Story and photos by Tim Marsh, Lakes High Class of 1966. I rode my Sears J. C. Higgins bicycle — bought in 1963 from the Sears catalogue and paid for and picked it up at Sears & Roebuck in Lakewood at 8720 South Tacoma Way at the “U.S. 99 at Lakewood cutoff” – off into […]
March Session Recap
Office of Senator T’wina Nobles announcement. The 2024 legislative session officially ended earlier this month! I’m elated to share our progress with you and want to thank everyone who engaged in the legislative process — our work was made better because of YOU. Scroll down for a recap of what we accomplished in 2024, details for our […]
Pierce County Parks Summer Hiring Expo happening April 3
Pierce County Parks is hosting a Summer Hiring Expo aimed at filling temporary positions within the department. The Expo will be held on Wednesday, April 3, from 3 – 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Community Center, 9112 Lakewood Dr SW in Lakewood. Interested candidates must apply online by March 27th to be scheduled for an […]
Obituary Notices – March 28, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Shane DeSouza; Susanna Hongyee; Ronald E Klapperich. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Douglas D Carbaugh.
Letter: Senator, you’re no . . .
Submitted by Aaron Arkin. Recently, for two days the entire Town of Steilacoom intermittently lost electric power, leaving me without a hot supper and several hours of free time to contemplate in the dark who knows what or why. It was during one of these meandering states that I began to think about the famous […]
Obituary Notices – March 27, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Dean Johnson; Tong Suk Om. Mountain View Funeral Home: Dakota Feeney; Myrtle Fredson; Kelly Hite; Kevin Kimbrough; Catherine Kozloff; Ethel Mae Price-Mitchell. Powers Funeral Home: John Frederick Seaman. Gaffney Funeral Home: Kayla Michelle Neujahr; Robert Wesley Jenkins. Scott Funeral Home: Tashylah Michelle Combs. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Jenny Lynn […]
Get Schooled Receives $300,000 Donation from KeyBank To Improve College and Career Access for Underserved Youth
Submitted by KeyBank. TACOMA, Washington – March 22, 2024 —Get Schooled has received a $300,000 grant from KeyBank to further its outreach to first-gen-to-college youth in the Pacific Northwest. Get Schooled provides personalized support along three journeys including helping prepare them to continue their education after high school, throughout the first year of higher-ed, and […]
21st annual Easter Egg Hunt serves 250+
Submitted by Eric Warn. More than 250 Lakewood underserved children and parents participated in the Caring for Kids/Lakewood First Lions Club 21st annual Easter Egg hunt at Springbrook Park near Joint Base Lewis McCord on Saturday, March 23. In addition to Easter egg buckets, the children received hot dogs and chips, drinks, crayons, pencils and coloring […]
Kilmer Introduces Legislation to End Blood Quantum Discrimination Against Native Americans in Border Law
Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer announcement. U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Russ Fulcher (ID-01) introduced the Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act to redouble America’s efforts to end a half-century-old U.S. immigration policy which requires Native Americans to carry proof of their blood quantum, documents showing that they are at least 50 percent Native American, […]