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.
Smoking Should Be Banned in Parks – A Rebuttal
Were we at the same meeting?
I admit I wasn’t there at the presentation by the Lakewood Parks Department to the City Council during the latter’s study session this past Monday evening, February 10, 2014 during which time discussion was aplenty I’m told on the issue of banning tobacco products in city parks.
Letter: The Importance of ‘Team’
There’s a big difference – gi-hugic in fact – between being on a team and simply wearing the same jersey.
Westside Story – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
THE GOOD – We have many GOOD businesses in Lakewood, such as Safeway, Saar’s Market, Grocery Outlet, Paldo Plaza and the former K-Mart. THE BAD – Some customers, who patronize our GOOD businesses, are THE BAD because of their criminal behavior involving stealing shopping carts.