Submitted by Tacoma Art Museum. UPDATE: Event moved to August 6, 1-5 pm. Public painting day has arrived for the Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Tacoma. Community members are invited to add their handprints on Saturday, July 30. Volunteers will guide participants in handprint painting from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., weather permitting. The event is […]
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Local Sprinter Wins Silver at National Senior Games
Submitted by Madonna Hanna. Tacoma’s Madonna Hanna competed in the recent Nation Senior Games in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Madonna, 68, is coached by elite Tacoma sprinter Marcus Chamber. Chamber was supposed to be competing in Puerto Rico, but elected to travel to Florida with Hanna instead. Results 4×100 meter relay – Silver. Hanna ran the […]
robis Lakewood Camera + The Print Refinery Open House
Submitted by robis Lakewood Camera + The Print Refinery. Lakewood, WA – robis Lakewood Camera + The Print Refinery® is hosting an open house on December 4, 2021 from 11AM to 5PM 10015 Gravelly Lake Drive SW (by Chase Bank @ 100th Street) to launch a new addition to their business – The Print Refinery®. […]
NW News: Across 41 year age gap, an Olympic hopeful and a Senior Games champ have partnership that sprints
“Not every Olympic story is happening in Tokyo this week. Take for instance two runners in Tacoma. He’s a 26-year-old former Oregon Ducks standout, now a professional quarter-miler. She’s a 67-year-old baby boomer who began sprinting barely a decade ago. Together they overcame various personal disappointments and sorrows to make a winning combination.” Read more […]
Fingerprinting partnership to help meet demand for concealed pistol licenses
Additional fingerprinting appointments are now available for Pierce County residents applying for a new/original concealed pistol license (CPL) thanks to a partnership between South Sound 911 and the Tacoma office of Bellevue Fingerprinting. CPL-related appointments at Bellevue Fingerprinting are only available through South Sound 911’s online application system and will cost applicants $42 in addition to the […]
Susanne Bacon Publishes Final Wycliff Novel
Yes, I have heard some protest already. The final novel in my Wycliff series, really?! Indeed. First of all, I never intended to write a series. I started out with Delicate Dreams, an intended stand-alone with lots of German deli vibes (I had experienced a few wonderful months as a team member at Lakewood’s beloved […]
Music Boosters Mattress Fundraiser
Submitted by SHS Music Boosters. SHS Music Boosters is hosting the 5th Annual Mattress Fundraiser this Saturday (April 20) from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Steilacoom High School. You’re invited to save big on top name brands in a no-pressure environment while supporting the SHS Music Program. Visit fb.com/SteilacoomHSMusicBoosters to print a copy of a flyer […]
Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater show, Bugs Alive! program returns May 4
TACOMA, Wash.– It stars a wizard, a zookeeper, and a brilliant dog. There are broomsticks and potions. It’s the animal show at the Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater – and it probably sounds very familiar to Harry Potter fans. But “Extraordinary Creatures and How to Care for Them” isn’t about magic. It’s about how keepers care for animals […]
Riding my Sears J. C. Higgins bicycle – bought in 1963 at Sears & Roebuck in Lakewood on South Tacoma Way – into the sunset
Story and photos by Tim Marsh, Lakes High Class of 1966. I rode my Sears J. C. Higgins bicycle — bought in 1963 from the Sears catalogue and paid for and picked it up at Sears & Roebuck in Lakewood at 8720 South Tacoma Way at the “U.S. 99 at Lakewood cutoff” – off into […]