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First I heard she was a volunteer, then working for tips, and finally “casual labor.” Whatever you call 21-year-old Ashley Ross, a former employee of the Morning Grind/Buck’s Shotz coffee stand in Lacey, according to her father, Scott Ross, she got screwed. In fact, for the last week, everyone who’s driven by
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First I heard she was a volunteer, then working for tips, and finally “casual labor.” Whatever you call 21-year-old Ashley Ross, a former employee of the Morning Grind/Buck’s Shotz coffee stand in Lacey, according to her father, Scott Ross, she got screwed. In fact, for the last week, everyone who’s driven by
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The following is a bare-bones synopsis of writer-director Thomas McCarthy’s latest film, The Visitor. A lonely man keeps to himself upon losing someone dear to him. He then meets an energetic stranger who helps recharge his broken spirit. A couple of women also enter his life and help to reawaken
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The following is a bare-bones synopsis of writer-director Thomas McCarthy’s latest film, The Visitor. A lonely man keeps to himself upon losing someone dear to him. He then meets an energetic stranger who helps recharge his broken spirit. A couple of women also enter his life and help to reawaken
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Pierce County Council has approved a plan that asks Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg to move forward with design and develop a plan to finance a major overhaul of Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. County officials say the popular, 32-year-old recreation center is in need of substantial renovation if it’s
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Pierce County Council has approved a plan that asks Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg to move forward with design and develop a plan to finance a major overhaul of Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. County officials say the popular, 32-year-old recreation center is in need of substantial renovation if it’s
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Do you hate it when a review more or less regurgitates the pitch that probably got the project green-lighted in the first place? Yeah, me too: (E.T. times Stephen Chow) times (Po plus Pikachu) equals CJ7. I apologize, but there it is. The unsettling thing is that I wrote the above
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Do you hate it when a review more or less regurgitates the pitch that probably got the project green-lighted in the first place? Yeah, me too: (E.T. times Stephen Chow) times (Po plus Pikachu) equals CJ7. I apologize, but there it is. The unsettling thing is that I wrote the above
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Veritas Mortgage, sandwiched between the Helm Gallery and Tully’s on Broadway in downtown Tacoma, is weathering the troubling housing market with grace and poise. Their friendly nature stretches beyond the need to serve a house to you on a silver platter; this community-based brokerage is fighting for a slightly more
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Veritas Mortgage, sandwiched between the Helm Gallery and Tully’s on Broadway in downtown Tacoma, is weathering the troubling housing market with grace and poise. Their friendly nature stretches beyond the need to serve a house to you on a silver platter; this community-based brokerage is fighting for a slightly more
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The Northwest Playwrights Alliance is well into high gear as the summer theater season begins around the South Sound. NPA has again partnered with the University of Puget Sound to stage the Double Shot Festival this weekend. This year’s festival will feature 16 playwrights and directors and more than 60 actors representing
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The Northwest Playwrights Alliance is well into high gear as the summer theater season begins around the South Sound. NPA has again partnered with the University of Puget Sound to stage the Double Shot Festival this weekend. This year’s festival will feature 16 playwrights and directors and more than 60 actors representing
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With the opening of Reviving Ophelia this weekend, the Olympia Family Theater has found the perfect vessel to deliver upon their mission statement. The group was formed with the intentions of stimulating dialogues within the community using affordable children’s theater. With this play, however, the target audience is a little
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With the opening of Reviving Ophelia this weekend, the Olympia Family Theater has found the perfect vessel to deliver upon their mission statement. The group was formed with the intentions of stimulating dialogues within the community using affordable children’s theater. With this play, however, the target audience is a little
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To be fresh and fabulous in the latest trends look no farther than Biella by Ruth Michelle day spa and boutique. This hot spot popped up in downtown Tacoma two years ago and has everything from spray tanning to laser teeth-whitening. With gorgeous open rooms for private couples massage, facials,
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To be fresh and fabulous in the latest trends look no farther than Biella by Ruth Michelle day spa and boutique. This hot spot popped up in downtown Tacoma two years ago and has everything from spray tanning to laser teeth-whitening. With gorgeous open rooms for private couples massage, facials,
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An art gallery and print shop, a café and a music store have all existed previously in the downtown Tacoma space now housing Sublime Salon and Spa, owned by Brian Richards. Richards, along with Jennifer Baum, Mark David and others, crafted Sublime out of the ashes of Salon Metro and
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An art gallery and print shop, a café and a music store have all existed previously in the downtown Tacoma space now housing Sublime Salon and Spa, owned by Brian Richards. Richards, along with Jennifer Baum, Mark David and others, crafted Sublime out of the ashes of Salon Metro and
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Sometimes the umpteenth comic book/sitcom’s leap to the silver screen fails to make for an illuminating Saturday night. Locating alternative entertainment may require a bit of digging. Underground. Enter the Black Front Gallery, the site of this year’s (deep breath now) Pushing Daisies Underground Experimental Film and Sound Show. Event organizer
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Sometimes the umpteenth comic book/sitcom’s leap to the silver screen fails to make for an illuminating Saturday night. Locating alternative entertainment may require a bit of digging. Underground. Enter the Black Front Gallery, the site of this year’s (deep breath now) Pushing Daisies Underground Experimental Film and Sound Show. Event organizer
