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Meghan Mitchell's drawings in the show "Hello" at Fulcrum Gallery are delightful. I could easily dismiss them as cute little drawings not really important as art, but I could just as easily dismiss the art of great graphic artists like Saul Steinberg and Jules Feiffer in the same way. I
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And then there was Kiari Mhoon, the last singer standing. Mhoon, with his entertaining assortment of R&B love songs, won the Joint Base Lewis-McChord's ninth annual Operation Rising Star, a three-week talent competition that started with more than 40 singers. "He's very good," said Elizabeth Thunstedt, manager of the base's Warrior Zone.
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Those that don combat boots and head downrange are always classified as heroes, but there's a rare few who keep selflessly serving long after their uniforms have been hung up in the closet. By either measure, retired Maj. Gen. John A. Hemphill, a Steilacoom resident and noted community leader, is a
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Looking for a great venue for an upcoming special event? The beautifully renovated American Lake Conference Center has you covered - and then some. The center re-opened early last month and is proud to offer its services in a new, elegantly appointed venue. Conveniently located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on the
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After retiring, Roy Sowerby, under his wife's orders, needed a reason to get out of the house. "I needed to find something to do," he said with a chuckle. "My wife said." And Bob Jeffrey, the Red Cross volunteer coordinator, had just the thing. Jeffrey needed help with volunteers handing out prescription
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Milton borders fellow sleepy towns Edgewood and Fife just south of Federal Way. This trio of towns boasts lovely residential areas and a great school district within close proximity to "city living" since it's sandwiched between Tacoma and Seattle. To be quite frank, there isn't a whole lot to do
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Women vs. men. Make all your jokes about remote controls and refusing to ask for directions, but we all know it's way more complicated than that. As is the suburban lifestyle, as is everything in this world that looks nice and pleasant and simple. There's more than just a few
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With impassionate lyrics, simple guitar compositions and his unusually high voice Santa Monica singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau has built a loyal following primarily centered on a solo acoustic format that is akin to Woody Guthrie. While he has broke free from his format on his previous recordings, Grand Forks (Loveless Records),
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With impassionate lyrics, simple guitar compositions and his unusually high voice Santa Monica singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau has built a loyal following primarily centered on a solo acoustic format that is akin to Woody Guthrie. While he has broke free from his format on his previous recordings, Grand Forks (Loveless Records),
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With impassionate lyrics, simple guitar compositions and his unusually high voice Santa Monica singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau has built a loyal following primarily centered on a solo acoustic format that is akin to Woody Guthrie. While he has broke free from his format on his previous recordings, Grand Forks, Brosseau changes
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With impassionate lyrics, simple guitar compositions and his unusually high voice Santa Monica singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau has built a loyal following primarily centered on a solo acoustic format that is akin to Woody Guthrie. While he has broke free from his format on his previous recordings, Grand Forks, Brosseau changes
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The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES), a joint initiative between the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is used to determine whether a servicemember who has been injured, wounded or fallen seriously ill is able to continue their military service and return to unrestricted duty. "This program is
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It isn’t often that the newest brewpub in the South Sound is also one of its oldest, but that’s the case these days. Months after Alan McWain sold the landmark Spar Cafe, a 71-year-old Olympia hangout and meeting mainstay to the Portland-based McMenamins, the place is set to hold a grand
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It isn’t often that the newest brewpub in the South Sound is also one of its oldest, but that’s the case these days. Months after Alan McWain sold the landmark Spar Cafe, a 71-year-old Olympia hangout and meeting mainstay to the Portland-based McMenamins, the place is set to hold
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I am pleased to announce that the Pup Room inside the Poodle Dog in Fife has been granted Most Favored Bar status by the Weekly Volcano staff. “This is my new favorite bar!” Suzy Stump pronounced after showing up late with her designated-driver boyfriend in tow and rejuvenating a crowd
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I am pleased to announce that the Pup Room inside the Poodle Dog in Fife has been granted Most Favored Bar status by the Weekly Volcano staff. “This is my new favorite bar!” Suzy Stump pronounced after showing up late with her designated-driver boyfriend in tow and rejuvenating a crowd
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From my college-days experiments and a tour through JD’s Wild West Saloon MySpace page I knew that many people at this place, especially the women, espouse a morally casual attitude worthy of further research. In the former Silver Dollar Casino location, JD’s houses DJ Omar spinning Top 40, hip-hop and
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From my college-days experiments and a tour through JD’s Wild West Saloon MySpace page I knew that many people at this place, especially the women, espouse a morally casual attitude worthy of further research. In the former Silver Dollar Casino location, JD’s houses DJ Omar spinning Top 40, hip-hop and
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The latest location for the Original Roadhouse Grill is a killer. It's in the Federal Way retail bottleneck, at the back of some plaza that sits like a box canyon; shoppers, diners, and moviegoers alike all funnel into this zone off 320th and Highway 99, half blind from wholesale excess,
