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or this week’s cover story, staff writer Jake Thomas started with a single question: How did a good country doctor in North Idaho go bad? Thus began his exploration of the rise and fall of RAFAEL BEIER, once a churchgoing Mormon and father of nine who turned to a life filled with strippers, fancy cars and a seemingly endless supply of pills. When it inevitably came crashing down, Beier hopped in his Dodge pickup and went on the run. Get the full story beginning on page 22.

Also this week: staff writer Wilson Criscione talks with Randy Dorn, the departing state superintendent of schools, about the future of education in Washington (page 13), and in Culture, staffer Chey Scott profiles a new fine arts gallery in the Garland neighborhood (page 32).

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o you remember that wonderful scene in Paddy Chayefsky’s movie Network in which Peter Finch, as the news commentator, goes crazy. He urges everyone to go to the window and stick their head out and say, ‘I’m mad as hell, and I won’t take it anymore!’”

So recalled then-Congressman Al Swift in a speech he delivered back in 1982. He then observed, “great theater,” but followed with, “It is probably the worst political advice given by anyone in this century.”

And it’s even worse advice today in this age of single-issue politics and negative campaigning. Swift went on to say, “It is a fundamentally passive response. It is a civic temper tantrum.

It is the equivalent of a 2-year old who just lies down… and kicks his feet, trying to get his way.”

And, continued Swift, “what is really wrong with it is that is doesn’t give any direction. It tells you only what people don’t want, and it’s even somewhat vague about that. It doesn’t give political leaders a view of what people want, or where they want to go.”

If ever there was a presidential election which calls us back to the wisdom and warning that Swift sent our way 34 years ago, it has to be this one.

More and more Republicans are distancing themselves from Donald Trump with some variation on “He isn’t my candidate.” Oh, but he is your party’s candidate; as Paul Ryan, with misgivings, put it, “He won the nomination fair and square.”

In other words, you are all to blame, Republican primary voters.

(Speaking of disconnects, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a “leader” in the consensus most inept and contentious Congress since just prior to the Civil War, has endorsed Mr. Trump. In turn, she was endorsed by Spokane’s only daily newspaper — just after they ran a long column lambasting her party’s record in Congress, under her leadership. Go figure!)

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Seattle isn’t far behind.

And there are other consequences. Take for example the Amazon complex at South Lake Union. They call it a campus, but it’s really a disguised industrial park. With growth comes costs — cultural, social, civic and yes, economic. What was diverse, small-scale, spontaneous, even funky is becoming corporate and institutional — a high-tech version of monoculture.

As for social impact, some workers, even highly paid ones, are now commuting vast distances — some from as far away as Ellensburg.

Silicon Valley has been importing employees from as far away as Stockton for a number of years now. Seattle isn’t far behind.

With growth comes costs — cultural, social, civic and yes, economic.

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ecently published books and articles are now addressing the sources of all this anger. Some surprises: First, NAFTA likely isn’t the primary culprit. Studies are showing that we are losing more jobs to technology improvements here at home than to relocation. Related to this, technology is also contributing to the rising inequality even among the gainfully employed.

Seattle is a case in point: Amazon is hiring computer science (and related training) graduates at upward of $100,000 a year. Now consider what that’s doing to the housing market. You get a letter in the mail informing you that next month your rent will triple. I have a friend who tells me that his sister, who has for years rented a small two-bedroom apartment in San Francisco, is now

There’s no way that these wages aren’t driving away what has made Seattle an interesting city — music, restaurants, bars, clothing stores, bookstores, schools, universities and a wide range of medical sector employees, among others.

These folks can no longer afford to live in Seattle.

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s for Trump’s nasty threats against Mexican workers, the data show three changes of importance: First, from when immigration peaked in 2010, at the very time that job recovery began to take hold, the number of immigrants has dropped. With more opportunity to make a living staying at home, they are doing just that. Second, this reversal of immigration, notes the Pew Hispanic Center Report, might be attributable in part to tougher border enforcement and deportations. Third, and most significant, the birth rate in Mexico has dropped to an average of two children per woman. All this should be viewed in the context of a Mexican per capita GDP increase of 45 percent since 2000, with comparable increases in family income.

Technological advancement has always, throughout time, led to dislocation — to dying industries and even social unrest. What the country, the business community and the government must figure out how to do is to address the rising income inequality, along with the social and cultural problems it spawns. Yes, those are the very same problems that are not solved but only made worse by candidates shouting, “I’m mad as hell, and I won’t take it anymore!” n

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Bryant, a two-term Port of Seattle commissioner, had avoided saying whether he supports DONALD TRUMP or HILLARY CLINTON, at the risk of distancing himself from voters in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor since 1980.

During the months leading up to Bryant’s non-endorsement, Inslee harped on the GOP presidential nominee’s bigotry and hatred in an effort to nationalize the gubernatorial race. Bryant fired back in an effort to refocus on issues in Washington state, pointing to the thousands of inmates mistakenly released early and the new Interstate 405 tolling under Inslee’s watch.

Still, a poll released Monday shows Inslee and Clinton with substantial leads over their GOP opponents. The Elway Poll, a survey of 500 registered voters statewide, has Clinton leading 43 percent to Trump’s 24; Inslee was out in front at 48 percent to Bryant’s 36. (MITCH RYALS)

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Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, DONALD TRUMP, who would eventually clinch the Republican Party’s nomination, has expressed a curious sympathy for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s strongman president. Trump’s admiration has raised concerns that the GOP contender, if elected president, would emulate Putin’s autocratic style or advance Russia’s interests.

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Government investigators haven’t confirmed that Manafort received the money. In a statement to the Times, Manafort denied wrongdoing, accusing the paper of pursuing a political agenda.

Nevertheless, the documents, referred to in Ukraine as the “black ledger,” provide a glimpse into Manafort’s close ties to Russian oligarchs and Yanukovych, who lived a lavish lifestyle before fleeing to Russia during a popular uprising. (JAKE THOMAS)

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wage inequality, as well as aiding all workers in their quest for a fair salary offer. In Seattle and elsewhere, new regulations, requiring increased notice when it comes to employees’ schedules, are being considered.

These battles aren’t easy. Certainly, there have been setbacks for labor in states like Wisconsin, where rightto-work laws are deeply damaging the ability of unions to organize. That said, following a decade of diminishing power, the trend over the past couple of years is that labor is gaining strength.

Unfortunately, while these victories are reaping real rewards for American workers today, they fail to address

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he fight for workers’ rights is enjoying a renaissance of sorts at the moment.

Specifically, the fight to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour is gaining steam. But it doesn’t end there.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal appears to be on the chopping block, if you listen to both major parties. A ban on asking about potential employees’ previous salary histories before making an offer was just passed into law in Massachusetts; that helps to combat

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replace taxi and Uber drivers. Not long after that, we’ll see all of America’s 3.5 million truck drivers replaced by robots. The food service industry will only lag behind this robot revolution for so long.

It’s not just Main Street jobs being replaced by less adorable R2-D2s. Wall Street trading is increasingly being done by computers, with less and less oversight by human supervisors. Plausible scenarios where robots replace most lawyers are a popular topic among futurists. Robots are coming for all of us.

To summarize: The battles of the past century to protect workers are being won right now, just as they begin to fade into irrelevance. That doesn’t mean they aren’t worth fighting and winning. Real people benefit today from improved wages and working conditions. But we also have to begin fighting the next battle for a society that is just for everyone, including people who don’t have the capital to start their own companies staffed by robot workers.

This means dusting off ideas like President Nixon’s proposal for a guaranteed minimum income, or considering implementing programs like Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, which pays every resident a portion of profits from oil sales. For example, a tax on robots could provide a dividend to all citizens.

Regardless of what solution we arrive at, we have to consciously start building the society we want to exist — before robots build it without us.  editor@inlander.com

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COMMENT | FROM READERS MJ CRITES: Spokane is filled with tear-down properties and vacant lots. I don’t get why, if the housing market is so tight, people aren’t building out those vacant lots? Cheney’s a quick bus trip from downtown Spokane and there are cheap vacant lots galore and a bunch of tear-downs that are zoned multi-family. Yet, there’s not much building going on.

I really don’t understand this.

Reactions to a story about the conflicting views between landlords and tenants on how to address substandard rental housing issues:

Readers’ comments on a blog post about the recent community forum with new Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl, and the questions he was asked:

JOAN E. HARMAN AUTHOR: I had just finished reading that and had some major chuckles from some of those landlord reactions to the idea of accepting greater responsibility for maintaining their properties.

My two cents, they don’t behave very Christian, do they? They have a bible that tells them to not cheat their customers. Refusing to give their tenants the kind of apartments they are paying for, is an act of cheating.

THOMAS VOIGTLAENDER: Regulations for building new apartment buildings are ridiculous. My company got hired by a property management firm to build a six-unit apartment complex on a 1 acre plot. By the time bidding was complete, the project was going to cost 6 million dollars before a single permit was pulled… The permitting process in Spokane is difficult and expensive, regulatory costs are insane, taxes and required insurance for construction companies are ridiculous; it seems like Washington state and Spokane specifically are dead-set on keeping construction companies from making a profit.

On top of that, overhead costs for landlords are insanely high, keeping rents high as well… It’s a vicious cycle. 

JD COCKE: I think he handled the questions well. He is and will always be amidst controversy and I wish him well. It’s not easy to enforce the law.

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INTREPID There’s a fearless spirit about us Inlanders. It’s unmistakable.

Maybe it’s because we have come of age adjacent to the unforgiving wilds of the middle of nowhere.

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‘Seek and Destroy’ In his final days as state superintendent of public instruction, Randy Dorn keeps shouting on behalf of schools. Has anyone listened?

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

Randy Dorn says, “If I don’t do what I’m doing, I’m not upholding the laws of the state of Washington.”

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andy Dorn thought he could make a difference.

In 2008, he campaigned for Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction because he said there had been little progress in state funding of K-12 education in past years.

“Where are we now? Still studying how to fund basic education. Still arguing about how to implement education reform,” he wrote in a 2008 press release.

He thought he could change that.

Dorn said that as state superintendent, he would remind state lawmakers that it is their “paramount duty” to fully fund basic education, rather than relying on local levies. He would use his experience as a former teacher, a coach, a school principal and state representative to enact change.

But now, eight years later, the issue of how to fund education in Washington remains more contentious than ever, following the Washington Supreme Court’s 2012 McCleary decision calling for ample funding of basic K-12 education. Dorn, the single most vocal proponent of more state education funding, prepares to leave his post frustrated that lawmakers haven’t listened, despite his increasingly aggressive and controversial tactics.

This year alone, Dorn announced he might run for governor, then announced he would not two months later

— a move he admits was only intended to force the other gubernatorial candidates to discuss education. He recommended that the state Supreme Court increase sanctions on lawmakers until McCleary is paid for, even though the legislature is already being fined $100,000 per day by the state Supreme Court. He suggested that the court shut down schools altogether to force the legislature’s hand.

Most recently, he filed a lawsuit against seven of the largest school districts in the state, arguing that their use of local levies is unconstitutional.

Dorn knows his combative strategy hasn’t always made him popular. But he says rather than please adults, he’d rather be remembered as being the No. 1 advocate for kids.

“I’m not a quarterback. I played linebacker. Seek and destroy was my mission statement. I wasn’t this calm, cool, collected, say all the right anecdotal things and stuff.

I speak in short bursts and get my point across,” he says.

“I’m Randy Dorn. I don’t know how to be somebody other than Randy Dorn.”

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n 2013, Dorn was optimistic. The economy was improving, and the state House voted to allocate $1.4 billion for education, a number that would have put the state on pace to fulfill McCleary obligations.

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His outlook is more grim now. That $1.4 billion wasn’t approved by the state Senate. To make matters worse, he says, a looming “levy cliff” — a reduction in how much money districts can collect through local property tax levies — could cut millions from district budgets in the 2017-18 school year.

He fears that come May of 2017, lawLETTERS makers will not have Send comments to settled on a budget. He editor@inlander.com. worries that districts will be forced to hand their teachers pink slips, that class sizes will shoot up, that unhappy parents will storm Olympia.

This fear, he says, has driven his increased pressure on the legislature to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling.

“I’m committed to making that happen,” Dorn says.

“And I’m gonna do everything in my power, everything possible, to increase the pressure.”

But his latest move of suing Spokane and six other school districts has drawn criticism from both lawmakers and district officials. The lawsuit alleges that their use of local levies is unconstitutional. Dorn says it allows richer ...continued on next page

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districts to attract better teachers and implement better technology, leading to inevitable inequities between richer districts, like Spokane, and rural districts that can’t raise levy dollars.

He says he doesn’t blame school districts for doing this, but he hopes the lawsuit will force districts to join together and demand money from the state.

Instead, five of those districts are joining together, not to demand money from the legislature, but to ask King County Superior Court to set aside Dorn’s lawsuit until McCleary is resolved. Spokane isn’t one of those five districts, but Superintendent Shelley Redinger says she disagrees with the approach taken by Dorn, even while agreeing with the sentiment.

“He’s a very passionate advocate. Very passionate,” Redinger says. “And I think that’s the way that it happens, is that sometimes that can be misconstrued and, unfortunately, it’s been a distraction for schools. And I know he’s well aware of that.”

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hen state Sen. Michael Baumgartner heard of the lawsuit, he crafted a tweet.

“I don’t know anybody in #waleg who doesn’t think Randy Dorn isn’t a total clown show. The parking attendant has more positive impact on K12,” Baumgartner wrote.

Baumgartner, a Republican who represents Spokane’s 6th District, says Dorn’s pronouncements have had no impact on legislators.

“He just has no credibility and is a non-factor on what happens in education,” Baumgartner says. “I’ve been in the legislature for six years … not once have I heard any legislator pay attention to what Randy Dorn says.”

Baumgartner notes that the state has increased spending on education by billions in the past four years. But it’s still not on track to meet the McCleary deadline of 2018 to fully fund education.

He says he doesn’t understand why Dorn would stop a local community from raising more money for education, and he’s skeptical that Olympia would do a better job spending education dollars than districts. He predicts the question of whether districts can use local levies will be sent to the voters.

State Sen. Michael Baumgartner says no legislators listen to Randy Dorn. STEPHEN SCHLANGE PHOTO Baumgartner says improving education in Washington should not be about more money in the system, but about reform. That means more choice, more parental involvement, lengthening the school year, and performance pay for teachers.

“I’m less than convinced that centralizing the model will lead to better outcomes,” Baumgartner says.

Erin Jones, who served as assistant superintendent under Dorn for three years and is now

“I seriously believe that politics is a contact sport. ... You gotta push people to get what you want done.” running to replace him, says Dorn thought he would be able to get things done since he used to be a state representative from 1987-94. Then he realized it was more difficult than he thought.

“Once he didn’t have a vote anymore, once he didn’t have anything to trade, it became more challenging than he expected,” Jones says.

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She says in the years since she’s stopped working for Dorn, she has observed him become more combative than she remembers him to be.

“He was not that fiery person when I worked there at all,” she says. “The person who walked out of the legislature this year is not the same person I worked for.”

Dorn says it comes down to the way he sees the game of politics.

“I seriously believe that politics is a contact sport. Yeah, you can collaborate, you can partner with people and you can inform them and you can educate them,” Dorn says. “You gotta push people to get what you want done. This is what I want done and, yeah, I tend to push people.”

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orn had five things he wanted to emphasize as state superintendent when he first took the job. He wanted to expand all-day kindergarten, and he did. He wanted to support career and technical education, and he has. He wanted the graduation rate to rise, and it has improved.

