Submitted by Christine Hall - Franke Tobey Jones. Tacoma - Franke Tobey Jones is celebrating the addition of two new residential buildings at its scenic North Tacoma campus. The public is invited to an open house July 27 to explore the new two-story Care Center and brand-new Bristol View independent living apartments. … [Read more...]
Little Church Hosts National Night Out Celebration
Submitted by The Little Church on the Prairie. Free event-meet your neighbors and city leaders to help make our community safer. Free hot dogs, bounce house, give-aways, and more. … [Read more...]
Lakewood Playhouse Needs Your Help
Care to help the Lakewood Playhouse meet its annual fundraising goal? Learn more here. … [Read more...]
Obituary Notice – July 23, 2019
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Angela Minor. … [Read more...]
Statewide Flag Lowering for Justice Stevens
Pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, in memory of Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens. Retired Associate Justice Stevens passed away on July 16 from complications of a stroke at the age of 99. … [Read more...]
Letter: The Pending Demise of Waughop Lake Courtesy of Ecology and Lakewood City Council
One of these days soon Fort Steilacoom Park goers will witness the beginning of the demise of Waughop Lake as 8 large tanker trucks roll up to the shore line of Waughop Lake, unload their toxic cargo of chemicals onto a barge that will then discharge 48,826 pounds of toxic soluble aluminum and 109,730 pounds of sulfate into the lake. The sulfate will subsequently be chemically transformed into … [Read more...]
Curran Orchard 2019 Summer Events
Submitted by CORE. Curran Apple Orchard Park 2019 Summer Concert Series! Get set to rock and roll during the Curran Apple Orchard Park’s 2019 Summer Concerts! … [Read more...]
‘Renew Active’ by United Healthcare Now Accepted at the Roy H. Murphy Community Center in Fircrest
Submitted by Cynthia Endicott, Gentle Yoga Coach. New! The "Renew Active" Fitness benefit will be accepted for full class payment at the Roy H. Murphy Community Center in Fircrest for their Gentle Hatha Yoga Classes beginning in July, 2019. United Healthcare now offers this fitness benefit in many of their Medicare Supplemental Plans. They are expanding this program in the West. … [Read more...]
Obituary Notices – July 22, 2019
Mountain View Funeral Home: Zona Arlene Wagner; Helga Bryson; James Melvin Budnick Jr. … [Read more...]
Letter: Homeless
Submitted by Bob Warfield, Lakewood. I parked in a vacant space in front of the former gym, now vacant, next to the Lakewood Goodwill. Entering the store, I noticed a shopping cart, dressed with the customary accumulation of forlorn hope. Left under the intersecting corner eve, it suggested its trusting owner was in the store. I entered, collected two proper wine glasses from a shelf filled … [Read more...]