Story by Raven, Photos – Joseph Boyle If you got a chance to read my previous story titled Raven Gets Jump On Life, you will already know what I am up to. I am very excited to give up some of my writing space for a young author whose first name is Raven. Raven is […]
Letter: Scams Sully the Lottery? What?
By David Anderson ‘You’ve won a lottery prize!’ the caller says in his best broken English. Dropping the phone you shout excitedly to the family ‘We won the lottery!’
Letter: Rail Road Rage
By David Anderson You’ve no doubt heard of the engineer texting – but tailgating another train, really? Conductors deliberately preventing other locomotives from merging – telling ‘the little train that could’ it can’t – or chasing down another train?
Letter: High Speed Rail Sucks Money in High Speed
By David Anderson What does the Point Defiance Rail Bypass Project – that would reroute Amtrak passenger trains away from the scenic Puget Sound waterfront to a heavily life-congested path through Tillicum and other communities along I-5, seven daily round trips at 79 mph and 45 seconds per intersection – have in common with the following?
Westside Story – Classic Car Show
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle It’s coming! Saturday, August 17, 2013, from 10 am – 4 pm, the 17th Annual South Tacoma Way Business District Car Show. Find the fun on South Tacoma Way between 50th St South and 56th St South. The South Tacoma Business District Association and corporate sponsor, Heritage Bank, along […]
Letter: There Was a Crooked Man
By David Anderson It’s called a “traditional nonsense rhyme, sure to keep young children amused.” Indeed you’ve probably seen them smile as you read of the crooked man walking the crooked mile, who bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse and they all lived together in a little crooked house.
Letter: “Fire! It’s On Fire!”
By David Anderson Yesterday afternoon my son-in-law called quite out-of-breath shouting “Fire! It’s on fire!” I’m not sure if I hung up on him before he got a chance to hang up on me but those few dreaded words uttered quite obviously while on the run from the sound of his voice got me to running […]
Religious? How dumb!
By David Anderson If you’re of the pew-warming sort you haven’t a clue – is the more crass assessment of a project that finds religious people to be less intelligent than atheists. “The studies used in Zuckerman’s paper included a life-long analysis of the beliefs of a group of 1,500 gifted children – those with IQs over […]
Klingenberg newest Lions Club member
Jillian Klingenberg, left, assistant manager of Lakewood’s Heritage Bank, is the newest member of the Lakewood First Lions Club. Watching Klingenberg put on her Lion pin is DeAnne Bennett, vice-president of the club. Lions Club International is the largest service organization in the world with over 1.35 million members.