On May 7, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 372. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 11.1 per 100,000. We confirmed 218 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. Our totals are 45,624 cases and 535 deaths. Starting today, […]
Obituary Notices – May 8, 2021
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Rodolfo Dichoso Simbre; Larry Fred Crenshaw. Mountain View Funeral Home: Helen May Haskell; Jack Darwin McNair. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Asunción Revidiego Agosti; Tracy W Heil.
Including everyone saves lives
By Bruce Dammeier, Pierce County Executive. I’m glad we are finally at the point where everyone who wants a vaccine can get one – and hopefully the Pfizer vaccine will be approved for middle schoolers next week! Between the Tacoma Dome mass vaccination site to smaller pop ups at schools, businesses, and community centers, we […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator May 7 Report to Council
Upcoming Meetings: Council Meeting – May 18, 2021, at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84516344123 Planning Commission – May 10, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86930414573 Civil Service Commission – May 27, 2021 at 2:00 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86430542756 Preservation and Review Board – May 26, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84705609211 (*) Meetings […]
Lakewood City Manager May 7 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) May 7 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Letter: For My Mom
Standing at attention in a pouring Georgia rain for mail call at o-dark-thirty in a sea of mud on a parade ground, the recruit heard the drill sergeant bark out his name. He double-timed it to the front of the formation, but not fast enough to please the sergeant. Disgusted, he tossed the letters in […]
Missing the Complete Package Could Spell COVID Problems – Do Not Delay or Ignore the Second Injection!
Don’t run away from the second anti-COVID shot! Evidently there are large numbers of people who are pooh-poohing getting their second Pfizer or Moderna anti-Covid vaccine shots. They get their first shot and feel immune. Or just don’t want to bother with the second. With all the variants growing around the world this is just […]
Across the Fence: Yarns of Yore
The other day, my friend Denise and I took a walk around Waughop Lake. It had been over a year since we last did anything of the kind, and there was too much to say than a single loop around the lake would have held. So, we made it to a bench on which we […]
Virtual Talk on Biography: Free Boy
Submitted by Emily Molina—SHMA Liaison to Friends of the Steilacoom Library. Join the Steilacoom Historical Museum Association, Friends of the Steilacoom Library, and the Pierce County Library for a free virtual talk on Friday, May 14, at 2:00 p.m. as Lorraine McConaghy presents an illustrated overview of Free Boy, the twined biography of slave and […]