Pacific Lutheran University News

Pastor Jim Lindus looks back fondly at the 20 years he has been in the pulpit at Trinity Lutheran Church.

STRINGS ATTACHED. Cellist Miriam Shames will perform at the first SCCS concert in its Spotlight Series, 'Styles and Ideas,' on Nov.

No question, it's a tough world out there. But for some South End students, it's never too soon to get ready for the bumpy transition to the "real world" after graduation.

The majority of Puyallup voters who spoke out in last week's city council elections said they weren't interested in big changes.

Jan Seago has been named a 2009 Purpose Prize fellow. She was one of 46 people nationwide selected for the honor, which is given to social entrepreneurs older than 60 who are using their experience and passion to take on society's biggest challenges.

Shannon Kablasha Young and Joshua Mathew Hamblin, of Olympia, Wash., are happy to announce their engagement.

Several years ago voters approved a change to Pierce County Charter to make the auditor a non-partisan position.

GUEST ORGANIST BRUCE NESWICK Come join us for an amazing afternoon of virtuosity and creativity when guest organist Bruce Neswick performs on Sunday, November 8 at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church .

The days of uncontested City Council races in Puyallup have come to an end. Each council position up for election this year in Pierce County's third-largest city attracted three candidates something that hasn't happened in 10 years.

THE ABC'S. Chandler O'Leary uses the alphabet as a medium for art by way of unique stitched and quilted images of home life in her newest exhibit at Pacific Lutheran University, 'Mnemonic Sampler.' The exhibit will be up until Nov.

Inspirational speaker Frosty Westering, the former Pacific Lutheran University football coach, tells the audience to, 'Make the Big Time Where You Are,' the title of his latest book.

Amanda Basham of Sweet Home, running for Pacific University, set a new season best at 6,000 meters at the Pacific Lutheran University Invitational, held at the University Golf Course.

BIO BLAST. Elementary schools students in after-school programs throughout Pierce County participated in 4-H's Bio-fuel Blast science experiment Oct.

A lot of Bach and a bit of Schubert is on the bill for dual Port Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra concerts this weekend.

Volunteers from the Tacoma Astronomical Society are working with Pacific Lutheran University to present a series of free public observing nights.

Raised in the Portland area, Steve Maxwell has returned to Pierce County - where he earned a degree at Pacific Lutheran University, began his career in banking and met and married his wife.

At age eighty-eight, Sidney Rittenberg has had a singularly remarkable life. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he joined the Army, studied Chinese, and was posted to China in 1944.

Here's a look at what Tallahassee writers have been doing. Robert W. Beard, a retired Florida State University philosophy professor, has published an autobiographical work, 'Astride the Sea Cow' , about the two years he spent aboard the USS Manatee, an oil tanker charged with fueling military ships around the world.

Violinist Svend Ronning will help sound Beethoven's thunder, then perform a violin virtuoso interpreting Sibelius' impossibly complex frustration and also take on Tchaikovsky's guilt-tortured life.

Canada and the United States have always been beacons for the downtrodden, the oppressed, and those seeking to rebuild a future influenced by life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.