“Would you like your hand back?” Everywhere we go, to the car, to the store, hiking a trail, or sitting on a park bench, my hand is in hers and thus hers in mine. And once every week we go treasure hunting, to the mountains, to the sea, and near waterfalls we find tiny flowers, […]
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CPSD Board Names Lowry Interim District 4 Director
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The Clover Park School District Board of Directors named Darrin Lowry interim director of District 4 at its March 10 meeting. Lowry will be sworn in at the April 14 board meeting and will serve until the November election. “Serving as a school board member is not merely about leadership. It is about […]
Letter: How the City of Lakewood Killed Waughop Lake (And What To Do About It Now)
Submitted by Tom McClellan. On Monday, March 17, 2025, the Lakewood City Council is going to review studies of the water quality of Waughop Lake prepared by its contracted consultant firm TetraTech. The members of the City Council need to look skeptically at the assertions which will be offered by that firm. In 2018, I […]
Pete Reyes selected to fill final vacant seat on Board of Park Commissioners
A successor has been appointed to complete the remaining term of Rosie Ayala’s elected position on the Board of Park Commissioners. The Board voted unanimously at its regular meeting Monday, selecting Pete Reyes from six finalists who were interviewed the week before. Reyes is a licensed practical nurse supervisor for Comprehensive Life Resources and has […]
Across the Fence: Mozartkugel
Today’s Germanism in the English language is probably most interesting for all of those among you who have a sweet tooth. A Mozartkugel (pronounce: Mo-tsart-koogle, meaning Mozart ball) is made from chocolate, pistachio, marzipan, and nougat. But this is where the similarity between Mozartkugeln (plural!) ends. Because it has become a generic name for ball-shaped […]
Letter: The ‘Periwinkle Girls’
The lesser periwinkle is so called “because it is smaller than its close relative, the greater periwinkle.” Like the little lavender-blue flower we found at our feet below the locks attached to the fence that proclaimed forever love, she is the shortest of the three girls – her “close relatives” – her daughter and granddaughter. […]
Friends of the Lakewood Library Donation Dropoff is this Saturday March 15
Submitted by Robert Estrada. In preparation for the May 2 and 3, 2025 book sales, donation drop-off dates are the Saturdays of March 15, and April 12. Please bring your donations to the back parking lot of St, Mary’s Episcopal Church, 10630 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood, from 11 am to 1 pm. In addition […]
In the Book Nook with … Sarah Ickes
Author Sarah Ickes was born and raised in the Keystone State, Pennsylvania. The social media and website manager also owns a small business, https://www.sarahickesart.com/, and designs her own book covers. Sarah started writing in elementary school, where a few of her works were published in national collections. Her first novel, The Serpent’s Star, came out […]
Oakbrook Elementary School: A Severe Case of “Yo-Yo” Academics. Why is that?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Lakewood CARES is providing an academic-based response to schools highlighted in the Clover Park School District (CPSD) “#SuperSchoolShoutOut“articles in The Suburban Times. This is data you will not find elsewhere in CPSD community relations pieces, School Board meeting agendas or monthly “Inside Schools”. The CPSD “beaming with pride” article covering Oakbrook […]