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I actually have a family member who has a mental illness.

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It’s hard, because you want them to go to counseling or get help, and the family is not equipped to deal with those things. It’s just a matter of maintaining support until they decide to do it for themselves, too.

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Try and help them as best as I could.

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There’s the Spokane behavioral thingy, there’s some places that you could go to counseling, even the crisis clinic on Monroe, they have counseling.

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What I would do is probably seek a professional. Maybe a private psychologist and advise them to go talk to somebody.

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Help them.

Would you know where to go to get resources to help them if you needed to?

Yeah, go to the Salvation Army. I helped my brother. He’s dead — a couple years ago. I tried to help him all his life.

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Yeah. We went over to the homeless shelter and called for help.

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he curtain opens exposing the Wizard, revealing him as not the “Great and Terrible Oz,” but rather just a little old man.

Dorothy, dismayed, says: “Oh, you’re a very bad man!” To which the Wizard replies, “No, my dear. I’m a very good man. I’m just a very bad wizard.”

Maybe Mayor David Condon considers himself to be the wizard of our little version of Oz. Wizard or not, to be fair, he has managed to conduct the affairs of the city in a competent if prosaic manner –– until that is, Nov. 5, when he removed Scott Chesney, Spokane’s first planning director in 30 years to have everyone’s admiration and support. The curtain opened, and the public, like Dorothy, jumped straight to “You’re a bad man!”

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o longer can the mayor’s string of questionable personnel and organizational decisions be ignored. The common denominator valued most by the mayor seems to be loyalty – that is, people who are compliant.

In contrast, a demonstrated record of leadership, education, expertise, experience and insight?

These qualities seem not valued much at all.

When challenged by several developers to explain his wizardly actions, the mayor resorted to a bit of cheap-shot demagoguery. He said that he wasn’t elected to do the bidding of a few developers — even though, when it came to Chesney, those the mayor denounced as special pleaders were speaking for almost everyone in our city who actually values a healthy city and a dynamic urban setting.

This matter isn’t going away. Calling this a personnel matter doesn’t get it done. The trail of seventh-floor intrigue seemingly leads to the newly appointed interim division director, Jan Quintrall. Reports are that Quintrall, with Condon’s full support, is a “micromanager” of limited competence who meddles in matters that she really knows little about. The consensus guess: Chesney wouldn’t go along. So the mayor backed a loyalist over a person with skills and experience.

Now if such reports are an accurate reflection of what happened, the mayor is in trouble. But alternatively, if these reports are not correct, the mayor may be in even deeper trouble. He comes off looking either like a top-down guy who values loyalty to him above all else, or a detached bumbler who has an out-of-control staff. Either way, his administration comes off looking amateurish.

And Mayor Condon isn’t doing the strong mayor-council form of government any favors, that’s for sure. Some have already grumbled that this sort of thing was built in — the term I’m hearing is “cronyism.”

Setting aside that our old manager-council

form of government brought with it its own version of cronyism, I suggest that if the city council had been doing its job since the strong mayor system was put in place, most mayoral excesses could have been avoided.

Let’s be clear: the strong mayor-council form of government does not mean that the city is left with a weak council. The city charter is quite clear on this. First off, the charter requires that all senior administrators be vetted and approved by the council. Unfortunately, the council has failed to take this responsibility seriously.

Yes, reports one former councilmember, the council has provided a pro forma approval when requested –– which has never amounted to more than a “meet and greet” session. We need more — a formal hearing, serious LETTERS questioning, Send comments to and we sure editor@inlander.com. do need to see résumés. (On this point: In trying to sort through the Chesney matter, I sought out Jan Quintrall’s résumé. I inquired through City Hall, only to get back word that given state law on privacy, she doesn’t have to share it, so she won’t. A public employee — a division head, no less — who won’t routinely send out her résumé? Extraordinary!)

The city council can fix all this, and should.

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ext, the charter is also clear on who is in charge of organizing City Hall, and it isn’t the mayor. Given all the organizational changes the mayor has been making on his own, you could have fooled me. From Section 25 of the City Charter: “Administrative departments shall be created or discontinued by the city council at the time of the adoption of the annual budget, as the public business may demand. The rights, powers, and duties of the departments shall be prescribed, distributed, assigned, established, or discontinued by ordinance.”

Again, the charter creates a separation of powers; the council just needs to do its job to enforce that.

Once lost, trust is difficult to restore, and due to the Chesney episode, the mayor has lost, for now at least, the trust of his developer constituency, along with significant elements of his neighborhood constituency.

The curtain has been pulled back. Now we’ll see what kind of wizard we elected to lead us. n

COMMENT | PUBLISHER’S NOTE

From Pain To Progress

BY TED S. McGREGOR JR.

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mpathy.” If I boil down, into one word, the past year’s worth of journalism we’ve devoted to our “State of Mind” series, that’s it. Not “sympathy,” feeling sorry for others, although that’s there, too. Empathy is feeling others’ pain, experiencing their challenges. Empathy can create change.

Over the past year, in more than 40 installments, we’ve introduced you to lots of people who deserve your empathy. Of course, there are those hit with mental illness and thrust into a world of incarceration, treatment and confusion. February’s “Locked Away” was about Amanda Cook, who was booked into Spokane County Jail in early October of 2013. Confined in isolation without treatment, she was still awaiting a mental health evaluation two months later when she took her own life. In one of her final letters to her sister, she wrote: “I’m really hoping to still have a chance to get my mind right and be able to be with you where I belong.” We failed her.

Then there are the public servants — law enforcement, jailers, mental health professionals. They are overrun by a broken system. The Spokane County Jail, for example, is the second largest mental health treatment facility in the state. In North Idaho, as we detailed in May’s “Crisis Control,” mental health cases are pulling cops off the streets. “It’s a huge problem here,” Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger told us.

Meanwhile, legislators pass get-tough laws when news reports push their buttons, as we covered in “Patients and Prisoners,” which connected the dots between the 2009 escape of Eastern State Hospital patient Phillip Paul and new laws that restricted mental health patients’ few freedoms. And our courts keep issuing rulings that create new mandates there are no professionals to fulfill.

Finally, there are family members who are challenged to navigate the legal and mental health systems for their loved ones. In “A Mother’s Struggle,” we introduced you to Rhoda Behrens, who was caught in a legal fight to reconnect with her mentally ill adult son, Richie. “He appears so far out of reach at this moment,” she told us in June. “I’m so scared that I won’t get him before he dies… or hurts somebody.”

You can learn more in this week’s capstone of our series — 20 pages of resources and stories about our neighbors who deal with mental health challenges every day. I’m so proud of the powerful work our editor, Jacob Fries, and his team of reporters have done on “State of Mind.” Now it’s time for all of us to take it to the next level — from empathy to action.  JEN SORENSON CARTOON

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COMMENT | POLITICS

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Republicans’ Last, Best Chance Will they take the presidency in 2016 or lose it all?

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arlier this month, Republicans swept into office with their largest majorities in Congress since 1928. They have unprecedented power in state legislatures across the country and control most of the nation’s governorships. What they do next will determine whether they seize the presidency in 2016 or take the final steps towards becoming a permanent minority.

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However, it’s not a coincidence that the GOP’s victory occurred at the same time as extraordinarily low voter turnout (36.3 percent nationally) — the worst in 72 years.

Bipartisan polling shows that if turnout had been higher, the results would have been different, limiting Republicans to, at best, modest gains. Those who didn’t vote were as important to the ultimate result of this year’s midterms as those who did.

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However, counting on voters to stay home — even with ample encouragement from misguided laws — is not a sustainable strategy. Eventually democracy will find a way and voters will return to cast out those who oppose their interests. This is especially true when relying on older generations who will slowly but surely be replaced by the next generation. This is doubly true when you consider the Republicans’ dependence on white voters, another group that is having a diminishing impact as our nation diversifies.

The reality is this could be the peak of the Republican Party. Don’t believe me? Consider what happened way back in 1928. In the next election they lost control of the House of Representatives. The following election, Democrats took a supermajority of the Senate and FDR was elected president.

Conservative ideas can work and have the capability to address the most pressing challenges our nation faces. However, pretending climate change doesn’t exist or the complexities of our immigration system can be addressed merely through tougher enforcement or that we will balance the budget without raising a dime in new revenue isn’t going to cut it.

Republicans don’t have to choose between abandoning their core values and spending another lifetime as a minority party — at least not as long as they don’t consider denying reality a core value. Markets can be a powerful tool for solving problems. Balancing the budget is a legitimate national priority. Fiscal realities are just as real as demographic ones.

But demographics are destiny. The country is changing and whatever political parties align themselves with this new, emerging electorate will gain power. This recent victory gives the Republican Party its last, best chance to show that it can govern. This could be the moment when bipartisan solutions are brought forward and a Republican wins the presidency based on this common-sense record. Or we just might be in the eye of the storm that will carry Republicans out of power for a long, long time. n John T. Reuter, a former Sandpoint City Councilman, is the executive director of Conservation Voters for Idaho. He has been active in protecting Idaho’s environment, expanding LGBT rights and the Idaho Republican Party.

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Reaction to a blog (11/17/2014) about downtown business groups’ conclusion that a planned STA Plaza renovation should not include any retail, restaurants or other public spaces, to reduce competition with other businesses.

MIKE VANDERBOSCH: Makes a lot of sense. STA should not be wasting tax dollars on anything not related to transit. No public agency should be competing with the private sector. Sounds like some common sense suggestions.

BLAINE MATTHEW: If the goal is to “limit competition,” that seems antithetical to what DSP and GSI are supposed to stand for, and I can only hope that any recommendations based on that sentiment will be soundly ignored.

That said, I find it fascinating that they question the need for conference room space downtown, but they’ve been dead silent on the new hotel when they know damn well that demand for hotel rooms does not justify it. That speaks volumes to me.

TRICIA ADAMS: I remember as a kid before the Plaza was used for the buses, the buses lining the streets and people standing out on the street all over downtown to catch them. Why not make plans to develop a light rail that could come into downtown and also use the Plaza?

Instead of scaling back we need to be forward thinking about the future of the city.

COLLIN DOUGLAS: I’m wondering if the people complaining about this even read the [blog]. It states that the funding will be focused on transportation, instead of adding retail/conference spaces. The plaza has no need for retail/conference space as there are plenty of both of those available all over downtown.

Focus funding on what the STA is meant for... efficiently transporting people from point A to point B. SEAN LELAND: We have a great downtown. Not many cities have the amount of retail business and dining/bars. The only problem we have is the street people downtown.

Whether homeless or not, it’s not something you want if you want to promote the city. On a daily basis I see it. Crime (violent or otherwise), drugs, people laying around all over the place, garbage. Nothing anyone can say is good for a downtown corridor. The terminal seems to be one of the many gathering places.

JOSH MECKEL: This whole thing is ridiculous. Public transit is very important. How about all these “business” bigwigs actually do something constructive and work on creating more jobs in Spokane, so there are less people just standing around doing nothing downtown. 

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Can a group of Gonzaga students convince the school administration to change the way it handles sexual assault?

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t’s a Thursday night in College Hall on Gonzaga’s postcard-perfect campus — the start of the weekend for plenty of college students. Instead, 40 of them sit here in hoodies and beanies, ready to talk about one of the most complex problems facing college campuses.

“We’ve got serious momentum here and we are very committed to change,” says senior Meg Besch, looking out at the small crowd.

In about a week, the small handful of young women at the front of the room have started a conversation about sexual assault on Gonzaga’s campus, calling on their fellow students to “cause a f---ing scene,” scheduling protests and creating a list of specific demands: guaranteed punishments for campus rapists, better access to counseling, a support group for victims and more. After informal conversations, the group held a meeting that drew 100 students. They planned a protest that drew 145 people on Facebook (it was later rescheduled because of concerns it could be triggering for victims) and are taking survivors’ stories anonymously on Tumblr.

Now, it seems the school’s administration

may be ready to listen. Soon after the group formed, the president of the university, Thayne McCulloh, sent out an email to every student on campus calling it “the University’s responsibility to do all that can be done.”

Eric Baldwin, the dean of student well-being and healthy living who oversees student counseling and other departments, says he’s ready to act as a “translator” between the students and the administration.

“I’ve got to trust that that’s being motivated from something that’s real in their life,” Baldwin says. “I don’t think 100 students get together over a twoweek period to talk about something if it’s not real.”

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Kelsey Henderson didn’t post the fliers, which were quickly taken down, but she recognized the face as the man who raped her two years ago. A man whom she’d thought of as a friend and later found out had also been accused by two other women of sexual assault. Late one night in 2012 Henderson went over to the man’s house, where she says she explicitly told him she didn’t want to have sex. But she was afraid to walk back to her dorm alone in the ...continued on next page

‘GONZAGA TAKES THESE SERIOUSLY’ A flier showed up on bathroom stall doors around campus earlier this month. “RAPIST,” it shouted, above a photo of a

Students demonstrated in front of Gonzaga’s student center to call for policy changes and draw attention to a national statistic that one in four college women have been raped. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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middle of the night, so she stayed the night. As they laid down to fall asleep, she says he grabbed her, shoved her face into a pillow and raped her.

Like many rape survivors, Henderson didn’t report it right away. She wasn’t sure what to make of what had happened. She knew his friends and was afraid of what would happen if she reported him. This year, after counseling, she decided to finally tell the university what had happened and that, even though he’d since graduated, she was worried about other students’ safety because he still visits campus frequently.

Henderson and another of the man’s alleged victims requested he be banned (“trespassed”) from the campus, but their request was denied and they were told to come back if they had more recent allegations. Throughout the process, Henderson says she and other victims she knows have been met with “cold” attitudes by administrators who could have discouraged them from reporting. Now, she says, the student movement has the chance to do what she couldn’t alone.

“The university has an opportunity to show where its loyalty lies,” she says, “whether it lies with the victimized or with awful, bad people who have realized that they can get away with awful, bad things because there are no repercussions.”

On Gonzaga’s and most other college campuses across the country, the disciplinary system acts parallel to the criminal justice system. Campus employees are required by federal Title IX law to report all instances of sexual harassment and assault, but students at many schools have said their complaints resulted in little meaningful justice. Students can report sexual assault to the university without ever going to the police, but they can also pursue criminal charges if they want to. Campus systems generally have lower thresholds for proof and can consider things like hearsay, says Sarah Green, Gonzaga’s Title IX coordinator, who oversees sexual assault reporting on campus. If Green’s office believes it’s likely an assault occurred, the case is passed on to a conduct board made of staff and faculty trained to consider sexual assault cases, which determines any punishment for the accused.

Green won’t say how many reports of sexual assault her office receives each year or how many of those are resolved in any way.

Nationwide, rape estimates vary widely, but according to the Centers for Disease Control about one in five women report being raped, about 40 percent of them while in college. At GU, required federal reporting — almost certainly a significant underestimate because of fear, stigma and other issues around reporting — shows nine “forcible sex offenses” happened on campus at the school in 2013. (Just under the 10 at WSU, but higher than the two at UW, one at Eastern and zero at Whitworth.)

“Gonzaga takes these seriously, and could any accusation result in expulsion? Yes,” Green says.

But the student activists want any student found to have committed sexual assault immediately expelled. Green is noncommittal.

“Every case is so different and fact-specific,” Green says, “there is no real matrix we can create in terms of, ‘If this happens, then this is the punishment.’”

Yet both Green and Baldwin, the dean of student well-being, say they’re open to the conversation. They say they’re working on a sexual assault curriculum for students and have already improved counseling wait times, which students say have recently stretched to two months.

“Nobody from the administration rushed in and said, ‘Let’s stop this, let’s tamp it down, let’s kill this thing,’” Baldwin says.

Instead, he says he met with students and told them, “Don’t be surprised or underestimate how many faculty and staff are actually right there with you.”

LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX

While Gonzaga certainly isn’t the only campus grappling with these questions, some students believe the school’s Catholic affiliation makes it less willing to directly address them. At the meeting last week, senior Brittany Clark compares it to Seattle University (also a Jesuit school), where “they’ve had The Vagina Monologues

probably since it came out.” At Gonzaga, Clark says, it’s taken students demanding — she raises her voice — “We want to talk about sex and consent and sexual assault!”

But that’s not just Gonzaga either. “It is our conviction that the sexual relationship is best understood as an expression of oneness in marriage,” reads Whitworth University’s student handbook, “and that to understand it or to express it otherwise would diminish the high regard that we GU senior Kelsey Henderson have for this gift from God.” YOUNG KWAK PHOTO That no-tolerance culture has resulted in a fundamental lack of understanding about how to be safe, according to Whitworth senior Shelby Harding, who says she was sexually assaulted at an off-campus party hosted by Whitworth students.

“There’s just no talk about it because it’s just not supposed to be done,” she says.

After the party, Harding was found unconscious, bruised and dirty. As campus officials interviewed witnesses, she realized she’d been raped by a man whose face she doesn’t remember. The friends who helped her that night say she was repeating, “He hurt me, he hurt me. Somebody call the cops.” But Harding says no one called the Spokane Police Department on her behalf and she later decided not to report the assault.

This spring, Harding wrote a column for the school newspaper about the assault. Last week, she wrote again, calling on the school to emphasize supporting victims over getting them to report. Harding says she’d also like to see the school include the police in all reported sexual assaults.

“The evidence would be there if [the victim] decided the next day or whenever to press charges,” she says. “That’s just something the university can’t do.”

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In the college environment, where there’s a constant cycle of students, they can sometimes organize around complicated issues only to leave campus before real change is ever instituted. Promises for action can become all an administration really needs to give. But nationally, this moment may be different. Schools from Dartmouth to WSU were under federal investigation this spring, when the White House began a campaign to push for better campus response to sexual assault. Two University of North Carolina students enlisted the support of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, which led to national attention, and a Columbia University student’s story went viral this fall when she started carrying her dorm mattress around campus until the school suspends her alleged rapist.

Janet Chung, a lawyer at Legal Voice, a Seattle-based women’s rights advocacy group, says it’s encouraging to see the issue receiving attention, but that often those looking for change are “thwarted” by administrators. Chung worked on a 2007 case in which a student sued Gonzaga over the way it handled her rape complaint.

“A huge problem was just — and GU is not alone in this — they seem to approach the whole issue from a very defensive posture and not a victim-centered approach, which is really what I think the school’s role should be,” Chung says.

As the Gonzaga students finish their meeting just after 10 pm, they know they’re not alone. They talk about other campuses’ efforts, funding challenges and how long some of their goals might take. Still, they feel momentum.

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Expecting to triple the nights of operation this winter, the Salvation Army hopes Spokane volunteers will help out with overnight shifts at the city’s WARMING CENTER as the group expands service to provide shelter any night forecast to fall below freezing. Corps Officer Steve Ball says the Salvation Army needs five volunteers to fill shifts from 7 pm to 1 am and from 1 to 7 am.

“That’s our biggest need right now — manpower,” he says, adding that volunteers would mostly help provide supervision and light cleanup. The shelter, at 222 E. Indiana Ave., offers space for up to 100 people on nights below 32 degrees.

Volunteer information can be found at makingspokanebetter.org. (JACOB JONES)

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Between pothole-filling season and snowplow season comes leaf-lugging season for the city of Spokane Streets Department. On the corner of Cleveland and Howard, Osman Orellana gathers leaves Monday with a pitchfork, pushing them into a garbage packer. Find out which Spokane neighborhoods the Streets Department will be in next for a pickup by calling the Leaf Pickup Hotline at 625-7737. (And yes, it’s illegal to just dump the leaves from your yard into the street.)

