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April 8th – Daffodil Grand Floral Parade
Since 1934, the Daffodil Festival has been a part of Pierce County’s lifestyle. From the events visited by each high school’s princesses, the Queen Coronation, maritime parade and the magnificent mutt...
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Irreparable Damage – Permits? Really?
[Editor Note: This is the neighborhood I grew up in. My family property at nearby Shady Acres airport has been in the family since 1965.] By Marianne Lincoln Around mid-July, large earth moving...
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August 25 & 26 – Lacamas Fair
It is the biggest little fair in Pierce County. The Lacamas Community Fair, on 8th avenue South isn’t on what most county resident would consider a main street. This is the most family and children...
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Unit #1 needs your help
By Sandra Kean-Wolfer Help us save the Washington Horseman Tacoma Unit #1!!! The Tacoma Unit has been the center of the horse show world in the Pacific Northwest for decades. This wonderful venue has...
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Food Prosperity Open House in Yelm Feb. 8
Food Prosperity Central event Saturday February 8th, 10am to 4pm, Yelm Community Center, 16530 103rd Ave SE, Yelm, WA 98597. Admission is free. Bee Forever will be participating as a vendor, which...
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Herbicide spraying begins March 22
Annual county roadside herbicide applications start March 22 Pierce County roadsides will get an annual makeover this spring and summer. An initial application of herbicides to combat weeds along road...
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Drive Thru – Spring Fair
See The Spring Fair in your car. The Daffodil Parade will be a static display including floats, bands, clowns, and of course, Princesses. The dates are April 7 – 11 and 14-18 for 2021. You must buy...
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Native Plant Sale open for pre-orders
What is the Annual Native Plant Sale? A nonprofit sale run by the Pierce Conservation District – with a mission to get environmentally friendly native plants to our residents as easily and cheaply as...
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Pop Up Vendors upcoming events
You know those colored tents in the parking lots, along streets and at Farmer’s Markets? They are going to be at various locations in South Pierce County and Lewis County this Spring. Upcoming events,...
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SEPA – when it really matters, or does it?
By Marianne Lincoln [Podcast link] SEPA is an innocuous term. It stands for State Environmental Policy Act. What it represents is far more important. Asking for a SEPA or its larger buddy an EIS...
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Elk Plain Grange fire and restoration
By Marianne Lincoln ELK PLAIN — Recently a friend contacted me concern because he saw a yellow sign in front of the Elk Plain Grange. Because the Grange is a historic building to those of us who are...
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1846 list of local indigneous working for Fort Nisqually
The Puget Sound Agricultual Company extended across much of Pierce County’s prairie lands. Until 1846, it was considered British Land and was embattled in court through 1869, when it finally was paid...
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Balallan, Scotland gave Spanaway its start
By Marianne Lincoln, with notes from Steve Anderson Balallan, a small community on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides islands of Scotland was the birth place of John Montgomery in 1819. His family were...
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Farms to commercial airports? Graham meeting Jan. 13
The Coalition Against Graham and Eatonville-Roy Airports will be holding a meeting at Graham Kapowsin High School on Friday, January 13, 2023 for the public to come hear about and hopefully express...
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Essential Public Facilities, dangerous words – Do you want to build a giant...
[Editor: this is a recap of the anti-airport meeting 1-13-23] It was a brief moment in the meeting about a major international airport being considered in South Pierce County. It was the moment when...
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Water, water isn’t always everywhere, there’s nary a drop to drink
By Marianne Lincoln Land use planning meets sole source aquifer and the fight is on The Pierce County communities of Midland, Summit, Waller, Parkland Spanaway Frederickson, Graham, Elk Plain and...
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Roy Rodeo June 3, 4, 2023
ROY RODEO ASSOCIATION — Rodeo event info – all the basics and FAQs are right here. RoyRodeo It’s about to get a little western around here! Time to see some amazing athletes – human and animals – show...
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To the last drop
Editorial: Marianne Lincoln When you elect a developer, to the position of County Executive, what do you get? First, it was the “City of Pierce” proposal to take the unincorporated part of mid-Pierce...
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