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ew issues of the Inlander are quite as inspiring as our annual GIVE GUIDE, when we take a moment to reflect on the people and organizations changing the Inland Northwest for the better (beginning on page 25). This year, as we’ve done since 2010, we’ve also named three Peirone Prize winners, spotlighted by the paper for their exceptional contributions to the community.

Winners get a cash honorarium and a hunk of granite with their name on it.

We hope you hold onto the guide throughout the year as you consider ways of giving back yourself — every bit counts!

Also this week: Staff writer Daniel Walters explores the recall effort facing Spokane Mayor Condon (page 13), music editor Laura Johnson profiles Minus the Bear (page 69) and contributor Carrie Scozzaro reveals one Coeur d’Alene family having a huge impact on the local food scene (page 61).

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COMMENT | ELECTION 2016

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he “LOCK-HER-UP! LOCK-HER-UP! LOCK-HER-UP!” chant that erupted from time to time during last month’s Republican National Convention went up and down my spine like fingernails on a blackboard.

Who is this person they want to put away? She certainly doesn’t bear any resemblance to the Hillary Clinton whose career I’ve been following since 1992.

How did this concept that Hillary’s not to be trusted get legs, and such vicious legs at that?

It’s easy to blame the media and the ever-newshungry 24-hour cycle, more specifically FOX News. It is just as easy to put the blame on our eager-for-dirt public or our American preference for the new and latest model.

Hillary has been under continuous public surveillance for the past 42 years, ever since Bill Clinton started running for office. Like the rest of us, Hillary may have stumbled from time to time along the way, but she has done nothing to deserve the vileness that has been heaped upon her.

Today I’m laying out my reasons for believing that Hillary Clinton is a sincerely trustworthy choice to take on the leadership of our great nation.

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must confess that I am not an objective observer on the scene. I served as a Democrat in the Idaho legislature for 12 years, and my son Bruce worked in the Clinton and Obama administrations for 12 years.

We share Democratic concerns for fairness and equality, and are proud of it.

At the top of my list, I trust Hillary to appoint wise and fair justices to the Supreme Court.

Hillary has a lawyer’s respect for the law. Despite the abundance of lawyer jokes in constant circulation, lawyers make their living by understanding, interpreting and, in most cases, revering the law.

Hillary has stated that her litmus test for Supreme Court nominees will be a pledge to overturn the high court’s ruling on Citizens United. That’s the ruling that took away the limits corporations and labor unions can spend on candidates’ election campaigns. The approaching spending spree we are about to endure is nothing short of obscene.

I trust Hillary to continue her lifelong work on behalf of children. Fresh from Yale Law School, she went to work for the Children’s Defense Fund, walking door to door on a project meant to improve the lives of children with disabilities. When Congress rejected her health care proposal in 1994, Hillary helped prepare and promote Senator Ted Kennedy’s SCHIP — the State Children’s Health Insurance Program of 1997.

I trust Hillary to bring resolve and common

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sense to the issue of gun violence. The canard that she wants to do away with the Second Amendment is the usual gun lobby nonsense.

Nobody’s trying to take our guns away. Hillary has called for a “return to common-sense gun safety reform.” How can any reasonable person oppose that idea? Hillary is fearless; she can stand up to the National Rifle Association, which cares more about American gun manufacturers than it does about the interests of sportsmen and hunters, or the safety of our children and grandchildren.

Hillary’s campaign is understandably focusing on the states where the economy is sluggish.

Her economic proposals are tried and true. Aiming tax cuts at small businesses and the middle class, taxing the 1 percent, raising the minimum wage and making college more affordable are all ways to improve the lives of everyday Americans.

“It’s the economy, stupid,” is still the mantra for a national campaign. We are reminded that Bill

Hillary has been under continuous public surveillance for the past 42 years…

Clinton is the first and only president to have balanced the budget in nearly half a century.

I trust Hillary to work for peace. She does know and respect the military. She was also the country’s top diplomat for four years, visiting 112 countries and traveling nearly 1 million miles in the air. She will be tough but not trigger-happy.

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nd then there’s the woman thing. I must admit I would love to see a woman inaugurated as president in my lifetime.

Not because of her gender, but because of her qualifications, her values, her ability and her heart. Hillary’s declaration at the World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 that “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all” still stirs my soul.

Most people do agree that Hillary is the most prepared of all the candidates who have put their names forward in this past year. She’s so capable that many find her hard to relate to, much less swoon over. I say, get over it. We’re looking for a president, not a Facebook friend — a strong, sane, sensible leader we can count on in a crisis. Hillary has devoted her adult life to serving America.

In this election, with so much at stake, she’s the only candidate we can trust. 

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A new trove of emails from HILLARY CLINTON’s State Department aides Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, requested by the conservative organization Judicial Watch, reveals just how often donors to the Clinton Foundation sought access to the State Department while she was Secretary of State. One billionaire donor, for example, wanted to be put in touch with the ambassador to Lebanon — and a Clinton Foundation executive tried to make it happen.

Last week, Bill Clinton announced that if his wife is elected president, he’d step down from the Clinton Foundation board and would stop accepting corporate and foreign donations to the foundation. This sparked a flurry of criticism: Why wait until Hillary wins, some observers wondered. Others made the point that if there would be a conflict of interest with the foundation if Hillary became president, then surely there was a conflict of interest back when Hillary was Secretary of State.

Some writers, including those at liberal websites, have made the case that Clinton should shutter the foundation entirely.

“If their donors are truly being driven only by altruism — and not by access — there is no reason they wouldn’t find another nonprofit for their charitable contributions during the next four or eight years,” wrote Slate writer Josh Voorhees. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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A social media review of more than 50 Trump campaign employees found that at least seven had made posts that were racially or religiously inflammatory, and often supportive of violence and hostile to Muslims.

One staffer shared a post that called Islam a “barbaric cult,” then shared a meme proposing that people should be forced to eat bacon before purchasing firearms. Another linked to a website that accused the U.S. government of assassinating Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Yet another staffer shared an essay declaring that Muslims — simply because they are Muslim — are incapable of being good Americans. (She later admitted that she wouldn’t have posted the essay if she had read the whole thing.)

None of these posts came from top officials in the Trump campaign. The AP also reviewed social media posts from Hillary Clinton’s campaign staffers and found “nothing of note,” other than one employee who said that Trump talked like someone who had taken too many hallucinogenic mushrooms.

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COMMENT | COMMUNITY anxieties rise about our golden moment passing us by.

Spokane is one of the last affordable urban areas in the Northwest, and the headwinds of growth are blowing in our direction. Will they consume us like wildfire? When a recent blog post about “12 Reasons to Relocate to Spokane” was making the rounds, demands to keep our success a secret were more urgent than ever. But exactly what, or who, are we hiding from?

The headwinds of growth are blowing in our direction. Will they consume us like wildfire?

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When the only constant is change itself, we’d best saddle up and make the most of it

BY MARIAH McKAY economy, it is again time to co-create a bold new vision for what growth means in our community.

Urban Spokane is experiencing an unprecedented surge of construction. With key streets finally getting upgraded and more road projects on the way, it’s exciting to anticipate what will emerge when the dust settles.

Every week brings a new open house, or public meeting to seek comment on upcoming development. Suggestions to deliver the North-South Corridor as a freight-serving boulevard, instead of a traditional freeway, are an early sign that we may be ready to grow in new ways.

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t the turn of the previous century, non-native businessmen and people living on the land promoted the Inland Northwest as a unique region to attract the capital and sweat equity of their fellow Americans. With Spokane at its core, people anticipated rapid growth and national prominence. Since that time, dwindling natural resources and globalization resulted in Spokane’s slower growth, which incidentally preserved the foundation for our emerging modern appeal. As we move past the Wall Street recession that stifled the launch of the 21st century

Done in a directed way, growth can make things better for people who already live here. New rental housing can meet the demands of our low-vacancy market and help keep prices down. Fortunately, permits for new housing downtown are on the rise, but questions remain about workforce affordability. New people moving to our region can bring sorely needed skills, perspectives and cultural resources. While we have much to be proud of, we’re not the only city growing from the inside out, and we need to compete globally to attract the leadership and sustainable industries needed to keep our region strong in the face of a hollow economy, stultifying national politics and the threat of climate change.

Working to shape growth in the interests of our future, instead of stonewalling change based on its potential to go wrong, requires intense participation and sticking to a higher standard of what’s possible. An example of this is the future McDowell tower development in Peaceful Valley. What started as a dysfunctional process that cut neighbors out and motivated intense opposition to the project has evolved into residents strategically meeting with representatives to address concerns and lobby for amenities that improve the favorability of the development.

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8/11/16), the rentals should be inspected. Slum landlords, of which there are many, cause terrible harm to neighborhoods by renting to just about anybody who has cash in their hand — that includes drug dealers, users, felons and people who don’t give a damn what the place looks like.

I should know. I’ve lived in West Central for 42 years, and slowly watched it happen. Drug houses all around, and one landlord can own several of them. Meth dealers, who manufacture pollute the neighbors with the LETTERS chemicals, live there for a while, get Send comments to busted, or move, and the next victim editor@inlander.com. moves into a polluted house, and they often have children. Nobody cares. The health department doesn’t care how people live unless there are small children involved.

Those of us who keep our places up would like to see the neighborhood clean up, but as long as the greedy slum landlords own the rentals, that’s never going to happen, unless or until they are made to do something about the conditions of the houses, and most of all caring who they rent to.

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Readers react to a blog post that Spokane CPA David Green has filed recall charges against Spokane Mayor David Condon:

BRANDY LANA MARIA IRIZARRY: What has happened in the last year and a half is that the honeymoon is over! Will the real Mayor Condon step forward? Every fool is revealed sooner or later.

If he was a man of moral character and integrity, he wouldn’t be going through this now. So don’t sugar-coat it! If you’re going to do this, swing that axe you are carrying! Chop Chop! You’re doing the right thing! I’m glad somebody has the beans to get the job done!

I no longer live in Spokane because of everything that has gone on in the local government and police department. I’ve seen a lot in that 26 years… I still have family and friends who live there. Stand up and fight, Spokane. Condon is only one of many who need to go or be investigated!

ISAAC JACK JR.: Thank you for doing something while Spokane fell asleep at the wheel. Damn we are in bad shape.

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STEVE BERDE: A tragedy that it all unraveled for him. The community suffered for it.

MICKEY LONCHAR: It’s obvious Condon’s No. 1 priority was to get re-elected. Mission accomplished.

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Recall and Response The attempt to remove Spokane Mayor David Condon from office may be a long shot, but he isn’t taking any chances

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s he sits across the table from KXLY 920 radio talk-show host Mike Fitzsimmons, Mayor David Condon says he’s at a boiling point. In fact, he says it twice.

Because now it’s not just the scathing accusations the recent independent investigation made against his administration. It’s not just the ethics complaint he’s spent the past year fighting. It’s not just his clashes with a city council which chased away his city-attorney pick and put his police chief nomination in peril. It’s not just the media outlets obsessed with how he tried to hide the sexual harassment allegations against his previous police chief.

Now it’s the mayor’s job — not just his reputation — at risk. Last Tuesday, a recall petition was filed against Condon.

As Condon riffs with Fitzsimmons, he shows a different side than reporters have seen over the past year. His answers are direct, passionate, defiant, angry.

He announces that he’s going on the attack.

“I will fight this. We will fight this,” Condon promises. “We will take actions that the law allows against those who are doing this.”

‘COORDINATED… COLLABORATED’

To hear Condon tell it, the recall attempt is the culmination of something close to a conspiracy.

“It’s been going on for months,” Condon says. “It’s coordinated. It’s collaborated.”

But according to the man who filed the recall, certified public accountant David Green, the story is a lot less dramatic. He says it was basically him alone.

Over the past few months, he says he’d repeatedly seen comments on news websites saying that somebody needed to step forward.

“Unfortunately, that turned out to be me,” says Green. “It’s sad that we have gotten to that point. I’m not taking any pleasure in doing this.”

Green, a Democratic activist and frequent political donor, has two law degrees. If anyone had a shot at putting together a legally defensible recall petition, it was him, Green decided.

“I could put together a reasonably balanced, well-written perspective,” he says.

After all, most recall attempts in Washington state die in a courtroom, before receiving a single petition signature. For the recall attempt against Condon to move forward, it first has to get past a Superior Court judge, who will determine whether accusations against Condon meet the legal requirements for a recall.

Aiming to meet that standard, Green is relying on the independent investigation that Condon himself played a part in initiating: It concluded that his administration intentionally withheld important records about still-unproven sexual harassment allegations against former police chief Frank Straub until after Condon’s re-election last November.

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Mayor David Condon says the recall is driven by politics.

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Council President Ben Stuckart (left) says he’s staying out of the recall attempt initiated by Third Legislative District Democrat’s chair David Green (right). YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

“RECALL AND RESPONSE,” CONTINUED... “grossly overexaggerated” and dismisses her assessment of political motivations as a “conspiracy.” He denies that any of his staff members intentionally withheld documents for any reason.

But Green’s recall filing actually goes further than Cappel’s report: He accuses Condon himself of conspiring to withhold documents — a conclusion Cappel backed away from at the last minute — and charges Condon with mishandling the sexual harassment allegations.

Green also charges that Condon was lying in a September press conference when he said “no” when the Inlander asked if there had been any sexual harassment complaints lodged against Straub. Next month, ConLETTERS don and his Send comments to attorney will go editor@inlander.com. before the ethics committee to make his case — that he’d only been denying there had been any official complaints.

Finally, Green charges Condon with violating the city charter for refusing to submit his recent police chief pick, Craig Meidl, to the city council, and Green effectively bundled two police chief controversies into one massive recall package.

On Monday, after pressure from the city council, the mayor pulled back on his appointment — agreeing to put Meidl up against a pool of outside candidates in a full vetting process.

So what does that mean for the recall effort?

Green isn’t sure, but says it’s ultimately out of his hands.

“I can’t change anything that’s in the petition,” Green says. “The judge is supposed to make the independent determination.”

Green says he doubts he would move to appeal the recall if it was persuasively rejected in Superior Court. A defeat might mean that he too would push for closure.

“Either we move forward or we heal,” Green says. “If the judge says these are not valid grounds to moving forward, then the community needs to take the signal that we should heal.”

RELUCTANT RECALL

If Condon has reached a boiling point, the recall effort so far remains lukewarm — at least until it reaches a judge. Until then, Green says, there’s “no point, in my opinion, in getting people all riled up one way or another.”

Some of Condon’s most vocal critics, including the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane and the National Organization for Women, haven’t yet joined the recall effort. Shar Lichty, who the mayor crushed in last year’s election, says she supports the recall efforts, but has intentionally tried to stay out of it.

“I don’t want it to appear that it’s vindication on my part,” Lichty says.

The mayor’s most influential political opponent, City Council President Ben Stuckart, also will keep his distance.

“I don’t think it’s appropriate for an elected official of a city to comment on a recall attempt of another elected official,” Stuckart says.

Condon speculates on the radio that the recall attempt has been “orchestrated between the Center for Justice and Mr. Green.”

Center for Justice Executive Director Rick Eichstaedt has been litigating the ethics complaint against Condon and is preparing to a file a public records violation claim against the city.

But both Eichstaedt and Green say there was no orchestration. Eichstaedt says he declined to give Green help.

“I made it clear to him that that’s something that the Center can’t do,” Eichstaedt says. “Generally we don’t sponsor ballot measures. This is electoral politics.”

While Jim CastroLang, chair of the Spokane County Democrats, had put out a press release calling for Condon’s resignation and describing a recall as “inevitable,” he says the party hasn’t been behind the recall. They might endorse it, but don’t want to lead it.

“None of us want to play political games,” CastroLang says. “If something like this is going to succeed, it’s going to need to have some

grassroots energy.”

That’s what happened during the most recent successful recall in Spokane, back in 2005 when Shannon Sullivan, a single mom, rallied the city against against conservative Mayor Jim West.

But back then, the allegations — that West was trolling gay sex websites to pick up young men, and offering them city internships and appointments — managed to outrage both parties: Social conservatives saw immorality and betrayal, while social liberals saw rank hypocrisy. The local Republican and Democratic parties and an unanimous city council all called for West’s resignation.

So far, there’s no apparent Republican support for recalling Condon. Last Thursday, Republican activist Kelly Lotze notes, Condon received a standing ovation at a barbecue held by his former boss, Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

“One mistake, if true, pales in comparison to the great things accomplished over four years,” says Lotze. He says he generally considered Green to be genuine, but sees this recall effort as “entirely political.”

Green insists he’s not motivated by “political animus.” Still, he is the chair of the Third Legislative District Democrats. He’s donated to Stuckart and Lichty. He sent a letter to the Salary Review Commission urging raises for the city council and city council president.

Condon, noting that he was nonpartisan enough to be willing to appoint Green to the Salary Review Commission, attacks the recall as politically motivated.

“This is a political move, and I am no stranger to politics,” Condon told Fitzsimmons. “I have no problem bringing together a team, with a political action committee, that will address this issue.”

CONDON’S POLITICAL OPPONENTS

Condon knows the political power of a scandal. In 2011, he won the mayor’s race partly by lobbing his own allegations at thenMayor Mary Verner for refusing to fire the assistant city attorney accused of covering up information in a police brutality scandal.

“Mary Verner and the bureaucrats at city hall are guilty of wasting time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in a vain effort to keep the facts from coming out,” Condon wrote, his words echoing those of his critics today. “The mayor needs to show leadership and stop hiding her head in the sand.”

Five years later, in the radio booth, Condon recognizes that this scandal has done real damage to Spokane’s reputation.

“It devastates me when I’m at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, when two other mayors and national media consultants say what a laughingstock this has [made of] our community,” Condon says.

“Those are my words, not theirs.”

He lays much of the blame at the way the scandal has been covered by a media drawn to conflict and confrontation.

“Unfortunately, the commercial media lives and dies by this controversy,” Condon tells Fitzsimmons. “This is completely a sideshow.”

While the Fitzsimmons interview had been scheduled before the recall was filed, there’s no question it was friendly territory.

Fitzsimmons calls the recall effort “thin,” “petty” and “schoolyard juvenile,” accusing the mayor’s critics of “tossing rocks through windows.”

Condon hasn’t granted other media outlets asking about the recall the same access: The Spokesman-Review got a written statement. The Inlander, despite interview requests through city spokespeople, never heard back from the mayor.

During a break in the radio show, the producer of KXLY’s 5 pm news broadcast asked the mayor in the hallway for an oncamera comment on the recall. Condon refused.

“Make your own ratings,” the mayor shot back, according to the producer. By raising money for a campaign through a political action committee, Condon suggested to Fitzsimmons, he’ll be able to share the message he wants heard directly with the public.

“I will use that opportunity to tell Spokane’s story. And say where we’re going, and how we’re going to face the challenges going forward,” Condon says. “I think the people deserve to be communicated to.” n

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ELECTION 2017 In 2014, the Inlander awarded KATE BURKE the Peirone Prize for her flurry of activist and nonprofit activities.

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Powerful winds fueled by a cold front, a wall of cooler air, The Yale fire on Sunday. ANNE McGREGOR PHOTO contributed to conditions that sparked this week’s wildfires. These type of conditions — high winds, a drop in temperature and no rain — are typical of August weather in the Inland Northwest. Similar conditions contributed to “The Big Burn” in August of 1910 — a blaze that consumed upward of 3 million acres across Washington, North Idaho and Montana; 87 people were killed in those fires.

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Shades of Black Lives A Spokane County detective’s Facebook post about Black Lives Matter sparks debate among local law enforcement

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pokane County Sheriff’s Office Detective Damon Simmons is frustrated. The nearly 20-year law enforcement veteran straddles the line between two worlds often pitted against each other. As a cop and a black man, there’s plenty to be upset about.

Scenes captured on cellphones of police officers manhandling citizens are shared across the country within seconds. An officer’s screw-up is always news, but the cop-does-good narrative often doesn’t see the light of day.

The gulf between police and the communities they’re sworn to protect continues to grow wider.

The assumptions irk Simmons the most. Assumptions that the officer must be in the wrong. Assumptions that race had to be the crucial factor, and that the officer won’t be held accountable.

“We’re asking people to understand,” Simmons says.

“Unless you understand law enforcement, policy and procedure and case law, you can’t understand.”

So Simmons, like a lot of people who are irritated, turns to Facebook. A meme he recently shared has stoked a debate among area law enforcement, offering a peek into Detective Damon Simmons local views on the Black Lives Matter movement, race and policing.

Over an aerial photo of the recent floods in Louisiana are the words “No BLM or Black Panthers coming to help. Only the police, National Guard and local Good Samaritans. But that’s none of my business.”

Local city leaders argue that the meme pits the police against black activists in what was a tragic natural disaster unrelated to police shootings of black people.

Simmons, for his part, says the meme — which he shared but didn’t create — was meant to voice his frustration that Black Lives Matter is only concerned when a life is taken by a cop.

Spokane NAACP President Phillip Tyler commented on Simmons’ post, saying the meme is “distasteful” and

A meme shared by Detective Simmons from the Facebook page for “Operation Officer Down.” “professionals should be more professional.”

Tyler then shared the meme on his own page, voicing his own frustration: “The post and its associated comments are horrible, bigoted, and only serve to create a further divide between our law enforcement community and the public it is charged to protect,” Tyler writes.

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hreads on both Tyler’s and Simmons’ pages drew comments from area law enforcement.

On Simmons’ page, Shoshone County Deputy J.D. Allen writes in part: “What is true about this meme, is that things we should be focusing on as America are not happening. Things like uniting as All Lives Matter. Instead of burning down communities and hurting others, we should be looking to help others. I [think] Black Lives Matter should shut down and a new group should come in. One that doesn’t organize racism, hate and destruction.”

Sherilyn Redmon, a neighborhood conditions officer for the Spokane Police Department, writes: “How do you know who’s helping[?] Are you down checking everyone’s I.D.? People who truly want to help don’t need validation from the media for every good deed they do.

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Meanwhile, on Tyler’s page, where Simmons was not identified, SPD Capt. Tracie Meidl, Spokane’s interim police ombudsman Bart Logue, former ombudsman commissioner AJ VanderPol and other community members weighed in.

Meidl: “We need to stop being divisive and strive to move forward together.”

