Education
There is a similarity between the game of football and the Army.Both are based on disciplined teamwork.During the 2009 high school football season, the United States Army and the Seattle Seahawks have been honoring Washington state student-athletes on a weekly basis who exemplify the values of academic and athletic achievements.Willis
Focus
Staff Sgt. Richard Giertz couldn’t believe his eyes. “It took me a second to recognize that the house was on fire,” he said Saturday morning as he recalled a February 2009 fire. What Giertz did next saved a little boy’s life. Driving through Parkland, he and a passenger noticed a house on fire.
Veterans
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious problem for many soldiers.A growing problem, it is a public health concern. A 2003 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated that one in six soldiers and Marines returning from Iraq suffer from the disorder.Moreover, a 2005 study by the
Operation Family Support
Jesseca Voorhies exuded happiness on Saturday, Oct. 3 as she walked through 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment’s headquarters.The reason for her happiness stemmed from the work of two photographers in an adjoining room.“The goal here is to allow family members the chance to send their deployed soldiers portraits of their
Operation Family Support
Soldiers have many opportunities available to them as members of our armed forces. The most overlooked of these opportunities are groups and individuals who want to brighten the days of those who are deployed in support of the global war on terror. We have chosen some of our favorite Web
Operation Family Support
For individuals wishing to know more about PTSD and its effects on family members, the local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter will show a 30-minute film entitled, “Coming Home: Supporting Your Soldier” Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood.“It’s a very good
Visual Edge
An exciting new gallery opened in Olympia with an opening showing of 60 artists —most but not all from the South Sound area — “featuring artworks that incorporate recycled, reclaimed, and responsibly harvested materials,” according to a statement by gallery owner Jo Gallaugher. The name is Matter. It’s on
Stage
Curtain should drop on this show earlyBy Steve DunkelbergerTacoma Musical Playhouse is marking its sweet 16th year with its season opener, Curtains. The show, which is centered around Boston’s Colonial Theatre as it stages a new Broadway bound work — if only there were a few revisions. One of those
Arts Feature
Ah, the Creative Class. This latest demographic demi-urge was created by researcher-turned marketing guru Richard Florida, whose list of credentials is long. Florida coined the term to describe population and demographic trends that are making so-called creatives the core force driving economic growth in the world today. A bunch
Veterans
At first glance David and Kyle don’t seem to have anything in common. David is 60 years old, divorced with grown children. He’s been sober for more than two decades. He owns his own home and lots of “toys.” David served two tours of duty in Vietnam.Kyle is newly married
Military Life
Just about every military wife has sung the PCS blues. “The Army is moving us again. What in the world have I gotten myself into with this move? I’m so alone, and I don’t know anyone or anything here. I want to go home.” Although nothing will eliminate the initial
News Articles
The Fort Lewis PAO reports: Fort Lewis, Wash. — Fort Lewis installation and environmental officials will gather to mark the "grand opening" of the Sea-Level Aquifer Pump and Treatment system Oct. 14, at 1:30 p.m. The Sea-Level Aquifer Pump and Treatment system (SLAPT) is the third of three systems being built to
Health
Kyoshi Skip Ettinger, who teaches Shorinryu Seibukan Okinawan karate classes at Fort Lewis, has many reasons to be proud of his first student — Drew Derrick-Bisbee.In 2008, Derrick-Bisbee was awarded two World Championships by the North American Sport Karate Association. He also won a highly selective spot on the U.S.
Business News
In tight economic times, people reach out for assistance. And there is no better agency to turn to than the United Way. With more than 1,400 chapters throughout the U.S., this organization has set the benchmark on how to collect and distribute funds to those in need. A current fund-raising
Education
They are considered to be the forgotten population of those who suffer due to a soldier’s deployment. The children that are left behind while mom or dad is overseas go through the same issues experienced by their stay-at-home parent: feelings of anxiety, anger and depression are all too common. Called
Stage
I have to start out this column by writing that I got one of the best note from a theater insider I have received in years, and the note came after I panned the show the writer represented. I liked the note because the writer, who I won't name out
Visual Edge
Kathy Gore Fuss was an established artist long before going back to college to get her BFA in drawing and painting from the University of Washington. This after 30 years as a working artist and after the tragic loss of her husband in 2004. Already an inventive risk taker with
Arts Feature
Sorry folks, but this one’s going to be completely uninspiring. I’m beat. I’ve spent the last five weeks working myself to the bone. I’m surrounded and drained by people going through 16 different kinds of personal hell. Illness, life drama, financial failure, home foreclosure, dying businesses, dead relationships, dying relationships,
Explore
Set deep in the Olympics, the resort at Lake Quinault offers visitors a glimpse of yesteryear. The gracious lodge with a fireplace big enough to hold a couple of hefty adults, has a lawn that sweeps down to the azure waters of the lake surrounded by old-growth forests. Built in
News Articles
Small drawings can tell great stories.“I try to capture the mood, time and sense of a place,” said Patrick Haskett as he made a pencil sketch of Sgt. John Ordway.A noted artist with an unparalleled and heralded ability to paint military subjects in an impressionistic manner, Haskett respects soldiers and
