Operation Family Support
McChord Field spouse Teresa Meyers is the type of person who loves organization and hates chaos. But for a couple of weeks prior to Easter last year, she had to stand aside and let her house be taken over by Easter baskets. They filled the living room and some even lined
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Lisa and Mike Hahn recently turned over their Tacoma Runners management duties to Rob McNair-Huff, community relations manager for the City of Tacoma. You might have seen McNair-Huff on the streets running a 50-miler before work. He likes to run. McNair-Huff has scheduled the Tacoma Runners' weekly Thursday night 3-miler for a
Features
Used to extend the life of food, pickling has been a part of many cultures for countless generations. In certain parts of America, hot on the heels of a harvest is canning time. An assembly line of sorts is set-up, neighbors and friends lend a hand to tackle the very-involved
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. 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 FRIDAY 10 AM Ryan Leslie, RadaR
Downrange Journal
Spc. Wendy Vickery had a feeling that something wasn't right. On a recent mission with Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and Afghan National Army, or ANA, soldiers, Vickery's feelings and training paid off. "I had a sense the ANA had not thoroughly search the back of the compound," she said. "So
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1Lt. Ben Westman, 1st Squad, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company makes a point during a shura, or village meeting, in the village of Mutashim.
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Getting Ready: PV2 Travis Mienkwic oils his M4 before a mission. The protection of the soldiers and the villages they visit is vital.
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Guy Time: Sgt. Nic Cordeiro grabs a quick shave while Sgt. Vincent Raila observes.
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Spc. Diana Zuniga: "Let my parents know that I love and miss them and will see you in a month."
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Sergeant First Class Wade Smith cuts a good head of hair. We didn't talk much as he worked; then again, I like to sit in a barber's chair and just think things through. "I've been cutting hair since I was 13 years old," the senior non-commissioned officer of the S-1, or Human
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Tacoma Opera will stage the classic, much-loved opera La Boheme in its original Italian, although there will be English subtitles provided for the unwashed heathens in the audience who don't know the story of young love with a tragic ending - as all operas seem to have. Uncultured Gen Xers
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Derailed, like many things, by snowmaggedon 2012, the Dockyard Derby Dames will officially kick off season six Saturday night inside the Pierce College Health Ed Center in Lakewood. At this point, unless you've been living under a mossy rock or spent a good chunk of your life panning for gold in
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Have you seen them? Homeowners are replacing sod with vegetable beds and building chicken coops by their garages. The Joneses are becoming the McDonalds, converting their prime North End Tacoma real estate into a miniature farm. South Sounders are fighting for their right to raise hens, ducks, goats and honey
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Ludwig Van Beethoven was a badass. The German composer and pianist smashed the keys hard enough to break the strings. He used vulgar language. Baffled by Beethoven's iconoclastic composing style, a group of string musicians refused to play the last movement of his 13th quartet. Beethoven's response was blunt: "What
Health
Changing duty stations is hard for Mark Conatser. Like a lot of 15-year-olds, he's thinking about college and getting ready to start driver's ed, and a shift in his routine complicates all of that. Mark also has Asperger's syndrome, a developmental disorder on the autism spectrum, which makes moves