But the two main issues he campaigned on in 2008 were shortening statewide tests and pushing for more funding for education. On both, the results are mixed. Dorn admits the “jury is still out” on testing. Dorn eliminated the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, replacing it with shorter statewide tests, and then replacing those with the Smarter Balanced assessment, which is aligned with Common Core standards. Today the Smarter Balanced test takes up about the same amount of time as the WASL. Dorn says the person who takes over his job, either his former colleague Jones or state Rep. Chris Reykdal, will have to deal with the issue of testing, and also how to implement technology in districts across the state.

Reykdal says he would take a different approach in getting the legislature to fund McCleary.

“Rather than a hammer to the legislature, I want to bring them solutions. I want to help Republicans and Democrats understand the strengths and weaknesses on policy and budget ideas,” Reykdal says.

Jones says the power for change lies with the people who vote lawmakers into office. She says the strongest tactic is to get teachers, students and families into committee meetings to tell their stories, and to tell the people they voted for to make the right decision.

As for Dorn, he says he’s looking forward to taking a deep breath. He agrees a new voice might be ready to take over. He’s looking forward to spending time at home in Eatonville, going places with his grandkids, and getting reacquainted with his golf game.

He says he just wants to know that when he steps away, he didn’t shortchange kids.

“I just need to take a break from having the mic in my face.

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CITY HALL Last week, Laura McAloon, Mayor David Condon’s pick for city attorney, announced that she was removing her name from consideration as CITY ATTORNEY. She blamed City Council President Ben Stuckart, who she described as “toxic” and a “bully.”

Stuckart’s opposition to McAloon, he says, centered on her contact with the independent investigator who recently released a report on how the city dealt with former police Chief Frank Straub. He also accused McAloon of leaving a “nasty” voicemail accusing him of being a “liar.” “Those are the two things that I can’t get over,” he says. (DANIEL WALTERS)

POLICE They talked it out, and both sides agree: The ombudsman’s assistant should have access to Spokane police body camera footage as well. Interim ombudsman BART LOGUE asked for access back in April, and the Spokane Police Guild objected. Logue says it would help speed things up; the Guild argued that the city code only gave the ombudsman access to footage. But the two sides came to an agreement last week. Logue says he’s not done. There are many other areas where the ombudsman’s responsibilities need a clearer definition. He’s also submitted a draft of policies and procedures for the office, he says.

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Stuckart reverses course on fining coal and oil trains; plus, which students will a proposed CdA magnet school attract?

HITTING UNDO

When the city council voted last month to put a measure on the November ballot that would fine railroads for sending COAL AND OIL TRAINS through Spokane, the decision was unanimous. Despite warnings from the council’s legal advisor that the measure would likely be overturned in court, six councilmembers voted in favor of putting it on the ballot, and none were opposed.

City Council President Ben Stuckart had been particularly impassioned regarding the decision, showcasing slide after slide of fiery wreckage caused by oil trains.

But on Monday, Stuckart dramatically reversed course. He met with the city attorney’s office, reread the policy adviser’s paper and tasked Gonzaga’s legal clinic to search for examples of cities successfully pursuing this strategy. Each conclusion was universally dire for the proposal.

“I don’t believe it has a chance of legal survival whether it passes or not,” Stuckart says. “I don’t think it’s legally defensible, or defensible for us to bring it forward.”

He asked councilmembers to pull it from the ballot.

Councilmember Breean Beggs, who wrote the ballot measure language, wasn’t convinced. As a lawyer, he came to his own conclusions about the federal law allowing local municipalities to regulate railroad safety standards. He didn’t agree with Burlington Northern’s argument that they had little influence over the materials they were shipping, and suggested that the initiative would spur North Dakota to require Bakken oil to be further treated to reduce flammability.

“I think the voters should decide,” Beggs says.

The council voted 5-2 to remove the language from the ballot, but vowed to keep searching for ways to make the passage of oil trains through downtown Spokane less dangerous.

Conservative councilmember Mike Fagan, who was out of town during the original vote, didn’t take the opportunity to gloat. Instead, he praised Stuckart for being willing to change his mind.

“It takes great courage to sit here and reverse your position,” Fagan says. “It was on a position you reversed intelligently.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

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As elementary schools in COEUR D’ALENE struggle with overcrowding, a new school that could open as soon as fall 2017 might bring relief.

But right now, nobody quite knows what kind of school it will be.

The Coeur d’Alene School District plans to open a magnet school in a vacant elementary school building on Government Way and Hayden Avenue. A magnet school is a public school with unique programs designed to attract students from across the district.

The district, after calling for proposals, has narrowed them down to three choices:  Hayden Compass Academy (COMPuter and Aero, Space, Science), a computer science and robotics school.  G.R.I.T. Academy (Generating Resilience by Igniting Tenacity), a school serving children who could benefit from an active learning environment.  Hayden Lake Experiential Elementary, a projectbased school where students could develop skills through real-world experiences.

District spokeswoman Laura Rumpler says Coeur d’Alene is seeing significant population growth in its 10 current elementary schools. The new magnet school could serve up to 300 kids come next fall; the idea is to attract kids from each of the other schools.

“We’re trying to find that relief valve for the growth we’re continuing to expect,” she says.

Rumpler says the district wants to use the space for a magnet school, rather than a traditional elementary school, in order to avoid redrawing boundary lines. The district is discussing the need for at least two more elementary schools in the next five years, and would prefer to change boundaries at that point, she says.

A district survey of the three proposals found that parents would be more likely to enroll their child in Compass Academy than the other two. G.R.I.T. Academy was second. A committee that includes school administrators and school board members will evaluate the proposals for their viability and interest level before the board meets next month. Rumpler says a decision would likely need to be made this fall if the school is to open by fall 2017. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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But by the end the council hammered out a crucial compromise: Businesses with 10 or more employees would be required to let employees earn at least five days of paid safe and sick leave a year, while businesses with fewer than 10 employees would be required to let them earn at least three days a year. These days could be used by employees who are ill — or to take care of a sick child or address domestic violence.

The rule wouldn’t apply to seasonal workers, temps or anyone in the construction industry.

Startups would be given a grace period for the first year.

Yet the Friday before the council passed its sick leave policy in January, Council President Ben Stuckart says he received two phone calls — both from fervent supporters of sick leave. But they had a surprising message: They wanted him to abandon the ordinance the city council had spent more than two years debating and developing.

Stuckart declines to name names, but says they were allies of Raise Up Washington, the union-backed coalition pushing an initiative this year that would not only hike the state’s minimum wage to $13.50 by 2020, it would also put into place a new, significantly more generous statewide policy guaranteeing up to seven days of sick leave a year. No exemptions, no exceptions.

Stuckart says the group was worried that Spokane’s more modest policy would harm their statewide efforts. But Stuckart says he dismissed this as “silly Westside logic.”

“Why would we pull this when I know we have the votes to pass a sick leave policy in Spokane, and you’re asking me to pull it based on an initiative you don’t know is going to pass?”

Stuckart says.

But now that Initiative 1433 is on the November ballot, the city is faced with the possibility that their work will be overridden. If the initiative passes, Stuckart says, the city council would repeal its sick leave policy to avoid it conflicting with the state’s. And that would eliminate the hard-won compromises and exemptions that Spokane spent so long creating.

STRIPPING AWAY THE NUANCE

Before last November’s election, Councilwoman Karen Stratton struck a middle ground that earned her derision from some on both sides.

She said she supported sick leave in principle, but ultimately pushed for some of the ordinance’s

Councilwoman Karen Stratton supports the Raise Up Washington initiative, despite the fact that it would wipe out exemptions she fought for in the city’s sick leave policy. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO biggest compromises, including adding a oneyear grace period for new businesses.

But even though the state initiative would override those compromises, she says she plans to vote for it. Because the initiative isn’t just about sick leave.

“These guys were brilliant, because they added the minimum wage [increase],” Stratton says.

If they were separate initiatives, she’d support the minimum wage hike in a heartbeat. She’s less certain that she would support expanding sick leave, citing her concern about the impact on small businesses, like the momand-pop restaurant she visits in the tiny town of Springdale.

“You worry, how are they going to make it?” Stratton wonders. She was proud of the way Spokane’s ordinance made allowances for small businesses, but doesn’t want to pass up the opportunity to increase the minimum wage.

Other than the construction worker exemption, Stuckart doesn’t mind losing those allowances. Overall, he sees value in the initiative’s simpler statewide approach and is supporting it.

“Do we want it more confusing or do we want it simple and applying equally?”

THE PATCHWORK

Earlier this year, Stuckart and other councilmembers lambasted state Sen. Michael Baumgartner for floating a proposal to prevent local governments from making their own rules regarding wages or sick leave. It was a matter of principle.

“No city wants to have ... their ability to govern taken away,” Stuckart said back then.

Now, the positions have switched: Stuckart praises the way that the initiative simplifies the patchwork of different systems across the state, while the conservative critics of sick leave requirements are lobbing complaints about a loss of local control.

“It’s a one-size-fits-all proposal designed for downtown Seattle that the rest of the state can’t afford to absorb,” says Don Skillman, spokesman for the 1433 opposition campaign. “Initiative 1433 is poorly crafted and should be rejected so cities can choose the approach that works best for their communities.”

Still, there are important distinctions. Since the initiative simply sets the minimum standards for wages and sick leave, it wouldn’t necessarily erase the tangle of state and local rules.

Indeed, in some areas, it would make this more complicated.

Seattle and SeaTac would still have higher minimum LETTERS wages than the rest of the state.

Send comments to And in Seattle, the initiative editor@inlander.com. would raise the standard for small businesses — but large businesses are already required to allow employees to use anywhere from 9 to 13.5 days of sick leave a year. Seattle will have to figure out how to navigate the two different sets of standards.

The only way the initiative would level the playing field, Baumgartner says, would be to make staying in business tough for everyone.

“The initiative is going to be very, very tough for the small businesses, particularly for those of us in a border community,” Baumgartner says.

Barring a national wage increase, the hike would mean that Spokane County businesses would need to pay their minimum wage workers salaries more than 85 percent more than bordering Kootenai County.

Stuckart points to a recent study showing that Seattle’s initial minimum wage hike only had minor negative impacts on employment and hours for low-wage workers and says he isn’t concerned.

Yes, before last year’s election, Stuckart said he opposed a $15-an-hour minimum wage hike. What works in expensive, booming Seattle, he argued, does not always work for Spokane.

He preferred $12.

But $13.50? That’s close enough, Stuckart says. He’ll take it.

THE YEAR OF SPOKANE’S SICK LEAVE

Gavin Cooley, Spokane’s chief financial officer, says that the city’s human resources department has been in the process of analyzing the cost of hiring a new employee in order to enforce the city’s sick leave policy: No matter what happens in November, starting on Jan. 1, 2017, Spokane’s policy will take effect. The city of Spokane will handle all the regulations and enforcement.

But if Initiative 1433 passes, that would only last a year.

Then, starting in 2018, the state would be in charge, and local businesses would have to relearn sick leave rules all over again.

In January, Mayor David Condon vetoed the city’s ordinance.

It was his attempt to urge caution: He argued that the city needed to take more time to deliberate on the details, and that such decisions are better left to the state. But his veto was swiftly overridden by a council supermajority, who doubted the state would act.

Today, however, Stuckart says Spokane’s fast implementation was the right decision. That’s one of the reasons he disagreed with those who wanted him to pause the city’s efforts, and wait for the state initiative. Even another year, he argued, was too long to wait.

“For the 40,000 people who would receive sick leave in 2017, what do those people expect them to do for that whole year?”

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s Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services grapples with a federal order to provide criminal defendants with adequate and timely mental health services, the rights of some of those defendants remain hazy.

In an email obtained by the Inlander, a DSHS employee articulates an “elegant solution” for people whose mental state prevents them from understanding criminal charges. For these people, DSHS proposed that prosecutors delay scheduling a hearing to dismiss charges for at least seven days; it also suggests scheduling such hearings on a day when the jail transports people to the state mental hospitals.

The email indicates that DSHS talked with the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (WAPA) and reached out to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) for input on whether such an agreement would work. But no one consulted the defense.

The proposed solution could mean an incompetent individual spends “at least seven days more [in jail] before the case is dismissed, and possibly longer,” says Cindy Arends Elsberry, felony resource attorney for the Washington Defender Association. She adds that the DSHS’s proposal “runs afoul of the spirit of Trueblood” case.

In the ongoing Trueblood v. DSHS class action case, U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman ruled it unconstitutional for defendants to wait more than seven days in jail for competency services. The original ruling came down in April 2015 and gave DSHS nine months to comply.

Spokane County public defender Kari Reardon takes issue with a proposal to delay transferring certain inmates to psychiatric hospitals. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO Although the agency has made progress toward reducing average wait times, defendants still wait for weeks, and Pechman imposed per-day, perperson fines.

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he leaked email prompted a five-page written response from Assistant Attorney General Amber Leaders. The letter denies that DSHS suggests “a criminal dismissal be delayed for the purpose of admission to the state hospital,” and says DSHS is searching for a solution that would ensure that bed space is available and that people are not held in jail after their cases have been dismissed.The letter also argues that those not competent to stand trial are not a part of the Trueblood case.

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Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake Spokane County public defender Kari Reardon, who originally called attention to the “collusion” among the state groups (DSHS, WAPA and WASPC), disagrees.

“Their need for services is not diminished by the state hospital opining that they’re not competent,” she says. “That actually indicates their need for services is increased. And if no order’s been entered dismissing the criminal charge, in my opinion, they’re still members of the [Trueblood] class.”

The AG’s letter also says the proposed fix was in part a response to a 2015 change in state law, which allows those found not guilty by reason of insanity to be held in jails for a maximum of seven days, but is silent for those found incompetent.

For those cases, a report from the hospital explaining that a person is incompetent triggers a hearing to decide whether to dismiss the case. If that report is not filed in a timely manner, the defendant is sent back to jail. It’s at this point in the case, defense attorneys say, DSHS is suggesting prosecutors delay scheduling a dismissal hearing.

Typically, if the hospital opines that the person is incompetent, the criminal charge is dismissed and the individual is evaluated for a civil commitment — what’s known as a “civil flip.” Last year the state flipped 108 cases, according to data provided by the Office of the Attorney General; the majority of the accused in those cases waited less than seven days in jail.

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he letter from the assistant attorney general also indicates that the proposal discussed with the state’s prosecutors and police leaders is only one possible solution.

“Legislation to amend the statutory language is also being considered for the 2017 Legislative session. However, new legislation may not be enacted (if at all) for many months, and interim solutions also need to be considered.”

If that’s the case, defense attorneys wonder why they weren’t consulted. For Arends Elsberry of the Washington Defender Association, that is perhaps more troubling than the suggested solution itself.

“The defense community is in a far better position to provide feedback concerning the effect DSHS’s proposal would have on the health and wellbeing of individuals whose cases will be dismissed due to their incompetency,” Arends Elsberry writes.

“County jails are not designed to provide mental health treatment.

Using jails to hold people whose cases are being dismissed due to their incompetency to stand trial is inhumane and puts them at risk of grave harm.”  mitchr@inlander.com

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FROM DOCTOR TO DRUG DEALER Rafael Beier was living two lives. One of them consumed the other

BY JAKE THOMAS

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How does one person become two? Or more to the

point: How does a generous, give-you-the-shirt-off-his-back country doctor become a pill-pushing drug dealer with a Hummer and cadre of strippers?

In his 62 years, Rafael Beier has been the good guy, and the bad.

On Sunday mornings, his neighbors in the pine-covered hills of North Idaho’s Silver Valley would watch as the doctor, in a tidy, button-down shirt and tie, led his children off to church.

