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awyers, like other professionals, tend to specialize — in prosecution or defense, in personal injury or estate planning. The subject of this week’s cover profile, local attorney Rob Cossey, has cultivated a unique side business: defending cops who unwantedly find themselves in hot water. Cossey’s next high-profile case?

Representing Gordon Ennis, the former Spokane sergeant charged with raping a fellow officer at a booze-fueled house party hosted by another cop.

Cossey’s legal practice has made him friends with people on both sides of the law and, perhaps not surprisingly, he’s taken his share of flak. Don’t miss staff writer Mitch Ryals’ fascinating profile, beginning on page 20.

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BY ROBERT HEROLD

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K, let’s try to blur, just for a few moments, our President and his midnight tweeting; let’s even try to set aside his obsequious display earlier this month at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, where he diminished his own office and country by applauding an autocratic leader who no doubt influenced the 2016 American presidential election. So while we can’t ignore Donald Trump, even when we try, let’s see if we can at least divert our attention; not easy, but… surely we can find other absurdities to examine.

In this spirit, I direct your attention to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to require high school seniors to have a life plan. He wants to require them to show proof they’ve been “accepted into college or the military, or a trade or a ‘gap year’ program.”

Emanuel’s intention, so it seems, is to graduate kids into “paying jobs.” But through a plan?

At 18? As a graduation requirement? This is the kind of proposal that gives liberals a bad name.

If asked, I would recommend that the kids “plan” to become accomplished bank robbers.

Willie Sutton might be a good role model. It was reported that Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks, said, “Because that’s where the money is.”

Why not Willie Sutton? Consider that he never killed anyone. He relied on guile and disguises, and he was the master of craftiness. All the traits of any successful Wall Street investment banker, and also traits — if it hadn’t occurred to you — associated with the present part-time occupant of the White House.

Later in life, Sutton claimed he never said that he robbed banks for money; rather, that he robbed banks for the thrill of robbing banks.

So he not only had a job, he was “happy in his work.” In the business world, they call this a “win-win.”

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hich brings us to the “gap year” option. Here, Rahm Emanuel might be onto something — not a “required” something, but an “opportunity” something.

Alas, we all know how this would unfold. Adults — the “experts” — would “professionalize” the idea, which, of course, would drive out all experimentation and spontaneity. Students would be herded off to see the school’s “Gap Year Specialist.”

In his new book, The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis — and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance, Ben Sasse, a relatively moderate Republican senator (yes, there are a few) from Nebraska, indirectly addresses Emanuel’s concerns.

Sasse, with a Ph.D. from Yale, urges a return to the “old-fashioned values.” He sees problems everywhere — marriages taking place later in life, the ever-growing number of young people living

at home, kids who don’t know how to work and more.

Writing in The Atlantic, Emma Green sums up Sasse’s argument: “He believes that Americans have lost their sense of personal integrity and discipline.

For the country to deal with the troubles ahead — including automation, political disengagement, and the rise of nativist, huckster politicians, he says — people must recover their sense of virtue. The republic depends on it.”

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t’s no coincidence that since 2008, everything Sasse laments has spiked. My guess?

The millennials don’t count on much. The nomination of Hillary Clinton, followed by the election of Donald Trump, did nothing to restore confidence.

Green points out that Sasse “pays little attention to the real divides in income, race, and religious conviction that have left many Americans feeling like they live among strangers in a country that wasn’t built for them. Some of his ideas seem punitive, showing the dark side of the Protestant work ethic he so cherishes.” (To be fair, by confusing insights for proposals, Green does Sasse a bit of a disservice.)

I have four grown “boomer” children from a first marriage who work hard, and a millennial from a second, who struggled first with the 2008 financial collapse and now confronts the trickledown effects from that disaster.

I turn 79 this year and frankly, even I don’t recognize much in this book that relates to my growing-up years. I’m a late Depression/World War II “Navy Junior.” Lots of moves. Considerable dislocation. Social problems. And a father who came back from the war with serious problems. And I wasn’t unusual.

Nary a “Nebraska story” in the mix.

Seems to me that Sasse has produced a book that could only have been written by a “fifth generation Nebraskan” LETTERS who is just 45 Send comments to years old. editor@inlander.com.

Still, as Green and others suggest, if we consider the book to be a conversation starter about a serious question, it’s well worth the read.

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We like to repeat an old joke in my family: “Is this a private argument or can anyone join in?” But that question doesn’t only apply to arguments. It applies to parties and funerals and games of pinochle. Whether we’re fighting or playing or celebrating or laughing or crying, we want to do it together.

The ranch was founded by my great-grandfather, who first came across an ocean to America alone as a teenager and then made his way across the country to the

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A place where we can all be together, in celebration or mourning

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’m writing my column this week as I fly from Seattle to Boise. Once I land, after some conversations with old friends and maybe a few old foes as well, I’m headed to the family ranch in central Idaho, nestled just over a hill from Hells Canyon.

It’s the place that has always defined Idaho to me.

Both peaceful and wild, and usually filled with family.

At the ranch, people, place and history collide in a literal way that hints at the deeper connections beneath. I may have first learned the art of politics and public works in my adopted hometown of Sandpoint, but it’s at the ranch that I learned who I wish to be, and the philosophy that’s driven me.

My cousin is getting married there this coming weekend, almost exactly five years after my wife and I got married there. There will be a party, and it will be grand and loud and loving in all the ways only a Greek family

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West. He bought the ranch during the Great Depression on credit — a feat that was only possible for a young immigrant because of a hard-won reputation for honesty.

The family story goes that he and a group of other Greek sheep ranchers had cosigned on a loan to finance each of their ranching operations. The rest had gone broke and were unable to pay, so my great-grandfather — true to his word — covered the entire debt.

Originally the ranch had a mansion built by a previous, much richer, owner, but I never saw it, as it burned down when my grandmother was a child. When the mansion first caught fire, my great-grandfather’s response, rather than rushing to save valuables, was to start throwing mattresses out the window. He was going to make sure his family had somewhere to sleep as comfortably as they could that night.

After a couple of generations of staying in a small cabin, we built a new house a few years ago. Driven by the same philosophy as my great-grandfather, it’s mostly filled with beds so everyone in the family will have a place to sleep; the most important thing being that there’s a place we can all be together — to more easily join whatever fight or party is happening.

The world is crazy right now, and so is my family.

But my family’s crazy is also comforting. The ranch offers us a place that is simultaneously outside the world and at the center of it. And right now, it feels like exactly the reminder I need: What’s important is that in the face of life’s fires, we work to make others as comfortable as we can, that we share in celebrating and mourning together, and that when we see others facing challenges, we ask, “Is this a private argument or can anyone join in?” n John T. Reuter, a former Sandpoint City Councilman, has been active in protecting the environment, expanding LGBT rights and Idaho’s Republican Party politics.

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Why is the consortium of Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera Beutler, all R-Wash.; Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Greg Walden, R-Ore., staring into the face of the worst incoming Chinook, sockeye and steelhead runs in decades, and claiming “record returns” and that the status quo is great, and submitting their bill to Congress to prevent additional springtime spill to help endangered fish and take lower Snake River dam removal off the table (“Decision Be Dammed,” 7/13/17)?

Why are they subverting an honest review of the Columbia River system biological opinion and hundreds of thousands of comments in a public review process?

Why are they looking to lock in the 2014 Columbia River BiOp that was roundly rejected, based on law and science, by U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon?

Why are they propping up a lower Snake River dam complex that is costly to taxpayers and failing our communities?

We, as taxpayers and ratepayers, have poured billions into the system for “salmon and steelhead mitigation.” These dams produce little power: less than 4 percent of a regional power grid that is awash in excess production, with more renewables coming online every year. There needs to be a clear LETTERS distinction between dams that are Send comments to valuable to the power grid, and those editor@inlander.com. that are not and should come out.

The lower four Snake River dams should be removed. Let’s craft the compromise that can make this happen.

Help communities, save money, and protect salmon.

Salmon and steelhead aren’t recovering. We need a new approach, and our current leadership isn’t providing it. This bill will only divide communities and drive another nail in the coffin of our keystone Inland Northwest species: wild salmon and steelhead.

It’s time to come together to #FreeTheSnake.

JOSH MILLS Wild Steelhead Coalition Board of Directors Member Spokane, Wash.

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Spokane is taking its first steps to becoming the city of tomorrow GRIDSMART

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aiting at a red light, whether at an empty intersection or behind a train of 20 cars, can feel excruciatingly long. Waiting for a late bus, getting there 10 minutes early just to be sure, can feel even longer. Waiting for a plane to take off, after an unexpected two-hour-long delay on the runway, can feel like an eternity.

However, the Spokane region is waging war on obsolete transportation with smart intersections, reactive public transit and a data-saturated airport.

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The intersection at Division Street and Magnesium Road is a lot like others in Spokane. Magnesium slices across Division’s six lanes while traffic flows in every direction.

Homes, businesses and a school make sure the intersection stays busy. While it looks like any other intersection, this is one of the most technologically advanced in the city.

Here, traffic moves with the help of a vehicle detection and data collection system called Gridsmart. The system is a series of sensors around the intersection that feed information to a processor connected to the traffic lights. Gridsmart cameras also provide a video feed, allowing the city to adapt to traffic changes as they arise.

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real time,” says Val Melvin, one of the city’s senior traffic engineers.

Traffic lights are one of the oldest features of transportation infrastructure, and they aren’t going anywhere.

The key to keeping traffic moving through intersections comes down to the timing of the lights, Melvin says.

Gridsmart makes sure the duration of the lights makes sense for the amount of traffic and in which direction it is flowing.

“If detection isn’t good, then the signals aren’t good,” Melvin says.

The feedback on Gridsmart has been positive, she says. So much so that the city hopes to install them at every major intersection in the city. For now, only three are installed, and one more is planned. Exactly how many Gridsmart systems the city ends up with depends on securing funding for them.

The intersections of yesteryear had pressure plates under the road that communicated with traffic lights when drivers pulled up to them. Melvin says Spokane has left pressure plates behind in favor of magnetometers, which detect vehicles by sensing changes in magnetic fields.

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Melvin says the best traffic detection system would not cause more traffic and would keep workers out of the roadway as much as possible.

The natural solution was to move the sensors above ground. Like many cities, Spokane chose a radar detection system that perches on light poles around intersections. The radar just has to be pointed at the roads, and traffic-light times are adjusted according to the density of traffic moving through.

Melvin says this system is not perfect, either.

If lanes in an intersection change, a worker would have to climb the pole and adjust the radar accordingly.

One of Gridsmart’s most valuable features, Melvin says, is that it can be adjusted remotely.

No pole-climbing is required if road work closes a lane.

Gridsmart also collects data on traffic, like how many wheels a vehicle has, and in which direction it is traveling. Armed with Gridsmartcollected information, transportation managers gain a better understanding of which intersections see the most traffic and can design more efficient infrastructure.

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Keeping track of the Spokane Transit Authority’s fleet of 147 buses is a massive challenge for Fred Nelson and his team of transportation directors. With the help of new technologies, the challenge is no longer reacting to factors influencing the flow of buses, but predicting them.

“For public transportation in Spokane, this is light-years ahead of what it was,” Nelson says.

The new-age communication center now looks like a well-lit war room, complete with computer monitors on swiveling arms, wallmounted television screens with maps and live cameras. This is the combination of the STA’s Computer Aided Dispatch and Automatic Vehicle Location System, or CAD/AVL, and a stream of information brought in through the Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center, or SRTMC. “This is a pretty significant hub we have here,” Nelson says. “The public has no idea what

we have at our disposal.”

Using CAD/AVL alongside SRTMC camera feeds, Nelson and his team know where each bus is at all times, who’s driving it, how many people are on it and how traffic will affect its route.

As recently as 2012, STA was keeping track of buses with paper schedules and radio communications.

“We knew where they were supposed to be, but didn’t know exactly where they were,” says John Schlabach, a route supervisor.

Schlabach recalled a time recently when an STA vehicle’s wheelchair ramp was damaged. He was able to locate the bus, contact a nearby city worker for repairs and guide other buses to keep the pace, all through the CAD/AVL system.

The technology helps in more than emergency situations. Schlabach is just one of the multiple route overseers who keep their eyes on STA vehicles during all hours of operation. They’ve come to gain an understanding of how to alleviate common problems.

For example, when lots of riders getting on and off a bus drag it behind schedule, someone in the communication center will know how far behind schedule it is, and how many people ahead need the ride. To take pressure off the driver, the communication center will dispatch another bus to slide ahead of it, picking up its would-be riders, allowing it to unload and get back on track, Nelson explains. He says trying

“For public transportation in Spokane, this is light-years ahead of what it was.” tactics like these before CAD/AVL resulted in buses chasing other buses, while the communication center tried to remotely locate both.

Now, STA can even build detour routes from the communication center and relay the changes to the drivers. Nelson estimated that the Hoopfest detours were built two weeks in advance.

Then they were programmed to begin on a timer, and drivers received the new routes as soon as they took effect. Nelson says STA regularly builds detour routes to avoid traffic clogs on the highway and other congested areas of the city.

“We were reactive. Now we are proactive,” Nelson says.

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Technology in air travel and aviation does not come in leaps and bounds. Due to the nature of the industry, everything has to be scrupulously tailored, and there are very few universal truths between airports.

Spokane International Airport’s list of challenges includes millions of square feet of pavement that has to withstand frigid winters and scorching summers, foggy landings, shared airspace with an Air Force base and, of course, other airports’ shortcomings.

As director of Operations and Maintenance, Ryan Shaheen and his team tackle many issues at once with the help of technologies in their communication center.

“It is a pretty big job with a LETTERS broad scope,” he says.

Send comments to Shaheen’s department editor@inlander.com. inspects the pavement at least twice a day, usually more. They can’t take a magnifying glass to every square foot of the runway, but do know which parts of the runway have required the most maintenance in the past, and which parts are likely to need it, based on an interactive digital heat map created with PASSUR Aerospace’s data platform.

Weather affects the runway’s pavement the same way it affects city streets, Shaheen says, but the airplanes cannot land on runways riddled with cracks and potholes, so maintenance demands more than a watchful eye.

Operations and Maintenance also keeps track of the runway’s grip. Airport vehicles, generally SUVs, are fitted with sensors that measure the friction between tire and runway.

PASSUR aggregates data from multiple sources at a time, like the National Weather Service and the Federal Aviation Administration, to provide relevant information on past maintenance projects and weather trends that will affect the runway’s performance.

Through the communication center, Shaheen can track down one broken light among thousands, or one worker painting lines on the runway more than a mile away from his desk.

Maintenance and Operations keeps an eye out for lulls in runway traffic by tracking many of the same factors in the air and at other airports through PASSUR. They can know if weather at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is holding up planes, or if an aerial firefighting plane 30 miles away needs to land for maintenance.

Shaheen points to an orange-and-white checkered shack next to a 20-foot-tall antenna tower. Together, they are the glide slope station. The system transmits information to the control tower and the pilots, allowing them to land planes in almost blinding fog. However, Shaheen says, they would never take a chance on a landing that risky.

He says that every airport has a complicated web of technologies, all working toward the common goal of a safe flight, but no two are the same.

“If you’ve seen one airport, you’ve seen one airport,” Shaheen says. n

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FOOTBALL The future of the SPOKANE EMPIRE indoor football team is uncertain. Formerly the Spokane Shock, the team left the Arena Football League in 2015 for the Indoor Football League and adopted the new moniker. The Empire advanced to last season’s IFL championship game, but lost 55-34 to Sioux Falls. This season, the team struggled through injuries and declining ticket sales revenue and sponsorships. The Empire finished with an 8-8 record in 2017, and now team owners say they’re sitting out the 2018 season. They’ll be looking for more local sponsors or for a buyer, which could mean another league change, or the end of indoor football in Spokane. (FORREST HOLT)

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Washington ranked No. 1, thanks to having one of the nation’s fastest growing economies, the largest concentrations of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workers in the country, and a high ranking for quality of living. Washington placed in the top 10 in each of the previous four years that this study has been conducted, and has made considerable improvement from its ranking of 21st in 2013.

