By Kate Scriven The last day of school is today. I must admit, I’m ready. The last weeks of school almost put me over the edge with concerts, portfolio presentations, fun runs and field days. Don’t get me wrong….I love my kid’s school and all the amazing things that they experience. But, do ALL [...]
By Tom Rohrer For fishing enthusiasts, an ideal lake provides numerous areas to cast or anchor and a large selection of fish in a beautiful setting. Offut Lake, located off of Old Highway 99 just north of Tenino, certainly fits the bill for lake fishing. Anglers of all experience levels have a terrific opportunity [...]
By Emily McMason Elementary schoolers count down to the final day of school. Yet within hours of the start of vacation, if your house is anything like mine, you begin to hear the two most dreaded words of summer: “I’m bored.” How can we help our kids fill the hours with something exciting, entertaining [...]
By Kate Scriven “Hunger doesn’t take a vacation” is the motto for the Lacey Parks and Recreation Department’s Playground Pals program. It’s also the reason the program has been running for twenty years, feeding and providing activities to local kids throughout the summer. With over 5,300 children receiving free or reduced-price meals every day [...]
By Amy Rowley Another parent chaperone on the field trip turned to me and said, “I don’t think these kids realize how cool this experience is.” She went on to discuss the rich learning opportunity for a group of more than 60 third graders from Griffin School. At the time, we were wandering around [...]
For more information on Kennydell Park visit Thursotn County Parks and Recreation website “…This 40-acre park features 1,000 feet of freshwater beach as well as trails, athletic fields and a developed swimming area on Black Lake. In 2009 two large playground structures were added. There are three covered shelters, each offering a large barbecue grill with [...]
By Kate Scriven One of the unique and wonderful things about living in Thurston County is our miles of shoreline at the southernmost end of the Puget Sound, the Nation’s second largest estuary. Within this large estuary (a marine area where a freshwater river or stream meets a saltwater body that flows to the [...]
By Stacy Fisher I am a mother of two very loud boys, who are often told to use their “inside voices” and “keep it down.” We are not a birder’s best friend. That being said, a trip to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge for the Junior Refuge Manager Program was enough to engage the boys [...]
By Amy Rowley Every Seattle Mariner’s professional baseball player started somewhere. It may just be that the next generation superstar picks up his first bat in Little Lacey Baseball. The Lacey-based baseball league is organized by the Lacey Parks and Recreation team and includes five divisions. Last year, 45 teams participated in the summer [...]
My kids are already counting down the days until school is out. I think it’s something like 23 or maybe 19… clearly it’s not a task that’s important to me. I’m fairly confident that their countdown is motivated not by a dislike of school (my first grader said yesterday how she missed her teacher) [...]
