Cup Check
Author's note: Welcome to the inaugural voyage of the Volcano's Cup Check column, which will soon be appearing every week in print and online at weeklyvolcano.com. The idea is to combine the world of sports, the world of entertainment and the world of alt - then sit back and see
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Nearing the final stretch of assembling his first kit airplane in the 24 x 24-foot basement of his Tacoma home, Harold Smith ran into a problem that brought the project to a screeching halt. It had come time to mount the wings to the fuselage and there was no way that
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For six great years, Bud McKay got to live his dream. The Air Force veteran and retired reservist from the 446th Airlift Wing got to spend one sunny weekend after another skimming across lakes all over the Pacific Northwest at more than 120 miles per hour behind the wheel of his
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(62nd AW PA) - October 5 was a normal day at Iva Alice Mann Middle School for 12-year-old Paxton Baker, until she got called into the principal's office. With her head down, Paxton slowly walked down the hall to the principal's office. She opened the door to find her father, Tech.
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When the bay of his C-17 Globemaster III is lined with seats of returning troops or family members, Lt. Col. Todd Ray makes it a point to get on the intercom, acknowledge his passengers with a friendly greeting and sometimes even give them a quick weather forecast of the city
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Pacific Grill chef and co-owner Gordon Naccarato likens cooking to performance art, and he invites diners to the Pacific Grill show where he presents his favorite foods. Just don’t ask him to make you blackened Cajun salmon, or you might find yourself lying in the pathway of a speeding light rail
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Honey Bee BBQ With something like 25 days to go before Memorial Day — when it will become the time when it’s OK to not only wear white pants but also to barbecue at will, on the deck, in the parking lot, behind the office, you name it — it’s high
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In America, it took the phenomenon of Lance Armstrong’s repeated wins in the Tour de France to capture the general public’s attention and bring the sport of bicycle racing front and center. Yet in Europe, and in many countries around the world, cycling competitions are frequently major sports stories in
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If you walked out of the exhilarating triumph that was “Spider-Man 2” and immediately started counting the days until the release of Spidey Trois, there’s probably nothing I can say that will dissuade you from racing to the multiplex for the eagerly anticipated third installment — but I gotta try
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The said tribes and bands of Indians hereby cede, relinquish, and convey to the United States, all their right, title, and interest in and to the lands and country occupied by them, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the point on the eastern side of Admiralty Inlet,
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When servicemembers are deployed, they want to know that their families are safe and taken care of. In order to focus on their mission and the job at hand, servicemembers need to know that the home front fires are burning strongly, that there is someone there to take care of
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The task of finding a job after military service can be particularly overwhelming. The economy is bad, and companies receive hundreds of resumes for one open position. So how does someone whose norm has been pulling security in Iraq or driving a Humvee in Afghanistan find a job in the
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Unlike active duty servicemembers, who still have a full-time job, housing and other benefits in place when they return from a year-long deployment, returning Guard and Reserve soldiers and airmen may face an insecure future. Many return home to find their jobs gone, their income reduced from a few thousand
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They are America's original minutemen - service members who trace their heritage to before the Revolutionary War. Their forebearers stood at Lexington Green outside of Boston in 1775, a civilian militia facing the British Redcoats and paving the way for the free America we now enjoy. They've served - and
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For every action there is a reaction. Especially in this are when it comes to downsizing the active duty military. The action is sequestration, the forced federal budget cuts that reduce $500 billion from planned military spending by 2021. Congress adopted sequestration in 2011 to force a long-term budget agreement, but since then
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Who is Sylvia? Well, she's a goat. There are no spoilers there. Edward Albee's play is titled The Goat or Who is Sylvia? So I'll just lay that out. Sylvia is the goat. And Christopher Cantrell plays Martin, and Martin is the man, and the man is having sex with
