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Spc. Lucas Nieddu finished the 27-question land navigation test. He seemed pleased with himself. "The hardest part of the day for me so far has been getting up," he said with a big, confident smile. "But hey, we're getting the hard part of our work done early." Nieddu - along with Pfc.
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When it comes to dental health, the facts are sobering, especially when it comes to children. Dental decay is the number one chronic disease that affects children in the United States. Statistics have also shown that by the time a child completes high school about 80% of them will have tooth
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Count yourself blessed, Tacoma, because you get to see something few people in the world have seen. Throughout his career Eric Carle, famous for children's books such as Brown Bear - Brown Bear, What Do You See? And The Very Hungry Caterpillar and more than 70 other picture books -
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The annual Gray sky Blues Music Festival began in 2008 when the Daffodil Parade organizers approached the Tacoma Events Commission, asking for help to get more people to attend the long running parade. Seizing on the opportunity to bring some brightness to the mid-spring doldrums, the Commission envisioned the Gray
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We might not see the High Five'n White Guys or the Lame List, but a couple Almost Live! veterans will Billy Quan their way onto Tacoma Comedy Club's stage Tuesday night. John Keister, who hosted and much of the writing the regional sketch comedy TV show from 1984 to 1999,
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Local saxophonist Kareem Kandi presents a musical gift to the South Sound Thursday. Get this: Boarding a plane in New York bound for the Puyallup campus of Pierce College are trumpeter Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Gil Evans, Tito Puente, Manhattan Jazz Quintet), bassist Essiet Essiet (Horizon, Art Blakey,
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Receiving a lot of hype and mostly deserving it, Savannah's Cusses dual-twist punk angst/frenzy and down and dirty southern rock like rosy, freshly-pierce nipples. Born star Angel Bond belts it and struts like product of a Siouxsie Sioux/Karen O/Mick Jagger three-way. This is a festival band, folks. Their explosive, crushing
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The Weekly Volcano recognizes the need to keep ourselves young by occasionally going out and assaulting our livers and the sensibilities of other Tacomans - and that's exactly what we do during Doyle's Public House's St. Practice Day parties. Doyle's is a great pub on any given day, but every
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Oh my gosh, you guys! Tacoma Musical Playhouse's version of Legally Blonde the Musical totally hits their stage with mixed success. Amidst the humor there are some (preferably) forgettable tunes and themes in this vapid tale of Elle Woods' pursuit to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner. The original production of
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The weekend of April 20-21, The Grand Cinema is hosting our first ever 24 Hour Movie Marathon. This is an event that we've wanted to do for a long time, but finally moved forward with this year as a support event for our Digital Conversion Campaign — to which all
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Christine Yazzie believes in opening her own door of opportunity. "Doing something different in your life opens many doors, and for me there is so much to do in aviation," she said as we talked in a classroom at Clover Park Technical College's Aviation Branch at Thun Field. Yazzie's attraction to aviation
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The weekend of April 20-21, The Grand Cinema is hosting our first ever 24 Hour Movie Marathon. This is an event that we've wanted to do for a long time, but finally moved forward with this year as a support event for our Digital Conversion Campaign — to which all
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A bit of history landed at McChord Field yesterday morning. "There's a great deal of symbolism here," Lt. Gen. Darren McDew said moments after landing McChord Field's last and newest C-17 after a 2.3 hour flight from Long Beach, CA. "This is a big day for this kid with a 9 year
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The next time you see troops in dark green and black "digicam woodland" uniforms with Canadian flags on their sleeves, say hello. There's a good chance he or she may be your next-door neighbor, your co-worker or your newest friend - in addition to being a Canadian Servicemember on temporary
