Ruth Pratt of the Coeur d'Alene Library Association dropped off a Literary Classics Calendar this p.m. -- you know, the one featuring local celebs including Patty Duke, Dennis Franz and Ellen Travolta. And somewhere near the back, CdA Press Editor Mike Patrick, PF Mayor Clay Larkin, CdA Mayor Sandi Bloem and Yours Truly are the pinups for November. Fun stuff! Our theme? "A Tale of Two Cities." We're fully clothed, which should come as a relief to our Loved Ones -- and people with weak stomachs.

(BTW, it's appropriate that Her Sandiness and I are featured in November because we share a birthday on the 20th.)

(BTW II, the Jason Hunt/CdA Press photo above isn't the one published in the calendar. Thank God. I don't know what we were thinking.)

The funniest month may be February, which shows the death scene from "Romeo and Juliet" -- with undertakers Dexter Yates and Bruce English, Pastor Dick Haugen, serving as a backdrop for dead lovers Ellen Jaeger and J.J. Hunter. The calendars sell for $15 apiece. Great Christmas gifts for a worthy cause -- raising money for the new library. We have 10 or so at the office if you want to buy one -- cash, check or money order.

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