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The Slice: Good sandwiches aside, he’s our hero
Dave Gunderson said downtown sandwich-maker Tom Domini has to be among the most adored people in Spokane.
And, you know, he just might be.
Let’s move on.
Not in the Native American sense: To which local tribe do you belong?
A) Anti-Catholic GU sports fans. B) Men who express their love by checking tire pressure. C) Quiet people in their 60s who mostly stay home. D) Earnest twentysomethings who believe no one here has ever thought of that before. E) Underpaid for decades and now angry about everything. F) Online disdainers. G) Women who aren’t 19 anymore but still have certain feelings. H) Basementers. I) Bargain hunters and gatherers. J) Smilers. K) Kindle converts. L) Other.
Local trivia: We all know Spokane is mentioned in an episode of “The Andy Griffith Show,” in an Iron Man comic-book story, in the movie “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” in that Tom T. Hall song and on and on.
But did you know that there were people here who voted for George Nethercutt against Tom Foley believing that Nethercutt would become Speaker of the House if he won?
Just wondering: How many people around here have never been to either Ritzville or Bonners Ferry?
Sunday quiz: I’ll send coveted reporter’s notebooks to at least a couple of readers who correctly identify the year in which the makeshift platform in the back of the press truck came apart shortly after the start of the Bloomsday race, spilling several media types onto Riverside Avenue right in front of the runners.
Bonus points if you can name the filmed-in-Spokane movie in which Julianne Moore appears. No, it’s not “The Big Lebowski.”
How to feel old in one easy step: Just remind yourself that next April a few people in the Northwest will observe the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Seattle World’s Fair.
How many people around here still have a few of the red, white and blue commemorative postage stamps? They featured the Space Needle and were good for first-class postage in 1962, which was 4 cents.
Today’s Slice question: Do you know your blood type?