WHERE’S THE MONEY?

“We’ve pulled every rabbit out of the hat. There’s no more rabbits.”

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, who this week asked county commissioners for a property tax increase to raise money for better drug trafficking investigations.

SCALE BACK THE PLAZA

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The Spokane City Council voted on a new name for the PLAZA next to City Hall this week but escaped having to actually play favorites among the three suggested names — and then some.

The plaza will soon be called “The Spokane Tribal Gathering Place” and the Salish word “Snt’el’?eminttn,” meaning “The place where salmon is prepared.” The city will also look into naming different landmarks after the other finalists.

Earlier this year, the city planned to name the new plaza after city founding father James Glover, but questions about the way he treated his wife derailed that plan.

So, the city solicited public suggestions and three possible names ended up at the council: John Moyer, an ob-gyn and former state senator; King Cole, the “father of Expo ’74”; and “The Gathering Place.” Others continued to call for honoring Som Jordan, a local musician and writer who died last year.

Now, the city will start the process of naming the Post Street Bridge after Moyer, creating a memorial for Cole in Riverfront Park and naming a stage and annual music festival in the plaza or park after Jordan. The timeline for all three efforts remains unclear.

— HEIDI GROOVER

REWARD OFFERED IN SHOOTING

Anonymous tip service Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest has now offered a reward for information on the fatal shooting of 26-year-old ZACHARY LAMB, a restaurant worker killed outside his South Hill home on Nov. 7, as police continue to seek a suspect in the case.

Spokane investigators say the unidentified shooter followed Lamb home and opened fire at him near the intersection of Elm Street and 10th Avenue shortly after midnight. Lamb’s friends describe him as outgoing and hardworking. He had learned a few days earlier that his girlfriend was pregnant.

The suspect, who remains at large, is described as a white male in his 40s with a gravelly voice, driving a dark SUV with a roof rack that extends about a foot over the windshield of the vehicle. Investigators ask witnesses to come forward with any suspicious sightings from around that time and location.

Crime Stoppers provides cash rewards to anonymous tipsters on unsolved cases. A board typically evaluates tips and awards an undisclosed amount of money up to $1,000. Tips on the case can be submitted at 1-800-222TIPS (8477) or at crimestoppersinlandnorthwest.org.

— JACOB JONES

ANOTHER BUMPY START

For the second time, technical problems on the health insurance exchange website mired the first day of OPEN ENROLLMENT in Washington state. On Saturday morning, officials were forced to shut down Washington Healthplanfinder two hours after the website launched in order to repair a software glitch that was miscalculating 2015 tax credits.

Fewer than 800 customers were affected, according to Washington Health Benefit Exchange CEO Richard Onizuka in a statement, including almost 150 customers who had already scheduled their payments. The glitch, which was fixed overnight, involved inaccurate credit tax information from the state’s Department of Social and Health Services eligibility service system, Onizuka said.

The site was open for the business Sunday morning.

Despite Saturday’s problems, more than 5,000 people visited Washington Healthplanfinder during the first weekend of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act. In Idaho, meanwhile, the new state-based exchange reported almost 13,000 visitors and zero technical issues.

Last year, technical difficulties forced officials to take down the Washington exchange website shortly after it went live. Users continued to experience problems into the second day of open enrollment.

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ach story swerves from despair to hope, sometimes several times. As men and women step to the microphone at the Smart Justice Symposium on Saturday, they share troubling testimony of criminal childhoods, institutional injustice, abuse and often redemption.

“Once I hit the meth world,” a woman says, “I started racking up felonies.”

A man steps forward to talk about his 17 felony convictions and the many times the system gave up on him. Another man rises. Police caught him selling methamphetamine in 2003, the pinnacle of a lifelong career in crime.

“I was raised a criminal,” he says. “That’s just how my house was.”

But each story eventually reaches a tipping point in which the narrator gets a new chance or embraces a revelation. Every speaker took advantage of treatment and now works with community groups to reform the criminal justice system. The crowd of nearly 300 symposium attendees applauds when the speakers share that they have since left probation, graduated college, or stayed seven years sober.

Social worker Layne Pavey describes how she found

Speaker Jennifer Kim notes the powerful impact of personal stories: “Statistics don’t go viral.” JACOB JONES PHOTO herself in federal court on drug conspiracy charges. She felt hopeless and ashamed until a social worker visited her in jail and helped her find a path out. Since then, she has earned her master’s from Eastern Washington University and started an advocacy group, I Did The Time, to push for felon employment equality.

“Shame and stigma keep us separated,” Pavey says of the importance of sharing personal struggles. “Until

[people] actually see us and hear our stories, they don’t really understand.”

Many Smart Justice advocates have pushed for the adoption of evidence-based practices to reshape the justice system around proven treatment and rehabilitation strategies, but Saturday’s symposium also served as an opportunity to emphasize the personal impact and power of narrative. Pavey and other ex-offenders led a

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“People don’t always remember what you said,” she says, “but they remember how you made them feel.”

Keynote speaker Julian Adler, director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center in New York, explains that data can provide insight into trends, but what a system does with that information still depends on local values. Does a high risk to LETTERS reoffend mean a person needs Send comments to intense treatment or prison? editor@inlander.com.

Personal stories can have a powerful effect on priorities.

They also recognize the dignity of the individual, which encourages “procedural fairness” across the system. If defendants feel the system treats them fairly, Adler says, they will be more likely to comply or follow through on treatment.

Speaker Jennifer Kim, with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California, also discussed the importance of building public policy campaigns around sympathetic spokespeople and memorable stories.

“Statistics don’t go viral,” she notes.

Speaking at a workshop on mental health, Smart Justice organizer Shelly Wynecoop asks everyone to take home a list of contact information for city and county officials in the justice system. She then challenges the group to reach out to their officials to share their struggles and experiences.

“We’ve been hearing a lot of stories today and that is intentional,” she says. “A lot of these things become very abstract to people unless they can see that there is an individual who had something happen in their own life. … These stories are paramount.” 

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Cirque Dreams Holidaze (above), The Forgotten Carols (below) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! all arrive at the INB in the coming week.

n five years touring with the Broadway musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bob Lauder has missed more than a few family holidays.

This year, Lauder — who plays an older, nostalgic version of the Grinch’s unapologetically obedient mutt, Max — is spending Thanksgiving in Spokane. The touring production opens here the day before the holiday, Nov. 26, and resumes for shows from Nov. 28-30.

By now, his family is accustomed to planning their holiday celebrations around his absence.

While the Grinch’s 2014 season tour started back on Nov. 11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lauder says the crowds were already eager to get in on the holiday spirit.

“As far as the commercial side of [Christmas] goes, that is one thing that kind of makes me go oh my, that’s early, isn’t it,” Lauder says. “But as far as entertainment goes, if people want to see it — and that is what people want — it makes me happy.”

Being committed to work during the holiday season is something Lauder, like so many other performers, is used to. Before landing his role with Grinch, he played Santa in a Las Vegas Christmas show. That was a little different, though, since the 59-year-old entertainer lives about an hour from the Strip, in Pahrump, Nevada. If he can’t get home for Christmas (this year he’ll be in Denver), his wife and kids come to him, or they’ll postpone their celebration until ...continued on next page

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“This is our reality,” Lauder says. “Other people say, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve got to get home,’ but this is what I’m doing, and this is where I have to be.”

For Thanksgiving, it just so happens Lauder has a cousin in Spokane, but he says the rest of the cast is being treated to a traditional dinner spread at a to-be-determined location.

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or those who’d rather see a more traditional tribute to the Christmas holiday, a few days after Cirque Dreams another one-night show hits the INB’s stage, with The Forgotten Carols on Monday, Nov. 24.

Forgotten Carols creator Michael McLean — who’s also a composer of mostly spiritual music directed toward members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — promises it’s a story a person of any or no faith would enjoy, even n this post-recession era, where Christmas though the main storyline is centered around décor fills store shelves before the Halloween Mary and Joseph’s fateful night in the stable. candy goes on clearance and holiday shopIn McLean’s words, the production tells “a ping starts before the mashed potatoes are cold, really touching story about a nurse who has Americans’ hype over the season has topped a really hard time with Christmas. She has to itself each year. care for an old guy with some psychological The same night that Santa takes his post problems who thinks he met the innkeeper who under the already erected Christmas tree (work met Joseph and Mary, and he introduces her to began on Nov. 12) in River Park Square’s characters from that era.” atrium, the INB Performing McLean, 62, plays that “old Arts Center is hosting its first guy” who, throughout the show, Cirque Dreams Holidaze of three pre-Thanksgiving begins to open the nurse’s heart to Fri, Nov. 21, at 7:30 pm holiday shows. the true spirit of Christmas. $32.50-$57.50 Cirque Dreams Holidaze is a In the show, the “forgotmashup of dance, music and ten carols” are songs about the The Forgotten Carols circus acrobatics, with every unknown characters McLean Mon, Nov. 24, at 7:30 pm bit as much holiday cheese says may have been connected to $13.50-$32 and charm as anyone would events on the night of Jesus’ birth, expect. The one-night perforlike a shepherd who fell asleep in a How the Grinch Stole mance on Nov. 21 boasts more field and missed seeing the star of Christmas! The Musical than 300 elaborate costumes, Bethlehem.

Wed, Nov. 26, at 7 pm from life-size toy soldiers and McLean wrote and first Fri, Nov. 28, at 1, 4, 7 pm gingerbread men to dancers produced The Forgotten Carols more Sat, Nov. 29, at 11 am, donning 3-feet-wide poinsettia than two decades ago, and tours it 2 pm, 7 pm headpieces. around the U.S. each November Sun, Nov. 30, at 2 pm Given the choice, promotand December. The songs and $27.50-$72.50 ers with Spokane-based Westshow also have an accompanying Coast Entertainment, which book of the same name, which includes the Best of Broadway includes McLean’s stories behind brand, would book holidayeach song alongside lyrics. themed shows like these closer to Christmas, but McLean is a self-proclaimed “Christmas that usually doesn’t happen. cheesehead,” and his passion for the holiday is “It’s truly based on the national tour for candidly sincere from all angles, both religious each show and where they’re at, at what time,” and secular. says Lerria Schuh, WestCoast’s vice president “What’s great about Christmas is that of marketing and sales. “This year, it turned out people get more willing to open up and not be that Cirque and the Grinch are traveling through so cynical or snotty or protective or defensive this part of the country at the same time.” about things of the heart. My heart was opened The other challenge, she says, is that holiday up profoundly as a kid and my folks really knew shows obviously don’t tour for as long as nonhow to celebrate Christmas,” he says.  holiday shows. cheys@inlander.com

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he History Channel hasn’t been about “history” for a long while. The once official channel of World War II actually had a period in the mid-aughts when it focused oddly on the future, really the only off-limits topic for an outfit called the History Channel.

In an age when duck-hunting homophobes and stagemom obesity experiments rake in blockbuster ratings, History hardly broke the mold in moving away from their roots in favor of personality-driven reality programming.

But now they appear to created a new genre of pseudoscience-driven programming that we’ll call “prospective history.”

A recent crop of shows swap a “we’ll show you what happened in the past” approach for a no-holds-barred “wouldn’t it be crazy if [insert wild assumption thus far unsupported by science] in the past?” line of thinking.

First was Ancient Aliens, which made some convincing arguments about ancient civilizations interacting with otherworldly beings in its first two seasons before producers got too drunk on “what if?” juice and began lazily chalking up any

historical mystery to aliens.

The channel is heavily promoting The Curse of Oak Island (9 pm Tuesdays), which begins with an intriguing premise: two wealthy brothers set out for Nova Scotia to dig up an alleged treasure sought after for 200 years. If you stick around, it’s followed by Search for Lost Giants, about a different pair of brothers scouring the U.S. for the remains of enormous humans they claim are buried all over the place.

Oak Island was at first watchable, mostly due to its welldocumented past, but the new season has seen the primary crew welcome wild-eyed “researchers” — like a pair of guys who are “100 percent certain” that the treasure at Oak Island is connected to King Solomon’s Temple. You can almost hear the show going off the rails. As for the giant-searching brothers?

There’s no evidence there ever were any rails.

It would be amazing if these sets of brothers find their respective treasures. The more likely outcome? More “what if?”-powered reality programming. Next on History: Pie in the Sky: Is the Moon Really Made of Cheese?

— MIKE BOOKEY

WSU WOMEN’S HOOPS’ STUNNING START The region has seen already seen some exciting college hoops in the first week of the season, but nothing compares to what the Washington State women’s basketball team did on Sunday afternoon in Pullman. Facing Idaho State, the Cougars scored the first 40 points of the game. We’ll let you wrap you head around that for a second. Idaho State didn’t score until they made a free throw with six minutes and change left on the clock. The otherworldly run led to an easy 84-34 Cougars win in which Spokane native Tia Presley (pictured) scored 29 points.

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WEB SERIES | Here in Washington, if you want to smoke some weed you just pick it up at a strip mall on your way home from Target.

But in New York City, there are dudes who will come to your door to make an illicit deal. The web series HIGH MAINTENANCE gives us the awkward greatness of this process with a bicycle delivery guy who just goes by “The Guy,” and deals with weed fiends from all walks of life — from cross-dressing stay-at-home dads to obnoxious club kids. Created by former 30 Rock casting director Katja Blichfeld and her husband, Ben Sinclair (he plays The Guy), the series is ripe with laughs but tied together with an intriguing line of drama throughout.

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WEIRDNESS | Listening to ASMR YouTube videos is probably the weirdest thing I do, but damned if I’m going to give ’em up. Earlier this fall, I read a New York Times article about something called autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), basically sounds, smells or sights that give you “the tingles.” The piece linked to videos of fingernail tapping and hair brushing, and also super-soft whispering picked up with binaural microphones. Put on some headphones before bed and listen to a young woman with a Russian accent (YouTube account “GentleWhispering”) make your scalp stand on edge. It’s ultrarelaxing and not weird or sexual, OK? SONG | The holidays are approaching, but judging by the music in most stores and elevators, they’re already here. Providing an antidote to the saccharine, big-box sounds of the season is “HOLIDAYS” by L.A.’s the Lonely Wild, a tune that deals with the heavy realities that come along with this time of year. The song itself is full of the huge, spacious sounds that have made the band a must-listen in the past year, with lyrics telling us that “Holidays are coming to rip your heart open.” Don’t think this is a total downer — it’s a hell of a song by a hell of a band. Buy it on iTunes and save it for a post-Christmas-shopping whiskey by the fire. n

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Deep-dish, Chicago-style pizza is the specialty at ROCKY ROCOCO (520 W. Main • rockyrococo. com), and Spokane is the only place in Washington state that you’ll find this Wisconsin-based chain.

The signature Rococo Chicago pizza is an indulgent blend of four different cheeses rounded out

by Italian sausage and zesty tomatoes — a hearty combo that has as much warming power as soup on a chilly winter day. And it’s certainly more filling.

Planning on entertaining family for the holidays?

Rocky Rococo’s large pies can easily feed a ravenous group, and their selection of pizzas and custom toppings will cater to everyone’s taste.

EUROPA (125 S. Wall • facebook.com/europa.pizzaria) features a more artisanal variety of pizza. The Cambazola, for instance, is named for the exotic

EVENTS THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE

Fri, Nov. 21, beginning at 6 pm The bare trees have been lit along Main Avenue for weeks, and many downtown retailers were decked out for the holiday season weeks before Thanksgiving. But it doesn’t really feel like the season has officially arrived until the stunning, 50-foot Christmas tree has taken over the River Park Square atrium and everyone’s favorite bearded man in red takes up his post beneath it.

This year, downtown Spokane’s favorite guest also celebrates a big milestone, having spent 40 years greeting eager children who promise they’ve been as good as they could be all year long. Be there to welcome Santa and see him light all 10,000 of the tree’s LED lights at once, at 7 pm. Before the big moment, families can enjoy free hot chocolate, face painting, and a special holiday magic show with local magician Dick Frost, starting at 6:30 pm. Santa will stick around to hear children’s holiday wishes and pose for photos until 9 pm that evening.

cheese that tops it — augmented by garlic olive oil, capocollo pork, poached pears and a drizzle of balsamic reduction. The restaurant also has an expansive menu of equally sumptuous calzones and pastas. Whatever you choose, you can top it all off with a slice of their amazing, fresh-baked cheesecakes.

At MILFORD’S (719 N. Monroe • milfordsfish-

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE

Nov. 21, at 7:30 pm - The holidays are re-imagined by Broadway director Neil Goldberg in this show featuring 20 acts, 30 performers from 12 countries and more than 300 costumes. $32.50-$57.50 INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. bestofbroadwayspokane. com (279-7000)

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA

Nov. 21, at 8 pm - The popular rock opera group is touring its album The Christmas Attic for the first time. The album features one of its most popular songs, “Christmas Canon.” $31-$64. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000)

TREE OF SHARING

Nov. 21-Dec. 14 - The annual program collects and distributes requested items to regional nonprofits and social service agencies serving low-income, disabled and elderly members of the community. Pick up a tag and drop off items by Fri, Dec. 14. Tags available at Northtown, River Park Square and Spokane Valley malls. treeofsharing.org (808-4919)

A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL

Nov. 21-Dec. 20 - The Spokane Civic Theatre produces a music-filled version of the Dickens’ holiday classic, a tale of love and redemption directed by Civic Artistic Director Keith Dixon. Shows Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 1 pm (except Sat, Dec. 20 at 2 pm). $22-$30. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivitheatre.com (325-2507)

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Nov. 21-23, from 12-5 pm - Wineries and tasting rooms across downtown Spokane join forces to host a weekend of wine tasting, food sampling and holiday gift giving ideas. Free to attend; tasting fees may apply. At

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Nov. 22-23 - The fourth concert in the Symphony’s Classics Series, “Haydn & Dvořák,” features guest conductorMichal Nesterowicz, in a concert program including Dvořák’s New World Symphony and Haydn’s Cello Concerto, performed by cellist Edward Arron. Sat at 8 pm and Sun at 3 pm. $15-$54. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org (624-1200)

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Nov. 24, at 7:30 pm - The Michael McLean-produced show tells the story of a nurse whose empty life is changed when a new patient recounts the story of Jesus’s birth as told by little known characters in the nativity story. $13.50-$32. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. bestofbroadwayspokane. com (279-7000)

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: THE MUSICAL

Nov. 26-30 - A Broadway musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic holiday story, featuring songs from the original animated film. Nov. 26 and 28-30, show times vary. $27.50-$72.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. bestofbroadwayspokane.com (279-7000)

SPOKANE WINTER GLOW SPECTACULAR Nov. 28-Jan. 1 - A new holiday event in Riverfront Park featuring light displays through the park, including an animal lights zoo for the kids. Lighting ceremony on Nov. 28 at 6:30 pm; display is lit daily at 5 pm, through Jan. 1. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. spokanewinterglow.com

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If you ask a friend where she’s heading to do her holiday shopping and she responds, “TO MARKET” (808 W. Main • facebook.com/tomarketnorthwest), she’s not being intentionally vague. This inspired home accessory and curio shop in River Park Square is a natural stop for anyone looking for one-of-akind gifts and individualized items. Among its extensive assortment of decorative soaps, candles, quilts, knitwear, inspirational plaques, clothing, jewelry and even candies, you’ll find plenty of goods made by local crafters and artisans. “To Market is your downtown destination for unique gifts and home décor, including a variety of handmade items from more than a dozen local, small businesses,” says owner Kiley Schenk. Whether you’re buying for yourself or someone special, you can rest easy knowing that what you’re getting isn’t ordinary.

