Pierce Transit announcement. The Puget Sound is expecting cold temperatures for the next several days. To help those who need access to transportation to get out of the cold, Pierce Transit is partnering with the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management to provide free bus or SHUTTLE (for registered SHUTTLE customers) rides to warming centers […]
Letter: Hospice Care, Home and the Path Ahead
There’s a vista far above Enchanted Valley (also known as “The Valley of 10,000 Waterfalls”). It is one of the more difficult (to put it mildly) to reach. But after ascending those 2,000 feet of elevation, do you know what you can see from there? Everything. You can see far below where you’ve come from, […]
Islands in the Sun – Vashon
I’ve been to McNeil Island a number of times when it was a penitentiary (as a guest). Peg and I have been to the Hawaiian Islands to videotape the first hockey game ever there, and then with friends on Maui for fun and games. We’ve been to Fox Island occasionally, but the island we see […]
Keeping up with the Joneses (And doing the right thing)
Submitted by Greg Rediske for Lakewood Baseball Club. In DuPont, you’re nobody unless your business is sponsoring a youth baseball team. Their program is thriving. In Lakewood, that has not been the case. Lakewood Baseball Club’s program has been entirely self-financed, with the exception of funds received at various times from the Lakewood Community Foundation […]
Full Circle: Brandi Hilliard, Director of Career, Learning & Engagement
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. As a first-generation college student, Brandi Hilliard was nervous when she began her studies at Pacific Lutheran University. But those uncomfortable feelings soon diminished.“I found PLU to be a warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,” she said. Now as PLU’s Director of […]
DuPont February 17 Report from Mayor, Council
Read the DuPont Mayor and City Council February 17 report by clicking here.
Obituary Notices – February 21, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Wayne M Fanshier. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Gregory Michael Smith.
Interview; LPD Chief Mike Zaro
CA; Why are you retiring?MZ; I’ve heard for years the refrain from people getting ready to retire, announced their retirement and say it’s just time. And I always thought there would be more to it, but it really is. You get this feeling like it’s just time. You know, with the exception of a few […]
Sound Transit Board meeting on Feb. 23 extended from noon to 5 p.m.
Sound Transit announcement. The Sound Transit Board of Directors will convene its regular Board meeting on Feb. 23rd from noon. to 5 p.m. to allow more time to hear public comment on agenda items. Last month’s agenda listed the meeting time as 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., but the meeting time is now confirmed for noon […]