PIERCE COUNTY — Last chance to register for Pierce County Landfill and Composting tour What happens to the trash? To find out, take a tour of Pierce County’s Landfill and Composting Facilities on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9:45 a.m. to noon. You’ll gain insight that not many get to experience and you’ll change the way…
Read to a Dog at the Graham Library
Graham Pierce County Library has Read to a Dog program on Tuesday evenings 6:30-7:30 and it is free. All dogs who participating dogs are certified therapy dogs. For more information call the Graham Library at 253-548-3322. Cheryl Evans says, “My dog Lucy goes and I thought you might like to spread the word so we might…
PSRC Seeking Public Comment on the Draft Update to Transportation 2040
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL — Transportation 2040 is being updated to address current issues and meet statutory requirements. The update includes new forecasts, new analysis tools, and a revised financial strategy. The update includes a framework to prioritize investments and takes a closer look at the region’s preservation and maintenance needs (called State of Good Repair). …
The shoreline proposal, from Debra Hyde
By Marianne Lincoln Wednesday afternoon I had an interview with Debby Hyde from Planning and Land Services regarding the proposal for Pierce County shorelines. There is a proposed plan working its way through the process. There will be public hearings on it in March and the county is likely to have it before the council…
Jan. 24 – American Indian Lobby Day
By Marianne Lincoln The Fourth Annual American Indian Lobby Day will take place on January 24, 2014. This is an opportunity for you that are all or part American Indian to meet you legislators and make a showing at the Capitol building in Olympia. Everyone will meeting below the rotunda in the Columbia Room in…
Letter from a lake homeowner
Dear Councilman Roach: Thank you so much for coming to our Spanaway Lake meeting about the Shoreline Management Plan. I am one of the concerned home owners on the lake. My house would be one of the homes that would be the label “Non Conforming” It was built in the early nineteen hundreds. Over the years…
Oops – there goes your house on the lake, part 2
By Sherry Haviland OOPS……….. There goes your house on Spanaway Lake, Tule, Steilacoom, American, Tapps, Kapowsin, etc. any body of water in Pierce County! Even creeks and ponds! All bodies of water will be subjected to new shoreline regulations from Dept. of Ecology, developed or not! Setbacks will no longer be the main criteria Buffers…
Notes on the Graham Kapowsin Community Council
From Carol Wright Graham Citizen’s Action Team is scheduled to meet on the 4th Wed of each month at 5:30 in room 15 at Kapowsin Elem., but Jan has 5 Wednesdays, so if you would like to participate but can’t this Wed. (1/22/14) let us know and we can reschedule the meeting for next Wed!…
The beauty of Spanaway Lake, our home
By Marianne Lincoln On a beautiful sunny Saturday in January, it was hard to resist taking a stroll in the park while the sun was still floating overhead. Add a friend and some dogs and what a pleasant afternoon. Fantasy Lights are gone; both gates are finally open again. From now until May, folks can freely…
Congressman Heck visits Frederickson
FREDERICKSON, WA — Congressman Denny Heck was the guest speaker at the Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council Saturday. He arrived with his assistants Lauren Adler and Latasha Wortham. His first comments were related to the process of moving to Washington D.C. The first thing you do is get an apartment. Congressman Hack is roommates with Congressman…
Lost in Parkland – fluffy white dogs
HELP!!! The Fedex guy let my parents dogs out in Parkland, WA yesterday(1.16.14) and they are still missing!!! Dublin – is about 70lbs and a big fluffy ball of love! Lyla- is smaller about 40lbs. They are both loved family members and need them back. Please share this!!! Call my mom (253)592-5527 or me (253)376-3413 with…
Two more sessions of “Writing Your Will” added
Pierce County — Due to overwhelming response, additional sessions of the “Writing Your Will: Tips Everyone Needs to Know” workshop have been added. Registration for the original workshop on Saturday, Jan. 25 is now closed. The Pierce County Aging & Disability Resource Center and MultiCare Celebrate Seniority will host two more workshop sessions in March….
Pierce Prairie Post 