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| DuPont Newswire
Movie in the Park on 7/18 Since Horton Hears a Who will not be out on DVD until later this year, the movie for tomorrow night has been changed to The Bee Movie. Town Hall Meeting - Emergency Services You are invited to learn about the current status of Fire, EMS, and Ambulance service labels in your community on July 24, 2008 at 7pm at Chloe Clark. Please make time to attend and share your thoughts on what levels of service you want to see provided by the DuPont Fire Department. (Webmaster adds: If you cannot attend the meeting, you can also comment on Town Talk, your postings do get read by City Council members). International Clown Month at DuPont Library The month of August is International Clown Month and to help celebrate
Freddy the Clown and his friend Kawshun the safety clown will be at
the DuPont Library on Saturday August 2, 2008 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m doing face painting, balloon animals and just plain having fun. We hope you will join us!! RSS Feeds coming... I am working on adding RSS feeds for Newswire, Classifieds and TownTalk this week. The Classifieds one is turned on now. If you are not familiar with RSS (Really Simple Syndication), it is a way to allow you to digest certain information from websites without visiting them unless you want more information. The RSS feeds will allow you to keep up with current information posted to the website and check it on your time along with other feeds you may have in one place. DuPont Powderwork Park opening According to the City's website, the official opening of the park will be on July 17th. The City asks that you please respect the fencelines that are up now and after the opening. (Read more) Outdoor Summer Performance Come on out to Clocktower Park on Fri, July 25th for Ovation Acadamy's performance of 'Jack and the Beanstalk". The event is free. For more information, call 253-279-5649 How Patriotic Are You? Contest It may not be time to deck those halls, but it is time to show your patriotic pride! The City of DuPont is challenging its residents to show their colors in a contest running now through July 20th. Decorate with as much red, white, and blue or yellow ribbon as possible and you might win an award announced on Aug 23rd during Operation: We Love Our Military. DuPont Powderworks Park According to news from City Council, the park is scheduled to open just after the 4th of July. The fields will be off limits and surrounded by gated fencing so that the remaining grass can take hold, but the rest of the park will be open. As of 7/3, the park was still closed off, with the street area in front being prepared for a sidewalk. There is a entrance available to drive in once the park is fully opened. Operation: We Love Our Military Don't forget the weekend of festivities our town is hosting for our proud military! The events begin Fri, Aug 22nd with a Hot Dog Roast & Movie in the Park, then on Saturday a pancake breakfast followed by a tribute to our military. (Read more) Steliacoom Co-Op Pre-school expands to DuPont The school has signed a one-year lease to try out the location at Chloe Clark Elementary. Children ages 3-5 and their families are encouraged to sign-up for classes that are filling fast. For more information, call 253-581-2053 Intel to host Farmer's Markets There may not be a grocery store yet in our town, but the folks at Intel will be offering to host vendors with fresh produce, flowers and other favorites on their grounds 7/16, 7/23, 8/6, 8/27, and 9/3 from 11am to 2pm. Just follow the signs along Center Drive on these days to find the market. There will also be a BBQ lunch available and the Chloe Clark PTA will be selling bottled water and other beverages as a fundraiser. For more information, call 253-371-6036. Bruceski's 2008 Chicken Wing Contest The contest is moving to a different date! It will be on July 20th and not on July 4th at the DuPont Celebration. If you have signed up and have not been contacted by Bruceski's, please call them ASAP to find out the remaining details. Their phone number is 253-912-4305.
Extended details have been added to all the upcoming ROA events this summer on the Events Calendar page and through the events links normally shown on the left side of each website page. (Read more) Smoothies are back in DuPont! 6/28: For those that have been missing them, our Jack-in-the-Box on the corner of Center Drive and McNeil Street started carrying them last week. They come in three flavors: Strawberry-Banana, Mango and Orange Sunrise and they are made with 100% Minute Maid juice. Reg. $2.99, Large $3.99. 911 Green - The song and the lyrics I heard about this story yesterday about a 3-year who was able to call 911 because her mother fainted. Her mother taught her how to call 911 from a simple song. It took me a while to find it out there on the internet because the child did not sing it on the air on CBS, but here is a link to hear it and the text of the song:
The Rumor Mill goes away...sort of. After pondering for weeks about how the feature on this website should be, it wasn't until a post by a reader that convinced me I needed to finalize the changes with the feature, including the new name to better reflect it as an online community forum. So, please make use of the redesigned Town Talk. (Read more) All Sports Camp coming to Chloe Clark There will be Allsports camps from June 23rd untul August 1, 2008 from 9am-2pm at Chloe Clark Elementary. Extended allsports will be provided from 7-9am and from 2-5pm. Drop-ins for extended sports camp are welcome if you have a punch card. Regular Allsports camp is $35 for a 1/2 day and 90 for all day. The cost for a full week of extend Allsports is $150.00. You can also purchase 5 hours for $25.00 and 10 hours for $50.00. The ages are from 4-11. The activities will include: sports, board games, water activities, art, recreational activities, cooperative and new games, and lots of other fun stuff! mbrinkha@cloverpark.k12.wa.us 253-948-2401 Fire Task Force There will be discussion about the Task Force at tonight's (6/10) City Council meeting. The public is invited to attend and comment on the information presented. According to a news story in The Olympian, the City is looking to purchase and utilize some of the existing readerboards used by Quadrant throughout the town. The idea of an electronic readerboard appears to be scrapped, possibly due to its cost of over $50,000. (Read more) Another Sound Transit Survey... You can help Sound Transit tackle challenging questions about the future of our region. Increasing traffic is only making it harder to travel from place to place. Studies show that by 2030, rush-hour could last all day in many places.
