Rotary Club of Clover Park announcement. On Saturday, May 20, join Clover Park Rotary and all of Lakewood’s service clubs at the South Sound Wildlife area from 9 am-1 pm for the Spring Cleanup day. Located on Phillips Road just across from Hudtloff middle school, this 100-acre area is open to the public for hiking, […]
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New Art Exhibition by Lorra Jackson Opens Friday at Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens announcement. A Bright Uncertainty seeks to explore motherhood through the personal paintings of Lorra Jackson. The artist explores the legacy of her biracial identity that straddles her Korean and African American heritage through a selection of articulate portraits and figurative works and metaphorical imagined realities, all beautifully rendered in oil. The portraits are intimate […]
Across the Fence: Altbier and Kölsch
I grew up in a German city with a number of big breweries. Their names mean nothing over here, and one got torn down when I was in my early twenties. I don’t remember what happened. It seems they merged with a brewery downtown. A specific area always also had that peculiar smell that goes […]
CPSD Staff Spotlight: Theressa Prather
A Clover Park School District story. Our Clover Park School District Staff Spotlight this week features Custer Elementary School fourth grade teacher Theressa Prather. This is Theressa’s fourth year with CPSD. She started teaching in 1989 and has previously been an elementary school principal. She joined Custer as a fourth grade teacher to return to her […]
Help Us Build the 2023-24 Clover Park School District Budget
Clover Park School District announcement. Clover Park School District is building its budget for the 2023-24 school year and invites your participation. In March, the school district held two budget workshops to share information on the district budget and provided an overview of the budget development process. The workshops were livestreamed on the district’s YouTube channel and […]
CPSD May Calendar Feature: Lemonade Day
Clover Park School District announcement. This year’s theme for the Clover Park School District calendar is “Imagine.” Students approach everything they do without limitations, knowing they can achieve any goal they have for their future. Last May, fourth graders at Custer and Idlewild elementary schools participated in Lemonade Day. This national movement takes place annually […]
Partners for Parks Announces $1 Million Grant for H-Barn Project
Partners for Parks announcement. Partners for Parks is pleased to announce a $1 million project grant from the Names Family Foundation in support of the H-Barn restoration project at Fort Steilacoom Park, a 350+ acre historic area in Lakewood, WA. The H-Barn Project is an innovative public-private partnership between the City of Lakewood and […]
Lakewood City Council makes it illegal to knowingly possess drugs in the city
City of Lakewood announcement. For the second time in two months, the Lakewood City Council adopted an ordinance focused on increasing public safety. The latest ordinance amends city code to allow law enforcement to arrest people who knowingly possess controlled substances, and charge them with a gross misdemeanor. “The legislature adjourned last month without an […]
The Bridges of Chambers Creek Canyon
Chambers Creek Foundation announcement. Within Chambers Creek Regional Park is a lovely area known as Chambers Creek Canyon. Exciting developments are planned for this area and some are already completed. Bridge #1 Bridge #1 was built in 2021. It is located several hundred feet downstream of Kobayashi Park in University Place. The trailheads for Bridge […]