The Slice There Are Easier Ways To Get The Best Table In The House

Katherine Flores’ 5-year-old granddaughter Courtney was at a wedding reception in Colville.

The little girl noticed that the bride and groom were seated at a spot in the room that seemed to be the center of attention. All around them were elegant decorations, flowers and open bottles of champagne.

So Courtney had to ask the couple:

“What did you do to get this table?”

Here’s a tip: “My 11-year-old daughter assures me that the best ‘babe magnet’ in that age group is a trampoline.” - Edward Sawatzki.

That name sounds familiar: The third-grade class at Coeur d’Alene Christian School has two boys. Both are named Jonathan.

And last year, the first grade at Spokane Lutheran School had two boys - Cameron and Kameron.

Might as well get used to it: 1. Reports from Penny Lucas and others suggest that it’s impossible to go to Disneyland without seeing someone from Spokane.

2. You are in the minority if you are a Lilac City resident who has not received junk mail that has “Spokane” as your last name.

3. About 5 percent of local men believe not having a muffler on their pickups is an expression of manhood.

Slice answers: Cheney’s Donnel Childs reports that her 2-year-old son Zach is one kid who actually knows how to turn the TV off. “He turns it off when his show is over or, more often, when he thinks Mom and Dad have seen enough.”

Today’s old growth roundup includes Del Johnston’s poplar. It measures 224 inches around.

Walt Lane has a pine with a circumference of about 165 inches. And Conn and Julie Wittwer have one that measures 141 inches.

Searching for the meaning of life:

1. What’s the key to amicably dividing up the household chores?

2. Why do women bother trying to drag guys away from football on TV?

3. Do exceptionally tall and slender supermodels feel guilty about the message they send young girls?

Wonder bras: Once Renee Burghard was shopping for a bra in a local department store when she noticed a set of keys nestled in the cup of a brassiere on a lower rack.

The woman who dropped them had looked everywhere but there.

And when Ritzville’s Diane Eastman was a first-grader in the early ‘50s, she was a big Peter Pan fan. “Peter Pan” also happened to be the name of a bra/foundation garment at the time.

Well, while at the Crescent with her mother, Eastman learned that “Peter Pan” could be found on another floor. And her mom’s refusal to take her there prompted a monumental tempter tantrum.

Today’s Slice question: Who is the Inland Northwest’s best-looking farmer?

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