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e’re endlessly reminded how interconnected we are in the modern world, and yet I still manage to be surprised from time to time. Consider this week’s cover story by staff writer Jake Thomas, linking the FURWEARING aristocracy of Russia and China with the camo-wearing trappers of North Idaho. It turns out that the global fur trade has been booming in recent years, driven in large part by demand halfway around the world. The consequences, not all of them great, have been playing out across the Inland Northwest; read all about it on page 22. By coincidence, we have a second story this week looking at wildlife; this one doesn’t take place in the backcountry of Idaho, but rather on the arterials of Spokane’s South Hill, where residents are living with rafters of TURKEYS (page 54).

Finally, for those more interested in relationships of the human variety, check out music editor Laura Johnson’s story on local bands and their SECRETS to staying together (page 39).

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ZACHARY SANTOS I worked for UPS during the Christmas season, so whenever we would come across turkeys, we downloaded an app that would gobble.

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COMMENT | ELECTION 2016

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oters are angry — disappointed with politicians, the “establishment” and anything connected to the federal government.

They’re frustrated that the two major political parties have refused to reach across the aisle in Congress to find common ground and avoid legislative paralysis. The Iowa caucuses confirmed this anger, as new candidates emerged victorious — Ted Cruz and Donald Trump for Republicans, and Hillary Clinton (just barely) and Bernie Sanders for Democrats.

The majority of caucusgoers supported a Republican ideologue, a Democratic socialist, an entrenched liberal who is anything but an “outsider” to Washington politics and a billionaire businessman/TV personality who has masterfully spoken to American fears. The unfortunate irony is that American voters, as demonstrated in Iowa, are supporting the very candidates who would perpetuate our nation’s polarization.

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s a political beneficiary of voter anger in 1994, I can testify that there was then an ideological outlet for that anger. The Contract With America was a political pledge to voters stating what candidates would do if voters elected and trusted them to serve honorably. The Contract promised that a set of principles would be voted on within the first 100 days of members being sworn in. The Contract’s provisions had been poll-tested, and all had at least 80 percent public support. In the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, the Contract was fulfilled, the federal budget was balanced for four years and the national debt was reduced by $500 billion. Promises made were promises kept.

For a time, voters supported the first Republican Congress in 40 years, but then the ways of Washington returned — unbalanced budgets, fiscal irresponsibility and overspending — and voters replaced Republicans in 2006, only to later replace Democrats once voters understood their policies.

Now Republicans are back in charge of the House and Senate, in part to blunt the political philosophy of President Obama, a philosophy that many Americans find both unpopular and polarizing. Still, voters need more. This year, the presidency stands on the brink of changing back to more traditional patterns of governance — fewer (hopefully) executive orders that bypass Congress, more spending control and greater assertion of American influence across the globe.

But America is still polarized. The vote in Iowa demonstrated at least that newcomers — a strict conservative (Cruz) and an unapologetic liberal (Sanders) — are popular in America’s heartland. It also showed the strength of a candidate (Trump) who’s a master at mobilizing Americans by tearing down rather than building up, feeding their anger while promising great-

ness. Along with empty promises, Trump’s bold criticisms of anyone who dares challenge him may lead to his political downfall. But the crowds he draws and the polling support he enjoys illustrate that Americans are fed up with politicians and initially willing to entertain the idea of an Entertainer-in-Chief.

Today, however, Iowa’s victors speak in simplistic terms about complex national issues — and the political season is lengthy, giving voters a chance to flirt with ideologues.

Cruz: “I’ll carpet-bomb ISIS.” “I’ll rip Obama’s executive orders to shreds.”

Trump: “I’ll make America great again.” “No Muslims will be able to enter America.”

Sanders: “Let’s tax the rich.” “Wall Street will be under control when I’m president.”

Hillary: “I’ll go farther than Obama.” “Free college tuition for everyone.”

LETTERS Such decSend comments to larations feed editor@inlander.com. the extremes and rally “the base.” But on November 8, 2016, voters will cast their ballots in one of the most pivotal presidential elections in American history. At stake is the security of the United States, including economic security, tax and environmental policy, the livelihood of families everywhere, the healing of racial tensions in a coarse world and American leadership all over that world.

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resident Lyndon Johnson once said, “It’s not doing what is right that’s hard for a president. It’s knowing what is right.”

We Americans want a president who knows what is right, believes it deeply and is in sync with the thoughts of most Americans. Polarizing figures may temporarily satisfy their segment of the electorate, allowing supporters to blow off steam, but America’s presidents owe the entire nation a commitment to do what’s right for the majority, recognizing that circumstances often trump ideology in modern times.

Sober times in today’s world require sober judgments by voters, too, driven not by anger or frustration, but by knowledge and understanding borne of study and experience. We must expect the best of our leaders, but also realize the difficulty of leading more than 320 million Americans through the minefields of public policy.

If we choose wisely this year, we enhance the likelihood that the United States will endure for centuries to come. n

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Younger women just don’t seem all that interested in helping HILLARY CLINTON shatter the glass ceiling as she makes a second run for the presidency.

During her first bid in 2008, Clinton seemed unsure whether to stress the historic nature of her campaign or downplay it. This time around, she’s gone all in on trying to connect with women voters, playing up her support for abortion rights, equal pay, affordable childcare and family leave.

But despite campaigning as a champion of women’s rights, the response from younger female voters has so far been flat. Numbers from the Iowa caucus vote reveal that 84 percent of women under the age of 30 voted for Vermont Sen. BERNIE SANDERS, Clinton’s rival for the Democratic nomination. In New Hampshire, a CNN/WMUR poll released a day before the vote showed Sanders receiving 87 percent of the vote among women age 18 to 34. The gap has generated some gaffes from Clinton surrogates. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem was forced to walk back comments suggesting that women support Sanders to meet boys. Clinton had to explain former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s remark that “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.”

Explanations for the gap have included that younger women are turned off by Bill Clinton’s infamous philandering, and that Sanders’ proposals for a more expansive welfare state are more attractive to them. (JAKE THOMAS)

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Two years ago, Inlander Publisher Ted S. McGregor Jr. published his election predictions for 2016. Today, his predictions are looking pretty good. While he didn’t predict BERNIE SANDERS’ surprising success, he did anticipate the Democratic establishment trying to quash any of HILLARY CLINTON’S opponents’ chances. “I’d love to see some new blood — not just in the White House, but all over Congress,” he wrote. “But the Dems won’t allow it.”

He knew that the old attacks against Clinton would continue to be a drumbeat of criticism. “We can expect a steady anti-Hillary diet of Benghazi along with a side of Lewinsky,” he wrote.

McGregor didn’t foresee the rise of DONALD TRUMP — he’s not a satirist.

But with impressive foresight, he anticipated the underlying ideological forces that would propel Trump to prominence and leave well-funded establishment Republicans floundering in the sickly single digits.

“By fanning the anti-immigration flames, the GOP is turning its back on JEB BUSH and CHRIS CHRISTIE, perhaps the only candidates who could actually win,” McGregor wrote. As for his final prediction that Hillary would win the presidency? Perhaps that’s just a matter of time. (DANIEL WALTERS) JEN SORENSON CARTOON

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COMMENT | RACE even the adults, didn’t allow me to forget it. It was painful, but it also has been empowering, especially as I get older. European people don’t have the same experience.

Because the system benefits them, they don’t have to question who they are and how they fit into society — they just do.

But it’s not that simple. When generations of white people benefit from the system with no thought of who they are and where they come from, they miss out on an essential part of being human — belonging. European people have been sold the lie that they don’t have familial and ethnic connections to the home country, and they believe it. The fact is, any loss of culture and ethnicity is painful and sad.

Many times, white people can’t even name their family history, so they call themselves “mutts.” No joke.

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The fact is, any loss of culture and ethnicity is painful and sad.

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Lost Tribe of Europe How racism harms white people as well

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acism isn’t just bad for the people it oppresses. It’s also bad for the people whom it traditionally benefits. I know, some of you are scratching your heads.

Let me break this down.

Racism requires that there be an oppressing group and one or more groups being oppressed. And yes, European people have benefited from the system of racism since colonization. For instance, the Homestead Act of 1862 gave free government land in the West to people who mostly were white. This land had belonged to tribal people for thousands of years. This has

had a positive generational effect for those mostly white families in legacy wealth and sustainability, while preventing other groups from that benefit and long-term stability.

So when I talk about the impact racism might have on European people, I want to acknowledge the backdrop of the enumerable instances of that horrible truth — even if some may not want to admit it.

But let’s talk about how racism is bad for white people. When European people came to America seeking a better life, they gave up their ethnic and cultural identity to fit into the new country. I knew my cultural and ethnic identity was different than most of the kids in my third-grade class right away. The other kids, and

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Not every white person and family lack connection to the motherland, but enough do that as a group, I can’t help but think of them as the Lost Tribe of Europe.

Think about the children who lack connections to what makes them who they are, and the narrative of how their ancestors used to live. Think about how much more connected they would feel if they knew their story, they could talk about family traditions and cultural nuances that belong to them. I know I gain strength from my culture, from the story of my ancestors thriving in one of the most harsh environments on Earth. Every child deserves the same connection and story to pass on the next generation.

What makes America great is our diversity, our connection to the rest of the world, and our decision to bond together as brothers and sisters. That doesn’t mean mindless assimilation. Rather, it is a deep connection between strong, culturally diverse peoples who choose to bridge their differences. Building that bridge is what makes us a stronger America, and honestly, it makes us richer and definitely more interesting. n

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GIVE A HOOT, SPOKANE t may seem trivial to most citizens here, but the amount of trash that

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I travel many miles by bike through Spokane and most of the county throughout the year, and am constantly amazed at how bad this problem has become. And, honestly, it’s only getting worse. The county solid waste management department has no LETTERS answers. The county commissioners Send comments to have no answers. editor@inlander.com.

It’s an embarrassment, a health hazard, unsightly, and one of the things that makes this place unlivable. Take a drive from Spokane International Aiport to Sunset Highway to downtown and observe the hundreds of pounds of garbage collecting along both sides of the highway and in the median. How can anyone visiting this town be impressed? Where is the citizens’ pride that used to exist here? Many vacant lots throughout the city; trashed. Hundreds of miles of county roadways provide additional examples.

I’ve written to Solid Waste, Washington State Department of Ecology and County Engineering without so much as a reply.

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The Two Baumgartners

There’s the Washington state Sen. Michael Baumgartner who makes deals with the other side — and the Sen. Michael Baumgartner who insults them

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pokane City Councilwoman Candace Mumm spent her entire Monday last week — and nearly $600 from her council budget — flying to Olympia, renting a car and driving to the state capitol to testify before the Commerce and Labor Committee, chaired by Sen. Michael Baumgartner of Spokane.

Sending an email, of course, would have been cheaper and easier. But being present was important to her. The city council — overriding opposition from local business groups and a mayoral veto — had recently passed a bill mandating most businesses to offer three to five days of paid sick leave. Baumgartner wasn’t a fan.

“They’re antagonizing small businesses and driving business away from Spokane,” Baumgartner says. In response to Spokane’s sick leave policies, and minimum wage hikes on the west side of the state, Baumgartner proposed a bill banning cities from regulating business wages, hours or leave policies.

Mumm fully expected to be able to testify against it. “Not only am I a city councilperson, I’m a constituent of [Baumgartner’s] 6th District, and I own a business in the 6th District,” Mumm says.

But Baumgartner was crunched for time — and even after a lobbyist passed him a handwritten note, letting him know that Mumm wanted to speak — he never called her up.

“She’s not going to get special treatment,” Baumgartner told the Inlander.

Mumm says that Baumgartner apologized out in the lobby, and let her know that she could hand in a written statement. Mumm sent out a press release objecting to not being asked to speak.

The incident is only the latest clash between Baumgartner and the city he helps represent, showcasing his penchant for flashy conflict.

In making the case for his bill, Baumgartner could have concentrated primarily on his practical argument that navigating different regulatory systems in each city can be a nightmare for large businesses. Instead, he launched rhetorical salvos at Washington’s two biggest cities.

On Twitter, Baumgartner posted an image of Dr. Evil and Mini-Me from the Austin Powers franchise, suggesting that Spokane was a small-scale imitation of Seattle’s left-wing agenda.

“I know that the day he dropped [his bill], he was all over the airwaves in Seattle,” City Council President Ben Stuckart says. “He was calling us socialists. He was calling us ‘Mini-Mes [of] Seattle. Really denigrating us.”

This is the inherent contradiction of Michael Baumgartner: In public, he’s a firebrand, firing off insults, condemnation and trolling Democrats on social media. But behind the scenes, he’s forged significant alliances to accomplish major gains for Spokane. The question is whether his penchant for burning bridges ...continued on next page

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State Sen. Michael Baumgartner has received bipartisan praise for fighting for the WSU medical school, a transportation package and a state tuition reduction. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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“It seems like he’s schizophrenic,” Stuckart says. “He wants to pick fights, but he wants to get along as well.”

THE TROLL

This past Friday, Senate Republicans declared loud and clear what tone to expect from them in this session when they fired Gov. Jay Inslee’s transportation secretary, Lynn Peterson.

Republicans blamed Peterson for the rocky rollout of Interstate 405 tolling lanes and for continuing problems with Seattle’s tunnel-boring drill. Baumgartner went further, arguing that Peterson was unqualified, a result of Inslee’s political patronage. Her fate was a warning to Inslee’s administrators.

“Shape up,” Baumgartner wrote on Twitter.

“Do your job. Serve the people with accountability. Or more heads are going to roll.”

In a text message, Stuckart sends a link to a Publicola editorial that calls Baumgartner’s “chest-thumping tweet” about Peterson’s firing a “crass act.” (The author, Josh Feit, is the same Publicola writer who Baumgartner told to “go f--yourself” in a 2012 email.)

When Inslee fired back Monday, accusing Republicans of conducting a “dishonest, partisan and frankly scurrilous political campaign,” Baumgartner mocked it as a “whiny press conference” and a “temper tantrum.”

“I think he gets very frustrated that we’ve had a state run by one party for thirty-some years, and that probably comes out in his language,” says Michael Cathcart, Baumgartner’s former legislative aide. “I don’t think his language is offensive. I just think it’s very direct and dramatic, and it makes a good point.”

Baumgartner has proclaimed that Inslee considers the state pension fund a “left wing toy,” said that it’s “time to quarantine the radical leftists” on the Seattle City Council, opined that the Washington Education Association “would make a banana republic dictator blush,” and has asked

whether “[Zimbabwean dictator Robert] Mugabe or Putin” were advising the Washington State Supreme Court.

The court, which ruled charter schools unconstitutional and fined the legislature for failing to fully fund basic education, is one of Baumgartner’s favorite targets.

Beyond penning a bill in 2014 that mocked the court’s McCleary education funding mandate, he’s called the justices “mushy-headed WEA puppets.” In 2014, he posted a picture of a hammer and a bag of sand, meant to communicate that the court should go pound sand.

Yes, these sort of comments and stunts make headlines. That’s partly the point, Baumgartner says. To shine a spotlight.

“If you have a policy idea you believe in, it’s good to color it in with bright, bold colors,” Baumgartner says. “I really think the Supreme Court is overstepping its bounds. … I really do think our Spokane City Council needs to be put on notice that these things are bad for the community. … Seattle really has gone off the deep end, and does have the socialist tail wagging the dog.”

And yet, even local liberals say that when Baumgartner does agree with Spokane’s agenda, he’s been one of the most effective legislators at pushing it.

THE DIPLOMAT

There’s a very different side to Michael Baumgartner. In a 2008 letter praising his role as economics affairs officer with the State Department in Baghdad during the Iraq surge, political officer James Miller wrote that Baumgartner “refused to respond to provocations, defused brewing conflicts, negotiated shared language, and repaired bruised egos.”

Baumgartner says he has drawn on those same skills to build coalitions in the legislature.

“The legislative record speaks for itself,” he says.

He says he helped lead a Senate Republican effort to enact perhaps “the most historic

reduction in college tuition… in American history.” He teamed up with state Rep. Marcus Riccelli last year to push for a medical school for Washington State University. And he was the only Spokane-area Republican to defy intense, local conservative antitax sentiment and support a hike in the gas tax to pay for a major transportation package.

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That vote earned him criticism from the right. “I wasn’t a huge fan of the gas tax,” says Mike Fagan, the Spokane City Council’s sole conservative. “Not a huge fan at all.”

But Baumgartner says that support for the transportation package resulted in massive gains for Eastern Washington, including more than $860 million in funding for the freeway project Spokane has been anticipating for 60 years.

“If you ask most community leaders and they’re being honest with you, I think they’d tell you the only reason we’re getting full funding for the North-South Freeway is because of Sen. Baumgartner,” Cathcart says. “He’s a guy who will triangulate.”

State Sen. Andy Billig, a Spokane Democrat, partnered with Baumgartner this year on a proposal to try to save charter schools.

“He’s shown more political courage, and as a result, gotten more results than any other Spokane-area Republican legislator,” Billig says.

Which is why Baumgartner’s recent string of attacks has baffled Billig.

“I’m scratching my head a little bit at the volume and tone of the comments from the past two weeks,” Billig says. “Any time you ramp up the rhetoric, it can hurt your ability to collaborate in the future.”

By contrast, Mumm’s prepared remarks for Baumgartner’s committee were measured, listing anecdotes of Spokane residents who the ordinance would impact. “Please respect our ability to care for the health of our city,” Mumm had written.

That’s an argument against Baumgartner’s bill — local control should take precedent — that’s actually fundamentally conservative. “No city wants to have … their ability to govern taken away,” Stuckart says. (Despite Baumgartner’s claims of economic calamity, during last year’s election both Stuckart and Mayor David Condon pointed to the single-year 11 percent jump in median income as evidence Spokane was heading in the right direction.)

Baumgartner says he knows his bill is unlikely to get past the House or the governor, saying that he’s “not obtuse to the political realities.” But as Democrats examine increasing the minimum wage statewide, he says his bill could be part of the discussion in a theoretical compromise deal.

For her part, Mumm notes Baumgartner’s support for the WSU medical school and motion-picture incentives and roots for a restored relationship. “I’m hoping Sen. Baumgartner will send me flowers and we can start over again,” Mumm says.

The senator doesn’t sound particularly driven to make amends. Baumgartner chuckles at Mumm’s choice to send out a press release announcing she hadn’t been able to speak at the hearing.

“Who sends [a] press release that, ‘I didn’t get to speak at a meeting?’” Baumgartner says, laughing. “When you’re an elected official, [you] get to speak whenever you want?”

Baumgartner says that he doesn’t closely follow the Spokane City Council, dismissing their business as a ¨bunch of dog leash laws and statements on whether Cambodia should build oil pipelines.¨ But he expects to continue to remain engaged in at least one respect: “I look forward to telling them where they’re wrong when they drive small business out of Spokane.” n danielw@inlander.com

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During a Spokane City Council meeting Monday, Universal Compassion Movement founder Geshe Thupten Phelgye, a Buddhist who first came to Spokane in 2012 as part of Gonzaga’s global initiative, speaks in favor of a resolution calling for Spokane to join the International Charter For Compassionate Communities. Phelgye called for “compassion for all.

Not just humans, compassion for all sentient beings.” The resolution passed 5 to 1, with Councilman Mike Fagan opposed.

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SHAKE, RATTLE AND RETIREMENT For a police department pummeled by shake-ups, the hits kept coming last week. Spokane’s INTERIM CHIEF RICK DOBROW announced that he’s withdrawing his name from consideration for the permanent position and will continue with his plans to retire, effective March 1.

Dobrow said the Police Leadership Advisory Committee’s recommendation that the new chief have a four-year degree was a factor in his decision. Stepping in now is former U.S. Attorney Jim McDevitt. Hours before Dobrow’s announcement, he reinstated Capt. Brad Arleth, who was put on leave a month ago.

SPD has given no specific reasons why Arleth was put on, or taken off of, paid administrative leave. (MITCH RYALS)

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FOUNDING FODDER In writing his new piece of gun legislation, designed to punish anyone who deprives citizens of their firearm rights, Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea turned to history, proposing that a lengthy essay with quotes from the FOUNDING FATHERS on firearms rights be added to the state statute. The only problem? As some simple research reveals, nearly every quote Shea cited was misattributed, deceptive or flat-out mythical. In some cases, he was citing historical figures as they argued against the ratification of the Constitution. We go deep into the details of American history on the blog. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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The Replacements Meet Spokane’s newest councilman; plus, the finalists for the county commission REPLACING MIELKE

The Spokane County GOP has picked three candidates to fill Todd Mielke’s vacated seat on the SPOKANE COUNTY COMMISSION: Nancy McLaughlin, Josh Kerns and Jeff Baxter.

Mielke resigned from the seat and started a job as chief executive for Greater Spokane Inc. on Feb. 1.

McLaughlin, a former Spokane city councilwoman, was the first choice to fill the seat in a meeting of Spokane County Republican Party precinct officers on Saturday.

Kerns, a state legislative aide, was second; Baxter, a former state senator, was third.

Al French and Shelly O’Quinn, the two remaining county commissioners, are expected to pick one of those three candidates in the coming weeks. A major factor in their decision will be determining which candidate has the best chance to win the seat in the November general election.

In her speech to committee officers, McLaughlin held up props — including a Bible and a copy of the U.S. Constitution — and said there is a political war going on in the country. “I took that spirit to City Hall and became a tried-and-true political war veteran,” she said.

Kerns, the legislative assistant for state Rep. Jeff Holy, said he would make sure Spokane becomes a place for business growth: “We’re going to make Spokane County

the best place to run a business, and everybody is going to know it.”

“First and foremost, I’m a Christian,” said Baxter in his pitch, adding that he would bring integrity, honesty, and character to the seat while making sure the county was within budget without raising taxes. He was appointed to the state Senate in 2011 and served 10 months before losing in the general election to Sen. Mike Padden. On Saturday, Baxter defeated the fourth nominee, Dale Strom, in the third round of voting. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

A MAN FOR HIS TIME

For the majority of the Spokane City Council, faced with the question of who to appoint to replace Councilman Jon Snyder, the ultimate choice was obvious.

