A candlelight vigil will be held tonight for Nga Woodhead, whose death resulted from injuries sustained in a pit bull attack at 162nd and Pacific Avenue. The vigil will be held at 162nd and Pacific Avenue at 6 p.m. You are asked to bring your own candles.
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Rich Hopkins at 723 Networking Nov. 14
SPANAWAY, WA — 723 Networking will be meeting Thursday morning at 7am. This is a group of community minded business people from the Spanaway, Elk Plain, Frederickson and Graham areas. Rick Hopkins the Pierce County Building Official will be speaking on Nov. 14. If you ever wondered how Pierce County planning and Land Services works,…
Parkland Spanaway Kiwanis Scholarship Auction
SPANAWAY, WA — Saturday night at Spanaway Lake High School, community minded individuals came out to make bids on a wide assortment of interesting items, eat great pasta from Joeseppies and take their chance on several raffles. This was all in the name of raising thousands of dollars to help send high school seniors at the Bethel…
The Market @ Bethel
Saturday was the holiday version of the Bethel Community Open market at the Bethel Learning Center. THere was an amazing number of vendors and interesting things to do. Here is a photo recap.
Scholarship Auction Saturday, Nov. 9
Tonight – be a part of making a student’s educational journey a great experience. Last year the combined local scholarship fundraising (Kiwanis, Rotary, Altrusa, BEST and FP Foundation) presented $138,000 to graduating Franklin Pierce and Bethel Students. Let’s keep this positive traction!
Fantasy Lights Walk Nov. 24
SPANAWAY, WA — The one time only, sneak preview, walk through Fantasy Lights will be held on Sunday, November 24 between 5:00-7:00pm at Spanaway Park. The walk will start and finish at the Sprinker Recreation Center parking lot, 14824 S C St in Parkland. The fee for the walk is $4 per person or $12…
Bethel selects Megan Chabot as Princess
SPANAWAY, WA — Wednesday evening, November 6, Bethel High School selected its Daffodil Princess for 2014. Five young ladies competed for the honor of representing their school, each dressed in a beautiful gown and escorted by young men from their Senior class. The Masters of Ceremony were Savannah Pugh and Michaela Wonacott. Elisabeth Minor was escorted…
On the way from here to there: UPS/PLU, Fire Levy
By Marianne Lincoln At times driving around the area, there are things you can see along the way that are interesting and unique to the area. Today I stopped by the cross town rivalry football game between the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes and the University of Puget Sound Loggers at Sparks Stadium. I didn’t stay…
SLHS Holiday Craft Fair Sunday until 3 p.m.
SPANAWAY, WA — Did you remember to turn your clock back Saturday night? Then you should be on time for the Spanaway Lake Holiday Craft Fair on Sunday. It runs until 3 p.m. Jewelry, holiday items, hats, mittens, kitchen towels, homemade soaps, wind chimes, wood carved into many lovely things, shortbread cookies, salads, quilts, blankets to…
It should be Elk Plain when the zip codes changes
By Marianne Lincoln ELK PLAIN, WA — Spanaway currently has two post office buildings. A request has been made from Joint Base Lewis McChord to the Postmaster General in Washington D.C. to give “Bethel Station” it’s own zip code. The reason has to do with the number of gates to the military base being based…
Northwest UFO Sightings: Oct. 29, James Clarkson
The Parkland/Spanaway Pierce County Library, 13718 Pacific Ave. S., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. will host investigator James E. Clarkson for a discussion of high strangeness cases and why the Northwest has a special place in UFO history. Northwest UFO Sightings: Oct. 29 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. UFO investigator James E. Clarkson
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