The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 49

n-r- -THE NEWS TRIBUNE SOUNDLIFE SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 2002 WWWTRIBNETCOMENTERTAINMENT Showtime's "Bang Bang Dead is a wrenching hut must-see exploration of school violence 7 JEN GRAVES 3 I TAKE TIME 8 I BOOKS 9 COURTESY Of WCOBMRURUC LIBRARY The original Foss float house In 1890 Andrew and Thea Foss are on the second deck with daughter Lillian In arms KNIGHT RIDOER TRIBUNE SMS Columnist-novelistmother Anna QuincHen is headed to Seattle this week After a century the channel provides a vital link between past and present 1 Bv Bart rifv The News Tribune Thea Foss Waterway is a salty finger daubed in mud spanning 8500 feet and a century of development and neglect since being dredged by Northern Pacific Railroad to nurture Ifccoma 100 years ago Long called City Waterway the Foss as the man-made canal is known lurches into its second century anchored by a murky heritage and tiptoeing to an uncertain future Rampant development and cultural awakening of Pacific Avenue on Downtown south end has reacquainted citizens with Foss Waterway A bicycle is a good way to explore the Foss but feet work once you park the car and explore this muddy gully 1 Start on the unappreciated east end out at the tip of East Street where Foss Maritime maintains a tugboat terminal The Foss organization reaches back to 1889 when a Norwegian immigrant couple named Olesen rented a rowboat for odd jobs Andrew Olesen a carpenter and his A series of stories written by Norman Reilly Raine published in the popular magazine the Saturday Evening Post immortalized Thea soon after she died in 1927 at age 69 She was wildly embellished as a ripsnorting character called TUgboat Annie Foss home was tucked in among all these great big sailing ships" Thcoma historian Michael Sullivan said "The waterfront was full of hoboes tramps and drunks called water rats They lived in shanties on the water stories conveyed the ghosts of the old waterfront -guys passing around a bottle of rotgut whiskey while sitting on ropes down on the docks" City 1902 dredging by massive steam shovels was commandeered by Northern Pacific Railroad and executed by the Army Corps of Engineers The NP owned most of the land on what became the west shore "It was the first big engineering feat in the city" Sullivan said A small Puyallup River fork now called Wheeler-Osgood Waterway for a door factory that reigned there was sealed The 1 wife Thea matriarch to a vibrant cla of inlet had a gloripijis name Hallelujah kids changed their name lo Foss because Harbor Salvation Army minions deter- mined to save souls worked the cove in futile efforts to dry out the sots in shanties Today between Foss terminal and the Murray Morgan Bridge are marinas oil tanks signs and an intriguing project striving to become a waterfront anchor the Pioneer Museum of Motorcycles site where Marty owner of a marine and industrial sandblasting and coating company Please see DC there were oodles of Olesens in the new country and because they came from a Norwegian village called Skirfoss Foss Maritime operates by the motto "Always Ready" This is linked to Thea kitchen where she reputedly always had a pot of coffee hot and ready for any of her brood and rowboat customers plus waterfront characters who wandered into their float house of a home They lived just north of the 11th Street Bridge now called the Murray Morgan Bridge on the west side Quindlen can tell you about effects of children New book: is all about a life-changing drama BY LYN SilUUMfOOD For The News Tribune In her fourth novel Anna Quindlen depicts a loser named Skip Cuddy who finds a baby giri in a box on his doorstep and decides to keep her In the drama that ensues own life is transformed as well as the lives of others around him including the imperious own- er of the estate where he is the caretaker Quindlen best known as a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist who quit her job in 1995 to write novels speaks from experience the mother of three children 13 17 and 19 "Children change she said last week in a phone call from Philadelphia one stop on a book tour that will bring her to the University of Washington's Kane Hall Tliesday evening "If you want to find a catalyst for change in your life babies have the power to do that Babies make you aware of your own mortality in a good way Great loss can do that too but in a completely different way" Anna Quindlen Quindlen work- read and signs ed her way to a her latest novel high profile career "at 7 at the Times from pm Tuesday at the very bottom "I Kane Hall started out at 17 as University of a copy girl at a lo- Washington cal paper I did a Seattle Free little bit of every- 206S343400 thing I ran the errands I got the coffee and it was great experience I got to know the guy who ran the press and the guy who drove the truck and that's important You need to know about all the people who are part of a newspaper who make it Quindlen's focus on the little guy has been consistent in her columns as well as her novels "Of course we're expected to write (stories driven by) the news but I also have some pet subjects I always return to: the homeless gay rights welfare mothers children" When her own children started arriving Quindlen began working at home Her books include "Thinking Out Loud" (1993) a collection of her columns and three best-selling novels: "Object Lessons" (1991) "One True Thing" (1994) which was made into a film starring Meryl Streep and "Black and (1998) also optioned for a film A nonfiction book called "How Read-- ing Changed My Life" was released in 1998 and with the 2000 release of "A Short Guide to A Happy Life" Quindlen became the first writer ever to have books on the fiction nonfiction and self-Ptease seeQuMtae THE NEWS TRIBUNE 'JV-AJ- py O'! J- -A i Uni Cc RUM CAHMACK THE NEWS TRIBUNE This view of Thea Foss Waterway today shows new construction at Landing left the waterway's namesake bridge also popularly called the Highway 509 bridge Is visible at lower right SUNDAY BRUNCH WHIM III BEAUTIFUL FBOFLI STAY xCjQl s- fg si vh The top international survey of the very 1 Four Seasons 2 The Peninsula COMING MONDAY A growing body of Western research is beginning to validate what Asian herbalists have believed for 2000 years: Mushrooms can be good for your health But some doctors remain skeptical BEST BETS Rock legend Eric Buidon News Tribune edttoriat writer Peter Bacho and Pierce County prosecutor Mark Lindquist team up at 5 today (((Oct 13))) to read from their new books at The Hotel 2409 PacMc Are Tacoma Burdon formerly of The Animals wil read from his autobiography Let Me Be Bacho wHI read from his novel Run and Lindquist will read from Mind Nirvana' For more information can 253383-1715 or visit the Web site wwwthetotlcom DEAL1 The Kg brochure offers dscounts at more than 30 hotels plus several restaurants and museums bu can also get a 2-for-l deal on Amtrak's Cascades train and a free upgrade on a Hertz rental car The deals subject to availability and other restrictions are generally good through May 31 Order the brochure offered by the Portland Oregon Visitors Association by calling 877-6785263 or taggft on to wwwtravelportlandcom city hotels from the 21st annual reader upscale Andrew Hideaway Report Georgs It Paris Hong Kong 3 The Stafford London 4 The Lanesboroutft London 5 London 6 Hotel Le Bristol Parts 7 Four Seasons Milan 8 The Oriental Bangkok 9 Hotel Rltz Paris 10 The Connaught London IkAwtfeei ft.