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Military families looking build some memories or to bond together after a long deployment have a great opportunity to visit the northwest's largest theme park in May. Silverwood Theme Park, located just north of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Highway 95 in scenic northern Idaho, is hosting American Heroes Weekend May 28-30.
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While enrolled at Evergreen State College's Tacoma campus, film student Ronald Lagman saw heavy doses of sex and violence - a la Quentin Tarantino style - grace the screen in several of his classmates' films. Lagman knew he wanted something different out of his work. After seeing a documentary about
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Looking to find out what you are made of? The Warrior Dash is likely right up your alley. The dash is an adrenaline fueled, obstacle infused, weekend party event for those seeking extreme physical challenges. The Washington Warrior Dash is set for July 21 and 22 at Meadowbrook
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Ever since the first American troops rode Harley-Davidson motorcycles during the Mexican Expedition in 1916, the company has enjoyed a long-standing bond with men and women who have served the nation. Northwest Harley Davidson in Lacey has strengthened that bond at the local level for several years. The store put on
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With dreams of becoming a dentist, Jacob Hatzinger knows there are years of school and tuition payments ahead of him. That's why he's getting an early jump on saving up for college. The Graham-Kapowsin High School senior is off to a good start. Hatzinger was recently awarded a $3,000 scholarship from the
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While a keyboard and an Internet connection might have replaced the pen, paper and stamp in the digital age, the overall tenet of the pen pal relationship has remained the same. And although the old fashioned lure of the opening of a love letter might not compare to clicking to open
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Bryce Fields is extremely grateful for all the different things he experienced growing up in an Air Force family. Those experiences have helped shape him into the person he is today and have given him some direction of where he wants to go in the future. Fields received a nice boost to
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With his convoy team set to venture into potentially dangerous conditions in Iraq on the other side of the U.S. base's walls, Tech. Sgt. Marques Martin was calm, cool and collected. As a deployed convoy commander tasked with leading teams carrying supplies and equipment out of Iraq, the 627th Logistics Readiness
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It's not too often that all three commanders of the major Air Force units at McChord Field are in the country at the same time - and have some free time in their schedules. Just ask Gary Brackett, business and trade manager for the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. Brackett spent several months planning
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His shirt spotted with blood from a cut on his opponent's face, an exhausted Cameron Martinez sat in a chair in a busy training room inside Soldiers Field House on Joint Base Lewis-McChord with a big smile on his face. With the large championship belt was around his waist, Martinez held
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