The police force has been beset by scandal after scandal. The city is facing its own scandal over its handling of sexual harassment allegations.

And BREEAN BEGGS happens to be an attorney, experienced in employment law, who famously sued the city on behalf of the family of Otto Zehm, the schizophrenic janitor who died after being beaten by a police officer in 2006. Zehm’s family walked away with an $1.67 million out-of-court settlement.

More recently, Beggs has been active in the “Smart Justice” campaign to enact criminal justice reform and served as the attorney for the Office of the Police Ombudsman Commission. “[He] knows the players,” Councilwoman Karen Stratton says, “and knows where the Breean Beggs bones are buried.”

By a vote of 5-1 Monday night, the council appointed Beggs as the newest councilman. Council President Ben Stuckart noted that Beggs had already been voted for by the majority of his South Hill constituents, during his unsuccessful race for county prosecutor in 2014.

Only Councilman Mike Fagan, the sole conservative on the council, voted against Beggs. He cited Beggs’ support for the controversial Envision Spokane “Worker Bill of Rights” ordinance last fall, and argued that the attorney bears some responsibility for the collapse of the ombudsman commission this summer.

In his interview last week, Beggs named criminal justice reform as his biggest priority. “Criminal justice takes about half the city budget. Despite spending all that money, people don’t feel safe,” Beggs said. “We see a revolving door of people going in and out of jail.”

He also suggested that the council should take an active, aggressive role in its relationship with the mayor’s office.

“The city council sets the policy of the city,” he said.

“In the past I think that’s been ceded to the administration. The city council should set policy and the administration should implement it.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

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NEWS | IDAHO

Mayor Shelby Rognstad WILSON CRISCIONE PHOTO

Fighting Perceptions Sandpoint locals are divided over a national issue, and reminders of the city’s past have heightened tensions on both sides

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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few blocks from downtown, in a dirt parking lot across from a metal warehouse, stands the tallest building in Sandpoint: an old grain elevator. The surrounding lot used to be the granary distribution center for the region, but for newcomers passing by it looks abandoned, or at least no longer relevant.

Locals know better. Inside the building is a rockclimbing gym. In the warehouse across the lot, next to an art gallery, is Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters, where pictures of skiers and snowboarders hang on the wall and a dog, Roxy, greets customers at the espresso bar.

Most people here know each other, especially during weekdays, when there are no tourists who come for Lake Pend Oreille, or who stop by on the way back from Schweitzer Mountain Resort. This area, the Granary Arts District, is one of Mayor Shelby Rognstad’s favorite places to go. It has all the charm of a small town, it shows the character of Sandpoint’s artistic community and it’s become a hub for community events. Its transformation into a haven for small businesses and community building says something about the city’s character, Rognstad says: “It kind of speaks to Sandpoint’s grit and nature, to make the most out of the resources we have available with creativity and ingenuity.”

Yet people outside the Inland Northwest have a different picture of Sandpoint, one possibly belying that of the typical small city of its kind. It’s the birthplace of Sarah Palin. It’s the retirement destination for Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles police officer convicted of perjury for lying about using racial slurs as a witness in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. It’s roughly 35 miles north of the

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former Aryan Nations headquarters, the white supremacist group founded by Richard Butler.

All of that has created a perception of Sandpoint that many locals reject. Rather, Rognstad calls Sandpoint a blue dot in the middle of one of the country’s reddest states.

Understanding this may offer a more informed perspective on the latest reason Sandpoint has been in the news. Rognstad, in his first city council meeting as mayor on Jan. 6, introduced a resolution stating that Sandpoint welcomes refugees.

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Obama to halt the resettlement of refugees in the U.S., and after Bonner County commissioners and the Bonner County sheriff came out in support of Otter’s request.

So when word got around the county that Sandpoint might welcome Syrian refugees — even though Sandpoint has no actual authority to place them in the city — things got heated, creating another situation that locals hope will not come to define the community.

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ognstad moved to Sandpoint in the late ’90s for the same reasons most people move to Sandpoint — the beauty of Lake Pend Oreille, the nearby wilderness, the abundance of outdoor activities and the small-town lifestyle. He founded a bookstore and café before it closed last year, and he co-founded the Hive,

a local music venue, in 2013. Now he’s involved in real estate.

Sandpoint residents will often talk about how diverse the city is, but they don’t mean racial diversity. In a town of 7,760 people, 95 percent of residents are white, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. What they mean is diversity of thought, culture and economic status. An art gallery can be seen on seemingly every street corner in Sandpoint. There’s a strong music scene for a town of its size, and events and tourist attractions bring in people from all over the region.

Residents bristle whenever Sandpoint and North Idaho are brought up as former havens for white supremacists like Butler, the man who set up Aryan Nations headquarters in Hayden before losing a civil lawsuit that broke up the group in the early 2000s.

Laurie Huston, owner of Northwest Handmade in downtown Sandpoint, says she’s never really experienced racist attitudes in her 20 years living there. She says it’s a small town where everyone greets each other on the sidewalks and where kids are safe.

“There’s always been this label on North Idaho, and I’ve never really experienced that label. I’ve never really been around that kind of conversation, even,” Huston says. “But I could see it’s been lingering.”

Yet it’s hard to argue there is not still an element of bigotry after the mayoral election last year. Sandpoint residents received a series of automated calls, one of which called Rognstad a “feminized male” whose zoning plan is proven to draw in “undesirable elements from the outside that turns towns into crime-ridden trash heaps.”

It went on to call the people of Ferguson, Missouri, a “violent jungle of looters and primitive destroyers.” His opponent, Mose Dunkel, denied any involvement in the robocall, and Rognstad believes him.

At the time, Rognstad told the Inlander that whoever was responsible for the message represents only a small vocal group.

“I want to be careful not to pigeonhole Sandpoint as this hub of racism and bigotry,” he said.

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n Jan. 6, hundreds of people packed into Sandpoint’s council chambers. About a hundred more waited outside in anticipation of a proposed resolution affirming the Sandpoint City Council’s commitment to human rights and nondiscrimination.

But first, outgoing mayor Carrie Logan had to formally hand the reins to Rognstad. Before she did, she made a proclamation stating the importance for nondiscrimination “in light of recent events.”

“Terror is caused by people of varied ethnic, religious and political backgrounds. Thoughts of Nazi Germany, Japanese internment camps, McCarthyism, xenophobia and the Ku Klux Klan come to mind,” Logan said. “Although well-intentioned, discussion of banning groups of people due to their religion is counter to the Constitution and the historical practices of this country.”

Later during the meeting, the new mayor introduced the refugee resolution, which echoed the language in Logan’s proclamation. A little more than 40 people signed up to speak in support, while nearly 100 signed up to speak in opposition. A majority of those who signed up were not residents of Sandpoint.

Rognstad expected to see a certain amount of public participation, but this dwarfed anything he’d seen before.

“It took some effort to maintain order in there, for sure,” he says.

After a lengthy public comment period, the city council voted to table the resolution until the Jan. 20 meeting, at which point Rognstad withdrew it. He said it only served to divide the community, and pointed out that the city had already passed a similar human dignity resolution in 2001.

The reaction went beyond a high turnout at the council meeting, Rognstad says. Last month, he got his first death threat.

People across the nation called him and asked for the resolution to be withdrawn.

Logan hoped that the council would have passed the resolution anyway. “I was really disappointed in the council,” she says.

“I thought they caved.”

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he Bonner County Human Rights Task Force was created in the early ’90s as a response to Butler and the Aryan Nations. Once they were no longer an influence, the task force became considerably less active, vice president Donna Brundage says.

Given how polarizing refugee resolutions in Bonner County have been — both from county commissioners and the Sandpoint City Council — there has been an increase in people getting involved with the task force. After the council withdrew the refugee resolution, the task force held a candlelight vigil in support of human rights and nondiscrimination, she says.

“I think that, for a long time, the task force dropped off of people’s radar because there wasn’t a central need for it,” Brundage says. With the way the community was divided because of the refugee issue, she says, more people have been involved with the task force because people don’t want the controversy to represent the community.

Rognstad admits, given the region’s history, that some of the resolution’s language was too inflammatory. The original wording, for example, states that responses to the issue have been “couched in racist and discriminatory terms,” in addition to its reference to the KKK and Japanese internment camps. He regrets

“There’s always been this label on North Idaho, and I’ve never really experienced that label.” not being more careful in bringing the resolution forward and considering how it could be taken in the wrong way.

Rognstad says that resistance to the resolution stemmed from fear.

“It’s a different thing.” he says. “When you have people coming from somewhere out in the county and coming into City Hall, and imploring us not to pass this resolution because they’re terrified for the safety of their children, that’s a different thing than, you know, 20 years ago, when we had Richard Butler and his skinhead group south of here.”

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he reason Rognstad likes the Granary Arts District, he says, is because it represents how Sandpoint constantly reinvents itself while still retaining its historical significance.

The granary building was built in 1943 for the Cooperative Gas & Supply, a co-op formed by 60 people who each bought $10 worth of stock. It stored 25,000 bushels of bulk grain and 50 tons of sacked grain and was used by the co-op until the late ’70s. The current owners acquired the granary building 17 years ago.

“I think it [represents] a sense of history, belonging, something to hold on to,” says granary building co-owner Steve Holt. “We want to hold on to a part of our past as a part of culture, and share it with our kids.”

Dann Hall, 68, is a photographer and member of Sandpoint’s Historic Preservation Committee. The son of Ross Hall, a renowned Sandpoint photographer, he curates the Ross Hall Collection and Hallans Gallery.

As someone who was born and raised in Sandpoint, Hall says the situations that have divided the community do not define it.

But he still has a difficult time coming up with a way to describe Sandpoint.

“We have a hard time defining ourselves, because there are so many divergent personalities here. I don’t think you can throw us into one swell group, one easily definable demographic,” he says.

“The more I live here, I find it harder to define.” n

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NEWS | MENTAL HEALTH

A Mother’s Love

Rhoda Behrens reminisces about her son at Riverfront Park, a place he had enjoyed as a child. KRISTEN BLACK PHOTO

One local mom’s fight to keep her troubled son safe comes to a grisly end

BY MITCH RYALS

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hoda Behrens was waiting for that phone call for five months. In December, it finally came. She was shuffling through mounds of court documents in her Nine Mile Falls home when the panic that had been lingering in the back of her mind was confirmed.

“Where do you want the body sent?” the voice on the other end of the line asked.

Her son was dead. He may have been murdered.

Like most mothers, she is grief-stricken. She is angry.

She has trouble sleeping. Like most mothers, she fought to help her son, but in at least one way, she’s not like most mothers. And her son is not like most sons.

Behrens adopted Richard Hoisington — she called him Richie — when he was a toddler, and raised him alongside several other special-needs foster children and

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adopted children. But Hoisington stood out. He was autistic and was diagnosed with several other mental disabilities. Behrens says he would sometimes try to eat electrical cords and insulation, and he was fascinated with weapons and fire.

“Richie was by far the most active and most destructive of my kids,” she says. “He was so full of energy.”

Hoisington was 26 when Behrens was removed as his guardian. The court instead appointed Safe Haven Guardianship Services. In general, that means Safe Haven was responsible for handling Hoisington’s financial, medical and social decisions.

At various times in his life, Hoisington had been on a variety of medications to help with his paranoid thoughts, delusions and violent outbursts. On at least one occasion he attacked Behrens, resulting in a traumatic

injury to her brain, according to court documents.

“He doesn’t understand the consequences of his actions,” Behrens says. “And he wasn’t safe loose out in public without supervision.”

On Dec. 16, 2015, police found Hoisington slumped in a recliner in his room in the Pioneer Pathway House apartments. Black and yellow electrical cords still held a rusty pipe tight against his neck. Charles Bennett, the man charged in his death, is sitting in the Spokane County Jail.

Behrens says she holds nothing against him.

“I bet he’s no different from some of the kids who were in my home,” she says of the more than 20 youths with mental disabilities she’s cared for since 1978. “If it weren’t for the way the guardians and the state handled Richie, he would be alive today.”

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ehrens adopted Hoisington at age 4. Court and medical records indicate that he suffered from several mental disabilities, paranoid thinking and manic — at times aggressive — behavior.

When he became uncontrollable as a child, Behrens admits that she locked him in a 6-foot steel mesh cage to calm him down. When Child Protective Services told Behrens to dismantle the “safe room,” Hoisington ended up attacking her, causing the traumatic brain injury. She sued the state for $4.1 million, but a jury rejected her claim.

In 2001, Hoisington lit a fire in a restroom on Gonzaga University’s campus. A federal settlement in 2004 provided Behrens with round-the-clock caretakers, and in 2006, when Hoisington turned 18, she was granted full guardianship.

In 2014, a court-appointed investigator recommended that Behrens be removed. Jim Woodard spoke with Hoisington in the Spokane County Jail; in his report, Woodard says Hoisington was insistent that he did not want his mother as a guardian, adding that Behrens “micro-manages” him to his detriment, a major factor in his recommendation.

“He didn’t want to have contact with Rhoda,” Woodard says. “The [state] statute says you’re supposed to take the alleged incapacitated person’s wishes into account and give them a great deal of deference.”

Behrens adamantly disagreed with Woodard’s investigation, saying he misrepresented statements from Hoisington’s doctors and teacher. She adds that Hoisington was not capable of making those decisions for himself.

Only she had the experience and ability to give her son the round-the-clock care she believed he needed, she says.

Leading up to the court’s final decision, Dr. Kim Chupurdia, Hoisington’s off-and-on psychologist for 10 years, wrote to the court in 2013 that “Richie becomes more delusional without medication and often can’t separate reality from fantasy. He is very gullible and it is quite easy to tell him that something is happening, or has happened in the past, that is not true, and it becomes fact to him. In addition he can be very violent.”

Chupurdia has sent numerous letters to the court since then. One, filed Oct. 30, 2015, states that “Rhoda Behrens has always been the single most qualified person to serve as Richie’s guardian.”

Behrens fought for years to get her troubled son mental health services. She says the court-appointed guardians could not provide the necessary supervision, and now she wants them held responsible in his death.

“Somebody had to watch him 24/7,” Behrens says.

“I want the guardians and the state held responsible. In my opinion, they are as responsible for his death as the person [the police] say did it.”

Lynda Clark, the owner of Safe Haven, says that’s not the role of a professional guardian.

“We are not like parents,” she says. “Our role is totally different than that.”

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harles Bennett climbed the narrow stairs up to the top. The old floors of the Pioneer Pathway House creak underfoot with each step; the stale smell of tobacco smoke is baked into the building’s walls.

He was coming to settle a debt with Hoisington.

These are low-income apartments, frequently occupied by those struggling with drug addiction. Inspirational signs hanging in the stairwell greet tenants as they come and go: “Balance”; “Accountability”; “Relationships”; “Respect.” Bennett didn’t live there, but got past the locked front door, court documents say.

At least two other people were already waiting in the fourth-floor apartment when Bennett arrived. Hoisington wasn’t home.

“Where’s Waterboy?” Bennett asked, referring to Hoisington’s street name. Neither Jaymee Wright nor Jacob Lockard, the other two people waiting in his apartment, knew where he was, according to records.

“He’s gonna die when he gets here,” Bennett allegedly told them. He said Hoisington owed him $300 and accused him of raping a woman. He grabbed a rusty pipe and waited behind the door.

When Hoisington walked in, Bennett demanded the money. Hoisington had none, so Bennett told him to sit in a nearby recliner, Wright told investigators. Bennett put the pipe against Hoisington’s neck and tightened it

Rhoda Behrens and Richie, photographed after riding horses on her property in 2012.

with electrical cords that stretched around the back of the chair, court documents say.

Wright told police she heard Hoisington ask what was going on.

“You’re gonna die. I told you that,” she recalled Bennett saying. Eventually Hoisington’s breathing became short and shallow. Then it stopped.

When police arrived less than 12 hours later, the pipe was still tied to Hoisington’s neck. A swastika and a Christian fish were drawn on his chest in shaving cream, and a small Bible rested on the chair near his shoulder.

In his statement to police, Bennett refuted Wright’s account of the afternoon. Although he admitted to being in Hoisington’s apartment that day, he says they mostly hung out and smoked pot.

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he last day Rhoda Behrens saw her son, he was wearing a mask. It was last October, the day before Halloween, and Hoisington was hanging out at the STA Plaza. Behrens recognized him by his signature swagger and shuffle.

He was alone, and it appeared that he was calm. Not like the time a month prior when she saw him in the same place. He was with people she didn’t recognize, demanding cigarettes, lighters and money.

“He was obviously high,” she says, but she didn’t approach him that time, or in October. “What was I going to do? If I gave him money, I didn’t know what he was going to do with it.”

Behrens’ situation is a common theme that runs through guardianship cases, says Carol Hunter, a local attorney who specializes in elder law.

“Professional guardians often take on cases where you have families who are, for whatever reason, not able to be guardians,” she says. “And because of that, you

have people who can’t be the guardian but still want to be, so there’s this major friction of ‘You’re making the wrong decisions for my beloved family member.’ It’s a hard job.”

Josh Guthmueller, one of the court-appointed guardians, says Hoisington functioned at a higher level than Behrens attests to. He wasn’t required to see Hoisington every day, but estimates that he saw him between four and 10 times per month. Hunter says that professional guardians are usually only required to see their clients once or twice a month.

Behrens tells her story now, surrounded by several hundred pages of court documents and notes scattered across a table.

As she recalls the history of her relationship with her adopted son, she jumps sporadically from topic to topic — childhood and adulthood, violence and compassion, the good memories and the bad. She lingers on the good memories for a while.

She once watched him carry an abused dog out of a neighbor’s house. She helped him nurse it back to health.

He also loved picking flowers for her. And they used to have a blast on the Looff Carrousel in Riverfront Park.

For many years, Behrens struggled to keep her son safe in a world where troubled individuals don’t have many people fighting for them. She’s dedicated much of her time to reading the law, she says, filing dozens of handwritten appeals. Now, five months after her son was released from the psychiatric ward, he’s gone.

“I spent all this time fighting, and all of a sudden it’s just moot. My son’s dead,” she says, tears streaming down her face. “I’m going to have to fight this, and I’m afraid, but that’s all I can do for Richie now, is fight for him and kids who are born like him.” n mitchr@inlander.com

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“You want to make it look like another beaver’s been here,” he says, pulling out a pocket knife and carving up cottonwood branches to resemble the bite marks of the watery rodent.

For added effect, he fishes out of his plaid jacket a jar full of castor — a musky substance, made from the scent glands of a beaver, that has the consistency of Dijon mustard — and dunks one of the branches into it. Perfume and makeup are made from beaver castor, a fact Busta delights in telling students in his trapping class.

“The girls that are in the class, I let them smell the jar and say, ‘You’re putting that on your face,’” says Busta, 52, who wears camouflage pants and a weathered Idaho Trapper Education hat. With his trap set, he plunges it into the river underneath a strategically placed branch.

If all goes according to plan, the beaver won’t even know what happened when the trap’s steel jaw slams into the back of its neck.

Each time someone like Busta sets a trap, he places a bet that he knows exactly where an animal will swim or place its foot.

Each trip to check the trap brims with excitement that the bet will pay off.

In recent years, these bets have been paying handsomely, driven by Russian and Chinese consumers hungry for fur from mink, beaver, muskrat and coyote caught in the backwoods of Idaho and elsewhere. According to the International Fur Trade Federation, the value of the global fur industry grew to $40 billion by 2013, up from the $11 billion it was valued at in 2002.

The implications have been felt in Idaho. Between 2005 and 2015, the number of trapping licenses more than doubled to 2,342, according to state figures. In the Panhandle region, the number more than tripled, from 162 to 506.

“I’ve been shocked,” says Busta. “I made $125 on a coyote.

That’s a lot of money on one coyote.” Pelts for marten, a weasellike creature, have sold for $80 apiece, he says. With the possibility of catching 10 marten in a day, Busta says that, for some, trapping can be more profitable than a conventional day at work.

This demand has breathed new interest into the centuriesold activity, bringing out inexperienced trappers hoping to bag a thousand-dollar bobcat pelt.

But these traps can’t tell the difference between a bobcat and a house cat, or an eagle, a dog or other wildlife that’s fallen into them. Environmental groups are alarmed that trapping is hurting wildlife with fragile populations and have called for new regulations. With a recent court victory for groups calling for new trapping restrictions, trappers worry that the activity will all but halt.

Back at the river, with his trap loaded, Busta makes his way back to his mud-caked Subaru Forester. He recently caught a fat 50-pound beaver here on the Clearwater, southeast of Lewiston.

He skinned it and sent the pelt off to auction in Canada.

“To me, [trapping season is] four months of Christmas,” he says.

F A S H I O N T R E N D S Some of the Inland Northwest’s first settlers were trappers who arrived in the 1800s, in search of beaver pelts that were in high demand in Europe for their softness and durability. Trappers set up trading outposts on Lake Pend Oreille, as well as on the Kootenai and Spokane rivers, and other locations that grew into towns and cities.

Throughout the first half of the 20th century, fur remained in demand. First ladies, including Mamie Eisenhower and Jackie Kennedy, were known to don fur coats. Marilyn Monroe wore fur. But beginning in the 1960s, animal rights groups, out-

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Bobcats and Canada lynx are related species that can be hard to tell apart.

The problem is bobcat pelts can fetch hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars, while lynx are listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. Lynx have been caught in traps during Idaho’s trapping boom, triggering a lawsuit by environmental groups.

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raged over the killing of animals for their skins, waged anti-fur campaigns. Activists threw paint on fur-coat wearers. Celebrities swore it off. The public soured on fur.

But not in Russia and China.

“Their societies have never been led astray about utilizing natural resources,” says Patrick Carney, president of the Idaho Trappers Association. “Fur is a natural resource, and [trapping is about] managing the number of animals in the wild, so they’re not starving or getting [disease].”

