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lorence, Italy, is a magical place with centuries of rich history. It offers foods that delight the soul and vistas that stir emotions. Gonzaga University students, and college students from scores of other universities with campuses there, have an opportunity to broaden their knowledge about a country that charms the senses, exposes them to European culture and allows comparison with other governmental systems, hopefully preparing them to be the next generation of American leaders who appreciate the volatility and dynamics of international relations.

Italy’s economy is Europe’s fifth largest, dwarfed by a United States economy eight times larger. With 61 million people and a GDP of under $2 trillion, few would consider Italy a global leader. Centuries older than America, Italy has been conquered by neighbors and carries the stain of Fascism from World War II. Its coalitionstyle, parliamentary governmental system, its relatively new constitution (1947), its former corrupt leader (Silvio Berlusconi) and a reputation for corruption throughout its political system are important for college students to understand.

I spoke recently with three classes of GU students and faculty on the Florence campus, confirming to students that they’re America’s next generation of leaders and urging them to make service a part of their lives, in keeping with the spirit and culture of Gonzaga University.

As potential national leaders, they’ll need to understand the importance of adhering to guiding national principles.

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ince the mid-1600s, Europe has largely operated under a world order that respects the sovereignty and borders of neighboring nations. That world order has been replaced by a present world order not yet finalized, but which must take into account governments such as Iran and groups like ISIS. The challenge for these young adults will be how to adhere to a set of modern principles, goals and national values that reflect the freedom and democracy that have made America great — values the U.S. has routinely exported.

Here are questions, originally propounded by international expert Henry Kissinger, that I asked GU students to ponder in classrooms devoted to the study of marketing practices and the ethics of global climate change. By 2040: What should the U.S. seek to achieve, even if we do so alone, without multilateral support?

What should the U.S. seek to prevent, even if we do so alone, without multilateral support?

What should the U.S. seek to achieve and prevent, if we are encouraged to do so with the support of multilateral groups or coalitions of

other nations?

What principles and values should guide American foreign policy?

I told students that world order had attained an international equilibrium where nations of the world generally accept other nations’ sovereignty and borders in multilateral dealings. When Germany under Adolf Hitler and Fascist Italy became aggressive, war broke out with opponents of aggression, and upset the international equilibrium.

After a period of war, equilibrium was restored and freedom prevailed.

Today, world leaders, and future generations of leaders, need to determine whether a common set of new standards, incorporating American values as answered in the questions above, can be reached. It will take courage, careful articulation, public approval and national persuasion by leaders to reach accord, so that the historical American values of freedom, individual liberty, democracy and other founding principles can be perpetuated. What can countries of the world with differing values agree upon to prevent war?

While it’s important to educate our children about the urgency of climate protection in a way that doesn’t devastate the American economy, global climate change may not be an issue over which future America goes to war. College students must be politically schooled in history, government, economics and foreign policy if they are to be principled future leaders.

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e’re entering a tricky period of international relations. Summits between nations occur with few solid agreements reflecting internationally accepted principles. It may be that America, with the military might to act as the only bulwark against aggression and oppression by other nations, may have to act alone to prevent world disorder.

Gonzaga University students, and others studying abroad, with the knowledge they gain from living in a foreign country, may be our only hope for a world order that reflects American values that have sustained the United States for 238 years. Despite questionable alliances and retrospective missteps the U.S. has made over time, those values have created the world’s greatest economy, military power and socially progressive and culturally strong national identity.

Future leaders who study and understand the world and know America’s past will think carefully about America’s future. n

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he political history of Spokane is like Groundhog Day. Starting in the 1890s, our little boomtown had neighborhood representatives and a full-time mayor. In 1911, we tried to replace politics with efficiency by electing five independent commissioners to run the city. In 1961, realizing that five lieutenants and no general was not working, we switched to the city manager form of government, with a mostly symbolic mayor. Finally, in 1999 we decided to replace the (alleged) efficiency of a city manager with politics, and — voila! — we’re back where we started.

Our strong mayor system is still on probation, and history shows Spokane will pull the plug if it’s not working. Success in any system is dependent on its leaders, and so far the record has been underwhelming. Existing power structures haven’t been totally on board, and our mayors have picked some dumb fights and wound up the butt of too many Doug Clark columns. David Condon has fit the description of strong mayor quite well, but lately he’s stumbled — on raises and on cutting loose Planning Director Scott Chesney.

Condon seems surprised — defensive, even — by the public reaction, but he shouldn’t be. The Chesney episode raises two of the biggest critiques of the strong mayor system — that it lacks transparency and is too vulnerable to political patronage. To be silent on why Chesney was let go by saying it’s a personnel issue, thus a secret, is not an answer citizens understand. Are we to believe there was something sinister going on? Or is it just that the administration didn’t have a good reason? Secrecy erodes trust.

Patronage — hiring your friends to work for the government you lead — is enshrined in the Constitution, but the power is so great, citizens must pay attention. In Chicago, it took 50 years and federal intervention to end the practice that funneled millions to mayoral cronies and created bad government. Mayor Condon made a solid hire in Police Chief Frank Straub, which makes dropping a public servant who was getting good reviews a headscratcher. Spokane still wants qualified people to run the city efficiently.

When we fire mayors who are doing a mostly good job, or even a planning director, we kill continuity. And Spokane is at a sensitive moment right now, with lots of momentum that needs continuity to bear fruit. It all starts with trust. Mayor Condon has a surplus, as he presided over impressive victories on last week’s roads and parks bonds. But if he’s wondering how seemingly little things like a modest raise or replacing a department head are being so scrutinized, it’s because they challenge the public trust. And in Spokane, that’s been a very short leash indeed. 

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COMMENT | RACE

Heating Up

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Racial tensions grow from Ferguson to Spokane as protesters, parents and students demand justice

BY RACHEL DOLEZAL

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t’s a high-stress, lowtrust environment,” says Johnetta Elzie, a protester awaiting the grand jury decision this week related to a white Ferguson police officer who killed an unarmed black teenager. What’s shocking is that her words, quoted in USA Today, precisely describe the feeling 1,860 miles away from Ferguson, in Spokane’s Davenport Hotel last Saturday.

Seated in the hotel’s Early Bird Room, black parents and students shared the pain of injustices they are subjected to in Spokane schools. Like Elzie in Ferguson, a panel of parents and students did not show up for cheap talk. Instead, they demanded substantive action from school officials to move beyond token programs and data that masks disproportionalities to shore up inequity in academics, school discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline.

Although the parents and students sat through more

than an hour of principals, administrators and the sheriff showcasing their attempts to address racial inequities in education and incarceration rates here in Spokane, four of the six officials left the building before hearing even 10 minutes of the parent/student response.

Their courageous voices on Saturday reminded me of Brown vs. Board of Education and the era of hard-won civil rights legislation led by the NAACP in the 1950s.

Parents dared to hold the school district accountable to measurable results, and students demanded swift and equitable action.

It was no mistake that the panel discussion ended only a few hours before the local NAACP’s annual banquet, where Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu challenged school officials to heed parents’ concerns. He then encouraged parents to boycott schools and organize collective protests if the district does not comply with equitable programs and proportional data within six to 12 months.

From Ferguson to Spokane and beyond, the struggle to eliminate race-based targeting is resounding in our nation. On campus at Eastern Washington University last week, more than 150 students participated in campus protests, issuing a call for a Blackout Monday and marching on campus to stand against a recently printed article in the campus newspaper minimizing police murders of young black men in America. In response to the black student protests, white students posted a flood of anonymous attacks online, including “Wish slavery was still legal” and “Black Life Matters? No it doesn’t.” The EWU Black Student Union announced a public forum and demanded that university administration denounce malicious harassment and require courses for all students that provide fundamental education regarding race, power and privilege.

As we wait to hear the grand jury verdict in the Ferguson case, expected later this week, families in Spokane wait to hear what the city will do in response to their call for civil rights and equitable education. In Cheney, students have made demands of EWU. With no chief diversity officer on campus, is EWU equipped to handle this rise in racial tensions? With no civil rights office or racial equity ombudsman, is the city of Spokane prepared to handle the clash between the school district and families of color?

History suggests that high-tension and low-trust environments either give birth to powerful movements of change or devastating divisions in communities. It’s your call, Spokane.  Rachel Dolezal, formerly of the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d’Alene, is an awardwinning artist and activist who teaches courses in art, Africana history and culture at area universities.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

LEADING LAMBS o to church and listen to your minister tell you what to believe, how to

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think and who to vote for. It has been many years since tax-free status was first granted to this institution and we have forgotten why it was done in the first place. Many churches feed the poor, care for the homeless and minister to the downtrodden. The meager incomes they produce are well spent helping our communities, and taxing them makes little sense. But this is 2014, where some churches now choose to preach hate and intolerance.

They openly instruct their willing lambs as to who they should vote for and what position they need to take on important issues. They have become overtly political.

I have to agree with Pastor David Stapp (“God’s Endorsements,” LETTERS 11/6/14) that he has every right to Send comments to preach what he wants. He does not editor@inlander.com. have the right to cross over into the political realm and maintain his tax-free status. I for one am upset that my tax dollars go to support Pastor Stapp and all like him. Imagine the outcry if our public school teachers made a point of instructing their students on who to vote for and which position they should take ballot issues.

Our world has been turned upside down with our acceptance of corporations acting as individuals and being free to spend as much money as they wish on political campaigns without accountability. The church is now acting much the same way. When someone like David Stapp challenges the IRS regarding the tax status of his church, I think the government should take a harsh position and hold him responsible. I fear that our government will not have the backbone to stand up to the church on this matter, just like they caved to the big corporations. David Stapp knows this, as he has openly called their bluff.

RICHARD O’BRIEN Spokane, Wash.

Reaction to “Diversity Deficit,” (11/6/14) on a Spokane city employee’s study of the city’s gender gap in employment, along with an even lower number of minority employees.

DALTON DEATRICH: This is stupid.

Why does it matter what gender or race someone is? The opportunity to get that position is there, it just happens to be filled by white men.

Why? Because they took the initiative instead of whining about being treated differently. Get over it.

DAMEN HESS: If not broken, fix it until it is. It’s going to take women and minorities to pursue those jobs and fields of work and attain the proper credentials to “fix” this.

BETHANY SCHOEFF-COTTER: Yeah, it’s statistics. More white men are still in the workforce. The job should go to the most qualified. It should have nothing to do with gender or race.

SAM WEBER: Networking is a part of the business landscape anywhere. You may be more qualified than someone else. However, you have to market yourself as well.

JOSH TYLER: Just keep in mind that minorities in Spokane only make up 13 percent of the population.

Chances are all applicants are white.

That’s why most higher positions are filled by white men. That’s all there is to choose from. 

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Republican Larry Haskell celebrates being elected Spokane County Prosecutor, beating civil rights attorney Breean Beggs, an architect of Smart Justice reforms.

ELECTION 2014

Redefining Justice Despite election losses, Smart Justice moves ahead with symposium on reform; plus, results from other races

BY JACOB JONES

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n the campaign trail for the Spokane County Commission, Mary Lou Johnson spent most of her time talking about the various strengths and shortcomings of the local criminal justice system. As an attorney and leading advocate with the Smart Justice movement, Johnson argues that Spokane residents recognize the need for a more nuanced, effective form of law enforcement.

“People get it. People totally get it,” she says. “People understand that we can’t keep doing what we’re doing.”

Smart Justice Spokane, which champions rehabilitation and treatment efforts over mass incarceration, launched in 2012 and has grown into an influential community catalyst for reforming the entire Spokane justice infrastructure. City and county officials have embraced many of the group’s recommendations.

While Johnson and civil rights attorney Breean Beggs, another Smart Justice-backed candidate for prosecuting attorney, both lost to Republican opponents, Smart Justice advocates take pride in redefining the conversation to come. A recently re-established county Law and Justice Council has formed around implementing many new reforms, and advocates see the chance to make Spokane a leader in criminal justice best practices.

Liz Moore, a leader in the Smart Justice effort and director of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, says an upcoming Smart Justice Symposium on Saturday will continue to expand that mission. It’s not if, but when Spokane will adopt a stronger system, she says, and while advocates once limited their aspirations for reform in 2012, they now dream bigger.

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we thought were realistic two years ago,” Moore says, adding. “Usually, it goes the other way. Your goals get more pragmatic.”

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ssistant WSU professor Jacqueline van Wormer, who serves as a coordinator for the county Law and Justice Council, says Smart Justice-style initiatives have drawn momentum from a number of developments over the years. As prison populations have skyrocketed, communities and researchers have looked for more effective ways to rein in crime and cut recidivism.

In Spokane, those efforts started with officials contracting with consultants like David Bennett to identify weaknesses in the current system as well as partnering with universities to seek out best practices. What Smart Justice has really driven, van Wormer says, is outreach and connection with the community.

“There’s great momentum,” she says. “I hope it can be sustained.”

Officials reinstated the 19-member Law and Justice Council in August to serve as the primary engine of implementing reforms across the local system, based on a “Blueprint for Reform” completed early this year. Van Wormer says the council has been writing bylaws and sharing research with subcommittees assigned to specific reform areas such as data collection, facilities and riskneeds programs. ...continued on next page

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“We’re sort of laying the groundwork,” van Wormer says. “Recommendations will start coming out of the subcommittees pretty quick.”

Moore says Smart Justice has a representative sitting on each subcommittee, and while it would have been helpful to have Beggs or Johnson working in an official capacity, the real work will require long-term pressure to ensure true reform.

“It has been sustained community engagement that has driven that reform process,” she says. “It takes a long attention span to create policy changes.”

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hen Smart Justice launched in 2012, Moore says, it hosted a symposium to help introduce professionals in the criminal justice system to a variety of evidence-based best practices in law enforcement, adjudication and corrections. Officials, police leaders, researchers and community organizers gathered to discuss what justice in Spokane could or should potentially look like.

This Saturday, advocates want to engage community members who have firsthand experience with the justice system, arming residents with the knowledge to share their stories and work on various initiatives, including the “Ban the Box” campaign to remove felony checkboxes from job applications.

Moore says keynote speakers will discuss innovative court models and pro-

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Smart Justice Community Symposium: Saturday, Nov. 15, from 9 am-2 pm at Gonzaga Law School. Free, lunch included. Register online at smartjusticewashington.org. grams taking on racial disparities in the justice system. Julian Adler, director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, will discuss community court models and Jennifer Kim, policy director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California, will discuss grassroots organization strategies.

Keynote speakers, and advocates including van Wormer, will host a number of smaller group workshops on restorative justice, contacting officials, therapeutic courts and other topics. Van Wormer says she looks forward to conducting a two-way dialogue between residents and professionals working in the system.

Moore and other Smart Justice supporters draw confidence from how rapidly the Spokane community has embraced the call for reform. While disappointed by the election results, they can barely believe how far the effort has come since the previous symposium in 2012.

“We’ve made some significant progress,” Moore says, “but we have a ways to go yet.” 

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Spokane County Commissioner Al French fought off a challenge from Mary Lou Johnson, who ran on a Smart Justice platform.

GONE TO POT

Even as Republicans celebrated their victories on Election Night, supporters of a typically liberal issue — MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION — were toasting their wins too. Voters in Oregon and Alaska approved ballot measures similar to Washington and Colorado’s pot laws, with legal possession limits and a plan for regulation and taxation. Unlike Washington, both will allow small home grows.

Along with plants at home, Oregon will allow adults 21 and older to have up to eight ounces of usable pot and Alaska will allow up to one ounce. In both states, the new rules won’t start taking effect until next year.

Across the country in Washington, D.C., a whopping 70 percent of voters said “yes” to an initiative allowing adults 21 and older to possess up to two ounces of weed and six plants (only three of which can be mature) in the District, though it did not include any regulations for how they’re supposed to buy or sell that weed. Now, the D.C. Council will craft a set of regulations and hope Congress doesn’t get in the way. A full veto would require action from the House, Senate and president, which may be unlikely, but lawmakers could still find ways to delay the law’s implementation, as they did when voters in the District approved medical marijuana in 1998. Given the drug’s federally illegal status and the switch in party power, Congress could be inclined to interfere, but they’ll also be wading into an argument about whether lawmakers are quashing the voters’ will.

In pot advocates’ lone loss last week, a medical marijuana measure in Florida won a majority of the vote (58 percent) but not the 60 percent required for constitutional amendments. Advocates there vowed to try again in a future election.

— HEIDI GROOVER

HOW RED IS MY VALLEY

Voters in the 4th District had a clear choice: They could pick MATT SHEA, the incumbent representative who has made six years of headlines with controversial statements, clashes with local Republicans and years of refusing to talk to local media outlets. Or they could pick JOSH ARRITOLA, a Republican espousing most of the same positions as Shea, but with support from unions and a willingness to shake hands with Democrats.

The Republican Party was split: Some, like former city councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin, offered resounding support for Arritola. Others, like Sen. Michael Baumgartner, stuck with Shea. Still others, like Rep. Kevin Parker, refused to get involved. It all looked like it was shaping up to be a tight race.

