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Check, check, check. And now for humanity’s greatest trick: Scientists and inventors around the globe try to save the planet and, in doing so, safeguard humanity itself. Many of the most promising ideas are surprising, counterintuitive and a little poetic. WSU researchers, for one, have discovered a way to turn discarded plastics into high-quality fuel. That’s just for starters. This week, staff writer Samantha Wohlfeil reports on 17 innovative ways that superhero scientists hope to turn the tide on CLIMATE CHANGE — including inventing sunscreen for polar ice, storing carbon in soil, making roads out of solar panels and, yes, composting dead people.

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Why? When it comes to formal competition, golf is really about honor, which Trump disdains as something only losers worry about.

Reilly begins by taking the reader back to Trump’s early life, to his father, who taught him that winning was everything — makes no difference how you win, just that you win. And to win you may have to cheat.

When we think of cheating at golf, we usually think about something like improving your lie. You seldom think of cheating as moving someone else’s ball so as to make the next shot more difficult, or impossible. Trump does this all

the time, Reilly found in his research. Trump drives the fastest cart he can find, races to his ball ahead of his competitors, then he is known to toss his competitors ball into deep rough or kick it into a sand trap.

And, as Reilly reports, Trumps sees nothing wrong with any of this.

Trump tells people that he is a two handicap.

Those who play with him, or who have caddied for him, report that he is more like a 10. Not bad, but a long way from shooting scores in the low 70s, which is what two handicaps shoot.

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ments Trump has played, he has never done well. Why? Smile, Donald, you’re on candid camera.

Then there’s his ego. He always wanted a big-time tournament to come to one of his courses. No takers. What does he do? He buys Doral and its famous “Blue Monster� course, which since 1962 had been a must-stop on the tour.

First thing Trump did was change the name to the “Trump National Doral Miami.� Then he called the tournament a “major� (which it wasn’t). Then his ego-driven troubles really began to kick in. The sponsor of Doral was Cadillac, which meant Trump would now have to share top billing — not good for the ego.

Trump tells people that he is a two handicap. Those who play with him, or who have caddied for him, report that he is more like a 10.

Then Trump began to make a pest of himself during tournament week. He would show up on the driving range and yammer as the players were preparing. He would fly in his chopper over the course — during play. Moreover, Trump had overseen a redesign that no one liked. Rory McIlroy commented, “Maybe it’s time for me to reconsider my schedule.�

Finally, longtime sponsor Cadillac had enough and, in a move that drips with irony, not only did the company terminate is association with Doral, the tournament moved to — get this — Mexico.

Later McIlroy quipped that players would just “jump over the wall.�

The thing is, so far Trump is getting away with all the above, except much worse, on a much larger stage with much more at stake. Roll back the videotape to June 2017. In an article written for the Foreign Affairs Quarterly, Matthew Kroenig, then an associate professor at Georgetown, wrote in support of Trump’s early foreign policy and the team he had selected. He praised the early reports on how tough Trump would be on Vladimir Putin. (So much for that prediction.) He also praised Trump for his cabinet choices, with Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. Well, Tillerson quit, but not before he called Trump a “f---ing moron.� And Nikki Haley, she left, too. As did H.R. McMaster, another choice who got high praise. At the top of list of Kroenig’s list of good choices who decided to dump Trump the way Cadillac did, we have Defense Secretary James Mattis. His cabinet is emptying out.

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Q&A JOHN BRYANT No-Li owner talks about the importance of community and giving back

BY DEREK HARRISON

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ohn Bryant’s connection to Spokane goes back to 1917. His wife’s family moved to the area from Naples, Italy, sponsored by the Gonzaga church. His parents met while going to school in Cheney — known as Eastern Washington College at the time — and spent a lot of time as young adults in the city. His oldest brother was born here. Bryant grew up near Olympia, but he says he’s always felt connected to both communities.

After 25 years in the beverage industry, with roles at places like Rainier Brewing Company, Deschutes Brewery, Oskar Blues and a few others, Bryant and his wife Cindy moved to Spokane and purchased a small brewery known as Northern Lights to create No-Li Brewhouse.

Throughout the past seven years, the Bryants and No-Li have made contributions to the community and charitable organizations — recent fundraising projects include work with Spokane Human Rights Commission, Odyssey Youth Movement and St. Margaret’s Shelter.

We talked to Bryant about his charitable work and his love for the community. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

INLANDER: How do you make decisions in regards to giving back to the community?

BRYANT: You listen and hear what’s around you. I think anytime you go to work, get on a bus, ride a bike, or you get in your car, all these messages are coming at you. We also look for people who need help. We see that if somebody else doesn’t do it, we need to step forward.

That’s kind of been our role since the beginning. I wore this [Spokane has heart] shirt, because this is the very first larger program we did a number of years ago. There was a family that had a tragic loss of their daughter who was killed in a fire. And it wasn’t the most attractive thing because the family had a lot of issues, but I knew we had to try to help. By going on the fringes of society, in places that are overlooked and not recognized, we show respect and dignity. It teaches people that everybody has a value.

Can you tell me about a recent community project No-Li was involved in and kind of explain the impact?

We just teamed up with Hoopfest and helped raise

$12,000 for Ignite Basketball programs, which is really great. It’s based at Rogers High School, it creates a safe place to go and involves keeping kids active in the gym.

It also has counselors and mentoring available. We donated $10 from every keg of No-Li sold in June across the state to the program. We went to certain bars and pubs in the community and said “because you purchased this, 10 bucks is going to charity. Thanks for helping out in the community.” They feel good, right? They feel part of it.

You’ve contributed to various projects, but what do you do at the pub to show all are welcome inside the brewery? Do you try to focus on that as well?

We absolutely do because all race, creed, sexual orientation are represented in our staff. It was Pride month in June so we painted this massive, bright flag on the ground in the entrance. And actually a few of our staff said it was really cool, “it makes me feel really good.” It’s small gestures like that and what we’re doing this month.

We made an equality glass with funds going to Odyssey Youth Movement and the Human Rights Commission.

It’s the message of an inclusive culture and everybody’s welcome here. I don’t think it’s bold and I think what you find is it allows a lot of people who maybe are kind of holding back to be more expressive, just to be more relaxed about it. It’s not really even a statement, right?

It’s just who we are.

As No-Li continues to grow and becomes a brand recognized outside of Spokane, how do you keep that community angle tied into all of it?

We believe part of our job is to boast and promote the pride of all the great things about our city in every place we travel to. So we incorporate Spokane in our labels and all our branding in our community work and on the west side of the state. We bring the goodness of Spokane to those areas. Seven years ago, it wasn’t that attractive in Seattle to be [from] Spokane, you were looked down on a little bit. But at that point, we knew we had to do it. We had to be overachievers on the west side to show that hey, we don’t have to prove to you we’re worthy. We just are. And now you’re starting to see the turn in Seattle. We travel there, Olympia, Bellingham and hear “tell me about more about Spokane.” n

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crisis in Spokane. Many people attribute this crisis to the diminishing amount of rental units that are available, and then state that the law of supply and demand is operating as the cause of exponentially increasing rents being demanded by landlords. Although it is true that the number of rental units is not keeping pace with demand, to state that supply and demand is a scientific law, identical to the laws in physics or chemistry, LETTERS is inaccurate. The laws in these hard Send comments to sciences are based on true experieditor@inlander.com. ments, and the laws of economics are not as rigorously established, and are based on observations of constructed, rather than natural, phenomena.

Rents are rising in Spokane because individual landlords make personal decisions to increase the cost of the basic need of housing for tenants. A landlord increasing what they charge for rent is not an involuntary reaction rooted in a scientific law, it is a voluntary decision rooted in their self-interest.

Our economy is a constructed phenomenon, not an objective reality, and it is therefore legitimate to question how it is constructed, especially when basic needs are increasingly difficult to meet.

ED BYRNES Spokane Valley, Wash.

Readers respond to an article on Inlander.com about whether Spokane has become safer under Mayor Condon and Council President Stuckart’s leadership (July 19, 2019):

CHAD PRIMMER: If they think they’ve done such a great job I’d like to see either one of them dress up in normal pedestrian clothes have no security or protection and walk through downtown Spokane for a day and see how safe they think they made the city.

NORMA MCCARTHY: Safer? Geeze, why does the media insist on pandering to the snowflakes among us? Most of us who live in Spokane feel just fine here and I’d bet that most who whine about not feelin’ safe never have plans to come into the city more’n once a year, if that.

If the deciding factor for someone on who to vote for in the mayor race is about “safety,” please lose your ballot.

DEVA BAILEY-LOGAN: As a black person who has lived here for five years and has lived in Gary, Indiana, and the South Side of Chicago, I feel 100 percent perfectly safe. I feel as safe as I did walking in Gary and the South Side of Chicago. There is less crime, more homeless people (who happen to be white) and a genuine concern for change here versus back home. What many do not understand who live here is that comparatively for the size of the city, the crime rate is so minimal it makes locals look like they are scared of their own shadows. This doesn’t mean that things are not happening. They are happening.

They are just not happening at the rate locals believe that they are happening. There is no such thing as Spokompton. There is no such thing as “the hood” in Spokane. n

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“Not everyone is a bad actor, but we have to be more careful,” says Heather Stratford, CEO of Stronger, a cybersecurity company in Spokane. Here Stratford offers five ways to make criminals’ jobs harder.

1. Make longer passwords, and many of them.

Like most security experts, Stratford advocates for long passwords. A 15-character password will take much longer to crack than an eight-character code, no matter the complexity.

Create a different password for each account, Stratford advises, so one leaked password can’t be used to access your other accounts. Use a password-manager app or website to keep track.

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Phishing emails and texts pressure recipients into providing account numbers, passwords, or other information useful for theft. The messages often convey a sense of urgency.

“Try to wait a second, just one second, before you click on something,” Stratford says.

Ask yourself: Do you know the sender? Were you expecting the message? Is this an appropriate way for a business to reach you?

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Don’t let your phone or laptop out of your sight in places where strangers can use them, especially not without password protection.

Someone can snatch your device – or access it to steal data ― without you knowing the difference.

“It can happen in 60 seconds,” Stratford says.

4. Turn on multifactor authentication.

Yes, it’s annoying to have to provide both a password and another piece of identifying information – such as a code texted to your phone – each time you log in to an account.

And, yes, it’s necessary to enable multifactor authentication, which requires you to provide at least two pieces of evidence that you’re really you, Stratford says: “We can’t have just one ‘key’ anymore.”

5. Don’t use public chargers and Wi-Fi. Have you ever borrowed a phone charger in a Lyft? Or logged on to a free, unsecured Wi-Fi at the hair salon? Careful, Stratford says: “Free is not free.”

3. Watch your actual stuff.

Thieves using unsecure wireless networks can steal your information ― or they can use chargers to hijack your device, harnessing its processing power to manage cryptocurrency or other schemes.

Stratford recalls a plane trip in which a seatmate asked her to keep an eye on her open, unlocked laptop while the seatmate used the lavatory. Stratford kept her eye on it – and noticed

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City Councilwoman Karen Stratton doesn’t just aim to represent northwest Spokane residents — she wants to protect rank-and-file workers at City Hall. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Karen Stratton: Bridge or Wedge?

Has Karen Stratton been the voice of beleaguered city employees — or a stoker of employee conflict?

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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n interviews with the Inlander, several of City Councilwoman Karen Stratton’s electoral opponents this year criticize one recent council action in particular — the vote earlier this year to reaffirm that City Hall was open to all, including homeless people.

But, in fact, Stratton was one of only two votes against the ordinance.

“This comes from my heart, and it comes from my conscience,” Stratton began the night of the vote. It wasn’t because she was angry or insensitive or lacked compassion, she said, it was because she believed the ordinance didn’t do much more than stoke division.

“This proposed ordinance has only driven a bigger wedge between those helping the homeless and those of us who have to try to decide what’s the best solution for everyone,” Stratton said. “The homeless and our employees have been caught in the middle of this battle, for I don’t know how many months. And nobody wins.”

In one sense, it showed Stratton as a woman who sought to be a bridge. Stratton, who represents District 3, including West Central and Northwest Spokane, is proud of bridging the gap between tenants and landlords while working on a bill barring discrimination against

rentals with housing vouchers. When it came to the controversial Monroe Street Corridor road diet, Stratton was ultimately supportive. But she was also highly sympathetic to the concerns of businesses worried about the impact of construction. Stratton can point to a slew of instances where she’s tried to find a compromise between feuding sides, whether with forging an ordinance that addressed both ride-share and taxi driver concerns or modifying the council’s sick-leave ordinance to help out small businesses.

Her vote on the City Hall ordinance, however, also highlighted another value of Stratton’s: She considers herself a champion of rank and file employees, particularly those in civil-service positions. Before being appointed to the City Council in 2014, Karen Stratton was public information coordinator and a city clerk. She’d had her own run-ins with the Human Resources Department, filing a legal claim over the hostile work environment she says she’d experienced.

So as a councilwoman, Stratton has frequently sounded the alarm over the elimination of civil service positions and the growth of positions exempt from the civil service process, allowing the mayor to hire or fire them directly.

As council members, she’s pushed to influence the minutia of everything from the Condon administration’s salary caps, to vacation schedules, to parking costs, to transfers from one department to another.

To Stratton, it’s all about accountability and about protecting employees.

“Do I pick sides?” Stratton says. “Yes. I will always stand with those in civil service, those employees that are doing the everyday work.”

The challenge, however, is that the workers at City Hall don’t necessarily speak with a unified voice. Records of employee complaints, obtained by the Inlander this week, suggest a Human Resources Department wracked by internal strife, with employees stranded on opposite sides of a sometimes bitter divide.

Stratton was a huge critic of the city’s Human Resources Department when it was run by Heather Lowe, and remains a huge critic of the city’s Human Resources Department now that it’s run by Chris Cavanaugh. Even before Cavanaugh’s appointment, Stratton was critical of the appearance of a conflict of interest — Cavanaugh’s brother-in-law heads up the Local 270, the largest city ...continued on next page

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“You file a complaint in City Hall right now, it will not be confidential,” Stratton claims.

“There will be retaliation. I heard over and over and over again.”

According to the city records, Cavanaugh has been the subject of multiple independent investigations from employee complaints, including allegations of discrimination, bullying and retaliation — but those were determined to be unfounded.

“Karen has been very vocal in her criticisms of me, even in public meetings,” Cavanaugh says.

“Which is weird because we used to be friends.”

She says Stratton is relying on partial information when she levels her public accusations.

Cavanaugh argues Stratton truly believes she’s representing all employees, but that she often only listens to the ones with complaints and not the responses from administration.

“I just wish Karen would see both sides of a

story before she makes up her mind,” Cavanaugh says.

Last year, an independent investigation triggered by Cavanaugh summarized employee concerns about council members, including Stratton. The investigation reported that some exempt employees felt devalued and discounted by Stratton and worried “that their jobs are not secure” as a result. Stratton dismisses the investigation, which she was never interviewed for, as a politically motivated hit job.

Meanwhile, Stratton and other council members expressed frustration with their difficulty getting answers to questions from the mayor’s staff.

“I can’t tell the last time that the mayor or [City Administrator Theresa Sanders] or anyone has come over and talked to us,” Stratton says.

That communication gap could get worse.

Now, Cavanaugh says that because of the “disrespect” she’s felt from Stratton, she doesn’t plan on attending any optional committee meetings

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Other than mayoral and council president candidates, no city of Spokane candidate has raised more money than Andy Rathbun. About $29,000 of the $46,500 he’s raised comes from Rathbun’s own pockets, with another $4,275 coming from other Rathbuns.

An Air Force veteran, a landlord and a veteran of the West Central Neighborhood Council, Rathbun has spent a significant amount of time critiquing City Council President Ben Stuckart’s “fair elections” campaign finance code as being too convoluted with too many loopholes. He says he avoids the Monroe Street Corridor since the road diet, and that traveling east-west across the corridor has become nearly impossible since the update.

He’s also critical of Stratton’s sometimes adversarial approach.

“She doesn’t seem to get along with people, both other council members and the mayor,” Rathbun says. “You need to be able to get along with people to work on policies and issues.”

JEFF RUGAN

“I think Karen is a sweetheart. I have had coffee with Karen,” Express Employment account manager Jeff Rugan says. “I have no bone to pick with Karen whatsoever.”

In other moments, however, Rugan criticizes the City Council for being too conservative — in the dispositional sense, not the political sense.

He wants to see the council be more innovative and take more risks. Why not, he suggests, create a new arts center in an effort to keep Spokane vibrant?

He says the biggest issue is homelessness — when he bikes to work early every morning he sees people sleeping in doorways. He says the council should look into the possibility of pushing addicts into rehab, while also keeping in mind the legal and ethical challenges associated with that idea.

JEFF MARTIN

“I’m not saying that Karen Stratton hasn’t represented me well,” council candidate Jeff Martin says.

It’s like his mom used to say about football: “You root for your team to win, you don’t hope for the other team to lose.”

He respects a lot of what Stratton has accomplished. He specifically thanked her for her vote to preserve single-family zoning in Indian Trail. Yet he was critical over the council’s delay in approving a land deal with the Union Gospel Mission and disagreed with the council’s support for the Monroe Street Corridor road diet.

with council, or requiring any of her staff to do so.

It’s a move Stratton has pulled herself. Last year, she resigned from one city committee because she was disgusted with how she believed Public Works Director Scott Simmons treated employees.

“I’m not going to waste my time sitting in those meetings, when I can be at my desk, returning calls, working with my neighborhoods, taking care of the things that I have some control over,” Stratton says.

In fact, four years ago, due to frustration over the mayor’s endorsement of her opponent and a comment that he made about being unaware of her marijuana farm, she stopped having regular meetings with Mayor David Condon.

“We’ve never met again, and I think that’s fine,” Stratton says.

She’d only speak with him on the rare occasions she felt it was necessary.

If Stratton is re-elected, of course, there’s an opportunity for a reset. Cavanaugh plans to retire. And Condon will be replaced by a new mayor. Stratton says she’ll work with whoever that is.

“I can work with an elected official who looks at me and says, ‘I’ll support you in your effort to have Garland paved from Maple to Northwest Boulevard. Let’s work on that, Karen,’” Stratton says. “I’m all in. I don’t care if it’s Mickey Mouse that’s the mayor.” n danielw@inlander.com

Martin, a fraud examiner for the state of Washington, believes there needs to be more ideological balance on the council.

