APhoto Of The Weekend — 5/1/09

Sat., May 2, 2009

ORG XMIT: WAKEN101 Benton County Court Commissioner Bill Platts dances on the bench of his courtroom Thursday April 30, 2009 in Kennewick, Wash. making good on a promise he made to defendants that if they got their high school diploma or GED, he would dance on the courtroom bench during his retirement party. For 25 years, Commissioner Bill Platts sat behind the Benton County District Court bench, doling out advice and punishment to shoplifters, speeders and teens caught with alcohol. (AP Photo/Tri-City Herald, Richard Dickin) (Richard Dickin / The Spokesman-Review)

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

Benton County Court Commissioner Bill Platts dances on the bench of his courtroom Thursday in Kennewick, Wash. making good on a promise he made to defendants that if they got their high school diploma or GED, he would dance on the courtroom bench during his retirement party. For 25 years, Commissioner Bill Platts sat behind the Benton County District Court bench, doling out advice and punishment to shoplifters, speeders and teens caught with alcohol. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Tri-City Herald, Richard Dickin)

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