Russia, flush with oil money, and China, with a rapidly growing economy, have seen their fur markets grow. At its peak in 2013, North American Fur Auctions, a Toronto-based fur seller and consignor, filled its auction rooms to capacity with a record 700 buyers from Russia, China and elsewhere who came to rub samples of skins between their thumbs and forefingers and eagerly raise their hands during bidding. Every raccoon and beaver skin sold at the auction, with wild fur sales totaling $90 million, a high not seen in decades. A bobcat pelt reached record prices, going for $600 on average. The best bobcat pelts, soft white fur peppered with black spots, sold for $3,000.

Rob Cahill, NAFA’s senior vice president for marketing, says that it’s not just the upper classes in these countries wearing fur, but also middle-income consumers who covet less expensive fur hats and jackets. In China alone, he says, there are 10,000 to 15,000 retail stores that sell fur.

“Just catch a few bobcats and you have half a car,” says Bill Seybold, Clearwater Region hunter education coordinator for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, of the mentality of some new trappers. This influx of new trappers, he says, has come with problems.

C A U G H T I N T H E M I D D L E Traps don’t discriminate.

In recent years, eagles, ravens, hawks, deer and other animals have been caught in traps. Many have died. According to numbers from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, trappers reported 28 animals unintentionally trapped in 2011. In 2015 that number was 877.

In 2014, a black bear cub was caught in a foot trap set for a wolf. The same year, two dogs were killed in conibear or “bodygripping” traps used on beavers, muskrat and mink. In response, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission considered new rules, but instead opted for increased educational outreach.

“I’ve found traps where there shouldn’t be traps, like in city parks,” says Busta. “I’ve found traps along trail systems.”

What especially concerns environmental groups is endangered or rare species falling into these traps. In 2014, a coalition of environmental groups –– including the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians –– filed a lawsuit alleging that the increase in trapping was causing Canada lynx, listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act, to be inadvertently trapped and that state officials weren’t doing enough to address the problem. Last month, a judge agreed, ordering the state to come up with new rules within 90 days to better protect the lynx.

Environmental groups have also raised concern about other species falling into traps. Last year, a wolverine, a species for which environmentalists are seeking protected status, was killed in a trap. Fishers, a member of the weasel family that environmental groups also want listed as endangered, have seen a spike in numbers accidentally trapped. According to numbers obtained

by Western Watersheds Project, 18 fishers were caught in traps in the 2008-09 trapping season, a number that rose to 59 in the 2013-14 season.

“Some of them are killed; some of them are released,” says Ken Cole, Western Watersheds Project’s Idaho director. “But there is no real way to know whether they survive after they’re released.”

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< David Busta sets a trap for beaver along the Clearwater River. Trappers say these traps are humane, but critics complain that they can also capture threatened species.

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Idaho is one of 19 states that have some sort of guarantee to hunt, fish or trap in their constitutions. But despite the state’s 2012 constitutional amendment guaranteeing that trapping “shall forever be preserved for the people,” Delbert Jepson — president of Intermountain Fur Harvesters, a trappers group whose 35 members span Eastern Washington and North Idaho — worries that environmental groups are using courts to manage wildlife and pushing trappers out of the woods as a consequence.

“The constitution says they can’t take our trapping away, but they can make it so miserable that nobody will go,” he says. “It’s a way to stop trapping.”

Jepson claims that only four lynx have been caught in traps in the past 15 years, one of which was killed. Trappers often place their traps in remote locations, and he says that requiring daily checks would make trapping unfeasible.

In 2000, Washington voters approved a ballot initiative that outlawed traps commonly used in Idaho, such as body-gripping, steel-jaw legholds and snares. The initiative allows the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue permits for use of these traps, but only after making a written finding that non-lethal cage traps were inadequate in protecting the health and safety of people from a wildlife problem.

Trappers with these permits still can’t sell the fur from these traps.

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A mink pelt (upper right) and two wolf pelts (left) at Moscow Hide and Fur. David Busta has about 200 traps set at any given time, including an enclosed trap (bottom right) he baited with beaver meat for a mink. JAKE THOMAS PHOTOS Cage traps are now the primary option for Washington trappers. Bernie Nelson, the vice-president of Intermountain Fur Harvesters who lives in Usk, Washington, near the Idaho border, says that cage traps are ineffective in managing some species, such as coyotes that harass livestock. In Washington, trapper participation has been on the decline, according to state numbers.

Nelson also says the 2000 initiative took away some humane and effective traps. Since the 1970s, traps with jagged, unforgiving teeth have been abandoned in favor of what are billed as more humane options. Trappers argue that body-gripping traps kill their targets instantly. They say that foothold traps are so gentle, some trappers say they’ve found animals asleep in them.

Environmental groups disagree.

Ruether says that even if an animal is accidentally trapped in a foothold trap it may look fine, but may not be. The animal may be severely dehydrated after spending days in the trap, she says, or a pregnant lynx may see its kittens die from the stress. In the winter, animals can freeze or catch frostbite while trapped, she says.

“Technically it’s humane, but if you catch the wrong animal, you’ve killed it,” adds Cole. (For its part, the American Veterinary Medical Association has deemed such traps “inhumane”; they have been banned in 88 countries and several U.S. states.)

Carter Niemeyer, a retired federal wildlife biologist who authored a memoir on trapping and reintroducing wolves in Idaho, submitted a written statement in the lynx lawsuit on behalf

of the environmental groups. The statement provided evidence that animals caught in foothold traps can suffer bone damage after being released from those traps. He says that traps have improved, but “if an animal languishes for three days, a lot of those improvements are nullified because the animal is not getting water or eating.”

“My argument has always been that if there is a 24-hour trap check, you really minimize the amount of injury that can happen to an animal,” he says.

Currently, anyone applying for a wolf-trapping tag is required to take an education course. Jepson says that more trapper education, especially for newcomers, would solve many problems. He supports a legislative proposal requiring all new trappers to take a course before being issued a license.

“That’s probably the reason the one lynx got killed, because of lack of education,” he says. “It was someone who thought they had a bobcat.”

U N C E R T A I N F U T U R E As a state senator, Gary Schroeder supported Idaho’s constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to trap and hunt. But now, he says, “If they closed trapping down in the whole state of Idaho, it wouldn’t bother me one bit.”

Now retired from the legislature, Schroeder dedicates his time to Moscow Hide and Fur, a company that buys pelts, antlers, skulls and other animal parts from trappers and at auctions, like one in Canada he just returned from. He sells his wares on the Internet to U.S. customers (getting through customs is

too cumbersome) out of a 6,000-squarefoot warehouse.

Schroeder says that his business model better controls variables, unlike trappers, who he says sometimes have unrealistic ideas of how much their fur is worth, and are rolling the dice by sending it to auction.

“When they ship to the auctions, they’re gambling,” he says. “They love gambling. They love shipping it off, and then like watching their lots sell. ... It’s like running the trapline again.”

Selling fur to Russia and China is a risky business, says Schroeder, pointing out that governments in both countries have tighter grips on their economies.

Both are experiencing trouble. U.S.backed sanctions are hurting the buying power of Russia’s currency and China’s economy is softening. That means that the boom days of trapping, which littered the backwoods with traps and sparked the outrage of environmental groups, are headed for a lull.

Cahill, of North American Fur Auctions, just wrapped up his company’s auction. While there were some bright spots, particularly regarding coyote pelts, and strong interest from Greece, they’re beginning to see demand from China and Russia weaken.

Even with the market beginning to shift, Busta says he’ll continue to trap every season, regardless of fur prices. It’s part of his lifestyle. At any given time, he has 200 traps set between Kooskia and Lewiston that he diligently checks during trapping season.

“To me,” he says, “it’s the experience of being outdoors that’s the real prize.”  jaket@inlander.com

COMEDY

Cleaning Up Brian Regan might be the most popular, least known comedian working today

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rian Regan is not “cool.” He’s not “edgy” or “hip.” He’s not part of the “alternative comedy” scene, nor a YouTube star. Ask someone on the street who he is, and more than likely you’ll get a blank stare in return. Despite 35 years on the mic and stand-up shows that sell out 12,000-seat basketball arenas in some towns, Brian Regan is not a comedian recognizable by just using half his name, à la Pryor, Seinfeld or Schumer.

What Regan is, though, is simply one of the funniest people on the planet, and one particularly beloved by his fellow comics. Chris Rock says he’s the last comedian he’d want to follow on stage.

Bill Burr calls him “a master.” Marc Maron says he’s “the funniest guy,” and Patton Oswalt dubs Regan “the best stand-up working today. Period.” David Letterman made sure to include Regan in the last couple of weeks of his dearly departed show, the comedian’s 28th appearance, and in September, Regan starred in Comedy Central’s first-ever live stand-up broadcast, from the soldout, 6,000-seat Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The scale of places that comedy has taken him isn’t lost on Regan.

“When I go back to when I first started, I remember a time when there was a local guy who had 12 minutes of material, and we’d look at him like, ‘One day! One day I’m going to have 12 minutes of material,’” Regan says via phone from a Dallas hotel.

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He doesn’t mine his family or the dark corners of his psyche for jokes, instead spinning laughs out of absurd observations about everyday events like childhood spelling bees or postgame sports interviews. He works “clean” and avoids controversial subject matter — hence Comedy Central’s ability to broadcast him live, and his cross-generational appeal. He’s a hulking physical presence, and gets a lot of laughs out of his facial expressions and body contortions.

You might think that working huge rooms and large theaters would mean Regan relies on his most physical comedy in those places, but he says they actually invite more subtlety than working in a club.

“In a comedy club, it’s more of a three-ring circus sometimes. There’s a blender going off in the back, and Joey’s 40th birthday is over here.

You’re an emcee in addition to being a comedian,” Regan says. “In a comedy club, you always have to be ready to push on the gas because you have to muscle through some of those challenging moments. It can get a little crazy, and sometimes louder and sillier can get you through those tougher times.

“When you’re on stage in front of a bunch of people who have your name on their ticket, they’re much more willing to ride your ride. I like loud and silly, too, but sometimes I like to do stuff that’s lower-key, where you have to think and fill in the blanks. It’s nice to have a more balanced attack,” he says.

Given Regan’s everyman appeal, undeniable chops and success selling tickets and DVDs of his

shows, it’s surprising that some savvy network exec hasn’t turned his stand-up into a sitcom, like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. or less successful efforts from the likes of John Mulaney or Whitney Cummings.

It’s not for lack of trying. Regan has taken his share of network meetings through the years, but for the most part they’ve left him frustrated.

“I’ve never walked into a network meeting where they’ve gone, ‘Wow, this is that guy we’ve been hearing about!’” Regan says. “I still am interested, but I would need autonomy, complete autonomy. I have negative vibes toward at least the major networks … I would like to have only one network meeting, where they go, ‘Hi, we’re the network. Do whatever you want. You’ll never see us again.’”

Until then, Regan will be satisfied working the room and making it laugh, whether it’s a corporate gig like the one he’s doing in Dallas, or the two packed shows Saturday night at Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s Pend Oreille Pavilion.

“I try to make the audience this one ‘thing,’ and I try to make that thing laugh,” Regan says.

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rom magical sinkholes to mythological beings and the twisted allure of addiction, the second installment of the Lilac City Fairy Tales anthology is a wild trip to the theme of Marry a Monster.

Spearheaded by two leaders in the local literary scene, author Sharma Shields and poet Ellen Welcker, the 61-writer anthology of short stories, poems and one nonfiction piece will benefit the literacy and arts programs of the nonprofit INK Art Space. Housed in the Spark Center, INK offers free and low-cost events for adults and kids, including workshops on graphic novels, poetry performance and the popular Girls Rock music sessions.

A special debut event at the Bing this Sunday night showcases 11 of Lilac City Fairy Tales’ 2016 contributing writers performing snippets of their work — each submission is under 1,000 words — on stage. Liz Rognes and Windoe (the latter is the solo project of Bartlett owner/musician Karli Ingersoll) also perform in the showcase, which happens to feature all women contributors, Shields says. The anthology, however, is a mix of male and female voices, from established writers to authors being published for the first time.

This year’s collection theme, Marry a Monster, comes from a line in the A.E. Stallings poem “Fairy-tale Logic.”

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year,” Shields says. “It opens up so many possibilities — it could be a love story or the opposite, literal or figurative, and we liked the room it gave people to work in.”

Some of 172-page collection’s writers interpreted that theme literally, writing evocative pieces that examine a character’s struggle to cope in a suppressive or abusive relationship. Others muse on the varied complexities of love, and some pieces take on a fairy-tale-inspired quality that seems almost old-fashioned.

Lilac City Fairy Tales is a snapshot in time of the Inland Northwest’s diversely talented and growing literary community. Local readers should recognize dozens of the contributing writers — Kris Dinnison, Shann Ray, Laura Read, Rachel Toor, Stephanie Oakes, Chris Cook and Simeon Mills, to name a handful.

“I think this is going to be a really fun and atypical event for Valentine’s Day,” Shields remarks. “You can go as a date, but if you’re not into it, you can be irreverent and have fun with the theme.

I’m hoping people come down and support INK and support arts in Spokane.”

After the event, find copies of the anthology for sale at Spark Center, Auntie’s Bookstore and other local shops.

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ocals can easily get a little jaded when it comes to gauging where, exactly, Gonzaga basketball stands in the vast and varied landscape of college hoops. The Zags are a big deal in Spokane, and even though they’re on national TV almost weekly, the denizens of Zag Nation often forget that the team’s nearly twodecade charge through college basketball has made them a national product.

If you need a reminder of the Zags’ stature, a five-part documentary series airing on HBO beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16, should do the trick. Mark Few’s teams have received No. 1 rankings and a top NCAA tournament seed, but this is probably the biggest stage the program has ever been placed on. You may still be wondering — why Gonzaga?

“This project is unique in that we are going beyond the story arc of one game and telling the Bulldogs’ narrative in a longform format that hasn’t really been shared with the masses. There is no better platform than HBO to do this type of storytelling,” says Fred Christenson, executive producer of Gonzaga: The March to Madness; he also serves as senior director of original content for IMG, the company responsible for

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producing the show.

There has been some handwringing about the series within the Gonzaga fan base. It’s not that Zag fans don’t feel their boys are due this sort of spotlight, but rather that the documentary comes during a season with more low points than the program is used to. Christenson says the tumultuous start to the season, which included home losses to UCLA, Arizona and BYU, as well as a season-ending injury to big man Przemek Karnowski, only adds the sort of drama that even non-Gonzaga fans can buy into. It also helps that the Zags, though not without their shortcomings, still possess two high-profile, box-score-busting players in Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis.

“So far this season, the team has had some exciting and amazing moments, like the game at the University of San Francisco in early January. The Bulldogs were down by 16 with three minutes to play and won by eight in overtime,” Christenson says.

“We wanted this to be an unvarnished look at the ups and downs all teams experience, and that’s exactly what this series will showcase.”

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Madness is the fact that the cameras have been following players and coaches far beyond the boundaries of the court since the first day of practice, and will continue to do so as things unfold. That’s regardless of how the team fares down the stretch in WCC play, as well as if and when they roll into the NCAA tournament.

“Since day one, Gonzaga has been all-in, giving us 100 percent access to the team,” says Christenson.

In fact, he says that beginning this weekend, crews will be “embedded 24/7 with the team for the duration of the project.” While media access to college athletes has become increasingly closed off, the series, which originated this fall when IMG approached Gonzaga Athletic Director Mike Roth, aims to give us more of a look at the life of these students, as well as the coaching staff. Yes, that means we may get a closer look at the notoriously camera-shy Few, too.

“Coaches, players and staff have enjoyed the process so far and look forward to the rest of the season. This is a great product that will give our fans a first-class look at our program,” Few said when the project became public last month.

Christenson says that the series will be more than a linear progression through the 2015-16 Gonzaga campaign. It’ll dive into the program’s meteoric rise and bring to light other storylines — for example, a student on his way to a promising medical career whose love for Gonzaga hoops landed him a spot as a ball boy.

“There are so many ways into this story, whether you’re a big Gonzaga fan or not,” says Christenson. n

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EDITOR’S NOTE t’s so much easier to write about ski season and be excited when the snow is falling outside and the weather forecast is calling for 9 inches of accumulation overnight. Many skiers and snowboarders agree that this is the best time of year; spring storms typically roll through on a consistent basis, and there are plenty of late winter and spring events almost every weekend throughout the rest of the season.

Preseason predictions came with a lot of doubt as to whether this season would be like the last — or worse — based on El Niño patterns.

Luckily for the Pacific Northwest, the jet stream was in our favor, and we’re on target for a better-than-average season. No one likes to be average, but in this neck of the woods, average snowfall translates to an epic ski season in the Northwest.

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There are still two months left to enjoy our winter wonderland, and there’s no better time than now to take advantage of it all. The last of the major long holiday weekends is upon us, and the mountains have events planned to boost the fun factor. Check out our calendar of events to see what’s waiting for you this weekend and through the rest of the season.

With the days getting longer, fuel prices dropping and the U.S. dollar exchanging in Canada at a favorable rate, there’s no better time than now to plan an across-the-border adventure. Pick up one of our Ski Maps or check out Snowlander.com for a listing of resorts convenient to the Spokane area.

This issue is always a bittersweet one for me; it feels like the best part of ski season is just beginning, yet this is the season’s last issue. Enjoy the rest of your ski season, and keep your eyes out for blog postings throughout the spring.

I look forward to enjoying powder skiing under the sunshine with all of you passionate skiers and snowboarders this spring!

— JEN FORSYTH Snowlander editor jen@snowlander.com

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EXERCISE SNOW STRIDES What runners do when there’s snow on the ground

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am someone who likes to run a couple of times a week, because this is what I do to keep from getting any fatter. This often means dragging myself outside when I don’t want to be outside.

I draw the line, though, when it comes to snow. I don’t run in snow.

I don’t like my feet wet or cold or exposed to slippery conditions, or, God forbid, all three. And without a gym membership, this means my exercise takes place in my living room and requires one of those video series led by a Zeus-chiseled man whose level of excitement can be explained only by amphetamines.

But with snow on the ground throughout all of my go-to running routes for much of this winter, I’ve decided to toughen up, and thought a guy

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like Vince Hamilton could help me out. Hamilton is a senior on Gonzaga’s cross-country and track teams and also works at the downtown Spokane Runners Soul store. He’s been running in Spokane for most of his life, which means he can’t wuss out when there’s a little snow on the ground.

I sheepishly tell him that I’m terrified of running in the snow because the few times I’ve tried, I run on my tiptoes, certain that my next footfall will be my undoing. It makes for a painful, slow pace and is probably embarrassing for anyone who witnesses it. He understands my concerns.

“Part of that is your mental awareness. The first half-mile, you’re very aware of your stride and might tip-toe. But for me, I get in a rhythm and stop thinking about it after a while,” he says.

OK. I can believe in that thinking, but I need some more help. I ask about Yaktrax, those rubber-and-metal things that go on the bottom of your shoes. Those, he says, are more for walking, because at a running pace, you feel them on your feet a lot. He recommends the molded shoe attachments from Due North that feature spikes on the heel and the ball of the foot.

So I won’t slip and die, but I’m going to be cold, right?

“Anything under 20 [degrees] is when I start wearing more thermal-type stuff,” says Hamilton, who recommends a light hat and upper-body layers.

As someone who runs in shorts almost exclusively, I ask him what I should wear, considering that when I’ve run in warmup pants I feel like a Russian mobster who also happens to be an exceptionally slow runner. Hamilton says those sort of pants are fine, but thermal tights — you can wear them under shorts — might be the way to go.

“There’s no right or wrong. Either you like the form-fitting stuff or you like the loose stuff,” says Hamilton. “I prefer the tights just because it’s sleeker and doesn’t mess up my stride.”

As for your shoes getting wet, there’s nothing much you can do, says Hamilton, other than to listen to the part of your brain that says, “Maybe there’s another route besides through that pile of slush or that untouched field of snow.” If you get into the deep stuff, your feet will likely get wet, seeing as how almost all running shoes are not waterproof. To keep the feet warm, try SmartWool running socks, he adds.

Running in the snow isn’t always fun. It’s more often just about getting the miles in, even if the experience is uncomfortable, says Hamilton.

I would argue this logic applies to running as a whole.

“It’s about getting the job done. If Coach says I have so many miles today, I’m not lollygagging around. If I was going for an easy run, I’d stomp around in the snow at the park, but when I need a good pace, I shoot for the arterials,” says Hamilton. n

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SKIING VALHALLA For fresh, big-mountain powder, head three hours north of Spokane BY JEN FORSYTH Scenes from my Canadian adventure

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aking up in a foreign country, with 12 inches of fresh snow and the day’s upcoming adventure weighing on my mind, I thought I was still sleeping and in the middle of a dream. Fortunately for me, I was awake and the dream was just beginning. Typically, I’m not a morning person, although it was easy to jump out of bed, even with a slight twinge in my head, possibly from a little too much Canadian whiskey the night before. That was all in the past as I packed up my boots and was eagerly out the door by 6:40 am, on my way to begin the day’s adventure.

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kane. Entering the office, I was greeted with big Canadian smiles from the friendly ladies behind the desk, and a well-appointed gift shop selling high-quality hats and sweatshirts for VPC and their sister heli ski company, Snowwater Heli Skiing. The smell of coffee and fresh-baked croissants lingered in the office. Excitement was high as all of the guests were booting up, putting their transceivers on and loading their backpacks with the necessary gear for a day in the backcountry.

Keeping to a timetable, a quick presentation and introduction of the guide staff was made, and we loaded one of the biggest, most badass buses in the world, equipped with flame throwers and 48-inch wheels, and made our way deep into the Valhalla Range, where we would meet our

snowcat and hundreds of thousands of acres to be explored.

There were enough skiers on the bus to fill two snowcats comfortably. Once we were all loaded up, the cat departed for a day of adventure. We first stopped and did a drill with our transceiver and avalanche rescue gear. After the entire group felt comfortable with the skill level of fellow skiers, it was time to load up the cat one more time and ascend to our first drop-off.

Coeur d’Alene’s Robert Hoskinson, along for the adventure, confirms the operation’s dedication to safety: “The staff is very professional and knowledgeable when it comes to your safety. But from the time you walk in the door to sign your [liability] waiver, the staff is there to make sure

you have a great time.”

