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Tim Waer, executive director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Commission, is glowing with that combination of exhaustion and exhilaration one gets at mile 23 of a marathon. For good reason. Over the past 50 days, he and his staff of six have scrambled to give life to a long-term idea
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Tim Waer, executive director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Commission, is glowing with that combination of exhaustion and exhilaration one gets at mile 23 of a marathon. For good reason. Over the past 50 days, he and his staff of six have scrambled to give life to
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In Olympia, the King's birthday has become synonymous with one man: Robert Washington - one of the world's top Elvis impersonators ... and a guy who happens to be black. To some this is controversial. To Washington, it's simply his calling. "I don't really think about it. I'm not going
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Each year the City of Tacoma hosts one of the best and most orchestrated MLK Day celebrations in the region, gathering for words, music and inspiration at the Tacoma Dome Events Center and coming together as a community to honor and trumpet Dr. King's life and vision for peace and
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You'll shoot your eye out, kid." While any story even remotely related to BB guns would be remiss not to include a reference to Ralphie and the Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle he lusted after, much has changed in the world of replica firearms since A Christmas
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For a sprained wrist or a nasty viral infection, you'll need to head to the doctor. Chances are, the problem can be fielded easily by a Primary Care Manager (PCM) physician. However, when a medical issue requires more extensive or specific care, patients often have to enlist the services of
Music
It's sometimes said about artists like comedians, writers and musicians that they often start out co-opting someone else's voice or style - someone they look up to, artistically - before eventually chipping away the derivative qualities, and hopefully arriving at their own thing. The Rolling Stones and the Beatles, of
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PUKESNAKE >>> Friday, Jan. 13 So the band's called Pukesnake, and they craft songs with names like "Bird Funeral" and "Rainbow in the Toilet." I wish I could just give you that information and let you disseminate it however you wish, but I'm required to tell you a little bit more. Pukesnake
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Shoppers go to the mini-mall here for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they need to buy something for their uniform at the military clothing store, or send a package using UPS Inc. They might want to get a sandwich at Blimpie's, or some electronic entertainment
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(THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED) It’s “Anything Goes” at Chopstix Dueling Piano Bar on Sixth Avenue. Dueling piano players perform before lovely chiquitas grinding to Whitesnake, Sinatra, Beyonce and others while the crowd gets loaded and holler like maniacs. Chopstix is a knockdown, drag-out party that will basically hemorrhage
Veterans
Joe Zelazny and Chuck O’Donahue are determined that Pierce County military veterans not be forgotten.“We are veterans, and we want all veterans honored,” said Zelazny, a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war, as he walked the grounds of the New Tacoma War Memorial Park. “A veteran is
Health
The words “da Vinci” conjure up images of an intelligence that worked to improve upon existing conditions.Many of the conceptual works Leonardo da Vinci wrote about and drew (e.g., helicopters, airplanes, and human anatomy) foreshadowed and paved the way for modern day technology.One vital area where current technology is rapidly
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Ella Young spent the final years of her life doing what she loved most: volunteering and putting a smile on the face of Servicemembers visiting the United Service Organization's McChord Field Center. Young passed away Dec. 28 at the age of 88 at an area hospital. Young volunteered with the USO Puget
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Hunkering down for the winter can mean staying indoors, inactivity and switching to a basic comfort food diet of meat and potatoes, pasta and bread. For all intents and purposes, the average Pacific Northwesterner embraces hibernation mode. Fresh fruit and vegetables disappear, and with them micronutrients and minerals. While that's not
