Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle We call this guy I know, whose real name is Jon George, the “Looker”. He does not subscribe to the idea, “Finder’s Keeper’s, Loser’s Weeper’s”. Here is the “Looker’s” story.
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Lions of the Month
Recently honored as Lakewood First Lions of the Month for July were Lloyd Christianson (left) and John Anderson (R). Presenting the awards was Lion President Eric Warn. Christianson, West Pierce Fire and Rescue, was recognized for his work with Habitat for Humanity and Anderson, retired, was cited for his efforts to recycle eyeglasses.
Westside Story – Are People Dense?
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Recently after an 11 day layover in Milford, Delaware, I fired up my Harley and headed north towards Boston to visit my nephew, Paul Joseph, who was named after his favorite uncle. It was only 442 miles, so I should have arrived around 4:30 PM. As it turned out […]
Westside Story – The Suburban Times Roving Traffic Cam
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle While he has never actually told me this, I think one of the reasons Publisher Ben Sclair keeps me around The Suburban Times is because he recognizes that I am a prolific idea guy. In fact I have a new idea right now. I am calling it The Suburban […]
Westside Story – Dolce
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle We live in a really big country. The USA is huge. I like using the word “huge”. My 3 year old grandson reacquainted me with the word huge when he said, “Papa Joe, your mustache is huge.” The USA is especially huge when explored from a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Westside Story – International Relations
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle I am on the backside of my first long distance motorcycle ride since having retired on April Fool’s Day, 2013. I left on May 15, 2013, with a full tank of gas and my Starbucks card. When my ride is over, I will have ridden over 9,000 miles including […]
Letter: Upon Further Review
By David Anderson “There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience.” – Archibald MacLeish, American Poet and Critic (1892-1982) Now that Camp Murray has got the gate they wanted and Tillicum residents are fed with anecdotal traffic counts and fed up with city hall, what […]
Letter: Welcome – There, I Said It
By David Anderson Now, Mr. John Caulfield, let’s talk about what you are reported to have said in your ‘hire-me-as-your-new-city-manager’ speech. According to former City Councilmember Walter Neary’s blog, when you and the other candidates were asked about what mistakes they’d made in their career you “chose the most painful example, where (you) could have done better […]
Letter: Neary, Not-nearly, Represented Our Community
By David Anderson Former Lakewood City Councilman Walter Neary promised an explanation of what happened to Tillicum such that it “endured one of the most bitter neighborhood debates in (Neary’s) recent memory.” The “debate” concerned Camp Murray’s encroachment upon the neighborhood’s interior streets with hundreds of cars traversing the town no thanks to the relocation of […]