Spokane Coeur d' Alene Living Magazine 104

Cheyenne Jackson

The Broadway, Glee and 30 Rock star returns to his hometown, to perform with the Spokane Symphony

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Serendipity Sometimes we need to take a moment to pause, sit quietly in nature and reflect. If you’re not able to hit the road to find such a place, don’t worry. John Latta takes us on an adventure, transporting us through his writing and photography, as he journeys back to a spot where he found a little serendipity, and you might just find it, too.

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Orphans No More For the thousands of children in foster care in Washington and Idaho, and for the hundreds who are awaiting adoption, the one longing they have in their heart is for a family. One local organization, Spokane Orphan Summit, is stepping in to help make the adoption process easier to navigate.

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Heroes of Healthcare With a looming shortage of physicians in our country, who will provide medical care when we need it most? Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, known as mid-level providers, are filling the gap and quickly becoming patients’ go-to choice for medical care.

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Welcome Home Cheyenne Jackson He’s been on Broadway, starred in Glee and 30 Rock, has sold out Carnegie Hall (twice) he recently released his second album, I’m Blue, Skies, and his evenings are spent performing before sold-out performances. On May 20th, Spokane’s hometown superstar, Cheyenne Jackson, is all ours when he returns home to perform with the Spokane Symphony. He shares what he’s been up to, whether he gets nervous to perform, and what’s up next for him.

On The Cover: Cheyenne Jackson Photography and Styling by Vaunn Yevo Grooming by Lacey Broughton Digital by YevoImage.com Jacket and Shirt by Joshua Christensen Blue Leather Flower by 214 Designs

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contents what’s inside Editor’s Letter Blooming with Proof

Readers Respond What you had to say about

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Car clubs and car shows: the car

recent issues of the magazine

First Look and Buzz Kendall Yards ; Spokane by the Numbers; Lilacs & Lemons

What I Know North by Northwest Production’s Rich Cowan tells us what he knows

Metro Talk: Diversity The state of diversity in the Inland Northwest

Health Beat New Medical Technologies; Fitness Training for Local Events

Featured Home Superior workmanship and high design blend form and function in surprising and delightful ways

Homestyles Wall decor possibilities

Real Estate

culture in the Inland Northwest

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Celebrating local businesses with a story and a history

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Artist Profile

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Book Reviews

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Datebook

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Local Cuisine

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Restaurant Reviews

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Dining Guide

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Signature Dish

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Books that are worth the read

What to put on your calendar

Hidden heritage of Hispanic food

Frank’s Diner; Mizuna

Where to chow down in this town

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Liquid Libations

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Why We Live Here

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Every mark matters in the artwork of Steven A. Scroggins

Picabu Bistro’s Curry Bowl

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Increasing your home’s value

Legacy Profiles

Automotive

Rosé: What you may not know

A picture is worth a thousand words

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Editor’s Letter

Blooming with Proof

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onfidently, I can say that they had not been there the day before. I know this because my eyes had been scanning the scene each day, wondering how, when or even if they would appear. Yet, there they were. As I was driving away from the office on a Wednesday evening, heading toward an after work meeting, they appeared, one after another on the trees lining Mission Avenue. Everywhere I looked, there were buds and blossoms!

It had rained heavily the evening before, throughout the night and well into midday. Most of the rain had stopped, however, gray skies and the occasional sprinkle remained, like a fireman, staying behind to mop up the scene of a fire and to make sure the work is truly done. The rain must have done its trick though, nourishing the buds enough to give them the strength to take that last step, bursting forth onto the tree branches.

Where only empty branches and the grayish brown bark of the trees had been visible just days before, there suddenly was an additional splash of color. On some of the trees you had to strain your eyes to see the buds, but on others the blooms were vibrantly dousing the branches in color.

Outside of my office window is a grove of aspen trees. Not too shabby of a sight to behold each day at work! I realize I am extremely blessed to have such a beautiful view to glance upon throughout the day. While some people are holed up in cubicles and fluorescent-lit offices, I am able to turn my head to the left and gaze upon these tall trees that, even as I am typing this, sway gently in the breeze. I realize I look out through that window often throughout the day. When I am thinking about how to craft a story on which I am working; when deciding what content to put in the next issue; when

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wracking my brain for a creative approach to a problem and coming up blank. The trees are my go-to spot upon which to settle my eyes and think.

Since I look at them so often, I am extremely aware of their branches: in the summer they are heavy with lush green leaves; in the fall they turn a brilliant shade of golden-yellow; in the winter, their branches sit empty and gray.

That last description is the scene I’ve been witnessing outside my window for what seems like forever. The snow left us long ago, and there have been a few days that flirted with warmer temperatures, but there has been little sign of life in those trees. We seemed to be suspended in time, somewhere between winter and spring; confidently past the worst of winter, but with little indication there would be a breakthrough to spring. As I looked at those branches, recently, I saw absolutely no way it was possible that they would one day be alive with greenery and leaves again. I didn’t see any signs of things happening, of work being done or of progress being made to move us forward to where I wanted things to be: green and lush.

Life is so often the same way. We look at a situation we are wrestling with in life, and it seems hopeless, beyond repair and dead. We do not see any way in the world that things can change. There appears to be no option for life to be breathed back into it, no hope for redemption and no signs of good things to come. And so, feeling defeated and hopeless, we too often give up, expecting to only experience the absence of leaves and the presence of bare branches in life, rather than the blossoms and buds we desire; the sign of redemption and hope.

Here’s the part we often fail to understand. Just because we don’t see how something could happen doesn’t mean it won’t happen. And just because something hasn’t happened yet, doesn’t mean it won’t happen, and that it won’t happen suddenly and beautifully. All things are possible if you believe, you just have to have faith.

So, as I drove down the street that evening and took in the sight of blossoming trees – trees that had been through the cold of winter, the drab weather and had faced storms of gray skies and pelting rain – it reminded me that the storms we face in life are not meant to hurt us. They are meant to stretch us, to improve us, to help us grow and experience beautiful blessings.

Just when you feel you are beyond weary from the wait; when you think you can’t make it, you can’t wait any longer, you can’t muster hope any more and you don’t dare to dream, at the point, when it seems there will never be a way, often times is exactly when the miracle is provided and the answer is given.

Life is full of blessings, and miracles happen every day. Need proof? Just look out your window; they’re blooming all around us.

readers respond what you had to say FOOD TORTURE I like to sit down to read, after dinner, and that is usually when I finally get to open my Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living when it is delivered. This is also the time of day I am, as of two months ago, trying to curb my eating – nothing after 7:00 p.m. is the rule I am trying to stick to. So imagine my horror when I get to the food section and see the incredible pictures of pasta, pizza and ice cold cocktails. Page after page, I was drooling. The photography was incredible, if not torturous. I wanted to eat the beautiful pictures!

Kim Sidenius Via email A P ICTURE IN MY MIND I saw the article about those places where you go paint pictures while drinking wine (The Spirit of Painting, April 2014). It is a fun idea. I have actually been to one before, and I did have great fun with my friends.

When I saw this article, I told my family about it, and immediately my mom and sisters wanted to go. I told another friend about it and she wanted to go. Suddenly, I have four different groups of people that all want to go together, meaning I am going to end up with five paintings. While the actual process is enjoyable—completing a painting I never thought I could do, spending time with friends, enjoying some wine, relaxing by getting lost in the creative world of painting—I don’t necessarily like the artwork. I am so impressed that I created it; however, that doesn’t mean I want to display all of it. Some of it doesn’t go with my décor, some of it is not my style, and with multiple paintings, they don’t go together. I’ve been hesitant to book another visit because I want the experience, but I don’t want to end up with stacks of artwork I don’t intend to display and can’t give as gifts (because I painted with my friends and they all have the same picture!). Then, I came up with a picture in my mind of how to fix this. Why don’t these places work together with local hospitals or nursing homes to have a donation system? You can still support the painting business by paying for a session, you still have a great time with your friends and still get the enjoyment of the experience, but you don’t have to take the painting home if you don’t envision using it in your home. It could bring a lot of cheer to an older person in a nursing home, or someone staying in a local hospital.

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HORSING AROUND I laughed out loud when I saw the picture of the smiling horse on the Why We Live Here page of the April issue. Thank you! I need a laugh that day, and that picture lifted my spirits and brightened my mood. Amazing what laughter can do.

Phil Tersun Via email SPACES AND PLACES Your editor article (Spaces and Places, April 2014) brought back a flood of memories for me when you mentioned the book Molly Moves Out. I had that book when I was in elementary school, and it left and incredible impression on me. I remember reading about the bunny that had enough and moved into a cottage on her own. I so wanted her life! I even remember setting up a picnic blanket in one corner of my bedroom, and storing plates on it. I decided that if I couldn’t move into my own cottage, I would make my bedroom a studio apartment of sorts. When I started bringing food in, my parents cut me off and made me put everything back. Luckily, they never cut me off from reading. Thank you for sharing a memory about this book that meant so much to me while I was growing up. I want to read it to my children, now.

Sheri Ettelson Spokane, WA Corrections: On page 26 of the April issue, Donna Chetlain’s photo in the Around the World section was erroneously labeled as being in Cancun, Mexico; it should have been Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In the same issue, on page 46, contributor Paul Haeder’s name was misspelled in a reference. We apologize for the errors.

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Spokane’s Hip new ‘Hood

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n 2004, when developer Marshall Chesrown purchased 77 acres in the West Central neighborhood with a vision for a live/work/play community, to some it seemed like wishful thinking, but after overcoming numerous delays and obstacles, this fresh urban development is finally happening due to the investment of Greenstone Homes. Kendall Yards may be a diamond in the rough, but it has put a shiny new spotlight on the West Central area.

The urban living development was designed to be pedestrian friendly with extra wide sidewalks and continuous access to the newly extended Centennial Trail along the Spokane River. There are numerous outdoor gathering spaces taking full advantage of the expansive view. Along the trail are several platforms atop tall poles that encourage birds to nest, and there is well-placed public art enhancing the outdoor living aspect. Spring has brought the symphony of construction as Kendall Yards has been adding commercial space and a variety of homes at a rapid pace. From modern city-view townhouses and quaint cottage homes with shared gardens spaces, to local chef-owned restaurants and distinct businesses, the onceimagined area is coming into its own. Currently, there are 135 homes inhabited with many more in construction. In addition, there will soon be one-bedroom and studio lofts in the village.

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Already home to the relocated Inlander and Spa Paradiso, the commercial construction is also multiplying. First there was David Blaine’s Central Food restaurant, with an unmatched view and a newly installed chef ’s garden on the patio. Blaine is a notable local chef, formally of Latah Bistro with a commitment to fresh and local food. It took over a year, and the assistance of a couple of Kickstarter campaigns, but Adam Hegsted’s Yards, which serves breakfast and lunch, is now a bustling eatery. A sister restaurant (same owner/chef) called The Wandering Table is planned to be an American style tapas place and is slated to open in May 2014. Also jumping on the bandwagon and opening spring of 2014 are Brain Freeze Creamery, a remarkable local small-batch ice cream purveyor, and Veraci Pizza, which focuses on wood-fired pizza. Veraci Pizza got its start as a popular booth at Pacific Northwest farmer’s markets.

Kendall Yards will also be the new home of Windermere City Group, which is looking forward to relocating its real estate office to a two-level space that takes full advantage of the glorious river and city view.

On the list of “coming soon” is an outdoor concert series entitled Rock the Nest that will be on the Nest Plaza, a patio area just west of Kendall Yards. Also in the summer plans is a summer cinema, which will be an outdoor theater series. Art is being procured for a selfguided art tour of indoor and outdoor works.

It may have taken longer than planned, but Chesrown’s vision has taken flight with the reality of urban living at Kendall Yards.

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LEMONS to the U.S. Postal Service for deceptive advertising. Having seen their “If it fits, it ships” campaign, I told our circulation director that if she wants to easily ship a box of magazines to a client in another state, just go the USPS and cram as many as you can into their box, a medium sized one, for about $15.80. They gave her the third degree, demanding to know what she was shipping and didn’t like that it was magazines. All the clerks joined in and said that magazines were out of the question because they contained advertising. I call BS on that. Why does the USPS care if there are ads in the magazines? And why don’t they say that in their ads?

They charged her $48 and acted like she was lucky that’s all they were charging her. We know you’re a monopoly, USPS, but do you have to always act like one? Fed Ex, here we come.

LEMONS to the TV stations in town for not running “crawler” breakout news alerts on TV about the contaminated water in the Pasadena Park Irrigation District (by the Spokane River and Northwood in the valley). Every tiny school closure, tardy bus or fraction of an inch of snow gets the crawler treatment, but water with e-coli that made a ton of people sick to their stomach doesn’t get a mention. Our neighbor called us to say she saw it on a website somewhere and we finally got a notice on our door three days after the emergency was declared. I don’t even drink a lot of water and I got a stomachache; I heard that some people ended up quite sick. Let’s get the word out better, TV stations.

LILACS to the city of Spokane for putting a temporary hold on the ban against short-

term residential stays. Sure the homeowners don’t pay hotel tax. So what? It’s a private transaction that barely cuts into hotel room revenue and is one of those little private freedoms that bother so many of us when they are taken away. Airbnb is just a way for a homeowner to make a little money and for guests to have a different kind of experience.

What’s next, charging homeowners for making food in their own kitchens, depriving restaurants of revenue? Let’s keep things in perspective, folks.

LILACS to Spokane County Treasurer Rob Chase for allowing property owners in

Spokane County to make partial property tax payments. I remember when I was young and living hand to mouth, being amazed that I couldn’t send in $500 or $600 towards my property taxes just to tide me over for a few months when I’d be able to send in another payment. Getting all that money together is difficult for some people who want to pay, but get sidetracked with other expenses. When government starts acting a little more like business, good things usually occur.

LEMONS to coffee stands that are arming their baristas. It

was bad enough that the city approved topless baristas, but now some of them are holstering up and packing heat. The Gail Gerlach shooting incident should put a cold chill on the idea of arming people who might shoot you if you drive away forgetting to pay, or if you told a feeble joke that the barista took the wrong way. I don’t really want to be encouraged to tip with a gun pointed in my face.

LEMONS to attack-dog owners who can’t seem to keep their dogs contained. No fewer than five pit bull maiming incidents have occurred in the last month, and that’s five too many. First, they might not all really be pit bulls since they are so often misidentified, but dangerous dogs in general must not ever be allowed to run loose. Whatever happened to dogcatchers, who used to collect stray dogs and haul them to the pound? If that service no longer exists, at least levy big fines against anyone who can’t keep their attack dogs inside a fence, and encourage reporting. We shouldn’t have to wait for another tragedy before getting serious about this.

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Hours during SkyFest, which the gates of Fairchild AFB are open to the public

Northwest

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Fresh Northwest Farm Fresh, an innovative online farmer’s market that connects local farmers with consumers year round, is introducing a mobile app that allows

Days that SkyFest lasts

customers to easily shop right from their mobile device. The app is available to download for free at both iTunes and the Google Play store.

The free app provides customers easy

Admission price (aka – it’s free!!)

access to its online venue to purchase fresh, healthy food directly from the producer. Northwest Farm Fresh has over

Seasons the Thunderbirds have performed

60 local farmers and producers registered to list products on the website such as organic produce, grass-fed meats, pastured eggs, Grade A raw cow’s and

Locations in which the Thunderbirds will perform in 2014 Days per year Thunderbird Airmen are traveling “Static displays” (planes displayed, but not flown) at SkyFest Civilian performers at SkyFest Featured performers: USAF Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Army Parachute Team (aka The Golden Knights) SkyFest is May 31-June 1 at Fairchild AFB, and is open and free to the public. For more information, visit www.fairchild.af.mil/skyfest

goat’s milk, fresh baked breads and many other locally produced items.

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Demonstrations the Thunderbirds will perform in 2014

Customers can shop online at www.nwfarmfresh.com Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. through Monday at noon, and pick up their order on Tuesdays between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. at Lasagna’s On Ya in Spokane.

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BAGRAM AIR BASE, AFGHANISTAN

Lt Col Melissa Cunningham saw her husband, Lt Col Fred Cunningham, who has been deployed to Bagram Air Base since September 2013, while she was in Afghanistan on a one-day work trip. The Cunninghams were previously stationed at Fairchild AFB. “Of course we had to get a picture with the magazine, because remembering all the wonderful things about Spokane is one of the things that keeps Fred going while he is away,” wrote Melissa. Thank you Fred and Melissa for your service to our country!

WASHINGTON DC

Freeman High School students, Austin Carpenter, Connor McVay, Brayden Aller, Madi Groves, Anna Lee, Abbie Pintar, Kian Genteman, Colin Ayers and Peter Underhill, spent their spring break in Washington D.C., as part of a school trip.

Required reading: Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living, of course!

MAUI, HAWAII

Who says spring break is only for students?!

Mark and Sheila Yamamoto, Becky and Jack Severinghaus, Mike and Traci Soebbing, Curtis and Christi Kile, Rick and Tammy Zimmer, and Ralph and Jerry Kilmer spent their spring break in Maui, celebrating Traci’s birthday. Looks like they gave her the perfect gift: a copy of Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living!

RED ROCK CANYON, NEVADA

Victoria Day’s commitment to reading Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living is rock solid, and not rocky in the least. Need proof? She took her most recent copy with her to read while vacationing in the hot sun at Red Rock Canyon in Nevada.

Spoko-Gnome,

I am looking forward to taking my family to the Lilac Parade in May. I remember going to the parade when I was younger, and loved seeing the Lilac Princesses on their float. They seemed so elegant and regal, and I loved awaiting results in the paper of the competitions at each local high school where girls competed for Lilac Princess title. Do they still have Lilac Princesses today? I don’t hear as much about it.

— Sandy H.

Dear Sandy,

Rest assured, the royal court reins! The Lilac Princesses are going strong, as they have since royalty became part of the Lilac Festival in 1940. According to Pride, Parades & Princesses: 75 Years of Spokane Lilac Festivals, a hardback book produced by the Spokane Lilac Festival Association, “The royal court increased in size until too large to be accommodated by the budget and dimensions of the float. Today, the program begins with the ‘Fab Fourteen’ candidates who participate in training and civic duties leading up to a final selection of the seven royalty court members.” Wave to them in this year’s parade! Now if only I had a crown and a float.....

Pride, Parades & Princesses is available for purchase through the Spokane Lilac Festival Association, (509) 535-4554

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First Look Retail Therapy

The Franklin City Bike

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Brooklyn Bicycle’s Franklin model represents all things smart, bold and urban: down and dirty black tires, lightweight Chromoly frame, and a price point that betrays its style and performance points. City life is all about doing the utilitarian thing with effortless dash and daring, and the seven-speed Franklin derailleur does it so.

Available through MonkeyBoy Bicycles in Spokane, www.monkeyboybicycles.com

The weather is warming up and sweet May has arrived! You may or may not have plans for the longer, warmer days, but we have some suggestions for you. Whether it is biking around town, sipping wine outdoors or relaxing at the end of the day, this may be the best month of the year.

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Cordillera Down Moccasins

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After a long day, slip your feet into the Cordillera Down men’s moccasins for coziness at home or around a campsite. Sturdy nylon fabric surrounds duck down to keep feet warm.

Polyester linings wick moisture away, reducing sweaty condensation inside. EVA foam insoles offer cushioning underfoot while nylon outsoles provide gentle traction.

Available through REI in downtown Spokane, www.rei.com

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Picnic Stix Set

Now you can have wine anywhere and everywhere! These chrome yard stakes hold one bottle and two glasses to prevent tipping and spilling. It is the perfect on-the-go accessory for spring sipping. A Local Sip Tip: We like this idea for outdoor summer concerts at Arbor Crest Winery.

Available through local wine blog, Sip of Spokane’s online store, www.lifesfastsipslow.com

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shop The owners of Prairie Dog, Amy Barker and Daniel Pringle, take pets seriously.

Amy is a certified dog trainer who is passionate about working with dogs and their owners. While Dan has a day-job as a librarian, his passion for animals is equally evident. The team at Prairie Dog is committed to offering the highest quality regionally made products possible for our four-legged friends. From the healthiest specialty foods to the chewiest squeak toys, at Prairie Dog you’ll find exactly what you (and Max and Fido) are looking for.

Famous for its brunches, its Bloody Marys, its mix of French and bistro fare made from locally sourced ingredients, Luna Restaurant is a fixture of Spokane dining. Luna is committed to excellent food and dining, and everything from bread to desserts is made in-house. While the menu does change seasonally, there are a few year-round choices that are always a good bet. For a lighter meal, try the Luna salad with candied walnuts, craisins and gorgonzola or the Artisan Cheese Plate which comes with a selection of craft made cheeses and seasonal jams. For heartier fare, Luna’s House Burger elevates the diner favorite with sharp cheddar, Dijon aioli and balsamic onions.

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Moran Prairie is one of the Spokane area’s oldest neighborhoods. Bordering the Palouse, it takes just a few minutes of driving to feel like you are in the heart of the country. Even so, Moran Prairie boasts some great restaurants and shopping that make this quiet neighborhood worth exploring.

gather The Moran Prairie Grange is a cornerstone of the surrounding community. The Grange, otherwise known as Patrons of Husbandry, is a farm-based fraternal organization established in Washington, D.C. in 1867. Regularly hosting fundraising and community events, the Moran Prairie Grange has been committed to serving its community since 1929.

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What I Know

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Rich Cowan

Rich Cowan

Co-founder of North by Northwest Productions

One step at a time. The instructor said he needed a quick smoke.

Seemed like a reasonable request, except for the fact that we were on an active runway in a small private plane. I was a 17-year-old student pilot who knew better than to question a seasoned instructor. So, after requesting permission from the control tower, I maneuvered the Cherokee 140 to a nearby taxiway. The instructor announced, “I’m getting out right here. Do a few touch-and-gos and I’ll meet you at the office.” I thought those were the last words I’d ever hear uttered from another human being.

Surely the instructor was sadly mistaken or simply delusional. Me? Flying an airplane by myself? No way. I was not ready for this. Granted, I had landed a plane before, but perfect it was not. By the time I could register words of protest, he was out of the plane and striking a match to his cigarette as he walked away. Now what? Nobody was next to me barking orders, telling me what to do at every turn. For the first time I was completely alone in the cockpit. Following a couple of deep breaths and an equal number of quick prayers, I told myself maybe I can do this if I take it one step at a time. That’s what checklists are for—execute one item, then another and before you realize it, you’ve arrived at your destination. Okay, let’s get started. Flaps two notches. Neutral trim. Full power. Try to be smooth. Here we go!

Was the first solo flight perfect? Far from it. I’ll admit the landings were a bit shaky, but neither the plane nor I suffered any apparent damage. With the wise guidance of an expert instructor, the confidence in my checklist and the willingness—or craziness—to take on this challenge, I had learned to fly a plane! Maybe this one step at a time thing could be something useful.

GIANT checklists. Fast forward one year later to a glorious summer day with my grandparents and about 20,000 other people. Visitors of all ages, some in platform shoes, some in flared jeans, with varied lengths of hair—remember the mullet—were enthralled by the wonder of the transformation. International dancers, fantastic displays, exotic food, scores of visitors—all represented a typical day at Expo ‘74 in Spokane. We were mesmerized by the complete conversion of an aging railroad yard into a thriving mecca of cooperation wrapped around an environmental theme. Expo ‘74 was an overwhelming accomplishment of some extraordinarily bright and stunningly creative visionaries with a GIANT checklist.

Even something as impressive and wonderful as Expo started with a single step. Perhaps it was a thought that King Cole had while he was out for an evening walk with his dog. Or perhaps it was a comment that David Rogers made to his wife over morning coffee about the possibilities of such an event. I don’t know from whom or where the fiery particle of inspiration for Expo ‘74 first saw the light of day, but it did, and moved forward one step at a time to completion. Lots of steps. Secure the land, agree on a theme and cajole the Russians into participating (that must be a story!). Get a president onboard to open the event and another to close it. That GIANT check list. Check, check, check.

I’ve always felt it is better to take risks and try something new than to settle for the status quo. Even if failure is the ultimate result, success comes in the lessons learned along the way. A grand accomplishment, whether it is a first solo flight or an international world exposition, is measured by the small accomplishments checked off one by one. Distractions of all sorts maneuver their way in front of progress. That is life. But managing to get back to the checklist and continue moving forward is exhilarating and ever so rewarding.

Don’t close the doors; open them wider. North by Northwest started this way. On first blush, the idea that Spokane could possibly be home to the production of television and film for national and worldwide consumption seemed a bit crazy. But why not? We jumped in feet first, having no idea if it would actually work. This is, after all, the sort of industry that historically only succeeded in Los Angeles or New York. Not a single client graced our doors when we first opened, but we didn’t close the doors, we opened them wider. And eventually somebody took a chance with us, then another and another.

We followed our checklists, committing to doing a good job with even the seemingly small things, all the while aspiring to create a pleasant and memorable experience for the client. We took risks and pushed the envelope creatively.

Check, check, check. And then we made our first feature film with a total budget of around $50,000. The next one was a little higher. The third was almost a million dollars.

