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n Monday, as we polished this issue for print, the news broke: A BNSF train derailed outside of Sandpoint, sending cars careening off the tracks, ripping holes in steel and spilling the train’s cargo. In this case, thankfully, it was only carrying corn — and not the highly combustible crude oil that, if spilled downtown, could pose an existential threat to the Lilac City.

Local officials have been studying the danger for a while now, running through simulations to prepare for the worst-case scenarios. The lessons have been eye-opening. “No amount of preparation, no level of staffing, no amount of equipment, apparatus or personnel would keep this from being anything less than catastrophic to our community,” a firefighter told the city council last year.

Activists and some city leaders like Councilman Breean Beggs are backing an initiative to add safeguards, yet their efforts face an uphill battle — from the railroads and federal regulators, to say nothing of skepticism from some local officials who believe that supporters have a hidden agenda.

Don’t miss the special report by staff writers Daniel Walters and Samantha Wohlfeil, beginning on page 22.

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ast week, Amazon announced plans to open an office in Bellevue. GeekWire reported that “chatter among the real estate scene has it that the new Bellevue office is not a one-off, and Amazon is looking for even more office space in downtown Bellevue and surrounding areas. Amazon’s vice president of Global Real Estate and Facilities, John Schoettler, did not confirm the rumors, but he told GeekWire that Amazon has no plans to slow its growth.”

Mike Allen, a former member of Spokane City Council, responded on social media: “Seattle, San Francisco, Portland. All high cost of living, terrible travel times, with employers looking to expand. Spokane needs a strategy to get some of them to open offices here in Spokane. We are simply being left behind by being inactive… ” Linden Rhoads, former vice provost of the UW Center for Commercialization and a veteran executive in the Seattle high-tech community, recently posted on social media: “I have friends who grew up in Seattle and have recently finally had to surrender and move. They just can’t afford to live in Seattle and be music instructors, physical therapists, restaurant hostesses or biotech lab managers — even if they are single and willing to share housing.”

These observations have been validated by my own recent experience. Over the past two weeks, two successful financial executives flew separately to Spokane; one a general partner of a prominent venture capital firm, the other the head of investment banking for a bank. Both visited Spokane seeking real estate. These individuals reached out to me to learn more about the vitality of our community. Their interest in the Spokane region was fueled primarily by the perceived quality of life and affordable real estate.

Additionally, two of the presenting companies at the April meeting of the Spokane Angel Alliance, which I manage, were based outside of Spokane, yet stated their intent to establish a presence here.

All this prompted me to contemplate how the Spokane region can harness the growing dissatisfaction with urban tech hubs and the increasing interest in our quality of life. So I reached out to Andy Reinland, CFO of Seattle-based F5 Networks, a publicly held company that develops, markets and sells networking applications. F5 has had a presence in Liberty Lake since 1999.

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hy did F5 open an office in the Spokane region? “We opened shortly after Alcatel purchased Spokanebased Packet Engines. The acquisition freed up a number of phenomenal hardware engineers we wanted to hire.”

What type of people does F5 have here?

“Hardware engineers, project managers, manufacturing managers, technical support and administrative staff. We currently have almost 250

people between two facilities in Liberty Lake.

Just last year, we opened a new 28,000-squarefoot support center, our largest in North America. These employees are the first line of contact between F5 and our customers — a vitally important role that requires a significant amount of technological expertise.”

What more could our region do to attract more F5s? “Once people get to Spokane, they fall in love with the high quality of life. But the region needs a way to get people there, and to keep them there. One way to do that is through investment in computer science and engineering programs at surrounding universities — WSU, Gonzaga, University of Idaho, Eastern Washington University and Whitworth. This will create a local pipeline of talent tied to the area. Second, you need a business-friendly environment that fosters a startup community. This will both enable the growth of homegrown companies and attract larger companies through acquisition, and because of the talent pool. And finally, Spokane can do more to promote itself to the rest of the country as a thriving, affordable city with great schools and a high quality of life.”

What are F5’s primary obstacles when it comes to recruiting? “The number one recruiting and retention challenge we have is the fierce competition for talent in markets like Seattle and the Bay Area. This makes operations in a place like Spokane so attractive — we have access to a strong, stable workforce. This can be a big selling point to bring more companies to the area, but you first need to develop and expand the talent base.”

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ased on F5’s experience, it appears that there is a credible basis for recruiting labor and real estate-constrained tech companies to the Spokane region. And I agree with Mike Allen — we need to be proactive. Yet we need a plan.

If I were tasked with developing a strategy to recruit companies, the key components would include having a passionate team dedicated solely to recruiting, a tightly defined set of criteria for the types of companies to be solicited, a compelling marketing pitch and a focused sales process.

The question is, who will step up to lead this effort? n Tom Simpson is an entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor to startups and other businesses in the Spokane region. You can reach him at tsimpson@inlander.com.

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etting in cars with a stranger is the acceptable behavior of using ride-sharing. I’ll often make small talk and ask, “So, how long have you been doing Lyft?” Recently, I got an answer I wasn’t expecting: “Ever since I moved up from California to Coeur d’Alene, because it’s whiter and the Mexicans were taking over.”

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In his first 100 days, President “See You in Court” has yet to accomplish the immigration goals he outlined in his campaign. Those included the construction of an ineffective border wall, paid for by Mexico, while the revised travel ban to halt refugee settlements and the defunding of “sanctuary cities” remain held up in court.

Still, Donald Trump has increased arrests of undocumented immigrants, detaining 22,000 from January to mid-March, a 38 percent jump over the same period in 2016.

The arrest numbers of non-criminal immigrants have doubled.

This national fight impacts us locally, too. As part of an international charter, Spokane became a “Compassionate City” last year; that designation is about to be put to the test this November.

Citing public safety concerns, an anti-immigration group from Tacoma called Respect Washington has organized to gather enough signatures for a counterpro-

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ductive ballot initiative. Proposition 1 would overturn a decade-old city policy that says no “Spokane City officer or employee shall inquire into the immigration status of any person, or engage in activities designed to ascertain the immigration status of any person.” In short: Initiative backers want to profile people based on their suspected citizenship status. What’s on the books has worked, because it’s made crime victims and witnesses more willing to talk to police.

There are an estimated 40,000 refugees in Spokane, but it is difficult to pinpoint the number of undocumented citizens locally. (The total population of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. has remained largely unchanged since 2009.) Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl says that we do not have any problems with undocumented immigrants, corroborating study after study showing that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. In fact, immigration actually appears to be linked to reductions in some types of crimes, according to the news website ScienceDaily.

The proposed ballot initiative is opposed by Mayor David Condon, Greater Spokane Incorporated, and the Spokesman-Review editorial board. They know this isn’t a good look for Spokane. But what do Councilmember Mike Fagan, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Spokane County Republican Chair Stephanie Cates all have in common? They signed the petition. That raises the question: What kind of community do they want to build?

They should listen to the experts. If not Chief Meidl, then Mark Napier. He’s a Republican sheriff in Pima County, Arizona — which shares 125 miles with the Mexican border — who has said that this approach to dealing with immigration isn’t feasible, or morally right.

“I would ask my Republican brotherhood that decry [undocumented immigration], ‘If your family were impoverished, if your family were endangered, if your family were in need, what would you not do to protect them?’” he told the New York Times. “I think it’s kind of a medieval solution to a modern problem.”

We need a continuation of DACA, the Obama administration’s policy of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. We need fairness and due process. We need to end the retaliation against cities that protect immigrant rights. We need no bans, no walls. We need to understand why people relocate.

The Lyft driver did mention that he “missed the food back home,” ignoring that he was taking bites at the hands that feed him. I let him know that what he said was wrong. It’s a long, bumpy ride, where fear and reality have painfully distant borders, but standing up for our immigrant neighbors, instead of looking away, can help get us to a better place. Especially since the fear isn’t real — unless you’re an immigrant. n

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Find last week’s cover story “The Long Way Home” at Inlander.com/Excelsior.

HARD CHOICES he debate regarding the appropriate use of group care is not new. It

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has endured because it is complex. The article “The Long Way Home” (4/27/17) presented a clear answer for a young man’s experience in the system, framed as a black-and-white choice: Should a teenager be placed with a mother who is willing and able to care for her child, or should that teenager be placed in group care? When presented this way the answer is simple — with their mother.

What happens when the answer is not as clear-cut? For example, a teenage girl is rescued from a sex trafficking ring and temporarily housed and supervised in a hotel. With 20 prior placements, no family contact, and severe behavior problems stemming from years of unspeakable trauma, LETTERS group care is considered the system’s Send comments to best response. Or a 13-year-old faces editor@inlander.com. foster care for the first time. His brain injuries, a result of in-utero exposure to methamphetamine and horrific abuse during his first years of life, have rendered nearly every day of the past decade stressful and explosive. His adoptive mother and father, after exhausting all resources, painstakingly file for dependency. The last straw — an assault provoked by an innocuous request for the youth to take out the trash. Due to an insufficient number of foster homes and the reality that younger children will fill available homes — again, group care is considered.

These are not hypotheticals, but real examples of referrals on our admissions director’s desk awaiting our answer. When the choices are opaque, the system stressed, and alternatives underdeveloped, what should be done?

We view solutions to this century-old debate — a debate that transcends any one provider or any one community — through a dimly lit lens. Excelsior Youth Center’s vision, built on a 50-year commitment to kids on the margins, strives to answer our present-day system’s challenges with resolve and innovation.

Our plan is to continue to expand our model of intensive, communitybased services, a model that kept 100 percent of youth from returning to the hospital and families from filing for dependency. Building on this model, 75 percent of our services are community-based, with a focus on wraparound care coordination. Our engagement will continue to increase, due to our commitment to respond to the tangible needs of youth and families in their own homes — turning on electricity, enrolling kids in their first-ever sports camp, and providing housing for homeless young adults. Integrating this approach of listening to families first, and combining comprehensive medical and mental health services, supports families becoming safer, stronger, and more satisfied in the lives they lead.

As for our facility-based care, rightsizing group care will take a community effort, and we hope for a reduction in its need. We will continue to advocate for resources to increase options for kids. Excelsior has a proven commitment to our community’s future, through the delivery of hope, opportunities for success, and paths towards wellness. We will continue to step into the gaps with unwavering hope.

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POLITICS

USUAL SUSPECTS With politically connected conservatives eyeing promotions, things could get interesting in the local GOP ranks

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f you’re a local Republican looking to move on up, these are heady times. Opportunities abound. There’s an opening for U.S. Attorney, and a soon-to-be-open seat on the Spokane County Board of Commissioners.

And depending on who snatches up those jobs, a whole series of other positions could open up in what promises to be a political round of musical chairs.

It all starts with Donald J. Trump.

In March, once he had settled into the White House, Trump ordered a purge of the 46 remaining U.S. Attor-

neys appointed under President Barack Obama. Not an unusual move, but one that was criticized, given the lack of ready replacements.

That night, U.S. Attorney Michael Ormsby was out of a job. Now, nearly two months later, at least three local legal minds have submitted their names for consideration; so far, Trump has had other things on his mind (for example, Syria, health care and taxes) and hasn’t made any final decisions.

The three men jockeying for control of federal law

enforcement in Eastern Washington are Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell, Spokane County District Court Judge Vance Peterson and Bill Hyslop, a former U.S. Attorney appointed under George H.W. Bush who is currently working in private practice in Spokane.

Meanwhile, local partisan players are also eyeing the Spokane County Board of Commissioners. Shelly O’Quinn, who has served on the three-person elected board since 2012, will abandon her seat in June, just six ...continued on next page

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months into her second term. She announced in April that she had accepted the gig as chief executive officer for the Inland Northwest Community Foundation.

So far, four people have sent word to the local Republican Party of their interest in the seat:  Rob Chase is the current Spokane County Treasurer, and a staunch Ron Paul libertarian.  Mary Kuney is a certified public accountant who ran for treasurer against Chase in 2014.

She is the county’s current chief deputy auditor and is the former Washington State Auditor.  John Guarisco is a longtime local businessman and marketing consultant who has been heavily involved with the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce.  Dan Daines is an elected Republican precinct committee officer and author of a fictional political thriller, The Assassin’s Wife.

Local Republicans will vote to determine the top three candidates for the vacant commission seat, and send them to Commissioners Josh Kerns and Al French for the ultimate decision.

For Stephanie Cates, chairwoman of the Spokane County Republican Party and one of the voting members, this process represents the purest form of grassroots politics.

“It’s a time that underscores the importance of what our [precinct committee officers] do to keep that continuity with Republicans in office,” Cates says. “Getting good, strong Republicans in office who are capable of holding that seat when the election rolls around.”

reason; essentially, these motions send a message that the judge in question cannot be fair and impartial.

Peterson announced as early as January that he might be interested in the federal position, and officially applied in March, he says. Although he declines to say whether he believes the affidavits are politically motivated, their “massive application” concerns him.

“To my knowledge, in over 26 years on the bench I have never had an affidavit of prejudice filed by the prosecutor’s office until the recent batch,” he says by email. “I am aware of only a handful filed by various defense attorneys over those same years.”

“It’s a time that underscores the importance of what our [precinct committee officers] do to keep that continuity with Republicans in office.”

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askell, an early Trump supporter, confirmed in March that he’d applied to be the top federal prosecutor in Eastern Washington. Although he has since declined to elaborate publicly on his application, some local lawyers believe that Haskell is doing whatever he can to land the job — going so far, they say, as to needle one of his competitors: District Court Judge Vance Peterson.

At the end of February — shortly before Haskell’s public announcement — prosecutors in Spokane began filing motions known as “affidavits of prejudice” for all DUI cases in Peterson’s courtroom. The motions allow attorneys from either side to change judges without giving a

Haskell and the deputy prosecuting attorney who oversees prosecutors in District Court will not articulate specific reasons for the affidavits.

Ethics rules prohibit attorneys from publicly criticizing judges, they say. But any allegations that Haskell is smearing the judge for political gain are “simply false,” he says.

“My decision was grounded in law and facts brought to me by my District Court supervisor,” Haskell says. “Nothing more.”

Jim McDevitt, a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, doesn’t believe that the affidavits will impact Peterson’s shot at the job, though he says that leading up to his own appointment by President George W. Bush, applicants endured a rigorous background check.

Still, some local attorneys wonder.

“The timing seems suspect to me,” says Spokane defense attorney Frank Cikutovich. “As far as I know, no affidavits were being filed before the U.S. Attorney position became available.”

There is no indication that the Trump administration is moving quickly in appointing a new federal prosecutor in Eastern Washington.

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Traditionally, those senators have held an informal veto power over the president’s nominees for U.S. Attorneys and federal judgeships, known as the “blue slip” policy. As early as 1917, the Senate Judiciary Committee started sending letters to senators (on blue paper, typically) in their home states, asking for approval or disapproval.

Recent Judiciary Committee chairs have refused to hold hearings unless both senators return the blue slips, though other committee leaders have used the slips more like guidelines.

“We’re unsure of how much that will be followed,” says Bryan Watt, a spokesman for Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat. “I don’t believe they’ve named a candidate. In the past we have taken part in that, and it’s always been done in a collaborative way. At this point, it’s unclear how Trump will proceed for U.S. Attorney vacancies.”

McDevitt and Ormsby, the two men who held the job most recently, attest that the U.S. Attorney wields great power regarding how the U.S. Attorney General’s priorities are carried out.

“The one thing that I saw that was very illuminating was the amount of discretion the U.S. Attorney has in directing law enforcement priorities in his or her district,” McDevitt says. “It was a lot more than I thought. It’s a big responsibility.”

He adds that during his own confirmation process, he was reminded that if “race, creed, religion or politics” enter into his actions, “then you’re gone.”

If Haskell ultimately lands the position, political insiders have begun to consider who might replace him as the county’s elected prosecutor. One name has been circulating: Sen. Mike Padden (RSpokane Valley), who currently chairs the Senate Law and Justice Committee and as such, acts as a gatekeeper for criminal justice reform. The former Spokane County District Court judge did not respond to requests for comment.

“I do hope that whoever takes that job can do it impartially,” Andrew Biviano, chair of the Spokane County Democrats, says of the county prosecutor position. “As a legislator, [Padden] has been very open with his predilections and political views, so he would have to convince people he can do it in a fair-minded way.”

LETTERS And what about Spokane Send comments to County Sheriff Ozzie Knezoveditor@inlander.com. ich? In December, Knezovich revealed that he had aspirations for higher office — in this case, Congress — when it appeared that Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers might join the Trump administration. McMorris Rodgers stayed put, and it appears Knezovich will, too.

“I’m running for sheriff again,” he says, scoffing at the idea of joining the county board of commissioners. “It’s hard to get people interested in running for elected office. I’ve talked to some really, really good people, and their answer is, ‘Why would I want to do that?’” n mitchr@inlander.com

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Snowball’s in Their Court Will the state Supreme Court weigh in on proposed expansion at Mt. Spokane?

Plus, pushback against vetoes by Inslee and Otter MOUNTAIN OF REVIEW

Conservation groups are hoping that the Washington State Supreme Court will weigh in on the proposed MT. SPOKANE ski area expansion.

In March, Court of Appeals judges found 2-1 that it was OK for the state Parks and Recreation Commission to designate a portion of Mount Spokane for recreation, which would allow for a new ski lift and runs on the west side of the mountain.

The Lands Council and other defendants have asked the Supreme Court to review the case, on the grounds that the commission’s own policies require it to protect that type of land.

“The overarching problem with the expansion is that this is a state park, and the west side, where they’re planning on developing, is a pristine forest with old-growth stands sprinkled throughout it,” says Mike Petersen, Lands Council executive director.

The Spokane Tribe has also supported the arguments against the expansion, showing that the area has cultural and historical significance to the tribe and should be maintained as habitat for wildlife.

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within a landscape, agency staff must protect the integrity of all significant resources.’ Some people can say there’s a balance that has to be struck between recreation and protecting natural resources,” Petersen says. “That’s really at the heart of what I think the Supreme Court needs to decide. Where do you strike that balance?”

The nonprofit that operates the ski area, Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, has all the needed permits to start work on the expansion, which could move forward this year unless an injunction or similar court order is filed.

