New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Patrick McGoldrick; Miyoko Peebles. Mountain View Funeral Home: Julio Olivera Cruz. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Stephanie D. McCall.
Obituary Notices – February 5, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Roberta Chachere; Addison (Ady) Babauta; Marcus William Boldt; Kerry Burger; Yoon M. Choi; Bill Douglas Emsley Jr.; Ricky Jackson; Michael Lee Kinney; Shirley Ann Kotchkoe; Mark Allen Little; Betty Jane Smith; Mary Frances Smithwick; Josephine Anne Swanson; Dennis Lee Tank. Hill Funeral Home: Joanne Flower Hackett.
2024 Point in Time Count & Upcoming Ferry Projects
Office of Jani Hitchen, Pierce County Council, District 6 announcement. I’ve had the chance to volunteer for the annual Point in Time Count three times. This is a nationwide event that every jurisdiction receiving HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) funding must do every other year. In the state of Washington, we are […]
Clover Park School District & YMCA Partner on Late Nite for Students
CPSD has partnered with the Lakewood Family YMCA to provide a place for middle and high school students to gather for fun and camaraderie on Friday nights. The program, called Late Nite, is a free teen wellness and violence prevention program that offers all CPSD students in grades 6-12 a safe space to spend time […]
January Session Recap
Office of Sen. T’Wina Nobles, 28th Legislative District announcement. We’re already over a third of the way through the 2024 legislative session! Can you believe it? My team and I are hard at work championing legislation that reflects our shared priorities. Scroll down for a snapshot of the bills I’ve sponsored and a few updates I […]
2024 Spring Fair Photo Contest – Cash Prizes
Submitted by Tacoma Photographic Society. Have a great image? Why not enter it into the 2024 TPS Spring Fair Photo Competition and get a chance to win cash prizes! All photos will be exhibited at the 2024 Washington State Fair. Amateur photographers who derive less than 50% of their income from photos are eligible to […]
Obituary Notices – February 3, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Pammie Sue Ainslie. Mountain View Funeral Home: James Lee Evans; Jean Gottgertreu; John Thumbi Muguku; Max “Bud” Owen; Karen Melanie Stanley.
A Lakewood Baseball Story-The LBC years
Submitted by Paul Nimmo. Going into his Senior year of High School (Harrison Prep Class of 2022), my son Ethan was already a Baseball Veteran of 12 years. With the demise of Baseball in Lakewood Parks & Recreation, my son Ethan still wanted to play Baseball, so we reached out to Lakewood Baseball Club. Six […]
Letter: Be Still My Heart
Submitted by Aaron Arkin, Steilacoom. One TV show I regularly enjoy is a PBS formulaic but very watchable detective mystery series set on a small Caribbean island (Death In Paradise). With its colorful Creole characters and who-done-it and how-was-it-done plotting, conundrums and misdirection, it engages the audience as they try to solve the mystery. Its […]