Michael King, 7, of Gig Harbor works on his ship in a Ships in Bottles class taught by instructor Jeff Simmons in Tacoma. The class is a summer activity for the Foss Waterway Seaport’s “Whoopee! It’s Wednesday” weekly event for kids. Next Wednesday will have the life cycle of a salmon. For more details about the weekly events check www.fosswaterwayseaport.org.        (Lui Kit Wong/Staff photographer)

With a nagging injury under control, Gig Harbor distance runner Maureen Tremblay has her sights set on a big splash at the State Track & Field Championship at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. This spring, Maureen became the fourth girl in Washington, regardless of classification, to break the five-minute barrier to capture the 4A Bi-District 1600 meters title. She finished with a 4:59.47.   Lui Kit Wong/Tacoma News Tribune

Pat Toohey, right, with L’Arche Farm & Garedns, gets a high-five from Zach Hovland after he helped put up the sign for the first day of the Tacoma Sixth Avenue Farmers Market on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. L’Arche Farm & Gardens provides meaningful work to persons with developmental disabilities. Today is first day for Tacoma Sixth Avenue Farmers Market season, which runs every Tuesday from 3pm to 7pm,  from the first Tuesday of May to the last Tuesday of September. (Lui Kit Wong/Staff photographer)

Matthew Paterson of Tacoma dons his rain gear while walking in the rain past  a sea of flowers at Wright Park on Monday, May 2, 2011 in Tacoma. With sunny and warm temperatures in the lower 60′s over the weekend, today’s cold rainy weather brought us back to more familiar Spring scene.       (Lui Kit Wong/Staff photographer)