The Sumner Community Float is coming along nicely with the Daffodil Festival parade just over a week away! Thank you to Carl & Fran Jones and Home Depot for help with getting turf and to Northwest Yamaha Golf Cars for lending a cart.
Citing their respect and admiration for all Vietnam-era military veterans, members of the Pierce County Council unanimously adopted resolution R2015-39 at their March 31 meeting.
Amid a sea of yellow taffeta and silver tiaras, members of the Pierce County Council honored the 82nd Annual Daffodil Festival Tuesday and recognized the good work done by its ambassadors, members of the Royal Court.
During the month of April 2015, Officers will be conducting a special traffic enforcement emphasis looking for motorists that drive while distracted. Officers will emphasize enforcing the cell phone use laws.
Bonney Lake highlights: Raelyn Kimmel 2-3, 3 runs; Courtney Campbell 3-5, double, 2 HR, 3 runs, 7 RBI; Joey Ahern 2-4, double, 2 runs; Jessica Clark 3-5, double, 2 RBI; Robin Morin 3-4, 2 RBI; Emma Sulkoski 2-4, double, RBI.
For the second year in a row, more than 100 law enforcement agencies in Washington State will be cracking down on distracted drivers as part of the national distracted driving enforcement campaign.
A majority of high school athletes started playing their sport of choice before they could walk. And the same is true for Sumner senior Jamie Lange. Lange is a two sport threat for the Spartans and has been playing soccer since she was 4 and basketball since she was 7 years old.
In Monday’s prep soccer action, Sumner’s boys won and Bonney Lake fell short. Details were not available as of Tuesday morning.
Sumner 16, Lakes 6
March 30 at Sumner
Details not provided.
Sumner record: 2-1 league, 2-2 overall.
After 82 years, the Pierce County Daffodil Festival crowned it’s first Daffodil Festival queen from Bonney Lake High School. Senior Ashley Becker was crowned the 79th Daffodil Festival queen last Saturday at the Pantages theater in Tacoma.
When Erin Briones started teaching Mountain Meadow Elementary fifth grade students ballroom dancing, she heard a lot of grumbling and complaints. “Do I have to dance with a girl?” she was asked. “You’re going to make me touch a boy? Do I have to dance?”
After a tumultuous few months of failed levies and slashed budgets, a shift in the winds may be coming for East Pierce Fire and Rescue constituents.
The firefighters of East Pierce Fire and Rescue will sponsor three, free Easter Egg Hunts on Saturday, April 4. The firefighters recommend arriving early. “Once we say ‘Go!’ it’s over quickly,” said East Pierce Firefighter Matt Reinke, who coordinates the Sumner event.
