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f you’re a little confused about the SPOKANE SPORTSPLEX — wondering what it is, who’s paying for it and how much it costs — you’re not alone. Officials pushing to build the Sportsplex still hear from perplexed people who say, in effect, “Didn’t we vote down that proposal?”

Yes, last year voters roundly rejected the idea of a downtown stadium, to be used by Spokane Public Schools as a replacement for the aging Joe Albi facility. But the Sportsplex isn’t that and, really, it’s not so much designed for locals as much as a lure to draw out-of-town athletes and visitors to spend money here. And like it or not, local officials strategically decided not to ask voters for their input or money and instead found a creative way to cover the $53 million price tag.

It’s a bit of a gamble. Communities around the country are racing to erect these types of sports complexes — even while they often hemorrhage money — but local officials remain optimistic about its potential for the region.

Just listen to Stephanie Curran, head of the Spokane Public Facilities District, talking to our staff reporter Daniel Walters (page 22): “Trust me, I’ve driven home many nights, thinking, ‘There’s no way this is going to work.’

And then you get your head on and you say, ‘You know what. This is a 50year mistake if we don’t do this.’”

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n April 20, 1999, I was inside Columbine High School the day the shooting began. Upon hearing the gunfire, a janitor and a teacher and coach named Dave Sanders (who would tragically lose his life) ran through the cafeteria yelling, “Get down, get down!” All 500 of us sat under tables while sporadic gunfire took the life of Rachel Scott.

Some amazing acts of courage happened inside the halls of Columbine that day. One of my favorite examples of this unbridled courage was a student athlete and star football player named Evan Todd who was trapped inside the library when the gunmen entered to steal the lives of multiple students. Once the gunmen left the library, Evan was left with shrapnel in his upper shoulder, laying on the ground hoping

he would miraculously survive the tragedy. Realizing the gunmen had left the library, Evan knew this was his chance to escape.

He picked his body off the floor and spotted a door leading to the main hallway, which would allow him to eventually make his escape from Columbine. He noticed out of the corner of his eye a fellow student named Mark Kintgen who also was also trying to leave the library but was moving slowly as a result of his cerebral palsy. Evan was faced with a momentous decision no 15-year-old should have to make: Would he run, or go back for Mark?

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Evan opted to risk his life by going over to Mark, picking him up, and literally carrying him to safety. These are just a few of the amazing acts of courage often lost in the endless coverage of ideologies and manifestos of the gunmen.

Every shooting has a hero, yet we give the headlines to the perpetrator. The tragedy behind the tragedy of Columbine is that most every world citizen can effortlessly repeat the name of the Columbine gunmen, but very few can name a victim or a hero from that day.

While the FBI and other experts are trying to crack the code of the mindset of the shooters, we know some things about human behavior that are relevant to this discussion.

Mounds of research points to these shooters’ desire for significance. Last week, two mass shootings happened in our country and in one of the shootings, the gunman specifically stated he knew his manifesto would be published. This particular gunman also talked about the level of fame that would accompany the publishing of his manifesto. Unintentionally, we are willfully distributing the fame these terrorists crave by highlighting their names and manifestos they leave behind.

The discussion about how to curtail school shootings (including mass shootings) has been repeated like a familiar song on the radio. The same passionate ideas come to the fore around the implementation of metal detectors in schools, strengthening and broadening the mental health systems, and arming teachings LETTERS and/or resources officers, acSend comments to companied by stricter gun laws editor@inlander.com. in the hopes of restricting access to firearms. Seemingly, society desperately hopes for a panacea that will put an ultimate stop to these senseless acts of violence. But one does not exist. Instead, our dialogue needs to broaden. Ideologies need to be suspended, blame needs to cease, and curiosity needs to supplant judgmentalism.

There is one important course of action we can take. My plea to each of us and to all major media outlets is to discontinue the distribution of the shooters’ identities and thus flip the narrative.

Each time a shooter’s name is mentioned, that shooter has accomplished one of their goals.

The shooters obviously thrive off this attention and endless evidence points to this fact. While finding the correct course of action may take considerable time, we can at least begin by erasing the names of these terrorists. The shooter can still be discussed, and motives explored, without giving them the unnecessary attention of personally identifying them.

The very notion of removing their name also removes their voice. Let’s give voice to the heroes and the victims, not the villains. #removethefame n Kevin Parker is an entrepreneur and teaches leadership and business courses at Whitworth University. Previously, he served as a Republican state representative for the 6th Legislative District.

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Q&A NICOLETTE OCHELTREE Spokane mayoral write-in candidate Nicolette Ocheltree weighs in on the 2019 primary results

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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arlier this year, activist Nicolette Ocheltree launched the “500 Drag Queen Strong” Facebook page to counter the opposition to the Spokane Public Library’s Drag Queen Story Hour.

But in July, she set her sights higher, officially filing a last-minute write-in campaign for the position of Spokane mayor.

While she only got a handful of voters in the primary — there were only 196 write-in votes for mayor total — she plans to continue her campaign.

Fresh off a primary result that featured progressive mayoral candidate Ben Stuckart languishing at 38 percent and his progressive council ally Breean Beggs under 36 percent, we asked Ocheltree a little bit about her thoughts about the race. The responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.

more than ever, and they’re largely part of the Republican base.

Do you consider yourself to the left of Ben Stuckart?

I would say that’s probably the best place to put me. And yet I’m extremely fiscally conservative. I am a budget hound. And I think a lot of my positions on guns also make me appear more conservative than people care to admit.

I’m not going to fall on a divide just because the divide exists, especially with my background in philosophy. I see a dichotomy like that. I’m always wondering if it’s a false dichotomy.

INLANDER: Why not run through the traditional means as opposed to running a write-in campaign?

OCHELTREE: One of the reasons why is because I decided to run late. The choice was, like, not to run, or run as a write-in candidate. But also, it’s that $1,680 [filing fee], right? That’s a fee I can’t afford. And I couldn’t really, in good conscience, ask all these people for whom $5 [donations are a] lot more to them than $5 is to somebody else. I just couldn’t do it.

Are you worried that you’re making it easier for Stuckart’s opponent, Nadine Woodward, to get elected?

When it comes to trying to pull votes from either Ben or Nadine, it’s gonna be much easier to pull them from Nadine than it is from Ben. I think you’d be surprised how many people who were going to vote for Nadine were like, “Oh, I just wanted to vote for a woman who is, you know, an investigator who looks into issues.” And I was like, “Oh, yeah, no, that’s more me than it is her.” You know what I mean?

Going forward, honestly, it would behoove Ben to sit down and take me seriously or not ignore me.

In the last few years, Spokane has narrowly supported liberal candidates and initiatives.

Why didn’t the more progressive candidates Ben Stuckart and Breean Beggs do better?

I think that Ben has a lot more work cut out for him. We’re lucky that Nadine Woodward and Shawn Poole [weren’t the two candidates to get to the general election]. That was way more of a risk than Ben probably wanted to admit.

I think that Spokane is way more red than people want to admit.

We have a lot of these sorts of radical Christian groups here. And they have started registering to vote and coming out to be more active in politics

What are your concerns about Ben Stuckart?

I think that his heart is in the right place. But I think that he’s kind of been sort of changed by the system. I still think that he’s more concerned with making things better for small businesses than he is for the average human. His ideas for walkability are about, you know, turning these areas into better areas for small businesses where people can come in and walk around and consume.

It’s much easier to try to make a city a better place for small businesses than for people who are poor. You can’t sit down or go pee downtown without buying a cup of coffee or being forced into something like that. n

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Readers respond to an article on Inlander.com about the Spokane Valley City Council’s refusal to pass a racial equity policy (8/7/19):

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CASE CORRICK: Things like this sure do get white people angry. White people hate talking about, or acknowledging, systemic racism in their community.

They think it doesn’t exist, but they’re wrong.

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Equity through policy is always a destructive measure.

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AGRICULTURE

A ‘BODY BLOW’ TO FARMERS In the ongoing trade war, China announces it won’t buy any U.S. ag products — just as American farmers prepare their harvest

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trade war between the United States and China that was initially sparked over intellectual property rights has reached a fever pitch, with American farmers caught in the crossfire as bargaining chips.

Since 2018, the U.S. and China have had a backand-forth trade dispute, with the U.S. raising tariffs

on billions of dollars of Chinese imports and China responding in kind. In the latest move, the Trump administration announced plans to slap 10 percent higher tariffs on most remaining Chinese imports (about $300 billion worth) previously unaffected in the trade war starting Sept. 1.

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buying any U.S. farm products. Period.

U.S. farmers exported $19.5 billion of products to China in 2017, but that plummeted to $9.5 billion in 2018 with the beginning of the trade war, and now could drop to nothing, prompting American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall to call ...continued on next page

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China’s recent announcement a “body blow” to the industry.

“China’s announcement that it will not buy any agricultural products from the United States is a body blow to thousands of farmers and ranchers who are already struggling to get by,” Duvall says in a news release. “In the last 18 months alone, farm and ranch families have dealt with plunging commodity prices, awful weather and tariffs higher than we have seen in decades.”

Just last summer, two of Washington’s top export crops, cherries and apples, saw their usual tariffs of 10 percent jump to 50 percent, ending in multimillion dollar decreases in trade for both crops.

“China has been a top destination for Washington agricultural products, particularly for seafood, cherries and hay,” says Chris McGann, a spokesman for the Washington State Department of Agriculture in an email. “Overall, total exports of Washington agricultural products targeted by the retaliatory tariffs declined 23.98 percent between 2018 and 2019.”

Some of that decrease was due to other tariffs imposed by Mexico, Canada and other major import partners who also had trade disputes, he notes.

While it seems likely there could be consequences on some of this year’s crops, the overall impact of China’s decision could take months to become apparent, especially if trade talks continue in September.

“Without a doubt, farmers and the agriculture industry have been among the hardest hit by the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China,” McGann says. “The latest development will certainly have some impact, but how much damage it causes remains to be seen. As has been the case since this dispute began, the situation remains fluid.”

“China has been a top destination for Washington agricultural products, particularly for seafood, cherries and hay.”

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hile Washington’s apple harvest is just gearing up to get started, exporting to other countries doesn’t typically get into full swing until December and January, after those countries have used up their own harvests, explains Toni Lynn Adams, spokeswoman for the Washington Apple Commission.

Washington exports about one-third of its

which didn’t dramatically drop.

“Even with a 50 percent tariff in place and a reduced crop volume, Washington still exported nearly 900,000 boxes to China,” Adams says.

“With those obstacles in place, there was still a significant volume.”

The story hasn’t been the same for other commodities.

China completely stopped buying Washington wheat when just talks of 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products were brought up in 2018, says Glen Squires, CEO of the Washington Grain Commission. That makes the recent announcement less impactful for grain growers this season.

“You can’t buy any less than zero,” Squires says.

Fortunately for U.S. grain growers, drought in Australia last year created a larger market for our wheat, Squires says.

But China had still represented a large market before the tariffs, taking 300,000 metric tons of Pacific Northwest wheat, Squires says.

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Recently, China has been the sixth largest customer, buying $13.5 million of apples from Washington in 2018, or about 3 percent of Washington’s overall sales.

“It’s not a huge volume, but is a very valued market,” Adams says. “There’s demand for quality fruit and consumers are willing to pay for that quality fruit, which is important for grower returns and profitability.”

It’s hard to say what the impacts might be later this year, but at least for apples, last year wasn’t as detrimental as it could have been.

Washington typically exports about 1.1 million 40-pound boxes to China per year, Adams says,

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were other places the wheat found a market,” he says. “But when you lose demand like that, then the price weakens and goes down.”

For Brad Haberman, who grows hay and alfalfa near Ellensburg, the tariffs had a quick and clear impact on his processing operation, which packages the animal feed crops for export. That business, Number 9 Hay Trading, was sending about 30 shipping containers of alfalfa to China each week before the tariff increases started.

“When the tariffs came in, we shipped zero for three months,” says Haberman, who also serves as vice president of the LETTERS Washington State Farm Bureau.

Send comments to Things have somewhat editor@inlander.com. rebounded — they’re back to sending about 20 containers per week now — but Haberman says the 30 percent retaliatory Chinese tariff on alfalfa affects how much customers there can afford, and the overall price of the product.

“At that time, at the farm, alfalfa dropped about $30 a ton for a while,” Haberman says.

Before the tariffs started, the price was in the $190-$200 per ton range, but it dipped to about $160 and has only now climbed its way back to about $180 per ton, he says.

Meanwhile, it’s prime harvest season for the crop and there’s some uncertainty about where farmers will sell their product, as China’s recently only been buying in about three-month increments due to uncertainty about further tariffs and trade talks, Haberman says.

But at least in the short term, despite the crunch on farming, Haberman says he doesn’t feel the tariffs are all bad.

“I feel like China has had an unfair trade advantage with the United States,” Haberman says. “All of agriculture gets hurt whenever you have a trade war. That is the bad thing about it, is that farming always gets hurt. I think in the long run, hopefully it’ll come out better.”

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fter the recent escalation in the trade war by both sides, it’s unclear if negotiations that had already been scheduled for September will take place.

Last week, China was apparently still keeping the door open to having the face-to-face negotiations, according to Hong Kong English-language newspaper the South China Morning Post.

President Donald Trump, however, told reporters outside the White House late last week that he wasn’t sure if the meeting would occur, saying, “We’re not ready to make a deal, but we’ll see what happens.”

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NEWS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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Unwanted Criminals Idaho state officials pitched creating an inmate “community re-entry center” in Kootenai County. Then the community rebelled

BY JOSH KELETY

t a packed Aug. 7 meeting at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, local officials and residents railed against the Idaho Department of Correction.

The reason for their ire? A proposal from state correction officials to place a 130-bed re-entry facility for inmates nearing the end of their sentences, along with parole or probation violators, in Kootenai County.

Residents and officials alike argued that the agency is untrustworthy and that such a facility would pose a public safety risk to the community.

“I’m here to oppose this planned facility,” LETTERS Hayden City CouncilSend comments to man Matthew Roetter editor@inlander.com. told the crowd. “Not in my town.”

“If one person gets raped, robbed or murdered from this facility, I will never sleep well the rest of my life,” Kootenai County Commissioner Bill Brooks said.

John Grimm, a candidate for Kootenai County Sheriff, said that the Department of Correction can’t do the job: “I just don’t trust these guys.”

But officials argue that the facility would actually help reduce recidivism rates. Josh Tewalt, director of the state Department of Correction, says that the idea is to co-locate drug and mental health services and job search assistance with supervisory correctional guard staff. Soonto-be-released inmates and parole and probation violators — who otherwise would be booked into local jails — would be housed in the residential portion of the facility.

The “ultimate goal,” he says, is to reduce inmates’ risk of reoffending by providing them the support to effectively reintegrate into society.

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have failed on parole, probation and supervision programs,” Tewalt tells the Inlander. “We need to provide additional services to reduce crime in our communities.”

During the 2019 session, the Idaho Legislature allocated roughly $12 million for a community re-entry center to serve the North Idaho panhandle, which currently lacks such a facility. (The agency already operates four others in southern and eastern Idaho.) Tewalt says that the agency is

But opponents of the facility in Kootenai County still strongly object to the pitch.

“There was no indication as to what kind of criminals we’d be getting,” Duane Rasmussen, a Coeur d’Alene attorney who opposes the project, tells the Inlander. “It’s dangerous for our people to have these people released here.”

Tewalt says that the agency would only locate inmates nearing the end of their sentence from minimum-custody prisons with history of good behavior while incarcerated. Additionally, inmates with sex crime and violent crime convictions would generally be excluded.

Currently, there is no timeline for siting the proposed facility. But opposition is mounting. Organizers of the Aug. 7 meeting gathered signatures for a petition and Kootenai County Commissioner Brooks says that he plans to push a resolution opposing the facility. Meanwhile, Lt. Ryan Higgins, a spokesman for Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger, tells the Inlander that the sheriff is “not supportive” of a facility that would serve people from outside the county.

But John Winter, a manager at Ace Industrial Supply in Post Falls who was present at the Aug. 7 meeting and regularly hires formerly incarcerated workers, supports the facility.

“Whether there is a re-entry center or not, [the inmates] are still coming back to North Idaho,” Winter says. “It’s either we give them the tools to succeed when they’re here, or not.” n joshk@inlander.com

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“There was no indication as to what kind of criminals we’d be getting.” currently looking for a potential site for the facility, and that they are open to either retrofitting an existing building or building a new one.

And while he stresses that the agency isn’t “married” to siting the facility in Kootenai County, he says the county’s population density, concentration of service providers, and current number of inmates getting released to the region on parole or probation make it desirable. (Officials say that there are an estimated 2,000 felony probationers and parolees living in North Idaho.)

In an email provided to the Inlander, Idaho Department of Correction Chief of Staff Bree E. Derrick writes that data from 2013 through 2017 shows that the recidivism rates for people leaving a community re-entry facility within a year are lower than for those leaving a minimum-custody state prison on parole.

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NEWS | MENTAL HEALTH

‘The Right Thing’ A lawsuit filed against the state’s psychiatric hospitals — and inspired by an Inlander article — is dismissed thanks to a culture change

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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ive years ago, Ketema Ross, a patient at Eastern State Hospital, joined a lawsuit alleging that the state was violating his rights to adequate mental health treatment.

He wasn’t seeking money. He wanted to bring attention to the prison-like conditions at state hospitals in hopes that more awareness could spur change.

“If we win, it will be a win for all patients at Eastern State Hospital and Western State Hospital,” Ross told the Inlander in 2014.

Fast forward to today, and the case has just been dismissed due to the state finally being able to prove that it changed its policies to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement. Andrew Biviano, the attorney for the plaintiffs, says this is the victory patients at state hospitals were hoping for years ago.

“It is the outcome we envisioned,” Biviano tells the Inlander. “And it’s maybe even a bit better.”

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Once confined to Eastern State Hospital, Ketema Ross has been released and lives in California.

As a result, patients are being discharged more quickly when they’ve demonstrated they’re not dangerous, and the hospitals have reduced the use of strip searches and physical restraints of patients.

In a statement, Sean Murphy, assistant secretary for the state’s Department of Social and Health Services Behavioral Health Administration, says the state is “very pleased with the court’s recognition of our efforts.”

“People can and do recover from mental illness,” he says.

