By David Anderson Just nights before Christmas, the tree, newly decorated, had not only presents beneath but also four little children, all wrapped in blankets, snuggled together for warmth as the fire in the hearth died to embers. It was the fourth child, our son Matthew, who saved our lives.
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Letter: Stop-the-Train Signature Drive Continues
By David Anderson We’ve discovered we have more time to gather signatures in the effort to put an initiative on the ballot for a vote of the people on the most significant transportation issue the City of Lakewood is likely ever to face – as many as 12 high speed trains per day through a […]
Westside Story – “KINDNESS 365”
Story & Photo by Joseph Boyle I have a metal sign hanging in my office. The sign’s message is succinct and yet shares a powerful message, “KINDNESS 365”. Let me share two stories with you to demonstrate how “KINDNESS 365” is a wonderful life-enhancing concept.
Westside Story – Lakewood Fallen Officers Anniversary
Story and Photos by Joseph Boyle On November 29, 2011 at about 8:30 a.m. I met my good friend, Skip Miller, inside the Forza Coffee Shop located at 11401 Steele St, Tacoma, Washington. We met at this particular location because it was inside this same coffee shop, just two years ago, that four of our […]
Letter: So let’s gamble
By David Anderson, Tillicum That sweaty-palmed gambler recently identified as having cheated his kids out of their Christmas presents isn’t to be found in the police lineup; rather it’s the state itself, proposing to expand their predatory market. So let’s gamble.
Letter: Going Home, a Sequel
The monitor began to squawk. It’s one of those things parents often use for listening to the breathing of their child in the next room, only this time it was the other end of the age spectrum and the sound emanating from the monitor wasn’t the labored breathing of a youngster with a cold, rather […]
Letter: Going Home
There’s something significantly special about the mere mention of home at this time of year that strikes an empathetic cord, strums the emotional heart strings and replays the melody of childhood memories. Whether it’s Bing Crosby’s famous rendition of the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O.’s – when the soldiers of World War II learned […]
Champagne Harvest Brunch at Bridgeport Place
By Jaynie Jones The University Place Senior Center and Bridgeport Place partner on a variety of programs throughout the year. A number of seniors who participate in bingo and other activities at the center have become regulars at the monthly Saturday Senior Soup-tacular at Bridgeport Place. November 19 was the Champagne Harvest Brunch at Bridgeport […]
Letter: Who is the customer?
By David Anderson, Tillicum “Building trust in government” – the concern raised in the last paragraph of Lakewood City Manager Andrew Neiditiz’s column in the fall “Lakewood Connections” recently delivered to mailboxes throughout the city – is placed here in the first paragraph since the topic of trusting government merits discussion of highest importance given […]