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The Bear Necessities

ho doesn’t remember their childhood teddy bear? The worn fur, the shiny black eyes, the arms and paws that reached out to you in a chronic “I love you! Come here and give me a hug,” gesture. Who can forget how reassuring it was to clutch that bear close to your chest while you fought back tears, tucked down in your sleeping bag on your first sleepover, or your first week away at overnight camp? The gentle feel of its ear against your cheek while you fell asleep, or the comfort of seeing it perched on your bed when you came home from college? For all of our strong, accomplished, grown up attitudes, there are probably still some of us that have that bear tucked safely away, always on standby for a dose of comfort as soon as we lay eyes on it. Teddy bears are such a part of our

childhood history, so it is difficult to imagine life without your bear. But try. Just for a minute, try to think of how life would be without all of those sweet memories; moments of comfort and the friendship having your bear by your side. Who would comfort you when you were alone and scared? Who would be your buddy and pal for all of the adventures of childhood? To whom would you tell all of your secrets? For some children, the ones who have the roughest of lives, when it comes to the extra dose of challenges and the empty spots in their hearts, a teddy bear can make a world of difference. But they don’t always have one. That fact is what encouraged Kris DePaulo to start the “Playing” it Forward campaign to collect new teddy bears to give to children who are going to, currently in or

transitioning out of, foster care in Stevens County. CASA / CPS will be charged with making sure they land where the need is the greatest. “My wish is that there will be such an abundance of teddy bears that we can also make them available for police and firefighters to have handy on calls involving children,” says DePaulo. “Playing” it Forward originally started in October 2015, when DePaulo put the call out to her local community that she wanted to collect 100 brand new board games for the 100 kids in foster care in Stevens County, for Christmas; hence, the name “Playing” it Forward. She started the board game idea on the anniversary of her father’s death. “He was a huge inspiration and amazing role model of unconditional love, and I got tired of mourning him on that day, and decided to do something positive in honor of his memory,” she says. “My spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

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mom has been hand-making blankets to give to the local kids in foster care for years. She spends the entire year working on them. I was very blessed with amazing parents, and felt the need to pass the love along.” The call for board games was a huge success, with money coming in from as far away as England, and enough board games were gathered for all of the kids in Stevens County and Ferry County, plus local Colville charities. With the huge response, DePaulo decided to start collecting teddy bears for all foster kids currently in the system, just entering the system and also those transitioning out. “A lot of the time, things are happening so fast in these kids’ world, I just want them to have one thing that is all theirs to give them a little security,” she says. For so many of us, picking up an extra teddy bear or a board game is an easy thing to do. Put them all together, and it makes a huge statement to an entire community, and touches a lot of kid’s lives, most of which do not have a lot. DePaulo’s goal is to collect at least 100 teddy bears, as there are about 100 kids in care right now in Stevens County, but she would love more so than not only CASA and CPS are covered, but also the local fire department (where her dad was chief for many years) and the EMTs and police department. “It’s my goal that every child in crisis has something to hold onto,” she says. “I’m hoping that in that moment, when a child receives a bear, they are reminded that there is a whole community that cares about them.” If a child ever felt alone or unloved, we couldn’t bear it! — Blythe Thimsen 22

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LILACS to Prohibition Gastropub on North Monroe Street. On the first Friday of every month they have Service Appreciation Night. Military/Fire/Police eat free when someone purchases a meal of equal or greater value. They wish to honor those who serve. We hope this catches on! LEMONS to the City of Spokane Valley for abruptly firing city manager Mike Jackson. Described as brilliant, professional and dedicated, this smacks of politics, much the same as when Spokane let the universally praised city planner Scott Chesney go. Why can’t we just get out of the way and let great people do their jobs? LILACS to the great volunteers who help clean up the People’s Park area by the Sandifur Bridge each year, as well as those in Coeur d’Alene who clean up Tubb’s Hill. Does any community rally around a great cause as well as those in the Inland Northwest do? LEMONS to Apple for not cooperating with the FBI in creating a key to unlock the phone of the San Bernardino shooters. Yes, it does raise security concerns, but couldn’t they place the phone in a secured room with their staff present, extract the information and then destroy the software? It’s probably just a matter of time before a hacker figures it out anyway, and by then more acts of terror may be committed. LILACS to Facebook for finally creating an alternative to the “Like” button. All we really wanted was a “dislike” button, but now there is “Like,” “Love,” “Ha ha,” “Wow,” “Sad” and “Angry.” Sadly, you still can’t do anything but like a reply, which is where some of us tend to really want to express our pleasure or displeasure, but this will make Facebook a little more fun. Now if they could only come up with an emblem to indicate sarcasm so we don’t have to explain that we are just joking, or emoticons that express “you’re lying!” or “you’ve got to be kidding” or “my BS detector is going into overdrive” or “you know, for the most part I think you’re crazy as a loon, but this time you were spot on”! LEMONS to city leaders who don’t understand that they could save money by offering treatment to drug abusers rather than jail time. The recidivism rate is ridiculously high, but treatment would end most of our local property crimes and save a huge amount of court costs.

LILACS to River Park Square for reopening skywalk access to the Old City Hall building, where the Bozzi Gallery has been dormant for the past four months due to nearly impossibly access. Glad to be able to reopen! LEMONS to all of us for not thinking big. Maybe it’s time for a zoo in Spokane again! Maybe it’s time for a Saturday Market in Riverfront Park (we tried but got stalled by the city). Maybe it’s time for a zipline from the Penthouse at the Paulsen to Riverfront Park! Maybe it’s time to restore the block in front of the Courthouse to a public park with a promenade, as originally planned! Maybe it’s time to create a safe haven for the homeless and the mentally handicapped! Maybe it’s time to create a world-famous food festival (okay, we’re working on it!) in Spokane! Maybe it’s time to put up a 50 story building downtown just to do it. For the longest time, Seattle’s tallest building was the dinky Smith Tower. Look at the city now! Maybe it’s time to finally create a sandy beach by the river downtown! Maybe it’s time to follow the Hoopfest model and create the world’s largest Frisbee Golf tournament? We are only limited by our imagination. Let’s make Spokane great!

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H T Country Living reporting that Spokane was ranked eighth in Honeywell Heaters’ list of the Top Ten Coziest Cities in America. The launching of Goth Rugby, Spokane’s first boy’s high school rugby team. Spring practices are commencing in March. Ham on Regal celebrating its 53rd year of parent-produced productions. This year’s production, Hankering for the Hamlight, runs March 6-12. It is great to see parents taking the charge to support school events.

More upheaval at the MAC (Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture), with the second firing of Executive Director Forrest Rodgers. They first fired him in 2012, rehired him three months later, and have now fired him again. We have whiplash! Numerous injuries on the GU Mens’ and Women’s Basketball teams. It’s hard to see key players on the sidelines, but we’re still fans of the game! The wait time for roof repairs in Spokane. The combination of increased business due to the windstorm, and weather finally warming to temperatures in which work can be done, means that local companies are b-u-s-y! That is good for them, but a challenge for those on the loooong waitlist.

