The staggering numbers show how serious falls are for older adults. The National Council on Aging reports that one in four Americans age 65 and over fall each year. In America, every 11 seconds an older adult is treated in the emergency room for a fall. Every 19 minutes an older adult dies from a fall. They are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related … [Read more...]
Obituary Notices – September 21, 2019
Mountain View Funeral Home: Dr. Stanley C. Johnson; Jessica R. Jones; Falon Dawn Miller; Kathryn Rose Mulligan; Dennis Gregory Schuur; James Taylor; Patricia Ann Twiggs. … [Read more...]
City Manager’s Weekly Bulletin Sept. 20, 2019
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) Sept. 20 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here. … [Read more...]
Reminder: New auxiliary lane opens and six-week lane closure on southbound I-5 begins Saturday
TACOMA – Overnight tonight, Washington State Department of Transportation’s contractor Skanska will close up to three lanes on southbound Interstate 5 and the southbound I-5 exit to 56th Street as part of the work to open a new southbound I-5 auxiliary lane from South 38th Street to South 56th Street. The new lane will give South 38th Street travelers a dedicated lane to merge onto southbound I-5. … [Read more...]
Steilacoom Town Administrator Sept. 20 Report to Council
Upcoming Meetings: Council Meeting – October 1, 2019, at 6:30 PM at Town Hall.Planning Commission – November 18, 2019 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall.Civil Service Commission – November 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the Community Center.Preservation and Review Board – October 23, 2019 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall. … [Read more...]
Tacoma Moon Festival set for Sept. 21
The 2019 Tacoma Moon Festival is this Saturday (9/21) from 1:00 to 7:00 PM at the Chinese Reconciliation Park. … [Read more...]
Training Scheduled for Wookbrook area September 23-25
West Pierce Fire & Rescue, as a part of the Pierce County Hazardous Incidents Team (PCHIT), will be conducting training in the Woodbrook neighborhood of Lakewood September 23-25, 2019. No roads will be impacted, but there will be various Pierce County fire agencies in attendance and therefore, many fire department vehicles. … [Read more...]
U.P. Candidate Pro Tem Selection
At its regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 16, Howard Lee was appointed by the City Council to fill Council Position #4 Pro Tem. The position, which represents the entire City of University Place, has been vacant due to Council Member Ken Grassi’s extended absence due to illness. … [Read more...]
PLU’s 2019 Ruth Anderson Public Debate: Should Tacoma Institute Rent Control?
TACOMA, Wash—Rents are rising in Tacoma and surrounding areas, becoming increasingly unaffordable for vulnerable populations and the middle class. Pacific Lutheran University’s Ruth Anderson Public Debate will examine the growing cost of housing in Tacoma and whether a policy for rent control should be instituted. Brandi Kruse, Q13 News Anchor and Host of The Divide, will moderate the debate … [Read more...]
Across the Fence: Just that Color!
Do you have a place that you have been dreaming of to stand there just once in your life-time? A bucket list of locations? Well, the other day it just happened to me, and I was blown! Actually, I’m still living this moment when I got there, the time I spent there – and it felt out of this world, even though it was not that far away, here in Washington State. … [Read more...]