Lakewood Mayor Don Anderson and the City Council want Amtrak high-speed trains permanently suspended from running through the heart of the city. To that end they have written a letter.
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Letter: Failed rental Inspections – done in by the director
Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) rental inspection criteria are not good enough for the City of Lakewood.
Westside Story – Charlie Albright is Piano Hero
On November 17, 2017, The Suburban Times published an article written by Andrew Buelow, Executive Director of Symphony Tacoma, titled,Symphony Tacoma guest pianist cancels due to illness; Centralia native Charlie Albright steps in at the 11th hour.If you have time, check out Mr. Buelow’s article.
Letter: Marijuana and Lakewood’s Promise
Marijuana is a serious problem say youth in the 8th and 10th grades of the Clover Park School District according to survey results to be presented to the Lakewood City Council at its January 8, 2018 study session (p.024). More of a serious problem that alcohol (43.2 percent), or tobacco (51.4 percent), marijuana is judged […]
Sit, Knit, and Listen to a Yarn of Romance
“Could we start with the next one right now?” This request at the end of last year’s reading cycle that local author Susanne Bacon performed on her Wycliff romance “Delicate Dreams” at The Sock Peddlers LLC in Lakewood kicked off another cycle of reading another Wycliff romance. It will start on January 18 at 6 […]
Opinion: Marijuana locally should be banned
As Lakewood’s (Washington) Planning Commission reviews early in this new year possible locations for retail marijuana (MJ) businesses in the city, here following in this first installment of a series are reasons why ‘turning over a new (marijuana) leaf’ – an idiom normally associated with a change for the better – is a New Year’s […]
The Dirty Dozen and Western State Hospital
Whenever I see Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, or Ernest Borgnine I think of the movie The Dirty Dozen. I love that movie. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen it over the years since it first came out, but I loved the story even before that. Before it was a film, it was […]
Do you like crab?
If you like to eat crab (chicken is an alternate meal choice), dance to a fabulous rock band, splurge on fabulous desserts, then plan on attending the Lakewood First Lions Club’s fifth annual Crab Feed at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27thth, 2018, at the Clover Park Technical College’s Sharon McGavick Center in Lakewood.
Westside Story – Old & New Amtrak Routes
I usually am not at a loss for words. Today is an exception. Because I have no words to add to our first Amtrak 501 train derailment, I am only going to fill the visual gap.