Frink

Everyone loves a mad scientist, whether it’s Dr. Frankenstein or The Simpsons’s Professor Frink.

John M. and Abbie Frink approached him with the suggestion of a trade — the house for a half-block of land downtown at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street.

As it turned out, Frink was in ill health, and although he owned the First Hill house for several months, he never lived in it.

“This bill is unnecessary, vague, and will not only cause immediate hardship to our schools and libraries, but also opens the door to costly, and unnecessary litigation,” library coordinator Misti Frink had said in testimony against the bill this month.

Alanzo Frink had seven rebounds.