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FIRST LOOK BUZZ Dear Spoko-Gnome, Is there a flag on the flagpole at Comstock? It seems to me that if you have a big flagpole in the middle of the park it should have a flag flying on it, but I can’t recall if it is there. Also, when I first moved here in 1976, and for years after that, I swear there was an arrow in a round ball that was at the top of that Comstock flagpole, and then one day it was gone. What happened to it? ~ Brad Walters

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Dear Brad, It was time to hoist my “I don’t have a clue” flag and reach out to the Spokane Parks Department with this question. I spoke with Park Operations Director Tony Madunich. “There is a flag flying in Comstock right this minute,” he says. “It flies 24 hours a day.” Not all city parks have flagpoles, but the one at Comstock has been there for years and the flag is always flying, including at night, when it is illuminated. Madunich says the flag came down temporarily about 15 years ago when the pulley system was rebuilt and some maintenance was completed, but it is up there now. When it comes the question about the arrow, though, he is stumped, saying that there was never officially an arrow up there. We wonder if perhaps it was the work of neighborhood kids? If anyone remembers and arrow, write in and let us know! ~ Spoko-Gnome

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Luck O’the Irish! In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we thought you could use a little infusion of greenery into your lives. You may not have Irish blood coursing through your veins, but that doesn’t mean the Irish spirit can’t be alive in your heart – or at least in your cake, yarn and purse!

GREEN ROSE CAKE $59.95

Everything’s coming up roses with this stunning cake. Four levels of moist, white cake are layered with luscious vanilla buttercream in between, and then the entire creation is frosted with fluffy buttercream roses tinted a delicate pastel green. The ultimate ending to a celebratory meal, this cake is also perfectly suited as an especially sweet gift that is sure to make a lasting impression. Available for a limited time. (Serves 8–10, shipped frozen.) Available locally through Williams & Sonoma, www.williams-sonoma.com

THREE IRISH GIRLS ADORN SOCK YARN $26.99

Three Irish Girls Adorn Sock Yarn is an ideal blend of soft, superwash merino and durable nylon making it perfect for everything from shawls and baby garments to socks. Our top color pick is Oberon, a bright green, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Adorn Sock is a blend of Superwash merino and Nylon and is made in the USA! It is a fingering weight that has been carefully dyed in bright and saturated colors. Each skein of Three Irish Girls Adorn Sock Yarn has 430 yards. Available locally through Paradise Fibers, www.paradisefibers.com

COLE HAAN ANTONIA SATCHEL $298.00

Rich, supple leather shapes this work-to-weekend satchel from Cole Haan, designed with elegant rolled handles and a surprisingly spacious interior. A Macy’s exclusive.

Available locally through Macy’s, www.macys.com

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Centralized office space in a beautiful setting. One of the most important assets offered by the Tapio Office Center is its close proximity to the Spokane business pulse. Located just off the Freya exit on interstate 90, the facility is positioned between bustling downtown Spokane and the busy Spokane Valley. Easy access to South Hill, Valley, and Downtown. Free Parking. Free Conference Room Facility. On-Site Restaurant and lounge. Tenant Improvement Packages Available. On-site Building Engineer. Beautiful Landscaped Office Park.

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CITY TREK BUZZ

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SODO BUSINESS DISTRICT

he South Downtown Business District is paving the way for small, diverse and successful businesses in Spokane. Centered along 2nd Avenue, between Washington and Bernard, the SoDo Business District made a name for itself as a great place to shop. Plenty of change has passed through these blocks in the past few years, but the future looks brighter than ever.

ADVENTURE: Spokane is

lucky to have a climbing gym as good as Wild Walls. The premier gym of its kind in the Inland Northwest, Wild Walls offers routes to challenge almost any level of climber. If you are new to climbing, even better! Wild Walls offers a Vertical Introduction Class and equipment rentals to set you up with the skills and confidence to begin mastering your climbing technique. Additionally, the gym offers regular yoga classes to stretch out those sore arms and improve your flexibility and balance. Bring a friend and push yourself to new heights.

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CREATE: Maybe you’ve liked one posted on an acquaintance’s Facebook, or received one as gift from a thoughtful relative, but chances are that you’ve seen the paintings produced in one of Pinot’s Palette’s popular classes. The premise is simple: Equip adults with cocktails and canvases and let them create! A local artist will guide you and your friends step-by-step to creating your masterpiece. Check online for upcoming classes organized by painting, or schedule a private party and choose the final piece of art you’d like to create. DRINK:

A glass of whiskey always goes down better with a story, and Tinbender Craft Distillery has an especially great one. Originally, owner Paul Ziegman was only interested in learning how to make ethanol as an alternative fuel source for his car, but it turned out that producing craft whiskey and bourbons was a better long-term plan. The same sustainable ethos that drove Ziegman to create alternative fuel sources is evident in every inch of Tinbender Craft Distillery; nothing in its process is automated, and all the ingredients are locally sourced. Stop by and discover just how good whiskey can be.

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Lolo’s is roughly divided into two sections: fashion and interior. Shop owner Lainey LaRue has an eye for the stylish and chic and always balances the often-changing stock with a touch of whimsy and affordable prices. Drop in and find the perfect-fitting jeans or statement bag you’ve been looking for.

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EXPERIENCE: The Big Dipper has weathered decades of ups and down, but since its triumphant reopening in 2014, the well-loved venue has been flourishing. The lineup is diverse, ranging from jazz to artist showcases, so check their website at www. bigdipperevents.com regularly, and find out why this venue is so beloved.

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WHAT I KNOW

HAL EBEL

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by Hal Ebel,

Senior Relationship Manager, INW Private Banking Group, Washington Trust Bank When I think of gifts, I do not think of items I’ve received, but of life experiences. I believe that if we as individuals could see our life’s journey ahead of time, we would choose not to go on it—and that’s exactly why life unfolds the way it does! We go through experiences that we would miss if we knew of them beforehand, and those experiences not only shape us into the people we become, but they uniquely prepare us to help others who are being shaped by their own journey. Faith, for me, is my personal rudder. I like the story in the Bible: A world created by order; a creator who came for me, who seeks a personal relationship with me and helps along the journey of life. I’ve experienced enough to know that I don’t have all the answers. At some point we will all find ourselves seeking answers to questions we do not understand. I’m comfortable admitting I’m just not that good. I love the ability to read and meditate on the Bible daily, seeking insights for personal application to many of life’s questions or situations. Age is a matter of the heart and the mind, and has little to do with years. That is my motto in life. I’ve been fortunate to know, both personally and professionally, a wide variety of people in my life. Relationships are my sweet spot, and the individuals who stand out are the ones who are “timeless.” There are many people who are young, but act very old—aged in the heart and mind, and then there are the very special people who are “timeless” and have no limitations or distinction in time. Until the day they pass, they are full of life, happy, active and loving. That perspective—or perhaps it is a choice—has always been my compass. My three sons are my greatest success. I have been absolutely blessed with three amazing sons. They have all become men I am not only proud of, but also grateful to call my best friends. It’s an interesting experience when you start training your children when they are young, to become individuals who hopefully will make a difference in society. At first you’re trying your best to help them become who they will be, and then one day they are who they will be. I am very proud to say that each of my sons has exceeded my wildest expectations. Even at their current ages, they have already surpassed me in many ways, and I feel very good about that. They are my champions. Keep your short-term decisions focused on your long-term goals. If you do not do this, you will find the rabbit holes of life. I’ve coached others, in both business and personal situations, and tell them the people you spend your time with become your future. Healthy relationships, healthy future; ill relationships, ill future. Days turn to weeks, and weeks to years, so stay focused in order to stay true to your path.