As I stood on top of a nicely spaced tree run with not a single ski track in sight, I realized the remoteness of my situation. “Everything is larger than life,” says Hoskinson. “The terrain up at Valhalla is on par with any big-mountain experience you can dream up.” Each run offered its own opportunities for face shots and fresh lines. Route selection was always of the utmost importance, since we were traveling in the backcountry.

Comfortably settling into the routine of ski, eat, repeat, the day just got better and better as the snow continued to fall and the group got more comfortable with each other. Between each run, we would eat and slam water to refuel

for the next run, with a good amount of joking around — lighthearted conversation or a recap of the snow conditions we just skied. The food was thoughtfully prepared, with tasty ingredients and unique flavor combinations, including housemade sandwiches and wraps, fresh-baked cookies and an assortment of fruits and vegetables. “I remember the food being great,” says Hoskinson, “but it was definitely overshadowed by the snow and terrain.”

Eventually, as all good things do, the day came to an end and we were back in the monster bus with fatigued legs, big smiles and an endless amount of powder-skiing memories. A trip to Valhalla Powdercats is an epic adventure.

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Drew was born and raised in Spokane,

attended Mead High School for a couple of years and then finished up at North Central. He started skiing at age 5, but took a hiatus due to his involvement in high school sports. After high school he attended North Idaho College where he played soccer, then transferred to Boise State

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That store is where their budding relationship began.

Although it was two years before the romance would come to fruition, “there was always kind of a crush,” says Rachel.

They had the Helly Hansen store for seven years, closing it in 2013, then moved to Coeur d’Alene in October 2014 to be closer their families.

Once there, Drew transitioned into the banking world.

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We have a lot planned, a lot of goals, and are excited about giving the store a makeover.”

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SINGLE-CHAIRLIFT THROWBACK Go back in time and hit the slopes at Montana’s Maverick Mountain BY JEN FORSYTH Its remote location keeps away less hardy skiiers JEN FORSTYH PHOTOS

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averick Mountain, located in the Pioneer Mountains of southwestern Montana, is one of the many legendary “must visit” momand-pop ski areas that make the Montana ski experience so special. When it comes to bucket lists, a visit to Maverick definitely should be a priority.

Maverick is not a widely known ski area, as its location is remote. The entire experience is an adventure; getting there is as memorable as the skiing. Located in the high plains of the Big Hole Valley between Wisdom and Dillon just off Highway 278, Maverick is about 40 miles west of Dillon — that’s the easiest route. For a shorter but more scenic route, head south out of Missoula on Highway 93. This route takes you south through Hamilton and up over Lost Trail Pass. Head east on Highway 43 into Wisdom,

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then southeast on Highway 278, winding up about 170 miles from Missoula.

Arriving in the parking lot, we were greeted with approximately 8 inches of new snow, seven other cars and an historic old lodge, complete with a rental/retail shop, cafeteria and ski bar with a definite local feel. Immediately pegged as “not from being around here,” we were complimented on our effort to ski Maverick and given a couple of local tips on where (and where not) to ski. The mountain is simple, with no printed trail maps, just the one at the top of the lone chairlift. The mountain has a nice mix of terrain, all funneling from the top of the chairlift back to the base area. The snow quality is top-notch — the quintessential Montana cold smoke — light, dry, fluffy and plentiful.

Visiting here brings back memories of skiing

at his local hill, Schweitzer, for Sandpoint’s Matt Gibbs. “Being at Maverick reminded me of skiing when I was much younger,” he says. “A ski area that has a real hometown vibe, where everyone knows each other. Progress is inevitable, ski areas grow, but skiing at Maverick took me back to when I was in elementary school, and we’d ski on Thursdays for class. Being at a ski area that has one chairlift that accesses everything definitely took me back to my early skiing days.”

After skiing, a much-needed beer in the lodge is a must. This is where one can truly experience the local flavor and friendly atmosphere. Fellow après-skiers included an 80-yearold rancher from the valley — equipped with circa-1980 straight skis, rear-entry boots and Carhartt insulated bibs and jacket — recounting his runs from his daily visit to the mountain,

WHERE TO STAY There are many options between Dillon and Maverick along Highway 278. The Grasshopper Inn & Restaurant, located two miles down the road from Maverick in Polaris, offers lodging and food amenities. Jackson Hot Springs is 30 minutes away on Highway 278. A unique and convenient option is staying 3 miles up the road from the ski area at Elkhorn Hot Springs, with indoor and outdoor mineral pools and a couple of lodging options, including rustic cabins and rooms in the historic lodge, built in the early 1900s, above a full-service restaurant.

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and a college kid, dressed head to toe in Patagonia (thanks to the nearby outlet) up from Dillon to take advantage of the new snow. Sitting back and listening to the conversation made the experience unforgettable.

For many skiers and snowboarders familiar with Maverick, it’s a special kind of place. Spokane’s Mike Altringer has been talking about a trip here for years.

“If I could quit my job, one of my dreams is to go hit all of the mom-and-pop ski areas in Idaho and Montana,” he says. “I love the vibe of these smaller areas, and many of them have very good skiing.”

Gibbs adds, “It’s mountains like this that show the attraction toward skiing and being on the mountain. It doesn’t matter if you are skiing at a resort with 3,000 acres and a multitude of lifts, or a ski area like Maverick, with 200 acres and one chairlift.

I am definitely going back. One day at Maverick is as memorable as 20 days at other resorts. It’s an experience I don’t get very often, and it’s definitely worth the effort of getting there.” 

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MOUNTAIN PROFILE

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Connecting with Inland Northwest landscapes through photography BY JEN FORSYTH Benjamin Powell found inspiration in North Idaho BENJAMIN POWELL PHOTO

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t a very young age, Benjamin Powell had a connection with photography and the outdoors, but it wasn’t until four years ago that he put the two together for what is now his lifestyle.

Born in Denver but raised in Missoula, Powell grew up fly fishing, hunting and snowboarding.

As he was starting to get interested in photography, coincidentally his sister was as well. Not wanting to compete with her, he kept his interest in photography somewhat of a secret, using a disposable camera to capture his shots. “I had a passion for photography, but I never learned it,” he explains.

Life would take him into the Marine Corps; he served for four years and three combat tours, excelling as a Scout Swimmer, an elite designation. After getting out of the military, he spent the next three years snowboarding every day.

“Snowboarding was my life. I got out of the military and started teaching snowboarding for the University of Montana at the local mountain, Snow Bowl,” he says. “From there, I pretty much lived on snow. I have five snowflake tattoos, which represent each year I snowboarded every day.”

For the next few years, his life would start to transform into the one he leads now. He received a gift, a book about the secrets of digital photog-

raphers, and would use his phone as a camera on adventures around the country. While visiting his grandmother, she asked him what he would do if he had been given an extra $2,000.

His response was easy: “I’d buy a camera.”

Sadly, she passed away; to his surprise, she left him $3,000. He finally was able to buy a camera that would take the shots he had been visualizing his entire life.

When Powell is in shooting/artistic mode, he’s constantly planning. “I put a lot of planning into getting the right shot,” he explains. “I study a place. I use apps and mapping software, like Google Earth, that show when the sun might be setting, and where it might be shining in relationship to the landscape. I really look for compositionally correct places.”

Powell’s photographs give viewers the opportunity to connect with the landscapes being displayed. “I hope they will admire my photographs as artwork,” he says. “Additionally, I hope they have a connection with the landscape and the experience. I also hope it motivates people to have their own experience.” His biggest client is Kootenai Health, where many of his pieces are displayed. He’s also regularly published in Coeur d’Alene’s NSpire magazine, where he is the director of photography.

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Powell, who has called Silver Mountain his home resort since 2007, now calls North Idaho home: “With how much I enjoy the outdoors, I find that North Idaho provides a solid four seasons and perfect subjects for my photos.”

Since moving to the Inland Northwest, he has made great friendships and met the woman of his dreams. He shares his life with Heather, his partner. Before meeting her, he explains, “I had a dream about a girl who happened to be ‘Heather,’ which at the time, I didn’t know who the girl in my dream was.”

Outside of running his photography business, “I enjoy reading, hiking and, of course, snowboarding. Really, anything that allows Heather and I to spend time away from the everyday hustle, reminding us of what life is really about.” n

WINTER EVENTS Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-255-3081) LET IT GLOW As part of the Sandpoint Winter Carnival’s grand finale, the mountain invites all to break out their best neon gear, followed by a “Day Glow Night Show,” where everyone is encouraged to deck themselves out in glowing lights and other accessories for a group electric-lights parade down the Ridge Run. A 21+ neon party at Taps follows.

Sat, Feb. 20. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208263-9555) MOONLIGHT CROSS COUNTRY SKI/SNOWSHOE & DINNER Spokane Parks hosts this event at Mt. Spokane State Park, with a moonlight ski followed by an Italian-style dinner by Trezzi Farm Catering. Sno-Park/Discover Pass required to access the park. Offered Feb. 20 and March 19, from 6-9 pm. $42/ person. ($5 discount with your own equipment). Mt. Spokane Selkirk Lodge. spokaneparks.org (625-6200)

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SPOKANE LANGLAUF The 36th annual 10K cross country race in Mt. Spokane State Park benefits local junior racing programs, trail improvements and more. Sun, Feb. 21, starting at 11 am. $25-$35. Starts at Mt. Spokane Selkirk Lodge. Register/details at spokanelanglauf.org.

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STARLIGHT RACE SERIES The first event of the four-week adult (ages 21+) race series is open to skiers, riders and telemark skiers. Weekly events consist of races, parties, prizes, live music and beer, with a Starlight Finale party sponsored by PBR. Costumes are encouraged. Open to teams of five, male or female. Fridays through Feb. 26. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555)

SNOWSHOE HIKE + WINE TASTING Snowshoe the trails of Mt. Spokane and stop for a wine tasting at Trezzi Farm Winery at the end of the day ($3). All equipment and transportation provided. $35/person. Offered Feb. 13 and March 12, from 10 am-3:30 pm. Meet at Yoke’s, 14202 N. Market. $21/person; preregistration required. spokaneparks.org

KAN JAM FREESTYLE FESTIVAL The mountain hosts its 9th annual freestyle festival, with events in slopestyle, big air and — of course — the rail jam. New to 2016, the festival spans five Saturdays throughout the month, on Feb. 13, 20 and 27. See site for full details/ schedule. $15/event and for spectator admission. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane.com (238-2220) SHEIMO CUP DUAL SLALOM The annual event benefits the 49° FAST racing program, with prizes awarded in all categories: alpine, snowboard and telemark. Competitors get two runs each; course is open from 10 am-2 pm, Sat, Feb. 13. $29-$33 (not including lift ticket; $30-$33). 49 Degrees North, 3311

PRESIDENTS’ WEEKEND Events during the long weekend include family activities at the Village, night skiing and a spectacular laser lights show. Feb. 13-15. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208263-9555)

in between 4:30 and 5 pm. Reservations required; snowshoe rentals also offered ($20/person). Mission Ridge Resort, 7500 Mission Ridge Rd., Wenatchee, Wash. missionridge.com/events (509888-9430) FIRST TURNS Every Sunday, line up early for the gondola and head to the top of the mountain for an early breakfast and first access to that day’s powder. Open to a limited number of participants; preregistration suggested. Sundays through last week of the season. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866-344-2675)

MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL Events throughout the weekend and live music in the lodge. Feb. 13-14. Lookout Pass, I-90 Exit 0 at Mullan, Idaho. skilookout.com (208-744-1301)

VALENTINE’S DAY SPEED DATING Pick up a pass to this fun event at the bottom of Chair 3, and take the fiveminute ride up the slopes while getting to know someone new. Later that evening, Noah’s Canteen offers a romantic dinner.

Sun, Feb. 14. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt. com (866-344-2675)

VALENTINE’S DINNER AT MIDWAY LODGE Spend the weekend at Mission Ridge, and cap things off with a romantic evening offering wine tasting and fine dining after a snowshoe hike up to the Midway Lodge. Dinner is accompanied by live music. $100/couple. Sun, Feb. 14, check

LASER LIGHT SHOW Set to music from over the decades, the lasers are projected onto the Village and Jimmie’s Run. Bring a chair to sit by the fire pit while you watch the colorful display. Sun, Feb. 14, at 7:15 pm, with events before the show starting at 3 pm and continuing again at 8 pm in Taps.

Free. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555) RAILS AND ALES An evening of skiing, snowboarding and live music in the heart of downtown Wenatchee, including a rail jam contest.

Badger Mountain Brewery also hosts an outdoor beer garden, with an afterparty and a vendor festival. Fri, Feb. 16, from 5:30-8:30 pm. Free to view; contact Mission Ridge to enter the competition.

Downtown Wenatchee, Washington. missionridge.com/events MOUNTAIN TOP TRIVIA NIGHT Tuesday night trivia moves from downtown Sandpoint up to the mountain.

Open to teams of up to six people; ages 21+ only. Happening Feb. 18 and March 11 at 4 pm. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208263-9555) MOONLIGHT SNOWSHOE HIKES Schweitzer Activity Center staff guide an evening hike (approximately 3 miles round-trip) through the mountain’s oldgrowth forest with the moon lighting the way. Advanced signup required, at least one week in advance. Fri, Feb. 19, from 4-7 pm. $30/person (ages 13+), including rental, snacks, trail fee.

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GET THE GIRLS OUT This event is part of a national campaign to inspire and encourage women to get out and enjoy outdoor sports and activities. The retro-themed event at Schweitzer involves prizes for the most creative costume. Sun, Feb. 21, from 8:30 am-5 pm. $10 to register for the event, plus lift ticket ($12-$49). Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555) COLLEGE UP-DOWN RACE North Idaho College hosts a race to the top of the mountain and down, offering the coveted title of first place and more perks TBA. Sun, Feb. 21. Lookout Pass, I-90 Exit 0 at Mullan, Idaho. skilookout. com (208-744-1301) SKI AND SURF Start on the mountain’s chilly slopes or the humid air of the indoor waterpark; it’s your choice. The Sunday afternoon special lets visitors do both, with waterpark passes and a lift ticket offered for $29 at noon. Sundays, from Feb. 21 through April 10. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt. com (866-344-2675) YOUR TURN WOMEN’S EVENT Former U.S. Ski Team member Lisa Densmore, a highly regarded coach and instructor, hosts a women’s ski event offering continental breakfast, ski demos, instruction, a ski trends presentation and après-ski party and massages.

For intermediate to advanced skiers; registration required. Wed, Feb. 24. $149/ person. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane.com (238-2220 x 204)

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WINTER EVENTS MARCH / APRIL SPECIAL OLYMPICS WASHINGTON WINTER GAMES Events include alpine skiing and snowboarding, for novice to advanced riders. Friday includes the opening ceremony at 6 pm, with final awards presented on Sunday. March 4-6.

Mission Ridge Resort, 7500 Mission Ridge Rd., Wenatchee, Washington. missionridge.com/events SEASON PASS SPAGHETTI FEST Lookout shows its appreciation to all the 2015-16 season pass holders, with a free meal for those who show their pass. Sun, March 5. Lookout Pass, I-90 Exit 0 at Mullan, Idaho. skilookout.com (208-744-1301) VERTICAL EXPRESS FOR MS This national event series combines skiing and fundraising to empower people with MS. The local event invites skiers and riders of all ages/abilities to join in on a mountain poker run, races and more. Sat, March 5. $25/person.

Register online. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555)

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LADIES DAY This all-day program offers a lift ticket and rental, continental breakfast, four hours of personalized instruction from Mt. Spokane’s favorite women instructors, lunch, video analysis and, at the end of the day; wine, cheese and a massage. Fri, March 11, from 9 am-4 pm. $99/person; registration required.

Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane.com (238-2220 x 215) SNOWSHOE HIKE + WINE TASTING Snowshoe the trails of Mt. Spokane and stop for a wine tasting at Trezzi Farm Winery at the end of the day ($3). All equipment and transportation provided. $35/person. Sat, March 12, from 10 am-3:30 pm. Meet at Yoke’s, 14202 N. Market. $21/person; preregistration required. spokaneparks. org TUBIN’ IN TUTUS The annual fundraiser benefits the Shoshone Pet Rescue, and is its largest fundraiser of the year. Includes silent/ live auctions, games, food/drink and more. Sat, March 12. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866-344-2675) RETRO DAY Bust out your straight skis and that sweet one-piece hiding in the back of your closet for the end-of-season celebration. That day is also the final Night Skiing session of the season, concluding with live music and prizes for best costume in the Foggy Bottom Lounge. Sat, March 12. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane.com (238-2220) FAMILY FUN DAY Enjoy a kids obstacle course on the bunny hill, with race gates, hoops and banks to cruise through. Sat, March 19, from 9 am-4 pm, race begins at noon. Free to participate for kids. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane. com (238-2220)

WARDNER PEAK UPHILL DOWNHILL RACE This inaugural event set on the terrain of Wardner Peak is a short (2 mile) course with “mellow” climbs and descents. Friendly to all levels, from first timers to backcountry fanatics, and open to alpine touring, telemark, splitboard, snowshoes and snowboards. Music and drinks are served up at the finish line. Sat, March 19. $20-$25/person. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866-344-2675) DOWNHILL DUMMY This annual event involves participants using their creativity to launch a dummy on skis or snowboard, competing in various categories like “best carnage” and “most likely to survive.” Sat, March 19. $5-$15/entry.

Mission Ridge Resort, 7500 Mission Ridge Rd., Wenatchee, Washington. missionridge.com/events 24 HOURS OF SCHWEITZER This 8th annual event benefits the research for treatment and cure of cystinosis, a rare and fatal disease that affects 500 people nationwide.

The local event honors Hank Sturgis of Sandpoint, who has been diagnosed with cystinosis. The relay event is open to skiers, riders and telemark skiers.

March 25-26. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555) POND SKIM/SLUSH CUP The 7th annual event includes the pond-skimming contest on the bunny hill (1 pm), with prizes for best skim, costume and more. It’s also Hawaiian Day on the slopes, so bust out your best themed gear. Also offered is the military ski free day, with free lift tickets to all active, retired or veterans with valid ID. Sat, March 26. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane. com (238-2220) SPRING CARNIVAL The end-of-season celebration at Silver features the usual trio of events: a rail jam, pond skim and outdoor party with drink specials, giveaways and more. Sat, April 2. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866-344-2675) SCHWEITZER SPRING CELEBRATION Bust out that Hawaiian shirt for fun in the sun and activities across the mountain, celebrating the end of a great season and the arrival of spring.

April 9-10. Details TBA. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555) LEADMAN 2016 The annual springtime triathlon features ski, bike and off-road running events, with proceeds benefiting projects sponsored by the Kellogg Rotary Club. The race begins with a 1-mile ski/board ride down, then onto the mountain bikes for a 7-to-11-mile ride, and finished by a 4-to-5-mile run.

Sat, April 23. $53-$123. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (208-783-1524) n

THE LAST RUN

WORD HAS IT The snow reporter can be your key to an epic day on the mountain BY JEN FORSYTH The hills have eyes

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very mountain has one — the person you love to hate, who awakens you every morning during the ski season with the news you don’t want to hear, or the person you secretly love, whose voice you can’t wait to hear first thing in the morning. The snow reporter is their own special breed among the skiing and snowboarding population.

They speak their own language (what the heck is “mixed precip” anyway?) and often do the job in exchange for a season pass. They also ensure that they’re up on the

mountain first thing, ready to shred the gnar the moment they hit the send button on the 8:45 update report.

After an overnight storm, many residents of mountain towns usually can tell what kind of day it’s is going to be up on the slopes. When they wake up to light, fluffy snow that has blanketed their driveway overnight with no apparent wind effect, most powder hounds know that’s the cue to call in sick. Others seek the expert opinion of their local snow reporter. Because of their

broad reach with the skiing and snowboarding public, it’s best that they keep their identities secret and typically go by a “handle,” for there is no greater wrath on the slopes than when someone has made the trek to the mountain, only to find his or her opinion of the conditions differs from the snow reporter’s.

Now, with the popularization of social media and other outlets that facilitate mass communication, several have popped up to try and “outdo” the resort’s paid snow reporter. They range from after-the-

fact group emails, suitable for rubbing it in when friends have missed out on epic days, to video accounts of day’s conditions and festivities, and early-morning group texts from mountain insiders to a lucky, select group of individuals concerning what really happened on the slopes over the course of the night.

At the end of the day, the snow reporter — whoever you choose to read or listen to — is in it for the same reason as you. Some days, they’ll report it exactly like you see it; other days, they’ll report it as the opposite of what you’ve experienced. Still other days, you just may sit and raise a beer with him or her, probably without ever knowing it, and agree it was the best day of your life. n

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DRINKING

Finding a Sweet Spot Up North Distillery starts with honey and apples and ends up with booze

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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weet serendipity is part of the foundation of the new Up North Distillery, which opened recently in Post Falls.

Randy Mann and his wife, Hilary, had developed an appreciation for whiskey from trying local brands, while Dan Beckius and his wife, Danielle, felt the desire to distill after traveling to North Carolina and Tennessee. Then the husbands met at an American Distilling Institute class in Seattle, discovering they lived within blocks from each other in Coeur d’Alene.

“We decided it made sense to pool resources for this business venture, and have been planning every aspect of our business ever since over cards, camping and weekend outings,” says Hilary.

Another stroke of luck was finding a nearby distiller not only interested in selling his equipment — two 300-gallon tanks — but also his existing products and expertise as a consultant.

Try variations of Up North’s apple brandy or honey spirits, including the more intense, oak-barrel-aged products, as well as applejack spirits — a brandy and cider mix.

Because of their liquor license, Up North can serve a range of regional spirits in their distillery and bar. They feature flights of vodka, gin and whiskey ($5-$7) from Oregon, Idaho, Montana and/or Washington, while both their brand and regional products are featured in their signature cocktails, which rotate monthly. Try a Glacier Sunrise with rye whiskey, orange juice and grenadine ($6) or the Grapefruit Rosemary Mule, with choice of vodka or gin ($6). You can also order from the full bar.

