March: Celebrating Youth Arts Month & Music In Our Schools Month 29 8:00am–1:00pm Secondary Choral Students Rehearsal PLU’s Olson Auditorium 6:30pm District Choral Festival Concert Olson Auditorium March 30 – April 2 SLHS Choir Performance Tour to San Francisco 31 All Day Evergreen String Orchestra Festival Evergreen State College High School Early Release Day for…
Chase Garden seeking new owner
I just wanted to provide information about Chase Garden, which was bequeathed by Emmott & Ione Chase to the Garden Conservancy upon Emmott’s death in 2010. They have been managing the property from Cold Spring NY. Here is the statement posted on our website: The Garden Conservancy will continue to manage the garden through the…
Fir Meadows and Oxbow flooding in Pioneer Valley
By Marianne Lincoln Flooding continues to plague the Pioneer Valley area in Spanaway/Frederickson. Fir Meadows, which was built in 1968, has closed roads and swift water flowing in from the flooded playfield near the railroad tracks on Knoble Road. Electric vaults are underwater, yet people are still driving through the closed signs and even wading…
OK Highway Floods at Thrift
By Marianne Lincoln UPDATE 3/21/17: The OK Highway is still closed. Crews were working on a big hole in the ground, so they most have gotten the pole removed and are repairing the pipes. Vactor trucks are still removing material around the drainage pipe. — THRIFT, WA — Since Friday March 17, the Orting-Kapowsin…
Pioneer Valley Oxbow flooding
By Marianne Lincoln FREDERICKSON, WA — Near Liberty Middle School and Pioneer Valley Elementary School there is a wetland that crosses under 204th Street and under Eustis Hunt Road. This area, called an oxbow has a rising water table when the groundwater reserve is full. The heavy rains we have had this winter, combined with…
March 18 Power Outage in Graham Planned
GRAHAM, WA — On March 18 there is a Planned Power Outage on the east side of Graham serviced by PSE from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. for repairs to the substation. From PSE: In an ongoing effort to deliver safe and reliable energy to you and your neighbors, Puget Sound Energy will be doing some…
Frederickson meeting changes – March 18
Greetings, Some FCCCC members will be attending the Pierce County Awards Banquet on March 18th to receive recognition for their volunteer activities. We have chose to forgo our regular March 18th meeting and replace it with an informal breakfast at 9 AM @ Ricky J’s – 6805 176th St. E. There will be no formal…
Annual county roadside herbicide applications start March 28
[Editor note: I would rather title that, annual poison application on the roadside plants, just keep that in mind for your pets & children. Also, if you see the county contractors spraying where they should not, like in wetland areas, please photograph and/or report it!] County roadsides will get an annual makeover this spring and summer….
FP Teacher Honored Nationally
Franklin Pierce Teacher Honored as Northwest District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year RESTON, VA, March 8, 2017 — Roy, WA, resident Kim Jackson of Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma will be honored as the Northwest District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by SHAPE America – Society of Health…
Growth – Is it managed in Pierce County?
Back in the early 1990’s the Washington State legislature passed the Growth Management Act. Since that time in Pierce County lot sizes have grown much smaller, there is more traffic congestion in unincorporated areas and now there are restrictions on who can get a well put on their property in rural areas. Did ‘we’ preserve our…
March 4 – South Sound Sustainability Expo
Learn what you can do to be part of creating a more sustainable world with hundreds of residents, organizations and businesses. This event is in the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402, 3rd Floor Ballrooms and Atrium. Admission is free. There will be vendor displays, workshops and interactive exhibits covering: •energy…
March 4 – Southwood Neighborhood Watch
The Southwood community just east of Bethel High School off 46th Avenue & 224th Street (East of Elk Plain) will be holding a Neighborhood Watch meeting on March 4th from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Graham Library. If you would like more information, you may contact the organizer, Robert Taylor at rtaylor361@yahoo.com. If…
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