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• Doug Clark: Take a stand and support local talent

  February 12, 2012 in City on Page B1 Ask any chamber of commerce official what the key to a community’s financial well-being is, and they invariably give you two words. Shop local. 22

• Doug Clark: Today’s real game is between the ears

  February 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 Happy Super Bull Sunday. This is the day when the dark forces of merchandising pull out all the stops to hypnotize us with images of hot chicks, prancing Clydesdales and …

• Doug Clark: Taking the high road would create a nice buzz

  February 2, 2012 in City on Page A5 This Year of the Dragon is starting out on a real high. Monday night, for example, our new so-called “conservative” Spokane City Council agreed unanimously that medical marijuana should be … 3

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  Clark: ‘Family feel’ marked Stewart’s hardware store

  January 29, 2012 in City on Page B1 Businesses thrive. Businesses die. And the circle of capitalism spins on. 4

• Clark: Facebook user puts another nail in self-control coffin

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page B1 There’s a vital message to the planet contained in the story headlined: “Man hardly fazed by nail in his brain.” 5

• Clark: Snow unearthed more than 1 maroon, if you catch my drift

  January 19, 2012 in City on Page A5 It’s been a long time since we’ve had any actual huffing-puffing blizzards like the storms that dumped on us this week. And a lot of you Spokane drivers have apparently … 3

• Doug Clark: Mary, Mary, you’ve become quite contrary

  January 15, 2012 in City on Page B1 Listen up, gang. I’m looking for volunteers to make cookies, cupcakes and zucchini bread for our first (and hopefully last) Mary Verner Bake Sale. We need to raise $140,000. That’s … 39

• Doug Clark: What does it take to can a cop?

  January 12, 2012 in City on Page A5 I’m hotter than a car hood baking under a July sun over the rehiring of Travis Smith, that disgrace of a deputy who was rightly canned last year by Spokane … 39

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  Clark: Mark Elvis’ 77th with rockin’ show, King-size sandwich

  January 8, 2012 in City on Page B1 Today is Elvis’ 77th birthday, and I’m betting a lot of you out there haven’t given much thought to how to properly celebrate this rhinestone milestone. Fortunately, I’m here with … 3

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  Doug Clark: Let the Budnick Awards begin

  January 1, 2012 in City on Page B1 Please turn your heads and cough as we present the 24th running of the Budnick Awards. This is a much-anticipated event here at the old newspaper. It is the day … 5

• Clark: Judge gets final word on twisted ‘creativity’

  December 22, 2011 in City on Page A5 So Kevin W. Harpham makes a remote controlled bomb, lacing the heavy internal projectiles with rat poison. Then he puts the thing in a backpack, which he deposits on a … 1

• Doug Clark: Head-Crackin Karl can hum his own theme song

    December 18, 2011 in City on Page B1 One thing has been missing in our ongoing coverage of the conviction of police officer Karl Thompson Jr. That’s right, a parody song. 27

• Clark: Council’s last gasp evokes past pungent pranks

  December 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 I’d like to extend rare Clark kudos to lame-duck Spokane City Council members for adhering to that tried-and-true American tradition of screwing over the incoming political opponents. This sort of … 5

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  Doug Clark: Pint-size Bengals play hard for epic win

  December 11, 2011 in City on Page B1 We’ve all seen this sports movie before. It’s the one about the lovable nobodies, the underdogs from Palookaville who rise to glory despite all the odds. 16

• Clark: Van-Tastic decision takes load off for Team Otto

  December 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 Everyone snap to attention. Please click your heels together as we offer an SPD-worthy salute to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle. 46

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  Doug Clark: Business association guys lesser in name only

  December 4, 2011 in City on Page B1 Adhering to the Code of the Independent Columnist means I never join any organization, be it civic, social, political, fraternal or made up of shabby occupiers loitering on a downtown …

• Doug Clark: But what will Mayflower Mary put on her turkey?

  November 24, 2011 in City on Page A19 Gather round, gobblers. It’s time again for the Thanksgiving tradition that is even more ubiquitous than congealed gravy and indigestion. Welcome to the sixth installment of Ask Professor Pilgrim. 34

• Doug Clark: Ancient artifact strikes a geeky, unfamiliar chord

  November 20, 2011 in City on Page B1 Fossilized dinosaur dung. That’s how ancient I’m feeling after examining what a Spokane archaeologist has dug up from the Jurassic days of Doug. 3

• Doug Clark: A word to the weasels: There’s an app for that

  November 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 These cellphones are getting more sci-fi sophisticated every day. In fact, I just installed this totally unbelievable new app that promises to “translate Weaselspeak.” 7

• Doug Clark: Condon, put your pull where your rhetoric was

  November 13, 2011 in City on Page B1 We’re still weeks away from that familiar moment when Spokane’s next one-term mayor will slide behind the desk in that spiffy City Hall office with a view. Although quite frankly, … 22

• Doug Clark: Thank Mayor Bair for the one-term curse

  November 10, 2011 in City on Page A5 Now comes that post-election moment for rationally minded pundits to scientifically pick apart how David Condon, a political upstart, made up a Goliath-size disadvantage to knock off a sitting Spokane … 21

• Clark: This time, the jury got it exactly right

  November 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 It takes a lot to get to a guy like me. Many journalists hide behind a shield of cynicism, and I’ve had 37 years of practice. 44

• Doug Clark: There’s a stink in the courtroom and the hotel room

  October 30, 2011 in City on Page B1 Karl Thompson’s version of what happened when he took down Otto Zehm sounds like one of those melees that are staple to TV cop shows. Barking orders. Officer-and-suspect squaring off. … 41

• Doug Clark: Tacoma payoff odorless

  October 27, 2011 in City on Page A5 I broke into a cold chill the other day at the sight of a large, unopened and unexplained package that someone had placed on my desk in the newsroom. This … 1

• Doug Clark: To boldly go elsewhere

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B1 By month’s end, the population of Earth will reportedly reach 7 billion. The implications are clear. Some of you will have to go. 1

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  Clark: Holmes sets sterling example

  October 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 When Gordon Holmes takes the podium tonight in the Davenport Hotel’s swank Isabella Ballroom, it’s a given the subject of precious metals will come up. Holmes, after all, is the …

• Clark: There’s something eeerie about Siri, my new app friend

  October 16, 2011 in City on Page B1 There’s a new woman in my life. She’s smart. She’s sassy. Sometimes she has the delivery of a stand-up comic. 3

• Clark: Who cares about property theft when tickets need writing?

  October 9, 2011 in City on Page B1 The Spokane Police Department has given cash-strapped citizens a way to get through these tough economic times … By turning to burglary. 34

• Clark: Venue change is slap to Spokane jurors

  October 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 The verdict is in. Anyone desiring to watch the upcoming federal trial of Karl Thompson Jr. – the Spokane cop whose deadly encounter with Otto Zehm earned him an excessive … 22

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  Clark: Harry’s got his bearings, even without a lighthouse

  October 2, 2011 in City on Page B1 So there I was, sipping on a cold root beer and soaking up the hot Friday noon rays with my new best bud, Harry Merrick. What made it even better …

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