Up North also keeps it local with three rotating draft beers, including Coeur d’Alene’s Daft Badger ($5), as well as local wines: Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay ($5/glass, $19/bottle).

Because they hit the ground running, Up North Distillery already is bottling their spirits.

“We may be the only distillery in Idaho where you can order a cocktail, try a sample of our product, and buy a bottle to go, while also enjoying other regional craft distilleries, local beer and wine,” says Hilary.  Up North Distillery • 846 N. Boulder Ct., Post Falls • Open Mon-Sat, noon-8 pm; Sun, 10 am-9 pm • upnorthdistillery.com • 208-773-4445

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JJ’s menu is getting a big overhaul. JOE KONEK PHOTO

Smoking for Change JJ’s in North Spokane is rebranding with a focus on barbecue

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hen Ian McQueen and Justin Oliveri took ownership of JJ’s Grill and Brewhouse at the beginning of 2015, they felt the menu was a little erratic. Mexican dishes, salads, Italian pastas and fried foods all on the same menu wasn’t allowing them to focus on perfecting any one style of food.

McQueen and Oliveri share a passion for smoking meats, so they began incorporating them into the nachos and some of the other dishes already on the menu.

“There isn’t much barbecue in the Northwest,” says Oliveri.

“And that’s what we happen to both specialize in,” added McQueen.

Wanting to give JJ’s a new look and more consistent theme, they decided to focus on smoking, and rebrand JJ’s Grill and Brewhouse as JJ’s Tap and Smokehouse.

The main features on the new food menu are handheld, including a Tri-Tip Dip ($14) with smoked provolone cheese, horseradish aioli and au jus on a hoagie roll, and BBQ Beef Brisket ($13) with crispy onion straws and coleslaw on a brioche bun.

Smaller plates include a pound of ribs ($12) and stuffed spuds ($9) served with a smoked onion dip. For the more hungry, platters ($18-$24) come with two sides and garlic bread.

McQueen assures that the half-pound burgers JJ’s is known for are not going anywhere, just getting a smokehouse twist. All sauces are made in-house, and many dishes feature local bread from Petit Chat Village Bakery. Aside from the regular food menu, there also will be rotating seasonal specials.

JJ’s 17 taps have expanded to 25, featuring a variety of IPAs; at least 10 of the taps always pour local brews.

The cocktail list also offers smoked options, including Bloody Marys made with 21 Window smoked vodka and smoke-infused whiskey drinks.

JJ’s rebrand is planned to officially launch shortly after Valentine’s Day. McQueen and Oliveri considered changing the name from JJ’s, but ultimately decided they didn’t want people to think the atmosphere would be completely different after the rebrand.

“JJ’s will still be a place to watch Seahawks games and experience that local, neighborhood feel,” says Oliveri. “It’s just going to have a little more to offer now, too.” n JJ’s Tap and Smokehouse • 8801 N. Indian Trail Rd. • Open Mon-Thu, 11 am-midnight; Fri-Sat, 8:30-2 am; Sun, 8:30 ammidnight • Facebook: JJ’s Grill and Brewhouse • 467-4267

FOOD | BEER

What’s Brewing?

Brewery open houses, big beers and news about your hops

and more than 100 IBUs. Get it while you can at the brewpub on the north side of town.

Also in CdA, Slate Creek Brewing Co. recently rolled out their Royal Humpy EnglishStyle Pale Ale. It’s a sessionable brew at just 5.4 ABV and 25 IBU — the sort of beer that might go well with this early spring that appears to be approaching.

Paradise Creek Brewery in Pullman unveiled their new Invective Stout on Super Bowl Sunday. The complex English-style stout features chocolate, coffee and roasted grain flavors for a creamy finish and is a manageable 6.2 percent ABV.

BY MIKE BOOKEY

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raft breweries in the Northwest tend to be welcoming places any day you visit, but on Saturday, Feb. 20, the Washington Beer Commission is coordinating an official Open House day to get you better acquainted with your breweries and brewers.

Locally, you can head to English Setter Brewing in Spokane Valley for half-priced appetizers, beers poured through a Randall and a chance to meet the brewers. Also in the Valley, Twelve String Brewing Co. has a couple of barrel-aged sour beers on tap from noon to 10 pm. Perry Street Brewing hosts tours at 2 and 4 pm, while Big Barn Brewing out in Green Bluff has hourly tours from noon to 5 pm and a special tasting for $10 that includes a collectible glass.

NEW BREWS

In Coeur d’Alene, Trickster’s Brewing Co. has brought back their Hops on Parade brew. It’s still very, very big, measuring in at 9 percent ABV Thurs 2/11, Inlander

While last fall’s fresh hop beers were certainly worth celebrating, the same can’t be said for the industry’s overall output in 2015.

A report from the Hop Growers of America found that ENTRÉE the brutally Get the scoop on local hot and dry food news with our weekly summer in Entrée newsletter. Sign up Washington at Inlander.com/newsletter. and Oregon, two of the world’s primary hop-growing regions, led to a smaller-than-normal hop yield. The story was the same in Europe, where droughts in Germany and elsewhere hampered hop-growing efforts.

Still, the industry is hopeful that this wetter and colder winter is a good sign for the upcoming growing season.

“The unusually high temperatures experienced this past summer were unprecedented, and we do not anticipate a repeat of an early and persistent heat wave,” says Ann George, executive director of the Hop Growers of America. 

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ith its distinctive wooden trim, Daanen’s Deli in Hayden still looks like a German restaurant from the street. Inside the building, however, change is afoot. New owners Marc and Claudia Zuniga still do customizable sandwiches for lunch, but have overhauled their deli takeout and dinner menus. Instead of Bavarian wurst by the pound or a schnitzel dinner, Daanen’s is exploring new geographical territory with appetizers like Jamaican-inspired jerk wings ($10) and Mahi fish tacos ($10). Look for former Bardenay chef Christian Kearns’ healthful pub fare of salads, soups, sandwiches and light entrées.

The Flying Reuben sandwich ($11) is a hint of things to come; the Zunigas are developing a 10-barrel brewing system. Inspired by a trip to Wallace, Idaho, and some North Idaho history, look for Flying Rodent Brewing later this summer.

In the meantime, you can still buy beer and wine to go at Daanen’s. And while the Zunigas happily refer those in search of deutsche dining to the Wine Grotto, the uberpopular annual Oktoberfest will be held at Daanen’s, as it has been for decades.

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LALO’S PIZZA 1314 S. Grand Blvd. | 533-5256 Lalo’s, which recently relocated just a few blocks up Grand Boulevard, continues to offer fresh-made dough and heaps of sauce and cheese. Try something out of the ordinary, like the Long Beach, which includes chicken, bacon, and ranch sauce. If you want to play it straight, Lalo’s can do that, too, and at a good price.

South Perry Pizza.

PIZZA THE BOILER ROOM 6501 N. Cedar | 863-9213 Located in the new, mixed-use Cedar Crossing development, the Boiler Room serves up a menu of woodfired craft pizza served piping hot on long wooden boards. Try the “Fireball,” topped with Italian sausage, pepperoni, pancetta, peppers, chili flakes and Sriracha hot sauce. The “swill” aspect of the Boiler Room’s tag line, “craft pizza and swill,”

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includes housemade cocktails named after neighborhood streets and places. The draft and bottled beer list even features a few brews from its next-door neighbor, Waddell’s Brewpub & Grille.

EUROPA 125 S. Wall | 455-4051 Nice enough to take a date or Mom, Europa is a good option for dinner or splitting a bottle of wine and ordering one of their appetizers (from calamari to hummus and spinachartichoke dip). If it’s pizza you’re

PACIFIC AVENUE PIZZA 2001 W. Pacific | 624-0236 Sit out on the patio in Browne’s Addition in the evening sun. Leaf through the Transformers comic book the menus come in. And then order a pizza — yeah, sandwiches are on the menu, but this place is about pizza — with a name like the Gladiator (meat, mushrooms, sausage, pepperoni) or the MAC (white and red sauce, chicken, artichoke, bacon).

Or go with our favorite: the gourmet barbecue chicken. Vegetarians, try the Leonilda.

SECOND AVENUE PIZZA 215 S. Second Ave. | Sandpoint 208-263-9321 Ever actually weighed a pizza? The Juke Box Special at Sandpoint’s Second Avenue Pizza weighs in at a shocking 7 pounds. Other “piledhigh specialty pizzas” are also heavyduty, with fresh ingredients for the boating crowd or those who need an after-mountain meal. Speaking of which, the Schweitzer Ski Flake might grab your attention with spinach, tomatoes, garlic, mushrooms, feta and asiago cheese and black olives.

SOUTH PERRY PIZZA 1011 S. Perry | 290-6047 From the minimalist interior to a menu that covers the basics, simplicity is their mantra. And it works.

Classic thin crust pies such as the house pizza ($14) — which features pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage and caramelized onions — satisfy the traditionalists, while the mascarpone-based prosciutto pizza ($14) is more reminiscent of its European counterparts. 

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Naughty Bits Deadpool doesn’t earn its self-satisfaction at skewering comic-book movie clichés

BY SCOTT RENSHAW

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t doesn’t take long for Deadpool to announce Much of Deadpool is built around the sardonic its intentions to be a somewhat different kind rat-a-tat patter of Reynolds — revisiting the Wade of comic-book movie. As Juice Newton’s Wilson character he originated in a very different “Angel of the Morning” plays, and director Tim form in X-Men Origins: Wolverine — and he’s good Miller circles his camera around a tableau of vioenough at it to keep the movie hopping. The gags lence taking place inside the cab of an SUV, the are sporadically amusing, mostly on a “would on-screen credits introduce not actual names, but definitely make Beavis and Butt-head laugh” familiar types for this genre: “A British Villain”; level, but also venturing into silly bits at the “A Hot Chick”; “A Gratuitous Cameo.” Yep, conexpense of the X-Men universe of which this is a temporary Hollywood cinema may be overflowpart, including commentary on the two different ing with costumed superheroes, but let there be screen incarnations of Professor Charles Xavier. no mistaking: This one’s gonna be heading in a When the script by Rhett Reese and Paul Werunique direction. This one’s got attitude. nick (Zombieland) aims for true weirdness — like If only it weren’t quite so self-satisfied with the slow-speed threat of being killed by a Zamthat attitude. And not entirely justified in it. boni — Deadpool feels like a breath of fresh air.

Anyone familiar with the Marvel Comics antiIt is, however, a somewhat limited form of hero will be quick to assure you that this movie’s freshness. Like The Mask, it’s built around a morecipe of violence, fourth-wall-breaking and subtor-mouthed not-quite-hero who turns reality into version of comic-book tropes are a Tex Avery cartoon; like last year’s all true to the character’s history graphic-novel-based Kingsman: The DEADPOOL on the page. That certainly makes Rated R Secret Service, it cracks its knuckles Deadpool a break from the norm and dives into exploiting its R rating Directed by Tim Miller when it comes to the safely PG-13 Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena for all the blood-spattered action it entries of the Marvel Cinematic can churn out. There’s more evoluBaccarin, Ed Skrein Universe and its offshoots for tion than revolution in Deadpool’s other studios. But as funky as the attempts to snicker at the things movie often is, it’s neither as groundbreaking as those other comic-book movies do — and when the it seems convinced it is, nor as clever. It feels like movie trots out not one, but two different jokes the kind of “edgy” that happens when a 20-yearbased on Reynolds’ previous costumed incarnaold would-be stand-up comedian jumps on stage tion, Green Lantern, it starts to feel that the movie and starts dropping dick jokes, as though he was is less about skewering fan-service-y blockbustthe first guy brave enough to do it. ers than providing a slightly different kind of It’s certainly familiar in the sense that it’s fan service. a superhero origin story, although the timeline In fact, the irony of Deadpool is that it splits that framework with a revenge-driven narmight actually be better at being a 21st-cenrative. In the present day, we find the red-clad tury comic-book movie than it is at making assassin Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) seeking out fun of them. The action sequences — many a man named Francis (Ed Skrein) for his role he of them involving X-Men’s armor-skinned played in ruining his life. The specifics come in Colossus — are thrillingly choreoflashbacks to two years earlier, where we learn graphed, and include a terrific joke that Deadpool was once a mercenary named about fighting females, um, coming Wade Wilson, who describes his job descripout of their clothes. Even the obligation as “a bad guy who gets paid to f--- up worse tory origin story feels more inventive guys.” He also falls in love with a woman named as a result of the back-and-forth Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), but their happiness is timeline of the narrative. Deadpool thwarted when Wade is diagnosed with terminal isn’t half bad when it’s just going cancer, and subsequently submits to a mutating balls-out for genre pleasures; it’s process that may save his life, but will turn him a bit more irritating when it gets into the nigh-immortal (and badly deformed) killcocky about the fact that it’s willing machine we saw at the outset. ing to say “balls.” 

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FILM | SHORTS PRESENTS

Zoolander 2

OPENING FILMS 45 YEARS

Just one week before their 45th wedding anniversary, Kate Mercer (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff Mercer (Tom Courtenay) are happily planning their big anniversary party. Their rock-solid marriage is suddenly tested when Geoff receives a letter telling him the body of his past girlfriend and first love has been found preserved in the ice of the Alps, where she died 50 years before. As the wedding anniversary party arrives days later, this news produces marital drama that can change everything. (CS) Rated R

DEADPOOL

In the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we find the redclad assassin Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) seeking out a man named Francis (Ed Skrein) for his role he played in ruining his life. But we also see his former life as Wade Wilson, a wisecracking mercenary. (SR) Rated R

HOW TO BE SINGLE

After graduating from college, Alice (Dakota Johnson) leaves her boyfriend Josh and moves to New York City for a new job and fresh start. Robin (Rebel

Wilson), a lively co-worker who enjoys one-night-stands and partying, shows Alice how to navigate the city and enjoy nightlife. Alice quickly picks up a lot — how to meet men, get free drinks and celebrate the joys of single life. (CS) Rated R

ZOOLANDER 2

In 2001, we saw Zoolander and Hansel as arch enemies in the world of high fashion. Now, in 2016, America’s favorite super model Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) returns with rival Hansel (Owen Wilson) to team up with hot-shot Valentina (Penelope Cruz) to fight an international conspiracy to kill the world’s most beautiful people. (MM) Rated PG-13

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT

In Michael Moore’s latest documentary, the provocative director “invades” other nations — stalking into Norway and Italy, and also France and Germany and Finland and Iceland, even Tunisia — in search of great ideas America can steal, from improved health care to better childhood education. (MJ) Rated R

NOW PLAYING 5TH WAVE

In sci-fi thriller 5th Wave, gutsy heroine Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz) has the weight of the world on her shoulders, as she must survive deadly alien attacks that ravage the earth. Coming in waves, the first four attacks set Cassie on the run while she tries to save her brother Sammy. For the fifth and final wave, she joins forces with Evan, a young man who might be able to help her. (CS) Rated PG-13

THE BIG SHORT

Adapting Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book with Charles Randolph, comedic director Adam McKay lays out the stories of the investment banking insiders — including fund managers Michael Burry (Christian Bale) and Mark Baum (Steve Carell) — who saw the mortgage collapse coming as early as 2005, and began to realize how much the game was rigged. (SR) Rated R

BROOKLYN

Saoirse Ronan’s lovely central performance as a fresh-off-the-boat Irish immigrant lifts Brooklyn’s perfectly pitched narrative of love and homesickness as the young woman learns to navigate her new life.

CAROL

Already at the top of numerous critics’ lists of 2015’s best films, Carol is a sweeping story of forbidden love between two women — Carol Aird (Kate Blanchett) and Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) — in 1950s New York City. Eleven years in the works, the historical drama carefully examines how repressive society was in response to homosexual relationships as Carol and Therese struggle to express their feelings while trying to hide their secret.

(CS) Rated R

THE CHOICE

In this latest Nicholas Spark lovefest book adaption, chance brings an unlikely pair together. Travis Shaw is an easy-going bachelor and Gabby Holland is a medical student with a long-term boyfriend. When Gabby moves next door to Travis, the two soon realize their attraction for each other is undeniable. As their relationship grows, their lives change forever and they must decide how far they are willing to go to sustain their love. (CS) Rated PG-13

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PRESIDENT’S WEEKEND AT THE RESORT

FILM | SHORTS

NOW PLAYING CREED

Donny is an angry orphaned teen, rescued from the foster-care system by the widow (Phylicia Rashad) of boxing legend Apollo Creed from the Rocky series. She has learned that Donny is the illegitimate son of her late husband and has decided to take responsibility for him — and that unique backstory of a tough kid brought into a life of privilege gives Michael B. Jordan the opportunity for a terrific performance. Donny then heads into the ring for a boxing career with help from his trainer, none other than Rocky himself (Sylvester Stallone, of course). (SR) Rated PG-13

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In Disney’s most recent take on a historical event, a hurricane-force storm batters the U.S. Coast Guard’s SS Pendleton tanker ship into two pieces with more than 30 sailors taking refuge in the sinking stern. Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) and three other men embark on a rescue mission with all odds against them.

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Jason (Zac Efron) is a responsible, buttoned-down young gent who’s about to get married. But before he does that, he agrees to drive his grandpa (Robert effin’ De Niro) to Florida. One problem, though — his grandpa is a sex-crazed, booze-fueled maniac who detours the trip to spring break in Florida. (MB) Rated R

HAIL, CAESAR!

The latest offering from the Coen brothers features an all-star cast including George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. Set in 1950s Hollywood, the film follows “fixer” Eddie Mannix (Brolin) as he tries to find out what happened to Baird Whitlock (Clooney) who disappeared during the filming for epic Hail, Caesar! (CS) Rated PG-13

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Jack Black returns to voice the titular martial arts master, Po, and this time around he’s tasked with teaching sweet fighting skills to his crew, the Furious Five. And not a moment too soon, what with an evil, horned spirit named Kai (J.K. Simmons) threatening to steal the chi of every kung fu master in China.

(KJ) Rated PG

LABYRINTH OF LIES

Set in Germany 15 years after the end of World War II, a young prosecutor sets about investigating Nazi war crimes, even though many around him would rather just forget anything ever happened. This historical German-language drama tells how soldiers at Auschwitz were plucked from their cushy lives and put before the court at the 1963 Frankfurt Auschwitz trials while a younger generation of Germans learned of the

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In the heat of puberty, adolescence and the search for identity, five orphaned sisters are sent to live with their family in a Turkish village, and must adjust to the harsh rule of their elders. Amidst a new life and the pressures of arranged marriages, Mustang follows the lives of the five girls and their search for independence despite societal constraints.

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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES

Think Jane Austen with a mix of newage zombie apocalypse twist. Based on a parody novel by Seth GrahameSmith (and listed as co-authored by Jane Austen), the 19th century tangled love story of two lovers from different classes must do all they can to survive a zombie apocalypse caused by the Black Plague. Will love of the heart trump love of brains? Rated PG13. (MM)

THE REVENANT

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, fresh off the success of Birdman, returns with this period drama featuring Leonardo Di Caprio as Hugh Glass, a guide in the Western wilds of the early 1800s who is attacked by a bear and has to cling to life and crawl back to safety. The problem with Iñárritu’s visual pyrotechnics are that although he seems to be making sure that audiences appreciate the gritty realism of it all, he also wants to make sure they know they’re watching a movie. (SR) Rated R

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Kevin Hart and Ice Cube reunite their comedic chemistry in the sequel to 2014’s Ride Along with humorous banter and, at times, heroic action. James (Ice Cube) reluctantly takes his future brotherin-law Ben (Kevin Hart) to Miami with him to follow up on a clue connected to a drug ring. The trail soon leads them to an unlikely suspect — respected businessman Antonio Pope (Benjamin Bratt) — who they must prove is a powerful crime lord. (CS) Rated PG-13

ROOM

Jack lives with his mom (Brie Larson) in Room (no “the”), the only place on earth the 5-year-old has ever known.

Room is a dingy toolshed supplied with nothing more than life’s essentials (a single bed where they both sleep, a toilet, dilapidated fridge, ancient TV and unreachable skylight) where Jack and Ma go through their daily regimen of washing, exercising, reading, eating, etc. On Jack’s fifth birthday, his mom decides to tell her son about the outside world… and hope for a life outside of Room. At Magic Lantern (MB) Rated R

SPOTLIGHT

In 2001, the Boston Globe editor-inchief Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) asked the paper’s “Spotlight” investigative news team — Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton), Mike Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) — to turn their attention to the case of a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing several children.

And as they begin digging — at first reluctantly — into the case, they discover that the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston might be engaging on a massive scale in hushing up cases of abusive priests.

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It’s not easy keeping a band together for 10-plus years, but local acts (from left) Lavoy, FAUS, the Cronkites and Whiskey Dick Mountain make it work.

Keep On Keepin’ On Want your band to stay together? Learn these local acts’ secrets to keeping the fire alive

BY LAURA JOHNSON

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nevitably, every band comes to an end. Egos balloon or people get hitched and have kids, and the group breaks up. In Spokane and most other music communities, musicians are notorious for hopping around, playing in one group for a while only to leave and start another. Like other relationships, finding the perfect match often remains elusive.

But there are a handful of local bands from diverse genres that have made their musical relationship work.

We asked bands that have been together 10 years or longer how they continue where many others have faltered.

Here are their secrets for staying together.

FAUS

Established: 2005 The secret: Like each other better than anyone else on the planet.

FAUS is a band that can’t let go. Drummer Ezra Christopher tried living in Seattle for a bit and singer Alex Chaffin recently went to college in California. None of that lasted. The four-piece group want to be together making “power violence” music and having a hell of a time partying and playing video games together at the

Coeur d’Alene house they all share.

“There’s no one I like outside of this band,” says Christopher, who helped form FAUS back in high school in Colville.

They’ve tried adding various fifth members to the group, but they never fit. Girlfriends tend to come and go, too. Along with guitarists Mike Angelini and Anthony Perez, the group says they don’t fight as long as it’s just them.

