On June 30, Lakewood United will host Scott Kinney, Director of Communications for the Washington State Lottery on the topic: “Washington’s Lottery – Where the Money Goes”. That’s a good question. Of course Kinney will answer ‘education’. A portion anyway. Or at least that’s what’s promoted on the State Lottery website. ‘Buy a ticket, support […]
Letter: Leaderhip = Values + Example
“The youth that comes up, and replaces you will either carry the values that you want them to — or they won’t. And they don’t learn them by themselves — they learn them through EXAMPLE and through MENTORS. That’s what this whole program is about.” Tony Robinson, speaking at the Champions for Youth Breakfast, March, […]
Letter: Tillicum loses clinic and some numbers to consider
The people of Tillicum stand to lose a valuable service with the announcement this week that the neighborhood Family Medical Clinic is closing its doors. According to Karen Priest, Executive Director of the Tillicum Community Center where the clinic is located, figures released to the media by Community Health show 1,572 patients were seen last […]
Letter: March Madness – Gambling expansion in Lakewood (again)
The hysteria (“lack of self-control”) surrounding the NCAA basketball championships takes on new meaning this mad month of March with the expected forecast due out of Olympia today, March 17, of a $500 million drop in tax revenue. As scintillating as a back-door lob followed by a windmill-one-arm-throw-down, a slam-dunk proposal sure-to-score among legislators is […]
Letter: The people have spoken, already
Last week’s mail produced this year’s challenges under the headline “Key policy issues the (Lakewood) City Council will address in 2011.” Four of the six listed impact the Tillicum neighborhood, two of which are especially grievous – a new gate for Camp Murray, and Amtrak trains – the first that would put over 1,000 cars/day […]
Letter: We’re getting buried
We’re getting buried. As of high-noon today, Jan.21, in this 96th day of a 105-day contest, we are a record-high 1,466 votes behind Ohio [UPDATE: Columbus lead extended to 2,372 as of 7:30 am, Sunday]. As you know you can vote every 24 hours at http://www.ahschallenge.com/Participants.aspx. With only until 9 p.m. on Jan.31, 2011 our […]
Letter: We are behind
For the first time since taking over 1st place in the entire country on November 2, we’re behind. That’s 44 days we’ve led the nation. Now with 45 days, 15 hours, 30 minutes left to go, we’ve been overtaken prompting this alarm from a retired Air Force Captain to his network: “For those of you […]
Letter: ‘In the tank’
Definition: “Performing very poorly. Often used when numbers are plummeting.” Tillicum has been outvoted by Ohio 13 of the last 17 days. What once was a lead of 771 just days ago, was, as of 5:09 p.m. only 161. “Comebacks” usually refer to humor, laughter, quick-wit and all that but Ohio’s comeback is not a […]
Amtrak to present bypass plans at Tillicum meeting
Amtrak will be the featured presentation at the January 6, 2011, 6:30 p.m. meeting of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association. Due to the large crowd anticipated, the location is being changed to the Tillicum Elementary School gym, 8514 Maple St. SW, Lakewood. Fliers are being distributed door-to-door along the entirety of the proposed route – […]