For the second consecutive year the Bonney Lake and Sumner Special Olympics basketball team celebrated taking state, bringing up their total state championships to four. The Spartans went undefeated throughout the eight subdistrict, district and championship games, and lost only one nonleague Pack the Gym game to Franklin Pierce.
Saturday mornings are an excellent opportunity to connect with your dog, which is what Cathy Dormaier has in mind when she and her cavalier King Charles spaniel, Winston, rent Enumclaw’s Danish Hall to lead doga classes.
Spring sports means sprinting, jumping, vaulting and more as Panthers track once again takes to the field.Several stars from last season are returning to the team, said 11-season coach Andy Foster, and he expects a successful season.
After three years serving the Sumner School District as its superintendent, Sara Johnson announced late last month that she will be resigning at the end of the school year.
With warmer weather and longer days just around the corner, it’s time the Panthers return to the soccer field and kick the season into gear. Bonney Lake ended their last season in the middle ranks with a 5-11 record, but 10-season coach Luke Helling-Christy said this year’s team is youthful, energetic and won’t be hampered by the loss of graduated players.
Bonney Lake highschooler Morgan Hopen recently donated several dozen home-made stuffed animals to the Bonney Lake Police Department.
After nearly nine years without a community bank in Enumclaw, Commencement Bank will be stepping in to fill that role.
What’s better than chocolate? Death by chocolate, obviously. The Bonney Lake Lions club is hosting its one and only annual fundraiser, Death by Chocolate, at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, in the Bonney Lake High School commons area.
Bonney Lake has tightened its firework legislation after a heated debate about whether fireworks should be banned from the city. The council passed Ordinance D16-04, which sets new times to launch legal fireworks and revises firework penalties, during the Feb. 23 meeting.
The Panther fastpitch team is eager to play ball after last year’s disappointing 8-12 record, said seven-season coach Andrew Sage. Bonney Lake will see many players from last season return to the team, including seniors Melanie Torr and Robin Morin, juniors Eleseana Quintanar, Kira Mitchell, Emma Sulkosky and Joey Ahern, and sophomore Raelyn Kimmel.
Starting this fall, area high school students must have received their two doses of chickenpox vaccine before they start classes.
Starting this fall, area high school students must have received their two doses of chickenpox vaccine before they start classes. This will mark the end of a nine-year Washington State Department of Health chickenpox vaccine implementation plan that started requiring kindergarten students to get their second chickenpox vaccine dose in the 2008-2009 school year.
Sumner’s first all outdoor preschool is getting ready to welcome its first spring and summer season. The Timber Creek Farm and Forest school was opened by Matt and Tinneca Fortin September 2015 in order to give toddlers and elementary school children the chance to experience the outdoors, something they think many children no longer get a chance to do.