It wasn’t. Arritola lost by nearly 15 percentage points, worse than he did in the primary, and even worse than the performance of Amy Biviano, an actual Democrat, two years ago. The 4th District doesn’t just want a Republican. It wants a Matt Shea Republican.

Arritola says polling after the primary suggested a reason he struggled in the polls was name recognition. And despite being hammered by his opponent for being secretly liberal, he wasn’t liberal enough for some voters. “The polling showed we weren’t able to close the deal with Democrats,” Arritola says. “There’s a segment we really campaigned hard for, but [they] weren’t willing to pull the trigger for a Republican.”

Of the fraction of people in the 4th District who actually voted, nearly 10 percent voted for neither Shea nor Arritola.

A similarly large chunk of voters went for “none of the above” in the other 4th District race, where schoolteacher Bob McCaslin, Jr., wielding Shea’s endorsement, beat former Spokane Valley mayor Diana Wilhite 57 to 42 percent.

— DANIEL WALTERS

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BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER R

Given how close her race for IDAHO STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION turned out, Sherri Ybarra is undoubtedly glad she decided to vote this year.

Throughout the campaign, the media coverage of Ybarra was devastating — detailing a string of gaffes and corrections.

She didn’t vote in a general election for years. Her campaign site lifted big chunks of rhetoric from her opponent’s website.

By contrast, nearly everything was in opponent Jana Jones’ favor: Idaho’s education system has produced terrible results. The previous Republican superintendent was unpopular. Jones didn’t make any major mistakes. She had experience at all levels of education. She raised three times as much money. Just one problem: She’s a Democrat. Idaho hates that.

So the election was tight — less than 6,000 votes — but Ybarra still won. She faces the challenge of managing education in a state where teachers leave, kids don’t go to college and legislators slash funding.

Blame the national Republican wave, but Idaho looks redder than ever. Certainly redder than 2008, when western and North Idaho actually sent a Democrat to Congress.

Despite running against damaged Gov. Butch Otter, Democratic candidate A.J. Balukoff couldn’t crack 43 percent.

Democrats have taken solace in two victories in Lewiston: Democratic Rep. John Rusche fended off his challenger by fewer than 50 votes, while Democratic challenger Dan Rudolph managed to squeak by with fewer than 30 (though Idaho’s Republican Party is gunning for a recount).

“To actually gain a legislative seat in this climate, as we did, is a respectable outcome,” Idaho Democratic Party Chair Larry Kenck says in a statement. “We hold our heads high today. Our candidates hold their heads high.”

— DANIEL WALTERS

BATTLE OF THE BUDGET

Election season may be over, but the real fight between Republicans and Democrats in Washington begins in January, when state lawmakers duke it out over how to create a BALANCED BUDGET for the 2015-17 biennium.

The good news is, according to projections by the Office of Financial Management, Washington can expect to collect an extra $2.7 billion in the 2015-17 budget cycle. The bad news is Washington’s sluggish revenue growth isn’t enough to cover all of the state’s competing budget pressures.

LETTERS To fulfill the state Supreme Send comments to Court’s order to fully fund editor@inlander.com. basic education in the McCleary case, the legislature is required to invest significantly in K-12 education — more than $2 billion in the 2015-17 budget, according to legislative committee analysis.

On top of that, Initiative 1351 to reduce class sizes is headed for a narrow victory, which the OFM estimates will cost about $2 billion over the next biennium.

Meanwhile, state employees haven’t seen a cost-of-living pay raise in six years; tuition at public colleges faces rising inflation; and following the state Supreme Court’s decision on psychiatric “boarding” in emergency rooms, the legislature is obligated to fund additional beds for mental health patients.

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Ziggy Siegfried, a candidate for 6th District state representative, watches returns at an election party for local Democrats. ASHLEY TOMLINSON PHOTO Ahead of the November election, Democrats like Rep. Marcus Riccelli proposed closing frivolous corporate tax loopholes to solve the state’s budget woes. Republicans like Sen. Michael Baumgartner would rather set aside new revenue growth for education spending and find savings in the budget by consolidating and reforming state government. Both parties are skittish when it comes to talking about tax hikes, but, says Remy Trupin, executive director of the left-leaning Washington Budget & Policy Center, lawmakers will have to consider raising new revenue in order to meet the state’s needs.

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The Yik Yak app is practically designed to create drama on college campuses: It allows users to publish short tweet-like messages, but completely anonymously. So it’s no surprise that Yik Yak took off on the WSU campus or that many messages began slamming specific fraternities, sororities and students. But what was surprising was the student campaign that rose up against the app in response: WSU students begun sharing photos of themselves intentionally deleting the app with the hashtag #ReleaseTheYak. Now the campaign has spread to other universities.

(DANIEL WALTERS)

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Days passed and nothing happened. As it turned out, then-Gov. Miles Moore forgot to sign the constitution, so the president couldn’t approve it.

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Theoretically, he could appeal the decision, but doesn’t know if he wants to create more community contention. Instead, he’s looking across the border, where facilities like the one he proposed don’t have to be approved by a zoning board.

“That’s why all these programs leave Idaho and go to Montana,” Boudousquie says.

— DANIEL WALTERS

Mayor Condon plans a review of city salaries; plus, a turned-off body camera and an officer-involved shooting MAN WITH A PLAN

Spokane Mayor David Condon introduced a “three-part plan” Monday to revamp the way the MAYOR’S SALARY is determined and to study the salaries of others in City Hall.

Condon is proposing a change to the City Charter, which citizens could be asked to vote on in the spring, that would task the Salary Review Commission with setting his salary. Currently, the mayor’s salary is set in his own budget (which the city council must approve), but the volunteer commission sets city councilmembers’ salaries. The charter change would give the commission the authority to decide a starting place for the mayor’s salary and when to give raises. Condon says he thinks a $165,000-$175,000 salary is a fair range for his job.

The city should also lobby the legislature to allow arbitrators considering city/union contract negotiations to consider cost of living, Condon says. That’s been a years-long effort that hasn’t gained much traction, but Condon hopes that by asking for just housing costs — not all the factors in cost of living — to be considered, the effort might have a shot in Olympia this year. Third, the administration will pursue a salary survey to see how city employees’ salaries “compare to industry standards.”

— HEIDI GROOVER

TURNED AWAY

The lack of mental health services, especially in rural North Idaho, has been a constant source of frustration for patients and advocates. But last week, a chance to build a new rural COUNSELING CENTER on the Montana border, south of the Clark Fork River, was struck down by the Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Bruce Boudousquie, a mental health counselor, had proposed building five bunk houses on the Clark Fork River, for a largely off-the-grid facility. At the North Idaho Work Academy, 18 young adults struggling with mild mental health issues — like depression or anxiety — would be able to come and stay, free from the distractions, and work on getting their life together.

But despite the rural nature of the program, the proposal quickly sparked a firestorm of neighborhood opposition. Many of them, Boudousquie says, were afraid of the facility’s clientele, “saying they’re going to be a bunch of crazies, they’re going to be drug addicts, and will want to break into their homes and steal their prescriptions.”

Boudousquie says he worked to codify procedures — like promising to drive anybody who wanted to leave to Sandpoint himself — to prevent problems with runaways.

But after a contentious public meeting at Hope Elemen-

SHOOTING IN THE DARK

Washington State Patrol detectives continue to lead the investigation into an OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING that wounded a 20-year-old stalking suspect after a high-speed pursuit in North Spokane. Officials noted one Spokane police officer at the scene was wearing a body camera as part of an ongoing pilot program, but the camera was left off.

Investigators say a stalking complaint led them to search for Joseph E. Hensz when a pursuit broke out at about 8:30 pm Saturday. Police say Hensz drove at speeds above 100 mph and swerved close to pursuing patrol vehicles.

No details have been released regarding the confrontation that led to shots being fired. Hensz continues to recover in the hospital under guard. He faces charges for stalking and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Spokane Police Ombudsman Tim Burns says he responded to the scene of the shooting, but received no explanation for the unactivated camera. He acknowledges adopting new technology is an evolving process, but he called the incident a “missed opportunity” that should be reviewed.

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‘Loss of Confidence’ A sudden boot for the city’s planning director has left developers, councilmembers and neighborhood leaders baffled

BY HEIDI GROOVER

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or local developers and neighborhood leaders, Planning Director Scott Chesney was one of the most well-known faces at Spokane City Hall. Last week, they found out that he was ousted the same way people who’ve never met him did: a six-sentence press release. The headline: “National Search to Replace Planning Director.”

“I’m like, ‘Wait a minute. What happened to our current planning director?’” says Michael Cathcart, a lobbyist for the Spokane Home Builders Association, which represents developers throughout the county.

In the days since, developers and city councilmembers have called for an explanation and received little.

Members of the administration, including Mayor David Condon and Chesney’s former boss, Business and Developer Services Director Jan Quintrall, say it’s a “personnel matter” they’re not able to discuss. Chesney, who started at the city in 2011, did not return calls from the Inlander but told the Spokesman-Review by text message last week that he “resigned due to the mayor’s loss of confidence in me.”

That’s led to a spiral of speculation about a clash

between Quintrall and Chesney and an administration on the defensive.

“I had a feeling that over the last several [months], from stuff that Jan said to me … that they weren’t getting along very well,” says Councilwoman Amber Waldref.

In a press briefing Monday, Condon again refused to discuss specifics but implied Chesney was getting too much credit for recent advances the city has made around planning, like construction growth and decreased permit application wait times.

“We are committed to growing the city in a responsible way, both financially and environmentally, and this is a team effort,” Condon said. “Not a single person is the sole reason for what we’re doing. … There are a handful of developers that are concerned because they’ve seen the positive outcomes and, again, is that all because of one person?”

Developers and liberal city councilmembers — often on opposite sides of political issues — find themselves together in wondering aloud what happened. The mayor met with a small handful of developers Friday but gave them no indication of why Chesney had been asked to

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Jim Frank, whose company is behind the quickly growing Kendall Yards development, calls Chesney “the best planning director Spokane has had in 30 years” who “had a vision for where things need to go.” Frank has been among the most outOusted: Scott Chesney spoken calling for the rehiring of Chesney. But the mayor said Monday “there will not be a job offered back.”

Meanwhile, volunteers on the city’s Plan Commission and its neighborhood councils say they were also surprised by the news and unsure of what Chesney’s departure means for the future of planning projects in the city. (Quintrall says projects will continue without delay.)

“I think this is another case of Mayor Condon getting rid of anybody in City Hall that is pro-neighborhood,” says Colleen Gardner, co-chair of the Chief Garry Park Neighborhood Council. She points to another employee who was recently fired from the community development department and what she characterizes as increasing city expectations of the neighborhoods to do their own planning without increased resources.

Last week, the city council wrote a letter of recommendation for Chesney’s future employment, saying he “turned a culture of ‘no’ into a culture of ‘yes, we can do better.’”

The administration has since briefed the council in an executive session about Chesney’s ouster, but that left councilmembers unable to say much about what they’d learned. After doublechecking it with city legal personnel, Council President Ben Stuckart gave his one-sentence statement to the Inlander Monday evening. “After meeting with the administration in executive session regarding a personnel matter,” he says carefully, “I stand by the letter of recommendation I wrote for Scott Chesney 100 percent.”  Daniel Walters contributed to this report.

IT’S A PERSONNEL MATTER

So far, city spokesman Brian Coddington has shrugged off questions about Scott Chesney’s performance, while pointing to a state statute allowing performance review discussions to take place in closed-door executive sessions.

Attorney Breean Beggs, however, says there’s no statute preventing employers from giving accurate statements of employee performance, though most attorneys tell employers to keep quiet anyway, to avoid providing fodder for libel, defamation or wrongful termination suits. Legally, Beggs says, city officials could talk about Chesney if they wanted to.

“If I were representing a private employer, I would recommend that they not talk about it,” says Beggs. “But with a public employer, it’s not as easy, because the public has a right to know.”

In fact, when there’s a “legitimate public interest,” state statutes require cities like Spokane to disclose documents like employee evaluations upon request. (In 2000, for example, courts found that Spokane City Manager Bill Pupo’s employee evaluations counted as public records because of his performance was a legitimate subject of debate.)

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Can the STA redesign the Plaza in a way that makes everyone happy?

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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the lives on the bus PHOTOS BY YOUNG KWAK

ontroversy over the STA Plaza isn’t new: Sift through the past two decades of newspapers and you’ll find scores of complaints about the Plaza’s central location, frowning about the “riff-raff” who gather there, fretting about whether Plaza sidewalk loiterers drive away customers or scare pedestrians.

“The offensive language; the blocking the sidewalks; the individuals who are inebriated, the small gangs with their face covered with the bandannas,” Downtown Spokane Partnership President Mark Richard said in August. The worst offenders don’t even ride the bus — they just hang out in the Plaza.

It’s why DSP, Greater Spokane Inc. and Visit Spokane asked the STA Board in July to delay implementation of the $5.8 million Plaza renovations.

The STA Board agreed.

On Saturday, Nov. 15, a task force from the three business organizations will publish its official thoughts on the Plaza redesign, and at its Nov. 20 meeting, the STA Board will decide how to respond.

Some are worried. “There’s a concern, perhaps, that STA will capitulate to whatever it is the downtown business groups will recommend to us,” STA CEO E. Susan Meyer says.

It’s no secret that some businesses, like River Park Square, would prefer the Plaza be relocated. It’s why STA has received a flood of 300 letters, pleading with the authority: Don’t move the Plaza.

After all, the Plaza has a massive impact on Spokane: STA estimates people step on or off the bus 21,000 times at the Plaza every day. And not just low-income people. “Go to the plaza at commute time,” Meyer says. “You’ll see lawyers and journalists and engineers, streaming off the bus.”

Meyer points to a YouTube video that fast-forwards through 16 hours of Plaza sidewalk footage from a single Wednesday in late August. College students in T-shirts.

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ees with name tags. Riders waiting with shopping bags, children, bicycles, longboards, canes and wheelchairs.

STA leadership is clear: For at least the next decade, the Plaza is almost certain to stay put. “At this time, it’s the heart of our system, and the heart of all our future planning too,” STA Board chair Amber Waldref says. No one on the board is arguing otherwise, she says, and ultimately it’s entirely up to the STA Board what to do about it.

At the same time, STA needs to maintain community support: To pay for a new “Central City Line” route between Browne’s Addition and Spokane Community College, and a slew of other service improvements, the STA Board will consider asking voters for a tax increase next year.

Ideally, the Plaza redesign will improve things for riders and the surrounding businesses simultaneously: The first floor would be filled out with restaurants, bookstores and other retail joints.

For the right business, all that Plaza foot traffic isn’t a nuisance — it’s a gold mine. Real-time bus tracking screens and an expanded waiting area would allow people to wait inside for their bus, keeping riders warm and the sidewalks uncrowded. “[The business groups] like our design for the lower floor,” Waldref says.

The second floor is where it gets more complicated. Waldref says the business groups agree with STA’s plan to wall off unused second-floor space, preventing loitering. Yet while some businesses urged STA to create meeting spaces on the second floor — and STA added it to their design — lately other businesses have objected.

“We thought it would be useful for the neighbors and the public,” Waldref says. “But if now the business owners say somehow that competes with other meeting spaces, we’re happy to listen to that.”

Much of the discussion between the business groups, however, has taken place in private, without the input of STA or its board. Until each of the three groups votes to approve their final conclusions, they won’t talk about their impressions. “We will refrain from commenting until we can deliver the findings to the STA Board,” says Richard.

Of course, no matter what changes, some Plaza patrons will still be a nuisance to businesses. Some will still loiter. But Meyer points out that people loiter in parks too. They loiter at the library. To restrict public spaces, she says, would change who we are.

“As a community, we need to make a decision about what kind of place we want to be,” Meyer says. “I think we want to be a place where everybody can enjoy the community and what it has to offer.”  danielw@inlander.com

Portraits of the Plaza

With local leaders debating the fate of the STA Plaza, we spent a day getting to know people who actually use the downtown transit center INTERVIEWS BY CHRISTIAN VOSLER PHOTOS BY YOUNG KWAK

AISHA MARSHALL and IAN LOVERING Aisha Marshall, 18, is a sophomore at Eastern, studying pre-med. She says that while the Plaza is OK, “I don’t really like staying here very much at all. I try to leave as soon as I can.”

Marshall and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Ian Lovering, are waiting for buses to take them to school. Lovering is in his first year at SFCC. For him, the Plaza could be a little more homey.

“There’s no place to really relax and feel just away from stuff and study while you wait for a bus, that kind of thing,” Lovering says.

The pair take the bus every day to get to and from school. At the top of their list of possible Plaza improvements is cleanliness; Marshall laments the state of the building’s bathrooms.

“I actually really wish they had hand sanitizer — that’s, like, one of my main complaints,” she says. “I asked them about it, but they said that they’re not doing it because people started stealing them.”

