Spokane CDA Living May 2018 #150

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Business Legacies Shaping Our Region

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Business Legacies This special section is in honor of local entities who have been shaping the business landscape of Spokane, Coeur d’Alene—and, often, around the globe—for many years, and who continue to be the developing story—and legacy—of our region.

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What I Know Marshall Peterson shares what he has learned through his work supporting and promoting the arts, and what drew him back to Spokane after traipsing the world for years.

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CONTENTS WHAT’S INSIDE 12

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Letters to the Editor

Catalyst

Reader Feedback

Branding Lead Spokane Legacy Businesses

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Editor’s Letter Stephanie’s Thoughts

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First Look and Buzz Inpace Club Lilacs & Lemons Editor’s Picks 5 Homebuying Tips Talking Points Artist’s Eye Spokane Rising #PulseSpokane Photo Pics

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The Scene Lilac Festival & Parade Lilac Lit: Book Synergy Music: Super Sparkle Artist: Grasshopper & Guru

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The Nest The Potting Bench House: Bellerive Home Improvement

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Woman Dr. Tererai Trent Event This is Dirt LTYM Sockpants + Superheroes OBGYN Features Finding Peace If They Only Knew

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Healthbeat New Technologies

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Datebook

Local Cuisine

A Few of our Editor’s Favorite Upcoming Events (expanded list of community events on bozzimedia.com)

Feasting At Home Best Steaks for Any Budget Asparagus Recipe Ribbon Cuttings DINING GUIDE

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Hot Topic Perspective is Everything The Gaps Between Us

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Spokane History The Great Fire of 1889

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Mic Drop: Marshall Peterson

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Clarksville: Street Music Week

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CONTACT US Spokane magazine is published twelve times a year. If you have any questions or comments regarding the magazine, please call us at (509) 533-5350; we want to hear from you. Visit our Web site for an expanded listing of services: www.bozzimedia.com.

Letters to the Editor: We are always looking for comments about our recent articles.

Your opinions and ideas are important to us; however, we reserve the right to edit your comments for style and grammar. Please send your letters to the editor to the address at the bottom of the page or to Stephanie@ spokanecda.com.

Why-We-Live-Here photos: On the last page of each issue, we publish a photo that depicts the Inland Northwest and why we live here. We invite photographers to submit a favorite to Kristi@spokanecda.com.

Story submissions: We’re always looking for new stories. If you have an idea for one, please let us know by submitting your idea to the editor: Stephanie@spokanecda.com.

Datebook: Please submit information to Ann@ spokanecda.com at least three months prior to the event. Fundraisers, gallery shows, plays, concerts, where to go and what to do and see are welcome.

Dining Guide: This guide is an overview of fine

and casual restaurants for residents and visitors to the region. For more information about the Dining Guide, email Stephanie@spokanecda. com.

BUZZ: If you have tips on what’s abuzz in

the region, contact the editor at Stephanie@ spokanecda.com.

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Editor in Chief

EDITORIAL Stephanie Regalado

stephanie@spokanecda.com

Copy Editor Carolyn Saccomanno Datebook Editor Ann Foreyt ann@spokanecda.com

ART

Creative Director/Lead Graphics

Kristi Soto

kristi@spokanecda.com

PHOTOGRAPHERS Jennifer DeBarros Kayleen Gill Alicia Hauff James & Kathy Mangis Marci Neighbors Sandi Nicol Chris Wood

CONTRIBUTORS Tony & Suzanne Bamonte Darin Burt Doug Clark Sylvia Dunn Sylvia Fountaine Anthony Gill Kimberly Gunning Sarah Hammil Sarah Hauge

Diane Holm Amber Jensen Kris Kilduff

Dawn Kopp Jennifer LaRue Susan Legel Matt Loi Holly Lytle Nathan Meltzer Kristin Monasmith Brian Newberry Serban A. Olaru Megan Perkins

Marshall Peterson Sharma Shields

Tanya Goodall Smith Judith Spitzer Annie Tegen Stacia Zadra

SALES | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | MARKETING President

Emily Guevarra Bozzi

emily@bozzimedia.com

Senior Account Managers Jeff Richardson jrichardson@bozzimedia.com Erin Meenach Tamara Williams

erin@bozzimedia.com twilliams@bozzimedia.com

Account Manager Jim McNeiece KelliAnne Yates

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EVENTS

Release Parties and Networking Events

Erin Meenach

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VENUES

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OPERATIONS

Publisher & CEO

Vincent Bozzi

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Co-Publisher/Co-Founder

Emily Guevarra Bozzi

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR/what you had to say

Childhood Trauma

March Editor Letter Stephanie, oh my goodness! You and your Mancub are SO funny! I loved getting a glimpse into your playful relationship.

I have two boys, 10 and 14, whom I have so much fun with, as well. My oldest is in the STEM middle school at NC. We were saddened by the recent suicides in Spokane. One being our friend’s son. I work for Daybreak and we’ve added a suicide prevention unit. Eight girls are there tonight. Mental Health is SO important. Thanks for reminding me of the magic we share with our sons. You’re a great mom. Keep laughing! —Marti D’Agostino I got to look at “the magazine” today at CCNW … I told everyone there I am a huge fan of Stephanie Regalado and her writing.

This editor letter, though, where she talks with her son, aka her ManCub, particularly touched my heart. I love her ManCub stories. I think, aside from the conversations themselves, it’s because my 21-year old son is nonverbal. I often wonder what he would say if he could speak. —Lynda Churchill Gordon 12

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Thank you, Stephanie Regalado, for including this important piece on childhood trauma and its long-term effects in your most recent issue! —Barbara Comito The article on childhood trauma was really eye-opening for me, and insightful into my own mechanisms. With all of the self-help books on choosing joy, or other advise about not allowing your childhood experiences to affect you as an adult, it was good to read the science behind adverse scenarios changing the way our brains function and the damage to our bodies trauma creates. Good in the sense that it’s always insightful to understand what we are working with—and why—as a point of greater understanding, which allows us to move forward all the wiser. I wish the world to read this article. And I wish a mass reduction in the amount of trauma our most precious members of society experience. —Rebecca Daniels

April Editor Letter Great article. Great reminder, Stephanie.

With this in mind, I accepted an invite from a buddy to “burger night” at Churchill’s. You are making a difference, Stephane. —Dave Cotton This hit me right in the heart! Life is precious we need to love people all we can, while we can. You are a beautiful and gifted soul, Stephanie. —Leslie Scalise-Lowe

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EDITOR LETTER/a note from Stephanie

And the Trees Bud Again

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e are often reminded how quickly life can change after something awful happens. Like the time my parents pulled my brothers and I out of elementary school early, took us to a park to share the news our twomonth-old baby brother Benjamin hadn’t woken up that day. The sun had been shining before the news sunk in. The birds had been chattering in the trees. Or the moment my family realized my 15-year-old brother Shawn wouldn’t ever wake up, no matter the pleas for him to do so, or the tears that fell at his hospital bedside. A day before—hours before—none of us knew he had decided he never wanted to be awake again. The questions of what we could have done never end. They fade over time, but the haunting remains. And the image remains clear, although I never saw him hanging in our home, scratch marks signaling a desperate attempt after possibly changing his mind and wanting to stay after all. Or the barely intelligible call from my little brother that our 25-year-old brother Robbie had collapsed at his feet.

Robbie wouldn’t ever wake up again either, the doctors said, as my mom gently stroked the gash on his forehead. A weakened vessel had burst in his head, quickly drowning his brain in blood.

Those moments scrub us down to our bones, strip us bare and dry and rigid—for any number of months or years—much like the deciduous trees through the winter. You can feel frozen in the moment—in between bouts of heaving crying—as the world continues to buzz right on by without a glitch. And you know you won’t ever be the same again, life won’t ever be the same.

There are good moments that turn our life, as we knew it, on a dime, too. And our view is never the same again. Like the time I was limping along financially after a divorce—more broke than I ever thought possible, terrified I wouldn’t be able to provide the basics for my children and using every ounce of my energy to protect them from that reality—and I received the call from the president of the board of the nonprofit I had applied to. I had been in the top five, my college incomplete running against their Phds. “We would love to offer you the job, Stephanie,” are words I will never get out of my mind. I felt the sunshine that day. And I couldn’t take my eyes off the heavens as tears of relief and gratitude rushed out of my eyes. Or like the news my young daughter was going to make me a young glamma to the most precious creature on earth. I felt the world tilt then, too, but I had no idea at the time how glorious a shift that would be. Or the person you happen to meet at a conference who wants to publish the book project you’ve had your heart wrapped around and been working on for years. As swiftly as life—or dreams—can end, new ones can rise up and take in a big breath of fresh air again, changing so much of what you knew the truth of your existence to be.

As those lifeless gnarly trees begin to bud—and flowers emerge back up through the cold, hard earth—beckoned by the warmth of spring sunshine, we gain the sense that we made it through … and are actually going to be okay, in spite of speculation it wasn’t going happen this time. Through this awakening, rises the realization that we can create change in our lives, too. In little moments such as questioning the lingering wonder from a delightful five minute conversation seven months ago and then watching it turn into a love story that presses you back on your heels. “On a dime,” your solo path view of grand life adven14

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tures and explorations suddenly includes plane tickets for two, a hand to hold through ups and downs, and the mass infill of all that comes from the gift of having someone to love. And in big moments where you look in the mirror and make a promise to yourself you are going to protect your health and wellbeing as fiercely as you protect everyone’s around you. As though your worth—and the notion that you matter— ride equally alongside every one you put ahead of you. Now that is a massive shift, and the best gift you could give to yourself and every human who surrounds you.

I love what Ashley Stahl says about moments of change in our lives: “What they all have in common is that they smack you awake and call you forward. They ask you to reach inside and pull even more of yourself out … and in that, you meet your higher self, a better you. They make you question your purpose in life, and inspire you to stop making plans just for the sake of having them. But best of all, they crack you open in a way you never knew possible. And in your tenderness, you become more raw, more real and more connected. This heartache is the great equalizer in life, because no one is spared.”

We are Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine, and we are Spokane and Coeur d’Alene. Please find me on Facebook or Twitter—and hop over to “like” the Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine page—to stay connected between press dates, and to share your thoughts, stories and life in real time. May we all understand, no matter the shiny changes in life, we all suffer the heartaches, too—“no one is spared.” Be tender to—and celebratory toward—one another.

To change … and to the trees, Stephanie Regalado stephanie@spokanecda.com

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The Game of Elevated Philanthropy Used to be a Rich Man’s Sport

Impact Club is Changing That

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n every community across the world, there are many people who feel inspired to impact lives—people who want to make a difference. They want to be a part of—and belong to—something bigger than themselves.

“The problem is, most folks aren’t rich,” says Cole Turnbull, local entrepreneur and Impact Club co-founder. “So the act of writing a $100 check, or whatever small amount they can afford, doesn’t feel like they’re making a lasting impact. And because that small donation doesn’t feel significant, 99 percent of the people who could write a $100 check, don’t.”

The result? You have thousands of people in every community (untapped potential to make impact) who do nothing because they don’t see how their small donation will make a huge, unparalleled impact on the family, cause or organization their donation is given to. “And they’re right,” he says.

Impact Club brings together the Impact Venture Capitalists in each local community, to forge the engine of impact they all talk about and wish to see. It’s like a Crossfit for those who want to make a difference. Mem-

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bers use their intelligence, connections, propensity to solve problems, committed hearts, and unrelenting conviction to turn small donations into huge impact.

“A $100 donation, by itself, won’t do much. It’s like giving an entrepreneur a hundred bucks to launch a new company. It doesn’t work. $100 isn’t enough. The solution to this problem, in the business world, is crowdfunding,” says Turnbull. “The capital of one person can’t bring the idea to life. But the capital ($100 each) of 100 backers and supporters equals $10,000—which absolutely can bring something to life.

“The best part?” he says, “Not any one person had to write a $10,000 check. But every one of those 100 backers—who wrote the $100 check—had the same $10,000 impact.

With 100 Coeur d’Alene Impact Club Members committed to writing four $100 checks per year (one per quarter), $40,000 of capital is surgically injected into the local community, to help children and families—thanks to every Impact Club Member who played their part, as an “Impact Venture Capitalist” and who now share an equal equity-stake in the massive impact achieved.

For information and to see how to become an Impact Venture Capitalist as a founding member of Impact Club Coeur d’Alene, visit ImpactClubCoeurdAlene.com or call (208) 6606079. Impact Club Members’ next meeting is at Paddy’s Sports Bar in Coeur d’Alene on June 6 at 6:30 pm.

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FIRST LOOK/lilacs & lemons {bad}

{good}

{good out of bad}

lilacslemons

by Vincent Bozzi

LEMONS to Spokane neighborhood representatives who are pushing to reduce the speed limit around all 87 of Spokane’s parks to twenty miles per hour. The police have already said they wouldn’t be able to really enforce it, and it’s another law that makes outlaws of everyday people. At night and when no one is present, that’s just too slow. And it’s another potential source of red light cameras that will cause people to seek alternative routes. Maybe look at implementing the low limit only in parks where accidents frequently occur.

LILACS to Gonzaga Uni-

versity for their Presidential Speaker Series. We’ve gone to several of these and they are never less than educational, enlightening and empowering.

When the founder of the “Me Too” movement, Tarana Burke, along with Ronan Farrow, author of The New Yorker story that exposed Harvey Weinstein, spoke, we felt we were in a rare space of connectedness and personal growth. It’s great seeing the home of the Zags occasionally used for educational pursuits.

LILACS to Governor Jay Inslee for signing a law that outlaws “conversion therapy” wherein gay youths are forced to convert to heterosexuality and often end up suicidal as a result of the guilt and shame and feelings of failure that occur when the therapy doesn’t stick. It makes about as much sense as forcing people to change from right handed to left.

LILACS to Yuppy Puppy downtown’s owner Aquila Brown for offering free grooming to area K-9 dogs. These trained

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dogs are often intimidating to groomers and end up a bit neglected. She let them park outside her store at Sprague and Lincoln in their special temperature-regulated vehicles, and it was quite a sight to see all the dogs having their “Go Dog Go” moment, being led in one by one, until …

LEMONS to the tenants upstairs and passersby who decided to raise a huge social media viral ruckus, stating that Brown was abusing the dogs by making them stay outside. Brown cares a great deal about the dogs, who are trained to be solitary for long stretches, but which are NOT trained to necessarily mix well with household pets. They barked while waiting their turns, as pedestrians gawked at them, but didn’t otherwise make any more noise than normal street traffic, so why pick on someone for grooming the dogs?

File that under “no good deed goes unpunished.” Ever defiant, Brown is going ahead and doing it again anyway, saving taxpayers some money in the process.

LEMONS to businesses that post hours on their doors and then vary from them.

We especially hate the “Gone for a 10 minutes” signs; instead, how about posting a sign that says “Will be back at 2:20 pm?”

We’ve sometimes waited more than 10 minutes with no sign of the employee. But more annoying is the businesses which close 15 minutes early because things are dead. We understand labor costs money, but if the hours are just suggestions, we get the feeling that we shouldn’t gamble on going there anymore for fear the place might have closed early. Most of us don’t give too many second chances, especially when other alternatives exist.

FIRST LOOK/editor’s picks

Storiarts

editor’s picks

by Stephanie Regalado

In 2011, Tori Tissell, fresh out of design school and living under a mountain of debt, needed Christmas presents for her family. Remembering the books that had helped her through tough times before, the concept of the Pride and Prejudice Book Scarf was born, then mere weeks later, Storiarts. Now, with more than 25 titles available on a host of products, their passion is to spread the love of great literature with tangible reminders of your favorite books, poems and stories, because “great literature can change the world.” As a bonus, they give part of every purchase to help children worldwide learn to read, write and create. The code ‘EDITORSFAV15’ can be used for 15 percent off your purchase.

It expires July 31, 2018 and cannot be used with other coupon codes. storiarts.com

Sterling Silver Stacking Rings If quality of life is based on hugs and cuddles, you have everything you need. These rings are the sweetest reminder of who you hold dear and, as a mother, reflect what matters most to your heart. These gorgeous rings are hand-molded and cast in sterling silver.

They have a beautiful organic shape and feel. Customize your ring with a special name or short phrase and stack them up for an up-to-date look. lisaleonard.com

Mother’s

Day

In honor of your favorite feminine figure, here are a few gift ideas making me swoon.

If you have a product or service that you feel should be an editor’s pick, shoot me an email and I’ll give it a look (stephanie@spokanecda.com).

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Succulents I am such a sucker for succulents.

They remind me of life and love and tenderness and purity. I love theses handmade wooden troughs

From Photo to Work of Art A photo says 1,000 words and a painting says so much more. There is something special about knowing someone created an art piece featuring your loved ones. When Hara Allison’s mother passed away at a young age, she left behind a passion for art. “I feel like I’ve come full circle,” she says. “My mom painted me and now I’ve

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made with reclaimed wood, giving you a one-of-kind succulent garden. The assorted succulents come in an array of colors so this gift will get even better as it grows.

Swoon. gifts.com Or, if you really want to up the sentimentality game, you can create your own succulent garden for mom (and maybe one for you, too, because everyone should have one. Or two. Check out a DIY list of instructions via keystoinspiration. com, or just use your imagination to make it happen.

painted my mom and my daughters. I’m thankful for art and the bond it has created between all of us.” After much urging from the community around her, Hara now takes commissioned projects, sharing the gift of art with others and preserving family photos as masterpieces. Whether it’s an image of her children, grandchildren or even the mother herself, this gift is sure to bring her to the happiest of tears. studiohcreative.com

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spokane home rising FIRST LOOK/new

top5

Things to Know When Looking for a New Home

by Kimberly Gunning

Write a Letter from the Heart

Rumor has it the housing market is hot right now in Spokane. Prices are rising, and houses

are often under contract before one can pick up the phone to inquire about their listings. We had heard these rumors but wondered: how hard could it really be?

In mid-January, my husband and I began looking to buy our first home, a place to start our family and give our new rescue dog a backyard to play. We quickly realized the rumors hold true, unfortunately. After putting in four generous offers on four seemingly perfect first homes, we still remain on the hunt, gaining more helpful insider tips with each experience.

Here are five things we’ve learned so far about buying a home in the current housing market—just promise me you won’t take these tips to outbid us on our next offer.

Work with Someone Local As user-friendly as Zillow can be when browsing homes on the market, you must know this now: Zillow won’t cut it. By the time you send in an inquiry through the platform’s contact form and an agent looks at your message, the home you’ve had your eye on for several days will likely already be under contract. Working with a local real estate agent will help you find these homes earlier, and agents sometimes know of homes that might fit your wish list before they’re on the market. Plus, real estate agents and local lenders sometimes know the listing agents and are willing to pull in your favor—which can mean the difference between your offer being considered over another that’s slightly higher. Find an agent and a lender you trust to keep your best interests at heart, and work with them closely. In this market, you can’t go it alone.

Have You Heard of the Escalation Clause?

We hadn’t either—until we placed our first offer, that is. It’s a seller’s market, and that means sellers are often choosing from a pool of a half dozen offers on their home, all above asking price. An escalation clause means that you go in with a strong original offer with a maximum you’re willing to “escalate” to if other offers outbid yours. So, say you go in with an offer of $200k and set your escalation clause to $215k with a contracted $1,000 over-bid amount, you can win the bidding war if the next highest bidder doesn’t exceed $214k. And if the next highest bidder is only $210k, you can close at $211k. Not all homes offer an escalation clause option, but many do. However, if you bid highest, it doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to get the home.

As we learned on our second offer, buyers who are willing to waive an appraisal often take the cake (or the home, in this case).

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Sometimes it’s not all about the highest bidder or the appraisal waiver. If your offer is strong and the seller cares about who their home goes to, writing a letter from the heart to the seller can play to your cause. A couple who has spent the past 20 years raising their children in their home, for instance, might want to know that a nice family will continue to make memories there after they’ve moved on. When you work closely with a local agent and lender who have insights into the seller’s situation, you can gauge whether a letter from the heart might help you close on a home.

Consider a Fixer-Upper There are plenty of century-old homes on the market that need a little (or a lot of) TLC. These are the ones that tend to stay listed longer than those that are fully renovated or move-in-ready. If you’re not outbid by a cash offer from a buyer who intends to flip the home, this can be the way to go for many.

If you have the time and the extra cash, a new homeowner can still find a great deal and put their own touches on it, inside and out.

Play it Smart Don’t get desperate. From our perspective, the reason homes are selling for 20 percent above asking price with appraisals waived is simply because people are becoming desperate. And that’s a scary thought in a market that’s currently experiencing a housing bubble, which could settle in the years to come. Unless the home you’re throwing your hard-earned dollars at is going to be your family’s forever home and you don’t intend to sell, play it smart. New homes are listed every day and, if you’re patient, the home you finally move into will feel right in every way.

At least, that’s what we’re hoping happens when our offer is finally accepted.