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DODSON’S There’s a different kind of exclusivity at the DAVENPORT HOME STORE (10 S. Post • davenporthotelcollection.com).

Only items that have met the highest criteria for quality, style and luxuriousness are chosen to be featured and sold here.

They include select bath and beauty products from L’Occitane along with plush apparel, classic stationery and exquisite home furnishings that have been carefully selected from around the world. And let’s not forget the Davenport Hotel’s acclaimed mattress and signature soft peanut brittle.

DODSON’S (516 W. Riverside • dodsonsjewelers.com) features a selection of new and vintage jewelry designed by top artists. Over the store’s impressive 127-year history, it’s acquired an enviable reputation for reliable advice, impeccable taste and personalized service.

for the holidays.

The City’s parking enforcement PARKING RANGERS staff also serve as parking ambassadors, and they can give you directions and answer

your questions related to parking.

Kids 4-12 can find nice, affordable gifts at Santa Express. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser benefit the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery.

Santa Express is located in the skywalk level of the Crescent Court and is open seven days a week, Nov. 23 through Dec. 23, Mon-Fri, 11am-8pm, Sat, 10am-8pm & Sun, 11am-6pm.

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ick Steves is an American from the Seattle area who has made a living on his expertise regarding European travel.

It’s not a bad gig, and one that most college kids wish they could make their own upon venturing abroad for the first time. Now the owner of an ultra-successful tour company, the producer and star of a public television show and the author of a tall stack of guidebooks, Steves also has become a political force in recent years.

He’s coming to Spokane Valley to discuss his most recent television special, Rick Steves’ The Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today, a documentary that took the host into the contentious region to meet people on both sides of the conflict. Getting to the bottom of one of the world’s most complex geopolitical problems is a little ambitious, but Steves is an ambitious — and endlessly interesting — guy.

Here’s just a sampling of his résumé.

HE CONVINCES NERVOUS AMERICANS TO SEE THE WORLD For a guy who dresses like a 1990s sitcom dad, Steves has surprising star power. His followers, who can be seen toting his signature line of backpacks and roller bags, call themselves “Rickniks” and are mostly folks in, at or approaching retirement age, setting out abroad for the first time thanks to inspiration from Steves’ shows, books and guided tours.

BUT HE STILL GETS PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES In the early days of his tour business, Steves would all but require his clients to stay in simple hotels and avoid resort culture. “Spending money only builds a thicker wall between you and what you came to see,” he once told a New York Times reporter.

HE’S A DIPLOMAT On his approach to staying neutral about the content in his Holy Land special, Steves says, “Good travel is about opening one’s self to empathy. I envisioned writing things in a way where if you took me out of context in a little snatch of the show here and there, you might think I was pro-this or pro-that. That’s what happens when you learn to empathize with people. ‘Rick Steves is having dinner with our enemies!’ Out of context, it can be made to look like bias… One very clear lesson from all this travel: There are good people — very good people — on both sides of the divide.”

HE’S A PERFECT ADVOCATE FOR ENDING MARIJUANA PROHIBITION In 2012, Steves came to Spokane’s Bing Crosby Theater in advance of Washington’s vote to legalize marijuana. “I’ve never promoted marijuana. I’m promoting getting pragmatic and looking at harm reduction and getting the crime out of the equation,” he said from the stage.

Steves, who sits on the board of directors of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, has been talking about marijuana for decades and has been able to put an everyman face on the issue. He was able to reach the people who want to hear from the nebbish public television host and successful businessman in khakis, rather than the tie-dyed dude from the local head shop. n mikeb@inlander.com Rick Steves: The Holy Land • Sat, Nov. 22, at 2 pm • $10/KSPS members, $15/nonmembers • CenterPlace Regional Event Center • 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr., Spokane Valley • ricksteveholyland.eventbrite.com

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Mental illness is not one person’s problem.

It touches our friends, family, neighbors, classmates and colleagues. Fixing the cracks in the mental health system will require the efforts of everyone. Not just politicians and police, but teachers, parents, social workers, lawyers, doctors, judges and jailers. We know the problems. Who’s going to be part of the solution?

HOW TO IDENTIFY SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL ILLNESSES Nearly one in five Americans experience mental illness in any given year.

Of those, about 19 percent suffer from anxiety disorders (the most common mental illness), followed by major depression (6.8 percent), bipolar disorder (2.8 percent), eating disorders (2.1 percent) and schizophrenia (0.45 percent). Here’s how you can identify symptoms of these mental health problems. u ANXIETY DISORDERS: For most people, a little anxiety is a normal and healthy reaction to stressful situations.

For others, severe anxiety is debilitating. Types of anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social anxiety disorder and specific phobias. Common symptoms are unreasonable and excessive fear, worry and dread; phobic or obsessive compulsive behavior; rapid heartbeat; hyperventilation; nausea; restlessness.

u DEPRESSION: Unlike the occasional “blues,” a major depressive disorder lasts for at least two weeks and disrupts a person’s everyday life, relationships and activities. Common symptoms are unusual sadness, loss of interest in previously enjoyable activities, low energy, suicidal thoughts, difficulty sleeping, loss of interest in or excessive eating. u BIPOLAR: Previously known as “manic depressive disorder,” bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder, like depression. Bipolar is characterized by severe mood swings. People with bipolar disorder can sometimes experience psychosis — meaning they lose touch with reality — during manic or depressive episodes. Common symptoms during a manic episode include high energy, increased activity, extreme happiness, little sleep, rapid speech and grandiose delusions. u EATING DISORDERS: There are three types of eating disorders recognized by

medical professionals: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS), such as binge eating. People with eating disorders can be underweight, normal weight or overweight. Common symptoms are disordered thoughts revolving around food, excessive vomiting, extreme weakness, low or irregular heartbeat, low body temperature and a body mass index below 16. u SCHIZOPHRENIA: A chronic, severe and often misunderstood genetic brain disorder, schizophrenia distorts the way people interpret reality and requires lifelong treatment. Symptoms typically manifest between the ages of 16 and 30.

Common symptoms are delusions, hallucinations such as hearing voices, difficulty concentrating, lack of drive, social withdrawal, inappropriate emotional reactions, unclear thinking and psychosis.

— DEANNA PAN CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Local people share their personal struggles with mental illness, beginning on page 33.

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HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS

In Washington, state and federal mental health care funding is distributed through Regional Support Networks, administrative agencies tasked with distributing money to local service providers. The RSN covering Eastern Washington serves eight counties, including Spokane, where Frontier Behavioral Health (838-4651) is the largest mental health service provider. Gov. Jay Inslee has said he wants to better integrate mental health care, primary care and substance abuse.

In Idaho, the state contracts with local organizations to provide mental health care and has “regional behavioral health boards” to advise state agencies on how to better provide mental health and substance abuse treatment in each area of the state. For those on Medicaid, the state recently began contracting with a national company called Optum to manage that program. In Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai Behavioral Health Center offers stabilization for youth and adults in crisis and chemical dependency treatment. Reach them at (208) 625-4800.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act provides a number of protections for workers with mental health issues. All government agencies and private companies with 15 or more employees must follow guidelines on mental health questioning and provide “reasonable accommodations” for mental health conditions. Here are several scenarios to keep in mind: u DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS: An employer cannot ask about general medical conditions or whether an applicant has a disability. However, an employer can ask about specific job-essential skills, such as whether an applicant can complete tasks on deadline or interact comfortably with customers. u DISCLOSING AN ILLNESS: Employers must only provide accommodations for known disabilities or conditions. When deciding whether to disclose those disabilities or conditions, an individual may consider what kind of support would be most helpful or what accommodations might be put in place. Knowledge of a disability can often help an employer better assign schedules, specific tasks and interpret work performance. u MAKING “REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS”: Disability Rights Washington (disabilityrightswa.org) defines “reasonable accommodations” as adjustments to work schedule, environment or processing that make a position more accessible to a qualified employee. These accommodations can also be made during the interview process to allow fairer hiring practices.

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Employers can only refuse if an accommodation would prove an “undue hardship” that is excessively expensive or disruptive, or if an individual would pose a direct threat to the health or safety of the workplace. u FILING A DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT: Advocates say workers should first approach their employers to seek out a joint solution or internal correction. If unsuccessful, complaints can be filed with the Washington State Human Rights Commission (hum.wa.gov) or with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov).

— JACOB JONES

HOW TO HELP SOMEONE IN JAIL

Without sufficient treatment or commitment facilities, people with mental health issues often are funneled into the criminal justice system, where they face jail time awaiting court or a competency evaluation. A 2012 study estimated that about 17 percent of county jail inmates suffer from “serious” mental health conditions, and few corrections facilities have the resources to provide specialized care.

Kristina Ray, mental health manager for Spokane County Detention Services, estimates that the local jail houses about 2,000 inmates with mental health issues each year. An increasing number of inmates have arrived showing severe symptoms.

If you have a friend or family member booked into the jail, Ray says you can contact the Mental Health (477-6686)

or Medical (477-6812) departments at the jail with any general questions or concerns. Email inquiries can also be sent through the Detention Services website (spokanecounty.org/detentionservices).

“That’s a good avenue to check up on your loved ones,” she says.

For medications, it helps to notify the Medical department in advance if you know someone plans to turn themselves in for booking. You can also work with Medical to ensure that release forms and physician approvals are properly processed by the jail. Check with the inmate to make sure he or she has completed the necessary forms.

Visiting can be scheduled between 8 am and 3 pm on Monday through Friday at the downtown facility. The Geiger Corrections Center schedules visits on Saturday through Tuesday, based on housing units. Ray recommends visiting when possible to provide support and social interaction.

“Holidays can be a difficult time,” she says, encouraging extra visits around significant dates, birthdays or other holidays.

If you cannot visit in person, Ray recommends sending letters or packages with photos, crossword puzzles or other diversions. “Things that help them occupy their time,” she says.

Letters can also list good times for phone calls, so the inmate can schedule a conversation.

Any additional concerns can be taken to the attention of the inmate’s defense attorney, or the ombudsman for the county’s Regional Support Network, who oversees mental health care (477-4666).

— JACOB JONES

HOW TO FIND SUPPORT IF YOU’RE FEELING SUICIDAL

u IDENTIFY YOUR ALLIES: Local psychologist Paul Quinnett, who runs a suicide prevention institute, says there are a few questions everyone should ask when they’re feeling suicidal — or even just depressed.

“Who has been a good listener to me in my life? Who’s willing to go out of their way to give me some time? And who do I trust?” he says.

“Those three people are the ones who are least likely to say, ‘Oh shit, buck up, get over it.’ They’re more likely to realize you are in trouble.”

Lean on those people, Quinnett says, and find new people to trust.

Isolation is dangerous, especially for guys. “Men’s greatest protective factor is to keep your friends and make new ones,” he says. u REMOVE MEANS OF SUICIDE: The most dangerous threat is a firearm, Quinnett says. If you’re suicidal, ask a friend to hang onto it.

If a family member is suicidal, lock it up. “The 11th commandment of firearm safety: Never loan or sell a weapon to someone thinking about suicide,” he says. Pills, household cleaners, even car keys may need to be removed as well. “If you ask them how they might take their own life, they’ll usually tell you,” he says. u FIND A THERAPIST: Not every therapist is trained to deal with suicidal thoughts. But a call to Frontier Behavioral Health (838-4651) can get you a referral to one who is. Quinnett also suggests checking out a website called MoodGYM that can teach people tactics to cope with their depression. u GET PHYSICALLY HEALTHY: “Take your vitamin D, take your Omega-3, practice yoga, meditation, exercise,” Quinnett says. “Walk or bike to work.” Making your body healthier is a good step to making your mind healthier. u IN AN EMERGENCY: Call the local support line at 1-800-273-8255.

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Whether you’re the one suffering from mental illness or whether it’s a loved one, it can often feel like you’re alone. That’s what NAMI Spokane — the regional chapter for the National Alliance on Mental Illness — is all about addressing. They not only run numerous education courses about several mental illnesses, they have two different types of monthly support groups. One is for those with mental illness. “It’s peer-supported, facilitated by people who have the illnesses themselves,” says Ron Anderson, president of NAMI Spokane.

Anderson has a relative with schizophrenia. He relies on the second type of group, where family members struggling with mental illness meet.

“We talk about what we’re going through and get help from each other,” says Anderson. “We listen to each other’s experiences. We learn from each other. Families are just as traumatized by those who get the illnesses themselves.”

The conversations each group has are freewheeling and wide-ranging — a facilitator is there, but mostly to keep order and make sure everyone has a time to talk. “We have the tools there to help people understand what they’re going through,” Anderson says. “It’s knowing that you’re not alone, it’s knowing that things get better usually.”

And while the conversations can occasionally dive into some difficult territory, “we always end on a high note,” Anderson says. “We’re usually laughing by the time we leave.”

Go to NAMI Spokane’s website, and click on the Support Groups tab for a schedule of when the groups meet. Or check out other support groups through the Spokane Consumer Advocacy Network (spocan.news@gmail.com) or the SEER Support Group through the Community Colleges of Spokane (279-6259).

— DANIEL WALTERS

HOW TO FIND EMPLOYMENT FOR SOMEONE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

No, finding a job when you have mental illness is not easy.

“Unemployment averages 80 percent for people with mental illnesses,” says Ron Anderson, president of the Spokane chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Part of the challenge, along with all the stigma, is finding a job with the hours and flexibility that fit with a person’s skills and abilities. Not everyone can work a full-time job.

Anderson suggests they check out the Evergreen Club. For those already receiving mental health services, the club provides not only a hangout spot, but specifically connects them with part-time and full-time work inside and outside the club.

Otherwise, he suggests the SEER (Supported Education & Employment Enhancing Rehabilitation) program, a set of educational courses offered through the Community Colleges of Spokane. They’re not accredited, but they offer a whole host of skills to prepare those with mental illness for the workforce or school. The classes include “Health and Wellness,” “Computer Basics and Applications,” Transition to College,” and “Transition to Work.”

“I took one to get me prepared to go back to school and go to college,” says Tim McFarland, a 36-year-old diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder. Call their employment specialist at 279-6275.

— DANIEL WALTERS

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Finding mental health care for someone you love will almost assuredly be a confusing bureaucratic process. On top of that, it can sometimes feel like you know the person needs care and they’re just not willing.

First, slow down. Frontier Behavioral Health’s Esa Lariviere says some people want so badly to help that they end up treating their loved one like a problem to be fixed, worsening tension in the relationship. Separate the person from their symptoms, Lariviere says. “It’s so scary to be experiencing symptoms, because there’s such a stigma associated with mental health that people lose their identity as a mother or a teacher or whatever, and all of sudden become ‘mentally ill,’” she says. Work to find possible avenues of help and present those as options rather than a mandate.

Don’t try to fight someone else’s delusions. You don’t have to validate them, but respect what the person is experiencing and, instead of arguing, focus on options for getting care. Always ask if they’re considering suicide, and seek help right away if that’s the case.

If you’re having difficulty understanding or handling a family member’s mental illness, consider seeking out other families for support. The local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support groups specifically for families of those living with mental illness. For more information, call 838-5515.

Finally, create boundaries. If you’re feeling like the situation requires professional input or the person is a danger to him or herself, seek help. (See our directory on page 45 for different types of resources.)

— HEIDI GROOVER CONTINUED ON PAGE 34

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“The conversations around mental illness, especially with respect to violence, just fundamentally need to change.”

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

‘IT FEELS LIKE YOU’RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK’ Blaine Stum, 29, is the legislative assistant to Spokane City Councilman Jon Snyder and a member of the Human Rights Commission. He spends his free time researching social issues, writing and creating art.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This has been lightly edited for space and clarity.

By Blaine Stum, as told to Heidi Groover

MY CHILDHOOD WAS A LOT OF ANGER AND DEPRESSION. I grew up as a gay kid in Spokane Valley and that was like a living hell for me. The church we went to wasn’t accepting. Our friend groups weren’t accepting. There were a lot of things to deal with that probably contribute to the things I deal with today. Just the tiniest little things would get me pissed as a kid. I didn’t have any self-esteem. If I lost a game, I just threw a fit because I thought that I sucked at everything.

The anxiety kind of hit me around the time [I was 23 and] I got outed. The first real panic attack that I can remember being diagnosed as a panic attack, I ended up going to the emergency room because I hyperventilated so bad I couldn’t move. And when you’re having your first one, it feels like you’re having a heart attack. I thought I was dying.

I was so terrified. I was with my boyfriend at the time, and I remember just looking at him and saying, “Please call an ambulance. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.” I couldn’t control any of my emotions. It’s like something goes off in your brain. You feel this “ping.” All of a sudden you’re in doom. Fight-or-flight response.

You don’t know what your triggers are a lot of times. I would be sitting in my constitutional law class and all of a sudden I’d have a panic attack. I had to move, I had to do something, so I would walk out of class and I’d be gone for 30 minutes. My heart was just racing and my mind was like, “You’re going to die, you’re going to die.”

Panic makes it sound like we’re running around flailing our arms in the air, being hysterical. But what it really is, is it’s like an adrenaline disorder. You get this shot of adrenaline when you don’t need it at all. I don’t know why it happens. I don’t like it happening. But it does.

When I got the diagnosis, I just imagined myself having to go to therapy for my entire life and always having this problem. The more I talked to people and the more I went to therapy, I realized you can get better...

I don’t know most of my triggers. One of the things I’ve noticed that makes me really anxious still is driving. I walk everywhere because I live pretty close to downtown and my job, but it’s impacted my ability to see my family because they all live outside of Spokane. When I get in a car I feel good at first, then I start to feel trapped and I have a panic attack.

If I’m on the freeway or something, I can’t just pull over and go for a walk. That’s been probably the most difficult trigger for me to deal with because we rely so much on cars, especially in Spokane.

YOU GET SORT OF ENCASED IN YOUR LITTLE BUBBLE with your supportive friends and family, and then you realize there are people out there who think, “Oh, if you have mental illness, I don’t want you near me.”

I was in the closet for 10 years as a gay man. Why should I be in the closet for my mental illness? Why is that any different? I’ve been there before. I understand what it feels like to feel like you can’t say anything, and I don’t want to be in that situation again. It’s difficult when you’re dealing with something new, but as you get used to it and you’re able to talk about it more, it not only helps you process it, but it helps other people understand how to approach it, how to talk about it, and how to better advocate for people who are dealing with it.

People too often assume that if you have a mental illness you need to be pitied. I appreciate that, but I also don’t necessarily want people to think that I can’t do something just because of my mental illness. We all have our limitations, whether it’s mental or physical, but to have somebody, in a kind of roundabout way, whether it’s how they treat you or talk to you, say, “Well, you have panic disorder, so maybe we shouldn’t have [you] do that.” There’s a fine line there. Obviously, you want people to be understanding and sympathize, but you don’t want people to treat you like you can’t accomplish good things.

The conversations around mental illness, especially with respect to violence, just fundamentally need to change. Any research that I’ve ever seen, and any researcher that’s worth their weight, would tell you that mentally ill people are more likely to be victims of violence than the perpetrators of it.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. I KNOW IT’S CLICHÉ, BUT IT’S KIND OF TRUE. When you first get that diagnosis, it’s difficult to believe in yourself, it’s difficult to think you’re going to be living a productive life later on and realize that you might be able to do huge things.

