Friday, October 14, 2005
Oct. 14, 2005: Well, yes, I know that you might as well call this Walter's Lakewood almanac. But we're all trying our best, aren't we?
Well, we have a lot to catch up on ... here's round 1:
BOOK UPDATE
THE NEW PAPER
SUMMERFEST UPDATE
LOTS OF CALENDAR ITEMS
A DIRECT PIPELINE TO LAKEWOOD INFORMATION
BOOK UPDATE: Well, work on the Lakewood history book is completed, and Steve Dunkelberger and I hope you find it of value. We can't wait to show it to you. The darn thing is actually already available for pre-order on Amazon, and is apparently coming out this month. You can see the cover at http://www.lakewoodhistory.net
We're still working on that site, as you will notice if you poke around. Our goal with that site is to capture whatever memories are stirred up by the book, so your suggestions are welcome. We also expect to post corrections online since there obviously won't be any way to correct the book for awhile.
This book is, to my knowledge, the most exhaustive effort to date to put a history of Lakewood in print. So there are bound to be mistakes, and a lot of missing elements that we would have included, or would have tried to include, if Steve and I had known of them. So we are counting on our readers to help by sending information once they see the book and are jogged into action. We hope the book generates a lot of information that can then be added to the archives of the Lakewood Historical Society, and/or one of the other local historical societies.
You may have already heard that the Lakewood Historical Society hopes to open a storefront soon to build and show off exhibits for a future museum. Steve and I hope our efforts with the book help move along the study and preservation of Lakewood history.
NEW PAPER: Now, how would you know that Lakewood Historical Society is making such progress? By reading it in The Suburban Times, an online newspaper. http://www.thesubtimes.com/2005/09/lakewood_histor_1.html#more A prominent publishing family is making a go at an online newspaper for our region. Please check out http://www.thesubtimes.com/ and join me in signing up for a free “subscription.” If you have already signed up for The Suburban Times - and nearly 600 of us have - please accept my thanks. You are supporting the gathering and reporting of local news, which is at the heart of community.
READ THIS: Now, did you sign up for the subscription to The Suburban Times that I just mentioned, or did you just jump to this paragraph? If you haven’t signed up yet, please please do. Aren’t you always telling me you want a local paper again? Please go to the graf above and subscribe.
LAKES VS. CLOVER PARK: Yes, referring to our two high schools is a shameless way to get your attention. Are you sure that you've signed up for The Suburban Times? Did I mention it was free? http://www.thesubtimes.com/ And sure, maybe the headline was misleading - and thank the Heavens I have never written a misleading headline before - but look what you would have seen if you read the 'newspaper' regularly: http://www.thesubtimes.com/2005/10/clover_park_51_.html#more and http://www.thesubtimes.com/2005/10/lakes_49_fife_0.html#more
SOMETHING UNRELATED TO THE SUBURBAN TIMES: There are already discussions under way, coordinated by the city's parks department, for the June 24 (and maybe also June 23) celebration of SummerFest in Fort Steilacoom Park. SummerFest of 2006 will fall during the city of Lakewood's 10th anniversary of incorporation. Do you have suggestions for something during SummerFest that would add to the excitement and sense of community? Shoot me a note or give me a call, please.
THIS SATURDAY (and beyond): Let me explain the context of this material before including it in this and future mailings. Like many other cities, Lakewood collects a small tax from everyone who stays in a motel. The state requires these funds go to efforts that build tourism. The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce received some of the money to help promote tourism, and its efforts include gathering various events listings and calendars from a jillion groups and trying to put them all in one location. You may have seen the printed calendars around town. If you put on events in Lakewood and are unaware of these calendars, shoot me a note and I will put you in touch so you can join the listings.
If a local newspaper is vital - and it is - then so is a local listing of all events. We don't know what we have here unless we ... uh ... know what we have here. You can quote me on that.
Meantime, the following is an excerpt from the chamber's latest list. I particularly draw your attention to the Lions auction this Saturday night, not only because I am a member, but because it will be a lot of fun.
