A joint meeting of the Arts and Parks Commissions and the Greater Bonney Lake Historical Society will take place Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the Greater Bonney Lake Historical Society Resource Room, located at 19306 Bonney Lake Boulevard.
The Washington State Department of Health announced today the start of a new statewide prevention campaign to educate 12 – 17-year-olds about the risks and consequences of marijuana use.
The Bonney Lake and Sumner area had more sports news this week, with the Pantherettes becoming state champs and the undefeated Sumner and Bonney Lake track teams meeting head-to-head to decide who is top dog. Also, read about how you can drive around the week-long White River bridge closure and how the Sumner School District is providing Chromebooks for all its students.
I think there are three questions at the very center of faith: Who is God? Who are we? And what does God want from us? Everything else seems to follow from there.
Pierce County News for the week of April 14, 2016.
“Friends come and go, but enemies are forever.” This was a comment from a small-town mayor who had been involved in politics for almost 20 years. His statement is also true on the national level based upon an editorial from Theunis Bates, managing editor of “The Week,” in the March 25, 2016, edition.
Unlike Washington D.C., our state actually has to balance its budget. Washington operates on two-year budget cycles and was the first state to adopt a four-year balanced budget requirement, which has been the most important fiscal reform in a generation.
Throughout the day, you’ll see Beyond the Borders buses going in town and may wonder what they are. Beyond the Borders provides free transit to people in Sumner who are senior citizens, youth, low-income or disabled.
Yesterday Brandon Lee Farmer, 30, was sentenced to 407 months in prison for the 2006 shooting death of Velma Tirado, 45. In 2014, Tacoma Police Department cold-case detectives received a tip that led to Farmer’s arrest. Earlier this month, a jury convicted Farmer of murder in the first degree.
Sumner 11, Peninsula 9
April 14 at Peninsula
Emerald Ridge 19, Bonney Lake 9
April 14 at Bonney Lake
No. 1 singles: Kristin Cunningham (BL) def. Sasha Mayer (P) 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Peninsula 77, Sumner 68
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Sumner 76, Peninsula 74
Enumclaw: 0-1-2-0-0-1-4 – 8-11-0
Bonney Lake: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 – 0-3-2
