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shocking number of our kids are growing up on the streets. Yes, in America. Yes, even here in the Inland Northwest. Depending on how you count, 13,000 to 30,000 young people experience HOMELESSNESS in Washington state each year. For this week’s cover story, staff writer Wilson Criscione spent time with several of these kids. There’s the girl who, at age 16, says she was sold to a man twice her age and later held captive in The Jungle, Seattle’s infamous homeless encampment. There’s the boy who ran away shortly after his parents discovered he was gay. And there’s the kid who made it to class every day at Spokane’s North Central High School, despite spending nights sleeping outdoors in a field.

The state is now trying to seal cracks in the system, but experts warn of the traumatic scars left by homelessness. “Kids will spend the rest of their lives getting over that time when they had no idea where they were going to eat, or where they were going to sleep,” an advocate tells us. Read our special report, starting on page 20.

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I don’t think it’s as big a problem as, like, in some of the Seattle downtown, but I think it’s always a problem when you’re moving people out without a plan to help them.

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ere’s a surefire way to direct your attention away from the miserable national political scene — get a puppy!

So disappointed have we become over this year’s presidential choices, that my wife and I have devised a way to forget as much as possible the national political condition and fuss over or laugh at something definitely nonpolitical. It’s a great substitute for watching news programs that are often depressing. A new English Cream Golden Retriever puppy (from Nine Mile Falls) distracts us from national politics and all the developments that go with them. Young pets, always growing and exploring, are something to laugh at, offering a healthy perspective and approach to one’s life.

Winston was born on June 2, the offspring of a Polish mother and a Canadian father. A white-coated people magnet, Winston always draws a crowd. Young and old want to pet him, hold him and coo over him. And he eats it all up, “performing” on cue — tail wagging like a windshield wiper as he accepts his admirers’ praise and adulation. Whether chewing or chasing a toy, digging for critters or carefully testing the water, this dog is a people-pleaser.

Winston has found a loving home and discovered a great life consisting of sleeping about 17 hours per day, eating, drinking water, finding the spacious woods of our Priest Lake lot attractive as a convenient bathroom, snoozing under a beach chair or on the back porch, riding a paddleboard, exploring new sights and sounds as a means of satisfaction and growth, or bounding aggressively after an empty plastic milk jug. After all, it’s a dog’s life, isn’t it?

Wouldn’t it be great if we held the same respect for our politicians that we hold for our pets?

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avorite pets have a way of distracting us from everyday life. They provide us with an outlet for love and care, always acting as a friend that doesn’t talk back. They’re selflessly affectionate. One prominent Spokane lawyer told me his older Great Dane — the largest breed of dog — regularly snuggles up in the attorney’s lap while they watch TV, even crowding his wife out.

When a puppy or other familiar pet is around, the pet draws our attention — away from TV news or headlines, political developments or other distractions that make us angry or otherwise frustrated. Television’s Dr. Oz and other medical experts certify that pet owners live longer, have less stress and are happier than their counterparts without pets. Pets warm our hearts, but also protect them by lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and triglyceride levels.

Pets are a political antidote, too. It’s difficult to ruminate — indeed fume — over Hillary’s

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dishonesty, or Donald’s egotism, while watching a new puppy or other pet be silly, or roll around chasing a toy.

They’re pleasant distractions from everyday cares.

Here’s a test: Find a new puppy, then fixate on the puppy’s antics or be responsible for the puppy’s care for awhile. Then try to simultaneously concentrate on work or political concerns.

Here’s betting you can’t do so for any extended time because your attention will be on the pet,

either laughing at its antics or admiring the freedom it exhibits — freedom and carefree activity that we wish we had.

Wouldn’t it be great if we held the same respect for our politicians that we hold for our pets?

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ost pet owners I know only want to love their pets. The pet is a beloved and treasured family member. Actor Robert Wagner once said, “A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.”

As a Golden Retriever owner in 1994, Chestnut appeared in one of my political TV ads.

After winning the election, a lady I didn’t know approached me at the Spokane airport, exclaiming, “I’ve never met you, but I voted for you, thinking that if you had a Golden Retriever that winsome, you must not be a bad guy.”

That was clearly an instance where the dog, not the candidate, earned the vote — illustrating the power that pets bestow upon owners.

Chestnut (now deceased) became a television star that year, helping his owner become an elected official. Likewise, Winston is a companion dog, not a hunter or breeder. Our two adult children, encouraging their parents to invest in a new puppy, love Winston as their own. Both children are now unconditionally attached to him, understanding why their parents have turned away from the national political scene and toward the distraction that we call Winston.

As they used to say around D.C.: If you want a true friend in politics, get a dog! 

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Repeatedly, DONALD TRUMP has said that he knows other politicians were corrupt because he’d used his money to bend them to his whims. He argued that only he — a billionaire — was immune from the influence of, well, men like him.

Now, reporters have revealed just what his money may have earned him.

The Washington Post revealed last week that the Donald J. Trump Foundation illegally gave Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s political group a $25,000 donation in 2013, just four days after Bondi announced she was reviewing the state of New York’s investigation into Trump University. And what’d ya know? Bondi decided to not proceed with an investigation after all.

Trump University — actually a series of seminars that promised the tools to real-estate riches — is currently in the midst of a lawsuit from former attendees arguing that they were bilked by false advertising. Bondi, who has endorsed Trump, denied that the donation was a bribe. But the context looks all the more suspicious after reporters revealed that the donation violated federal tax laws. The Trump Foundation appeared to cover up that illegality in its tax filing by falsely listing the donation under a different name.

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In 2015, Bryant and his wife, Barbara Feasey, reported nearly $650,000 in profits from his consulting business that advises agricultural companies seeking to export their products overseas. The Times also reports that Bryant and his wife paid an effective tax rate of 24 percent, and in 2015 donated $64,000 in cash and stocks to charitable causes including food banks, arts organizations and cancer research.

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here is a Lakota prophecy that says there will be a great black snake that will run through the land and bring destruction to the people and to the earth. And as I write this, there are thousands of Native people from all across the United States gathering peacefully to protect the earth and water from the Dakota Access Pipeline, also known as the black snake.

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The tribal people who are gathering at Sacred Stone Camp, near the construction site, are from tribes from all corners of America, including Mexico. Protectors from Spokane are there now. They are there not just to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux, but also to stand in solidarity with every American, and their children’s children.

There is just something powerful about the indigenous people of America, something that no one can deny. We are alive and we have a voice. Our cultures survived and thrived despite the mass genocidal policies of our government, and despite the false narrative fed to the general population.

Here’s the thing about false narratives: They are generally meant to benefit one group of people. But Native people are rising up and challenging those false narratives. We are not all drunks: In fact, a recent study found that Native people are the most likely group of people to abstain from alcohol. Not all tribes own casinos, and among those that do, the profits benefit mostly white investors. We are educated: In the past 30 years, college enrollment has doubled in the Alaskan Native/ Native American population. By modern standards we are starting to succeed, despite the horrific American Holocaust that, conservatively, killed more than 40 million indigenous souls.

Our power comes from our ancestors standing behind us, holding us up to have the strength to face anything. As tribal people, we know that possession of the earth is not an actual thing, so we are using our power to protect the earth and water from the abuse and destruction of greedy corporations. Our stewardship of the earth has been passed down to us from thousands of generations that have done the same.

My little Inupiaq heart is both constricted and expanded for my brothers and sisters at Standing Rock.

And I can feel in my bones that the voice of our people will be heard, and every American will join us in protecting the earth for generations to come, by defeating corporate greed and killing the black snake before it ever takes a breath. n Tara Dowd, an enrolled Inupiaq Eskimo, was born into poverty and now owns a diversity consulting business. She is an advocate for systemic equity and sees justice as a force that makes communities better.

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STORMWATER SOLUTIONS read your pothole article (“How Spokane Beat Potholes,” 9/1/16) with

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interest as I participated in one of the first storm garden pilot projects that preceded the Cleaner River Faster program.

Surprisingly, I found not one reference to Mayor Mary Verner, the Manito Cannon-Hill neighborhood or Engineer Marcia Davis. All individuals who made it possible for the current program to go forward. I am not sure if those you interviewed failed to mention the importance of the alternative ways to filter stormwater that end up being cheaper, faster and oftentimes more effective, or you didn’t research the issue thoroughly.

In any case, I would be remiss if I didn’t correct what I see as a huge hole in this story. Had it not been for the Lincoln Street project or the Broadway project, we wouldn’t have the solution that you wrote about.

LORI KINNEAR Spokane City Council

Construction at Monroe and First in Spokane last month.

Readers also respond to last week’s story on the city of Spokane’s plan to fix the streets and improve utilities infrastructure, while also ridding the roads of pesky potholes:

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VICTOR VANDERHOVEN: I don’t think we travel in the same circles... or the same city.

ERIKA DEASY: Well, someone is delusional. I have spent the last week painfully aware of every single bump in the roads in Spokane and they are not gentle. At all. Well, unless you’re on 29th or Grand or High Drive or Southeast Boulevard…

STEVE BERDE: Yes this mayor and council have made great progress.

They’re going in the right direction.

Let’s hope successive leaders don’t drop the ball. Previous mayors and councils have kicked the can down the road for 40 years or more. Same thing is happening nationally. All under the guise of the folly of trying keep taxes lower. Reminds me of the old Fram Filter commercial: “Pay me now or pay me later.”

MILDRED TAITCH: What potholes, we have no stinkin’ potholes!

MICHAEL SODERSTROM: Approach to overlook or to pretend they don’t exist, seriously have you driven down a Third World Spokane street?

You gotta be kidding. Here’s a challenge: drive Wellesley Avenue in Spokane then come back and tell me how potholes are getting better. I believe the correct wording is bigger, larger, and, my favorite, unavoidable. 

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Vax Facts As the school year begins, officials encourage families to vaccinate their kids. But there are families who don’t want to, or don’t have to

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t Greenacres Middle School in Spokane Valley, kids and their families from all over the county sit patiently in fold-up chairs in the school’s gym as they wait to receive immunizations from diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, measles and whooping cough.

After getting their shot, students get a sparkly Band-Aid, a Dum Dum lollipop and the assurance that they can attend their first day of school.

In Washington, as well as Idaho, students have to be up to date on their required immunizations or risk being excluded from the classroom. To that end, school districts in Spokane County have been stricter in applying this requirement in recent years.

“We certainly have been more proactive,” says Heather Graham, school nurse at Greenacres. “[Immunizations] keep kids healthy, and when they are healthy, they are in school.”

Between the 2013-14 and 2015-16 school years, the percentage of students in Spokane County who were out of compliance with state requirements dropped from a high of 19 percent to about 5 percent.

Although some progress has been made, neither state has hit its goal of getting 90 percent of students immunized, a percentage that research shows will help prevent an outbreak of numerous diseases. In both states, sidestepping vaccination requirements is relatively easy.

Parents need to fill out a form and turn it into the district citing a medical, religious, philosophical or personal reason why they object to their child being vaccinated.

Both states have higher rates of families exempting themselves from vaccination requirements than the national rate of 1.7 percent. In Idaho and Washington, unimmunized students are often clustered in remote areas or in private schools with other vaccine-wary parents.

“If you look at New England or the South, they have fairly good rates,” says Paul Throne, health promotion manager for the Washington State Department of Health.

“It’s just the culture of those parts of the country. Out west, we tend to have an I’ll-think-about-it approach.”

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he letters have gone out. The robocalls have been made. Now, it’s time for students to get their shots, get an exemption or be excluded from

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or had received an exemption.

“I really want to give out a shout-out to Spokane,” says Throne, who credits the district’s move with improving the state’s overall compliance numbers and getting more kids vaccinated.

“They have been amazing on getting a handle on out-of-compliance kids.”

Across the state line, Coeur d’Alene Public Schools has taken a different approach to encouraging families to come into compliance, says Cindy Perry, school health services coordinator for the district.

Perry says that if families LETTERS don’t underSend comments to stand immunieditor@inlander.com. zation requirements or are too busy to take their kids to a clinic, they’ll just fill out an exemption form.

“There is a problem with that,” she says. “Just filling out an exemption form doesn’t mean that we’ve improved the health of the community.”

Instead of driving families to seek exemptions, she says the district focuses on educating families on the importance of immunization and what resources are available.

In Spokane County, the percentage of exempt students has risen from 6.6 percent to 7 percent in the past three years. However, it’s still lower than 12.3 percent of students in Kootenai County who have exemptions.

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A student feels a pinch as she receives a vaccination at a clinic intended to get kids up to date on their immunizations before school starts. KRISTEN BLACK PHOTO

n Spokane County, nearly 90 percent of students have all of their immunizations.

However, there are a few pockets where that’s not the case. According to state data, the schools

with the highest percentage of students exempt from immunization are religious or alternative schools. At St. Michael’s Academy, a private Catholic school that refused to comment for this story, 54 percent of its 127 students are exempt. At Slavic Christian Academy, 42 percent of its 463 students are exempt, the second highest in Spokane County.

Elena Solodyankin, administrator of Slavic Christian Academy, stressed that the school is in compliance with state requirements.

“We inform our parents about immunization as required,” she says.

Alexandra Hayes, immunization outreach coordinator for the Spokane Regional Health District, says that clusters of unimmunized students could be a problem if there is an outbreak of a highly contagious disease, such as an outbreak of measles that occurred in 2014 in California.

“If you have all these unprotected individuals, then the potential for the spread of disease is much higher,” she says.

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lthough Idaho increased the percentage of “adequately immunized” students to 86.7 percent, up from 85.6 percent a year earlier, the state has the highest percentage of exemptions in the country at 6.5 percent. In North Idaho, that number is even higher: Bonner and Boundary counties have exemption rates of 17 and 14 percents, respectively, few of which are for religious reasons.

CdA Public Schools’ Perry says that the issue comes down to people who have free choice and have the option to not immunize their kids.

