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Letter: Steilacoom resident posts “Mariners’ Blues”
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Steilacoom resident Craig Mooring has posted “Mariners’ Blues” on YouTube. The song is fun and describes the state of the Mariners.
Paul Hinds
Steilacoom
Letter: Could be the water
Posted by | CommentsWhereas I applaud the author of the Letter: Don’t feed the wildlife and agree with the point she makes I would add that another explanation for the sick squirrel is ingestion of water from Waughop Lake. Waughop Lake is populated by various species of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that produce very potent nerve toxins that will upon ingestion cause the erratic behavior that the author of the letter observed being exhibited by the squirrel eating salted nuts. The toxin produced by the cyanobacteria in Waughop Lake will kill pets, squirrels, raccoon, opossum that drink the water from Waughop Lake. Unfortunately pets, squirrels, raccoon, and opossum can’t read the toxic algae Warning signs that are posted all around the cyanotoxin laced lake.
Don Russell
Lakewood
Chambers Creek Properties says THANK YOU
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Picture taken from the overpass during last week’s U.S. Amateur
By Sheryl Purdy, Communication Coordinator, Pierce County PWU
The 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay finished yesterday and by all accounts it was a great success. The entire Chambers Creek Properties team wishes to say a big thank you to all of our regular visitors for your role in that success. We understand the disruption closing the Properties caused and we really appreciate your patience during the last few weeks.
Letter: Don’t feed the wildlife
Posted by | CommentsMy family and I frequent Waughop Lake in Fort Steilacoom Park. Many times we have passed people feeding the waterfowl when it is clearly posted not to. We were there this weekend and happened by a extremely ill squirrel. Upon further investigation my husband alerted me to an extremely large pile of SALTED mixed nuts, in an secluded area at the base of a tree! While we watched, the squirrel stumbled to the pile (it could barely stand) and lay there struggling to consume more of the nuts that were causing it great harm. We disposed of the nuts and are hoping this doesn’t happen again. Human food is NOT for wildlife to consume!
Cortney Greenlaw
Lakewood
Letter: Interested in dance class?
Posted by | CommentsWe hope that the short summer was fun for everyone. As we look out for the next three months, our schedules are very diverse. Please let us know if there is still an interest for either a basic or intermediate dance class at the Steilacoom Center so we can determine whether to reserve the facility as required. Of course private classes are always available.
Mary Petersen and Steve Behr have been teaching dance classes at the Steilacoom Community Center for many years and are looking to get their schedule firmed up. If you have an interest, contact Mary Petersen, or Steven Behr Sr.
Adios,
Mary & Steve
Letter: Thank you for your support
Posted by | CommentsDuring last Tuesday’s primary election we asked the voters of Lakewood for their support in order to maintain a quality emergency services system. Our special levy was on the ballot and like they have done for over 30 years, the Lakewood community overwhelmingly supported our request.
Letter: Open Letter to Lakewood City Council
Posted by | CommentsCamp Murray wants to move traffic entering its facility to the interior streets of Tillicum by relocating its gate. This has prompted an opposition rally at City Hall of Tillicum residents and the presentation of nearly 200 petition signatures; a letter from Senator Mike Carrell since no Lakewood elected leader attended the Camp Murray presentation in Tillicum; a letter to the National Director of Public Affairs of the National Guard; three letters-to-the-editor of the Tacoma News Tribune; and hundreds of emails that include city officials which references conversations with an attorney who suggested Tillicum’s fight is not with Camp Murray but with City Hall. Council members were elected to represent the people, not the plans of neighboring governments. All of this is documented on the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association website, www.MeetTheNeighbors.org of which there are now 57 members of this free service to stay informed and to discuss matters affecting our community.
David Anderson, President
Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association
Letter: Lakewood Playhouse wants your opinion
Posted by | CommentsAugust greetings! All of us at the Lakewood Playhouse seek your opinion as we begin our new theatre season. Please take this short survey. Thank-you. Your personal feedback is important to us.
Sincerely,
Marcus Walker, Managing Artistic Director
The Lakewood Playhouse
Letter: ‘Heart-sick’ at tree removal
Posted by | CommentsI live in Steilacoom, therefore, when leaving my town to go almost anywhere, I must drive down Steilacoom Blvd., passing Western State Hospital.
The past few weeks it has been a bit annoying to have to wade through slowed traffic due to the boulevard having one lane closed in order to put in the completely unneeded curbing from 87th Street to Far West Drive. Due to this, now it is unsafe for anyone to walk on the small strip of uneven ground between the stone wall of Western State and the curb or between the hedge on the south side of the street and the useless curb there. Although, there is something of a walkway within the actual grounds of the hospital and a quite nice walkway over the hedge on the opposite side of the street.
WSJ: ‘Stressed States Are Forcing Workers to Retire Later’
Posted by | CommentsCall it a “solution” of sorts to the states’ budget and pension crises. Facing no other alternative, new state workers are being forced to work longer in order to receive their still quite generous pension benefits. In 2010 alone, ten states have voted to raise the respective retirement ages for their workers. President Obama’s home state of Illinois—generally considered to be among the most labor friendly—recently raised the retirement age for new workers from 60 to 67. For Illinois teachers, the increase is even more dramatic—from 55 to 67!
Letter: Please Support Our Lakewood Fire Department
Posted by | CommentsLakewood is proud of its outstanding fire department with its hardworking firefighters and emergency technicians. Not only do these men and women work had at their jobs, they are involved in many other ways to make our community a better place to live. Please vote yes in support of the special levy on the August 17th primary election. It will not raise your taxes and is a crucial 25% of the fire district budget. This is a safety issue for everyone in Lakewood!
Diane Formoso
Caring for Kids
Letter: 10,000 doors
Posted by | CommentsTen-thousand doorsteps that Paul Wagemann has been on campaigning for State Legislative District 28, means there were many more steps to reach those doors. That is Paul Wagemann’s work ethic. That is the Wagemann difference. And that is the diligence that will characterize his labor in Olympia on your behalf. Endorsements from outside the 28th are not nearly as important to Paul as the one endorsement that matters most – yours. Thank you for your support of Paul Wagemann. Wagemann has worked hard for your vote. Wagemann will work just as hard to represent your voice.
David Anderson
Tillicum
Letter: Lakewood fire fighters support fire levy
Posted by | CommentsThe Fire Fighters of Lakewood encourage the citizens of Lakewood to support Lakewood Fire District’s renewal of the maintenance and operations special levy on August 17th. This one-year special levy will ensure the current level of high quality service 911 callers receive today for 2011. The Fire District has worked diligently to keep costs contained while providing a necessary and continually increasing level of service to our community. This special levy is crucial to the Lakewood Fire District in order to continue meeting the community’s emergency service needs. Once Again, join me and vote YES on August 17th and allow us to serve you.
Layne Bladow
Lakewood Professional Fire Fighters
IAFF- Local 1488
