Recent stories by Doug

• Professor’s ‘Motel’ mystery needs you to solve it

  May 22, 2012 in City on Page A5 I don’t want to brag, but the only time college professors ever contact me is to insult my grammar or scold me for lowering the bar of general discourse. So …

• Clark: City ordinance shows lack of sound thinking

  May 20, 2012 in City on Page B1 I’d like to reassure everyone that our upcoming 10th annual Spokane Street Music Week will go on as planned despite recent meddling with the municipal noise ordinance by overzealous City … 21

• Doug Clark: Many wrongs, one big right in Zehm case

  May 17, 2012 in City on Page A5 Repentance is a concept normally relegated to cathedrals, chapels and bar stools just before closing time. But on Tuesday afternoon, a downtown mediation court was the sanctuary where the city … 24

• Bug Samaritan takes a stand

  May 11, 2012 in City on Page A9 Note: An incomplete version of Doug Clark’s column appeared in print on May 10; the full text is reprinted below. Message to the Washington Department of Agriculture:

• Doug Clark: Bug Samaritan takes a stand

  May 10, 2012 in City on Page A5 Message to the Washington Department of Agriculture: You can have my bug sprayer when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the handle. 4

• Come busk with me, and help feed the hungry

  May 8, 2012 in City on Page A5 Time again to put out the call to bluegrassers, rockers, jazz cats, sidewalk shufflers and vocalists from beginners to virtuosos. Mark your calendars for June 11-15.

• Doug Clark: Man’s outsized hobby keeps romance of rails alive

  May 6, 2012 in City on Page B1 Mike Gelhaus was once like a million other railroad enthusiasts. His trains ran on tracks laid out in an upstairs room that Gelhaus’ parents turned over to their rail-obsessed boy. 3

• Doug Clark: ‘X’ marks spot for determined dreamer

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 Robert Vaughn looks remarkably at ease for a musician who carries the weight of our baby boomer generation on his shoulders. My friend laughs when I utter this modest proposal.

• Clark: 3 ways to make City Hall friendlier – and richer, too

  April 29, 2012 in City on Page B1 What’s gotten into Boy Mayor? Now, I’ve been a huge fan of David Condon’s early reign as Spokane mayor. 20

• Doug Clark: Capt. Kirk Burger an out-of-this-world creation

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A5 OTIS ORCHARDS – The nation may be teetering on the cutlet of another mad cow panic, but the news hasn’t affected James T. Kirk. On Wednesday, the transplanted Scotsman (who, … 13

• Doug Clark: Legendary bug slayer lives to fight box elders another day

  April 24, 2012 in City on Page A5 You could say that my war on Pat Day’s box elder bugs was lost in the glorious sun Monday, when two of the almond-shaped beasties flew an inch past my … 9

• Doug Clark: Dick Clark was the real deal: a nice guy

  April 22, 2012 in City on Page B1 Minutes from showtime – July 25, 1970. Members of the band Rare Earth were chilling inside the ABC television studios in Los Angeles when the door opened and that unmistakable … 2

• Doug Clark: A little more talk and a lot less action

  April 19, 2012 in City on Page A5 There has been a lot of finger wagging about the Spokane City Council devoting its Monday night meeting to a public outpouring over the state’s new gay marriage law. Some … 7

• Doug Clark: Rocky days at City Hall finally over

  April 17, 2012 in City on Page A5 Who the heck is this David Condon? First he pulls off an unbelievable run from a waaaaay distant second-place primary finish to upend Spokane Mayor Mary Verner and snatch her … 9

• Doug Clark: You’ll get a charge out of Reddy’s take

  April 15, 2012 in City on Page B1 Editor’s note: Still besieged by the dread shingles, Doug Clark has turned today’s column over to that beloved former power company mascot, Reddy Kilowatt. The familiar symbol has graciously agreed … 4

• Doug Clark: Billboard helps weed out the humorless

  April 12, 2012 in City on Page A5 A tempest in a flowerpot blooms in North Spokane. The hubbub centers on a billboard towering over North Division Street near Lyons Avenue. 20

• Doug Clark: Layer after layer, Zehm investigation stinks

  April 10, 2012 in City on Page A5 I was a kid in my 20s when the Watergate scandal unraveled. (Note to young people: This was before Facebook and even bigger than Bieber Fever.) 16

• Doug Clark: In the name of public safety, let’s Send Batty Packing

  April 8, 2012 in City on Page B1 Show of hands, please. Anyone think we’ve finally seen the last of that drunken-driving disaster, David Batty? 5

• Doug Clark: Readers hold sore spot in memory for shingles

  April 5, 2012 in City on Page A5 Welcome to the Shingles Bar. Unhappy Hour is about to begin. Don’t go ordering any well drinks, though. 8

• Doug Clark: No jingles for shingles – it’s just no fun

  April 1, 2012 in City on Page B1 I made a huge, life-altering decision while shopping at the South Hill Safeway store some months ago. Even weirder, this particular moment of consequence came at the pharmacy window and … 24

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