“I never had a clue what was going on,” says George Watson, Beier’s former neighbor, pausing in disbelief. “The whole thing is crazy. … I just saw a regular guy.”

Beier was a highly trained physician who opted to work in economically depressed areas and most recently ran a no-frills clinic in Pinehurst, a small town about 6 miles west of Kellogg.

At some point, authorities say, another Beier developed — one who spent his nights as a regular at Stateline Showgirls in Post Falls, where a dancer says he was known among employees as “Dr. Psycho,” flush with cash and pills to push.

He started dating a dancer in her 20s named Destiney Blaski, and through her, the doctor “ended up being introduced to a number of people he probably wishes he never met, because he felt sorry for them, badly for them,” Beier’s attorney would later say.

In the end, it would all fall apart. And Beier, facing decades in prison, would go on the run, fleeing from his house in Kingston, Idaho, in a Dodge pickup mere moments ahead of the feds.

Beier, it turned out, wasn’t ready to give up.

COULDN’T HURT A FLY

Rafael Beier was born in East Berlin, Germany, in 1953. His second wife, Yanhua Gao, says that when Beier’s parents split up, he spent some time in an orphanage before his mother married an American soldier and relocated to the U.S. when he was 6.

“People laughed at him because he didn’t speak English,” she says of Beier. After growing up in Kansas and Colorado, she says he attended the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, where he graduated in 1991 with a doctorate of osteopathic medicine, a degree that meant he could practice various aspects of medicine, from writing prescriptions to performing surgery.

He completed his residency at the University of Kansas and took

a job in 1996 with the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, a quasi-military federal agency that provides health services to disadvantaged communities. In that role, Gao says, he worked in Lapwai, a small town in central Idaho where the Nez Perce tribal government is located.

According to a 2004 Lewiston Morning Tribune article, Beier called the job a “dream come true,” saying he enjoyed working with the tribal members. He wore his hair long and

As a doctor, Rafael Beier preferred to work in economically depressed areas and, his family says, he was concerned with the less fortunate — to a fault. resisted wearing the corps’ uniforms. The article states that although he was a good doctor, a report from the agency concluded that his “anti-authority” views made him “not suited” for the position.

Beier lost the job in 1997 after a confrontation with police outside of a Mormon church in Lewiston. According to court documents, his marriage at the time to Susan Beier was crumbling, and he started seeing Yanhua Gao, with whom he had a child.

Susan Beier (who declined to comment) got a restraining order against her estranged husband after she alleged that he became aggressive at her home, court records show. Rafael Beier had been excommunicated from the Mormon church in Lewiston, but attended a service with his infant son in hopes of becoming a member again. Susan Beier was in attendance, and the police were called.

When officers arrived, Beier insisted that the restraining order didn’t apply at church. After a confrontation, Beier was taken to the ground, pepper sprayed, handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police cruiser.

“I started yelling for help, they’re killing me,” recalled ...continued on next page

A reproduction of one of the prescriptions that investigators filed as evidence against Beier.

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After being raided by federal agents, Rafael Beier’s clinic in Pinehurst was shuttered. The interior of the building is now empty and a note is posted on the door directing patients to other doctors.

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Beier in an account in the Lewiston Morning Tribune. He kicked out the window, claiming he couldn’t breathe.

In 1999, he sued the city of Lewiston. He was offered a settlement, but took his case to trial. Although he won, he was awarded only $1.

“He always said, ‘I know that the government will always win and I can’t trust the government,’” says his 18-year-old daughter, Rachel Beier.

He later worked as a physician on poverty-stricken Indian reservations near the Grand Canyon in Arizona, where Gao says he’d sometimes ride into the canyon on horseback to rescue hikers.

Rachel Beier says that her father always had an affinity for Native Americans and developed deep connections with the Nez Perce Tribe, members of which invited him to tribal events and gave her the nickname “Lulu.”

He displayed portraits of Sitting Bull and Chief Joseph in his office. She also says he displayed a quote from

Chief Joseph’s surrender speech: “From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.” Her father, she says, always felt that Native American tribes were treated unfairly by the U.S. government.

Both Gao and Rachel Beier say that he was always concerned about the less fortunate — to a fault. Rachel Beier says her father was soft-spoken, patient and never abusive. She recalls how he would stop for stray dogs and see if they had tags, and he’d dig into his pocket for change for homeless people and pick up hitchhikers — even if it made his family uncomfortable.

“I don’t think my dad could hurt a fly,” says Rachel Beier.

Before his legal problems, he operated a clinic in Pinehurst in the economically depressed Silver Valley.

In court it was described as a “blue-collar” and “rural” practice, where his small staff kept records by hand. Gao says they took Medicaid and Medicare clients and cut

“All I’m gonna say is he helped me when I was homeless [and] provided food for me.”

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breaks for clients who had trouble paying. She says Beier met patients after hours and even made house calls to bedridden people.

“All I’m gonna say is he helped me when I was homeless [and] provided food for me,” says Jesse Thompson, who lives in Wallace, of Beier. Thompson adds that when his 2-year-old son was sick, Beier came to his house and took him to the emergency room and stayed with him until his fever was down. “I have nothing but respect for him,” says Thompson.

But Gao says that his generosity got him involved with the wrong people.

“They used his goodness and took advantage of him,” she says.

‘YOU CAN TRUST ME, SWEETIE’

Rachel Beier says that around 2010, her parents started having bad fights. He told her he felt alone. Around 2012, she says she saw a change in her dad. He started hanging out with “sketchy people,” she says. She remembers him staying up late, listening to pop music, wearing cologne and jewelry and buying expensive, brand-name clothes from Buckle.

She remembers her father spending more time with Destiney Blaski, who did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Rachel Beier says her father even paid for her to accompany them on a trip to Hawaii, one of his favorite vacation destinations. During the trip, Rachel Beier describes Blaski as being cold to her father.

Blaski, who was in a troubled marriage that would end in divorce, became romantically involved with Beier, and the two referred to each other as their respective “fiancé.” During the trial, prosecutors stated that while Beier was living in the furnace room at his house, he signed a lease on a condo for Blaski, provided her money, paid for breast augmentation and put her on the registration for a Hummer. According to the prosecution, Beier was using his prescription pad to help pay for it all.

During opening arguments at Beier’s federal trial in Coeur d’Alene, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Mitchell told the jury that doctors “are entrusted with the key that opens the door to medicine cabinets of controlled substances.” These substances, he said, can be sold for cash on the streets.

“Dr. Beier misused his key and opened the medicine cabinet to highly addictive prescription drugs, releasing them into this community,” he stated.

According to court documents, as early as 2011, Beier started writing fake prescriptions for drugs like Adderall, a stimulant that’s used to treat ADHD, as well as hydrocodone and oxycodone, opioid painkillers that

Rafael Beier, a rural physician and father of nine, reclines in a chair during happier times. millions of people across the country have become addicted to.

Traci Whelan, an assistant U.S. attorney, tells the Inlander that when federal agents raided the clinic in Pinehurst, they found drawers full of thin patient files.

The files, says Whelan, contained no patient background, no X-rays, no doctor’s notes. Instead, she says, they contained basic or incorrect information about patients, some of whom she says never stepped foot in the clinic. The files, says Whelan, claimed that nearly every patient had suffered an ATV or snowboarding accident, and Beier had prescribed them narcotics.

Amidst the country’s opioid epidemic, “pill mills,” run by doctors who overprescribe addictive painkillers, have come under scrutiny.

“This was different,” FBI special agent Edward Jacobson tells the Inlander. “In this case he was exchanging prescriptions for cash in a parking lot.”

Despite Beier’s generosity to Blaski, prosecutors described her as “not overly kind to him.” There were times when Beier was not overly kind, either. Several police reports describe incidents of Beier angrily confronting Blaski over her other romantic partners.

In June of 2012, Beier pulled up in a white Cadillac Escalade in Coeur d’Alene at a place where Blaski and her boyfriend were located, according to a police report.

Beier stormed out of his car and struck the man, who fought back and knocked Beier to the ground. The police were called, and Blaski told an officer what was going on.

“She was recently fired from her job as a dancer at Stateline Showgirls,” reads the report. “For the last 4 years she has known Dr. Beier as a frequent customer.

She has been leading him on for the past few months to increase her revenue. She explained she would let him take her on dinner dates, but would not have sexual relations with him. … After she got fired, he allegedly

started to offer to write prescriptions to other dancers for information on Destiney and her family.”

Although Blaski wanted to file stalking charges against Beier, she didn’t follow through, and the two would keep in contact, records show. He continued to frequent Stateline Showgirls, where employees at the club used words such as “weird” and “rude” to describe Beier, who seemed intensely focused on particular girls at the club. Some took to calling him “Dr. Psycho,” one employee says.

Beier would sell prescriptions of Adderall for up to $300, according to Whelan and Jacobson. But the real money, they say, was in painkillers. Beier, they say, would sell prescriptions of 90 pills of oxycodone for $800 to dancers at Stateline Showgirls, who would be flush with cash after selling them for $20 to $40 each on the black market. According to the feds, Beier sold pills in parking lots, private homes, hotel rooms and at the strip club.

Beier communicated with the girls with “burner phones,” prepaid cellphones used by drug dealers because their numbers are hard to trace.

According to prosecutors, he commonly referred to the strippers as “Sweetie.” “It is okay, sweetie.” “You can trust me, sweetie.” “Sweetie, you just don’t understand.”

They would text back with messages like “Let me keep putting 800 in your pocket” or “I can flip it and have more money for you by tonight.”

COMING AND GOING

Amy Tosh, a Wallace resident, says that the influx of prescription pills had a severe impact on the Silver Valley.

She says that Beier developed a reputation as a doctor who wrote unscrupulous prescriptions. Tosh says she watched one of her oldest friends completely change after becoming addicted to prescription pills.

“She was, in my opinion, in pharmaceutical-induced mania,” Tosh says. “She was nuts.”

Tosh says she heard people brag about their endless supply of meds, and she’s seen more crime that she suspects is related to addiction to prescription pills.

Before 2012, Beier’s only contact with law enforcement in Kootenai County was for traffic infractions. But now Beier’s name was appearing in reports from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department (which wouldn’t comment for this story) in connection to prescription pills or altercations with Blaski.

When Eric Blaski, Destiney Blaski’s husband at the time, was pulled over, he told an officer that Beier was his doctor and had prescribed him some “hydros” that he had taken that day. ...continued on next page

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Residents of the Silver Valley had heard rumors surrounding Rafael Beier. In May, the rumors came to life when federal agents surrounded his home in the unincorporated community of Kingston.

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Later that fall, a concerned Walgreens pharmacist in Coeur d’Alene called the police after a man wearing a white do-rag tried to fill a Oxycontin prescription for someone who was in jail. The pharmacist told the responding officer that the prescription had been written

by Rafael Beier. “[He] has seen a lot of scripts come from this doctor with a lot of strange situations, different people picking up the scripts and large amounts of medications are prescribed every time,” reads the police report from the

incident. The report also states that police interviewed Fawnie Bracamonte, a former Stateline Showgirls dancer, who admitted she purchased the prescription that had caught the pharmacist’s attention from Beier for $700.

Throughout 2011 and into 2013, Destiney Blaski kept getting busted for drug possession, with police finding prescription pills listing Beier as the prescribing doctor. She also reconnected with Beier, who continued to let her use his black Chevy Avalanche truck.

Then two incidents caught the attention of the feds.

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In December of 2012, Coeur d’Alene police received a call from the staff at the LaQuinta Inn about a white Hummer registered to Beier and Blaski.

“The clerk said the Hummer had been coming and going for short intervals at all hours of the day and night for several days,” reads the police report.

When police knocked on the door, they heard a toilet flush. Inside was Bracamonte, along with Beier and Blaski. Police searched the room and found “sooty smudges on the toilet lid” in the bathroom. In the garbage, they

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found a blue plastic tube from a ballpoint pen that had been slightly melted on each end and had a burnt residue inside — a device, the report states, that’s used to inhale vapors from ignited pills. Police used pliers to pry open a can of Mike’s Hard Lemonade, where they found a metal pipe. They also found bottles of pills, with the prescriptions written by Beier.

Bracamonte spilled her guts, according to the report.

She admitted crushing and smoking the pills.

“Dr. Beier will write any of the dancers a prescription for any drugs they want, whenever they want,” she said.

That night, only Bracamonte was arrested. But that would change.

‘PSYCHO ENOUGH’

On a warm summer night in July 2013, the relationship between Rafael Beier and Destiney Blaski collapsed for good and would give the feds enough room to finally move.

Chelsea Piper recalls it was the type of summer night when you leave your windows open. At the time, she was living in an apartment complex in north Coeur d’Alene.

She never met Blaski, but says Blaski and her friends were “super flashy,” drove newer cars and were the talk of the complex’s other residents.

That particular night she heard angry yelling from Blaski’s apartment.

“He sounded like a grizzly bear,” recalls Piper.

Beier drove up to the apartment complex and loaded eight rounds into a Desert Eagle .44 Magnum, according to a police report. He popped one into the chamber and barged into Blaski’s apartment. The report states she was there watching TV with another man. Blaski said that Beier pointed the gun at him (which Beier denied doing), according to the report.

When police arrived, Blaski admitted that she “used to sell pills for Rafael,” who she said was “psycho enough” to shoot her.

Beier was arrested, and the officer found Staxyn, a prescription pill for erectile dysfunction, and two cellphones, one of which appeared to be a burner. The officer searched Beier’s iPhone and found texts regarding a drug deal.

Beier was initially charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, which was dropped after Blaski refused to cooperate. After the incident, according to court records, Blaski and her attorney met with investigators and provided an account of how Beier sold drugs.

Around the same time, Beier appeared to have misgivings about his second life.

Rachel Beier says her father became more religious, reading the Bible and going to church. But strippers

showed up at his clinic in Pinehurst, court records indicate. The clinic also was broken into and prescription pads were stolen. In December 2013, Beier contacted Coeur d’Alene police to report that Blaski was “still involved with drugs” and she had taken his truck without his permission.

“[If] they got caught with their finger in the pie, they’d be able to pull out a plum and say, ‘Hey, I got this plum from Dr. Beier, and he gave it to me. It wasn’t me that was doing any of this dishonest work on the side,’” Seibe argued in court, saying the government’s case was based on “snitches.”

“I am going to cut you off. I am concerned about you having a problem. I’m not going to give you any more prescriptions.”

He also became less willing to give out prescriptions.

“I am going to cut you off,” records show he told Bracamonte. “I am concerned about you having a problem.

I’m not going to give you any more prescriptions.”

Bracamonte, who was sentenced in 2015 for selling pills, responded by threatening to blackmail him, records state. She would later serve as a government witness in Beier’s trial.

THE SETUP

The last prescription Beier ever sold was in a bathroom stall in Coeur d’Alene in 2014. He knew the feds were onto him when they sent a confidential informant to buy drugs.

“They’re about to indict me,” he whispered to the informant. “I don’t need to give them any more ammo.”

“I never should have done this in the first place,” he added. The informant told him she needed money and it would be the last time.

Beier, suspicious, demanded that the informant strip in the bathroom at an Albertson’s before selling her a prescription, written for an elderly Spokane Valley woman, for 90 pills of oxycodone. However, he didn’t notice the wire the informant hid in her bra.

After selling the prescription for $1,000, Beier was pulled over in his Chevy Avalanche. Police found the cash and prescription pad and arrested him for selling a controlled substance.

UNDER THE COVERS

Beier didn’t give up easy. He rejected a plea offer, instead opting for a jury trial.

In court, his defense lawyer, James Siebe, argued that Beier was set up by young women who took advantage of him and sold him out when they were facing serious drug charges.