Logue: “Are you aware of any local entities that are headed to help in the flooding? Those would be great stories to read vs memes like these that have no purpose but to divide.”

VanderPol: “This meme is pathetic.”

Simmons’ post comes about two weeks after his boss, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, penned an article rebuking the incendiary comments from “talking heads” nationwide in the aftermath of recent officer deaths in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Between the two cities, eight officers were killed in the span of two weeks; 10 more were injured.

“Words are very powerful — as powerful, if not more powerful, than any weapon made by man,” Knezovich wrote. “For it is how we use our words that drives us to use those weapons.”

In a conversation about Simmons’ posts last week, Knezovich expressed extreme agitation over “finger pointing.” He feels that the national and local media have a penchant for highlighting “negative” news about police, and likened the Inlander’s interest in the conversation surrounding Simmons’ social media post to a “tempest in a teapot.”

“All this is doing is creating bad blood in the community,” Knezovich says. “Enough is enough. We need to get together and figure out how to fix it.”

But in an age where social media is becoming more and more influential, online comments from officers and civil servants have resulted in discipline, and in some cases termination. Indeed, one of the top candidates for Spokane’s police ombudsman was promptly disqualified last year after the community learned of his controversial comments on Black Lives Matter.

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“When you share those things, you represent the organization,” he says. “So people cannot believe you’re going to have any level of fair policing when you go to police them. As law enforcement personnel, it’s at least troubling, and at best it’s speaking to the exact narrative that’s causing so much strife in the communities who say there’s bias in policing.”

Simmons, who grew up in Texas, says the fact that Black Lives Matter protesters don’t show up when African Americans are victims of intraracial violence or, say, a natural disaster, delegitimizes them.

“That post is saying ‘If black lives matter, you need to be involved in every aspect,’ not just blocking roads and causing chaos,” Simmons says. “Go find out why there’s a multitude of shootings between African Americans in some places. If black lives matter, and there’s a natural disaster, go down and help, because the same people you’re criticizing are the ones who are helping.”

“Words are very powerful — as powerful, if not more powerful, than any weapon made by man.”

But that assertion doesn’t comport with the group’s mission, which is to spotlight systemic racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

African Americans, for example, are killed by police at a higher rate than any other race, and according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2014 black men were incarcerated at a higher rate than any other race in federal and state prisons.

Numerous other reports and investigations have also found racial disparities in policing across the country and locally.

“Black Lives Matter is not meant to be divisive, it’s meant to call attention to these instances where it appears that our voices haven’t been heard,” Tyler says. “It’s not about casting a negative light on every single law enforcer. It’s about saying some of these instances should be looked into.”

For many like Simmons, a relatively narrow focus diminishes the message.

In a July 11 video posted to his Facebook page, he laments “this new focus on racism,” and a “narrow focus on law enforcement,” with no accountability for the public.

“We have a choice to behave or not to behave,” he says in the video. “The majority of us have the choice to get up, get out of bed and go to school, get an education. The majority of us had the choice to take one path or another. See, that’s called accountability.” n

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United by Song and Dance A local powwow aims to bring people together across ethnicities for a colorful cultural celebration

BY ISAAC HANDELMAN

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hen the sun sets on Spokane’s Gathering at the Falls Powwow, the dancing continues.

Throaty singing rings out across the softly lit summer grass amidst the rhythmic chimes of bells attached to elaborately dressed tribal dancers.

They dance about the field, joyously bobbing and stomping as comfortable onlookers watch from the sidelines, contentedly transfixed. Such scenes at the event create the sort of atmosphere that powwow co-chair Shane Garcia has trouble putting into words.

“I would just say you can feel the strength, you can feel the connection,” he says.

Those feelings that Garcia mentions are important aspects of the annual event. It’s a celebration that aims

to unite attendees across cultures and ethnicities under a common banner of positive feelings.

“We try to emphasize that we’re more a family than individuals,” Garcia says. “We try to interlink a lot of culture and having fun.”

Fun won’t be hard to come by at the powwow.

The event takes place over the course of two days, and includes a schedule packed with traditional Native American song-and-dance performances and competitions featuring talent of all ages, from “tiny tots” all the way up to adults. The festival also boasts a diabetes fundraiser run, a hypnotist show, a family fun day, and a myriad of arts and crafts vendors.

The Gathering at the Falls Powwow has been a Spo-

kane mainstay since its beginning 25 years ago, drawing between 3,000 and 4,000 visitors annually. Garcia says that the event now attracts attendees from all across the United States, as well as from Canada and Mexico.

“I think more people are learning that it’s not just for Native Americans,” Garcia says. “Generally there’s still a belief that it might just be for Native Americans. We’re trying to educate everyone that this is a cultural event that we share with other populations. It’s for everybody.”

Last year, due to air quality concerns connected to rampant wildfires, the powwow was moved indoors to the Spokane Convention Center at the last minute. This year, the event returns to the Lilac Bowl at Riverfront Park. ...continued on next page

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Though certain nearby tribes, such as the Kalispel, also host their own powwows which are open to the public, the Gathering at the Falls Powwow is unique in that its scope necessitates multiple sources of funding.

“We have to try to get support from a lot of businesses or individual sponsors,” Garcia says. “Some tribes do provide sponsorship of the powwow in some ways, but it’s not a significant amount.”

A conglomeration of local tribes, including the

Spokane, Colville, Kalispel and Coeur d’Alene tribes, are actively involved in the organization of the powwow, and Inland Power and Light, Kaufman & Associates, the Native Project and other businesses and groups help to provide the fiscal support that makes the event possible — and which ensures it can continue to take place on a yearly basis. Garcia emphasizes the importance of the powwow’s continued annual existence.

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The Spokane Indians qualified for postseason play by winning the first half of their season. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

n next week’s issue, we’ll give you everything you need to know about the upcoming football season. But before we transition into football, let’s remember that there’s still some meaningful baseball being played. The Spokane Indians clinched an appearance in the Northwest League playoffs by winning the first-half title. In Seattle, the Mariners — remember them? — have won enough games (many in dramatic fashion) to keep them in the American League wild-card chase. A few numbers* from the season so far:

42.9: The percentage of Mariners catcher Mike Zunino’s hits this season that have been home runs. Zunino, who spent the season’s first half in the minor leagues, has 21 hits — nine homers and 12 non-homers.

$1: How much you’ll pay for a Pepsi, a hot dog or an ice cream

sandwich at Avista Stadium on Friday, Aug. 26, as part of Yoke’s Family Feast Night. First pitch is slated for 6:30 pm.

76: Number of home runs hit by Mariners slugger Nelson Cruz since he came to Seattle in 2015.

.340: Spokane Indians third baseman Xavier Turner’s batting average before the Texas Rangers organization promoted him to the Hickory Crawdads in early August.

101 mph: The velocity of fastballs thrown by Mariners

relief pitchers Edwin Diaz and Arquimedes Caminero this season.

— MIKE BOOKEY * All statistics current as of Aug. 22

SPOKANE ARTS DIRECTOR DEPARTS

After about a year and a half leading the city’s arts nonprofit, Spokane Arts executive director Laura Becker (pictured) is heading out. The Spokane native, who took the job in early 2015, has accepted a position as cultural affairs supervisor for the city of Santa Monica, California, and will exit her role here in mid-September. Becker says a main reason for her departure is to be closer to her partner and family. In a letter to Spokane Arts supporters, she writes: “I have great love for Spokane and am honored to have led this organization for as long as I have and with so many accomplishments to account.”

TWITTER Straight-up Donald Trump parody accounts are a dime a dozen. But the Twitter account of Owen Ellickson (@ ONXLN) takes the more noble, hilarious path. Ellickson, a writer for the decent NBC comedy Superstore, scripts imagined conversations from the GOP nominee, mostly between Trump and an increasingly exasperated and disillusioned Speaker of the House, Rep. Paul Ryan. Typically, Ryan is left speechless.

“TRUMP: My white campaign manager’s moved by my blacks’ comments!

RYAN: TRUMP: When you address blacks and a white likes it: as good as it gets!”

Like any good sitcom writer, Ellickson has a mastery of the essence of his “characters,” while developing his own series of inside jokes.

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YOUTUBE I first stumbled upon Jon and Al Kaplan’s LEGOLAMBS channel through their epic 24: Season 2: The Musical, which includes such near-Broadway quality hits as “Dammit! The Longest Day of My Life,” “I Will Torture You,” and “Three Countries in the Middle East.” Turns out they’ve written dozens of similar songs, mostly for hypermasculine action movies. So Predator gets a “If it bleeds we can kill it” refrain, while The Expendables musical gets spot-on impressions of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Statham. n

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The setting for Obduction, which was released earlier this week.

Game of Sounds Cyan’s Robyn Miller returns to orchestrate the Spokane-based gaming company’s Obduction

BY NICK THOMAS

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obyn Miller, the multitalented co-creator of best-selling computer games Myst and Riven, is back at Cyan, Inc. for the first time in nearly 20 years. He’s returned to create the soundtrack for Obduction, the Spokane company’s highly anticipated return to form, which was released this week.

Miller left the company in 1998 to try different media, mostly film. He recently wrote, directed, and starred in his first full-length feature film, The Immortal Augustus Gladstone, and scored the soundtrack as well.

After years away from the computer game world, he was ready to score Obduction’s soundtrack, especially when he saw what Cyan’s small team had accomplished.

But Miller — who founded Cyan with his brother Rand in 1987 — says that film and game soundtracks differ greatly, because movie soundtracks require tracking along with what is happening on the screen.

“They have themes that repeat at key moments,” he says. “A game soundtrack is a bit more in the background. You don’t want to walk into a room and be like, ‘Oh, there’s CW’s theme again.’”

CW, by the way, is a character played

by Miller, harkening back to his 1993 role as the holographic Sirrus in Myst. He says Obduction is totally new, though, with zero connection to the old stuff.

“It is its own animal,” says Miller.

It continues Cyan’s legacy of challenging puzzles, intriguing stories, immersive graphics and compelling music. Again,

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there’s the feeling that you’ve suddenly appeared on a strange world. Yet while Riven was more fantasy, says Miller, the feel of Obduction “is more sci-fi.”

Miller’s part in the game is highly focused. In contrast to the old games, he has no involvement in world building or writing, but was tasked with creating the world’s musical underpinning, the key to its emotional appeal.

“My role is to make the game more profound,” he says, “to evoke the feel of the landscape and provoke you emotionally.”

There are a number of very dramatic moments, he says, and the music matches that.

Yet that must all happen in a way that never overwhelms the player. With the abundance of music software at his disposal — he has an extensive synthesizer collection — he found it a tricky balance to strike.

In order to orchestrate the “massive world” Cyan has created, he often had to impose limits on himself.

“I love limits. I’m a big believer in creative constraints. The issue is I have too many sounds to choose from. The number of pianos I can use is nearly endless,” says Miller.

There’s also the temptations of instant modifications and tweaks.

“For instance, I can extend the size of a piano from 10 feet to 15 feet, and get a totally different sound,” he says. That lack of limits, he says, can hamper creativity.

Consider his old Roland synthesizer.

“I composed the soundtrack to Myst

entirely within that synthesizer; there was nothing else.” That soundtrack, it turned out, proved so wildly popular it was released by Virgin Records.

“It’s not what you have, but what you do with what you have,” Miller says. “What melody can I do with this one sound?” he asks himself, not how many sounds he can pack in.

If it sounds like Miller has gone minimalist, that’s not far off the mark.

In an attempt to replicate the constraints of the Myst era, Miller’s studio has been stripped down to the very basics. Gone are his banks of mixers, speakers, multiple keyboards and fancy instruments. “I never used that stuff,” he says with a dismissive laugh.

“Obduction is amazing,” Miller says.

Especially when using Oculus Rift’s Virtual Reality headset.

Especially stunning, he says, are the exterior shots. The landscapes give a sense of scale unparalleled in VR, especially for a small team like Cyan. Towering mountains seem so close you can touch them, he says, and mist drifts by right in front of your face.

“At Cyan they were laughing at me. I just kept saying, ‘This is amazing, this is amazing.’”

With Obduction all wrapped up, what’s next? Miller says his Seattle-based company, Zoo Break Productions, is staying busy. There’s a TV pilot called Daffodil (a “techno-thriller” set in Seattle) and a short virtual reality project, as well as a music app for iPhone and iPad. A new kids’ game, designed with Rand, may be in the works. That would mark the brothers’ first kids’ adventure game since their 1988 classic, The Manhole. n Cyan’s Obduction is available on PC, Mac and Oculus Rift.

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The Big Picture

Richmond Art Collective co-founders Anne-Claire Mitchell (left) and Rebecca Chadwell.

Supporting local arts nonprofits also benefits other areas of our communities

BY CHEY SCOTT

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n a community that’s artistically vibrant and creative, people are more involved in other forms of civic engagement, like volunteering and voting. The economy benefits.

The health of its people benefit. The education of our youth benefits. All this and more has been extensively studied, and the results of that research widely published by national arts advocacy nonprofits, including Americans for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

No, the arts aren’t directly solving homelessness, ending hunger, lessening economic disparities, closing gaps in education or providing access to essential social services. But the arts have been proven to help to make those goals more reachable.

“Arts are not more important than those other things,” affirms Laura Becker, departing executive director of the nonprofit Spokane Arts (spokanearts.org).

“Artists are known to be great collaborators — you see artists working in social practice, partnering with social service agencies, implementing programs that better the lives of their patients and clients — so these things are not happening singularly; there is a lot of overlap and crossover,” she continues.

Yet, just as with any other nonprofit organization working to improve the community and its members’ lives, arts nonprofits are no stranger to dealing with tight budgets and limited staffing in carrying out their missions.

“Funding is the No. 1 issue — there is a

super-small pool of money to be tapping into in the region, and the more organizations there are, the smaller that pool becomes,” says Ginger Ewing, a community arts leader and co-founder of two nonprofits, Terrain and Window Dressing (terrainspokane.com).

Founded more than eight years ago, Terrain runs its namesake annual, one-nightonly arts and music showcase in downtown Spokane each October, and plans to operate a year-round gallery space in the near future.

Its counterpart Window Dressing seeks to fill empty or underutilized downtown storefronts with art installations, and soon will begin placing creative business ventures in these vacant spots under temporary leases. ...continued on next page

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o address both the issue of arts groups struggling to get funding, and to answer the looming question of “why should people support the arts?” one solution is focusing more on arts education for all ages.

Anne-Claire Mitchell, a local artist and co-founder of the Spokane-based Richmond Art Collective (richmondartcollective.com), a nonprofit that provides subsidized studio and gallery TO HELP space to artists, has noticed some effort Visit Inlander.com/give here to get younger people involved in, or at least to understand and care about, the arts scene. Again, the scarcely available funding for arts comes into play.

“In terms of the city’s priority for funding the arts, that disseminates into the general population and their attitudes for art and culture,” Mitchell argues. “It’s treated as a luxury and not an essential, and Spokane, being one of the poorest per-capita cities in the state, we’re always faced with that decision of where to put our funds. That said, as a result of that there is a huge population of young professionals not directly involved in arts and culture, but interested in learning about it.”

“They are creative and giving, and making the community more vibrant, and we want to support them so they stay here.”

Mitchell also serves as the Spokane program coordinator for the statewide nonprofit agency Artist Trust (artisttrust.org), headquartered in Seattle. Through that position, she mostly works with individual artists, helping connect them with their local audiences, finding and obtaining resources for their projects, and organizing networking and education events targeting the local creative population.

She encourages local arts supporters, including those who can’t afford to contribute financially, to come out and volunteer, or at least come to Richmond Arts Collective’s gallery shows and events; the next one kicks off in September.

“Take a genuine interest in the individual artists that we’re trying to support, because it really is all about them,” Mitchell says.

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cross the border in Coeur d’Alene, Jeni Hegsted — founder of the nonprofit arts education and gallery space Emerge (emergecda.org) and an Inlander Peirone Prize winner in 2014 — asks the community to do the same: participate.

“Emerge serves a very essential need within Coeur d’Alene, because really what we’re trying to do here is bridge the gap between the coffee shops and professional gallery spaces, and give a platform for artists to show their work who are just coming onto the scene,” Hegsted says.

“When artists show their work here, it validates what they’re doing,” she continues. “They are creative and giving, and making the community more vibrant, and we want to support them so they stay here.”

Emerge, founded a little more than a year and a half ago, also offers a range of arts classes to local at-risk youth, and low-cost studio space for artists in the community. Most of Emerge’s programs are run by volunteers.

“Volunteers are our biggest need, but coming to our events is a great way to support us because it’s really fun. We love people to show up,” Hegsted says.  cheys@inlander.com

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Impanda founders Omy and Sam Karorero (left); Omy’s ban playing at a recent fundraiser on the Saranac rooftop.

Learning on the Job Starting a new nonprofit is a crash course in business — and more

BY DAN NAILEN

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illy Sexton is one of the more familiar faces helping Spokane’s homeless — especially among the people he’s helping.

For years, he’s been riding the Spokane streets on a “Pee-wee Herman-style” cruiser bicycle, handing out sandwiches and talking with people down on their luck.

At Christmas, you might spot him handing out presents, Santa-style.

The grassroots activism suited Sexton just fine, but as he started to think about bigger projects with the potential to make a more dramatic difference, he decided to make it “official” and formed Solution is Hours. It’s based on the idea, stated on its website, that “if everyone spent at least one hour a month making their community a better place, we would create the society we all wanted.”

By organizing volunteers and doing a lot of work, Sexton and the organization provide nearly 3,000 meals monthly to people experiencing homelessness.

Making it official meant Solution is Hours getting 501(c)(3) nonprofit status earlier this year, a process entailing “a lot of paperwork,” Sexton says. But he says the work was worth it.

“I really like the accountability it holds you to with the IRS,” Sexton says. “It makes us stay more in-line, and now we don’t have to worry about taxes so much. It gives us more freedom to get monetary donations.”

Next for Sexton is implementing one of his big ideas, starting a work program where “we just run around, pick some homeless guys up, take them out to clean up the streets or have people hire them to do labor, and we’ll pay them $12 or $13 an hour, paying them at the end of the day, dropping them off at the shelter and picking them back up in the morning.”

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etting that 501(c)(3) status was a big step for another Spokane nonprofit startup. Less than a year after Sam and Omy Karorero started Impanda, an

organization dedicated to improving the lives of street kids in Omy’s native Rwanda and in his adopted home here, they’ve seen some small successes. They raised money for Omy to travel to Rwanda to deliver school supplies to kids living in the harsh street environs he once endured as an orphan of the Rwandan genocide. Once there, Omy found he could provide health care for kids for $15 a year, and Impanda was able to pony up for 50 kids. And they navigated the organization to 501(c)(3) status through the help of a lawyer on Impanda’s board, Sam says.

Those are all baby steps toward the couple’s vision of building a center for music and art therapy in Rwanda.

Hence their presence on the Saranac rooftop one recent evening for dinner, drinks, dancing to Omy’s band and a pitch from Sam to donate to the cause — fundraising being a necessary evil for anyone interested in helping others.

“We started Impanda a year ago, and I haven’t been able to ask people for money,” Sam tells the 150 or so attendees. “But we all know it takes money to do something. We will take that money and I promise you that we will honor it, and we will use it to do good.”

The next day, Sam admits that the work toward Impanda’s ultimate goal can be frustratingly slow, but she recognizes that any new organization has to establish itself in order to gain donors’ trust.

“We’re finding strategic ways to make an impact while we build this foundation,” she says.

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undraising is Christine Weaver’s least-favorite part of running Breast Intentions, an organization dedicated to helping underprivileged women get a properly fitted bra. But the dramatic growth in the group’s work in the first 18 months of its existence means it’s necessary. The group’s first event helped 35 women, and the two most recent saw 96 and 60 women sign up

for help, “so there’s a huge need,” Weaver says. “I don’t like begging for money, but it is the only way we can do what we do.”

Breast Intentions evolved out of an experience Weaver had while working with Catholic Charities. Taking a poor woman to buy a dress for a gala, Weaver discovered the woman’s bra was two sizes off, and she realized that many women were in the same position, relying on donated bras or buying them from discount racks with no regard to proper sizing. “For women, if we don’t have a bra that fits us that’s comfortable, then we’re insecure in who we are,” Weaver says.

Nearly two years in, and despite the obvious need for the program, Weaver is finding it hard to get big stores involved in her cause. JC Penney donated fitters for a recent event in Richland, she says, and “I really wish we could get that kind of enthusiasm from the big-box stores here, but we haven’t really been able to.”

Even so, she adds, “I didn’t think two years ago that it would grow into what it is now. I really love what we do.”

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amie McAtee says she knew nothing about being a business owner or entrepreneur when she started Rescue4All three years ago. The group is dedicated to saving unadoptable dogs before they’re euthanized by finding foster homes and paying for food and necessary medical services. Inspired by time spent volunteering at the Spokane Humane Society, McAtee solicited friends and family via social media for advice on starting up.

“It was a learning curve the whole way,” McAtee says. “There were some fumbles, but we went live with the website and live with the Facebook page, and I was just like, ‘Hey, I don’t know how this is going to go, but these are the dogs we’re going to try and save.’ And within the first week, we raised about $2,000.”

Since then, Rescue4All has saved 160 animals, including two horses, and is able to support itself, debt-free, by soliciting foster homes and donations from its 5,000 Facebook followers, and by working with other local rescue groups.

The process of starting Rescue4All has been an education, McAtee says: “A lot of people don’t know about the business side of it.” She’s learned a lot about how to do business and “making sure your doors stay open so you can last four, five, six years.” n dann@inlander.com

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Home Base

Kimberly Hoskin outside of Miryam’s House, a transitional facility in Spokane, where Hoskin lived after undergoing drug treatment. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Spokane nonprofits face challenges in providing people with a place to call their own

BY JAKE THOMAS

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n Spokane and Washington state, it’s getting harder to find a place to call home — especially if you’re of more modest means.

Last year, the Washington State Department of Commerce released a report finding that 24,515 households, or 13 percent of Spokane County’s households, pay more than half of their income for rent. The report also found that there are only 12 units of affordable housing for every 100 households that make less than 30 percent of the area’s median income.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has decreased funding for housing production.

Meanwhile, Spokane is experiencing a housing crunch as parts of the city gentrify.

But housing nonprofits in Spokane are working to find ways to put roofs over the heads of people who need them most.

