Our CPSD Staff Spotlight this week features Harrison Preparatory School math teacher Lucas Dolge. He is in his 10th year teaching at the school. His favorite math subject to teach is geometry. “It’s an opportunity for students to put what they learned in algebra in action,” he said. “They get to see themselves succeeding with the […]
Enrollment ends May 31 for Washington’s prepaid college savings plan
The GET program’s 2020-2021 enrollment period comes to a close on May 31. Washington families still have time to start saving for future college costs with the state’s 529 prepaid tuition program. As a 529 prepaid tuition program, the State of Washington guarantees that a family’s GET savings will keep pace with in-state tuition and state-mandated fees. […]
LifeCenter Northwest honors MultiCare with five 2020 hospital awards
TACOMA, Wash. – LifeCenter Northwest is proud to announce that four MultiCare Health System hospitals across the state of Washington were recently presented with five total awards as part of LifeCenter Northwest’s 2020 Hospital Awards, recognizing excellence in supporting life-saving organ and tissue donation. “Organ and tissue donation is an incredible gift of healing, and I […]
PLU Senior Elana Tracy on her (three!) study away experiences, learning during COVID, and plans for graduate school
By Ernest Jasmin, PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer. Senior Elana Tracy ‘21 has mixed feelings now that her studies at Pacific Lutheran University are coming to an end. On the one hand, PLU allowed her to discover a passion for global studies while studying abroad in Great Britain; but on the other, she won’t […]
192 new Pierce County COVID-19 cases, no new deaths confirmed May. 6
On May 6, 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 10.8 per 100,000. We confirmed 192 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. Our totals are 45,407 cases and 535 deaths. Find more […]
Obituary Notices – May 7, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Cleo Belle Brandt; Nina Alexseyevna Lutsenko; Edward R. Busch. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Louis Mayo Raphael; Mary Susan Velarde. Mountain View Funeral Home: Rolf “Al” Alstead. Hill Funeral Home: Donald Jeffrey Boneske. Gaffney Funeral Home: Clarence Konkel; Roger Vondettii; Candace Donald; Susan Goodman; Patricia Fickel. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Brian Gerard […]
Letter: Noise
Submitted by William Elder. We are mostly a noisy lot, we humans: social, garrulous, full of fun, at least as each of us defines it for his or her self, often at the annoyance of our neighbors, but mostly, for most of us, fun comes with a bang, a laugh, or a cheer. Contrarily, silence […]
The Trickster – A Short Story
Small towns never mean small minds, but grudges do linger and grow. I grew up with Jeremy. His mind was always working and making big plans. They usually got us into big trouble. My parents would take me to task. Jeremy’s parents just shrugged their shoulders and it was back to business as usual for […]
USGA Returns to Chambers Bay with Four-Ball Tournament
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 […]