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BY MARY LOU REED

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ld Father Time is about to ditch this tired, worn-out, controversy-laden year of 2017. This has been the year many advances in public policy have been tossed out the national window like cheap dime-store jewelry — as if they didn’t matter. Among them are many gems to be mourned and rough-cut stones worth fighting to restore.

The assault upon the global environment by the Trump administration heads my list of grievances, because the globe can’t fight back. It’s getting smaller and smaller as planes and telecommunication shrink the miles, and as population expansion blankets the land.

Global warming is happening and assuredly the warming is caused by human activity. Only the United States, once a leader in environmental protection, doesn’t recognize by official action that our planet is in serious trouble. Our country’s new leaders don’t appreciate that our earth is unfathomably precious.

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n 1964, understanding how precious lands that are still in their wild condition are, Congress passed the Wilderness Act. The population was increasing, “accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization… leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition.” The bill was carried by Idaho’s own Sen. Frank Church.

Recognizing how important preserving our nation’s history is, Congress had earlier passed the Antiquities Act in 1906, which gave presidents a chance to set aside special historic and scientifically significant places on federal lands. In 1910, because he loved the whole outdoors and thought and acted in grandiose ways, President Teddy Roosevelt declared the entire Grand Canyon to be a national monument. President Bill Clinton in 1996 established the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument. The Grand Staircase-Escalante is a vast, austere and spectacular stretch of land of canyons, time-sculpted red rock forms, badlands and arches. It remains one of the last and largest stretches of wild land within the contiguous 48 states.

That was then, and now we have President Donald Trump. The White House just shrank two million acres out of two national monuments in Utah — Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante. We are told that is the largest rollback of designated monuments, ever. Sad. Sadder yet is the fact that Bears Ears Monument has been created to honor the Native American cultural heritage. Reportedly, one Utah Indian leader has complained that the white man first took away his land long, long ago, then gave it back, and now was taking it back again. What did we used to call that?

Three Native American tribes, Hopi, Zuni and Ute Mountain Ute, are represented in a law-

suit filed to protest President Trump’s action revoking the original monument claiming he, Trump, was exceeding his authority.

Trump has made another erroneous statement by saying these monument designations were “the greatest federal land grab ever.”

Monuments are only designated on lands that are already federal — that is, owned by all of us.

Environmental groups filed a companion suit against the Trump administration’s action to shrink the Grand Staircase-Escalante. While the legal actions take their course, it should be noted that the nation’s only uranium processing mill now sits inside the new boundaries of the Bears Ears Monument and will have access to formerly protected uranium deposits. A Canadian company, Energy Resources, actively lobbied for opening up the area.

Does the country need more uranium? And for what purpose?

Another hard-fought win is threatened with development, the Alaskan Arctic National Refuge with its abundant wildlife and fragile tundra, which may be opened up for drilling. The polar, brown and grizzly bears co-exist on the northernmost area of the refuge, which energy companies have panted after year after year. Reportedly they may have their way with the present administration and Republican-led Congress.

Along with the bears, the Arctic Coastal Plain part of the Refuge provides nesting in the spring for 200 species of birds, who then fly south in the summer, scattering to every state in the nation as well as to countries in Central America.

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daho’s former governor, the recently deceased Cecil D. Andrus, was Secretary of the Interior in the President Jimmy Carter administration, from 1976 to 2000. Andrus’s crowning achievement was the designation of the Arctic National Reserve in 1980. Environmental battles have a hard time staying won.

It’s scary that we are in the process of cutting taxes, some tax relief for the middle class and much more for the very rich. The president wants to cut budgets for environmental protection. Medicare and Social Security may be next.

Climate change is real and very costly. What about projected costs for future wildfires and the inevitable hurricanes? Protection for extreme weather and recovery from its damages should be anticipated in the national budget. Puerto Rico needs financial help.

Here we are, facing 2018 with hope that sanity may again return to the way we as country regard the earth we stand on. n

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COMMENT | NET NEUTRALITY

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Modern Robber Barons You will not steal the internet

BY JOHN T. REUTER

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new way to connect had swept across America.

People could share information, as well as move and sell goods, at a new, unprecedented pace. Almost no industry was left untouched by this revolution that built and destroyed fortunes.

At first, the leaders who built and spread this new technology were seen as visionaries. But over time their disregard for the public interest and relentless focus on profits at any cost led to the demise of their empires as

the people reasserted control.

I’m referring to railroad tycoons, and the other robber barons from across industries that they empowered, but I could just as easily be describing the past and potential future history of the internet.

Earlier this month the Federal Communications Commission repealed net neutrality, which ensured people could freely share and access information online without interference. With the repeal of these rules, internet service providers can speed up access to some websites and internet applications while slowing down or blocking others — presumably based on who’s willing

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and able to pay, limiting all of us to an internet selected by the rich.

It sets the stage for a business model remarkably similar to the railroad tycoons and other robber barons throughout history. The term “robber baron” originates from the German word Raubritter or robber knights.

In medieval times, German lords (Raubritters) would levy illegal tolls on people crossing their lands. While providing no actual value, they enriched themselves while disrupting free movement and commerce. Modern robber barons are now looking to do the same thing with the internet.

To them, I issue this warning: If you try to seize the internet for short-term profit, know that over the longterm we will seize it back with punishing new regulations that leave you worse off than if you’d never betrayed the public trust.

I declare this as a millennial, with confidence that the vast majority of my generation (and those to come) stand with me. We will not allow modern robber barons to decide which search engine we can use at certain speeds or shut off our access to breaking news and information or, God forbid, stop us from watching the latest season of The Crown on Netflix.

If you decide to build your business model around controlling how we choose to use the internet, we will rebuild our democracy around ending your business. No doubt, you will scream and holler in this not-so-distant future about how our reassertion of net LETTERS neutrality is socialism Send comments to or communism or editor@inlander.com. whatever other ‘ism’ is in vogue when digitalnative voters become the majority and bring back a free internet.

But while robber barons have always tried to cloak themselves in the free market, the reality is that it is what they have always feared most. The building of monopolies and trusts has always been about attempting to extinguish competition, not participate in it.

So if you take the internet, we will take it back. And in doing so, we will continue the great American tradition of busting monopolies and throwing out of office crony capitalists. We will re-democratize the internet and ensure every entrepreneur with a great idea gets a fair shot.

Or we all could agree, right now, not to start down this road in the first place. Doesn’t that sound better?

Your call. n John T. Reuter, a former Sandpoint City Councilman, has been active in protecting the environment, expanding LGBT rights and Idaho’s Republican Party politics.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

LOOKING FOR REAL LEADERSHIP recently read a piece in your paper written by Cathy McMorris Rodgers (“I

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Want to Solve the Problem,” 12/14/17) wherein she states it is her job to “lead in Congress on behalf of women and survivors of harassment.” The article was sound and convincing and I agreed with most of what she said.

The difficulty I have though is that while making good arguments in print, she fails to evidence real concern where it matters most. To wit, by LETTERS not chastising her own party for its Send comments to deplorable support of an accused editor@inlander.com. pedophile running for federal office in Alabama, Rodgers projected a typical “politics before conviction” attitude attributable to far too many of our federal politicians. By coming forward with their stories, victims of sexual harassment face serious recrimination. The least our politicians can do is risk a bit of political capital to support them.

JOHN R. PRECZEWSKI Spokane, Wash.

Readers react to Chelsea Martin’s #MeToo essay, “An Unwanted Hobby” (12/14/17):

KIRSTIN HAHN: I realized something I was taught as a teen that only now sunk in as sad that some women have to do: my mom told me never to put my first name on outgoing mail.

Just “K. Hahn” because you don’t want to let someone know you live on your own as a woman. I just sent my first letter in years and wrote only a K. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

Readers react to Nancy McLaughlin’s #MeToo essay, “Forgiveness and Faith” (12/14/17):

PATRICIA BEYER: Utter BS. If all reap what they sow, why does it seem there is a disproportionate number of abused who suffer depression and suicide; yet, the pedophiles and abusers carry on in their blissful harmful ways? They need a justice system here on Earth that remove them from accessing and harming others.

AUDREY ASHWORTH: Ah yes the fashion industry. Maybe if we covered up head to toe there would be no sexual abuse! Oh wait.

Our “On The Street” column (12/14/17) online asked, “What is your impression of the #MeToo movement?” Here are some of the responses:

MATTHEW B. MCGEE: Long overdue and desperately needed. Our society is ugly and reprehensible when it comes to the treatment of women.

AUTUMN REED: The #metoo movement was started 10 years ago by a woman of color and we need to, in this discussion, lift the voices of women who face intersecting oppressions related to their race, sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status. This isn’t just about white, straight, middle and upper class, cisgender women. n

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EDUCATION

READING THE SIGNS

How a new program for deaf and hard of hearing students has transformed the culture at Franklin Elementary

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wo years ago, Josiah Morrow was the only deaf student at school. He’d use sign language with friends, but few could sign back. He learned from teachers for the deaf, but none stayed in the building full-time.

There, at Finch Elementary, his loss of hearing seemed to limit his friendships and his schooling, says his mom, Corrine Morrow.

“He was all alone,” she says.

But last year, Josiah transferred to a new program offered by Spokane Public Schools at Franklin Elementary. It accepts students with hearing loss from all over the Spokane area, providing specialized instruction and a place where students like Josiah can converse with their peers.

And now, with more than a dozen students who are deaf or hard of hearing there, the rest of the school is

Josiah Morrow appreciates that his peers are learning sign language to communicate with him. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO picking up the signs. Josiah uses American Sign Language not only with students in the deaf education program, but also with the mainstream students and teachers.

“They’re trying to learn some sign language so they can communicate with me,” Josiah tells the Inlander, through an interpreter. “I really like it.”

He’s no longer the only deaf student at his school.

And with more students like Josiah there, the other students and teachers at Franklin are adopting the language and culture.

“Franklin,” Corrine Morrow says, “is providing a connection with community so these kids can grow.”

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hen Franklin principal Buz Hollingsworth sees teacher Dennis Matthews, he greets him with a sign. In the last year, Hollingsworth, like other teachers and students, has learned basic signs

to communicate with students and teachers in the deaf-ed program.

“I’m trying,” says Hollingsworth, joking about the basic signs he’s learned. “Dennis is very gracious and patient with me as I butcher his language daily.”

Students in the program switch between one of the rooms dedicated to deaf education and the mainstream classrooms. Josiah, for example, spends a majority of his time in class with the other sixth-graders. He occasionally checks back in with the resource room for instructional goals and language development catered to his needs.

The teachers in the mainstream rooms have learned to slow down lesson plans a little bit, Hollingsworth says.

And an interpreter in class makes sure Josiah can understand what the teacher is saying.

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It’s nice for them to talk without an adult there, after all, says Michelle Gwinn, Spokane Public Schools special education coordinator.

“If there’s a language facilitator, they think, ‘Oh, there’s an adult here. I can’t talk about the same types of things,’ so being able to talk peer-to-peer is a much different experience,” Gwinn says.

But the other students at Franklin have been trying to talk to them, too. At recess, Hollingsworth Jin Omar came to Franklin with no language skills but can now hold a conversation.

YOUNG KWAK PHOTO sees the mainstream students enough to be able to understand and converse interact with the students in the deaf-ed program. with others using sign language.

Eventually, students like Molly Wethered, a sixth“She came with nothing,” Gwinn says, “and grader, start to learn the language. she’s made several years’ worth of growth.”