Eventually we were making films that you would see more consistently on television and occasionally in the theaters.

The company continues to expand as we take on new challenges and nurture young employees who oftentimes arrive with the best solutions to vexing issues. There are more stories to tell. More interesting techniques to engage the end-user. A television series is in our future. Check, check, check.

What I don’t know. The older I get, the more I realize how much more there is in this life for me to learn. But along my journey I’ve stumbled across several truths that validate themselves again and again. Seek out the best flying instructor available. Listen, learn and trust that the hard work and attention to detail will allow you to take off and soar. The second truth that resonates clearly is that creating an atmosphere that values cooperation and respect for one another opens unimaginable conduits of creativity and wisdom. Let’s get going! One step at a time. Check, check, check.

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The State of Diversity in the Inland Northwest Fighting a culture of racism, sexism, ageism and other-ism’s

by Paul K. Haeder photos by Makenna Haeder

Three months ago,

I watched the first cut of Lee Mun Wah’s film, If These Halls Could Talk, at the mostly white (81 percent) campus of Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, where my wife and I were only two of three adult whites at a workshop Lee gave at the school. It was a very poorly attended screening and workshop where catered food couldn’t draw people to hear this innovative filmmaker and multicultural expert talk about the big “D”: diversity.

In my book, having put on dozens of events at colleges and also in the public realm, I know “bad turnout” is a product of poor leadership and planning, as well as prejudiced staff and haphazard application of what it means to be diverse in the workplace, in communities and especially in the classroom.

All the colleges I have taught at, including SFCC, SCC and Gonzaga, have many tools or frameworks around cultures of inclusion and exclusion; however, I’ve confronted faculty, staff, students and others hostile toward many diversity measures, telling me they do not see the importance of participating in events like Lee’s all day or evening workshops to deal with the reality of the colleges’ and country’s changing demographics. The reality is, more minorities are attending colleges and our PK-12 schools, and across the country, there is a flurry of ideas on how to make staff, administration and faculty more like the students they service and educate.

Yet hostility comes from the denizens of white culture. This overlay of identity and diversity also covers LGBTQ citizens and those who have intellectual and physical abilities different than the mainstream. The state of diversity in the Inland Northwest is, well, not so healthy.

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White alone - 125,016 (75.9%) Hispanic - 14,613 (8.9%) Asian alone - 9,137 (5.5%) Two or more races - 7,593 (4.6%) Black alone - 5,094 (3.1%) American Indian alone - 1,699 (1.0%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 1,622 (1.0%) Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/ Vancouver-Washington.html#ixzz2xYvRfciZ

More Than a Numbers Game Minority enrollment at Clark is 19% of the student body – the majority being Hispanic and Asian – and less than other schools in the state, with a 28% minority enrollment rate across Washington. For SFCC, minority enrollment is 16% of the student body (majority Hispanic and Black).

For SCC, minority enrollment is 14% of the student body (majority Hispanic and Asian). Gonzaga claims a 20% minority cohort (majority Hispanic and Asian).

Whitworth’s minority numbers are 19% (majority Hispanic and two or more races).

Finally, Eastern Washington University seems the most diverse, at 36%, but with an interesting grouping of majority minorities – Hispanic and a category called “ethnicity not known.” Many of my friends over the past 57 years have taught me the role of history in my own future, and how understanding “the people’s history” of the United States or of any country makes for a more truthful, just and far-reaching education. Diversity of voice, not just the perspectives of the “victors.” We may have a mixed race leader of the country, but people of color, races other than white and those citizens disenfranchised from and underrepresented in society are in a monumental struggle even now, in 2014.

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in the Age of Colorblindness, ties into debates discussed in two recent Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living issues.Classifying and then counting citizens by color goes way back to the Revolutionary period.

“Color” was deeply galvanized around legal status and citizenship rights of Americans at the time. Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution parses out three groups for purposes of taxation and Congressional apportionment: “free persons” (including indentured servants), “other persons” (a euphemism for black slaves), and “Indians not taxed” (those living beyond areas of white settlement and control). Slaves were counted as only three-fifths of free persons, while “Indians not taxed” were not counted at all.

Identity is One-Third Politics, One-Third Culture, One-Third Justice This is a time when gender, sexual identity, those with Asperger’s, people older than 50 years and so many other individuals who identify outside mainstream or dominant communities are looking for a society that is more equitable and where level playing fields persist.

Fox News or any number of other pundits and politicos may jumble up their thinking around saying, “the United States is not a racist or race conscious country . . . and if you say so, then you are playing the race card or identity politics.” But for most non-white citizens, privilege, deference, the rights of association, movement and the pursuit of happiness are hard fought and many times infringed upon.

Our schools, like the various branches of the U.S. military, have been staging grounds and experimental labs where racial integration and gender “equality” have been big projects, not always successful.

When speaking with Spokane’s leaders in diversity and multicultural engagement, the glass is probably half-empty, especially when talking about Native Americans.

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Chippewa Tribe of Montana), was blunt.

“I don’t think they have a state of diversity,” she says. “In Spokane, I know that there are diversity committees in the schools, colleges and big business, but, for the 24 years I have been here at SFCC, and for all the work I’ve done and all the committees I’ve served on, I can say the state of diversity has not changed.”

I’ve worked with Austin for 10 years and count her as one of my mentors, and she sees me as an ally. What Austin says about her work at both the college and in the Spokane Public Schools is not so far from my own perception of the majority culture of which I am a part.

“The majority culture never thinks they are racist,” says Austin. “It’s alive in Spokane, though.” She’s spent more than several decades working on diversity committees, working for the Medicine Wheel Academy, and heading up summer immersion and other programs for Native youth, and she can count the number of allies on both hands and feet.

Culture + tradition = education “I feel like I am in a different world,” says Austin, characterizing those high brass meetings and committee work in general. “I interpret things differently. Maybe that’s the difference in learning styles we hear about (white contrasted with Indian). I get lost in all the words.”

This is the nature of a legalistic, regulatory, bureaucratic world that, unfortunately, education has chomped onto hook, line and sinker. “It’s not just me, though. My sister is a lawyer and my good friend is an administrator. They both say to me, ‘I don’t know what they are talking about most of the time.’”

Austin is a trained counselor and administrator both at SFCC and Spokane Schools, working to assist Native American youth to navigate the system, find help with college—both financially and intellectually—and to make sure youth do not lose their culture, their footing, their sense of purpose or their lives.

I was reminded of the limitations around white man’s language when speaking with David Browneagle, who has been working with Spokane college students and those PK-12 youth at the Medicine Wheel Academy, a program that was started in 1994 and ended three years ago.

My question seemed prescient: What does Spokane need to learn about Native America culture?

Browneagle, with roots in both the Ho Chunk Nation (his father’s side) and Spokane Tribe (his mother’s side), made it clear how adding an “s” to culture is important. “One thing is when one speaks of a ‘tribal culture’ it is singular,” he says. “When one speaks of Native American culture, in general, it is cultures, plural.”

Browneagle also triggered memories of my own background tied to multilingualism and multiculturalism; my own roots working in places like Vietnam, Mexico and with my friends from various tribes in the U.S. Southwest and South – Mescalero Apache, White River Apache, Tohono O’odham, Yaqui, Tigua and many more.

“See” the person before asking the person to reveal himself or herself. I sent Browneagle, 60, a set of questions and introductions via email because I was on a short timeframe. Here’s what he, probably considered by many as a tribal elder, said.

“Again, sad that we shorten our time to ‘know’ one another prior to sharing and communicating. The questions you provided were your document to somewhat of an introduction. . . . Time is invaluable.

Taking time to know someone and taking time to speak and listen to someone is more valuable. That moment, memory, words shared can be kept forever ... time just keeps ticking.”

I was on white man’s time, rushing to the powwow he and his Medicine Wheel drummers were participating in at the Coeur d’Alene Casino, and failing to spend “real time” with him. We have since talked via phone, and I explained that I had actually

taken some training from him years ago (in person, face-to-face) when I taught at SFCC. Historical Trauma and the State of Reparation and Reconstruction Both Austin and Browneagle know the real challenges Native American youth face here in Spokane and throughout the country: disconnect, self-image, family separation, dysfunction, housing, employment, recognition, peer pressure, mobility, drugs/ alcohol, gangs, self-awareness.

“The strength of the Native American youth is connection to what they see and feel in those that care…opportunities to see the positive in Native American country via role models, positive accomplishments,” says Browneagle.

Fortunately for both Native Americans, they can count as an ally an AfricanAmerican transplant from Cleveland who works at Whitworth as a head honcho of what is known by most institutions of higher education (and in some corporations) as the “Diversity and Intercultural Relations” office.

Both a Whitworth history teacher and vice president, Lawrence Burnley deftly fielded my proposition that as a country, the United States can’t really move forward in inculcating diversity without acknowledgment and empowerment of Native Cultures, and what is considered a genocide against millions of First Nations peoples.

“The simple truth is that we can’t,” says Burnley. “There cannot be any substantive movement toward achieving diversity as I’ve defined it apart from addressing the realities of the Indigenous Peoples of this land. Their voices, lenses and stories, along with others, must be at the center of any and all meaningful discourses in our efforts to create a just and inclusive society and world.”

Like being fed a bad diet, living in a harsh and polluted environment, operating under constant stress and breathing the unending fear of being thrown out, those experiencing racism are under attack from many fronts, and systemic change has to occur.

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that have historically been marginalized and excluded. It’s about helping people at every level of education – formal and informal – to critique realities of power and unearned privilege, and to understand and deconstruct the cause of persistent social and economic inequities in our society. ‘Diversity’ is about inclusion and developing the capacity to reconstruct systems and structures that has as their desirable outcomes justice and equality.”

The enlightened ones and those that walk the talk, they see what it takes to redress a culture and system of privilege by, for, toward and because of the white and white male society. It’s not an easy sell for youth who are grappling with five or more runaway trains coming at them at 60 miles an hour: climate disruption, student debt, education and public welfare systems taking nose dives, the majority of private capital and power held in fewer and fewer hands, and the nature of the new part-time and precarious job prospects.

Working at a private religious college poses its challenges and advantages for Larry Burnley, but he has hope. “The prophetic tradition, the tradition of being committed to justice, requires that one be willing to speak truth to power,” he says. “It means being willing to sacrifice and to be driven more by the cause of realizing justice for all people and less being motivated by one’s own advancement as defined by the accumulation of wealth, material goods and abusive forms of power.”

The question of how we become more intercultural and culturally sensitivecompetent-compassionate isn’t always a white man’s project for change, according to Browneagle. “Not just the white people but all people, even Natives,” he says. “My experience was when I was willing to look at me, acknowledge the good, the bad and the ugly . . . study my history and all that we and I have gone through and acknowledge what I have and not have, to look within and without was when I finally was able to look at others and realize they have all of this themselves.

One can’t make anyone become, one can only be the example of whatever one believes, and when on chooses will they become.”

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has to be cultural support systems in place, Burnley insists, pointing out that Whitworth might recruit an African-American professor from, say, New York City, but without working with that woman’s family dynamics and her cultural experiences, then that recruitment might not be successful as the teacher might not want to end up living very long in Spokane.

The depth of field can vary even amongst diversity conscious folk. Austin points out some subtleties: “I’ve been discriminated against all of my life,” she says. “First, as a native, then as a native woman. And then as a large native woman.”

Additionally, she experienced a few dreams squelched by her male-dominated tribe. Austin got into the Kellogg Leadership fellowship program to groom folk like herself to be a president of a community college. Stone Child College was hiring a president, and tribal law states that first a tribal member would be considered as top candidate (Austin was an enrolled member of the Small Shell Chippewa). If one did not apply, then a tribal member from another tribe would be next in line. Finally, a white or a Hispanic woman might be next in line.

The male-dominated tribe, board and chief of Austin’s own tribe hired a white man who didn’t even live in the area.

Powwows, Drumming, Jingle Dress, Fancy Shawl, Youth Learning History The casino on the Coeur d’Alene reservation funnels millions of dollars into the area on and off the reservation.

Economic development, direct jobs, service sector support, spin-off industries, construction, taxes and money donated to the hospital expansion are the casino’s “gifts” to our region.

“With the gaming dollars the tribes who were ignored in the past now have economic power to request to be at the table and to

be asked to the table,” says Browneagle. He was drumming at the pow-wow inside the casino’s convention hall when we met. While the casino/resort claims to generate 500 jobs and $20 million in profits, Browneagle is realistic about his fellow tribes. “Sad to say, there is still a high unemployment rate for those tribes who don’t have the gaming wealth,” he says.

I talked with the parents of Taneesha, 10, and LiliaMae, 6, who came all the way from Toronto to participate in dancing at the casino. Jenine and Todd Nicholas are active in sharing their culture and other cultures with their traditional dancer daughters.

“We’re mainstream Indians,” says Jenine, who is Ojibwe, “but we want our children to know their culture and other cultures.”

Todd, is proud of his dancers, and his own roots, pointing out his lineage: Iroquois and Oneida clans from New York and Wisconsin.

The Nicholas clan travels to 20 pow-wows a year so their daughters can know themselves, know their futures and know their histories.

Browneagle ramified the point that knowing is about going beyond the classroom; Native American history is not even covered half seriously in school textbooks. “Again, this is why the people themselves must be responsible to teach their tribal and family history,” he says.

“These are the books we learn from: A world history book in my class provides two and a half pages with a picture and we are sharing the pages with the African experience!”

Paul K. Haeder is a freelance writer who worked in Spokane as a community college instructor and journalist for over 11 years.

The positions taken in Metro Talk columns do not necessarily reflect the views of Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine’s publisher or staff.

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Serendipity Photography and Story

by John Latta

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he Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area is uniquely situated, allowing those of us who live here to easily enjoy some of the most beautiful country in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to Washington and Idaho, consider that neighboring parts of Oregon, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta are also located within relatively easy driving distances.

For example, driving to northwestern Montana only takes a couple of hours thanks to the narrowness of the Idaho Panhandle. For those who enjoy the outdoors this is a great benefit of living here!

As a hiker and photographer, I often like to return to an area that I am especially fond of, sometimes more than once. Maybe it’s because of good memories from my first visit to an area or an area’s beauty. Sometimes it is because I’ve had good luck photographing an area in the past and have found that it has a lot more to offer.

The Geiger Lakes area of Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness is one of those areas.

The area offers a concentration of outstanding mountain scenery and wildlife habitat. The trail to Geiger Lakes leads from one bit of interesting scenery to the next along its entire length. In its first one and a half miles, the trail crosses the sparkling clear waters of Lake Creek before traversing up a sunny south facing mountainside in a cool open forest before reaching the lowermost of the two Geiger Lakes.

The trail then ascends two miles toward Lost Buck Pass with views down to the deep blue waters of Lower Geiger Lake.

Just before reaching Lost Buck Pass, the trail ascends through a lovely subalpine basin below rugged Carney Peak with views of Upper Geiger Lake and more distant mountains of northwest

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Montana. In June of last year I made the trip again, twice!

My hike in to Lost Buck Pass went well today...blue sky, sunshine and fair weather cumulus. I started hitting snow just below Lower Geiger Lake where I saw an adult bald eagle flying above the lake. Hermit and varied thrushes sang from the forest. From Lower Geiger Lake the trail was mostly snow covered. At the head of the basin below the pass, I filled my water bottle in the clear sparkling meltwater stream that flows from the talus and crosses the trail. Sitting on a rock there I quenched my thirst and basked in the warm sunlight.

I enjoy hiking the area in early June when the area is beginning to melt out above Lower Geiger Lake.

As the snow recedes, one can find beautiful spring beauty, trillium and glacier lilies in bloom. In early June, afternoon thunderstorms are not uncommon. Ticks can be abundant!

In these conditions one can expect deep snow cover from the lower lake most of the way to Lost Buck Pass, so the trail is difficult to follow.

Navigation requires experience and the ability to use a map and compass.

The highpoint of the Geiger Lake trail is reached where it becomes the Cabinet Divide trail at Lost Buck Pass. From near the pass hikers can enjoy views of Wanless Lake and its rugged enclosing mountain wall as well as the Swamp Creek valley 1,500 feet below. For some time I have considered camping near the pass to photograph the area in some of its various early summer moods.

Once at the pass I spent quite a bit of time scouting for a camp site.

I ended up camping on snow beyond the pass above Swamp Creek. I didn’t find any flat spots so I created a level platform in the snow for my tent.

In the afternoon, meltwater flowing from my snow patch provided water for my dinner and to refill my water containers. Wanless Lake is mostly snow-covered and the glacier lilies are just now beginning to bloom. I’m a few days early for the best show.

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During each of my two trips in June to Geiger Lakes last year I camped in the same spot near Lost Buck Pass. I hoped to photograph an iconic scene representing the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness ‑ Wanless Lake with glacier lilies in the foreground in the dramatic light of sunrise or sunset.

In one day many more glacier lilies have bloomed. The snow and ice that covered Wanless Lake has melted and the lake has opened up a lot. While sitting on a large boulder near camp I counted ten waterfalls and observed brilliant blue mountain bluebirds, a colorful tanager and ground squirrels. A huge waterfall is created where Swamp Creek flows over cliffs as it issues from Wanless Lake, especially this time of year! For about a mile below the falls, the creek quietly flows through small shallow lakes and meanders through open meadows...ideal moose habitat. The creek roars where it noisily tumbles over intermittent rockslides.

Each day I was up to photograph before sunrise, hoping to capture dramatic light. During June, the cirque that holds Wanless Lake does not receive the first light of morning because the eastern horizon is obstructed by Carney Peak. My hope was for early morning cumulus clouds that would reflect warm sunrise light onto the lake and its snowy cirque walls. The clouds never cooperated.

I never really thought about evening light because the sun was setting behind a ridge that forms one wall of the cirque, but one evening, as luck would have it, I was boiling water on my stove for dinner when a break in the clouds allowed the setting sun to gloriously illuminate a patch of glacier lilies growing near the rocks of my “wilderness kitchen!”

Seeing that the lilies were perfectly backlit and thankful that my camera and tripod were nearby, I quickly grabbed my camera, composed and photographed the scene before the light vanished.

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Lake Creek, Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, Montana, June 2013

photograph that works, but just as often I just happen to be in the right place at the right time when wonderful unexpected magic happens. The object is to be there ready with an open mind when serendipitous events happen.

It’s a good lesson for life too!

John Latta photographs and writes about the beautiful outdoors in every other issue of Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living. To see more of John’s photography or purchase a print of a photo in this article, visit his website www.lattaphoto.com.

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How Spokane Orphan Summit advocates for local adoption, foster and orphan care

hen Jason Wiens and his wife, Emmy, adoption blindly. It’s a huge commitment and not everyone is adopted their first child five years cut out for it,” says Wiens. ago, they discovered it was hard to 2) To resource. “Families who adopt face big challenges find information about adoption and with the children placed in their care. The overwhelming difficult to connect with people or majority of children adopted out of the foster care system or groups who could help facilitate from an international orphanage come from abusive, their adoption. Once little Abe came into the couple’s traumatic or neglectful situations,” says Wiens. lives, though, they couldn’t shake the nudge to do SOS offers resources for families who have “A father to the something to help others attempting adoption. already adopted and connects them with fatherless, a defender Out of their adoption, the Spokane Orphan other couples that have adopted or are of widows, is God in his Summit was born. thinking about adopting. holy dwelling.

The term orphan traditionally means 3) To mobilize. Wiens says, God sets the lonely in children whose parents have died, but today “Adoption isn’t for everyone, but families, he leads out the it includes children whose parents may be everyone can do something to help the prisoners with singing; living, though not necessarily with the child. most vulnerable people in the world: but the rebellious live in That means children waiting in foster care for children who have no voice.” Spokane a sun-scorched land” adoption, and also homeless children. SOS is a Orphan Summit is an event where people ~ Psalm 68:5-6 daylong event with nationally renowned speakers, can find ways to get involved in orphan care resources and connections. The goal of the SOS is without actually adopting or fostering. They threefold: might hold a fundraiser, give respite care to a family, 1) To encourage. “We want people to adopt because or get involved in the effort to rescue children from sex the need is so great, but we don’t want families going into trafficking.

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Psalm 68:5-6 (see previous page) summarizes what Spokane Orphan Summit and local adoption, foster and orphan care advocates believe as their foundational call to help place children in loving homes. “God is the Father to the fatherless. I love that he sets the lonely in families,” says Wiens, who is one of the founders of the Spokane Orphan Summit, and the father of five children, two of whom are adopted.

Wiens says attendance numbers evidences the need for the Spokane Orphan Summit in the three years since it began. The first year (2012) about 200 people attended, the next 350, and this past March 2014, some 380 people came to hear speakers, attend breakout sessions and connect. In addition there were 100 volunteers and more than 100 children who attended a Kid’s Camp during the conference. All for $10, which Wiens says is really a donation to cover a small portion of the cost to put on the conference.

The low cost event is in keeping with the mission of Antioch Adoptions in Spokane, a sponsor of the Spokane Orphan Summit. Antioch is a non-profit child placement agency that places children in Christian families for no fee. Anna Rowe is the Education Coordinator for Antioch. “The pastor who started Antioch Adoptions in Kirkland, Washington, Dr. Ken Hutcherson, saw a discrepancy in how children were adopted when money was involved. He didn’t want any money changing hands for

Anna and Sean Rowe, with their two biological children, and with Kensley, now 16 and Ezra, now 12, with Judge Ellen Kalama Clark, celebrating after Kensley and Ezra’s adoptions were finalized.

children. It felt to him like children could be bought.” Indeed the cost of adoption is high, averaging $20,000 to $40,000 per child depending on many factors including if the adoption is domestic or international.

Rowe’s role at Antioch, which deals only with domestic adoptions, is to put together educational material and classes for parents getting ready to adopt or foster-to-adopt. Requirements and training for parents varies from agency to agency, state to state and internationally. In general, licensing to be a foster parent requires more training than what is required to adopt a child. That’s true at Antioch, but Rowe finds most parents, whether they are looking to adopt or foster, want information. “We provide training and classes for adoptive parents who are usually more than happy for the help.” What Antioch does require is that adoptive parents are Christian. They write a faith statement and answer questions about their church involvement and they agree to the Antioch Statement of Faith.

“When a family adopts we want them to not only nurture the child, but to witness to others. We want them to give back to our mission,” says Rowe adding, “Parents need a strong support group when adopting, we feel the church can best provide that support and should be providing that support.”

On any given day in the greater Spokane area 900 children are in the foster care system, some waiting for adoption. In the state of Washington, 9,606 children are in foster care with 2,865 waiting for adoptive families, according to 2012 numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In Idaho the numbers for the same year are 1,234 children in foster care with 278 waiting to be adopted. “There is always a need for good families to adopt,” says Rowe. The greatest need is for older children and those with special needs. Families take a big risk with special needs children, as Rowe knows firsthand. Like many people who work in orphan care, Rowe has adopted and fostered children. She and her husband Sean have had 25 children in their home in the past five years.

One of her children has a medical condition that falls under the classification known as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

That brings a whole new set of issues on top of the usual issues children in foster care face. “So many of the children in foster care come from chaotic environments and structure is hard for them,” she says. “Many suffer loss and grief from losing a parent or being split up from a sibling. They need extra time and love.”

The Rowe’s have also adopted older children. Two of them are brother and sister, Kensley, now 16 and Ezra, now 12. Kensley and Ezra were in and out of the Rowe’s home for three years with various reunions with their biological mother. Sometimes the children would be gone for months at a time but then sent back to the Rowes when things didn’t go so well. For Anna and Sean it was an emotional roller coaster as they consider all foster children in their care their own children. “It’s difficult to have the children you are charged with caring for, and have come to know and love, come in and out of your life. But I tell families that it is our responsibility as adults to take on the emotional risk of doing so.”

Still, the rewards can be as great as the challenges. Rowe, who

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often encourages families considering adopting to look at older children, has written a list of the benefits and blessings of adopting preteens and teens: 10. No diapers! Although I do sometimes wish I had been the one to potty train them.

9. I will just say one more time, NO diapers!

Ha! Ha! Just thought I would throw this one in again. Definitely a plus.

8. All children grow up and eventually become teenagers. So why not start there?

7. No Barney/Wiggles/ Teletubbies and other obnoxious kids shows.

6. Sarcasm is never lost on a teenager.

5. There are still many lessons that can/need to be taught. Lessons such as respect, how to treat someone with care, how to do laundry, cook a meal, balance a banking

account or budget... I could go on and on.

4. There are more firsts that you will get to experience (first driving lesson, first date, first prom, first college visit...).

3. It is easy and so much fun to be yourself and embarrass your teen (they secretly love it even though they say they hate it).

2. Parenting a teen is character building. You will draw upon and utilize qualities of kindness, patience, empathy, respect, and forgiveness.

1. Watching a teenager discover who they are, as they learn to trust, love and succeed in life, is one of the most precious gifts in the world.

Rowe says other blessings that apply to adopting and fostering any child include: seeing a child who struggles in school find joy in reading and going to school; witnessing a birthparent graduate from rehab treatment and reunite with their children; sharing how your children are doing with their birthparents and hearing how grateful they are to know their biological child is safe and loved; seeing children who have multiple medical needs become thriving and healthy children.

