Tacoma Week In Review
Local news this week has been rightfully dominated by the down-to-the-wire state budget passed in Olympia. This week lawmakers worked fast and furious to pass a budget, ending the 30-day overtime in dramatic fashion. However, at the culmination of yet another extra session, most politicians and citizens seem much more
Music
This week, Bobble Tiki's going to cut straight to the chase. Bobble Tiki went to his high school prom, but it was not the magical evening it's often made out to be in the movies. There was dinner in Bobble Tiki's braces, hesitation in his date, and island themed souvenirs simply
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Innovation can make history. Take Brown & Haley's Almond Roca as one such example. At the beginning of World War I in 1914, Harry Brown and J.C. Haley started a candy company in Tacoma, Washington. In 1916, Brown & Haley began producing a confection called the Mount Tacoma Bar. As the war wore
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Marion Sydenham Ball was born in 1923 in Ft. Missoula, Montana, as she puts it, "a child of the 4th Infantry Regiment." When Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, Ball interrupted her college studies to enlist in the Army Nurse Corps, but shortly after the war ended, she
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Goodbye North Fort Lewis, Main Post, even McChord Air Force Base, as the second decade of the 21st century began, so did a major name change at Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base. As a result of the Base Realignment and Closure process, the Evergreen Post became Joint Base
Concert Alert
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In the damp of an April morning in 2004, soldiers assigned to 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division prepared for a "Lancer Challenge." As stopwatches ticked, the soldiers confronted challenges - from carrying telephone poles to crawling through foot-deep mud - to complete the test. Moments after finishing, a dirty and wet Col.
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From the horse-mounted soldiers of 100 years ago to the 450 horse-powered Strykers that characterize a significant portion of the post's mission today, the post has steadfastly served the country. Strykers have met the challenges of a post-Cold War world with the development of a more flexible doctrine of war fighting
Focus
There are men and women who join the Army and know being a Soldier is for them. There are other Soldiers who join but aren't quite sure if they will be "lifers," as the military community calls retirees. I Corps Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell was one of those unsure Soldiers,
Military Resources
As spouses of servicemembers and Department of the Army civilians gathered around the horseshoe-shaped table for the third Spouse Resiliency Academy to begin on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, coordinators and instructors greeted the newcomers to the four-day course at the Family Resource Center, May 17 to 20. The program was established to
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Following World War I, two events of consequence affected Camp Lewis. First, the vast majority of jubilant doughboys hurried home from Europe and immediately separated from the military. Second, the green timber, which had been rapidly hammered together to form the base in 1917, began to deteriorate. Soon there were
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Once Camp Lewis was built, soldiers in-processed, trained and shipped out to Europe, including the 91st Division, which left in the late spring of 1918. While the 91st had many names, the nickname the soldiers chose to carry with them as they boarded trains was the Wild West Division. At one
Music
These days music is digital and mostly free. How does this impact us? Well, for one, big-name local artists are now able to release albums at will, with or without an album-release show or listening. On this note, Doughkain, one of the most respected artists on the streets, is back at us
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Tucked behind a moss, encrusted brick wall, sits an imposing 500- year-old Tudor, gothic mansion, the only English castle in the Pacific Northwest, and, just across the bustling I-5 corridor, sits the imposing Joint Base Lewis-McChord, considered the 7th largest city in Washington state. To see what these seemingly disparate
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Spokane's famous Davenport Hotel, the Spokane Chronicle Building, even a modest home in Metaline Falls that now is used as a community theater, are just a few examples of the many early 20th century buildings designed by an Ohioan who came west to follow his career. Once Kirtland Cutter began his
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The first soldier of any influence to recommend the construction of an Army post at American Lake was Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray. On a visit in 1912 to inspect National Guard training, Murray, who at the time was chief of the United States Army Board, delegated to inspect possible sites
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Joint Base Lewis-McChord was once covered by a mile-thick sheet of ice. Geologists believe the greater Puget Sound basin was carved out by this ice (named the Vashon Glacier), which scraped and drove across the region 30,000 years ago. It was this process that created the perfect flat terrain for
Outdoors
Snowshoeing is a fun, easy-to-learn winter sport, and one of the most accessible areas to try it out is Longmire in Mount Rainier National Park. Plan your trip This time of year, the weather is unpredictable in Mount Rainier National Park. Plan to get an early start, but always check the park's
Military Life
Fort Lewis Thrift Shop assistant managers Julie Maddry and Kelli Weinerth are well versed in the art of thrift shopping. What started as a hobby has become a full-time job for the two military spouses. The two met when they first moved here. Weinerth moved from Camp Walker in Daegu, South
