The Slice Bookmarks Lose Place
People use all kinds of things as bookmarks. And sometimes they forget to take these items out of library books before returning them.
Family photographs, postcards, ticket stubs and playing cards are some of the page-markers that have been discovered in returned books, said the Spokane County Library District’s Priscilla Ice.
Once someone returned a book with an envelope containing several hundred dollars. Another time, an uncashed Social Security check turned up between the pages of a library book. Then there was the volume that came in with a birth certificate stuck inside. (Those three were reunited with their owners.)
Sounds OK: Four readers have suggested that Spokane keep its name but change the pronunciation.
You’re missing something if you don’t read the Swell Paper classifieds: Someone selling some ‘50s furniture last weekend started an ad, “MEET GEORGE JETSON.”
Advice from our pal Betsy Weigle: Do not get stick antiperspirant in your eye. (Don’t ask.)
Slice answers: A majority of responding readers said that, regardless of the route specifics, STA needs to reduce or eliminate fares if it hopes to increase ridership.
Several callers want a Seattle-like free-ride zone downtown. Others suggested incorporating a fleet of smaller vehicles that would offer flexible drop-off destinations within their areas, holding bingo games on the longer bus routes and offering unlimited-use one-day passes. “Mass transit has to be convenient, cheap, reliable and just simply better than driving,” wrote Craig Ripplinger.
After our comment about the practice of living in Washington and registering vehicles in Idaho, a few readers said they hate our guts.
And here’s what Evelyn Miller thinks striking Riverfront Park marmots might put on picket signs.
Shame on humans
Who would harm it
Buy some peanuts
And feed a marmot
Warm-up questions: Do all local married people receive mail from dating services? Would admissions offices at far away colleges favor an Idaho applicant over a Washington kid because Idaho seems exotic?
Today’s Slice question: If there were a Spokane Film Festival, what would be the titles of the movies it would premiere?
(Our picks: “My Best Friend’s Jet-Ski,” “The Idaho Patient,” “The Year of Living Cautiously” and “Grumpy Old Casserole Eaters.”)
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