You’Ll Need Identification For That Id

Thu., April 20, 2000

By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com

Sometimes proving yourself can be harder than you might think.

Kirk Niblock left his driver’s license at a convenience store recently. When he got home that night, there was a message on his machine from someone at the store. “I thought that was nice that they had called so quickly,” he said.

So he drove back to retrieve it.

He told the clerk his name and described what had happened. This is where it gets weird.

“He asked if I had any identification to prove who I was,” said Niblock.

That was a question he hadn’t expected.

“Not wanting to point out the obvious (that he had my picture ID), I showed him a credit card with my name on it,” said Niblock.

That satisfied the clerk.

* Attitude - the early years: Asked if she knew what flowers she had picked, 3-year-old Emily Jones rolled her eyes. Then, referring to the pansies in her hand, she answered.

“Yes, Mommy - they’re dandies and lions.”

* Hoist anchor: John Runkle might be KREM-TV newscaster Nadine Woodward’s biggest fan. “After seeing a few of Nadine’s speeches and noticing what a great job she does on the newscast, I decided to start a Nadine Woodward Fan Club,” said the junior at Our Lady of the Rosary Academy. “The goal of the club is to raise awareness about what a great person Nadine is, and to provide the means to network with other Nadine-loving Spokanites.”

Runkle said there are 43 members so far. The club’s Web site is www.come.to/woodward and we can report that it is suitable for all ages.

* Slice answers: Readers said the difference between the Spokane definition of casual attire and the North Idaho definition has to do with Spokane residents wearing shoes, having teeth and not sporting a long belt knife at family reunions.

* Making it hard to be cynical: Anne-Marie Ophus has lost her current wallet three times now. And on each occasion, it has been returned intact.

Most recently, she left it on her car’s bumper and drove off. A woman named Christine found it in an intersection.

When Ophus went to get the wallet, Christine refused a reward.

* Holding it out the window: Nikki Schwerin can’t help but conclude that some smokers have more respect for their cars’ interiors than for their lungs or the environment.

* Today’s Slice question: What’s the toughest thing about being Jewish in the Inland Northwest?

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