Take a Look at Friends & Servants

September 2012- Vol 4, Issue 7

In This Issue

Write in the Valley Returns

Sumner Receives Trail Award

Sumner Library Reopens

Order Cemetery Wreaths

Public Notices

Take a Look at Friends & Servants

Enjoy this Rainier Country video of the YMCA's Friends and Servants program. This program would likely come to Sumner if Orton Junction can happen. The City of Sumner is working on the appeal now.

Write in the Valley--Chapter 4 Unfolds

September 29, 10 am - 2 pm

Sumner Senior Center, 15506 62nd Street Court East

Join the discussion as local authors answer questions about writing and publishing. Cost is $10 at the door. Seating is limited, so come early!

This Year's Guest Authors:

Jason Black, editing and manuscript revisions
Megan Bostic, YA fiction
Jeanne Matthews, Dinah Pelerin mystery series
Rebecca Morris, adult nonfiction
Mike Lawson, the DeMarco political thrillers, top ten author of The Seattle Times
Karen Robbins, children's picture books
Susan Schreyer, Thea Campbell mystery series and co-president of the Puget Sound Chapter of Sisters in Crime

Writing Feedback:

Get feedback on your writing. Critiqued works are reviewed in one-on-one appointments during the event. Submit up to 10 pages for critique. Deadline for submission: Friday, Sept. 21.

E-mail to: richnjudy_7@msn.com, Subject: WITV4

Or mail: Sumner Arts Commission, Attn: Sally Abrams/Critiques 2012, City of Sumner, 1104 Maple Street, Suite 250, Sumner, WA 98390

Enter this year's writing contest:

Word limit: up to 750 words

Deadline for submission: Friday, September 21

This year's stories must be:written in first person, have a main character plus two other characters in story and include dialogue.

Setting: your character is at a book signing in a large book store. The author is well-known (but may write under a pseudonym). The bookstore is crowded; music plays in the background. Your character has been waiting most of the evening to have his book signed; the store is about to close. It's vital your character gets this book signed/meets the author because . . .???

Genre is open: mystery, romance, comedy, suspense, thriller, fantasy, paranormal, etc.

Winner to be announced at the event on September 29.

Sumner Receives Trail Award

Ted Hill, Sumner's Associate City Engineer, accepts a great honor for Sumner from Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King.

Yesterday, the ForeverGreen Council honored the City of Sumner for the city's trail-building efforts, including the current construction of a pedestrian bridge over the White River that will eventually help connect the Interurban Trail from Seattle to the Foothills Trail to Mt. Rainier.

In presenting the award, David Seago, ForeverGreen Council's president, said the following:

With 9,000 residents, Sumner is not one of the big boys among local municipalities. But Sumner's leaders have shown outsized commitment to building trails as a key part of community infrastructure. Sumner scored a big win last year by winning a big state grant and matching that with city and private money to fund $2.2 million worth of trail construction. Work on two trail segments is now underway and should be completed next month. One part we're particularly excited about is a new trail bridge being built across the White River near Stewart Road in North Sumner.

Let me quote a Sumner city spokeswoman I talked to this morning. She really captures the city's enthusiasm for trails.

"After these two sections of trail are completed, we only have three more sections of trail that the city needs to finish and three sections that private developers need to finish to complete the major arterial trail through Sumner. 'Sections' shouldn't make people think about large gaps -- these remaining sections are relatively small. The point is we're so close to having a finished trail system, which is important not only for Sumner but also the entire region. Sumner's trail will connect over 30 miles of other trails, including the Foothills Trail and the Interurban Trail, helping people come all the way from Seattle to Mount Rainier on a continuous trail system. We also connect with other trails, such as Puyallup's River Walk Trail out to Tacoma and to the Lakeland Hills Trails."

Sumner Library Reopens

After a month of roof work, the Sumner Pierce County Library is back open for business. Check out (literally) books, movies, magazines, music to download and more.

Find out more at http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/.

Time to Order Cemetery Wreaths

Once again, Sumner City Cemetery is offering 20-inch holiday wreaths available for graveside placement. This year's style is made of Noble, cedar, berried juniper and accented with pine (similar to picture shown). Wreaths are $21 each, tax included.

If you would like to order one, please contact Darlene Engels at 253-299-5510 or cemetery@ci.sumner.wa.us.

Public Notices update

Do you want to receive by email all land-use public notices that the City of Sumner sends out? If yes, contact Sally at sallya@ci.sumner.wa.us and send her your email address. She'll add you to the list!

In addition, the City will make every effort to also post notices online. Browse notices online