“Whatever side, right and left, when you’re getting a whole bunch of 6-1 votes, you don’t get good debate, you don’t get good discussion, you don’t get good decisions and goals. You get a City Council that doesn’t listen to the constituents.”

KEN SIDE

The right side of council candidate Ken Side’s “Works And Deeds” website is a space reserved for his “King Arthur adventure,” his fantasy world of thousands of intricately painted “medieval military figurines and buildings.”

The left side, however, is his council page expressing concern that our “left wing radical progressive socialist PC crowd is assaulting our gun rights, killing our babies.”

“I believe America is becoming too Sodom and Gomorrah-ish and needs to center itself,” he writes.

A self-described “prepper,” Side is particularly bothered by what he calls the “LGBTXYZ situation,” reacting to Pride events by encouraging gays to “stay in your closet, quit shoving it down our throats.”

On the other hand, he supports some of the council’s actions to address climate change and says, “I think the city’s doing pretty good with the homeless issue.”

CHRISTOPHER SAVAGE

As a Lyft driver, Christopher Savage is a uniquely qualified voice to talk about the trouble with the Monroe Street Corridor project.

He says he’s seen the way traffic slows down during rush hour, the way the intersection at Carlisle and Monroe becomes dangerous.

Savage has been regularly attending neighborhood meetings and is critical of council members for not appearing at more of them. He wants more city funds directed to District 3, particularly to improve the considerable number of alleys in the district.

“We’re going down a direction that might not be good for Spokane,” Savage worries. “I believe that we’re wasting a lot of Spokane’s money with a lot of social programs that seem to go nowhere.”

In a City Council election filled with conservatives challenging liberal incumbents, Savage is a committee officer for the Democratic Party. Although, he says, he’s been a little uncertain about that lately.

“I’m a crossroads myself with my political affiliation,” Savage says.

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PARTING WORDS In the winter, ALFREDO LLAMEDO began a one-man hunger strike outside City Hall that eventually turned into Camp Hope — a group demanding that the city provide more shelter space for people who are homeless. Earlier this week, LLamedo was out in front of City Hall, with the attention of the media on him once again. This time, LLamedo announced that his “days are numbered,” as he faces a terminal disease and is choosing not to eat so as to pass away on his own terms. In his final days, he spoke against criminalizing homelessness and shared a message of love and compassion.

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THE GREATEST NONPROFITEER To start this decade, the Inlander decided to do something a little bit different: Formally recognize the individuals working the hardest to make the Inland Northwest a better place. We called it the PEIRONE PRIZE, a philanthropy award named after Inlander owners Ted and Jer McGregor’s grandparents, Joe and Alice Peirone.

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HAVE CONDON/STUCKART MADE US SAFER? We’ve had nearly eight years of Mayor David Condon and City Council President Ben Stuckart. Both have identified public safety as one of their most important priorities. But in that time, has Spokane gotten safer?

Unfortunately, STATS ARE MESSY as hell — in particular, a revamp of the way the city categorizes rape and aggravated assault artificially inflated the spike in violent crime stats last year. In the meantime, while property crime reports have fallen this year, many candidates argue that victims are so fed up that they’re just not bothering to report crime. Either way, for the most part, Stuckart and Condon’s legacy and record are too tangled up together to blame or credit one but not the other. One exception? Stuckart, championed a public safety levy to add 20 new police officers — while Condon, along with mayoral candidate Nadine Woodward and Shawn Poole — opposed it.

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Not All Libraries County libraries: We didn’t host drag story hours

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n late June, several branches of the Spokane Public Library hosted “drag queen story hours” — events where children gathered to have books read to them by drag queens. The events garnered substantial protests, with LGBTQ rights activists squaring off against social conservatives outside of libraries.

In the aftermath, Spokane County Library District was quick to assure the public that they did not host any such events, citing concerns that voter opposition to drag queen story hours and confusion over which library system hosted the events could impact the passage of a $2 million property tax levy to fund maintenance and operations in county libraries; county voters will decide on Aug. 6.

“We started receiving calls, letters, emails [stating] ‘Why are you doing this? We’re not voting for your levy,’” says Jane Baker, a spokesperson for the Spokane County Library District. “There was a large outcry of complaints towards us. And we were like ‘that’s not our library system.’”

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story hours, the district doesn’t plan on hosting any because the events do not “fit with our early learning programs.” (JOSH KELETY)

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Tirrany Hex, left, dances with 6-year-old Klara Wisner during Drag Queen Story Hour at the Spokane Public Library South Hill. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO The levy, which will add an estimated $18.20 in annual property taxes for a home valued at $260,000, will fund the repair or replacement of HVAC systems at nine of the 11 county libraries, as well as install security cameras at 10 of the branches. The tax increase would also pay for increasing the system’s collection of e-books, audiobooks and other digital content.

If the levy doesn’t pass, Baker says, the county library district will have to look at cutting hours, programming and potentially staff.

“We do have some concern that people will be confused and vote based on a headline without knowing all the facts,” she says.

County library district staff went as far as publishing a July 3 editorial in the Spokesman-Review that clarified that the county system wasn’t hosting drag queen story hours and was being confused with its city equivalent.

Baker is quick to stress that the district doesn’t discriminate: “Everyone is welcome in our libraries no matter their background or who they are,” she says.

While she says that anyone is welcome to reserve county library meeting rooms and host their own drag

Spokane County leaders are banking on voters to renew a longstanding sales tax that helps fund the regional criminal justice system — ranging from deputies at the Sheriff’s Office to the correctional officers at the downtown jail and Geiger Corrections Center.

The proposal, on the Aug. 6 ballot, would levy a onetenth of 1 percent sales tax within the county, generating an estimated $6 million annually. The tax was first passed by voters in 2004 and renewed again in 2009. Spokane County receives 60 percent of the tax, with the remaining 40 going to cities within its borders. This year’s measure would begin in 2020 and last until December 2029.

“This is not a cost increase,” says Tonya Wallace, chief budget officer for Spokane County. She adds that voters are “already paying” this tax.

“It provides funding for positions across the entire system, the Sheriff’s Office, the courts, juvenile detention services,” Wallace adds. “The $6 million is vital to maintaining those personnel levels.”

While the sales tax revenue makes up only a small portion of the overall county budget for the criminal justice system — the 2019 budget estimated that the system cost $170 million this year — officials say that tight financial margins would likely result in staff cuts if the measure doesn’t get renewed.

“We’re already on a pretty lean budget,” says Spokane County Commissioner Mary Kuney. “So [losing] $6 million dollars to our criminal justice system would be devastating.”

Officials say that the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office

would likely experience cuts if the sales tax didn’t get renewed to ensure that staffing levels in departments like the Public Defender’s Office remain stable.

“We can’t just take away public defenders, or detention services,” Kuney says. “The sheriff would agree that a significant portion would probably come out of his office.” (JOSH KELETY)

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Pullman Regional Hospital will become home to a new family medicine residency program with help from a nearly $750,000 federal grant, Washington State University has announced.

The grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is from the Rural Residency Planning and Development program, which is aiming to create more rural training programs and increase overall health care quality in rural areas.

“This funding is an exciting step in our collective goal to address rural health care needs and solve workforce shortages by effectively training physicians to practice in, and meet the clinical needs of, populations in rural and underserved communities,” WSU President Kirk Schulz said in announcing the award.

The university notes that it’s more likely doctors will stay in the communities they train in, which is part of why rural programs at small community “critical access hospitals,” like the one in Pullman, are important in the overall push to address a shortage of family doctors.

“We are deeply committed to improving health care quality and access in rural and underserved communities in Washington, and a critical part of our commitment is creating residencies in these communities to increase the chance that students will remain there to practice medicine,” says John Tomkowiak, dean of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, in the announcement.

The Rural Residency Planning and Development program is a multiyear effort to increase the number of doctors in rural areas, with awards to just 27 residency programs across the country, according to WSU. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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Presidential Politics City Hall veterans and newcomers aim for the Spokane City Council’s top spot

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he four candidates running to replace Ben Stuckart as Spokane City Council President — the only city council position elected citywide — are miles apart on some issues and create stark contrasts with their backgrounds. There’s disagreement on how to address the homelessness crisis, as well as police oversight.

But the elephant in the room is this: One candidate, community leader and former NAACP president Phil Tyler, comes to the race with a litany of allegations of serious domestic violence hanging over his head.

Last year, the Inlander spoke with ex-wives of Tyler who described similar accounts of physical assault, verbal abuse, and death threats from him spanning decades.

Two were interviewed on record while a third affirmed a written account of Tyler’s abuse she had submitted to court. (Friends of the women and other court records helped substantiate the allegations.)

In an interview last week with the Inlander, Tyler continued to deny the allegations but largely declined to comment further.

“I don’t believe these [questions] are germane to a very important race,” he says. “Allegations are allegations.

And we won’t talk about that.”

“Bringing the matters up over and over does nothing to help people heal,” he adds. “I am no longer in those relationships.”

Tyler’s competitors in the race have all sounded off on the relevance of the allegations. Council member Mike Fagan, who has represented northeast Spokane as a constituent-minded conservative since 2011, laid into him as “unequivocally disqualified” from serving as council president.

“The preponderance of the evidence is just overwhelming,” Fagan adds. “There’s no doubt in my mind that the allegations are true.”

The other incumbent, council member Breean Beggs, who was appointed to the City Council in 2016, was more reluctant to write-off Tyler completely.

“I haven’t had any problem with him being on the slate of candidates that voters get to choose from,” he says. “What I would love for Mr. Tyler is to, in some way, acknowledge what happened before, and explain where he was then and how he’s changed.”

Cindy Wendle, a pro-business political newcomer and commercial real estate asset manager at Northtown Square, punted on the question of whether somebody accused of serious domestic violence like Tyler should hold a position of power.

“It’s up to the voters to decide,” she says.

Meanwhile, the Spokane chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), argues the conduct that Tyler is accused of makes him unfit for office.

“His history has already shown that he cannot be trusted,” Leann Ledford, vice president of Spokane NOW writes in a statement. “With a position on the City

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FROM LEFT: Breean Beggs, Mike Fagan, Phil Tyler and Cindy Wendle Council as president, Tyler would have an even wider ability to enact harm over our community, especially those who are marginalized, disadvantaged and are survivors.”

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yler’s alleged history of domestic violence isn’t the only issue. Homelessness, housing affordability and criminal justice issues are top priorities for most of the candidates — Tyler included.

Wendle is pitching herself as a pro-business pragmatist. She rails against current elected leadership for pursuing “political agendas” like council member Beggs’ past effort that would’ve levied fees on coal and oil trains.

Voters ultimately rejected it in 2017.

Wendle also says that the council has done little to address the concerns of residents and businesses regarding the local homeless population and related issues, such as panhandling, and is currently against levying any new taxes to pay for additional investments in homelessness.

Some of her biggest campaign donors are the Spokane Association of Realtors and the Associated Builders and Contractors.

“We don’t have anyone on the council who is in the middle with common sense,” she says. “It’s from the far left and the far right.”

The two incumbents in the race, Beggs and Fagan, embody this notion to an extent. Fagan is the sole conservative voice on the City Council and has participated in anti-abortion protests outside Planned Parenthood. He also co-hosts a radio show Right Spokane Perspective and, last May, spoke at a fundraising event in Spokane Valley for Liberty State, a conservative movement that seeks to make Eastern Washington into its own state.

Beggs, in contrast, is a civil rights attorney who previously represented the family of Otto Zehm in a successful lawsuit against the city over his death at the hands of Spokane Police officers. He’s also become a prominent left-leaning proponent for reform in debates on criminal justice issues. Beggs’ donor list is chock-full with labor unions such as SEIU 775 and the Spokane Firefighters Union, as well as other liberal organizations, like the Washington State Democrats and the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility.

Both, however, pitch themselves as collaborative pragmatists versed in city policy and governance who are well-suited to take the mantle of council president. But Fagan, who has been sporting “Fearless Fagan” T-shirts during the campaign, isn’t shying from arguing that Beggs is “a bit more meek” than himself.

“Don’t think that we don’t get along and we don’t work together because we do,” Fagan says.

“I’ve been a council member representative that really represents all people, doesn’t really favor one agenda over another, and figures out the common ground,” Beggs says. “I think we could use more of that in the city.”

When it comes to potential solutions for homelessness, Wendle says that city leaders need to coordinate with Spokane County and neighboring counties to create a “regional taskforce” to pool information and best practices for responding to regional homelessness.

At the moment, several entities already exist that seek to coordinate the local response to homelessness, including the Spokane Homeless Coalition and the Continuum of Care governing board.

“I want to identify all the nonprofits in our county, see what they need and what they’re providing and where the gaps are,” she says. “That’s how we start addressing what we need to do.”

“We have to answer the question of why people are homeless,” she adds. “I want to know the facts before I deploy money and resources.”

Wendle disputes the notion that a lack of affordable housing is the primary driver of homelessness, arguing drug addiction and mental illness are stronger factors.

Tyler, meanwhile, says that he doesn’t support the Housing First model championed by Mayor David Condon and the City Council. Housing First aims to address homelessness by getting people housed before addressing addiction and mental health issues. Tyler says that the city should identify strategies that have demonstrated results before spending money, adding that he’s a “big proponent” of the city’s community court.

Fagan says the proliferation of illicit drugs in Spokane is heavily contributing to homelessness — and that the city should look into using state law to involuntarily commit mentally ill and drug-addicted persons to treatment.

He also wants to see more cops in downtown Spokane.

Beggs points towards affordable housing as the most “urgent priority” for the city, including emergency shelter for the homeless as well as long-term affordable housing.

“We need more shelter space with 24/7 services.

You need to have storage so that people [can] leave their things there instead of carrying them around in shopping carts… and bags,” he says. “And you need to have showers so that people can get ready for a job interview.”

Beggs also says he doesn’t think that sobriety should necessarily be required from drug-addicted persons seeking services or shelter.

“If you require people to get clean and sober before they get any services, they will do neither, essentially,” he says. “It takes internal fortitude and a lot of outside support to beat addiction. And if you’re literally freezing to death outside and you don’t know where your next meal is coming from, you’re much less likely to summon that fortitude to conquer that addiction.”

There’s overlap between all the candidates in their belief that the city needs to adjust its zoning and building code laws to allow developers to build denser, more diverse housing and, ultimately, cool the local market. n joshk@inlander.com

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t a time when it seems more likely than ever the planet is careening toward certain devastation, it’s the scientists, the inventors, the innovators who refuse to just sit back and watch it all burn. Climate activists have been gaining traction in their fight to get people to understand the urgency of addressing climate change. But truly tackling the “how” takes the inventor bundling up in her parka each year to study ice-saving technology in the arctic, the bespectacled North Idaho engineer tinkering away to create solar panels you can drive on, and the best and brightest thinkers putting their wildest ideas through rigorous computer modeling to ask “what if we did that?”

Here are 17 of their innovative ideas that just might help us save the planet.

SAVE THE ICE

It’s been well over a decade since Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth showed many viewers for the first time just how dire the consequences of global warming would be in their lifetimes, with ice sheets melting at an accelerated rate, severe storms likely to happen more often, and heating and cooling around the planet gone haywire.

For scientist Leslie Field, an inventor and electrical engineer, watching that movie when her kids

were just 6 and 10 really put things in perspective.

“I’ve always been environmentally minded, but to see a movie that made it so clear how bad the consequences could be within my kids’ lifetimes living here in California was like, ‘Wow,’” Field tells the Inlander by phone. “I hadn’t realized the extent to which it was going to affect my own family.”

Luckily, her then-new job at Stanford allowed her access to some of the best environmental minds around. She learned many people were focusing on solar technology, so instead she dove into fixing another problem: saving the ice.

See, in addition to affecting sea levels, the ice sheets on our planet’s poles act as reflective blankets, bouncing a lot of the sun’s heat back into space.

Without the ice, warming will get far worse, far faster.

For more than a decade, Field has been exploring how to save that ice in the least-damaging way possible.

Her team, Ice911, is currently studying how nontoxic silica microspheres — currently used in things like vitamins, insulation and medical applications — can help reflect the sun’s heat, allowing ice sheets to grow thicker and last longer. The material, which looks like a white powder, floats on water, and so far doesn’t have any apparent detrimental effects to wildlife or the ecosystem.

“I’m absolutely uninterested in doing something that’s going to do more harm,” Field says. “We’re working with the least amount of intervention, as natural as possible, and we want to make sure it’s localized and reversible. With those principles, I’m really comfortable with this material.”

Ice911 is currently testing on a lake in Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, the northernmost point in America. Between that and testing conducted in Minnesota, the team is hopeful they’ve shown the material is effective and affordable.

“Think about $1 billion to $5 billion per year to do an at-scale deployment,” says Field, referring to the amount needed to cover a targeted 100,000 square kilometers of the Arctic, “and then you compare that to the cost of just one climate devastationtype disaster, like last year was something like $400 billion from the California wildfires.”

Field says she’s inspired by the results her team is seeing and the work of other scientists trying to tackle climate change problems as fast as possible.

“People are working so hard in very focused ways that are showing some real impacts. There really is cause for hope and action,” she says. “It’s so much better than to just dwell in despair. Instead it’s ‘Wait, there’s stuff to do!’ but by all means we’ve got to get on it now.” ...continued on next page

Leslie Field, founder of Ice911, is studying how nontoxic white microspheres could help reflect the sun’s heat and safeguard arctic ice. ICE911 PHOTO

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TURN PLASTIC INTO FUEL

Despite the growing popularity of recycling, the U.S. sent 26 million tons of plastic — more than 75 percent of what was generated — to landfills in 2015, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

But recently, Washington State University scientists have found a way to efficiently convert common plastics into needed fuels. Using a combination of products like milk bottles, plastic bags and water bottles, ground down to pieces, the team used heat and activated carbon to convert the plastics into a mix that can be separated out into jet fuel and diesel.

“We can recover almost 100 percent of the energy from the plastic we tested,” says WSU associate professor Hanwu Lei in an announcement about the project.

“The fuel is very good quality.”

SEQUESTER CARBON IN SOIL

Adjusting worldwide farming through methods “such as incorporation of organic manures, cover cropping, mulching, conservation tillage, some types of agroforestry practices, rotational grazing” and other practices could significantly increase the amount of carbon stored in soils, which would help the world get closer to the Paris Agreement goals, according to a 2017 study published in Nature. In particular, North America, Europe and India present large opportunities for storing more carbon in soil, according to the paper, “Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils.”

