Neighborhoods
Those eagerly waiting for the re-opening of Kimbro Pool located in McVeigh Sports and Fitness Center have just one more month to wait. Closed since Oct. 31 for its first complete overhaul since it was built in 1947, Kimbro Pool on Lewis Main was originally slated to re-open
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Jensen Family Health and Fitness Center is ready to open its doors. Nearly two years after closing for an extensive renovation, the popular Joint Base Lewis-McChord fitness center on Lewis Main is back open for business. The doors will open for a soft opening at 6:30 a.m. Monday. The
Family
For the first time, the Defense Department will offer those enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program, also called EFMP, an opportunity to provide detailed input about their experiences. Feedback will be used to improve how the program provides services to participating families. "It's pretty exciting because it's the first official
Focus
The truck goes black and all you can hear and feel is the tumbling rotation as your vehicle lurches, rolls and flips violently to the bottom of the ditch. Flames and smoke fill the burning truck. You can't tell top from bottom but you know you have
News Front
Inflation and changes in customer buying habits are challenges facing all retailers this Black Friday, but Exchange leaders are cautiously optimistic and ready to adapt. "With the pinch from inflation and higher costs, customers are buying what they need more than what they want," said Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising
Health
Have you heard about the new toxic exposure screening? If you're enrolled in VA health care, you can now receive the toxic exposure screening at VA medical centers and clinics across the country. If you're not enrolled but meet eligibility requirements to enroll, you will have an opportunity to receive the
Focus
RENTON, Wash. - Sweat-soaked, bruised and exhausted, a group of 15 participants have wrapped up another session of Krav Maga, or "contact combat" at a Renton dojo. Rapidly increasing in popularity, classes teaching the discipline, a noncompetitive, self-defense system, are popping up throughout the area
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Transitioning from a military career to a civilian career is not always easy; however, there is the recognition of the value that veterans bring in terms of leadership and teamwork. A recent analysis by LinkedIn's Economic Graph team looked at metropolitan areas where college-educated veterans with a bachelor's degree or more
Stage
I usually know what I think of the art I see, and I can express my opinions fairly clearly. After all, that's kind of my job. But some art leaves me scratching my head. Such is the work of Blake Flynn at Childhood's End Gallery. Is it profound and inventive
Stage
There's a lot of exciting stuff coming up in area art galleries. Flow will host a show honoring artist and co-founder of Puget Sound Sumi Artist, the late Mary Bottomley in October. In November and December they'll have a retrospective of Fumiko Kimura's artwork featuring pieces not shown in years and
Stage
For artists and actors known primarily for work with competing Olympia theater companies to band together, a show would have to be something special, and 8 by Dustin Lance Black is one of a kind. The single digit of its title refers to California's Proposition 8, which sought to revoke
Stage
Usually in the Fall Arts Guide, I highlight upcoming shows from Capital Playhouse, Harlequin Productions or the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Rest assured, these worthy organizations will be promoted below. But this year, the Oly troupe of note turns out to be Olympia Family Theater, a company with
Arts
Fall 2012 is bringing a full lineup of shows to the venues of Tacoma-from the Broadway Center to the city's many smaller theatres to the Tacoma Dome. Opera? You got it. Broadway shows? You got it. Holiday events? Yeah, you got that too. But be forewarned, the best that the
Military Policy
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The Department of the Air Force has developed several products designed to assist aircrew in making the most informed decisions about whether to fly during their pregnancy. In April 2022, the DAF issued a clarification of policies pertaining to aircrew during pregnancy. Since then, the Department recognized
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The story of Petey Greene was a movie waiting to be made. Greene came out of prison to become, literally overnight, a popular and influential DJ. He was on WOL, a Washington, D.C., station that was looking for a morning man to connect with its African-American audience and got more
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Captivity Elisha Cuthbert, so annoying as Jack’s bratty daughter in “24,” less irritating and less clothed in “The Girl Next Door,” stars this time as a famous model who is drugged, captured and tortured by a sick mind. Rated R for strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, language and some
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on sale now Ken Peplowski, Pearl Django Seattle. July 24-25 7:30 pm. $20.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Ravi Coltrane Quartet Seattle. July 26-28 7:30 and 9:30 pm, July 29 7:30 pm. $24.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Cross Canadian Ragweed Seattle. Aug. 6 9 pm. $15 (Tractor Tavern, TWeb). Devin The Dude, Block Teamsters Union, Gator Seattle.
Entertainment
Prince Charles rarely comes off as a sympathetic figure in television and film adaptations about the royal family, but you do feel a certain measure of sympathy for him on a few occasions in season five of Netflix's The Crown, as he asks anyone who will listen, including the Queen
Focus
SPC Mohamed Abdelaziz was not far from a station where soldiers trained to evaluate and treat a casualty for a spinal injury and shock. Sitting cross-legged and writing with an old-fashion wood pencil, he was a study in concentration. "I'm am going over and committing to memory the 12 identifying signs
News Front
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Spc. Raymond Alonso, a combat medic specialist with Charlie Company, 181st Brigade Support Battalion, is the first member of his unit to earn the Expert Field Medical Badge on his first attempt in more than a decade. "Of the three expert badges, including the Expert Infantry and
