Photos by Ed Hauge and Paul Turner for Comcast.

Fife - The town that is celebrating its golden jubilee.

 

April

Fife

• We visit the Century Ballroom
  This legendary site for big bands drew as many as three thousand dancers from all over the area on a Saturday night. We hear stories and memories from Fife residents who danced at the Century including the original hat check girl, which burned down in the Fifties leaving only the legend alive.
  

• The New Fife History Museum
  We talked with Marian Dacca whose home this used to be, and get a preview of the museum displays.
  SCREENER #1
  FIFE HISTORY MUSEUM
  Saturdays noon until 5 pm
  Sundays 1 until 4 pm. 
  Info: 253 896 4710. 

• The Fife School District
  shares national award winning programs, including Walls that Teach, and the Fife Schools Refrigerator.
  
  Just go to www.Fifeschools.com and click on the refrigerator. You’ll be able to see student work, and what the teacher was trying to teach. Fife is the first school in the nation to try htis project.
  

• MAYOR MIKE KELLY AND FORMER MAYOR BOB MIZUKAMI open a time capsule and reminisce about Fife’s early days.
  

• Fife once was once covered by farmland, richer even than that found in the Valley of the Nile. Most of that land has been covered by development now, but some farmers are still proudly working the land. We hear from Farmer and Fife City Council Man Rob Cerqui about what’s ahead for the farms.
  

• In a take off on the great old play, The Front Page, we ask the the reporters and
  staff of the Fife Free Press to share the top stories they’ve reported, and by the way, be sure to see the story the Free Press carried about My Home Town.
• The Front Page - Fife Free Press
  

HOSTED BY
DOROTHY WILHELM

MY HOME TOWN IS AVAILABLE ON COMCAST ON DEMAND.
This month's feature - Puyallup and Tumwater.
Go to On Demand, then "Get Local" followed by "My Town" then "Community."
It is here that you'll find the MHT (My Home Town) shows available.

MY HOME TOWN IS SEEN ON CHANNEL 76 THROUGHOUT PIERCE COUNTY.

See schedule below.

Schedule

This show is repeated all month long at these times on Comcast Channel 76.
Puyallup & Tumwater Shows On-Demand.

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