Beier had been released on his own recognizance during the trial, and on May 17 of this year — the day a jury was to decide his fate — he skipped town. Nevertheless, as federal agents began a manhunt, the jury found Beier guilty of conspiracy to dispense a controlled substance, 66 counts of distribution of a controlled substance and four counts of distribution of a controlled substance to a person under 21. (Destiney Blaski, meanwhile, underwent drug treatment and has been on probation since January of 2015.)

After her father went on the run, Rachel Beier says his family worried that he’d be killed. She says that the 62-year-old fell sick while hiding in the woods. When he came home, she says, he left camouflage fatigues stained with diarrhea on the porch.

When federal agents returned to his property on May 23, Beier was buried under a pile of blankets in a motor home parked in the barn behind his house. Agents searched the barn, leaving only the motor home, doors unlocked. Jacobson, the FBI agent, received no response from Beier after he yelled into the barn.

But after Jacobson announced he would send a German Shepherd after him, Beier emerged from the motor home, his hair frazzled, a light beard growing on his face, refusing to talk on the way to Bonner County Jail.

Sentencing originally was scheduled for later this month, but Beier’s lawyer successfully argued to push it to January, so Beier could undergo an evaluation of his “mental condition,” which will be taken into account.

The government recently received an order to seize at least $732,800 of his assets, proceeds from selling drugs, and Beier, who is still in the Bonner County Jail, could face 20 years in prison.

While his family is hoping for a lighter sentence, they are left with one small comfort at the end of it all.

“At least we know he won’t wind up dead,” says Rachel Beier. “He’s still alive.” n jaket@inlander.com

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H

e loves shooting aliens and watching their bodies explode.

“Don’t come to our planet, assholes!” Nick Cavasier yells at the Area 51 arcade game, pointing his orange plastic gun at his onscreen enemies.

Arcade games bring Cavasier back to a simpler time; back when he and his six brothers would play at a pizza joint late into the evening. This alien game was a particular favorite, where two people could play against the world. It was a way to get out their aggression.

Now with the help of the newly opened Gamers Arcade Bar, Cavasier and others can get back to working toward those high game scores, but this time with a can of beer or gourmet hot dog in hand and no kids to contend with. While independent arcade bars have started popping up around the country over the past decade, this is the first of its kind in Spokane.

Today, just before the bar’s grand opening next to the Spokane Comedy Club and the new Pinot’s Palette spot on Sprague, Cavasier, a 25-year-old local comedian, shows off some of his favorite games. He prefers the Wolverine avatar on X-Men: Children of the Atom and explains that the fighting game Tekken 2 is notable for its

3-D views. When “game over” flashes across the screen, he says it brings back fond memories.

“I’m not that great at any of these games,” Cavasier says. “The reality is, with the majority of these you’re going to lose. But it’s about how far you can go next time you play. That’s why you come back.”

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o keep the party going opening weekend, coowner Adam Norwest has spent the whole week rounding up quarters.

“There are no quarters left at any of the banks in Spokane,” says Norwest, showing off a 25-pound box of quarters totaling $500. “I’ve wiped them out.”

These will help patrons play of any one of the bar’s 22 games — everything from Ms. Pac-Man and Centipede to a boxing game and Star Wars pinball — at 25 to 50 cents per try. Norwest says he fell in love with the arcade bar concept as a frequent flyer at Dorky’s Bar Arcade in Tacoma, near his family’s Tacoma Comedy Club. The plan was to wait a year, after the Spokane Comedy Club opened in March, to try their hand at the bar business.

But success came early.

“Spokane has been so good to us,” he says.

When the 1,000-square foot space came open three months ago, they jumped at the chance, renovating the spot and adding a Donkey Kong-themed mural.

Norwest says that nostalgia for 1980s and ’90s games is definitely a factor in the popularity of these types of establishments; it’s yet another way for Millennials and Gen X-ers to commune while having what Norwest calls easy, mindless fun. Soon, he plans to host air hockey tournaments and more.

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ew arcade games and pinball machines are still made in America — think Big Buck Hunter II and Golden Tee Golf — but few people know how to repair them. That’s where Shawn McKay, who’s been working with arcade games for 50 years and owns Bullseye Amusements, offers his services. His shop outfitted the entirety of Gamers Arcade Bar, along with renting to many bars, bowling alleys and arcade stops throughout the Inland Northwest.

Starting out, Norwest came to McKay with an wish list of old and new arcade games, most of which McKay had on hand in his massive Spokane warehouse. What ...continued on next page

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Gamers features a mix of old-school games, as well as a full bar, and has so far been well received.

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“AIM HIGH,” CONTINUED... he didn’t have, he looked for on Craigslist and eBay. “All over I’m getting calls for retro machines,” says McKay. “Luckily, I didn’t junk ’em back when everyone was doing that, and decided to save them. I’m kind of a game nut.”

With the rise of the home gaming console and internet, paired with the decline of American malls, many arcade centers were forced to close in the past two decades. McKay says that this bar arcade idea is still a niche operation.

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“I think it’s not that big of a trend,” McKay explains.

“There’s only a couple arcade bars in Seattle and other big cities. It’s not a giant thing. It’s not like Golden Tee Golf that everyone wants in a bar. Not everyone wants a retro Pac-Man.” But along with the recent opening of Jedi Alliance, an all-ages local game room, there’s currently a local interest in keeping arcade games alive.

Cavasier says he can’t wait for more folks to be exposed to these games, especially those who thought they

were only for nerds. He suggests that newbies should try out all of the games, as you never know what you’ll excel at.

Continuing his session, he sits down at the Cruis’n World car racing game and has a bit of trouble keeping up. “Apparently this game follows the laws of gravity,” Cavasier says, steering wildly. “I don’t like it.” n Gamers Arcade Bar • 321 W. Sprague • Facebook.com/gamersarcadebar • 381-5131

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You can see photos of Expo ‘74 , among many other historical images, on a new interactive site.

W

e wrote a few weeks ago about an archaeological dig taking place in downtown Spokane’s Riverfront Park as extensive improvements and additions to the 100-acre focal point of our city began. Ashley Morton, one of the archaeologists on site, mentioned that the study would culminate in a report not just on their findings; it also would include a comprehensive history of the park, dating back to the days when it was a gathering place for Native Americans.

Now, the Spokane City/County Historic Preservation Office has used that report — all 200-plus pages of it — to create an interactive website that takes you through the history of Riverfront Park.

The office’s Megan Duvall, Yvonne LaCoursiere and Emily Vance all worked on this project, which includes everything from a wealth of photos to census information dating back to 1900.

Anyone with even a slight history inclination should be warned: This site (historicspokane.org/riverfront-park-history)

could result in an hour spent diving down a wormhole that will leave you with not just a better understanding of the park, but the city’s growth as a whole. The features about Expo ’74 alone are requisite reading as the city heads into its current stage of construction.

Perhaps the site’s crowning achievement is an interactive map with pins placed throughout the park. You click on a pin — each of them colored to represent a different time period — and you’re treated to historical information and, in most cases, a photo of what once stood at that part of the park. You may be surprised to know that even Canada Island, the free-standing island in the middle of the Spokane River, was once home to a dry cleaning operation and a Washington Water Power station.

Load it up on your mobile device and then head to the park.

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TV His subject is love. Love of life and self and others. But often Australian director Baz Luhrmann, who co-created the Netflix original series THE GET DOWN with Pulitzer-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, doesn’t give us happy endings and easy answers. Like some of his previous films — the beautifully made Romeo + Juliet, The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge! — The Get Down focuses on the attempt to find happiness against all odds. In this case, that means a fictionalized tale of the origins of hip-hop music in the Bronx in the late 1970s, mixed in with a West Side Story-style love story. All of the relatively unknown young actors are great here, and Luhrmann’s quick editing style is at its best for these first six episodes.

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A new fine arts gallery in the Garland Business District brings local art to the forefront of the community

BY CHEY SCOTT

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hen the Garland District’s longtime fine arts space the Tinman Gallery closed two years ago due to its owner’s retirement, neighbors wondered when or if something else would come along to fill the role of a designated arts gallery.

Earlier this year, someone did, as Spokane transplant and artist Kay West debuted the cozy Little Dog Art Gallery in a narrow retail space sandwiched between the Rocket Bakery and Groove Merchants record shop.

“It seemed like the arts scene needed more legitimate galleries, and I figured I was just going to open one,” West reflects from the tiny, 300-square-foot space. All available wall space around her is filled with dozens of original pieces in every color and style imaginable.

Opening in May, Little Dog has since hosted several monthly, themed art shows featuring the work of dozens of artists from across the region who work in all art disciplines.

The current show running through August, “Exquisite Woman,” displays pieces celebrating the female subject, by a collection of mostly women artists. The show’s name comes from the Edgar Allan Poe quote: “There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in proportion.” Participating artists include Katie Mandley, Kim Long, Linnea Tobias, Christina Rothe and Elsie Stewart.

West relocated to Spokane from Southern California five years ago and jumped right into the local arts scene. She’s shown her work — mostly photography — at various venues around town that weren’t designated art galleries, which partly spurred her to launch Little Dog. “There was a real need for a gallery where artists could display their work and bring their clientele to discuss it,” she says.

West brings gallery experience with her, having managed an artist co-op back in California.

Here, her sister, Melba Slater, is partnering with West to run the gallery, but she oversees all its operations. By design, she doesn’t plan to display much, if any, of her own work at Little Dog. “I want it to get on a solid footing as a fine

arts gallery, not my gallery, and known as a place where people who live here or visitors could come and see quality artwork,” she explains.

Over the past five years since moving to Spokane, West says she’s observed some noticeable changes in people’s mindsets when it comes to supporting the arts; another reason she felt driven to open the gallery.

“More people are coming here from Seattle, Portland and outside the area, and I think they’re bringing with them expectations for the area and arts in all its forms. I think there is a need to meet that expectation,” she says.

Over that same period, West says she’s also been impressed by how the local arts community has united to help establish and define Spokane’s arts identity, and make it a place where professional artists can succeed in their creative endeavors.

At the same time, West sees lots of ground to be made up when it comes to community arts education. She hopes that with Little Dog she can help contribute to that.

“Obviously a gallery has to sell pieces to keep their doors open, however, I think that of equal importance is community education, and that families can come in here with their children and look at art and have a positive gallery experience,” she says.

Coming up at Little Dog, West plans to host more “Second Saturday” show reception events since the gallery is not in the downtown core, where First Friday’s arts event is focused.

For September’s show, “Earth + Above,” the art theme reflects the interactions of landmasses with the sky. Later this fall, October’s guest-curated show follows the theme “Origins of Fear.”

“The community of Spokane as whole seems to embrace the space and the artists have great followings, so [supporters] then follow the artists to the gallery, and it’s just been incredible,” West reflects. n Little Dog Art Gallery • 903½ W. Garland • Open Tue-Sat, from 11 am-5 pm • facebook. com/littledogartgallery • 315-7900

Max Manjit Mohan teaches Indian cooking in Moscow, hoping to “demystify” the cuisine. TARYN PHANEUF PHOTO

Certain Spice Cooking Indian food isn’t as tricky as you’d think — just ask Max Manjit Mohan

BY TARYN PHANEUF

M

ax Manjit Mohan lifts the lids of three canisters, letting the fragrance of cumin, pepper, cardamom and other spices escape into the room. He unloads smaller canisters and jars filled with whole and ground spices in vibrant orange, yellow and brown shades.

He has two rules at his first Indian cuisine cooking class: First, let’s agree that we’re not cooking curry.

Curry is just one of an astounding number of traditional Indian dishes, he says. Don’t diminish the variety by calling everything curry.

Second, never “sprinkle” spices.

“You don’t sprinkle spices into food and hope Indian food comes out great,” he says.

Mohan immigrated to the U.S. in his early 20s. It was the 1970s in New York, and he could eat his fill of Western-style cooking. But soon his palate

grew homesick.

“When I was in India, growing up in India, I started to switch to more European- and American-style cooking and didn’t want anything to do with Indian cooking,” Mohan says. “But now I’ve come full circle, and I crave Indian cooking.”

Part of coming full circle now includes introducing more people in his adopted country to the wonders of Indian cooking. Now 70, Mohan lives near Moscow, Idaho.

After decades of cooking for himself, he’s grown more attached to his native cuisine — its flavor, its de-emphasis of meat, its natural medicinal qualities. And he thinks it’s time that more people understood how to combine Indian spices with the variety of beans, lentils and vegetables that grow on the Palouse. But the techniques and recipes can be intimidating, especially in a place without an abundance of Indian restaurants. We live in an Indian

food desert, he says.

He started Tilli’s Kitchen, named after his mother, with the goal of teaching gourmet Indian cooking. He’s partnered with the Moscow Food Co-op to offer monthly classes, where he talks about the culture and history that influences Indian cooking while preparing his mother’s recipes.

“The goal is to demystify Indian food,” Mohan says.

While the co-op offers wellness and gardening classes regularly, it hadn’t hosted a cooking class in several years.

Misty Amarena, the co-op’s education and community outreach coordinator, researched successful programs at other food co-ops, hoping to find the right formula. She’d like to offer gourmet and budget cooking classes. First, Mohan’s class needs to gain traction.

She depends on cooking instructors to set prices and participation limits and plan classes. Mohan wanted at least 10 people to join each month, but after too few signed up for a class in June, he dropped it down to a five-person minimum.

“He wanted to get one under our belt,” Amarena says.

In his first class, Mohan starts with the basics: Philosophically and practically, Indian cooking is distinct but not narrow. Take a common ingredient — a blend of roasted spices called garam masala — for example.

There’s more than one way to make garam masala, ...continued on next page

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Max Manjit Mohan’s family originally comes from Sindh Province in northern India. TARYN PHANEUF PHOTO

“CERTAIN SPICE,” CONTINUED... he says. The flavor differs between families, between regions. It adapts easily to personal preferences, because cooks can vary the balance of hot and sweet spices to get it just right. But inherited recipes also are influenced by the country’s history. It’s been home to Middle Eastern and European empires, one after another.

Under British control, Indian people were sent to other THE GREAT TAAJ places as indentured laborINDIAN CUISINE ers. They may have brought 128 W. Third | 228-3065 spices with them at first, but Located on the east end of when they ran out, they had to downtown Spokane, Taaj has improvise with what their new a full menu, but also a popular homes had to offer. During lunch buffet. class, Mohan continues this tradition of adapting recipes TOP OF INDIA to include more accessible 11114 E. Sprague | 927-0500 ingredients.

This Spokane Valley gem offers Mohan’s family originally an authentic Indian menu in a comes from Sindh Province — a quiet, welcoming environment part of northern India now ocideal for enjoying kormas (try cupied by Pakistan. His mother the mushroom), paneers and cooked Punjabi and Mughlai pakoras. cuisine, including a rich blend of Indian spices, butter (or TASTE OF INDIA ghee) and meat. It includes 3110 N. Division | 327-7313 dishes like chola masala — garYou can do the buffet, order out banzo beans in a spicy tomato or enjoy the spacious dining gravy served on flatbread. The room of this Garland-area spot beans grown widely in this on Division. region were first introduced to Indian food by Afghans. They also introduced naan, a type of flatbread, which serves as an Afghan version of a pizza crust.

“There’s a lot of influence,” Mohan says. “The Indians just absorb all of this.” n

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he Well is a passion project. That much is apparent even if one hasn’t talked to its owner, Natalie Gauvin. The unassuming cafe, a hybrid coffee shop/bar/teahouse/eatery, lies just off Country Vista Drive in Liberty Lake, and is the manifestation of a 20-year-long dream on the part of Gauvin, largely inspired by her time spent in comfortable European pubs.