“It’s awesome having them around because you get to learn new signs and learn something orrinne Morrow says she and other that you didn’t think you’d ever really learn,” parents asked for a program that could she says. “Learning how to sign is a lot of fun better serve deaf and hard of hearing stubecause it’s a new way to speak.” dents in Eastern Washington years ago. Before, It makes it easier for students to transition deaf students could try the Washington State away from the deaf-education classroom, which School for the Deaf, but that’s across the state. is the main goal of it in the first place, Matthews Or they could do what Josiah did and attend says. Some students, like Jin, a 7-year-old Syrian a school that may have no other deaf students refugee, may come to the program with no lanaround. guage at all — she didn’t know sign language or The program is the result of a four-year English. She mostly stays in the deaf-ed resource study with the Center for Childhood Deafness room, and in the span of one year she’s learned

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and Hearing Loss. Already, other local school districts — Deer Park, Medical Lake, East Valley, Reardan — recognize its benefits and are sending students to Franklin. There are more than 300 students in Spokane Public Schools who have some type of hearing loss, and many don’t need a program like the one at Franklin.

But for those who do, it fills a longstanding need.

“I’m really grateful that Spokane Public Schools recognized this need and was willing to dive deep into it and see if it was something they could do,” Morrow says.

The district hopes to expand the program to middle school next year, keeping up with students like Josiah currently in the sixth grade. With such a positive response from the community at Franklin, the district has high hopes that deaf education will get a similar response in other schools. For Morrow, that’s just as important as academic benefits for her son.

“I’m really grateful that Spokane Public Schools recognized this need and was willing to dive deep into it and see if it was something they could do.”

But it goes both ways, Hollingsworth says. Franklin may be home to a program that uniquely provides education and community to deaf and hard of hearing students in Eastern Washington, but the rest of the school has learned something too, he says.

They’ve learned some of the language, and they’ve learned from the culture of the students in deaf education.

“It’s been fun for staff to learn, and interact,” he says, “and grow.” n wilsonc@inlander.com

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FROM SCHOOL TO TV For NEWTECH Skills Center video production teacher SCOTT DETHLEFS, there’s no better feeling than seeing former students out in the world with jobs in broadcasting — especially when they’re working for the company where Dethlefs worked for two decades, KXLY. It fits with the mission at NEWTECH, which partners with local high schools to offer technical and professional training in fields such as nursing, automotive technology, robotics and many others. Dethlefs teaches an animation and special effects course where students learn to produce videos, a skill that can be used in careers such as broadcasting or different kinds of film. “Our hope is that students are not only going to get the skills that we’re trying to teach specific to our programs, but throughout the building, they all have to get employability and career-type skills,” he says. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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THE CHANGING FACE OF ENGINEERING Aiming to bring more diversity to the field, Spokane Falls Community College has announced that it won a grant to provide scholarships to low-income students who want to pursue a career in ENGINEERING. The five-year grant comes from the National Science Foundation, totaling $649,790. It will fund scholarships for 36 students — women, minorities and students from rural areas — over five years. As part of the grant, SFCC will do outreach at local high schools to recruit low-income students and help faculty in the engineering department develop courses.

“Engineering typically has been a very male, mostly white-dominated profession,” says Mark Gorski, an engineering instructor at SFCC. “We’re trying to reach out to underrepresented populations.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

REWARD OFFERED Conservation groups are offering $26,000 for information that leads to the conviction of POACHERS who killed two female wolves in Stevens and Ferry counties over the last month. The Lands Council put up $5,000, adding to $21,000 put up by three other groups who want to bring whoever killed the endangered wolves to justice. “The Lands Council is working to recover a sustainable resilient wolf population in Washington. We seek collaborative partnerships with community members, especially those affected by our recovering wolf population,” the organization said in a statement. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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REWRITING THE RULES

Calling current CAMPAIGN FINANCE laws a “mockery of basic principles our country was founded on,” Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart successfully passed a wideranging overhaul to the rules governing city council, mayoral and court elections Monday.

The maximum contribution limit will be cut in half, capped at $500 for the primary election and another $500 in the general.

Another change intends to put an end to the “dark money” shell game where major donors are able to remain secret by first laundering their contribution to a political action committee through a nonprofit: It requires nonprofits to disclose their top three donor names if they’re among the top three contributors to a PAC. Furthermore, candidates wouldn’t be able to start raising money until the year before the election.

“It is absurd that we feel compelled to raise money immediately after being elected to office,” Stuckart says.

In perhaps the most controversial change, contractors who’ve been recently awarded more than $50,000 in city contracts are restricted from donating. Originally, the restriction would have applied to city unions — who have often donated to left-leaning councilmembers like Stuckart — but Stuckart says that changed after discussions with the city’s legal and human resources department.

In defense of the disparity, Stuckart compared city unions and contractors to “apples and oranges,” arguing that it was fallacious to equate for-profit company seeking “million-dollar contracts” with police officers and firefighters.

“Suggesting one is a conflict while the other is not is ridiculous,” tweets Michael Cathcart, head of Better Spokane, the political action committee that campaigned against several of the council incumbents this year. “This provision is a special deal for their special friends and is corrupt.”

While conservative City Councilman Mike Fagan praised the work that went into developing the ordinance, he agreed with Better Spokane’s overall complaint. “Let me assure you I don’t get any support from the unions, ever,” Fagan says, explaining why he’d be sole vote against the measure. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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As Washington State University faces university-wide budget cuts, one notable employee just got a raise: football coach MIKE LEACH. The university announced this week that Leach, who led the team to their third straight bowl appearance this year, agreed to a contract keeping him at WSU through the 2022 season, along with a pay increase to $4 million a year.

“Coach Leach has led a spectacular turnaround in the fortunes of our football program for a long time to come,” WSU President Kirk Schulz says in a statement.

Schulz explained that football success helps the entire athletic program by boosting ticket sales and increasing donor contributions, and it helps the university by increasing visibility of the university across the nation.

But the pay raise for Leach comes at a time when many are criticizing the university for its priorities amid budget cuts. Schulz announced recently that the performing arts program would be cut, and each department at WSU was asked to reduce spending by 2.5 percent in 2018.

Last week, faculty members delivered a proposal backed by more than 1,000 employees, students, alums and state residents to cut administrator salaries, including Schulz’s, instead of the university’s planned cuts to departments. But Schulz said that proposal would be unfair, since it asks one group — administrators — to “bear the disproportionate brunt of the spending reductions.”

“That’s not really a great idea for me,” Schulz tells the Inlander.

“I’m not interested in cutting anybody’s salary.”

In the case of Leach, the coach was appreciative of the pay bump: “I would like to thank President Schulz and Washington State for their commitment to Cougar football and appreciate his vision and leadership for WSU athletics.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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Forgotten Fallout The U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on their homeland, but many Marshall Islanders living here still can’t get care to deal with the fallout

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hen Metha Masumoto got sick, she knew she’d need to leave her home in the Marshall Islands.

There is no cancer doctor in the small nation of about 75,000, which spans 70 square miles of Pacific atolls and islands halfway between Hawaii and Japan.

And she doesn’t have insurance.

The 49-year-old points at her side, then her stomach, as she describes near constant pain and occasional numbness, and says she’s been told multiple times that she needs surgery.

After being denied treatment in Hawaii, she moved to Washington this spring in hopes things might be different. So far, they haven’t been.

“She’s tried to go to Deaconess three times already and they won’t be able to perform any surgery without insurance,” says Rose Kabua, translating as Masumoto speaks in Marshallese with the Inlander after a community health forum Saturday afternoon. “She can’t work, she’s too sick.”

Her story is all too familiar to friends and relatives who are among the more than 1,000 Marshallese community members living in and around Spokane, and the thousands more who live around the United States.

Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. government contaminated the Marshall Islands with massive amounts of radiation when it tested 67 nuclear explosions there, blasting craters out of the sea, rendering whole islands uninhabitable, and then researching the effects of radiation on human beings.

For decades, the Marshallese have been allowed to live and work in the U.S. legally as part of the Compact of Free Association (COFA), an international agreement that spells out the relationship between the U.S., Marshall Islands, and other Pacific island countries. But despite paying taxes while living here, they and other COFA migrants are not eligible for Medicaid or other federal programs, which has left many who would otherwise qualify without a way to pay for basic health care.

Members of the Marshallese community in Spokane and their allies around the state are pushing to change that as they support proposed Washington state legislation that could pay for insurance for those most in need.

“Our goal is to achieve health equity, and mainly to improve our health,” Kabua says. “I think we need to tell our Senate, everyone, that you know, we’re hurting. We need help. If you need help, you ask.”

SHARING THEIR STORY

As most Shaw Middle Schoolers ran out into the first winter snow at the end of school Friday afternoon, immediately packing the powder into snowballs and squealing

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UW anthropology professor Holly Barker, right, talks about the legacy of U.S. nuclear testing at Shaw Middle School. about the cold, a few of their classmates stayed behind, making their way to the library for a special presentation.

Among them was 14-year-old Milden Bejang, an eighth grader and student body president. He moved to the U.S. from the Marshall Islands when he was 3 and has been in Spokane for about 3 years now.

“I’m interested to learn more about my culture,” Bejang says. “I’ve been here most of my life.”

For two hours Bejang and a handful of Marshallese students, their parents and teachers from the school listen as University of Washington Professor Holly Barker talks about the history of U.S. nuclear testing in the islands and the lasting health impacts.

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Corps volunteer, and later worked for the Marshall Islands embassy in Washington, D.C., for about 15 years. She helped the Marshall Islands government study and interview people who were impacted by the testing, and sorted through differences in what her team found versus what the U.S. had told them.

After World War II, she explains, the U.S. had only just discovered a weapon of mass destruction in the nuclear bomb, but knew very little about the human impacts. After gaining control of the northern Pacific, the U.S. chose the Marshall Islands as a testing ground.

Dozens of bombs were detonated, but the most significant was Castle Bravo, which on March 1, 1954, exploded with almost three times the force scientists had expected, 1,000 times stronger than either of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Though the U.S. had removed people from Bikini Atoll, promising they could come back after, the people on Rongelap and Utrik atolls hadn’t been moved, Barker says, and when the force was more than expected, they were blanketed with fallout from the blast.

“They talked about it snowing, since the blast pulled in coral and sand so there was white ash,” Barker says.

“I interviewed people who tasted it, didn’t know what it was. Some picked it up and put it in their pocket. People were so sick, they got very ill.”

The U.S. set up a study of those who had been

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exposed, called Project 4.1, and had doctors from defense labs study the impacts through the ’90s, Barker says.

“They became human guinea pigs — they used that phrase, which is interesting because that animal doesn’t live there,” Barker says. “Some had burns down to their bones, their hair was falling out.”

They ate food contaminated with radiation. The U.S. doctors not only studied the impacts from the blasts, but also injected “control” subjects with radiation in their blood, pulled healthy teeth to study the impacts, took painful bone marrow samples over years, all without proper translation or consent of the people they were studying, Barker says.

Women started having deformed babies, calling them things like “jellyfish babies” for those born without bones and translucent skin, or “apple babies” for those who were born with large and misshapen heads, Barker says.

Cancer, diabetes, thyroid and kidney problems are all very common among the Marshallese.

“This is the history of this barbaric ... I’ve never found the right words for it, for what this is,” Barker says.

“There are these instances of exploitation and cruelty and experimentation we hear about throughout U.S. history, but this is one that has remained silent for all these years.”

