Washington High is falling behind in the SMASH contest, please get out there every day and VOTE! http://www.makeamusical.org/smash-make-a-musical/meet-the-schools/ Top 5 get the grand prize. NOTE: the voting is restricted to one vote, per IP address, per day (24 hour period). This means if you are accessing from a shared network (such as a school or…
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Online event and good news for Spanaway, Parkland, Midland to McKenna.
Hoops 4 Hope raises money for American Cancer Society, honors memory of Pam Raynor
FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT — On Saturday, April 20, the gymnasiums at Franklin Pierce High School will be full of student and adult basketball players. Hoops 4 Hope, as the event is called, will consist of a 3-on-3 basketball tournament. While the basketball part is meant to be a fun way to spend a Saturday,…
Huffington Post seeking stories from laid off Hanford workers
A Message From HuffPost To Our Readers In Washington Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Hello from HuffPost Open Reporting – This is a one-time email to our readers in Washington. Earlier this week, hundreds of workers were laid off at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site. Thousands more workers were told that…
Nature Mapping at Powell Creek March 23
Come join the Nisqually Land Trust & Northwest Trek on Saturday, March 23, 2013, from 9 am – 12 pm, for a no-experience necessary nature mapping event at the NLT’s Powell Creek Pastures. This volunteer opportunity is not any more physically demanding than a walk in the woods (and pastures) but will provide valuable wildlife data that will…
Agencies to hold counter-terrorism exercise at Port of Tacoma March 22
PIERCE COUNTY – A number of local, state and federal agencies will participate in a simulated improvised explosive device (IED) exercise at the Port of Tacoma on Friday. There will be two scenarios along the Blair Waterway where IEDs will be discovered and disposed of. The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate how agencies…
Rangers to receive awards for role in Afghanistan
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – U.S. Army Rangers from 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment are scheduled to be recognized for their combat actions in a valorous awards ceremony at Saint Martin’s Pavilion, Lacey, Wash., March 20 at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend the event. Among the awards scheduled to be presented are…
Spring into Lions Open House, Tuesday, March 26th
The Spanaway Lions Club would like to invite members of the Parkland and Spanaway community with an interest in the Lions Club or learning more about Lionism to come to our Spring into Lions Open House Tuesday, March 26th at 7pm in the community room at the Paradise Bowl, 12505 Pacific Avenue S. Event on…
Writing contests about democracy and open government
PIERCE COUNTY AUDITOR – The Foundation is exploring the question of how to strengthen democracy in the US, given our perception that the political system has failed to adequately address major issues confronting the nation – from climate change to health care, from our fiscal future to the criminal justice system, from immigration to education. …
Pierce County READS
PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY – Would you like to plan a trip to Paris this spring, get that book you’ve been wanting to write published, or perhaps make some art deco jewelry? Those are just a taste of the 40 free events you may participate in during Pierce County READS 2013, the countywide community one book…
Pierce Transit proposes more cuts
Monday, March 18, an open house was held by Pierce Transit at the Parkland Spanaway Library to reveal to the local public the proposed service cuts for later this year. The vast majority of Pierce Transit funding comes from a portion of the sales tax. With the economy still down and the failure of a…
Behind the song and donation cup, a man searching for the spiritual connection
By Marianne Lincoln I was sitting in my car waiting for a friend to finish shopping at the Spanaway Wal-Mart today, I heard singing. As I looked around, all I could see was a man at a table in front of the store and another offering a Tacoma newspapers to passers-by. I emerged from my…
Spanaway wacky eye catchers morf
Saturday, on the corner of 208th Street and the Mountain Highway, there was a fence post with an afro wig and green scarf and a T-shirt that said “I Stay Fly.” Sunday, in its place are two survey stakes nailed in a cross that say, “RIP I Stay Fly” and “Long Live Britt.” In place of…
Pierce Prairie Post 