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he case was set into motion because of an Inlander story that ran in 2014. Ross had at the time been indefinitely locked away at Eastern State after being found not guilty by reason of insanity several years earlier in connection with an assault of an elderly couple.

But the patients at Eastern had their rights stripped away following the passing of a state law that came as a reaction to one high-profile news story of an Eastern patient, Phillip Paul, escaping during a field trip to the Spokane County Fair. The ensuing years saw patients losing the ability to leave hospital grounds even to visit family. Even taking a walk on the hospital grounds was not permitted without a judge’s permission, and many patients were resigned to the possibility that they’d spend their lives in the hospital.

The article by former Inlander writer Deanna Pan prompted a lawsuit that was filed months later by Biviano and Disability Rights Washington. The plaintiffs, including Ross and other patients, said the conditions at Eastern amounted to a violation of their constitutional right to adequate mental health treatment. The suit named Gov. Jay Inslee, DSHS and the DSHS secretary as defendants. And in 2016, DSHS entered into a settlement agreement that required changes to policies and practices at Eastern and Western State Hospitals.

Since then, the state has been trying to prove it has met the terms of the settlement agreement. It changed

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policies, like giving more patients access to hospital grounds and limiting the use of physical restraints and strip searches. But it’s one thing to change policies, and another to change the culture at the hospital to ensure those policies are followed, Biviano says.

“We found a challenge in getting the cultural change to go through the entire hospital,” he says.

But eventually, that change came, too. About twothirds of patients have regular access to hospital grounds compared to only a handful before the 2016 settlement.

Additionally, more patients are deemed safe for staffescorted trips, and the number of patients receiving final discharges is 59 percent higher than it was before the settlement. That includes Ross, who was discharged a couple years ago and now lives in California, Biviano says.

Importantly and perhaps unexpectedly, DSHS added psychologists and counselors and created a new position for a patient ombudsman to look into concerns regarding treatment of patients. That’s a piece that Biviano didn’t envision back in 2014. The case’s dismissal came later than Biviano had hoped, he says, but because of what was accomplished, “that time was worth it.”

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or Biviano, this is a success for everybody involved. Patients have a better quality of life and can return home more quickly. Hospitals have more tools to provide better care. Taxpayers pay only for those who need hospitalization.

But it’s also a testament to the courage of all those involved. That includes Ross and the other patients who spoke out even though they feared the consequences.

And it also includes those working at the hospital and for the state who were willing to change practices.

“Saying the right thing and doing the right thing really does make a difference,” Biviano says. “That’s the moral of the story.” n wilsonc@inlander.com

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HURDLES AHEAD The Spokane Public Facilities District keeps vaulting over obstacles while running toward the dream of a Sportsplex. Will it be worth it?

BY DANIEL WALTERS

TOP: The Birmingham CrossPlex, featuring a state-of-the-art hydraulically banked indoor track, has attracted over 100,000 athletes and spectators to Birmingham a year, producing a sizable economic impact. On the other hand, the facility loses over $2 million a year. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM PHOTO

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t its core, every great sports story is about tenacity. She keeps running even though her legs have turned to jelly. The team's down three touchdowns, but never stops driving forward. He gets knocked down, but he gets up again.

Stephanie Curran, director of the Spokane Public Facilities District (PFD), knows this well. Curran quotes from that famous Teddy Roosevelt “man in the arena” speech, the one about how the glory belongs to one “whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,” instead of the one who never risks and never fails.

Last year, Curran was handed the baton from retiring PFD Director Kevin Twohig, and with it the responsibility for the success of the Spokane Arena, the convention center, the First Interstate Center for the Arts and the next project that could define the future of the facilities district for decades — the Sportsplex.

Stretching over 130,000 square feet on the north bank of the Spokane River, just east of the Arena, the planned Spokane Sportsplex would feature an indoor 200-meter, six-lane hydraulically banked track, which can be reconfigured to hold 17 volleyball courts, 10 basketball courts or 21 wrestling mats. Initially, that was all to be accompanied by an NHL-sized ice rink.

At a PFD board meeting in July, one of the attendees congratulates the Sportsplex team on the fact they’ve had a lot of “hoops and hurdles to deal with.”

“Hurdles?” Curran interjects, with a half-laugh. “Really?”

It’s an understatement. Construction hasn’t even begun, but in the past four years, the Sportsplex dream has been dogged by challenging land deals, financing packages, false starts, setbacks, delays, price spikes and skepticism from the public.

Meanwhile, dozens of other communities are racing to build their own facilities, spurred by similar visions for how sports tourism could generate a massive economic impact. Yet in some communities, big sports complexes

have also come with big downsides, as their “sports meccas” have hemorrhaged money and run up milliondollar budget deficits.

A few months ago, the Inlander received one of those no-return-address letters.

This one, however, had a bundle of highlighted PFD meeting minutes and a typed-out anonymous note.

“Is anyone paying attention to the Sportsplex? The public was told that it would cost $42 million and would include an ice arena. The cost is now up to $52 million and the current building plans do not include an ice arena,” it reads. “Does the public know this? The answer is ‘No.’” The letter is out of date: Today the cost is up to $53 million.

But Curran, like the many others who’ve been fighting for the Sportsplex, says the finish line is almost in view. And she swears that the reason they’ve been so persistent is because the destination is worth it.

“We have had many excellent excuses to walk away from this in the last six months,” Curran says. “Trust me, I’ve driven home many nights, thinking, ‘There’s no way this is going to work.’ And then you get your head on and you say, ‘You know what. This is a 50-year mistake if we don’t do this.’”

THE RACE

It was the final indoor race of her college career. Whitworth University track athlete Kayla Leland had flown all the way to Alabama for the 2018 Indoor National Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex.

And then, just before the national anthem, she saw something she’d never witnessed before. The track itself started to move. The ends began to slide up.

Birmingham has a hydraulically banked indoor track.

So each time Leland hit the curve, the angle of the track allowed her to counter the centripetal force of the turn and maintain her speed. “Running on it felt like it pro-

pelled you forward,” Leland says. “It was one of the best tracks in the world.”

And unlike the banked track in, say, Boise, hydraulically banked tracks can be dropped down with a switch of a button to make it easier for sprinters running the 50-meter dash. There are only a handful of such tracks in the world, and as a result, Birmingham has become a serious contender to land any national indoor track event.

Around 120,000 athletes and spectators attend track events at the facility every year, the CrossPlex’s Preston Kirk estimates — including 90,000 from outside the county. And that’s not even including the athletes who come to basketball games, wrestling matches, cheerleader competitions or for the Olympic-sized pool.

It results in tens of thousands of Birmingham’s hotel rooms being booked, restaurants being patronized and shopping malls being frequented, particularly in the traditionally slow winter months. According to local Birmingham news reporting, it breathed life back into an economically depressed part of the city.

“We’ve had about 16 cities call us about what we’ve done,” Kirk says. “We’ve gotten to know Spokane.”

Spokane Sports Commission CEO Eric Sawyer flew to visit in April. Sawyer is a salesman at heart, and the product he sells is Spokane. In the past three years he’s helped convince organizers for national championships of track, cross-country, roller sports, judo, weightlifting and curling to come to Spokane. Just imagine, he says, what Spokane could get with something like the CrossPlex. He says he’s been thinking about that for 25 years.

So lately, he’s applied his salesmanship to selling the Sportsplex to Spokane.

“If you can bring in visitors who bring in dollars, making purchases and driving sales taxes, that’s money that we don’t have to pay,” Sawyer says. “Any state that’s sales-tax reliant, if they aren’t in the tourism business, they’re crazy.”

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DEVELOPMENT “HURDLES AHEAD,” CONTINUED... ing, Sawyer says sports tourism was growing. Disneyland may be optional, but there’s no way in hell Dad’s telling his little volleyball star she can’t go to nationals.

That’s why Birmingham’s CrossPlex touts a $100 million annual economic impact. That’s why the Spokane sporting event with the biggest economic impact — the one that brings in the most hotel guests and tourism dollars to the city — isn’t Bloomsday or Hoopfest, Sawyer says. It’s the Pacific Northwest Qualifier, a two-weekend youth volleyball tournament held each year in March.

Sports economists argue that venues like stadiums don’t spur economic activity so much as shift it — with locals paying for game tickets instead of going out to eat at a local restaurant. But Sawyer argues that the Sportsplex model is different: Instead of Spokanites, the Sportsplex seats will be filled with out-of-towners shelling out out-oftown cash. A 2015 Gonzaga University study estimated that the Sportsplex could generate $19 million to $33 million in economic impact every year — and at least $1 million in extra tax revenue.

But other academics, like West Virginia University sports economist Brad Humphreys, remain wary. The big sports tourism complex is a relatively new invention. And of the few comparable sports complexes, the Gonzaga study acknowledges, “information regarding the impact of these facilities is difficult to obtain either because the facility is too new, or because it is privately held and they are not forthcoming with data.”

“There’s really very little evidence if they will differ substantially from stand-alone stadiums and arenas,” Humphreys says. “There’s a lot of people who are optimistic. They are almost always consultants.”

Other cities have their own boosters who are also making their own sales pitches for new facilities. Officials in Bloomington, Illinois; Madison, Wisconsin; Windsor Locks, Connecticut; Williamsburg, Virginia; and Hutto, Texas, have all rolled out proposals for their own massive

"It's kind of an arms race right now around the country. We're in the front of a wave." sports complexes, waving reports from Sports Facilities Advisory, the same consulting firm that praised the Sportsplex proposal in Spokane in 2015.

The study by the Sports Facilities Advisory noted that the Spokane Sportsplex had a huge advantage because its hydraulic indoor track would be the only one on the West Coast. But if another comparable track facility were built, the study warned, it “would meaningfully impact the performance” of the Sportsplex.

“It’s kind of an arms race right now around the country,” Sawyer says. “We’re in the front of a wave.”

Yet today, there’s already another Pacific Northwest facility in the development queue. When Eugene, Oregon, hosts the World Athletics Championships in 2021, the neighboring city of Springfield plans to showcase the site and design of its new sports complex, featuring a hydraulically banked track.

But Sawyer, ever the optimist, doesn’t miss a beat.

Think of the potential synergy, he says. They could partner up and make an indoor Pacific Northwest running

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If Spokane waits too long to build the Sportsplex, “we’ll get left behind,” argues Spokane Sports Commission CEO Eric Sawyer. season possible.

“We kinda want them to do it,” Sawyer says. “They will help us sell our market.”

Besides, Springfield doesn’t have the money yet.

“They’re trying to figure out how to finance it without taking it the voters,” Sawyer says.

And he knows just how crazy difficult cobbling together all that financing can be.

THE SITE

More than a few proposals to build on the north bank of Riverfront Park have crashed and burned. A science center. An aquatic center. A relocated IMAX. Instead, the land, purchased by the Parks Department in 1999, remained nothing more than a dirt pile.

But former Parks Director Leroy Eadie, Sawyer says, had a proposal: Lease the land to the PFD for nearly nothing. Let them use it to build the Sportsplex.

The Park Board, Sawyer says, was initially divided.

But Sportsplex advocates sold them by promising to let the department use the facility rent free and by portraying the Sportsplex as simply an extension of the park’s recreational mission.

“This gave us a gateway into the park,” Sawyer says.

“It also [will bring] 43,000 visitors into the park with cash in their pockets.”

Let other cities put their sports complexes out in the boonies. Spokane would put it right next to downtown.

Athletes would walk through the new Riverfront Park promenade to a bevy of hotels and downtown restaurants.

“It’s a hop, skip and a jump,” says Toni Hansen, executive director for the Spokane Hotel-Motel Association.

“It’s just going to be amazing.”

The park land was one piece of the puzzle. Cobbling together the rest was an exhausting journey.

“I’ve been telling people lately, ‘It’s like a Jenga game,’” Curran says. You gingerly handle a problematic piece, risking the entire structure collapsing with one shaky move. And just when you think you’re safe, it’s your turn again.

At one moment, the PFD was navigating a long-running lawsuit from the Dance Street Ballroom, a former neighbor of the city-owned Carnation Building on the Sportsplex site. The owner had suffered a nightmare of maintenance problems, including an infestation of raccoons.

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At another, PFD officials were negotiating with the Spokane Federal Credit Union over property at the southwest corner of the site. If the negotiations failed, they would have had to move the building, sticking the Sportsplex close enough to a Homeland Security building to trigger new fire code requirements — a 15-foot move with a $1.5 million price tag.

Even land itself — the dirt, soaked in railroad waste — gave them problems, costing the PFD $800,000 to clean it up.

The irony? They could have saved themselves all that trouble.

“We could have moved the Sportsplex north onto our parking lot and had none of these problems,” Curran says. “We wouldn’t have had to purchase any land, we could have made this as big as we wanted, we wouldn’t have had any of this environmental stuff.”

It might have saved some time and money. But the district would have lost parking spaces, Sawyer says, and more importantly, the district would have lost the site it has now: A Sportsplex, connected to Riverfront Park, perched on a bluff, looking out across the roaring Spokane River.

“I can’t wait to sell that,” Sawyer says.

THE VOTE

Of course, Sawyer and Curran don’t have to convince you of the merits of the Sportsplex. Not any more. Originally, voters were going to have a say. For two years, the PFD board discussed sending a proposal to the ballot.

In 2017, Spokane County had initially planned a property tax hike that would have partially funded both the Sportsplex and a slew of county parks.

But the timing couldn’t have been worse. County Commissioner Al French says the county was facing a $10 million deficit. Residents were already seeing their property taxes spike because of a state requirement to invest more in public schools.

That year, the three Republican county commissioners weren’t even willing to raise taxes to fund public safety measures — much less for a new athletic facility.

And yet, in 2018, voters did get a chance to vote on a proposed athletic facility next to the Arena. It just wasn’t the Sportsplex.

District officials at Spokane Public Schools were preparing to tear down the crumbling Joe Albi Stadium and wanted to use the parking lot north of the Sportsplex

“I am a honey badger and anyone who knows me knows that I will honey badger this until this gets done,” says PFD CEO Stephanie Curran. site for the replacement. And the district decided to ask voters what they thought. The voters, it turned out, were worried about parking and traffic — and what was wrong with keeping the old stadium? — and the advisory vote went down in flames.

The idea of marrying the stadium and the Sportsplex came too late.

“We were looking at two boxes and we go, ‘You know those boxes are pretty close to the same size. I wonder if you could put a football field inside of the Sportsplex, and how do you do that?’” Sawyer recalls.

“We were like, ‘Oh my God, this could be cool.’”

It could have saved millions. But by the time they’d had that “aha moment,” Sawyer says, the advisory vote proposal was already on the ballot. They didn’t want to confuse voters.

And after the measure failed, the school board didn’t want to appear as though they were defying voters.

Curran says she thinks that missing that opportunity to combine the facilities was a “50-year mistake.” She still hears from voters who react to the efforts to build Sportsplex by insisting, incorrectly, that the community had voted it down.

Ultimately, the PFD found a way to fund the project without having to get voters’ permission.

THE DEALS

When Curran was officially hired as the PFD director, in October 2017, “the Sportsplex was dead,” she says. Or, at least, it was on life support.

“Everybody was getting cold feet,” Sawyer says. “We had a project with no funding.”

Behind the scenes, Sawyer says, Twohig, the outgoing director, cobbled together a strategy and Curran brought it home. They needed to find at least $42 million.

Ultimately, paying for the Sportsplex involved axing part of the design, spending half their reserves, taking out a major loan and seeking aid from the state, the city and the county.

“This is an epic story of intergovernmental cooperation,” says PFD Board Chair Larry Soehren.

The city of Spokane chipped in $5 million. City Councilwoman Kate Burke had condemned the project as a “taxpayer-funded $5 million giveaway to an unelected, unaccountable body in the name of bad economics,” but the rest of the City Council supported it.

“I think that if you go 10 years in the future, you’re

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not even going to recognize the north bank of the river,” Council President Ben Stuckart says. “I think it’s extraordinary.”

Next, the PFD looked to the state Legislature, hoping to get $2 million or more. In the end, it got $1 million.

Not ideal, but enough to keep going.

The PFD also had another big source of funding saved up, if only the team could get to it.

When the PFD took on debt by issuing bonds to expand the convention center and refurbish the performing arts center, it was required to keep millions of dollars locked away in their reserve accounts. Opening that lockbox meant paying $580,000 to insure those bonds.

On one hand, it freed up $11 million for the Sportsplex.

On the other, it was a one-time move the PFD won’t be able to use again.

For the rest, the PFD took out a loan. Without the county putting a levy on the ballot, they had no choice.

“We went from getting $25 million to having to borrow it,” says Brittany Garwood, the PFD’s director of finance. “That’s huge. Talk about the obstacles. In my mind, that’s the biggest one.”

But the county still had a role to play: the middleman.

“It’s like if you’re a parent and you’re going to co-sign on a loan for your kid,” says County Commissioner Mary Kuney. Just like parents have a better credit rating than their kids, by going through the county to issue bonds, the PFD would get a much better deal on its loan.

The county wouldn’t have to pay a dime — but LETTERS they’d be on the hook if for Send comments to some reason the PFD started editor@inlander.com. defaulting. And instead of raising taxes, the district would pay back the bonds using a state sales tax rebate — a carveout specifically for public facilities district buildings — that the Legislature extended in 2017.

Meanwhile, the cost of the project had grown. The thriving economy, Sawyer says, had driven up construction costs, and $42 million wasn’t remotely enough to build the Sportsplex.

So they axed what was intended to be the Sportsplex’s biggest revenue generators: the NHL-sized ice rink.

The Downtown Spokane Partnership had been a strong proponent of the rink, noting that it could give

the Chiefs hockey team an extra practice space and bolster Spokane’s already-legendary reputation for hosting world-class ice-skating events. But one rink wasn’t enough to bring in most tournaments, Sawyer says, and they couldn’t justify the construction cost.

“The last I’d heard, [the rink] was included,” Downtown Spokane Partnership Director Mark Richard says.

“That is disappointing.”

The PFD has been slow to update the public on its setbacks: Until late last month, the Spokane Sportsplex website had continued to advertise the ice rink as a major part of the project, and the website still claims that the project will cost $42 million.

In fact, even after scaling back the design, the Sportsplex price tag had grown to $53 million.

“They come back to the county and go, ‘Well, guess what, we need more money,’” County Commissioner Al French recalls. Instead of taking out a $25 million loan, the PFD was asking for a $35 million loan.

This time, the county was more cautious. “We even took the step of hiring an outside third party that has no interest in the success and failure of the Sportsplex,” French says.

