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Let’s Talk! – The Doors of the Sun Closed
Whoa, my friend Tyrean Martinson! This time your prompt in your book for writers, which I abuse for inviting readers to have conversations instead of staring at screens, got the better of me. I’m drawing a total blank. Indeed, I googled whether this was part of some poem or song lyrics. Failure. I finally came […]
‘The Big One’ gets a new home in Fort Steilacoom Park
For nearly 60 years a massive Douglas fir round sat perched atop a cement stand in an enclosure at the entrance of the Pierce County Library System’s Lakewood library branch on Wildaire Road SW. Today, the Tenzler Log, affectionately called “The Big One”, found a new home. With ease and skill, a crew from Omega […]
Recognition for long serving Lions
Submitted by Lakewood First Lions Club. Four Lakewood First Lions Club members recently received recognition for their years of service to the Lakewood community. Above, left to right are Sally Saunders, 25 years; Eric Warn, 25 years; Ruth Anne Hickey, 25 years; and John Anderson, 50 years.
Across the Fence: Anwesenheit
Today’s Germanism in the English language is the term Anwesenheit (pronounce ‘un-vah-zen-hite, meaning presence). I was thrilled to come up with some ideas, but even more surprised when I realized that the only field in which the Germanism is used over here is psychology! Here is a definition by Wikipedia: “Anwesenheit refers to the false […]
Lakewood Baseball Playoff Report
Submitted by Greg Rediske. The Playoffs! See the pictures with the championship rings…..bling! 8U Championship Playoff Hornets 8, Bills 6 in the Semifinals on Friday, 6/7 The Hornets trailed by as many as four but came back to best the the Bills on Friday, 8-6. The Hornets piled up 14 hits in the game. Charlie […]
William Eugene “Bill” Murphy
Compiled by Tim Marsh, Lakes High School Class of 1966, from various sources. Bill Murphy, a right-handed hitting outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball during the 1966 season, died at age 80 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, on May 13, 2024. Link to his obituary from Mountain View Memorial Park in […]
Build-A-Bear Workshop deployed joy in Lakewood for Celebration of Military Appreciation Month
Submitted by Navy Federal Credit Union. Nearly 40% of military families experience at least six months of family separation every year and a half, according to data from AmeriCorps, an entity of the U.S. federal government. Military children find these separations challenging, as deployments send mothers and fathers far away for a prolonged period of […]
Letter: Touching Noses, One Last Kiss, One Last Time
By Cheryl Calvert, with David Anderson “Your mother is not going to recover. Not this time.” I stood outside her hospital room as the doctor confirmed my worst fears. We had had our last conversation. I would not hear my mom’s sweet voice again. Her bright eyes would not recognize my face, her so sweet […]