Category Archives: Business

Holiday weekend activites herald lots of summer fun

Posted on May 30, 2011 by brucesmith49

Although the Memorial Day Weekend has its origins as a time to commemorate wartime casualties, it has also come to represent the beginning of summer. We may not have gotten much summertime weather, but the festivals and special events, … Continue reading →

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Comedy night at JR Whistle Stop delivers the laughs in Spanaway

Posted on May 28, 2011 by brucesmith49

A packed house got their money’s worth of comedy last Thursday at JR’s Whistle Stop restaurant in Spanaway. Over the past several months, owner John Reynolds (the JR) has brought professional comedy acts to his three-year old restaurant in … Continue reading →

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Harriott Balmer honored for scholarship work in Bethel

Posted on May 14, 2011 by brucesmith49

Kapowsin resident, Harriott Balmer, was honored this week by the Northwest Regional Chapter of Dollars for Scholars for her three decades of effort raising scholarship monies for college-bound students from the Bethel School District.

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Innovative solar hot water heater delivers inexpensive heat to the Pacific Northwest

Posted on May 7, 2011 by brucesmith49

A thrilled crowd in Yelm Thursday evening viewed an innovative solar hot water heater that delivers enough hot water to heat a home or a greenhouse- even in wintertime. Even more exciting, the heating device was not some pie-in-the-sky prototype … Continue reading →

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Nature grows organic – taking a tour of an organic vegetable farm in Eatonville

Posted on May 6, 2011 by brucesmith49

By Judy Spiers Two years ago, Requel and Bob Roos started Organic by Nature Farm and Garden, a six-acre parcel in Eatonville where they sell heirloom plants, seeds and fresh organic produce. For now, most of their crops are … Continue reading →

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Sound Life’s Easter Egg Hunt a huge success in Frederickson

Posted on April 24, 2011 by brucesmith49

Under splendid spring-time sunshine, 6,000 Pierce County residents enjoyed the 25th Annual Eggstravaganza at the Sound Life Church on 176th St in Frederickson.

Posted in Business, Culture, Entertainment, Events, Frederickson, Spirituality | 7 Comments

Pierce County launches imaginative contest to commemorate Earth Day

Posted on April 20, 2011 by brucesmith49

Happy Earth Day, Everyone – The Mountain News received a press release today from Pierce County that initiates a wonderful community-oriented contest to highlight the environmental needs of Puget Sound and ways of keeping it clean. The following is … Continue reading →

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Thousands enjoy Easter Egg Hunt at Wilcox Farm

Posted on April 16, 2011 by brucesmith49

Over two-thousand children and their families came to the 2nd Annual Wilcox Family Farm Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, and enjoyed the day-long festivities under gradually clearing skies.

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A hint of economic recovery seen at Graham LUAC

Posted on March 8, 2011 by brucesmith49

In what may be just a whisper of good news of economic recovery, the Graham Land Use Advisory Commission (LUAC) met for the first time in over a year Tuesday night to hear a variance petition for a home-construction … Continue reading →

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Frederickson – Clover Creek Community Council parlays in force with County Council

Posted on March 6, 2011 by brucesmith49

Over a dozen members of the Frederickson-Clover Creek Community Council attended last week’s in-district Pierce County Council meeting held at the recently constructed Pierce County Skills Center on Canyon Rd.