When Lake Tapps resident Gary Morris needs to refuel his car, he goes no further than his own property.
• Officers responded to a call of an attempted suicide at 6 a.m. Jan. 1. Officers came to the residence in the 18700 block of Bonney Lake Boulevard and found a 26-year-old man on the floor in the kitchen. The man had cut his wrist with a kitchen knife. The man’s father said his son had been drinking and became depressed. The man had proposed to his girlfriend the night before and she did not give him the answer he hoped for. East Pierce Fire and Rescue emergency personnel took the man to Good Samaritan Hospital.
The Courier-Herald is sponsoring a debate on the change of government proposition at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Bonney Lake High School commons.
When the shooting stopped at Swiss Park shooting range, the Bonney Lake Police Department had two winners of the Kessner Cup awards for marksmanship.
After 20 years with the Bonney Lake/Sumner recreation department, Becky Giles has established a reputation of being generous with her time to improve programs for youth.
Committee assignments have been announced for the trio of 31st District legislators and each will be taking on new roles for the 2009 session.
At year’s end, an intriguing political irony has emerged. The Democrats won the national and local elections, but liberalism appears to have lost. Let’s start in the other Washington.
I asked a neighbor of mine what he did for Christmas last week. “We went out to eat at a fancy restaurant,” he said. “That Denny’s is a real nice place.”
All right, I admit it. I’m a fan of old movies, especially musicals. As 2008 draws to a close and I reflect back on the great things that happened this year in Sumner, Julie Andrews and “The Sound of Music” come to mind. So I thought I’d make a list of “my” 2008 favorite things to share.
The stock market is down, unemployment is up, home sales are falling, foreclosures are up, and the GDP is down. On the bright side one sector thrives in this disappointing economy – Congress. Congress will receive a 2 percent raise, which on a $174,000 salary means a meager $4,700 increase. Know anyone who couldn’t use an extra $400 a month? How do these public servants eke out a living on such a paltry sum? What makes the raise more onerous at this time? Congress has an approval rating hovering around 10 percent (Rasmussen Poll), which makes President Bush look like the Christmas Star in the East. The politicos had a chance to vote against this raise, but after much squirming and hand wringing. . .that didn’t happen – after all, there are those pesky holiday expenses. There is a bright spot though – the same poll indicated that 2 percent of the people believe Congress is doing an excellent job!
The poem is back
Residents of Bonney Lake and Sumner have the opportunity to recycle their Christmas trees in a “treecycling” program.
At year’s end, an intriguing political irony has emerged. The Democrats won the national and local elections, but liberalism appears to have lost. Let’s start in the other Washington.
