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Down To Earth archive for April 28, 2010

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010


Only 4 days left to name the Riverkeeper raft

Submissions for the Spokane Riverkeeper and DTE "Name the Riverkeeper Boat" competition are DUE BY THIS SATURDAY MAY 1.That means you only have four days left to come up with something fitting and something witty that generations of Spokanites will recognize and admire when they…

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New York City - the new Venice 

Though we may be big-time eco wonks, there's always a little George Costanza in us that makes us wish we would have went in to architecture. Designing the future, envisioning the built environment - sounds alright by us. Well today these two passions of ours…

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The jerk store called...

In today’s edition of celebrity news, Jason Alexander almost pulled a Costanza. The former Seinfeld actor hit a 14-year-old bicyclist while driving in Los Angeles. Fortunately, Alexander's publicist said that the actor fully accepted responsibility for the incident and was grateful the boy wasn't seriously…

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