Keithley Middle School Students to Receive Musical Instruments

National Foundation Awards Grant to Outstanding Local Music Program Tacoma, WASHINGTON (02 April 2015) —  Perry G. Keithley Middle School in Parkland will soon receive several musical instruments, thanks to  The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. An application for support was submitted by Perry G. Keithley Middle School and the foundation found their program to be…

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Lake Kapowsin Update – April 2

Hello to those interested in Lake Kapowsin: It has been a few months since DNR’s last public meeting regarding the Lake Kapowsin Aquatic Reserve.  We would like to provide you with an update regarding DNR’s progress on the aquatic reserve proposal, and current developments. The reserves program assembled a technical review committee of people that…

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Eggstravaganza – April 4, Sound Life Church

Saturday, April 4 is the annual Easter Eggstravaganza at Sound Life Church on 176th St. and 36th Ave. E. Set up for vendors starts early. The festivities are from 9 a.m. to noon. In past years there have been pony rides, photos with the Easter Bunny, fire trucks and lots of local vendors. Come out…

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Where We are Going & What We Need to Get There

From: Paul Pastor – Pierce County Sheriff We recently held our Sheriff’s Department Awards Ceremony for 2015 honoring those who have performed with special distinction over the past year. We honored 69 of our employees for valor, for life saving and for meritorious actions on behalf of the community. We also honored six citizens for…

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Most Magnificent Mutt Show

Frontier Park in Graham,  Saturday, March 28, 2015 in the dog pavilion there will be commotion, humor and lots of wagging tails. It’s the annual Daffodil Festival Most Magnificent Mutt Show. Registration is at 10:30 AM. Kids ages 2 – 14 may enter their dogs at no charge.  There are 14 classes to choose from.    …

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Navigating your county government – from Jim McCune

[Editor note: the following is from an email County Councilman Jim McCune put out otday. It has a lot of helpful citizen information so we decided to post if for you.] Our daily lives can be complicated enough, then you get a postcard or an e-mail from a government agency (federal, state or local) seeking…

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Coffee & Connections

April 1 Coffee & Connections 1st Wednesday of the Month Date:    8:00 – 9:00 am Time:    Spanaway Lake Golf Course 15602 Pacific Ave. S – Tacoma, WA 98444 Cost:    Coffee service on your own Info:      Click Here   The Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber South County Branch hosts Coffee & Connections on the first Wednesday of every month. Enjoy…

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Editorial: Graham Community Plan update

By David M. Friscia Bottom up Growth Management at work in Pierce County Bloated “Community” Plan Rubber Stamped By the Graham Advisory Commission At the 6 PM Tuesday March 24 Graham Advisory Commission meeting, the Chair of the Graham Advisory Commission was in such a hurry to get a positive vote on the County Staff’s…

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Family caregivers have resources to ease their work

PIERCE COUNTY — Caregiving is the “new normal” in American families. People who need help – whether because of age, accident, debilitating disease, chronic health conditions or simple frailty – much prefer to remain in the familiar (and affordable) surroundings of home rather than move to formal care facilities. Fully one in four families will…

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Section of 72nd Street East closed March 28-29 for vault installation

72nd Street East between Canyon Road East and 66th Avenue East will be closed from 7 a.m. Saturday, March 28 to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 29 while crews install pipes under the road for a new stormwater filter vault. The vault will remove contaminants from stormwater runoff before it enters Rody Creek. The closure will not impact local…

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