SARAH BAUM Sarah Baum, 61, frequents the Plaza every day, whether it’s for appointments, meetings or to take her grandson Joshua to school. This particular morning, Joshua is going to see the doctor.

“I am so grateful that they put money into it so it’s a nice place to come into that’s warm,” Baum says.

“It’s an open space, so it’s personable.”

Baum says she feels safe in the Plaza and riding the bus.

“I think the drivers are doing an amazing job,” she says. “They are all pretty nice people and a couple of them I call friends.”

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Portraits of the Plaza

LIN RIVERS and MICHAEL TINGLEY “You’ve known me since I was what, this high, Daddy?” Michael Tingley, 27, holds his hand out flat, three feet above the pavement. Fifty-fiveyear-old Lin Rivers nods. He considers Tingley one of his adopted children.

“He’s like extended family,” Rivers says. Tingley is waiting for a bus to take him to the SCC extended learning center, where he’s studying to get his GED. Rivers has a doctor’s appointment.

“I like the Plaza, you know, it’s pretty nice. Things could be better,” Rivers says. Tingley agrees, saying he wished there were fewer loiterers.

Despite this, Rivers praises the Plaza’s central location and its ease of access for people who need to catch a bus.

“I wouldn’t want them to move the Plaza,” he says.

MATTHEW EARLE and SIERRA HALLER Matthew Earle, 21, and Sierra Haller, 19, are sitting on a bench eating. Roku, Haller’s 1-year-old Border Collie/Australian shepherd service dog, sits on the ground next to her, panting. Roku helps to alleviate Haller’s anxiety, and as such gets the privilege of riding the bus with her.

Both Earle and Haller say that they frequent almost all of the routes STA offers. Haller is a preschool teacher in Spokane, and Earle works at a Target in the Valley.

“It’s pretty nice,” Earle says about the Plaza. “They keep it pretty controlled when it comes to random people trying to make a ruckus, but for the most part it’s solid. We haven’t had any problems. And they’re pretty good with dogs too.”

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CHRISTMAS THOMPSON As manager of the Plaza’s Pizza Rita for the past six and a half years, Christmas Thompson has encountered her fair share of characters.

“Give me a minute to put my filter in place,” she laughs. Thompson describes working in the Plaza as “interesting.”

“Wide variety of people through here all day long, you never know what you’re going to see,” she says.

BEN KNIGHT To kill time until his bus comes, Ben Knight, 42, is looking at a collection of historical photos on the Plaza’s second level. A frequent Plaza patron, Knight notices many of the changes that go on there, like benches being moved so people can’t sleep on them.

Since his car was stolen two years ago, Knight and his girlfriend have been using the bus system daily. He says he feels safe using public transit.

“I always thought it was kinda like a lower-class thing or something, because California is so bad,” he says. “It’s not like that at all, there’s a lot of really nice people.”

BRET Bret has been riding the bus for 10 years. When we met him, he had just finished up working downtown.

He was very familiar with the ongoing disapproval of the Plaza from certain business interests in the city center. He said, “Moving it isn’t a solution. It’s just an easy target. [The critics] have to blame their poor business acumen on something and right now it’s the homeless and the street kids. But where else do they have to hang out?” He pointed out that as a business person, he likes having the Plaza right in the middle of things because it brings people, many of whom are customers, to the businesses who rely on them for success.

“Don’t get me wrong, I love Spokane,” he says. “But in some ways, Spokane is still really in an early 20th century mindset. The 1950s aren’t coming back.”

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Portraits of the Plaza

RICHARD CRAVEN Richard Craven is studying interior design at SFCC. He is sitting on a bench on the south side of the Plaza, dressed as the Celtic god of woodland and wildlife.

“It’s for a Halloween party,” he laughs. He likes that the Plaza is centrally located, but wishes STA would increase its service.

“Expanded service on Saturday and Sunday, when you actually want to go and do something,” he says.

JEFF GALLAWAY Jeff Gallaway is on his way home from work. An application administrator at Washington Trust Bank, he rides the bus to and from work every day. He gets a deal on a bus pass through his job. “Usually when I’m going through the Plaza, I’m on a mission,” he says. “I’m either getting on a bus or going to lunch, that kinda thing.”

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW

BELIEVE

THE HYPE Taking the temperature of Zag Fever, 2014 edition

BY MIKE BOOKEY

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ll of the televisions at Jack and Dan’s are turned to college football. But the conversation around the bar is about basketball, as it will be for the four months to come.

It’s two hours before the Gonzaga men’s basketball team plays its only exhibition game of the season against a team that requires Googling to reveal its Canadian location. At maybe 95 percent of just-offcampus bars around the country, hardly a damn could be given about an exhibition game played on the first day of November. That is not the case at this bar, or the brewery down the street, or the sidewalks leading to the McCarthey Center where Gonzaga apparel is the style du jour.

Preseason hype is a part of the Gonzaga basketball culture and has been for several years. Sports Illustrated once ranked the Zags in the Top 10, and fans thought that was absurdly high. In years when the team was omitted from Top 25 polls, fans found that doubly ridiculous. The program has been good long enough to have developed a few fans who, while ...continued on next page

Seniors Kevin Pangos (left) and Gary Bell Jr. are set to lead one of the most talented Gonzaga teams ever. RYAN SULLIVAN PHOTOS

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CULTURE | BASKETBALL PREVIEW “BELIEVE THE HYPE,” CONTINUED... ostensibly loving the team, will bitch about any prognostication that doesn’t prove true.

If anything, measuring the Zag hype is an entertaining source of barstool debates, especially when the Zags, like this season, have a No. 13 preseason ranking that could easily soar much higher thanks to some high-profile early season games. For the more serious folks who saw a Las Vegas sports book put the Zags at 25-1 odds to win the NCAA championship (among the top 10 favorites), the hype might be even more intriguing.

There’s reason for the hype; not saying there hasn’t been before.

But Kevin Pangos, who was just short of being declared the Canadian basketball Jesus when he came to campus four years ago, is a senior and his foot is healed. Fellow senior Gary Bell, Jr., is at full health and also is ready to lead. The Polish mountain of a man named Przemek Karnowski trimmed down, got stronger and worked on his touch in the off-season.

At Jack and Dan’s, a table of longtime fans share a pitcher of Coors Light as they list the transfers the Zags will put on the court later that night: There’s Kyle Wiltjer, the kid from Portland who was SEC Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore at Kentucky before coming to Spokane and sitting out last season. Then there’s “the kid from USC,” better known as Byron Wesley, who led the Trojans in scoring last year but can come to Gonzaga and play, thanks to an uncharacteristically common-sense NCAA rule that allows transfers to play immediately if they’ve already graduated.

On the back side of the McCarthey Center, hip-hop booms across the leafy campus as a line of students makes their way into the arena.

They’re not in their regulation Kennel Club shirts, but rather Halloween costumes that may or may not have remained on since the previous night.

“We have GONZAGA BULLDOGS high hopes,” says HEAD COACH: Mark Few Daniel Incerpi.

2013-14 RECORD: 29-7 overall, 15-3 WCC He’s wearing a PRESEASON WCC COACHES POLL: 1st collection of red, KEY RETURNING PLAYERS: G Kevin Pangos, white and blue G Gary Bell, Jr., C Przemek Karnowski clothing, including a stars-and-stripes headband. He’s talking really fast and really loud as he outlines his plans for this year’s Zags.

“I would not be surprised if we ended up in Indianapolis,” says the sophomore from Los Angeles. The Final Four is in Indianapolis this season, in case you needed some context.

Next to him, Madeline Stutz is dressed as a penguin because, again, Halloween. She says there’s been a special feeling on campus as the season approaches.

“There’s a consensus on campus that this is one of the best teams we’ve had,” she says.

Down on press row inside the Kennel, former Zag legend Matt Santangelo is back behind the microphone after a brief hiatus, providing color commentary to the incomparable play-by-play call of Tom Hudson for the Gonzaga radio network. During his time away, he became Spokane’s unofficial Mr. Basketball when he took the reins of Hoopfest.

He knows there’s a lot of hype around this iteration of the Zags.

“They have depth at every position and athleticism that GU hasn’t enjoyed in a number of years,” says Santangelo. “Now the question becomes, can they fit all the pieces together and live up to the hype? Either way, it’s going to be another great ride for the GU basketball family.”

Up in Section 104 of the McCarthey Center, Jerry McGinn, a Kennel regular since the pre-Stockton era, is convening three generations of Gonzaga fans for an annual “how-do-these-guys-look?” confab. His son Shane and grandsons Dylan and Bo are blown away by the depth of talent the Zags have on their roster this season.

“Behind the key players, we see many interchangeable Zags running at least two platoons deep. We’re excited to see this movable feast of talent continue to battle it out for minutes, and we predict there may even be some changes in the starting rotation,” says McGinn. Like any seasoned Gonzaga fan who knows a thing or two about tempered expectations, he adds, “To be continued.” n

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CHALLENGERS TO THE THRONE

A couple of WCC squads might have a shot at the Zags

BY WILL MAUPIN

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he Gonzaga Bulldogs enter the season ranked No. 13 in the AP poll and are the overwhelming favorite in the West Coast Conference. But that doesn’t mean the Zags can coast to yet another WCC title.

Preseason hype and a roster loaded with talent doesn’t change the path the Zags must take to March. Brigham Young and Saint Mary’s haven’t gone anywhere, and road games will be as dangerous as always. So what’s out there for the Bulldogs to trip on?

BYU is the team best positioned to challenge Gonzaga for the top spot in the conference standings.

Tyler Haws, the 2014 WCC Player of the Year, is back for his senior season.

Haws has scored more than 750 points in each of the last two years. If he does that again, he’ll be nearly 100 points clear of Jimmer Fredette for first place on the Cougars’ all-time scoring list.

While Haws’ scoring prowess is scary, the Cougars’ ability to threaten the Zags is made more viable by the presence of do-it-all junior guard Kyle Collinsworth. If he’s fully recovered from an ACL tear, which he suffered against Gonzaga in last season’s WCC championship game, the Cougars have a backcourt on par with Gonzaga’s.

Archrival Saint Mary’s has fallen behind Gonzaga and BYU in the two seasons since winning both the regular season and tournament titles. The once Aussie-dominated roster is now, much like Gonzaga’s, filled with highly touted transfers from major-conference programs. Joe Coleman transferred from Minnesota, Aaron Bright from Stanford and Desmond Simmons from Washington. Not to be forgotten is all-WCC senior forward Brad Waldow, who last season kept alive the tradition of Gaels wearing absurdly visible mouth protection.

Dethroning Gonzaga is likely just a pipe dream for the remaining seven teams in the conference. But by virtue of their home court, experience or coaching staff, three of those

seven have a legitimate shot at hanging a loss on the Zags.

From 2010 to 2012, the Zags were unable to pick up a win at the University of San Francisco’s War Memorial Gymnasium. While they’ve managed to win two straight at San Francisco since then, the Zags will have to face what could be Rex Walters’ best Dons squad yet — and last season’s Dons finished tied for second in the conference standings. Gonzaga plays at War Memorial on Feb. 7.

Portland, my pick as this year’s WCC sleeper team, knows what it takes to pull off an upset. Last season’s Pilots upset both Gonzaga and BYU in Portland. Eric Reveno’s team returns four of the five starters from those games.

The Zags make the short trip down to Portland on Jan. 3.

Former Gonzaga assistant Bill Grier led San Diego to a win over the Zags late last season.

The Toreros will get additional insider information from Grier’s assistant Kyle Bankhead, who played for Gonzaga from 2000-04. San Diego hosts Gonzaga on Dec. 29 and comes to Spokane on Feb. 26. n

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THE RETURN OF ERNIE KENT

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Back in the Pac-12, the former Oregon coach is hoping to get WSU back on track

BY HOWIE STALWICK

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rnie Kent is 59 years old. At times, he looks like he’s 40 and acts like he’s 20.

“I’ve still got more energy than my players,” Kent says with a

laugh.

The Energizer Bunny is alive and well and coaching basketball at Washington State. The Cougars’ new coach is naturally gregarious, a motivational speaker disguised in sweatpants and sneakers.

Just listening to Kent talk about his childhood in Rockford, Illinois, a longtime Cougar fan might be inspired enough to wonder if — eventually — Kent might actually be able to lead the Cougars to their first conference championship since (gulp) World War II. “There’s 10 in my family — seven straight boys and three girls. I’m the sixth of seven boys,” Kent says, speaking in his rich, baritone voice in his office.

“My parents had the equivalent of eighth-grade, ninthgrade educations. But coming out of the South, those are like third- and fourth-grade educations,” says Kent. ““My mom worked in a factory for 25 years. My dad worked at Chrysler for 27 years. I used to look at my dad and thought, ‘Never in my wildest dreams could I work as hard as he worked, having to work three and four jobs in order to feed us.’ Yet (I’m) a workaholic just like he was.”

Kent, the first person in his family to attend a fouryear college, continued.

“We were not dirt, dirt, dirt poor, but we’re a family that grew up on big pots of beans and cornbread because you just didn’t have enough money to do much of anything else,” says Kent. “There were a couple times at Christmas where there were no presents. They couldn’t afford it. Couldn’t do it. So it’s a hardship, but you knew you were loved and you knew the church played a huge role in keeping us all headed in the right direction.

They did the best they could as parents.”

Kent, the divorced father of three grown children, likes to think of his basketball team as a second family. Recently, he took the Cougars on a retreat to the Tri-Cities to get to know his players better, and vice versa.

“We have so much one-on-one time with them, personal time, to talk about some personal issues,” Kent says. “It’s been invaluable to our program because it really gives you a sense of togetherness; that you understand them and they understand you. The underlying foundation of any success I’ve had with teams has been the relationships that have been built before we even get to the floor to start playing games. We’ve done that here.”

Kent played at Oregon and later guided his alma mater to five NCAA tournaments (including two Elite Eight appearances) in 13 years before he was fired after the 2009-10 season. He rebuilt the basketball program at Oregon after doing the same at Saint Mary’s.

Kent is plainly delighted to be back in coaching after staying close to the game the past four years in various positions, including television. He makes no promises about an instant turnaround at Washington State.

“We will play hard,” he says. “We will play with a lot of passion. We will play with a lot of confidence. If we do those things, I think the winning will take care of itself.

“And,” he adds, mindful of WSU’s poor academic record under fired predecessor Ken Bone, “we will go to school.

We still stay on top of our academics.” n

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IDAHO VANDALS

HEAD COACH: Don Verlin 2013-14 RECORD: 16-18 overall, 7-9 WAC PRESEASON BIG SKY COACHES POLL: 7th Key returning players: G Connor Hill, G Sekou Wiggs, F Bira Seck As a rule, you don’t want your Division I basketball team to give up 115 points in a exhibition game against a lowly opponent. Though not the best note on which to start the season, it’s not too bad if you’re able to score 139 points of your own.

The box score of that 139-115 win over British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University is enough to make any number-crunching basketball fan’s head spin, thanks to Division II SFU’s new press-all-the-time, NBA Jam style of play.

But fear not, Vandal fans; that anomaly is hardly a harbinger of things to come for Idaho’s first season in their return to the Big Sky Conference after leaving in 1995. Although picked to finish seventh in the 12-team conference, keep in mind that Idaho was one win away from heading to the NCAA tournament last year after a hard-fought run through the WAC

New Gonzaga womens head coach Lisa Fortier. TORREY VAIL PHOTO

GONZAGA WOMEN

HEAD COACH: Lisa Fortier 2013-14 RECORD: 29-5 (16-2 conference) WCC preseason coaches poll ranking: 1st KEY RETURNING PLAYERS: Forward Sunny Greinacher, guard Keani Albanez, center Shelby Cheslek After 14 years of Kelly Graves making calls as head coach, the Gonzaga women’s basketball team begins their 2014-15 season led by a new, though familiar, face.

Beginning at Gonzaga as the coordinator of basketball operations from 2004-06, Lisa Fortier spent a year as an assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado, and has since been an assistant coach for the Zags the past seven years.

Fortier’s experience with the program has helped inform her approach to her new role since Graves announced his acceptance of the head coach position with the University of Oregon’s women’s basketball team in April.

Fortier’s new title gives her the control to tweak aspects of her players’ games she previously could not, but also challenges her to make bigger decisions.

“In the past I’ve focused more specifically on guards and defense, but now I have to think more big picture,” says Fortier, who brought her husband, former Eastern Washington women’s assistant Craig Fortier, on to her staff.

Graves’ and Fortier’s coaching styles are slightly different, but Fortier is confident that with the talent the Zags have this season, they have the potential to make a deep tournament run.

“We’ve always had high expectations for the girls on and off the court, and that will still be the same,” she says.

Fortier expressed only gratitude for the GU fans, and that they are largely to thank for her transition to head coach feeling so natural.

“There’s nothing like the support we have,” she says. “It’s better than the support for most men’s basketball programs in the country.”

