Congenital Heart Defect Awareness is spotlighted during February, American Heart Month. I didn’t even know about this condition that affects 1.35 million infants every year worldwide. It is the most common type of birth defect in the United States, affecting nearly 40,000 births a year. But then I received this email from little Kellyn Kohler’s […]
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Vet Clinic, Feb. ’20
New resources for military veterans. Thousands of housing vouchers for veterans went unused last year, hurting efforts to end homelessness https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/01/14/thousands-of-housing-vouchers-for-veterans-went-unused-last-year-hurting-efforts-to-end-homelessness/ Is adopting a service dog right for you? What veterans diagnosed with PTSD need to know https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2020/01/02/is-adopting-a-service-dog-right-for-you-what-veterans-diagnosed-with-ptsd-need-to-know/ Free sports gear, tickets for Veterans and military kids https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/61327/free-gear-tickets-military-veteran-kids/ Veterans to see virtual hearings at Board […]
Vet Clinic, Jan ’20
Editor’s Note: Veterans, if you are looking for some answers, the following list might just help out. Disabled Veterans eligible for free National Park Service Lifetime Access Pass Emerging PTSD therapy: Faster results, less talking Helping veterans age well after military service You can invest in companies that invest in vets? Foundation announces $1 million […]
Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association cancels January Meeting, Back in February
By vote of the board of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA), there will be no monthly meeting this Thursday, January 2, the first Thursday of the month normally set aside for folks to gather. But we’ll return February 6th. On behalf of the community we wish you the best and the brightest of New Year’s! […]
Murder charge update at Tillicum meeting
Detective Bunton, Lakewood Police Department, and possibly Chief Mike Zaro, will update the Tillicum and Woodbrook community this coming Thursday, November 7, 6:30 P.M. concerning the ongoing investigation of the incident this past month on Tillicum’s Washington Ave. in which a “teen died after being shot in the back and his friend is charged in the […]
Juicy Crowd Drawer in Steilacoom
Last Sunday morning started off with a thick layer of fog after a rosy dawn. That is usually good foreboding for a brilliant fall day here in the South Puget Sound region, and the Steilacoom Historical Museum Association couldn’t have wished for better. For it was hosting the Annual Apple Squeeze for the 46th time. […]
Lakewood Police Citizens Academy, Pt I
20 people were scheduled and appeared for the first Lakewood Police Department Citizen Academy. The course is an immersive study into the background and assets of a modern police force. It is a series of 10 classes that will happen in September and October, most on Thursday nights, with two of the classes happening on […]
Fire and Ice – Film Review
I am a HUGE fan of Ralph Bakshi. If you’re not familiar with him, Bakshi is the innovative director and animator of various independent adult-oriented animated films such Coonskin (1975), American Pop (1981) and Fritz the Cat, which was the first animated film to receive an X rating. While most animated films up until that […]
Not Kidding. We’re History.
History is being made on the Fourth Friday of every month at the Lakewood Senior Activity Center. Believe it or not. That’s the day Amanatee Radio Ear of Sarasota Florida records “Swimming Upstream, Dorothy Wilhelm’s Internet Radio Show.” Where you will hear programming you can’t hear anywhere else. Right this minute, drop everything and go […]