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ECONOMICS As the national economy continues to improve, UNEMPLOYMENT is plummeting in Washington. But it’s falling even faster in Idaho, which, at 3.2 percent, has the 10th lowest unemployment rate in the nation. Sam Wolkenhauer, the northern regional economist for the Idaho Department of Labor, says the primary reason for the low rate is that Idaho’s natural beauty and low cost of living are driving retirees to move to the state, boosting the service sector in particular. And though the state is shifting to a service economy, Wolkenhauer says, Idaho is one of the only states that continues to add manufacturing jobs. The limiting factor, he says, is training: Many of the best-paid positions in Idaho are taken by those from out of the state, because not enough Idahoans have the education they need for those jobs. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Hot Topic The Spokane City Council codifies its climate position; plus, a new authority will manage development around the Spokane Airport GREEN GOALS

Back in 2010, the city of Spokane passed an aspirational resolution: The city would seek to reduce the level of CARBON EMISSIONS to 30 percent under 2005 levels by 2030. While the city has made major strides in reducing its emissions since then, it was only on Monday night that the council — by a 6-1 vote — made the goal an official part of city policy.

“It is the law of the city to pursue it,” Councilman Breean Beggs says. “It should be reflected in our budget.”

Much of the rest of the ordinance is purely symbolic. It codifies that the city recognizes “the occurrence of human-caused climate change,” “the vast scientific consensus regarding this matter” and the potential that the “impact of climate change poses a real threat to the health and well-being of Spokane’s citizens.”

The debate over the ordinance included a nearly half-hourlong lecture by Councilman Mike Fagan, complete with two videos, in an attempt to dispute the effectiveness of the Paris climate accords and general scientific consensus around climate change.

Even some who acknowledged the consensus, however, worried that the ordinance would result in expenses for the businesses and the city in the future.

The financial cost — if any — of the city focusing on reducing emissions is unknown at this time. But Beggs says it’s unlikely that the city will turn into a regulator to try to enforce emissions policy, noting that’s generally seen as the state and federal government’s role. Instead, he says, the city will focus on leading, facilitating and education, rather than regulating.

Council President Ben Stuckart, meanwhile, acknowledges that the city will need to wrestle with the costs and benefits in order to meet the emissions reductions.

“If we start really looking at how to meet those goals in 2030, then we are going to have discussions about trade-offs and how we spend our resources,” he says. “This makes it a much more realistic conversation to have.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

A NEW DEVELOPMENT

A new public entity formed to streamline development around Spokane International Airport and on the West Plains has partners at the city, airport and Spokane County excited about the future.

After years of work, the partners came together to form a PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, a public body that can manage federal grants and will handle the majority of increased tax income generated within the boundaries set out in the agreement.

Instead of competing to annex land around the airport, the groups will agree to share in the benefits of new development.

The goal is “to attract new manufacturing and aerospace development that will grow jobs in the area,” according to a press release.

At the same time, the PDA takes on the liability of new deals in the area, sheltering the partners from the risks of new business.

The 20-year agreement, announced July 10, received final approval from Spokane City Council on Monday night.

“I just want to thank our partners at the city, the county, and at the airport for this, because it’s going to pay huge dividends in economic development in the future,” Council President Ben Stuckart said before a unanimous 7-0 vote to sign onto the PDA. The PDA will be governed by a seven-member board, which will include representatives from the Spokane Airport Board, county, city, airport, and two at-large members, and will hold public meetings. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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Most of the city council challengers argue that Spokane needs to do much better at preventing and fixing potholes, but incumbents Breean Beggs and Candace Mumm argue that the city is already largely on the right track.

The 10 Contenders We tackle the biggest issues facing the slate of Spokane City Council candidates in the August primary

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n Aug. 1, a total of 10 city council candidates — two incumbents and eight challengers — will face off across three districts. Only six will advance to November’s general election.

The Inlander spoke to all 10 of the candidates about the issues they cared about. Nobody mentioned last year’s mayoral scandal. Nobody mentioned President Trump. Instead, nearly every challenger argued that it was time for the city to get back to basics. Each candidate spoke about the issues they were most passionate about, including lane reductions, cops, jobs, marijuana advertising and — especially — potholes.

DISTRICT 1

Northeast Spokane, including the Hillyard district The incumbent: None. Councilwoman Amber Waldref is term-limited, leaving an open seat.

The challengers: Daycare operator TIM BENN was trounced in both of his attempts, in 2012 and 2014, to run as a Republican state representative. Now he’s running to be the seatmate of radio talk-show host Mike Fagan, currently the sole conservative on the council.

“I think the city councilmembers’ job is to focus on the things that citizens are the most concerned about,” Benn says. “Currently that is our roads and infrastructure.”

He says Spokane needs to prepare for the upcoming North Spokane Corridor by spending money to bulk up Hillyard’s lagging infrastructure.

Benn argues that the city wastes too much money on things like roundabouts, and too much time on international issues. He also floats some unique ideas, like helping cops address out-of-control property crime by sending college students who are studying criminal justice or social services to investigate some property crimes.

Benn faces two contenders to his left. Democratic Washington state Sen. Andy Billig’s legislative aide KATE BURKE seeks to turn her youth — mocked by Benn earlier this year at a Trump rally — into an asset.

“Forty percent of Spokane is under 30 years old,” says

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Burke, 28. “No one is really representing that group.”

Burke voted for the statewide minimum-wage initiative and supports the city’s mandatory sick-leave policy.

But when discussing the need for better roads and more cops, she strikes a more moderate tone on taxes.

“Eventually, we might need to raise revenue. Right now, my constituents cannot stomach that,” Burke says.

“We’re working families.”

Instead, she argues that she can use her connections in the legislature to increase state funding for important services like mental health.

She sees Hillyard as being shortchanged by city investments. And she echoes the concern that the city is spending too much time focusing on passing toothless resolutions, even though she says often agrees with the resolutions’ sentiments.

Burke’s liberal rival KATHRYN ALEXANDER, a longtime Bemiss neighborhood activist, contrasts herself with Burke by arguing that she’s focused on local issues instead of statewide ambitions.

“I do not have a grander vision,” Alexander says about her ambitions. “I like Spokane. It’s grand enough for me.”

She says the city is seriously underfunded, and doesn’t reject taxes as a way to address the gap.

“I’m going to look at the budget first to see where we are spending the money,” Alexander says. She’s allied with Councilman Breean Beggs in considering a levy to fix Spokane’s miles of crumbling sidewalks.

Alexander was also the only challenger to bring up affordable housing as a priority. She calls housing a “human right.”

“District 1, in particular, has a huge number of empty houses,” she says. “Many are not livable.”

DISTRICT 2

The South Hill, most of downtown Spokane, and the West Plains The incumbent: Attorney and former “chief catalyst” at the Center for Justice, BREEAN BEGGS was appointed to his seat by the council in February 2016.

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Since then, he’s proposed complicated compromises — like seeking a change to the role of the police ombudsman that would satisfy both the police union and police critics. He’s authored the legal initiative that would seek to fine certain oil and coal train cars that pass through Spokane, disagreeing with the city hearing examiner’s conclusion that the initiative would be struck down in court. And he’s floated several tax-increase proposals, arguing that citizens should have a chance to vote on what they’ve sought to fund.

While he supports the hiring of some police officers, Beggs says the city also needs to consider a full-scale overhaul of its public safety strategy.

“I’m in favor of really a top-to-bottom, comprehensive look into how we continue to reduce crime and [improve] policing,” Beggs says.

The challengers: By contrast, Fagan ally TONY KIEPE, a health care consultant for AristaPoint, says the city is wasting too much money on “wants” instead of “needs.”

He doesn’t think that the city should have spent money to build a fancy pedestrian bridge or expand the number of 311 operators. He doesn’t think the city should have loaned LETTERS $1.75 million to develSend comments to oper Ron Wells to put editor@inlander.com. micro-apartments in the Ridpath Hotel. And he’s skeptical regarding the city’s homelessness strategy.

“We don’t want to just keep throwing money into it,” Kiepe says. “If that’s not working, we’ve got to change it.”

Kiepe also talks about the need for more police and better roads — but he’s not willing to raise taxes to get them.

Former Park Board member ANDY DUNAU stakes out the middle ground, describing himself as either a “business-friendly” Democrat or a centrist, touting endorsements from both Republicans like Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and Democrats like former City Councilman Steve Corker.

His positions reflect that. On the one hand, he calls Beggs’ oil train initiative “unconstitutional” and criticizes the council for trying to mandate sick leave on the local level. On the other, he says he’s “totally opposed” to the attempts to undo the city’s immigration-status inquiry prohibition. He says he’ll focus on roads, potholes, snow removal and infrastructure.

“We need to get back to the middle and get business done,” Dunau says.

He also says that as the city addresses homelessness, it should build case files on homeless individuals to help agencies address the totality of their needs.

“If you can’t treat the person as a whole, you’re playing whack-a-mole,“ he says.

BRUCE VONADA, meanwhile, says he’s “better educated, I have more experience, and I’m more qualified than all the [other] candidates.” He can tout experience as a pilot, college professor, human resources director and former Alaska city manager.

What Vonada can’t tout, so far, is any donations or endorsements. Nor has he sought them. “It’s like selling your soul in my world,” he says. Instead, Vonada has focused on decrying the sheer scale of the city’s homelessness problem, and marveling at what he sees as the absurdity of local politics. “$451 to file for office!” Vonada wrote in his candidate filing statement. “What? You think I am made of money?”

DISTRICT 3

Northwest Spokane, from West Central to the Indian Trail neighborhood The incumbent: CANDACE MUMM won four years ago on a campaign platform of business-friendly moderation — shifting the council’s balance of power toward City Council President Ben Stuckart. Her critics argue that she’s largely voted with the liberal bloc, on issues like mandatory safe-and-sick leave. She counters that she helped add provisions to that ordinance to ease concerns for small businesses and startups. Yet she also personally voted in favor of the initiative that hiked the minimum wage and will wipe out the nuances of the city’s sick-leave policy. She says it’s better for the state to be under one sick-leave policy, instead of a patchwork of different regulations.

“The city of Spokane having a separate ordinance than the other cities around us is very difficult to implement,” Mumm says.

She says she’s proud of her work to bring a transit center to West Spokane and improve pedestrian safety through a crosswalk ordinance. In her next term, Mumm says she’d like to concentrate on revitalizing neighborhood centers and fighting property crime.

“Just hiring more police won’t necessarily solve the property crime problem,” Mumm says, noting the city’s bipartisan efforts to give car thieves community supervision.

The challengers: To Mumm’s right comes MATTHEW HOWES, whose life story is the quintessential realization of the American Dream: When he was 6, Howes was one of the Vietnamese children who escaped to America during the fall of Saigon. Today, he’s built his own business — Adelo’s Pizza.

Howes argues that he can bring a restaurant owner’s perspective to issues, noting he had to let go two employees because of the minimum-wage hike.

He’s also particularly focused on opposing marijuana advertising, recently delivering an impassioned speech before the city council about ripping the marijuana-ad stickers off of the Spokesman-Review before his daughter can see them.

Howes also jumps on the opportunity to lambaste Mumm for not opposing the lane reduction on a stretch of Monroe Street, an administrator-led project that has infuriated local business owners.

Even after construction, Howes says, the city will regret it.

“As Spokane continues to grow, they’re going to realize in five, six, seven years they’re going to need those five lanes,” he says.

Slightly more moderate than Howes, at least rhetorically, is BRIAN BURROW, a consultant who has contracted with Avista.

“I have more suitable experience, with years of economic analysis and working with policy makers and decision makers,” Burrow says, contrasting himself with Howes. “I bring diplomacy and an understanding of the process.”

Burrow says that as a business consultant, he’s met with more than 100 aerospace companies, and can use that experience to help attract more manufacturers to the region. He says he isn’t opposed to the concept of a lane reduction, but suggests that Monroe was the wrong street to try it on. And while he says he supports environmental efforts, he warns that the city council’s vote Monday night to emphasize carbon-reduction benchmarks could hurt Spokane in the long run.

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Shield and Their

When cops find themselves on the wrong side of the law, one man will step up to defend them

By Mitch Ryals

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ob Cossey springs off the curb in front of his corner law office on a recent sunny afternoon, with two men by his side. He strides into the shadow of the Spokane County Superior Courthouse as a white pickup rolls past. The truck’s grizzled driver shouts out his window: “Hey, Rob Cossey! On your way to get the cops off?”

Cossey chuckles but pays little mind. He hurries across the street, nearly leaping onto the next curb. The two men in tow are his clients, and they pepper him with questions about their cases. Cossey tells each of them what’s about to happen. Be sure to address the judge as, “Yes sir, no sir. Yes ma’am, no ma’am.”

As the three approach the Public Safety Building — headquarters for Spokane’s two law enforcement agencies — a man with a badge and a gun on his hip walks in the opposite direction.

“Hey, Rob. How’s it going?”

“Hey! How are you?” Cossey says without breaking stride. “Good to see ya.”

As a defense attorney, Cossey’s job is to stand up for people accused of doing some truly heinous shit. A short list of his clients includes a man who shot an unarmed pregnant woman; another who fired five times at a man fleeing for his life; and a third accused of kicking a handcuffed man in the mouth.

Other than their attorney, these men have two things in common: They all wear a gun and a badge, and they all got off.

And so Cossey’s legend has grown, and for the past two decades, cops who found themselves in handcuffs or other sticky situations have turned to him for counsel.

In August, Cossey takes up the cause of a former Spokane police sergeant accused of raping a female officer, who was passed out at a party. The female officer awoke with Sgt. Gordon Ennis’ hand down her pants, according to court records.

But Cossey says Ennis never should have faced criminal charges. His best defense?

“He didn’t do it,” Cossey says, adding, “But you’re talking to his attorney.”

Over his 30-year career, Cossey has defended dozens of cops, and he says he’s won all but one case.

“All the police officers, when they get in trouble, they talk to Rob,” says Jim Sweetser, the former elected prosecutor in Spokane County, who’s known Cossey since their law school days in the mid-1980s. “I think it’s a recognition that he’s a ...continued on page 22

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Rob Cossey spent his first year out of law school working as a local prosecutor, and there he developed friendships with police.

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE “THE BADGE AND THEIR SHIELD,” CONTINUED... good defense attorney, because he’s been successful in getting police officers off at trial where the evidence appears to be stacked against them.”

Generally, people don’t like lawyers, but somehow Cossey pulls it off. Despite his swagger, cockiness and a winning record to be jealous of, Cossey comes off as affable, even charming.

Many respect him. Others love to hate him.

Irritatingly, the rules don’t seem to apply to him.

He’s happily wedded to the job; married once previously, he’s dating a former client who now works in his office. And he has friends on both sides of the law — a defense attorney who is tight with the cops and doesn’t get speeding tickets. (“But I don’t speed either,” he says.)

But before Cossey built a reputation as a badass trial attorney and as the cops’ go-to lawyer, his career nearly imploded just as it got going.

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n the late ’80s, Cossey worked as a public defender under a contract with a private law firm. He handled mostly minor cases for people who couldn’t afford a lawyer. It was a good way to drum up business for a recently minted attorney.

But in 1991, he was accused of fleecing some of those indigent clients. In at least four cases, prosecutors alleged that Cossey illegally charged people for his legal services they were entitled to for free or at a discount, according to court documents.

“Rob Cossey interviewed [Steven] Nicoll and related to him a story about one of his private clients who is a doctor,” court documents state.

“Nicoll was told by Cossey that the doctor had a large amount of money. Cossey continued on telling Nicoll that he was the head of the City Public Defenders system and the difference between a public defender and a private attorney is that a private attorney can do more because he is paid and a public defender is overworked. At this time, Nicoll was influenced to hire Cossey as his private attorney for $1,200.”

Cossey was absolved of the felony charges at trial. A different outcome may have cost him his license. Today, he explains that the jury cleared him “very, very quickly.” He says he was upfront with those clients, who signed separate contracts with him and agreed to pay.

“Some of the people who came in asked if, instead of the attorneys who were working for me, if I would do their case,” Cossey says. “We had contracts. Everything was aboveboard.”

