With new artistic leadership in place at Lakewood Playhouse, we are beginning the season audition process by holding a series of general auditions to meet everyone in the area who would like to join our community of artists. All applicants will be considered for roles throughout the season, with specific callbacks for each production. Lakewood […]
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My Career: Pierce College graduate turns her experience into thriving career
In 2015, Shontieka Adeogun was a student at Clover Park Technical College studying nursing. She’d already finished earning her GED from CPTC but was starting to feel like nursing wasn’t for her. That’s when she was introduced to Pierce College’s emergency management program. “When I started in emergency management, I had no idea my […]
Letter: Loving, and the Lovely Fuzzy-Bottomed Bumblebees
‘Bumble’ can mean hum, buzz, or drone. That’s Part A. But ‘bumble’ can also mean “to move ineptly or flounderingly.” That’s Part B. Love can be both, must be both, but best, I believe, in a marriage, is to emphasize Part B. ‘Love,’ obviously, behooves the betrothed to be about the business of the basics. […]
Calling All Volunteers! Tacoma’s Committees, Boards and Commissions Need You
TACOMA, Wash. — The City of Tacoma invites residents who are interested in informing the City Council’s policy decisions on a range of local issues to consider joining one of the City’s numerous volunteer committees, boards and commissions. Each year, dozens of volunteer positions are open to residents and, in the next three months, the […]
The Lakewood City Council May 20 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on May 20 (7 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
Interlaaken Bridge emergency closure
The Interlaaken Bridge is closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The closure will remain in place indefinitely. The full closure is the result of further analysis by a contracted structural engineering firm that identified a high rate of deterioration among wood beams that comprise the bridge structure. The city previously replaced some of the […]
Let’s Talk! – Grabbing Each Branch for the Climb
What a great prompt from Tyrean Martinson’s book, again! As I am writing this, I can’t switch off my screen, of course, but after having received the topic, YOU can! When I was a kid and a teenager, I LOVED climbing trees. In front of our apartment building, there was an old cherry tree with […]
Letter: Drum Roll
“In an ambulance. Accident. Blood.” That’s it. A cryptic five-word text. Nothing further. She had traveled a long distance to be with her little grandbabies. It wasn’t like it was a big deal really. Tour their school; smile often; hug breathlessly; say how much she really loved the drum performance. The big deal though for […]
CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Certificated Staff Week
May 6-10 was Certificated School Employees Week and May 8 was National School Nurse Day. To celebrate, Clover Park School District showed our #CPSDPride by giving a #SuperSchoolShoutout to CPSD school nurses, Beachwood Elementary School librarian Susan O’Leary and Thomas Middle School sixth grade science teacher Tanner Christy. CPSD has 17 registered nurses who travel […]