Scramble to see if you have a spot on your calendar to attend the dinner, program, and auction scheduled for Saturday, March 3, 2018, from 5:00p – 9:00p. For additional details, please refer to the announcement printed below.
To Ponder
Mosquito Zappers, Wind-Up Toilets, Mini-Microscopes and Teachers
If you have never been to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center, you owe a day of amazement to yourself and your family. “Discover innovations and inventions that are helping to create a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life. Immerse yourself in debates about education, […]
Westside Story – Our Roads Are Broken
My speedometer indicates my car is capable of traveling at 150 miles per hour. I qualified as a high-speed driver, so I could drive that fast, but my training tells me unless I am on the salt flats, 150 mph is not a good idea for no other reason than a wheel might fall off. […]
Letter: Hire the homeless
If the Department of Ecology can hire teens at $11.50 per hour to pick up roadside litter throughout the state of Washington this summer, then is there a reason why the homeless can’t be hired to do the same? Especially since the trend in unsheltered homelessness shows a steady increase over the last five years?
Washington Killer Trees Coming? Or Going?
Sitting at my kitchen table this morning looking out at the snow, I’m reflecting on global warming and our prospects of another hot and dry summer here in Pierce County . . . and what this means to our environment. I was just reviewing the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Forest Health Program from […]
Letter: Homelessness and marijuana, a most unhappy – and deadly – mix
The City Council of Lakewood, Washington may decide soon to permit marijuana retail despite wide-spread opposition. Ironically, the Council just this past February 20 was presented with 151 pages (pp.070-221) in the way of recommendation to join what is generally called the “Big Pharma” lawsuit.
Ned Visits Food Land – Children’s Book – Review
As a child, reading and cooking were important activities for me . . . they still are. I really love it when I can combine the two. Ned Visits Food Land is an engaging children’s book about food and nutrition. Ned is a young boy living in the big city. His parents work all day […]
Westside Story – Moles In Lakewood Part II
Did you read Moles In Lakewood Part I? If you missed it, click on my link Moles in Lakewood Part I. For those who read Moles In Lakewood Part I and sensed an overwhelming level of curiosity as to what Moles In Lakewood Part II would bring, your time has come. Most people think we […]
Really Bad Movies – But the Price is Right
We’re closing in on two months without cable-TV. Our world didn’t end, but I do miss being able to record favorites. We are still figuring out how to find the best selections. I just learned that my favorite reality TV programs are available for free on Netflix: Forged in Fire, Top Chef, and Undercover Boss. […]