Know when to fold ‘em: Snohomish officials moved quickly this week to overturn a law that allows card rooms, after a resident expressed interest in opening an old-fashioned saloon with a few poker tables (above).
Next on the council agenda: a charter for the Temperance Union, an ordinance against cussin’ in the presence of women and children and speed limits for those infernal horseless carriages.
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Breakfast of champions: Herald travel columnist Rick Steves says the Peloponnesian Peninsula, the ancient land of Olympia, offers the best of Greece without the crowds. Olympic athletes then, as now, he tells us, had to undergo urine tests to ensure athletes weren’t drinking the banned substance of animal blood (Page D3).
The tests caught ancient Olympian discus thrower Mannimedes Ramirezipides, who explained that he had gone to his doctor for a “personal health issue” and was told ox blood wasn’t on the list.
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Gimme, Daddy: More and more applications for the iPhone are being developed for young children, although some experts warn about kids getting too much time in front of the tiny screens (Page F1).
Parents should be selective about their kids’ tech time, perhaps limiting it to programming the remote for the new cable box.
—Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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