Mountain View Funeral Home: Julia Ann Becker; Jesse Lee Harris; Dale M. Hayward; Donald F. Lake; Harry S. Maraschky; Gary Ray Riggs; Shirley Roman; Betty Jane Simic; Karen Michelle Williams.
Helicopters to the rescue for Fort Steilacoom Park fire
Lakewood’s Tom McClellan shared these photos showing a UH-60 and a U.S. Forest Service UH-1 using Lake Louise as a water source to fight the brush fire in Fort Steilacoom Park on August 16. The evacuation order was lifted around 5 pm.
Partners for Parks Launches Awareness Events for the H-Barn Restoration Project
LAKEWOOD — Partners for Parks is building awareness and making its case for support through a series of small group gatherings with community leaders, neighbors and park enthusiasts interested in the H-Barn restoration project at Fort Steilacoom Park. The small gatherings are designed to grow community awareness and donor support for this exciting project, and […]
2023 Empowerment Awards
The Tacoma Urban League is excited to host our 2023 Empowerment Awards Dinner which will be held at Hotel Murano on Friday, October 20, 2023 at 6 PM. This year’s event will feature a Fireside Chat on Black tech, entrepreneurialism, leadership, and social justice with SoLo Funds and Culture House Co-Founder Rodney Williams, King County Councilmember Grimay Zahilay, and Black Future Co-op Fund Co-Founder and Washington State Senator T’wina Nobles. We invite you […]
City of Lakewood asks residents near Ft. Steilacoom Park to evacuate
A brush fire at Fort Steilacoom Park was elevated to a three alarm fire around 2 pm on August 16 according to West Pierce Fire & Rescue’s Twitter/X account. King 5’s helicopter over head shots can be seen here. The City of Lakewood’s Twitter/X account has the following information (as of 2:31 pm, August 16, […]
Enjoy U.P.’s Newest Community Event: Harvest Day at the Curran Apple Orchard
Celebrate the riches that come from having our very own Apple Orchard in U.P. Community Harvest Day will be held on Sunday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come out and pick your own apples from designated trees in the orchard to take home and enjoy. This event will replace the annual Cider […]
Steilacoom Historical School District Special Board Meeting
Due to a lack of a quorum, the August 16, 2023, regular meeting of the Steilacoom Historical School District Board of Directors was canceled. The Board of Directors will hold a special meeting on August 22, 2023, at 8:00 am at the district’s Professional Development Center located at 511 Chambers Street, Steilacoom, WA, to conduct […]
Perspectives on words
Have you ever said to someone, “I’m going to have to have words with that [wife, brother, son, daughter, cousin, or husband] of mine?” Usually that means we need to communicate something to that person, and most likely in a manner that will not always be pleasant. We use words to communicate. We communicate to […]
Around the World and the Pacific Northwest
I enjoy reading our daily mail, from advertisements to happy greetings from friends or relatives, but what I really, really enjoy is the latest Archaeology magazine. I like reading about the past, but especially noting the information from today about what happened ages ago in many places around the world. My favorite section is called […]