Maybe you have already read Andy Becker’s satirical take on a real scandal that happened a while ago in Tacoma. His award-winning novel The Kissing Rabbi: Lust, Betrayal, and a Community Turned Inside Out won a First Place Blue Ribbon at the CIBA 2021 Mark Twain Book Awards for Humor. Or you have enjoyed his […]
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Across the Fence: Schuss
Never did I know that the German word Schuss (pronounce: shoos with a very short oo, meaning shot) made it into the English language. Well, I was only just born when the mascot Schuss of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, made its one-season appearance. As there is a copyright on the image, I […]
The Untold Story of Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood: Battling Stigma, Saving History
“Timing is everything.” An exaggeration, you wonder? It depends on the subject. For example, let’s imagine John, Paul, George and Ringo had set up their amplifiers, drums and guitars outside the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I in 1559 outside Westminster Abbey. Surely before they had finished “All My Loving” they would have been bundled up […]
In the Book Nook with … Tela Klein
Author Tela Klein from Denver, Colorado, does free-lance business consulting and marketing. However, she has decided to take her writing all in recently and intends on traveling full time, starting next year. Tela started writing in High school and, under another name, her first book was published in 2021. You can also find out more […]
Friends of the Lakewood Library Donation Dropoff is this Saturday January 18
Submitted by Robert Estrada. In preparation for the May 2 and 3, 2025 book sales, donation drop-off dates are the Saturdays of January 18, February 15, March 15, and April 12. Please bring your donations to the back parking lot of St, Mary’s Episcopal Church, 10630 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood, from 11am to 1PM. […]
2024-25 CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Dower Elementary School
This week, we showed our #CPSDPride by giving a #SuperSchoolShoutout to Dower Elementary School with multilingual learning (MLL) teacher Liz Fassnacht and fifth grader Austin Rice. Fassnacht, known by her fellow staff for her love of Disney, has taught at CPSD for more than 20 years. She’s always wanted to teach MLL and now works […]
Lakewood City Council changes meeting policy
The Lakewood City Council voted to reduce its monthly meeting days from four to three in 2025. The new meeting schedule is: Meetings will continue to be held in Council Chambers at Lakewood City Hall, 6000 Main St. SW. All meetings are open to the public. People can attend in person, virtually via Zoom, or […]
Lakewood Towne Center Apartments Master Planned Development Hearing, Jan. 24
When: Friday, January 24, 2025 Time: 10:30 AM Place: Hybrid, In person or Virtual via Zoom (Lakewood City Hall Council Chambers 6000 Main St SW Lakewood, WA 98499) The City of Lakewood Planning and Public Works Department will be holding a public hearing for permit number 10185 – Lakewood Towne Center Apartments Master Planned Development. […]
Call to Poets: Submit Your Poem for Lakewold Gardens’Winter Garden Poetry
Lakewold Gardens is seeking original, unpublished poems for inclusion in the 2025 Winter Garden Poetry event. Poems should be up to 1,000 words or no more than five minutes in duration when read aloud, preferably with a theme celebrating nature and/or gardens. Submissions are due January 17, 2025. Click here to apply.