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Education never smelled so good. The new Evergreen Elementary School at Joint Base Lewis-McChord smells new. It should, as students and staff returned from the holiday break to begin 2017 in a brand new school Jan. 3. The school is the sixth and final Clover Park School District elementary school to be built
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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
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History is best learned when all who helped make it are remembered. The spirit of remembrance led to creation of the 9th and 10th Buffalo Soldiers (Horse) Museum. But first, some history. After the Civil War, Congress authorized the creation of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 38th through the 41st
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Songwriter and singer Billy Joel once opined that music is an explosive expression of humanity. For Beth Whitney-Teeple and the other singers comprising the South Sound Threshold Singers Chapter, his thought on the power of music is very real. "We're all just walking each other back home," she quoted Ram Dass, an
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The four-cylinder, direct drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston driven Lycoming O-360 engine in the Cessna 172, coughed into action. As the engine evened off and took on a steady hum, an attendant pushed the aircraft away from the dock, and the aircraft began to taxi out into the open waters of
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Woody walked reverentially between the headstones in section 28B of the Tahoma National Cemetery. He carried a left armful of Christmas wreaths highlighted with a red bow. His black leather jacket spoke to his military service to the nation. "I've been coming here since 2008," said the Army veteran who served multiple tours
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The front door opened and out leaned Bessie Hubbard. "Hello there," she said with a smile. "Let me hug you; you know I'd like a little love." At 94 years young, her desire was understandable and reciprocated. The reason for being in her home had everything to do with her husband, SVC Edgar
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The email said to write about five different things to do with your kids over the holidays. Does tying them up with five different colors of duct tape and leaving them in their rooms for five days count? Probably not. OK. So you're stuck with the urchins and need something to do. What
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There are individuals who have the talent to understand a concept and then improve it. What's more, some of these people use their innovation in a way to help others do their jobs. These few folks are leaders, and one such individual is Scott Plocar, recently named Air Force Reserve Command's Outstanding
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Today marks the end of a small but significant chapter in Army history. The 201st Expeditionary Intelligence Brigade's C/52 Long Range Surveillance Company will be inactivated. "We're the last to inactivate," commented Capt. Daniel Baker, as he and some soldiers attached to the company's mountain platoon rappelled off a 40-foot tower. "What we're
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The quarter-page ad featured a picture of Oscar-winning big screen actor Tom Hanks with the eye-catching words, "Heroes Hidden In Plain Sight." Hanks recently joined former Senator Elizabeth Dole and other high profile individuals in Washington, D.C. to launch Hidden Heroes, a campaign created by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Based on a
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Good things are oftentimes disguised as small things. Beads come to mind. "We put some cobalt blue beads up on the wall, and people came in and bought them," related a jolly Douglas "Buck" Boling. As to those beads, they're blue like Santa's eyes. The general manager of Shipwreck Beads in Lacey, Boling's comment
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The work is done on a new primary care clinic in Lacey, and military families will be smiling because it's a Tricare facility. The clinic is called the Providence Multi-Service Clinic, and it is a collaborative venture between Pacific Medical Centers (PacMed) of Seattle and Providence Medical Group. PacMed is a multi-specialty
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Father Christmas lives at Fort Nisqually. An imaginary figure believed to bring presents to and for children on the night before Christmas, he is conventionally portrayed as a jolly old man with a long white beard and red clothes. On Dec. 3, for the 20th year, Father Christmas will be in attendance
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For the third straight year, new soldiers just assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord enjoyed a welcoming Thanksgiving dinner. "These young soldiers are new to JBLM, and for the majority of them this is their first Thanksgiving away from home," commented Herb Schmeling, vice president, Eastside Subchapter of the Capt. Meriwether Lewis
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For those looking to make holiday gifts composed of tactical or gun gear, Quantico Tactical and Tactical Tailor are businesses worth checking before harnessing the reindeer to the sleigh. Both stores are ready for Christmas. "We're stocked up on all our popular items, as well as many new ones," wrote Tyler Hobbs,
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There are 23.7 million military veterans in the United States, and many of them are seniors, or soon will be. TRICARE, a healthcare program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System, offers some options to help veterans and their loved ones make a decision. Skilled Nursing Care: This is
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Seventy-five percent of wounded warriors report they have post-traumatic stress, and a third of those say they've struggled to find care, however, more are finding access to healthcare and education, a survey recently reported. More than 31,000 warriors registered with Wounded Warrior Projects' (WWP) survey of military veterans. "This seventh survey was
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Nothing brings a family closer than a tradition, and the cutting of the annual Christmas tree is one such custom. "The cutting of a real Christmas tree is a real tradition," said David Armstrong, owner of the 12-acre Glenwood Christmas Tree Farm, as he stood in a clean and spacious gathering
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The thwack of the three-wood announced the launch of a golf ball over the green of the fairway and toward the distant firs. "This is the tenth time I've been out here," commented Andrew Oczkewicz, the United Service Organization's (USO's) director of operations at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, said before teeing off. "Part