By Joe Boyle. For my entire life, I have lived with an internal debate regarding whether I am an exciting personality and fun to talk with, including a propensity for telling fascinating stories, or if I am a bore because I talk too much.
Friendly Towns, Wild Animals, and Tame Friends
Submitted by Don Doman. I stepped outside to pick up the morning papers. It was gray and cool. No cooing doves welcomed me, no bunny sitting in the grass and watching for movement down the hill. Perhaps, everyone was sleeping in this morning. There weren’t even tiny ants crawling on the steps . . . […]
Westside Story – Voter Test
Submitted by Joe Boyle. For a number reasons, I am hesitant to advise you on who to vote for in any of our upcoming political races, including the race for Pierce County Prosecutor. I am not reluctant to share several voting tips with you to help make your voting process more meaningful.
FAB Fest Features Food for Thought
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Want to rub elbows with some of this nation’s most imaginative people? Authors of local and national, even international repute will sign their books at the first author/book section of the 6th Annual Lakewood Film, Arts, & Book (FAB) Festival, formerly known as Asian Film Festival. As we approach the event, […]
Westside Story – Joe Boyle Declared Missing
Submitted by Joe Boyle. READER COURTESY NOTE: If you have at least an 8th-grade education, it should take you 1 minute and 28 seconds to read today’s, Westside Story. Readers from all over the United States have asked a prominent burning question. What happened to Joe Boyle? We have not read any Westside Story articles […]
Letter: My wife is ‘unremarkable’
Submitted by David Anderson. The head of the Oncology department was reviewing on the big screen monitor the positron emission tomography (PET Scan) image results taken of my wife from nearly head to toe.
Curran Orchard Concert – August 2
Submitted by CORE Join us for great music, food and fun during the 2018 Curran Apple Orchard Summer Concert Series! All concerts are FREE and take place on the following Thursdays from 6:30pm to 8pm. Bring blankets, picnics or enjoy food from Hometown Hotdogs! (Note: No alcohol allowed in City Parks).
Cyrano de Bergerac – Poetry, Puns and Performances
Submitted by Don Doman. The highest-grossing film of 1965 was The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. At that time most people said, “Christopher who?” Not me, however. Somewhere in my studio I have a reel to reel audio tape that is an absolute treasure. During my Junior year at Clover Park […]
Letter: Will Ultra-high-speed trains come through Tillicum?
Submitted by David Anderson. “Likely not.” So says a report by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in conjunction with the release today, July 26, 2018 of the state agencies announcement that 250-mph (minimum) trains – and the corridors they might run on – are being studied.