He’s long since put the issue behind him, but it nevertheless highlights a two-track justice system. One for people who have money — who can hire Cossey — and one for people who don’t.

Today, Cossey is blunt about his role in that system.

“This is how I make my living, how I pay for everybody in my office,” he says. “They all have a family, kids. For the most part, if I don’t want

to represent somebody, I charge enough that I’m saying, ‘OK, I’ll do it for that.’”

In other cases, the ones that tug at his heartstrings, he’ll strike a deal. Edward Bushnell, for example, worked off some of his legal fees by painting Cossey’s house. Bushnell was acquitted in May of murder in the shooting death of William Poindexter. The then-27-year-old had stepped in to stop Poindexter, 45, from assaulting his girlfriend on an East Central street in July 2015. The two men got into a fight, and Bushnell was hit in the face, according to court documents. As Poindexter walked away with his girlfriend, Bushnell retrieved a gun from his backpack and fired twice into Poindexter’s back, killing him.

The acquittal sparked outrage among some in the community who viewed it as another example of a white man (Bushnell) getting away with killing a black man (Poindexter).

“I became very close to him and his family,” Cossey says of Bushnell. “You’d like him. He thought he was doing the right thing. [Poindex-

“They’re doing a big spread on me,” he says.

“Sexiest attorney in Spokane.”

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Cossey’s fees can vary, depending on the complexity of the case and whether it holds special interest for him. ter] was picking her up by her hair and throwing her on the ground. He thought he was doing the right thing protecting her.”

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ossey’s phone never stops ringing. The damn thing buzzes near 10 times before 9 am.

An accused child molester wants to meet with him at the jail. A pimp, also a former client, wants Cossey to get him out of jury duty.

(He can’t.) Another man wants to know the status of his child custody case. Cossey needs to make sure that Ennis, the former SPD sergeant, has signed some documents after he violated conditions of his release by attempting to contact a key witness.

And earlier in the week, an SPD officer shot and killed someone on Spokane’s South Hill.

Cossey hasn’t gotten a call yet, but “they usually give me a couple days, and then I get a call on it,” he says. (Cossey is also one of a handful of area attorneys who are approved by a legal defense fund that pays legal fees for officers nationwide accused of wrongdoing while on duty.)

Later on this day, a Spokane County prosecutor, who Cossey calls a friend, will to ask him to represent a friend of hers in a family law case.

“Today is actually a slow day,” he says. He’s not joking. Still, the phone rings nonstop and

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members of his staff pop into his office every couple of minutes with questions. He tells them that the reporter in the room works for Playgirl.

“They’re doing a big spread on me,” he says.

“Sexiest attorney in Spokane.”

He’s joking.

Cossey is a wiry 6 feet, with a round face and a graying, two-day-old beard. In the courtroom, he chitchats with prosecutors, laughing casually.

In front of the judge, Cossey projects a brazen charisma. He talks loud and fast. He’s constantly moving.

Right out of law school, he spent his first year at the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office — forging relationships with police — then began building a name for himself by taking cases for cheap. He worked long hours and developed a reputation for taking anything to trial, which helped him score better plea deals. People, including police officers, took notice.

“Over the years, I’ve seen Cossey work a couple little magic tricks,” says Dave Partovi, a local defense attorney. “I don’t really know how he does it.”

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MITCH RYALS covers criminal justice for the Inlander, and has previously written for publications in Missouri, his home state. He has covered confidential informants, bounty hunters and train hoppers. Contact Ryals at mitchr@inlander.com or 509-325-0634 ext. 237.

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“In the paper, I took a lot of flak [for that case],” Cossey says now.

“A lot of negative media.”

A local radio station broadcast Cossey’s closing argument in the Olsen case in 2009, he says — the first and only time that’s happened.

Olsen was acquitted of assault and reckless endangerment charges in March 2009 after shooting a fleeing man in the head two years earlier. He was off duty and had been drinking at a bar downtown with a friend. Olsen claimed he was trying to stop a man named Shonto Pete from stealing his truck. (Pete was acquitted of those theft charges.)

Olsen was drunk and chasing Pete down an embankment in Peaceful Valley when he fired five times from his personal “mini Glock” pistol.

Olsen says he feared for his life when Pete turned to face him. But a bullet hit Pete’s head from behind. Cossey says it was a ricochet, but even he was surprised when the jury returned with a “not guilty” verdict — deciding that the drunk off-duty cop, who shot at a fleeing man, acted in self-defense. A month after the verdict, Olsen chose to resign from SPD, rather than being fired for various departmental violations, including conduct unbecoming an officer and making an untruthful statement during a criminal investigation.

After the Olsen trial, the list of people who Cossey helped to beat criminal charges or strike a favorable deal continued to grow, he says. Some of them are “monsters,” violent or sexually perverted individuals, who have gone on to commit more crimes, Cossey acknowledges. Those clients are just a paycheck to him, even if some of those verdicts make him cringe.

Then there are the people who he believes are actually innocent, or who don’t deserve the punishment that prosecutors are seeking.

But in all cases, it’s Cossey’s job to make sure his clients get a fair

shake, to explain their side of the story, to humanize them.

He says he doesn’t try to hide his clients’ scars, which provide explanations, even justification, for their actions. And he says he always puts his clients on the stand.

“I’m a firm believer in that,” he says. “Ninety percent of lawyers will tell me I’m wrong, but if you’re a juror and you’re told he didn’t do it, but he sits beside his lawyer and never takes the stand … are you really not going to take that into consideration?”

Cossey believes the harsh truth always beats a whitewashed façade.

That, Cossey says, partly explains how he helped a hard-core gang member accused of murder go free.

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ob Cossey has to pee.

He’s sitting in a courtroom in 2012 next to Stafone “Stix” Fuentes, a 27-year-old gang member on trial for murder whom Cossey believes is wrongfully accused.

Tattoos peek out of Fuentes’ shirt collar, and his sleeves cover the list of names on his arms — fallen brothers. Across the hall, Fuentes’ co-defendant is charged in the same killing. Attorneys there are trying like hell to hide from the jury the fact that he’s a gang member, Cossey says.

But he has the opposite strategy. Cossey doesn’t hide Fuentes’ history. In fact, he puts his client on the stand, and he tells his life story to the jury.

The court takes a break, and Cossey walks to the bathroom. At the urinals, an older man stands next to him. Cossey has seen him sitting in the back of the courtroom and inquires.

The man says he’s the father of the 21-year-old who was killed.

“He has more cases than I would ever dream of handling at one time. He likes running around with his hair on fire.”

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“I’m sorry for your loss,” Cossey recalls saying. “I want you to know that while I’m doing my job, I feel for you, and understand your loss.”

The man says “thank you” and adds that he doesn’t hold any ill will against the lawyer. Together they walk back to the courtroom, where Fuentes would eventually be acquitted.

“He’s one of the brightest clients I’ve ever had,” Cossey tells a local reporter following the “not guilty” verdict. Justice was served. “I believe I’ve done a good thing here today. I don’t always feel that way.”

Today, that trial sticks in Cossey’s mind for the talk at the urinal. His son was the same age as the victim; his daughter was even younger. Being a dad is one of the things he’s most proud of.

“He is very persuasive and has a good heart,” says Cossey’s ex-wife, Stacy Cossey, who is still on good terms with him. “But he represents all of these people who people think should be guilty, and therefore, they paint him with the same brush. I think it’s good for all of us to remember that Rob doesn’t make the decisions.

The judge or jury does. I think that’s a misconception that needs to be righted.”

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ossey walks past his 2005 Toyota Prius and into his palatial, 9,000-square-foot home with an indoor sauna and exercise room.

“Hello? Shirley?” he calls to his girlfriend.

“I’m here. But don’t talk dirty to me. Mitch is here.”

He chuckles, and she scolds him for working so late on the day before the Fourth of July. He gave his entire staff the day off, but came into the office to get caught up on a few things.

Cossey playing ball with his son, Tyler, in an undated family photo.

“I used to work ungodly hours,” Cossey says, carrying a worn black briefcase to his basement office. “It cost me a 30-year marriage.”

Cossey’s home office is tidy. Dark wood shelves wrap around the entire room, filled with basketball and World War II books. He also collects old basketball magazines, which sit next to scrapbooks of his playing days that his mother made for him.

Cossey could dunk as a 6-foot sophomore at Deer Park High School, and earned a scholarship to Whitman College, where he played for two years.

He continued playing basketball throughout law school at Gonzaga, dominating the city of Spokane’s adult recreational league. He played in every Hoopfest — including winning the bracket in the family division — up until about five years ago. He shattered his pelvis when he accosted some Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang mem-

bers beating up an old lady — or at least that’s the fable he tells everyone. (In reality, he fell off a horse.)

Now he can barely touch the rim.

Cossey suspects his tireless work ethic came from his childhood. He was raised on a farm with wheat, cattle and horses, which his family still runs. Even at law school, he juggled operating a painting company and managing an apartment complex with his courses. He says he was a bit of a misfit among his classmates, showing up in paint-stained clothes when others wore suits and ties.

In his mid-40s, Cossey had a heart attack. Doctors told him it was stress-induced. He’s 57 now.

Those who know Cossey well call him “straightforward,” “high energy” and “disarming,” a likable guy, who’s “eloquent” in his arguments. Several local attorneys and judges say that if they were in trouble, they’d hire Cossey.

“He’s just nonstop,” says Chris Bugbee, another former prosecutor-turned-criminal defense attorney, who used to work with Cossey. “He has more cases than I would ever dream of handling at one time. He likes running around with his hair on fire. I think he thrives off of it.”

Those qualities make him an effective trial lawyer.

“I found that he was very disarming in his manner and could be quite charming,” says retired Spokane County Superior Court Judge Jerome Leveque, who has presided over several of Cossey’s trials. “At the same time, if you took that charm for easygoing, you’d be making a mistake.”

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edge not knowing Cossey well — are quick to share concerns that he’s too charming for his own good. They point to his girlfriend, Shirley Vanning, whom he met as a client going through a messy divorce.

Cossey and his wife of three decades, Stacy, were separating but hadn’t filed for divorce when Vanning walked into Cossey’s office in 2011.

She wanted him to handle her divorce. It was an ugly situation — with both sides lobbing accusations at each other — and Vanning’s exhusband would later complain to the state bar association that Cossey hooked up with his wife before the divorce case was settled. Both Cossey and Vanning deny it, and the bar association dismissed the complaint, Cossey says. (If the accusation were true, he could have been disbarred.)

Today, Shirley Vanning works as one of his lead investigators. She is also the target of a lawsuit filed last week. A former client of Cossey’s, Terry Pudwill, claims he loaned Vanning more than $300,000 over a span of two months in 2013. She paid off her house (and then sold it) along with thousands of dollars in credit card debt and bills, but never paid him back.

Vanning, 44, says she never asked for the money and that Pudwill has thrown money at other women, too. “I told him I didn’t want him to do it,” she says. “I never signed anything. It wasn’t a loan. I never signed any paperwork.”

Vanning says that Cossey was unaware of the arrangement despite their close personal and professional relationship. Cossey says he only learned of the arrangement after the fact.

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ordon Ennis, the former Spokane cop accused of rape, clipped his fingernails.

A fellow officer had alerted him to a criminal investigation and that sheriff’s investigators would be coming to his house, “probably for your DNA.” The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office then received a phone call from Vanning before the search warrant was even completed. Cossey would be representing Ennis, Vanning told detectives, and any warrants could be served at the office. She vehemently denies telling Ennis to trim his nails.

“Oh, hell no. No, no, no, no, no,” she says. “I mean, he could have clipped them the day before that happened, and they still would have looked freshly trimmed. Being an officer, he would probably know that they were going to ask for some kind of DNA. That’s just common sense.

Whether he did or not, I don’t think he did, but we didn’t tell him to.”

Ennis was scheduled to stand trial in June, but even before the lawyers could pick a jury, Superior Court Judge James Triplet declared a mistrial at Cossey’s request. Cossey cited a

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Spokesman-Review article that ran the Friday before jury selection was to begin. The article described motions from prosecutors seeking to keep Cossey from calling the victim a “slut” or saying she got “what she deserved.”

Cossey says those are standard “boilerplate” motions in sexual assault cases, but the news coverage insinuated that his strategy would be to attack the victim.

“Who would do that anyway?” he says.

“Jurors have to like the attorney. I mean, if they don’t like me, we’re screwed. He’s screwed.”

Deputy Prosecutor Kelly Fitzgerald declined to comment for this article, citing the open criminal case.

Yet another issue in this case cropped up just last week. Police investigators caught Ennis trying to contact a key witness — Officer Doug Strosahl — through mutual friends. The alleged sexual assault happened at Strosahl’s house party in October 2015. In late May and early June of 2017, Ennis contacted SPD Officer Cory Lyons and a police dispatcher named Trevor Berg. According to police records, he asked both of them to relay a message to Strosahl: Call Rob Cossey.

In court, Cossey denied that he instructed anyone to contact Strosahl.

In a recent interview with the Inlander, Cossey declines to say much about the case ahead of trial, rescheduled for August, except

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that he believes Ennis is innocent.

“There are going to be facts that come out, I hope, that will show that it was consensual,” Cossey says. “There’s things I can’t talk about before the trial.”

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ack at his office, in the shadow of the courthouse, it’s approaching 4 pm, and as the phone continues to ring, Cossey reflects on his three-decade career.

“I don’t know that I’ve changed that much,” he says. “I’m a little bit more aware of bills and what people owe. Didn’t used to worry about that.”

As for his views on police and why he represents them? In Cossey’s eyes, the cops are the good guys whose reputation is spoiled by a few “bad apples.”

“I represent a lot of people that maybe have had a tough time in life, and so their actions are not what you and I would want to do,” he says.

“But police officers — not only do I have a lot of respect for them, but the vast majority of them are trying to do the right thing and protect us.”

Defending the police is a badge of honor, and for Cossey’s counsel, Ennis is paying “a lot less than anybody else,” he says.

Why? “Because he’s a cop.” n mitchr@inlander.com

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Millwood Print Works was founded by local printing experts Derek Landers (left), Thom Caraway and Bethany Taylor (not pictured).

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A new, community-focused arts nonprofit in Millwood hopes to inspire collaboration and a curiosity to learn traditional printing crafts

BY CHEY SCOTT

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n a Friday in July, the 70-year-old building parallel with the train tracks is hot and slightly musty.

Mixed with that familiar, dusty-dry smell of an old place is the faint tinge of paper and ink, but all three of the hand-operated platen presses lining one wall — two are more than a century old — are quiet this day.

Soon, the rhythmic clank and clatter of iron gears grinding will echo off the walls, as the antique printing machinery cranks through its repetitive motions.

Ideas have long been brewing for the new community nonprofit called Millwood Print Works, which is on the cusp of opening its doors to the public for classes on letterpress printing and silkscreening, and to serve as a

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community art space where both budding and experienced printers can practice their craft.

“Both of us have been wanting for a long time to get this off the ground,” says Millwood Print Works cofounder Derek Landers, a local designer and serigrapher (silkscreen printer) whose past projects include posters for bands like Wilco and Pearl Jam. Landers is referring to one of Millwood’s other two co-founders sitting next to him — poet and Whitworth University English professor Thom Caraway, whose interest lies mainly in the area of traditional letterpress printing and bookmaking.

Back when Landers was designing those band posters

— and still today — there weren’t any local print shops devoting the time or space required to manually screenprint posters. The craft made outdated by technology, however, is one that many artists have more recently become interested in as part of the broader cultural shift back to artisan processes and techniques.

With few exceptions among local artists with access to a designated space for such processes, those looking to learn the art of screen or letterpress printing are left to their own devices.

“When this opportunity came up, it became not only do I have a place to do it, but I can make a space for people who are in the same boat — who don’t have equipment, space or experience,” Landers says. “It’s a learning space for everyone, even the three of us. We’ll learn from people who come to do guest workshops.”

In the same vein, Caraway — who co-runs the small local press Sage Hill, for which he selects and designs small books and collections — hasn’t been able to print his books or other projects locally in the traditional, handmade method he desires.

