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The Slice: Pumpkin carving made easy

The third graders in Tiffiny Santos’ class at Spokane’s Westview Elementary School have been my go-to youth advisers this year. And they came through once again after The Slice sought advice about creating a Halloween classic. So let’s get right to it.
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Front Porch: Getting old takes some adjustment

I’m old. Happy to be here, especially since there was a time I didn’t think I’d make it to here. I’m just having a little trouble recognizing that there’s a here here and that I’m actually, you know, here.
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The Slice: Straighten up and fly right

It has been suggested a time or two in The Slice that, when at airports in other cities, it’s possible to tell that you have found the gate for the outbound Spokane flight just from looking at the people seated there.
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Huckleberries: Fantasy gamer past haunts magistrate

There are few political yard signs in Kootenai County this fall. Maybe everyone is afraid to admit whom they support. Or they fear that fanatical followers of extreme candidates might take note. But there is one sign, with black lettering on a yellow background, that catches the attention of passers-by: “Vote No ‘Demon Lord’ Judge Peterson.” One was planted near Carl’s Jr. on Appleway last week. “Demon Lord” is shorthand for “Orcus: Lord of the Undead,” a pseudonym used by Clark Peterson, a magistrate in the 1st Judicial District.
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Eye on Boise: Labrador slams Democratic challenger Piotrowski over ‘socialist’ tweet

During a televised debate, 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador went after his Democratic challenger, James Piotrowski, saying, “He’s not a moderate,” and reading a tweet that Piotrowski sent from his personal Twitter account in February of this year. The tweet: “@BernieSanders this tweet cost you the vote of this lifelong progressive, labor activist and socialist. This was beneath you.” The tweet was posted at 7 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2016. It’s since been deleted.
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Front Porch: Lost-boy magnet is called into action again

I seem to collect lost boys the way other folks collect license plates or trading cards. From a tiny autistic boy who’d escaped from his house to play on a busy street on a Sunday morning, to Ricky who got confused when he got off the school bus one afternoon, I seem to be a lost boy magnet. This time there were two of them looking at me with anxious eyes.