With the independent expert’s advice, Spokane County supported the facilities district taking out more debt, but with a catch: The PFD will have to either set aside more reserves or pay a little bit more to insure their bond. And until the district makes progress in paying down its debt or building up its reserves, it won’t be able to take out more debt without the county’s permission.

“It’s another level of accountability and oversight over the PFD to make sure they don’t get out over their skis,” French says.

While the PFD still has at least $10 million saved up, its ability to pay for additional big projects is limited for now. But to Curran, there isn’t anything better that the district is missing out on by paying for the Sportsplex.

“We would have to spend it on something else that wouldn’t generate the economic impact, like a food court,” Curran says. “It’s not really in our mission to hold a bunch of money in our account. We’re taking that money and putting it back into the community.”

THE RISK

For now, the PFD still plans to open the Sportsplex in the spring of 2021.

But even once the Sportsplex ribbon is cut, the hurdles won’t stop coming. The PFD still has to run the thing. Finding events to fill the Sportsplex won’t be a problem. Sawyer already has a list of over 200 potential events, and he says some organizers are already trying to reserve space.

But it’s one thing to bring cool events to Spokane.

It’s another to do so without sending the Sportsplex deep into the red.

None of the glossy brochures or press releases raving about the Birmingham CrossPlex mention that the facility hemorrhages money. But Birmingham city budget documents show that, in 2013, the CrossPlex lost around $2.2 million. And that gap keeps widening. This year’s budget anticipates about $3.6 million in losses. That’s partly a consequence of making economic impact such a large priority.

“As the events grow, your costs might grow,” says the CrossPlex’s Kirk. “We want to have as many events as we can.”

Sawyer calls the CrossPlex the “most cost-inefficient operation on the planet,” noting that much of its deficit is driven by its Olympic-sized pool.

The PFD’s projections for the Sportsplex are much rosier.

In fact, while the Sports Facilities Advisory study ...continued on next page

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A rendering of the proposed Spokane Sportsplex, on the north bank of the Spokane River. The current design has a few minor alterations.

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“HURDLES AHEAD,” CONTINUED... had lowballed its estimate for construction costs, Sawyer argues the study was actually too pessimistic when it came to operating costs. Yes, the PFD has agreed to let the Parks Department use the facility rent free, and yes, the PFD ditched the revenue-generating ice facility. But by splitting management costs with the PFD’s other facilities and having the sports commission handle marketing, Sawyer argues Spokane can do it better and do it cheaper.

The PFD calculates that the Sportsplex may start out losing over $500,000 in its first year. But it also assumes that in the next four years, it will lose only $50,000 to $75,000, a shortfall easily covered by hotel-motel tax revenue pledged from the Hotel-Motel Association. And after that, the belief goes, it will break even or even turn a profit.

"If you look at other facilities like this around the country, they're all going to be operating at a loss."

Kirk, with Birmingham’s CrossPlex, says it’s feasible that Spokane could make it work. But he also says that most of these facilities lose money.

“If you look at other facilities like this around the country, they’re all going to be operating at a loss,” Kirk says. And that’s the case with most of the facilities the Sportsplex has been compared to.

The Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex in New York City is budgeted to lose about $2.4 million this year. The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center survives by getting $900,000 — nearly two-thirds of its budget — from the state of Massachusetts. In 2011, the Fieldhouse USA facility in Frisco, Texas, fell so far behind in rent payments it had to renegotiate its lease.

Even then it took four more years for the facility to climb out of the red.

It’s a common enough plight that Sports Facilities Advisory makes that risk a central part of the sales pitch for its sports facility management arm.

“If you’re worried that your sports facility is on the path to destruction, Sports Facilities Advisory can help!” reads a 2016 SFA post. At least one sports complex run by the company, stationed in the South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach, was consistently making a profit.

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Still, you don’t have to look outside of Washington state for a cautionary tale. The Town Toyota Center, opened by the Greater Wenatchee Regional Events Center Public Facilities District in 2008, was such a money loser that it nearly drove the city of Wenatchee into bankruptcy. Voters had to bail the city out with the tax increase.

It’s a story that the PFD in Spokane knows well.

“When you have the same company that was going to operate the place making all the guarantees, now you’re really on thin ice,” former PFD Director Twohig says.

It was a case of the fox minding the henhouse, Twohig says. Wenatchee officials heard what they wanted to hear, Twohig says, and they suffered because of it.

“Wenatchee tainted PFDs across the state,” Sawyer says. “Everyone is paying the price.”

But this project is different. Consulting firms from the state, county and PFD have all examined pieces of the Sportsplex puzzle and given the project the green light. Studies stress-tested the project, showing that even in worst-case scenarios, like an economic slump deeper than the Great Recession, the PFD wouldn’t collapse and county taxpayers wouldn’t be seriously at risk.

“Even if it was losing a million dollars a year — which I think we can do better than — that is not going to hobble the district,” says Soehren, the board chair.

“That would be inconvenient, but we still have other tax revenues coming in.”

After all, the more people the Sportsplex puts into local hotels, the more revenue the PFD gets from the hotel-motel tax. Even if it loses money, the Sportsplex could pay for itself indirectly — and boost local businesses in the process.

“I just think this is going to be a home run,” Soehren says. “This will be the case where we will all look back and say, ‘You know, that might have been a little bit like childbirth, but now the kids are doing great,’ and you forget the pain.”

Remember, the PFD expanded the convention center, despite experts warning the conventions market was oversaturated. But the expansion worked: It cleared the way for the Davenport Grand Hotel, increased convention attendance, and the last few years the convention center has actually turned a small profit.

“District projects have all gone really well, despite some of the misgivings,” Twohig says. “People thought the sky was going to fall with the Arena, and it didn’t.”

Today, though, Spokane Arena General Manager Matt Gibson says there are still a lot of questions that

need to be asked. Most arenas are replaced after 30 or 40 years — and the Spokane Arena turns 25 next year. How would the Arena be affected by the Sportsplex? How would future projects be financed?

Gibson only had permission to speak about the Arena, not the Sportsplex, but he also says that choices being made now may “affect things 15 years down-line.”

“There’s a whole lot of unknowns out there,” Gibson says.

Internally, there has been concern. While Bobby Brett, owner of the Spokane Chiefs hockey team, tells the Inlander he doesn’t want to “speak out of turn,” PFD board meeting minutes from May show Brett worried that dipping too much into the district’s reserves could have a negative impact on other facilities.

A 2018 Department of Commerce-commissioned study also raised the idea that the lack of remaining debt capacity could potentially put the PFD in “a vulnerable position if a major facility emergency were to arise — as with the need to make unforeseen significant repairs or building renovations.”

Any risks to building the Sportsplex, Curran and Sawyer both argue, are minimal.

“We will make it work. We will. There is no question in my mind. There is zero doubt,” Curran says. “That’s what leadership is: You take something that people think can’t be done and you make it happen.”

Spokane, Sawyer notes, has a reputation of being afraid to take risks. But he believes that’s beginning to change. He says it has to.

“At the end of the day, we have to compete as a community,” Sawyer says. “If aren’t willing to take the risk and compete, I’d say get out of all this stuff, and we can be a little provincial suburb with a cow town.” n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Walters has been writing for the Inlander since 2008. In that time, he’s written about Spokane scandals, con artists, the Ridpath development mess and the local housing crisis. His father and grandfather were track coaches and his personal record for the 1,600-meter is 4:56. He can be reached at 325-0634 ext. 263 or via email at danielw@inlander.com.

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Miller Cane is dead, shot and killed by a grieving father whose own son was shot and killed by someone else. But someone had to pay, and Miller, having traveled from massacre to massacre selling “spiritual inventories” and other healing techniques, was as good as any. Carleen would be okay. She was just 8 when she spent the summer road-tripping across the country with Miller, a teacher by trade who had tried to reveal America’s true self while penning short biographies for a history textbook under the heading “Hero or Villain?” Miller hadn’t chosen this particular job — taking care of Carleen while her mother, Lizzie James, was stuck in jail on assault charges for shooting her estranged husband, Connor — but he took to it. He and Carleen bonded over history, Waffles the cat, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Miller’s friend Avery and, in his final days, trying to ease the suffering at America’s latest mass shooting. Yes, Carleen would be okay — an heiress even, set to inherit a fortune from Connor’s unscrupulous family — but her time with Miller would leave its mark.

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ithout Miller there would be no Cane Foundation, no four-hundred-billion pound gorilla about to break free, to fight back, to take senate seats and assault weapons. And whatever we accomplish, whatever change we make, we make in his name and in the name of every massacre victim. Money will be most of it — because we understand who we are and what we’re

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up against. Money is speech, the supreme court said. Money doesn’t talk, it swears, Miller Cane said, quoting Dylan. He was often quoting somebody, though I didn’t realize it then and didn’t know which Hero Villain said what for years. Our speech will be louder than anyone’s — nearly half a trillion dollars’ worth — convincing senators and congress people, governors and presidential candidates, judges and local legislators to do the right thing, and if they don’t do the right thing we’ll talk to someone who will. Miller would not have thought this cynical. He was romantic, but he understood that money was more fundamental to our national character than Jesus even, the religious zealots who arrived on the Mayflower having been financed by the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London. If you want to know what God thinks of money, Miller said, just look at the people he gave it to. Dorothy Parker said that first, but for years I thought Miller had. He loved his country and hated how we failed so consistently to live up to our ideals. But he believed. And he made me believe. The speech I inherited attracted other speech — from a software developer, a talk show host, an industrialist, a media mogul, various merchants, investors, hedge fund managers, old speech and new, from patriots who believed we could be better than a nation of murderers and people waiting to be murdered.

I gave Connor my allowance until I was eighteen, when the money became larger and I could give him a little more and keep a little for the Foundation. He still lives on it somewhere like a child, and while there’s not much good in him, the Cane Foundation would not exist without his family and what they took and ultimately

gave to me. Miller would hate his name on it, but he didn’t get to choose — I did — and he’s dead so it doesn’t matter.

I’ve met survivors he helped, people whose money he took, some of whom have contributed to the foundation, one of whom shot him in the head.

“He never pretended it was Cami talking,” Bree Dirkson told me. “But it was her. There was a spiritual dimension there.

He couldn’t have known what he knew without a spiritual component. No one but her could have known the things she said after she died.”

“Narcissa didn’t mean to be awful,” he told me at the Whitman Mission.

“Custer’s wife loved him,” he told me at the Little Bighorn battlefield. “So we know somebody did.”

“Jesse James was an asshole,” he told me at Zerelda’s farm. Several men in our tour group had stars and bars on their belt buckles or caps and gave Miller dirty looks as he told me about Quantrill’s Raiders and Bloody Bill Anderson. “Horrible people,” he said, “ideologically bankrupt — they were only in it for the murder. And their methods were horrifying.”

“She doesn’t need to hear that,” the tour guide said, and Miller said, “Of course she needs to hear it. So do you. Besides, her mother’s a James, which means she is too. She has a right and an obligation to know her own story.”

“Is my mother really a James?” I asked after the tour guide walked away, and Miller said, “Isn’t that her name?”

“Yes, but is she — am I — related to him?”

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He might have added that it didn’t make any saw them everywhere, great Americans, failed difference, that we all have something corrupt in Americans, and he made me see them too. And us from the past, some of us more than others. he sang about them and taught me the songs.

But it wasn’t all villains. He knew how I felt “John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the about Laura and loved her as much as I did, grave,” he sang. because she tried to tell the truth, he said, even “I’ve been a moonshiner,” he sang, “sevenwhen it made her look petty or selfish or small. teen long years.”

He tried to tell me the truth too — “You have to “When first unto this country,” he sang, “a at least try to see what happened,” he said, “and stranger I came.” what’s happening now.” But he lied too — about “Ain’t no more cane on the Brazos,” he sang. my mother shooting Connor, about things that “Puff the Magic Dragon,” he sang. made him money on the circuit, and about any“His truth is marching on.” thing he thought would hurt me if I knew it too That summer went on and on. Even as we soon. I would have done the same for him. got farther away I believed I would be okay, and Avery flew into Kansas City after his murder I was. The massacre was just so awful, of course, and met us in Springfield. I had to find Waffles. The cops helped Avery find the motorhome near Baker Creek and Waffles was okay. We got a crate and they let me bring him on the plane. I don’t know how I got through it, how anyone survives a massacre. Avery kept the motorhome until the next summer, when he showed up in Mount Vernon. It still smelled like Waffles and had our stuff in it — books and games and Miller’s guitar and but he let me help, taught me to help, taught me dozens of dolls. I hadn’t made one since Cedar that the only way to get better was to help.

Creek, but I made one that summer, with Miller’s I didn’t think I’d ever be okay again. Avery barrel chest and belly and a sparkle in his eye was there and my mom, and they got rid of Conlike he was about to say something someone nor and we talked about the money and what would regret, but probably not him. to do with it. It would be a long time before I Right after we visited Little Bighorn, we went got most of it, enough time to go to school and to a canyon in Utah on BLM land, the most more school and more school, studying history remote place I’ve ever been. We drove miles over like Miller and Avery, enough time to gather the rutted roads to get there. A stream ran through other money, all of which would become the an abandoned Mormon orchard and the walls of Cane Foundation’s speech, which would say, You the canyon were covered with pictographs I copcan stop these massacres. And you don’t have to lose any ied into my notebook, wispy, long bodied people amendment in stopping them. You’ll only become better. with wings or horns or He didn’t like rich antennae, plus goats people but he liked to spend and deer and lizards, money. And it wasn’t really beautiful images from the people he didn’t like. It pre Columbian America, was the idea of them takbefore it was America. I ing too much, part of our was heartbroken about corruption. He liked to be Sitting Bull and Crazy on the way somewhere — a Horse and Black Buffalo rodeo, the Corn Palace, the Woman and the Indian Keys, Plymouth Rock. He baby Laura had wanted. loved my mother, but she I didn’t want any of it didn’t love him as much. to be true and made I can’t blame her for that TOAST TO MILLER CANE Miller tell me everything On Aug. 22, we’re going to celebrate the conclu— you can’t help who you he knew, over and over, sion of Miller Cane with a wrap party — with drinks, love. Look at Libby Custer. which he did — Sand I have everything he wrote a short reading, a conversation between author Creek and Wounded when we were together, the Samuel Ligon (above) and Jess Walter and music Knee, the American Hero Villains, plus so many

by BaLonely. The free event will be held at the Indian Movement and of his thoughts about us, his Big Dipper, at 171 S. Washington, with doors at 7, Leonard Peltier, the struggle to figure out what to conversation at 8 and music at 9. More details at Ghost Dance and board- Inlander.com/wrapparty. do with me, how to love and ing schools, all the trearaise me. He never lost hope, ties signed and broken. even though there was so But he also took me much horror. He believed in to those petroglyphs. We stayed the night near the American experiment, and if he didn’t fight that orchard, far from any artificial light except as hard as he might have or should have, I’m our own. I’d never seen stars like that, so many, fighting now because of him. Because of myself. I so bright, and Miller taught me what I believed know how proud he’d be of me, as I am of him. were constellations until I realized years later He was a good man, a good American. He was that he was making them up, that there wasn’t my father. n a Muddy Waters or John Brown or Sacagawea constellation, though I saw them that night. He THE END

He saw them everywhere, great Americans, failed Americans, and he made me see them too.

NIGHTLIFE

GOT THAT

Hannah (left) and Adam Kitz play trivia at Iron Goat Brewing ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

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rivia is nothing new in the Inland Northwest bar scene, but far from slowing down after years of trendy growth, it seems like new nights designed around picking customers’ brains — for fun and prizes — just keep popping up.

We put together a team of Inlander co-workers and hit the circuit to see how various trivia nights compare. In the process, like any trivia team, we learned who among us knows the most about astrology, medieval history and Prince studio albums. Here’s what we found, out on the town:

MONDAY

One Tree Cider, 111 S. Madison, 7 pm Team name: The Secular Saints Members: 7 The lowdown: This downtown cidery is one of five locations hosting quizzes from Spokane-based company Third Degree Trivia, and considering how quickly the place filled up before trivia kicked off, it has a following.

Host Corey Marcoux goes through five categories containing 10 questions each; round three is usually worth double points, and your team is able to double your score

We came, we saw, we finished second: Team Inlander explores Spokane’s trivia scene

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on one other round during the game. On this particular evening, all the categories were vaguely holiday themed, so knowing which days the post office is closed came in handy.

Category we crushed: “Holiday” music, in which we identified artists and titles of songs that had topped the Billboard charts on Easter weekends. The only catch — those clips were played backwards. We managed to recognize Montell Jordan, TLC and two Rihanna songs.

Question that made us feel most stupid: “Which ocean would you be if you were 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude?” Turns out it’s the Atlantic, and not the Arctic.

Our final score: 52 points, landing us in second place and separated by just a single point from the winning team. We left with a $20 One Tree gift card; first prize, meanwhile, is $30. (NATHAN WEINBENDER) MORE MONDAY TRIVIA PJ’s Pub, 1717 N. Monroe St. (8:30 pm) Press, 909 S. Grand Blvd. (8:30 pm) Steel Barrel Taproom, 154 S. Madison St. (7 pm) Bon Bon, 926 W. Garland Ave. (7 pm)

TUESDAY

JJ’s Tap & Smokehouse, 8801 N. Indian Trail Road, 7 pm Team name: Ringo’s Ringers Members: 5 The lowdown: With $5 margaritas, $2 Rainier specials and a menu of delicious slow-cooked barbecue options, JJ’s Tap & Smokehouse is worth getting to a little early to enjoy dinner before exercising your brain. It’s recommended you reserve a table in advance. The basic structure is five rounds of five questions each. With questions displayed on TV screens, the host moves through the rounds at a rapid pace, so by 8:40 pm all the final scores were tallied and prizes were being handed out.

Category we crushed: General trivia, fittingly, was our strongest area, with two whole categories devoted to it.

“Who wrote 1984?” George Orwell. “At what temperature does water boil?” 212 degrees Fahrenheit. “Before his big Hollywood break, Harrison Ford worked as a roadie for which band?” The Doors.

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“I think it’s 117,” one of us smartly remembered from high school. “I think they’ve added more though,” said someone else. We said 121.

It’s 118.

