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    Articles by Brian Beckley
    Bonney Lake moving ahead with new public works facility
    Bonney Lake moving ahead with new public works...
    By Brian Beckley • February 9, 2012 4:57 pm

    City officials plan to construct a new, $11 million to $13 million building and yard to replace the current facilities, which are located behind city hall and are inadequate to serve the needs of a growing city.

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    January ice storm cost Bonney Lake more than $235,000
    January ice storm cost Bonney Lake more than...
    By Brian Beckley • February 8, 2012 5:01 pm

    Bonney Lake officials have prepared a report for the county as part of preliminary damage assessment detailing the impact on the city’s budget. Reports from all cities inPierce County will be compiled into a report that will go to the state in hopes of receiving a Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declaration that could allow municipalities to recoup money on storm costs.

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    Sumner Police looking for man exposing himself to teenage girls
    Sumner Police looking for man exposing himself to...
    By Brian Beckley • February 3, 2012 5:28 pm

    Sumner residents are being warned to watch for a black man in his mid-20s allegedly exposing himself to girls in the city.

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    Property tax levy for Dieringer School District on Feb. 14 special ballot
    Property tax levy for Dieringer School District on...
    By Brian Beckley • February 2, 2012 12:23 pm

    Residents in the Dieringer School District should be receiving ballots this week for the district’s Educational Programs and Operations replacement levy, part of the Feb. 14 special election.

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    Bonney Lake garbage rates on the rise this March
    Bonney Lake garbage rates on the rise this...
    By Brian Beckley • February 1, 2012 9:38 pm

    Beginning in March, Bonney Lake residents will pay a little bit more to have their trash hauled away.

    DM Disposal has notified the city of their plans to increase fees by an average of 6 percent.

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    Lake Tapps Elementary School Principal Connie GeRoy stands in front of the school's playground
    Dieringer school playground to get $25,000 thanks to...
    By Brian Beckley • January 30, 2012 7:13 pm

    Parent Greg Levchek, whose son is a first-grader at the school, entered Lake Tapps Elementary in Coke’s “Sprite Spark Parks for School Sweepstakes” in September and the school in selected in November as one of the winners.

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    Daffodil Festival season gets under way with the The Princess Promenade Feb. 4
    Daffodil Festival season gets under way with the...
    By Brian Beckley • January 25, 2012 5:14 pm

    The Princess Promenade is the official ceremony in which each young woman selected to represent her High School is tapped and proclaimed an official Daffodil Princess; they will each receive their Princess Tiara and a Golden Daffodil.

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    Bonney Lake city council looking to make dog park official
    Bonney Lake city council looking to make dog...
    By Brian Beckley • January 24, 2012 4:48 pm

    The park, a project created primarily through the volunteer efforts of citizens and businesses, was originally designated a temporary location with a one-year trial run.

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    Bonney Lake police investigating mail thefts
    Bonney Lake police investigating mail thefts
    By Brian Beckley • January 20, 2012 6:42 pm

    Bonney Lake police are investigating a pair of Jan. 11 mail thefts involving what may be the same suspect vehicle.

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    Cascade Water Alliance talks licenses at open house
    Cascade Water Alliance talks licenses at open house
    By Brian Beckley • January 19, 2012 4:42 pm

    Cascade Water Alliance on Thursday tried to assuage resident fears regarding licenses for work on lakefront property and answer any other questions during a two-hour open house at North Tapps Middle School.

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    Lake Tapps residents pack Cascade Water Alliance meeting to find out if home dockwork will be restricted
    Lake Tapps residents pack Cascade Water Alliance meeting...
    By Brian Beckley • January 15, 2012 7:10 pm

    Cascade Water Alliance on Thursday tried to assuage resident fears regarding licenses for work on lakefront property and answer any other questions during a two-hour open house at North Tapps Middle School.

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    When Jon Bodwell's daughter cut her foot on this bottle
    REMINDER: Inaugural Lake Tapps Trash Bash set for...
    By Brian Beckley • January 9, 2012 6:46 pm

    In the Summer of 2010, Jon Bodewell and his 6-year-old daughter Cierra Schoen walked to the edge of Lake Tapps near their Tapps Island home to feed the baby ducks that frequented their dock.

    It was something they had done many times before, but all of a sudden, Cierra stepped on something and began screaming in pain. At first, Bodewell thought she stepped on a stick or a sharp rock, but when he got to her, it was much worse than he expected.

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    Inmates at the Buckley Jail share cells and public areas in one of three pods.
    SPECIAL REPORT | Are jails becoming a ball...
    By Brian Beckley • January 6, 2012 2:43 pm

    Under state law, each city must find a way to deal with its prisoner population and the cities of east Pierce County and the Plateau all have their own strategies and reasons for housing prisoners.

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