Saturday, October 7, 2023, is All Bethel Community Day, aka ABC Day. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., non-profit organizations, medical facilities, military and other local community groups will converge on Graham-Kapowsin High School and show who they are, what they do and how they interact with the Bethel area community. Each year, the event…
No services for unincorporated area homeless?
By Various Authors, as noted Editor: [This email arrived from Bethel Superintendent Seigel today] I received the following email from Pastor Samara Jenkins of Spanaway United Methodist Church today. It is worth reading to understand the Catch 22 aspect of being a homeless family in this area. We had new first-day-of-school pics again today because we welcomed another…
A real Pow Wow at Bethel High Sept. 23
They are no longer the Bethel Braves, they are the Bethel Bison, but the commitment to the area’s diversity and origin is there. On September 23, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., four school districts, Bethel, Yelm, North Thurston, and Olympia will present a back to school Pow Wow. This event will include dancers in…
2018, Pam Roach predicted Tiny Home problems
This is a story I found from the News Tribune in 2018 about the County Council voting to allow tiny home villages. It has some parallels to todays predicament with the Spanaway location. Perhaps, since this was all under the same County Executive, the plan was always to put the alcohol, drug and mental issues…
More Tiny Home county changes Sept. 25, Oct. 3
It appears the Pierce County Council is just finessing the effective dates on this proposal. In all honesty, they are awaiting the decision of the Growth Management Hearings Board. That hearing is December 6, 2023. Watch for changes after that decision announcement. Here are the hearing dates for this latest change. The Pierce County Council…
The rain is finally headed this way
It has been a very dry year, perhaps a record. We lost a lot of aquatic creatures to dry creeks. There is a week of rain coming, that rain will move salmon up the river and creeks. So get out your raingear and your fishing poles. From Al Schmauder, noted Clover Creek walking steward: My…
Vanishing water – bits from other stewards
To whom it may concern: My name is Diane Dumond. I lived on carp lake for 15 years. I was a stream team volunteer taking water samples from the lake for 17 years. I have worked in the field of water testing for over 40 years. There seems to be a question as to whether…
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – PARKLAND SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER
Prepared by Parkland Community Assn. 8/1/2023 For additional information go to: SAVEPARKLANDSCHOOL.ORG 1. What’s this about? In May of 2022 the school was being sold to developers for demolition to build an apartment building. Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) no longer had use for East Campus and was pursuing this option. Citizens of Parkland felt the historic school…
Urban unincorporated area growth overwhelms school district and area resources
This is a recent letter from Superintendent Tom Seigel to the County Executive, Council, Board members and district staff. The District has presented the issues of lack of resources to the County on several occasions. Currently the County is working on its biannual budget. ##### Dear County Council Members and County Executive, We have completed our…
Fate of Parkland School nears – Do you BELIEVE?
By Marianne Lincoln After learning in 2022, that Pacific Lutheran University planned to sell the Parkland school for development and demolition, the Parkland Community rallied around their historic landmark. They rousted the Landmarks Commission to preserve its historic status, They went to the County Council and spoke out. They reformed the 501(c)(3) Parkland Community Assn….
FOSL lawyers up on village location issue
Friends of Spanaway Lake (FOSL) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that represents members on, near or that love and use Spanaway Lake. In light of this past year’s County Executive proposal to place 285 tiny homes clusters on rural residential, environmentally sensitive land between Spanaway Marsh and Spanaway Lake, the organization decided it is time…
Blue Zones kicks off in Parkland Spanaway event
By Marianne Lincoln Pierce County has committed money to making Parkland and Spanaway a wellness experiment. The event on Saturday, September 9 at the Marymount Events Center was to celebrate their project being operational. With Executive Director Tono Sablan at the helm of the project, and a full compliment of staff on board, the group…
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