Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle This morning I was dropping my Ford truck off at Ray’s Auto Center when I was given some disturbing news. Debbie at Ray’s told me two of Ray’s customers were approached by a con man out on the public roadway in Lakewood. The con’s M.O., (police talk for method of […]
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Westside Story – Raven Gets Jump On Life
Photo, Video & Story – Joseph Boyle A couple days ago I was at Starbucks minding my own business when this guy named Richard, drove up in a beautiful 1980 Rolls Royce. What a fun car. We got to talking. He told me he had heard of me, the oldest living cub reporter this side […]
Westside Story – Young Author / Pogo Stick
Story by Raven, Photos – Joseph Boyle If you got a chance to read my previous story titled Raven Gets Jump On Life, you will already know what I am up to. I am very excited to give up some of my writing space for a young author whose first name is Raven. Raven is […]
Letter: High Speed Rail Sucks Money in High Speed
By David Anderson What does the Point Defiance Rail Bypass Project – that would reroute Amtrak passenger trains away from the scenic Puget Sound waterfront to a heavily life-congested path through Tillicum and other communities along I-5, seven daily round trips at 79 mph and 45 seconds per intersection – have in common with the following?
Klingenberg newest Lions Club member
Jillian Klingenberg, left, assistant manager of Lakewood’s Heritage Bank, is the newest member of the Lakewood First Lions Club. Watching Klingenberg put on her Lion pin is DeAnne Bennett, vice-president of the club. Lions Club International is the largest service organization in the world with over 1.35 million members.
Westside Story – Three Dimensional Art
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. I attended another of Barista Edra Zook’s Art Nights at the Starbucks Community Art Wall. Edra’s guest artist was Ms. Gail Janes. You can view some of her art pieces on the Starbucks Community Art Wall at the Towne Center Starbucks […]
Letter: Don’t Fence ‘em In
By David Anderson In government today we need more free-ranging goats. The headline read, “Goats to Rid Historic Congressional Cemetery of Weeds.” Cathy Burke, Newsmax, reports that as of August 7 more than 100 goats “will graze 24 hours a day for six days, eliminating vines, poison ivy, ground cover and even fallen debris all the […]
Letter: A Bikini Barista Business It’s Not
The Oakbrook area Black Star Coffee stand in Lakewood won’t be a bikini barista business after all – as was once rumored – since that possibility was prevented by the recent purchase of what is now the new Primo Espresso by John Simpson, candidate for Lakewood City Council. “I can’t solve every problem the city faces, but […]
Westside Story – Blue Ridge Parkway
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle Bucket LIst – Ride The Blue Ridge Parkway. I did it. The Parkway runs for about 469 miles up on the crests of the southern Appalachians linking two national parks — Shenandoa National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park located in North Carolina and Virginia. The views are beautiful. The drive […]