JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct late-night firing on the following date(s): DATE 10-14 July 2013 TIME Day & Night FIRING OF Demolitions and C4 The purpose of the late-night training is to maintain unit proficiency on demolitions and C4. Increased levels of activity will be noticed during the…
Hospitality sales begin for 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay
PIERCE COUNTY, WA — The United States Golf Association (USGA) has opened corporate hospitality sales for the 2015 U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. The U.S. Open will be conducted June 15-21, 2015, which includes three practice-round days and four championship-round days. The USGA is planning on total attendance of 235,000…
Look up your personal care products for safety
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has developed a Skin Deep Cosmetics Database where you can look up your shampoo or moisturizer. EWG developed Skin Deep to be your go-to online resource for personal care product ingredient safety information. Their researchers are constantly updating Skin Deep’s database with new products. It now rates more than 65,000…
Pacific Avenue offers opportunities to young entrpreneurs with weed eaters
When you think of a place you love to visit or place where you are proud to share that you have been, how is that location’s street appearance? It is unkempt and messy? Or does it have carefully groomed and attractive landscape and architecture? It isn’t a difficult stretch to understand why it might be…
July 13 – 14 is Lakewood SummerFEST
July 13 – 14 is Lakewood SummerFEST 2013 at Fort Steilacoom Park. The hours are Sat 10am-11pm Sun 10am-7pm Public Market Non-profit and Service Provider Vendors: 10am – 7pm Food Vendors: Saturday: 10am – 9pm Food Vendors: Sunday: 10am – 7pm If anyone has an interest in going, here is the rundown of activities and entertainment….
Understanding the Affordable Care Act and Washington State’s Health Benefit Exchange
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (aka-Obama Care) is moving closer to full implementation. Washington State has chosen to establish a Health Benefit Exchange, a marketplace where individuals and businesses can shop for insurance plans. The business marketplace is called SHOP (Small Business Health Options Program). The SHOP is for companies with fewer than 50 employees…
Out in the Park, Tacoma Pride Festival July 13
From Equal Rights Washington (ERW), July 8, 2013: Volunteer With ERW This Saturday For Tacoma’s Pride Festival Come Join ERW at our booth at Tacoma’s “Out in the Park 2013” Pride Festival at 9th and Broadway in Downtown Tacoma on Saturday, July 13 from 12pm to 5pm. We need volunteers to staff the booth and collect…
Help remove invasive plants in the Ohop Valley, July 15-16
Join the Nisqually Land Trust for a two-day volunteer event as we take on invasive plants in the Ohop valley! Monday & Tuesday, July 15th & 16th 10 am – 2 pm We’ll be using brush cutters, a mower, and hand tools to intensively clear out blackberry, reed canarygrass, and other trouble weeds from NLT-protected land. Clean-up will…
Pierce County Council to consider ordinance to change county elections to odd years
By Marianne Lincoln On the 5th Floor of the County-City Building Courtroom 533, Monday July 8, at 10 a.m., the Pierce County Council’s Rules and Operations Committee is going to consider an ordinance to move the Elections of County Elective Offices to Odd-Numbered Years. The final hearing is scheduled for July 23. This proposal brings…
Algae Advisory for Ohop Lake has been lifted
TPCHD — NOTICE, July 3rd, 2013 The Toxic Algae Advisory for Ohop Lake has been lifted. The toxic algae bloom has decreased in size and no longer presents a public health concern. Toxic algae are capable of producing toxins and, if present in large amounts, can pose a risk to pets and people. Swallowing or prolonged…
Pierce County Library news July 8-14
Thank You for Helping to Break Down the E-book Blockade Thank you for participating in the e-book blockade, aka Scrooge campaign. Good news—all six major publishers are now selling e-books to libraries—or say they will do so soon. Pierce County Library is happy that we are making some progress. We still need a fair market…
Ground breaking has begun on the Elk Plain O’Reilly’s
ELK PLAIN, WA — The site has been the Elk Plain Cafe since the 1940’s and a gas station since about 1901. Earlier this year, the Elk Plain Cafe building was removed along with old manufactured homes and the tall trees. This week, the excavation began for the new O’Reilly’s Auto Parts store on the…
Pierce Prairie Post 