Dormitory newcomer marks visit with a high-tail salute

Slice-meister Paul Turner is taking some time off this month, but don’t despair: In his absence, we’re rerunning some of the tastier tidbits from this date in Slice history. Today’s sampling:

FROM 2002:

Long-term forecast: Maybe it’s an unduly cynical view. But here at The Slice Real Estate Research Bureau, analysts fear an eventual breakdown of social order in many of America’s largest cities.

That, however, should bode well for Spokane area home values.

FROM 2001:

Today’s Slice question: When you hear of something being “in Liberty Lake,” do you picture it submerged?

FROM 1996:

One thing you don’t pick up from watching TV nature shows: A group of Japanese students staying at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute recently learned a memorable lesson about North American wildlife. A skunk got into their dormitory and announced its presence by spraying.

FROM 1994:

Trend alert: Evidently some people have named their newborns “Snapple.” So maybe we should award a T-shirt to any couple naming their baby “Slice.”

Nah. Life’s tough enough for kids already