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FIRST LOOK/we asked

talking

by Judith Spitzer

Several brave Spokanites answered the following Facebook questions in mid-April.

It’s time for people in this country and this community to listen with less anger, argue with more grace, and find our way to higher ground. What is your solution to coexisting with your fellow humans with all the divisiveness and vitriol around us?

Marnie Rorholm, actor/model at Ryan Artists, Inc., PhD. Candidate Gonzaga University.

“I think what is missing in dialogue in the country right now is embracing the ‘other.’

Especially if your perception is that the other is marginalizing you. It’s more than turning the other cheek or agreeing to disagree.

We need to actively and purposefully find the good in other people (all people ... even the ones who rub us the wrong way), and then try to communicate from that place.

Reach out to your oppressors. Not easy, but definitely worth it.”

Karen Mobley, Spokane independent artist, writer and arts advocate.

“I intentionally do things that require me to work side by side with others with different occupations and interests. This especially true with my involvement with Rotary and interfaith activities.”

Melissa Niece, certified health coach, wife, mom, and grammy from Spokane Valley.

“To actually listen to what people have to say without planning a rebuttal in my head, looking from their perspective and seeing if there is anything we can come to agreement with.

I am definitely open to other opinions and agreeing to disagree. However, don’t be condescending to my point of view and be open to hearing my point of view, as well. If we treat others how we would like to be treated, the world would be a much happier place.”

Bonita Zahara, self-employed, long-time Spokane resident.

“Daily meditation. It quiets the mind and affirms all is well. Kiss a baby. Change a diaper and change the world. All the poop can be recycled.”

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Jill May, grew up in Spokane, lives in Bellingham, Washington.

“The concept of ‘the other’ is evolutionary, hard wired in our brains. Based on the survival instinct. I learned of a library in Holland where you can ‘check out’ a human to converse with. A Muslim, a LGBTQ, an addict, etc. Best idea ever.

I’ve encountered people who dislike Muslims and I’m very passionate about protecting Muslims. It was one my first thoughts after 9/11. I’ve befriended a good number of Muslims, and when I ask someone (sometimes not very gently), who doesn’t like them if they’ve ever met one, the answer is always no. This is the only way I can think of to resolve the problem.

I’ve never envisioned debate in this. Talk together about their families and work over a cup of tea. That’s how we get to know each other. Then ask your questions—what’s it like to be an immigrant learning to speak English at age 40? How does a black person see race? How many times has a cop pulled him over for no reason? What’s it like for a transgender person to navigate our world?

This is how barriers come down.”

Vincas Danse Matters Greene, artist, artistic dance director, and part-time professor at Eastern Washington University.

“I have to work, teach and learn with many different people. The arts, mostly dance, and education have brought me into very close contact with a variety of people that I must work with closely. This makes me listen, learn, discuss, accept and understand others.”

Carol Schmauder, self-employed Spokane artist.

“We are lacking respect anymore and people are so focused on ‘self.’ If someone doesn’t

hold the same views, they take it as a personal affront. I try to remember in each conversation that it’s okay to disagree.”

Jared Mauldin, mechanical engineering student at Eastern Washington University.

“I tend to work the conversation backwards. If I’m in disagreement with someone, I assume they are rational, but that some conclusion they made to a lower order topic is why we disagree.

For example, a Christian who believes life begins at conception because of their faith, is never going to agree with an atheist on the topic of abortion. The two have to first come to an agreement on the existence of God. Or, the prochoice party can take the conversation to separation of church and state.

But the two cannot discuss abortion in a fruitful way unless they first address the problem of common ground by dealing with one of these other issues.”

Donna McKereghan, retired college instructor.

“I disagree. While I assume they are both rational, I know that they are, to some degree, misinformed on the issue.

I begin by asking and trying to understand what they believe and work on finding a way forward from there.

I have a completely different take on the abortion issue than pro-life or prochoice that, at the very least, holds the potential for rational people to think about each other’s views. If you don’t understand—and understand well— what others believe and why, there’s seldom a way forward. It’s just animosity and a waste of time.”

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The Paulsen Penthouse was the home of Helen Paulsen for 60 years and currently belongs to Vince Bozzi, who was kind enough to offer me the space as a sketching location. Sitting on the patio so many stories high above the city, I dreamed about living there. I’d spend all my summer mornings out on the patio with a book and a mug enjoying the way the light and warmth bounces off the cream colored stone and admiring the multitude of patterns and colors on the exterior of the building. They don’t make ‘em like they used to. If you would like a peek at this grand dame of Spokane buildings, the lobby of the Paulsen Building is open to the public and lavishly decorated, as is the exterior all the way down to floor level. 421 W. Riverside Ave. Megan Perkins began her project, Artist’s Eye on Spokane, in May and plans to continue sketching and painting at cool places and events in Spokane for the next year. Follow her adventures on Instagram @artistseyeonspokane, Facebook and meganperkinsart.com.

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and complex ways, inviting us to think beyond what we know, beyond ourselves. But perhaps most crucially, they break us out of digital monotony and into a world of human connection.

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EVENTS ARE A FEATURE, NOT A BUG. EMBRACE THEM. Last year, a group of nearby residents filed a lawsuit in attempt to halt Rocket Market’s popular summer music series, despite the business owner’s good-faith efforts to meet their requests.

Further down the hill, on South Perry, area residents and businesses have struggled to adapt to the popularity of the summer Thursday Market, causing the City to initiate, then halt, then apparently initiate again efforts to construct or otherwise identify additional parking in the area.

And in Browne’s Addition, the City has in recent weeks placed new, expensive requirements on Elkfest, a community-oriented music festival entering its 14th year held on Pacific Avenue in June. (The decision has been appealed and may ultimately be overturned, but already a significant additional burden has been placed on the event organizer.)

What is going on here?

Our area is blessed with a great abundance of outdoor, community-oriented events—farmers’ markets, art walks, live music and block parties. Indeed, it seems that every weekend between Memorial Day and Labor Day is graced with something interesting to do, and even smaller neighborhood block parties and gatherings seem to be a community pastime.

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So what is going on here?

Indeed, some of our most popular community events are becoming victims of their own success.

The popularity of and additional scrutiny toward Elkfest, Thursday Market, and Rocket Market’s music series indicate the incredible demand for these types of community events. We need more of these types of programs (not fewer), and we need to make it easier to organize them (not harder). Sure, there will always be associated challenges to solve, and organizers should make goodfaith efforts to work with the City and neighbors to find solutions.

But neighbors and the City would be wise to consider these events to be features of their neighborhoods, not bugs. Just as much as Doyle’s or the Scoop benefits their areas’ vibrancy, walkability, and desirability, so too does an event like a community block party or even a music festival. So too does an art walk, or a farmers’ market. And indeed, these benefits far outweigh any associated minor inconvenience or complaint.

At the end of the day, however, these community events will not win everyone over—and that’s fine. We’ve reached a point in Spokane’s story where we can comfortably diverge from consensus-driven decisionmaking. Instead, we’ll stay the course, keep growing our stellar community events, and keep building this exciting, creative city together.

Anthony Gill is an economic development professional and the founder of Spokane Rising, an urbanist blog focused on ways to make our city a better place to live.

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by Chris Wood Instagram: @chris. wood.140 This shot was taken at a private sunflower field toward the end of Monroe road in Colbert, Washington, at sunset.

I’ve had an interest in photography since high school. After having a family, I found I wanted to catch every moment I could from behind my camera. What started out as a passion for portraits has also drawn me to landscapes. I am drawn to capturing the beauty of this world from behind the lens.

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by Alicia Hauff Instagram: @aliciahauffphotography This image was captured while strolling through Browne’s Addition on a recent spring evening. I am a Spokane photographer, with a studio based in Downtown Spokane, and I enjoy shooting all over the PNW.

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OASIS

by Sandi Nicol Instagram: @salyninaturalimages This lovely cascade truly is a delightful oasis after hiking high above Liberty Lake Regional Park. After a nice elevation gain you can hear the waterfall below before a brief descent and then you see the waterfall appear right next to the trail. I am a Spokane “transplant,” but have lived here for 24 years now and just love capturing the natural beauty of the Inland NW. My family thankfully supports my landscape photography obsession.

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by Marci Neighbors Instagram: @beyondboundariesphotography I grew up in Loon Lake and moved back to Spokane at 19. I love to travel, see and photograph new places. I’ve traveled to Ireland, Scotland and Banff National Park. My next adventure will be Iceland. I firmly believe we have the duty to live life to its fullest, which is easy to do in our beautiful region.

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Started in 1938, Spokane Lilac Festival hosts a Military lunch and golf tournament, Queens lunch, Royal Tea Parties and an art show, with an estimated economic impact of $1.6 million annually. The crowning jewel is the Armed Forces Torchlight Parade on Saturday, May 19.

The festival began as an effort originated by the Associated Garden Clubs and the Spokane Floral Society to boast our beautiful spring lilacs, and to showcase our area youth.

They organized a parade and royalty program to honor young women from the Spokane area. Over the past 60 plus years, the Lilac Festival has taken on many activities and it has

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undergone several changes. However, it has always remained true to one of its original objectives: promoting our greatest resource, today’s youth. The Spokane Lilac Festival has volunteer Directors and Lilac Royalty Court members who travel weekends from April through October representing the Lilac City of Spokane in other Pacific and Inland Northwest communities. They visit no less than 20 cities/communities with their float and royal court each festival season, traveling in excess of 8,000 miles.

The Armed Forces Torchlight Parade is the largest of its kind in the nation with about 300 entries. People line the streets of Spokane to wave at floats, enjoy regional bands and celebrate our heroes as they pass by. The morning of the parade, check out the Cruzin’ The Falls Car Show to see hot rods, classic cars and unique rides along Spokane Falls Blvd. The parade starts at 7:45 p.m., but prime viewing locations fill up quickly. For more information about the Spokane Lilac Festival, visit spokanelilacfestival.org.

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by Sharma Shields

A Pairing of Red Clocks and My Body and Other Parties There is a certain book synergy to the rhythms of my life, where I read several books in a row that blow my mind and compliment one another extraordinarily well. I’ve been swimming in a river of such good fortune lately, and the most vibrant pairing I’ve come across is Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks followed by Carmen Maria Machado’s My Body And Other Parties.

Red Clocks takes place in the United States following a federal abortion ban and a refusal to allow unmarried women to engage in IVF or adoption.

The characters include The Biographer, a teacher and writer who is trying to have a baby via IVF before the new law goes into effect, The Mender, a powerful herbalist who assists women with a variety of medical issues, The Daughter, a minor who becomes pregnant and tries to flee to Canada (where abortion is legal), and The Wife, who is unhappy in her marriage and disillusioned with parenthood and domesticity. When Gin, The Mender, is wrongfully brought to trial and blamed for a husband’s brutal abuse of his wife, all of the women take a deep interest in her plight and have a hand in its outcome.

The term “red clock” of course refers to the womb. What a timely read it is. Women’s bodies have been at the unending mercy of the laws of men. In the last month alone, disturbing news has sprung up in Louisiana (advancing a ban of abortions starting at 15 weeks), Kentucky (banning certain types of abortions), and Washington DC, where a flagrant pro lifer has been nominated for a federal judgeship (see NPR’s article online, “Judicial Nominee Wendy Vitter Gets Tough Questions On Birth Control And Abortion,” by Nina Totenberg). Zumas’s novel is a feminist powerhouse that reminds us: Don’t wait for it to happen. We have to fight now. As Zumas writes in a scene involving the biographer, penned near the novel’s end, From the coffee table she picks up a graphic novel about women in the Cretan resistance during World War II. Dark-eyed schoolgirls and crones in cartridge belts lug packs of ammunition up craggy mountainsides. They shoot at German parachutists as they land. They don’t just sit there watching.

Women are still fighting to gain control over our own bodies, and laws continue to deny us agency. This is done out of fear, out of what I believe is misplaced awe and wonder at our singular power. Like the biographer realizes, we can’t sit there watching, or, before we know it, we’ll be living in a Red Clocks dystopia.

Carmen Maria Machado’s latest, Her Body and Other Parties, is also a feminist masterpiece. Fabulist, sexual, terrifying, and innovative, the collection is an ingenious look at misogyny and its deleterious effects on our physical and emotional well being. In one story, “Real Women Have Bodies,” women are literally disappearing, fading into shadow right before the narrator’s eyes. The narrator’s love interest, Petra (Get it? As in rock solid?) begins fading, and as she vanishes, the narrator’s grief and helplessness expand.

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She withdraws for longer and longer periods of time—one minute, four, seven. Each episode shows a different view of her—a skeleton, ropy muscles, the dark shapes of her organs, nothing.

She wakes up sobbing, and I rope my arm tightly around her torso, shushing gently into her ear. She reads rumors on the Internet about how you can slow fading.

One message board talks about a high-iron diet … Another recommends ice-cold showers, and I find her trembling and goosebumped in the bathtub. She lets me dry her off, like she’s a child.

Straddling literary and science fiction, the story serves as a metaphor for diagnosis and grave illness, as well as the way in which women’s lives are diminished in our society. Reading this book, I thought of unequal pay and opportunities for women; I thought of the indigenous women missing and murdered throughout the United States and Canada; I thought of all of the headless women we see in magazines and book covers, as though women are undeserving of ears, eyeballs, brains.

The metaphorical power of this book is mighty.

Reading these two books in a row was a revelation. These are literary masterpieces celebrating women— queer, straight, young, old—and tackling threats made to us all.

Sharma Shields, born and raised in Spokane, is the author of Favorite Monster: Stories and The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac: A Novel. She lives on the South Hill with her husband and two children.

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JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO, a supergroup formed in Spokane.

The catalyst could very well have been a spell of boredom.

Karli and Caleb Ingersoll’s band Cathedral Pearls was taking a break, as Caleb was on an extended tour with another band. Karli was ready to try a new musical idea. She wanted a large pool of local musicians who would rotate in and out of a performing lineup. Around that time, the Spokane Film Project’s 50 Hour Slam was coming, and the organizers wanted a live band for the festival. This inspired Karli to get in touch with singer/keyboardist Max Harnishfeger (also of Cathedral Pearls, as well as Water Monster) and brother-in-law singer-songwriter Scotty Ingersoll (a.k.a. Scott Ryan) to get the ball rolling. Soon enough, they were joined by jazz saxophonist Caleb Brown, L.A. session bassist Adrian Saludes, and Claire Fieberg, of Mama Doll, on drums. Despite the initial intent to have a rotating lineup, these musicians became permanent personnel. Karli’s husband dubbed the group Super Sparkle, a nod to their unironically joyful sound, and the name stuck. They clearly don’t take themselves too seriously, but the musicianship is stellar. Retro-soul singer Leon Bridges has been the band’s largest inspiration.

Karli Ingersoll, née Fairbanks, has performed around Spokane for more than a decade, releasing an EP under the artist name Windoe last year. In contrast to her usually introspective approach as a solo artist, Super Sparkle, a collective effort, is thoroughly upbeat and extroverted. They have no qualms about giving their audience

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Super Sparkle exactly what they want: modern indie pop with a throwback to 1960s and ‘70s soul with accessible lyrics. The songs are readily danceable.

If the music somehow doesn’t inspire you to move, the band’s backup dancers Jen Landis (of Mama Doll) and Darrien Mack will gladly show you how it’s done. They add just another layer to this mélange of good times, making Super Sparkle one of the most fun live bands in Spokane.

Song writing is a collaborative effort between Karli, Max, and Scotty, as are vocal duties. Max and Scotty both display a wide range and know when to push it to the edge. Max shows a little indie quirk while Scotty gets a bit soulful. Karli’s slightly bluesy, forlorn, folksy voice finds a rich new context on the ballad “Bluebird” from last year’s Songs out the Window EP. From track to track, their vocal harmonies are spot on.

They played the Treefort Fest in Boise, as well as a show in March at the Washington Cracker Building where 400 people showed up.

Evidently, the billboard they posted downtown prior to the show helped a bit. You can see Super Sparkle perform at Artfest on June 1 and Volume on June 2, followed by Elkfest the following week.

Their backup dancer, Darrien, who is also an artist and filmmaker, is creating a music video for “Kid’s Not Giving Up.” Super Sparkle recently recorded five songs live as a full band on the stage of The Bartlett, Spokane’s indie mecca, which is owned by Karli and Caleb Ingersoll.

They are releasing one track at a time this spring and summer. Find the latest at SuperSparkleTheBand.com.

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There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from those who came before. History books shed light on innovators of the past, but as Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) once said, “There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.” There are even more reasons to nurture artists and, therefore, our future: a notion embraced by the local cooperative art gallery Pottery Place Plus as they celebrate their 40th year with the launch of the Young-Fell Memorial Intern program that bridges the space between seasoned artists and college students.

“There is value in connectivity, honoring and respecting elders, and teaching the young,” says co-op member Ann Contois. “Creativity is so valuable; it’s in our genes and it should be nurtured.”

Contois wrote the internship program with Amy Wharf, the current president of PPP who was looking for a way to honor past members (Denny Young and Chuck Fell) in the co-op’s 40th year. The program invites students from Gonzaga University, Whitworth, EWU and Spokane Falls Community College to apply. Once selected, they are given three months at PPP to sell their work, learn all of the aspects of a long-standing co-op gallery, and build relationships with working artists. EWU student Katrina Walker’s work is displayed alongside Adam Scoggin, PPP member emeritus, in a featured exhibition called Grasshopper and Guru; Living and Learning with Clay.

Scoggin nurtured others for years as a minister, an elementary school teacher, a junior high school counselor, a special education teacher and a drug and alcohol counselor. It was later in life that he found his calling as an artist and he switched gears, traveling and taking classes, including three summers studying under Marguerite Wildenhain (American Bauhaus-trained 42

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ceramic artist, 1896-1985), who inspired him to find what it was that he had to say and to attempt to express it in his work. “She made me want to be a better person and to convey what was in my heart with honesty and integrity,” he says, adding that he felt very much like a grasshopper to her guru, and he’s happy to pass the torch.

Walker is finishing up her BFA at EWU and will be heading to the University of Idaho for her Master of Fine Arts. She applied for the internship simply to gain more experience and knowledge so she can pass it on through her own work and eventually, through teaching others. “We are moving into a conceptual age: back to story, design, purpose, meaning and empathy,” she says. “Art is not just for beauty anymore, it’s also for function and for connecting with each other, which is at the core of why I get up every day.”

Walker and Scoggin both create work meant to enhance gathering places where people connect over handmade cups and bowls, vessels and standing sculptures designed with intention and mindfulness from natural elements. “Working with my hands centers me, nurtures me and gently coaxes me back to who I am,” Scoggin says.

“Art education offers these same benefits to students at every age and level.”

Grasshopper & Guru is on display (alongside work of more than two dozen co-op members) at Pottery Place Plus, 203 N. Washington, through July 31.

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May 20: Windermere

Marathon and Half-Marathon The Windermere Marathon and Half Marathon boast flat and fast courses along the Centennial trail that keep runners coming back year after year.

The Windermere has a net negative elevation gain. Due to this, many runners achieve personal records. To register:

May 18: Stars on Ice

Every four years, the Winter Olympics not only give us a chance to celebrate and revel in our favorite athletes, but also to discover some incredible new breakout stars. Ardent fans of figure skating have become familiar with U.S. National Champion Nathan Chen, but by the time the 2018 Winter Olympic Games are over, the world was, as well. Chen, the first skater to land five different quadruple jumps in a single competition program, was a key member of an immensely talented U.S. Figure Skating Team that fought to grab Gold at the Olympics. He will also be the centerpiece of the 2018 Stars on Ice tour that will feature many of the skaters who vied for a medal for the U.S. in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Spokane Arena. 720 W. Mallon Ave. (800) 325-SEAT or ticketswest.com.

May 18-June 10: Hello, Dolly

he beloved tale of Dolly Gallagher-Levi, the brassy and charismatic matchmaker who turns heads and hearts in turn-of-the-century New York. Between meddling, playing mandolins, and (half-a) millionaires, will Dolly be able to find love for herself? A song and dance spectacular, this “Broadway Blockbuster� boasts some of the catchiest tunes in the musical theatre canon. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly and the heartwarming cast of characters has delighted audiences time and time again. Spokane Civic Theatre. 1020 N. Howard St. (509) 325-2507. For tickets: (800) 325-SEAT or ticketswest.com.

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May 24: Kansas

The legendary American progressive rock band Kansas is heading to Northern Quest with a new show featuring Kansas Radio Classics. Fans will hear songs they’ve heard on the radio, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, and MTV since the ‘70s.

Along with more Top 100 hits in the set than ever before, Spokane fans will also be treated to some classic B-sides, fan favorites, and material off the band’s latest studio album, The Prelude Implicit.

Northern Quest. 100 North Hayford Rd. Airway Heights. northernquest.com.

