Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE FRIDAY, DEC. 9, 10
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Captain Gregory McCrum has quite a Christmas surprise for his two children: he is home seven months early. He and 170 other Soldiers from 62nd Medical Brigade and 17th Fires Brigade stepped off a chartered plane at McChord Field Tuesday night, representing the last large troop movement of
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Lieutenant Colonel Doug LeVien and Maj. Kenneth A. Willeford, commanders of the 593rd Special Troops Battalion and the 22nd Human Resources Company respectively, cut a ribbon, ceremoniously opening the 593rd Sustainment Brigade's post office Dec. 1 on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The post office is run entirely by
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Sergeant 1st Class Patrick Huntley was viewed as the "go to guy" for advice by many of his Soldiers. But his willing ear and wise counsel are gone. An accident took his life Nov. 7. His Soldiers were joined by others from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord community for
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There are few gifts as inexpensive and meaningful as the one that sustains life. The Armed Services Blood Bank Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord collected donations of said gift at Nelson Recreation Center Nov. 30 for one of its most successful drives to date. Each unit of
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Hospice, the sophomore album from Brooklyn based band The Antlers is one of the best albums of 2009. Through its eerie, whispered vocals, ambient and transitory tracks and poetic lyrics Hospice tells the story of a man whose wife is suffering from a terminal cancer at the end
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Has someone recently told you that your appointment will be held in the Jay Clinic? How about the Finch, Bear or Apache Clinic? If so, you are a part of a shift at Madigan Healthcare System toward a Patient-Centered Medical Home model of care. One of the more
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You probably already knew that Tricare covers seasonal flu, H1N1 flu and pneumonia vaccines at retail pharmacies. And you probably also knew that Tricare covers those vaccines at 100 percent, with no copay. Combined, that means you and your Family can get any of those shots at
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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 508th Military Police Battalion flag football team's roster took some hits this year. The 2010 Army Joint Base Lewis-McChord champions lost five of its players throughout the season - some due to deployments. After the MPs defeated GSSC, 1st Special Forces Group, 8-6,
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Quick question for you: What’s the poetry scene like in Tacoma? If you said, “Wait a minute! What poetry scene?” — you’re exactly the type of person I’m looking for. (Unless, I suppose, your idea of poetry is the stuff scrawled on the walls of Honeybuckets.) Fact