Each week, Clover Park School District (CPSD) will highlight a school or profession in our district on our social media pages with a #SuperSchoolShoutout where we celebrate the students and staff that make our district beam with pride. Earlier this month, we celebrated Evergreen Elementary School! Evergreen is one of the six CPSD elementary schools […]
Lakewood
Calling all Lakewood artists: Now accepting utility wrap designs
Do you have an original design you think would look good on a utility box in the City of Lakewood? The City of Lakewood Arts Commission is seeking artists, including emerging artists, who live in Lakewood or the South Sound, to submit designs for installation on signal cabinets in Lakewood. The wraps deter graffiti and […]
Letter: Wishing
Tradition suggests that if one blows a dandelion’s seeds with one breath, a wish will be granted. I have a wish, but with just days left until Christmas, dandelions are not in season. They are dormant. Like me. Normal life – delighting in her conversation, companionship in going absolutely wherever didn’t matter as long as […]
Advent Calendar December 24: Nativity Scene
Each and every year, when I have set up the Christmas tree, I also arrange our nativity scene in a special place where it gets its well-deserved visibility. My husband once bought it way before we even met – it is a classical mud people nativity scene from Spain. At first, I had to get […]
Lakewood City Manager December 22 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) December 22 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Advent Calendar December 23: Christmas Tree
There have been years when I didn’t set up a Christmas tree because I was a single and didn’t think the effort worthwhile. As soon as I was married that changed again. And our Christmas tree features the magic of all our past Christmases as grown-ups, embodied by ornaments that were crafted or purchased year […]
Letter: Spider-Man Gets in the Christmas Spirit
One year ago, today. It was shakedown time at Goodwill. After hours, when all the customers had gone home and the lights were turned out, and the door locked, all became quiet as a mouse. Not. There was a war in the toy section. Spider-Man had gone rogue. Santa and Frosty were commanding the wintery […]
Advent Calendar December 22: Expectations
Kids are almost bursting with anticipation these days. Adults do rarely – our lightheartedness has often been taken over by stress and anxiety as to how the holidays will pass. Pass, indeed, not be enjoyed. There are so many aspects of what we fear – imperfection of the setting, imperfection of human relationships, imperfection of […]
Letter: A Message From The Heart
At exactly 8:30 a.m. every day the phone rings. The call has been triggered by a signal sent from his heart. Following his heart-valve replacement surgery, this heart message is his daily reminder to put the cuff on his arm and install the finger clip. Then it is time for his morning walk. His steps […]