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Local family in the Team Hope Walk for Huntington’s Disease

Sunday, September 16th is the annual Team Hope Walk for Huntington’s Disease at Magnuson Park in Seattle. It is at 7400 Sand Point Way, Seattle. A local family in the Bethel School District is faced with dealing with this disease first hand. Their team in the Walk is the Foreman Fighters. Here’s a clip from…

Get rid of unused medications Sept 29 at Sprinker

Help yourself and the environment: turn in unused, expired medicines The public is encouraged to safely dispose of unused or expired medicines – including controlled substances – during the nationwide drug “take back” day on Saturday, Sept. 29. This event will provide free, anonymous collection of unwanted or expired drugs between 10 a.m. and 2…

Online resource now includes information about pollution in shellfish beds

From Pierce County The public can now access Pierce County’s quarterly shellfish bed sampling results for Filucy Bay, Rocky Bay and Burley Lagoon via the county’s online system that provides information about the health of waterways in Pierce County. The shellfish sampling results show the levels of pollution present in local shellfish beds. “We need…

This week’s High School Varsity Football

Thursday, September 13, 7 p.m. Graham-Kapowsin at Federal Way Friday, September 14, 7 p.m. Orting at Franklin Pierce Washington at White River Curtis at Bethel Yelm at Stadium Saturday, September 15, 7 p.m. Spanaway Lake at Todd Beamer

Bethel High reaches 60 and the class photos are returning

Bethel High is celebrating 60 years this month! This September, the new digitized class photos will be going up in the main hallways of BHS. Two years ago, principal Cliff Anderson started his first year as principal by cleaning up the school. This included removing a great deal of old graffiti, tiles in the attendance…

Bethel SD to Host Instrument Rental Nights

From the Bethel School District Next week, two music stores will be setting up shop in the commons at all three comprehensive high schools to make it more convenient for elementary parents to get information about band and orchestra instruments.Representatives from Music Centers and Ted Brown Music will explain their rental plans and have instruments…

Vivace! Open Enrollment

From the Bethel School District The Vivace! Choral Program is open to new members during the month of September and the first few weeks of October. The Vivace! Choral Program is comprised of three choirs that meet at Liberty Middle School on Monday evenings. The Vivace! Kids Choir is made up of students in fourth…

Challenger Art Specialist Paints for Parks

Shawn Foote, a Visual Arts Specialist at Challenger High School, has been in the midst of a special project. He has created one hundred paintings and sold them for $100 each to raise money for Washington State Parks. Foote is a former stock broker who left the Wall Street world to pursue his passion for…

If you have a non-profit, turn to TechSoup for your computer needs

Do you have a non-profit or a 501(c)(3) charitable organization? Do you have difficulty operating due to your ability to afford computer software and hardware? Then you should turn to TechSoup. TechSoup has forum discussions, blog posts, and Learning Center articles. They also provide software and hardware for the small cost of a licensing fee. According…

Sewer regulation changes proposed, send Pierce County your comments

All customers of the Pierce County Sewer Utility are invited to provide feedback on proposed updates to county regulations that deal with Sewer Utility operations. Suggested changes include bill payment clarifications and a simplified permit fee and connection charge structure for new developments. More details about the recommended changes are available at http://www.piercecountywa.org/codeupdate. “This represents…

District Court closure September 21

From Pierce County Pierce County District Court will be closed at noon on Friday, Sept. 21 for employee training. The court will reopen on Monday, Sept. 24. This closure applies to courtrooms and public service windows of all divisions of the Court, including the Civil and Infractions Division. We sincerely regret this disruption in service,…

Environmental Working Group releases ratings for household products

By Dr. Johanna Congleton, Toxicologist, Environmental Working Group As EWG’s toxicologist, I was one of the lead researchers behind EWG’s brand new Guide to Healthy Cleaning. As you can imagine, I was troubled to find that many cleaning products contain harmful ingredients and that companies aren’t required to disclose these ingredients on the label. So my…