Top Of The Morning (from The Falls) — 11/21/07
You can read Shawn Vestal's Spokane blog, The Falls, here.
It’s Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007. Good luck if you're traveling.
It's a special week... and not because it's Thanksgiving. Saturday is the 100th Apple Cup, which is a milestone even if, as John Blanchette writes, it “does not always make for great football – or, as this year, even much in the way of anticipation.” Blanchette compiled the top 100 Apple Cup plays of all time.
Never underestimate bad drivers: “They got me from both ends. The weather was beautiful today. I thought it was going to be great for driving, and it was for a while.”
--Marjorie Gorman, who was trapped in the middle of a four-car crash Tuesday on Division. For whatever reason, more than 65 car crashes were reported in Spokane yesterday.
Weather: Sunny and cold in the next couple of days, with highs in the low 30s. Here's the five-day forecast.
Today in History: In 1980, 350 million people found out “Who Shot J.R.” In case you don't remember, it was Kristin Shepard, J.R.'s former mistress and wife's sister, and he had it coming. From history.com
The morning drive: Check the traffic and the most recent gas prices.
In passing: Delmer Charles Nokes, 73. “Delmer began working at the age of 9 delivering newspapers in the Country Homes area. In 1951 he began working for the Spokane Country Club watering and mowing the greens. Delmer graduated from Mead High School in 1952, and then drove a dump truck for J. P. Sicilia. Delmer then apprenticed for Krueger Sheet Metal, and began his work there for 16 years. Delmer and Shirley Elizabeth Bessler were married at Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church in 1955 and they shared over 52 years together. Delmer and Shirley purchased a dairy farm on Halfmoon Prairie in the early 60s and farmed together for 32 years.” For more of this and other obituaries, go here.
