Pierce County Library System announcement. The Pierce County Library System’s Board of Trustees will discuss the condition of the Lakewood Pierce County Library and other issues at its Board meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 3:30 p.m. Join the meeting by phone or online: Phone: 253-215-8782, webinar identification: 853 3159 8218, passcode: 305939 Zoom with a Zoom account from […]
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Letter: OSPI Superintendent Reykdal inserts himself into Supreme Court abortion issue
Submitted by John Arbeeny. In an Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) statement dated 3 May 2022, Superintendent Chris Reykdal inserted himself into discussion of the leaked US Supreme Court majority opinion about Roe v. Wade. “As Washington state’s elected K–12 schools chief, it would be short-sighted for me to believe that my job […]
Lakewood Pierce County Library closing and moving to short-term location
Pierce County Library System announcement. To serve the community better, the Pierce County Library System is closing the Lakewood Pierce County Library, located at 6300 Wildaire Road S.W., in early June, to prepare for service in a short-term location planned to open in late 2022. Based upon recent architects’ assessment of the building condition and an engineers’ […]
Selberg, Coppedge-Pope and Rupprecht selected as CPSD Employees of the Year
Clover Park School District announcement. Three Clover Park School District employees were honored as Employees ofthe Year during a virtual celebration Thursday, May 5. Since 1987, CPSD has honored exemplary employees in three categories: certificated, classified and administrative. Award recipients are chosen by an independent panel ofLakewood citizens. 2022 Employees of the Year are: Dennis […]
Youth Firefighting Academy Scheduled for June 25-26
West Pierce Fire & Rescue announcement. West Pierce Fire & Rescue is hosting the 2022 Youth Academy the weekend of June 25-26, 2022 and are currently accepting applications. This two-day program will teach teens interested in a career in the fire service about what it means to be a firefighter. The weekend will be filled […]
Lakewood City Council Shoreline Restoration Plan Hearing set for May 16
City of Lakewood announcement. On Monday, May 16, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, a public hearing will be held on updates to the 2019 Shoreline Restoration Plan. If you have concerns about this matter and want those concerns to be known and considered, they must be presented at the hearing. The hearing will […]
Eastern Oregon University announces 2022 winter term dean’s list
LA GRANDE, Ore. – Lakewood’s Darien Kilen is one of 590 students named to Eastern Oregon University’s dean’s list for the 2022 winter term. Qualifying students achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12 hours of graded EOU coursework. EOU congratulates each […]
Do The Side Hustle
Since the culture has recently become an environment where employees have the advantage, now might be a good time to consider what you would really rather be doing. Yes, the 9-5 Monday through Friday slog may currently be the norm (if that’s what you want). But there are many of us that have to take […]
CPSD Promising Future: Samantha Barragan Pina
A Clover Park School District story. Our Promising Futures featured student this week is Park Lodge Elementary School fifth grader Samantha Barragan Pina. Samantha loves learning and likes studying every subject, but if she had to choose, her favorite subject is math. “It’s just fun and easy,” she said. “Especially fractions and multiplication. Figuring it […]