Submitted by Don Doman As a Rotary member we’ve hosted two exchange students as well as provided a weekend stop for a visiting boyfriend. Exchange students are a family experience. Rotary members and host families all share our pride of our community and country as do the students with their homes. It’s a great win-win-win […]
Opinion: Council elections, Rental Inspections – be careful how you vote
As you compare candidates for Lakewood (WA) City Council in the upcoming election, consider that all four incumbents voted for the Rental Housing Safety Program (RHSP).
Home from Home: Total Solar Eclipse
The event was going to be mind-blowing. I was completely prepared for it weeks ahead. And then the day was there. I clocked out of the office, went outside, and watched it, totally stunned. It was incredible and unforgettable. Well, in a way, it isn’t a lie.
Westside Story – People Are People
It was pushing towards 9:00a early one morning when I parked directly in front of the entrance to the Lakewood Towne Center Starbucks. A young woman was standing outside the open passenger door of a minivan parked next to me.
Golf, Memorials, Life and Frozen Tears
Submitted by Don Doman Several years ago on a brisk and frosty morning, the day after Thanksgiving my son and his brother-in-law golfed at Allenmore Golf Course in Tacoma, Washington. Our tee time was 9:07 a.m. Tee boxes and fairways offered silver playing fields. Powered golf carts were to stay on the pathways and temporary […]
DNA – Who Are You and How You Are
Submitted by Don Doman I signed up for a DNA test after listening to my friend Chuck Matthaei. He talked about what the results showed about him and his siblings and explained how it all worked. At the time my wife, Peg and I were writing articles for a special Roman Meal project on aging. […]
Home from Home: Barbecue
When I grew up, the term Barbecue or BBQ for putting something onto the grill was yet unknown in Germany. My family, as so many Germans, used to live in apartment buildings from anything between 6 to over 20 units, and barbecuing was something strictly regulated there. Every unit had a fixed number of BBQ […]
Maid to Order . . . a Helping Hand
Submitted by Don Doman It’s a changing world and most of us need a little help one way or another to survive. The biggest problem seems to be a lack of time . . . and energy. House cleaning or house keeping is a struggle, but there is a definite movement towards hiring cleaning professionals […]
Letter: “I like to think we’re not most people.”
I thought I had set the parking brake. Evidently not.