Be very selective of what kind of friends you have. If somebody who you talk to about it isn’t willing to accept you because you have a mental illness, they’re not worth the time. Try to find things in your life that are pleasurable. Find hobbies. Find things you love and love to do and really immerse yourself in them. n

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The basic threshold for someone to be committed to a hospital for mental health care against their will (known as involuntary commitment) is that they must be either “gravely disabled” or have a mental health issue that’s creating an imminent risk to themselves or others. In those situations, designated mental health professionals working for the county will respond to assess the person, determine whether there’s a less restrictive option to get the person care, and if not, begin the civil court process for involuntary commitment. A person can be hospitalized involuntarily for up to 72 hours. To begin this process, call Frontier’s First Call for Help hotline at 838-4428.

In Idaho, police officers are responsible for taking those who are a threat into protective custody and placing them at a treatment center. Call 211 to be directed to your local police department. If you are in immediate danger in either state, call 911 instead.

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The city of Spokane recently created a new sort of one-stop shop for assessing those in need of housing in the city. During an intake process, various factors including mental illness are considered to give someone a score of how severe their need for housing is. Then, when spots at local agencies open up, people are contacted based on their need. The availability of housing depends on the level of support needed. In some cases, social service agencies can help those with mental illness find market-rate or subsidized housing; in others they’ll look for agency-run housing with support and services on site.

While this is the way basically every single person in need will now seek housing, Chrystal Alderman, who oversees Frontier’s homeless outreach team, says already having a case manager from any of the many social service agencies in town will help in navigating the process.

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HOW TO USE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

Are you prepared to respond to a mental health emergency? Like CPR or the Heimlich maneuver, mental health first aid can equip the layperson with useful strategies for dealing with a crisis.

“It’s appropriate for anybody interested in or trying to figure out if a family member or friend is dealing with mental health issues,” says John Murphy, a certified mental health first aid instructor and programs manager at Passages Peer Support. Rental property managers, police officers, store clerks, teachers — “anybody who might come in contact with somebody with a mental illness,” Murphy says — can benefit from taking the eight-hour training course.

So what do you do if an acquaintance or loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis — and how do you tell? Possible warning signs include suicidal thoughts, self-injury, substance abuse, panic attacks, hallucinations or delusions.

“A lot of it is noticing changes in behavior or even thought,” says Sydney Lindgren, a certified mental health first aid instructor at Frontier Behavioral Health.

To administer mental health first aid, follow the ALGEE action plan, a mnemonic device, which stands for: • Assess for risk of suicide or harm; • Listen nonjudgmentally; • Give reassurance and information; • Encourage appropriate professional help; and • Encourage self-help and other support strategies.

“The basic thing is to always get professional help if you can first,” Murphy says.

If you’re interested in getting trained in mental health first aid, contact him at jmurphy@passagesfs.org or Frontier Behavioral Health at 458-7453.

— DEANNA PAN CONTINUED ON PAGE 36

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

‘THE CLOUD I CALL MY BRAIN’ Teri Koski, 38, is the vice president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Spokane, a case manager for the elderly and disabled and an accomplished poet.

As a NAMI volunteer, she shares her struggles with mental illness with various groups. You often can catch her reading her poetry at Broken Mic nights on Wednesdays at Neato Burrito in downtown Spokane.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This has been lightly edited for space and clarity.

By Teri Koski, as told to Deanna Pan

WHAT MENTAL ILLNESS IS TO ME IS when you wake up feeling like shit and you have no reason to. Everything can be fine — I have a job, I have a wonderful partner, all the earmarks of success — but there are days when I wake up and I want to die.

I always felt different from other people. I looked at things very negatively. I had a lot of anger inside of me. I couldn’t figure out why.

The first time I attempted suicide I was 14 years old. I don’t think I understood what I was doing. All I knew was I was hurting and I wanted to make the hurt go away.

My turning point came when I was in my early 20s. I went to Central Washington University and one day, as I was driving home from school, I drove my car through the barrier and into the ravine.

Luckily, my car hit the barrier and was towed home. When I got home, my now ex-husband stuck his head out the door and asked me if the car was OK. (That’s why he’s now my ex-husband.) I told him, “I think something is wrong with me. I don’t think other people feel like this.”

I saw a counselor through my work’s employee assistance program.

I remember telling him all of my symptoms when he looked at me and asked, “Do you ever feel like your brain is in a cloud?”

“Yeah,” I said. “All the time.” And then I completely lost it.

He didn’t know it, but I’d been writing poetry for years to deal with my depression. One of the lines I wrote over and over again was, “The cloud I call my brain. The cloud I call my brain.” That was the first time I realized there were other people like me in the world that didn’t really fit in anywhere.

MY FIRST DIAGNOSIS WAS BIPOLAR, followed by borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

I went through years of different counselors and medications before I finally found one that stabilized me. As I went through counseling, my dosage was gradually reduced. I’m at the point now where I’m not on medication. But everything I do in my everyday life is to compensate for that — from the way I eat to the way I go to sleep, the apps I use on my phone to my exercise and meditation. It’s all to keep me from wigging out on a daily basis.

I’ve been stable for about four years now. I slip sometimes, but I notice I slip less and less often. The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do is to stay stable.

OUR LIVES ARE VERY MUCH SELF-FULLING PROPHECIES. We’re trained by reinforcement. If we say to ourselves a hundred times a day, “I hate myself. I’m not worth anything,” then that’s what we’ve taught ourselves to believe. You have the power to change that thought process.

When I do my meditation in the morning, I tell myself, “I am a good person. I do good things. I make good decisions.” You’re not going to believe it at first. Hell, I know I didn’t. But then, every once in a while, you’ll catch yourself realizing that you did make a good decision, that you did do something positive, that something good did happen because of something you did. And you kind of keep building on that. I can look at things now with an attitude of acceptance: I am a good person. I do have worth. I deserve to be here as much as anybody else. n

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You notice a stranger on the sidewalk talking to himself. His behavior is disturbing; he appears to have lost touch with reality. What should you do?

“We really encourage people to do whatever they’re comfortable with,” says Sydney Lindgren, a certified mental health first aid instructor at Frontier Behavioral Health. “I’ve been in situations where as a nonprofessional in the community outside of work hours, I’ve encountered someone not in a crisis, but definitely in a state where they could have used a lending hand and a kind ear, and it was up to me whether I felt safe to approach them or not.”

Follow the ALGEE protocol (See “How to use mental health first aid,” page 34.) If you feel safe, start by introducing yourself. Use “I” statements and ask if he needs any help. Call the professionals at First Call for Help at 838-4428, or in an immediate emergency, dial 911.

— DEANNA PAN

HOW TO GET INTO MENTAL HEALTH COURT

Many jurisdictions now recognize the role mental health can play in an individual’s likelihood to self-medicate through drug use or act out in unlawful ways. Research consistently shows that people with mental health issues are at higher risk of being victims than perpetrators, but many still end up in the criminal justice system.

Both Spokane and Kootenai counties have established Mental Health Court programs that bring together attorneys, judges and advocates to provide treatment and recovery goals instead of jail time. Deputy prosecutor Gretchen Verhoef, who previously worked with the Spokane County District Court program, says many cases can be resolved through this new track.

“It can be a long process to recovery or getting a person stabilized,” she says.

“The [Mental Health] court is a lot more understanding and a lot more sensitive to those issues.”

Misdemeanor charges in District or Spokane Municipal courts can be transferred to the Mental Health Court for a treatment-based diversion or for probation monitoring post-conviction. The program has a capacity of 500 defendants with a commitment period of one to two years.

Verhoef recommends consulting with your defense attorney about whether you meet the criteria for the program. Participants must have a diagnosed mental health issue as well as a criminal history free of serious violent offenses. A defense attorney can submit a referral and medical release form to the court for consideration.

Most eligible referrals should be accepted, Verhoef says. A team then establishes a treatment regimen and court appearances to oversee recovery. A similar program in Kootenai County has a capacity of 40 defendants. A small pilot program for Spokane felony charges started earlier this year, but is currently full.

“You need to speak to your attorney about it,” Verhoef says, “and determine if it’s the right thing for you.”

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HOW TO TALK SENSITIVELY ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS

Our language is a reflection of our attitudes and beliefs. Too often, the labels we use to describe other people who are different than we are stigmatizes them and perpetuates harmful stereotypes and discrimination. This is especially true for people living with a mental illness, says Sydney Lindgren, a certified mental health first aid instructor at Frontier Behavioral Health.

“A lot of times people will use terms that we see in pop culture and media, and sometimes even in newsprint — things like ‘That person was schizophrenic; that person was crazy; they’re mental,’” Lindgren says. “Now we’re starting to realize how negatively those [words] are impacting those people who have those diagnoses.”

If we want to end the stigma surrounding mental illness, we need to start by changing the way we talk about it. For example, when discussing people with mental illness or disabilities, use “people-first language” that emphasizes the individual before the diagnosis. The Washington State Coalition for Mental Health Reporting advises people to avoid using words like “crazed,” “lunatic,” “deranged,” “psycho,” “wacko,” “brain-dead” or “nuts.” The coalition also recommends eliminating stigmatizing phrasing from your vocabulary: “afflicted with,” “crippled with,” “suffers from,” “victim of,” “stricken with.” This should be obvious, but it bears repeating: Don’t make fun of people with mental illness.

Finally, when talking about mental health, always keep in mind that mental illness is treatable.

With appropriate help, medication and services, recovery is possible.

“It isn’t a death sentence. It isn’t something you can’t get over. That’s what a lot of kids and adults think when they start having mental illness. They think it will ruin their whole life instead of realizing mental health is just a small part of them,” Murphy says. “The stigma is still there, but it’s less than when I was a kid.”

— DEANNA PAN CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

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‘IT FOR SURE SAVED ME’ A Navy trainee makes his own luck after a brush with despair

BY JACOB JONES IT OFTEN COMES ON WITH THE WEIGHT OF A CURSE. Dalton Deatrich carries a dark seed deep in his psyche that he somehow brings bad luck. At 21, he lives with a persistent fear of screwing up — a nerve-wracking anxiety that ended his military career last year and sent him spiraling.

“Mostly I feel like I’m doing something wrong all the time,” he says. “I don’t think I can do anything right.”

Deatrich, raised in Spokane, joined the U.S. Navy with dreams of serving on a submarine crew. He had completed basic training and started a sub program in Connecticut when he narrowly survived a car crash.

He suffered severe neck and back injuries. Once confident and outgoing, he started doubting himself. He grew increasingly nervous as a series of smaller incidents piled on, fueling superstition throughout his unit.

“It became known that I was bad luck to be around,” he says. “That stays with me.

Even now I think I’m bad luck.”

Deatrich washed out of the submarine program and returned to civilian life, shaken and adrift. One of thousands of veterans returning from service with new or underrecognized mental health issues, he has since weathered the ups and downs of recovery — fighting depression, finding work, going to counseling and getting his life back on track.

At his darkest moment, he says, this past April he stood in his kitchen with a knife contemplating suicide when finally his luck changed. He looked up and spotted the number for a suicide hotline.

“It for sure saved me,” he says.

GROWING UP, DEATRICH NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH ANXIETY. He often performed live music or acted in drama class at Mead High School. He says he joined the Navy for an opportunity to serve while he worked out a plan for a lifelong career. He thought he was off to a good start before the accident.

“My plan was to join the military and then figure out a plan afterward,” he says. “I signed up for a five-year contract thinking, ‘Cool. I’ll have five years to figure myself out.’ That didn’t happen.”

Deatrich says his injuries and anxiety disqualified him from the submarine program.

Instead of being treated and reassigned, he says he was simply discharged from the Navy. He found himself without any plan — injured, unnerved and unemployed.

“Everyone says I’m too young to have these problems,” he says. “I’m like, ‘Yeah. But they still happen.’”

Upon returning to Spokane, Deatrich spent a season on a county road crew. But

he struggled to find work after the job ended in the fall. Unemployment left a lot of time alone to obsess over perceived faults or mistakes. He still suffered pain in his neck and back. He fought a growing hopelessness.

Despair piled on for seven long months, he says. When a new job prospect fell through, he first reached for the knife, but instead called for help. He says he checked into inpatient care at the Spokane VA Medical Center.

Local VA officials report that the hospital’s Behavioral Health department serves about 7,000 veterans a year. Most of those individuals receive outpatient services like scheduled counseling, support groups or assessment. Dozens of veterans check into the inpatient facility for short-term, specialized care.

“It was nice to be away from my problems for a while,” Deatrich says. “It was, for lack of a better word, sort of a vacation from it. All my problems were outside of the walls so I could deal with myself.”

JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER BEING RELEASED from inpatient, Deatrich landed a new job with a local manufacturing company. He got connected with new support programs at the VA and quickly found his way out of the dark. He finalized wedding plans to marry his childhood friend and even auditioned to perform at the Blue Door Theatre. In his spare time, he plays slide electric guitar.

“It’s uplifting to get out of that,” he says.

“It’s like nothing else could ever be that bad after that. … I won’t get there again.”

Deatrich credits his mother and family with supporting him through this past year.

He also remains thankful for the timely intervention from those at the suicide hotline.

When he needed help, he found an understanding ear.

“It was perfect,” he says. “They weren’t telling me to do anything. They just put the ball in my court.”

Deatrich got married and went on honeymoon last month. He also got laid off from his job, but he now sees it as a simple setback, not a curse. He plans to find another manufacturing job and buy a house, then raise some kids, maybe write a few songs along the way.

And he dreams of visiting Europe someday to see some of history’s greatest sights with his own eyes. He hopes to gaze upon the cathedrals, castle ruins and the battlefields of World War II. “I like seeing where people did things that were difficult,” he says, “and got through it.” n

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Medication may play a crucial role in stabilizing mood or mental function, but it can often be difficult to manage or maintain. Doctors emphasize that, like antibiotics, it’s essential to continue taking prescribed meds after you start feeling better to keep a consistent dosage. Many meds may come with unpleasant side effects, but you can talk to your doctor about mitigating these. u TO START, GET ORGANIZED: Most drugstores sell plastic dividers for separating pills out for each day of the week. Store meds in an easy-to-see location and set a regular schedule. You can also ask your doctor about slow-release meds that have to be taken less often. u STRIVE FOR CONSISTENCY: Many medications must build up in a person’s system before they become fully effective, while others can be sensitive to missed doses. A doctor can best dial in meds or dosages with a consistent baseline.

Taking medication regularly will offer optimal feedback on whether they work as expected. u IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS SIDE EFFECTS: Keep track of unusual symptoms and talk to others about what changes they may observe. Talking to doctors, friends and family about side effects can help quickly root out symptoms and will make it easier to mitigate any negative effects. u OVERCOME RELUCTANCE: The National Alliance on Mental Illness recommends approaching medication as a routine, empowering experience. Learn about the meds and potential side effects, but also tie doses into regular tasks, like a morning vitamin routine. Take control of tracking your medication doses and symptoms, or help a family member track their medication goals to give them a strong role in the process. If all else fails, consider putting together a contract or linking privileges to medication.

— JACOB JONES

HOW TO HELP A FRIEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA

You have a friend on Facebook or Twitter who begins posting unusually dark and distressing messages. Your gut tells you something is wrong. What should you do?

And among teenagers and adolescents, how do you tell the difference between normal pubescent angst and serious cries for help?

The most important thing you can do is to get involved, says John Murphy, a certified mental health first aid instructor and programs manager at Passages Peer Support.

“Don’t be afraid to call somebody and get some help for these people, because that’s what often happens — people wait until it’s too late,” he continues.

“Call somebody immediately. Call their family. Call the school. Notify somebody that something’s not right with them. … If you’re friends, you ask them if they’re alright.”

Sometimes all your friend may need is someone to talk to or a sympathetic ear.

— DEANNA PAN CONTINUED ON PAGE 40

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

‘IT JUST FELT RIGHT’ Up until three years ago, Bethany hated herself and contemplated suicide. Her struggles with depression improved when, living as a man, she came out to her wife and friends as transgender.

Now Bethany, 29, is a student at Spokane Falls Community College, where she is preparing to pursue a career as a psychologist and hopes to one day help other transgender veterans. (She spoke to the Inlander on the condition that her last name was withheld for her and her wife’s protection.)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This has been lightly edited for space and clarity.

By Bethany, as told to Deanna Pan

I TOLD MY WIFE AT ABOUT 10 AT NIGHT. She knew I had always felt this way. That I had always had this feeling in the back of my head. This constant refrain: I wish I had been born a girl. She was the first person I’d ever told that to.

I had gone online. I checked Wikipedia and the American Psychiatric Association. In forums, I found stories from people who had transitioned. As I was reading those stories, it clicked. I finally had a reason for I why I hated myself, and why I felt the way that I did. I knew what I wanted to do. I knew what I had to do.

About a half an hour later, I went back into the bedroom and I told her: I’m transsexual.

GROWING UP, I HAD A LOT ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY. I got in trouble in my classes for disrespecting the instructors, arguing with them or not doing homework. I left Shadle Park High School two weeks before they were going to expel me. I started going to school at Havermale. They told me not to return. I began attending North Central. I graduated — barely. I joined the military because I really had few other options.

I hated myself, and I took it out on everyone else around me.

All of my life, as far back as I can remember, I wished I was a woman. I thought that this was just a weird thing I needed to keep secret from everyone else, and I did my best to repress it. Still, I grew my hair long. I allowed my friends to dress me in women’s clothing. When I played video games, I always played female characters because it was the safest way to express those feelings.

Around four years ago, I started seeing a counselor through the

Veterans Administration about once a month. At that point, I had been suicidally depressed for almost my entire life. At the time I was unemployed. I would wake up around noon-ish and crawl out of bed. I wouldn’t even bother to change out of my pajamas. I would go over to my computer in the next room and jump onto World of Warcraft and play until dinner. After that I would go back to the computer and just keep playing until 9 in the morning or so. I was unpleasant to be around. I didn’t want it to be like that anymore.

It was at that time that I started looking into transsexuality. And it just felt right. There’s really no other way to explain it.

I STARTED HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY through the VA seven months ago. My face and neck have slimmed.

I have curves in my torso. I have small breasts and hips now. My buttocks have enlarged, so the pants I buy fit a lot better. (Unfortunately, it doesn’t do anything for my voice!)

Psychologically, I noticed immediate changes with the first dose.

As soon as my body stopped using testosterone, I no longer felt aggressive or angry. It honestly felt like I was in a blissful, meditative trance. It was like the best afterglow from a great orgasm.

I’ve heard the stories and statistics. I know I have to be more careful now than even “cisgender women” [a term referring to women born as women who identify as women]. But I could be unhappy and depressed and suicidal and pretending to be a guy still, or I could take the risks and be me — and I’d much rather be me.

I’m doing a lot better now. I don’t have any depressive problems anymore. I’m just trying to live my life like everyone else. n

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HOW TO LOBBY YOUR LOCAL LAWMAKERS

Inspired by what you’ve read in the Inlander throughout our State of Mind series? Look up your local lawmakers at app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder, write them letters or book an appointment at their district offices — and tell them why investing in your state’s mental health system is important to you.

Just make sure your pitch is short.

“Chances are pretty good [you’re] not going to get over about 15 minutes,” says Sandi Ando, NAMI Washington’s public policy chair. “You want it short enough that they’ll either read it or listen to the whole thing and get what you want.”

Every year, through her position at NAMI, Ando advocates for mental health reform in Olympia. When writing to or speaking with lawmakers, she recommends following this template:  INTRODUCE YOURSELF: In one sentence, tell your legislators who you are and why they should listen to you.

