Chills, thrills, and spooky surroundings await you at the historic Parkland School Haunted House! On October 25 and 26 from 7 to 10 p.m., for a suggested donation of $20, you can have a bit of Halloween fun with the community. Your donations will go to help repair and maintain our newest old Community Center…
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Volunteers needed for Parkland Haunted House
The Haunted Parkland School will appear October 25 and 26 this year. From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., you can stop by, purchase a ticket, and enjoy the thrill of being in a historic building with ghosts, ghouls and other things that bump in the night. No guarantees that some real Parkland spirits won’t make…
Faith, Optimism and Community
It was the first community meeting for Interim Superintendent Brian Lowney. The first noticeable difference, after 23 years with Tom Seigel, was humor. He had the room laughing several times in the first few minutes. The meeting is called Faith Leaders. It began almost 30 years ago with the Bethel Superintendent and leaders of local…
Dine at Marco’s Cantina & Lolitas Cocina -October 9
Dine for a cause on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Marco’s Cantine & Lolitas Cocina are donating a portion of their earnings to the Save Our Parkland School Committee. The restaurant is at 506 Garfield St S, Tacoma, WA 98444. Dine between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to help the cause. The public is welcome. You…
Happy 30th Anniversary – SCAN!
By Marianne Lincoln It almost snuck past me entirely. There was so much going on September 26, several family birthdays and a big event at PLU for the Tribes and Cecilia Svinth Carpenter. But September 26, 2024 was the 30th anniversary of The Spanaway Community Action Network! It was officially filed as a corporation on…
Kiwanis selling Sees Chocolates for the holidays
If chocolates are on your gift list for the holidays, please get them through this link! The money you spend will include 25% toward your local community projects! It is their “Yum Raising” plan for the holidays. Other local projects coming up the Fall: • A Food Drive, for the Trinity Food Pantry.• Collecting bath towel donations (new…
Sept. 3, Dine at The Haven Pub and support the Parkland School Community Center
Have a great social time AND contribute to the cause! On September 3, The Haven Pub will be donating 15% of their proceeds from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. to the Parkland School Community Center Project! The Parkland Community Association has been working since 2022 to raise money to purchase and renovate the 1908 Parkland…
Donate your Halloween decorations
Do you have a closet or garage filled with Halloween decorations that you no longer feel like putting up? May be the kids moved on and you’d rather travel than decorate. Whatever the reason, You can donate them to the Parkland Community Association for their Haunted House at the Parkland School. You can donate and…
Happy Birthday Pierce Prairie Post
The Pierce Prairie Post is 12 today! Not only that, our parent organization, the Spanaway Community Association, will be 30 this year on September 26. It has been a long time since that tragic day (August 25) when two Spanaway Lake High School kids were gunned down on 168 and 22nd Avenue by gang members….
P/S We Need a Parade!
By Marianne Lincoln Parkland and Spanaway have been communities longer than Tacoma has been a city. Years ago, we had the Parkland Roundup which included a rodeo on Gonyea Park and the surrounding area that is now housing. (I really don’t understand why it isn’t still park land. Someone please explain.) So our sense of…
Tillicum Community Center needs your help
Submitted by Jesse Black. [Reposted from the Suburban Times] The Tillicum Woodbrook Community Center (formerly Tillicum American Lake Gardens Community Center) has been a part of the Lakewood community for over 50 years. The center provides crucial services including food bank, clothing bank, a SeaMar clinic, and the Tillicum branch of the Pierce County Library….
Stop building cul-de-sacs in unincorporated county
EDITORIAL OPINION Years ago, when the Spanaway Community Association was starting and the Growth Management Act was in its infancy, Pierce County explained to us that the housing developments with cul-de-sacs were useful to slow crime. The county was allowing, mostly even, asking developers to build all these little pocket communities on large parcels. Each…
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