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Spin Control archive for Dec. 22, 2010

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 2010

Capitol Campus gets creche

OLYMPIA -- A creche, aka a Nativity Scene, will be erected on the Capitol Campus this evening, and stay up through next week. State officials said they approved a display permit this week from a Bothell, Wash., resident, for an outside Nativity Scene that will…

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President Jimmy Carter momentarily looks the wrong way as the flag is raised during his  May 1978 visit to Spokane's Riverfront Park.  King Cole, a major influece in bringing Expo '74 to Spokane, points the direction to president should be facing. Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus (left) and former Spokane Mayor David Rodgers (second from left) watch the ceremony.  (Photo Archive / Spokesman-Review Archives)

King Cole and Jimmy Carter 

In honor of King Cole, whose memorial service is Thursday morning, I present what may be my favorite photo in The Spokesman-Review's great photo archives. It's from the grand opening of Riverfront Park. Here's the caption: President Jimmy Carter momentarily looks the wrong way as…

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