You’re invited to join us at the beautiful Red Salmon Creek site for protective plant tube removal, Saturday, December 7th from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Healthy plants need your help. We will be removing protective plant tubes from native trees and shrubs that have outgrown their use. It’s another important step in the restoration of this…
TJ Bohl selected as new Pierce County Juvenile Court administrator
TJ Bohl, who has worked in juvenile rehabilitation for 18 years, has been selected as the administrator for Pierce County Juvenile Court, which provides court, detention, probation and adoption services. The selection was made by the judges of Pierce County Superior Court, which oversees Juvenile Court. It’s a promotion for Bohl, who has been Juvenile…
Seattle marine engine dealer agrees to pay penalty, change engines in federal clean air case
(Seattle – December 5, 2013) Rabaul Diesel Inc., of Seattle, Washington (also known as RDI Marine) has agreed to pay penalties and replace or modify six marine diesel engines that violated federal clean air rules. The engines were installed on six commercial fishing vessels destined for use in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. According to settlement details,…
1st Special Forces Group Celebrates 69th Annual Menton Day
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. — The 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) will be conducting its opening ceremony on Monday to begin a week-long celebration in recognition of its historical lineage dating back to WWII. The Menton week celebration is so named in recognition of the deactivation of the 1st Special Service Force (aka The Devil’s Brigade)…
Spanaway Museum Holiday event Dec. 8
SPANAWAY, WA — The Spaanway Historical Society Christmas Open House is Dec. 8, 1-3 p.m. at the Prairie House Museum, 812 E. 176th Street in Spanaway. Come Celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way. The Prairie House Museum is an 1890’s farm house. She’s all decorated for you. The tree is trimmed, the cookies are baking, the garland all…
Yelm Christmas in the Park Parade Dec. 7
YELM, WA — The Yelm Christmas in the Park Parade is Saturday, December 7, 2013. The parade begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Yelm City park. The theme this year is Community Elves on Parade. It is sponsored by the City of Yelm’s Park Advisory Committee and the Yelm Chamber of Commerce.
Account set up for the family of the Wilcox Mill Worker
ROY, WA — The Wilcox Family has set up an account for the family of the Feed Mill worker who passed away this week in the silo accident. Anyone may contribute at a Key Bank branch by specifying the Donation account for Steven Green. The Post is trying to find out if there will be any…
Worker’s body recovered from mill in Roy
ROY, WA — About 10:30 p.m. Dec. 4, rescue crews were finally able to recover the body of Steve Green, 44, a former Marine, from beneath the collapsed tank and grain of the Wilcox Feed Mill in Roy. He was married and the father of four children. KING TV link, just reported Wilcox Farms has set up…
Dec. 6 – Roy Christmas Tree Lighting
ROY, WA – On Friday evening, the City of Roy and the Roy Library will hold their annual Christmas Tree Lighting. The event will begin in the library with Santa visiting all the local children that want to come tell him their wishes for Christmas. There will be cookies, punch and candy canes too. Around…
Breakfast With Blade & Ice Skating
On Saturday, Dec 7 have a pancake breakfast with Blade, Sprinker Recreation Center’s very own mascot. Also included in the day is pictures with Blade, and finish off the morning with ice skating. The event runs 10:00am to 1:00pm for a participation fee of $20 per youth ages 3-12. Pre-register at Sprinker, 14824 S C…
The search in Roy continues
ROY, WA — You can’t miss noticing the Wilcox Mill in Roy as you enter the city in the dark. Bright lights have it illuminated like a Disney castle. There are three cranes on site, two which were operating this evening to hold up the listing grain silos so crews could begin to suction away…
Spanaway Lake Improvement meeting, just the beginning
SPANAWAY, WA — Tonight, December 4, Pierce County held a kickoff meeting for the Spanaway Lake Management Plan. Executive Pat McCarthy arrived just after her State of the County speech at the council meeting in Parkland, encouraging residents of the county’s committment to the project. Diane Smolko and Windy Kruse are the key county organizers…
Pierce Prairie Post 