Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Doug Clark: Roskelley’s candidacy is all downhill from here

  May 27, 2012 in City on Page B1 Welcome to Clark Knows It All. I will now provide answers to the pressing problems that nag at us like a stage mother at a recital. 15

• Clark: No clear inspiration for ‘Spokane Motel Blues’

    May 24, 2012 in City on Page A5 It seemed like such a simple question. What motel inspired country star Tom T. Hall to write his “Spokane Motel Blues?” 6

• Doug Clark: Man’s outsized hobby keeps romance of rails alive

  May 6, 2012 in City on Page B1 Mike Gelhaus was once like a million other railroad enthusiasts. His trains ran on tracks laid out in an upstairs room that Gelhaus’ parents turned over to their rail-obsessed boy. 3

• Doug Clark: ‘X’ marks spot for determined dreamer

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 Robert Vaughn looks remarkably at ease for a musician who carries the weight of our baby boomer generation on his shoulders. My friend laughs when I utter this modest proposal.

• Clark: 3 ways to make City Hall friendlier – and richer, too

  April 29, 2012 in City on Page B1 What’s gotten into Boy Mayor? Now, I’ve been a huge fan of David Condon’s early reign as Spokane mayor. 20

• Doug Clark: Capt. Kirk Burger an out-of-this-world creation

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A5 OTIS ORCHARDS – The nation may be teetering on the cutlet of another mad cow panic, but the news hasn’t affected James T. Kirk. On Wednesday, the transplanted Scotsman (who, … 13

• Doug Clark: Dick Clark was the real deal: a nice guy

  April 22, 2012 in City on Page B1 Minutes from showtime – July 25, 1970. Members of the band Rare Earth were chilling inside the ABC television studios in Los Angeles when the door opened and that unmistakable … 2

• Doug Clark: A little more talk and a lot less action

  April 19, 2012 in City on Page A5 There has been a lot of finger wagging about the Spokane City Council devoting its Monday night meeting to a public outpouring over the state’s new gay marriage law. Some … 7

• Doug Clark: In the name of public safety, let’s Send Batty Packing

  April 8, 2012 in City on Page B1 Show of hands, please. Anyone think we’ve finally seen the last of that drunken-driving disaster, David Batty? 5

• Doug Clark: Readers hold sore spot in memory for shingles

  April 5, 2012 in City on Page A5 Welcome to the Shingles Bar. Unhappy Hour is about to begin. Don’t go ordering any well drinks, though. 8

• Doug Clark: No jingles for shingles – it’s just no fun

  April 1, 2012 in City on Page B1 I made a huge, life-altering decision while shopping at the South Hill Safeway store some months ago. Even weirder, this particular moment of consequence came at the pharmacy window and … 24

• Doug Clark: For some, it’s heritage; for others, horoscope

  March 18, 2012 in City on Page B1 I took part in Spokane’s St. Patrick’s Day parade Saturday, and boy, am I exhausted. True, it would have been a lot worse if I actually had to walk the …

• Clark: Thanks, fellas. Nothing like a good doomsday read

  March 11, 2012 in City on Page B1 According to that fabled Mayan calendar, 2012 is the year when Planet Earth finally makes like Pamela Anderson’s acting career. But don’t worry. We have until December before the you-know-what … 1

• Doug Clark: 72-year-old runner keeps on winning

  March 8, 2012 in City on Page A5 I first met Bill Misner 25 years ago when he was preparing for his first 50-mile footrace with a horse named Zeke. We spoke again in 1998 after he (Misner, …

• Clark: City news beat yields attorneys, police, being Dunn in

  March 4, 2012 in City on Page B1 So much news. So many questions. Such as, David Condon ended the week with a show of mayoral machismo by sending City Attorney Howard Delaney packing. What’s the Spokane mayor … 100

• Clark: Click heels and repeat: There’s no disgrace like Thoma

  February 26, 2012 in City on Page B1 One day Spokane Mayor David Condon declares there’s no good way out of the Brad Thoma tar pit. The City Council, he says, must vote to put Thoma back on … 111

• Clark: Hard Rock Café serves full Jimi Hendrix experience

  February 19, 2012 in City on Page B1 “ Scuse me while I kiss the sky” – from the song “Purple Haze” SEATTLE – The lyric has wormed into my brain here on the second floor of the … 5

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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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