The ambitious owner has decorated the place on a shoestring budget with an eclectic collection of items that has taken her two years to accrue from various sources, an endeavor fueled by Gauvin’s dedication to sustainability and environmental consciousness, as well as her artistic tendencies. A pair of player-piano scrolls adorn one wall, a thrift shop treasure; another wall hosts a display of leafy plants housed in stained beer buckets attached via wall hooks; a keyboard sits next to one window because Gauvin wanted a place for her son to play. She welcomes its use by any guests; the same holds true for her guitar.

But appearances aren’t everything, and Gauvin knows that. The small bar area boasts a collection of craft beers on tap. Lettuce wraps of Gauvin’s own making (the one we tried was delicious and included berries, nuts and veggies with sweetness and spice), as well as healthy snack and dessert options, are also available to munch on. Gauvin went the distance to acquire a supply of British Fortnum & Mason tea, an elusive commodity in the States, to accompany the local tea options.

As far as the coffee goes, the owner has done her research. After recently discovering the won-

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PRESENTING SPONSOR Natalie Gauvin opened the Well earlier this summer. SARAH PHILP PHOTO ders of espresso, Gauvin was sure to taste every roast she could find before settling on Indaba as the best and most flavorful of the bunch. Gauvin hopes to open The Well’s drive-thru early on chilly winter mornings to serve up delectable sources of warmth.

My cubano latte ($4.50) was flavored tastefully with cinnamon and sweetened slightly by sugar. The house-prepared parfait ($3) with Greek yogurt, granola and blueberries is simple and tasty.

In case the wealth of alluring edible options aren’t enough, nutrition classes and live performances by local musicians are also en route to The Well, the latter aimed for Thursday and Friday nights.

The Well’s long list of neat ideas may sound unfocused, but its owner’s vision seems crystal clear, and her considerable resolve is apparent.

“I put my heart and soul into it,” Gauvin says.  The Well Coffeehouse Pub & Eatery • Open Mon-Wed, from 8 am-6 pm; Thu-Fri, from 8 am-9 pm; Sat-Sun, from 9 am-5 pm • 21980 E. Country Vista Dr., Liberty Lake • facebook. com/libertylakecoffee • 474-1187

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wonders “how’d they do that?” will never shut up: the all-purpose answer of our time — “computers” — simply doesn’t apply. As Laika reminds you in an inter-credit sequence, these characters physically exist in our world and are manipulated dozens of times per second by real human hands, and that gives them a deeper resonance than computer animation; it’s the difference between the richness of piano versus a more-or-less similar-sounding synthesizer. You can recognize the humanity. And Kubo is the rare case where springing for the 3-D is absolutely Parkinson) who, befriended by a pragmatic monkey worth it: the way Laika plays with the depth of field in (Charlize Theron) and a giant beetle samurai (Matthew 3-D creates the sense of watching a puppet show in the McConaughey), must overcome the evil influences of his world’s largest shoebox theater. grandfather (Ralph Fiennes) and his creepy aunts (both So I cannot say emphatically enough that this is the played by Rooney Mara). It’s a Joseph Campbell-style most visually stunning Laika film yet, which is really hero quest narrative — a commonplace formulation for saying something. But I also must mention that this is most animation studios, but a new twist for possibly my least favorite Laika film, storyLaika. wise. Kubo’s journey feels insular, and a little KUBO AND Young Kubo starts the film with the too much of the running time is dedicated to THE TWO STRINGS power to animate origami through the explanation over action. The interpersonal Rated PG music of his shamisen — a traditional threedrama is good, but there are too few characDirected by Travis Knight stringed instrument — which he uses to tell ters that matter. And the whitewashing of the Starring the voices of stories about his long-since-passed father. main voice performers, while terrific AsianCharlize Theron, Art The little paper-craft-warrior fighting snakes American actors like George Takei and CaryParkinson, Ralph Fiennes and sharks make for a nice miniaturized riff Hiroyuki Tagawa are relegated to third-tier on the experience of watching an animated cast, is unforgivable in 2016. film, echoing Kubo’s meta story-about-stoBut would I watch Kubo and the Two Strings again? Abries-in-a-story structure. But soon enough Kubo is out on solutely. I’d watch it a dozen times before watching Findhis quest, traveling through an eerily empty fantasyland ing Dory. Laika hasn’t created an out-and-out masterpiece of giant statues and frightening skeleton creatures and yet, but every single one of their movies is alive with the beautiful ships made from autumn leaves. beating of a human heart that cannot be ignored. Kubo is Throughout Kubo, the little part of your brain that overflowing with that ingenious, beautiful humanity. n

Kubo and the Two Strings is a gorgeous, if conventional, epic journey

BY PAUL CONSTANT

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ixar is widely regarded as the gold standard of animation in the 21st century. That makes sense: the studio has reeled off a series of masterpieces over the past decade or so (WALL·E, Up, Inside Out). But they’ve also made a lot of forgettable movies (The Good Dinosaur, Brave) and quite a few by-committee sequels that veer into dreck (Monsters University, the Cars movies.)

Compare Pixar’s record with that of Oregon-based stop-motion animation studio Laika. Every one of Laika’s four productions are exquisitely handmade, undeniably gorgeous, and — perhaps most miraculous of all — they’re actually more enjoyable in 3-D than their 2-D counterparts. My favorite Laika film is their debut adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s creepy kids’ tale Coraline, but some prefer the horror-cinema-infused Paranorman, while others appreciate the slightly more family-friendly comedy of The Boxtrolls. They may not all be masterpieces, but each and every one is art.

Now the fourth Laika joint is here. Kubo and the Two Strings is perhaps the most traditional animated film framework we’ve seen from the studio: it’s an epic story of a young storyteller in ancient Japan named Kubo (Art

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HELL OR HIGH WATER

In this quasi-Western heist film, Chris Pine dons something close to a handlebar mustache to play Toby Howard, a righteous criminal who teams with his brother Tanner (Ben Foster) to rob branches of a bank that’s foreclosing on their family’s land. The duo are pursued by aging Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton, played by the legendary Jeff Bridges, as their pursuits build towards a climactic final robbery. (IH) Rated R

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In this historical thriller, a pair of Czechoslovakian soldiers played by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan are tasked with infiltrating their home country, which has been occupied by Nazi forces, in December of 1941. Their mission, code-named Operation Anthropoid, is to eliminate Reinhard Heydrich, Hitler’s overseer of the Nazis in Czechoslovakia. (IH) Rated R

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Stephen Frears, who oversaw Helen Mirren in the acclaimed The Queen in 2006 and Judi Dench in Oscar-nominated Philomena in 2013, continues his streak of directing talented, older actresses in leading roles with this biopic, a dramedy centering on a larger-than-life personality. Meryl Streep takes center stage as the titular New York heiress who aspires for a career in opera, with the only barrier to entry being her abominable singing voice.

Hugh Grant co-stars. (IH) Rated PG-13

FREE STATE OF JONES

Here, we see the story of poor Mississippi farmer Newton Knight (a controversial historical figure played by Matthew McConaughey) who led a group of rebels made up of farmers and slaves against the Confederate army — which led to his home of Jones County seceding from the Confederacy and becoming the Free State of Jones. (LJ) Rated R

GLEASON

This documentary will likely make you cry.

Here, we have a film that follows Spokane native turned NFL star and hero of New Orleans, Steve Gleason, as he battles ALS. The linearly constructed film shows the disease ripping away Gleason’s physical abilities one by one, while also demonstrating the strain on his marriage and family. But there’s plenty of inspiration to be found, too. You’ll walk away wanting to be a better person. (MB) Rated R

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It’s been two decades since Independence Day was released, and with the Fourth of July approaching, it’s coming back. Director Roland Emmerich is bringing the aliens back to invade planet Earth and take out the human race in the long-awaited sequel that somehow doesn’t feature Will Smith. This time the human race unites to fight off the invasion with enhanced technologies they obtained after the earlier attack.

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BAD MOMS

Perhaps due to the overwhelming success of Dirty Grandpa comes this raunchy flick headlined by a smattering of big-name female stars: among them, Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate and Kristen Bell. As the title suggests, it’s one of those “let loose,” party-likewe’re-young-again movies, this one chronicling the shenanigans of a group of moms who set out on a rampage of cathartic indulgence and inappropriate behavior that, at least in theory, makes for hilarious results. (IH) Rated R

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JASON BOURNE

Matt Damon is back in the role of Jason Bourne after nine years away from the franchise. This installment touches on the privacy concerns that total surveillance raise via tech wunderkind Aaron Kalloor (Riz Ahmed), and it’s up to Bourne, yet again, to save the world.

(MJ) Rated PG-13

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no trouble deciding whether or not this crude animated laugh-fest chronicling the escapades of a bunch of talking food in a supermarket is up their alley. Don’t take the kids to this one. (IH) Rated R

NINE LIVES

The newest big-screen incarnation of the legendary jungle-dwelling, apebefriending hero is a new spin on the character. In the film, Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) returns to his home in Africa after years of living in London with his wife, Jane (Margot Robbie). (IH) Rated PG-13

Let’s start by saying that everything about this film — in which a workaholic dad played by Kevin Spacey gets trapped in the body of his daughter’s cat — is oozing with cheese and slapstick comedy (from a CGI cat, nonetheless). Spacey’s character Tom Brand is too busy building his business empire to pay attention to his wife and daughter, so quirky pet store owner (Christopher Walken) casts a spell on him with the requirement that he reconnect with his family, or be trapped in the cat’s body for the rest of his life. Antics ensue.

(CS) Rated PG

THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

If you think a documentary about a group led by a cellist named Yo-Yo Ma sounds dry and academic, forget it. The dramatic changes of scene and gorgeous cinematography is gripping throughout, and the passion coming through as the players discuss their lives and love of music is undeniable.

(DN) Rated PG-13

NERVE

Venus (Emma Robertson) and Ian (Dave Franco) take the risk to play an online video game of truth or dare, minus the truth. Once a dare is completed, the player is rewarded money. When the dare is not followed, the players find themselves faced with frightening consequences. Venus and Ian become prisoners of the game and realize the only way out is to win the lethal game.

(KH) Rated PG-13

PETE’S DRAGON

Park ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) discovers Pete (Oakes Fegley) living in the woods where he’s been alone for six years, after an outing with his parents ended in a car wreck that killed them. But then he reveals that he’s had the companionships of a big green dragon named Elliot. (MJ) Rated PG

SAUSAGE PARTY

Sausage Party stars an anthropomorphic hotdog and a bun — and it’s the brainchild of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who graced the world with This Is The End and The Night Before. From that description alone, most filmgoers should have

Created by the team behind the Despicable Me films, The Secret Life of Pets tells the story of a dog named Max (voiced by Louis C.K.) suddenly forced to welcome another pet to his apartment in the shaggy, sloppy Duke (Eric Stonestreet). Mayhem naturally ensues, and the two pups get lost in the city and have to find their way home with the help of a pack of Max’s friends. (DN) Rated PG

STAR TREK BEYOND

The Starship Enterprise has yet again set out to explore the furthest reaches of the universe, and all is well until the ship and crew are unexpectedly attacked by a flurry of enemies, sent by the malicious Krall (Idris Elba). The Enterprise crash lands on an unknown planet, leaving its surviving crew members, including Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), with little to defend themselves against Krall’s forces. (CS) Rated PG-13

SUICIDE SQUAD

The premise of Suicide Squad is kind of a nifty spin on the concept of antiheroes, building a team of incarcerated “meta-humans” who have to be threatened, blackmailed and cajoled by a shadowy government operative (Viola Davis) into forming a team of disposable villain/heroes for particularly dangerous missions. They include Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), the Joker (Jared Leto), Killer Croc (Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje) and El Diablo (Jay Hernandez).

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Jonah Hill and Miles Teller are armed and dangerous in the true story War Dogs

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ar Dogs was originally called Arms and the rah-rah triumph of the American dream of the Dudes, which makes it sound like a Diveroli’s entrepreneurism with the total lack stoner comedy about bumbling weapof conscience required for such success. The ons dealers from the guy who made the Hangover ostensible legality of Diveroli’s business doesn’t movies. And it’s not that at all. Oh, it’s directed even pretend to disguise the profound illegalities and co-written by Todd Phillips, who wrote two of much of what he does: one of the most enterand directed all three of the Hangover flicks, and taining/horrifying sequences in the film involves it is about young arms dealers who frequently these two guys literally running guns in a beat-up partake in illegal substances. But it’s a comedy truck across the most dangerous parts of the Iraqi only of the darkest, bleakest kind. desert, contravening who knows how many local, It’s cynical and satirical, but it’s only satire U.S., and international laws, in order to fulfill in the sense that the whole world has become a a U.S. Army contract to supply sidearms to the parody of itself, like how you often cannot tell Baghdad police department. these days whether a news headline is from the Much of the movie is like this: appalling New York Times or the Onion. (deliberately so) and amusing (also deliberately What happened is this: The “gold rush” of so, but with a caustic moue) in equal measure. the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for defense conDiveroli is clearly a sociopath, and Hill — in his tractors hit a roadblock when it was revealed that Moneyball, Wolf of Wall Street Oscar-nominatedcronies of Bush administration officials actor mode — is deeply creepy, all were being awarded sweet no-bid conWAR DOGS empty eyes and hollow chortle. tracts. To make the process more open, Rated R Teller often can be unpleasantly the U.S. government opened a public smug onscreen, but there’s none Directed by Todd Phillips website, an “eBay for military conof that here; oh, his Packouz is not Starring Jonah Hill, Miles tracts,” as it is snarkily called herein. a nice guy, but Teller manages to Teller, Bradley Cooper When 20-something David Packouz make us believe that the character (Miles Teller) runs into his old juniorgenuinely sees himself as a decent high-school friend in Miami in 2005, guy just trying to get by in the Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) is making a killing world. on small-potatoes contracts through this site, jobs The weakest part of the film is the apparently way too small for the mega-defense corps to pay purely fictional wife (Ana de Armas) it gives any attention to, but ideal for a hustler like DiPackouz, seemingly solely so that he can have veroli. “I live on crumbs like a rat,” Diveroli says someone to lie to again and again about what proudly. But those crumbs are worth millions. he’s doing at work. It’s the only element with He invites Packouz — who has been struggling as which the movie falls into disappointing cliché. a massage therapist and part-time bedsheet salesStill, the movie slowly builds up an intriguing man — to come work for him. portrait of levels of narcissistic manipulation, They make a lot of money together. dribbling down from Diveroli to Packouz to all “God bless Dick Cheney’s America,” an onthe rest of the mugs of the world they consider screen title card notes. The entirety of War Dogs themselves above. drips with that sort of meta sarcasm, contrasting We laugh at it so we don’t cry. 

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Rage On The newly combined music festival Rage-Apalooza is the Viking’s biggest event yet

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t was hatched at the octagon house. Throw a party in the backyard, make music and invite friends. For multiple summers, Levi Steverding’s eight-sided Hillyard home hosted touring and local bands, culminating in 2014 when metalcore act Norma Jean headlined and all-ages scene kids peeked in from the fences, as the show wasn’t all-ages. Last August, the festival expanded to Airway Heights, where it was nearly smoked out as a result of all the wildfires. Meanwhile, the Viking Bar and Grill’s All Age Rage, another summer festival, also put local metal and alt-rock bands on display.

“It only made sense to bring them together,” says co-event coordinator Ryan Levey, who helped with Octapalooza. “We’re catering to the same sort of music fan.”

This weekend sees the first-ever Rage-Apalooza, a four-day, all-ages extravaganza that features national touring acts like the Fall of Troy and Red Fang, as well as up-and-coming local acts. What began as two underdog festivals marketed to the metal and alt-rock crowd is now one big event held in the Viking’s parking lot — which means capacity is a mere 400.

