Submitted by Bruce Dammeier. I’ve always said that we work with amazing people, and I recently learned about another extraordinary County employee. During the day, Kyra (O’Keefe) Smithlin is an Accounting Assistant II with the Finance Department. But the rest of her time is devoted to the American Heart Association. Once you hear her story […]
Heroes
Submitted by Bruce Dammeier. The first major cold snap is behind us and for the most part we escaped significant snowfall in the lowlands. But the sustained cold did wreak some havoc – did you hear about the frozen then broken fire sprinkler in Woodland Elementary? The flooding did significant damage. How did you fare? […]
Happy birthday
Did you know our own Pierce County’s Medical Examiner (ME) Office turns 40 years old in a couple of days? The office was established back on January 21, 1984, when Pierce County converted from the elected coroner model to a professional medical examiner. You did not need any specific experience to be elected as the […]