Varmint’S Lucky; Clearly November Won’T Be Kind

Thu., June 1, 2000

D.F. Oliveria The Spokesman-Rev

The Weasel King (the one in the costume) is lucky that Congressman Helen Chenoweth-Hage didn’t fib about term limits, too. He’d be doing double duty now, tailing both Washington Congressman George Nethercutt and Idaho’s Ms. C. And the Chenoweth-Hage assignment would have been hazardous. Likely, he’d have ended up stuffed and mounted in some backwoods cabin near Elk City. Spokaloonians, of course, are more civilized. They’ll show the furry impostor the door in November when they re-elect Nethercutt. Whaddabout primary foe Richard Clear, you ask? Road kill. You heard it here first.

Formula: WSU players minus grades equal cellar

So, what’s scarier for Wazzu coaches than a Pac-10 road trip to southern California? Semester grades. Those screams you hear in the background are from a Coug gridster and two basketballers who crashed and burned on Scholastic Road. (Three down, and we haven’t read the police reports, yet) … For those keeping score at home, moderate (read: chamber of commerce) GOPers beat red-meat conservatives in 15 of 16 primary races for the Idaho Legislature Tuesday. So much for the revolution … You haven’t been in Lake City long if you have to ask who Fred Murphy was … French Fries on the Side (or, First-Round Words That TKO’d National Spelling Bee Contestants - And Me, Too): 1. Abecedarius, 2. Trophallaxis, 3. Melittologist, 4. Synecdoche, and 5. Estoppel.

Nudists lost because they didn’t reveal all

A moment of silence, please, for that proposed nudist colony near Worley. Judge Charles Hossack yanked Sun Meadow Resort’s permit because (drum roll, please) owners didn’t tell Kootenai County that they and others planned to use the land to get nekkid. In other words, they preferred to show all - not tell all … Linda Pall said - what? That Idaho guns should come with trigger locks? The Democrat should concede her congressional race now and spare us the fall mud-slinging. Besides, doesn’t gun control mean a steady hand? … “I think it (Seattle) is a wonderful place but most of my votes are going to come from somewhere else” - U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Washington, explaining why an Emerald City stop isn’t part of his current 20-city campaign swing … This edition of Hot Potatoes was brought to you by the No. 1,000. Or, the estimated number of World War II vets who die each day. Thank them while you can.

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