🌱 Parkland-founded Korean market faces sale after four decades of family ownership
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- Parkland-founded Korean market faces sale after four decades of family ownership
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📰 News we're reading
• Longtime Korean market in Lakewood known for kimchi, banchan now for sale (thenewstribune.com) — A beloved Korean grocery that first opened in Parkland in the early 1980s and later moved to Lakewood is now up for sale as its owners prepare to retire. The family-run Asian Market, famous for its kimchi and banchan, may remain open months or even years depending on when a buyer steps forward, leaving loyal South Sound customers hoping it can stay longer. 
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2nd Annual DuPont Chili Cookoff returns on Saturday, May 2
1425 Wilmington Dr, DuPont, WA 98327,
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Kid Program Kits: Craftopia Glove Monsters
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Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
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Spanaway Lake High School , 1305 168th St E , Spanaway
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Friday April 17
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🗞 Nearby News
Spanaway
- April 19 Earth Day cleanup on 134th & A Street (pierceprairiepost.com)
Lakewood
- Police: Security lapses helped dangerous patient escape WA psychiatric hospital (thenewstribune.com)
- Tuesday's Prep Roundup: Sedro-Woolley softball team plays well before game gets postponed (thenewstribune.com)
- South Sound Storytime (tacomaweekly.com)
Tacoma
- Tacoma-Seattle fast ferry 'unlikely' to launch ahead of World Cup (kuow.org)
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