Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt during dinner tonight? You want to know about my thoughts on it? Here’s my take: When was the last time you had a teddy bear tea time? I can’t remember when, but it happens every time I’m around some little […]
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Downtown Neighborhood Association Meeting ; Feb 12 at Lakewood Library
The Next Downtown Neighborhood Association will be Wednesday, February 12 2025 (5:30-7:00 PM) at the Interim Lakewood Pierce County Library 10202 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. Tiffany Speir, the Planning Division Manager at City of Lakewood will be giving a presentation on Downtown Subarea Plan! Also Police and Fire we have representatives to […]
Across the Fence: Schwedenschanze
Today’s Germanism in the English language is quite baffling to me: Schwedenschanze (pronounce: ‘shvay-den-shun-tsah, meaning Swedish entrenchment). Even historically, not every bulwark that is called a Schwedenschanze was even built by the Swedish. And as those structures that can be traced back to the Swedish, are all in Central Europe, and the British were pretty […]
Letter: How The Seagulls Saw It
“Could you take my picture with this big handsome guy?” Charlotte is, in one word, personality. She can walk up to a total stranger – which is what she was doing when she asked this question – and in mere seconds her request is granted and a friend is made. Thinking the big handsome guy […]
In the Book Nook with … William J. Burkhardt
Author William J. Burkhardt from New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia, does mechanical work for a living, but also just started a publishing LLC. He has been “writing since the single digits”. His first publication happened in 2014. William J. Burkhardt was a devoted musician until around his late 20s. He has painted a few […]
Lakewood theater group founded by teens for teens wants the show to go on
Submitted by Jeff Platt, GoFundMe. Young Thespians Collective (YTC) is an entirely youth-run theatre company founded by a couple of local high school students. Addison Livingston and Marco Diaz started the theater company in March of 2024 with the help of Lakewood Playhouse. Since then they’ve successfully put on two shows, and they hope to produce many […]
Clover Park Rotary brings back CPRI FUNdraiser
Clover Park Rotary is bringing back one of our most exciting FUNdraisers on March 7, 2025! CPRI (Clover Park Rotary Invitational) is a raffle style game board with 100 spots. Some are winners – and some are losers. There are fun prizes from gift cards to wine to cold hard cash – with the top […]
Be inspired by local ‘Hidden Heroes’
Each year the City of Lakewood, in partnership with the Clover Park School District, celebrates “Hidden Heroes” to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month. This year’s campaign kicks off Feb. 3, 2025 and runs until the end of February. Each week a “hero” from the Black and African American community […]
Caring for Kids Holiday Fair
Submitted by Diane Formoso. The Caring for Kids Team, West Pierce Fire and over 100 volunteers helped us serve 832 families on December 7th at Thomas Middle School. The bags were packed with gifts and in four and a half hours they were ready to be picked up by the schools. We continue to help […]