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STUNTED GROWTH

Last week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (pictured) vetoed a portion of a bill that would help school districts BUILD NEW SCHOOLS in rural areas. Now, rural districts worry that their options are limited in planning for overcrowding in schools.

“With this veto today, [the governor] is ensuring schools around the state will not be allowed to modernize and students will continue to be educated in portables,” Rep. Bob McCaslin (R-Spokane Valley), the bill’s lead

sponsor, said when learning of the governor’s veto.

The bill would authorize districts to build schools outside of a designated urban growth area, but Inslee’s veto means that only schools in Pierce County are authorized to do so.

“While this bill adequately addresses many aspects of the issue, I remained concerned about three items that I would like to resolve with the legislature during the special session,” Inslee wrote in his veto letter.

The three items: First, that any urban services used for a rural school be limited to only supporting the longterm needs of the facility. Second, that the land surrounding any new rural school “maintain its rural character and housing density.” And third, that districts only build outside of the urban growth area after demonstrating that there is no other land available.

If the legislature does not override the veto or find a way to address Inslee’s concerns, it could impact school districts in Eastern Washington.

“Given the limited amount of property available to build new schools to meet enrollment growth and state-mandated class size reduction, SPS has been supportive of legislation that would allow school districts to build outside the UGB [urban growth boundary] within limits, and through a thoughtful approval processes,” says Spokane Public Schools spokesman Kevin Morrison. “It appears the governor’s veto may make that option for schools unlikely.”

Neale Rasmussen, director of fiscal services for the East Valley School District, says the district has land outside the urban growth boundary that it wouldn’t be able to use for a new school if no bill is passed.

“If we want to build anything new, which we may need to do at some point in the future, not having this

bill may impact our ability to build on land we already own,” Rasmussen says. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

CLOSING TIME

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has missed VETO DEADLINES before. That was the case two years ago, when Otter’s veto of a bill banning instant horse-racing gaming terminals was ruled invalid in court because he missed the veto filing deadline.

Now, his veto of the Idaho Legislature’s controversial bill to repeal the 6 percent sales tax on groceries is also the subject of a legal challenge. Two conservative Republican Idaho state representatives, Ron Nate and Bryan Zollinger, argued that Otter had missed the deadline by failing to veto the bill in the 10 days required by law.

Otter claims that the 10 days only started as soon as he received the bill from the legislature — on March 31 — while Nate and Zollinger argue that the clock started ticking the moment the legislature adjourned on March 29.

From the governor’s perspective, the evidence is obvious: The Idaho Supreme Court has already ruled on this issue, back in 1978, concluding that “presentment,” not “adjournment,” was the relevant marker for the veto deadline.

“That’s been the case law precedent that has guided every Idaho governor since 1978,” says Otter’s spokesman Jon Hanian.

But attorney Bryan D. Smith, arguing the case against the governor, tells the Inlander there’s an easy response: The court got it wrong in its split decision in 1978. The plain text of the Constitution says “adjournment,” but the court decided to read that as “presentment.”

“They know it’s not there, but they read it into that,” Smith says. “They amended the constitution on the bench.”

Noting that two members of the court had already criticized the 1978 ruling, Smith hopes that the court will overrule the precedent. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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even years ago, as the 34 community or technical colleges in Washington all dealt with a decades-old software system, the solution for the state seemed straightforward: Replace the old system with something better.

So the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges started planning to implement a brand-new software system for course sign-up, financial aid and other college business. It would use software called PeopleSoft Higher Education Suite, developed by the Bay Area software maker Oracle and trusted by hundreds of institutions nationwide. It would be customized for Washington’s community and technical colleges with the help of Ciber, an information technology consulting firm. The software would be called ctcLink, and by 2017, every college would be using it as one centralized system.

Sure, the plan was ambitious, says SBCTC spokeswoman Laura McDowell. But it was necessary.

“It was time to have a modernized computer software system,” she says.

That vision is now crumbling. The project, paid for with student tuition, is millions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. The issues with ctcLink at the three schools used as guinea pigs — Spokane, Spokane Falls and Tacoma community colleges — forced a pause in the rollout to other colleges. Ciber, after filing for bankruptcy last month, is now suing the state of Washington, claiming that the state owes the company money and is to blame for the software’s messy implementation.

Now, there’s been informal talk of nixing the statewide rollout altogether, says Rob St. John, deputy director of the state Office of the Chief Information Officer, which oversees the project.

“It’s always on the table, but we’re a ways away from that,” St. John says. “So that’s not an imminent decision.”

First, the state has to figure out if the software can work in Spokane and Tacoma before the “nuclear option” is discussed seriously.

“There has been significant investment here already,” St. John says. “There’s really not a path backwards for the pilot colleges.”

OVER BUDGET, BEHIND SCHEDULE

When the ctcLink project was first being proposed, Community Colleges of Spokane — along with several other community or technical colleges — wanted to jump on the opportunity to be one of the first schools with the new software.

“We believed very much then, and believe now, that the software will help us better serve

The rollout of ctcLink software contributed to budget issues at Spokane’s community colleges. our students and improve the learning and work environment,” says CCS Chancellor Christine Johnson.

The system would update what Johnson calls “antiquated” technology for student and class information, student finance, human resources payroll and data reporting. But immediately upon the rollout of ctcLink at the three community colleges in 2013, problems arose.

Students were bumped out of classes they had signed up for. Some didn’t get their financial aid, while other received too much financial aid.

Glitches in payroll caused faculty to miss out on paychecks. The numerous issues forced staff into working overtime, and by 2016, CCS reported paying $500,000 in overtime while trying to deal with all of the problems. Today the overtime costs are closer to $1 million, Johnson says. The state has not reimbursed CCS for those costs, exacerbating CCS budget issues.

The state budgeted $100 million for the entire ctcLink project for all 34 schools. The money comes from student tuition — 3 percent of tuition goes to an “innovation account” and is funneled to the ctcLink project. But in 2016, the budget projection was changed to $110 million because of the extended timeline, according to the SBCTC. Already, $86 million has been spent, with only the three colleges seeing the software.

SBCTC’s McDowell says this includes expensive upfront costs to get the pilot project going,

including paying Ciber to develop the software.

Ciber, in its lawsuit filed against the state and SBCTC in April, says it was to be paid nearly $44 million over the course of various “payment milestones” until the project was completed. It claims that the company attempted hands-on coaching and training for SBCTC personnel, but that “the fractured bureaucracy of SBCTC inhibited such training and communication and slowed ctcLink’s adoption by the colleges.”

“In particular, Spokane Community College was hostile to implementing ctcLink from the very beginning, and its leadership actively worked to prevent adoption of ctcLink by not participating in the training necessary to operate ctcLink once it was implemented by Ciber,” the lawsuit claims.

Instead of all colleges having the software this year, it’s now projected to be finished in 2019, with the initial focus on fixing the glitches at the three pilot schools. Ciber argues that it was not its fault that the statewide rollout of ctcLink was delayed, but the fault of the schools themselves.

Gartner Consulting, an independent consulting firm, released a report on the project in November 2016 which outlines Ciber’s financial losses. In the first nine months of 2016, Ciber lost $53 million in cash flow from operations, possibly leading to performance issues with the ctcLink project. Months later, Ciber filed for bankruptcy; weeks after that, Ciber filed its lawsuit, claiming it is owed $13 million by the state of Washington.

McDowell says the state board assumes the lawsuit is tied to the bankruptcy, but she says the board remains committed to the project. Capgemini, a French information technology firm, is expected to purchase Ciber and take over client services during the sale.

“I don’t think anyone ever wants to hear that a company they’ve been working with so closely has to file for bankruptcy,” McDowell says.

St. John says that a new company taking over could work out.

“In the end, if the outcome is that a healthy company takes on Ciber and this contract could be reset, that might be best,” he says.

REASON FOR OPTIMISM?

Despite the delays, the expenses and the legal trouble, both CCS and the state board remain optimistic.

Why? Because they believe the state is committed to making this work.

“I believe the state board is committed to helping all of the colleges, the 34 and the three colleges that are part of this [pilot] project,” CCS’ Johnson says. “They entered this contract wanting everything to work out for the benefit of students, so I think that’s still the hope.”

After all, the same software has been adopted in at least one other state community college system — Virginia’s — with Ciber’s help. The state’s goal is to make the changes recommended by the Gartner report, McDowell says. The first tip the state took from that report was to pause implementation in other schools, and fix issues with the three schools in the pilot program.

The Gartner report says that “base strategy for ctcLink was reasonable” and that the state and colleges have worked hard, but it notes that the colleges operate independently with different policies. It recommends establishing a clearer governance process, meaning that the state should establish a single executive authority for resolving issues.

McDowell says the state has learned lessons from this process.

For example, the SBCTC has seen “how certain, granular transactions create a domino effect on other areas,” and the board has “come to more deeply appreciate how important it is for campuses to prepare for big changes in the way they enter — and report out — information using the new technology.”

Starting May 1, an outside expert began managing the project, changing the governance structure following the Gartner report’s recommendation.

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Facing fears of a potential oil train explosion devastating Spokane, activists and politicians pursue a series of long-shot gambits to prevent disaster

BY DANIEL WALTERS and SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL The 2013 Lac-Mégantic train derailment in Quebec killed 47 people and destroyed more than 30 buildings.

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very day, on average, nearly 200 tanker cars carry close to 6 million gallons of crude oil through Spokane. Each one of those cars can hold as much as three tanker trucks’ worth of some of the most explosive crude in the country. Spokane serves as a bottleneck into the state for trains traveling from the east across the northern U.S., largely from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota.

“Those [tracks] go straight through our infrastructure: our water, our Spokane River ... the hospitals downtown, all of our business center,” says Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer.

So far, nothing bad has happened. But at least three times in the past three years, city and county officials have played nightmarish games of “What if?”

What if an oil train derails in downtown Spokane?

What if a tanker filled with crude oil drops onto the buildings that shoulder the tracks, sending oil sloshing downhill toward First Avenue, bringing fire toward the Davenport Hotel and apartment buildings? What happens if oil spills into the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer — the sole drinking water source for half a million people in Eastern Washington and North Idaho?

“We talked about, if it catches on fire, there’s nothing we can do to stop the fire,” says Randy Marler, vice president of the Local 29 firefighters union. “We’re not even going to fight the fire.”

Instead they’d focus on containing the fire and evacuating as many people as they could.

“No amount of preparation, no level of staffing, no amount of equipment, apparatus or personnel,” firefighter Dave Kovac told the Spokane City Council last year, “would keep this from being anything less than catastrophic to our community.”

Just a single oil tanker car on fire could force businesses, schools and hospitals within a half-mile to be evacuated.

Spokane City Councilwoman Lori Kinnear attended one of the “What if?” simulations that considered the possibility of an oil train carrying Bakken crude derailing over Latah Creek or downtown.

“How many people work down here? It’s about 25,000 during the day. How do you evacuate?” Kinnear asks. “What do we do with those people? When the buildings are destroyed, how do we rebuild, how long does it take? If our drinking water is fouled, what do we do for drinking water?”

Where do you bring the injured, if both downtown hospitals are close enough to the fire that they need to be evacuated?

“I realized, at that point, we have to do some prevention,” Kinnear says. “We can’t just react to situations.”

Local activists and politicians have scrambled to

An oil train car passes through downtown Spokane. A consultant hired by the city warned that the city’s elevated tracks could lead to a scenario where a train car full of explosive oil derails and lands on top of a building. DANIEL WALTERS PHOTO prevent the worst-case scenarios — like the deadly train derailment and explosions in Quebec in 2013 — from happening here: They’ve launched ballot initiatives, petitioned the state and federal governments, and fought for higher safety standards. They’ve opposed construction of

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Image by image, at a Spokane City Council meeting last July, Council President Ben Stuckart lays out the stakes.

In the council chambers, he shows a slide of piled-up tankers and billowing clouds of black smoke in Aliceville, Alabama. Then he shows a building-sized fireball rising into the air in Casselton, North Dakota. A tanker sticks out of the James River in Lynchburg, Virginia, still on fire. Firehose streams are dwarfed by the smoke and flames billowing from charred tank cars scattered in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The fire demolished the downtown and made its way into the sewer system, funneling flames through the small town’s pipe network.

“Every single insurance company the city had has gone bankrupt,” Stuckart says, “and they cannot still pay their bills. And 47 people died.”

Finally, Stuckart shows Mosier, Oregon.

Only hours after passing through Spokane, 16 tanker cars derailed, spilling 47,000 gallons of oil that soaked into the ground, ignited and melted part of the town’s sewer system.

“All the fire department could do is sit and wait for it to go out, for 10 hours,” Stuckart says.

Had the winds been worse, the fire chief said later, the entire town could have been destroyed.

For years, Stuckart, Mayor David Condon and other local officials raised concerns about the safety of coal and oil trains with railroad companies and regulators. But a ballot initiative proposed last July was the first direct attempt to fight the problem locally.

The initiative wouldn’t have flat-out banned oil or coal trains. Instead, it would have fined train companies $261 for each uncovered coal car or higher-pressure oil car that passed through Spokane.

Early last year, City Councilman Breean Beggs says, environmental activists concerned about climate change approached him, urging him to do something to address oil and coal trains. But Beggs says the initiative he finally developed wasn’t an attempt to fight global warming. It was intended to prevent disaster.

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Reduce the pressure in the tank cars to below 8 pounds per square inch or raise the flash point of the oil above 73 degrees Fahrenheit, and they’d be legal, under the proposal.

A coal train derailment, of course, doesn’t pose anywhere near the environmental or explosive risk as an oil train. But Beggs justifies the demand that coal trains be covered with another concern — one the railroads themselves have raised: coal dust can cause derailments. If enough coal dust builds up on the track bed, water can’t drain properly, which can push the rails out of alignment and cause wrecks.

While some city councilmembers hedged their support with concerns about the initiative’s legality, Stuckart focused on the moral necessity of addressing the danger that faced his city.

“I believe personally that there’s something we have to do,” Stuckart said. “And that means that we try every single argument that we possibly can.”

With conservative councilman Mike Fagan absent, every other councilmember agreed to put the initiative to the voters in November.

“Going to the ballot!” Stuckart proclaimed last July, pounding his gavel.

But ultimately it never went to the ballot, and Stuckart was one of the reasons why.

Three weeks after Stuckart’s impassioned speech about taking a stand, he moved to pull the initiative. The sudden reversal highlighted just how stacked federal law is against cities trying to challenge railroads.

Even before Stuckart changed his mind, the council had been warned about the legal problems. The council’s legal advisor, Brian McClatchey, had laid out the reasons why the initiative seemed doomed: the U.S. Constitution, the Federal Railroad Safety Act and the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act all handed the federal government broad power to regulate railroads. With rare

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exceptions, states and cities weren’t allowed to heap on additional regulations — and McClatchey concluded that Beggs’ initiative wasn’t one of those exceptions.

McClatchey wrote that there was only a “very small chance that this proposed ordinance would survive a legal challenge” and that the council was “potentially putting the people of Spokane on the hook for a costly and lengthy court battle.”

In the weeks following Stuckart’s initial vote, the council president reread McClatchey’s analysis. He met with the city’s legal department. He contacted national environmental groups. He spoke with members of the Gonzaga Law Clinic, trying to find any justifying precedent.

Stuckart came to the conclusion that he’d been wrong.

“I don’t believe it has a chance of survival, whether it passes or not,” Stuckart announced from the council dais. “It’s not legally defensible.”

That exposed him to ridicule from the right and outrage from the left. (“Democracy in this country is a farce,” one angry activist scoffed at Stuckart.)

But ultimately, other than Kinnear and Beggs, the council voted to take the initiative off the ballot.

“Trying to locally affect a national issue is very difficult,” Stuckart says today. Now running for Congress, Stuckart suggests that he’d be better able to fight for this issue at a national level.

THE OTHER TRACK

Beggs hasn’t been willing to give up. He’d gone toe to toe with oil companies before. Nearly two decades ago, he’d been a lawyer in Bellingham, representing the family of a kid who’d died when the Olympic oil pipeline exploded under a city park in June 1999.

Eventually, the explosion, which killed two other youths, led to major new pipeline safety regulations.

“We were told, by congressional people in 2000, you’ll never

ABOU T THE AU THORS

DANIEL WALTERS currently covers Spokane City Hall, business and development for the Inlander. Since 2008, Walters has explored the brokenness of the foster care system, shed light on shady debt-collection lawsuits, exposed a fraudulent local Blu-ray manufacturer, and used public records to highlight dishonesty by city officials. Reach him at danielw@inlander.com or 509-325-0634, ext. 263.

SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL covers social services and the environment for the Inlander.

She came to Spokane from Bellingham, where she worked as a political reporter for the Bellingham Herald. Reach her at samanthaw@inlander.com or 509325-0634, ext. 234.

win this battle,” Beggs says, “and then we did, because we changed the hearts and minds in the oil industry.”

So, in Spokane, he’s forged ahead, revising the initiative’s language slightly to fine the owners of the oil and coal train cars, instead of the railroads directly.

Then he handed off the baton to Todd Eklof, a Unitarian Universalist minister and one of the activists who’d urged Beggs to fight the trains in the first place. Instead of relying on city leaders, Eklof has sought to gather voter signatures and get the initiative on the ballot without the council’s help.

“When I hear the first responders, and they’re frightened about what’s going to happen, that frightens me,” Eklof says. “We could have billions of dollars of insurance, and it still would not allow us to clean oil from our aquifer.”

Already, Eklof’s team has gathered more than the 2,585 signatures required (by June 12) to put the initiative on the ballot. “We hope to double it,” he says.

But then Eklof has to whip up enough support to pass it. Today, even Stuckart, for all of his years lobbying for stricter oil train standards, says he hasn’t decided if he’ll vote for the new initiative.

Meanwhile, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has emerged as a fervent opponent of Beggs’ initiative.

Four generations of Knezovich’s family mined coal. “I’m watching their way of life being destroyed by nonsense,” he said at a pro-Trump

rally in Spokane Valley in March. When he sees coal — a non-explosive substance — lumped in with oil, he suspects that the motivations of the initiative’s backers aren’t entirely pure.

“It’s not truly about public safety,” Knezovich says. “This is a political argument about climate change and fossil fuels.”

He argues that the initiative would lead to chaos if it managed to get past the court.

