An ‘apparently confused council’ in Lakewood unanimously voted to approve alcohol in city parks two weeks after they’d said ‘no.’
Westside Story – Starbucks Opening
Where will you be on Monday, March 3, 2014? Do not say Starbucks at the Towne Center. They will be closed including the Starbucks trailer as they make ready to transition into the newly remodeled Starbucks store.
Westside Story: FRIENDS of Lakewood Library Used Book Sale
Do not miss the spring FRIENDS of Lakewood Library popular used book sale at the Lakewood Library, 6300 Wildaire Road SW, Lakewood, Washington, 98499. This is your opportunity to buy used books, records, magazines, maps, CDs, DVDs and VCR tapes at a huge discount. Mark these dates on your calendar.
Westside Story – Instant Joe – Free Sign Up
I happen to work for one of the most intelligent, creative and generous men I know in Lakewood, Publisher Ben Sclair.
Letter: Sponsor the Tillicum Tigers
“Our students are missing out in life from the lessons that come from organized sports.” – Tillicum Elementary Principal Taj Jensen
We are looking for a sponsor for the boy’s seven-and-eight-year-olds Tillicum Tiger baseball team.
Westside Story – Starbucks Gutted For Remodel
Back in about 1989 I noticed a new business getting ready to open in what we then called The Lakewood Mall. The new business was named Starbucks.
When I was growing up it seemed my parents were chained to their personal coffee pot. It was big, shiny and called a percolator or something like that. They dumped the water in and then filled the MJB coffee up to the line marked on the side of the coffee maker. My parents never ventured too far away from the coffee pot.
Letter: Finally, a Sunshine Committee
Evidently the lawmakers at the State Legislature have had it with the weather. Me, and probably you, too.
Letter: Why? Says Who?
“To Question is the Answer” is an intriguing title for a talk by a city manager who you might think would have all the answers.
Letter: The Moment for Leadership
Dilly-dallying while traversing a known avalanche funnel is akin to a partial park ban on smoking as is no ban at all.
In hiking, switchbacks are trails with hairpin turns. In railroading, they’re a way to negotiate steep terrain without tunnels. But in communication – as sometimes in mountain climbing – zigzagging, doubling back, doublespeak, and reversing direction can be disastrous.