May 25-June 10: God’s Country

This exciting, highly theatrical docudrama is about the growing white supremacist movement in America, those dedicated to violent revolution and the expulsion from “God’s Country” of non Aryans.

The play covers all of the right wing lunatic fringe while focusing on three narrative spines: the trial in Seattle of a paramilitary group which calls itself The Order; the career and death of Denver’s Alan Berg, the outspoken, controversial, Jewish talk radio personality “assassinated” by The Order; and, finally, the hate filled career and death of The Order’s founder, Robert Matthews. These narratives are skillfully interwoven, sometimes non-chronologically, with statistics and facts into a kaleidoscopic and highly theatrical vision. Stage Left Theatre. 108 West 3rd Ave. (509) 838-9727. For tickets, please log on to spokanestageleft.org

May 30-31: Celtic Woman

Comprised of four young Irish women, this musical ensemble and genuine phenomenon celebrate Ireland’s rich musical and cultural heritage with a repertoire of Irish classics, contemporary songs and stirring

originals. Northern Quest offers two dates to catch Celtic Woman’s fresh fusion of traditional and contemporary Irish music along with a visually stunning performance that’s certain to touch the hearts of their Spokane fans. Northern Quest. 100 North Hayford Rd. Airway Heights. northernquest.com.

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Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami

Nine international artists push the boundaries of paper as a medium to create bold and breathtaking large-scale origami works. Curated by Meher McArthur and tour organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. Museum of Arts and Culture. 2316 W. First Ave. (509) 456-3931, northwestmuseum.org or themac@northwestmuseum.org.

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June 9: Jackie Evancho

A worldwide sensation when she was only ten years old, Jackie Evancho is moving past the exuberant promise of a child prodigy vocalist, toward maturity as a singer, as a creative artist and as a young woman. Fresh from her spotlight performance of the National Anthem at the Presidential inauguration in January, she seizes the moment with the release of Two Hearts, her long-awaited new album from Portrait/Sony Masterworks. The album not only features popular hits both old and new, and classical crossover Italian songs, but also Jackie’s emerging gifts as a collaborative songwriter. Fox Theatre. 1001 W. Sprague Ave. (800) 325-SEAT or ticketswest.com.

June 8: Sugarland

Since its inception in 2002, Sugarland has sold nearly 10 million albums domestically, earned seven No. 1 singles to date and amassed over 260 million on-demand streams. Their critical and mainstream appeal has been magnified with countless industry accolades over the course of their career. The hitmakers recently released “Still The Same,” their first new music in seven years, aptly setting the tone for their joint venture with Big Machine Records and UMG Nashville; this summer’s tour shares its name. This rejuvenation of their musical vision remains true to the authentic sound and emotive songwriting that has made Sugarland one of the most popular Country music duos of all time.

Spokane Arena. 720 W. Mallon Ave. (800) 325-SEAT or ticketswest.com.

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June 16: Parade of Paws

Join the community in raising funds for animals in need with a fun-packed two or four mile walk to benefit the animals waiting for a forever home. You, your dog, family, co-workers and friends are all welcome to join in the fun for a great cause. Funds raised will help provide nutritional food, clean and safe shelter, play time and training, veterinary care and love to our community’s unwanted companion animals. spokanehumanesociety.org/events.

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Perspective g n i h t y r e v is E

by Judith Spitzer

W

hether you tune in to Sean Hannity on Fox News or Morning Joe on MSNBC, it feels like the political vitriol has never been worse.

With the yelling, accusing and vilifying, sometimes it seems as though everyone hates everyone else.

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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” — Rumi

It’s hard to get away from the hate. It fills the airwaves and social media. No longer is there much decorum or civil discourse.

And it’s not isolated to public figures.

Friendships are strained or even lost. Families, stressed to the max, are dealing with issues by not dealing with them, or have resolved to agree to disagree—another way of not dealing

“You will not be punished for your anger – you will be punished by your anger.”

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with the issues.

Vile speech and attacks flourish on social media where anonymity gives people the freedom to be as wretched as possible.

Harriet Lerner, psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Dance of Anger, as well as several other books on relationships, says we’re all swimming in a soup of anxiety about jobs, health care, the planet—and even solid families are feeling the strain.

“Under stress, people easily get polarized and divide into opposing camps. We get over-focused on what the other party is doing to us or not doing for us, and under-focused on our own creative options to move differently and de-intensify the situation,” Lerner says in her newest book, Why Won’t You Apologize?

Though it is incredibly difficult to dial down the political drama, Lerner says we can learn to listen differently, to ask questions, and to understand the “other side.”

A Culture of High Drama Todd Hechtman, associate professor of sociology at Eastern Washington University, examines such topics in his class called Power and Identity.

“I think the topic we’re discussing is quite relevant now. How do people develop perspective? And where do they get their views?”

Hectman says the idea of listening and understanding through dialogue, instead of engaging in warfare, is one of the best approaches we have, despite how difficult it may be at times.

“Deciding that another person is mentally ill, stupid or evil is a nonstarter,” he says with a laugh.

“Don’t we have to live with one another? At the end of the day we have to try to understand one another. We need to calm down and start with sympathy, go to empathy, and understand where the other person is coming from,” he says.

“That kind of understanding seems to be lacking,” he says.

Hectman says today’s students aren’t apathetic, but they don’t like politics because everyone is so angry that they don’t even want to watch the news.

“We’ve talked about where the beliefs and attitudes come from … a person’s experience, race, values and background … all of that informs a person’s viewpoint and we have to be willing to listen.”

It doesn’t help that we live in a culture of high drama, he says. “We seem to be numb to subtlety, and we have to shout louder and louder to get something across.”

Hectman points out that older TV shows like the “Firing Line,”

a public affairs television show originated and hosted by William F. Buckley, Jr. which ran for 33 years, were places where hearty debates were standard.

“It was less about personality than it was about strong arguments and reasoned debate. It used to be that people could sit around a table and have a good debate. Today we won’t listen to anyone else’s ideas; we’re at a point where intolerance toward one another is horrific,” he says.

Finding Common Ground For Linda Bond, an outreach coordinator and book club facilitator at Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, talking about politics comes with the job.

“The worst thing to do is to try to change someone’s mind,” Bond says. “There are ways to talk about politics and ways to be polite but avoid getting into fights with people. I have a lifelong interest in people and how they become who they are.”

Bond knows how to listen and what she hears are human attributes we all share, she says.

“People are fearful because they’ve lost something, or they feel ignored; people feel that they’ve been left out; people feel attacked.

Humans have a natural instinct to survive and that comes out. And for some, they’ve not learned problem solving skills,” she says.

“In this country, people are supposed to have their own ideas and not be threatened, and they can express those ideas. We have to protect that right,” she says. “I have to defend your right to say it even if I disagree.”

Finding something to agree on is part of the solution, she believes.

She urges people to always check the source of information and not believe something just because a best friend posted it on social media.

Still, she says she doesn’t believe there is a comfortable solution to the current angst.

“Human beings are what they are, and some just do not want to get along. The best we can all do is try to do the right thing—not because we are expecting to ‘win’ but because it is the right thing,” she says.

Focus on Basics Jessa Lewis, a woman smack dab in the middle of political battle, says the only way to save our democracy is by coming together. A democrat running for the Washington State Senate seat being va-

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“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

—Thomas Paine

cated by Republican Michael Baumgartner, Lewis says people are amped up and afraid—and some are even walking around with low-grade anxiety.

“It is causing people to shut down and not talk to one another,” Lewis says.

Lewis, who grew up in Spokane, says she was surprised and frustrated by assumptions people make about her, especially when they don’t know her. She has been open about the fact that she has a concealed carry permit only to be called horrendous names because of it.

Ultimately, Lewis believes that people want the same things even if they disagree on how to achieve those goals.

“We divide up and we focus more on the five percent we don’t agree on,” she says.

Lewis contends people all want to keep their kids safe and have a future.

“We want to be secure and safe in person and property, we want to have what we need to survive, and we want to retire with dignity … I don’t know anybody who doesn’t want those things,” she says.

“We also have to be willing to own up to being wrong when we’re not right on an issue. Choosing to see the best in people and having positive intention … people mean well,” she says. “Let’s talk about the basic issues and focus on that instead of name calling or finger pointing.”

The solution, says Todd Hectman, goes back to basics.

“We have to remind ourselves of principles of understanding and the golden rule. To avoid war we need to talk about controversial issues and understand where the other person is coming from. This is a democracy. It’s not about reading sources of news that we already agree with.

I read the National Review and at least there I get a sense of a more reasoned perspective. I find myself agreeing to things that I didn’t expect,” Hectman says.

“Engage with a source that you disagree with and listen. Then find common ground,” he says.

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Rules of engagement 1. Recognize your defensiveness. We are wired to go immediately into defensive mode when criticized. Becoming aware of our defensiveness can give us a tiny, crucial bit of distance from it. We are listening defensively when we listen for what we don’t agree with. Catch yourself when you are focusing on the inaccuracies, distortions and exaggerations that inevitably will be there.

2. Breathe. Defensiveness starts in the body, making us tense and on guard, unable to take in new information. Do what you can to calm yourself. Take slow and deep breaths.

3. Listen only to understand. Listen only to discover what you can agree with. Do not interrupt, argue, refute or correct facts, or bring up your own criticisms and complaints. If your points are legitimate, that’s all the more reason to save them for a different conversation, when they can be a focus of conversation and not a defense strategy.

4. Ask questions about whatever you don’t understand. When the criticism is vague (“I feel you don’t respect me”), ask for a concrete example. This will add to your clarity and show the other party that you care about understanding her. Note: Asking for specifics is not the same thing as nitpicking—the key is to be curious, not to crossexamine.

5. Find something you can agree with. You may only agree with 7 percent of what the other person is saying, and still find a point of commonality. (“I think you’re right that I was totally hogging the conversation the other night.”) If you can’t find anything to agree with, thank the other person for their openness and let them know that you’ll be thinking about what they’ve told you.

6. Apologize for your part. It will indicate to the critical party that you’re capable of taking responsibility, not just evading it. It will also help shift the exchange out of combat into collaboration.

7. Let the offended party know he or she has been heard and that you will continue to think about the conversation. Even if nothing has been resolved, tell the other person that she’s reached you. (“It’s not easy to hear what you’re telling me, but I want you to know that I’m going to give it a lot of thought.”)

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8. Thank the critical person for sharing his/her feelings. Relationships require that we take such initiative and express gratitude where the other person might expect mere defensiveness. (“I appreciate your telling me this. I know it couldn’t have been easy.”) In this way, we signal our commitment to the relationship.

9. Take the initiative to bring the conversation up again. Show the other person that you are continuing to think about her point of view and that you are willing to revisit the issue.

10. Draw the line at insults. There may be a time to sit through an initial blast, but not if rudeness has become a pattern rather than an uncommon occurrence. Exit from rudeness while offering the possibility of another conversation.

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11. Don’t listen when you can’t listen well. It’s fine to tell the other person that you want to have the conversation and that you recognize its importance but that you can’t have it right now. If you’re closing the conversation, suggest a specific window of time to resume it.

12. Define your differences. You need to tell the critical person how you see things differently, rather than being an overly accommodating, peace-at-anyprice type person who apologizes to avoid conflict. Even if the other person isn’t able to consider your point of view, you may need to hear the sound of your own voice saying what you really think.

Timing is crucial, so consider saving your different point of view for a future conversation when you’ll have the best chance of being heard.

Though it is incredibly difficult to sit on the hot seat and dial down our defensiveness, we can learn to listen differently, to ask questions, to apologize for the part we agree with and define how we see things differently.

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The Gaps Between Us

by Judith Spitzer

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mericans can’t even talk to each othThe gap er about politics anymore without getbetween the ting flustered, according to the Pew political values Research Center. of Democrats and The divisions between Republicans and Republicans is now Democrats on fundamental political values larger than at any on government, race, immigration, national point in Pew Resecurity, environmental protection and othsearch Center surveys er areas reached record levels during Barack dating back to 1994, a Obama’s presidency. In Donald Trump’s first continuation of a steep inyear as president, the gaps have grown even crease in the ideological dilarger, according to a Pew Research Center visions between the two parsurvey from last October. ties over more than a decade.

The study, based on surveys of more Lastly, 68 percent of Demothan 5,000 adults conducted over the precrats and Democratic-leaning vious summer, found widening differences voters say they find it “stressful between Republicans and Democrats on a and frustrating” to talk to peorange of measures the Center has been askple who have a different opining about since 1994, as well as those with ion of Trump. About half—52 more recent trends. But in recent years, the percent — of Republican and GOPgaps on several sets of political values in leaning voters say the same thing. particular—including measures of attitudes about the social safety net, race and imThe fringe morphs into the mainstream migration—have increased dramatically.

No, tilapia is not a mutant, “What we need in the United Liberals don’t just hate boneless, toxic fish, deStates is not division; what we President Trump; many spite what the internet need in the United States is not don’t even want to be says. hatred; what we need in the in the company of his Social media is limUnited States is not violence or iting our perspective supporters—on solawlessness, but love and wisdom, and reinforcing our cial media or otherand compassion toward one worst ideas about wise. Last summer’s another, and a feeling of justice the other side of the Pew Research Centowards those who still suffer political spectrum, ter survey was only within our country, whether they be white or whether they be say some researchers one of many indicators black,” Kennedy told the crowd. and sociologists. of our tribal and partisan The year 2017 saw conpolitics. spiracy theories continue their The poll showed nearly half migration from street-corner shoutof liberal Democrats (47 percent) ing to mainstream popular culture: the theosaid that if a friend supported Trump, it ries were everywhere, spouted by everyone, would actually put a strain on their friendand were about everything. ships.

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A rapper tried to crowdsource a satellite to prove the earth was flat, new files pertaining to the Kennedy assassination were released more than five decades later, and no less than the President of the United States spent Thanksgiving weekend tweeting a conspiracy theory chart that tied the Pope, organ harvesting, and a secret space program together.

Another conspiracy theory had Barack Obama controlling a “deep state” of bureaucrats and intelligence officials running a mini government to take down the Trump administration.

That’s the thinking behind an “Obama shadow government” working to destroy Trump, says Snopes.com.

Conservative pundits and politicians have freely accused the former president and his appointees of leaking embarrassing information, rigging the Russia investigation, and planning nothing less than a coup through the FBI to throw Trump out of office. There is no evidence for any of these claims.

Social media has become the garden of good and evil … particularly on Facebook where there are more than 2.13 billion monthly active users worldwide.

Getchyur facts straight It stands to reason that being knowledgeable could help everyone, no matter their political leaning, to have more productive discussions.

Unfortunately, many Americans lack basic civics information, according to the Anneberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and therefore cannot understand current events.

The results of their latest survey, published in September 2017, reveal that more than half of Americans (53 percent) believe people in this country illegally have no protec-

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More than a third (37 percent) of respondents could not name a single specific right guaranteed under the First Amendment.

Roughly 48 percent of respondents named freedom of speech, while only 15 percent said freedom of religion, 14 percent said freedom of the press, 10 percent said the right of assembly, and just a meager three percent said the right to petition the government.

While most respondents said atheists and Muslims have the same rights as other citizens (79 percent and 76 percent, respectively), a staggering 15 percent said atheists do not have the same rights, and 18 percent said Muslims do not. Even the relatively low percentages reported in the survey indicate that a lot of people don’t understand freedom of religion.

Less than half of respondents (49 percent) said they oppose “the U.S. Congress forbidding the news media from reporting on any issue of national security without first getting government approval.” While 39 percent said they were in favor, demonstrating a lack of understanding of prior restraint even when asked without the jargon.

And finally, one of the most unknown bits of knowledge? The fact that Obamacare is the same things as the Affordable Care Act. That fact is news to 33 percent of Americans.

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Spokane’s Great Fire of 1889

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he tremendous growth and development experienced during the decade was dealt a cruel blow one hot summer evening. The fire started at Railroad Avenue between Post and Lincon in an area of flimsy wooden structures. Although accounts vary, the likely organ of the fire, according to the most credible sources, was at Wolfe’s Lunch Counter, across the street from the NPRR depot. What started as a small, seemingly manageable fire soon turned into a raging firestorm. The summer of 1889 had been exceptionally hot and dry, forest fires were burning out of control in Washington and Idaho, and the prevailing conditions put everything at risk.

Following earlier fires, most of the large commercial buildings had been built of brick and stone. Many observers were certain the fire’s progression would be blocked by those solid structures, but watched in disbelief as fire overtook them. A primary means of arresting the fire’s progress was to destroy buildings in its path with dynamite. According to the eyewitness account from Dr. Gandy’s son Lloyd, before the fire in one section could be extinguished, it leapt to another area, and soon the whole city was engulfed in flames. The fire raged on for almost four hours, devouring nearly everything from Railroad Avenue to the river and from Lincoln to Washington, causing an estimated $5-$10 million in damages (an exact amount could not be determined because many homes and small businesses were not insured and did not file claims).

The day after the fire, the heat was still so intense that when some of the surviving safes were opened, the content immediately burst into flames. As a result, most were allowed to cool for four or five days before being disturbed. Fortunately, there was only one death.

George I. Davis, a civil engineer, died in Sacred Heart Hospital from severe burns. Shortly after the fire, the hospital reported an admission of 37 people who had been suffering illnesses at home and had nowhere else to go after being burned out by the fire.

Countless others fled to the north side of the river and watched

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helplessly as their homes and businesses went up in flames. Among the losses were two of the three fire department hose houses. The men were demoralized, but a week later a letter appeared in the local newspaper from former Seattle fire chief Gardner Kellogg, who was in Spokane Falls at the time of the fire, applauding the efforts of firefighters.

Outrage and blame were also leveled at Rolla A. Jones, superintendent of Spokane’s new waterworks, who was in Coeur d’Alene at the time of the fire leaving, as reports contended, an inexperienced individual in charge who failed to turn on the pumps.

Newspapers as far away as New York repeated the charge. However, an in-depth investigation ordered by the city council presented an entirely different picture. The main cage was sufficiently experienced and competent, and the lack of water pressure was due to equipment malfunction. Nevertheless, unduly vilified, Rolla Jones resigned. The false accusation has persisted and has been repeated in numerous publications over the years. In reality, there were a number of contributing factors to the widespread devastation. The city of Spokane Falls realized the reconstruction process needed to include a full-time professional fire department equipped with proper horse-drawn equipment and a city-wide alarm system.

The fortitude of the residents was triumphantly demonstrated in the aftermath. Condolences, assistance and supplies poured in from all over the country, with an especially strong outpouring from the surrounding Inland Northwest communities. National Guard troops were stationed around the fire district for safety reasons and to guard against looting. The August 10, 1889 Spokane Falls Review posted a notice that all unclaimed and unidentified goods salvaged from the fire were to be delivered to Chief Joel Warren at city hall. It went on to say Warren proposed a search of the city and “all parties found in possession of goods that do not belong to them will be dealt with according to the law.”

It was later learned that three city officials had misappropriated

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HISTORY/great fire 1889 wagon loads of donations meant for the homeless, delivering them to the homes of other officials or private citizens who were untouched by the fire. This caused an outcry of indignation from the community and the three men—Major Sidney D. Waters, councilman and former Indian agent for the Colville Reservation, Councilman Peter Deuber and Police Officer William Gillespie— were indicted by a grand jury in December 1889. Unfortunately, the cases dragged on for years, and the indicted were never brought to trial, allegedly because the main witnesses had left the area. The following May, Deuber was forced to resign his council position as a result of a bribery charge, but Waters remained in his position and Gillespie continued to serve on the police force.

Most post-fire efforts, however, were productive. The townspeople wasted no time rebuilding, with every able-bodied person pitching in to help. Most did this willingly, but to encourage those otherwise inclined, the city council adopted a motion that “any person offered employment and refusing to work, be notified to leave the city.” Harry Hayward efficiently supervised the relief work. As clean-up efforts progressed, debris was dumped into a large gully that fanned out in a “V” shape from the block where the Crescent Court now stands (between Main and Riverside at Wall) to the river. After the gully was filled in with fire debris, buildings were later constructed over the fill, including the main Spokane Public Library and the newer addition of the Spokane Club.

Insurance adjusters moved in, most of whom set up desks in Concordia Hall on Second Avenue.

Although many businesses carried insurance, a lot of coverage was inadequate, necessitating the need to finance reconstruction. Much of the capital to rebuild came from Dutch investors. One of the largest Dutch companies was Northwestern and Pacific Hypotheekbank (the Dutch word for mortgage). In the wake of the national depression in the early 1890s, the company foreclosed on the properties of many of Spokane’s wealthy, heavily mortgaged businessmen who were unable to make their payments. As a result, the Dutch subsequently owned a large portion of downtown Spokane.

Devastating as it was for most, the disastrous fire provided career or business opportunities for many. Within days, commercial enterprises were conducting business in tents. The F.O. Berg Company, pioneer tent and awning manufacturer, supplied many of these tests of the canvas to cover new buildings. Today, they are one of the oldest continuously operating businesses in the state.