“What prevents the next city from saying, ‘I don’t want your apples. I don’t want your GMOs,’” Knezovich says. “What prevents Wyoming from going to Montana and Utah and Arizona and Mexico and saying, ‘We don’t want to see anything come out of Washington?’”

Eklof dismisses Knezovich’s argument, noting that apples don’t qualify as a safety hazard.

But Knezovich, directly contradicting the testimony of Spokane firefighters, argues that Spokane has the capacity to respond to an oil train derailment. He argues that, considering the sheer quantity of oil being transmitted, it’s relatively safe.

“You take rail out of the picture, and they start putting that oil on semi-trucks?” Knezovich says. “There’s going to be a lot more possibility of accidents.”

There are also deadlier tanker cars than those in oil trains rumbling across the tracks, he argues.

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“Where does it end?” Knezovich asks. “If you like drinking water, you need chlorine.”

Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokeswoman Courtney Wallace, at a press conference with Knezovich, points to the extensive safety improvements that BNSF has made. Today, coal trains are sprayed with a substance to tamp down coal dust, reducing the amount that blows off in transit. (It is unclear if the coal dust that still does escape is enough to increase the risk of an accident in the Spokane region.) The tracks are constantly inspected, with the naked eye, aerial drones and specialized rail cars, for flaws that could lead to derailment.

Yet even with all these inspections, derailments can

still occur. In March, a mudslide knocked a Union Pacific grain train off the tracks in Idaho’s Boundary County.

And just this Monday, 25 BNSF train cars full of corn derailed off a track north of Sandpoint.

Wallace notes that — as a “common carrier” — railroads can’t just refuse to carry coal or oil. (Antitrust regulations, she says, prevent her from revealing how much more the railroad can legally charge for transporting hazardous substances.)

But in recent years, the railroad has pressed tanker car owners to switch to safer models that have shields on the ends, better protection for valves and thicker shells.

BNSF doesn’t allow the older cars to carry crude oil at

all, Wallace says.

Oil train disasters have still occurred with the safer cars, but Wallace says that BNSF has worked with Spokane and other cities to help them prepare for the worst.

The Washington State Legislature passed the Oil Transportation Safety Act in 2015, establishing rules that require advance notice of oil shipments by rail and evidence that railroads could immediately respond to a spill. Response plans, which must be updated regularly, are also required under the act.

Today, Spokane is more prepared.

“Looking at the geography of the city, especially in the case of a disaster involving the tracks, it does have the

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“IF THE TRAIN DERAILS, IT FALLS 30 FEET ONTO THE PAVEMENT. IT’S MORE LIKELY TO BLOW UP.” potential to split the city in two,” says Schaeffer, the fire chief. So the department has placed hazmat resources and staff on either side of the tracks and freeway.

Spokane also will upgrade its alert system, allowing emergency planners to draw a polygon on a map and send text messages, pinging off cell towers, to everyone in that area, says Ed Lewis, deputy director of Greater Spokane Emergency Management.

Marler, with the firefighters’ union, gives the railroad credit for some of its efforts, but says they still haven’t solved the real problem.

“The railroad has been very helpful trying to get guys through training,” Marler says. “They’ve been proactive in giving us some resources and tools and training. [But] the reality is that it still isn’t going to be enough, unless we can decrease the volatility of that product.”

North Dakota already requires tank car owners to make sure that oil is below 13.7 pounds per square inch before it can move through the state. The oil is heat-treated to remove some lighter gases.

But getting that Bakken oil pressure down below the 8 psi required by Beggs’ initiative?

Kari Cutting, vice-president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, estimates it would take hundreds of millions — if not billions — of dollars to build the infrastructure necessary to extract the natural gas from the oil and reduce the pressure.

Cutting argues that we shouldn’t even be talking about the vapor pressure question until research is completed at Sandia National Laboratories to determine how much vapor pressure contributes to the flammability of crude oil.

“I’m just not sure that even having a discus-

sion of reducing vapor pressure is accomplishing much,” she says.

Eventually, new regulations may be inevitable. Since last fall, the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has considered whether shippers should be required to make sure oil cars have a pressure below 9 psi.

' E S S E N T I A L LY L O C A L'

In the meantime, Spokane’s anti-oil-train initiative sets the stage for an inevitable legal battle, the city of Spokane pitted against the railroads and oil companies.

“We think these initiatives are unconstitutional and we will protect our rights,” BNSF’s Wallace says.

The city of Spokane’s Hearing Examiner has concluded that Beggs’ initiative is so clearly in violation of federal law that it is beyond repair.

But Beggs believes there’s a small legal space that Spokane may be able to slip through. Federal law allows states and municipalities to introduce additional rail safety regulations to address “essentially local” safety hazards, as long as they’re not already covered by federal law or overly burdensome to interstate commerce.

Beggs argues that the safety hazard in Spokane is unique — the oil trains are passing through downtown on elevated tracks, above an aquifer that’s the sole source of Spokane’s drinking water.

“If the train derails, it falls 30 feet onto the pavement. It’s more likely to blow up,” Beggs says. “In Mosier, it burst even tipping over. If it’s elevated, all that force is dangerous. Way more likely to explode.”

He argues that the cost of the proposed regulation, only 4 cents per gallon of oil, isn’t overly burdensome. But a deeper look at the 2003 Ninth Circuit court case that Beggs bases his analysis on shows just how precarious the legal argument is. While the court allowed the California Public Utilities Commission to fine railroads for failing to follow their own safety standards, it rejected the arguments that steep curves, sharp turns or the potential environmental damage to local rivers counted as “essentially local” hazards. The courts nixed most of the regulations proposed by the CPUC, including training requirements and braking systems, warning that “the effect of such a patchwork regulatory scheme would be immense.”

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COVER STORY TRANSPORTATION “BOOM TOWN,” CONTINUED... constituents would be willing for the city to take on the legal risk if it meant decreasing the more explosive risk.

“I’m not a crusader on this issue,” Beggs says. “I’m just, like, ‘Give the voters a choice.’ They get to decide.

Do you want us to take every effort you can to avoid [an oil train disaster?] Then vote yes.”

PIPE OR RAIL?

The Inlander asked representatives from both Union Pacific and BNSF if there was anything the city of Spokane could do, legally, to reduce the number of oil trains. The answer was the same: Essentially nothing.

“Stop driving cars,” Wallace suggested. “You can stop flying.”

In fact, even a huge decrease in oil consumption in the Inland Northwest would be unlikely to impact Bakken oil train traffic, says Robert McNally, author of Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices.

The United States would probably eliminate oil exports from Nigeria and Libya from its diet before cutting out domestic Bakken oil.

Instead, one of the biggest ways that Bakken oil train traffic might be reduced is due to another project that environmentalists — and the Spokane City Council — fervently opposed: the Dakota Access Pipeline.

While the pipeline’s course through tribal land made it a flash point for protests, it’s ultimately cheaper and safer to funnel oil through pipeline than by train. As pipeline infrastructure has built up near the Bakken oil fields, the amount of Bakken crude transported by oil train has already fallen dramatically.

And with the Dakota Access Pipeline able to take half of the approximately 1 million barrels a day the Bakken oil fields generate, experts expect much of the oil-by-rail traffic from the Bakken to disappear.

Yet Spokane may be an exception. Oil terminals and refineries in the Pacific Northwest generally lack pipeline access to Bakken crude — and the Rocky Mountains would make pipeline construction untenable.

“If any crude by rail survives, it would be to the West Coast,” one market source recently told Genscape, a data company that tracks the energy market. “It’s close, BNSF has a direct line and they should be interested in reducing (freight) rates.”

So for oil opponents in the region, the latest battleground has become the proposed Tesoro Savage Vancouver Energy crude oil terminal. Since 2013, activists and municipalities have been fighting against the plan for the facility. It would be the largest oil-by-rail unloading terminal in the U.S., and it would mean four more oil trains, every single day, coming through Spokane.

The city of Spokane has thrust itself into the terminal

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debate. It sent a comment to the state warning of “a potentially catastrophic incident” that would be “crippling to the public’s sole source of drinking water.” It also hired hazardous materials consultant Michael Hildebrand to detail the “extreme challenges” that would occur as emergency services scrambled to address an oil train derailment.

Ultimately, it will be up to Jay Inslee, a governor who’s prided himself on his efforts to combat climate change, to decide whether to approve the terminal. For now, the deadline is June 30, less than two months away.

If all legal methods are exhausted, of course, activists have another option: illegal methods.

RAGING GRANNIES AGAINST THE MACHINE

It’s a sunny August day, and Nancy Nelson, in her oldfashioned indigo dress patterned with pink and white flowers, stands on the railroad tracks east of downtown.

She’s wearing her dusty-green apron, with pictures of two of her grandchildren on it, as she’s arrested.

She says she wants her grandchildren to grow up in a healthy world. They have asthma, and she wants to them to grow up to breathe easy.

Two other “Raging Grannies” — members of the international organization of elderly female radicals — stand with her and get arrested. They’d get the score from the railroad later: Blocking the tracks for an hour, they delayed the passage of 11 oil or coal trains.

It’s not the first time Nelson’s done something like this: 32 years ago, she stood on railroad tracks to block an armored white train that she believed was carrying nuclear warheads.

“I felt like I had to put my body in front of that train that carried enough nuclear explosives to blow the entire world up two-and-a-half times,” Nelson says.

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organization. They are arrested too.

“I don’t think it’s too strong a word to use: ‘Mass suicide,’” George Taylor, a 77-year-old local Lutheran pastor, says about the threat of climate change.

Nelson, Taylor and other members of the local Direct Action Spokane group gather in a coffee shop a short block from the railroad tracks in Spokane. Most of them have broken the law.

Eric Christianson, their criminal defense attorney, reminds them that merely by discussing the events, they could be implicating themselves.

“I could stop you guys with everything you say,” Christianson says. “But you’re here for the press. Say what you want to say.”

The same convergence of railway lines that fed the growth of Spokane a century ago makes the city an ideal target for these sorts of protests. State Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale) has referred to track-blocking protests as “economic

terrorism” and proposed making them felonies. (Today, Ericksen is working for President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency.)

“What we realized was that Spokane is a bottleneck for the traffic of carbon,” says Gunnar Holmquist, a local doctor and member of Direct Action Spokane.

Block the oil or coal trains here, and you cut off much of the Pacific Northwest.

Direct Action Spokane members expect to vote for Beggs’ initiative, but they don’t expect it to survive a legal challenge. They also see it as largely missing the point. You can treat the oil and cover the coal, but it’s still dangerous to the climate, they say.

“What we’re worried about is the safe transportation of this evil load, that’s going to come back and bite us all through our air and our water,” says Rusty Nelson, Nancy’s husband. “Let’s stop now. We’ve got enough coal over there to make us choke anyway.”

Direct Action Spokane proposed its own, far more radical initiative — it would have barred local law enforcement from arresting protesters who block the track at all — but pulled it to avoid confusion with Beggs’ initiative. For now, they focus on breaking the law in an attempt to change it.

On May 19, the six arrested activists will face a hearing. Their hope is that they’ll be able to use the “necessity defense” and argue that, yes, they broke the law, but only because they did so to prevent a greater harm from happening.

Looking at the legal landscape, they find reasons for optimism. Last year, a U.S. District Court judge in Oregon ruled that a group of children and young adults had standing to sue to protect the climate.

“That’s a crack in the legal system that can be expanded; it’s whole new territory for the law,” Holmquist says.

But even if they don’t prevail legally, the protesters hope they will change minds. It won’t just be a few old people standing on the tracks.

Others will join them, across the country. Many will be arrested, sure, but maybe some juries will refuse to convict them. ”Every step of the game where we make this quantum leap of the progress of civilization, it doesn’t come from the legislators,” Holmquist says. “They’re the last people to get in line. It comes from the street, [where] people break the law.” n

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t some point during the climb up Doomsday Hill, your legs burning and your side aching, you’ll wonder if there’s another way, a way to end the suffering, a way to make this all somewhat more manageable.

Desperately, as you gulp for air, you look to the sky for answers. Then it hits you. In reality, the answer has been right in front of you this whole time. Next time, in the weeks and months before the 12k run known as

Bloomsday, you’ll actually train.

But training is something you’ve never done before, or at least never done well. Where do you start? Your local gym? With a good power walk around the neighborhood? At the dinner table?

If you ask Laura Wambold, a clinical exercise physiologist at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute and coach at local fitness center Farmgirlfit, the best training advice depends on the person and their goals. But there are still

some basic tips that apply to everyone before a big race, whether you plan on walking, running or winning.

Preparing for the race, in some way, is crucial.

“I would definitely recommend people train,” Wambold says. “[Bloomsday] is a decent distance, and a hilly course. It’s good to prepare your body for that to reduce the risk of injury.”

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You haven’t exercised since last year? Don’t go out and try to run 7 miles. If you’re otherwise active, and a 5-mile run isn’t overdoing it for you, Wambold says to give that a try.

Either way, it’s wise to taper off the level of activity in the final three or four days before the event, she says.

What’s most important in those final days is he training advice is essentially the same, nutrition and hydration. no matter if a person is walking, jogging Some people might tell you that it’s imporor running the race, says Wambold. tant to eat a ton of carbohydrates the night before You want to start out easy, and then gradually the race. Wambold says they’re wrong. increase the mileage and the time spent training “What’s better is a more balanced nutrition, over the course of months. the week before,” she says. “You don’t want to If Bloomsday is the goal, it’s best to get overload with carbs the night before.” experience outside. Use a treadmill A good, healthy dinner will if joint pain is an issue, but try suffice. And don’t get fancy. If R E S U LT S to get outside a couple of times you’re not sure how it will sit BOOKLET anyway. After all, Bloomsday is in your gut, don’t eat it. In the Copies hit Inlander supposed to be fun, and training morning, eat a good breakfast, newsstands Tuesday. should be enjoyable. like oatmeal, or yogurt and a ba“I usually recommend what nana. You can even eat pancakes, people enjoy the most and what feels best on as long as it’s a good whole-grain recipe and you their body,” Wambold says. “I’d want some of it add some berries. Just try to avoid too much to be outdoors, if not all of it. But if you’re havsugar. ing problems with joints, then indoor treadmill The days before the race should be spent use could be an option.” hydrating yourself, she says. But don’t just guzzle The key with a successful training program a ton of water right before or during the race is giving your body some time to rest in between, — that’s how you get a side ache. Drink small says Wambold: “Rest is about as important as amounts when you can. the training. You need a good balance of both.”

Most importantly, Wambold says, don’t unThat doesn’t mean sitting on the couch for derestimate the course. This happens all the time, days. But maybe try shorter walks or runs in even for people who are in shape. Bloomsday is between a heavier workout once a week.

7-plus miles, and it’s a unique challenge. It’s far For those who have already failed to acfrom a marathon, but you can’t just go out and complish even the minimal amount of training, run it without a proper training plan. it’s important not to overexert yourself the final “If you do the training plans and try to eat week before Bloomsday comes, even though you properly and hydrate properly,” Wambold says, should try to stay active somehow. “anybody can accomplish Bloomsday.” n It all depends on your baseline of endurance. wilsonc@inlander.com

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How to make your Bloomsday experience worry-free

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s several major construction projects continue in the downtown Spokane core, accessibility to some areas during the 41st annual Bloomsday weekend will differ this year. Even so, race organizers are confident that the tens of thousands of Bloomies won’t see their experience dampened by these changes.

“Fortunately, the route is all the same — other than Doomsday,” which recently reopened after a big construction project, says Bloomsday founder Don Kardong. “The start and finish will be just like last year and other years.”

The biggest and most noticeable change, however, is an alternate post-finish and T-shirt distribution area. Usually, finishers walk across the Monroe Street Bridge and take a left just after the bridge onto Spokane Falls Boulevard, where volunteers near City Hall pass out the coveted reward for completing the 7.46-mile race.

But because of ongoing construction to install a 2.2-million-gallon combined sewer overflow tank beneath that stretch of Spokane Falls, finishers are instead to be diverted to Main Avenue, explains Kardong. T-shirts will be handed out in front of River Park Square.

Race participants can then head home or to the post-race festivities in and around Riverfront Park, happening despite construction projects in the park’s Gondola Meadow, and for the Looff Carrousel’s new shelter. Kardong says most of the post-race food vendors, performers, a beer garden ($3 admission; ID required) and other activities — all of which run until 3 pm — will instead be set up along Spokane Falls Boulevard and surrounding streets. Corporate Cup participants and their pre-paid guests, however, can find their separate VIP afterparty in that event’s usual spot at the Clocktower Meadow.

One change that may disappoint some Bloomies this year is the lack of access to the commemorative Bloomsday runner sculptures, currently located behind a construction perimeter fence. The 40 figures of The Joy of Running Together

PER FOR MS are still set to don historic finisher T-shirts as they do each race day, but finishers won’t be able to get up-close photos with the sculptures.

“I just hope people realize we’re trying to do our best given all the construction in the post-race area,” Kardong says. “We know it’s not going to be quite as smooth as in the past, but we hope people understand that we’re doing the best we can.” n

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NEED-TO-KNOW TIPS  Race check-in and the Bloomsday Trade Show (free admission) is open Friday, May 5, from 11:30 am-8 pm and Saturday, May 6, from 9 am-6:30 pm.  The race officially starts at 9 am on Sunday, May 7, with staggered starts every 15 minutes thereafter for the yellow through red bib groups.  Only small fanny packs, running belts, or clear plastic drawstring bags are allowed to be carried on the course. No opaque backpacks, bags or water bottles are permitted. (Spectators are also asked not to bring backpacks, bags and coolers to the course.)  Because of Riverfront Park construction, those parking at the Spokane Arena or elsewhere north of the river should use Washington and Stevens (both closed to traffic) to get to their start area.  Take the bus! Spokane Transit offers Bloomsday shuttles to and from Spokane Valley Mall, Ferris High School, NorthTown Mall and EWU Cheney. If you didn’t already, purchase a prepaid pass at the trade show, or pay exact change of $1.50 each way.  Didn’t register yet? Last-minute entries are $35 at the trade show check-in Friday and Saturday.  Lose your running partner in the crowd and don’t have your phone on you? The official “reunion” area is in the park near the red wagon slide.  This year’s Bloomsday beneficiary is the refugee resettlement nonprofit World Relief Spokane.  Finally, this year’s T-shirt color will be… a surprise!

