Jim Taylor is very, very ill and I think sometimes we feel in crises like this that we wait too long to say the things that need to be said and so here, on behalf of the Tillicum community Jim:
We love you.
Lions recycle eyeglasses
Lakewood First Lions Club members recently gathered to sort eyeglasses collected from the Lakewood community.
Letter: Eight lives – maybe seven – left
“What emergency are you reporting?” asked the 9-1-1 dispatcher.
“Uh, well, it’s not necessarily an emergency but I’m hoping the fire department can help me.”
“O.K. I’ll transfer you to fire and while I do that can you tell me what’s going on?”
Lions Club tests kids’ hearing on first day of classes
On the first day of school at Four Heroes Elementary School in Lakewood, more than fifteen members of the Lakewood First Lions Club and the Dupont Lions Club gathered to perform sight and hearing testing on some 585 students.
Westside Story – On the Road 75 Years Later – Alternate Ending
If you missed Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 4, consider clicking on the colorful (PGE approved) link to catch up.
One of our faithful The Suburban Times readers, David Wilson, submitted a comment to my August 4, 2015, article, Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 3 as follows.
Caring for Kids gives away 400+ backpacks
More than 400 under served children and their parents recently attended a back to school fair at Springbrook Park sponsored by Caring for Kids.
Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 4
If you missed Westside Story – On The Road 75 years later – Part 3, consider clicking on the colorful (page approved) link to catch up.
At the end of Part 3, I was hoofing it across the sandy beach when my escape was blocked by a 6’ cyclone fence with three strands of barbed wire on top. It might have been electric barbed wire for all I know. Remember, this is Chicago.
Letter: Our 66th mile
Today was our 66th mile together rowing a double on American Lake.
Daughter Christina Klas and I began this past June 24, our goal just to row the three-and-a-half-mile course which we initially halved by stopping at the far turn and catching our breath.
Westside Story – Dang Root Beer
While in Delaware I found a unique brand of root beer called Dang Root Beer. Dang Root Beer caught my eye because a nice man who works in Lakewood, named Linh Dang, provides lawn and garden service for the common areas that belong to our neighborhood association. Additionally, he is responsible for several private yards in our neighborhood.