GRAHAM, WA –The Graham Fire & Rescue levy appears to be passing their four-year, $2.75 million per year maintenance and operations levy tonight. Fire Protection District No. 21 Yes 3,363 58.58% No 2,378 41.42% Graham Fire has seen a decrease in assessed valuation of property in excess of 20% since 2008, which equates to a…
2014 National Night Out – Aug 5
2014 National Night Out Events happening in Pierce County – August 5, 2014 From the Safe Streets Website: http://safest.org/weblog/2014/04/24/national-night-out/ Group Name Location of Event Start Time End Time Hilltop 1314 S L St 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Mercy Housing 1709 S G St 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7th and Cushman S. Cushman between 7th and…
New County Council proposal would bring parity to employee evaluations
Proposed Ordinance 2014-59, which will be considered by the County Council’s Rules and Operations Committee on Aug. 11, would allow non-represented employees to challenge, grieve or appeal a supervisor’s performance evaluation – a right that represented employees already enjoy in statute. Pierce County law requires certain provisions with regard to county employee performance evaluations; however…
Reading volunteers needed
Adult Volunteers needed beginning the Week of Sept 8th 2014 Homework Assistance Program (HAP) FREE! After School Homework Help / Tutoring Readers are Succeeders Program (RrS) “Readers are Succeeders” is an after-school program to help 1st – 3rd grade students to improve their reading skills. Produced Volunteer Page for Program: http://g-kcc.org/vol_signup/adult-volunteers-for-bethel-students/ Program Times / Dates /…
GBA Golf Tournament Aug 16
Hello GBA Members and Friends, The countdown is moving right along – there are only 11 days until the GBA Golf Tournament/Charlie’s Dinosaur project fundraiser. HELP! We need hole sponsors ($150 for members/$200 non-members). We need golfers! Field a team or come alone and we’ll put you with a team. We need raffle prizes! Since…
Volunteers needed for Pierce County Fair
Volunteers are needed for the PIERCE COUNTY FAIR at Frontier Park. Location: 21718 Meridian Ave E, Graham, WA 98338 Date: Thu. Aug. 7th through Sun. Aug. 10th 2014 Time: THURSDAY 10 A.M. -10 P.M. FRIDAY 10 A.M. -10 P.M. SATURDAY 10 A.M. -10 P.M. SUNDAY 10 A.M. – 6 P.M. Signup at the Web site Volunteer…
Freddie Fest 2014 – A great party!
One a very warm and sunny August 2nd, folks from all over South Pierce County gathered for the annual Frederickson Freddie Fest. Booths with private schools, the library, local banks, local businesses, politicians, crafts, and other items for sale surrounded the building of Sound Life Church. In the road below the chuch were booths of Chili Cookoff…
Free document shredding
Free Document Shredding Saturday, Aug 2nd 10am-2pm at the North Gate into the Pierce County Fair Parking lot, Frontier Park in Graham. Sponsored by Cintas and the Pierce County Fair. The Fair is August 7th to 10th this year.
Puget SoundCorps to help restore urban forest near Spanaway Creek
A Puget SoundCorps crew will remove English ivy and Himalayan blackberry from trees in Pierce County’s Bresemann Forest starting Aug. 4. Getting rid of these invasive plants will improve the health of the trees and the adjacent Spanaway Creek. Pierce County obtained the Puget SoundCorps’ assistance through the Urban Forestry Restoration Project, administered by Washington State…
County shoreline decision committee meeting
This is notice of Community Development Committee and final Council hearings on Proposal No. 2013-45s. An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Relating to the Pierce County Shoreline Master Program; Amending Chapter 1.22 of the Pierce County Code (PCC), “Pierce County Hearing Examiner Code”; Title 18 PCC, “Development Regulations – General Provisions”; Title 18A PCC, “Development…
Freddy Fest is Saturday, Aug 2
From John Marshall: FREDERICKSON, WA — We are planning for as much as 250 cars. We have trophy’s for over 30 different classes. Car show participants will also be participating for a huge selection of door prize items. The Chili Challenge will have 9 local teams competing for the best and worst chili’s. Chili’s will…
SR507 to Roy, roadwork July 31-Aug 1
Traffic Impacts SR 507 both directions Road work on SR 507 both directions from milepost 38.0 near Muck Creek to milepost 39.0 near Muck Creek beginning at 11:11 pm on July 31, 2014 until about 4:00 am on August 1, 2014. Map Location
Pierce Prairie Post 