On August 10, the local chapter of Pheasant’s Forever, JBLM and JR’s WHistle Stop are sponsoring the 5th Annual Youth Shotgun Safety and Fun Shoot. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the MWR Shotgun Shooting Complex at JBLM, Building 3969. THe event is free but required prior registration. All equipment is provided. Pheasants…
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Along the way from here to there – 2nd story camping?
You just never know what you’ll see driving around a creative community like Spanaway. This week, it was 2nd story camping on the patio roof. Not one, but three tents!
Terry Chaplin Memorial Car Show – Charley’s Dinosaur benefit
Terry Chaplin Memorial Fun Run August 10th, 2013 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Griot’s Garage, 3333 South 38th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409
North Warren Street Bridge in Roy to be replaced; four-month closure starts Aug. 12
Roy, WA — The North Warren Street Bridge that crosses Muck Creek in Roy will be closed for four months starting Aug. 12 so the bridge can be replaced. North Warren Street will be closed between Water Street West and Cedar Street West during the work. Motorists will be detoured along State Route 507 and…
LeMay Collection “Blast to the Past” Party Takes People Back to 1963
Vintage automobile rides, dinner & auction among the many attractions The Cold War is coming back to Spanaway. In what might be the oddest project ever undertaken by LeMay Restorations, a salesman’s model of a 50-year-old bomb shelter is being brought to the former Marymount Military Academy for a gala event August 24th and the 36th…
PLU – The Laughing Somoans – Fobulous, August 10
When Saturday, August 10, 2013, 4 – 10pm Event type Conference Or Camp Event Title Island Comforts Olsen Auditorium The Laughing Samoans present Fobulous. Fobulous is the new show from one of New Zealand’s most successful comedy acts. The comedy duo of Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai have for the past decade been touring New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands,…
Vashon “Passport to Pain” bike ride fundraiser
Vashon Is, WA — Here is a flyer about the 3rd Annual Vashon Island Rowing Club Passport to Pain bike ride. Quite an epic ride! Forward this on to any biking friends (or enemies) and clubs, that would be super-cool! It’s our biggest rowing club fundraiser of the year and bikers seem to like it…
National Park Foundation Summer Scrapbook seeking entries
Join The Summer Scrapbook and Win Big! Submit your Summer Scrapbook entries today! Share your favorite park photos, video, and tips in the Summer Scrapbook for the chance to win a Yosemite adventure. Anyone who submits content will be entered to win! We have already received thousands of spectacular photos from park fans! We’ll announce…
State urban forestry restoration project focuses on Swan Creek Park
PIERCE COUNTY , WA — =Invasive plants will be removed from Swan Creek Park and adjacent Pierce County property over the next few weeks as part of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Urban Forestry Restoration Project. Non-native invasive plants such as English ivy and Himalayan blackberry will be removed by a Puget…
Old undiscovered well swallows Spanaway man
Update: I spoke to Dick Husted this morning (2/15/2017) at a Graham Business Association meeting and he said this video shows what happened during this event. The pitchfork injured his left elbow leaving him with a little nerve damage in his arm & hand, but otherwise, he has a very amazing story to tell. ~Marianne …
Nisqually Land Trust gets accreditation
Message / News from the Nisqually Land Trust We’ve done it! The Nisqually Land Trust has been awarded accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. We are excited and honored to announce that your Nisqually Land Trust has been awarded national accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. Accreditation is independent confirmation that the Land…
Tales from Sahagalie Palielah: The Pre-pioneer History of University Place
[Editor note: The Pierce Prairie Post is including this event because Steve Anderson is an expert on the local history of the Hudson’s Bay Company who had Fort Nisqually and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company (PSAC) in our Pierce County area. Some of those PSAC farms were Spanueh (Spanaway), Sastuc (McChord Field), Mullock House (Elk Plain) and several along Muck Creek…
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