Do you know what is the oldest country club and golf course west of the Mississippi River? It is none other than Tacoma Country and Golf Club, located on the shores of Lakewood’s American Lake. The recently remodeled and expanded clubhouse will be site for the Lakewood Historical Society’s July meeting, Tuesday, July 21, according […]
Meeting & Greeting etiquette topic for LWB July 16 meeting at Oakbrook
Meeting and Greeting will be the program topic for a Lakewood Women in Business luncheon meeting Thursday, July 16 at Oakbrook Country & Golf Club. The meeting will start at noon. Jan Luze will present the program at the July meeting. It will cover aspects of proper etiquette for individuals attending business or social gatherings […]
Steilacoom museum roofing with ancient cedar
Buzz Brake and Steilacoom’s Dieter Mielimonka study the cedar bolt before splitting more shakes. Re-roofing the Wagon Shop at the Steilacoom Historical Museum July 19 won’t result in a commercial roofer showing up and slapping new shingles onto the historic building. Instead, this historic structure will get cedar shakes from ancient wood hand-split by hundreds […]
July 4 ice cream social in Steilacoom
If you like ice cream, the Steilacoom Historical Museum Association (SHMA) has a special July 4th offer for you! The association will hold an ice cream social on Independence Day, starting at 11 am and continuing until 3:30 pm. The ice cream social will be held at the historic Bair Drug Store in the heart […]
Concert at Steilacoom’s Pioneer Park
Thank you Dr. Kelly
Longtime Lakewood family practice physician Dr. Michael John Kelly has decided to leave his medical practice in Lakewood. He closes his office on Custer Rd. by the end of June. According to a letter the doctor sent to all his patients, Dr. Kelly opened his local office 20 years ago, moving here from a practice […]
Robinson retiring July 31 from CPTC
Tony Robinson, vice president for operations and facilities at Clover Park Technical College, will end a 35-year career at the Lakewood college at the end of July. He started at the school when it was part of the Clover Park School District. The college executive was born in England and came to the United States […]
Design Day for UP Playground
University Place organizations kicked off efforts to build the Playground by the Sound at a design Day Thursday. The activity was capped off with a community celebration and public showing of the preliminary design completed by a Leathers & Associates designer.
Changes coming to Steilacoom PO
Changes are coming to the Steilacoom Post Office but according to Tacoma Postmaster Robert Galtrude town residents shouldn’t notice the differences. Before the end of summer, Galtrude plans to move the four Steilacoom carrier routes out of the Steilacoom office and into the Lakewood office. He indicated the Steilacoom retail operation including sale of postal […]