Submitted by Sound Credit Union. Sound Credit Union (Sound) in partnership with the Milgard Center for Business Analytics at the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT), have announced Aashi Sharma as the winner of the 2024 FinTech Incubator Challenge. Sharma is an aspiring entrepreneur who is in the beginning stages of designing CreditUp, an app designed […]
Tacoma’s Kathryn L. Pascal announced as a nationwide 2024-25 ARTEFFECT Ambassador
Submitted by Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes. The Lowell Milken Family Foundation (LMFF) has announced the 2024-2025 cohort of ARTEFFECT Ambassadors, a prestigious visual arts education online fellowship for educators working directly with students in grades 6-12. The 34 fellows in the second annual cohort hail from 21 states and include 26 visual arts […]
Obituary Notices – November 21, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Suzanne Lynn Lackman. Mountain View Funeral Home: Theodore Kenneth Gord; Jack Jensen; Mary Lou Peterson. Powers Funeral Home: Lois Yvonne Barry; Robert Hibberd Iverson; Sandra Jean Harder. Fir Lane Memorial Park, Funeral Home, Chapel and Crematorium: John F. Cook.
A ramp for Diane
Habitat for Humanity announcement. More than 40% of the projects done by Tacoma Habitat’s Aging in Place (AIP) program are ramp installations. Typically, these ramps are ADA-compliant aluminum ramps, which are weather-resistant and require minimal maintenance. Last month the AIP team was pleased to do a very special ramp installation for Diane. When Diane relocated to Graham […]
CANCELED: Wine & Song 2024: Stephanie Anne Johnson, vocalist, songwriter, guitarist
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma announcement. December 2, 2024 Update. This event has been canceled. We are excited for our annual Wine & Song fundraiser! The Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma events are free through generous support from the Old Town Business and Professional Association, our wonderful volunteers, and our annual fundraiser. Featured […]
Obituary Notices – November 20, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Thomas Cecil Ashlock Sr.; William Michael Buchanan; Melvin O. Drummond; Elaine Mary Gardner; Jennifer Marie Hansen; Jennifer M. Hansen; Axel Lee Johnson; Marietta Jean (Hein) Miller; Danny Paul Neal; Mary Lou Peterson; Darell W Richard; David A. Shively; Barbara J. Swanson; Patsy Ann Thomas.
Letter: Keep the lights on at the Lighthouse (and Beacon) Senior Centers; Tacoma Seniors Need More Services, Not Fewer
Submitted by Karen Fleur Tofti-Tufarelli and Mignonne Peterson. The City of Tacoma plans to close the Beacon and Lighthouse senior centers, hoping that seniors who rely on those centers will somehow seamlessly make the transition to a Metro Parks facility. While Metro Parks does a good job with its programs, Lighthouse and Beacon are long-standing […]
Obituary Notices – November 19, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Ursula Caecilie Moore. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Barbara Jean Kaytor.
Legacy, Legends, and Outright LIes! Dorothy Wilhelm and Don Trosper
Submitted by DuPont Historical Society. How much do you really know about our South Sound Story? Get the Facts in a fun-packed hour with Dorothy Wilhelm, author of True Tales of Puget Sound and Don Trosper, author of The Tumwater We Never Knew. Don Trosper and Dorothy Wilhelm have spent a combined 80 plus years […]