HUMAN COMPOSTING

Making caskets, filling bodies with embalming fluids, and even reducing a body to ashes using natural gas all comes with a carbon footprint and environmental impacts. Now there’s another option in Washington, the first state to allow human LET TERS composting. The Send comments to composting process editor@inlander.com. speeds up natural decomposition and is expected to save a metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions per person who opts in, according to the organization Recompose, which fought for the law.

CONVERT METHANE TO CARBON DIOXIDE

Stanford researchers acknowledge their newly announced technology for addressing climate change might be counterintuitive: It actually involves the creation of carbon dioxide. But the key is they’re taking methane, which is 84 times more potent of a greenhouse gas, and converting it into the less harmful CO2. Because people are likely to keep eating cows and growing rice, both of which produce lots of methane, it makes more sense to find ways to convert the methane into something less harmful, the Stanford researchers note.

“If perfected, this technology could return the atmosphere to pre-industrial concentrations of methane and other gases,” says lead author Rob Jackson, a Stanford professor, in a May 2019 announcement.

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Just changing how we farm could help us store more carbon in soil and get closer to global carbon reduction goals.. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

DITCH THE CHEMICALS

Remember when the big deal in reducing bad chemicals was telling your mom to stop using that old hairspray because aerosols were depleting the ozone layer? Well, it turns out in some cases we replaced those aerosols and other “ozone-depleting substances” with chemicals that are pretty harmful, too. Some hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) now used in spray foams, refrigeration, air conditioning and other applications are up to 14,000 times more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide. Under a Washington law passed in 2019, the use of many of those chemicals will be phased out over the next few years, and by December 2020, the state will issue a list of the best substitute chemicals with lower global warming potential.

HARNESS THE SUN MORE EFFICIENTLY

When you think of solar panels, the image that likely comes to mind is of the increasingly common smooth black silicon solar panels that are often installed on homes, office buildings and in large solar arrays. For the last decade or so, scientists have been working to improve solar efficiency because most panels now only convert

about 15 to 18 percent of solar energy into power. Now, promising new research from the University of Oxford has shown that using a combination of silicon and crystals known as “perovskites” can increase the efficiency of solar panels up to about 28 percent. Better efficiency makes the panels more affordable and worth adopting.

BUILD WITH SMART GLASS

With more buildings featuring vast glass walls, there are several new types of “smart glass” that aim to help save on cooling and heating costs in buildings sud-

If every walking and driving surface in the U.S. were installed with solar road panels, it would produce three times more energy than we use. denly flooded with light. Some smart glass windows can instantly dim and block out sunlight that would otherwise increase cooling costs, or turn transparent when it’s beneficial to let more light and heat in. The technology,

which frequently requires electricity to work, can be programmed to automatically adjust window tinting based on temperature, saving energy. For example, compared to transparent glass, electrochromic glass reduced the energy required for heating and cooling a model office building by 41 percent in a 2018 South Korea study.

USE BETTER BUILDING MATERIALS

One way to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete, which contributes 8 percent of the planet’s CO2 emissions, is to incorporate carbon capture technology. California company Blue Planet essentially creates limestone rocks by sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and binding it in layers onto junk rock. Those rocks can then be used as fill in the concrete, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of projects.

Another alternative to concrete gaining popularity is Cross-Laminated Timber, or CLT. The wood product is made from gluing lots of smaller pieces of wood together to create incredibly strong beams. And the Inland Northwest is poised to lead in the CLT industry, as Katerra has opened a new factory in Spokane Valley. CLT is lauded for storing carbon, recycling wastewood, and for reducing the need for concrete in smaller multistory buildings. ...continued on next page

Researchers led by WSU associate professor Hanwu Lei figured out a good way to convert plastic waste into jet fuel. WSU PHOTO

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Solar Roadways, based in Sandpoint, aims to literally pave the way to a clean energy future using solar panels like those shown here.

The lighting patterns can make lane lines, warning signs and more. SOLAR ROADWAYS PHOTO

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SOLAR ROADWAYS

Imagine if every road, parking lot, sidewalk, highway, tarmac, and paved surface on the planet was able to generate electricity, eliminate the need for shoveling snow and light the way with instantly changeable LED lighting configurations.

It’s an idea that went viral five years ago with an enthusiastically narrated video that let the world know about “Solar Freakin’ Roadways,” a clean energy idea born in Sandpoint.

The thinking is this: In the U.S., there are millions of square miles of paved surfaces, seeing as we need them for everything from walking and biking to moving around in our cars. Why not put them to better use by paving them with solar panels?

“We believe Solar Roadways implemented on a grand scale is the most viable solution to the climate crisis,” Solar Roadways inventors Julie and Scott Brusaw tell the Inlander by email.

With lessons learned from a pilot installation in Sandpoint, a driveway installation at their shop, and testing performed under federal Department of Transportation grants, the fourth iteration of their prototype, the SR4, is closer to being road-ready than ever. The new panels are 50 watts, and that could get even better over time as technology improves.

“Even prior to the SR4 wattage upgrade, Scott calculated that

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if every walking and driving surface in the U.S. were installed with solar road panels, it would produce three times more energy than we use,” Julie writes. “We’ll continue to use more efficient solar cells as that industry moves forward, so those numbers will continue to get even better.”

The hexagonal panels not only produce electricity, but contain heating elements and LED lighting that enables road lines to be changed in an instant. The road could light up to warn drivers an animal is in their way up ahead, and with heating, the panels won’t need plowing or shoveling in the snow.

Now Scott is working to further engineer the panels to include dynamic charging, which could allow electric vehicles to charge on the road while driving.

While they’re still in the early stages and working on a second pilot installation across the country this fall, the couple says that the Inland Northwest is expected to be among the first places to see adoption of the new technology.

“We’ve always planned that roads will be our last application. We are perhaps two to three years away from being ready for roads. First, we’ll focus on driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, etc.,” the couple writes. “But highways will be our final goal.

The city of Sandpoint says it would like to be the home of many more firsts. We also have interested customers in Coeur d’Alene, Spokane and many other nearby cities.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Samantha Wohlfeil covers the environment, rural communities and cultural issues for the Inlander. Since joining the paper in 2017, she’s reported how the weeks after getting out of prison can be deadly, how some terminally ill Eastern Washington patients have struggled to access lethal medication, and how people are working to address climate change. She can be reached at samanthaw@inlander.com or 325-0634 ext. 234.

MAKE PLANTS TASTE LIKE MEAT

By this point, you’ve probably heard of at least one of the companies marketing plant-based burgers meant to taste as good as the real thing. Whether it’s the Beyond Burger, the Impossible Burger, or another plant-based patty, the common theme is that food scientists are doing their best to make plants taste, and in some cases even feel, like meat, in the hopes that more meat eaters will make the switch to veggies. Meat production accounts for a massive portion of our global emissions: A 2018 study published in Science magazine found that for the U.S. in particular, switching from a meat-based diet to a plant-based one could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our food by up to 73 percent. That’s pretty major, considering the overall food system accounts for about a quarter of emissions.

HIT 100 PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY MIDCENTURY

In order to truly limit warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels, all power plants around the world need to transition to clean energy by midcentury, according to a study published in Nature this month.

Without sunsetting power plants that currently use fossil fuels, those plants will use up the rest of the planet’s carbon budget. The urgency of those calculations has led states like Washington and even private utilities in Idaho to declare they will be 100 percent carbon-neutral by 2030 and use completely clean energy (with no purchase of offsets) by 2045.

EDUCATE GIRLS

What does education have to do with climate change? It turns out, a lot. Education of girls in particular plays a huge role in providing reproductive justice and decreasing a country’s overall poverty. Girls with more education tend to lead healthier lives and have fewer children, which is one of the biggest ways to reduce impacts on the planet. That’s why Project Drawdown, a research collaboration that ranked 100 of the top climate change solutions, places education of girls near the top of its list.

The Brookings Institution think tank also notes that less educated girls are more likely to be disproportionately impacted by climate change events. Ensuring girls have more education not only makes their country more resilient to climate change, but it also helps set them on a path to become particularly effective conservation leaders, Brookings notes.

PLANT 1 TRILLION TREES

Splashy headlines this summer pointed out that planting trees could be the best way to fight carbon dioxide pollution. That’s because the recent study, “The Global Tree Restoration Potential,” published in Science, called reforestation on the scale of planting 1 trillion trees the “most effective climate change solution to date.” But it’s not quite that simple. As the researchers note, because of the changing climate, it might not be possible to actually plant that many trees and have them survive in changing ecosystems unless immediate action is taken.

“We estimate that if we cannot deviate from the current trajectory, the global potential canopy cover may shrink by about 223 million hectares by 2050, with the vast majority of losses occurring in the tropics,” the re-

Cross-laminated timber appears to be a promising building material that can replace carbon-intensive concrete in many buildings. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

searchers note. “Our results highlight the opportunity of climate change mitigation through global tree restoration but also the urgent need for action.”

CAPTURE CARBON TO MAKE GASOLINE

Just north of the Washington border in Squamish, British Columbia, a private company partly funded by Bill Gates has spent the last few years pulling carbon dioxide from the air and converting it into usable fuel. The company, Carbon Engineering, is working on its low-carbon or carbon-neutral fuel along with underground storage that can be used for the indefinite capture of carbon from the atmosphere.

Their work has Canada and private investors excited: The government just invested $25 million Canadian into the company, and private investors put in $91 million Canadian in a recent investment round, according to a June company press release.

“We would like people to be recycling their fuel in the same way as they recycle other things,” Carbon Engineering CEO Steve Oldham told VICE in September.

He explains the real innovation is that, unlike a switch to electric vehicles, which globally would be extremely expensive and require massive changes in infrastructure, pulling carbon from the atmosphere to make gasoline or diesel allows for an instantly cleaner transportation system.

“That car you just drove up in, we can make that carbon-neutral tomorrow,” Oldham continues telling VICE. “Any performance vehicle, any battered old truck, airplanes, we’re compatible with all of those, which is significant because nobody’s making any electric tractors or electric planes.”

SEA WALLS TO PROTECT GLACIERS

Glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica are melting at unprecedented rates, and once they hit a breaking point, they’re expected to completely collapse and never return,

contributing to sea-level rise and overall warming. But what if you could somehow keep warm ocean water far enough away from the most important glaciers, saving them from reaching that collapse point? That’s the subject of research published by Michael Wolovick and others in the journal The Cryosphere in 2018.

Their study used modeling to see what might be achievable, and for now, it kind of amounts to “so you’re saying there’s a chance.”

“The easiest design that we considered would be comparable to the largest civil engineering projects that humanity has ever attempted, it would be located in a much harsher environment than the ones in which those projects were built, and our results suggest that it would only have a 30 percent probability of success,” the researchers note in their paper.

That’s why they’d advocate a long-term approach in exploring wall construction, improving technology to the point where such an undertaking would be more feasible and more likely to succeed.

THINK SMALL

As utilities and environmentally minded developers plan to test the best ways to switch between wind, solar and battery storage in a new clean-energy world, they’re also thinking about how buildings and developments can better share electricity and heating with each other. Two of the main concepts that are gaining traction are microgrids and district heating. With a microgrid, a neighborhood or development with its own solar panels and other power generation can be fully in control of its power without interfering with the overall electric grid that we’re used to. However, it would still be possible to create tie-ins where those buildings could draw power from the grid when needed. For district heating, a single source — say a furnace burning the biomass leftover from a nearby mill — can provide heat throughout an entire area, eliminating the need for unique furnaces in every unit. Avista will be testing similar ideas and methods in a new eco-district in Spokane anchored by the Catalyst Building, which is designed to be the smartest building in North America when it is finished some time next year. n

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For months, Lizzie has been stuck in jail — charged with assault for shooting her estranged husband, Connor — and while behind bars, she turned to Miller Cane to keep 8-year-old Carleen safe. In turn, Miller and Carleen have been on the road ever since, staying one step ahead of Connor, who suddenly came back into the picture when he learned that the girl will inherit a massive family fortune.

While in Missouri visiting the house of Laura Ingalls Wilder (of “Little House on the Prairie” fame), tragedy found them. America’s latest massacre left 500 dead, most of them kids, and Miller and Carleen stuck around to help — much to the horror of Lizzie. But now, inexplicably, Lizzie is in Missouri, too, and she runs into Miller in a coffee shop, while Connor is outside in the town square, dangerously close. Thankfully, Carleen is spending the day with one of the town’s surviving kids.

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“W

e have to get out of here,” Miller told Lizzie, everyone around them watching and listening.

“It’s not safe.” He looked across the square past the kissing couple, where Connor had turned toward them, making a full circuit. Miller took Lizzie’s hand and tried to lead her out, but she pulled back, yanking her hand away from him.

“No,” she said. “Where’s Carleen?”

“She’s fine,” Miller said. “But we have to go.”

Connor was adjacent to the fountain now. If he held his course, he’d be on the sidewalk in front of them in

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“You have to tell me where she is first,” Lizzie said.

Miller didn’t have to tell her anything. Showing up like she had wasn’t right — getting out of jail and failing to tell him, when he’d been paying her attorney and taking care of her kid for months, his kid now too, Miller and Carleen waiting and worrying, having no idea how long Lizzie would be away or how best to live or plan a life.

He turned and walked away from her, back into the coffee shop.

“Wait!” she said.

He’d done everything he could for Carleen, walking out of his own life to protect her, to nurture her.

Lizzie could not just appear after all this time, as if to say, Thanks for being such a good mother and father these past six months, but her fake father and I are here for the rescue now, so you can piss off and die. Because they were no longer in this together. Raising Carleen was Miller’s job now. A mother who went to jail for shooting a man, then got out without telling anyone, was not a good parent. Any judge would see that, any child advocate.

Miller pushed open the door to the street.

“Wait!” Lizzie said.

She could follow if she wanted to, but he wasn’t going to be trapped be her, like Elvis had been trapped by his mother, his entourage, the Colonel, Priscilla and all the other women, his loneliness and need, falling deeper and deeper into himself.

“Please,” she said, taking him by the wrist and pulling.

Miller yanked himself free.

“We have to go,” he said. “Connor’s back there.”

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Miller’s car was two blocks away, the motorhome thirty miles east, Carleen twenty miles the other direction. He was the only one who knew where she was.

“I know he’s there,” Lizzie said. “Would you wait?”

Of course she knew. Miller walked faster.

“We’re here for Carleen,” Lizzie said.

Miller had watched Connor jam a screwdriver through the window of Lizzie’s front door, breaking into her house to get to Carleen. He’d seen him in Pendleton handing out flyers calling Miller a kidnapper, a predator, when it was Connor preying on Carleen and her money.

“If you’d stop and listen to me,” she said, grabbing his arm again — Miller jerking away again — “I’d tell you what’s going on.”

But the days of her telling him anything were over.

He was different now. Everything was different. You can’t just show up at a massacre and think you can snatch somebody’s kid. Lizzie had to know how much she’d given up, how much had slipped away. That’s why she was here — to reclaim Carleen, as if Miller had taken her, when all he’d done was protect her, at Lizzie’s request, from Connor and the world.

You don’t know what he’s capable of, Lizzie had told him over and over, Connor on her porch with a screwdriver she was afraid he’d push into her throat, the stink of desperation on him, a junkie who’d do anything for money.

“Miller, stop!” Lizzie said. “Don’t make me call the cops.”

He whirled on her. “Call them,” he said. “Go ahead.

You’ll never see her again.”

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THE STORY IN ONE SENTENCE

THE AUTHOR

A fraudulent historian who makes his living conning the survivors of mass shootings returns home to save the young daughter of the woman he loves, taking her with him on his roadshow across the worn-out heart of America, staying one step ahead of what’s after them.

Samuel Ligon is the author of two other novels — Among the Dead and Dreaming and Safe in Heaven Dead — and two collections of stories, Wonderland and Drift and Swerve. He’s artistic director of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference and teaches at Eastern Washington University.

He’d never struck a woman, had almost never struck a man. He’d hit Connor in Lizzie’s room with a Madonna to get Waffles out of the house. But he felt the urge toward violence now, something hot and hard at the core of him, radiating, wanting release, wanting to break itself into a million pieces against whatever else it could break.

He had to get them away from people, onto a road where they could move.

“How long are you going to keep her from me?”

He glanced at her and she was crying.

“Think of how you’d feel,” she said, “if you couldn’t see her.”

That’s exactly what he was thinking of.

“You tell me this guy’s going to hurt her,” he said. “You shoot him.

You tell me he’s a junkie. But now somehow, you’re with him, the man who’s going to hurt Carleen. And you want me to hand her over.”

“But I’m not with him,” Lizzie said. “I told you that.”

“Just wait,” Miller said, “until we get out of town.”

They needed to acclimate to each other.

They could talk, but she’d have to apologize for not telling him she was out, for just showing up.

She’d have to understand that Connor would never be Carleen’s father.

They passed the abortion graveyard, the field of the fallen unborn. Miller didn’t want to look at her. It would be better if they kept moving.

He drove until the storm inside him started to settle, and then he said, “Tell me,” ready to listen, because once again, he had to figure out what would be best for Carleen, for him, for them, and he had no idea where to begin.

“We made a deal,” Lizzie said, “me and Connor. I didn’t know what else to do.” And then it poured out of her, everything she’d done to get from the Skagit County Jail to Springfield, Missouri, and everything she wanted to do now that she was here. But she wasn’t in charge anymore — that was the first thing she had to understand.

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But he felt the urge toward violence now, something hot and hard at the core of him...

“Listen to me,” Lizzie said.

“No,” Miller said. “You’re a liar.”

“So are you,” Lizzie said. “So is everybody.

So what. Can we just talk?”

The cops hadn’t caught him yet and never would.

“Not here,” Miller said. “Not anywhere near him.”

He didn’t want her to see his car, to be able to spot him later, but he didn’t want to be on the street either, or anyplace Connor could stumble upon them.

“Is she even here?” Lizzie said, tears coming into her eyes.

“She’s here,” Miller said. “And she’s safe.”

It would be better for Carleen to have a mother and a father, of course it would.

“Let’s drive,” he said, and Lizzie said, “To her?” and Miller said, “Away from him.”

He opened the passenger door and Lizzie climbed in. They’d head toward Mansfield and Laura’s house, away from Marquette and Carleen.

“I’m not with him, you know.”

“I don’t care if you are,” Miller said.

