Submitted by Bob Warfield, Lakewood. Two months have passed since a brushfire in Woodbrook neighborhood swept into the Bobs and Jamestown Homeowners Cooperative on 146th Avenue, SW, in City of Lakewood. Winds were stiff and conditions dry. The alarm came in to Tillicum’s Engine 23 Station at 2:09 PM. In ten minutes, West Pierce Fire […]
Dance Theatre Northwest Presents Fall Showcase in University Place
Submitted by B.J. Coleman. Dance Theatre Northwest will present its Fall Arts Showcase –an “Arts Are Education” Performance at the University Place Library Atrium, Saturday, October 7th at 7:00 PM. 3609 Market St. University Place, WA 98466 (Between 37th St W and Bridgeport Way W)The performance is free, handicapped accessible and open to the public. […]
10th Beer & Bites to support South Sound Care Foundation
Beer & Bites, the annual event and auction benefitting The South Sound CARE Foundation (CARE) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday, October 7, 2023. All proceeds from this annual event go towards expanding clinical trials and research for patients fighting cancer in the South Sound. Historically a cancer diagnosis in the South Sound meant […]
Obituary Notices – September 27, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Tada Yotsuuye. Mountain View Funeral Home: Merari De León; Donna S. Dennis; Jonathan Andrew Harding; Chester A. Larson; Sonny Leoso; Martha T. Mayo; Viliamu Tuilata; Donald Van Ness. Powers Funeral Home: James Earl Shaver; Feiloaiga Nu U; Jane Carhuff; Michael S Gasper.
Thank You, Work Party Volunteers
Submitted by Nancy Henderson. Thank you, Alex Chaney, Ann Genn, Dan and Barb Szekely, Hugo and Jennifer Fischer, Kevin and Stephanie Riddle, and Dick Muri for your hard work at Sunday’s work party removing blackberry vines and other invasive plants from the area where last fall 75 trees were planted at the Chambers St entrance […]
Produce from Lakewood Community Garden
Submitted by JustJim Endicott. This is the 10th year of harvesting fresh produce from the Lakewood Community Garden The garden is overseen by Lakewood’s Parks and Recreation, directed by Mary Dodsworth. The garden itself is managed by volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Clover Park. (They meet every Tuesday at noon at the Ram Restaurant. […]
Strickland Recognized As Planned Parenthood’s 2023 Champion of Reproductive Health
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. Today (Sept. 23, 2023), U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) received Planned Parenthood’s 2023 Champion of Reproductive Health Award for her work highlighting how the Dobbs decision – which repealed the constitutional right to abortion – disproportionately affects low-income families and particularly women of color. Strickland is a leader in the […]
Obituary Notices – September 26, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Malyssa Jenkins. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Keith Lionel Wren. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Frank Jackson Jr.; Betty S. Jensema. Hill Funeral Home: James Seeber Christian. Gaffney Funeral Home: Geraldine Florence Woods; Tami Sue Love-Thomas; Gary Edward Zanuzoski.
Strickland Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Fentanyl Overdose Crisis Among Adolescents
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) alongside fellow Representatives Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Kim Schrier (WA-08), Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Ryan Zinke (MT-01), and John Moolenaar (MI-02), re-introduced the Stop Overdose in Schools Act. This bipartisan legislation would secure funding for naloxone training and purchasing, and would increase naloxone access for school resource officers, […]