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the arena-sized tour undertaken the previous year by four of the most popular African-American comics at the time: Hughley, Steve Harvey, Cedric The Entertainer and Bernie Mac (R.I.P.).

Between that successful flick and The Hughleys, an ABC sitcom he created and starred in, he mined family life for laughs to great effect. There was little indication as his star was rising that Hughley would evolve into the thoughtful, politically oriented comedian he is today.

Last summer, he published Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years, a satirical “behind the scenes” look at the former president’s tenure; he also briefly hosted his own late-night talk show on CNN, D.L. Hughley Breaks The News. He’s still a favorite guest on talk shows like Bill Maher’s Real Time, and he was just cast in a new CBS buddy-cop comedy, Brothered Up. Between all that, he still hits the stage to do stand-up, including his first stop at the Spokane Comedy Club this weekend.

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ALBUM Is he the greatest rapper alive? What do we expect from mega-artists in the age of constant content and streaming? How political does an artist need to be today?

DAMN. allows for all of these discussions to take place, without Kendrick Lamar really demanding them. The new album, by a rapper given the belt after his acclaimed releases of good kid, M.A.A.d city in 2012 and To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015, largely sounds introspective. The album’s second and third tracks — “DNA.” and “YAH.” — address the frustrations of a lyricist whose own words are often misrepresented; the lead track, “BLOOD.”, and “DNA.” feature samples of Fox News personalities lamenting perceived anti-police discrimination found on “Alright” from To Pimp A Butterfly. His new album shows Lamar’s range as not only a bar-spitting killer, but a singsong rapper who creates memorable choruses. DAMN. is further proof that Lamar is a master of rap for the purpose of his art, not just for the sake of his mastery.

TV In Trump’s America, Stephen Colbert may be the new king of late night, but DESUS & MERO (MonThu at 11 pm, on Viceland) are its underground kings. Desus Nice (Daniel Baker) and The Kid Mero (Joel Martinez) took their podcast Bodega Boys and reformatted the program into a four-nights-a-week show that’s central to the programming of VICE Media’s new cable channel. The show, which plays as local access television for the internet age, with formatting reminiscent of ’90s hip-hop radio and fast-paced debate shows like Pardon the Interruption, is masterful in exploring the intersection of race and culture in America with a style that’s straight outta the Bronx, yet still accessible to a guy in Spokane.

COMEDY JERROD CARMICHAEL is the most measured comedian who’s ever made tears of laughter well up in my eyes. The 30-year-old’s mild-mannered delivery works as misdirection throughout his second stand-up special, 8 (HBO), allowing him to still remain likable amid his admission that he holds Jay Z closer than Martin Luther King: “I know every Jay Z lyric. I only know, like, four bars of the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.” Or finding the “bright spot” in Trump’s election: it’s proof that guys are still killing it. He goes on to joke that not even Phil Jackson could coach the patriarchy to a better record. Throughout his carefully walked-out tangents, audiences should recognize Carmichael’s potential as a comedic great.

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hough his passion in photography began with natural landscape scenes, Pat Schilling is now equally drawn to capturing unnatural landscapes — the brick, steel, asphalt and electric light that unite to form the urban jungles of our built environments. In recent years, the Spokane photographer has embarked on an ongoing project to capture the moon’s glowing white silhouette floating high above Spokane’s most notable urban landmarks. Schilling masterfully catches the moon soaring high

above the Steam Plant’s twin stacks, and peeking from behind the Expo ’74 Pavilion’s thick, twisted cables. See more of Schilling’s work at patschilling.com; his photo series “Moon Over Spokane” opens Friday and remains on display at Avenue West through the month. n Moon Over Spokane • Fri, May 5 from 5-8 pm; art on display through the month • Avenue West Gallery • 907 W. Boone, Suite B • avenuewestgallery.com • 838-4999

A photo from the series "Moon Over Spokane" by Pat Schilling.

RECEPTIONS ON FRIDAY, MAY 5 FROM 5-8 PM, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, VISIT DOWNTOWNSPOKANE.ORG OR INLANDER.COM/FIRSTFRIDAY. 1900 Inc. & Gestalt Studio, 144 W. Pacific Artists Jonathan Vanderholm and John Franek showcase their unique bodies of work in a show titled “Time/Light Relativity.”

Andy’s, 1401 W. First Art by Jennifer Quick.

Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Author Erin Pringle reads from her new collection The Whole World at Once, followed by a discussion about writing and some of the topics that inspired her work.

Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. “Through the Lens of the Spokane Camera Club” showcases a range of subjects captured by members of the club. Reception from 5-10 pm. ben GALLERY, 1024 W. Railroad Alley Artist Ben Joyce showcases newly created works, alongside some previous favorites.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Holy Names Music Center’s annual concert, “the Wild West Classique,” at 7 pm.

Bistango, 108 N. Post Music by Ron Greene.

Bozzi Gallery, 221 N. Wall “Portraits of Power and Influence Exposed,” a series by Spokane artist John Thamm.

Community Building, 35 W. Main The Lewis and Clark High School Emerging Artists Exhibition; reception from 4-6 pm. Also includes films and performance art in the Magic Lantern Theater.

Core Pilates and Wellness, 1230 W. Summit Pkwy.

A showcase of art by Jo Quetsch; reception from 4:30-8:30 pm.

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Craftsman Cellars, 1194 W. Summit Pkwy.

Kim Long’s vividly colored paintings on wood are showcased; reception includes live music by Dave McRae from 6:30-8:30 pm.

Dodson’s Jewelers, 516 W. Riverside Recently created landscape paintings by Charles W. Palmer are on display.

Fellow Coworking, 304 W. Pacific A selection of miniature oils on canvas by artist Kate Vita.

Hills’ Restaurant & Lounge, 401 W. Main Live music by the Front Porch Trio, from 6:30-9 pm.

Iron Goat Brewing Co., 1302 W. Second Original screenprints of regional businesses and landmarks by Chris Bovey.

Keith Powell Gallery, 123 E. Second Art by Keith Powell and David McMillin; reception from 5-10 pm.

Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, 115 S. Adams “Unfinished Universe,” a collection of acrylic paintings by Michael Pontieri; reception from 5-9 pm.

Kress Gallery, 808 W. Main (River Park Square) A collection of artwork by middle school students of Spokane Public Schools. Also includes jazz performances by students from Rogers High School and Garry and Shaw middle schools, from 5-7 pm, in the food court.

LeftBank Wine Bar, 108 N. Washington Pieces by local artists from the private collection of Isaac Gordon.

"Seven Falls" by Jeannine Marx Fruci Lincoln Center Gallery, 1316 N. Lincoln Watercolor landscapes by Jeannine Marx Fruci.

Liberty Building Gallery, 203 N. Washington Child Humanitarian Arts (C.H.Arts) hosts an art show and sale benefiting the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery.

Liberty Ciderworks, 164 S. Washington Abstract portraits by local artist Hannah Koeske.

Lucky Leaf Co., 1111 W. First Artwork by Pamela Lowe, Ashleigh Davidson and Christian McGirk.

Marmot Art Space, 1206 W. Summit Pkwy.

New large-scale art by Jim Dhillon alongside work of other local artists.

Missing Piece Tattoo, 410 W. Sprague Art by Pat Surprise in a show titled “Esirprus.”

Modern Tipi, 19 W. Main A photography showcase by Bob Charloe.

Mosaic Fellowship, 606 W. Third An art show and silent auction featuring work by Melville Holmes, Thomas Becker, Harold Coleman, and Deborah and Ian Pettus.

Object Space, 1818½ E. Sprague “Floaters: Paintings and NOISE Installations” features artwork

by Austin Stiegemeier and performances by Fart Machine, Video Destroyer and Dario Ré, from 5-9 pm.

The Observatory, 15 S. Howard “Areola Fifty One” group show.

Overbluff Cellars, 304 W. Pacific Landscape photography by Alison Laselle; reception from noon-6 pm.

Paint & Pints, 718 W. Riverside Art by David Arias; reception from 6-8 pm.

Patit Creek Cellars, 822 W. Sprague Art by Tom Norton and live music

by Seattle musician Jill Cohn, from 7-9 pm.

Pottery Place Plus, 203 N. Washington Oil paintings of Columbia Valley desert scenes by Nora Egger; reception from 5-9 pm.

Richmond Gallery, 228 W. Sprague An exhibition of work by the Gonzaga University Art Department’s graduating seniors. Includes a public walk-through with artists on May 6 from 10:30-noon.

River City Brewing Co., 121 S. Cedar Art by Skye Perrigo.

Robert Karl Cellars, 115 W. Pacific Art by Erika Nicole, and the release of the winery’s 2014 Malbec.

Saranac Art Projects, 25 W. Main Instructional drawings by Mariah Boyle and a large-scale, hanging installation by Melissa Cole.

Solace Mead & Cider, 1198 W. Summit Pkwy.

Wildlife-themed acrylic paintings

by Ryan James Herring.

Spokane Public Library, 906 W. Main Artwork by Nance Van Winckel, Todd Mires and St. George’s School 7th and 8th graders, with live music by Summer in Siberia, from 6:30-7:30 pm.

Steelhead Bar & Grille, 218 N. Howard Seascapes and landscapes by artist Gary Johnson.

T’s Lounge, 703 N. Monroe Urban art by Tasko.

Trackside Studio Ceramic Gallery, 115 S. Adams Large-scale sculptures and functional ceramics by James Tingey and Jacob Hasslacher.

Urbanna Natural Spa.Salon & Wine, 104 S. Division Abstract art by Ed Gilmore.

V du V Wines, 12 S. Scott Mixed media paintings on copper

by Irene Dahl, and music by Crushpad, from 5:30-9:30 pm.

West Second Pop-Up, 307 W. Second A pop-up show featuring art by Dawn Hatchett, Sera Hatchett and Melissa Dailey.

William Grant Gallery and Framing, 1188 W. Summit Pkwy.

Mixed media artwork by Hepherson Riggins.

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he Spokane Empire won a thrilling, back-and-forth game against the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles on Sunday, taking down the visitors 31-29 at Spokane Arena.

Down 10-9 at halftime, Empire quarterback Charles Dowdell threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown by Screaming Eagles defensive back James Calhoun, making the score 17-9. But on the Empire’s next possession, running back Mulku Kalokoh ran for a touchdown; a two-point conversion tied the score at 17.

Late in the fourth quarter, the Empire had a 31-23 lead before Salt Lake quarterback Verlon Reed found wide receiver Juwan Dotson for a touchdown, cutting the lead to two points with two seconds left. A 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Dotson after the score moved the ball back to the 18-yard-line as the Screaming Eagles prepared for a two-point conversion attempt to tie the game. Reed looked for wide receiver Devin Mahina, but the pass was tipped away as Spokane held on.

The Empire, now 7-2 and leading the Indoor Football League’s Intense Conference, play at Sioux Falls, the 8-1 United Conference leaders, on Saturday, May 6. The Empire’s next home game is May 12 at 7 pm at Spokane Arena against the Arizona Rattlers. n

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Antioxidant-rich matcha tea can be added to a broad range of recipes.

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Ancient and versatile matcha green tea moves into the modern world, and into items at many Inland Northwest food and drink spots

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t’s been part of Eastern culture for centuries, yet modern palates are only now catching on to matcha tea. Although it peps you up like a stout cuppa joe, matcha’s caffeine profile is different. More important, it’s full of antioxidants and other nutrients linked to fighting cancer, diabetes and even high cholesterol.

With its telltale Kermit-green hue and slightly grassy flavor, matcha tea makes for potent hot or cold tea drinks; it often shows up in smoothies, and can be incorporated into frozen foods, baked goods, and in unusual cooking techniques.

Matcha tea is steeped in history and ritual, in both its cultivation and consumption. Throughout dynastic times, the Chinese compressed tea leaves into bricks, which they’d grind into a fine powder and mix with liquid.

The Japanese imported both the foundations of drinking green tea and Zen Buddhism from China in the 12th century. Called maccha or matcha, these specially cultivated

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green tea leaves are shaded from the sun through their later growth cycle, which helps alter and enhance the plant’s beneficial chemical properties.

Matcha is essential to the Japanese tea ceremony chanoyu or the “Way of Tea,” which Hiroko Hill has performed for the past 10 years at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute in West Spokane.

“In tea ceremony, we have a goal,” she says. “Enjoy this moment; it will not come again.”

A tea master, Hill instructs others in the mindfulness and etiquette of tea: its preparation, presentation, and how it ought to be appreciated by guests. Tea ceremony instructions on the website for the Institute’s Japanese Cultural Center say that “when a bowl of tea is served, raise the tea bowl slightly before drinking to give thanks to the host,” then sip it several times. It’s also OK to slurp gently to indicate that the beverage is good.

Coeur d’Alene’s Gaiwan Tea House takes these mat-

cha traditions seriously, using pure powder and slowly mixing it into the liquid with a bamboo whisk, says Snezana “Snowy” Kaufmann, who founded the teahouse with her husband Matt.

The tea house’s hot matcha drinks include straight matcha tea, along with matcha blended with chai; added to sweetened milk for a kind of latte; and served “bullet proof” style, with butter, coconut oil and honey. Iced matcha drinks at Gaiwan include a mint lemonade and boba tea.

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atcha, a popular nutrient booster, is showing up in more than just traditional drinks. While steeped tea is high in antioxidants, matcha is higher, because it includes the whole leaf. One study estimates that matcha has 15 times the antioxidants of blueberries or pomegranates. Its leaves also contain vitamin C, chlorophyll and fiber. Though high in caffeine,

some studies show the that jittery effect of caffeine in matcha is mitigated by specific amino acids, which relax you without making you sleepy.

Matcha is infinitely blendable, making it ideal in smoothies. In Spokane, Wellness Tree Juice Bar does seasonal fruit-and-matcha smoothies, while North Idaho’s Wellness Bar, with locations in Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Hayden, sweetens their matcha, avocado and coconut milk smoothie with pineapple and honey.

In Sandpoint, Understory Coffee & Tea owners Evan Metz and Johnelle Fifer each offer their own take on matcha. Metz’s “Young Grasshopper” includes peppermint, chocolate and milk of your choice, while Fifer’s “Matcha Elixir” adds ginger, turmeric and vanilla to coconut milk, with black pepper to help the body absorb the turmeric.

Going from matcha-infused smoothies to ice cream isn’t much of a leap. In Spokane, find matcha ice cream at Brain Freeze Creamery, with locations on the South Hill and in Kendall Yards; in North Idaho, at Abi’s Ice Cream in Coeur d’Alene and Freezia in Post Falls. Sweetness is a natural counterbalance to matcha’s somewhat bitter flavor. Mukogawa’s tea expert Hill says she always serves some kind of confection during her Japanese tea ceremonies as part of the cultural ritual, with sweets varying by the season.

A fondness for Japanese culture led Twenty-Seventh Heaven bakery owner Lydia Cowles to include matcha in her cupcake offerings found on the South Hill.

“All of my cupcakes start from a vanilla cupcake batter, then I add the flavors to that, so the vanilla offsets that standard grassy flavor to a sweeter one,” Cowles explains.

A traditional matcha tea ceremony follows several prescribed steps.

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Cowles isn’t the only regional food purveyor experimenting with matcha. Artisan baker Shaun Thompson Duffy of Culture Breads has been collaborating with Bellwether Brewing’s Thomas Croskrey on incorporating matcha into their respective products.

Croskrey says he enjoys brewing beer with various teas and tea-like herbs like yerba mate, black tea, jasmine flower and chai, adding that matcha is on his radar.

Known for pushing the envelope with ingredients and techniques, local Chef Adam Hegsted says that when he ran the former pop-up restaurant experience known as the Wandering Table (now the name of his Northwest-centric eatery in Kendall Yards), he used matcha as a dry rub for duck and the whole leaves to smoke the meat, echoing an ancient Chinese cooking method.

Another factor in matcha’s growing popularity is the willingness of tea vendors to promote it. The new downtown Spokane tea shop Urban Nirvana recently held a “matcha meetup,” and regularly hosts Matcha Mondays, when its staff demonstrates how to prepare it.

“Tea is about experiences and that is the opportunity we give those who want to experience everything tea has to offer,” says Urban Nirvana co-owner Savannah Breeden. “It brings people together in such a beautiful way, just as much today as it has for centuries.” n

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nce the word got out late last year that the former Painted Hills Golf Course clubhouse in far southwest Spokane Valley was finally going to see new life as a locally owned restaurant, many nearby residents grew restless with excitement. Each update on Craft & Gather’s Facebook page for the past several months has been filled both with compliments on the space’s complete overhaul, and questions about its pending opening.

It wasn’t surprising, then, that the restau-

rant’s debut week was busy. During peak hours on its first Saturday night in mid-April, any empty tables were quickly filled. Conversation and laughter echoed off the concrete floor and up into the building’s rafters throughout the evening.

“We’ve been busy every night, from the very beginning,” co-owner Darrin Sander says.

“A lot of people who’ve come, they walk in and say, ‘This is our third or fourth time,’ and that is exciting to hear.”

Craft & Gather fills a desire for residents of

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the surrounding south Spokane Valley neighborhoods to have convenient access to what can be described as a casual yet refined gastropub dining experience. There aren’t really any other spots in that part of town offering something similar, Sander explains.

“We’re kind of isolated out here,” he says. “So we’re trying to be a neighborhood restaurant that’s elevated in quality. There are lots of sports bars around here, and we’re still in the price point for the neighborhood.”

Sander owns the restaurant with business partner Keith Spragg, who grew up in the area. Both owners have several decades combined of experience in the restaurant industry, each having worked in management at national chains and award-winning single-location eateries. Spragg and Sander met and became friends while working together in San Francisco.

“We wanted to do a restaurant together, but it was just too expensive down there,” Sander says. “Keith was up here visiting family last summer and ran across this place… We came up in September of last year to take a look and started December 1st on renovations.”

The duo recruited Chef Steve Jensen, a Lewiston, Idaho, native who trained at Le Cordon Bleu and formerly honed his skills in the local kitchens of Bistro on Spruce in Coeur d’Alene, along with Luna, Ambrosia Bistro and Waddell’s Pub and Grill in Spokane.

