LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The Clover Park School District (CPSD) Board of Directors will hold a regular meeting on Monday, March 10, at 6 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 can attend online by visiting […]
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Steilacoom Boulevard closed at 87th Ave for emergency
EMERGENCY DETOUR ALERT: This morning the city’s electrical contractor hit a watermain at 87th Avenue and Steilacoom Boulevard. The intersection is closed and will remain closed while repairs are made. A detour is in place. It is anticipated this closure will last three days. The detour is: Local access is still open to the businesses […]
Lakewood native wins first PGA Tour title
Joe Highsmith, a left-handed golfer from Lakewood, Washington, won his first PGA Tour title at the 2025 Cognizant Classic. He attended Pepperdine University, where he was a two-time All-American, and turned professional in 2022. His victory earned him a spot in the Masters and a career-high world ranking of 59th. Read the full story at […]
Across the Fence: Verschlimmbessern
I bet you stumbled while you were trying to read this German word. Actually, it’s a Germanism in the English language. And even longer words like these (which is not even long for any Germans) are actually easy to read if you simply take time and take every letter or letter combination by itself. Verschlimmbessern […]
Letter: Celebrating Love and Life
The weathered limbs, sparsely adorned with greenery, attached to spindly trunks, hung motionless atop the bluff, overlooking, as if contemplating, the wide expanse of sea. A lone seagull appeared between heaven and earth, wings seeming never to move, soaring, as if celebrating, effortless and free. Far-distant snow-capped peaks rose above the haze that had settled […]
Letter: We pay a price whether or not we pay for local news
This isn’t something I like to dwell on, but it’s important. Back in 1995, when The Lakewood Journal endorsed cityhood, I misled voters. I didn’t do it on purpose, but the outcome was the same. At the time, I assured readers that if the new city proposed changes, good or bad, the public wouldn’t be […]
In the Book Nook with … Mary Boone
Author Mary Boone grew up in Iowa and now lives in Tacoma’s North Slope neighborhood. She has hung out backstage with a boy band, DNA-tested salmon, and baked dozens of cricket cookies – all in the interest of research for her books and magazine articles. The newspaper reporter turned author has written more than 70 […]
Clover Park School District DEI: Promises versus Performance
Submitted by John Arbeeny. CPDS’s DEI ideology espouses lofty values and goals regarding marginalized and underserved groups, systemic racism, minority preferences, restorative justice, discrimination, cultural awareness and inequalities. One of CPSD DEI’s goals is to address the alleged “disparities” in the work force and academic achievement between racial and ethnic groups. CPSD DEI talks a […]
Letter: Had We Been in a Hurry
We could have hurried home, as that was initially the plan, even though the distance yet to travel was not insignificant. After all, we had work to do. But we didn’t. We lingered, watched, mesmerized. Had we been in a hurry, we would have missed standing arm-in-arm as the sun slowly settled into the sea. […]