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Article: Court commissioner dances way into retirement.(Local)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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PASCO, Wash. -- For 25 years, Commissioner Bill Platts sat behind the Benton County District Court bench, doling out advice and punishment to shoplifters, speeders and teens caught with alcohol.
But Thursday, the man fondly known to his staff as "Grumpy," climbed on top of the bench and danced his way into retirement.
"Here it goes. Are we ready?" Platts said before shaking his body for several seconds to Gloria Estefan's "Conga." He was clad in his usual black robe and a big foam cheesehead, a nod to his beloved Green Bay Packers.
Platts, 65, explained that it had long been a promise of his to dance when he retired. The pledge was made to ...