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Tacoma's iconic Stadium Bowl, designed by architect Frederick Heath and opened in 1910, has hosted many historic figures, including presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Warren Harding. In 2008, it was even credited as being one of the best high school football stadiums in the U.S. by ESPN. The bowl seats 15,000
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As a military servicemember, practicing financial readiness and fully understanding retirement benefits for yourself and your family is half the battle. Next year, the U.S. Department of Defense is unveiling its new blended retirement system (BRS). Effective Jan. 1, 2018, all newly signed servicemembers will be opted into the BRS automatically.
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A diverse range of art on display by military veterans inspired and entertained visitors to the 2017 VA Puget Sound Creative Arts Festival March 2-4 at American Lake VA Hospital in Lakewood. One-hundred and twenty-nine works were represented across 34 visual arts categories in fine arts, applied arts and craft kits.
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Hundreds of veterans leave the military emotionally, mentally, and physically scarred, but many of those same veterans discover therapeutic healing and purpose through artistic expression. Through Saturday, March 4, the VA Puget Sound Health Care System will host its annual Creative Arts Festival at American Lake. The auditorium will be filled
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For the fifth consecutive year, Congressman Denny Heck, a House Democrat representing Washington state's 10th Congressional District, is empowering school students to show their thanks to military veterans through the Valentines for Veterans program. Students in grades K-12 across 15 schools in the South Puget Sound, including Clover Park School District
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The Veterans Incubator for Better Entrepreneurship (VIBE) at the University of Washington Tacoma has for several years been a resource provider for military veterans seeking support and mentorship in starting their own business. The program's director, Thomas Kuljam, who served as an aircraft mechanic in the Air Force Reserves for 18
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On Tacoma's eastside, Swan Creek Park is a somewhat hidden and undiscovered-to-some 373-acre oasis with an active salmon stream, a vast network of pedestrian trails and a 50-acre mountain bike trail system. It's also home to a food forest, which is a one-acre plot permaculture garden utilizing the natural processes
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When Rep. Gina McCabe, (R-Goldendale), met with military veterans in 2015 in her 14th District, located in southeast Washington, she discovered many of them were powerless to find meaningful work. She acted quickly and sponsored House Bill (HB) 2040 to encourage employers to hire more veterans In 2014, there was a
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When children's book author Lewis A. Howard, a U.S. Army veteran, puts his headphones on to listen to Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, and The Black Eyed Peas, it ignites a fire within him and gets his creative juices flowing. "I start listening to music and it tells me, ‘Let's do
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For the third consecutive year, the Captain Meriwether Lewis Chapter of the Association of the United States Army and its local subchapters are poking fun at the likelihood of a Zombie Apocalypse - an event some in the U.S. fear will happen, and are making preparations to survive. The AUSA 5K
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Twenty-four-year-old Jordan Griffin is an unabashed adrenaline junkie who takes life by the horns every waking minute he gets. "I love doing any kind of action sport - anything that gets my adrenaline going," the Steilacoom resident said. For the past eight years, Griffin has endured 50 to 60 surgeries, mostly related
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Cummings Park along Ruston Way on Tacoma's waterfront last Saturday morning was a flurry of activity as runners, walkers and young families with strollers gathered for the fourth annual Pat's Run, to fundraise for scholarships distributed to military veterans and their spouses by the Pat Tillman Foundation. More than 200 participants
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From July 7 to Aug. 25, Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort will present its free summer concert series, "Performances at the Passage." It's the series' 11th consecutive year, and shows will be held Thursdays at 7 p.m. The eight-week run will feature a diverse mix of genres ranging from country and pop
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Hundreds are anticipated to gather Saturday, April 23 at Cummings Park along Ruston Way in Tacoma for the fourth annual Pat's Run to support the Pat Tillman Foundation's military scholarship program. Pat's Run in Tacoma is one of dozens of runs across the country that shadows a larger-scale event at Arizona
Jobs & Education
When a person loses a loved one, often times they enter a state of shock - what to do next is unknown. Mountain View Funeral Home in Lakewood aims to ease their hopelessness and guide them as they mourn their loss, treating them with dignity and respect. This selfless empathy is the
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The University of Puget Sound, the small undergraduate liberal arts college in Tacoma, will continue its "Susan Resneck Pierce Lectures in Public Affairs and the Arts" series when it welcomes award-winning Jamaican-born author Marlon James at 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, in Schneebeck Concert Hall. James is most prominently known for
Military Life
A military spouse is not exempt from entrepreneurship - just ask Chandra Hedgepeth. A mother of three children, whose husband, Jay Hedgepeth, is a first sergeant in civil affairs - opened a shop in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord PX, Feb. 1, at the encouragement of the manager there who noticed
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Not since 2004 has a C-130 or other cargo plane landed at the Yakima Training Center runway in eastern Washington. "The (runway) surface has deteriorated," said Joe Kubistek, a spokesman for Joint Base Lewis-McChord. "It's currently not being used by any cargo aircraft." But now, work is being done to assess what
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Cascade Warbirds, the largest squadron in the Warbirds of America with more than 250 members, is making its annual aviation scholarships available once again. Young adults ages 16 to 21 years with a passion for flight and an eagerness to learn how to fly are encouraged to apply. The deadline to
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The Pacific Northwest is home to a large number of microbrewers and likely an even larger number of individual homebrewers. Many of these homebrewers are also airmen and soldiers based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and on Friday, Feb. 26, they will have an opportunity to network and try different beers at
