by Tamara Lombard

       Today is the day we go to Kent City Hall for The Proclamation in honor of my dad, Lawrence Lombard. It's pretty exciting and if he can see all the action going on in his honor I know he's feeling it was all worth it.

When I was a young teen I said I wanted to save the world. I wanted to help others, make a difference, be part of something big for the betterment of people in general. I really didn't know what that was, i just knew I wanted to be part of those positive ch...
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What to do? They say the community can't decide what to do with the homeless in Kent. It's a growing problem for downtown businesses yet they need to go somewhere. They will come from Seattle once the word gets out. It's inevitable and the problem will be more than the city can handle.
 
As I see it, there is more to the problem than what is presented. On one hand you have the people who want help, who want the resources and will participate in programs that will help them get back on their fee...
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Posted by Tamara Lombard on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

I'm so excited about this! My dad worked all his life for other people one way or another and now he is being recognized for the work he's done for the City of Kent.

He may not have done things in what many would say the best way, but he did make things happen. It was his nature. He was a fighter, anyone who knew him whether they liked him or not, agreed with him or not... they had to admit he was a fighter.

In his move from Seattle to ...

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It's true. The AACC is finally starting up again, not without its bumps, bruises and scars. I have begun the process of getting all the paperwork together; filling out the forms, adding this with that, copy this and copy that, writing and defining and also projecting what is to potentially be our greatest success for the community. I was up until 4 a.m. to make sure I had everything in its place, in order and ready to get it sent to the powers that be in over night delivery. 
 
This, for me, is...
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Fear is an ugly enemy that only keeps you paralyzed and far away from your goals.  We face fear when we are about to take the greatest steps of our lives that we could ever imagine taking.  Fear can be comforting when you don't know where you're going, like an old friend that is no longer good for you but you'd rather stay to avoid the tinge of change.  It can be a convenient reason to stay still, stuck, and stifled.  But fear not, literally!  Fear is a force, an ugly, nasty force that climbs...
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