IN TRANSITION

When Kimberly Hoskin completed a drug treatment

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program for her addiction to methamphetamine, she felt triumphant that she was finally clean. But Hoskin, who moved from Tacoma to Spokane for inpatient treatment, says that triumph was mixed with fear.

“It was terrifying,” she recalls. “I didn’t want to go to Tacoma because I knew it would be too easy for a relapse, and I didn’t know anything about Spokane.”

After talking to a case manager, she was accepted at Miryam’s House, a housing facility and program for women like her. It’s run by Transitions, a Spokane-based nonprofit that provides transitional housing and services for women fleeing domestic violence, getting out of prison or in need of a place to stay after finishing a substance abuse or psychiatric treatment program, according to Mary Tracey, the organization’s director of development.

Tracey says the program gives these women a place to stay while finding jobs, services and education, as well as permanent housing At Miryam’s House, a two-story residence on the lower South Hill, Hoskin moved into a clean, butterfly-

themed room complete with fresh towels and toiletries.

There’s an on-site counselor and support groups that Hoskin participated in, along with nine other women living there.

“Living here was a dream,” says Hoskin, who found an apartment a year after entering Miryam’s House. “It just didn’t seem real to me.”

In May, Transitions and YWCA of Spokane (another provider of transitional housing) announced that they would lose $233,217 in HUD funding. Tracey says they’ve had to lay off a staff member and are taking more formerly incarcerated women, whose housing is subsidized by the state, rather than domestic violence survivors. Transitions is running at a deficit, she says, and could have to cut housing units if the situation persists, jeopardizing its unique role among Spokane housing nonprofits.

VENTURE TO BUILD

More than 20 years ago, Spokane Housing Ventures was founded as a nonprofit to work through the complexity surrounding a very simple goal: building affordable housing.

Crystal Hillier, chief financial officer for SHV, says that in the 1970s, a housing developer could apply to HUD for financing for affordable housing. Now, she says, that’s changed.

“In today’s development world, you have to get city funding to leverage county funding to apply for state funding, and then you maybe get a private investor

that’s interested in a tax credit,” she says. All of these different sources of funding, she says, often have different requirements for housing different populations (i.e., chronically homeless, disabled people, etc.). It’s SHV’s job to thread that needle, says Hillier, because private developers, averse to red tape and expecting a bigger return, are less likely to build this much-needed housing.

In Spokane County, SHV operates 740 units that provide housing to vulnerable populations such as seniors, as well as people making less than the area’s median income. Spokane is currently experiencing a shortage of affordable housing, and the market’s low vacancy rate means fewer options and higher rents. Hillier says that SHV is insulated from these pressures, even reducing rents in some units. She says it has more developments planned.

“We can take you straight off the streets, and we can house you all through your life,” she says.

NEW OLD HOMES

When Sarff Investments bought a block in West Central last year, intending to clear the 13 historic homes located there to make way for a car wash, it raised concerns that the development would cut into the neighborhood’s affordable housing stock at a time when it’s starting to gentrify. Sarff offered to give the houses to anyone who could lift them up and move them.

The Grove Community, a new nonprofit, is planning to use these buildLETTERS ings to provide Send comments to affordable editor@inlander.com. housing in West Central, says Deb Conklin, a local pastor who serves on its board. Conklin says that the nonprofit has secured lots for five houses and one has already been moved.

“The gentrification pressure from Kendall Yards has already started,” says Conklin.

She says that the Grove Community will rent out rooms in the houses at an affordable rate, allowing people of more modest means to reside in a neighborhood where property values are rising.

She says that three houses will include apartments for families. The lots where the houses are moved also will have raised beds, she says, so tenants can grow their own food.

But Conklin says her group has run into some complications in moving the houses that

need to be resolved soon.

“There are a lot of moving pieces that have to happen to move a house,” she says.

HOME OF THEIR OWN

Buying your own house is considered a reliable way to build wealth. But finding the cash for a down payment, getting an affordable mortgage and wading through the mounds of paperwork associated with the purchase can be daunting.

Fortunately there are nonprofits in Spokane that’ll hold your hand as you take the plunge.

Community Frameworks, an affordable housing nonprofit that has offices in Spokane and Bremerton, offers a program to help individuals and households making 80 percent of the area’s median income buy their first home from the organization’s portfolio of houses. For a household of two that’s around $41,000 a year, says Mark Wilson, a housing developer for Community Frameworks.

“It enables people to get into homeownership who otherwise wouldn’t be able to,” says Wilson, a housing developer for Community Frameworks. The program requires participants to take a homebuyer education course and also put in about 50 hours of sweat equity into the house.

“We provide down payment assistance, that gets most people’s attention,” says Wilson.

Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, another local nonprofit, offers a similar program that helps people overcome barriers to homeownership. It provides counselors and classes that direct participants to special loan programs. SNAP also offers loans of $10,000 that help households at 80 percent area median income get into their own house.

The Spokane affiliate of Habitat for Humanity runs a program that helps families living in subsidized, overcrowded or substandard housing get into a place of their own by purchasing a house at cost, with no interest, from the nonprofit. The program, which requires families to contribute 500 hours of “sweat equity” and take a course on homeownership, is geared toward families whose income falls between 25 to 60 percent of area median income.

“Sometimes families are living in a shelter or on a neighbor’s couch,” says Michelle Girardot, the nonprofit’s chief executive officer. But after they get their own home, she says they’re empowered and can start building wealth. n jaket@inlander.com

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PEIRONE PRIZE 2016

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t’s Give Guide, so time again to recognize three locals working hard to make the Inland Northwest a great place. We asked you for nominees, and the field was impressive. Typically we prioritize people 40 and younger who have shown unique devotion to their causes. For 2016, Teri Koski, Ryan Oelrich and Dylan Stiegemeyer are the winners of the Peirone Prize. Each winner gets a cash honorarium and a fancy granite award for their desk.

The annual prizes — now seven years old — are named for Joe and Alice Peirone, the grandparents of Inlander founders Jer and Ted McGregor. In their time in Spokane, Joe and Alice started a business TO HELP Visit Inlander.com/give — Peirone Produce — grew a big family and supported a variety of local charities.

As you read these remarkable stories, remember all the organizations and individuals out there who do so much for neighbors in need. A big part of the Give Guide is to shine a light on those effort so the community can say “thank you.” And please consider making a gift to any charity you read about in these pages. Every bit of support makes a difference. 

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Always in reach

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“I just want people to feel engaged,” says Stiegemeier “and I don’t really like to tell them what they have to do.”

YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Dylan Stiegemeier “Jack of all trades, master of few,” this conservation enthusiast has sparked an effort that’s spread worldwide

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BY MITCH RYALS

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t started when Dylan Stiegemeier hiked a bent-up old stove top 3 miles out of the foothills near Pocatello, Idaho. He and a buddy were preparing for comprehensive exams, the last step in his Ph.D. program at Idaho State University before writing his dissertation.

The 33-year-old Idaho native with a humble affect, long, curly hair and a penchant for environmental conservation had become a bit disillusioned by academia.

All this talking and no action made him anxious, and during that hike, trash that had littered the landscape for decades bugged the crap out of Stiegemeier.

He finished the exams (but still has to write that damn dissertation) and returned to his home in Post Falls. In the meantime, he applied for jobs in environmental conservation. He even offered to work for free. No dice.

“If nobody’s going to let me crack the lineup, then I’ll create something for myself,” Stiegemeier recalls thinking.

And so was born the Theodores: a grassroots effort promoting small acts of environmental conservation in order to create a huge impact.

The Theodores — a nod to one of Stiegemeier’s heroes, Teddy Roosevelt, known in part for his efforts on behalf of ecological preservation — takes a lesson from one of the Rough Rider’s famous quotes: “Do what you can with what you have, where you are.”

It’s the idea that many small, relatively convenient acts can produce a huge impact.

Since 2014, when Stiegemeier launched the effort, the Theodores has been about picking up trash. So far, photos of people from at least 20 states and 20 countries have surfaced. They pick up trash, then pose for a picture with an orange flag with Teddy’s mug plastered on it.

In the future, Stiegemeier says, he wants the Theodores to stand for efforts beyond clean-ups.

“I just want people to feel engaged, and I don’t really like to tell them what they have to do,” he says. “My wife came up with the tag line: ‘How do you Teddy?’”

tiegemeier’s mom stopped by his house in Post Falls one afternoon earlier this week. She came to say hi to her 8-month-old granddaughter, Louisa, who bounces around the room in a “Teddy Patrol” onesie.

She’s also here to drop off a couple of bags of clothes.

She just finished sewing yellow Teddy patches on an old plaid shirt and jacket Stiegemeier bought at a thrift store for two bucks each. One more way to get the word out.

Here’s how it works: Request a “Teddy package,” which includes a flag and a letter (donations are appreciated) and a suggestion to read The Big Burn, Tim Egan’s book about the massive fire that spread throughout national forests in Washington, Idaho and Montana.

The book also traces Roosevelt’s role in preserving these lands.

Then go out and do something to promote conservation and take a picture with your Teddy flag. Stiegemeier says most of these efforts have been picking up trash, but some people recycle. Others plant wildflowers.

Stiegemeier is quick to tell you that he didn’t do this all by himself; in fact, he couldn’t have. His mother sews, and his brother, Austin, drew the image of Teddy Roosevelt that’s printed on all the flags and merchandise.

(Austin Stiegemeier is well-known in the Spokane art scene and teaches at Gonzaga University.) A few other friends pitch in as well.

Ali Koski, co-owner of the screen-printing business called the Traveling T, lets Stiegemeier use her shop and equipment to make the flags and merchandise basically for free. Without her help, Stiegemeier says, none of this would be possible.

“At first I tried to talk him out of it,” Koski says. “But he didn’t take no for an answer. He eats, drinks and sleeps conservation.”

Now, for Koski’s two kids, both under the age of 10, “Teddy” has become a verb.

Whenever they go on a hike or even a stroll through downtown, her kids will proudly exclaim: “We just Teddy’d!”

AGE: 33 POSITIONS: founder of the Theodores, adjunct faculty at North Idaho College and Spokane Falls Community College, Ph.D candidate and Lakeland High School boys soccer coach.

I GIVE BACK BECAUSE… that’s the only way to create something sustainable, but mostly because it’s fun and rewarding.

I LOOK UP TO… my parents and David Brower. I like Teddy [Roosevelt], but I have a lot of respect for David Brower because he got the wilderness protections pushed through Congress.

I WISH THAT… the organization continues to grow and that people like what we’re trying to do.

he Theodores is a nonprofit in the truest sense of the word. Stiegemeier, who doesn’t actually make a profit, continues to donate his spare time and extra money toward the effort. Applying for 501(c)(3) status is next on the list, he says.

As far as long-term plans? He’s got a few of those.

He hopes to partner with Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts (Roosevelt was an ardent supporter of the Scouts) to see about establishing a Teddy patch, and he’s thinking of developing a curriculum for grade schools. The kids will learn about Teddy Roosevelt, then go out and do a Teddy cleanup.

He was just awarded a few thousand dollars by CDA 2030, an organization dedicated to promoting growth in Coeur d’Alene. He wants to use that money to pay someone to write code that will allow people worldwide to post directly to his website. Right now, it’s up to Stiegemeier to gather all those posts from Facebook, which he says is time-consuming.

“Then we could actually start tracking some metrics,” he says. “You would be able to see, like for example, over the course of a week or a month, how many people are Teddying and where.”

Ultimately, Stiegemeier hopes to build a Teddy hub on the 5 acres he purchased in Plummer, Idaho — sort of like a sustainability center. The land is sitting mostly empty now, full of potential.

“I try not to get too discouraged,” he says. “The problems are really big and complex. With any big conservation issues, you think, ‘Oh, what can one person do?’ But if everyone felt like that, we wouldn’t get anything done.” n mitchr@inlander.com

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PEIRONE PRIZE WINNER to each other, and that in turn makes people fearful and isolates groups of people.

“And so, my passion right now is, truly, how do we reconnect people?” Oelrich says.

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elrich, as an “Air Force brat,” lived all over the country as his father constantly moved. He spent the biggest chunk of his childhood in Helena, Montana.

The church is one place where he saw the value of service and generosity to others. He learned selflessness in large part from his father. He remembers his dad, in full uniform, getting ready to leave for work but getting a call from a woman with five kids in a run-down trailer who wanted help unclogging the toilet. His father went into the filthy trailer, got on his hands and knees, and unplugged the toilet.

“I’ll remember that for as long as I live. I remember thinking, why would my dad do this?” Oelrich says.

Oelrich started college at Whitworth University, staying there for one year before finishing his education at Gonzaga.

More than a decade ago, he was caught up in a scandal involving former Spokane Mayor Jim West, who sought out Oelrich in a gay chat room. Oelrich then spoke out publicly about the experience of meeting West, and being sexually harassed by the mayor. Afterward, he remembers having food thrown at him and being spat upon by people who recognized him.

“It was just this bizarre situation where I really tried to do the right thing, and then I realized that in some situations there isn’t really a right thing,” Oelrich says.

“The most powerful thing is making that choice to care,” says Oelrich.

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Ryan Oelrich Helping at-risk kids and building community goes hand in hand for this passionate activist

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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yan Oelrich will never forget the people who chose to care. The ones who didn’t know the whole story, who didn’t have the credentials, but who still supported him when he was in his darkest place.

When he was 9, Oelrich was abused at the hands of a stranger. Then, as a gay teen, he was told by religious leaders that if he couldn’t change, he shouldn’t even exist.

If not for a few important relationships, he might have chosen the latter.

“It was thanks to the support and love of my parents, and a couple other individuals who chose to care, that I made it,” Oelrich says.

Oelrich has since devoted his life to two causes: uniting the community and helping at-risk kids. He is the executive director of Priority Spokane, an organization that aims to stabilize the lives of homeless families. He also recently started Spokane Sidewalk Games, a project staffed by homeless kids that brings strangers together to play giant versions of games like checkers or tic-tac-toe.

He is now the one who chooses to care, even though he doesn’t always have to. For Oelrich, the problems society is facing — violence, political dysfunction, poverty, homelessness — all relate back to the need for people to connect more. He says that people don’t take the time to hear each other’s stories, to talk

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AGE: 34 POSITIONS: Executive Director of Priority Spokane; Project Coordinator, Spokane Sidewalk Games; Epilepsy Foundation Northwest Spokane Representative; Chair of Inland Center for Strategic Integrity; Chair of Spokane Homeless Coalition.

I GIVE BACK BECAUSE... I have something to give, and nothing’s going to get better unless people step up.

I LOOK UP TO... A growing army of passionate Spokane volunteers, artists, and community leaders who each have chosen to care and collaborate.

I WISH THAT... More people would courageously step out, step up, and take ownership of their community.

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oday, Oelrich’s work in the community has far eclipsed anything in his past. He ran a nonprofit youth group for gay youth for several years, he has started programs to support at-risk youth, and he volunteers for Epilepsy Foundation Northwest. He is chair of the Spokane Homeless Coalition and is on the board of directors for the Terrain arts organization.

Lyndia Wilson, director of the Spokane Regional Health District, hired Oelrich as executive director of Priority Spokane in February of 2015.

“I admire him for his work in the community,” Wilson says. “He just continues to give back to the community and be involved.”

This year, he invited teens living at the Crosswalk shelter to work for him as Spokane Sidewalk Games staff.

Bridget Cannon, who works at Crosswalk as the director of youth services for Volunteers of America in Eastern Washington, says Oelrich is extremely passionate in helping vulnerable youth.

“If you look up the definition of ‘passionate,’ I think his picture would be in the dictionary,” she says.

Cannon says Oelrich knows the kids don’t need more friends, but healthy adults to look up to; Oelrich is one of them. If a problem arises, Oelrich is always looking for new solutions.

“He offers a flexible and nimble mind,” she says. “If that path isn’t gonna work, [he says] ‘let’s look from a different angle, turn it upside down and look at what needs to be happening, where’s the gap, and what will work.’

There aren’t a lot of closed doors for Ryan.”

Oelrich says he’s determined to build a community in Spokane. He says he wants to prove wrong the people who spat on him and said nasty things. He is motivated by creativity, and by relationships. That includes the community, and each individual kid he is able to help.

“I love the people I’ve met along the way, and I learn from them,” Oelrich says. “I view life as this big jigsaw puzzle. Every time I meet someone new and get to know them and hear their story, I have another piece of that puzzle, and life makes a little more sense.” n wilsonc@inlander.com

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PEIRONE PRIZE WINNER what trauma can do to a person. Many of the clients she meets with at Aging and Long Term Care are refugees who’ve experienced the horrors of war, and are left with post-traumatic stress disorder. She helped one young Afghan refugee, who’d been shot and paralyzed, find housing for him and his brother. She says another, an 87-year-old man, was blinded in his left eye after his Muslim-hating neighbor shot him with a BB gun.

“I’ve heard awful, awful stories,” Koski says. “I had one client, her son’s head was shot off in front of her.

How do you even deal with that?”

Her own post-traumatic stress disorder helps her empathize. She won’t tell everything to the people she helps — she has professional boundaries — but shares enough that they understand that she understands.

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Teri Koski, president of NAMI Spokane, uses her own struggles with mental health to show others they’re not alone. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Teri Koski

Life has given the president of NAMI Spokane crucial tools to help others: empathy and understanding

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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eri Koski has been there. Now she’s there for others. She’s there for those struggling with mental illness and their families. She’s there for the elderly with dementia and young people with traumatic brain injuries and refugees with amputated limbs.

She’s there in her role of case manager at Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington, which provides services to adults with disabilities. She’s there in her role as president of the Spokane chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a nonprofit that provides support for those with mental illness and their families and friends, while connecting them to other local resources.

And she knows that her story, with all its pain and trauma and darkness and hope, can help her relate.

“When I was diagnosed in my early 20s, I thought I was the only person in the world who had mental illness. That’s basically why NAMI exists,” Koski says. “We’re a whole agency of ‘We f---ing get it.’”

She gets the loneliness and stigma. She gets how dark moments can sap your motivation, making it feel like nothing you do matters. She gets how trauma can linger your entire life.

“Mental illness runs on both sides of my family, way back. Way, way, way back,” Koski says. “My father is diagnosed with Asperger’s. My mother grew up in a house with alcoholism present... My dad’s mom has schizophrenia.”

She says her parents did the best they could, but could be verbally and emotionally abusive. She says she was molested by a babysitter. During her childhood she heard the lie, told again and again, that she was worthless.

As awful as all this was — and still is — it gave her a glimpse into

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AGE: 40 POSITIONS: Case Manager at Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington; President of NAMI Spokane.

I GIVE BACK BECAUSE... That’s what I was put here to do. I believe I was put on this earth to help other people.

That’s why I was here, that is my life’s purpose.

I LOOK UP TO... A lot of people.

Friends, family, co-workers. Anyone who has struggled and come through the other side. My clients, my board directors. They’re phenomenal people.

I WISH THAT... Mental health stigma didn’t exist. And that everybody would feel comfortable in accessing services, and that there were enough services for everybody to access them.

on Anderson, vice president of NAMI Spokane, says that Koski joined the organization aiming to lead.

“She saw potential that wasn’t being fulfilled. She wanted to try to reach more people that need our services,” Anderson says. “It was a hard goal to undertake, as she’s bucking a lot of stigma, and using her own experiences and encouraging people to get help.”

He says she gives speeches to classes and church groups. She talks to the police about how to respond to those who are having mental health crises.

Koski says she’s tried to grow NAMI, aiming in particular at those with mild mental illness — where resources are often scarce — and mental-illness prevention.

Today, she says, NAMI Spokane provides direct services to about 200 people per year.

Sometimes people contact her through a message on NAMI Spokane’s Facebook page. “I had one lady who was saying, ‘I’m thinking of leaving my husband. He has severe mental illness. I don’t know what to do,’” Koski says.

Koski messaged back, giving her a list of resources she could use.

“She came up to me, and she says, ‘I messaged you guys. You basically saved my life,’” Koski says. “‘You have no idea where I was at. I was at my wits’ end.’”

Koski knows how hard it can be to ask for help, and she gets how simply trying to find the correct diagnosis can be exhausting. In an Inlander profile two years ago, she described being diagnosed as “bipolar, followed by borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.”

The past winter brought yet another diagnosis — she was told she had an eating disorder relating to her PTSD, and may not even have bipolar disorder.

“Once you’ve formed your identity as part of ‘I’m this person, and I’m the president of this organization, and I’m telling all these people, ‘You can do it too, and blah blah blah?’” Koski says. “So now what? Have I been lying to all these people?”

But this time, she had the tools to fight the darkness.

She relied on her friends and her support system, and managed to grit her way through it.

“A very good counselor told me once, ‘It doesn’t matter what you call it, it matters how you deal with it,’” Koski says.

She comes back to a Finnish word — sisu — meaning gritty perseverance. The turtle tattooed on her wrist symbolizes the importance of that kind of dogged tenacity.

She tries to share that with the people she helps.

“You are not alone. And it gets better. Seriously,” Koski says. “The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do is to get help and get with it and stay stable. ... It’s the proverbial two steps forward and one step back.”

