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2008-05-16T23:17:47+01:00text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comPaul SchragWalking the wrong way
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<p>Tacoma officials have been working hard to put feet on the street — at least downtown — for some time now. For those of you still thinking city officials have failed miserably, Dan Burden wants to remind you that it’s way easier ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJohn HerbertSchool super squabble
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<p>Clover Park school district officials recently celebrated the designation of new superintendent, Debbie LeBeau, recently chosen to replace Dr. Al Cohen, who served as interim superintendent during the past school year. <br />
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But not ever ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comGeorge DornLocal Living Lounge
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<p>This spring and summer, Go Local! and Tacoma Farmer’s Market will offer chances to see, do, eat, experience, learn and, er, lounge at the soon-to-debut Local Living Lounge. Every Thursday, in conjunction with Tacoma Farmer’s Market, Th ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffThe crime stopper
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<p>Tacoma City Manager Eric Anderson has unleashed his latest bold initiative. This time it’s about crime. More specifically, it’s about cutting crime in half by the summer of 2009. The plan was created from feedback given by more than 20 ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJohn HerbertHouse of the rising stunned
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<p>Tacoma area developer Ken Miller learned this week that Sound Transit has demolished the historic Hansen House at 5820 S. Hood St. Built around the turn of the 20th century, it was named after the family of Northern Pacific Railroad worker Daniel ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJohn HerbertFrank tax talk
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<p>We don’t understand all this Russell Investments economic development mumbo jumbo. But Paul Guppy sure does. Guppy is vice president for research at Seattle-based think tank the Washington Policy Center, and has made a career out of analyzin ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJoe MalikPump up the volumn
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<p>If you think gas prices are hitting you and your ’98 Honda Accord in the wallet, trying owning 1,200 cars, trucks and hybrids. The City of Tacoma does. But officials in charge of the massive fleet aren’t all that worried. No, really. < ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJoe MalikLegislative recap
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<p>Well, it’s over. The legislative session, that is. This year’s pre-election session was expected to be mild, with politicians holding back for fear of angering potential voters. The state Legislature passed more than 300 laws since Jan ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comPaul SchragGang fear cancels show
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<p>Hip-hop took a blow this week as Broadway Center for the Performing Arts administrators announced they were pulling the plug on a Rottweiler Records CD release party Friday that would have included headliner and hyphy pioneer E-40. BCPA officials ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJoe MalikMobile savages
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<p>Pattie Donery has no idea how she is going to survive the next year. Last week she underwent major heart surgery to repair damage from two heart attacks. As she recovers at home in Puyallup’s Country Aire Manor mobile home park, she and her ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comRobert DobbsBranding Tacoma
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<p>A consortium of developers, city officials and other Tacoma boosters has announced a re-invigorated re-branding effort that endeavors to tell the world why it really is a good idea to live in Tacoma. Though no official artwork, slogans or jingles ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffShiftshaper tags Hilltop
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<p>In an act of symbolic sedition, a group known as the Hilltop Action Committee has declared war on Tacoma’s condominium development community. Don’t worry, it’s just a spray-paint war, and no one seems to have noticed. <br />
<br ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comPaul SchragSaving Tacoma's bond
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<p>A group of local and state officials have taken a large step in their efforts to save Tacoma’s historic Murray Morgan Bridge. The bridge was closed last year, after years of neglect, when Washington State Department of Transportation officia ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comRobert DobbsSound investment
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<p>It sounds too good to be true, but all accounts indicate that the recently-announced Sound Community Initiatives fund will play a brilliant role in revitalizing poor neighborhoods in Tacoma and beyond. <br />
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Organized by members of the M ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheShe's your online Mama
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<p>Would you be able to come up with 365 positive things to say about Tacoma? That’s precisely what Tacoma resident Jennifer B., aka Tacoma Mama, did. Following the fatal shooting of a student at Foss High School last January, Jennifer B. was t ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comAngela JossyBig shoes to fill
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<p>He goes by many names. Mesopotamians called him Enkidu. Tibetans call him Yeti. The Chinese call him Yeren. Australians call him Yowie, the Welch call him Brenin Llwyd or the Grey King. Scottish people refer to him as the Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheAnime, burping, video games
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<p>Teenagers lined the wall in the meeting room at the Lakewood Pierce County Library on a recent Wednesday afternoon. Why? might you ask. No, they weren’t in trouble. They were watching “Black Cat.” You’re probably wondering ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheCan you strut your stuff in fur?