As music promoters Steverding, Levey and the Viking’s Steven Bar-

clay are well aware, the Inland Northwest festival scene grows each year, leaving many fans with almost too many options.

“Three years ago there were hardly any music festivals, and now they’re very popular,” Levey says. “But we fall into a niche that’s not being capitalized on at other festivals.”

The event includes two side-by-side outdoor stages, so while one band is performing, another can set up, leaving only a few minutes between sets.

Barclay says the all-ages aspect (although no one under 21 is allowed inside the Viking) is important to help continue to cultivate a new generation of music lovers. He says he likes seeing whole families come out, and kids getting psyched.

“We’re putting in our own money to do this,” Barclay says. “We don’t have a crazy budget and we rely on ticket sales. All of our past events have been word of mouth. This isn’t happening downtown and it’s not a cool fundraiser; we’re doing this to bring in something different to the scene, and to get people into new music they haven’t necessarily heard before.” ...continued on next page

Local rockers Elephant Gun Riot took on last year’s All Age Rage. This time around the festival becomes Rage-Apalooza.

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RAGE-APALOOZA 2016 LINEUP Thursday, Aug. 18, 4:30 pm The Fall of Troy, ’68, Illustrations, Ghost Heart, the Hallows, A Cryptic Ending, Prevailing Existence, Danny the Skeleton Horse, Fed to the Flames While the Fall of Troy headlines this day (see story on this page), their current tourmates ’68 should also be on your radar. The Georgia duo scream and rage hard on stage and also have a penchant for burritos. Metalcore act Illustrations, from San Antonio, Texas, also plays.

Friday, Aug. 19, 4:30 pm Invasive, Soblivios, Seven Cycles, Concrete Grip, Cold Blooded, Hexxus, Children Of the Sun, Thunder Knife, Project-X, Catalyst Friday is the one night headlined by local acts; heavy metal groups Invasive and Soblivios are more than up for the challenge.

Saturday, Aug, 20, noon Gemini Syndrome, 9ELECTRIC, Helldorado, Project Kings, Elephant Gun Riot, Alive In Barcelona, Drone Epidemic, Death By Pirates, Banish the Echo, Veio,

Volcanoes on the Sun, Aardvark Rock Band, Thunder And Lightning, Heart Avail, the Pink Socks, Wasted Breath Los Angeles’ 9ELECTRIC, or 9E for short, pulls out all of the electronic alt-rock (read: somewhat emo) stops before Gemini Syndrome closes out the night on Saturday, just one day after the release of their new album Memento Mori.

Sunday, Aug. 21, noon Red Fang, Thunderhound, Over Sea, Under Stone, Deadlegs, Children Of Atom, Foxtrot Epidemic, Captain Wales & the Harpoons, Boat Race Weekend, Cattywomp, Ragtag Romantics, Wayward West Somewhere between sludge and thrash, Portland’s own Red Fang carves out their own metal sound that’s easy to drink to. This music will pair well with the adventurous party rock of Ellensburg-based Thunderhound. n Rage-Apalooza • Aug. 18-21 • $10$15/$15-$18 day of; all-inclusive VIP passes $60 for two • Viking Bar and Grill • 1221 N. Stevens • monumentalshows.com • lawn chairs and blankets encouraged

The Fall of Troy headlines the first-ever Rage-Apalooza.

THE FALL OF TROY’S BIG COMEBACK In 2010, the Fall of Troy announced that they were calling it quits. The Mukilteo, Washington-based trio that combined post-hardcore rage with an extremely technically proficient dose of prog rock, thanks largely to the guitar virtuosity of frontman Thomas Erak, were burned out.

The band, which was already signed to a label when all three members were still in high school, had already parted ways with founding bassist Tim Ward, but was in the middle of a successful run. Their 2005 record Dopplegänger brought them as close to the mainstream as their aggressive genre gets, with MTV airplay and the inclusion of their cut “F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X” in video games, including Guitar Hero. And 2007’s Manipulator (produced by Matt Bayles) showcased the band making creative leaps. They then toured with the Deftones, leading to even more exposure.

But by 2010, it was all over. The remaining original members — Erak and drummer Andrew Forsman — went their separate ways and reportedly were barely in contact during that time. So it was a shock to their nearly 200,000 Facebook followers when in the fall of September 2013, the band posted a message: “We agree it’s about time we get together and play some of these songs that mean the world to us, and invite anyone who wants to come,” it said.

The band — featuring the original lineup — played three reunion shows featuring albums played in their entirety. In 2015, the Fall of Troy toured to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Doppelganger. Then this spring, the band released a full-length album, OK, and has been touring extensively since.

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f he weren’t hiking around a nearby Los Angeles water reservoir, he’d be pacing his living room. This is one of Joseph Karnes’ few days of downtime before going back out on tour with the soul-pop band Fitz and the Tantrums, a group that has only continued to see its star rise since its inception in 2008.

(They’ve been featured in various commercials and video games.)

But on the phone, and in life, the bassist has to keep moving — something the band’s recent single “HandClap,” catchy as a smile, also promotes. Put it on and you can’t stop dancing, and when singer Michael Fitzpatrick croons out the chorus “I can make your hands clap,” he’s not lying. That’s all you want to do.

“It’s a subversive and sneaky thing,” Karnes says. “But this subversion is for good results, it’s not like a Manchurian candidate thing where we’re trying to have someone kill a politician.”

Karnes is one of four J-named musicians in the band. Along with sax player and guitarist James King, keyboardist Jeremy

Ruzumna and drummer John Wicks, they call themselves the J Crew. But it’s the fierce vocals and presence of Noelle Scaggs and Fitzpatrick that make the band memorable.

Coming onto the scene steeped heavily in soul music — which caught the ear of Maroon 5’s Adam Levine early on, leading to an opening slot on his tour — the L.A.-based crew has become more poppy with their recent self-titled record. Some critics haven’t been kind, saying it sounds too much like other Top 40 albums.

But Karnes says he’s proud of his group’s musical strides, even if that meant bringing in outside writers and producers to get their third, quite personal, studio album off the ground.

“I do read reviews sometimes, even ones where people don’t dig it,” admits Karnes, who’s played music for 30 years. “I’m not writing for them. There are people who get what we’re trying to do, and still it’s not their cup of tea. As long as we’re happy with it, that’s what matters.”

The dream is to one day headline an arena tour, but they’re happy with their mid-sized dates, like this week’s stop at the Knitting Factory. Karnes says that through their shows, they’re trying to create a cathartic experience.

“We’re not the coolest band, but we’re trying to have fun,” he says. “Our whole point is, come to a show and we’ve written some songs that will have you forgetting problems in your life, if only for a while. You put a good beat to a song and dance to it, and you can get your power back.” 

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he induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has never been known for being a particularly stiff affair — too many boozed-up old rockers in attendance.

But no one expected Steve Miller to make the biggest noise at this year’s show over the likes of N.W.A. and Cheap Trick, thanks to an acceptance speech that ripped the Hall for not treating artists well. Who knew the seemingly mellow cat behind “Take The Money And Run,” “The Joker” and “Fly Like An Eagle” had it in him? After his speech, though, he still showed off his prodigious guitar skills on stage, and he’ll do the same Monday in a hits-packed set sure to please. Joining Miller’s band is hardrock pioneers Foghat, purveyors of undeniable all-time jam “Slow Ride.”

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hen artists fully capable of headlining their own tours choose to share a stage or make an album together, a winning combination isn’t automatic. Anyone out there have that Metallica/Lou Reed record in heavy rotation?

But when songwriters, friends and mutual admirers Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle decided to tour and record together, the resulting Colvin & Earle album sounds like they were born to harmonize. An enthralling blend of covers (The Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday,” Emmylou Harris’ “Raise the Dead”) and excellent new originals like opener “Come What May” and gospel-tinged “Tell Moses,” the set is one of the year’s best folk releases. They’ll play most of it, as well as deep cuts from their respective catalogs, when they hit Spokane.

— DAN NAILEN Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle • Wed, Aug. 24, at 7:30 pm • $47/$57 • All-ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater. com • 227-7638

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MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 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 • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CONKLING MARINA & RESORT • 20 W. Jerry Ln., Worley• 208-686-1151 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • (208) 773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 THE JACKSON ST. • 2436 N. Astor • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LOON LAKE SALOON • 3996 Hwy. 292 • 233-2738 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • (208) 265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-6647901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • (208) 765-3200 x310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY• 15 S Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO • 6425 N Lidgerwood St • 242-8907 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 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 SWAXX • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 THE VIKING • 1221 N. Stevens St. • 315-4547 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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Flying Spiders are set to appear at the Steam Plant Block Party.

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MUSIC ROCK THE BLOCK

Summer’s not gone yet, and this weekend’s first-ever Steam Plant Block Party is here to help you revel in its fading days.

Held in the parking lot between the Steam Plant and Baby Bar, the lineup kicks off with DJs Ca$e and Pauliday at 2 pm and ends with Seattle’s own wild indie rockers the Hoot Hoots. In between? Local acts including Flying Spiders, Von the Baptist, Summer in Siberia and Lavoy. On top of the music expect a handful of vendors, food trucks, a T-shirt screen-print booth, even a dance dome. The party doesn’t end there, moving inside Baby Bar after 10 for even more sweet tunes.

— LAURA JOHNSON Steam Plant Block Party • Sat, Aug. 20, from 2 pm-2 am • $10 • All-ages • Steam Plant Square parking lot • W. Steam Plant Alley • steamplantblockparty.com

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MUSIC LIVING THE BLUES

FESTIVAL LENTIL LOVE

Buddy Guy • Sun, Aug. 21, at 7:30 pm • $52/$72/$99 • Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.com • 624-1200

National Lentil Festival • Aug. 19-20 • Free to enter • Reaney Park and surrounding area • 690 NE Reaney Way, Pullman • lentilfest. com

While he was literally born on the Louisiana bayou, Buddy Guy become one of the foremost purveyors of Chicago blues after moving to the Windy City at 21 and learning guitar at the knee of Muddy Waters. After winning a record deal via a contest, the Chess Records folks decided that Guy’s raucous style was too wild, letting him go before he proved to be a pioneer of a rocking blues style that influenced fans including Keith Richards and Eric Clapton.

With B.B. King gone, Guy stands as arguably the most important surviving bluesman.

— DAN NAILEN

Pullman’s annual National Lentil Festival, a self-described “food and brew fest” celebrating the crop that’s the pride of the Palouse, is back this weekend. Since its inception in 1989, this festival has pulled in event-goers from all over the region, winning accolades for its excellence. Featuring live music, beer and wine gardens, food aplenty and eclectic activities ranging from a 3-on-3 basketball tournament to a parade to a miniature golf tournament — and, of course, a lentil cook-off — this festival is sure to entertain lentil fanatics, as well as those dragged to it by lentil fanatics.

— ISAAC HANDELMAN

THEATER MIDSUMMER EVENING DREAMS

For more than 40 years, Montana’s donation-based Shakespeare in the Parks program has carried on its mission of making live, theatrical Shakespeare productions accessible to any and all audiences, putting them on for no cost at public parks in Montana and surrounding Western states. This month, the company graces Spokane (Riverfront Park), Sandpoint (Bonner County Fairgrounds) and Liberty Lake (Pavillion Park) with its presence, performing Richard III for the former two cities and The Comedy of Errors for the latter.

Richard III is a political drama depicting the reign of its titular king, while The Comedy of Errors is a Shakespearean farce reimagined here in a 1950s New York setting. If you’re reading this, you’re probably within reach of seeing free productions of both.

— ISAAC HANDELMAN Montana Shakespeare in the Parks • Aug. 19-21: Fri, 5:30 pm in Spokane; Sat, 5 pm in Liberty Lake; Sun, 6 pm in Sandpoint • Free • shakespeareintheparks.org

SPORTS ROLL OUT

Women on wheels converge this weekend at the Spokane Convention Center for the fourth annual regional flat-track roller derby tournament, epically named “Spokarnage, a Killer Roller Derby Tournament.” Whether you head down as a casual or avid derby fan, the event — co-hosted by local team the Spokannibals and the Spokane Sports Commission — should offer some exciting bouts, with more than a dozen teams from across Washington, Idaho, Montana and Canada competing for the title. Beyond some hard-hitting derby action, Spokarnage hosts a beer garden, motorcycle display, vendor fair and live music.

— CHEY SCOTT Spokarnage • Aug. 19-21: Fri, 4-9 pm; Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 9 am-2 pm • $8-$15/day; $20-$25/weekend pass • Spokane Convention Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • spokarnage.com

EVENTS | CALENDAR

BENEFIT

CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE Items include jewelry, books, furniture, collectibles, kitchen items, workout equipment, baby clothes, tools and more.

Proceeds benefit community service projects. Aug. 19-20, 9 am-4 pm. First Church of Nazarene, 9004 N. Country Homes Blvd. (467-8986) 6TH ANNUAL MUTT STRUT The 2.5 mile walk benefits Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary, and honors the memory of Chris Anderlik. After the walk, check out live music, vendors, a silent auction and more. Aug. 20, 8 am-1 pm. Free, donations accepted.

Pawpular Companions Pet Supplies, 21950 E. Country Vista Dr. pawpularcompanions.com (927-8890)

TAILS AT TWILIGHT: TALES IN FLIGHT Kootenai Humane Society’s annual benefit, with live/silent auctions, dinner, awards presentations and more.

Aug. 20, 5-9 pm. $65/single; $125/pair.

Pappy Boyington Field, Hayden. kootenaihumanesociety.com TEAM PARKINSON’S WALK Support the local Parkinson’s community with two courses to walk, along with resources, music, food, games and more.

Aug. 20, 9:30 am-noon. Free. Southside Senior & Community Center, 3151 E. 27th. teamparkinsons.org NEW HOPE BENEFIT CONCERT & AUCTION An outdoor concert with the band Just in Time, also offering concessions, silent auction and a bake sale. Aug. 21, 5:30-8 pm. Free. Colbert Presbyterian Church, 4211 E. Colbert Rd. newhoperesource.org (467-2900)

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W I SAW U YOU

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I SAW YOU THE LUCKY ONES I saw you...the first time across a crowded room at a horror movie convention in New Jersey, the next time was at a pizza parlor in Chicago & the third time was on Thompson Pass in Idaho. Then I saw you as Elvis walked me down the aisle to your waiting arms in Las Vegas. Since then, I have seen you for our first anniversary at The Cattle Point light house on Friday Harbor, second one on top of Mt Constitution on Orcas Island, third one in the gardens of Malahide Castle in Ireland, fourth on the peaks of Mt. Young in the San Juan Islands and this last anniversary at the Bellagio fountains where we first began on New Year’s day as man and wife. I saw you and my eyes opened up and my world made sense. I saw you and I see me through your eyes and I need never look any further beyond the path we walk together. 1/1/11 We are the Lucky Ones.

SLAYED MY HEART I saw you at Slayer, and you saw me too. You said “goodbye”.

And now I say “hello” to a life without your deceit. I know who you are. Everyone you play. You were right, I was ‘easy’. I’m an easy target. A girl who needed to be loved by someone who means it. I thought that I finally found that with you. Turns out that I was just someone to kill time with.

I loved you with an extremely loyal heart.

Every morning that I wake with the sun, I am reminded that even though I lost what little hope I had in love, I won reason to keep going. Cheers to that peach and the red room. Have fun with your vid’cheat’ games and all the dumb chicks that you

“

I love how everyone is complaining about the mayor but no one has actually started a recall petition.

seduce. I’m no longer your fool. You could be the King of the world, but unless you can heal the damage you did, don’t expect my forgiveness. We could have played the world together. Jeers.

