By Joe Boyle I moved to Pierce County in 1959. My photo depicts a small burger joint that has been in the same Tacoma location since the early 1950s, long before I got here. I have always wanted to try it out, but never have.
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Westside Story – Lakewood Hardware, what’s happening?
By Joe Boyle My last story posted on May 17, 2012, included a reference to Lakewood Hardware & Paint, Inc. One of our good readers commented, and I quote, “Thank you, Joseph, for another not so subtle plug for another of your favorite businesses.” While I am not certain if the reader was voicing a […]
Letter: Thinking about the state’s economy while scrubbing floors
By David Anderson It’s a cinch by the inch but hard by the yard. Little-by-little gets it done. Down on hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen linoleum floor I was joined for a while during the hour-after-hour ordeal by my five-year-old grandson. I had to do it. The rental was to be moved into the next day. Jacob, on […]
Letter: Why Obama is Wrong
By David Anderson, Tillicum Comedian Groucho Marx quipped, “Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.” When President Obama became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriages with his announcement May 9, 2012, was his decision the result of having:
Westside Story – Erika Mueller – Steilacoom Success Story
Story by Joseph Boyle Everyday we hear and read stories about young people doing bad things. Don’t you just hunger for a story about a young person who does good things? I do. Well I have just such a story.
Letter: $55K for Lakewood Problem Gamblers
by David Anderson Lakewood is preparing to spend $55K to treat problem gamblers. There’s a problem with problem gamblers in Lakewood?
Letter: Opening Day
By David Anderson Now that’s impressive. It wasn’t the size, though they were big, many measuring over 14” which meant only two could be kept. And it wasn’t the amount, though many hundreds of the penned 6,500 Rainbow trout were caught upon their release having been fattened up all winter at Bill’s Boathouse.
Bible Study and Blackjack Training
By David Anderson ‘A Bible Study and Beating-the-Odds Blackjack Training’ Or how about ‘Christians in Casinos – What would Jesus Bet?’ Coming to a church reader-board near you?
Letter: Are We Happy Yet?
By David Anderson Are you happy? If you live in the United States you are. At least generally speaking you are. “Among big countries, the United States ranks first” in happiness according to the “World Happiness Report” per an opinion piece the morning of April 16, 2012, by Robert J. Samuelson of the “Washington Post” .