The Slice Eavesdropping Raises Unanswered Questions
We tried not to smile when overhearing one woman talking to another at a Spokane restaurant.
“He’s got a lot of problems,” she said. “I’m just one of them.”
Readers’ nominees for the title “Hardest Working Man/Woman in the Inland Northwest” include: Kathleen Brereton, Susan Harms, Jim and Jane Glasco, Kelly Farris, Jim Wieber, Ray and Susie Matteson, Virginia Fries, Bob Cook, Phyllis Kintschi, Eric Erickson, Al Engelkirk, John Allison, Kosta Panidis and Roger Babin.
The word is “offertory”: Maybe it was because she has been studying human growth and development in school. But 9-year-old Chrissie Campbell got mixed up when relaying a message. She reported that someone from a Spokane church had called requesting that her mother attend an upcoming service and sing during the ovary.
He’s been quiet lately: “As with many great artists, some things are only appreciated posthumously,” wrote Jeanette Hood, who thanks her daughter Melissa for help with this story. “Last spring, I was driving south on Ash, just south of Francis, observing squirrels scampering across power lines. One squirrel appeared not to be moving very fast, in fact, he was not moving at all. The next day, this squirrel was in the exact same place. He had lost his life on a power line at the corner of Ash and Central just above the school-crossing sign.
“My friends and family now fondly refer to this furry friend as Reggie. Every time we drive to town we check to see that he is still there and wonder about his future.
“Reggie’s body has incredibly survived all the winter storms. During the ice storm, he was encased in ice and one large icicle made him appear, for a time, like a unicorn. I was concerned that the sheer weight of the ice would bring him down, but it did not. With each storm that hits and whenever I leave town, I wonder if Reggie will survive.
“The anniversary of Reggie’s death, and life after death, is coming up in March. I hope he makes it another year. If not, I am prepared to mourn him just as I mourned the passing of my last goldfish.”
One more: If Sandy Yerton turned her place in Tiger, Wash. into a B&B, she’d salute her husband by calling it “Gene’s Bunk n’ Beans.”
Today’s Slice question: What about your workplace invariably strikes new employees as odd?
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