Saturday, Oct 15
584-1774
Lakewood Gallery "Rhythms in Glass" Exhibit: Lakewood Gallery & Framing, Inc, 11004 Gravelly Lake Dr SW. Preview 10am-4pm. Artist reception 6pm-9pm. Featuring artist Jeau Bishop. Jeau is one of the young rising stars in the mysterious art of blowing glass.
Also Saturday, Oct 15
279-9777
Night of Giving Community Auction, Pierce College, 9401 Farwest Dr SW.
5-10 p.m. Ninth annual Lakewood First Lions community auction with a theme of the Orient Express. There will be 4 silent auction tables and live auction during dinner. $40/person or $275 for a corporate table. Tickets may be ordered online at www.firstlions.org. Proceeds go to a variety of local charities.
Sunday, Oct 16
582-5838
Fort Steilacoom "Ladies of the Fort" 9601 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood (on the grounds of Western State Hospital - in Quarters 2) 2 p.m. Re-enactors will portray "Ladies of the Fort" in first person. Free admission.
A DIRECT PIPELINE TO LAKEWOOD INFORMATION: The new Suburban Times and the chamber's printed events listings are only two examples of how information flow has been improving dramatically in Lakewood this year. It is gradually getting easier to figure out what is going on. One key source of information, the city manager's weekly report to council, is no longer distributed just to council members. In fact, City Manager Andrew Neiditz has been posting his weekly report online for several months. I strongly recommend that if you are a Lakewood news junkie, or if you want to be a Lakewood news junkie, you check Neiditz's reports weekly at http://www.ci.lakewood.wa.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=529&Itemid=267
Well, OK, we broke the ice with this latest issue, and I will try my darndest to get more of these out. Thanks for listening! It's been way too long since we talked; if you have questions that have built up over the months, send them along and I'll see if I can help get answers. We're probably going to be in a quiet period, planned news-wise, because everyone is absorbed in the elections; so now is the only chance we might have to catch up. Let me know what you're thinking.
CLOSING CREDITS
Publisher and editor: Walter Neary
P.O. 99702
Lakewood, WA 98499-0702
wtneary@walterneary.net
http://www.walterneary.net
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Well, we have a lot to catch up on ... here's round 1:
BOOK UPDATE
THE NEW PAPER
SUMMERFEST UPDATE
LOTS OF CALENDAR ITEMS
A DIRECT PIPELINE TO LAKEWOOD INFORMATION
BOOK UPDATE: Well, work on the Lakewood history book is completed, and Steve Dunkelberger and I hope you find it of value. We can't wait to show it to you. The darn thing is actually already available for pre-order on Amazon, and is apparently coming out this month. You can see the cover at http://www.lakewoodhistory.net
We're still working on that site, as you will notice if you poke around. Our goal with that site is to capture whatever memories are stirred up by the book, so your suggestions are welcome. We also expect to post corrections online since there obviously won't be any way to correct the book for awhile.
This book is, to my knowledge, the most exhaustive effort to date to put a history of Lakewood in print. So there are bound to be mistakes, and a lot of missing elements that we would have included, or would have tried to include, if Steve and I had known of them. So we are counting on our readers to help by sending information once they see the book and are jogged into action. We hope the book generates a lot of information that can then be added to the archives of the Lakewood Historical Society, and/or one of the other local historical societies.
You may have already heard that the Lakewood Historical Society hopes to open a storefront soon to build and show off exhibits for a future museum. Steve and I hope our efforts with the book help move along the study and preservation of Lakewood history.
NEW PAPER: Now, how would you know that Lakewood Historical Society is making such progress? By reading it in The Suburban Times, an online newspaper. http://www.thesubtimes.com/2005/09/lakewood_histor_1.html#more A prominent publishing family is making a go at an online newspaper for our region. Please check out http://www.thesubtimes.com/ and join me in signing up for a free “subscription.” If you have already signed up for The Suburban Times - and nearly 600 of us have - please accept my thanks. You are supporting the gathering and reporting of local news, which is at the heart of community.
