While poking around on the “Legislative Meeting Schedule for the month of October,” I discovered that on October 15 – near the poker room of the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino at Ocean Shores – the meeting of the Washington Senate Full Committee of Energy, Environment and Telecommunications (E, E and T) is slotted to take place.
Letter: Tillicum lost a leader
The memorial service for James Childs Taylor, Jr. (1933-2015) will be held at Tillicum Baptist Church, 1:00 pm Saturday, September 26, 2015, 8415 Maple St. SW in Lakewood’s Tillicum community.
You can express your condolences here on New Tacoma Cemetery’s home page; or here in an article in The Suburban Times about Jim where a number of Lakewood City officials and others shared their thoughts, appreciation and love for Jim.
Letter: Jim Taylor – Bricks and Mortar
Jim Taylor is very, very ill and I think sometimes we feel in crises like this that we wait too long to say the things that need to be said and so here, on behalf of the Tillicum community Jim:
We love you.
Letter: Eight lives – maybe seven – left
“What emergency are you reporting?” asked the 9-1-1 dispatcher.
“Uh, well, it’s not necessarily an emergency but I’m hoping the fire department can help me.”
“O.K. I’ll transfer you to fire and while I do that can you tell me what’s going on?”
Letter: Our 66th mile
Today was our 66th mile together rowing a double on American Lake.
Daughter Christina Klas and I began this past June 24, our goal just to row the three-and-a-half-mile course which we initially halved by stopping at the far turn and catching our breath.
Letter: Imagine that
National Night Out’s (NNO) baseball game between the Lakewood Baseball Club’s Pinto Division Champion Tillicum Crushers and their parents was so fun, so outstanding, and so incredibly important at so many levels.
If only somehow we could capture – and that is the intent here in writing this – the far-reaching difference a simple three-inning exhibition game can – and will – have for all of life for all concerned.
Letter: An interview with Ben Gonter, candidate for Lakewood City Council
Ben Gonter is not the pilot of a ship but has piloted a plane and now wants with the same firm hand required of both challenging and adventuresome pursuits to help steer the direction for Lakewood as candidate for City Council.
Letter: The new bubble wrap, an ominous sign for voters
Olivia B. Waxman, reporting for “Time, Inc.” writes this past July 2 that “Sealed Air, the original seller of bubble wrap, is rolling out a new version of bubble wrap with bubbles that do not pop.”
Letter: From reviewing golf (carts) to shopping carts to . . . Use of Force Policy?
Now that the U.S. Open is closed, the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will wrap up its review of golf and turn its attention to the Lakewood Police Department’s Use of Force Policy – in about a year or so.