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Paul Turner

Paul Turner is a columnist for The Spokesman-Review in the Features department. He writes "The Slice" column, which appears six times a week and produces general features stories for the Today section.

How to contact Paul

• Email: pault@spokesman.com
• Phone: 509-459-5470
• Fax: 509-459-5098

Recent stories by Paul

• The Slice: Being dingy seems to be OK nowadays

  February 9, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Maybe it’s just me. But it seems like there’s less fretting lately about car dings. You know, chips and dents in the sides of vehicles resulting from careless door-flingers parking …

• The Slice: Nearly 30 years later, he still speaks of miracles

  February 8, 2010 in Features on Page C1 With the 30th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice” two weeks away, it seems like a good time to check in with Mike Eruzione. The captain of the 1980 U.S. …

• The Slice: Can we just call it a tie?

  February 7, 2010 in Features on Page D1 I have decided that I cannot print any more “Nicest receptionist” nominations. For one thing, I have received too many. So if The Slice mentioned, say, Colleen Graczyk at Brighton …

• No need to fake it when love is genuine

  February 6, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Valentine’s Day is next weekend and that’s sure to mean plenty of performance romance and manufactured sentiment. Please. We seem to have forgotten that love means never having to say …

• The Slice: A snob – just like it sounds

  February 5, 2010 in Features on Page C1 There’s no snob quite like a twentysomething cashier at a natural living grocery store. At least that has been my experience. 1

• The Slice: Lordy, Lordy, look who’s 4

  February 4, 2010 in Features on Page C1 When Nancy Kramer’s nephew was 4, he asked if she would be attending the family advertisement. She eventually figured out that he meant “baptism.”

• The Slice: A toddler’s nose always knows

  February 2, 2010 in Features on Page C1 The only sure way to determine if your home has a weird smell is to have an unaffiliated 4-year-old come in and give the place a sniff. Let’s move on. 1

• The Slice: Reactions to salute of special month are quite revealing

  February 1, 2010 in Features on Page C1 One of my favorite things about Black History Month is how its very existence upsets certain people. Let’s move on.

• The Slice: We’re moody, to a degree

  January 31, 2010 in Features on Page D1 I have a theory about why people here tend to be grumpy at this time of year. It has to do with our latitude.

• The Slice: Are there holes in your theory?

  January 30, 2010 in Features on Page E1 It’s said that rural Wisconsin had good roads because of the need to transport milk in glass bottles and Detroit had lousy mass transit because of the auto industry. What’s …

• The Slice: Ground Marmot set to do his thing

  January 29, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Remember, if the Ground Marmot sees his shadow on Tuesday it means six more weeks of talking about how different this winter has been from the previous one. Family Phrases …

• The Slice: Her second chance at life

  January 28, 2010 in Features on Page C1 There was a fumble and then a recovery. “Last Sunday, our minister broke a piece of bread for me and motioned to the wine cup and said, ‘The body of …

• The Slice: Give me credit for being old school

  January 26, 2010 in Features on Page C1 I know it marks me as being seriously out of step with modern times. But it’s annoying to be in a cashier’s line behind people using bank cards to pay …

• The Slice: Put down your crayons, it’s time to chug a cold one

  January 25, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Thirty years ago, Coeur d’Alene’s Lois Young was a kindergarten teacher in Michigan. A highlight of each day was snack time, when the kids were allowed to enjoy a treat …

• The Slice: Crash course in bike safety

  January 24, 2010 in Features on Page D1 I heard a thump. It was too substantial to be a pine cone hitting the roof. And I was pretty sure I hadn’t forgotten a beverage in the freezer again.

• The Slice: No, he’s not that Kramer

  January 23, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Today is Jerry Kramer’s birthday. Who is he?

• The Slice: You can never have enough good answers

  January 22, 2010 in Features on Page C1 I hate to see good answers go to waste. So here’s a follow-up round of readers’ completions of the sentence “The thing a lot of people seem to forget about …

• The Slice: Just keep the halls decked

  January 21, 2010 in Features on Page C1 At what point does it make more sense to just leave the Christmas stuff up because December will be here before you know it? Let’s move on.

• The Slice: When in doubt, ‘say hello to my little friend’

  January 19, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Most people in Spokane don’t need to be told how to treat visitors from out of town. Being friendly and helpful comes naturally. 1

• The Slice: It could be a solution to the squirrel woes, but it would create a whole new dilemma

  January 18, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Ann Fennessy thinks Finch Arboretum’s squirrel problem could be addressed by allowing Spokane dog owners to obtain permits and then bring their unleashed pets to the grounds and, as she …

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