But stick with that long enough, she knows, and you get where you want to go. n danielw@inlander.com

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American Childhood Cancer Organization of the Inland Northwest .....................................................................38 American Red Cross...................................................................................38 ARC of Spokane .........................................................................................39 Beyond Pink ................................................................................................39 Big Table ......................................................................................................39 Big Brothers & Big Sisters of the Inland NW .........................................39 Birthright of Coeur d’Alene...................................................................... 40 Blood Center Foundation......................................................................... 40 Breast Intentions ....................................................................................... 40 Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County ..................................................... 41 Cancer Care Northwest Foundation ........................................................ 41 Catholic Charities ....................................................................................... 41 Community Cancer Fund .......................................................................... 41 Community Colleges Of Spokane............................................................42 Community Health Association Of Spokane .........................................42 Daybreak Youth Services ..........................................................................42 EWU Get Lit!................................................................................................42 Excelsior Youth Center ..............................................................................43

Feed Spokane .............................................................................................43 First Tee of the Inland Northwest, The ...................................................43 Free Handyman for Disabled Vets.......................................................... 44 Free Rein Therapeutic Riding .................................................................. 44 Friends of the Centennial Trail ................................................................ 44 Friends of Manito ...................................................................................... 44 Goodwill.......................................................................................................45 Guild School, The........................................................................................45 Habitat for Humanity.................................................................................45 Hospice Of Spokane...................................................................................45 Hutton Settlement .................................................................................... 46 Inland NW Land Conservancy ................................................................. 46 Lands Council ............................................................................................. 46 Life Services of Spokane .......................................................................... 46 Lilac Services For The Blind ......................................................................47 Mobius Kids .................................................................................................47 Mobius Science Center ..............................................................................47 Native Project/Native Health ...................................................................47 New Hope Resource Center......................................................................48 Nexus Inland Northwest............................................................................48 North Idaho College Foundation .............................................................48 Northwest Autism Center ........................................................................ 49 Odyssey Youth Center .............................................................................. 49 Partnering for Progress ............................................................................ 49 Partners with Families & Children .......................................................... 50 Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Northern Idaho ... 50 Providence Health Care Foundation ...................................................... 50 Project Beauty Share ..................................................................................51 Salvation Army ............................................................................................51 Spokane Arts Fund .....................................................................................51 Second Harvest Food Bank ......................................................................52 Spokane Children’s Theatre......................................................................52 Spokane County Library District ..............................................................52 Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS) ......52 Spokane County United Way ...................................................................53 Spokane Entertainers Guild ......................................................................53

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American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest 509.443.4162 www.acco.org/inlandnw 3021 S. Regal Suite 104 Spokane, WA 99223

What We Do:

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Mission Statement: To educate, support, serve, and advocate for families of children with cancer, survivors of childhood cancer, and the professionals who care for them.

ACCOIN began in 1977 as the Inland Northwest Candlelighters to provide practical support, education, patient advocacy, and the assurance that no child or family would have to fight cancer alone. With local donations, we are able to offer gas/grocery/cafeteria cards, emergency funds, support groups, camps, summer and holiday parties, and create a community of emotional support at the hospital.

What Can Your Donations Do?

Serve all children under 21 diagnosed with cancer from Eastern Washington, North Idaho and Western Montana.

100% of funds remain local 86% is allocated to Programs/Services

American Red Cross 315 W. Nora Ave. Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

509.326.3330 www.redcross.org 1-800-RED-CROSS

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

The Red Cross has served our region for the past 100 years through programs including assistance to families impacted by disasters like house fires and storms; lifesaving skills training; preparedness outreach and education; and support of our service members, military families and Veterans.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Support our programs as a donor or volunteer • Sign-up for a lifesaving class like CPR/AED • Take steps to prepare your home and workplace for emergencies

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The Arc of Spokane 320 E. 2nd Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.328.6326 arc-spokane.org

The Arc promotes independence and choice and enhances the quality of life for the estimated 7,000 people in Spokane County who have a developmental disability.

Our programs help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Down Syndrome, so they can enjoy comfortable homes, find good jobs, maintain financial stability, participate in social and recreational activities, and avoid abuse and exploitation.

How Can You Get Involved?

Monetary, clothing and household donations allow us to provide social and recreational opportunities and connect parents to programs and resources.

Beyond Pink Designer Bra & Fashion Show P.O. Box 30895, Spokane WA 99223

What We Do:

509.863.7776 www.beyondpink.net info@beyondpink.net

As a For Purpose 501c3, we educate and empower others in the early detection of breast disease through thermographic testing.

Beyond Pink Designer bra & fashion show is our largest fundraiser of the year. This event includes a fashion show, silent auction, food, beverages, live entertainment and the most fun you will have saving a life all while providing education and early detection of breast disease to those in need.

How Can You Get Involved?

Buy Tickets for the Beyond Pink event, taking place on 10.14.16 Donate, become a sponsor, or contribute to the silent auction.

100% of the net proceeds are used to help women in Spokane.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland NW 222 W. Mission Ave. Suite 40 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

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Provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one to one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

By partnering with parents, guardians, volunteers and others in the community, we are accountable for each child in our program achieving: higher aspirations, great confidence, and better relationships; avoidance of risky behaviors; educational success.

What Can Your Donations Do? $50 expense of monthly safety contact for 4 children $100 expense of a volunteer interview/home visit $300 cost of processing a volunteer to match with a child

Big Table

P.O. Box 141510 Spokane Valley, WA 99214

What We Do:

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We CARE for those in crisis or falling through the cracks in the largest industry in the nation – the restaurant and hospitality industry.

C – build COMMUNITY around shared meals. A – immediately ASSIST in crisis or a crack that no one else addresses.

R – create ongoing coaching RELATIONSHIPS. E – ENGAGE others to see the needs and respond.

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Birthright of Coeur d’Alene 923 E. Sherman Ave. Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814

What We Do:

208.664.1390 800.550.4900 www.birthright.org

The essence of Birthright is Love. Birthright is committed to offering free, non-judgmental help to girls or women facing unplanned pregnancies.

We offer love, hope and support to each woman, to help her make a realistic plan for her future and the future of her unborn child. Birthright is a 501c3 charitable organization, run completely by volunteers. We have been serving the community for over 33 years. Call Birthright, a friend is waiting to help you!

What Can Your Donations Do?

Your donations will be used wisely as we help the girls and women who come to us in need. This would include pregnancy tests, rent, telephone, and other office expenses.

Inland Northwest Blood Center and Blood Center Foundation of the Inland Northwest

800.423.0151 www.inbcsaves.org www.bloodcenterfoundation.org

BLOOD SHORTAGE WOULD DISAPPEAR IF 1% MORE AMERICANS WOULD DONATE

Regional Headquarters: 210 W. Cataldo Ave. Spokane, WA 99201 405 W. Neider Ave. Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815

What We Do:

Inland Northwest Blood Center saves lives by providing blood and services to support transfusion and transplantation medicine in the Inland Northwest.

Inland Northwest Blood Center needs over 200 blood donors daily to ensure a safe blood supply is available 24/7 and relies on volunteer community support. Visit inbcsaves.org for blood collection locations and weekly mobile drives.

The Blood Center Foundation of the Inland Northwest raises funds and provides grants for healthcare education, technology and research to ensure your regional healthcare community and Inland Northwest Blood Center stay on the cutting edge of transfusion and transplantation medicine.

How Can You Get Involved?

There is more than one way to save a life: • Schedule your life-saving blood donation appointment today or sign up to volunteer at inbcsaves.org.

• Designate the Blood Center Foundation of the Inland Northwest through payroll deduction.

• Honor a friend or family member by making a memorial gift to the Blood Center Foundation in your last will and testament.

• Attend Epicurean Delight on Friday, November 11, 2016! Tickets at epicureandelight.org.

Breast Intentions

1922 S. Stanley Ln., Spokane Valley, WA 99212

What We Do:

509-995-1295 breastintentionsofwashington.org facebook.com/breastintentionswa

Breast Intentions provides underprivileged women with professionally fitted bras in a fun and caring environment. Our mission is to enhance the physical and emotional well-being of underprivileged women.

By providing them bras fitted by professionals, we aim to provide a foundation of support in order to help women be more self-assured and empowered with their properly fitted bra. We hold fitting events at least once a month in various locations and even provide childcare, cookies and beverages to make the event stress-free and fun. Every women who attends our events will receive the right bra.

How Can You Get Involved?

On average the women we help are wearing the wrong size bra by 2 sizes in the band and cup. Your donation can help purchase new bras which are usually the first and only new, fitted bra an underprivileged women receives.

Professional fitters are in great need as well as volunteers for our events.

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POWER OF ONE Give Blood.

Give Funds.

Give Time.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County 544 E. Providence Ave. Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.489.0741 www.bgcspokanecounty.org Two Clubhouse Locations

Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring & responsible citizens.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County has provided thousands of young people, (ages 6-18), with a safe & positive place to “drop-in” after school & throughout the summer. Our two Clubhouses offer programs proven to help kids realize academic success, develop good character & citizenship and attain healthy lifestyles.

How Can You Get Involved?

$10 Provides a year’s membership for 1 child $30 Allows 1 child to participate in a sports league for the entire season $600 Covers the cost for 4 kids to attend a 10 week summer program

Cancer Care Northwest Foundation 1204 N. Vercler Rd. Spokane Valley, WA 99216

What We Do:

509.228.1019 www.ccnwf.org foundation@ccnw.net

CCNWF is a non-profit that helps Inland Northwest cancer patients and their families through educational, emotional and financial support.

The CCNWF offers limited financial support for basic necessities such as transportation, prescriptions, groceries and rent, counseling for children and families, and community resource referrals. The CCNWF also supports the advancement of cancer research.

How Can You Get Involved?

Your donation helps ensure that Inland Northwest cancer patients and their families have the support they need throughout their journeys with cancer.

Catholic Charities Spokane 12 E. Fifth Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.358.4250 www.CatholicCharitiesSpokane.org development@ccspokane.org

We affirm the dignity of every person, partnering with parishes and the greater community to serve and advocate for those who are vulnerable, bringing stability and hope to people throughout Eastern WA.

In 2015, Catholic Charities Spokane assisted 73,325 individuals in Eastern Washington — families in crisis, vulnerable children, lonely and fragile elderly, victims of abuse, the disabled, single parents and homeless men, women and children.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$1.50 provides a House of Charity patron a full, hot, nutritionally-sound meal $81 is the cost per day for a family to stay at St. Margaret’s Shelter

Community Cancer Fund 621 W. Mallon Suite 605 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

855.998.4CCF (4223) communitycancerfund.org info@communitycancerfund.org

The Community Cancer Fund is dedicated to fighting cancer in the Inland Northwest by assisting cancer patients and their families at every stage of the illness through the local organizations that serve them.

Through it’s extensive network, CCF works collaboratively with regional cancer organizations to identify and fund gaps in services while remaining committed to investing funds into Iocal programs that benefit cancer patients and their families.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Follow us on Facebook and Twitter • Attend or volunteer at our events • Support the local cancer fight with a financial donation • Learn more at communitycancerfund.org

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Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation MS 1005 501 N. Riverpoint Blvd. • P.O. Box 6000 Spokane, WA 99217-6000

What We Do:

509.434.5123 www.ccs.spokane.edu/foundation

Supporting students is the heart of CCS Foundation. By increasing educational access, we provide a “hand up” for people to improve their lives through education.

Last year more than 1,100 students applied for just 200 scholarships, and this year the need is greater than ever. With your help, we can reach more students to change even more lives. We invite you to join us and make a difference by giving someone their start to an education and a career.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$25 provides a bus pass for a student to get to class $75 buys one textbook $150 supports GED tests for a student to meet college entrance requirements

509.444.8888 www.chas.org communication@chas.org

CHAS Health Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

CHAS improves the overall health of the communities we serve by expanding access to quality health and wellness services.

CHAS provides high-quality medical, dental, pharmacy and behavioral health care to individuals and families of all ages, regardless of insurance status. 100% of any amount you contribute to CHAS goes directly to patient care. Thank you for your support!

How Can You Get Involved?

$25 pays for prescription assistance for one patient $150 covers the cost for one uninsured patient visit $225 covers the cost for one uninsured dental encounter

Daybreak Youth Services Spokane, Spokane Valley and Vancouver, WA

What We Do:

888.454.5506 daybreakyouthservices.org sbecker@daybreakyouthservices.org

Daybreak helps teens find their way toward a brighter future free from the grip of chemical and alcohol addiction and associated mental health issues.

From its Spokane beginnings in the late 1970’s, Daybreak has grown to be one of the largest providers of drug & alcohol treatment for teens in WA. But limited treatment capacity means too many young people who want help can’t get it. Your generous donation can help these teens get back to school, work & families.

What Can Your Donations Do? Teens. Treatment. Transformation.

Make a tax deductible donation online now at www.daybreakyouthservices.org or mail to 628 S. Cowley, Spokane, WA 99202. Tax ID number: 91-1083936

Get Lit! Programs

668 N. Riverpoint Blvd, Suite 258 Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

www.getlitfestival.org getlit@ewu.edu

Engage the Inland Northwest community through celebrations of the written word and discussions of literature.

Since 1998, Get Lit! has inspired readers, writers, and storytellers of all ages. Best known for our annual spring book festival, featuring nationally renowned authors alongside local and regional talent, we also offer a variety of educational programs for K-12 students, inspiring the next generation of writers.

How Can You Get Involved?

Attend Get Lit! events, volunteer at the Get Lit! Festival, sponsor an author visit to your child’s school, sponsor a festival event, and more!

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Excelsior Youth Center 3754 W. Indian Trail Rd. Spokane, WA 99208

What We Do:

509.328.7041 excelsioryouthcenter.com ebhs@4eyc.org

Connecting Youth To Their Futures.

For over 30 years, the non-profit Excelsior has provided education, behavioral health and primary medical services to youth and their families in Spokane. Excelsior serves a diverse group of adolescents and their families with a range of presenting difficulties which compromise their ability to live happy, healthy lives. We believe that everyone has the potential to be safer, stronger and more satisfied in the lives they lead. To that end, we provide care and respect to our clients as they seek to connect to their futures.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer in our school School Supplies Backpacks Craft items and games

Feed Spokane

P.O. Box 141674, Spokane WA 99214

What We Do:

509.216.7364 www.feedspokane.com admin@feedspokane.com

Feed Spokane safely rescues food from restaurants, grocers, and vendors that is often thrown away and distributes it to non-profit charitable meal sites in Spokane and surrounding areas.

We are increasing the quality and quantity of available food for our growing coalition of meal sites to serve to those in need, while decreasing the waste disposal costs of our food donors. Spokane Regional Health District approved processes and procedures ensure food safety from pick up to consumption. It’s a sustainable practice that is easy and free.

What Can Your Donations Do?

Food: Increase company morale while fighting hunger Cash: Cover food storage containers & transport costs Time: Make a difference to those in need

The First Tee of the Inland NW PO Box 4553 Spokane, WA 99220

What We Do:

509.688.9892 www.thefirstteeinlandnw.org kparker@thefirstteeinlandnw.org

Provide young people with educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

Our youth development program teaches young people in the Inland Northwest about courtesy, respect, confidence, integrity, responsibility, honesty, perseverance, sportsmanship and judgment by seamlessly integrating life skills lessons and character education into the game of golf. The success of our program is not only built on a professionally-developed curriculum but our ability to provide a safe place with caring adults where young people can have fun, learn a life-long sport and develop core values and healthy habits. Participants in The First Tee programs discover how skills essential to success on a golf course can also help them flourish in life.

Golf is a life-long sport that can be played individually or as a team and with varied skill levels and ages. What differentiates our program from other youth sports is the integration of The First Tee’s Nine Core ValuesTM and Nine Healthy HabitsTM which have an impact on our participants for life. Our goal is to encourage the next generation of our community’s leaders to exhibit and demonstrate the Nine Core ValuesTM and Nine Healthy HabitsTM learned in our programs at school, at home and in life. We are not an intervention or prevention program; we are youth development and our purpose is to set young people from all backgrounds on the right course from the start. The First Tee will never turn a child away for inability to pay.

What Can Your Donations Do? $50 pays for Life Skills program fees for one student for one session $100 pays for a starter set of new golf clubs for a child $250 pays for Life Skills program fees for one student for an entire season $500 pays for a nine-hole round of golf for 50 children

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The Free Handyman

11213 E. Trent Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99206

What We Do:

509-381-5967 thefreehandyman.org thefreehandyman@aol.com

The Free Handyman provides services for wounded and disabled veterans in need, such as fixing things in the home, clean up and hauling trash for free.

Our service is funded by donations of materials, labor, and cash from contractors, grants, corporations, and individuals. We help veterans and their families who need it the most as well as those who have earned the Purple Heart. Our goal is to treat all veterans with dignity, privacy and respect.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate cash and materials, volunteer, and offer a helping hand.

We are seeking contractors and trades people willing to donate their services.

Free Rein Therapeutic Riding P.O. Box 30893, Spokane, WA 99223

What We Do:

509.979.1468 www.freereinspokane.org hdixonfreerein@gmail.com

Free Rein equips riders for life through adaptive equine activities, focusing on building strength, independence, and freedom.

Free Rein Therapeutic Riding is a Premier P.A.T.H. Riding Center located south of downtown Spokane. We offer adaptive riding and horsemanship programs for children/adults/veterans with disabilities using horses as part of the therapy process. We provide services for 80 riders each week, with 10 therapy horses and 160+ volunteers!

What Can Your Donations Do?

$50 buys one ASTM/SEI riding helmet $456 funds a 12 week session for 1 rider $2,500 sponsors a therapy horse for 1 year

Friends of the Centennial Trail P.O. Box 351 Spokane, WA 99210

What We Do:

509.624.7188 www.spokanecentennialtrail.org friends@spokanecentennialtrail.org

Advocate to keep the Spokane River Centennial Trail safe, maintained and easy to navigate.

Your Spokane River Centennial Trail is the backbone of eastern Washington’s recreation trail system and was named a National Recreation Trail in 2010. The 39 mile Washington span follows the Spokane River, showcasing valley, downtown and Riverside State Park vistas.

How Can You Get Involved?

Many citizens support the Centennial Trail with financial gifts. With your membership, and others like you, we keep the Centennial Trail safe, maintained and easy to use. Join on our secure website today: www.spokanecentennialtrail.org

The Friends of Manito 4 W. 21st Ave. Spokane, WA 99203

What We Do:

509.456.8038 www.thefriendsofmanito.org tfm@thefriendsofmanito.org

The Friends of Manito celebrates 26 years and over 65 projects which preserve and improve Manito Park.

It is possible because of dedicated volunteers and friend memberships. We thank the community for supporting the Spring and Fall Plant Sales. The Friends of Manito also hosts the Children’s Renaissance Faire on September 17th and Holiday Lights at Gaiser Conservatory in cooperation with Spokane Parks and Recreation.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Go to the Fall Plant Sale at Manito Park, Saturday, September 10th, 8am to 3pm • Become a member or volunteer at thefriendsofmanito.org • Become a fan on Facebook: facebook.com/pages/The-Friends-of-Manito

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Goodwill Industries of the Inland NW 130 E. Third Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.838.4246 www.discovergoodwill.org dianeg@giin.org

Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest helps people build independence within the communities we serve in eastern Washington & North Idaho.

When you donate or shop at Goodwill, you help change lives in the Inland NW through local Goodwill programs, including: training, job development, financial education, housing for veterans who are homeless, mentoring for youth, case management & more. Out of every $1 earned in our stores, 85¢ funds our local services.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate used clothing, shoes, housewares, books, etc., or make donations of cash, stocks or properties. Host a donation drive. Provide employment opportunities for our clients.

Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center 2118 W. Garland Ave. Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

509.326.1651 www.guildschool.org

We provide occupational, speech, physical, and special education therapies to birth to three-year olds with developmental disabilities.

We believe in the worth of every individual and their right to a meaningful life. The Spokane Guilds’ School provides a personalized, comprehensive program of assessment, therapy, education and support regardless of a child’s race, gender, religion or their family’s ability to pay.

How Can You Get Involved?

To learn more, schedule a tour, volunteer or make a donation contact us at www.guildschool.org or 509-326-1651

Habitat for Humanity 1805 E. Trent Ave., Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.534.2552 www.habitat-spokane.org

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity - Spokane brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Qualified families repay a 0% interest loan, work 500 sweat equity hours and pay $3,000 closing cost prior to receiving keys to their new home.

Donations of new & used building materials and household items also support home building. By providing a stable home, Habitat-Spokane is eliminating poverty for Spokane families.

What Can Your Donations Do? $50 Buys a box of nails $100 Buys a kitchen sink $200 Buys a bathroom vanity & sink

Hospice Of Spokane P.O. Box 2215 Spokane, WA 99210

What We Do:

509.456.0438 509.209.0864 www.hospiceofspokane.org

Northeast Washington’s only nonprofit hospice, serving anyone of any age with any terminal condition through a holistic approach to end-of-life care.

Hospice of Spokane focuses on ensuring patient comfort and supporting quality of life. From delivering specialized care right in the home day or night, to around-the-clock phone support and grief counseling for family members, we are here for our patients and their family.

What Can Your Donations Do? Help deliver medical care, counseling and spiritual support patients need.

Ensure patients have the comfort, dignity and peace of mind they deserve.

Support people in our community grieving the death of someone they love.

John B. Smih, CEO of Goodwill Industires.

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Hutton Settlement Children’s Home 9907 E. Wellesley Ave. Spokane, WA 99206

What We Do:

509.838.2789 www.huttonsettlement.org www.facebook.com/huttonsettlement

Hutton Settlement Children’s Home nurtures, educates and prepares children who are in need of a safe and healthy home.

Please support the children of our community by supporting Hutton Settlement!

What Can Your Donations Do? • Enhance the quality of life of children in our care • Fund educational scholarships for children in need • Help kids participate in extracurricular activities such as sports and camps • Fund therapeutic arts programs

509.328.2939 www.inlandnwland.org info@inlandnwland.org

Inland NW Land Conservancy 35 W. Main Ave., Ste. 210 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

Inland NW Land Conservancy protects and care for land and connects people with nature.

INLC helps people protect land – now and into the future. We focus on special places that nourish wildlife, provide scenic beauty, and preserve the clean air and water that we all need. Since 1991 INLC has protected over 15,000 acres.

How Can You Get Involved?

· Become a member - your $35 gift helps conserve more local lands for future generations · Attend or volunteer at Appetite for Conservation · Follow us on Facebook · Attend a Grounded in Nature activity

Connecting children with nature.

509.838.4912 www.landscouncil.org tlc@landscouncil.org

The Lands Council

25 W. Main Ave. Ste 222, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

Preserve and revitalize our Inland Northwest forests, water and wildlife through advocacy, education, effective action and community engagement.

The Lands Council works on issues in your backyard: protecting the forests, lakes and mountains that make our lives here so rich. We do so through a unique and effective set of programs; from planting over 70,000 trees along our rivers and streams, to relocating beavers to create habitat and increase water quality, and even educating our youth by taking high school students out on hands-on science field trips.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$25 Allow us to purchase and plant one native tree that provides shade, habitat and cleaner rivers $50 Transportation for a beaver to be safely relocated to new home in order to create new wetlands $100 Enables us to take a high school class to learn and practice field science

Life Services of Spokane 2659 N. Ash Street, Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

(Admin) 509.327.0701 (Clinic) 509.462.4000 www.lifeservices.org www.i-choice.org info@lifeservices.org

We exist to come alongside women and men facing an unplanned pregnancy. In Jesus’ name we offer practical, logistical, emotional and spiritual support.

