The Lakewood City Council will hold a Special Meeting on Jan. 22 (7 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here. That meeting will be followed by a Study Session. Access the agenda here.
Lakewood
Lakewood City Manager January 19 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) January 19 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Clover Park School Board to Host Board Retreat on Jan. 22 & 23
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The Clover Park School District (CPSD) Board of Directors will hold a two-day planning meeting on Monday, Jan. 22, and Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in room 4 of the Student Services Center located at 10903 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. The meeting will also be live-streamed on Zoom and YouTube. Individuals […]
Prepare in a Year: January – Build a communications plan
If you are separated from your loved ones when disasters strike, your first thoughts will be about your family, their location and condition. The stress of the event may make it difficult to remember even routine information, like phone numbers. We recommend that every household member have an out-of-area contact card in a wallet, purse […]
Let’s Talk! – Watch for Me by Moonlight
What a tricky prompt Tyrean Martinson’s book gave us for today’s conversation topic … My first train of thought was “person, moonlight, danger”, and I ended up with werewolf! Now, I could make up a story of me turning into a werewolf, of course. Is the female form “werewolverine”, by the way? Knowing my friend, […]
Letter: She’s So Far Away
It’ll be cold again this evening; they say there’ll be more snow. Odd since the sunrise this morning gave wonderful promise of a beautiful day, the sky clear, barely wisps of clouds drifting across the brightening sky. Not that snow isn’t beautiful. It is after all most certainly true, that there’s something about a world […]
Public meeting on impacts of new housing laws
Join us to learn more about proposed housing changes in state law that could affect our residential neighborhoods. Tiffany Spier, Lakewood’s Long Range and Strategic Planning Manager, will present information about recent changes to state law and how the city is responding. She’ll also share information about the city’s update to its Comprehensive Plan that […]
Across the Fence: Hamster
We all have encountered this Germanism during the Corona virus pandemic – hamster (pronounce hum-stah). Indeed, the English version of the noun and verb is identical in its unconjugated or undeclined form whereas the German infinitive adds an “n”, hamstern. As a linguist, I’m thrilled of course, to find that word, although allegedly derived from […]
Letter: Yellow Roses
Clutching his arm as they enter the restaurant she whispers, “What beautiful yellow roses!” He smiles. “They are, aren’t they?” Indeed, there on the reservation desk stood a bouquet of yellow roses, intermixed with white baby’s breath, stunningly beautiful in a vase tied with yellow ribbon. It is their anniversary and he has requested a […]