Submitted by Alan Billingsley Clover Park Rotary Service coordinator. Mark your calendar to join Clover Park Rotary at the South Sound Wildlife area from 9:00 AM to 1:00PM Saturday, October 12. We will be planting new indigenous plants in the prairie, working on the plant ID Garden and doing general clean up. See you all […]
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The Lakewood City Council August 5 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on August 5 (7 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
Lakewood City Manager August 2 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) August 2 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Junk in Your Trunk
Submitted by Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. Now’s the time to get rid of those items cluttering up your space – whether it’s past year’s Christmas decorations, neglected sporting equipment, small appliances, stacks of DVDs, office equipment or clothing that no longer fits – this event is tailor-made for you. This one-day extravaganza provides a platform […]
Let’s Talk! – An Evergreen Forest Reaching Up to an Overpass
Would you like to keep me company pondering and/or discussing a new topic from my friend, author Tyrean Martinson’s book – A Pocket Sized Jumble of 500+ Writing Prompts – with all screens switched off? Then lean back, and let yourself be swamped with ideas about an evergreen forest reaching up to an overpass. And […]
Lakewood Elks Hiring Event Lead Cook/Chef
Submitted by Lakewood Elks Lodge No. 2388. We are looking for a dedicated Lead Cook/Chef to join our team. Our Lodge is an Event Venue and has a Restaurant/Lounge.. Do you have 5 years experience as a Cook/Chef? Are you looking for a position that allows you to show off your culinary creativity? Come out […]
Across the Fence: Dasein
Have you ever used the English Germanism Dasein (pronounce approximately: ‘dah-zine, meaning existence)? I found this one on my incredible list and wonder now, how often I have ever used it in German … It sounds so very philosophical – and actually, it is. Before I venture into anything that relates to philosophers, I want […]
Nominations now open for 2024 Larry Saunders Service Award
Submitted by Bob Warfield. Larry Saunders served our country and our city with distinction, retiring from the Army to organize Lakewood’s Police Department, as our first Chief. Home from Iraq, after returning to Army service to establish the National Police College in Baghdad, Larry honored Lakewood with tireless community service benefiting our Boys & Girls […]
Letter: There’s Joy in the Journey Too
It would have been her 76th birthday so though I had lost her to cancer after a half-century of marriage, once again I found myself in the mountains. There by one of our favorite rivers, a simple hike where so long, long ago we had gone hand-in-hand, I unpacked both her and my favorite beverage, and […]