By Marianne Lincoln Graham-Kapowsin, Bethel or Spanaway Lake, if you were a star athlete in your high school years, you could be nominated for the Bethel School District Athletic Hall of Fame. Bob Niehl, Bethel Class of 1970, State Champion Basketball Team and son of Ed Niehl (who is over 100 and still with us)…
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Start your New Year at Graham Senior Center
Retirement is not a good time to hide out in your home. Every human needs and deserves a little social time with good friends old and new. It has been shown to actually increase your life span. If you are in Graham, Thrift, Kapowsin, or Benston, here is a suggestion. Carol Wright of the Graham…
Graham Solstice Event Dec. 21, 5-9pm
Join us as we welcome the Winter Solstice and the promise of longer days and shorter nights. Experience the magic at our warm and cozy Lodge, where you can shop for unique, handmade artisan crafts at the Night Market. Take a serene walk along our candle-lit Luminary Trail through the park and immerse yourself in…
Interfaith Community Christmas Concert/Food Drive, December 15
It’s time for the Annual Interfaith Community Christmas Concert and Food Drive. The Concert is December 15, 2024 at 7 p.m. The location is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13612 224th St. E., Graham, WA 98338. It is an excellent local event to get you in the mood for the Christmas holiday. The concert…
2024 Interfaith Concert, Dec. 15
It’s time for the Annual Interfaith Community Christmas Concert and Food Drive. The Concert is December 15, 2024 at 7 p.m. The location is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13612 224th St. E., Graham, WA 98338. The concert features musical artists from all over the area, from various churches and schools. Following the concert,…
Graham Auto Repair Takes Action to Put the Brakes on Breast Cancer
This October, Graham Auto Repair joins auto repair shops nationwide to fundraise for a breast cancer vaccine. Graham Auto Repair is excited to announce their participate in the 14th annual Brakes for Breasts Fundraiser, a national campaign to help develop a vaccine that could prevent breast cancer. 2024 marks the 5th year that Graham Auto…
DSHS van in Graham Nov. 1
The DSHS van will be at the Lutheran Church of St. Paul in Graham on Friday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. That’s about the same time the Food Bank is open, too. Spread the word! It says they will help with food, cash and medical paperwork. Life’s hard enough, if we can…
Alert! County changing zoning in sub plan areas
Sliding in a bit under the radar for the average land use change is a state mandated Comprehensive Plan Review. The reason is, state law changes and Comp. Plans need to stay current. This review and resulting changes don’t come with public notice or yellow signs posted on a neighbor’s property. No, this is only…
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….
304th to be closed for bridge work near Benston Hall, July 20-21
Pierce County Planning and Public Works has scheduled a bridge closure for resurfacing on Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21, from 8 AM to 8 PM. Travelers should be aware that the road will be closed during this period and detours will be in place. The closure is near the Benston Hall, between the Mountain Highway…
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…
Visit to Graham Business Association
By Marianne Lincoln Wednesday was the holiday Juneteenth, but it was also the regular meeting day for the Graham Business Association. They meet the third Wednesday of the month at 7 a.m. at the Mazatlán Mexican Restaurant on Meridian, 10302 198th St E, Graham, WA 98338. The meeting was opened by President Denise Longo and…
Frederickson Resource Fair, June 6
The Pierce County Thriving Together Resource Event is a free event that’s ideal for local small business owners and entrepreneurs to network and learn about free resources available to help businesses thrive in Pierce County. We’re sending you this information to make sure you know about the event and can help to share with your…
6pm, March 26 New Bethel High Groundbreaking
It has been almost 20 years in the making and the ground is not yet broken for the new Bethel High School site. Years ago, the large field was used by parachutists. Next, the Rainier View Chirstian Church was built on the front of the site, across the street from North Star Elementary School. At…
Graham area Senior Center program expands
The Graham Senior Center has been at Frontier Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lodge Room B for over a year now. But 8 hours a week wasn’t quite enough to seek funding for their programs, so they found the Benston Hall, so they could expand to 15…
Interfaith Christmas Concert Dec. 10, 7 p.m.
If you celebrate Christmas or just love great choral music, the Interfaith Christmas Concert and food drive, Dec. 10 is an event you should come to see and hear. The concert begins at 7 p.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thrift, (that is east of Graham), is the location. The concert…
It’s ABC Day! October 7 – GK High School
One of the Bethel District’s most heavily attended events, ABC Day is happening at Graham Kapowsin High school this year. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and usually draws between 6,000 and 7,000 visitors. Set up is happening as I write this. BOB the bus was filled with boxes, students are helping…
August 10-13, 2023 Pierce County Fair
The County Fair is the most local event for all those who love to compete from livestock to flowers and things that grow from pumpkins and flowers to apples and zucchini. Preserves, cookies, pies, there is all manner of ways to compete for a blue ribbon in the fair. Of course, entries have passed and…
A road called Muck-Kapowsin
By Marianne Lincoln It all started with Muck-Kapowsin Road. It isn’t called that anymore, it has a number like most other roads in Pierce County. It is now 224th Street. It runs from Elk Plain at the Mountain Highway through Graham and Thrift and on to a housing development called “The Country.” Roads in the…