With what they’ve accomplished, it’s no wonder why their fans are so passionate. Graves coached the Zags to three consecutive Sweet 16 appearances from 2010 to 2012, advancing to the Elite Eight in 2011. Last season the Zags won their 10th consecutive WCC regularseason title and sixth WCC Tournament title overall.

“Change can sometimes be hard to make,” Fortier says. “But I’ve gotten over the part where it’s scary, and now it’s just exciting.”

The Zags tip off their first game of the regular season Nov. 16 at 2 pm against Dayton, airing on SWX and on local radio 1050 AM. — FRANNY WRIGHT

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tournament.

The Vandals lost last year’s leading scorer, Stephen Madison, to graduation, but return three starters from that squad, including senior Connor Hill, a Post Falls native who broke the Idaho career record for 3-pointers made last season. Sekou Wiggs comes back to play the other guard spot. Down low, they’ll rely on senior Bira Seck and a number of fresh faces new to the program.

It looks to be a feisty team that won’t be giving up 115 points again anytime soon.

The Vandals start the season with games against Eastern Oregon on Friday and South Dakota State on Monday. Both of those contests are slated for 7 pm at Idaho’s very cozy Memorial Gym. — MIKE BOOKEY

EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES HEAD COACH: Jim Hayford 2013-14 RECORD: 15-16 overall, 10-10 Big Sky PRESEASON BIG SKY COACHES POLL: 2nd KEY RETURNING PLAYERS: G Tyler Harvey, F Venky Jois, G Drew Brandon The Eagles were itching to get their basketball season rolling. So much so, in fact, that they’ll be playing for-real, thiscounts-toward-the-postseason basketball on Friday morning while you might still be in your pajamas.

After starting their football season a week before the rest of the country — thanks to a made-for-ESPN game in Cheney — Eastern Washington’s athletic department is apparently looking to build on its reputation for punctuality by tipping off against Texas Southern at 8 am on Friday, making it the first NCAA non-exhibition contest in the country. Appropriately, the first 250 drowsy co-eds who populate the stands at Reese Court are promised free slippers.

“Our team is eager to start the season against a quality opponent,” Eastern Washington head coach Jim Hayford said upon the announcement of the early tip time. “Why not play first? I hope EWU fans will take advantage of the unique time

and come support the team.”

Hayford’s Eagles might have reason for their eagerness to hit the court. The squad that went 10-10 in conference play but still missed the Big Sky Conference tournament is returning four starters, which is why they ended up at No. 2 in the conference’s preseason poll.

If Eagles fans need a reason other than those free slippers to watch this squad, Tyler Harvey alone might be enough this year.

The junior guard averaged 21.8 points a contest last season, which included insane performances like his 38 points (with 10 3-pointers) against Northern Colorado. He’s getting muchdeserved preseason attention from national publications and should anchor an offense that includes Australian Venky Jois, Drew Brandon and Spokane’s own Parker Kelly — all of whom averaged 10 or more points last year.

— MIKE BOOKEY

WHITWORTH PIRATES HEAD COACH: Matt Logie 2013-14 RECORD: 23-6 overall, 14-2 Northwest Conference PRESEASON NWC COACHES POLL: 1st KEY RETURNING PLAYERS: C Taylor Farnsworth, G George Valle, F Christian Jurlina Whitworth’s athletic department released an incredible figure last week: The Pirates men’s basketball team has won 128 of its past 147 games. If you’re into math, you know that’s an 87 percent winning percentage during that stretch.

With the exception of only one season, the Pirates have either won or tied for the Northwest Conference championship every year since the 2006-07 campaign. As we’ve been saying for a few years now, the Gonzaga men’s and women’s programs aren’t the only dominant college teams in Spokane.

You can find some intimate (the Whitworth Fieldhouse seats just 1,620) and affordable ($10/adults, $5/seniors) hoops

among the pine tree-filled campus in North Spokane.

This year’s squad is looking to reload after making it into the NCAA Division III tournament on the strength of guard Dustin McConnell, who has since graduated.

Guard George Valle, who returns for his junior year, should be able to improve on his 9.6 points per game last season. Additional scoring could come from Christian Jurlina, a forward who came off the bench to average almost 11 points. Big man Taylor Farnsworth, from Spokane’s Mead High School, will anchor the defense.

— MIKE BOOKEY

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MUSIC | Singer-songwriter Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) sings about eccentric, sad things like drugged-out hallucinations, the death of humanity and writer’s block. His melodies and poetic lyrics stick with you long after you finish listening to one of his records. Last week, Fleet Foxes’ former drummer released a new single called “BORED IN THE USA” (eat your heart out, Bruce Springsteen), and it’s a wonderful continuation of his 2012 album Fear Fun. There’s an Elton John feel to it with the piano instrumentation, but with a dose of weird (a laugh track) sprinkled in. The song will appear on Tillman’s forthcoming album I Love You, Honeybear.

Jim Boyd is to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native American Music Association this week.

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apping off a list of achievements that includes seven Native American Music Awards and 14 full-length album releases spanning a four-decade music career, Jim Boyd is receiving one of the biggest honors yet.

This Friday, the Inland Northwest singer-songwriter and member of the Lakes Band of the Colville Confederated Tribe is accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native American Music Association at a ceremony in Seneca, New York.

A week before the awards, Boyd is in and out of meetings as Chairman of the Colville Tribe’s Business Council. That role means he’s not able to tour much anymore, and the 58-yearold is excited to play alongside fellow Native musicians at the upcoming ceremony.

“This job makes me miss music a lot, but I’ve been playing at home a lot more,” Boyd says. “Right now, doing this work with the council, it’s stressful, and I need my music as therapy, so I grab my guitar and play or record or write a song. It’s still a big part of who I am. I’ll never not have music.”

The Lifetime Achievement Award places Boyd on a list with many other prominent Native musicians, including songwriters Joanne Shenandoah and Rita Coolidge, The Band’s Robbie Robertson and Doors drummer John Densmore.

Annually, the nonprofit Native American Music Awards recognizes musical artists of Native heritage in 30 categories.

Boyd got his start in music back in middle school with his brother’s band, and music has been a major part of his life since. Four of Boyd’s songs were featured in the 1998 film Smoke Signals, based on a short story in Sherman Alexie’s book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Boyd’s most recent album from 2011, Harley High, was recorded in Nashville and co-produced by Doc Holiday.

Looking back on his nearly lifelong music career, Boyd expresses only gratitude.

“I have been very fortunate that I was able to make a career out of it… I was able to make a living doing non-commercial, Native American contemporary music.”

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Noah even has four children. That doesn’t stop the two from knocking boots one summer at a Long Island resort town, where he’s staying with his rich in-laws and she’s a townie. Told in flashbacks from both stars’ points of view, we learn that someone has been murdered, and the mystery keeps you hooked. The performances are bold yet nuanced, but since the pilot the episodes have moved at a slow boil. Still, it’s hard to look away. 

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George Green and the new Modern Theater are off to a strong launch with The Glass Menagerie.

Modern Times

Arising out of the Interplayers/Lake City Playhouse merger, the Modern Theater is off to an auspicious start

BY E.J. IANNELLI

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he marquee sign that now identifies the building at 174 S. Howard as the Modern Theater looks very much like the one that identified it as Interplayers. Were you to pass under it without looking (and it’s surprisingly easy to do), there’s little to indicate outwardly that anything has changed following the troubled theater’s merger with Lake City Playhouse in mid-September.

The photos of past performances along the staircase are untouched. Art — currently by the renowned figurative expressionist Mel McCuddin — still hangs for sale in the Gellhorn Gallery, which continues to commemorate the same arts patron. Many of the faces are familiar both onstage and off.

The only anomaly is that Executive Director George Green, who on opening nights is normally seen making the rounds through the foyer of the Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene, is here making the rounds through this foyer, smiling, greeting, shaking hands. The visual context doesn’t seem quite right, like running into your dentist at the supermarket. But as the lights go up and the actors step onto the thrust stage, just as they have done for countless performances before, the uncanny feeling quickly dissipates.

On this particular opening night, it’s Damon Mentzer who emerges from the wings and lights an invisible cigarette before addressing the audience in a drawled soliloquy. He’s playing Tom, the narrator and beleaguered son in Tennessee Williams’ autobiographical “memory play,” The Glass Menagerie, directed by Patrick Treadway.

This play wasn’t scheduled, but when Hound of the Baskervilles hit complications, Williams’ classic was rapidly deployed.

Its stopgap nature notwithstanding, Treadway’s production is downright stunning, with a particularly evocative performance by Marianne McLaughlin as Tom’s mother, the imperious Southern matriarch who has plummeted

from once-privileged heights. Her performance resonates all the more powerfully through its juxtaposition with Aubrey Davis as Laura. She plays Tom’s lame and emotionally fragile sister as a figure to be understood rather than pitied. If, following the merger, one were to go looking for signs not of continuity but of rebirth, The Glass Menagerie will provide its fair share.

Green says the merger has gone “relatively smoothly” so far, thanks in large part to the assistance of Managing Director Hannah Paton.

The Modern has seen “overwhelmingly positive support from the patrons” and nearby businesses. Actors outside the Inland Northwest have already begun calling about future shows and job opportunities, prompting the theater to partner with local businesses and a hotel to board out-oftown cast during production runs.

There is, however, still some confusion among those who aren’t aware the merger has taken place, or resistance from those who aren’t comfortable with the name change. “You just let that be,” Green says. “It’s a landmark. People need time to process, to be angry or to be sad.”

The recurring question from theatergoers as well as the local acting community is what exact shape the Modern will take, particularly here in Spokane, and whether it will remain close to the vision that Bob and Joan Welch had when they founded Interplayers in 1981.

“I can’t throw out a bunch of answers because they get perceived as promises,” Green says. “We’re evolving, we’re planning. That’s an active term. We have one goal, and that’s to save a theater. And we’re doing that.” n arts@inlander.com The Glass Menagerie • Through Nov. 22: Thu-Sat, 7:30 pm; Sun, 2 pm • $19-$25 • The Modern Theater Spokane (formerly Interplayers) • 174 S. Howard • themoderntheater. org • 455-7529

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Taste of Idaho

Coeur d’Alene Casino is the perhaps unlikely home to some of the region’s best locally sourced food

BY AMY MILLER-KREZELAK

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he first thing one notices when entering the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort is the peaceful atmosphere. All of the entrapments one might expect from a casino — the din, the cigarette smoke, the flashing lights —aren’t there. Instead, music plays quietly in the background. Attentive hotel employees go about their business as amber-hued light streams through gigantic windows.

The Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort has come a long way from its days as a bingo trailer on the prairie. With the recent addition of the spa towers, the resort has expanded its reach to a diverse demographic. Between Spa Ssakwa’q’n’s lavish body treatments, saunas and pools, the 18-hole, par-72 course and modern, lush rooms, you could skip the casino altogether. But whatever you do, don’t skip the food.

The resort is big on choices, and that vibe radiates in the six diverse restaurants on the property. Executive Chef Steven Walk brings a long history as chef and culinary advisor to each restaurant within.

“I started out in this business at 13 years old as a dishwasher. I went to the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park [New York] and then worked in New York City and northern Jersey. I migrated west and started the Culinary Arts program at Walla Walla Community College and after eight years worked as the assistant director of culinary operations at WSU,” says Walk.

His time at the resort has been brief, but busy.

“I’ve been going with the flow, especially in the first year. We have a really solid foundation here. We use a lot of seasonal, local vegetables in the summer. We are taking ingredients we can source locally and working them into our menu,” he says. “We do fun things once in a while as a special and go from there. For example, our region is the lentil capital of the world, but we did very little with lentils. We made a lentil soup, and that’s selling really well.”

An Indian taco from the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel’s Red Tail Bar. Young Kwak photo

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Coeur d’Alene Casino’s Red Tail Grill serves up a casual vibe. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO Menu items confirm Chef Walk and crew’s dedication to featuring local offerings in traditional recipes. Walk utilizes Moses Lake’s Double R Ranch steaks. Laughing Dog Brewing from the Sandpoint area brews Uprooted Amber Ale specifically for the resort. St. Maries Wild Rice features prominently across the menus, and bison is sourced from Montana.

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alk’s team has the luxury of perfecting cuisines that appeal to all palates and desires within the walls of the resort. Sweetgrass Cafe features plate-smoked trout filet, pot roast and other popular comfort food items.

Twisted Earth Grill, open seasonally to serve the Circling Raven Golf Club, serves lighter lunch fare. The Food Court Deli, open 24 hours a day, provides gamers with deli sandwiches, burgers and pizza on the casino floor. No casino is complete without a buffet, and the High Mountain Buffet delivers variety at every meal.

“Every day we have different cook-to-order stations, such as a pasta bar, stir-fry bar, fajita dishes, and then the dishes on the buffet pair to that,” says Walk. “Friday is all seafood. We have steamed crab, cold crab, shrimp cocktail, shrimp scampi, smoked and fried fish, mussels, clams and oysters. Saturday is steak and seafood — lobster, crab and salmon.”

The Red Tail Bar & Grill serves as the resident sports bar, but the cuisine goes above and beyond the typical. Slow-cooked buffalo chili is aromatic with cumin and spices, mellowed with amber ale and topped with cornbread croutons and sour cream. Massive slabs of fry bread are accompanied by huckleberry sauce and honey, while fry bread and buffalo chili come together to create traditional Indian tacos.

Chinook Steak, Pasta & Spirits gives Chef Walk and his crew the opportunity to showcase their fine dining skills. Pan-seared diver scallops are plump and accented by a light mango-and-pineapple salsa. Elk stew and salmon chowder are hearty and homey.

A hefty portion of Double R Ranch filet mignon is finished with a sophisticated red wine demi-glace and topped with caramelized onions. Dessert options feature the exquisite triple chocolate bavarois and the entertaining nitrogen frozen ice cream, prepared tableside. Just off the Chinook’s kitchen is the Aripa Room, a private dining room with sweeping views of the prairie, private deck and fire pit.

“We do chef’s table events there, but any group of 15 to 20 people who want a specific menu or special menu can book it,” says Walk.

The resort will evolve with time, and the food will, too.

“It’s a work in progress,” continues Walk. “It will always be a work in progress. We are working on getting more local, having native flair with a modern twist.” n Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel • 37914 S. Nukwalqw, Worley, Idaho • 208-769-2600 • Details on all the resort’s restaurants at cdacasino.com

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ack in the early 1900s, when the Great Northern Railway ran through town and locomotives were being manufactured, Hillyard was a bustling community. In the decades since, the depot closed and the bustle slowed.

But a new pizza restaurant, called Station House Pizza, harkens back to Hillyard’s flourishing days as a train town with historical photos lining the interior, a custom-built Empire Builder train car looking into the kitchen and a wooden ticket booth housing the register.

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The Conductor served fresh at Station House Pizza in Hillyard. ASHLEY TOMLINSON PHOTO down — has changed for the better in the past few years.

“We’re trying to bring people into Hillyard,” he says.

Part of that was creating a family-friendly eatery in an area where few exist. Though you can order beer and wine with your meal, the focus is the pizza, a thin-crust-style pie made with laminated cracker crust, spread with whole mozzarella, and cooked in a gas brick oven.

Jake Samuelson, the restaurant’s general operations manager, got permission to follow in the footsteps of pizza maker John Fazzari of Fazzari’s Finest in Clarkston. He visited Fazzari and learned his techniques — like how he brushes the sauce on the dough instead of using a ladle — and learned his pizza combinations, which make up Station House’s menu, but with Samuelson’s own spin and different names.

One of the most notable pies on the menu, The Hobo ($16.40 for 13-inch; $22.65 for 16-inch), comes stacked with sauerkraut, onions and Portuguese linguica on top of Swiss and mozzarella, with mustard sauce underneath. It’s modeled after Fazzari’s Shotsy, which was featured in a BuzzFeed “18 Pizza Joints You Must Try Before You Die” list in July.

“It tastes like a brat coming off the grill without a bun,” Samuelson says.

The menu offers 12 other train-titled pizzas — like The Boxcar, with black olives, onions, seasoned beef, shredded lettuce, cheddar and tomatoes — as well as choose-your-own-toppings salads ($8.25), Cheesy Ties ($4), Flat Car chicken strips ($7) and Mozzarella Rails ($6). n Station House Pizza • 3020 E. Queen • Open Mon-Sat, 11 am7:30 pm • stationhousepizza.com • 724-2800

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THE CELLAR

A kale salad from the now Adam Hegsted-owned Cellar. CARRIE SCOZZZARO PHOTO

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n 2007, we photographed Adam Hegsted at Coeur d’Alene’s Brix Restaurant for a story on his awardwinning Taste of Spain dish. Seven years, numerous national awards, and several restaurants later, Hegsted is back at the restaurant, which changed its name to the Cellar in 2010. He’s not just the chef, though; he’s the owner, having recently purchased it from Tom and Patricia Power.