Our final score: After wagering all but one of our points for the Final Jeopardy-style last question, we took second place, coming in just one point behind first (deja vu anyone?). We left with a $50 JJ’s gift card; third place won a $25 card, and first place got one for $75. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) MORE TUESDAY TRIVIA Beerocracy, 911 W. Garland Ave. (7 pm) The Backyard Public House, 1811 W. Broadway Ave. (8 pm) Rico’s Pub, 200 E. Main St., Pullman (7 pm)

WEDNESDAY

The Boiler Room, 6501 N. Cedar Rd., 8:30 pm Team name: OMG! Double Rainbow!!

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Members: 6 The lowdown: We’d have been remiss not to hit up one of trivia host Colin Burk’s three local gigs, which also includes Press (Mondays) and the Backyard Public House (Tuesdays). He’s been voted the best local trivia host five years in a row by Inlander readers. At this Five Mile pizza joint, trivia night is busy, so make reservations or get there early. Due to a rain storm that ended with a double rainbow, Burk called for rainthemed team names, and we were delighted that he properly voiced our team’s meme-inspired name. In the four rounds, players were challenged on knowledge of the 1990s, movies with gay characters, a song/artist round and general trivia.

Category we crushed: Besides easily acing the ’90s category, we nailed all but one of the films shown via a single frame on a printout.

Question that made us feel most stupid: Another geography blunder. Asked to name the two countries bordering Uruguay, we missed both, even though someone logically suggested Brazil because, duh, it’s the biggest country in South America. Correct answer: Argentina and Brazil.

Our final score: After leading the whole night, we felt confident going into the final round and were able to maintain our lead, ending with 44 points — five points ahead of second place. Our

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winnings? A $35 Boiler Room gift card. (CHEY SCOTT) MORE WEDNESDAY TRIVIA The Swinging Doors, 1018 W. Francis Ave. (7 pm) Community Pint, 120 E. Sprague Ave. (7 pm) Morty’s Tap & Grille, 5517 S. Regal St. (8 pm) Growler Guys, 225 W. Appleway Ave. (7:30 pm)

THURSDAY

Iron Goat Brewing, 1302 W. Second, 6:30 pm Team name: Inslee’s Solar-Powered Robo Suit Members: 4 The lowdown: Host Isaac Jensen announces early on that his Iron Goat events have a “reputation as the most challenging trivia in Spokane.”

That’s no idle boast, and Jensen notes that this night is the 321st he’s hosted since he started at Iron Goat’s old digs in 2012. He comes up with all the questions himself and his games include four rounds worth 10 points each, with a goal of making it challenging for even the best of teams to reach five points each round. A big part of the Iron Goat game: A “Final Jeopardy” round that allows the teams to “bet” their accumulated points on one final question, which means no lead is safe until the night is over.

Category we crushed: We got eight out of 10 in the random “Bottles & Cans” category, but the “speed round” asking us to write down 10 Prince studio album titles in three minutes was child’s play.

Question that made us feel most stupid: One category asked us to name a Robin Williams movie with the only clues being the year of its release and his character’s name. We missed on both Jumanji and Mrs. Doubtfire and will feel shame the rest of our days.

Our final score: We had 31 points and were behind another team by just one going into “Final Jeopardy.” We bet 26 and nailed the city where Archduke Ferdinand was murdered to set up World War I, but it wasn’t enough as the leaders bet big, too. We ended up in second place with 57 points while the winners had 63 and claimed the winner’s prize of 20 percent off their evening’s tab. (DAN NAILEN) MORE THURSDAY TRIVIA nYne, 232 W. Sprague Ave. (6:30 pm) Lost Boys Garage, 6325 N. Wall St. (7 pm) n

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ROOTING FOR REVENGE ON SUCCESSION In the second season of HBO’s delightful Murdoch/Trumpfamily-inspired corporate drama Succession, eldest son Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) has gone from weak to utterly broken. He’s in no shape for shrewd power plays this season — he barely was in season one. And yet, considering the sliminess of his siblings and father, I can’t help but root for him, against all reason, to go the Samson route. I want to see him get one sudden burst of divine strength in order to bring the entire corrupt temple down on top of the Roy family’s heads. They deserve retribution, even if Kendall doesn’t deserve redemption. Now streaming. (DANIEL WALTERS)

The Nostalgia Factor

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BY RILEY UTLEY

n the past month nearly all the content I’ve consumed has been based on, or was a remake of, something from yesteryear.

These things included: the new season of Veronica Mars, uploaded 15 years after the original show aired, the trailer for Top Gun: Maverick and a variety of Disney content (Toy Story 4, Aladdin and most recently The Lion King), all of which was made to make its audiences reminisce on the good old days.

In my house, movies were paramount to weekend plans. I grew up singing along to “Hakuna Matata,” buying aviators just to look like Maverick and Goose, attempting to have the quick wit of Veronica Mars and being temporarily convinced that my toys were alive.

THE BUZZ BIN

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores Aug. 16. To wit: FRANK TURNER, No Man’s Land. I got to see this English folk/punk guy earlier this year, and his live show is excellent. This set is all songs inspired by women’s stories.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD, Infest The Rats’ Nest. The prolific crew goes all metal on their latest.

THE HOLD STEADY, Thrashing Thru The Passion.

Ace wordsmith Craig Finn and crew are back with their first album in five years.

SLEATER-KINNEY, The Center Won’t Hold. St. Vincent produced, drummer Janet Weiss quit when they were done, and we finally get to hear the final product. S-K plays the Fox Oct. 9. (DAN NAILEN)

The saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” comes to mind. I’ve been very skeptical about all these remakes and reboots and I really can’t figure out how to feel about them. Despite my best effort to believe that the original is better and the remake unnecessary, I still find myself in the theater or on my couch ready and willing to take in the newest iteration of something that really didn’t need a new iteration.

My recent viewing of the new version of The Lion King is at the forefront of this thought.

I’ll admit I thoroughly enjoyed the remake. It’s well-made, the cast is iconic (I mean Beyoncé, Donald Glover and Seth Rogan in one movie — sign me up!), the music is great, and the plot solid. But the whole time I was thinking about how it’s literally just the same movie with a few changes, nothing fundamentally different. So, why did I pay to see what was basically a shot-for-shot remake?

The answer is simple: I want to relive my childhood memories. I want to be taken back to a happier time and feel the nostalgia with a fresh twist. And I think everyone feels this way.

While I’m hyper-aware that all of this is just probably a ploy for studios to make more money without coming up with new ideas, I think it also appeals to audiences in a different way than the originals.

It takes us back in time and allows us to be kids again and gives us an opportunity to see an old plot in a new way. While it’s unnecessary, you can bet your bottom dollar I will be there to watch the remake or the so-called “long-awaited” sequel because, despite my best efforts, I absolutely love all these new iterations of classics that probably don’t need one. n

REALLY BAD BOYS Reality TV show Cops is a staple of American pop culture.

But in podcast Running From Cops, host Dan Taberski dives into the show’s disturbing nature, such as how its producers let police departments edit episodes, coerce suspects into agreeing to have their likeness on television (or don’t bother), promote racial stereotypes, and generally serve as a propaganda arm for law enforcement. Spokane, whose elected leaders recently passed restrictions on such shows operating in city limits, is featured prominently; you’ll run into familiar characters like City Council President Ben Stuckart and Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich. (JOSH KELETY)

LIBRARY SCOFFLAWS, REJOICE! Libraries are awesome in myriad ways, don’t let anyone tell you different. Example? Last week, the Spokane Public Library announced it was getting rid of fines for overdue items and eliminating charges for small copying/ printing jobs. Any fines you have from before this month still exist, but going forward, you’ll just get a friendly email reminder when you’re holding on to your copy of Where the Crawdads Sing a little too long. (DAN NAILEN)

KILLED VIA TEXT It’s a landmark case that sparked national headlines: A girl on trial for convincing her 18-year-old boyfriend to take his own life. Michelle Carter was 17 when police discovered a series of alarming text messages she sent to her boyfriend Conrad Roy in the months, days and moments before his suicide. The HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter analyzes Carter’s responsibility, yet in doing so tells the deeper story of two severely troubled teenagers whose deranged online relationship inevitably led to tragedy. Now streaming. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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No Need for Silence, No Room for Fear On the passing of the unparalleled Toni Morrison

BY SHARMA SHIELDS

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hat a writer we lost this month, the peerless Toni Morrison. Her writing was poetic, challenging, morally imaginative, and illumined previously unspoken truths about collective generational trauma. She was a visionary and an oracle, a single mom, an esteemed professor. Her brilliant novels — deeply committed to the realities of our country and stippled with witches and love potions and ghosts — defied common tropes of American realism and centered black women firmly as the spinal column of a genius body of work.

“I’m already discredited, I’m already politicized, before I get out of the gate,” Morrison said in a 2003 interview with Hilton Als of The New Yorker. “I can accept the labels because being a black woman writer is not a shallow place but a rich place to write from. It doesn’t limit my imagination; it expands it.”

In a recent New York Times elegy, writer Roxane Gay wrote, “She was of us and wrote for us nuanced, complicated, authentic and honest representations of our culture, our lives, our triumphs, our sufferings, our failures.

She demonstrated the importance of raising our voices and challenging power structures that harm vulnerable peoples.”

On the PEN website, lauded novelist Zadie Smith wrote, “She enriched our literary inheritance, and now every school child, whatever their background, can inherit Morrison as a literary forebear, a great American writer, who is as available to them — as ‘universal’ — as any other writer in the canon. All readers and writers are indebted to her for the space she created.”

When I was 15 years old, my older nephew Brent gave me a copy of The Bluest Eye. To anyone who hasn’t read Morrison yet, I’d suggest beginning with this novel.

In it a young Pecola Breedlove struggles under the white gaze, being told in myriad forms that, as a black girl, she is ugly. She longs for blue eyes — they are for her emblematic of white beauty. Her own father rapes her in an upside-down attempt to convince her of her own attractiveness; she becomes pregnant with his baby. Her emotional unraveling is one of the great tragedies of contemporary American literature — it rises above Lily Bart’s downfall in House of Mirth, it far surpasses Melville’s doomed Billy Budd — and, like many of Morrison’s novels, this is a must-read in any literary canon.

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s a white, blue-eyed girl growing up in an affluent neighborhood in Spokane, I’d overheard family members wave off any responsibility regarding slavery, systemic poverty, police brutality, even casual racism, giving us a carte blanche to ignore the way current events are shaped by our very real and ever-present history. I’ve never personally done anything to harm anyone, so why should I feel guilty? It became clear to me while reading Morrison and moving about the world with open eyes and heart that this is a mantra of complicity, this is white privilege at its core. In The Bluest Eye Morrison penetrates the day-to-day pain inflicted by pervasive racism and

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ongoing segregation. The refusal to acknowledge these truths frankly is deleterious; the novel spotlights how this erroneous erasure robs our nation’s children of their self-esteem and in many cases, their lives.

Morrison’s muscular, metaphorical prose alone was enough to catapult her to celebrity status, and I have, as a writer, long admired her intellectual power and ambitious experimentation with form. While a student at the University of Washington, I read a scene in Tar Baby about a tall woman with “skin like tar,” dressed in “canary yellow.” I remember holding my breath through the entire scene, thinking, How flawless, these sentences!

“The woman leaned into the dairy section and opened a carton from which she selected three eggs.

Then she put her right elbow into the palm of her left hand and held the eggs aloft between earlobe and shoulder. She looked up and they saw something in her eyes so powerful it had burnt away the eyelashes.”

It remains one of my favorite passages in literature — alive, throbbing, rippling with visually astounding sentences and characters and women — women! — who take on a mythological power on the page. That said, what gives Morrison’s work its longevity is not just her prose.

It’s her humanity. It’s her keen dedication to represent the lives of people wronged and harmed that makes her fiction endlessly vital and transformative.

Author Toni Morrison died Aug. 5. more, accolades that are the cresting wake behind her titanic talent.

Of course, the best way to love and appreciate this unparalleled artistic legacy is to revisit Morrison’s work.

Read The Bluest Eye and let it break and, yes, crack open your heart. Read the challenging ghost story Beloved and marvel over its historical accuracy, its exquisite language and blistering moral intelligence. Read the gripping love story and “black fable” Tar Baby and witness how the United States can be both home and poison. Of this latter book, Morrison said in an interview, “For me, the tar baby came to mean the black woman who can hold things together.” Read Sula, read Song of Solomon, read A Mercy and Paradise. Read and celebrate and mourn and assess and change. This is what the finest literature pushes us to do: To become better humans.

“We die. That may be the meaning of life,” Morrison stated in a Nobel Prize acceptance speech. “But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”

Thank you, Toni Morrison, for your language, for your meaning, for your words that don’t lie to us but live with us in this time of extraordinary need. n

“Read and celebrate and mourn and change. This is what the finest literature pushes us to do: Become better humans.”

As Morrison wrote in a gorgeous essay in The Nation, “There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge — even wisdom.

Like art.”

Morrison received the world’s most notable literary awards for her work, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nobel Prize, and

Sharma Shields is the author of The Cassandra and The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac.

FARMING

Only Natural Inland Northwest growers explore Korean natural farming methods to restore soil health and boost plant yield

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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ix years ago and at 220 pounds on his thin frame, Ryan Herring was feeling the effects of junk food and his sedentary lifestyle. He changed his eating habits, tried growing his own food and failed. That initial gardening failure, however, led to an epiphany: Herring’s health and that of his soil were actually connected.

Since then, Herring has lost weight, learned to grow his own food and continues to study soil on an increasingly deep level. First, he earned Spokane County’s Master Gardeners Master Composter Certificate, reckoning that composting would help restore necessary organic matter to his soil, which in turn would yield more and better plants. The plan worked.

Next, he got into biodynamics, a holistic and ecological approach to farming, food and nutrition, and secured a Permaculture Design Certificate, which also emphasizes living in harmony with nature.

Somewhere along the way, Herring discovered the somewhat esoteric Korean natural farming method. The technique is credited to Cho Han Kyu, a South Korean who in the

1960s studied Japanese no-till farming techniques eschewing conventional pesticides and fertilizers. Cho experimented on his family’s farm in Korea, added components like fermented plant juices, and created a litany of processes that worked with natural organisms in the soil to deter pests and sustain crops.

Instead of killing weeds, for example, these unwanted plants can be converted into a beneficial plant juice, like the one Marcus Intinarelli and Becca Woollett employ at their Thompson Creek Farm in Newman Lake.

The farming duo make fermented plant juice from what they have on their property — sorrel, clover, dandelion, hawthorn, raspberry, blackberry, horsetail — and spray it on certain plants to aid growth and help prevent disease. They also make and spray fermented fruit juices on fruit-bearing plants at specific times in the growing cycle to promote flowering and fruiting. ...continued on next page

Becca Woollett (left) and Marcus Intinarelli harvest squash at Thompson Creek Farm. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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“If you can get to the point where you are making all your inputs yourself from locally available materials, then it’s a fully self-sustaining farm, which to us is the most sustainable a farm can be,” says Intinarelli, whose background in environmental studies and philosophy led him to explore sustainable farming.

Intinarelli learned about Korean natural farming two years ago from Herring, who’s a member of the Inland Northwest Natural Farming Association and has been leading a monthly meetup on the practice at Washington State University’s Spokane County Extension since early spring.

A significant aspect of natural farming used on the one-acre, certified organic Thompson Creek Farm involves improving the long-term health of their soil, says Intinarelli. Locals can purchase Thompson Creek’s produce through a CSA subscription and the Spokane Valley Farmers Market.

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hat is soil? The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines it as “unconsolidated mineral or organic material.” Minerals in soil include iron and potassium, which plants need in varying quantities.

Organic matter, which helps with water retention and feeding of plants, includes nonliving things like decomposing animals and plants that give soil its fertility. It also includes living things like worms, as well as bacteria and fungi like yeast, molds and mushrooms, collectively known in natural farming as indigenous microorganisms, or IMO for short. “IMO is the backbone of [natural farming],” Herring says.

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farming helps increase growth of fungi, yeast and mold, and in maintaining healthy soil’s necessary microbial diversity.

Think of IMO like bread “starter,” says Herring. Unlike commercial additives, it can’t be purchased, because what works for one region will not necessarily work for another. Instead, it must be grown from something.

To do that, healthy soil is gathered from nearby forested areas that’s sure to contain various fungi, which aid in decomposition. The soil is then “fed” through a series of protocols — Intinarelli creates a kind of soil slurry and feeds it boiled potatoes — and strengthened to encourage the reproduction of those beneficial ENTRÉE microbes.

Get the scoop on local “The microbes food news with our weekly give us that healthy Entrée newsletter. Sign up soil-plant relationship at Inlander.com/newsletter. that is so crucial to farming,” Intinarelli explains. “If you have a few dominant microbes in your soil and those microbes are not beneficial or somewhat neutral, then most likely your plants will not do so well.”

In a process Herring describes as “biological transplanting,” the IMO is spread onto a farm “so that [its] biology is established throughout the farm and becomes a perpetual part of the living complex of the soil.”

The integration of IMO is flexible, and can be scaled up or down depending on a farmer’s need or the size of a growing area, Herring notes.

“It also builds a soil food web that is already indigenous to your climate, resilient to the types of conditions that exist in your area,” he says, adding that it also helps

soil “withstand drought and shares symbiotic relationships to the native plants that grow well in your area.”

During a natural farming meetup led by Herring in May, participants get a hands-on opportunity to work with an IMO. As Herring directs, several people mix ingredients from a formula he writes on a whiteboard: oats, brown rice vinegar, water, fermented plant juice and more. Participants create a small mound of the mixture, which contains IMO made during a previous meetup.

Next they pile the goopy mixture on the ground in the Extension’s composting area, and cover it with leaf litter. Ideally, this pile will heat up as the organic matter breaks down over several days, similar to compost, at which time it will be turned, mixed with more soil and repeated as the IMO feed, multiply and spread.

As they work, attendees pepper Herring with questions about natural farming, to which he responds with things like “figure out what works” or “it’s your choice.”

That’s some of Herring’s background in permaculture shining through, which is a mindset about observing one’s actions and living in harmony with the land. It’s not incompatible with natural farming, he says.

“What I’ve learned is that Korean natural farming is a specific regimen just like any synthetic one,” Herring explains. The difference, however, is that natural farming is actually good for the soil, and in turn good for all involved.

“The only way to ensure you are getting what you want, is to know your farmer, know their practices and how they produce the goods you are utilizing.” n Find the Inland Northwest Natural Farming Association group on Facebook.

