One of the advantages of being the oldest living cub reporter this side of the Mississippi is that I get to meet and spend time with achievers who, for me, are always interesting people. Just last week I met with Ms. Terri Card, President & Chief Executive Officer of Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare and her Executive Assistant, Ms. Annette Arriola. Greater Lakes is located at 9330 – 59th Av SW, Lakewood, Washington 98499. T: 253-581-7020.
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Westside Story – Remember Song
An old college roommate of mine, Melvin R. Van Iderstein, sends me mind tickling e-mails from time to time. Mel’s last e-mail included a video I wish to share with you which titled Tom Rush Remember Song.
Letter: If not now, when?
Daniel Covarrubias, “who appeared to be reaching for something in his pocket,” was shot dead by Lakewood police in a lumber yard altercation Tuesday, April 21. “Police haven’t said whether he was armed.”
Covarrubias was the father of seven.
He’s not the first, just the latest.
Letter: A royal pain on National Train Day
As with high speed we approach high speed rail’s 8th Annual National Train Day on May 9th – which also, significantly, coincides with “Lost Sock Memorial Day” – the losses of Amtrak just last year alone are worth six minutes of reflection.
Westside Story – What Would You Do?
Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.
While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I am), found a fitbit zip in the middle of the walkway. Finding a fitbit is like finding $60.
Westside Story – What Would You Do?
Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.
While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I am), found a fitbit zip in the middle of the walkway. Finding a fitbit is like finding $60.
Westside Story – Smokers Kill Non-Smokers
Here is the way I see it. We are all impacted by the choices we make. Back in 1959 I first started observing smokers while working in the grocery business. After doing so, I chose not to smoke for the following reasons:
Letter: When the bottom line is the top priority
The headline will one day read “They Were against It before They Were for It.”
You read it here first.
Westside Story – Rampant Age Discrimination at 2015 U.S. Open Golf Championship
The way I see it: the big time 2015 U.S. Open Golf Championship is coming to Pierce County and that means a lot of great, wonderful and positive things are going to happen in our community. But the U.S. Open has its downside.