“I need to see my baby,” she said. “Please, Miller.”

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MESMERIZING ARTS

The Garland District hopes to bring artists and community together to celebrate Spokane’s most vibrant art alley

BY RILEY UTLEY

T

he longer I live in Spokane, the more I notice the pops of color on the walls of bridges, buildings and alleys.

In the Garland District you can find murals in many of the nooks and crannies of the four-block neighborhood. And this Saturday, July 27, a group of artists will expand the Garland’s mural collection with a day-long painting party.

The alley’s existing murals, and their respective artists, inspired the decision to offer the community an opportunity to watch artists in action. People can bring lawn chairs and cameras to take in the art being created right in front of them. It’s also a unique event because so many artists will be working at the same time, something

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that rarely happens.

“The Art Alley started two years ago because the artists that were doing the Maple Street Bridge mural needed a place to practice with some of the muralists that they would be working with,” says Julie Shepard-Hall, the president of the Garland Business District, of brothers Cain and Todd Benson.

The idea of filling the alley with art was inspired by attractions like the gum wall in Seattle and an art alley in Rapid City, South Dakota. Shepard-Hall’s goal with Saturday’s event is to create a destination in Spokane that shows off art and feels like a “must-see” stop when people come to the city.

“I wanted to find a way to set us apart, to create an

environment where people want to come. Hopefully, that pushes people to shop the shops and experience the district,” Shepard-Hall says. “We’re always looking for a way to increase foot traffic in our district and I think this is a good way to do that.”

The event will also serve as a fundraiser serving the artists and future work in the alley.

“My goal is to raise some money so we can have a fund to have grant money set aside for people to apply to cover costs for supplies,” Shepard-Hall said. “Several of us have paid out of pocket to cover artists’ supplies and time, so I think it would be nice so we can help the artists. I don’t expect them to paint for free. Artists need to be compensated for their time.”

In order to raise some money, this weekend’s event will have a $5 suggested donation, and they’ll be accepting private donations to continue the growth of the Art Alley.

Shepard-Hall says she also hopes the mural event will help decrease graffiti and tagging in the area.

“Two summers ago we got hit really bad with tagging

M U RA L S and graffiti through all four blocks of Garland. They’ve continued to happen, but we have found that where the art is, they don’t graffiti it,” Shepard-Hall says. “They seem to have a respect for the art and so the more art we have, the less graffiti we see ... I hope that they will come and it would inspire them to seek out other ways to create art other than tagging property.”

So far 11 artists have painted in the alley, and for Saturday’s event 17 artists will be adding their work, including Amanda Caldwell, Crash, Elaine Gerard and Kyle Macy. Some have already painted multiple murals in the district and others are new to the medium, like Cody Peone.

Peone is new to spray painting and was inspired by artists like Daniel Lopez, an artist who has already painted multiple murals in the district and around Spokane. Lopez will also be participating Saturday.

“I’ve been working with all different mediums of art my entire life,” Peone says. “I felt like this is the start of a new journey and this event is like the gateway to that; it’s like the harbinger of good things to come.”

Peone, who grew up on the Kalispel Reservation and currently lives in Spokane, will be painting something

Artist Cody Peone and Garland Business District President Julie Shepard-Hall (left), along with several of the district’s existing murals. YOUNG KWAK PHOTOS

People will come just to see the art and it says different things to different people. And when we come together with different views and opinions, we have a community after that.”

To create an artistic space for people to come and share their views, stories and experiences through art is a big goal of the event. It will feature many different artists and styles, and Shepard-Hall says there will be something for everyone.

“The nice thing about the murals is they’re not age-specific. People admire them if they’re 4 years old or 80 years old,” Shepard-Hall says. “That’s the fun part; that it attracts so many different people.” n

“People will come see the art, and it says different things to different people. When we come together with different views and opinions, we have a community.”

Native American-themed for his mural. He says he wants to use this event to share his art with the community as well as learn from other artists.

“It’s kind of a new adventure and for people to come, that makes it not just about me but about other people as well, and that’s what being a Spokanite is all about,” Peone says. “It’s about being there for each other and about the community and I think the art testifies to that.

ART in Action Garland Art Alley Mural Event • Sat, July 27, noon-6 pm • $5 suggested donation/ free for kids 12 and under • Garland Business District • Alley south of Garland Avenue, between Monroe and Post streets

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The Feminism of Tremors NEW VIEW The old nasally goofball Aziz Ansari is dead. During his new Netflix special, Ansari acknowledges his last year was rough. He doesn’t go into detail about the allegations that he made a date inappropriately uncomfortable while they had sex, instead quoting a friend who said the situation being made public had him questioning every date he’d ever been on. For the next hour, Ansari is visibly and audibly quieter and more serious than we’ve seen him. But the quiet, serious Ansari nearly overwhelms the special, taking long stretches to talk about things like how many times you’ll realistically see your parents again before they die. It demands introspection as well as loosening up from the audience, and while the old Ansari is dead, it’s worth checking out the start of the new chapter. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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was gonna crack a joke about Tremors being an “underground movie,” but one of the film’s taglines beat me to it: “The ultimate underground movie. It will leave you legless!” Oof. Released in 1990, Tremors is a fun, pre-CGI horror flick about bloodthirsty sandworms called “graboids” that lurk beneath the dirt and gobble up residents of Perfection, a tiny desert town where things are less than… perfect. The monsters are eyeless, sharp-toothed sandworms similar to those of Dune (yet not as whimsical as the sandworms of Beetlejuice).

Though Tremors stars Kevin Bacon (looking Springsteen-in-tight-jeans hot) as Valentine “Val” McKee, the real heavy hitters of this creature feature are its strong female characters. For a genre as peppered with misogyny as horror is, Tremors is downrght feminist. At the time of its release, Tremors was breaking new ground (sorry!).

The story spotlights take-action women like Rhonda LeBeck (Finn Carter), an adventurous university student slathered in dorky nose sunblock. When we meet

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SOUNDGARDEN, Live From The Artists Den. The finale of the band’s reunion (and, sadly, last) tour, a 27-song double-disc set.

KAISER CHIEFS, Duck. Underappreciated Brit rockers return with a strong new single “Record Collection.”

SUGAR RAY, Little Yachty. The apocalypse can’t come soon enough. (DAN NAILEN)

Rhonda, she’s doing sweaty field research on seismic activity. She’s smart. She’s not afraid to get dirty. Sure, there are moments when Val saves Rhonda from danger, but she’s no damsel in peril. She rescues him, too — and keeps townsfolk alive — with her scientific knowledge.

Country music legend Reba freakin’ McEntire is in this movie! Red-headed Reba plays Heather Gummer, a big-game hunter and heavily armed survivalist. She’s the backwoods brawn to Rhonda’s academic brains, espousing a rural feminism of necessity: If you live in the sticks, you have to fend for yourself, regardless of gender. While I don’t equate firearms with female empowerment, I’ll admit the sight of Heather blasting a graboid with a high-powered elephant gun is awesome. She’s an explosive precursor to T2’s Sarah Connor. Tremors even features Ariana Richards, the young actress who played Jurassic Park’s savvy vegetarian hacker Lex Murphy. In Tremors she’s Mindy, a girl who skillfully avoids death by sandworm.

The women of Tremors take charge. Using muscle, weapons and bright ideas, they contribute as equals to the community’s ultimate goal of outsmarting the sandworms. They kick ass and stay alive. As a young country girl in Yakima, I loved watching the Tremors gals on VHS tape.

Though the movie’s not perfect, Tremors makes a fine escape from the summer heat and daily news reality. It’s a buddy comedy, a love story and a scary movie without the boring sexist tropes. (Just don’t bother with the highly forgettable Tremors sequels.) n Tremors • Tue, July 30 at 7:15 pm • $2.50 • Garland Theater • 924 W. Garland • garlandtheater.com • 327-2509

MANIPULATION AND VINDICATION Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us is a vivid, empathetic and often horrifying account of how a group of young black teenagers — known as the Central Park Five — were essentially framed by New York City police officers and prosecutors for the brutal rape and murder of a white female jogger in the ’80s. Wrapped within it are layers of subtle yet important commentary, such as the barriers felons face upon release from prison, discrimination and violence against the trans community, and the detrimental psychological impacts of solitary confinement. With each episode in the four-part series streaming on Netflix running an hour, there’s a lot to take in. (JOSH KELETY)

RETURN TO MARS A long time ago, Veronica Mars was our favorite crime-fighting teenaged private eye, and guess what, folks? She’s back, and this time it’s to solve the crime of the spring break bomber. The Kristen Bell classic Veronica Mars has returned, but on Hulu this time, with all the quick-witted humor, scrappy crime-fighting and memorable characters of seasons past — with a fresh 2019 twist. The show has evolved and become more adult since its last iteration to appeal to its now-grownup audience while still maintaining all the qualities that made it so incredible 14 years ago. (RILEY UTLEY)

THE JANKINESS OF RISK OF RAIN 2 Cult indie-game favorite Risk of Rain was yet another game to take a pixelated retro approach, as your tiny character tried to gun down an ever-increasing horde of aliens on a side-scrolling map. The sequel, however, adds a third dimension and, in doing so, becomes a rare riff on the early ages of Nintendo 64-era shooters, games like Turok and Nanosaur. That includes a fair amount of awkward movement and bugginess, but that’s part of the charm. Best of all, your upgrades stick onto your character. A few levels in and you may have wings and a tesla coil on your back, a magical dagger-wielding third arm jutting out of your shoulder, and three syringes sticking out of your leg. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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his one is all about the ladies — the ladies experiencing the dreaded “change.”

The 90-minute Menopause the Musical tells the story of four nameless women who meet at a lingerie sale and have seemingly nothing in common — except a black lace bra and the slew of effects that accompany menopause.

They talk and joke about hot flashes, memory loss and weight gain, all the while celebrating their new bodies, and bonding with each other and the women in the audience. With only four actresses and no intermission, the show is a nonstop ride of music, laughs and sisterhood.

Cherie Price hails from Spokane and has been playing the role of “Soap Opera Star” for over a decade, after getting her start in Portland in 2006.

“I am thrilled to still be doing it,” Price says.

“The show is hilarious. The name doesn’t really give that away, but it is hilarious. Most women wouldn’t say going through menopause is hilarious at all, but this show makes the conversation a little more fun.”

The show, which has been touring for 18 years, is also the longest-running scripted musical in Las Vegas. Price credits the show’s success to

its “brilliant writing.”

The musical features parodies of famous songs of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s whose lyrics have been changed to poke fun at menopause. Brenda Lee’s “I’m Sorry” has become “I’m Flashing,” Mary Wells’ “My Guy” has transformed into “My Thighs,” and the Tokens’ “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is “My Husband Sleeps Tonight.”

It may be full of humor and catchy tunes, but Price says the underlying message is really empowerment and female unity.

“A lot of women haven’t talked to other women or discussed [menopause] with other women, even though we’re all dealing with it,” she says. “So when they can come to the show and relate to it, and laugh about it and have fun with it, it’s really great.”

After 13 years on the road touring with this show, Price is looking forward to visiting the Lilac City.

“I’m so excited to return to Spokane, and especially to perform at the Bing, where I’ve never performed,” she says.

Price is looking forward to doing the show in front of her family and high school friends who still live in the area. Price’s acting journey didn’t

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begin until she moved away from Spokane. She attended the nowclosed Holy Names Academy and was a cheerleader for Gonzaga Prep. She always knew she loved performing, but didn’t have an outlet for it until she moved to Colorado for college.

Menopause the Musical is not Price’s Inland Northwest debut; she returned home and performed in several shows at the Spokane Civic Theatre and Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, including Anything Goes and Singin’ in the Rain, throughout the early 2000s.

Although she’s been touring with Menopause the Musical for 13 years, Price says she has fun with every performance and works on staying in the moment on the stage.

“Every audience is new. My expectation of myself is to go in like I did my very first time,” she says. “It’s their first time, so it’ll be like my first time.”

Price says she’s looking forward to her hometown getting to meet her relatable “Soap Star,” who she identifies with so much.

“She’s an aging soap opera star, and she’s desperate because she’s afraid of getting replaced with the new young actress,” Price says. “So she’s desperate to stay young and is always worried Cherie Price about how she looks and ‘does she look too old?’ And I think there are a lot of women who relate to that and feel that way. So they come to the show and they’re already wondering how do they deal with that, and hopefully my character’s journey kind of helps them.”

At the end of the day, Price says, the show is about women coming together to celebrate each other in a way that is lighthearted.

“It’s just a fun, fun, uplifting show.” n Menopause the Musical • Tue-Wed, July 30-31 at 7:30 pm • $42-$57 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

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Patio Priorities Make the most of your Inland Northwest summer by dining and drinking outdoors at these local spots

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uring the Inland Northwest’s sweet and fleeting summer months, dining al fresco is an unofficial rule for locals. When you’re not barbecuing in your own backyard, the following spots offer some of the best outdoor dining and drinking experiences in the region.

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Remedy Kitchen + Tavern, 3809 S. Grand Blvd., Spokane With pretty blue chairs to match the sky, a view front and center at this South Hill hangout’s rooftop patio makes summers sunny and scenic. To help guests beat the heat, there’s also some added shade coverings, so you don’t have to worry about getting too sunburnt during weekend brunch, happy hour, burger night (Monday), drunken clam night (Wednesday) or any other time.

(CHEY SCOTT) North Hill on Garland, 706 W. Garland Ave., Spokane New to the scene this season, this casual food and drink spot in a historic building boasts not one but two outdoor dining areas overlooking the charming Garland

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District: a lower patio that’s nicely shaded by deck seating above. Head there Monday for pizza and pint night (a deep dish plus two beers for $20) or Tuesday for $2 off all house cocktails. Follow them on Facebook for more specials and events. (CS) Grand Terrace Bar, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane With views of the downtown skyline and Riverfront Park, this second-story terrace patio at the Davenport Grand Hotel is another summertime happy hour mainstay. The swanky urban spot, with its cherry red umbrellas, relaxing sofa-style seating and cozy fire pits, can make anyone feel like a VIP. The walk-up bar serves craft cocktails, beer, wine and small plates for sharing. (CS) More great patios: Historic Davenport Hotel, Ruins, DeLeon’s Taco & Bar, Madeleine’s Cafe & Patisserie, Mizuna, Borracho Tacos & Tequileria, Saranac Public House, Zola (Spokane), Lodgepole (Moscow)

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MoMo Sushi-Wok-Grill, 101 Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene

The subterranean patio outside the ground floor of MoMo Sushi is just as pretty from inside the restaurant as it is sitting amongst this garden oasis of stone walls, greenery and an inventive koi pond that meanders under diners and reappears inside the restaurant. The secret garden feel to it is a welcome respite from the lake bustle during peak season. (CARRIE A. SCOZZARO) Luna, 5620 S. Perry St., Spokane You won’t notice the outside world while tucked away on one of this South Hill mainstay’s two gorgeous garden patios, surrounded by greenery and a sweet breeze from blooming flowers all around. Seating includes tables and a cushy sofa surrounding a fire pit, with shade from pergolas, trees and umbrellas. Enjoy this stunning setting during happy hour, 3-6 pm daily, or weekend brunch, 9 am-3 pm. (CS) The Barrel, 6404 N. Wall St., Spokane You’ll feel like you’re at home in your own backyard while dining on this carefully tended garden patio, the “secret garden” of North Spokane. Mature trees and a pri-

vate fencing around the space create lots of cool shade and an intimate setting to enjoy lunch or dinner at this longtime steak and seafood house that was revamped in 2015 by new ownership.

(CS) More great patios: Steel Barrel Taproom/Zona Blanca, Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria & Cafe, Chaps, Clover, Browne’s Bistro (Spokane), 315 Martinis & Tapas, Republic Kitchen & Taphouse (Coeur d’Alene), Nectar (Moscow), Beet & Basil (Sandpoint)

WATERSIDE VIEWS

Forty One South, 41 Lakeshore Dr., Sagle, Idaho The lodge-like building on the south end of Sandpoint’s Long Bridge has always been prime waterfront but when it became Forty One South, the restaurant amped up its patio presence. Treat yourself to brunch or an enchanting meal of wine and house-smoked trout at sunset on the wisteria-covered terrace, as live music drifts up from below the patio, the soundtrack to a perfect day on Lake Pend Oreille. (CAS) Park Lodge, 411 N. Nettleton St., Spokane Park Lodge has the kind of stunning setting overlooking the Spokane River that would draw diners to its patio no matter what the cuisine, while chef Philip Stanton’s impressive way with wood-fired dishes could attract them to the biggest dive imaginable. Thankfully, there’s no need to choose either/or because the Park Lodge patio virtually adjacent to the Centennial Trail offers a spot to delve into his food and enjoy some of the best views in town. (DAN NAILEN) Hill’s Resort, 4777 W. Lakeshore Rd., Priest Lake A trek to North Idaho’s picturesque Priest Lake is summer tradition for many, whether you’re lucky enough to know someone with a cabin, taking a quick day trip or camping nearby.

Also tradition is stopping at the historic Hill’s Resort for drinks, dinner, lunch or brunch on its expansive, flower-filled deck overlooking the lake shore. Add another Northwest summer tradition to your visit and order something with huckleberries — pie, lemonade or a milkshake — foraged right from the surrounding hills. (CS) More great patios: Maryhill Winery Spokane, Central Food, Nectar Wine & Beer, No-Li Brewhouse, Anthony’s, Wandermere Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar (Spokane), Current Kitchen (Post Falls), Bardenay Restaurant & Distillery, Cedars Floating Restaurant (Coeur d’Alene), Spud’s Waterfront Grill (Sandpoint)

GOLF COURSE GOALS

Coeur d’Alene Resort Floating Green Restaurant, 900 S. Floating Green Dr. A round of golf might run $150-$250 per person, but you get the view for free at the Floating Green Restaurant. And what a view: the lake and the world’s only floating green, occasionally populated with golfers arriving via the resort’s classy wooden boat. Canopies and lake breezes keep you cool during the summer, and during the off-season this is a hidden gem for weekend breakfast or after-hours shared plates (CAS).

