The Slice: ‘Story told’ won’t make the cut

Let’s start with a reader challenge.

Write a headline that would go with a John Blanchette column in either October of this year or March 2011.

Best entry scores a spiffy S-R coffee mug.

Her heart was in the right place: Hayden’s Sue Jones told about a time when her daughter, Kameron, was working for a veterinarian after school.

After arriving at the clinic one day, she went into a back room. Seeking to soothe a dog on an exam table, she stroked the still pooch while softly asking the doctor across the room how his day was going. After a bit, the vet had to tell Kameron that the dog being petted was dead.

Just wondering: All kidding aside, do you really think there are more non-ironic mullet hairstyles here than in other places where white people predominate and fluoride has been voted down? And I mean now, not 15 years ago.

Hoopfest Bracketology: Made you look. Had this been an actual Slice item, you would have been instructed to e-mail me a photo of your cat sleeping on the Today section.

Inland Northwest barista of the day: Jeana Baird.

Warm-up question: Which sounds most like the sort of superhero Spokane would have in a comic book universe? A) Iron Skillet. B) Tick Man. C) The Jogger. D) Wheat Girl. E) Doctor Daycare. F) The Human Grouse. G) Captain Ballcap. H) The Invisible Contractor. I) Dropout Boy. J) Wonder Weasel. K) Tank Top Woman. L) Truck Man. M) The Buffeteer. N) Other.

Today’s Slice question: What are the biggest differences between Spokane area kids’ soccer and the sport as played on the World Cup stage?

Besides there being fewer players named Justin or Noah on the World Cup teams, that is.