I believe success is being your best self. In other words, living true to who you are. I’ve coached not only myself, but also my sons, to visualize your best self when you get up in the morning. It does not matter what you chose to do for your vocation, but you must be your best self in whatever you decide to do. This will take you to where you should be, and if you have stayed true to whom you are, your natural and trained qualities will take you to your perfect place in life. Then, when you have found that place, you have found your own personal success. That is my daily focus. What I am the most thankful for are my relationships. I am very thankful to have sons who desire to spend time with me, and for my amazing wife Cindy, and her mother, sisters and amazing daughters. I believe the lives of my wife and I crossed at exactly the perfect time for both of us. I’ve imagined how great it would be to have daughters, and Cindy feels the same about sons. Now we each have both. Life is funny from the standpoint of timing, and it is an easy trap to fall into thinking things aren’t happening on time when it comes to many matters of the heart. Comparison is such a distraction. From work to money to relationships, it’s easy to say, “It should have been that,” or “It could have been this,” but I believe in God’s economy there are no accidents in timing. Meeting my wife Cindy is a living, breathing example of God’s perfect timing. I intend to date her all the days of my life! My career role model was Rick Odegard, a man well known to Spokane. When I met him, I worked for Seattle Frist National Bank. Rick was the manager over the Eastern Washington Region, and he provided me with my first opportunity to lead others. When he promoted me he said, “Hal I want you to come to Spokane and I will teach you more in three days than anyone else will in a lifetime.” So I did. When I walked into his office that first day, he said, “Hal you can do anything you want to in this bank. Anything, except two things: You can’t sell the building and you can’t sell company stock, but anything else is up to you. Just remember that the further you swing your decisions from my expectations, the better your answer needs to be.” I loved that. I felt empowered! To this day, I work from his coaching, and it is based upon that individual empowerment that I work where I do today. In my job I am empowered to get the job done. What makes me happy is a personal choice to be happy. We really only have a few things fully in our control in life. Those are what we say, what we eat and our decision to be happy or not. The world chases being happy, but finding it is often situational. I’ve watched people who are unhappy find the one thing that makes them happy, but it lasts six months at most, then they are back to where they started. When I think about being happy, I begin by thinking about what I’m grateful for. I have so many things for which I am truly grateful. Just thinking about them makes me suddenly happier.

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he Coeur d’Alene Resort and Too Far North Productions are excited to bring Dana Fuchs and Tinsley Ellis to the area for The 2016 Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival March 18 through March 20 at The Coeur d’Alene

Resort. The 2015 event was awarded Best Blues Festival from the Inland Empire Blues Society last November. Organizers are excited that this year’s event is going to be the liveliest and most fun one yet. Blues phenomenon Dana Fuchs is a singer, songwriter and musician, whose mesmerizing voice and presence has led critics to compare her to rock legends from Janis to Jagger. Fittingly, she appeared in the off-Broadway production Love, Janis. The multi-talented singer and songwriter stars in one of the most talked-about cult films, Across The Universe, where she has a major presence both in the film and on the soundtrack. Over the course of eleven albums and literally thousands of live performances, Tinsley Ellis easily ranks as one of today’s most electrifying blues-rock guitarists and vocalists. He’s a living, breathing Southern blues rocker. The Blues Foundation recently announced that Tinsley’s latest release Tough Love has been nominated in the Rock Blues Album of the Year category of the annual Blues Music Awards.

In addition to the national headlining performers, festival goers can enjoy performances from the Sara Brown Band, Robin Barrett & Coyote Kings, Robb Boatsman & RampageLive, Charlie Butts & The Filter Tips, Bakin’ Phat, The Doghouse Boyz, Tuck Foster & The Mossrites and The Stepbrothers. Friday night kicks off the weekend with a blues cruise and after-party in the Resort Plaza Shops. Doors open 4 p.m. on Saturday for the main stage performances, and the day will be filled with more than eight hours of music. This also includes a daytime rooftop party and several free bonus performances that will take place throughout The Resort. The festival wraps up Sunday with an amazing blues brunch at Dockside Restaurant. This year’s event has the first ever VIP upgrade option. Festival goers with a VIP access pass get to attend a special pre-festival reception in the exclusive Resort penthouse suite and meet Dana Fuchs and Tinsley Ellis, up close and personal. They can take in breathtaking views of the lake from the top of The Resort while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks with Fuchs and Ellis. It’s a bucket list experience waiting to happen. VIP access also includes special reserved table seating for the event. Guests can make the entire experience complete by enjoying special one or two-night room packages at The Resort for the festival weekend. It’s the perfect way to shake off the winter blues with great music, food and drinks.

Packages include festival tickets and access to the exclusive VIP upgrade option. For more details visit cdabluesfestival.com.

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GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM... In celebration of the life of legendary artist, musician and humanitarian David Bowie, a group of local musicians, artists and area businesses have organized a fundraising event to celebrate the beloved entertainer and his remarkable music, all while raising funds for Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County. BowieFest 2016 will be Saturday, March 19th. Performers include rising star Automatic Shoes’ vocalist Matthew Hughes, the ethereal duo, Stardust and Jan Francisco, featuring members of The Camaros. Dancing the night away, DJ Pauliday and a special surprise guest DJ will keep the dance floor electrified! This is, of course, a dress up event, as in there will be a Bowie inspired costume contest, with judges choice award for best Bowie inspired costume! Glam, fantasy, cosmic, all of the above... you name it! You’ll see the most stellar silent auction ever, featuring original Bowie art pieces, salon services by House of POp, gift certificates to a myriad of local restaurants, including Garageland, Boots Bakery, Neato Burrito and more, as well as movie passes, food, toys, and much more! Vinyl for sale! Art for sale!! Tacos for sale!! Treats for sale!!! Take wild and crazy

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commemorative pictures, printed courtesy of Photoboxx interactive photo booth. Spaceman Coffee will provide coffee, and Red Rock Catering will present a no-host bar.