“A lot of time, they won’t talk to people who aren’t their constituents,” Ando says.  TELL YOUR STORY: If you’ve experienced a mental health crisis, you could probably talk for hours about what you and your family went through. Instead, focus on honing your story and message in six to eight sentences.

Briefly describe your personal experience and why this issue matters to you and others.

Then tell your legislator exactly what you want, whether it’s increasing mental health funding or changing the standard for involuntary commitment. “State the problem,” Ando says. “If you don’t have a strong LETTERS message up front, they Send comments to won’t understand what editor@inlander.com. you’re asking about.”

Tailor your message to your lawmakers’ politics. “With some of the more conservative members, they listen more carefully if you give them something that says how this is going to save money for that state,” Ando says. “They also want to hear how this is going to help this person become a fulfilled and contributing member of society.”  WRAP IT UP: Emphasize again what action you’d like your legislators to take, and answer any of their questions.

Finally, having a clear and coordinated message is also important. Visit the NAMI Washington website at namiwa. org to learn more about the issues and legislation supported by mental health advocates.

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‘I THOUGHT I HAD EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL’ Tim McFarland spent years at Eastern State Hospital because of bipolar affective disorder. Now he’s there sharing a message of hope

BY DANIEL WALTERS THE SUNDAY FOOTBALL GAME — Saints against the 49ers — plays quietly on the TV in the background, as 36-yearold Tim McFarland recounts living with bipolar affective disorder.

“It’s not like one day, I’m manic, and one day I’m depressed,” McFarland says.

It never was like that for him. Instead, he experienced a period of depression lasting years. And then later, a period of mania lasting years.

First came the depression. It started when he was 19, balancing late-night shifts with community college classes.

“This gloom was over me. I was having a hard time getting out of bed. There were weeks where I didn’t see the sun, especially in winter,” McFarland says.

It got worse from there. “I felt people wanted me to fail, and no one wanted me to succeed. … I ended up isolating myself, my relationships with my friends deteriorated,” he says. “I knew that something was off. I was afraid to leave my apartment. I eventually lost my job and my apartment and my car.”

Homeless, jobless, he scraped by on unemployment checks. Sometimes, he went to the Union Gospel Mission shelter for help and meals. He got more desperate. “I went to an old friend’s house, went inside, took a shower, made something to eat,” McFarland says. “I was charged with burglary.”

He pled not guilty by reason of insanity and saved himself from a felony rap.

But that meant two years at Eastern State Hospital.

“You know, at first, it was really hard.

I guess, [I thought] ‘I’m just going to be on Social Security for the rest of my life. This is it,’” he says.

AFTER HIS CONDITIONAL RELEASE, however, things began to look up. He started taking business classes at Gonzaga University.

“There was still an inkling that I don’t need this medication, there’s nothing wrong with me,” McFarland says. “It’s a lesson I learned the hard way: You need the medication when you’re doing well just as much as when you’re not.”

Without medication, his mental health began collapsing again. This time he was hit with mania — the thrilling feeling he

“Anytime something heinous or bad happens, they immediately associate mental illness with that problem.” was capable of anything. “You do too many things at once,” he says. He was a full-time student, juggling two jobs and a relationship. But the cracks were showing — he’d answer test questions with correct answers, but to the wrong questions.

Worse, ditching his medication violated the terms of his conditional release, and he landed back at Eastern State Hospital. “At first I was really angry.

I thought I had everything under control,” he says. “Once I realized that I have to take control of my own treatment, then I started working with the support system.

That’s when I started to learn about my illness: How do I get well and stay well?”

His mentality toward the health care system changed: Even when he was stripped of his privileges and his discharge was delayed after an Eastern State Hospital patient wandered away during an outing at a county fair, he kept his spirits up.

McFarland began to help other patients prepare for their review boards, prepare

for their own discharges.

After his discharge in 2012, McFarland has gone back to Eastern State Hospital several times. But not as a patient.

He stands before a crowd of patients at the hospital during Mental Health Awareness Week. “I did a little spiel on recovery and success,” he says. He tells them that things are going to get better, but they have to take responsibility for their own recovery.

TODAY, HE WORKS WITH THE FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION OF FRONTIER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, “[empowering mentally ill people] to have the tools to advocate for themselves.” When people set their own goals, he says, they’re more likely to obtain them.

“You work on just gaining that insight, knowing what you’re like when you’re well,” McFarland says. In his case, he says, “I’m laid-back. I’m sociable. I like

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to do things.” Like a lot of thirtysomethings, he binges on Netflix, plays fantasy football, shoots hoops.

He also serves as treasurer for the Spokane Consumer Advocacy Network, a grassroots group that advocates for the mentally ill.

“I’ve found it’s hard for people to accept, because of the way we’re portrayed in the media or Hollywood,” McFarland says. “Anytime something heinous or bad happens, they immediately associate mental illness with that problem.”

After having spent years talking and living with people with mental illness, and struggling with it himself, he knows better.

“People think that having mental illness is a knock on their character,” McFarland says. “It’s not. Some of the most charming and bright and intelligent people that I know deal with mental health issues.” n

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How family support and faith in the medical system helped Marieka McPhee overcome her schizoaffective disorder

BY DANIEL WALTERS MARIEKA MCPHEE WAS 19, PREPARING SALAD IN HER KITCHEN IN BOISE WHEN SHE WAS AMBUSHED BY MENTAL ILLNESS. She was seized with a notion: specific, horrifying and utterly convincing.

“I thought if I don’t get rid of all the pimentos, this woman — some woman — is going to get beat up,” McPhee says. “If I didn’t, this poor woman would blame me for getting beat up.”

She didn’t know who would be assaulted, or how, but she was sure of it: If she missed a pimento, a stranger would be hurt.

“Where’d that come from, I have no idea,” McPhee says. “At the time, I did not think it was strange. I did not think it was bizarre. … I thought, ‘This was happening.

This is different, but it was happening.’”

It was as if the rules of the universe had shifted in an instant, into something surreal and sinister. The moment marked the beginning of a descent into schizophrenia that would take more than a decade to escape and would impact every area of her life. Working as a nursing assistant in a Boise nursing home, she saw her performance begin to slip.

“I just would be so tired. When you were supposed to change someone’s adult diaper every two hours, I would do it once a shift,” McPhee says. “I just didn’t care anymore. Really, I just didn’t give a crap.”

McPhee quit her job, dropped out of college. She says she was withdrawn into her own head — barely thinking

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of other people’s problems or lives, or the outside world.

“For several years, I had to send my dog to my sister’s, so he would be taken care of properly. I just would not feed him,” McPhee says. “You have to understand: You’re just not present. You don’t realize the dog needs to be fed, that he needs fresh water.”

She feared that construction workers patching potholes were part of a plot to watch her, and would ask her dad to drive the long way around to avoid them.

She heard voices. “I had auditory hallucinations,” she says. She heard three distinct personalities, all men, talking to her in her head, as clear and audible as a telephone call.

“One was very negative, and always trying to convince me to do bad things,” she says. “He would tell me to run in traffic a lot. Somewhere he apparently knew these cars wouldn’t be able to stop.”

During that time, she says, she barely knew what was happening. She knew she was being taken to the doctor but didn’t know why.

“I just wasn’t in reality at all,” McPhee says. “I wouldn’t know my parents’ names. I’d say, ‘You guys are nice, you’re nice people,’ and I’d get my nurse away and I’d leave.”

SIXTEEN YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THAT FIRST BREAKDOWN. Today, her upper South Hill apartment is decorated with photographs and paintings from friends and family. A drawing from her little niece

hangs on her fridge. She has poems, framed under glass, that she wrote when she was feeling her worst. She holds up an elaborate green clay pot that she sculpted when she was in Boise.

“There’s so much more to me than just my diagnosis,” McPhee says. She loves watching The Big Bang Theory and Melissa McCarthy movies and reading thrillers and romance novels. She plays with Simba, the orange tabby slinking throughout the room. He’s another heartbeat in the room, she says — a perfect companion when things get stressful.

Technically, her diagnosis is schizoaffective disorder, which overlays mood disorder symptoms atop schizophrenia symptoms. She takes an antipsychotic and a mood stabilizer to control things. It took two years for her to start seeing a doctor, seven years to get a correct diagnosis, and a decade to find that right mix of medication.

Even with medication, she hears the voices as a muffled din, like the ambient noise of clinking silverware and buzzing conversation in a busy cafeteria.

But she knows how lucky she is to have recovered: She had two advantages many people with mental illness don’t. First, she had the background as a nursing assistant to fall back on.

“It made me very med-compliant. I believed the doctors and the medication, that they would help me. A lot of people don’t have that faith,” McPhee says. “These doctors, these counselors, they want to help you.”

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Second, she had tireless support from her family. “My parents were planning to retire with all their extra money, and they dropped everything to take care of me,” McPhee says. “There were times when it was $6,000 a month for my meds. And my parents were taking care of this.”

IT WASN’T JUST MONEY. She remembers refusing to take a shower for days, having hallucinated a man standing in the shower. “My mom actually got into the shower with me,” McPhee says. “I’d say, ‘Mom, you’ve got to protect me from him.’ And she said, ‘I will, I will.’”

That doesn’t mean the relationship with her parents was perfect. Her dad, she says, passed away thinking she’d go through LETTERS the rest of her life disabled by Send comments to mental illness. But she’s used editor@inlander.com. that as a fuel for her recovery, as a way to prove him — and all the other people with misconceptions about mental illness — wrong.

“He never thought I would be capable of doing these sorts of things,” she says. “And I want to say, ‘Hey, I can do this.’”

She volunteers answering calls at a mental health crisis line.

She just applied to Spokane Falls Community College, looking to get an associate degree in social work. “I want initials after my name,” she says.

And she facilitates a support group with the Spokane chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

“You let everybody check in and talk about whatever they want,” McPhee says. “It is amazing to talk to someone that’s not going to think you’re crazy for saying these things. Someone who understands.” 

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‘SIMPLE THINGS LIKE BREATHING’ Gloria M. Lopez grew up with an alcoholic and abusive father and constant depression.

She still remembers her first drink, a shot of whiskey neat, at 5 years old. Today, Lopez is sober, in recovery and a peer counselor at Frontier Behavioral Health, where she helps those facing similar mental and substance abuse issues.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This has been lightly edited for space and clarity.

“After a while, I figured out that in order to survive I would just make fun of myself before they did.”

By Gloria M. Lopez, as told to Heidi Groover

FOR ME GROWING UP, DYSFUNCTION WAS NORMAL. There was a lot of love in the home, too. It’s that weird dynamic. With my father, when he was sober, he was this amazing person. When he was drunk, he was very frightening, so there’s that never-quite-knowingwhat’s-next feeling. We were also poor, so there’s that whole issue of economics. Where’s the food coming from? How’s the rent going to get paid? [Alcohol] became a tool to cope. It blunted the edge of the pain and the fear and buffered it just a little, so it didn’t hurt quite so much and it wasn’t quite so apparent to me.

For a lot of us, when you come from brokenness, it’s like the other kids recognize that and you become, at least for me, the outcast. So I did most of my school being the different one. After a while, I figured out that in order to survive I would just make fun of myself before they did.

That starts that whole pattern of hurting yourself and negative self-talk. I was always kind of contemplating death, contemplating not being there.

The depression was always an underlying thread. I didn’t know that’s what it was. I always just felt tired. I always felt sad. I always felt a little paranoid. When you’re dually diagnosed, it’s hard to know: Are you depressed and you drink to self-medicate, or do you drink and that helps trigger the depression?

College turned the corner for me. About that time, I was really close with my grandfather and my grandfather died. That was my first memory of having a really, truly, verified mental health episode. It was my freshman year. I was drinking somewhat. I was sleeping a lot. I missed some classes. I lived in a 12-story building, and it kind of accumulated.

When my grandfather died, I remember I was crying in my room so hard at college, they did get the floor monitor to come and make sure I was OK. I also climbed out on the fire escape and crawled on the outside of the fire escape and stood there. To this day, I really don’t know why I didn’t entirely let go. I truly, truly don’t, because I was there and I was ready. For whatever reason, I crawled back over and went on.

AT ONE POINT [later in life] I remember feeling like everything hurt too much and I just felt really, really tired, and I really thought “I want to die.” I got tape and was taping up my windows. I was going to take pills, turn the gas on and call it good. It was a Saturday night and I remember sitting with my Bible. I was weeping, and I said I was going to ask for help one more time. I said I’m going to go to church in the morning, and if nobody comes and says anything, I’m done.

So I understand when people get to that place where it hurts more to be alive than to think about dying, where you feel like you’re in the

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dark, slimy pit and there’s no light and there’s no way out, and you’re trying to climb up the walls and they’re all slimy, and you keep sliding back no matter how hard you try. That feeling of being in the pit and no way out, and just how tired you get.

I went to church [the next day] and luckily, for whatever reason, this lady recognized that I was — at least had been — a drinker and child of drinkers. She ended up taking me to one of the 12-step meetings, which changed my life. The first thing I realized was that I was the child of an alcoholic. It took me about a year and a half to realize that I was the problem. It was Christmas, and a family took me home for Christmas dinner, and they had wine with dinner. We’re sitting at a table eating chicken breasts with mushroom gravy and drinking the wine, and they all sipped. I’ll never forget watching them sip. I spent the whole meal trying to figure out how I could get some more wine. For the first time, I really watched that my response to the alcohol was different than theirs.

They would laugh, and it would be to the joke. I would laugh, and it would be half a beat off. That was the last drink I took.

AT SOME POINT I WAS AT A DOCTOR’S OFFICE talking about suicide and a nurse called [Frontier Behavioral Health’s helpline] First Call For Help. I talked to this person who was just very supportive and gave me a safety plan.

Eventually I got a diagnosis of several things, one of which is clinical depression. [Until then] I had no idea there were tools I could use to help me cope. Simple things like breathing. I never understood you could stop yourself and breathe before stuff spewed out. I never knew that if I went to people and was regretful for what I did, and apologized and started to live my life differently, that sometimes I could be forgiven by the person — that’s lovely — but I could forgive myself. In forgiving myself I could learn to respect myself and love myself.

My life has come full circle. When I look in a mirror, I feel respect for myself because I know that I work hard, and that the work I do makes a difference. Sometimes it’s a really small difference, but it is a difference. It redeems my whole life. All the stuff that I experienced is worth it, because when I’m with somebody and they’ve been abused, and they listen to me and look me in the eyes and I tell them I understand, they know I understand from the guts out, that I’ve been there.

When I’m talking to somebody that’s been drinking and I talk about recovery from alcoholism, they know that I’ve been there. Somehow all that pain and despair is redeemed by using it to help other people survive and recover. n

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THE LAUNCHPAD Kitchen Spokane is a food industry incubator giving startups a place to experiment

BY JO MILLER

usinesses are often created to fill a void — to give the community something it lacks, supply people with what they’re looking for, and of course make money where it’s not already being made.

In Jayme Cozzetto’s case, he worked in the restaurant industry as co-owner of Bangkok Thai and had friends calling him, asking if he knew of an incubator for small food businesses. He found nothing like that around, save for the Bonner Business Center in Sandpoint, which ended its run in September. So he decided to create one.

“I’m about filling a need and a niche if I see a demand for it,” says Cozzetto.

After selling his interest in Bangkok Thai, he found an empty space on the fifth floor of the Comfort Inn on Third Avenue, where he brought in commercial kitchen equipment and started Kitchen Spokane, an incubator for small businesses to rent kitchen time by the hour.

“It’s unique because there are business incubators in town, but really nothing for the food and agriculture industry, so I wanted to develop something for them,” he says.

Everything from peanut brittle and chocolate to non-dairy cheese and Thai curry is being made in the kitchen, which is equipped with prep tables, a flattop grill, deep fryers, a six-burner oven, convection oven and a mixer.

The space rents for $15 per hour and each client gets it to themselves during their time. They can also store items for about $3 per day in the dry storage space, refrigerator and walk-in freezer.

Many of the 15 businesses that use Kitchen Spokane have been there since it first opened in February, says Cozzetto. There are caterers like Creative Catering and Scoe’s Bar-B-Q, bakers like SweetBox Delivery, cooks like Somkhit’s Authentic Thai and even a business creating dog treats called Malted Mutt.

But Cozzetto says you don’t have to be a business to use the kitchen.

People who just want to perfect a family recipe can rent it, and you can come in for a one-time use. For example, marketing companies have rented for food product demonstrations and a wedding caterer came in last-minute when their facility lost power during a storm.

“It’s a kitchen that allows them to do what they want to do,” he says.

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n September, Clay Cerna lost his job. He was the general manager of Dawn of the Donut when it was sold to a new owner and turned into Casual Friday Donuts.

A friend referred him to Cozzetto, and just a few weeks later Cerna began baking batches of cinnamon rolls at Kitchen Spokane. His company, Sweet...continued on next page

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Box Delivery, is less than a month old, but he’s already supplying his cinnamon rolls to businesses around town.

“If there wasn’t this, I wouldn’t be able to bounce back this fast,” says Cerna. “The reality is, it’s hard getting started.”

He says the biggest struggle in getting a new business up and running is acquiring equipment and space.

“I love it here,” Cerna says. “I will admit, from a business owner’s standpoint, for everything you have to do, to have all this taken care of is really nice.”

If someone started a new business on their own, they would need to rent a space, be on the hook for a lease, pay for trash, Internet, electric and maintenance and acquire something akin to the $25,000 worth of equipment that’s in Kitchen Spokane, says Cozzetto.

“They’re getting crippled for cost,” he says. “There’s just a tremendous amount of overhead.”

Being at Kitchen Spokane gives them a facility that’s already approved with the health and agriculture departments, plus Cozzetto helps the businesses market and network. New business owners can avoid some of the hurdles they would normally experience on their own, maximize their profits and decide if the food industry is for them for a fraction of what it would normally cost.

“It takes the risk out and makes it an attainable goal to have your own place someday,” says Cozzetto.

Kitchen Spokane has been so well received, it’s already outgrown the 800 square feet at the Comfort Inn. In December, it’ll move to a new space in Spokane Valley at 1014 N. Pines Road, a 2,500-square-foot facility that has a loading dock and will allow for expanded hours and multiple clients to work simultaneously.

Cozzetto says he thinks it’s wise for every large community to have a food business incubator because it’s shortsighted not to, seeing as those small business can eventually become storefronts and contribute to the diversity of the food market in the city.

“It’s important to see them thrive and succeed, because if they succeed, we succeed and the whole community succeeds.” n Kitchen Spokane • 923 E. Third • facebook.com/kitchenspokane • 868-7710

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Next Venture Santé takes yet another culinary step with the opening of Common Crumb

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n a few short weeks, Jeremy and Kate Hansen, co-owners of Santé Restaurant & Charcuterie, will add to the West Main Avenue renaissance with the opening of Common Crumb Artisan Bakery in the Saranac Commons.

“It’s kind of the next progression in our food journey. We do a lot of baked goods. We thought it would be the next natural step,” explains Kate.

“We want to focus on the art of baking, the techniques of baking, combining old world techniques with new world techniques. We want to elevate the level of what we are doing all around,” says Jeremy.

Although Santé has produced artisan baked goods in-house for years, having a separate bakery will free up much-needed space in the kitchen to further expand the restaurant’s charcuterie repertoire. Pastry chefs Lynette Pflueger and Taylor Siok plan to utilize the new space to employ classical French pastry techniques.

