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…
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U.S. Premiere of – Being Ola, Sept 29
Please come join us at Pacific Lutheran University at 3:00 p.m. and meet the Producer in person. This is the US premiere of this award-winning documentary. The film will be shown in the Anderson University Center Regency Room and there will be a reception in the Scandinavian Cultural Center afterwards. From Janet Ruud of the…
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…
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…
August 17 – Come see the Sprinker Refresh!
Exciting times ahead at Sprinker Recreation Center! We have a day packed with exploring our new outdoor amenities and fun activities. Rock climbing and sports clinics on our new synthetic turf and refurbished courts await you! 11 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. there will be a reopening ceremony. Plus, enjoy the new spray park, fitness court,…
Free School Supplies! Saturday, Aug 17 at 10am.
The Annual Back to School Fair at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 4519 112th St. E., Tacoma will be held Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10 a.m. Students must be present to participate. This is a drive through experience. The parking lot will open at 9:30 a.m. School supplies, backpacks and free coats (while supplies last)…
Get healthy, live longer, join us!
The following events are taking place in August with the Blue Zones Project Parkland-Spanaway. Blue Zones are places in the world that the National Geographic identified as places that people commonly live to be 100. Parkland Spanaway is not one of them, in fact, we have the lowest life expectancy on an average than the…
National Night Out August 6
Tuesday, August 6, Safe Streets National Night Out (NNO). GRAHAM: 4:30-7:30 for our National Night Out & a hot dog, 10806 240TH ST. E. Graham, WA 98339. PARKLAND: 6:00–8:30 PM., at Trinity Lutheran Church, 12115 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98444. More than just an event — it’s a nationwide initiative designed to foster neighborhood…
County needs to rethink sewer system
OPINION Potable water, drinking water to you and me, is critical to all life on earth. In Pierce County, that water comes from glacier melt or rain. It is taken from rivers, lakes, and aquifers underground. In Washington State there is currently not anyone desalinizing sea water for use, although Florida, Texas, and California do….
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…
Pierce Prairie Post 