Saturday, the Pierce Prairie Post added Community Calendar to the home page. We hope that as you have meetings and events int he community, you will add to this calendar for everyone to use a reference. Look for it on the right hand column with the categories and event announcements. There have been occasions when events…
Toxic Algae concentration high in Spanaway Lake
email sent to residents around Spanaway Lake Friday afternoon: To our Algae Watch Participants on Spanaway Lake, We already have a toxic algae caution advisory in place for Spanaway Lake but preliminary results for an algae sample collected from the lake on August 26, 2013 show a very high concentration of toxin. Please use extra…
Car wash today – Sept. 1 to help find missing Spanaway teen
SPANAWAY, WA — Chris Virdell disappeared February 9, 2012. He was 18 and had just graduated from Bethel High School the previous year. He had spent the night with some friends. It was around 9:30 a.m. and he was going to catch the bus to work, but he never got there. The only thing that was ever…
LeMay Car Show popular as ever
PARKLAND, WA — 152nd Street and B Street in front of Marymount were strewn with parking cars as people were trying to attend the big car show event. There were buses brining people from the Spanaway Middle School parking lot and back and forth between the family home on C Street and the site at Marymount. Inside, there…
Roy Pioneer Rodeo rocking the town today and Sunday
The Roy Pioneer Rodeo is underway. There was a big turnout today and it runs again on Sunday. The Roy Elementary Mustangs PTA was on hand selling snacks, which included great big scrumptious pickles on a stick. The ice cream booth was backed up with a long line due to the 80 degree weather. Also apparently doing…
Nisqually Land Trust @ Hogum Bay remembered
By Marianne Lincoln It was 1934. There was a 100 acre parcel on the Nisqually Reach, Hogum Bay available in a tax sale. Six educators from the Tacoma area pooled their money and bought the land. Eventually two, Morris E. Ford and Christian Miller would own the land. They had lots of family picnics and campouts there,…
Pierce County Parks offerings
Tiny Tots Indoor Playground Bring your child to our Tiny Tots Indoor Playground for fun, socialization, and crafts! Kids will delight in the opportunity to run, jump, climb, and explore in this safe environment while creating fun with oodles of toys and space. Parents are required to supervise their children at all times, maximum of…
Labor Day weekend events
Labor Day weekend has a multitude of options for entertainment, enjoyment and good old-fashioned fun. For many, it’s the last blast before school starts. For kids in the Franklin Pierce District,well, it’s the first weekend after school started. In any case, its three more days to enjoy the last throws of summer, hopefully summer weather…
Congressman Denny Heck visits PC Skills Center
SPANAWAY, WA — Congressman Denny Heck recently visited the Pierce County Skills Center (PCSC). He was accompanied by Superintendent Tom Seigel and Skills Center Director Michelle Ledbetter. PCSC was created in phases. They are launching Aerospace Machining/Fabrication and Automotive Technology in September 2013. The Bethel School District if the fiscal agent for the PCSC. It is operated in…
Garfield Street demolition update Aug. 29
PARKLAND, WA — The ongoing process of clearing away the old to bring in the new continues at the corner of C Street and Garfield in Parkland. Here are the latest photos of the process which should be complete in just a couple of days. The groundbreaking for the new Garfield Station will be on…
Third round of Tacoma Narrows Airport master plan meetings scheduled for Sept. 4
Pierce County will hold its third set of public meetings on Tacoma Narrows Airport’s master plan update on Sept. 4 in Gig Harbor. Topics will include facility requirements and an introduction to potential development alternatives for the airport. “Requirements for both the airside and landside of the airport will be considered,” said Deb Wallace, Pierce…
Molina Healthcare, Community Champions Awards
Molina Healthcare of Washington is having its 5th annual Community Champions Awards. Help us recognize those who serve our community members by nominating a Community Champion! Nominating someone is easy, you can fill out the attached form and email it to MHWEvents@MolinaHealthcare.com, fax it to (425) 424-1168 or go directly to our online submission form. Winners,…
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