We don’t learn about this piece of history in school, Barker says, but she hopes the teachers who watch her presentation can find a way to teach it to their classes.

One way to approach the subject that Barker suggests? Spongebob Squarepants. Know where Spongebob lives? Bikini Bottom, as in underneath Bikini Atoll.

The creatures in the show are mutated, and live-action sequences feature atomic blasts.

And because of Hanford, Washington has a particularly close tie to this story, Barker says.

“When the Marshallese come into Washington state with health care issues connected to the nuclear weapons testing, they’re carrying the plutonium that originated in Washington state,” she says. “So for our health care facilities to deny coverage to the communities that are carrying the plutonium that we produced in Washington state, it takes that assault and injury even further.”

She asks the students and families present if they’ve got stories of health issues in their families. One man

says his sister-in-law has kidneys that aren’t normal, has cancer and needs to be on dialysis. Others nod, and when Barker asks if anyone can think of a Marshallese family without a single person with cancer, no one can.

Afterward, Jimmy Jacob, who watched the presentation with his two sons, says his grandparents helped clean up contamination on the islands, and they later got sick. Now, he tries to help others in his community here, volunteering to get them to appointments and translating things with their insurance when needed.

“And many more people, they don’t have insurance,” he says.

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There are many Marshallese who would qualify for Medicaid, if not for welfare reform changes Congress passed in the ’90s, which made COFA migrants ineligible for the program.

Kabua, who is president of a Marshallese Community Advisory Board started last January, says it’s not uncommon for people in the Marshallese community not to have a primary care provider or get regular check ups of any kind. Many wind up going to the ER for things they should be able to have checked at a clinic.

For many, the only way they can get insurance is by applying through the exchange for a plan they would have to pay for, Kabua says, but many can’t afford it after taking into account co-pays, premiums and deductibles.

“If you don’t have any means of income, how are you going to pay for any of these out of pocket expenses?” Kabua says. “If you have a $5,000 deductible, how are you going to pay that if you only make minimum wage and you have four or five kids?”

To help, they’re calling on the Washington State Legislature to pass a bill that would provide health insurance to eligible COFA state residents.

Last session, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, D-Seattle, introduced HB 1291, along with Spokane Democratic Reps. Timm Ormsby and Marcus Riccelli. The bill would provide premium assistance, paying for insurance coverage and out-of-pocket expenses for COFA individuals making up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level.

It passed through the House, but didn’t get a vote in the Senate.

“Pushback I heard from some of my Republican colleagues was that it was really the federal government’s responsibility, and they should pick up the tab,” Riccelli says. “Which I agree with, I just think if they’re not, we need to step up.”

The legislators intend to bring the plan forward again this session, and just last week Gov. Jay Inslee included $2.6 million to pay for the fund in his proposed 2018 supplemental budget.

In gearing up for the session, Riccelli and other guests listened to Marshallese community members’ health concerns and questions Saturday, as Barker again spoke about the history of the Marshall Islands testing before a larger gathering at Spokane First Church on West Indiana.

Some spoke of billing issues, others wondered how their children might be impacted as many of them aren’t U.S. citizens either — the COFA allows Marshallese people to live and work here, and serve in the military, but does not afford them citizenship.

Not all their concerns will be addressed by the legislation.

On hearing about Masumoto’s struggles to get surgery, Riccelli, who works for CHAS Health, told her there are organizations that can help find funding for surgeries, and he passed on his contact information saying he would help her get in touch with them.

Masumoto said she was very hopeful about finding some solution after hearing that. Two of her sisters, who also grew up in the Marshall Islands, have already died from cancer, one was in her teens, the other was in her mid-50s.

Though the bill isn’t a perfect solution, it’s a first step, Riccelli told those gathered at the church.

“Let me be clear,” he says, “the U.S. government has failed you. We are going to work in Washington state to make sure we don’t fail you.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE Spokane hosted a March for Science on April 22, one of the hundreds of demonstrations across the country. Pictured here (from left): Emily Clark, Jonathan Kemper, Ron Large and Robbie Newell.

THE NEIGHBORS ARE BUZZING Lars Neises works with bees on property in the East Central neighborhood Spokane that will become Spokane Cohousing, a planned community that will include private homes and shared spaces.

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RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME Eastern Washington defensive back Mitch Fettig, right, breaks up a two-point conversion attempt by Montana State on Oct. 14. Eastern Washington would win 31-19.

FIRE AND SMOKE Tim Bohr uses a torch to shape a water pipe at Glass Gods in Spokane Valley in June.

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FAMILY REUNION Nadia Amzuabidi, left, hugs her sister Athraa Hachim Jameel, a refugee from Iraq who arrived in Spokane on Feb. 11.

ART AND SCIENCE Junior Dean Strouse shows off her UV art piece depicting the reaction of luminol, hydrogen peroxide and blood for last semester’s “Art Romance & Molecular Dances” project at the Community School, a project-based school, on May 19.

PAY IT FORWARD Kim Earl receives a hug from 5-yearold Jocelyn after Earl, Andrew Johnson, left, Amanda Tyree, right, and Dan Elliott helped Jocelyn’s class with an art project at the Salish School of Spokane on Aug. 4.

RETURN TRIP Gonzaga guard Nigel Williams-Goss, center, signs autographs on April 4 after returning to Spokane following the team’s historic Final Four run.

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‘Standard’ of Excellence Exciting freshman and savvy vets have Gonzaga looking strong as conference play looms

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he follow-up to Gonzaga’s greatest season ever is going about as well as any Gonzaga season before it.

Freshmen have stepped in, veterans have stepped up, and the team just keeps on winning. Under head coach Mark Few the Zags have won 81.6 percent of the games they’ve played, which gives Few the highest winning percentage among active coaches with at least one year of experience. Sitting at 10-2 on the season, with a relatively easy slate of West Coast Conference games to come, Gonzaga is on pace to match Few’s all-time win percentage.

“I’ve been doing this long enough and Gonzaga’s been really, really successful,” Few says. “It’s fairly standard, I’d say.”

Standard, sure. But it’s fair to say that there were questions coming into this year. The biggest of which was how Few and his staff would replace the four quality players they lost from the season prior. They’ve done it with freshmen.

Washington’s own Corey Kispert, from King’s High School in suburban Seattle, stepped into the starting lineup on Day One. Kispert scored 10 points against Texas Southern. It was the most by a Gonzaga freshman in a season opener since Domantas Sabonis. Aside from an ankle injury suffered on Nov. 29, which kept him out for two games, Kispert has had a stellar start to his collegiate career.

Against then No. 25-ranked Creighton on Dec. 1, fellow freshman Zach Norvell Jr. replaced Kispert in the starting lineup.

Norvell missed all five of his shots in the first half and Gonzaga trailed by seven points at halftime. He’s still adjusting his shot to the college game, but appears to be a leader well beyond his years.

“He’s got a great personality,” Few says of Norvell. “Very charismatic and very gregarious.”

In the second half against Creighton Norvell erupted for 21 points. His scoring and energy helped lead Gonzaga to a blowout victory, 91-74. That was the first of three straight games in which Norvell scored 21 or more points. ...continued on next page

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he steady play of Kispert and the streaky shot of Norvell have been a huge boost for the Zags this season. As has Josh Perkins’ emergence as one of college basketball’s best point guards.

Perkins was a starter as a freshman and sophomore, but with elite talent all around him on the roster his role in the offense was limited. This season he is Gonzaga’s second-leading scorer, averaging 14.3 points per game, and he’s been lighting it up from three-point range.

Before this season Perkins had made 37.6 percent of his three-point shots. This season he’s shooting more, and making 50 percent of them. It’s hard to imagine Perkins can stay this unbelievably hot for an entire season, but then again it’s not like the West Coast Conference is full of great defensive teams.

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It’s actually been a bit of a disappointing year for most of the teams in Gonzaga’s league. Archrival Saint Mary’s came into the season ranked in the AP Top 25. After back-to-back losses to Washington State and Georgia, though, the Gaels fell out and haven’t been back.

This was supposed to be Saint Mary’s season. League coaches even picked the Gaels over the Zags in the preseason poll. A foolish look now, of course, but reasonable at the time. They expected this offensive juggernaut of a team, loaded with seniors, to be even better than last season’s team that went 29-5. Turns out they may not be better, but rather just as good.

Gonzaga hosts the Gaels on Jan. 18 and plays at Saint Mary’s on Feb. 10.

As for Brigham Young University, the lone WCC team to defeat Gonzaga last season, things are good only because expectations weren’t very high. The Cougars have missed out on the last two NCAA tournaments. An early season loss, at home, to Texas-Arlington put them on a path to miss the Big Dance for the third straight season.

The Zags host the Cougars on Feb. 3 and end the season at BYU on Feb. 24.

The rest of the WCC is, by and large, worse than normal.

As of press time, only half of the league’s teams had a winning record. Only San Diego, under third-year head coach Lamont Smith, who replaced former Gonzaga assistant Bill Grier, has lived up to or exceeded expectations.

The Toreros’ turnaround under Smith was accelerated by a pair of newcomers named Isaiah. Former Portland State Viking Isaiah Pineiro is the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, but Utah transfer Isaiah Wright has become their best player. The junior point guard is the early favorite to win WCC Newcomer of the Year. (Gonzaga’s Nigel Williams-Goss took home that honor last season.)

The Zags host the Toreros on Feb. 1 and play in San Diego on Feb. 22.

All three of those teams, along with Gonzaga, went 8-2 over their first 10 games of the season. They’re quality college basketball teams. One or two of them might even join Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament. But, as is always the case, the WCC is Gonzaga’s league to lose. Which, again, doesn’t seem likely. n

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In Video Games, as in Life, Exploring is the Fun Part THE TRUTH IS STRANGER Errol Morris is one of the greatest living documentarians, having imbued nonfiction filmmaking with cinematic flair in movies like The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War. Reality and fiction collide in Wormwood, Morris’ new six-part miniseries currently streaming on Netflix, which examines the strange circumstances surrounding a government scientist’s death in the 1950s. Although it abandons some of Morris’ trademark stylistic touches, it’s still distinctly his work, a fascinating, eerie mystery that only grows deeper the longer you look at it. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

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BY DANIEL WALTERS

pen-world video games — those go-anywhere, kill-anything exploration adventures like Assassin’s Creed and Grand Theft Auto — have perhaps become the biggest blockbuster game genre. But somewhere along the line, discovery turned into drudgery.

I blame the minimap. These games have a little circle in the corner, a tiny blinking GPS device, that quickly becomes crammed with tiny icons, all telling players exactly where to go and what to do: Solve the Riddler’s puzzles. Collect the Codex pages. Unlock Shelob’s memories. Go bowling with your cousin.

The swarm of activities is meant to delight players with the sheer number of things to do. But they quickly turn into something more like a janitorial worklog: Here,

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spend 40-plus hours dutifully sweeping icons on a map, as if you’re accomplishing something. Run up, press “A” to pick up an artifact and the icon disappears. This, apparently, is gameplay.

But, thankfully, developers are figuring out how to restore the thrill of discovery: The Witcher 3 imbues each icon on the minimap with a full-scale story. Even something as simple as a hidden treasure chest can come with a story attached: Maybe it’s pirate treasure that washed ashore, or it’s the stash of a warrior murdered by his brother.

It’s Nintendo Switch’s flagship games that have really fixed the minimap problem. In Super Mario Odyssey, “Power Stars” are often discovered purely by chance.

