EDITOR'S NOTE: The date of this public event is actually Saturday, March 14. We apologize for any confusion.

Remember the old Hill Ward property in Lakewood? The creepy, graffiti-scrawled, crumbling ruins at Fort Steilacoom Park was demolished once and for all a year ago.

On Saturday, Lakewood will celebrate the transformation of the Hill Ward from one-time Western State Hospital prison farm dormitory, to long-time public nuisance, to a landscaped community setting overlooking Waughop Lake.

The city, county and the state contributed more than $693,000 to restore the property.

The event happens at 4 p.m. at the park, 8200 87th Ave. SW. Organizers say it will be held rain or shine.

I don't expect an invitation was extended to the Juggalos. They were the group of face-painted thugs -- followers of the rap group Insane Clown Posse -- who hung out at the Hill Ward In the summer of 2006 and preyed on 23 parkgoers. Lakewood police arrested eight individuals on suspicion of assaults and robberies.

I was never a member of the Juggalos, but I did visit the Hill Ward back in the '80s when I was a college student at Pacific Lutheran University. A friend and I brought our dates there to spook them. It worked.

Now, as a husband and father of two girls, I will feel much more comfortable visiting the site in its current incarnation.

That's the best community workshop name I've heard in years.

But wait, there's more: Free Subway Sandwiches.

The Pierce County Asset Building Coalition will host Connect With Your Money from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday - Feb. 28 _ at Evergreen State College - Tacoma, 1210 Sixth Ave., Tacoma.

It's billed as offering "financial answers for families struggling in today's economy."

Barb Gorzinski, one of the organizers says she's excited by the line-up of speakers and services.

You can sit in on a talk on:

* Creating a spending plan and a saving strategy.

* Figuring out your credit scores, and improving it.

* Paying paying down your debt.

* Solving mortgage problems, and avoiding foreclosure.

* Talking calmly about family money matters.

* Teaching the kids good financial habits.

* Healthy ways to deal with stress if you have financial problems.

* Understanding tax credits.

For sheer fun, they'll have a big shredder on site to eat your out-dated documents.

You do have to RSVP to 253-798-8787. That's so they'll know how many subs to order.