By David Anderson The city is looking for a “marketing ‘phrase or slogan’ to establish community identity/image,” one of its New Year’s resolutions per last month’s annual weekend council retreat. Maybe “Free the Weed”?
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Letter: Step Up To the Microphone, or Pick Up Your Pen
By David Anderson When city leaders sit on the smoking-ban-in-parks fence, hiding behind yours is not an option.
Westside Story – Starbucks Half Dozen
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Keila Pritchard, 4th from the left (photo below), was only 16 years old when I met him at the Towne Center Starbucks. I was shocked to learn he was 16. Keila always looked and acted with great maturity, beyond his years. Keila is a Running Start student at Clover […]
Letter: Government Plus the Lottery Doesn’t Add Up
By David Anderson Now that recreational marijuana businesses are legal in Washington, consider promoting your spot for pot on the Washington State Lottery website!
Saunders, Anderson honored for years of service
By Eric Warn District 19C Zone Chair Sandy Bradley (second from left) recently presented years of service chevrons to Lakewood First Lion Club members Sally Saunders (15 years) and John Anderson (40 years). Not pictured was Diane Formoso (15 Years). Lion Club President Eric Warn looks on.
Letter: Monkeys Appeal Banana Ban, Politician Portraits Unappealing
By David Anderson You would think bananas are to primates what portraits are to politicians. Not any more.
Westside Story – Coffee Artist
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle If you spend as much time at Starbucks as I do, you will begin to meet a lot of interesting and creative people. A few months back I walked up to the counter in the Towne Center Starbucks and noticed a brand new barista. Her name is Krista Schrader. […]
Letter: Computers Learn from Experience, People Not So Much
By David Anderson Wednesday is Waste Watch in Washington. The latest and greatest in technological advancement is a computer able to “perform a task without supervision” and to “learn from its own mistakes.”
Letter: What the Word of the Year Says About Us
By David Anderson A political website is soliciting nominations for someone – anyone – that took a courageous stand; or innovatively made a difference without raising taxes to do it; or demonstrated the audacity to buck the status quo.