It’S Nothing Persona

Thu., March 11, 1999

By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com

Rick Hutchins’ daughter Jinelle is a junior at the University of Montana studying wildlife biology.

These days, she speaks quite well. But until she was 5, she had a habit of dropping consonants. And everyone in her family recalls the dinnertime when, after milk had been poured, she wondered aloud why a certain person had such a big glass.

Only that’s not quite what she said.

* Opposites attract: Linda Barge said we had it wrong when suggesting that couples who disagree about the appeal of bowling don’t last. Her husband bowls. She doesn’t. And they’ve been married 39 years.

“The one time I get the remote is when he’s bowling,” she said.

* Just wondering: What are the rules when it comes to single women breaking a date with girlfriends to go do something with a guy?

* Remembering filmed-in-Spokane “Vision Quest”: “A group of us at Food Fresh grocery in Oldtown, Idaho, quote from it often,” wrote Gene Scott.

They used to work with a guy who had a role in the 1985 flick. That former co-worker played a high school wrestler who gets pinned in about three seconds. (No, Madonna wasn’t in that scene.)

We also heard from Veradale’s Shirley Hillhouse. “In 1988, my son Erik’s best friend, Mike Hoxie, came to stay with us. His favorite movie was `Vision Quest’, and he watched it daily. Before long, our entire household could recite the movie.”

Eventually, a once-a-week viewing limit had to be established.

* One reason some men do not enjoy cooking: A reader named Jim called to complain about pans that are so shallow stirring cannot be accomplished without slopping the contents over the side onto the stove.

* Feedback: After mentioning seeing the “PIES” license plate, we heard from its owner — Dennis Dipo, manager at Cyrus O’Leary’s Pies. He was nice enough to send a coupon redeemable for a free pie.

(We’ll pass it along to the first reader who calls and correctly names the Steven Spielberg movie partly filmed near Libby, Mont.)

Another good plate is “CIDRPRS.” That one belongs to cider press operator William Courtis of Marcus, Wash.

* C. Luzynski of Blanchard, Idaho, writes: “Why don’t you have an E-mail address? Get with the program!”

OK. It’s pault@spokesman.com.

* Today’s Slice question: When Inland Northwesterners have company coming over, what magazine is the most popular choice for make-an-impression placement on the coffee table?

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