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For Lenny Shearer, Orting’s Wild Rose Quilt Shop was the 22nd quilt shop she’d visited in two days.
She and her husband stopped there Thursday as part of a four-day “Quilt Shop Hop,” which is taking place at 57 shops in Western Washington through Sunday.
Upon entering the Orting city limits, Shearer and other quilters were greeted by a sign saying, “Welcome Shop Hoppers.”
Shearer, who lives in Lynnwood, said the event is a great way for quilters to find new materials and see different shops.
“That’s what makes it exciting, when you see the different designs at each shop,” said Shearer, 59.
About 2,500 quilters participate in the Western Washington Quilt Shop Hop every year, said Stephanie Pratt, who is coordinating the event throughout the region.
Local businesses get a boost from extra visitors, Pratt said, while quilters get to visit new shops and see different fabric offerings. Each shop gives away special fabrics produced especially for the event, along with kits to create a unique quilt block.
“It’s just an event to build interest and get people out to see what new fabrics are out there,” Pratt said. “It’s kind of this huge hidden industry you don’t think about.”
(The following entry is also posted on TNT's Political Buzz blog).
Tacoma schools Superintendent Art Jarvis didn’t give the Tacoma School Board a chance to offer him a raise Thursday night.
Just days after board members gave him a positive performance evaluation, Jarvis made it clear he wasn’t interested in a salary increase.
The one-year superintendent, who previously served a year as interim Tacoma school chief, is one of several public officials who have turned down raises during the economic recession.
Jarvis noted at the start of this week’s school board meeting that Tacoma principals had forgone salary increases earlier in the year out of concern for the district’s tight budget. He said he’d like to do the same.
“It would be in all fairness to the other employees that have agreed to help us out,” Jarvis said. “I would not like to violate that.”
