After trying a few minutes of several films available on Roku I settled on watching Noon. Roku has a number of really good selections, but sometimes the ones from the sixties as well as the fairly new ones, just fall short in story and acting. The basic description of Noon didn’t excite me, but I […]
To Ponder
Letter: Who’s in charge here?
Submitted by Fred Block. Street improvements continue in Lakewood. Right now, major work is being done on Washington Street. This work necessitates traffic being rerouted through a detour on 112th Street. Now that all this traffic is on 112th, someone decided it would be a good idea to do some road work there. Yes, you […]
Roaring Twenties: The Theme for the Annual Indoor Golf Tournament
The theme this year for the 26th Annual Indoor Golf Tournament is the Roaring Twenties! Too young to know much about the Roaring Twenties? The Roaring Twenties, following World War I was a decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity, driven by recovery from devastation and deferred spending, a boom in construction, and the rapid […]
Letter: At least 2× rent and no evictions?
Submitted by Gary Davis. It’s wonderful news that we are building more “Low-income Housing” in Pierce County. However, if you must make at least 2× the amount of rent, and cannot have any evictions on your rental history, then it doesn’t matter how many “low-income” buildings you have. There will never be an end to […]
Across the Fence: First Days of School
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Labor Day is gone. Here come fall and a new schoolyear. As we are driving through our neighborhood on our way to wherever, we encounter school buses again. Or groups of moms and kids waiting for them either to pick up one of theirs or to drop them off. It makes […]
Singing in the Rain – Live Stage Production
I grew up with films and TV. This means nothing to kids today, but in the early 1950s family entertainment was severely limited compared to what we have today. Our home on South Ferry in Tacoma was the first on the block to have a TV set. I think we were one of the very […]
Lakewood Street Cleaning
Submitted by Eric Warn. On the first Saturday morning of each month, members of the Lakewood First Lions Club scour both 75th Street W and Bridgeport Way SW in Lakewood for garbage left on the side of the road. Left to right are club members Mike Brandstetter, Roger Martin, Dr. Bob Allen, Eric Warn, Doreen […]
Not That Funny – Movie Review – Not That Funny is the Title
“Not That Funny” is really not very funny . . . but; it’s so satisfying. We found it on Prime. Lauralee Farrer was the director and the main writer along with Jonathan B. Foster in this funny and touching film. The stars were Tony Hale, K Callan, Brigid Brannagh, and John Kapelos. The film was […]
Letter: Our Nation’s Uniformed Services Need The Best Possible Medications
Submitted by Deryl McCarty, Colonel, USAF (Ret), South Hill. In my 30+ years in the United States Air Force, I saw firsthand how pharmaceutical innovation can save lives and, no, I am not a medical professional. For example, just a couple of generations ago, something as simple as a flesh wound could result in a […]