“I want to do small books and handset the type and do the majority of printing and binding and trimming all here,” Caraway explains. “That’s what I’ve always wanted to do.”

Millwood Print Works’ final member is Bethany Taylor, an artist and expert in the field of letterpress techniques who moved to Spokane from Nashville about two years ago. Taylor, who previously worked at the famous Hatch Show Print poster shop in Nashville, runs her own print shop Interpunct Press out of her home. Taylor is the shop’s main resource on letterpress operation, machinery maintenance and printing instruction.

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hile Millwood Print Works has procured most of the necessary equipment — many thanks to community donations — such as ink, moveable typefaces, storage cabinets, some furniture and its presses for little to no cost, it’ll be a bit longer until the space opens up for classes and membership studio hours.

This week, the nonprofit wraps a successful Kickstarter campaign, which has significantly surpassed a goal of raising $5,000 to purchase supplies, like paper, and other necessities, like an air conditioner, before the official launch. As of this writing, more than $9,000 had been pledged. The campaign officially ends on Friday, July 21 at 1:30 am, and a campaign-closing party is set for this Thursday, July 20, for those interested in touring the print shop and making a last-minute contribution.

Millwood was also the recipient of a $7,500 Spokane Arts Grant Award. Thanks to a rent-free agreement with its building owner, Millwood Presbyterian Church, the nonprofit is currently only responsible for its utility bill; its three founders are all volunteering their time and expertise.

Letterpress and screenprinting classes at Millwood Print Works should launch sometime later this year. As time progresses, its founding trio anticipates seeing artist collaborations, partnerships with local groups and other creative endeavors organically arise as word about the project travels.

“Education and access are the things we say most often as far as our mission goes — teach them how to use it and give them a space to use it,” Caraway says. “But also the third part is building community… I want to walk in here with people who are super creative and passionate about process-based art collaborating.

It’s a space [where] people can not only just learn, but learn from each other.”

Classes at Millwood, priced at $225, are set to meet once a week for four weeks. One-day workshops focused on completing a single project are also planned, and members will be able to use the space and its equipment during open weekly studio hours for $225 annually, or $35 a month, materials included.

“I don’t think we’ll have trouble appealing to the art community,” Landers says. “I’d like to really see a general increase in public awareness of what this type of art is, and what it takes to do this — the artistry and skill involved. And for people to understand why it’s preferable to faster and cheaper methods that everything is done by nowadays.” n cheys@inlander.com Millwood Print Works • 8921 E. Euclid Ave., Millwood • millwoodprintworks.com or facebook.com/millwoodprintworks

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the Dead Lady Sings Redemption and rebirth make The Secret Garden “heavy with emotion” and worth seeing, says one of its chorus of ghosts

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’m the dead lady,” jokes Andrea Olsen. The Spokane-area actress and recent star of Always, Patsy Cline at Spokane Valley Summer Theatre is describing her role as Lily Craven in the company’s new production of The Secret Garden, a 1991 musical based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel of the same name.

Despite operating from beyond the grave, Lily is actually a key figure in the story. She’s both aunt to young Mary Lennox and wife of widower Archibald Craven, whose lives intersect when Mary is orphaned during a cholera epidemic and transported from her home in India to Archibald’s manor house in Yorkshire, England. There Archibald is still grieving over the loss of his wife, and Mary, through the discovery of an all-but-forgotten garden, inadvertently finds solace in things that were also dear to the late aunt she never met.

The two of them, each survivors in their own way, begin to find ways to move past their pain.

“She basically is what brings healing to his life, and to everybody that’s there.

The son that Lily and Archibald Craven had together, Colin, was born premature because she fell off a tree in her garden.

My husband’s brother is a doctor, and he’s taking care of the boy, but whether he realizes it or not, he’s malnourishing the boy. He keeps him inside and keeps him in bed, telling him that he’s crippled, that he’s sick,” says Olsen. Mary ends up befriending Colin and shows him that he’s capable of far more than anyone thought.

“It’s Mary finding where her purpose in life is. It’s Mary bringing Colin, her uncle, and everybody at the manor back to life.”

One of the reasons that Burnett’s tale for children has had such enduring, crossgenerational appeal is the garden of its title. It can be taken purely at face value, as though it were just a beautiful and mysterious backdrop, but can also function as a source of poetic meaning.

Christopher Tamayo as Dickon and Noelle Fries as Mary Lennox.

“The garden really embodies rebirth and growth,” she says. “The garden represents Lily and what she loved — making things grow, making things beautiful — and for Colin, the garden represents his mother.

Some of the food they bring to Colin to eat to get well comes from the garden. So the garden represents the wife, the mother and the restoration of everything.”

In this production, Archibald is played

by Michael Muzatko, Colin by Olsen’s reallife son George Dawson, and Mary by Noelle Fries. Though not yet a teenager, Fries has already appeared in several popular local productions, including Les Misérables at the Spokane Civic Theatre — where, incidentally, she played Olsen’s daughter.

“Noelle is a force. She’s a fantastic little actress,” says Olsen. “She probably is the more professional of all of us onstage. She’s a delight to work with, and she is Mary.”

Unlike its source material, the stage version of The Secret Garden is suffused with music. Olsen describes it as “very operatic” in nature on account of its recurring themes, its eclecticism and its chorus of ghosts.

“The chorus is what moves the story

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along. They are the people in India who are dying. They are the dreamers, or the ghosts, if you will, that are haunting the manor. They are the spirits in unrest,” she says, and that “tumult” is captured in several dramatic storms that take place throughout. “They are these intricately woven and layered pieces of music, with themes that you recognize, and yet the chorus is singing these driving rhythms.”

As a result of its music, its ambitious set design and its “sheer emotion,” Olsen says that The Secret Garden will have a lot to offer audiences of all ages.

“This show is going to tear at your heartstrings. Even for us onstage, it’s extremely moving. We keep joking in rehearsal that we should hand out Kleenex when people come in. When Colin finally walks, when Archibald forgives the cosmos for his wife’s dying — it’s giving me goosebumps even now.” n The Secret Garden • July 21-Aug. 6 • ThuSat, 7:30 pm; Sun, 2 pm • $20-$38 • Spokane Valley Summer Theatre • Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Rd. • svsummertheatre.com • 368-7897

Persistent Perks

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Frequent customer benefits at many restaurants are now digitally integrated; even so, the classic punch card lives on at many local spots

with four different punch cards for beverages, lunch, dinner and breakfast options. Stop by the coffee bar for an espresso card, and swing by the juice bar for another card. If you frequent the omelette or pasta bars on Fridays and Saturdays, you’ll want to pick up a combined card (for both bars). As if that weren’t enough, there is a separate card for lunch purchases. All of the cards offer a free beverage or meal with the purchase of 10, with the exception of lunch, which gives you the sixth one free.

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he days of keeping track of a dozen or so loyalty punch cards in your wallet are quickly fading into the past, as more restaurants, grocers and coffee shops integrate their rewards programs for frequent customers into digital point-of-sale systems, or those linked to a customer’s phone number or email. While some industry reports blame millennials’ mobile device habits, technological convenience is also dictating that small businesses offer such programs in a non-paper format.

And while the days are gone of endless mega-deals on Groupon, which continues to sell coupons for deeply discounted dining (though much less so than during its peak, several years ago), new online-based, nationally reaching programs are springing up. We’re here to break down how local restaurants — and some grocery and food producers — are taking advantage of these digital promotions, why some still prefer the old-fashioned paper punch cards, and which subscription-based dining programs are worth your while.

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When you think of loyalty cards, coffee may spring to mind first. With so many coffee shops and stands in the Inland Northwest, loyalty programs are a popular and easy way to turn customers into regulars, or reward them for being regulars.

INDABA COFFEE, which opened in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood in 2009, has long offered a free drink for every 10 purchased. While their sleek plastic cards (with the ability to look you up in the system should you forget it) seemed cutting-edge at the time, in 2014, the coffee purveyor has since gone even more high-tech with Square’s point-of-sale system integrated

loyalty program. Now you receive virtual punches, tied to your email address or phone number (this works even if you pay with cash). In 2016, when Indaba decided they wanted to offer a free drink (or 10 punches) for every bag of coffee purchased as well, it was an easy feature to add into the system.

For Indaba owner Bobby Enslow, a loyalty program was essential: “Stats show loyalty cards work.”

He’s happy with the loyalty program Square offers, as well as other connected features, such as being able to send a free birthday drink or emails about upcoming events and promotions to customers.

Indaba isn’t the only local business taking advantage of the power of Square for a loyalty program. ZONA BLANCA ceviche bar in downtown Spokane is using it for their lunch and dinner options. Every time a customer spends $25, they get a star. Ten stars gets you a $25 gift certificate.

Even with its ease for both parties, not everyone is choosing digital options. Chef Tony Brown used paper punch cards at STELLA’S (the 11th sandwich was always free), throughout the life of the restaurant when it was in its Broadway location until early this year. Now that Stella’s sandwiches are housed within RUINS, there are new punch cards with the new name (still only valid on the sandwiches). If you have still have your trusty old Stella’s punch card, don’t worry, they’ll still honor it at Ruins.

Brown, who describes himself as “old school,” prefers the hard copy. “If I had it my way, I’d be carving a stone tablet in the back,” he jokes.

HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET on the lower South Hill is also still going the paper route,

Loyalty programs aren’t limited to meals and beverages.

Several local businesses offer them for staple purchases as well. You may know that coffee and tea at the KITCHEN ENGINE can be purchased in bulk, but you might not know about their coffee and tea club cards. Each ounce of tea or pound of coffee goes toward a free ounce or pound (buy 10, get one free).

If you shop at MAIN MARKET CO-OP downtown, you may be aware that you can become a member — which isn’t a requirement for shopping there — that goes a little deeper than the title. If you buy in, either paying $180 up front, or $10 per year until $180 is reached, you’re actually part owner of the co-op with full voting rights. In the short term, ownership gets you 10 percent off one visit to the co-op per month, regardless of your order’s size or amount, and some items on shelves include special member-only prices. In the long term, as the co-op becomes more profitable, the goal is to offer owners dividends on money they’ve spent in the previous year. Main Market also has several local business partners (including Northwest Seed & Pet and Spa Paradiso) which offer a discount to co-op owners.

Some local shoppers recognize CASACANO FARMS from the Thursday Market in South Perry.

While you can always buy fresh produce, eggs and meat at the market, you can also choose between two options for becoming a member, taking advantage of discounts and other perks. For $75 a year, you’ll be invited to a special, weekly members-only market at the farm, just off the Palouse Highway. This Wednesday event also offers special member pricing; for $100 per year, you’ll be able to shop there and also get the same member pricing at the Thursday Market. CasaCano Farms chose this ...continued on next page

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If you buy enough groceries from any of these purveyors, signing up for these programs, even those you must buy into, can be well worth it financially. The trick with paid loyalty programs is always in balancing a desire to support something small and local with your spending habits. If you’re willing to be loyal, these might be perfect programs for you.

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While GROUPON’S online deals have become less popular — on both the restaurant and customer side — than during the company’s heyday from about 2009 to 2011, many local restaurants are still offering deep discounts for customers (certain restrictions still apply; make sure you read them before you buy, or redeem). A recent search of Groupon’s current offers pulled up

just under 40 coupons for food and drink in the Inland Northwest, most offering between 30 and 60 percent off a future purchase of a set value.

But Groupon isn’t the only place to buy into deals on dining out; as a new subscription-based program recently entered the Spokane-area market earlier this year. GODINE offers discounted entrées at nearly 30 participating restaurants in the Inland Northwest. For a $20 monthly fee, a single subscriber can get half-off one entrée (per visit; there’s no limit on how often you can use the perk at member restaurants each month) at participating restaurants (go to godineclub.com for a complete list). A $30/month membership allows a second person to enjoy the discount, while $50/month covers you and up to three guests. For recruiting friends to the program, you can earn free months’ worth of membership rates.

Similarly, the online dining reservation service OPENTABLE offers a built-in rewards program for making and honoring restaurant reservations made through its website. Most reservations earn 100 points, but certain times and locations can earn you 1,000 points, which can be redeemed (at 2,000-, 5,000- and 10,000-point increments, for $10, $50 and $100, respectively) for gift cards to use toward your next OpenTable restaurant booking, or for Amazon gift cards.

Feeding yourself, whether when buying groceries at a local market or dining out, can add up and put a strain on your budget if you do it often, so consider all of these programs and how they could benefit your lifestyle. n

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Sweet Spot Paper and Cup brings the charm and sweet treats of Chaps diner and Cake bakery to Kendall Yards

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eneath the shade of Parisian-inspired, blackand-white striped umbrellas, folks gather each morning. Since opening last month, the outdoor bistro tables at one of Kendall Yards’ newest tenants regularly fill with customers — moms with babes in strollers, businesspeople, morning runners, retirees and college students on summer break — enjoying espresso and baked goods from Paper and Cup, the diminutive offshoot of Chaps diner and Cake bakery in Latah Valley west of town.

Taking a modest space located in a front corner of the Inlander’s offices, formerly the paper’s lobby, Paper and Cup features the same baked goods found at Chaps and Cake, the popular, country-chic-inspired diner and bakery owned by Celeste Shaw and Gina Garcia. All of the baked goods served at Paper and Cup, along with a selection of cold sandwiches ($8; each comes with customer’s choice of a cookie) in a deli case, are prepared at the restaurant and bakery located off Cheney-Spokane Road, says Garcia.

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Gina Garcia brings her baking prowess to Kendall Yards.

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case, and displays of fresh-baked pastries ($1.75-$3.50) — scones, danishes, croissants, turnovers and more — are set out behind the counter in pie tins. Goods inside the case, including sandwiches served on slices of housemade country loaf bread, rotate daily based on what’s in season, and what Garcia and her bakery team feel like whipping up. On a recent hot day, selections included chilled Key lime pie and chocolate nut pie.

“It’s been trial and error, so I’m just right now seeing what people like,” Garcia notes of her decisions on what to serve at the walk-up café counter, which is too small for any food to be prepared on site.

“The first day I opened I had a set menu that I was going to work out, prepping food at Chaps and assembling it here, but there’s just not enough space for that,”

she continues.

Coffee comes from Bumper Crop Coffee in Spokane Valley, the same local roaster that the Latah Valley restaurant and bakery serves, but Paper and Cup has its own signature roast. All drinks are hand-tamped and made pour-over style by the shop’s two full-time baristas. Garcia is also making her own nitrogenated cold brew, served on tap, along with a carbonated housemade lemonade.

While a large patio out front offers plenty of warmweather seating, Garcia says she’ll need to reconfigure come fall. As of this writing, she was still waiting on delivery of a dozen stools for seating at a narrow bar around the perimeter of two window-facing walls. Once summer’s over, she’ll consider adding another narrow bar top in the center of the space.

While Paper and Cup is open morning to late afternoon, Tuesday through Sunday, Garcia plans to soon host late hours on Wednesdays in conjunction with the Kendall Yards Night Market, which runs from 4-8 pm.

On those evenings, she’s planning to serve sweet crepes, with toppings like lemon curd and fresh, local fruit.

New and regular customers to Paper and Cup should also be on the lookout for a “Where’s Waldo”-style social media campaign, just for fun, featuring the shop’s anthropomorphic coffee cup mascot named Skip, which Garcia herself drew.

“We’re just thrilled to be down here,” she says. “I grew up in Spokane, and it’s really a thrill to see this area take off as well as it has. Celeste and I are really happy to be down here, in the heart of this downtown area.” n cheys@inlander.com Paper and Cup • 1227 W. Summit Pkwy. • Open Tue-Sat from 8 am-3 pm; Sun from 8 am-2 pm • Facebook: Paper and Cup • 624-4182

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Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk delivers an unrelenting vision of the horrors of war

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ar is hell. Dunkirk was purgatory.

In May of 1940, 400,000 Allied troops found themselves surrounded by Nazis on the beaches of Dunkirk, France. The enemy had halted its push in order for fighter pilots and bombers to pick off the stranded soldiers and take out the large battleships trying to ferry them the short distance to the heavenly reprieve of the English coast. So the soldiers waited in line, waited in fearful silence. Even if they made it onto a ship, attack was inevitable, as was futilely washing up back on shore. Hell above and behind them. Heaven just out of sight. In purgatory they wait.