CDA CITY BEACH 8/13/16, You, brunette, with great smile wearing a pink bikini, sitting on beach with a friend. Me, dark hair and beard with black boardshorts and white t-shirt , sitting with cousin and three kids. Saw each other again as you were walking past the bamboo shaved ice stand. Would love to see that smile again and what’s behind those sunglasses over the beverage of your choice. Figure taking a shot is worth the chance of hearing from you. Yourdolcevita2016@gmail.com

YOU SAW ME BREWERY GIRL I’m the sweet sta bus driver you met on the bus at the airport,you were super cool and we did have a great conversation. It was short be a useful of bus getting so busy. As soon as you left bus I was thinking to myself that was a cool girl and I’ll probably never see her again! Saw your post through social media on a friend’s fb Haha funny!

But I would love to hangout sometime!!

CHEERS THUMBS UP FOR FRANKIE DOODLES Two big thumbs up to Frankie Doodles in Spokane for the yummiest, friendliest, and cleanest diner! My husband and I moved to Spokane Valley three years ago. We love to eat out, going from diners and restaurants looking for a place to call our own Ma and Pa place. After seeing the sign from the freeway all the time we finally decided to try it and this was it! We had

finally found a place to call our own. The sad thing is that when we finally made it in, in May of 2016, we had only two weeks left in Spokane Valley, we were moving. We regret not having made it in sooner. They have the best food and iced tea ever! They offer breakfast, lunch and dinner and we have enjoyed it all! The waitresses are friendly and Linda the owner always has a welcoming smile along with a friendly “hello.” We recommend this place for anyone looking for that small town atmosphere and though we don’t live in Spokane any longer, we do come back to visit. Its always a “come hungry” kind of treat! I can’t say enough good things about Frankie Doodles Restaurant. Thank you, you’re the best!

TO OUR SON, SON-IN-LAW AND GRANDDAUGHTER We are so blessed to have all three of you in our lives. You have brought us so much joy and happiness! We cannot thank God enough for our beautiful family!

Where would we be without you three in our lives? Lost! You make every single day worthwhile! We love all three of you so very much! So shine, our dear sweet ones, shine! Love, Mom and Dad, aka Grandma and Grandpa OUT OF BOUNDS “Shut your eyes and think of somewhere, somewhere cold and caked with snow.” You showed me the beauty of the trees, as we skied through them, forging our own path, under the yellow tape and into the Out Of Bounds area. You taught me to be bold and step outside my comfort zone. In doing so, I’ve had the best time of my life! You rocked the picnics — in rain, shine and ALL kinds of weather and terrain. Every day is an adventure with you — sometimes wonderful, sometimes scary... but NEVER boring! You share my love of music, from dancing in uninhibited abandon at concerts to marathon Zeppelin love sessions. I love you, Tom, and I can’t

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imagine my life without you! I don’t care where we sleep — in the back of my car after a Tom Petty concert, or in a tent on a mountaintop with no one in sight for miles... as long as you’re lying next to me, that is where I want to be! My answer is “Yes, I’ll marry you!” I look forward to many more adventures with you... Rockin’ the Casbah together.

JEERS JEERS TO THE JURY THAT CLEARLY IGNORED THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED i hope u all sleep well knowin u put an honest harder working than most mother of 2 and grandmother in jail for a year. a year i will never get back. and to the family that call themselves victims — i am sorry for their loss of a broke down truck but the magnitude of their loss will NEVER compare. for that they should take comfort at night.

RUDE GABBY CHATTER BOXES Jeers to you rude loud mouthed chatter boxes who were at the Arbor Crest 5:30 concert Thursday August 11. We went there to hear the entertainment but as soon as he started singing, you just kept talking and getting louder to the point we left after 30 minutes of your constant chatter. When someone is there to entertain, be polite enough to shut up so the performer(s) can be heard. If you came to eat, drink and talk up a storm, be considerate enough to do it away from the stage area. There is a lot of room for that elsewhere on the estate. When someone is there to entertain, you should be polite enough to shut up.

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going to turn left, you need to let the cars behind you know your intentions BEFORE the light turns green!!!!!!!! All of you who don’t do this are accidents waiting to happen!!!!! Turn on your left turn signal BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN!!!!!! CAN YOU HEAR NOW????!!!!!

CROOKED MAYOR I love how everyone is complaining about the mayor but no one has actually started a recall petition. I remember how fast the recall was for West, who actually cared about Spokane and its people. Apparently, concealing information and lying to the public is only bad when you are gay.

TURN SIGNAL CRAZINESS I have only lived in Spokane a month I was wondering if any car in this city was equipped with turn signals for changing lanes and turning I say jeers to the 98% of the drivers on every road I have drove on (thanks for not using your turn signal) I enjoy almost getting in an accident everyday. 

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TO THE DRIVERS ON DIVISION/ MAGNESIUM/PRICE INTERSECTION. Use your left turn single BEFORE the light turns green!!!! Not after!!!!!! If you are

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EVENTS | CALENDAR AN EVENING FOR THE GARDENS A French-inspired fundraiser for the Tony Kettel Skate Gardens; proceeds benefit construction efforts. The open-house event includes live music, a no-host beer, appetizers and a silent auction.

Aug. 24, 7-9 pm. Palouse Community Center, 220 E. Main. (595-1197)

COMEDY

TYLER BEOH The comedian’s resume includes top finishes in the Portland and the Oregon International Comedy Competitions. Aug. 18-20, 8 pm; Aug. 20, 10:30 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com FRACTURED FAIRY TALES A night of improv taking favorite fairy tales and their tropes to make complete mockeries of them. Aug. 20, 8 pm. Free. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. bit.ly/2aSZs9x (342-2055) SAFARI Fast-paced, short-form improv games based on audience suggestions.

(Recommended for ages 16+) Saturdays at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com STANDUP SHOWCASE A local standup comedy showcase featuring Lucas Prahm, Jay Mitz, Will Gilman, Michael Glatzmaier and surprise guests. Aug. 20, 10 pm. $5. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com

COMMUNITY

PEND OREILLE COUNTY FAIR The rural northeastern Washington county fair is themed “Blue Jeans, Country Dreams” and features traditional ag/garden displays, livestock, food vendors, entertainment and more. Aug. 18-21. $3$7. Cusick Fairgrounds, 419152 Hwy 20. povn.com/pocofair (445-1367) PROTECT YOUR CREDIT SCORE Attend this free workshop led by STCU and learn how a credit score is determined, how to earn and maintain a healthy credit score, and where to go for help.

Details/registration online. Aug. 18, 6-7 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. stcu.org/workshops TAKE A BREAK SERIES The park hosts a free summer series to help residents restore, invigorate and recharge during their lunch break. Held on weekdays, from noon-2 pm, through Sept. 2.

Events include yoga, backyard games, tai-chi, music and more. Free. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard. facebook. com/SpokaneRiverfrontPark BACK-TO-SCHOOL TEEN BASH Activities in the Community Room include a movie, games, refreshments and more.

Aug. 19, 6-8 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315) HOG AUGUST NIGHTS BIKE SHOW & RALLY The 3rd annual community event in Elk Community Park (40502 N. Elk Camden Rd.) features a games, a poker run, bike show, beer garden, food, vendor fair, live music and more. Proceeds benefit the park. Aug. 19-21, Fri, 2-10 pm; Sat, 10 am-10 pm. Free. Elk. (292-8279) NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME BLOCK PARTY The third annual community event includes free food, games, sports, live music, access to community re-

sources and more. Aug. 19, 6-8:30 pm.

Free. East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone St. (808-2122) HAYDEN CREEK PLAZA 10TH BIRTHDAY BASH An event with live music, a barbecue, kid’s carnival games, a raffle, drinks, store specials and more. Also includes a fundraiser for Cancer & Community Charities (3Cs). Aug. 20, 2-6 pm. Free. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Government Way. (208-762-1333) PICKIN’ ON THE PRAIRIE ANTIQUE SHOW & ARTISAN MARKET Set on the 1898 farmstead of Past Blessings Farm, this 80-booth market offers antiques, vintage, home decor, primitives, industrial, farmware, yard art, artisan hand crafts and more. Aug. 20-21, 10 am-4 pm. $5/weekend admission. Past Blessings Farm, 8521 N. Orchard Prairie. pastblessingsfarm.com SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE & ENRICHMENT EXPO Events include a backto-school fashion show, supply drive, carnival games, pet adoptions, free eye screenings, performances from local groups and more. Aug. 20, 11 am-5 pm.

Silver Lake Mall, 200 W. Hanley Ave. thefamilyguide.org UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY Spokane’s annual multicultural celebration features a youth fair, career and education fair, health fair, early learning fair and local vendors and organizations. Aug. 20, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard. nwunity.org (625-6601) CHURCH IN THE PARK A community gathering of east Spokane Valley churches and guests, offering music, guest speakers, drama, dance, bouncy castles and a children’s carnival. Bring a picnic lunch; drinks provided. Aug. 21, 10:30 am-noon. Free and open to the public. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. bit.ly/29PEGLx (210-9779) GUIDED GARDEN TOURS Hear the history of the hillside garden, landscaped and cultivated for two early, influential families of Spokane. Aug. 21, 11 am.

Free, donations accepted. Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh. heritagegardens.org (448-9335) BUDGETING 101 WORKSHOP Attend this free workshop led by STCU experts and learn how to make a budgeting plan that’s simple, reasonable, and effective. For more details and registration, visit stcu.org/workshops. Aug. 23, 6-7 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. stcu.org/workshops TENANTS UNION OF WASHINGTON STATE Join others coming together to strengthen tenants’ rights, share stories and more. Bring your favorite side dish for free potluck barbecue. On the Saranac Rooftop. Aug. 23, 5:30-7 pm. Free.

Saranac Public House, 21 W. Main Ave. saranacpublichouse.com (464-7620) NORTH IDAHO STATE FAIR This year’s theme is “A World Of Fun,” showcasing attractions and entertainment from around the word. The new name and geographic expansion of the fair now includes 11 North Idaho counties. Aug. 24-28. $5-$10. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. FREE STATE PARKS DAY As part of the Discover Pass legislation, residents are offered access to any state park without needing a Discover Pass. Includes access locally to Riverside and Mount Spokane State Parks. Upcoming free days: Aug. 25, Sept. 24. parks.wa.gov TWILIGHT MEMORIAL Purchase a luminary in honor of a past pet or a pres-

ent one. Luminaries are $5 and available at the shelter. Aug. 25, 8-9 pm.

SCRAPS Regional Animal Shelter, 6815 E. Trent Ave. scrapshopefoundation.org

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FESTIVAL

AIRWAY HEIGHTS DAYS Events include a classic car show, watermelon races, talent competition, kids activities, charity rummage sale, live music, fireworks and more. Aug. 19-20. Free. cawh.org GOODGUYS 15TH GREAT NORTHWEST NATIONALS The annual auto fest features hot rods, customs, trucks, muscle cars and more on display, along with a swap meet, live music, model car show, kids’ activities and more. Aug. 19-21. Also attend the “Northwest Nitro Shootout Lights Up at Spokane County Raceway on Fri, Aug. 19. $6-$17. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. good-guys.com NATIONAL LENTIL FESTIVAL For 27 years, the Lentil Fest has brought national attention to the Palouse region, which produces the most lentils in the U.S. Events include a beer/wine garden, live music, cooking demos, kids’ activities, the lentil cook-off, lentil-based foods and more. Aug. 19-20. Free to attend. Pullman, Wash. lentilfest.com WALLACE HUCKLEBERRY FESTIVAL & 5K The town’s annual celebration of all things huckleberry, with live music, street dances, raffles, a huckleberry pancake breakfast, street vendors, kids’ activities on the depot lawn, a dunk tank plus the 5k walk/run. Aug. 19-20. Wallace, Idaho. wallaceidahochamber.com HOPPED UP ON ART, MUSIC & BEER The fourth annual event features food trucks, craft beer, local artists and vendors, live music and more. Aug. 20, 1 pm. Free to attend. Hopped Up Brewing Co., 10421 E. Sprague Ave. bit. ly/1UHVsHz (509-413-2488) STEAM PLANT BLOCK PARTY Neato Burrito/Baby Bar and Unifest team up to throw the first Steam Plant Block Party Music Festival, with two outdoor stages, beverages, local vendors and more. See website for full music lineup and schedule. Aug. 20, 2-11 pm. $10.

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Donations benefit Friends of the Centennial Trail. Event at 7 pm, movie at 8:30 pm. Aug. 18. $5 suggested donation. bit.ly/SudsandCinema SUMMER MOONLIGHT MOVIES: SMOKEY & THE BANDIT Catch a showing on the big screen in the park; film starts at dusk. Aug. 19. Free. Sunset Park, S. King St. cahw.org ZOOTOPIA An outdoor screening of the family-friendly film. Movie starts at dusk. Aug. 19. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. (509-755-6726) SOUTH PERRY SUMMER THEATER: THE GOONIES Movie starts at dusk, in the parking lot of The Shop. Each showing benefits a local charity. Aug. 20. Free. The Shop, 924 S. Perry St. theshoponsouthperry.com (534-1647)

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ZONE NEWS

Dividing Lines A dispensary squares off with a church

BY CONNOR DINNISON

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an made beer. God made pot. Who do you trust?” asks a poster that adorns the walls of Lucky Leaf Co., downtown Spokane’s only licensed cannabis dispensary.

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“I don’t want any animosity,” she says. “I come from a very Catholic family. My kids went to a Catholic school.”

In May, representatives of Our Lady of Lourdes met with city leaders and lawmakers to express their displeasure with the new neighbor (Lucky Leaf is down the block and around the corner on First Avenue) and voice concerns regarding the legalization of cannabis downtown. Now they’re doubling down.

Tim Coyle, a self-described “concerned citizen” affiliated with the church, says he recently co-authored a letter with Reverend Darrin Connall, the church’s rector, to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board requesting an investigation into the marijuana shop’s proximity to the Riverside-Cedar Parkway, a treed median that abuts the church. They argue that it is a public park, therefore an entity with a 1,000-foot buffer within which state-licensed

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I dress like a tomboy: jeans, T-shirts, hoodies, and work boots. My boyfriend of a year wants me to wear skirts and dresses more often. Nothing trashy. Just not my usual tomboy wear. This weekend, I wore a sundress to brunch. It made him so happy, and he kept telling me how beautiful I looked. I did feel a little uncomfortable because I’m not used to dressing like that. Some women in my circle are like, “He should accept you as you are.

Don’t change for a man.” Am I giving up some important source of power? —Redressed

Your boyfriend’s asking you to sometimes wear a dress for him, not hold out your wrist so he can chain you to the pipe in the basement with the six other sister wives.

There are women out there who still see dressing to please a man as some sort of Stockholm syndrome thing — participating in your own (flouncy, spaghettistrapped) subjugation. So, it’s possible that those advising you “Don’t change for a man!” are just trying to help you be a modern and empowered woman. Of course, one could argue that actually being a modern and empowered woman means you don’t have to dress like you’re hoping to get a call to clean out a sewer line.

Maybe those in your advice coven really do believe they’re acting in your best interest. Maybe. Social psychologists Roy Baumeister and Jean Twenge report that it’s widely believed that men drive the “cultural suppression of female sexuality” — which could include shaming women for how they dress. However, in reviewing the research, they make a persuasive case that it’s primarily women (often without awareness of their motives) who work to “stifle each other’s sexuality.”

