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Tom, the bartender at All Seasons Sports Tavern in Parkland, works the bar every day, all day. He does this because he’s the owner and “It’s too expensive to have employees,” he says. I don’t think he has a problem with the long hours seeing as how he’s been doing
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Tom, the bartender at All Seasons Sports Tavern in Parkland, works the bar every day, all day. He does this because he’s the owner and “It’s too expensive to have employees,” he says. I don’t think he has a problem with the long hours seeing as how he’s been doing
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University of Puget Sound professors delivered some not-unexpected news last week — Pierce County is in a recession, too. They called this latest dip one of the deepest downturns in the past 30 years. The next year will be marked by overall declines in employment and retail spending, as well
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University of Puget Sound professors delivered some not-unexpected news last week — Pierce County is in a recession, too. They called this latest dip one of the deepest downturns in the past 30 years. The next year will be marked by overall declines in employment and retail spending, as well
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There are plenty of things that make life in this gritty city of ours better and more bearable. Locally owned and operated businesses add character and flavor, and local art makes things pleasant to the eye. Hell, in a way even the bad rap that’s hung on Tacoma like cheap
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There are plenty of things that make life in this gritty city of ours better and more bearable. Locally owned and operated businesses add character and flavor, and local art makes things pleasant to the eye. Hell, in a way even the bad rap that’s hung on Tacoma like cheap
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Of all the many things Bobble Tiki enjoys about the holidays, one thing sits atop that list. The parties. Sure, booze filled eggnog is nice, Christmas trees smell good, and candy canes are fun to suck on until they get really sharp and end up drawing blood in your mouth, but nothing
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Of all the many things Bobble Tiki enjoys about the holidays, one thing sits atop that list. The parties. Sure, booze filled eggnog is nice, Christmas trees smell good, and candy canes are fun to suck on until they get really sharp and end up drawing blood in your
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com On sale now Forgive Durden, Lizzie Huffman and Her Brother Band, Man Without Wax, Beebop N Rocksteady Seattle. Dec. 26 8 pm. $8-$10 (El Corazon, TW). Awesome, Memphis Radio Kings, Carrie Clark & The Lonesome
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Now that the holiday season and winter weather is in high gear, I figure it’s the perfect time to bring you a topic that’s equally warm and fuzzy. There are two people in this region that I want to tell you about who are the cat’s meow: Julie and Jim Dugan. I’ve had
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Now that the holiday season and winter weather is in high gear, I figure it’s the perfect time to bring you a topic that’s equally warm and fuzzy. There are two people in this region that I want to tell you about who are the cat’s meow: Julie and Jim Dugan. I’ve had
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You know that uneasy feeling you’ve got in your gut? Well, it has nothing to do with the stress of holiday shopping or that humongous burger you scarfed down for lunch. No, my friend, that feeling is one of your most important organs — your liver — getting ready for its
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Forget the lead singers; it’s the drummers I like best. When I catch a band live, my eyes are on the drummer — unless the vocals are deep and bluesy, just like Jason McClellan’s. And when I listen to a song in my car, the strong voice and beat of
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Forget the lead singers; it’s the drummers I like best. When I catch a band live, my eyes are on the drummer — unless the vocals are deep and bluesy, just like Jason McClellan’s. And when I listen to a song in my car, the strong voice and beat of
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Tacoma’s Bill of Rights Defense Committee is worried that sludge buried deep beneath a private immigrant prison on the Tacoma tide flats may be rising to the surface. No, not the metaphorical sludge created by what has been reported as deplorable treatment of people imprisoned at the Northwest Detention Center,
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Tacoma’s Bill of Rights Defense Committee is worried that sludge buried deep beneath a private immigrant prison on the Tacoma tide flats may be rising to the surface. No, not the metaphorical sludge created by what has been reported as deplorable treatment of people imprisoned at the Northwest Detention Center,
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Now the eyes and ears of the enlisted force at McChord Field, Command Chief Master Sgt. Gordon Drake recently began his new job at the 62nd Airlift Wing and will serve as the main advisor to more than 1,670 enlisted members. The 48-year-old married father of two has been assigned to
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Her last name rings of a fictitious character who built a supreme robot in the Hollywood blockbuster movies Ironman and The Avengers. But this is no performance with million dollar special effects. This is the real deal. Shira Stark, a seventh-grade middle school teacher at Harbor Ridge in Gig Harbor, knows thing
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Two Joint Base Lewis-McChord units, the 227th Preventive Medicine Detachment and 551st Medical Logistics Company, are part of that task force and are training for different weather scenarios. During a field training exercise here, June 19-21, the 227th PMD theoretically
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Tacoma is a rock and roll type of town. There’s dirt under these fingernails and grease on these jeans. There’s a warm can of Rainer rolling around this back seat. There’s a love of things real and rock that’s obvious to all interested enough to observe. For those who’ve observed, hopefully