1898 Public House, 2010 W. Waikiki Rd., Spokane Add to your summer bucket list to make at

least one visit to this patio, on a deck overlooking the Kalispel Golf & Country Club’s course in far north Spokane. Open to the public, the golf course-side restaurant and bar offers scenic views and cool breezes from the nearby Little Spokane River valley. Happy hour (Mon-Fri from 4-6 pm; Sat-Sun from 2-6 pm) is the perfect time, with $2 off drinks and an affordable, shareable appetizer menu of flatbreads, sliders and more. (CS) Indian Canyon Golf Course, 1000 S. Assembly Rd., Spokane I can’t say you’re going to have the most amazing food at Spokane’s beloved Indian Canyon Golf Course overlooking the city from the western edge of town. It’s the standard issue stuff you expect from a public course, but add in the view and it tastes exactly like summer. But you can pop a cold one or a cocktail and sit on an incredible patio at the course that opened in 1935, looking over Spokane and beyond to the mountains east of town. You don’t need to play to enjoy the views as you heckle and/or cheer the players teeing off on hole No. 10. (DN) More great patios: Downriver Golf Course (Spokane), Liberty Lake Golf Course, Highlands Golf Course Grill & Taphouse (Post Falls), Ponderosa Springs Golf Course (Coeur d’Alene), Banyan’s on the Ridge (Pullman)

NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUTS

Capone’s Pub & Grill, 751 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene Despite its commercial success and expansions, Capone’s midtown location continues to feel like a neighborhood hangout. It’s family (and dog) friendly, but also a fun place to hang with friends, drink beer and eat pizza on the wraparound patio. Sit at the outdoor bar or shaded seating along the rail topped with flower baskets as you watch the slow amble of cars on Fourth Street (CAS).

The Flying Goat, 3318 W. Northwest Blvd., Spokane Nestled along a stretch of Northwest Boulevard in Spokane’s picturesque AudubonDownriver Neighborhood, this popular pizza and beer spot’s family-friendly vibe and satisfying eats means it’s often busy. When the weather’s warm, don’t miss a chance to sit on the covered patio out front, which has a fire pit and spots of shade or sun depending on the time of day. Across the street, sister restaurant Downriver Grill’s secluded back patio is also a lovely urban oasis. (CS)

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Lost Boys Garage, 6325 N. Wall St., Spokane A busy location on Wall Street not far from an intersection on Francis is not how you picture a patio where you actually want to hang out. But add a fence and some umbrellas, a surprisingly diverse menu of sandwiches and bar snacks, and an exceedingly friendly staff, and you have yourself a neighborhood joint well worth a visit, for regulars and newcomers alike. (DN) More great patios: Rocket Market, the Wandering Table, the Elk Public House, Little Garden Cafe, Rockwood Bakery, the Shop, Italia Trattoria, Perry Street Brewing Co., the Lantern Tap House, Cascadia Public House, Wisconsinburger, the Scoop (Spokane) n

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ammie Jannisse dreamed of opening a food venue, while her partner Trace Miller supplied the theme: the U.S. military. His great grandfather was a fighter pilot in World War II, and both grandfathers served (Marine Corps and Navy) while he, like his father, was in the Army.

After a stint in the Middle East, he was discharged stateside, eventually joining the Reserves and meeting Janisse.

Together the couple created J&T Food Bunker, which started as a food truck in Coeur d’Alene last summer, offering craft burgers and a heaping plate of respect for military, police, firefighters and related service personnel. The business is now two-fold: The Bunker Bar, in the former Enoteca location in Post Falls, and the khaki green food truck parked outside.

A portion of sales from both are donated to Newby-Ginnings, a local nonprofit providing household essentials and other support to military personnel and their families. Military also get a special place inside the bar to place their patches, pins and other ephemera from service, including a few from Miller’s forebears.

“We have a patch wall which has become the highlight of our bar,” she says. “I have literally seen a woman be brought to tears while watching a hero pin up his patches and received a message from an active soldier, thanking us for providing a place where he truly felt relaxed for the first

time in years.”

The beer menu highlights local and regional beverages, including from nearby Post Falls Brewing and Coeur d’Alene’s Mad Bomber, while the food menu is clever names and hearty classics. Try the Sniper Sticks, fried mozzarella and marinara ($5.75), or Sand Bag Poppers ($6), jalapeno poppers stuffed with applewood smoked bacon and a creamy cheese blend.

J&T does four standard burgers, with options to customize by adding extra meat ($4), a fried egg ($1.50), cheese or grilled onions ($0.75), etc.

Try the General ($9.50) topped with pulled pork, bacon, cheddar cheese, crispy onion strings, ranch dressing, barbecue sauce and fresh parsley.

In addition to providing a welcoming place and hearty pub food, J&T’s donates a portion of proceeds to veteran’s suicide prevention.

“Suicide has been very close to Trace’s heart since coming home from deployment” in 2017, Jannisse says. “Many people don’t know that suicide is actually the No. 1 killer in the military.

More men are lost to suicide than combat.” n J&T Food Bunker / the Bunker Bar • 702 N. Spokane St., Post Falls • Food truck open Tue-Fri 11 am-2 pm and 5-8 pm, Sat noon-2 pm and 5-8 pm; bar open Tue-Thu 10 noon-10 pm; Fri-Sat until midnight • Facebook: JandTFoodBunker • 775-225-9902

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Once again, we’re taking a nine iron to local cancer at the Showcase Celebrity Golf Exhibition. Since 2014, we’ve raised nearly $13 million for the fight against cancer, and this year promises to be the best one yet.

From NHL greats to NFL Hall of Famers and Major League Baseball icons, you won’t want to miss any of the action as they tee it up for an unforgettable day of friendly competition for a great cause.

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hange things up and grab a cocktail to-go next time you head to the lake or campground this summer. Dry Fly Distilling is slowly rolling out batches of its new line of premade cocktails — a Moscow mule, gin and tonic and spicy lemonade — in 12-ounce cans. Individual cans, coming in between 5 and 6 percent alcohol by volume, are currently available (check the Dry Fly Facebook page for announcements on availability) at the distillery’s East Spokane tasting room for $5 each.

While the cocktails to-go are being released in smaller batches to test the market, the plan is to eventually ramp up production and distribute to regional retailers, says Dry Fly co-founder Don Poffenroth. The new cocktails were created through a collaboration with Spokane-based Side Hustle Syrups.

“People are looking for an alternative to beer, so having a canned cocktail fits that need,” Poffenroth says.

In other news, Dry Fly was forced to reassess its

Dry Fly’s new canned cocktail line is slowing rolling out. plans, announced last fall, to move into a larger production facility after that space failed a structural engineering test. Now, the distillery is moving its operations to downtown Spokane in the soon-to-be-former SpokesmanReview printing press building at Riverside and Monroe.

The new distillery, tasting room and a planned pub are projected to open there in mid-2020. (CHEY SCOTT)

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existing Capone’s Pub & Grill locations, but a lack of interest in golf didn’t stop Tom and Teresa Capone from seeing the potential in purchasing Ponderosa Springs Golf Course in Coeur d’Alene. The couple purchased the nine-hole, par-three course last year with plans to refurbish the clubhouse, offering year-round events including KPND radio pint night parties and catering.

The clubhouse menu features ENTRÉE appetizers like Get the scoop on local roasted beet food news with our weekly hummus and Entrée newsletter. Sign up veggies, ($10) at Inlander.com/newsletter.

Capone’s signature chicken wings ($10) and sandwiches, like the grilled tuna with avocado, jalapeno and cheddar cheese ($9). Order one of four salads or a build-your-own burger with a choice of ground chuck and brisket or chicken breast ($8).

“To us it seemed like a golden opportunity,” says Tom Capone, who jokes that “if it doesn’t work it sure would make a nice house on 12 acres.” (CARRIE SCOZZARO)

A SEATTLE IRISH PUB BUYS MILFORD’S OLD HOME

Seattle-based Shawn O’Donnell’s American Grill and Irish Pub is adding a new location just north of downtown Spokane’s core, in a spot that was formerly the longtime home of Milford’s Fish House. In a Facebook post, the Seattle pub’s owners said they’d bought the historic Milford’s building at 719 N. Monroe. Milford’s closed in February 2018 after nearly 40 years in business, and the restaurant building had been for sale since.

Shawn O’Donnell’s flagship location in downtown Seattle is at the base of the historic Smith Tower in Pioneer Square, serving traditional Irish-American fare: fish and chips, burgers, corned beef, shepherd’s pie and bread pudding.

It has two other locations, in Seattle’s Fremont Neighborhood and the city of Everett. The new Spokane location is projected to open this fall.

(CHEY SCOTT)

A HOT NEW DOWNTOWN POCKET

A new bar in downtown Spokane is pairing savory and sweet hand pies (think homemade Hot Pockets or Pop Tarts) with craft beer, wine and other eats. The Pocket Bar is the latest project from regional chef Adam Hegsted’s Eat Good Group, with the pastires made by its Doughlicious bakery, and is located at 1017 W. First, in the former Orlison Brewing tasting room.

After celebrating its grand opening July 19, the Pocket Bar’s regular hours began, Wednesday through Sunday from 4 pm to close. On the menu are savory pastries ($5-$6), several with comfort food-inspired fillings like ham and cheese, pepperoni pizza, mac and cheese and cheeseburger, along with some internationally inspired combos: Indian samosa and Lebanese fatayer. Sweet pastry pockets ($4) include apple cinnamon and peanut butter and jelly. In addition to pastries, the Pocket Bar also serves several grab-and-go fresh salads ($5.50-$7.50). There’s also a fruit parfait ($4.50), a cheese plate and a Greek plate ($8.50 each). For drinks, the Pocket bar serves wine and 16 rotating, regional craft beers and ciders on tap. (CHEY SCOTT) n

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Arrested Development I grew up on Quentin Tarantino movies. At what point did I outgrow them?

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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ost movies, even the good ones, leave us after a while. We forget when we first saw them, and where, and with whom, and which bars we went to afterward to talk about them. Our mental reference libraries simply clear out space for more pressing matters.

But I still remember watching Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 magnum opus Pulp Fiction for the first time as a newly movie-obsessed teenager. On a balmy Saturday night in the early 2000s, I popped the cassette into my 13-inch Toshiba TV with the built-in VCR, and sat cross-legged on my bed, practically leaning in to the screen. That mix of queasy violence and gallows humor, its Mobius-strip structure, the dialogue that crackled with obscene poetry and pop culture ephemera — the movie hit me like a lightning bolt.

There was a time when a rabid familiarity with Tarantino’s early works was a rite of passage for budding film dorks. It was proof of your newfound cinematic literacy, your membership card to the movie cognoscenti.

At least, that’s how I felt at the time, when my room was decorated with Tarantino posters. When I saw his delirious martial-arts deconstruction Kill Bill: Vol. 1 three times in theaters, and wrote a breathless, A-plus review in the teen section of the Spokesman-Review. When, months later, I convinced my mom (also a Tarantino fan) to chaperone me and 15 other high school friends to the opening night of Vol. 2, and we applauded the damn title card.

Then a funny thing happened. My enthusiasm for each new entry in the Tarantino catalog started waning. It came to a head watching Tarantino’s last feature, 2015’s The Hateful Eight, projected on crisp 70 mm film for a sold-out Christmas Day audience. As the opening

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credits rolled, I was struck by an adolescent rush of dopamine: This was going to be a Movie with a capital M. I left the theater more than three hours later hanging my head. The film had been full of nothing but itself.

Had Tarantino lost his touch, I wondered, or had I simply outgrown him? Maybe it’s a bit of both.

I’ve been mulling this over as his ninth film, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, hits theaters nationwide. Tarantino is, above all, a cinematic fetishist, and not merely in the way he infamously photographs his actresses’ bare feet. His films are altars to bygone cinema, his church the back shelves of video stores, his gospel the minutiae of exploitation movies that only he remembers. To dismiss him as a plagiarist or a buck-naked emperor, as his fiercest critics have, is to ignore the enthusiasm that radiates from the celluloid he refuses to trade for digital. Even his lesser films contain flashes of genius.

But his adherence to the past — to Hollywood’s, yes, but also to his own — is often at odds with his unfettered ambition. In defying mainstream sensibilities, Tarantino became mainstream, his catalog of tics a brand unto itself. What were once unusual stylistic devices are now items on a rote checklist: the chapter titles, the rambling monologues, the anachronistic needle drops, the knowing winks at other films, the third acts dripping in blood and viscera. His transgressions are threatening to become hollow and childish. I grew up; his predilections remained stuck in time.

Look back at Tarantino’s lean 1992 debut Reservoir Dogs, which is no less of a genre throwback than his later films but feels like the work of a director with discipline.

The Hateful Eight mirrors Reservoir Dogs in its locked-room, whodunit structure, but needlessly meanders for 187 min-

utes. Or consider 1997’s Jackie Brown, often cited as his most mature work, a slow-burn crime story built upon complex human relationships and lived-in dialogue. It was a critical and financial disappointment in the wake of Pulp Fiction, and Tarantino responded by descending back into his teenage obsession with tongue-in-cheek ultraviolence.

The “problematic” aspects permeating his work have also gnawed at me the older I got, stuff I didn’t really think about as a teenager that makes me flinch now — the jokey historical revisionism, the casual violence toward women (though he’s also responsible for more complex female characters than most male filmmakers), his increased reliance on racist language (he sure loves setting movies in eras when such dialogue was commonplace).

None of this is untrodden territory, but at a time when so many of us are constantly engaged in debates about separating artists from their art, Tarantino represents an affront to that very notion. His pugnacious, often obnoxious personality is so interwoven into his films that it’s impossible to watch them in a void. He loves the sound of his own voice, which is why all of his characters talk just like him.

But I still maintain that he’s incapable of making an outright bad or boring film, and Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill remain formative texts for me. The irony here isn’t lost on me: In much the way that he pines for ’70s drive-in trash, I’m now feeling nostalgic for the Tarantino of yore.

But old habits die hard, and I’ll always be in line to see his next project. I’ve already got my tickets to Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. I guess my hope is that something in it will bring out the impressionable, not-yet-jaded 13-year-old, having his mind blown by Pulp Fiction for the first time. n

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Quentin Tarantino’s latest retro epic brings 1969 L.A. to swingin’ life, as a washed-up genre actor, his stunt double and actress Sharon Tate cross paths in Tinseltown. (NW) Rated R

NOW PLAYING ALADDIN

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

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THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE

A dark satire about violence and masculinity, starring Jesse Eisenberg as a meek accountant who is mugged and becomes obsessed with some bizarre martial arts practices. (NW) Rated R

THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM

Documentarian John Chester films himself and his wife Molly as they trade in their urban L.A. life for a fullservice, 200-acre farm. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG

BOOKSMART

Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is a scrappy, intelligent teen comedy about

two overachievers hunting down a wild party on the last night of high school.

Hilarious, emotionally authentic and brilliantly cast. (NW) Rated R

CRAWL

As a hurricane barrels down on Florida, a young woman and her father are trapped in a flooding house surrounded by very hungry alligators. A goofy, zippy creature feature. (NW) Rated R

ECHO IN THE CANYON

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

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Keanu Reeves’ stoic assassin is back for more ultraviolence, and this time he has a bounty on his head. Frustratingly frontloaded and too long, but it works as a showcase for lithe action choreography. (NW) Rated R

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

Debut director Joe Talbot examines gentrification in the Bay Area by way of a man who’s still clinging to the house his grandfather supposedly built. Beautifully shot and powerfully acted. (NW) Rated R

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Sure, it’s nowhere near as good as the original, but this CGI remake of Disney’s 1994 classic is nonetheless an entertaining, visually sumptuous jungle adventure. The stories and songs remain foolproof — hakuna matata, indeed.

(SS) Rated PG

MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL

Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson are the next generation of extra-terrestrial bounty hunters, but even their combined charisma can’t enliven this joyless, ultimately pointless franchise reboot. (NW) Rated PG-13

MIDSOMMAR

Ari Aster’s follow-up to Hereditary is another horror freak-out, this time about a fracturing American couple swallowed up by a Swedish cult. As perverse, unsettling and brutal as you’d expect. (JB) Rated R

PAVAROTTI

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

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ROCKETMAN

Elton John’s songs come to glittery life in this unconventional musical fantasia, starring Taron Egerton as the flamboyant pop star battling addiction and his own sexuality. It’s energetic, imaginative and full of exhilarating images.

(ES) Rated R

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2

Animated sequels don’t get more blah than this, a disjointed, only occasionally engaging follow-up to the familyfriendly hit about what our pets do when we’re not home. (MJ) Rated PG

SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME

Even on a trip to Europe, Peter Parker can’t dodge his superhero duties, donning his Spidey suit to fight off some evil humanoids known as the Elementals. A sharp and funny continuation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (SS) Rated PG-13

STUBER

A fitfully amusing buddy-action comedy about a rideshare driver Kumail

Nanjiani who becomes unwitting chauffeur to vision-impaired cop Dave Bautista, chasing down the gang that killed his partner. (NW) Rated R

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM

The themes and influences of Toni Morrison’s groundbreaking work are explored in this documentary, with insights from Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis and the great novelist herself. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Pixar’s most beloved franchise returns to assault your tear ducts. Having been given to a new owner, Woody and Buzz Lightyear have some familiar fun-filled adventures while also ruminating about the existential angst of being a toy. (MJ) Rated G

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A Confederate sword and a grieving cop feature prominently in new indie streaming releases SWORD OF TRUST

Lynn Shelton came up in the mumblecore school of filmmaking, leaning heavily on improvisation to create shaggy, endearing human comedies like Humpday and Touchy Feely. In the case of her latest, Sword of Trust, the improv steps all over the toes of its characters.

The premise, though, is a good one. Cynthia and Mary (Jillian Bell and Michaela Watkins) are an Alabama couple settling affairs following the death of Cynthia’s grandfather. They’re both perplexed to discover he’s left them nothing but a 19th-century sword that — according to supposed authenticity certificates and a shadowy corner of the internet — proves the South actually won the Civil War. They take the weapon to surly pawn shop owner Mel (Marc Maron), hoping to walk away with a little cash, though they all quickly realize it’d be worth quite a bit of dough to gullible YouTube conspiracy theorists. Alongside Mel’s hopelessly useless assistant Nathaniel (Jon Bass), they team up to sell it to a rich doomsday prepper, but that involves being held at gunpoint and driven out to the middle of nowhere.

The possibilities here are endless, but the movie plays it safe; this feels more like an extended sketch than a complete work. It also doesn’t help that its glib, jokey tone grates against its potentially weighty issues, with its lily-white cast mostly treating the neo-Confederates as harmless slapstick buffoons.

