Recent stories by Paul

• The Slice Sometimes Getting Your Own Dollar Beats Everything Else

  March 28, 1995 in Features on Page D1 Some things are worth getting excited about. We heard a wide-eyed little boy in Browne’s Addition call out to some other kids: “We’re going to the store and I get …

• The Slice Ok, Who Besides Elvis?

  March 27, 1995 in Features on Page B1 Let’s talk sightings. Among the celebrities readers have unexpectedly encountered are Lionel Barrymore at a Woolworth’s in Beverly Hills, Dean Paul Martin at a supermarket in Columbus, Miss., Mary of …

• The Slice Eating Breakfast? You Might Want To Skip This For Now

  March 25, 1995 in Features on Page E1 You might not want to read this batch of Slice answers while eating. Gerald Ray remembers his friend’s beered-up date, a nurse at Sacred Heart, vomiting at Natatorium Park while …

• The Name Game ‘Here, Kitty’ Won’t Cut It For These Folks

  March 23, 1995 in Features on Page D1 There are a million stories in the furry city. At least it seems like it. Because after The Slice asked readers to tell how they came up with names for …

• The Slice This Course Will Help You Find The True Clown Within

  March 23, 1995 in Features on Page D1 You don’t have to run for office. The community colleges are going to offer a course in clowning. “Find and develop your personal clown character,” reads the description.

• Grange Serves Pancakes, Smiles

  March 21, 1995 in Features on Page D1 Something about “All you can eat” sounds good on a Sunday morning. And when you know farm women will be doing the cooking, it seems perfectly reasonable to find yourself …

• The Slice Readers Suggest Hugs For Farmers And ‘Spokane’ Bikes

  March 21, 1995 in Features on Page D1 OK, we’re going to move pretty fast. Try to keep up. Janet C. Lehrman of Post Falls started screening calls after a belligerent telemarketer accused HER of being rude for …

• The Slice Finally, A Place For Local Garage Band Practice

  March 20, 1995 in Features on Page B1 We know this area had its share of Cold War backyard bomb shelters. But here’s our question: What is their most popular 1995 use? Madcap magpies: Walla Walla’s Kathy Potter …

• The Slice Mabye Seattle Just Gives Us An Inferiority Complex

  March 18, 1995 in Features on Page E1 Face it. A LOT of American cities would seem sort of square if they were in the same state as Seattle. But we prefer to think of Spokane as unpretentious.

• The Slice Small Kids Pick Up On More Than We Realize Sometimes

  March 16, 1995 in Features on Page D1 Hey, we’ve all been there. “I must have appeared somewhat exasperated to my 4-year-old son when he and his friend were dawdling while cleaning up his playroom,” wrote Spokane’s Leslie …

• Tack Swap Starts Season For Horsey Set

  March 14, 1995 in Features on Page D1 It took a moment. It was, after all, 7:20 on a gray Saturday morning. Not everybody was wide awake yet. But then Patty Wheaton and James Brookover figured out where …

• The Slice Is The Chamber Of Commerce Aware Of Spokane’s Top Status?

  March 14, 1995 in Features on Page D1 Someone would have to do a national survey to prove it. But a friend suggested a category in which Spokane might actually lead the nation: misspellings on reader board signs. …

• The Slice Tombstone Can Be A Hit To All But Those Under It

  March 13, 1995 in Features on Page B1 Hats off to the office-pool optimists picking Gonzaga to make it to the Final Four. Memorable tombstones: Spangle’s Sylvia Robison is partial to one right there in her town. It’s …

• The Slice Sometimes That Small-Town Attitude Wins A Few Friends

  March 11, 1995 in Features on Page E1 Ben Kister, a Riverton, Wyo., optometrist, has a son who was in the All-Northwest Choir, which sang at the Opera House last month. So the family drove up to see …

• The Slice Maybe Ignoring Screw-Ups Is The Real Spokane Thing

  March 9, 1995 in Features on Page D1 It was a weekend matinee at the Magic Lantern and there was something wrong with the projector. The movie would appear for a few moments and then the screen would …

• Nothing Like T9ddlers For Pure Energy

  March 7, 1995 in Features on Page D1 Important questions come up during Toddler Time. Can you wiggle like a fish? Can you make a trunk like an elephant?

• The Slice Vacations Reinforce Love-Hate Relationship

  March 7, 1995 in Features on Page D1 When it comes to getting a clear perspective on this area’s pros and cons, there is no substitute for travel to other parts of the country. It’s true. And we’ve …

• The Slice It’s Such A Beautiful Day, I Think I Have A Fever

  March 6, 1995 in Features on Page B1 It’s Monday, so let’s start with a workplace laugh. A new national survey conducted by Gallup indicates 76 percent of employed adults say they never call in sick when they …

• The Slice Who Knows, Mabye She Really Did Mean ‘Psychotic’

  March 4, 1995 in Features on Page E1 The reason people gave Jan Hartsell a funny look when she was describing her boss’s health problems is that she said “psychotic” when she meant to say “sciatic.” Oops: “When …

• The Slice And Then They Have The Nerve To Give You A Funny Look

  March 2, 1995 in Features on Page D1 Is anyone else amazed that people in parking lots still ding your car even while you’re sitting in it? Slice answers: Jenna Coffey wrote to argue that Inland Northwest residents’ …

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