As strong as the rewards for the adoptive parents can be, imagine the rewards for the child. Just ask Grace Allen, a 20-year-old from China adopted by a Spokane family when she was 12. Grace was a speaker at this years’ Spokane Orphan Summit. Her story tugged at the emotions of hundreds of people listening that day.

Grace had been bounced around from orphanage to foster homes all of her life. Her adoptive parents, Steve and Carrie Allen, of Spokane Valley, believe by the time they adopted her, Grace had lived in five or six different homes, with stays ranging from a year at time to just a few weeks. When they brought their pre-teen daughter home, the biggest issue they faced was an emotional one. “For Grace it was confidence and feeling like she could be loved, like she was worthy of being loved,” says Steve.

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Christ’s love that allowed her to eventually believe she was worthy.

“When I found out who Jesus was, I learned how to love other people,” she says. “I realized how strong God’s love for families is and I knew God chose me to be in the Allen’s family. I could finally allow myself to receive their love and stop worrying that they would send me back.”

Today this attractive, well-spoken young lady is giving back. She just finished a yearlong mission trip to China, Indonesia and the Philippines where she worked in orphanages teaching children the ABCs and colors. “It was hard in Indonesia because I didn’t know their culture and it was difficult to communicate with the children, but I just hung out with them,” she says. A beautiful turnaround that Grace now has had the opportunity to bridge cultural barriers with unconditional love just as her parents did when they brought her to the U.S. “My message to others waiting for a family, is don’t give up. There is a family out there that will love you and accept you for who you are. You are never too old for that.”

Grace plans to go to college now and continue mission work.

She wants to study language and use her Chinese in a future job.

“I feel like mission is a big part of my life. I totally understand how important it is to have someone to love.”

After three years of Spokane Orphan Summits, the SOS leadership team is expanding the yearly event to an ongoing organization called Inland Orphan Partners. Wiens says the goal is to keep raising awareness about adoption and foster and orphan care and to eventually have no more children in this country

The Wiens family, (back row, l-r) Jason, Beatrice (7), Emmy, (front row, l-r) , Moses (10), Simeon (2), Abram (5), Elenor (13)

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Amy Callahan, of Inland Orphan Partners, with her husband and two children.

waiting for adoption. “It is possible if each of us does our part. Kids need families, they need good loving homes,” he says. How do we find those homes? Wiens believes through the church.

There are well over 300,000 identified churches in this country and an estimated 397,000 children in foster care in the U.S. with almost 102,000 of them legally free and waiting for adoption (2012 figures). “So if each church in the U.S. encouraged and resourced one family to adopt from the foster care system there would be more families lined up waiting for a child than there are waiting children. Adopting every child waiting to be adopted is very realistic and doable,” says Wiens.

Amy Callahan, also an adoptive mother, is working with Wiens on Inland Orphan Partners. It’s an alliance with area churches and ministries to reach out to the vulnerable, the oppressed and the orphaned children. Callahan says, “There is a huge connection with impoverishment and oppression and foster care. We need to reach out to these disadvantaged children in our own cities and help find them and their parents, resources, support and life coaches/mentors.”

Inland Orphan Partners doesn’t offer services, but like the annual Spokane Orphan Summit, which will now fall under Inland Orphan Partners, it offers connections. “Our goal is to help facilitate a smoother connection between churches, Christian organizations and foster and adoption agencies, and then to reach out to the state,” says Callahan. That means in part, recruiting more foster families and insuring a child’s needs are met right when the child goes into a new home. It also means “orphan prevention” by helping parents through recovery and support programs in the area.

The church/orphan care connection is not just an Inland Northwest movement. Callahan says orphan care in general is one of the fastest growing financial ministries within churches nationally. “People are choosing to put their money to this cause not only because social justice issues are popular, but because there is a thread with foster and orphaned children that runs through all sectors of our culture.”

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Indeed, a report from the 2011 State of Giving Report put out by ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) finds of 29 categories of Christian giving, three of the four categories that saw the greatest increase in giving were directly related to orphans and vulnerable children; a 15 percent increase in adoption support, 21 percent increase in orphan care, and 24 percent increase in child sponsorship.

Consider these figures, says Callahan, when looking at why we need to fund orphan care. Seventy percent, almost three-fourths, of children who age out of foster care end up on the street, homeless or incarcerated. Or consider that 70 percent of the current San Quinten Prison (California’s oldest and best known correction institution) population were foster kids. “There are a lot of underlying factors, but orphan care means care for the vulnerable.

Children from single family homes are vulnerable, those from drug homes are vulnerable, it runs deeper than what we know as children up for adoption because of an unwanted pregnancy,” says Callahan.

But there is hope ahead and right now that hope is with churches and Christian ministries. “The state can only do so much with its time, resources and manpower to help families,” says Callahan. “We need to come alongside as citizens and Christians and fulfill our biblical command to reach out to children, the oppressed and the orphaned. We can accomplish so much more and help so many more children and families when we link arms and work together within the community and around the world.”

Callahan and Wiens say ministries are hearing the message.

A dozen local churches have signed up to be on Inland Orphan Partners mailing list. The first in a series of luncheons is set for May. And a handful of churches currently host programs on orphan care, heeding what members feel is their biblical call to service.

James 1:27 states, “Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.”

To learn more about Spokane Orphan Summit, visit www. spokaneorphansummit.com, to learn more about Inland Orphan Partners, visit www.inlandorphanpartners.com

Steve Allen, his wife, and their five children, including Grace Allen, who is in the lower right. Grace spoke at the most recent Spokane Orphan Summit.

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ith the installation of two new technologically advanced Toshiba Prime CT scanners, Spokane’s Inland Imaging, which has been providing radiology services since 1930, is now able to deliver high-resolution medical images while reducing patients’ exposure to radiation — in some cases by as much as two-thirds. Both of the scanners integrate industry-leading software that automatically reduces the radiation dose to a patient’s specific needs and minimizes scanner noise, all while increasing image quality.

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Lowering each patient’s exposure to radiation has been a long-term goal for radiologists and technologists. Inland Imaging’s radiologists and technologists have worked with their existing systems to manually lower exposures according to the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle, while still generating diagnostically useful imaging. “In the past, to lower the radiation dose during a CT scan, you had to sacrifice some of the image quality,” says Angela Steinbach, manager of CT services at Inland Imaging. “But with this advanced technology, there’s no tradeoff. You can do a low-dose scan and still get a high-quality image.”

Last September, Inland Imaging and its partners were awarded the 2013 Providence Health Care Quality Innovators Award for their efforts to reduce radiation doses.

As part of this ongoing dose-reduction initiative, Steinbach said Inland Imaging expects to eventually replace all of its CT scanners with the more advanced equipment and technology.

“Since Inland Imaging began using the new technology, there has already been a significant reduction in radiation dose,” Steinbach said. “As a standard, we’ve seen a 30-50% reduction; and in some cases, as much as 70% from previous scans done several years ago.”

The new Wide Bore CT scanners also improve patient comfort. Wider openings accommodate both larger-sized and claustrophobic patients. One of the CT tables can serve patients up to 450 pounds,

and the other can scan patients who weigh up to 660 pounds. The tables are positioned lower to the floor, making it easier for patients to get on and off.

According to Yasuo Nobuta, General Manager, CT Systems Division, Toshiba Medical Systems, “The balance of image quality and radiation dose is the fundamental challenge for physicians in performing routine clinical examinations while adhering to the ALARA principle.

With the integration of AIDR (adaptive iterative dose reduction) 3D into exposure controls, the radiation exposure is automatically reduced before the scan, ensuring the lowest dose is given for the diagnostic task at hand, no matter what the size or shape of the patient.”

“This is the first 660 pound CT table in the Spokane area,” says Steinbach. “There’s an entire sub-set of patients who have had no alternative. With the larger tables and wide-bore design, we can provide CT services to patients of all shapes and sizes.”

Additionally, the new CT scanners feature rapid scanning and image reconstruction. Scans often require as little as 10 seconds. Radiologists can interpret the images faster, and patients and their physicians receive their imaging results more quickly.

The two new scanners are in operation at Inland Imaging’s Holy Family Center.

A third low-dose CT scanner will also be installed at Inland Imaging’s new Spokane Valley location at the Providence Medical Park, which opened the end of April.

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Northwest MedStar Takes Flight

The region’s critical care transport provider expands coverage

by Nicole Stewart

Northwest MedStar, the region’s

critical care transport provider, is establishing an air medical base at Anderson Field Airport in Brewster, Washington. The fulltime base will be opening in May, 2014.

“This is another opportunity for Northwest MedStar to collaborate with the local health care community throughout north central Washington,” said Eveline Bisson, program director for Northwest MedStar. “We look forward to providing more immediate critical care transport services to meet the needs of our shared patients.”

Northwest MedStar will position an EC-135 air medical helicopter and critical care flight crew at Anderson Field Airport.

This will be Northwest MedStar’s sixth base.

“We’re very pleased to see Northwest MedStar come to our community,” stated Three Rivers Hospital CEO Bud Hufnagel.

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Collaboration with local emergency medical agencies continues. “We have worked closely with Northwest MedStar since their inception and value our partnership in patient care,” said Cindy Button, EMT-P, director of service for Aero Methow Rescue Service. “We are honored to work with MedStar’s professional, competent and reliable staff and welcome them to our county.”

The announcement also received praise from Mid-Valley Hospital Administrator Mike Billing. “Northwest MedStar placing a base for helicopter critical care transport services at the Brewster airport will greatly enhance life-saving efforts for all residents living in the greater Okanogan region.”

Similar to the analysis done for the Moses Lake and Palouse base, Northwest MedStar continually reviews the needs of its coverage area and in collaboration with our hospital and EMS partners across the north central Washington region, determined a need in the area that is best served by a helicopter base.

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Lake Chelan Community Hospital CEO. “Our patients have often benefited from Northwest MedStar’s critical care transport team. It’s been a privilege to work with their team for the past two decades, and we welcome the opportunity to continue and expand our partnership as we care for our patients.”

Northwest MedStar is leasing land from the airport and purchasing a 3,600 sq ft hanger at the airport. Northwest MedStar will also be placing a 1,400 sq ft crew quarters near the hangar. The local base will be home to 14 flight crewmembers, Metro Aviation pilots and a Metro Aviation

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mechanic. The investment of this additional base, including construction and medical equipment (not including the aircraft), is estimated at more than $575,000. Annual crew salaries and benefits are estimated at more than $1 million.

“Having this new base closer in our region is crucial in improving the process of safely and quickly transporting our critical patients,” stated Linda Michel, administrator at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket. “Our community greatly appreciates Northwest MedStar’s dedication to health and wellness of the people we serve.”

With this announcement, Northwest MedStar operates six bases: Brewster, Spokane, Moses Lake, the TriCities and Palouse regions in Washington and a Missoula, Montana base that went operational on April 2, 2014.

Northwest MedStar, a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) accredited critical care transport program since 1996 and the air medical industry’s 2012 Program of the Year, pro-

vides high-quality care and transport to thousands of patients each year from its bases in Missoula, Mont., Spokane, TriCities, Moses Lake, Pullman and soon to be Brewster, Wash. Northwest MedStar’s primary service area covers Washington, northern Idaho, Montana, and eastern Oregon. Northwest MedStar also provides patient transport to Seattle and other facilities throughout the United States and parts of Canada. All flights are conducted by, and operational control over all aircraft is exercised solely by, Metro Aviation, Inc., a division of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS).

Northwest MedStar offers a membership program that shields people from emergency air transport costs not covered by health insurance.

For more information about Northwest MedStar, the membership program or to support Northwest MedStar’s ongoing services through a commitment to the foundation, visit www.nwmedstar.org

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Today, there are more options than ever to treat and even cure cancer. Radiation oncologists at Cancer Care Northwest are utilizing cutting-edge therapies and technology like Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), Gamma Knife and RapidArc – all to successfully eliminate cancer while simultaneously improving quality of life for patients during treatment.

SABR, also known as Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), is an advanced form of radiation therapy that uses the Trilogy Linear Accelerator to target tumors in any part of the body. It functions so that highly accurate radiation beams are aimed precisely at a tumor, delivering high doses of radiation at multiple angles – all within one to five treatments.

“With the SABR/SBRT, we can pinpoint radiation right on the tumor itself and almost totally avoid surrounding normal tissue,” said Dr. Christopher Lee, Radiation Oncologist and Director of Radiation Research at Cancer Care Northwest and Gamma Knife of Spokane.

“This type of advanced stereotactic radiation treatment was initially pioneered to treat brain tumors, but now we can treat all areas of the body.”

Originally, Cancer Care Northwest’s SABR/SBRT treatments began with Gamma Knife, an extremely precise machine designed to treat brain tumors in a single session.

Today, Gamma Knife is known as the “Gold Standard” amidst top oncology centers. Other technologies that use less-rigid immobilization techniques, like Cyberknife, are not as precise and spill much more radiation into healthy brain tissue. Radiation oncologists at Cancer Care Northwest, on the other hand, have a decade-long, successful track record with Gamma Knife.

“We started using the Gamma Knife technology for brain tumors in 2002 and we have treated over 1100 patients over the last 12 years”, said Dr. Robert Fairbanks, radiation oncologist at Cancer Care Northwest. “This experience is invaluable, as we rely on our expertise in brain tumors and apply similar concepts to tumors throughout the body. We have collaborated with other leaders in the field, including researchers at the Mayo Clinic, Stanford and UT Southwestern.”

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Cancer Care Northwest has led the Inland Northwest in SABR/SBRT since 2007 when full body radiation therapy became a possibility. Their team of physicians, nurses, physicists, therapists, and dosimetrists has treated hundreds of cases of SABR/ SBRT in all body locations.

Dr. Wayne Lamoreaux, radiation oncologist and past practice president at Cancer Care Northwest, said, “We have forged new territory in SABR/ SBRT in this region for the last seven years and have a superb team of professionals that are very experienced at these types of highly advanced treatment. SABR/SBRT can be done very successfully with various types of machines, and each machine type has its pros and cons. What really matters is the expertise behind the machine.”

Today, Cancer Care Northwest’s experience in SABR/ SBRT has expanded to successfully targeting and treating tumors in the lung, liver, spine, abdomen, prostate, skull base, head and neck and other areas.

Part of what makes SABR/SBRT so prominent is its precision in identifying the location of tumors. Tumors naturally shift position as patients breathe. SABR/SBRT, coupled with experienced hands, eliminates this problem.

“Tumor motion is taken into account when treating with SABR/SBRT, “said Dr. Jason Call, Radiation Oncologist at Cancer Care Northwest. “Breathing motion in lung tumors, for example, is critical so that appropriate doses can be given no matter how the tumor naturally moves as the patient breathes. An improvement over other systems that still use older 2D imaging is that our method uses a Cone Beam CT imaging device that takes 3D images of the tumor and normal structures right as the patient is being treated. This provides more information for fine-tuning the treatment, and avoiding normal tissue.”

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term benefits and efficacy for this approach.

“We have published 24 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on our experience with stereotactic radiosurgery over the last several years,” said Lee. “We have five more publications underway which puts us on par with leading university programs in regard to research publications.

RapidArc, a complimentary technology for SABR/SBRT, is another cutting-edge method among the nation’s top oncology centers Cancer Care Northwest radiation oncologists are using to improve efficiency in treatments and quality of life for patients.

RapidArc delivers Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) treatments two to eight times faster than other dynamic treatments today. A typical IMRT treatment that lasts 15 minutes can now be completed in as little as 90 seconds with just one or two rotations of Cancer Care Northwest’s Trilogy linear accelerator, an image-guided radiation therapy system that can deliver all forms of external-beam radiation therapy, including conventional 3D radiation treatment, IMRT, imageguided radiotherapy (IGRT) and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR/ SBRT).

RaipdArc enhances SABR/SBRT by using Tilogy’s built-in imaging system to pinpoint the size and location of a tumor in relation to healthy tissue before and during a patient’s treatment. The treatment as a whole is designed to deliver radiation precisely to a tumor as the machine moves around the patient in a single continuous 360-degree rotation and to preserve surrounding healthy organs in the process.

The treatment generally lasts two minutes or less, which greatly improves patients’ comfort during treatment.

“We continue to push the envelope to give our patients the best care available,” said Call. “We use state-of-the-art technologies that are aimed at improving tumor control and reducing side effects.”

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Spokane is blessed with a plethora of spring and summer fitness events. Finding one is as easy as jumping on Google or stopping by the local sporting goods store; however, targeting an event is only part of the battle. The next step requires making a commitment and following through with improving one’s fitness level and event preparation.

Participation in one or all of our area’s premier fitness activities, promotes health, moving more and training for fitness excellence.

To get started, sign up for Bloomsday, the Dirty Dash or Fittest In The Park.

These events are all challenging and provide the ultimate goals for different fitness aptitudes. If you’re new to the area, Bloomsday is one of the nation’s premier road races and consists of terrain covering 7.46 miles along beautiful downtown Spokane. This race is May 4, so you should have already signed up online at Bloomsdayrun.org Some 50,000 of your closest friends will all be there.

The Dirty Dash is a newer event that takes place July 19. This race appeals to runners in need of agility work, or, just about anyone looking for a fun, unique, muddy obstacle course race. Visit thedirtydash.com to register and learn more.

For those in need of a fitness challenge composed of feats of strength, endurance and plenty of sweat, Fittest In The Park is calling your name. This is the area’s longest standing CrossFit event and is

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This event requires a little more preparation than the others, but generally offers novice and advanced challenge options.

Committing to one or all of these events will help anyone push their health and fitness level. When it comes to starting event preparation, though, one can get lost or overwhelmed by the wealth of knowledge online. No need to worry. Below are the essential training tips for making this year’s fitness challenge an unforgettable one in an injury free way.

To start, everyone needs a fitness foundation. This means improving one’s basic total body strength, core strength, range of motion and flexibility. The best method for improving these points is by using a dynamic warm-up. There are many dynamic warmups (using mobility and movement drills over static stretches) proven to prevent injury and enhance all of the above aspects. The best one can be found on our site, workoutanywhere.net, and is included in our trial. Take this warm-up and make it the foundation of your training program.

After you are comfortable with this warm-up, it is time to make a schedule that gradually increases in duration and ability level. If in need of a solid running program, visit Runnersworld.com to get a free running training program. For CrossFit, Google your local CrossFit to get started today (CrossFit Spokane is an excellent choice). Again, this is the best way to prevent injury and overtraining. To do this, grab a calendar and schedule workouts and rest days. This will help with accountability and track progress for the big event. Also, find a friend to sign up and train with.

Consider him or her your “account-abil-a-buddy” to train, motivate and confide in. Even if you can’t workout together on a daily basis, you can stick to the same training schedule.

Once you have completed the steps above, there is one more important key factor and that is nutrition.

Applying healthier options will coincide perfectly with your fitness goal. You will not only improve your physique, but it will also help you recover, focus and feel more energized in your everyday life. Make sure that you are eating enough calories, and getting proper amounts of lean protein, fruits, veggies, complex carbohydrates and healthy fats along with an adequate amount of water. If you are having trouble with this, I suggest visiting Workout Anywhere and dropping us a note for guidance.

Getting started on a fitness journey can be half of the battle. Once your body is in motion and you are committed, it is so much easier to keep moving. So let’s get started on the first step.

For additional guidance, fitness, nutrition and coaching tips, visit us at WorkoutAnywhere.net or on Facebook.com/RundleFit. We would love to hear from you!

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Rockwood Heart & Vascular Center Q. What inspired you to get into the field of medicine, and why, specifically, did you decide to be a PA? A. My first step into medicine was leaving education and beginning a new career as a firefighter/ paramedic with the Colorado Springs Fire Department. Once my children graduated from high school and began their college education, I made the decision to go back to school. Had I made this decision ten years earlier, when I was 38 years old instead of 48, I might have attempted medical school. My main objective was to become a provider in the clinical setting and to do so in a reasonable amount of time. The Physician Assistant position was an ideal fit.

Q. What are the greatest challenges and the greatest joys you face in your work?

A. The greatest challenge is the complexity of cardiology. During my first six months as a cardiology PA, I would come home 90 percent frustrated and 10 percent satisfied because of all the complexities of the cardiology specialty. Now, it’s more 60 percent satisfied and 40 percent frustrated as I have become more experienced and my clinical knowledge has increased. Challenge continues, however, when I don’t have an immediate answer or treatment plan for the patient. During these times of question, research, and collaboration, my knowledge is stretched and my experience grows.

And in the end, I experience my greatest joy when the questioning, research and collaboration pays off… when the patient returns two or three months later with significant improvement directly related to the plan of treatment.

Q. Where did you attend school?

A. I attended the University of Washington’s MEDEX program. Prior to enrolling in a PA program, you must have a bachelor’s degree that includes a significant amount of science/medical classes. The University of Washington requires 4,000 hours of paid patient contact hours.

Q. How many years have you been practicing?

A. I have been practicing almost two years. If you include my 13 years of experience as a firefighter/ paramedic, I have been in the medical field for 15 years.

Q. What is a typical day like for you, as far as the type of patients and cases that you see and treat?

A. My typical day begins at 7:00 a.m. rounding on patients in the hospital. Then, I see patients in the clinic beginning at 9:00 a.m. and finishing around 5:00 p.m. There are six other mid-level providers within our clinic; each of us works a hospital rotation every five to six weeks and have the responsibility of weekend call once every six weeks. A full clinic schedule for me is 12 to 15 patients per day. All of my patients have been diagnosed with cardiac-related illness. Heart disease can be significantly complex; to make it easier to understand, the illness is associated with the mechanical pump (example: aortic stenosis), the electrical system (atrial fibrillation), or the plumbing system (atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries). The focus of our new Rockwood Women’s Heart Clinic will be on preventative medicine. In this setting, we will emphasize the identification of patients who may be symptom-free but have significant risk factors for developing heart disease in the very near future.

Q. For anyone who is interested in pursuing a career as a PA, what advice, encouragement or caution you would offer?

A. I would definitely encourage anyone who has an interest in the medical field to pursue a career as a PA. The opportunities over the next 10 to 15 years are going to grow exponentially. My first recommendation is to shadow a PA to better understand what a normal day looks like. I also highly encourage anyone who has an interest in medicine or is currently in the medical field as a nonprovider, regardless of where they are in their adult career life, to go back to school. I was 48 years old when I made the decision to go back to school and I’m thrilled I didn’t hold back.

Q. Parting thoughts?

A. I have had the pleasure of serving in three very rewarding careers: High school science teacher, firefighter/paramedic/lieutenant and now physician assistant. I want to emphasize that it’s never too late to go back to school and follow your passion. There is and there will continue to be a demand for mid-level providers, especially as we move into the age of the Affordable Care Act and with the aging Boomer population. I believe healthcare is moving toward preventative medicine and the PA has one of the greatest opportunities to make a difference in this area of American medicine.

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Berg, like a growing number of patients in Spokane and all across the U.S., has embraced seeing what are called mid-level providers – often an advance practice registered nurse (APRN) or a physician assistant (PA). The American Nurse Association lists APRNs as including “nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists or nurse midwives.”

Susan McFadden is an ARNP who works at Northwest Ob-Gyn and also works at the Spokane campus of the Washington State University, College of Nursing, where she teaches in the graduate and undergraduate program. “‘Mid-level practitioner,’ means we’ve had training to manage acute and chronic conditions independently in a health care setting,” she says. That training means that the demand for mid-level practitioners is growing.

Regardless of which side of the fence you stand when it comes to healthcare in our country – whether you are in favor of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), casually dubbed “ObamaCare,” or if you are opposed to the inner workings of it and hope to see it repealed – one thing is certain. Time does not stand still for debates, studies or campaigning when someone is sick.

At that moment, they need quality care from a skilled medical provider, in a timely manner.

The problem is, that care is getting more and more difficult to access. Over the past decade, Emergency Rooms have increasingly become standing room only, as uninsured seek medical care there. With 7.1 million people signed up on federal or state exchanges for coverage, during the open enrollment that ended March 31, 2014, there is an anticipated surge of patients seeking care with their new health benefits.

While it is good that people have health coverage, are there enough physicians to cover their care? The answer appears to be no. Many anticipate a whole new set of problems with increased demand for care, but not an increased number of physicians available to meet the demand.

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Susan McFadden, an ARNP at Northwet Ob-Gyn, realizes it is the relationship a provider has with their patient that is one of the most important aspects of providing care. She values the opportunity to build relationships with her clients, and to help them make informed decisions in order to be as healthy as possible.

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Q. What inspired you to get into the field of medicine?

A. A local surgeon in Spokane removed my thyroid over 15 years ago; he cared enough about me to call me on vacation and give me my diagnosis of cancer and walk me through options. It always touched me how this man took time out of his Sunday afternoon to call and talk to me, one of his many patients. This inspired me; I want to be a provider who cares enough for their patient to provide not only a diagnosis but emotional support when needed.

