Summer reading update: Yours truly Rod Schilling, was the presenter at the Wednesday summer reading program. With a theme of fishing and preserving your catch, the kids were shown different types of lures, rods, and reels, for different types of fishing. There were pictures and an explanation of how to can or smoke your catch. [...]

Pepperoni Pasta Salad ↔ 4 cups cooked pasta ↔ 1 green pepper, diced ↔ 1/2 red pepper, diced ↔ 1 can sliced black olives ↔ 1/2 lb. pepperoni ↔ 1 can sliced mushrooms drained ↔ Italian Dressing to coat pasta Submitted by……….SB

About a half a dozen seniors protested a senior center rate hike at the June Council meeting. Senior President Kathy Gould, argued that there were others using the dining room at the center, but not paying any rent. She also went on to say that Lakeside was predominately senior and that the city was punishing [...]

Megan donates a large cabbage to the Lakeside Senior Center lunch program. The cabbage along with some assorted lettuces was received by master gardener and Lakeside’s Harmony Community Garden coordinator, Aaron Richards, on behalf of the Lakeside Senior Center. The produce was grown by Megan in Lakeside’s Harmony Community garden next door to the Senior [...]

Summer is upon us once again and I must say Lakeside Fire District # 4 has never been more prepared than it is now. The improvements over the last year have made a profound impact in the Fire Districts ability to handle emergencies of all types. These improvements can be divided into three categories: Organization, [...]

Here is additional news from the July Lakeside City Council meeting not reported earlier: Librarian, Nadine Goodrich, announced that there has been an increase of 4,000- plus circulation of book borrowing activity. The library still has an opening on their board, anyone interested please contact Nadine. * * * Public works, Dennis Langley wants all [...]

A Lakeside.com editorial…

Councilor Tim Crockett presented contradictory stories to the city council concerning baling equipment used for grass removal on the lower sewer property. And the mayor backed him in what, charitably could be called a “contradiction of facts” that later came out.