“The way we talk together is just different,” Christopher says. “We’re always making up words. A fifth member always ends up being the scapegoat for any problems we’re having.”

Currently, the group is writing new tracks and plans to release a new album by the end of the year. They also plan to write a novel together.

LAVOY

Established: 2006 The secret: Never give up on the dream.

When Lavoy first moved to Spokane from Alaska in 2013, the five-piece lived in the same house with their

wives and children, practicing and creating indie-pop music every day. They released an EP and played dozens of shows. The goal was to make it big nationally from Spokane.

Nearly three years later, that’s still the goal. They no longer live in that house in North Spokane — they all had to get jobs to support growing families — but they’re as close as ever. Now spread out across town, they still manage to practice two to four times a week. They celebrate family birthdays and Thanksgiving. Otherwise, frontman Tyrell Tompkins says he starts to get lonely.

This is a band that’s in touch with its feelings. They admit to crying a lot. They are deep communicators.

That they’re all married helps with that, they say.

“Although our families are supportive, we’re completely united with this band,” says drummer Kipp Riley.

“Looking at the other guys, they completely understand what this means and are passionate about finding success in whatever form that is for us.

“You have to be a little bit crazy to keep trying to do this,” he continues. “And we’re OK with that. ...continued on next page

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Established: 1991 The secret: Always agree with Bob. On stage, the Cronkites shouldn’t even bother with set lists.

“We start with one sometimes, but it always goes by the wayside,” says guitarist Chris Casserino.

After 20-plus years together, the rock band knows exactly the right way to feel out a show to make it the most thrilling. More than anything, the size and age and energy of the crowd determine the songs played. Voted an Inlander Best of the Inland Northwest winner in the cover band category three years in a row, the often-improvising four-piece continues to be a community favorite and is currently booked until August.

They say the secret to staying together so long is to not take anything too seriously. That they do get paid (cover bands usually make more money than original acts) doesn’t hurt either. But the band’s glue remains their elder statesman in his 60s, bassist/singer Bob Sletner.

“Whatever he says goes,” drummer Pat Simmons says. “Honestly, if there are every any arguments, we just defer to Bob.” “That’s because I’m always right,” Sletner says.

“Yes, Bob,” says Simmons.

WHISKEY DICK MOUNTAIN

Established: 2006 The secret: Drink a lot, then walk away when it’s not enjoyable anymore.

Being in a band isn’t like other relationships, says drummer Shawn Cox. “You can’t just say to your wife, ‘I’ll catch up with you in six months,’” he says.

But in order to make their band work, gospel rockers Whiskey Dick Mountain tend to go on hiatus… for as long as necessary.

Back in 2013, the band was playing too much.

What was once a lively, revivalist four-piece — some shows would get so messy that beer would coat the walls, instruments, and everyone in the room — began to feel forced. They took a breather, with three of the four going on to create Primal Shakes, yet the word “over” was never used. Last year, the band performed for frontman Tim Lannigan’s 40th birthday bash.

Now, they practice long into the night most Wednesdays at Lannigan’s lower South Hill home.

There’s enough material for another album. They say they’re still having a blast playing this music, for now.

“This band is special because it has this joke — we’re blasphemous,” explains Lannigan, also co-owner of Baby Bar. “Even though we’re not that tight [musically] for a band that’s been together for a decade, we have so much fun together. It feels good to get wild again.”  lauraj@inlander.com

MUSIC | LOCAL SCENE

Filling the Void The new local music you’ll want to take a listen to now

BY LAURA JOHNSON AND DAN NAILEN

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here were at least a dozen local music releases over the past couple months, proving that the local scene is as vibrant as ever. Below you’ll notice some fan favorites, as well as a lot of up-andcoming acts putting out new LPs, EPs and singles.

CUTBACK DAVIS

333 Halfway to Hell I’ve always loved “disciples of the three-way,” as Mike Watt called three-piece bands, so hopes were high when I spun Cutback Davis’ latest EP, and I was well-rewarded. The five songs on 333 Halfway to Hell bounce from straightforward rockers full of chunky riffs (“LSD”) to punk rave-ups (“I’m Going Blind”) and even veering into prog-metal territory (“The Way”).

Extra credit for the creepy spoken-word aspect on “Sole Molester.” (DN)

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ODYSSEY Voids

This three-piece is always making music, steadily releasing new tunes since 2007.

Their new album’s driving instrumental noise is an absolute force, toggling between metal, progressive rock and math rock. The music makes you think, but never hard enough to interfere with any headbanging you’ll want to do. Listen to the full 50-minute album, which just released last week, on Odyssey’s Bandcamp page. (LJ)

OUIJA BORED

i am a number This is a glorious blast of lo-fi goodness, full of slashing guitars, crashing cymbals and vocals that sounds like they were recorded at the bottom of a well. That’s not a criticism. The title track of this single is particularly tasty, from the instrumental performance to the vocals moving from trancelike intonations to infectious shouts. Great stuff here — hopefully there’s a full album’s worth of songs coming down the line. (DN)

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SILVER TREASON

The Golden Age of Silver Treason Officially released at a rowdy show at nYne a couple of weeks ago, Silver Treason’s first-ever album is a variety of some of their best twangy music. The four-piece, together since 2009, effortlessly blends punk, country and bluegrass into a yee-hawin’ cohesive experience — one that even people who aren’t fans of pop country can enjoy. Lyrics here, written by frontman Kevin Cameron, are whip-smart and fly by at rapid speed.

Catch ’em if you can. (LJ)

WAKE UP FLORA

Come Home If acousticdriven heartfelt balladry and driving folk-rock is your thing, you’ll definitely want to give the new Wake Up Flora EP a listen. Singer/ guitarist Kyle Siegel is a strong, emotive vocalist, and on these songs with drummer Cody Rhodes and bassist TR Rupinki, he creates an easy-listening vibe that could soon find a huge audience. A big plus is how great the recording sounds. (DN) n

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COUNTRY BRAD PAISLEY

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ith all its talk of boots, hats, trucks, guns and ’Merica, pop country music is an easy target for haters, which music critics tend to revel in. I’ve personally tried liking it.

Life might be more entertaining if I just let go and liked pop country, but it doesn’t work. However, when it comes to Brad Paisley, who’s headlining the Spokane Arena on Friday with his Crushin’ It World Tour, even if you’re like me and don’t enjoy country, you can at least rest assured the man can wail on his gee-tar. Not only in country music, but in all genres, Paisley is one of the best guitar players around. He’s even released an album consisting mainly of instrumental tracks.

— LAURA JOHNSON Brad Paisley feat. Eric Paslay and Cam • Fri, Feb. 12, at 7:30 pm • $25-$59.75 • All-ages • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanearena. com • 279-7000

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ELECTRONIC MACHINE GIRL

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ou may not hear as much about the shows played in abandoned warehouses, grassy fields or in basements, but they’re just as vital to the local music scene as concerts at the Spokane Arena.

Next Tuesday, in the old Rainbow Bar & Grill space on Sprague (right next to Object Space art gallery, which is hosting a concurrent exhibit) New York act Machine Girl headlines a show celebrating electronic music and art. Coeur d’Alene artist Ten Thousand Miles of Arteries releases his new album, while Spokane’s DongSlave plays a whole bunch of distorted-sounding tracks from his recently released EP. Installation art will excite the senses with work from the Poids and Video Destroyer.

— LAURA JOHNSON Machine Girl and Ten Thousand Miles of Arteries CD release show feat. DongSlave, the Poids and Video Destroyer • Tue, Feb. 16, at 8 pm • $5 suggested • All-ages • 1824 E. Sprague (old Rainbow Bar & Grill)

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and Cam J ThE Pin!, DJ Beauflexx ThE RoADhouSE, Monsters of Rock Tribute Mania feat. Top Jimmy, Innersanctum, Piper’s Rush ThE VikinG BAR & GRill, Stepbrothers ZolA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

Saturday, 02/13

ARBoR CREST WinE CEllARS, Valenwine weekend fireside music series feat. Spare Parts Duo BARloWS AT liBERTy lAkE (9241446), Jan Harrison J ThE BARTlETT, Bryan John Appleby, Bart Budwig BEVERly’S, Robert Vaughn ThE BiG DiPPER, Valentine’s Hot Jazz feat. Jace Fogleman and Julia Keefe BiGFooT PuB, Tracer BlACk DiAMonD, DJ Major One

Bolo’S, Uppercut CoEuR D’AlEnE CASino, Kicho CoEuR D’AlEnE CEllARS, Eric Neuhausser CRAFTSMAn CEllARS (413-2434), Robinsong playing Love Songs CRAVE, Stoney Hawk CuRlEy’S, YESTERDAYSCAKE Di lunA’S CAFE, Valendine feat. Doug Bond FiZZiE MulliGAnS, Los Chingadores ThE FlAME, DJ Big Mike J ThE GAThERinG houSE (7472818), Be Open Mic Night GooD TiMES TAVERn (208-7772694), Sax Man John Bybee & the Mixed Company Band GREyhounD PARk & EVEnT CEnTER (208-773-0545), Sweetheart’s Ball feat. Tuexedo Junction Big Band iRon hoRSE BAR & GRill, JamShack ThE JACkSon ST., DJ Dave

JOHN’S ALLEY, Blue Lotus JONES RADIATOR, Nicole Lovely Prom KING’S BAR & GRILL (208-4480134), Valentine Dance feat. Black Jack J KNITTING FACTORY, The Broken Thumbs, Free the Jester, Elephant Gun Riot, Death By Pirates LA ROSA CLUB, Open Jam THE LARIAT INN, Widow’s Creek LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Roger Dines MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Brian Jacobs MOOSE LOUNGE, Aftermath J MOOTSY’S, Von the Baptist, Ampersand, Wind Hotel MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Carli Osika NASHVILLE NORTH, Luke Jaxon with DJ Tom NECTAR TASTING ROOM, Dan Conrad NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, DJ Ramsin J THE OBSERVATORY, Buffalo Jones, Silver Treason OFF REGAL LOUNGE (473-9401), Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia Duo ONE 14 BAR & GRILL (299-6114), Bobby Bremer Band THE PALOMINO, DJ Perfechter

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Punks In Drublic, Minds Decay, Children Of The Sun, Acoustic by Zaq Flanary and Ariah & David from Thunder Knife RED LION HOTEL RIVER INN, Gladhammer Classic Rock Band THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler J THE SHOP, Katie Andrew Project SUNSHINE INN (208-784-0225), Spokane River Band J THE PIN!, Venture Crew presents Anti-Valentine’s THE ROADHOUSE, Ryan Larsen Band THE VIKING BAR & GRILL, Nu Jack City ZOLA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

Sunday, 02/14

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Valenwine weekend fireside music series feat. Spare Parts Duo COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Kosh CURLEY’S, Metropois DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church J JONES RADIATOR, Boozy ice cream social feat. Stella Jones J THE OBSERVATORY, Rock Soft with M.C. Postive Love, Rainbow Delicious, DJ Tanner THE PALOMINO, Hearts & Arts feat.

Mary Chavez, Sue Reiner, David & Kelli Baird, Joel Wilson, Chris Kohut SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN RESORT, Quarter Monkey

MUSIC | VENUES

THE PIN!, Hali Vaye! Love In The Lilac City Party with Demon Assassin ZOLA, The Long Brothers

Monday, 02/15

J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Monday Night Spotlight feat. Carey Brazil RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with MJ The In-Human Beatbox J THE PIN!, Within Reach, Here Lies the Hero, Fed to the Flames ZOLA, Fusbol

Tuesday, 02/16

315 MARTINIS & TAPAS, The Rub THE BOILER ROOM (863-9213), Nick Grow FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Tuesday Night Jam with Truck Mills THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave JONES RADIATOR, Open Mic of Open-ness KELLY’S IRISH PUB, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MIK’S, DJ Brentano J RAINBOW BAR AND GRILL (FORMER), Machine Girl, Ten Thousand Miles of Arteries, the Poids, DongSlave, Chris Dryer as the Video Destroyer (See story on facing page) REPUBLIC BREWING CO., The Dirty River Boys and The O’s SWAXX, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx J THE PIN!, Elektro Grave ZOLA, The Bucket List

Wednesday, 02/17 EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard J GARAGELAND (315-8324), Funk & Soul DJ night GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with T & T THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave JONES RADIATOR, Brandon Dawley THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, DJ Lydell LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J THE PALOMINO, American Killers, Burning Clean, Thunder Knife, Blame Shifter THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Jam with Steve Ridler SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open mic THE PIN!, DJ Freaky Fred THE ROADHOUSE, Open mic with Vern Vogel and the Volcanoes ZOLA, The Bossame

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THE BIG DIPPER, KYRS Presents: Mama Doll, Casey Dubie, Water Monster, Feb. 19 KNITTING FACTORY, STRFKR, Com Truise, Feb. 19 NYNE, Gonzaga Health Law Society Benefit Concert feat. QParris, iLL Defined, Zikki, Feb. 19 BABY BAR, The Dancing Plague of 1518 EP release w/ Sea Giant, Paisley Devil, Feb. 20 THE HIVE, The New Mastersounds, Feb. 20

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315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BIG BARN BREWING • 16004 N. Applewood Ln, Mead • 238-2489 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S• 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • (208) 773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 THE FLAME • 2401 E. Sprague Ave. • 534-9121 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 GRANDE RONDE CELLARS • 906 W. 2nd • 455-8161 HANDLEBARS • 12005 E. Trent, Spokane Valley • 309-3715 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 THE JACKSON ST. • 2436 N. Astor • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 JONES RADIATOR • 120 E. Sprague • 747-6005 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MIK’S • 406 N 4th, CdA • 208-666-0450 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN RAIL PUB • 5209 N. Market • 487-4269 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY• 15 S Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO • 6425 N Lidgerwood St • 242-8907 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 SWAXX • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 TAMARACK • 912 W Sprague • 315-4846 THE VIKING • 1221 N. Stevens St. • 315-4547 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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THEATER WITNESS TO FAME

Ever wanted to read the mind of a celebrity? Here’s your big chance. Letters Aloud, a Seattle-based acting troupe, presents a staged reading themed around the lost art of letter writing.

This show in particular focuses on letters written by the famous, and includes musings signed off on by the likes of David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Marilyn Monroe, Kurt Vonnegut, Andy Warhol and Gertrude Stein. In addition to the reading of letters, the show is accompanied by live music and a slide show. Letters Aloud lets audiences take a peek into the lives of some of our most cherished stars, during the peaks and troughs of their careers.

— MEG MACLEAN Letters Aloud: FAME! (they’re not going to live forever) • Wed, Feb. 17, at 7:30 pm • $6-$12 • Jones Theater at Daggy Hall, Washington State University, Pullman • performingarts. wsu.edu and lettersaloud.org • 335-8522

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FOOD ROSES ARE RED, ICE CREAM IS BLUE SPORTS FOR THE LOVE OF LILAC This Valentine’s Day, Jones Radiator combines the best and the worst of life to create one unforgettable, boozy ice cream social — the best being delicious ice cream-infused cocktails, the worst being rotten love poetry. The event features flavorful desserts provided by Annie’s Artisan Ice Creams (flavors like rosemary and Vanilla Vera Cruz mixed with liquor), but also terrible love poems written by you, which will then be read aloud. If your poem is selected as the worst of the bunch, you could get a three-month subscription to Annie’s pint club. Between the readings, expect music by Stella Jones.

— LAURA JOHNSON

Women’s roller derby has been going on in our region for a decade now. Crazy to think, since it seems like not too long ago we were just reporting the rise of roller derby as a hot new trend. This weekend, however, marks the 10th anniversary season kickoff for Spokane’s first official derby league, the Lilac City Roller Girls. Taking on Wenatchee Valley’s Apple City, the Washington State Roller Derby conference bout is a must-see event if you’ve never watched the hard-hitting action anywhere else but on-screen (the 2009 movie Whip It did wonders for the sport’s growth). Plus, the player nicknames are really fun to pick out as they zip around the track.

— CHEY SCOTT

Boozy Ice Cream Social • Sun, Feb. 14, at 7 pm • Free admission • Jones Radiator • 120 E. Sprague • 747-6005

Love @ First Fight: Lilac City Roller Girls vs. Apple City Roller Derby • Sat, Feb. 13, at 7 pm • $8/$10 • Spokane Convention Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • ticketswest.com

VISUAL ARTS CREATING ART & LIFE

Local artists Lisa Koep and Chelsea Cordova are deeply interested in the philosophical concept of women as creators, of both art and life. Using this idea as their basis, the two set out early last year to encourage other women in the community — professional and casual artists alike — to create art, taking inspiration from goddess stories of mythology and other sacred feminine concepts that have arisen throughout humanity’s history. The result is GASP, the Goddess Art Series Project, which all of last year hosted creative sessions themed around topics like fear, empowerment, truth and growth.

The community can now view selections from a year’s worth of output by these women in a special group showing at the progressive Coeur d’Alene gallery Emerge.

— CHEY SCOTT GASP! Goddess Art Series Project • Feb. 12-March 4; reception Sat, Feb. 12, 5-8 pm • Free to view • Emerge Gallery • 208 N. 4th, CdA • emergecda.org and goddessartseriesproject.com

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Advocacy Can Change the Course of Public Policy Join us for an evening of networking, discussion & empowerment Featuring

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ACTIVITY ESCAPE FROM MISCHIEF

The month of love is here, and if you’re looking to spice things up, an escape room might be the answer. The Spokane-based haunted house makers of Haunt Cartel have created a Valentine’s-esque, horror-themed escape room called “The Curse of Evilina,” based on the story of a woman who mysteriously disappeared on Valentine’s Eve, her bloody dress the only remaining clue. Not romantic, per se, but thrilling nonetheless. Participants follow clues and retrace Evilina’s tracks, looking for her body and evidence of what happened the night she died. The event is set up like a haunted house, with unusual and scary decorations throughout. Escape rooms are definitely “in” right now, and this one takes the puzzle-solving to a creepy new level.

— CLAIRE STANDAERT The Curse of Evilina • Feb. 11-14, 19-21 and 25-28; times vary • $21 • Unit 55 Spokane • 225 N. Ella Rd., Spokane Valley • cartelhaunts.com • 869-3830

Tues, February 16, 2016 7:00pm to 8:30pm

The Jacklin Arts & Culture Center 405 N William St • Post Falls, ID

Free Admission

Light refreshments will be served

For more info: Lynn Brooks President AAUW Coeur d’Alene Branch aauwcoeurdalene@gmail.com

208-277-6307 Sponsored by AAUW Idaho Hosted by AAUW Cd’A Branch

COMMUNITY IT’S OUR PARK

Updates on the city of Spokane’s big plans to completely overhaul Riverfront Park have been a bit quiet in past months, but the $64 million project is most assuredly moving forward. Next week, the public is invited to share their ideas and get project updates during a big open house event sharing the latest revitalization plans. Come to the open house to see the latest landscape design concepts, plans for a new south Howard Street bridge over the river, the new “Recreational Rink” and to meet the team designing a new home for the historic Looff Carrousel. Construction in some areas of the park is set to begin this spring.

— CHEY SCOTT Riverfront Park Redevelopment Open House • Wed, Feb. 17, from 6-8 pm • Free • City Council Chambers, City Hall • 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • riverfrontparknow.com

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my goals, thank you for being my ride or die, for helping me grow and be a stronger person. I love you with all my heart. sincerely, with fondest regards, the Rose THE RIDE A mutual friend asked if I could give you a ride home because you hurt your hip. Rick and I rode up front while you and Donna rode in the back of my tudor Ford. I adjusted my rear view mirror to get a better look at your pretty face. After you left, I thought you are the one! Rick wasn't so sure. Maybe we could go to Shakey's sometime? Or the drive-in? Maybe we could spend some time in the back seat together? I thought my life was rich and full. But I didn't know I'd meet. A girl that is so filled with love. That she'd make my life complete.

YOU SAW ME

I SAW YOU SOUTH HILL HUCKLEBERRY'S FEB. 2 I was searching for turmeric and dairyfree lunch and also found your handsome smile down a couple aisles and as I drove away in my red truck. Dark-haired gentleman: Thanks for making this girl's afternoon! Smiles from a stranger really can brighten someone's day.

ROSES IN FEBRUARY I saw u going on three years ago. From the moment I saw you, I was instantly in love, my whole world stopped.I don't believe in love at first sight or anything like that, but I let you and all that changed for me. I was so jaded when it came to love and you opened my heart and eyes to love again.I will never forget our first kiss, in that bathroom on the floor taking selfies. It was something so magical, and sweet. I had wanted to kiss u for months and it finally happened. I thought that's all it was gonna be was a kiss, but it wasn't, it changed my life and yours. We are now going on four months strong, we fight like crazy people, but yet there's so much live and passion behind it. Throughout these last four months you have taught me amazing things, like communication and how to express feelings. It's been a roller coaster of emotions and I wouldn't get on any other ride. I love you so much, you're my white gold, my Queen, my lady, the mostimg stunningly beautiful Woman and a soul to match, your insides are Angel like and I have never been more in love with anybody my whole life.

Thank you for changing my life and all

I IGNORED YOU You saw me, but I was in my own little world and was later informed that I missed a smiling handsome stranger. Say Hi next time.

Remember when and where? Email stardust5oh9@hotmail.com

CHEERS TOO MANY PUPPIES Here's to puppies, olives, trailers rollin' down hills, not dying in Omaha, opera singers, S'mores, and 4 and half years of love baby. Happy first anniversary. Muah!!

SAFE HAVEN MOM Safe Haven Mom. You made a really hard choice. I'm sorry so many of our neighbors have felt it necessary to write hard, mean, things about you. You deserve kudos and you deserve privacy. Please know that there are many of us here who support you.

YOU ARE MY GIFT Joel I wake up every day with your hug and a smile. I come home every day to a hot cup of tea. If I’ve had a rough day you will go the extra mile. I know you are always there to watch over me. Thank you for being the man of my dreams. I asked God many years ago to send me true love.

He answered me with you, the best gift I received. You always have my heart, you are my angel sent from above. B HELLO BATMAN Happy Valentine's Day! I love you with all my heart and soul.

