The Slice Weather Wondering

Tue., Feb. 27, 1996

By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com

Spokane’s Daniel Drake, 8, had a question at breakfast.

“Dad, how come sometimes the weatherman’s right?”

Which is more prevalent in the Inland Northwest: The urge to build a huge home in the middle of threatened species habit or the desire to own a boat that’s almost a ship?

Um, he’s taking a nap right now: A friend is convinced that people who work at doctors’ offices don’t check the patient’s age before calling with reminders about appointments. That’s because they phone and ask to speak to his son, who is 5.

There’s a lesson here: When Jared Vlahovich was selling raffle tickets for Bowdish Junior High, his mother told him to sell all he could and she’d buy the rest.

He sold five. She bought 45. But she wound up winning a $2,500 cruise and Jared won a $100 gift certificate for selling the winning ticket.

So you see, sometimes there is a better solution than strong-arming your co-workers to buy things your kids are selling.

Spokane bachelor auction: The laws governing cliches require us to write the following sentence. The Easter Seal Society of Washington is looking for a few good men. (Ages 21 to 70.) Call (509) 326-8292.

The untold story of how the West was won: “Breast Implants on Trail,” tonight on KSPS-TV.

Wait, that’s just a typo in our handy Channel 7 program guide. It’s supposed to be “Trial.” Never mind.

Today’s Slice question: We could have stuck with “Spokane Falls.” Still, it’s fun to imagine the city with a two-word name. Which of these sounds best:

Las Spokane, New Spokane, Fort Spokane, Spokane City, San Spokane, Spokane Bend, Spokane Beach, Spokane Springs, Cape Spokane, Corpus Spokane, Des Spokane, Spokane Rouge, Spokane Rapids, El Spokane, Spokane Forks, Spokane Bay, Lake Spokane, Spokane Heights, Saint Spokane, Upper Spokaneville, Spokane Junction, Spokane Hat, Spokane Creek, Spokane Dells, Spokane Bluff, Old Spokanedale, Mount Spokanewood, Casa Spokaneland, Truth or Spokane, Rio Spokaneburg, Nuevo Spokane, Spokaneton Gap, Spokane Gulch, Spokaneham Terrace, Spokanechester Notch, Spokanefield Chasm, Santa Spokane.

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