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FAMILY FEUD: The Talottas nailed it

NIKKI TALOTTA AND FAMILY ARE FEELING LUCKY >>> Some people say I'm lucky. I've won blackjack tournaments and essay contests; I've won radio show trivia for board games and concert tickets; once I even won a trip to London to see Muse at Royal Albert Hall. Some say it's luck. I just

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BEHIND BARS: Little Black Book

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: The Missing Toilet Paper

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: Flash-back

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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SATURDAY: Save the Yard Bird

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS AND ROCK 'N' ROLL >>> "I can't see the Yard Bird fall apart," says Jason Mattson, the instigator of a string of fundraisers designed to aid Chehalis's iconic Yard Bird statue, still standing at the former shopping mecca and Lewis County roadside attraction. "It's been here most our lives-it's

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BEHIND BARS: Ten Things You Need to Know if You Want to Tend Bar

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: Ode to the Weekend

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: Freshly packed

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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SATURDAY: Olympia Record Show

CRATE DIGGER'S PARADISE >>>   Walk, bike, drop in by parachute. However you do it, make your way to the Elks Lodge Saturday, June 4, for the third occasional Olympia Record Show.   Naturally, the Olympia Record show will feature live music by DJ Wildman James and Selector Edmund, a full bar for those

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BEHIND BARS: The Rules of the Game

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: No Texting!

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: Nasty Hook-Ups & Eczema Arms

  REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: Fight For Your Right

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: The Christmas Card

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: The Backpack

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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Catch "Community Art" during Arts Walk XLII

SIMON SAYS COLLABORATE >>> In a town full of coffee shops, rainy days and open minds, it's fair to say everyone in Olympia has an "inner artist" - each person has a story to tell  through a stroke of a brush, a curve of a line or the ramblings of a

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BEHIND BARS: Just Like Family

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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Obligatory scary-ass earthquake story

SHAKING IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> Do you know, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, there have been more than 35 earthquakes in Washington State just in the last two weeks? Do you know we live near one of the most hazardous faults in the world? Do you know this particular fault

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BEHIND BARS: Say cheese

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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BEHIND BARS: The importance of details

REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>> I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips. I'd like to

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