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PM Headlines — 2/19/09

ORG XMIT: WATW103 Patricia Lopez, a worker at STT Sports Lettering Co. in Seattle, sews Ken Griffey Jr.'s name onto a MLB baseball jersey Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, in Seattle. The Mariners announced late Wednesday that Griffey, who played with the team from 1989 to 1999, would be returning to Seattle for the 2009 season. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (Ted Warren / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: WATW103 Patricia Lopez, a worker at STT Sports Lettering Co. in Seattle, sews Ken Griffey Jr.'s name onto a MLB baseball jersey Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, in Seattle. The Mariners announced late Wednesday that Griffey, who played with the team from 1989 to 1999, would be returning to Seattle for the 2009 season. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (Ted Warren / The Spokesman-Review)

Patricia Lopez, a worker at STT Sports Lettering Co. in Seattle, sews Ken Griffey Jr.'s name onto a MLB baseball jersey Thursday in Seattle. The Mariners announced late Wednesday that Griffey, who played with the team from 1989 to 1999, would be returning to Seattle for the 2009 season. See how baseball legend Willie Mays played a role in steering Griffey back to Seattle here. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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