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Doug Clark: EWU’s engineering showcase humbling for slacker like me

Sun., June 5, 2016

“Five, four, three, two…” This was the moment, the closest I’ll ever come to calling myself a rocket scientist.

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Doug Clark: The Curse of the Two-Term Mayor trounces our old municipal jinx

Wed., June 1, 2016

Remember the golden olden days? You know, back when we all lived in blissful speculation about what horrors might be unleashed should some political upstart come along and break Spokane’s curse of the One Term Mayor?

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Doug Clark: It’s time to tune up for Street Music Week

Mon., May 16, 2016

It’s happened again. Time has trickled away like the oil in most of the vintage cars I’ve owned. We are now less than a month away from the 14th annual Spokane Street Music Week.

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Doug Clark: The Leata Cabalero is as ugly, underpowered as promised

Sun., May 15, 2016

Remember the Post Falls-made Leata Cabalero? Columnist Doug Clark found one and he says it’s as ugly as feared.

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Doug Clark: Yemeni dentist and WSU grad on a journey to help his country

Sun., May 8, 2016

On the second day of June in 2011, a young man named Walid Al-Soneidar huddled inside his home in the Yemen city of Sanaa as bombs fell and bullets flew. With him were his parents and his sister.

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Vaughn continues bringing the tunes to Beverly’s bar

Sun., May 8, 2016

It’s a recent Thursday night in the Lakeview Lounge, the posh bar on the seventh floor of the Coeur d’Alene Resort, and Robert Vaughn is getting “discovered” again. This has happened to the singer/guitar player so many times that Vaughn, 63, couldn’t begin to give you a number. The only difference this time is that I’m here to watch the mini-drama unfold.

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Doug Clark: There’s no suppressing this shooter’s enthusiasm for silencers

Wed., May 4, 2016

It’s not every day someone invites you to go shopping for a silencer for his fancy new handgun. Sometimes my job is just like a field trip.

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Doug Clark: If Spokane Valley-sized golden parachute comes with city manager job, sign me up

Sun., May 1, 2016

Doug Clark wants to be like Mike - Mike Jackson, that is. A Jackson-sized severance from the City of Spokane Valley would set Doug up nicely in retirement.

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Doug Clark: Right-Wingosaurus Spokane’s most endangered species

Sun., April 24, 2016

Doug Clark stalks Spokane’s rare and endangered Right-Wingosaurus.

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Doug Clark: Consult your doctor before hosting yard sale

Sun., April 17, 2016

Another exciting Spokane yard sale season is upon us and, once again, thousands of hopeful sellers will discover that striking it rich is harder than prying Jodi Foster out of a panic room. Buyer: “So what’ll you take for this, um, glossy blue chunk of compressed carbon?”

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On the lookout for Leata lemons

Wed., March 30, 2016

Another write-up of the “worst automobile in America,” brings back 1970s memories of the made-in-Post Falls Leata Cabalero.

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Doug Clark: Orange you glad I lost this bet?

Mon., March 28, 2016

Doug Clark makes good on his bet and paints his face orange and blue for a visit to the Gonzaga campus following the Zags’ loss to Syracuse.

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Doug Clark: Incorporation brings Spokane Valley big-city woes

Sun., March 27, 2016

Looks like the backers of Spokane Valley incorporation got what they wanted - a dysfunctional government.

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Doug Clark: Insanely talented Zags team has turned me into a believer

Wed., March 23, 2016

Doug Clark makes a bet with his old pal Jeff Kramer on the Zags-Syracuse outcome.

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Doug Clark: Bernie and Bubba in 24 hours – only Trump could make this week complete

Mon., March 21, 2016

What a great time for Spokane. The Zags are winning. The weather is warming. And all of a sudden we’re Ground Zero for political wrangling on a national scale.

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Doug Clark: Elephants aren’t the Dumbos here in Spokane

Sun., March 20, 2016

Q: What do you get when you cross the Spokane City Council with a herd of pachyderms? A: A pack-a-dorks.

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Doug Clark: Zehm didn’t die in obscurity, thanks to unsung heroes

Wed., March 16, 2016

With the 10th anniversary of the beating of Otto Zehm upon us, it’s time to thank some of the unsung heroes who kept him from dying in obscurity.

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Doug Clark: Readers weigh in on rats, guns and pot – oh my!

Mon., March 14, 2016

Doug Clark shares some of his recent reader interactions

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Doug Clark: This old house can be expensive

Sun., March 13, 2016

A damp spot in the basement becomes an expensive fix at Doug Clark’s 1909 house.

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Clarksville: “The Last Train to Clarksville,” the pop song that changed everything.

Sun., March 13, 2016

Today Clarksville examines “Last Train to Clarksville,” the pop song that changed everything. It came blasting over the AM radio waves a half-century ago this year, topping the charts and propelling four actors with marginal musical skills to the status of rock superstars.

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Doug Clark: This burglar deserves his stroll to prison

Wed., March 9, 2016

Prolific burglar Fred “Strollin’” Nolan should be kept behind bars. This time for good.

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Doug Clark: Best Buy Surplus is a hidden gem frozen in time

Mon., March 7, 2016

Best Buy Surplus, 2516 E. Sprague, is celebrating its 70th birthday this year. Or its 71st birthday, depending on what source you believe. But it doesn’t really matter. The great thing about this Spokane landmark is the sense of timelessness you feel when you wander through the front door.

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Doug Clark: Let’s crowdsource Spokane’s art shortage

Sun., March 6, 2016

We don’t need Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart’s plan to move money around for the arts; join me in donating your treasured works of art to the city.

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Doug Clark: New treatment offers hope to family who has gone through hell

Wed., March 2, 2016

Toddler Cevanah Williams has cancer, but has been treated using cutting-edge new technology, offering hope for her family.

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Doug Clark: Avista energy report card spurs new goal

Mon., Feb. 29, 2016

Doug Clark is on a slow, steady slide to energy inefficiency.