But the movie briefly comes alive in its simple but effective centerpiece, a long conversation between its four principles as they take a long ride in the back of a trailer, knowing they could be headed into almost certain danger. It’s the only time in Sword of Trust that feels honest, sincere and funny; if only the rest of the movie had struck the same tone. Available to rent on Amazon and YouTube.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

THUNDER ROAD

Jim Arnaud is not an easy guy to like. The main character of writer-director-star Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road is a small-town police officer with a volatile temper and a tendency to blurt out whatever’s on his mind, regardless of the situation. He’s introduced in a nearly 12-minute single-take sequence as he delivers a rambling,

emotionally charged eulogy at his late mother’s funeral, culminating in a deeply uncomfortable interpretive-dance performance set to the Bruce Springsteen song that gives the movie its title. That sequence is recreated almost exactly from Cummings’ 2016 short film of the same name, although here Cummings makes the moment even more awkward by forcing Jim to perform without any actual music playing.

The rest of Thunder Road is no less tough to watch, as Jim careens from one tragicomic situation to another, dealing very poorly with his mother’s death and his pending divorce from his estranged wife Rosalind (Jocelyn DeBoer). Although Jim is a decorated police officer and a mostly well-intentioned guy, he repeatedly breaks down on the job and has trouble relating to other people, including his young daughter Crystal (Kendal Farr).

Some of these interactions are morbidly funny, but Thunder Road is more of an emotional time bomb than a cringe comedy, and part of the movie’s fascination is in waiting for Jim’s next unsettling outburst (Cummings pulls off another mesmerizingly unhinged single-take speech around the movie’s midpoint).

Despite his disturbing unpredictability, Jim is a largely sympathetic figure, thanks to Cummings’ vulnerable, raw performance (he is an Oscar-level crier), and the movie has a redemption arc of sorts. Jim wants to be a better, more well-adjusted person even if he has no idea how to do that, and he’s remarkably open to shedding the bonds of traditional masculinity in order to get there. Witnessing his struggle is difficult but rewarding. Streaming on Amazon Prime.

— JOSH BELL

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As Vanna Oh!, Lindsay Johnston is turning a full-on rock persona into a full-time career

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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anna Oh! lets it all hang out. If you’ve seen one of her shows in the last 10 months that she’s been exhaustively performing, you’ll know she’s a rip-roaring rock star in the classic sense of the term — stomping and spinning on the stage, shredding one killer riff after another, making a small room feel like a sold-out arena. That exclamation point is no joke.

It’s the newest project and persona courtesy of local guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Lindsay Johnston, her first since her popular guitar-and-drums duo Donna Donna disbanded last year.

“I was pretty heartbroken when that ended,” Johnston tells the Inlander. “I was planning on just kind of giving music up.”

It was around that time that she recalls having the desire to pack up and move to L.A., where she’d hopefully find something bigger and better. What exactly that was remained unclear. She had worked as a high school teacher and as a bartender, saving up money to make the move to Hollywood, but she was yearning to start performing again.

“I decided, well, I’ve never really tried to do music as a job,” she says. “Maybe I’m going to just try it.”

So she bought a car she could live out of if she needed to (“Though there’s only been one night where I actually stayed the night in the car,” she says), moved in with her mom in the Tri-Cities for a spell, and conjured up a new personality of sorts. She says she’s always been drawn to names with double N’s in them — think Donna Donna — and that she also wanted her nom de rock to communicate some sort of

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surprise. Thus, Vanna Oh! was born.

Johnston is now working as a full-time musician, performing multiple times a week — almost 20 shows in June and July alone, in Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Leavenworth, Richland, Olympia and down to Pendleton, Oregon. She says she’s heard a common refrain of “that wasn’t what I was expecting” from venue owners, who have often paired Vanna Oh! with acoustic singer-songwriters who are typically blindsided by the snarling blues-rock she’s become known for.

Life on the road has other challenges, of course, namely the uncertainty that comes with the nomadic lifestyle. When she’s not touring, Johnston lives out of her dad’s house in North Spokane, and mostly couch surfs on the road.

“I thought, ‘This is going to be a really hard existence, to just live out of a duffel bag,’” Johnston says. “The hardest part [is] just not feeling ownership of any place, feeling kind of like a nuisance or a burden on people, just being an extra person in the house. But people have been really gracious.”

It’s a job that, by its very nature, involves scraping by, meting out just enough of a profit to make it to the next gig. Step by step, you’re working to make the whole operation financially sustainable.

“The hard thing is just being patient,” Johnston says. “Any time I do get money, where I could pay rent this month, it’s like, ‘Or I could buy more T-shirts.’ … It’s having to be my own investor. It’s so slow going, and you can only put such a small percentage back in. And it is growing.”

It’s mostly a one-woman operation in

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that sense, though Johnston often plays with a rotating backing band the Anys (so called because she’d play with anybody) that typically includes drummer Chase Howard and bassist Gabe Cazenavette.

“I want to be able to pay my band. They would be the first people I would want to take care of,” Johnston says.

“I would love to get choreography and visuals into our shows, and make cool music videos, and collaborate with other musicians and continue to make albums.

But all of that costs money.

Unless you’re expecting people to do you favors and do it for free, which I really don’t believe in.”

Johnston has been performing songs from the catalog of originals that she’s written over the past six years, as a solo artist and as the frontwoman for Donna Donna. But now that she’s building up crowds — not just in Spokane but in Seattle and Portland — she’s started working on new material again. A debut Vanna Oh! album should materialize in late summer or early fall.

“I’m less stressed, and I think that’s a huge part of the creative process,” Johnston says. “The band is finally at the point where I can start giving them new material, because all the old stuff is solidified.”

Because she has a master’s degree in teaching, Johnston says she sometimes thinks of working a rock audience the way she’d command a classroom — trying to keep everyone engaged for a full period.

“There’s the part of me that just wants to be wild and wants it to be just crazy, rock ’n’ roll taking over. And all of us on stage, just like really feeding off of each other and that energy,” she says.

“And then the other part of it is calculated, a thoughtthrough setlist where we’re moving from super upbeat to bluesy and dark to something a little bit slower, and back up again at the end.” n

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Treat Her Right Five reasons to check out Pat Benatar at Northern Quest this weekend

BY DAN NAILEN

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo have long been a team on stage and off. Witness their chemistry at this weekend’s Northern Quest show.

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ith Pat Benatar slated to headline Northern Quest Resort & Casino Sunday night, alongside guitarist/husband Neil Giraldo and opener Melissa Etheridge as part of Benatar’s “40th Anniversary Tour” (a nod to her 1979 breakthough with the In the Heat of the Night album), we look back at what makes her one of modern music’s trailblazers.

NO BENATAR, NO MTV

OK, that might be a bit overdramatic. But while trivia nerds probably know the first video played on MTV was the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” few likely recall the second was Benatar’s “You Better Run,” a poprock gem that still rips. Like many videos of the early ’80s, it was a basic performance clip, just Benatar and her band playing in a seemingly abandoned warehouse.

Benatar was already an arena-filling attraction before MTV came along, so the performance clip suited her.

And the fact that she was one of the few established artists to immediately embrace making videos meant Benatar was omnipresent in MTV’s early years. The video helped propel Benatar’s Crimes of Passion album to platinum sales, and landed her and Giraldo on the cover of Rolling Stone.

FASHION ICON

“Linda, that girl looked just like Pat Benatar.”

“I know. Wait, there are three girls here at Ridgemont that have cultivated the Pat Benatar look.”

Benatar’s popularity in the early ’80s was enshrined

for the ages by this early exchange in teen-movie classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), as Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates chat in the school cafeteria. The look adopted by their peers — short hair, tights, baggy sweaters, headbands, leg warmers(!) — was seen over and over again in Benatar’s early videos. It would be another couple of years before Madonna and Cyndi Lauper came along to inspire more questionable fashion choices in America’s teen music fans.

LOUD AND PROUD FEMINIST

A mere two years later, Benatar’s video for “Sex as a Weapon” gave MTV one of its earliest uses of music video as cultural criticism, as the singer lambastes advertisers for relying on scantily clad women to sell everything from beer to toothpaste. The music industry is a target, too, as Benatar even pokes fun at one of her own early, sexualized publicity photos. The song only reached No. 28 on the charts, but the video is still appealing as a time capsule of the ’80s, and a rare overtly political statement from this pioneering female rocker.

THE VOICE

Even as her sound evolved from guitar-rock in the late ’70s and early ’80s to a more pop-oriented approach later Benatar would have never made the impact she did on in hit songs like “We Belong” and underappreciated without a voice that is both powerful and supple. In a “La Bel Age,” Benatar remained a loud voice career that’s seen her bounce between for women in the industry. In an interview hard rock, pop, jazz and blues, she’s WEEKEND promoting her 2010 autobiography Between needed that kind of pliable instrument C O U N T D OW N a Heart and a Rock Place, she said, “I wasn’t a at her disposal. Three years ago when Get the scoop on this visionary, but I literally had my finger on the she played Northern Quest, also with weekend’s events with pulse of the women of America.”

Melissa Etheridge, it was clear that our newsletter. Sign up at age hasn’t really caused her to lose Inlander.com/newsletter. anything. She and Giraldo told a lot of One of Benatar’s biggest hits, 1983’s “Love stories, and they played a ton of hits Is a Battlefield,” came accompanied with one of the MTV that helped define an era in American rock music. Expect era’s most cringeworthy videos. Why cringeworthy? Start the same this time around. n with the then 30-year-old Benatar playing a teen runaway forced to become, as Tina Turner would say, “a dancer Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo with Melissa Etheridge for money,” and then watch Benatar “dance” through the • Sun, July 28 at 7:30 pm • $49-$109 • All ages • NorthBroadway-style choreography so prevalent in videos at ern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., the time thanks to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” Yeesh.

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inger-songwriter Matt Mitchell has carved a space in the Spokane scene as a founding member of Trego, the ever-evolving group that has blended folk, rock and country in ways both surprising and satisfying. Now he’s venturing out with a side project called (appropriately enough) the Matt Mitchell Music Co., subscribing to the same collective nature of his other long-running band.

Mitchell is releasing a solo EP this weekend at the Bartlett, and it’s a bit roots-rock, a bit rustic Americana — finger-picked guitar, world-weary vocals, some brass flare. Expect a second volume later this year.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

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219 LOUNGE, Bum Jungle 1210 TAVERN, Jan Harrison Blues Experience A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic ARBOR CREST, Benton & Belote J AUDUBON PARK, Step Brothers J THE BARTLETT, Hibou, Lavoy, Stay Prix BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave J BOOTS BAKERY, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Open Mic J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen J COEUR D’ALENE PARK, Heat Speak CRUISERS, Open Jam Night FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Country Dance J HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz Thursdays JOHN’S ALLEY, Bart Budwig LION’S LAIR, Karaoke LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Will Jordan, Willis the Realist LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ Exodus MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Jean Mann MOOSE LOUNGE, Last Chance Band J MOOTSY’S, Indian Goat, The Mutineers, Casket Key O’SHAYS IRISH PUB, O’Pen Mic J PACIFIC PIZZA, Vanna Oh! (see page 46), King Ropes, Tyler Alai J THE PIN, Joseph Huber, Miller’s Sun, Durb, Brooklyn Clark POST FALLS BREWING, Son of Brad J PROVIDENCE CENTER FOR FAITH & HEALING, Bridges Home J RED DRAGON CHINESE, Tommy G RED ROOM LOUNGE, Red Room Goes Boom REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Dani Bacon RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J RIVERSTONE PARK, Erin Hall STELLA’S ON THE HILL, Into the Drift TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

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COUNTRY LONESTAR

Matt Mitchell Music Co. with Bart Budwig and Parc Crecelius • Sat, July 27 at 8 pm • $10 advance, $12 day of • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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ver the years, only a few artists have taken country songs to the upper echelons of the pop charts. Dolly Parton. Shania Twain. Lil Nas X. Add Lonestar to that list: Their 1999 single “Amazed” was an inescapable smash, the kind of ballad that seems to have been engineered expressly for first dances at weddings. The band, still fronted by founder Richie McDonald, remained country radio staples in the aftermath of that song’s crossover success, racking up four consecutive post-“Amazed” No. 1s, and they return to Spokane next week with a setlist of their sweet, sentimental earworms.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Lonestar • Thu, Aug. 1 at 8 pm • $40-$58 • All ages • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000

Friday, 07/26

219 LOUNGE, The Hawthorne Roots 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS, John Firshi 1898 PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BIGFOOT PUB, Steve Starkey Band BOLO’S, Alley Cat BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CHECKERBOARD BAR, Kannabyss & Liquid Colors CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kosh CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Son of Brad CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, The Caretakers DI LUNA’S CAFE, Polly O’Keary & The Rhythm Method FERNWOOD, JamShack J FORZA COFFEE CO. (SOUTH), Katie Fisher

J FORZA COFFEE CO. (G.U.), Jake Stevens & Danielle Nicole J J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Norah Jones THE HIVE, Mike Nash & the Southern Drawl Band HOUSE OF SOUL, Dee Rock IRON HORSE (CDA), Dangerous Type JOHN’S ALLEY, Naughty Pine J KNITTING FACTORY, Bobaflex, Artifas, Dirtbag LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil MAX AT MIRABEAU, Jan Harrison Blues Experience MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Harold’s IGA MOOSE LOUNGE, Dragonfly J MOOTSY’S, The High Curbs, Itchy Kitty, Organ Grinder NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), The Happiness O’SHAYS, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots PACIFIC PIZZA, Dead Channels, Crusty Mustard

J PARK BENCH CAFE, Michael & Keleren Millham PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Dive Bar Theology J THE PIN, Born of Osiris, Bad Omens, Spite, Kingdom of Giants J REPUBLIC, Pickaxe Blues Festival RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROXIE, Karaoke with Tom J SARANAC ROOFTOP, Waxer, Colder Bones, Mama Llama SILVER MOUNTAIN RESORT, Just Plain Darin; Rusty Jackson (at Noah’s) SPOKANE VALLEY EAGLES, Stagecoach West STUDIO 107, Ron Kieper Jazz Duo THE VIKING, Adelitas Way, Savage After Midnight, Taking Dawn UTARA BREWING CO., Joseph Huber ZOLA, Gig A Watt

Saturday, 07/27

219 LOUNGE, Right Front Burner A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Exodus

J AVISTA STADIUM, Just Plain Darin J J THE BARTLETT, Matt Mitchell Music Co. (see above), Bart Budwig, Parc Crecelius BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIGFOOT PUB, Steve Starkey Band BOLO’S, Alley Cat BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Valerie Jeanne Country Band J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Natalie Greenfield CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kosh COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Ron Greene CURLEY’S, The Caretakers THE FISCHIN’ HOLE SALOON, High Valley Mountain Boys J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Above & Beyond J HARVEST HOUSE, Just Plain Darin J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Taelor Fayette IRON HORSE (CDA), Dangerous Type THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke

JOHN’S ALLEY, Head for the Hills LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Kerry Leigh LION’S LAIR, Hip-Hop Showcase LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, It Looks Sad. MARYHILL WINERY, Katie Fisher MAX AT MIRABEAU, Jan Harrison Blues Experience MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, The Other White Meat MOOSE LOUNGE, Dragonfly NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), The Happiness OFF REGAL LOUNGE, Tommy G PACIFIC PIZZA, DJ Case PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, John Firshi POST FALLS BREWING, Sam Leyde PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Karrie O’Neill RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Anchored, Heroes for Ghosts, Invasive, White Trash Romeo J REPUBLIC, Pickaxe Blues Festival REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Coyote Willow RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J SAMUEL STORE, JamShack SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Son of Brad (at Noah’s)

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SPOKANE VALLEY EAGLES, Sharky and the Fins UTARA BREWING COMPANY, Adam Palm & Friends WESTWOOD BREWING, Tod Hornby ZOLA, Gig A Watt

Sunday, 07/28

1210 TAVERN, Jan Harrison Blues Experience ARBOR CREST, Sara Brown Band CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Mike McCafferty CURLEY’S, Hoodoo Udu DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Blues Jam GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Above & Beyond J HARVEST HOUSE, Nick Grow; Dallas Kay THE HIVE, Indubious HOGFISH, Open Mic IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Take 2 LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Pickering Simmons Project J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo (see page 49), Melissa Etheridge O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Traditional Irish Music PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Dwayne Parsons THE PIN, Ward Davis (Spokane, WA) J REPUBLIC, Pickaxe Blues Festival RIVERBANK TAPHOUSE, Sammy Eubanks THE ROXIE, Hillyard Billys

J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin THE ROXIE, Dysphotic, Carved in Bone, Xingaia ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 07/29

BABY BAR, Griffey, Curse League, Flannel Math Animal THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE, Open Mic COSMIC COWBOY, Kyle Swaffard CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 07/30

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BORRACHO TACOS, The Cary Fly Band CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke KAIJU SUSHI, Jan Harrison Blues Duo PROSPECTORS, Cassandra Wheeler with Randi Lithgow RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing J ROCKET MARKET, Dave McRae THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam SWEET LOU’S, Ron Greene TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio THE VIKING, Songsmith Series ZOLA, Desperate 8s

Wednesday, 07/31 219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills & Bruce Bishop BABY BAR, Holus Bolus

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BARRISTER WINERY, Karrie O’Neill J J THE BARTLETT, Blitzen Trapper, Atari Ferrari BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam GENO’S, Open Mic IRON HORSE (CDA), Open Jam IRON HORSE (VALLEY), The Ronaldos THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J THE LOCAL DELI, Devon Wade LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J THE NEST AT KENDALL YARDS, Jessica Haffner J RED DRAGON CHINESE, Tommy G RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jam Session RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic J SPOKANE ARENA, Disturbed, In This Moment UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Rusty Jackson ZOLA, Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia

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J J FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Lonestar (see facing page), Aug. 1 J WAR MEMORIAL FIELD, Festival at Sandpoint Week 1, Aug. 1-4.

J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Watershed Festival, Aug. 2-4 J BING CROSBY THEATER, Ani DiFranco, Aug. 6 J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Toby Keith, Aug. 6 J BING CROSBY THEATER, The Alarm, Modern English, Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel, Aug. 7

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

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COMMUNITY DANCE ALL DAY

Living in the Inland Northwest means having the opportunity to learn from the Native tribes that have called the area home for generations. The Coeur d’Alene Tribal Encampment and Julyamsh Powwow is just one of those prime opportunities as dancers descend on the region to celebrate the sacred traditions of their respective peoples. While the dances are competitions, they are friendly ones, and designed to honor the dancers’ tribes and families. While all are welcome and encouraged to attend, keep in mind a powwow is not some tourist event — it’s a sacred gathering, so respect those around you, don’t touch the dancers’ regalia, and ask before you take pictures, mmmkay?