You’re rampaging around as a Tyrannosaurus rex, tear through a stone wall and, suddenly, boom, you win a Power Star. That’s just fun.

And Zelda: Breath of the Wild found the best solution yet. You may climb to the top of a skyscraper tower and scour the skyline for the crucial orange “shrines” that make up the bulk of the game’s puzzles. And then, gazing through your scope, you mark them yourself on the map.

Sure, being a warrior is cool. But being a cartographer is even cooler. That’s because the thrill of these kinds of games isn’t trudging out to a blinking dot. It’s trekking across a vast world and stumbling across amazing discoveries on your own.

The same principles are at play in your own personal open-world journeys, of course. You can dutifully follow the guidebook, scour Yelp reviews and check off the events on your travel itinerary. Or you can throw out the minimap, wander down the streets of a foreign city toward whatever looks interesting, and choose your own adventure. n

HOLIDAY. CELEBRATE. Do yourself a favor and Google the Foo Fighters’ Saturday Night Live performances from the Dec. 16 episode.

The band that just played a memorable three-hour Spokane Arena show a couple weeks ago mashed up their classic “Everlong” into a raucous run through “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and “Linus and Lucy” from the Peanuts Christmas special. Even if the Foos ain’t for you, it’s a damn delight. (See our music section this week for some surprisingly worthy additions to your Christmas music collection). (DAN NAILEN) A CLASS ACT AT THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW Gary Crooks, the Spokesman-Review’s opinion editor, announced in a column on Sunday that he was leaving the paper, effective this Friday. His job had been eliminated. “The decision was purely financial,” he writes, before recounting a turbulent 36 years in the business. Nowhere in his farewell will you detect bitterness toward newspapers in general or the S-R in particular, where he’s worked since 1997. Instead, he asks readers to keep reading: “Newspapers are needed more than ever to filter out fiction and report the facts.” (JACOB H. FRIES)

READY PLAYER ONE, BUT WHERE ARE THE ’80S? This week, crowds of popcorn-munching Star Wars fans were treated to the first trailer for Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the epic futuristic novel by Ernest Cline. In 2045, everyone escapes a bleak reality by spending most of their time in an online world known as the OASIS. Judging by the trailer, the movie will be as visually enchanting as anyone could hope for, but this first peek barely winks at the 1980s-obsessed competition that drives the entire plot. The good news? You’ve got time to read the book in all its pop culture glory before the movie debuts in March. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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Stephanie Hunter began making caramel in her home kitchen more than six years ago.

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CARAMEL MARVELS How a Coeur d’Alene family turned a side project making small-batch caramel sauces into a full-time small business

BY CHEY SCOTT

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n Caramel Kitchen’s early days, Brad and Stephanie Hunter scrubbed sticky cooking pots in their bathtub.

The cookware wouldn’t fit in the kitchen sink, and demand for the family’s creamy, gooey caramel dessert toppings, created from a recipe developed by self-proclaimed caramel lover Stephanie, had quickly outpaced their ability to manufacture the decadent treat.

“We could only make six bottles at a time on the top of the stove,” recalls Brad. “She kept getting all these orders. We were doing lots of local craft fairs, and she would go and sell out.”

He describes many late nights of the whole family taking turns slowly stirring big pots of melting sugar, even using portable camp stoves so multiple batches could cook simultaneously. Stephanie would carefully monitor the temperature of each batch to make sure the sugar didn’t burn as she tracked the ideal time to add butter and cream.

Those days of scrubbing copper pots in the tub until the wee hours of the morning are now a fond memory.

What started out in the Hunters’ kitchen, then moved to their garage as it grew, and into commercial kitchens

around the region after that, has been based inside Coeur d’Alene’s Silver Lake Mall since the fall of 2016.

“About two years ago we were starting to get more requests for it, and Brad said, ‘Maybe you have something here. You should think about doing this and making it full time,’ so we did,” Stephanie says.

There’s now plenty of space to cook huge batches of creamy caramel — and to wash the massive copper pots — to fulfill wholesale accounts for coffee stands and a few small retailers, as well as orders placed online for Caramel Kitchen’s eight standard flavors: salted caramel, chocolate, cinnamon vanilla, bourbon, Irish cream, chipotle, espresso and pumpkin spice.

Customers can also find Caramel Kitchen’s complete product lineup at its Coeur d’Alene kitchen and storefront. Caramel sauces are sold in 10-ounce squeeze bottles ($12/each or $10/each for two or more) or 2.4-ounce sample jars ($5/each). Gift boxes in multiple flavor and size combinations, ranging from $17-$24, are also available. (By the time this story is published, the shipping deadline for Christmas orders placed online will have passed.)

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espite the decadent flavor diversity coming from Caramel Kitchen’s sweet kitchen, the Hunters have grown familiar with the frequent customer question: “What do I put this on besides ice cream?”

Aside from 13-year-old daughter Madeline’s joke response of “anything but wood or tires,” the answer is that beyond dessert toppings, there are plenty of less-expected uses for the viscous, buttery sauce.

Espresso caramel can be used to fill truffles, drizzle over brownies or stir into a steaming mug of hot chocolate. Pumpkin spice caramel syrup (which is a little thinner than the other sauces) can go in spiced rum, coffee and atop French toast or pancakes. Bourbon caramel sauce can glaze a ham, salmon and baked brie. The warm kick of Caramel Kitchen’s chipotle caramel is a sweet complement to ribs, grilled corn, glazed carrots and shredded pork.

To help customers see this versatility, the Hunters created a small handout listing several suggested uses for each flavor. Caramel Kitchen’s website is also filled with recipes that pair with each. ...continued on next page

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Pure cane sugar, butter, cream, salt and vanilla are the only ingredients used to make Caramel Kitchen’s sauces, along with natural spices, like cinnamon, or real bourbon and Irish cream, in certain flavors.

“People say ‘Wow, it’s so buttery,’ and ‘I didn’t know caramel sauce like this existed,’” Brad says. “The number one response we get from people is ‘This is the best caramel sauce ever,’ so that is on the back of our shirts.”

The Hunters are also currently developing a line of dairy-free caramel, which should be available soon.

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ost of Caramel Kitchen’s sales are made during special events and shows that the Hunters and many friends and family members travel to around the region. Throughout this past summer, Caramel Kitchen was also a weekly vendor at several area farmers markets.

By employing families with kids who usually all work together to run Caramel Kitchen’s booth at craft shows and vendor fairs, the Hunters are realizing their business’s mission of aiding families needing a little extra income for their children’s private school tuition, among other needs.

“We have about 12 families who help us, and a couple teachers from private schools, just to get extra income and hours,” Stephanie explains. “Our emphasis is providing a place for families to work together. I love the fact that for those who want extra income or need it, this is something that isn’t pulling Mom and Dad away from the family. This is something they can do together, and it teaches kids how to deal with the public, count change, organize, and learn other life skills.”

The Hunters’ three children, all homeschooled, regularly help out at the shop. On a recent Thursday afternoon, eldest daughter Madeline is assisting the sales counter while her dad and another employee clean the caramel bottling machine.

Stephanie and Brad Hunter officially founded Caramel Kitchen in 2015.

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Madeline is also learning the caramel-making process, and is credited with developing Caramel Kitchen’s cinnamon vanilla flavor, which she created to sell to help raise money for a mission trip to Mexico. That flavor is now a bestseller and is her mom’s personal favorite to drizzle on ice cream and to flavor coffee.

A classic salted caramel sauce was Stephanie’s first foray, almost seven years ago, in the often finicky process of making homemade, small-batch caramel. After she honed her process, a version of that original recipe became the base for all of Caramel Kitchen’s specialty flavors.

“I love the product because I made it for myself first, so to be able to share something that I love with people is very rewarding,” she says. n cheys@inlander.com Caramel Kitchen • 200 W. Hanley Ave., Suite 1502, Coeur d’Alene (Silver Lake Mall) • caramelkitchen.com

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The thin-crusted Titan ($21.50/large) is as foldable as a thin crust should be, and offers a sharp tang from the feta cheese and red onions. The Mascot ($21.50/large), meanwhile, is a robust pie of the pizzeria’s hand-tossed dough, generously topped with a hearty mix of meats.

Mascot’s pizzas can be ordered as 8-inch-personal pies on up to large (16-inch) sizes, with prices for most of the large pies averaging just above $20. The menu includes a handful of sandwiches with full ($9) and half-size ($6) options, as well as appetizers and salads.

Scott and Eickerman are still awaiting approval of a license to serve beer and wine, which they expect to be processed by the end of the month. Around that time, Mascot Pizza’s seating capacity will increase from 49 to 80 when the other half of the building is ready. The restaurant also then plans to stay open a little later into the evening.

Brenda Eickerman (left) and Jamie Scott opened the Mascot in early December. ERICK DOXEY PHOTOS

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estled amongst buildings of industry, and conveniently close to the Gonzaga University campus, the Mascot Pizza opened its doors early this month hoping to become a new community gathering place in the low-key neighborhood.

Owners and business partners Brenda Eickerman and Jamie Scott have decades of pizza experience between

them. Last Christmas, Eickerman’s uncle turned down their half-joking request for a building in Coeur d’Alene, yet had another spot in mind for the pair: Mascot Pizza’s building formerly housed the now-shuttered Ramblin’ Road Craft Brewery, a block north of No-Li Brewhouse.

Eickerman and Scott’s experience in the restaurant business started with River City Pizza in Otis Orchards.

“I started there in high school and just never really left,” Scott says. “I always wanted to own my own business, and I haven’t really done any other restaurant work other than pizza, so it just felt natural to stick with what I knew.”

In addition to the pizzeria, Scott works part-time as an echocardiographer. Eickerman’s family formerly owned River City Pizza before selling it last year.

A chalkboard menu lists 11 house-made creations; most of the pies’ names reference regional high school and college mascots, including the Titan, Saxon, Scottie, Cougar, Bulldog and Husky.

“We make our dough fresh every day, and nothing

Mascot Pizza’s pies are all named after regional school mascots.

With pizza offered by the slice ($2) on weekdays from 11 am-1 pm, workers and students in the neighborhood looking for a quick lunch will be pleased to have another option. The business is also working to accept Gonzaga’s dining services currency, Bulldog Bucks. For those who can’t make it to the brick and mortar, delivery is free with a $13 minimum purchase.

After the Mascot’s first few weeks of business, Eickerman says reception has been favorable. The owners hope that when Gonzaga students return from winter break they’ll see in uptick in business. n The Mascot Pizza • 730 N. Columbus St. • Open daily from 10:30 am-9 pm • facebook.com/themascotpizza • 413-2737

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The not-so-incredible shrinking man: Matt Damon is an everyday guy who contemplates living just inches off the ground in Alexander Payne’s Downsizing.

It’s a Small World

just because the humans are smaller.

Among the people Paul meets in Leisure Land are Dusan (Christoph Waltz), an unnecessarily weird neighbor from Eastern Europe, and Ngoc Lan (Hong Chau), a Vietnamese dissident and devout Christian who escaped to America. It is because of these two that the story takes its fascinating twists and turns — not in a meandering way, but in the manner of a whimsical picaresque about a man going from one adventure to the next. There are a thousand directions you could go with the basic premise, giving you plenty to think about as you ponder the path Payne chose.

