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The Slice archive for Aug. 4, 2011

THURSDAY, AUG. 4, 2011



The most prominent person in Canada 

Just might be Don Cherry, who appears on the CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada." He has had iconic status up north for decades. A defenseman, he played for the minor league Spokane Comets in the 1962-63 season. His stats for that year: 68 games played,…

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I wish we had these little guys here 

There are those in the Spokane area who practically sneer when they say "Back East," as if it's all a forsaken urban wasteland. It's not, of course. And the folks back there have something I wish we had here -- fireflies. It kills me that…

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Hot August Night 

Which version of Neil's "three little words" is your favorite? It's a good bet that a quite a few Slice readers figured out that the cryptic musical allusion in Monday's print column referred to the title of the live Neil Diamond album "Hot August Night"…

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