Puget Sound Energy announcement. Puget Sound Energy Foundation and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) have announced 167 nonprofit grant recipients as part of a $1,150,000 community investment effort that supports outstanding local community organizations working to increase resiliency across Washington State. The PSE Foundation launched its annual competitive grant program with a funding focus of empowering […]
CPSD Staff Spotlight:
A Clover Park School District story. Our Clover Park School District Staff Spotlight this week features Meriwether Elementary School kindergarten teacher Sheila Williams. This is Sheila’s third year teaching at Meriwether after moving around the country with her spouse who serves in the military. “We have such a great community here and these are the […]
Obituary Notices – November 30, 2022
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Dennis G Easton; Gerard A Dugas Jr. Mountain View Funeral Home: Beverly Fennimore; Angela G Lam; Melvin Lewis. Hill Funeral Home: Mary Holdeman. Gaffney Funeral Home: Daniel Peter Stumpf.
Lakewood City Hall to open late Nov. 30
City of Lakewood announcement. Lakewood City Hall will be on a late start schedule Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The building will open at 9:30 a.m. and stay open until 5 p.m. The delayed opening allows for all city staff to attend a staff recognition event.
Winter Wonderland
My daughter Gina Wilhelm is a professional Puppeteer who works with the Jim Henson Company. She travels the country, including a stop at the Tacoma Opera, puppeteering. With Tuesday’s snowfall in the south Puget Sound, Gina recorded a tribute to the snow with her puppet Al (Alabaster) who is Santa’s Senior Elf. Santa is talking […]
Pursuit Collision in University Place
Pierce County Sheriff’s Department announcement. At 11:17 am, on Tuesday November 29th, South Sound 911 Dispatchers advised University Place Deputies about an armed robbery that occurred at the Walmart on Bridgeport Way in Lakewood. The suspect vehicle was headed into the city of University Place and deputies located it on Bridgeport Way and 27th St […]
Maintenance work brings daytime ramp closures in Tacoma through Dec. 1
Washington State Department of Transportation announcement. TACOMA – Daytime travelers who use Interstate 5 ramps in Tacoma will want to plan for extra travel time. Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close lanes and ramps to maintain drainage and storm water systems, and repair signs. Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 […]
Lakewood United General Meeting Dec. 1
Lakewood United announcement. Lakewood United will hold a General Meeting on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at Bur’s Restaurant. Doors open at 7am and the meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 am. Please join us at our December 1st General Meeting to hear the work our Transition Team has done over the last 12 months to […]
Letter: The Gift of Time
As I looked at the timepiece passed down from my grandfather to my father, to me, I was reminded, again, of the gift we’ve all been given: the gift of time. The time it takes to read to a child (with expression! Reading is, after all, an adventure into the wonderful world of imagination); the […]