(Photo by Joe Carr)

Portraying the Firebird, Eli Sterling speaks of the journey of the Wind, Firebird and Moon as Solstice Dancers circle him while performing the Dances of the Elements during a Winter Solstice Celebration at The Capitol Theater. (Printed with permission. Photo by Steve Bloom/The Olympian)

Military vessel, USNS Pililaau, carrying equipment back from the Iraq war, is the largest on record to unload at the Port of Olympia. (Photo by Robert Torre)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro laugh during an anti-Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) meeting in Havana April 28, 2005. The two leaders are seeking to build an alternative to the U.S.-backed FTAA, from which Cuba is excluded.