In addition to a few classic pub burgers and other handheld items, including a lamb burger ($15), grilled cheese ($10) and a fried chicken sandwich ($13), Jensen’s menu also features several plated entrées: hand-carved ribeye ($26), king salmon ($23), and kurobuta pork ($21). Craft & Gather’s shareables starters include deviled eggs ($6), steamed clams ($11) and white cheddar polenta fries ($8), along with some ENTRÉE salads ($8-$9). Many items on Get the scoop on local the menu are gluten-free, or can food news with our weekly be prepared that way.

Entrée newsletter. Sign up Twelve tap handles in the at Inlander.com/newsletter. bar offer a rotation of local and regional brews. Beverage options include a small but growing wine list, joined by a seasonal craft cocktail menu and coffee from Spokane’s Roast House.

Happy hour runs daily from 3-5 pm.

Sander says Craft & Gather will adapt and change its food and drink offerings in accordance with customers’ requests, and to highlight seasonally available, local ingredients. Eventually, his goal is to have an on-site chef’s greenhouse.

In the coming weeks, seating will expand onto a spacious patio overlooking the former golf course grounds, which are bordered by a small creek.

“Both Keith and Steve and I are always looking to change and create things,” Sander continues. “We’ll never just have one set menu; we’re trying to push things to the next level.” n Craft & Gather • 4403 S. Dishman-Mica Rd., Spokane Valley • Open Mon-Sat, 3-10 pm; Sun, 3-9 pm • craftandgather.com • 795-1825

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Hillyard neighborhood bars the Hillyard Library and the Northern Rail will each host Cinco de Mayo festivities, one leading into the other. The Library offers a games marathon accompanied by drink and food specials, and the chance to earn drink tickets to use later in the night.

After recouping your ticket earnings, the Northern Rail hosts a night of more games and drink specials. Once you’ve worked up an appetite, the Rail also serves up an all-you-can-eat taco bar for $5. Cinco Day Drinko and Cinco de Mayo Party • Fri, May 5, at noon and 7 pm • Hillyard Library • 2936 E. Olympic • Northern Rail • 5209 N. Market • bit. ly/2qohcRn

Margaritas in May Americans will take advantage of any excuse to party; here’s where to throw down for Cinco de Mayo

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inco de Mayo is one of the many signs that it’s time to enjoy spring. Sure, there are some rainy-day hiccups, but once it’s time for a night of celebrating Mexican-American heritage, it’s also time to celebrate patio weather and cool night air. And with Cinco de Mayo landing on a Friday this year, festive imbibing is suggested. Here’s a rundown of some local festivities to consider:

Local Latin band Milonga performs Friday at this favorite downtown nightspot. Celebrating Pan-Latin music and culture, the band serves up a diverse range of dance music to enjoy. Expect sounds from not just Latin America, but Spanish and Caribbean-inspired music, with instruments including saxophones, brass, keys, congas and plenty of other drums and guitars. Milonga is joined by two sets from DJs sure to serve up some Latin dance tracks. Cinco de Mayhem with Milonga • Fri, May 5 at 7 pm • $15 • nYne Bar & Bistro • 232 W. Sprague • bit.ly/2pdHMPk

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The Elk’s little side bar El Que is taking over the restaurant all day Friday, with a full menu of Mexican food and drink that’s perfect for lunch, dinner or nighttime grub-and-drink. The tequila bar will also spring a tequila tent, featuring DJ Benny Blanco and plenty of tacos, tequilas and piñatas. El Que Cinco de Mayo Takeover • Fri, May 5 from 11 am-10 pm • Elk Public House • 1931 W. Pacific • bit.ly/2oUk9IY

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hen owner Josh Wade converted his downtown Nectar Tasting Room into the base for his catering and events operation, it was just the beginning of some dramatic changes for the space on the busy corner of Stevens and Main.

Gone is the regular rotation of five wineries and the

tasting room vibe, replaced by a featured Washington “wine of the month,” expanded wine options by the glass, and the addition of regional craft beer and ciders.

Most recently, Wade has introduced a weekday lunch menu, available from 11 am to 2 pm, that’s dedicated to fast, fresh and healthy options delivered three ways: as a salad, sandwich or wrap.

“I wanted it to be something different than you’d normally get around town,” Wade says. “The salad/sandwich/wrap idea allowed it to be [flexible]; if you’re trying to live healthy, the salads tend to be on the healthier side.

And those people who lean more toward a sandwich and fries, it appeals to them as well.”

Wade gave the triple-option idea to Chef Steven Swanson, who created some dramatically diverse flavor profiles for diners. There are traditional-leaning sandwiches like the BBLT (the extra “B” is for “twice the bacon”) and California Dreamin’ (turkey, bacon, Swiss, avocado, lettuce and tomato) alongside intriguing, flavorpacked options like the Indian City (roasted chicken in a tandoori curry), the Argentinian Tango (chimichurri roast beef) and the Asian (pickled veggies, Asian-style pork, slaw and Sriracha). All are available for $8.50, and there are a number of sides available for $2.50 — fruit cups, soup of the day, fries — as well as shareable appetizers like the cheese board ($11) and salmon terrine ($8).

Wade says Nectar is aiming to capitalize on the business crowd by getting people seated and eating within 10 or so minutes of arrival.

Eventually, Nectar might experiment with serving food on weekends when there are special events like Hoopfest. In the meantime, Wade is focused on the slow and steady growth that marked Nectar’s successful wineand-beer outpost in Kendall Yards.

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The hits just keep on coming: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is another fast-paced, funny blockbuster courtesy of Marvel Studios.

Still Hooked on a Feeling It’s more of the same, but the second Guardians of the Galaxy film is just as irrepressibly entertaining as its predecessor

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here’s a moment midway through Guardians of the gler. Zoe Saldana once again plays Gamora, the greenGalaxy Vol. 2, as the Yaka Arrow of the whistling tinted straight woman forced to endure the boys’ antics.

Yondu (Michael Rooker’s blue-skinned, moAnd tree creature Baby Groot takes the simplicity of hawked mercenary) weaves a neon trail through the chest the “I am Groot” formula from the original and imbues cavities of an array of disposable baddies, that a secret it with 20,000 levels of cuteness (even the bad guys fess element of the surprise blockbuster franchise becomes up to his adorableness during the film). It seems blatantly evident: Guardians of the Galaxy is basically a cinematic obvious, but it’s funny how easy enjoying a movie can be laser-light show. when all the main characters are immensely likable.

It’s a bright spectacle, backed by familiar ’70s rock This time around, the Guardians find themselves tracks, that allows viewers to turn off their critical thinkon the run from the golden Sovereign race after Rocket ing and simply soak in the fun. Heck, gets a bit greedy during a protection job. there are more colors in certain five-second Along the way, they encounter Quill’s GUARDIANS stretches of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 mysterious father, Ego (Kurt Russell, still OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 than there have been in all the DC Comics Rated PG-13 radiating charisma), and he and his empath films combined (someone tell Batman and alien companion Mantis (Pom Klementieff) Directed by James Gunn Superman that there are ways to convey Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, whisk Quill, Gamora and Drax off to a grittiness without every image being brown Dave Bautista, Kurt Russell gorgeous paradise planet, also named Ego, or gray). that he alone inhabits.

The gang’s all back for Vol. 2, and that’s the sequel’s As questions arise, Quill’s long-lost dad begins to rebiggest strength. Instead of having to jump through veal his past and his son’s untapped potential for cosmic the origin-story hoops, we’re immediately thrown back power. Meanwhile, Rocket, Baby Groot and one of the in with these universally lovable misfits. Chris Pratt original film’s foes — Gamora’s sister Nebula, a current recaptures the rugged charm and doofus swagger of bounty capture by the Guardians — run into a familiar Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord). Drax (Dave Bautista) gets pack of space pirates under Yondu’s command, and it all even more laughs with his unknowingly blunt and literal comes to a head when things on Ego take a turn for the speaking manner. Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley potentially universe-destroying worst.

Cooper) remains the same fast-talking, gunslinging smugAfter breaking out with the original film, writer-

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director James Gunn returns to revel in the irreverent freedom of summer blockbuster bliss. Gunn doesn’t direct action sequences as much as he crafts music videos packed with colorful carnage set to tunes from Quill’s mixtapes. In the Kill Bill films, Quentin Tarantino made hyper-violence stomachable by presenting it in a cartoonishly over-the-top manner, and Gunn follows the same principles, toning down the gore and making the film into the kind of live-action cartoon that parents will actually take their kids to see. When the hues are so dazzling and everything syncs so well to the upbeat songs blaring from one of Star-Lord’s cassettes, you lose track of the (mildly horrific) body count.

Gunn also knows the value of shifting focus for comedic effect, and to avoid being overwhelmed by continuous action. Instead of employing background gags, he makes such gags the foreground focus, with the chaos of the battles serving as an afterthought. A space battle with hundreds of ships darting through an asteroid field, for instance, becomes more about Quill and Rocket egotistically quarreling about who gets to pilot the ship, and a fight with a tentacled monster centers on an oblivious-todanger Baby Groot dancing to his little wooden heart’s content.

At times, Gunn’s script and his love for the soundtrack can cross over into self-indulgent territory, whether he’s repeating jokes that misfired on the first attempt or continually drawing attention to the need for source music. But for the most part, the humor hits more than it misses, with plenty of fan service and Earthly pop culture references (hello, David Hasselhoff).

Between the explosions and gunfire, though, lay legitimate questions about abandonment and sacrifice, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 reveals itself to be, without getting too heavy-handed, a movie about how much genetics and nurturing define what makes a family.

And all the while, the endearing Guardians, this motley crew who have returned the space opera to its exuberant popcorn-fare glory, make the whole affair feel like a cinematic reunion that no one’s in a rush to see end. n

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After two teenage boys commit a shocking act of violence, their bourgeois parents meet over dinner to discuss the situation, and it quickly devolves into a brutal battle of egos.

Although it’s based on a novel by Dutch writer Herman Koch, the film is also reminiscent of the Tony Awardwinning French play God of Carnage, and it features some terrific actors — Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Rebecca Hall — in the central roles. (NW) Rated R

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

Summer movie season officially kicks off as Star-Lord and company blast back into theaters, and this brightly colored, exuberantly paced sequel turns out to be just as funny and flashy (if not quite as fresh) as its predecessor. The story this time around — as the Guardians are pursued through space, the ever-smirking ruffian Peter Quill is reunited with his swashbuckler father — is secondary to the action set pieces and the soundtrack of ’70s pop hits, but that’s just fine with us. (SS) Rated PG-13

NOW PLAYING BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION

This historical epic from India, a sequel to the highest-grossing Telugulanguage film in history, continues the story of an orphaned boy who grows up to be a fabled warrior. If you’re not familiar with the ins and outs of Bollywood, just know that this movie is a big deal in its home country. (NW) Not Rated

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Continuing the trend of remaking its animated classics as live-action features, Disney’s update of its great version of Beauty and the Beast is reverential to a fault. The plot goes more or less unchanged — the bookish Belle (Emma Watson) is taken captive by the horrifying Beast (Dan Stevens), who turns out to be cuddlier than expected — though this script provides more backstory for its central characters. Still, it’s not enough to make you forget the 1991 original, which probably shouldn’t have been monkeyed with in the first place. (SR) Rated PG

BORN IN CHINA

Another family-friendly nature documentary from Disney, this time manufacturing David Attenborough-style narratives around families of pandas, snub-nosed monkeys and snow leopards in various climes of China. Stunning footage and almost impossible levels of cuteness are in store. Narrated

by John Krasinski. (NW) Rated G

THE BOSS BABY

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tion casts Alec Baldwin as an infant who wears a business suit, talks like Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock and offers up such pearls of wisdom as “cookies are for closers only” (because kids sure do love their Glengarry Glen Ross references). But here’s the twist: Baby Baldwin’s antics are all in the mind of his imaginative 7-year-old brother, who’s afraid the arrival of a new sibling will attract all of his parents’ attention.

(NW) Rated PG

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THE CASE FOR CHRIST

Investigative journalist Lee Strobel was once an avowed atheist, setting out to irrefutably prove that there is no God. But as soon as he started digging into the “evidence” of Jesus’ existence — and once his wife converted to Christianity — he began to see the light.

Here’s a family-friendly, dramatized retelling of Strobel’s path to finding religion, co-starring Faye Dunaway, Robert Forster and Frankie Faison.

(NW) Rated PG

THE CIRCLE

Dave Eggers’ unsettling novel about privacy and individuality in the 21st century gets a sluggish big-screen treatment. Emma Watson stars as a go-getter who lands a coveted position at a Google-esque internet company called the Circle, only to discover that its mysterious founder (Tom Hanks) values online transparency above all else, even if it means skirting the law. Once the movie arrives at its ending (which deviates from Eggers’ novel), you begin to wonder if it even understands its own message. (NW) Rated PG-13 ...continued on next page

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Indie comedy meets addiction allegory meets monster movie in this high-concept tale, in which an alcoholic writer (Anne Hathaway) discovers that her depression has manifested itself as a Godzilla-like behemoth that’s laying waste to Seoul. That premise (if you’re willing to give it a chance at all) is just quirky enough to be intriguing, but it really falls apart in a third act that relies too heavily on wildly inconsistent characters (particularly Jason Sudeikis as a sociopathic bar owner) and a ludicrous, ham-fisted backstory. (NW) Rated R

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THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS

Just when the Fast and Furious crew thought they were out, they get pulled back in. The team’s eighth go-round finds them re-immersed in the criminal underworld when Dom (Vin Diesel) is seduced by a devious hacker (Charlize Theron), and it’s up to his gang — excuse us, his family — to bring him back from the dark side. F8 (“fate” — get it?) is perhaps the nadir of a seemingly endless franchise, an overstuffed, incoherent jumble of half-baked plot points and jarring tonal shifts. It’s predictably nonsensical, but it also isn’t any fun.

(MJ) Rated PG-13

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A German woman grieving her fiancé’s death in WWI meets a mysterious Frenchman who claims to have been a friend of his. But not all is as it seems in this tricky character study from director François Ozon, based on the 1932 Ernst Lubitsch film Broken Lullaby. Shot mostly in lustrous black and white; in German and French with English subtitles. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

GET OUT

Written and directed by Jordan Peele, this psychological thriller tackles the same issues of race and masculinity that were regularly explored on his Comedy Central series Key and Peele. Daniel Kaluuya (Sicario) and Allison Williams (Girls) play an interracial couple who visit her family’s country estate, which he discovers has a curi ous history with its African American staff. A clever, consistently funny racial satire and horror film that mocks white liberal cluelessness and finds humor in (without dismissing) black people’s fears. (ES) Rated R

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After his sister, a brilliant mathematician, commits suicide, a well-intentioned but somewhat unreliable boat mechanic (Chris Evans) becomes the guardian of her incorrigible 7-year-old daughter. He soon discovers that she, too, is a math prodigy, which is also when the little girl’s estranged grandmother (Lindsay Duncan) turns up to demand custody. Octavia Spencer and Jenny Slate round out the supporting cast. (SR) Rated PG-13

GOING IN STYLE

Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin take on roles originated by George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg in this remake of a 1979 comedy about old dudes who decide they’ve got nothing

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left to lose and rob a bank. Directed by (of all people) Zach Braff and written by Theodore Melfi, who helmed last year’s Oscar-nominated Hidden Figures.

(NW) Rated PG-13

HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER

When his much older and much richer wife dumps him, a fading lothario (Eugenio Derbez from Instructions Not Included) is forced to move in with his sister (Salma Hayek) and her nerdy son.

The odds are good that he’ll learn what really matters in life. Directed by comic actor Ken Marino and featuring Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell and Raquel Welch in supporting roles, this low-key comedy has been a sleeper hit at the box office.

(NW) Rated PG-13

KEDI

For anyone who wishes that all the cat videos on YouTube were feature length, here’s an 80-minute documentary about the feral felines who roam the streets of Istanbul and have completely taken over certain parts of the city. You can view it as a fly-on-the-wall study of an urban ecosystem, as a sumptuous international travelogue or simply as a visual love letter to Istanbul’s furry inhabitants. At the Magic Lantern. (SD) Not rated

KONG: SKULL ISLAND

Set in 1973, the latest attempt to revive King Kong has a group of scientists, mercenaries and soldiers dropping into a jungle turf war between the legendary giant ape of the title and the horrifying monsters (known as “skullcrawlers”) that decimated his species. Skull Island is a lot of things at once — a war movie, a breathlessly paced chase film, a creepy-crawly creature feature, a man vs. nature parable — but it all works in its own crazy way. (MJ) Rated PG-13

THE LOST CITY OF Z

In the early 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett became convinced that a long-dead civilization had once existed deep within the Amazon, and his expeditions to find the place, which he nicknamed “Z,” eventually consumed him. Based on the bestselling nonfiction book by David Grann, this elegantly made, beautifully photographed and ultimately engrossing historical drama feels like it was beamed straight out of the 1950s, creaky tropes and all. It’s worth seeing, particularly on a big screen, but it’s also studious to a

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PHOENIX FORGOTTEN

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater, here’s another fake found-footage thriller, this one about some amateur paranormal detectives investigating mysterious lights hovering over the Arizona desert. Although Ridley Scott is credited as a producer, this looks like nothing more than a shameless Blair Witch rip-off. (NW) Rated PG-13

THE PROMISE

Oscar Isaac stars as a wide-eyed medical student in Constantinople who falls in love with a beautiful local artist (Charlotte Le Bon). She, meanwhile, becomes smitten with an American photojournalist (Christian Bale) covering the ongoing Armenian genocide.