The bakery kitchen also will include a chocolate room, providing the chefs with space to make their own chocolate.

The menu at Common Crumb, set to open the week after Thanksgiving, provides compelling and bountiful options. Scratch breads made

from biga starters will be sold alongside rice pudding, panna cotta and confections. Mini panettone will take the place of muffins. Cannelés, a custardy pastry from Bordeaux, will be featured alongside other French favorites such as madeleines, palmiers, tarts, petits gâteaux, éclairs, cream puffs, croissants and pain au chocolate.

The bakery also will feature baklava, turnovers, sticky buns, scones and Danish pastries.

Pies and cheesecake will be available by the slice or whole. Common Crumb chefs will offer a sneak preview of their cheesecakes and pumpkin ginger, apple and pecan pies for the holidays, with pickup available by Nov. 26. Orders may be placed at Santé.

As expected, the Hansens will strive to source all ingredients locally for their impressive collection of handmade baked goods and confections.

“It’s an obligation for me as a chef to source and do things correctly and utilize the local community of growers,” Jeremy says. “It’s very exciting to be part of this community right now.” 

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Katniss Strikes Back The next installment of the Hunger Games series is sequel gold

BY MARYANN JOHANSON

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on’t tell Hollywood I said this, but chopping the final novel of the Hunger Games trilogy into two films might be the best thing that could have happened to this franchise. I mean, it didn’t work for Harry Potter — the first Deathly Hallows film was terrible — and Peter Jackson is already twothirds of the way (with the final third almost upon us) toward demonstrating that turning the brief Hobbit book into three long films was not artistically warranted. And it’s not even like the so-far enthralling Hunger Games films needed any help.

It’s just that this might be the best possible beginning of the ending that this particular story could have.

The Games are done here. No more playing.

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), reluctant heroine of District 12, has been snatched from the arena where impoverished teenagers play out a to-the-death blood sport for the amusement of their overlords of the decadent Capitol. In that arena, she accidentally inspired a nation of downtrodden serfs in the future North American nation of Panem to begin to tentatively rise up. Now, she is among her rescuers, the people of the lone outright rebellious District, 13, the leaders of which hope to use her as a symbol to ignite all-out civil war.

From the beginning, the series has been about the power of propaganda and the persuasive capabilities of media to tell a story that will sway hearts and

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minds. With Mockingjay 1, the films continue on their astonishing track of being, if not actually better than, at least more complementary to the novels than perhaps any movies based on books have ever been.

That’s because the books are told from Katniss’ firstperson, present-tense perspective, which has its own intimate weight but fails to offer us a larger view of her world. In the films, we are shown from outside her head how Katniss is used by others to further

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their own agendas, and that cultural impact in her world.

The extraordinary thing about Mockingjay 1?

Now, it’s not the rapacious Capitol and evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland) offering up Katniss as a public inspiration but the leaders of District 13, including President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and former Gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who has defected. Katniss (and we) may agree with their aims of overthrowing the Capitol, but it’s startling and a bit horrifying to see how very moving propaganda can be.

A terrific sequence early in the film illustrates

this and shows off Lawrence as a remarkable actor.

We saw in the previous films how Katniss was good at pretending to be something she was not (such as “hopelessly in love with Peeta,” her Hunger Games teammate). Here we see how absolutely awful she is at trying to force herself to show emotion that she intellectually agrees with, but isn’t feeling at the moment.

She’s completely unconvincing shouting lines scripted for her by Heavensbee about freedom and rebellion in a studio setting... but once another Capitol defector, director Cressida (Natalie Dormer) gets her out in the field to tour another District devastated

by Capitol bombing and visit with the wounded, Katniss’ ire is genuinely raised. There’s a lot of complicated and even intriguingly contradictory stuff going on here: the triumph of a young woman who cannot be managed yet soars when she gets to be herself raised a huge lump in my throat; at the same time, I was fully aware that her powerful rage was being turned into a product.

Dividing Mockingjay the book into two films means we’re left with a sort of Empire Strikes Back feel to this one (that’s a good thing) complete with a devastating cliffhanger that doesn’t leave room for a lot of hope. Except the entirely justified hope that next year The Hunger Games will deliver a satisfying wrap-up to what has been one of the smartest, most enthralling science-fiction film series ever. 

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Now, she is among her rescuers, the people of the lone outright rebellious district, 13, the leaders of which hope to use her as a symbol to ignite all-out civil war. (MB) Rated PG-13

SAVING CHRISTMAS

The “war on Christmas” is real, but those on the offensive aren’t the folks commercializing the season, but rather those who insist on making treacly Christmas movies that purport to tell us all what the season is really about.

This time it’s Kirk Cameron — hero to born-again right-wingers as the star of his self-produced Left Behind apocalyptic flicks — who has to “save Christmas” by showing his bro-in-law that it’s not too late to “put Christ back in Christmas.” Let’s all take a moment to recall Cameron got famous as a sitcom teen whose best friend on Growing Pains was named “Boner.” (DN) Rated PG

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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

AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA

Yeah, everybody does yoga these days, but it didn’t always used to be that way. This documentary tells the story of Paramahansa Yogananda, who brought the ancient art to the Western world in the 1920s and also penned The Autobiography of a Yogi.

Without him, your Saturday mornings would probably have a lot less downward dog. At Magic Lantern (MB) Rated PG

BEYOND THE LIGHTS

This music-filled film is basically The Bodyguard meets Gypsy. This time a talented but troubled starlet Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) falls for a policeman (Nate Parker) who saves her from an attempted suicide. Not helping the situation is her overbearing stage mother (Minnie Driver). But with the insistence of her new gentleman suitor, Noni is able to break free and find her voice within. The most exciting thing about this film is it has Danny Glover. (LJ) Rated PG-13

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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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After good work in lots of small supporting roles over the past couple of decades, Michael Keaton gets back to work as a former franchise movie star now trying to make a comeback on the Broadway stage, but finding obstacles everywhere, many of them in his own head. He’s accompanied by a great cast, including Naomi Watts and Emma Stone, but the most sparks fly in Keaton’s scenes with a Method-mad actor played by Edward Norton. (ES) Rated R

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Wachtang “Botso” Korisheli’s father’s was a popular actor in the Soviet-ruled Republic of Georgia who was executed

by Stalin’s regime. From there, things didn’t get easier for Botso until he finally made it to the U.S. and became a beloved musical educator and sculptor in San Luis Obispo. This documentary tells an inspirational story of a 91-yearold artist who still isn’t done teaching.

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BOYHOOD

Richard Linklater’s newest film, shot over the course of 12 years, is a true masterwork and eschews the bigbang theory of dramatics in favor of the million-and-one little things that accumulate daily and help shape who we are, and who we will become. The story focuses on Mason, who we follow from age 7 to 19 as he struggles with divorced parents and the process of learning how to navigate the world.

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DUMB AND DUMBER TO

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 ...continued on next page

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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.

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FURY

The five-man crew of the U.S. Sherman tank nicknamed “Fury” is in a hell of a mess: broken down and alone in the middle of a German battlefield in April 1945, one member of the team already dead and the odds of survival looking bleak. They’re forced to band together behind their sadistic leader (Brad Pitt), who goes by the name “Wardaddy” and beats the living crap out of his troops. The guys learn a thing or two about humanity along the way. (SR) Rated R

GONE GIRL

David Fincher (Fight Club, The Social Network) gets his paws on the novel

by Gillian Flynn (who also wrote the script) and comes up with one of the twisting-est, turning-est and most unsettling movies of the year. Ben Affleck is the once-happy husband whose once-happy wife, Rosamund Pike, up and vanishes on the morning of their fifth anniversary, with lots of clues and a few secrets pointing directly at him as the perpetrator. (ES) 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

THE JUDGE

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

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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

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

THE MAZE RUNNER

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

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

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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

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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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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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Megan will soon be switching bedrooms again.

Laggies is the first feature Shelton has directed Despite its pleasant veneer, Laggies is a bit from a script written by someone else (Andrea adrift itself. Winning performances keep us Seigel). The storyline, however, fits seamlessly engaged, and a one-sequence appearance by with Shelton’s oeuvre, which has centered on Gretchen Mol as Annika’s mother who flew the young, adrift adults. Megan lives with her high coop is hauntingly complex. Yet the situation school boyfriend Anthony (Mark Webber) and, strains credulity and in the end, when Megan despite a master’s degree in counseling, works as trades in one guy for another, you can’t help but an eye-catching sign twirler for her doting father feel that nothing has progressed. “Counselor, (Jeff Garlin) and his accounting business. heal thyself,” you’ll hear yourself muttering as When Anthony’s awkward marriage you exit. 

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Hairy Matters L.A. glam-metal pioneers Mötley Crüe are calling it quits, and that’s not necessarily a good thing

By Dan Nailen

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here’s no reason Mötley Crüe should still be around, in original form no less, for what the L.A. glamrock pioneers are calling their “final tour.”

We’re talking about a band whose members somehow survived drug overdoses, prison stints, crippling disease, paparazzi-fodder Hollywood marriages, multiple tours with Ozzy Osbourne and pop culture’s collective decision in the early ’90s that the entire hairmetal genre the Crüe reigned over, well, sucked.

Pop culture wasn’t necessarily wrong in that assessment, but it’s all too easy to dismiss Mötley Crüe as simply another dinosaur-rock relic just because the band’s commercial glory ended with 1989’s Dr. Feelgood, the culmination of a five-album run that made them arguably the biggest band on the planet for a decade. They sold about 100 million albums in the ’80s,

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Mötley Crüe just might be the last of the dying breed of over-the-top hedonistic rock bands.

and headlined the biggest, loudest, most theatrical and ridiculous tours.

In the years since, fans have been asked to weather multiple breakups and reunions, buy new music that’s a pale imitation of “classics” like “Shout at the Devil” or “Girls, Girls, Girls,” and attend concerts where the set lists remained essentially unchanged from the glory days. And many did so willingly, because Mötley Crüe just might be the last of the dying breed of over-the-top, hedonistic rock bands.

Look at the top of the pop charts from any point the past few years. It’s pretty hard to find any rock ‘n’ roll. That’s where the Crüe lived in their heyday, planting albums and singles alongside the likes of Whitney Houston, Prince, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson while leading a crew of less-worthy cheese-metal clones to the top of the charts with them. Remember FireHouse?

Danger Danger? Britny Fox? Probably not, but they all had their 15 minutes on the radio and MTV in the late ’80s and early ’90s, thanks to the trail blazed by the Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars.

Mötley Crüe claims the tour stopping in Spokane Nov. 22 is their last — they signed a “contract” at a press conference/publicity stunt stating the band would never play again after 2015. But we’ve heard that before from all manner of retro acts trying to juice ticket sales. So if this is the end, let’s give the band their due and acknowledge some of the groundbreaking aspects of their career, for good or otherwise: They were trailblazers in stylistic shape-shifting: Madonna gets a lot of credit for changing her look and her sound with every album during her ’80s heyday. more events That generally doesn’t fly in the Visit Inlander.com for hard rock/metal world. People complete listings of want AC/DC or Judas Priest local events. to look and sound the same on every song and every tour. The Crüe mixed it up constantly and just kept getting more popular, whether toying with Satanic imagery on ’83’s Shout at the Devil, glamming it up in pink and pastels on ’85’s Theatre of Pain or sporting jeans and black leather for ’87’s Girls, Girls, Girls.

The Crüe made having a terrible ballad a must: Considering the male-dominated fanbase, the key for most ’80s-era hardrock bands to reaching female fans and getting a video played on MTV was the power ballad, a dastardly form of songwriting that reached its apex/nadir with the Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home” in 1985. The clip topped the fan-voted daily MTV video countdown for months, until MTV invented the “Crüe Rule” that declared videos would be “retired” after 30 days. Soon, every band in tights with hair sprayed to the heavens was dropping love songs alongside their generally ham-fisted lyrics full of sexual innuendos and promises to “rock.”

They made offstage action as important as the music: The Crüe are pros at getting attention, and the lore around the band’s antics is more memorable than the tunes. Neil’s 1984 drunkdriving wreck that killed Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle nearly derailed the band; they later called a box set Music to Crash Your Car To. Tommy Lee’s marriage to Pamela Anderson made him a tabloid fixture, and their 1997 sex tape — reportedly stolen from someone working at their house — basically spawned the “leaked” celebrity sex-tape trend that Kim Kardashian can thank for her “career.” Sixx’s heroin overdose inspired “Kickstart My Heart” and was just one debauched remembrance that made the Crüe’s episode of VH1’s Behind the Music one of the most replayed on the channel; the band’s jointly penned autobiography, The Dirt, was filled with the same stories — and landed them on the New York Times bestseller list.

Mötley Crüe was “indie” when indie wasn’t cool: As scuffling nobodies playing the Sunset Strip and living in squalor, the band formed their own Leathür Records to release their 1981 debut, Too Fast For Love. It promptly sold 20,000 copies and landed them a major-label deal with Elektra.

The rest, as they say, is history. Or soon will be. n dann@inlander.com Mötley Crüe with Alice Cooper, the Raskins • Sat, Nov. 22, at 7 pm • $20-$75 • All-ages • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanearena.com • 279-7000

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very time singer-songwriter Star Anna goes on tour she eats at Denny’s. There’s comfort in familiar cuisine and she appreciates any menu that includes a respectable pun (Moons Over My Hammy is a favorite).

This Thanksgiving she’ll eat at the 24-hour diner again thanks to a two-date stop in Spokane next Wednesday and Thursday, which she says she’s happy to do.

Last week, the 28-year-old answers her phone at an art supply store in West Seattle, where she now resides. Anna has taken to crafting some of her own merchandise, using vintage tees, a needle and thread and a screen-print machine.

Each shirt is one of a kind. She enjoys working on other artistic outlets so she doesn’t always have to think about songwriting.

She released two solo albums over the span of a year — her new album The Sky is Falling and 2013’s Go to Hell — but she’s constantly worried the music will never come again.

“It comes and goes, there are definitely dry spells,” Anna explains. “I used to get stressed out about it, and think, ‘I’m done.’ I just have to remember that’s how it goes.”

To curb her anxiety she brings her brownand-white service dog Forrest everywhere, even on stage if the venue allows for it. Writing songs from the gut also helps.

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“I’m just reserved when I talk about my personal life,” Anna says. “But when I write about it, I figure that’s what needs to come out.”

Anna’s robust alto singing voice sounds exactly like her husky speaking voice. It’s the kind of voice that’s impressed artists like Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan. She realized she could sing at 16 when she switched to guitar. Before that her heart belonged to the drums, which she played in a punk band in her hometown of Ellensburg. In 2006, she formed the angsty Americana rock band Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs, but the last couple of years have been focused on solo work.

Anna is no stranger to Spokane; she was just here in June. But this time it’s going to get intimate, complete with a small, minimalist backing band. While the day of turkey may not be the most obvious to go out to a show, Anna says it’s perfect.

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he Seattle-based Hoot Hoots come through Spokane often, and we appreciate that about them. Saturday, they’re back in town touting a new album called Colorpunch. The 11 fresh tracks have so much verve for life, you’ll want to listen to it at home while dancing around in your underwear. At the show you’ll do the same thing, just with clothes on. The poppy synthesizers are infectious, everything about this fuzzed-out quartet is high-energized fun… and a little goofy. Especially look out for the song “See You” — you won’t be able to stop smiling.

— LAURA JOHNSON The Hoot Hoots CD release show • Sat, Nov. 22, at 8 pm • $10/$12 day of • Allages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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Thursday, 11/20

J Baby Bar, Pampers, Heavy Seventeen, Phlegm Fatale J The Bartlett, Twin Peaks, Meatbodies, Criminal Hygiene J The Big Dipper, Acidic J Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen Buckhorn Inn, Spokane River Band Chinese Gardens (534-8491), Big Hair Revolution Coeur d’Alene Casino, PJ Destiny Crafted Tap House + Kitchen (208-292-4813), Ron Greene Fedora Pub, CdA Charter Jazz Jam Fizzie Mulligans, Luke Jaxton The Flame, DJ WesOne Grande Ronde Cellars, Jackie Fox and the Hounds CD release party J The Hop!, Onslaught, Artillery, Striker John’s Alley, Kory Quinn J Jones Radiator, Nasalrod, Mercy Brown, Richard Dryfish J Knitting Factory, Super Diamond (Neil Diamond Tribute) J Laguna Café, Just Plain Darin J Luxe Coffeehouse, Particlehead MacKenzie River Pizza Co. (3154447), Kicho J Monarch Mountain Coffee (208-265-9382), Singer-songwriter Night with Scott Reid J nYne, Jeff Crosby & the Refugees, Lucas Brookbank Brown O’Shay’s, Open mic J Pawn 1 Music Corner, Acidic (early acoustic set) J The Phat House, World Bandits Roadhouse Country Rock Bar, Christy Lee Cook Underground 15, Kappa Oie, Chelsey Heidenreich The Viking Bar and Grill, Aaron Goff Zola, Phil Lamb Band

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f Thanksgiving is all about family, the night before Thanksgiving is about hanging out with all of those friends who are back in town for the long weekend. The Knitting Factory has that figured out with its upcoming annual Butterball Bash. The headbanging lineup includes Seattle sludge metal group Witchburn and Spokane rock acts Seven Cycles (pictured left), Deadones USA, Elephant Gun Riot and Free The Jester, who just released their debut EP last month.

It’s time to rock hard before hitting that big turkey feast and Black Friday.

