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The forecast today, Wednesday, is sunny with a high of 81 and a low of 54. Expect calm afternoon winds from the north, northwest. Thursday and Friday will be sunny with highs near 81 and lows near 55. Saturday’s forecast looks the same, only slightly cooler at 79. Sunday will cool to 76.
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Warrior Dash attracted an estimated 8,000 runners, plus their family and friends, to Kelley Farm on Saturday, where athletes completed a 5K slogging through mud, crawling under barbed wire and jumping over fire among other obstacles. The Dash, one of many similar runs put on across the continent by Red Frog Entertainment, attracts seasoned athletes and relative novices alike, said race director Matthew Robinson. One group of racers from the dental office of Jeffrey Kanter prepared through a boot camp fitness class. “It was great,” said first-time racer Shannon Groom. “Nice and dirty, just how we like it.” Groom said she would “absolutely” compete again. Photo by Daniel Nash
YMCA designs released By Daniel Nash Staff Writer
So that’s what the Sumner YMCA would look like. The city of Sumner on Thursday published the first renderings of the planned recreational facility, which were released by YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties last week.
The drawings, which show the exterior of the facility from four sides, confirm that the proposed building shares elements of design with existing YMCA facilities, such as the one in Gig Harbor. However, at 100,000 square feet, the Sumner YMCA would be nearly 30
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The design drawings of the Sumner YMCA project, set to break ground Spring 2014. Photo courtesy YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties
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Water safety has been a common theme this summer on Lake Tapps, with good reason. East Pierce Fire and Rescue has hosted summer Splash-Tacular events at Pierce County North Tapps Park since 2008. Due to the drowning at Allan Yorke Park last year, the department has decided to beef up the annual Splash-Tacular event by adding a second date at Allan Yorke Park. Open water safety concepts will be taught by experts from East Pierce Fire, Bonney Lake Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff and Sumner/Bonney Lake Aquatic Center. Activities such as life jacket relays, B-I-N-G-O and onshore fishing games will take place for kids of all ages to learn about drowning prevention. Participants will also have the opportunity to squirt water from a fire hose and use professional tools to see and communicate with underwater divers. Although Splash-Tacular is not a part of the SwimSafe coalition, the goals of each program go handin-hand. East Pierce Fire Public Education Specialist Dina Sutherland said the SwimSafe and Splash-
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