The fire did not cross Lincoln Street to the west, thus sparing the city offices, police station, jail, and the newly erected threestory Crescent Block, so named for the crescent-shaped curve of Riverside Avenue at its location. This building immediately filled up with business and boarders burned out by the fire. James C. Comstock and Robert B. Paterson had just stocked their new store, the Crescent, and were ready to open for their first day of business on August 5. As the only surviving retail dry goods store in town, success was guaranteed. The entire stock sold out immediately, and

the Crescent began building a good name by not taking advantage of the situation and raising prices.

Rebuilding the city commenced immediately. Naturally, architects and builders were in great demand. Herman Preusse, who had arrived in Spokane Falls in 1882, was already well established as an accomplished and talented architect, the city’s first professional in that field. Having designed many of the commercial buildings lost in the fire, he was quickly overwhelmed with new reconstruction projects. Kirtland K. Cutter’s business also flourished. His name is now associated with many of Spokane’s greatest historical mansions and commercial buildings, and is one of the most recognizable names in Northwest architecture.

Louis M. Davenport, an unknown 20-year old at the time, would play a significant role in bringing attention to Spokane in years to come. He had arrived in Spokane Falls in March 1889, and had gone to work for his uncle Elijah Davenport, who had established himself in the local hotel and restaurant business. After working for a few months in Elijah’s restaurant, the Pride of Spokane, Louis had assumed ownership just prior to the fire. Following the loss of the Pride of Spokane to the fire, Louis soon opened a small restaurant, called the Waffle Foundary. It was a small start, but this enterprising young man would eventually be at the helm of Spokane’s finest historic treasure, the Davenport Hotel. During his rise to the pinnacle of Spokane’s hospitality industry, Davenport turned to Kirtland Cutter almost exclusively as the architect of choice for both business and personal projects. Consequently, Cutter and Malmgren received the commission to design the grand hotel.

At the time of the fire, a promotional book produced by local businessmen titled Spokane Falls Illustrated was at the press. The MAC, L88-362 book boasted the city’s rapid growth, prosperity and development, and included synopses of the primary industries, prominent businesses, civic leaders, businessmen, commercial buildings and homes. Still believing heartily in the city’s future, the writers quickly added a section summarizing the fire. It was followed by “A Word to Investors,” which offered reassurance that the “handsome city of Spokane Falls” would be “far handsomer than the old one” and would provide great investment opportunities. Their optimism is to be applauded, but a dark reality settled over the town before it would, like the legendary Phoenix, arise victorious from its ashes.

As the decade came to a close, snow fell early on the pitiful city that lay in ruins from the fire’s devastating blow. Winter settled in with an impressively cold and snowy season; temperatures dipped as low as 23 degrees below zero. Spirits sank, but the townspeople remained undaunted. Spokane stood at the center of a region rich in abundant natural resources untouched by the fire. And, with the residents’ determination to rebuild, the land beneath the rubble was as valuable as ever.

Story excerpted with permission from Spokane Our Early History: Under All is the Land by authors Tony and Suzanne Bamonte.

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Increase Value

How to the Perceived of Your Brand

by Tanya Goodall Smith

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n branding, perception is everything. While the world’s perception of your brand may be entirely different from reality, it is powerfully connected to your perceived value. How is your brand being perceived? Does the world see you as a high-value professional or a DIY amateur? Here are a few things you can do to increase your brands’ perceived value over time.

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Pricing The number one thing you can do right now to increase your perceived value is to increase your value. Raise your prices. Years ago I met a woman who was selling painted canvas wall art on Etsy and barely had any sales. Later I discovered her business had totally taken off. Amazingly, the only thing she changed was her prices. At $10, people assumed her work was of poor quality. At $150, they were suddenly valued as a hand crafted, special piece of art for their home.

This concept is especially true for servicebased businesses. Whenever I get a quote for a specialty service that is low, I seriously question the level of service I might receive from that business. Even though it might not be true, we generally believe “you get what you pay for,� and those looking for a high level of service expect to pay a high price for it.

Presentation Merchandising, advertising, personal style, vibe, web presence, public relations.

All of these (and more) are the physical representations of your brand. The quality of your visual communications greatly impacts your perceived value. If you want to level it up, make sure you’re using professional quality photography, video and design to represent your brand. This is one of the biggest mistakes I see small businesses and personal brands making because of the accessibility of the tools needed to create content. If you want to be high end, you have to have high end content that is deliberately and strategically created to communicate to a high end audience.

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Exclusivity & Scarcity The principle of supply and demand works in economics, and it works in branding, too. Is your brand seen as a commodity? If there’s a large number of brands offering the same product or service, they are forced to compete on price. Offer something nobody else has, that a lot of people want, and your perceived value suddenly goes up.

Here’s an example: branding myself as a portrait photographer lumps me in with hundreds of other photographers in the Spokane area, who can probably take a decent photo. Actually, your secretary can probably take a nice pic of you with her iPhone, and how can I compete on price with that? Showcasing my expertise as a brand photographer, leveraging 20 years experience working with brands like GUESS and HP, to help local cosmetic dentists, medi-spas, chiropractors and online influencers dramatically raise their perceived value makes my service unique and highly desirable to businesses in Spokane. I literally have no competitors because nobody can provide what I uniquely offer at WorkStory.

Tanya Goodall Smith is the owner and brand photographer at WorkStory Photography. She helps experts increase their visibility and become consistently sought after by the very best clients through the power of story telling imagery. Find out more at workstoryphotography.com or find workstoryphotography on Facebook and Instagram.

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May’s Renaissance Moment

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK

Every May, Spokane is alive with races, festivals and lilacs. It is a month when our recent

Renaissance is apparent on every street corner. Our economy is humming, and our Riverfront Park renovations are accelerating. What is refreshing is so many are participating in our community revival. One example is the multitude of small businesses sprouting up throughout our region. I love small businesses because each one represents an American dream, a brave hope of a business owner to make a difference. An incredible 96 percent of businesses in Spokane have fewer than 50 employees and yet they create two out of three jobs for our region.

Our recent business growth has been fueled by our optimism and aided by visionary processes like GSI’s Start Up Spokane joined by Avista’s Mind to Market program, which gives tools, counsel and connections to potential new business owners. Our small business momentum is bolstered by additional strong supports like the University District’s impressive 38,000-squarefoot Innovation Center at McKinstry Station, or nearby Toolbox, a private, for-profit manufacturing accelerator where public-access-makers space allows entrepreneurs to dream big dreams and actually see them come true.

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This May, our urban landscape is magically transforming right before our eyes. Fresh new businesses, like Lilac City Bakery, are opening doors to excited patrons, and old dilapidated downtown buildings, like the Washington Cracker building, are revitalized with catchy new places—Inland Pacific Kitchen, Hogwash Whiskey Den and Fellow Coworking.

Recently appointed Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho’s Girl Scout CEO, this spring I witnessed this spring hundreds and hundreds of energized Girl Scouts of all ages do market research, draft business plans and then sell thousands and thousands of cookies, learning entrepreneurship, goal setting, people skills and business ethics, all in one seamless motion. All these achievers represent why Spokane is blossoming as a community: many hands make light work. Our Renaissance remains lilac strong.

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Whether you’ve been in business for one year or 100 years, you build—and begin to leave—a legacy by virtue of the lives you’ve touched with your product or service, your entry into public records, your commitment and give-back to local nonprofits, the people who join your team, and others whose services you have required to make your own business a reality. This special section is in honor of local entities who have been shaping the business landscape of Spokane, Coeur d’Alene—and, often, around the globe— for many years, and who continue to be the developing story—and legacy—of our region.

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Mario & Son

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MARIO & SON’S roots go back to 1956, when Mario Mar-

cella learned the ceramic tile trade. Mario was one of the most sought-after tile installers in the Spokane area in the ’70s and ’80s, and eventually taught all three of his sons the tile trade. It was in the late ’80s, as Mario and his youngest son Joey started dabbling into marble and granite tiles and polishing the edges that led them into stone fabrication. “To be able to take a raw piece of stone and turn it into a beautiful, useful product was very satisfying, more so than just setting pre-manufactured ceramic tiles,” says Joey. Mario & Son was officially born in 1991, working out of a small garage, growing through the years and eventually building a large, stateof-the-art facility in Liberty Lake in 2007.

Mario & Son are fabricators and importers of natural stone and quartz.

They provide full, turn-key services for stone projects like countertops, furniture, etc. from design, supply, fabrication and installation.

Their biggest challenge through the years was surviving the economic downturn in ’09 when revenues were cut by nearly 65 percent, and remained that way for several years. Through a strong work ethic, solid business savvy, and a “failure is not an option” attitude, they were able to survive those hard years and emerge as a stronger, better-run company.

Mario & Son was once strictly a natural stone company, but now works with a variety of materials such as quartz, porcelain and new, ultra-compact surfaces. Technology has long been their hallmark in how they service their clients, which has grown significantly over the years with new, high tech material handling systems, multi-axis cutting solutions, the ability to resurface stone for their needs as well as for other fabricators and distributors, and direct import-

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ing of natural stone from Italy and Brazil, which they select personally at the source.

They are a relatively small, family-owned company that has invested heavily back into their operation to give their clients the best value, quality and experience, all at prices which are at least comparable, if not cheaper, than most legitimate shops around, through expertise, efficiency, international relationships and buying power.

“I’m proud that we started this company with nothing and turned it into a successful, multimillion dollar enterprise that is internationally respected and recognized,” says Joey. “We have provided as many as 45 jobs at any given time and have allowed my brother and I to be able to give our father the retirement he deserves.”

Through craftsmanship and technology, Mario & Son has begun breaking into more complex, ornamental types of work like architectural elements in churches and sculpture. They are actively pursuing these types of projects with new 3D design and fabrication technology, as well as with old world sculpting methods.

“I’m looking forward to being able to hand the day-today activities off to the next generation, so I can nurture some of the business relationships I’ve made abroad more closely,” says Joey. “Ultimately, I look forward to being able to provide a nice retirement to my brother (partner) and then eventually my own, spending my golden years sculpting in Italy, all while seeing Mario & Son flourish long into the future.”

2750 N. Eagle Lane, Liberty Lake (509) 536-6079 marioandson.com

Year Founded

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Simply Northwest & the Legacy of Marti Hollenback

DENIELLE WALTERMIRE-STUHLMILLER began working who showed me every day the importance of working hard, at Simply Northwest in 2007. Founder and owner De Scott being kind and giving back. The life lessons she taught me approached Denielle with the opportunity to purchase Simare something I treasure and something I could have never ply Northwest the summer of 2010. learned in school,” says Denielle.

Simply Northwest assists customers Marti was passionate about being inwith their gift giving needs whether it be volved with the American Heart Associapersonal or professional, and they pride tion. “We attended the Go Red for Women themselves on providing a welcoming and luncheon each year and she often helped me stress-free experience while offering a large with assembling the centerpieces and stage selection of unique and fun gift items, many décor,” says Denielle. She is now a member made in the Northwest. of the Circle of Red, much like her mom, “I would never have had the courage or continuing Marti’s legacy by making an anbelief in myself to run a small business if it nual donation in her honor. hadn’t been for the support that was given “My mother always remembered to show to me by my mom,” says Denielle. “I was her appreciation. And she always gave back Marti & Denielle blessed to watch her succeed in her careers— to the community … these are the legacies, both nursing and then in my early teens taking over Dishand so much more, I strive to continue in her honor.” man Dodge after my parents divorced.”

Year Founded Denielle’s mom, Marti Hollenback, was her role model 11806 E. Sprague Ave. and mentor. “I was privileged to grow up with a mother (509) 927-8206 | simplynorthwest.com

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Valente Chiropractic

VALENTE CHIROPRACTIC is a popular Chiropractic and

Massage Clinic on Spokane’s North Side. They have 2 skilled chiropractors, Dr. Michael Valente and Dr. Andrew Czapla, as well as 4 talented massage therapists . It doesn’t take more than one visit to Valente Chiropractic to realize everyone there is highly invested in seeing you reach your full health potential and making the journey there comfortable and fun.

Patients come to them from all walks of life and during all stages of life. They treat each patient with a customized approach tailored to their unique needs and goals. This may combine a variety of therapies, as they offer chiropractic care, massage therapy, exercise rehabilitation, kinesiology taping, cupping therapy, and cold laser therapy, among many others.

For as busy a clinic as Valente Chiropractic is, you won’t have any trouble getting an appointment. They’ve made it a priority to be there for their patients when they need them.

After your first appointment, you’re welcome to walk in for an adjustment anytime during their business hours. And

there are plenty of hours to drop by as Valente Chiropractic is open for chiropractic care over 52 hours during their 6 day week, Monday through Saturday.

Outside of the care you’ll receive from their doctors and therapists, Valente Chiropractic’s staff is committed to making the billing and paperwork side of health care as stress free as possible. They realize that insurance can be confusing to those outside of the billing field. That’s why they check the insurance benefits of patients on their first visit when possible. They can almost always let their patients know exactly what their portion of the cost will be. If a patient has an automobile or work injury claim, their staff has the experience to help navigate those waters as well.

It’s no wonder why our readers have voted Valente Chiropractic “Best Chiropractor” for the past 12 years.

3017 E. Francis Ave. STE 101 (509) 467- 799 SpokaneChiropractic.com

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1996

Gold Seal Mechanical, Inc.

JoAnn Dixon

Robert E. Dixon

Quality Plumbing Since 1967. When you see a Gold Seal Plumbing truck around town, you can read that creed right on its side. That’s the year Robert E. Dixon, Sr. and Richard L. Dixon founded the business, and quality service is what the company continues to deliver on all of their clients’ plumbing needs.

The two men expanded the business into what it is now: one of the region’s largest plumbing contracting firms. With an emphasis on quality craftsmanship and honest customer service, Gold Seal has been awarded many high-profile jobs such as historic renovations of the Davenport Hotel, and are regularly called upon by commercial clients such as Lowe’s, Best Buy and Wal-Mart.

Richard Dixon continues today as president and CEO of the company, and while Bob Sr. would have delighted in seeing his great grandsons develop as licensed journeyman plumbers, he would have taken as much pleasure in the quality, integrity, dedication and teamwork of the plumbers, trainees and support staff that is Gold Seal Plumbing.

From humble beginnings, Gold Seal Plumbing has earned its place as the leading provider of quality plumbing in residential, multi-family, and light commercial buildings, and unquestionably the area’s top choice for commercial and residential new construction.

Gold Seal the largest open plumbing shop in Eastern Washington, and notably the largest service plumbing operation between Seattle and Minneapolis. There’s no need to worry about their availability—with more than 25 trucks, theirs is the largest plumbing service fleet in the Spokane area.

Although Gold Seal plumbs more bathrooms than any

plumber in the area, the staff is skilled in so much more: specializing in box stores, grocery stores, restaurants, strip malls, churches, parking garages, commercial tenant improvement, dental and vet clinics, office buildings and breweries.

Gold Seal takes pride in their family of employees. They are dedicated to continual training to ensure that their service professionals remain at the top of their game and are skilled in that latest plumbing techniques, tools and technologies.

JoAnn Dixon is second vice-president and is office manager and confidential advisor to the president.

Third-generation plumber Chris Dixon is company vicepresident, heads the new residential section and maintains the industry contacts so important to continuing Gold Seal’s leadership position.

The key commercial team is led by another third-generation plumber, Robert Dixon. Robert, who is also corporate secretary-treasurer, leads the largest division with the help of his well-trained staff.

Doug Stanley completes the field leadership group by heading the area’s largest service team. With more than 25 trucks handling problems from water quality to plugged drains, bathroom fixture replacement to emergency leak repair, and from gas piping to sewer hydro jetting, Doug ensures his journeymen plumbers receive the continual training to serve his clients.

Vivian Kelly, CPA, is the company CFO and heads the support staff that takes care of all employees as well as clients. Vivian brings a Master’s degree in accounting as well as a very real and deep concern for the human element of the employees.

To provide the best service to all of their clients, every day, by everyone. That’s what it’s all about for the team at Gold Seal Plumbing.

5524 E Boone Ave. (509) 535-5944 goldsealplumbing.com

Year Founded

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Baker Construction & Development, Inc. IN 1951, John and Vera Baker founded “Baker Real Estate

company was their entrance into the retail construction marand Insurance” in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. With the ket. Working with retailers in large malls, neighborhood strip emerging agriculture boom in Wenatchee, Washington, their centers and retail outlets became Baker’s niche. passion for real estate merged with a new unIn the new millennium, the company gained dertaking. In 1958, the company expanded experience with adaptive reuse and historic their services and began building agriculture renovation projects. This also provided them storage facilitates including structures for with the opportunity of becoming experts at apples, potatoes and grain. Wenatchee was an medical, dental, veterinary and office construcamazing place to call home and raise a famtion. ily, but with the opportunity to become even Today, after nearly 70 years of doing business, more diverse, John and Vera moved the comBaker Construction & Development continues pany and the family to Spokane in the early to work in 12 Western States, with experience ’70s. in nearly every type of commercial construcIn 1972, the company became “Baker Steel” tion. Although the geography and product and grew to become one of the area’s premiere Reed Caudle, Barry Baker, George Garber type has continued to evolve, the focus on dosteel construction firms. As the 1970s evolved, so did the ing business the old-fashioned way with honesty, integrity product offering and services of the company. In the 1980s, and a healthy sense of humor remains their number one focus. the company grew both geographically and product offeringYear Founded wise as they continued to recruit and create an incredibly 2711 E. Sprague Ave. talented team. In the 1990s, a major game changer for the (509) 535-3668 | bakerconstruct.com

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Hill’s Resort

AS A CHILD IN the 1920s and early ’30s, George Hill spent summers at a family cabin on the shores of Priest Lake, Idaho. At the foot of the Selkirk Mountains, George developed a love for the area and what it has to offer.

World War II found George serving in the U.S. Navy. Upon his return to Spokane, he decided that city life was not for him, so he journeyed back to Priest Lake and began the Hill’s Resort legacy. In 1954, George married Lois Montecucco, and they developed a shared vision for a resort on Priest Lake and set to work to make it a reality.

Purchasing land, constructing cabins, designing the lodge and developing a marina kept George and Lois busy. During the summers, they served vacationing families as resort hosts, cooks, boat hands and newfound friends.

Hill’s Resort is now a year-round destination. In the winter, there’s snowmobiling and cross-country skiing, and during the

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warmer months, the lake offers boating, water skiing and fishing, as well as trails for hiking and mountain biking. The Priest Lake Golf Course is only a few minutes away, and huckleberry and mushroom picking start right outside your cabin door. When you’re hungry, Hill’s award-winning restaurant offers cherished family recipes such as Baby Back Ribs of Pork with homemade BBQ sauce.

The Hill’s children, Teri, Craig, and Scott, carry on the resort legacy with the help of their own kids, Whitney and Jake. Returning guests have been doing so for years— often through generations—and Hill’s Resort is proud to be a part of their memories.

4777 West Lakeshore Rd., Priest Lake, ID (208) 443-2551 hillsresort.com

Year Founded

1946

Helping People Become More Comfortable in Their Homes Owner, Randy Hastings

RANDY HASTINGS started in the heating and air-conditioning industry in 1972 at the ripe old age of 12. When other kids his age may have had paper routes, Hastings was working with his half-brothers and their dad in the industry.

“I lived with a single mother, we didn’t have a lot of money, my brothers worked, and I wanted something to do,” Hastings says. “So, I went to work in the sheet metal shop making ductwork and all kinds of fitting. I was 15 when I went out on a job site for the first time.”

In 1984, Hastings and a friend started R&R Heating and Air-Conditioning on a shoestring. The partnership was short-lived, though, and Hastings took over the business and continued to grow it into the successful company it is today as the Inland Northwest’s leading provider of residential, commercial and industrial heating and cooling solutions—from mechanical system design and construction to preventive maintenance programs.

From radiant or geothermal heating to tankless water heaters and ductless mini splits designed to heat or cool individual zones within your home, R&R Heating and Air Conditioning will help you save money and use less energy.

This year their Residential New Construction team is on schedule to work on close to 700 local residences with some of Spokane’s elite builders, such as Greenstone Homes, Condron Homes, Viking Homes and Axiom Homes.

“At the end of the day, I find great value in being able to help people become more comfortable in their homes, and providing them service at a time of need,” Hastings says.

“My work allows me to be a part of the Spokane community, and I always appreciate my customers for giving me that opportunity.”

On the commercial side, R&R Heating and Air Conditioning offers a complete design build package, which includes full drawings and engineering, with custom duct and ventilation systems and energy recovery ventilation. The area’s most experienced team of installers and project managers are dedicated to quality and doing the job right the first time, along with providing the best value for customers.

With nearly 100 employees, including more than a dozen service techs, R&R is uniquely qualified to handle any HVAC needs, including 24-hour emergency repairs.

