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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - The 62nd Airlift Wing was recently praised for an excellent performance during the Air Mobility Command Aircrew Standardization and Evaluation Visit held June 18 to July 2. The ASEV, conducted every four years, is designed to evaluate the proficiency of aircrew and validate flying mission readiness and
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AUSTRALIA: An Australian Gone With the Wind, a sweeping romantic melodrama and broad family entertainment. With Nicole Kidman as a British society figure, Hugh Jackman as as rough-hewn cattle drover, and Brandon Walters, wonderful as the young Aborigine who narrates. Gorgeous film, strong performances, exhilarating images, a powerful but sometimes
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Air Force officials selected Capt. Eleanor "Ellie" Morgan, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned to the 4th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, as the winner of the 2012 Federally Employed Women Military Meritorious Service Award. "This award means the world to me," said Morgan, a Bethlehem,
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This meter item is actually a long time in the making, but it’s been official now for a week or more. The Trib’s witty, satirical and — as of the last three months — rarely updated blog, Grit City, is officially dead. Of course, this still leaves the Trib with
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This meter item is actually a long time in the making, but it’s been official now for a week or more. The Trib’s witty, satirical and — as of the last three months — rarely updated blog, Grit City, is officially dead. Of course, this still leaves the Trib with
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First, it was the Tacoma City Council asking voters to do away with term limits — a proposition Tacoma wisely rejected last month. Now it’s the Pierce County Council’s turn. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the Pierce County Council voted 5-2 to approve two proposed amendments to the Pierce County Charter
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First, it was the Tacoma City Council asking voters to do away with term limits — a proposition Tacoma wisely rejected last month. Now it’s the Pierce County Council’s turn. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the Pierce County Council voted 5-2 to approve two proposed amendments to the Pierce County Charter
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As I sit here trying to come up with yet another witty way to start yet another story that revolves around the seeming collapse of the economy as we know it — and the belt-tightening, corner cutting and pocket searching that have beset all of us — I can’t help
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As I sit here trying to come up with yet another witty way to start yet another story that revolves around the seeming collapse of the economy as we know it — and the belt-tightening, corner cutting and pocket searching that have beset all of us — I can’t help
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The economy may be on the ropes, but it sounds like there’s hope — at least on Sixth Avenue. One of the Weekly Volcano’s favorite strips of city, Sixth Avenue is home to restaurants, bars, clubs, galleries, furniture stores, homes, families … you get the idea. Sixth Avenue is a
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The economy may be on the ropes, but it sounds like there’s hope — at least on Sixth Avenue. One of the Weekly Volcano’s favorite strips of city, Sixth Avenue is home to restaurants, bars, clubs, galleries, furniture stores, homes, families … you get the idea. Sixth Avenue is a
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As I’ve made clear on plenty of occasions, I’m a Pearl Jam fan. I have been for a long time. While initially I got into the band because there was a chick in my honors English class that wore long underwear under her shorts and made my teenage libido run
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As I’ve made clear on plenty of occasions, I’m a Pearl Jam fan. I have been for a long time. While initially I got into the band because there was a chick in my honors English class that wore long underwear under her shorts and made my teenage libido run
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There’s huge dive bar territory over in the Parkland/Spanaway area that I have yet to uncover, and man, it’s a freakin’ gold mine up in that ’hood. It literally gets my heart racing as I think of the trashy possibilities that lie upon Pacific Highway and its surrounding streets. For years
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There’s huge dive bar territory over in the Parkland/Spanaway area that I have yet to uncover, and man, it’s a freakin’ gold mine up in that ’hood. It literally gets my heart racing as I think of the trashy possibilities that lie upon Pacific Highway and its surrounding streets.
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MCCHORD FIELD - A 141-ton, $180 million C-17 Globemaster III departs the snow-covered runway at a critical Forward Operating Base in the combat zone. The position of the aircraft blocks the runway and prevents other aircraft from landing, thereby limiting re-supply options. It is clear that the aircraft must be moved.
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Bobble Tiki loves a good story about overcoming long odds. It’s one of the reasons he thinks he should receive extra credit from his bosses here at the Weekly Volcano for making it to work on time on Mondays. Few, if any, expect Bobble Tiki to pull off the feat
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Bobble Tiki loves a good story about overcoming long odds. It’s one of the reasons he thinks he should receive extra credit from his bosses here at the Weekly Volcano for making it to work on time on Mondays. Few, if any, expect Bobble Tiki to pull off the feat
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All of you young and young-at-heart readers know that it’s fairly easy to coast through a Friday at work after a Thursday night on the town, and that’s why so many of you are constantly on the hunt for Thursday functions. After thoroughly scouring this city for an excellent weekend prefunc,
