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The 29th annual Skagit Valley tulip festival runs this year from April 1-30, in Skagit Valley. And, though you might have the urge to "tip-toe through the tulips," the driving tour allows you to view millions of tulips as they burst into bloom and decorate the area. Visitors
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Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced during his second visit to Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) today that Army will establish a new headquarters at the area base. "This new headquarters will provide command and control for several brigade-size units, many of which have been activated since 2003," McHugh said during
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Sapphire skies and puffy white clouds gave rise to balmy temperatures at the Barksdale Station Health Fair on April 21 in DuPont. The health fair had massages, raffles, giveaways, and a chance to win great prizes to the Oregon Beach and Great Wolf Lodge. A multitude of kids (many of whom
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JL Summerlin called his fleetingly brief family reunion with his nephew at the Kandahar Airfield April 20, "something out of the movies." Summerlin, an Afghanistan Engineer District-South construction control representative assigned to Forward Operating Base Smart as a provincial reconstruction team member working in Zabul province, was
Military Life
Service members have special protections to ward off predatory lenders trying to impose high interest rates. "The Military Lending Act honors our military by helping them stay financially safe," said Eric Zittel, Vice President of Consumer Lending at Harborstone Credit Union. The Military Lending Act (MLA) protects military and their families from
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There's a difference between "going out to lunch with your friend" and "grabbing lunch with your friend." One requires a designated server, assigned to your table specifically, who treats you as though you are numb from the waist down and can't do anything on your own. They hand you a menu,
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After much deliberation and anticipation, with no pancake left unturned and no egg un-cracked, Moon Rise Café became the champion of the 2012 Tournament of Breakfast. From the final four contenders that included Cicada Restaurant, Alfred's Cafe and Dirty Oscar's Annex, the voice of the people has been heard. The
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Evening Upstairs in a big Newport mansion, a woman is dying in a Martha Stewart bedroom. She takes a long time to die, and the movie is flashbacks from her reveries. An all-star cast sinks in a turgid weepie that commits the cardinal sin: It doesn’t make you weep. One cliché
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In “Live Free or Die Hard,” John McClane is the Energizer Bunny, Chuck Wepner and Batman rolled into one. Like the battery-powered bunny, he just keeps going and going. Like Wepner, the heavyweight punching bag known as the “Bayonne Bleeder” who was pummeled for 15 rounds by Muhammad Ali and served as
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on sale now Gretchen Wilson Tulalip. July 11 7 pm. $40-$100 (Tulalip Amphitheatre, TM). Chris Brown Tulalip. July 14 8 pm. $40-$80 (Tulalip Amphitheatre, TM). Jane Monheit Seattle. July 17-22 7:30 and 9:30 pm. $24.50-$26.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, The Moaners Seattle. July 21 7:30 pm. $15-$18 (Triple Door,
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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 Death Grips Seattle.
Military Life
Bryce Fields is extremely grateful for all the different things he experienced growing up in an Air Force family. Those experiences have helped shape him into the person he is today and have given him some direction of where he wants to go in the future. Fields received a nice boost to
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With his convoy team set to venture into potentially dangerous conditions in Iraq on the other side of the U.S. base's walls, Tech. Sgt. Marques Martin was calm, cool and collected. As a deployed convoy commander tasked with leading teams carrying supplies and equipment out of Iraq, the 627th Logistics Readiness
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Dick Seed's a poet and didn't know it. He does now, though. Seed will read his poetry this weekend at Olympia's Arts Walk, a twice-yearly celebration of arts of all sorts by artists of all sorts - from kindergarteners to professional artists to those who, like Seed, create art simply for the
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It's not too often that all three commanders of the major Air Force units at McChord Field are in the country at the same time - and have some free time in their schedules. Just ask Gary Brackett, business and trade manager for the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. Brackett spent several months planning
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) today released the VA Customer Experience Accomplishments Report detailing 71 major initiatives to improve customer service for veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors. Improving customer service as a top priority at VA was established in 2018 and it challenged the department to
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(446th AW PA) - Reservists from the 97th Airlift Squadron left McChord April 14, flying to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, for a special mission: transporting medical supplies to a children's hospital in El Salvador. Thanks to the Denton Humanitarian Assistance Program and the 446th Airlift Wing, over 12,000 pounds of
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Calvin Johnson's history is filled with such odd touchstones (the iconic International Underground Pop Convention, Kurt Cobain talking shit about him in print) that it's sometimes easy to forget that he's still creating music that is obsessed with the tonally odd and the religiously low fidelity.
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For those of us who have grown up in the Pacific Northwest, who've been weaned on indie rock, and Pac NW indie rock in particular, the name Calvin Johnson is a known and loaded one. For the uninitiated, Calvin Johnson is - for all intents and purposes - Washington's indie
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"He's my hero," said Lori Lidyard, wife of Master Sgt. Brian Lidyard. "We are in this together, always." The two high school sweethearts have been married for 32 years, since they were just 18 years old. Together they have raised three sons and have spent three decades serving the country as
