New resources for military veterans. As virus spreads, VA gets set to back up taxed US hospitalshttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/03/19/as-virus-spreads-va-gets-set-to-back-up-taxed-us-hospitals/ “Pay for Success” helps Veterans with PTSD find and keep meaningful jobshttps://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/71991/pay-success-program-helps-veterans-ptsd-find-keep-meaningful-jobs/ Creative writing program helps Veterans with PTSDhttps://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/72589/creative-writing-program-helps-veterans-ptsd/ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is helping Veterans with chronic painhttps://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/72297/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-helping-veterans-chronic-pain/ What a combat veteran taught me about handling stresshttps://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/01/09/what-a-combat-veteran-taught-me-about-handling-stress/ VFW […]
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Towing the Line . . . and a few cars
My client King’s Towing/Recovery received great news last week. King’s Towing of Puyallup has been selected for the 2020 Best of Tacoma Award in the Towing Service category by the Tacoma Award Program. Each year, the Tacoma Award Program identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business […]
Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association April Meeting Cancelled
The April 2 meeting of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association has been canceled. The meetings are scheduled for the first Thursday each month.
Disaster Hits Harder For Those Already on the Edge – St. Vinnies is Helping When They Can
When you’re living on the edge, what might be an inconvenience to most of us becomes a major problem. While we are sitting home, there are other people disparately trying to survive from day to day. Tracy Peacock, Executive Director of St Vincent de Paul of Tacoma, Pierce County sent a note with a heartfelt […]
Taco Bell Drive-Thru – Restaurant Review Tacoma
It was almost dinner time. Thursday afternoon Peg and I went to the bank to deposit a check. During the Coronavirus pandemic checks could be few and far between, so we wanted to make sure this one was in and credited to our account. While Peg made the deposit I swung past the Taco Bell […]
Vet Clinic, Mar. ’20
New resources for military veterans. Newly separated veterans will now get phone calls from the VA to talk about benefits… https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2019/12/27/newly-separated-veterans-will-now-get-phone-calls-from-the-va-to-talk-about-benefits-and-support-services VA Welcome Kit simplifies VA benefits, service process… https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/71634/va-welcome-kit-simplifies-va-benefits-and-service-process/ GAO: VA must improve plans for providing long-term care to aging veterans… https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/02/20/gao-va-must-improve-plans-for-providing-long-term-care-to-aging-veterans Online Health Library Available for Veterans… https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/68702/online-health-library-available-veterans/ Veterans get more banking options, […]
Bacon’s Double Take – Food at Stake
Admittedly, sometimes a photo strikes one’s eyes before you even come up with a story. These are two of that kind, and I found them on the sites of two of my German Facebook friends, who are friends of each other, as well, and like to take photos of the same motives from different angles. […]
Boyle’s Double Take – Food at Stake
On January 4, 2020 when my Double Take writing partner, Susanne Bacon, suggested the unique photo below I was stumped. What was I going to write about? Susanne did not stage this one of a kind image. A friend of Susanne’s happened upon the actual scene in Germany and captured it with her camera. With a stroke […]
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 […]