By Marianne Lincoln This is the second in a series of stories from the Pierce County Oral Health Summit. This one is more graphic, so it is designated for mature audiences. The Oral Health Summit continued with a panel format with three presenters who spoke on diabetes, sexually transmitted infections and the health department’s Comprehensive…
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Workshop helps family caregivers manage difficult behaviors
PIERDCE COUNTY — Managing the behavior of a family member with dementia can be a harrowing task. Communicating with a person with dementia can be distressing for everyone. Wandering behaviors, especially as the winter months come along, become issues of safety as well as health. Pierce County Aging & Disability Resources will host an…
Emergency Operations Center Open House, Oct. 13
PIERCE COUNTY — Pierce County Department of Emergency Management is hosting its 2012 Open House/Winter Weather Preparedness Fair on Saturday, Oct. 13. The event will run from noon to 4 p.m. and will feature indoor presentations and activities (including a children’s activity room) and outdoor demonstration and displays. This is a great opportunity to see…
10th annual Classic Car & Truck Show at Sprinker on Saturday, Sept. 29.
Pierce County Parks and Recreation will hold the 10th annual Classic Car & Truck Show at Sprinker Recreation Center on Saturday, Sept. 29. Hours for the free spectator event are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 500 classic cars and trucks are anticipated to be on display. “This year we’re excited to welcome our…
39 Horses Being Seized from Graham Property
From Pierce County — Pierce County Animal Control officers are in the process of seizing 39 horses this morning from a property in the area of the 30800 block of Meridian East. Animal Control officers served a search warrant this morning in response to another law enforcement agency’s concerns over the health of horses on…
Pierce County Council Meeting September 25
Pierce County — Pierce County Council Meeting 3:00 pm, September 25, 2012 Pierce County Council Chambers, Room 1045, 930 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA Action on Ordinances (refer, set date of hearing) Proposal No. 2012-49, An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Levying an Assessment in 2012, for Collection in 2013, Against Land in Pierce…
Greater Pierce County Purchasing Forum
Looking to do business with governments? Meet purchasing agents from local, state, federal and other public agencies. Exhibitors include Pierce County, City of Tacoma, Port of Tacoma, Pierce Transit, WA Dept. of Transportation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Joint Base Lewis McChord, U.S. Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply, U.S. General Services Administration, U.S naval Underwater…
Pierce County Parks presents Simply Sustainable Series
From Pierce County — Whether you are the office sustainability coordinator or the one keeping a watchful eye on things at home, this series of Sustainability classes is designed to help you live and work a more earth‐friendly way. Our environmental experts will teach the following series and try to answer all your environment related…
Workshop focuses on holistic retirement planning
From Pierce County — Retirement is everyone’s goal. But good retirement takes good planning. And it isn’t all about money either. How people plan during the last two to five years of work before retirement can make a world of difference. “Retiring Soon? Prepare!” provides the tools and resources that everyone will need to use…
Allocation Advisory Committee for Prevention Programs volunteers sought
From Pierce County The Pierce County Department of Community Connections is seeking new members to serve on the Allocation Advisory Committee for Prevention Programs, an advisory body to Pierce County government on the use of tax dollars set aside for youth violence prevention programs. The Committee is seeking volunteers who live in unincorporated areas of…
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council meeting September 19
The mission of the Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council is to promote the protection and enhancement of the Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed. The Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council (CCWC) provides an opportunity for local agencies and citizen groups to coordinate their efforts to benefit the watershed. The Council is committed to improving the health of the watershed by…
Hearings on Permit to convert LRI landfill gas into electricity and compressed natural gas
Pierce County has issued a Public Notice for a project by SCS Engineers, 2405 140th Ave. NE STE 107, Bellevue, WA 98005. The applicant is planning to add a facility at the LRI Landfill in the Graham area. This facility will convert landfill gas into electricity and compressed natural gas. The electricity will be sold to Puget…
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