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(62nd AW PA) - Bombs are dropping all around, gunfire can be heard in the distance, a C-130 Hercules makes a low pass of the battleground and overhead members are parachuting in. This may sound like a scene from a video game or movie, but it was the actual scene
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(62nd AW PA) - Hard work and dedication pays off as a pilot from the 10th Airlift Squadron was named the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Washington's 2011 Military Person of the Year. 1st Lt. Adrian Gonzales, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot, was nominated for the award by
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Monkey’s Journey to the West is one of the strangest things I’ve encountered in my music directing career, but with some intensive listening, also one of the most amazing. Monkey is actually Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, and Journey to the West is actually an opera for the
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Monkey’s Journey to the West is one of the strangest things I’ve encountered in my music directing career, but with some intensive listening, also one of the most amazing. Monkey is actually Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, and Journey to the West is actually an opera for the
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Artists get no respect. At least not small town artists, at least not beginning artists. Andy Warhol got plenty of respect. So did Roy Lichtenstein and Willem de Kooning, and Paul Cezanne was venerated in his lifetime. Van Gogh, on the other hand, was ignored and laughed at by all
Features
People venture to the Puyallup Fair for many reasons-rides, shows, competitions, tradition. But no one can deny the draw of greasy, buttery, and well-sugared fair food. This year brings a number of new sinful treats to the fair. New treats designed to up the ante on how naughty fair food
Resources
Sometimes it is hard to access help or even ask for it, especially when it comes to matters like PTSD and post-deployment reintegration. Luckily, Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare in Lakewood is trying to help those individuals by distributing free copies of the book At Ease, Soldier! How to Leave the
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - As a bright-eyed 17-year-old, entering the Army was Eugene Jeffers' first serious occupation outside of having a paper route and picking produce for a local farmer in Syracuse, Ohio. "This was my first real job, and the only thing I have done since then," said Command
Kids
Bianka Parrish is learning to expect the unexpected. After all, when she took up soccer, she never anticipated she would still be playing seven years later. And she was definitely caught off guard by the news that she is one of eight youth across the United States to receive the 2012
Music
It seems like all the best bands know just how to mix the tried and true methods of the icons of their genre with their own brand of freshness and intrigue. A Leaf is one of those bands. Hailing from Tacoma, A Leaf is Chris Bridges (guitar), Nate Daley (vocals/guitar), Stephen Demuth
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It was Saturday night and Grandpa's Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Parlor in Olympia was packed. A group of teens huddled near the granite counter tops, debating between hard and soft ice cream, an older couple enjoyed a waffle cone at an intimate table and families with young children eagerly
Music
Tacoma doesn't have the strongest hip-hop scene. It's often overshadowed by what's going on in Seattle. The one thing Tacoma hip-hop does get credit for is having authentic street MCs who make hardcore hip-hop. The Seattle scene is known for Macklemore, Blue Scholars and other good hip-hop in that vein.
Reviews
Jake: Always on the lookout for good, authentic BBQ, I happened upon Thrill of the Grill, located in downtown Tacoma. You can't miss this little hole in the wall . . . just follow the smell of the smoke, because all the meat is slow smoked right in the parking
