By Marianne Lincoln Sequalitchew Creek runs from Sequalitchew Lake, through Edmund Marsh, to Puget Sound’s Nisqually Reach, through the City of Dupont, Washington. This is the same Dupont where the Nisqually Indians lived and later welcomed and worked for the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Nisqually. The Fort had two sites above the Sequalitchew. The…
June 28 Community Resource Fair
Spanaway Middle School will be the location of a community resource fair, on June 28. Cheri Coleman, is Founder and Executive Director of On the Road with PartnerCafe. They are a team of human and social service providers, representatives, and government agencies. They host and facilitate community resource fairs, bringing information, resources, and direct services to underserved…
Juneteenth – Celebrate Resilience and Progress
Today is a Holiday. Although it is new as a holiday, many have celebrated it for 160 years. It was the real end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth, I recall, was especially celebrated in Texas, where the last of slavery finally ended two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. News was slow 160 years…
June 18 Chambers Clover Creek Watershed Council Meeting
The CCWC – Chambers Clover Creek Watershed Council, is a forum for community members, residents, and agency staff to come together and identify issues and concerns in the watershed and possible solutions. All are welcome to attend! More info at: https://www.piercecountywa.gov/ccwc WRIA 12, is our Water Resource Inventory Area. The June 18th meeting will be our…
Trail’s End Development reveals historical markers for site
By Marianne Lincoln The Brookdale Golf Course at 17th aka Chesney Road and Brookdale Road is now a housing development called Trail’s End. That trail is called the Naches Trail and is the northernmost branch of the Oregon Trail that brought settlers across the newest territories of the United States in the 1800’s. Most notably,…
Why does the County lower American Lake?
By Don Russell “Is there a reason the County lowers the [American] lake level? Do they do this each year?” The answers to these questions are as follows; There is no rational basis or reason for the County to lower American Lake water level. Yes, they do this each year. Let me explain. In my lifetime I have…
Teen Summer Nights
The Bethel School District in partnership with the Bethel Recreations Association and Pierce County Parks and Recreation present Teen Summer Nights! These are free events for teen students int he Bethel School District. These evening events will take place from June 23 through August 14, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. except for July 2…
County contract opportunity
Pierce County has just released the following opportunity: Transportation – Spanaway/176th Area Here is a summary of the project: Pierce County seeks an organization to launch a Transportation Pilot Program (Program) that will provide “demand” transportation service for residents in the Spanaway/176th Corridor area. The Program will serve rural areas, outside of the Public Transportation…
Your car is dirty!
Yes, it is likely your car is dirty. Are you thinking about taking it to a car wash? Would you consider taking it to a car wash for $1 less than the car wash charges? If you knew half that money also went to scholarships and to help children’s programs in your local school district,…
Hungry, homeless children
Are you one of those truly kind people who sees the television advertisements for hungry, homeless children starving in Africa or India or poor sorrowful pets that need forever homes and writes a check? So good of you to do so, really. If I tell you there are starving, homeless children, over 200 of them,…
Congratulations Graduates! (and proud parents)
Graduations are happening now! Today, June 4 is the Bethel Academy & Challenger high, Friday is the Transition Ceremony for kids aging out of school, Saturday, June 7, will be all the Franklin Pierce District high schools at the fairgrounds in Puyallup, and on Monday, June 9, all the Bethel high schools at the Tacoma…
Pierce Prairie Post 