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Eighty years ago, this month, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre players took to the radio to broadcast a live adaptation of HG Wells' classic tale of an alien invasion, The War of the Worlds. What followed, as legend has it, was widespread panic from listeners who believed they were actually
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While our usual advice, when confronted with an overwhelming festival, of any sort, is to take your chances on any random entertainment you may not have heard of, throwing a dart at a board isn't always enough. After all, we're also opinionated film nerds, and we can't pass over the
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We've been covering the Tacoma Film Festival for a number of years, at this point, and one of the pleasures of doing so has been in charting its steady rise to becoming one of the Pacific Northwest's preeminent annual cinematic events. Since its humble beginnings at the Grand Cinema, 13
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Two WADS airmen assigned to the 225th Support Squadron won silver medals at the Northwest Regional USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Competition in July and are headed to Nationals next week. Competitors travelled from all over Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to compete at the regional competition in Tacoma in order to qualifying
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Exercise Ample Strike and NATO Days Air Show in the Czech Republic from Sept. 8 to 18 offered an opportunity for 62nd Airlift Wing airmen from the 4th Airlift Squadron to integrate with NATO forces during a multinational exercise and outreach effort. This combined exercise directly supports 2018 National Defense
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Just after completing the final flight of the Southern Hemisphere winter Antarctic season, the 304th Expeditionary Air Squadron was alerted there was a medical emergency at the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station Aug. 25. In the face of rapidly deteriorating weather conditions, the 304th EAS was able to redirect a mission
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This year's free chinook salmon giveaway at the Nisqually Tribe's Clear Creek Hatchery on Joint Base Lewis-McChord continues Oct. 4 and Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Each year, more than three million chinook smolts (baby salmon) are released at the hatchery. Every fall, when the chinook salmon
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The 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, recently completed a 21-day training rotation at the Idaho Army National Guard's Orchard Combat Training Center, located southeast of Boise. The U.S. Army unit utilized the OCTC ranges Sept. 4-24 to complete a series of
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Joint Base Lewis-McChord Fire Department will be actively participating in the annual Fire Prevention Week activities Oct. 8-13. There will be static displays with JBLM fire vehicles, fire prevention smoke trailer and informational booths at both Lewis Main and McChord Field exchanges Oct. 9-12 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The
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Monday, October 1st, 2018 (Arlington, TX) – Today, the Air Force joined the early adopters in a leadership position by purchasing over 30,000 Apple and Android PKard® Readers for BYOD use from Thursby Software Systems, Inc. Nearly two years ago the Navy Reserve took the initial steps in two distinct areas.
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Friday, Nov. 30: Pasado’s Animal Safe Haven Fund Raiser and Wine Tasting, 6-8 p.m., $10, The Wine Basket, 2118 S. 314th St., Federal Way, 253.874. 3070. Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. Monday, Dec. 3: Psychic Shirlee Teabo, 4-8 p.m., $15, Vin Grotto Café
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CFC is your opportunity to give to local and national charities through your payroll. Millions of dollars are donated annually. From September to December, you can choose the CFC organizations you'd like to support. Inside this guide are many local options
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American composer Philip Glass comes to the University of Puget Sound, Friday, Feb. 16, to present a live multimedia performance celebrating creativity and the art of musical collaboration at Schneebeck Concert Hall at 7 p.m. The composer uses major collaborations with other artists in his own career to show how
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Mary Helen has worked at The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. for over 40 years. "I am one of the small percentage of people who are blind and who are employed," she said. Nationwide, 70 percent of those who are blind are unemployed. "My steady employment at The Lighthouse has provided the
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It's great to be outside! "The outdoors, a lot of times, is about freedom," Ed Bronsdon, the executive director of Outdoors for All, said in a recent news article. Founded in 1979 at Snoqualmie Pass in order to teach 15 children with disabilities to ski, the Seattle-based foundation is dedicated to bringing
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The USO strengthens America's servicemembers by keeping them connected to family, home and country throughout their service to the nation. As a congressionally chartered, nonprofit organization, the USO is not part of the government and does not receive any government funding. In fact, USO Northwest relies entirely on the generosity of
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is dedicated to finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma while at the same time improving the quality of life of patients and their families. The LLS, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, which was founded in 1949, is the world's largest voluntary health organization
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For close to a quarter of a century, the Madigan Foundation has steadfastly, and consistently, labored to make the lives of servicemembers, their families, retirees, and the Madigan Army Medical Center's staff better and healthier. Created in 1995, the nonprofit 501(c)(3) foundation is unique in the community of military medicine. "The Foundation
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About 40 percent of the food produced annually in this country ends up in landfills. Meanwhile, there are millions of Americans who go hungry. Closer to home, one in seven people in Washington state live with the threat of hunger. One in five of them are children. "Hunger doesn't have to happen,"
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The Minutemen were citizen soldiers who volunteered before the start of the American Revolution to fight British soldiers at a minute's notice. This spirit of responding quickly in helping today's citizen soldiers is evident in the work of the Minuteman Fund of Washington. "The fund provides assistance grants to Washington National Guard