— DAN NAILEN Coeur d’Alene Tribal Encampment and Julyamsh Powwow • Fri-Sun, July 26-28 • $10; free/ages 21 and under • Kootenai County Fairgrounds • 4056 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene • cdacasino.com • 800-523-2464

FOOD GREEN EATS

As the vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian movements continue to gain a wider foothold, Spokane’s annual celebration of plant-based living is also expanding. This year’s VegFest, a healthy living expo and music festival organized by the Inland Northwest Vegans, celebrates its sixth year, offering cooking demos, food samples, chef talks, a plant-based market, vendor fair, live music and more. While VegFest is both hosted by and features vegan-practicing groups and businesses, anyone is encouraged to attend (including current meat eaters) to learn why plant-based living is better for the planet and all its inhabitants.

— CHEY SCOTT Spokane VegFest • Sat, July 27 from 10 am-6 pm • Free • All ages • Spokane Community College • 1810 N. Greene St. • inveg.org/vegfest

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COMEDY LAUGH FOR A CAUSE

SpokAnimal does a lot of great work saving animals in need of a home, spaying and neutering pets at their veterinary clinic and training animal welfare workers and volunteers, but all that work doesn’t come cheap. Hence the reason for this fundraiser comedy show featuring local favorite Phillip Kopczynski, who finished second at the 2018 Seattle International Comedy Competition against fellow funny folks from across the country. As the comedian’s profile grows both regionally and nationally, consider this a fine chance to enjoy some laughs while supporting a good cause — and at a decent hour, too! If you can’t make the afternoon show, Kopczynski is headlining Thursday through Saturday nights at the club as well.

— DAN NAILEN SpokAnimal Comedy Fundraiser with Phillip Kopczynski • Sat, July 27 at 3 pm • $15 • 21+ • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998

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Car Stars.

Great Skates.

Community Unity. Pow Wow. Downtown.

COMMUNITY CYCLE THE VALLEY

The seventh annual Spokane Valley Cycle Celebration is here with ride options for people of all ages and experience levels. This bicycle tour of Spokane Valley is a phenomenal way to see and explore the area. All rides begin and end at the North Centennial Trailhead in Mirabeau Park. Offered is a 10-mile route for the less experienced, and 25 and 50-mile rides for the more experienced riders. Everyone who registers is entered to win a Trek Bicycle Checkpoint ARL 5 gravel bike and gets a technical T-shirt and boxed lunch from Brother’s Pizza. The annual summer event is a great opportunity to get to know your neighbors, create community and explore Spokane Valley.

— RILEY UTLEY Spokane Valley Cycle Celebration • Sun, July 28 at 8 am • $29/ages 18+, $15/ ages 13-17; free/12 and under • Mirabeau Park • 13500 E. Mirabeau Pkwy., Spokane Valley • cyclecelebration.com • 922-3299

— UPCOMING EVENTS —

THEATER OPEN AIR THEATER

Since the early ’70s, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks has staged a diverse lineup of the Bard’s most beloved works in regional parks, which is certainly a more relaxed theatrical venue than the Globe. First up this weekend in Sandpoint’s War Memorial Field is Shakespeare’s celebrated history Henry IV, Part 1, a story of political upheaval and military strategy that introduced audiences to the beloved comic John Falstaff. The Merry Wives of Windsor is the following evening at Liberty Lake’s Pavillion Park, a farce about a love triangle that develops between a bumbling drunk (Falstaff again) and two unexpectedly devious suitors.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Montana Shakespeare in the Parks • Henry IV, Part 1 • Sat, July 27 at 6 pm • War Memorial Field • 801 Ontario St., Sandpoint • The Merry Wives of Windsor • Sun, July 28 at 5 pm • Pavillion Park • 727 N. Molter Rd., Liberty Lake • Free • All ages • shakespeareintheparks.org

The Onion for dinner, Riverside Avenue for Cops N Kids Car Show, Downtown, 8/10

Coffee with Rocket Bakery, Sport Saturdays with the Spokane Sports Commission, Riverfront Park, 8/23–8/25

Gleason Fest Music Festival, Riverfront Park, 8/10

Sunday Fundays at Numerica Skate Ribbon, Riverfront Park

Unity in the Community, Riverfront Park, 8/17

Sunday Art Mart on Wall Street, Downtown

Gathering at the Falls Pow Wow, Riverfront Park, 8/23–8/25

Don’t miss the next First Friday: August 2nd, 2019

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BRUNETTE ON BIKE Last saw you on Saturday, 7/13. I was headed to downtown with a friend. I was leading bike, you were headed towards Petit Dr., on West Point Rd., just off Mission. You don’t wear cycling shorts while riding.

Second time I’ve seen you on same street. Are you game for a beverage sometime??

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I SAW YOU I’M EXCITED FOR YOU TO COME BACK. I never thought I’d envy the state of California, yet here I am. You’re kind, funny, and - dare I say - one of the most attractive people I’ve ever seen.

You were only in Spokane for two days, but you’ve been in my mind all month.

You probably won’t see this, but I think you’re a really cool guy. When you come back, we’re hanging out because I would be happy to have someone like you in my life (even if only as a friend).

I hope you’re having a good summer!

BENNY HOPING TO SEE YOU AGAIN I saw you at Ferguson’s Cafe on Saturday. You had a hat sitting on the hanger by your table and joyously sang along to the tunes. I admire your respect of the staff and your dual appreciation for and Eggs Benny & Biscuits and gravy. We should go sometime and reenact a movie scene ;) WINKING AT WINCO Saw you at Winco up North this past weekend.

I thought your consideration for my blue cheese craving was more than sweet. That wink and dimpled smile routine you have is swoon-worthy.

YOU’RE A CATCH Were the sunglasses aviators, and did he have two boys?

I’m sorry I don’t remember the lidless cup, but I recall seeing a pretty girl in a Mariners Jersey. It’s too bad the Indians lost that night, 7-6

DISABLED & STRANDED (PART II) To Malcolm and Frank who rescued me on 29th when my electric wheelchair went rogue and decided to desert me. You are terribly sweet! You went above and beyond taking a “couple of minutes” to help. I had groceries with me. (My eggs even made it home in tact.) I also am an oxygen user and was running out! They both pushed me for several blocks. (I’m a big woman and those chairs weigh a ton!) I was very afraid they would hurt themselves!

The wheels seemed kind of locked on top of it all. We came to a spot that was impassable with the chair acting as it was. So, Malcolm went ALL the way back. He got the truck and helped me into it. Then Frank pushed the chair back the rest of the way! YOU GUYS ARE OUTSTANDING HUMAN BEINGS! GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM I am devastated that our relationship shipwrecked and I wish that the idea you have of me wasn’t tainted by all the people who have purposefully maligned me and spoken lies to you about me and assassinated my character to you for the sole purpose of ruining our friendship and our lives.

Their influence on me was extremely toxic and they only pretended to be my friends just so they could abuse me emotionally and I am sorry that I took that pain and anger out on you, that was completely out of character for me and I regret it everyday. Please forgive me and remember me for who I really am and not for how my haters want me to be portrayed as. Shalom.

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knows little. The threats of his son are that of his own, yet with faith he prays that his son will learn to problem-solve on his own. Working closely with his wife & building on their good work, an iron fist becomes a steady hand with

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years of patience. A father picks his battles, and wins by discretion previously exercised. Anchored in love, laughter and life a father confronts the forces of evil with the poison of kindness. A father/husband is the king of his castle, and the quality of that kingdom is reflected by the welfare of his subjects. Tobias Glimmerfors of Sweden once taught me that the key to victory is a lack of failures. Every shout, every hit, every joke that is designed to “toughen” up a man conversely weakens a fellow being’s spirt.

In the end, it’s not the lessons that are passed along; it’s actions. I challenge you today — if you are a father, to go to church... talk to the people there, and spend time teaching those around you... just as filially done.

THE ARTHUR TO MY MOLLY I am lucky to have someone to share cheese plates with and to find joy in Harry Potter games, taco nights and stupid Buzzfeed listicles. Being with you makes everything sweeter. I love you.

KINDNESS STRIKES AGAIN IN SPOKANE We were eating lunch on a patio at a popular restaurant next to an adorable family that we shared a couple of laughs with. They left after eating and couple of minutes later

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JEERS DISABLED & STRANDED (PART I) To the d**knose who I tearfully asked for help from, and replied, “Nope, not my problem.” I hope you think about that every time you are worried about someone you love. That they may be asking for help and someone may be responding as you did. Even as a disabled person I have found small ways to help others. It doesn’t take too long and it feels great!

ANTI-THEFT BAFFOONS Walked in the Grocery Outlet and immediately was told had to turn over my bag (b/c I LOOKED like a shop lifter?) or leave.

When I got my bag back at checkout, surprise, there was a footprint on it. My phone and tablet were in there. Also, there were THREE women in line in front me all with their bags. You think discount grocery thieves wear bright orange bike helmets and $200 messenger bags?! What a way to improve sales!!! Pull entering customers aside and demand they hand over their bags. NEVER shopping there again.

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BENEFIT

IRREVERENT WARRIORS SPOKANE SILKIES HIKE Join fellow veterans for Spokane’s first “Silkies Hike,” an event to help raise awareness of the veteran suicide epidemic. The 22-km hike involves 22 veterans carring 22-kg to signify the 22 veterans a day who commit suicide. July 27, 8 am-5 pm. Cabela’s, 101 N. Cabela Way. (208-777-6300) SAFETY NET AUCTION The annual fundraiser allows the local nonprofit to continue supporting foster teens aging out of the system, helping send them on a path of independence and success into their futures as adults. Aug. 1, 5:30 pm. $37.74. Beacon Hill, 4848 E Valley Springs Rd. safetynetspokane.org AN EVENING IN TUSCANY A summer benefit for YWCA Spokane, featuring wine, food, live music, local arts and Tuscan-themed entertainment. Proceeds raised support women, children and families impacted by domestic violence, homelessness and unemployment. Aug. 2, 5-10 pm. $100. Beacon Hill Events, 4848 E. Wellesley. ywcaspokane.org (782-3556)

COMEDY

DAVE LANDAU Dave appeared on Comedy Central’s “Live At Gotham” and was a finalist on season 8 of “Last Comic Standing.” July 25-27 at 7:30 pm, July 27 at 10 pm. $8-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) YOU NEED A HERO! An all-new superhero show based on audience suggestions. Fridays at 7:30 pm through July 26. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) SAFARI The BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced short-form improv show. Fridays at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) SPOKANIMAL COMEDY FUNDRAISER Featuring local comedian Phillip Kopczynski. July 27, 3 pm. $15-$30. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998) THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, from 8-9:30 pm. Free. The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside. socialhourpod.com

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GIANTS, DRAGONS & UNICORNS: THE WORLD OF MYTHIC CREATURES This traveling exhibition from New York’s American Museum of Natural History combines unique cultural objects, dramatic models, multimedia and interactive games to tell the origin stories behind the legends of mythical creatures from around the world. July 5-Sept. 2.

Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org HERITAGE GARDENS TOURS Step back in time and experience this unique garden as it looked in 1915. July 25, 2-3 pm and July 28, 11 am-noon. Free.

Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh Ave. heritagegardens.org LAKE NIGHT MARKET Featuring live music, a no-host bar and local shopping from area vendors, artists and more.

July 25, 5-8 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. (208-765-4000) MOBILE OFFICE: THIRD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT The 3rd Legislative District’s

delegation, State Sen. Andy Billig, Rep. Timm Ormsby and Rep. Marcus Riccelli, give constituents a chance to comment or ask questions about state legislation that affects the region. July 25, 4-5:30 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. (444-5336) STORYTIME WITH JOE BRUCE NASA/ JPL Solar System Ambassador Joe Bruce hosts a special storytime for preschoolers (ages 3-5). July 26, 10:3011 am. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. (444-5300) RALLY FOR SALISH Students and staff from the Salish School of Spokane lead the 2019 rally in the Clocktower Meadow to celebrate, raise awareness of and recognize the indigenous languages of the Spokane region during 2019, the designated UN Year of Indigenous Languages. The rally includes drumming, singing and short talks by fluent speakers of Spokane-area indigenous languages. July 26, 12-1 pm. Free.

Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. bit. ly/2XJQ70l (842-2275) COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REPARATIONS There’s a national debate about whether America should make amends for slavery. Come hear the pros and cons of the issue from members of the community and be a part of the discussion. July 27, 4 pm.

Free. Carl Maxey Center, 3116 E. Fifth. carlmaxeycenter.org (795-1964) FRIENDS OF THE DEER PARK LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds support library programs, activities, and services. For additional book sale dates and locations, visit scldfriends.org. July 27, 12-3 pm. Free. Mix Park, 301 W. Fourth Ave. scldfriends.org/events ISAAC FOUNDATION FAMILY FUN DAY The second annual family fun day offers games, shopping at local vendors, prizes, food and more. July 27, 10 am-1 pm.

Free and open to all. Millwood Kindergarten Center, 8818 E. Grace. (325-1515) PINTS & PRINTS: SMASH! The SPPC’s monthly social event, with stations set up to make monoprints on the etching press, and a type specimen poster on the proofing press. July 27, 6 pm. $25.

Spokane Print & Publishing Center, 1925 N. Ash. facebook.com/spokaneprint/ SPOKANE CORVETTE CLUB SHOW The 27th annual all-Corvette show benefiting Shriners Hospital and Second Harvest Food Bank, with all years of Corvettes featured. July 27, 9 am-4 pm.

Free. Mirabeau Park Meadows, 13500 Mirabeau Parkway. (230-0537) TOUR DE FARMS This Growing Neighbors Farmyard tour adventure is a fundraiser to help grow healthy relationships and food through urban farming and community development. The tour is a 2.6 mile walk to seven sites, or a 5.5 mile jogging tour of 12 sites. Bikes, scooters, skates and other wheels welcome. July 27, 9 am-noon. Free; donations accepted. Starts at Shadle Park Presbyterian Church, 5508 N. Alberta. growingneighbors.org (327-5522) GAME ON! The afternoon event for families includes an open swim, outdoor games and activities, live music by the Justin James Band and food: hot dogs, grilled cheese bites and frozen treats. July 28, 1-5 pm. Free. Terrace View Park, 13525 E. 24th Ave. spokanevalley.org/recreation (688-0300) OLD TIME PICNIC A traditional community celebration complete with parade and family-friendly old-fashioned games such as sack races, a baby crawl-

ing contest and the greased pole climb.

July 28. Harrison City Park, 251 Harrison St. harrisonidaho.org (208-689-3212) QUEST SUNDAY FEST A new outdoor street festival offering a weekly lineup of regional arts and crafts, food, free kids activities, performance art, music and more. Sundays from 11 am-5 pm, July 14-Aug. 11. Free. Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com/quest-sunday-fest HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION The Jonas Babcock Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution invite the public to a dedication honoring Lt. Col. Jack Holsclaw, at 2301 W. College. July 29, 1 pm. Free. raeannav@comcast.net SUMMER GREENHOUSE DAYS Join Spark Central at the Food For All greenhouses (925 N. A St.) in West Central for activities around art, science, and physical activity. No registration required. July 30 and Aug. 27 from 10:30 am-noon. Free. spark-central.org SPOKANE JUSTICE TOWN HALL MEETING Reps from the Vera Institute of Justice and the Spokane Regional Criminal Justice Administration share information and listen to ideas and concerns regarding the criminal justice system and the Spokane County Jail.

July 31 at Madison Elementary (319 W. Nebraska Ave.) and Aug. 1 at Hamblen Elementary (2121 E. Thurston Ave.) Both events from 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. spokanecounty.org/srljc STRANGER THINGS GATHERING Celebrate Stranger Things, the ’80s, Hawkins, Indiana, and all things paranormal and supernatural with crafts, decorations, and snacks. Grades 6+.

July 31, 4-6 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. scld.org

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JULYAMSH The largest outdoor powwow in the Northwest, featuring a tribal encampment, dancing and more. July 26-28. July 26-28. $10. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. julyamsh.com (208-765-4969) NORTH PEND OREILLE DOWN RIVER DAYS The annual summer community festival includes a vendor fair, “crazy lady softball,” a parade, street dance, water cross and more. July 26-28. Ione, Wash. newportareachamber.com FIRST ANNUAL HARVEST OF QUILTS FESTIVAL The new event held throughout downtown Rosalia includes the display of a 184-year-old coverlet at the Budding Rose Art Gallery (510 S. Whitman Ave.), appraised at the Antique Roadshow. July 27, 9 am-4 pm. Free.

Rosalia, Wash. townofrosalia.net ART ON THE GREEN The annual marketplace, performance space and gathering place for friends and families features more than 160 fine artists, a variety of performers. The festival includes free performances on two stages all weekend, with a beer/wine garden, children’s art garden and more. Aug. 2 from 12-9 pm, Aug. 3 from 10 am-9 pm and Aug. 4 from 10 am-5 pm. Free.

North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. artonthegreencda.com COEUR D’ALENE STREET FAIR: The 28th annual event features more than 250 vendors of arts, crafts, food and more throughout downtown Coeur d’Alene. Aug. 2-3, 10 am-8 pm; Aug. 4, 10 am-5 pm. cdadowntown.com

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Advice Goddess LEWD AWAKENING

A guy I don’t know well sent me a creepy Facebook message with pervy language. Next, he messaged me a bunch of tantra memes -- sex as a celebration, blah, blah, blah.

It grossed me out. Why would a guy think he can be so blatantly sexual out of nowhere? What should you say to a guy who does this?

—YUCK When a guy messaging you starts sounding like Rumi AMY ALKON or some other ancient elder, it’s usually for good reason -- like that he’s short on hookup partners and the market’s way behind in building realistic washable sex robots.

It would be instructive for men who do this to consider sex differences in the appeal of unsolicited genital selfies -- sent, for example, by strangers on dating sites.

The Kinsey Institute’s Justin Garcia reports that only 5% of women are aroused by unsolicited penis selfies; the vast majority are just grossed out by them.