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Hiro’s BBQ in Coeur d’Alene was born from owner Andy Buffington’s personal interest in grilling and a need to stay busy

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fter Hiro’s BBQ owner Andy Buffington and soon found himself unloading his massive was injured supporting wildfire fighting smoker into a parking lot along Northwest Bouleefforts while working for Idaho Departvard where Hiro’s BBQ was born. ment of Lands, he had a lot of time on his hands.

Hiro’s offers meat by the pound like chicken And he had a Traeger pellet grill. So he did what ($8) and pulled pork ($10), as well as ribs ($12/ he’d been doing since he was a teenager: He half; $20/whole rack) and sandwiches like the cooked. tri-tip French dip ($11) with choice of coleslaw, “All my skills are learned on an old flat-top potato salad or baked beans as a side. grill,” says Buffington, who fell into cooking at Buffington figures he goes through 900 14 after doing odd jobs for the owner of the old pounds of meat weekly, and would rather Happy Hour in Huetter, Idaho, where Buffington run out of what he cooks than serve reheated was raised. He then worked at Rosauers’ Coeur leftovers. Brisket is his most popular; Buffington d’Alene until that location closed, next uses his own dry rub to driving trucks, and then working for infuse the meat before smokR E S TA U R A N T the state until breaking his foot. ing it for up to 10 hours and FINDER Armed with the Traeger Grill serving it with side sauce.

Looking for a new place to recipe book, he powered through “I kinda do my own eat? Search the region’s 80-plus recipes, teaching himself the style,” says Buffington, who most comprehensive bar finer points of smoking, yet was still also does a lot of catering and restaurant guide at hungry for more. Buffington contactand is frequently concocting Inlander.com/places. ed Traeger, asking, “Is this all you’ve new recipes and applications got?’” Instead of recipes, they sent for his barbecue, like brisket him smoking pellets, fueling Buffington’s interest eggs benedict or brisket spaghetti sauce. even more.

Buffington named Hiro’s for the family dog That was four years and several grills ago. so that all family members could be involved, Buffington, who retired at 59 last year, continued including his daughter, who he’s proud to say experimenting, smoking enough meat to trade owns his old Traeger Grill and is carrying on the for other ingredients or finished foods, and parfamily tradition. n ticipating in local events like last year’s From the Ashes barbecue showcase in Coeur d’Alene.

Hiro’s BBQ • 1500 Northwest Blvd., The calls for meat kept coming, though, so Coeur d’Alene • Open Mon-Fri 11 am-7 pm • Buffington contacted a local real estate agent hirosbbq.com • 208-930-1151

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Mad Bomber Brewing has acquired North Idaho Cider.

Limited spots remaining!

Register by Monday, August 26, 2019

Worthy Barbecue in Garland Plus, a new burger spot in Sandpoint and a special benefit for a celebrated local bartender

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he Inland Northwest seems to be undergoing a mini explosion of barbecue joints opening, and you’ll find no one happier about this than me. I’m a firm believer that, like pizza, even the worst barbecue is pretty good if the meat’s been given enough time in the smoker.

Happily, the new spots opening in and around Spokane are all pretty solid.

Add Honey Pig BBQ to the mix, as the new Garland District spot (713 W. Garland) opened by the folks behind South Hill Italian eatery Ferrante’s Marketplace ranks considerably higher than “solid.” On my visit, the dry-rubbed and applewood-smoked pulled pork was delicious, as was the beef brisket. You can order either as a main dish; the pulled pork ($11.50) and beef brisket ($13.75) plates both come with one side, a roll, pickle and the house barbecue sauce — a slightly sweet concoction that worked particularly well with the pork. I went with the combo plate ($15) so I could sample both main meats, and it was plenty filling, but I’ll have to go back to try what Honey Pig calls its “St. Louis-style” ribs.

Both the brisket and pulled pork are also available as a plate of two sliders, the brisket served with a tasty bacon cheddar aioli ($14) and the pork accompanied by white cheddar and smoked onions ($12.50).

Honey Pig BBQ keeps things simple with its sides — a three-cheese mac and jalapeno coleslaw

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are the only options. That’s fine, since the smoker sitting in the parking lot is the star; in addition to the pork and brisket, you can get those ribs by the half-rack ($16) or full rack ($30), turkey legs ($9) and the extremely popular jalapeno poppers wrapped in bacon and stuffed with cream cheese (three for $7.50).

Like the rest of the menu, you’ll want to get there early to get those poppers — Honey Pig BBQ is only open at noon on Fridays and Saturdays until the food is gone. (DAN NAILEN)

NEW BURGER DOCK IN SANDPOINT

Five years ago, the Old Tin Can rolled into the Sandpoint food court and made instant fans of their vintage trailer and super juicy burgers.

Now the distinct red and gleaming silver Shasta trailer is parked outside of its new iteration: The Burger Dock. Featuring local Woods Meats, the Burger Dock does six regular burgers, like the Fun Guy with Swiss cheese and sautéed mushrooms and the Bee with Brie, local honey and arugula. There’s also a rotating special and two vegetarian versions, one with quinoa and one with grilled portabella ($9-$10.50). Add hand-cut fries ($3.50/$5) and a drink, including a rotating selection of beer and wine, for a complete meal.

Like the trailer that inspired it, the Burger Dock is a charming amalgam of vintage and custom craftsmanship, including an old Chris-Craft boat incorporated into the bar. (CARRIE SCOZZARO)

MAD ABOUT NORTH IDAHO CIDER

Many breweries strive to carry more than just their own beer, offering tap space to fellow breweries and, often, local cider makers. Haydenbased Mad Bomber Brewing Co. is now going one step further, having recently acquired North Idaho Cider, now featuring six cider blends on tap. Mad Bomber is the cider house’s third set of owners since North Idaho Cider launched in 2015; it was last owned by a local trio who expanded its reach and offerings. As of Aug. 1, in addition to Mad Bomber’s Booby Trap Blonde and Sniper in the Rye, the brewery also carries North Idaho Cider’s fresh apple, cranapple, hoppy mango, strawberry-lemon, peach sangria and peach cobbler ($4.50/pint or $10/six-pack) ciders.

Mad Bomber is also finalizing plans to assume production and relocate the process from North Idaho Cider’s former home near the Coeur d’Alene airport. (CARRIE SCOZZARO) n

LIKE A BOSS

Blinded by the Light is a cheesy, audience-pleasing ode to youth and Bruce Springsteen

BY SETH SOMMERFELD

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o you know the feeling when you really fall in love with your first band? How magical it is as a kid when you first hear the notes that touch your soul and you blissfully dive headfirst into a musical obsession? When it seems like every word the singer delivers is actually about you? How it evokes this rosetinted glasses feeling where you’re willing to overlook any cheesy flaws because obviously anyone who doesn’t understand the brilliance you’re listening to just doesn’t get it, man?

Blinded by the Light essentially is that feeling distilled into a feel-good, slightly paint-by-numbers movie, which will please most general filmgoers despite its shortcomings.

Based on a true story, Blinded by the Light follows Javed (Viveik Kalra), a Muslim teenager with a controlling Pakistani father (Kulvinder Ghir) who’s just trying to find a place where he fits in Thatcher’s Britain. And what music would most deeply speak to an alienated British Muslim teen during new wave’s 1987 zenith? The American anthems of Bruce Springsteen, naturally.

Javed aspires for a creatively fulfilling life as a writer, but his culturally traditionalist father is actively hostile to anything but a straight-laced life to maximize earning

potential. As Javed starts at a predominantly white new Under the direction of Gurinder Chadha (Bend It school, he’s definitely an alienated outsider. His escape Like Beckham), Blinded by the Light does capture the colorful from this world is music, with a pair of Walkman headspirit of a 1980s period piece, but there’s a certain plastic phones always around his neck. When he coincidentally feel to the reality the film presents. There’s a sheen to evruns into Roops (Aaron Phagura), a Sikh classmate, in erything that makes Javed’s world come across as hollow the halls, the new acquaintance turns Javed onto the muset pieces instead of a lived-in world. The characters all sic of Springsteen, which opens up a whole new world. fit so tightly into well-trodden archetypes (the underdog That world is further expanded by a teacher (Hayley dreamer, the rebellious girl, the inspiring teacher, the Atwell) who believes in him, and by his crush overbearing dad) that none of them come Eliza (Nell Williams). off as particularly human.

BLINDED Blinded by the Light is as much a narrative And for a narrative based on a true-life

BY THE LIGHT about Javed as it is an unabashed love letter story, the movie occasionally flirts with a Rated PG-13 to the Boss. The soundtrack is constantly fantastical brand of magical realism in a Directed by Gurinder Chadha blaring Springsteen as our protagonist finds way that jerks viewers out of reality. When Starring Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Javed woos Eliza by singing “Thunder connections to his catalogue for every aspect Ghir, Meera Ganatra of his life. When Javed blairs “The Promised Road” to her in a crowded flea market, Land” on his Walkman while out at night, and the whole market stops what they’re the world becomes an angsty lyric music video, with the doing to join in the moment, it forces the viewer to either song’s words swirling around him and his surroundings. abandon their sense of reality and go along with the sudThe Boss becomes all-consuming, dictating his worldden random Broadway theatricality, or roll their eyes at view, language and fashion style. Kalra’s puppy-dog earthe absurdity of it. nesty with the material cements the obsession, allowing Blinded by the Light can be a musical thrill, but it’s also the music to be both his refuge and the point where he a test in how much cheesiness you’re willing to tolerate in can build a sense of self. the name of a feel-good story. n

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FILM | SHORTS steen, this is the audience-pleasing (if egregiously corny) true story of a Pakistani teenager who discovers the gospel of the Boss in 1987 Britain. (SS) Rated PG-13

GOOD BOYS

A trio of 11-year-olds encounter obstacles on their way to a big-kid party in what’s best described as Superbad about the middle school set. Raunchy, funny and unexpectedly sly. (MJ) Rated R

MAIDEN

A documentary about a group of young women who entered the 1989 Whitbread yacht race, the first entirely female crew to do so. At the Magic Lantern.

(NW) Rated PG

MISSION MANGAL

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A quartet of teenage girls go scuba diving to explore an underwater Mayan city and become lost in the maze-like structure. Oh, and there are a bunch of sharks

ALADDIN

A bland, stiffly staged live-action retelling of the animated Disney classic about a petty thief who woos a princess with the help of a wisecracking genie. A whole new world this is not. (MJ) Rated PG

THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN

The loves and losses of a Formula 1 driver are examined from the POV of his wise old golden retriever. Emotionally manipulative claptrap that’s so sappy it’ll give you a stomach ache. (NW) Rated PG

THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM

Documentarian John Chester films himself and his wife Molly as they trade in their urban L.A. life for a full-service, 200-acre farm. At the Magic Lantern.

(NW) Rated PG

BRIAN BANKS

The true story of a rising college football star falsely accused of rape, and the attorney who aimed to clear his name.

(NW) Rated PG-13

DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD

Dora the Explorer finally gets her own live-action movie, a youngster-friendly Indiana Jones swashbuckler that’s unfortunately undone by clunky writing and juvenile humor. (MJ) Rated PG

ECHO IN THE CANYON

Part documentary and part concert film, this is an entertaining tribute to the innovations and continuing influence of the L.A. rock scene of the mid-’60s. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

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WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE

circling. (NW) Rated PG-13

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2

Another animated film inspired by the popular mobile game, with those color-

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A Bollywood retelling of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission and the space probe that was successfully launched by the country’s Space Research Organization in 2014. (NW) Not Rated

THE FAREWELL

A Chinese family follows tradition and hides their matriarch’s terminal cancer diagnosis from her, arranging a fake wedding banquet to say their goodbyes. Lulu Wang’s autobiographical film beautifully walks the line between humor and melancholy. (NW) Rated PG

ful, flingable birds and pigs taking their antics up a notch. (NW) Rated PG

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

Bolstered by the music of Bruce Spring-

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THE LION KING

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(SS) Rated PG

ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD

Quentin Tarantino’s ode to 1969 L.A. finds a washed-up TV star, his longtime stunt double and Sharon Tate crossing paths in unexpected ways. Rambling, elegiac, uneven and occasionally brilliant. (NW) Rated R

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Former foes Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson go the mismatched buddy-comedy route, begrudgingly teaming up to fight super-soldier Idris Elba. A mostly forgettable Fast & Furious franchise spinoff. (NW) Rated PG-13 In 1970s New York, three mob wives (Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss) become crime bosses when their husbands go to jail. A wasted opportunity, tonally confused and awkwardly paced. (NW) Rated R

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Richard Linklater directs this comedy starring Cate Blanchett as an eccentric architect who abandons her husband and teenage daughter and goes to find herself. Based on Maria Semple’s bestseller. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Director Ron Howard’s latest music documentary focuses on legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who helped bring opera to the mainstream. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

Inventive special effects and stylish direction anchor this entertaining adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s childhoodscarring horror anthologies, as a group of 1960s teenagers are menaced by monsters that come out of a haunted book. (NW) Rated PG-13

SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME

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SWORD OF TRUST

In Lynn Shelton’s latest, a married couple and a pawn shop owner try their luck selling a phony Confederate sword to conspiracy theorists. A great premise with the depth of an improv sketch. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

TOY STORY 4

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Good Boys, a day-in-the-life comedy Yes, this is a movie full of jokes about sex about a trio of grade-school besties at that toys (funny because of the boys’ ignorance about difficult moment right on the cusp of puberty, is what these objects are), looking at internet porn absolutely not for children. In one of the film’s (funny because the boys are grossed out by it) wickedly amusing trailers, producer Seth Rogen and tons of other grown-up stuff, all of which is — who does not appear in the film — informs his depicted with a poignancy over how charmingly young cast that while it’s fine for them to star in naive the boys remain even as they are steeped the movie, they are absolutely forbidden from in an overly sexualized culture. The humor here actually seeing the movie. The film’s R rating is is adult, but Good Boys directly addresses real absolutely warranted, at least by the industry’s things that real kids are encountering in their current metrics. real lives. We might be able — just barely — to And yet Good Boys is much sweeter than I was keep kids from seeing this stuff in movies, but it’s expecting, and much more surprisingly innocent almost impossible to entirely shield them from it in its celebration of modern ascendant manhood. everywhere else.

This is not a crass grossout but a story that is And so Good Boys becomes a provocative genuinely kind to its young protagonists, and and unexpectedly sly challenge to our notions authentically understanding of their tricky posiof what is suitable for children, and what isn’t. tions as 21st-century kids trying to The copious content related to sex navigate a culture that doesn’t much drugs — these are not oblique GOOD BOYS and care to protect them from growing references, and there’s nothing imRated R up too soon. plied about any of it — are no more Directed by Gene Stupnitsky I’m genuinely stunned at how outrageous or shocking than what Starring Jacob Tremblay, much things have improved, for real children will be encountering in Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon instance, in the decade-plus on from their curious considerations of and the distasteful celebration of toxic explorations in the adult world that male teenhood that was (the also Rogen-driven) is an inevitable part of growing up.

Superbad. Good Boys is, well, supergood. (Rogen’s This is a clever skewering, too, of modrecent wokeness — see also: Long Shot — seems ern Hollywood, which has no compunctions actually genuine. They can be taught!) whatsoever about loading up movies with sexual Three sixth grade boys (Jacob Tremblay, innuendo, damaging stereotypes and gleeful, Keith L. Williams and Brady Noon) spend a consequence-free violence. Why is that OK for day skipping school to vie against older teen kids, but directly exploring how such attitudes girls (Midori Francis and Molly Gordon) in a impact the real world isn’t? complicated plot involving drones, the mildDid I say this movie wasn’t for kids? Here’s est sort of party drugs and making their way a caveat: Though it might constitute an enortoward a grade-school “kissing party.” It’s mostly mous embarrassment to the children, Good Boys about worrying that, at the tender age of 11, one might be a movie for open-minded parents to might become a “social piranha”; about securing watch with their older grade-schoolers, and to consent to engage in any kind of physical contact discuss the topics it broaches. If that’s too much with another kid; and about ensuring that for parents, at least adults worried about These you’re not bullying anybody. These kids today, Kids Today can take some reassurance from with their concrete physical and psychological this movie’s depiction of kids who are handling boundaries! “We’re not kids, we’re tweens!” a scary modern world in a way that’s not just they declare, staking a claim on a developmental pretty OK but probably downright healthy. n

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On the Record As local music merchant 4,000 Holes celebrates its third decade, owner Bob Gallagher looks to hand over the store to a new generation of vinyl nuts

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s long as 4,000 Holes has been selling records, owner Bob Gallagher has been the smiling guy behind the counter. But as it heads into his 30th year of brick-and-mortar business, Spokane’s oldest operating record store is about to have a for-sale sign on it.

Gallagher has always been the primary employee of the North Monroe institution — the person who opens the store in the morning and closes it in the evening, who stocks the shelves and knows which box has your newest vinyl treasure in it. It’s his dream occupation. But he’s now 67 and has been contemplating retirement for a while.

“I’ve always been reluctant,” Gallagher says of passing the store on to someone else. “But it’s six, seven days a week, with very few days off. Not that it’s a bad job or I sweat or anything, but it’s just the time.

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Rock has, in fact, dictated most of Gallagher’s life: While the actual store may be celebrating its 30th birthday this weekend, the 4,000 Holes name has been around longer than that. Gallagher is a lifelong music fan and Beatles obsessive, and he began selling records by mail order sometime in the late ’70s, and then at swap meets, record shows and Beatles fan festivals. He was even a booking agent before he got into peddling vinyl, until he realized he “wasn’t crooked enough” to work in the music industry.

And then it was in 1989 that 4,000 Holes opened its first storefront on West Shannon Avenue in the EmersonGarfield Neighborhood. It moved to Monroe a few years later, and then a couple blocks down to the space it has occupied since 2004. With its orange, yellow and green logo, the store represents a pop of color and sound in an otherwise nondescript building on the 1600 block of North Monroe, and true to form, it’ll be ringing in its

30th anniversary with a full day of music on Saturday.

Gallagher has operated 4,000 Holes like his favorite (now-defunct) childhood record stores — the Record Rack at Shadle Center (“They knew me really well,” Gallagher remembers) and Little Nell’s, also on Monroe. When the old Strawberry Jams vinyl shop on Browne and Sprague closed down, Gallagher even inherited their front counter, the one he still stands behind.

