By Christine Link You’ll have to open the PDF to read it. epsocspecialedition [Note from Christine:] EPSOC history article is finished! It has lots of folks at school very excited and even made its way to the school board. I have attached it as a pdf to this email. I gave you credit for the Elk…
75 feet from shoreline – what do you have?
SPANAWAY, WA — Thursday Jan. 9, two meetings were held at the Spanaway Round Table Pizza. These meeting were to raise awareness among people living near Pierce County bodies of water that their shoreline are about to have 75 foot buffers created. What do you have in Pierce County within 75 feet of a creek, river,…
Reminder: Tips to treecycle your Christmas tree
PIERCE COUNTY — As you recycle your wrapping paper, don’t forget to treecycle your Christmas tree. Pierce County residents who subscribe to yard waste collection service can place their unflocked tree in their container. Flocked trees cannot be recycled and must be disposed of as garbage. Residents may also recycle their tree free of charge…
Pierce County Waterfalls
By Chuck Haviland WF 1 AFFI FALLS This waterfall is also known as Lodi Falls and Gap Falls. This water fall is by Skyscraper Mountain in eastern Pierce County, on Lodi creek. Its watershed is the Puyallup river. The Masons have often been supportive of society’s activities. The Affi Temple of Tacoma was constituted in…
Homeless Coalition seeks volunteers
PIERCE COUNTY — For those of us living in the northwest, the cold, damp winter seems endless by this time of the year. Imagine being one of the 670 homeless individuals who slept outside or in an emergency shelter in your neighborhood last night. To understand the challenges facing our homeless, local organizations will conduct…
JBLM to host Defense Centers of Excellence and NFL “The Real Warriors Campaign” Game Day event Sunday
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – JBLM leaders will host the Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) Real Warriors Campaign and four former NFL players for a Real Warriors Campaign Game Day event Sunday. The Game Day event will be held at the Nelson Recreation Center and is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m., before the Denver Bronco…
Get the Facts on Bethel School District’s Levies
District to host three community forums in January The Bethel School District will host three community forums about the district’s upcoming School Programs and Operations Levy and School Technology Levy. These meetings will provide the community with information about the each of these initiatives and relative impacts to the district’s budget. The School Programs and…
Don’t lose your waterfront rights
By Sherry Haviland There is a meeting of (Spanaway) lake owners this Thursday, January 9 at noon and again at 6:30 pm at the new Round Table Pizza past Walmart at 20709 Mountain Highway! My husband Chuck, a retired land surveyor, is trying to help us all be able to fight the county in its…
NW Entertainers Jam
NW Entertainers Jam Monday, Jan 27th 6-8 pm Where: Pierce County Library System 3005 112th St E, Tacoma, Wa Room A Jams are for people interested in balloon twisting, face painting, glitter tattoos, magic, and any other children/family/corporate entertainment; for beginners, seasoned professionals and everyone else in between. Pass this information along 6:00-8:00…
SR7 at 296th accident and backup
There’s a traffic backup southbound on SR7 at about 296th Street. tonight. The mess started about 6pm and is currently a significant delay. Take another route to head south toward Eatonville and Elbe.
62 million reasons to protect the lake
SPANAWAY, WA — Lake property values, restrictions on construction and political posturing will be topic on the table Thursday at the new Round Table Pizza at 208th and Mountain Highway. Spanaway Lake properties represent around $62,000,000 in taxable value. Tule Lake may also be affected. The new Shoreline Management Project proposed by Deborah Hyde for Pierce County…
Native Plant Sale Pre-Orders Due January 17!
Pierce Conservation District’s 23rd Annual Native Bare Root Plant Sale Taking Pre-Orders Until January 17 for Early Spring Pick-Up February 28 and March 1. The perfect time to plant bare root plants. The Pierce Conservation District is featuring 30+ species of plants native to western Washington as well as plastic tree tubes and spray on…
Pierce Prairie Post 