Submitted by Eric Warn. Looking to donate those eyeglasses you’ve had laying around the house for a long time? Look no further than the Lakewood First Lions Club, which has been collecting and recycling used eyeglasses since 1954. The used eyeglasses collected by the club (more than 7,000 in 2023) are processed and packaged by […]
Obituary Notices – November 21, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Keechoong Kim. Mountain View Funeral Home: LaMont D. Johnson. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Vanessa Dawn Gisoldi.
Class Offerings at Lakewood YMCA Ideal for Senior Citizens Who Are Lonely
Submitted by Eric Warn. A recent US Surgeon General’s report says that one out of every two Americans are lonely. With that in mind, the Lakewood YMCA has come up with a number of classes for people to attend and find likeminded seniors who gather together to share laughs and become healthy. The Y’s chair […]
Obituary Notices – November 19, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Linda Oliva Ramos.
Obituary Notices – November 18, 2023
Fir Lane Memorial Park: James H. Gilman. Scott Funeral Home: Ross Ayers Wood.
BECU Expands Footprint with New Financial Centers in Tacoma and Shoreline
Submitted by BECU. BECU, Washington’s largest credit union, will open financial centers next year in Tacoma and in the Ballinger neighborhood of Shoreline. Both locations will join over 60 existing financial centers in serving BECU’s more than 1.4 million members. At the Pierce County Financial Center in Tacoma and Ballinger Neighborhood Financial Center, BECU employees […]
Obituary Notices – November 17, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Ella Dolores Koch. Mountain View Funeral Home: Narciso Franco Balatbat; Yvonne A. Martinec.
Letter: The Role of Public Comment in County Hearings Is Deliberately Being Violated
Submitted by Claudia Riiff Finseth. At their public meeting on November 15, the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Land Use Advisory Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the Hearing Examiner to deny the placement of the county executive’s priority project tiny home village on the Spanaway Wetlands. They ultimately felt, as the greater community feels, that high density development […]
Holiday Store at Steilacoom Museum
The annual holiday store at the Steilacoom Historical Museum opens Saturday, November 18 and will run weekends until December 10. Saturday hours will be 10:00 to 4:00 and Sunday hours will be noon until 4:00. The store will feature Christmas items such as advent calendars, ornaments, decorations and many gift items. There will be fine gifts, […]