Snow White, Prince Charming, Geppetto, Grumpy and many, many other fictional fairy tale characters are ripped from the pages of every child’s bedtime reading and relocated to a fast-forwarded future where they no longer know how their plot is supposed to end.
Westside Story – Ideas, Old & New
Don’t you agree? Sometimes old ideas are better than new ideas.
Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association Nov. 3 meeting moves
The monthly meeting of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (Nov.3, 6:30 P.M.) will be held at Tillicum Baptist Church 8415 Maple St. as the folks at our normal venue – the Tillicum Community Center – prepare for their annual Holiday Bazaar (Nov.4 and 5).
Letter: Metal slides and merry-go-rounds
One of the best quality of life indicators in a community is the existence of, and the investment in, the local park. As long as it has a metal slide and a merry-go-round.
Letter: ‘Your dog bite?’
‘No,’ replied the lady walking along the sidewalk, a dog trotting nearby. So he reached out his hand to pet the dog and came away with bloody fingers. ‘I thought you said your dog didn’t bite!’ ‘He doesn’t. That’s not my dog.’
Letter: Put the homeless to work
Could the homeless be made to pick up their own trash? Can you get blood from a turnip? Our community of late is not immune from what our city manager has called “a national epidemic.” We’ve recently seen an influx of folks taking up residence in a wooded section near the town’s entrance.
Westside Story – Trumpets
If you get an opportunity, be certain to thank our ever popular hometown newspaper publisher, Ben Sclair, of The Suburban Times for his dedication in doing everything he can to bring you, our beloved readers, up to the minute election news. Sparing no expense, Publisher Ben Sclair has sent me out on special assignment to […]
Westside Story – Death In 1 Minute 47 Seconds
On Saturday, October 15, 2016, just as my wife and I stepped into our garage we lost our electricity. We were not surprised, as we stood in the dark because there had been ample notice that the tail end of Hurricane Matthew was likely to generate serious high winds in our area.
Westside Story – Tupperware Party
How about that 3rd and final Presidential Debate? Yes, while it was mistakenly billed as the last presidential debate, there is a much larger 4th and final presidential debate coming up on November 8, 2016. Charlie Black of The Wall Street Journal reported that no matter who wins the presidency, a record-breaking number of Americans […]