The members of the Pierce County Firefighters Pipes & Drums, and Joeseppi's Italian Ristorante teamed up last night to raise funds for our newest pipes & drums band as your Hosts and Buss staff.
And it was great!
Firefighters, and local citizens came and helped raise funds to keep the Firefighter traditions alive here in the great Puget Sound region ... And have a great Joeseppi's dinner!
The fun began at 4pm, and went till just after 8:30pm. A great time was had by all. 
Some won great prizes donated by the local community, including the PCFFP&D shirt Kasey Kahne signed for Karen Leming at his recent return home. The HD radio donated by Nissan of Fife was very appreciated. Firefighter Gary Hiller donated one of their outstanding custom putters from FirehousePutters.com
<< Always a crowd favorite and the perfect gift for the golfer in your world! Check it out. Of course it was a ll just right and added the perfect touch to the night.
One of the special touches was when our own **(See below) Miss Washington, Elyse Umemoto made an appearance, and even sang Happy Birthday to a couple of the guests.Joeseppi's Italian Ristorante
2207 N. Pearl Avenue
Tacoma, WA
And for a great dinner inthe Tacoma area, be sure to experience Joeseppi's Italian Ristorante (253)761-5555.
Joe & Carol Stortini will make you feel right at home. Even more, if you have a great community cause and need to raise funds, be sure to check with them and see how they can help. Not bad ... good food, good company, and ... fundraiser potential. Niiiice!For more information ... www.PCFFPD.com
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**Yes we have been made aware of the late-breaking (non)controversy surrounding Elyse. Be it known that we at HeroToHero.US support her!
Bad judgment? Sure. She is a young woman with a zest for life thrust into the spotlight where her every move is followed by a camera. Could your life stand that scrutiny? Mine couldn't.
Elyse, stand strong. Be more cautious and learn from all of this. You are still our Miss Washington, and we are proud.
As you would say ..."Walk in light" and, hold your head high!
The following is the media statement from Pageant Officials...
Statement From Field Director of Miss WA Pageant
Posted Jul 9th 2008 11:33AM by TMZ Staff
Elyse Umemoto is an outstanding young woman and has been a brilliant representative for the Miss Washington Scholarship Organization. We continue to be very proud of her. She is known for her raucous sense of humor and clowning around. It is unfortunate that her behavior in unguarded moments has attracted attention.
The Miss Washington Scholarship Organization is embarrassed by the pictures you have seen. We do not condone the behaviors depicted in these photos. However, there will be no discipline for Elyse based on the behavior evidenced in the photos. None of them depict illegal behavior or cross a line that cannot be uncrossed. Elyse feels very bad about how this attention affects her reputation and that of our organization. We will treat this as a growth opportunity, both for Elyse and for our other contestants, one of whom will soon be Elyse's successor. The lesson will be that if you choose to appear to challenge the boundaries of good taste you better be sure that the environment is safe. Photographs, like words, can be taken out of context, and once a photograph is recorded it is available forever and there is no way to control its distribution. Nobody goes through life without occasionally letting their guard down and acting foolishly. Title holders will be reminded that they are public figures and role models whose lives will be scrutinized, especially by those who take pleasure in exposing imperfections, however slight. Elyse will not be the last young person whose clowning behaviors will give the wrong impression to people who do not know her. We can only work toward ensuring that the attention these pictures have generated will be a cautionary tale for all of the title holders in our organization.
We consider mentoring the young women in our program to be one of our primary responsibilities. It is a difficult lesson for some young people to learn that their fun-loving behavior before friends can be used against them. When trust is violated the pain is deep. We do not yet know which of her friends, or former friends, may have betrayed her by posting these photographs. All we know for certain is that they were posted by someone who is bent on damaging the image of an amazing young woman.
To paraphrase Shakespeare, this seems to be much ado about nothing. Many young people clown around and act silly in private in ways that they would never consider in public arenas. We would hope that they could always trust their friends, but the realities of human nature teach us that trust is hard to come by.
I can understand the interest of the media in pursuing these photographs to see if there is a story of substance associated with them. It would be our hope that the media would understand that there is no deeper story, unless it is one of betrayal and the anguish that it brings. The MWSO and Elyse will hold our heads high and weather whatever comes, even though this incident should not register a blip on the Richter scale. We will trust the legitimate media to be skilled enough at their jobs to realize that there is no story here and move on to real news that matters to the public welfare.
Thank You,
"Leadership Through Scholarship"
Michael R. "Mike" Miller
MWSO Executive Field Director
'nuff said ...
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