Another in a long line of wannabe epics using a historical tragedy as a backdrop for a syrupy love triangle. (NW) Rated PG-13

SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE

The third feature in the recent reboot of Peyo’s Belgian cartoon creation jettisons the live-action elements from the last two Smurfs movies and goes all-in on its eye-searing CGI. This time, Smurfette takes off on a mission to discover her purpose in her otherwise all-male village, stumbling upon the secrets of Smurf existence in the process. Regressive gender stereotypes ensue. (MJ) Rated PG

THEIR FINEST

During World War II, filmmakers sanctioned by the British government are assigned to develop a mostly-basedon-fact war picture that will boost the nation’s morale. Part history lesson, part romance and part behind-thescenes comedy; starring fresh-faced UK exports Gemma Arterton and Sam Claflin. (NW) Rated R

THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE

Jessica Chastain stars as Antonina Żabiński, who, along with her husband Jan, turned her once-thriving Warsaw Zoo into a safe haven for Polish Jews during WWII. It’s a remarkable true story, most famously documented in Diane Ackerman’s bestselling book, but this adaptation looks to be another handsome Hollywood biopic that was made to win Oscars it won’t ever receive. (NW) Rated PG-13 

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read Dave Eggers’ 2013 novel The Circle with health insurance plan. She’s soon recognized some trepidation, fully expecting it to devolve as a rising star within the company, catching into a creaky, finger-wagging cautionary tale the eye of its founders (Tom Hanks and Patton about how scary and dangerous the internet can Oswalt), attending high-level meetings and walkbe (as if we didn’t already know). And it is that, ing around wearing a button-sized camera that’s to an extent, but it’s also surprisingly plausible always broadcasting a live video feed. in its depiction of one woman’s methodical indocEnter a shadowy figure known as Ty (John trination into an organization that only gradually Boyega), who befriends Mae and claims to reveals its nefarious inner workings. possess the skeleton key that unlocks all of the Now here’s the big-screen adaptation of EgCircle’s dark and dirty secrets. Sounds like the gers’ book, and although it follows stuff of a tightly wound, paranoid THE CIRCLE his text relatively faithfully (up to thriller, but it’s presented in an unbeRated PG-13 a point), it somehow manages to lievably sluggish manner.

Directed by James Ponsoldt completely misinterpret the entire The Circle was reportedly subject Starring Emma Watson, Tom reason this story exists in the first to extensive, last-minute reshoots, Hanks, John Boyega place. That Eggers is credited as a and you needn’t have read the co-screenwriter is a shock: Was he source material to notice the seams. complicit in transforming his own allegory about The movie is so awkwardly paced that you get the potential dangers of online omniscience into the feeling entire scenes and subplots were cavasomething resembling an endorsement thereof, or lierly axed from the final cut. Important characwas artistic control wrested away from him? I’d ters inexplicably vanish before their relevance to bet on the latter. the plot can be fully explained; others experiEmma Watson stars as Mae Holland, ence drastic shifts in demeanor and motivation, who lands a coveted position in the customer seemingly at random. Whole conversations are relations department at the Circle, a Bay Area photographed either in extreme long shot or so tech conglomeration that could actually exist if that whoever’s talking is conveniently off-screen, Apple, Facebook and Google combined forces to designed to disguise extensive post-production become an all-seeing, three-headed monster. As dialogue re-recording. an employee, Mae is encouraged to be remarkWhat’s most disappointing about this ably candid with both her co-workers and her haphazard mess is that it was directed and cocustomers, to share everything she thinks and written by the typically reliable James Ponsoldt, feels online and to document her goings-on when whose earlier films include the excellent literary she isn’t at work. adaptations The Spectacular Now and The End of Although she’s initially skeptical about the the Tour. Because of the obvious studio tinkering, company’s dogged interest in her every move, maybe he’s not the one to blame for the movie’s Mae quickly discovers that the Circle is a benevoincongruous, bizarro ending, which represents lent overseer: It provides her with free lodging both a complete failure of nerve and a 180-degree and countless amenities on the expansive campus repudiation of Eggers’ narrative intentions.

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Gang of Four

Local punk quartet Big Yuck Mouth still thrash like it’s 1988.

Spokane punk rockers Big Yuck Mouth are playing shows again, 30 years after they first formed

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hen Big Yuck Mouth started playing together in 1988, Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, the late 123 Arts was easily the coolest music venue in Spokane and the band’s members were all angry, long-haired and in their late teens or early 20s.

Three decades (and a long hiatus) later, the local punk band is active again, and though they’re all either pushing or into their 50s, and their lineup has changed several times, they’re still cranking out the same fast-andfurious songs they were barreling through in the late ’80s.

Looking back on the Spokane music scene of 30-plus years ago, Big Yuck Mouth frontman Kevin Cameron, who went by the stage name Big Kev way back when, remembers a small but scrappy community where the punks showed up to watch the new wave kids play, and vice versa.

“It was very do-it-yourself,” Cameron says. “You rented out a hall, like the Woman’s Club on 9th Avenue.

You’d lie and tell them you were a church group, and you had to sweep up after yourselves. And you went to every show. Every band that came to town, everybody went.”

That inclusiveness appears to have returned to the local scene, says Cameron, who’s now the sharp-dressed singer-songwriter behind the alt-country group Silver Treason. But the average lifespan of a Spokane band isn’t much different now than it was in 1988, and the story of Big Yuck Mouth’s short but glorious burst of punk-rock glory is going to sound awfully familiar to anyone who’s tried playing music in Spokane.

“When you’re in a band here long enough,” Cameron explains, “you either burn out, or you stop playing because your friends burn out.”

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n trying to accurately document the history of Big Yuck Mouth, with its ever-shifting roster of musicians and all the side projects they formed, you’d need one of those charts that you see on cop shows, with crisscrossing lines of red yarn connecting all the relevant dots.

We’ll try and boil it down for you: Everyone in Big Yuck Mouth’s current lineup was also in one of the original iterations of the band, though not necessarily at the same time. Current bassist Robert Heyenrath, for instance, was the band’s vocalist before Cameron came on board, and guitarist Scott Kellogg, one of BYM’s founding members, would eventually be replaced for a short time by Paul D’Amour, who would then go on to play with the hugely successful metal band Tool.

Cameron still recalls his “audition” for the band, which came about because Heyenrath decided he wanted to be a bassist instead of a frontman (not coincidentally, he bought his first bass from Cameron).

“The guys just played their songs and had me jibber-jabber over them,” Cameron says. “That was on a Tuesday. So they said, ‘OK, you’re in the band. We have a show Saturday. Here’s seven songs; write words to them.’”

And so he did, hammering out some vocal melodies on a multicolored toy xylophone.

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scene. Most of the city’s clubs weren’t interested in booking recent transplants who didn’t also have managers, so Cameron made one up, adopting the role of a record label hotshot named Randy Fontaine and conducting business over the phone.

“I had our number changed to 726-YUCK, so it seemed legit,” Cameron says. “I had a business card and the whole deal. I’d say, ‘Well, let me give you our manager’s card, and he’ll get ahold of you,’ but it was just me on the phone.”

The ruse seemed to work, because Big Yuck Mouth was soon sharing stages with bands like Bad Religion, Nomeansno and Coffin Break. They recorded a 7” (brilliantly titled The Wreck of the Ella Fitzgerald) with Steve Fisk, who also sat behind the boards for Nirvana and Soundgarden. They even headlined a show that a pre-fame Alice in Chains was tacked onto, and Cameron recalls one of the band’s members collecting their cash payment in a briefcase that was handcuffed to his wrist.

But like so many bands that didn’t fit neatly within the confines of the grunge movement, Big Yuck Mouth struggled to keep Seattle audiences coming to their shows, and they dissolved in 1991.

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“I thought I didn’t want to be in a punk-rock band again, because I don’t know if I’m that mad anymore,” Cameron says.

“You know, when you’re in your 20s and you’re pissed off, everything’s black and white, right or wrong. The world’s just a lot grayer now.”

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lash forward to 2009, at a show that reunited several long-defunct local punk bands, when the original lineup of Big Yuck Mouth played together for the first time in nearly two decades. (That concert later served as a springboard for the collaborative music documentary SpokAnarchy!) The band immediately fell back into their old rhythms, Cameron says, WEEKEND and they’ve played a few more C O U N T D OW N one-off shows since.

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“It’s true that your attitudes change, but some of them don’t, and you have to deal with that,” Cameron says. “Either you channel that anger into something constructive, or you become an alcoholic. It is sort of a relief to know that it’s still there, that it wasn’t folly or kids pretending to be mad at stuff.”  Big Yuck Mouth with the Lucky Boys and Tough Times • Sat, May 6 at 9 pm • $7 • 21+ • Mootsy’s • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570

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Time to Listen

Canada’s Current Swell expands their sound and works through grief on their latest record

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s he walks through his neighborhood in Victoria, B.C., on a sleepy Friday evening, Dave Lang reflects on the time before his band Current Swell started recording their latest album. His 8-month-old daughter, who he’s carrying now, hadn’t been born yet, and his wife had just received the unexpected news that her dad only had a short time left to live.

It was a period of deep personal turmoil, and Lang found himself throwing his emotions into his songwriting, placing himself in his father-inlaw’s shoes.

“If there’s something he would want to pass on, what would it be?” Lang recalls thinking.

“And what if I was in his position? What advice would I give?”

That session of writing would eventually inspire When to Talk and When to Listen, Current Swell’s upcoming LP, which is set to drop the day after their May 11 show at the Big Dipper. Much of the record is preoccupied with death and loss, not only on its title track but on “Marsha,” the shimmery, Beach Boys-inspired song that bookends the album and sees guitarist Scott Stanton reflecting on his own mother’s death.

Despite its subject matter, though, When to Talk is hardly a bleak record, exploring life-changing themes with the buoyancy and unpredictability of a band jumping headlong into stylistic experimentation. More than ever before, Current Swell’s versatility is front and center on this collection of songs: “Like I Fight for You” recalls Top 40 folk-pop bands like the Lumineers or Mumford & Sons; “It Ain’t Right” and “Thief of Joy” are rousing rockers with hooks a hundred stories high; the title track channels the delicate introspection of ’70s singer-songwriters.

When to Talk and When to Listen, which was recorded in a matter of weeks in both Vancouver and Nashville, represents the band’s most obvious leap forward yet, and Lang credits producer Jacquire King, who’s worked with everyone from

Tom Waits to Norah Jones to Kings of Leon.

“We could just never settle on being onedimensional,” Lang says. “We really like playing rock, but also playing rootsy stuff, and then having some surf music and messing around with different things. We just can’t make up our minds. What are we? It doesn’t matter.”

That fluidity has defined the band since it began in 2005, which Lang now describes as simply “stumbling into some songs.” Current Swell has always rolled with the punches, but they’ve built up a fan base doing so: They’ve racked up a couple of big indie singles in Canada, and Lang says they have quite a following in Australia and Brazil.

Stanton and Lang are the band’s primary songwriters, and Lang says they usually work on material separately. But they collaborated closely during the When to Talk sessions, hammering out two-man demos before bringing the rest of the band in to flesh out the songs. They wanted “to get fewer cooks in the kitchen,” as Lang explains it.

“It was pretty fun and pretty rewarding to see where we could take it,” he says. “It’s a trusting partnership.”

As the band gets older, and as the members expand their families and perhaps experience other losses, Lang believes that he and his longtime writing partner will be better able to channel their own lives through their music.

“When we were younger guys, maybe we were a little more insecure about being open about some of that stuff. You don’t really want to go into the shadows,” Lang says. “But it was kind of neat to see [Scott] go down that path with what he was writing about. I felt like we were both having a similar moment in our lives.” n Current Swell with Hey! Is for Horses and Cattywomp • Thu, May 11 at 7:30 pm • Allages • $8/$12 at the door • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 863-8098

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hen Jay Farrar formed Uncle Tupelo with Jeff Tweedy 30 years ago, he already had a voice that sounded like it was coming from another era, a weathered twang well beyond his age. After that band split, Farrar started Son Volt and veered further into the rootsy Americana sound that was his calling card. (Tweedy, meanwhile, formed a little band called Wilco.) From Son Volt’s brilliant 1995 debut Trace through the new Notes of Blue, Farrar’s ageless vocal instrument remains out front on songs that deliver stinging gut punches, whether they’re searing ballads or churning rockers. The latest album’s title might make you think that Farrar, now 50, is heading toward the rocking chair, but the blues is merely inspiration for songs as timeless as his voice. As Farrar puts it, he might have been aiming for the blues, but “the arrow landed somewhere between Tom Petty and ZZ Top.” — DAN NAILEN Son Volt • Sun, May 7 at 8 pm • Sold out • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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hey may be hitting the Knitting Factory stage on a Tuesday night, but don’t expect Flogging Molly to tone anything down just because you’ve gotta wake up early for work the next morning. No rest for the wicked, as they say. Considered legends in the Celtic music scene, this L.A.-based outfit follows in the time-honored tradition of bands like the Pogues, marrying furious, hard-driving modern rock arrangements with more traditional Irish folk themes, and they’ve generated a feverishly devoted fan base doing it. Life Is Good, the band’s first studio album in six years, is set for release next month, and based on the handful of singles they’ve already released, their high-energy party music hasn’t changed a whit.

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BABY BAR, Pro Teens, Wind Hotel, Water Monster J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of New Orleans feat. Hot Club of Spokane J J THE BIG DIPPER, (hed)p.e., Motograter, Still We Rise, KaGaH THE EMPEROR ROOM, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx J J KNITTING FACTORY, Flogging Molly (see facing page), the White Buffalo LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Open Mic MIK’S, DJ Brentano

J J THE BIG DIPPER, Current Swell (see page 55), Hey! Is for Horses, Cattywomp, May 11 J THE BIG DIPPER, Oddisee, May 13 J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Everclear, Vertical Horizon, Fastball, May 13 J KNITTING FACTORY, The Flaming Lips, May 13 THE BARTLETT, Flynt Flossy and Turquoise Jeep, May 15 J THE BARTLETT, Summer Cannibals, May 16 J KNITTING FACTORY, Fleet Foxes, Chris Cohen, May 16

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EXHIBIT MELTING AWAY

Just like the most recent Ice Age melted away into history, the latest exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture is about to become a memory of the past. The blockbuster Titans of the Ice Age exhibit wraps up this weekend, and because it’s scheduled to travel on to another museum after this, there won’t be any extension for those of us who’ve not yet checked out the massive, interactive showcase. From life-size replicas of the ancient beasts that roamed our region, including the gargantuan Columbia Mammoth, to incredible fossil specimens from around the world, the museum’s galleries are filled with exciting, extinct creatures to marvel at as we learn about their incredible evolutionary stories that began millions of years ago.

— CHEY SCOTT Titans of the Ice Age: Mammoths and Mastodons • Through Sun, May 7; Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm • $10-$15 • The MAC • 2316 W. First • northwestmuseum.org • 456-3931

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DRINKS DERBY DAY

Building on last year’s inaugural Kentucky Derby party, the Garland Theater is once again celebrating the Run for the Roses with a big ol’ to-do. You don’t need to travel to Churchill Downs to get in the spirit of the thing, just put on some sweet duds and giant sun hats and get ready for the race by enjoying some Derby-themed cocktails from Bon Bon — yes, mint juleps are part of the day — while pre-race, you peruse vintage barware from Raising the Bar and earn raffle tickets for every drink you buy. After the race, catch live tunes from Pine League and Runaway Octopus under the Garland Theater marquee. Even if the race only lasts a couple of minutes, this party gives you good reason to celebrate it all day.

— DAN NAILEN Garland Theater Kentucky Derby Party • Sat, May 6 from 1-7 pm • $5/$7 day of • Garland Theater • 924 W. Garland • garlandtheater.com • 327-2509

COMMUNITY FREE FOR ALL

Never picked up a comic book in your life? Or perhaps not since you were 10? For newbies, returning readers and avid collectors alike, there are few better days of the year to test the waters of a new comic book universe than the annual Free Comic Book Day, celebrated at shops around the world on the first Saturday in May. Most shops let you grab up to three or four titles; just be prepared to wait in line for a bit. Locally, Merlyn’s hosts a costume contest for all ages, along with in-store sales and game demos. Those who bring a canned food donation to the Comic Book Shop will get to pick a fourth comic. Also this year, an unofficial local version of the event showcases Spokane-area comic book creators at Booktraders on Garland (907 W. Garland; 10 am-6 pm). See a complete list of this year’s titles at freecomicbookday.com.

— CHEY SCOTT Free Comic Book Day • Sat, May 6 • The Comic Book Shop (NorthTown Mall and 3207 N. Division) and Merlyn’s, 15 W. Main • freecomicbookday.com

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I SAW YOU TULIP WOMAN You: On 4/29/17 at 10:00 AM dressed in really nice pants and hoody with your hoody tightly tied around your head & pulled far over your forehead to hide your identity. Me: lady sitting in car waiting for someone watching you steal someone else’s tulips from their yards. You: brought your own scissors, parked your very nice, white sedan around the corner so you could steal tulips from someone else’s yard that you did NOT pay for, tend and grow! You: stopped stealing the tulips walking nonchalantly away after I laid on my horn to get your stop. You: ran down the street and jumped in your car peeling off after I yelled that you “should be ashamed of yourself!” calling you what you are: A Thief! Me: Disgusted in you... grow or buy your own tulips you obviously can afford to!

ON THE RIVER BANK I Saw You standing on the river bank downtown. There you were in a white pleated dress, your hat at a cocky angle kind of like that slightly askew U.S. Pavilion. Loved you at first sight. The Clock Tower said your name was Ms. IMAX. The Blue Bridge had an old phone number but the Park Board demolished it in preparation.

Preparation! For demolition? Aach! Even though nothing else can be built there?

Even though it could be a walk-through

museum or a watch tower or? or? Save the IMAX Coalitionokes49@yahoo.com

YOU SAW ME VIRTUAL LOVE I live in Indian time, so I am sorry if the way I expressed myself via cyberspace seemed rash or abrasive.

Good thing love transcends all rules of conscience right? I pray that these painful memories that haunt you would be washed away by the memory of our love, and that when you close your eyes you would see my smile again, that will be eternally smiling at you.

CHEERS SPOKANE POLICE CHIEF CRAIG MEIDL Cheers to Chief Meidl for attending and participating in an event yesterday at the EWU Riverpoint campus. The event was co-sponsored by the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission and the topic was safety in minority communities. I’m an activist, and I’ll admit the discussion focused on the harm that improper policing causes in communities of color. Chief Meidl admitted it was uncomfortable for him to be a white chief of police at this type of event, but he listened to everyone’s concerns, actively participated, and put in the effort to try to work through some of these issues.

Unlike some of our other public servants, who don’t hold town hall meetings and only answer constituents who agree with them, I was very impressed by Chief Meidl’s willingness to show up and challenge himself with new and uncomfortable ideas. This is the kind of servant leadership that will make our community better and safer. Cheers, Chief!

