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…

ABC Day Registration open – save your space!

2024 All Bethel Community Day Registration Open!! Event location & time: Saturday, October 5th at Bethel High SchoolDoors open from 9am to 3pm Join us for our newly expanded ABC Day 2024! We have been busy behind the scenes taking to heart your suggestions and here are a few of the changes you will see… All tables…

Daffodils choosing and planting in the Fall

Fall is the time you plant those beautiful flowers for Spring, the daffodils and tulips. Fall is also the time all our local high schools choose their Daffodil Court members! The Daffodil Festival events for choosing “Princesses,” “Royalty,” or “Court Members” are now listed on their events calendar site. The events are held at each…

Fair time! Aug. 30 – Sept. 22

The Washington State Fair, the one we locals call the Puyallup Fair is on! Starting today, August 31, 2024 all the cotton candy, rides, exhibits, onion burgers, taffy, and scones are ready for you. The stages are filled with local performers and some big names. The homemakers, quilters, photographers, artists and hobbyists are on display….

Lacamas Community Fair August 24-25

It a small country fair that is very family friendly. The Lacamas Community Center will be taking entries on Thursday, August 22 from 1 to 6 p.m. The Fair begins Saturday August 24th and ends on the 25th. Breakfast is available at the Lacamas Community Fair from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lunch will be…

Pierce County Fair in Graham Aug 8-11

Ya Gotta Go to Graham! is their mantra. What they are talking about is the Pierce County Fair at Frontier Park in Graham, Washington. That’s at 217th Street and Meridian (SR161). If you are a 4-H veteran, you know this is a step in the process of getting to the Washington State fair in Puyallup….

Eatonville Arts and Music Festival

Eatonville Arts and Music Festival Glacier View Park, 209 Fir Ave N., Eatonville, WA, United States, Washington 98328 Duration: 3 days, August 2, 3, 4, 2024, Free! Public welcome! Enjoy live music, great food, and a beer garden at the coolest festival of the summer! Check out over 100 artists and craftspeople and have fun…

Dog Days of Spanaway August 3

Summer is finally here! Spanaway is going to have a celebration and include your favorite dog! But it will not be all about dogs, because the owners matter too! Dog Days of Spanaway will be held at 166th and Pacific Avenue on the former site of Spanaway Elementary, across from Starbucks. The date is August…

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…

Parades, Parties and Celebrations!

Roy, Eatonville, Tacoma and JBLM, where to go on the 4th? The Town of Eatonville will be celebrating on the 3rd and 4th of July. The Eatonville Business Association will light up the sky on July 3rd with a fireworks display. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. in the field behind Eatonville Elementary and Middle…

Love things Scottish? June 21-22, Graham

Frontier Park in Graham will be the site for everything Scottish this weekend. The location is 21800 Meridian Avenue East, Graham, WA, 98338. June 21 is the 2024 Celtic Concert, 6 – 9 p.m., followed by the Tacoma Highland Games on June 22, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advanced tickets for adults are $17 or…