Ken Griffey Jr. comes back to Seattle

An AP photographer takes a picture of Griffey's oldest son Trey. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

Ezra Meeker Impersonator

Ray Egan, 72, starting performing re-enactments of several people from the Oregon Trail 20 years ago. He poses for a portrait as Ezra Meeker, who has been hailed as the father of the Oregon Trail, near his home in Steilacoom, Wash., which is where Meeker actually lived for about six years. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

At the Farmer's Market

Dagmar Peterson, 36, does henna at the downtown Tacoma Farmer's Market on Thursday, June 28, 2007. She has built up a loyal clientele who make special trips to the market specifically to see her. Alison Yin/The Tacoma News Tribune

Since it rains so much in Washington...


Lainey Parker, 9 mos., keeps dry at the Farmer's Market in Downtown Tacoma, Wash., on Thursday, June 28, 2007. She is at the market with her father John, 42, of Sumner, Wash. Alison Yin/The News Tribune



From left, Steve Nebel, Susan Gilmour, Kristi Nebel and David Gilmour stand regularly at the entrance to the Farmer's Market in downtown Tacoma with signs and homemade puppets to protest the war in Iraq. They are part of United for Peace of Pierce County which nonviolently opposes the reliance on unilateral military actions rather than cooperative diplomacy. UFPPC collectively protests against the Iraq war, and endorses that the U.N. should take the lead in the Iraq war. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

The Ice Cream Kids

Bair Drug & Hardware Store in Steilacoom, Wash., has been around since 1895. In addition to offering a full lunch, the store also serves locally made ice cream by Olympic Mountain Ice Cream. Megan DeWeese, 5, enjoys her cone of blackberry cream ice cream while her younger brother, Dustin, 3, watches from afar. Alison Yin/The Tacoma News Tribune