Q. Why did you decide to be an ARNP? I went back to school when my oldest two children were ages 14 months and 2 months to get my nursing degree. I excelled in nursing; it was as if it fit like a glove, meant to be. I enjoy being with patients, listening to them, caring for them. As I had been out of school for a couple of years, I started to need more. I wanted to be able to care for my patients on a higher level, be more involved in their care. I knew that I could not attend medical school with small children; I wanted to be a good student and a great mother. So, I looked into different programs. An ARNP would allow me to care and manage patient care in a manner, which I desired, holistically. I wanted my patients to know that they are important to me and that their health is paramount.

Q. How many years have you been practicing?

A. I have been a nurse since 2000 and I have been an ARNP since February 2013.

Q. What made you decide to invest time and resources to become an ARNP after several years as a well-respected RN and supervising RN? A. I decided that if I was going to transition to a new role it needed to be done soon, I had my two oldest in middle school and my youngest was a baby. I needed to make a life change that could benefit not only me but my children. Show them that dreams are attainable and not just something to think about and never go about accomplishing. I want my children to know that you can accomplish your sincere desires with hard work and perseverance. I was investing in the future, by learning life lessons for myself and in return teaching my children. I reaped a big reward by achieving my dreams, by having a career I love.

Q. What is the typical day for you, as far as the type of patients and cases that you see and treat?

A. I see a mixture of obstetrical patients who are in for regularly scheduled appointments; obstetrical patients who may have concerns, such as decreased fetal movements, and I see women after their obstetrics ultrasounds to go over those with them. I also see women for annual exams, women with gynecological issues and concerns and I see surgery follow ups.

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States faces a shortage of more than 91,500 physicians by 2020, a number that is expected to grow to more than 130,600 by 2025. This shortage is equally distributed among primary care and medical specialties such as general surgery, cardiology and oncology.”

With a shortage of physicians, an increase in patients, and advances in medicine making us, in some ways, more dependent on medical intervention, what’s a patient to do when they need medical care?

Enter the mid-level provider. Actually, it’s not so much enter the mid-level provider as it is let’s start paying attention to what is already here and available in in our health care facilities. Mid-level providers provide increased access to medical care, whether by choice or by sheer need.

Lest you worry that nurse practitioners and physician assistants are “junior doctors” or provide subpar care, guess again. The education requirements for both of these midlevel providers are thorough, and the responsibilities are

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ST. LUKE’S REHAB Physiatry Practice Q. What inspired you to get into the field of medicine, and why, specifically, did you decide to be a PA? A. I started off my medical career by becoming a Certified Athletic Trainer and working mainly in sports medicine. As my career progressed I realized that I really wanted to expand my medical knowledge and wanted to be able to help people in other ways than just with their athletic injuries. Becoming a Physician Assistant seemed to be the perfect fit. This profession provides so many different opportunities and areas of medicine that I can work in.

Q. What are the greatest challenges and the greatest joys you face in your work?

One of the greatest challenges in doing my job is facing the changing environment of healthcare and trying to provide the best care possible to my patients. Some of the greatest joys I face in doing my job are that I get to help people on a daily basis. I enjoy being able to help my patients with their medical needs and working with them to develop appropriate plans to help them live healthier lives. I find joy in educating and teaching my patients about their bodies and their health.

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According to the American Academy of Physician Assistants, “A PA is a graduate of an accredited PA educational program who is nationally certified and statelicensed to practice medicine with the supervision of a physician. PAs perform physical examinations, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret lab tests, perform procedures, assist in surgery, provide patient education and counseling and make rounds in hospitals and nursing homes.”

From an educational perspective, the schooling involved in becoming a PA is two and a half years – the equivalent to the first three years of medical school. Instead of starting a residency like a physician would, physician assistants start working within a practice.

“As a PA I am trained in the medical model, just the same as physicians are. I am considered a direct extension of the doctor,” says Joe Gaines a PA-C (physician assistant -

Q. What education did you pursue to be a PA? A. I attended the MEDEX Northwest Program (at the Spokane Riverpoint Campus) through the University of Washington, which is a 26 month program. Along with the classroom prerequisite requirements, which do vary depending on the school, an applicant also needs to have at least 4,000 hours of paid patient care experience to be able to apply for the MEDEX program (this hour requirement also varies depending on the school one wants to attend). Upon graduating I received a Masters of Clinical Health Services from the University of Washington.

Q. How many years have you been practicing?

A. I was officially certified as a Physician Assistant on October 3, 2013. I have been practicing as a Physician Assistant since November 4, 2013, when I was hired by St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute to work with their Inpatient Physiatry (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Group.

Q. What is a typical day like for you?

A. I help the doctors to oversee and coordinate the medical care of our patients at St. Luke’s. A typical day for me includes working with the medical team (physicians, patients, therapists, nurses, social workers, case managers, psychologists, dieticians, chaplains and pharmacists) to take care of the medical needs and to provide treatments to our patients during their inpatient stay at St. Luke’s. I also help supervise and instruct PA students during their month long rotations with our group. Additionally, I have an outpatient clinic where I see patients one afternoon a week with our outpatient physiatrists.

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Rockwood Women’s Health

Q. What inspired you to get into the field of medicine, and why, specifically, did you decide to be an ARNP? A. I chose nursing because I enjoy caring for and educating others. It is an honor to help patients see the best in themselves and to work together to help them attain the highest quality of health. My first nursing job was as an officer in the United States Air Force; I was running the night shift for the OB service at a military base hospital. The military promotes leadership and that experience inspired me to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology as a nurse practitioner.

Q. Where did you go to school?

A. I attended Montana State University to complete my Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I earned my Master of Science in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University.

Q. How many years have you been practicing?

A. I have been in nursing 27 years. I started my career in 1987. I earned my master’s degree in 1992. I relocated from Cleveland, Ohio to join Rockwood Clinic in September 1993.

Q. What is a typical day like for you?

A. I like to start my day early. I use the pre-office hours to prep charts, notify patients of test results and organize my day.

Together, Rockwood OB/GYN and Midwifery Service is able to care for woman’s health needs throughout the lifespan. I provide care for patients during and after their pregnancies. I also provide a wide range of women’s health services such as fertility planning, contraception, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, cervical health and breast health screening and menopausal services.

Q. For anyone who is interested in pursuing a career as an ARNP, what advice, encouragement or caution you would offer?

A. Nursing is both an art and a science. There are many ways to specialize and to use your nursing skills. I have been honored to share my gifts and knowledge with four generations of patients and their families. I hope that people who feel inspired to serve others will pursue their dreams, too.

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certified) at St. Luke’s Rehab Physiatry Practice. “As a PA I can do just about everything that a physician can when it comes to providing medical care to patients. I can do evaluations, physical exams and prescribe medications. A PA can also order laboratory studies, x-rays, MRIs, etc. An example of a difference is when it comes to surgery, where the PA would act as the first assist to the physician who is in charge of the surgery. Depending on the area of medicine there may be different restrictions, but for the most part a PA does everything that the physician does.”

Nurse practitioners are registered nurses (RNs) with advance training and education. While a master’s degree is the current requirement for nurse practitioners, the trend is leaning toward a DNP approach, requiring a doctoral prepared program. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing states, “On October 25, 2004, the member schools affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) voted to endorse the Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing. This decision called for moving the current level of preparation necessary for advanced nursing practice from the master’s degree to the

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“There is a recognition that what we do is serious,” says McFadden, of the education and training of mid-levels. “We are making decisions that impact people’s lives.”

“We can order diagnostic tests and interpret x-rays and lab results,” says Rebecca Kent, also an ARNP at Northwest Ob-Gyn. “We can also prescribe medications and other therapies a patient may need. We also provide education and health counseling and refer to specialists as needed.”

“Nurse practitioners and mid-level providers are a huge part of access to care,” says McFadden. “We’re most effective when we’re in partnership with patients and their families who are asking questions and taking part in their own care. A fundamental precept of nurses is patient advocacy. We do that best when patients are well educated about their options, including who they see for care providers.”

Patients, like Berg, are turning to midlevels as their go-to medical care providers.

Though she has a regular doctor, Berg always sees the nurse practitioner for her scheduled appointments.

“I almost feel like she is more thorough,” says Berg of her nurse practitioner.

“Established physicians have so many patients, they always seem to be rushed.

I never feel rushed with my nurse practitioner. She is more thorough and takes the time to answer my questions, but she works as a team with the doctor in the office and is never afraid to consult with the doctor when she has a question. I feel so confident in her care.” Berg has been going to that doctor office for 17 years, and for the past 12 has made her appointments with the nurse practitioner, who knows her and her health history, and with whom she has developed a relationship.

“Health care is all about relationships,” says McFadden. “Patients usually connect with a provider.”

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overshadowed by our expectations of what a house should be.

It becomes clear that these amusing incongruities are intentional; that there is a man behind the curtain.

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which he worked.

McMakin’s architectural trademarks dovetail from his work as equal parts artist, craftsman and designer. Through a family connection, the owners commissioned Domestic Architecture, McMakin’s Seattle-based firm, to remodel their

riverside home, originally built in 1995.

The owners worked with the designer and his project manager, Tom Mulica, to accomplish clearly defined priorities, one of which was to open the home to the view. “We wanted to live with the river,” the owners emphasized, “while retaining privacy.”

They also wanted seamless transitions.

The movement of light through a space provides a blueprint for how one moves through it, McMakin has stated. “This meant no walled-off rooms, fewer doors,” said the owner, “and careful attention to corners, opacity of materials, and the creation of interior views.”

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white, create overall brightness. The walls and cabinetry are painted a warm eggshell with hints of almond, which complements the traditional aspects of the home, particularly the coffered kitchen ceiling. Impeccably grained stone and smooth tile work reflects a silvery coolness in the powder room and master bath, a nod to the home’s clean lines and overall modern conception.

Of course, “l’art pour l’art” has the ability to eclipse a client’s tastes or personalities. Yet, it was apparent that McMakin took care with the owners’ subjective considerations. Family pieces, light fixtures and windows acquired overseas, and nostalgic elements were flawlessly incorporated.

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and most importantly, possessed the skill and artisanal knowledge that a project of this kind required.

A South Hill-native and son of an architect, Doric Creager has been immersed in the building and carpentry trade for over 43 years. His firm, Doric, Inc., employs anywhere between four and 14 employees, and presents one of the most diverse portfolios in the Inland Northwest, reaching from Washington,

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Idaho, Montana and Oregon to California, Arizona and even Nicaragua.

“We subscribe to the old guard,” explains Creager, “carpenters as quality homebuilders. It is a lost art, and something we honor.”

Creager’s own mentor was John Roehm, a 14th generation Bavarian carpenter who moved to Spokane in the late 1970s after his family emigrated from Austria to the United States after WWI.

Creager remembers hanging around Roehm’s jobs on the South Hill, only to be run off time and time again. “But I stuck around!” said Creager. “John and I became lifelong friends. The sense of pride and professionalism that he brought to his work was my inspiration.”

Ultimately, it was Creager’s ability to bring authenticity to the home-building process that echoed McMakin’s affinity for hand-hewn precision and carpentry of

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by Akins, a third generation masonry family.

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crafted locally by Carlson Sheet Metal sits prominently above the main section of the roof.

The shed roof not only adds interest, but also directs your gaze to two extraordinary bronze windows situated to the left of the front door. Made in Italy, the windows feature grids of water glass panes offset by a thick, horizontal mullion (an exposed timber beam on the exterior of the home). Comprised of ten different colors and various textures of glass, the full spectrum of the windows can only be appreciated from within the foyer, subtly glowing over the stairwell.

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and opened up with a private entry to embrace the river, granite rock formations and the park-like setting that neighbored it. McMakin retained the freestanding, river rock fireplace, while completely turning over the north and south sides of the floor plan. Originally, the kitchen cabinets had blocked the view when they were located toward the back of the home, so McMakin brought the kitchen to the front of the home and produced a bright space for the open, attached dining area— complete with sweeping views of the Spokane River.

Adjacent to the sunny dining area is an outdoor living space, which was originally a sunroom. “The fenestration was so badly done that we transformed it into a covered patio,” says Creager. They did this by mimicking the existing structure of the room to create a vaulted pergola, which serves as sun protection. A brick, masonry pizza oven was also added for outdoor entertaining.

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as you step into the home. Handscraped and rift sawn, the hardwood floors are evidence of old world techniques of sculpting each individual plank along the grain patterns to accent the natural flow of the oak. The walls, cabinetry, doors, railings and window trim are all hand-brushed in natural, organic hues from Fine Paints of Europe—a product that requires more expertise to use due to the higher percentage of solids, but which provides richness and durability.

Built-in cabinetry and shelving can be found in almost every wall, an element in which McMakin (and Mulica, who was on-site weekly to implement the designer’s vision) took particular care. “Borderline obsessive, I would say,” said the owner, “but of course, we shared in 102

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that responsibility,” she said with a smile.

Creager explained that it “takes a great client to embrace an equally great designer.”

In this case, the owner had an extensive background in remodeling and interior design, yet she allowed McMakin to take the reins in order for the most cohesive version of her home to be realized.

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McMakin did make a few exceptions, however. The owners had full control over lighting, most notably the selection of rainbow-hued, Veniceglass chandeliers that are scattered throughout the home. Delicate, yet arresting, these light fixtures provide focal points in the foyer, kitchen and dining rooms. McMakin reinforced these fanciful and colorful elements with subtle uses of color—the sage green hood above the Wolf range, carmine red stove dials, the hand-woven Nepalese carpet in the master suite (yes, really —it arrived in gunnysacks

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Speaking of engagement with the everyday, the kitchen is one of the largest rooms in the entire home. A

heavy island topped with black walnut butcher block runs its span, punctuated by a deep sink at its midpoint. A series of slim, convex windows looking out toward the front of the home sit in front of the primary sink and faucet— an elaborate, single-hole pot filler with a hinged, pull-down spray. The granite countertops feature impressive graining of smoky quartz and other organic material in gradations of opacity. The lines of the creamy white cabinet doors arc and curve in certain areas, complementing the overall traditional elements of the kitchen.

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to the foyer and powder room. A large, custom-built headboard repeats the dark wood of the “ice box” and serves as a partition and wardrobe.

In this way, McMakin retained the “craftsman-like” qualities that the owners loved, without sacrificing bright, open spaces, high ceilings and generous storage. A reading nook was added to the southeast corner of the suite, which was originally a walk-in closet (read: absolutely no view). This space was freed to allow sunshine to spill in over a built-in day bed upholstered in a variety of linens, designed by McMakin. The bath reiterates the cabinetry in the kitchen, which highlights the cool marble used in the zero-entry, open concept shower.

Creager’s overall aim these days is to provide quality over quantity.

“People are gravitating toward smaller, well-designed homes,” he explains.

The partnership amongst Doric, Inc., Roy McMakin, the team at Domestic Architecture and the homeowners provided an ideal opportunity for this notion to evolve further: that it’s a synergistic relationship between form and function which results in something beautiful. Take the windows in the dining room, as the viewer moves from window to window, they appear identical, until your eye rests on the fourth, coming to realize that the muntins are completely dissimilar than the other three. It recalls one

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Stumbling upon these details, albeit in a handsomely wrought context, “You can’t help but grin,” said Creager.

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The wallpaper rage is in part due to new technologies, such as those that offer easier installation and removable options. Where installing wallpaper used to require a level of commitment deemed daunting by many— whether they tended to change their mind about style choices often, were renting a home or were simply uninterested in the mess of on and off. With the creation of

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“Wallpaper adds such an interesting visual pop to a space—from textured papers to patterned papers. It’s really fun to play around with wallpaper,” says Hanley, who is continuing to see a lot of reclaimed woods on walls, as well as a return to the 60s and 70s vibe of wall paneling, but with a contemporary and edgy twist. “A new aspect in wall design I’ve been seeing is what is being referred to as ‘living walls’ full of live plants—mainly succulents and trailing plants—suspended on the walls. It’s a lot of

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“Designers have gotten really good at not creating trendy colors and schemes,” says Riley. “They are creating timeless trends and colors that we feel have the power to last forever . . . these days, you can design your home and trust that it will last 20 years, unlike trends and colors of the past.”

According to Riley, gray and orange have been two of the hottest colors on the market.

After some research online, here are a few more of the hottest wall design and décor trends for 2014: Radiant Orchid: The recognized authority on color, Pantone, has deemed 2014 to be the year of the purple-toned hue. Expect to see pops of this fun, bold color brightening magazine pages and home interiors through accent pillows, rugs, linens and accessories.

Black and White: Black and white is a timeless design aesthetic that is making a bold comeback this year. Look for black and white palettes combined with strong geometric patterns and pops of color.

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Monochromatic Palettes: Grays, blues or whites in a monochromatic palette make a dramatic impression in a subdued, sophisticated way.

Mix and Match: Layering textures and materials such as metal and wood is key to the eclectic look achieved with the mix and match trend.

Rustic Woods: Rustic wood blended with modern elements is a steady trend with many visual expressions.

Color Contrast: Dark walls with white trims combined with pops of vibrancy in furniture and accessories display an exciting return to color this year.

Barn Doors: From the weathered appearance of repurposed woods to the sleeker presentation of black, red or white painted wood, barn doors are beautiful design elements to the home and one of the hottest design trends of 2014.

With trends in design, by definition, constantly changing, homeowners should consider their short and longterm goals before beginning any home design project. It is important to balance trends with your personal style and your overall goals, while keeping in mind that what is popular today—as cool as it all seems to us now, may not be in a few years when you decide to sell your home.

The right wall treatment can really pull a space together and quickly communicate to the room’s occupants which style you’re trying to convey.

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appliances. Modern buyers, however, are interested in homes that take a holistic approach to energy efficiency.

That means supplementing energy savings with more thoughtful features like daylighting and natural ventilation through energy-efficient skylights, using solar-powered water heaters, and employing intelligent controls for skylights, other lighting and heating/ cooling systems.

Buyers want energy-efficient upgrades that also offer high aesthetic appeal in addition to functionality, making features like ENERGY STAR-qualified skylights particularly popular. In fact, 55

percent of homebuyers in a National Association of Home Builder’s survey said skylights are desirable or essential.

Skylight manufacturer VELUX America notes that installing no-leak, solar-powered fresh air (venting) skylights not only enhances indoor air quality, but can boost energy efficiency, working in concert with windows.

Add remote-controlled, solar-powered blinds and skylight energy performance ratings can improve as much as 45 percent. And solar powered skylights and blinds, as well as the installation costs, are eligible for a 30 percent Federal tax credit.

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Casa Bella Custom home and lot packages starting at $600,000

This private gated community, on Spokane's South Hill offers an idyllic setting with the convenience of downtown Spokane only 15 minutes away.

Let us build your home to reflect your distinctive style.

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Touchmark at Grapetree Custom home and lot packages starting at $350,000

A full-service retirement community on more than 16 acres of beautiful park-like grounds, located on Spokane's South Hill.

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Eagle Mountain Homes Custom General Contractor since 1979

204 S. Koren Road, #200, Spokane, WA 99212 509.534.3934

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1314 E Cascade Ct. $329,900

Brand new 5br/3 bath home in the Deer Park Golf Course development. Main floor utilities, Cul-de-sac lot over 3200 sq ft, fully finished walk out basement, granite kitchen island, upgraded cabinetry, glass tile backsplash, gas fireplace, central air conditioning, oversized 3 car garage with oversized doors, multi level deck and patio area fully landscaped with sprinklers and concrete edging

1320 E Cascade Ct. $219,900

Brand new 3br/ 2 bath house in the Deer Park Golf Course community.

1700 sq ft, radiant floor heat, central air conditioning, gas fireplace, glass tile backsplash, Cul-de-sac corner lot.

Upgraded floor covering, fully landscaped with concrete edging and sprinklers.

Work with an experienced Real Estate agent who can help you take the next step.

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“Julie is honest in her assessments & always places her client’s interest first. She goes the extra mile to show real estate beyond the limits of standard searches as she worked to fill our special needs for access & other special considerations.” – Bill & Pam

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Smarter size and space While buyers will always look to get the most bang for their buck, many are deciding that “bang” does not necessarily mean “bigger.” The great recession saw many families downsize into smaller homes - with more manageable mortgages. Even with the economy moving again, many homeowners have found they like the efficiency and utility of smaller, more purposeful spaces.

The functionality of a room is now as important as its size. Buyers will continue to embrace rooms that make the most of the space available, such as compact kitchens that maximize storage, smaller bathrooms that optimize lighting efficiency and privacy, while saving wall space through use of skylights, and open rooms that serve multiple purposes.

To see how skylights would look in any room in your home, get a skylight planner app, take pictures in your home, and overlay skylights and blinds on the images with a few clicks.

Aging-in-place potential As more baby boomers approach and enter their golden years, homebuyers are looking toward the future and seeking homes that offer the potential of allowing them to age in place. In demand are home features that not only look good now (such as an open floor plan or larger bathroom) but that can be easily adapted for older occupants who may face challenges with mobility, vision and other age-related issues.

A range of home features fit the bill, including ground-floor bedrooms, ample natural lighting to enhance vision, open floor plans that minimize obstacles to mobility, larger bathrooms that can easily be fitted with grab bars, kitchens with age-friendly features such as touch faucets, and smaller yards with lower maintenance requirements.

While higher demand and less inventory are likely to make 2014 a better year for sellers than buyers, if you’re selling your home, knowing what buyers are looking for can help ensure a faster, more rewarding sale in any market. (BPT)

A special advertising section to celebrate local businesses that have gone the distance over many years. Not only do these businesses have a story, they have a history, and we’re pleased to share them each with you.

alpine patio & home screens, shades or a fully insulated sunroom. Retractable In the 1970s, Jerry and DeeDe Ennis noticed a fabric awnings and canvas shades offer comfort and UV growing demand for exterior home accessories—such as protection for patios, windows and doors in motorized or awnings, decks, coverings and carports—so they started manual operation. Aluminum railings provide safety and Alpine Patio and Home Products to offer homeowners high beauty in a wide range of styles and quality products delivered to their door. Their colors for decks, porches and stairs. son, Jesse Ennis, now serves as Dedication to their clients, while production manager and son-inproviding the best options in the law, Thad Schoesler, works with industry, has helped Alpine weather homeowners on the design/build the economic ups and downs of options. Grandson Sam Schoesler the building industry. Where other provides accounting expertise and businesses cut back, Alpine has oversees the retractable screen continually added more selections of operations. high-end coverings to enable property The Alpine team designs and owners greater comfort on their decks installs comfortable outdoor living and patios. products for Inland Northwest The Alpine Patio and Home homeowners and businesses.

Products team looks forward to The low maintenance patio cover d Schoesler continue their legacy of exceeding offerings at Alpine include Insulated Owners: Jerry Ennis and Tha the expectations of Inland Northwest Panel, Adjustable Louver Roofs, Year Founded: 1976 17 992 WA e, kan Spo St. Location: 9300 N. Market homeowners for custom outdoor Lexan Skylights, and Elitewood Phone: (509) 467-0600 living projects for many years to Pergola Shade Systems. These .net line eOn lpin Web: www.A come. quality covers can be enclosed with

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Bruttles Gourmet Candies Bruttles’ signature candy

make great gifts for family/friends, corporate or client, began wedding favors, or just a treat for yourself and are said with a one-of-a kind, 60-year old classic recipe. Sophia to have the power to “make forever friends instantly” by Gerkensmeyer, an “old world” master candy maker, adoring clients. developed her Soft Peanut Butter Brittle in 1951. Each Bruttles has now moved out of batch of Bruttles’ secret recipe the hotel to a larger space across candy is still hand-pulled the street, and Carol’s daughter-inon the marble slab Sophia law, Jessica Measel, took the reigns purchased from the Davenport in 2013. Jessica and her team pay Hotel. Her great niece, Carol the same close attention to each Measel started Bruttles in small batch of candy they make 2002 when she decided to today, just like Aunt Sophia did. share “Aunt Sophia’s” Soft With the increasing popularity Peanut Butter Brittle with the of gourmet candy, and consumers’ public and have a shop in the preference to spend their money Davenport Hotel. What began on quality, not quantity, Bruttles’ as a turn-down service for the sales have continued to increase. hotel has led to a whole line of “I am looking forward to carrying luscious confections. They still 001 7-2 on the legacy that Aunt Sophia specialize in Spokane’s “original” 189 r eye nsm rke Ge ” “Aunt Sophia and Carol have set in place and Soft Peanut Butter Brittle and can’t wait to include my children their Chocolate Dipped Peanut Owner: Jessica Measel 1 inal Recipe 195 Year Founded: 2002, Orig in that legacy for them to carry Bruttles, as well as several other ague Ave Spr W 828 , Ave e agu Spr Location: 12609 E on,” says Jessica. gourmet candies. Their products Phone: (509) 228-9509 com les. rutt w.b ww Web:

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Rockwood Retirement Communities

Back in the mid 1950s, two Methodist

of seniors possible, Rockwood opened their first affordable housing community for seniors Church members attended in 2011. Appleway Court an FHA presentation about Apartments, in Spokane Valley, a new financing option offers 65 rental units, which available for senior housing are all lower than market rate and decided to pursue and some include subsidies development of a retirement provided by HUD. community in Spokane.

