Operation Family Support
Most spouses have already heard the warnings, sat through the briefings, and researched the pitfalls regarding the return of their loved ones from the war zones. They've been bombarded with the negative side of reunion with terms like PTSD, TBI and more. The Ranger and Airlifter newspapers and the City of
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Nashvile Pussy is a band built on only a handful of elements, the most predominant ones being whiskey, sweat, sex and fire. The band, by design, is your oily, stoned, horny, high school brother's favorite rock band. Believe it or not, it's a brilliant premise. Read the full story here. <h3>Nashville Pussy</h3> Parental Advisory
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"What's your deal?" one wounded character asks another in Israel Horovitz's Six Hotels, currently making its West Coast premiere at Harlequin Productions in Olympia. It's an apt tag line for Six Hotels, a disparate collection of one-act plays. If this anthology has any single uniting theme, it's the exposure
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The show is called Flow, and the drawings by Andrea Erickson and Maureen McHugh at mineral do present a nice flow of contrasting and blending styles. Their art is billed as calligraphic, which is highly descriptive of Erickson's sumi paintings, but McHugh's abstractions in ink are not so much
Focus
If you ask anyone who knows her, Elisa Sukenick is a woman on a mission. Within minutes of a first introduction, you know that patriotism is something she takes very seriously. You also know that she stands behind every word she says - literally. In 2003, on the day the troops
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"What's funny is that Bremerton started this tradition two years prior to it actually being named a holiday," said Frank Gentile, operations manager for the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce and retired Air Force master sergeant. "Back then it was ‘Bud Hawk Day' to celebrate his Congressional Medal of Honor.
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For 60 years, Armed Forces Day has been intended to encourage the general public to acknowledge, appreciate and thank the servicemembers working to protect our country. In speaking with some of those servicemembers, we learned not only what they think about this holiday dedicated to their service, but also why
Features
"The Tea Party Movement Is a National Embarrassment." That was Stuart Whatley's assessment on the Huffington Post. "It is loud, passionate, and generally unconcerned with pesky things like facts or reasoned, practical solutions to the country's problems." Meghan McCain accused the movement of "innate racism." Bill Maher, never one to
Deals
In an era of belt-tightening and cutting excess spending, people can benefit from the many options local consignment stores offer. Whether it's clearing out one's closet in an effort to trim a wardrobe and make some extra cash or abandon trips to the chain department stores and opt for a
Columns
QUESTION: Oh! I FINALLY get what you're saying! For the longest time, I was resenting you for telling women they shouldn't ask men out. I had this impression of you wanting ladies to just sit in a corner waiting for a strong, burly man to come to our rescue. I
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The Chambers Bay Grill Where: 6320 Grandview Dr. W., University Place, 253.460.4653Hours: Breakfast: 6:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Monday-Saturday, 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday; Lunch: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, Sunday after 12 p.m. Dinner: 4 p.m.-8 p.m. dailyCuisine: Creative American fare with seafood focusScene: Casual, kids welcomeDrinkies: Full barPrices: $4-$24, average is $13 ANNOUNCER: Overlooking
Arts Features
When we talk about art, most of us mean visual art - painting, drawing, collage. But we have plenty of that stuff, folks. How about laser art, earth art, air art, sound art or fungus art? What about fiber art? Just kidding. Here's the point - let's mix it up.
Operation Family Support
In 2005, of all children one to four years old who died, almost 30 percent died from drowning, and in children ages 1 to 14 fatal drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result
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The Pacific Northwest's outdoors have so much to offer - from gorgeous views and mountains to fish that people in other parts of the country can't imagine. What the outdoors here does not offer, however, is sunshine strong enough to give you a tan. As a result, when summer arrives,
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A kinetic sculpture is a human-powered vehicle that also has an artistic theme. Thanks to the City of Tacoma and the Tacoma Art Museum, kinetic sculptures are on the move at the annual Zeit-Bike event, "Movable Feats," which runs today through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the
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The Greeks had a succinct way of explaining the seasons: It was all the fault of a pomegranate seed ingested by Persephone after she was abducted and taken to the underworld by Hell's top dog, Hades. Her highfalutin' mom, Demeter, goddess of the harvest, mourned so loudly and dangerously that
Columns
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
What would Jesus serve? Heck, I thought I was entering the Denny's in Lakewood - not the second coming of Christ's "Sportsbar." That is, if Jesus Christ had a "sportsbar," in which case it might have a better name than "Christ's Sportsbar." I can only assume that ol' JC has a
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In the biggest field of comedians ever to compete in the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, you can imagine how shocked I was to see "Seattle's Nate Jackson" bring the prize back to the Puget Sound. Although the brother gets around - doing his thing from Olympia to Tacoma to
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