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Office Hours
By Tom Sowa
Feb. 11 – The Daily Beast, a generally helpful commentary and news blog, tossed Spokane into the food-industry upper – or lower – echelons in a recent list of the 10 most fast-food-saturated cities in the land.
Yay, Spokane. We ranked No. 9, just after Cincinnati and ahead of Birmingham, Ala.
The ranking looked at density of fast-food places per 100,000 residents. The Spokane FF profile is:
Total fast-food restaurants: 158. Fast-food restaurants per 100,000 residents: 77.7. Most prominent chain: Subway.
The top-rated fast-food capital of the United States is Orlando.
Sportslink
By Vince Grippi
Feb. 11 – There seems to be a lot of discussion about WSU’s NCAA chances after its record fell to 16-8, 6-6 in Pac-10 play. Really, whether the Cougars make the NCAA, the NIT, the CBI or stay home seems immaterial right now. What would be a victory of sorts down the stretch would be WSU playing with passion, win or lose, in each of its remaining six conference games and however many it plays after that. Because if this senior-less team returns intact, including Klay Thompson (who has yet to decide his future), that type of play would build a good foundation not only for any postseason play, but for next season as well. If the remaining games feature intensity one night and a mailed-in effort the next, then offseason hope might be a rare commodity.
Outdoors blog
By Rich Landers
Feb. 10 – A reality TV show about Montana’s game wardens has been fined $1,050 for not having a permit to film on federal land, according to a story in the Missoulian.
The videographer for Muddy Boot Productions followed Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wardens from state to federal land but didn’t have a permit to film commercially in national forests.
The permit requirement has been a sticking point for professional photographers who market images made on federal lands.
The company said the crossover into federal land happened spontaneously and they didn’t know where they would end up.
The show, called “Wardens,” follows wildlife enforcement officers’ day-to-day duties, including checking fishing and hunting licenses, monitoring people searching for antlers, and capturing and releasing rogue bears. It airs on the Outdoor Channel.