By Larry Volland, President Summit-Waller Community Association This year is a special year for our association. 2013 marks our “20th Anniversary” of volunteer efforts in the Summit-Waller Community. Twenty years of caring individuals with a comprehensive “community-wide” vision. Twenty years of working out-in-the-open and laboring behind-the-scenes to promote the rural quality of life, neighborhoods and…
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Orangegate Park Clean-Up Day, April 20
By Larry Volland, Summit Waller Community Association President Mark your calendars! Saturday, April 20, 2013, 9:00am to noon. This will be a community effort in conjunction with Pierce County Parks & Recreation’s “Parks Appreciation Day”, and with the Earth Day efforts around the globe. Your participation will be greatly appreciated. Besides our usual efforts in…
Waller Road Adopt-A-Road Clean-Up, May 18
Summit Waller Community Association volunteers will be picking up litter along Waller Road from SR 512 to Pioneer Way E this Spring. The Spring clean-up will be Saturday, May 18, 9 AM to noon. Volunteer should meet with SWCA coordinator, John Goodspeed, at 9925 Waller Rd E to sign in and choose a stretch of Waller Road…
Turn in unused or expired medicines on April 27
PIERCE COUNTY — Unwanted and unused prescription drugs can be harmful to people and the environment. You can safely dispose of these medicines – including controlled substances – during the nationwide drug “take back” day on Saturday, April 27. This one-day event will provide free, anonymous collection of unwanted or expired drugs between 10 a.m. and…
2013 Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council grant annoucement
2013 Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council Supplemental Environmental Grant Announcement Please note: This is a second opportunity to apply for grant funding through the 2013 Chamber Clover small grant program. Following the first grant round we have identified a balance of available funds and hope to have them applied to more projects within the watershed. The…
Runway rehabilitation at Tacoma Narrows Airport starts April 29
PIERCE COUNTY — Pierce County will rehabilitate the runway and four adjacent connector taxiways at Tacoma Narrows Airport in Gig Harbor this spring and summer to improve surfaces, add new features and meet federal aviation standards for the airport’s size. Work will begin April 29, and will be completed in four construction phases. The airport…
Living Well in Pierce County: Happiness, Economy and Environment May 11
Living Well in Pierce County: Happiness, Economy and Environment May 11, 2013 at University of Puget Sound Wheelock Student Center Rotunda Capacity is limited. Reserve your free spot and find out more at www.tpchd.org/ehindicators or by calling Marianne Seifert at (253) 798-3823. Keynote speaker: David Batker, local author of What’s the Economy For, Anyway? Professor Kate Stirling…
April 20 Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council Meeting hosts Councilman Jim McCune
By John Marshall, FCCCC Secretary This is your reminder of the Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council Monthly meeting this Saturday, April 20th @ 9AM. Our Pierce County Council Representative, Jim McCune and Council Staff, Hugh Taylor will give about a 1 hour presentation. The James Hardie Company has requested that a section of 180th St….
May 3 to 5, the intersection at 22nd Ave. and 176th Street will close
The Pierce County project that is widening 176th Street in Spanaway will close the intersection of 22nd Avenue and 176th Street on May 3 until May 5. This closure was moved out from April since the project has progressed. The entire intersection of 176th and 22nd Avenue will be closed as crews completely replace and re-engineer the traffic…
Spanaway historical graveyard cleanup Saturday, April 20
The Parkland-Spanaway Kiwanis will be having their annual graveyard cleanup on Saturday, April 20. The historical Spanaway pioneer graveyard is on 176th and A Street. If you feel like assisting as an Earth Day project a little early, they will surely welcome the help. Speaking of history, the photos below are pages of a December 1939 newsletter…
May blood drives in the south county area
Cascade Regional Blood Services (CRBS) is a not-for-profit health care organization that has been supplying blood products and specialty therapeutic services to South King and Pierce Counties for more than 65 years. CRBS is the sole provider of blood to Franciscan Health System and MultiCare Health System hospitals and clinics. The CRBS we site is http://www.crbs.net/home/index.htm. On…
Puyallup River Clean-Up seeks volunteers on April 20
PIERCE COUNTY — Pierce County residents can go green as they tackle their spring cleaning to-do list. “Indoors and outdoors, sometimes the products and methods we use to clean and spruce up our homes can be harmful to our family and the environment,” said Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy. “Citizens can make simple changes as…
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