Sprinker Activities

The beginner or intermediate youngster ages 6-16 will have a chance to dance this summer in Pierce County Parks and Recreation's "Chance to Dance Camp."
The camp will be held August 8-12 at the Dance Studio at Elk Plain Elementary School in Spanaway. The beginner session is from 9:00am-11:00am at a cost of $43 per student.
The intermediate session is from 11:30am-2:00pm at a cost of $54 per student. To register call 253-798-4177.

Web site: www.co.pierce.wa.us/parks
Pierce County Parks
Check out Pierce County Parks and Recreation's line up of Fall Recreation Classes, all ages, abilities and interests. Classes held at the Sprinker Recreation Center include Learn to Ice Skate, and Learn to Hockey Skate lessons, Tennis lessons, Aerobics and exercise classes, Yoga, Puppy and Dog Obedience classes, Ballet, Baby sitting classes and more. Lakewood Community Center offers Jazzercise, and Karate. Call 253-798-4000 for more information and a complete brochure!

Jeannette Sieler
Pierce County Parks & Recreation
9112 Lakewood Dr SW #121
Lakewood WA 98499
253-798-4010 fax 253-582-7461
jsieler@co.pierce.wa.us
"Majestic Pierce County: Window to Northwest Grandeur"

Sprinker Recreation Center
14824 So. "C" Street, Suite 107, Tacoma, WA 98444 (253) 798-4000

From the North/South:
From I-5, take exit 127 following the Mt. Rainier/Puyallup signs to Highway 512 going east. Take the second exit (Parkland/Spanaway-Pacific Ave) and at the stop light turn right onto Pacific Avenue (SR 7). Head south for 2.7 miles then turn right on Military Road (152nd St). Sprinker Center is 1 1/2 blocks down on the right.

From the East:
Go west on Highway 512. Take the Mt. Rainier/Hiway 7 exit and follow the off ramp around to your left. At the stoplight turn left onto Pacific Avenue. Go south on Pacific Avenue for 2.7 miles and turn right on Military Road (152nd St.) Sprinker Center is 1 1/2 blocks down on the right.

For more details, call (253)798-4176 for a brochure or visit our website at www.co.pierce.wa.us/parks.

Spanaway Park was donated by the Breseman family to Metropolitan Park District about 1910. The property was conveyed by Metro to Pierce County in 1958. Pierce County has combined it with other parcels of land to form the adjoining Sprinker Recreation Center and the Spanaway Lake Golf Course offering 330 acres for public use.

The $2.5 million Sprinker Recreation Center was dedicated on July 16, 1976 when the doors of the 74,500 square foot facility opened to the public with ceremonies and an open house. That dedication added a regulation ice arena, 4 indoor tennis courts, 5 racquetball/handball courts, 5 multi-purpose rooms for classes and activities, and a fully-equipped pottery room (which is no longer there) to the 30 acre outdoor complex that previously opened in June of 1969. The outdoor facility boasts a huge variety of amenities including 8 softball fields, 1 baseball field, 6 football/soccer fields, 6 tennis courts, 4 pickleball courts, 8 horseshoe pits, and an all-weather 1/4 mile track. Spire Rock, one of the first such climbing facilities in the state, was later added. Automatic batting cages were added in 1983.

Also found information saying that June 18, 1901 "Point Defiance was
almost deserted yesterday for the new pleasure grounds at Spanaway. The streetcar company still had a large force of men at work clearing,
road-making and working on the dancing pavilion, which is to extend over the water. Spanaway is more a picnic ground than a park". in the News Tribune, looking back section, Monday, June 18, 2001.

Pierce County Parks & Recreation offers the following programs. Call (253)798-4176 or visit www.piercecountywa.org/parks.

Sprinker Recreation Center
14824 South C St
Tacoma Wa 98444
253-798-4000

Sprinker Fitness Program classes run monthly! Pick the time and type you'd like!
Step to It
The Motivator
Salsa & Step
The Challenger
Tone 'n Sculpt

$14 1class/week (4 classes/month)
$28 2 classes/week (8 classes/month)
$36 3 classes/week (12 classes/month)
$48 4 classes/week (16 classes/month)

Also check up Low Impact Fitness, offered monthly at Sprinker.

Tennis Lessons/Tennis Programs
for ages 5 to adult
all levels.
call 253-531-6300

Jazzercise
monthly $30/$38 unlimited visits
Lakewood Community Center
Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:45-6:45pm
Saturday 9-10am
253-798-4199.

Fitness and Exercise classes at Sprinker Recreation
pick up a schedule and get fit! classes for a variety of interests and abilities. Sign up monthly. 253-798-4000.

Adult Dance for Fitness
$18/month
at Elk Plain Elementary Thur. 3-4pm
798-4199.

Financial Planning classes at Sprinker and Lakewood
Education Planning
Financial Stratagies During Job Transition
$3/per person per class
253-798-4199 to pre-register

Kids Classes include at Sprinker Include
Toddler Gym, Kinder Gym, Babysitter's Training, Toe, Tap & Tumble, Tae Kwon Do and more. Classes begin in Oct. 798-4000.

Classes at Frontier Park in Graham
Rainier Gymnastics Academy
classes for ages 5-13
Monday evenings
$21/month
pre-registration 253-798-4199