Instead of telling you a ghost story around a summer campfire, we have an all-too familiar tale to share: Myra’s grandson, Jon, is in Mexico for the summer. They video chat every week. One day, Myra gets a call from someone who says he’s Max, a friend of Jon’s: “He was arrested last night and […]
Obituary Notices – June 21, 2021
Mountain View Funeral Home: Evelynrose Livingston Alexander; Charles Jack Andersen; Virginia Cox; Creighton P. Mueller; Peter Micheal Quirin; Douglas C. Stone. Hill Funeral Home & Cremation Service: Betty V. Olsen; Donald Nicholas Lefor. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: John Morris Manning.
Vet Clinic, Jun ’21
Need a video-capable device or internet connection for VA Telehealth? https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/89911/need-video-capable-device-internet-connection-va-telehealth/ Mobius delivers first of 50 IBots to VA to determine how machines may help Veterans. https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5680 VA partner Salesforce helps Air Force Veteran. https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/88909/va-partner-salesforce-helps-air-force-veteran/ WSDOT folio regarding contract opportunities for veteran-owned businesses. https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020/04/27/SR520-folio-Veterans-Diversity-Inclusion.pdf Program assists Veterans with visual impairment. https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/89608/program-assists-veterans-visual-impairment/ Three Agent Orange Conditions […]
The Extra Man
My introduction to Paul Dano was the 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine.” With his underplayed characters and his slow delivery, he sticks out. Peg and I loved him in “Swiss Army Man” with Daniel Radcliffe, virtually a two-person film. He has been in numerous movies since 2000 including “Love & Mercy” where he played Brian […]
Local Camp Invention Program Now Available in Action-Packed, At-Home Format
Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment program, is offering Steilacoom area children an all-new, at-home format of the program the week of July 26 – July 30, 2021. Camp Invention at home reaches far beyond what families have come to expect from “virtual” learning – balancing active, independent hands-on exploration with opportunities for […]
PSE Foundation opens competitive grant program to help communities HEAL from the COVID-19 pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our local communities with disproportionate impacts on those already marginalized and most vulnerable, the Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Foundation has once again committed to helping communities HEAL. With ongoing and exacerbated challenges faced by communities, including racial inequities or health and welfare insecurities, the 2021 grant awards will […]
Washington State Redistricting Commission Public Outreach Meeting for 10th Congressional District Residents June 22
The Washington State Redistricting Commission will begin holding public outreach meetings regarding the drafting of new congressional and legislative district maps. What: Public Outreach Meeting – Congressional District #10 The 10th Congressional includes all of Legislative Districts (LDs) 22, most of LDs 25 and 28, and parts of LDs 2, 20, 27, 29, 31, and 35. Who: Washington […]
Obituary Notices – June 19, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Rex Alden Brittain; Jun Hyuk Sul. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Suzanne Ballard Baldridge; Cecil Allan Cromwell. Mountain View Funeral Home: Diane Lynn Brown; Brent Jalmari Peltomaa. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Marvin Dale Keith. Powers Funeral Home: Josefa Sanggrador Tarin.
Lakewood’s Allen Realtors merges with Compass after 80+ year run
After more than 80 years of selling homes in Lakewood and greater Pierce County, ALLEN Realtors® has affiliated with Compass and will go by the name of The Harold Allen Team at Compass. The third-generation brokerage, founded in 1940, vacated its long-time office on Gravelly Lake Drive in Lakewood in May and its iconic […]