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Summer Travels: Where Oregonians draw the line

This AP file photo shows a gas station attendant pumping gas. It is for illustrative purposes.
This AP file photo shows a gas station attendant pumping gas. It is for illustrative purposes.

They don't much care if you decide
to try assisted suicide,
and view it largely as a joke
if you should take a little toke;
most everything they will let pass --
unles you try to pump your gas.

"The Bard of Sherman Avenue: Poems by Tom Wobker"



D.F. Oliveria
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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