I met John and Nancieann Anderson back in the 1970s when we worked at New York Life Insurance Company. The two of them have been serving our Lakewood community for decades as members of Lakewood First Lions Club. John has 40 years of volunteer service with the Lions. Nancieann has 20 years service.
Westside Story – ‘No Wife, No Horse, No Mustache, No Cell Phone’
One of the fun things about being a writer, who no longer writes police reports, is I can be creative in my writing. When you write police reports, being creative is not acceptable. It is all about, “Just the facts.”
Some of you may have heard the classic admonition, “No Wife, No Horse, No Mustache,” which originated with the U.S.Military Academy at West Point, commonly referred to as simply, West Point. West Point is located in West Point, New York.
Westside Story – Pariskevopoulos
Each and every one of us has an interesting life story. That being true, I realize I could spend my lifetime trying to tell all these stories without ever leaving Starbucks.
Todays story starts with the word Pariskevopoulos. Pariskevopoulos is an original pre-America last name from Greece. It is the family name of my Starbucks friend, Kayden Paris. His full name originally would have been Justin Kayden Pariskevopoulos, had it not been for the impact of influential circumstances. His name is constantly being reshaped by societal events. For most of his life he went by his first name, Justin. That changed when he joined the Starbucks team. There were already three Justins working 100th Street Starbucks. A fourth Justin was just too much. Justin decided to use his middle name, Kayden.
Westside Story – Plaid Shirt Bandit
How often has this happened to you? I recently discovered a pal of mine was once arrested for serial bank robbery. He was called the Plaid Shirt Bandit, a transgressor who had earned his own Wanted Poster.
Westside Story: FRIENDS of Lakewood Library Used Book Sale
Do not miss the spring FRIENDS of Lakewood Library popular book sale at the Lakewood Library, 6300 Wildaire Road SW, Lakewood, Washington, 98499. This is your opportunity to buy used books, records, magazines, maps, CDs, DVDs and VCR tapes at a huge discount. Mark these remaining dates on your calendar:
Westside Story – Community Christmas Angels – CORRECTION
Let’s blame it on the computer, shall we? Ben Sclair and Joe Boyle never make mistakes; heh, heh, heh. The contact information for the Christmas Angels program at Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare was accidentally deleted from my article.
Westside Story – Africa, Maisha Moja
For a solid 70 years, I have had no connection to Africa, yet within 2 months 6 different people, connected with Africa, have crossed my path.
My first three articles about Africa can be found below:
Westside Story: FRIENDS of Lakewood Library Used Book Sale
Do not miss the spring FRIENDS of Lakewood Library popular used book sale at the Lakewood Library, 6300 Wildaire Road SW, Lakewood, Washington, 98499. This is your opportunity to buy used books, records, magazines, maps, CDs, DVDs and VCR tapes at a huge discount. Mark these dates on your calendar.
Westside Story – Community Christmas Angels
We are constantly bombarded with stories about evil, tragedy and some might say, the work of the devil.
I like writing good news stories. My story today deals with two Community Christmas Angels, Joan Eisenhardt and Kathy Sweeney.