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Developers’ Views Lacking Warm Fuzzies

D.F. Oliveria The Spokesman-Rev

As you may know, International Expo developer Jim Watson and the Jacklins no longer are buddies. Now, they scrap about everything, including a road intended to serve Watson’s no-longer-megamall proposal. Post Falls officials would like them to work out their problems. But that’s not likely to happen, judging by the sniping at a recent council meeting between Watson and a Jacklin representative. Things got so nasty that Councilman Gus Johnson brought the house down by suggesting to the combatants: “I want you to go out and work on a group hug.” (You had to be there.)

List of 5

For an alumni edition March 22, Sliver columnists Mitchell Green and Kelly Tucker of the Sandpoint High School Cedar Post resurrected this 1939 test on correct social etiquette: 5. Who says, “I’m sorry,” for a misstep while dancing? 4. Is it customary for a man to have as his supper partner the girl he took to the dance? 3. When a man takes a girl to a dance, is he responsible for seeing that all her dances are taken? 2. Should a stag dance only with one or two of the most popular girls? And (drum roll, please) … 1. Is it all right for a girl to invite a boy with whom she has had only a few dances to be her guest at a club dance? Answers: Always the man (of course), yes, yes, no (of course) and yes.

Brand X feels heat, baby

The 800 number in the Rayonier Landowner Services ad in the Coeur d’Alene Press’ annual Answer Book was too hot to handle. So, Brand XXX’s admen pasted over it. Otherwise, callers seeking help with a forest management plan would have been greeted by this breathless siren’s message: “Ohhh, baby, feel the heat and hot scandalous pleasure with naughty girls that are always waiting to please you.” … Then, there’s the notice in the competitor’s paper about the Coeur d’Alene Library writers’ competition: “Organizers say there are no length limits for fiction or non-entries. Has a non-entry ever won? … Far be it for me to criticize the Moscow/Pullman Daily News for interring Mrs. Walt (Lillian) Disney, 97, prematurely. Last year I shoveled dirt editorially over an ailing but alive Lady Bird Johnson.

Service with a smile

Jerry Kelly, service manager extraordinaire for Robideaux Motors, was seeing double Wednesday. His customers included two senior gentlemen from Spokane, each wearing a green coat, each immobilized by car failure. Jerry had good news for one, bad news for the other. His crew could fix one car, but the other would take time. So, Jerry ordered a rental to take the immobilized Washingtonian home. Ere the customer drove out of sight, Jerry realized he’d shipped off the wrong Mr. Green Jacket. But he did it with his customary good cheer. Attaboy.

Huckleberries

Political candidates are supposed to exude enthusiasm. But the headline Jack Riggs suggested for a news release announcing his District 4 Senate candidacy was a bit much: “Praise follows Riggs announced bid for state Senate.” We’ll see in November. … With Freemen and possibly the Unabomber calling Montana home, Montanans now refer to their state as “Big Scare Country” and “The Last Best Hiding Place.” But don’t tell my rancher/ brother-in-law from Roundup that. He’ll tell you that all the troublemakers are imports. … Hmmm. Coeur d’Alene chamber pooh-bah Pat McGaughey must have read Don Imus’ book on how to lose friends and disgust people. Recently, he caused the 1996 Leadership Coeur d’Alene class to blanch at a joke that featured the word “pedophile.”

Parting shot

Silverwood Theme Park’s brain trust is anxious to open the 1996 season and show off its wooden roller coaster, The Grizzly. In fact, they’d love to get Gov. Phil Batt aboard it - though Batt-man vetoed a bill that clarified rules about park liability for bonehead riders who would, say, jump off the top of the coaster. Anyway, park promoters chuckled recently when a newshound wondered aloud if the vertically challenged governor met The Grizzly’s height requirements.

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Gotta Huckleberry? Call the Huckleberry Hound Hotline: (800) 344-6718 or (208) 765-7125; Fax: (208) 765-7149.

The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = D.F. Oliveria The Spokesman-Review