Free confidential iChoice clinic services include: pregnancy testing, pregnancy verification by ultrasound, education on pregnancy and options, STD testing and treatment (fees may apply), referrals for adoption services. Also offer a licensed maternity home, aftercare and case management, and post-abortion support.

How Can You Get Involved?

Become a monthly partner, volunteer, attend fundraising events, pray, invite us to present to your group, become a Community Ambassador, and tell a friend about us.

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Lilac Services for the Blind 1212 N. Howard St. Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.328.9116 www.lilacblind.org info@lilacblind.org

We provide high-quality customized training, support and optical aids to people seeking ways to be independent and active while living with vision loss.

Since 1971 we’ve helped people develop skills and strategies to live as independently as they choose. Our specialists offer training in alternative ways to accomplish daily living tasks, use adaptive technology, move about safely and maximize use of remaining vision.

How Can You Get Involved?

$10 Buys writing guides, bold-line tablet and bold pen $60 Covers the cost of a hand-held lighted magnifier $90 Provides the cost of a hand-held lighted magnifier

Mobius Children’s Museum 808 W. Main Ave. Lower Level Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.321.7121 www.mobiusspokane.org info@mobiusspokane.org

To be a Northwest institution that is a center for hands-on science, arts, and cultural education inspiring kids in every stage of life.

Mobius Children’s Museum encourages kids to jump head-first into fun, hands-on education, and exploration by sparking the curiosity of children 8 and younger through exploration, play, and the arts. The museum has 7 unique exhibit areas, and offers camps, classes, group visits, and birthday parties.

How Can You Get Involved?

$50 Provides supplies for all art and craft activities, for one week. $100 Provides a FREE field trip, for one classroom. $250 Provides 4 FREE memberships, to low-income families.

Mobius Science Center 331 N Post St, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.321.7133 www.mobiusspokane.org info@mobiusspokane.org

To create innovative experiences that equip and inspire creative problem solvers of all ages.

Mobius Science Center has opened in its new location across from Riverfront Park, featuring a special exhibition, Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion. Additionally, the Mobius education team offers dynamic outreach programs in schools, libraries, and community centers in the Inland Northwest.

How Can You Get Involved?

Join the Mobius Society, by making a tax deductible contribution to the Annual Fund, or make an impact by becoming a volunteer!

The NATIVE Project 1803 W. Maxwell, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509-483-7535 nativeproject.org NPInfo@nativeproject.org

We provide quality services that promote wellness and balance of mind, body and spirit for individuals, staff, families and communities.

The NATIVE Project is a primary health care facility that provides comprehensive medical, dental, and behavioral health services to the greater Spokane community. We serve ALL people. Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurances accepted. Our Indian Youth Leadership program provides mentoring to area youth and teens.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate to send Indian Youth to ongoing leadership camps and mentoring programs.

Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for ongoing information.

Call to make a medical, dental and/or counseling appointment for children, teens and adults.

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New Hope Resource Center 4211 E. Colbert Rd. Colbert, WA 99005

What We Do:

509.467.2900 www.newhoperesource.org nhrecenter@yahoo.com

A faith-based ecumenical organization sharing the resources of the participating congregations and community to serve basic human needs.

Serving North Spokane County, including the communities of Riverside, Elk, Chattaroy, Colbert, and Mead. We covenant to do this without prejudice or discrimination, following Christ’s example. Food donations of any kind made to the North County Food Pantry will keep a family from going hungry.

How Can You Get Involved?

$60 will help someone get to work by providing gasoline for their car. $150 will keep power on for a family. $200 will keep a family from being evicted from their home.

Nexus Inland Northwest 1206 N. Howard St. Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.328.9220 www.nexusinw.com info@nexusinw.com

Nexus is a non-profit organization that has been serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing since 1980.

“Bridging Communication and Community”

Nexus serves a widely diverse population of individuals experiencing deafness and/or hearing loss in a large geographic region of the Inland Northwest. Services are provided to individuals, schools, medical offices and hospitals, businesses and organizations in the smallest and most remote communities in Washington State as well as the counties of Spokane, Whitman, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan, Douglas, Chelan and Grant. Services Provided: Individuals, families, schools, businesses, and organizations benefit from Nexus services.

INTERPRETER SERVICES In many circumstances, interpretation is not a privilege, it is a right.

EDUCATION/OUTREACH WORKSHOPS Schools, agencies, and businesses benefit from understanding the laws that pertain to the deaf and hard of hearing.

COMMUNICATION ACCESS ADVOCACY Advancing the rights of those who are deaf or hard of hearing at any age, with or without any other disability, is one of our primary objectives.

INFORMATION AND REFERRAL As our name implies, connecting people is integral to our mission. If we do not have the services or information needed, we connect clients to outside resources.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Serve on the Board of Directors • Volunteer to teach American Sign language Classes • Volunteer to teach speech reading classes • Help with fundraising events • Be a mentor to a Deaf/Hard of Hearing child • Cash donations to send a child to summer camp and/or to participate in Nexus annual “Signing Santa” holiday event.

North Idaho College Foundation, Inc. 1000 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814

What We Do:

208.769.5978 www.nic.edu/foundation foundation@nic.edu

North Idaho College meets the diverse educational needs of students, employers, and the northern Idaho communities it serves.

NIC is committed to student success, educational excellence, community engagement, and lifelong learning. North Idaho College Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization that encourages private support for the educational mission of the college. NIC also has an active Alumni Association.

How Can You Get Involved?

Your investment will provide opportunities for students to pursue education and training that will help them build a brighter future. Donation of all sizes are deeply appreciated.

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Northwest Autism Center

528 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. Suite 14 Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.328.1582 www.nwaustim.org info@nwautism.org

NAC exists to support, facilitate and build accessible and comprehensive approaches to helping individuals with autism and their families.

NAC information and resource referral, provider, parent and community training and education, ABA intensive treatment clinic for 2-5 year olds, free screenings and political advocacy.

How Can You Get Involved?

$25 Pays for individualized parent resource referral $50 Pays for one screening for autism $100 Pays for Special Education Books

Odyssey Youth Movement 1121 S. Perry Street Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.325.3637 www.odysseyyouth.org courtney@odysseyyouth.org

Since 1992, Odyssey has provided a safe space for LGBTQ youth in Spokane.

Odyssey Youth Movement is a youth-led, adult-supported organization committed to creating, sustaining and advocating for safe & affirming programs, policies & services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) youth community.

The Drop-In Center - Open to youth 13-18 yrs old 3 days a week. A home-like setting where youth build community Safer Schools - We work with schools and districts to ensure schools are safe and welcoming to LGBTQ youth.

Training and Advocacy - We provide trainings that are specialized and intended to provide guidance and tools to help your organization’s efforts to create safe spaces for LGBTQ youth.

Did you know…40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ? 40% of LGBTQ youth in Spokane reported being harassed in school in 2014 because of their sexual orientation? More than 40% of transgender youth have seriously considered suicide?

What Can Your Donations Do? A $40 monthly contribution has a huge impact on the lives of over 2,000 LGBTQ youth each year. By making an investment today, you are helping decrease the number of LGBTQ youth who are homeless and/or dropping out of school. For more information about how you can help, contact Courtney at 509-325-3637 go to their website at www.odysseyyouth.org Through our collective efforts, Spokane can ensure the safety of all youth & provide them support in reaching their full potential to grow into healthy, thriving, happy adults.

Partnering for Progress PO Box 28191, Spokane, WA 99228

What We Do:

509.720.8408 www.partneringforprogress.org info@partneringforprogress.org

Partnering for Progress builds relationships with villages in Kenya’s Kopanga region to help them create flourishing communities by improving their quality of life in the areas most important to them.

The people of Kopanga, Kenya, say “You bring us hope!”

How Can You Get Involved?

$500 Funds one year of boarding school for a high school student $100 Provides education, food and medical check-ups for 20 infants per week $25 Purchases 80 bottles of chlorine drops to purify drinking water for a village $10 Supplies young girls with feminine hygiene kits to help them stay in school Scholarship students Rose, Ephy and Daniel.

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Partners with Families & Children 1321 W. Broadway, Spokane WA 99201

What We Do:

509.473.4810 partners@partnerswithfamilies.org www.partnerswithfamilies.org

Partners with Families & Children prevents, interrupts and repairs cycles of abuse and neglect within families.

Partners with Families & Children is the only agency of its kind in the Inland Northwest. Everything we do – from evaluation to treatment services for children and families – prevents child abuse and encircles families with security and support.

Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) Partners’ CAC provides specialized medical examinations, forensic interviews, therapeutic treatment and legal advocacy services to child victims of physical/sexual abuse and/or neglect.

Mental Health Partners offers individual and group counseling to children and parenting individuals, as well as Child and Family Team Coordination to empower healing.

Substance Use Disorders The family has a central role to play in the treatment of any health problem, including substance use disorders. At Partners, we meet the needs of all family members and support wellness and family reunification.

Fussy Baby Network 20% of infants struggle with excessive crying. The Fussy Baby Network is designed to reduce family stress by offering resources, support and consultation by phone or through home visits.

Parenting Support Partners provides parenting support and education programs that help parents learn to become more capable, and to provide resources and supports that promote child and family health and wellness, learning and development.

Engaging Fatherhood classes emphasize the importance men have in the lives of the children they raise.

How Can You Get Involved?

Make a Donation: http://www.partnerswithfamilies.org/donate With your monthly donation of as little as $8.33 or more, you can join Partners Care and help more children and families.

Attend an Event: Walk With Courage Host a walk event to raise funds and awareness.

50th Annual Exchange Club Holiday Crab Feed/Benefit Auction on 12/3/2016 Dine Out for Our Kids on Thursday, April 27, 2017.

Local restaurants generously donate a portion of their sales on this day to benefit Partners.

Planned Parenthood of Greater WA & North ID 123 E. Indiana Ave. Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.321.4474 www.ppgwni.org donations@ppgwni.org

We provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education and fearless advocacy for all.

For nearly 50 years, we have been providing women, men and families of the Inland NW the resources they need to take charge of their lives and achieve their dreams. Support from community members like you allows us to serve thousands each year with vital healthcare and education services.

How Can You Get Involved?

You can donate to PPGWNI at donate.ppgwni.org. We also greatly appreciate the gift of your time – to volunteer with us, email volunteer@ppgwni.org or call 866-904-7721

Providence Health Care Foundation 101 W. Eighth Ave. Spokane, WA 99204

What We Do:

509.474.4917 www.phc.org/giving phcfoundationew@providence.org

We help ensure access to compassionate, world-class health care by supporting projects and programs at Providence hospitals in Spokane and Stevens counties.

Gifts to Providence Health Care Foundation help care for the most vulnerable in our community and support breakthrough technology that saves lives. Donations may be directed to the local Providence hospital or program of your choice.

How Can You Get Involved?

Fund a new therapeutic garden at Providence Adult Day Health, which will help patients challenged by disease, dementia, injuries or the frailties of aging exercise their mind, body and spirit. Donate online today!

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509.455.3537 www.projectbeautyshare.org info@projectbeautyshare.org

Project Beauty Share

2718 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

Project Beauty Share collects new and gently used beauty and hygiene products and distributes them through local agencies to women who cannot afford these products.

Project Beauty Share is an all-volunteer organization that operates much like a food bank, but instead of passing out canned goods and pasta, Project Beauty Share distributes hygiene and beauty products like shampoo, deodorant and cosmetics to the working poor, the disabled, mentally ill, abused and marginalized women in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene. Unlike most food products, none of these grooming items can be purchased with food stamps or state assistance funds. Project Beauty Share believes donating these items provides a basic level of dignity and has the potential to empower women as they transition back to school or the work force.

Donations made to Project Beauty Share are sorted and sanitized by dedicated volunteers and then distributed to local women through 16 non-profit agencies including the YWCA’s Alternatives to Domestic Violence, Anna Ogden Hall, St. Margaret’s Shelter and Hope House.

At Project Beauty Share we believe “The beauty is in the giving.” Please consider a cash donation or donate any of the items below. To find the closest drop off location to you, log on to www.ProjectBeautyShare.org.

How Can You Get Involved?

Please look through your make-up bag and drawers or pick up some of these items the next time you’re at the store.

• Barely Used Makeup • Clean Makeup Bags • Facial Cleansers and Moisturizers • Body Lotion and Sunscreen • Bar Soap*

• Toothpaste and Toothbrushes* • Deodorant* • Feminine Hygiene Products* • Shampoo and Conditioner • Combs and Brushes*

• Hair Styling Products • Hair Styling Tools (blow dryers, curling irons, etc.)

• Perfume and Body Sprays • Nail Polish and Remover • Nail Files*

*These items must be new and unopened. Please make sure bottles of gently used products are in good condition, and are at least half full.

The Salvation Army in Spokane 222 E. Indiana Ave. Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.325.6810 www.MakingSpokaneBetter.org

The Salvation Army has been transforming the lives of the most vulnerable families and children in Spokane County since 1891 with social services programs.

Our commitment and vision is to help the whole person physically, emotionally and spiritually without discrimination and always with dignity and respect. Currently, 90 cents of every dollar raised by The Salvation Army in Spokane is used to sustain life-changing programs that bring hope to those in need.

How Can You Get Involved?

$60 Provides three nutritious meals every day for one month, for a family of three $200 Sends a low income or at risk child to Camp Gifford’s Summer Youth Camp for a week $500 Provides a month of care for a child at Sally’s House John B. Smih, CEO of Goodwill Industires.

Spokane Arts: Amplifying the Arts PO Box 978 Spokane WA 99201

What We Do:

509.321.9614 www.spokanearts.org info@spokanearts.org

Working to amplify Spokane as the cultural hub for the Inland Northwest through arts leadership, advocacy, networking and support.

Projects include: Cultivate Spokane Salon Series; The Downtown Murals Project; Create Spokane: Arts Month in October 2016; The Chase Gallery; Mobile Murals Project; The Sculpture Walk; Artist Directory; Arts Events Calendar and more! Spokane Arts is a partnership between Spokane’s Arts Commission and Spokane Arts Fund.

How Can You Get Involved?

Get involved! Volunteer, donate, participate.

More information at www.spokanearts.org

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Second Harvest

1234 East Front Avenue Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.534.6678 www.2-harvest.org info@2-harvest.org

Healthy food, every person, every day. Second Harvest leverages the power of community to feed people in need.

Second Harvest, the Inland Northwest’s leader in the fight against hunger, has been providing free food to food banks, meal centers and hunger-relief programs for 45 years. Our partnerships with 250 community agencies help feed 55,000 people each week.

Local, regional and national partners in the food industry, as well as regional farmers and growers, donate fresh meat, dairy, produce and other staples to hungry neighbors. Dedicated volunteers lead community food drives, coordinate mobile food banks and ensure donated product gets right to those who need it most.

The Kitchen at Second Harvest, a new and growing program, provides nutrition education and practical cooking skills in a safe, affordable setting to children, families and seniors in need. At Second Harvest, we’re providing more than just a meal for today. We’re teaching our neighbors how to cook and provide for themselves on any food budget. Reliable access to healthy, nutritious food and the skills to cook it mean low-income families have one less stressor in their lives as they search for jobs, pay an outstanding medical bill, look for housing, and take care of the issue that put them into poverty in the first place.

How Can You Get Involved?

Generous donors and volunteers like you make it possible for Second Harvest to transform every $1 into five meals for hungry people. Take action today by volunteering, giving or becoming a monthly donor.

Give food or a one-time donation: $1 = 5 meals.

Invest your time and talent as a volunteer.

Help fight hunger all year long as a monthly donor.

Spokane Children’s Theatre 2727 N. Madelia St. Suite #5 Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.328.4886 spokanechildrenstheatre.org spokanechildrenstheatre@comcast.net

Spokane Children’s Theatre has been providing enjoyable and educational theatre entertainment for children and their families since 1946.

Spokane Children’s Theatre is the oldest theatre organization in the Spokane area! Launched in 1946 by The Junior League of Spokane, Spokane Children’s Theatre continues today and is one of the few community children’s theatre groups in the country completely independent from sponsorship by any other theatrical, education or religious institution. We entertain audiences numbering 25,000-30,000 each year.

What Can Your Donations Do?

We rely on donations & volunteers to sustain our productions and programs, while keeping our ticket prices affordable for our families & schools. Every contribution counts.

Friends of the Spokane County Library District 4322 N Argonne Rd. Spokane, WA 99212

What We Do:

509.893.8233 friends@scld.org www.scldfriends.org

The Friends’ mission is inspiring passionate lifelong learners to invest in their community libraries. When you support your library, you support your community.

We are a community-based, non-profit group of volunteers who support and enhance our local libraries by promoting reading and bringing high-caliber literary and cultural events to our community. We raise funds for library programs, as well as author presentations, events, workshops, and more.

How Can You Get Involved?

Membership is open to all community residents. Join the Friends online at scldfriends.org or stop by your local library and find out more.

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SCRAPS

Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service

6815 E. Trent Ave. Spokane Valley, WA 99212

What We Do:

509.477.2532 www.spokanecounty.org/SCRAPS

SCRAPS offers protection and care for the homeless, abused and abandoned animals in Spokane County.

SCRAPS provides nearly 11,000 homeless animals with the medical care and support they need to get a second chance at life. Our donor supported programs include: Animal Medical Fund, Transport Program, free behavior classes and literature, a pet food bank and dog houses for low income families.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate pet food, supplies and funds.

Volunteer as a dog walker, foster parent or cat socializer.

Adopt your next best friend from our shelter.

Spokane County United Way 920 N Washington Suite 100 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.838.6581 unitedwayspokane.org lisac@unitedwayspokane.org

Spokane County United Way works to cut educational achievement gaps in half, lower the number of people living in poverty, and decrease domestic violence, and child abuse and neglect.

If you believe Spokane County can be a place where every child graduates, every family can provide for their needs and every home is safe then you believe what we believe. We are here to connect your talents and financial gifts with thousands of other people who share this belief.

Together we can make a more educated, prosperous and healthy community.

How Can You Get Involved?

Share your talents by signing up at volunteerspokane.org Financially support our work by texting SCUW to 41-444

Spokane Entertainer’s Guild P.O. Box 48782 Spokane, WA 99228

What We Do:

509.995.2114 www.SpokaneEntertainersGuild.org seginfo@SpokaneEntertainersGuild.org

Spokane Entertainer’s Guild is a non-profit who raises funds for other non-profits as well as provides historical education in a fun atmosphere.

SEG’s main fundraising event is the Spokane Renaissance Faire held the first weekend of October at Greenbluff. By attending and donating you can help us continue to further our efforts as historical ambassadors and provide food to 2nd Harvest Food Bank.

How Can You Get Involved?

We have numerous volunteer opportunities whether it be our fundraiser or donating your time and expertise by joining our team of managers.

Leading the charge against hunger

Spokane Housing Ventures 2001 N. Division St., Ste. 100, Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.232.0170 www.spokanehousingventures.org

SHV is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing safe, affordable housing to individuals and families with limited incomes and/or special housing needs.

Spokane Housing Ventures concentrates on creating and sustaining housing for individuals, families with household incomes at or below 80% of area median income; homeless, seniors, large families and families with disabled members.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer: Board & committee positions available.

Donations: We welcome your tax deductible donation, which we will use to carry out our mission of giving people a place to call home.

Donate at www.spokanehousingventures.org/how-to-help/donate

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The Spokane Humane Society

6607 N. Havana St. Spokane, WA 99217 • P.O. Box 6247 Spokane, WA 99217

What We Do:

509.467.5235 www.spokanehumanesociety.org

The Spokane Humane Society works to enrich the lives of companion animals through Support, Education, Advocacy and Love.

We believe that every animal in need deserves a life full of love, care, compassion and play, and we have believed that for nearly 120 years.

Since 1897, The Spokane Humane Society has acted as a refuge for animals by providing care, shelter and placement for lost, neglected, and unwanted animals. In 2006, we stopped euthanizing animals due to lack of space and have reached our goal of not euthanizing, healthy, adoptable and medically treatable animals. We maintain a 95% live release rate, finding placement for over 2500 animals annually through our adoption programs.

The Spokane Humane Society is a nonprofit 501c3 public charity dedicated to the welfare of companion animals. We rely solely on donations from the community, corporate sponsorships and fees for services.

Your donations provide lifesaving options for animals and directly impact the number of animals we can care for in our shelter. Give with confidence knowing that 73 cents of every dollar directly supports animals in need.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate pet food, supplies or cash.

Become a volunteer and spend your free time helping homeless pets in need.

Become a Foster Family to provide a temporary home and care for animals in need of extended care.

Visit spokanehumanesociety.org for more information about donating, volunteering, fostering and making adopted your favorite breed!

SNAP

3102 W. Fort George Wright Drive Spokane, WA 99224

What We Do:

509.456.SNAP (7627) www.snapwa.org/give fundraising@snapwa.org

SNAP educates, empowers and encourages our neighbors to build community and create opportunities that bring lasting stability.

For 50 years SNAP has served our community’s most vulnerable. Through education, financial assistance and ongoing support we serve more than 40,000 Spokane County residents each year. Our goal is to help people move from crisis to stability, while teaching them to help themselves.

How Can You Get Involved?

Learn more about how you can help SNAP make lasting change in your community.

Donate at snapwa.org/give and join us at the “Ode to Opportunity” on Oct. 27 at the Spokane Convention Center. Go to snapwa.org/FF to RSVP.

Spokane Symphony Orchestra & Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox PO Box 365 Spokane, WA 99210-0365

What We Do:

John B. Smih, CEO of Goodwill Industires.

509.326.3136 www.spokanesymphony.org/donate donate@spokanesymphony.org

The Spokane Symphony offers a rich variety of symphonic and chamber orchestra programs for the community.

The Spokane Symphony continues a long tradition as the largest and most active professional arts organization in the Inland Northwest. The 2016-17 season marks its 71st year. The 70-piece professional orchestra performs for over 150,000 people each year and provides a variety of education programs.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$25 buys one College Card $50 buys violin music rental for one concert $100 pays for 5 students to attend the 4th grade concert series

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Spokane Youth Symphony P.O. Box 9547 Spokane, WA 99209

What We Do:

509.448.4446 www.spokaneyouthsymphony.org info@spokaneyouthsymphony.org

To provide superior orchestral education and performance opportunities for the youth of the Inland Northwest.

