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 […]
15th Annual Cops v Teachers Charity Basketball Game names recipient
Submitted by Baron Coleman. The Lakes High School Skills USA Club in Partnership with The Kiwanis of Clover Park are proud to announce our Recipient for this years 15th Annual Cops vs Teachers Charity Basketball Game/Silent auction has been awarded to the Lakewoods YMCA’s After School Program for Youth, and the Foster Care Membership program. The […]
GoFundMe for shooting victim
Submitted by Mary Lanter. On the evening of January 22, 2024 our dear Leslie Crossley was brutally murdered in Lakewood, Washington. Our family is struggling to understand this tragedy and trying our best to get through these dark days. We are devastated and desperate for justice to be served upon her killer. (Read original announcement […]
Clover Park Rotary Partners with Eagle Scout
Submitted by Clover Park Rotary. Clover Park Rotary Partners with Eagle Scout to continue work at the South Sound Wildlife area. For two Saturdays in January, 32 community members and Scouts gathered to start restoration in the South Prairie of the wildlife area located here in Lakewood. Part of Morgan Dodd’s Eagle project, a debris […]
Lakewood First Lions Club Crab Feed And Dance, Feb. 17
Submitted by Eric Warn. It’s less than a month before the Lakewood First Lions Club’s Annual Crab Feed and Dance at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17thth, 2024, at Clover Park Technical College’s Sharon McGavick Center in Lakewood. So if you like to eat Dungeness crab (chicken is an alternate meal choice), dance to a well known rock band “The Lakewood House Band,” splurge on fabulous […]
Port of Tacoma Partners with WorkForce Central to Further Support Paid Learning Opportunities
Tacoma – Job seekers will have access to high-quality paid learning opportunities in Pierce County through a partnership between WorkForce Central, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, and the Port of Tacoma. The partnership will provide career pathways training through paid internships and work experiences in the maritime and trade industries, including construction, skilled trades, manufacturing, and […]
Cascade Regional Blood Services to Transition Operations
Submitted by Cascade Regional Blood Services. After nearly eight decades of partnering with thousands of Pierce County donors to deliver life-saving blood products to local hospitals and patients in need, Cascade Regional Blood Services (CRBS) has announced plans to transition its local blood bank operations in February. The move comes in support of Bloodworks Northwest, […]