New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Kyungsoon Lee. Mountain View Funeral Home: Douglas Clark; Dollie R. Hurt; Dorothy J. Lunsmann; Wilfred C. Mickelson; Marianne Peden; Jim Pivec; Edwin R. Pollock Jr; Robert Schwatrz; Tammi Williams.
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Charles Wright Alum Named a NWC Athlete of the Week
Lakewood’s Brenna Sclair (Charles Wright Academy Class of 2019) was named a Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week in women’s track and field for the week of April 4-11. Brenna is a Junior at George Fox University and set the new Northwest Conference standard in the 800-meter race (2:17.48) the Lewis & Clark Invitational. That […]
Steilacoom High School Students Enhance Community Center Grounds
Submitted by Nancy E. Henderson. Blessed with an afternoon of sunshine in the midst of a string of unusually cold and rainy days, on Friday, April 15, students from Steilacoom High School’s National Honor Society (NHS) spent several hours sprucing up a natural area on the grounds of the Steilacoom Community Center. Because some native […]
Rotary Club of University Place-Fircrest Plans Post Office Cleanup April 24
Submitted by Claudia Ellsworth. Rotary Clubs of Pierce County will celebrate Earth Day with a variety of environmentally oriented projects. UP-Fircrest Rotary members will gather at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at the University Place Post Office on 27th Street to continue last Fall’s cleanup of Post Office grounds. Volunteers will bring wheelbarrows, pruners, rakes and other […]
Terri Card ’83 leads with care as COO of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Terri Card ’83 doesn’t just care about people. She cares about caring for people when they need it most. Card is the chief operating officer of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health, but says she’s still a clinician and care provider at heart. That might be because she spent most of […]
TPL’s Northwest Room introduces new database of local history collections: Northwest Online Records and Collections Access
Tacoma Public Library announcement. TACOMA, WASH.—Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room today launches a new digital discovery database called the Northwest Online Records and Collections Access (Northwest ORCA). Users can access documents, photos, videos, and other artifacts from the Community Archives Center, the Richards Photography Studio collection, newly acquired photos from The News Tribune and records from the […]
Free community performance and program commemorating the 80th anniversary of the wartime eviction of Japanese Americans in Tacoma
Washington State History Museum announcement. Tacoma, WA – The Washington State Historical Society, writer and public historian Tamiko Nimura, and Tacoma Arts Live are teaming up to host a program commemorating the 80th anniversary of the forced eviction of Japanese and Japanese American people living in Tacoma. Free and open to all, Languages of Memory: A South Sound Japanese American Day of Remembrance, […]
Celebrate Bike Month in May with Pierce Trips
Pierce County announcement. The Bike Everywhere Challenge runs from May 1-31, 2022. Participants can register as an individual or team. Those who log at least 10 bike trips in the Pierce Trips calendar are eligible to win prizes including: $50 and $100 gift cards to a local bike shop. Annual Discovery Passes. Great bike accessories […]
Lakewood City Council Meeting Recap for April 18
City of Lakewood announcement. Parks Appreciation Day is this Saturday, April 23. The City will host a volunteer day to perform spring cleaning at local parks. The City Council issued a proclamation to recognize the occasion. The proclamation was accepted by Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Chair Jason Gerwen. Governmental Affairs Consultant Shelley Helder reviewed the recent […]