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May 8, 2008

Liberal Patriot:

"Molly Ivins was an unabashed patriot, and it drove right-wingers nuts. Conservatives somehow got it fixed in their brains that patriotism meant being in lockstep with their ideology, that dissent was treason. Molly made a career of reminding them otherwise, always careful to point out how cute they were when they acted like fools."

--Gary Cartwright, senior editor, Texas Monthly, 2007. Molly Ivins (1944-2007), a sharp-witted and clear-eyed columnist who died of cancer last year, was an unapologetic liberal. She once observed, "There's nothing you can do about being born liberal -- fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed."

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Softball mom's dinging of gas pump was a hit and a run, but no error, police decide

By C. Jake Williams

April 24, 2008 | In a rush to catch her daughter's USU softball game Thursday, Bountiful native Joanne Evans and her mother Dorotha Taylor failed to realize they had backed their black GMC Sierra into an Aggie Station gas pump and drove off.

A $60 pump-handle piece was damaged and Logan police were called in to investigate. Officer Kendall Olsen responded to the 790 E. 1400 North convenience store and contacted Evans after watching surveillance tape of the accident.

"I got her," said Olsen. "She's in my sights now."

Evans and Taylor returned to Aggie Station and paid for the part.

"I can't believe I did that," said Evans. "I didn't notice I hit it."

Olsen, whose early stance was, "Well good, we'll get her for leaving the scene of an accident," let the pair go without a citation or arrest.

"She's paying $60 for that part, so I guess that's good enough," said Aggie Station employee Shilow Ogden, who witnessed the accident.

Evans' daughter, Tara, is a senior infielder on the USU softball team, which hosted a double-header against Idaho State Thursday.

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