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk provides a brutal and unrelenting look at the fateful World War II Battle of Dunkirk, though “Battle” vastly oversells a fight when one side is a sitting duck just praying for survival. For nearly two hours, Nolan drops viewers into the pure tension of those hoping to escape and never allows a moment of respite.

Dunkirk offers an authentic cinematic reproduction of what it must feel like to be trapped in war. Prepare to experience the panic of gasping for air on a sinking ship, the buzz of bombers overhead, the feeling of being a sitting target. There is no fun in Dunkirk. There is no joy. There is no levity. There is only the looming cloud

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of death hanging like an apocalyptic fog just beyond the in Dunkirk underscores the stark contrast of the English horizon.

Channel’s divide. Hans Zimmer’s score does some heavy Nolan breaks the focus into three nonlinear story lifting as well, keeping everything on a tense edge for two chunks that overlap: two young soldiers who meet by hours in a world where the only other sounds are uneasy chance and go to extremely crafty measures to get off silence, gunfire and explosions. the beach; an Allied fighter pilot trio led by Farrier (Tom With all that said, there’s something gravely lacking Hardy); and an English civilian boat captained by Mr. from Dunkirk — humanity. There’s an air of stoic, manly Dawson (Mark Rylance) that’s deployed, along with detachment to everything. Every man on screen (and others, to get troops out of Dunkirk. Because of the split it’s all men) feels like a disposable pawn on the chessnarrative, it’s often hard to determine board. Perhaps that’s Nolan’s intent and exactly what’s going on at any given message, but when the film reaches its DUNKIRK moment (further exasperated by accentemotional climax, things feel strangely Rated PG-13 thick dialogue that’s often unclear in the cold because there’s been no effort to Directed by Christopher Nolan audio mix), making a general yearning for Starring Kenneth Branagh, Fionn make us connect with and care about the survival the only clear through-line.

Whitehead, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy characters. Instead of empathizing with On a technical level, Dunkirk is masterwhat’s happening on screen, the only ful filmmaking. From the moment that the beach is first real feeling is one of relief that the experience is over. The revealed with thousands of soldiers filling the screen, viewer finally escapes purgatory. there’s an immediate sense of the majestic (and situationOpinions of Dunkirk will ultimately be determined ally horrifying) scope of the warfare. Employing actual by how one weighs the balance of moviemaking muscle vintage ships and aircraft, the practical effects on display versus storytelling heart. Created by a brilliant mind, throughout the film result in breathtaking cinematograit’s much like the bombs that eventually ended the war. phy (the aerial dogfights are especially stunning). Even Dunkirk certainly showcases an impressive display of details as simple as employing warm colors for the brief power, but there’s nothing inherently enjoyable about the moments in England and a cold palette for everything end result. n

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GIRLS TRIP

The latest entry in the women-behaving-badly comedy subgenre assembles a quartet of likable actresses — Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and The Carmichael Show’s Tiffany Haddish — and takes them on a gleefully R-rated crosscountry trip, this time to New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival. “Crude and sexual content,” per the MPAA, abounds. From director Malcolm D. Lee, best known for his popular Best

Man movies. (NW) Rated R

MAUDIE

The life of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis, known for painting hundreds of colorful country scenes as her rheumatoid arthritis gradually worsened, is chronicled in this modest biopic. The film is at its best when it’s focused on the starring performance by the great Sally Hawkins, who embodies Lewis both physically and emotionally; less convincing is Ethan Hawke, playing her stern, weathered husband. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

Eccentric director Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element) reportedly threw more than $200 million at this big-screen treatment of an influential, long-running French comic series about spiffy space adventurers, and you can bet that you’ll be able to see every dollar up on the screen. Like that John Carter adaptation from 2012, this movie will probably flop at the U.S. box office before gaining a cult following among sci-fi enthusiasts in the coming years. (NW) Rated PG-13

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The latest genre deconstruction from writer-director Edgar Wright is a highenergy heist thriller starring Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars) as a for-hire getaway driver who scores all of his jobs to personal playlists. Just as he’s settling into a relationship with a charming waitress (Lily James), he’s pulled deeper into the criminal underworld, getting wrapped up in a plan that’s destined to self-destruct. The car chases are stellar and the soundtrack

is fully loaded; no surprises there. But the key to Baby Driver’s success turns out to be its deceptively sweet love story. (SS) Rated R

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played by John Lithgow. Although wellacted and tightly paced, the film’s jabs at class disparity and racial intolerance are a bit mealy-mouthed, and the ending is frustrating in its moral ambiguity.

At the Magic Lantern (NW) Rated R

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Sofia Coppola’s adaptation of Thomas Cullinan’s pulp novel, previously filmed in 1971 with Clint Eastwood, is a humid, slow-burning Southern gothic tale set in an isolated all-girls boarding school during the Civil War. When a wounded Union soldier comes upon the place and is allowed to recuperate there, his presence sets all the women on edge, and the sexual tension soon devolves into violence. The film smolders with a dark slowness, and nearly every shot is perfectly placed, but the lovely veneer can’t disguise the story’s genuine cheesiness. (SS) Rated R Inspired by the unlikely but true courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon (who also wrote the script), this is the rare rom-com that’s both consistently funny and genuinely emotional.

Nanjiani plays himself, a struggling stand-up comedian who meets and falls in love with Gordon (played by Zoe Kazan). There’s only one problem: He’s keeping their relationship a secret from his traditional Pakistani parents. This is further complicated when Emily is put into a medically induced coma. (SS) Rated R

CARS 3

Pixar’s franchise set in a universe of sentient automobiles has always been a bigger hit with kids than critics, and this third installment is unlikely to reverse that trend. This time, the once-great Lightning McQueen (again voiced by Owen Wilson), consistently outpaced on the track by newer, faster cars, throws himself into one last Big Race.

Parents: Be prepared to shell out for even more tie-in merchandise. (NW) Rated G

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The hugely popular animated series, which also spawned those inescapable Minions, continues unabated, and this time reformed bad guy Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) has just been kicked out of the Anti-Villain League. Enter his longlost identical twin brother Dru, who convinces Gru to go back to his evilcausing ways. (NW) Rated PG

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Sam Elliott plays a faded Western star who gets a grave health diagnosis just as he finds his career on an unexpected upswing. Like director Brett Haley’s previous film, the Blythe Danner showcase I’ll See You in My Dreams, this Sundance-approved drama is pretty thin, but it just barely gets by on a stellar central performance from an old

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A white writer is contacted by a 95-year-old Native American man wanting his life story documented before he dies, and though skeptical, he soon finds himself ferried about the Lakota reservation on a task he feels illequipped for. This sensitive indie comedy-drama, adapted from a beloved novel by Kent Nerburn, creates a trio of vivid characters — the author, the elder and his nephew — and allows them to explore their cultural and generational differences without ever coming across as preachy or condescending. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

There was a time when Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow could enliven any tired script, but that ship has long since sailed. The bloated Disney behemoth splashes back into theaters, and this fifth big-budget adventure involves a zombie pirate hunter and a magical trident… or something. It’s about as much fun as waiting in an endless amusement park line on a 100-degree day. (MJ) Rated PG-13

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

After being mistreated in his last few movies, Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego finally get another feature worthy of the character’s long history.

(Let’s just forget the Andrew Garfield version, shall we?) Now that freshfaced Tom Holland is donning Spidey’s spandex, the Spider-Man franchise feels more grounded and human than it did in earlier installments, with Peter’s high school drama taking just as much precedence as the large-scale superhero set pieces, and the script is fleet and funny in unexpected ways. Let’s hope there are more bright adventures to come before they reboot the character all over again. (ES) Rated PG-13

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

For a franchise that has claimed to be “more than meets the eye,” the Trans-

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WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

Who would have ever thought that a reboot of Planet of the Apes would have spawned one of the best blockbuster franchises of the 21st century?

This third installment is another sophisticated science-fiction epic, with super-intelligent primate Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his simian army taking on a human warlord known only as the Colonel (Woody Harrelson). Despite its militaristic title, director Matt Reeves’ film is more focused on its nuanced characters than action, and it’s amazing how emotionally involved we get in the trials of CGI apes. (ES) Rated PG-13

WISH UPON

An unpopular and self-absorbed teenage girl is gifted an ornate Chinese box and discovers that it successfully grants wishes, allowing her to climb the high school social ladder. The downside: All her friends and loved ones start succumbing to bizarre accidents. Of the many lowlights in this ridiculous horror film, the most unintentionally hilarious include a death by garbage disposal, an inexplicable Jerry O’Connell cameo and Ryan Phillippe soulfully performing bad smooth jazz on a saxophone. (NW) Rated PG-13

WONDER WOMAN

On the heels of the lackluster Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad, DC’s latest actually does justice to one of its longest-running and most beloved characters, and it turns out to be one of the better superhero origin films.

Gal Gadot announces herself as a major new star, playing the Amazon princess and Lasso of Truth-brandishing warrior who saves the life of an American spy (Chris Pine) and finds herself on the front lines of the first World War. (MS) Rated PG-13 n

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audie doesn’t start out like your typical ing every surface in Everett’s place (including biopic, so it’s disappointing when it the windows) with vividly colored flowers and finally begins behaving like one. It animals. And as she accompanies Everett on his chronicles the life and career of Canadian painter deliveries, she discovers that the customers on Maud Lewis, prolific despite suffering from rheuhis route are willing to purchase her whimsical, matoid arthritis, and its first half is structured like postcard-sized paintings. a two-person character study of Lewis and her But those paintings get short shrift in the husband Everett. It’s occasionally quite moving film, and that’s too bad. There are only fleeting as a domestic drama; as a portrait of an artist’s references to her methods and inspirations, and vision, however, it’s kind of empty. even then they’re merely platitudes about trustLewis isn’t as well known in America as ing your instincts and staying true to your vision. she is in her native country, where her modest Director Aisling Walsh and screenwriter Sherry and colorful scenes of life in rural Nova Scotia White are more concerned with the Lewises’ became a minor sensation in the mid-1960s. daily routines and their ever-shifting personal dyRichard Nixon even purchased a handful of namics, and while those scenes are well-acted and Lewis works while he was vice-president. She occasionally insightful, they don’t do anything to produced hundreds, if not thousands, of paintilluminate Maud’s drive as an artist. ings, which she sold for just a few The film also succumbs to dollars from the front door of her all the tired biopic-isms that it MAUDIE own home. initially seems like it’s going to Rated PG-13 She’s played in Maudie by avoid. There’s even an on-theDirected by Aisling Walsh Sally Hawkins, who brings an nose montage in which the Starring Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke impish charm and a lacerating relatives who previously shunned wit to the role. Maud first meets Everett (Ethan Maud (including a religiously devout aunt and a Hawke), the local fishmonger in the small coastal money-grubbing brother) ruefully watch a news community of Marshalltown, when she overhears report detailing her artistic successes. It’s also him placing an ad for a housemaid in the general hampered by a saccharine musical score, which is store. She soon moves into his drafty, one-room too intrusive and almost desperately folksy. shack, even though Everett’s household hierarThrough all of this, though, Hawkins is chy places Maud well below the chickens in the unquestionably terrific. She continues to prove backyard. that she’s an underappreciated treasure, and she’s Everett communicates almost exclusively been doing consistently great work since breakthrough grimaces, grunts and the occasional outing out in Mike Leigh’s brilliant Happy-Go-Lucky burst. He whipsaws violently between emotional nearly a decade ago. She’s always convincing as poles, regarding Maud with respect one moment Maud Lewis, even as she grows frail and stoopand then slapping her when she speaks out of shouldered in her late 60s. (The movie follows turn. But his begrudging acceptance inevitably her until her death in 1970.) Less convincing is melts away into genuine (albeit subdued) affecHawke, who seems both too modern and too tion, and they’re soon married, despite the fact put-together to play a weathered, hard-bitten that Maud is still treated as something of an loner. employee.

Maudie is a noble film, to be sure, but if And when her daily chores are done each there’s any insight into what made Maud Lewis day, she paints. Maud brings a brightness to the tick, it comes entirely from Hawkins’ perforhouse, both literally and figuratively, covermance. n

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In the Presence of Giants Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic brings his new Washington-centric band Giants in the Trees to the Big Dipper

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER Krist Novoselic (second from left) and his new band Giants in the Trees.

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iants in the Trees have yet to release any recordings, and they’ve only played a handful of gigs.

But the odds are high that their Big Dipper show Friday night is going to sell out. Much of that is due to the band’s bassist, Krist Novoselic, whose earlier projects included Eyes Adrift and Sweet 75, and who performed for a time with the influential post-punk group Flipper.

Oh, and he was also one of the founding members of Nirvana.

“People come to see me. There are Nirvana fans,” Novoselic says from his home in Western Washington.

“But then the band starts, and that has to go away.

It’s just, what is this band now? It seems like we hold people’s attention. We get a good response. And I think that’s because of our approach to music.”

The four-piece band got its start last summer when Novoselic, who lives in rural Wahkiakum County, met the other members — singer and banjo player Jillian Raye, guitarist Ray Prestegard and drummer Erik Friend — through their local Grange. It all began with a low-key

jam session, and it snowballed from there.

“I live so far out in the country that it’s hard to find good players, people who you can connect with,” Novoselic says. “They were doing local music. Ray does the singer-songwriter circuit, just him and a guitar. Jillian and Eric have had some other bands.

“We wasted no time. We started writing music. We didn’t do covers or anything. Instead of these open jams, we started putting these songs together. And they seemed like compelling songs.”

Many of those songs are informed by the scenery and ecology of Washington, intending to evoke the lower Columbia River area where Novoselic lives. And while you can’t hear any complete Giants tunes without actually going to one of their shows — there are some clips from live shows on YouTube, which might give you an idea of what they sound like — Novoselic describes each song as having its own quirky personality.

“We have a diverse bag of songs,” Novoselic says.

“We don’t hit on the same idea over and over again. We

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try to have poppy hooks. We’ve got some groovy songs, and you’ll see me do some accordion playing.”

That probably won’t come as a surprise to Nirvana die-hards, who will already be familiar with Novoselic’s accordion chops from the band’s now-legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged concert.

“I’m like the Myron Floren of grunge,” Novoselic says, likening himself to the in-house accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show. “Well, the self-proclaimed Myron Floren of grunge.”

Despite the band’s homegrown flavor, Novoselic isn’t opposed to the occasional high-profile gig. He is, after all, one of the most influential living rock bassists. More than two decades after Kurt Cobain’s death, Novoselic collaborated with Paul McCartney and his former Nirvana bandmates Dave Grohl and Pat Smear on the Grammywinning rock single “Cut Me Some Slack,” featured in Grohl’s well-received 2013 documentary film Sound City.

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MUSIC | TOPIC “IN THE PRESENCE OF GIANTS,” CONTINUED... cause he’s the best bass player in the universe,” Novoselic recalls of the recording session that yielded the song. “For Dave and Pat and I, the last time we played together was over 20 years before that. And we walked into this room and just picked it up again, and Paul is so good that he just fell right into it. He brought out the best of me because I wanted to rise to the occasion.

“He said, ‘I found myself in the middle of a Nirvana reunion.’

The old band was back in a lot of ways.”

Novoselic estimates that Giants in the Trees has a dozen or so originals, which have already been put to tape. The recording process reunited Novoselic with Seattle engineer Jack Endino, who previously produced Nirvana’s debut album Bleach and is, in Novoselic’s words, “the godfather of grunge.”

The plan is to independently release the record (which will likely be self-titled) when it’s mastered, Novoselic says. One of their members may be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, WEEKEND but the band is legitimately C O U N T D OW N grassroots, and they haven’t yet Get the scoop on this planned any shows outside the weekend’s events with Northwest. our newsletter. Sign up at “We’re trying to be local,” Inlander.com/newsletter.

Novoselic says. “It’s a whole new world out there for music.