The best part is that this is an all ages event! All ages, all stages are welcome to join in giving our Starman a rockin’ shout out, all while helping the youth of our community by supporting The Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County. Tickets are limited and will sell out, so do not delay in purchasing. What else would you expect for a celebration fit for a Rock ‘n Roll Supernova? There’s a starman waiting in the

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BowieFest 2016 will be Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Chateau Rive at the Flour Mill, from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $20.00 each and may be purchased through Eventbrite.com

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DATE BOOK MARCH through April 1: Everything Seems to be Coming Together

This exhibition is a selection from recent bodies of work by Gala Bent, along with a group of new pieces that continue to explore the harmonies and dissonances that make the shape of the world around us. These paintings, drawings and objects seek to reflect the inevitable strain that forms when the systems that we inherit and create meet with resistance. Some glory in that messy place while others attempt to make new structures to hold tension in balance. Whitworth University Bryan Oliver Gallery. 300 W Hawthorne Rd. Spokane, WA 99251.

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March 11-13: Inland Northwest Motorcycle Show and Sale Come find all your open-road needs and desires at Washington’s largest motorcycle show and Sale. Motorcycles from all over the world, including many custom designs, will be featured, along with hundreds of accessories. As well, there will be free entertainment for buyers and spectators. This event will be held indoors at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center and free parking is provided. Spokane Fair and Expo Center. 404 N Havana St. Spokane Valley, WA 99202. For more information, please email info@spokanemotorcycleshow.com or log on to http://spokanemotorcycleshow.com

Fifty Masterworks from the Print Collection of the Jundt Art Museum will feature works on paper by Max Beckmann, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Francisco Goya, Wassily Kandinsky, Corita Kent, Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt van Rijn, Andy Warhol, and forty other artists. These works, including lithographs, screenprints, engravings, etchings, and other prints are all drawn from Gonzaga University’s 4,500-piece permanent collection. Selected by Dr. Paul Manoguerra, director and curator of the museum, these prints demonstrate the distinctive strength of the collection at its current stage of development and complement the museum’s facilities for academic research. Junta Art Museum at Gonzaga University. 200 E Desmet Ave. Spokane, WA 99202. For more information, log on to http://www. gonzaga.edu.

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March 4, April 1: 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.

March 6, March 21, April 3, April 18: Spokane Poetry Slam and BootSlam

Spokane Poetry Slam is competitive performance poetry at its Northwest finest! Every first and third week of the month spoken word warriors battle for Inland Empire supremacy, and a $50 Grand Prize. Each poem is judged by five members of the audience and, after two rounds of poetry, whichever poet has the highest cumulative score is declared the winner! Bootslam, at Boots Bakery, is held on the first Sunday of each month, while Spokane Poetry Slam, held at the Bartlett, is held on the third Monday of each month. Boots Bakery and Lounge, 24 W Main Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201. The Bartlett, 228 W Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201. For more information, please log on to: http://spokanepoetryslam.org/

March 3-April 14: Yaro Shon Neils

There will be an opening reception on Wednesday, March 2 at noon. This exhibition is free and open to the public. Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art. EWU Fine Arts Building. Cheney, WA 99004. For more information, log on to http://www.ewu.edu/cale/programs/art/gallery.

through April 2: Masterworks from the Print Collection of the Jundt Art Museum

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Treasure is a word that stirs the imagination of everyone of every age. An educational and entertaining exhibit for museums, Treasure! explores the history of treasures and treasure hunting, the technology employed in hunting treasure, as well as the people and personalities that hunt for treasure. Treasure! has several thematic areas and hands-on activities that allow you to try tools of treasure hunting and investigate treasures. This special exhibit features actual artifacts from shipwrecks and other treasure sites and includes over 4000 sq. ft. of exhibits on underwater treasure, buried treasure, gold rushes, treasures in the attic, in popular culture, protecting treasure and modern treasure hunts. A special treasure laboratory and artifacts from the museums’s collections will be on display as well in the setting of an “antique store”. 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.

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March 2: Jennifer Nettles 2016 Next Women of Country Tour

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Jennifer Nettles headlines a quartet of powerful upand-coming female country stars when she brings the CMT 2016 Next Women of Country Tour to Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s Pend Oreille Pavilion on Friday, March 4, 2016. Featured performers are: Brandy Clark, Lindsay Ell, and Tara Thompson. Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001. For tickets, please log on to http://northernquest.com/.

March 11: Music Walk

Every second Friday of January through March, enjoy an evening of fantastic music, fine dining, and friends in beautiful downtown Coeur d’Alene. Take the opportunity to stroll in and out of downtown businesses turned concert venues and sample the wonderful variety of music that North Idaho has to offer. Whether you like jazz or rock, classical or pop, there is something for everyone. Visit supporting restaurants, shops, businesses and galleries with your friends and family! A family-friendly, free event! Coeur d’Alene, ID. 83814. For more information, please log on to: http://www.artsincda. org

March 12: Spokane Symphony Superpops: For Ella Fitzgerald

When Patti Austin sings, people listen. When she sings Ella Fitzgerald, they swoon! Hear live in glorious color the beautiful renditions of Ella’s favorites that earned Patti Austin a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her album For Ella, with big band arrangements by the legendary Patrick Williams. A Grammy Award-winner with nine total nominations, Patti delivers classics such as “Too Close for Comfort,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Satin Doll,” “Miss Otis Regrets,” “The Man I Love,” and “How High the Moon.” Join us and bask in the glow of Patti’s sensual voice, swinging groove and vivacious audience interplay. Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com. Tickets may also be purchased with personalized service at the Box Office of Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 West Sprague Avenue, or by calling 509-624-1200.

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March 18-20: Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival

The 7th Annual Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival, winner of the Inland Empire Blues Society - “Best Blues Event”, will once again be hosted this season at The Coeur d’Alene Resort. The invitation is open to all for a soul swingin’ weekend celebrating the best of modern blues, featuring many of the most popular blues bands on the planet. Coeur d’Alene Resort. 115 S. 2nd St. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814. For more information, please log on to: http://www.cdaresort.com/

March 19-20: Spokane Symphony Classics: Symphonic Dances

Japanese superstar Sayaka Shoji returns to perform Felix Mendelssohn’s influential Violin Concerto, regarded as an essential work for all aspiring violin virtuosi to conquer. Another crowd-pleaser will be Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, incorporating vivacious dance rhythms and Russian church melodies with lush harmonies and dazzling orchestration. Michael Abels’ much-admired Global Warming has nothing to do with the weather; it celebrates the many similarities between folk music of divergent cultures. Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com. Tickets may also be purchased with personalized service at the Box Office of Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 West Sprague Avenue, or by calling 509-624-1200.

March 20: Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen

Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen team up and swap songs on acoustic guitars like they used to do on Keen’s front porch in College Station, TX, when they co-wrote “The Front Porch Song”, which both artists later recorded on their respective debut albums. Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001. For tickets, please log on to http://northernquest.com/.

April 2-3: Spokane Symphony Classics: Genius Evolution

A musicologist said, “Bach’s genius shot so far above the capabilities of ordinary musicians that his greatness was veiled in silence.” Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 weaves the familiar with the new, the traditional chamber ensemble with the horns, previously limited to the hunt. Anton Bruckner was also unap-

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preciated, with “helpful” editors trying to make his music more Wagnerian. His Sixth Symphony has a heavenly quality. Osvaldo Golijov’s shimmering Sidereus (starry messenger) expresses the wonder and majesty of the cosmos. Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com. Tickets may also be purchased with personalized service at the Box Office of Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 West Sprague Avenue, or by calling 509-624-1200.

