Hundreds of kids and parents visited the Prairie House Museum for Kid’s Day this year. Here are some photos from the event. We hope the all volunteer staff has a restful evening, they put a lot of work into making this happen.
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April 3 is Kids Day at Prairie House Museum, 1-3pm
This is a reminder that today is Kid’s Day at the Spanaway Prairie House Museum. The event is free although donations are always welcome. Prairie House Museum will be open from 1 – 3 p.m. It is their annual Kid’s Day event. The museum is next door, to the west of the Fir Lane Memorial…
176th Street will be closed to all traffic at 22nd Avenue
The Pierce County project that is widening 176th Street in Spanaway will have a significant road closure now estimated to be April 20-22, 2013. [Editor note: The closure has been updated to May 3 to 5.] The entire intersection of 176th and 22nd Avenue will be closed as crews completely replace and re-engineer the traffic…
Council Committee votes to move 180th Street closure forward
Gold area is approx. proposed permanent closure Proposal No. R2013-20, A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Initiating Vacation and Road Closure Proceedings for a Portion of 180th Street East in the Frederickson Area; and Requesting that the County Engineer Prepare an Engineer’s Report and Recommendation to the Council Regarding Said Vacation and Closure. Sponsored…
Local crafts and produce to be featured at Bethel Community Open Market
A committee of local community supporters has been meeting for several months at the new Bethel Learning Center to discuss hosting a Bethel Community Open Market (Farmer’s Market, plus). Historically, the area known as “Elk Plain” was a great, grassy prairie where the herds of antlered animals came to graze. This area encompassed the Spanaway,…
LeMay Skateboard Park at Sprinker is OPEN
Hey, all you skate boarders – the LeMay Skateboard Park at Sprinker is now OPEN! Pierce County Parks and Recreation had closed the skateboard park for the winter months, not without some controversy. The next closest skate park is on 56th and “D” Street in Tacoma at Stewart Heights Park, almost 7 miles away. The skate board…
Kid’s Day April 3 at the Prairie House Museum in Spanaway
Prairie House Museum in Spanaway will be open from 1 – 3pm on Wednesday April 3. It is their annual Kid’s Day event. This date falls during Spring Break for the Bethel School District. Admission to the event is free; donations are always gladly accepted. The museum is next door, to the west of the…
Spanaway business group hosts Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO March 28
Bennish Brown, the new CEO of the Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau will be the guest speaker at this Thursday morning (3/28/13) at “723 networking – building business PRIDE in GREATER Spanaway” I asked Bennish to talk about the areas ability to participate, capture tourist attention, before he becomes “emotionally attached” to the community….
Spanaway Lions to Host Easter Egg Hunt for Special Needs Children
On Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., the Spanaway Lions Club will host and Easter Egg Hunt for special needs children at the Spanaway Prairie House Museum, 924 176th Street East, Spanaway. This is a friendly and accessible Egg Hunt for kids with disabilities and special needs and their siblings (age 5-12). The ground…
Altrusa Wine, Dine and Tour brought history alive at Marymount
Saturday, March 23 the Altrusa Club of South Pierce County held its 9th annual Wine, Dine and Tour Event at the Marymount Event Center. This event helps the Altrusa Foundation fund scholarships in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce School Districts. Tickets for the event were sold out in advance as people were excited to have the private…
JBLM Road Construction Project Closes Perimeter Road to Civilian Vehicle Traffic
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A major road construction project on Perimeter Road, the road which bisects JBLM Lewis-Main and McChord Field, will begin April 1 and last through May. The construction will close access to civilian commuter and commercial vehicle traffic that uses Perimeter Road and 150th Street Southwest as a thoroughfare to commute between Spanaway…
Inboard Hydros Summer Nationals on Spanaway Lake Sept 7-8
Inboard Hydroplane Racing will hold their Summer Nationals at Spanaway Lake this year on September 7-8, 2013. http://inboardhydroplanes.com/index.html Here’s a link that shows how Pontiac, Michigan gets into this event. http://www.quakeonthelake.org/ We need to rally local businesses and non-profits groups around this event and rock out Spanaway Lake for our own Spanaway version of “Seafair.”…
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