“I enjoy overseeing the company and watching the employees grow with it,” Hastings says. “I especially like dealing with the customers on the design build aspect of projects—it allows me to stretch my mind and really think about what we can do to be creative and more energy efficient and save the customer money.”

R&R Heating & Air Conditioning randrheating.com | (509) 484-1405

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THE SWINGING DOORS Swing by for great food and friendly service

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over Washington, Idaho and Montana, Bob Materne, Jr. stopped in at many watering holes and thought it would be fun to have a tavern of his own. In 1980, Bob had the opportunity after the family construction business was sold and he needed a new way to support his family. Bob and his wife Barb bought a small pizza place soon after and renamed it The Swinging Doors Tavern.

For the first five years, the couple worked 17-hour days and put every dime back into the business. The Swinging Doors served only beer and wine with broasted chicken and cold sandwiches made in a tiny kitchen.

Satellite TVs were added to bring in games, like University of Montana football, that fans could watch nowhere else in town. Over the years, they have added hard liquor and created a full-service restaurant with expanded

menu items—including breakfast at 7 a.m. and minors welcome until 10 p.m.

There are now more than 50 TVs. If a ball is being kicked, caught or hit, you can watch the action at The Swinging Doors.

The future of The Swinging Doors is bright.

The Materne’s daughter (Lisa Ruggles) is the general manager and her son (Carson) is interested in taking over some day. Many of the extended family have worked at the Doors for more than a decade, and one of their bartenders has been serving drinks and pull tabs for 34 years.

Sports have always brought people in to The Swinging Doors, but great food and friendly service is what continues to bring them back.

1018 W. Francis Ave. (509) 326-6794 theswingingdoors.com

Year Founded

1981

RED DRAGON CHINESE RESTAURANT AND DELIVERY Serving Chinese Food to Spokane since 1946!

THE CHAN FAMILY has operated Chinese restaurants in

Joe renamed Ding Howe to Chan’s Dragon Inn in honor of Washington State since the 1930s. Grandfather John Chan his famous and much loved champion race horse. opened his first restaurant, the Golden In 2005, Red Dragon North was opened Wheel, in Yakima in 1930, followed by the on East Francis, then moved into its permaNew York Café in Ellensburg a few years later. nent home on East Diamond in the heart of In 1940, he opened the Tai Tung in Seattle’s Hillyard a few years later. The original busiChinatown and then moved to Spokane in ness plan of Red Dragon North was to focus 1946 to open the famous Chinese Gardens. on catering and Chinese food delivery, but Chinese Gardens is the oldest operating after moving to Hillyard, it quickly expanded Chinese restaurant in Spokane. Originally into much more due to the generous support located downtown at 611 W. Sprague Ave., of its customers and the loyal Hillyard comChinese Gardens 1948 the Chinese Gardens was “the place” to go in munity.

Spokane for a fine meal. Many old-timers fondly remember In 2017, Red Dragon North expanded into the building the giant butterfly mirror at the top of the stairs. next door and opened Ruby Chow’s Public House located In 1979, John’s son, Joe Chan, opened the popular Ding at 3009 E. Diamond. Ruby Chow’s offers Banquet Seating Howe on Third Avenue. Famous San Francisco chef, Chef for up to 30 people, a full service bar, outdoor dining on a Zhou, brought new recipes such as Red Sweet & Sour Sauce beautiful patio, and delicious Chinese food. (previously Spokane had only known Dark Sweet & Sour Sauce) and General Tsao’s Chicken. reddragondelivery.com Year Founded In 1986, after Joe’s prized race horse, Chan’s Dragon, won 3011 E. Diamond 1406 W. Third almost every major Stakes race in the State of Washington, (509) 838-6688 (509) 747-1121

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Sparks Continue to Fly at Anvil Welding Instruction

ANVIL WELDING INSTRUCTION has its roots going back to

1960 when Waldo Benn founded Welding Apparatus Repair Inc. in a two-car garage.

As an oxy-acetylene regulator and torch repair business, Welding Apparatus Repair was a primary repair center throughout the Northwest. By the time 1978 came around, a full line of welding supplies, equipment and gases were added and the business became known as Anvil Welding Supply.

After selling the welding supply business in 1996, maintenance welding alloys and welding inspection were the primary focus. It was from welding inspection and the lack of qualified welders that the idea of a welding school developed.

Benn’s son Lonnie and grandson Adam now carry on the family passion for welding instruction and training. Their goal, you might say, is to “SPARK” interest in the trade of welding and metal fabrication. Anvil Welding Instruction accepts students as young as 17, so whether you are just entering the job market or are looking for a career change, welding can offer a lucrative and satisfying future.

There has been a huge demand for welders because of the “skills gap” for the last few years—but this year in particular employers are having a hard time finding qualified welders due to growth and expansion. The American Welding Society estimates there will be nearly 300,000 welding-related positions needing to be filled by 2020.

The hands-on portion of training is key to the success of

a new welder. Welding is a skill that takes practice—because of the specialized equipment and need for safety precautions, it’s not something a person can pick up and start doing after watching a YouTube video.

Students at Anvil Welding Instruction work in a classroom and shop environment with state-ofthe-art equipment and in close connection with professional instructors. The five to 10 week classes teach many types of welding processes including: stick, wire feed, tig, flux core, etc., plus oxyacetylene safety and cutting and fabrication.

Students who successfully pass their courses at Anvil Welding Instruction will be given the opportunity to take a qualification test for certification by one or more of the following standards: American Welding Society (AWS), Washington Assoc. Building Officials (WABO), and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

As with any technical skill, there are positions available from apprentice to journeyman welders. Currently, welders make an average of $48,160 a year in Washington State, and pipe welders can average more than $100,000 a year in Alaska and the Gulf Coast.

4227 E. Trent Ave. (509) 891-5914 anvilweldinginstruction.com

Year Founded

1960

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DISHMAN DODGE RAM CHRYSLER JEEP More Than Half a Century of Automotive Excellence THE LATE MARK K. HOLLENBACK, founder of Dishman Dodge Ram Chrysler Jeep, began his career in the automobile business in 1936 as a “grease monkey”—as he termed it. In 1940, he took over a Texaco station at Trent and Argonne. It was during this time that he started dealing in used cars.

Mark got his first new car franchise when he took on Jeep in 1949 and named his business “Hollenback Motors.” In 1950, he obtained the Nash line, then in 1957 took over the lease on the same building on “Auto Row” at Sprague and Park in Dishman, where he began his automotive career. Over the years, Mark also held franchises for Rambler, Dodge, Peugeot, Renault, BMW and Volkswagen.

Mark was a “National Grand Award” recipient of The Volkswagen Service Excellence Award and Dishman Dodge held Chrysler’s prestigious “Five Star Excellence Award” until his retirement. In 1983, at the age of 70 years, he re-

ceived Washington State’s prestigious “Dealer of the Year” award. Mark’s daughter, Marlene (Marti) Hollenback, carried on her father’s tradition of excellence in the automobile business, assuming leadership for this family dealership in 1995. Marlene passed away in 2017, but her sons Mark and Matt Waltermiren continue to work as a team in both daily and long-range decision making for the dealership.

Dishman Dodge Ram Chrysler Jeep continues to thrive as a community-minded, family-owned business. They attribute their success to long-standing satisfied customers, and to the longevity of wonderful employees; nearly 30 percent have been with the organization for 10 years or more, and an outstanding 10 percent have been employees for more than 20 years.

7700 E. Sprague Ave. (509) 724-0024 | dishmandodge.net

Year Founded

1964

Walker’s Furniture & Mattress

IN 1980, Mark and Pam Walker, with their one year old daughter Larisa, opened Walker’s Unfinished Furniture in a small store in Spokane. Their second daughter, Crystal, was born a couple years later, and now, 38 years later, Mark and Pam have added two sons-in-law and five grandsons. As their family grew, so did their small furniture company.

Today, Walker’s Furniture & Mattress has 14 stores in Washington, Idaho and Oregon, including three in Spokane, as well as stores in Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint. Times have changed, but Walker’s core belief of “exceptional people providing an exceptional shopping experience” has remained the same.

One of the reasons Walker’s has grown so much is because of their ever-increasing buying power, which offers great selections of today’s best furniture at an unbeatable value. The 220,000 square foot distribution warehouse in the Spokane Valley makes it possible to keep approximately 90 percent of their product in stock and ready for immediate pick up or express delivery.

Also, most people don’t know that Walker’s has become one of the largest mattress retailers in the region by offering 15 E. Boone Ave. (509) 326-1600

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more than 40 styles of mattresses, along with having more than 2,500 mattresses in stock. They specialize in the newest sleep technologies from Serta, Beautyrest, Tempur-Pedic and more.

The future is bright for Walker’s with Mark and Pam’s daughter, Crystal, and her husband, Adam, now taking on increased roles within the company. They couldn’t be more excited and committed to carrying on the legacy of Walker’s Furniture & Mattress and making the next 38 years even better. walkersfurniture.com

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BUDGET ARBOR & LOGGING Going out on a Limb to Preserve the Health and Beauty of Your Trees TO PARAPHRASE a famous poet, there is nothing as lovely as a tree, and with expert attention from Michael Schmedding, owner of Budget Arbor & Logging, those trees will remain healthy and beautiful for years to come.

A third-generation woodsman, Schmedding’s family owned sawmills in Spokane, St. Maries and Tillamook, Oregon, and he worked there as early as junior high school, pulling lumber on the green chain and eventually harvesting timber with his own logging operation.

Schmedding now uses his more than two decades of forestry experience as a private contractor specializing in tree service, including close quarter and dangerous tree removal.

Removing a tree within close proximity of homes and other landscape assets requires meticulous care and great skill. Budget Arbor & Logging works with all trees, paying special attention to preserve surroundings—both vegetation and structures, by falling or disassemble trees in an efficient and controlled manner. In order to lower the impact on the landscape, they use equipment designed to be surface-friendly to minimize turf damage and soil compaction issues.

Wood waste is an important environmental issue. After a tree has been cut down or pruned, Budget Arbor & Logging can ensure that the wood is going to good use instead of a landfill. They maintain their own self-loader which allows them to offer log hauling services. Depending on the market conditions, the quality, and the age of the wood, they may be able to sell the wood and offer the property owner a reduced cost for the tree removal. Remaining wood can also be left for firewood, and Schmedding often gives back to the community by donating wood to SNAP so it can be used by low income residents

as a source of heat.

Schmedding and his crew of professional arborists devote much thought and planning into maintaining healthy trees.

Springtime, before leaves have emerged, is a great opportunity to evaluate the overall wellbeing and structure of trees and shrubs, and formulate plans for optimum health. This is a perfect time to schedule necessary corrective or aesthetic pruning, and also consider “dead wooding” and thinning as a fire prevention measure for your property.

As a full-service tree service, Budget Arbor & Logging also provides stump grinding, lot clearing and cleanup, forestry management and view enhancement—they even have a sawmill for turning logs into usable lumber for all sorts of building and woodworking projects.

There’s no job too big or too small for Budget Arbor & Logging. Along with assisting residential customers throughout the Inland Northwest and Northern Idaho, the company also works with local utilities, like Avista, Inland Power and Cheney Electric, and is a member of the ISA International Society of Arboriculture and Spokane Home Builders Association, and is licensed as a commercial tree service for Spokane’s Urban Forestry Dept.

Schmedding says there’s reward in helping to preserve healthy trees, and also in educating customers about the benefits of professional tree care to enhance the natural beauty of their property.

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Berry Built SINCE THE EARLY ’80S, Kitchens by Contardo, established

by Chuck and Karen Contardo, and better known today as Berry Built and Design, Inc., provided unparalleled service and quality in the kitchen and bath industry.

Founded on principles established throughout three generations of the family run business, the company continues to uphold the same standards of quality and service it has demonstrated for nearly four decades.

In 2007, current owners Matt and Sara Berry, stemming from a background of talented artists and craftsmen, took the company to the next level. Searching out the area’s finest designers, craftsmen and subcontractors to form their team, they have developed systems that streamline the entire design and remodeling process.

“We recognized some very common issues in our industry that could be significantly improved if we just combined all aspects from design through execution,” says

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Matt Berry. “Surviving the down economy upon the onset of this new idea was no easy task; however, we immediately learned how to stay lean and efficient while continuing to provide the same level of service and quality that had existed within this company for nearly 30 years.”

“Our goal is to continue being a leader in our industry for many more years,” says Sara Berry. “We must continue to refine our systems and seek talented individuals who share our same ideals if we are to meet this goal.” Whether their team is reviewing the best forms of project management, 3D software or the latest building products, their focus today continues to be set on providing Spokane area clients with a unique option in the remodeling industry.

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Spokane’s Book and Game Company MOST PEOPLE in Spokane know the downtown shop on the corner of Washington and Main simply as Auntie’s. But current owner John Waite likes to remind people of the whole name of Aunties Bookstore because in this modern era when online sellers offer every title every written, and e-books are quick and easy to download and read on a tablet, many are surprised that physical bookstores still exist.

Founded in 1984, Aunties is Spokane’s largest independent bookstore. Coming from it’s roots in the Book and Game Company, four decades later, Auntie’s still serves as the go-to place in town for new and used books, cards and Spokane-related specialty items and gifts.

Merlyn’s Comics and Games opened downtown in 1980. This one of the only places in town that still sells comic books, and serves as a gathering spot for lovers of everything superhero, science fiction and fantasy. It’s large—and free to use—game room is always available.

In the modern internet world, Aunties and Merlyn’s have thrived. One reason is that places like Auntie’s and Merlyn’s provide experiences, including personal recommendations for book buyers and gamers, a place for book clubs to meet, and in-store author appearances that the Amazons of the world can’t.

“Fortunately, the world of print, books, games and comics remains similar to the old days,” Waite says. “Everything is paper and physical, and meant to be shared with other real humans.”

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The Future Looks Bright for Spokane Sunscreen WITH ALMOST 70 YEARS of serving the Inland Northwest,

Spokane Sunscreen specializes in window tinting using only the highest quality Llumar window film products, with the best written warranties and factory trained professionals.

Founded in 1949 by Bill and Orville Loff, the business began offering custommade weather stripping to improve the energy efficiency of home doors, and a louvered sunscreen called “KoolShade” that when applied to scoreboards, and bank time and temperature signs, reduced the sun’s heat while allowing visibility.

Today, Spokane Sunscreen is owned and operated by Rick and Sheryl Johnson with the help of their twin daughters Alex and Megan and the “best team of co-workers” in the industry.

The biggest challenge over the years, says Rick Johnson, has been keeping up with the most current products available in the industry—it’s also been gratifying to continue to

help customers with energy saving products for their home and business windows.

Among the products and services offered by Spokane Sunscreen are solar control window films for home, office and automotive, safety and security films, smart tint switchable electric films, cloaking films, touch screen films, graffiti protection films and decorative designer films.

With the addition of a large format printer, laminator, and large format plotter, their art department can now produce full color graphic films, cut and printed vinyl, vehicle wraps and signage.

“I always like to talk with people about all the different products,” Johnson says, “and how we can help make their home or office more comfortable and energy efficient.”

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The house is part of a new stretch of 12

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properties built by Monogram Custom Homes and designed by eric hedlund design (ehd), where Eric is the owner and principal designer; ehd is known for projects ranging from residential to commercial, including the Davenport Grand and the Black Rock Clubhouse, which run the gamut in terms of style. These Bellerive homes (just inside the Riverstone development) have a preplanned mix of styles—some contemporary, some traditional, some craftsman.

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the master suite with a spacious, private balcony, the children’s bedrooms, and a laundry room (conveniently located in the hallway off the bedrooms). Out the back door it’s a short walk across the manicured, low-maintenance back yard to the garage and the “bunk room” above it that serves as a guest room and bonus space—and the kids’ favorite Xbox spot. (“The kids spend 70 percent of their

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time back there,” Eric quips.)

The square footage is 2,100 for the main house; 2,700 with the addition of the back house. “We do lots of big homes,” says Eric of his company, which often has residential projects in the 6,000 to 10,000 square foot range. There’s definitely something to be said for sprawling, spacious properties, but when it came time to choose

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the right home for their own family, Eric and Jane saw the appeal of something more concise. This home gives them everything they need; plus, with less square footage, the responsibilities that come with homeownership are alleviated a bit. Simply put, “there’s less to take care of.”

The finishes and décor bring together a mix of two primary styles. As Eric puts it, “I’m super contemporary and Jane is very Anthropologie.” This home spans that gap. Urban Wood porcelain

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tile, in 36” x 6” planks—laid in the herringbone pattern Jane envisioned for the space—runs throughout the main level. It’s a striking choice that works well with the dark woods, grays and whites, and warm metallics in the home. Bronze hardware and accessories contribute more warmth, as does the use of wallpaper— most of it with a subtle metallic sheen—in high-impact spaces like the bathrooms and on the stair risers. Another classic yet current choice is Carrara marble, which is used to luxurious effect in every

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The layout makes the most of every square inch of space. Just off the kitchen, a wood-planked barn door slides across a track to reveal a tucked-away double desk, where schoolwork and supplies are close by but out of sight. “We can hide all the kids’

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stuff,” says Jane. Built-in shelving maximizes storage in the kitchen’s walk-in pantry and the walk-in master closet upstairs. A mudroom just inside the back door has designated cubbies to keep everyone’s stuff organized, and the cabinetry there hides anything they’d rather conceal. Even the garage does double duty, with vehicle space and bike storage as well as a designated zone for the family dog,

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accessible via dog door from the back yard. Also contributing to the ease and efficiency of the home are its radiant heat floors and the fully automated lighting, which Jane and Eric can control from their phones.

The home has a spacious, airy feel thanks to high, angled ceilings, generous windows and glass doors—all clad in dark wood—and

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neutral finishes, like white walls, light-colored countertops, and a sleek black stair rail. Natural elements keep the interior cozy and inviting, like the wood-planked ceilings of the master bedroom and the raised front porch. Subtle patterns in the flooring, wall treatments, area rugs and other textiles add tone-on-tone texture that lends depth and dimension to every room.

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An eclectic but cohesive selection of furniture and accessories further emphasizes the home’s streamlined but comfortable look.

Among the Hedlunds’ favorite sources are Restoration Hardware, Arteriors Lighting, and Room and Board. They also found great pieces close to home, like a simple heart bent out of a piece of metal, which decorates the wall at the top of the stairs. This was a

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find of Jane’s at the store JUNK in Coeur d’Alene, known for vintage, upcycled, and handcrafted goods. Under each of the kids’ cleanlined, four-poster beds are colorful area rugs pieced together from squares of infinitely customizable FLOR carpet tile (with FLOR, customers can choose each square of material and arrange them in any pattern they like, to any dimension they want to fill). In the master bathroom, the décor includes three oversized “broken eggs,” the interiors of which are painted with gold leaf. These are a design

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element Jane wanted to borrow after seeing it in the Davenport Grand, where dozens of broken eggs line the walls behind the check-in area. Some of the home’s more Anthropologie-style touches can also be also spotted in the master bathroom, where the subtle blue and white patterned wallpaper, in combination with towel hooks that read Merci and S’il Vous Plaît (“please” and “thank you,” for non-Francophiles) gives off an understated French vibe.

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Going green and living smarter continue to be home improvement goals, particularly as homeowners are increasingly choosing to stay in their current, older homes. Energy-efficient windows, doors and siding, as well as an energyefficient roofing system can increase savings up to 52 percent on your energy bill.

More and more homeowners are opting to keep their independence rather than move to a retirement community. As we age, our function decreases, so it’s important to increase the

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functionality of our homes, especially in the kitchen and bathroom. In your master bath, for example, features such as a wide entryway, curbless shower, and open storage are all elements of a well-thought-out universal design.

One of the hottest home trends is color, according to Houzz, a leading platform for home remodeling and design. After years of safe and neutral whites and grays, homeowners are gravitating towards rich,

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saturated color in everything from kitchen appliances to cabinets. This new infusion of color—particularly blues and greens—will be seen everywhere, including walls, doors and even window frames. In fact, Sherwin-Williams 2018 Color of the Year is a deep, majestic teal called “Oceanside.”

Another big trend, according to Houzz, is tidiness. Sixty-three percent of homeowners surveyed chose storage as the top concern, followed by space planning, and cleanliness. Becoming increasingly popular in the kitchen are pullout waste bins, multi-purpose islands, and oversized light fixtures to create a focal point for more efficient use of work spaces.

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California Closets works closely with homeowners to create custom storage solutions designed to any space, lifestyle and budget.

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Kitchen and baths need durable, easy to maintain surfaces. But that doesn’t mean countertops and flooring can’t be beautiful, too. Incorporating tile of different shapes and textures such as quartz, marble or granite can energize even the most ordinary space.

According to an article from This Old House, entering the home through the garage has replaced the front door as the entryway of choice. A garage door can be as impressive as a formal entryway and can be as simple or as elaborate as a homeowner is willing to go.

