TOP Kits Merryman
Here's looking back at three decades, South Sound
Published: 08/20/12 10:23:16
It’s time for your victory lap, South Sounders. Over the three decades I’ve been observing, you have magnified and multiplied all that is good about our spot on this planet.
Kits Merryman
The Farm is relevant again for Franklin Pierce students
Published: 08/11/12 08:04:40
The Farm is relevant again in the Franklin Pierce School District.
After 29 years at TNT, columnist Merryman bids a fond farewell
Published: 08/03/12 16:47:13
In January, I lined up 24 dimes on my bookshelf at work – one dime for every month until I turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. They were the timeline to my retirement target date. Monday, I had 17 dimes, in two lines.
Merryman: Tacoma Housing Authority busting cycle of failure on Hilltop
Published: 07/29/12 21:04:34
Tacoma Housing Authority is turning its resources, and innovations, back to Hilltop.
Merryman: DuPont's antidote to Westboro? Unleashing undead
Published: 07/27/12 18:17:16
Friday was a great day to be undead in DuPont – warm, but not sunny enough to melt fickle flesh.
Big Toy Team pioneers conquer wild Frontier Park playground
Published: 07/16/12 08:57:16
Next time you visit Grahams Frontier Park, try the scavenger hunt. Find the math challenge, bake sale, civics lesson, dunk tank, design primer, spaghetti feed, political debate, fireworks stand, handmade benches, omelette breakfast and T-shirts. Extra points if you locate the romance. Theyre all there, thanks to Bob Hanslers 2010 fifth-graders at Kapowsin Elementary School, and their parents. Those students saw all those elements dedicated last week in the parks new playground.
Community comes together for Lakewood's first farmers market
Published: 07/11/12 07:05:28
Jason Whalen celebrated the first-ever farmers market in Pierce County’s second-largest city with a Breeto’s Hawaiian shave ice, a sunrise of syrups drizzled with condensed milk.
A fan of 'Hatfields & McCoys'? So are these Lakewood residents; they also are descendants
Published: 06/01/12 18:59:43
Leonard and Teddy Haggarty and their mom, Lillian, have spent the past few evenings watching old family movies at their home in Lakewood.
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