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Being frugal can be a good trait, it helps you save money for life's necessities, or if you're lucky you can tuck dollars away into savings for retirement or ... I dunno, whatever savings goes towards. Knowing when to treat yo'self is also a positive trait. Self-care is good for
News Front
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and each year health professionals in the United States rally to bring awareness to an international health issue that affects both women and men. Regional Health Command-Pacific and its providers at its military treatment facilities are part of the healthcare professionals who provide support
Education
It's hard to argue with Pierce College's claims to having amazing students, ones who not only get good grades and overcome adversity, but do it while serving their country. A cancer diagnosis didn't stop Sgt. Brandon Booth from maintaining a 4.0 grade average. Being a single father
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The ground-quaking sound of cannon fire echoed across Joint Base Lewis-McChord heralding the arrival of I Corps' newest deputy commanding general Oct. 12. About 250 leaders, servicemembers and family members, along with a formation of unit guidons and America's I Corps Band, gathered in front of the I Corps Headquarters building
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Cooking takes all forms. Some stand at the stove like an artist at a blank canvas, adding ingredients free form style in hopes of a masterpiece. Fusion food, combining ingredients not traditionally thought to go together, follows few accepted culinary rules - and at times strives to stretch and break
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"We've been fighting a certain type of way for the last 17 years and the next fight may look very different," said Chief of the Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, during a panel Oct. 9. The panel, hosted by Luckey, took place at the annual Association of the United
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On sale now Vicki Randle Seattle. June 17 8 pm. $20 (Tractor Tavern, TWeb). 13th Annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival featuring Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Acre, M.E. & Me, Alps of New South Wales, L.A. Lungs, Hans Grusel’s Krankenkabinet, Midmight, Mattress and many more Olympia. June 21-23 7 pm, June 24 5
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The next time you roll into Masa you might notice something a little different beneath those hipster shoes of yours. The proprietors have installed a dance floor in one half of their formal dining room. Tables will sit on the dance floor for lunch and dinner, but once the eating
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Bobble Tiki was born in 1966. Lyndon Baines Johnson was President. The Beatles were more popular than Jesus, and talking about it in Evening Standard. Bobby Hull was setting the NHL single season scoring record. The United States had 250,000 troops in Vietnam. The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds. Richard
Stage
Head north to Seattle or go to the Internet to see Troy Gua. You'll be glad you did.I was impressed when I first discovered Gua's work in a show at Fulcrum Gallery back in January of 2010. But there should have been a little voice in my head whispering, "You
Arts
LGBT leaders and allies all over Washington are launching a new campaign for marriage equality called Washington United for Marriage. The campaign's goal is to pass a marriage equality bill in the Washington State Legislature and for it to be signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire. To reach this
Advice Goddess
QUESTION: Two years ago, my man left his 22-year marriage to be with me, but he told me he loved his former wife and would always want a friendship with her. I accepted that (I'm friends with my ex), but I'm bothered by the amount of contact they have. They
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Can you guess what "Pin a Dorito on an American" is about? This art installation by Lynn Di Nino is part of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation's Fourth Annual Foundation of Art Award exhibit show, which itself is a part of Spaceworks Tacoma, a program that utilizes vacant storefronts to
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"Young people have such fresh ideas and so few very public venues in which to share their work," says Tacoma Poet Laureate Josie Emmons Turner. In an effort to help remedy this, Turner has set up a night for young poetry and prose writers to share their work in a
Music
MAN WITHOUT WAX >>> Friday, Nov. 25 In a manner similar to fellow bombastic locals Roman Holiday, Man Without Wax sounds perfectly radio-ready, a band just lying around, waiting for someone to discover them and throw them on the modern rock station. They've captured the sound of bands like Kings of Leon
Music
"I guess, if we were stars, you'd call it an all-star band, but I don't know if we are," laughs Derek Kelley. Even though Kelley's being modest in his assessment of the Speedwobbles, that's about as close to an apt description of the band as you'll find. Not only is it
Ragnet
In every issue of this fine rag the Volcano's hack team of wannabe journalists tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area (even when Editor Matt Driscoll is on vacation). Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes
Veterans Day
The residents of the Olympic Alzheimer's Center in Gig Harbor thought that they were going to have their typical Veteran's Day celebration last week, but they were in for a surprise. What they did not know was that Soldiers with the Second Platoon, Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery
Military Life
SPIDER magazine features short stories, poems, articles, and activities for 6 to 9-year-old children from around the world. It is published by Cricket Media: a global education company and receiver of the Parents Choice Gold Award. Every issue invites readers to submit their original artwork or writing to Spider's Corner.
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Eagle's Pride Golf Course (unofficially known as the Ft. Lewis golf course though it lies outside the gates) was first conceived back in 1929 when Gen. Joseph Castner, using troop labor and Army engineers, laid out the course. Officially, Eagle's Pride opened in 1938 as an 18-hole course, though it was