It’s kind of like newspapers. Newspapers and music are in the same boat; the digital transition has been tough. People expect free content. … The niche is, if you can keep it local, it seems like that’s a good way to connect with people. They feel that connection.” n Giants in the Trees with Buffalo Jones and Fun Ladies • Fri, July 21 at 7:30 pm • All-ages • $12/$15 day of • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 863-8098

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Back to basics: The Life and Times declutter on their fifth studio album.

Don’t Overthink It Learning to simplify with the Life and Times

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ince the very early 1990s, Allen Epley has been working hard at being a working musician: writing and recording songs, releasing singles and albums, developing sets, playing shows, driving between shows, selling T-shirts and so on.

For a decade or so, Epley did all this as part of the Kansas City band Shiner, whose blend of churning guitars, restless arrangements and memorable melodies was strong enough to get the band caught up in a post-Nirvana wave of post-punk and emo. And since about 2003, he’s done it with the Life and Times, his heavily grounded, starry-eyed (and underrated) “thinkrock” trio.

But on the new self-titled Life and Times album, Epley and his band mates — bassist Eric Abert and drummer Chris Metcalf — decided to scale back the work and just let the ideas flow.

The result is the catchiest, most uncomplicated set of Life and Times tunes yet.

“If I had any critique of my past work, it’s that I’ve worked too hard to reinvent the songs.

I’ve worked too hard to reinvent the A chord.

‘Oh, but have you heard it played on this fret?’”

Epley says with a chuckle. “The best songs and what I listen to are very straightforward, simple things. So I’m not sure I’ve always represented in my own music what I really love.”

Of course, changing the way a songwriter writes is no easy task. But the Life and Times found a path to simpler songs by writing together in the practice space for the first time. Previously, Epley brought song ideas to the group, and the group then fleshed those ideas out. The Life and Times is more of a true snapshot of the band’s natural jam tendencies.

“This is what goes on in our heads in the practice room. This is us in a room writing with the ‘record’ button pressed,” Epley says. “This record is us not trying too hard. We wanted to make a record that just flows, and that doesn’t

take work to listen to.”

Sonically, the new album features fewer rhythmic shifts, key changes and unconventional chords than the Life and Times’ previous work.

In their place are sprawling, laid-back pop-rock jams that shimmer and soar, with Abert and Metcalf dropping the anchor as Epley unspools hazy, horizon-wide melodies via both voice and guitar.

When the band does flex its considerable muscle — on the song “Group Think,” for example — they sound like the Foo Fighters, but warped and woozy from a rocket trip around the sun.

The Life and Times’ motivation for simplifying is not just a matter of taste, but also maturity.

Each of the three members happily hold down day jobs — Epley plays with the Blue Man Group in Chicago — because they prefer a balance between real life and rock ’n’ roll life. And all three men have been playing in bands long enough to know when they’ve got something good, and what not to take for granted.

“We’re under no obligation to even be a band. That’s the beauty of this,” Epley says.

“And anything we do, we do because we want to do it. As you get older, you tend to embrace the things that seem fleeting.”

Like the A chord, for example — one of the first chords any guitarist learns. In the past, Epley wouldn’t have settled for a simple A chord. He would’ve tinkered with it.

Now, he sees its inherent beauty.

“If you let the voicings of certain chords ring out… you’ll hear more and more and more of the sound and the nuance in there,” he says.

“And you start to realize just how much doesn’t need to be done.” n The Life and Times with Wind Hotel • Fri, July 21 at 9 pm • 21+ • $8 in advance, $10 day of show • The Observatory • 15 S. Howard Street • Facebook.com/observatoryspokane • 598-8933

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t happened to me just last week. Thumbing through a bin of LPs at Garageland, I inevitably found a copy of Herb Alpert’s 1965 blockbuster Whipped Cream and Other Delights staring seductively back at me. It’s still one of the most commonplace used records because so many people bought it back in the mid-’60s, when Alpert, backed by his band the Tijuana Brass, was as close to a rock star as a jazz trumpeter could get. At 82, he’s still drawing crowds, and he returns to the Fox next week with his wife Lani Hall, herself at a jazz icon: She was the lead vocalist of Brasil ’66, the bossa nova collective started by the legendary Sergio Mendes.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Herb Alpert and Lani Hall • Thu, July 27 at 8 pm • $38-$48 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • foxtheaterspokane.com • 624-1200

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Thursday, 07/20

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Karrie O’Neill J J THE BARTLETT, Super Doppler, Fat Lady BEEROCRACY, Open Mic J THE BIG DIPPER, John Underwood, The Holy Broke, Jordan Collins BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project BORRACHO TACOS & TEQUILERIA, DJ Prophecy J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, My Girl, My Whiskey and Me J COEUR D’ALENE PARK, Sidetrack CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Keanu and Joey CRAVE, DJ Freaky Fred CRUISERS, Open Mic Jam Slam with Perfect Destruction and J.W. Scattergun DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Bobby Patterson Band FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Kyle Swaffard J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Ron Greene THE JACKSON ST., Zaq Flanary and Tyler Lang LEFTBANK WINE BAR, David Bingaman MICKDUFF’S BREWING COMPANY, Wyatt Wood J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid MOON TIME, Chris Juhlin NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Kicho J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Flo Rida, Sky (LMFAO) THE OBSERVATORY, Vinyl Meltdown J THE PIN!, Parasitic Ejaculation, Cold Blooded, Withheld Judgement, Pro-Abortion POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Andy Rumsey

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ike a colorful mural brightening up a large slab of otherwise drab cement, the music of Chicago’s Sidewalk Chalk explodes in a fusion of sounds and styles that’s as surprising as it is kaleidoscopic. The band’s two lead vocalists channel, respectively, socially conscious hip-hop (MC Rico Sisney) and sultry R&B (singer Maggie Vagle), and the quartet of musicians sharing the stage with them bring brassy jazz inflections and a feel for retro soul into the mix. Sidewalk Chalk’s most recent album, An Orchid Is Born, was released last month and funded via Kickstarter; it’s a sprawling, three-movement piece that explores everything from artistic fulfillment to police brutality. And like the band itself, it’s never predictable.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Sidewalk Chalk with Sessionz • Wed, July 26 at 8 pm • All-ages • $8/$10 day of • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic RED ROOM LOUNGE, Lorin Walker Madsen, Abraham and the Old Gods, Casey Rodgers THE RESERVE, Karaoke with DJ Dave THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler J RIVERSTONE PARK, Villa Blues and Jazz TEMPLIN’S RED LION, Sammy Eubanks, Tuck Foster and the Tumbling Dice TIN ROOF, Nick Grow ZOLA, Blake Braley

Friday, 07/21

J BABY BAR, Team Francis, Dancing Plague of 1518, Maidenhair J THE BARTLETT, Jared and the Mill, Kolars

BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIG BARN BREWING CO., Frank Sinclair J J THE BIG DIPPER, Giants in the Trees (see page 39), Buffalo Jones, Fun Ladies BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, Nightshift J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Natalie and Isaac Greenfield BULLHEAD SALOON, Raised in a Barn Band CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kicho THE COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, Bands on Boats feat. The Ryan Larsen Band CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CURLEY’S, Mojobox DEER PARK EAGLES, Honky Tonk A’ Go-Go

DEER PARK EAGLES, 3D Band THE EMPEROR ROOM, Jarren Benton, Bingx, Caleb Brown ETSI BRAVO, 80’s Prom feat. DJs Macfie, Grape Vinyl FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Karrie O’Neill J J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, John Mayer J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Smash Hit Carnival IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Dylan Hathaway IRON HORSE BAR, Tell the Boys THE JACKSON ST., Tufnel LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow LIBERTY LAKE WINE CELLARS, Karen McCormick MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Devon Wade MOOSE LOUNGE, Dangerous Type MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Wyatt Wood

NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Uppercut NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick J THE OBSERVATORY, The Life and Times (see page 41), Wind Hotel J PARK BENCH CAFE, Paul Grove PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bridges Home J THE PIN!, Terror Universal THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROADHOUSE, Gladhammer SILVER FOX, Usual Suspects SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Pamela Benton THE THIRSTY DOG, Last Call Band ZOLA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

Saturday, 07/22

BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Jan Harrison Trio J J THE BARTLETT, Jango, Young Neves, Kenton Walker, TMS BELLWETHER BREWING CO., Jerad Finck, Chris Chilton BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, GS3 BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Stud BOLO’S, Nightshift J BUCER’S, Jon and Rand BULLHEAD SALOON, Raised in a Barn Band J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Mandy Rowden CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kicho COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS, Wyatt Wood CRUISERS, Sucker-Punched, Over Sea Under Stone CURLEY’S, Mojobox FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Tommy G FLAME & CORK, Pat Coast GARLAND PUB, Usual Suspects J J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Sarah

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Brown Band IRON HORSE BAR, Tell the Boys THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke with James LA ROSA CLUB, Open Jam THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Scott Ryan LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow J LOST BOYS’ GARAGE, Daniel Hall MOOSE LOUNGE, Dangerous Type MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Jimmy Morrison NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NO-LI BREWHOUSE, Ron Greene NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick NORTHERN RAIL PUB, Karrie O’Neill THE OBSERVATORY, Freak System, The Uninspired OUTLAW BBQ & CATERING MARKET, Jesse Quandt and Steve Starkey PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Meg and Chris Lynch J THE PIN!, DJ Clay, McNutt POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Nick Grow REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Giants in the Trees (sold out) J RESURRECTION RECORDS, Walker THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE THIRSTY DOG, Last Call Band J THE WELL-READ MOOSE, Colby Acuff ZOLA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

Sunday, 07/23

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J THE NEST AT KENDALL YARDS, Left Over Soul J PARKSIDE EVENT CENTER, Eclectic Approach J THE PIN!, Kap G, AG, D.J. Donato, Slim Rick, Sean Thomas, Lou Era, Young Smoke, Eric Gonzalez RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam with the Soul Contributors THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Live Piano RIVELLE’S RIVER GRILL, Jam Night with Truck Mills SLATE CREEK BREWING, Colby Acuff SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, DJ Dave J WATERFRONT PARK, Bill Price and Grover Parido ZOLA, Donnie Emerson, Nancy Sophia

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J THE BIG DIPPER, Through the Roots, River City Roots, Sun Dried Vibes, July 27 J J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Herb Alpert and Lani Hall (see facing page), July 27 J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Watershed Festival, July 28-30 J THE BARTLETT, Joel Ansett, July 28 J BING CROSBY THEATER, Asleep at the Wheel, July 30 J KNITTING FACTORY, Thievery Corporation, July 30 J THE BARTLETT, Post Animal, Aug. 1 J THE BARTLETT, James McMurtry, Jonny Burke, Aug. 2

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J BABY BAR, Casual Hex, HYÄNE, Peru Resh, Mala Vida J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic J CARUSO’S, The Powers EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills J THE PIN!, Farooq, Low Roads RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 07/25

J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of Nashville feat. Jenny Anne Mannan, the Mae Trio THE EMPEROR ROOM, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx THE JACKSON ST., Steve Livingston LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MIK’S, DJ Brentano J THE PIN!, Nekronomous RED ROOM LOUNGE, Tuesday Takeover with Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/ Jam Night RIPPLES RIVERSIDE GRILL, Son of Brad UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Pamela Benton ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

Wednesday, 07/26

BABY BAR, Taiwan Housing Project, Outercourse, The Poids J J THE BARTLETT, Sidewalk Chalk (see facing page), Sessionz BLACK DIAMOND, Clint Darnell EICHARDT’S, John Firshi THE EMPEROR ROOM, Willie B the MC, Traverse, The Have-Nots GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with Travis Goulding J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Karen Triplet IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL, Karrie O’Neill LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil J LITTLE GARDEN CAFE, Nate Corning LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J MCEUEN PARK, Baby Cakes

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7/26 Beet and Basil at the Creek 105 S. 1st Avenue Sandpoint, ID (208) 304-9470 JR Perk Coffeehouse and Lounge 761 N. Idaho Street Post Falls, ID (208) 262 9253 8/2 Swinging Doors Corner of Francis & Monroe Spokane, WA (509) 326 6794 8/16 Capone's Pub & Grill 9520 N. Government Way Hayden, ID (208) 762 5999 8/23 Shooters at Black Rock Marina 10218 Rockford Bay Rd. Coeur d’Alene, ID (208) 667 6106

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FESTIVAL NATIVE TRADITION

Drummers, dancers, tribal artists and a bevy of food vendors are back at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds this summer for Julyamsh, the largest outdoor powwow in the Northwest.

With $120,000 in cash prizes to be awarded to participants in various categories, hundreds of dancers and drummers are expected to come from across the country and Canada to compete. The host drum will be Bull Horn from the Blood Tribe, and Quanah Matheson, culture director of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, returns as the master of ceremonies. For the thousands of expected attendees, main attractions are the parade, with horses and riders in full regalia, along with the grand entries and dancing contests featuring styles and songs from Native cultures across the continent. If you’ve never been to this summer tradition before, head to the event website for an overview of powwow dance styles and their significance, proper etiquette, historical photos and more.

— BRAD BROWN Julyamsh • Fri, July 21 and Sat, July 22; grand entries at 1 and 7 pm • $10; kids 10 and under free • Kootenai County Fairgrounds • 4056 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene • julyamsh.com

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CRAFTS PINNERS’ PARADISE

Spokane VegFest 2017 • Sat, July 22 from 10 am-6 pm • Free admission and parking • Spokane Community College • 1810 N. Greene • inveg.org

Pinspiration Market • Fri, July 21 from 6-9 pm; Sun, July 22 from 10 am-4 pm • $7-$15; kids 12 and under free • Spokane County Fair & Expo Center • 404 N. Havana • pinspirationmarket.com

Whether you’ve been debating about making the switch to a meatless or entirely plant-based diet, or you’re simply looking for inspiration and resources to make some health-conscious lifestyle changes, the fourth annual Spokane VegFest welcomes all, from the “veg-curious” to already faithful vegans and vegetarians.

For its fourth year, the one-day convention held on the Spokane Community College grounds continues to grow, hosting cooking demonstrations, an outdoor vendor market, live music and other activities throughout the day. Several guest speakers, including vegan chefs, dietitians, health experts and athletes, present on various plant-based health topics throughout the day. Check out the event website for more details and a complete schedule.

— CHEY SCOTT

Are all those cute craft projects on your Pinterest boards gathering digital dust? Do you have a “craft room” stocked with supplies purchased long ago that’s just been sitting around unused, as you simply don’t have the time? Don’t give up hope just yet, because a new event coming to Spokane this weekend brings tons of crafty, creative folks right to you, offering all sorts of cute and functional handmade items that will make your home — or your closet — look like you’re a true DIY master (it’s your little secret to keep, if you want). The two-day event includes on-site craft workshops, if you’d prefer to make it yourself. Those of us who consider ourselves to be Martha Stewart’s prodigies can also expect to find plenty of ideas for projects to take a stab at ourselves when we get home.

— CHEY SCOTT

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One of YouTube’s most-watched video game streamers is coming to Spokane for a live show as part of his first world tour. DanTDM, as 25-year-old Dan Middleton is known to fans (this online moniker is a reference to his original YouTube channel name, The Diamond Minecart), is traveling the world to meet some of his more than 15.6 million subscribers. Previous shows sold out at venues around his native UK last year, as did many in the U.S. earlier this year. The live show, which caters largely to young kids who love the game Minecraft (and watching cool big kids like Dan stream their Minecraft gaming adventures online), brings characters from his YouTube channel to life, with an appearance from Ellie the pug. The family-friendliness of DanTDM’s online show carries over to the stage, and kids ages 6 and older are welcome. VIP tickets are also available for those wanting exclusive merchandise, pre-show features and a meet and greet with the YouTube star himself.

— FORREST HOLT DanTDM on Tour • Sat, July 22 at 2 pm • $42-$82 • All-ages • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.com • 624-1200

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Back for year six, summertime food and wine event Vintage Spokane this weekend features samplings from more than 50 Northwest wineries, along with small bites from several Spokane-area restaurants. Held in the Davenport Grand’s grand ballroom, most of the restaurants offering savory bites to pair with the featured wines are part of the Davenport Hotel family, including Table 13, Post Street Alehouse and the Safari Room. Others include Fresh Plate Market, The Scoop and Nectar Catering & Events. Wine isn’t all the event focuses on; local breweries and distilleries are also scheduled to be on site serving up samples. Attendees at all levels of wine knowledge can also learn something new during several presentations from regional experts in the winemaking field.

