Outdoors
Whether you're the type who makes resolutions or not, the new year is an ideal time to think about goals and plans. To make sure you get your much-needed doses of natural wellness on the Oregon Coast, don't forget to schedule getaways onto your calendar. While you'll want to keep
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Walking along the upstairs hallway of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Western Region Foreign Language Training Center, visitors might encounter a neat row of desert boots lined up against the wall. Each pair represents a Soldier in the model Afghan living room just on the other side of the
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FEDERAL WAY - When Tech. Sgt. Guy Dashnea stumbled upon outrigger canoeing for the first time in 2006 while stationed in Hawaii, he was merely searching for a new way to be active. He said years of intense weight lifting, running, soccer and football - and a
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Corey Sigmund enjoyed the sunny weather and dry ground while growing up as a distance runner in San Diego. Coming up on his first year in the Army stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the avid runner has now been introduced to the wet and rainy conditions. While it
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Tucked away in the corner of a business park of downtown Puyallup, you will find a gem of a restaurant. Toscano's Café & Wine Bar has been serving customers since 2004, and has become the go-to spot for laid back upscale dining in the area. Sitting down at a table
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Twisted Kilt, Puyallup's home base for soccer fans and all things Irish, will blossom from infancy into toddlerhood come June 2012 when it celebrates its very first birthday. Before this already famous Irish pub had its big birthday bash, I was insistent on discovering what all the Puyallup bar hype
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Airmen from the 627th and 446th Security Forces Squadrons from McChord Field conducted the first Air Force-instructed M153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station trainer course for Army combat engineers Jan. 26 to Feb. 6 on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Designed to familiarize and certify soldiers and airmen with the remote weapon system, the joint forces course is a unique opportunity for both services to work together while learning about the function and
Health
Social fitness, or our ability to engage with our social environment effectively and constructively, is an important aspect of holistic health. Simply put, the relationships we have, build, and maintain with people at home, in the workplace, and in our communities influence our general health and performance. For the Department of
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Imagine having 363 miles of public ocean shoreline as a photography playground. You could capture the rising and setting sun, snap an image of crashing waves and retreating tides, and carefully document the sweeping vistas and historic structures. Luckily, you don't have to imagine it, because it is reality on
Jobs & Education
It may sound too good to be true, but it's a fact - Indiana Wesleyan University allows you to earn a master's degree online after completing your associate degree, skipping the bachelor's. That saves both time and money. KC Haight, a 23-year veteran of the Air Force shared this opportunity and
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The mental side of training for elite athletics is not a new concept. If you follow sports at all you will most likely be exposed to players and coaches, talking about the importance of implementing a strong mental game. Most elite level athletes, whether collegiate, Olympic/Paralympic,
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Siblings Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana continue a long line of Venetian glass artists from Murano, Italy. They are the grandchildren of Paolo Venini, founder of Venini & Co. in Murano, and their father, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, was director of Venini from 1959 to 1985 and
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The key to a good murder mystery, comedy or not, is in the web of misdirection, and the handling of the ultimate reveal in a way that is equally surprising and sensible. The key to a great murder mystery is in crafting a tale that remains entertaining, even when the
Music
I'm sitting here, staring at my keyboard, and trying to think of more to say about Lozen other than they f#@*ing rock. I guess that's ultimately the best place to start. Lozen - a two-piece, all-girl, alt-metal-experimental-tribal-etcetera band - f#@*ing rock. They exploit the limitations of having a band made up
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JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD - Advisors from 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade took part in an intensive test of their physical fitness and tactical expertise in the inaugural Tactical Advisor Readiness Program assessment at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Jan. 21, 2021. SFAB teams are designed to be highly-modular and independently deployable
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Trombonist Randy Oxford is up to it again. In conjunction with the Mineral Lake Event Center, he and his band will be presenting the Mt. Rainer Country Music Festival at the Loggers Jubilee outdoor arena. Oxford has brought in an impressive lineup for this summer blast including Nashville recording artist Jonathan
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Graffiti has grown up. From hip-hop tagging of the ’70s and ’80s, graffiti has blossomed into an international street art movement. Street art. That’s what the new graffiti is called. And it goes far beyond spray painting the sides of buildings. In addition to wall paintings, the new street art may
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1408: John Cusack is the man to watch in this horror thriller based on a Stephen King short story. Like “The Shining,” also based on King material, the main character is a frustrated writer who likes to drink, has a terrible trauma in his past and is in isolated surroundings
Health
Not everyone who wears glasses with lenses the size of those on the Hubble telescope came by them naturally. For some, those glasses are a byproduct of surgery they had for cataracts - back in the days when cataract surgery was in its infancy. "The process has been refined to the
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Vietnam veteran Raleigh Showens gripped his shotgun tightly as he sat in his car outside the pain management clinic. This was his last chance - if this treatment didn't work, he knew what he had to do. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for decades, Showens left the gun behind and