4,000 Holes, then, is something of a composite, made up of DNA fragments of record stores past. But it has nonetheless carved out its own identity in its three decades, a milestone Gallagher says he never expected to reach: “Just like all jobs, you do it every day, and then it’s 30 years.”

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record they’re looking for. The store experienced a surge right out of the gate, he remembers: Within its first few years in operation, grunge took off, Washington’s music scene started drawing attention and CDs were growing in popularity. Gallagher has looked on as the record industry went through some of its most seismic changes — cassettes being eclipsed by CDs, streaming technology usurping physical media, the recent resurgence of vinyl.

“I always knew records would come back,” he says, “but I didn’t know they’d come back this big.”

Other record stores have come and gone since ’89, but Gallagher says the vinyl landscape has arguably never been better than it is right now.

“Every year is consistently better [for business], which surprises me to no end,” he says. “I think the town’s got a real good future with record stores.”

It’s the customers, though, that have kept Gallagher coming back to the store every day — the weekly regulars, the first-time visitors who wander in and leave with armfuls of records, the longtime collectors who now have children and grandchildren that peruse the store’s racks.

“I’ve met some wonderful people, some true friends that are well beyond whatever I do here,” he says.

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Beginning at the store itself (1610 N. Monroe), you can check out the Gallaghers’ own Starlite Motel (“I generally don’t play at my own event,” he says, but this one is an exception). Also on the roster are some artists who, back in the ’90s, released music on the short-lived 4,000 Holes record label: Ball of Destruction is Gallagher’s “favorite sloppy punk band,” and local musicians Brian Young, Bill Barrington and Jamie Frost are “some of the best songwriters in town, as far as I’m concerned,” Gallagher says.

Head over to the Big Dipper later that night to see Gallagher’s other band Blue Canoe, who will open for the ever-mysterious Gorilla, Rabbit and Chicken. If you’ve never seen them, they crank out classic-rock covers in the exact identity-shrouding costumes you’d expect.

“They’re one of my favorite bands of all time,” Gallagher says.

The evening closes out with the glam-rock of Atari Ferrari and the bluesy jams of Fat Lady, two bands that Gallagher reckons are amongst the best Spokane has to offer right now.

“I’m trying to have a little bit of everything, and try to touch base with my friends,” he says. “I’d like to have those people who made a difference to the store.” (NW)

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nd now it’s time for him to move on. Gallagher says he wants to focus more on playing his own music: He performs regularly in the blues-rock band Blue Canoe, and with his wife Beverly as the acoustic duo Starlite Motel. He wants to sell the store on his own terms, to another music nut who’s willing to be as entrenched in the business as he is.

Those kinds of major life decisions, to quote a Beatles solo classic, don’t come easy. But Gallagher knows the store still has potential to grow: Perhaps the back wall could be knocked down to expand the floor space, and he’s always wanted to build a small stage that could host more in-store performances.

“You don’t find a town this size with this many record stores,” Gallagher says. “If you can make a bigger space, bring in more product, the store has a chance to keep going.”

But that doesn’t mean he’s going anywhere, necessarily. In fact, you might still see him behind that counter, beaming from behind his John Lennon spectacles and hunting down a rare record just for you.

“I wouldn’t mind working here for a few hours once in a while,” Gallagher laughs. “I mean, I don’t want to not do records.

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They’ve rarely sounded more confident.

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Thursday, 08/15

219 LOUNGE, Pamela Benton A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic ARBOR CREST WINE, Ron Greene J J THE BARTLETT, Jenny Anne Mannan & Her Angel Band BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BOOMERS, Randy Campbell J BOOTS BAKERY, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Open Mic J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Tony Jackson J COEUR D’ALENE PARK, Sidetrack CRUISERS, Open Jam Night DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Usual Suspects FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Country Dance J THE GILDED UNICORN, Katie Fisher J HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz Thursdays J KNITTING FACTORY, Iration, Fortunate Youth & Katastro J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LEFTBANK WINE, Jonathan Tibbitts LIBERTY LAKE WINE, Jimi Finn LION’S LAIR, Karaoke MATCHWOOD BREWING CO., Wolf and The Moons MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Brian Jacobs J MONARCH MOUNTAIN, Open Mic MOOSE LOUNGE, Last Chance Band O’SHAYS IRISH PUB, O’Pen Mic POST FALLS BREWING CO., Pat Coast RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, The DIGaddie J RED DRAGON CHINESE, Tommy G RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RIVERSTONE PARK, Jacob Maxwell THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, Jam Series SPOKANE CLUB, Truck Mills STEAM PLANT KITCHEN, Nick Grow STELLA’S ON THE HILL, Jon Keith Walton TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio J TULLAMORE PARK, Soul Proprietor ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

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nyone who has gone to see Giants in the Trees simply because the band features Krist Novoselic have no doubt been pleasantly surprised. Because this isn’t a showcase for the former Nirvana bassist: It’s a well-oiled quartet of dextrous musicians playing a bewitching hybrid of rock, folk and world music, with Jillian Raye’s dreamy vocals and Ray Prestegard’s slick guitar licks guided by Novoselic and drummer Erik Friend’s rhythm section. Their songs have taken inspiration from the flora and fauna of Washington, and their sophomore album (titled Volume II) casts an ethereal, hard-to-pin-down spell.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Giants in the Trees with B Radicals • Wed, Aug. 21 at 8 pm • $10 advance, $12 day of • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

Friday, 08/16

219 LOUNGE, Smith McKay All Day 1898 PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish J THE BARTLETT, Jeffrey Martin, Anna Tivel BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BIGFOOT PUB, Tufnel BOLO’S, The Happiness BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Steve Starkey Band THE BULL HEAD, DJ Dirty South THE BUOY, Son of Brad CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Bill Bozly COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, Bands on Boats: Smash Hit Carnival CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke J COSMIC COWBOY, Just Plain Darin CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, Usual Suspects DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Junkyard Jane Band DI LUNA’S, The Lark and the Loon

J FORZA COFFEE (G.U.), Jake Stevens & Danielle Nicole J FORZA COFFEE (SOUTH), The DIGaddie THE HIVE, Super Diamond HOGFISH, Jacob Vanknowe Music, Farmacy, Head Change J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Kassandra & Talmadge IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Dustin Drennen IRON GOAT BREWING, The Walleye IRON HORSE (CDA), Rewind LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Emo 2000 MARYHILL WINERY, Daniel Hall MAX AT MIRABEAU, Hot Mess MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Baker Thomas Packwood MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Devon Wade MOOSE LOUNGE, Dangerous Type NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom J NASHVILLE NORTH, Reckless Kelly (see above) NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Mojo Box

OLD MILL BAR, William Nover J PARK BENCH CAFE, Wyatt Wood PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bill Price THE PIN, Tisoki, Raskl, Bsinn, Jcksn, Z J PULLMAN, Lentil Festival feat. Clare Dunn, Brown & Gray and more RED ROOM LOUNGE, Hip-Hop Evolution RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROXIE, Karaoke with Tom J SARANAC ROOFTOP, Heat Speak SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Echo Elysium; Ron Greene (at Noah’s) J ST. MARIES, PJ Destiny STORMIN’ NORMAN’S, DJ Danger VALLEY EAGLES, Stagecoach West ZOLA, Whack A Mole

Saturday, 08/17

219 LOUNGE, Lavoy 1210 TAVERN, Jan Harrison Blues Experience J J 4000 HOLES, 4000 Holes 30th Anniversary with Starlite Motel, BYoung & Friends, Ball of Destruction (see page 40)

A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish J THE BARTLETT, Fun Ladies, The Emilys, Pit BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J J THE BIG DIPPER, 4000 Holes 30th Anniversary with Fat Lady, Atari Ferrari, Gorilla Rabbit & Chicken, Blue Canoe (see page 40) BIGFOOT PUB, Tufnel BLACK DIAMOND, Triple Shot BOLO’S, The Happiness BRANDYWINE BAR, Katie Fisher CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Bill Bozly COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Sam Leyde CURLEY’S, Usual Suspects HARVEST HOUSE, Stagecoach West HOGFISH, Conscious Sedation HOP MOUNTAIN, Jesse Quandt HOUSE OF SOUL, Nu Jack City J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Mark Polston IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Ponderay Paradox IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Haley Young and the Bossame

IRON HORSE (CDA), Rewind THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, The Bedspins J KNITTING FACTORY, Like a Storm LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Oak Street Connection LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nic Vigil LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Super Sparkle MAX AT MIRABEAU, Hot Mess MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Turn Spit Dogs MOOSE LOUNGE, Dangerous Type MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Pat Coast NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom OFF REGAL LOUNGE, Tommy G ONE TREE CIDER HOUSE, Dario Ré with Michael Starry PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bright Moments POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Eric Neuhausser J PULLMAN, Lentil Festival feat. The Talbott Brothers, The Fabulous Kingpins, Andru Gomez and the Bad Apples REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Trego RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RIVERBANK TAPHOUSE, Sammy Eubanks

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Monday, 08/19

THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Lucas McIntyre COSMIC COWBOY, Kyle Swaffard CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 08/20

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J THE BARTLETT, Open Mic BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, The Talbott Brothers RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing J ROCKET MARKET, Angela Marie Project THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam SWEET LOU’S, Son of Brad TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio THE VIKING, Jan Harrison & Steve Brody ZOLA, Desperate 8s

Wednesday, 08/21

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills Duo J J THE BARTLETT, Giants in the Trees (see facing page), B Radicals BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn CRAVE, DJ Dave

CRUISERS, Open Jam DI LUNA’S CAFE, The Talbott Brothers J FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 3 Doors Down GENO’S, Open Mic HILL’S RESORT, Larry Myer IRON HORSE (CDA), Open Jam THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J KOOTENAI COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, Craig Morgan, Jerrod Niemann, Last Chance Band LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LION’S LAIR, Funk You Up w/ Storme J THE LOCAL DELI, Devon Wade LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J MCEUEN PARK, Haley Young & The Bossame J THE PIN, Goatwhore, Ringworm RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jam Session

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J NORTHERN QUEST, Styx, Aug. 22 J THE BARTLETT, Ryley Walker, Aug. 23 J COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Aug. 23 J NORTHERN QUEST, Sammy Hagar & The Circle, Aug. 24 J KNITTING FACTORY, Skillet & Sevendust, Aug. 27 J NORTHERN QUEST, Steve Miller Band, Marty Stuart, Aug. 28 J RIVERFRONT PARK, Pig Out in the Park, Aug. 28

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ARBOR CREST, The Powers J THE BARTLETT, Lucas Brookbank Brown, The Holy Broke CRAFTED TAP HOUSE, Tommy G CRUISERS, Eric Patton DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Blues Jam ELKINS RESORT, Larry Myer GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J HARVEST HOUSE, Kevin Shay Band HOGFISH, Open Mic J KNITTING FACTORY, Mozzy, ALLBLACK, $tupid Young LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Daniel Hall LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Katie Fisher MOOSE LOUNGE, Casey Ryan J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, “Weird Al” Yankovic O’DOHERTY’S, Traditional Irish Music PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Glenda Novinger J THE PIN, Dead Animal Assembly Plant RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jason Perry Trio RIVERBANK TAPHOUSE, Sammy Eubanks

Friday: Desure, Blake Noble, Sara Brown Band, The Carbons, Dodgy Mountain Men, Emily Ann Roberts, Micky & The Motorcars, Lauren Jenkins, Hayes Carll Saturday: Casey Ryan, Bryant Lamar, The Stylees, Whitney Rose, Faren Rachels, Last Chance Band, Blackfoot Gypsies, Chase Rice Sunday: Evan Egerer, Will Porter, Steve Harwood, Chuck Dunlap, The W Lovers, Devon Wade, Hailey Whitters, John Fullbright, Red Dirt Rangers, The Wild Feathers.

MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 A&P’S BAR & GRILL • 222 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-263-2313 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. BERSERK • 125 S. Stevens • 714-9512 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS • 39 W. Pacific • 838-7815 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 THE BULL HEAD • 10211 S. Electric • 838-9717 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 COSMIC COWBOY GRILL • 412 W. Haycraft, CdA • 208-277-0000 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • 279-7000 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HONEY EATERY & SOCIAL CLUB • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-930-1514 HOUSE OF SOUL • 25 E. Lincoln • 598-8783 IRON GOAT BREWING • 1302 W. 2nd • 474-0722 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LION’S LAIR • 205 W. Riverside • 456-5678 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE • 1801 W. Sunset LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MARYHILL WINERY • 1303 W. Summit Pkwy, Ste. 100 • 443-3832 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PACIFIC PIZZA • 2001 W. Pacific • 443-5467 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN • 412 W. Sprague • 385-1449 POST FALLS BREWING CO. • 112 N. Spokane, Post Falls • 208-773-7301 RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL • 10325 N. Government Way, Hayden • 208-635-5874 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON • 12303 E. Trent • 862-4852 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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CULTURE CAT ON WHEELS

Spokane is getting another visit from one of the most famous cats in the world: Hello Kitty. The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is rolling back into town for a one-day pop-up shop outside River Park Square, near the mall’s south entrance on Main.

New goodies on the truck since the Sanrio feline’s last visit include enamel pin sets, madeleine cookies, canvas totes and cushions. Fans of the pink-bow-wearing cat can also get their paws on items like water bottles, T-shirts, accessories, cookies and other treats. Hello Kitty last stopped in Spokane in April 2018, delighting local fans who didn’t mind waiting in line to shop from the mobile cafe and boutique.

— CHEY SCOTT Hello Kitty Cafe Truck • Sat, Aug. 17 from 10 am-8 pm • Free admission • River Park Square • 808 W. Main • riverparksquare.com

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FESTIVAL CELEBRATING ANCESTORS

In Buddhist tradition, Obon is an annual event meant to commemorate one’s ancestors. It is believed that during this festival, the ancestors’ spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives.

Traditionally, lanterns are hung during Obon in order to guide the spirits. This year, all of Spokane — regardless of religious affiliation — are welcomed to the Spokane Buddhist Temple to celebrate the festival with food, art, dancing and music. Participants are encouraged to try Japanese food such as senbei crackers and mochi while browsing Japanese art exhibits. There’s also a Buddhist service at 4 pm, followed by a performance featuring the local Japanese Taiko drummers. The night is rounded out with traditional Bon Odori dancing.

— MORGAN SCHEERER Obon Festival • Sun, Aug. 18 from 3-7 pm • Free • All ages • Spokane Buddhist Temple • 927 S. Perry • spokanebuddhisttemple.org • 534-7954

COMMUNITY TAKE A WALK, EDDIE!

Eddie Gaedel Day is a “holiday” as unlikely as the event that inspired it. Baseball nuts know Gaedel as one of legendary team owner Bill Veeck’s more inspired publicity stunts. Veeck signed the 3-foot-7 Gaedel and put him in a jersey with the number 1/8. Gaedel got exactly one major league at-bat — on Aug. 19, 1951 — and now the Spokane-founded Eddie Gaedel Society led by Tom Keefe celebrates the diminutive batsman every year on the anniversary of his lone appearance for the St. Louis Browns. (Gaedel walked in his at-bat, and set the record for shortest player in the history of the majors). This year marks the ninth celebration of Eddie Gaedel Day, an event full of “small talk, short speeches and half-pint beers.”

— DAN NAILEN Eddie Gaedel Day • Mon, Aug. 19 from 5-7 pm • Free • All ages • O’Doherty’s Irish Grille • 525 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • facebook.com/takeawalkeddie • 747-0322

Scenic Pend Oreille River Train Newport/Priest River

COMMUNITY ANTIQUES AWAIT

If you love vintage shopping or the farmhouse, shabby chic and industrial salvage home decor styles, head to northeast Spokane this weekend for the annual Pickin’ Spokane vintage and antique market. It’s the Spokane area’s biggest outdoor market of its kind, bringing in handpicked vendors from across the western U.S. to sell wares ranging from handmade artisan goods to vintage and antique pieces, and jewelry to reclaimed furniture, plus lots more. Show hours have expanded this year, and admission is good for both days.

— CHEY SCOTT Pickin’ Spokane Vintage Show & Artisan Market • Fri, Aug. 16 from 12-7 pm and Sat, Aug. 17 from 10 am-4 pm • $7 weekend admission; kids 12 and under free • Joe Albi Stadium • 4819 W. Wellesley • pastblessingsfarm.com

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MUSIC SPOOF OF CONCEPT

As long as rock star posturing exists, “Weird Al” Yankovic will be there to lampoon it. Of course, the frizzy-haired parodist’s brand of satire has always been more good-natured than mean-spirited, which is why his fanbase includes even the musicians he’s made fun of over the years. Yankovic swings by the Inland Northwest pretty regularly these days — he was just here at the Fox last summer — but this time he’s bringing us his Strings Attached show, which pairs the musical funnyman with a full symphony orchestra for an evening of his iconic spoofs. It’s your typical “Weird Al” showcase, but with a classical bent: Imagine “Amish Paradise” with a bevy of real violins pushing it along, and think how sick Al’s accordion will sound with a little symphonic heft behind it.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER “Weird Al” Yankovic • Sun, Aug. 18 at 7:30 pm • $39-$69 • All ages • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • northernquest.com • 481-2800

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cake and two of those “super special Mountain Dews” and were so proud of the deal you scored. I can’t get enough of that effortlessly giddy smile.

MISSING: LOVE OF MY LIFE I saw you years ago and knew you were the love of my life. Now, after years of you ignoring me, while claiming that you care, distancing yourself more, making your disdain my problem, and running away, I learned that earning a badge doesn’t mean you have any sort of integrity or care for others. I hope you find it in your heart to try again. I’ll always still be listening, Lovebug, until the day you come home.

I SAW YOU IT WAS THE SUMMER OF ‘75 RJG, we were in our teens with days at the lake and touching moments alone. You wore a white and gold bikini you made yourself and were beautiful with dark hair and brown eyes that captured my heart. We fell in love and I remember riding double on your horse in the noon day sun while holding you close.

40 years later I realize why I lost you.

You broke my heart, but if I had shown more patience and changed my plans to try a long distance relationship you may not have felt the need to protect your own heart. I know we ended badly. Youth and a broken heart are not a good mix. I have been inundated recently with memories of us. Maybe it’s age. I may be being selfish and you’re probably married, but I would love to see you, find out what these feelings are. If you know me, I’m on Facebook. Please message me.

