The City Council will consider a recommended ordinance change to the city’s weapon laws on August 5 perhaps to address what happened very late one evening this past month. Shortly before midnight on June 18, twenty-eight year old Patrick O’Meara was shot dead at a Tillicum residence by Lakewood Police.
Westside Story – The Tail Of The Dragon
Photos & Story – Joseph Boyle This past May, I survived “The Tail Of The Dragon”. US 129, internationally known as “The Tail Of The Dragon”, is located in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is a favorite road for motorcyclists, sports car drivers and bicycle riders. Riding from Knoxville, Tennessee, we started the “Tail of […]
Letter: Watch Out for Falling . . . TV’s?
TV’s falling from their standards, or falling standards on TV – which is worse? “A child is rushed to a U.S. emergency department every 45 minutes with an injury that’s related to a falling television, according to a new study” reported on Newsmaxhealth.com this morning, July 22.
Westside Story – Summer School Zone
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Please be careful of two things: Summer School is in session. Clover Park School District is holding classes from July 15 through Aug. 7. July 2, 2013, through July 27, 2013. When you are out driving, keep an eye out for young people walking on and near the roadway.
Letter: Could It Have Ended Differently?
Twenty-eight year old Patrick O’Meara was shot dead at a Tillicum residence by Lakewood Police shortly before midnight June 18, 2013. Could it have ended differently?
Westside Story – Lost & Found
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle We call this guy I know, whose real name is Jon George, the “Looker”. He does not subscribe to the idea, “Finder’s Keeper’s, Loser’s Weeper’s”. Here is the “Looker’s” story.
Letter: Why I Love My Dishwasher
A friend on Facebook this morning wrote that she is “in the market for a new dishwasher,” that hers had been “out of order” for some time now. The friend was soliciting recommendations on “why you love your dishwasher.” So people were responding to her in-need-of-dishwasher-recommendations request with the features of theirs that they liked: energy […]
Letter: When Push Comes To Shove – Taxpayers Tossed
‘When push comes to shove it’s no longer love,’ wrote one pundit about the importance of maintaining healthy relationships. The author could just as well have been reflecting on the relationship between elected officials and the citizens to which they once-and-again promised to be true. How much the public viewpoint actually matters to politicians always comes […]
Lions of the Month
Recently honored as Lakewood First Lions of the Month for July were Lloyd Christianson (left) and John Anderson (R). Presenting the awards was Lion President Eric Warn. Christianson, West Pierce Fire and Rescue, was recognized for his work with Habitat for Humanity and Anderson, retired, was cited for his efforts to recycle eyeglasses.