Hegsted revamped the menu toward shared plates, similar to The Wandering Table, one of two restaurants he opened this spring in Spokane. Bites and Tastes are priced

per piece: bacon-wrapped dates, jalapeño poppers, salt-roasted escargot ($2 each) or sockeye salmon cakes ($3). Order dishes like baby kale with shaved celery and candied lemon ($6/$12), charcuterie ($5/$18), bouillabaisse ($8/$12) as half or full plates.

Look for numerous specials — Pints & Pies (pizza and beer, $10), Drink Your Glass Off ($5 wine, $20 house bottle), Taco Tuesdays, a daily happy hour from 2-6 pm — as well as live music at this charming downtown local favorite.

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Sure! Celebrations reimagines cupcakes with flavors, frostings and toppings that feel like a party in your mouth. Try the Banana Split, a fragrant banana cupcake filled with strawberries and topped with a swirl of whipped cream, chocolate syrup and, of course, a cherry.

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Then smile big, as you use one of the shop’s digital cameras to take a selfie with your beloved yogurt, to be displayed on one of Blu Berry’s plasma televisions.

DI LUNA’S CAFÉ 207 Cedar St., Sandpoint | 208-263-0846 Di Luna’s takes its music and seasonal, locally sourced menus seriously. Breakfasts here feature farmers markets scrambles, and Saturday nights frequently mean farm-to-table dinners with locally sourced produce, meats, and decadent desserts from their in-house bakery — all paired with live folk, blues, jazz or worldbeat music. It’s a harmonious combination that’s made Di Luna’s one of Sandpoint’s most beloved restaurants.

FERGUSON’S CAFE 804 W. Garland | 328-1950 Ferguson’s is not a café or restaurant — it’s a diner. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in tasty, heaping portions, and there’s nothing on the menu that you’ll struggle to pronounce. Old-fashioned and straightforward, Ferguson’s is a reminder of a simpler time. The milkshakes are made to order out of the original machine — installed in 1941 and, fittingly, the only appliance not destroyed in the devastating 2011 fire. 

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Stranger Than Fiction Jon Stewart tries his hand at directing with the true story Rosewater

BY ED SYMKUS

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tudents of recent Iranian history, or pretty much anyone who’s turned on a TV newscast in recent years, will be familiar with the absurdity of the country’s presidential election in 2009. It pitted incumbent dictator (might as well have called himself that) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against the more moderate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. To sum it up quickly, the fix was in, and Ahmadinejad was “re-elected.”

In a classic case of bad timing, Iranian native Maziar Bahari, then a documentary filmmaker and Newsweek journalist living in London, went back to Iran to cover the election. He got some great interviews and some amazing footage of protests in the streets, and then he was arrested, accused of being a spy, tossed into solitary confinement and regularly beaten, with the idea of getting a confession out of him.

Bahari’s 2011 memoir, Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival, is a brutal and ultimately hopeful account of what was happening to him in prison and what was going on back at his home in London, where his pregnant wife was trying to get him out.

The book is the basis of Jon Stewart’s first stab at writing and directing a film. Stewart did his homework,

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collaborating with Bahari on rough drafts of the script, paring the book down where it could be, and filling the film with strong cinematic ideas. He sometimes blends film of his actors with real news footage of actual events, and though he doesn’t keep things exactly linear, he gets the story told.

The film opens with Bahari (Gael García Bernal, and no, I don’t know why a Mexican actor is playing an Iranian) being dragged from his mother’s house, where he was staying during his visit. Voice-overs provide a backstory concerning his politically active father and sister, both of whom had been arrested in the past; both later succumbed to illnesses.

There are also plenty ROSEWATER of flashbacks that show Rated R Bahari covering the politiWritten and directed by Jon Stewart cal unrest in the streets, Starring Gael García Bernal, Kim often accompanied by a Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas helpful and wisecracking guide named Davood (Dimitri Leonidas), that led up to his arrest. A brief Google search on the 2009 election, as well as on Iran’s Supreme Leader, would help those who stay away from news cycles better understand what’s going on. But un-

less you read Bahari’s book, you won’t know why he was singled out for arrest and interrogation.

In the film, he sure doesn’t know why he’s suddenly blindfolded, then put in a room with a “specialist” (others would call him a torturer) who wears a cologne that smells like rosewater. “Why am I here?” he asks, and there’s fear in his voice. “Because you’re a foreign spy on Iranian soil,” he’s told.

A foreign spy? Well, yeah, he works for Newsweek — obviously a snake pit full of spies. There are DVDs and CDs at his mom’s place, including The Sopranos (porno, according to the men searching the place) and Leonard Cohen (a Jew, they exclaim). But worst of all — and here’s one reason Stewart got involved — his clueless captors found video of an appearance Bahari had made on The Daily Show, taking part in one of the fake interviews conducted by Jason Jones, and they’re convinced that it’s all real, that he’s a spy talking about Iran.

The film consists of Bahari’s travails in his cell, where relaxed questioning sessions by Rosewater (Kim Bodnia) usually erupt into savage beatings and demands that he confess, even though he has nothing to confess. To the credit of Stewart and Bahari, the scenes of brutality that fill the book are toned down in the film. We get enough of it to understand what he was going through, but not to the point of having to turn our eyes away. A nice touch here is the inclusion of some dreamy sequences in which Bahari sees, speaks with, and gets advice from his late father and sister, both of whom come to “visit” him in his cell.

The film wraps up a little too quickly, and that abruptness takes away from what could have been lingering thoughts among those watching. That’s OK, it’s Stewart’s first film. It’ll be interesting to see if he carries it to the next level. 

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A mere two decades after Harry and Lloyd executed the dumbest crosscountry road trip in history, Jeff Daniels (Harry) and Jim Carrey (Lloyd) are back for another asinine adventure — this time to track down Harry’s longlost daughter. Unlike the unsuccessful 2003 prequel, the writing/directing Farrelly brothers are on board for this one along with the original stars. The question is, will the fans who wanted a sequel back in the ’90s be back as well? (DN) Rated PG-13

ELSA & FRED

Fred (Christopher Plummer) is an elderly curmudgeon who spends most of his time shut inside his apartment after the death of his wife. But then he meets Elsa (Shirley MacLaine), another tenant of his building, who forces him out to experience the world. Soon, Fred is indulging in Elsa’s fantastical lifestyle and when he learns of her terminal illness, he sets out to make one of her lifelong wishes come true. At Magic Lantern. (MB) Rated PG-13

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As a director, Jon Stewart takes on a story that originated, in some ways, with a Daily Show segment. Iranian native Maziar Bahari, then a documentary filmmaker and Newsweek journalist living in London, went back to Iran to cover the election and part of that included being part of a joke segment with the Daily Show. He got some great interviews and some amazing footage of protests in the streets, and then he was arrested, accused of being a spy — because of that segment — tossed into solitary, and was regularly beaten with the idea of getting a confession out of him. (ES) Rated R

Little Alexander is the classic, nerdy child in a way cooler and put-together family. But one day, the tables turn and everybody in his family is hit with unpredictable drama, chaos and embarrassment. With a true Disney message at heart, Alexander will show you how to avoid letting the haters get you down. (MS) Rated PG

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Boy genius Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) spends his time illegally hustling in robot fights until his brother shows him his college science lab where his buddies are making astounding inventions under the tutelage of professor Robert Callaghan (James Cromwell). But after tragedy strikes, Hiro accidentally activates Tadashi’s project — a marshmallow-puffy medical robot named Baymax (Scott Adsit). Together they discover Hiro’s microbots were stolen by a Kabuki mask-wearing villain who plans to use them for destruction. (SS) Rated PG

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Socially maladroit and painfully single-minded, Andrew (Miles Teller), a freshman at a competitive conservatory, lives only to drum. Early on, he’s tapped by an instructor named Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) to join his elite competition band. Fletcher is a legendary monster, but he knows how to seduce this dewy-eyed hopeful, who he works to the bone. (KJ) Rated R

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Coop (Matthew McConaughey) is a lonely would-be adventurer in a world that, like ours, has lost its taste for space exploration and is teetering on the edge of environmental collapse.

Mathematician Brand (Michael Caine) and his scientist daughter Amelia (Anne Hathaway) are trying to keep space dreams alive and there’s real urgency to their work, because they’ve discovered a wormhole out near Saturn that could hold the key to humanity’s salvation: a new planet to call home on the other side. It doesn’t take much for the Brands to convince Coop that a trip through the wormhole to scout for a habitable planet would satisfy both his thirst for adventure and his desire to save his children from the oncoming doom. (MJ) Rated PG-13

JOHN WICK

Keanu Reeves stars as a revengeseeking hit man who jumps back into the game to get even with those who stole from him — and killed his helpless, adorable puppy. Fueled by bitterness, John Wick tracks down his enemies. Cars blow up, guns get shot and stoic lines are delivered. (MS) Rated R

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Robert Downey Jr. plays Hank, a hotshot lawyer who reluctantly reconnects with his father, Joseph, a respected veteran judge. Joseph is also about to find himself on the receiving end of a murder charge and thus the angry son and the prickly father must work together and possibly come to respect one another and so on and so forth. (SR) Rated R

LAGGIES

Keira Knightley steps away from the corsets and adopts an American accent in this indie romantic comedy. She stars as Megan, a 28-year-old not ready to face adulthood, preferring to run away from a proposal and hide out with a new 16-year-old friend (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her dad (Sam Rockwell) while avoiding any decisions about her career or her future. Directed by Seattle native Lynn Shelton (Your Sister’s Sister, Touchy Feely) from Andrea Seigel’s script, it’s a rare slacker comedy focused on a woman afraid to grow up.

(DN) Rated R

THE MAZE RUNNER

A group of displaced young men with erased memories find themselves trapped in a deserted wasteland with no way out, except for a treacherous maze known to kill those who dare enter. A mysterious and powerful force keeps the prisoners hostage and in constant fear. Once Thomas arrives on the scene, he inspires the group to attempt an escape as they try to solve the mystery of their capture. (MS) Rated PG-13

MY OLD LADY

Kevin Kline is Mathias Gold, a 57-yearold New Yorker who arrives in France to take ownership of an apartment left to him by his estranged father. There, Mathias finds an elderly British woman named Mathilde Girard (Maggie Smith) living in the place, the result of an odd bit of French property law called a viager. At Magic Lantern (DN) Rated PG-13

NIGHTCRAWLER

Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a creepy guy with obvious psychotic tendencies.

Then he meets his first nightcrawler, someone who goes out after dark, following leads from police scanners and, video camera in hand, rushes to crime scenes, gets bloody footage, then hightails it to whatever local TV station will pay the most to put it on the air first.

Lou gets good at this, sells a lot of footage and then begins getting in way over his head. (ES) Rated R

ON ANY SUNDAY: THE NEXT CHAPTER

Four decades after the original Oscarnominated 1971 film by Bruce Brown, his son, Dana Brown brings us up to speed on America’s undying love for the motorcycle. The high-action doc follows some of the sport’s top professional riders, and takes viewers around the world to some of the most epic races. The sequel picks up where its predecessor left off, showing just how much the sport has evolved since the glory days of Steve McQueen. (CS) Rated PG

OUIJA

Innocent teenagers who mourn the loss of their friend gather together at the scene of her death to communicate with her spirit through a Ouija board.

Once they play the game, they open a connection to terrifying spirits who were responsible for killing their friend.

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THE SKELETON TWINS

This story of an estranged family is perfectly bizarre, emotional and lighthearted. Siblings Milo and Maggie, played by Bill Hader and Kristin Wiig, reunite after 10 years of separation and attempt to find understanding in their messy relationship. Their quirky, loving and complicated dynamics are highly entertaining. At Magic Lantern (MS) Rated R

ST. VINCENT

Bill Murray stars as the titular Vincent, a broke, alcoholic, degenerate, curmudgeonly gambler with a crude Brooklyn accent who manages to become the after-school babysitter of his neighbor kid when his mother (Melissa McCarthy) takes extra hours as a nurse. The pair slowly warms to each other as Vincent shows Oliver the ways of the world in his unconventional manner (certainly more Bad Santa than Up). (SS) Rated R

THE TRIP TO ITALY

Over six amazing Italian courses, old coworkers Steve and Rob, played by Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, respectively, develop their quirky friendship on a food critic tour. With feel-good side plots of romance and self-discovery, the film’s overall story stays close to the food and the landscape. (MS) Not Rated 

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Bob Curnow and his Big Band prove jazz isn’t dead at their multigenerational shows

BY LAURA JOHNSON

O

ut through the open Big Dipper doors, jazzy harmonies float into the inky night — over the rain-soaked streets, under the street lamps, echoing beneath the train overpass on this Monday night. Once inside the darkened music club, the crowd is surprisingly multigenerational, ranging from high school kids to grandparents in one room.

These are people who understand the nuances of jazz music, and they want to hear it performed by the Bob Curnow Big Band.

The group plays some classic pieces, but also contemporary jazz artists like Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, and even rock bands like Radiohead.

Sometimes the music hits a quiet lull, then with a bang it’s sexy and sultry again. All of the soloists’ improvisations are as smooth and delicious as an aged bourbon.

“They’re good at faking this,” Curnow announces to the crowd in between pieces.

Jazz players and teachers from all over the Inland Northwest, as far away as Moscow and Richland, come to take on the challenge of sight-reading Curnow’s charts with such high-caliber musicians.

They like playing for Curnow, a living legend who has influenced many musicians inside and out of the jazz world. ...continued on next page

Bob Curnow directing his jazz band at the Big Dipper. KRISTEN BLACK PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

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he next evening, out at his home just outside Liberty Lake, Curnow, 73, sits by the crackling fireplace, feet up, his tiny, fluffy dog Molly on his lap.

“I don’t have to do this band, I want to do this band,” says Curnow. “The great thing about last night — that will never happen again — those songs will never sound the same again.”

Curnow has played, composed, arranged, conducted and taught jazz music for 60 years. He owns one of the largest jazz sheet-music companies in the world, Sierra Music Publications Inc., which is headquartered on his property and has more than 700 charts in print. His 1994 album The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays by Bob Curnow’s L.A. Big Band has never been out of print.

He says everything in his life has been serendipitous, beginning with hearing great jazz. He was a teen growing up in Easton, Pennsylvania, when his brother’s friend introduced him to “Collaboration,” a trombone feature by Stan Kenton Orchestra with Kai Winding, in a record store listening booth. Everything about it seemed so freeing that it completely consumed him. In 1963, straight out of college, he landed a gig playing trombone Friday, Eastern Washington for the legendary Stan Kenton University hosts its annual Orchestra. He then switched Jazz Dialogue Festival. The gears as a graduate student and performance, open to the teacher at Michigan State Unipublic, kicks off at 7:30 pm versity. There was the teaching at Showalter Auditorium. job at Case Western Reserve Cost is $10.

University, then a move to L.A. to take over as director for Kenton’s Creative World Records.

In 1987, he and his wife Darlene moved their family to Spokane for a change of scenery.

Creating what would become the Bob Curnow Big Band in 1990, he’s always made it clear his group wasn’t some knock-off Glenn Miller act.

“We’re not here for nostalgia,” he says.

Instead, the band is about making instrumental jazz that sounds of the moment. He once had a singer, around the inception of the band, but now he’s not concerned with having one.

“Stan Kenton once told me, ‘It’s just too much damn trouble to have a singer,’” Curnow says.

The group has played all over Spokane, most notably at Ichiban Sushi Lounge before it closed down two years ago. Some nights the group would pull in 300 people. These days, they’re residents at the reopened Big Dipper. Next week’s concert is their last of the year. They’ll resume playing in February.

About four years ago the demographics of his band’s shows began to change, Curnow says. Young people started showing up.

“It’s a matter of good music, that’s what’s bringing people in,” he says. “Since I’ve lived here, the jazz scene in Spokane has grown exponentially. The band I have now is the best the Bob Curnow Big Band has ever been.”

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urnow directs his band into a new piece. This one starts with a dramatic trap set solo. Instruments raised, the band moves into a rendition of... “Happy Birthday.” Big Dipper owner Dan Hoerner appears up front, lighting candles on a monstrous slice of chocolate cake. Tonight is Curnow’s birthday and the band has pulled a bait-and-switch on him. He’s thoroughly embarrassed, but pleased.

They roll into Curnow’s arrangement of Pat Metheny’s supercharged “Stranger in Town.” Soon, the show ends far too quickly.

The audience pleads for an encore.

“We will not do one more,” says Curnow with a grin. “I’m old.”  lauraj@inlander.com The Bob Curnow Big Band • Mon, Nov. 17, at 8 pm • $10 • All-ages • Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents. com • 863-8098

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Spokane native Vince Littleton adds sparkle to Neil Diamond tribute band Super Diamond THURSDAY NOV 13TH

BY LAURA JOHNSON

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anties once cascaded onto their stages, but after two decades together, that doesn’t happen as often now at Super Diamond shows. Neither do the catfights. But just two weekends ago, one broke out as two women vied for prime real estate front and center. As a Neil Diamond tribute band, Super Diamond’s devout fans are on par with the prolific songwriter’s own followers.

