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During his deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2007-08, Sgt. Randy P. French was on a route clearance mission removing concertina wire from a road using an MV-4 mine clearing robot. He was operating out of the Stryker commander's hatch when a deeply buried improvised explosive device exploded. The explosion
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Look. Women and men? They be different. Driving, shopping, asking for directions, watching sports, cooking their own food, planning weddings, being prone to or shunning commitment, knowing how to set the time on your VCR, etc. These are struggles we deal with every day of our lives! Luckily, there is
Operation Family Support
The Puyallup Subchapter for the Association of the United States Army helped to spread the joy of Christmas to a few families on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Puyallup members have adopted the 2nd Stryker Brigade at JBLM. The goal of AUSA is to act on behalf of the needs of the
Arts
Lakewood is regarded by most as a working-class town. Its own website calls it a "host community to Joint Base Lewis-McChord." All well and good, but nothing about that identity screams "playground," though that is the theme for a new exhibit opening there. It may surprise you, then, to learn
Music
"Clap Your Hands," the first song on Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's self-titled debut, was met with a lot of resistance by music critics. The lo-fi, circus-y feel of the song, was interpreted as the band being needlessly difficult, especially as the entree to an album full of buzzing, synth-y,
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 NOW Girl Talk Seattle March
Outdoors
If your plan is to stay as far away from the U.S. Open in University Place as you can, but staying home isn't what you want to do either, allow us to suggest a few alternatives: Cars There are a few car-related diversions to grab your fancy between June 15 and June
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If you are renting a home during the U.S. Open, and you need to keep the refrigerator stocked, you have come to the right place. Grocery shopping near Chamber's Bay is amazing. Sure, there are Safeway and Fred Meyer, but the specialty stores will keep your pre- and post-functions deliciously
Music
This year, 2010, was a busy year for Tacoma hip-hop music. Many different individual artists and groups released and promoted good music and built their fanbases. However, there was no clear-cut top artist, and therefore I didn't feel compelled to spout 500 words of my own opinion about who had
We Recommend
By the time Christmas night rolls around, we'll all be looking for something to do that doesn't involve sitting around Aunt Maureen and Grandpa Fred. Those two are insufferable. Luckily, the Top of Tacoma Bar and Café (3529 McKinley Ave.) has you covered - as you should have come to expect.
Outdoors
No one really knows what's going to happen. Sure, planners have spent years anticipating traffic problems surely to rise when you hold one of the country's biggest sporting events on a cliff with one road in and one out, but that will not matter when you just wanted to grab
Cup Check
STRIKE ONE Deadspin.com - the sports worlds' leader in penis-related breaking news and everything else bizarre or downright absurd - uncovered and posted videos this week that appear to show Jets coach Rex Ryan's wife, Michelle, in what at first glance would seem to be a compromising position ... that is
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I don't pretend to understand or even care about the science or math behind John Fisher's art at Mineral. There are nine digital prints on the wall and one interactive audio-visual presentation. The digital prints are beautiful and fascinating. In layman's terms they are time-lapse photographs. The other thing, which
Arts
I had a very erroneous concept of burlesque before the ladies of Olympia's Tush! Burlesque set me straight. I thought of it as a sleazy and sexist art form that denigrated women and turned men into slavering beasts.I was surprised when women I knew from the theater world began raving
Arts
Urban Grace Church is an ecumenical church in downtown Tacoma and it is anything but your average place of worship - this church, headed by pastor Tad Monroe, is intrinsically intertwined with the arts. And just like the Catholic Church patronized the Renaissance greats and filled the streets of Rome
Outdoors
A nation of golfers' eyes will be on University Place next week, however, a lot of people will be told they're looking at Seattle. That's okay. The once sleepy town of UP knows how to fight for what it wants, and over the past 10 years, that is apparently to
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Bobble Tiki sometimes feels a bit out of place in Olympia. From time to time, Bobble Tiki has been known to head south from his Tacoma bungalow, and hit up Le Voyeur for a few drinks and one of the few non-vegan delights on the menu. Sometimes Bobble Tiki cruises
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Finn Riggins has all the elements that define the future of music. The music is organic (man made) mixed with inorganic (computer generated). It’s socially responsible, energetic and dance friendly. It is co-ed and co-written. And it’s at Le Voyeur Saturday. Finn Riggins is three friends, living together and touring the
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Vicci Martinez checked her bags and made her way through Sea-Tac Airport security on Sunday. She found her gate and checked in. As she took a seat in the waiting area, she fished her cell phone out of her bag, and then dialed my number. Busy girl that she is,
Outdoors
The U.S. Open will operate two parking lots with free shuttle service back and forth to Chambers Bay, which is better than sitting for three hours on Bridgeport Way inching your way towards the big tournament. Surviving the free lots, however, takes a little inside knowledge. Here's a brief explanation for
