June 8, 2009 in Features

The Slice: For some, life in the fast lane isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Paul Turner The Spokesman-Review

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The Washington State Senior Women’s Olympic Softball Team at least looks like a gold-medal winning team.
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It’s one of my favorite news stories at this time of year.

A road or sewer project shunts cars and trucks onto a detour. And residents along the temporary route get all up in arms because of the increased traffic and speeding.

“Think of the children!” they squeal.

I always hope that people who live on streets that are busy all the time catch these reports. I like to imagine them humming a few bars of “Cry Me a River.”

Actually it was his appendix: But West Valley grade school teacher Joan Williams reported that by the time classmates heard …

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