If you had been one of those surveyed to finish the sentence that follows, what would have been your answer?
“When people in 50 countries were asked to report their guiding principles in life, the value that mattered most was . . . .”
To Ponder
Westside Story – Lakewood Struck By Meteor
OK, I admit my title, Lakewood Struck By Meteor, might be a leap to an erroneous conclusion, but what did happen? The location is the intersection of Gravelly Lake Drive SW and 112th St SW near Clover Park High School.
Does anyone know? It looks like another vehicle exceeded the 30 mph speed limit, missed the turn, jumped the curb and smacked the rock wall. I did not find any tire markings on the pavement, nor were there any tire impressions in the grass.
Westside Story – Lakewood First Lions Club Crab Feed
I met John and Nancieann Anderson back in the 1970s when we worked at New York Life Insurance Company. The two of them have been serving our Lakewood community for decades as members of Lakewood First Lions Club. John has 40 years of volunteer service with the Lions. Nancieann has 20 years service.
Letter: No Matching Pants, No Problem
We were the only team without pants to match.
Scruffy jeans with holes in the knees, a third of the boys without mitts, and none – not one – of the 11 having every played organized baseball before.
Letter: Impacted Teeth and City Government
A Camp Murray gate-relocate she-said-he-said is back in the news.
Former Lakewood City Councilman Walter Neary called it “one of the most bitter neighborhood debates in recent memory.”
Letter: Of Mice and Men – Munchies and Lotteries
Who gambles more, the fit or the fat?
“Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.”
Letter: Shopping Carts Over Saving Lives
The top priority of the Lakewood Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) is to “develop a shopping cart ordinance.”
Letter: You’re Grounded!
That’s a good thing.
Unless you’re an airplane or its pilot in which case you’re not allowed to fly.
Westside Story – ‘No Wife, No Horse, No Mustache, No Cell Phone’
One of the fun things about being a writer, who no longer writes police reports, is I can be creative in my writing. When you write police reports, being creative is not acceptable. It is all about, “Just the facts.”
Some of you may have heard the classic admonition, “No Wife, No Horse, No Mustache,” which originated with the U.S.Military Academy at West Point, commonly referred to as simply, West Point. West Point is located in West Point, New York.