As for the reception vagina selfies get, a Los Angeles woman sent 37 men on a dating site an unsolicited vagina pic (not hers, one she found on the internet). Three men replied with shirtless pix; seven sent messages about what they’d like to do to the pictured vagina; eight asked for more pix; nine sent penis selfies; and one sent a video that the woman told Metro UK included “a, um, happy ending.”

The difference in men’s and women’s responses to “down there” selfies from strangers makes sense in light of how female emotions seem to have evolved to protect women from becoming single mothers -- getting knocked up and then ditched.

Research by anthropologist John Marshall Townsend suggests that female emotions push women to look for signs of commitment from a man, even when they know they want nothing more than casual sex with him. This, in turn, probably leads many or most women to be put off by overt sex talk from a man -- before there seems to be an emotional connection.

Yet, perhaps due to what anthropologist Donald Symons calls the human tendency “to imagine that other minds are much like our own,” many men whip out the sex talk and the zipperwurst pix for women they barely know. If a guy who does this is some Tinder rando, you can just block him. But when it’s a male friend or other guy you’d rather not cut off entirely, you need to be straight with him -- like, “Dude, from now on, you gotta keep any messages totally platonic” -- and be straight with him again if he tries again. (I mean, come on...if you wanted gross unsolicited sexual comments, you’d wear a halter top and booty shorts to 7-Eleven.)

HAVING A BAWL

My best friend just got dumped by her boyfriend, and she’s totally devastated. I always thought he was a jerk, but I know saying that won’t help her feel any better. I want to be there for her but don’t know how. What’s the best thing to say to somebody who’s heartbroken?

—LOST Assuming she isn’t all “I wanna be alone!” you really just need to show up. You might even bring a little something: “I’m here, and I’ve got dinner. Very low-carb, too -- your ex’s head on a spike.”

The thing is, for many of us, watching somebody sob is uncomfortable along the lines of walking in on them having sex. We are clueless about what to say to the weeping person, and we often use that as reason to bolt or to not show up at all.

To be a better friend than that -- to stick around when the going gets sobby -- it helps to understand that sadness isn’t some pointless emotional ailment. Like a tire jack, sadness has a function. In evolutionary terms, it’s “adaptive,” meaning that over evolutionary history, it helped solve some of humans’ recurring survival and mating problems. Psychiatrist and evolutionary researcher Randolph Nesse points out in “Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry” that sadness slows us down and often leads us to ponder our choices, which can help us avoid putting our mistakes on endless repeat.

One way you might help your friend is by encouraging her to find meaning in what she went through -- that is, to learn from the experience so she can make better romantic choices in the future. However, it may be too early for that. So your immediate job could be pretty simple: You’re an ear that hands her Kleenex and occasionally dispenses cheery thoughts, like the wish that a giant wandering reptile bites off his penis or a hit man dissolves him in lye in a motel bathtub.

“Peace ’n’ love, gurl!” ©2019, 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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FILM

SUMMER MATINEE MOVIE SERIES The Kenworthy’s 18th annual series offers young fans a summer filled with 10 of their favorite films (Rated G or PG).

Wednesdays and Thursdays at 1 pm, June 12-Aug. 15. $3. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org/calendar TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM A special screening facilitated by Jessica Maucione and Inga N. Laurent of Gonzaga University. July 25, 7 pm. $9.

Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. magiclanternonmain.com (209-2383) MOVIES IN THE PARK: RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET A free outdoor screening, with pre-movie activities for kids an hour before showtime, at dusk. July 26. Valley Mission Park, 11123 E. Mission Ave. (688-0300) SUMMER MOONLIGHT MOVIES: THE MIGHTY DUCKS Outdoor movies start at dusk. July 26. Free. Sunset Park, 924 S. Lawson St. cahw.org (244-4845) THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING All movies start at dusk. Outside food and drink (no alcohol) welcome, as are blankets and low-backed chairs. July 27, 8:30 pm. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. pavillionpark.org (755-6726) STUDIO GHIBLI FEST: KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE Celebrate the 30th anniversary of this beloved comingof-age story from Academy Awardwinning director Hayao Miyazaki. July 28 (dubbed) at 12:55 pm; July 29 (subs) and 31 (dub) at 7 pm. At Regal Northtown, Riverstone and AMC River Park Square. $13. fathomevents.com SMALLFOOT Screening as part of the Garland’s Free Summer Movies series.

Complete schedule online. July 29-Aug. 2, 9:30 am. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com TREMORS Screening as part of the Garland’s annual Summer Camp summer movie series. Complete schedule online. July 30, 7:15 pm. $2.50. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. (327-1050) SCREEN ON THE GREEN: JURASSIC PARK U of I’s Dept. of Student Involvement hosts free outdoor movies, starting at approx. 8:45 pm, on the Theophilus Tower Lawn. Aug. 1. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu

FOOD

SCOTCH & CIGARS Select a flight of whiskey, scotch or bourbon paired with a recommended cigar during an event on the outdoor patio. Thursdays, 6-10 pm. $15-$25. Prohibition Gastropub, 1914 N. Monroe. (474-9040) MID-SUMMER’S EVE GARDEN PARTY Hosted by North Idaho Life, with a menu by award-winning chef Tony Shields of Left Coast Fusion. July 26, 6 pm. $85. Elk Point Events, 4176 E. Potlatch Hill Rd. elkpt.com (208-765-5432) PAYETTE BREWING BEER DINNER Nectar chef Steven, resident beer guru Ben Simons and a Payette Brewing Co. rep host a beer and dining experience.

July 26, 7 pm. $50. Nectar Catering and Events, 120 N. Stevens. bit.ly/2xs8sPD RIDE & DINE SERIES Enjoy a scenic gondola ride, live music and a savory mountaintop barbecue dinner. Fridays, 2-8 pm through Aug. 30. $7-$34. Silver Mountain, 610 Bunker. silvermt.com BRUNCH WITH A VIEW Enjoy a special buffet brunch menu on the patio over-

looking the Spokane River. July 27-28, Aug. 24-25 at 10 am. $15. Nectar Wine & Beer, 1331 W. Summit Pkwy. nectarkendallyards.com DEHYDRATING FRUITS & VEGGIES Learn how to safely dehydrate your produce. Offered July 24 and 27 at 8 pm. $20-$30. WSU Spokane County Extension, 222 N. Havana. extension. wsu.edu/spokane (509-477-2048) MUSIC, MICROS & BBQ An all-youcan-eat barbecue, with beer from guest brewery Pelican Brewing and music by Isaac Walton & Current Flow. July 27, 5-9 pm. $16-$20. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com PREMIUM PAIRINGS The 6th annual premium cigar and alcohol tasting event. Meet vendors, enjoy samples, appetizers and two drinks with each ticket. July 27, 2-5 pm. $25. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com (800-523-2467) SPOKANE VEGFEST The annual celebration of vegan living includes speakers, cooking demos, live music, a children’s area, vendor fair, food samples and more. July 27, 10 am-6 pm. Free admission. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. inveg.org

MUSIC

BRIDGES HOME A concert by Dave and Tami Gunter, with option for a preconcert dinner. July 26-27 at 7:30 pm; dinner at 6:30 pm. $10-$25. Circle Moon Theater, 3642 N. State Route 211, Newport. northwoodsperformingarts.com MUSIC UNDER THE OAKS Featuring the Lilac City Community Band, 50+ musicians who play everything from Shostakovich to Sousa. Includes face painting and giant lawn games. July 26, 5:30-8:30 pm. Free. Hays Park, Crestline & Providence. facebook.com/ bemissnc (934-5930) PICKAXE RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL A three-day outdoors blues music festival at the Ferry County Fairgrounds and RV Park in Republic. Complete lineup and schedule online. July 26-28. $30/day; $110/weekend pass. Republic, Wash. pickaxeblues.com SALSA DANCE PARTY Spokane Salsa, Son Dulce, and Lucky You Lounge team up for dance lessons and live music by Son Dulce. July 26, 7 pm. $10-25. Lucky You Lounge, 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. spokanesalsa.com (869-2750) SPOKANE TAIKO JAPANESE DRUM ENSEMBLE Kids and families can enjoy Spokane Taiko’s energetic performance on traditional Japanese drums. July 26, 10-10:45 am. Free. West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt St. westcentralcc.org (444-5300) PALOUSE MUSIC FESTIVAL The festival in Hayton-Greene Park features local musicians Paul Smith, The Cherry Sisters Revival, Palouse Forro Experience, Dan Maher, Setsishaya Marimbas, Heather and the Soul Motions, and Blue Highway. Includes arts and crafts vendors, nonprofits and food vendors.

July 27, 11 am-8 pm. $10/adults, $5/ages 6-16. Palouse, Wash. visitpalouse.com PLAY IT AGAIN PANIDA The 27th annual weekend sale offers records, CDs, DVDs, VHS, stereo equipment and more, with proceeds supporting a local performing arts scholarship. July 27, 8 am-3 pm. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) ROYAL FIREWORKS CONCERT The

annual series, begun in 1978, is now in its 38th year. The concert program, performed by local volunteer musicians, is concluded by Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks to a choreographed show over the Spokane River. July 28, 9 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. spokanehistoricconcerts.org SIDETRACK This six-piece band plays an eclectic mix of country, rock, swing, folkabilly and original tunes. July 31, 6-8:30 pm. Free. Sutton Park, 805 Washington St. scld.org (893-8280)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

HOMETOWN TEAMS: HOW SPORTS SHAPE AMERICA Celebrate the connection of hometown teams in this free traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program.

Through Aug. 3; Mon-Sat during library hours. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org WAIKIKI SPRINGS HIKE A guided 3-mile hike with author Jack Nisbet to private lands across the Little Spokane River. Co-hosted by the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy. July 25, 5:30 pm. $15. 12354 N. Fairwood Drive. inlandnwland.org WALLACE ATV JAMBOREE ATV and UTV enthusiasts converge in Wallace for a week’s worth of riding among the 1,000 plus trails and beauty of Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains. July 23-27. Wallace, Idaho. wallaceidahochamber.com KAYAKING & CANOEING TOURS On this ranger-led tour, guests enjoy wildlife viewing and bird watching while learning the history of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and Heyburn State Park.

Vessels, life jackets and lunch included.

Offered July 26, Aug. 2 and Aug. 20, from 9 am-3 pm. $30. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino. com (800-523-2467) FONDO ON THE PALOUSE All routes begin in Moscow before traversing through the communities of Troy, Deary, Princeton, Potlatch, Palouse, Colfax and Pullman. Ride options range from 15 to 100 miles. July 27, 7 am-3 pm. $30-$85. fondopalouse.org MUD FACTOR SPOKANE A 5K obstacle run with mud pits, water slides and more. Includes a kids (ages 4-13) run.

July 27, 10 am. $35-$65. Airway Motocross Park, 12402 W Sprague. mudfactor.com/spokane (218-2014) NPOV LIONS CLUB RAIL RIDERS Enjoy the unique experience of a four seated, pedal powered, railroad bicycle along the scenic Pend Oreille River. July 27-28 and Aug. 31-Sept. 1. Ione, Wash. lionsrailriders.com SILVER HOOPS 3-ON-3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT A family event benefiting local youth organizations and offering competitive games, vendors and more. July 27-28, 7 am-4 pm. Kellogg, Idaho. silvervalleychamber.com WILD SKILLS MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE Parents/chaperones participate with girls, ages 6-17, as they’re introduced to outdoor skills including first aid, navigation, leave no trace, shelter building and more. July 27, 10:30 am. $10-$38. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, Sandpoint. schweitzer.com YOGA ON THE BRIDGE Local yoga teachers guide this all-levels summer series. Meet at the orange bridge near

the Looff Carrousel. July 27; Aug. 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 9-10 am. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. spokaneriverfrontpark.com RIDE THE BASES Join the Spokane Indians for a day on the road and at the ballpark. Entry includes upper box seats to the game and a donation to the Community Cancer Fund. July 28. $35. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. spokaneindians.com SPOKANE VALLEY CYCLE CELEBRATION The annual community bike tour of Spokane Valley offers a 10-, 25- or 50-mile ride. July 28, 8 am. $15-$29.

Mirabeau Point Park, 2426 N. Discovery Place. cyclecelebration.com WEDNESDAYS IN THE WOODS Join REI, Riverside State Park and special guests for this weekly session learning and doing outdoor activities. Wednesdays from 6:30-8 pm through Aug. 14. Free. Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher, 4427 N. Aubrey L. White Parkway. REI.com/spokane RECTENNIS RALLY + EATS A night of food, fitness and tennis; all equipment provided, no experience needed. Aug. 1, 6-8 pm. Free. Comstock Park, 29th Ave. and Howard. rectennis.com

THEATER

COEUR D’ALENE SUMMER THEATRE: OKLAHOMA! A high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys sets the stage for the romance between Curly and Laurey. Thorugh July 28; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20-$49. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasummertheatre.com SALLY COTTER & THE QUEST WE FOLLOW Sally has just bought a copy of the final book in her favorite series of novels. But if she finishes reading it, will the magic all be . . . over? Through July 27; Thu-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway. bit.ly/2wAdSHX SAM SHOVEL, PRIVATE EYE & THE CASE OF THE MALTESE PIGEON An original melodrama written and directed by Brady and Eli Bourgard. Wed-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm through July 28. $10. Sixth Street Theater, 212 Sixth St. sixthstreetmelodrama.com SPOKANE VALLEY SUMMER THEATRE: THE SOUND OF MUSIC: The Von Trapp family’s narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of WWII provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. July 12-28; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20$39. University High School, 12320 E. 32nd Ave. svsummertheatre.com CCT NORTH IDAHO: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN The “Greatest Movie Musical of All Time” is faithfully and lovingly adapted from the original screenplay.

July 26-27, Aug. 2-3 at 7 pm; July 2728 and Aug. 3-4 at 3 pm. $15-$20. Post Falls High School, 2832 E. Poleline Ave. cytnorthidaho.org (208-930-1001) ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL The nonprofit community theatre presents a series of original one-act plays. July 26 and 27. July 26 and July 27. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave. Newport. pendoreilleplayers.org SPRING AWAKENING The winner of eight Tony Awards explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion. Thorugh July 28; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $25. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: HENRY

IV, PART 1 Experience the power, honor and rebellion displayed in the fight for the throne as a young prince must live up to his father’s expectations. July 27, 6 pm. Free. War Memorial Field, 855 Ontario St., Sandpoint. shakespeareintheparks.org SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Shakespeare’s lovable loser Falstaff tries to seduce Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, but is outsmarted by both. July 28, 6 pm. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. shakespeareintheparks.org MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL Four women meet by chance while shopping for a black lace bra at a lingerie sale. July 30-31 at 7:30 pm. $34-$57.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com

ARTS

ART IN ACTION: GARLAND ART ALLEY MURAL EVENT Watch mural artists transform alley walls into colorful art. Located in the alley south of Garland, between Monroe and Post. July 27, 12-6 pm. $5; ages 12 and under free.

Garland District. bit.ly/323mJR1 ART ON THE STREET: KEN SPIERING Spiering employs the medium known as CharKole to draw and “paint” on paper. July 27, 11 am-2:30 pm. Free.

Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net (325-1500) ARTIST MEET UP: HOW PLACE INFLUENCES ART A networking and professional development event for artists to learn about individual galleries’ and venues’ booking processes. July 30, 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague. spokanearts.org ARTIST TALK Featured artist Mary Frances Dondelinger discusses the gallery’s current show “The Land of Milk and Honey” and how life’s situations and opportunities influenced the theme and process of her work. July 30, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman. theartspiritgallery.com

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JENNIFER PULLEN A BEAD OF AMBER ON HER TONGUE Pullen grew up in Chewelah before getting her BA in English from Whitworth and her MFA from EWU. July 26, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com SUMMER POETRY SERIES Monthly workshops and open mics readings are hosted by Cait Reynolds and Taylor D. Waring. Workshops on Aug. 14 and Sept. 19; open mic July 26, Aug. 23 and Sept. 27; all events from 6-8 pm. $5 suggested donation. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth St. emergecda.com ZINE PICNIC An opportunity to connect with local people who read and make zines. Hang out in the park, trade zines, share food, and celebrate DIY publishing. July 28, 3-4:30 pm. Free.

Coeur d’Alene Park, 300 S. Chestnut St. bit.ly/2N5YwWK BROKEN MIC Spokane Poetry Slam’s longest-running, weekly open mic reading series. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org SURVEYING PRIEST LAKE IN 1898 Naturalist Jack Nisbet rounds out the summer lecture series with “John B. Leiberg: Surveying Priest Lake’s Potential in 1898.” July 31, 7-8 pm. Free.

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s the calendar inches towards August, and summer slowly creeps to a close, many people like myself may be scrambling to put together one final summer road trip. For cannabis users, planning such a trip can be a headache.

It’s common knowledge, I hope, that you can’t smoke while driving or drive while impaired. But what about simply transporting the cannabis you legally purchased in Washington?

Of course, you can drive with cannabis in your car.

But it’s not as simple as driving home with a bag of groceries.

“So much of the regulation policy for cannabis is done through the filter of alcohol regulation,” Paul Armentano, deputy director for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, told Leafly.

Which, short of getting a full explanation of the law from a lawyer, is a pretty solid way of thinking about it.

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According to the Revised Code of Washington — the laws of our state — it is a traffic violation to transport cannabis in a car unless specific requirements are met. Much like the transportation of alcohol.

Only legally obtained, unopened cannabis products in their original packaging can be transported by car.

Additionally, they can’t be stored in the passenger area of the vehicle which means not on a seat, in a center console or in the glove compartment. Basically, they need to be stored in the trunk.

Just like you can’t drive around with a half-empty bottle of vodka, you can’t take a partially used half-ounce of flower with you anywhere in your car. Once it’s been opened, you can’t take it by car.

So, let’s say you’ve just stopped at the retail shop, made some purchases and dutifully stored them, unopened, in your trunk. Now it’s time to hit the road.

Where can you go? Again, it’s more complicated than

planning a trip without weed.

Heading out of state, even to Oregon, where recreational marijuana is legal, is a no-no. Transportation of cannabis across state lines is prohibited. Staying in-state is tricky, too. That’s because about 30 ENTRÉE percent of the land in Get the scoop on local Washington is owned food news with our weekly by the federal governEntrée newsletter. Sign up ment, the same federal at Inlander.com/newsletter. government which considers marijuana to be as illegal as LSD and ecstasy. So, it’s up to you to know who owns the land you’re driving through.

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