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June 2010- Vol 2, Issue 3 |
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| Remembering Our Veterans | |
 Placing Flags Thursday, May 27 at 4 pm Help the Sumner VFW honor our veterans by placing flags throughout the cemetery.
Memorial Day Service
Monday, May 31 at 10 am Join us for a special ceremony at the Sumner City Cemetery.
Memorial Day traces its roots to Decoration Day, held first in 1868. Although now the day gets repurposed as the kick-off to summer, Sumner City Cemetery still takes time to remember those who served our country. The Sumner VFW Post 3070 has been placing flags on veterans' graves since 1943. Sumner City Cemetery is the resting place for veterans who have served in the Civil War and all other wars and conflicts since.
Please join us in honoring our veterans by placing flags, joining in the service, or simply stopping by the cemetery this weekend for a moment to say thank you.
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| Save Cents with WaterSense |
 Every summer, you see your water bill rise while we watch our water supply creep down. Taking steps to conserve water--especially in the peak use times in summer--saves you cents and just makes sense. For that reason, the City of Sumner has applied to participate in the EPA's WaterSense program. This means we'll be sending along ideas and even some tools over the next few months to help you save water.
To get started, let's talk yards. As you start thinking about watering your garden, make sure you're getting the most out of your watering:
- Water deeply and infrequently. If you let the top inch or two of soil dry out between waterings, you'll encourage your plants to grow deep, healthy roots rather than shallow roots that require more long-term TLC.
- Water slowly. If water is coming faster than the soil can absorb it, the water just runs off onto pavement where it does no good.
- Water in early morning when you don't lose a bunch of water to evaporation.
- Measure your water. Your grass only needs 1 inch of water per week, and that includes rainfall. Stick an empty tuna or cat food can on your lawn and run your sprinkler for 15 minutes. Measure how much water is in the can and adjust your sprinkler timing to give the lawn 1 inch each week.
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| Local kids help pets like Rocky |  Metro Animal Services sends a big thank you to the students of Betty Hansen's 4th Grade Class at Sherwood Forest Elementary in Federal Way. By saving their pennies, they donated $500 to Metro Animal Services to help dogs and cats find their Forever Families. Their money helps animals like Rocky (pictured). Rocky was abandoned at the shelter by his previous owners because they said he wouldn't potty train correctly. Metro found him a new family who wrote back saying, "he's doing just fine! Thanks for all you do for homeless animals!" |
| Kids Urge Safe Walking |
 Although the school year's days are numbered, many students this spring used their artistry to encourge others to walk to school. Drawings talked about how walking to school saves gas, is good exercise, and simply rocks!
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| Looking into Sumner's future | |
Are you curious about what Sumner's future looks like? Good news! Instead of searching for a crystal ball, you can review Sumner's comprehensive plan.
Sumner was one of the first cities to adopt a comprehensive plan. Basically, it's a road map telling everyone where Sumner is going in the future and how it's going to get there. The plan gets updated routinely, and 2010 is a year in which those updates (called amendments) occur.
To get information on Sumner's current comprehensive plan plus proposed updates, click here to visit the website. One of the big amendments being explored, the Orton Junction/East Hill Urban Growth Area, has more information on the web here. |
| Public Notices |
 Ever see a yellow Notice sign around town and not get the chance to read it fully? Public notices are also posted online, which may be an easier (and drier) option for keeping up to date on the latest public notices.
| | Road work ahead |
 Great improvements are on the way for the Traffic/Fryar/Main intersection. Unfortunately, that means road work will likely cause delays if you travel through that intersection this summer.
You can get more details about what's coming, both with the road work and the improvements, online at this site.
You can also receive updates during construction by e-mail. The updates will go out about once a week. If you've already signed up for all e-mails, you'll get the update automatically. If you just signed up for Community Connection, you can update your profile with the link at the bottom of this page and check the option to receive Traffic & Main updates. |
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