Greetings from the UW Autism Center! We still have a few more talks available for Autism Awareness month including the April 23rd presentation (Seattle), “To Tell or Not to Tell,” which will include a parent panel with three expert parents sharing their experiences and answering questions from the audience. Other upcoming talks include: April 23rd (Tacoma)…
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Online event and good news for Spanaway, Parkland, Midland to McKenna.
County Council to consider changing meeting times
PIERCE COUNTY — This is notice of final Council hearing on Proposal No. 2013-8s. Proposal No. 2013-8s, An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Initiating a Review of Potential Changes to Council Meeting Times and Potential Amendments to Section 1.28.040 of the Pierce County Code, “Meetings of the Council”; Establishing a Council Subcommittee to Study…
Bethel District to form partnership with Pierce County Parks
The following resolution is on the Bethel School Board agenda for April 23, 2013. The meeting will be held at Liberty Middle School, 7319 Eustis-Hunt Road East, Spanaway at 7 p.m. — Bethel Public Schools RESOLUTION 28 (12-13) A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 403, AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PARTNER WITH PIERCE…
Earth Day is April 22!
EPA.gov — We’re excited to share many opportunities with you to celebrate and engage! Share your -questions. Join us for a Twitter chat on April 22 at 2 pm ET. The discussion will be about climate change and what we can all do to save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help protect the planet. Follow…
Pierce County Library System applauds and thanks volunteers
TACOMA – Volunteers at Pierce County Library System enhance the Library’s service to communities. Next week, April 21-27, people throughout the United States will acknowledge National Volunteer Week, and the Library System is giving special recognition and saying thank you to all of its volunteers. “Volunteers allow our staff to work directly with the hundreds…
County Council considering changes to animal control provisions
Public Safety and Human Services Committee Dan Roach, Chair; Jim McCune, Vice Chair; Stan Flemming, Member; Connie Ladenburg, Member; Douglas G. Richardson, Member Clerk: Cathy Sala, (253) 798-6695 SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE Meeting Date: Monday, April 22, 2013 Time: 1:30 p.m. Place: Pierce County Council Chambers 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 1045, Tacoma, WA Agenda Items:…
Green-Powered Northwest Colleges and Businesses are Reducing Pollution and Fighting Climate Change
(April 17, 2013 – Seattle) –– Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Green Power Partnership Top 50 Green-Powered organizations using electricity from clean, renewable sources such as solar and wind energy. Several businesses and colleges in the Pacific Northwest are among the best in the nation in increasing renewable energy use. Microsoft Corporation…
Executive McCarthy: State Farm decision is latest sign of county’s economic vitality
The following is a statement by Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy regarding State Farm’s announcement on April 19: “Pierce County welcomes State Farm’s decision to open an Initial Loss Reporting center in downtown Tacoma. This follows Amazon’s recent decision to build in DuPont. In Frederickson, a company called FPS/EnCon is preparing to build the concrete…
Parkland Spanaway Kiwanis clean up the old Spanaway graveyard
Saturday April 20, the Parkland Spanaway Kiwanis cleaned up the old Spanaway graveyard at 176th and A Street. The days work included chopping back overgrown brush, blackberries and dead trees. On May 4th, the work will continue as the brush is picked up and hauled to the appropriate yard waste disposal. Here are a few photos…
FCCCC meeting features Councilman Jim McCune and 180th Street closure issue
Member s of the Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council (FCCCC) met Saturday morning April 20. After conducting regular business, which included an appeal for someone to step forward to be the new President, they turned the meeting over to Jim McCune of the County Council and Hugh Taylor, Council Staff. Jim McCune spoke briefly and…
Elk Plain Cafe is gone and a new corner to begin soon
This past weekend the dozers and demolition crew acted swiftly and the remainder of the shell that was once the Elk Plain Cafe was reduced to scrap. The trees were harvested, stumps removed and the land mostly leveled. All this is to make way for a new O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Store on the corner of…
April 27, Rotary Club of Parkland-Spanaway Surrender the Booty Bash
Be there if ya dare, Saturday, April 27, 2013 Ahoy me hearty! Arr, Rotary Club of Parkland-Spanaway will be agin brin’ ye “Surrender the Booty Bash 4”! ‘Tis the major fundraiser for Parkland-Spanaway and we ask ye to plan to attend tis excitin’ event. Sail around this web site for all the details if ya dare…ya son…
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