State House candidate Roger Flygare has touted his military service in Vietnam and his Purple Heart while on the campaign trail, and has repeatedly told voters he served two tours of Vietnam.
State House candidate Roger Flygare has touted his military service in Vietnam and his Purple Heart while on the campaign trail, and has repeatedly told voters he served two tours of Vietnam.
He now acknowledges he served a single, yearlong tour in the war, and says he didn’t mean to misrepresent his Army career.
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Two new members have joined the Federal Way City Council, filling seats that opened when a pair of council members won election to the Legislature last fall.
In two years of combat service in Vietnam, I had ample opportunity to observe U.S. troops in action.
RICHLAND -- Community Education plans three walking tours this month of Richland's historic "alphabet house" neighborhoods.
The houses, with each model named for a letter of the alphabet, date to the days when Richland was a government-owned town for workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
Saturday, a tour is planned of World War II-era neighborhoods in the south part of historic Richland.
In a typically lively conversation with Roger Griffith, such topics as social justice, antique clock repair, world music and cultural diversity are likely to pop up.
That's why music lovers were often surprised by the themes when they saw Griffith, 73, direct the eclectic Kulshan Chorus over the past 25 years.
However, Griffith's last local concert as director won't surprise lovers of The Beatles. He calls the April 27 event at Western Washington University "The Second Great Beatles Sing-along."
Nancy Pelosi tapped Thompson to head the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. Thompson says he will “meet with as many folks as we possibly can” in crafting a legislative package that will start with reviving an assault weapon ban but might extend into newer ideas.
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