This is right in keeping with research on female competition. While men fight openly — “Bring it! I will ruin you!” — women take a sneakier approach. As female competition researcher Tracy Vaillancourt explains it, women fight for their interests using “indirect aggression,” like gossip, mean looks, disparaging remarks, and other underhanded tactics to “reduce the mate value of a rival.” Underhanded tactics? You know — like suggesting you’re selling out womankind if you wear a skirt or winged eyeliner.

In other words, your best interest and these other women’s may diverge — though they may not consciously intend to hurt you. As for whether you should throw on a dress from time to time, consider that if you love somebody, you do sweet things for them. Sometimes, this requires a bit of a stretch on your part — like from the teen boys’ section of the department store to that rack in the women’s department. A person’s clothes say a lot about them, and a man will be happier if his girlfriend’s don’t scream, “My hobby is crushing beer cans against my forehead.”

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I’m a 39-year-old woman dating for the first time since the ‘90s. I’m doing the online thing, and none of these guys look like their photos! It’s incredible. When we meet, they always say, “You look just like your pictures.” Isn’t that the point? —Frustrated Guy, in online dating profile: “I’m 55!” Guy’s neck, when you meet for coffee: “I was a war hero. In the Peloponnesian War.” Unfortunately, Mr. Peloponnesian Pants On Fire has plenty of company on dating sites. In fact, about a third of the photos people post aren’t true to life, according to research by psychologist Jeffrey T. Hancock. Sometimes, that’s due to Photoshop; sometimes, the photo is less-than-current; and sometimes, along the lines of “every picture tells a story,” the story is “This is how I’d look if I were someone else entirely.”

That last kind of lie — posting photos of somebody else — is less common than other photographic deceptions, because, as Hancock notes, people have to balance looking good enough to meet with not making somebody stomp angrily away once they do. The same goes for the other lies people tell. Hancock also finds that 81 percent of people on dating sites are lying about their height, weight, and age — but often just a little.

So, where you go wrong is in your expectations — expecting online daters to be truthful. As with eBay, a big benefit of dating sites is quantity — instant access to countless prospects. But there’s also a big tradeoff: quality. Going forward, assume everyone on a dating site is lying. Meet prospective partners as soon as possible and as casually as possible. If you’re throwing back a $4 latte, as opposed to waiting for the waitress to bring the entree, it’s a little easier to make a quick exit from the guy decades older than his picture: “Wow, will you look at the time?! I didn’t realize 20 years had passed since we set up our date.” n ©2016, 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 STAGE TO SCREEN: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW A screening of the play as performed at the world-renowned Stratford Festival. Aug. 21, 2 pm. $17.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. friendsofthebing.org (534-5805)

FOOD & DRINK

EL CORAZON WINE DINNER A six course gourmet dinner prepared by Clover’s Chef Travis Dickinson, paired with wines from Walla Walla’s El Corazon Winery. Aug. 18, 6:30 pm. $99/ person. Clover, 913 E. Sharp. (487-2937) CLASS & A GLASS A guided yoga/ pilates class under the vineyard tent, open to all levels and led by local instructors; also accompanied by live music. Entry includes one glass of wine in a souvenir glass. Ages 21+. Aug. 19, 5:309 pm. $35/session. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill. (927-8571) SILVER MOUNTAIN BREWSFEST Featuring three bands, 20 breweries, and 40 beers at the top of the mountain.

Aug. 20. Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com TOUR DE TABLE A fundraiser to benefit the Kootenai County Farmers Market’s “Double-Up Bucks Food Program.” The happy-hour event features local beer and tapas dishes made from fresh, local produce and goods from the weekly market. At the Hayden market location, corner of U.S. 95 and Prairie Ave. Aug. 23, 6-8 pm. $25. (208-651-9809) KENDALL YARDS FOOD TRUCK RALLY Nine area food trucks from the Greater Spokane Food Truck Association are on site during the Kendall Yards Night Market. Includes live music by the Nic Vigil Trio. Aug. 24, 4-8 pm. Kendall Yards, Summit Parkway. kendallyards.com RIESLING PAIRING & TASTING Sample six unique Rieslings, ranging from dry to dessert, paired with Thai curry, cured meats and cheeses, baked apples and grilled peaches. Aug. 25, 4-7 pm. $15$25. Petunia’s Marketplace, 2010 N. Madisot. petuniasmarket.com

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MAIN STREET SOUVENIRS A multimedia performance featuring live piano music, a spoken narrative, and a video presentation by pianist, composer and artist Scott Kirby. Proceeds benefit the Holy Names Music Center’s programs.

Aug. 18, 7 pm. $25. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com (624-1200) A MUSICAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION A community celebration of three landmark birthdays: the MAC’s 100 years, Coeur d’Alene Park’s 125 years and the Coeur d’Alene Park Summer Concert Series’ 20 years. Events include a concert

by Spokane Brassworks and free cake.

Aug. 18, 6 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Park, 300 S. Chestnut. northwestmuseum.org MAKE IT MATTER WITH MUSIC A concert by local vocalist and actress Abbey Crawford, along with Jim Swoboda, Daniel McKeeves, Nick Bailey, Alyssa Day and others. Proceeds support the Friends of the Bing, Modern Theater and the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery.

Aug. 20, 7:30 pm. $19. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) ROCKIN’ IN THE LOT Enjoy live local music, prizes, in-store specials and more. Local bands are invited to book a spot in the lineup. Aug. 20, from noon4 pm. Free. Northwest Music Center,

4055 N. Government Way. facebook. com/northwestmusiccenter/ BUDDY GUY: BORN TO PLAY GUITAR The legendary, award-winning blues icon is out on tour to promote his latest studio album “Born To Play Guitar.”

Aug. 21, 7:30 pm. $52/$72/$99. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com SPOKANE SYMPHONY SOIREE ON THE EDGE The Symphony’s annual, outdoor summer concert series. Aug. 24, at 7 pm. Lawn and table seating options. $20-$40. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. arborcrest. com (509-927-9463)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

KING OF THE CAGE An event featuring some of the region’s top mixed martial arts athletes. Aug. 18, 7-10 pm. $25$60. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S Hwy 95. cdacasino.com (800-523-2467) SPOKARNAGE The fourth annual, regional women’s flat track roller derby competition, hosted by the Spokannibals and the Spokane Sports Commission hosts 18 teams from around the region, a beer garden, vendor fair, live music, motorcycle show and more. Aug. 19-21. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokarnage.com FAMILY FUN! DAYS Kick the afternoon off with barbecue on the back patio, then build your own model vehicle, race it against other families, and watch a fun movie. June 18, July 16 and Aug. 20, noon-4 pm. $20/family. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org BUBBLE RUN SPOKANE A 5K fun run with three “foam bogs” of colored foam throughout the course. Aug. 21, 8 am. $50. Riverfront Park. bit.ly/1O7PoeX IRONMAN COEUR D’ALENE Athletes in the triathlon swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles. Sun, Aug. 21.

Starts at City Beach on the lake; ends along Sherman Avenue downtown.

Aug. 21. Free to watch. ironman.com

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SPOKANE VALLEY SUMMER THEATRE: BRING IT ON! A explosion of dance, high-energy musical numbers and clever wit. Aug. 18-21, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $12-$26. Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Rd. svsummertheatre.com (368-7897) LAS MEMORIAS High school students from central Washington present an evening of original theater based on their life experiences, as part of a summer leadership program at WSU. Free.

Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman Campus. performingarts.wsu.edu CDA SUMMER THEATRE: THE LITTLE MERMAID Based on the classic animated film. Through Aug. 28; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm; Sun at 2 pm. $49/adults; $42/ seniors (62+, military; $27/ages 12 & under. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasummertheatre.com OLD COOKIE SHOP OR NELLIE WAS A BAKER ‘CAUSE SHE KNEADED DOUGH Sweet Nellie O’Grady just wants to make a living with her bakery and take care of her sick mother, but the evil Mortimer Whiplash has other plans.

Through Aug. 28, Wed-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Sixth Street Theater, 212 Sixth St. sixthstreetmelodrama.com

NEXT TO NORMAL The contemporary musical won a Pulitzer, telling the story of a seemingly normal family copes with crisis and the unpredictability of a mother’s worsening bipolar disorder.

Aug. 19-28, Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. $6-$12. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union. pendoreilleplayers.org SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: RICHARD III See a live performance by the traveling theater troupe based at Montana State. Aug. 19, 5:30 pm. Free.

Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard. shakespeareintheparks.org THE WORST TALENT SHOW EVER A production performed by students ages 10-17 in the Civic’s summer academy program. Aug. 19-21, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Pullman Civic Theatre, 1220 NW Nye St. (509-332-8406) SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS See a live performance by the traveling theater troupe.

Aug. 20, 5 pm. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter. (509-755-6726) SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: RICHARD III See a live performance by the traveling theater troupe based at Montana State. Aug. 21, 6 pm. Free. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer Ave. shakespeareintheparks.org

VISUAL ARTS

SIGNING: HOT ROD PHOTOGRAPHER PETER VINCENT Moscow, Idaho photographer Peter Vincent returns to Spokane’s to share his fifth and newest book, documenting the history and creative/work ethic of the Rolling Bones car club. Aug. 18, 5-8 pm. Free to attend. Giant Nerd Books, 709 N. Monroe St. bit.ly/2aNqgcq (868-0420) SCULPTURES BY SR. PAULA MARY TURNBULL Local artist Sister Paula Mary Turnbull is auctioning off three of her most recent creations to benefit the musical outreach at Holy Names. Aug. 18, 6 pm. Holy Names Music Center, 3910 W. Custer Dr. (326-9516) ART ON THE STREET Spokane Art School sets up an easel on the sidewalk and a well-known, local artist hosts a community drawing event. Passersby are invited to participate in the art making process. Saturdays, through Aug. 27, 1-4 pm. Free. Spokane Art School, 809 W. Garland. spokaneartschool.net FOLK ART TO FINE ART A show featuring the artwork of artist-in-residence Kent Kraber, with live music from 2-4 pm by Rickety Schtick. Aug. 20, 1-5 pm.

The Artisan Gallery, 53 Wisconsin St., Priest River. artisangallery.biz VR SHOWCASE: LABORATORY ARTIST RESIDENCY See new virtual reality works by Laboratory artistsin-residence Falk Morawitz and Seth Kransler, exploring quantum chemistry and sound composition in virtual spaces. Aug. 25, 5-7 pm. Free. Richmond Gallery, 228 W. Sprague. laboratoryspokane.com (230-5718)

WORDS

READING: DR. KEITH QUINCY The former EWU professor reads from his new fiction book “Poking Lions.” Aug. 26, 7-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) SIGNING: STAN PARKS The local writer signs copies of his book, “Jakob’s Ladies.” Aug. 27, 1:30-3:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks. com (838-0206) n

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Three of Spokane’s Heritage Trees, from left: Corbin’s Apricot, the Grant Park Guardian and one of the three Ancient Ones.

To Be a Tree

type. But, remember, it’s a grandma tree, so adventurous ones probably shouldn’t climb its low, curving branches.

Instead, be like the kids in the park today, running to and fro in the grass below for a game of tag. (Located outside the Corbin Art Center, 507 W. Seventh)

Spokane’s Heritage Tree Program recognizes the region’s most prized arbor specimens

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estled in the valleys of mountain ranges all around, the Inland Northwest is home to millions and millions of trees. Even within our metropolitan boundaries, they fill our parks, line the streets and shade our backyards. Ever the urban sentinels, these living beings bear witness to all manner of things; some, because of age or location, perhaps more than others. To recognize and share the importance of these local trees, the city of Spokane’s Urban Forestry department created the Heritage Tree Program almost two decades ago.

The program’s registry, implemented in 2009, now lists 18 specimens, recognized for having historical significance, being of significant size or displaying high-quality aesthetic characteristics of their species. Most of these trees are in public parks and in the city’s oldest neighborhoods. City Urban Forester Angel Spell hopes to see more interaction from the public, who can nominate trees for inclusion on the Heritage Tree Program registry; trees like the following notable listings:

THE ANCIENT ONES

In the shadow of the first of the three elder Douglas firs, signs of death. Atop the thick forest carpet of needles, sun-bleached metatarsals and a femur is all that remains of a graceful wild rabbit. The Ancient Ones, as the oldgrowth grouping is named, bore witness to this act of slaughter, a regular occurrence in the forest’s circle of life.

In a stand of evergreens lining a sheer precipice above the bubbling Indian Canyon Creek, these three have towered over the landscape for nearly 200 years. More than a century back, the ostracized Chief Spokane Garry spent his final days in the surrounding woodland. One of the

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looming firs bears the charred black evidence of flame across its sap-stained trunk. Evolving to withstand the test of time, defying the whims of Mother Nature, the Ancient Ones are the three wise men of the forest. (Located in Indian Canyon Park; accessible by trail off of Greenwood Road)

GRANT PARK GUARDIAN

A gatekeeper at the southeast corner of South Perry’s Grant Park, its canopy reaches toward a blue sky filled with small, pillowy clouds that mimic its shape. They’re the kind of clouds that kids draw, a flat line to mark the bottom, with a scalloped top of curved lines to indicate the fluffiest of cumulus forms. Like the clouds above, this magnificent horse chestnut laden with spiky green fruit also happens to be of ideal shape: a straight, stout trunk topped low with a full, wide canopy. Fleeting and at the whims of atmospheric activity, the clouds are jealous of this tree’s static nature: It’s been firmly rooted right here for almost 100 years. The clouds are only temporary.

(Located at 1300 E. 11th Ave.)

CORBIN’S APRICOT

Who knows the last time there was fruit? Spokane’s Urban Forestry department thinks this tree might be too old — a tired grandmother tree — so no one expects it to reproduce, encasing its offspring in the juicy, sweet flesh of clefted fruit. Planted not long after the adjacent mansion was built in 1898 for railroad tycoon Daniel C. Corbin, the rare apricot is remarkable now for its age, size, and for being an apricot tree. They’re not common in this evergreen town. If age has improved the specimen in any way, it’s made Corbin’s tree into an excellent climbing

SPOKANE PONDEROSA

Like marmots and lilacs, our love for the ponderosa courses deep. Appropriately, it’s Spokane’s official tree.

And in the city’s oldest neighborhood, Browne’s Addition, stands what very well may be the biggest ponderosa of them all, municipally speaking. As the region’s elite built their stately homes in the surrounding blocks, this sole tree managed to somehow, though rooted firmly in the ground, stay out of everyone’s way. So used to seeing these plentiful species are we that passersby on a warm Friday afternoon don’t even notice it as they stroll under its reaching branches. Like writhing tentacles of a monstrous hydra, this tree reaches out, grasping with its needle-clump hands to tell the passing drivers, a man and his bulldog in the shade, a sleepy transient stomping through the leaves, that it’s the biggest, best and most beautiful of its kind. (Located at 2028 W. Second)

TREATY TREE

In the rolling foothills of Mount Spokane, this tree knows peace like no other tree, though peaceful species most trees tend to be. History believes it to be the white flagbearer of truce, when, during the mid-19th century wars between the region’s native tribes and a campaign led by Col. George Wright, Chief Baptiste Peone of the Upper Spokane Band placed the symbolic flag atop the lone pine as a signal of non-resistance. Don’t kill us, we give in, it said. Today, the Treaty Tree leans heavily southward, cradled in a half-circle by dozens of its offspring standing ready to catch the mighty trunk should it ever falter.

Over the electric buzz of nearby power lines and the whir of cars below, this behemoth of peace still shares its parable of the past. Its story is carried across the prairie by the wind whispering through its branches. (Located on East Doak Road, just off North Argonne Road) n cheys@inlander.com See a map of all trees in the Heritage Tree Program at historicspokane.org/map

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