By David Anderson, Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association president The high-speed deadline approaches for your letter protesting high speed rail through Lakewood. To the degree that Lakewood residents don’t like the Washington Department of Transportation-Federal Railroad Administration (WSDOT-FRA) plan to run fast trains through residential neighborhoods, emailing comments by November 9 directly to the top boss […]
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Westside Story – Banana Mind
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle My title to this article is somewhat unique. Please allow me to explain myself. Few people know that Starbucks has a produce section. It is an itty-bitty produce section. They only sell bananas. So, you can buy a banana and just eat it like an ordinary monkey or Starbucks will blend […]
Letter: Brightening Smiles, Changing Lives
By David Anderson, president, Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association “She had been out of work for almost three years, having been fired from her waitressing job because her front teeth were decayed into black stubs at the gum line. After her visit to the ‘Go Hub’ Dental Van in Woodbrook last month, she left with a beautiful […]
Westside Story – Ooh La La!
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle You just never know what you are going to see if you keep your eyes open. I was visiting the Starbucks on Steilacoom Boulevard when I happened upon a very unusual collector car in the parking lot. It is a mint condition French 1960 Renault 4 cylinder 4-door. Between […]
Letter: Death by Train
By David Anderson, Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association, president Now that yet another death has occurred by train along Amtrak’s waterfront route, it is fair – again – to raise the question as to the wisdom of moving these trains to the life-congested tracks of Lakewood. Let alone do so without grade separations.
Exchanging our Color Crayons for a #2 Pencil
By David Anderson, President – Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association As our grandson prepared for his first day of Kindergarten just a month ago, in contemplation of the Big Event he said to his daddy “Wait! Does this mean I won’t be able to play all day anymore?” Pretty profound question for a six-year-old, one the […]
Letter: Disposable
By David Anderson, Tillicum That’s my word – and rant – for today, and maybe for a while. At first I thought I’d be writing about comedy but the thread quickly appeared to twist and tighten its way into noose-like tragedy. For example, there’s disposable income – officially defined as “what remains after taxes.” There’s money that […]
Letter: The Spider and its Web
By David Anderson, Tillicum We all have to learn this lesson. Some never do. Our middle grandson is only three. He wanted a sucker from the candy counter here at our place of business. He asked for permission. I said he had to ask his daddy. Whereupon the little guy drug a chair over to the otherwise unreachable – and […]
Letter: Did you catch that ball?
By David Anderson, Tillicum Much has been written and said – 70,000 calls to the NFL is a lot being said – over the controversial final play following Monday night’s game between the Seahawks and the Packers. But what happened at CenturyLink Field has been symptomatic of a common flaw in the human condition down through the centuries.