— CHEY SCOTT Vintage Spokane • Sun, July 23 from 5-8 pm • $50 • Ages 21+ • Davenport Grand Hotel • 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • vintagespokane.com

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I SAW YOU WALLACE BLUESFEST We met last year when you and your partners in crime were playing your “game”. Your daughter came over and talked to me this year.

I’ve got a couple of lame but true excuses for not following up right away. Bottom line, severe brain lock. When the set was over you had moved and I looked but couldn’t find. I’d really like to talk to you.

Just call me “John”.

90(S) CUTIE I saw you on the 90 on Sunday around 12 PM. You came on wearing a crop top and waisthigh jeans. You had perfect wavy brown hair and red lips. You smiled at me when I smirked in your direction. You are gorgeous. I was the blonde in the denim vest at the front of the bus. Drinks?

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YOU SAW ME BABS You saw me for who I really am.

You always did. And you should know that I saw you too. And I see more and more of you every single day. I see the way your eyes light up when you talk about something that you’re passionate about. I see the way your mouth curls up on the ends into a shy smile every time you look at me. I see your determination to succeed every day. I see the way you try to act tough, but you’re not fooling

me. This past year and a half has been the absolute best time of my life and I can’t help but fall more in love with you every single day. I’m sorry I don’t say it enough, but I love you. Endlessly. Thank you for being a part of my life. Yours and yours only, Angel your old friend..

CHEERS MS. OTTER Cheers to Ms. Otter at the North YMCA day camp! This is my son’s first year at camp and he’s been having a lot of separation anxiety. Even though he’s not in your group you find us almost every morning and make him excited to be there. You’re a wonderful camp counselor, thank you for making his summer fun.

SPOKANE LUCK! I drove from Peaceful Valley to Rosauers starting with my wallet left on the hood of my car. By the time I realized what I had done, retraced my route searching the roadside, my house and the driveway twice, I just couldn’t think of any thing else to do except say goodbye to my money and cancel the credit cards. I sat down to breathe and calm down when there was a knock at the door and a SPD officer handed my friend my wallet. A woman out for a walk picked up, flagged down a passing policeman who was going to turn it in to the property division when he thought he might just stop by my house (listed on the WDL). Saved by the kindness, honesty, thoughtfulness of strangers!

Thank you all!

IN MY DREAMS Over many years I have dreamt sweet dreams of you on a regular basis. It has been at least 10 years since I last attempted a possible relationship with any one but you, and I am sorry to not be your #1. Friends ARE forever, and it is a tragedy that we seem to have lost the chance to partner up, let alone make time to keep our friendship on the front burner. I certainly believe that you are well worth fighting for, but I dream of you drawing to me, and that both of us could bring down our walls that keep us apart. I am trying to understand, but my heart will never let you go.

TO THE BEST HUBBY IN MY LIFE i love you unconditionally and so glad to be your one and only woman. Babe Micheal you are the best person in my life i am so blessed to have you and our son in my life you go out of your way each and everyday to love and support us work your but off to pervide for us ... I’m so

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excited for our next chapter in our life buying our new home with land going traveling and spending quality time with me and ur son ... When life gets hard you don’t let things get in our way you are the best hubby in this world cheers to being a great daddy to our son loving us unconditionally ... Being my rock soul husband ... I just want to let you know that i will love you support you until the day i die ... You mean the world to us ...

We love you babe brayden and my self cheers to another 50 years RE: LAW BREAKERS Thank you for your positive message to lae enforcement about protecting the great city of Spokane. Your sentiment about levying steep fees against law breakers is totally sound. What is amazing is the abject ignorance of those who feel they can justify breaking the law. Perhaps their intelligence is so low, they just don’t understand that breaking traffic laws carries penalties if they’re caught.

Hopefully those who drive closely behind other cars, speed past them, and drive over the speed limit will be targeted and ticketed.

INVITATION Dear Spokane City Council, you are invited to join me in a ‘just imagine’ trip up north Monroe. I will drive. We will imagine that the proposed revisions to Monroe are in effect, so we will only be allowed to drive in the right hand lane.

Hopefully, we will find ourselves behind a bus. Occasionally, as stop lights and bus

Street ... heads up Post residents. Here comes the ‘Cheers’ part — I will buy you a beer afterward at Mozey Inn Tavern.

MAGIC LANTERN THEATER I went and saw a show on Saturday July 15th at this cute and small theater. It was packed in there Popcorn was going and people were standing around waiting for the doors to open up for the show. Only one employee was working and he was hustling around between setting up the movie and handling the rush of customers. I am always pleasantly surprised by his hard work there at the theater. I have never seen anyone else working there and it seems like he is the sole person keeping this very important staple of downtown Spokane alive. Cheers to you Magic Lantern employee.

JEERS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES EMPLOYMENT AGENCYS To my employment agency that serves people with developmental disabilities in Spokane.

Not every person in town who qualifys for your services ARE LOW FUNCTIONING! Is the best you can do is get your high functioning client a janitorial job? You guys are worthless! All that assessing your clients wants and needs is a bunch of garbage.If DDA did not pay for you to serve me I would obviously not be your client.If there were jobs in Spokane I wouldn’t use you guys or any employ-

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traveling outside of the bike lane almost daily for several weeks. That particular stretch of bike lane is loaded with broken glass, so each day as I passed by, I hoped that I’d be able to explain my presence in the “car lane.” There was something about this motorists indignant remarks, coupled with his body language that lead to my outburst, although I regret my conduct, I was simply trying to avoid tire/ tube damage, not to upset those with him I share the road with.

RECYCLED RIBS Jeers to the mobile pitmaster who sells yesterday’s ribs without letting customers know. We can tell the difference. Day-old ribs basted in renderings are saltier, tougher and drier than juicy ribs fresh off the grill. If you tell us that the ribs are leftovers and charge less then no complaint. But it’s wrong to get home with a rack of ribs that are obviously not fresh. Don’t manage your inventory by taking advantage of your customers. n

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LILAC BLIND GOLF SCRAMBLE The 20th annual event raises money for client-centered training and adaptive devices for those living with vision loss. Golfers receive a round, cart, catered dinner and a goodie bag. July 21, 1-7:30 pm. $125/player; $500/team of 4. Downriver Golf Course, 3225 N. Columbia Circle. lilacblind.org/golf/ DAHMEN BARN ANNUAL TEA This year’s tea, “Magical Potions,” has a magical, wizarding theme. Event includes a tea, silent auction and a costume contest for kids and adults. July 22, noon. $15-$20. Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Park Way. artisanbarn.org RYPIEN FOUNDATION HOPE CLASSIC Formerly the Zak!Charity Open, the annual dinner, auction and golf tournament supports local children with cancer. Attend the Hope Lights the Way dinner and auction on July 23 at Northern Quest, followed by a golf tournament on July 24 at the Kalispel Golf & Country Club. rypienfoundation.org.

COMEDY

ANDREW RIVERS Andrew has been featured on NBC, FOX, and the Bob & Tom Radio Show and is a regular opening act for Christopher Titus. July 20 and 23 at 8 pm. $10-$16. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998) BILLY GARDELL The Emmy-nominated actor and comedian starred in the CBS series, “Mike and Molly” from 2010-16.

July 21-22 at 7:30 and 10:30 pm. $30$40. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com COMEDY NIGHT An evening featuring Steven Johnson, headlined by Harry J. Riley and hosted by Mark Morris. July 21, 8-9:30 pm. No cover; two item min. purchase. Harvest Moon Restaurant, 20 S. First St. (509-291-4313) EXPEDITION A game-based improv show. Fridays at 8 pm, through Aug. 11. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com SAFARI The Blue Door’s fast-paced, short-form improv show relies on audience suggestions. Saturdays at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, 8-9:30 pm.

Free. The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com COMEDY OPEN MIC Five minutes for anyone who knows at least one joke.

Mondays, signups at 9:30 pm, mic at 10. Ages 21+. Free. Garland Drinkery, 828 W. Garland. facebook.com/drinkerynation/ MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY Hosted by Jared Chastain, with local acts followed by open mic. Mondays at 8 pm. Ages 21+. Free. Etsi Bravo, 215 E. Main, Pullman. etsibravo.com (715-1037)

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CHERRY PICKERS TROT The 39th annual Green Bluff tradition includes the 4-mile run (7 pm) through the bluff’s orchard country, precluded by followed by food, fun, pies, live music and the famous pit spit (5:30 pm). Events in front of the Harvest House/Grange. July 20.

$7. greenbluffgrowers.com HERITAGE GARDENS TOURS A guided tour of the gardens, restored in 2007 to look as they did when in use in 1915. Upcoming tours: July 20, 23, 27 and 30; Aug. 31. Free. Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. 7th. heritagegardens.org HARRISON’S 118TH BIRTHDAY Celebrations include a weenie roast in the park, which commemorates both its founding 118 years ago, and 18 years later when the whole town burned to the ground. July 21, 6 pm. Harrison, Idaho. harrisonidaho.org INLAND NW CAMARO CLUB OPEN The 27th annual show celebrates the club’s 50th anniversary, and benefits the Spokane Women and Children’s Free Restaurant, Coats4Kids, Hospice of Spokane and the Spokane Humane Society. July 22, 9 am-4 pm. Free to view; $20/entry. Mirabeau Park Meadows, 13500 Mirabeau Pkwy. inlandnorthwestcamaroclub.com RELAY FOR LIFE CDA Gather up your friends and family to create a team to participate in the biggest national fundraiser event benefiting the programs and services of the American Cancer Society. Sat, July 22 from noon to midnight. July 22. McEuen Park, 420 E. Front St. relayforlife.org/coeurdaleneid SCRAPS INFO SESSION Join presenters from Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service to learn about what SCRAPS does, how to become a volunteer, how to approach a stray, and what to do if your pet is lost. July 25 at 2 and 3:30 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. spokanelibrary.org WHAT IS COHOUSING? Learn about Spokane Cohousing’s intergenerational community in the South Perry district, with private homes and generous common amenities. July 25, 7 pm. Free, registration requested. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. spokane. cohousing@gmail.com (939-0015) YOUR GUIDE TO THE SOLAR ECLIPSE Join astronomer Dan Bakken as he explains the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21, and the safe ways to view it. This is the first solar eclipse visible in the continental US in almost 40 years.

July 25, 6:30 pm. Free. Indian Trail Library, 4909 W. Barnes Rd. (444-5331) CHRIST KITCHEN VISION SHARING A complimentary breakfast or lunch to learn more about the vision, mission and passion of Christ Kitchen as a standalone ministry. RSVP to kari@ christkitchen.org or 325-4343 to reserve a spot. July 26. Free. Christ Kitchen, 2410 N. Monroe. christkitchen.org SOLAR ECLIPSE FOR KIDS Kids grades K-5 can learn about eclipses, how to view them safely, and can make their own solar eclipse viewers for the big event in August. July 26, 2 pm. Free.

South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. (Also July 27, 3 pm, at the Hillyard branch) spokanelibrary.org THE FINNS IN CONCERT A free picnic concert hosted by Hearth Homes, featuring complimentary Italian sodas.

July 27, 6-8 pm. Free. Hearth Homes, 11214 E. Broadway. (315-529-6911)

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CDA 2030 CELEBRATION A public event in conjunction with the CdA Arts and Culture Alliance’s Riverstone Summer Concert Series, featuring a photo booth, demos, screen printing, interac-

tive art, free ice cream and more. July 20, 5:30-8 pm. Free. Riverstone Park, 1800 Tilford Ln. cda2030.org JULYAMSH “The Gathering in July” is the largest outdoor powwow in the Northwest. July 21-23. $10; kids 12 and under free. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Gov’t Way. julyamsh.com PINSPIRATION MARKET A curated market of vendors selling items popular on the social media site Pinterest.

July 21, 6-9 pm and July 22, 10 am-4 pm. $7/day or $15/weekend. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. pinspirationmarket.com

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MOANA The daughter of a Polynesian tribal chief is chosen to find a precious artifact that could save her people. Rated PG. July 21, 2 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org OUTDOOR MOVIE IN THE PARK (TBA) A family movie night on the lawn of the park; movie starts at dusk. July 21. Free.

Rocky Hill Park, Mission Ave. & Winrock St., Liberty Lake. pavillionpark.org MOANA A family movie night on the lawn of the park; movie starts at dusk.

July 22. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. pavillionpark.org SWIM & A MOVIE: FINDING DORY Enjoy a two-hour swim, some concessions and a family-friendly movie. At Spokane County’s Northside and Southside Aquatics Centers. July 22, 6 pm. $2.50$5. spokanecounty.org/1657/Swimand-a-Movie STUDIO GHIBLI FEST: KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE From legendary director Hayao Miyazaki comes the beloved story of a young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service.

July 23 (dubbed) at 12:55 pm and July 24 (subtitles) at 7 pm. Regal Cinemas Northtown and Riverstone CdA. $13. fathomevents.com.

KUBO & THE TWO STRINGS The acclaimed new animated film tells the story of a young boy who must locate a magical suit of armor to defeat a vengeful spirit. July 24-28, at 9:30 am.

Free. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com (327-1050) SUMMER CAMP: THE BURBS A screening of the classic film as part of the Garland’s 2017 summer film series, July 25, 7 pm. $2.50. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com

FOOD

FIRKIN’ AWESOME PATIO PARTY A patio party with guest breweries Paradise Creek, Laughing Dog, and in-house breweries Little Spokane and Young Buck. Also featuring food from Zona Blanca, and some special release beers. July 21, 5-9 pm. Free admission.

The Steel Barrel Taproom, 154 S. Madison. bit.ly/2vyPrIx (509-315-9879) FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS A weekly event hosted by Downtown Spokane Partnership, featuring regional food trucks.

Fridays, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, through August. downtown.spokane.net MY FRESH BASKET GRAND OPENING Come visit the new market and enjoy free samples, giveaways, and chances to win prizes throughout the day. A ceremonial ribbon cutting and champagne toast is at 5 pm. July 21. Free. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. myfreshspokane.com (558-2100)

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ne of the often-overlooked aspects resulting from the end of cannabis prohibition in Washington is the way in which industries that are not directly involved with recreational weed benefit from the new laws. For example, there’s the strip mall owner who leases to the startup retailer, or the farmer who sells off land to the producer.

There are also industries that have creatively benefited from the surging cannabis economy, and we’ve seen this prominently within the tourism business in our state and others. For example, in Spokane, there are bed-andbreakfasts catering to guests who want to partake. Both the 1899 House Bed & Breakfast in Browne’s Addition and the River House Bed & Breakfast in Nine Mile Falls,

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You’ll find both of these businesses listed on the website for Kush Tourism (kushtourism.com), a Seattle-based company that coordinates tours, provides dispensary recommendations and helps travelers find cannabis-friendly places to stay, among other services in Washington and five other states where recreational marijuana has been legalized. Kush can hook you up with a tour that takes you to a higher-end cannabis retailer, a glassblowing studio and a growing operation. You can also take a look at oils being made, and examine other aspects of the industry.

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Kush also caters to the practical needs of tourists in Seattle, who have other needs. For example, they partner with a limousine company that’s cannabis-friendly, allowing you to perhaps relieve some of the post-flight stress on the trip from the airport to your hotel. The company also rents vaporizers, so tourists can enjoy a healthier high without having to drop cash on something they probably don’t want to take home on a plane.

There’s certainly room for growth in the cannabis tourism arena. In Colorado, for example, a study by the Colorado Tourism Office found that about 23 percent of visitors were influenced to come to the state because of its recreational cannabis market. The Colorado Department of Revenue discovered that about 7 percent of total cannabis sales were to out-of-state visitors.

