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Despite job fairs and other support, many Puget Sound military who have gone from one deployment to another to "instant" jobless civilian status would have no place to go without recovery shelters like the Veterans Resource Center. There, within the Tacoma Rescue Mission, veterans find a clean, safe and orderly
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A letter written in 1945 led Andrew Carroll to begin the Center for American War Letters. Written by a distant cousin, the recollection described his walk through the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald the day after its liberation. "It was one of the most powerful things I had ever read in my
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So you're headed to a new military post - or you're making a list of places you'd like to go, or rather, not to go. In that process, you're recalling things you've heard in the past. Maybe you're researching online to see what others have to say. And chances are,
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The Bloedel Reserve is one of the most distinctive public gardens in the United States. Founders Prentice and Virginia Bloedel created this beautiful landscape in the early 1950s and continued to make improvements during the years they lived there. "Nature is but another word for health," wrote Henry David Thoreau, and
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The opening of Camp Lewis in the middle of World War I Sept. 5, 1917, continued the role of the infantry in American history. In short order, the 91st Division - the Wild West Division - arrived and trained. Soldiers learned close drill, military traditions, bayonet and hand-to-hand combat; they spent
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Not long ago, a man walked into the offices of the Veterans Lending Group (VLG) thinking it was the offices of the Veterans Administration. That mistake proved to be a blessing. "He was homeless," related Brooke Villano during a recent telephone interview. "We talked to him for a while, learned he had
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Under sunny, blue skies yesterday afternoon on Delta Ramp at McChord Field, a C-17 was named "The Spirit of Joint Base Lewis-McChord" during a ceremony. About 100 individuals to include Joint Base Lewis-McChord personnel and local civic leaders attended the naming event. "The naming of one of our McChord C-17s ... represents
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Certain musicians thrive on stepping out of their comfort zone, of embracing a genre that the audience might expect to be out of reach for that artist. Joe Jackson left behind the frenzied punk and New Wave of his earlier albums to explore ‘40s swing with Jumpin' Jive, before eventually landing
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There is a small but interesting show of Northwest Native American art now on display at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. The 12th annual "In the Spirit: Contemporary Native Art" juried exhibition includes 22 works by artists from Alaska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Washington and Canada, displayed in two
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A hallmark of New Muses Theatre is adapting old plays for modern stages. The company's founder, Niclas Olson, writes the adaptations and usually both directs and stars in the shows - a heavy load for anyone to carry, but one he shoulders well. Written in 1753 by the Italian playwright Carlo
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ANNOUNCER: Restaurants have come and gone in Tacoma's Old Town, but relative newcomer Montamara Café has a fair chance at staying in the game with its quality ingredients and close proximity to the water. JAKE: Open for breakfast and lunch only, Montamara surprisingly offers adult beverages that includes mimosas and bloody
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Welcome, once again, to Three Easy Pieces, the monthly column in which I guide you through three distinctive, defining and demonstrative periods, people and products of a certain topic. This month, we're talking break-up albums, taken here to not mean albums that help to soothe the aftermath of a relationship,
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For those of us that are not from Tacoma, here are a few things you should know before visiting. One, if you hate driving on hills, or if you hate paying for parking, do yourself a favor and take a bus downtown. You'll save yourself some frustration and you will
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(Editors note: The Car Show and Grand Parade were listed incorrectly in the original story. Corrections to both the story and the calendar of events have been made. We apologize for any inconvenience.) It began with a budget of $500. In 1957, a group of downtown businessmen pooled their resources to
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On June 17, Vietnam veterans were added to the In Memory Program in Washington, D.C. In addition, five fallen soldiers from Washington state were among those on the list. The Memory Program serves as an induction for those whose time was cut short because of the war. (Due to long-term
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The e-mail began with the sentence, "I'm sure you already know that an online scammer, James Troxell, is using CSM John Troxell's military photo and his biographical information to scam women." Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell is currently the third Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
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The Wires — a Portland-based garage band who will play McCoy’s in Olympia Saturday, Nov. 3 — are not Wire. I promise. Wire, as you probably know if you’ve studied English punk rock, formed in the mid’70s and are credited as one of the forefathers of “post-punk” (one of my least
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If Bobble Tiki knows one thing, it’s how to get on his boss’s good side. Bobble Tiki has spent years refining the art of sucking up, and at this point Bobble Tiki considers himself a bona fide expert. Within the bowels of the Weekly Volcano World Headquarters, there’s not another
