It Could Be A Lotto Fun

Car shows, boat shows and home/garden shows are fine.

But what Spokane really needs is a “How to Win the Lottery” show.

* Slice answer: If Theresa Kappus were named Lord High Executioner, tailgaters and people who drive in rain or fog without turning on their lights would be in trouble. “A double execution for drivers of little gray or silver cars who do this,” she wrote.

* Marketing and music: “Today we have a substitute music teacher here at Logan Elementary,” began an e-mail from Nancy Darigol the other day. “As my office is directly across from the music room, I hear most of what goes on in there.

“Just now I heard the teacher’s booming voice sing the first two words of an old favorite, `Day-oh, Da-a-ay-oh!’ “

And without missing a beat, the sixth graders sang out: “One day only at the Bon Marche.”

* Just wondering: If you got to rename Mount Spokane, what would you call it?

* Slice answer: Julie in Deer Park can hear trains from six miles away.

* Eat your eggs: Fans of the “Wake Up and Read It” advertising campaign might like to know that Balkan enclaves are for sale at the Wild Flour Baking Co. in Hayden.

They’re a lot like eclairs. “We hope they’ll become a signature item for us,” said Warren Jones.

* Spokane kidspeak: It sounded like the little boy was saying “Spaghetti on the lawn.”

But it turned out he was actually saying “To infinity and beyond.”

* Musical memory: “The other night I began to rouse from a deep sleep and found myself in that gray area between sleep-state and awake-state,” wrote Leighton McClaskey of Post Falls.

And in his mind, he heard a song. Maybe it was by the Andrews Sisters.

Aspa Dally Zoot Casalawvy, that’s my little home by the sea.

Aspa Dally Zoot Casalawvy, that’s the only place I want to be.

“I’ll bet I haven’t heard that song since I was a little kid during World War II.” (Now he’s wondering how the rest of it goes.)

* Like, you know, whatever: Do teachers ever unintentionally pick up certain students’ language habits?

* Show pan: Pat O’Brien’s granddaughter, Bailey, was in a mood for classical music. “Hey, Gram,” she said. “Let’s play CHOP-IN.”

* Today’s Slice question: What Spokane neighborhood is the least ethnically diverse?