On April 1st, 2021, the Lakewood community lost a leader and role model for women in Washington State who were inspired by her example of completing her education while raising a family, not an easy task, and for battling brain cancer for over two years. It is interesting to note that Kathie’s family history can […]
Letters
The Wood Nymph
Submitted by Eric Chandler, Lakewood. We had a most-wunnerful happenstance this last Fall whilst oot & aboot at the Brown Creek Area Forest area (Olympic National Park). At one point we were walking along a trail that our “’shrooming guide”, and good friend, Chris Herrera said would lead us to Chanterelle Mushroom Goodies…he was correct […]
Letter: Be Brave, Courageous, and Smart
Submitted by Sharlene Paulman. In a small sandwich shop on Steilacoom Blvd. where we occasionally get our dinner, we were sorry to witness something that has probably become the norm and explains one of the reasons why we are being set back to Phase 2 in Pierce County. We stood in front of a glass […]
Officer Mike Wiley, badge #LKW111
You can’t have a family of over a hundred without unfortunate incidents cropping up now and then. But when one member features prominently in two of those incidents, understandably more attention is warranted. Officer Michael Wiley has been with the Lakewood Police Department since 2004 and had transferred from the Seattle Police Department after two […]
Letter: Music
Submitted by William Elder. Music is played in my neighborhood. It echoes every dusk, sweet as a horn. Taps I once detested because of what it might portend— for me and those I had taken close around me, as protection. I survived; they mostly survived too. But that tune haunts on, these years later. Standing […]
Letter: An Independent Voter
Submitted by Aaron Arkin. Every election cycle, pollsters break out the electorate into three groups: Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. I would love to be counted as an Independent, especially in a world where each Party’s narrative and policies contained something with broad appeal: ideas that would aim for a public good. Then, I could look […]
(Satire) ‘Welcome to SpringWood!’
In an effort to finally get representation, Springbrook and Woodbrook have united and erected a new city, SpringWood. One term that the career politicians fear is ‘One Term’. Another term is ‘secession’. Lakewouldnt mayor for life, Don Tunderstan said, “I want to tell you how aroused I am, um, what’s the word, excited? Oldbrook really […]
Thank you for your support
Thanks to all who attended the recent Lakewood First Lions Club drive though crab feed in Fort Steilacoom Park.
Juggernaut for First COVID-19 Jab
When speaking of vaccinations, here in the US, we refer to them as a ‘shot’ but in England and elsewhere around the UK, they call them a ‘jab.’ No one likes needles. But somehow a ‘jab’ sounds more-to-be-dreaded. Yet in these days of the coronavirus pandemic, there is nothing more highly sought after than a […]