Damon is fine as a well-intentioned everyman mudOmaha occupational therapist Paul Safranek (Matt Dadling his way through life, but Paul is often merely an mon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) — is that being observer to the miniature world around him. His choices small is also drastically less expensive. A and character aren’t as interesting as the palatial home that would cost hundreds film’s real standout, Hong Chau (recently DOWNSIZING of thousands of dollars in the big world seen on HBO’s Big Little Lies) as Ngoc.

Rated R can be made from a few dollars’ worth She’s the one who opens Paul’s eyes to the Directed by Alexander Payne of lumber. A fancy steak dinner is signifipoverty and inequality of the small world, Starring Matt Damon, Christoph cantly cheaper when you only need to eat giving him a renewed sense of purpose Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig a quarter of an ounce to feel stuffed. People (albeit one with a “white savior” thread to like the Safraneks, barely making ends it) and opening the door for Chau’s layered meet now, can live like tiny kings. performance of a surprisingly complex character.

Focusing primarily on Paul Safranek, the film walks Still, despite Chau and despite the fantastical premise, us through the shrinking process and into the small comDownsizing belongs to the same category as most Alexmunity he’s chosen to live in, called Leisure Land. Now, ander Payne movies: sharp-edged comedies about the no one says smalls have to live apart from bigs, and they problems of comfortable white people. Those who were do interact sometimes. (Yes, there’s a scene where a tiny put off by this element in, say, The Descendants or Sideways person has to sign a giant document with a giant pen, won’t find Downsizing any more palatable, and may be and yes, this is funny.) But for logistical purposes, the big frustrated by the more complicated characters being and small worlds are mostly separate, and this allows for pushed off to the periphery. I found the whole thing one of the few plot developments that you could have so stimulating as a thought experiment that I’d happily seen coming: This new society has many of the same watch another film set in the same world, exploring more problems as the old one. Human nature doesn’t change of the thematic possibilities. n

Alexander Payne returns to social satire with Downsizing, as absurdly funny as it is genuinely thought-provoking

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mong the many curious surprises offered by Downsizing, a social satire about mankind’s efforts to reduce the entire population down to an average height of five inches, is the fact that Alexander Payne made it. Co-writing with regular collaborator Jim Taylor, Payne (Election, The Descendants) is no stranger to tonguein-cheek commentary, but Downsizing has the loopy, unpredictable, melancholy plot line of something by Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Anomalisa). To put it bluntly, I had no idea Payne was this imaginative.

The premise is that Norwegian scientists have perfected a means of shrinking people with a single injection into the bloodstream. Whatever other purposes such technology might have, the aim here is to relieve overpopulation and save Earth: Tiny people not only take up less space, they also eat, use and waste a lot less food and other resources than their full-sized counterparts.

After a handful of brave scientists reduce themselves and live that way for several years, occupying specially made small houses and such, the procedure is opened up to the general public.

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Gary Oldman is unrecognizable under pounds of makeup and prosthetics as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who’s settling into his first term right as Hitler’s power intensifies.

If Oldman doesn’t take home the Oscar for this one, it won’t have been for lack of trying. (NW) Rated PG-13

DOWNSIZING

In director Alexander Payne’s imaginative satire, a drab middle-class couple (Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig) sign up for a procedure that shrinks you down to just a few inches, hoping it’ll make the world a better place. The film functions both as social commentary and broad comedy, but it perhaps works best as a thought experiment about our place in the universe. (ES) Rated R

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Twin brothers Owen Wilson and Ed Helms embark on a roadtrip to find their biological dad, only to discover there are more viable candidates than they thought. Glenn Close, J.K.

Simmons, Ving Rhames and Christopher Walken are all cashing quick paychecks in supporting roles. (NW) Rated R

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A lavish, Moulin Rouge-y musical fantasy inspired by the life and career of P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), the circus empresario who created modern show biz as we know it. The splashy songs are co-written by Oscar-winning La La Land lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. (NW) Rated PG

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

The magical board game from that 1995 Robin Williams movie returns to the big screen, this time in the guise of an old gaming console that pulls some high schoolers into its perilous world.

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black star as the kids’ in-game avatars.

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Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn are back as cinema’s most foul-mouthed mothers, and this time they’re throwing the middle finger at the most stressful aspects of the yuletide season. The other new addition to the mix: the bad moms’ moms (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, Susan Sarandon). (NW) Rated R

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DC’s take on Marvel’s Avengers formula is mostly turgid, with a game cast up against a forgettable villain, mediocre special effects and a bunch of tackedon jokes that are only there to remind us they’re not taking things too seriously. A whole lot is going on at all times, and yet nothing of consequence ever seems to happen. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel about a homicide on a snowbound train is one of the most famous whodunits ever written, and its second big-budget, star-studded adaptation has Kenneth Branagh behind the camera and front and center as detective extraordinaire Hercule Poirot. The true mystery of the film: Why, exactly, was it made? (MJ) Rated PG-13

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et the past die. Kill it, if you have to.”

If any line encapsulates the spirit of both Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the fan fallout the film has received, it’s this line that Kylo Ren delivers when trying to woo Rey to join him. In many ways, writer-director Rian Johnson plays with the expectations viewers have when watching a Star Wars movie and swings a lethal lightsaber that strikes down some of the franchise’s lore.

A lot of people love it, but a whole lot of people on the internet hate it with enough power to destroy a planet. It killed their pasts.

In the social media age, everyone can have their voice heard, but only extreme takes rise above the overflooded din of online white noise.

It’s a climate where everything must be framed as the best or worst, with little room for nuance, so a new Star Wars movie — one of the last true bastions of monoculture — has little chance to escape that wrath cycle.

In a fictional galaxy long defined by the polarity of light and dark, The Last Jedi exposes and explores the messy middle ground. Johnson adds gray to the palette. Luke Skywalker picks apart everything about the Jedi order’s legacy as a beacon of light and hope, precisely tearing down the myth and his own “laser-sword” legend because of all the darkness raised under the noses of arrogant Jedi (himself included).

One’s opinion of The Last Jedi probably hinges largely on how they view the treatment of Luke Skywalker. Detractors will scoff at his flippant humor, and take grave issue with him dying by fading into the Force instead of in the course of a direct, physical battle. But any anger in that direction ignores the wonderful character arc crafted for Luke over the course of the movie.

While the men grow as characters, it’s the strong women who do the leading. Most everything that goes wrong in The Last Jedi comes via terrible decisions by men with ego-driven hero

complexes who are actively ignoring correct female advice or orders. So much could be solved easily if Poe, Finn and Kylo respectively listened to Leia/Vice Admiral Holdo, Rose and Rey. The movie practically screams the much needed lesson, “Trust women!”

On a fan appreciation level, the Force connection scenes between Rey and Kylo are brilliantly crafted, and everything that happens in the finale on the red salt planet of Crait is scripted near flawlessly. There are other less weighty highlights, from the opening starfighter battle, to the porgs being cute and unobtrusive.

Perhaps it’s unfair, but the biggest way The Last Jedi disappoints comes from the mysteries set up by The Force Awakens. Kylo revealing that Rey’s parents were nobodies works on a “special people can come from anywhere” thematic level, but it crosses into the realm of cheating the audience by invalidating established information.

(In fairness, Kylo could’ve been lying.) There’s also no real information about Supreme Leader Snoke, a character whose non-existent lore needed fleshing out for his power and demise to be meaningful.

The Last Jedi certainly has flaws ripe for nitpicking: Leia’s first real use of the Force being the witchy “flight” back to the bridge, Admiral Ackbar’s death being an afterthought, the mirror in Ahch-To’s pit (which still seems pointless after three viewings), and the sudden romantic pushes in the last scene that felt unearned.

But even my own nitpicks illustrate the problem with expectations, don’t they?

Fan fiction reigns in the age of the internet, and if people invest their fandom energy into a franchise, they want their post-production idea for rewrites to be heard. It’s hard to top one’s own imagination.

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I can count on zero fingers the number of times I’ve been interested in a new Christmas album. I’m a fan of relistening to the old-timey classics and haphazardly discovering strange additions to the genre. But I’m enough of a Cheap Trick geek that news of the power-pop legends releasing a Christmas collection this year piqued my curiosity, and, happily, it’s a winner. All the aspects of the band that made me a fan — the Beatles-obsessed harmonies, guitarist Rick Nielsen’s knack for ear-candy riffs, Robin Zander’s killer vocals — are here on a set that includes three originals (opener “Merry Christmas Darlings” is strong) as well as energetic covers of unexpected classics like Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run” and the Ramones’ “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight).” (DAN NAILEN)

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

VINCE GUARALDI TRIO Who would have ever thought that an animated TV special would produce one of the most effortlessly cool holiday albums of all time? Originally airing on CBS in 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas is a minor-key miracle, a funny and insightful plea for yuletide kindness that’s aided by a wonderful jazz score by pianist Vince Guaraldi.

The accompanying soundtrack album is actually longer than the 25-minute special itself, released concurrently with the show and featuring Jerry Granelli on drums and Fred Marshall on double bass. Everyone knows tracks like “Linus and Lucy” (the unofficial Peanuts theme song) and the children’s choir-backed “Christmas Time Is Here,” but the album also includes Guaraldi’s terrific interpretations of standards like “Greensleeves” and “O Tannenbaum.” I’ve got this one in frequent rotation every December, and no one ever seems to say a bad word about it. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS VARIOUS ARTISTS

Not everyone is an acolyte of the so-called “Prince of Puke,” I get that. But even if John Waters’ films (Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom) are beyond the pale for your delicate sensibilities, most people will find something to love in his personally curated compilation of oddball Christmas tunes. Some of them might already be familiar — Tiny Tim’s take on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and the Chipmunks’ “Sleigh Ride” in particular — but the new revelations are the best, like Paul “Fat Daddy” Johnson’s album-opening “Fat Daddy” (in this case, he’s referring to Santa instead of himself), and the decidedly non-childfriendly “Here Comes Fatty Claus” by Rudolph and the Gang, perhaps the most bitter Christmas song ever recorded. If you’re sick of the “classics” and love some bad taste with your eggnog, seek out this album. (DN) ...continued on next page

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A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERIES

VARIOUS ARTISTS All the cool kids in the ’80s and ’90s were in the know about this Christmas compilation series, so it might be due for a popular comeback. Immediately recognizable by their distinctive Keith Haring cover illustrations, the collection started in 1987 as a benefit for the Special Olympics, and the first album featured holiday standards performed by some of the biggest names of the era — Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, U2, Madonna.

The ongoing series has also featured original tunes that have since become classics, including Tom Petty’s “Christmas All Over Again,” Run-D.M.C.’s “Christmas in Hollis” and the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Christmastime.”