The Spokane Youth Symphony provides classical music education for the youth of our region. This includes a concert series at the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. The 2016-17 “Timeless Classics” concert dates are November 6, February 19, April 30, and May 21. Concert subscription tickets can be purchased through our website. Order deadline: Oct. 30, 2016.

How Can You Get Involved?

$75 Pay for professional instrumental coaching of our students by a member of the Spokane Symphony $575 Tuition for one student $2,500 Cost of venue for one concert

Susan G. Komen Eastern Washington 400 S. Jefferson Drive, Suite 319 Spokane, WA 99204

What We Do:

509.315.5940 www.KomenEasternWashington.org Give@KomenEasternWashington.org

Our mission: provide necessary resources to save lives.

Our goal: prevent and cure breast cancer.

We work in our fourteen counties to educate our region and create awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer. We: Connect them with the resources they need; Focus on supporting those with the fewest resources to get access to care so they can make the critical choices necessary for treatment; and mobilize our community to give generously.

What Can Your Donations Do?

Our survivors are fearless. Please give generously.

Your dollar could be the one to cure breast cancer.

Transitions

3128 N. Hemlock St. Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

509.328.6702 www.help4women.org info@help4women.org

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane through five unique programs.

Transitions’ five programs house the homeless, train the jobless, and teach life skills for sustainable change. Join the fight against poverty and homelessness by donating your time and talents at the Women’s Hearth, Miryam’s House, Transitional Living Center, EduCare or the New Leaf Bakery Café.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$25 purchases a section of the GED $50 feeds a hungry child $100 provides 1 month’s job training and bus pass Priceless Donating your time and talents

Union Gospel Mission 1224 E. Trent Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

Transitions 509.535.8510 uniongospelmission.org info@uniongospelmission.org

Union Gospel Mission provides for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of men, women and children battered by abuse, addiction and homelessness.

What began as a simple soup kitchen has evolved into a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week social service agency. UGM’s 4 shelters and auxiliary services provide all the resources necessary for an individual to break the cycle of homelessness and become a God-dependent, contributing member of society.

How Can You Get Involved?

Sign up to receive our newsletter at uniongospelmission.org/newsletter.

Hold a drive or organize a service project. Call 509-535-8510 to schedule.

Volunteer. Call 509-532-3813 to begin the process.

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Volunteers of America 525 W. Second Ave. Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.624.2378 www.voaspokane.org info@voaspokane.org

Volunteers of America is the charity that always steps forward to help our community’s most vulnerable.

For over 115 years we have taken on the Inland Northwest’s most difficult tasks to help the most underserved, including: street youth; chronically homeless women; foster youth; teen parents; medically fragile homeless adults; and homeless veterans.

How Can You Get Involved?

$75 pays for GED testing for 1 homeless teen $100 provides utilities for 1 day at Hope House $250 buys a month of groceries at 2 homes for veterans

West Central Community Center 1603 N. Belt, Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

509.326.9540 www.westcentralcc.org

Provide health, education, recreation and enrichment resources to all in our community.

There’s a place for you here: HeadStart; Unify Community Health Clinic; Women, Infants and Children nutrition education and support; before and after school childcare and summer camp, prevention education for youth and teens and supportive services for adults with developmental disabilities.

How Can You Get Involved?

Join us April 15, 2017 for Building Dreams—Bright Futures for Our Kids to support the youth programs at West Central and Northeast Youth Center.

Wishing Star Foundation 139 S. Sherman St. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.744.3411 www.wishingstar.org dcurley@wishingstar.org

We provide hope, community and lasting memories by granting wishes for children with life-threatening conditions and supporting their families beyond the wish.

Wishing Star serves Spokane, the Tri-Cities and local outlying areas, granting wishes for children ages 3-21. Since 1983, Wishing Star has granted over 1,270 wishes ranging from riding in a Nascar to meeting Disney Princesses to attending college. Thanks to the Spokane community for it’s incredible ongoing support!

What Can Your Donations Do? $10/ month ($120 annually) Gives a child a day inside Disneyworld $25/ month ($300 annually) Provides a child the experience to swim with dolphins $50/ month ($600 annually) Would cover airfare for a child to reach their dream destination

Women Helping Women Fund 1325 W. First Ave. Ste 318 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.328.8285 www.whwfspokane.org whwfund@qwestoffice.net

WHWF is a local, non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and children to create healthy families and vibrant communities.

WHWF provides funds to local agencies that truly understand how to meet the most urgent needs of women and children in Spokane.

Since 1992, we’ve raised more than $6 million, and awarded over 300 grants, to fund local programs that help women and children lead healthy, productive lives.

How Can You Get Involved?

In May we hold an annual luncheon to raise money for local agencies. A $125 contribution connects you to a community of like-minded professionals dedicated to transforming the lives of Spokane’s women and children in need. Please join us for lunch or consider making a contribution today.

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Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen 509.324.1995 1408 N. Washington St., Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

www.wcfrspokane.org development@wcfrspokane.org

Serve as a vital safety net filling nutritional gaps for women and children in need while fostering dignity and respect, both within our restaurant and in the community.

Your support of Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen could present a child with their first taste of broccoli, offer relief to a mother who wants healthy meals for her kids, and promote friendship and community for those who feel alone. Fill a tummy with food and a heart with hope.

How Can You Get Involved?

Nourish: Nutritious, scratch-made meals are prepared & served with care.

Teach: Promote physical and financial health.

Flourish: Families thrive when they are nourished and encouraged.

World Relief Spokane

1522 N. Washington St. #208 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.232.1818 www.worldreliefspokane.org joinus@wr.org

World Relief is a resettlement agency that provides housing, case support, and employment services to refugees beginning a new life in Spokane.

Threatened by persecution and war, refugees leave everything in order to seek safety and a chance to rebuild. After a lengthy vetting process, up to 600 refugees are selected to be resettled in Spokane each year. World Relief provides support, employment services and case management in order for the refugees to become successful and self- sufficient.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$25 Hygiene and cleaning supplies for one month $50 Bus pass for one month $500 One month rent

Sponsored By Action Recycling

YFA Connections

P.O. Box 3344 Spokane, WA 99220-3344

What We Do:

509.532.2000 www.yfaconnections.org info@yfaconnections.org

We provide crisis shelter for at-risk kids ages 12-17, street outreach to homeless youth and substance abuse/mental health services for adults.

The mission of YFA Connections is to provide education, prevention, intervention and treatment services to youth, families and adults in conflict or crisis.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$25 buys a hygiene kit for a homeless youth $10 buys 12 pairs of socks for kids in the shelter $15 buys a package of boxer shorts

YMCA of the Inland Northwest 1126 N. Monroe St. Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.777.YMCA www.ymcaspokane.org ymca@ymcaspokane.org

We give everyone a safe place to learn, grow & thrive by strengthening the foundations of community through healthy living, youth development & social responsibility.

As a cause-driven, non-profit organization we are committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving our community’s health and well-being, and giving back and supporting our neighbors so we can ensure that everyone has the essentials they need to find their place and succeed.

What Can Your Donations Do? $60 lets two children learn to swim $120 gives a child a safe place before and after school for 1 yr $180 gives a teen a membership to enjoy music, film, homework help, sports and more

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Metro Spokane Young Life 104 S. Freya St. Ste 119 Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.838.2244 www.inlandnorthwest.younglife.org inwregionyounglife@gmail.com

Introducing kids to Jesus and helping them grow in their faith.

Fun. Mentoring. Support. Adventures. Friendship.

Our programs are custom made for kids throughout their adolescent years. Young Life is the name of our organization and is also the term we use for our program with high school students. In Spokane we are reaching high schoolers at: North Central, Lewis & Clark, Shadle Park, Ferris, Lakeside, Gonzaga Prep, Central Valley, University, West Valley, Medical Lake, Cheney, Mead, and Mt. Spokane. We call our middle school program WyldLife, we currently are reaching: Northwood, Mountainside, Centennial, Horizon, Medical Lake Middle, Cheney Middle, Salk and Glover. The initiative for college and university students is called Young Life College, we now have campus clubs at The Community Colleges of Spokane, Gonzaga, Whitworth, and EWU. We refer to our ministry to kids with disabilities as Capernaum and have a metro Spokane group. We also currently work with over 100 teen moms in Central Spokane, North Spokane, West Plains and the Spokane Valley we call the ministry: YoungLives. In a partnership with Military Community Youth Ministries,Young Life reaches military teens on Fairchild Air Force Base through a program called Club Beyond. We strive to build relationships that show our adolescent friends that they have worth, and in the process we earn the right to hear their stories, step into their world and share the hope of Jesus with them.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Support your local Young Life Area • Become a leader for a specific ministry • Donate financially online at http://tinyurl.com/ngdft2f and note in the comments what area or school you’d like to support.

• Provide meals, resources, or assistance at our multicultural and urban ministries.

• Support YL fundraising events happening near you • Join a Young Life committee or board To get connected and find out more reach out to inwregionyounglife@gmail.com

Youth For Christ Spokane

421 W. Riverside Ave. Suite #335 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.327.7721 spokaneyfc.org info@spokaneyfc.org

YFC is a relational, holistic, community-based ministry that desires to see deep change in an urban neighborhood by raising up young indigenous leaders in that community.

Thousands of at-risk youth and families in Spokane face poverty and fatherlessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and significant loss. YFC seeks to empower youth to make a difference in their own community through a ministry model focused on authentic relationships, spiritual and moral mentorship, and education about health, academic and economic success, and civil literacy.

What Can Your Donations Do?

$45 per month covers costs for after school visits to our drop-in centers, weekly home cooked meals, and adventure days for one student.

We’re currently seeking invested partners focused on underwriting the grand opening of a third youth center serving the downtown area, opening in January 2017!

YWCA Spokane

930 N. Monroe St., Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.326.1190 ywcaspokane.org info@ywcaspokane.org

The YWCA Spokane is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, standing up for social justice, helping families, and strengthening communities.

The YWCA Spokane helps women escape from domestic violence, get access to legal support, provide a safe place for healing and growth, and grant opportunities for women to learn new skills, increase employment options, and provide access to resources for their children’s education and well-being.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate: food/clothing/toiletries for women & survivors Refer a friend: 24hr domestic violence helpline: 326.CALL(2255) Volunteer: 1-time & on-going opportunities

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INNOVATIVE INLANDERS are more than just readers.

They’re everything from baristas to beer snobs, and from soccer moms to CEOs — all with ever-changing appetites for media. So we have to be more than just a paper. We’re event planners for things like our own Volume Music Festival and Inlander Restaurant Week.

We’re digital geeks offering daily news coverage online, along with ways to find your favorite local events right on your smartphone.

We’re even philanthropists, supporting local charities and nonprofits every year.

All the while, we remain committed to the award-winning, independent journalism you expect and deserve.

It’s a big job for a hometown paper to keep innovating and changing with its readers. But we’re in this for the long haul — informing, supporting and maintaining the vibrant community we call home. And that will never change.

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FROM LEFT: Travis, Cheyenne and Junior Potter all own and operate Coeur d’Alene-based culinary businesses, ranging from barbecue to organic sodas. ANNIE KUSTER PHOTO

Family Values A North Idaho clan is making a triple impact on the local food scene

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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f any of the Potter children want to go into the family business, they’ll have plenty of options from which to choose, although given the example set by their elders, they’re likely to open their own places.

The patriarch, Travis Potter, started Tractor Soda Company (tractorsodaco.com), an organic, non-GMO fountain soda business, after a lifetime in the food industry that included ranching, farming and owning both meat stores and yogurt shops. His oldest son, 19-year-old Travis Potter, Jr. — everyone calls him Junior — recently opened Junior’s Barbecue (facebook.com/juniorsbarbecue) in Hayden’s Prairie Avenue Shopping Center. Just two doors down from Junior’s is 1920 Soda Fountain (facebook.com/1920sSodaFountian), which sister Cheyenne, 18, will open around Labor Day.

“Every one of the kids is into farm, 4-H and food,” explains Cheyenne, who counts on sisters Paisley, 16, and Ryelee, 14, to pitch in with baking and making ice cream. Everyone, she adds with a smile, helps test flavors.

For Junior, the restaurant is the culmination of a dream 11 years in the making. The family had been living in Georgia, and 8-year-old Junior helped out in the meat shop, making sausage. One day he announced that what he really wanted to do was farm and barbecue. His father’s response?

“I told him, go online and figure it out,” says Travis.

Junior has since honed cooking Southern-style favorites inspired by childhood memories. Inside a smoker he built from an old boiler with help from a friend at the neighboring Local Deli, Junior prepares tri-tip, brisket,

pulled pork and smoked chicken. Get your choice of meat in a taco ($3), sandwich or salad ($10-$12), with one side (or fixin’), all from family recipes — his paternal grandmother’s beans or his mother’s mashed “taters.”

Specials include pork ribs on Tuesdays and fried Southern classics, like okra and hush puppies, on Friday.

Junior’s Barbecue features a covered-porch storefront, made out of salvaged wood, and three turquoise truck beds from the junkyard, each a platform for table and bench seating. Rustic signs punctuate black walls, alongside handmade illustrations and lettering promising “toe tappin’ lip smackin’ knee slappin’ finger lickin’ jaw droppin’ dang good barbecue.”

When it opens next week, Cheyenne’s 1920 Soda ...continued on next page

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FOOD | OPENING

MAKE IT A NIGHT OUT. CATCH-UP.

After a career in farming, Travis Potter now owns Tractor Soda Co.

ANNIE KUSTER PHOTO

“FAMILY VALUES,” CONTINUED...

Fountain will harken back to Prohibition-era soda shops. The design is crisp, fun and fanciful, with gray walls adorned in mirrors, vintage-style lettering and black-and-white seating and tables.

“I want people to feel special,” says Cheyenne of the interior.

On the menu at 1920, look for milkshakes, floats, sundaes, and egg creams — they’re actually made with milk, chocolate syrup and seltzer. They make waffle cones on demand, so they’re warm and crispy when filled with scratch-made ice cream using rBST-free milk. Flavors will vary: tart lime Rickey, chocolaty Tootsie Pop and a sweet-savory combo of candied orange peel and pepper.

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Cheyenne likes to experiment with flavors, as does her father, who developed the idea for an organic soda company while still in the organic beef business. He’d been approached by some investors looking for his opinion on starting an organic burger chain, which Travis calculated relied on the availability of organic beverages.

The idea of producing a healthier soda stuck with Travis, who says that he’d been interested in how food impacts health ever since graduating from a Minnesota-based college program on meat and meat-cutting. He began promoting healthier options in his successive businesses, like no-nitrate bacon in the family-run meat shop and organic puddings, creamers and smoothies in his yogurt shops.

Based in Coeur d’Alene, Tractor Soda has a staple line of cola, root beer, ginger beer, cherry cream, coconut, blood orange, lemongrass, Meyer lemon and cucumber, plus specialty flavors.

National distribution covers approximately 35 states, and you can try Tractor Soda locally in either of the two restaurants that extend the Potters’ food industry legacy into the current generation.

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pounds in the five months between the two 1980 fights.

It’s almost enough to make you not want to roll your eyes at those old-school boxing aficionados who referred to it as “the sweet science.”

The problem with Hands of Stone becomes the problem that plagues too many film biographies: a refusal to trust that the story can be told without a mountain of “this happened, then this happened” details. Jakubowicz spends ample time on Durán’s courtship and relationship with his eventual wife, Felicidad (Ana de Armas), leading up to the inevitable moment when his success-driven excesses lead to a rift in their marriage. There’s a detour inand ’70s over control of the Panama Canal, and the fact volving one of Durán’s childhood mentors, the Fagin-like that Durán’s father was an American soldier who left his Chaflán (Óscar Jaenada), and a scene in which Durán pregnant mother behind. at last meets the father he had never known. Jakubowicz There’s a strong foundation in that background too rarely trusts that he can make a movie about the art for the relationship between Durán and Arcel, which of boxing that happens to include these two characters, plays with surrogate parent/child issues on both sides. rather than yet another cinematic Wikipedia entry.

Jakubowicz finds a few great moments in Durán’s corner Of course, there are actual physical fight sequences between rounds — the best parts of Ramírez’s perforas well, and Jakubowicz never seems mance — as Arcel’s attempts to keep him comfortable with how he wants focused collide with the fighter’s stubborn HANDS OF STONE entirely to approach them. His camera swoops ferocity. Here, the director comes up with Rated R and swirls around the action, cutting to what could have been a uniquely percepDirected by Jonathan Jakubowicz flashbulbs in a way that’s far too remitive point of view, distinguishing it from Starring Edgar Ramírez, Robert niscent of Raging Bull; his sound design the bulk of boxing films: Arcel’s constant DeNiro, Usher Raymond is somewhat distinctive, with fighters refrain to Durán emphasizes the strategy in clinches occasionally seeming so of boxing, the part of the fight that is won intense that they’re breaking one another’s bones. But he between the ears rather than with the fists. too rarely opts to emphasize the momentum of any given That becomes the central concept as the story fight, or how the strategic decisions Arcel emphasizes reaches the two most famous fights of Durán’s career, his play out in the results of any given round. When the welterweight title battles with Sugar Ray Leonard (Usher final bell rings, all we know is that two strong men have Raymond). Both fights are impacted, Jakubowicz sugbeaten the crap out of each other. gests, by playing on the opponent’s pride, getting them to The 36 years since Raging Bull should have taught us abandon their strengths, as well as by the sense of finally that a fight movie needs to be about more than that. n having “made it” that led to Durán gaining more than 30

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ou’ve got to hand this to Jonathan Jakubowicz, writer/director of Hands of Stone: It takes balls of stone to cast Robert De Niro in your based-on-atrue-story boxing movie. It’s been 36 years since De Niro won his lone Best Actor Oscar for playing Jake LaMotta in Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, and that film remains a kind of gold standard, not just for capturing the visceral, kinetic intensity of boxing, but for shaking up the often predictable rhythms of the movie biography. And here’s a relatively inexperienced Venezuelan filmmaker, with his first American theatrical feature release, inviting comparison with a classic.

That kind of pugnacious spirit feels just about right for the story of Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán (Edgar Ramírez). After opening up with Durán’s first American fight — and the introduction of Durán by his manager, Carlos Eleta (Rubén Blades), to successful but long-retired trainer Ray Arcel (De Niro) — Jakubowicz circles back to Durán’s impoverished childhood, being raised by a single mother. His “origin story” becomes a familiar one of a tough street kid finding a way to survive and thrive through sports, but with a specificity anchored in Durán’s intense antipathy towards Americans — the result both of the swirling political unrest of the 1960s

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The film centers on a trio of naive young adults who believe they’ve found easy thieving prey in the form of a creaky old house inhabited by an elderly blind man. They soon discover that the resident is more capable than they’d originally assumed, and find themselves trapped and systematically hunted by a predator who is content relying on his four remaining senses.

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Writer/director Mike Birbiglia (NPR’s This American Life, Sleepwalk With Me) turns his comedic eye on the improv world in this compassionate look at friendship and how (if?) it survives when shared dreams turn into splintered ones. Birbiglia stars alongside a collection of comedy heavy-hitters, including Keegan-Michael Key and Gillian Jacobs as part of a troupe that gets the chance to audition for a Saturday Night Live-style show and a chance at the big time. (DN) Rated R

HANDS OF STONE

You’ve got to hand this to Jonathan Jakubowicz, writer/director of Hands of Stone: It takes balls of stone to cast Robert De Niro in your based-on-atrue-story boxing movie. That kind of pugnacious spirit feels just about right for the story of Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán (Edgar Ramírez) and his trainer, played by De Niro. (SR) Rated R

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We’ve seen all the tropes before: the bank-robbing brothers (Ben Foster and Chris Pine); the bloated Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges) who’s due to retire in a few weeks; the Mexican-American partner in law enforcement (Gil

Birmingham) who bears the brunt of his superior’s casual racism; the Indian casinos; the loyalty to family and signs everywhere of widespread poverty.

But there’s a certain freshness to this modern-day Western. (MB) Rated R

IGNACIO DE LOYOLA

In the early 1500s, a Spanish knight was wounded in the Battle of Pamplona and during his recovery devoted his life to God. Eventually, Loyola would go on to found the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits — the order of Catholic priests that founded Gonzaga University, among other schools).

This biopic looks to feature some serious action footage and other instances of high drama. (MB) Not Rated

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When The Mechanic was released in 2011, it wasn’t clear exactly who had asked for a remake of the obscure 1972 action film starring Charles Bronson.

Now, five years later, it isn’t even more unclear who asked for a sequel to that remake, but here we are with Mechanic: Resurrection. If nothing else, the action/thriller once again stars Jason Statham as the titular hitman. (IH) Rated R

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How many relationships start with a day-long non-date in which two people realize they want to be together?

Plenty, probably, but not every couple goes on to be President and First Lady.

Southside With You recounts Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date in 1989, when the two co-workers hit a museum, took in a Spike Lee flick and talked themselves into falling in love.

Starring two relative unknowns, the romance might woo you even if you’re not an Obama fan. (DN) PG-13

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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

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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

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

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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Hollywood insists that this is not a remake of the classic 1959 film of the same name, but rather a re-imagining of the original 1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The story centers on a Roman prince named Judah Ben-Hur who’s betrayed by his brother and cast out of his homeland. Judah must chariot-race his way back to love and glory, and encounters Jesus himself along the way. (IH) Rated PG-13

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(MJ) Rated PG-13

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

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(PC) Rated PG

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

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

THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS

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

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 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

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

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(CS) Rated PG

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS

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

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The Starship Enterprise 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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WAR DOGS

When 20-something David Packouz (Miles Teller) runs into his old juniorhigh-school friend in Miami in 2005, Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) is making a killing in the new world of open military contracts. He’s taking jobs way too small for the mega-defense corps to pay any attention to, but ideal for a hustler like Diveroli. The two join forces, head to the Middle East and mix it up.

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Do the Math Minus the Bear has accomplished the tough task of making progressive rock accessible

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hen Minus the Bear last came through Spokane to headline Elkfest 2014, the crowd was rowdy. The band’s not-too-heavy, progressive math-rock sound was greeted with a surprising fan reaction — people started crowd surfing, much to the chagrin of some in mellower moods.

“It’s awesome when people are experiencing the music,” says frontman Jake Snider from his home in Seattle.