“The people who have a really deep belief system are the ones who sign the exemptions,” she says. “They would love to give me information about why it’s not good to be immunized.”  jaket@inlander.com

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EDUCATION In February, University of Missouri professor MELISSA CLICK briefly became a viral phenomenon — and not in a good way. During the student protests over racial inequity, Click angrily confronted student journalists, grabbing a student’s camera, and calling for some “muscle” to eject the reporters from the public space. The video sparked national outrage, and Click was fired in February as the result of the confrontation. Last week, the Gonzaga Bulletin broke the news that Click had been hired as a lecturer this year at Gonzaga. On the blog, we rounded up online reaction from pundits. Some were aghast at the hiring decision, but others saw Gonzaga hiring Click as a welcome second chance for a woman whose screw-up made her yet another victim of an online mob. (DANIEL WALTERS)

CITY HALL The cost of the fallout from former Spokane police Chief FRANK STRAUB’s forced resignation has already cost the city more than it spent on Straub’s entire base salary during his three years as chief. Straub’s tenure lasted from Sept. 24, 2012, until his resignation was announced on Sept. 22, 2015.

His salary peaked at $179,484, not including benefits. But in the 11 months since Straub was forced to resign, the city defense against the ensuing lawsuit, and the city’s independent investigation, has already cost Spokane more than $597,000, according to city invoices. Even if you include the three months when Straub was paid after his resignation to work with the city attorney’s office, the city has still spent more ousting the police chief than it did paying his salary. And with other legal claims and lawsuits pending, the city isn’t done paying the price. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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The company, in a statement, noted that any allegaWhen the U.S. Department of Education handed down tions against it have not been proven in court, and claims a series of restrictions on ITT TECH a couple of weeks that the restrictions constitute a federal government ago, it was thought to be the for-profit college chain’s overreach. death sentence.

“For more than half a century, ITT Tech has helped It was. hundreds of thousands of nontraditional and underITT Educational Services, the company that runs served students improve their lives through careerITT Tech, announced that it is shutting down all of its focused technical education. Thousands of employers 130-plus campuses across the country — including the one have relied on our institutions for skilled workers in in Spokane Valley — because of the federal restrictions. high-demand fields,” says the statement. “We have been Those restrictions included a ban on ITT Tech enrolling a mainstay in more than 130 communities that we served new students who depend on federal aid, and a requirenationwide, as well as an engine of economic activity ment that ITT Tech increase its reserves and a positive innovator in the higherfrom $94.4 million to $247.3 million. education sector.”

LETTERS ITT Tech offers on-campus and online The U.S. Department of Education, Send comments to business, health sciences, and electronics in a statement announcing the restriceditor@inlander.com. and information courses. The college was tions, says that ITT Tech has twice the target of a lawsuit from the Consumer been found out of compliance with its Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency that acaccreditor’s standards, adding that the college has put cused the college of predatory lending practices and of students, and millions in taxpayer-funded student aid, at pushing students toward high-interest private loans while risk. knowing that most students couldn’t pay them.

ITT Tech says the federal action has led to the A majority of ITT Tech’s revenue comes from federal termination of more than 8,000 ITT Tech employees. student loans.

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It’s been nearly five years since about 60 percent of Washington voters passed I-1183, a ballot initiative that closed state-run liquor retailers and put grocery stores in charge of selling booze. But a study recently published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs shows that a significant portion of Washingtonians are having buyer’s remorse regarding the PRIVATIZATION OF LIQUOR SALES. The study, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, is based on a poll of 1,202 adult Washingtonians who researchers contacted by phone in 2014, two years after the measure went into effect. The results revealed that “those who voted Yes on I-1183 had almost eight times the odds of wanting to change their votes compared with those who voted No.” “Our results indicate that the outcome of the election in which I-1183 was passed would likely have been different if voters could know their future opinions of the actual situation resulting from privatization,” concludes the study.

The campaign for I-1183, backed by grocers who wanted in on the liquor market, promised better availability and prices. While the measure increased the number of stores selling spirits to 1,600, up from the 330 state stores, it also placed a new tax rate on booze that made it 5 to 15 percent more expensive. However, the study suggests that it’s the increase in number of stores, not the increase in prices, that’s likely the bigger cause of voter regrets. (JAKE THOMAS)

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Jonathan Renfro is accused of killing Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore in May 2015.

Show Them the Money The Kootenai County public defender wants to know how the prosecutor’s office is paying for the case against Jonathan Renfro; prosecutors won’t say

BY MITCH RYALS

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he Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office has not spent a single cent on the capital case against Jonathan Renfro, according to the prosecutor’s project expense report, a document that shows what money has gone toward specific office expenditures.

Renfro is accused of killing Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore on a dark residential street in May 2015. He is also charged with grand theft, robbery, concealing evidence, removing a gun from a cop and eluding police, and has pled not guilty to all charges.

Kootenai County Public Defender John Adams used the prosecutor’s expense report, as well as testimony from Kootenai County commissioners, the Kootenai County clerk and county auditor to make his case that the prosecutor’s office’s pursuit of the death penalty against Renfro is unconstitutional. He argues that the prosecutor’s office is getting funds outside its approved budget specifically for capital cases.

“It benefits his office financially to charge death, as opposed to a life sentence, because he doesn’t have to spend his approved annual budget on it,” Adams says. “That’s unconstitutional, because you can only seek the death penalty based on circumstances of the crime and the individual defendant.”

In addition to the “zero” spent on the Renfro case, Adams pointed in court to $217,489 that Kootenai County has received

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since October 2013 from the Idaho Capital Crimes Defense Fund, a pot of money set up by the state legislature to supplement the cost of death penalty cases. He also pointed to the approximately $83,000 in the prosecutor’s budget for witness expenses this fiscal year.

“Where’d that money come from?” Adams asked Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon in court last week.

“It benefits his office financially to charge death, as opposed to a life sentence.”

Money from the Capital Crimes Defense Fund is intended to offset defense expenses in capital cases. Adams is concerned that money is being dumped into a general “justice” fund and is then allocated to the prosecutor’s office. If Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh was seeking a life sentence, Adams argues, he would not get money from capital crimes fund. Brannon could not say where, exactly, the money from that state fund went.

“We want to know where the prosecutor is getting the money,” Adams says. “It’s coming from someplace, and we were asking the judge to make the prosecutor tell us and the public where.”

Adams says he filed a public records request with the prosecutor’s office, which was denied. He then asked the court to compel prosecutors to turn over their funding source.

Idaho District Court Judge Lansing Haynes also denied Adams’ request.

It’s well established that the death penalty is an expensive endeavor — far more so than the cost of seeking a life sentence, according to a 2014 report from the Idaho Joint Legislative Oversight Committee. Research from Seattle University law professors also found that death penalty cases in Washington state cost about one-and-a-half times those where the death penalty is not sought. The study reviewed 147 aggravated first-degree murder cases in Washington since 1997.

Idaho’s Capital Crimes Defense Fund was set up in 1998 to help defray costs in death penalty cases. Every county in Idaho, except Jefferson County, can voluntarily contribute to the fund annually and on a per capita basis. Then, public defenders can apply to draw money back out of the fund to help offset their expenses.

Since the fund was established, Kootenai County has been paid $217,470 for two cases, according to data provided by the Idaho Association of Counties. The first was the case of Angel Morales-Larranaga, who was eventually sentenced to life in prison without parole for strangling his wife and stepdaughter in 2014. The second is the Renfro case. Since 1999, the fund has paid at least $4 million to various counties in the state.

In 2013, after two prisoners who were sentenced to death were released in 2001 and after two people were executed within two years following a 17-year drought, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee conducted a study into the state’s use of capital punishment.

The study could not definitively identify a total death penalty cost in Idaho because “only minimal cost data were readily available, and comprehensive cost data were nearly nonexistent.”

However, the study of 251 defendants charged with first-degree murder from 1998 through 2013 found that very few people were actually sentenced to death, and even fewer are actually executed.

Prosecutors sought the death penalty in 22 percent of eligible cases in that time frame.

Currently, nine people are awaiting execution in Idaho. Since 1977, the state has sentenced 40 people to death, but has only executed three.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a moratorium on executions in 2014. There are currently nine people on death row in Washington.  mitchr@inlander.com

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Angelina ended up in The Jungle, Seattle’s infamous homeless encampment, where she says she was sold to a man in exchange for drugs. Here she’s seen next to a painting she made during her in-patient treatment at Daybreak Youth Services in Spokane. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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YOUNG AND HOMELESS As Washington state tries to tackle youth homelessness, kids are being swallowed by the streets

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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ngelina left home in May of this year, two months before her 17th birthday.

Her dad told her she couldn’t live in the house if she brought drugs inside. She wandered the streets of Seattle and ended up in The Jungle, the infamous and often violent homeless encampment underneath the freeways on the city’s south side.

There, she says, she was sold to a guy who bought her with drugs and then held her captive.

Angelina, whose last name is being withheld because she’s a minor, is calm as she tells her story to the Inlander. Wearing a black hoodie and gray sweatpants, she reclines in her seat at Daybreak Youth Services in Spokane, her fifth stint in rehab in the past two years. Soon, she’ll be released and she’ll live back with her dad. She doesn’t want to relapse. She never wants to end up on the streets again.

“It’s not a moral choice, like, ‘Oh, I’m gonna go f--- my life up and do drugs,” she says. “It starts from a young age, the addictive personality and being dependent on things, not just drugs.”

In Washington state, 13,000 youths between the ages of 12 and 24 who are living on their own experience homelessness each year, according to a 2016 report compiled by A Way Home Washington, a coalition addressing youth homelessness in the state. That figure more than doubles under the broader school district definition of homelessness, which includes students who are temporarily couch surfing or staying with friends or family.

The state has recently come to recognize the scope of the problem and last year created the Office of Homeless Youth Prevention & Protection, tasked with identifying gaps that lead to youth homelessness and presenting a plan of action to state leaders.

“Our vision is that every family and youth in the state has the individualized support they need so that no young person has to spend a single night without a safe and stable home,” says Kim Justice, Office of Homeless Youth executive director.

To pull that off, it will mean sealing cracks in

the public system that releases some kids straight to the streets. It will require more housing and more shelters. It will demand more coordinated leadership in addressing abuse, drug addiction and family dysfunction before it gets to the point where children feel the streets are their best option.

Because, as was the case with Angelina, once she was on the streets, she couldn’t get out.

PLOTTING AN ESCAPE

Spokane has one shelter for homeless teens.

North Idaho has none.

Growing up in Seattle, Angelina was familiar with drugs and homelessness. She remembers sleeping in cars with her family, and living in apartments with mold growing on the walls. She watched her parents smoke crack in front of her.

“I was kind of fascinated. Like, what made them care more about drugs than me and my brothers?” she says.

First came Xanax. She snagged some from her dad’s medicine cabinet when she was 13. At 14 she started taking more pills, drinking and smoking weed. Then it was acid. Then cocaine.

She had been kicked out of several schools in the Seattle area for using or selling drugs. She went to rehab, where she spent her 16th birthday, followed by two weeks in a group home in Skagit County. Then came heroin and meth, and more trips to rehab.

Her dad, Ben Freitag, who has a different last name than Angelina, was himself in recovery, though he denies ever using drugs in front of his daughter. He and Angelina’s mom, recently divorced, had been intermittently separated since she was 10. He told Angelina she couldn’t live at home anymore if she brought drugs around the house and her 11-year-old brother. He threatened to call social services on her in May, and she took off.

“As long as Angelina follows rules and can remain clean and sober, she’s fine at home,” he says.

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He wouldn’t see her again for at least six weeks, but she would later tell him what happened. She went to her aunt’s house, and one day left to hang out with some friends, thinking she’d come back the next day. But one of the people she was with, who she trusted and thought would take care of her, handed her to a guy in exchange for drugs.

She says the man, 36-year-old Khanh Huynh, took her phone away and put a lock on the zippers of the tent they shared so she couldn’t get out. She says he was paranoid from smoking crack and would smash her face against the wall if he thought she looked at another guy. She says he tried to kill her by choking her until she went unconscious.

If she went outside, it was with him. She stole his phone once or twice and tried to message friends on Facebook. They asked where she was but she knew she couldn’t tell them, because she believed if anyone tried to help, they would get shot.

For weeks, nobody knew where she was. The police listed her as a missing person. Friends and family would leave comments on her rare Facebook posts. “Where are you?” they would say. “I miss you and I’d love to see you.”

She plotted an escape, convincing Huynh to change one of the locks so she could go pee.

When it was off, she convinced him to leave her alone for a second and stole one of his backup phones. She called a cab, using money she had snuck from him, and had the cab drop her off at a friend’s house.

A couple of days later, Angelina called 911 to report that Huynh had threatened to come to her friend’s house and “shoot the place up and kill everyone in the house.” The police report described it as a romantic relationship and a domestic violence case. He came to the house and found out she wasn’t there, then broke a beer bottle by his car.

Police found Huynh’s car and detained him, but they needed Angelina to identify him before making an arrest. So they drove her to where he was.

The detective heard a thud, followed by a scream. Angelina had crumpled to the floor in the back of the police car, shaking so hard that it swayed side to side, the police report says. She was terrified that the man outside would see her.

Yes, she said, sobbing. It was him.

Police took him into custody.

It was Angelina’s 17th birthday.

‘WHERE’S THIS KID GONNA GO?’

The teens who already are at risk — the ones in rehab, foster care and juvenile detention — often leave those public systems and enter unstable housing in Washington.

Almost half of the clients discharged from a residential treatment center like Daybreak are homeless within a year — 1,488 kids a year. More than a quarter aging out of foster care at 18 are homeless in 12 months, or 168 a year, according to the report from A Way Home Washington.

That leads them to the streets, where they often experience trauma they may never fully recover from.

Annette Klinefelter, executive director at

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Almost half of the kids discharged from residential treatment centers are homeless within a year.

Daybreak, is not surprised at the high rate of kids released from rehab who soon end up homeless.

If a kid leaving Daybreak isn’t picked up by a biological parent, they are released to either a probation officer, foster parent or custodial parent. Daybreak will often spend months trying to find a place for a kid to live because they have nowhere to go, especially if they’re not wanted in the foster care system, Klinefelter says. Frequently, the kid is released to a parent who also uses drugs, where they are likely to relapse.

Klinefelter says the problem recently was made worse. Last year, the state legislature merged state Medicaid dollars that paid for chemical dependency treatments into more local Regional Support Networks, creating what are called Behavioral Health Organizations, effective April 1. The intention was to combine chemical dependency and mental illness dollars into one entity. Klinefelter says the intentions were good, but now the organizations are “functioning like insurance companies” and transitioning the kids out of rehab as soon as possible, often to unstable housing, just to save money.