New Very Special Christmas albums were being released as recently as 2012, enticing a new generation of pop fans with the likes of Michael Buble, OneRepublic, Jordin Sparks and Christina Aguilera. While the franchise hasn’t spawned any future holiday favorites, there’s still time for it to happen again. (NW)

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE EP

A MOTOWN CHRISTMAS

FISHBONE One of the best live bands to come out of Los Angeles in the ’80s, Fishbone always struggles to capture its punk/ funk/soul fury on recordings, but this gloriously unhinged holiday-themed EP from 1987 comes close. The four songs come in at under 16 minutes total, including the wicked ska fun of “It’s a Wonderful Life (We’re Gonna Have a Good Time)” and the boozy, sparse balladry of “Slick Nick, You Devil,” which illustrates a less-than-ideal Christmas story. (Hint: Santa’s drunk and stealing the stereo.) “Just Call Me Scrooge” brings serious funk to the proceedings, while “Iration” goes all reggae for some loping groove-heavy horn-play. (DN)

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VARIOUS ARTISTS The title alone should automatically perk up your ears, because Motown makes everything better. This compilation was originally released as a double LP set in 1973, a convenient repackaging of two dozen of the legendary record label’s Christmas singles from the ’60s and ’70s, and it still sounds as fresh and vibrant as it must have 45 years ago. Some of its tracks have justifiably become holiday favorites, including the Jackson 5’s buoyant “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” Stevie Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me” and Marvin Gaye’s “I Want to Be Home for Christmas.” Other slightly more obscure tracks, like the Temptations’ take on “Rudolph” and “Jingle Bells” by way of Smokey Robinson, probably should be radio staples. (NW)

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As Louisville’s My Morning Jacket has evolved from rootsy Southern rockers tearing up nightclubs to sprawling psychedelic-tinged arena rockers over the course of their career, singer Jim James has remained simply one of the best vocalists around. Add the band’s talent for experimentation and you have the makings of some great Christmas tunes — really! This EP from 2000 combines originals and winning covers (like Nick Cave’s “New Morning”) and serves as a vivid reminder of the band’s exciting explosion into the public’s consciousness, full of electric guitars and soaring harmonies. Pair it with the band’s Christmas-filled 2011 iTunes Session EP, a largely acoustic, sparser approach to classics like “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” for nearly an hour of yuletide excellence. (DN)

SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS AND SILVER & GOLD

SUFJAN STEVENS Back when he was on a mission to produce a concept album for each of the 50 states (he’d eventually throw in the towel after 2003’s Michigan and 2005’s Illinois), singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens was cranking out annual Christmas EPs in limited quantities for his friends. He continued making those yuletide collections as his career took off, and they’ve been made available in these two compilations. Stevens digs up old hymns, traditional carols and secular tunes and puts them alongside originals, including the elegiac “Sister Winter,” the cheeky breakup tune “Did I Make You Cry on Christmas? (Well, You Deserved It!)” and the loud-quiet-loud celebration of “Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!”

Stevens’ compositions don’t exactly reinvent the wheel, but his gentle, haunting style makes for the perfect soundtrack to a quiet, snowy Christmas morning. (NW) n

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ROCK KALAJ & DEER

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t’s going to be a slow few weeks as far as touring bands are concerned (thanks a lot, Santa), so it’s a good thing that some excellent Spokane bands are about to hit local stages. First up is this pre-Christmas gig with Deer and KALAJ, two acts that emerged around the same time — Deer last autumn, and KALAJ (pictured) a few months later — and were both on this year’s Volume festival lineup, but are just now sharing a proper stage for the first time. Consider it a yuletide miracle. You might initially think of the instrumental quartet Deer as a side project of Pine League (three of its members are also in that band, seemingly on hiatus), but their shifty, experimental, hook-heavy rock is its own entity. And KALAJ is something of a local supergroup of seasoned Spokane musicians, and they marry hip-hop, reggae and psych-rock together in ways you won’t see coming. Both bands are still relatively young, but they’ve already developed confidence; keep an eye out for them in the new year.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

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Friday, 12/22

219 LOUNGE, Adrian Xavier BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, Yesterdayscake BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Sea Cow CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), KOSH COMMUNITY PINT, Wyatt Wood CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, FM FARMHOUSE KITCHEN AND SILO BAR, Tom D’Orazi and Friends

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KALAJ and Deer • Fri, Dec. 22 at 8 pm • 21+ • Red Room Lounge • 521 W. Sprague • redroomloungespokane.com • 838-7613

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nce your Christmas hangover subsides, put on your newest sweater, head down to the Bartlett and get drunk all over again with Kent Ueland, better known as the Holy Broke. Ueland has been a Spokane music scene staple since he was a member of the beloved alt-folk outfit Terrible Buttons, and his solo songs (if you aren’t familiar with them already) are a lot of things simultaneously: wry and self-deprecating one moment, dark and melancholy the next. His lyrics, too, explore big, abstract topics — love, death, creativity, philosophy — in ways that feel more intimate than cosmic, and they’re grounded in melodies that might make you forget you’re being confronted with some heavy themes.

Ueland has been working on a new album in Minnesota, where he also recorded his debut LP Do It Yourself, and he says it’s currently in its finishing stages and is set to be released sometime next year. And as a late Christmas gift, maybe he’ll play you a new track or two.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER The Holy Broke and Hollywood Bedsheets • Wed, Dec. 27 at 8 pm • $8 • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Bob Sletner FREDNECK’S, Deez Nutz feat. Chris Kidd, Dee Senese GARLAND DRINKERY, Drinkery Presents w/Chad O. Moore IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Marty Perron and Doug Bond

IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), The Ryan Larsen Band THE JACKSON ST., AXIS Power Trio Tribute J J KNITTING FACTORY, Sammy Eubanks Blue Christmas with Bobby Patterson and Big Honey LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil

MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Ron Greene MOOSE LOUNGE, Usual Suspects NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Smash Hit Carnival NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick

O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Riff Hangers J THE PIN!, Nightmare Before Christmas Metal Fest w/Alive in Barcelona, Among Thieves, Ghost Heart, A Cryptic Ending,

Scatterbox J RED ROOM LOUNGE, Deer, KALAJ (see facing page) THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler J SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN RESORT, The Cole Show SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Christy Lee SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, 3 Way Street ZOLA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

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SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Just Plain Darin J THE VIKING, Ugly Christmas Sweater Party with Fat Lady WESTWOOD BREWING CO., Pamela Benton ZOLA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

Sunday, 12/24

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Wednesday, 12/27 219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills J J THE BARTLETT, The Holy Broke (see facing page), Hollywood Bedsheets GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with Host Travis Goulding IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Just Plain Darin LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, The Cronkites RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, The Ronaldos feat. Ron Criscione, Ray Younker and Emily Ridler SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, Donny Duck Entertainment Karaoke J TWO SEVEN PUBLIC HOUSE, Matt Mitchell ZOLA, Whsk&Keys

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Cirque Dreams Holidaze offers one last holiday hurrah.

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PERFORMANCE ORNAMENTAL ACROBATS Though Christmas will be two days past by the time the mesmerizing stage show Cirque Dreams Holidaze — a vibrant and festive treat of soaring heights and sensational entertainment — rolls into town, it’s still worth a family outing, especially with those who don’t relish the end of the holiday season. Cirque Dreams Holidaze has been acclaimed by audiences nationwide for its wondrous stage show. Now on its 10th anniversary national tour that’s swinging by Spokane for two sparkling evenings, this prismatic spectacle of acrobats and illusions levitate the spirit and bring one more dose of holiday cheer to all.

— JASON STILL Cirque Dreams Holidaze • Wed, Dec. 27 and Thu, Dec. 28 at 7 pm • $35-$65 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000

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COMEDY DOMESTIC BLISS?

Comedian Andy Woodhull comes from the long line of funny folks from Chicago, and standup comedy has taken him far and wide in the last decade, from the Maui Comedy Festival in Hawaii to the Just for Laughs fest in Montreal, and all points in between. Appearances on Jimmy Fallon and Conan O’Brien focused primarily on his life as a newlywed and stepfather, joking about the inequities in household work and juggling the needs of two teen girls as well as their mother. But his jokes aren’t all in the family; Woodhull’s Twitter is full of worthy one-liners: “I like to give scratch off lotto tickets as xmas gifts. Here is some garbage, or if you’re lucky, a fight that will end our friendship.” He has two albums to his credit, was named one of four “comedians to watch” by the Chicago Tribune and is doing four shows in Spokane right after Christmas, so make the man welcome!

— DAN NAILEN Andy Woodhull • Thu, Dec. 28 at 8 pm ($8 for men/free for women) • Fri, Dec. 29 at 8 pm and Sat, Dec. 30 at 7 pm ($14) • Sat, Dec. 30 at 9:30 pm ($10) • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998

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SPORTS HOLY GOALIE

Going to your first ice hockey match is to realize how an absurdly difficult skill had gone previously unnoticed. Players barreling into each other at high speeds on a surface you and I would fall down on while sitting is in itself exciting to behold. The Spokane Chiefs, however, are gliding across a bit of thin ice at the end of the first half of the 2017-18 season, after a recent 10-3 loss to cross-state rivals the Seattle Thunderbirds. After a two-week mid-season break and the addition of new goaltender 15-year-old Campbell Arnold, the Chiefs slide back into action post-Christmas to show off their skills in this anticipated rematch against the winged ones of the West. Here’s to a slick win over the Thunderbirds.

— JASON STILL Spokane Chiefs vs. Seattle Thunderbirds • Wed, Dec. 27 at 7 pm • $16-$24/adults; $10/kids • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanechiefs.com • 535-7825

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BENEFIT

SANTA EXPRESS The 25th annual holiday store offers items at allowancefriendly prices (50 cents to $8) for area children ages 4-12 to purchase for friends and family, with proceeds supporting the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Open daily through Dec. 23 during mall hours. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. santaexpress.org WEST PLAINS CHRISTMAS GALA A holiday-themed fundraiser for two nonprofits in Cheney: Time of Remembrance and the Cheney VFW. Raffle tickets are $1/each, with the chance to win $1000+ of prizes on each of the eight, themed trees. Drawing is Dec. 23; raffle tickets on sale daily from 9 am-3 pm. Marketplace, 1011 First St. marketplacecheney.com (235-9176)

COMEDY

ZOLTAN KASZAS Zoltan’s wise cracks have won him The Seattle International Comedy Competition, The San Diego Comedy Festival, San Diego’s Funniest Person Contest and The Rockstar Energy Drink Comedy Throwdown. Dec. 21-23 at 8 pm, Dec. 23 at 10:30 pm. $16-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com SEASON’S GREETINGS We supply the cookies and hot cocoa while the Blue Door Players use your gift suggestions as inspiration for a comedic night celebrating the season. Dec. 22 and 29, at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com SAFARI The fast-paced short-form improv show for mature audiences relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Saturdays at 8 pm, through Dec. 30. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com

COMMUNITY

CAMPBELL HOUSE HOLIDAYS Explore the house at your own pace, participate in crafts and activities.

This year’s cast of characters includes the cook, the coachman, the first floor maid, and the Campbell’s daughter Helen. Free with admission. Dec. 1631, open Thu-Sun from 10 am-5 pm.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org HOLIDAY LIGHTS SHOW The 31st annual holiday tradition includes the “Journey to the North Pole” lake cruises. Lights on display through Jan. 1; 40-minute cruises ($7.50/ages 6-12; $22.25/adults; $21.25/seniors) depart nightly at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 pm. CdA Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com DOG DAYS OF DECEMBER Dress your pups in holiday costumes and come down for a strut on the new ice ribbon.

Includes DIY pictures with Santa and hot and cold treats. Dec. 21, 6-8 pm.

Free. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard St. bit.ly/2B5LyRa (509-625-6601) SCHOOL’S OUT DAY CAMP Kids can enjoy swimming, rock climbing, gym games, art, cooking and more. Lunch and snacks provided. Dec. 18-22 and 27-29 from 9 am-4 pm. Ages 6-13. $36-$45/day. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org

SPOKANE WINTER GLOW The fourth annual holiday lights show features several themed displays. Lights on daily at dusk through Jan. 1. Free. Cowley Park, Sixth and Division. spokanewinterglow.com 3RD ANNUAL KRAMPUS TAKEOVER Groups of with have 60 minutes to right the wrong Krampus has done and put Christmas back together again.

