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Slice readers remember greatest catch

Paul Turner pault@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5470

A few readers answering the question about their greatest catch recalled moments from softball games or fishing trips.

A couple told of spotting an error.

But most were like this.

“Clearly, my wife Mary Jo,” wrote Forrest Schuck. “As my mother was fond of saying, I chased her and chased her until she caught me.”

“What was my greatest catch?” wrote Rich Clift. “My wife Lauri − 41 years together and still going strong.”

“My greatest catch is my husband,” wrote Phyllis Rollins. “Caught him in fall 1954, and reeled him in December 1955.”

“The greatest catch I ever made was my husband: Jerry Hargitt,” wrote Dee Hargitt.

“I secured my greatest catch on October 10, 1981, when George X. Hale and I were married in his sister’s living room in Mattawan, NJ,” wrote Deborah Lawrence Hale.

“I played organized baseball and softball for over 50 years but the best catch I ever made was Sylvia,” wrote Dave Hutton.

“I consider my husband my greatest catch,” wrote Judi Durfee.

“My greatest catch is my wife Leslie,” wrote Emil Wunderle. “Just celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary.”

“My husband Joel,” wrote Beverley Novin.

“The greatest catch I ever made was … wife Kathy,” wrote Ken Stout.

“My greatest catch is without a doubt my wife Louise,” wrote Richard McLachlin. “We were engaged in 1964 but due to a number of hurdles didn’t marry until December 2006. She has been by my side through two years of cancer treatment and is my rock, each and every day.”

Slice answers: “About the word ‘elderly’ − it is ridiculous to use it to describe anyone who is not at least 10 years older than I,” wrote Rita Seedorf. “With all the baby boomers coming up, I predict that it will become a politically incorrect term any day now.”

Patti Green wrote, “As a newly retired person (and still young, I might add), the most ridiculous use of the word ‘elderly’ is when it’s applied to me.”

Then there was this from Jana Kifer. “When I worked for the U.S. Secret Service in the 1960s, we received a letter from the RCMP in Canada. It described a suspect as ‘an elderly man, about 40…’ Even in my early 20s, I knew 40 was not elderly.”

Today’s Slice question: What new business would be certain to succeed here?

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