Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle On May 23, 2011, I shared a story and photos with you that I call Dukes of Hazard I. The story describes yet another rascal who hurdles her car down Gravelly Lake Drive SW at a high rate of speed. She does not stop her car until she crosses the welcome mat in […]
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Westside Story – FRIENDS Lakewood Library Book Sale
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle Money and books. Books and money. Books cost lots of money; we all know that. There is a secret way to buy lots of books and save lots of money. What is that secret way of which I speak? FRIENDS of Lakewood Library triple-event book sale.
Westside Story – FRIENDS Lakewood Library Book Sale
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle Money and books. Books and money. Books cost lots of money; we all know that. There is a secret way to buy lots of books and save lots of money. What is that secret way of which I speak? FRIENDS of Lakewood Library triple-event book sale.
Letter: When apple juice is no longer apple juice
By David Anderson, Tillicum Selling fake apple juice to babies seemed a harmless way to make ends meet. After all, Beech-Nut executives rationalized, there was a budget to meet. And besides, said a company executive, “So suppose the stuff was all water and flavor and sugar? Why get so upset about it? Who were we hurting?”
Westside Story – FRIENDS Lakewood Library Book Sale
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle Money and books. Books and money. Books cost lots of money; we all know that. There is a secret way to buy lots of books and save lots of money. What is that secret way of which I speak? FRIENDS of Lakewood Library triple-event book sale.
Letter: Shuttered Broken Windows
By David Anderson, Tillicum He was best known for “the broken windows theory” – fix what’s visually and physically broken in a community – graffiti, litter, dilapidated and neglected properties – to prevent further vandalism which otherwise left unmaintained leads in turn to escalation of more serious crime.
Letter: “The envelope please . . . .”
By David Anderson, Tillicum At least as important if not more so at the 84th Oscars was not so much who won what but who dressed best and who outlandishly worst (she wore that?).
Letter: Books not butts
By David Anderson, Tillicum Quick announcement: Volunteers for judging the science fair at Tillicum Elementary are needed. Background checks are required which takes some time so ASAP contact Tara Longfellow at 253-583-5370 or tlongfel@cloverpark.k12.wa.us . Ten to 15 judges are needed for the science fair on March 1st from 12:30-3. One of the biggest […]
Letter: Gambling expansion in Lakewood
By David Anderson, Tillicum Dolores Chiechi, executive director of the Recreational Gaming Association (RGA) of Washington, advocates on behalf of gambling expansion in Lakewood and state-wide in a TNT op-ed, February 22, 2012.