Even though the holidays are defined by themes of joy and togetherness, it’s inevitably a melancholy time for some people.
Sumner High School’s boys swim and dive team defeated Clover Park 103-78 in the first home meet of the season Dec. 1. The team got an early jump on winter, with four swimmers’ times qualifying for district competition.
Tonight is Sumner City Councilman Leroy Goff’s last meeting as a member of the valley city’s municipal legislature. Goff retires with 26 years of public servitude under his belt.
The Sumner High School boys swim and dive team is entering the winter season with two overriding missions: qualify as many individual swimmers as possible to the state meet and keep improving on each athlete’s best times.
Travis Filleau was the Sumner High School wrestling team’s sole contender at the state 2A tournament in the 2010-2011 season.
The 103-weight-class grappler’s achievement was doubly impressive considering he was a freshman, though he lost his first two matches and was bounced from the tourney early.
Staff wrote in a two-page letter to state legislators that the city budget has already cut “services and costs to the bone over the last five years,” and that further funding cuts from the state level would cut into city necessities.
When Caleb Thorsteinson was diagnosed with leukemia at age 1, family friends rallied to raise money to pay what insurance could not. Myriad fundraisers, including a goldfish race at Captain Jack’s bar in Sumner, were organized. A stair climb—Climbing for Caleb—at the Bank of America building brought in 300 participants and raised $10,000.
Pierce County Council will hold its regular meeting “in-district” at the Sumner City Hall council chambers tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m.
Sumner’s city council will be in attendance.
Did you know that the idea that L-Tryptophan in turkey makes you fall asleep is a myth? It’s true: though one to 15 grams of the amino acid has been shown to be an effective sleep aid, you would need to eat nearly a pound of turkey meat alone to get the minimum dose. Sound easy? Maybe, but the irony is that L-Tryptophan has only been shown to be effective when taken on an empty stomach.
A man who rammed his truck into the gate of Sumner’s wastewater treatment plant and was later apprehended by city police in the middle of state Route 410—on foot—claimed he was high on P2P and trying to escape an unnamed pursuer.
Shaun Whatley allegedly rammed a green Ford F150 into the gates of Sumner’s Wastewater Treatment Facility, then attempted to ram his way out again.
The congregation of Sumner Presbyterian Church voted Sunday to leave the national Presbyterian Church because of changes to the denomination’s constitution designed to allow non-celibate homosexuals into the clergy and lay leadership.
Friends of Pierce County, a land preservation advocacy organization, will host a fundraiser tonight at Terry’s Berries in Puyallup. “Save the Farms” is being hosted to raise money for the group’s intended appeal against Pierce County Council’s decision to approve Orton Junction.
Norman Rockwell’s paintings of life, family, fantastic and everyday Americana came to life Saturday at Sumner’s annual Hometown Holiday. Actors affiliated with Act 1 Theatre Productions (formerly Ascension Theatre Productions) portrayed the once frequent Saturday Evening Post contributor’s subjects in various windows on the historic downtown stretch.
Individual stores offered specials for customers, ranging from sales to gifts to vendor presentations.