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23 and Dec. 26-Jan. 2. wildwaves.com. THENEWSTRIBUNE.COM GET OUT THINGS TO DO TODAY THIS WEEK Charles Smith, 62, is set to drive municipal buses for Broward County, Flor- ida, until he retires in 2020, even though his record includes 14 acci- dents in a recent five-year period (not enough for discipline, in that, accord- ing to contract rules, not more than four were la- beled in any two consecutive years).

The bus union president told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that he figure out some drivers just get into more accidents than oth- ers. CONTACT CHUCK SHEPHERD AT EARTHLINK.NET NEWS OF THE WEIRD be too disruptive to economic activity contentions that, while perhaps warranted in the short term, perhaps failed to give enough weight to the long- range implications of what mass transit can do to spur invest- ment and smart land use. In other words, the decision may prove to be shortsighted. If things go as planned, even- tually have a similar deci- sion to make about how to get light rail from Federal Way to Tacoma. But already the con- versation is full of nuances.

As Ranganathan acknowl- edges, the difference in TOD potential between an I-5 route and an SR 99 route is once you get south of Feder- al Way. She says Transportation Choices has not taken a position on a preferred route, saying that far more study and analysis is needed and will take place in the years ahead. In Fife, for example, SR 99 and I-5 run parallel and in close proximity, meaning smart de- sign could likely bridge the gap. Meanwhile, SR 99 is still something of a land between South 356th and Fife. Staunch transit advocates such as Tacoma City Council- man Ryan Mello support the need for TOD, and the kind of design that supports it and serves the most riders.

But he points to differences between the SeaTac-to-Federal Way decision and the one that will confront our area. the fastest route is makes the most sense for rid- Mello says, observing that not really the land-use pattern between Fife and Taco- that you see between Sea- Tac and Federal Way. That means he favors the I-5 alternative at this point. He says fewer stops, along with more frequent and convenient service, are essential to attract riders and remove single-occupancy vehi- cles from our clogged roadways. Still, hard to predict the future.

Our best hope is probably to make decisions now that posi- tively impact our children and our children, taking into account the power of transit as more than simply a people mover. we are trying to contin- ue to push (Sound Transit) and local government to think about is to do the economic analysis over not just five, ten or 15 years. Really think this as sort of a 50- to 100-year Ranganathan explains. not often that we get to make these sorts of invest- Matt Driscoll: 253-597-8657, The good news is, nearly everyone agrees that next Sound Transit 3 ballot measure will include the chance to take a big step toward completing the light rail by funding light rail to Tacoma. As Shefali Ranganathan, the deputy director of the policy and advocacy nonprofit group Trans- portation Choices, tells me: think pretty much a Now the big question is: If voters approve the 2016 ballot measure, generating up to $15 billion in regional transit reve- nue over the next 15 years, how will that light rail get here from Federal Way? Last week, Sound Transit officially unveiled completed drafts and comparisons for all the projects on the lengthy list of ST3 possibilities.

And the public (and more directly, Sound Tran- board) have a lot to choose from. Here in the South Sound, that means everything from potential Sounder service to DuPont, or from Puyallup to Orting. It also means possibilities written about before, such as extending light rail all the way to the Taco- ma Dome or getting the Link light rail to Tacoma Community College. By next spring, we should have a good idea which projects make the cut and will be in- cluded in the ballot measure. But that will be far from the end of the decision-making process.

As seen up north, expect plenty of debate in the years ahead among cities, transit advocates and regional leaders on Sound board over how light rail makes its way to Tacoma from South 320th Street in Federal Way. There are two official possi- bilities: Building tracks along Interstate 5, which figures to be the cheaper, faster and poten- tially less disruptive route, or building along state Route 99, which might offer more possibil- ities for what transit wonks like to call or transit-ori- ented development. I allude to the north because where the ideological battle has played out over how to get light rail from SeaTac Airport to Federal Way, a project that was started with money from Sound last ballot measure. Many transit and design ad- vocates pushed for a route along SR 99, for the reason stated above. Ultimately, Sound board voted unanimously in July to give the I-5 option from Sea- Tac to Federal Way a status, pending an environmental review.

Many cities potentially affect- ed by light-rail construction along SR 99 argued that it would Not too early to think about extending light rail to Tacoma COMMENTARY BY MATT DRISCOLL LOS ANGELES Barbra Streisand was the guest of honor at the annual Women in Enter- tainment breakfast Wednesday, but it was Hollywood publicist Nanci Ryder and film executive Jeffrey Katzenberg who moved the audience the most. Ryder, who was diag- nosed with Lou disease last year, appeared with Katzenberg at the industry event. Because she can no longer speak, he read a statement she had written, and as he did, Ryder wailed and dabbed her eyes with Kleenex. By the time he finished the statement, he was crying, too, as were many guests at Milk Studios, where the breakfast was held. aspire to be half the person you Kat- zenberg told Ryder through tears.

In her statement, Ryder urged the entertainment powerhouses at the Holly- wood annual Power 100 breakfast to work together to create gender equity in the in- dustry. wish my disease were as easy to fix as she wrote. Beyond its annual Pow- er 100 list of the most influential women in Hol- lywood, the Hollywood Women in Entertainment initiative includes a mentorship program that pairs girls in underserved areas of Los Angeles with female Hol- lywood executives for a year of mentoring. Singer Meghan Trainor announced at Wednes- breakfast that three of those girls would re- ceive full academic schol- arships to Loyola Mary- mount University, in- spiring another round of tears in the room. never thought I would get to go to one honoree said through sobs.

The audience was cried out by the time Streisand took the stage to accept the Sherry Lansing Lead- ership Award, saying angry that women are still so underrepresented in Hollywood, politics and medical research. discrimination drives me Strei- sand said. ENTERTAINMENT Katzenberg upstages Streisand BY SANDY COHEN The Associated Press 100 YEARS AGO TODAY Dec. 10, 1915: The state supreme court affirmed the decision of the lower court upholding the val- idity of the initiative prohi- bition measure approved by voters in November 1914, preventing the sale of liquor in the state after Jan. 1, 1916.

Six judges joined in the decision upholding the court, and two others concurred. As a result, every saloon and every bar in the state will go out of business Jan. 1. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY Dec. 10, 1965: Gov.

Dan Evans said Thursday a four-mile stretch of the new Tacoma-Seattle Free- way from Midway to South 188th Street in South King County will not be opened for another year unless King County provides safety devices for children attending schools on South 188th. He said the number of schools in the area would create a safety problem if traffic from the Freeway were diverted onto South 188th Street en route to Seattle. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY Dec. 10, 1990: Met- ropolitan Park District commissioners tonight are expected to approve fund- ing for their police force under a 1991 budget plan, although the fate of the five-officer crew is still undecided. The park board likely will decide in January whether to give up its police force in favor of protection by Tacoma police, park district offi- cials said.

LOOKING BACK Marvin D. Boland Collection, Tacoma Public Library, 253-292-2001, search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images Boys pose in Azure Pool, 748 Market in December 1927. The Azure Pool was an indoor swimming pool built in the spring of 1927. The concrete pool had been designed by noted Tacoma architect Silas E. Nelsen.

The boys are taking advantage of the indoor facility to swim, a sport not conducive to outdoor activity in December. PETER HALEY Staff file, 2013 Link light rail should someday link up with light rail in King County..