“I’m not a huge fan of the crowd surfing myself, as I’ve been kicked in the head, but the crowd reaction is fun.”

Sometimes audiences don’t want to think too deeply about what they’re listening to — otherwise electronic acts like Major Lazer, whose bass-dropping shows are little more than light parties, wouldn’t even exist. But there’s also a market for an enriching musical experience, and math rock, which came out of the late ’80s with its

battery of ever-changing time signatures and guitar riffs, certainly fits that intellectual bill. Somehow, Minus the Bear has created a sound that’s both entertaining and thought-provoking.

Take, for example, “Pachuca Sunrise,” the band’s most played song on Spotify, with more than 3 million listens combined for its acoustic and electric versions.

The slick pop tune sticks in your head.

“Don’t cry, I’ll bring this home to you / If I can make this night light enough to move,” Snider croons on a chorus based more in romance than reality.

The reverberating guitar rhythms switch back and forth, making the emphasis on the off beat. It sounds difficult, but Snider swears that’s an illusion.

“Part of that comes from the interplaying that we do; it sounds more complicated,” he says. “We don’t have a

ton of intricate time changes, or other aspects that you associate with math rock. I guess I’d consider us poppy math rock. A lot of people don’t know what that genre is; I don’t even know what every genre is. It doesn’t mean too much to us, really; some of our older bands [Botch, Kill Sadie] were maybe more math rock than this band.”

Minus the Bear, and other bands like them, continue to inspire new generations of players. Local progressive rock/jazz group Flannel Math Animal has continued to fiddle with their own complex sound over the years, and frontman Nick Palmieri admits that playing the bar scene can sometimes be a tough sell. He understands the desire to mix the rock genre with more relatable ones, as Minus the Bear does, but his current trio has gravitated toward more complicated rhythms and intricate solos. While ...continued on next page

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“The community that enjoys this music most are musicians themselves; they understand the complexities that go into it. It’s kind of an obsession,” Palmieri says.

“But there are people who can enjoy it, even if they don’t understand it.”

Throughout Minus the Bear’s 15 years together, Snider says being a part of his band feels the same as it always has. Even with lineup changes, the writing process hasn’t changed either. Guitarist Dave Knudson comes into rehearsal with an idea, and the rest of the group plays off of it, trying to find what comes naturally. Snider writes his often emotional lyrics last.

The band’s most recent release was a compilation of nearly forgotten B-sides in 2014. Snider says that a new album will be on the way next year, but they don’t yet have a name for it, or at least aren’t forthcoming about it.

After that most recent crowd-surfing-intensive performance in Spokane, Snider says his crew wasn’t deterred from coming back, and they’ll play the Knitting Factory on Sunday night with a new drummer, Kiefer Matthias. In his 20s, he’s by far the youngest in the group, and Snider says he keeps the band hip and fresh. In recent years, Minus the Bear has toured behind various album anniversaries — top seller Menos el Oso turned 10 last year — but for this show, expect the thrill of new music as well as the old favorites.

“Northwesterners can be a self-conscious bunch; they can be difficult to warm up,” Snider admits. “But we understand the audience, and they understand where we’re coming from.” n lauraj@inlander.com Minus the Bear with This Will Destroy You • Sun, Aug. 28, at 8 pm • $18.50 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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here’s a group called Black Label Society.

It’s both a heavy metal band and a sort of club. The society’s logo is easily spotted at shows and record stores and hole-in-thewall bars — Old English lettering accompanied by a skull, often stitched on the back of a jean jacket or leather vest. People who wear it give each other a nod or a handshake. Yet band founder Zakk Wylde, a singer-songwriter with long hair, a gruff, bearded face and a faded New Jersey accent, says there is no official membership.

“Anytime anyone shows up to a performance, that’s the chapter meeting right there,” explains Wylde, on the phone from a tour stop in Canada.

Black Label Society fans are also Zakk Wylde fans. And currently, Wylde is out promoting a new solo record, one that’s been 20 years in the making and that Rolling Stone dubbed one of the most anticipated of 2016.

“The whole thing was [Guns N’ Roses’] Chinese Democracy took 15 years to make, so I thought, ‘Let’s break that record,’” he says.

Just before Black Label Society entered the studio to lay down 2014’s Catacombs of the Black Vatican, Wylde gave himself one month to write and record Book of Shadows II, a follow-up album that’s one of his most personal yet. With song titles like “Darkest Hour,” “Sorrowed Regrets” and “Useless Apologies,” he delves into some of the painful mistakes of his past. He says that life

is a whole lot more calm now that he’s sober: “The Caligula days, we’re not going with that anymore.”

“There’s a bunch of dinosaur bones out there, and you go out and dig ’em,” he says of songwriting. “You have a cup of java, you go get food, and it’s a matter of digging. It’s always the music first, and then that will inspire the melody.

The lyrics are always last.”

Above all, his virtuosic guitar playing slays the most. At just 19, Wylde was selected by Ozzy Osbourne as his lead guitarist, and he’s only improved since then. Over his career, Wylde has made more than 20 studio albums, and is currently in three groups: Black Label Society, his solo act and the Zakk Sabbath tribute project, which he says will head out on tour this fall. But the married father of four says he doesn’t feel overworked in the slightest.

“I look forward to it every day,” Wylde says.

“If we were to own the Yankees [Wylde’s favorite baseball team], then we’d wake up every day and think about how to make the experience better for everyone. It’s the exact same with music.

That’s the pure joy of it.” n

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Zakk Wylde with Otherwise and Jared James Nichols • Sat, Aug. 27, at 8 pm • $25 • Allages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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hostland Observatory’s Aaron Behrens and Thomas Ross Turner create dance music, sprinkled with glorious flashes of rock and soul, that will make you dance long into the night. Their shows often employ laser lights and flashy capes, and their steadfast fans are beyond ecstatic that they’re back from a hiatus. The Austin, Texas, duo is currently out on tour, one of their first since 2012, when they stepped away from the band (Behrens pursued a side project), only playing a few select shows here and there over the years. They’re playing the Knitting Factory on Friday night and who knows when they’ll be here next? You probably should go.

— LAURA JOHNSON Ghostland Observatory with Beauflexx • Fri, Aug. 26, at 8 pm • $22.50 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory. com • 244-3279

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CLASSIC ROCK PAT BENATAR

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t’s hard to describe just how big a star Pat Benatar was in her heyday, delivering hit albums through the ’80s and filling the radio with a nonstop stream of chart-toppers like “Heartbreaker,” “Invincible” and “We Belong.” On MTV, she was one of the few women in heavy rotation for the first few years of the channel’s existence. Benatar’s songwriting partner, guitarist Neil Giraldo, is also her husband, and while her commercial success has tapered off, the classically trained vocalist and her hubby have continued making new music, and taking the old tunes out on the road.

— DAN NAILEN Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo with Melissa Etheridge • Sat, Aug. 27, at 7:30 pm • $45/$55/$75 • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • northernquest.com • 481-2800

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Monday, 08/29

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GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with T & T JOHN’S ALLEY, The Good Time Travelers THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, DJ Lydell LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J THE OBSERVATORY, Terrain 9 Submissions Closing Party feat. Pastel Felt, Von the Baptist, Outercourse J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), Just Plain Darin RED ROOM LOUNGE, Writer’s Cup w/ Hip Hop Is A Culture THE RESERVE, EDM Wednesdays with DJs Ayzim, Radikill, Gestut THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Piano Bar with Christan Raxter SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open mic

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FILM SOUTH PERRY GOES TO MARS

The Shop’s annual series of outdoor summer movies in the South Perry neighborhood is wrapping up soon with a presentation of 2015’s Matt Damon-headlined, sci-fi blockbuster The Martian. Bring your own lawn chairs to this one: the film will be projected onto the outer wall of Casper Fry restaurant, adjacent to the Shop, with viewers welcome to get comfy in the parking lot. Alternatively, you can come prepared to bid on some plushy seats, available at the brief fundraiser auction before the start of the film, the proceeds of which go to local charities. This looks to be the perfect family event to close out the summer in cinematic fashion.

— ISAAC HANDELMAN South Perry Summer Theater: The Martian • Sat, Aug. 27, at dusk (roughly 9 pm) • Free • The Shop • 924 S. Perry • 534-1647

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COMEDY BEER + LAUGHS

SPORTS HIGH-ALTITUDE HITS

Funnier With Beer: Comedy Edition • Sat, Aug. 27, at 8 pm • $5 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

Silver Valley Showdown • Sat, Aug. 27, at 4 pm • $15/adults; $10/ ages 17 and under • Silver Mountain • 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho • bit.ly/silvervalleyshowdown • 208-784-0821

There’s a lot to be said for truth in advertising, and so it goes for Funnier With Beer: Comedy Edition, a mash-up of funny sketches, stand-up performances and comedic commentary tackling subjects ranging from relatives to superheroes, blockbuster flicks to extraterrestrial life. It comes from the team of local comedy talent led by Tom Meisfjord, who you might know from past Comedy Edition series skewering the likes of Silence of the Lambs and The Terminator. This Friends of the Bing performance comes with $1 off all concessions, making that Funnier With Beer concept easier to swallow.

— DAN NAILEN

It’s an unusual venue to be sure, and that fact alone should spark some curiosity about the Silver Valley Showdown, an annual, amateur boxing match atop the nearly 6,300-foot Kellogg Peak overlooking its namesake Idaho city. Organized by the Silver Valley Chamber and Spokane Boxing’s Rick Welliver, the evening atop the mountain features boxers from teams and gyms across the Northwest, and as far as Utah and Canada, in a scheduled total of 22 bouts. Spectators also will get to enjoy a scenic ride up and down the mountain on Silver’s gondola, which will ferry attendees as part of their ticket price.

— CHEY SCOTT

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Girls Rock Lab is a local program set up specifically to give girls the opportunity to set free their rock ’n’ roll sensibilities. Through weeklong workshops, volunteers work with girls ages 8 to 16, helping them write songs, start bands, practice and perform, all in a safe and collaborative environment. On Saturday, participants share the Bartlett stage with talented local female bands Mama Doll, Phlegm Fatale, Windoe and Violet Catastrophe for a final showcase. While the show is free, donations to the program are encouraged.

— LAURA JOHNSON

Friday & Saturday 5:30-6:30pm at Avista Stadium

Girls Rock Lab Showcase feat. Mama Doll, Phlegm Fatale, Windoe and Violet Catastrophe • Sat, Aug. 27, at 7 pm • Free • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • facebook.com/girlsrocklab • 747-2174

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Science and art are colliding to create some mind-blowing experiences over the next seven days. As part of the interactive arts nonprofit Laboratory Spokane’s artist-in-residence program, two international artists are showcasing their sound-themed virtual reality installations. British artist/researcher Falk Morawitz has created a compositional work based on the quantum theory that molecules — despite what school taught us — are actually shapeless and “smeared” over space. Audience members can conduct their own “molecular orchestra” in Morawitz’s project, which creates sounds from the measured magnetic frequencies that molecules produce. The second exhibit, “Resound,” by Brooklyn’s Seth Kranzler, lets viewers of virtual environments he’s created place sound-producing objects around a 3-D space, composing their own unique music.

— CHEY SCOTT

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Laboratory VR Showcase • Aug. 25-31, from 5-7 pm • Free to view/participate • Richmond Art Collective • 228 W. Sprague • laboratoryspokane.com

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A FRUITFUL EVENING The Spokane Edible Tree Project hosts its third annual “FriendRaiser” with local food and libations, a silent auction and a themed photo booth. Aug. 26, 6-9 pm. $25/person; kids 12 and under free.

Philanthropy Center, 1020 N. Riverside. spokaneedibletreeproject.org WHISKERS & WINE (AND SUDS!) A wine/beer tasting and silent auction benefiting Partners for Pets, an animal shelter and welfare nonprofit in Spokane Valley. Aug. 26, 6-9 pm. $25/$30.

Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. bit.ly/2aUKWj4 LUNGS FOR LEAH FUNDRAISER Car Wash Express (4920 E. Sprague) is hosting a second fundraiser car wash

for the local “Lungs for Leah” efforts, donating 30 percent of proceeds to help with the cost of a mandatory stay in Seattle for up to 6 months posttransplant. Aug. 27, 9 am-5 pm. $7-$11. facebook.com/2LungsforLeah POWER OF THE PURSE 2016 An event to aid victims of domestic violence at Fairchild AFB or affiliated with the military. Enjoy lunch while bidding on rafting, fishing, spa experiences, or your favorite brand-name handbags.

Aug. 27, 12-3 pm. $20. 24 Taps Burgers & Brews, 825 W. Riverside. (991-3921)

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I SAW YOU PURPLE FORD TAURUS Your rear window held a heartfelt message. “Fly on Lady” followed “R.I.P. Rachel”. I hurt with you, for Loss is brutal and knows no bounds some times. But as much as Loss stomps the sunshine and flowers growing in the gardens of our hearts, Hope comes in and tidies up. As both our cars drove up the hill, my radio played “Every Breath You Take”.

The cheesy original. I held my fingers up in a Peace sign as you drove past, because Rachel IS flying on, and she’ll never leave you. Not truly. That’s the quite power of Hope’s work. Much love. May this note find you. — Kimpossible COUPLE IS INTERESTED IN YOU Tuesday Aug 16 at around 4 or 4:30 pm, we were just crossing Division near E Weilie ave, and Cozza street. You, a short dark haired young woman, wearing a short skirt, smoking a cig, agreed with us that the traffic would not stop for us at the crosswalk. You went as far as the Y with us on the bus 25. Would you be interested in dinner with us? We both thought you were pretty hot. Contact us at makeitsonumber1@outlook.com I HOPE YOU READ THE INLANDER You asked me about my tattoos at the zip trip on Maple and 10th. When I turned around and saw your beautiful blue eyes, I nearly lost my words. If your available, I would like to get to know you. I suppose the way this works is you respond via the Inlander.

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BIKER ON WALL You were going down Wall near Queen on Thursday? Maybe Wednesday night when you spied a sexy blonde with flowers in her hair...she told me that when you asked her if she’d like to go for ride she just smiled and said no. She LIED! She would VERY much like to go for a ride with you. She is trying to remember how to be....well, I guess she is just remembering how to be her fabulous and amazing self! And she is BOTH. HI TATORTOT ;) ;) ;) ;) So every time we get an Inlander you look at the I saw you and all that lolz. Well I see you everyday when I get to wake up o your Gorgeous Handsome face <3 hehe. I love you so much baby! You’re the most amazing boyfriend a girl could ask fo. I cherish everyday with you. Thank You for everything you do for me and us. I can’t believe it’s coming to a year it seems like yesterday we met, I love thinking back on that amazing time we met. The first time I saw you I knew I was absolutely 100% in love with you. You’re the most caring, giving, sweetest man on earth. I’m the luckiest girl in the world, I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you. <3 .sincerely your sweet “Ladybug”... p.s . I love you Tatortot!! <3 RYAN @ SBUX 2ND & DIVISION I was in town on Thursday August 18 to see a comedian. I stopped at your Starbucks around 9:30 pm on my way home. You served me on till, commented on my name (*GOOOOD*, ring any bells?), and hesitantly sold me white chocolate peanut butter cups. I thought you were tall, dark (haha), and handsome. Your name is Ryan, my name is Damien. Short but fun conversation, and as soon as I was driving away I was regretting not giving you my information. Would love to find out if you’re always that good with your banter... damienngood@gmail.com AT THE COFFEE SHOP, WITH TEARS IN YOUR EYES, showing someone the only picture you will ever have of your late son; the one who died before birth. I’m so sorry for your loss. You would have made a great parent.

I can tell that just by how kind and caring you are to everyone; friends and strangers alike. You don’t know this, but your small acts of kindness have made a big difference in my life. I heard you say that you wished you could have a son for just one moment in time; to hold, love and cherish. I’d be happy to be that son for just that one moment in time. You made a difference in my life. Now let me make a difference in your life.

CHEERS CHEER TO SPOKANE VALLEY FOLKS A big cheer to the not one, but two cars and people that stopped to help me when my car suddenly stalled on Argonne in the Valley near Sprague. I had not been stopped for more than 30 seconds before one car pulled up behind me and immediately tried to help with my battery cables and then within a minute another car stopped, jump started my car, and got me going again.

Thanks again and trust me, karma provides rewards.

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SPOKANE VALLEY PAML Monday 8/15 Endless thanks to Cheri, the waiting room angel, for sitting with me through my blood draw! I would not have made it without your kindness and willingness to go out of your way to help a complete stranger.

I will never forget your sincerity and kind heart, and I will pass it on! Also a big thank you to Kimberly, the best phlebotomist, for making this a (literally) pain-free experience!

NEED SOME BRAZILIAN MUSIC IN SPOKANE Now that the Olympics are over in Rio, I’d like the name of a place to go to hear & cheer for some smooth Brazilian type brass & some New York sophisticated lounge type music? Any suggestions?

CHEERS TO DIAMOND PARKING EMPLOYEE Cheers to the Diamond Parking employee who was monitoring the lot next to Tamarack Public House downtown on the evening of 8/18/16. My boyfriend had just torn his Achilles and was getting cabin fever so I had to get him out of the house.

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who set a sprinkler on our parked car and left a note about moving your garbage cans, we didn’t move your precious trash receptacles. I know it was obviously so INCREDIBLY important for you to have both bins out on a Saturday night, but maybe just save the needless douchey-ness for someone who actually deserves it, okay?

Congratulations, Sister Madonna, for bringing your spirit into the hearts of all us you have trained and competed beside.

YOU ARE A HERO on so many levels.

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EVENTS | CALENDAR STEVE GILLEPSIE Steve has been touring non-stop for the past seven years, appearing in some of the best comedy clubs and festivals in the country. Aug. 25-27 at 8 pm, Aug. 27 at 10:30 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) BLACK SHEEP COMEDY A night of adult comedy, hosted By Ken McComb and featuring Andrew Burgdorfer, Randy Jones, Devin Devine, Tony Russell and Greg Bleacher. Aug. 26, 7:30 pm. $5/$10. The Palomino, 6425 N. Lidgerwood St. bit. ly/2aN88Tl (242-8907) EXPEDITION The BDT’s Friday night improv show for July and August, starting at 8 pm. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) LET’S MAKE A DEAL The casino hosts a live stage show, featuring contestants playing to win cash and prizes. Aug. 26 at 7 pm, Aug. 27-28, 3 and 7 pm. $35. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S Hwy 95. cdacasino.com (800-523-2467) 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 DUOS: LATE NIGHT COMEDY TWO-BYTWO A comedy show pairing two Blue Door players for 15 minutes of improv.

Aug. 27, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) JIM JEFFRIES: THE UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT TOUR Jefferies has established himself through a controversial and belief-challenging standup style that continues to surprise and entertain. Aug. 27, 8 pm. $39.50-$49.50. The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) 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 GREG PROOPS Live show by comedian known for his performances on the UK and US versions of “Whose Line is it Anyway.” Aug. 28, 8 pm. $20-$25. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998) SPOKANE COMEDY’S STANDUP SHOWDOWN A friendly local comedy competition. Comedians get a topic and have four minutes to perform; the crowd then votes for a winner. Tuesdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The Observatory, 15 S. Howard. (598-8933) OPEN MIC A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com FIRST THURSDAY COMEDY Live standup comedy the first Thursday of every month in Impulse Nightclub at 8 pm (doors open at 6 pm). Each edition of the show features funny local folks from around the region. Ages 21+ only. $10.

Northern Quest Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com (242-7000)

COMMUNITY

NORTH IDAHO STATE FAIR This year’s theme is “A World Of Fun,” showcasing world-class 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. northidahostatefair.com (208-765-4969) 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 St. (625-6601) HYDROCEPHALUS AWARENESS WALK The second annual event raises awareness and funds to support a cure for hydrocephalus, an incurable brain condition that affects 1 in every 500 newborns.

Aug. 27, 10 am. Free to register; donations appreciated. Mead High School, 302 W. Hastings. active.com/donate/ phfwalkwa2016 (465-7046) SANDEMONIUM Sandpoint’s fantasy, sci-fi and anime convention invives all nerds, geeks, otaku, gamers and just plain “odd ducks” to come enjoy panels, costumes, vendors and more. Aug. 27, 10 am-4 pm. $2 admission. Sandpoint, n/a. sandemonium7b.com/schedule.html MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP PARKING LOT PARTY A celebration of the small, local, and cooperative producers as part of “Principle Six (P6) Month.” Events include live music, beer and wine samples, local farmers, raffles, and kids’ games.

Aug. 28, 4-7 pm. Free. Moscow Food Coop, 121 E. 5th St. moscowfoodcoop.com PAWS IN THE POOL Before the pool closes for the summer season, bring your canine friends by to take a dip. 1-1:45 pm, dogs 65 lbs. and under; 2-3:30 pm, dogs 66 lbs. and over. Aug. 28, 1 pm. $5/dog; pre-registration required. Valley Mission Pool, 11123 E. Mission. spokanevalley.org/ recreation (688-0600) AFFAIR ON MAINSTREET Along Main Street and in the City Park of the Northwest town is an annual arts and crafts fair, with entertainment, food, and family activities. The North Pend Oreille Lions Club also hosts train rides leaving from Metaline Falls instead of the Ione Depot.

Sept. 3-4, 10 am-5 pm. Free. Metaline Falls, Wash. (509-446-2449) FUNKY JUNK The 16th annual Labor Day weekend antique and craft show offers all styles, from salvage and retro to antique and rustic. Sept. 3-4, 10 am-4 pm. $5/weekend admission. Sandpoint, funkyjunkantiqueshow.com

FESTIVAL

CLAYTON COMMUNITY FAIR The downhome country fair is host to lots of animals and activities throughout its three-day run, Aug. 26-28, open from 9 am-8 pm. $2 admission. Clayton Fairgrounds, Clayton, Wash. claytoncommunityfair.com GATHERING AT THE FALLS POWWOW Gathering at the Spokane River has been a sacred tradition for many tribes around the Northwest for generations, to share love, hope, and a sense of revitalization. During past years, Riverfront Park has been home to this event and it has become a tradition for people of all nations to gather and celebrate those gifts the river provides, and to create or renew friendships. Aug. 26-28; Fri 7-11 pm, Sat 1-5 and 7-11 pm; Sun 12-5 pm. Free. Riverfront Park. gatfpowwow.org (325-5502) CDA CLASSIC BOAT FESTIVAL A showcase of preserved, restored or rebuilt classic watercraft, hosted by the Inland Empire Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. Aug. 27, 10 am-5 pm and Aug. 28, 10 am-3 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com SCHWEITZER FALL FEST The 24th annual event, marking the unofficial end of summer, features eight bands, and more

than 60 regional beers on tap. Sept. 3-5.

Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10,000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd. schweitzer.com

FILM

FREE SUMMER MOVIES AT THE GARLAND A showing of “How to Train Your Dragon 2” as part of the annual, free summer movie series for kids. Aug. 2226, at 9:30 am. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Julie Taymor turns out a production of the Shakespeare classic that’s visually breathtaking, funny, sexy and darkly poetic. Aug. 25, 7-9:30 pm. $12. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org TRUE GRIT (ORIGINAL) Screening as part of the Garland’s “Summer Camp 2016” series, this year featuring staff favorites. Aug. 23, at 7 pm and Aug. 25, at 5 pm. $2.50. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com (327-1050) KLINK’S RESORT SUMMER SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Gather under the stars at Williams Lake to watch locally-made short films created earlier this summer.

Audience can also vote for their favorite. Aug. 27, 7-10 pm. Free. Klink’s on the Lake, 18617 Williams Lake Rd. facebook. com/TheKlinksResortSummerShort/ THE SANDLOT An outdoor screening of the family-friendly film hosted by the Friends of Pavillion Park, as part of the “Pages to Pictures” series. Movie starts at dusk. Aug. 27. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. (755-6726) SATURDAY MARKET CARTOONS Weekly cartoons are screened during farmers market hours at the Kenworthy, offered Saturdays, from 9-noon, through Sept.

24 Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) SOUTH PERRY SUMMER THEATER: THE MARTIAN Movie starts at dusk, in the parking lot of The Shop. Each showing benefits a local charity. Aug. 27. Free. The Shop, 924 S. Perry St. (534-1647)

FOOD & DRINK

ROOFTOP HAPPY HOUR PARTY The summer series features happy hour specials, live music and more, all on the rooftop of the Steam Plant. Aug. 25 and Sept. 29. Free. Steam Plant Square, 159 S. Lincoln. steamplantsummerseries.com ROCKET MARKET WINE CLASSES Rocket’s wine specialist Matt Dolan and cheese expert Christine Jameson teach attendees how to pair wine and cheese with food, and how to find affordable wines from all over the world. Fridays, at 7 pm. See website for class details. $20.

Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. rocketmarket.com (509-343-2253) VINO WINE TASTING On Friday Aug. 26, sample wines from Oregon’s Roco Winery, from 3-6:30 pm. On Sat. Aug. 27, the tasting room hosts Cor Cellars of the Columbia Gorge, from 2-4:30 pm. Tastings include cheese and crackers. Vino!, 222 S. Washington. (838-1229) BACKYARD BARBECUE SMALL BATCH FEST Featuring 10+ infused and barrelaged beers. Entry includes a commemorative T-shirt, pint glass and five drink tickets. 21+. Aug. 27, 11 am-3 pm. $15. NoLi Brewhouse, 1003 E. Trent. (242-2739) FARM TO TABLE DINNER The evening begins at 5 pm with a tour and talk by the Omodt’s about their blueberry farm, followed by a meal from locally-sourced ingredients, highlighting the berries.

Wine and berries available for purchase.

Tickets available through Di Luna’s in Sandpoint. Aug. 27, 5 pm. $40/person.

ANNUAL SALMON BARBECUE DINNER The 60th annual dinner includes Alaskan salmon barbecued over an applewood fire, with special sauce, potato salad, baked beans and more. Also catch free live music and dancing at 2 pm. Aug. 28, 12-4 pm. $12/adults; $10/seniors(65+); $8/age 12 and under. Western Dance Center, 1901 N. Sullivan. (489-4492) PANCAKE BREAKFAST All-you-can eat meal of pancakes, eggs, sausage and beverages. Aug. 28, 8-11 am. $3.50-$6.

Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. (979-2607) SEED SAVING WORKSHOP Come learn about the importance and benefits of saving seeds including developing plants that are better accustomed to your gardening space. Aug. 31, 4-6 pm. Free, registration requested. At the Uma Center, 414 Jefferson, Moscow. (208-883-2269) PIG OUT IN THE PARK The 37th annual Labor Day weekend food festival hosts 44 street and fair-food vendors from near and far, with live music each day, beer gardens and more. Aug. 31-Sept. 5, open daily 11 am-10 pm; special $3 bites menu offered from 3-5 pm and 9-10 pm daily. Free to attend. Riverfront Park. spokanepigout.com (921-5579) SUMMER DAYTIME SERIES COOKING CLASSES Each class covers scratchcooking skills, applied to simple, healthy, and cost-effective meals. All recipes are based on what is readily available through Spokane County food banks.

Register online. Offered on Wed, 10-11:30 am, through August 31. Free. Second Harvest, 1234 E. Front Ave. (252-6271) BUILD YOUR OWN BITTERS Sample and learn how to blend bitters, the balancing flavor in many rich cocktails. Sep. 1, 4-7 pm. $20. Masselow’s, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com

MUSIC

THE BARTLETT PRESENTS: THE ROUND #21 Featuring Sarah Berentson of Mama Doll, Mikey Zlotkowski, and Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton (live painter), and more.

Doors open at 7pm. Aug. 26, 8 pm. $5.

St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. bit. ly/2bDFzFm (838-4277) BIG DADDY WEAVE A concert by the Christian music band that has received multiple industry awards and nominations. Aug. 26, 7-10 pm. $20-$50.

Lake City Community Church, 6000 N. Ramsey Rd. transparentproductions.com COWBOY SUPPER SHOW The 23rd season at the ranch offering cowboy supper shows, barbecue dinner and live cowboy country music. Upcoming shows on Aug. 26-27, Sept. 23-24 and Oct. 14-15, from 5:30-9 pm. $45.95/adults; $16.50/ages 10 and under. Rockin’ B Ranch, 3912 N. Idaho Rd. rockinbranch.com (891-9016) MUSIC UNDER THE OAKS FEAT. MUSHA MARIMBA BAND A concert by a group of talented young people from The Enrichment Cooperative at Bryant Campus, Spokane Public Schools. Aug. 26, 6:308:30 pm. Free. Hays Park, Crestline & Providence. (303-818-4147) NW BACH FEST: SUMMERFEST TOUR The new summer concert series, featuring Kurt Nikkanen on violin, Scott Rawls on viola, Zuill Bailey on cello, and Kraig Scott on harpsichord, playing the music of Bach, Dohnanyi, Schubert and Mozart.

Aug. 28, 3 pm. $40. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. barristerwinery.com

NW BACH FEST: SUMMERFEST TOUR The new summer concert series, featuring Kurt Nikkanen on violin, Scott Rawls on viola, Zuill Bailey on cello, and Kraig Scott on harpsichord. Aug. 30, 7:30 pm. $45. Hagadone Event Center, 900 S. Floating Green Dr. (888-999-7998)

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COMMUNITY KIDS HIKES Families with children 12 and under are invited to join FSPW and Bonner Homeless Transitions on four hikes this summer: Aug. 26. See website for details. Free. Clark Fork, Idaho. scotchmanpeaks.org SPOKANE INDIANS VS. TRI- CITY Home game series promotional nights include military appreciation night and outdoor expo day. Aug. 26-27, 6:30 pm, Aug. 28, 3:30 pm. $5-$20. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. (535-2922) SPOKANE TO SANDPOINT RELAY The annual overnight team relay consists of 36 legs of 3-9 miles. Each member on a team of 12 runs three times during the 200 mile race from downtown Spokane to Sandpoint. $420-$1500/team. Aug. 26-27. spokanetosandpoint.org BOXING ON THE MOUNTAIN Watch a boxing match atop the mountain, at 5,700 feet. Aug. 27. Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com NEWPORT BIAYAKATHON The fifth annual event consists of biking and kayaking segments, created by athlete Rory Axel. Proceeds benefit the Pend Oreille County Substance Abuse Prevention Youth Task Force. Aug. 27, 10 am. $25$30. biayakathon.weebly.com SILVER RACE SERIES A series of downhill mountain bike races, with categories for all levels. Aug. 27-28 and Sept. 24-25.

Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. (208-783-1111) SPRINT BOAT RACES The annual sprint boat races south of Spokane. Aug. 27.

Camping available. $12-$25. Webb’s Slough, St. John. webbsslough.com SPOKANE INDIANS VS. HILLSBORO The final home game series of the season, with promo nights including fireworks, sweepstakes and fan appreciation night.

Aug. 29 -Sept. 2, 6:30 pm. $5-$20. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St. (535-2922) BACKPACKER GET OUT MORE TOUR Backpacker Magazine ambassador, Randy Propster visits Spokane to share a 75-minute seminar that covers a range of topics including: backpacking essentials, the latest in gear and apparel, survival skills and trail-tested tips. Sep. 1, 7 pm.

Free. REI, 1125 N. Monroe St.

THEATER

CDA SUMMER THEATRE: THE LITTLE MERMAID Based on Disney’s 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., Wallace. sixthstreetmelodrama.com (208752-8871)

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or nearly 50 years the federal government, through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, authorized only a single grower of research-grade marijuana, a lab at the University of Mississippi’s School of Pharmacy, for clinical studies. But earlier this month the Drug Enforcement Administration, in an about-face, ended the “NIDA monopoly.”

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BE AWARE: Marijuana is legal for adults 21 and older under Washington State law (e.g., RCW 69.50, RCW 69.51A, HB0001 Initiative 502 and Senate Bill 5052). State law does not preempt federal law; possessing, using, distributing and selling marijuana remains illegal under federal law. In Washington state, consuming marijuana in public, driving while under the influence of marijuana and transporting marijuana across state lines are all illegal. Marijuana has intoxicating effects; there may be health risks associated with its consumption, and it may be habit-forming. It can also impair concentration, coordination and judgment. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug.

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The document in question is the new policy posted to the Federal Register that, for the first time, paves “a legal pathway for commercial enterprises to produce marijuana for product development.” Why now? The statement cites “growing public interest” in the plant and its active chemicals, called cannabinoids, for medicinal use. And yet cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, a Schedule I substance.

“This isn’t about expanding the pool of marijuana for clinical research,” Armentano contends. “It’s about allowing pharmaceutical companies to engage in the domestic production of marijuanaderived drugs. ... This is exactly what Kevin Sabet wants.”

Sabet is president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana and a former drug-policy advisor to President Obama. He applauds the DEA’s new shift and its firm stance against legalization. “What’s

grown in Washington isn’t what’s grown in Kentucky,” he says. “It’s not like aspirin, or something like that, where there’s a standard formulation and a standard dosage.”

The standardization, and subsequently the control, of cannabis by the U.S. government through its many agencies, like the DEA, is what Sabet endorses, and is what the new policy, more or less, makes implicit.

“I would rather do medical use like we do all medicines: through the FDA. Safe and effective. Criteria for pharmacies and doctors,” says Sabet. “We’re not saying that there’s no way you could ever dispense a marijuana-based drug. There is, actually. And we should do that. Through pharmacies, though.”

Armentano balks at that notion. “They are making a narrow and arbitrary distinction between what is and isn’t ‘medicine,’” he says, “and they are refusing to acknowledge that raw plant material — regardless of its therapeutic efficacy — can ever be considered medicine, despite humans’ thousand-plus-year history with herbal remedies.” n

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Advice Goddess ShAGGedy Ann

When I was in my 20s, watching “Sex and the City,” I saw the Samantha Jones character as a sexual role model — thinking I could have love-‘em-and-leave-‘em sex like her.

However, even when I only wanted sex, I always had a sense of loss when one-nighters didn’t evolve into something more. I reflected on this while reading your recent column about how women often wake up after casual sex wanting more from a guy — even a guy they don’t want.

AMY ALKON But I personally know two women who prefer casual sex.

They have it often and don’t get attached. Why can they do this?

—Not Teflon There are those women who, in bringing some himbo home for a hookup, really go that extra mile — taking a lot of turns on the way so he’ll never again find his way back to their apartment.

So, no, “Sex and the City’s” Samantha isn’t a completely fictional character in how, after sex, she brushes men off herself like large, penis-equipped crumbs.

However, in that column you mention, I referenced research from anthropologist John Marshall Townsend, who discovered that Samantha’s post-sex detachment is pretty atypical — that many women who intend to use and lose a guy often find themselves going all clingypants the next morning.

Understanding what allows the Samantha type to escape this takes separating the women who have casual sex from those who feel okay about it afterward.

Women have casual sex for various reasons. For some, it seems the feminist thing to do — to prove they can do anything a man can do, whether it’s working on an oil rig or dragging home strangers for a little nail-and-bail. Townsend notes that women hook up because they aren’t ready for a relationship, because they’re trying to punch up their sex skills, or — as with rock groupies — to get some small piece of a guy they know is out of their league. Other women see hookups as the “free candy!” they can use to lure some unsuspecting man into the relationship van.

There’s a widespread belief, even held by some researchers, that higher testosterone levels in women mean a higher libido, but testosterone’s role in female desire is like that Facebook relationship status: “It’s complicated.” Research by clinical psychologist Nora Charles, among others, suggests that “factors other than … hormones” are behind which women become the Princess Shag-a-lots.

Personality seems to be one of those factors. In looking at what’s called “sociosexuality” — what sort of person has casual sex — psychologist Jeffrey A. Simpson finds that extraversion (being outgoing, exhibitionistic, and adventure-seeking), aggressiveness, and impulsivity are associated with greater willingness to have an uncommitted tumble.

However, once again, all the reasons a woman’s more likely to have casual sex don’t stop her from getting tangled up in feelings afterward. The deciding factor seems to be where she falls on what the late British psychiatrist John Bowlby called our “attachment system.” According to Bowlby, how you relate in close relationships — “securely,” “anxiously,” or “avoidantly” — appears to stem from how well your mother (or other primary caregiver) sussed out and responded to your needs and freakouts as an infant.

If she was consistently responsive (but not overprotective), you’re probably “securely attached,” meaning you have a solid emotional base and feel you can count on others to be there for you. This allows you to be both independent and interdependent. Being “anxiously attached” comes out of having a caregiver who was inconsistently there for you (perhaps because they were worn thin) or who was overprotective. This leads to fear and clinginess in relationships (the human barnacle approach to love).

And finally, being “avoidantly attached” is a response to a cold, rejecting caregiver — one who just wasn’t all that interested in showing up for you. Not surprisingly, perhaps to avoid risking all-out rejection by being too demanding, the avoidantly attached tend to adapt by becoming people who push other people away.

It’s avoidantly attached women who social psychologist Phillip Shaver and his colleagues find can have casual sex without emotional intimacy — and, in fact, tend to see their “discard after using” attitude as a point of pride. (It sounds better to be a “sexual shopaholic” than a person with unresolved psychological problems.)

Other women -- those who didn’t have a really chilly caregiver — are likely to have that “sense of loss” you feel after casual sex. As Townsend notes, female emotions evolved to act as an “alarm system” to push women to go for male “investment” — that guy who’ll go to the ends of the earth for you…and actually come back afterward instead of growing a beard, getting a passport in a fake name, and starting a new life in some remote Japanese fishing village. 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 NEXT TO NORMAL The 2010 Pulitzer winnner tells the story of a seemingly normal family who copes with 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. (447-9900) THE SUNSET LIMITED A two character drama that mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between two strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Aug. 26-Sept.

11, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org

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ANDY BERHRLE: HYDRODOME The worlds of architecture and technology merge in a digital video installation by the artist, which uses a 3D geodesic dome as a full-immersion projection screen. Through Oct. 23.

Reception Aug. 26, 5-7 pm. Gallery open Tue-Sat, 10 am-8 pm; Sun, 10 am-6 pm. Free and open to the public. Prichard Art Gallery, 414 S. Main, Moscow. prichardart.org FANGS, FEATHERS & FUR: THE ART OF ANIMALS This spectrum-of-life exhibit showcases the diversity of life resulting from 3.5 billion years of evolution. More than 200 specimens and models are organized into groups into a display of spectacular species, many from the museum’s own collection of natural history objects, including the taxidermy collection in its entirety. Through Sept.

4; museum open Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm (until 8 pm on Wed.). $5-$10/ museum admission. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org THE LIGHT WE CAN’T SEE An exhibit showcasing the work of Erv Schleufer, whose research on infrared photography and skill with photographic software has allowed him to create a remarkable documentation of the landscape and human experience of the powwow. On display through Sept. 4. Museum open TueSun, 10 am-5 pm. (Open until 8 pm on Wed; Tue is half-price admission day). $5-$10/museum admission.

The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) VR SHOWCASE: LABORATORY ARTIST RESIDENCY See new works

by Laboratory artists-in-residence Falk Morawitz and Seth Kransler,

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PUBLIC SALMON BBQ Sunday, August 28th, 2016 12:00 Noon to 4:00 P.M.

exploring quantum chemistry and sound composition in virtual spaces. Aug. 25-31; 5-7 pm. Free. Richmond Gallery, 228 W. Sprague. laboratoryspokane.com DROP IN & DRAW Adults and teens are invited to drop in and draw with us on Fridays. Niah Ferlito provides a friendly atmosphere in which to explore artistic imaginations and the art supplies to do so. Fridays, from 4-5:30 pm. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org 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, from 1-4 pm. Free. Spokane Art School, 809 W. Garland. spokaneartschool.net (325-3001) MORNING URBAN SKETCHING A course for adults and mature teenagers of all skills levels to learn how to sketch outdoors, using the Browne’s Addition Neighborhood as a backdrop. Aug. 27, 10:30 am-1 pm. $30/session. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) HEART OF THE WEST CDA More than 60 contemporary, Western juried artists and galleries exhibit their work in hotel rooms that had been emptied of furniture, creating a studio setting. Includes an auction offering 125 lots of contemporary and consigned artwork, kicked off by a Quick Draw artists’ demo to benefit a local cause. Sept. 1-4. Free. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. heartofthewestart. com

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HISTORIAN ROBERT SINGLETARY The program covers the lives of three noted local historical characters: community leader and mining executive Stanley Easton; lumberman Frederick Blackwell, and owner of the famous Red Collar Steamboat Line, J.C. White. Presented as part of a lecture series sponsored by the Museum of North Idaho and the Library.

Aug. 25, 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org 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. (838-0206) SINGING: GRETA KAY The author signs copies of her children’s book “A Terrifying Bike Ride and a Clue to the Missing Girl.” Aug. 27, 1-3 pm. 2nd Look Books, 2829 E. 29th Ave. 2ndlookbooks.com HOW A CORPORATION BECAME A PERSON A presentation by David Cobb, lawyer and political activist, as he tours Washington state to speak about the history of corporate personhood. Aug. 28, 7-9 pm. Free. Gonzaga School of Law, 721 N. Cincinnati St. wamend.org n

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Float On To find an hour of glorious silence, I had to enclose myself in a tank full of salt water

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s I lay in a tank of 120 gallons of water containing half a ton of Epsom salt, I realize that I’m thinking exceptionally well. I untangle a hassle with an upcoming story I have coming up and perform a mental inventory of my refrigerator to see what I can make for dinner. I come up with three or four jokes that, at least in this state of extra buoyancy, seem like true gold.

I’ve come to explore this float tank phenomenon that’s recently popped up in Spokane, and I expect to maybe relieve some soreness in my back, or even experience some of the sober hallucinations I’ve heard you can take in when immersed in a dark tank of water heated to 93 degrees. But at Renew Float in Kendall Yards, what I’ve found is that you can pay for an hour of silence that’s damn hard to find these days.

I wake up to the sound of one or both of my kids moaning for Netflix or waffles or both. In the car, it’s constant NPR. At my desk, I’m streaming music into my earbuds between phone calls and visits from other staffers. At home, it’s barking dogs and lawn mowers and SUVs and baseball on the radio. I even sleep with a fan on high, a habit from my nocturnal days as a police reporter.

It wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that the hour in the float tank — an immaculate white pod that appears stolen

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from the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey — was the quietest hour I’ve had in a decade.

“It’s dark, it’s silent and your brain is just all about you at that moment. It’s not focusing on anything,” says Kelly Glenn, who opened Renew Float about a month ago, of the floating experience.

Glenn says his customers talk about the silence, but the experience is different for everyone. Some find that it releases joint pain; others feel like an hour in the tank makes up for lost sleep. For Glenn, floating has helped get his life on track. Just a couple of years ago, he was running a profitable town car business that required long hours and involved ample stress. He was overweight, depressed and struggling with diabetes when, on a trip to Southern California, he tried his first float tank. He went in a skeptic, but two sessions later came out without the shoulder and neck pain that had nagged him for years.

“I almost hate telling my story, because people are going to say, ‘Oh, you’re full of shit,’” says Glenn.

Like a lot of new-age therapies, floating is touted by some of its evangelists as a cure-all treatment for whatever ails you. You’ll still hear these tanks referred to as “isolation tanks” or “sensory deprivation chambers,”

as they were called when neuroscientist John C. Lilly investigated their use beginning in 1954. “Float tank” is now the preferred and less alarming nomenclature, and these pods — in their various forms, but uniform in water depth and temperature — are popping up all over the Northwest. In addition to Renew Float, there’s also Float Spokane with locations on the Northside and in Liberty Lake.

The notion that silence can be helpful to one’s psyche is hardly revolutionary. But there’s evidence that our brains can really benefit from quiet. A 2013 study on mice found that two straight hours of silence led to the development of new brain cells. Neuroscientists have also speculated that silence helps develop one’s sense of self.

Glenn says that whatever you get from the float tank experience — which, as a moderate claustrophobe, is hardly as cramped as you might expect — is fine, as long as it’s beneficial. A man preparing for the Coeur d’Alene Ironman did a couple of float sessions before last week’s race. The first time, he thought through everything he needed to do before race time, and the second session let his muscles relax. For me, the treat was that glorious, delicious silence.

“It’s dark, it’s silent and your brain is just all about you at that moment.”

“We are overloaded with stimuli more than we ever have been before. Most of us, no matter what job you do, you’re attached to your phone,” says Glenn. “You’re never away from any of it, and that time floating is utilized to check out. Some people can shut down and check out. Some people use it for writer’s block. Artists use it for inspiration.” n mikeb@inlander.com

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