Stories for Letters
Letter: Any solutions to an insect problem?
Posted by | CommentsBOLO: Easter Bunny missing
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By Janis Larsen, Steilacoom
My neighbors stop to tell me how much they enjoy the decorations which I put out for various occasions. I have to admit that I really enjoy the 8-12' inflatables, but will put out yard signs, windsocks and lights for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, etc.
Letter: Daddy's shoes
Posted by | CommentsBy David Anderson, Tillicum
It's not Father's Day, as in the day set aside to honor fathers, but there's never a day when not to remember the importance of being a dad.
Letter: Be generous
Posted by | CommentsBy Lenore Lawrence
Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity....
Letter: If only...
Posted by | CommentsLetter: What happened to phone book?
Posted by | CommentsBy Bev Bills, Lakewood
As 42+ year residents of Lakewood, we see we have not been included in the new DEX phone books! We have had the same number, and paid our bill every month since we have had the phone.
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Letter: The Far Side
Posted by | CommentsDavid Anderson, Bill’s Boathouse, Tillicum
Just the mention of Gary Larson’s popular single-panel comic entitled “The Far Side” makes me smile. Two quickly come to mind – the two spiders that have weaved a giant web at the base of the slide down which an unsuspecting fat little kid wearing glasses (did you know most of Larson’s human subjects were fat and wearing glasses?) is about to descend. One of the spiders says to the other "If we pull this off we’ll eat like kings!"
Letter: Vandalism right here in Oakbrook
Posted by | CommentsBy Irene Mazer, Oakbrook
A couple of days ago, my daughter found a pile of dog excrement wrapped in a paper towel in our mailbox. We have no idea who did that, or why, since our dogs are never out front unless one of us is with them; and we both carry "poop bags" with us at all times. We are very upset; vandalism of this sort hasn't happened since we moved here in 1989.
There are several families on our block who have pre-teen children, at least one of whom I believe is the perpetrator. We did not call the police this time, but be assured we will if there is a next time. Vandalism of this sort is a crime, I believe, and I hate to think of what that child will be like if s/he is not corrected now.
Letter: When apple juice is no longer apple juice
Posted by | CommentsBy David Anderson, Tillicum
Selling fake apple juice to babies seemed a harmless way to make ends meet. After all, Beech-Nut executives rationalized, there was a budget to meet. And besides, said a company executive, "So suppose the stuff was all water and flavor and sugar? Why get so upset about it? Who were we hurting?"
Letter: Oakbrook pool hopes to open this spring
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By Bill White, Lakewood
A group of Oakbrook Golf and Country Club members is hoping to open their former club’s pool this spring but they need interested families to act now.
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Letter: Oakbrook pool hopes to open this spring
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By Bill White, Lakewood
A group of Oakbrook Golf and Country Club members is hoping to open their former club’s pool this spring but they need interested families to act now. Read More→
Letter: Shuttered Broken Windows
Posted by | CommentsBy David Anderson, Tillicum
He was best known for “the broken windows theory” - fix what’s visually and physically broken in a community – graffiti, litter, dilapidated and neglected properties - to prevent further vandalism which otherwise left unmaintained leads in turn to escalation of more serious crime. Read More→
Letter: Want to go swimming?
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By Bill White, Lakewood
The Oakbrook pool hopes to open this spring.
A group of Oakbrook Golf and Country Club members is hoping to open their former club’s pool this spring but they need interested families to act now.
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Letter: Loyalty Needed
Posted by | CommentsBy Edmond B. Dennery, Tillicum
In a smaller city such as Lakewood, residents should expect loyalty from its municipal staff, this loyalty being reflected in decisions that contribute to the best interests of the residents. Loyalty has been sadly absent in regard to a long series of actions in regards to Murraygate—the plan to move Camp Murray's main gate access into the residential area of Lakewood's Tillicum neighborhood. Read More→
Letter: My take on the gate
Posted by | CommentsBy David Anderson, Tillicum
In rendering his decision on what remains an on-going, unresolved, now-going-on-three-year controversy as to whether Camp Murray gets its gate or not, Lakewood’s Hearing Examiner James O’Conner ruled March 1 that the so-called rationale and validity of the Washington Military Department (WMD) gate-relocate were outside his purview, scope and analysis (p.8)
Letter: "The envelope please . . . .”
Posted by | CommentsBy David Anderson, Tillicum
At least as important if not more so at the 84th Oscars was not so much who won what but who dressed best and who outlandishly worst (she wore that?). Read More→
Letter: Let's clean up the litter
Posted by | CommentsBy Ruth Stevick
On a recent car trip to Portland, my husband and I noticed that the worst litter along the freeway seems to be right here in our own neighborhood. From Dupont north toward Highway 512 the freeway is ugly with litter and trash. This does not reflect well on JBLM or on Lakewood. Surely we can present a better picture to those passing through than this. What do we need to do to get our roads cleaned up? Can we find a sponsor for each section? Can we form a volunteer group to go out on a regular basis? Should DOT be taking care of the freeway while the city and JBLM take care of their own roads? And, if so, what needs to be done to get DOT out here? To be fair, many roads in Washington are equally bad, but this our area and we would like to see it looking better. Suggestions, anyone?
