Dine Out, Raise Money for Local Charity, Jan 13

Monday, January 13, please go treat yourself to lunch or dinner at El Toro in Parkland. Twenty percent of your purchase will be donated to the Parkland Community Center Project. So, break out of the January doldrums; go have a little fiesta and help out your community! If you can’t make it that day, please…

End of the year giving for Parkland School

Donations to finish purchasing the Parkland School are needed.  Please consider what donation you can provide, then do something. You can donate to the building purchase or operations fund.  All donations are 501(c)(3) tax-deductible with Parkland Community Assn (PCA). We use Swipe Simple for electronic donations to avoid the costs associated with GoFundMe.  Click here or…

Strolling through the 2024 Christmas lights

By Marianne Lincoln Each year before Christmas Eve is the Pierce Prairie Post traditional Christmas light stroll. Driving around Spanaway, Frederickson, and Parkland neighborhoods with a camera and blaring Christmas music on the car radio, I snap photos of the flamboyant, the unique, the surprising, and even the saddest Christmas displays of the season. This…

Blue Zones Project of Parkland-Spanaway names new Executive Director

Parkland, WA – December 17, 2024 – Blue Zones Project Parkland-Spanaway is excited to announce that Queena Tupou has been named its new Executive Director. Tupou will take over the role from Tono Sablan, who will now serve as a steering committee member with the Blue Zones Project Parkland-Spanaway. “As someone who grew up in…

Garfield Street Cocoa Crawl Dec. 21

Come on out to Garfield Street in Parkland! On December 21, the Garfield Street Business Association will host a Cocoa Crawl. Visit carious businesses and there will be hot cocoa and various treats. The event takes place from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 21. Marco’s Cantina will have Santa photos, so bring the…

Garfield St. Business Assoc. Holiday Get Together Dec. 19

The Garfield Street Business Association is having a Holiday Meeting and Get Together on December 19 at 5:30 p.m. The location will be at Arivva. It is located in Parkland where the Hobby store used to be on the SW corner of Garfield and C Street. That is 402 Garfield St. S., Parkland, WA.

Watching a dry creek getting some rain

By Marianne Lincoln On November 29, 2024, I took a drive out to a few locations on Clover Creek to see where there was water and where it ended. I started near Canyon Road and ended near Pacific Avenue. The water in the South Fork disappeared just after Golden Given, where there are a number…

Donations needed for PEER KENT at P/S Library

PEER KENT, Peer Services Specialist at the Parkland-Spanaway Library is collecting donations specific to the needs of the community. If possible, please deliver to the Parkland-Spanaway Library. If I am not there, please let the staff know they are for Sandy. You don’t need to call first.  CURRENT NEEDS:Sleeping BagsHandwarmersTentsNew underwear (men and women)New socks…

Unhoused people are like everyone else, until…

By Marianne Lincoln Becoming unhoused is a very difficult thing to experience. It happens to many very ordinary people. It could be a medical situation, a job loss, sale of a rental property, death of a spouse whose pension or income helped support the household, or many other traumatic life events. Many people have close…

New Councilmember for District #5 to be appointed

Since Marty Campbell has officially won the Assessor Treasurer seat, his seat, County Council District #5, is open for an appointment. Any registered voter that professes to be a Democrat can apply to the Pierce County Democrat Party for that opportunity. Here is the process: The Democrat Party of Pierce County will choose 3 people…

Pre-Order Parkland School Memory Books

UPDATED: Vintage Photos Document Parkland Grade School History The deadline for photos has passed, and Linda continues to post photos on the Parkland Elementary Grade School Facebook page for help identifying students and faculty members for photo captions in the book.  More than 500 photos of Parkland Grade School classes, clubs, teams and faculty from…

When the faucet is dry…

By Marianne Lincoln Where did the water go? That is a question a lot of us have been asking for years. It is the end of November. Clover Creek is still dry in From Brookdale Golf Course to Midland and Spanaway Loop Road. The Chambers Clover Creek Watershed is based on a Sole Source Aquifer….