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Westside Story – A What If Tale?
My sister, Peg, and I traveled from Sea-Tac Airport in separate airplanes to reach the Montreat Conference Center, about 2,778 miles southeast of Lakewood, Washington near Asheville, North Carolina....
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Westside Story – Lakewood Franchise Opportunity
WARNING: After reading this edition of Westside Story, some readers will feel they have wasted 49 seconds of their life. Based on the business education bestowed upon me by the University of Puget...
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Westside Story – Toilet Safety
Did you know the smallest room in your house can be the most dangerous room in your house? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year about 235,000 people visit emergency...
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Westside Story – Vote For Library or Homeless Camp?
Pierce County Library (PCL): Thank you for your article explaining the library ballot issue from your professional and knowledgeable viewpoint. I have used and supported libraries for 69 years. When I...
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Westside Story – Water On The Brain
Candid photo of teenager resting between scenes at play gives new meaning for the term, water on the brain. I never know when I look what I will see.
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Westside Story – Senator O’Ban’s Task Force Aims To Save Lives
Senator Steve O’Ban has done it again! Every time I read or hear about Senator O’Ban expressing an opinion, voting on an issue, or taking action, I am always pleased with his high level of...
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Westside Story – Parking Enforcement Fights Scofflaw Parkers
DISCLOSURE: This article compares in readability to the New York Times. While this disclosure sounds lofty and a bit braggadocio, what it means is a 16-year-old 10th grader should be able to read the...
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Westside Story – Coffee Cup Law
Every day I read about gun haters blaming guns for shootings in the streets, music venues, churches, and schools. Based on this narrow and defective thinking gun haters continually repeat the phrase,...
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Westside Story – Pope Joseph
While it is not my intention to make anyone angry or hurt anyone’s feelings, especially my Catholic friends, I have something to say about Catholicism. What I have to share seems evident to me, but no...
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Westside Story – Sidewalk Hazards
NOTE: My first draft of this article which has to do with bicycles, sidewalks, and personal safety, was written on September 3, 2018. Before my article was submitted for publication, an article having...
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Westside Story – The Inventor
Had he lived longer, my father, Bill Boyle, would be approaching age 100. While it is true he lived a long life, Dad’s life was cut short before he could hit his stride and for him, life was filled...
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Westside Story – Nuns Seek To Break Habit of Silence & Secrecy
Recently I wrote a column, not because of any hatred for the Catholic Church, but because of my decades’ long love of the Catholic Church. I was careful to not attack the Catholic Church. I did attack...
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Westside Story – Hypocrites Promote Kid Danger
Christmas is just around the corner. A lot of kids will be getting the trikes and bikes they asked Santa for. To keep your child safe, please do three things, starting on Christmas Day, when you...
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Westside Story – We Will Miss You Stacie
Hey, before you look at the photo below, please do two things for me. #1. Do not tell my wife or Stacie’s husband about the picture. #2. Give me a chance to explain the photo. I know the photo makes...
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Westside Story – Don Doman, Don Doman
On December 27, 2018, my friend and prolific writer, Don Doman, published a story in The Suburban Times titled, Robin Hood and the Plight of the Arrow. It was an exciting story describing Don’s youth...
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Westside Story – New Year’s Resolutions
Here we are. If you are reading this, we all made it to New Years Day, 2019. Had early 1900s societal expectations not pressured my father into becoming a cancer stick smoker, he could have become age...
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Westside Story – Tacoma Tests Trump Border Wall
This story is being told in the 3rd person. It is like Joe Boyle went to Topside Coffee Cabin (TCC) in Steilacoom and interviewed Joe Boyle and then wrote a story about another guy, who is, in...
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Westside Story –“On The Basis of Sex”
Please do not allow my borrowed title to discourage you from reading my column today. This column has nothing to do with pornography or any other topic that relates to the terminology, prurient...
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Westside Story – B.O.A.R.T.F.B.
Does anyone know what the new acronym, B.O.A.R.T.F.B. means? I am guessing not because I just invented it a minute ago. B.O.A.R.T.F.B. stands for Boyle’s Old Age Retirement Tax-Free Benefit. You can...
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Westside Story – 70 X 70
Let’s start my column today by asking, what does my title, “70 X 70”, mean? Creating titles is a favorite part of my writing process. More often than not, every story I draft will have several...
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