The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 14

A-14 Tacoma Tues June 3 1980 The News Tribune Local The winner by a bus length is fiPierce The Bus GO and Tahoma Transit trail in a name-that-bus contest 1 he said Victor asked Sutherland if he had another suggestion Sutherland said he "I guess I drat have an answer for he said Sutherland said he have an inventive imagination that could devise a catchy but acceptable name "I guess just a meat and potatoes he uld Board member Barbara Bichsel she had tried to convince board members to call the system GO (for Grand Omnibus) but none expressed an interest Pierce Transit or variations of that name proved most popular in public polls Hie transit staff favored Tahoma Transit On legal documents the system will retain the name the state gave it the Pierce County Public Transit Area Authority Corporation By JOHN GILLIE and public suggestions on a new name for the system The board tried but failed two weeks ago to select a name from among five proposed No name could gain a majority vote Pierce Transit apparently gained a majority because while it the enthusiastic choice of any board member it wasn't so offensive a majority vote for it Even the board member who proposed it County Commissioner Jack Bujacich Jr gave the name a lukewarm compliment think we can live with if he said after yesterday vote Board Chairman Urn Strege said the new name "adequately reflects what the transit system is all about" Board member Ann Marie Victor seconded Bujacicfa's motion Victor favored calling the system The Bus Board member Doug Sutherland urged the board to about this a little Pierce Transit Sutherland said "has no real "It needs a name that catches the public fancy more than Pierce The Pierce County Public Transit Benefit Area Authority is simply Pierce Transit now Transit authority board members gave their unanimous but reluctant approval to that new nickname for the new bus system last night Their decision followed eight months of market Research polling i :2 4 25-cent shuffle bus fee 25 cents too much elderly say Schedules should be printed In several languages and bus informa- tira operators should either be multilingual or should be more patient with those who have difficulty understanding English he said A spokesman for the 81 congregate-care facilities praised the plan but suggested that the lystem make allowances for outreach registration of seniors and the handicapped and make available group transportation offer door-to-door transit service to the elderly and the disabled That service was offered for trips to appointments food stores and senior meal sites and centers The 25-cent fare technically was not part of the disabled transportation plan being considered by the transit board last night Testimony on that and other proposed fares and routes will be heard in two hearings set for next Monday and June 21 Edwards also complained that a bus shelter erected near the Beacon Senior Center had no bench and was erected on a sloping sidewalk that made it difficult to stand in Bill Buell president of the Tacoma Handicapped Club said handicapped persons want to be spoon-fed They do opportunity to earn a living Human Development Department contended that charging the 25-cent fee would violate the concept under which the shuttle service was begun Before the transit system was severed from Tacoma operations the shuttle service had been under the Human Development control though the transit system had been in charge of its operation The shuttle system uses vans to solicit tipsters with posters in new anti-arson campaign The posters warn that "Arson bums The Pierce County Fire Chiefs Association will be Mown the new posters at a meeting Thursday The publications will be distributed to communities next week They were designed by the Arson Awareness Committee of the Tacoma-Pierce County Arson Task Force The Task Force was established by Pierce County communities in October 1978 to stem the crime of arson tilt travel within the area where they live be said The transit system he uld should consider handicapped transportation an expense but an A spokesman for Catholic Community Services suggested that non-English-speaking persons should be considered handicapped and should be eligible for special transportation services reward fund offered by the Washington Insurance CoundL Callers also may remain anonymous MRJItaynaidi1 By JOHN GILLIE A standing-room-only crowd of elderly and disabled people generally gave the county transit system high marks on a plan for special transportation for the disabled but complained loudly last night about a proposed 25-cent fee for door-to-door shuttle service That shuttle service now is free Bertie Edwards of the Firefighters Paper bullets to fight the war against arson soon will be passed out to merchants throughout Pierce County Firefighters of every district and municipality will be distributing new posters and leaflets soliciting tipsters on the toll-free telephone number 1-800-55-ARSON The publications are the product of the Tacoma-Pierce County Arson Task Force stop arson before everything we know and love goes up in a leaflet appeals "Arson is costing the leaflet goes on money mrance experts estimate that one out of every three dollars paid fra homeowners insurance goes to cover the cost of arson and related "Since you and your fellow citizens are paying the cost of arson maybe like to do something about The leaflet cites examples of information that is helpful to arson investigators: Overheard conversations re- Broadcast group elects Betty Jo Neils of Lakewood was elected president of the newly-framed Public Broadcast Foundation of Southwest Washington at its organisational meeting The non-profit corporation is designed to assist development and extension of public television from Tacoma south to the Oregon border Kelly Broadcasting Co which purchased Channel 13 has provided $450000 in seed money to be paid over the next six years in support of this foundation Other officers include first vice president Ross Davis Federal way second vice prwidfflt Dr Frank Price Lacey secretary Dean Zuch Steilacoom treasurer Goodwin Chase Tacoma Directors include Gwen Carlson David Carnahan Bruce Chapman former Gov Daniel Evans Meadowcroft Louis Pedersen Bruce Russell Dr Dolores Silas Dr Larry Stevens Candy Stewart Rowland Vincent and John Wat- If the caller desires the information will be kept confidential However the caller still may be eligible for a share of the 87500 cigarette FTC Report DEC 79 garding a fire Observed suspicious action just before a fire Knowledge of prior fire losses MENTHOL 5 mg "tar 04 mg nicotine experienced by an individual or business Knowledge that a business was failing before a fire FILTER: 5 mg "tar" 05 mg m'cotins av per Female cops wash cars for kid camp Ten female police officers and -dispatchers from throughout Pierce County will wash cars in Fife Saturday to help send children to the Kids and Cops summer camp The 150 car wash is at the Fife 2 Shell service station at 54th Ave- nue and 20th Street East from 8 am to 4 pm The money will go to the general fund of Law Enforcement Youth 2 Camp which this year is sponsor- ing time camp weeks in July for troubled youngsters and volunteer police officers The goal of the camp Is to make 2 children aware that officers can 2 them and to show alternatives to delinquent behavior Participating in Kids and Com car wash are officers and 2 from the State Patrol Fort Lewis military police and Xup TacomaVnfe and Orting departments The women three girls during their Camp Joshua Taylor on the Loc-branch Peninsula July 28 through Aug 2 Male officers and boys will be at the camp during the first two weeks July 14 through 19 and July 21 through 28 The program includes an overnight camping trip to Squaxin Island State Park The Pierce County office and state departments of Natural Resources Fisheries and Game also participate in the program The Kids and Cops camp program was originated by the Tacoma Police Department in 1974 It was expanded to include other Pierce County law agencies three years later.