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<p>If you love baseball, look good in antlers and think you have what it takes to be the next Rhubarb the Reindeer, the Tacoma Rainiers is hosting mascot tryouts Jan. 12. Only a handful of people have signed up, so your chances are better than you mi ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comPaul SchragSprinker snowman contest
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<p>Before there were cities, governments or tacos, ancient people endeavored to sculpt natural substances into meaningful forms — monoliths to honor the seasons, shaped mounds of earth to celebrate ancient gods. Since then, environmental sculpt ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheCapt. Dale rushes to greet guests
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<p>As you enter Tacoma’s former Sheraton Hotel, now Hotel Murano on Broadway, Bell Captain Dale Rush’s smiling face usually greets you. He’s a 61-year-old who not only enjoys life, his job and Tacoma, but every hotel visitor. <br /> ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheGreen drinks all around
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<p>What do a Green Mojo, lime and honey Martini and an Apple-tini all have in common? Yes, they are all delicious alcoholic drinks, but there’s something else — they are all some shade of the color green. <br />
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No, it’s no ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comPaul SchragPresident rocks
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<p>When Ronald R. Thomas assumed the mantle of University of Puget Sound president in 2003, then Board Chair William T. Weyerhaeuser said, “Ron Thomas is an outstanding choice to lead Puget Sound at this time in the school’s history. He c ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheSpoken word poet has a lot to say
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<p>Lucas Smiraldo looks like your average middle-aged man with thinning hair and a pudgy mid-section, but he has a fire in him that he needs to release. His chosen form of creative expression is spoken word poetry — something he’s been do ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerThe King of rock and roll
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<p>Broadway, Tacoma, United States, the World. <br />
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Walk down a street, notice empty store fronts with official looking signs ensuring they’ll remain empty for a while. Pass the Rainbow Center and Club Silverstone. Go too far and hit ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerSugar high
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<p>When the Weekly Volcano World Headquarters received a hot tip about hotties in a coffee shack called the Hot Hut, I was skeptical. Sure, the girls on the Web site (www.thehothut.com) look pretty good in their studio shots, but they couldn’t ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerStylistic, schizophrenic abstract style
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<p>Aaron Trotter-Voronoff told me on the phone, when we set up our appointment, “You’ll know me when you see me.”<br />
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It’s about noon, and a herd of university students is thinning out into small numbers of individu ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerThe Place is spinning
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<p>At the occasionally hectic Open House for Tacoma Art Place on Saturday, a woman sat placidly working on something that appeared to be a toy.<br />
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As a round block of wood spun, dangling a dowel, a bundle of fluff on the table became orga ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerBringing life to death
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<p>Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, will bring Tacoma revelers a reason to get over the post-Halloween remorse, with a series of culturally inspired events that bring a sense of light to a dark topic.<br />
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Colorful, light hearted, an ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerCreating the art of the scene
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<p>James Ceccanti circulates around the basement recreation area at the Epworth LeSourd Methodist Church in Tacoma, stopping to chat, offering mask-making advice, and in general making participants feel welcomed. He’s helping individuals at the ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerWhat a Ketcham
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<p>I ran into a friend from an art class at the University of Washington, Tacoma. I took the class because I needed an art credit for my minor in education. Burk Ketcham took the class to workshop some socially conscious art that he was creating for ...