While Rockwood provides With support of several other the peace of mind that church members, a plan was comes with having onsite put in motion to create a health care, around 70 fairly new concept of senior percent of their residents live housing that focused on independently and are very independent, active seniors as active. Rockwood is a resident opposed to old style nursing centered community, which is homes.

Year Founded: 1960 23 992 dependent on the involvement O.W. Young, a member WA e, kan Spo , 25th Corporate office: 2903 E. Ave and input of residents for of Central United Methodist 25th E 3 290 : Hill th Sou Rockwood ne Rd. thor Haw E. many of the decisions and Church and Dr. Richard 101 : rne tho Rockwood at Haw Rd, Spokane Valley services provided. They Decker, district superintendent g Appleway Court: 225 S. Farr t.or b: www.RockwoodRetiremen We | 0 -665 devote a great amount of of the Spokane area Methodist 536 ) (509 ne: Pho resources and staff, in order churches, spearheaded the to ensure residents are offered an abundance formation of Spokane United of interesting things to do.

Methodist Homes (SUMH), which remains the corporate Expectations keep rising in the industry and providers name. This effort led the construction of the first and largest across the country are modernizing their campuses and retirement community, Rockwood South Hill, which opened introducing new programs in order to keep up with the November 1, 1960. drive toward becoming more hospitality driven. The team at Through a combination of housing, hospitality and Rockwood is mindful of this trend and is making changes healthcare services, Rockwood lives out its nonprofit so that they provide the lifestyle that tomorrow’s seniors mission of providing services and housing for seniors with will insist upon. Their newest project, The Summit, a 65 “a commitment to excellence in promoting independence, unit, 11-story expansion located at Rockwood South Hill, wellness and lifelong vitality” through its three communities: promises to exceed those expectations. As part of this Rockwood South Hill, Rockwood at Hawthorne and project, they are adding some very large apartments with Appleway Court. All three campuses combined, Rockwood is outstanding views, along with a number of amenities: home to over 550 residentss and is one of Spokane’s largest multiple dining options to enhance the dining experience, senior living providers. expanded space for fitness and wellness with state-of-the-art In the late 1980s, construction began on Rockwood Forest exercise equipment, a theater with state-of-the-art sound Estates on their South Hill campus in response to senior’s system, a new event center for concerts and special events, desire for larger, more independent accommodations. Today, as well as a bar and spacious patio with a fire pit. over 20 years later, the 165 single-family homes and duplex When a new resident walks through Rockwood’s doors, neighborhood is still vital and in high demand. they are welcomed into the Rockwood family and are served In 1999, SUMH acquired Rockwood at Hawthorne in to the highest of standards. Rockwood plans to continue North Spokane. This eight-acre campus offers all of the their more than 50-year legacy of being the leader in senior living options and services of the large South Hill campus, housing, and in providing homes that allow seniors to yet is a more intimate setting. continue living their extraordinary lives.

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Glen Dow Academy There are many aspects that make owner Martin Dow Glen and Betty Dow began the Glen Dow proud of the Glen Dow Academy legacy. “The first is my Academy in 1969 by purchasing an existing school on father Glen and Betty Dow. They groomed me at an early Riverside Avenue. The school the Dows purchased was age, before we realized I would someday be the owner of without lesson plans, rulebooks or curriculum and had a thriving legacy beauty school,” says only ten students. Before long, the Glen Martin. “The other is the staff and Dow Academy began to make its students. When I look back at all of presence known in the Spokane their achievements throughout the community and swiftly increased past 45 years it makes me feel truly enrollment to 40 students. successful. I am proud of the training The Glen Dow Academy facility and campus; it is unique provides cosmetology, esthetics with an event center, state of the art and instructor courses for those audiovisual equipment, always clean who would like to be licensed in and modern, with the Washington State. The students most up to learn skills in courses that advance date tools of them in a salon atmosphere, to technology, be successful in a career. Students it even has receive hands on experience with a a coffee bar wide variety of clients. In addition, Owner: Martin Dow in the event the school teaches customer service, Year Founded: 1969 Spokane WA 99201 Location: 309 W Riverside center.” client relations and salon business Phone: (509) 624-3244 management.

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Wallflowers Design Center Tom Riley experienced his professional calling business, Wallflowers quickly expanded into everything at a young age while working at his family’s wallpaper for windows, walls and floors, including blinds, full business, Garland Harper. Although his first position, service drapery installations, along with everything a sweeping the warehouse floors, wasn’t necessarily homeowner’s heart desires for carpet, exciting, the art of the business tile and hardwood. Tom brought on a and connection to customers team of talented interior designers, as certainly was. Over those early well. His designers have created a loyal years, Tom worked in every clientele, and the designers have been aspect of the family business loyal to Tom since 1989. “We’re like a until it was sold in 1986. really good rock band that has stayed Shortly after, Tom took his together over the years,” he says. industry knowledge, product The Wallflowers legacy is one of inspirations and enthusiasm for fine products, excellent service and helping turn customer’s houses an array of price points that shows into homes, to Wallflowers. clients and customers how much they Charlotte Pearson and Ann Curl, are appreciated, along with in-store founders of Wallflowers, were financing options. hoping to hire Tom as a carpet Tom’s business pride comes from the salesperson when they decided gratitude of his customers. “Watching to sell the business into his the wow look on a customer’s face Owner: Tom Riley trustworthy hands instead. On never gets tiring,” he says. Tom and Founded: 1981 January 1st, 1988 Tom took the his talented team look forward to 23 992 , 30th E 0 282 s: Addres helm at Wallflowers. continuing the Wallflowers’ legacy for 4 -506 534 ) Phone: (509 s.com Originally a wallpaper many years to come.

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oxarc OXARC began providing products

1998, with the continued modernization and vision for the future, OXARC built and service to customers a corporate training center in Eastern Washington and on the property at 4003 Northern Idaho in October E. Broadway in Spokane. of 1968 with one store This multimedia interactive in Spokane, one store in conference and training Lewiston and 15 employees. facility is an investment in The Walmsley family bought the education of OXARC Northwest Oxygen Company employees and a favorite of Spokane from a Montana training location for many businessman, renaming of the businesses in the it Norweco, Inc. This region. In addition to these company started as a retail divisions, they also offer steel and wholesale distributor products with a location of welding supplies, gases in Walla Walla and power and safety and industrial transmission products in supplies. Ten years later, in ley, April VanDyke, Greg Walms LaGrande, Oregon. A Union 1978, they bought land and ley, lms Wa y Jerr s: ner Ow Gap location in 2005 opened built the first building at Jana Nelson, Lori Abbott up a specialized industrial 4003 E Broadway, which the Year Founded: 1968 rs) arte (Corporate headqu supply line of tooling, company still occupies as the Location: 4003 E Broadway Phone: (509) 535-7794 safety and food processing corporate headquarters. In Web: www.Oxarc.com products.

1987, a Pasco-based welding To provide further service and gas supply company was and training for the region, purchased, including its five OXARC began a welding locations. In January of 1993, the Spokane school in Spokane in 2005 and Pasco companies were combined under a and in Pasco in 2009. single corporation named OXARC Inc., giving With comprehensive the company the regional reach of 12 locations individual welder training across three states. for beginning through As opportunities developed, advanced welding and diversification in the application specific company continued with oom R e c ren e welder training, OXARC the purchase of Columbia f n o eoc has made this investment in Fire in Kennewick, D Vid H C the future to provide personal success Washington, which added OXAR as the end product of the training process. the Fire Equipment and Complimenting their 45 years, OXARC Fire Systems sales division has added three stores in Oregon, starting and service to each of the with Bend, then on to The Dalles and the store locations beginning most recent addition in Gresham. in 1995. Through this, Now with 21 business locations in OXARC added fire 20 cities covering Central and Eastern extinguisher sales and Washington, Oregon and Idaho, OXARC mobile service, mobile has expanded to currently employing more first aid sales, as well as than 300 people with a mix of products and fire system installation services that anchors them as a diversified and service throughout retail and wholesale regional business. the Northwest. In OX

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European AutoHaus Greg and Jeanna Linafelter saw the

need for an all-German auto repair business after Mechanic Masters closed several years ago, so they decided to fill the niche by starting European AutoHaus in 2005. Their business has been growing rapidly ever since, at a rate as high as 100 percent, based primarily on satisfied and happy customers’ referrals.

As they approach their 10th birthday in business, they are most appreciative of those customers—believing they are some of the nicest around.

With rapidly changing technology—due to EPA requirements—that requires more intelligent thought processes and more sophisticated

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test equipment, Greg and Jeanna continually work to keep up with the industry. Although autos have become “smarter” with new technology and computers, one of the biggest misconceptions of the industry remains that the computers inside of the vehicles tell mechanics exactly what is wrong with the vehicles and what needs to be fixed.

Although keeping up with growth and technology changes in the auto industry has been a challenge, Greg and Jeanna’s dedication to providing topnotch German auto repairs for Audi, BMW, VW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche and Mini keeps them at the top of their industry as they plan to serve the region for many years to come.

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runge furniture Runge Furniture was started in 1946 by Floyd

a very good group of people. And I am proud that we do our best to treat people right. We all live here in Coeur Runge after moving the family to the area from Nebraska. d’Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and Rathdrum, along with our Floyd’s brother in law Bill Richards followed shortly after customers. We like being liked. It makes everyone happy.” and worked in the business, as well. The Runge Furniture The furniture industry is, on team’s dedication to providing high-quality, one level, a fashion industry and, affordable retail sales of all phases on the other level, an industry of home furnishings, flooring, based on utility and functionality. home appliances, mattress sets, The fashion portion of the lighting, decorative accessories, industry is always changing, mirrors and artwork has made the says Jeff, while the functional business a favorite among area side remains the same. “We residents over the years. all need a place to sit, sleep Runge Furniture has not been and eat. So furniture is always immune to the challenges of an changing while essentially inconsistent economy. And due to staying the same. The challenge their perseverance and dedication to for us is to find stylish fashion their customers, they have much to forward furniture that is be proud of. “I am proud that Runge affordable and functional.

Furniture is a third generation Coeur Owner: Jeff Runge That’s a commitment we have d’Alene furniture store,” says current Year Founded: 1946 ID , lene d’A ur Coe , Ave Location: 303 E. Spokane always abided by and one we’ll owner Jeff Runge. “I am proud that Phone: (208) 664-2131 guarantee as long as we are in we carry good quality, yet affordable com ure. rnit Web: www.RungeFu business.” furniture. I am proud to work with

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Arch Hanley

hit most price points for her began Acme Electric in customers and makes the buying 1945 after WWII, repairing experience one to remember. “We radios and appliances. The always have a fun event going on business evolution continued and try to add value through our into televisions in the 1950s, talented designers and superior appliances in the 1960s, quality goods—mostly made in computers in the 1970s, and America—for an appropriate eventually furniture in the price.”

1990s. Furniture soon took over As a reflection of Heather’s a big part of the business as level of dedication to provide Arch’s granddaughter, Heather the area with an array of quality Hanley, returned from college in furniture and design options, 2000 to help her father grow that The Tin Roof won a coveted area of the store. The Hanleys Arts Award earlier this year for expanded the building in 2001 outstanding retailer on the West to accommodate the growing Coast. demands of customers. By 2004, As a locally owned, third Heather had realized she had generation company with a 5 Founded: 194 1 quite a flare for furniture and new name and brand, it is Ave. | Phone: (509) 535-111 Location: 1727 E. Sprague merchandising, and she also important to remember that .com tion Web: www.TheHanleyCollec realized that no one was going to at the heart of it all, they are buy furniture from Acme TV, so still the same great company Arch after a long debate about changing the name, The Hanley started that cares deeply Tin Roof was introduced at a home show in 2004. about the community and their The Hanley Collection includes three home customers. “True to mom and furnishing and design showrooms offering the latest pop style—my grandparents lived styles and trends across a broad array of selections. above the store,” says Heather.

Their showrooms are unique and always changing.

“We’re incredibly vested in this Their team of talented designers assists clients with community. Once people find out rom furniture and space planning, we used to be Acme TV, I hear nley - P 1964 a H im J e store accessory coordination, color th lots of stories about ‘the little old t a to pho pallets or even complete man in the wheelchair’ that extended remodels, ensuring to them credit, that sold them their first television or coordinate existing pieces and that they worked for at some point. That little old man select new pieces that fit within in the wheelchair was my grandfather—and he was an their room scheme, their budget incredible businessman, and their lifestyle. confined to a wheelchair for half his life due to Three Spaces Offer arthritis. He certainly had Heather & Jason hanley shooting an Something for Everyone a ‘can-do’ attitude, and that Acme TV commercial in grandma’s The Tin Roof offers attitude continues on in living room above the store 1984 transitional to traditional each of us, as well as our furnishings with incredible brands like Flexsteel, Stressless, business, today.”

Simply Amish, LEE and more. Concept Home focuses on transitional to modern furnishings with lines like Bernhardt Interiors, Vanguard, Copeland and Dinec. Both showrooms offer an incredible array of custom options. reSkued is their Arch & Helen Hanley 1944 clearance center, offering pieces from the Tin Roof and Concept Home that are discontinued or dropped, special buys from manufacturers, and dinged and dented pieces.

While the Hanley Collection offers fine furnishings and makes the conscious decision to carry better quality furnishings and accessories, Heather has really strived to

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Global credit union Global Credit Union was founded

security on members’ finances, they believe in celebrating people who make their as Fairchild Federal CU communities great. After in 1954 by Mary Milla, a rebranding in February 2013, secretary at Fairchild Air Global has developed an Force Base, and several innovative, new representation other industrious colleagues. by supporting local arts, The credit union was culture, music, businesses established to serve the and select charitable causes. financial needs of military Global encourages everyone and civil service individuals to become a “Global Citizen” at Fairchild Air Force Base. by being active participants in Today, Global Credit Union is their community and leaving proud to serve military men, the world a better place. women and their families To celebrate their 60th around the world as well anniversary in October, Global as residents throughout the is marching back through Inland Northwest and Italy.

Italy Founded: 1954 t Falls, CDA, Tri-Cities and time throughout the year and Global Credit Union is Pos e, kan Spo in es nch Bra Address: celebrating each decade that a financial cooperative 0 -470 Phone: (509) 455 has shaped their organization serving people throughout Web: www.GlobalCU.org with a heritage day. They are the Inland Northwest and on also participating is events US military installations in such as the Spokane Lilac Italy by offering innovative Festival with a band atop financial products and services. Global Global’s float serenading monitors purchasing trends, lifestyle parade onlookers. changes and other indicators to gain an Global is most proud understanding of what their members of its employees and the want from a credit union. They work service they provide. Because diligently to deliver the best deposit and member service is their first loan products, packaged together with priority they know that helping outstanding member service. Because members achieve their financial Global does not have shareholders, they dreams is the biggest reward of are able to provide members higher all. Global provides individuals dividends and lower fees. Global has with products and services that 12 full service branches with member best fit their lifestyle, whether or access to over 6,800 shared branching not it profits the organization. locations. Global’s message is “We are Global’s success and reputation everyone’s credit union,” reinforced by continue to flourish. As Global their mission to build dreams, members and moves forward, they plan to community. grow and significantly increase their relevance to younger Global has come a long way from Ms. Milla’s kitchen, markets. Being a leading competitor in the financial yet remains true to their humble beginnings. Global Credit industry, they know that remaining relevant is dependent Union was founded by people who believed in giving back to on their innovation and advancement in technology, the community and continues to live this philosophy today. convenience, products and service. Within the last nine Global believes that supporting and investing in the local months, Global has released a new mobile app called Mobile community is important, not as an advertising tactic, but MoveIt, and successfully completed two extensive online because it’s the right thing to do. Today members can open projects making home banking and online application more a new account from the comfort of their own kitchen and efficient and accessible. “We’re very optimistic about the transfer money with the click of a mouse and feel confident future and excited about where we’re going,” says longtime in knowing that their money is safe and secure. president/CEO Jack Fallis.

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society dba

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture … the MAC

After an April 20, 1916 meeting of the

programs that donors want to fund.

The MAC is working History Section of the hard to adapt to changes Inland Empire Teachers in demographics, audience Association, a small group preferences, and technology’s of history buffs met and ability to provide extraordinary formed an “organization for access to cultural resources. historical purposes” called Today their focus is on using the Spokane Historical objects to tell stories, and Society. Two years later, the finding new channels—like name was changed to the YouTube and smart phone Eastern Washington State apps—to deliver them.

Historical Society, and in Most people know that 1937 the Society received the MAC receives state its first State funding. The funding, but few know Society was housed and that it’s actually a state organized exhibits in the agency: Employees are state historic Campbell House until employees and, although 1960, when Cheney Cowles the MAC only receives Memorial Museum opened. In Year Founded: 1916 01 992 WA et, Spokane, 55 percent of its funding 2001, a $30 million expansion Location: 2316 W. First Stre from the state, it bears 100 (including $10 million in gifts Phone: (509) 456-3931 rg m.o seu Web: www.NorthwestMu percent of its regulations and grants from local patrons) and requirements from the opened as the Northwest state. Some people who do Museum of Arts & Culture. know the MAC is a state agency As a state historical society, believe their taxes provide the MAC serves as the collective sufficient funding and that memory of the Inland Northwest, they shouldn’t have to pay maintaining, preserving and for admission. Some people providing public access to think the MAC is only for artifacts, photographs, documents, a certain type of person, manuscripts and art that represent when in fact it strives to be the human history of Eastern a place where everyone is Washington and North Idaho. As a welcome. museum, the MAC presents exhibits Today, the MAC is and programs that help residents and transforming itself from visitors alike learn about the history, collection-exhibittribal cultures and art of the region—and curator centered into hosts nationally recognized traveling a community cultural exhibitions. center, where communityThe biggest challenge has been to collaboration-and-experience drive maintain a sustainable level of State funding programming decisions. Research shows that the to perform the mission set by state RCWs— primary reason adults visit museums is to have a shared especially since the 2001 expansion that social experience, and that human interaction is a major increased the museum’s footprint by 150%. factor in how visitors learn.

In the last decade, local donors and visitors have funded, The MAC’s Centennial is in 2016. While its pre-centennial on average, 45 percent of the MAC’s annual operating 100 Stories exhibit looks back at the history of the region budget; however, as the costs of being a state agency and society, it also provides a pivot toward the museum’s (i.e., compensation, benefits and inter-agency fees) and second century and the future of the Inland Northwest. maintaining four specialized buildings increase, state Many of the economic, social and cultural dynamics of funding falls short of the true costs of delivering services the last century remain today, so the team at the MAC is to the public. The series of funding cuts that began in 2009 committed to helping their audiences understand them in have reduced staff by 40 percent, making it even more historic, as well as contemporary, context. difficult to deliver exhibits that visitors want to see and

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automotive

Car Culture in the Inland Northwest

Car Clubs and Car Shows

by David Vahala

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t begins in mid-March. Once the last traces of snow melt away, a few hardy drivers begin venturing out. After half a year of being tucked away under blankets and car covers, with trickle chargers hooked to their batteries, inside hundreds of garages around the Inland Northwest, a most unique and diverse array of automobiles begin appearing on sunny days. By April, they are out in droves, and you really begin noticing.

In May, hundreds can be seen driving all over the region. Some liken it to the migration of birds flying north after the winter. In this case, it’s classic, custom and collector cars flying by you on their way to a car show or a burger at Ron’s Drive In. Forget spring’s colorful flowers. We want candy apple red, sunburst yellow, emerald green, metal flake blue hot rods and custom cars! Many of you reading this know what I’m talking about. Every neighborhood has them – car guys and ladies who store their babies for the winter. Once late spring and summer arrives, out come those beautiful cars.

First seen in the driveway receiving lavish attention, owners finish them off with a spray of Armor All or Meguiar’s

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Quick Detailer, making their way out of the neighborhood on their way to a local car club event, a pilgrimage of sorts. The events feature the cars, but make no mistake, the draw of these events is not the cars; it’s the people.

The cars are as diverse as a ’32 Ford Coupe and a 2014 Porsche Carrera GT3, a 1950 Mercury and a 2015 Boss 302. Many of us remember late the ‘60s and ‘70s Chevy Camaros, Ford Mustangs and Dodge Challengers. In case you haven’t noticed, what was old is new again. All three of these muscle cars are available in 2014.

The people are equally diverse, with one exception: the majority of owners tend to be in their 40s, 50s, and most certainly, 60s. Why? Because they are driving the car they dreamed of in their teens or twenties but couldn’t afford then, and they are driving a car they only now can afford. Either way, these cars generally cost well more than your new sedans and SUVs. Many do not depreciate, only appreciate.

America’s car culture is second to no other country. I’ve written in past issues about the history of hot rodding, customs, racing, cruising

and car shows. In our region of the U.S., the popularity is only increasing!

Starting in March and going well into October, I counted 332 car events in the Inland Northwest Car Club Council’s 2014 Calendar of Events magazine. The INCCC does a great job of cataloging car events throughout the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia and even California.

To pick up a free copy of the INCCC calendar-magazine, visit your local auto parts store, repair shop, paint and body shop, or dealership (one of my favorites is Rohrer’s Select Cars, where you can see 20 - 30 examples of hot rods and classics). Rohrer’s owner, Nicole Morse, encourages you to view the cars on display. “It’s a free car show every day,” she says. Of course, you can buy one of those beauties so you too can cruise the car events. It’s only money, right?

With over 300 events, which are the most popular? There are some that just stand out, continuing to grow in attendance and number of cars each year. If you could only attend a few this year, these are likely considered by aficionados to be the best of the “don’t miss” events:

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(Courtesy of Inland Northwest Car Club Council www.incarclubcouncil.org) How many car clubs do you suppose there are in the Inland Northwest? Almost 60 in the greater Eastern Washington, North Idaho and Western Montana area, according to the INCCC magazine. If you think the cars are diverse, look at some of the car club names: Dukes Auto Club, Lilac City Mopars Unlimited, Inland Empire Late Great Chevys, Spokane Hot Rod Girls Car Club, The Gents Auto Club, Miss Shifters All Girls Club, Inland Northwest Region Porsche Club of America, Bonners Ferry Rod Benders and Old Irons, to name just a few. Each club’s artwork is just as colorful as the cars.

Besides car shows, driving events, showing and shining, what else do car clubs do? I believe these are the true elements of the fabric of all car clubs: camaraderie, helping each other, giving back to the community and, of course, pride in owning and showing a part of American history: the cars. You will not find a more focused group of individuals when they commit to a project. When you understand how generous most car clubs and their members are, you understand the point I made earlier – it’s about the people.

Speaking from my own experience as a member of the Inland Northwest Region Porsche Club of America, what our club finds most rewarding is donating thousands of dollars to charities every year. One of our best-attended events each year is the Guild School Kids Penny Drive and car show at 57th and Regal. Since 2011, INWRPCA has donated over $10,000 to regional charities including the Guild School, Spokane Food Bank, Meals on Wheels Mid Columbia and Spokane, Hospice of Spokane, 134

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Domestic Violence Services Tri-Cities, Inland Northwest Lighthouse for the Blind, Daybreak and the Free Rein Therapeutic Riding program.

Examples of car club related philanthropic events include the INCCC Downtown Scholarship Car Show where thousands of dollars are raised for multiple area high school scholarships, Spokane Festival of Speed SOVREN vintage races benefiting Parkinson’s Resource Center, Inland Northwest Honor Flight Fundraiser & Car Show, Corvettes on the Columbia benefiting Make-A-Wish, and the 7th Annual Show & Shine for Hunger (both in Kennewick), CopsN-Kids, downtown Spokane and 5th Annual Military Appreciation Car & Bike Show in Spokane Valley.

2014 is the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. In mid-1964, Ford introduced the “Pony Car” and it was an instant success. To see 50 years of Mustangs, attend The Inland Empire Mustang Club’s show on July 26th. To see some early ‘60s and ‘70s Mustang race cars, don’t miss the 2014 Spokane Festival of Speed June 7-8.

Here’s hoping you enjoy the experiences of the cars and the people, this car season. Before you know it, those beauties will be back in their garages for the winter as the birds begin flying south again.

Happy Motoring!

David Vahala has been a car guy since age four, when he owned and drove his first car, a Murray- Garton Hot Rod Pedal Car. A “few” years and many cars later, 36 to be exact, still a car guy, he works as an Auctioneer Assistant at Dealers Auto Auction Northwest.

David enjoys driving his Chrysler 300, Porsche 944 and Porsche Boxster, and writing about the exciting world of automobiles.

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erforming on Broadway?

Check. On television? Check, check. In films? Check, check, check. At the Walt Disney Concert Hall? Check, check, check, check.

Selling out Carnegie Hall – twice?

Check, check, check, check, check.

Taking the stage at Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox? Not yet.

It is good to know there are still a few things that Cheyenne Jackson hasn’t accomplished, though that list is dwindling by the day, as this Broadway and Hollywood star continues to conquer nearly every genre entertainment has to offer. Come May 20, 2014, he can check one more item off of his list: make his big hometown return, performing with the Spokane Symphony at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox.

