Despite living on the lake, water was the biggest challenge for the firefighters who responded to a house fire on Lake Tapps Sunday. Dispatchers received multiple calls for the fire just before 11:30 a.m. on the 21000 block of Snag Island Drive East. The smoke could be seen from across the lake.
On a cold midwinter night in January, more than 200 volunteers searched Pierce County to count the number of people who did not have a home to go to. By the end of the night, they had their total: 1,762 people that night were homeless, close to 500 more than the previous year.
Bonney Lake had a busy week! The Bonney Lake baseball team took the league title against Sumner, and Sumner choir singers get excellent scores in the state competition. Also, Spartan senior Hashwinder Singh came back from Washington D.C. to tell us about the U.S. Senate Youth Program. In other school news, the Sumner School District will be providing Chromebooks for all students 6th through 12th grade to use both at school and home. Finally, get ready for the Presidential Primary, because ballots have been mailed out.
Bonney Lake 4, Peninsula 1
May 5 at Peninsula
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Bonney Lake record: 9-3 league, 13-4 overall
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Bonney Lake 104, Auburn Riverside 41
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Bonney Lake 84, Auburn Riverside 61
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Sumner 93, Enumclaw 57
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Enumclaw 74, Sumner 71
You might say the Kuiper Belt is the frozen frontier of our solar system. Out beyond Neptune’s chilly orbit, this saucer-shaped region is home to Pluto, billions of comets, and other icy worlds.
East Pierce Fire and Rescue will hold a Surplus Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 at its Lake Tapps station.
Maybe we should test our legislators water over in Olympia.
“That government is best which governs least.” These words of Thomas Jefferson are the hallmark of current conservatives toward the size of government. Big government is the bane of all hardworking Americans because money is taken from the productive and given to the unproductive. There are too many government regulations, which hinder freedom and raise costs because of expensive rules and regulations.
A few months ago, I had just finished watching Parks and Rec for the third or fourth time on Netflix. When I can’t find a new show to watch, I go back to an old favorite. And it’s usually a comedy. I asked for suggestions from friends and one of them suggested Dexter.
Pierce County is teaming up with hundreds of organizations across Puget Sound to challenge residents to commit to at least one Sound-healthy action during May’s Puget Sound Starts Here Month.
BOYS SOCCER
Bonney Lake 1, Enumclaw 0
Sumner 1, Auburn 0
BOYS LACROSSE
Tahoma 21, Sumner 11
