Wednesday night, January 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. there will be a vigil at the Bethel Station Shopping Center in the parking lot just south of the Burger King. It has been 11 months since Chris Virdell disappeared. His mother Melanie holds a vigil there the 9th of every month. Those who want to support…
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In Elk Plain, The Hideaway rocks during the Seahawks Redskins game
By Marianne Lincoln The parking lot at the Spanaway Wal-Mart had empty spaces right up front on a Sunday afternoon. Something important had to be going on. Of course, it was the Seattle Seahawks playing the Washington Redskins in Maryland for the Wild Card spot in the Super Bowl playoffs. Just a mile up the…
Mountain shadow for New Year’s Eve
Goodbye 2012, hello fiscal cliff and the hope for 2013. The mountain casts its winter shadow in the morning.
Help the POST deliver your local news and get a tax deduction
Dear Pierce Prairie Post Reader, Before you count down the final seconds of 2012, you should know that we are counting on you. When you read an article, it helps our statistics and helps us to convince advertisers to invest in our publication. Since we are also non-profit, if you like having a local…
It’s Elk Plain, not Bethel Station
By Marianne Lincoln, lifelong Elk Plain resident EDITORIAL Bethel Station is a shopping center, not a community. Spanaway Plaza, Pacific Commons and the new Mountain Plaza are also shopping centers in Spanaway, but no one is trying to name communities after them. The name Bethel Station was picked up by the Post Office in Washington D.C….
Community organizations abound here
There are plenty of community organizations to belong to in the area the Pierce Prairie Post serves. If you don’t belong to one, you probably don’t know as much about what’s going on here. In fact, this is not a complete list. The Spanaway Early Risers Lions needs to update their phone number and meeting…
Donate blood today Dec. 27 at Spanaway Safeway
Cascade Regional Blood Services are in the area today, Dec 27. They have a mobile unit that people can visit to donate at the Spanaway Safeway this afternoon from 1 to 7 p.m. Help them save lives. Cascade Regional Blood Services, your community blood center, has been providing blood products and related services to patients…
723 Networking Thursday mornings at JR’s
Thursday December 27, the 723 Networking group will meet at 7 a.m. at JR’s Whistle Stop restaurant in the Bethel Station Shopping Center at 224th Street East on the Mountain Highway. On the agenda is time to tell someone what you appreciate about them. “Appreciation can make a day … even change a life. Your…
Researching a local market
Thursday, January 3 starting at 9 a.m. at the Bethel Learning Center, will be the second in a series of meetings exploring the idea of having some kid of neighborhood market at that location. If you are interested in the adventure of creating a new local enterprise join in on the conversation. The Bethel Learning…
Time to find the BEST Christmas lights
Here’s a sample of an extreme light display on 192nd Street East at about 32nd Ave. Help us locate others that have put out amazing effort to decorate!
Following Indian Henry
An obscure green fence at 84th Street and Thompson Avenue in Tacoma is indented away from the sidewalk. There, two rocks lay resting, one with markings that have been worn away by years of weather. Across Thompson is a larger rock, almost 6 feet tall, newer with an inscription still visible. These monuments denote the…
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