City of Lakewood announcement. Monday morning (May 15) the city closed 87th Avenue, Dresden Lane and Elwood Drive all near the entrance to Fort Steilacoom Park for a road improvement project. A new, temporary entrance to Fort Steilacoom Park will be built. This entrance will allow access from 87th Avenue directly south of Steilacoom Boulevard. The road […]
Johnson, Warn receive District Lions Club Awards
Submitted by Eric Warn. Doreen Johnson, left, received first place in the best social media category and Eric Warn, far right, received a second place for the Lion club website. Doreen and Eric received the awards at the Tacoma meeting April 14-15 of the Multiple District Annual Convention, which has 44 clubs and 875 members […]
CPSD Learning in Motion – Battle of the Books
Clover Park School District announcement. Clover Park School District’s Learning In Motion video series peeks inside school halls to see what students are learning across the district. In this feature, we join the Custer Elementary School “Super Readers” as they represent their school in the districtwide Battle of the Books competition. In this competition, six elementary schools […]
Abdella named Rotary Educator of the Month
Rotary Club of Lakewood announcement. Tracy Abdella was named Rotarian May Educator of the Month. Abdella has worked in the Clover Park School district for 25 years as a kindergarten teacher and is currently employed at Park Lodge Elementary School. Lakewood Rotarian President Jason Whalen, left, and Rotarian Education Committee member Eric Warn presented Abdella […]
City of Tacoma Uses Federal Grant Dollars to Strengthen Financial and Digital Literacy of Local Entrepreneurs
City of Tacoma announcement. TACOMA, Wash. – As part of continuing efforts to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Tacoma, the City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department is using $330,000 in federal grant funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to provide more substantive technical assistance in the areas of financial and digital literacy […]
Cynthia Lemus Rodriguez named May Student of the Month by Lakewood Rotary
Rotary Club of Lakewood announcement. Rotary Club of Lakewood named Clover Park High School senior Cynthia Lemus Rodriguez the May Student of the Month. Cynthia is an excellent student, a responsible leader and a determined young woman who has had a positive impact on her school community. During her sophomore year, Cynthia began taking AP […]
Obituary Notices – May 16, 2023
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Gloria Jean Etsuko Uncangco. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: William “Bill” Bradley Beecher.
West Pierce Fire District Chief James Sharp to speak at United for University Place May 17
Submitted by Chris Saunders. On Wednesday, May 17 from 11:30 to 1:00 pm Chief Jim Sharp from West Pierce Fire District is to speak at the United for University Place coalition meeting. The coalition meets at University Place Presbyterian Church at 8101 27th Street West University Place, WA 98477 in the lower lounge. Chambers Bay […]
Lakewood Double Homicide
Lakewood Police Department announcement. Shortly before 2:00am on Monday, May 15, 2023, Lakewood Police received reports of gunshots at the Wisteria Walk apartment complex (3600 block of 112th St S). Information did not give a specific location for the responding Officers. After a short time the Officers were able to locate an apartment where the […]