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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

Hat’s Off — to Solid Waste Crew

While you were sleeping a coupla weeks ago, Sid Fredrickson's crew at the CDA Wastewater Treatment Plant were engaged in a daring rescue. Seems 7 ducklings had fallen into the collection trough of a secondary clarifier (whatever that is) and were in danger of being swept into underground piping and drown. As you can imagine, Mother Goose was distraught. Enter the valiant City Worker Bees who herded the 7 ducklings -- Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Bashful, Doc and Happy -- together, caught them, and placed them in a bucket. The scene ends at river side with the crew releases the rescued ducklings into their mother's care. Aw.



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.