YOU HELPED ME WITH MY PUPPY Several weeks ago I was walking my 5 & 6 pound dogs near the corner of S. Perry and 30th. Digit got out of his halter and was tearing down the sidewalk. I was scared spitless that he would run onto Perry and get hit. You pulled over

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There you were in a white pleated dress, your hat at a cocky angle kind of like that slightly askew U.S. Pavilion.

and jumped out of your car full of kids.

Luckily Digit ran over to say hi and you scooped him up. Thank you Ma’am for saving my precious Digit.

SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE AND S.C.O.P.E. 4/28/17. Evening. Neil & Pete.

It was a pleasure meeting you two on Friday evening. I wanted to thank you so much for what you gentleman do for us to keep us safe. Cheers to you and your fellow men and women putting it on the line for us. Please be careful and stay safe.

JEERS SLOW DOWN ON MONROE! L@@K. I know that Monroe speedway is a 30MPH road where you do 45mph. I know that pedestrians standing on the corner of a marked or unmarked crosswalk are IGNORED. And I KNOW that if you GLASSY EYED, SELFISH SPEEDING MOTORISTS on MONROE would SLOW DOWN and ACTUALLY DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT our neighborhood would be a lot SAFER. SPEEDING SELFISH JACKASSES HAVE ONLY YOURSELVES TO BLAME FOR THE ROAD DIET! SPOKANE BIKE WARS OF 2017 I don’t understand why this city contains too many drivers who don’t know how to drive when they are near a bike. One problem is turning signals. It’s bad enough when you do it to another car, but turning without a blinker when you’re directly by my bike gets old . . . pretty fast. My bike doesn’t have very good brakes. And because you like to make a right turn without your blinker

into an entrance to a parking lot immediately before my bike is supposed to be in the same place, I am forced to slam on the brakes, which makes them weaker each time. Pretty soon, my brakes will fail entirely if i keep having to slam them.

I have already had to repair one brake cable with a literal nut and bolt because it’s so old, and I can’t afford more repairs much less a new bike. The next problem I always have is cars driving close behind my bike, like I can go any faster than I’m already going. Even on multi-laned roads, if you’re driving on my ass, I can’t concentrate on riding my bike. If i crash my bike and then you hit me, you’re gonna be pissed at ME. So learn how to drive!

POOR REPRESENTATION Cathy McMorris Rodgers: you represent the citizens of Spokane and Washington state, yet you dodge attempts to meet with your unhappy constituents at Town Hall Meetings that you yourself attend.

Suck it up and face the music. If you can meet with Paul Ryan to repeal our health care and take other actions that harm Washington families you should be able to meet with your voters too. You are a REPRESENTATIVE of the PEOPLE. Start acting like it! We are THE people in We the People. We deserve a voice and a Congressperson who represents us.

TRANSPHOBIC DICKS To the two lovely college students at Genos on 4/28. It was great to hear how ridiculous your conversation was about trans people and the gross sh*t you said that I won’t repeat on here. You’re truly what’s terrible with not only college culture but most of the social climate these day. Also great was

RE RE OZZIE I’m not going to tell you that you are wrong. I am going to ask you to think about something. I think what a lot of us have been doing lately is playing the blame game. When we do that, no one takes responsibility. Without responsibility, no solutions are presented. It just goes back and forth like that. We need to stop playing the blame game and instead, try to think about how to solve our problems. If you want to blame anyone, blame those who brought Africans over here 200 years ago and forced them to be slaves. That’s a long time ago. We need to work together to find answers to our problems instead of playing the blame game. That game will get us no where. 

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you two talking about your stand-up act, I’m sure it’s hilarious and I’m sure the number of people that think you’re funny is equal to the amount of people who want to have sex with you, 0. Also sorry Genos doesn’t serve pizza anymore, your response was pretty excellent calling the server a bitch though. Really classy!

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BENEFIT RUMMAGE SALE The annual rummage sale raises funds for community outreach, offering gently-used items including vintage and estate goods. May 4-5, 9 am-4 pm and May 6, 9 am-2 pm. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 5720 S. Perry. (448-2255) JAZZ UNDER THE STARS AUCTION A concert by the award-winning Central Valley HS Jazz band, with special performances by area middle school jazz programs. Auctions and ticket sales benefit all band programs at CVHS. May 5, 6:30-9 pm. $10-$15. Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Rd. HORSE SALE AND OPEN HOUSE This annual open house and horse sale is free for the public to attend with their sale horses needing new homes, for trail classes more. Donations benefit Rough Start Horse Rescue. May 5-6, noon-4 pm. Twin Willows Farm, 4980 S. Wallbridge Rd., Deer Park. spokanehorsesale.com A NOVEL NIGHT The literary-themed event encourages attendees to dress or accessorize as their favorite book character. Includes a cocktail hour (5 pm), appearance by author Jennifer Leo, live and silent auctions, dinner catered

by Tango Cafe, live music, dancing and more. At the Columbia Bank Building, Sandpoint. May 6, 6-10 pm. $75. ebonnerlibrary.org DANCING WITH THE CELEBRITIES A competition similar to “Dancing with the Stars,” to raise funds for the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. Local celebs

are paired with choreographers to perform a short dance number in the style of their choice. The audience votes for their favorite via dollars. May 6, 6:309:30 pm. $20. CdA Casino, 37914 S Hwy 95. cdasummertheatre.com INW REGION YOUNG LIFE ART & WINE AUCTION A benefit event for the local chapter of the Young Life ministry.

May 6, 6-9 pm. $125. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad. inwregionart.com (838-2244) AN EVENING WITH AUTHOR BOB GOFF An evening with the NYT bestselling author of “Love Does,” benefiting the mission of Live Services iChoice.

Includes gourmet coffee and desserts, program begins at 7 pm. May 11, 7-9 pm. $10. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com FAMILY PROMISE 20TH CELEBRATION Celebrate 20 years of helping hundreds of homeless families who have found support and real help thanks to passionate volunteers and staff. May 11, 6-8:30 pm. $50. Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St. familypromiseofspokane.org BUILD ANNA’S HOMES The Anna Schindler Foundation announces the construction of two townhomes to house families from outlying areas whose children are receiving care at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital. Proceeds from the event fund the homes’ construction. May 13, 6-10 pm. $76.

Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. annaschindlerfoundation.org MAD HATTER TEA PARTY Come meet

the Queen of Hearts and White Rabbit and learn about life-saving programs offered by SCRAPS while you enjoy tea and treats. May 13, 1 pm. $10-$15.

SCRAPS, 6815 E. Trent. (477-2532) MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH The 14th annual brunch offers an all-you-can-eat buffet, with carving stations, madeto-order omelets, a dessert table, and a special gift for mom. Guests are welcome to linger over after their meals and walk the center’s scenic grounds.

All proceeds support Immaculate Heart’s retreat ministry. May 14, 9 am-2 pm. $30/adults; $10/ages 6-12. Immaculate Heart Retreat Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr Rd. ihrc.net

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2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted

by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (509-847-1234) TOSH.SHOW Daniel Tosh hosts and perform an evening of standup comedy featuring writers and comedians from his Comedy Central show “Tosh.0.” May 4, 7:30 pm. $25-$75. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. spokanearena.com JAMIE BOYD & BRANDY ROHRENBACH A live comedy show, hosted by Joe Fontenot. May 5, 9 am. No cover.

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MUSIC IN YOUR FACE The BDT Players put their comedic twist on this allimprovised musical comedy, with song, storytelling, laughs and merriment. Fridays, through May 6, at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) NERVE DAMAGE An all-improvised show in which BDT players test their nerves for audience laughs. Rated for mature audiences. On the first Friday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third. reddragondelivery.com TERRY FATOR As the winner of America’s Got Talent in 2007, Terry Fator went from performing at schools and fairs to headlining his own show on the Las Vegas Strip. May 5, 7:30 pm. $65/$75/$95. Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. (242-7000) AFTER DARK An adult-rated version of the Blue Door’s monthly, Friday show; on the first and last Saturday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com SAFARI The Blue Door’s fast-paced, short-form improv show. The gamebased format relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Rated for mature audiences. Saturdays at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) OPEN MIC XL Live comedy, Tuesdays at 9 pm. The Observatory, 15 S. Howard. observatoryspokane.com (598-8933) OPEN MIC A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998)

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ERA OF MEGAFIRES A multimedia, traveling presentation featuring Dr. Paul Hessburg, who has conducted fire and landscape ecology research for more than 27 years. May 4, 6:30 pm. $7.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com (227-7404) MAMMOTHS & MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE The interactive exhibit from the Field Museum features hands-on activities, hundreds of fossil specimens from around the world, fullsize models of Ice Age megafauna, and an exact replica of the 40,000-year-old baby mammoth specimen Lyuba, found in the Siberian permafrost. Through May 7; open Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm (to 8 pm on Wed; half-price admission on Tue). $10-$15. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) MAY THE FOURTH: A STAR WARS DISCUSSION Join published authors and super-fans in a discussion of the storytelling techniques that have worked (or not) in the Star Wars franchise. May 4, 7-9 pm. $5. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (279-0299) STAR WARS 40TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY Jedi Alliance offers all-you-canplay games for $10/person, along with drawings for a free, 2-hour private party and more. May 4, 6-10 pm. Jedi Alliance, 2024 E. Boone. bit.ly/2osGFwB WWI: THE WAR TO END ALL WARS A new exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into WWI. Through Nov. 30; open WedSat, 11 am-4 pm. $4-$6 admission. Spo-

kane Valley Heritage Museum, 12114 E. Sprague. valleyheritagecenter.org SPOKANE VALLEY LIBRARY BOOK SALE The Friends of the Library’s spring sale includes a Friday presale ($10 admission), from 3-5 pm. Shop for used books, CDs, DVDs and videos. May 6, 9 am-3 pm. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. (893-8400) MOSCOW RENAISSANCE FAIR This 44th annual celebration of spring features two days of live music, fine artists and craftspeople, activities and entertainment for children, parades, food by local nonprofits, a beer garden and more. May 6, 10 am-9 pm and May 7, 10 am-6 pm. Free. East City Park, 900 E. Third St. moscowrenfair.org FAMILY FUN FAIR Hosted by the Family Guide, the parenting expo connects families with support groups, after-school programs, summer camps, scholarships, and children’s health and emergency services in our community.

Kids also perform and volunteer. May 6, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Silver Lake Mall, 200 W. Hanley. (509-928-9664) FLEA MARKET A variety of vendors offer hand-sewn clothes, antiques, wood furniture, purses, aprons, crafts, books, cosmetics, soaps/lotions and more. May 6, June 3, July 1 and Aug. 5, 9 am-4 pm.

Free. First Church of Nazarene, 9004 N. Country Homes Blvd. (467-8986) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Choose three special edition comics from 40 titles.

Bring a can of food for a local food pantry and get a fourth. (Also takes place at CBS in NorthTown Mall.) May 6, 11 am-7 pm. Free. The Comic Book Shop, 3207 N. Division. (326-7018) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (MERLYN’S): Each person gets to choose three free comics from this year’s titles. Also includes in-store sales, an all-ages costume contest and game demos. May 6, 10 am-9 pm. Free. Merlyn’s, 19 W. Main Ave. merlyns.biz (624-0957) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (BOOKTRADERS) This version of the annual event promotes comic book creators here in Spokane. Get some free comic books made by local comic book writers/illustrators and have a chance to meet a few of them. May 6, 10 am-6 pm. Booktraders, 907 W. Garland. (326-7653) SCC SPRING PLANT SALE Visit the SCC Greenery to shop for quality plants grown by second-year students. Proceeds support the SCC Greenhouse/ Nursery Program. (In Building 10, on Ermina.) May 6 and 13, from 9 am-3 pm.

Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. (533-8167) TEDXUIDAHO The event features 11 speakers, including UI graduate and undergraduate students and faculty members. Talks delve into topics including research on making better robots and video games, organic molecules in 3-D motion, and how we can build better computers with artificial intelligence. May 6, 1-5 pm. $10-$25.

University of Idaho Hartung Theater, 6th & Stadium Way. tedxuidaho.com U-HI FLEA MARKET Local households and businesses can sell unwanted items at this monthly event hosted by the Instrumental Music Parents Association. $20 for vendors, free to shoppers. May 6 and June 3, 9 am-4 pm. University HS, 12320 E. 32nd. (926-6981) WHITWORTH SPRINGFEST 2017 The festivities include food trucks, bounce houses, water activities, a dunk tank,

face-painting, and a concert by Johnnyswim. May 6, 1-4 pm. Free. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne. whitworth.edu (777-4565) STARGAZING The Spokane Astronomical Society shares how to get started gazing at the stars, identifying planets and constellations, and using a telescope. May 9, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. WHOSE LAND IS IT? NORTH DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE Come join MOSAIC to discuss the North Dakota Access Pipeline, and its impact on tribal sovereignty. May 9, 12-1 pm. Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. (533-3500) CODE FELLOWS MEETUP Come learn about careers in coding, even if you’ve never considered it before. Meet the Code Fellows team, learn what it takes to start a career, and understand why companies hire from one of the top coding schools in the country. May 10, 6-8 pm. Free. Startup Spokane Central, 610 W. Second. startupspokane.com PANTSUIT NATION BOOK LAUNCH In celebration of the release of the Pantsuit Nation book, Auntie’s hosts an evening featuring storytelling, resource sharing, and community action. May 10, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. bit.ly/2pPAO4Q (838-0206) SPOKANE CONTRA DANCE Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance, with Out of the Wood playing and caller Nancy Staub. No experience necessary; beginner workshop at 7:15 pm. May 10, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. (598-9111) PJALS POSTCARD HAPPY HOUR An opportunity for the public to communicate a short message to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell. Post cards will then be delivered to these elected officials. Second Thursday of the month, 4:30-6:30 pm. Saranac Commons, 19 W. Main. (838-7870) SFCC JOB FAIR Organizations recruiting students to fill internships, full-, part-time and seasonal positions are invited to attend the annual job fair. ($45 for recruiting groups; free to students).

May 11, 10 am-1 pm. Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. (533-3545) FAMILY DANCE & POTLUCK Easy-tolearn line, circle, contra, and folk dances are taught, accompanied by live music.

Potluck at 6:30 pm with dance starting at 7. First Fridays, from 6:30-8 pm. Free, donations accepted. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. (533-9955) MAYFEST The downtown Cheney festival features live music, craft vendors, a car show, petting zoo, kids activities, artists, a cornhole tourney and more.

May 12, 7-10:30 pm; May 13, 9 am-4 pm.

Free. cheneymayfest.org RAINIER + THE GREAT PNW RELEASE PARTY The Great PNW has teamed up with Rainier to create a special apparel collection. Shop from the merch store, sip some beer, and enjoy live music

by Summer in Siberia, Deer and DJs Unifest and Twin Towers. Also includes food trucks on site, a photobooth and silent art auction. May 12, 7 pm. Free admission. Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific. terrainspokane.com 28TH ANNUAL MOTHER’S DAY TOUR The MAC’s annual event offers a chance to explore how Spokane’s geological history helped shape its architectural

identity through a native rock driving tour, featuring Blakely Gardens, the Riblet Mansion grounds and more. May 13 and 14, from noon-5 pm. $15/$20. northwestmuseum. org (456-3931) GARDEN EXPO 2017 The annual festival and sale features more than 250 garden-related vendors, with free parking, door prizes, seminars, demos, kids activities, photography displays, a flower show, live music, food trucks and more. May 13, 9 am-5 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. tieg.org KIDICAL MASS A family friendly afternoon bike ride of about 3 miles cycling on anything that rolls; all types of bikes, trailers, Xtracycles, bakfiets, tandems, folding bikes, trikes are welcome! Ride through the Chief Garry neighborhood beginning at Chief Garry Park. May 13, 1-2:30 pm. Free. Chief Garry Park, 2701 E. Sinto. summerparkways.com MOTHER’S DAY CARD WORKSHOP Join the Spokane Public Library to make Mother’s Day cards for the special people in your life. Bring your creativity and we will supply the paper, scissors and glue. Offered all day at all branches. May 13. Free.

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ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: VINCENT WHO? This film documents the 1982 hatecrime murder of Vincent Chin and the lasting legacy of his case. In the HUB. May 4, 6-8 pm. Free and open to the public. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. (777-4572) LOGAN It’s 2029, mutants are gone, or very nearly so. An isolated, despondent Logan is drinking his days away in a hideout on a remote stretch of the Mexican border, picking up petty cash as a driver for hire.

Showing May 4-7, times vary. $3-$6.

The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) WILD & SCENIC FILM FEST The third annual screening of environmental films that feature nature’s beauty, cutting edge environmental issues, humor and more. Films are a mix of shorts (4-15 min) and the 25-minute “The Elwha UndammedWhat’s a River For.” May 4, 6-9 pm. $10/$15. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. bit.ly/2n5wBbZ THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. May 4-7; show times vary. $4-$7. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org 50 HOUR SLAM The seventh annual screening features a variety of local artistic talent performing in addition to the teams’ short films, which are up for awards in various categories. May 6, 7 pm. $10-$12. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (227-7404) ’80S FILM SERIES: RAISING ARIZONA Recidivist hold-up man H.I. McDonnough and police woman Edwina marry, only to discover they are unable to conceive a child. Desperate for a baby, the pair decide to kidnap one of the quintuplets of furniture tycoon Nathan Arizona. May 9, 7-9 pm. $5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org

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Here’s the Rub Cannabis ointments might be the cure for what ails you

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But in our present-day recreational market, the high-end strains, concentrates, oils and other emerging products might distract consumers from the fact that one can readily find relief for what ails them at their local cannabis shop. At Mary Jane’s on Market Street in East Spokane, owner Tom Lloyd has seen pain-relieving topical rubs become a popular product.

Lloyd, who despite owning a cannabis store rarely uses his product, has been finding relief with KODA Muscle Cream, produced in the small Skagit County city of Sedro-Woolley, for pain in his knees, wrist and ankle. Lloyd says he sent it to a family member who suffers from chronic headaches resulting from a neck problem, and she called the cream “life-changing.”

