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I’m always looking for active pursuits that will up my endorphins, lower my body fat, and make my heart sing. I find myself returning to running because it’s quick and effective. But dang, does it get tedious at times. An online article gave me a nugget to ponder: “Soccer beats jogging for
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Falling into food autumn crisp air brings my need to feed / by sandee glib I don’t know about any of you, but autumn is my favorite season. There is no guessing when it happens around here; unlike summer, we all know it has arrived because it is so very obvious. The
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Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. Mondays: $5 Wine Mondays, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., $5 glass of wines, Rosewood Café, 3323 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.752.7999. Thursday, Oct. 11: Wine 101: Your Personal Flavor Profile, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $39, Wine Bank, 7017
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Just hand over the baklava and nobody gets hurt We love Tacoma’s Annual St. Nicholas Greek Festival. We love the group dancing, the fine food; hell, we even love yelling “Opa!” for no apparent reason. But let’s be real. For us, the entire festival is just a complicated set dressing for
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Hong Sheng Fung, or The Pot Sticker, opened mid-July in a strip-mall right off 82nd and South Tacoma Way. High ceilings, bright white walls, large lush plants and banks of windows make the medium size, one-room restaurant comfortable. A window on the side of the building allows a sneak peak
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Breathe in, Tacoma. Do you smell that? It smells an awful lot like happiness in a mouthful. It smells an awful lot like the kinds of sweet treats granny used to have waiting for you, the kinds of treats celebrations culminate in. It smells like the kind of treats that have a naughty,
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This year marks the 100 Anniversary of Ft. Lewis. Erik Flint, Director of the Ft. Lewis Military Museum, describes Lewis as a "Young Buck, militarily speaking." One hundred doesn't seem especially old, particularly when Compared to Ft. Nisqually, which was actually located near where DuPont currently sits, and which was
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Divine Cox is a sneakerhead. As such, he admires and collects sneakers as a hobby. He is also experienced in telling the difference between real and fake replicas of sneakers. "I've been collecting sneakers since high school," the young airman with the 62nd Airlift Wing's Public Affairs office related. The birth of the
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Hockey is a full contact sport featuring two teams of half-a-dozen individuals apiece on ice skates trying to put a vulcanized rubber puck into a net. "It's a great sport, and for a full tilt, high functioning dude like me, it's wonderful, " commented Master Sgt. Ty Henrichsmeyer, Team America's goalie,
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Making friends in school is hard. Throw in the added wrench of moving every few years, and making lasting friendships can seem nearly impossible. But this is just one challenge that today's military children face. Moving, starting a new school, making new friends, all while coping with a parent who's
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For those heading to college in the fall, this is the time to begin filling out those scholarship applications. The Fort Lewis Family Member Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications until March 25. This scholarship is specifically available to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The scholarship application is open to family members
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The Tacoma Youth Symphony Association (TYSA) is revered nationwide as an organization of the utmost excellence in musical capability and business practice. Having been established over 50 years ago, the organization is renowned for its dedication to the development of quality music and nurturing students to their full musical potential. Admired
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"You never know which organization will work best for the veteran," said Josh Wheeldon, leader of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) in Washington state. He was chatting with other veterans and advocates at the Cask and Trotter in Seattle last Thursday as they shared their experiences over drinks
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For many, that early morning snack to get the day started just has to be a donut, and that's not any different for the servicemembers on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. That's where a little community effort and donations to the USO Northwest come in. "The USO on McChord Field, every morning before 0500,
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Cascade Warbirds, the largest squadron in the Warbirds of America with more than 250 members, is making its annual aviation scholarships available once again. Young adults ages 16 to 21 years with a passion for flight and an eagerness to learn how to fly are encouraged to apply. The deadline to
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The name of French composer Claude-Achille Debussy may not rattle off your tongue, but you do know his work. "Clair de Lune," from Suite Bergamasque, boasts one of the most beautiful and adored melodies in Western history. Almost as well-known is "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun," a 10-minute
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The unimaginable happened at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on a warm Wednesday evening last June. The members of the Wednesday night Bible study had welcomed the stranger with open arms, but he had responded to their hospitality by doing the unthinkable. Opening fire, he
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The first thing to catch the eye when entering the gallery of new gifts to the Tacoma Art Museum is Guy Anderson's "Mountain Picnic," a moody painting in oil on paper mounted on plywood. Next to it is an equally dark and moody painting by Paul Horiuchi titled "Religious Heritage",
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For two days, after which I was fired, I was a door-to-door salesman for a company that sold home security systems. It remains the worst job I've ever done. From house to house, I peddled fear - that someone would inevitably break into these nice homes and abuse the occupants
