PIERCE COUNTY — Businesses looking to win government contracts will have the opportunity at the Greater Pierce County Purchasing Forum on Friday, Oct. 4, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Environmental Services Building, 9850 64th Street W. in University Place. Click here for map and directions. Panelists and exhibitors include Pierce County, City of…
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JBLM early-morning firing Sept. 5
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct late-night firing on the following date(s): DATE 5 September 2013 TIME 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. FIRING OF Demolitions and C4 The purpose of the early-morning training is to maintain unit proficiency on demolitions and C4. Increased levels of activity will be noticed during…
Advertise and reach South Pierce County
SPANAWAY, WA — The Pierce Prairie Post has now represented the local communities of South Pierce County for over a year. With over 66,000 views and days with almost 3200 hits, this online news source is showing its unique ability to represent the community and the market it exists within. The attached PDF document is information…
Summit Waller Board meeting Tuesday Sept. 3
SUMMIT, WA — The Summit-Waller Community Association will have its September Board Meeting Tuesday night at the Mid-County Community Center, 10205 44th Ave E, from 7-9 PM. The meeting is open to SWCA members and to the general public. The Board will be hearing reports on the new SWCA website: http://www.summitwallerca.org ; the Sat., Sept. 7 Waller Road Adopt-A-Road…
Bethel door buzzers added for security
SPANAWAY, WA — The Bethel School District is adding some enhanced school security this Fall. After the incident in Connecticut, the district board of directors discussed many possibilities to tighten security and access to the school buildings. At their July 23 meeting, the school board unanimously adopted policy 6609, which allows for new security access…
Choral Director’s Award for Barney Crouse of Spanaway Lake High
TACOMA, WA — The Washington American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) selected Bernard Crouse, Choral Director at Spanaway Lake High School, as a recipient of the 2013 Washington State ACDA Outstanding Choral Director Award. The award was presented by ACDA President Lori Wiest, and President Elect Tim Fitzpatrick at the annual ACDA Summer Institute on Wednesday, July 17, in…
We have added a community calendar!
Saturday, the Pierce Prairie Post added Community Calendar to the home page. We hope that as you have meetings and events int he community, you will add to this calendar for everyone to use a reference. Look for it on the right hand column with the categories and event announcements. There have been occasions when events…
Toxic Algae concentration high in Spanaway Lake
email sent to residents around Spanaway Lake Friday afternoon: To our Algae Watch Participants on Spanaway Lake, We already have a toxic algae caution advisory in place for Spanaway Lake but preliminary results for an algae sample collected from the lake on August 26, 2013 show a very high concentration of toxin. Please use extra…
Car wash today – Sept. 1 to help find missing Spanaway teen
SPANAWAY, WA — Chris Virdell disappeared February 9, 2012. He was 18 and had just graduated from Bethel High School the previous year. He had spent the night with some friends. It was around 9:30 a.m. and he was going to catch the bus to work, but he never got there. The only thing that was ever…
LeMay Car Show popular as ever
PARKLAND, WA — 152nd Street and B Street in front of Marymount were strewn with parking cars as people were trying to attend the big car show event. There were buses brining people from the Spanaway Middle School parking lot and back and forth between the family home on C Street and the site at Marymount. Inside, there…
Roy Pioneer Rodeo rocking the town today and Sunday
The Roy Pioneer Rodeo is underway. There was a big turnout today and it runs again on Sunday. The Roy Elementary Mustangs PTA was on hand selling snacks, which included great big scrumptious pickles on a stick. The ice cream booth was backed up with a long line due to the 80 degree weather. Also apparently doing…
Nisqually Land Trust @ Hogum Bay remembered
By Marianne Lincoln It was 1934. There was a 100 acre parcel on the Nisqually Reach, Hogum Bay available in a tax sale. Six educators from the Tacoma area pooled their money and bought the land. Eventually two, Morris E. Ford and Christian Miller would own the land. They had lots of family picnics and campouts there,…
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