Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Approximately 800 children die and 152,000 children are injured traveling to and from school each year. I will never forget the pedestrian fatality scene I investigated involving a young student killed in a cross walk. One of my jobs, that day, was to take the graphic color photographs of […]
Westside Story – Curtis High School Daffodil Princess
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Back in about 1925 there was big trouble on the Puyallup Valley hop farms. That’s right, hops for beer. That is the kind of trouble that can strike fear in the hearts of any dedicated beverage imbiber. Disease struck the crops that Pioneer Ezra Meeker had promoted as a […]
Westside Story – Kid Art!
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle I have written multiple articles on the Community Art Wall inside Starbucks located at 6040 Main St SW in our Towne Center. For several days I noticed a new art display, but I did not take a close look. I could tell it was artwork, produced by students, probably […]
Westside Story – FRIENDS of Lakewood Library Book Sale
Story & photo – Joseph Boyle Oh boy! More Books. That’s right, a person just can’t own enough books. I love books. These books are easy to buy for tiny money, too. FRIENDS of Lakewood Library host the Fall Used Book Sale.
Westside Story – North Bend Road Trip / Police Sting
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle I went on a fun road trip this weekend to North Bend, Washington and while doing so, discovered the above pictured North Bend Police Department Entrapment location on the walkway next to Starbucks. If you dare sit on the bench, which looks very inviting to a weary shopper, you […]
Westside Story – Artichokes Discovered in Lakewood!
Photos & Story – Joseph Boyle One morning recently, I gazed out our kitchen window into my wife’s herb garden. I spotted this large, strange looking plant. I knew it could not be marijuana, because my wife and I do not smoke weed. When I got closer, I could not believe my eyes. The plant […]
Westside Story – Promised Hope of Springtime
Photos and Story – Joseph Boyle Last March I had fun sharing a story and photo about my Uncle Melvin’s bicycle titled, Frozen in Time. Click the link to see the first story. Several of my readers asked me to submit a second photo, which we are calling, The Hope of Springtime.
Westside Story – Starbucks, Old & New
Photos and Story by Joe Boyle Boy, oh boy, do I have some good news! In this shrinking economy with all the bad news and negative press, one of my favorite companies, Starbucks, has expanded their business by opening another convenient Lakewood area location.
Westside Story – Road Trip to Memory Lane Motors
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle On Saturday, I met my pal, Jim, and we headed south on our Harley motorcycles to Matthews Memory Lane Motors in Portland, Oregon. You should have seen me riding my iron horse with my hair blowing in the wind. Oh, that last line was a bit of wishful hallucinating. […]