April 7: Emporium Presents: Home Free

Since being crowned NBC’s “The Sing-Off” victors, Home Free has made their mark on the music scene selling more than 200,000 albums, racking up more than 50-million YouTube views, and entertaining more than 100,000 people live in concert. The country vocal quintent brings their high-energy and quick-witted performance peppering Nashville standards with country-dipped pop hits to town as a part of the Don’t It Feel Good: Spring Tour. Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com. Tickets may also be purchased with personalized service at the Box Office of Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 West Sprague Avenue, or by calling 509-624-1200.

April 14: Salt-n-Pepa, with Spinderella and En Vogue

As one of the first successful all-female rap groups, Salt-N-Pepa hit the New York music scene in 1985. The group now consists of Cheryl James (“Salt”), Sandra Denton (“Pepa”) and Deidre Roper (“DJ Spinderella”). Throughout their career, Salt-N-Pepa had a long string of hits in the late 80s and early 90s, including “Push It”, “Let’s Talk About Sex”, “Shoop”, “Whatta Man” and “None of Your Business”. Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001. For tickets, please log on to http://northernquest.com/.

April 15: Spokane Symphony: Spring Symphony With a Splash Symphony With A Splash is a fantastic way to kick off the weekend! Friday nights with the

Spokane Symphony are Fun, Fabulous and Affordable. The Fun starts at 5 pm at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. Enjoy live music from a local band in the swanky Fox lobby while noshing on Happy Hour food and drink specials. The party moves into the hall at 7 pm for a Fabulous one-hour performance by the Spokane Symphony of classical music, both time-honored and cutting edge. Fox Theatre. 1001 W Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com. Tickets may also be purchased with personalized service at the Box Office of Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 West Sprague Avenue, or by calling 509-624-1200.

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through March 6: Inlander Spokane Restaurant Week

More than 100 local restaurants will offer special Restaurant Week menus with a fixed price of either $19 or $29. Many locations will have add-ons or upgrades, and local libations. Taste the best that the Inland Northwest has to offer during this special week! For participating locations and menus, please log on to: http://inlanderrestaurantweek.com

March 2-4: Custer’s Spring Arts and Crafts Show

Custer’s 38th Annual Spring Arts & Crafts Show features 300 professional artists and crafters from across the United States covering 78,000 square feet of exhibit space, making this the largest show of its kind in the Inland Northwest! Whimsical bird houses, clay fountains, metal sculpture, hand painted furniture, quilted wall hangings, dried florals, one of a kind jewelry pieces, functional pottery, nature photography, unique clothing and much, much more! Specialty and gourmet foods including fudge, truffles, jams, vinegars, mustards, smoked salmon, and dry soup mixes. Many of these items will be available to sample! Spokane County Fair & Expo Center. 404 N Havana St. Spokane Valley, WA 99202.

March 8: National Geographic Live! Where the Wild Things Live

For more than 30 years, award-winning National Geographic photographer Vincent J. Musi has covered diverse assignments from traveling Route 66 to global warming, life under volcanoes, and Sicilian mummies. But an unusual twist of fate has led him to the highly unpredictable world of animal portraiture. Musi gets up close - almost too close - to his unique subjects, despite the fact that they growl, bark, roar, bite, hiss, claw, poop and pee on him.while working to save them. INB Performing Arts Center. 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

March 25: Masters of Illusion

Nothing beats the experience of seeing a magic show in person! At Masters of Illusion, you’ll see grand illusions, levitating women, appearances and vanishes, escapes, comedy magic, sleight of hand and beautiful dancers. It’s everything you want in a magic show with a LIVE audience and no camera tricks! Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001. For tickets, please log on to http://northernquest.com/.

April 2: Australia’s Thunder From Down Under

Billed as the perfect Girls’ Night Outback, the guys from Australia’s Thunder From Down Under know how to get the audience excited from the minute they walk out on stage! For 15 years, Australia’s Thunder From Down under has been providing “eye candy” for women of all ages. More than 6 million women have seen the world’s most sought after male revue and they keep coming back for more. Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001. For tickets, please log on to http://northernquest.com/.

April 8: Jeff Dunham: Perfectly Unbalanced

Jeff Dunham, the wildly popular and internationally acclaimed comic/ventriloquist is loading up the bus along with his cast of characters and heading to the Spokane Arena for his Perfectly Unbalanced Tour. Dunham hand-crafts each character personally from conception to the final coat of paint then brings them to life on stage. His beloved troupe of sidekicks are: Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, the beer-fueled redneck Bubba J, the manic purple creature Peanut, the spicy pepper from south of the border Jose Jalapeno and Little Jeff, a mini-version of the ringmaster himself. Spokane Arena. 720 West Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

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through March 6: Wittenberg

Join the jury as two of history’s most stubborn intellectuals go head-to-head in a highly entertaining battle of reason versus faith. Set in late 1517, this smart, sprightly and audacious comedy centers on a fictitious meeting between university colleagues Dr. Faustus (a man of appetites), Martin Luther (a man of faith), and their student Hamlet (a young prince). Stage Left Theatre. 108 W 3rd Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For more information and to purchase tickets, please log on to: http://www. spokanestageleft.org.

open at 6:15 for complimentary appetizers and a no-host bar. Curtain time is 7:15. Tickets are $35 adult, $30 student, or $300 for a group of ten. Spokane Civic Theatre. 1020 N Howard St., Spokane, WA 99201. Buy tickets at http:// partneringforprogress.org/civic-theatre-benefit.html or call (509)720-8408 to purchase by check or credit card.

March 4-20: Maybe Baby

Our 2015 resident playwright, Matt Harget, brings his romantic comedy about a couple’s difficulties trying to conceive a child to the stage. This endearing production will warm your heart and perhaps give you baby fever. The Modern Theatre - CdA. 1320 E Garden Ave, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814. For more information and tickets, please log on to: http://www.themoderntheater.org/

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There are 3 couples, the men of which all work at the same firm. One of the younger men is having an affair with the wife of the oldest, and when each returns home suspiciously late one night or early one morning they invent a story about having to spend some time smoothing domestic matters in the home of the third couple. Both living areas are shown on the stage, and share a common dining room which takes on a character of its own when it serves two dinners simultaneously on two different nights. Of course, the 3rd couple have to show up to put the fat in the fire, but that complication only adds to the fun of this famous farce. Ignite Community Theater. 10814 E Broadway Ave. Spokane Valley, WA 99216. For more information and to purchase tickets, please log on to: http://www.igniteonbroadway.org

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This timeless captivating story is brought to life in this glorious musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope, and everlasting love. Based on Louisa May Alcott’s life, Little Women follows the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March. Upon the advice of a friend, Jo weaves the story of herself and her sisters and their experience growing up in Civil War America. 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.

