Spanaway Lake High School’s Music Company will make a special appearance at Puyallup Fair. The group will perform on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Showplace Stage from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. The Music Company is the only high school group to perform on a professional stage at the fair. The group has been performing at the…
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Agriculture, farms, gardening, livestock
Roy Pioneer Rodeo Saturday & Sunday
This weekend, September 1st and 2nd, is the Roy Pioneer Rodeo and preparations are underway on the rodeo grounds. The area is being dozed, the announcer booth cleaned and set up and the onions are being peeled. Onions? Yes, the Roy Pioneer Rodeo Association runs the concessions stand and is known for their fried onions….
August 29, Planning Commission to discuss shorlines regulations
The last meeting at planning commission on shoreline regulation changes is Wednesday, August 29. Now is your chance to hear what is going on with shoreline regulation changes and provide input at the planning commission level. So far, public attendance has been less than anticipated. COUNTY OF PIERCE NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING…
County releases final environmental impact statement for proposed flood plan
The Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pierce County’s proposed Rivers Flood Hazard Management Plan was released Aug. 22. The statement evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the plan, as well as two alternative approaches. The flood plan will guide the management of flooding and channel migration hazards on major rivers, large tributaries and associated floodplains…
Lacamas Community Fair’s down home great time
Here are a few images from Sunday at the fair.
Lacamas Communtiy Fair ends today
You still have time to come out to the Lacamas community Fair and see who got the blue ribbons. According to the rules of the fair, everyone who enters gets a ribbon. Why you didn’t enter is beyond me. For me, I showed up on Thursdays to cover the process of people entering the fair. I was asked…
Lacamas Community Fair competition underway
Come out this weekend to see the displays at the Lacamas Community Center. Like these lovely eggs by Mikayla Mantegna, many entries have been carefully prepared to impress the judges tomorrow.
Lacamas Sunset
A lovely sunset over the Amundsen farm in Lacamas tonight.
In search of a Wapato in Spanaway
I was recently in the Northwest room of the Tacoma Public Library, looking for information about Spanaway Park. The librarian found this rare book about the period when the lake was a water source for the City of Tacoma. Without going into detail, use of the lake for water only lasted from 1899 to 1905….
Lacamas Community Fair This Weekend!
This coming weekend, August 25 and 26, is the Lacamas Community Fair. This event is the closest you’ll get to a down home, local community fair. Kids with bunnies, cavies, goats and other farm animals bring them out for competition. Everyone is welcome to participate, you don’t have to be 4H or FFA or even…
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