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More Weird stuff from around my house

Nobody knows who started Mexico’s legendary frog mummification industry. Or why so many tourists found these things appealing enough to plunk down a few pesos and bring them back home. But there is something odd and compelling about a frog band rocking out on their faux instruments...
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Story of Triumph: Family treasures roadster for many reasons

This is the story of an old car and the family that loves it. Not just any old car. Kurt and Joanie Matter’s beloved automobile is a low-slung 1959 blue British roadster, a heads-in-the-breeze Triumph TR3 that carried this Kettle Falls couple from the church on the day of their 1971 wedding and ferried them on many adventures, both good and bad.
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Weird things my father left me

It’s a damn shame that my father died decades before TV’s hit show “Shark Tank” came along. There’s no telling what sort of deal he could have made by submitting his prototype for solving that age-old question, “Does a bear (bleep) in the woods?” Answer: The bear certainly can if it’s equipped with my old man’s bathroom breakthrough...
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Weird lies that advertisers spread

The packaging makes it all look so scrumptious. Succulent pieces of turkey, round and evenly cut. A dollop of amber gravy rests on a plump meaty slice. Snowy mashed potatoes adorned with melted golden cheddar and rosy bacon flecks. “Honey Roasted Turkey Breast,” declares the Marie Callender’s text. Mmm. Mmm...
News >  Spokane

Ready to vote these clowns off the island

I had a few minutes to kill the other day so I decided to end all the bickering over amnesty for undocumented workers. And as you probably guessed, I’ve come up with the perfect solution.
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Weird people I’ve encountered at City Hall

Some men search for power. Others search for gold. Mike Fagan found both at City Hall. Power came from being elected to the Spokane City Council. Gold came in the form of a medallion honoring his status as a "Proud Member of the 'I've Been...
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Weird spots from around my city

You wander through downtown Spokane. You look up and scream. That’s because the “King of Glory” is glaring down at you from the south side of the old Pioneer Pathway House building. “King of Zombies” is more like it. The cadaverous, crown-wearing figure looks like...
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Weird things I put in my mouth

Haggis, the survival sausage of Scotland, is made from sheep livers, hearts, kidney parts, oats, motor oil, cobwebs and lord knows what else. It oozed darkly in a pot at the end of the banquet table last Saturday at Bruce Ridley’s annual party in honor...
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Hug from father to son waited a lifetime

The father and child reunion took place Jan. 7 inside a modest apartment in Independence, Missouri. Richard A. Hodge, 72, a retired Spokane photographer, had come to finally meet the man who had dropped out of his life when he was a baby – 99-year-old Richard L. Hodge.
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Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Franklin Elementary needs bond and levy for old-school reasons

On a totally selfish note, there’s a lot more at stake in the upcoming vote about schools than just giving my beloved alma mater, Franklin Elementary, the makeover it so desperately deserves. Sure, passing the bond and levy for Spokane Public Schools is vital for building matters like security and technology (the bond) and learning issues like programs and staff (the levy).
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Doug Clark: 25,000 pounds of pot? Let’s all light up

I was thunderstruck the other day to read that Washington’s booming marijuana biz is in an “economic nightmare” because of an overload of weed. What? I thought passing High-502, the initiative to legalize marijuana, was supposed to usher in a New Age of potsperity.
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Musical instruments get second life as custom lamps

Deep inside Hoffman Music Co., Spokane’s venerable music store that cracked the century mark in 2013, is an oversized closet that few customers ever see. Staffers at the 1430 N. Monroe St. store call it the “junk room,” but it’s really more of a graveyard, a place where instruments go to die.