TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Creates is now accepting applications for its fifth year of funding, supporting programs and events to be presented between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025 by non-profit organizations whose primary purpose is to advance and/or preserve arts, culture, heritage, and/or science. There are two funding categories – Comprehensive Organizational Support […]
Teething Tips and Tricks: Ways to alleviate pain that comes with new teeth in infants
Submitted by Dr. Jeff Reynolds. A child’s first tooth is an important rite of passage. Families take photos, post them onto social media and celebrate the fact that their little one is on the path of development. While it is a time of celebration, it is also a time of pain, discomfort and soreness for […]
Obituary Notices – January 29, 2024
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Ruth Ann McCurry; Joseph Alexander Bocanegra; Kathryn Lee Lafleur. Mountain View Funeral Home: Darlene Island; Susan Marie Southwick; Marjorie “Marty” Vaughan; Renee L. Winter; Jerry C. Gleason; Howard Kim. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Phyllis Luithle. Hill Funeral Home: Kylie Allyssa Stevenson. Scott Funeral Home: Larverne A. McKnight.
Clover Park School District is Committed to our Youth
Submitted by Mary Moss. As the Deputy Mayor for the City of Lakewood and President/CEO for the Lakewood Multicultural Coalition (LMCC), I want to express my appreciation of the Clover Park School District (CPSD). I recently attended a tour of some of the career pathway programs at Lakes High School and I was very impressed […]
Meet the Chief
For those who are interested in getting to know more about U.P. Police Chief Pat Burke, take a few minutes to watch this special video conversation with the Chief. Learn about Burke’s background, his passion for law enforcement and the positions he has held during his career with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. This includes […]
Letter: Stay Tuned
Do you have a ‘it-wasn’t-supposed-to-end-like-this’ story? Sure you do. We all do. A fire destroys all you held dear. Cancer takes your life-long traveling companion. The one who promised “to love and to cherish you until death do you part,” departs, maybe for someone else, leaving you alienated, isolated, rejected. An unhappily-ever-after story is likely […]
Gold Star Daughter Enlistment Ceremony hosted by I Corps Commanding General
America’s First Corps Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, will administer the oath of enlistment for Gold Star Daughter, Ms. Hannah Parmar on 12:00 P.M., Jan. 29, at the I Corps headquarters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Ms. Parmar is the Gold Star Daughter of Sgt. 1st Class Abraham Parmar, who passed away in 2019 from […]
Nobles bill to create Smokey Bear license plate to support human-caused wildfire prevention
Legislation to create an official Smokey Bear license plate was heard in the Senate Transportation Committee Thursday. Senate Bill 5910, sponsored by Sen. T’wina Nobles (D-Fircrest), would allocate all funds raised by the special license plate to support the state Department of Natural Resources’ human-caused wildfire prevention efforts. If passed, Washington would be one of […]
A Doll’s House, Part 2 – Play Review Tacoma Little Theatre
Review by Don and Peggy Doman, Lavinia Hart, and Dale Westgaard. A Doll’s House is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. The play […]