“We’re older now. It was funny but disturbing to see that kind of thing happen at our show,” says Vince Littleton, 50, the group’s drummer. “Usually Neil’s music just makes people feel good.”

The San Francisco-based band has played the Late Show with David Letterman and toured all over the world. Next week’s Knitting Factory show brings the band to Littleton’s hometown for the first time. A real Diamond show features string and horn sections and can feel campy in the best of ways. But according to Littleton, this group isn’t a look-alike thing, and it’s not exactly a soundalike thing.

“Our show is Neil on steroids,” explains the University High School and Eastern Washington University alumnus. “There’s more funk, more rock. Not a kitschy, loungey sound. We put our own spin on things, still not straying too far from the source material.”

Littleton always appreciated Diamond; he grew up listening to the artist via his uncle, but didn’t have a shrine dedicated to him.

When he left Spokane for California in the late ’90s, he never ex-

pected to hook up with the then-blossoming Diamond tribute act.

It turned out they needed a drummer and he liked their sound.

After serious rounds of auditions, he won the role in 2000.

Diamond has given the band his much-coveted seal of approval. The artist even sat in with the six-piece in 2000 and again for the Saving Silverman premiere afterparty — the 2001 comedy featured characters obsessed with Diamond. When the band met Diamond for the first time, he told them, “Thanks for touring so much so I don’t have to.”

Certainly not the only Diamond tribute band, they claim to be the first — they were even featured as a Jeopardy question in 2005. These days, they’re playing about 70 shows a year, continuing to help keep the 73-year-old Diamond’s legacy relevant.

Don’t expect them to play songs from Diamond’s recently released album Melody Road. They stick to popular wedding classics like “Sweet Caroline” and “I’m a Believer” (made famous by the Monkees).

“We’re not against learning any of his new stuff, but our singer [Surreal Neil] likes to call Hot August Night our bible,” Littleton says. n lauraj@inlander.com Super Diamond with the Cronkites • Thu, Nov. 20, at 8:30 pm • $20 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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CHAMBER-FOLK DAVID BAZAN + PASSENGER STRING QUARTET D

avid Bazan has one of the most distinct songwriting voices in the Northwest, one that’s remained strong and unwavering in its ability to convey emotion even as the man himself suffered through personal and spiritual crises. Perhaps best known for his decade of leading Pedro the Lion, Bazan ditched that name along with a drinking problem years ago, releasing subsequent new music in his own name and under the Headphones moniker. His latest album teams Bazan with the classical experimentalists Passenger String Quartet, inspired by a one-night live collaboration a couple of years back.

Duly impressed with the results, they hit the studio and recorded a set of songs spanning Bazan’s career, creating a perfect melding of old and new.

— DAN NAILEN david Bazan + passenger String Quartet with david dondero • Wed, Nov. 19, at 8 pm • $15 • All-ages • the Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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ast October, we interviewed Gwar’s lead singer Dave “Oderus Urungus” Brockie, previewing his thenupcoming Knitting Factory show. In March, Brockie died of a heroin overdose, leaving his theatrical thrash metal act without any of their founding members. The band, around since 1982, decided to continue on without their fearless leader, as they forged on in 2011 after guitarist Cory “Flattus Maximus” Smoot was found dead on their tour bus.

Of that event, Brockie told us this: “I’m not going to lie and say it wasn’t difficult, we miss [Cory] every day. But there would have been a worldwide outbreak of fury if we didn’t continue.” This weekend, the resilient band brings its ferocious stage show — watch out for flying fluids — through the Knitting Factory once more. After all, no one wants a worldwide outbreak of fury.

— LAURA JOHNSON Gwar with Corrosion of Conformity and American Sharks • Sat. Nov. 15, at 8 pm • $20 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

FedorA puB, Ron Greene FIzzIe MullIGANS, Snap the Nerve the FlAMe, DJ Big Mike GrANde roNde CellArS, Barry Aiken & North Point the hop!, The Goodnight, Sleepwalker, the Static Tones, Cutback Davis J INdIe AIr rAdIo, Camille Bloom IroN GoAt BreWING Co. (4740722), Liz Rognes IroN horSe BAr, The Rub JohN’S Alley, Cracker Factory J KNIttING FACtory, Drowning Pool, Like a Storm, A Breach of Silence, Red Tide Rising the MeMBerS louNGe (703-7115), DJ Selone and DJ Eaze Mezzo pAzzo WINe BAr, Maxie Ray Mills MooSe louNGe (208-664-7901), Dragonfly NeCtAr tAStING rooM, Gil Revis NyNe, DJ C-Mad peNd d’oreIlle WINery, Britchy red lIoN hotel rIVer INN, Chris

Reserve & Snap the Nerve repuBlIC BreWING Co., Jeff Crosby and the Refugees J SerVICe StAtIoN (466-1696), Ben ‘Preslee’ Klein & the Rockabillies with Just Plain Darin SIlVer Fox, The Usual Suspects J SpoKANe AreNA, Winter Jam 2014 feat. Hillsong United, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli and more the VIKING BAr ANd GrIll, Chairmen of Rock zolA, Karma’s Circle

Saturday, 11/15

J THE BARTLETT, Shook Twins BeVerly’S, Robert Vaughn J the BIG dIpper, Tristen, Sea Monster, Bandit Train, Quinell Bolo’S, Phoenix BooMerS ClASSIC roCK BAr & GrIll, Limosine BoWl’z BItez ANd SpIrItz, Likes Girls

ChApS, Just Plain Darin with Tyler Coulston CheCKerBoArd BAr, Armed & Dangerous Coeur d’AleNe CellArS, Steven Harris Curley’S, Tell the Boys dI luNA’S CAFe (208-263-0846), BlueStreak eNGlISh Setter BreWING (9286063), Keith J. Milligan FIzzIe MullIGANS, Snap the Nerve the FlAMe, DJ WesOne GrANde roNde CellArS, Mandolin Masters Concert with Radim Zenkl the hop!, Certified Outfit, All Day Trey, Kemical, T.M.S. J INdABA (443-3566), Gabe Knox IroN GoAt BreWING Co., Eliza Johnsen IroN horSe BAr, The Rub JohN’S Alley, Soul Serene KNIttING FACtory, Gwar, Corrosion of Conformity, American Sharks (See story above)

the lArIAt (466-9918), Black Jack leFtBANK WINe BAr, Truck Mills MooSe louNGe, Dragonfly J MootSy’S, Communist Eyes, the Blowouts, Redvolt NyNe, DJ Maynyrd red lIoN hotel rIVer INN, Chris Reserve & Snap the Nerve J SeCoNd SpACe GAllery (8473501), The Tipitina’s Foundation New Orleans benefit feat. the Cryptids, Elijah and the Tufnels and more the VIKING BAr ANd GrIll, The Expo WIlloW SprINGS (235-4420), SixStrings n’ Pearls zolA, Karma’s Circle

Sunday, 11/16

THE CELLAR, Pat Coast Coeur d’AleNe CASINo, Kicho dAley’S CheAp ShotS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church J the hop!, Fortunate Youth, Thrive,

the Expanders, Evergreen ZOLA, Son of Brad

Monday, 11/17

 THE BIG DIPPER, The Bob Curnow Big Band (See story on page 47)  CALYPSOS (208-665-0591), Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills  THE HOP!, Extortionist, So This Is Suffering, Face Your Maker, RaisedByWolves, A Cryptic Ending  RICO’S (332-6566), Open Mic UNDERGROUND 15, Open Showcase ZOLA, Nate Ostrander Trio

Tuesday, 11/18

315 MARTINIS AND TAPAS, The Rub  THE BARTLETT, Open Mic CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Kosh FEDORA PUB, Tuesday Night Jam with Truck Mills  THE HOP!, Bash, Obscurity JOHN’S ALLEY, Open Mic Night JONES RADIATOR, Open Mic of Open-ness THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Brewfish ZOLA, The Bucket List

Wednesday, 11/19  THE BARTLETT, David Bazan and Passenger String Quartet (See story on facing page), David

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THE BIG DIPPER, Acidic, Nov. 20 NYNE, Real Life Rockaz, Jeff Crosby & the Refugees, Nov. 20 GRANDE RONDE CELLARS, Jackie Fox and the Hounds CD release party, Nov. 20 THE HOP!, Onslaught, Artillery, Striker, Nov. 20, 7:30 pm.

THE BARTLETT, Twin Peaks, Meatbodies, Criminal Hygiene, Nov. 20 UNDERGROUND 15, Kappa Oie, Chelsey Heidenreich, Nov. 20  KNITTING FACTORY, Super Diamond (Neil Diamond Tribute) (See story on page 49), Nov. 20 BABY BAR, Nasalrod, Mercy Brown, Richard Dryfish, Nov. 20 THE HOP!, Walking Corpse Syndrome, Morbid Inc., Nov. 21 THE BARTLETT, Barcelona, Nov. 21, KNITTING FACTORY, The Green, J Boog, Eli-Mac, Nov. 21 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, The Camaros, Nov. 21 JACKLIN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER, Flying Mammals, Nov. 22.

ST. THOMAS MOORE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Lux Aeterna, Eternal Light, Nov. 22 SWAXX, J-diggs, MontanaMONTANAmontana, and Coolio Da’unda’dogg, Rydah J. Klyde and Husalah, Nov. 22 THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Black Powder County, the Guessing Game, Elephant Gun Riot, Nov. 22 THE BIG DIPPER, Smokey Brights, Panes on Paper and Cold Mountain Yeti, Nov. 22, SPOKANE ARENA, Motley Crue with Alice Cooper, Nov. 22 THE BARTLETT, The Hoot Hoots album release party, Nov. 22 KNITTING FACTORY, The Clumsy Lovers, Acuff & Sherfey, Nov. 22 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Buffalo Jones, the Holy Deep, Nov. 22 THE BARTLETT, The Courtneys, Nov. 24 JONES RADIATOR, Star Anna, Nov. 26-27

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ARTS MELDING OF CREATIVE MINDS

One singer-songwriter performing on stage can be quite inspiring. But why not add two more musicians, a spoken word poet and a visual artist to that performance stage? The Round, a new-to-Spokane collaborative art series, does just that.

Already, Rounds have taken place in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Anacortes. Last month, the Bartlett hosted the first one in Spokane. This weekend, the performance art event features local musicians Duke Hogue and Hannah Reader, along with Galen Disston from the awesome Seattle soul-rock act Pickwick. Kurt Olson performs his poetry and Tiffany Patterson’s drawings will thrill.

— LAURA JOHNSON The Round No. 2 feat. Galen Disston from Pickwick • Fri, Nov. 14, at 8 pm • $8 • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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THEATER DARK HISTORY

WORDS LOCAL TRIBUTE

Within the Silence • Thu, Nov. 13, at 7:30 pm • $5-$10 • Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU • performingarts.wsu.edu • 335-8522 • Also Fri, Nov. 14, at 6 pm • $10 donation • Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture • 2316 W. First • northwestmueum.org • 456-3931

Community Cover Slam • Mon, Nov. 17, at 8 pm • $5 • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • spokanepoetryslam.org

America’s decision to put the country’s Japanese-American citizens in internment camps will not be forgotten if Living Voices, a nonprofit theater group focused on history education, can help it. To bring injustice to light, the story of a teenage girl, her family and their forced abandonment of home is told. This true story is far from fiction and forces the audience to consider the consequences of racism, fear and scapegoating.

— MOLLY SMITH

The rhythmic beat of words rolls off the tongues of Spokane Poetry Slams’ performers; their voices raise emphatically at the harshest metaphors and darkest revelations. Though some who’ve heard them perform may not realize this, these poets’ words come from within, based on personal discoveries and observations, like a diary entry spoken in stanzas. At the local poetry performance group’s next event, poets will be given the option to read a piece written by one of their peers during round one. As long as the original writer gives their permission, and they’re from the area, anything’s game.

— CHEY SCOTT

PERFORMANCE RUSSIAN TRADITION

One of the season’s most beloved traditions, The Nutcracker is performed in cities across the world from November through December. Premiering in St. Petersburg more than 120 years ago, the classic tale of a nutcracker doll coming to life at midnight and whisking young Clara (in this particular performance, our heroine is instead named Masha) off to a fantastical dreamland is enjoyed by all ages. And while there are many opportunities around the Inland Northwest this year to see the mesmerizing, wordless scenes of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story set to Tchaikovsky’s score, there’s only chance to see a troupe of Russian-trained dancers from the Moscow Ballet perform this native spectacular.

— CHEY SCOTT Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker • Mon, Nov. 17, at 7 pm • $28-$70 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • nutcracker.com • 227-7638

COMEDY KINGS & QUEENS OF FUNNY

More than 30 comedians from all over the world take to the road this month for the 35th annual Seattle International Comedy Competition. Separated into groups, the top five comedians from the first two weeks of competition advance to the semifinals, with the final five going head-to-head for a chance at $15,000 in cash prizes. The festival — the biggest touring comedy show — kicked off at Seattle’s Columbia City Theater last week and hits a plethora of venues throughout the state, including the Bing Crosby Theater, before concluding at the Comedy Underground in Seattle on Nov. 30.

— CHRISTIAN VOSLER Seattle International Comedy Competition • Thu, Nov. 13, at 7:30 pm • $20 • All-ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • seattlecomedycompetition.org • 227-7638

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BENEFIT

EPICUREAN DELIGHT 33rd annual fundraiser gala benefiting the Blood Center Foundation and the Inland Northwest Blood Center. Event includes 30 local wineries and breweries, and 30+ local restaurants showcasing and sampling their menus. Nov. 14. $175/person.

Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. bloodcenterfoundation.com/epicurean-delight KYRS 11TH ANNIVERSARY BASH The station celebrates with live music by Milonga, a silent auction and local beer and cider. Nov. 15, 7 pm. $15. Riverside Place, 1108 W. Riverside. kyrs.org SNOW DANCE The 16th annual blacktie affair benefits the 49 Degrees North Winter Sports Foundation and the Forty-Nine Alpine Ski Team

(FAST). Nov. 15, at 6 pm. $110/person; $135/couple (includes dinner, tux rental). Nov. 15, 6 pm. Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. ski49n.com (838-2310) SPOKANE HUMANE SOCIETY FURR BALL The 14th annual fundraiser gala includes a reception, dinner, live auction of decorated Christmas trees, silent auction, parade of adoptable pets and live music and dancing. Nov. 15, 5:30 pm. $125/person [SOLD OUT].

Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. spokanehumanesociety.org SPOKANE VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM LUNCHEON FUNDRAISER The 10th annual luncheon features a program on “The Heritage of Felts Field,” the annual Heritage Preservation Award, silent auction, and themed meal. Nov. 15, 11 am-1 pm. $20. Opportunity Presbyterian, 202 N. Pines. valleyheritagecenter.org

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COMEDY

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TED TREMPER The comedian, filmmaker, writer, and WSU alumnus gives a free, public presentation. Tremper’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Onion A/V Club. In the CUB Ballroom.

Nov. 13, 6-8 pm. Free. WSU Compton Union Building, 1500 NE Terrell Mall. go.wsu.edu/visitingwriters SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION The 26-day event features 22 shows at 18 venues across Washington, as the U.S.’s biggest touring comedy fest. 33 comedians compete for the title, with a winner named at the final event in Seattle on Nov. 30.

Nov. 13, 7:30 pm. $20. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. seattlecomedycompetition.com STAND-UP COMEDY 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) FAMILY DINNER Live comedy improv show based on audience suggestions about their family members. Fridays at 8 pm through November. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) OPEN MIC COMEDY Live stand-up comedy, open to newcomers and experienced comedians. Fridays at 8 pm.

Ages 21+. Free. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third. (475-6209) 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)

ADULT IMPROV CLASSES Learn how to be funny on the fly in an adult improv class. Sessions on Tuesdays from 7-9 pm, through Dec. 16. $25/class or $150/ eight-week session. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com

COMMUNITY

EVENING OF LIGHTS On display are 20+ themed, decorated trees. The local business offers refreshments, music, prizes and more during its annual Holiday Open House. Nov. 13, 5-9 pm. Free.

Ritter’s Garden & Gift, 10120 N. Division St. 4ritter.com/home (-467-5258) COMMUNITY FALL FESTIVITY A community mixer and dance, with live DJ, photo booth, concessions, face painting and more. Nov. 14, 6:30-9 pm. $8-$10.

Shadle Park High School, 4327 N. Ash. fallfestivity.eventzilla.net (607-2490) FAMILY DANCE & POTLUCK November’s dance is a “Turkey Trot,” with easy circle, line, contra, folk dances taught by Susan Dankovich, and dancing to live music. Potluck at 6:30 pm; dances at 7 pm. Open to all ages. Nov. 14. Donations accepted. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. (533-9955) INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE Gonzaga invites the public to join in solidarity to mark the UN’s annual International Day of Tolerance. This program symbolizes the value of supporting inclusion, human difference and respect for others. Nov. 14, 12-12:45 pm. free.

