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"Camp Lewis built at lowest cost," read the Sept. 12, 1917 headline in the Tacoma Daily Ledger. Capt. David Stone, a West Point graduate, was assigned as Quartermaster for the cantonment to be built on land at the south end of American Lake. Total cost was $6,517,488 - or $142
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There are individuals who will run, walk, swim or bicycle their talk in order to promote a worthy cause. The Run Ranger Run V event is a collection of such individuals. Running throughout the 28 days of this year's February, the goal of teams will work to log 565 miles. To highlight the
People Rule
Growing up at Joint Base Lewis-McChord is one reason Friends of the Fort Lewis Army Military Museum volunteer Joseph Koczur, Jr. enjoys spending time at the Lewis Army Museum. Taking over where his late father, longtime Friends of the Fort Lewis Army Military Museum volunteer Joseph
People Rule
The concept of slowing down is not an option for Will Silva, a fire inspector for the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Fire Department. It’s a mantra that he’s carried through his career with the Marine Corps before leaving and becoming a civilian firefighter. While working for the
Music
When it comes to progressive rock, I've never had the ability that my dad does, to be able to let tricky time-signatures, disorienting tempos, and almost aggressively grandiose scopes simply wash over me. The same music that relaxes him, and many other prog-rock aficionados, has a tendency to rattle my
Reviews
ANNOUNCER: The stretch along South Tacoma Way, between Hwy 512 and 84th Street, is known as Lakewood's International District, and is the place to find some of the area's best Asian cuisine. A biscuit house, serving egg dishes for breakfast and lunch, plus some additional lunch items, seems a bit
Features
There are times when our need for sweets takes over and we just need that fix. If you are like me, it takes more than a warm cookie - which I can make at home - to get me off my couch and out the door to fill that need.
Arts
Vases, vases and more vases crowd two large galleries in Tacoma's Museum of Glass - more than 100 Art Deco vases, statuettes, glass plates and wall hangings from the collection of David Huchthausen, famous as an artist and collector. Not coincidentally an exhibition of Huchthausen's own outstanding glass art closed
Stage
Tacoma Little Theatre begins 2017 with John Steinbeck's classic tale, Of Mice and Men, directed by Niclas Olson, founder and managing artistic director of New Muses Theatre Company. "It's been a pleasure working with the cast to find new layers in Steinbeck's classic," Olson said. "What jumps out at me every
South Sound Cinema
Don't look now, but that's 2017 looming just around the corner, so let's take a look at my 17 most hotly anticipated movies of 2017. Live by Night (Jan. 13). Ben Affleck has directed three of my favorite films of this century: Gone, Baby, Gone; The Town; and Argo. Now
News
Every year, veterans receive mail about joining the American Legion. Many fill out the cards and return them. However, they are not yet official members at that point and are referred to as Legionnaires. From Jan. 16-19, members of American Legions across southern Washington will come together to call local
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Want to see something really scary? For those of you bored to tears by sensationalized gore, there is still plenty to be afraid of in the City of Destiny. Jigsaw’s maniacal machinations shouldn’t be nearly as terrifying as Sound Transit’s plan to send dozens of trains per day across Pacific
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Kourtne Anderson is talking a mile a minute, expounding on the greatness of roller derby team Hellbound Homewreckers. Anderson, aka Pandora Panic, is captain of the team. Seems the Dockyard Derby Dames league will have their season finale bout Nov. 3. Anderson’s super sassy insanity red hair is done by
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Does your kid rock? Let the world know. Little Killers clothing line was started by Jooley Heaps and Jayme Jack in March 2007. “We are inspired first and foremost by our rockin’ kids,” explains Heaps. “With our ideas and talents we wanted to bring a fresh approach to children’s clothing.” With seven years
Attractions
With Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 100th anniversary approaching, many businesses and beloved establishments on the base will be holding events in honor of this tremendous milestone. Specifically, The Lewis Museum will be celebrating the landmark occasion throughout the whole year, giving military personnel, veterans and their families a chance to experience
Military Life
Military "Brats", Mark and Michael Klebeck, cofounders of Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts and Coffee, will soon be opening two new locations of their very successful cafés in the Tacoma area. The first Top Pot opened in Seattle in 2002, has a rabid fan base, and is a successful family-founded business. The
Music
There's a number of iconic scenes in American Psycho where Patrick Bateman - the power broker/serial killer with an immaculately polished veneer, played by Christian Bale, who wisely modeled his performance after Tom Cruise - delivers impassioned monologues about middle-of-the-road pop stars. Bateman extolls the artistry of Huey Lewis, Whitney
Arts
Considered one of the Pacific Northwest's greatest impressionist painters, C.C. McKim was an east coast transplant who moved to Portland from the east coast around 1910, and turned out a large body of glowing, Oregon landscape paintings from then until the early 1930s. American Impressionism was more realistic, more precisely detailed,
Outdoors
White Pass Ski Area is locally known as the place to ski with families. A two-and-a-half hour drive from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord area; it is an easy day trip. Before your first visit, take the time to view the White Pass website, especially for beginners. There is a section on