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• Clark: ‘Red Dawn’ shows truth is stranger than fiction

  May 23, 2013 in City on Page A5 Whoever came up with the supermarket “impulse buy” had a sucker like me in mind. I can’t stand in a checkout line without grabbing a candy bar or a tube … 10

• Clark: Prison not sounding like punishment for some

  May 19, 2013 in City on Page B1 Not to frighten any of you, but I predict the entire region will soon be clobbered by a tsunami-sized crime wave. And all because of what’s been going on at … 132

• Clark: Volunteer shows true hospitality

  May 16, 2013 in City on Page A5 Tom Summerson, aka “Mr. Hospitality,” credits a “love of aviation” when I ask what motivated him to become an award-winning champion for Spokane. Uh-uh. 6

• Doug Clark: Thanks to the woman who made me what I am

  May 12, 2013 in City on Page B1 She loves Rosauers muffin bread, but only if it’s the thin-sliced kind. When she sends me to the store on a fresh-fruit run, she always adds … 39

• Clark: Gutsy gang of gobblers gets his goat

  May 9, 2013 in City on Page A5 Of course I knew Spokane had a gang problem. But you never take things like that seriously until the birdbrains show up at your doorstep. 6

• Clark: Ride was a classic, and didn’t feel like a rehearsal

  May 5, 2013 in City on Page B1 The 1939 hearse, black like my soul and only slightly smaller than the Queen Mary, came rolling east on Riverside and moored in front of the newspaper to pick me … 5

• Clark: Spokane shows up in support of vets, CD release

  May 2, 2013 in City on Page A5 It’s incredibly satisfying to see someone’s idea go from humble pitch to home run. But from the second Randy Shaw told me what he was planning, I knew that “In … 11

• Clark: Spokane not only city with Street Music Week

  April 28, 2013 in City on Page B1 Seven weeks and change. That’s the countdown until the next Spokane Street Music Week rocks the downtown sidewalks with noon-hour music and entertainment. 15

• Doug Clark: Council candidate’s residency dispute alarming

  April 25, 2013 in City on Page A5 In that ongoing comedy called Spokane politics, a new star is rising. His name is Mark Hamilton. 25

• Clark: Boston-style bombing could have happened in Spokane

  April 21, 2013 in City on Page B1 And just like that, Boston’s mind-boggling week of murder and mayhem was over. A law enforcement ensemble from what looked like every jurisdiction in copdom caught the last terrorist punk … 59

• Doug Clark: Catching up on the interesting stories

  April 18, 2013 in City on Page A5 Before wandering off on a two-week vacation, I specifically told my editors … “Don’t publish any juicy news stories until I get back!” 30

• Clark: We’ve seen this shooting defense here before

  March 31, 2013 in City on Page B1 I own a pistol for protection. Got a rifle, a couple of shotguns and plenty of ammo, too. 91

• Clark: Bunny leads us down disappointing rabbit hole

  March 28, 2013 in City on Page A5 I was sorry to hear that after a 32-year run, the Easter Bunny won’t be hiding any plastic eggs filled with tooth-rotting candy this weekend at Riverfront Park. Apparently there … 13

• Doug Clark: Avista’s covered win or lose

  March 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 Avista has given us so many blessings over the years. Light. Heat. 24

• Doug Clark: Zag meter measures your holler and zeal

  March 21, 2013 in City on Page A5 How much do you love the Zags? Oh, sure. You talk big. You’ve been known to hoot and holler during games and even heave the occasional heavy object through the … 10

• Doug Clark: Craig fund stimulates reader fun

  March 7, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Last week I plucked shamelessly at my readers’ heartstrings. I asked all of you to dig deep into your sofa cushions and pull out a dime that you could mail … 13

• Zags are even bigger champions off the court

  March 5, 2013 in City on Page A5 March Madness. That springy time of year when cats and basketball fans go into simultaneous heat with yowling abandon. One of them, in fact, was raising hell outside my bathroom … 17

• Clark: Giving commissioners keys to jails jangles my nerves

  March 3, 2013 in City on Page B1 So the Spokane County Commission (aka Larry, Moe & Shelly) will be taking administrative control of the county jail and nearby Geiger Corrections Center as of June 1. I think … 55

• Clark: Hey, Fagan, civility isn’t a part-time responsibility

  February 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 Advice for any elected official wanting to be taken seriously: Try not to call the governor “a lying whore.” 71

• Clark: No matter the generation, it’s the same old story

  February 17, 2013 in City on Page B1 We geezers love to whine about how weird the kids of today are, what with their twittering and texting and odd fixation with that chubby South Korean hip-hop lounge lizard. … 20

• Doug Clark: A forum for dopey opinions

  February 14, 2013 in City on Page A5 DOUG’S DOPE DIARY … Tuesday, 5:50 p.m. – On my way to tonight’s big pot forum at the Spokane Convention Center. I know I’m headed in the right direction because … 21

• Shaw orchestrates fundraising tribute for WWII vets

    February 12, 2013 in City on Page A5 If they start awarding Grammys for heart and high hopes, Randy Shaw could clean up next year. Yes, that Randy Shaw – dean of Spokane TV newscasters, musician and, I’m … 4

• Clark: The face on U.S. penny keeps common sense at bay

  February 10, 2013 in City on Page B1 Canada minted its final penny the other day and embarked on a program to gradually round up and melt down the 82 million kg of coppery coins in circulation. As … 31

• Clark: Reading some heavy lifting might toughen kids up

  February 7, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page A5 John Goedde can try to laugh it off all he wants. But his idea to make Idaho high schoolers read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” is a keeper. I’ll go Goedde … 26

• Clark: Super Bowl ads in need of some shock value

  February 3, 2013 in City on Page B1 Happy Super Bowl XIXMILBJ. Today’s the big day when the very latest in brand new cutting edge television commercials will keep being interrupted by periodic outbursts of football. 8

• Clark: That’s one solution to bloated government

  January 31, 2013 in City on Page A5 I couldn’t be more impressed by the $2.8 million upgrade being planned for Spokane Indians Stadium* by the county. (* I truly hate using that sterile, commercialized A-word when referring … 7

• Doug Clark: So funny I forgot to laugh

  January 27, 2013 in City on Page B1 Plop, plop. Fizz-fizz. Oh, what a release it was. 15

• Doug Clark: This highway sponsored by nutty lawmakers

  January 24, 2013 in City on Page A5 File under hogs soar, Bigfoot lassoed and hell ices over: A great notion is up for rumination in the Washington Legislature. 7

• Doug Clark: Trust zapped by Operation Lips-Zipped

  January 13, 2013 in City on Page B1 For the record, I have no interest in the list of individuals whose credit card charges were on file at any of the eight supposed houses of happy endings that … 67

• Doug Clark: Hey, thief, this topping not on menu

  January 6, 2013 in City on Page B1 Considering all the human-on-human crime going on around here of late, it’s doubtful police will spend any time worrying about who snatched the robot head on New Year’s Eve in … 5

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