Recent stories by Paul

• The Slice: The Corps of Discovery had a longer trip home

  May 25, 2013 in Features on Page E1 Please discuss among yourselves. The biggest difference between your family’s camping trips and the Lewis and Clark expedition is… A) The Corps of Discovery probably whined more. B) We see …

• The Slice: But they don’t offer a major in doublespeak

  May 24, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Let’s start with a clarification offered by reader Robert McGinty. “Cheney is not a college town; it is a town with a college.”

• The Slice: No altitude adjustment required

  May 23, 2013 in Features on Page C1 When he was 11 or 12, Mike Altman was flying a kite way up high near Sea-Tac Airport when two thoughts occurred to him. “One was, ‘Oh God, what if … 1

• The Slice: When it came to names, they weren’t Yankee fans

  May 21, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Let’s start with a Slice answer from Jennie Larson in Moses Lake. “What you don’t see on TV or in movies when women are giving birth is the woman breathing … 1

• The Slice: Colville cat knows when to run for its lives

  May 20, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Friends who live out in the country near Colville reported that there was a lightning strike near their home last Monday. One result? They now know the family cat is … 1

• The Slice: Notice a little extra spring in their steps?

  May 19, 2013 in Features on Page D1 Little kids don’t realize it, of course. But sometimes there are people of a certain age in their neighborhoods who look forward to vicariously experiencing summer through them. You know, …

• The Slice: When all else fails, the check is in the mail

  May 18, 2013 in Features on Page E1 What’s the perfect gift for a far-away graduate you have never met and who has not shown any interest in your existence on the planet until now? Let’s move on.

• The Slice: If only everything about the past was so clear-cut

  May 17, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Pam Meyer’s 8-year-old granddaughter was paging through her grandmother’s 1963 Marycliff High School yearbook and she had a question. “Was everything black and white then?”

• The Slice: Definitely a finalist for ‘nicest’

  May 16, 2013 in Features on Page C1 A lot of those who know her say Linda Patterson, secretary at Davenport High School, is the nicest person around here. Here are snippets from just a few of the …

• The Slice: Spokane move mostly good news

  May 14, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Is moving here a good idea? Let’s try to answer that. 4

• The Slice: First-born child defines day mom will never forget

  May 13, 2013 in Features on Page C1 The day after Mother’s Day has been special to Cassandra L. Pfaffle-Dick ever since her first-born child arrived on that Monday back in 1987. She had gone into labor on …

• The Slice: Sharing the flavor of El Paso

  May 12, 2013 in Features on Page D1 Back in another century, I worked at an evening newspaper in El Paso where it was decided that a biker gang member’s use of “mother” during trial testimony would be …

• The Slice: Nature returns the favor

  May 11, 2013 in Features on Page E1 Treat something right and there’s no telling what your reward might be. The old apple tree in our backyard put on a show this week. 1

• The Slice: Life in the express lane has its consequences

  May 10, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Ken Martin saw a different kind of distracted-driver accident. A father in a grocery store was pushing his kid in one of those carts made to look like a toy …

• The Slice: Dress for the job you want

  May 9, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Can’t prove it. But I have a hunch that, around here at least, a fair number of people who work at home dress better on the job than many who …

• The Slice: Time to reassess cat position

  May 7, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Today The Slice presents a transcript of an interview with the Spokane area’s biggest cat hater. You won’t believe what he had to say. 3

• The Slice: When time is of the essence, buttons just don’t fly

  May 6, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Old button-fly jeans with soft, frayed button holes aren’t just pants, they’re an adventure. Let’s move on.

• Paul Turner wonders why the lowly foot gets taken for granted

  May 5, 2013 in Features on Page D1 You’ve heard, of course, that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The credit for that fateful stride usually goes to courage or determination. Fine. But …

• The Slice: Passage to Marmot-ville

  May 5, 2013 in Features on Page D1 And The Slice said unto them … If you are familiar with Proverbs 30:24-28, you might recall that there is a biblical reference to small, furry animals. 1

• The Slice: You find them everywhere you look

  May 4, 2013 in Features on Page E1 Sometimes we forget. So let’s review.

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