Robin Paterson, left, who owns the tugboat Joe with his wife, Kae, pilots the vessel to victory in the first heat of the 2010 Harbor Days races Sunday on Budd Inlet. Robin Paterson, left, who owns the tugboat Joe with his wife, Kae, pilots the vessel to victory in the first heat of the 2010 Harbor Days races Sunday on Budd Inlet.

For tug captains, race just the start

Olympia - For a tugboat captain, success is measured in how well your boat can pull its payload. However, during the 37th annual Olympia Harbor Days vintage tugboat races Sunday on Budd Inlet, those same captains were content talking tug and having fun, all the while trying not to blow an engine.
Gallery: 2010 Harbor Days tugboat races

Passers-by look at the gravelike markers, part of the Arlington Northwest Memorial, which was set up Sunday along Ruston Way, adjacent to Commencement Bay, in Tacoma. The marker in the foreground, in part, reads Passers-by look at the gravelike markers, part of the Arlington Northwest Memorial, which was set up Sunday along Ruston Way, adjacent to Commencement Bay, in Tacoma. The marker in the foreground, in part, reads "Cpl. Glenn J. Watkins, Company B, 161st Infantry, Tacoma, Washington, Age 42." A note about his family follows.

Temporary memorial 'personalizes' war

Tacoma - Jeri Marie Bennett was jolted Sunday by thousands of simulated grave markers lining the grass along Ruston Way, bearing silent testimony to the lives lost in Iraq.

Members of the Capital High School girls cross country team are reflected in the sunglasses of coach Kevin Wright, whose philosophy for winning consists of a lot of two things: miles and smiles. Members of the Capital High School girls cross country team are reflected in the sunglasses of coach Kevin Wright, whose philosophy for winning consists of a lot of two things: miles and smiles.

Coach's keys: run, have fun

Maybe it's the coach's humor, his sappy jokes.

Jennifer Gamboa says she thinks the drive to reduce health care costs should benefit the physical therapy profession, which can treat pain less expensively than surgery. Gamboa plans to add two employees at her Virginia company in the next year. Jennifer Gamboa says she thinks the drive to reduce health care costs should benefit the physical therapy profession, which can treat pain less expensively than surgery. Gamboa plans to add two employees at her Virginia company in the next year.

World of jobs morphing into haves, have-nots

Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay – or none at all.

Chris Jordan makes a suggestion to Ernesto Zamora, 15, while painting a mural on the thrift store located on South 56th Street. Chris Jordan makes a suggestion to Ernesto Zamora, 15, while painting a mural on the thrift store located on South 56th Street.

Painted revival

By Rosemary Ponnekanti There's a flying turtle on the restroom wall at Portland Avenue Park, a crowd of orange people on South 56th Street, colorful goats near the Interstate 5 underpass.

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2010 Harbor Days tugboat races

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