This Saturday, Jan. 25, the annual Project Homeless Connect will be at Spanaway Middle School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be information and services available for those less fortunate in our community, including medical and dental care, I.D. replacement, haircuts and food benefits. Please help to spread the word about this great…
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2014 Technology and Art Fair! Jan. 25
BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT — Organizers are planning for another large turnout at this year’s Technology and Art Fair. The districtwide event is celebrating 20 years of showcasing the latest educational technology and student artwork. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 25 at Spanaway Lake High School from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. One special highlight…
The shoreline proposal, from Debra Hyde
By Marianne Lincoln Wednesday afternoon I had an interview with Debby Hyde from Planning and Land Services regarding the proposal for Pierce County shorelines. There is a proposed plan working its way through the process. There will be public hearings on it in March and the county is likely to have it before the council…
Letter from a lake homeowner
Dear Councilman Roach: Thank you so much for coming to our Spanaway Lake meeting about the Shoreline Management Plan. I am one of the concerned home owners on the lake. My house would be one of the homes that would be the label “Non Conforming” It was built in the early nineteen hundreds. Over the years…
Oops – there goes your house on the lake, part 2
By Sherry Haviland OOPS……….. There goes your house on Spanaway Lake, Tule, Steilacoom, American, Tapps, Kapowsin, etc. any body of water in Pierce County! Even creeks and ponds! All bodies of water will be subjected to new shoreline regulations from Dept. of Ecology, developed or not! Setbacks will no longer be the main criteria Buffers…
The beauty of Spanaway Lake, our home
By Marianne Lincoln On a beautiful sunny Saturday in January, it was hard to resist taking a stroll in the park while the sun was still floating overhead. Add a friend and some dogs and what a pleasant afternoon. Fantasy Lights are gone; both gates are finally open again. From now until May, folks can freely…
Waterfront homeowners – Spanaway Elementary, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Jan. 16
If you own a home near a body of water anywhere in Pierce County, you should join the Spanaway Lake folks at Spanaway Elementary Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. From the organizers: Hi neighbor, my name is Sherry Haviland, I live on Spanaway Lake in the cove. I’ve received your emails and am notifying you…
75 feet from shoreline – what do you have?
SPANAWAY, WA — Thursday Jan. 9, two meetings were held at the Spanaway Round Table Pizza. These meeting were to raise awareness among people living near Pierce County bodies of water that their shoreline are about to have 75 foot buffers created. What do you have in Pierce County within 75 feet of a creek, river,…
Don’t lose your waterfront rights
By Sherry Haviland There is a meeting of (Spanaway) lake owners this Thursday, January 9 at noon and again at 6:30 pm at the new Round Table Pizza past Walmart at 20709 Mountain Highway! My husband Chuck, a retired land surveyor, is trying to help us all be able to fight the county in its…
62 million reasons to protect the lake
SPANAWAY, WA — Lake property values, restrictions on construction and political posturing will be topic on the table Thursday at the new Round Table Pizza at 208th and Mountain Highway. Spanaway Lake properties represent around $62,000,000 in taxable value. Tule Lake may also be affected. The new Shoreline Management Project proposed by Deborah Hyde for Pierce County…
Prairie winter morning
By Marianne Lincoln ‘Tis the dawning of the day, The bitter cold will melt away Upon the rising of the sun, A glorious day is newly sprung. The dainty frost around the grass Glistens but will scarcely last. The lowly calling of the hawk O’er the prairie breakfast stalks. The distant mountain silhouettes the sky…
Oops, there goes your house by the lake…
By Marianne Lincoln Pierce County is proposing to adopt a significant change to the rules and regulations that affect Spanaway Lake and its associated creeks. This change is being implemented by the creation and passage of the Shoreline Master Program. The proposed Shoreline Master program would change the existing setbacks to buffers. The difference is…
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