The Falls: Top of the Morning
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It’s Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. The simple-majority resolution for school funding seems to be passing, thanks to King County. The measure – which would toss out the supermajority required for school levies – was trailing by 8 percentage points on Election Night. Yesterday, it went up by a mere 7,198 votes. A simple majority. Read Rich Roesler's story.
Today in Your Sexy Government: If you've got a family-friendly business with $130,800 to spare in the next five years, and you'd like to get a little good PR, Spokane County has a deal for you. Under a proposal being considered by commissioners, such a sponsor could get their name on the North Side Aquatics Facility. A business could get a discount by agreeing to sponsor the South Side Aquatics Facility, now under construction. Read John Craig's story.
What if they threw a dog-and-pony show and nobody showed up? “I've never seen so man suits in Wallace in my life. Someone drove by a little while ago and asked who died.”
--Wallace Mayor Ron Garitone, referring to the heavy turnout of government officials and employees for Gov. Butch Otter's “Capitol for a Day” event in Wallace. Besides government representatives, just one woman and her 10-year-old son showed up. Read Erica Curless' story.
Weather: Chilly and cloudy, with a high of 43. Here's the five-day forecast.
Today in History: On this day in 1851, Herman Melville's “Moby-Dick” was published and it flopped. It wasn't until after Melville's death that the novel's reputation as an American classic was established, to the chagrin of high school students everywhere. From history.com
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In passing: Joyce Monica Toreson Johnson, 76. “She graduated from Lewis & Clark High School in 1949 and went on to earn her Elementary Education Degree from Eastern Washington College in 1953. She participated in synchronized swimming during college and she was voted the Sacajewea honor during her senior year. Joyce taught one year in Bend, OR. and three years in Seattle elementary schools. She married Lloyd Johnson December 26, 1955 at Central Lutheran Church in Spokane. They lived in Spokane with a young family from 1957-1966. They moved to Colfax in the fall of 1966 where they owned and operated Tick Klock Drug until their retirement in 1987.” For more of this and other obituaries, go here.
