April 16, South Pierce County Chamber meeeting

Info about Garfield North Development in Parkland and Customer Service Panel As a neighbor of the Garfield North development, I thought you might be interested in getting an update on this resident/retail development on Garfield Street. Affinity Investment’s CEO will present the latest info on April 16, noon-1:30 at PLU’s Regency Room (in the university…

COMING SOON to The Triad Theater!

COMING SOON to The Triad Theater in Yelm! April 17th: Michael Apau and Poetry Celebration… April 28th: Andrew Kinney Solar Flares/ Earthquakes/ Volcanos A community awareness event! May 3rd: The MAGIC CARPET Fundraiser EVENT… with Kashani and the Mas Uda Dancers with Meditaranean Treats! Dates to be announced: The Bee Man, Thomas Bee4everAppiary and a special New…

Executive presses for extra outreach during 911 outage

PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Pierce County quickly mobilized in the early hours of Thursday morning to support local 911 dispatch centers during a multi-state outage. After learning about the outage at 1:20 a.m., the county activated its Emergency Operations Center in Tacoma to coordinate and support 911 dispatch centers during this unprecedented incident. Two dozen…

Frederickson April 2014

Greetings, 1.  There will not be an FCCCC Meeting this month.  On April 19th we will be involved with the Eggstravaganza at Sound Life Church. 2.  The Events Committee will meet April 15th @ Ricky J’s @ 5 P 3. On April 17th, A local investor group will hold an important meeting @ 2:30 in room…

JBLM Hosting Marvel’s Spider-Man to Promote Bullying Prevention Campaign

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – JBLM’s Armed Forces Community Service and the Family Advocacy Program working in conjunction with Marvel Comics are hosting Spider-Man to conduct a series of bullying prevention campaign presentations to students attending elementary schools located on base. The 12 assemblies scheduled for the on-base elementary schools during the week of April…

Joint Base Lewis-McChord late-night firing announcement

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct late-night firing on the following date(s): DATE               10 April 2014 TIME                6 a.m. to 6 p.m.  (Times could vary due to weather) FIRING OF        Demolitions and C4 The purpose of the late-night training is to maintain unit proficiency on this weapon system. Increased…

Wilcox Farms Easter Egg Hunt – April 12

Wilcox Farms Easter Egg Hunt! This event will take place on Saturday, April 12 events start at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. The hunts are at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The event is held at the Wilcox Family Farms in Roy, Washington. Tour the organic egg farm Enjoy fresh omelets Take a…

Attorney General to help ‘Get the Word Out’ for child advocates

PIERCE COUNTY — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and former State Auditor Brian Sonntag will be keynote speakers at Pierce County CASA’s “Get the Word Out” dinner on April 16. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteers have been providing advocacy for children in foster care in Pierce County for more than 30 years. There are…

Your tax dollars and your county

Have you ever wondered whether you community gets a fair shake at the state level for the money it puts in? here are a couple fiscal documents from the state that will tell you who really gets the benefit of tax dollars. This is the county by county return on transportation. State expenditures and revenues by county. Those…

Graham is on the move

GRAHAM, WA — Ever wondered how Graham got its name? It was simply, and quite unintentionally, transferred from camp boss Mr. Smith Graham to the logging area where he worked. He was the one who received the mail ‘off the hook” from the slowly moving train that still sometimes crosses Meridian (the old Barney-Larson road),…

Runway/Taxiway Closure: Tuesday, April 8

Runway/Taxiway Closure: Tuesday, April 8 from 4:00 am-8:00 am PIERCE COUNTY — Thun Field’s runway and taxiway will be closed from 4:00 am-8:00 am local time on Tuesday, April 8 for a semiannual sweeping of all paved surfaces.

Parkland Community Mural Project

  This is the mural site at the Parkland Post Office at the intersection of Garfield St. and C St. The wall is 13’x 112’. Dear Community Members of Parkland, We are writing to you to invite you to help support an ongoing Parkland and PLU partnership called the Parkland Community Mural Project. You can…