In the very center of the Bethel School District, in an area that historically was called Elk Plain, the community of the school district has now opened a Saturday Market. Starting with three Saturdays this year, May 11, August 10 and November 9, the market hopes to someday grow up to be as significant as the…
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Highlights from the Summit Waller Community Association 20th Anniversary meeting
On Tuesday, May 7 the Summit Waller community showed up in force to hear speaker talk about issues dear to their community. The Mid-County community Center was loaded with chairs os which most were full. Attendees heard from the Puyallup and Franklin Pierce School District, the County Council, the Pierce Prairie Post.com, neighborhood watch, Waller Road…
Sequester: EUC benefits to drop 21.08% for Washington unemployed
Just Released, Washington Employment Security: Federal sequester requires EUC reductions The federal sequester legislation that took effect March 1 requires cuts to all federally funded programs, including Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC). The Employment Security Department is preparing to apply the EUC cuts in May. Here are the details. Cuts apply at the start of an…
May 11 is first NEW Bethel Community Open Market
May 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the new Bethel Community Open Market will make its debut at the new Bethel Learning Center across from Bethel Middle School on 38th Avenue. Organizers have been working for months planning the events. They are hoping for local produce and home made crafts, learning opportunities and family…
Summit Waller Community Association celebrates 20 years
The Summit Waller Community Association 20th Anniversary, meeting is Tuesday, May 7. Larry Volland, President Summit-Waller Community Association writes, “This year is a special year for our association. 2013 marks our 20th Anniversary of volunteer efforts in the Summit-Waller Community. Twenty years of caring individuals with a comprehensive “community-wide” vision. Twenty years of working out-in-the-open…
FCCCC meeting features Councilman Jim McCune and 180th Street closure issue
Member s of the Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council (FCCCC) met Saturday morning April 20. After conducting regular business, which included an appeal for someone to step forward to be the new President, they turned the meeting over to Jim McCune of the County Council and Hugh Taylor, Council Staff. Jim McCune spoke briefly and…
Summit Waller Community Association 20th Anniversary, meeting May 7
By Larry Volland, President Summit-Waller Community Association This year is a special year for our association. 2013 marks our “20th Anniversary” of volunteer efforts in the Summit-Waller Community. Twenty years of caring individuals with a comprehensive “community-wide” vision. Twenty years of working out-in-the-open and laboring behind-the-scenes to promote the rural quality of life, neighborhoods and…
Orangegate Park Clean-Up Day, April 20
By Larry Volland, Summit Waller Community Association President Mark your calendars! Saturday, April 20, 2013, 9:00am to noon. This will be a community effort in conjunction with Pierce County Parks & Recreation’s “Parks Appreciation Day”, and with the Earth Day efforts around the globe. Your participation will be greatly appreciated. Besides our usual efforts in…
Waller Road Adopt-A-Road Clean-Up, May 18
Summit Waller Community Association volunteers will be picking up litter along Waller Road from SR 512 to Pioneer Way E this Spring. The Spring clean-up will be Saturday, May 18, 9 AM to noon. Volunteer should meet with SWCA coordinator, John Goodspeed, at 9925 Waller Rd E to sign in and choose a stretch of Waller Road…
April 20 Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council Meeting hosts Councilman Jim McCune
By John Marshall, FCCCC Secretary This is your reminder of the Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council Monthly meeting this Saturday, April 20th @ 9AM. Our Pierce County Council Representative, Jim McCune and Council Staff, Hugh Taylor will give about a 1 hour presentation. The James Hardie Company has requested that a section of 180th St….
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