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For as long as she can remember, sports and nutrition has always been a part of Molly Maxfield's life - from competitive softball in high-school to studying food science and nutrition at Central Washington University in Ellensburg to her internship at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR. Her
Schools
For the school-aged children of today, there's Facebook, texting, tweets, iPads in classrooms, and unfortunately, more frequent reports of bullying (and cyber-bullying) taking place. Bullying is not only traumatic but it can be a life-altering experience for those involved. Life is even harder when it's military kids being targeted. Within the
Stage
Everyone likes a good joke and being in on the joke is certainly better than BEING the joke. Well, usually. Certainly, people that take themselves too seriously are a drag and theater people who take themselves too seriously are often insufferable. Thankfully, Tacoma Musical Playhouse not only likes a good
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The Warrior Zone turns 1 Sunday. The popular high-tech, state of the art recreation center on JBLM Lewis North next to Wilson Sports and Fitness Center saw more than 150,000 patrons pass through the door in its first year. The Warrior Zone will celebrate its birthday with a
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"I never, ever expected to get a phone call. I thought you were invincible," Cheryl Leonard said to her husband, recalling his last deployment. But her phone did ring in March 2010, just a few months after 1st Sgt. Mike Leonard went to Afghanistan. As a
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Editors note: This report begins a series of monthly articles about the historical sites of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. We begin with the Army Museum, but will incorporate McChord Field in future reports. In 2006, the only living things occupying the third floor of the then-Fort Lewis Military Museum
Military Resources
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AFNS) -- The Defense Department website for military children has added new features to help parents and educators explain difficult topics of the military lifestyle to children. Since its launch in January 2012, MilitaryKidsConnect.org has served more than 125,000 visitors and won five
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For better and worse, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at Tacoma Little Theatre is a very cute play. For some in our Sunday matinée audience, it was LOL funny. Mostly, though, patrons appeared to be charmed but not laughing, and they grumbled through its minutes-long scene changes.
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There are words we use all the time without ever contemplating definitions, and one of those words is cute. When a woman (cute seems to be a predominantly feminine word) describes a movie as cute, you know it's a comedy, most likely a romantic comedy. If it makes her laugh
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I am honored to be in the "Azul" exhibition with five excellent artists at B2 Gallery. I will not write about my own paintings, but will comment on the other artists. There are some astonishing works to be seen, starting with the all-blue figurative sculpture by Francisco Salgado featured on the
Music
Tacoma MC Motamouth Jones has been spearheading a fast-growing, grass-roots, community hip-hop, movement - K.O.E. If you have been keeping your ear to the Tacoma hip-hop scene, then you're aware of the K.O.E. moniker, which stands for Klowns Over Everything. The name reflects the unity its members feel toward each