— LAURA JOHNSON

Butterball Bash • Wed, Nov. 26, at 7:30 pm • Free • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

Friday, 11/21

J The Bartlett, Barcelona Beverly’s, Robert Vaughn J The Big Dipper, Singer-songwriter Showcase Bigfoot Pub, Untied Bolo’s, Chris Rieser & Snap the Nerve Boomers Classic Rock Bar & Grill, Mojo Box Browne’s Tavern (315-9934), Ken Rokicki, Antoinette Hummingbird J Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub, The Top Shelf Jazz Quintet Charlie P’s (928-8600), Northern Soul Productions DJ Coeur d’Alene Casino, Kosh, JamShack Curley’s, Dragonfly J Di Luna’s Cafe (208-263-0846), Jeff Crosby & the Refugees Fedora Pub, Kicho Fizzie Mulligans, Bruiser The Flame, DJ Big Mike

J The Hop!, Walking Corpse Syndrome, Morbid Inc., Marry the Mistress, the Camorra Idaho Pour Authority (208-2902280), Truck Mills Iron Goat Brewing Co. (4740722), Stanley & Rice Iron Horse Bar, The Ryan Larsen Band John’s Alley, Hilary Scott Jones Radiator, McDouglas J Knitting Factory, The Green, J Boog, Eli-Mac J The Lantern Tap House, Flannel Fest feat. the Camaros The Members Lounge (703-7115), DJ Selone and DJ Eaze Mezzo Pazzo Wine Bar, Spare Parts nYne, DJ C-Mad The Palomino Club, Civilized Animal Pend d’Oreille Winery, Jake Robin The Phat House, Ragtime Steve,

S.Hill Turkey Gang Republic Brewing Co., Kory Quinn Roadhouse Country Rock Bar, The Last Chance Band The Viking Bar and Grill, Stepbrothers Willow Springs (235-4420), The Usual Suspects Zola, Shiner

Saturday, 11/22

J The Bartlett, The Hoot Hoots album release party (See story above) Beverly’s, Robert Vaughn J The Big Dipper, Smokey Brights, Panes on Paper and Cold Mountain Yeti, Matthew Winters Bigfoot Pub, Untied Bolo’s, Chris Rieser & Snap the Nerve Boomers Classic Rock Bar & Grill, Mojo Box J Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub, Jon

& Rand J Chaps, Just Plain Darin with Tyler Coulston Charlie P’s, Northern Soul Productions DJ Coeur d’Alene Casino, Kosh, JamShack Coeur d’Alene Cellars (208-6642336), Ron Criscione Curley’s, Dragonfly Fizzie Mulligans, Bruiser The Flame, DJ WesOne The Fork (208-292-4392), Truck Mills The Handle Bar (474-0933), Armed & Dangerous J The Hop!, Blak Foxx’s Vendetta II J Indaba (443-3566), The Lion and the Bird Iron Goat Brewing Co., Don Thomsen Iron Horse Bar, The Ryan Larsen Band

 JACKLIN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER (208-457-8950), Flying Mammals JOHN’S ALLEY, Jeff Crosby & the Refugees  KNITTING FACTORY, The Clumsy Lovers, Acuff & Sherfey  THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Flannel Fest feat. Buffalo Jones, the Holy Deep THE LARIAT (466-9918), Black Jack NYNE, The Divine Jewels  THE PHAT HOUSE, Brad & Carly, World Bandits, B-Radicals ROADHOUSE COUNTRY ROCK BAR, The Last Chance Band  SPOKANE ARENA, Motley Crue (See story on page 54) with Alice Cooper  ST. THOMAS MOORE CATHOLIC CHURCH (466-0220), Lux Aeterna, Eternal Light SWAXX (703-7474), J-diggs, MontanaMONTANAmontana, and Coolio Da’unda’dogg, Rydah J. Klyde and Husalah TWISP CAFE (474-9146), AlgoRhythms UNDERGROUND 15, Lust For Glory, Marco Polo Collective WILLOW SPRINGS, The Usual Suspects ZOLA, Milonga

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 THE BARTLETT, The Courtneys, Loomer, Friends of Mine  CALYPSOS (208-665-0591), Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills  THE HOP!, Unleash the Archers  RICO’S (332-6566), Open Mic UNDERGROUND 15, Open Showcase ZOLA, Nate Ostrander Trio

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315 MARTINIS AND TAPAS, The Rub  THE BARTLETT, Open Mic CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Kosh FEDORA PUB, Tuesday Night Jam with Truck Mills JONES RADIATOR, Honeyboy & Boots  THE PHAT HOUSE, Jazz Night  THE SHOP, The Petebox ZOLA, The Bucket List

Wednesday, 11/26  BABY BAR, Thanksgiving Eve DJ Party feat. DJ Case, Stone Tobey, Kain Bridge One, Da III  CHAPS, Land of Voices with Dirk Swartz EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Kicho GENO’S (368-9087), Open Mic with T&T  JONES RADIATOR, Star Anna (See story on page 56)  KNITTING FACTORY, Butterball Bash feat. Seven Cycles, Witch Burn, Dead Ones USA, Concrete Grip, Free the Jester (See story on facing page) LA ROSA CLUB, Robert Beadling and Friends THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Open Turntables Night with DJ Lydell LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 RED ROOM LOUNGE, Bodhi Drip SOULFUL SOUPS AND SPIRITS, Open mic THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Cameron Moore ZOLA, The Bossame

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 JONES RADIATOR, Star Anna (See story on page 56), Nov. 27 THE BIG DIPPER, Over Sea Under Stone, Lions Beside Us, Banish the Echo, Nov. 28 THE HOP!, Beyond Today, Final Uprising, Unconfined, Amnija, Nov. 28

THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Girl on Fire, Raw Fabrics, Nov. 28 THE BIG DIPPER, Flying Mammals, Nov. 29.

THE HOP!, Blistered Earth Benefit Show for family of Cody Murphy, Nov. 29 KNITTING FACTORY, Eric Hutchinson, Tristan Prettyman, Nick Howard, Nov. 29 UNDERGROUND 15, Rock Your Socks Off Benefit Show feat. Cold Blooded, Progenitus, I Hate This City, Nov. 29 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, Lige Newton, Jesse the Ocelote, Boston McDonald, Chris Malsam, Marc Ball, Dec. 3 THE BARTLETT, Wild Ones, Radiation City, Cathedral Pearls, Dec. 3 GRANDE RONDE CELLARS, Tango Volcado with Eugene Jablonsky CD Release Party, Dec. 4 THE BARTLETT, Crystalline EP Release show, Water Monster, Sea Giant, Dec. 5 KNITTING FACTORY, Pepper, the Movement, New Beat Fund, Dec. 6 BING CROSBY THEATER, The Wailin’ Jennys, Dec. 7 THE HOP!, Exodus, Cold Blooded, Xingaia, Dec. 10 JOHN’S ALLEY, Down North, Dec. 10 THE BIG DIPPER, Dawn of Life, Dec. 11 THE BIG DIPPER, Ugly Sweater Christmas Party with Blackwater Prophet, Bard, Bullets or Balloons, the Smokes, Dec. 12

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CLASSICAL DVOŘÁK CHANGES LIVES

If you make it to one Spokane Symphony classics concert this year, let it be this one. The show begins with modern composer Wojciech Kilar’s Orawa, moving to Haydn’s vigorous Cello Concerto in D Major, featuring renowned soloist Edward Arron. But you’re showing up for Dvořák’s New World Symphony. Let the Czech composer’s rich, soaring music fill you and shake you to the core. Debuted in 1893 at Carnegie Hall, the work has never lost its popularity.

— LAURA JOHNSON Spokane Symphony Classics No. 4: Haydn and Dvořák • Sat, Nov. 22, at 8 pm; Sun, Nov. 23, at 3 pm • $15-$54 • Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org • 624-1200

 Edward Arron

THEATER LIVES ON THE LINE

A decade after its local debut at the Spokane Civic Theatre under the direction of Spokane lawyer and playwright Bryan Harnetiaux, The Exonerated returns to the Lilac City, this time to Gonzaga’s Magnuson stage. The groundbreaking production presents the true-life stories of six innocent people exonerated from crimes that had placed them on death row. Harnetiaux is reprising his role as director alongside Jack Delehanty for this two-night showing, presented by the Peace and Justice Action League’s Inland Northwest Death Penalty Abolition Group.

— CHEY SCOTT The Exonerated • Fri, Nov. 21 and Sat, Nov. 22, at 7:30 pm • $5$10 • Magnuson Theatre at Gonzaga University • 502 E. Boone • pjals.org • 838-7870

THEATER SILENT NIGHT

One hundred years ago in the midst of World War I’s bloody trench battles, something unprecedented happened on the Western Front. In the days leading up to Christmas, the fighting stopped. Men on both sides, German and British, climbed out of the muddy ditches to sing carols, exchange gifts and even play a friendly game of football. The Christmas truce of 1914 was not ordered, and the unofficial cease-fire has remained one of the most symbolic moments in the long history of war and peace.

Coeur d’Alene’s Modern Theater (formerly Lake City Playhouse) is one of a few select U.S. theaters chosen to present the historically based production this year.

— CHEY SCOTT All is Calm • Nov. 21-Dec. 21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $17-$25 • The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene • 1320 E. Garden Ave. • themoderntheater.org • 208-676-7529

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To heal and give a voice to local veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, creative displays of their experiences and emotions are open to the public this weekend. Community members can appreciate and honor veterans’ pain, turned into artwork and other formats of self-expression, like music and poetry. For a subject that can often fall under the radar without discussion, war-related PTSD gets a chance to reach out into the open with a strong impact on those who choose to learn more. An individual’s catharsis becomes an enlightenment to others.

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The Welcome: A Public Listening • Sat, Nov. 22, at 7:30 pm • Free; donations accepted • Unitarian Universalist Church • 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. • warriorsongsspokane.org • 244-8559

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MUSIC SANTA’S A METALHEAD

If your idea of a good Christmas song is some jingly-jangly Bing Crosby fluff, you should stay home and drink some eggnog out of your princess tea set, because you can’t handle Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a holiday-focused progrock act that was forged in the fiery depths of St. Nick’s dungeon. The band’s soaring guitar solos will scorch a snowflake on your very soul as you indulge in classic holiday tunes, along with TSO’s original rock operas that should leave your rocked-out brain the only thing stirring on Christmas Eve. If the sonic intensity of this snow-drowned mastery doesn’t convert you to worship at TSO’s altar, the lasers and pyrotechnics will. Great for kids, too!

— MIKE BOOKEY

Santa Claws Event for people & pets

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 | NOON-3PM THE LINCOLN CENTER | 1316 N Lincoln St. Spokane

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Christmas Attic • Fri, Nov. 21, at 8 pm • $31$63.50 • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • ticketswest.com • 800-325-SEAT

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BENEFIT

THANKSGIVING YOGA CLASS Nonperishable food or monetary donations are accepted at the door to benefit the Moscow Food Bank. All are welcome. Nov. 27, 9 am. Free with donation. Moscow Yoga Center, 525 S. Main St. (208-883-8315) CHRISTMAS TREE ELEGANCE Spokane Symphony Associates’ annual holiday tree showcase fundraiser takes place at the Davenport Hotel and River Park Square, featuring 18 themed, custom-decorated trees up for raffle ($1/ticket). Trees on display Dec. 2-14.

Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St, and River Park Square, 808 W. Main. spokanesymphonyassoc.org (458-8733)

Gift Card Raffles Totaling $1,000

COMEDY

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 Ave. (475-6209)

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My husband’s been saving for a motorcycle, and I was excited about riding on the back, hanging on to him — sexy and fun! But then he came home with a Vespa, the little Italian scooter. It just seems so girly. The tiny wheels make it look like a toy, and he’s a big guy, so it looks like he’s borrowed a little kid’s bike. How can I get him to take it back?

—Disappointed

If you aren’t European or a hipster married to another hipster, it’s a little dismaying when your husband’s new ride looks like it came in a pink package marked “Barbie doll sold separately.”

Men who ride Vespas and other scooters will tell you that they are secure enough in their masculinity that they don’t need their transportation to be all hairy-chested and gladiating. But the reality is, image matters, especially a wife’s image of her husband.

And motorcycles are iconically manly and badass, while Vespas are…well, it’s the imagery of Hells Angels, “Easy Rider,” and “The Wild Bunch” versus the My Little Pony of ground transportation.

Your husband wasn’t wrong to want a Vespa. But he isn’t a bachelor anymore, so he shouldn’t be making major financial decisions like a guy who’s still eating cold cereal over a toilet. Not even when he’s spending his own money. It isn’t that he should ask your permission. (You’re his wife, not his mommy.) He just needs to remember that he’s in a partnership and act like it — consult you on major purchases and decisions and make sure you fully understand what he is (and, by extension, you are) getting into.

Sometimes, you may not agree with some course of action, and he may still decide to go through with it. But asking for your feedback will at least make you feel respected and part of the process. And it’s essential in heading off problems — like being a big bruiser of a guy spending thousands on a vehicle sized for Italian slicksters who subsist on olive oil and cigarette smoke.

As “not his mommy,” you don’t get to tell him to trade in the horsiepower for horsepower. Instead, tell him there’s a problem, and lay it on the table for the two of you to take apart and solve together. This requires making compromise your collective goal (though this may be more successful in spirit than in practice). Can you, for example, think a little more, uh, expansively about masculinity? Realistically, maybe not. Would he consider returning the bike, or would that be too huge of a financial haircut? Or…is there some solution that works a bit for both of you, like his renting a bike on some weekends — the kind that looks like it runs on gas, not rainbows and unicorn farts?

At the very least, L’affaire Vespa could serve as a reminder to take a more partnered approach to both conflict resolution and impending major purchases — before you get all excited about his new sports car and he drives up with the sport package…in the mom jeans of motor vehicles, the minivan.

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A female friend set me up with one of her girlfriends, and we went for drinks. There was no love connection, though there was some light kissing afterward (for maybe 30 seconds). Neither of us reached out to the other post-date. Well, my friend just yelled at me for “ghosting out” on her friend. Do I really need to “break up” with somebody after one date?

—Chastised This friend’s notion of what you owe somebody after the first date verges on expecting you to march up to strangers in the supermarket and announce, “I’ve decided that I’m just not that into you.”

She’s accusing you of “ghosting,” which describes disappearing on somebody you’ve been dating or in a relationship with without so much as a text goodbye. Being ghosted is humiliating; it’s the statement without the statement that you not only have no value but have ceased to exist.

However, in order to ghost someone, there needs to be a relationship of sorts and some expectation you’d be seeing each other again, which, on the first date, you really can’t have. Sure, some kindly worded goodbye is in order if you have sex on the first date or if your date texts, calls, or emails you. But otherwise, there’s no obligation for closure after the first date, because, well, nothing was really opened yet. It’s essentially the dating version of those free samples at the supermarket. After you take that toothpick of beef sate, the lady in the white apron and the paper hat just smiles and says, “Enjoy!”; she doesn’t chase you through the frozen foods section, demanding to know whether you’re going to take the whole cow. 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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EVENTS | CALENDAR STARTAC IMPROV TEAM The children’s theater nonprofit’s improv comedy troupe performs. Nov. 21-22. All shows at 7 pm. $2.25-$4.25. Theater Arts for Children, 2114 N. Pines. (892-5413) PATRICK MCMANUS’ A FINE & PLEASANT MISERY A one-man comedy show starring Tim Behrens. Nov. 22, 7 pm. $20/adults, $8/ages 16 and under. Empire Theatre, 126 S. Crosby St., Tekoa, Wash. mcmanusplays.com (284-2000) 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) LIVE COMEDY Live stand-up comedy shows. Sundays at 9 pm. Goodtymes, 9214 E. Mission Ave. (928-1070) 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 OPEN MIC COMEDY Wednesdays at 8 pm. Ages 21+. Free. Brooklyn Deli & Lounge, 122 S. Monroe St. (835-4177)

COMMUNITY

SECOND HARVEST FOOD SORTING Join other volunteers to sort and pack produce and other bulk food items for delivery to local emergency food outlets. Ages 14+. Shift dates and times vary, sign up at inland.volunteerhub. com/events. Second Harvest, 1234 E. Front. 2-harvest.org (252-6267) A T. REX NAMED SUE Mobius hosts the Chicago Field Museum’s exhibit centered on the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever discovered. Exhibit runs through Jan. 4, 2015. Museum open Tues-Sun; hours vary. $7-$10. Mobius Science Center, 811 W. Main. mobiusspokane.org (509-321-7133) TREE OF SHARING The annual program collects and distributes requested items to regional nonprofits and social service agencies serving low-income, disabled and elderly members of the community. Pick up a tag and drop off items by Fri, Dec. 14. Tags available at NorthTown and Spokane Valley malls, and River Park Square. treeofsharing. org (808-4919) COMMUNITY DANCING Local dance band Variety Pak plays for once monthly Friday and Sunday dances at the Southside Senior and Community Center. Sunday “Tea Dances” (Dec. 21) are from 5:30-8:30 pm and Friday night “Formals” (Nov. 21 and Dec. 21) are from 7-10:00 pm. $6-$10. Southside Senior & Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. sssac.org (535-0803) NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY Celebration includes snacks, appearances by Spokane Shock players, Princess characters, face painting, crafts, mini makeovers and massages and more. On the third floor annex, Spokane County Superior Court Jury Room. Nov. 21, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Spokane County Courthouse, 1100 W. Mallon. spokanecounty. org (328-0951) PLANT FARM POINSETTIA TOURS Tour the greenhouses and see more than 40,000 poinsettias in 20 varieties as part of the nursery’s annual holiday open house. The Plant Farm, 14208 E. Fourth Ave. plant-farm.com (926-9397) 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) SANTA EXPRESS The 21st annual holiday store offers items at allowancefriendly prices for area children (ages 4-12) to purchase for their friends and family, with proceeds supporting the mission of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Nov. 23-Dec. 23, open Mon-Fri, from 11 am-8 pm, Sat, from 10 am-8 pm and Sun, from 11 am-6 pm. On the Skywalk level. Crescent Court, 707 W. Main Ave. vanessabehan.org 4TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING Local community organizations once again partner to offer a free Thanksgiving dinner to anyone who wishes to attend. To volunteer, visit kootenaiunitedway.org. Nov. 27, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Fedora Pub, 1726 W. Kathleen Ave. (208-765-8888) FOURTH FRIDAY PUB PEDDLERS Group cycling ride, making a few stops along the way to a final destination.

Meets at 7 pm, departs at 8 pm. Free.

Swamp Tavern, 1904 W. Fifth. (251-2107) WINTER GLOW SPECTACULAR A new holiday event at Riverfront Park featuring light displays through the park, including an animal lights zoo. Lighting ceremony on Nov. 28 at 6:30 pm. The display is lit daily at 5 pm, through Jan. 1.

Nov. 28-Jan. 1. Free. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard. spokanewinterglow.com

FESTIVAL

LIVING HISTORY FESTIVAL A festival celebrating the historic diversity of the region. Nov. 21-22. Times and details TBA. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St., Metaline Falls, Wash. cuttertheatre.com (509-446-4108) 2014 FESTIVAL OF FAIR TRADE This year’s festival celebrates Ganesh Himal Trading’s “30 Years of Fair Trade” in Nepal, and features handcrafts, clothing, jewelry, pottery and more. All sweatshop-free items are imported by local businesses who work directly with craftspeople and farmers in Nepal, Mexico, Guatemala and Chile. Nov. 28-30.

Free admission. Community Building, 35 W. Main. festivaloffairtrade.com

FILM

THE JUDGE Robert Downey Jr. stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town’s judge (Robert Duvall), is suspected of murder.

Rated R. Showing Nov. 20-23; times vary. $6. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) REEL ROCK 9: VALLEY UPRISING Rare Earth Adventures hosts the only showing of Reel Rock 9 in Spokane. “Valley Uprising” is 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 (404-468-0741) BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL The annual, nine-day festival kicks off in Banff, Alberta at the beginning of November, after which the year’s featured mountain films tour the U.S. and the world. Spokane screenings Nov. 21-

22 at 7 pm, Nov. 23 at 6 pm. $17/show; $45/three-day pass. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) WINTER IN THE BLOOD Gonzaga’s Center for American Indian Studies and the City of Spokane host the Spokane premiere of a film by twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith. Nov. 21 at 7 pm, Nov. 22 at 3 pm. Includes a Q&A session with Andrew after both screenings. Free; registration required. Gonzaga University, Jepson Center, 502 E. Boone. (625-6191) DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST The City of Spokane honors Native American Heritage Month with a premier screening of a film following three Native American teens; a rebellious father-to-be, a devout Christian girl, and a promiscuous transsexual who strive to escape the hardships of life on an Indian reservation. Nov. 28 at 3 pm (free) and 7 pm; also Nov. 22 at 3 pm and 7 pm. $5.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com

FOOD & DRINK

FLANNEL FEST The third annual ive music and specialty beer fest, featuring specialty kegs from Ninkasi Brewing. Nov. 21-22. The Lantern Tap House, 1004 S. Perry. thelanterntavern.com HOLIDAY WINE FESTIVAL Just in time for the holidays, Spokane Winery Assoc. members offer wine tasting, samples, gift ideas and wine-pairing tips. Nov. 2123, from 12-5 pm. Free to attend; tasting fees may apply. spokanewineries.net VINO WINE TASTING Nov. 21 tasting features J Vineyards, from 3-6:30 pm. Nov. 22 tasting features Forgeron Cellars of Walla Walla, from 2-4:30 pm $15. Tastings include cheese and crackers. $15/tasting.