March 16: Partnering for Progress Benefit Night: Little Women

Support Spokane-based Partnering for Progress by attending the musical version of this classic story on March 16 at the Spokane Civic Theater. A portion of funds raised will benefit P4P’s mission to bring health, education, water and economic development to residents in developing countries. Doors

March 4-20: Seussical

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many “thinks.” Horton faces a double challenge--not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family, and community are challenged and emerge triumphant. Spokane Children’s Theatre. 2727 N Madelia St #5, Spokane, WA 99207. For more information and to purchase tickets, please log on to: http://www.spokanechildrenstheatre. org

March 11-12: Left Overs III

Left Overs III is a special event produced by Sandra Hosking. This production will consist of six short plays, written, rehearsed and performed, all in 24 hours, and all by local talent! Stage Left Theatre. 108 W 3rd Ave. Spokane, WA 99201. For more information and to purchase tickets, please log on to: http://www. spokanestageleft.org.

March 18-April 10: Hapgood

Dual natures of light - and people - are the theme of Tom Stoppard’s espionage thriller. Kerner’s secret research is being leaked to Moscow. Is Ridley the double agent? Or is

Kerner a triple? Hapgood is the person to find out, and maybe it will take two of her. 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.

March 24-27: 42nd Street

The quintessential backstage musical comedy classic, 42nd Street is the song and dance fable of Broadway with an American Dream story and includes some of the greatest songs ever written, such as “We’re In The Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle Off To Buffalo,” “Dames,” “I Only Have Eyes For You” and of course “42nd Street.” Based on a novel by Bradford Ropes and Busby Berkeley’s 1933 movie, 42nd Street tells the story of a starry-eyed young dancer named Peggy Sawyer who leaves her Allentown home and comes to New York to audition for the new Broadway musical Pretty Lady. When the star breaks her ankle, Peggy takes over and becomes a star. INB Performing Arts Center. 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane, WA 99201. For tickets, call 1-800-325-SEAT or visit http://www.ticketswest.com.

April 7-17: Next to Normal

Winner of three Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, this work of art is an unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness. Their lives are anything but normal. This emotional powerhouse takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love, sympathy, and heart. This production is put on by the Modern Theatre, but will be presented at the Bing Crosby Theatre. The Bing Crosby Theatre. 901 W Sprague Ave., Spokane, WA 99201. For more information and tickets, please log on to: http:// www.themoderntheater.org/

April 8-24: Around the World in 80 Days

Hold on to your seats for the original amazing race! Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Join fearless adventurer Phineas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock! Phineas has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and life at risk. Fogg and his resourceful servant, Passepartout, set out to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. Their every step is dogged by a detective who thinks they are robbers on the run. Danger, romance and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as a small cast (5-7 actors) plays 39 characters covering all seven continents! Ignite Community Theater. 10814 E Broadway Ave. Spokane Valley, WA 99216. For more information and to purchase tickets, please log on to: http://www.igniteonbroadway.org spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

ARTIST PROFILE ARYN FIELDS

Awareness and Self Sculptor Aryn Fields

by Robin Bishop

here is an intriguing upshot in the strengthening art scene in Spokane that I really enjoy. On occasion I am referred to an artist that is just emerging; one that is open to allowing us to travel their journey of self-discovery and growth. Such is the case with young sculptor, Aryn Fields. Fields is open in her work and possesses an awareness that is rare for a person of tender years. “I just express things that I feel or have felt, knowing that others have experienced the same things,” she says. Her contemporary pieces are simple in form and approach, but contain complex meaning and inference. In a recent show at Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery, Fields had two series on display. One could be classified as miniature, while the other more small-scale. The miniature series of three pieces was titled Personal Friend, symbolizing the ‘inner friend’ we all have. Each piece, stained and glazed to a rustic finish, had a disembodied arm or hand that was relocated to the shoulder in a display of comfort and solidarity. The postures and poses are introspective in nature. Fields comments that the concept might appear lonely, but is intended to raise awareness of learning to love one’s self. “Over the past year I supported myself full-time with art, which meant I was alone in my studio all day working,” she says. “It helped me be okay with being by myself and being aware of the moment.” The small-scale series was intended to be something other than its outcome, but Fields allowed the occurrence of a happy accident to alter the finished product, which again, depicts an emotional awareness promoting inner health. Each of the

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three pieces in the series called Bloom consisted of a natural white ceramic torso of a woman with organic matter wired in to build the remainder of the body. The first in the series used mosses and twigs, the second contained greenery and moss, and the third depicted a woman’s form in full bloom. Each of the pieces contained hair (the artist’s own) in different phases of coiffure but no face. “I work more figuratively. I want the emotion of a series to be immediately evident to the viewer,” Fields confesses. Expressing the journey is her ultimate goal. The three pieces in the Bloom series are intended to walk a viewer through a transition from depression to healthy well-being. Fields accomplished this not only in the use of organics, but in body posture and “life” given to each form. While she strives for figurative emotion in some pieces, Fields is quite literal in

capturing expression and emotion in other pieces. In the past year she has explored a creative approach to the everyday function of planters. “I love depicting a story that can be felt. I do a lot of faces because that is where most of our emotion is shown.” Fields has an unusual and avant-garde placement of plants in the sculpted pieces. She has designed planters leaving the eye socket for planting or the top of the head, the shoulder, etc. The resulting impression is one of contemporary artic style. Her first ceramics class, at Lewis and Clark High School, lit her sculpting fire, compelling her to go on to complete her Associate of Fine Arts at Spokane Falls Community College. While the instruction helped her learn more about her craft and exposed her to many other media, the talent came naturally. Art is in the genes and she lived her whole life with artistic works her grandparents had created. Fields’ ability to match movement to desired emotion in either life-like miniature or contemporary pieces, displays maturity and skill bred of an awareness of form.

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After Fields spent the past year supporting herself making planters and other small pieces, in order to continue exploring and honing her craft without the strain of needing to pay the bills, she has taken a job. Fields looks forward now to exploring larger works and taking on different gallery projects at a leisurely pace. “I might not have as much time, but the time I do have will be of a different quality,” she says.

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Fields will be showing all new pieces at the Saranac Art Project at 25 W. Main in downtown Spokane in July 2016. Visit her Facebook page at ArynFieldsCeramics. Robin Bishop is a free-lance writer and editor of Catalyst magazine. She can be contacted at dragonflywriter2014@gmail. com or via Facebook at Dragonfly Writer/ Robin Bishop.

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Day 1 Breakfast: Usually a PB and Banana Smoothie or healthier French Toast Snack: Green Juice along with a small handful or raw almonds. Lunch: Northwest Chicken Salad Afternoon Snack: Protein Coffee Cake Dinner: Healthy Stir Fry

Day 2 Breakfast: Protein Pancakes Snack: Apple slices and raw almonds Lunch: Steak Salad Afternoon Snack: Very Berry Smoothie Dinner: Sweet Potato Soup

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This is a very exciting part of the meal prep course! Who said grocery shopping can’t be fun? If you have your recipes planned out and are willing to cook your own meals, you will find yourself more eager to go fill up your grocery cart with the best ingredients. I always load up my cart with a lot of greens, including spinach and celery, and I never forget onions, carrots and avocados. Get some cartons of Almond milk and instead of buying the usual bread, go for the most natural, whole-wheat bread. Also, replace your white rice with brown rice, since the latter is loaded with minerals

like manganese, which will keep your body strong. Finally, do not forget your protein intake. Go for lean steak, which does not contain excessive fat, and chicken breasts and fish (any fish will do).