(Use promo code “inlander55” for 30 percent off at checkout). Thru Jan. 15; open Thu-Sun from 4:30-10 pm. Unit 55, 225 N. Ella Rd. cartelhaunts.com HORSE & CARRIAGE RIDES Wheatland Bank sponsors this year’s rides around downtown Spokane. Through Dec. 24; Fri from 3-8 pm, Sat-Sun from noon-5 pm (noon-3 pm on Dec. 24).

Pick-up at 222 N. Wall. Free. downtownspokane.org COOL CAMP The popular program offered by the Spokane Valley Parks & Recreation Department includes two sessions of indoor and outdoor games and activities for kids from 6-11 years old. Dec. 20-22 and Dec. 26-29. $95-$110. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. spokanevalley.org/recreation MEDICARE 101 A class designed to help attendees understand options in the Medicare program in order to make informed choices about enrollment and coverage. Dec. 26 from 1-3 pm. $5 suggested donation. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org SPOKANE CONTRA DANCE Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance, with the band River City Ramblers playing, and caller Nancy Staub. No experience necessary, all are welcome. Beginner workshop at 7:15 pm. Dec. 27, 7:309:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. (598-9111) DROP IN & CODE FOR KIDS Explore the world of coding using game-based lessons on Code.org and Scratch. For grade 3+. Meets last Friday of the month, from 3-5:30 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (279-0299) CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING Boy Scout Troop 400 is recycling natural Christmas trees in two locations of the Spokane Valley, CVHS and U-High.

Home pickup also available. Dec. 30-31 and Jan. 6-7, from 9 am-3 pm. $5-$10. troop400.net/trees NOON YEAR’S EVE PARTY A special celebration of the New Year without having to stay up late, with crafts and a snack. (Also offered at the Indian Trail branch.) Dec. 30, 11 am. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org FIRST NIGHT SPOKANE The city’s 17th annual all-ages celebration of the New Year includes arts displays, demonstrations, film, performances, live music, family activities and more.

Dec. 31. $15/$17. Downtown Spokane. firstnightspokane.org JOYA-E NEW YEAR’S SERVICE: BELL OF THE LAST NIGHT Ring in 2018 with a cultural, spiritual Buddhist observance. Includes a 40-minute service.

Dec. 31, 7-7:45 pm. Free. Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry. SpokaneBuddhistTemple.org NEW YEAR’S EVE AT SILVER Celebrate NYE with skiing and boarding under the lights, a late tubing session. and festivities in Silver Rapids. Dec. 31, 8:15-midnight. Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker. silvermt.com

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I SAW YOU WALMART ON COLTON ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17TH BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 10 AM You were the young man security guard at the front entrance. My husband and I were leaving. You saw us and flashed us a very warm, tenderhearted smile. We had a rough difficult couple of days, and that smile of yours just made our day. We just wanted to say thank you for something we truly needed at that moment in time. It truly made all the difference in the world. May you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

DANG CUTE DEMOCRAT I saw you at the Spokane Dems Holiday party. You were wearing a Bernie Sanders shirt and spent the night chatting with everyone, flashing that perfect dimpled smile. I couldn’t keep my eyes off of you. I heard that you might be thinking about running locally -- hit me up if you’d like some help? And a date? I was wearing navy blue and came in with the short blond and the taller red-head.

CHEERS LOST AT SEA I waded far out into the water, and now I am lost at sea. You are you the one lost at sea? Please come back to me, come home to me my lover.

Don’t let me drown here in these sorrows of yesterday. I pray this mortal veil of fear will be lifted from our eyes, and that

we would no longer be ashamed of our nakedness, and we would no longer need these “fig leaves” of ego to cover up our love for each other. I love you mr.sexy.

MY BOOBEAR I love you more than I could ever say. I am so unbelievably proud of you for how far you’ve come with school ! You are almost done baby!

Thank you for being so good to me and for loving me the way you do. You are such an amazing momma to out beautiful bubba. I would love more than anything to spend the rest of my life with you baby.

I love you so much boo bear. <3K SNUGGLES THE BEAR Lying in bed every morning I think of you, and I miss your warm and comforting embrace. There is no one who makes me feel as safe, protected, and loved as you do. My spirit can finally rest knowing that you are my true love and our love is as strong as death.

Many waters can not quench our love.

No one and nothing will ever be able to cut us asunder. I wasn’t strong enough to hold both our pain, but I now know that where I am weak you are strong. And I need your strength. I have always loved you, and always will, forever.

SCANDALOUS GAMES: Attention residents of Hillyard, People’s Park, NH, and most of the South Hill. Next spring Dr. H (of Whitworth/Dartmouth) and I will hopefully be playing three “friendly” games of racquetball, on the Ides of March (Idus Martiae). SERVICE shockwaves alert: Citizens, please take the following community precautions: 1) nail down all plastic peanut butter jars, 2) bolt DVD’s, 3) stay out of the air, 4) avoid sleeping under a loaded shelf during the day, and: 5) make sure to keep a bullhorn handy. Remember folks if they can’t see you under a hill of building rubble, the odds are that the brave men and women of the Spokane Fire Department will not be able to provide a speedy rescue.

BTW, most of my opponents randomly jump left or right: like a free kick... GOAL! Remember ladies and gentleman, people in wheelchairs are some of the best of us. (Empty, nail, replace, screw... stow) They key to survival in many situations is being prepared. There is life after racquetball... slowly and surely, Spokane will rebuild. Dr. H for Gov! Make America Great Again!

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JEERS CAN THE CHAUVINISM I love listening to KISS98.1 during the holidays for Christmas music. However, could you cool it on the chauvinism? I was listening on my morning commute, and was blasted by boob jokes.

Seriously??? The good old boys days are

enabling. The exact quote in an article in your magazine was; “President Donald Trump has also been accused of unacceptable behavior.” WRONG! Trump has admitted, on tape to entering the dressing rooms of young models while they were undressing. Trump has also admitted on tape to having grabbed women by the pussy. Trump HAS NOT been accused, he has TESTIFIED, against himself. If the Inlander is really inter-

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siveness and harm of sexual misconduct.

We are all affected directly or indirectly, me too. Sexual misconduct has power over another at its core. When anyone in our neighborhood, workplace, community, city experiences sexual misconduct the tendency is to be quiet, live in shame. No more: the dark closet is open wide, thanks to women, and men all over our city, our country.

Reckoning is used by Dr. Brene’ Brown, research professor at U. of Houston, Social Work as the foundation for her model Rising Strong. Reckoning is recognizing and with fierce courage, vulnerability and awareness naming the trouble. Step 2 is Rumbling, owning the story, revisiting it again and again, honestly challenging ourselves with the truth as it is. Step 3 is Revolution, committing to change the story to match the truths uncovered, transform ourselves into wholeness, a new way of being in the world.

Archbishop Desmond TuTu, early resister to apartheid states, “My humanity is bound up with yours, for we can only be human together.” He came to lead the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Step 1 is confession and full disclosure of responsibility by the person for their actions. Step 2 is forgiveness by the community to the offender. Step 3 is restitution to the person harmed.

Each model, and there are others, requires all parties to face the truth, let go of denial and rationalization, full acceptance of the harm done, and integrating both to form a new way of being in the world. We are all stronger and

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Provide basic info: your name and email (so we know you’re real). 4. To connect via I Saw You, provide a non-identifying email to be included with your submission — like “petals327@yahoo.com,” not “j.smith@comcast.net.”

over. Read a newspaper. Read: PATHETIC AND SMALL. ADDICTS OF SPOKANE Here’s a big ol’ jeers to the Disneyland parents. Must be really nice to be able to sweep in at your own convenience while everyone else does the work for you. You’ve got the Facebook crowd pleased with your faux “candid” photos and your “Loving parent of two” BS. Normal people see you for the kind of person you actually are. Miserable and utterly alone. Enjoy it while you can. It won’t last forever.

KARMA Before you engage in another relationship, you should learn how to love and how to be loved. Maybe you were intimidated that when you returned to me you found a confident, successful woman admired by her peers, not the insecure girl you once knew. I don’t know why you disappeared except maybe you were ashamed that you weren’t supportive at such a critical time. Or maybe you had sensed my withdrawal. You love the term narcissist to describe others, but in fact it is a true reflection of you.

If you disagree, you’re not being honest with yourself or you do not really know what the word means. Return to therapy so you can become the person you need to be to be fulfilled and happy and a true companion deserving of a good partner.

I really wish that for you.

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ested in protecting women from sexual deviants you need to print the truth. THE WHOLE TRUTH! RE: SCUMBAGS Absolutely brilliant post on the infant brains who draw all over public and private property in Spokane.

These feeble minded morons have no idea how dumb their work looks to most everyone. Someday every area will be recorded and these dumbo faces will be all over law enforcement radar. I’ll bet they will get to get rid of their own coloring. In the meantime, know there are others who find these people just as stupid as you do. Hopefully they pay for their crimes someday. This submission site is terrible for proofing. Maybe they will figure out a good app. I quit trying. n

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CHRISTMAS CAROL BEER CHOIR The Palouse Two-Rivers Beer Choir hosts a special holiday edition of its beer + choir event. Dec. 21, 7 pm. Free. Slice & Biscuit, 125 E. Second St, Moscow. sliceandbiscuit.com (208-285-1258) HOTEL RL LIFESIZE GINGERBREAD HOUSE Corporate Exec. Chef Ricky Webster and his team have assembled a life-size gingerbread house for the community to walk through, with special treats sold to benefit local nonprofit Blessings Under the Bridge. Treats and DIY gingerbread house kits from $3$12; house is free to view and is open daily through Jan. 1. Hotel RL at the Park, 201 W. North River Dr. redlion. com/park-spokane VINO WINE TASTING Fri, Dec. 22nd’s tasting features selections from Matchbook Wines, from 3-6:30 pm. Sat, Dec. 23rd is a highlight of Dunham Cellars of Walla Walla, from 2-4:30 pm. Tastings include cheese and crackers. Vino!, 222 S. Washington. vinowine.com KOMBUCHA MOCKTAILS Learn how to make your own kombucha mocktails for the holidays. Dec. 23, 12-12:45 pm.

Free. Natural Grocers, 4603 N. Division. naturalgrocers.com (509-489-9900) DRINK THIS! The Inland NW Food Network beverage tasting and education series is held every month on the fourth Thursday, from 6:30-8 pm. Locations vary; see link for schedule and registration. $10-$15. inwfoodnetwork.org REPEAL DAY PARTY The Garland and Bon Bon’s 7th annual celebration of the repeal of Prohibition in December 1933. Includes live entertainment by the Vaude Villains (10 pm), a vintageinspired clothing pop-up shop, themed cocktails in Bon Bon and a spirits tasting by American Northwest. Ages 21+ only. Dec. 29, 10 pm. $10-$15. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com (509-327-1050) VEGAN STUFFED PEPPERS COOKING CLASS Learn a new healthy recipe and other techniques to make fresh, homecooked meals. Dec. 29, 7-8:45 pm. $29.

Modernist Cooks & Catering, 1014 N. Pines Rd. modernistcooks.com ELEVATE YOUR PARTY FAVORITES Take your holiday party foods to a healthier level with easy-to-make, healthy party treats. Dec. 30, 12-12:45 pm. Free. Natural Grocers, 4603 N. Division. naturalgrocers.com (489-9900) STIGGY ART + DINNER WITH AUSTIN STIEGEMEIER Emerge presents an intimate evening of Spanish tapas, signature cocktails, music, and art.

