But ended up replacing it. And not only did volunteers of their own volition purchase and replant that portion of her garden that they inadvertently stepped on, they replaced her porch in the process. The project of rebuilding the dilapidated porches, decks, stairs, handrails and overhangs continues this week at the Tillicum Manor mobile home […]
Lakewood
Westside Story – Parallel Universe leads me to Tijuana-Taco
By Joe Boyle Back about 19 hundred and 43 Rocky Vanscyoc and I both came into this world. It was about as tough to be born during 1943, as it was to buy a 1943 automobile. Why? Because World War II was raging on. Most of the men with daddy potential were overseas fighting the […]
Westside Story – VOTE YES for Fire Levy
Story & Photos by Joseph Boyle EXEMPLARY SERVICE With over 20 years in law enforcement, I have seen first hand what our local fire department does for our community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Their performance is always exceptional. Think about it. If you are suffering a serious health problem, are the […]
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 […]
Westside Story – ‘Car 54, Where Are You?’
Story & Photo by Joseph Boyle A great number of you reading today’s article will recognizes this classic question from an old, old TV cop show, “Car 54, where are you?” If you look closely at my photo you will spot the “No. 54” painted on the side of my police pedal car. The question has […]
WESTSIDE STORY – Urban Custom Bikes
Story and photo by Joseph Boyle I have great news for Westside motorcycle riders. Jeremy and Jessica Ruse have just opened their own motorcycle shop, called Urban Custom Bikes (4711 Pacific Highway East – 253-517-7142) in Fife. They have a partner too. His name is Lorenzo Marr. I do not know him, but I like […]
Letter: Unacceptable
On September 16, 2010, Dave Bugher wrote a 12-page single-spaced letter basically shredding Camp Murray’s last attempt to put a gate at Portland Ave. Eleven different indictments. Before the Tillicum Action Committee (TAC) the afternoon of July 18, 2011, Bugher said “new evidence” indicates Portland Ave. could work after all.
WESTSIDE STORY – School Zone Tickets
Story & Photo by Joseph Boyle I have it on good authority that not one of us likes being issued a traffic ticket. Our good friends down at Clover Park High School are doing what they can to keep our kids safe and to keep us from getting a ticket. Check out my photo of […]
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 […]