Lakeside’s August City Council Meeting Last week’s Lakeside City Council meeting was not out of control as described in The World. Rather, it was a carefully choreographed session instigated by a desperate mayor. A small group of his friends came to the meeting with the express desire to disrupt it. It is the Mayor’s job [...]

What a fun time for pre-school kids accompanied by an adult. Every Tuesday from 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm is an opprtunity for youngsters to get an introduction into the wonder of books. Miss Sue welcomes you………………….

Pistachio Delight—low sugar ♥ 1 pkg. Sugar free Pistachio pudding mix– dry ♥ 1 8 oz. Sugar free Cool Whip ♥ 1 can fruit cocktail ,low sugar, drained ♥ 1 cup chopped walnuts Mix pudding and cool whip until well blended. Fold in walnuts and fruit cocktail

The regular Lakeside monthly city council meeting on Thursday night was filled to over-capacity. Additional chairs were brought in several times to accommodate the large crowd. People spilled into the lobby area. It became very apparent early on in the meeting that the reason for the large crowd was not for the regular business, but [...]

Volunteers manned a “No On Recall Committee” table outside the Lakeside’s Post Office on Thursday morning. With one or two exceptions, sentiment was firmly in the “no” recall court. A factual hand-out rebutting the many untruthful statements that were made in the last edition of the start-up newspaper “North County News,” Editor Jessica Lloyd Rogers, [...]

Once again, Lakeside’s reading kids visited the Library in their Wednesday search for knowledge and points. This week was hosted by the Lakeside Volunteer Fire Department and directed by yours truly, Operations Chief Rod Schilling. We started with some safety rules and procedures, and practiced our “stop, drop, and roles”.  The kids were encouraged to [...]

Local citizen Calvin Walker, and widower of councilor Cathy Walker has taken out papers in anticipation of recalling Mayor Orville Nelson and Councilor Tim Crockett. He states, “his reasons are simple, he wants honest government and he does not see that coming from Nelson or Crockett. Nelson operates in a void where rules don’t compute [...]

Despite the requirement of the Lakeside city charter and Oregon Statutes that all work costing over $5,000 be put out to competitive bid, Mayor Orville Nelson turned over the STEP/STEG inspection duties to Roto-Rooter this year without any bid process. The total for last years inspection was $12,690. Roto-Rooter was to commence inspections of the [...]

This Wednesday’s reading program brought Lakeside’s head of watershed, Mike Mader, to the Library. Mike’s theme, “The History of Tenmile Lake,” brought 13 kids to learn about the area in which they live.  Mike brought maps, petri dishes, and lots of facts about the lake’s fishery, flora, and fauna. Books relating to the theme were [...]

On Monday morning, postal customers were treated to a free “newspaper,” care of one of Lakeside’s city councilors. When questioned, the young man handing them out revealed that he is Jesse Crockett and that his dad, city council member Timothy Crockett, had bought a bunch of papers from this lady and is “paying” him to [...]