READ THIS: Now, did you sign up for the subscription to The Suburban Times that I just mentioned, or did you just jump to this paragraph? If you haven’t signed up yet, please please do. Aren’t you always telling me you want a local paper again? Please go to the graf above and subscribe.
LAKES VS. CLOVER PARK: Yes, referring to our two high schools is a shameless way to get your attention. Are you sure that you've signed up for The Suburban Times? Did I mention it was free? http://www.thesubtimes.com/ And sure, maybe the headline was misleading - and thank the Heavens I have never written a misleading headline before - but look what you would have seen if you read the 'newspaper' regularly: http://www.thesubtimes.com/2005/10/clover_park_51_.html#more and http://www.thesubtimes.com/2005/10/lakes_49_fife_0.html#more
SOMETHING UNRELATED TO THE SUBURBAN TIMES: There are already discussions under way, coordinated by the city's parks department, for the June 24 (and maybe also June 23) celebration of SummerFest in Fort Steilacoom Park. SummerFest of 2006 will fall during the city of Lakewood's 10th anniversary of incorporation. Do you have suggestions for something during SummerFest that would add to the excitement and sense of community? Shoot me a note or give me a call, please.
THIS SATURDAY (and beyond): Let me explain the context of this material before including it in this and future mailings. Like many other cities, Lakewood collects a small tax from everyone who stays in a motel. The state requires these funds go to efforts that build tourism. The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce received some of the money to help promote tourism, and its efforts include gathering various events listings and calendars from a jillion groups and trying to put them all in one location. You may have seen the printed calendars around town. If you put on events in Lakewood and are unaware of these calendars, shoot me a note and I will put you in touch so you can join the listings.
If a local newspaper is vital - and it is - then so is a local listing of all events. We don't know what we have here unless we ... uh ... know what we have here. You can quote me on that.
Meantime, the following is an excerpt from the chamber's latest list. I particularly draw your attention to the Lions auction this Saturday night, not only because I am a member, but because it will be a lot of fun.
Saturday, Oct 15
584-1774
Lakewood Gallery "Rhythms in Glass" Exhibit: Lakewood Gallery & Framing, Inc, 11004 Gravelly Lake Dr SW. Preview 10am-4pm. Artist reception 6pm-9pm. Featuring artist Jeau Bishop. Jeau is one of the young rising stars in the mysterious art of blowing glass.
Also Saturday, Oct 15
279-9777
Night of Giving Community Auction, Pierce College, 9401 Farwest Dr SW.
5-10 p.m. Ninth annual Lakewood First Lions community auction with a theme of the Orient Express. There will be 4 silent auction tables and live auction during dinner. $40/person or $275 for a corporate table. Tickets may be ordered online at www.firstlions.org. Proceeds go to a variety of local charities.
Sunday, Oct 16
582-5838
Fort Steilacoom "Ladies of the Fort" 9601 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood (on the grounds of Western State Hospital - in Quarters 2) 2 p.m. Re-enactors will portray "Ladies of the Fort" in first person. Free admission.
A DIRECT PIPELINE TO LAKEWOOD INFORMATION: The new Suburban Times and the chamber's printed events listings are only two examples of how information flow has been improving dramatically in Lakewood this year. It is gradually getting easier to figure out what is going on. One key source of information, the city manager's weekly report to council, is no longer distributed just to council members. In fact, City Manager Andrew Neiditz has been posting his weekly report online for several months. I strongly recommend that if you are a Lakewood news junkie, or if you want to be a Lakewood news junkie, you check Neiditz's reports weekly at http://www.ci.lakewood.wa.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=529&Itemid=267
Well, OK, we broke the ice with this latest issue, and I will try my darndest to get more of these out. Thanks for listening! It's been way too long since we talked; if you have questions that have built up over the months, send them along and I'll see if I can help get answers. We're probably going to be in a quiet period, planned news-wise, because everyone is absorbed in the elections; so now is the only chance we might have to catch up. Let me know what you're thinking.
CLOSING CREDITS
Publisher and editor: Walter Neary
P.O. 99702
Lakewood, WA 98499-0702
wtneary@walterneary.net
http://www.walterneary.net
