The Slice: Boat show see worthy for students

Education is about more than preparing kids for a life of materialism.

Still, maybe local teachers should take their students to the boat show.

Then they can talk about the connection between academic achievement and economic opportunity.

“I wonder how many times this sort of thing happened last week: My wife’s aunt in Oklahoma called my wife’s mother in Michigan to say she was watching skating in Spokane on TV. She wanted to know if she should be looking for her niece in the crowd.

“Speaking of the skating shebang: Colfax’s Kathy Lemon wonders how many spectators launched potentially lasting friendships with people in adjacent seats.

“Comfort films: ” ‘While You Were Sleeping,’ with Sandra Bullock,” said Carol Nelson. “I watch it when I’m feeling sad.”

“By far the favorite panacea for any woes in my family is viewing the complete ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ ” wrote Randi Currey.

“The ‘Star Wars’ trilogy,” wrote Kristin Williams.

Jerry Sciarrio listed three movies that qualify as cinemac and cheese for him: “Some Like it Hot,” “The Great Race” and “What’s Up, Doc?”

“Whenever I’m blue, I watch any movie by the Marx Brothers,” wrote Alyssa Swartz.

Stephanie Forsman first mentioned “The Long, Long Trailer” and “Meet Me in St. Louis.”

“If the depression hasn’t lifted after those, I pull out the big guns and settle in with ‘The Trouble With Angels’ and ‘Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows,’ ” she wrote.

“I have two feel-good movies for when I am sick or down, which are quite different from each other,” wrote Maggie Fritz.

Those picks? “The Rock” and “Beauty and the Beast”

And for Colleen Kelley, there’s nothing like “The Wizard of Oz.”

“From Sunday’s Slice: So lots of people can’t spell “hors d’oeuvres.” Thanks for playing our game.

Do you remember what word bounced you out of a spelling bee long ago?

“Slice Super Bowl Commercial Contest: Anthony Albo wins for “A delightful lunch in Spokane,” his ad for Dick’s Hamburgers featuring two talking sea gulls, John and Gladys.

It ends with an announcer saying, “Dick’s – great food for all.”

George Suttle receives an honorable mention for a touching slideshow commercial he created for SpokAnimal.

“Today’s Slice question: What group would you designate for immediate deployment to Iraq?

Extreme-sports competitors? People who wear sunglasses indoors? Hawkish talk radio hosts? People who watch poker on TV? Anyone with more than two speeding tickets in 2006?