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In the more than 35 year history of Gold Seal, the team has established a reputation for prompt, professional service and honest pricing. A four-generation, family-owned company, Gold Seal proudly serves residential and commercial customers in Washington, Idaho and Montana. Whether it’s prompt repairs to existing plumbing systems or installation in new construction, no job is too large or small.

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Simply put, Mario & Son is the “natural” choice for high-quality marble, granite and quartz surfaces. From gleaming countertops, sinks, showers and benches, and intricate stone inlay for your home to eye-catching signs and reception areas for your business, the options are endless. At Mario & Son, you dream it; they create it.

Spokane Overhead Door is a leader in garage door sales, installation, and repair. Familyowned and operated, Spokane Overhead Door offers 35 years of experience working with residential and commercial customers.

Members of the BBB and Spokane Home Builders Association, Spokane Overhead Door prides themselves on high quality work and precise attention to details.

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Serving the Inland Northwest for nearly 70 years, Spokane Sunscreen specializes window tinting using only the highest quality Llumar window film products, with the best written warranties and factory trained professionals. Spokane Sunscreen offers a range of residential and commercial services including decorative and automotive tinting, paint protection film, decals, wraps, printed, laminated or perforated signs, and safety and security film.

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Founded in 2006, Residential Home Solutions by VPI provides expert window, door, and siding replacement and installation services to homeowners in Washington and Idaho. As a local company and manufacturer, Residential Home Solutions by VPI takes pride in providing expert craftsmanship and outstanding customer service. They offer free estimates on ALL locally made windows, ProVia products, and are the area’s only James Hardie Contractor Alliance company.

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Wallflowers believes that every home should be a unique and beautiful reflection of the people who live within its rooms. Let the interior design specialists at Wallflowers show you how window treatments, wallpapers, upholstery, flooring, and even custom bedding can add new life to your home.

Wright Brothers Sunrooms 15704 E. Sprague Ave. wrightroom.com

Founded in 1978, Wright Brothers is a family owned contracting business specializing in room additions, sunrooms, glass enclosed spaces, kitchen and bath remodels, and basement finishes. In short, when it comes to the efficient and effective use of glass and windows, no other area builder or contractor can match Wright Brothers’ knowledge or experience.

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Durable steel garage doors can also be designed with modern touches, such as having beautiful window designs incorporated into the doors in a number of configurations.

In years past, a sunroom was considered an enclosed deck space, similar to a screened-in porch. These days, sunrooms are being built with the same quality materials as the rest of the home. Large windows have taken the place of screens, while quality flooring materials have made indoor/outdoor carpeting a thing of the past.

Sustainability has proven to be a buzzword in the green industry over the past few years, and the National Association of Landscape Professionals says that it’s proving to be more than just a trend. Use of native plants (which generally use less water), smarter irrigation technology and xeriscaping (a style which incorporates decorative rocks and drought tolerant plants) lead ecofriendly landscape designs.

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Wittkopf Landscape Supply is the industry leader in landscape material in Spokane.

Soil and sand, bark and compost, gravel and decorative rock, flagstone and pavers, and garden accessories—since 1942, this family-owned company has been delivering top-quality materials with the best service in town. Wittkopf proudly gives back to the community, donating materials to neighborhood projects to promote health, happiness, and beauty in and around our city.

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Renovations by Dave Covillo has been renovating homes in the greater Spokane and Northern Idaho area for more than a decade.

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Dr. Tererai Trent, Speaking in Spokane

May 22 at the Spokane Convention Center 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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ou may not recognize Dr. Tererai Trent, but after hearing her as the Keynote Speaker at the upcoming Women Helping Women Fund Luncheon, you won’t forget her name. Her story and persistence are so remarkable that after 25 years as host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah named Tererai her “all-time favorite guest.”

Throughout her life, Dr. Trent has tirelessly broken gender norms, fought to achieve her goals and focused on giving back to her native village in Zimbabwe. Today she is a worldrenowned scholar, humanitarian, author, mentor and inspiration.

On May 22, Dr. Trent will share her incredible personal story and life’s work with guests at the 26th Annual Women Helping Women Benefit Luncheon. She

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will speak about her relentless determination and the power of your dreams, both captured in her recent book, The Awakened Woman.

Dr. Tererai Trent is a symbol of hope for children around the world. Dr. Trent grew up in a cattle-herding family in rural Zimbabwe and always dreamed of getting an education, but limited by traditional Zimbabwean culture, she was married with three children by the time she was 18. Undeterred by traditional roles and cultural norms, Tererai determinedly taught herself to read and write from her brother’s schoolbooks. From those humble beginnings, Tererai has become a world-renowned scholar, humanitarian, motivational speaker, educator, mentor and inspiration, leading the global charge in the fight for quality education for all children As Oprah declared: “Her perseverance, commitment, and hopefulness are a salve to even the weariest of spirits.” Tickets are available online at whwfspokane.org.

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WOMAN/this is dirt

thisisdirt

by Amber Jensen

Seam Ripper When I was little, I used to sit under my mom’s sewing table and listen to the hum of the

motor as her Husqvarna sped through cotton calicos and corduroys. She’d create jumpers and culottes. Her steady tempo soothed my little heart as her attention moved from cotton prints to rick-rack trims and buttons.

She’d hum or sing and I’d gather all the little strings and threads. I’d collect the bits of scrap fabric and imagine what all I could make with them if only I could sew as fast as she. The zoom of the feed dogs working in precise timing with the strategically set tension, all of it seemed so much like home but equally mystical and impossible.

When her humming ceased, and the machine began to stop and go in chaos and struggle, out would come the seam ripper. A small blue or black plastic handled thing. The sharp offset Y of it, always capped with a clear elongated dome. It was menacing and cute all at once.

I knew better than to ask questions or make small talk if that tiny little poker came out more than once in a creative session.

Thinking back on it all, I have trouble imagining my own mother, younger than I am now, dealing with all that she had on her plate. I never saw any of it. But I did see her sewing, singing, humming and ripping out her mistakes. All those years ago, so patient—seated in the chaos that surrounded her with four little kids—juggling a full-time career and a disabled stay-athome husband. None of that ever registered for me. It was hidden in the stitches of her life.

One thing I do remember is a bit of wisdom, imparted by my then almost 30-year-young mother.

It went something like this: “When you’ve made more than a few mistakes, it’s okay, and often best, to get up and walk away for a bit. You can always come back to it, and when you do, you’ll easily see how those mistakes kept happening. There’s no sense seam ripping yourself into craziness. It won’t help.”

And then she’d get up and leave the room without much ceremony; she’d move smoothly on to some other project.

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I’m 34, and though I find myself much like my mother—four children and bursting with creative energy—I have days and moments when I wonder how all of these pieces are going to fit together. How will this existence of mine play out in my children’s memories?

As I stumble and make mistakes and find myself in a mire of frustration and 21st century mom guilt, do I have the wisdom to set down the seam ripper and take a walk?

I don’t always do my best. I falter. I stumble and fall on my face. I scrape and bruise my heart and my ego. In all of that, I have an appreciation for what mistakes can bring to our lives.

It’s not going to be perfect. It’s not going to be easy. But it’s going to be worth it, no matter how many holes are left in the fabric of my life from seams ripped and resown.

I’m betting my own children won’t see the background of my life space. But they will experience their mother rewriting piece after piece, closing her laptop in frustration and walking away for a bit. They will experience their young mother stepping outside and breathing in fresh energy and burying her frustrated hands in the soil that rejuvenates her.

I’m okay with that. I’m okay with a legacy of imperfect wisdom and lessons.

Tomorrow I’ll see where the mistakes were made. Today I will make lots of them and share with my children when I think it’s time to stand up and walk away for a bit.

Amber Jensen is an author, journalist and freelance marketing and copywriter specializing in pieces that highlight the human condition as connection and contribution. She hails from small town Idaho, and makes her chaotic home on a piece of dirt in Eastern Washington, with her adventure seeking husband and four wild children. amberjjensen.com

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WOMAN/listen to your mother

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by Annie Tegen

Some days, when my regular job doesn’t

get done from 9 to 5, I work in the evenings at my laptop. My daughter is never impressed by this. One night I was typing, and she asked, “But why do you have to work?”

Trying to put it in the simplest way I could, I said, “I work to make money.” She squinted hard and looked at my laptop, “Where does the money come out?” she asked.

I had to explain that the money doesn’t pop out of the laptop when I press buttons.

I went on to tell her that, “When I work, I earn money for food and clothes … when adults have jobs, we can’t do all the other things we want to do.” I hated my voice.

I hated my words.

But they kept coming. “Work isn’t always fun.

But it is pretty great daddy and I have jobs so we can provide for you and Max.” she was either satisfied or confused, and the conversation stopped there.

But continued in my head.

Why do I work? Money? Okay. And I think I love my job? Yes, I do. Okay, but is this what I want to do? Is it all I want to do?

Work and motherhood. Did I have other goals at one point? I wasn’t drafted into motherhood. I enlisted. Eagerly. And I love being a mom. I love it when the kids sneak into bed with us in the middle of the night. I love that my son and I made it through colic to the other side. I love that he scares me to death jumping off the highest objects he can find. I love that I walk through the dining room tripping over toys I swore would never be allowed in my dining room when I had kids. I love it.

I didn’t expect the bitter aftertaste that comes with it, realizing there are limitations on what I can do. Like looking at a menu— of life goals and career choices—but half the items are crossed out with a red Sharpie saying “this option no longer available—

you chose motherhood.” I tell myself: it’s okay. It’s what I signed up for—I am lucky to have healthy, happy kids. When the kids are grown, I’ll think about me.

One night, months later, I got a fresh perspective on this while helping Sophie, then four and a half, get ready for bed. She was standing on her stool brushing her teeth. Slowly. Chatting, doing her best to prolong the bedtime routine. And out of left field, she asks: “Mom, is there anything that you really, really, really want? … In your life?”

Me: What do you mean?

Sophie: Something that you always really wanted to do—that would make you so happy. Like, something you want to be?

Me: For a job?

Sophie: Yeah.

Me: (I wondered if she’d overheard a midlife crisis conversation between me and her dad or maybe the daycare was letting the kids watch Oprah now?) Yes. As a matter of fact, Soph, I have always wanted to build things with wood, like a carpenter.

Sophie: Annie is a cool name for a carpenter. You’d make a great carpenter, Mom! So why can’t you be a carpenter then?

Me: I would need to quit my job and go to a special school. It’s not in the cards now, Soph.

Sophie: Why? Does that cost money?

Me: Yep, sure does. (She climbs into bed and I tuck her in.)

Sophie: (I turn to walk out) Mom? I have good news. I know where I could find you the money to go to the special school. I will give you all the money in my “SAVE Jar.” (which, at that point, was $2.13) You can use it to go to the special school … and then you’ll be happy.

Me: Thanks, Soph, you make me really happy.

Sophie: Mom, now you can start carpenter school whenever you want. All you need

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to do … is pick the day.

The simplicity of her sentiment was both implausible and brilliant, and I loved it. I left her bedroom, tears filling my eyes, feeling like I got free therapy. I wrote down the conversation not wanting to forget a word.

Soon after that I did enroll in a woodworking class, and while the scent of cut wood still feeds my soul, I’m not ready to quit my day job just yet. But that conversation was my wake-up call about taking chances.

To a kid, it’s simple. Take a chance and see what happens. Maybe it is simple, and I make it complicated. I’m so happily wedged in the den of motherhood that I don’t remember to wriggle out to look around once in a while. There is a chance I could hibernate in here forever. And I’m not alone. Over wine, my mom friends join me in a chorus of excuses that all end in “with the kids”: “I’d love to travel more, but now it’s too hard with the kids,” “I’ve always wanted to finish a triathlon, but I’d never find time to train now, with the kids.” Maybe it’s starting a business, learning to play guitar, writing that book, or moving the family to South America. Whatever “it” is. It boils down to us, in the short time we have on this earth, finding a way to make it happen … with the kids.

So I figure, I can either tell my kids—using age appropriate language—how to grab life by the balls or I can show them what that looks like. That may mean sacrifices, sure. Planning ahead, saving up, yes. But— taking risks. Giving it a shot. It’s all possible.

And my daughter, in her sweet simplicity, was right. If I want something badly enough—all I have to do, is pick the day.

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by Holly Lytle

The 21st Century

Village I grew up in a rural neighborhood located above Palisades Park, just west of downtown. From

my perspective, it felt more like a little village than a neighborhood. We didn’t pay attention to addresses where I lived. If my parents told me to take some vegetables to the Peterson’s place, I would make my way that direction in the most direct path I could find, regardless of whether it meant trespassing on someone else’s property.

Things were a bit slower paced back then. We didn’t have the array of technology at our fingertips like we do today. Still, that didn’t mean word didn’t travel fast when I would step out of line. Playing naked in roadside ponds, setting a field on fire with Fourth of July fireworks, and hog-tying the annoying kid who lived down the road are just some of the many village reports my parents received in my younger years. It drove me nuts that my village kept such close tabs on my activities. It seemed as though I couldn’t utter a single swear word without it being reported back to my folks. And while it frustrated me to no end that I was constantly monitored by the residents in my village, there was a tremendous amount of security knowing there wasn’t a single house in a two-mile radius where I couldn’t run for help, should the need arise.

As an adult, I now live in the same neighborhood I once terrorized as a child. While it still resembles the neighborhood from my childhood, it no longer has that village feel. The names on the mailboxes are different and few people in my once tight-knit village would recognize me, let alone the faces of my children.

When life recently threw me an unexpected curve ball and I found myself homing and caring for the close friend of my teenage son, I felt overwhelmed. I laid in bed unable to sleep, worrying about systems for transient youth, educational supports for kids like him who were behind academically, and my biggest stressor, finding a suitable wardrobe for a kid who appeared to have only the clothes on his back. On one of these sleepless nights, I found myself missing my childhood village where a family’s hardship was met with immediate support without the need to even ask.

As is often the case, perspective is found at the bottom of a hot cup of coffee enjoyed in the bright morning light. I realized it wasn’t that I didn’t have a village. It just wasn’t made up

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of roads and intersections like it had when I was a kid. My village was surrounding me in the form of a virtual network of friends, fellow parents and extended family I stay connected to thanks to social media. That morning I asked my virtual village to help connect me to resources that would help me support this child who needed my help. Within two hours, several friends had delivered new and used clothing to my office. Within 48 hours, I had received packages in the mail from friends from far distances who wanted to lend a helping hand. Within days, this young man went from having just a backpack filled with a few tattered school supplies to having a complete wardrobe, duffle bag, travel mug and lunch box. My village also supported me by helping me find programs and services that were designed to help this young man be successful and stay in school.

A few days after receiving his new wardrobe, he told me that kids were talking about the clothes he was wearing at school.

My blood immediately began to boil as I shouted, “Are they teasing you?” Laughing at my response, he quickly replied, “No. Not at all. They told me I looked nice in my new clothes. I kind of like that the girls are staring at me now.” I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry. “Did you have to spend a lot of money on all these clothes?” he asked. I shook my head. “No. My village of friends put these things together for you.” His eyes got wide.

“Wow, you have nice friends.” I smiled and said, “Yes, and now you do, too. It takes a village to raise a child. Welcome to my village.

Just be thankful they didn’t send you any sockpants and superhero costumes.”

Holly Lytle is the mother of three and is the founder of The ISAAC Foundation, a local autism nonprofit organization. In her free time Holly enjoys chronicling her many adventures of motherhood mishaps in this column.

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by Nathan Meltzer, MD, FACOG

In my OB/GYN office, one of our least

favorite phone calls to make is the one to the patient who has a newly discovered sexually transmitted disease (STD). You might be thinking that people in this situation are probably expecting such news, that they came in for some new “issue.” But in my experience, most STDs are discovered during routine screening.

Receiving any sort of unexpected news can be a shock, but there’s nothing like an STD diagnosis to get a patient’s head spinning. I’m fortunate that my medical assistants are experts in helping that patient wrap their head around the most immediate concerns. Where did I get it? How long have I had it? How do we treat it? How do I know it’s gone? And, wait, what do you mean I have it forever?

That’s right. Some STDs are forever.

Viruses in particular, like HIV and HSV (herpes simplex virus), are acquired and then hopefully treated into suppression. When the amount of circulating virus is very low, symptoms may recur very infrequently or not at all. Transmission rates may be much lower too, but almost never zero.

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Some of the STDs that have been easily treated in the past are now becoming more drug-resistant. Gonorrhea has mutated against some of the most widely-used antibiotics and there may be little between us and “untreatable” gonorrhea.

Most people are caught by surprise when they find out they may have had their STD for a long time without knowing it. Not every STD creates obvious symptoms. And the partner they got it from? They may not have known they were carrying it either. For that reason, I always advise to get all the facts before stabbing someone’s truck tires.

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the virus that causes a majority of cervical cancer and genital warts. If you’re a woman, you might notice some new growths on the outside of the genitals, but otherwise the only way you’ll know you have the virus is by seeing your provider for a pap smear of the cervix and/or DNA testing.

Trichomonas is a parasite that can colonize the genitals and lay dormant for years. We discover more of this now as our screening efforts have widened as DNA testing has become more cost-efficient. Not

to scare you (but yes, to scare you), I recently had to work with scientists at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta to help treat a strain of trichomonas so resistant to our usual antibiotics that the new antibiotics must be special ordered. And even those may not work.

The best way to prevent all this drama is to minimize your risks—abstinence, fewer and monogamous partners, and barrier protection used the right way every time. Also, there’s no replacement for STD screening when you have symptoms, or are between partners, or even on an annual basis as this can help prevent long-term infections and unintentional transmissions.

Don’t be offended when your health care provider suggests or offers STD screening. You might think there’s no way you could be positive. But, quite likely, so did the last person we called this morning.

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“Prevention is better than cure.”

—Desiderius Erasmus

Treating the Whole Woman

by Susan Legel, Sarah Hammil, MD and Dawn Kopp, MD

Improving the health of women extends beyond pregnancy and birth. To maximize health and wellness, attention must be paid to prevention of the most common health problems that women will face. Heart disease and cancer are two of the top causes of death for women, and the risk of each of these conditions can be significantly reduced with attention to maintaining health over the course of a woman’s life.

Autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and thyroid problems are also common health concerns for women and can be minimized by teaming with your healthcare provider to focus on healthy habits.

Mental health concerns are a common issue faced by women, with twice as many women as men affected by depressive conditions each year. Physical and emotional stress is an on-going part of life and learning how to manage it is essential to maintaining good physical and mental health To prevent or lessen the health risks for these diseases and others, several factors are consistently recognized: • Get 7-8 hours of regular sleep.

• Make exercise a consistent part of your everyday life.

• Keep yourself at an appropriate weight by eating a healthy balanced diet focuses on plant based foods and minimizing red meat and processed foods.

• Stop smoking and avoid exposure to areas of high pollutants.

• Minimize alcohol use.

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For any problem, health or otherwise, do not be afraid to ask for help from your physician, church community, mental health professional and your friends. There is support, help and hope available to you from many areas. To optimize your physical health, it is important that you find a physician you trust. Make sure your provider takes the time to listen to you, talks to you and not at you, and answers your questions completely. Working in partnership with your trusted healthcare provider will help you to maximize and sustain good health over your lifetime.

One in three women will require specialized care for female health over their lifetime. Concerns that women may face include help with achieving pregnancy, concerns with sexually transmitted diseases, heavy periods, painful intercourse, incontinence and prolapse. These issues affect many women in our community in many stages of their lives.

The proper diagnosis, care, and follow up for these health concerns will significantly impact women’s gynecologic and breast health—both today and tomorrow.

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by Stacia Zadra

Our quest for happiness is both personal and universal. We all strive for joy in our lives, and yet many of us struggle to find complete peace. Our generational programming leaves us with behaviors causing us to question our self worth. The tribal conditioning we experienced during our formative years can lead us to emotional issues that leave us less than fulfilled and often depressed and anxious.

What we seek is within our coded, heartcentered true self. As long as we continue to seek peace outside of ourselves, we will be disappointed. Our peace is ours. It is not in another person, another purchase, a job or a geographical fix. The peace we seek is within us. Our soul’s journey is ours alone.

Community can help us in our search. Soul Guides can be a godsend. Ultimately, the journey to peace and happiness is an inside job.

While it may not always seem true, our soul’s journey is set for victory. While it may take multiple attempts to complete our journey, we will get there. Once we set

our free-will thinking to soul-conscious guidance, we are on our way. Once we focus within, we will find the divine spark that ensures our success. Setting an intention from the heart will jump start our choices and manifest a life of grace.

Life in this world has been, to this point, externally based and essentially managed by the plans others have for our lives. We live “under the spell” of a five sensory, third dimensional existence. When we change our compass, so to speak, taking charge of our lives and our spiritual purpose, we can very quickly take flight and actualize what our heart desires.