KODA’s cream ($35 for a 2-ounce container) is made of all-natural ingredients, will survive for six years in your medicine cabinet and features 520 mg of CBD (non-psychoactive cannabidiol), 90 mg of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabis’ principal psychoactive constituent), and 550 mg of CBN (cannabinol, which produces little to no psychoactive effects).

“Everybody who tries it says it’s absolutely amazing. I’ve never had anyone who says, ‘Nah, I’m not sure,’” says Lloyd.

Perhaps the most appealing aspect of topical cannabis creams and lotions: While they provide quick pain relief, they don’t cause a psychoactive effect and are not known to shown up in drug screens.

“I slather it on when I need it, and I’m really susceptible to cannabis. I have a very low tolerance for cannabis, and I don’t feel [a psychoactive effect],” says Lloyd, adding that cannabis topicals could prove to be an efficient and safe alternative to prescription painkillers.

According to Amanda Reiman, Ph.D., who teaches classes on drug policy at UC Berkeley and works with the Drug Policy Institute, topical cannabis products only break through the skin and muscle and do not enter the bloodstream. To illustrate this, Reiman says that applying rubbing alcohol to your skin doesn’t raise your blood alcohol level. Thus, it’s unlikely that a topical cannabis product would show up on a drug screen. n

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May 11, 13-14, times vary. $4-$7. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org T2 TRAINSPOTTING Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie. May 11-14, times vary. $6. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org THE KING & I A screening and discussion of Anna Leonowens and the history and the religions of Southeast Asia, colonialism, women’s rights, slavery and international trade. May 11, 6:308:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal. (448-0659)

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CINCO DE MAYO TACO BAR All-youcan-eat tacos, with festive music. Proceeds benefit the Grange. $10/adults, $5/kids; cash or check only. May 5, 5-7 pm. Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. greenbluffgrowers.com WINE TASTING A First Friday wine tasting featuring Monte Scarlatto Estate Winery. Tasting fee includes four pours. May 5, 4-10 pm. $7. LeftBank Wine Bar, 108 N. Washington. leftbankwinebar.com (315-8623) KENTUCKY DERBY WATCH PARTY The second annual viewing party invites attendees to dress up and enjoy an outdoor beer garden before watching the race on the big screen. Includes a themed drink menu, a bourbon tasting, and post-race music by Pine League and Runaway Octopus. May 6, 1-7 pm. $5-$7. Bon Bon, 926 W. Garland Ave. (413-1745) TAP HOUSE RE-OPENING PARTY Big Barn Brewing welcomes spring by reopening its rustic tap house for the season. Come for an herbed beer festival and release of the Ms. Maggie’s Lavender IPA, Honey Sage, and Thai Basil Pilsner. May 7, 12-8 pm. Free.

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ANDRE NICKATINA MEET & GREET A Cinco De Mayo celebration and meet and greet with rapper Andre Nickatina.

May 5, 6-7 pm. Free for ages 21+. Satori, 9301 N. Division St. satorimj.com COEUR D’ALENE SYMPHONY The season finale features music from Scandanavia, with guest conductor Jorge Luis Uzcategui conducting Grieg’s Symphonic Dances, Nielsen’s Helios Overture and Grieg’s Piano Concerto featuring guest pianist Renato Fabbro. May 5, 7:30-9:30 pm and May 6, 2-4 pm. $5-$21. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasymphony.org FIRST FRIDAY SWING A night of swing music and dancing with the Larsen Group. All ages welcome; Star Wars-themed attire is encouraged.

May 5, 8-11 pm. $10. Christ Central Church, 19 W. Shannon. (919-9162) WILD WEST CLASSIQUE A narrative performance featuring faculty, students and friends of the Holy Names Music Center. Free, donations accepted. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com MOSCOW MUSIC ACADEMY RECITAL Support local musicians as students of all ages showcase their talents on piano, guitar, ukulele, drums, and voice.

May 6, 1-3 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org MUSIC FOR A SATURDAY AFTERNOON The Celtic Aires women’s vocal ensemble presents a selection of Celtic folk songs, joined by the Crescendo Community Chorus youth choir. May 6, 2-3 pm. Donations accepted. St. Mark’s Lutheran, 316 E. 24th Ave. (290-6424) SPOKANE SYMPHONY CLASSICS 10: THE POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE A concert program featuring Metropolitan Opera stars Elizabeth Caballero and Adam Diegel. Also includes performances by the Spokane Symphony Chorale, Gonzaga University Chamber Chorus and the EWU Choir. May 6 at 8 pm and May 7 at 3 pm. $15-$54. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org

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I got in an argument with my boyfriend about the reason not to have sex outside our relationship. He said he wouldn’t do it because he wouldn’t want to hurt me. I said he shouldn’t want to be with anybody else, but he said that’s just not realistic for guys. Are men really just these unfeeling sex machines? —Dismayed Male sexuality is about as sentimental as an oar.

In fact, if there’s one secret guys try to keep from women, it’s this: A man can really love a woman and still want to spend the afternoon wrecking the bed with her BFF, her well-preserved mom, and her sister.

As awful as that probably sounds, men’s evolved lust for sexual variety isn’t something you and other women should take personally. Evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt explain that genetically speaking, it’s generally in a man’s interest to pursue a “short-term sexual strategy” — pounce and bounce, coitus and, um, avoid us — with as many women as possible.

This isn’t to say men evolved to be entirely without discernment. Because “beautiful” features (like pillowy lips and an hourglass bod) reflect health and fertility, if a man has a choice in casual sexmates, he’ll go for a hot woman, but if he doesn’t, he’ll go for a woman with a pulse.

However, Buss and Schmitt explain that there are times when it’s to a man’s advantage to pursue a “long-term sexual strategy” — commitment to one woman.

It’s a quality-over-quantity strategy — wanting a woman with “high mate value” (one who’s physically and psychologically desirable enough to hold out for a guy who’ll commit). Other factors include seeking the emotional, social, and cooperative benefits of a partnership and wanting to retire from the time-, energy-, and resource-suck of working the ladies on Match.com like a second job.

In light of this, think about what your boyfriend’s really telling you by opting for “Honey, where do I sign away my sexual freedom?” This isn’t dismaying, degrading, or any of the other bummer D-words. In fact, it’s really romantic, considering that men evolved to be sexual foragers. But for your boyfriend’s desire to make a life with you, he could be wandering the planet and sharing his life and hopes and dreams — uh, for about six minutes and 23 seconds -- with a wide variety of oiled-up naked strangers.

AMY ALKON

CRAZY BELITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

My boyfriend of five years has gotten super moody. He picks fights with me and even gets a little verbally abusive and condescending. I know he’s a good guy, and I want to help him sort through his stuff, but I’m finding myself flirting with other guys and fantasizing about cheating on him. I am not the kind of person who cheats, and I feel terribly guilty even having those thoughts. —Demeaned Ideally, “I’ve never felt this way before!” reflects something a little more romantic than longing to tunnel out of your relationship with a sharpened spoon.

I wrote recently about a cocktail of personality traits that are associated with a susceptibility to infidelity in a person — basically those of a narcissistic, lazy con artist with all the empathy of a bent tack. That finding is from research by evolutionary psychologists Todd Shackelford and David Buss, who also studied the emotional circumstances in a relationship that might lead one of the partners to cheat or to want to (even if that person isn’t some ethically bankrupt, empathy-deficient turdpiece).

They found that there are two personality characteristics someone can have that make a relationship particularly miserable. One is emotional instability — marked by mood swings and a gloomy obsessiveness about things beyond one’s control. As Buss explains in “The Dangerous Passion,” when emotional instability is paired with quarrelsomeness (and all of the ugly condescension, sniping, and emotional neglect that goes with it), relationships become “cauldrons of conflict.” This, in turn, raises the odds that one’s partner will seek solace in the, um, back seat of another.

Part of being in a relationship is taking out the trash when it starts to overflow — including the psychological trash spilling out of the dumpster that has become “you.”

Talk compassionately with your boyfriend about the need for him to start figuring out and fixing whatever’s causing him to act out in toxic ways.

Don’t expect change at “Poof!” speed, but look for signs that he’s taking meaningful steps to dig out of his emotional winter. Give yourself some time markers — maybe the two-week mark, a month from now, the three-month mark. This should keep you from just blindly continuing along with a partner whose interests could be advertised as: Enjoys dive bars, French cinema, long screaming arguments on the beach, and staying up till dawn pondering the age-old question, “I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT WHAT AM I?!” n ©2017, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR AWAKENINGS: VYTAL MOVEMENT DANCE CO. A concert showcasing the choreography of director Vincas Greene, including the premiere of the title piece and selections from the company’s repertoire. May 9, 7:30-9 pm. $20/$22. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com SING FOR JOY Chorale Coeur d’Alene (formerly the Northwest Sacred Music Chorale) presents a free concert of light choral fare. May 9, 7-8:30 pm. Free.

Peace Lutheran Church, 8134 N. Meyer Rd., Post Falls. choralecda.com SPOKANE SYMPHONY CHAMBER SOIREE Members of the Symphony perform an assortment of baroque, classical and contemporary chamber music. Listen at a table or from the gallery of the Marie Antoinette Ballroom.

May 9 and 10 at 7:30 pm. $20-$48. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St.

SPORTS

BEGINNING BIRD WATCHING CLASS The Friends of Turnbull NWR hosts this session on the first Saturday of May and June. Meet in at 8:45 am; walk is from 10:30 to noon. $3/car. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, 26010 S. Smith Rd. fotnwr.org/activities.html (235-4723) FORCE OF NATURE Enjoy s’mores, drinks and hear from Heather “Anish” Anderson, speed-record holder on AT, PCT & Arizona Trail. (Discover Pass required for parking.) May 6, 7-9:30 pm.

Free. Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher, 4427 N. Aubrey L. White Parkway.

INLAND NW VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE A select group of players from throughout the region are invited to participate; come and watch as these players show off their talents. May 6, 12:30-6 pm. $5/door, free/ages 12 and under. HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo. hubsportscenter.org WOMEN’S BACKPACKING BASICS Connect with other female hikers and get an overview of backpacking planning, preparation and gear in this women’s-only class. May 6, 2:30-4 pm. Free.

REI, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane BLOOMSDAY 2017 The 41st annual Lilac Bloomsday Run, this year benefiting World Relief Spokane. Trade show/ check-in runs May 5, 11:30 am-8 pm and May 6, 9 am-6:30 pm. Late entry during the trade show is $35/person. May 7, 9 am. bloomsdayrun.org ICL AFTER HOURS: PUBLIC LANDS Join ICL Government Relations Director Jonathan Oppenheimer and Artist in

Residence Linda Lantzy for an informal presentation about what’s new with the public lands takeover at the state and federal level. May 8, 6-8 pm. Free. Daft Badger Brewing, 1710 N. Second. idahoconservation.org (208-265-9565)

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SECRET GARDEN A staged production of the children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Through May 7; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sat at 3 pm, Sun at 2 pm (except May 7, at 7 pm). $8-$10. Theater Arts for Children, 2114 N. Pines. (626-9585) THE TAMING OF THE SHREW A performance of the much-loved comedy by William Shakespeare. Through May 21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $27.

Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com ARCADIA This play moves between 1809 and the present as a potential historical scandal is investigated. Through May 7; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org THE BIRDS A limited engagement performance of the short story by Daphne du Maurier. May 5-6, at 8 pm. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N. Grand Ave. rtoptheatre.org CLEOPATRA & THE SLAVE GIRLS OF VENUS It’s the 1960s, and Stupendous Pictures is producing one cheesy movie after another. When the producer has a change of heart and wants to produce Shakespeare, unexpected events grind things to a halt. May 5-6 and 11-13 at 7 pm; also May 13 at 2 pm. $12. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway. (342-2055) CINDERELLA A performance of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Tony Awardwinning Broadway musical. May 11-14, show times vary. $32.50-$72.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway.com

VISUAL ARTS

CDA ARTS ASSOCIATION SHOWCASE The multimedia exhibition showcases the diversity and talent of area artist/ members of the Coeur d’Alene Art Association. May 5, 10 am-8 pm and May 6, 10 am-6 pm. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. northidahofair.com (208-676-9132) FIRST FRIDAY Art galleries and businesses across downtown Spokane and beyond host receptions to showcase new displays of art. May 5, from 5-8 pm.

Free. Details at downtownspokane.org ART & SOUL FESTIVAL & AUCTION Money raised for scholarships honors young cancer victim Sheldon P. Maul, and funds support art in the classroom from grades K-12. Event includes auction items, food, wine, commemorative wine glasses and entertainment. May 6, 5-9:30 pm. $15/$20. Emvy Cellars, 39 W. Pacific Ave. (995-4962) STITCHED MEDITATIONS BY CAT An exhibition of 12 original textile works by local artist Cat Olason Gregorak. Receptions on May 3, 3-7 pm and May 6, 1-5 pm. Free. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. community-building.org MYTHOLOGIA A landscape art exhibition featuring works by Beth Rimmelspacher and Linda Hyatt Cancel. May 7-28; reception May 7, 1-3 pm. Gallery open Thu-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. Free. Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Park Way. artisanbarn. org (509-229-3414) DESIGN DISRUPTORS: EWU VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN An exclusive screening of the InVision-produced documentary, which reveals a neverbefore-seen perspective on the design approaches of 15+ companies, and how they’re using the power of design. May 11, 5:30-9 pm. Free, RSVP requested.

Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. bit.ly/EWUdesign (509-327-1050)

WORDS

3 MINUTE MIC Auntie’s first Friday poetry open mic with “Remember the Word” featured reader Ellen Welcker, author of the new poetry collection, “Ram Hands.” May’s guest host is Twahan Simultaneous. Open mic readers can share up to 3 minutes’ worth of poetry. May 5, 8-9:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com READING: ERIN PRINGLE The local writer reads from her newest book of stories, “The Whole World at Once,” followed by a discussion. May 5, 6-7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. (838-0206) READING: LAURA MCBRIDE The author and teacher reads from her new book, “’Round Midnight.” May 9, 7 pm.

Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com PIVOT: SECRETS At the second main stage event for Pivot, eight storytellers tell true stories from their own lives that revolve around secrets. May 11, 7-9 pm.

Suggested $10 donation. Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific. pivotspokane.com (321-9614) n

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Losing Face How I didn’t realize just how much of my life was on Facebook until it was taken away

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

Taking back your Facebook account from hackers is no easy task.

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f you are a real person reading this, please send help.

Do you remember in Kafka’s The Trial, how Josef K. just accepts that he’s part of this impossible process, showing up to court though he doesn’t even know what he is accused of, unable to talk to anyone with any real authority, cycling through bizarre processes that make no sense until, in the end, the powerful agents get him right in the heart?

Me, too. This feels a lot like that.

It’s been a month since my Facebook account was hacked. It feels like it’s been several months. Years, even.

I haven’t been able to use it for work, or to talk to my friends, or to see condolences from hundreds of people after my grandpa died on Easter.

When I was first hacked, through an old email address I hadn’t checked in years that unlocked the door to my account, I grudgingly accepted that Facebook has no phone number, no customer support email, no real person to help you, as far as I can tell.

I tried looking through the site’s “Help Center,” but you’ve got to be logged in to ask a question about how to log back into your account. Like K., I accepted this contradiction and moved on.

Eventually, I found the right prompt and sent in a photo of my ID (twice), but even though that proved my account belongs to me, I’ve been stuck for weeks trying to unlock it, through a process that won’t let me move on to the final step without verifying that the hacker’s email is supposed to be on my account, which it’s clearly not.

I’ve emailed just about every Facebook address I can find (including their press line when I knew I’d be writing about this) but no real person has replied. I thought “Elliott” from Community Operations might be real, but he always responds with the same exact form email. Maybe he didn’t like my Kafka comparison.

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would totally delete my account if I didn’t need conversation about that odd query… oh, right. it for work,” I used to brag.

And what about those dispatches from the 10,000I’m an idiot, and I was wrong, and I’m sorry. mile solo road trip I took across the country? The awkBecause for all the negativity that can go along with ward videos of my short-lived high school band performit — the addiction to notifications, the fear of missing out, ing in the school cafeteria? The private messages? based on the highly edited versions of friends’ lives that How ravenously I wanted to get back in, get that I’d scroll through — Facebook is also relief of knowing that my digital life where I shared photos of my little was still there. Did anyone even notice brother’s wedding last year, how I stay that I was gone? Did this matter to DON’T BE ME in touch with friends from around anyone but me?

How to avoid the screw-up that the world. In some ways, it’s like a I’m old enough that I remember led to my account getting hacked: journal. talking to friends on a landline phone, • Delete old accounts. Your Losing that account is like a digital and I used dial-up internet through old AOL or Hotmail account you house fire. my senior year of high school (hello, haven’t checked in years? Yeah, I always hear that the hardest 3-minute YouTube video; we will serious vulnerability. Delete it. belongings for people to lose are their gladly sit here for 30 minutes and wait Now! letters, handwritten notes, photofor you to load while Mom and Dad • Update all your social megraphs — the sentimental things you wonder if anyone is calling the house). dia and online accounts to make can’t just buy with insurance checks.

I’m also young enough that I’ve sure you only have a current email This is far less dramatic. I’m not in used computers since before I really and phone number connected to danger. My life will go on. But it’s still knew how to read. My first middle your account. devastating. school relationship was conducted al• Turn on 2-step verification.

At first, I wanted not to care. most exclusively through instant mesYes, it may be a pain to enter your Heck, I’d gone through way worse. senger. I’ve had my Facebook account password and a code that’s texted What’s a few days without a social for more than a third of my life. to your phone, but if a hacker gets media account?

I knew I put a lot out there online, your email password and doesn’t But I found myself absentmindbut I’m just realizing how much of have your phone, you’ll be happy edly picking up my phone and unlockmy identity my “digital self” seems to you did this. ing it just to stare at my home screen. make up.

What was I doing? Oh yeah, usually Ultimately, if I can’t reclaim my I’d have notifications from Facebook, account, I could rebuild it. Find the prompting me to open that little blue app. people I was connected to and start making new memoWhen I was shopping and heard a little kid ask his ries with them. But after this visceral grief I’m feeling parents, “Do most people experience the worst years over this account I didn’t even think I needed, do I really of their life twice?” I whipped out my phone to start a want to go down that path again? 

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