglas, Executive Director
Emergency Food Network
Oct 23th 2018
Bob Ferguson
Attorney General of Washington State
Topic to be announced later
Oct 16th 2018
Art Dolan
Evolution of the American Flag
Oct 9th 2018
Mary Anne Lindeblad
Washington State Medicaid Director
The status of the Washington State Medicaid Program
and Apple Care
Oct 2nd 2018
Terry Thomas
His family was one of the first to build containers
for shipping and trucking
The History of development of Containerization
of shipping and trucking
Sept 25th 2018
Pat Lowinger – Instructor
Gig Harbor Community College
The Etruscans;
Introduction
Sept 11th 2018
Alan Stay
An expert on Indian Affairs
The history and implementation of Indian fishing rights
May 15th 2018
Mark Lindquist
Pierce County Prosecutor
Annual Public Safety update
May 8th 2018
Pat Lowinger – Instructor
Gig Harbor Community College
Digging up the past:
Ancient Greek Pottery…Styles and Conversation
May 1st 2018
Maia Espinoza
Candidate for WA State Representative 28th District Pos #2
The Latino Community and the local leadership
Apr 24th 2018
Arthur Dolan
History and Progression of the American Flag
Apr 17th 2018
Mike Lonergan
Treasurer-Auditor for Pierce County
Tax Collections in Pierce County
Apr 10th 2018
Dorothy Wilhelm
Life’s Musings
Apr 3rd 2018
Director Rick Garza
Director of Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board
Washington State experience with legalization of Marijuana
Mar 27th 2018
Richard Genet – USN (retired)
Speaking about the preparedness of the US Navy
Mar 20th 2018
Dick Muri
WA State Representative 28th district.
Update on the decisions
of the recently adjourned WA Legislature.
Mar 13th 2018
Lt. Col Shabazzis
the first Islamic chaplin
to be appointed as a chaplain in the US Army
He will talk to us about Islam and his current position
Mar 6th 2018
Ron Lucas
Mayor of Steilacoom,
Board Member of Sound Transit
and Giant Panda expert.
Many and varied topics
Feb 27th 2018
Patti McClements
Hisory of Puget Sound Energy
Feb 20th 2018
Shawn Murphy
“History of Tacoma Maritime development”
Feb 13th 2018
John McGrath
Sports reporter for the Tacoma News Tribune
Topic is the world of sports
Feb 6th 2018
Lakewood Mayor Don Anderson
The complicated factors that caused the Amtrak derailment
Jan 30th 2018
Kimberly Roller
USS Indianapolis presentation
Jan 23rd 2018
Alan Stay
One of the lead attorneys on the Boldt decision
“The History of the Indian in America
from the legal perspective
with emphasis on on Indian fishing rights”
Jan 16th 2018
Dr. William Jackson
The History of Medical Care in Early Tacoma
Jan 9th 2018
Kim Bedier
Manager for Tacoma City Venues of the
Convention Center, Tacoma Dome, Cheney Stadium, Pantages, Rialto, and Theatre on Square
December 19th 2017
David Smith
Puget Sound University
Professor of History
Topic was BREXIT 18 months after the referendum
December 12th 2017
Matt Perry of Puget Sound Energy
The Liquefied Natural Gas Plant
being built in the Port of Tacoma
December 5th 2017
Christmas Dinner Dance
Because You’re Special
You have the honor of being invited to
The Exclusive 94th Cascade Club Christmas
When: December 5th, 6 pm Where: Tacoma Country & Golf Club
Our gourmet choices are succulent steaks, amazing chicken cordon bleu or flavorful Chilean sea bass.
There will not be a noon meeting on Dec 5th
NO luncheon next Tuesday. BUT…one of our loooong time members named Jim, who chooses to remain anonymous, does claim that he, as a rule, does eat lunch on Tuesdays and, if per chance, one’s schedule does permit, one might find company having lunch at the TC&GC bar next Tuesday. I’m just sayin’.
November 28th 2017
Attorney Charlie Brown,
The present president of the Tacoma Country & Golf club
and professional lobbyist in Olympia.
Life as a Lobbyist in Olympia
November 21st 2017
Duane Davidson
Treasurer of the State of Washington
All about the Washington State Treasury
November 14th 2017
Bill Baarsma – Past Mayor of Tacoma
The history of the Mayors of Tacoma with recent discoveries
November 7th 2017
Andrew Neiditz
Executive Director South Sound 911
All About 911
October 31st 2017
Brad Berger
CEO of Cornerstone Financial Strategies Tacoma WA
Author:”Stop Trying to Keep Up with the Jones-
They’re Broke Anyway”
Dept of Labor’s regulatory changes
affecting the financial industry.
The move away from commissions to a fee based structure.
October 24th 2017
Greg Tambara, Dept. Health
Mark Coleman, Dept. Ecology
Commencement Bay/Tacoma Superfund sites
History & Present Status
October 17th 2017
Joe Hedges, PE,PMP, LEED AP
The Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement
Program Administrator
“Bertha” past and present status
October 10th 2017
Speaker cancelled but will reschedule
We had lots’a good jokes
October 3rd 2017
Charlie Davis
President and CEO
of the Pierce & Kitsap Co’s YMCA
The YMCA
September 26th 2017
Sally Jones
Sleep Disorders
September 19th 2017
Our own Dick Muri
WA State Representative from the 28th District
Legislative Update
September 12th 2017
Hannah Sells
A member of the litigation team representing 19 Seattle citizens suing Seattle city council income tax constitutionality