Vino!, 222 S. Washington. (838-1229) WALLA WALLA WINE TOUR Wine steward Matt Dolan opens bottles from some of Walla Walla’s newest and smallest boutique wineries, including top-shelf varietals and proprietary blends. Features 8 wines with bread and cheese. Nov. 21, 7 pm. $29, registration requested. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd. (343-2253) AMERICAN-ITALIAN CLUB SPAGHETTI DINNER The club hosts its 46th annual spaghetti dinner benefitting its scholarship and charity funds. Also includes a bake sale of Italian cookies; take out available. Nov. 23, 12-6 pm. $10/adults; $5/ages 6-12; under 6 free. Gonzaga Prep, 1224 E. Euclid. (954-5441)

MUSIC

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. $20-$22.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. spokanepublicradio.org (3285729) SPOKANE CHORAL ARTISTS Performances of Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna,” Herbert Howells’ “Requiem” and Brahms’ “Warum ist das Licht gegeben.”

Nov. 21, 7:30-9:30 pm. $12-$15. First Presbyterian Church, 521 Lakeside Ave, CdA. spokanechoralartists.com (208-6678446) SPOKANE SYMPHONY MASTER CLASS A one-on-one opportunity with cellist Eddie Arron for local music

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Class with E Nov. 21, 3-5 pm. Free. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org (6241200) TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA The group performs its rock opera “The Christmas Attic” live for the first time.

Nov. 21, 8 pm. $31-$64. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. (279-7000) GU CHAMBER CHORUS “MADRIGALI: SONGS & SWEETS” Conducted by Tim Westerhaus, the GU Chamber Chorus presents an intimate evening of Renaissance music and desserts. Limited seating available. Nov. 22, 7:30-9 pm. $20; $15/ students with ID. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet. gonzaga.edu/music (313-6773) KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT: HOPE IN HARD TIMES Brad Keeler and Linda Parman present music from the Depression era, from Woody Guthrie to Broadway and Hollywood. Nov. 22, 1-2 pm. Free. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. spokanepublicradio.org (328-5729) MEMORIES WITH MARY LOU: A MUSICAL SALUTE TO VETERANS All Veterans are invited to attend free as honored guests. This annual program is sponsored

by VETTE Corporation, a nonprofit Idaho organization building new homes for severely disabled, and combat-disabled veterans. Nov. 22, 7 pm. $10 suggested donation. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org (208-659-4228) MET LIVE: ROSSINI’S IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA The Met’s effervescent production of Rossini’s classic comedy—featuring some of the most instantly recognizable melodies in all of opera. Nov. 22, 9:55 am. $15-$20. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org/Met (208-882-4127) NORTHWEST SACRED MUSIC CHORALE “Brahms Requiem” is the concert’s program. Nov. 22 at 7 pm, Nov. 23 at 3 pm.

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EVENTS | CALENDAR

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING MEET A USAW-sanctioned meet featuring men’s and women’s divisions and various weight classes represented. Nov. 22. Free admission. Empire Strength, 112 E. Wellesley. (999-0554) SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. KAMLOOPS BLAZERS Hockey match. Nov. 23, 5 pm. $10-$23. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. (279-7000) PEND OREILLE RIVER WATER TRAIL Learn about the paddling opportunities, wildlife, history, Native American culture and geography along the newly established, 70-mile long water trail on the scenic Pend Oreille River. Hosted by the Spokane Canoe and Kayak Club. Nov. 24, 7-8 pm. Free.

Mountain Gear Corporate Offices, 6021 E. Mansfield Ave. (487-7085) SPOKANE BRAVES HOCKEY Hockey matches; kids are free with each paid adult. $5/adults; $4/seniors and students with ID. Includes a beer garden, chuck-a-puck and music. Games on Nov. 25, Dec. 2, Dec. 12, 14, 19 and Jan. 2, 9, 11, 16, 24-25 and Feb. 1 and 6. Eagles Ice-A-Rena, 6321 N. Addison St. spokanebraves.com (489-9295)

THEATER

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Tiger Drama performs one of William Shakespeare’s most widely-produced plays, setting the story in the early 1900’s where rigid lines of culture are drawn and dictated. Nov. 20-22 at 7 pm. Nov. 20-22, 7-9:30 pm. $10. Lewis & Clark High School, 521 W. Fourth Ave. tigerdrama.com (354-7000) BYE BYE BIRDIE Mead High School Drama and Music depts. presents an adaptation of the 1960 Broadway classic. Nov. 20-22 at 7 pm. $5/students, seniors; $10/adults. Mead High School, 302 W. Hastings Rd. facebook. com/mead.drama (465-7000) THE GLASS MENAGERIE A new production of the American stage masterpiece love story 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. themoderntheater.org (455-7529) RASHOMON The SFCC Revelers Drama Club’s fall production is set in feudal Japan near Kyoto at the edge of the Rashomon Gate, and is themed around perception and how stories of the same event differ. Through Nov. 23, Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10/door. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanefalls.edu/drama WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE MUSICAL The Ferris High School Theatre Arts Dept. presents the classic Irving Berlin musical, starring this year’s senior students. Nov. 20-22, at 7 pm. $10-$12.

Ferris HS, 3020 E. 37th. (354-6000) THE EXONERATED A dramatic reading of the actual words of six wrongfully condemned persons who emerged from death row to reclaim their lives. Hosted by the Gonzaga Department of Theatre and Arts and PJALS. Nov. 21-22 at 7:30 pm. $5-$10.

Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave. pjals.org (838-7870) ALL IS CALM A musical adaptation

based on true events of the Christmas Truce of 1914, 100 years ago at the Western front of WWI. Nov. 21-Dec. 21, Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $17-$25. The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene, 1320 E. Garden Ave. themoderntheater.org (208-667-1323) A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL Performance of the holiday classic tale of love and redemption, directed by the Civic’s artistic director Keith Dixon.

Nov. 21-Dec. 20; Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (except. Sat, Dec. 20 at 2 pm). Dec. 10 show ($35) benefits the Northeast Community Center. $22$30. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED): All 37 of Shakespeare’s plays are reduced to a fast-paced witty format and are performed by three actors.

Nov. 7-23, Sat-Sun at 7:30 pm; Sun at 2 pm. $13-$15. Ignite Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org (509-795-0004) DON’T HUG ME COUNTY FAIR Comedy about a small-town county fair’s beauty pageant competition. Nov. 7-23; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $16-$18. Sixth Street Theater, 212 Sixth St., Wallace. sixthstreetmelodrama.com (208-752-8871) GREASE Performance of the classic musical by local middle and high school students. Nov. 21-23; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 240 N. Union Ave, Newport. pendoreilleplayers.org (671-3389) 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. Through Nov. 23, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. (533-7387) THE THREAD MAN Performance of a play by Thomas Dunn, directed by George Green. Nov. 21-23 and 28-30, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10.

Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org TWAIN’S TALES A comedy made of five short stories by the master American storyteller. Nov. 21-22, at 7:30 pm. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. libertylaketheatre.com (342-2055) YOUR MOM Comedy about a latebloomer who takes his girlfriend home to meet his family and his notso-friendly mother. Nov. 21-22 at 7:30 pm. $10-$12. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak. heartwoodsandpoint.com HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: THE MUSICAL The Broadway musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic story, featuring songs from the original animated film. Nov. 26 and 28-30, show times vary. $27.50-$72.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com

VISUAL ARTS

CUSTER CHRISTMAS ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW The 38th annual holiday-themed show features 300+ artists and crafters from across the U.S. Nov. 21-23; Fri from 10 am-8 pm, Sat from 10 am-6 pm, Sun from 10 am-4 pm. $7/all weekend. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. custershows.com (509-477-1766)

HANDMADE ORNAMENT SHOW Annual holiday event. Nov. 28-30. Spokane Art School, 809 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net (325-3001)

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AUTHOR MOLLY GLOSS Reading, signing and discussion with the author of “Falling from Horses.” Nov. 20, 7 pm.

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service so much I just wish there was another way to contact you.

Spokane Drivers Hey dumb idiots!

Do you know what the merge lane is for? It’s there to get up to the appropriate speed for the highway. When you merge onto the highway you should be at the correct 60mph. You don’t get over into oncoming traffic going 35mph. You’re going to cause a wreck! They need to require a good IQ test score when they administer a drivers license.

providing a roof over your head for 5 ½ of the months we were together (and by your choice, rent free I might add), or for picking up your share of our bills; not even a letter or a note as to why; not even an ‘F’ you or a slap in the face! I guess maybe finding the Valentine’s card I’d given you on the floor was the slap in the face.

You, my dear, went from a warm, loving and caring person, the best ever I might add, to an emotionally and sometimes verbally abusive monster those last two months.

When you first told me about your abusive relationships of the past and your marriage when we started dating, and even when were talked before that, I promised myself then that I would never treat you like that. I couldn’t believe it.

How anyone could have treated you that way, I thought. Maybe neither of us was truly ready for a relationship: I having been through a series of somewhat fruitless dates, and you who had not dated in quite sometime. You’d even mentioned that you’d hated men for a long period at one point in your life, which maybe should’ve been a red flag. But you were first to use the word relationship when describing us and I was there to make sure no more harm came your way – so I told myself. I really admired you for being a devoted family woman, for raising and supporting 3 grown children, one of which you’d taken in as your own and I publicly apologize if you ever thought anything other than I loved my ‘instant family’. Wish I would’ve been more of a Father to your son, although you told me I made him feel bad during a project we’d done together. I loved family nights and I loved it when your youngest called me Papa. Two of the nicest compliments I’d ever received came from the oldest. In one, she’d posted how wonderful it was to have me as part of the family, and thanked me for

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Jeers Pet Peeves People that crowd you in any given line at a store. I don’t need you so close to me that I can smell your foul breath. Slippery bowling alley shoes. Why in the hell is there no traction on those shoes, knowing the damn floor is so polished? People that are in front of me in a shopping line that set their stuff down and then walk off for five minutes to pick up something they forgot during their shopping.

UGH idiots!!! Dining facilities that price TIP suggestions on the receipt. I will decide what my service was worth NOT YOU! Running out of toilet paper in a public restroom! I know that sand paper you call tp is cheap, so it

To My Friend Marty, you make yourself so available to those around you, who may be in need.

I met you at Renee’s in 2009, you are a mother to Russell and you all lived together along with your son’s girlfriend and Renee. I miss you and Put a non-identifying email need you back in my life. Write me! address in your message, like I’m soon to be free in 12 months! “petals327@yahoo.com” — not Been on vacation since 2012.

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A Magical Night Tina Marie, when we first met, neither of us had any expecations other than spending some money, having some fun at Northern Quest. I spent all night with you, having one of the single most fun and memorable nights of my entire life, only to find that you would, much like Cinderella vanish, leaving me with only delicous memories of a beautiful smile, eyes that twinkled like sunlight on the snow and a fear that I would never again feel like I did on that magical night with you. So, of course I set out to find you and do all I could to try and recapture whatever it is when you are with me that so completely takes me to a different world. A world where all my faults and insecurities don’t seem to matter anymore, where it’s ok if I tell a stupid joke and I am the only person laughing (yep, you know which one!) Where you never make me feel like I have to compete for your attentions or affections, no matter where we are or who we are around. Never ever doubt, Tina Marie, my love, that you are the most beautiful part of my heart and the very, very best part of my soul.

I am now and forever yours. In love.

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should be stock piled. That it’s easier to gain weight verses losing it. Living with siblings. Professors that go half a semester without posting your current grade but they stay on top of the attendance.

Dusting. When the hot water runs out during my shower. Why the mailers only send coupons for fast food restaurants but no coupons for healthy choices. The fact that it cost extra for a personal trainer at the gym, I mean you are there working anyway what’s the deal.

Screwy weather. Trying to find a compatible companion in this town.

People that speed up to a yellow light only to slam on the brakes at the last minute. All the damn half days and days off these schools around here give at random times.

Sleepless nights. Price of movie tickets during the early showings.

Price of the damn refreshments.

People that talk loudly during a movie that I just paid a butt load to see.

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Barking Dog To the lady who just moved it to the house next dog.

Make your dog stop barking! He hasn’t stopped since you moved in. Can you seriously not hear him or do you not care? I would like to continue living peacefully in my home but your dog has really put me on edge with its incessant barking! I will give it till tomorrow before filling a complaint. Put him inside, get rid of him, TRAIN him for sake, I don’t care, just make it stop!

Estate Sale October 31st, you called me a names, white trash and many other names because I parked near your house to go the Estate Sale. My mother would say that you have limited vocabulary. My grandmother would say you were a Snob and a Bigot. I would call you a bully of the worse kind because you did this in front of your kids and what you do they learn. I was once like you. I don’t mean a Snob, Bigot and Bully but that I use to own a house with 3 bedrooms and a 2 car garage, a new car and made over $70,000 a year. This is not including what my husband made.

Within a six month period of time, I was injured on the job and my husband died suddenly. Within 2 years after that I was homeless. I am now slowing building myself back up. I try to make ends meet by buying and selling. I can collect on my husband retirement when I turn 60. I learned who my true friends were when I lost everything. Many of my so called friends were like you. The true friends that I have now all own their own homes and do not mind if I park my less than desirable car in front of their house. I wonder how many of your “friends” would stick around if you lost everything? What goes around comes around.

Miche Purse Lady Jeers to you for crushing my soul.

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making her Mom so happy. Said she hadn’t seen you that happy in quite some time! In another she’d written how I’d become nothing but a blessing to your family!! As for dating, I was shocked when you first turned me down, claiming you didn’t date co-workers, but I knew you’d call later and you did. Couldn’t believe how unsure of yourself you sounded, but we talked for 6 hours straight that evening. From there we dated, fell in love, and moved in together.

I thank you for all the hard work you did in making my messy house into our home. I wish I would’ve helped more and I should’ve, but I also had financial deadlines to meet (some of which I missed in cleaning) and bills to take care of.

However, you didn’t understand and later stung me on that. I was flattered by the jealousy at first, but you should’ve known that my heart and soul belonged to you.

I’d unknowingly snap at you and I should’ve been there for you when you asked, not just when I had the time. Your postings about “I need a hug” were clues and I am sorry you had to come to me about feeling lonely and yes – I should’ve set everything else aside. But you said you wanted to stay together and again told me the importance of communication. You promised then to help me continue to build our relationship, but instead it eventually it degraded into emotion (and even verbal) abuse.

“Now you know how it feels!” you later told me when I felt neglected.

Your damn phone (which I wanted to throw out the window), the TV, the family, and work all played a more important part in your life than your boyfriend. I knew in August that you were raising money to move out and I was right; I just didn’t know when. Of course I didn’t help the situation when I yelled out, “Why don’t you just move out!” in anger. The story about the roommate (and I was surprised at your jealousy even then), well, there was no roommate wanting to move in. I was trying to get you to help out financially. The emotional abuse towards the end became so much that I didn’t know which way to turn, even when you were flirting, for fear of getting rejected. How sad that we’d gone from your bearhugs, to a friendly pat on the back to, “Don’t touch me!” And while you decided back in August to become ‘single’, you not only never discussed you decision as to why with me, but lied to me about not knowing it had occurred.

Even up into our final week, you still referred to me as Boyfriend, and talked about how much you wanted to get a better job so that our future would be better – at the end of the week you were gone.

Guess those words ‘I love you’ the last couple of months, as I’d head out the door for work, were said with a mouth full of lies as were pretty much a lot of other stories you told me during August and September.

And I can see Grandma now,

all fat and content sitting on her couch. She got your kids out of her house and helped get rid of your boyfriend. For whatever it was that I did to hurt you, for whatever it was I did to trigger your past, I want to publicly truly apologize. I do not believe that you are a con woman like several people have said. I believe we were once truly in love and being banished from your kingdom is the worst punishment for whatever it is I’ve done. Call me.

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Are you so desperate for a man that you’ll settle for anything that comes along? I don’t think all men are dogs, but if you do, then you need some counseling to help you figure out why you stay with a man who is obviously wrong for you.

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I do not hate you, you have enough hate for the both of us. Hate enough to yell racist epithets and then gun down OUR friend in cold blood. I do not hate you, I still love OUR friend. Rest in peace Zach, you didn’t have a mean bone in your body. And to whom this concerns, may you never rest.

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‘One Child’

Brimo Nyinkuany is working on his public administration degree at Spokane Falls Community College. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Brimo Nyinkuany escaped violence in southern Sudan and resettled in Spokane. Now he’s giving looking to give back

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H

e walked 3,000 miles barefoot beneath the equatorial sun, across valleys and deserts and mountains, until his feet were cracked and numb.

He recalls being stung by a scorpion on the palm of his hand while he slept and left seething in pain on the side of the road. It took 90 days for Nyinkuany and the other villagers to reach the United Nations refugee camp at the Sudan-Ethiopia border. He remembers traveling with a group of 400 people. Fifty died of hunger, thirst or disease on the way. One hundred turned around.

As a child, Brimo Nyinkuany learned how to survive.

Now, two decades later, having escaped political instability and violence in southern Sudan and resettled in Spokane, Nyinkuany is ready to return to his village in hopes of saving the lives of others.

Nyinkuany recently started the Koyom Sanitary and Hygienic Initiative, a nonprofit named after his village, aimed at bringing clean water infrastructure to 25 rural

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areas in South Sudan in order to halt the spread of deadly waterborne diseases. Every dry season, Nyinkuany says, the people in his village live in fear.

“I want that fear to go away,” he says.

Between 1983 and 2005, the Second Sudanese Civil War killed 2 million people and displaced twice as many.

Nyinkuany was among the displaced — a “lost boy.” In the summer of 1987, Nyinkuany’s village in southern Sudan was attacked by Sudanese government troops. When machine-gun fire rang out, everyone ran — his siblings in one direction, he in another.

“It was absolutely remarkable that he survived, and the kind of faith he had that things would turn out alright,” says Susan Hales, the executive director of Refugee Connections Spokane, who is advising Nyinkuany on his clean water project. “I’ve just been so impressed with how much he has been able to accomplish so quickly, and his visions for what can happen when he gets the

support that he needs.”

Nyinkuany, 32, arrived in Spokane 10 years ago through World Relief’s refugee resettlement program.

Tall and lanky with dark marble eyes and a toothy smile, Nyinkuany is studying for his two-year degree in public administration at Spokane Falls Community College and working at Northern Quest Resort & Casino on the weekends. He’s currently living with his niece, her six children and another refugee in a small four-bedroom house in North Spokane.

It was 20 years before he saw his siblings again.

When he returned to his village, it seemed nothing had changed. People were still struggling without access to education and modern medicine. They still drank from stagnant pools of water in the Nile River deltas, got sick and died. Cholera killed eight people in his own family.

“It is very frustrating. It is heartbreaking,” he says. “If nobody has brought anything to help these people, why can’t I try to do something?”

He’s laid out his expenses in a spreadsheet: He needs water hand pumps, windmills, pit latrines, mosquito nets, office supplies and computers. He is hoping to raise $105,000 to fund his project.

“In my country, they say it takes one child to rehabilitate one village,” he says. “It would be wise for the one child to give back to the people who raised him.” n You can help Brimo Nyinkuany bring clean water to his village by attending a fundraiser at the SFCC Student Union Building this Saturday, Nov. 22, from 1 to 3 pm. You can also donate to the Koyom Sanitary and Hygienic Initiative at any local Wells Fargo location.

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