Maybe some people are meant to fall in love with each other...but not meant to be together. I still live in hope we can

prove that statement wrong. Loving you forever. Your Batgirl ELLIE We have known each other for a year now, and what a year it has been.

Just last night you turned to me while we were in bed and said, "Does it ever shock you that we're together?" Yes, more than you'll ever know. It happens when I'm

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almost getting run over when I try to walk into local stores. These people also make parking super annoying. If I leave any room at all between my car and another car, six people will drive through the gap and narrowly avoid taking off my side mirror just to save a couple of seconds. I have seen people almost take my door off because I had the nerve to

Thanks for making this girl’s afternoon!

Smiles from a stranger really can brighten someone’s day.

sitting next to you and laughing, when we're watching stupid TV, or when we're walking together downtown. We've been through so much, both together and apart. How we made it here is beyond me, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I want you to know that I could not picture my life with anyone else. Most of the time you're moody and impossible, but maybe that's what I love the most about you. You're my very special one. Happy Valentine's Day! Jeg elsker deg.

— SOUTH HILL HUCKLEBERRY’S

and cause trouble. Maybe next time you could buy yourself a belt since your pants were so low I could practically see your knees. Nice undies btw.

EAST PARKING LOT Jeers to the large amount of driving parents picking up & dropping off their kids on the WRONG side of Whitman Elementary School.

Staff reminds parents via the monthly school newsletter to use the EAST parking lot for pickup & drop off and they're being ignored. You're causing way too much congestion on an already busy road and blocking people's homes. The East parking lot is not right on the busy road so it's safer! Please use it!

CLEAN UP YOUR ACT You are a well know cute and tasty bistro. Can you PLEASE have your cooks clean the freakin grills and or oven?! Good grief. I'm sitting in my car smelling like your kitchen, and it happens every time. Don't you notice when you walk in that it's very smokey in there?! It stinks and stays in your customer's clothing, and it is very annoying and a cleanliness issue.

McDonald's doesn't even have a smokey seating area and they have fryers!

Customers don't walk out of McDonald's or Wild Sage smelling like the kitchen. So please, get on a schedule and clean your freakin' ovens and grills!! Either that or you have a ventilation problem and need to turn the kitchen fans on in the am when you open-you know, like filter out all the smoke and kitchen smell so it isn't hanging noticeably in your lobby making your customers clothes smell!! Thanks.

BUY A BELT Jeers to the teenage kids who decided it would be okay to slowly waltz across 6 lanes of traffic on Division from the mall and NOT use a crosswalk.

Not only did you stop all traffic on the busiest road in Spokane, but you also managed to walk as slowly as possible and arrogantly wave to everyone as you walk by. Do you think us stopping was

VALLEY PARKING LOT MANIACS I don't get Valley drivers. The very same people who never go faster than 25 in a 35 and take up to 20 seconds to make a controlled left suddenly become impatient, homicidal lunatics the second they enter a big parking lot. They drive too fast, they almost hit parked cars, and they never yield to pedestrians. I'm tired of

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a favor? NO! It's because you would probably sue if we hit you. You have no respect for all the people trying to get home after a long day of work. Is it really that hard to wait 20 seconds at the light for your turn to walk across the street? And, you didn't even have any bags in your hand from the mall so I'm guessing you just went there to hang out

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leave it open while grabbing my phone or something and they wanted to drive through the parking space next to me.

Considering how banged up some of their cars are, their fancy parking lot moves don't exactly inspire confidence.

These people have way too much faith in their depth perception based on how poorly they actually drive. It gets worse.

There are a bunch of parking spaces at the Rosauers at Sprague and University that nobody can use because people like driving through them too much. At that same store, I have almost gotten hit while parking several times by some crazy person who made his or her own path across the lot instead of driving down the rows. I have seen many near misses at that Rosauers because two or three people were doing that at the same time. I don't know why people need to act like they're running away from the cops when they go grocery shopping, but it got old a long time ago. 

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EVENTS | CALENDAR

BENEFIT

PUPPY LOVE AT NECTAR An evening tasting five Washington wines, appetizers from local restaurants and a silent auction. All proceeds benefit the Spokane Humane Society. Feb. 11, 5:30-8 pm. $15/$20. Nectar Tasting Room, 120 N. Stevens. drinknectar.com (290-5182) TRIVIA NIGHT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER AAF Spokane presents “Super Awesome Mega Fun Trivia Night,” open to professional and student teams of three. Proceeds benefit the Toni M. Robideaux Scholarship Fund which recognizes and rewards student achievement and excellence in advertising arts. Trivia includes a mix of general, local, and advertising-related questions. Feb. 11, 6 pm. $5-$35. Kress Gallery, 808 W. Main Ave. on.fb.me/1nYWgzs (456-3413) MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE BALL Spokane Valley Partners host a benefit Masquerade ball featuring DJ Zydeco, a plated dinner and more. Feb. 13, 8 pm-1 am. $20-$50. Max at Mirabeau, 1100 N. Sullivan. on.fb.me/1RVYawW (924-9000) A TASTE OF HOPE The ISAAC Foundation’s 9th annual benefit event features samplings of wines, beers, spirits, chocolates and specialty foods, while raising money to fund therapy grants for local children diagnosed with autism. Feb. 13. $65/person; $650/table of 10. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place. theisaacfoundation.org PAINT WITH YOUR HEART FOR PARKINSON’S All proceeds go locally to the Parkinsons Resource Center. RSVP requested. Snacks and drinks included.

Feb. 19, 6-8 pm. $35. Parkinson’s Resource Center, 613 S. Washington. spokaneparkinsons.org (443-3361) 6TH ANNUAL SDDS FOUNDATION GALA Grab your Mardi Gras beads and masks for a night of food, drinks, live entertainment and music and more.

Proceeds benefit the Spokane Dental Society. Feb. 19, 5:30-11 pm. $100/person. Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (838-0436)

COMEDY

STAND-UP OPEN MIC Local comedians; see weekly schedule online.

Thursdays at 8 pm. Free. Uncle D’s Comedy Underground, 2721 N. Market St. bluznews.com (483-7300) STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com STUPID CUPID February’s improv show is about “love and all that nonsense.

Fridays in Feb. at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) BRIAN REGAN The popular American comedian’s performances are free of profanity and off-color humor; Regan usually covers everyday events, where he finds humor in experiencing day-today life. Feb. 13, 5 pm. $45/$55/$75.

Northern Quest Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com (242-7000) IMPROV NIGHT @ THE BLUE DOOR The Ditch Kids, the improv trio of Matt Dargen, Matt Slater and Mara Baldwin, are joined by The Midnight Goats, a musical improv group that makes up songs and uses them for inspiration, featuring David Honeycutt and Michael Glatzmaier. Feb. 13, 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. on.fb.me/1Qa56R2

REEL ROMANCE: COMEDY EDITION Spokane-based comedians perform sketches inspired by some of the sappiest, most gushy love stories in cinematic history. Feb. 13, 7 pm. $17. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (227-7404) SAFARI Fast-paced short-form improv games based on audience suggestions.

(Not rated.) Saturdays at 9 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) STAND-UP OPEN MIC Mondays; signup at 9:30 pm, show at 10 pm. Ages 21+.

No cover. The Foxhole, 829 E. Boone. facebook.com/thefoxholespokane TRIVIA + OPEN MIC COMEDY Trivia starts at 8 pm; stick around for open mic comedy afterward. Tuesdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. Checkerboard Bar, 1716 E. Sprague Ave. checkerboardbar.com V FOR VULGAR: COMEDY CONFESSIONS SpoKomedy presents a line-up of local comedians confessing their most cringe-worthy stories. Feb. 17, 8 pm. $7/$8. The Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington. on.fb.me/23EsIY1 (863-8098) GUFFAW YOURSELF Open mic comedy night; every other Thursday at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (847-1234) THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER IMPROV SHOW Liberty Lake’s improv comedy troupe performs live. Feb. 20, at 8 pm. $7. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. (342-2055)

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COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS MEETINGS Join local County officials, fire district chiefs, the WA DNR and neighbors to learn what action you can take now and in the future to protect your land and your community from wildfires. Feb. 11, 7 pm. Colville Ambulance Building. (684-2588) DON’T FEAR THE FAFSA Experts help you navigate the Federal Financial Aid System, and complete you FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).

Feb. 11, 6-8 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (893-8350) HOMELESSNESS IN SPOKANE A forum hosted by the City of Spokane’s Human Rights Commission, discussing the issue of homelessness in Spokane.

Open to all. Feb. 11, 5:30-7 pm. East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone St. on.fb.me/1PmmOjQ STORY TIME AT SPARK Parents and guardians are invited to sit with their little ones for an interactive story time that incorporates song, movement, and puppets. An optional art activity will follow stories. Meets on Thursdays at 10:30 am, through Feb. 29. Free. Spark Center, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org TREASURE! A touring exhibit exploring the history of treasure and treasure hunting, the technology used to look for it, and the people obsessed with finding it. Show runs through May 15.

Museum open Tue-Sun, from 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10/museum admission. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS GSI’s address covers recent and significant progress in Spokane. Cosponsored by Community Colleges of Spokane and Numerica Credit Union. Feb. 12, 7-9:30 am. $30/$55. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

greaterspokane.org (321-3630) DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE Rathdrum Parks & Rec hosts its annual dance at Twin Lakes Elementary (5326 W. Rice Rd., Rathdrum). Includes a DJ, photographer, snacks, and lots of fun and dancing.

Feb. 13, 6-9 pm. $15/couple; $5/additional daughter. (208-687-2399) JUST PLAY Come to the library for a community playdate, with favorite toys and activities from the Play & Learn Storytimes to enjoy. For children ages 0-5; all children must bring an adult. Offered Feb. 13, 25 and March 7, 26. Times vary.

Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (509-893-8350) KID’S HOUR OF CODE Learn from the Inland Northwest Technologists Team how to become junior programmers through favorite games like Minecraft, Frozen and Starwars. Register through the library’s event page. Feb. 13, 11 amnoon. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. on.fb.me/1WXNihw AUDITIONS: LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER SPOKANE Seeking Spokane writers to read their original essays on motherhood in the sixth annual Mother’s Day event. The community-oriented event is part of a national series that celebrates the beauty, heartbreak, trials and triumphs that are motherhood.

Feb. 13, 8 am-8 pm. Free. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. listentoyourmothershow.com/spokane (230-5328) SINGING VALENTINES Members of the Pages of Harmony Barbershop Quartet personally deliver a singing valentine for this annual event. Call 951-850-7764 or 509-999-6223 to make reservations; available all day Feb. 13-14. Cost includes a personal Valentine card, balloon bouquet and a single red rose. $50. pagesofharmony.org (951-850-9909) VALENTINE’S DAY SOIREE Join VFW Post 3067 for an evening of music, dancing, dinner, champagne and a special treat. Deer Park VFW, 29 E. First St. Feb. 13, 5 pm-midnight. $15-$30. (276-5761) SWEETHEARTS FOREVER A romantic Valentine’s Day gala emceed by Cindy Hval, local author of “War Bonds: Love Stories of the Greatest Generation,” featuring a vow renewal ceremony, dance, tea, appetizers and dessert. Feb. 14, 2-4:30 pm. $20-$30. Southside Senior & Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. sssac.org (535-0803) MOTHER SON SKATE NIGHT Rathdrum Parks & Rec. hosts the third annual event, with a best-dressed theme.

Feb. 15, 6-9 pm. $12/couple; $5/addtl. couple. Skate Plaza, 5685 N. Pioneer Dr. (208-687-2399) COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS MEETINGS Join local County officials, fire district chiefs, the WA DNR and neighbors to learn what action you can take now and in the future to protect your land and your community from wildfires. Lakeside Middle School in Suncrest. Feb. 16, 7 pm. (684-2588) GIRLS WHO CODE Learn to code, about circuits and conquer new technologies in this session that meets weekly, Tuesdays from 3:30-5:30 pm, Feb. 2-March 8. Free. Gizmo-cda, 806 N. Fourth St. gizmo-cda.org (208-651-6200) OUR GENES AREN’T BLUE Discover what you and an onion have in common with this fun, hands-on class from Mobius Science Center. For grades K-8; children under age 6 must bring an adult. Feb. 16, 4-5:30 pm. Free. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St. (509-893-8320)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR SECOND HARVEST VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION The Kitchen at Second Harvest is seeking volunteers who are eager to help others learn about scratch cooking, nutrition, food literacy, and eating well on a budget. Feb. 16, 5-8 pm. Free. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org (252-6271) WEEMAC EXPLORATION SESSIONS The MAC’s pre-K museum education session, with activities to foster exploration and social development in prep for Kindergarten. Kids and a parent will engage in art activities and viewing, discover walks, songs, story time and more. Tuesdays from 9:30-11:30 am, through May. For kids ages 4-5. $5/two people. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org CATHOLIC CHARITIES VOLUNTEER INFO SESSION Learn about the many volunteer opportunities available and how to help others in need through the programs/services offered by CCS. RSVP requested. Sessions offered Feb. 13, 12:151 pm and March 22, 10-11 am. Catholic Charities Family Service, 12 E. Fifth St. catholiccharitiesspokane.org (358-4270) COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS MEETINGS Join local County officials, fire district chiefs, the WA DNR and neighbors to learn what action you can take now and in the future to protect your land and your community from wildfires.

At the Kettle Falls Fire Station. Feb. 17, 7 pm. (684-2588) RIVERFRONT PARK REDEVELOPMENT OPEN HOUSE The public is invited to learn about and share their opinions on the latest plans to revitalize downtown Spokane’s park. See the newest renderings and landscape design plans, and meet

staff leading the project. Feb. 17, 6-8 pm.

Free. Spokane City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. riverfrontparknow.com SQUARE DANCE LESSON Square dance lessons held every Wednesday from 7-8:30 pm, through May 18. No partner needed. $3/person. Western Dance Center, 1901 N. Sullivan Rd. (270-9264) WASHINGTON WILDFIRES: COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Share your ideas and opinions about the impact of these wildfires at “kitchen-table” style community conversations. Experts leading the conversations include rep. from local fire districts, Fish & Wildlife, the Forest Service, Dept. of Natural Resources, and faculty from local colleges and universities.

Feb. 17, 6-8 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 208 Forest St. (509-893-8300) INTRO TO HOMESCHOOLING Join Jen Garrison Stuber, Advocacy Chair for the Washington Homeschool Organization, to learn about homeschooling. All are welcome to this evening of encouragement and information. Feb. 18, 6:30-8:30 pm.

Free. Otis Orchards Library, 22324 E. Wellesley. washhomeschool.org (893-8390) BUILD GUILD FEBRUARY A monthly networking event where designers, coders, hobbyists, and tech-focused makers of all kinds get together to talk and share ideas. Free pizza and beer. Updates/details at https://goo.gl/EOH8Rd Feb. 19, 6:30 pm. Free. Startup Spokane Central, 610 W. Second. (202-6875) EVERGREEN CAT FANCIERS CAT SHOW All-breed cat show for pedigreed and non-pedigreed cats. Includes a special showcase of the Bengal, one of the most popular breeds of cat worldwide. Cats are also available for adoption and ven-

dors offer cat-related products for sale.

Feb. 19-21. $7/adults; $5/seniors/kids; $20/family. Double Tree Hotel, 322 N. Spokane Falls Ct. onsafari2016.org JUST PLAY Come to the library for a community playdate, with favorite toys and activities from the Play & Learn Storytimes to enjoy. For children ages 0-5.

Feb. 19 and March 18, from 10 am-noon. free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. (893-8260) THIRD FRIDAY SWING DANCE A monthly dance for all swing styles, including Lindy Hop, Charleston, East Coast, West Coast, Balboa, or Country Swing. Open to all ages. Includes a lesson from 7-8 pm, and dancing until 11 pm. Feb. 19, 7-11 pm. $5.

Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. strictlyswingspokane.com (838-5667) SCC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE Faculty, staff, and students opening the doors to SCC’s laboratories for interactive experiments, demonstrations, and fun activities. All ages are invited to explore geology, biology, chemistry, anatomy, physics and more. In Building 27, the Livingston Science and Mathematics Building. Feb. 20, 10 am-1 pm.

Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. scc.spokane.edu/ArtsSciences/Science/ (533-7234) TEDDY BEAR PICNIC Bring your teddy or favorite stuffed animal and Auntie’s provides stories, snacks and activities.

RSVP to Auntie’s by February 18; recommended for children 5 and up. Feb. 20, 10:30-11:30 am. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) WINTER COMMUNITY SEED SWAP Hosted by the Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild. Come buy, sell or trade your

seeds and help promote northwest seed conservation. Feb. 20, 12:30-5 pm. Free.

Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. inlandnorthwestpermaculture.com

FILM

BROOKLYN Irish immigrant (Saoirse Ronan) in 1950s New York falls for a tough Italian plumber (Emory Cohen), but faces temptation from another man (Domhnall Gleeson) when she returns to her homeland for a visit. Feb. 11-14, show times vary. $4-$7. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) THE DANISH GIRL The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. Rated: R. Feb. 12-14, show times vary. $6. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org BOOK-TO-FILM: THE CHOICE Join local readers for an afternoon (time TBA) viewing of “The Choice” at AMC River Park Square 20. This package deal includes Nicholas Spark’s book, “The Choice,” a matinee ticket and a post film discussion with refreshments. Feb. 13, 1-5 pm. $30. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES This French novel scandalized the world in 1782, and 200 years later, Christopher Hampton’s adaptation made the theatre world of the 1980’s sit up and take notice.

Donmar Warehouse’s London revival promises to do the same for the play’s 30 year anniversary. Feb. 14, 2 pm. $15. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave.

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He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet’s beauty. Rated PG13. Feb. 16, 7-9 pm. $5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. (208-882-4127) MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP PRESENTS: THE BREACH When fishing guide/filmmaker Mark Titus learns why wild salmon populations plummeted in his native Pacific Northwest, he embarks on a journey to discover where the fish have gone and what might bring them back. Feb. 17, 7-9 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org SUSTAINABILITY FILM: SEEDS OF TIME This film documents the life’s work of Cary Fowler and his mission to help humanity find better solutions to the looming agricultural crisis in the wake of climate change. A short Q&A will follow (speakers TBA). In the Hemmingson Center. Feb. 17, 7-9 pm. Free. Gonzaga, 502 E. Boone. on.fb.me/1PNQaIb (406850-4491)

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CARL MAXEY: A FIGHTING LIFE Based on the biography by Jim Kershner of the same name, this film tells the inspiring life story of a man who changed attitudes about civil and gender rights in Eastern Washington. He was a tireless fighter for racial equality and justice on the state and national level. Feb. 18, 6:30 pm. $50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. (443-7700) 8TH ANNUAL LEONARD A. OAKLAND FILM FESTIVAL This year’s evening showings feature alumni filmmakers, an international film, and an evening about faith and film led by Dr. Matthew Rindge, professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University. Events Feb. 20-22, at 7 pm. Free. Whitworth, 300 W. Hawthorne. whitworth.edu/oaklandfestival

FOOD & DRINK

THE CHOCOLATE AFFAIR The annual chocolate tasting event and competition offers tasty samples throughout downtown CdA shops. Feb. 12, 5-8 pm. $10-$15. Downtown Coeur d’Alene. on.fb.me/1Pxb4PU (208-415-0116) KNIFE SKILLS CLASS Enjoy appetizers as Chef David Pierce teaches you the secrets of good knife work. Become more efficient in the kitchen and improve the presentation of your foods. Feb. 12, 6-8 pm. $40. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Government Way. on.fb. me/203iax5 (208-762-1333) NO-LI BREWHOUSE TOURS: See what goes on behind the scenes and how NoLi’s beer is made. Fridays at 4:30 pm.

Free. No-Li Brewhouse, 1003 E. Trent Ave. nolibrewhouse.com (242-2739) VINO WINE TASTING A tasting highlighting wines from Coeur d’Alene Cellars, tasting includes cheese and crackers. Feb. 12, 3-6:30 pm. Vino! A Wine Shop, 222 S. Washington St. (838-1229) VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY & SPEED DATING The popular event from last year is back. Sign up or call to reserve a spot at the limited event. Offering $3 pints for those participating from 6-7 pm, with Bite Me Mobile Food Truck on site, plus Coconut Chocolate Porterdipped strawberries for sale. $10 for four strawberries, and two pints. Feb. 13, 6-11 pm. Perry Street Brewing, 1025 S. Perry. on.fb.me/1RjStYN (279-2820) VALENWINE WEEKEND All wineries in the Spokane Cork District are open for special tasting events on Feb. 13-14, from noon-5 pm. facebook.com/corkdistrict BOOZY ICE CREAM SOCIAL Jones and Annie’s Ice Creams host a social with the reading of bad love poems — and if yours is voted worst you could win a three month subscription to Annie’s pint club. Also includes music by Stella Jones and cocktail specials. Feb. 14, 7-11 pm. Jones Radiator, 120 E. Sprague Ave. on.fb.me/1PPJN78 (509-747-6005) IVORY TABLE VALENTINE’S DINNER An intimate five-course, candlelight dinner created and prepared by chef/ owner Kristen Ward, with optional wine pairings ($25/person). Reservations required. Feb. 14, 6 pm. $65/person. The Ivory Table, 1822 E. Sprague. ivorytable. com/event/valentines/ (202-2901) COKING CLASS: CREPES Chef JeanPierre shows the many ways crepes can be used for attractive appetizers, savory suppers, and delectable deserts.

Offered Feb. 16 and 29, from 6-8:30 pm. $40. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Gov’t Way.

on.fb.me/1QCmQHy (208-762-1333) ORLISON COMMUNITY PINT NIGHT One dollar from every pint is donated to KYRS community radio. Feb. 16, 5-9 pm. Orlison Brewing Taproom, 1017 W. First. orlisonbrewing.com (244-2536) COMMUNITY COOKING NIGHTS Each class offers a positive and relaxed environment to learn valuable scratchcooking skills, and to apply those skills to simple, healthy, and cost-effective meals. All recipes are based on what is readily available through Spokane County food banks. Register online.

Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 pm. Free.

Second Harvest, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org (252-6246) BLACKBIRD BEER + FOOD PAIRINGS A three-course beer dinner, hosted by the Blackbird and Inland Brewers, limited to 30 seats. Register online. Feb. 18, 6 pm. $35/person. The Blackbird Tavern + Kitchen, 905 N. Washington. on.fb. me/1PbKDAR (509-392-4000) INVEG POTLUCK Join the local group for a community potluck on the third Sunday of each month, offering delicious food and time to connect with others. After each potluck is a featured guest speaker on topics such as sprouting, nutrition, animal rights, cooking, and more. Please bring a plant-based dish to share (no honey, eggs, meat or dairy). Free. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. inveg.org (542-7829) TASTING: CATENA WINES OF ARGENTINA Hear from Kelsey Malm, a wine importer rep. just back from Argentina, who introduces eight wines from Catena, which has played a major role in the increasing prominence of Argentina’s worldwide wine reputation. Feb. 22, 5:30 pm. $15. Vino! A Wine Shop, 222 S. Washington St. (838-1229) COOKING CLASS: FRESH PASTA RAVIOLI Chef Jean-Pierre leads a hands on class on making homemade ravioli. Once you master this technique the possibilities for fillings are endless. Feb. 23, 6-8:30 pm. $40. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Government Way. on.fb. me/1QCmQHy (208-762-1333)

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DANCE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE DECADES Local band Diminishing Faculties performs music from the past four decades. Come dressed from your favorite decade with a chance to win prizes in a contest for best costume.

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Feb. 12, 7-9 pm. $15/$25. Unity Church of North Idaho, 4465 N. 15th, CdA. unitycenter.org (208-664-1125) GOSPEL EXPLOSION Join Whitworth students and local praise teams for a campus celebration of Black History Month. In the Seeley G. Mudd Chapel.

Feb. 12, 7 pm. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. whitworth.edu JODY GRAVES & THE SAPPHIRE TRIO This concert features the vigor and sensitivity of internationally and nationally known artists, The Sapphire Trio, featuring Maxine Ramey, clarinet, and Margaret Nichols-Baldrige, violin, and Jody Graves, piano. Feb. 12, 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Steinway Piano Gallery, 13418 E. Nora Ave. (327-4266) SHOKOTO AFRICAN MUSIC & DANCE PROJECT Shokoto’s music and dance offer a dynamic fusion of rhythms from Ghana and the African Diaspora.

The performance is part of a series of events at U of Idaho celebrating Black

History Month. Feb. 13, 7:30 pm. $10$16. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. festivaldance.org (208-885-6111) SPOKANE SYMPHONY CLASSICS NO. 6: TCHAIKOVSKY ON DANTE A program of music highlighting the work of Tchaikovsky, whose fantasia “Francesca da Rimini” was based on a passage from “The Inferno,” also with pieces by Jean Sibelius and Vivian Fung. Featuring guest conductor Marco Parisotto.

Feb. 13 at 8 pm, Feb. 14 at 3 pm. $15$54. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) TUXEDO JUNCTION SWEETHEART’S BALL The annual Valentine’s event and dance hosted by the 19-piece Big Band. Feb. 13, 7-10 pm. $18/person; $35/couple. Greyhound Park & Event Center, 5100 Riverbend Ave, Post Falls. gpeventcenter.com (208-773-0545) CHRISTOPHER HOULIHAN A concert program by the acclaimed organist, hosted by the Spokane Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Feb. 14, 4 pm. $10-$12.50. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th. spokaneago.org (838-4277) SPOKANE SYMPHONY CHAMBER SOIRÉE: WINTER Enjoy the old world elegance of the Davenport Hotel as musicians of the Spokane Symphony perform an assortment of baroque, classical and contemporary chamber music. Feb. 16-17 at 7:30 pm. $20-$48.

Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. thedavenporthotel.com (800-899-1482) FIVE MINUTES OF FAME Open mic night open to all writers, musicians, etc. Third Wednesday of the month, at 6:30 pm.

Cafe Bodega, 504 Oak St., Sandpoint. fosterscrossingantiques.com/cafe ROCK & WORSHIP ROADSHOW Featuring the Newsboys, Jeremy Camp, Mandisa, Danny Gokey, Family Force 5, Audio Adrenaline and more. Feb. 19, 7 pm. $10/door; no tickets required. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000) INLAND NW BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION SHOWCASE Live music performed by local and regional bluegrass bands and related acoustic music performers. Monthly on the third Saturday, from 7-9:30 pm. $5-$7; ages 12 and under free. Trent Elementary School, 3303 N. Pines. spokanebluegrass.org SPOKANE UNPLUGGED: ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC Express yourself through word and music at Auntie’s new open mic night. Feb. 20, 6-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) VOCAL POINT WITH GU BIG BING THEORY Brigham Young University’s premiere 9-man A Cappella ensemble combines pop, jazz, and classics from the 50’s, performing to sell-out crowds around the US. Here in Spokane, they’re joined by Gonzaga’s Big Bing Theory as the opening act. Feb. 20, 7 pm. $12-$35.

INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (279-7000) SPOKANE YOUTH SYMPHONY: PASSIONE Featuring the four orchestras of the SYS: the strings, sinfonietta, philharmonic and symphony orchestra, performing Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Feb. 21, 4-6 pm. $12-$16. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokaneyouthsymphony.org (448-4446)

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RELATIONSHIPS

Advice Goddess InActIon FIGure

My girlfriend got laid off four months ago, along with many of her co-workers. She is not making a serious attempt to find a job and is just living off unemployment benefits. She stays up until morning watching TV and sleeps until the late afternoon. I figured that she may be depressed, so I encouraged her to go to counseling and to volunteer or take a course so she would feel productive, but she refused. She has a great work ethic when AMY ALKON she’s employed, so I’m very puzzled by this. Worse yet, I’m quickly losing respect for her.

—Disturbed Unfortunately, drooling while napping is not considered a form of multitasking.

It’s understandable that you’re losing respect for your girlfriend, given her newfound leadership in the Occupy The Couch movement. Now, maybe she is just lazy, or maybe, like dieters who decide to eat like walruses over the holidays, she’s decided to take some lazytime. However, because you describe her as pretty industrious when she’s working, it’s possible that her descent into human slipcoverhood comes out of how frustratingly scarce jobs are in certain professions. When you’re hardworking and good at your job, the answer to “Where do you see yourself a year from now?” isn’t supposed to be “On a corner with a cardboard sign, begging for change.”

The sense that productivity has become unproductive can trigger an emotional response called “low mood,” marked by fatigue, deep pessimism, feelings of worthlessness, changes in appetite and sleep, and a slowing of motivation (symptoms also seen in depression). Psychiatrist and evolutionary psychologist Randolph Nesse believes that low mood evolved to stop us from wasting our energy by persisting in fruitless endeavors, like waiting around for our bison dinner to grab a drink at a watering hole that’s run dry. (Pointless persistence was especially likely to be fatal a million or so years before the creation of 7-Elevens and fast-food drive-thrus.)

To understand why our psychology would be set up like this — to stick its foot out and trip us — it helps to recognize that our emotions are basically traffic directors for our behavior, designed to maximize our survival and reproductive success, not our happiness. Accordingly, Nesse explains that the “disengagement” from motivation that accompanies low mood serves a number of purposes: to immediately prevent further losses, to make us rethink what we’re doing, and to signal to others that we need care.

(Ticket to Hugsville, please.)

The psychiatric bible of mental disorders, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, doesn’t bother to differentiate between the “adaptive” low mood Nesse is talking about and depression caused by malfunctioning brain chemistry. The DSM’s diagnosis of depression just involves taking count: Five or more almost daily symptoms (fatigue, pessimism, etc.) lasting for more than two weeks? Congratulations! You’re depressed. But what’s important to note from Nesse’s work is that depression isn’t necessarily a sign of brain dysfunction. And there’s a lot of hope in this, because if your symptoms have an environmental reason, maybe you can see your way to an environmental remedy.

If your girlfriend is experiencing low mood, the last thing she needs is the sense that her job loss will soon have the loss of her boo to keep it company. Let her know that you love her and are there for her, and then tell her about Nesse’s thinking on low mood, which might help her scavenge enough hope to start thinking outside the, uh, bed.

Physical action is another emotion-changer — even if you have to force it. For example, research by psychologist James Laird finds that busting out smiles actually makes people happier. Research by biopsychologist Timothy Puetz finds that acting energized — like by regularly doing 20 moderately paced minutes on an exercise bike — actually energizes, with the ensuing raised heart rate and various surging biochemicals basically standing in for force-feeding a 5-Hour Energy drink to that ugly low mood.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy, which uses reason to help people dig out of their emotional problems, could also be helpful. However, because your girlfriend’s idea of productivity now seems to involve simply sitting in the dark rather than lying in the dark, you might take on the therapeutic preliminaries: Find the therapist; make the appointment; and be there to drive her at the appointed time. However, you should also be prepared for her to refuse to get in the car when that time comes. That said, your being something of a pushy jerk for the woman you love will probably mean a lot. It just might be the pushy she needs to start living through FOMO — fear of missing out — instead of fear of missing out on an afternoon of making paisley patterns on her face with the couch. n ©2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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SPOKANE MOUNTAINEERS 2016 BACKPACK SCHOOL Beginning March 25 and now open for registration. The 9-week course covers gear, clothing, navigation with map and compass, safety and first-aid, food, and outdoor etiquette. Also includes a 2-night graduation backpack over Memorial Day weekend. Pre-registration required; for more info visit spokanemountaineers. org. $80. (999-5708) APRES SKI SNOW PARTY Bring in a lift ticket to get $2 off a pizza and get your boards/skis hot-waxed by techs from Wintersport. Also includes a snowboard giveaway. Feb. 12, 5-9 pm. Free admission. Selkirk Pizza & Tap House, 12424 N. Division. (464-3644) 2ND ANNUAL INLAND NW WITNER RUCK ALDHA-West hosts the second annual long-distance backpacking clinic, designed for anyone interested in doing a long distance hike, especially on the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Pacific Northwest Trail or any other long distance trail. Lunch included in cost. Feb. 13, 9 am-4 pm. $5-$10.

Lake City Community Church, 6000 N. Ramsey Rd. aldhawest.org/Rucks LOVE @ FIRST FIGHT Kicking off their 10 year anniversary, the Lilac City Roller Girls vs. Apple City Roller Derby in a Washington State Roller Derby Conference Bout. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Kids 9 and under get in free. Feb. 13, 7-9 pm. $8/$10. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. on.fb. me/1RWAkkI (279-7000) SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. KOOTENAY ICE Regular season hockey match. Feb. 13, 7:05 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com WINTER CARNIVAL CORNHOLE CLASSIC TOURNAMENT Every second Saturday, Cornholers take to the brewery where three regulation courts are set up in a double-elimination tournament. Feb. 13, noon. $5/person; $10/ team. MickDuff’s Beer Hall, 220 Cedar, Sandpoint. mickduffs.com GOTH RUGBY WINTER TRAINING Spokane’s first boys high school rugby club is holding indoor winter conditioning/training through end of Feb. 2016 to prep for the 2016 spring season.

New players welcome. Meets Wed/Sun, from 7:30-9:30 pm, through Feb. 28.

Free. SYSA Indoor Sports Center, 730 N. Hamilton. gothrugby.com (228-8170)

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I DO! I DO! The local theatre stages the romantic musical comedy made famous on Broadway. Feb. 11-14 and 18-21 at 7:30 pm; also at 1:30 pm on Feb. 13-14 and 20-21. $12-$20. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N Grand Ave, Pullman. rtoptheatre.org (509-334-0750) SORDID LIVES When Peggy, a good Christian woman, hits her head on the sink and bleeds to death after tripping over her lover’s wooden legs in a motel room, chaos erupts in Winters, Texas.

(Rated R) Through Feb. 21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $22. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) BOOK OF HOURS Written in 1893 when the poet was 23 years old, “The Book of Hours” remains a relevant collection of love poems to God. Feb. 12, 7:30 pm,

Feb. 13, 2 pm. $15. Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre, 502 E. Boone. gonzaga.edu/theatreanddance (313-6553) COLD FEET Unknown Locals presents their newest original comedy about an upcoming nuptial. Feb. 12-20, Fri-Sat at 7 pm. $10-$12. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak St., Sandpoint. heartwoodsandpoint.com (208-946-6174) THE HOBBIT Theater Arts for Children presents a stage performance based on the classic novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Feb. 12-21; Fri-Sat at 7 pm; alsoSat at 3 pm and Sun at 2 pm. $8-$12. Theater Arts for Children, 2114 N. Pines. theaterartsforchildren.weebly.com (995-6718) PEND ORIELLE PLAYERS OPEN HOUSE The community theater invites all to come see and tour the new theater facility, the former home of the Newport Eagles club. Feb. 12, 4:30-7:30 pm. Free.

Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union, Newport. pendoreilleplayers.org TREASURE ISLAND An adaptation of the classic tale from Robert Lewis Stevenson. Through Feb. 14, Fri at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 2 pm. $12/adult, $8/ages12 and under. Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia.

DIALOGES ON DIVERSITY “The Movement: 50 Years of Love and Struggle” features award-winning actor Ron Jones playing 10 characters and examining race relations in the U.S. since the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Feb. 17, 6 pm. U. of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu/oma (208-885-7716) A LITTLE PRINCESS: THE MUSICAL Presented by students in Pullman High School’s drama club. Feb. 17-20, at 7 pm, also Feb. 20 at 2 pm. $8-$12. Jefferson Elementary, 1150 NW Bryant, Pullman. rebecca.cooney@wsu.edu

VISUAL ARTS

WINDOWS ON LIFE The exhibit features nine antique window boxes filled with historic treasure from Margaret Hilty’s lifetime in the Palouse region.

Open to the public daily through the month of February. Free to view. Colfax Library, 102 S. Main St. whitco.lib.wa.us WORLD ON FIRE Abstract paintings from the Pacific Northwest by Laura Allen, Lisa Daniels, Ken Susynski, Veronica Reeves and Fiona Lau. Through March 31; opening reception Feb. 5, from 5-8 pm. Chase Gallery, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokanearts.org (321-9614) GASP!: GODDESS ART SERIES PROJECT An exhibition with the sacred feminine as subject. Art by 30 female artists in various media. Show runs Feb. 12-March 4, open Thu-Sat, from 10 am-5 pm. Artist reception during Musicwalk and the Chocolate Affair, Feb. 12, 5-8 pm. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth, CdA. emergecda.org (208-659-5953) GROW: ACRYLIC PAINTINGS ON ALUMINUM BY JERRI LISK February’s show features the acrylic paintings on aluminum by the Idaho artist, whose new body of work reflects her deep connection to the natural world. Show runs Feb. 11-March 5; artist reception Feb. 12, 5-8 pm with an artist demo Feb. 13 at 1 pm. Gallery open Tue-Sat, 11 am-6 pm. Free to view. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com SECOND FRIDAY ARTWALK Coeur d’Alene’s monthly celebration of local art, with local galleries around downtown hosting artist receptions, live music and original art. Second Friday of the

month, from 5-8 pm. Free. Downtown CdA. artsincda.org (208-415-0116) MOON GLOW A Valentine’s weekend celebration, as gallery features new sculpture by Idaho artist Ryan Law and new paintings by Palouse artist Nelson Duran. The Bistro opens its doors for lunch from 11:30-2, and dinner from 6-8 pm. Gallery hours, 10 am-3 pm. Feb. 13. Bank Left Gallery, 100 S. Bridge St, Palouse. (878-1800)

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WORDS & IMAGES OF BLACKNESS A celebration of Black History Month with Sandra Williams, editor of the local publication “The Black Lens.” Feb. 12, 7-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) POETRY FOR NON-POETS A workshop is designed for the poetry lay-person who wants to understand what all the fuss is about. Feb. 13, from 4-6 pm. Register online. Spark Center, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org CELEBRATE LOVE & READING: A MULTI-AUTHOR SIGNING Find the perfect Valentine’s present, a book signed by a local author. Participants include: Danielle Annett, Brooklyn Ann, Asa Maria Bradley, Sarah Brady, Kris Dinnison, S.M. Hulse, Cindy Hval, Stephanie Oakes, Kerry Schafer, Sharma Shields, Rachel Toor, Augustina Van Hoven, Mary J. Williams, Maya Jewell Zeller. Feb. 14, 11 am-2 pm. Free.

Barnes & Noble, 15310 E. Indiana. on.fb. me/1o73CR3 (922-4104) LILAC CITY FAIRYTALES: MARRY A MONSTER The second annual literary and arts event, featuring original stories, poems and songs from some of the brightest artistic talent in the region: 10 award-winning writers and two locally celebrated musicians. Proceeds benefit INK Artspace. Feb. 14, 7 pm. $15. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. friendsofthebing.org (534-5805) POET LAUREATE READING Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall, Spokane Poet Laureate Laura Read and former Spokane Poet Laureate Thom Caraway. Feb. 18, 7-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206)

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THE ILLUSIONISTS Fresh off Broadway, this show features the talents of five of the world’s best illusionists, live on stage. Feb. 13-14, Sat at 5:30 and 8:30 pm, Sun at 1 pm. $27.50-$77.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (279-7000) FAME! (THEY’RE *NOT* GOING TO LIVE FOREVER) Through the personal letters of some of history’s most famous, and infamous, celebrities, Letters Aloud examines the high price of fame and how it has changed over the years in a funny, thought-provoking experience. $6-$12. Feb. 17, 7:30-9:30 pm.

Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman. (509-335-8522) THE CURSE OF EVILINA A unique Valentine’s Horror event mixed with an immersive theatrical game. 2-6 players will have 60 minutes to follow clues, complete challenges to break the curse and survive. Feb. 4-28; Thu-Sun from 6-9:45 pm. $21. Unit 55, 225 N. Ella Rd., Spokane Valley. cartelhaunts.com n

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Trapping Turkeys

Brought to the region in the early 1900s, wild turkeys are now thriving as hunting has declined. YOUNG KWAK PHJOTO

Spokane residents are taking new measures to reduce the rampant turkey population on the South Hill

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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he turkeys sometimes mock John Griffith. On their daily walk through the neighborhood, as he watches from his house, they assemble in his front yard and begin doing whatever it is a rafter of turkeys does — pooping, eating or conspiring against the humans.

“All of the above,” Griffith says.

In his backyard is a turkey trap. Maybe the turkeys have figured it out. They’ve already lost 12 of their own in that cage of metal bars, chicken wire and netting.

Maybe they know that this house, in the South Hill’s Cliff Cannon neighborhood, is trouble.

Still, the turkeys must venture inside the trap sometimes; Griffith’s backyard is literally covered with evidence — feathers and turkey droppings. It’s only a matter of time before Griffith catches them again.

If Griffith looks out his kitchen window and sees turkeys inside the trap, he carefully gets down on his hands and knees, crawls into the sunroom and grabs the end of a white rope, which leads out of the house and through the backyard to the trap’s metal gate. When the time is right, Griffith pulls the end of the rope as hard as he can.

Then he hears a crash, which means the gate has shut and the turkeys can’t get out.

The crash startles the turkeys, but after a second they stop caring. There’s still food on the ground. It’s not until the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shows up that they really start to worry.

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here are a couple of ways to wrangle a turkey into a box, says Candace Bennett, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife conflict specialist. Neither is particularly easy. The first is to ambush the turkey into a corner, gather its wings and tuck its head down. The other option, which takes more skill, is to wait for them to jump, then grab their feet, causing their wings to relax.

The 12 turkeys caught in the trap behind Griffith’s house were not killed. Instead, the Department of Fish and Wildlife dropped them off outside of the city, somewhere near Kettle Falls. Bennett says those 12 turkeys are a small dent in the overall population in Spokane. There are as many as 250 turkeys now on the South Hill, she says, and the number keeps growing.

Wild turkeys are not native to in Eastern Washington. They were brought here in the early 1900s by the Department of Fish and Wildlife for hunting purposes.

Sometime in the past decade, however, there was a dropoff in wild turkey hunting in the area, Bennett says.

Seeing turkeys within city limits, especially a city as big as Spokane, is uncommon. Bennett says Spokane just happens to have favorable conditions for turkeys.

It’s easy for them to migrate into the city, there are few predators, the streets are (mostly) plowed, and the tall pine trees are ideal for roosting at night.

Having this many turkeys can be a real problem, Bennett says. On top of the property damage turkeys are

responsible for, they also can attract predators like coyotes or cougars to residential areas. But killing a turkey inside city limits is illegal unless it’s for personal safety, so residents are limited in ways to address the population.

This spring, for the second straight year, Bennett will lead neighbors on a turkey egg hunt in which the eggs will be coated with corn oil, so they don’t hatch. Yet the population still grew after last year. Much of that is because last spring’s weather was perfect for ground-nesting birds to have a good hatch year. This year is projected to be another good season.

When it comes to turkeys, Bennett says she’s heard different things from the community. Some say they don’t want any in the city, while others say they want to see even more. A majority say they like seeing some turkeys, but the current population is out of control.

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riffith remembers when he saw his first turkey in Spokane. He thought it was amazing.

Then the winter came, and there were more, and then eventually they became a nuisance. Griffith tried everything to shoo them away, including shooting at them with Nerf guns. When a neighbor saw that, Griffith thought he was about to be scolded, but instead they said, “Good, we hate those f---ing things.”

The turkey trap set up in Griffith’s backyard with the help of the Department of Fish and Wildlife is the only one in Spokane so far. It took a couple of weeks for the turkeys to get used to it before Griffith trapped any. Bennett and Griffith also have discussed creating a decoy trap to lure more turkeys.

But turkeys — and this may be hard to believe — are smarter than people think, Bennett says. They know where to hide their nests. They learn what is and what isn’t a real threat.

And when they’re in the middle of the road, taking their time, seemingly unaware of the car honking at them 4 feet away? That’s just laziness.

“They’re only going to expend as much energy as they actually need to,” Bennett says. n

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