Gonzaga University, Crosby Student Center 502 E. Boone. (313-5836) PLANT FARM POINSETTIA TOURS Tour the greenhouses and see more

than 40,000 poinsettias in 20 varieties as part of the Plant Farm’s annual holiday open house. The Plant Farm, 14208 E. Fourth. plant-farm.com (926-9397) NATIONAL VETERANS DAY RUN Second annual race offering a 11K, 5K and a 1-mile family and supporter walk/run.

Nov. 15, 7 am. $5-$30. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard. veteransdayrun.org (817-944-3573) SMART JUSTICE COMMUNITY SYMPOSIUM Hear from national and local speakers about successful programs, tools and other information to implement a smart justice system in Spokane.

Breakfast and lunch included. Nov. 15, 9 am-2 pm. Free. Gonzaga School of Law, 721 N. Cincinnati St. (838-7870) SUPER SATURDAY AT THE MAC Super Saturday in November falls on the same weekend as Yuletide. Watch a live art demo by Judy Patterson, visit the Campbell House, partake in a scavenger hunt and make holiday-themed crafts. Nov. 15, 11 am-3 pm. Free. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AGAINST POVERTY Catholic Charities of Spokane hosts a community vigil to promote awareness of poverty and its effects.

Nov. 17, 5:30 pm. Free to participate.

House of Charity, 32 W. Pacific. catholiccharitiesspokane.org (358-4266) DOING GOOD The Gonzaga School of Business Administration presents a free public forum on business models with a social commitment. Nov. 17, 4-5:30 pm.

Free and open to the public. Jepson Center at Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave. (313-7036) CATHOLIC CHARITIES VOLUNTEER

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ORIENTATION Learn about the many opportunities available to help others in need. RSVP requested. Nov. 18, 10-11:15 am. Catholic Charities Family Service, 12 E. Fifth. (358-4270) SCIENCE ON TAP The monthly beer + science event hosts local scientists and researchers. November’s speaker is Dr. Terence Soule, U of Idaho Computer Science Prof, talking about “Artificial Intelligence Through Evolution.” Nov. 18, 5:30-7 pm. Free. Gizmo-cda, 806 N. Fourth. uidaho.edu/cda/scienceontap THE WELCOME: A PUBLIC LISTENING A group of veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder present their stories to the Spokane community through works of music, visual, and performance art. The public presentation is the result of a 4-day retreat hosted by Warrior Songs to introduce veterans to multiple artistic mediums. Nov. 22, 7:30 pm. Free. Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. warriorsongs.org (262-696-6019)

FILM

DAYS OF MY YOUTH Screening of Matchstick Production’s new ski film, with swag giveaways including lift tickets and gear rentals. Nov. 13, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/students; $10/public. Gonzaga University Jepson Center, 502 E. Boone. (313-4189) THE SKELETON TWINS After ten years of estrangement, twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront how their lives went so wrong. Rated R. Nov. 13-16; show times vary. $6. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) BURLESKIVAL THE MOVIE A screening of footage captured during the local burlesque performance competition in Sept. Nov. 19, 7:30 pm. $7-$10. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (998-9767) DAVE RAMSEY & RACHEL CRUZE PRESENT: THE LEGACY JOURNEY A one-night screening of the film highlighing Ramsey and Cruze’s lessons regarding investing, estate planning, purposeful living, the keys to generational wealth, true generosity and how to raise money-smart kids in a debtfilled world. At Regal Cinemas Northtown and Riverstone. Nov. 19, 7 pm. fathomevents.com PULP A one-night screening of “Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets.” Nov. 19, 8 pm. $8. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. (209-2383) REEL ROCK 9: VALLEY UPRISING Rare Earth Adventures hosts the only showing of Reel Rock 9 in Spokane, a documentary about the history of climbing in Yosemite National Park and the counterculture roots of outdoor sports. Nov. 20, 7-9:30 pm. $15. Perry Street Brewing, 1025 S. Perry. rareearthadventures.com

FOOD & DRINK

CHOCOLATE DECADENCE Browse and enjoy Pullman’s fourth annual kickoff to the “Shop Pullman First” campaign.

Dozens of Pullman businesses offer free chocolate samples and other holiday treats to visitors just for stopping by.

Nov. 13, 4-7 pm. Downtown Pullman. pullmanchamber.com LITTLE BLACK DRESS NIGHT The YWCA of Spokane’s regular networking fundraiser night supports programs to ensure safety and success of domestic violence survivors. Nov. 13, 5:30-7:30

pm. $25. Nectar Tasting Room, 120 N. Stevens. ywcaspokane.org (869-1572) TUSCAN VINEYARD TOUR A “guided tour” of some of Tuscany’s best vineyard sites and the wines produced from them. Nov. 14, 7 pm. $20, registration requested. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd.

(343-2253) GLUTEN-FREE COOKING Learn how to make quick and easy gluten free options for the holidays with Michele and Curtis Smith of Namaste Foods. Nov. 15, 1-3 pm. Free. Pilgrim’s Natural Market, 1316 N. Fourth St. (208-676-9730) SIP & SAVOR Revel 77 barista Kaiti Blom serves coffee and teaches about different types of coffee beans produced in regions around the world. Also includes a chocolate tasting with the Chocolate Apothecary. Registration requested.

Nov. 15, 2-3:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. (893-8340) INVEG MONTHLY COMMUNITY POTLUCK Bring a plant-based (no animal products or honey) dish to share along with an ingredient list, the recipe and your own plates and utensils. Third Sunday of the month, from 5-7 pm.

November’s event includes a lesson on the ins and outs of seitan and meat replacements. Community Building, 25 W. Main. inveg.org (542-7829) JACC COOKING CLASS SERIES Fall cooking classes taught by top local chefs. Each class focuses on a different culinary style or culture. Nov 19 at 5:30 pm. $50/person. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William, Post Falls. thejacklincenter.org (208-457-8950)

MUSIC

NIC JAZZ: SEASON OF SWING A concert featuring arrangements of classic jazz repertoire, featuring the Cardinal Vocal Jazz and the Jazz Ensemble. Nov. 13, 7:30 pm. Free. Schuler Performing Arts Center at North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. (208-769-3424) COFFEEHOUSE 2014 The Colville chapter of the American Assoc. of University Women hosts its 24th annual concert fundraiser, featuring performances by Dave Johnstone, Daniel Heflick, the Colville HS Jazz Band and more. Nov. 14, 7-10 pm. $8/kids; $15/adults. Colville Elks Lodge, 1861 E. Hawthorne. (684-6878) ELVIS TRIBUTE SHOW FEAT. BEN “PRESLEE” KLEIN “Thanks for Giving” is a benefit concert supporting the mission of Second Harvest Food Bank; also featuring Just Plain Darin. Nov. 14, 7:30 pm. $20. All-ages. Service Station, 9315 N. Nevada St. (868-4671) GONZAGA WIND SYMPHONY The symphony performs a program of the traditional and contemporary wind band repertoire. Nov. 14, 7:30 pm. $5-$10; free/students, faculty Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com INLAND NW BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION SHOWCASE Live music performed by local and regional bluegrass and related acoustic bands. $5-$7.

Monthly on the third Saturday, from 7-9 pm. Trent Elementary, 3303 N. Pines Rd. spokanebluegrass.org (484-4668) SPOKANE STRING QUARTET: “3 B’S” A concert program featuring compositions by Beethoven, Barber and Brahms. Nov. 16, 3 pm. $12-$20. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanestringquartet.org WHITWORTH WIND SYMPHONY Fall concert. Nov. 16, 3 pm. $5/public;

students and faculty/free. Whitworth Cowles Auditorium, 300 W. Hawthorne Ave. (777-3280) GAELIC STORM Concert by the charttopping Celtic band. Nov. 18, 8 pm. $25.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. (227-7404) SCOTT KIRBY, PIANO SOLOIST Kirby performs classic ragtime, early jazz, Creole music from Cuba, tangos from Brazil and more. Nov. 18, 7-8:30 pm. $10 suggestion donation. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave. (313-6733) SPR PRESENTS PEARL DJANGO Gypsy jazz in the style of Django Reinhart and the Hot Club of France. Proceeds benefit Spokane Public Radio KPBX, KSFC, and KPBZ. Nov. 20, 7-10 pm. TBA. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. spokanepublicradio.org (328-5729)

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KING OF THE CAGE Tactical Strike MMA event, featuring the return of light heavyweight champion Trevor Prangley; also featuring Bill Wilder, Amy Montenegro, Diana Rael and Will Noland. Nov. 13, 7 pm. $20/$35/$50. CdA Casino, 37914 S Hwy 95. (800-523-2467) SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. TRI CITY AMERICANS Hockey match. Nov. 15, 7 pm. $10-$23. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000) SPOKANE BADMINTON CLUB Meets Sun from 4:30-7 pm and Wed from 7-10 pm. $6/visit. West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt St. (448-5694) SPOKANE TABLE TENNIS CLUB Pingpong club meets Wed from 6:30-9 pm and Sun from 1:30-4:30 pm. $2/visit.

Southside Senior & Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. (535-0803) SPOKANE TABLE TENNIS Ping-pong club meets Mon and Wed, from 6-9 pm. $3/visit. HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo Ave. (768-1780) GETTING TO KNOW YOUR GOPRO REI staff offer a rundown of the camera’s interface and how to capture images and footage using different settings.

Nov. 20, 7-8:30 pm. Free. REI, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (328-9900)

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BYE BYE BIRDIE: A MUSICAL COMEDY Mead High School Drama and Music depts. presents an adaptation of the 1960 Broadway classic. Nov. 13-15 and 20-22 at 7 pm. $5/students, seniors; $10/adults. Mead High School, 302 W. Hastings. facebook.com/mead.drama DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE Drama based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre.

Through Nov. 16; Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $22. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507) THE GLASS MENAGERIE A new production of the American stage masterpiece by Tennessee Williams. Through Nov. 22, Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm, except Nov. 14 at 6:30 pm. $12$30, except opening night (Nov. 7, $34$40). The Modern Theater Spokane, 174 S. Howard. (455-7529) IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE CdA Charter Academy presents a musical version of the holiday classic. Nov. 12-14 at 7 pm and Nov. 15 at 2 pm and 7 pm. $6-$8.

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I’m an aspiring comedian — seriously aspiring — so I’m out most nights doing stand-up. My girlfriend gets upset about all the time I put into this and expects my nights off to be spent with her. Recently, I was going to an open mic, when a friend called and invited me to a birthday party. I ended up blowing off stand-up for the party, but later, my girlfriend asked me how stand-up went and I just said “fine.” I don’t normally AMY ALKON lie, but looking back, I was just tired and not up for a drawn-out conversation. The next morning, I said something about the party, and she realized that I’d lied. Now she is upset and says that if I’d lie about something so insignificant, maybe I’m lying about bigger things.

—Stand-up Guy You’re an aspiring comedian but a failed sociopath — telling a lie about your whereabouts at night but going all “whoopsy” about maintaining it the morning after.

On the success-in-crime scale, this is like getting picked up by the cops for bank robbery — because the bank manager spotted you making off with that pen on a chain.

Still, yours was not a white lie — a lie to spare another person’s feelings — but more of a beige lie: a lie to spare your own feelings (allowing you to get into bed instead of into a three-hour parole hearing). Obviously, lies are not Miracle-Gro for a relationship. Even small lies gnaw away at trust and can destroy your bond. But seeing as there’s no evidence you’re a serial liar, what’s important is why you told this lie. Maybe you’re generally conflict-avoidant. But chances are, you’re specifically conflict-avoidant — comedy conflict-avoidant — probably because your girlfriend sees your devotion to your comedy as a crime against the relationship.

This is probably what led her to believe that all of your non-comedy nights belong to her — which amounts to your being an indentured boyfriend, working off all your stand-up nights with romantic evenings out. When you love somebody, no, spending time with them isn’t the worst thing in the world. But you also need time to goof off and be a person — to cut out of comedy some night to hang with a friend at a party or just sit in your underwear and stare at the UPC label on a can of beer.

As you’ve seen, avoiding conflict doesn’t make it go away; it just goes away and sharpens its fangs. You and your girlfriend need to discuss whether she’s truly on board with your doing comedy and all that entails, including your need for some unapproved lone fun. If, for her, this isn’t so much about time as it is about feeling important to you, you could pledge to be extra-affectionate when you’re together — hug her, kiss her, sweetie-talk her — and set aside a designated day every week to spend together (as a number of comedy couples do). If she can opt for quality over quantity, you should be able to retire from your brief career as a failed liar — or at least put lying in its proper place: getting out of your driveway in the morning without starting a blood feud with the neighbor and keeping holiday dinners with the family from ending with somebody’s face pressed between the plates of the George Foreman grill.

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Our neighborhood bar started having karaoke night on weekends, and my wife always wants to go and sing. I love her, and she’s a great person, but she’s an absolutely terrible singer, and I’m embarrassed for her (and a little for myself) every time she gets up there and belts one out. Does love mean being honest with your wife about her singing voice?

—Broken Eardrums Your wife is one of the few karaoke singers who manages to surprise the audience — making people turn around to see whether someone’s singing “Blackbird” or being pecked to death by one. This actually isn’t a bad thing. “Karaoke” is Japanese for “y’all better be drunk, because I’m trying my luck at Donna Summer.” Great karaoke isn’t about doing it right; it’s about doing it proud. So you show your love for your wife by whooping up the audience — clapping and cheering as she misses all the high notes (singing from the heart but with the vocal stylings of a diseased spleen). While you’re at it, consider yourself lucky.

People with a healthy sense of confidence make the best relationship partners — if somewhat costlier ones, like when you need to get your house professionally soundproofed so the neighbors will stop reporting you for animal cruelty.

Interestingly, the satanic rituals involving a flock of chickens and a nail gun always seem to take place when your wife is in the shower. n ©2014, 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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“Veterinarians are kinda used to doing this by now,” says veterinarian Steve Boharski. “We have always treated dogs for marijuanarelated accidents, because, let’s face it, dogs eat everything, whether they should or not. But it has and will absolutely become a bigger part of my practice.”

Boharski acquired the Garland Animal Clinic in 1999. He says he commonly treats dogs for consumption of edibles — food, marijuana leaves and candy. Consumption may result in anxiety, drooling, vomiting and diarrhea. The side effects may be worse or not as bad, depending upon the size of the animal.

“People just need to be very careful with food substances,” he says. “Pets are very small compared to us. Dogs can become really lethargic, much like being very stoned. It can really have the same effect as with humans.”

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Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N Grand Ave. rtoptheatre.org (334-0750) RASHOMON The SFCC Revelers Drama Club’s fall production is set in feudal Japan near Kyoto, and is themed around perception and how stories of the same event differ. Nov. 13-23, Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10/door. Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanefalls. edu/drama (533-3500) WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE MUSICAL The Ferris High School Theatre Arts Dept. presents the classic Irving Berlin musical, starring this year’s senior students. Nov. 13-15 and 20-22, at 7 pm. $10-$12. Ferris High School, 3020 E. 37th Ave. (354-6000) WITHIN THE SILENCE Living Voices, a nationally-touring educational theater, presents a performance following a teenage girl from Seattle and her family as U.S. the army rounds up Japanese Americans and sends them to an internment camp in Idaho. Nov. 13, 7:30 pm. $5-$10. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman Campus. performingarts.wsu.edu (335-8522) THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) All 37 of Shakespeare’s plays are reduced to a fast-paced, witty format, performed by three actors. Through Nov. 23, Sat-Sun at 7:30 pm; Sun at 2 pm. $13-$15. Ignite Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org (795-0004) DON’T HUG ME COUNTY FAIR Comedy about a small-town county fair’s beauty pageant competition. Through Nov. 23; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $16-$18.

Sixth Street Theater, 212 Sixth, Wallace, Idaho. sixthstreetmelodrama.com (208752-8871) GREASE Performance of the classic musical by local middle and high school students. Nov. 14-16 and 21-23; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 240 N. Union Ave, Newport. pendoreilleplayers.org (509-671-3389) PETER PAN Christian Youth TheaterSpokane performs a musical adaptation of the classic children’s tale. Nov. 7-16, Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 3 pm. $13-$14. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. cytspokane.com (487-6540) PHOENIX RISING A play about sending seven experts in various fields of study to a Chamber where the elements in the surroundings connect to their brain waves to predict the global future. Nov. 14-23, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm.

Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. (533-7387) POTPOURRI III The Corbin Players present eight short comedies, with complimentary refreshments and appetizers at intermission. Nov. 14, 2 pm. $10-$12. Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave. (327-1584) SEUSSICAL Performance of the Broadway musical based on the stories and characters of Dr. Seuss. Nov. 14-16, FriSat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 3 pm. $5-$14.

Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cytnorthidaho.org (208-277-5727) THE THREAD MAN Performance of a play by Thomas Dunn, directed by George Green. Nov. 14-16, 21-23 and 28-30, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third. spokanestageleft.org

WITHIN THE SILENCE Actress Lily Gladstone leads a multimedia presentation on a Japanese-American family’s struggles while interned during WWII. A no-host beer and wine reception with the actress precedes the program. Nov. 14, 6-8 pm. $10 suggested donation.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. (456-3931) YOUR MOM Comedy about a latebloomer who takes his girlfriend home to meet his family and his not-sofriendly mother. Nov. 14-15 and Nov. 21-22 at 7:30 pm. $10-$12. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak St, Sandpoint. heartwoodsandpoint.com (208-263-8699)

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NEWPORT ART WALK Evergreen Art Association members display their artwork in downtown Newport businesses along Washington Ave. This is the first of monthly Art Walks for the Newport area; also includes refreshments. Nov. 13, 6-9 pm. Free. Newport, Wash. evergreenartassociation.weebly.com RED SHOE 2014 AAF Spokane hosts its 11th annual design scholarship fundraiser event in honor of Toni M. Robideaux.

This year’s event includes a silent auction, drinks and appetizers, and a professional draw-off feat. Derek Landers vs. the Inlander’s Chris Bovey, along with a student draw-off: EWU vs. NIC vs. SFCC. Nov. 14, 5:30-9 pm. $15. Hamilton Studio, 1427 W. Dean Ave. (455-4700) COEUR D’ALENE ARTWALK Monthly art showcase throughout downtown galleries and businesses. Second Friday of the month from 5-8 pm. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. artsincda.org (208-292-1629) BARBARA PLEASON MUELLER An exhibit featuring the renowned photographer’s work. Nov. 14-29; artist reception Nov. 14, from 5-8 pm, artist demo Nov. 15 at 1 pm. Gallery hours Tues-Sat from 11 am-6 pm. Free. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave, CdA. theartspiritgallery. com (208-765-6006) SPOKANE POTTERS’ GUILD HOLIDAY SALE Shop from hundreds of handmade pottery items all crafted by Spokane artists. Cash or check only. Nov. 14-15, Fri from 4-7 pm, Sat from 10 am-2 pm. Free. Spokane Potters’ Guild, 1404 N. Fiske. (532-8225) YULETIDE The 35th annual fine arts and crafts event benefits the Spokane Art School’s education programs. Art for sale includes ceramics, paintings, mixed media, jewelry, photography, woodwork, fiber arts and more. Nov. 14-16; from 10 am-4:30 pm. Free. The MAC, 2316 W. First. (456-3931) LET’S GET OUR HANDS DIRTY This month’s event features a wheel-throwing demo by Chris Kelsey and Mark Moore on Lidded Vessels, in conjunction with the studio’s “Spokannisters” exhibit running through Nov. 29. Nov. 19, 7 pm. Free. Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams St. (863-9904) MIDWEEK MONET PAINT PARTIES Local artist Chelsea Cordova provides a step-by-step introduction to acrylic painting, with themes ranging from landscapes to still life to abstracts. Glass of wine included in admission; all supplies provided. Nov. 19 at 5:30 pm. $40/ class. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. thejacklincenter.org

WORDS

AUTHOR MARGARET SCULTE The author of the humorous book “How to Talk to Strangers” hosts a reading, signing and discussion. Nov. 14, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com EVERYBODY READS FEAT. ERIN SALDIN Everybody Reads is a partnership of bookstores and libraries across the Palouse and LC Valley. This year’s book is “The Girls of No Return” by Erin Saldin; and she presents at libraries and schools around the region Nov. 1014, culminating with a talk on Nov. 14, noon. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third, Moscow. whitco.lib.wa.us (208-669-2249) AUTHOR PATRICK LEE Presentation, signing and discussion with the author of “Kickers: A Novel of the Secret War.” Nov. 15, 2 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) JOHN WHALEN, MAYA JEWELL ZELLER, LAURA READ Reading, signing and discussion with the three local writers. Nov. 15, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. (838-0206) RAILTOWN ALMANAC READING Spokane authors featuring in the local poetry anthology read selections from the collection. Nov. 15, 4 pm. Free. Downtown Library, 906 W. Main. (444-5336) CONVERSATIONS ON THE MIDDLE EAST Dr. Raja Tanas, a native of Lebanon and Professor and Chair of the Sociology Dept. at Whitworth, leads a series of presentations on critical issues facing the Middle East historically and currently.

Nov. 16, from 9-10 am. Free. Bethany Presbyterian, 2607 S. Ray. (534-0066) GONZAGA O’LEARY LECTURE FEAT. RONALD D. VALE Ronald Vale, Ph.D. delivers Gonzaga’s 29th annual O’Leary Lecture titled, “How Scientists Make Discoveries.” Nov. 17, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave. (313-3888) SPOKANE POETRY SLAM SPECIAL EDITION: COMMUNITY COVER SLAM For one slam only, competitors are allowed to perform a poem written by someone else. Cover poems must be written by living, local poets, and the performer must present written permission. Nov. 17, 7-10:30 pm. $5. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org (747-2174) BROKEN MIC: Spokane Poetry Slam’s longest-running, weekly open mic reading series, open to all readers and all-ages. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. Free.

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Better Late Than Never KH I saw you for the first time in a couple months driving your blue Scion.

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As soon as I recognized your license plate, I felt the air rush out of my lungs at the same rate my brain was abandoning regular processes like continuing breathing and thinking. I didn’t think it would, but it definitely hurt to see you. I never got the opportunity to write one of these when we were together, but I figured if there was ever a time you could use one, it would be now.

Hope nursing school and all else is going well. God Bless- ES

on. The only number that should matter to you is how many lives did you make brighter by being a part of it today.

dreaded HIV virus. Indeed, it’s not easy to contract HIV . . . yet it did spread world-wide. With the new drugs, most of us aren’t worried about the HIV virus at all. Not so ebola. A person can contract ebola from as little contact as a handshake. Think flu virus, not the HIV virus. Perhaps the only saving aspect of ebola will end up being the rapid death rate of those infected: they have less time to spread the virus. But ebola is going to be spread anyway. Remember, those taking the maximum protection in hospitals (nurses and physicians) are being infected. No time to panic just yet. But this has the possibility of catastrophic effects on the world’s population.

Such businesses as restaurants and travel will be severely affected as fear begins to take hold. How may people will die from this? My prediction is that this could very well be the “”new plague”” of the modern epoch.

take what isn’t yours is a choice in wrong...period! It will haunt you always! Yeah you could take steps to right the wrongs in your life... but because your hands touched the property of someone better than you, it won’t matter what you do. I’m clapping my hands at your pathetic ego’s! Is any of this sinking in? Don’t ever forget from now on how big of a lie do you have to tell yourself to be able to hold your head up. Again this message goes out to the scum who stole property.

If anyone of the thieves has an ego just burning right now I’m right there. It’s me my hand prints are on those items you stole too!

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From one unabashed dancer to another, keep on keeping on man you are quite excellent indeed.

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Numbers I have noticed that so many people are hung up on numbers in this town and especially on this website. Numbers don’t make the person. What I mean is a person’s character and personality are not a digit. Those of you that are shallow and hung up on numbers will miss out on a lot of great experiences in life by being that way. The following numbers shouldn’t matter in taking the time to get to know someone, age, height, weight, income, children, marriages, divorces, rank or any other thing that you shallow idiots build a meaningless relationship

Thank You! Thanks to the medics from the fire department and American Medical Response who came quickly to our aid when my (relatively young and healthy) husband had what we learned later was a stroke (not the benign positional vertigo originally diagnosed when in the ER). I am very thankful to the people who choose to help others every day!

In case you wonder what happens to these people you assist, I can at least let you know that this one (South Hill, 10/27/14) is doing much better now. Cheers!

My Love Cheers to my best friend and partner in life. You make my world go round, you keep me going, and you always make me laugh. I just want you to know how much I love you and how amazing you are for stepping up and accepting my family as your own. I don’t think I could have made it this last year without you. Every moment I get to talk to you, see you, hug you, and kiss you makes life that much better. Thank you for being you and all that you are. Eric, I love you with all my heart.

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Can’t See Clearly? To the douchebag who stole my prescription sunglasses. I hope you have fun trying to see. If you can’t, then you may as well return them to me. If you do, I will consider not pressing charges.

Parents Not Parenting I am totally confused when parents do not know why their kids keep acting out when they are not actually ‘parenting’ their kids. Instead of holding them accountable for their actions, parents reward their kids by buying them presents, taking them to movies, etc. No punishment, no taking away of privileges. Most important and damaging to kids is letting them stay up until 11pm or 12am and wondering why they are cranky and moody and cannot concentrate in school. Kids are causing fights and altercations at school. Parents wonder why! Duh! Wake up parents and look at what you are doing to your kids. You are ruining them with your liberals ways.

Why? Why do women dye their hair in a skunk pattern. Bleach blonde on top with dark hair underneath. It just looks so damn trashy. Why do people that race to a lane merge, think that I should be submissive to allow them in. You idiot, this bridge work isn’t a new project and you know what to expect on the same daily drive you make, I refuse to let you over! Why do men blow their nose by holding down one nostril and blowing out the other. That is so gross! Why do people find it amusing to bash on overweight people or extremely skinny people.

When using the drive thru and the car in front of me have five people in it that want to place five different f------ orders. Go inside, my break is not that long to be waiting on you. Why aren’t Girl Scout cookies sold year around?

Your Two Cents To the group of young ladies that came into our establishment on Thursday October 30th: you came in 10 minutes prior to closing, which is no problem. You sampled items for nearly the entire 10 minutes, again, no issue there, it’s what we do and we’re happy to serve you. However, when ringing all 6 of you up individually one girl decided she would give me her 2 cents..literally. Using her debit she decided to write in $0.02 in the tip line for a bill that came to an

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even $4.00. I cannot fathom why ANYONE would think it’s okay to leave a 2 cent tip. I was courteous, friendly, and very generous when helping everyone in your group.

How incredibly disrespectful of you. I don’t need your 2 cents, spoiled little brat that I’m sure you are. I deeply hope one day you work in the service industry and this tipping karma comes back to haunt you. Some of us rely on tips to pay our way through college, but frankly I would have been fine with no tip at all versus 2 effing cents.

To the one girl out of the 6 who actually tipped, thank you. That dollar was very much appreciated.

To the other girl, here’s my two cents, next time go to a grocery store ya cheap disrespectful brat.

day, in the month of December, is Christmas Day. If you look at a calendar, and flip to the month of December, you’ll see a number two, immediately followed by a number five. That day, is the day of Christmas. With me so far? Okay, that means you have several weeks to pick up some gifts for your children. Not everyone is rich, and that’s okay. Take five bucks every week, and go to one of those Dollar Stores. They have toys and stuff and everything is, you guessed it, one dollar or less. Is it gonna be a pony or the newest video game system? Obviously not. But at least you’ll have a few gifts to give your children. “But what if I don’t drive??! Is what some of you are asking. Well, that’s why God invented buses and cabs. “But I don’t have the money for a cab and a dollar toy Then you’d have plenty of money for a cab and a toy. So there you go, parents. If you’re low on cash and struggling, my heart goes out to you. But there are options besides waiting until the last possible second, and then begging people for help. Like planning ahead, for example; you know it’s coming, just like it did last year, and the year before. So start saving and preparing. As I said, take a few dollars every Friday and pick something up. I know it won’t be anything to write home about, but at least you’ll have something, and won’t have to at the last minute depend on the kindness of strangers. I don’t have a problem with helping people that need help, but needing help and being too stupid/lazy to take some initiative to help yourself, are two different things. There’s a saying that we used in the military a lot - A Lack Of Planning On Your Part, Does Not Constitute An Emergency On My Part.

breathing, knuckle-dragging idiots are too stupid to understand that I’m sure. Here’s an idea; find a deserted stretch of highway, and crash those two POS cars of yours into each other at maximum speed.

You’re consuming oxygen which someone else could use.

Washington State Jeers to Washington’s Lef t / West Coast!! The state is a sea of red politically by county, EXCEPT for the parasitic blue urban counties on the Left Coast. There, you will find the massive numbers of potheads, gays, fatherless welfare, homeless that gather to collect free government entitlements where the government offices are greater! Shame on these few counties that force their morally depraved political agendas on the rest of the state, like homosexual marriage/legal weed/adverse possession laws and two rotten leftist Senators! The eastern half of the state needs to secede from the state’s Left Coast and become its own state. Patriots, unite!

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Attention Parents Attention worthless parents: I just did some research, and have come to a startling conclusion. This year, just like last year, the year before, and the year before that, Christmas falls on December 25th. I know, crazy, right?? That’s December twenty fifth. The twenty fifth

Demolition Derby Jeers to the assclowns who decided to stage their own two-car demolition derby on I-90 in Idaho last Thursday. Your stunt could have caused a serious accident, but you two mouth-

RE: The Real Woman H-e-a-l-s is something doctors and nurses do when they have a sick patient.

H-e-e-l-s are women’s shoes.

Respectfully yours, A “modern American woman” who wears mascara and HEELS and who IS worth going to bat for. AND, when stripped away of my “tricks of appearance,” what is left is an intelligent--and still beautiful-woman who knows how to spell.

It’s worth mentioning that I also appreciate a man who takes the time to proofread his misogynistic rants. NEXT! Cover Your A$$ Seriously?!? You think you’re some hot dyed blonde moving into the neighborhood?

Can’t you have some respect for the many children, many men in relationships, and the women who choose not to subject themselves, their children and their families to your disgusting see through pants with your A$$ hanging out and all your flaunting of your thong panties? First of all, grow some class. Second of all, gain some respect, not just for yourself, but for everyone around you. And third, you are far from perfect honey...put some junk in that trunk and more clothing to cover it and maybe you could get some more looks and move up in the world from the trash that you are. Believe me, there is nothing classier, than a woman who is beautiful and sexy without having to show any skin....try it sometime or move to Sprague.

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Escape the Grid A case for unplugging in our ever-connected world

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hen I head out to visit my parents west of Spokane, I have to warn people: My cellphone will not work. Though just 20 minutes from downtown, steep geography has conspired to keep my childhood home off the grid. Do not be alarmed, but you cannot call, text, email or even Facebook chat me for the next few hours. All calls come in via landline.

What was once an inconvenience has increasingly become a novelty in the modern world of constant connectivity. Dozens of personal or work-related emails and texts stream into my phone at every hour of every day.

Most messages can be ignored, except for the ones that can’t be.

Technology now connects us in a million previously unimagined ways, but more and more research reveals a corresponding toll. A study released earlier this month blames “telepressure,” the stress of ever-incoming work updates and the obligation to respond, for rises in fatigue, sleeplessness and other health issues. Other studies link connectivity to depression or distraction.

We depend on our phones more than ever — for emergency calls, driving directions, restaurant recommendations and basic boredom aversion. New travel services,

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once focused on “getting away,” have embraced the popular call for increased web connection. Airlines now commonly offer Internet. Chevrolet has advertised a new line of vehicles with built-in Wi-Fi. And even Yellowstone National Park saw sharp controversy last week over a plan to expand fiber-optic network coverage.

Convenience has demanded a wider grid, faster service and more reliable network coverage. But a lifeline can also be a leash.

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ost cellular service can be disturbing. When hurrying out the door, I often leave without a concrete driving course or social plans. GPS will get me wherever. Meeting details can be confirmed en route.

While we once finalized arrangements in advance, we no longer bother. Why get locked into something that might change? Armed with smartphones, we react and plan on the fly — often with the attention span of one.

So it’s liberating to go back to that. Traveling to a foreign country often means forgoing that constant connection. Years ago, I might duck into an Internet café for a brief link to home or to check my itinerary; I otherwise traveled without the obligation of posting status updates.

Constant connectivity can cause burnout, sleeplessness and other issues.

Wi-Fi is more widely available today in pubs or hotels, but I still enjoyed the challenge of traveling unplugged during a recent trip to Canada. My wife and I checked our course on printed maps and took our recommendations from a stack of guidebooks. We stumbled across places that never would have come up on Google.

We only used our phones for photos.

We traveled in the moment, saving the emails, Twitter and Instagram for later — when we could relax and relish all those moments a second time.

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s the grid expands, it becomes harder to cast aside distraction. Family trips to Yellowstone become resentful obligations when a manager must try to supervise an office remotely or a teenager feels like they have social duties to uphold. Vacations become new stressors instead of periods of recovery.

The recent “telepressure” study from Northern Illinois University found that the perceived convenience of constant connection turns on itself quickly, contributing to burnout, absenteeism and lower workplace productivity. We all need space to unplug.

Without being able to use cellular service as a guiltfree excuse for stepping away from our worries, we will have to take more responsibility for severing that connection. We will have to seek out more remote destinations.

Or we will simply have to resist the temptation to turn on the phone.

For now, I have a new appreciation for the small corners of the world where cell signals cannot find me.

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