New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Phillip Smith. Powers Funeral Home: Shirley Marie Lundstrom; Charles Luchini; Ruth Macejak. Gaffney Funeral Home: Michael Bakula. … [Read more...]
Springbrook Connections Need Your Help
Submitted by Jesse Black. Springbrook Connections will be holding our annual holiday giveaway this year on December 19 & 20. Although we will not be able to allow low-income families to come in and "shop" for gifts this year, we cannot leave the children of Springbrook with nothing under the tree. Our solution is to have families pre-register for the giveaway and have them pick up their … [Read more...]
Greater Then Ever Cub Scout Troop 472 Annual Food Drive
Submitted by Janet Harper, Executive Director. "So That No Person Goes Hungry". On Saturday, Nov. 14, DuPont's Cub and Boy Scouts Troop 472 delivered to the Tillicum/American Lake Gardens Community Service Center approximately 5,000 pounds of collected food, from their annual Food Drive. … [Read more...]
Little Church on the Prairie Preschool Update
Submitted by Little Church on the Prairie. Little Church on the Prairie Preschool team made the difficult decision to suspend classes until Sept. 2021. Hours of research, and discussions, led the staff and committee to believe the health of the families we serve is best met in their own homes for now. … [Read more...]
Obituary Notices – November 23, 2020
Mountain View Funeral Home: Donald Keith Wright Jr.; Vivian Rose Allen; Chella Laurena Boyd; Henry J. Hordyk Jr. Hill Funeral Home: Clifford Stookey. … [Read more...]
Obituary Notices – November 21, 2020
Mountain View Funeral Home: Charles Brazel; Carole Louise Miller. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Robert E. Altig Jr. … [Read more...]
Rosalie At Buckhorn
Submitted by William Elder. Somehow in this time of self-generated chaos, blended from some add-mixture of national ineffectiveness and corona-19 virus, a personal, instructive, look back at a previous disaster might be useful, even soothing. I offer it as such for your consideration (From Tooter's Damn!) It was never a question of whether to disobey or obey Papa or Mama one way or the … [Read more...]
Letter: Now That We Finally Have Our Scenery Back….
Submitted by Mike Farley. Whether people liked or disliked the results of the recent election, we can all celebrate the fact that for the first time in over six months our public right-of-ways are finally free of the unsightly litter of cheap cardboard and plastic campaign signs. The annual (for each of the past three years) trashing up of our streets is ultimately pointless and only serves to … [Read more...]
Letter: Turkey Give Away Gave Them All Away
Submitted by Bev Rarey. I was excited to see in The Suburban Times, that the Making a Difference Foundation was giving away turkeys on November 20th at Eloise's Cooking Pot Food Bank in Tacoma. I phoned a friend to let her know and she checked Facebook only to find that on November 8th, Making a Difference had said they had no more turkeys. … [Read more...]
Obituary Notices – November 20, 2020
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Alexandra Bogaciuc; Maria Roberts. Mountain View Funeral Home: Willie Howard Montgomery. … [Read more...]