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A Newport, Washington, native, who was born at Deaconess Hospital, Jackson’s family moved to Spokane when he was a teenager. That makes him local, and we are claiming him as our own!

As is often the case with those who have worked to build a career on the Great White Way, or in Hollywood, it all started with a school performance. “As nearly every high school student is, I was in Bye Bye Birdie my sophomore year, at Newport High School, and in Little Abner my senior year,” he says.

“I remember that first laugh that I got, and thinking, ‘Ah, so that’s how this feels,’” He latched onto other local opportunities to stretch his acting wings, performing at the Spokane Civic Theatre and with the Coeur

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d’Alene Summer Theater. “Those formative years are so important,” he says. “I recently did two gigs at the Birdland, the famous jazz club in New York, and while up on stage I mentioned doing a show at the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater. I heard a laugh from the audience, and there was Roger Welch, who was the artistic director for the Summer Theater for many years, in the audience!”

Reuniting with friends and colleagues from this area is a rare treat, ever since Jackson moved away to New York City in 2001, to pursue his dream of being an actor. In 2002, one year after leaving home, he made his Broadway debut in Thoroughly Modern Millie, as an understudy for both male leads. It has been non-stop action for Jackson ever since, as he has showcased his

skills on Broadway, in films, like United 93; on television shows, including 30 Rock, and Glee; releasing two studio albums, and performing nearly non-stop in live concert performances. His most recent album, I’m Blue, Skies, was released in 2013 and is available on iTunes.

“I definitely don’t fit into one category,” says Jackson. “I’m one big hyphenate. When I’m on Broadway, it is visceral, you have one chance right there with the audience. It is tangible.” Television is a completely different animal, he says, explaining, “in that setting, the camera comes to you.” He just finished filming his tenth television pilot. “If this one doesn’t get picked up, I’m 0 for 10 with pilots,” he says, laughing. It’s not exactly like he doesn’t have anything else to fall back on. “I

did five films last year and really honed my craft. With film you get time to ruminate as the character, and have time to do take after take until you and the director are satisfied with it. In a concert, that is your one chance to be up there with the audience. So, the long answer to the simple question is, I’d describe myself as an artist. It’s who I am, I don’t know what else I would be doing.”

When he comes to Spokane on May 20, that artist will be on full display as he joins the Spokane Symphony to perform hits from the Great American Songbook, in the tradition of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway spectaculars.

Jackson will transport audience members as he sings his way through works of some of his most beloved artists, whose work he is drawn to, including Frank

Sinatra, Mel Tormé and Amy Winehouse, and he’ll include songs that he loves, like Tom Jones’ versions of Besame Mucho and I Who Have Nothing.

“My music teachers from Newport and from growing up— those who had an influence on me—said I was really born in the wrong era,” he says. “I’ve shaped a show based on that. It is so expansive. Music is timeless, melodic and this gives me carte blanche to do what I love. It is really, really fun and enjoyable.”

This will be the first time Jackson has been back to Spokane to perform in 16 years. “I’ve been spending the last three years focusing on writing music,” he says, “and I decided, let’s branch out a bit,” so he asked his team if they could reach out to the Spokane Symphony.

“Cheyenne Jackson has been on our radar for a while. He recently began working with symphonies and we started discussions with his representatives to bring him back to Spokane to work with our orchestra,” says Brenda Nienhouse, executive director of the Spokane Symphony. “At first those discussions were focused on next season.

But then a perfect date came up in May that we all jumped at. So his regional fans and our audience don’t have to wait for the experience.”

Jackson’s performance coincides nicely with the Symphony’s recent push to break the stereotype that a symphony experience is strictly for an older crowd, and to draw in a younger demographic. “For those who say, ‘Oh no, not the symphony,’ you are solely mistaken. This is where the party’s at,” says Jackson. He admits he was initially one of those people who were skeptical about music dubbed for an “older generation” until his friend and mentor, Michael Feinstein, got him introduced to the music he’ll be singing. “These songs are timeless.

You have to get out of your comfort zone. The great American Songbook skews older because a lot of those songs are from an era where you had to listen to them on the radio, or buy the vinyl, but great music doesn’t go out of style. I’m young and I’m up there singing this, and music is universally relatable. I relate to, respect and love this music.”

Though the Fox Theater is a smaller billing than Carnegie Hall, which Jackson has sold out twice, when he takes the stage for his hometown performance, there will still be nerves.

“Always!” he says when asked if he still gets nervous before a show. “The moment you stop getting nervous means you don’t care. Being nervous means you care. You have to care; you can’t phone it in. You have to get up there and give everything until you’ve got nothing left to give. Tickets are expensive, and people paid to be there, and I want them to Photography and Styling by Vaunn Yevo Grooming by Lacey Broughton Digital by YevoImage.com

be there. Plus, I think it is weird when people say they aren’t nervous. I don’t believe them when they say that!”

Jackson adds, “I want to be liked; I want to be loved,” just like every other performer who takes to a stage. Rest assured, there will be plenty of people in the audience on May 20 who love Jackson. In addition to local fans and longtime friends, his family and parents, who lived here for 38 years and only recently relocated to another state, are traveling back to Spokane to see Jackson’s homecoming. It will be a performance to remember.

There is still plenty that Jackson has on his to-do list. “I’d like to write a book, which I am in the beginning stages of now,” he says. “I’d like to write a musical, and I’d like to produce films and documentaries.

It is not enough to debate or talk about some things, you need to show it, which I would like to do.

I want to tell great stories. I’d like to be a father. I’m also training for a triathalon in L.A. It’s killing me!”

His to-do list is full, but we hope Jackson adds one more item to that list: frequently return to Spokane to perform, and let us cheer on our hometown star! Check check.

For ticket information, visit www.ticketswet. com. Follow Cheyenne Jackson on Twitter @ cheyennejackson, and visit www.cheyennejackson. com

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Every Mark Matters

Steven A. Scroggins

by Jeffrey Mix

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teven A. Scroggins was raised by his grandparents in rural Indiana, and though they didn’t have much, he was surrounded with an abundance of love, along with some of life’s simple pleasures: deliciously prepared food, beautiful flowers and the whittling tools that would initiate his artists’ journey.

His grandfather was “a hillbilly” who could not read or write, yet has proven to be the wisest man he has ever known. With great pride he taught Steven the difference between tools and toys.

Together they spent many precious hours on the back porch “whittling” and practicing the basic skills of sculpture. His grandfather worked as a machinist but for extra money installed wallpaper.

As a young boy Steven would accompany him on weekends and helped paste and hang these walls of decorative paper. This experience instilled in the artist an instinctive ability to work with collage and assemblage and a natural inclination to create art on a monumental scale.

Scroggins’ grandmother was a Cherokee Indian who taught him how to cook and to appreciate the wealth of colors found in food, as well as in nature. She shared her love of flora with the young boy as they worked together tending the array of beautiful flowers that encircled their small rural backyard. The bright colors and tempting textures are still emblazoned on his heart and mind and often become integral parts of his paintings. “This all came from Grandma and her love for flowers and her decorative nature,” he says. “I can feel her there with me when I create. I can hear her in my heart, saying ‘Good job Stevie.’ It’s amazing to think about now, after everything I’ve been through, that it was an uneducated hillbilly and a Cherokee off the reservation who impacted me more than anything else.”

Half water and half oil-based, his floral landscapes are not meant to portray any particular genus, but are representational abstract forms. He uses

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rich impasto marks applied with palette knives, making the flowers jump off the canvas. Lively and evocative works, they are a celebration of nature, perfectly timed for the approaching spring to summer transition. His show is entitled, “A Breath of Fresh Air.” Scroggins’ work is inspiration based, but that’s not to say his creative time is fleeting or that he’s not serious about the business of being an artist. He’s often up early and working late, putting in 10-12 hours every day, constantly generating new works. “I’m driven to create,” he says.

“The whole process is enthralling. I make so much stuff, it just has to come out!”

Scroggins usual workspace is a small warehouse adjacent his Coeur d’Alene home, but he’s been known to paint anywhere and everywhere. When the weather’s nice the artist prefers to work outdoors as much as possible. “I have eight big speakers out there and 95 percent of time I have music on. I feel like a big kid when I’m working.”

At 63-years-old Scroggins is young at heart. His eyes glisten with the magic and vitality of youth and he seems eternally jovial; however, when speaking at length with him, one is soon made aware that he also lives and breathes the complexity of his work. “My life is woven with the creative process. Everywhere I go I’m looking at the world through the lens of an artist, gleaning inspiration and allowing it to flow.”

Additionally, he understands the lasting and interpersonal aspects of being an artist. He says that he is always trying to create a message that will connect with others and that will stand the test of time.

“In our lives we make many marks,” he says, “some with our words, some with actions, but all have a lasting impact on those around us. We should make marks that are positive, honorable and brave.

Make marks that we will be proud of now and in the years to come. Because every mark matters.”

To see some of Steven A. Scroggins work, visit: http://flickrhivemind.net/user/ stevenascroggins Jeffrey Mix profiles a different local artist in each issue of Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living.

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bookreviews To See Another Sunrise How to Overcome Anything, One Day at a Time

by Jim Morrison

In 2003, while on a duck hunting trip, Idaho’s Jim Morrison found himself out of breath and feeling unusually weak. As an avid hunter, Morrison was used to cold weather, but the exhaustion he was feeling was clearly not right. A trip to the hospital and an emergency surgery later, Jim was told the news that no person wants to hear: stage four lung cancer with a prognosis of six months to live As reality set in for Jim and his family, he was ultimately saddened to realize that he may not make it to his daughter’s wedding which was taking place in six months. This realization was what inspired Jim’s first goal, to beat the six month prognosis and walk his daughter down the aisle.

What started as wanting to live just a bit longer than the doctors anticipated, ended with Morrison setting goals for himself further down the line. To see his grandson born and to see his son graduate college, just to name a few. As Morrison tried to keep his head up, he states, “I was amazed by how much bigger and brighter things suddenly looked without my self-doubt blocking the light.”

And so Morrison kept his faith through countless chemo sessions, surgeries and hospital stays. He even had another near-death experience involving a falling deck, and he still came out strong. From here, Morrison tells his readers how he was able to keep going, and eventually beat cancer.

To See Another Sunrise follows the author’s journey from diagnosis to remission. There are ups and downs, though Morrison’s spirit and faith shine through on every page. Whether you are fighting cancer, someone you love is fighting cancer, or if you are looking for a way to renew you own faith, Morrison’s book is incredibly inspiring. Cancer is a “rotten disease” Morrison says, though “you will realize how precious life is” and that is the ultimate silver lining.

Self-published, paperback, $11.69 For a guy who’s supposed to be dead right now, Jim Morrison lives life at a quiet pace: as a family man, an outdoorsman, and a counselor for other “cancer warriors.” He lives near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

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by Kate Derrick

Temple Grove

by Scott Elliot If you have ever made it over to the far west part of Washington State, you know that the scenery and nature are unlike anything else.

The lush vegetation and beautiful landscape of the Olympic Peninsula shine through on the pages of Scott Elliot’s newest novel, Temple Grove.

The book follows a young man named Paul who is part-Makah and entirely a nature enthusiast. Most of his time is spent within the Olympic National Park, exploring tails and enjoying the landscape. Paul becomes concerned about some of the old and unprotected trees within the park, in a spot called Temple Grove, when a logger threatens to come in and destroy these trees, taking “what had taken thousands of years to grow” and killing “the complicated biome that relied on those trees.” As Paul vows to never let anything happen to his park, he realizes that he will go to a dangerous, even illegal, extent to protect the landscape.

At the same time, Elliot’s story follows Paul’s mother, Trace, as she sets out to find Paul, along with a young woman named Stephanie, when he disappears into the forest to save Temple Grove. It doesn’t take long for Trace and Stephanie to realize that Paul’s mission is far more dangerous and involves more players than they originally thought.

Temple Grove is a novel that touches on family, roots and what it means to call somewhere your home. Elliot’s writing is beautifully descriptive, leaving the reader feeling like they, too, know the Olympic National Park, and sharing some of what makes the Pacific Northwest so spectacular.

Published by The University of Washington Press, hardcover, $28.95 Scott Elliott was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1970 and grew up in Anchorage, Kentucky and on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Scott has taught writing and literature for Hofstra University, The Teachers and Writers Collaborative (New York), Writers in the Schools (Houston), and the Inprint Organization (Houston), and was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Houston. Since 2004, he has taught at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

Healer

by Carol Cassella Washington author Carol Casella is an anesthesiologist living in Bainbridge Island.

In her second novel, Healer, Casella writes a powerful story about marriage, parenting and the difficulty of starting over when everything else seems lost.

Healer follows a woman named Claire, a nolonger practicing physician and a mother of a 14-year-old named Jory. When Claire was just beginning her career, her husband, Addison, made a small fortune on a medical discovery, allowing Claire to relax and focus on having a family instead of practicing medicine. Though, when circumstances change for Addison, and he loses his money on a research drug, Claire and Jory downgrade to a small house in an even smaller town named Hallum.

As debt piles up and Claire realizes the dire circumstances her family is in, she gains employment at a local public health clinic in order to pull her family’s finances out of the gutter. It is in her new position that Claire’s life drastically changes as she meets a woman named Miguela, a young immigrant from Nicaragua in search of her family. While Miguela gets closer to Claire’s family, a shocking realization soon leaves Claire unsure about the ethics of her husband and his line of work, as their stories become intertwined.

Healer is a novel you won’t soon forget. Casella writes like a seasoned author, drawing you into Claire’s story with every page. The author’s personal knowledge of the medical field adds a truthful perspective to the story, creating an interesting storyline for those who enjoy medical dramas.

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ART

May 2, June 6: First Friday

Enjoy visual arts, musical presentations, sample local foods, get acquainted with local performing artists and more at this monthly event sponsored by the Downtown Spokane Partnership. On the first Friday of each month, participating galleries, museums, boutiques and more host a city-wide open house with refreshments and entertainment.

Join us! First Friday is free and open to the public!

Downtown Spokane. For more information or a complete map of participating venues, please log on to http://www. downtownspokane.org/first-friday.php.

May 9, June 6: Coeur d’Alene ArtWalk

5-8pm every second Friday from April through December, stroll through beautiful Downtown Coeur d’Alene and enjoy local and nationally acclaimed artists. Visit supporting galleries, shops, restaurants and businesses with your friends and family. A family-friendly, free event!

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Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814. For more information, please visit http://www. artsincda.org/.

Currently Open: Meet Me at the Spot: The Art of Patrick Siler

Patrick Siler embraces the human condition through an affirming and comical portrayal of commonplace, everyday moments. Often a nostalgic “Main Street,” or a shabby interior sets the stage for Siler’s disparate characters to interact.

Siler reflects back to us a humble and occasionally unflattering view of humanity. We see ourselves, accepting and perhaps even forgiving our own flawed nature with the perspective of a little humor.

A longtime Pullman, Washington resident and WSU Art Department Professor Emeritus, Siler is fluent in several mediums. Meet Me At the Spot will feature paintings, drawings, woodblock prints and ceramic works spanning Siler’s lifelong artistic career.

Museum of Arts and Culture. 2316 W. First Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201. Call (509) 456-3931 or e-mail themac@ northwestmuseum.org for more information.

Bloomsday May 4

Currently Open: 100 Stories - A Centennial Exhibition

With the end of its first century in sight, the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (dba Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture) is preparing a new exhibit experience that looks forward as much as it looks back. Capitalizing on the MAC’s extraordinary collections, 100 Stories will vibrate with enduring and inescapable themes of the American West.

Spirited voices will weave stories of history and cultures and art. This exhibit will demonstrate the MAC’s role in maintaining, preserving and interpreting the region. 100 Stories will be told on the MAC campus in Browne’s Addition, as well as in relevant locations throughout Spokane and eastern Washington.

Museum of Arts and Culture. 2316 W. First Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201. Call (509) 456-3931 or e-mail themac@ northwestmuseum.org for more information.

Currently Open: Very Carefully

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MAY 2014 May16: Living Proof with Beth Moore

Friday, April 4, 5-8pm. Artists in the exhibition include Hank Chiappetta, Spokane, Sarah Fagan, Portland, OR Patricia Franklin, Woodinville, WA, and Rik Nelson, Liberty Lake.

Living Proof Live, sponsored by Nashville-based publishing company LifeWay Christian Resources, will feature Beth Moore’s dynamic storytelling and passionate Bible teaching. “Beth’s teaching is some of the most profound I’ve ever heard,” Kim Trobee, associate pastor to women at New Life Church in Colorado, said. “Her knowledge of the Word and her passionate delivery never fail to get right to the heart of the matter.” The event, which is now in its 16th year, both challenges and encourages women to grow deeply in their faith.

Chase Gallery at City Hall. 808 W Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane, WA 99201. For more information, log on to http://www.visitspokane. com/art/chase-gallery/

EVENTS

May 3: Marmot March

The 9th Annual “Marmot March” is organized by the Lilac Bloomsday Association. Kids 2nd grade and younger get into the Bloomsday spirit by walking, jogging or running a non-competitive 1.2 mile course through Riverfront Park.

Participation is limited to the first 300 entries. The Marmot March begins at the north entrance of Riverfront Park on Howard & Mallon. Parking is available in the north parking lot right by the start line. The finish is in the Gondola Meadow next to the steel running statues. Postrace party is under the big white tents at the finish.

Riverfront Park. Downtown Spokane. For more information and to register, please log on to http://www.bloomsdayrun.org/

May 3: Junior Bloomsday

This will be the second annual return of Junior Bloomsday, for third and fourth grade runners. This one-mile competitive race will be open to the first 200 3rd and 4th graders who sign up! It will run one hour prior to Marmot March on the same course. Times will be recorded and T-shirts will be provided to all finishers. Junior Bloomsday begins at the north entrance of Riverfront Park on Howard & Mallon.

Parking is available in the north parking lot right by the start line. The finish is in the Gondola Meadow next to the steel running statues. Post-race party is under the big white tents at the finish.

Riverfront Park. Downtown Spokane. For more information and to register, please log on to http://www.bloomsdayrun.org/

May 4: 38th Annual Bloomsday Run

A 12 kilometer (7.46 mile) race through downtown and west Spokane, Bloomsday is one of the nation’s largest road races. After more than three decades, Bloomsday has worked its way into the fabric of life in the Inland Northwest. For most residents, it’s impossible to imagine spring in Spokane without Bloomsday. This event starts at 9 a.m. All runners, walkers, wheelchairs, assisted wheelchairs and strollers are welcome to participate.

Downtown Spokane. For more information and to register, please log on to http://www. bloomsdayrun.org/

May 8: Spokane Public Presents Paula Poundstone

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Spokane Arena. 720 W. Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

quirky perspectives on life. Some of Paula’s funniest moments come from talking on-stage with random audience members and gently pointing out the crazy things we all do. Everything’s open for discussion -- including politics, current events, family, and her 13 cats. Paula’s shows are always fresh, prompting spontaneous laughter.

Get your tickets today for this fun event.

Proceeds benefit Spokane Public Radio.

The Bing Crosby Theatre. 901 W. Sprague Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

May 10: Jr. Lilac Parade

The Jr. Lilac Parade is a treasured, long-standing tradition in Spokane, WA. In fact, our next parade will be the 62nd Annual event! Each spring, our community comes together in downtown Spokane to celebrate our children. You’ll see elementary and middle school bands and drill units, youth organizations such as Scouts, dance groups, and other clubs. You might even see some of our local mascot celebrities, such as Butch, Swoop, and Spike. Many of our local city and county officials, as well as area businesses, join in the fun. It’s an event you don’t want to miss.

Riverfront Park. Downtown Spokane.

For more information, please visit http:// spokanelilacfestival.org/

May 9-10: NPC Empire Classic

The Empire Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure Championships had its first show in 2002. Since then, its popularity has made it one of the best shows in the Northwest. The 2014 show includes the GNC Pro Deadlift Championships, which will feature some of the top pullers in the world. Friday’s events will include Bikini and Men’s Physique Championships, while Saturday will include: Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure pre-judging, Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Finals and GNC Pro-Deadlift Competition, as well as an Outdoor Expo featuring Strongman, CrossFit, Power lifting, and Grip contests.

Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001. For tickets, please log on to http://northernquest.com/.

May 17: Spokane Lilac Festival

2014 is the 76th Anniversary of the Spokane Lilac Festival! The festival begins at 10:00am with the “Cruzin’ The Falls” Car Show on Spokane Falls Boulevard. A Riverfront Park Day Pass is the ticket for a complete day of activities that leads up to the Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade.

Riverfront Park. Downtown Spokane. Further information: www.spokanelilacfestival.org

May 17: Cruzin’ The Falls Car Show

Cars of all kinds, trucks, and motorcycles display their chrome and paint and make downtown Spokane come alive with excitement! With a crowd of over 30,000, the car show is one of the many major events that the Festival hosts during Festival week and throughout the year. The CRUISE part of the show starts at 6:00 pm and the car show entries drive through the real Parade route, passing over 160,000 spectators just before the actual Parade starts!

Riverfront Park. Downtown Spokane. Further information: www.spokanelilacfestival.org

May 30-June 1: ArtFest 2014

This will be the 29th year for this remarkable 3-day art festival in Coeur d’Alene Park in the historic Browne’s Addition neighborhood. Over 160 artisans, food booths, live music, wine and beer garden, art-making tent for kids of all ages.

Coeur d’Alene Park. 300 S. Chestnut St. Spokane, WA 99201. For more information, log on to: http://northwestmuseum.org/.

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June 8: Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin, one of America’s foremost comediennes, is coming to the stage of Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox on Sunday, June 8 (previously Wednesday, June 4) at 7:30 p.m. Throughout her extraordinary career, Tomlin has received numerous awards, including: six Emmys, two Tony awards, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics’ Circle Award for her one woman performance in Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; a CableAce Award for Executive Producing the film adaptation of The Search; a Grammy, and two Peabody Awards. In 2003, she was the recipient of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http:// www.ticketswest.com.

May 1: Spokane Symphony Link Up: The Orchestra Moves

The Spokane Symphony presents Link Up performances with approximately 900 area students in grades three through five. Link Up is a program of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall which connects classrooms with the symphony as they perform together in concert. In the program titled “The Orchestra Moves” teachers and students use workbooks provided by Carnegie Hall, as they delve into elements of music and learn to play recorder and sing songs they will perform with the orchestra. The fully scripted concert will feature Eckart Preu, conductor, Dave Weatherred, Master of Ceremonies, with guest singers and a surprise finish! Families are encouraged to attend the evening performance to witness this amazing opportunity for our students.

Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

May 2: An Evening With Wylie and the Wild West

Singer, songwriter, rancher, horseman, and the original, world-famous Yahoo!® yodeler, Wylie Gustafson leads the musical outfit known as The Wild West. The first incarnation of the group formed in 1989, getting its start on Ronnie Mack’s Barn Dance at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood. Since then, Wylie & The Wild West have played thousands of gigs, delighting audiences around the world with their unique brand of good-time cowboy music.

June 8: George Lopez

The multi-talented television, film, standup comedy and late night television star, George Lopez, will perform two shows on Sunday, June 8, 2014.

George Lopez, one of the premier comics in the entertainment industry, is praised by audiences and critics alike for his work in television, film and standup comedy. Lopez’s hit television sitcom, “George Lopez,” ran for six seasons on ABC and enjoys continued success in syndication, where it is one of the top five comedies and top 20 weekly programs. Lopez served as co-creator, writer, producer and star of “George Lopez,” and is regarded as a major force in bringing increased diversity to network television.

May 10: Latin Divas -- Spokane Jazz Orchestra

Two shows: 5pm AND 8pm. Pend Orielle Pavilion at Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001. For tickets, please log on to http:// northernquest.com/.

The Bing Crosby Theatre. 901 W. Sprague Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

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May 1: An Evening With The Steep Canyon Rangers

With smooth vocals, smart songwriting, ferocious instrumentals and jaw- dropping harmony, the Rangers are bringing Bluegrass to music lovers across the USA and around the world.

The Bing Crosby Theatre. 901 W. Sprague Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

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Chateau Rive at the Flour Mill. 621 W Mallon Ave. Spokane, WA. 99201. For tickets, call 1-800325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

Mambo, Salsa, Samba, Bossa Nova, Tango... the beat continues with an entire program dedicated to Latin Jazz, featuring outstanding local singers Ellie Tappa, Julia Keefe, Jennifer Vigil, and Kathleen Gemberling. Together with guest percussionists from several local ensembles, our divas will partner with SJO for a wide variety of Latin Jazz favorites.

Spice up your spring with the sensuous melodies and infectious beats of South America and the Caribbean, as our 39th season concludes with the SJO and “Latin Divas.”

May 10-11: Spokane Symphony Classics: Russian Greatness

It doesn’t get bigger, more dramatic, more colorful, more Russian, than Alexander Nevsky and Pictures at an Exhibition.

Alexander Nevsky, Prokofiev’s film score to Eisenstein’s 1938 film, looks back to the year 1242 when Prince Alexander saved his people from the invading Germans. The final blow, the Battle on the Ice, became a pioneering example of orchestral sound effects. Thrill to the Spokane Symphony

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Chorale as mighty Russian chorus, and mezzosoprano Meredith Arwady as a devastated war bride. Then this glorious season struts through a gallery of primitive paintings and marches into summer through the Great Gate of Kiev.

Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http:// www.ticketswest.com.

May 18: Spokane Youth Symphony: “Fire”

In the concluding concert of the Spokane Youth Symphony, “Fire” we showcase the talents of our concerto competition winners.

These students have been selected through a competitive process—one that requires sheer fiery determination to pursue, endure, and triumph. Also on this program is Henry Cowell’s “American Melting Pot,” a piece celebrating the multiple cultures and musical influences which have created and inspired American music.

Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http:// www.ticketswest.com.

May 22: Claude Bourbon

Born in France in the early 60’s, Claude Bourbon grew up in Switzerland, where he was classically trained for many years. This finger picking guitarist has performed and studied all over the world; he has crafted an unbelievable fusion of classical and jazz, with ethereal Eastern influences, Spanish and Latin elements with strains of Western folk.

The unique Monsieur Bourbon is a formidable performer. He may have his roots in the blues, but he is inspired by music and song from all around the world, taking these sounds and weaving them into a performance of blues, rock, jazz, songs and melodies that defy a label, all delivered with a gravely voice.

Claude’s inimitable style incorporates all five digits on each hand dancing independently but in unison, plucking, picking and strumming at such speed and precision that his fingers often seem to melt into a blur.

Chateau Rive at the Flour Mill. 621 W Mallon Ave. Spokane, WA. 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

May 31: Grand Funk Railroad

As Rolling Stone Magazine said, “You cannot talk about rock in the 70’s without talking about Grand Funk Railroad!” Their legacy continues, as they remain one of the top played groups on classic rock stations and perform to sell out concert venues worldwide.

Known as “The American Band,” Grand Funk Railroad has a string of hits including two number one singles, “We’re An American Band” and “Locomotion,” along with megahits “I’m Your Captain / Closer to Home” and “Some Kind of Wonderful.”

The group has earned 13 Gold and 10 Platinum albums with record sales in excess of 25 million copies worldwide throughout their accomplished career. With their new “45 Years of Grand Funk” tour, everyone from seasoned Grand Funk lovers, to contemporary rock fans discovering the group for the first time, can celebrate the legendary rock of Grand Funk Railroad!

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May 2-June 1: Becky’s New Car

This new comedy is filled with unexpected turns of events for Becky Foster, who is always caught in the “middle” of everything.

The intriguing storyline is the perfect blend of character depth, deadpan humor and romantic farce. This production will be held in the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre, downstairs in the Spokane Civic Theatre.

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For showtimes and more information, call (509) 325-2507. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

May 8-May 25: The World Goes Round

From Chicago to Cabaret and beyond, The World Goes ‘Round is a constructed retrospect of two of musical theatre’s greatest collaborators. John Kanderand Fred Ebb’s brilliance has never been showcased so impeccably.

Filled with humor, romance, drama, and nonstop melody this title is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going. Five individuals find themselves careening through the world of love, babies, and coffee. Director Scott Ellis and Choreographer Susan Stroman shaped the original production into one of the most memorable revues since Aint Misbehavin’.

Interplayers Theatre. 174 S. Howard St., Spokane, WA 99201. For showtimes and more information, call 455-PLAY (7529). For tickets, call 1-800-325SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

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May 16-June 15: Gypsy

Considered by critics to be “the best” musical ever written in the history of musical theatre. Songs include: “Together Wherever We Go,” ”Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and “Let Me Entertain You.” The story, based in part on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, has become a chestnut to be cherished as we go back to the era of vaudeville in the early 1920s.

Spokane Civic Theatre. 1020 N Howard St., Spokane, WA 99201. For showtimes and more information, call (509) 325-2507. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest. com.

June 2: In My Life -- A Musical Theatre Tribute To the Beatles

In My Life – A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles is the award winning, smash hit musical biography of the Beatles as seen through the eyes of their manager Brian Epstein and featuring the live music of renowned tribute band Abbey Road.

This family friendly musical tale is widely considered by industry insiders to be the most unique Beatles show in decades.

In My Life gives the audience a chance to “be there” at pivotal moments in the extraordinary career of the Beatles - from Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club, to the Ed Sullivan Show, and their final live performance on the rooftop of their Apple Corp offices.

The Bing Crosby Theatre. 901 W. Sprague Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

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achos and burritos are not exactly endangered species in the Pacific Northwest. And with the approach of Cinco de Mayo, there’s sure to be a run on margarita mix.

But if you take a closer look, you’ll find much more happening in local Hispanic food.

I was told that there’s no better guide for Hispanic cuisine than Mike Gonzalez, a fixture of Spokane broadcasting. Gonzalez was the writer and host for En La Cocina (In the Kitchen), a production of his company, Hispanic Food

Network. Gonzalez’s newest show, Northwest Best Chefs, is currently in production.

“The Hispanic food scene is primarily Mexican in the Northwest,” says Gonzalez. He listed a few of his favorite places, including the Tacos Tumbras locations around Spokane and Hacienda Las Flores on the South Hill. In Spokane Valley, La Michoacana offers what Gonzalez called an “immersion experience” or crash course in Mexican food.

But it was clear that the conversation should begin in the

deli of De Leon Foods, a microcosm of what’s happening with local Hispanic food. Gonzalez assured me that “Coming to Sergio [De Leon]’s is an experience—not just a meal.”

We met at lunchtime on a weekday. Business in the deli was brisk but not crowded. When you first walk in, De Leon Foods appeals to the senses, from the bins of baked goods up front, to the formidable wall of hot sauces, to the shimmer and fringe of piñatas in the heart of the store.

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up with less Mexican and more Caribbean food. “The first time I ate a tamale here, I bit into the corn husk,” he says.

Gonzalez introduced me to Sergio De Leon, the owner of De Leon’s as well as Agave Latin Bistro and Sergio’s Mexican Sports Grill downtown. I asked De Leon for his guidance among the deli’s savory dishes. “Cactus doesn’t sound tempting,” De Leon admitted.

But the food smelled great, plus I was proud that I could remember the word: nopales. I came away with a plate of them, flanked by pulled pork, rice, beans, and a few signature tortillas.

You may have eaten De Leon’s tortillas even if you haven’t set foot in the store.They’re a great example of the ecosystem of local food. De Leon buys local Washington wheat to make the tortillas in-house and then sells them to many businesses in the area. The corn, of course, comes from elsewhere. I suggested 154

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that if De Leon really wants to get local, he should develop a lentil tortilla. Maybe a new Fruit of the Palouse line? Anything’s possible. De Leon is known for other innovations, such as blue and green Seahawk chips for the 2014 Super Bowl.

Hallmarks of our local Hispanic food scene include innovation as well as an openness to new traditions. For example, De Leon’s does brisk business selling tamales. “I don’t think before our opening that Spokane had eaten that many tamales in its history,” says De Leon. Now the tamales are especially popular at the holidays and for other special occasions.

On game days, customers buy pounds of carnitas, he says.

The carnitas are prepared from a family recipe shared with relatives who own a restaurant in Portland. De Leon explained that he and his wife Mayra “brought

the blueprint” of the Portland eatery to Spokane. He pointed out that Rachel Ray ranked the Portland restaurant as among the 16 best carnitas tacos in the West; he hypothesized that De Leon’s didn’t rank only because Ray didn’t visit Spokane.

The food scene, of course, isn’t just about the food. It’s also about community and celebration. De Leon says they have a community event in the parking lot for Cinco de Mayo, including such hits as piñatas and a bouncy castle. Later this year they’ll also host the Hatch Pepper Festival, celebrating a pepper from Hatch, New Mexico.

De Leon brings “a load of peppers” and a big roaster in the parking lot, introducing new flavors to our area.

During his Hispanic Food Network show, Gonzalez offered wildly popular cooking classes at De Leon’s. The program exposed participants to new dishes, and

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Gonzalez noted that participants “sauntered in really gingerly and by the end they’d be drinking Coronas.”

It’s hard to imagine a more vibrant and welcoming space for cooking. The deli serves prepared food all day while the store also caters to doit-yourselfers. You can buy a tortilla press, or a molcajete to grind spices and other ingredients, or the makings for your own tamales. To survive in a Walmart economy, De Leon’s offers specialties like the chorizo or breakfast sausage made inhouse and carne asada ready for the barbecue. “Mostly what we carry here is what we use here in our kitchen,” he says.

With a view of De Leon’s success, it’s hard to imagine that before the place opened in 2005, he told his wife “this is never going to work. We don’t have Mexicans in Spokane.”

Gonzalez added that “people don’t realize that in this state there are over 800,000 Hispanics.” Their influence is more cultural and economic than political, he explains. “It’s sort of a hidden thing.”

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Bringing out the hidden flavors of Hispanic food in our area is at the heart of Gonzalez’s latest project. “I’m not a chef. I’m not a cook. I love Latin food,” says Gonzalez, adding with a smile, “That’s why I work out so much.”

Northwest Best Chefs will explore Hispanic food elements, but with a broader scope of our area’s cuisine.

There’s a travel element as well, as Gonzalez will sample the flavors of different towns in our area. “The goal of the show,” he says, “is to not only experience the food but what the town has to offer.” Food that allows us to enjoy what we share with others, to experience flavors we might not have known about before. As Gonzalez says, “You break bread with people and you can open doors.”

My lunchtime companions noted that Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day (that’s September 16) but rather The Day of the Battle of Puebla, when outnumbered Mexican forces defeated French invaders.

In the U.S., it’s a celebration of Mexican heritage.

De Leon shared a couple of his favorite recipes, versatile enough

to please parties as well as to celebrate a moment of Netflix on the couch.

“With Cinco de Mayo around the corner, these salsas will be a big hit,” says De Leon. “The first one is an all-purpose salsa that can go well with tacos, burritos or just chips. The second one is one of my favorites and I only make at home and it goes well with fish, pork or just with chips.”

De Leon Foods Salsa Mexicana 2 tbsps diced white onion 8 diced tomatoes 2 serrano or jalapeño peppers diced 2 tbsps chopped fresh cilantro leaves 1 tsp of sugar 1 tsp of salt 1 tbsp of lime juice Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and chill in refrigerator for about 30 minutes before serving to allow flavors to combine. This salsa is also known as Pico de Gallo.

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t the corner of Walnut and 2nd, Frank’s Diner sits at a conspicuous angle serving as the de facto boundary between Browne’s Addition and downtown Spokane, complete with an electronic sign flashing “Breakfast served all day from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.!” in fluorescent crimson. It is almost impossible to miss as you zip down 2nd Avenue, noting the parking lot brimming with cars all hours of the day.

The diner inhabits a renovated railcar originally built in 1906 for the president of the Northern Pacific Railway. After 25 years of loyal service to the executive, it was then converted by Frank Knight and operated as a diner in Seattle until being carted off to Spokane by Larry Brown and Pat Jeppesen in 1991. Ken and Christy Belisle and Larry and Jan Brown have since owned and operated the restaurant, shepherding a longstanding reputation for reliable service and comfort food.

My husband and I arrived early to beat the Sunday rush. We climbed up the steps into the car’s foyer and were enthusiastically greeted by the counter chef with a “Hi there, guys!

Feel free to take a seat, wherever you’d like.”

He was scraping together neat little piles of hash browns and expertly grilling sausages to the delight of the patrons seated at the almostfull counter.

Voted “Best Breakfast” and “Best Diner” for over a decade, Frank’s Diner has served as a nostalgic go-to for early risers, families and anyone wanting to treat outof-town guests to breakfast in one of Spokane’s quirkiest landmarks.

To say that the diner is cozy is putting it lightly; the entirety of the train car is no more than 10 feet wide at any given point. That said, the booths are comfortable enough for families to set up high chairs at the larger tables and couples to have some privacy in the narrow booths against the windows, which is where we decided to sit.

Carafe in-hand, our server was immediately with us. “Coffee or juice, anyone?” Her name was Sterling and her chipper expression was as genuine as her name. The coffee was piping hot and delicious, the beans roasted just up the road at 4 Seasons. “It’s fair-trade and organic,” Sterling informed us. I asked if they had soy milk, expecting a confused, “you-must-be-lost” sort of expression to have chosen to eat at a diner with a milk allergy. “No, we don’t have soy milk. But I can run across the street and get some if you’d like!” Sterling replied brightly.

Since Rosauer’s is practically a stone’s throw away, I didn’t feel guilty about taking her up on the offer, my mood sweetened by the prospect of taupe-colored java.

Speaking of guilt, my husband started by ordering a Frank’s favorite: the Blueberry Muffin French Toast ($9.00). Sterling highly recommended this item as it is baked, then grilled and topped with powdered sugar, whipped butter and maple syrup. The thick, triangle slices were fluffy and moist, with just the slightest crust of sugar baked on the edges. It was Spokanecda.com • May • 2014

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rich and satisfying, and almost didn’t need syrup. Almost.

I decided to order a classic-with-a-twist, the Gourmet Purple Oatmeal ($7.50). The purple part refers to huckleberries or blueberries that top the oatmeal, along with raisins, brown sugar, butter and milk (or in my case, soy milk). The dish was delivered steaming, the sides of raisins and brown sugar freshly packed that very morning. The steel-cut oats were fantastically chewy—not dry and not soupy—holding their shape as I drowned the oat peaks in milk. It was probably one of the most memorable bowls of oatmeal I’ve eaten in a while, so much so that I didn’t even notice that the berries were missing. A kitchen oversight or a communication error, I was unsure. Nevertheless, I

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was a happy camper.

As we sipped our piping hot coffee out of our thick, ceramic mugs, I noticed the music playing for the first time. This Diamond Ring

by Gary Lewis and the Playboys followed by other 60s teeny bopper hits complemented the checkered floors, while providing a wholesome touch, well suited for the clientele: older gentlemen sitting together at the counter, dad’s treating their little girls to pancakes and a variety of regulars. I also took this time to notice the pre-set table accoutrements— menus, condiments and a variety of jams and individual flavored coffee mates, all very clean and organized.

Our second course was delivered just a few minutes after the delivery of the oatmeal and pancakes. My husband ordered a new menu item, the Texas Omelet ($7.75 for half order, $10.75 for full order). He went with the half portion, yet it was enough food to be a full order. The omelet was filled with smoked BBQ kielbasa, cheddar cheese, grilled onion, tomato and chili pepper sauce “garnished Texasstyle.” If Texas-style means smothered, then indeed, this slim omelet was drowning in the Rio Grande. Sauce aside, the flavor was good and the kielbasa gave it a peppery kick.

I ordered another classic, Bacon and Eggs ($7.50 for half order, $10.75 for full order).

It came with two slices of thick, wheat toast, as well as hash browns and a side of fruit.

The bacon was juicy and delicious, appearing to be overcooked at first glance, but proving me wrong at first bite. The hash browns were lightly crunchy and nicely browned. They came with stewed onions on top, which I did not care for. The side of fruit consisted of fresh strawberries and grapefruit, along with precut/canned pineapples and grapes. The fruit was much fresher and well-presented than expected.

As we finished our meals, I noticed a man named Clinton hustling up and down the aisle, pouring coffee and running food. He appeared to be the manager and was ensuring quality and service—something I suspect is done every day, all day, at Frank’s Diner.

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rom the moment you step inside Mizuna, it’s the light that catches your eye. Whether you’re there on a summer afternoon or evening, as the sun kisses the restaurant through the large windows, or slipping in from the dark of night and basking in the glow of the candles and lamps, as I did the other evening with friends, you may find your shoulders relaxing. This is light made for dining.

It will soon become clear that the light is simply well-calculated to show off the beautiful (and endlessly delicious) culinary offerings to their best advantage. The details are important at Mizuna. From the comfortable, elegant decor, to the ar-

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ray of kind and professional staff, to the creative side dishes present with every entree, it’s obvious that you are in good hands.

Mizuna has been, for me, a place of celebration, but I’ve learned in my repeated visits that even when I don’t come in with a celebration in mind, I find that the place makes me want to celebrate anyway.

It’s hard to believe that Mizuna has been nestled in the heart of downtown Spokane since 1996. Some of you may remember the first five strictly vegetarian years. Now, in addition to a consistently innovative and frankly sumptuous menu featuring vegetarian and vegan offerings, Mizuna offers a completely separate menu (of a different color) which allows diners to choose high quality seafood and organic, hormone-free meats. Although many of these things have become buzzwords in recent years, Mizuna has offered Spokane these options for a long while, and I certainly hope that they will do so for another long while.

On my recent visit, one of my guests ordered the Fig and Brie Stuffed Portobello Mushroom ($20), from the vegetarian

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Though only one of us identifies as a vegetarian, our table fought for bites of this perfectly balanced meal. The combination of textures and flavor present in the three main ingredients allowed the food to shine through, standing without excessive seasoning. Though stereotypical vegetarian entrees leave a diner hungry or with a plate full of unconnected vegetables, it was clear that every side dish and ingredient had been thought out and included because it would help the dish to sing. The risotto was laced with enough wine to feel extravagent, the beets were light and tender and the bok choy was ever so slightly crispy around the edges.

Also from the vegetarian menu, we tried with the Spinach Arancini (crispy risotto balls with three cheeses, red pepper sauce, sage-walnut pesto, basil oil, $12) slightly unsure of what to expect. We were delighted to receive a small pyramid of lightly breaded balls made from perfectly

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cooked risotto and spinach and garnished with soft curls of marinated red peppers, red pepper sauce and pesto. Served piping hot, these succulent bites got us in just the right mood for the rest of the evening.

One of the soups of the evening was coconut lentil with sweet potatoes ($4.50 for a cup).

The flavors married together marvelously and we didn’t think about the fact that it was vegetarian until long after the meal was over.

Between starters and the main course, we feasted on fresh bread with olive oil infused with rosemary and garlic to both cleanse and enrich our palates.

Although the Portobello was the standout among our entrees, we also tried the Pan Seared Duck Breast with Ginger-Lavender Honey ($29) with cranberry wild rice, spiced pecans and whole glazed carrots of varying colors. The duck was pink in the middle and delightfully tender.

We sampled the Pan Roasted Organic Chicken ($26) with creole-mustard spaetzle (an unexpected and toothsome touch), a generous serving of asparagus and wild mushroom-marsala sauce, topped with a garnish of roasted organic squash curls. The chicken was cooked excellently, without a hint of dryness, and had a resounding flavor.

For our finale, we selected the flourless dark chocolate and crystallized ginger torte ($7), which came on a plate drizzled with blood orange sauce, and the Amaretto Roasted Pear with Coconut Ice Cream and almond syrup ($7). The torte was decadent, perfect for sharing, and the thin strips of crunchy ginger added some wonderful spice to an already luscious dessert.

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The pear was tender and light, situated in generous slices around ice cream with a hint of spiciness. A few bites of both provided the perfect way to end the evening.

Whether you’re vegetarian, seeking more than one option, looking for a place of celebration or simply in search of excellent food in Spokane, I highly recommend paying Mizuna a visit. You just might find yourself with a few new favorite dishes, and in my book, that’s a reason to celebrate.

Mizuna is located at 214 N. Howard in downtown Spokane, and is open Monday-Saturday from 11am - 10pm and Sunday from 4pm - 10pm. (509)7472004, www.mizuna.com.

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ASIAN AND INDIAN Aloha Island Grill. Hawaiian. Signature Dish in March 2011. Operating out of two former Taco John shacks on Monroe and West Francis, Patrick and Lori Keegan are serving up fresh, tender Teriyaki Chicken “plates” that will keep you coming back even without much inside seating.

Based on family recipes from the islands and plenty more than just teriyaki, both spots offer a student discount and the Francis location serves an amazing breakfast concoction called Loco Moco. Order it the way “Huff” (Patrick’s nickname) gets his. Open daily. 1724 North Monroe (509-443-1632) and 1220 West Francis (509-413-2029). www.eataloha.com $-$$ Bangkok Thai. Thai. A relative newcomer to Spokane, Bangkok Thai took over the former Linnie’s Thai location on Grand Avenue and the former Riverview Thai location near Gonzaga.

The South Hill location offers combination lunch plates that allow you smaller portions of several popular Thai dishes for one price and the Gonzaga location has the best Thai lunch buffet in town for $12/person. 1325 S Grand Blvd.

(509-838-8424) and 1003 E Trent Avenue (509-3258370). Mon–Thur 11–9, Fri 11–10, Sat 12–10, Sun 12–9. www.spokanebangkokthai.com. $$

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Gordy’s Sichuan Café. Provincial Chinese. This intimate bistro with a creative menu is a temple to the Sichuan cuisine of southwest China.

Chef Gordon Crafts and his team serve up dishes laced with ginger, garlic, chiles, and the lemony Sichuan “pepper” that sets your tongue buzzing. Open since 1997, Gordy’s is a wonderful exception to mediocre and standardized American Chinese food. Heavenly dumplings, searing chile basil soup, and the best Lemon Chicken around are only the beginning. Open Tues-Fri 11am-9pm, Sat 4-9pm. 501 E 30th Ave in Spokane. (509) 747-1170. $$ Sushi.com. Japanese. We still think the name is about as cheesy as you can get for a sushi bar and Japanese restaurant, but the food transcends the curious dot.com label over the door. Sit at the sushi bar and enjoy what is fresh or take a table and explore the menu that also includes plenty of excellent options if raw fish still makes you nervous. Some of our favorites are the super white tuna and the house tempura. 11 am – 9:30pm. weekdays. Noon – 9pm Sat. Noon – 8pm Sun. 430 West Main, Spokane. (509) 8380630. $-$$$ Sushi I. Japanese. Reviewed October 2012. This strip mall storefront on Spokane’s South Hill is

home to some of the best sushi in the region as well as authentic bowls of ramen and teriyaki on sizzling cast iron platters. The lightly battered tempura is perfect and the house keeps a collection of great sakes. It is worth becoming a regular since some of the best sushi is off menu.

11 – 9 Mon – Thu, 11 – 10 Fri, 12 – 10 Sat, 4 – 9, Sun. 4314 South Regal in Spokane. (509) 7037053. www.spokanesushii.com. $-$$$ Sushi Maru. Japanese. A hip conveyor belt sushi spot in the heart of the downtown Riverpark Square mall in Spokane, Sushi Maru is the perfect place for a quick, healthy, and entertaining meal before or after a movie. The $3.75 Tuna Poki Salad is a steal and the off-menu mochi balls are a must. There are plenty of fully cooked rolls and other items like Orange Chicken on the fun visual menu if raw fish makes you nervous. Open at 11 am during the week. Closes at 9:30 Mon – Thur. 10 p.m. Fri – Sat and 8 p.m.

Sunday. 808 West Main Avenue in Spokane.

(509) 455-3900. www.sushimaruspokane.com. $-$$ Sushi Yama. Japanese and Korean. After years developing a cult following in Airway Heights and serving up some of the best sushi in the region, Charlie Yamamoto has opened a second

location on 3rd Avenue in downtown Spokane.

The space works as an Asian restaurant with touches of the truck stop vibe remaining from its Arctic Circle days. Most of the menu will be familiar to Charlie’s West Plains clientele. Try one of his fine sports-theme rolls that anchor the sushi side of the menu. Bento boxes and classic Korean dishes are also served up with relish. 11 – 10 Thu-Sat. 11 – 9 Sun – Tue. Closed Wed. 1321 West 3rd Avenue in Spokane. (509) 624-5553. $-$$$ Taste of India. A family-owned restaurant on the Division hill offering authentic cuisine emphasizing northern Indian flavors. Taste of India boasts a casual atmosphere with a soundtrack of traditional music and a popular lunch buffet during the week. Try Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Curry, or Vegetarian Samasa.

Mon-Thur 11-9:30, Fri and Sat 11-10, Sun 11-9.

3110 N Division in Spokane. (509) 327-7313. $-$$ Thai Bamboo. Each of the four regional Thai Bamboo locations offers a massive Southeast Asian menu in settings designed to transport you across the Pacific. Inside each restaurant you’ll find Thai stone and wood carvings, water fountains, Thai music and the namesake bamboo décor. Thai Bamboo keeps racking up #1 Best Thai votes in reader polls and both the newest location on North Division and the CDA restaurant feature a Tiki-Beach styled lounge and a striking sky ceilings in the main dining rooms. Think Vegas with phad thai. Open 7 days per week with delivery available. www. thaibamboorestaurant.com. $-$$

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Top of India. Reviewed February 2013. A great hidden gem serving up wonderful northern Indian dishes in a surprisingly chic space tucked into a tiny East Sprague house. Owner and chef Manjit Kaur brings the specialties she learned to cook on the family farm in the the Jalandhar district of Punjab to the Northwest. Don’t miss the garlic naan or the Chicken Tikka Masala, but order just about anything and expect it to be quite good. There is also a lunch buffet for $9.99. Open daily from 11 am – 9:30 p.m. 928 S. Perry Street in Spokane. 11114 E Sprague Ave in Spokane Valley. (509) 927-0500. www. thetopofindia.com. $-$$.