New car club forming in DuPont There’s a neighborhood car club being formed, and local automobile enthusiasts are having informal meetings on the second Tuesday of each month this summer. The new club is known as the DuPont Dynos Car Club, and the activities will be sharing, preserving and tinkering with hot rods, classics, show cars, project cars, and beaters. Car ownership is not required – just a passion for fun on four wheels.
The Home Course wins Secondary Host position! The United States Golf Association selected The Home Course in DuPont as the secondary course for the 2010 U.S. Amateur. The Home Course is located about 7 miles from Chambers Bay and has similar layouts which were most likely big factors in the USGA’s decision.
Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place will be the primary site for the championship. The USGA will return in 2015 for the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. The course will be used in tandem with Chambers Bay to handle the more than 300 players entered. After all players finish one round on each course, the field will be cut to the low 64 golfers for match play on the Chambers Bay course.
To accomidate the challenge, two holes at The Home Course – No. 4 and No. 5 – will be lengthened in time for the championship, pushing the overall yardage to almost 7,600 yards.
I'm sure you've seen the sign along Wilmington Blvd in DuPont Station. Chris Elliott, DDS will be opening Northwest Smiles on May 14th and is accepting new patients. The office is located between The Posh Paw and Anytime Fitness. They can be reached at 253-581-6779 and online. (Read more) Some people have asked me lately how they could thank me for having this great website for the community. The simple answer is to make a donation or visit any of the sponsored links. Every little bit helps keep the lights on here to help cover costs in hosting and development that keep all these great features offered going without ad banners or other intrusive content getting in the way (gosh knows there's enough on the internet already).
Changes made to website Have you noticed any of the recent changes to DuPontWA.com? New rotating pictures appear in the upper left corner each time you request a different page. The homepage has also underwent some modifications to better brand the site as a guide for our current and future residents and visitors with a Top 5 list, links to important content and some general clean-up of the links menu. Also changed is the "About DuPont WA" page, and the "Things to Do" which now allows you to add new "things" to the list others may enjoy doing. Other new features include "What's the Talk of the Town" when you view each Rumor Mill topic so you know what others are talking about. More new features and content are coming soon too and look for more "More info" pages too in the Local Business Directory! All of these changes are being done so you have a better experience on the website still rated #1 by Google and MSN search results! Public Meeting on Glacier Northwest Mine Expansion Save the date! This coming May 6th at DuPont City Hall starting at 7pm you are invited to come out for a Public Meeting on the proposed mine expansion. This is you opportunity to ask questions to your elected representatives and voice your opinion. A "talking points" document was sent to me which you can find by clicking the following link (Read more) Tell others "Things to Do" in DuPont! After many requests from website visitors, I have added something new to the Things To Do page on the website. I invite you to go to the page and in the new section titled Some Things You Can Do While In DuPont, WA you can click the link titled Recommend Something and type in something you would recommend someone either living in or visiting DuPont can do. It could be a family day event or something someplace in DuPont others may find interesting to do. If approved, it will appear in the list as soon as I can approve them. Enjoy! (Read more) After a looooooooong winter, even with snow last week, it looks like Spring has finally arrived! This past weekend (4/25) was the first sunny and warm one DuPont has had, so it was the perfect time to drive around town and take some snapshots of new places. (Read more) A new pet grooming business has come to town to provide a completely stress-free experience for your pet. Well, not really to town, but to your own home. Please welcome the services of DuPont Pet Grooming to your home soon to pamper your dog or cat in some amazing services. (Read more) DuPont Powderworks Park opening soon! The new community park, which was supposed to open last season, should be open in a few weeks according to the words from the ROA. Quadrant is completing a few of the last items on a "punch list" and then the final inspections will occur. The ROA estimates that the park SHOULD be open to the community early in May 2008. The large grass fields may not be immediately open, but this might change depending on final inspection. |
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