Imagine what our world would be like if this truth were known and practiced by even a small majority. Can you visualize the domino affect of happiness as it spreads without attachment, expectation, or conditions from one person to another, from one community to another, and from country to country? This is what we are here on this earth to do.

Give yourself permission to change your

life, focus within, manifest and actualize what your soul desires. You will benefit from the joy that you create, and the effects will multiply in your life and in the lives of those you love and care about.

Finally, what is the “main ingredient” in this recipe for peace? The answer is love.

Love at the highest of vibrations; the purest and most valuable jewel you will ever have.

Pure love has no limits or judgements. Pure love does not have to be “earned” and is your absolute divine birthright. Take the time, make the commitment, and invest within to find peace. Reach out if you need help. The world will be a better place for your personal happiness and global contribution.

Stacia Zadra, RMT is the founder and director of Compass Rose, a Holistic Healing Center in Spokane Valley. Compass Rose offers individual healing sessions, group sessions, workshops and mentorships for people interested in personal healing, growth and empowerment. changeyourcompass.com

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ifthey onlyknew At age 22, a state mental hospital seemed the last place in the world I would end up. The idea of an honors college grad, with glowing references, wanting badly to prove her worth to the real world, spending her post-graduate weeks with nervous family members in a closed, padded room inside the halls of a guarded psychiatric ward would have baffled anyone, including me. And I lived it.

Wait, aren’t mental hospitals meant for only the gravely ill and disabled who are a threat either to themselves or others?

This was my belief at the time; I thought my five-year history of clinical depression coupled with an eating disorder hardly qualified as such. But I was wrong.

I remember litle of the days leading up to my involuntary commitment, besides being a hazy mess of overwhelming sadness, stress over money and no job offers and isolation. This, coupled with a history of depression, would worry any concerned parent like it did mine.

It was my mother who thought it best I be evaluated by professionals who could help me in ways she could not. She was desperate, and I was at risk thinking I actually wasn’t. A hallmark of depression is not recognizing when behavior becomes self destructive while others feel helpless, at a loss to intervene. In this regard, my case was textbook.

I, on the other hand, fought it tooth and nail, berated my mother for committing me and spent the next two weeks in a

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zombie like state, my only wish being to return to my life. Eventually I did, with the support of my family and a team of therapists who had faith in me to overcome my risky behavior. What came from the experience was a realization that as an adult, without my health and sanity, I had, and would be, nothing.

While the resentment of my mother has subsided, and my mental illnesses have curtailed to a functional level, the memory that a person like myself so easily got tossed into such a place is disturbing. At the same time, living with the stigma that persists toward the mentally ill in present society continues to haunt me, as well as millions of others who’ve shared my experience.

Though treatment of and attitudes toward mental illness continue to improve as science gives us further insight into how complex these conditions truly are for patients living with them, it never ceases to amaze me how cruel and shortsighted some of the things people say about this issue are. I hear them in public places, among circles of friends, work acquaintances—even family members who, to this day, refuse to acknowledge my depression is a true medical condition. Or, that what happened to me could happen to anyone.

Whenever I find myself being confronted by this type of ignorance, it’s all I can do to keep from saying my thoughts out loud, “If they only knew…”

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Advanced Dental Surgery at Marycliff Dental Center: APC+/PRP for Gum Grafting and Intraoral Bone Grafting Procedures now available in Spokane

by Serban A. Olaru, DMD

What makes a particular clinic “cutting edge”? Simply adopting in its practice the latest

available technology which rests on solid, evidence-based scientific ground. A much improved technique of gum grafting to reverse gum recession was introduced by Dr. Edward P. Allen, professor of periodontics at Baylor College of Dentistry in Texas. It employs the use of Autologous Plasma Concentrate (APC+) and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) in conjunction with Alloderm Connective Tissue Graft.

What is the science behind APC+/PRP and how is it different from Stem Cell Technology?

Stem Cell harvesting techniques require the surgeon harvesting the pluripotent undifferentiated human Stem Cells from the host bone marrow and placing them directly onto the surgical site in order to obtain the desired repair or therapeutic effect.

With APC+/PRP, the concentrate obtained from the patient’s own blood platelets has a multifactorial effect on the wound healing process, one of which is to attract and induce the human Mesenchymal Cells to proliferate and begin their division process along specific differentiation lines in order to achieve faster and more predictable wound healing. In other words, the cells are naturally induced to proliferate on their own rather than being collected and transplanted by the surgeon in their less differentiated state. At the same time, the PRP concentrate contains all of the patient’s own growth factors needed to induce less differentiated cells to develop into “end of the line cells” needed to generate blood vessels, connective tissue and bone.

The end result is regeneration and repair of tissue deficiencies in need of treatment, such as gum recession or bone defects. The postsurgical benefits from APC+/PRP use which are most appealing to the patient are: • Less or almost no swelling.

• Less or almost no pain.

• Faster and more efficient wound healing, meaning a more timely return to a normal use of the treated area, normal lifestyle and diet after the surgery.

At the same time, particularly when it comes to the specific procedure of grafting for gum regeneration to treat severe unsightly recession, the use of Alloderm graft from Biohorizons, Inc., eliminates the need for a second, usually painful surgery needed to harvest the patient’s

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own connective tissue graft, commonly obtained from the palate/roof of the mouth.

More importantly, since the harvesting procedure yields a limited amount of connective tissue graft, the area to be treated is usually limited by the amount of tissue harvested. With Alloderm grafting material available from Biohorizons, Inc. in various large sizes, the defects treated can span multiple teeth sites, even a full arch, during one surgery. This usually translates into an improved treatment timeline and convalescence experience for the patient.

At Marycliff Dental Center, the APC+/PRP is obtained using the SmartPrep2 Unit from Terumo BCG. As a Double Spin Automated Unit, it has been proven to obtain the highest growth factor yield and consequently, it is being employed across the nation for major surgery cases requiring PRP. The main factors for the success in treating gum and bone defects are: • The treating doctor’s training and experience.

• A rigorous patient selection process where patients are screened for adverse social history habits (such as smoking), as well as detrimental medical conditions and long term medications, which our patients present at the initial exam.

• The technology employed (SmartPrep2 Unit) in obtaining optimal yields of growth factors from the patient’s own platelets.

Marycliff Dental Center is happy to provide more information about this procedure to anyone in the Spokane area dental community of patients, as well as clinicians.

Serban A. Olaru, DMD completed a Fellowship in oral medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and has been a clinical instructor in the Oral Medicine Departments at UMDNJ and the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Olaru has been using the APC+/PRP with Alloderm technique since 2007 in the Seattle area and now at Marycliff Dental Center in Spokane, in order to treat significant gum recession with a highly predictable level of therapeutic and cosmetic success.

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Regenexx and Orthopedic Stem Cell Injections Orthopedic Stem Cell Injections, Regenexx, was invented in 2005 by Dr. Chris Centeno, M.D. to prevent the need for surgery. Dr. Centeno witnessed surgical procedures failing and understood there to be an inaccurate structural pain model: removing tissue does not always benefit the patient. Dr. Centeno had a vision that biologics, stem cells and platelets from the patient, with precise image guided injections, can help tissues heal, as opposed to removing tissue surgically.

The Regenexx process innovates in a university-style stem cell research lab, runs a clinical stem cell research team, tracks patients in a nonprofit registry, uses the data to guide treatment decisions and publishes the results. Regenexx is the world’s first and most advanced exclusive international network of skilled interventional orthopedic experts who deploy the most advanced platelet and stem cell technology through precise imaging guidance.

Northwest Center for Regenerative Medicine is the exclusive provider of Regenexx in Eastern Washington. Dr. Jamie Lewis, M.D., is a board-certified physician in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a subspecialty in Pain Medicine. Dr. Lewis is the medical director of the Center for Integrative Pain Medicine, the Center for Regenerative Medicine

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and acts as the medical director of the Structured Intensive Multidisciplinary Pain Program at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute in Spokane.

Dr Ghassan Nemri, M.D., is board certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Management. Dr. Nemri practiced anesthesiology in the largest pain management group in Northwest Indiana and the greater Chicago area before moving to Washington State to be closer to family.

Dr. Nemri’s extensive experience brings patients the expertise of a compassionate and caring physician. Dr. Lewis and Dr. Nemri use the Regenexx Same-Day Procedure to treat orthopedic conditions and degenerative diseases for ligaments, muscles, tendons, nerves, bones and joints.

The patented Regenexx system used

by Northwest Center for Regenerative Medicine obtains 20 times the number of Mesenchymal Stem Cells when compared to typical bedside centrifuges used by most clinics and allows physicians to customize the procedure to the needs of the patient.

Although other clinics offer amniotic or embryonic stem cells, these products lack the clinical evidence for efficacy that Regenexx procedures offer, and the actual injection is unlikely to contain live stem cells. The Regenexx Same-Day Procedure harvests autologous (your own) stem cells from your bone marrow and re-injects the increased number of live stem cells to the area for repair within 24 hours. Regenexx is the only procedure to offer Platelet Lysate, which strips whole platelets of their growth factors and acts as an “espresso shot” to enhance repair.

Super Concentrated Platelet Plasma concentrates blood platelets to enhance repair and can be used alone and as a “fertilizer” for Same-Day Stem Cell Procedures. Fifty percent of doctors perform blind stem cell injections, 45 percent do low accuracy guided injections, 5 percent do precise guided injections and of that, one percent does interventional orthopedics. Northwest Center for Regenerative Medicine is part of that distinctive one percent of doctors to perform the Regenexx difference. nwc4rm.com

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by Kristin Monasmith

Scoliosis is a curvature

A Growing Problem

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of the spine that is most common in teens. Imagine having a young child with scoliosis who needs surgery to straighten their spine.

Early onset scoliosis, affecting children under the age of 10, is an abnormal, severe curvature of the spine, often worsening over time as the child grows and the curve deepens.

The curvature occurs within the chest cage, and if left untreated, the ribs can become deformed, restricting breathing and leaving kids at great risk for heart and lung failure in adulthood.

Spinal fusion is not an option in young children—it would stunt their growth. In order to allow the child to grow and keep the curve from worsening, doctors have had to perform an initial surgery, typically between the ages of five and seven, to implant “growing rods” under anesthesia. Then, approximately every six months, repeat the surgery to perform a distraction—extending the telescopic rods— until the child is done growing.

No one wants their child to have invasive surgery; sometimes these distraction surgeries can total to an additional 14 procedures beyond the initial surgery. The pediatric orthopaedic spine surgeons at the Spokane Shriners Hospital are motivated to find the best treatment options for patients with early onset scoliosis. Avoiding repetitive surgeries is, of course, the goal.

Now, there’s a new way for doctors to treat young children with severe scoliosis. Magnetically controlled growing rods, also known as MAGEC rods,

allow kids with scoliosis to make fewer trips to the operating room.

Surgeons perform the same surgery to attach MAGEC spinal rods to the spine as they do with conventional rods.

But then instead of multiple distraction surgeries, MAGEC uses magnetic technology to externally adjust the growing rod in a clinical setting, replacing the multiple surgeries of traditional growing rods and reducing the risk of complications.

The key to the MAGEC system is the magnetic interaction between the MAGEC implant and the hand-held MAGEC External Remote Controller (ERC). To perform the distraction, the surgeons at Shriners Hospital simply place the ERC on the child’s back over the rod. Magnets within the ERC cause a magnet in the rod to rotate, as the magnet spins, the rods slowly extend.

Approximately every three to four months, the rods are expanded three to seven millimeters and will straighten the spine and grow with the child.

The distraction is quick and painless, performed in an outpatient setting and the child will be back at play the same day.

MAGEC rods are a welcome relief from repeated surgeries.

The rod distractions allow the surgeon to drive or follow natural patient growth—and are carried out until a patient has matured enough to undergo a final fusion procedure.

Kristin Monasmith is the director of marketing and communications for Shriners Hospitals for Children—Spokane.

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his Green Goddess Egg Salad is an easy recipe with a few little extras, of course … like capers, lots of fresh herbs, and diced avocado. For the base, you could try using yogurt for something new, healthy and different—although truthfully, I did—then went back to mayo. There’s just something about good old-fashioned mayo that seems to work for my palate. This is great in a sandwich, but can also be served as an appetizer on bruschetta or even spooned onto endive. You can stuff it into a tortilla with sprouts and make a wrap, or pile a cupfull over dressed greens with radish, tomato, sprouts or micro greens to boost the nutrition factor.

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FOODROULETTE

by Kris Kilduff

Growing up, I was often able to visit my great aunt in Montana who owned and ran a large cattle ranch. I would get an inside peek of herding, feeding, branding … raising cows is a lot of work. Eating them, I feel, is a much more rewarding job. May is my birthday month, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to sink my teeth into the menus of Spokane’s most popular steakhouses.

However, since buying beef can start to stretch your wallet, I wanted to leave you with a list of incredible eats affordable at any budget. You shouldn’t have to trade your car in for a steak knife or skip the wine in lieu of dinner. Just throw on a nice shirt, grab a date and be ready to answer that age old question: where’s the beef?

CHURCHILL’S STEAKHOUSE 165 S. Post St. If you’ve eaten your way through Spokane, you have probably made a stop or two at Churchill’s. With a menu boasting enough meat to make Genghis Khan blush, it is surely a carnivore’s haven. Once a month they randomly have “mis-steak” nights: prime cuts of grade A steak for unreal prices. Pro-tip: subscribe to their email blasts for a heads up on dates.

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DOWNRIVER GRILL 3315 W. Northwest Blvd.

It’s always amazing when one of Spokane’s best restaurants keeps innovating. First it was their burger of the week specials, now every Tuesday they offer a new steak entree for $17. This week happened to be a 6 oz. sirloin with Dungeness crab and a fire rubbed prawn with garlic mash and crab beurrenaise. Tuesdays just got a lot tastier.

SPENCER’S STEAK AND CHOPS 322 N. Spokane Falls Ct. Happy hour is the best hour, even for prime cuts at steakhouses. Spencer’s offers 50 percent off a select bar menu Mon-Fri 4 to 6 p.m. That includes an 8 oz. center cut sirloin with broccolini. Nothing beats the waitress asking for you to cut into your steak upon delivery to make sure it's cooked medium rare. (If you order your steak any other way, you’re dead to me.)

GW HUNTERS 615 N. Spokane St., Post Falls If you scroll past the alligator and kangaroo on their menu, you’ll be pleased to find an 8 oz. New York steak, shrimp scampi and your choice of a side for $21. The plate is beautiful, and you won’t need more than a butter knife to slice your way through Northern Idaho’s tastiest cut of cow. If you happen by on a Sunday, you can even enjoy their buffet and bottomless mimosas.

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Washington State Fresh Asparagus Harkens Local Spring Produce IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, roughly 100 asparagus farmers growing

within a 100-mile radius of the Tri-Cities will begin harvesting and packing the first fresh Washington State asparagus. This mighty little vegetable kicks off the Pacific Northwest’s spring harvest season.

Growers’ optimism about the 2017 local asparagus season was well-merited, as the season put Washington State back on top as the number one producer of domestic asparagus. Last year, 23 million pounds of Washington asparagus were harvested, which for growers and packers in the industry, equated to a $45 million economic impact; in 2016 the 21 million-pound harvest had a $36 million economic impact.

Alan Schreiber, executive director of the Washington Asparagus Commission, said over the past five years, growers across the state’s 5,000 asparagus-planted acres have used newer, high yielding varieties of asparagus, growing advances and intensively managed their plots with strong returns.

“We are off to a good start and expect to see Washington State asparagus in stores by mid-April,” says Schreiber. “The next step is watching consumers make an economic impact by buying just one more bundle of Washington asparagus during the April-to-June fresh season; it’s significant, the power the consumer has to affect the industry with just one single buying decision.”

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Most of Washington State’s fresh asparagus remains in the domestic market, with much of it consumed in the greater Pacific Northwest and some heading to the East Coast. Generally, U.S. consumers have access to asparagus all year long due to imports, but by the first half of April, Washington asparagus reigns for two months in regional supermarkets and restaurants. The Washington asparagus industry takes a step above the USDA standard for U.S. One easy indicator consumers can use to be sure they’re buying Washington fresh asparagus, Schreiber says, is by looking for the rubber band around each bunch that identifies it as Washington, or by reading the hang tags in the produce sections. With much fewer road miles and transit time from farm to market, Washington asparagus offers fresher flavor and quality than its imported counterparts.

Asparagus is a perennial plant that sends up multiple edible spears each spring, thriving on warming soil and moderate temperatures. Fresh asparagus offers a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate (a prenatal staple to help prevent birth defects) and glutathione (an anti-carcinogen and antioxidant). It contains no fat, no cholesterol and is very high in fiber. Asparagus is also extremely versatile for home cooks: it can be steamed, simmered, roasted, grilled, sautéed or wok-fried, suitable at any meal.

Luna’s Asparagus Salad

roasted fennel, asparagus, tomatoes, olives, pickled onion, soft boiled egg, tonnato sauce

Tonnato Sauce

• 1 Tbl chopped garlic • 160g Lemon Juice • 100g caper brine • 20g dijon mustard • 4 egg yolks • 150g garlic oil • 150g canola oil • 60g capers • 4 anchovy filets • 600g oil packed tuna (2 cans of oil packed tuna) • Puree all ingredients together, add the oil last. Salt and pepper to taste.

Pickled Onions

• 4c white balsamic vinegar • 2 tbl salt • 3 tbl sugar • 2 red onions sliced thinly

Combine all ingredients in pot, bring to a boil. Pour over sliced red onion.

Toss the asparagus, tomatoes, olives, and roasted fennel in the tomato sauce. Place on plate, top with pickled onion and the soft boiled egg.

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Ribbon cuttings

by Kris Kilduff

Boombox Pizza

221 N. Division If anything boomed in the 90s, it was pizza.

(No thanks to that pesky Noid.) The team behind the successful Borrachos and Fast Eddie’s, downtown has a new 90s-themed hot spot for pizza, beer and late night karaoke.

The Blackbird

905 N. Washington Chef Molly and team promised some big changes for the Spokane eatery. Upon its grand opening, there was no doubt. With a complete shift in atmosphere and menu, the Inland Northwest has an amazing new bbq and smokehouse.

The Stupid Cow Café

17416 E. Sprague The owners of Daley’s Cheap Shots are trying their hand at a new breakfast and lunch café in the Spokane Valley, serving classic greasy spoon brunch options in Greenacres that are udderly delicious.

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The Dining Guide includes summaries of local restaurants that are featured on a rotating basis each issue. Suggestions for additions or corrections can be sent to stephanie@spokanecda.com.

ASIAN, INDIAN, HAWAIIAN Aloha Island Grill. Hawaiian. Operating out of two former Taco John shacks on Monroe and West Francis, Patrick and Lori Keegan serve up fresh, tender Teriyaki Chicken “plates” that will keep you coming back. Based on family recipes from the islands and plenty more than just teriyaki, both spots offer a student discount; the Francis location serves a creative breakfast concoction called the “Loco Moco.” Open daily. 1724 N. Monroe St. (509) 327-4270 and 1220 W. Francis Ave. (509) 413-2029. eataloha.com.

Thai Bamboo. Thai. Each of the four regional Thai Bamboo locations offers a massive Southeast Asian menu in settings designed to transport you across the Pacific.

Inside each restaurant you’ll find Thai stone and wood carvings, water fountains, Thai music and the namesake bamboo décor. Thai Bamboo continues to be No. 1 Best Thai in readers’ polls, and both the newest location on North Division and the CdA restaurant feature a Tiki Beach-styled lounge and striking sky ceilings in the main dining rooms.

Think Vegas with pad Thai. All locations Mon-Thu 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri 11:30 a.m.9:30 p.m., Sat 12-9:30 p.m., Sun 12-9 p.m.

Delivery available. thaibamboorestaurant. com.

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Canaan Buffet Cuisine. Refuel, work, meet, celebrate or unwind with Canaan Buffet’s fantastic selections of Pan-Asian cuisines, along with affordability and a fun atmosphere. Enjoy delicious dishes, expertly prepared with more than 200 items to choose from. They use organic vegetables on their salad bar and in all vegetable dishes. Huge varieties of freshly made sushi and the freshest fruits of the season. Seven days a week, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m., 9606 N. Newport Hwy. (509) 4654849. canaanbuffet.com.

BARBECUE Red Lion BBQ & Pub. For about 20 years, whether it was in the old rhythm and blues, peanut-shells-on-the-floor days, or more recently as a sports bar, there’s always been butt-kickin’ BBQ at this downtown corner spot. The undisputed star here

is wine-broiled chicken, spicy and robust, yet falling-off-the-bones moist and tender.

Together with the signature fried bread and honey, you have a BBQ experience that can’t help but please. Sun-Thu 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-1 a.m. (Sunday breakfast buffet 9 a.m.-noon during football season.) 126 N. Division St. (509) 835-LION (5466). redlionbbq.com.

