We had just finished reading “Blackbeard’s Ghost” to our ‘little pirates’ so off they went, child’s yellow beach shovel in one hand and blue bucket in the other, to search for the ‘x’ etched in the soil left eons ago by this nefarious ne’re-do-well. They found it too, the ‘x’ and the treasure buried beneath […]
Two neighborhood homicides topic of Tillicum meeting
The Lakewood Police Department will have a representative at the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) meeting March 5, 6:30 P.M. “to discuss the two recent homicides and any other issues/concerns.” The TWNA meets at the Tillicum Community Center, 14916 Washington Ave. SW. In the neighborhood newsletter for March, there are four links to Tacoma News […]
Letter: Is anyone else tired of the Tacoma News Tribune (TNT) telling our city what to do?
Readers may remember when the TNT – aka, in effect, drug-dealer – editorial board had then recommended Lakewood drop its basically silly scruples and allow marijuana to be sold in the city. Wrote the editorialists: “Principles are well and good, but they don’t keep the lights on, and they don’t pay for recreation departments or […]
Letter: My First Pet
Asking for advice. For a friend. He said his pet has outgrown, and escaped from, the cute little carry-along cottage-like critter-cage. Now, smashing motorcycles (he didn’t mean to); snarling traffic; cars and trucks, a bulldozer and a 4×4 all come to play. Even a fire truck but where are the firemen? They were here just a minute […]
Letter: State access to your baby – over 30,000 say no
It’s time now to express your opinion to the decision makers. Here’s the link to House Bill 1771. And here is the link to comment. From Oregon to Canada and both sides of the Cascades; from across the nation and even the world, tens of thousands oppose State of Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s plan to […]
Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association cancels January Meeting, Back in February
By vote of the board of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA), there will be no monthly meeting this Thursday, January 2, the first Thursday of the month normally set aside for folks to gather. But we’ll return February 6th. On behalf of the community we wish you the best and the brightest of New Year’s! […]
Letter: Shopping with grandpa – Somebody stole the baby
And Joseph too for that matter. And Mary, and the sheep, the cows, the donkeys, et al. Shepherds too. All gone. Stole ‘em all. An APB (all-points bulletin) has been issued to all police agencies and an Amber Alert (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) is now posted to electronic billboards on I-5 north and south […]
School levy presentation by Supt. Ron Banner atneighborhood meeting
The Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) meeting for December 5, 6:30 P.M. at the Tillicum Community Center, 14916 Washington Ave. SW, will feature Clover Park School District Superintendent Ron Banner’s presentation on the District levy which will be voted on in February 2020. To read more on the levy click here and here. The Lakewood […]
Letter: Shopping with grandpa, chapter two
In our last episode of ‘Goodwill Toys Gone Bad!’, grandpa and his granddaughter had left readers wondering if Mini Mouse would escape the clutches of the Evil Octopod, or whether the dinosaur escapees from Jurassic Park II would get to her first. Only the lone Power Ranger stood in their way. Unfortunately, upon their return […]