“I see the panic amongst kids and staff of, ‘Where’s this kid gonna go?’” she says. “In the absence of a housing system to wrap around kids transitioning out of treatment, we’re not gonna have the human outcomes we need.”

Angelina is far from the only kid to experience homelessness after leaving rehab. Samarah, 16, is in her third trip. After being released from a treatment center last fall, she went to live with her dad, who also has struggled with addiction.

She almost immediately relapsed and began using meth and heroin on the streets of Olympia, where she says girls are expected to give sexual favors to guys who provide them with drugs.

“We’re just a bunch of little girls crying out for help because of broken families or because of situations, traumatic things we went through that we want to block out and get away from,” Samarah says, speaking from Daybreak. “But we don’t know what the f--- to say, and we don’t know what we really need.”

‘I’M DONE WITH THIS KID’

In Spokane County alone, more than a hundred kids leaving juvenile detention are left homeless each year because they don’t have a stable family to pick them up, and Department of Social and Health Services won’t intervene unless their case meets the DSHS definition of abuse, neglect or abandonment.

Juvenile detention staff is required to make every attempt to release a kid to a responsible adult or to DSHS. But meeting the DSHS standard can be difficult, says Spokane County

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Kids can file a Child in Need of Services petition, with the court requesting that they be placed in a home away from their parents. But Carter says that requires parental involvement in order to be granted. Carter says he has a client, a teenage boy, who filed a CHINS petition but could not get it implemented because nobody can find his mom, who has meth and alcohol abuse issues and several referrals to Child Protective Services in her background. Now that boy is couch surfing or on the street.

Carter says that even if the CHINS petition is granted, DSHS doesn’t offer much assistance in helping kids find a place to live.

“It’s those types of things where we’re really frustrated,” he says.

Carter says that sometimes, especially in winter, teens prefer staying in juvenile detention rather than on the street, or with an abusive parent, or in a teen shelter like Crosswalk in downtown Spokane. They’ll sell weed in front of a cop in Riverfront Park, just so they’re brought to detention, he says.

Washington First Lady Trudi Inslee, who has pushed to highlight the homeless youth population, says we need to stop thinking reunification with the family is something that can always happen.

“We do want reunification when it’s a good result,” Inslee says. “But that’s not always gonna happen because of drug or chemical abuse, or

physical abuse. The people not able to be reunified need to have other options.”

AGING OUT

It’s lunchtime on a summer day at Crosswalk teen shelter, and a dozen teens are eating at circular tables as if it’s a school cafeteria. At night, the beds will come out.

For years, this shelter, which is supposed to be temporary, was Christian Bartlett’s home. But when he turned 18, he couldn’t stay here anymore. Now he sleeps on the street most days, the days he isn’t able to stay at his girlfriend’s house.

Bartlett was born in Bellingham. When he was 6, his dad took him from his mom and brought him to Florida. He ran away, calling the situation down there “abusive,” and got a bus ticket from Florida to Montana, where his mom lived.

One day, he says, they drove a van to Spokane to visit his 16-year-old brother. They went to Walmart for food. Christian went to use the bathroom, and when he came out, the van, and his mother, were gone. He hasn’t heard from her since.

He stayed with his brother for a few months, then on the street for a year, then at Crosswalk.

He tried moving back to Florida, but says his dad wouldn’t have him until he was 18. He works toward his GED whenever he can find bus fare to Spokane Falls Community College, and he says that this October he’s going to move to Yellowstone National Park, where his dad will hook him up with a job as a line cook.

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“YOUNG AND HOMELESS,” CONTINUED... that life throws your way,” he says. “And it doesn’t work like that.”

Crosswalk is the only teen shelter for kids in Spokane. There’s no shelter specifically for young adults in the entire region, so the only options for kids staying at Crosswalk who age out are either the streets or an adult homeless shelter. Bridget Cannon, the director of youth services for Volunteers of America, which runs Crosswalk, says kids like Christian often prefer the streets.

“If you’re waking up at Crosswalk as a 17-year-old, you see your peers,” Cannon says. “If you’re an 18-yearold and you wake up in House of Charity [an adult homeless shelter], you see people who have been on the streets for 40 years. That’s scary to think of them as your peers now.”

‘LESSER OF TWO EVILS’

Every region in Washington identified a bed shortage as the primary barrier to serving homeless youth, in the 42page report compiled by A Way Home Washington with the help of the state’s Office of Homeless Youth Prevention & Protection. Outside of Spokane, no surrounding county has a teen shelter.

In North Idaho, there is no shelter specifically for homeless teens, says James Curb, liaison for the federal McKinney-Vento Act in the Coeur d’Alene School District.

It wasn’t until recently that any transitional housing was available for 18-to-24-year-olds in Spokane.

That’s where Tristan Keck lives now, in transitional housing apartments at Maplehurst, an apartment building in downtown Spokane. Tristan, 17, is emancipated from his parents, meaning he’s a legal adult. He says his

Tristan Keck, 17, is emancipated from his parents. He says his parents did not accept that he was gay, and he ran away shortly after they found out. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO parents did not accept that he was gay, and he ran away shortly after they found out. State numbers suggest that nearly a quarter of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ. A couple of years ago, Tristan was sleeping outside, under bridges or against archways. He used drugs in an attempt to fight depression, then got clean and came to Crosswalk. Now, he goes to beauty school during week-

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The kids on the street or at Crosswalk hear the people who say it was a choice, who say the homeless kids can go home if they want, who say they’re all troublemakers hurting businesses. Tristan agrees that

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there are homeless kids who could go home if they wanted, and some want to cause trouble.

But for many, like him, what seems like a choice is really no choice at all.

“For me, it was making a choice of the lesser of two evils,” he says. “It was a choice, but it was a choice to escape a bad situation for a better situation.”

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CG, a 16-year-old boy identified here only by his initials, made it to class at North Central High School every day after sleeping in a field earlier this year. That was over the course of two weeks, after the house his parents rented was foreclosed on.

His family, including his younger siblings, got a room in a motel, but there was no room for him. He slept on his clothes and went to school for his meals. His backpack held his clothes, shoes and his book of poetry. There was no room for homework.

He’ll live at Crosswalk indefinitely as he starts at a new high school, Lewis and Clark, this month. He has no plan for more stable housing and has fallen out of contact with his family; he says that they spend most of their money feeding their drug addictions. He’s excited to attend school so he can play football.

Schools count homeless kids differently than the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development does. Schools, under 1987’s McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, include students who may have a roof over their head, but who are staying with someone else; at a friend’s house, for example. Under that definition, there are more than 30,000 homeless kids in Washington. Spokane’s rate of homelessness is 33 percent higher than the state average, with more than 3,000 homeless students in Spokane County.

Three-quarters of those students are doubling up with family or friends due to financial issues.

In Coeur d’Alene, more than 400 students fit this definition of homelessness, according to the school district.

Defining a homeless kid is one of the main barriers to helping them, says Sarah Miller, liaison for the federal McKinney-Vento Act in Spokane Public Schools.

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This is crucial, she says, because kids or families who are on the verge of living on the street, but are not quite there yet, can’t access the same services as people who actually live on the street.

She says that the best way to help homeless kids is to prevent it from happening in the first place.

For example, families may be in an unstable living situation, unable to find a new place to live because of a late payment on their record. That family may not qualify for rental assistance, or for a shelter, until they become homeless for a short period, Miller says.

The school district liaisons try to help kids in these situations access services. They also make sure that kids don’t change schools, even as they move across town. That means coordinating bus routes to travel across school districts to get the kid to school. Sometimes districts even pay for a cab.

“We could go as far as Liberty Lake with students,” says Mead School District McKinneyVento liaison Kelly Schultz.

Randy Dorn, state superintendent of public instruction, says there’s room for improvement in how schools help homeless kids stay in school.

The idea of the school being the one constant for a kid whose life is dominated by change is good, but practically, it “doesn’t work so well,” he says.

He adds that outside of urban areas, coordinating services becomes more difficult.

“I don’t think we’ve done well at it,” Dorn says. “I think we’re trying to do better at it, but I think youth homelessness is really something people — up until a couple years ago — tried to hide.”

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When Ryan Oelrich started working with homeless families, he thought he knew why they were homeless. He figured they made mistakes, or that they weren’t hard workers.

What surprised him was that so many worked multiple jobs and were still unable to find stable housing in Spokane. Or how many ran into an unfortunate medical situation that drained them of all their money.

Oelrich’s goal, as executive director of Priority Spokane, is to stabilize the lives of homeless families before they end up homeless, or “start swimming farther upstream.” The organization is focusing on students in kindergarten through eighth grade in order to prevent them from becoming homeless teenagers, and encountering the trauma that goes along with it.

“It is incredibly traumatic to be homeless,” Oelrich says. “Kids will spend the rest of their lives getting over that time when they had no idea where they were going to eat, or where they were going to sleep.”

Priority Spokane is launching a pilot project this school year to help stabilize about 100 families in three Spokane County elementary schools: Logan, Deer Park and Arcadia. The organization will help house homeless families whose students attend these schools, and it will place community health workers in schools to identify who needs help. He says the end goal is not to give these families a handout, but to pay to get them housing and help them with education and employment. If families are stabilized for a few years, he says, “we can step back” and let them take care of themselves.

Andi Smith, a human resources senior policy advisor for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, says that a first step in getting ahead of the problem was placing the Office of Youth Homelessness Prevention & Protection under the Department of Commerce, instead of DSHS. “The Children’s Administration [which is part of DSHS] really is the agency of last resort.

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agency and into strategic planning is part of the rationale,” Smith says.

Kim Justice, executive director of the Office of Homeless Youth Prevention & Protection, is on board with addressing root causes of homelessness, which often come down to general family dysfunction — neglect, domestic violence, drug abuse, sexual identity, economic instability. The office will complete a report by Dec. 1 meant to serve as a road map for combating the issue of youth homelessness, but Justice admits that the office is limited in how it can address those root causes.

“We can’t eradicate all of those underlying factors,” she says.

“The strategies are aimed at providing interventions, knowing risk factors, catching families before they get to the part where everything falls apart and young people are running away from home.”

Beyond the millions included in the 2016 budget through the Office of Homeless Youth, how much the state is willing to invest, and how effectively it will address these fundamental issues, are both questions nobody seems to know the answers to yet.

Oelrich says you can throw all the resources you want at kids and it won’t help until somebody is willing to build a relationship with them. He says he will give presentations where people will come up to him and say the street kids are just lazy or rebellious.

He always asks those people: Have you actually heard their stories?

“I have yet to meet a homeless teen where I can say, yes, they had a healthy home, great parents, no addiction problems, no mental health issues, and they say, ‘Screw it, I’m gonna go be homeless — that sounds like fun to me,’” Oelrich says. “I’ve met the young person who was abused daily and beat up by their stepdad. I’ve met the young person who has serious mental health issues that are not being addressed, or addiction problems not being addressed.

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Angelina is now living with her dad again, following her release from treatment. She thinks he can help her with her recovery.

Khanh Huynh is in jail now, charged with felony domestic violence harassment. His bail was increased to $100,000 after prosecutors argued that Angelina needed more protection. She sometimes calls him her ex, before correcting herself: “I got so used to calling him my boyfriend.”

She wants a life at home, away from the streets, where people care about her. When she escaped and went to her friend’s house, Angelina’s dad brought her shampoo and conditioner. She says he wanted to help her even though she wasn’t clean, even though she wasn’t allowed back home then. Her little brother could fit his entire hand around her upper arm because she was so skinny.

She wants to be a chef someday, “because I like creating things for people, and I like seeing people eat the food I make. It’s like giving people life, kind of, because you have to eat to live.”

Angelina remembers when the heroin made her not want to eat, and she felt like she was dying. She was too weak to walk around. She just sat in the tent that had become her home and prison. She trusted nobody else out there. Nobody, she says, could get her out of that situation.

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rom Rio to Spokane, next up for the U.S. women’s gymnastic team is an energetic tour across the country to show off their gold medal winning skills.

Kicking off on Sept. 15 at the Spokane Arena, the Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions offers a sampling of the Olympians’ high-flying skills in an exhibition-style format reminiscent of Cirque du Soleil’s flashy, acrobatic shows.

Joining the gold-medal winning women’s team — Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian, who charmed audiences worldwide last month during the Rio Games — are members of this year’s men’s team, and the rhythmic and acrobatic gymnastics teams.

Past Olympic stars, including 2008 all-around champ Nastia Liukin and 2012 team gold medalist Jordyn Wieber, also are on the roster.

Because of its format, spectators shouldn’t expect to see the formulaic, skills-packed competition routines for each of the sport’s apparatus. Instead, for this show gymnasts perform lively, choreographed routines to upbeat music, using the beam, bars, vault, rings and floor, along with aerial hoops, silks and other implements.

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“It’s so far from being a competition; it’s just designed to be a crowd-pleaser,” says Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, which serves as the national governing body for the sport.

Scheduled every four years after each Olympic Games, the tour’s previous stop in Spokane was back in 2008, and before that in 2004. Penny says that because of the athletes’ whirlwind post-Games media tours, they meet to learn and practice their roles just weeks before the show, which will stop in 35 other cities after launching in Spokane.

“They’re quick studies — they know what to expect and how to pull routines together,” Penny says. “Once they get to rehearsal, they just see what they need to do and pick it up really quick.”

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FOOTBALL INSIDE THE UPSET Cooper Kupp and Eastern Washington shocked Washington State last week.

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n last week’s Football Issue, we spent a lot of ink discussing the near-mythic collegiate careers of two of the nation’s most heralded wide receivers — Eastern Washington’s Cooper Kupp and Washington State’s Gabe Marks — as both enter their senior year. When the two faced off on Saturday in Pullman, there was an expectation of statistical fireworks.

That expectation came to fruition and then some. Eagles fans got a whole lot more than big numbers out of Kupp — they got one of the program’s biggest wins ever, a 45-42 win against regional foe Washington State. In the parlance of our region, some thought the Cougs, for the second straight year, “Couged it” in their home opener against an FCS school. But EWU’s official Twitter account took a more positive spin, saying the team simply, “Eaged it.”

You were promised numbers, and here they are: Marks had 10 catches for 108 yards and a pair of touchdowns, a stat line that would be lauded had Kupp not hauled in 12 balls for 206 yards and three touchdowns. Even more impressive, if not shocking, EWU’s sophomore quarterback Gage Gubrud, who had never started a college game, threw for 474 yards and five touchdowns.

