Here’s hoping your celebration of the new year was fun, exciting and you arrived home safely! No one needs to start the new year with a trip to the Pierce County jail or the hospital, the deputies are out in force and much of the area is foggy tonight. The leftover fireworks from summer have been…
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Mountain shadow for New Year’s Eve
Goodbye 2012, hello fiscal cliff and the hope for 2013. The mountain casts its winter shadow in the morning.
Help the POST deliver your local news and get a tax deduction
Dear Pierce Prairie Post Reader, Before you count down the final seconds of 2012, you should know that we are counting on you. When you read an article, it helps our statistics and helps us to convince advertisers to invest in our publication. Since we are also non-profit, if you like having a local…
It’s Elk Plain, not Bethel Station
By Marianne Lincoln, lifelong Elk Plain resident EDITORIAL Bethel Station is a shopping center, not a community. Spanaway Plaza, Pacific Commons and the new Mountain Plaza are also shopping centers in Spanaway, but no one is trying to name communities after them. The name Bethel Station was picked up by the Post Office in Washington D.C….
Stage 1 burn ban called for Pierce and Snohomish counties
Use of fireplaces and uncertified wood stoves is prohibited until air quality improves SEATTLE, WA – Effective at 5 p.m. December 29, 2012, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is issuing a Stage 1 burn ban for Pierce and Snohomish counties. This ban is in effect until further notice. Weather conditions are forecast to become…
Toxic Algae Advisory for Spanaway Lake and Bresemann Pond lifted
The Toxic Algae Advisory for Spanaway Lake and Bresemann Pond has been lifted. The toxic algae blooms have decreased in size and no longer present a public health concern. Toxic algae are capable of producing toxins and, if present in large amounts, can pose a risk to pets and people. Swallowing or prolonged skin contact…
Community organizations abound here
There are plenty of community organizations to belong to in the area the Pierce Prairie Post serves. If you don’t belong to one, you probably don’t know as much about what’s going on here. In fact, this is not a complete list. The Spanaway Early Risers Lions needs to update their phone number and meeting…
Donate blood today Dec. 27 at Spanaway Safeway
Cascade Regional Blood Services are in the area today, Dec 27. They have a mobile unit that people can visit to donate at the Spanaway Safeway this afternoon from 1 to 7 p.m. Help them save lives. Cascade Regional Blood Services, your community blood center, has been providing blood products and related services to patients…
Comedian Susan Jones Dec. 27, 8pm at JR’s
Come see the always hilarious Susan Jones. Have dinner and a show at JR’s Whistle Stop Thursday, Dec. 27th. From JR’s Facebook page: Susan Jones brings her 20 years of comedy and radio experience to the stage with some seriously funny girl talk. Larger than life, Susan uses her attitude and experiences with size acceptance…
723 Networking Thursday mornings at JR’s
Thursday December 27, the 723 Networking group will meet at 7 a.m. at JR’s Whistle Stop restaurant in the Bethel Station Shopping Center at 224th Street East on the Mountain Highway. On the agenda is time to tell someone what you appreciate about them. “Appreciation can make a day … even change a life. Your…
Native Flash Mob at Tacoma Mall in support of Canadian First Nations cousins
At 2:30 p.m. today (Dec. 26, Boxing Day in Canada) there was what was planned to be a Flash Mob at the Tacoma Mall. It was put together by a group of local Native Americans in support of the Idle No More movement in Canada. The group got together and began drumming, and singing 4 traditional songs…
Three FP schools receive prestigious School of Distinction recognition
FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT — Three schools — Central Avenue Elementary, James Sales Elementary, and Franklin Pierce High School — have each been awarded a 2012 Schools of Distinction designation. They are three of 97 total schools throughout Washington State that were given the honor. The award is determined based on a school’s overall performance…
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