CUTIE PI I saw you at Republic Pi on Friday. You suggested the cheese plate and I couldn’t have been happier. Next time I will cheers your rum and Coke with a drink of my own.

KF-SEE YOU SOON? I saw you during a late night KFC stop. You ordered a

CHEERS CHEERS TO 10 YEARS Cheers to my beautiful wife, happy 10th anniversary!

The best is yet to come, I can’t wait to share it with you.

THE FRESH PLATE MARKET Big ups to the Fresh Plate Market. Not only does this small/local business offer a variety of organic and non-GMO produce and various goods, but they sell them at low prices. This has made having healthy and fresh organic produce accessible for my family. Not only this, but the shopkeeper Floyd is awesome and always gives my kiddo a piece of fruit to eat while we shop, which makes trying to juggle a toddler and snag groceries much easier. Cheers to everyone at the fresh plate! Thank You for what you do.

INDIANS GAME 6/25/19 I was with my niece and nephew at the baseball game on 6/25/19. We were in the team store and you were the polite gentleman paying for your hat in front of us.

My 5-year-old nephew was intrigued with what you were purchasing and was completely in your bubble standing as close as he could to you (he was really excited lol). You looked down, saw him and instead of just saying “hi”

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you gave him a $20 bill to pay for the items both he and my niece had picked out saying, “you’re supposed to have a fun night at the baseball game.” I was completely shocked & truly amazed and you made the kids’ night. They were so happy and you completely restored my faith in humanity. You

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to change with the world of working class and haters of Shadle Park about The Right To Live... God judges... not haters of race and color. And don’t burn out in front of children walking around the panhandling on the rock of Shadle Park. The Spokane Police and FBI of Spokane knows of the home-

You wore a white and gold bikini you made yourself and were beautiful with dark hair and brown eyes that captured my heart.

didn’t have to but you did. I really hope some great karma comes back around to you because you deserve it. Your gesture meant so much and I can’t thank you enough! Baseball really is America’s favorite pastime.

INDIAN EYES Through the ups and downs you’ve stuck around and I truly know that you’re the one that I plan to build my life around. I love you my beautiful Indian Eyes, may you kiss me goodnight every night. In our lord’s name I pray that you will always feel the same. Remember that I got you even when the wheels fall off. Love you my one and only my Indian Eyes.

JEERS THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS News flash, religious leaders, your prayers are not working. Jesus did much more and even overturned tables. Give your church members a choice. Choose their God or their AR-15.

RE: THE ILLIBERAL’S VIEW Just because a person is a liberal doesn’t mean they have to be tolerant of you.

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any particular religion does not have the right to dictate and impose their beliefs on those who do not share said beliefs. I think it is pretty intolerant for Christians to stand outside Planned Parenthood yelling and waving huge posters of dead fetuses to young women who may be just trying to get

some birth control. Are you going to adopt and raise any babies that may result from unplanned pregnancies?

Please practice your religion in the proper place. In your church!

MISSING FROM KURONEKOCON My daughter bought a plush figure specifically to have it signed by the voice actor. It went missing from her backpack on Friday. I really want her to get it back. Maybe you didn’t take it, but not turning it into lost and found is the same as stealing it. Look in lost and found on Spokane Craigslist for email to arrange to return it.

SHADLE PARK HATERS Let’s start with a right to live. In America. Not What others yell when sitting on a rock. Human beings or race of color, the hard working people working to make a life. There are homeless people who are houseless just like you. There are every walk of life on the rock... behind McDonald’s in Shadle Park. And if you don’t agree with what is right or wrong, don’t judge us. Don’t lie to Facebook on the net about us, there are vets and people who worked and lost their wives and homes because of choices in one’s life. Something has

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lessness in Washington state. There are bums... tramps... homeless men and women in Spokane, Washington...

Some live in their cars and trucks... yet you don’t yell at them like you hate the homelessness in Shadle Park. And quit telling your friends and family about the drama of the homelessness people to make yourself look good... just because you’re working now...

Your worker friends would be shocked if they knew your past life in Safeway, Rite Aid, McDonald’s and Yoke’s. Just because your holier than American workforce. God will judge all. n

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EVENTS | CALENDAR FAMILY SERVE & SCOOP Spend an evening with the family while supporting Second Harvest Food Bank, with one part volunteering and one part ice cream. Aug. 15, 5:30-8 pm. $15. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org (252-6249) IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE MEMBER & SUPPORTER GATHERING Join the ICL staff and meet new executive director, Justin Hayes. Also get updates on the big statewide conservation issues in Idaho and hear about ICL’s plans to tackle them. Aug. 15, 6-8 pm.

Free. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. idahoconservation.org PAW-ART For a donation, local artists with Avenue West Gallery help your pet make a paw print with non-toxic washable paint and turn it into a flower.

Saturdays from noon-2 pm through Aug. 24. Donations requested. SCRAPS Regional Animal Shelter, 6815 E. Trent. spokanecounty.org/scraps (477-2532) YAPPY HOUR Sip on cocktails and bid on art to support the Spokane Humane Society’s Pawsitive Dog Prison Training Program. Aug. 22, 4-8 pm. $20. The McGinnity Room, 116 W. Pacific. themcginnityroom.com (509-321-1859) LAZY A .08K The Angels Over Sandpoint host their first .08K race at MickDuff’s to raise proceeds to help those in need in Bonner County. Aug. 24, 11 am. $27.24-$53.49. MickDuff’s Beer Hall, 220 Cedar St. mickduffs.com/beerhall NAMI FAR NORTH FARM TO TABLE A multi-course gourmet dinner honoring Ethan Murray and featuring food by Tango Cafe with wine from Pend d’Oreille Winery. Includes a silent auction. Aug. 24, 5:30 pm. $95. Flowers from the Heart, 1444 Gooby Road. NamiFarNorth.

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COMEDY

T.J. MILLER Miller has voiced numerous characters in animated films and series, including How to Train Your Dragon, the Emoji Movie, Big Hero 6, Gravity Falls and more. Aug. 15-17 at 7:30 pm; Aug. 16-17 at 10:30 pm. $25-$60. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com COMEDY OPEN MIC Tell some jokes, share some laughs. Third Friday of the month from 6-8 pm. Free. Calypsos Coffee Roasters, 116 E. Lakeside Ave. bit.ly/2LVJXET (208-665-0591) THIS JUST IN... With audience suggestions, the BDT players build a one-of-akind evening of all-improvised parody news. Fridays at 7:30 pm, Aug. 2-Sept.

6. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com SAFARI The BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced short-form improv show with a few twists added. Fridays at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays from 8-9:30 pm. Free.

The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com

COMMUNITY

GIANTS, DRAGONS & UNICORNS: THE WORLD OF MYTHIC CREATURES This traveling exhibition from New York’s

American Museum of Natural History combines unique cultural objects, dramatic models, multimedia and interactive games to tell the origin stories behind mythical creatures from around the world. Through Sept. 2. Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org HERITAGE GARDENS TOURS Step back in time and experience this unique garden as it looked in 1915. Learn about the discovery, the carefully planned restoration and the two influential families of early Spokane who made this their backyard. Upcoming tours: Aug. 15, 22 and 29 from 2-3 pm; also Aug. 18 and 25 from 11 am-noon. Free. Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh Ave. heritagegardens.org NORTHWEST LEGENDS This engaging family-oriented exhibition provides interactive opportunities including designing mythical creatures, a fairy wing selfie, stepping into Sasquatch tracks and more. Through Sept. 2; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org PEND OREILLE COUNTY FAIR This year’s fair theme is “Barn in the USA.” The annual event, now in its 101st year, celebrates local farmers, gardeners, crafters and more. Includes live exhibits and a rodeo. Aug. 15-18. Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds, 419152 State Rt. 20. pocfair.com (509-445-1367) THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE! Join the MAC each third Thursday of the month, from 5-9 pm, for live music outdoors in the amphitheater, public talks, workshops, and/or gallery openings, guided gallery walk-throughs and more. Free/members; $5/non-members. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org VETERANS FOR PEACE ANNUAL CONVENTION “Sacred Land, Sacred Lives – Peace Knows No Borders” is the theme of the 34th annual National Convention. VFP’s mission since 1985 is to build a new culture of peace, expose the costs expose the costs of war, heal the wounds of war, seek justice for veterans and victims of war and end the arms race, reduce and eventually end nuclear weapons. Aug. 15-18; prices vary. Doubletree Hotel, 322 N. Spokane Falls Ct. veteransforpeace.org FRIENDS OF THE DEER PARK LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds from book sales support library programs, activities, and services. Aug. 16-17 from 9 am-4 pm; Aug. 18 from 11 am-3 pm.

Free. Deer Park Auto Freight, 2405 E. Crawford Ave. scldfriends.org/events ISRAEL & PALESTINE: A JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE A three-day event with Rabbi Michael Davis, who, among other activities and workshops, shares his story of transformation from Zionist to Palestinian solidarity activist. Aug. 1618; times vary. See link for details. Free.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. bit.ly/2T5NDnl PICKIN’ SPOKANE VINTAGE SHOW & ARTISAN MARKET The largest local outdoor market offers vintage, antique and salvaged items from curated vendors. Aug. 16 from 12-7 pm and Aug. 17 from 10 am-4 pm. Kids 12 and under free; $7/weekend. Joe Albi Stadium, Wellesley and Assembly. facebook. com/PastBlessingsFarm/ (499-5099) CRYSTALLOGRAPHY GEM & MINERAL MARKET The market features a variety of vendors selling gem, minerals, crystals, skulls and carvings, jewelry, opals and fossils, wire-wraps and beads. Also

includes healers, live painters and DJs. Aug. 17-18 from 10 am-6 pm. $2. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. crystallographygems.com GROWING ROSES Presented by Head Rose Gardener, Steve Smith, who discusses and demonstrates the basics of rose care and maintenance. Aug. 17, 10 am. Free. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito.org HELLO KITTY CAFE TRUCK Fans of Hello Kitty can visit the truck to find exclusive goodies and limited-edition collectibles. Aug. 17, 10 am-8 pm. Free.

River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. riverparksquare.com (624-3945) HISTORIC WALKING TOURS Walk through the park and learn the history of the Spokane Falls, Expo ’74 U.S. Pavilion, Clocktower, Looff Carrousel, Centennial Trail and more. Saturday at 10 am and noon, through August 31.

Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. spokaneriverfrontpark.com MUSEUM COMMUNITY DAY Visit the Museum between to tour the galleries, including “Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures” and Northwest Legends” and participate in lots of hands-on, family-friendly activities. Aug. 17, 11 am-3 pm. Free. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org PANCAKES & POLITICS Washington state Senate and House majority leaders visit Chewelah to meet residents and hear their concerns. Panelists include Senator Christine Rolfes, Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Representative Timm Ormsby, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Representative Marcus Riccelli House Majority Whip. Aug. 17. Free and open to the public. Chewelah City Park, North Park St. cityofchewelah.org (936-2977) UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY The region’s largest multi-cultural family event, offering free school supplies and bike helmets for kids in grades K-8 (children must be present; while supplies last.) Also includes the Cultural Village, entertainment, a career and education fair, youth area, health fair, senior resources and general vendors.

Sign up to volunteer at the event online.

Aug. 17, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. nwunity.org GRAND OPENING: BARNARDSTOCKBRIDGE MUSEUM There’s a new mission for one of the North Idaho’s most iconic buildings, the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Wallace (312 Fourth St.). It’s now home of the new Barnard–Stockbridge Museum, featuring highlights from the extensive BarnarStockbridge Photo Collection along with a genealogical research center.

Aug. 18, 2-6 pm. Free. (208-753-7151) THE CHOSEN VOTERS: EVANGELICALS IN MODERN AMERICA WSU historian Matthew Sutton traces the history of the religious right in America, from its early roots, to its rise to power under Ronald Reagan, to its enthusiastic support of Donald Trump. Aug. 20, 6:30 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. humanities.org (444-5331) PFLAG SPOKANE POTLUCK PICNIC PFLAG serves fried chicken; guests should sign up to bring a side dish online. RSVP requested. At the upper Manito playground picnic shelter (2400 S. Tekoa St.). Aug. 20, 5-7:30 pm. Free. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. signupgenius.com/ go/20F0449AFA82FA2F85-pflag1

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RELATIONSHIPS

Advice Goddess ASSERTIVENESS DRAINING

AMY ALKON

I met a guy, and he was very enthusiastic, calling and texting multiple times every day, almost obsessively. Soon after, I was having a really bad week: too much work, health issues with my parent…just really vulnerable. He said stuff like “I’d never leave you,” “I’ll never run away.”

Well, a couple of days later, he just vanished. I blocked him after two days of no contact, and I feel kind of bad. All my girlfriends think it was too harsh, but my guy friends think it was the right thing to do and said they block people all the time. Why the difference in opinion? ­—Ghosted

Being in a relationship can have some costs, but ideally, they don’t include hiring a private detective with a team of tracking dogs.

It actually isn’t surprising that your male and female friends have differing reactions to your blocking the dude. Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen’s research suggests that women are born empathizers in a way men are not — meaning that from early childhood on, women are driven to notice and identify others’ emotional states. They tend to be deeply affected by others’ feelings and are emotionally triggered into a sort of fellow feeling (empathy). Men, on the other hand, tend to be “systemizers,” driven from early childhood on to identify the “underlying rules” of the inanimate world, like those governing the operation of machines, abstractions (such as numbers), and objects (like a soaring baseball).

Of course, men aren’t without empathy. But research consistently finds women higher in empathy than men. Law professor and evolutionary scientist Kingsley Browne observes in “Co-Ed Combat: The New Evidence That Women Shouldn’t Fight the Nation’s Wars” that women’s “greater empathy may be responsible for the heightened guilt and anxiety that women feel about acting aggressively.” Browne cites brain imaging research by neuroscientist Tania Singer that suggests men’s empathy for a wrongdoer “may be more easily ‘switched off,’” and observes that “men’s diminished empathy for those who ‘deserve’ punishment probably increases their willingness to kill the enemy” in war.

The thing is biology is not destiny. Recognizing that you, as a woman, might have a propensity to be “nice” to people who don’t deserve it can prompt you to recheck your decisions to go easy on somebody. Don’t expect it to feel comfortable at first when you stand up for yourself; you’re bucking countless centuries of evolved human female psychology. In time, however, acting empowered should start to feel right — meaning you’ll be all “Of course!” about blocking a guy who doesn’t get that just disappearing is acceptable only for a tiny subgroup of beings: those whose workstation is a magician’s top hat.

HUNK BONDS

I’ve slept with a lot of really hot guys, but weirdly, the guys who end up being my long-term boyfriends are not the super hot ones. My current boyfriend is attractive but not even close in hotness to some of the guys I’ve had one-nighters with in the past. I’ve noticed this pattern in female friends’ guys, too. Why is this a thing? —Interested There’s a certain kind of man a woman looks to date exclusively...for three to five hours.

I often cite research from evolutionary psychology that finds that women across cultures prioritize finding a man who’s a “provider.” A man’s appearance isn’t unimportant, but context — whether a woman’s going for a long-term or short-term thing with a man — is a factor in how much it matters. Not surprisingly, if a guy is a potential husband, a woman’s more likely to make do with, say, a dad bod and a weak chin than if she sees him as a potential hookup — a disposable himbo, a single-use Adonis.

A possible evolutionary explanation for this is the “sexy son hypothesis.” Evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains that “by mating with an especially attractive man, a woman might be able to bear a son who is especially attractive to women in the next generation. Her son might have increased sexual access, produce more children, and hence might provide his mother with additional grandchildren.”

There is support for this idea in research by biological anthropologist David Waynforth, which finds that ladies on the hookup track prefer men with more masculine facial features — a la square-jawed superheroes. Hookup-minded women likewise favor more muscular men (according to research by social psychologist Michael J. Bernstein).

However, when a woman needs to make trade-offs between hunkaliciousness and character to land a long-term partner, it surely pays to relax a little on physical criteria: go for a really good man who’s good enough in the looks department. “Good enough”?

He doesn’t have to be smokin’ hot, but he can’t be so uggo that you need to reassure him, “Not to worry! My sex drive will come back...um, when you’re on the mantelpiece in an urn.” n ©2018, 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 ANNUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION BREAKFAST Each year, local officers and detectives are nominated based on their professionalism, compassion and on the positive, lasting impact they’ve had on the lives of survivors of domestic violence. Aug. 21, 8-10 am. YWCA of Spokane, 930 N. Monroe. ywcaspokane.org (509-326-1190)

FESTIVAL

AIRWAY HEIGHTS DAYS The annual community festival features live entertainment, children’s activities, arts, craft and food vendors, a petting zoo and the famous watermelon races. Aug. 16-17. Aug. 16 and Aug. 17. Free. Sunset Park, 924 S. Lawson St. bit.ly/31kLiYv NATIONAL LENTIL FESTIVAL The annual celebration offers many activities, including food demos and vendors, live music, a grand parade, sporting events, kids activities and much more. Aug. 1617; see website for complete schedule. ree. Pullman, Wash. lentilfest.com WALLACE HUCKLEBERRY FESTIVAL The historic mining town’s annual celebration of all things huckleberry, with live music, dancing in the streets, huckleberry pancake breakfasts, street vendors, kids activities on the Northern Pacific Depot Museum lawn, a dunk tank and the 5K walk and run. Aug. 16-17.

Aug. 16-17. wallaceidahochamber.com COEUR D’CON The annual pop culture convention includes panels, artist meet-and-greets, a cosplay contest, video game tournaments, an artist and vendor fair and more. Aug. 17, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front. coeurdcon.weebly.com OBON JAPANESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL This annual Japanese Buddhist cultural festival honoring ancestors includes Japanese artists, Bon Odori Japanese dancers, Spokane Taiko drummers and a short Hatsubon service. Aug. 18, 3-7 pm. Free. Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St. SpokaneBuddhistTemple.org (534-7954) NORTH IDAHO STATE FAIR The fair hosts country music concerts, rodeo, demolition derby, draft horse pull, fair food, local music and entertainment, a petting zoo, exhibits and more. Aug. 2125; 10 am-7 pm daily. $5-$10. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. northidahostatefair.com BONNER COUNTY FAIR The annual county fair in Sandpoint features traditional displays and activities in agriculture and animal husbandry, along with entertainment, vendors and more.

Aug. 21-24. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer. bonnercountyfair.com

FILM

THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE A man is attacked at random on the street. He enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself.