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“Today the best player on the field was Cooper Kupp, and the second-best player was their quarterback, who’s got a name I can’t pronounce,” WSU head coach Mike Leach said after the game.

Last year, when WSU lost to Portland State, another FCS opponent, it was written off by some as a result of torrential rain grounding Leach’s pass-first, pass-often, pass-in-your-sleep offense.

This time, it’s not so easy. First off, EWU is probably better than initially billed, especially on offense. Then there’s the fact that WSU’s defensive secondary was, well, terrible.

Is it time to freak out down on the Palouse? Of course not. Last season, the Cougars won nine games after that terrible initial outing.

Now, WSU heads to Boise State on Saturday, where they’ll face another good quarterback in Spokane native Brett Rypien, whose name Leach probably can pronounce, given that the Cougs tried to lure the Shadle Park grad to Pullman.

As for Eastern, Kupp and company have no drop-off in their schedule, either. They head to North Dakota State, the nation’s topranked FCS team that has won five consecutive national titles.

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ance Babbit freely admits that he was “never a great speller.” But something about The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has appealed to him ever since the musical first hit the stage in 2005. Maybe it’s the show’s almost giddy delight in the eccentricities of language. Maybe it’s the way the characters embody the awkwardness and tribulations of youth. Then again, maybe it’s the seat-of-your-pants unpredictability that comes with audience participation, which is “like throwing four sticks of dynamite into a controlled environment.”

For Babbit, the production of Spelling Bee that opens Friday evening at The Modern Coeur d’Alene is also a career milestone. As a teenager, he got his start on this very same stage in 1980, back when Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre — still a repertory outfit at the time — made use of the space in the off-season. During the venue’s years as Lake City Playhouse, he performed there in dozens of shows. Now, for the very first time, he’s trying his hand at directing.

“I was kind of nervous,” Babbit says, “but it’s been really very enjoyable getting to do a show that I did for a very long time.”

He was part of the six-month “long run” production at the Spokane Civic Theatre that went all the way to the 2011 AACTFest competition in Rochester, New York. He also performed in a Salt Lake City-based production in 2013. “I have a history with this show,” he adds, as if euphemistically describing a topsy-turvy relationship.

And he has the anecdotes to prove it. Like the time a random audience participant showed an uncanny ability to spell even the nonsense words that the script uses to disqualify these pseudo-contestants. Or the time that his own lackluster spelling ability caused him to flub a word that the story demanded he get right. Fortunately for him, the rest of the cast just played along. “So many audience members came up to me after the show and said, ‘You know, you

spelled that wrong.’”

Much like his new directorial role, his time as a cast member in Spelling Bee offered him a new perspective on things he thought he knew.

“It’s kind of a painful show to do because you have to really open up a very nested part of yourself to play a 9-year-old every night. Not everybody wants to go back to those days. And having played the bully when I did the show, it was very insightful for me to see that there are two sides to everything.”

For the current production, Babbit is overseeing an experienced cast that includes Jeremy Whittington, Trigger Weddle, Marlee Andrews, Brandon Montang, Robby French, Aubree Peterson, Alliyiah Gorman and Brendan Brady, all familiar faces among the local theatrical community. He’s working with them and the design team to introduce “a slightly harsher edge” to an oft-performed piece of theater.

“We’ve worked really hard to make the show more modern — not trying to do what I knew would work, but trying to experiment and find new things that would still keep the show fresh and alive,” Babbit says. “In the original production, [the characters] are kind of antiseptic-looking in my mind. We’ve taken one character and he’s now slightly early goth and emo-y, whereas before he was just the bully.”

Yet Spelling Bee in any form “is a perfect evening of theater,” Babbit says. “It’s hysterically funny and ultimately sweetly moving. You’ll laugh a lot and you’ll leave the show teary-eyed.

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The rooftop patio has been a hit at Remedy since the restaurant opened last month.

For What Ails You Remedy finds a neighborhood feel on the South Hill

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lot of people drove by the long-closed dry cleaner at the far south end of Grand Boulevard and figured that it was a damn shame that the historic building was sitting empty in an otherwise flourishing area of the South Hill.

Over the years, Matt Goodwin was one of those people, but he and his partners took it upon themselves to actually take the leap. Now the spot is home to Remedy, a restaurant and bar with a casual atmosphere but refined cuisine. For Goodwin, the location was begging for a restaurant, considering the wait times for tables that can often be found down the street at Republic Pi and the

Manito Tap House.

“If you look at Republic Pi and Manito Tap House and Rocket Market — those are great neighbors and great restaurants that are always busy. We thought we’d fit in here,” he says.

Goodwin is owner or part owner of a number of other restaurants around town, including Fast Eddie’s on the east side of downtown, the Boiler Room in north Spokane and the Backyard in the West Central/Kendall Yards area. He considers all of those spots to be unique to their neighborhoods and frequented by those who live nearby. That’s what he’s already seeing at Remedy.

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“We have people walking or riding their bikes here,” says Goodwin. “I want all these places to have their own identity to their neighborhood.”

You can get a peek of the upper South Hill identity — quite literally — from the rooftop bar at Remedy.

There, you’ll find eight tables perched atop on a newly constructed deck lined with lights. The roof has been popular, to say the least.

“A lot of people coming in for lunch or dinner these first couple weeks have opened the door and there’s no one [inside]. Everyone is upstairs,” says Goodwin.

When the weather cools, as it will soon, Remedy patrons will more likely be eating inside, where a throwback white-tile floor denotes the 1920s pharmacy theme Goodwin and crew originally conceptualized (hence the name), but admit they strayed from in order to fully realize the restaurant. The bar — where the extensive list of craft cocktails and Moscow Mules are made with an impressive arsenal of liquors — features 20 beers on tap, including several local breweries and regional favorites.

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Of Goodwin’s aforementioned restaurants, Remedy has the most upscale fare. That said, the current menu tops out at $18, and that’s for a pork hash made with locally sourced pork rib-eye.

The other options right now are a burger with smoked bacon ($14), a salmon sandwich ($14) and Greek fajitas ($16) made with chicken, artichoke hearts, peppers and more. On a recent visit, I went with the chile verde ($14), pork shoulder served with a rich sauce and Spanish rice piled up in the middle.

Again, it’s a limited menu that, at least when in your hands, is dwarfed by the extensive cocktail, beer and wine menus.

Executive chef Justin O’Neill, who also developed the menu at the Boiler Room and the Backyard, is working exclusively with a wood-fired oven, and is waiting to ramp up the menu choices — including as many as eight additional entrées and a couple of appetizers — until they know they’ve got the firepower to accommodate more items. They’re similarly waiting to dial in a happy hour and specials.

Remedy also acquired the neighboring building formerly occupied by the Hop Shop, which means the restaurant has its own parking lot. In the coming months, that space will become a spot for Remedy to accommodate parties or special events. Eventually, there’s a possibility it will become a breakfast spot or a beer and wine bar.

They’re still finding their footing, albeit with a big turnout come meal time, but Goodwin says things are coming together.

Mostly, he says he’s excited to have found another great neighborhood.

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In its first year, Restaurant Wars plans to feature seven restaurants. YOUNG KWAK PHOTOS

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Restaurant Wars aims to celebrate Spokane’s food culture

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t’s not hard for Kris Kilduff to picture the culinary celebration he has in mind for Restaurant Wars. As the creative director of a Los Angeles-based advertising agency, he’s seen firsthand how cities across the West exalt their respective food cultures through all manner of tasting events and festivals.

“What I really wish Spokane had that we just don’t is a big, local event that’s set up like a farmers market, but rather than having food trucks, we’re putting up our awesome local restaurants,” says Kilduff, who lives in Spokane (he works remotely) and been organizing events

like Spokane’s Got Talent for nearly a decade. “We have amazing culinary competition here. There’s a ton of people doing a million awesome things.”

Kilduff and Jennifer Evans, his partner in producing Restaurant Wars, hope to introduce curious diners to just a few of those awesome things at the inaugural one-day festival at Kendall Yards. For less than $20, attendees can sample plates from seven Spokane-area restaurants — Prohibition Gastropub, 1898 Public House, Clover, Lantern Tap House, Wandering Table, The Blackbird and Hay J’s Bistro. And there’s a free component as well, as Summit

Parkway will be lined with upward of 40 local food and drink vendors offering free samples and products for sale, much like the weekly Night Market. Chef demos, live music and beer from breweries including River City Brewing, No-Li Brewhouse, Hopped Up Brewing Company, Georgetown Brewing Company and Elysian Brewing are also part of the lineup.

Kilduff wanted Restaurant Wars to land somewhere between the fair-food-centric Pig Out in the Park and formal, pricey affairs like Epicurean Delight. He looked for a sweet spot where local diners would be willing to try something new and local chefs would take up the challenge to make something creative, even if it never appears on their restaurants’ menus.

“We really wanted to focus on people doing new, fun things,” Kilduff says of the restaurants he approached to take part. “We wanted people doing good food, unique items. People who had some versatility.”

And, he says, these won’t be mere bite-sized tastes.

“It’s more small plates than samples. Most of the plates are going to have multiple elements to them. A protein and a side, a reflection of [the chefs’] personal cooking styles.”

The menus won’t be released until the day of the event, and tickets are limited to 1,500 so the chefs can plan their workload. The “wars” part of Restaurant Wars comes through attendees voting for their favorite dishes via text, as well as a small panel of expert judges.

Really, though, if chefs are making great dishes and people are trying places they otherwise might not, as Kilduff hopes, who loses? n Restaurant Wars • Sat, Sept. 10, 4-9 pm • free to attend, $17/wristband for eight plates • Kendall Yards • restaurant-wars.com

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iver City locals are already feeling the love for Sushi I, with the same logo familiar to Spokane sushi fans when the restaurant was located on the South Hill: a heart, followed by the words Sushi I (symbolizing ai, the Japanese word for love).

Newly relocated to Coeur d’Alene’s Riverstone complex, Sushi I features the same generous, full-service menu. Head chef and owner Jay Shin oversees three chefs totaling 20 years of experience in New York, California and Miami who will be the core of Sushi I when it opens this week south of Regal Cinema. Main dishes, including Japanese classics like chicken katsu ($12) and shrimp tempura ($13), will be served in large wooden “love” boats.

Sushi I seats more than 50 people — 42 at tables and another dozen at a bar overlooking the kitchen. There are also a few tables outside.

Heading to the nearby cinema and in need of a quick bite? Look for appetizers from $5 to $12, ranging from hearty stuffed mushrooms with a spicy chili glaze ($6) to grilled squid ($11) to delicate tuna tataki ($12). Add a glass of wine

($7), beer ($5 to $8) or sake ($5-$7.50/glass).

Seating includes the patio and sushi bar, where you can watch Shin finesse his way through fresh tuna, salmon, and escolar to make a South Beach roll ($13), which also includes crab and cucumber. Other premium roles include the Casanova (avocado, cucumber, crab, yellowtail; $13) and the Happiness (cream cheese, avocado, shrimp tempura, seared beef; $12).

Larger sushi orders are served in “love” boats full of nigiri and sashimi-style treats ($49-$95).

Lunch entrées offer a variety in bento-style trays (weekdays until 3 pm), from chicken, beef and salmon teriyaki to sashimi and sushi ($11$14). As the weather turns cooler, soup is what satisfies. Try the ramen ($12) or udon, with thick, chewy noodles ($12-$13).

Parents will love the availability of a kids’ menu, featuring teriyaki ($6-$7), tempura ($6-$8) and sushi ($8). n Sushi I • 2384 N. Old Mill Loop, Coeur d’Alene • Open Sun-Thu, 11 am-9 pm; Fri-Sat, 11 am-10 pm • 208-930-4928

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Learning to Land

Tom Hanks (left) plays famed airline captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. Aaron Eckhart (right) plays his co-pilot.

Sully’s solid execution can’t overcome its inherent lack of drama

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poiler alert: The plane lands in the water. Clint Eastwood’s Sully tells the story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) piloting a commercial airliner to a water landing on the Hudson River with zero casualties (dubbed “The Miracle on the Hudson”) in January 2009, and the ensuing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board to determine if Sullenberger was at fault.

Well, remember how the plane actually crashed into the New York skyline? Or the scandal when it turned out that Sully was an incompetent pilot who needlessly endangered his passengers and crew for no reason? Of course you don’t. That didn’t happen. Therein lies Sully’s major problem — it’s a movie entirely devoid of dramatic stakes.

Sully’s problem isn’t that it’s a poorly made film. The execution is fairly solid across the board, but it lacks a reason to be made in the first place. While not on the award-worthy tier, Hanks delivers an understated every-

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man performance as Sullenberger. He’s the portrait of anxiety under a calm exterior, as he struggles with seeds of doubt planted by the NTSB that he may have made an error, as well as press attention and general post-traumatic stress disorder. The latter issue manifests itself in the film’s most jarring sequences, via trigger-warning-worthy nightmares that could still shake those traumatized by SULLY images of planes flying into Rated PG-13 New York buildings.

Directed by Clint Eastwood Aaron Eckhart deftly Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckadds a sense of smooth ease hart, Anna Gunn, Laura Linney (and light comic relief) to the proceedings as Sullenberger’s co-pilot, Jeff Skiles. The script affords short side stories to a few of US Airways Flight 1549’s passengers in the name of humanization; they end up being brief to the point of feeling like filler to pad out the 96-minute runtime.

The narrative conflict becomes man (Sullenberger) versus machine (the computer simulations that say he could’ve made it safely back to the airport, and the NTSB officials who treat those calculations as gospel).

More to the point, it’s old-school instincts versus fancyschmancy technology and analytics. In that sense, Sully is the anti-Moneyball. As the NTSB characters go aggressively over the top, grilling Sullenberger (despite… you know… everyone being safe), he speaks to his gut feelings: how he completed thousands of flights over the course of 40 years, and how “engineers are not pilots.

They’re wrong. And they weren’t there.” The script,

by Todd Komarnicki (Resistance, Perfect Stranger) presents this thesis with such a bludgeoning lack of subtlety that the technophobia has a “get off my lawn!” feel. But that forced tension lacks authentic drama. (Do you really think that Clint Eastwood, of all people, would make a shocking exposé that drags an American hero through the mud?) Sully’s climactic sequence is literally people watching flight simulators in real time. No matter how much manipulatively tense music you place underneath it, it’s still watching people watch a flight simulator.

As Eastwood’s straightforward and simplistic directing style pushes the drama-free plot forward, the dim, cool color palette employed throughout only further dulls the proceedings; it’s not a turbulent ride. Ultimately, it’s impossible to shake the feeling that Sully is nothing more than pointless, quasi-patriotic fluff made by an old white guy for his fellow old white people. n

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THE WILD LIFE

This animated retelling of the Robinson Crusoe story isn’t as much about Crusoe as it is that of the animals on the small island upon which he is shipwrecked, including parrot Mak (the voice of David Howard), whom the human will later dub Tuesday (there is

no manservant called Friday); pig Kiki (the voice of Lindsay Torrance) and others. Rated PG

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM

Kate Beckingsale plays a young mother who moves into a new, creepy house with her husband. You know where this is going, don’t you? Well, things don’t get better when he discovers a secret room in the basement that isn’t on the home’s floor plans. (MB) Rated R

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When a young couple realizes they can’t conceive a child, they find a surrogate mother to carry their child.

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

BEN-HUR

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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Here, we see the story of poor Mississippi farmer Newton Knight (a controversial historical figure played

by Matthew McConaughey) who led a group of rebels made up of farmers and slaves against the Confederate army — which led to his home of Jones County seceding from the Confederacy and becoming the Free State of Jones.

(LJ) Rated R

GLEASON

This documentary will likely make you cry. Here, we have a film that follows Spokane native turned NFL star and hero of New Orleans, Steve Gleason, as he battles ALS. The linearly constructed film shows the disease ripping away Gleason’s physical abilities one by one, while also demonstrating the strain on his marriage and family. But there’s plenty of inspiration to be found, too.

You’ll walk away wanting to be a better person. (MB) Rated R

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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 largerthan-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.

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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

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.

(KL) Rated PG-13

JASON BOURNE

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

(MJ) Rated PG-13

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

An epic (and animated) story of a young storyteller in ancient Japan named Kubo (Art Parkinson) who, befriended by a pragmatic monkey (Charlize Theron) and a giant beetle samurai (Matthew McConaughey), must overcome the evil influences of his grandfather (Ralph Fiennes) and his creepy aunts (both played by Rooney Mara).

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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 LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS

It might look like a gauzy love story about a couple of really ridiculously good-looking people (Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander) living a happy, old-timey life in a lighthouse. But given this is the work of writer/director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), you won’t be surprised to learn there are some dramatic twists involving miscarriages, a “stolen” baby and a vengeful mother (Rachel Weisz) trying to solve the mystery of her daughter long ago lost at sea in this period drama. (DN) Rated PG-13

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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

MORGAN

A sci-fi thriller in which an all-business risk-management consultant named Lee Weathers (Kate Mara) is sent by her corporation to a remote research facility where an experiment has gone awry — specifically, a lab-grown, artificial-intelligence creation called Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy) has turned violent, endangering its potential as a consumer product. (ES) Rated R

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

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CGI cat, nonetheless). Spacey’s character Tom Brand is too busy building his business empire to pay attention to his wife and daughter, so quirky pet store owner (Christopher Walken) casts a spell on him with the requirement that he reconnect with his family, or be trapped in the cat’s body for the rest of his life. Antics ensue.

(CS) Rated PG

THE 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

STAR TREK BEYOND

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).

(MB) Rated PG-13

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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Down-Low Diva How Bonnie Raitt became the Grammy-winning icon we know today

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ivas are not like you. They sound better, look better and have cooler friends. Their fame is a product of their big personalities, booming voices and the way we can’t stop watching them when they stand in a spotlight. But of all the divas in today’s musical world, Bonnie Raitt is one who falls under the radar.

The 66-year-old never arrives dripping head to toe in diamonds and fur (looking at you, Mariah Carey); her red hair with white streaks and mostly black attire pale in comparison to such outlandishness. She often seems so down to earth, you’re liable to forget she’s won 10 Grammys, is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was named one of the best guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone.

What does it take to make it to the top of the musical heap and earn the title of diva? You can’t just slap it on yourself; critics and peers must organically decide the label fits. Raitt is one of the few who meets the specific diva qualifications.

SING LIKE NO ONE ELSE

As the term came from the opera world, modern pop divas are expected to employ extreme vocal prowess. When

Raitt appeared on the scene back in the early 1970s, she played slide guitar and sang with a fiery and earthy ferocity; the genre-bending musician almost immediately became a critical darling. Her smoky vocals have always stood out, but she never sings too wildly. However, Raitt has something most of those other octave-defying divas don’t — she’s one of the best guitar players alive.

DEMAND THE BEST

Not only do divas often want special treatment (think Celine Dion or Barbra Streisand), they also want the top people surrounding them. Throughout her long career, Raitt has worked with many top-tier performers including John Lee Hooker, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes) and Willie Nelson.

Raitt recently told People magazine she would love to collaborate with Adele. Hopefully, that happens soon.

MINE THE TROUBLED PAST

Raitt’s hit ballad “I Can’t Make You Love Me” first bared her heart to the world in 1991. The diva’s most recent release, February’s Dig in Deep, concentrated on the dark period in her life after her mother, father (Broadway

Bonnie Raitt continues to give us something to talk about.

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star John Raitt) and brother all passed away within the previous decade. Raitt has also been sober since the late 1980s. The new album includes five songs written by Raitt, the most she’s penned for a record since 1998.

IN IT TO WIN IT

Raitt’s new record (released on her own Redwing Records) is her 17th studio album and more than proves that she still wants to push herself. She’s inspired plenty of female musicians, blazing a path for those who didn’t want to be boxed into a particular genre, like Brandi Carlile and Heartless Bastards’ Erika Wennerstrom.

Although she has taken sabbaticals throughout her career, Raitt shows no signs of slowing down.

STAND UP

Just as often as a diva must balance on high heels, she more than likely stands up against what she sees as the world’s various injustices. In Raitt’s case, that means bringing awareness to multiple environmental and antinuclear causes.

FAN WORSHIP

Last, there is a high level of fandom that a diva must attain. The people who cheer for her loudest know every lyric and would give anything to meet their star. Over her long career, Raitt would never have sold millions of records without her fans. She’s a diva who continues to tour around the world showing off her illustrious guitar and vocal skills, sounding as good as ever. n Bonnie Raitt • Wed, Sept. 14, at 7:30 pm • $40-$85 • All-ages • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 800-325-7328

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MUSIC | SOUND ADVICE

GARAGE ROCK DEATH VALLEY GIRLS

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f you like your rock ’n’ roll with equal dollops of grit and grease, scariness and sex appeal, you probably want to make your way to the Death Valley Girls show heading to Spokane. The Los Angeles quartet led by singer Bonnie Bloomgarden and guitarist Larry Schemel specializes in tunes that are both catchy as hell and a little bit foreboding, making the listening experience one of joyful whiplash. The band’s second album, Glow in the Dark, arrived in June, and retro-tinged tracks like the organ-fueled “Disco” and feedbacklaced “Death Valley Boogie” are instant earworms for anyone with a taste for psychedelic garage rock. Their band mantra comes from the ’70s sexploitation flick Switchblade Sisters: “Everybody’s gotta be in a gang.” This is one you’ll want to join.

— DAN NAILEN Death Valley Girls with Peru Resh • Tue, Sept. 13, at 10 pm • Cover TBA • 21+ • The Observatory • 15 S. Howard • observatoryspokane.com • 598-8933

J = THE INLANDER RECOMMENDS THIS SHOW J = ALL AGES SHOW

Thursday, 09/08

ARBOR CReST WiNe CeLLARS, Charla Bauman Duo BARLOWS AT LiBeRTy LAke, Sunny Nights Duo J THe BARTLeTT, Kris Orlowski, Silver Torches J THe BiG DiPPeR, Magic Sword, Bandit Train, Dancing Plague of 1518 BOLO’S, Inland Empire Blues Society Monthly Blues Boogie BOOmeRS CLASSiC ROCk BAR & GRiLL, Randy Campbell acoustic show J BOOTS BAkeRy & LOuNGe, The Song Project J BuCeR’S COffeeHOuSe PuB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen BuCkHORN iNN, The Spokane River Band J CHAPS, Spare Parts CHeCkeRBOARD BAR, Dusty Green Bones Band COeuR D’ALeNe CASiNO, PJ Destiny CRAVe, DJ Freaky Fred CRuiSeRS, Jive Coulis feDORA PuB & GRiLLe, Nate Ostrander fizzie muLLiGANS, Kicho JOHN’S ALLey, Stephanie Nilles J kNiTTiNG fACTORy, Josh Abbott Band, Robbie Walden Band J LAGuNA CAfé, Just Plain Darin LefTBANk WiNe BAR, Nick Grow O’SHAyS iRiSH PuB & eATeRy, Open mic with Adrian and Leo THe OBSeRVATORy, Vinyl Meltdown ReD ROOm LOuNGe, Reggae Night feat. Ras Omy K Project THe RiDLeR PiANO BAR, The Bobby Patterson Band

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FUNK-ROCK PUFF PUFF BEER

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he question to ask yourself when you consider a lineup like this one headlined

by Puff Puff Beer is, “Can I keep up with all this funk?” The Oakland-based sextet brings the sonic kitchen sink and then some to the party, blending soulful grooves, powerful rock riffs and oh-so-funky beats into a spicy stew that insists on listeners moving their feet when they play. Ask anyone who saw the band at Volume earlier this year. Joining them for this massive night are regular visitors from Seattle/ live phenomenon Down North and local cats Left Over Soul and the Smokes. Did I mention stamina is key for this one?

— DAN NAILEN Puff Puff Beer with Left Over Soul, Down North and The Smokes • Thu, Sept. 15, at 7:30 pm • $12/$14 day of • 21+ • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 863-8098

RiVeLLe’S RiVeR GRiLL, Truck Mills and special guests Jam Night J THe PiN!, Wednesday 13, One-Eyed Doll, Open Your Eyes, Morbid Inc, Ricky Deschamp TimBeR GASTRO PuB, Talmadge zOLA, Sauce Policy

Friday, 09/09

THe BARTLeTT, Ages and Ages, Chris Pureka BeVeRLy’S, Robert Vaughn J THe BiG DiPPeR, Buffalo Jones, Massy Ferguson, Danny Newcomb and the Sugarmakers BiGfOOT PuB, NightShift BOLO’S, Usual Suspects BOOTS BAkeRy & LOuNGe, Erin Parkes J BORRACHO TACOS & TequiLeRiA

(822-7789), Borracho Fest feat.

Elton Jah, Lavoy, Flying Spiders, Fusbol, the Broken Thumbs BROWNe’S TAVeRN (315-9934), Jip Skippy and the Unprepared J CHeCkeRBOARD BAR, Fly Moon Royalty, Flannel Math Animal, the Snakebites, Quarter Monkey CLOVeR (487-2937), Karrie O’Neill COeuR D’ALeNe CASiNO, JamShack CuRLey’S, FM feDORA PuB & GRiLLe, Carli Osika fizzie muLLiGANS, B-Squared Duo iRON HORSe BAR, Phoenix JOHN’S ALLey, Sojourner’s Alliance benefit with Henry C and the Willards THe LANTeRN TAP HOuSe, Mama Doll mAx AT miRABeAu, Jesse Weston mOOSe LOuNGe, Dangerous Type

NASHViLLe NORTH, Luke Jaxon, DJ Tom NORTHeRN queST CASiNO, DJ Ramsin NyNe, Breadbox THe OBSeRVATORy, Charms, Spirit Award, The Smokes THe PALOmiNO, DJ Perfechter PATiT CReek CeLLARS, Ken Davis In Transit PeND D’OReiLLe WiNeRy, Ron Keiper ReD LiON HOTeL RiVeR iNN, Karma’s Circle THe ReSeRVe, Jamie Nova Sky, Fiasco THe RiDLeR PiANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler SPOkANe eAGLeS LODGe, Stagecoach West J ST. JOHN’S CATHeDRAL (838-

4277), Storytellers: The Marshall McLean Band with Water Monster J THe PiN!, Hip-Hop showcase feat. Drezus, Diz Dean, Havoc Tha Clown, Hudlum & Get $ Or Get Lost ENT zOLA, Sammy Eubanks

Saturday, 09/10

BARLOWS AT LiBeRTy LAke, Jan Harrison BeVeRLy’S, Robert Vaughn J THe BiG DiPPeR, 1984 Rock Out feat. Random Generation, the Moops, Runaway Octopus BOLO’S, Usual Suspects CHeCkeRBOARD BAR, Stocksmile, Winter in June, Sons of Donovan, Tsuga COeuR D’ALeNe CASiNO, JamShack

CURLEY’S, FM DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Yo & Friends J DOWNTOWN HILLYARD, Hillyard Hippie Happening feat. Kozmik Dreamzz, Stuntcoaster, 3D, Strawberry Fields, Psychedelic Scene, Feelin’ Groovy J DOWNTOWN SANDPOINT, Injectors Car Show feat. 7 Bee Band FIZZIE MULLIGANS, B-Squared Duo GARAGELAND (315-8324), Rewind with DJ Stitch Jones and Snuggs GARLAND PUB & GRILL (326-7777), YESTERDAYSCAKE IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY (208-5977096), Brown Salmon Truck IRON HORSE BAR, Phoenix THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave JOHN’S ALLEY, World’s Finest LA ROSA CLUB, Open Jam THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Super Sparkle THE LARIAT, Texas Twister MAX AT MIRABEAU, Jesse Weston MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL (208-2096700), Brian Jacobs and Chris Lynch MOOSE LOUNGE, Dangerous Type NASHVILLE NORTH, Luke Jaxon, DJ Tom NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, DJ Ramsin J THE OBSERVATORY, Bad Motivators, Great Spiders, Nat Parks and the Tunnels of Love THE PALOMINO, DJ Perfechter POST FALLS BREWING (208-7737301), Nick Grow

LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday RED LION HOTEL RIVER INN, Karma’s Circle REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Massy Ferguson THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler SARANAC COMMONS (464-7604), The Brook Gannon Trio with Sparky LaPlante J THE SHOP, The Tourist Union SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Sharky and the Fins J THE PIN!, Artist showcase feat.

Alex Xander, Raskl, Slim Rick, Ace of Mayhem, CXMagik, Brain Dead Scholars ZOLA, Sammy Eubanks

Sunday, 09/11

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Upper Cut COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Kosh CURLEY’S, Mojo Box DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, End of Summer Lowdown Hoedown feat.

Jesse Weston Band, Mark Riley Trio, Sammy Eubanks, VooDoo Church DOWNTOWN PONDERAY, Scotia Road LINGER LONGER LOUNGE (208-6232211), Open jam O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Spokane County Firefighters Pipes & Drums Auction J RED ROOM LOUNGE, Nappy Roots ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

Monday, 09/12

J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills THE OBSERVATORY, Megafauna RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with MJ The In-Human Beatbox ZOLA, Fus Bol

Tuesday, 09/13

J THE BARTLETT, Open Mic THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave JOHN’S ALLEY, Cycles KELLY’S IRISH PUB, Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Open mic night MIK’S, DJ Brentano J THE OBSERVATORY, Death Valley Girls (See story on facing page), Peru Resh, Lucky Chase J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL) (413-1834), DJ Charley THE RESERVE, Deschamp’s Artist Showcase THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Jam night with Gil Rivas SWAXX, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx ZOLA, The Bucket List

Wednesday, 09/14 CHECKERBOARD BAR, The Lark And The Loon, RANN EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard

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GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with T & T J INB PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Bonnie Raitt (See story on page 43) J JOHN’S ALLEY, Puff Puff Beer (See story on facing page) and Down North THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, DJ Lydell LITZ’S (327-7092), Nick Grow LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 RED ROOM LOUNGE, Hip Hop Is A Culture THE RESERVE, EDM Wednesdays with DJs Ayzim, Radikill, Gestut THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Piano Bar with Christan Raxter THE PIN!, DJ Freaky Fred THE ROADHOUSE, Open mic with Vern Vogel and the Volcanoes ZOLA, The Bossame

Coming Up ...

THE BIG DIPPER, Puff Puff Beer (See story on facing page), Sept. 15 SPOKANE ARENA, Blink-182, A Day to Remember, All American Rejects, Sept. 16 THE BARTLETT, Ron Greene album release, Shelby McKinnon, Justin Brache, Sept. 16 KNITTING FACTORY, Cordell Drake & Mista Snipe, Dirty Savage, III Kings, PEST, Brotha Naure, Jay Cope, Sept. 16 GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Magnifique show feat. Kaskade, Chromeo, Duke Dumont, Sept. 17

MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S• 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CONKLING MARINA & RESORT • 20 W. Jerry Ln., Worley• 208-686-1151 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • (208) 773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 THE JACKSON ST. • 2436 N. Astor • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LOON LAKE SALOON • 3996 Hwy. 292 • 233-2738 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • (208) 265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-6647901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • (208) 765-3200 x310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY• 15 S Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO • 6425 N Lidgerwood St • 242-8907 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S• 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • (208) 930-0381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 SWAXX • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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THEATER MIND MELD

Gonzaga’s Magnuson Theatre launches its new season with a touring production of Freud’s Last Session, which imagines a robust debate between the legendary psychoanalyst and a young C.S. Lewis on the night England enters World War II. Over the course of the evening, the two discuss everything from sex and love to the meaning of life, alternating between drama and comedy. The play, touring from Wayland Baptist University, was written by Mark St. Germain and is directed by Gonzaga’s Charles Pepiton.

— DAN NAILEN Freud’s Last Session • Fri, Sept. 9 and Sat, Sept. 10, at 7:30 pm • $15 • Magnuson Theatre, Gonzaga campus, College Hall #432 • gonzaga.edu/theatrearts • 313-6553

VISUAL ARTS OLD IS NEW AGAIN

Coeur d’Alene’s Art Spirit Gallery is gearing up to host an exhibition featuring celebrated artist Mel McCuddin. The works of the 83-yearold painter have graced the gallery frequently over the course of its nearly 20-year existence. This particular exhibit gives McCuddin the sole spotlight, as 41 of his new works take center stage alongside selections of the artist’s older material. McCuddin’s unconventional method begins with random paint smearing and results in finished works that are equal parts abstract and realistic. The artist strives to pull the images he sees on the spattered canvas into the eyes of viewers; Inland Northwest residents are advised not to pass up this opportunity to see them.

— ISAAC HANDELMAN Mel McCuddin: New Works 2016 • Sept. 9 through Oct. 8; opening reception Fri, Sept. 9, from 5-8 pm • The Art Spirit Gallery • 415 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • theartspiritgallery.com • 208-765-6006

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BENEFIT RACE WITH ROVER

Grab your friends and family of both the two- and four-legged variety to form a team for Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service’s new community fundraiser event on Saturday.

Participants are handed clues that will send them to locations throughout the park to complete animal-themed challenges, which then give them clues to the next stop on the timed scavenger hunt race. Prizes in various categories will be awarded to participants, whose race entry fees help support the care of animals in need via SCRAPS’ Hope Foundation fund.

— CHEY SCOTT Fetch! SCRAPS Amazing Race • Sat, Sept. 10, from 10 am-3 pm • $10/person; $20/group • Riverfront Park, Northbank Shelter • scrapshopefoundation.org • 477-2752

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FREE NAMI FAMILY-TO-FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM for family members of close relatives with

MENTAL ILLNESS

A series of 12 weekly classes structured to help family members understand & support their ill relative while maintaining their own well being.

The course is taught by a team of trained volunteer family members.

Smash burgers are a girl’s best friend.

YOUR CHOICE OF LOCATION/DATES/TIMES:

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FILM SPOCK DOC

For the Love of Spock • Sat, Sept. 10, at 10:30 am; doors open at 10 am • $7 • Garland Theater • 924 W. Garland • bit.ly/SpockSpokane

EVENTS | CALENDAR

BENEFIT

ART IN BLOOM The third annual event benefits the mission of the Friends of the Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens.

Includes a silent auction, wine sale, artisan market, guided garden tours and more. Sept. 9, 12-8 pm; Sept. 10, 10 am-5 pm. $5. Corbin Art Center, 507 W. 7th. heritagegardens.org (999-5262) KYRS FALL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE KICK-OFF PARTY Washington state Poet Laureate Tod Marshall presents on the importance of arts, culture, and community radio in Spokane. Appetizers and cash bar on site. Sep. 9, 6-9 pm. $25. Paulsen Center, 421 W. Riverside Ave. bit.ly/2bvZhX6 (747-3012) PLAY FOR GRACIE DAY D.Lish’s Hamburgers hosts a fundraising event for the Play for Gracie Foundation, which offers sports scholarship to families in need. 20% of all sales will go to the foundation. Sep. 9, 10:30 am-9 pm. D. Lish’s Hamburgers, 1625 N. Division St. facebook.com/dlishshamburgers CVHS BAND CAR WASH Central Valley High School Band and Colorguard programs host their annual fundraiser.

Also, bring shoes for the Shoe Drive; accepted items are paired, wearable shoes of any style or size. Sep. 10, 9 am-4 pm. $5. Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Rd. (927-6848) KEEP THE CHANGE BluBerry is donating all of their tips from now through December to ACCOIN to aid in its mission of serving, education, supporting, and advocating for local families affected by childhood cancer. Blu Berry

Frozen Yogurt, 3007 E. 57th. acco.org GRANDPARENTS DAY CELEBRATION Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels’ 5th Annual celebration offers food, entertainment, a silent auction and announcement of the 2016 Grandparent of the Year. Sep. 11, 1-4 pm. $15; free/under age 10. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. (924-6976) HOWLING AT HAMILTON The pool is open for one day only for dogs to come enjoy the water. The annual fundraiser benefits the Humane Society of the Palouse. There must be one person for each dog; also includes a jumping contest at 5 pm. Sep. 11, 1-6 pm. $10.

Hamilton-Lowe Aquatics Center, 830 N. Mountain View Rod. humanesocietyofthepalouse.org (208-883-1166) WINE AND DINE FOR WISHES The event benefiting Make-A-Wish Foundation includes a four course dinner paired with local wine, and an opportunity to bid on silent auction items.

Sep. 13, 5:30 pm. Boiler Room, 6501 N. Cedar. akwa.wish.org (863-9213) PLAY FOR GRACIE MEMORIAL FOOTGOLF TOURNAMENT The third annual tourney, combining golf and soccer, raises proceeds for sports scholarships to kids in our community. Sept. 17-18, 9 am-4 pm. $140/4-person team. Eagle Ridge Short Course, 5840 S. Meadow Lane. playforgraciefoundation.org ROUND ABOUT 5K The run/walk proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Sep. 18, 9 am-noon. $18-$28. Deer Park Physical Therapy, 707 S. Park. roundabout5k.com

WALK 2016 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH DISCOVERY PARK

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We connect people with a Down syndrome diagnosis, their families and the community at large.

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WEEKEND SCHEDULE

In case you don’t know any Trekkies, this year is a big deal for fans of Gene Roddenberry’s famous sci-fi series: Star Trek is turning 50. While plans to host a local Star Trek convention in honor of the milestone didn’t pan out, organizers have rallied to put on a screening of the For the Love of Spock documentary at the Garland this weekend. A film that honors the late Leonard Nimoy, produced by his son, Adam, so far this is the only screening in Eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana. One dollar from each ticket sold is being donated to the local nonprofit Operation Dog Tag, which trains and provides service dogs to veterans at no cost to them. Attendees are strongly encouraged to attend in costume.

— CHEY SCOTT

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W I SAW U YOU

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CHEERS JEERS

&

I SAW YOU CURLY BLONDE You driving the black suv with the cutest smirk I’ve seen in awhile was amazing.

PANDA BEAR SHADLE I saw you at the Wellesley Panda express Tuesday night 8/30...very intrigued, love your smile and eyes!! You in a F350 me in a F350...hope to see you again!! I should have stopped :) Maybe we will run into each other again..

AT SALON AVANT ART SHOW To the shorthaired brunette with the small tattoo on the back of her neck (is it an Asian character?) at Salon Avant’s First Friday: Though I don’t believe we’d met before, you gave me a smile when I walked in and I, taken by surprise, distracted by the art & feeling dreary that day, didn’t even respond. I immediately regretted not responding, especially as I never had a chance to redeem myself over the course of the evening. I’m sorry, you have a lovely smile and I did not mean to ignore you. Maybe if you see this we could catch another art show & I can prove I’m not always a stone face!

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY...IN WALMART. I saw you on Friday September 3 at the Walmart on Colton. You were wearing a green plaid shirt with a baseball cap, and you had the most rugged, handsome look about you. I was wearing black leggings with a maroon shirt. Blond hair pulled back. You and I made eye contact, and I purposefully held my gaze longer than usual before giving you a little smile as we walked past eachother. You gave a smile back. I turned around for a double take,

and you did at the same time! I think we were both a little embarrassed that we caught eachother doing a double take, so we quickly turned around and went our separate ways. I was smiling all the way home just thinking about you! I’m leaving to go back to college next week, but I would love to meet up with you before that happens :) YOU BROWN EYED GIRL I saw you just the other day- my, how you have grown! Makin love in the grass behind the stadium with you. I’m your brown eyed girl. Yes I still think of, everyday actually. Now that I’m on my own...I feel a change a comin’ And its not too late, babe! I’m crazy about you xoxo if you feel the same way, contact me at blushroses4henry1@outlook.com

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banana on my way out. I hope you read the Inlander, too!

CHEERS SPD Thank you to the SPD officers who assisted us when we got rear ended taking our daughter to her first day of school! The other driver was impaired and the officers did an excellent job with the situation.

TO MY DEAR SWEET ONES who always have time for me; who never fail to tell me how much they love me; who take time out of their hectic work schedules to sit down for a cup of coffee with me. I love each and every one of you. Thank you for caring so much for me. Thank you for always being there for me. All of you are diamonds in the rough.

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IT’S NICE TO BE APPRECIATED I work at 7-Eleven on the South Hill. Friday afternoon this lady and her 2 boys came in and got a drink and treat for each of them. The total was $7 and some change. She could not find her debit card. She was freaking out because she was having her oil changed in her car across the street. No payment no car. I paid the $7 and gave her the receipt.

Told her to find her card so she could get her car and she could pay me back any time. She came back with her 2 boys paid me back and gave me a bouquet of flowers.

I almost started crying. Some days the job sucks, but it’s so amazing when customers appreciate you. This really made my day and I wanted to give a shout-out to this nice lady and her boys. Thank you for being so nice.

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HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday to the most intelligent man I have ever had the honor to know! I miss you more with ever passing day. Here’s to you, I raise my gin and tonic in a toast to celebrate with you in your birthday week (yes, you get a whole week :) Cheers!!!

JEERS NAVIGATING SPRAGUE AND UNIVERSITY Westbound Sprague — the left turn lane is also a through lane! I know it’s a unique

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YOU AND A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I saw you a while ago, & well, I should have been a better friend to you. I still remember that year you gave me a perfect holiday gift: a live, freshly cut Christmas tree, homegrown from the heights of the Ponderosa suburbia. I know its not the holiday season quite yet, but I was hoping you could help me with something. If you see this, could you please teach me how to properly play my favorite holiday tune on piano in the key of G? Maybe our paths will cross again this holiday season, near a piano surrounded by pointsettias, lights and elegant evergeen trees. Until then, I look upon the coming months with great joy :)

YOU SAW ME RE: I HOPE YOU READ THE INLANDER You saw me at the zip trip on Maple and 10th. When your eyes met mine, fireworks went off in my heart. Damn! You got the hottest tattoo. I froze when you left, but I was mesmorized by you. I purchased a

GREETINGS TO THE CAPTAIN OF CONSTITUENTS Greetings to the Captain of Constituents, Sultan of Spokane. This is for you, Mr. Stuckart, from a proud and supportive constituent. This beloved city many call home is better, because of you.

Your willingness to face persecution and persnickities (that may/not even be a word), in order to raise our little-big metropolis to a seat of individual whole-ness, deserves a moment of positive recognition. Thank you for your fight; through your own personal struggles you man the helm, lend an ear, and somehow continuously come up smiling. The local level may end up being our last refuge and stalwart in these obscure political times, for all the Hype and Banter slung across Delegates and Representatives is of no finite assist to us here on the earth. But we have you. May the 5-0-9 forever be in your favor, and the wind always at your back. — Kimpossible HAPPY DANCING LADY To the black lady with the most amazing big hair, you made my day by just dancing as you’re walking north on Hamilton toward north foothills on Friday around 5:30 pm. Thank you for

SOUND OFF 1. Visit Inlander.com/isawyou by 3 pm Monday. 2. Pick a category (I Saw You, You Saw Me, Cheers or Jeers). 3.

Provide basic info: your name and email (so we know you’re real). 4. To connect via I Saw You, provide a non-identifying email to be included with your submission — like “petals327@yahoo.com,” not “j.smith@comcast.net.”

TO THE TWO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMEN (no need to say where this happened because when you read this, you will know) who approached my son while he was getting coffee and sweetly asked if he had a twin. That was one of the kindest things to ask him. (I know you saw his wedding band and that’s why the question was asked the way it was). He recently lost his spouse so things have been difficult for him. You two made his day with those words and then, when he turned so you saw the right side of his face with scarring from a tragedy of the past, you didn’t gawk or take back your question. Instead, you two sweetly asked, “Are you sure you don’t have a twin?” Both of you warmed his heart, put a smile on his face and brought tears to his eyes. He just needed some words of encouragement and you gave those to him. Thank you. Coffee is on us next time.

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COMEDY

GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (847-1234) 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 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 THE CORPORATION The improv-driven show performed by the BDT Players is intended for mature audiences only. Sep. 10, 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com DRINK N’ DEBATE: COMEDY COMPETITION Three new teams will try to knock last month’s “MasterDebaters” off their throne. Doors open at 7, show start at 8 pm. Sep. 11, 8 pm. $10. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. bit.ly/2bNpEW7 RED GREEN LIVE: I’M NOT OLD, I’M RIPE After 20 successful years on TV from the infamous “Possum Lodge” as the handyman who believes that “anything is possible if you use enough duct tape”, Red Green is back with a whole new show.

Sep. 12, 7 pm. $51.50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) 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. Observatory, 15 S. Howard. observatoryspokane.com (598-8933) TRIVIA + OPEN MIC COMEDY Trivia starts at 8 pm; stick around for open mic comedy afterward. Tuesdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. Checkerboard Bar, 1716 E. Sprague Ave. checkerboardbar.com

COMMUNITY

BODIES HUMAN: ANATOMY IN MOTION For the first exhibit in its new home, Mobius hosts six whole bodies, more than 100 individual organs, and transparent body slices that have been preserved through plastination, a technique that replaces bodily fluids with reactive plastics. Exhibit runs through Dec. 31; hours are Tu-Sat, 10 am-5 pm and Sun, 11 am-5 pm. (Recommended for ages 10+.) $15.

Mobius Science Center, 331 N. Post. mobiusspokane.org CORBIN WALKERS GROUP The group

meets on Thursday mornings at 8:45 am (through Oct. 27) and takes the van to a different starting point each week, walks about an hour and return to Corbin for a coffee break. $2/person. Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland. (327-1584) JFS DINNER + PRESENTATION During dinner, hear a discussion on the tensions and conflicts between Jews, Muslims and Christians that appear in the news every day. Sep. 8, 6:30 pm. $7 donation appreciated. Temple Beth Shalom, 1322 E. 30th Ave. (747-7394) SPOKANE VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Spokane Valley property owners, residents, businesses and others interested in the city’s growth and development are invited to an open house to learn more about the update to Spokane Valley’s Comprehensive Plan. Sep. 8, 6-8 pm. Free and open to the public. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. (720-5240) INLAND NORTHWEST PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCE The sixth annual, threeday event, themed “Building ECO Community – Joyful Pathways to a Healthier Planet,” features live music, workshops, a skill-share village, vendors and children’s program. Pre-registration required. $75/ person; free/children under 12; $37.50/ teems; $40/single day admission. Heartsong, 7034 Hwy. 291, TumTum. Sept.

9-11. inlandnorthwestpermaculture.com/ (914-246-0309) GOOD MORNING GREATER SPOKANE/ VISION 2030 The Good Morning Greater Spokane breakfast series has a line-up of programs designed to update attendees on community efforts and more. Sep. 9, 7-9 am. $25/$55. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone. greaterspokane.org SANDPOINT CONTRA DANCE Featuring live music by Out of the Wood, with Nancy Staub calling. Bring a potluck dish to share. Sept. 9, 7-10 pm. $5. Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 S. First Ave. cityofsandpoint.com (208-263-6751) FALL NATIVE FESTIVAL & FUNDRAISER The second annual event offers traditional Native storytelling, a youth and children’s Pow Wow with drumming, singing and dancing, artist demos, tipi pole setup demo, stick game demo, face painting, arts and crafts vendors, food and more.

Sept. 10, 10 am-4 pm. Free. American Indian Community Center, 610 E. North Foothills Dr. bit.ly/2aNqCj5 (535-0886) ALL-ORIGINAL CAR SHOW The Historical Automotive Society of Spokane and the Inland Empire (HASSIE) presents its 8th annual event, featuring at least 150 autos from 1900 through 1986. Also in-

cludes live music and food for purchase.

Sept. 10. Free and open to the public. Mirabeau Park Meadows, 13500 Mirabeau Parkway. spokanevalley.org (688-0300) COMMUNITY E-WASTE COLLECTION EVENT Drop off all of your unwanted electronics, working or non-working, and we will recycle them for you. CRT TVs of any size will be accepted for a $10 drop off fee this event only. Sept. 10. Free.

Yoke’s Fresh Market, 210 E. North Foothills Dr. theartisans.org (325-4489) EASTERN WASHINGTON GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY A social time begins at 12:30 pm; meeting at 1 pm; program follows the meeting. September’s featured speaker is Sandy Doutre, a Scottish research expert. Sept. 10, 12:30 pm.

Free and open to the public. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org (444-5336) END OF SUMMER FUN FEST Includes bounce houses, inflatable slide, balloon twister, games, crafts, food, yummy treats, free prizes, and more. Hosted by Vine Church. Sept. 10, 10 am-2 pm. Free.

Landings Park, 3849 Long Meadow Dr., CdA. TheVineIdaho.org HARMONY YOGA OPEN HOUSE Sample classes free of charge. Visit harmony.com to view the schedule. Sept. 10, 9 am-6:30 pm. Free. Harmony Yoga, 1717 W. Sixth Ave. harmonyoga.com (447-4430) FETCH! SCRAPS AMAZING RACE An event benefiting SCRAPS Hope Foundation, offering a pet-friendly scavenger hunt throughout Riverfront Park. Options include long and short courses, animalthemed challenges, a photo scavenger hunt and more. Sept. 10, 10 am-3 pm. $10-$20; pledge sheets also available.

Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard St. scrapshopefoundation.org (477-2752) MANITO FALL PLANT SALE During the Friends of Manito’s annual event, shoppers can also chat with garden experts, hear live music, enter a raffle, see local art demos and more. Sept. 10, 8 am-3 pm. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito.org (509-456-8038) PARKFEST The Friends of Coeur d’Alene Park conclude a 4-month celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the park with a day of music and art, kids events, classic cars and a showing of the movie “The Music Man.” Sept. 10, 3 pm. Free. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) SAVE THE ONE WALK The Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN) of Idaho commemorates National Suicide Prevention Week with a 3.2-mile walk meant to prevent and bring awareness to suicide in

North Idaho. Sept. 10, 10 am. $15. Coeur d’Alene City Park, 415 W. Mullan Rd. (208-290-6161) TABLETOP GAMES STOP & SHOP Explore an expansive board game collection. If you like one, local shop Uncle’s Games will help you get a deal on your own copy. Whether competitive or cooperative, most games are geared toward ages 14+. Sept. 10, 2-4 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 208 Forest. (893-8300) ADULT COLORING Drop in for a relaxing evening of art, and color any of our free coloring sheets or a postcard to mail to a friend. Sep. 14, 6-7 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne. (893-8260) DROP IN & CODE Youth grades 3 and up who want to learn to code can stop

by Spark Central where they can learn fun coding activities using Code.org and Scratch. Offered Sept. 14, Oct. 19 and Nov. 16, from 3:30-5 pm. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org SENIOR EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY FAIR Host or visit vendor booths specific for low- to moderate-income seniors.

Sept. 14, 10 am-2 pm. Free. Clare View Seniors, 4827 S. Palouse Hwy., Spokane. spokanehousingventures.org BREWFTOP PARTY This annual event shares the latest projects and developments of The Lands Council’s work to protect the regional environment, why it is important, and how the public can get involved. Featuring beer by Black Label Brewing, music by Mama Doll and food by Main Market Co-Op. Sept. 16, 5-8 pm. Saranac Rooftop, 25 W. Main. bit. ly/2bn7No4 (209-2407) PORCHFEST WEST CENTRAL The third annual event invites the community to 17 porches of West Central neighborhood homes, to enjoy performances by 37 musicians, poets, and other local artists. Sep. 17, 3-7 pm. Free. facebook.com/ PorchFestWestCentral

FILM

CONNECTING WRITERS WITH HOLLYWOOD A three-day conference for writers, screenwriters and filmmakers, with keynote speaker Chuck Palahniuk, author and writer of “Fight Club.” Creative individuals can pitch their work to agents, managers and producers. Sept.

8-10. $225 (registration deadline was Aug. 20). cwwh2016.com CREATED EQUAL SERIES FILM AND DISCUSSION Watch the PBS film “Slavery By Another Name” and join Angela Schwendiman of EWU after the movie for a discussion. Sep. 10, 12:30 pm. Free.

South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org (444-5331) FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK A fundraising event for Operation: Dog Tag, and the only screening of this film in the Inland Northwest. See the film by Adam Nimoy about his father, Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock of Star Trek. Sep. 10, 10 am-2 pm. $7. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com (315-5854) OCCUPATION OF THE AMERICAN MIND A documentary screening hosted by Spokane Veterans for Peace, Chapter 35.

Sep. 10, 4-6 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. (444-5331) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Attend a special midnight screening of this cult classic. Sept. 10 and Oct. 29. $7. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com EVERYMAN A screening as part of the Bing’s Stage to Screen series. Sept. 11, 2 pm. $17. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. friendsofthebing.org BOLLYWOOD ON THE PALOUSE WSU College of Arts and Sciences, The Asia Program, The Dept. of Foreign Languages and Cultures and the Honors College sponsor the first ever “Bollywood” festival. See recent Hindi cinema on Tuesdays, at 7 pm, Sept. 6-27. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org

FOOD & DRINK

LITTLE SMOKE FESTIVAL Eastern Washington’s premium cigar festival, featuring cigar aficionados, beer and liquor vendors, barbecue food and live music. Sept.

9-10. $125-$250. Northern Quest Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com VINO WINE TASTING Sample Mionetto Proseccos, wines also available by-theglass. Tastings include cheese and crackers. Sept. 9, 3-6:30 pm. Vino! A Wine Shop, 222 S. Washington. vinowine.com MUSIC, MICROS & BBQ The casino’s summer food and drink series highlights breweries from E. Washington, Ore. and Calif., Jim Beam spirits, live music from Junk Belly, and an $18 all-you-can-eat barbecue. Sept. 10, 5-10 pm. $18. CdA Casino, 37914 S Hwy 95. (800-523-2467) RESTAURANT WARS The inaugural event unites eight local restaurants and five regional breweries for a local food and drink showcase. Bracelets ($17) allow guests the chance to sample chefs’ small plates dishes. Also includes live music, chef demos and a farmers market.

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That translates into big business for retailers. Headset, a Seattle-based “cannabis intelligence” company, recently sifted through 40,000 legal marijuana transactions made in Washington from September 2014 through this past July to determine who is buying what to foster such steady growth.

Their report identifies the average customer as a 37-year-old male (only 31.1 percent of buyers are women) who prefers traditional buds and spends $647 on cannabis annually. Millennials 21 to 34, however, account for almost half (45 percent) of all customers.

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.

Keep out of reach of children. For more information, consult the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board at www.liq.wa.gov.

Spokane Green Leaf, the city’s first recreational vendor, welcomes a similar clientele, albeit one with a few more gray hairs than you’d expect.

“Twenty-one to ninety, man,” says manager Jordan Zenisek of her customer age range. “People come in with their grandpas.” She says visitors are more often than not on the older end of the spectrum, a demographic they cater to with their veteran discounts. The ratio of men to women who enter the store also defies the Headset findings.

“I would say it’s a pretty even balance between men and women,” says Zenisek. “They want high THC, and mainly sativas.”

Not surprisingly, they also want a good deal. Zenisek wagers that the typical customer spends between $30 and $50 per visit, a number reflected in the Headset study ($33 per trip on average).

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My boyfriend and I have been together for a year and a half, and we really love each other. His parents adore me and are thrilled that he might not die alone. After his mom saw us being all cuddly in the supermarket, she warned him that we may be getting in people’s way or annoying them by “hanging all over each other.” (We aren’t doing anything dirty or gross — just hand-holding, play wrestling, quick kisses.) She wondered whether we do this because one of us is insecure. I felt sort of offended. We’re just affectionate. Most people who see us smile. —Lovey-Dovey

There’s being cuddly at the supermarket, and then there’s being cuddly in a way that says, “We usually do this with whipped cream.”

Even if what you’re publicly displaying is affection, not foreplay, there are a number of reasons it may make onlookers uncomfortable: It’s them. (They were raised to think PDA is not okay.) It’s their relationship. (The more warm, cuddly, and adorbs you two are the more you remind them that their relationship temperature is about 3 degrees above “bitter divorce.”) It’s the wrong time and place. (They’re watching you do huggy headlocks at Granny’s funeral.)

You’re actually onto something by being so physically demonstrative. Charles Darwin observed that expressing the physical side of an emotion — that is, “the outward signs,” like the yelling that goes with rage — amps up the emotion. Modern research finds that he was right.

For example, clinical psychologist Joan Kellerman and her colleagues had total strangers do something lovers do — gaze deeply into each other’s eyes. Subjects who did this for just two minutes “reported significantly more feelings of attraction, interest, warmth, etc. for each other” than subjects in the “control” condition (who spent the two minutes looking down at each other’s hands). Research on touch has found similar effects. The upshot? Act cuddly-wuddly and cuddly-wuddly feelings should follow.

Maybe you can science his mom into feeling better by explaining this. Consider that she may just be worried that you two are going to burn yourselves out. If you think that’s part of it, you might clue her in on what the greeting cards don’t tell you: Love is also a biochemical process, and a year and a half in, you’re surely out of the hormonal hurricane stage.

You also might dial it down a little around her (not because you’re doing anything wrong but because it’s nice to avoid worrying Mumsy if you can). The reality is, we all sometimes get in other people’s way when we’re trying to find something at the supermarket — organic Broccolini…grape kombucha…precancerous polyp in the girlfriend’s throat.

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I love my girlfriend, but the other night on the phone, I said something that really hurt her feelings. I was out with my guy friends, and one said, “Get her flowers. Girls love that stuff.” I ran around in the middle of the night looking for them. Obviously, there were no florists open. I had to hit a slew of 7-Elevens. I came home with a rose and told her about my treasure hunt to find it. She loved it, and all was forgiven. For a flower? I don’t get it. —Temporary Jerk It is a little crazy that when you love a woman, you’re supposed to express it with a handful of useless weeds — that is, “Say it with flowers” and not something nice and practical, a la “Say it with a repeating stapler.”

“A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose,” wrote Gertrude Stein. Sorry, Gertie. It’s actually not. A rose can also be a form of information — one that anthropologists call a “costly signal.” A costly signal is a message that’s more than just words — meaning it involves an investment of time, effort, risk, and/or money, which tells the recipient that it’s more likely to be sincere. So, the pointless extravagance of buying a woman flowers is exactly the point. To be willing to burn money on something so intrinsically useless suggests you’re either a natural-born idiot or so in love that it makes you droolingly dim.

But — as you might argue — you only spent a few bucks on that rose. Well, context counts. Research by evolutionary social psychologist Yohsuke Ohtsubo and his colleagues points out that buying just one flower will make you look cheap — but only when “a more costly option (is) available” (like if you’re at a florist). Otherwise, effort counts. In other words, if you only bring your woman a single rose, casually mention that you got it by crawling over broken glass to 7-Eleven while dodging gunfire from the Albanian mob. (Or that you at least tried Rite Aid, CVS, and 12 other 7-Elevens first.) 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 FOOD STORAGE: PREPARING FOR POWER OUTAGES Class led by Food Preservation & Safety Specialist Anna Kestell. Sep. 13, 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 208 Forest. (893-8300) LOGAN NEIGHBORHOOD APPRECIATION BARBECUE All food is served free of charge, with proceeds from drink purchases to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. Includes beer pong, cornhole and live music from Evan Denlinger. Sep. 13, 4:30-9 pm. Clover, 913 E. Sharp Ave. cloverspokane.com

MUSIC

BLUES & BREWS FESTIVAL An event featuring live music, microbreweries, and food trucks for all ages. One ticket provides two samples of beer (over 21).

Event benefits Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest. Sept. 10, 12-5 pm. $5-$10. Steam Plant Square, 159 S. Lincoln. steamplantspokane.com LAKE SPOKANE MUSIC FEST Featuring the Nine Pint Coggies Scottish fiddle group and Sarah Carter, performing Celtic harp and vocals. Also includes family activities and games, and a Texas-style barbecue. Sept. 10, 12-4 pm. Free. Tall Pines Park, Highway 291 at milepost 17. lakespokaneparks.org SPOKANE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS PIPES & DRUMS AUCTION The event benefits the Spokane County Firefighters Pipes & Drums and The Firefighter Cancer Support Network. Sept. 11. free.

O’Doherty’s Irish Grille, 525 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (435-2600)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

PROVING GROUNDS FIGHT NIGHT A live amateur mixed martial arts event featuring local fighters. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Sep. 9, 7 pm. $20-$30. HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo Ave. hubsportscenter.org (509-927-0602) BEST OF THE WEST BODY BUILDING CHAMPIONSHIPS A body-building competition, with categories of physique, figure, beach body, swag, fitness and classic bodybuilding. Sep. 10, 9 am. $24-$34. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com BLOCK 2 SCHOOL: LILAC CITY ROLLER GIRLS The 2016 Washington State Roller Derby Champion team competes against the Walla Walla Sweets in a double-header that also includes the men’s derby team at 5 pm. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Sep. 10, 7 pm. $8-$10.

Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokanecenter.com RATHDRUM ADVENTURE RACE A local triathlon of biking, kayaking and a forest trail run, offering long and short-course options. Sept. 10, 8 am. $60-$150. rathdrumchamberofcommerce.com HIKING FOR BEGINNERS The Dishman Hill Conservancy presents an overview of the 10 Essentials for Hiking, including trails on Dishman Hills for all abilities, and more. Sep. 12, 6 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. (444-5331) KELLOGG’S TOUR OF GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS See members of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Teams as they kick off their 36-city tour at the Spokane Arena. Sept. 15, 7:30 pm. $29-$299. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. spokanearena.com (279-7000)

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TITLE OF SHOW Hunter, Jeff, and their friends are on a journey through the gauntlet of creative self-expression. In the span of 90 minutes they write and perform their show and learn lessons about themselves as people, friends and artists. Through Sept. 17, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Ella’s Cabaret Club, 1017 W. First. (455-7529) THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Six awkward spelling champions learn that winning (and losing) isn’t everything. Sept. 9-Oct. 10, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $24-$27. Modern Theater CdA, 1320 E. Garden Ave. themoderntheater.org SPOKANE CIVIC THEATRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY GALA An evening benefiting the Spokane Civic Theatre, with opening night of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Begins with a silent auction/ cocktail hour at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6 and curtain time at 7:30. Sep. 9, 5:30 pm. $75. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST The Civic’s season opening show on the main stage, a musical performance based on Disney’s classic adaptation.

Sept. 9-Oct. 9; Thu-Sat, 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $22-$30. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. (325-2507) FREUD’S LAST SESSION A performance imagining a conversation between the legendary founder of psychoanalysis, Dr. Sigmund Freud and the up-and-coming young Oxford don C.S. Lewis. Sept. 9-10, 7:30 pm. $15. Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre, 502 E. Boone. gonzaga.edu/theatreanddance 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.

Through Sept. 11, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org

VISUAL ARTS

ANN PORTER: SAINTS & STUFFIES The contemporary artist displays her artwork in the Boswell Hall Corner Gallery at North Idaho College, from Sept.

6-Nov. 4. Gallery open Mon-Fri. Free.

North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu (208-769-3276) KASSIE SMITH & CHRISTIE ZEOLI The September exhibit features work by resident artists; Kassie Smith showing her ceramic artistry and Christie Zeoli her abstract oil paintings. Sept. 2-25; Gallery open Thu-Sun, 10 am-6 pm.

Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Park Way. artisanbarn.org (509-229-3414) SALLY HICKMAN: WINTER COUNT REMEMBERED The Montana artist recently completed a body of work inspired by the culture of the Native American.

Through Sept. 11; gallery open Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm (Wed until 8 pm.) $5-$10/ museum admission. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org LIFETIME OF WHITE NOISE This show represents works of Carrie Scozzaro, Susan Fairfax, Chelsea Cordova, Shiree Cosgrove, Daniel Droz, Jennifer Fallein, Josh Monteith and Christian Reid. Sep. 9, 5-8 pm. Free. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth St. emergecda.org (208-818-3342) 13TH SPOKANE STUDIO ART TOUR The annual event showcases 35 artists and

artisans whose work is on display and for sale at five studio locations in North Spokane. Sept. 10, 10 am-5 pm; Sept. 11, 11 am-5 pm. Free. studioarttour.com CRAFTING IDENTITY: MASKS & PASTORELA IN MICHOACAN An exhibition of masks carved by Felipe Horta and various other mask artists from the village of Tocuaro, in Michoacan. Sept. 10Jan. 14; gallery open Mon-Sat, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. (509-313-6843) GALLERY RECEPTION: “EARTH + ABOVE” An exhibit of interpretive land and sky scapes by Frank Knapp, Nora Egger, Elsie Stewart, Lynn Hanley, Colleen Lake, Mitchell Pluto, Jessica Bryant and LR Montgomery. Sept. 10, 5-7 pm.

Free. Little Dog Art Gallery, 903 1/2 W. Garland. (315-7900) INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT MARKET PLACE & ARTISAN TINKER TOWNE: For three weekends this fall, local artists, craft and food vendors and a farmers market set up in Oasis Park at Sprague and Perry, next to the gallery. Sept. 9-10, Sept. 23-24 and Oct. 14-15; Fri from 10 am-5 pm, Sat from 11 am-6 pm. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague, Ste. B. newmoonartgallery. com (217-5543) BETWEEN THE SHADOW & THE LIGHT An exhibition of U.S. and African artists engaging with the history, culture, and contemporary reality of South Africa on five themes: remembrance, resistance, reconciliation, representation and revisioning. Sept. 13-Oct. 22; reception on Sept. 13. Gallery hours Mon-Fri, 10 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. Free. Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth, 300 W. Hawthorne Ave. (777-3258)

WORDS

SAFFRON & HONEY: MUSLIMS, JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN MEDIEVAL SPAIN Spokane Area Jewish Family Services and Humanities Washington host a conversation with musician, educator and facilitator Antonio Davidson-Gómez, as part of the 2015-16 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.

Dinner at 6:30 pm; presentation starts at 7:15 pm. Sep. 8, 6:30 pm. Free; $7 suggested donations for dinner. Temple Beth Shalom, 1322 E. 30th. humanities. org/programs/speakers (747-7394) READING: CHRISTIAN WINN, JERRI BENSON & ROSS HARGREAVES Idaho Writer In Residence Christian Winn and two of his former students and current U of I MFA candidates, Jerri Benson and Ross Hargreaves, read from their short fiction, followed by an open-forum discussion. Sept. 9, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main. (208-882-2669) SIGNING: CHUCK PALAHNUICK The bestselling Northwest author is on site signing copies of his new novel, “Fight Club 2.” Purchase of that book, or a preorder of “Bait,” is required for the signing line. Sep. 10, noon. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) I AM A TOWN In this workshop led by Spokane Poet Laureate Laura Reed, participants write poems about specific places in Spokane to be workshopped and then published in the second edition of the “I Am a Town” collection.

Register online. Meets Sept. 14 and 21, from 6-8 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org

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Interstate 90 crossing the Columbia River at Vantage Bridge.

Ode to (Desert) Joy Why you should slow down — or better yet, stop — in the “drive-by” stretch of Washington

BY SCOTT A. LEADINGHAM “People say that they ‘love’ the desert, but few of them love it enough to live there. … Most people ‘love’ the desert by driving through it in air-conditioned cars, ‘experiencing’ its grandeur. That may be some kind of experience, but it is living in a fool’s paradise.”

— Marc Reisner, Cadillac Desert

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here’s a kind of ritual we in the Northwest go through whenever describing our fair region to those at the far reaches of this country.

“You’re from Washington? How do you handle all the rain? Do you have mountains everywhere?”

We know the drill.

“Actually, most of Washington is dry. After you cross the Cascades, it’s, well, a lot different than Seattle.”

Even our cross-state brethren seem amazed that we can muster the intestinal and moral fortitude to live here on “the dry side.”

But let’s be honest: Inland Northwest folks — as in Spokane and North Idaho — can be just as dismissive of the central part of the state. How many times have you referred to the Tri-Cities as “Dry Shitties”? Or Moses Lake as “Moses Hole”?

Often.

That’s unfortunate. While a little friendly intrastate rivalry between regions is understandable, that kind of thinking blinds us to the reality that we live in one of the most ecologically, climatically and geologically diverse ar-

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eas of the country. In no other place can you drive from ocean, across rainforest, over coastal mountains, to a lowland sound, cross another mountain range, descend into the foothills, cross a major river, see high and arid desert landscapes and long, grandiose basalt plateaus, and again climb into the forested green foothills of another mountain range — all in a day. In the same state.

Indeed, the drive between Seattle and Spokane is a long one, but it’s much more than a Northwest version of “flyover country” — or drive-by country. That heart of the 509 between Ellensburg and Ritzville is as much a part of our striking region as the towering majesty of Mt. Rainier viewed from a Puget Sound ferry, or the solemn wonder of being deep on a trail in the Selkirks.

For it’s in the desert of Central Washington that you’ll find the connectivity of landscapes and resources that bind this region together from west to east.

Poor middle child. So overlooked — and seemingly unappreciated.

When someone asks my favorite sight or place in the Northwest, they’re usually surprised by the answer. Not just friends from far across the country, either. Those in the Spokane area and those on the “wet/west side” seem equally surprised that among my favorite spots to visit, there is no high peak to gaze upon nor ocean sunset to admire.

It’s not the snow-capped splendor of Cascade volcanoes or the almost surreal swirl of tidal waters from

Haystack Rock on the northern Oregon coast. But it’s something I love to see whenever I get a chance to drive between Seattle and Spokane near sunset. Here on the east side of the Vantage Bridge, with the Columbia River below, is the Wild Horses Monument. Easy to see from east or west directions on I-90.

Have you ever stopped and walked the short (and steep) loose dirt trail to see them from this side? If you do, you’ll look out to the west, across the mighty Columbia, that source of water, power and culture that binds all sides — east/west, north/south — of the Pacific Northwest.

Here in the desert of Central and Eastern Washington, this dry, agricultural, largest potato-producing county in the nation (sorry, Idaho), is this monument.

People may stop here on a cross-state trip, or as a quick pit stop before the annual Dave Matthews pilgrimage at the Gorge Amphitheatre a few miles up the road.

Or they may never stop. And that’s a shame. Because when you drive by or fly over, you miss sights — you miss experiences — like this. The sun setting over the west, over the Saddle Mountains, beyond to the Cascades, melting the hot summer day into the cool desert air, framed by the wind turbines scattered through the rugged shrub-steppe sageland of Kittitas County that eventually yields to the hay fields on the valley floor below.

Look out there to the west next time, across the horses. Look there through the desert, above the spinning turbines, toward the mountains, and you’ll see what it is that makes Washington and the Northwest so desirable.

So special.

It’s not one thing, one sight, one mountain, one type of climate, one vegetation zone, one volcano framed with the Space Needle in the foreground, perfect for a postcard.

It’s all of them, here, in one spot, one region. That’s why we stay. That’s why we live here. That’s why this is home.

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