By Marianne Lincoln Where did the water go? That is a question a lot of us have been asking for years. It is the end of November. Clover Creek is still dry in From Brookdale Golf Course to Midland and Spanaway Loop Road. The Chambers Clover Creek Watershed is based on a Sole Source Aquifer….
Category: Utilities
BRT, Cross Base, and other fictitious creatures
EDITORIAL OPINION Around 1995, folks living on 174th Street wanted some traffic control measures added to their street due to high traffic and safety issues. The County Council promised to put $2 million into the issues. That $2 million was reallocated to a project in Gig Harbor a couple weeks later. Spanaway and Frederickson had…
Spanaway Loop Road Closure – Part 1
By Marianne Lincoln I have been watching and advocating for roads and infrastructure in the Parkland, Spanaway, and Frederickson areas most of my life. My mother did so before me. I even took a traffic video to Washington D.C. and met with several Congressional Representative advocating for infrastructure. But when the money finally comes, there…
Watershed Issues Forum Nov. 20
The Chambers Clover Creek Watershed Council will be presenting their annual Issues Forum on November 20 at Sprinker Recreation Center. The event will begin with an optional field trip at 1:15 p.m. and followed by the presentations in the Rainier Room upstairs starting at 2:30 p.m. Registration is required, link provided below. Theme: UrbanizationSchedule1:15pm Optional…
Oct 14 – Loop Road Closure
PIERCE COUNTY – October 4 update With the sewer construction work progressing on 116th Street South, we anticipate Spanaway Loop Road South will close between 116th Street South and Garfield Street South starting Monday, October 14. The closure is expected to continue into early 2025. Local access will remain available for emergency vehicles and residents…
Fluoridation loses in Federal Court
By Marianne Lincoln I will admit, up front, I am celebrating. I am an individual that will vomit after a glass of fluoridated water. I was given a PET scan after cancer treatment. Some doctor didn’t look at my chart first, and did not tell me there was fluoride in the radioactive tracer injection for…
Pierce County expands its Water Utility
Starting Sept. 1, 2024, Pierce County expanded the Water Utility to strengthen its ability to promote public health and responsible stewardship of water supplies. Pierce County Ordinance No. O2024-532, which codifies the expansion, was passed by the Pierce County Council on Aug. 6 and signed by Executive Bruce Dammeier on Aug. 13. Pierce County is…
County needs to rethink sewer system
OPINION Potable water, drinking water to you and me, is critical to all life on earth. In Pierce County, that water comes from glacier melt or rain. It is taken from rivers, lakes, and aquifers underground. In Washington State there is currently not anyone desalinizing sea water for use, although Florida, Texas, and California do….
Clover Creek setbacks issue in Lakewood project, hearing Feb. 21, 11am, Lakewood City Hall
Sean ArentOrganizing Committee for Clover Creek Restoration Action Alliance Dear Residents of the Clover-Chambers Creek Watershed and Allies, We are the Clover Creek Restoration Action Alliance, watershed residents and allies who are fed up with the destruction of our natural resources and are organizing to fight back. Here are three things we could use your…
Mistakes were made, a water battle looms
By Marianne Lincoln In 1931, Pierce County Drainage District 20 built a ditch. This ditch drained the farms to the west of 47th Avenue between 128th Street and 112th Street. At the time, the really wasn’t a 47th Avenue, but the LaForge Farm was there since 1915 along with the Andre Farm to the North…
House demolition, but no silt fence
By Marianne Lincoln Spanaway is watching. There is already a high level of concern about how the Tiny Home Village project was dropped on our community. There are lawyers being paid to defend the interests of people living on the lake self-taxing to improve water quality. Then this project comes along and threatens to make…
PSM-LUAC Nov. 15, 6:30pm, Sprinker !!
By Cindy Beckett This will be heard at the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Advisory Commission public meeting date is November 15, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at Sprinker Recreation Center. (Remember, you will hike a distance to get in from parking due to construction right now.) The Land Use Advisory Commission will be reviewing the homeless village project now labeled…
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