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    New funding helps dementia patients on antipsychotic meds
    By Tricia Schug • April 24, 2013 2:31 pm

    The ombudsman also saw evidence that Bob appeared to be heavily medicated by an anti-psychotic drug called Risperdal, often used to control challenging behaviors. The drug can have long-term adverse side effects as well as fatal consequences for elderly people with dementia, like Bob.

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    A few of the 37 students who earned their GEDs from Multi-Service Center last year were honored on Jan. 27
    GED program: ‘I needed to expect more from...
    By Tricia Schug • February 23, 2013 11:00 am

    In the summer before his senior year of high school, Jeffery Mitchell, now 22, moved with his family to the Puget Sound area.

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    Federal Way Rotarians raise money for technology lab
    Federal Way Rotarians raise money for technology lab
    By Tricia Schug • February 22, 2013 8:10 pm

    At their Jan. 26 fundraising gala, members of the Rotary Club of Federal Way raised their bid cards in support of Multi-Service Center’s Education and Employment Program.

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    A few of the 37 students who earned their GEDs from Multi-Service Center last year were honored on Jan. 27
    By Tricia Schug • February 22, 2013 7:47 pm

    In the summer before his senior year of high school, Jeffery Mitchell, now 22, moved with his family to the Puget Sound area.

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    Decatur High School freshman Makayla Long and her grandmother Betty Long work on stockings for Christmas House.
    Federal Way teen fills thousands of Christmas stockings...
    By Tricia Schug • December 10, 2012 5:16 pm

    Children in Federal Way may not know 15-year-old Makayla Long, but because of her, they know the fun of getting a stocking filled with gifts on Christmas morning.

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    Life may not be as dramatic as flying cargo in and out of tight spots during wartime
    Former Air Force pilot accepts critical mission for...
    By Tricia Schug • November 9, 2012 7:22 pm

    DeLaFontaine’s service to others started in spring 1943, when he left college to enlist in the United States Air Force. As a pilot of cargo planes, DeLaFontaine flew small, single-engine planes and larger C-47s throughout the Philippines and New Guinea.

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    Melissa Stanley
    Sprouts of help for Federal Way families
    By Tricia Schug • May 25, 2012 5:53 pm

    Students at Nautilus Elementary School in Federal Way are learning valuable lessons in organic gardening and nutrition, while also helping to serve families in need.

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    Volunteers Rose Ratteray and Billie Paddock help an interested shopper at The Giving Tree in The Commons Mall. Shoppers select tags with gift ideas
    Christmas House serves hundreds of Federal Way kids...
    By Tricia Schug • December 13, 2011 3:30 pm

    Each day until Dec. 18, shoppers at The Commons Mall can stop by The Giving Tree located in the center aisle of the mall near Target. Shoppers can select a gift tag with a suggested item, purchase the gift and donate it to the Christmas House program.

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