Tiny Tots Indoor Playground Bring your child to our Tiny Tots Indoor Playground for fun, socialization, and crafts! Kids will delight in the opportunity to run, jump, climb, and explore in this safe environment while creating fun with oodles of toys and space. Parents are required to supervise their children at all times, maximum of…
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Labor Day weekend events
Labor Day weekend has a multitude of options for entertainment, enjoyment and good old-fashioned fun. For many, it’s the last blast before school starts. For kids in the Franklin Pierce District,well, it’s the first weekend after school started. In any case, its three more days to enjoy the last throws of summer, hopefully summer weather…
Congressman Denny Heck visits PC Skills Center
SPANAWAY, WA — Congressman Denny Heck recently visited the Pierce County Skills Center (PCSC). He was accompanied by Superintendent Tom Seigel and Skills Center Director Michelle Ledbetter. PCSC was created in phases. They are launching Aerospace Machining/Fabrication and Automotive Technology in September 2013. The Bethel School District if the fiscal agent for the PCSC. It is operated in…
Garfield Street demolition update Aug. 29
PARKLAND, WA — The ongoing process of clearing away the old to bring in the new continues at the corner of C Street and Garfield in Parkland. Here are the latest photos of the process which should be complete in just a couple of days. The groundbreaking for the new Garfield Station will be on…
Third round of Tacoma Narrows Airport master plan meetings scheduled for Sept. 4
Pierce County will hold its third set of public meetings on Tacoma Narrows Airport’s master plan update on Sept. 4 in Gig Harbor. Topics will include facility requirements and an introduction to potential development alternatives for the airport. “Requirements for both the airside and landside of the airport will be considered,” said Deb Wallace, Pierce…
Molina Healthcare, Community Champions Awards
Molina Healthcare of Washington is having its 5th annual Community Champions Awards. Help us recognize those who serve our community members by nominating a Community Champion! Nominating someone is easy, you can fill out the attached form and email it to MHWEvents@MolinaHealthcare.com, fax it to (425) 424-1168 or go directly to our online submission form. Winners,…
Part 3: George Bush, life on the wagon train
George Bush, PART 3 By Chuck Haviland LIFE ON THE WAGON TRAIN The first wagon train arrived in 1843. (Actually the very first arrivals that came thru the Oregon trail were in 1841- 36 men with their families). They were joined by 1000 newcomers in 1843. The number of new arrivals grew each year to…
Benefit Car Wash Sept. 1 to help find Chris Virdell
On September 1 at Kelly’s Kafé in Spanaway at 163rd & Pacific Ave., volunteers will be out washing cars to raise money. The funds are used to print flyers and other expenses associated with raising awareness of Chris’ case. The Virdell family is trying to reach out int he community to find people who may have seen him…
Grandparenting has a new look in 2013
PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Grandparenting these days presents many new opportunities. But it also requires some approaches that were unheard of twenty years ago. The advent of technology and the experiences that youngsters have today create a whole new environment. There are as many different roles for grandparents as there are different family configurations and needs….
The virtuous path – WE have a dream
Editorial, by Marianne (Scott) Lincoln In August 1963, I was only 6 years old and about to enter first grade at Central Avenue Elementary. I do not remember Dr. King giving his famous I Have a Dream speech, but I do remember a conversation my mother had at Mrs. Brown’s house next door. That conversation…
More demolition – a portion of Parkland Elementary School
Tuesday, August 27, 2013, Rhine began demolishing part of the one-story wing of the old Parkland Elementary School. This demolition is part of the project to build Garfield Station, a high rise apartment building with shops in Parkland near PLU. The main portion of the Parkland School is still standing, it is going to be…
Graham Citizen’s Action Team meets Aug. 28
GRAHAM, WA — The Graham Citizen’s Action Team meeting August 28 at the Graham Fire Station on 70th Avenue East. Agenda will include discussion of the Fair Booth at Puyallup and other ways to help the community communicate and interact to help make it more livable. We’ll have a Puyallup Fair booth Thurs. 9/12-Sat. 9/14…
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