Rated R. Aug. 15-18; times vary. Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org MEGAMIND Screening as part of the Garland’s annual Free Summer Movies series. Doors at 9 am; movies at 9:30 am. Through Aug. 16. Free. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. (327-1050) RIFFTRAX LIVE: GIANT SPIDER INVASION One of the most popular MST3K movies is coming back to the big screen for a live-streamed event. Aug. 15 at 8 pm; Aug 20 at 7:30 pm. Regal North-

town & Riverstone. fathomevents.com TURNING POINT SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION Acclaimed filmmaker and director James Keach follows a team of researchers on the front lines of Alzheimer’s research and captures the raw disappointment and renewed hope of those working to find a cure for this fatal, incurable disease affecting nearly 5.7 million Americans. Aug. 15, 6:30 pm. Free. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org WILD ROSE A musician from Glasgow dreams of becoming a Nashville country singer. Rated R. Aug. 15 and 17-18; times vary. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) FREE MOVIE IN THE PARK Every Friday evening through the end of August, The Salvation Army hosts a free movie for families at its campus. At 8:45 pm through Aug. 30. Free. Salvation Army Spokane, 222 E. Indiana. (325-6810) THE LEGO MOVIE 2 All movies start at dusk. Outside food and drink (no alcohol) is welcome. Aug. 16, 8:30 pm. Free.

River Rock Park, North Holt Blvd. and Kalama Ave. pavillionpark.org SCREEN ON THE GREEN: GREASE U of I’s Dept. of Student Involvement hosts free outdoor movies, starting at 8:45 pm, on the Theophilus Tower Lawn.

Aug. 16. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu (208-885-6111) WOODSTOCK 50TH ANNIVERSARY DIRECTOR’S CUT KRFY community radio station presents a free showing of the director’s cut this 4-hour film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival. Rated R. Aug. 16, 7-10:45 pm.

Free. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) HOW HIGH A screening of the film and a local school supply drive; bring items or a cash donation. Aug. 17, 8-11:59 pm.

Entry by donation. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com MARY POPPINS RETURNS All movies start at dusk. Outside food and drink (no alcohol) is welcome. Aug. 17, 8:30 pm. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. pavillionpark.org (509-755-6726) MEANINGFUL MOVIES: ANCESTRAL WATERS Ancestral Waters tells the story of the Puyallup Tribe, which signed the Treaty of Medicine Creek in 1854.

Film is followed by a discussion with three local activists. Aug. 18, 6 pm. By donation. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. magiclanternonmain.com HOME Screening as part of the Garland’s annual Free Summer Movies series. Doors open at 9 am; movies at 9:30 am. See complete schedule online.

Aug. 19-23. Free. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com TOP GUN Screening as part of the Garland’s annual Summer Camp summer movie series. Aug. 20, 7:15 pm. $2.50.

Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com (327-1050) WSECU OUTDOOR MOVIES: TOY STORY Moviegoers are invited to pack in their own snack/dinner or purchase something from food vendors on site (no alcohol). Aug. 21, 8:30 pm. Free.

Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. spokaneriverfrontpark.com (625-6600) SALUD SIN PAPELES: HEALTH UNDOCUMENTED Sparked by backlash to a neo-Nazi rally and a stream of strict anti-immigrant laws passing in Arizona, a group of activists organize to build Phoenix Allies for Community Health,

a unique free clinic serving undocumented immigrants. Aug. 22, 6 pm.

Free. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. magiclanternonmain.com WAKING LAZARUS Based on the award-winning book by TL Hines, see a 25-minute sneak peek of this supernatural thriller being created in Spokane and meet cast and crew. Aug. 22, 7-9 pm. Free. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. (509-327-1050)

FOOD

RIDE & DINE SERIES Enjoy a scenic gondola ride, live music, and a savory mountaintop barbecue dinner. LFridays from 2-8 pm through Aug. 30. $7-$34.

Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com (208-783-1111) BARONESSEBARLEY HARVEST DAY Stand in the field where the barley is grown, while enjoying brews and spirits made with Baronesse Barley and music

by Tone Sober. Aug. 17, 11 am. Free. Joseph’s Grainery. josephsgrainery.com BREWSFEST Enjoy the offerings of 22 craft breweries and 2 cideries from the Inland Northwest. Includes live music, food, mountain views and more. Aug. 17, 1-6 pm. $40. Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com CANNING PEACHES Learn to preserve peaches in light syrup. Recipes, techniques and gift-giving ideas provided.

Aug. 17, 10 am. $25. Cherry Hill Orchard & Market, 18207 N. Sands Rd. cherryhillorchards.com (509-238-1978) FOOD TRUCKS & FRUIT FESTIVAL Enjoy live music, local food trucks, fresh fruit and vegetables and homemade food. Aug. 17-18 from 11 am-4 pm. Aug. 17 and Aug. 18. Free admission. Harvest House, 9919 E. Greenbluff Rd. bit. ly/300VZiB (509-238-6970) SUPPER CLUB WINE PAIRING DINNER Chef-owner Russell Fleming’s menu explores the flavors of European, South American and North African cuisine with wines to match each course. Aug. 17 at 6 pm and Aug. 18 at 4:30 pm. $70.

Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. petuniasmarket.com (328-4257) CLASS & A GLASS: YOGA & MIMOSAS Guided yoga for all levels. Includes a glass of sparkling wine and orange juice in a keepsake glass. Aug. 18, 10 am-noon. $35. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. (927-9463) YOGA UNWINED A casual all-levels yoga class at the estate’s pondside venue. Following class, connect with others over a glass of wine (one glass included with ticket) and small bites.

Bring your own mat; pre-registration required. Ages 21+. Aug. 20 from 6:308:30 pm. $20. Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. (270-5086) PRESSURE CANNING SOUPS Canning soup at home is an excellent way to preserve vegetables with or without small portions of meats or seafood. Offered Aug. 21 and 24 at 8 pm. $21.69$32.04. WSU Spokane County Extension, 222 N. Havana St. extension.wsu. edu/spokane (509-477-2048)

MUSIC

THE COFFEY TWINS A 50s/60sthemed rock and roll show, with a pre-show dinner theater option. Aug. 23-24 at 7:30 pm; dinner at 6:30 pm. $10-$25. Circle Moon Theater, 3642 N. State Route 211, Newport. northwood-

sperformingarts.com (208-448-1294) SWINGIN’ AT THE JACC Dance the night away in the historic Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center. Beginner’s lesson starts at 7 pm with DJ’d dancing to follow.

Intermediate/advanced lesson starts at 8:30 with more dancing. Aug. 16, 7-10 pm. $8. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. (208-457-8950) 4000 HOLES RECORDS 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Celebrate the local record shop’s anniversary with two days of live music, giveaways, snacks and more. Includes an evening show at the Big Dipper on Aug. 17 at 8 pm ($8). Aug. 17 and Aug. 18. Free.

4000 Holes, 1610 N. Monroe St. bit. ly/2Z30CHH (325-1914) GIRLS ROCK LAB CONCERT See the girl bands formed at Girls Rock Lab summer camp perform the songs they’ve created. Aug. 17, 7-9 pm. Free.

Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (279-0299) RIVERSTONE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: CDA SYMPHONY A special Saturday concert with the Symphony, conducted by Jon Pellant, with openers the Weddle Twins. Aug. 17, 6-8 pm.

Free. Riverstone Park, 1800 Tilford Ln. artsandculturecda.org ROBERT VIERSCHILLING & FRIENDS A concert to benefit the Harrington School Music Program with a program featuring classical guitar ensembles and solos. Aug. 17, 7-8:45 pm. By donation. Harrington Opera House, 19 S. Third St. (509-253-4719) A BLACK ORCHID AFFAIR In honor of its fall production of Madame Butterfly, Inland Northwest Opera’s annual gala features Asian-fusion fare and wine selected by Hayden Lake Country Club’s acclaimed chef. Includes live/silent auctions and performances by soprano Madison Leonard and baritone Shea Owens. Aug. 18, 6 pm. $110/person; $750/table. Hayden Lake Country Club, 2362 E. Bozanta Dr. inlandnwopera.com LEARN TAIKO JAPANESE DRUMMING Members of the public are welcome to try out the Taiko drums any Tuesday from 5:30-7 pm, through Aug. 27. Free.

Salem Lutheran Church, 1428 W. Broadway Ave. SpokaneTaiko.org (768-2558) THE BUZZ: AN EVENING OF BLUES, BUBBLES & BENEVOLENCE Featuring Inland Empire Blues Society honorees Carl Rey, Larry Brown, Don Kellman, Shâ-Stá Lasso, Charlie Butts and Pat Barclay, with a performance by Saint Augustine. Proceeds support the Hive’s mission of creating space for community learning and women’s business development. Aug. 22, 6-9 pm. $0- $50.

The Hive, 207 N. First. thehivecda.com

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

LAKE COEUR D’ALENE CRUISES The cruise fleet departs daily from the Resort all summer at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 pm. $18.25-$26.25. CdA Resort, 115 S. Second. tickets.cdacruises.com SPOKANE INDIANS VS. VANCOUVER Promos during the three-game series include Family Feast, Comic Book Hero and Harry Potter Night. Aug. 14-16 at 6:30 pm. $5-$20. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. spokaneindians.com SPOKANE TO SANDPOINT An annual two-day, 200-mile relay adventure for teams of 12. The course starts on top of Mt. Spokane, descends to the Spokane River, cruises nearly the full length of the Centennial Trail to Coeur d’Alene,

and finishes on the beach of Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint. Aug. 16-17. spokanetosandpoint.com CIRCLES OF CARING TENNIS & PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT This annual tournament is held during National Lentil Festival in Pullman. Proceeds benefit Circles of Caring, offering community-based health and wellness enhancement for adults with a range of needs. Aug. 17, 8 am. lentilfest.com SPOKANE INDIANS VS. EUGENE Promos during the three-game series include Armed Forces Appreciation, Back to School Day and County Fair Night.

Aug. 17-19. $5-$20. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. spokaneindians.com WFC 105 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Card subject to change. Aug. 17, 6 pm. $35$60. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com YOGA ON THE BRIDGE Local yoga teachers guide this all-levels series.

Meet at the orange bridge near the carrousel. No registration required. Aug. 17 and 24 from 9-10 am. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. (625-6600) SUNDAY FUNDAY Enjoy free skate and scooter rentals at the Numerica Skate Ribbon. Sundays from 1-3 pm through Aug. 25. (Admission is always free during skate/scooter season). Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. (625-6600)

THEATER

THE CARPET CAPER An original melodrama written and directed by Cyndi Bentley. Through Aug. 25; Wed-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Sixth Street Theater, 212 Sixth St., Wallace, Idaho. sixthstreetmelodrama.com (208-752-8871) COEUR D’ALENE SUMMER THEATRE: SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE Themes of love won, lost and imagined are set to 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded. Aug. 8-25; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20-$49. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasummertheatre.com FUNNY GIRL The classic semi-biographical musical depicts the rise to stardom of Fanny Brice, the iconic vaudeville and Ziegfeld star. Aug. 1525; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun at 1:30 pm. $12-$20. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N. Grand. rtoptheatre.org SPOKANE VALLEY SUMMER THEATRE: MAMMA MIA! This exuberant and dazzling musical production completes the 2019 season. Through Aug. 18; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20-$39. University High School, 12320 E. 32nd Ave. svsummertheatre.com 13 With amscore by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, 13 is a musical about fitting in, and standing out. Aug. 16-25; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. (325-2507) FIRST WAVE Unknown Locals presents a pre-post-apocalyptic comedy by local playwright Chris Herron. Aug. 16-24; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm. $12-$14. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak St., Sandpoint. heartwoodsandpoint.com (208-946-6174) STAGE TO SCREEN: ALL MY SONS Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They’ve built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. Aug. 18, 2 pm. $6-$12. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com

ARTS

INTRO TO PRINTMAKING Led by Cait Reynolds; students learn to design and carve, prep for printing and print a block. Meets Thursdays from 6-8 pm, through Aug. 22. $100. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth St. emergecda.com MONUMENTALISTS: A TRIBUTE TO HAROLD BALAZS & RUDY AUTIO Monumental artists in their own orbits, life-long friends Harold Balazs and Rudy Autio left legacies nationwide.

The Art Spirit celebrates the lasting work and legacies left by these masterful artists. Over sixty Balazs pieces, including sculpture, drawings, enamels, paintings, and even a croquet set, light up the show. For the first time in years, Autio ceramic pots and drawings are available for purchase. Aug. 9-Sept. 7; open daily 11 am-6 pm. Reception Aug. 9 from 5-8 pm. Through Sep. 7, 11 am-6 pm. Free. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com (208765-6006) WAGING PEACE IN VIETNAM: U.S. SOLDIERS & VETERANS WHO OPPOSED THE WAR As part of the Veterans for Peace annual convention in Spokane this weekend is an exhibit and launch for the book of the same title. Aug. 15 at 4 pm (book launch, reception) and Aug. 17 from 11 am-3 pm.

Double Tree Hotel, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court. (509-455-9600) NORTH IDAHO ARTISTS’ STUDIO TOUR Visit the working studios of painters, sculptors, photographers, jewelers, potters, glass artists and more. See website for map and list of participating artists. Aug. 9-11 and Aug. 16-18. Free. Sandpoint. arttourdrive.org ART ON THE STREET: T KURTZ Kurtz will use oil pastels and a basic wash to draw flowers on paper. Aug. 17, 11 am2:30 pm. Free. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net INTRO TO SCREEN PRINTING: LIT AF Students learn the fundamentals of pulling ink and the basics of screen printing. Aug. 17, 1 pm. $25-$30. Spokane Print & Publishing Center, 1925 N. Ash St. facebook.com/spokaneprint/

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WORDS

SANDPOINT LITERARY COLLECTIVE OPEN MIC Writers of all stripes are invited to read from their original work for up to five minutes. Aug. 15, 6 pm.

Free. Pend d’Oreille Winery, 301 Cedar St. powine.com (208-255-4410) SIGNING: J.B. RIVARD Meet local author J.B. Rivard and discuss his book, “Low on Gas High on Sky.” Aug. 17, 1-3 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) TEDXSPOKANE SALON W/ ALAN CHATHAM An intimate discussionbased presentation with TEDx2015 Alum Alan Chatham, an interaction designer in Carnegie Mellon’s Masters of Human Computer Interaction program. Aug. 21, 5-7 pm. Free. Indaba Coffee Roasters, 518 W. Riverside Ave. bit.ly/2Z1QJds (509-822-7182) MILLER CANE PARTY WITH SAM LIGON, JESS WALTER & BALONELY For the past year, the Inlander has been printing weekly installments of “Miller Cane: A True and Exact History,” a novel

by Samuel Ligon. The book wraps in the Aug. 15 issue; celebrate with drinks, a reading and conversation between Ligon and Jess Walter and music by BaLonely. Aug. 22, 7-10 pm. Free. Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington. millercane. inlander.com n

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The Outside Lands festival embraced cannabis in public.

LEGALIZATION

What Were They Smoking?

Legalization takes on a different meaning in California, Arizona and Ohio

BY WILL MAUPIN

H

ere in Washington, where recreational marijuana has remained stable, it can be easy to forget just how unsettled the landscape of pot in America

truly is.

In recent days, the phrase “what were they smoking” has taken on very different meanings across our country.

CALIFORNIA’S EXPANDED LEGALIZATION

In Spokane on Saturday, as the band Left Hand Smoke

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rocked Gleason Fest, music lovers wanting to catch a buzz were able to enjoy the show from a beer garden.

Further south, at San Francisco’s massive Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park, left hand smoke took on a very different meaning.

Marijuana was available for legal purchase and consumption in the aptly named Green Lands area of the festival. It marked the first time a major U.S. music festival has not only tolerated but accepted and even encouraged marijuana inside its doors. This step forward required a

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state-approved permit, something not currently available in Washington.

ARIZONA’S POTENTIAL LEGALIZATION

Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada currently make up a contiguous zone of four states on the western fringe of the country where recreational marijuana is legal, and Arizona is seeking to become the fifth.

The state currently has legal medical marijuana and tried to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016, but fell short when a ballot measure received 48.7 percent of the vote. This new measure, filed late last week, needs to pass the signature-collecting phase before being sent to the voters in 2020.

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governor, Mike DeWine, signed a bill into law legalizing hemp in the Buckeye State, where marijuana remains illegal. Except, the way this law makes the distinction between the two — anything containing over 0.3 percent THC will be regarded as illegal marijuana — is effectively impossible to enforce.

“You legalized marijuana in Ohio for a time being,” Jason Pappas, vice president of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, told WBNS TV in Columbus.

That’s because determining the THC content of hemp or marijuana can’t be done by eye and requires analysis in a crime lab. Currently, none of Ohio’s crime labs are capable of that. As a result, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sent a letter to the state’s prosecutors instructing them to suspend marijuana testing for the time being and, more strikingly, “do not indict any cannabisrelated items.” n

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Hailing from Wyoming, try Roadhouse Brewing and from Montana, Lewis & Clark Brewing, home of Back Country Scottish Ale and Miner’s Gold Hefeweizen, as well as Jeremiah Johnson Brewing out of Great Falls. Of course Oregon beers are included, like 10 Barrel Brewing Company and Ninkasi Brewing.

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There’s Payette Brewing and Mad Swede Brewing — they serve up a sense of humor with their hops in beers like the Naked Sunbather Nut Brown Ale — both from Boise.

Fortunately, you get six tastings with your ticket ($35/advance, $40/at the door) to sample the 44 beverages on tap. Purchase more tickets on-site ($1/3.5 ounce pour) and parlay your tickets for wine (three tickets/glass), soda or water (two tickets). Food is available for purchase, as well, including brats, Hawaiian pork tacos and teriyaki cheesesteak.

Closer to home, local favorites include Radio Brewing from nearby Kellogg, and Wallace Brewing from Wallace. An extra special treat — you can’t get their beers outside the area — is Wallace’s other brewery, North Idaho Mountain Brew.

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This month, Coeur d’Alene’s esteemed Art Spirit Gallery showcases two luminaries and lifelong friends. Harold Balazs and Rudio Autio met at art school. Now, Balasz leaves behind a legacy of sculptures, like his Lantern outside Spokane’s First Interstate Center for the Arts (also known for the famous message to “transcend the bullshit” inscribed on it). Autio built a legacy as one of the most masterful artists working with clay in America.

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