City of Lakewood Project No.: 301.0020 Sealed bids will be accepted at Lakewood City Hall, 6000 Main Street SW, Lakewood, WA 98499-5027 until 2:00 p.m., and not later, on Tuesday, November 19th, 2024. Bid results will be read aloud in the American Lake Conference room and tabulated immediately following. Bidders Requests for Information (RFI) shall […]
Obituary Notices – October 31, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Darlene Palmer Kipers. Mountain View Funeral Home: Constance Mae Balderson; Robert Sanchez; Aakil Adonis Sidney. Gaffney Funeral Home: Robert Ernest Reynolds. Scott Funeral Home: Bernita Mildred Hopkins; Carol Beatrice Felton; Lennox A. Jackson.
Hotel conversion will offer 117 new units of affordable housing, much-needed respite services
Pierce County residents experiencing homelessness who are recovering from surgeries, emergency room stays and other medical care will soon have a safe place to rehabilitate. Today, the Oasis Inn, formerly known as the Clarion Inn at 6802 Tacoma Mall Blvd, has officially been acquired by the Low-Income Housing Institute (LIHI), thanks to funding from Pierce […]
Rotary Food Drive November 2-3 and 9-10
Submitted by Rotary Club of University Place-Fircrest. The Rotary Club of University Place-Fircrest will be collecting food donations during the next two weekends November 2-3 and November 9-10 at the Green Firs Safeway, mainly between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. This is the fourth year that Safeway has supported the Rotary food […]
Lakewood Rotary’s Little Free Pantry Success
A few years ago, the Lakewood Rotary Club started a new program called Little Free Pantry (LFP). Started by Bob Zawilski, Sally Porter Smith and Rose Stevens, the Club, thanks to John Lowney and Mark Blanchard, was able to install 7 pantries which are continuously stocked with food for the people that are food insecure. […]
In the Book Nook with … Kathrine Willson
Author Kathrine Willson from Hillsboro, Ohio, is currently a full-time author. She began writing in high school as an outlet. Her first book was published 3 years ago. As she is fairly new to the writing community, she is still learning about author groups and similar; she hasn’t joined any yet. When Kathrine isn’t writing, […]
Mr. Baxter and the Funny Haters
I had seen Mr. Baxter at work before . . . well it wasn’t really “at work”. It was after school and he was showing the kids how to play a little baseball. The kids were having a great time and Mr. Baxter looked happy and content even when a student or two did something […]
Letter: After the Storm
“There is peculiar terror in a tempest at sea, when…the raging sea echoes to the angry sky,” reads an excerpt from “The Treasury of David” concerning Psalm 29. “There is no sight more alarming than the flash of lightning around the mast of the ship, and no sound more calculated to inspire reverent awe than […]
The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County Hosts Fifth Annual Online Auction
The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County is hosting its fifth annual Raise Your Paw Online Auction Oct. 23–Nov. 1. The event benefits thousands of homeless, neglected, and abandoned pets. Among the over 70 auction items are a wine weekend in Walla Walla, an El Gaucho fine dining experience, and a K9 training experience […]