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Toro Sushi. Reviewed December 2013/January 2014. A good place for seasoned sushi people and those just learning to love the experience to eat together happily. Try the Bunny Roll, or a classic Rainbow Roll. Open Monday-Saturday 11am-2pm and 4:30-10pm. 328 N Sullivan Rd #5 in Spokane Valley. (509) 703-7029. $-$$.

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Red Lion BBQ and Pub. For about 20 years, whether it was in the old rhythm and blues, peanut-shells-on-the-floor days, or more recently as a sports bar, there’s always been butt-kickin’ BBQ at this downtown corner spot. The undisputed star here is wine broiled chicken, spicy and robust, yet falling-off-thebones moist and tender. Together with their signature fried bread and honey, and you have a BBQ experience that can’t help but please.

126 N Division. Kitchen open daily 11am-10p.m., Fri & Sat 11am-1am. (Sunday breakfast buffet 9am-noon during football season.) (509) 835LION (5466). www.redlionbarbeque.com. $-$$

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BISTROS Casper Fry. Reviewed February 2013. A modern take on Southern comfort food with a local twist, located in the South Perry neighborhood. The restaurant serves lunch, dinner and a Sunday brunch in a hip space with a great bar at the back. For dinner, try some of Jama’s Fried Chicken with a classic cocktail, or the Low Country Shrimp and Grits for lunch. The maple-

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dining guide MAY glazed Pork Belly is brilliant and a number of the hearty sides are vegetarian. Wednesday-Monday, 11:30 am - close. 928 S. Perry Street in Spokane. www.casperfry.com. $-$$$.

Downriver Grill. Innovative, local and seasonal cuisine in a sleek, modern space with dishes at various price-points to suit every diner. Try the Chipotle BBQ burger for a flavor-packed lunch or the Lemon Thyme Grilled Salmon for a leisurely dinner. Either way, you’ll want to sample the Chocolate Pot de Creme for dessert. Open Tues-Sun 11am-9pm. 3315 W Northwest Blvd in Spokane. www.downrivergrillspokane.com $$-$$$ Herbal Essence Café. Northwest cuisine. This relaxed downtown restaurant tucked into the middle of a block on Washington serves Northwest bistro food and works hard to offer great service.

The menu offers up baseball-cut sirloins, a whole stuffed Dungeness crab and a swordfish steak stuffed with pesto and baked off with a parmesan crust. Try the award-winning house salad, brilliant with sliced pears, crumbled Gorgonzola and a white truffle vinaigrette. 115 N Washington. Lunch Mon-Fri 11-2, Dinner Mon-Sat 5-close. (509) 8384600. www.herbalessencecafe.com. Lunch $-$$, dinner $$-$$$ Picabu Bistro. Picabu Neighborhood Bistro offers fun, stylish, casual dining in Spokane’s lower South Hill neighborhood. The menu is creative and diverse, alternating modern favorites such as Shrimp Phad Thai or Cilantro Hummus with neverout-of-style burgers and seafood. Handmade Chicken Potstickers with ginger, cilantro, and corn are a signature dish and the singular Fire Pasta has become a weekly addiction for many. The children’s menu is a big hit with families. 901 W 14th Ave. (509) 624-2464. www.picabu-bistro.com.

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Scratch. This energetic, hip restaurant in downtown Spokane (with another location in Coeur d’Alene) adds yet another locally-owned hot spot to our list. With a commitment to local and organic food when available, ice cream made in-house, steaks cut on premises and an ambitious menu including fried Quail, Hummus, Calamari, Jumbo Scallops, and a 10-ounce Hanger Steak this is one spot that enhances our area. 1007 W 1st Ave. Mon-Thur 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-2am, Sat 4p.m.-2am. (509) 456-5656. www.scratchspokane.com. $$-$$$ Seasons of Coeur d’Alene. Reviewed Oct 2011.

The name telegraphs both the concept behind Seasons and it location. Chef Scott Miller features the best seasonal ingredients on a menu that reimagines classic dishes and comfort food in creative ways at unexpected reasonable prices. Pay attention to what is on the fresh sheet and don’t miss the blackened Mahi Tacos (anytime) or the amazing Buttermilk Chicken (at dinner). Among the sandwiches, the Pepper Cristo is a fine choice. There is live music several nights a week in the massive bar and a banquet room that seats up to 65. Open daily from 11 am to 10 p.m. with seating in the bar until midnight.

209 Lakeside Avenue in Coeur d’Alene. (208) 6648008. www.seasonsofcda.com $-$$$ Wild Sage. Tucked into a classic 1911 brick building on 2nd and Lincoln, Wild Sage offers an intimate dining setting and memorable food with real flair. The atmosphere combines class and warmth. Executive Chef Charlie Connor presents regionally influenced Northwest cuisine using only the finest locally sourced products. Try the Yukon Taquitos, the Crisp Bacon & Blue salad or the Cioppino. Be sure to finish with a slice of the “Soon to be Famous” Coconut Cream layer cake with lilikoi sauce. This award-winning bistro is

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known for it’s in-house bakery and an amazing array of gluten free options. Also make a point to order something from their “scratch bar”, either with or without alcohol. They use only fresh juices and house infused flavored liquors.

Dinner seven nights a week, opening at 4 p.m..

916 W Second Ave in Spokane. (509) 456-7575. www.wildsagebistro.com. $$-$$$

BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SPECIALTIES Frank’s Diner. Frank’s has become a Spokane landmark in just over a decade. Both early 1900’s-vintage rail cars were originally obtained by the Knight brothers, Frank and Jack, during the depression, and each converted them to diners in Seattle and Spokane, respectively. Larry Brown, of Onion Bar and Grill fame, acquired the Seattle diner in 1991 and moved it to its present location, meticulously restored by well-know local restaurant restoration artisan, Pat Jeppeson.

Frank’s breakfast, lunch and dinner menu, available all day, has all the classics. Among our favorites are the open-face turkey, roast beef and mushroom sandwiches, chicken pot pie, Joe’s Special (the venerable scramble of eggs, ground beef, spinach, onions and parmesan), and, of course, the don’t-miss-at-breakfast hash browns and silver pancakes. 1516 W. 2nd.

Seven days 6-8p.m.. (509) 747-8798. 10929 N. Newport Highway, Sun-Thurs 6am-8p.m., Fri-Sat 6am-9p.m.. (509) 465-2464. www.franksdiners. com. $

CASUAL DINING 315 Martinis and Tapas. Reviewed February 2012. Located within the historic Greenbriar Inn in Coeur d’Alene, this restaurant specializes in small plates with a global focus and well-crafted cocktails. Come sit in the intimate martini bar for happy hour beginning at 3:15 and enjoy drink and tapas specials, or share small plates or entrees along with live music on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights in the main dining room beginning at 6:00 p.m.. Expect good service, great atmosphere and an experience you won’t soon forget. Tues - Sun from 3:15 to close. 315 Wallace Ave in Coeur d’Alene. (208) 667-9660. www.315martinisandtapas.com. $$-$$$.

Klink’s on the Lake (at Williams Lake Resort).

Klink’s on the Lake, located at scenic Williams Lake Resort is destination dining at its best.

From the comfortable restaurant to the secluded patio overlooking the lake, Klink’s has a lot to offer it’s dining guests. The menu hosts a variety of dishes including Chicken Marala and Jumbo Prawns, but don’t miss out on their steaks, primarily the decadent chargrilled Ribeye topped with Dungeness Crab and browned butter.

Follow it up with some of their famous Marion Berry Cobbler and you’ve created an evening to remember. Summer Hours: Tues-Fri 11-9, Sat-Sun 7am-9. Closed October-March. www.klinksresort. com (509)235-2391. $$-$$$ Palm Court Grill The Palm Court Grill offers upscale casual dining fare that highlight favorites discovered all around the world by Walt and Karen Worthy, the owners of the Davenport.

Home to the original Crab Louis, named for original hotel owner Louis Davenport, the grill also serves USDA Prime beef and a fine wild salmon filet with a huckleberry champagne sauce. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Open daily from 6 am to 9 p.m.. Reservations recommended. Private Dining room available, seating up to 30 people. 10 S Post. (509) 4558888. $$-$$$ Safari Room Fresh Grill and Bar. The Davenport Hotel Tower’s Safari Room Fresh Grill and Bar will add a spice of adventure to your dining experience featuring a full menu with a variety of tasty flatbreads, small plates, salads and gourmet sandwiches. Private Dining room available

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dining guide MAy seating up to 30 people. (Flatbread is oven roasted thin bread that is topped with a variety of vegetables, fresh herbs, highly flavorful cheeses and meats) 111 S Post St. (Davenport Hotel Tower lobby). Serving breakfast 6-11, Lunch 11-4, Dinner 4-10, and Late Night 10-close. 509-455-8888 $$-$$$ FINE DINING Clinkerdagger. English pub décor overlooking the Spokane River. Known for their fresh seafood, steaks, and rock salt-roasted prime rib, Clinkerdagger is a favorite eating place among locals. Their salmon filet is one of the best in the area. The Broadway Pea Salad and Blums Coffee Toffee Pie are two classics since 1974. Two cozy fireplaces make for a warm, friendly atmosphere; 621 W Mallon (in the Flour Mill). Lunch Mon-Fri 11:15-2:30, Sat 11:30-2:30, Dinner Mon-Thurs 4:30-9, Fri 4:30-9:30, Sat 4-9:30, Sun lounge 2-9 and dinner 3-8. (509) 328-5965. www.clinkerdagger.com.

Lunch $$, Dinner $$$ Masselow’s at Northern Quest. Reviewed June 2010.

Named after a strong chief that was instrumental in the survival of the Kalispels, Masselow’s combines the culinary heritage of the tribe with Northwest fine dining. The restaurant features an intimate and lavishly appointed dining room just off the hotel lobby in the new wing of the Northern Quest Resort and Casino in Airway Heights and serves up an Elk Sirloin and Seared Scallops worth the drive. Their chocolate mousse on the dessert menu is also a show stopper.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 100 North Hayford Road in Airway Heights. (509) 242-7000. www.northernquest.com/dining/masselows. $$-$$$ Stacks at Steam Plant. Named for the twin smokestacks that have been a part of the downtown Spokane skyline for nearly a century, Stacks offers a full-service dining experience in a one-of-a-kind space. Unique private dining spaces include boiler rooms where the original pipes still line the walls and ceiling. Signature dishes are created from scratch and incorporate ingredients produced only at the Steam Plant – including smoked meats, fish and vegetables, and many of the ales brewed on-site. 3p.m. – 10p.m.

Sun-Thurs, 3p.m. – 11p.m. Fri-Sat. 159 S. Lincoln, under the smokestacks downtown. (509) 777-3900. www.steamplantspokane.com $$-$$$

ITALIAN Italian Kitchen. Owners Bryce and Lyndsay Kerr have created a beautiful and charming décor along with exquisite cuisine, not to mention the remarkable hospitality. Known for its Calamari, Tiramisu, and Lasagna from scratch, the Italian Kitchen is as authentic as you’ll find. They were recently placed on the “Best of the Best” list, which honors the top 17 Italian restaurants in the nation. 113 N Bernard.

Lunch Mon-Fri 11-3:30, Dinner Mon-Thur 3:30-9, Fri 3:30-10, Sat 4:30-10, Sun 4:30-9. (509) 363-1210. www. italiankitchenspokane.com. $$

MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN The Olympia Restaurant. Greek. Eva and Angelo Itskos preside over the kitchen at The Olympia and turn out classic Greek comfort food at great prices. Five compelling reasons to come in: (1) warm wait staff, (2) the brillian Saganaki (fried cheese with pita bread), (3) the chicken gyro spiced with the house’s secret marinade, (4) the “Greek” fries, and (5) the housemade rice pudding with a citrus note. 301 Lakeside Avenue in CDA. (208) 666-9495. Mon – Wed, 11 – 3, Thur – Sat, 11 – 8. $-$$.

MEXICAN Hacienda Los Flores. A bright reincarnation of the space at the bottom of the Freya hill formerly occupied

by La Katrina Taco. Owners Jorge and Adriana Hernandez pull out all the stops with a possibly the best mole sauce in town. Try the Pollo en Mole ($12.25) and plan on multiple dips with your standard basket of chips rather than just a single salsa. Several of the soups on the menu also get rave reviews: the

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510 South Freya in Spokane. (509) 315-8853. www. haciendalasfloresspokane.com. $-$$

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South Perry Pizza. Reviewed Apr 2010. Fresh innovative pies without over-wrought gourmet pretensions in the heart of the Perry district on Spokane’s South Hill. Located in a former auto body shop, the restaurant has an open kitchen centered around an open-flame pizza oven that turns out brilliant pizzas (try the Margherita, the Veggie, or the Prosciutto) with a yeasty bready crust that has good chew and the right amount of char.

6 microbrews on tap and several fresh salads start things off right. The garage doors roll up in good weather for patio seating. 11 am – 9 p.m., Tues Sun. 1011 South Perry Street in Spokane. (509) 2906047. www.southperrypizzaspokane.com. $-$$

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PUB AND LOUNGE FARE Manito Tap House. Reviewed March 2012. Manito is living into its name as a gastropub that offers high-quality dining fare to go with their 50 beers on tap. A fun pub atmosphere and friendly service make this a great hangout. Try the yam chips, the Carne Adovada, the Murphy’s Beef Boxty, or the inventive veggie burger that comes inside out,. 11 am – 11 p.m. Sun – Thu. Open until 2 am Fri – Sat. 3011 South Grand Blvd in Spokane. (509) 279-2671. www.manitotaphouse.com. $-$$

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The Onion. Established in 1978, the Onion is the grand dean of gourmet burgers and casual family dining in Spokane. From the Hula burger with ham and grilled pineapple, the “Big O” with bacon and avocado, to their namesake beer-battered onion rings, The Onion pays attention to details and does more from scratch than many other restaurants aspiring to loftier appellations. 302 W. Riverside, Sun-Thurs 11-11, Fri-Sat 11am-1am. (509) 747-3852; 7522 N Division, Mon-Sun 11-11. (509) 482-6100 (Bar until midnight Sun-Thurs, Fri-Sat until 1). $-$$ Peacock Room. It is all about martinis, cold beer and great music. Known as the place to see and be seen, the Peacock Room contributes to Spokane’s vibrant downtown nightlife. Showcasing a giant stained-glass peacock ceiling, the menu features such items as giant prawntinis, open-faced crab sandwiches and gourmet onion rings. Casual attire.

Private Dining room available seating up to 25 people. Mon-Thurs 11-midnight, Fri-Sat 11-1am, Sun 2-midnight. 10 S Post. (509) 455-8888. $$-$$$ Steam Plant Brewing Co. & Pub. An amazing location for a brewery – under layers of catwalks and an 80’ ceiling inside the renovated steam plant. The brewery produces eleven handcrafted microbrews on-site, from their famous Double Stack Stout to several seasonal varieties. Its microbrews are also available to go in kegs and growlers. The Pub features multiple flat-screen TVs and a game room to make a night of it. The brews are complemented by signature menu items like the Coal Bunker cheese bread, smoked steelhead and beer cheese soup. 3p.m. – 10p.m. Sun-Thurs, 3p.m. – 11p.m. Fri-Sat. 159 S. Lincoln, under the smokestacks downtown. (509) 777-3900. www. steamplantspokane.com $$ The Swinging Doors. Opened in May of 1981, the tavern turned restaurant has been in the same family for its whole life. With 27 beers on tap and 60 television screens, The Swinging Doors is a sports fan’s paradise. On the food front, the

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dining guide MAY restaurant is famous for its large portions (which can be split). Breakfast is served all day and the huge pieces of Broasted Chicken remain the most popular item on the golf-themed menu. Show up for on your birthday for a free steak dinner. Open seven days a week from 6:45 am to 2 am. 1018 West Francis in Spokane. (509) 326-6794. www. theswingingdoors.com. $-$$

SEAFOOD AND FISH Anthony’s At The Falls. A welcome addition to the local seafood scene, Anthony’s combines a spectacular view of the Spokane Falls with an unwavering commitment to fresh seafood. So much so that they operate their own fishing company for the sole purpose of supplying their restaurants. The success of this shows up in the always available, rich and flavorful seafood fettuccine and clam chowder, as well as on the fresh sheet. The four course “Sunset Dinners” served Mon-Fri from 4-6 for only $18.95 are particularly good values. 510 N Lincoln. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30-3, Bar Menu in Lounge Mon-Sat 3-4, Dinner Mon-Thurs 4-9:30, FriSat 4-10:30, Sun 3-9:30, Sunday Brunch (breakfast/ lunch menu) 11-2p.m., Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4-6 with half-price appetizers and drink specials. (509) 3289009. $$-$$$ Cedars Floating Restaurant. This is Idaho’s premier floating restaurant, featuring the freshest fish available daily and Midwest Stockyards HighChoice Beef. The Cedars, founded in 1965, floats at the confluence of Lake Coeur d’Alene and the Spokane River. The Cedars is the perfect setting to enjoy breathtaking views and Northwest delicacies such as Cedar Plank Salmon and a Biergarten Filet.

Drive in or boat up to this one-of-a-kind Northwest restaurant. Open seven days for cocktails and appetizers at 4p.m. and dinner beginning at 5p.m..

1514 S Marina Drive, Coeur d’Alene. 208-664-2922. www.cedarsfloatingrestaurant.com $$$ Regal Street Seafood. Heather and Phil Lazone from Northstar Seafoods opened Regal Street as a retail fish market, but the staff includes a trained chef who can give you cooking guidance and prepares several ready-to-eat options like Cioppino – an Italian fish stew – and fish tacos.

You can also pick up some harder-to-find bottles of wine in the store. Open Tue – Sat, 10 am – 6 p.m..

2812 E 30th in Spokane. (509) 535-1966. www. regalstreetseafood.com. $-$$

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Spencer’s for Steaks and Chops. April 2012 Signature Dish. Greeted with dark mahogany paneling and crisp linens, Spencer’s has been a destination for USDA Prime beef for almost 15 years. Try the signature bone-in Spencer Ribeye or pull out all the stops and order the dry-aged New York Strip. Beautiful fish and seafood are also featured and the kitchen offers a number of classic side dishes also – including a memorable au gratin hash browns laced with smoked bacon, sweet onions, and cheddar cheese. Open Mon-Thurs 11:30-10, Fri-Sat 11:30-11, Sun 11:30 - 9. 322 North Spokane Falls Court inside the Doubletree. (509) 744-2372. www.spencersforsteaksandchops.com/ spokane. $$-$$$$ Wolf Creek Lodge. The Wolf Creek Lodge is the younger city sibling of the original Wolf Lodge Inn located ten miles east of Coeur d’Alene. While the menu is far from identical, you can’t miss the similar steakhouse theme with plenty of beef options as well as the likes of as Bourbon Chicken and King Salmon. Don’t forget to order the birthday “potato” for that special occasion: Oreo ice cream rolled in cocoa powder, topped with whipped cream, and set on a plate of hot fudge.

104 S Freya, Spokane. Mon-Fri 11:30-close, Sat-Sun 4-Close. www.wolflodgespokane.com. (509) 5358972. $$-$$$

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Picabu Bistro’s Curry Bowl

by Cara Strickland photo by David Crary

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f you’ve ever been to Picabu Neighborhood Bistro, located on the lower South Hill of Spokane, right next to Rosauers, you’ve likely experienced a feeling of stepping into a spot that feels a lot like the neighborhood in which it is located: eclectic and friendly.

As I visited with Jane Edwards, Picabu’s owner, over a Curry Bowl, I began to understand more about where that vibe comes from.

Jane started Picabu with her brother over nine years ago. They grew up with a mother who was an excellent cook, according to Jane. She started out by helping her mother around the house, married young and began to trip the light fantastic in her own kitchen. The legacy of good food seems to have been passed on to the next generation, since both of Jane’s children work at the restaurant.

Although he’s no longer involved with Picabu, Jane’s brother was the original mastermind behind the (very eclectic) menu.

Always the creative type, he spent years going to restaurants, trying dishes he liked and then experimenting to make them unique, interesting and of excellent quality.

This is how Jane explains how the Curry Bowl, gyro, pad Thai, a Reuben and Kung Pao beef have all ended up on the same menu (and those dishes are just the tip of this multi-faceted iceberg).

However it got there, it’s clear that the clientele of Picabu is glad to have the Curry Bowl. Jane tells me that the numbers suggest that this dish runs neck in neck with the Fire Pasta, the other most popular dish on the menu. Interestingly, these are also two of the spiciest items on offer.

There is something extremely comforting about the Curry Bowl, which comes complete with a rice pyramid, a generous helping of chicken or tofu and zucchini, red onion, mushrooms and peppers in a curry-peanut sauce, sprinkled with fresh cilantro. Consistency is a value for Jane, so the only thing that changes about the Curry Bowl is the curry, which comes directly from Taiwan and varies in heat throughout the year.

Like many items on the menu, the dish can be served vegan and gluten-free. Dietary restrictions are part of Jane’s family dynamic and she’s used to cooking for varying specifications.

Everything on the menu is made from scratch. All of her servers have access to the recipes for each dish and she routinely asks them to help with prep so that they have a holistic understanding of how everything comes together.

At the heart of Picabu, you’ll find relationship. It’s truly a neighborhood meeting place, the sort of restaurant where you’ll find that people know your name and what you usually order. Jane shared several stories about regular customers who have become friends with her and her servers. It’s clear that she’s tried to create an environment for conversation and connection over food. “Food is about fellowship,” she says. “It’s not about where we go, it’s about who I’m with.”

You might just find that it’s a little bit about where you go, after all, because there’s nothing quite like the Curry Bowl you’ll find at Picabu Bistro.

Picabu Neighborhood Bistro is located at 901 W. 14th, in Spokane, and is open Monday-Saturday 11am - 9pm. (509)624-2464, picabubistro.com.

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LIQUID LIBATIONS Rosé

Rosé

What you may not know

by David H. Heemann

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hile Rosé is perhaps one of the most misunderstood categories of wine, and its drinkers often find themselves the subject of disparaging comments, Rosé is, in reality, one of the most complex wines. For many, Rosé brings to mind California White Zinfandels of the 1980s or the classic stone pottery wines of Portugal, but today there is a re-emergence of Rosé that is quite complex, with depth of flavor, exciting profiles and prices to match - some costing upwards of $100/bottle.

Rosé and Blush may be used to describe a pale colored wine that is made from red grapes, and while it may be blended with white wine, it’s the gentle kiss of the red grape skins that makes it blush ever so slightly.

Rosé wines produced in an Old World style are dry and Blush wines produced in the New World style are a little sweeter; however, there are no rules or agreement on the use of the terms. In fact, there is no real agreement on what is “traditional” Rosé.

For our discussion, traditional Rosé is made in one of three methods and will be still, as opposed to sparkling.

The first method is called “fist press” or Vin Gris, in which wine is made from the juice that runs freely from the first gentle pressing of the grapes and not allowed any additional contact with the grape skins. The second method is called “skin contact,” wherein the grapes are gently pressed so as to just crack the skins and allowed to sit until the winemaker feels they are ready to be crushed. The third method is Saignée or “to bleed.” The grapes are crushed and placed in a fermenter to make a red wine; however, sometimes a winemaker will reduce the amount of juice-to-skins ratio by bleeding off some of the juice. So as to not waste the juice, it is used to make Rosé. The argument amongst purist is that Rosé is merely

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LIQUID LIBATIONS Rosé an afterthought in this method and that a true Rosé is made from the start, as in the first two methods. You can decide for yourself which you feel makes a true Rosé; for me, I like them all.

Rosé wines run in color from nearly pale white to ruby red. The color comes from the time in contact with the skins, so two different Rosé wines made from the same grape varietal can vary dramatically in color. The color is dependent upon the winemaker’s decision of when to remove the juice from the skins, a timing decision that adds to the complexity of these wines. The nose of a good Rosé should be indicative of the grape variety; it should smell almost the same as the red counterpart. The palate will vary depending on the winemaker’s choices, including time on the skins. A Rosé can be crisp and delicate as a white or big and bold as some reds. Many believe that the darker a Rosé, the more complex the wine, which isn’t necessarily true, making Rosé wines some of the hardest to evaluate and some of the most exciting.

Rosé can be made from Pinot Noir, Grenache, Gamay, Merlot, Malbec, Syrah, Mourvèdre or any other red varietal. Enjoyed as an aperitif or with cheese and appetizers, yet complex and structured enough to pair well with fish, burgers, game birds, steaks and a variety of main course items. Rosé is a great choice when you’re not sure on red or white.

Some of my favorite rosé wines are Pinot Noir based. Oregon is producing some exciting ones, including one to watch for from Proteus Wines in Newberg. Another favorite, which is Grenache based, is the Vin Gris De Cigare ($12) from Bonny Doon.

So the next time you see someone enjoying a glass of Rosé, think twice before you judge, for you now know that the nectar in their glass is perhaps a sign that they have come to recognize the excitement and complexity that is Rosé wine.

David Heemann is a sommelier, a Culinary Institute of America alumnus and a lawyer.

You can follow his adventures and see what he’s cooking and drinking at the-gentlemanfarmer.blogspot.com.

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