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 […]
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Lakewood Double Homicide Suspect In Custody
Lakewood Police Department update. Major Crime Detectives continued to work on leads that were generated throughout the day on May 15. At approximately 5:15pm a 30-year-old male suspect was taken in to custody without incident. Major Crime detectives are continuing to investigate the incident to determine the facts that led up to the shooting. There […]
15 in, 37 out: How do we do it?
Submitted by Greg Rediske, Lakewood Community Foundation Fund. The Lakewood Community Foundation Fund (LCFF) recently announced grants for 2023 in the amount of $37,600. And yet….donations were only a little over $15,000 this past year. That, Lakewood, is the beauty of endowed funds. Thanks to 30 years of donations, the endowed fund is over $1.2 […]
Caring for Kids founder to speak at May 18 Lakewood United meeting
Lakewood United announcement. Lakewood United: Caring for Kids: Community Support for Our Youth. The public is invited to join Lakewood United on Thursday, May 18 at 6:00 pm at Pierce College, Fort Steilacoom Campus, Olympic Bldg., Room 102; Time 6:00 pm to hear guest speaker Diane Formoso. She is Founder/Director of Caring for Kids for […]
Road closures in Lakewood starting May 15, 2023
City of Lakewood announcement. Monday morning (May 15) the city closed 87th Avenue, Dresden Lane and Elwood Drive all near the entrance to Fort Steilacoom Park for a road improvement project. A new, temporary entrance to Fort Steilacoom Park will be built. This entrance will allow access from 87th Avenue directly south of Steilacoom Boulevard. The road […]
Johnson, Warn receive District Lions Club Awards
Submitted by Eric Warn. Doreen Johnson, left, received first place in the best social media category and Eric Warn, far right, received a second place for the Lion club website. Doreen and Eric received the awards at the Tacoma meeting April 14-15 of the Multiple District Annual Convention, which has 44 clubs and 875 members […]
CPSD Learning in Motion – Battle of the Books
Clover Park School District announcement. Clover Park School District’s Learning In Motion video series peeks inside school halls to see what students are learning across the district. In this feature, we join the Custer Elementary School “Super Readers” as they represent their school in the districtwide Battle of the Books competition. In this competition, six elementary schools […]
Abdella named Rotary Educator of the Month
Rotary Club of Lakewood announcement. Tracy Abdella was named Rotarian May Educator of the Month. Abdella has worked in the Clover Park School district for 25 years as a kindergarten teacher and is currently employed at Park Lodge Elementary School. Lakewood Rotarian President Jason Whalen, left, and Rotarian Education Committee member Eric Warn presented Abdella […]
Cynthia Lemus Rodriguez named May Student of the Month by Lakewood Rotary
Rotary Club of Lakewood announcement. Rotary Club of Lakewood named Clover Park High School senior Cynthia Lemus Rodriguez the May Student of the Month. Cynthia is an excellent student, a responsible leader and a determined young woman who has had a positive impact on her school community. During her sophomore year, Cynthia began taking AP […]