BISTROS The Wandering Table. A much-anticipated American tapas-style restaurant located in Kendall Yards. Chef Adam Hegsted delights with a variety of small plates (try the Garden for a creative take on salads, the Deviled Eggs, or the Popcorn), craft cocktails, a whiskey bar, and substantial dishes, such as the BaconWrapped Bacon Sliders or the Braised Shortribs. Take the chef 's advice and go with the

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“You Choose the Price” meal option for the table offered at $35-$65 per head for a surprising culinary journey.

Hopefully it will include the Olive Oil Gelato for dessert. Tues-Thurs, 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri-Sat 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun-Mon, 4-10 p.m.

1242 W. Summit Pkwy. in Kendall Yards.

(509) 443-4410. thewanderingtable.com.

Wild Sage Bistro. Tucked into a classic 1911 brick building on Second Ave. and Lincoln St., Wild Sage offers an intimate dining setting and memorable food with real flair.

The atmosphere combines class and warmth.

Executive chef Charlie Connor presents regionally influenced Northwest cuisine using only the finest locally sourced products. Try the Yukon Taquitos, the Crisp Bacon and Blue salad or the Cioppino. Be sure to finish with a slice of the “Soon-to-be-Famous” Coconut Cream Layer Cake with lilikoi sauce. This award-winning bistro is known for its in-house bakery and an amazing array of gluten-free options. Also, make it a point to order something from their “scratch bar,” with or without alcohol. They use only fresh juices and house-infused flavored liquors.

Dinner seven nights a week, opening at 4 p.m. 916 W. Second Ave. (509) 456-7575. wildsagebistro.com.

BREAKFAST & LUNCH SPECIALTIES Frank’s Diner. Frank’s has become a Spokane landmark throughout the past decade.

Both early 1900s vintage rail cars were origi-

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nally obtained by the Knight brothers, Frank and Jack, during the Depression, and converted to diners. Frank’s breakfast, lunch and dinner menu, available all day, has all the classics. Among our favorites are the openface turkey, roast beef and mushroom sandwiches, chicken pot pie, Joe’s Special (the venerable scramble of eggs, ground beef, spinach, onions and parmesan), and the don’t-miss hash browns and silver dollar pancakes. Seven days 6 a.m.-8 p.m. 1516 W. Second Ave. (509) 747-8798.

10929 N. Newport Highway, (509) 4652464. franksdiners.com.

The Yards Bruncheon. The team at The Yards Bruncheon figured out how to extend the weekend all-week-long by offering brunch every day, and—oh!—how that pleases us. This modern diner is a combination of breakfast and lunch complemented with classic brunch cocktails.

Their menu features comfort food using local farms and producers. The food is food the team loves to eat and is meant to be taken lightly. They make most of their menu items in house, including their pastries, which are some of the best around. They also feature some of the best coffees and teas from around the world. 1248 W. Summit Pkwy., Mon-Sun

7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (509) 290-5952. theyardsbruncheon.com.

CASUAL DINING D. Lish’s Hamburgers. The No. 1 spot for the perfect burger with beef that’s always fresh and never frozen, homemade sauces, and hand-cut fries. Dreamed up by Dave Lish and his best friend, Curt Goller, and opened in 1998, D. Lish’s Hamburgers has served thousands of burger aficionados in the Inland Northwest and beyond, with the help of Anne Marie, Dave’s wife. Since 2008, Mike Lish stepped up to take Dave’s place and has continued his parents’ legacy of providing a quick, tasty meal at a fair price.

Mon-Sat 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun 12-7 p.m.

1625 N. Division St., dlishs.com.

Taste Cafe & Fine Art. If you love the taste of healthy and enjoy putting nutrientdense fuel into your body—while giving your tastebuds the stuff food dreams are made of—Taste Cafe & Fine Art is a notto-be-missed downtown destination. Jim and Mary Ann McCurdy whip up their most popular dishes—Asian chicken wrap, lentil salad, cookies and a kale salad that would make carnivores drool—among a long list of tantalizing dishes. MonFri 7 a.m.-4 p.m., closed Sun. 180 S. Howard St. (509) 468-2929. tastecafeandfineart.com.

Gilded Unicorn.

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rant's name reflects its blend of classic and modern without taking itself too seriously.

The Gilded Unicorn showcases local, seasonal food and drinks from the Northwest and beyond coerced into new-fashioned flavors that hit you in the soul. This is a “must visit” eatery experience. Sun-Sat 3 p.m-close, 110 S. Monroe St., (509) 309-3698. gildedunicorn.com.

315 Martinis and Tapas. Located within the historic Greenbriar Inn in Coeur d’Alene, this restaurant specializes in small plates with a global focus and well-crafted cocktails. Come sit in the intimate martini bar for happy hour beginning at 3:15 p.m. and enjoy drink and tapas specials, or share small plates or entrees along with live music on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights in the main dining room beginning at 6 p.m.

Expect good service, great atmosphere and an experience you won’t soon forget. TuesSun from 3:15 p.m. to close. 315 Wallace Ave. in Coeur d’Alene. (208) 667-9660.

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FINE DINING Masselow’s Steakhouse. Named after a strong chief who was instrumental in the survival of the Kalispels, Masselow’s combines the culinary heritage of the tribe with Northwest fine dining. The restaurant fea-

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tures an intimate and lavishly appointed dining room just off the hotel lobby in the new wing of the Northern Quest Resort and Casino in Airway Heights and serves up an Elk Sirloin and Seared Scallops worth the drive. Their chocolate mousse on the dessert menu is also a show stopper.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights.

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Stacks at Steam Plant. Named for the twin smokestacks that have been a part of the downtown Spokane skyline for nearly a century, Stacks offers a full-service dining experience in a one-of-a-kind space. Unique private dining spaces include boiler rooms where the original pipes still line the walls and ceiling. Signature dishes are created from scratch and incorporate ingredients produced only at the Steam Plant—including smoked meats, fish and vegetables, and many of the ales brewed on-site. 3 p.m.–10 p.m. Sun-Thurs, 3 p.m.–11p.m. Fri-Sat. 159 S. Lincoln, under the smokestacks downtown. (509) 777-3900. steamplantspokane. com.

1898 Public House. With a nod of respect to the year the golf club was originally established, 1898 Public House combines a storied history with modern flair. Led by Executive chef Tyler Schwenk, their culinary team takes pride in preparing classic foods with a fresh twist, while using the finest ingredients. From hand-pressed gourmet burgers and house-cured bacon, to housemade rolls and charcuterie, dining at 1898 is an exciting culinary tour for your palate.

With signature comfort food dishes and

unique combinations designed for the more adventurous foodie. Sun-Thurs 4-9 p.m., Fri/Sat 4-10 p.m., happy hour 4-6 p.m. 2010 W. Waikiki Rd. (509) 466-2121. kalispelgolf.com.

PUB AND LOUNGE FARE The Onion Taphouse & Grill. Established in 1978, the Onion is the grand dean of gourmet burgers and casual family dining in Spokane. With the addition of Area 51 Taphouse (with, yes, 51 different beers—and some hard ciders, too), you’ll never want to leave. From gourmet burgers and sandwiches to pizza, salads and their namesake beer-battered onion rings, The Onion Taphouse & Grill pays attention to details and does more from scratch than many other restaurants aspiring to loftier appellations. 302 W. Riverside. SunThurs 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-1 a.m.

Mon-Sun 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 7522 N. Division.

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Steam Plant Brewing Co. & Pub. An amazing location for a brewery—under layers of catwalks and an '80s ceiling inside the renovated steam plant. The brewery produces 11 handcrafted microbrews on-site, from their famous Double Stack Stout to several seasonal varieties. Its microbrews are also available to go in kegs and growlers. The pub features multiple flat-screen TVs and a game room to make a night of it. The brews are complemented by signature menu items like the Coal Bunker cheese bread, smoked steelhead and beer cheese soup. 3–10 p.m.

Sun-Thurs 3–11 p.m. Fri-Sat.159 S. Lincoln, under the smokestacks, downtown.

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place to meet with a friend for a latté or to work away on your laptop. The café offers a full range of espresso drinks as well as delicious baked goods, and a host of delicious artisan sandwiches and a salad bar for only $5.95.

The Gathering House is a church that uses their facility as a job training coffee shop, café, and meeting place that is elevating quality food and lives. Weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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The Swinging Doors. Opened in May of 1981, the tavern-turned-restaurant has been in the same family for its whole life.

With 27 beers on tap and 60 television screens, The Swinging Doors is a sports fan’s paradise. On the food front, the restaurant is famous for its large portions (which can be split). Breakfast is served all day and the huge pieces of Broasted Chicken remain the most popular item on the golf-themed menu. Show up on your birthday for a free steak dinner. Open seven days a week from 6:45 a.m.-2 a.m. 1018 W. Francis Ave. (509) 326-6794. theswingingdoors.com.

Crave. Where to go that’s lively, airy, and serves some of the best pub and lounge fare around. They do wraps, burgers, salads and fries (yes to the fries!) right. On the super hip corner of Riverside Ave. and Washington St. with eats, drinks, and nightlife done right.

Daily, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. 401 W. Riverside Ave. (509) 321-7480.

SUSHI Kobe Hibachi Sushi and Bar. Their talented hibachi chefs make your meal right

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in front of you adding extra flair to your dining experience. They offer great selections of sushi and sashimi along with a full bar and their entire team aims to satisfy each and every customer. Mon-Thur 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Fri/Sat 12 - 10 p.m., Sun 12 - 9 p.m. 2819 N. Divison St. (509) 315-8864.

and Pepper Basil Chicken for appetizers, followed by a Tonkotsu Bowl featuring fresh ramen, barbecue pork, hard-boiled egg, corn, braised bamboo shoots and seaweed in a slow-boiled pork bone broth. Their signature Ramen Burger—a fresh-ground beef patty topped with arugula and tonkatsu sauce between two homemade rounds of “ramen bun” is a fun entrée. A well-selected drink menu, late hours, and modern loungefeel makes it well set for lingering dates and après-event noshing. Vegetarian options also offered. Mon-Sat 11 a.m-close. 818 W. Sprague. (509) 290-5763. nudoramen.com.

Sushi.com. We still think the name is about as cheesy as you can get for a sushi bar and Japanese restaurant, but the food transcends the curious .com label over the door.

Sit at the sushi bar and enjoy what’s fresh or take a table and explore the menu that also includes plenty of excellent hot options if raw fish still makes you nervous.

Some of our favorites are the super white tuna and the house tempura. Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Sat 12 noon-9 p.m., Sun 12 noon-8 p.m.

430 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0630.

Fire Artisan Pizza. Walk in the front door and you smell smoke from local orchard wood burning at 800 degrees in the Forno Bravo oven that is a focal piece of the open kitchen at the back of the restaurant.

Whether you order up one of the creative pizzas on the menu or design your own pie, you are in for a treat.

Fire’s chewy charred crust and bright red sauce are both excellent. The wine list is also well chosen and the space has an industrial retro feel that also manages to be warm and welcoming. The bonus of sushi and seafood pizza will knock you off your feet. Open Sun –Thu 11:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Fri–Sat, 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m. 816 W. Sprague. firepizzaspokane.com.

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by Marshall Peterson M A R M O T A R T S PA C E — O W N E R , N I G H T M A R K E T — COFOUNDER, PORCHFEST WEST CENTRAL—FOUNDER, SPOKANE FIFTY—FOUNDER I know that if you’re reading this right now that you are alive—and that’s pretty incredible and amazing, and worthy of celebration. Definitely something to be thankful for. You also woke up warm and dry (and safe) this morning. That’s likely to happen tomorrow as well. I just started your gratitude list for you today. Take a moment to write down a few others.

I know that you’re also alive in America during the 21st century—which means you’re living like a king. Actually, you have it better off than most kings did. As you sip that spectacular cup of freshlybrewed, recently roasted coffee from halfway around the world (or just down the street), then move on to some super tasty orange juice from several hundred to several thousand miles away—even something as basic as your morning liquid refreshment outpaces them. Finish off breakfast with those sweet banana pancakes (during the winter, no less) and that variety alone would astonish most royalty. Do you realize this? Do you remind yourself every day as you wake up? Take a moment to stop.

Right now. Just think about that. You’re better off than most kings were.

I know that you’re living in Spokane during its renaissance. Take a look around you. Our city has been transforming during the past 5-15 years. Fantastic new restaurants. A beautiful building for our talented local symphony. A soon-to-be-newly-renovated Riverfront Park. A thriving downtown in the process of being repopulated. Music festivals, farmers' markets, outdoor concerts. Tons of people have been working for years to get us here. Spokane Fifty is my thank you card to Spokane. Check it out if you’d like to meet many of the leaders behind this renewal. Because of all these awesome folks, I’m back in my hometown living close to my mom, visiting her weekly for the first time in decades.

I know that today’s a great day to cut someone some slack. Most people are doing the best they can—considering the circumstances. We’re all going through something. That gal who just cut you off in traffic was in a hurry because she was delivering her mom to her chemo appointment. That guy who just gave you a dirty look is trying to kick a nasty chemical dependency habit. That kid who forgot to say “thanks” hadn’t yet eaten today. Do your best to be compassionate.

As my grandma Ruth used to say, “Nobody died.” Relax, breathe. Slow down.

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I know that I work really, really hard to be positive— to stick a smile on my face and to focus on all the good stuff that’s happening all around us. I said “work,” and that’s what it is: WORK. But anything you do regularly becomes a habit and thus it gets easier and easier to be kind to others. I don’t wake up each morning “chipper”—it’s a process and a series of choices and actions that get to me smiling all day long.

I know I’m profoundly affected by the people I encounter each day. When someone smiles at me, it lights up my world. A simple compliment charges my batteries for the next several hours. And because of that, I want to be a person who lights up your day. That’s why I’ve been training myself for years to be the most positive and friendly I can be in any given situation. I don’t always get there, but I do try. Hard.

I know the expression “Garbage in, garbage out” is true. You don’t need to turn into a monk to do this. Just take care with what you choose to put into your body—not just through your mouth, but especially through your eyes and ears. The things you watch change you, as does the amount of time you spend on social media. Engage in moderation. Limit your screen time. Call an old friend to have coffee—better yet, make a new friend. Get out into nature. Go for a walk.

I know that I’ve met so many wonderful people hosting more than 100 events at Marmot Art Space in Kendall Yards. It feels great to give people an excuse to get out of their houses, away from those screens, and out into their community. To mix things up a bit and rub elbows with others who may not think or look exactly the same as they do. Broadening your circle of friends is more important than ever, and visual art can be the perfect medium for that. Kids are always welcome at Marmot and new families visit every day.

The Night Market season starts soon, and we’ll be open at the same time, so why not visit both of us each Wednesday, mid-May through mid-October? I have a huge collection of art in rotation, and we have a new featured artist every First Friday. Come on down to Kendall Yards to check out some of the best artists in the region. And make some new friends.

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by Doug Clark

The modest proposal that would grow to raise $180,000 to help feed the area’s hungry began one sunny June day a few steps outside our City Hall of Mirrors.

Like Custer, I made a stand.

Guitar at the ready, I serenaded exiting lunchtime bureaucrats with a musical tribute to my hometown.

“Ain’t life great? Livin’ in Spokane!

“No complaints. Livin’ in Spokane!

“Where the weather’s fine, “And the sun is shinin’, “And the grass is green, “And the river’s clean, “And another sex offender moved into my neighborhood.”

I kid because I care. But that was then.

The 16th annual Street Music Week will invade the sidewalks of downtown Spokane, the historic Garland District and Coeur d’Alene during the noon hours of June 11-15.

Save the dates.

I’m putting the word out early to entice readers of this

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posh periodical into joining Busker* Nation and taking up our worthy cause. (*A busker, by the way, is the archaic term for itinerate minstrels who perform publicly for donations and occasional clubbing and/or cavity searches from tone deaf cops.)

You, too, can get involved in such fun, and I’ll tell you how in a moment. The first thing to note, however, is that you don’t have to be Tommy Emmanuel to take part.

Street Music Week is open to all. This is about generosity, not virtuosity.

Over the years we’ve welcomed everyone from professional members of the Spokane Symphony to bluegrass strummers to a sweet elderly woman who squeezed “Home on the Range” out of her tiny concertina. We’ve hosted magicians, comedians, Celtic dancers and guitarists from rock to jazz to pop.

One past picker actually called me at home to ask if it was okay if he showed up with the electric guitar he

created out of a trapdoor metal mailbox.

Well, you can imagine the wonder in my voice as I exclaimed: “And just how in the hell did you get my home number?”

Then there was the kindhearted volunteer who simply wandered around the business core singing “a capella,” which is Italian for “fancy-pants term I had to learn when I was a college music major.”

Despite my skepticism, the burly bearded singer wound up bringing back more than 50 bucks in donations. I found it even more incredible when he told he’d once served hard prison time for bank robbery.

Speaking of special people, the great Peter Rivera, former lead singer of Rare Earth, holds a sidewalk concert every year, belting out his megahits like “Celebrate” and “Get Ready.”

Spokane’s homegrown rock star Myles Kennedy—who fronts Alter Bridge and also tours with Slash—dropped by a few years ago. A video of his performance racked up

a half-million views on that worldwide inter-web thingy that all the kids keep talking about.

Several rungs lower on the fame ladder, my older brother Dave’s jazz saxophone sextet is always a swinging crowd pleaser.

But here’s the best part: each and every penny collected goes directly to 2nd Harvest food bank. And last year saw the event totaling $30,249.77, our biggest amount ever.

Let me know if you’re interested by dropping me an email at dougclarksville@ gmail.com. You’ll become a part of our database that will keep you apprised of the latest street music information.

(Visit streetmusicweek.com for details, too.)

Or if you’re more the antisocial media type, you can always show up a little before noon at the event’s Command Center, a few steps east of the Starbuck’s at Main and Post.

Jim Lyons, Street Music Week’s Associate Grand Mystic Ruler, will sign you in and hand you a

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red collection bucket. You will also receive a souvenir busker badge that is yours to keep and impress friends at your next séance, wake or poetry club meeting.

After that, buskers are asked to head out and find a patch of sidewalk to perform until 1 p.m. Then it’s time to follow the bank robber’s honest example: show us the money. A few dollars here and there adds up fast considering that Street Music Week now attracts some 350 performers who take part one day or every day—it’s up to them.

I’m continuously amazed at how Street Music Week has grown whenever I take a mental time ride back to ponder my original one-man band performance.

Make no mistake. My busker debut was not done out of any sense of altruism. Like most of the stunts I cooked up, this one was done to satisfy the demands that came with having to produce three newspaper columns a week.

Before my retirement late

last summer, I spent 34 years writing 4,500 columns for The Spokesman-Review.

The devilish demand, I learned quickly, was not so much in hitting the deadlines.

(Any rookie reporter better be able to do that.) No, the real trick was conjuring a continual river of ideas good enough to keep readers reading and editors off my back.

Busking for a week of noon hours fell into that “great idea” category, because: 1. It was different. 2. It enticed readers to follow along in order to see how the adventure would turn out. 3. Plus I could milk three or four columns out of it.

Not to mention that the experience was a load of fun.

Part of the hilarity came from watching city leaders snub me or support me, which, not so coincidentally, had a lot to do with what I had written about them in past columns.

A bulked up River Park Square security goon tried to chase me off the sidewalk outside Anderson & Emami even though I (A) had bought

the required city permit and (B) had the blessing of both Anderson and Emami.

The idea to attempt this crazy feat grew out of a weekend trip to Seattle with my lovely wife, Sherry. Besides marveling over such Emerald City landmarks as the Space Needle and the Byrnie Utz hat store, I couldn’t help but notice that downtown Seattle was hopping to a lively beat provided by dozens of buskers.

One hipster wailed jazzy riffs on an alto sax. Not far away, a highly trained violinist performed one of Bach’s bigger hits.

You also couldn’t miss the kid who pounded and flailed away on a homemade drum set made out of plastic buckets.

Across the street, five or six break-dancers twirled and whirled all over the corner.

You can tell a lot about the pulse of a city by its street performance scene. Which meant that Spokane’s busker beat was flatlined.

The entire street music scene consisted of a thin elderly

gentleman who sat reading a paperback near Macy’s while noodling tonelessly on a cheap plastic recorder.

“Doo-dwah deeeee. Dee-dah, dwooo...”

The CIA could’ve used this annoying soundtrack to torture terrorist suspects.

In opining about this sad state of affairs, I vowed to take up my six-string and personally elevate Spokane street music.

Was I successful? Who knows?

But my brief career as musical vagabond brought in nearly $500 in contributions.

I gave my take to 2nd Harvest after learning that six pounds of food could be purchased with each donated dollar.

Hearing of this success, one of my editors made a fateful remark. My busker antics had turned out so well that: “You should do it again next year and open it up to others.”

And the beat goes on.

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