The last Saturday of every August, all types of Marines from across Western Washington convoy to Enumclaw, in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. They commemorate the 32 fellow Marines lost seven decades ago on the slopes of Mt. Rainier. Old ‘devil-dogs’ join active duty Marines along with these Young Marines.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Letter: Who is the customer?
By David Anderson, Tillicum “Building trust in government” – the concern raised in the last paragraph of Lakewood City Manager Andrew Neiditiz’s column in the fall “Lakewood Connections” recently delivered to mailboxes throughout the city – is placed here in the first paragraph since the topic of trusting government merits discussion of highest importance given […]
Letter: “Don’t ask, we’ll tell”
By David Anderson, Tillicum As there are two rails that make a train track, and a two-way street that provides directional choices, so listening and responding would appear to be integral to good communication. Not in Lakewood.
Letter: Terrorist attack foiled at new gate but community destroyed
By David Anderson, Tillicum No, it didn’t happen. But it could. Camp Murray wants a new gate accessed through the residential streets of Tillicum. But Camp Murray is the crucial emergency life-line to the entire State of Washington serving as the home of the Emergency Operations Center. With the news out of the Pentagon September […]
Letter: $4.7 Million to save 40 seconds
By David Anderson, Tillicum The Washington Military Department’s $4.7 M plan to move its main gate the distance of a couple football fields will mean vehicles traveling to and from Camp Murray will save 40 seconds in travel time over leaving the gate where it is. Click here to read more. And that’s a steal.
Letter: What matters to a community?
Rest assured, City Manager Andrew Neiditz writes in an attempt to calm the very ill at ease Tillicum public over yet a second attempt in as many years to relocate Camp Murray’s gate, and its resultant grievous impact, to the interior streets of the neighborhood. City staff (has) heard loud and clear the concerns of […]
A Roundabout Way of Governing
Lakewood City Manager Andrew Neidtiz suggests that “two Tillicum residents” charged the City – and Camp Murray – with not having fully explored “all options with regard a new Camp Murray gate.” That however, is not a shot across the bow. It is a direct hit on our ship of state. In a letter to […]
Solemnity exemplified in Flag Retirement Ceremony
Such a large part of our local community is comprised of military families and retirees. However, even for those who may have never served in the armed forces, there is a reverence for the American flag. There is an established protocol for the proper destruction, i.e. ‘retirement’ of tattered old flags. They should never be […]
New traffic light on Steilacoom-DuPont Highway
Steilacoom residents, as well as many traveling the Steilacoom- DuPont Highway, will be happy to learn that part of the project to repair and widen East Road at North Fort will include installation of a traffic light at the intersection of East Road and the Steilacoom – DuPont Highway, according to an announcement in the […]