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It was almost as if a higher power from above intervened to help get the process started. A couple weeks ago before going to bed, Joshua Renschler reached over to his nightstand to set his electronic tablet's alarm clock function. He accidentally touched the email icon on the pad, opening up
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Away from the hustle and bustle of her daily life in Washington, Army National Guard Soldier Denise Denniston had a lot of time to think during her one-year deployment Iraq in 2008. Denniston, at the time an enlisted combat medic attached to an Army field artillery unit, enjoyed her duty treating
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"Today is about awareness," said David Coker, president of the Fisher House Foundation, Inc. "The start of the Fisher House was when Zach Fisher became aware of this need for military and their families." Coker addressed a crowd during the announcement this week that Joint Base Lewis-McChord and the surrounding community
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - While in Afghanistan in 2010, a roadside bomb attack took away both of Erin Schaefer's legs. But now, just two years later, a bicycle is making him feel whole again. "It's a freedom adventure," said the Everett, Wash., native, loading his three-wheeled, hand-pedaled bike into his truck,
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Once again, the Weekly Volcano is unleashing The Sexy Issue, giving one and all the chance to gaze at the sexiest people in the South Sound - as voted on by all of you, our dear readers. The great thing about the Volcano's annual Sexy Issue, if we
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We were introduced to rock climbing in the mid-'80s. David Lee Roth was singing and swinging from a rock during one of his lame MTV videos. We had the hair; all we needed were the skills. However, TV sports shows - which we viewed from the comfort of our trashed
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Thursday, March 19 Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, March 20 Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.754.1448. Wine tasting, 6-8 p.m., $7.50-$10, WineStyles Wine & Gifts, 2665 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, 253.756.1922. Saturday, March
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Thursday, March 19 Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, March 20 Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.754.1448. Wine tasting, 6-8 p.m., $7.50-$10, WineStyles Wine & Gifts, 2665 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, 253.756.1922. Saturday, March
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Dude, pain is just weakness leaving the body. It's no reason to not do anything. Shoo, weakness, shoo. Go away. It's time to skip that early morning nap and start creating some pain for yourself. That's right - five kilometers of pain. It's the Ruston Way 5K. It's said to
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We're all reading W. P. Kinsella's classic baseball novel, Shoeless Joe, not because Mayor Marilyn Strickland demands it as part of the community reading initiative Tacoma Reads Together, but because it's about dreams and hope and trust and the fulfillment of long-buried desires. But, the book is also about this country's
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Roderick Campbell is a man with a vision. Still in his mid-20s, he's already formed a successful marketing consulting agency called Brevity Works. Now he's joined with friends and partners to create the Edison Project, a launch pad for high-tech opportunities in downtown Olympia. "Everybody agrees Olympia has talent," Campbell says.
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Have you been wondering how you're ever going to cram three tomato plants into an apartment window box? Tacoma-Pierce County Community Garden Program has your back. The two-year pilot program operates under the mission to build and support community gardens. And there are a lot of them out there - 42
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We often hear the cliché about "taking things to the next level." But what does that mean exactly? Would we recognize the next level if we saw it? Maybe so. Beginning Monday, April 23, the City of Tacoma would like you to take your homestead to the next level, and
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Do you love Bob's Java Jive? Do you like wearing bunny ears? Join a bunch of weirdos Thursday for the "Bad Bunny" Java Jive Appreciation Night, the most recent effort from the community to prove that there's more to the historical Java Jive than bad carpeting and interesting bathroom graffiti. Yes,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. The Ambition, featuring Nick Sandy. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8
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If local boy done good Donald Glaude is spinning in Tacoma, that means it's either Christmas or an Ocean Grooves anniversary. Happy 13th anniversary Ocean Grooves DJ collective. It's hard to tell who is having a more time of your life experience - the crowd or Lakewood raised now internationally famed DJ
