Submitted by Lee Ann Ufford, Program chair, friends of the Steilacoom Library. Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was a famed singer, songwriter and composer of folk, country, blues and protest music. Perhaps best known for “This Land is Your Land” the native Oklahoman lived in New York City for many years but it was his brief time […]
Don’t miss the annual Fieldhouse Flea Market
Submitted by Lynn Raisi. Are you seeking vintage treasures, handmade creations, and a fabulous Food Court? Don’t miss the annual Fieldhouse Flea Market! The University of Puget Sound Women’s League Fieldhouse Flea Market is happening Saturday, March 22 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Held since 1968, we are Tacoma’s original vintage and creative Market. The $5 […]
Lakewood Scout Troop 53 celebrates 100 years
Submitted by Alan Billingsley. 100 years ago in March of 1925, Scout troop 53 was formed by a number of prominent Lakewood citizens. Among them was Norton Clap, owner and designer of Lakewood Colonial plaza and long time scout supporter. Dedicated to serving our local youth, the Scouting program thrives today with the inclusion of […]
Lakewood’s Inouye graduates from University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Lakewood’s Lora Inouye earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s 60th midyear commencement Dec. 14 at Kolf Sports Center. About 700 students earned associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees and joined the ranks of more than 100,000 UWO alumni.
Obituary Notices – February 13, 2025
Mountain View Funeral Home: Fred A. Schenk. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Charles A. Duggins. Gaffney Funeral Home: Jean Evelyn Balman; Tacoma Mausoleum & Mortuary: Jeffery Zupan; Douglas Wright.
Friends of the Lakewood Library Donation Dropoff, Saturday, Feb. 15
Submitted by Robert Estrada. In preparation for the May 2-3, 2025 book sales, donation drop-off dates are the Saturdays of February 15, March 15, and April 12. Please bring your donations to the back parking lot of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 10630 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood, from 11am to 1PM. In addition to books, […]
Letter: Towers of Babel in the Modern Era
Submitted by Aaron Arkin. According to Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was built to reach the heavens by a united humanity. God, observing this arrogance, resolved to confuse humanity’s previously uniform language, dooming the project and preventing any such future efforts. Still, with mathematics the lingua franca of architects and […]
Obituary Notices – February 12, 2025
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Ingeborg L Carmona. Mountain View Funeral Home: Kelley B.C. Hopkins; James Alan Jenkins; Lon Lacina; Rodolfo Sanchez Rodriguez; Thomas Rogacki. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Arthur S. Mattocks. Powers Funeral Home: Christine Louise Thompson; Joan Hamburg; Beatrice L. Utzig; Vladimir Pavlov; Lelia Mickle; Chul K. Morin; Helen Reynolds.
Steilacoom Super Work Party XIV. Mother Nature Has the Last Word
Submitted by Nancy E. Henderson. Hours before Super Bowl LIX began, with assurances of no precipitation, 27 energetic volunteers attended Steilacoom’s Super Work Party XIV. This was the 14th work party devoted to restoring habitat along a stretch of the Town’s 5th Street Waterway which has lacked native plants and adequate shade. The 5th Street […]