Step 2 (Part B): Cooking and meal prepping Cooking all of your meats, sweet potatoes, yams or rice ahead of time will allow you to have the ability to grab and go. Setting aside one day for cooking eliminates the time and effort required to cook everyday – something most of us are unable to fit into our busy schedules. You can also pre-cut veggies and proportion items into ready to grab, sealed reusable containers.

Step 3: Pack your food Most of us are busy working in our office during the day, and we usually end up going to the nearest restaurant for lunch. This is usually not healthy, since you never really know what they are putting in the food. This is why packing your lunch and bringing snacks with you is the best option. Always use sealable containers to store your food for the day. I always advise people to grab four or five snacks/meals (from the above) everyday. This will help your metabolism to get in the fat burning zone and suppress hunger cravings.

Final Thoughts Nutrition goals can boil down to being prepared or not prepared. Following the simple three steps above is a near guarantee for getting on the fast track towards most fitness goals! Not only has this worked for our clients, but it is also a weekly habit that we still use and attribute to our own success with fitness goals, weight loss and living a healthier happier lifestyle. If you need any assistance with your meal prep, or have questions, drop us a note at workoutanywhere.com. Cheers to your health! Justin Rundle is a Certified Personal Trainer with nine years of training experience. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Whitworth University, and is the Mt. Spokane High School Strength and Conditioning Coach, the Mt. Spokane Varsity Defensive Line Coach and the co-owner of www.workoutanywhere.net (online personal training and dieting assistance).

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5 COMMON HEART HEALTH MYTHS DEBUNKED

AS THE NUMBER ONE cause of death in both men and women, knowledge is power when it comes to preventing heart conditions. Whether it runs in your family or not, this is one health issue you shouldn't ignore. “Unfortunately, everyone has an old wives’ tale associated with heart disease and cardiovascular health,” says Dr. Andy Manganaro, chief medical officer at Life Line Screening. “For example, many women don't know they are more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer.” Dr. Manganaro helps separate some myths from reality to keep you in the know: 1. HEART DISEASE IS THE SAME IN MEN AND WOMEN. Although men and women share many of the same risk factors for heart disease, there are differences in the way the disease treats each gender's body, according to Harvard Health Publications. Women tend to develop heart disease an average of 10 years later than men, and have a greater chance of dying from the disease. Women have smaller hearts and coronary vessels, which often makes heart surgery difficult. In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of women, so women especially should talk with their doctors about developing a heart health plan.

2. IF IT RUNS IN YOUR FAMILY, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. Even if heart conditions run in your family, these diseases are still 80 percent preventable. Healthy behavior changes

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like losing weight, increasing exercise, eating a healthier diet and keeping your cholesterol in check will help you make tremendous strides towards heart health. The power of prevention is undeniable, especially with preventative screenings that identify risk factors for heart disease and stroke early on. Life Line Screening offers affordable, preventative cardiovascular screenings conveniently in your community.

3. HEART DISEASE DOESN'T AFFECT FIT AND ACTIVE PEOPLE. No matter how many marathons you run or yoga classes you take, you may still be at risk for a heart condition. There are plenty of other factors that can put you at risk, like high cholesterol, poor eating habits, elevated blood pressure, and smoking.

4. HEART DISEASE ALWAYS EXHIBITS THE SAME SYMPTOMS. While you might be under the impression that a heart attack always involves extreme chest pain, 64 percent of women who die suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms, according to the American Heart Association (AMA). Women are more likely to experience back or jaw pain, dizziness and lightheadedness, shortness of breath or nausea and vomiting.

5. ONCE YOU HAVE HEART DISEASE, IT'S TOO LATE. It's never too late to treat or prevent heart disease. Your lifestyle plays a crucial role in both controlling risk factors and caring for heart disease. Simple behavior changes like those mentioned above plus consultation with you doctor can help keep your heart, and entire circulatory system, humming along. (BPT) Don't let these common myths cost you your life. Manage your heart health and learn how to take preventative measures at lifelinescreening.com.

STOP DAILY HEADACHES by Dr. Donald Johnson

WHAT WOULD YOU DO on a day that you didn’t have a headache or a migraine – and you knew that nothing you did on that day could cause a headache or migraine? Really, what would you do?? Would you be the real you -- the you that you want to be? More that half of all head, neck, and facial pain is referred pain from muscles caused by an unbalanced bite when the teeth don’t come together correctly. A new diagnostic examination can accurately determine if the cause of the pain is a bite force imbalance and if dentomandibular rehabilitation can relieve the pain. One out of eight Americans suffer from chronic headaches, and many are so bad that they cannot live normally. About 80 percent of all headaches result from tension in muscles, and many of these headaches are related to an unbalanced bite – teeth that do not come together correctly. How can your unbalanced bite cause a headache? Your body wants to be in 100 percent balance, and when the teeth do not come together correctly, your muscles keep trying to reposition the lower jaw so that the teeth come together correctly. This causes muscle strain, or contraction. When muscles are strained for long periods of time, they begin to form lactic acid, trigger points and scar tissue, and then they refer pain to other areas of the head and neck. The pain may be on one or both sides of your head, it may surround your head as if a steel band was wrapped around it, or it may feel like a dull, non-throbbing ache. The muscles which control your jaw and hold your head upright are very complex. Many people do not realize that every time they swallow, their upper and lower teeth try to come together in a firm and balanced way to brace the lower jaw against the skull. We swallow over 2,000 times every day! So if your bite is unbalanced from poorly aligned

teeth, a missing tooth or an accident causing whiplash, the muscles must work harder to try to bring the teeth together properly. Your muscles never get a break since you need to swallow so often. The overworked muscles become strained and eventually become painful, developing trigger points and scar tissue, and refer pain. The pain may be felt in the muscle which is strained; many times the pain is “referred” to other areas of the head, neck, face and even the teeth Your head, which weighs about 15 pounds—roughly the same as a bowling ball—is balanced on top of your spine by muscles in your jaw, neck, shoulders and back. Imagine a softball balanced on top of a pencil by several rubber bands. This is like your head, your spine and your muscles. When muscles are tense, they shorten. Imagine if just one of those rubber bands was shortened. Some of the other rubber bands would stretch, others would be shortened, and the softball would be thrown off center! Similarly, when even a single muscle in the jaw, neck or face becomes shortened, all of the other muscles are forced to overwork to get the head balanced back on top of the spine. Once the muscles become painful, a vicious cycle begins. The pain makes you feel tense and uptight. This worsens the muscle spasm, which in turn increases the pain. If the cause is an unbalanced bite, the treatment will involve eliminating trigger points and scar tissue in the muscles and correcting your bite so that the muscles can function without extra strain and tension. This is called advanced forced balanced dentistry and neuromuscular rehabilitation. If you are suffering from chronic headaches or migraines, then find out if it is from an unbalanced bite. The diagnostic examination is focused on revealing the root cause of the pain, and the treatment targets those root causes without drugs, needles, or invasive surgical procedures.

