The Pierce Prairie Post wants to make sure you caught the story in The News Tribune about a proposed Aquatic Center for the Bethel School District. Here’s the link http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/11/12/2364237/bethel-discusses-prospects-for.html The Bethel School Board is currently investigating and exploring the idea. With the recent issues of adequate funding of schools from the sate level, the…
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Diabetes information from USA.gov
Press release from USA.gov Did you know that more than 8 percent of Americans have diabetes? November is Diabetes Awareness Month, making it a good opportunity to learn about this increasingly prevalent disease. Risk Factors – Family history, blood pressure, weight, and activity level are a few of the factors that can affect your chances…
Immigration Realities, Resources and Responses, Nov. 14
Immigration in Tacoma/Pierce County: Realities, Resources and Responses, Panel Discussion – Wednesday, November 14, 7:00 pm at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 901 North J Street. The panel will feature: Liz Dunbar, Tacoma Community House Larry Warren, Northwest Detention Center Roundtable Oriel Siu, University of Puget Sound For more information please contact Roman Christiaens at rchristiaens@pugetsound.edu. Sponsored by…
PLU’s 61st annual Sankta Lucia Fest, Dec. 2
Pacfic Lutheran University’s Sankta Lucia Fest is December 2 in Lagerquist Hall. Admission is free for PLU students & children under 10. Scandinavian Cultural Center members & Senior Citizens are $5. General Admission is $7. The highlight of the program is Lucia and her attendants who enter the dimly-lit auditorium by candle light, singing the Sankta Lucia song…
PLU, A Child is Born, Christmas Concerts
The time for awe inspiring music is coming this December. Please join Pacific Lutheran University’s Choir of the West, the University Chorale and members of the University Symphony Orchestra in what has become one of the region’s most inspirational Christmas celebrations. Students spend hundreds of hours preparing for the five concerts they perform each holiday…
PLU Fall Lecture: Peter Altmann’s “Adele’s Wish” Nov. 15
Pacific Luther University — November 15, 2012, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Anderson University Center, Scandinavian Cultural Center. Peter Altmann, a longtime Tacoma resident, will present a special viewing of the film “Adele’s Wish.” This one-hour film tells the story of Peter Altmann’s mother, Maria. A Holocaust survivor, Maria Altmann recently fought all the way to the Supreme…
Council approves responsible, balanced budget for 2013
PIERCE COUNTY PRESS RELEASE The Pierce County Council voted Tuesday, Nov. 13, to adopt a “responsible and fiscally sound” budget for 2013 that reduces general-government spending. The budget, approved on a 7-0 vote, did not include a cost-of-living adjustment for employees. Rather, it spends a portion of that savings to alleviate some cuts in the…
Bethel FUTURESCHOOLS visit Tuesday, Nov. 13
The next FUTURESCHOOLS visit will be on November 13. They will board a bus at 7:45 am. From the Bethel District office. Visits include Spanaway Lake High School, Pierce County Skills Center and Clover Creek Elementary schools. These schools all feature recent construction and the latest in classroom technology. It shouls be fascinating for administrators, board…
GBA Scholarship Auction, 7 am Nov. 14
Graham Business Association invites you to its GBA Scholarship Auction to be held on Wednesday, November 14th 7:00 A.M. at Silver Creek Retirement Facility, 17607 – 91st Ave E, Puyallup (Off 176th at 91st) Proceeds will go through GBA to BEST (Bethel Educational Scholarship Team) to provide scholarships to graduates of Bethel School District. Breakfast…
Holiday Expo at Bethel High today, Nov. 10, 9-4
By Marianne Lincoln A delicious milk chocolate shortbread bear from Mrs. M’s Shortbears is being consumed as I write this story. It is from the Holiday Expo being held today, November 10 at the Bethel High School Gym. The Bethel Braves Youth Football Organization (BBYFO) is the organizer for the event. The event is from 9…
Trillium presents Frederickson’s IKEA distribution center with award
By Josh Magill Sean Cantu’s smile lit up the enormous warehouse as he helped present Trillium’s “Top Employer of the Year” award on Wednesday afternoon. Trillium, an organization committed to the training of workers with disabilities, presented the award to the employees of IKEA’s distribution center in Frederickson and was accepted by Pam Andrews, general…
Spuds growing wild? – Might be left from the Hudson Bay Farms
If you bought a piece of property in south Pierce County you could be surprised to find potatoes growing wild. They have been found around Victoria Canada and Neah Bay as well. Currently, researchers of the Hudson Bay Company farm sites have been trying to determine the varities of potatoes that were grown by the company on the 1833-1869…
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