Crisstal Hadman, the Store Manager for the new Spanaway Starbucks, would love for you to join them for their Grand Opening on September 26th, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new location is near the Jack in the Box and Walmart on the Mountain Highway. There will also be another Grand Opening event on Saturday October 4th.
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Over 500 vehicles expected at Sept. 27 Classic Car & Truck Show
Pierce County Parks and Recreation will hold the 12th annual Hi-Tech Collision Classic Car and Truck Show at Sprinker Recreation Center on Saturday, Sept. 27. The free spectator event will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and more than 500 classic cars and trucks are anticipated to be on display. “This year we’re…
Bethel Grad Scott Downey – protecting the North Pole?
[Editor Note: I had to use this headline, I grew up in Spanaway next door to Scott Downey who is mentioned in this article. He is doing his job, protecting the wilderness. He says this location is actually closer to Fairbanks, AK. ] EPA settles with Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC, for hazardous waste violations…
Spanaway Park boat ramp and Bresemann Boulevard to close for construction Sept 15
The public boat ramp in Spanaway Park will be closed Sept. 15 to Oct. 24 so crews can replace the pavement in the ramp’s parking area with pervious pavement that will help filter out contaminants from stormwater before it enters the stormwater system. Bresemann Boulevard – the road through the park – will be closed to through…
Touch a Truck – opportunity for kids
Saturday, September 6, at Sprinker Recreation Center, Pierce County Parks hosted an event where kids could get a chance to see job related vehicles up close and personal. From school buses, to hydrovacs, to paint striping machines, kids could look in, climb on and touch. Here are a few highlights in photos.
Western Divisionals – Spanaway Lakefest Sept. 6-7
Here are a few photos from Saturday, more action on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014.
Spanaway Lakefest this weekend!
By Marianne Lincoln I made that up, sounds good doesn’t it? Spanaway Lakefest. It needed it’s own name. Its actually a really an exciting event that takes over the lake with roaring hydros, the park with bustling crews, visitors and vendors and fills Spanaway with the same great sound as Seafest in Seattle! It’s the annual races…
County invites kids to sixth annual Touch-A-Truck event
Honk if you love trucks! Pierce County’s Parks and Recreation Services department will roll out the big-rigs on Saturday so kids of all ages can get a fun, hands-on experience at no cost. The sixth annual Touch-A-Truck event takes place Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Sprinker…
End of the season for Fruit on the Loop
It’s Labor Day and that signals the end of the annual fruit stand on Spanaway Loop Road…. well, almost. This year Connell and Shouna Goodman brought in a couple extra truckloads for the end of the season and there just might be a little left over for Tuesday. If you haven’t gotten your last peaches, apples or…
Puget SoundCorps to help restore urban forest near Spanaway Creek
A Puget SoundCorps crew will remove English ivy and Himalayan blackberry from trees in Pierce County’s Bresemann Forest starting Aug. 4. Getting rid of these invasive plants will improve the health of the trees and the adjacent Spanaway Creek. Pierce County obtained the Puget SoundCorps’ assistance through the Urban Forestry Restoration Project, administered by Washington State…
Explosion and fire near Spanaway Lake
Dan Fox reported on his Facebook page today that there was an explosion and fire in a home near Spanaway Lake Tuesday afternoon. Central Pierce Fire and Rescue responded, but the house just to the east also caught fire due to the intensity of the blaze. His house was next-door to the west. No one was…
Pierce Prairie Post 