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The Slice archive for June 8, 2012

FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012



What if Jackie Robinson played here? 

You know, what if -- instead of Montreal -- Spokane had been the baseball pioneer's minor-league home before making the jump to the Dodgers? I realize the Spokane Indians' relationship with the Dodgers was forged a number of years after Robinson broke the color barrier.…

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First time for everything 

Was making restaurant reservations last night. The professionally pleasant young woman on the phone asked for my last name. I told her. She then requested my first name. "Paul," I said. "Is that with a C?" she inquired. Not sure where to go from there,…

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Reader challenge

Can you tell which are the movie characters played by the late Patrick Swayze and which are North Idaho sixth graders? Darrel "Darry" Curtis, Jed Eckert, Orry Main, Johnny Castle, Dalton Ross, Sam Wheat, Bodhi, Jack Crews, Race Darnell, Derek Sutton.

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