Cannabis tourism in Washington, however, has been tougher to get off the ground, at least to the level of what’s happening in Colorado. Regulation — including a ban on smoking in hotel rooms, among other factors — has resulted in groups like the Cannabis Organization of Retail Establishments lobbying for revised rules that would help bolster tourism. n

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A guy friend of 20 years and I once fooled around years ago. Though he has a girlfriend, he keeps throwing sexual remarks into our conversations, sending inappropriate texts, and asking me to send naked photos. I wouldn’t be interested even if he were single, and I’ve been giving subtle hints, like “ha-ha…gotta go,” right after he says something provocative, but it isn’t working. How do I politely get him to stop without ruining a very long friendship? —Upset

As a means of communication, hinting to a man is like having a heartfelt conversation with your salad.

This isn’t to say men are dumb. They just aren’t emotional cryptographers. Social psychologist Judith A. Hall finds that women are generally far better at spotting and interpreting nonverbal messages (from, say, facial expressions and body language, including that female specialty, the pout).

Women tend to use their own ability for decoding unspoken stuff as the standard for what they expect from men. So, for example, the longer a man takes to notice that his girlfriend is pouting (perhaps about what was initially some minor to-do) the darker things get — with hate glares and maybe some cabinet-slamming…and then, the grand finale: “Hey, heartless! Time for a monthlong reunion with your first sex partner, aka your right hand!”

There’s also a major sex difference in how males and females speak. A body of research finds that from childhood on, males tend to be direct: “Gimme my truck, butthead!” Females tend to be indirect (couching what they want in hints and polite and even apologetic language): “Um, sorry, but I think that’s my Barbie.”

Psychologist Joyce Benenson points out that these conversational sex differences line right up with evolved sex differences in our, uh, job descriptions. Men evolved to be the warrior-protectors of the species. This is not done with coy hints: “Oh, Genghis, you look so much more tan and handsome while invading our neighbors to the north.”

Women’s mealy-mouthing, on the other hand, dovetails with a need to avoid physical confrontation, which could leave them unable to have children or to care for the ones they’ve already had. However, in women’s self-protectively not quite saying what they mean, they trade off being understood — especially by men.

Making matters worse, research by evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss on the “sexual overperception bias” in men suggests that the male mind evolved to be a bit dense to a woman’s signals that she isn’t interested. Basically, men seem evolutionarily predisposed to make errors in judgment in whether to pursue or keep pursuing a woman — erring in whichever way would be least costly to their mating interests. So, for example, you might eventually forgive this guy for all the tacky comeons, but his genes won’t if they miss that vagina-shaped bus into future generations.

In other words, in giving this guy “subtle hints,” you aren’t being polite; you’re being wildly ineffective. Yank off the marshmallow fluff and tell him: “I need you to kill all the sex talk. Immediately. And yes, this includes requests for naked selfies.” (Be prepared to need to repeat yourself.) If he really is a friend, he’ll continue being one. He might even become a better one — the sort you can call anytime, day or night, from the coldest place on the globe, and he’ll say, “I’ll be there with the sled dogs pronto,” not, “Text me a shot of your boobs before you die of hypothermia!”

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I love how my boyfriend smells, but I hate his new cologne. The smell literally makes me queasy. Is it even my place to ask him to stop wearing it? How do I tell him I don’t like it without it being mean? —Plagued Try to focus on the positive: You find him extremely jumpable whenever he isn’t wearing a $185 bottle of what it would smell like if sewage and verbena had a baby.

Unfortunately, it seems that his cologne and your immune system are poorly matched. Biologist August Hammerli and his colleagues find that a person’s fragrance preferences correlate with their particular set of infectious intruder-tracking genes, called the “major histocompatibility complex.” So, in not liking your boyfriend’s cologne, it isn’t that you think he’s an idiot with bad taste; it’s that your…I dunno, great-great-grandma got it on with some hot peasant with the “verbena smells like dead, rotting chickens” gene.

The science is your way in: “Sadly, your cologne does not play well with my genes...” Cushion the blow with something sweet, like, “I know you love it, and I wish I loved it, too.” Suggest you shop together for a new cologne for him (ideally something that makes you want to get naked, and not just down to your World War II gas mask). 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 VINO WINE TASTING Taste wines from Argentina, 3-6:30 pm on Friday, July 21. On Sat, July 22, a tasting highlights Jones of Washington, from 2-4:30 pm. $10/session. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com BLACKTOP BARBECUE Featuring live country music on an outdoor stage and music by Jesse Quandt and Steve Starkey, with food from Outlaw served all day and an outdoor beer garden.

July 22, 5-10 pm. Free admission. Outlaw BBQ & Catering Market, 4427 W. Wellesley. bit.ly/2uNycDL (868-0260) JANE AUSTEN TEA Celebrate Jane Austen and learn more about the new Jane Austen Society of North America regional group for Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. July 22, 12-2 pm.

Brambleberry Cottage & Tea Shoppe, 206 E. Pacific. bit.ly/2r3rebe MAKING YOUR OWN SAUERKRAUT Learn how to make your own sauerkraut with food preservation expert Anna Kestell. July 22, 2 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook. (444-5331) MUSIC, MICROS & BBQ Live music, regional micro brews and all-you-can-eat barbecue return, this month featuring Slate Creek Brewing and live music byIssac Walton and Current Flow. July 22, 5-9 pm. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S Hwy 95. cdacasino.com SPOKANE VEGFEST The fourth annual expo features 100-plus vendors/exhibitors offering healthy living and animalfriendly lifestyle products and advice, cooking demos, live music, yoga, and outdoor market and more. July 22, 10 am-6 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. inveg.org BEER YOGA Join us for an hour of zen beer drinking; price includes both the class and two beers. July 23, 12-1 pm. $18. Big Barn Brewing Co., 16004 N. Applewood Ln. (509-238-2489) SUSHI MAKING Learn the basics of sushi, from cooking the rice to the endless possibilities you can create. July 23, 2-4 pm. $49. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. thekitchenengine.com (328-3335) VINTAGE SPOKANE The 6th annual wine festival features more than 50 regional wineries, along with gourmet food pairings. July 23, 4-8 pm. $45$60. Davenport Grand, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. vintagespokane.com FORAGING FOR WILD EDIBLES Wild, edible plants provide an abundant, nutritious food source right outside our doors. July 25, 6:30 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook St. (444-5331) GLUTEN- & DAIRY-FREE COOKING Shopping tips, cooking tips and advice on dietary supplements for nutritional support will be provided. July 25, 5:307:30 pm. Free (suggested $5 donation).

Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org (208-667-1865)

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JAZZ SINGER JACE FOGLEMAN Enjoy a great evening of Jace singing, accompanied by Casey Wilkinson. July 24, 6:30 pm. Free. Touchmark South Hill, 2929 S. Waterford Dr. (536-2929) POP SUMMER CONCERT SERIES The summer concert series this week features the band Double Take. July 26, 7 pm. Free. Prince of Peace, 8441 N. Indian Trail Rd. (465-0779) CELLIST KEVIN HEKMATPANAH: Spokane Symphony cellist Kevin Hekmat-

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Free. Touchmark South Hill, 2929 S. Waterford Dr. (536-2929)

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CECIL’S SUMMER SPLASH NIC’s summer beach party offers the first 300 guests free food; everyone gets a chance to try out stand-up paddleboards, kayaks, canoes, etc., as well as compete for prizes in fun games throughout the party. July 20, 4-7 pm.

Free. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu/splash NORTHWEST YOGA FEAST The 8th annual wellness retreat features culinary classes, yoga instruction, music and more. July 18-23. Starting at $250.

Eureka Institute, 513 Oak St., Sandpoint. nwyogafeast.com (208-265-4000) NUMERICA SUMMER WORKOUT SERIES Get fit with four nights of activity each week through August, Mon-Thu. All activities kick-off at 7:15 pm, and last between 45 and 60 minutes. Free.

Spokane Tribal Gathering Place, 347 N Post St. bit.ly/2veZ2Vk RACE THE RIVER The 10th annual sprint-distance triathlon includes a half-mile swim with the current of the Spokane River, a 15-mile bike ride and a 3-mile run. Also includes a kids’ race ($20). $65/individual, $140/relay teams. July 23. Riverstone Park, 1800 Tilford Ln., CdA. racetheriver.com ROUND ABOUT 5K The 7th annual fun run benefits Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. July 23, 8-10 am. $18-$28. Deer Park Physical Therapy & Fitness Center, 707 S. Park St. roundabout5k.com SPOKANE INDIANS VS. EVERETT Home series; July 25-27 at 6:30 pm. $5$20. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St. spokaneindiansbaseball.com

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CAROUSEL A local production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein story about a carnival worker who falls on hard times. Through Aug. 6; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $24-$30. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. facebook.com/lakecityplayhouse LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s portrayal of the feisty tomboy raised by a regiment of French soldiers. July 20, 6-9:45 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org SOUTH PACIFIC This classic musical is set in an island paradise during World War II. Through July 30; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $27-$49. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasummertheatre.com (208-660-2958) CIVIC ACADEMY: WANDA’S WORLD:A feel-good musical performed by students in the 2017 Main Stage Academy.

July 21-30; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $15-$20. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507) FAIRY TALE MURDERS Due to the mysterious deaths of Grumpy and Pinocchio, tourism in Fairytale land has reached an all-time low, and an emergency meeting has been called. July 21 and 28, 7 pm. $40. Coeur d’Alene Cellars, 3890 N. Schreiber Way. cdamurdermysterytheatre.com

THE MOUSETRAP A production of the Agatha Christie mystery, by Exsurge theater group. July 21-23 at 7 pm. $8.50. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. thejacklincenter.org THE SECRET GARDEN: A MUSICAL The classic of children’s literature is reimagined in musical style. July 21-Aug. 6; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm (also July 26); Sun at 2 pm. $20-$38. Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan. svsummertheatre.com (368-7897) SYLVIA A modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog, by A.R. Gurney and directed by Chris Taylor.

July 14-30, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org DAN TDM ON TOUR Meet the YouTube star and his favorite characters, including pet pug Ellie. July 22, 2 pm. $42$82. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) DOROTHY IN WONDERLAND Local children perform after spending two weeks learning facets of putting on a live stage play. July 22, at 1 and 6:30 pm. July 22. $5. Medical Lake High School, 200 E. Barker. mlsd.org

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ART ON THE STREET WITH TIFFANY PATTERSON A community art-making event with a well-known local artist facilitating an impromptu drawing session. July 22, 1-3 pm. Free. Spokane Art School, 809 W. Garland. spokaneartschool.net (325-3001) DIY SCREEN PRINTING PARTY Bring your own t-shirt to screen print yourself with one of a variety of awesome designs created by local artists. July 27, 7 pm. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org CLOSING RECEPTION: RECLAIMING A closing reception for the July show, highlighting local artists’ interpretations of “reclaiming.” July 28, 5-8:15 pm. Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, 115 S. Adams St. kolva-sullivangallery.com/

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ED NEWMAN The Distinguished Toastmaster with the Fairchild Toastmaster’s Club shares his story of going back to college and earning his bachelors degree 40+ years after dropping out. July 25, 1 pm. Free. Airway Heights Community Center, 13120 W. 13th Ave. cawh.org BROKEN MIC Spokane Poetry Slam’s longest-running, weekly open mic reading series, open to all readers and all-ages. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. Free.

Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org (509-847-1234) MILESTONE LECTURE: CDA REGATTA Regional historian Robert Singletary continues his series, “Inland Northwest Milestones,” with a look at the first regatta held in the Lake City in 1913, and which continued as an annual event into the 1920s. July 27, 7 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315) READING: DAWN RENO LANGLEY The author reads from her book “The Mourning Parade,” about a mother seeking solace and healing after losing her sons in a school shooting. July 27, 7 pm. Free and open to the public.

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The Internet Ruins Everything

Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On, on Netflix, follows the ups and downs of modern sex.

13 (-ish) reasons why technology has been the downfall of modern dating

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his much I’ve learned: online dating + anonymity + time = garbage people. I have found myself speechless at men’s attempts at communication, to say nothing of courtship. Asking if I’m 4/20 friendly isn’t exactly going to win me over.

There aren’t a lot of things I envy previous generations for, but goddamn decency in the art of introduction is one of them.

REASON 1 that technology has ruined modern dating: The safety barrier of pixels and glass lets people feel comfortable saying stuff they’d most likely never say in person, which leads to REASON 2: Meeting people now sucks.

REASON 3: Copy + paste and the death of the personal touch.

While women are overloaded with messages in online dating apps, men often have to scatter their efforts in hopes of a response, which leads to understandably taking shortcuts. But when you go on a date with someone and he asks you which story he told you about his name, because he has one he tells girls on Tinder and another he shares on OkCupid, it’s off-putting to know that even after you responded, part of your conversation was canned.

REASON 4: You don’t really know if you’ll click until you meet in person anyway.

I once went on a date with someone after spending a few weeks messaging back and forth. He verbally wrote it off for both of us before our pizza was even served — “obviously, neither of us is really into this” — but hey, he also gave me a copy of his debut rap album as a parting gift, so who am I to complain?

REASON 5: Casual sex is now the norm, not the exception. That’s great if you’re just horny, not so great if you’re trying to find a relationship or, you know, ever

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let your emotions out of the dark dungeon you’ve stuffed them into, so they can’t do that thing where they make you feel attached, and then sob into ice cream when your soul feels as empty as the bed next to you.

REASON 6: Even when casual sex is what you’re looking for, it’s easier than ever to use technology to be an asshole.

Earlier this year, Netflix released the six-episode docuseries Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On, which follows the ups and downs of modern sex, primarily through the lens of people in the sex industry. Go in expecting something

the new normal. In the end, one woman James was seeing for a few months forces him to confront the fact that his actions hurt real people.

REASON 9: We live in instant gratification nation.

When someone reads a text but doesn’t respond right away, we worry. We also don’t want to appear too needy and respond too quickly, or always be the first one to start a conversation. Literal weeks used to go by when people would correspond by letter. Now we work up impossibly complicated reasons why someone might no longer be interested in us when a few minutes pass. What if they’re just busy? Why do we need everything right this second? Why aren’t you answering me?

REASON 10: Blurring fantasy and reality.

In episode 5 of Hot Girls Wanted, the filmmakers follow a cam girl who puts on a bubbly attitude for hours a day while she works from the comfort of her own home, stripping and performing sexual acts online for strangers.

Though married to a man she loves, she also maintains an emotional relationship with a socially awkward man in Australia, who helped pay for her breast implants and has paid thousands of dollars over the years to see her privately. After their fourth “camiversary,” she decides to visit him in person, and the trip becomes an emotional roller coaster that ends with her realizing how much he’d put his life on hold for her, and how electronic screens can make real life a fantasy, as long as the mirage is maintained.

REASON 11: Choices.

OK, so the internet isn’t all bad.

While it can sometimes seem like there aren’t enough options, you still likely have more choices than you think.

As I learned from Aziz Ansari’s book Modern Romance, about a third of couples in the 1930s married someone who lived within five blocks of them, according to sociologists. Heck, that was still true a few decades later, if my mom’s side of the family is any indication: My grandpa and grandma grew up across the street from each other.

His little brother married her little sister.

The internet is a great vehicle for meeting people who we never would have been able to meet before now, even if (as Ansari points out) that can sometimes enable us to keep looking for a perfect match, rather than someone who is great, but doesn’t meet our somewhat arbitrary criteria. (REASON 12: Nothing’s good enough.)

Sorry: I know you’re expecting a 13th reason right about now, but I guess I just don’t know how to commit. n

As I learned from Aziz Ansari’s book Modern Romance, about a third of couples in the 1930s married someone who lived within five blocks of them… provocative, sure, but also be prepared for the gut punch of reality that inevitably lands when each subject grapples with morality, modern pressures, and how they treat themselves and other people.

In the second episode, get a painful look at how Tinder, Bumble and other dating apps have made 40-yearold James’ dating life a constant cycle of flings that he finds easier to cut off by posting Snapchat videos with a new lady by his side, as opposed to sending a simple text to someone explaining that he’s no longer interested in them. (REASON 7: No one seems to know how to communicate in person anymore.)

Most of the people involved seem somewhat resigned to the fact that this is how modern “dating” seems to go, with “ghosting” (or REASON 8: Suddenly dropping all lines of communication without explanation) as

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