Freedom to read, and freedom of speech, are often juxtaposed to censorship, plagiarism, copyright infringement, and other limiting systems to value creation. Dealing with these things in the community setting are often, and sometimes destructive. What is really involved is the different value systems of individuals in a community, trying to maintain some semblance of […]
Letter: I Married the Farmer’s Daughter
Boxes of tulip bulbs arrived yesterday. Soon they will be planted in my wife’s memory. Beauty will abound next spring, appropriately enough as it was the first day of spring this year that she succumbed to a long, long battle with cancer. She was Dutch. Wooden clogs hang on the door. A windmill her father […]
In the Book Nook with … Tennison S. Black
Author Tennison S. Black from northwest Washington State works as a writer and the managing editor at Sundress Publications and at Best of the Net. They have been writing poems and stories as a kid as well as “lexicons,” long lists of words, grouped by theme. In 1995, they wrote a novel but the agent […]
Second Cycle Hires New Executive Director
Tacoma, WA – Leon Nettles has been chosen by the Board of Directors to be the next Executive Director of Second Cycle! Leon has a long history of being part of the bike community. Leon previously worked at Second Cycle as the Education Director as well as Cascade Bicycle running the Major Taylor project. “The search […]
CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy’s Open Doors Program
Each week, Clover Park School District (CPSD) will highlight a school or profession in our district on our social media pages with a #SuperSchoolShoutout where we celebrate the students and staff that make our district beam with pride. This week, we celebrated the Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy’s Open Doors Program! You may not have heard […]
RFP for Workers Comp TPA
Notice is hereby given The City of Puyallup, herein referred to as the City, is soliciting the services of a firm to provide Workers’ Compensation Third Party Claims Administration Services for the City’s self‐insured Workers’ Compensation Program. The program is administered through the City’s Legal Department, under the direction of the City Attorney and the […]
Melissa Etheridge’s I’m Not Broken Tour to Make a Tacoma Stop
TACOMA, WASH.— Grammy Award-winning rockstar and activist, Melissa Etheridge, announced today that she’ll be back on the road in 2024 for her I’m Not Broken Tour. Shows kick off on March 14 at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, CA will take Etheridge to several stops across the West Coast and Gulf Coast before finishing on April 20 […]
District Court early closure on Nov. 17
Pierce County District Court will be closed at noon on Friday, Nov. 17, for employee training. The Court will reopen on Monday, Nov. 20. This closure applies to all courtrooms and public service windows of all divisions of the court, including the Probation Division and the Court Resource Center. We sincerely regret this disruption in […]
Obituary Notices – November 15, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: John H Hankel. Mountain View Funeral Home: Kevin Joseph Conroy; Barbara Jean Franklin; Joseph Kay Worthy. Gaffney Funeral Home: Victoria Jean Reisenauer; James Westley Parker; Jerry Louis Rochefort; Barbara White Pearce. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Francisca (Carrisoza) Velez.