Pierce County Waterfalls

By Chuck Haviland WF  1  AFFI FALLS  This waterfall is also known as Lodi Falls and Gap Falls. This water fall is by Skyscraper Mountain in eastern Pierce County, on Lodi creek. Its watershed is the Puyallup river.  The Masons have often been supportive of society’s activities.  The Affi Temple of Tacoma was constituted in…

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…

Spanaway Lake Management Plan – letter

Letter to people who attended the Spanaway Lake Management Plan Meeting: Thank you for attending the kickoff meeting of the Spanaway Lake Management Plan (Lake Plan) meeting. That was the first of several community meetings on the Lake Plan that Pierce County Public Works and Utilities Department will sponsor over the next two years. The…

Spanaway Lake Improvement meeting, just the beginning

SPANAWAY, WA — Tonight, December 4, Pierce County held a kickoff meeting for the Spanaway Lake Management Plan. Executive Pat McCarthy arrived just after her State of the County speech at the council meeting in Parkland, encouraging residents of the county’s committment to the project. Diane Smolko and Windy Kruse are the key county organizers…

Inboard Finals Sunday Sept. 8 on Spanaway Lake

SPANAWAY, WA —  There was excitement, noise, food, sunshine and the smell of fuel in the air at Spanaway Park this Sunday.  The announcers, Jeff Ayler and Brad Luce called the races adding excitement and exhilaration to the heats. They have worked together 4 or 5 years and have called about 9 races together, since…

Thunder on Spanaway Lake again Sunday

SPANAWAY, WA —  Saturday, Spanaway Park was the site for the Inboard Nationals. The Tacoma Inboard Racing Association organized the event at the lake. The first round of races was local competition. In the afternoon, the second round began. These were the Nationals. The classes and results were as follows:   Class      1st, 2nd, 3rd…

Nisqually Land Trust @ Hogum Bay remembered

By Marianne Lincoln It was 1934. There was a 100 acre parcel on the Nisqually Reach, Hogum Bay available in a tax sale. Six educators from the Tacoma area pooled their money and bought the land. Eventually two, Morris E. Ford and Christian Miller would own the land. They had lots of family picnics and campouts there,…