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Westside Story – 811 Call Before You Dig
Our Federally mandated 811 – Call Before You Dig program is an excellent idea with one major flaw. Call Before You Dig employees lack good judgement and common sense. While this may seem like a bold,...
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Westside Story – DuPont Bus Service?
A recent article in The Suburban Times informed us of the City of Dupont‘s desire to explore the possibility of providing the city with bus service. Decades ago I voted to increase my tax bill in order...
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Westside Story – Comply or Die
Historic King County 8-point deputy hat, loaded buckshot gloves, Come-a-Long single handcuff device and side handle baton, mostly from the 1950s. Tools of the trade were never needed if citizens were...
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Westside Story – Toll Scam
SCAM HINT #1 = E-MAIL NOTICE: I recently received an e-mail from E-Z Pass telling me I owed them money. They directed me to open an attachment at the bottom of the e-mail for further details. Screen...
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Westside Story – Odyssey of the Mind
My 8 year old granddaughter recently sent me information related to a kids program she participated in. The program, called Odyssey of the Mind, is spread throughout our nation. The program helps young...
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Westside Story – Kiwanis – Lakewood First Lions Skate Park
I remember back in the late 90s when I was with the Lakewood Police Department, a proposal surfaced to build a skate park. It was thought a skate park would provide our youth with healthy, safe and...
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Westside Story – A Story From Hell
Have you ever had someone tell you to go to Hell? I have, especially when I was dealing with unhappy criminals. Most criminals are unhappy, especially those who belong to the Felons Club. I remember...
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Westside Story – Good Cop / Bad Cop
Every day we are bombarded with Bad Cop stories. Most of these stories, at their basic foundation, are faulty stories. In this avalanche of Bad Cop stories, there are a few accurate stories. There has...
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Westside Story – Lint Art
Have you ever heard of lint art? I never had until recently when my friend, Edra Zook, who recently retired from Starbucks #313 after ten years service, showed me her latest artistic creation. What you...
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Westside Story – Rampant Age Discrimination at 2015 U.S. Open Golf Championship
The way I see it: the big time 2015 U.S. Open Golf Championship is coming to Pierce County and that means a lot of great, wonderful and positive things are going to happen in our community. But the...
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Westside Story – Smokers Kill Non-Smokers
Here is the way I see it. We are all impacted by the choices we make. Back in 1959 I first started observing smokers while working in the grocery business. After doing so, I chose not to smoke for the...
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Westside Story – What Would You Do?
Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I...
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Westside Story – What Would You Do?
Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I...
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Westside Story – US Open Breeds Greed
Chambers Bay US Open Championship breeds greed. I love business and capitalism for all kinds of reasons, but when you add the element of greed to business, I have nothing but disdain for those...
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Westside Story – Remember Song
Acoustic guitar. I own it. Someday I hope to play it. An old college roommate of mine, Melvin R. Van Iderstein, sends me mind tickling e-mails from time to time. Mel’s last e-mail included a video I...
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Westside Story – Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare – 50th Anniversary...
One of the advantages of being the oldest living cub reporter this side of the Mississippi is that I get to meet and spend time with achievers who, for me, are always interesting people. Just last week...
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Westside Story – Infomercial #3
This is great, if I do say so myself. Another fantastic creative idea from Joe Boyle, recently voted top creative inventor in Pierce County by the Off The Wall Inventor’s League. Send me $105.00 +...
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Westside Story – The Nisqually Delta
Here is an idea. Gather up some friends and head south on I-5 through the disgraceful political achievement known at the JBLM bottleneck. Soon after you cross over the Nisqually River bridge from...
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Westside Story – International Symbol Contest
The big Chambers Bay 2015 US Open Golf Championship is so exciting it has been in the forefront of our daily news knocking other worthy stories off the front page. It is my job, and I take my job...
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Westside Story – Lemonheads
I imagine some of you have heard me describe my life in three chapters. Chapter I involved 25 + years in business. Chapter II was 23 + years in public service as a deputy sheriff. After I retired on...
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