Lakewold Gardens announcement. A Bright Uncertainty seeks to explore motherhood through the personal paintings of Lorra Jackson. The artist explores the legacy of her biracial identity that straddles her Korean and African American heritage through a selection of articulate portraits and figurative works and metaphorical imagined realities, all beautifully rendered in oil. The portraits are intimate […]
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Mayor Victoria Woodards statement on Tacoma Police Department’s Mid-Year Analysis of Violent Crime Reduction Plan
City of Tacoma announcement. “We have made historic investments in community safety. Although we have much work ahead of us, we continue to see crime trending down overall. Although we are at 15 homicides so far in 2023 – which is still deeply troubling – we see that violent crime has dropped by 18.1 percent […]
Home in Tacoma Phase 2 Engagement Continues with 6 Events
City of Tacoma announcement. The City of Tacoma is hosting six open house events between May 22 and June 14 for the Home in Tacoma Project—a multi-year effort to update Tacoma’s residential zoning to increase housing supply, choice and affordability. Tacoma City Council members will host meetings in their districts. There will also be a […]
CPSD Staff Spotlight: Theressa Prather
A Clover Park School District story. Our Clover Park School District Staff Spotlight this week features Custer Elementary School fourth grade teacher Theressa Prather. This is Theressa’s fourth year with CPSD. She started teaching in 1989 and has previously been an elementary school principal. She joined Custer as a fourth grade teacher to return to her […]
Detroit Zoological Society, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Collaborate to Provide Twin Polar Bear Cubs a New Home
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium announcement. The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) and the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium announced today that two polar bear cubs, Astra and Laerke, will move to Point Defiance Zoo in spring 2023. The transfer is being conducted per recommendations by Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) polar bear population experts. As with all recommendations, zoos collaborate to ensure the […]
Kilmer, Bergman Call for Immediate Changes to Improve Transition Assistance Program for U.S. Servicemembers
Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer announcement. This week, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Jack Bergman (CO-02) called for urgent reform to the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), a key resource aiding servicemembers transitioning to civilian life, following troubling findings in a 2022 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. “Servicemembers deserve our utmost support, not just when they’re in uniform, […]
Steilacoom student graduates from Hastings College
Hastings College held its 137th Commencement on Saturday, May 13, 2023. During the ceremony, the College awarded degrees to 211 undergraduates and seven Master of Arts in Teaching graduates. Graduates represented 19 states and 13 countries. Steilacoom’s Johnathan Wegleitner (Accounting) was among the 211 undergraduates. The student speaker was graduating senior Emma Downing, a history […]
Kilmer, Mace Introduce Bipartisan HAVENS Act to Address Veteran Homelessness
Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer announcement. On May 15, 2023, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Nancy Mace (SC-01) introduced the Housing America’s Veterans and Ensuring They Have Needed Services (HAVENS) Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at providing housing solutions for veterans experiencing homelessness. According to the 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, on a single […]
Obituary Notices – May 18, 2023
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Contessa Faith Armstead. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Leuea P. Sopi. Powers Funeral Home: Donald Lee Roy Connolly Sr. Scott Funeral Home: Cheryl J. Hill. Neptune Society: Weldon Alfred “Bud” Barrett Jr. Memorial Service, June 10, 2023 at 10 am, Lakewood United Methodist Church (6900 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood).