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erold’s First Heretical Law: The quality of any research university, medical or otherwise, will always vary inversely to the attention that university and its faculty direct towards local job-training needs.

Spokane leaders have for decades urged a “research university for Spokane.” This was the justification they gave for their midnight raid back in 1998 to have WSU take over EWU. What became clear in the top-level meetings ordered up to resolve the issue? Forget research: Our business community really wanted high-end job training paid for by the state, which in serious academic circles invites loud snickering.

The quality of medical training will positively correlate to the proximity of the medical school to a Level I Trauma Center.

Medical students prefer going to school in Seattle because the UW is in Seattle and so is Harborview Medical Center, the only Level I Trauma Center in the region. When looking ahead to internships and residencies, students know that in such an environment they will get a better education — they will see more, they will learn more if they train at the UW, with access to nearby Harborview.

The UW surgeon who repaired our son’s wrist, a surgery he rated a 12 on a difficulty scale of 10, put it this way: “What I do isn’t rocket science. I can do it because I get lots of ‘seat time.’ I do about eight of these operations a year.”

That’s the UW. That’s Harborview. The Spokane surgeons we consulted had no experience with this kind of wrist trauma, nor knowledge of the technique and procedure the UW surgeon employed. And even if they had, we can expect that in Spokane, they wouldn’t see eight a year.

The training and education the medical student gets will vary directly with the size, economic base and civic culture ambient to the medical school.

Years back, Travis Rivers, the longtime music critic for the Spokesman-Review, told me that a case could be made that the second-best orchestra in New York City was the Doctors Orchestra, if you get my drift. There’s a certain cultural tipping point that attracts doctors.

The location of the medical school is not a reliable predictor of where the newly trained doctor will actually practice.

The claim is made that we need more doctors for rural America. OK, but what makes anyone think that a freshly minted doctor out of WSUSpokane Medical School will want to practice medicine in rural Eastern Washington? It isn’t necessarily where students are trained that determines where they practice. Oh yes, and given those student loans? In the old days they could

go out to places like Omak, practice for five or six years in public health stints and work off their loans. A “winwin,” as the biz people would say — and likely a more effective strategy to get health care to the places that need it most.

Washington State University has historically viewed dollars spent in Spokane to translate into fewer dollars for Pullman.

A couple of years back, before WSU President Elson Floyd, who now affirms his deep concerns for Spokane, picked a fight with the UW, he supported a decision to move some WSUSpokane programs — decidedly urban programs — back to Pullman. Some commitment.

The University of Washington administration and its political supporters, truth be told, have typically viewed Spokane interests and concerns to be little more than annoyances that occasionally must be addressed, if only in the form of a placebo — whatever it takes to get them to go away.

About the observation made by one critic that the UW has always had in mind not a medical school here but a “distance-learning” site from Seattle: Well, he’s right — point well-taken.

The University of Washington cannot be compared to Washington State University or vice versa.

To my haute-cuisine friends in Seattle (hey, our son is a dyed-in-the-purple Husky), might I point out something perhaps lost on you: Had we relied only on the UW, our state wouldn’t have the fourth-highest-rated veterinary school in America, nor its great wine industry, nor would we be producing the wheat per acre that we are.

On the other hand, to hunkered-down Cougars who see aggrandizement around every tree? Relax. UW isn’t trying to get into the vet school business, has no interest in wine (well, production of; they probably consume more per capita than do WSU fans) and hasn’t a clue about wheat. But they do know about medical schools, they understand research and they have experience running resident training programs.

And I’m quite certain they understand the difference between medical school viewed narrowly as training, and medical school viewed more broadly as a reflection of everything urban.

Moreover, since apparently we need more doctors to practice “family medicine” — well, guess which school ranks No. 1 in the entire U.S. of A.? Yep: the University of Washington. n

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hen we first launched the Inlander 21 years ago this month, we thought Spokane needed a place to find out about all the region’s events so, you know, people could go out and have fun. In fact, one of the first special sections we launched was our Fall Arts Preview.

As we put that issue together every year, it becomes obvious that October is the big daddy.

So it makes sense that Spokane Arts finally made it official and just renamed this month as Create Spokane Arts Month.

If you’ve been out, you see it — more people are doing more things than ever around here. Electronically, we can stay connected from far away with our iPhones and tablets, but somehow that has us wanting to be closer, out on the town together. (We’ve got to have something to post on Facebook and Twitter, after all.)

A quick look back at our 1994 Fall Arts Preview shows two days in October with goose eggs — nothing happening at all. The big shows that month were Lyle Lovett, something called Lazer Vaudeville and Fiddler on the Roof at Whitworth. I was at that Lyle Lovett concert — great show, but two-thirds of the Opera House crowd came dressed as empty seats.

Not to put down Spokane circa 1994, but this October I know we had to do our best cramming to fit all the events — with lots of spillover to be found at Inlander.com/events. For 2014, we’ve got Chewelah’s own Allen Stone, Jason Mraz and, um, Fiddler on the Roof. (OK, so some things don’t change.)

But the big change is you — shows are selling out, and arts groups are getting healthier. The Spokane of 1994 could never have landed Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam or Elton John, as the recent run at the about-to-turn-20 Spokane Arena featured.

So here’s your chance to get in on the action, starting with this week’s Visual Arts Tour/First Friday celebration all over downtown Spokane.

The rest of the month? DVR your favorite TV show so you can hit the scene. Les Miz in Coeur d’Alene, Tommy at the Bing. Read Swamplandia! as part of Spokane is Reading and go hear author Karen Russell on the 16th.

Meet visiting artist Dr. Chip Thomas, the Arizonan who has documented the Navajo, at the MAC and SFCC. The Blue Man Group, the Symphony plays Mozart, live comedy at a number of different local venues… The list goes on.

Finally, there’s the Create Spokane Costume Ball on the 30th, where the Spokane Arts Awards will be handed out after an exhilarating month. The one costume you won’t see? The empty seat. 

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BY LUKE BAUMGARTEN

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he sidewalk in front of the Nordstrom in downtown Seattle is paved with what looks and feels like granite. It has the look of luxury, there’s a roughness to its texture and, on sunny days, it holds the heat like a hearthstone.

The transit station directly beneath the Nordstrom — one of the busiest stops in the city — ferries people from all over the city into the heart of downtown. A good number of them walk directly into the store from an entrance in the station itself.

Many more people leave the station and step out onto those incredible sidewalks, fanning out in all directions. And no matter which direction they walk, at all hours of

the day, they pass a half-dozen people who would easily get the boot in Spokane.

People sitting. Lying. Panhandling.

Some passersby stop and give money.

The vast majority don’t. In two days of walking back and forth, in and out of stores, I never saw a security guard or police officer shoo anyone away.

I never heard the God-awful screech from the youth-repellent devices we’ve installed in our city, because they don’t have them in that part of Seattle. The overflowingwith-people part.

They have street kids in that part of Seattle. Lots of them, from what I could see.

They just feel no need to drive them off.

Which isn’t to say there isn’t a fight happening in Seattle, something like the one happening here. In 2013, Seattle Weekly ran a long story on the Center City Initiative, an effort

to curb many of the same nuisances driving Spokane business owners nuts, launched by many of the same sorts of interests behind our recent efforts picking on the poor.

And part of what catalyzed this in Seattle was... wanna guess? A perceived spike in crime downtown that was actually, statistically, a drop in crime. Kinda like Spokane.

The critical difference between CCI and what we’ve done — whether it be the panhandling ban, the sit-lie ordinance, or the Real Change campaign — is that CCI is a joint effort between business interests and homeless advocates.

It’s as much about providing services as it is about being tough on “street disorder,” the low-level, nonviolent annoyances that preceded our own sit-lie law.

None of the complaining businesses in the Seattle Weekly piece were anywhere near the bustling heart of the city. They were out-of-the-way places like the Dania store on Western Avenue and tourist-focused places like Argosy Cruises along the waterfront.

Doesn’t that remind you of anything?

Spokane’s Downtown Groceries after dark, say, or the Olive Garden in the Old City Hall or the area around the former Beignets.

I actively dislike comparing ourselves to Seattle, but we’re at a point of enormous power where we get to decide what sort of city we are creating, and various parts of Seattle show where we might end up.

Will ours be an inclusive, bustling city where the homeless mix in with everyone else or a place where we lay claims — whether through legislation or ear-piercing noise machines — to our own swaths of sidewalk?

Seattle has a sit-lie ordinance as well, after all. They’ve used it to sweep people off the waterfront, helping create the illusion of a picture-perfect tourist opportunity, at the expense of actual vibrancy.

In the bustling heart of their city, though, where the entire community pours onto those magnificent sidewalks, people sit and lie, and everyone else — thousands and thousands of people — move along, just fine. n Luke Baumgarten is the interim co-executive director of Spokane Arts, a cofounder of Terrain, the founder of Fellow Coworking and former culture editor of the Inlander.

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OPERATION MED SCHOOL couldn’t agree more with the article “Operation: Med School” (9/25/14)

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and Ted McGregor’s column on the same topic. While the SpokesmanReview’s reporting on this topic has been generally fair, it has also been piecemeal, and I believe was lacking in a couple of the important key elements: the perspective of WWAMI teachers and the med students themselves. As always, the Inlander hit a home run, and I think gives your readers a balanced, thorough, circumspect and broad perspective of the issue.

As the students point out themselves, in WWAMI they lack a “mothership” here in Spokane, which is incredibly important to a student embarking on such a long and stressful career path. As a member of the “volunteer faculty” of UW’s Department of Pediatrics (a euphemism for being a WWAMI teacher, but not getting paid for it), I have many times experienced the same problem. Let me be clear: I love teaching the WWAMI students. I find them to be bright, self-motivated and eager learners. I also find them to be grateful for our teaching. Teaching in this program is a labor of love (which I know is often the case no matter where you go). Where I have personally felt the pangs of being a UW/WWAMI teacher is in how all the resources are kept on the west side of the state.

UW is an excellent medical school, no doubt about it. But here in the Inland Northwest they are much better at ad campaigns and PR blitzes than they are at providing that mothership for their students and teachers.

WSU is poised to provide the entire package for a well-rounded, excellent medical school that will bring doctors to the region and keep them here to serve our needs the best. They may not start in the “Top 10,” but give them a few years!

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A budget-busting initiative aims to reduce class sizes — but is it worth it?

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or three decades, Ginny McCoy and Char Russell have been teaching little kids at Roosevelt Elementary School. Precisely how many little kids, however, has varied dramatically. The two have had classes with as few as 15 students and as many as 27.

“They are so drastically different, I can’t even begin to explain it,” says Russell. “For kids to really hook into schools, they need to build relationships with teachers.”

And in large classrooms, she says, that’s hard. Troublemaking first-graders seem to feed off each other — with

10 more kids in a class, managing the chaos becomes that much harder.

But it’s about more than discipline: It’s about how much time, how much personal customization, teachers can give to each student.

“When you have a ELECTION NEWS smaller class, you can INLANDER.COM/ELECTION2014 meet the needs of all children on the ability spectrum,” McCoy says. “When you have a smaller group of kids, you feel more successful as

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This year, they have only 19 students in each of their first-grade classes. Credit state investment: By the fall of 2017, Washington state aims for kindergarten through third-grade classes in high-poverty schools to contain an average of only 17 students apiece.

Logistically, meeting that goal is complicated: For Spokane Public Schools alone, administrators estimate it would take 145 new classrooms. Already, Spokane elementary schools like Longfellow have lost dedicated art classrooms to accommodate smaller class sizes. This November, voters will vote on Initiative 1351, which would up the ante even higher: For starters, it would require the legislature to drop class sizes down to 15 to 17 students in kindergarten through third grade, and to 22 to 25 students in all other grades. Low-income schools would go even further.

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he requirement is baked into the state constitution itself: The “paramount duty” of Washington state is supposed to be the adequate funding of basic education. But in 2012, the state Supreme Court ruled that the state had repeatedly failed to live up to that promise. Last month, it found the legislature in contempt, threatening sanctions unless lawmakers made clear progress toward funding education.

Former teacher Mary Howes, sponsor of the class-size initiative, sees it as a step toward fulfilling that promise. “We’re still 47th in the nation for class size,” Howes says.

Plenty of research indicates students learn better in smaller classes. Most famously, a lengthy study in Tennessee, beginning in 1985, examined around 6,500 students in about 80 elementary schools.

The kids in early-grade classrooms of 13 to 17 students — particularly low-income students — performed much better than those in classes of 22 to 25 students. A decade later, these students were slightly more likely to attend college.

“Having qualified, caring adults work-

ing with fewer students is the best bang for your buck,” says Howes. “The longterm benefit is there; you get great return on your dollar.”

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ut there are caveats: California found that after it decreased its class sizes, the flood of new and inexperienced teachers mostly washed away the modest gains for students in small classes. And then there’s the cost: Washington state’s Office of Financial Management predicts that starting in the fall of 2017, it would cost the state $3.4 billion every two years, not including the money local districts need to construct new buildings and facilities. The state predicts that modest increases in its revenue will quickly be overwhelmed by increasing costs in the overall budget. The initiative doesn’t say how small class sizes would be paid for.

It does, however, give districts with cramped schools flexibility to spend the money in other ways, by adding counselors, librarians, teaching assistants and aides. In other words, the “small class size” initiative might not actually add smaller class sizes in all schools. It might simply mean more teachers or aides in a single classroom. (The Tennessee class-size study found that adding aides to large classrooms was only about a third as

The more kids in a class, first-grade teacher Ginny McCoy says, the tougher it is to customize lessons for students. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO effective as smaller class sizes.)

“It’s not overstating it to say it’s a false promise,” says Liv Finne of the conservative Washington Policy Center.

She says the research on whether lower class sizes are worth the cost is mixed. “There’s no consensus that this is the solution,” says Finne. “[But] there’s agreement that this is a very expensive

policy.”

The question is whether there’s a cheaper, more effective approach: Finne argues the money could go instead toward performance pay for teachers — or even better, money for individual tutoring, longer school days and longer school years. “I think you could add 10 days of school with the money you have here,”

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Some of the biggest proponents of education, including Gates Foundation founder Bill Gates and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, have criticized the obsession with small class size.

“We spent billions of dollars to reduce class size. As a parent, we all love small class size,” Duncan said in a 2011 TV interview.

“But the best thing you can do is get children in front of an extraordinary teacher. So other countries have higher class sizes but extraordinary talent in those rooms.”

In fact, as districts struggled during the recession, Duncan suggested they actually use targeted class size increases to save money.

“Arne doesn’t know anything,” says Jenny Rose, president of the Spokane Education Association. “If you ask 100 teachers or educators if they believe in [lower class sizes], they’d say, ‘Yeah, it makes a really big difference.’”

She remembers, about eight years ago, teaching a third-grade class of only 18 students. Despite having three special ed students and a non-native English speaker, she brought them all up to reading at grade level. Every student but one passed the state standardized test. “It was amazing,” Rose says. “It was my best year ever.”

Even state Sen. Andy Billig of Spokane, a big proponent of education funding, has struggled with the dilemma. “I agree philosophically with the goals of the initiative,” says Billig, who sits on the Early Learning & K-12 Education committee. But he wonders whether “if we just put that nearly billion dollars in anti-poverty programs, it might have a more positive impact on educational success.”

Despite high class sizes, Washington’s schools excel in many areas. “People say they want to move to Spokane because of how our schools are doing,” Billig says. “We’re in the bottom half of funding and the top third in most categories for student achievement.”

But Howes sees clear room for improvement: “We can always do better for our kids.” n danielw@inlander.com

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Jason Hart, 28, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder after strangling his 33-yearold girlfriend, Regan Jolley, last June in Nine Mile Falls and attempting to dispose of her body in a tub of acid.

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Despite being tear-gassed by police, thousands of protesters continued to rally in the streets of Hong Kong. Launched by students, the protests have focused on China’s decision to only allow candidates approved by a nominating committee to run for Hong Kong chief executive in 2017.

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Spokane author Shawn Vestal won the 2014 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize this week, which includes a $25,000 award, for his short story collection Godforsaken Idaho.

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A police officer suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound Saturday night in Ferguson, Missouri, the center of recent protests over the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Officials did not believe the incidents were related.

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Annette Ingham, a victim and witness advocate at the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, displays shoes near the courthouse Friday during the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Each pair of shoes represented a victim of one of 658 murders in Spokane County since records began being kept in 1951. This year, community members donated 230 pairs of shoes, which Volunteers of America picked up later in the day to distribute to homeless shelters and nonprofits.

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council will revisit the rules in nine months. For taxis, the rule changes allow more mechanics in town to offer taxi inspections and create a new temporary taxi license to exempt drivers from city license fees (about $500) for their first 60 days of driving in order to make sure they’re a good fit for the company.

About 20 Lyft supporters sat in council chambers Monday in support of the changes and Bill Boomer, representing one of the city’s taxi associations, urged the council to make sure the rules are enforced, especially the ban on rideshare drivers parking in taxi zones.

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Getting Paid Washington to raise its minimum wage; plus, Spokane approves another charter school A HIGHER WAGE

Starting Jan. 1, the minimum wage in Washington — already the nation’s highest — will rise 15 cents to $9.47 an hour, the Department of Labor and Industries announced on Tuesday.

Thanks to INITIATIVE 688, passed by voters in 1998, the DOL is required to calculate the minimum wage every year on Sept. 30 to keep up with the rising rate of inflation. The new minimum wage is adjusted using the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers — a measure that tracks the average change in prices of more than 200 types of goods and services paid for by low-wage households.

Still, living-wage advocates argue that even $9.47 an hour isn’t enough for low-income families trying to get by. According to a study released last month by the Alliance for a Just Society, single adults in Washington must make $15.99 an hour in order to meet their basic needs, pay taxes and save 10 percent of their incomes in case of emergencies. In Spokane County alone, the living wage is $14.20 an hour, the study says.

“For us, a living wage really is not just surviving,” says Allyson Fredericksen, a policy associate at the Alliance for a Just Society. “It’s having that ability to feel

stable and not have to worry every month where that money is coming from.”

The DOL says the increased minimum wage will impact more than 67,000 workers across the state, who will take home an additional $312 a year.

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The Spokane City Council may have found a way to temporarily hush the simmering bitterness between the city’s taxi drivers and new services UBER and LYFT. The two app-based ridesharing services came to town in the spring, angering traditional taxi companies who say they don’t pay many of the fees or follow the same rules taxi drivers do.

In two votes Monday night, the council unanimously approved agreements outlining how Uber and Lyft will operate in the city and loosening some taxi regulations.

The agreements require that Uber and Lyft pay the city 10 cents per ride and follow safety rules like vehicle inspections and zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policies.

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Last year, the district approved Pride Prep, a projectbased, tech-savvy charter. Last Wednesday, the Board of Directors of Spokane Public Schools approved a new charter school, the Spokane International Academy.

Already, interest is high.

“Yesterday, I had about 30 emails looking to enroll their kids in our school,” former Mead School District teacher Travis Franklin, the Academy’s founder, said last Friday.

The Academy is the sort of school — high standards, language immersion and international travel — that appeals to elite, wealthy and hyper-involved parents. But Franklin also wants to focus on low-income and refugee students.

By putting the school in the economically depressed Hillyard neighborhood, Franklin hopes it will be easier to attract low-income families. He’s also begun to talk with local refugees about the school. The Academy will use the rigorous, internationally lauded Cambridge curriculum, concentrating in particular on teaching foreign languages from an early age.

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f you want to buy a gun from any Washington firearms dealer, you have to submit to a criminal background check. Or you can bypass the paperwork and log onto Armslist. com where, as of this writing, you can purchase a “very smooth action” semi-automatic AK-47-style rifle from a private seller in Spokane — complete with six 30-round magazines and a khaki-colored tactical chest rig for $800. No questions asked.

The so-called “gun show loophole” in fact applies to all private sales in Washington state.

Under federal law, only licensed gun dealers are required to run background checks to ensure their customers aren’t legally prohibited from owning firearms due to felony convictions, domestic violence records or a serious mental illness.

To that end, Initiative 594 would expand criminal background checks for all gun sales in Washington, including those between private individuals, at gun shows and on online marketplaces like Armslist. I-594 also requires background checks for most transfers, such as loans and gifts, but makes exceptions for family members who exchange firearms; law enforcement and other public agents acting in their official capacity; gunsmiths; and people who temporarily borrow guns for hunting, sports and immediate self-defense. Antique gun sales and transfers are also exempt.

The goal of the ballot measure is “to increase the risk for people willing to sell a gun to somebody even if they don’t know or don’t care if someone is legally able to have it,” says King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, a Republican and one of I-594’s most prominent supporters.

“Right now, if you buy a gun brand-new from a sporting goods store, you can turn around and sell it in the parking lot and ELECTION NEWS you don’t need to run a background INLANDER.COM/ELECTION2014 check.”

Six states — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, New York and Rhode Island — and Washington, D.C., have implemented similar universal background checks laws for gun sales and transfers.

“It doesn’t hurt; it’s not a big deal, and I’d think a reasonable gun owner who sells his gun wants to make sure the person who’s buying it isn’t prohibited from buying it,” says Satterberg.

“A background check is not an onerous thing to do.”

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ut opponents of I-594 say that’s exactly what this measure does — penalize and potentially criminalize lawful gun owners.

Earlier this summer, the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs (WACOPS), the state’s largest professional law enforcement organization, voted to oppose I-594 and endorse its competing ballot measure, Initiative 591, a proposal to prohibit the state from mandating additional background checks unless required by the federal government. I-591 would also bar government agencies from confiscating firearms without due process.

“As long as you have the black market where

people can buy firearms, the gun checks are only for those of us who are good, honest, law-abiding citizens,” says Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, who has publicly endorsed I-591. “If you pass [I-594], we’re going to have to go through all these hoops.”

In a statement, WACOPS warned that I-594’s “restrictive” transfer and loan provisions would make some simple firearms transactions illegal, causing “law abiding citizens to unintentionally commit crimes and possibly be convicted of gross misdemeanors or Class C felonies” — a claim supporters of I-594 have pushed back against.

“This isn’t a self-executing law. When you speed in your car, you’re not going to get a ticket that comes out as soon as you go 70 miles per hour. You have to be caught,” Satterberg says.

“All this talk about innocent people being caught up in this kind of ignores the reality of how crimes get investigated and prosecuted. Responsible gun owners have nothing to fear from this.”

Opponents also warn that I-594 would infringe on gun owners’ privacy rights. In its No on I-594 talking points, the National Rifle

Association’s lobbying arm, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, frequently describes I-594 as a “universal handgun registration scheme being promoted by a very wealthy group of anti-gun elitists.” The text of I-594, however, never mentions creating a registry for gun owners. The Washington Department of Licensing already maintains a database of handgun purchases, which law enforcement is able to access during investigations.

(Sales of rifles and long guns aren’t included unless the firearms dealer voluntarily provides those records.) But Alan Gottlieb, the chairman of the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, says I-594 would expand the agency’s existing handgun database.

“It’s a problem,” Gottlieb says. “We’re not happy with the gun registry to begin with because obviously we’re concerned with the confiscation of guns.”

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ne month out from the election, the Yes on 594 campaign has a significant financial edge over its opposition, which could make all the difference this November. Bankrolled by the westside’s super-rich, the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility has raised more than $7.5 million for the Yes on 594 campaign and spent less than half of its funds. Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer has donated more than $1 million to the initiative, as have Bill and Melinda Gates. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s advocacy group, Everytown for Gun Safety, has poured $1 million into the fight.

Meanwhile, Protect Our Gun Rights, the coalition behind Yes on I-591, has raised about $1.1 million — the majority of which has come from the Washington Arms Collectors and Gottlieb’s gun-rights group — with roughly $300,000 left in the bank.

The NRA hasn’t dug into its deep pockets yet, spending just under $200,000 on website development, advertising and mailers opposing I-594.

Paradoxically, the most recent polling shows that the majority of voters favor I-594 and I-591: An Elway Poll in April found that 72 percent of voters said they would support I-594 while 55 percent said they would back I-591.

So what happens if confused voters approve both measures?

According to Kay Ramsay of the Washington Secretary of State’s office, the state Supreme Court would be forced to step in, but what justices could decide to do is “anybody’s guess,” she says.

There’s no precedent for a situation like this in Washington.

The previous time voters faced two conflicting initiatives was in 2010, when two similar liquor-privatization measures, I-1100 and I-1105, were on the November ballot. Ultimately, voters rejected both.

“I suppose they could somehow combine the two — I don’t know what that would look like — but it’s impossible to tell what they would do,” Ramsay says. “I don’t know what their options would be.” 

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handful of labs scattered across the country are collaborating with an Oregon company to build the world’s greenest family tree — cannabis.

“The whole point of this project is so people know what they are getting,” says Mowgli Holmes, the chief scientific director and co-founder of Phylos Bioscience in Portland. “Now it’s just a mess. No one knows what anything is.”

Holmes, who has a doctorate in microbiology from Columbia University, is attempting to build a visual database of all the modern and historical cannabis strains. In order to create this cannabis family tree, Phylos Bioscience is trying to collect DNA samples from all over the world to map strains ranging from modern varieties to a 2,700-year-old specimen from northern China.

Once the project is complete, Holmes said it could lead to a resurgence of older cannabis strains.

“It will be like bringing back a woolly mammoth,” Holmes says.

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The lab is partnering with Phylos Bioscience in Portland, Oregon, to help map different strains of the plant. JACOB RUMMEL PHOTO One of these partners, CannaSafe Analytics, has applied to open a certified lab in Pullman.

“Being right next to the technology park of [Washington State University], it gives us the ability to collaborate with some of these other scientists,” says Matt Haskin, president of CannaSafe Analytics.

Holmes says the samples should fill in some of the gaps in the history of cannabis.

“The stuff we don’t have enough of is the stuff that was around in the ’70s and ’80s,” Holmes says, “the stuff that is the parent strains of what’s out there today.”

Holmes says he has collected a number of samples by offering free genetic testing when partner lab clients pay for a potency test.

Washington state requires that before being sold, recreational cannabis must be tested for safety and potency by a third-party lab.

So far, the Phylos lab has found marijuana strains with levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in the plant, as high as 25 percent. That is roughly 10 to 20 times higher than the percent found in the 1970s, according to national testing data.

Owners and operators of the partner labs say the scientific integrity shown by Phylos Bioscience made them interested in getting involved.

“It’s such a new industry, there’s lots of shady areas,” says Ashley Preece-Sackett, director of industry outreach at Cascadia Labs, one of the two partner labs in Oregon. “We like to keep our science and our research very open.”

Jeremiah Busch, a Washington State University biology professor who studies plant

evolutionary genetics, says although genome-sequencing projects are common, the gaps Holmes describes are an unusual difficulty. Busch is not involved with the Phylos project.

“I would imagine the checkered historical legacy of these strains has something to do with the underground nature of having to grow it in the past,” Busch says. “It’s pretty uncommon to have strains that are missing if there is a history of work on standard organisms.”

By creating the database, smaller growing operations would at least have some way of protecting their strains, Holmes says.

“Already those growers are being forced out of business,” Holmes says. “All of those middle farms, they are going to look up and their business will be gone because they are competing with Canadian companies that have aircraft hangers.”

Not all the potential applications of the project are scientific in nature, however. Haskin says law enforcement might want access to the completed database as well.

“Let’s say the Idaho police made a bust, and they said, ‘Hey, we want to know if this came from a Washington source,’” Haskin says. “Technically, this tool could be used to identify where it came from.”

Holmes hopes to complete the project by December. n This article was provided by Murrow News Service, which is produced by journalism students at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.

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Harsh history and new hope for Spokane’s beloved, abused and renewed river

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unchbacked fins by the hundreds once cut the churning surface of a free-flowing, unspoiled Spokane River, its waters teeming with silvery chinook salmon for the legendary summer spawning runs of the late 19th century. As many as 1,000 salmon a day fell to the spears and traps of the Spokane Indians and other regional tribes. For generations, families and wildlife fed off the bounty. The river brought salmon, and the salmon brought life.

Cold and quiet, those same waters seem almost sterile today as Jerry White, the recently hired Spokane Riverkeeper, hikes down to a rocky shoreline near the Maple Street Bridge. White, 51, wears a ballcap and cargo shorts.

Surveying the soft current, he smiles wide.

“When I look at the river, it’s a lot like looking at the stars,” White says. “It’s very vast and a very powerful place where a lot of different things come together.”

Spokane’s river isn’t dead. For White and others still tied into the iconic waterway, the truth remains much more complicated than that — but also more hopeful. In 100 years, the Spokane River has transformed from sacred ground to sewage dump to the region’s resilient mascot.

Civilization has suffocated it. Industry has dammed it, poisoned it. Neighbors have forsaken it. Still it flows.

A longtime fish conservationist, White took over in July as Riverkeeper, a Spokane-focused water quality advocate with the nonprofit Center for Justice. He has since traveled up and down the river, exploring its injuries

and innovations. In early September, a handful of city and tribal officials gather for a tour. Together, they help White drag a blue rubber raft to the water’s edge.

Claiming his seat between the oars, White leans into each stroke. Society has changed as well, he explains. The river now has more champions than ever as environmentalists and government agencies partner to monitor toxins and protect water flows. Many public officials now debate chemical discharges, fish consumption rates, stormwater mitigation and agricultural runoff.

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Spokane Riverkeeper Jerry White, left, often leads educational tours on the river. Spokane Utilities Director Rick Romero, center, and the Spokane Tribe’s Brian Crossley sit in back. JACOB JONES PHOTO

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day return to Spokane’s waters.

“At the end of the day, it’s a value judgement,” White says.

“It’s kind of up to the culture to decide what they want to have in a river... What is a river?”

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orged more than 15,000 years ago in the cataclysm of the Missoula Floods — a time when glacial dams repeatedly burst, spilling untold oceans over Eastern Washington — the relatively young Spokane River Basin covers about 6,000 square miles from the Bitterroot Mountains to the Columbia River. The river itself emerges as a wide outlet of Cougar Bay in the northwest corner of Lake Coeur d’Alene, running 111 miles through Post Falls, Spokane Valley and the heart of Spokane before continuing west to Lake Roosevelt.

Native lore holds that the mythical Coyote created Spokane’s waterfalls in a fit of unloved vengeance, smashing the basalt and spray with his immense paw to block salmon from reaching the upriver tribes he felt had wronged him. Washington Water Power, now known as Avista, took over from there.

Regional tribes gathered along its banks for centuries, often

fishing, trading and communing with their neighbors. European traders and settlers appeared in the early 1800s, and in 1873 Spokane founder James Glover first set eyes on the Inland Empire, spending an entire night staring at the falls as its spray soaked his hair and clothing.

So “enchanted” was Glover with its cascading that he determined then and there to possess the falls and anchor his legacy in its allure. He would later incorporate the city of Spokane Falls, reborn as Spokane after the Great Fire of 1889. Washington Water Power would form that same year. Mills and railroads soon crowded in along the banks, launching an unprecedented age of abuse.

For decades, human sewage, mill sawdust and laundry solvents flushed into the city’s river. In The Fair and the Falls, historian J. William T. Youngs writes that officials boasted of how conveniently the river washed trash downstream and out of the city. They built dump ramps directly into the river, even as citizens became increasingly suspicious of the sometimes foultasting drinking water.

Spokane later worked hard to remake its image as it pre-

pared for the 1974 World’s Fair, carving out Riverfront Park and uniting behind a theme of environmental protection. With the historic salmon long gone, Youngs writes that Expo ‘74 organizers hoped to prove the Spokane River’s renewed health by dumping 1,974 trout into its waters during the fair’s Opening Day ceremony.

Unfortunately, Expo’s vice president of operations later admitted, most of the just-released fish swam directly into a nearby Washington Water Power turbine and died.

“Lost all of them,” he told Youngs. “We didn’t say anything about that.”

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addling past the willows and cottonwoods of the lower Spokane River, White nods with approval.

Sunlight shines down on the shallow water, kicking up blue and golden ripples. The current bobs and slips softly as White rotates the raft sideways to offer a view backward at the city skyline.

“I enjoy this vista,” he says. “It’s just kind of cool to see our city from here.”

White remembers attending Expo ‘74 as a boy. He can still picture the bright algae choking the river edges, a sign of the high amounts of sewage and phosphorus pouring into the river.

Growing up, he often fished and hunted along its banks. He considers himself lucky to serve the river he loves.

“It all seems sort of natural,” he says. “I feel privileged to be able to work on behalf of the river and the people this way.”

White first learned to love the water through a love of fishing. His grandfather often took him salmon fishing on the Willamette River as a boy in Oregon. He later moved to Cheney, eventually studying archaeology. He spent several years working in cultural preservation across the state and then teaching before joining the staff of the Save Our Wild Salmon fish conservation group in 2008.

For a time, White returned to teaching while also volunteering with the Spokane Falls chapter of Trout Unlimited. He now lives in West Central, a short walk from the water, and jumped at the Riverkeeper position when it came open this summer.

White serves as the city’s third Riverkeeper since the Center for Justice introduced the position in 2009.

White has since spent the past two months making introductions and seeking input on the many issues facing the river. His passengers in the raft today represent a handful of prominent stakeholders in the ongoing health of the region’s watershed.

Matt Wynne, with the Spokane Tribe of Indians, lounges against the front of the raft and soaks in the afternoon sun.

As chairman of the Upper Columbia United Tribes, Wynne advocates for five regional tribes on the management of land and waterways along the Columbia River, including the long struggle to get salmon over the Grand Coulee Dam and back into the river’s northern reaches.

In back, wearing sunglasses and a sly grin, sits Brian Crossley, one leg lazily slung overboard, dragging in the water. As the Spokane Tribe’s water and fish program manager, he has overseen the tribe’s surface water quality monitoring for 15 years.

Next to Crossley rests Spokane Utilities Director Rick Romero, the administrative mastermind behind the city’s recently adopted Integrated Clean Water Plan — a $310 million effort to reshape how city departments work together to improve wastewater storage and treatment over the next 20 years.

Everyone seems pretty smug about getting to spend the afternoon rafting. White has always admired how the river brings people together, whether it’s anglers, children splashing in the shallows or dozens of drunks floating on inner tubes.

“All of [these] communities draw a lot of identity from the river,” he says. “We work in the river. We play in the river. …

It’s an economic, social and psychic resource that all the communities along the river rely on in various ways.”

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arlier in the morning, before the rafting trip, White arrives at the Post Falls Dam in a dark green VW EuroVan. Bumper stickers plaster the back end, reading “I’m Pro-Salmon and I vote!” and “I [heart] the Spokane River.” Little more than a trickle of water spills through the 108-year-old dam as Pat Maher with Avista explains that the company recently increased water flows according to a seasonal schedule.

“About half of the year, Avista’s actually controlling the level of [Lake Coeur d’Alene] and about half of the year it’s as if this dam wasn’t even here,” says Maher, Avista’s senior hydro operations engineer. “This is a really unique situation where you’ve got the 9 miles of river between the dam and the lake.”

As the Coeur d’Alene, St. Joe, St. Maries and other rivers all feed into Lake Coeur d’Alene, the Spokane River drains out of a natural outlet down to where it meets Avista’s three sections of the Post Falls Dam. That dam complex often allows water to simply pass through, but it can trap water to keep the lake stable and generate power through the turbines.

Historically, Avista has faced criticism over extreme changes to water flow that often either blew out the Spokane River or left it dry. In 2009, the Spokane-based utility company received a new license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that establishes minimum flow levels and requires additional habitat mitigation.

Advocates acknowledge that the increased flow levels have had positive impacts, but they hope ongoing studies can clarify whether higher flows are needed. The Washington Department of Ecology last month proposed new flow requirements and continues to accept public

In 1964, the United States and Canada enacted the comment on the issue.

Columbia River Treaty, a 50-year agreement on the manSpeed Fitzhugh, Avista’s Spokane River license management of Columbia River flows and volumes shared ager, says the utility is halfway through a 10-year study between the two nations. Regional tribes had no say in on spawning habitats. He notes the company also has the agreement, which failed to include protections for a number of habitat restoration and recreational access habitat or fish passage. projects underway throughout its five dam facilities and Crossley explains tribes have since won thousands of acres of property in Washington rights to hatchery salmon for modern food and and Idaho. He points to the south section of ceremony, but the social and economic value of the Post Falls Dam where construction crews Send comments to the local fisheries has disappeared. While lower are now working to install computer-operated editor@inlander.com. stretches of the Columbia and Snake rivers spillway gates. draw thousands of salmon anglers each year, “There’s a lot going on in the system,” he the Spokane River continues to suffer. says. “We have wetland projects, fishery projects, erosion “We replaced the fish with other things,” he says control, water quality, recreation, land use, bald eagle of dams, development and industry. “It’s a travesty on management. We pretty much cover the full gamut.” man’s part.” s the silver tail disappears into the subLocal conservationists note the Spokane River still surface shadows, the Riverkeeper raft crosses serves as important habitat for native redband trout, a over the once mighty spawning pools of the last genetically unique variety of rainbow trout with a distinct century’s salmon. Wynne says the Spokane Tribe used red stripe along its side. The waterway also provides to have more than 20 fishing camps scattered along the a valuable corridor for wildlife to pass through urban river, stretching from Spokane Valley out past Long Lake. development, sheltering deer, beaver, skunk and even Salmon served as a primary staple of diet and trade, moose in pockets of riverside forest within the city limits. bringing families together for harvests, games and feasts But bringing back salmon, which spawn annually and each summer. die to leave behind huge nutritional bounties, could foster “It’s been 75 years since the last salmon came up to a renaissance in ecosystem vitality. our territory,” Wynne says.

In the years since the Columbia River Treaty, enviLong Lake Dam erected the first major obstacle to ronmental priorities have shifted dramatically. Wynne salmon migration when it went up 30 miles northwest of says a new momentum has gathered around fish passage Spokane in 1915. But it was the completion of the masas other regional tribes have fought for fish ladders or sive Grand Coulee Dam in 1942 that finally extirpated, even the removal of dams such as the Glines Canyon or permanently blocked, salmon from the Spokane River Dam in Olympic National Park earlier this year. and other northern tributaries.

Wynne has traveled across the state to see Baker

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Dam, a 285-foot structure where Puget Sound Energy’s fish restoration efforts have increased salmon returns from just 99 fish in 1985 to more than 48,000 in 2012.

He argues the technology has proven successful.

With the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty scheduled to begin this fall, Wynne sees an unprecedented chance to include salmon passage and other ecosystem-based mandates in the operation of Grand Coulee Dam as well as Chief Joseph Dam, which lies about 50 miles downstream.

If salmon get over Grand Coulee, fish could start repopulating the Spokane River within a generation.

“For the first time ever — ever,” Wynne tells White, “they talk about reintroduction. The first time in history.”

“Ten years ago, if you had brought up [salmon] coming back here,” White says, turning to the river, “people would have given you a tinfoil hat.”

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cross an entire wall at the Spokane County Water Reclamation Center hangs an immense map of the Inland Northwest with a detailed outline of the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, a 322-square-mile underground reserve that provides most of the drinking water for the region. Estimates put the aquifer’s total volume at about 10 trillion gallons.

County Water Resources Manager Rob Lindsay says protecting the aquifer serves as the foundation for all of the county’s water quality efforts — the greatest of which has been the opening of the new reclamation center in late 2011. The $173 million facility cost more than any other capital project in the history of Spokane County.

“Is it about the river? Yes,” he says, “but it’s even more about the aquifer.”

Avista’s Speed Fitzhugh says a 2009 license now determines how much water passes through the Post Falls dam.

Water constantly crosses back and forth between the aquifer and the Spokane River. In some areas the river drains into the aquifer, while in other reaches the aquifer charges water up into the river. Those recharged stretches often carry noticeably colder water, which provides better conditions for fish.

County Reclamation Manager Dave Moss says the

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county center now treats about 2.5 billion gallons of sewage each year, running it through aeration, settling tanks and microfilters.

“People put lots of funny things down the drain,” he says with a chuckle. “We get little cars. We get cell phones. We get reading glasses. Anything that’s intention...continued on next page

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A recently adopted city Integrated Clean Water Plan would add a new layer of treatment and expand capacity at the Riverside Park Water Reclamation facility.

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Treatment removes solids along with all but the most minute amounts of heavy metals, nitrates, phosphorus and PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, linked to increased risk of cancer and reduced birth weights. Moss says PCBs come into the plant at about 15,000 parts per quadrillion.

“We treat them down to almost zero,” he says. “We’re talking 100-ish [parts per quadrillion].”

A state pollution control hearings board invalidated part of the plant’s discharge permit last year following a complaint from the Sierra Club that PCB limits lacked clarity. Lindsay says the county has appealed that decision and continues to operate under its previously issued permit.

Stormwater does not go through the reclamation system, but the county has recently ramped up a septic tank replacement program to decrease the amount of sewage draining into the aquifer. Lindsay explains that linking those homes into the treatment process prevents additional strain on the natural water system.

“Our ethic today on water quality is different than it was five years ago,” he notes. “We know more.”

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rifting downriver toward People’s Park, Romero takes note of rusted pipes jutting into the river as part of the city’s discharge system.

The City of Spokane maintains 871 miles of sewage pipe, including 20 controversial “combined sewer outflows,” commonly called CSO pipes. During heavy rains, stormwater runoff can sometimes overwhelm the city’s water

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treatment system and flush raw sewage out those pipes into the river.

“We have jurisdiction on anything we discharge,” says Romero, who took over the city Public Works and Utilities Division in 2012. “We’re responsible for assuring the cleanup of anything between our boundaries.”

City leaders first warned of industrial pollution in the Spokane River as early as 1882, when The Spokan Times suggested mill sawdust was killing fish, historian Youngs writes. Economic interests quickly smothered those concerns, and industry spent the next several decades pumping dangerous levels of phosphorus, zinc, bacteria and other harmful pollutants into the river.

The city now treats wastewater in accordance with the federal Clean Water Act as well as a number of state provisions, including a TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) order on phosphorus and dissolved oxygen. Many recent city efforts have also targeted PCBs, including a June city council ordinance against purchasing any items that contain the toxin.

For the past two years, Romero has led an effort to reshape the city’s Integrated Clean Water Plan to address a broader range of pollutants, while upgrading water treatment facilities faster and for less money. He says the $310 million plan also commits the city to replacing outdated stormwater networks in conjunction with street repairs, reducing redundant expenses over the next 20 years.

“You’re looking three-dimensionally instead of just two-dimensionally,” he says.

Romero explains that most government agencies

focus on one pollutant at a time, spending millions of dollars to treat 100 percent of a single toxin. He says the new integrated plan takes a more holistic approach, aiming for just 99.6 percent of CSO output, but saving enough on that last half of a percent to invest in facilities that treat a wider range of toxins.

“It’s trying to balance what we have to do with what we should do,” he says, noting, “Probably what we should do is going to be what we have to do eventually.”

About $107 million of the plan would go toward outfitting the city’s Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility with a new membrane filtration system to remove higher levels of phosphorus and other toxins. The rest pays for increasing CSO treatment storage and capacity as well as modernizing the stormwater system.

State officials have praised the plan as innovative and ambitious; the city plans to ask the Legislature to contribute $60 million to the project. Voters will also get a say on the November street levy, which provides funding for water upgrades tied into future street repair projects.

“We believe it’s the right thing to do,” Romero says, “and we believe it’s certainly best for the citizens’ pocketbook.”

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hite pulls the raft into shore at the mouth of Latah Creek, also known as Hangman, a troubled drainage stretching from Idaho down through the agricultural fields of the Palouse before dumping into the Spokane River at People’s Park.

While fish spawn nearby and great blue herons soar overhead, the creek’s warm, muddy waters continue to pose a

stubborn threat to the river system.

“This is sadly a very polluted body of water,” White says. “It’s good to keep in mind that salmon came up this creek. …

Now, it’s so degraded.”

“They didn’t go real far,” Wynne notes, “but they did go up there.”

Phosphorus and nitrogen-heavy runoff from farm fields have flooded the creek system with excessive nutrients, which lead to an overabundance of algae, invasive weed growth and low oxygen levels. Extreme erosion also fills the watershed with sediment, leaving South Hill homes precariously perched on disappearing hillsides while sand buildup buries spawning habitat.

On a recent trip up the Latah Creek watershed, White points out stagnant pools filled with algae. In some pastures, cattle graze along the banks, sometimes defecating into the stream.

Many sections of the creek have been redirected into straight ditches that collect runoff from fields.

Dust billowed in the air as farmers plowed up their land for the fall. Despite new techniques that protect against erosion, many older farmers still till their fields each year, allowing soil and fertilizer to blow or wash into the creek.

Several conservation groups now work throughout the watershed to restore and protect habitat.

Trout Unlimited has supported a “Willow Warriors” project that floats down the creek planting willow trees to slow erosion and increase habitat.

The Lands Council also conducts a beaver protection program because the animals contribute to natural wetlands.

In the distant Idaho reaches of the upper watershed, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe has redirected the creek from man-made ditches back into its natural drainages. Early results have shown the creek and wildlife quickly reclaiming the old waterways.

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tegrated water plan will remove the city’s last CSO pipe from Latah Creek as a part of the ongoing High Drive street repairs.

“Getting anything out of that tributary is a pretty big deal,” he says.

Some of the challenges facing Latah Creek demon-

strate the importance of protecting cold, clear river habitat that could one day support salmon, Crossley explains.

Taking on the problems with Latah Creek make for a stronger Spokane River system that could support larger fish.

As the blue raft starts down the river again, a glance

ulling off the water near the former site of Natatorium Park at the west end of Boone, the rafters lift a cooler onto shore and settle in for lunch. Everyone loosens their life jackets as they crack open Cokes. White hands out rolls with salami and cheese. All along the river, signs warn anglers to limit how much fish they eat from the Spokane River due to the level of PCBs, heavy metals and other toxins. In some sections, they suggest none because the more fish people eat, the more they risk exposure to those toxins.

Washington currently sets water standards based on a “fish consumption rate” of 6.5 grams a day, about a pinky finger-sized portion. Northwest tribes, which often rely on fish-heavy diets, argue the current rates underestimate actual intake by up to tenfold. Crossley says the tribe has long pushed for the state to adopt a rate that more accurately represents historic tribal diets.

“They never have been realistic,” Crossley says of current rates. “We consumed a whole lot more than that.”

Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this year proposed increasing the state’s fish consumption rate to 175 grams a day, a figure considered much more realistic. But the proposal would also increase the allowable cancer risk rate from one in 1 million to one in 100,000, undermining in many eyes any actual improvement in safety standards.

The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission opposes the governor’s new proposal. The Sierra Club, along with other environmental advocates including Spokane Riverkeeper, previously filed a lawsuit to push the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce PCB protections at the federal level. In a July hearing, an ad-

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vocacy attorney described the Spokane River as the “worst PCB contamination problem of any river in the state.”

A U.S. District judge earlier this month dismissed that case, ruling the EPA had not made a determination on consumption rates, so it could not be ordered to enforce them under the current circumstances.

Boeing, as well as Inland Empire Paper locally, have voiced concerns about increasing state water quality standards to levels they argue would prove prohibitively expensive.

The state Department of Ecology continues to work on language for any new standards.

Ecology officials previously promised to release draft rules by this week.

White says tribal officials have taken the lead on this issue, but he emphasizes the new rates impact any communities with significant amounts of fish in their diets.

After lunch, Crossley finds a blue-tinted heron feather on the shore and affixes it to the tail end of the raft, a tiny flag of good fortune.

Drifting around the next bend, White soon spots a hunk of rusted metal discarded at the water’s edge. Squinting to make it out, he laughs and shakes his head.

“Anybody need an engine block?” he asks.

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earing the end of the trip at the TJ Meenach Bridge, the group has spent nearly four hours sharing fond stories and bold hopes for the future of the river. A bit reluctant to leave the quiet peace

of the river, they dutifully haul the raft up onshore and load it onto a trailer. White takes notice of the heron feather sticking up from the rear of the unnamed raft.

“Blue Heron,” he says. “I think we might have just found a name.”

Everyone leaves with a renewed sense of purpose. Romero says the trip served as an important reminder of why the city must invest in a healthy, clean river, so residents can enjoy its water for years to come. Crossley finds encouragement in the efforts that have already dramatically improved habitat that could one day welcome back salmon.

Wynne sees momentum for salmon recovery continuing to build. The river may never again see the mesmerizing throngs of fins along its surface, but the occasional flash of a chinook torpedoing by would be a primal thrill, and a small righting of historic wrongs.

“I won’t stop,” he says. “I’ll never stop talking salmon.”

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ive days before the event, it’s still a little hard to picture quite how the pleasantly musty, 100-year-old warehouse in downtown Spokane will look and sound when filled with hundreds of arts supporters turning out for the Visual Arts Tour this Friday, Oct. 3.

On the Sunday afternoon before Terrain’s seventh inception, volunteers and event organizers are bustling around, carefully affixing art to the whitewashed brick walls and debating which nooks and crannies of the brickwalled factory in which to stage the evening’s live music, theater, poetry and performance art pieces. The dilemma is whether to host poetry readings in a small, dark room in the back of the building; there’s concern that passing trains, less than 10 yards from the outer wall, may drown out the spoken words.

With its grassroots origins going back to 2008, the annual, one-night juried art and music showcase that is Terrain has grown in every aspect each year since. This year is no different, with the group receiving the most submissions ever — more than 1,000. Five jurors whittled that number down to 255 pieces by 142 artists, the majority from the Inland Northwest. ...continued on page 35

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221 N. Wall, Ste. 226 PAINTINGS | Artist Tom Norton draws on a lifetime of experience, creating paintings that are both whimsical and intellectually stimulating.

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530 W. Main, skywalk level PHOTOGRAPHY | Featuring photographer John Anderson’s new series of photos “Visual Rhythm.” Reception from 5-8:30 pm.

Artist receptions Friday, Oct. 3, from 5-8 pm unless otherwise noted.

1. 1819 DESIGN LAB

1819 W. Pacific ART & FURNISHINGS | Artists Robert Sevilla Naudon, Bart Templeman and Shauna Carr showcase their current commissions, including repurposed furniture, artwork and other pieces.

Reception from 4-8 pm.

2. 1900 & GESTALT STUDIO

114 W. Pacific CONCRETE | Chattaroy-based carpenter/artist Jon Myers builds furniture and accessory pieces by blending nontraditional materials, such as reclaimed wood and metal.

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3. AUNTIE’S BOOKSTORE

402 W. Main POETRY | Spokane Poetry Slam hosts its monthly event, “3 Minute Mic,” an open-mic poetry slam. October’s featured “Remember the Word” segment reader is Rajah Bose. Begins at 7 pm.

4. AVENUE WEST

707 W. Main, skywalk level PAINTINGS | Marsha Marcson presents “Creature Features,” featuring new acrylics of animals along with oils of flowers and landscapes. Show runs through October.

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608 W. Second PHOTOGRAPHY | Spokane photographer James Richman’s first public show, featuring images of Spokane and the Inland Northwest. Reception from 4-9 pm.

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1213 W. Railroad MIXED MEDIA | Ben Joyce returns to Barrister with his “Abstract Topophilia” mixed-media works. Beacon Hill serves its bistro buffet and Lonesome Lyle Morse plays acoustic blues from 5-10 pm.

1202 N. Government Way PAINTINGS | Artist Grace Barnes works mostly in oils, and juxtaposes some of her images against the poetry of Rilke.

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401 W. First PHOTOGRAPHY | Showcasing the work of local photographer Dean Davis.

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331 W. Main PAINTINGS & COLLAGE | In artist Nikai Birchler’s show “Emerge,” the audience is the life force that drives his creative efforts.

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906 W. Second PAINTINGS | The winery showcases paintings of historical Spokane buildings and homes by artist Patti Simpson Ward. Music by Curtis & Loretta, a folk duo from Minnesota.

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174 S. Howard PAINTINGS | The Annual Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show features 41 watercolors by 31 artists, judged by internationally known watercolorist Lian Quan Zhen. Runs through Oct. 18.

14. JOSEFINE’S SALON CONCEPTS

154 S. Madison, Ste. 102 PHOTOGRAPHY | Showcasing Jeremy McClintock’s 2012 and 2014 salon-style images, from 5:30-7:30 pm.

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200 E. Desmet MIXED MEDIA | A survey of selected objects from the private Mullis Collection entitled “Amen, Amen: Religion & Southern Self-Taught Artists,” featuring images with religious or spiritual subject matter from Southern artists.

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After taking place for the past five years in the vacant former Music City Building on West First, this year Terrain moves on to a much larger historic building on the opposite side of downtown.

Originally constructed in 1891 to house the Washington Cracker Co. factory, the building has mostly been unoccupied for the past decade. Its long history and recent disuse are apparent, from deep scratches in the original hardwood floors to peeling paint hanging from the high ceilings like stalactites. Those familiar with the downtown Spokane skyline should know its brick facade by the “Home of SnowFlake Saltines” slogan painted on a trapezoid-shaped outer wall overlooking the downtown railroad viaduct.

About a month ago, Terrain founders announced the event’s move there along with an ambitious vision, the Campaign for Terrain, to transform part of the building into a year-round, permanent arts and performance venue. The goal is to secure $160,000 through a combination of online crowdfunding, grant writing and private donations to improve and build out a visual arts gallery and performance space.

“We’re doing all we can to help people visualize what it can look like because [the space] is so raw right now,” says Terrain co-founder Ginger Ewing.

She adds that although the one-night showcase takes up the majority of two floors, the permanent space will be smaller and contained on the first floor.

Compared to Terrain’s former site, the warehouse provides at least one-and-a-half times as much floor space, with the event covering an estimated 15,000 square feet on two floors. With fire sprinklers already in place and multiple emergency exits, organizers are certain they’ll be able to have more occupants than the previous venue allowed. In past years, the free event attracted so many people, a line to enter would snake down and around the block.

Supporters of past Terrain showcases also will notice a larger bar with an outdoor patio, set up on a loading dock overlooking a parking lot that will host several local food trucks.

“We view this as a big next step for us,” Ewing says of Terrain’s new home. “But we’re also moving from a space in a neighborhood we love, so it is kind of bittersweet, but also exciting.” n

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17. KOLVA-SULLIVAN GALLERY

115 S. Adams, Ste. A SCULPTURE & POTTERY | American and international artists are represented in the exhibition of residents from the Archie Bray Foundation.

Works range from sculpture to functional pots. Show runs through Oct. 31.

18. KRESS GALLERY

808 W. Main, third floor MIXED MEDIA | Local artist Hara Allison mixes acrylic with other media to capture the sensuality of women and the wonder of little girls.

Reception from 5:30-7:30 pm. The

Sacajawea Middle School Orchestra also performs outside the gallery.

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108 N. Washington, Ste. 105 PAINTINGS | Chris McCray’s art features a blend of abstract and realism. Joel Stehr starts from an idea and pushes forward to the big picture. Reception includes jazz music at 7 pm by Jan Harrison and Nick Schilling, and an El Corazon wine tasting from 5-9 pm.

20. LIBERTY CIDERWORKS

164 S. Washington, Ste. 300 PAINTINGS | Sheila Evans’ use of foliage forms express transition — implying clouds, lightning and unknown forms moving between earth and sky. Reception from 4-9 pm.

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203 N. Washington MIXED MEDIA | The River Ridge Association of Fine Arts presents a members-only juried show entitled “Trees” on the building’s second floor. On the mezzanine and throughout the building, The Abstract Underground showcase their work.

22. NECTAR TASTING ROOM

120 N. Stevens PAINTINGS | Jacqueline Brewer’s art is self-described as filled with splashes of color and messy adventures. Reception includes music by Evan Denlinger and a winery tasting with Anelare Winery, from 5-10 pm.

Coral Kingdoms & Empires of Ice TUES., OCT. 7 7:00 PM UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHERS

Underwater photographer David Doubilet and aquatic biologist/photojournalist Jennifer Hayes explore two starkly contrasting marine realms: the colorful underwater paradise of the tropics and the icy depths of Antarctica’s waters. Join them live at the INB Performing Arts Center for a journey through these two unique environments and discover the creatures that dwell there.

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SCULPTURE | Bill and Karma Simmons’ large outdoor sculptural lamps draw inspiration from the natural world. Reception includes refreshments and music by Folkinception’s Matt Mitchell.

24. THE MAC

2316 W. First MUSEUM EXHIBITS | The current “100 Stories — A Centennial Exhibition” is open for viewing. Reception includes demonstrations by Mike Busby and Darcy Lee Saxton, along with live blues and Spanish guitar

by Mike Ross.

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502 W. Riverside DRAWING | Featuring art by Ben McCoy, along with beer brewed by Numerica employee Barry Black and food from Herbal Essence Cafe.

Reception from 5:30-8 pm.

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232 W. Sprague MOSAIC | Kelly Roscoe creates art using a wide variety of glass, tiles, trinkets and found objects. Reception from 4-8 pm.

29. POTTERY PLACE PLUS

203 N. Washington WOODWORK | October’s guest show features pieces made from quality hardwoods by members of the Inland Northwest Woodturners Guild.

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121 S. Cedar MIXED MEDIA | A collection of small works by artists contributing to the 2014 Downtown Murals Project. The brewery also once again features its “Liquid Art” series, a one-time beer made specially each First Friday, from 3-9 pm.

31. FOUNTAIN CAFE

507 N. Howard FOOD & MUSIC | A four-course meal prepared by Chef Jeremy Hansen of Santé Restaurant & Charcuterie, paired with local, seasonal beers. Includes live music

by Spare Parts. Reserved seating $65/person; public seating (unreserved) $15-$25, purchased on site.

Proceeds benefit Second Harvest Food Bank.

32. RIVER PARK SQUARE

808 W. Main, first floor PERFORMANCE | Spokane Aerial Performance Arts performs aerial acts on silk tissu, dance trapeze and aerial hoop in the atrium from 5:30-7:30 pm.

33. SARANAC ART PROJECTS

25 W. Main MULTIMEDIA | Ryan Desmond’s new exhibit, “Is People Food OK for Dogs?” is a multimedia exploration of food and satire.

34. SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS

117 N. Howard PAINTINGS | Featuring new acrylic works by Lisa Waddle throughout the month.

35. SPOKANE ART SCHOOL

822 W. Sprague MIXED MEDIA | An artistic and culinary experience, featuring local art and live music with Washington wines and artisan cheeses available to taste, from 6-9 pm.

811 W. Garland MIXED MEDIA | A show inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, juried by Ryan Hardesty, curator of art and exhibitions at Washington State University’s Museum of Art. Opening reception from 5-9 pm; show runs through Nov. 1.

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808 W. Main, second floor PAINTINGS | Pint Size Picassos, a kids’ painting class, offers two sessions during the evening, at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. ($10, pre-register online at polkadotpottery.com). For ages 10 and up.

906 W. Main PHOTOGRAPHY | The Robert Radin traveling exhibition, “A Beautiful World,” contains 86 prints from six continents, and is the life work of a photographer with a keen eye and a compassionate look at the world.

37. STA PLAZA

701 W. Riverside SHOWCASE | Featuring art by Jessica Earle and music by Makenzie Curtis, in the first floor rotunda, from 5:30-7:30 pm.

38. STEAM PLANT

159 S. Lincoln PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE | A showcase of local artists, including Deb Sheldon’s paintings and Jason Sheldon’s sculpture, both of which celebrate rich textures and industrial materials.

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218 N. Howard MIXED MEDIA | Local artist Emily Travis displays abstract acrylic paintings and pieces made from wine bottles. Art on display during business hours, from 11 am-11:30 pm.

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304 W. Pacific (new location) MULTIMEDIA | The seventh annual juried arts showcase features 255 pieces of art by 142 artists, along with 10 bands. Event (free) runs from 5 pm-1 am.

41. TRACKSIDE STUDIO

115 S. Adams St., Ste. A CERAMIC | Featuring new ceramic pieces from the summer wood-soda kiln firings by studio artists Chris Kelsey and Mark Moore, along with gallery partner Gina Freuen.

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12 S. Scott St. PAINTINGS | New and old oil paintings by John deRoulet. Reception includes eclectic jam music by Crushpad, from 5-9:30 pm.

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319 W. Second PHOTOGRAPHY | Featuring outdoor, wildlife and landscape pieces

by Rebecca Tifft, a naturalist and tour guide at Denali National Park in Alaska.

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That’s the aim of National Geographic Live, which comes to Spokane for the first time for a four-part series that begins next week and concludes in April. The first installment features longtime underwater photojournalist David Doubilet and biologist and photographer Jennifer Hayes, a duo responsible for some of the most iconic marine life photos to ever run in the magazine.

Andy van Duym, the vice president of National Geographic Live, calls these presenters “explorers” and says they give curious audiences something that can’t come across through a magazine article or a TV show.

“It’s almost like sitting down with someone around the campfire and hearing the stories from the mouth of a person who’s had these amazing experiences,” says van Duym of the series, which has now appeared in more than 20 different U.S. cities.

In the coming months, other presentations — which include slide shows, video and other multimedia elements — include a NASA engineer discussing the exploration of Mars on Nov. 4, a wildlife photographer on Feb. 24 and a pair of Antarctic explorers on April 21. These explorers, van Duym says, are never short on anecdotes to share.

“Many of these people spend months and months on assignment in remote places sometimes, and under very tough conditions sometimes,” he says. “Then they come

Hear David Doubilet talk about how he got this photo. back to civilization and they want to share their hard-won experiences.”

The audience isn’t just being talked at — they get to ask questions of the explorers, many of whom have been places or seen things that very few other humans have experienced.

“The one thing that people say after they come out is that they feel empowered and inspired. They want us to take them somewhere,” says van Duym. “Our job is to bring that mystery.”

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amuel D. Hunter is an ascendant playwright whose work includes The Whale (2013) and A Bright New Boise (2011). He recently was awarded a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, which comes in the form of a no-strings-attached grant of $625,000 to continue his work. A new production of A Bright New Boise directed by Dave Harlan and starring Jonathan Rau is opening at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Hunter’s former hometown of Moscow, Idaho, later moving to the University of Idaho’s Hartung Theater.

INLANDER: Because A Bright New Boise is relatively new, this might be the first some of us have heard of it. What’s it about?

Samuel D. Hunter: I wrote Bright New Boise about four years ago now, and it was the first play of mine that ever got me some notice. The construction of the play is very simple: it’s about a father trying to reconnect with his son that he hasn’t seen in a very long time, and he does that by taking a job at the Hobby Lobby where his son works. That’s the clothesline of the play.

The complication is that the main character is from this church up in northern Idaho that had been disbanded because of the death of a young congregant, and under suspicious circumstances.

So he’s trying to rebuild his life with his son, but he’s trying desperately to negotiate his belief system with the world around him.

You’ve mentioned that you view your plays as being all of a piece. How does Bright New Boise fit into that?

All of my plays ultimately come from something I’m struggling with or thinking about myself, because that’s the only way I could personally invest in these stories — if the play is a 20,000-word answer to a question I’m posing in my own mind. And with Bright New Boise, the tension of the play is between the divine and the banal, which is something I think everybody experiences in their lives to a certain degree.

They’re trying to live their lives in a way that feels full and spiritual and big, even though our

day-to-day lives include sorting receipts or putting price tags on a pallet full of doll heads.

What are you working on now?

I just opened a play called Rest at Victory Gardens [in Chicago], and then in a couple weeks I’m going to the Bay Area to workshop a couple new plays that are loosely interconnected, one called Lewiston, the other called Clarkston.

How far along are those new plays?

Lewiston and Clarkston are both very early on.

They don’t share characters or story lines, but they’re both these small, quiet, three-character dramas that are loosely about the modern-day legacy of Lewis and Clark. And Clarkston is set in a Costco in Clarkston, and Lewiston is in a fireworks stand off of the highway in Lewiston.

What the characters in these plays are feeling is, who are they 200 years later? What did that Western expansion mean?

How has life changed since receiving news of your MacArthur Fellowship?

I don’t really know what it means yet. They parcel out the money over five years, and it doesn’t start until 2015, so it hasn’t totally started yet. And, honestly, it feels so new. It’s only been public for a week now, and I’ve only known for three weeks, so I don’t know. I know it’s going to release a lot of pressure for me over the next few years, and the only immediate thing I know is that I’m going to be able to focus on my work in a way that I haven’t been able to before, but other than that, I don’t know. It really remains to be seen. It honestly hasn’t even settled in my body yet. It still feels shocking and crazy and mythic. n A Bright New Boise • Oct. 3-5: Fri-Sat, 7:30 pm; Sat-Sun, 2 pm • Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre • 508 S. Main St., Moscow, Idaho • $15 • Oct. 10-19: Thu-Sat: 7:30 pm; Sat-Sun, 2 pm • Hartung Theater • 875 Perimeter Dr., Moscow • $15 ($10 seniors, UI students free) • (208) 882-BOOX

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hink Italian cuisine and you might say pasta, but there’s another satisfying starch served in the boot-shaped country, especially in the northern region bordering France and Switzerland. That’s where the Po River irrigates a nearly coast-to-coast swath of Italy’s northern range, where more rice is grown than in any other European country.

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dish that elevates rice to an art form and illuminates its long-lasting versatility.

“Risotto is actually a cooking technique,” says chef Cheyenne D’Alessandro of Tony’s on the Lake in Coeur d’Alene. “In most of the world, rice is boiled or steamed, but in a traditional risotto it must be braised following certain procedures.”

D’Alessandro notes that two types of rice are suitable:

superfino and fino (which refers to the size of the grain, not its quality). “Arborio, which is widely available, is the most popular variety of superfino,” she says, adding that other options are Carnaroli and Vialone Nano.

Sprinkled with Italian terminology, making risotto can sound exotic. Tostatura is the toasting of the rice grains in oil or butter, along with finely chopped onion. It is done to form a crust on the rice and seal in the grains’

inherent starch, explains D’Alessandro, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, who also studied in Florence, Italy.

After the tostatura, hot liquid is stirred into the rice and allowed to cook until the rice is almost dry and all the liquid is absorbed. Most recipes call for soup stock — vegetable, beef, chicken — although wine can be used in addition to stock. Regardless, the process is repeated until the rice slowly releases its starch.

Then the real magic happens: the mantecatura, when butter and/or cheese are beaten in — a process called mantecare — further enhancing risotto’s creamy texture. The resulting dish should be firm, or al dente, similar to pasta. But because of its cooking method, it makes its own sauce.

Of course, risotto variations abound. For her Risotto alla Milanese, D’Alessandro incorporates the unmistakable flavor and color of saffron. She pairs the dish with veal Osso Buco at the Coeur d’Alene restaurant her family has run since 2004.

A recurring theme of risotto flavor profiles appears throughout the Inland Northwest. Seasons of Coeur d’Alene uses vegetable broth, garlic and forest mushrooms to create their mushroom risotto ($19). Their arugula-and-pistachio version of the classic Italian gremolata — a pesto of parsley, lemon zest and garlic — adds a brightness to cut some of the richness of this entrée, which can also be ordered with grilled shrimp or scallops ($6).

Also in CdA, Uva Trattoria finishes their mushroom risotto with truffle oil and serves it as an appetizer or alongside salmon.

Meanwhile, The Fork’s seasonal menu currently features risotto with grilled sea bass.

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Santé executive chef and owner Jeremy Hansen adds salt to risotto.

In Spokane, Scratch amplifies the richness of risotto by adding seafood directly to the dish. The Ultimate Seafood Trio features lobster, scallops, shrimp and smoked salmon risotto, while the pan-seared duck breast is nestled against a savory oyster mushroom risotto. And Hay J’s Bistro features risotto that varies from an accompaniment to chicken Marsala to their current offering of lemon chicken risotto with asparagus, fire-roasted tomato and red onion.

At Mizuna, roasted shallots and shiitake mushrooms are added to the risotto served with the stuffed Portobello ($20), while another dish harkens to risotto’s stick-to-your ribs appeal.

Arancini, or rice balls, are the Italian croquette: risotto rolled into a ball, dipped in bread crumbs (which nullifies risotto’s otherwise gluten-free appeal) and fried. Mizuna incorporates spinach and a basil-walnut pesto in their arancini.

Perhaps the most unusual — and delightful — variation in our journey to bring you risotto was found at Santé. Their beet risotto has a brighter, lighter flavor profile than mushroom risotto, yet shares the same earthiness. On our visit, the risotto was made with red beets, although the current offering features yellow beets, as well as a mint salad and tangy paneer cheese.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re looking for an alternative to pasta or investigating gluten-free options: risotto is a comfort food with wide-ranging appeal. And the great thing is, it’s starting to pop up on more and more menus. n

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offerings was a longtime dream of the Shop’s co-owner Yvonne Archer. The cupcake venture’s sole baker is Cally Duncan, who’s been reveling in the experimentation process, creating new cake recipes and frosting flavors. Duncan formerly worked at the Shop for about a year before leaving to pursue another job, but recently returned when she caught wind of the opportunity to oversee South Perry Cupcakes.

Duncan, who says she’s always loved baking, honed her creative baking and decorating skills while participating in Cakes for Kids, a local volunteer project to bake birthday cakes for lowincome or sick children.

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That trick of taste is well-played by the newest food purveyor at South Perry’s eclectic, health-conscious café, the Shop. In mid-September the business added a cupcake case to its offerings of sandwiches, coffee, ice cream and beer, branding the baked goods as South Perry Cupcakes.

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South Perry Cupcakes’ goodies began appearing in a deli case at the counter, Duncan says the treats have been well received, and most days’ inventory sells out — especially on Thursdays, when the Shop hosts the South Perry Farmers Market in its parking lot.

Aside from individual cupcake sales ($2.95 each), South Perry Cupcakes also accepts custom and bulk orders ($2.50 each when ordering a dozen or more).

Flavors rotate daily, and are announced on South Perry Cupcakes’ separate Facebook page. The cutesy names are all by Duncan — she’s named a lemon-vanilla combo “Summer Lovin’”; a chocolate-cherry version is dubbed the “Bing Crosby.”

While all of the treats are gluten-free, made from a special blend of three alternative flours that Duncan declines to divulge, several of the flavors also feature vegan ingredients, including the frosting.

On a warm fall day, savoring a cupcake on the Shop’s sunny patio is a treat.

The dense, moist batter is ideal for eating chilled right out of the deli case, but Duncan also gushes that the vegan chocolate cupcakes are perfect when warmed up in the microwave for 15 seconds. The frosting stays slightly chilled and firm, while the cake inside is warm and gooey.  South Perry Cupcakes • 924 S. Perry • Open MonWed, 6 am-9 pm; Thur-Fri 6 am-10 pm; Sat 7 am-10 pm, Sun 7 am-9 pm • southperrycupcakes.com • 534-1647

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fter its out-of-town owner announced the impending closure of the zombie-themed Dawn of the Donut early last month, a Spokane couple has since stepped in and bought the business. Its new owners are Joe and Amber Owens — the couple also own Celebrations Bakery, which has locations in the Garland District and Spokane Valley.

They saw the purchase as an ideal opportunity to expand their baking repertoire to donuts. In the few weeks since the acquisition, the couple already has made several major changes, starting by expanding the shop’s hours to later in the afternoon and focusing more on product

freshness. The business is also set to get a complete décor makeover as it ditches the zombie theme and is renamed, says Joe Owens.

“The zombie theme was something we wanted to change because we viewed it as a distraction to success,” he says.

Owens says they’ll keep several of Dawn of the Donut’s recipes on the menu — and all products will continue to be handmade — but the couple plans to add varieties inspired by local ingredients, like huckleberries.

They also plan to offer a small selection of other baked goods at the shop.

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eanine Smith thinks gluten-free foods are disgusting. Or at least they usually are.

What you can pick up at the store tastes like cardboard, crumbles apart in your hand and is chock-full of artificial ingredients, she says.

But the products she makes at her recently opened gluten-free shop, Cole’s Fine Foods, aren’t, says Smith. They’re soft and flavorful. You don’t have to believe her; just ask the people who call to tell her so.

The secret, she says, is she uses nothing artificial, no preservatives, and makes about nine different flour blends from alternatives like quinoa, brown rice, millet, potato and teff.

“I mix them together to make magical blends that work,” says Smith.

So whether she’s making an angel cake ($8.95), exceptionally moist vanilla bean scones ($2.95), brownies ($2.75), salted chocolate hazelnut cookies ($2.25) or seriously mouth-watering cinnamon rolls ($3.95; only made on Saturdays), they’re each done with a different blend.

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and parents and the press getting wind of this disappearance, the world knows — at least the people who are fascinated by sensationalism.

The cops: How come Amy didn’t have any friends?

The journal: All is good in this marriage.

Nick (to himself): I’m not gonna break a sweat over this.

Margot: Nick, you’d better hire that expensive, hotshot lawyer, Tanner Bolt (Tyler Perry).

Tanner (to himself): Whoa! This is gonna be a good case!

Somewhere in the middle of all of this, mention is geography. It’s the morning of Nick and Amy’s fifth anmade of Desi (Neil Patrick Harris), an old boyfriend of niversary, and he’s over at the bar he owns with his sister Amy’s who she unceremoniously dumped when she realMargot (Carrie Coon), swilling down some whiskey at ized he was completely obsessed with her. Oh, yeah, he 11 o’clock, ruminating to Margot, obviously not for the eventually comes into play in the present. first time, about the problems in his marriage. A phone This is a film that never stops getting more complicall sends him scampering home to find cated, in which tides keep turning for both the door open, the cat outside, the house a protagonists. And it’s told under the shrewd GONE GIRL smashed-up wreck, and Amy nowhere to be guidance of the always inventive David Rated R found.

Fincher, a director who likes to examine Written by Gillian Flynn; Flash back to Nick and Amy meeting people’s faces, make us believe we know directed by David Fincher and flirting five or so years earlier. what they’re thinking, then throw us an offStarring Ben Affleck, RosaFlash forward to the present, with two speed curve ball. He also, from time to time, mund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris detectives checking out the house, while a enjoys going all cinematic on us (check out remarkably collected Nick nonchalantly asks his floating camera moves in Panic Room), in them, “Should I be concerned?” this case placing an arguing couple in a dark Flash back to Amy writing in a journal about how room while bursts of light from news cameras outside the happy she is that she’s getting married. house come eerily flashing through the window slats.

Flash forward to Nick at the police station, where Gone Girl stands as a scathing statement against they’re taking a sample of his saliva. ratings-starved TV newspeople and a hungry, gullible Back and forth. Present and past. It’s Nick’s story public. It’s riveting from the first frame right to the unsetnow, and Amy’s story then. And soon, with neighbors tling end. 

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BY ED SYMKUS

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ow the hell do I write a review of a movie that would require me to insert the word “spoiler” at the beginning of every paragraph? I started wondering about this at about the halfway point of David Fincher’s twisting, turning, anxiety-inducing, highly entertaining film taken from the novel by Gillian Flynn (who also wrote the screenplay).

I’m quite happy that I hadn’t read Gone Girl, because I had no idea what was coming, no clue that almost every plot point I was seeing would be something I couldn’t mention. With that in mind, I had to find a way to review the damn thing, but not ruin its impact for anyone else who hadn’t read the book, who didn’t know what swerves were going to be thrown at them. I think I’ve got it, so read on; I won’t give anything (important) away.

The film opens with a soft voice-over by protagonist Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck), sharing some dark thoughts about the institution of marriage while we gaze at the warm, smiling face of the film’s other protagonist, Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) — his wife.

And we’re off, jumping all over the place in time and

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Ben Affleck is in top form as a husband suspected of murder.

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Creepy doll movies are never going to get old. Neither are satanic cult legends. That’s why, when a pregnant couple buys a seemingly lovely vintage doll for their baby, it of course turns into a supernatural killing machine and invites more murderers along. You’ll never be able to look at smiling toys the same way again. (MS) Rated R

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by Gillian Flynn (who also wrote the script) and comes up with one of the twisting-est, turning-est and most unsettling movies of the year. Ben Affleck is the once-happy husband whose once-happy wife, Rosamund Pike, up and vanishes on the morning of their fifth anniversary, with lots of clues and a few secrets pointing directly at him as the perpetrator. But amidst the curious cops, nosy neighbors, distraught relatives, and ratings-chasing news people, the mood of the film changes radically, then does so again, and again. (ES) Rated R

HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) stars as Hector, a budding psychiatrist who hits a rut in his own life and realizes he’s not doing any favors for his patients. Thus, he goes out on a globe-trotting adventure to see how different people around the world find happiness. Finding adventure after adventure, Hector hopes to find a new way of looking at life. (MB) Rated R

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What do you get when you combine Nick Cage and the apocalypse? Crashing planes, mysterious disappearances of loved ones and mass chaos. Inspired by the Christian end times that influenced the bestselling novel series, this is the first thriller in a series of three.

Armageddon never looked so modernday sci-fi. (MS) Not Rated

LOVE IS STRANGE

Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) have been together for a long time, but when they get married, George is fired from his job at a Catholic school because he’s gay. The couple is then forced to sell their house and end up staying at different houses, which isn’t the easiest way for them to start their married life — or easy on the people they’re crashing with. (MB) Rated R

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The documentary Alive Inside follows Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, which uses the power of music to invigorate people who are sick and lonely. Just seeing people listening to music on screen, seeing that intense sense of joy and self, it just shows how important music is for this planet. The film understandably won this year’s Sundance Film Festival Audience Award.

At Magic Lantern (LJ) Not Rated

THE BOXTROLLS

Loosely adapted from Alan Snow’s 2005 book Here Be Monsters!, this stop-action film tells the tale of the titular creatures, reclusive scavengers who live beneath the surface world in the heart of a pointy mountain. Yet they’re believed to steal babies and eat humans. The “Boxtroll exterminator” Archibald Snatcher is trying to maximize that fear in order to move up the Cheesebridge hierarchy, even as the now 10-year-old Boxtroll-raised human boy, called Eggs, begins to wonder if he may belong to a different world. (SR) Rated PG

BOYHOOD

Richard Linklater’s newest film, shot over the course of 12 years, is a true masterwork and eschews the bigbang theory of dramatics in favor of the million-and-one little things that accumulate daily and help shape who we are, and who we will become. The story focuses on Mason, who we follow from age 7 to 19 as he struggles with divorced parents and the process of learning how to navigate the world.

(MB) Rated R

DOLPHIN TALE 2

Re-assembling the cast from the original Dolphin Tale — Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Connick Jr. and that big, flapping pelican, Rufus — the second installment continues a few years after the last tale ended. After her elderly pool mate and surrogate mother passes, Winter (the dolphin with the prosthetic tail) becomes depressed. As dolphins are very social creatures, her caregivers must quickly find a replacement pool mate or their beloved sea friend may be taken away to another aquarium.

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Adapted by Dennis Lehane from his own short story “Animal Rescue,” this movie is like a short story in ways both good and bad. It’s tightly wound, concise, and compact, but some characters feel merely shaded in. (MS) Rated R.

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Denzel Washington plays McCall, a former professional badass who clearly misses his past life. He can’t sleep, you see, because even though he seems happy with his minimum-wage job, he isn’t following his own philosophy of “gotta be who you are in this world no matter what.” He relates this to — you’ll love this — a hooker with a heart of gold and the soul of an artist, Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), who also hangs out in a diner where McCall always finds himself in the wee hours. When Teri gets beat up by some thugs, McCall goes out for revenge. (MJ) Rated R

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The girl has cancer, the boy is in remission from cancer; this story can only end badly. As far as teenage cancer love stories go, John Green’s recent young adult novel of the same name isn’t half bad — not nearly as sappy as A Walk to Remember. Shailene Woodley (The Descendants, Divergent) plays the lead.

(LJ) Rated PG-13

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

The titular Guardians are a ragtag, fivepronged crew of interstellar outcasts tasked with stopping Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), a rogue zealot bent on planetary destruction. The Guardians are led by Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), a cocky, wisecracking treasure hunter from Earth who likes to go by Star-Lord.

(SS) Rated PG-13

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Best friends Ryan (Jake Johnson from New Girl) and Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.) dress up as cops for a costume party, only to realize they like the attention the uniform gains them. Things quickly escalate however, when they get involved with some real mobsters. Soon their pretend badges aren’t nearly as fun as they used to be. Meanwhile, many ridiculous gags keep the audience laughing (many involving comedians Rob Riggle and Keegan-Michael Key) until the plot has to kick in at the end. (LJ) Rated R

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

Stanley (Colin Firth) is a touring stage illusionist who also delights in acting as a debunker of fraudulent mediums and diviners of all kinds. So when he’s informed by an old friend that a young woman named Sophie (Emma Stone) is enjoying the patronage of a wealthy family in France while claiming to make contact with the dead husband of the

matriarch (Jacki Weaver), Stanley is more than happy to take on the job of exposing her. (SR) Rated PG-13

THE MAZE RUNNER

A group of displaced young men with erased memories find themselves trapped in a deserted wasteland with no way out, except for a treacherous maze known to kill those who dare enter. A mysterious and powerful force keeps the prisoners hostage and in constant fear. Once Thomas arrives on the scene, he inspires the group to attempt an escape as they try to solve the mystery of their capture. (MS) Rated PG-13

MY OLD LADY

Mathias Gold, an American, cannot inherit his father’s apartment in France until 90-year-old tenant Mathilde Gerard (played by Smith) dies. While sharing the space, the two develop an unusual closeness, made only more complicated by the love interest between Gerard’s daughter and Gold. This exploration of temporality, money and affection takes place in the quintessential French setting, juxtaposing Gold’s comically terrible language skills and American-ness. (MS) Rated PG-13

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week for Judd, stuck in the same house with Mom, his older brother Paul (Corey Stoll), his sister Wendy (Tina Fey) and youngest brother Phillip (played by an amazingly hilarious Driver), a perpetual screw-up. (SR) Rated R

THE SONG

Based on the Song of Solomon comes a tale about a small town romance that faces trouble in the face of fame. Singer-songwriter Jed King writes a heartfelt song about his wife that becomes diluted once he gains fans and fortune because of it. Tempted by the glamorous life of wealth and attention, King becomes absent from his family and his morals. Stuck between two worlds, King is forced to choose between love and money. (MS) PG-13

THE SKELETON TWINS

As a winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this story of an estranged family is perfectly bizarre, emotional and lighthearted. Siblings Milo and Maggie, played by Bill Hader and Kristin Wiig, reunite after 10 years of separation and attempt to find understanding in their messy relationship. Their quirky, loving and complicated dynamics are highly entertaining. (MS) Rated R

It’s the ultimate nightmare for any female who’s been left alone at home for the weekend, or one who lives alone: home invasion. A handsome stranger (Idris Elba, who knows how to play a baddie well — see The Wire) shows up at a woman’s home (Taraji P. Henson) while her husband is away one stormy night asking to use her phone. When the man, an escaped convict, finds his way into the house, she must fend for the lives of her children and herself. (LJ) Rated PG-13

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Judd (Jason Bateman) is a simple guy whose marriage is falling apart just as he receives the call that his father has passed away. So off he heads to the family home in upstate New York for the funeral, and to learn from his mother, Hillary (Jane Fonda), that Dad had one last request: the entire family should sit shiva for the full traditional seven days. That means an often-contentious

Over six amazing Italian courses, old coworkers Steve and Rob, played by Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, respectively, develop their quirky friendship on a food critic tour. The two share silly conversations, delicious meals and whimsical adventures among the backdrop of the Italian countryside. With feel-good side plots of romance and self-discovery, the film’s overall story stays close to the food and the landscape. (MS) Not Rated

Liam Neeson stars as Matthew Scudder, an unofficial detective in search of the men who killed his client’s wife. As bits of information are revealed, he discovers that the killers had more intricate plans than he expected and the kidnapping was not random. Playing with our worst nightmares, this thriller explores the darkest sides of revenge at the cost of human lives. (MS) Rated R 

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BY DAN NAILEN t makes sense that the producers of the new, locally produced documentary Wisdom Earned: A Mountain Climber’s Perspective would decide to make the Spokane premiere of the film a benefit for a conservation group. If there’s one message that comes through loud and clear throughout the story of local climber Chris Kopczynski and his lifelong pursuit of climbing the world’s most challenging peaks, it’s that his efforts have given him a strong belief in man’s responsibility for environmental degradation around the world.

That’s not to imply that the film is a downer, though, because Kopczynski also sees — thanks to the lessons learned through his global climbing travels — that humanity is capable of helping the man-made scars on Mother Earth heal, as long as people recognize the problem and get involved.

The film will hold its first Spokane screening at the Bing Crosby Theater on Oct. 8, with all proceeds going to benefit the Dishman Hill Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving regional trails and wilderness.

Wisdom Earned: A Mountain Climber’s Perspective, directed by Lon Gibby, tells more than one story.

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gles of native salmon in the Northwest to recover from the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. It’s a combination of personal story, historical documentary and travel porn — thanks to stunning photography from Alaska — that doesn’t often find room in the same film.

Wisdom Earned can feel overstuffed at times, but there’s no denying the appeal of Kopczynski as a character. Learning about his childhood fishing on Latah Creek and the Spokane River, and how his love of the Eastern Washington outdoors led him to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents — just the 12th person in the world to do so — is inspiring. It also invests the viewer in his efforts to reach the top of the 15,325-foot-tall Mt. Fairweather to place his father’s favorite fishing lure at the summit in thanks for passing along the family’s love of nature.

In the film, Mt. Fairweather is described as a place where the ocean, the fish and the mountains collide. Consider Wisdom Earned: A Mountain Climber’s Perspective as a film where a personal journey, Northwest history and environmental activism do the same. n Wisdom Earned: A Mountain Climber’s Perspective • Wed, Oct. 8, at 7:30 pm • $17 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • (800) 325-7328

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he Pixies were always more than charismatic bassist/singer Kim Deal. Frontman Charles “Black Francis” Thompson IV wrote most of the songs, and Deal wasn’t even a founding member. But when she officially walked out on the alt-rock band last June, fans wondered how it would work without her.

The three remaining members — Thompson, guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering — decided it wasn’t over yet. In April they released Indie Cindy, their first full-length studio album in more than 20 years.

On a break from touring for the record, Santiago calls from the hills of Los Angeles, where he just purchased a home. There’s no cell service at the new place, so he’s out in his car exploring.

“Hey, I’m getting to check out a new part of my neighborhood,” he says with a laugh, promising to stay safe behind the wheel.

His reasoning for the Pixies — the band that influenced rock royalty like Kurt Cobain and Thom Yorke — staying together is simple.

“It’s still the Pixies,” the 49-year-old explains.

“Being in this band is the best job in the world

and we already paid our dues. You have to think it’s OK to continue … God damn, we deserve this.”

Still, Deal (who recently toured with her band the Breeders) not being part of the Pixies’ INB Performing Arts Center show on Friday might deter some fans. And like their choice to continue without Deal, there were always naysayers questioning pivotal decisions band members made.

Santiago was just a teen when he met Thompson at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the mid-’80s. After discovering their mutual love of punk, they were soon practicing every night of the week. This eventually led to their first big leap.

“Dropping out of college, that was taboo,” Santiago says. “We were told, ‘You’re throwing your future away.’ And it was like, well, you know, if you have a Plan B, then you don’t have a Plan A at all. What’s the f---ing point then?”

As the legend goes, after the guys tossed college aside, Deal showed up to band practice in response to an ad for a bassist. She didn’t know how to play the instrument, but they liked her

anyway. Soon, Lovering would complete the sound.

Santiago has fond memories of that time, playing as many gigs in the Boston area as possible.

Their diet consisted mostly of pizza, and their practice space had raw sewage flowing through it.

“Even then our solace was playing loud,” he says.

Their distorted, feedback-heavy instrumentation, paired with Thompson’s wailing voice and Deal’s wispy one, got them signed to indie label 4AD. Their debut full-length album, 1988’s Surfer Rosa, gained them new fans across the country.

But tensions ran high through three more records and in 1993, they called it quits before ever really making it big.

The wilderness of solo records and other bands couldn’t keep the Pixies apart forever, especially since their star rose exponentially after their breakup. On Sept. 11, 2003, Santiago was watching CNN when he read on the scrolling news ticker that the Pixies were getting back together.

It was a surprise to him, but the announcement inspired the four-piece to give it one more try. ...continued on next page

The Pixies continue on just fine without bassist Kim Deal.

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“The question was how would we sound?” Santiago recalls.

“So we got together and decided if we didn’t sound good we would shake hands and move on. But after all of these years, it was so natural, almost laughably so. We couldn’t get rid of this.”

At first it was all about the novelty of performing again as a group; writing a new album wasn’t on their radar. Finally, starting in late 2012, they headed to the studio equipped with a handful of new Thompson songs, which led to the release of new recordings EP1, EP2 and EP3 over the next year and a half. The three EPs were combined to form the new album.

“We needed to make music for us,” Santiago explains. “Even if wasn’t popular.”

These days at the shows, Santiago says the fans are really digging the new stuff.

“It’s the same as when we had to prove to people that Doolittle was good, too,” he says. “They just have to hear it live.”

The people coming out to the shows are essentially the same they always were — people in their 20s, the ones who are more forgiving of a new album that isn’t exactly like the first four. Of course, the old fans are there too. But as Santiago puts it: “It’s not like Vegas is calling us.”

As for Deal’s replacement: after trying out multiple musicians, the group finally settled on a touring bassist.

“Paz Lenchantin is pretty awesome. She’s the best replacement we’ve had by, like, miles,” Santiago says.

Then the interview ends abruptly.

“Hey, I just found a record shop in my neighborhood,” he says. “I’m going to have to go in.”  lauraj@inlander.com Pixies with Royal Blood • Fri, Oct. 3, at 8 pm • $40-$50 • Allages • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • TicketsWest.com • 747-3012

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Less Than Jake survived the ska bust by never actually being a ska band

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his summer Less Than Jake played their 365th Warped Tour show.

“A lot of those other bands probably hadn’t played 365 shows in their career,” says Less Than Jake guitarist and vocalist Chris DeMakes of the mostly young roster of acts that populate the traveling punk-rock circus these days.

The pride of Gainesville, Florida, Less Than Jake began formulating their punkmeets-ska sound in 1992 and quickly drew a cult of fans thanks to a bombastic live show replete with confetti cannons, stage diving and frenetic, sweat-soaked band members who seemed fueled by an otherworldly energy source. When the ska wave hit in the mid-1990s, Less Than Jake rode the crest, even if less than half of their songs weren’t necessarily ska music. When that wave crashed hard, most of those ska bands — anybody remember Skankin’ Pickle? — faded into obscurity. Less Than Jake, on the other hand, soldiered on.

“Those bands who were ska bands, they painted themselves into a corner. I used to laugh at it when people called us ska. We never really thought about stuff like that,” says DeMakes, who, in contrast to his shit-talking, joke-a-minute stage presence, is delightful when I catch him on the phone while he’s visiting his mom, dad and 94-year-old grandmother about an hour from his own home in Tampa.

The late ’90s and early aughts saw Less Than Jake go from a major-label hit with Hello Rockview to indie releases before returning to a major for 2003’s Anthem, their least ska-influenced record, which featured a couple of minor radio hits, including “The Science of Selling Yourself Short.”

The sound fluctuated, but the relentlessly positive, life-sucks-sometimes-but-you’llget-through-it message of drummer Vinnie Fiorello’s lyrics remained. And that’s part of the reason for the band’s die-hard following.

“We didn’t set out to do that, but it’s happened. People come up to us and say that an album got them through a divorce or got them through high school when they were getting bullied,” says DeMakes.

Less Than Jake released See the Light in November of 2013, which had the band recording back at bassist Roger Lima’s home, just like the old days, for a record that sounds like a culmination of the sounds they’ve touched in their 22-year career. As for that wild live show, DeMakes, who just turned 40, says the guys can still bring it.

“As soon as it’s go time, that reaction goes off. It’s like putting a lot of chemicals in a test tube and letting it all blow up,” he says.  mikeb@inlander.com Less Than Jake with Big D and the Kids Table, the Interrupters • Tue, Oct. 7, at 7:30 pm • $19.50 • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com

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errain isn’t just about celebrating the amazingness of the local art scene; there will be live music booming through the event’s new space all night. This year’s list of 10 acts, featuring local talent and beyond, mostly from the indie rock and electro-pop genres, could be the event’s most exciting lineup yet — even if many of them will be new to attendees.

The music begins at 5:30 pm and consists of Gypsy Bros, Loomer, Head Hiatus, Trummors, Lost Masters, Heavy Seventeen, Bitwvlf, Bishop Allen and Durazzo. In between sets, DJ Audio Affiliated will keep the music flowing. See more information on Terrain’s new space on page 33.

— LAURA JOHNSON Terrain 7 • Fri, Oct. 3, at 5 pm • Free • All-ages • Washington Cracker Co. Building • 304 W. Pacific • facebook.com/terrainspokane

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

Thursday, 10/02

BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen BUCKHORN INN, Spokane River Band CHECKERBOARD BAR, Our own accord, Condolesence, Amnija, Ironwood COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, PJ Destiny J THE HOP!, Brotha Lynch Hung, Gho5T Suspect, Dalima and more JONES RADIATOR, Los Chingadores J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin J LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow J LUXE COFFEEHOUSE, Particlehead J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE (208-265-9382), Open mic with Scott Reid O’SHAY’S, Open mic J THE PHAT HOUSE, Ragtime Steve, World Bandits ZOLA, Phil Lamb

Friday, 10/03

AVONDALE GOLF CLUB (208-7725963), Truck Mills BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Folkinception, Pine League BLACK DIAMOND, Carli Osika BOLO’S, Thanks 4 Nothing BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Dragonfly BOWL’Z BITEZ AND SPIRITZ, Likes Girls BROWNE’S TAVERN (315-9934), Steven King Jazz Trio J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Brasil a Dois J CALYPSOS (208-665-0591), Bradley Sherrer J CHATEAU RIVE (795-2030), Alex de Grassi COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia, Bad Monkey

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asual observers will be forgiven if they think Bostonbased “Celtic punks” Dropkick Murphys are a one-hit wonder. The band’s “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” seemed omnipresent after its inclusion in 2006 Irish gangster flick The Departed, popping up in various commercials and an inspired Departed-themed episode of The Simpsons. But Dropkick Murphys have nearly two decades of music-biz duespaying under their belt, including rotating band membership, hard years on the Warped Tour and countless road trips with like-minded crews like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Evolving from a Southie quartet into a seven-piece capable of breaking into traditional Celtic sounds and aggressive punk thanks to the presence of bagpipes, mandolins and tin whistles, Dropkick Murphys have much more to offer musically than many of their pub-rock peers.

— DAN NAILEN Dropkick Murphys with Blood or Whiskey and Bryan McPherson • Fri, Oct. 3, at 8 pm • $30 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

CURLEY’S, Johnny Qlueless FEDORA PUB, Kosh FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Shiner GRANDE RONDE CELLARS, Curtis & Loretta J THE HOP!, We Ended Eden, Tap Wielding Heathens, Over Stone Under Sea IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY (208-2902280), Charley Packard J INB PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (279-7000), Pixies (See story on page 51) with Royal Blood IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Madeline McNeill IRON HORSE BAR, The Cronkites JOHN’S ALLEY, Steel Toed Slipper’s J KNITTING FACTORY, Dropkick Murphys (See story above) J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Diane Copeland LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Jan Harrison MAX AT MIRABEAU, Chris Rieser & Snap the Nerve THE MEMBERS LOUNGE (703-7115),

Fabulous Fridays ft. DJ Wesone MEZZO PAZZO WINE BAR, Dirk Lind J MI CASA (443-3420), Matt Ryan MOOSE LOUNGE (208-664-7901), Untied NECTAR (869-1572), Evan Denlinger J NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE (456-3931), Mike Ross NYNE, DJ C-Mad J PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Ruff Shod PEND OREILLE PLAYHOUSE (4479900), Open Mic RIVERSIDE PLACE (747-1200), A Little Night Music with Sammy Eubanks ROCKER ROOM, Chairmen of Rock THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Stepbrothers J WASHINGTON CRACKER CO. BUILDING, Terrain 7 feat. Durazzo, Bishop Allen, Gypsy Bros, Loomer, Head Hiatus, Trummors, Lost Masters, Heavy Seventeen, Bitwvlf (See story above)

Saturday, 10/04

BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Tanzer4 Rock Off Battle of the Bands with In Denial, Amnija, the Pushback Resistance, Cutback Davis BOLO’S, Thanks 4 Nothing BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Dragonfly BOWL’Z BITEZ AND SPIRITZ, Likes Girls J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Nate Shoemaker CHECKERBOARD BAR, Shyan Selah, Reji LeFluer COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS, Eric Neuhausser CURLEY’S, Johnny Qlueless DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Sammy Eubanks ENGLISH SETTER BREWING (9286063), Tim Tibbits FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Shiner

DOWNTOWN HARRISON, Harrison Oktoberfest feat. JamShack IRON GOAT BREWING CO. (4740722), Jay Cindiotto IRON HORSE BAR, The Cronkites JONES RADIATOR, The Darin Caine Hellhound Express J KNITTING FACTORY, The Next Big Thing feat. Sunny Sweeny, JT Hodges, Dean Alexander, Jessica Ridley KOOTENAI COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, Keith Anderson THE LARIAT (466-9918), Bobby Bremer LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Truck Mills MAX AT MIRABEAU, Chris Rieser & Snap the Nerve MOOSE LOUNGE, Untied NYNE, The Zombie Crawl with the Divine Jewels J PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Mike & Shanna THE PHAT HOUSE, Cryptids, Open Mic

ROCKER ROOM, Chairmen of Rock SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, Robinsong SCREAMING YAK (464-3641), Jacktober ft. Phoenix SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT (866344-2675), Mark Holt  TWO SEVEN PUBLIC HOUSE (4739766), Two Seven Oktoberfest ft.

Crystalline, Mama Doll, Hey! is for Horses  UNDERGROUND 15, The Nixon Rodeo, Blackwater Prophet, Death

By Pirates, Zak Shaffer THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Left Over Soul WILLOW SPRINGS (235-4420), SixStrings n’ Pearls

Sunday, 10/05

219 LOUNGE (208-263-9934), Truck Mills THE CELLAR, Pat Coast COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Kosh DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church  THE HOP!, Fit For A King, Being As An Ocean, Gideon, Wolves At The Gate, Capsize, The Ongoing Concept, Deaf To

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Monday, 10/06

 CALYPSOS, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills  THE HOP!, Haystak!, Cremro, Big Snap, BB Swing, Jesse James Greenwood  THE PHAT HOUSE, Open Mic Night  RICO’S (332-6566), Open Mic ZOLA, Nate Ostrander Trio

Tuesday, 10/07

315 MARTINIS AND TAPAS, The Rub  THE BARTLETT, Open Mic BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN (208-292-4813), Robby French FEDORA PUB, Tuesday Night Jam with Truck Mills  THE HOP!, Through the Roots, the Supervillains, the Steppas, Facedown JONES RADIATOR, Open Mic of Open-ness  KNITTING FACTORY, Less Than Jake (See story on page 53), Big D & the Kids Table, The Interrupters, T-180 THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Evan Denlinger

Wednesday, 10/08 BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOWL’Z BITEZ AND SPIRITZ, Likes

Girls EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Kicho GENO’S (368-9087), Open Mic with T&T  THE HOP!, Godhunter, Sorxe, Children of Atom JJ’S GRILL AND BREWHOUSE (4674267), Nate Ostrander JONES RADIATOR, Jazz night with with Brendan McMurphy, Rachel Bade-McMurphy and more  KNITTING FACTORY, Cash’d Out (Johnny Cash Tribute), Levi Daniel Band LA ROSA CLUB, Robert Beadling and Friends THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE (3159531)), Open Turntables Night with DJ Lydell LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3  THE PHAT HOUSE, Songwriter Forum, Chelsey Heidenreich, Carmen Sipes SOULFUL SOUPS AND SPIRITS, Open mic THE VIKING BAR AND GRILL, Banish the Echo WADDELL’S BREWPUB & GRILL (321-7818), Sammy Eubanks (solo acoustic show) ZOLA, The Bossame

Coming Up ...

THE KENWORTHY, Brady Goss with Bart Budwig, Oct. 9 THE BIG DIPPER, Jay Thomas and the Cantaloupes, Oct. 9 THE HOP!, Hellion, Dark White Light, OneFall, Oct. 9, SPOKANE ARENA, Safe in Sound EDM Fest feat. Flux Pavilion, Destroid With Excision, Adventure Club, UZ, Terravita, Oct. 9 THE BARTLETT, Hillstomp, Folkinception, Oct. 9 THE HOP!, Gigan, Pyrrhon, Artificial Brain, Zan, Infrablaster, Rot Monger, Pythium, Oct. 10 KNITTING FACTORY, American Authors, the Mowgli’s, Echosmith, Oct. 10 JONES RADIATOR, Dion Vox, Oct. 11 THE HOP!, Green Jelly, the Atlas Moth, the Proselyte, the Ashamed, Oct. 11 THE BARTLETT, Sallie Ford, Summer Cannibals, Oct. 11 KNITTING FACTORY, Of Montreal, Pillar Point, Oct. 11 BING CROSBY THEATER, Carbon Leaf, Oct. 12 KNITTING FACTORY, Twenty One Pilots, Misterwives, Oct. 12 THE HOP!, Red Fang, Black Mastiff, Oct. 14 JONES RADIATOR, Open Mic of Open-ness, THE BARTLETT, Noah Gundersen, Caroline Rose, Oct. 14 KNITTING FACTORY, Matisyahu, Radical Something, Cisco Adler, Oct. 14 THE BIG DIPPER, Rags & Ribbons, Kiven, Oct. 15 KNITTING FACTORY, Anberlin, Oct. 15, THE BARTLETT, Saintseneca, Busman’s Holiday, Oct. 15 ZOLA, The Jason Spooner Band, Oct. 16

MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEVERLY’S • 115 S. 2nd St., CdA • 208-765-4000 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 THE BLIND BUCK • 204 N. Division • 290-6229 BOLO’S• 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BOWL’Z BITEZ & SPIRITZ• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 CARLIN BAY RESORT • 14691 Idaho 97, Harrison, • 208-689-3295 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 COLDWATER CREEK WINE BAR • 20 W. Jerry Ln., Worley • 208-263-6971 CONKLING MARINA • 20 W. Jerry Ln, Worley • 208-686-1151 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 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 GRANDE RONDE CELLARS • 906 W. 2nd • 455-8161 THE HOP! • 706 N. Monroe St. • 368-4077 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRV’S BAR • 415 W. Sprague Ave. • 624-4450 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 JONES RADIATOR • 120 E. Sprague • 747-6005 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 4302 S. Regal St. • 448-0887 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LATAH BISTRO • 4241 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 838-8338 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LIBRARY LOUNGE • 110 E. 4th Ave. •747-3371 LION’S LAIR • 205 W. Riverside Ave. • 456-5678 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 LUXE COFFEEHOUSE • 1017 W. First Ave. • 642-5514 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MEZZO PAZZO WINE BAR • 2718 E. 57th • 863-9313 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP • 121 E. Fifth St. • 208882-8537 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PHAT HOUSE • 417 S. Browne • 443-4103 PJ’S BAR & GRILL • 1717 N. Monroe St. • 328-2153 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 ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 THE ROCK BAR • 13921 E. Trent Ave. • 43-3796 ROCKER ROOM • 216 E. Coeur d’Alene Ave. • 208-676-2582 ROCKET MARKET • 726 E. 43rd Ave. • 343-2253 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 SPLASH • 115 S. 2nd St., CdA • 208-765-4000 THE SWAMP • 1904 W. Fifth Ave. • 458-2337 UNDERGROUND 15 • 15 S. Howard St. • 290-2122 THE VAULT • 120 N. Wall St. • 863-9597 THE VIKING • 1221 N. Stevens St. • 315-4547 WEBSTER’S RANCH HOUSE SALOON • 1914 N. Monroe St. • 474-9040 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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and more this Friday, October

Venues open 5 - 8 pm DOWNTOWN CORE 24 TAPS SPORTS BAR 825 W RIVERSIDE

Oktoberfest. Select a taster tray from our 12 Spokane Area Craft Beers on Tap! 3:30 - 10:30pm

1819 DESIGN LAB 1819 W PACIFIC

Artists: Robert Sevilla Naudon, Bart Templeman and Shauna Carr. 1819 is a creative hub for artisans, designers, and people that seek their talents. On display will be current commissions, re-purposed furniture, artwork and more. 4-8pm

1900 INC & GESTALT STUDIO 114 W PACIFIC

Chattaroy carpenter/artist Jon Myers repurposes and builds unique, one-of-a kind furniture and accessory pieces. Concrete Habitat casts unique functional art pieces.

AUNTIE’S BOOKSTORE 402 W MAIN

3 Minute Mic poetry night. 7pm

AVENUE WEST

707 W MAIN, SKYWALK LEVEL

CHASE GALLERY

IMAX THEATRE IN RIVER FRONT PARK

LIBERTY CIDERWORKS

Color in Motion: A collaborative exhibition between Louise Kodis and Gay Waldman. Playing with color, motion and images from nature. Gallery Hours Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm and during evening meetings at City Hall.

First Night Spokane - Singing in the New Year - A Karaoke Style. Busic stylings by auditioneers for this year’s Singing in the New Year competition.

Finale held at First Night Spokane on December 31st. 5:30 - 7:30pm

Award-winning cider and work by locally-renown artist Sheila Evans. Evans uses foliage forms to express transition from darkness to light. 4-9pm

808 W SPOKANE FALLS

CONCEPT HOME 401 W FIRST

Photography by Dean Davis.

THE DAM BAR AND GRILL 303 W NORTH RIVER DRIVE

Located inside Red Lion Hotel at the Park, featuring musical artist Dan Conrad.

EXPRESS

331 W MAIN

Nikai Birchler. Before you “Emerge” you are submerged.

GLAMAGAIN FASHION CONSIGNMENT EVENT AT MARKETPLACE WINERY 39 W PACIFIC

Like new name-brand and designer fashions at unbeatable prices. $10 admission includes wine, live music and parking.

GR CELLARS

Painter Marsha Marcson presents “Creature Features,” new acrylics of wild and woolly animals. All month of October, Tues through Sat, 11am-5pm.

906 W SECOND

1213 W RAILROAD

Kori Eagle. Singer/Songwriter/Guitar, playing some originals and some folksy/ bluegrass.

BARRISTER WINERY

Ben Joyce with “Abstract Topophilia” mixed media works. Beacon Hill will be serving a “bistro buffet,” and Lyle Morse will play accoustic blues. 5-10pm

BARILI CELLARS 608 W SECOND

Join Spokane photographer James Richman for his first show. James brings us Spokane and the Inland Northwest in ways that we’ve never seen before. He has a great eye and fabulous use of light. 4 - 9 pm

THE BLIND BUCK 204 N DIVISION

Art created by employees and friends to benefit Conservation Northwest. 5pm until last call

BOZZI GALLERY

221 N WALL , SUITE 226

Painter Tom Norton draws on a lifetime of experience, creating paintings from the whimsical to the intellectually stimulating.

THE BRICKWALL PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY

530 W MAIN IN THE BENNETT BLOCK ON THE SKYWALK

unless otherwise noted.

Paintings of historical Spokane Buildings and Homes by Patti Simpson Ward.

HILLS’ RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE 401 W MAIN

INTERPLAYERS THEATRE 174 S HOWARD

Annual Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show, September 4 through October 18.

The 41 water colors by 31 artists.

507 N HOWARD

THE JEFFERSON AUTO STREET LOFTS 152 S JEFFERSON, UNIT F NEXT TO BARRISTER WINERY

View custom loft living. Living-well is the best kind of Art! 7-9pm

JOSEFINE’S SALON CONCEPTS 154 S MADISON , SUITE 102

Showing Josefine’s Salon 2012 and 2014 Salon Style photo shoot. Jeremy McClintock, photographer 5:30 - 7:30pm

KATZE BOUTIQUE 720 W RIVERSIDE

Fiber Art by Pam Hansen and wearable art

by Katze Boutique with Makeup Eraser demonstrations by Debbie Quinn. Abstract fiber art created from hand dyed and painted fabrics, threads and re-purposed elements. www.threaddancer.com

KOLVA – SULLIVAN GALLERY 115 S ADAMS , SUITE A

Archie Bray Resident Artists - Annual Group Show. American and international artists will be represented in the exhibition of residents from the Archie Bray Foundation. Contemporary works ranging from sculpture to functional pots.

LEFTBANK WINE BAR

108 N WASHINGTON SUITE 105

Painters Chris McCray and Joel Stehr.

El Corazon will be pouring wines with jazz by Jan Harrison and Nick Schilling.

Music at 7pm, tasting from 5 - 9pm.

164 S WASHINGTON, SUITE 300

LIBERTY GALLERY

203 N WASHINGTON

River Ridge Association of Fine Arts will be presenting a members-only juried show “Trees” on the 2nd floor.

The Abstract Underground artists will be featuring bold, vibrant pieces on our mezzanine and beyond. 3 floors of art!

Live music, award winning food and art demonstrations throughout the evening.

MAC, NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE 2316 W FIRST

100 Stories - A Centennial Exhibition.

With artist demonstrations by Mike Busby and Darcy Lee Saxton, live Music

by Mike Ross - Bluesy Rock and Spanish guitar solos and Cafe MAC specials.

NECTAR TASTING ROOM 120 N STEVENS

Artist Jacqueline Brewer, self-described as fi lled with splashes of color, messy adventures, and endless possibilities.

Music by Evan Denlinger, great food and a winery visit from Anelare Winery. 5-10pm

THE NEST AT KENDALL YARDS 1335 SUMMIT PARKWAY

Sculptors Bill and Karma Simmons.

Made from recycled materials, their large outdoor sculptural lamps draw inspiration from the natural world.

Reception includes refreshments and live music by Folkinception’s Matt Mitchell.

Blue Moon® Harvest Pumpkin Ale Cupcakes INGREDIENTS

2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup Blue Moon® Harvest Pumpkin Ale 2 tablespoons whole milk 1/2 cup pumpkin pie filling 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 5 oz. chocolate chips

Visual Rhythm. Seattle photographer John Anderson’s creates multitudes of rhythm in every shot. 5-8:30pm downtownspokane.org | spokanearts.org | Brought to you by Downtown Spokane and Spokane Arts

SERVES: 12-15 Cupcakes | PREP TIME: 20-30 Min. COOK TIME: 20-25 Min. | DIFFICULTY: Easy DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375°F. In a mixing bowl, sift and combine cake flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Cream butter and sugar to- gether until completely blended, scraping the sides as you go.

Add eggs one at a time, continuing to scrape the sides as you mix. Then add vanilla. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together beer, milk, and pumpkin pie filling along with the cinnamon and nutmeg. Slowly add the pumpkin mixture into the butter mixture. Once combined, start adding in the flour mixture a little at a time until fully incorporated. Finally, fold in chocolate chips. Fill cupcake liners 1/2 – 2/3 full. (Makes about 12–15, depending on the desired size.) Bake for 20–25 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 5 cups powdered sugar, sifted 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie filling 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar, pie filling, and vanilla until it reaches an icing consistency.

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NYNE BAR & BISTRO

232 W SPRAGUE AVE SPOKANE WA

Th is self-taught, multi-medium mosaic artist creates brilliant art pieces using a wide variety of glass, tiles, trinkets, found objects and anything that can be repurposed. 4-8pm

RIVERFRONT PARK FOUNTAIN CAFE 507 N HOWARD, WEST OF ROTARY FOUNTAIN

Octoberfest Dinner Concert at Riverfront Park.

RIVER CITY BREWING 121 S CEDAR

Enjoy artwork by Ben McCoy, beer brewed by Numerica’s own Barry Black and food from Herbal Essence. 5:30 - 8pm

“Liquid Art”is a one-time beer made for each First Friday. Using a special style of keg, a Firkin, River City cask-conditions and ferments a special beer poured that day only. 3pm-9pm

822 W SPRAGUE

808 W MAIN

NUMERICA CREDIT UNION 502 W RIVERSIDE

PATIT CREEK CELLARS

RIVER PARK SQUARE 1ST FLOOR

An artistic and culinary experience.

Enjoy beautiful local art and live music while sipping incredible signature Washington wines and pairing them with more than 50 artisan cheeses. 6-9pm

Spokane Aerial Arts and Circus Company performing thrilling and beautiful aerial acts on silk tussu, dance trapeze and aerial hoop. 5:30 - 7:30 pm

701 W RIVERSIDE

808 W MAIN

THE PLAZA

RIVER PARK SQUARE - 3RD FLOOR NEXT TO FOOD COURT

Art by Jessy Earle with music by Makenzie Curtis. First floor rotunda at The Plaza. 5:30 - 7:30pm

Performance by The Sacajawea Orchestra under the direction of Heather Montgomery. 5:30 to 7:30pm

808 W MAIN

808 W MAIN

POLKA DOT POTTERY, RIVER PARK SQUARE 2ND FLOOR

RIVER PARK SQUARE KRESS GALLEY, FIRST NIGHT RISING STARS

Pint Size Picasso’s - Painting class presented by First Night Spokane and Polka Dot Pottery. Two Sessions only. $10 fee, register online at www. polkadotpottery.com. Ages 10 and older.

5:30 and 6:30pm

“Love Story” by Hara Allison. Hara’s subject matter captures the sensuality of women as well as the childlike wonder of little girls. 5:30 - 7:30pm

POTTERY PLACE PLUS

203 N WASHINGTON (ADJACENT TO AUNTIE’S BOOKORE)

Featuring the Inland Northwest Woodturner’s Guild. Various types of high quality hardwoods turned into beautiful and functional pieces.

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SAPPHIRE LOUNGE 901 W FIRST

Casey Ryan performs live acoustic sets including original songs and popular.

7pm-9pm

SARANAC ART PROJECTS 25 W MAIN

Ryan Desmond’s new exhibit, “Is People Food OK for Dogs?” is a multimedia exploration into food and satire.

SOULFUL SOUPS 117 N HOWARD

Featuring new work by acrylic painter Lisa Waddle for the month of October.

SPOKANE PUBLIC LIBRARY DOWNTOWN 906 W MAIN

The Radin traveling exhibition, “A Beautiful World,” containing 86 prints from six continents is a retrospective selected from 6000 photos.

STEAM PLANT 159 S LINCOLN

Local artists Deb and Jason Sheldon’s work celebrates rich textures and industrial materials. Deb’s paintings and Jason’s sculptures are the result of seeing everyday objects in a whole new way. With samples of Steam Plant’s handcrafted brews.

STEELHEAD BAR & GRILLE

218 N HOWARD SPOKANE, WA

Local artist, Emily Travis, will be displaying original abstract acrylic paintings. She creates an array of pieces from wine bottles to abstract landscapes on canvas. 11am - 11:30pm

TERRAIN 7

304 W PACIFIC

255 Artworks, 142 Artists, 10 Bands, 1 Night. SAME SHOW, NEW SPACE. Terrain is a yearly snapshot of the art, music and performance that is making our region a more vibrant, beautiful and culture-rich place. 5pm - Midnight

TRACKSIDE STUDIO CERAMIC ART GALLERY 115 S ADAMS

Trackside will be featuring new ceramic pieces from the summer wood-soda kiln firings by studio artists Chris Kelsey and Mark Moore, along with gallery partner Gina Freuen. 5 - 8 pm

VINTAGE HILL CELLARS 319 W SECOND

“Eclectic Fine Art Photography” by Rebecca Tiff t. A naturalist and tour guide at Denali National Park in Alaska, Rebecca features outdoor, wildlife and landscape pieces.

V DU V WINES 12 S SCOTT

John de Roulet, held over from September with new works. Eclectic jam music by Crushpad. 5 pm to 9:30 pm

CITY WIDE CLEARSTORY GALLERY

1202 N GOVERNMENT WAY, SPOKANE WA

Grace Barnes navigates the layers of knowing another person. Some of the oil paintings are juxtaposed against the poetry of Rilke. Live music: Simon Way on classical guitar. Great food--a Friday night destination.

JUNDT ART MUSEUM GONZAGA UNIVERSITY

a survey of selected objects from a single private collection in Atlanta, Georgia, with a focus on images with religious or spiritual subject matter, created by selftaught artists from the American South.

SPOKANE ART SCHOOL GALLERY 811 W GARLAND

Themed juried show inspired by the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show will run from Friday, October 3 through Saturday, November 1. Opening reception on Friday, October 3rd, 2014 from 5 to 9pm. Juror- Ryan Hardesty, Washington State University Museum of Art, Curator of Art and Exhibitions.

Downtown business who would like to be included in future First Friday events, please contact info@downtownspokane.net

31 days of events

Spokane Arts Awards

workshops, lectures, performances, exhibitions, classes, receptions and more!

recognizing the accomplishments of artists, organizations and individuals enriching the community through the arts

OPEN STUDIOS Artists of all disciplines will open their studios so the public can see the spaces and tools they use to create their work!

October 11, 2014.

Find out more at

Costume ball and awards presentation

OCTOBER is Arts month in Spokane! a month-long celebration of local arts and culture across creative industries and arts disciplines.

October 30, 2014.

Visual Arts Tour october 3rd!

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PERFORMANCE GLASS SLIPPERS

Don’t wait until the clock strikes midnight to experience the ballet version of this beloved and classic fairy tale. The Eugene Ballet Company, with choreography by its founder Toni Pimble and music by Sergei Prokofiev, visits Spokane for two performances as part of its western U.S. tour of the production.

Watch a twinkle-toed Cinderella rise above her evil stepsisters to win the love of her prince. Though her clothing may change from rags to riches, Cinderella and her ensemble’s dancing is permanently elegant.

— MOLLY SMITH Eugene Ballet: Cinderella • Sat, Oct. 4, at 2 and 7:30 pm • $11-$41 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.com • 624-1200

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MUSIC MASTERFUL COMBINATION

CULTURE BEARDS FOR CHANGE

The Harp Guitar Gathering • Oct. 3-5 • $10-$20 (students free) • North Idaho College, Schuler Performing Arts Center • 1000 W. Garden Ave., CdA • harpguitars.net/hgg/hgg.htm

Epic Beard Competition • Sat, Oct. 4, at 6:30 pm • $5/spectators; $20/competitors • The Hop! • 706 N. Monroe • spokanebeardandmustache.com • 954-0952

For the past 11 years, harp guitarists have assembled in various locations across the country for the Harp Guitar Gathering. This year, the event heads to Coeur d’Alene for the first time. The harp guitar is exactly what you’d expect — an acoustic guitar body with a harp arm and extra strings attached to the top. The weekend-long event offers two public concerts for people to discover firsthand what the instrument is all about: Saturday night at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 3 pm.

— LAURA JOHNSON

To the guys of Spokane Beard & Mustache, sharing is caring. The club, started in 2012, hosts its annual Epic Beard Competition this Saturday, with proceeds benefiting the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Competitors can enter in one of seven categories, ranging from natural full beards and mustaches to creative, gravity-defying bristles. Facial-hair impaired? Never fear. Everyone is invited to spectate, from the most Tolkien-esque locks to the wimpiest of whiskers.

— CHRISTIAN VOSLER

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Each year, Whitworth University president Beck A. Taylor invites some of the nation’s brightest and most respected leaders to Spokane for the college’s semi-annual President’s Leadership Forum. Past guests have included Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist George F. Will, a Harvard dean, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and a former Secret Service director. This fall, adding to the impressive lineup is a talk by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Since leaving that post in 2009, she has taught political science at Stanford and served on the boards of several prestigious organizations and companies.

— CHEY SCOTT Whitworth President’s Leadership Forum feat. Condoleeza Rice • Thu, Oct. 9, from noon-1:30 pm • $60/person, registration required • Spokane Convention Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • 777-4974

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FILM OOOH, SCARY!

In movies and real life, the scariest things are often those that we can’t see — the things that go bump in the night or lurk in the darkness. In October, the Garland Theater is celebrating Halloween season with Secret Surprise Fright Night — midnight showings of “creepy, not-so-common” scary movies. The rub? The audience won’t know what the movie is until they’re in their seats.

It’s a screaming deal, and you can get in free if you spend $10 on drinks at Bon Bon beforehand. Scaredy-cats might need the liquid courage.

— DAN NAILEN Secret Surprise Fright Night • Saturdays, Oct. 4, 11, 18 at midnight • $2.50 • Garland Theater • 924 W. Garland • garlandtheater.com • 327-1050

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EVENTS | CALENDAR

Scenic Excursion

BENEFIT

Train Rides

INTO AFRICA Partnering for Progress’ annual dinner and auction offers an African-themed menu. All proceeds support P4P’s projects in southwest Kenya to help provide access to health care, education and clean water. Oct. 3, 5:30 pm. $60-$65/person. Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. intoafricaauction.org (720-848) BOOKTOBERFEST Annual book sale offering 16,000+ new and gently used books, CDs, DVDs and magazines for sale to raise funds for the animals of the Spokane Humane Society. Oct. 4 from 8 am-4 pm and Oct. 5 from 9 am-3 pm.

Free. Spokane Humane Society, 6607 N. Havana St. (467-5235 Ext. 211) HOEDOWN FOR HOPE The third annual benefit event for Spokane HOPE School, with live music and dancing and a catered dinner and dessert. The nonprofit provides services to children with hearing loss, regardless ability to pay.

Oct. 4, 5:30 pm. $55/person. Riverside Place, 1108 W. Riverside. spokanehopeschool.org (951-1290 or 863-7097) THAT SPORTING THING Annual fundraiser benefiting the community center.

Includes live music by Variety Pak, a live auction, surprise sports celebrity guests, dinner and more. Oct. 4, 5-8:30 pm. $30. Southside Senior & Community Center, 3151 E. 27th. (535-0803) WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S A 3-mile walk to raise awareness and funds to fight the disease and provide services to caregivers. Oct. 4, 10 am. Free. Riverfront Park. act.alz.org/spokane (473-3390) STEP OUT: WALK TO STOP DIABETES The American Diabetes Association hosts its annual awareness/fundraiser walk for people of all ages and activity levels; walk any distance up to 4 1/2 miles. Oct. 5, 8:30 am. Free. Riverfront Park. diabetes.org/spokanestepout SPR PRESENTS: DR. ZORBA PASTER The host of the public radio program “Zorba Paster On Your Health” comes to Spokane for a Q&A session and advice from his book, “The Longevity Code.” Oct. 9, 7-9:30 pm. $20-$23. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. spokanepublicradio.org/zorba (328-5729)

“Autumn Colors”

Every Weekend In October

Twenty-mile roundtrip route through beautiful back country. Passing through the 810 ft Vail tunnel and crossing the Pend Oreille River

11 am | 1 pm | 3 pm Train leaves from Ione Station Tickets: $1500

Seniors 65+ & Children 2-12: $10 00 Children under 2 - Free

For information & reservations visit www.lionstrainrides.com or call 1-877-525-5226, Mon-Fri 6am-5pm. Reservations highly recommended.

TONI PIMBLE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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COMEDY

Saturday, October 4 | 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox

LAUGH FOR THE CURE Featuring comedians Gabriel Rutledge and Heath Harmison, with proceeds benefiting the Susan G. Komen Eastern Washington Affiliate. Oct. 2, 6-10 pm. Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. komeneasternwashington.org

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STAND-UP COMEDY OPEN MIC Local comedians; see weekly schedule online.

Thursdays at 8 pm. Free. Uncle D’s, 2721 N. Market St. bluznews.com (483-7300) JERRY PERCIO & WILL SEAGRAM Marijuana is now legal in Washington state, and these local comedians show us the way. Oct. 3, 8-10:30 pm. $12. Uncle D’s Comedy Underground, 2721 N. Market St. bluznews.com (483-7300) NO CLUE Audience-participation, murder mystery-themed comedy improv show. Fridays at 8 pm through October. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) NUTHOUSE IMPROV COMEDY Performances by WSU’s improv comedy troupe. Oct. 3, 24 and 31, Nov. 14-15 and Dec. 5; show times vary. $5. WSU Pullman. performingarts.wsu.edu SHORT STACKS The BDT Players try out new material, rework ideas, and share comedic talents in stand-up, sketch, music, film and more. First Fridays of the month at 10 pm. $5. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER An improv comedy show directed by Pat Thomas.

Rated PG-13. Oct. 4, 8 pm. $10. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. (342-2055) VENTRILOQUIST TERRY FATOR Fator is the season 2 winner of “America’s Got Talent.” His act includes celebrity impressions, musical comedy, and the use of 16 different puppets. Oct. 4, 7:30 pm. $65-$85. Northern Quest Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com

COMMUNITY

COLVILLE CORN MAZE & PUMPKIN PATCH Explore 12 acres of corn maze and pumpkin patches, offering u-pick or pre-picked. Open daily through Oct. 31 from 11 am-8 pm. $5/kids (5-12), $7/ adults, free/under 5. Colville Corn Maze, 73 Oakshott Rd. colvillecornmaze.com (509-684-6751) SPOKANE TRIVIA CHAMPIONSHIP A knowledge bowl featuring 18-24 3-person teams. Proceeds benefit the Spokane Public Library’s STEM programs.

Oct. 2, 7 pm. $12/adults; kids 12 and under free. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. spokanelibraryfoundation.org A T. REX NAMED SUE Mobius hosts the Chicago Field Museum’s exhibit centered on the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever discovered. Exhibit runs through Jan. 4, 2015. $7-$10.

Mobius Science Center, 811 W. Main Ave. mobiusspokane.org (509-443-5669)

FALL FESTIVAL OF HOMES The 10th annual homes showcase hosted by the Spokane Home Builders Association, featuring 36 newly constructed homes around the area of various prices and locations. Oct. 3-5; from 10 am-5 pm daily.

Free. spokanefestivalofhomes.com FRIENDS OF THE SPOKANE VALLEY LIBRARY BOOK SALE Used library materials for sale including books, CDs and DVDs. Presale ($10 donation) Oct. 3 from 3-5 pm; Oct. 4 from 9 am-3 pm.

Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main.

(893-8862) INCREDIBLE CORN MAZE & PUMPKIN PATCH Includes three mazes through 12+ acres of corn, a corn cannon, tractor tire playground, pumpkin patch, helicopter rides and more. Through Nov. 1. See website for hours and pricing information. 3405 N. Beck Rd., Hauser Idaho. incrediblecornmaze.com POST FALLS LIONS HAUNTED HOUSE Open this season Oct. 3-25 and 31 from 6 pm-midnight, and Oct. 26-30 from 6-10 pm. $7/person or $5 with 2 nonperishable food items. Haunted House located at 4th & Post. tinyurl.com/kly5dvv SCARYWOOD 2014 Silverwood Theme Park’s annual haunted nights run Oct. 3-Nov. 1; Thur from 6:30-11:30 pm; FriSat from 7 pm-1 am; Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 from 7 pm-midnight. $21-$40. Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 U.S. 95. scarywoodhaunt.com (208-683-3400) EPIC BEARD COMPETITION Annual competition hosted by Spokane Beard & Mustache Club, with proceeds benefiting the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Open to all, with categories for all beard types.

Oct. 4. Donations accepted. The Hop!, 706 N. Monroe. spokanebeardmustache.com LIONS CLUB TRAIN RIDES The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Club hosts its annual fall season scenic train rides along the Pend Orielle River from Ione to Metaline Falls, Wash. Offered Oct. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 and 25-26. Ione, Wash. lionstrainrides.com (887-525-5226) TURNBULL COMMUNITY WORK PARTY Part of an ongoing community effort to restore native riparian habitat to benefit birds and other wildlife species.

Event concludes with a potluck lunch at noon. Oct. 4, 9 am-noon. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, 26010 S. Smith Rd. fws.gov/refuge/turnbull (235-4723) FAIRWOOD FLEA & FARMERS MARKET Hosting 30 vendors, two food trucks, local produce, live music and more. Oct. 7, 2:30-6:30 pm. Fairwood Village, 312 W. Hastings Rd. (218-0413) WSU SPOKANE HEALTH FAIR An an-

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nual event to educate the community of different health and wellness choices, hosted by students from WSU’s Program in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (NEP) and the Campus Wellness Collaborative. Event includes screenings, flu shots, program information and more.

Oct. 9, 11 am-2 pm. Free. WSU Spokane, 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd. spokane.wsu.edu (509-358-7500)

FESTIVAL

HARVEST FEST The resort’s last weekend of summer season operation offering gondola rides, live music by Mark Holt, kids games, local craft fair and more. Oct. 3-5. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker, Kellogg. (208-783-1111) APPLE FEST Event includes crafts, entertainment, food trucks, apple dumplings and more. Oct. 4-19, Sat from 10 am-5 pm and Sun from 12-5 at the Green Bluff United Methodist Church; also on Oct. 2526 at the Grange. Free admission. Green Bluff United Methodist Church, 9908 E. Greenbluff. (979-2607) HARRISON OKTOBERFEST Seventh annual Oktoberfest celebration featuring music, micro- and home-brews, food, vendors and more. Oct. 4, 1-7 pm. Free admission. Harrison, Idaho. harrisonidaho.org (208-582-2341) LATAH HARVEST CELEBRATION The annual event’s festivities highlight the nostalgia of farm and rural life in simpler times, with music, pie contests, a petting zoo, children’s games, local clubs and vendors exhibiting hand-made and homegrown products. Oct. 4, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Latah, Wash. everydayrural.com (286-3602) SPOKANE RENAISSANCE FAIRE Annual medieval-themed festival, featuring jousting, equestrian games, bocce ball, dancing, live music, sword fighting, vendors, food and more. Oct. 4-5, from 10 am-5 pm. Proceeds benefit Second Harvest. $5-$10. Green Bluff Growers. spokanerenfaire.com

SISTER CITY CHEF COMPETITION

FILM

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Screening of lyricist Tim Rice’s adaptation of the classic World War II story in advance of the musical’s opening on Broadway later this fall. Oct. 2, 5 and 9; show times vary. At Regal Cinemas Riverstone and NorthTown. fathomevents.com NIC FILM CLUB: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL Screening co-hosted by North Idaho College and the library. Oct. 2, 7:30 pm. Free.

CdA Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-292-4637)

AMANDA SKIDMORE VS – All Seasons Café, Nelson, BC –

REESE WARREN – Eichardt’s, Sandpoint, ID –

SATURDAY, OCT. 11TH, 2–3PM — In Sandpoint’s Granary Arts District — Admission is $5 or $3 with a donation to the Bonner County Community Food bank.

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RELATIONSHIPS

Advice Goddess HEAVY MEDDLE

Is it okay to keep your income a secret from someone you’re dating? I recently started seeing a girl I work with (at an advertising company). She believes women at our company get paid less on average, and I suspect she’s right. Yesterday she came right out and asked me how much I make. I’m pretty sure I’m the highest-paid person on our team, but her question made me really uncomfortable, and I told her I make a lot less than I AMY ALKON actually do. I felt bad lying to a woman I could get serious with, but I don’t want her or other co-workers knowing my salary.

—Johnny Paycheck Privacy It’s normal to keep some personal information secret from the person you’re dating – like your exact income or the fact that you belt out Lynyrd Skynyrd in the car every day on your way to work.

Unfortunately, your girlfriend decided it was time to bridge the gap between conversation and colonoscopy. She snookered you into going along by asking you point-blank how much you make. This is really rude — on the level of yelling across the office, “Hey, Steve, ya still got that weird rash on your balls?” Because of that, it catches a person off guard, leading to a reaction like yours — stammering out an answer, but not the one the prying person actually deserves: some version of “Up your butt with a coconut.”

Maybe she doesn’t believe you’re entitled to boundaries in a relationship, or maybe she decided she could erase yours for a good cause. And sure, you, like most people, probably want the person you’re with to really know you. But really knowing the person you’re dating means understanding their hopes and dreams, not having the same information you’d get if you duct-taped yourself to the awning of the ATM just before they deposited their paycheck.

Beyond one of the biggest problems with lying — the tendency to get caught — by not standing up for your right to keep select areas of your life private, you’re paving the way for future info-hooverings. To dial back your privacy settings, tell her you only revealed your salary because you were so unprepared for her to ask about it. Request that she keep a lid on it, and let her know the boundaries that work for you — like that the woman in your life has a right to know how much you make when you’re sharing a checking account, not a cubicle.

You don’t have to turn your pay stub drawer into a petting zoo to show her you care about her concerns. You could offer to help her come up with tactics for negotiating a raise. Keep in mind that research shows that women tend to take the salary, raises, and opportunities they’re offered instead of trying to negotiate for more. A book you might get her is “Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want,” by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever. Finally, prepare yourself for being put on the spot by her or anyone with what I call “The Power of Not Right Now”— recognizing that you can decline to answer a person’s question right then and there (perhaps with the exception of inquiries like “You gonna give me your wallet, or do I have to gut you with this rusty screwdriver?”).

CURL, INTERRUPTED

The girl I’m dating wears hair extensions, and feeling them creeps me out. She’s very pretty, and her hair is lovely without the extensions. Can I tell her they make me uncomfortable?

— Mr. Natural When you’re running your hand through your girlfriend’s hair and a bunch comes out in your palm, it can be hard to keep straight whether you’re making out or snaking the shower drain.

Your girlfriend joins an increasing number of women in planting non-native foliage in her hairgarden, probably because men tend to be attracted to long, lush hair. It’s actually an evolutionary sign of good health. (Hair suffers when a person eats poorly or has a disease.) Because complaints are most productive when reconstituted as compliments, start by telling your girlfriend she’s a natural beauty (as opposed to “If I wanted a girlfriend with interchangeable hair, I’d date Mrs. Potato Head”). Add that you’d love to run your hands through her real hair, and ask whether she’d consider going without the extensions. If she agrees, be sure you effuse when she’s hair naturelle so she’s inspired to keep it up. All in all, a little mystery is a good thing in a relationship, but it’s best if you’re wondering whether your girlfriend got her pretty hair from her mother and not suspecting she hired somebody to take a big scissors to Seabiscuit’s tail.  ©2014, 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 BANFF RADICAL REELS TOUR Winter sports film festival, with a portion of proceeds supporting the Independence Ski Team’s program for youth. Oct. 3, 7-9 pm. $14-$15. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. tinyurl.com/mhb39ee OR7: THE JOURNEY A film documenting the journey of a radio-collared Gray Wolf from Northeast Oregon, who traveled to California and settled there for a time — the first wolf to do so in almost a century. Oct. 3, 7-8:30 pm. $11. Panida Theater, 300 N. First. (208-255-7801) INSPIRED SKI MOVIE TOUR Winter sports film. Oct. 4, 7:30 pm. $10. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. (227-7404) SECRET SURPRISE FRIGHT NIGHT Throughout October, the Garland shows lesser-known scary movies that aren’t announced before the screening.

Oct. 4, 11, and 18, at midnight. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. (327-1050) PALOUSE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Fifth annual celebration of recent French/Francophone cinema, presented by the U of Idaho and WSU. Screenings held on Tuesdays through Oct. at 7 pm. $4/film; $15/pass. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. (208-882-4127) COLLECT SPOKANE FILM PREMIERE Over the past year Collect Spokane has collaborated with The Spokane Film project to create live music performance videos of local Spokane musicians. Oct. 8, 7-8 pm. Free. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. collectpnw.com RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES The UI Confucius Institute Presents a film about a village of fishermen in Japan. Oct. 8, 7 pm. Free. The Ken-

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BEER CAMP An outdoor craft beer festival featuring 12 collaborative beers created by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. with a dozen other breweries across the U.S. Oct. 2-4, from 11 am-2 am each day.

The Lantern Tap House, 1004 S. Perry St. (509-315-9531) FESTIVAL OF CHEFS The Spokane Home Builders Association hosts its inaugural event featuring local chefs serving sample-sized portions of signature dishes during the 10th Annual Fall Festival of Homes Tour. Also includes beer/wine sampling and live music at select locations. Ages 21+ only. Oct. 2, 4-8 pm. $35/person. spokanefestivalofhomes.com (532-4990) BIG SKY BEER DINNER The Connoisseur’s Club beer dinner features five courses each paired with a beer from Montana’s Big Sky Brewing Co. Oct. 3, 6-10 pm. $55/person. Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St. (327-8000) FIRST FRIDAY OCTOBERFEST DINNER A fine-dining experience in Riverfront Park with a four-course meal prepared

by Chef Jeremy Hansen of Sante Restaurant, paired with local, seasonal beers. Includes live music by Spare Parts. Reservations required. Reserved seating $65/person; public seating (unreserved) $15-$15, purchased on site.

Oct. 3, 5:30-7:30 pm. Fountain Cafe, 610 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (625-6601) ROCKTOBERFEST A tasting class highlighting Oktoberfest style beer from Germany and beyond, as well as local

seasonal brews. Oct. 3, 7 pm. $20, registration requested. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. (343-2253) SPOKANE VIBE CRAFT BEER & MUSIC FEST The new local entertainment website hosts its first annual event, featuring 10 local breweries and live music all night.

Meet the brewers, learn about craft beer and sample some new seasonals. Oct. 3, 6 pm-midnight. $5. The Viking, 1221 N. Stevens. spokanevibe.com 8TH ANNUAL OCTOBERFEST Featuring home-brew beer tasting and contest, homemade German foods and more. Proceeds benefit local food banks and meal programs. Oct. 4, 2-7 pm. $15-$20. Central Lutheran Church, 512 S. Bernard St. (509-624-9233) PAELLA COOKING CLASS Learn about the fire-roasted Spanish rice dish Paella, made with sausage, chicken or seafood, and saffron, garlic and olive oil. Oct. 4, 5-9 pm. $12. Browne’s Tavern, 1924 W. Pacific. (360-281-0203) TWO SEVEN OKTOBERFEST Sixth annual Oktoberfest celebration, offering an outdoor beer garden and live music

by Crystalline, Mama Doll and Hey! Is for Horses. Oct. 4, 1-8 pm. Free admission. Two Seven Public House, 2727 S. Mt. Vernon. (473-9766) ZOMBIE PUB CRAWL The second annual pub crawl stops at 8 downtown bars, and includes pre-event zombie makeup at the Sapphire Lounge. Oct. 4. $20/$25. Downtown Spokane. spokanezombiecrawl.com (944-6777)

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ANTSY MCCLAIN Performance by the

small-town singer-songwriter and humorist. Oct. 3, 8 pm. $20. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) BRAD RICHTER & VIKTOR UZUR The two accomplished classical musicians perform a guitar and cello concert. Oct. 3, 7:30 pm. $20-$25. The JACC, 405 N. William. (208-457-8950) CURTIS & LORETTA The first stop on a Pacific Northwest tour by the awardwinning Minneapolis-based husband and wife duo. Oct. 3, 7-9 pm. Free. Grande Ronde Cellars, 906 W. Second. (455-8161) DEUTSCHES HAUS OKTOBERFEST Celebration includes traditional German food, music by the Concordian Choir, the Portato Accordian Ensemble, Norm Seeberger Band and the OOM PA’S and MA’S German Band from Odessa, Wash. Oct. 4, 6 pm. $8-$12.

German American Hall, 25 W. Third.

(990-1365 or 747-0004) HARP GUITAR GATHERING 12th annual concert featuring renowned harp guitarists. Oct. 4-5, Sat at 7:30 pm; Sun from 3-6 pm. $20. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. (208-660-9632) KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT: URBAN COYOTE BUSH BAND Ken Raymond, Paul Tapp, and Jim Roberts play folk songs from the Australian Bushland, the British Isles, and Appalachia. Oct. 4, 1-2 pm.

Free. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. spokanepublicradio.org 100 STORIES OF POPULAR MUSIC A multi-media program led by composer and teacher Donivan Johnson offering a history of American popular music.

Oct. 5, 2 pm. $10 suggested donation.

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PRO-WEST RODEO FINALS Featuring 100+ contestants from around the region competing in 8 events. Oct. 3 at 6 pm and Oct. 4 at 4 pm. $8-$10.

Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. (208-765-4969) SPOKANE ANARCHY WRESTLING: HALLOWEEN HAVOC Main event of the local pro-wrestling event is a S.A.W Championship fight. Oct. 4, 4 pm. Free.

Peaceful Valley Community Center, 214 N. Cedar. (624-8634) SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS Hockey match.

Oct. 4, 7 pm. $10-$23. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. spokanechiefs.com THREE STONE FOUNDATION FUN RUN An event geared towards families with kids, with 5K and 1-mile options.

Participants are encouraged to dress as their favorite book character. Oct. 4, 10 am. $25. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. threestone.org (448-9358) WHO LET THE BELLES OUT? A doubleheader roller derby charity bout benefiting the animals of the Spokane Humane Society. In the Riverfront Park Pavilion, featuring the first home bout for the Inland Empower Derby’s Brass Belles vs. the Atomic City Roller Girls. Oct. 4, 5:30-9 pm. $7/advance; $10/door. Riverfront Park. ti-

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Oct. 5, 10 am-noon. $20/advance, $25/ day of. Camp Sekani, 67070 E. Upriver Dr. sekanitrailrun.com SEAHAWKS VS. RED SKINS Watch the game in HD on the big screen, with food and drinks available for purchase. Doors open at 4:30 pm; game at 5:30. Oct. 6.

Free admission. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com

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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF The season opening show is performance of the classic musical, directed by Troy Nickerson and Heather McHenry-Kroetch.

Through Oct. 19, Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Oct. 8 performance benefits the Ministry Institute ($35); Oct. 15 benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters ($35). $22-$30. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507) LES MISERABLES Performance of the classic musical based on Victor Hugo’s epic novel. Through Oct. 12, Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $17-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. lakecityplayhouse.org (208-667-1323) A BRIGHT NEW BOISE A play written by former Moscow resident Samuel D. Hunter, featuring Jonathan Rau, of Travolta family fame. Oct. 3-4 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 5 at 2 pm. $15. Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. (208-885-6465)

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pokane County has a new pot store, bringing the figure to six licensed and five confirmed open. Green Light recently opened on East Trent, and co-owner Brandon Olson says prices range from $18 to $23 a gram and the store expects concentrates and edibles in coming weeks. Visit Inlander.com/GreenZone for all your marijuana news and a map of area retail outlets.

Statewide, 57 stores and 233 growers have been licensed, 35 infused products (from trail mix to soda) have been approved for sale and stores have sold more than $16 million worth of weed, generating about $4 million in state taxes.

In Seattle, police have determined one of their officers went on some sort of personal anti-pot crusade and issued 80 percent of the department’s tickets for public consumption in the first half of the year. The city prosecutor is dismissing 100 tickets and giving refunds to 22 people who’d already paid, according to the Associated Press.

Also in Seattle, competition is alive and well: Staff at the city’s only open I-502 store say a dealer has been parking his Buick in front of their store looking to poach their customers.

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In Alaska, a TV news reporter named Charlo Greene quit on air by revealing she’s the owner of a marijuana club and saying of her current job, “F—- it.” She’s since released another video (her dramatic TV-reporter cadence in full force) explaining her reasons for supporting legalization.

Financial advice site NerdWallet has a new analysis of how much money each state could make per year from marijuana legalization, based on estimated demand and taxes. Nationwide, pot taxes could generate more than $3 billion, according to the study, and the estimates for Washington are in line with recent state forecasts of about $25 million by next year and $206 million in 2015-17.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, Denver Broncos quarterback and Papa John’s franchise owner Peyton Manning says the “pizza business is pretty good out here, believe it or not, due to some recent law changes.” n For more pot-related news, visit Inlander.com/GreenZone and read our “Weed Wednesday” blog every week on the site.

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DADDY’S DYIN’ WHO’S GOT THE WILL? StageWest Community Theater performs a comedy about a family of misfits who come together for the first time in years. Through Oct. 5, Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. $5-$12. Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 639 Elm St. (235-2441) LAFFING ROOM ONLY A fast-paced, mad-cap comedy performed in a dinner-theater format. Oct. 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18; dinner at 6:30, show at 7:30. $12-$25. Circle Moon Theater, Hwy 211 off Hwy 2, Newport. (208-448-1294) NEIL LABUTE IN SPOKANE Performance of a two, dark one-act plays by Neil LaBute: Medea Redux and Gaggle of Saints, both exploring the complexities of evil in everyday life. Directed by Juan A. Mas. Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE The Inland Northwest premiere of the 2013 Best Play Tony Award about middle-aged siblings. Through Oct. 12; Sat-Sun at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $13$15. Ignite Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org THE SHAPE OF THINGS A staged reading of the Neil LaBute play, directed by Niki Imuro. Oct. 6 and 13 at 7:30 pm. $5. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third. spokanestageleft.org SOLITAIRE BY DALIA BASIOUNY The Egyptian journalist, playwright, director, actor, and activist performs her solo piece about an Arab-American woman and her political identity between 9/11 and the Egyptian Revolution. Oct. 9, 7:30-9:30 pm. $15. Hartung Theater, 6th & Stadium Way. (208-885-6465)

VISUAL ARTS

ART FROM THE HEART A communitywide celebration of the arts, ranging from dance workshops to free concerts. Oct. 2-11; event details TBA. Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. artsincda.org (208-415-0116) CUSTER’S FALL ANTIQUE SHOW 39th vintage/antique sale hosts 200 vendors offering kitchenware, jewelry, furniture, primitives, garden decor, glassware, prints and more. Oct. 3-5. $6/all weekend. Spokane Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. custershows.com TERRAIN 7 The 7th annual one-night local art showcase features 250+ pieces art, along with live music, comedy, poetry, theater, food trucks and more.

Oct. 3, 5 pm-2 am. Free. Washington Cracker Co. Bldg, 304 W. Pacific. terrainspokane.com VISUAL ARTS TOUR October’s First Friday event is an expanded version of the monthly gallery showcase, as part of Create Spokane Arts Month. See event details and locations on page 35.

Oct. 3. Free. createspokane.com WEST CENTRAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS This year’s festival theme is “Stories We Tell,” and showcases neighborhood and regional artists work, including visual, auditory, and sculptural pieces, as well as lower elementary student projects and professional work. Oct. 3-5; Fri 5-8 pm, Sat 11 am-8 pm, Sun 12-7 pm. Free. Salem Lutheran Church, 1428 W. Broadway Ave. facebook.com/westcentralarts DOWNTOWN MURALS WALKING TOUR Following the installation of the new Mobile Murals Program at Division and Third, Spokane Arts leads a walk-

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WORDS

JESS WALTER The bestselling Northwest writer presents at the 11th Annual Northern Idaho Distinguished Humanities Lecture and Dinner. Oct. 2, 7 pm. $50/person. CdA Resort, 115 S. 2nd. idahohumanities.org SAVING AMERICAN CAPITALISM Venture capitalist and TED Talks sensation Nick Hanauer explains why capitalists should be the most concerned about the staggering rise in U.S. economic inequality and the struggling middle class. Oct. 2, 7:30 pm. Free. The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foley.wsu.edu SHANN RAY A reading, signing and discussion session with the local author. Oct. 2, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. (838-0206) 3 MINUTE MIC Spokane Poetry Slam’s monthly poetry open mic event. October’s featured reader for the “Remember the Word” segment is Raja Bose.

Oct. 3, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org EWU VISITING WRITERS SERIES: JOSEPH SALVATORE Reading by the book review editor for fiction and poetry at The Brooklyn Rail and a frequent contributor to The NYT Book Review. Free. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main. (703-7223) PETE FROMM Reading, discussion and signing with the author of “If Not For This.” Post-event reception at Atticus Coffee & Gifts at 8:30 pm. Oct. 4, 7 pm.

Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. (838-0206) VERBATIM Nine local artist-poet collaborations to produce a gallery object along with a 7-10 min. performance, followed by a silent auction with proceeds benefiting INK. Oct. 4, 5-9 pm. $5. INK Art Space, 224 W. Sprague Ave. inkartspace.wordpress.com B.H. FAIRCHILD POETRY READING Fairchild’s award-winning poetry explores the empty landscapes of Texas and Kansas. Oct. 6, 7 pm. Free. Whitworth HUB, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. whitworth.edu (777-3253) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE: CORAL KINGDOMS & EMPIRES OF ICE Explore a hidden universe through the eyes of the photographic team of David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes, who share some of their recent assignments. Oct. 7, 7-9 pm. $41.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (800-325-SEAT) CONDOLEEZA RICE The former Secretary of State is the featured speaker of Whitworth University’s fall President’s Leadership Forum. Oct. 9, noon. $60/ person. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. whitworth. edu/fallplf (777-4974)

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EUGENE BALLET: CINDERELLA The Eugene Ballet Company returns to Spokane to perform the classic fairytale story to the score by Sergei Prokofiev. Oct. 4, at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. $15-$41/adults; $11-$37/ages 17 and under. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com (624-1200) n

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19. Those aboard a UFO 20. “2001” computer 21. Sanguine 22. ____-mo replay 23. Comedy routine 24. Reversal 26. Company with a “Running Man” symbol 27. ____ glance 28. No-show in a Beckett play 29. Chocolate ____

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ending in punctuation seen in this puzzle’s grid 62. Author Fleming 63. Former acorn 64. Escort’s offering 65. Baseball scoreboard letters 66. They’re flashed at bouncers 67. Grade school subj.

68. Signal callers: Abbr.

69. Start to sneeze?

DOWN 1. Yiddish for “crazy” 2. Pilot 3. Plan a heist (with) 4. Roof style 5. Euphoric 6. Police informant 7. “Whole” thing 8. Product that moves fast 9. Like Albany or Chicago

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11. Destined for 12. Something to grind 13. Discreet signal 25. Scheider of “Jaws” 29. Slopes fanatic

30. “Eek!” 33. “Burma Looks Ahead” author 34. Election mo.

37. Object of some whistles 38. Pie ____ mode

39. “Game of Thrones” protagonist ____ Stark 40. Talk to shrilly 41. Like some shoes 42. Isr. neighbor 43. Diner sign 44. “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Washington and others 45. They have retractable heads 50. Realm of Tolkien’s Middle-earth 52. Horiz.

55. Nintendo game console 56. Taken in a con 57. Solution: Abbr.

THIS WEEK’S 58. Pre-op test WERS ON ANS 59. E-help page YOUS SAW I 60. Heavenly body 61. Motel offerings: Abbr.

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Shadle Walmart Last-minute backto-school shopping at Shadle Walmart (on pretty much the first day of school, lol), you recognized my son from his helping your kids fix a toy, and introduced yourself.

How pleasant to meet you! I admit I didn’t look for a ring. But can I take you to coffee? Say hi back at Oliver.

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“damn-this-song-is-awesome” list.

So, thanks for being awesome to me and all that jazz - I REALLY appreciate it - but now I don’t think I’ll ever have some awesome platinum record, framed up all sweet, because your super high level of awesomeness kicks ass on all of that awesome awfulness where all badass grunge songs are borne.

which belonged to my mother, my brother, now me. Several staff listened completely, offered suggestions, always practical tips and options. Finally I was face to face with Karen, who told me the saucer I chose would work to catch the water, and the real problem was me, over watering. She urged me to wait until the plant was very dry, wait a day, or a week, or better yet call her...and she’d tell me “DON’T WATER YET”. We laughed. NW Seed is local business, with skilled staff, personal service..including large doses of humor. Thanks to you all.

it. There are food banks and free meals throughout Spokane. SFCC may even have one. Never, ever, ever give up hope. Never, ever, give up on yourself. Life is difficult, full of broken cars, unpaid bills and never ending work. I can recall those days working and school, no money, lurching from one crisis to the next. Keep your eye on your goals and keep going it can get better. Get your AA, then get your next degree and someday it will be you filling the food bank with your donations. And hope and hope and hope, it will get you through.

You Saw Me RE: You Were Taking My Picture I am pretty sure it was me that waved and smiled at you, but just to verify reply to this message and tell me about the time you saw me and if it was you we were heading east on Wellesley between Maple and Division when I saw you.

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Rodeo Queen You blew in through the doors of the Saranac on an awesomely frigid December night last winter when we first met and you didn’t fight fair, giving me your salted caramels and awesome smile! Being all super nice and awesome. Then, you had to be frickin’ awesome at sledding and crushed me on the less-thanawesome sledding hill at Manito Park. How am I supposed to not be super-stoked at that level of sledding awesomeness? What if I had an awesome Nirvana-esque song I was about to write, and I was gonna bring back the whole awesome grunge thing, but I needed to wallow around in some emotional muck and angst to make my words reach that ultimate level of awesome hopelessness? Now I can’t do that because you call me Cinnamon Roll and when we go ride our bad-ass awesome beach cruisers and you smile all sweet and awesome-like, it makes me feel all awesome inside and I want to write songs like “Smells Like Teen Awesome”, which you have to admit isn’t quite as catchy as “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” It would probably sell like 10 copies or something, which is very low on the

Wrong Conclusions Cheers to you for a teachable moment! Your evident deafness prevented your noticing me telling my kids to stay put as I turned our vehicle around at the 5-Mile Safeway gas station.

(You admitted you hadn’t heard me!) The conclusions you leapt to led you to obtrude yourself with unsolicited advice to “keep my kids in the vehicle”. (Seconds earlier, they had made my heart melt with pride when they suggested they

TO CONNECT

Put a non-identifying email address in your message, like “petals327@yahoo.com” — not “j.smith@comcast.net.” clean candy wrappers out of the van while I filled the tank!) The example you set of a concerned but overreaching adult perfectly set up the ensuing golden conversation with my kids about EVERYONE having responsibility for their actions. And about how, yes, I was visibly angry at you for your behavior, while no, I was not about to get into a pointless confrontation with someone whose intentions are not constructive. You, my friend, are the classic Zen master: the one who is unaware of it; tat tvam asi in Sanskrit. Or as Socrates put it so classically, “I know only that I know nothing.” The hell with Jesus, next time, I’m climbing into your backseat and becoming your disciple!

Plant Rescue Cheers to staff at NW Seed and Pet for their tips to my over watering of a much loved ficus,

Laugh and Cry “G” You me make laugh, You make me smile, You make me dance, you make me cry, you make me pray that you will have better, more positive times in the future. Meaning things will work out, with less pain in your life as it is now. I have faith things will be better. I do pray everyday for you and will continue to do so until and after things turn around for you. You know Who

Found: One Mind I was swimmin’ in the Caribbean, animals were hiding behind the rocks, my feet were in the air and my head was on the ground, I felt my head might collapse. So I asked myself if I could try this trick and spin it. There, I found one mind. Email if it is yours.

To Arthur from Seattle I just wanted to say thank you. When you came upon me on the trail last Sunday 9-21, I was feeling quite poorly about myself. Our brief conversation, even though it was not related to my situation, took me out of my mind chatter and made me feel a lot better. Thanks again and I’ll see ya on the trail. KAG

Happy Birthday! I saw you about 8 years ago. Then short, scrawny, long hair and braces, lugging your trombone case around. Today you are a strapping young man, talk and confident, ambitious and handsome, and turning 23 today. Face To Face Cheers to the parents Happy Birthday! The age difference who took their kids to play by between us has always thrown me the river. I was just hanging out off a bit, especially considering I making rock am the “older woman”...so much has happened in 8 years of messy friendship but I wouldn’t change any of it. It was God’s way of bringing us to where we are now, sitting on my couch reading this together. I Ellen P. is this week’s winner of the love you! Now, let’s get “Say it Sweet” promotion! married. You Have My Send in your CHEERS so you too can Heart, Fubwifer.

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sculptures when three curious girls showed up to ask what I was doing.

In about two seconds we were all making funny rock faces together.

Good to see kids interacting with people, being creative and exercising!

remove your ad or maybe just have the courtesy to reply. Especially you Adam. Thanks

Cyclists You guys are the ones who came up with the slogan “same road, same rules,” but you don’t follow any of the rules! You run red lights, in traffic you cut people off, you go 15 miles UNDER the speed limit in the MIDDLE of the road. This is illegal as it’s just as dangerous to go too slow as it is to speed. A car doing this would be pulled over. On the road, cars are seen with bumper stickers that say “same road, same rules” and feature an image of a bicycle. It’s irritating. Why are you even in a car if you love your bicycle that much? “Same road, same rules” is a stupid slogan anyway. Can you take your bicycle on I-90 and go 70 mph? No you can’t, it’s impossible.

The slogan never should have been created. Cyclists, abide by the rules of the road or get out of my way!

Jeers My Newspaper Starbucks, Wednesday am: You left me a note on my windshield. “How rude to steal the center out of the paper.”

First, it is my newspaper; I paid for it. Second, I take one page and leave all the rest for others to read.

To add injury to insult, you left the note on my windshield and I didn’t see it until I was on the street so I had to make an extra stop to get it.

This reminds me of another instance in a coffee shop in Pullman. I bought a newspaper, read it, folded it and put it on my table while I finished eating.

Someone glared at me, snatched it off the table and sat down with it without one word, evidently thinking it was a copy meant for the public. So, please don’t presume you know what is happening and leave anonymous rude notes.

Please speak directly to a person if you have a problem instead of doing it anonymously. And most importantly, an apology would be nice. I am well aware that you probably won’t ever see this, and I don’t know who you are, but maybe someone can pass the word on.

Two of us had a more unpleasant day than we could have had and I am sorry about that. Thank you.

Parking Meters The city of Spokane is installing parking meters east of Bernard and south of Third Ave. They claim it is in response to merchants complaining about the high school students monopolizing street space meant for their patrons. I will now be paying the city over $1,000 a year for parking.

Most employers provide space for their patrons and relegate their employees to street parking. Lucky for me I can walk to work and leave the meters unused.

Craigslist Posters I’m beginning to wonder if there isn’t something fundamentally wrong with some of the local posters on Craigslist.

Over the past couple weeks I have tried repeatedly to contact several people with items for sale in the Spokane area. None of them have replied. What is wrong with you?

Why can’t you simply reply one way or the other? I’ve sold several items myself and replying isn’t that hard to do. If you’ve sold the item

Dawn on the Planet of Parents To the parents who brought their preschool children to the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes movie at the Garland theater on a Friday night: I heard one of your children crying in within the first 20 minutes of this violent, entertaining-for-adultsbut-disturbing-for-children movie.

Parents, please, I know you love and care about your children, but when did we start deciding that subjecting our children to violence on a big screen is a fun and healthy activity? Children cannot protect themselves from images - these images are very strong and can disturb a child’s inner world. Yes, children have inner worlds, and you are influencing their inner worlds (the seeds for who they will become as adults) by what you choose to expose them to.

Personally, I don’t want my 3, 4, 5, 6, or even 10 year old child to go to sleep with images of large man-like apes killing each other violently.

Please, choose wisely parents, your children are vulnerable and they count on you to protect them.

Khama Really? It’s any persons legal right to remove trees off their own property as they want too. The home owner wanted a 4 car garage. What consideration does he owe you? Put up your trees and shrubs and fence. It’s not your neighbors responsibility to beautify your view. It’s yours.

The person being inconsiderate is you! You’re the one who should watch out for Khama. SMH! Jeers Every one of the Jeers, except “Tree Killers” in the September 25th Inlander, boils down to the “Consideration of Others” and “Entitlement” to “Do Whatever I Want” and “Who Cares About Others.” That is what society has become, like a ill-mannered brat!

Try being considerate all of the time and see what happens, maybe it will spread!? “Tree Killers”, yes it is sad and it is their property, so they have the right to remove the trees, just as you have the right to plant trees to make up the difference.

RE: Jeers To Pedestrians REALLY this can not be a real jeer? Is there someone out there that stupid and insensitive to believe that people should not be in the crosswalks.

If so, this person needs to be put down saying people walking don’t seem to get it. Wow what a bone head (if this is real). He doesn’t care if you’re walking, I wish I knew who you were soon as you got out of your car to walk, I would hit you with mine since you don’t care. Just cause you have a car does not make you important and if you think you’re important because you have one, wow! Again I keep thinking this has to be a joke, nobody could be that *#&^%@&& stupid. I don’t wish bad things on people, but this guy is a deserver of something awful ........is this a joke are we getting punked?

Northside Stuff Tosser To the guys in the loud Honda-like car that threw something at me while I was walking down Lincoln Rd on 09/29, I want to congratulate you on your aim. You hit me right on the shoulder. You also threw a quarter at my cycling husband on 09/28 near Friendship Park. It nailed him right in the forehead. My husband wants to return your quarter. I’d love to meet up sometime and show you guys my pepper spray.

Sincerely, The pink haired girl.

Concerned Citizen Jeers to those that are running a shameless RE: Pedestrians That “walk” signal campaign against the homeless. is there so pedestrians can walk Instead of demonizing them, we across the streets. If you have to should realize that they are human sit and wait in your dumb ass car, beings, like you and me, who are then tough s*&%. The signal reads down on their luck and need help.

Worrying about whether they WALK!!!!! Not DRIVE idiot!!!!! spend their money on booze or a nutritious meal is irrelevant; once you give them money, it is theirs to spend however they choose to.

If they want to spend it on beer, shouldn’t they have the right to do that; wouldn’t you, if you lived on the streets and this was the only small luxury you could have? If you don’t don’t want to give money to panhandlers, don’t, but don’t ’S THIS WEEK! discourage others from helping their fellow brothers and sisters.

ANSWERS RE: Pedestrians You’re totally right.

Those people don’t pay taxes on their shoes like we do on our cars, and they have NO RIGHT to be out on the roads that WE pay for.

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My Confession

Coming to terms with faith, guilt and a backpack for the end of the world

BY JORDY BYRD

M

y first brush with Catholic guilt came at my first confessional. Inside a wooden box, I got down on both knees, closed my eyes, entwined my fingers in prayer and said, “Bless me Father, for I have sinned. This is my first confession.”

I confessed I was mean to my older brother and disobeyed my parents. I think I was 8. It was a confession my mother prompted me to say and my repentance was overcome by a handful of Hail Marys and Our Fathers.

I haven’t confessed since.

In later years, the guilt was personified by my grandmother — the patron saint of unnecessary rituals. At times in my life she has rubbed the back of my ears with holy water because she “knows that I have sinned.”

My aunts take preventative measures and simply mix holy water into their perfume bottles.

At Christmas we make a cake for Jesus and the family sings “Happy Birthday” in unison. We joke about the backpack my grandmother has ready for the end of the world and assume it’s full of stale Easter candy, Listerine — God’s cure for everything — and pastel-colored rosaries.

The Catholic Church, and my family’s admittedly unusual interpretation of its readings, taught me that we are inherently sinful. Although I came out as an atheist in my teens, what the zeitgeist calls “Catholic guilt” still haunts me.

I blush when I see my name on the church bulletin board, when my mother’s congregation prays for me, and when she lights a candle in my honor in the sanctuary.

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I twitch in the pew at Midnight Mass each year I make the snowy trek home for Christmas, and I shrink my shoulders when my mother bluntly suggests that my boyfriend left me, and my car broke down, and my cat almost died this year, because I don’t have faith — because I don’t pray.

M

y grandmother gifted me exorcism salt for my pink apartment in Browne’s Addition. She wanted me and my boyfriend at the time to be protected by the divinity, “although we were living in sin.”

I’ve moved into new apartments and across state lines with the bag of salt just in case. In case she is right and I am wrong. In case, for some reason, I need it.

The older I get, the more abstract the guilt becomes. I feel guilty for not believing in the hocuspocus of demons and arks and burning in eternal hell. I feel the guilt of baptismal water wasted on my forehead as an infant, of countless matching Easter dresses my mother made for the two of us by hand, and for wordless whispers others sent up to their God on my behalf.

I am ashamed to feel the weight of a belief system that teaches to be human — mortal, of flesh and blood — is to be flawed. Because for the most part, I don’t feel flawed.

This has been the worst year of my young life, but I refuse to take all of the blame. I am weak and vulnerable and I will die, but my passions — my lust and wants and needs — are not sinful to me.

And the fragility that I see each day in the mirror only makes me stronger.

I am happy to be of this body, this earth.

I don’t want forgiveness for trespassing across imaginary lines or this suffocating guilt.

I

threw away the exorcism salt. I tossed the blue, crushed-velvet bag and container of holy water into the trash, half expecting to be possessed by a demon — or at least struck by lightning.

Nothing happened.

I wondered how a little bag of salt could cause so much anxiety and guilt even when tucked inside kitchen cupboards and linen closets all these years.

I realized that keeping the salt was some form of recognition that I am or have the potential for evil. That I am bad and deserving of every heartache and stitch of bad luck. And I’m not.

No amount of water — blessed as it may be — holy book or backpack will keep me from the end of the world. No amount of salt will protect me.

I’m OK with that. n

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