The United States Golf Association has announced that it will host the 6th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Chambers Bay from May 22-26, 2021. Four-ball is better known to some as “best ball” play. At the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, teams of two players play their own balls and the lower score of the side […]
Letter: A Tulip And An Eternity
The singing coming from the monitor in the bedroom down the hall was of three sisters. The fourth sibling – with a cold, white and drawn face – lay dying. The trio sang softly and gently. In a nearby room the brothers-in-laws sat in reverent silence, listening to the soothing but faltering voices. It was […]
Lakewood Adopts New Subarea Plan around Major Transit Corridor
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – On May 3, 2021, the Lakewood City Council adopted the Lakewood Station District Subarea (LSDS) Plan. In addition to the plan, an associated development code and streamlined environmental review process were also adopted. Located in the southeast section of the City, the subarea includes Sounder Station, St. Clare Hospital, the SR-512 Park-and-Ride, and […]
Tacoma Propeller Club Memorial Scholarship
The 2021 Tacoma Propeller Club Memorial Scholarship competition was held on April 21 at the Courtyard Marriott Tacoma. Seventeen Pierce County public high schools participated. The scholarship applicants were selected by their high school counselors and career guidance specialists. The scholarship was awarded to the student with the highest score computed by five judges for […]
Broadway performer Jay Paranada ‘06 to speak at spring commencement ceremonies
Pacific Lutheran University alumnus and stage actor Jay Paranada ‘06 will deliver the commencement addresses at the virtual ceremonies for PLU’s classes of 2020 and 2021 on May 29. Paranada majored in sociology at PLU, and also studied at the University of York in England and at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New […]
126 new Pierce County COVID-19 cases, 1 new death confirmed May. 5
On May 5, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 379.1. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 10 per 100,000. We confirmed 126 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death, a man in his 70s from Spanaway. Our totals are […]
Obituary Notices – May 6, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Gail Ellen Marinella; Eugene Vincent Ames, Jr.; Dorine Kay Doyle. Mountain View Funeral Home: Barbara Jean “B.J.” McMire; Kyong Su Owens; John Dare “Jack” Roberts. Powers Funeral Home: Lars Sandvik. Hill Funeral Home: Robert Carl Jackson, Jr.; Joan Relda Collins.
Pierce County Council approves $4/hour hazard pay for grocery workers
In a 4-3 vote, the Pierce County Council adopted an ordinance that would require grocery businesses located in unincorporated Pierce County to pay their workers an additional $4/hour in hazard pay through the duration of the governor’s declared COVID-19 emergency. “Today grocery workers in Pierce County got the respect they deserve,” said Councilmember Ryan Mello […]
Letter: Restrain the Governor’s Politically Motivated COVID-19 Mandates
Submitted by Lakewood Mayor Don Anderson. On Tuesday Governor Inslee refused to follow his own arbitrary COVID-19 guidelines which would have re-imposed “Phase 2” restrictions on King, Snohomish and other counties. Three weeks earlier he had no problem restricting freedom and commerce in Pierce County when we had COVID-19 case count and hospitalization metrics which […]