We’Re Infested With Tix

Fri., Sept. 25, 1998

By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com

Everything must go - today.

So call or e-mail - pault@spokesman.com - to explain why you should get some of the tickets we have to Octobrewfest, the Idaho State Draft Horse competition or the Greek Festival & Dinner.

Be sure to leave a phone number.

Things people thought they saw while not wearing their glasses: Becky Smith from the North Side believed she saw a guy wearing a raccoon-skin cap but it turned out he just had a bushy hairstyle. Another time she thought she saw a guy wearing Mickey Mouse ears at a bus stop. But her husband pointed out that they were headphones.

And once back in the ‘60s, Donna Ervin was cruising Riverside with a girlfriend when she started smiling and waving at some cute guy.

Ervin’s friend told her to knock it off because the object of her attention was actually a girl.

Nominee No. 2: Teenager Calin Matney, who lives not far from Kettle Falls, believes his Manx tabby, Molly, is the Inland Northwest’s best barn cat. Molly keeps the rodents under control, teaches stray cats how to hunt and once showed up at the door with a long bull snake in her mouth.

Far out: Starting at 4 p.m. Saturday and continuing until 4 a.m. on Sunday, the Spokane Astronomical Society will hold a heavens-watching marathon at the corner of Five Mile Road and Strong Road. The public is invited to “StarGaze ‘98” to check out the constellations through the group’s telescopes. For details, call (509) 326-5465.

Conflict of interest: A reader said he might find the STA ad campaign featuring that “Seinfeld” guy more convincing if the same actor didn’t also appear in Cadillac commercials.

Scarier than a “people person”: We heard from a woman who said someone who brags about being a “great delegator” is even more frightening.

Work stoppage: The other day Estella Summers had to go out in her yard and pick up her cat, Cali, after the feline plopped herself down directly in front of the mower a young man was using to cut Summers’ grass.

Until Summers lugged Cali away, the cat ignored the mower’s noise and just sat there like that protestor standing in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square.

The plane! The plane!: There will be a “Radio Control Float Plane Fly-In” Saturday and Sunday at Jump Off Joe Lake. Spectators are welcome. Call (509) 238-9157 for details.

Today’s Slice question: Do you care about public art?

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