Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Happy New Year!
ON THE BORDERSLINE: Steve Dunkelberger and I will be talking about and signing our new book, "Images of America: Lakewood" at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, at the Borders on 38th by the Tacoma Mall. I don't know how many times they have events targeting Lakewood at this store, so please feel free to stop by and show your support. We're going to feel pretty funny just talking to ourselves (not that you don't talk to yourself A LOT when you work on a book ...)
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: Much as I'm sure you want another long email in your in-box, I've put my civic New Year's Resolutions for 2006 in two columns on the Web instead of inside this email. Let me know if you have any problems with this link: http://www.walterneary.net/columns/newyears06.html I'll look forward to your thoughts. By the way, if that link or any others in this email don't work, feel free to go to my home page http://www.walterneary.net/ for corrected links.
UPCOMING MEETING: The first City Council meeting of the new year is 7 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall. We will welcome Ron Cronk to the council in Bill Harrison's former chair. We'll also be choosing a mayor and deputy mayor. If you were around two years ago, you know we'll be lucky to get past that process and into the rest of the meeting! Other than that matter, the official agenda is pretty light. When the agenda is light and there is available time, people tend to bring up all sorts of things: so feel extra invited to come by and watch the show. The council plans a daylong "retreat" in mid-January to get itself organized and maybe even look ahead on behalf of the city and in partnership with the community. So it's possible people may save material for then. But you never know what could come up Tuesday. Given that the retreat is scheduled, this could also be a slow meeting. You never know.
THEATER NEWS: The Lakewood Playhouse opens "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" on Friday, Jan. 6. The show runs weekends through Jan. 22. This musical, directed by Micheal O' Hara, is based on the lovable "Peanuts" characters by Charles Schultz. Tickets are $20 general, $17 senior/military, $15 youth and $12 for children. Group rates are available. There will be a 'pay what you can' performance at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12. Call (253)588-0042 for more info or go to http://www.lakewoodplayhouse.org
BETTER COMMUNICATION: Hey, do me a favor. We talk a lot about how to better communicate with citizens. Can you fill out this survey? http://www.ci.lakewood.wa.us/index.php?option=com_exitpoll&Itemid=266
WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT LAKEWOOD: To keep a more personal resolution, I've also updated the list of what's good and right about Lakewood. I continue to welcome suggestions for the list! You can find it at http://www.walterneary.net/columns/goodnewslist.html
USEFUL LINKS: Don't forget you can get more news about Lakewood by bookmarking these links: http://www.thesubtimes.com/thesubtimes/lakewood/index.html andhttp://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/lakewood/
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ON THE BORDERSLINE: Steve Dunkelberger and I will be talking about and signing our new book, "Images of America: Lakewood" at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, at the Borders on 38th by the Tacoma Mall. I don't know how many times they have events targeting Lakewood at this store, so please feel free to stop by and show your support. We're going to feel pretty funny just talking to ourselves (not that you don't talk to yourself A LOT when you work on a book ...)
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: Much as I'm sure you want another long email in your in-box, I've put my civic New Year's Resolutions for 2006 in two columns on the Web instead of inside this email. Let me know if you have any problems with this link: http://www.walterneary.net/columns/newyears06.html I'll look forward to your thoughts. By the way, if that link or any others in this email don't work, feel free to go to my home page http://www.walterneary.net/ for corrected links.
UPCOMING MEETING: The first City Council meeting of the new year is 7 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall. We will welcome Ron Cronk to the council in Bill Harrison's former chair. We'll also be choosing a mayor and deputy mayor. If you were around two years ago, you know we'll be lucky to get past that process and into the rest of the meeting! Other than that matter, the official agenda is pretty light. When the agenda is light and there is available time, people tend to bring up all sorts of things: so feel extra invited to come by and watch the show. The council plans a daylong "retreat" in mid-January to get itself organized and maybe even look ahead on behalf of the city and in partnership with the community. So it's possible people may save material for then. But you never know what could come up Tuesday. Given that the retreat is scheduled, this could also be a slow meeting. You never know.
THEATER NEWS: The Lakewood Playhouse opens "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" on Friday, Jan. 6. The show runs weekends through Jan. 22. This musical, directed by Micheal O' Hara, is based on the lovable "Peanuts" characters by Charles Schultz. Tickets are $20 general, $17 senior/military, $15 youth and $12 for children. Group rates are available. There will be a 'pay what you can' performance at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12. Call (253)588-0042 for more info or go to http://www.lakewoodplayhouse.org
BETTER COMMUNICATION: Hey, do me a favor. We talk a lot about how to better communicate with citizens. Can you fill out this survey? http://www.ci.lakewood.wa.us/index.php?option=com_exitpoll&Itemid=266
WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT LAKEWOOD: To keep a more personal resolution, I've also updated the list of what's good and right about Lakewood. I continue to welcome suggestions for the list! You can find it at http://www.walterneary.net/columns/goodnewslist.html
USEFUL LINKS: Don't forget you can get more news about Lakewood by bookmarking these links: http://www.thesubtimes.com/thesubtimes/lakewood/index.html andhttp://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/lakewood/
