Weird and bizarre

It has not only been the longest short week in awhile, but also weird and bizarre, editor Steve Smith said, emphasizing the Larry Craig coverage.

“I have every reason to believe next week will also be weird and bizarre,” he said, but that next week the S-R will have visitors from the Grivna newsroom to watch.

Also, how anybody would explain the Larry Craig thing to the visitors.

Thin slices

• Louis Livingston looks swell for the age of 106, folks said this morning. (Brian Plonka photo) “I asked him how he lived so long. He said, ‘by breathing,’” reporter Kevin Graman said.

• There is video and a slideshow for a peek at the Spokane Interstate Fair, attached to this story .

• Kudos to Spokane7 correspondent (and Hard 7 columnist) Frank Sennett for a rundown of the alternative weeklies in town .

Tune in next time, for another episode of…

Steve Eugster.

“He’s an interesting, Spokane, personality,” reporter Jim Camden said with pauses, and also that the Eugster quotation in today’s story was an interesting read:

“I wondered whether I was being too clever, even though I thought I was absolutely right,” he said. “I had to make a practical decision.”

The story about Eugster cancelling his effort to stop a Puget Sound transportation deal is right here .