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CINEMA : Indiana Jones shows his age: New sequel falls short of expectations. Likewise, deputy city editor Dan Hansen thought it was OK but wasn’t thrilled to have spent $9.50 per person. The Hansen house’s resident hobbit rated it as the second-best Indy movie, after the first Indy movie.

PINBALL : After food and drinks writer Tom Bowers’ story in this week’s 7 about old school gaming devices , managing editor Gary Graham had this to say: “I think we need a pinball machine in the newsroom.”

SASQUATCH : Isamu Jordan offers his preview to the big weekend .

DRINKING LAWS : Because there was a factual error in one of the previous Hard7 columns, about teen drinking, this week’s Rebecca Mack piece corrects the record . One question that came up at this morning’s meeting was whether Accuracy Watch items are back-corrected into the archive. They are not.

LETTERS : In case you missed it, editor Steve Smith points out, a letter from Travis Riehl (self-described anarchist from Spokane): ” Investigations lack intelligence: Re: ‘July 4 protest video not definitive,’ May 19 ”

STICKS AND PUCKS : From today’s John Blanchette column about Ex-Jets goalie Dan Cox, here’s an excerpt:

He’s lucky he wasn’t DOA. This was the 1963-64 season, before goaltenders wore facemasks.

“In those days, goalies were men,” he said. “Or we were just too dumb to know any better.” With this, Smith asked, “What’s his face look like?… Did goalies die in those days?”

Pellevision

Noun, seeing the world through the lens of S-R photojournalist Dan Pelle. This photo was a dominant standalone item on page B1.

Robert Raider (left), Robert Sallee (center) and David Carpenter (right) help place United States flags around graves in the Garden of Valor at Fairmount Memorial Park, May 22, 2008 in Spokane, Wash. Crews have been working since Monday to set out 2,210 flags throughout the park. Every year each flag is placed in the same spot. Dan Pelle photo / The Spokesman-Review