City of University Place announcement. The City of University Place, Washington is seeking qualified consultants for a community center feasibility and site plan study for a 100,000 square foot area located at Cirque Park. This area has been identified in the City’s Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan and the Cirque Park Master Plan as […]
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Help preserve the beloved ‘Lakewood Shops’ sign
Submitted by Tim Marsh, Lakes High School Class of 1966. Does the beloved ‘Lakewood Shops’ sign on Gravelly Lake Drive in Lakewood deserve to be preserved? If Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho, can save a sign, so could Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington. The Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune says the Potlatch Historical Society is repairing a 1950s neon Carter’s Log […]
Grayson Nottage ‘23 prepares to become a teacher who excites students about science
By Grant Hoskins ’23, PLU Marketing & Communications Student Writer Grayson Nottage ’23 has wanted to become a middle school science teacher ever since she was a middle school science student. She admired many of her own science teachers, and aspires to become the sort of educator that inspires and excites students about science. Next […]
Klahowya at Fort Nisqually
Metro Parks Tacoma announcement. Join the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum Saturday, April 29 (11 am-4 pm) for our first living history event of 2023! Klahowya means ‘Welcome’ in Chinook Jargon. Get to know the Fort with hands-on activities, crafts demonstrations and more. Hands-on activities will include: Click here to purchase tickets. Event admission is […]
CPSD Staff Spotlight: Flor Lewis
A Clover Park School District story. Our CPSD Staff Spotlight this week features Open Doors Youth Engagement Program career resource counselor Flor Lewis. This is Flor’s second year at Open Doors. Flor was initially hired as a health clerk, but the position as a career resource counselor opened on her first day. Flor immediately decided to […]
Play and Dream the World You Want in Utopian Garden
Tacoma Arts Live announcement. TACOMA, WASH. — A world premiere exhibit arrives from Berlin at Tacoma Armory, following the success of Imagine Van Gogh. Tacoma Arts Live has commissioned this dynamic interactive experience in partnership with one of the world’s most visionary design studios, flora&faunavisions. Find yourself at the intersection of art, science, and nature; […]
Obituary Notices – April 27, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Kathie Leigh Burks; Janice L. Campbell-Stout; Phillip “Flip” David Gerking; Anita Renee Lightsey; Helen Hudson Marsh; Emily McGee; Thomas E. Price; Jerry Virgil Ramsey; Joan Kalehua Rodrigues; Mutsumi Spencer; Robert L. Stanton; Leah Toelupe; Betty K. Torgrimson. Gaffney Funeral Home: Liam Patrick James Day. Scott Funeral Home: Jose Luis Chavez Lopez; Sirrone […]
Register for the Spring Session of On Seeing Nature
City of University Place announcement. Join the Tahoma Audubon Society for this installment of their indoor/outdoor events that endeavor to build participants’ knowledge about birds and plants while enhancing observational and drawing skills. You’ll spend half of your time outdoors with naturalist and landscape designer, Anna Thurston, and Tahoma Audubon’s expert birder, Scott Saunders. The […]
Win A Beautiful “Titanic” Gold Plated Keepsake or Centenary Editionof the Colorful Book “Titanic”
Phil Raschke announcement. On 2-3 May the Lakewood History Museum will be holding drawings for a beautifully engraved goldplated “Titanic” keepsake plus a copy of the Centenary Edition of the book “Titanic, The Legend of theUnsinkable Ship”. This colorful book contains removable facsimile documents relating to the sinking andincludes radio messages, passenger statements, ship mailed […]