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Walker’s Antiques open for business
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Antique aficionados—take note. There’s a “new” business in Steilacoom; one specializing in “old” stuff. As an eye-catching display of wares takes shape on the back of an antiquated red pickup, and shop owner Al Walker explains that he’s been interested in antiques “ever since high school.”
This past Wednesday (business hours are from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays), he’d just unrolled a colorful Persian-style rug and anchored it with a pair of heavy pottery jars next to the truck.
Steilacoom town wide garage sale set for Aug. 14
Posted by | CommentsMark your calendar for August 14, 2010 for the Annual Steilacoom Town Wide Garage Sale. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day. Dig out those treasures hidden away in your attics, basements, closets, and garages. Rent a space on the Tennis Court for $10. (Sign up early since the court fills up fast) If you have too many items to bring to the Tennis Court, register with the Chamber of Commerce for only $10 and hold the sale at your residence within the town. Your address will be included on a map which will be distributed to bargain seekers the day of the sale. You also can sign up online at www.steilacoom.org or pick up an application at:
Steilacoom Farmers Market open on Wednesday
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Maily Cha, 7, tugs on the rope that rings the bell, signaling that Steilacoom’s weekly Wednesday Farmers Market is officially open for business. Maily’s father, Chneneng Cha, a flower vendor at the weekly event, and sell a variety of summery blooms each week. Market patrons are encouraged to experiment with recipes, provided free of charge, using market produce. The Market Bell, originally hung in the town’s first church, now hangs atop the towering concrete tower behind the Bair Store. Photo and caption by Nancy Covert.
Fourth celebration features bandstand dedication
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DuPont/Northwest Landing celebrated America’s birthday in a big way on July 4. This year’s Independence Day holiday featured a “We Love Our Military” salute, interwoven with traditional Fourth festivities.
Dedication of Clock Tower Park’s spiffy new Bandstand was a highlight of day, according to Larry Ackerman, Director of Northwest Landing’s Residential Owners Association. The 18-24 ft. structure was festooned in red, white and blue bunting for the occasion.
An ‘historic’ artifact nears completion
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A group of 45 Pioneer Middle School students have created a piece of history. The students in grades 6-8 in the school’s Learning Lab have spent the past two school years adding colorful pieces of fabric to a quilt/wall hanging that features the Old Pioneer School and the New Pioneer School. Begun as a project in Linda Petersen’s class, students have added pieces–ranging from details such as the ferry boat to the smartboard to the fabric collage/puzzle. Mrs. Petersen plans to take the quilt home this summer to finish the fine needlework and then return it next year to be permanently displayed in the building.
A dedication on the reverse side of the fabric masterpiece reads:
“Created by the students in Mrs. petersen’s Learning Lab. This quilt represents the history and heritage of Pioneer Middle School. We dedicate this to the entire Pioneer Community, staff, students and families–past, present and future.”
The quilt is the newest addition to the growing collection of school quilts that includes Cherrydale’s “Mrs Orr’s Pear Tree quilt, to Saltar’s Point’s Sesquicentennial quilt depicting Steilacoom homes and famous folks.
Pioneer ‘Reporters’ Visit the Orr Home
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Nine Pioneer Middle School “reporters” went looking for news on June 1. They found plenty of interesting information in Steilacoom. The student journalists, members of the student newspaper, “The Hook,” toured the Nathaniel Orr property in Steilacoom where they interviewed Museum Docents about the site, and learned about the town’s role in local history.
Wagon Shop guru Buzz Brake explained about the shop and its antique woodworking tools, Judy Hopkins escorted students through the 1857 home of pioneers Nathaniel and Emma Orr, while Nancy Covert shared highlights of the SHMA museum’s exhibit, “Steilacoom Firsts.” News about the students’ findings is scheduled to be on-line shortly, according to teacher Kristina Sullivan.
Visit the school’s newspaper at http://super6.us/ and open the link to “The Hook”. The museum on Rainier St. is open from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Be prepared
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It’s been three decades since Mt. St. Helens erupted, and while there’s no immediate emergency on the horizon—as the Boy Scout Motto advises: “be prepared!” Being prepared was the task at hand for scouts from Troop 51 in Lakewood as they helped assemble emergency kits for Steilacoom High School.
Steilacoom students ‘Bark the Park’
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More than 30 Steilacoom High School Honor Society students turned out after school on May 21 to work Perkins Park in Steilacoom for the 8th annual “Bark the Park” project. Each spring a group of students from the Honor Society has helped with an on-going park beautification at the corner piece of Paradise near the foot of Union Avenue. The park was named in honor of Steilacoom’s first woman doctor, Dr. Mary Perkins. Four work crews that afternoon spread fresh bark on three sides of the park. Earlier in the year, other students had cleared invasive ivy and planted native plants.
SHS’s triple treat
Posted by | CommentsIt’s (almost) June…and you know what that means! Several Steilacoom High School school year-end activities you won’t want to miss!
Kids can cook: SP kids demonstrate their culinary prowess
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An enthusiastic audience of parents, siblings and friends enjoyed the menu offerings during the Inaugural “Kids Can Cook” event, held May 10 at Pioneer Middle School’s Auditorium. The event featured ten Saltar’s Point Elementary School 4th & 5th graders in the Sodexo-sponsored “Kids Can Cook” competition featuring healthy after school snacks.
Top voted snacks included Madison Lewis’ “healthiest snack” Erupting Lava Apple with the eruption caused by peanut butter mixed with trail mix!; Joseph Daniel’s “kid friendly preparation” of “Cocoa-nut” Bananas; Jessica Jones’ “fun foods” featuring a Sailboat Snack; David Ling’s “best plate presentation” of Bunny Spread Wraps; and Jiemyjoyce Reduque’s “judges’ award” for her Chicken Salad Wraps.
Pioneer’s Lech tapped for NAEOP president
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Kathy Lech, office manager at Pioneer Middle School, will be installed as President of the National Association of Educational Office Professionals on July 9, 2010 in Kansas City, MO. Kathy has worked for the Steilacoom School District since 1982, except for a two-year period when she moved with her family to eastern Washington. While there she worked for the North Franklin School District for one year and then, after moving back to this area, worked for the Association of Washington School Principals.
Williams earns 2nd place in essay competition
Posted by | CommentsTiara Williams, a Steilacoom High School Senior, has received a Participation Award from the Fleet Reserve Association, Mt. Rainier Branch 104. Williams earned Second Place in the competition for her essay in the organization’s annual American Patriotism National Essay Contest.