Stiggy’s work, inspired from his trip to Spain, will be on display along with limited prints (silent bidding available). Includes music by Rhys Gerwin. Proceeds benefit Stiggy and Emerge. Jan. 4, 6-9 pm. $49/person. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth St. emergecda.com (208-660-5142)

MUSIC

DICKENS CAROLERS Enjoy Christmas melodies of the Harmonizers and the Sweet Adeline’s as they strolling through the Resort Lobby every WedSun, from 6-9 pm, Dec. 1-23. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort. com (208-765-4000) CHRISTMAS EVE AT ST. JOHN’S The annual Christmas Eve services captures the joy and peace of the season. The

Junior Choir leads music at the familycentered 4 pm service. An extended prelude of Handel’s Messiah, sung by candlelight, begins at 9:40 pm. The full Cathedral Choir and Collegium Orchestra open the 10:30 pm service under the direction of Dr Tim Westerhaus. Dec. 24, 4 pm-midnight. Free. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. (838-4277) STRAIGHT NO CHASER: THE SPEAKEASY TOUR A concert by the male a cappella group. Dec. 28, 8-10 pm. $31.50-$59.50. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com (624-1200) SINGING IN THE NEW YEAR SEMIFINALS Listen to the top ten semifinalists who will be competing to become one of the three finalists during First Night Spokane, on Dec. 31. Dec. 29, 6:30-9 pm. $5/$15. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. firstnightspokane.org (795-8691) FIRST NIGHT SPOKANE: SINGING IN THE NEW YEAR Enjoy a night of incredible local talent as the top three contestants compete for the $1,000 grand prize. Dec. 31, 7-8:30 pm. $15 event admission. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. firstnightspokane.org (795-8691) NYE WITH BEETHOVEN’S NINTH Toast the new year with the Spokane Symphony and the Spokane Symphony Chorale. Music Director Eckart Preu conducts this exhilarating testament to the human spirit with the final hymn, “Ode to Joy.” Dec. 31, 7:30-9:30 pm. $15-$49/adults; $9-$33/kids. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org

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HOLIDAY LIGHTS HELICOPTER TOURS This 25 minute helicopter flight heads over Spokane Falls, Riverfront Park’s new ice ribbon, and some of the best Christmas light displays the city has to offer. Call to schedule. $75/person based on a group of 3. Felts Field, 6105 E. Rutter. inlandhelicopters.com SPOKANE CHIEFS Versus the Seattle Thunderbirds. Dec. 27, 7:05 pm. $10$22. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000) NBC BASKETBALL HOLIDAY HOOP CAMP Join NBC Camps for two days of hoops this holiday break, with sessions for ages 7-10 and 10-14. Dec. 28-29. $55/$115. The Warehouse, 800 N. Hamilton St. nbccamps.com (466-4690) SPOKANE CHIEFS Versus the Tri-City Americans. It’s also $1 hot dog and Coca-Cola product night at select concession stands all game long. Dec. 30, 7:05 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com

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HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS: A VARIETY SHOW Sing along to Christmas carols, sip hot cocoa and enjoy a holiday performance by local actors. Dec. 21 and 22 at 7:30 pm. $15. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. facebook.com/ lakecityplayhouse/ (208-673-7529) TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS The annual Radio City Music Hall-style show honors the U.S. military with a USO tribute, and brings Christmas classics are brought to life with song and dance.

Dec. 8-10, 15-17 and 21-23; show times

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vary. $20-$36. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. traditionsofchristmasnw.com (208-391-2867) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: A RADIO PLAY A performance of the holiday classic in an on-air radio format, adapted from the Lux Radio theater script.

Dec. 22-23 at 7:30 pm. $15-$20. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE The show’s 10th anniversary national tour features elaborate costumed acrobats who fly, balance and stretch imaginations in a groundbreaking holiday celebration. Dec. 27-28 at 7 pm. $35-$65.

INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com

VISUAL ARTS

SMALL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL The 19th annual show features more than 200 pieces, all smaller than 12x12 inches, in a variety of media by regional and frequently-showcased gallery artists. Dec. 1-Jan. 6; Tue-Sat from 9 am-6 pm. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com ORNAMENT & SMALL WORKS SHOW The annual holiday-themed show features new pieces by more than 40 local and regional artists. Through Dec. 23; open Mon-Fri from 10 am-5 pm. Free.

Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net DROP IN & DRAW Adults and teens who have always thought, “I wish I could draw,” can join Spark to explore mediums, develop skill and cultivate imaginative thinking. Wednesdays, from 4-5:30 pm. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org

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SPOKANE WRITES: ANTHOLOGY SIGNING This collection of stories, essays, and poems by writers of all ages commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Spokane County Library District Dec. 21, 1:30-3:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com SIGNING: TAIMA THE SEAHAWK The children’s book written and illustrated

by Lucas P. Kok explores Taima’s mythic origins and travels among the Pacific Northwest’s many cultures, animals, and history. Dec. 22, 1:30 pm. Free.

Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (509-838-0206) SIGNING: KIT SEATON In a fantastical post-industrial desert, 15-year-old Boetema suddenly discovers she has the ability to astrally project to other planets while she sleeps. Dec. 23, 11 am-1 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com TONY & SUZANNE BAMONTE: GOLD RUSH LEGACY The 1883-84 gold rush drew thousands of fortune seekers to Prichard Creek in the remote Coeur d’Alene National Forest of northern Idaho. They were met with excitement, disappointment, success, and failure, but the impact of the gold rush extended far beyond the initial hysteria. Dec. 23, 1:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com BROKEN MIC Spokane Poetry Slam’s longest-running, weekly open mic reading series, open to all readers and all-ages. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. Free.

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Advice Goddess YOU FLOOZE, YOU LOSE

I’m a married lesbian in my 50s. I blew up my happy marriage by having an affair with somebody I didn’t love and wasn’t even that attracted to. Now my wife, whom I love very much, is divorcing me. Why did I cheat on her? I don’t understand my own behavior. —Lost There are those special people you meet who end up changing your life — though ideally not from happily married person to lonely middle-aged divorcee living in a AMY ALKON mildewy studio.

There’s a widespread assumption that “a happy marriage is insurance against infidelity,” explained the late infidelity researcher Shirley Glass. Even she used to assume that. But, her research (and that of subsequent researchers) finds that even happily married people end up cheating — for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they want better sex or even just different sex. Sometimes they want an ego shine. And sometimes they feel something’s missing within them. But soul-searching is emotionally grubby, tedious work, so they first look for that missing something in the nearest hot person’s underpants.

It seems inexplicable (and borderline crazy) that you risked everything you care about for somebody you find kind of meh — until you look at this through the lens of “bounded rationality.” And before anybody takes a lighter to hay on a pitchfork they plan to chase me with, I’m simply offering a possible explanation for such baffling behavior; I’m not excusing cheating.

“Bounded rationality” is the late Nobel Prize-winning cognitive scientist Herbert Simon’s term for the constraints on our ability to make truly reasoned, rational decisions.

These decision-making constraints include having a limited time to make a choice and limited cognitive ability, which keeps us from seeing the whole picture, with its rainbow of repercussions.

We can end up engaging in what psychologists call “framing,” a sort of selectavision in which we make decisions based on whichever part of the picture happens to be in mental focus at the time. (Of course, we’re more likely to focus on how fun it would be to have a little strange than how strange it would be to end up exiled to a motel when the wife finds out.)

For some people, behavior from their spouse that suggests “Ha-ha…crossed my fingers during that vows thing!” is simply a deal breaker. But say your wife still loves you and is mainly leaving because she feels she can’t trust you. (A partner who inexplicably cheats is a partner there’s no stopping from inexplicably cheating again.)

If you can explain — though not excuse! — your thinking (or nonthink) at the time, maybe your wife will agree to try couples therapy, at least for a few months. Bounded rationality aside, I suspect you’re unlikely to cheat again, and especially not on what I call “The ER Model” for bad decisions: patients muttering, “This isn’t how I thought the night would end” -- just before the doctor extracts the light saber-toting action figure from a place where, no, the sun does not shine but supplemental illumination is generally unnecessary.

GOOD MOURNING!

How long does it take to get over someone? One friend said it takes half as long as you were together, and another said it takes twice that time. —Recently Dumped Sometimes it takes a while to let go, but sometimes you’re so ready that you’d chase the person off your porch with a shotgun (if you had a porch or a shotgun and weren’t afraid of doing time on a weapons charge).

Your friends, with their precise breakup timetables, are confusing emotional recovery with mass transit. The reality is, people vary — like in how naturally resilient they are — and so do relationships. (Some are long over before they’re formally retired.)

Sadness after a breakup can feel like the pointless adult version of getting grounded indefinitely. However, as I’ve written in previous columns, psychiatrist and evolutionary psychologist Randolph Nesse explains that sadness appears to be “adaptive” — meaning that it has useful functions. For example, the “disengagement” from motivation that accompanies sadness gives us time to process what happened, possibly helping us learn from our mistakes instead of inviting them back in for an eggnog.

Accordingly, a way to heal emotionally is to find meaning within your mistakes — figuring out what you might have seen or done differently, which tells you what you should probably do differently in the future. In other words, think of the sadness holding you down not as your hostage-taker but as your helper. Deliberately using it that way might even help you curb the impatience that leads some to start dating before they’re actually ready. Sure, on a first date, it’s good to give a guy the sense that you’re passionate and emotionally present, but probably not by sobbing uncontrollably when he asks whether you want a latte. n ©2017, 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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Doctors Debate The World Health Organization shows an openness to cannabis

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he Drug Enforcement Administration made it clear in 2016 that they viewed cannabis extracts such as cannabidiol (CBD) — a non-psychoactive component of marijuana — as an illegal Schedule I drug.

But a World Health Organization (WHO) committee announced last week that the drug did not warrant any international drug scheduling in its initial review.

The WHO’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) released findings for a dozen substances for its annual meetings. The findings included a preliminary ruling on CBD, prior to an extensive review due in the next year.

“There is increased interest from Member States in the use of cannabis for medical indications including for palliative care,” the committee’s announcement read. “Responding to that interest and increase in use, WHO has in recent years gathered more robust scientific evidence

on therapeutic use and side effects of cannabis and cannabis components.”

The ECDD stated that with recent evidence from both human and animal studies showed the therapeutic merits in relation to epilepsy and related conditions.

They also found that CBD showed no likely contribution to abuse or dependence to other forms of cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC. The ECDD meeting scheduled for next May will be a “Special Session on Cannabis” that will include, according to The Cannabist, “Cannabis plant and cannabis resin; extracts and tinctures of cannabis, THC; and isomers of THC.” Cannabis plant and resin are listed as Schedule I and Schedule IV substances by the United Nations’ 1961 and 1972 revision rulings. The U.S. Health and Human Ser-

vices are expected to hold its recommendation on CBD until the ECDD May report.

Meanwhile, some veterinary clinics like one in Bend, Oregon, offer CBD products as a medication to alleviate dogs’ joint pain and anxiety. The move is in spite of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning companies that selling these CBD products violates laws in relation to “unapproved new animal drugs.”

But the American Veterinary Medical Association’s policy-making body stated that they want the DEA to declassify marijuana in hopes to help “facilitate research opportunities for veterinary and human medical uses.”

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