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MENDING BROKEN HEARTS

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Cardio/thoracic surgeon, Dr. Leland Siwek’s heart for his work

told my third grade teacher I was going to be a heart surgeon,” says Dr. Leland Siwek. A cardiovascular/ thoracic surgeon practicing at Northwest Heart & Lung Surgical Associates, Siwek has been part of the Spokane medical community for 28 years, and has been named a Best Doctor by the Best Doctors in America® every year since Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living first presented the list in 2005. An integral part of the Spokane medical community, his heart for medicine and for his patients is easy to see. “The heart interested me,” he says of what drew him into medicine. “When I was a kid, heart surgery was just beginning; it was cutting edge stuff, so I thought it was really cool. I remember writing a paper in third grade about the different heart surgery repairs for congenital disease. My interests waxed and waned over the years, but I always came back to heart surgery and working with people.” Siwek has always had a heart for the heart. It was a pretty straight path for the kid from New York, who went to both college and medical school at Harvard University,

with one goal in sight. “I was always really good with my hands,” he says, “so I wanted to be a surgeon. I wanted to fix things.” After cardiac surgery training at Massachusetts’s General Hospital in Boston, one of the most sought after cardiac surgery fellowships in the country, Siwek could have gone anywhere, but a desire for a busy, high-level private practice brought him to Spokane in 1988. “Spokane has been on the cutting edge of heart surgery since the beginning of heart surgery,” he says of the attraction to a mid-sized city on the other side of the country from where he grew up. “I had no reason to come to this part of the country, but the practice and the partners attracted me.” Siwek’s interest early on was in congenital heart surgery, working on the tiniest and most vulnerable of cardiac patients: babies. He was a go-to surgeon for congenital heart conditions for almost 15 years, before he began transitioning more and more into minimally invasive, or robotic, heart surgery, for which he is now well known around the country and sought after for his expertise. 2002-2010 were years of incredible growth in the use of robotic surgery for cardiac patients, and Siwek was at the forefront, training visiting teams from Japan, Korea and China, as well as from Texas Heart spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

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Institute, Mayo Clinic and Cedars Sinai in LA. you did, that really is what this is all about.” “Heart surgery is very effective, it does a good job of fixing From the baby he operated on whose arteries were on the wrong things, but nobody wants it,” says Siwek. “It’s traumatic, it’s scary side of his heart, to the 28-week pregnant woman with an aortic to people and it’s a big procedure. In general, it is worth it because dissection, who had to be flown in for emergency surgery, many of of the excellent results and outcomes, but if we can make it easier Siwek’s patients weigh on his heart and his mind, and he finds joy on the patient to tolerate, [which robotic surgery does] it makes in being able to help them. it more acceptable and also makes their outcomes and recovery In each victory though, he recognizes and emphasizes that better.” heart surgery is a team sport. “A lot of the focus gets put on the Providence Sacred Heart, where Siwek operates, has the surgeon, and the skill of the surgeon is a big deal,” he says, “but largest heart surgery program in the state and has been incredibly there are a lot of other people involved: our Physician Assistants, supportive in the development of the program. “Patients can the operating room staff, anesthesia and the ICU nursing staff. The get heart surgery at many facilities in the Northwest, but if they whole process is complicated. One of the things I think we’ve done do a little research and want to have their mitral valve repaired well here is really getting the team integrated well.” robotically, they come to Sacred Heart,” he says. Residents in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene ought to know how Always seeking the newest, most effective and safest option fortunate they are to have the kind of cardiac care in this area that for his patients, Siwek has expanded his skills in minimally is available, something not all communities this size have. “This invasive heart surgery to include Transcatheter Aortic Valve has been a very well-known and very highly functioning cardiac Replacement (TAVR) technologies. This enables community for many years,” says Siwek. “It is one of the surgeons to replace the aortic valve not with reasons I came here, because Spokane already had open-heart surgery, but with a cathetera good reputation for that. I’ve helped enhance delivered valve that travels up through an that reputation, but it didn’t start with me. artery and pushes the damaged valve to Compared to the cardiac services that are the side, setting the new valve in place. offered elsewhere, I’m confident there is no Right now the procedure is limited to place in the country that does it better than high-risk patients who wouldn’t be able we do. Even the famous places people hear to handle traditional valve replacement about all the time, we have that quality surgery, but the Sacred Heart team does of care right here in our backyard. I think about 120 of these procedures per year. people in this region know that, but I’m not ~ Dr. Leland Siwek, Though heart surgery in any form sure they always recognize what a big deal cardio/thoracic surgeon – open-heart, robotic or transcatheter that is. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons gave – sounds incredibly stressful to perform, us the highest ranking in all aspects of cardiac Siwek is not phased. “I have non-medical surgery – placing us in the top 1.2% of all heart friends who always think doing heart surgery has surgery programs in the country. The community is got to be really stressful, but it is what I do,” he says. fortunate to have that level of care here, both in terms of the “I have stress in my job, but it’s usually not in the operating physicians, facilities and the hospital system that is willing to invest room, it’s not the actual procedure because I know I can do that. in providing the best care that there is.” Like most of us, the things that stress me are the things I don’t The funny thing about cardiac physicians, says Siwek is control.” that they spend a lot of time trying to put themselves out of One situation that does cause stress for Siwek is something that business. “You’d rather patients not need your services,” he says. he considers one of the great challenges in his job. “The hardest Particularly difficult to see are cases where a patient’s lifestyle part of my job is dealing with a patient I don’t think can be helped,” choice has damaged their heart. “I think what we see a lot of in he says. “Having a patient who has a serious problem, who knows Spokane, that is too bad, is that a lot of people are still smoking. you are their last hope that it can be fixed— if you have to say, this It is probably one of the biggest things people can do something is not fixable, that is the hardest thing.” about. It bothers me the number of young people I see out in the For every challenge he faces though, Siwek is well aware of community smoking. Most people in their 20s and 30s think they the joy that can be found in his work. “It’s a cliché really, but the are invincible, but we see the 50 year olds who have been smoking joy is in knowing you are helping somebody and, not always, their whole lives. You think would have learned that by now, but it but oftentimes, truly saving someone’s life,” he says. “A lot of is a little disheartening that young people still smoke.” the stuff we deal with is either immediately life threatening or This is the heartfelt message from the man who has devoted life threatening if left untreated. Knowing you have the skill to himself to mending broken hearts of all kind. He longs to see his intervene to actually fix the problem, and then have that patient patients healthy and happy. send you a Christmas card 10 years later saying thank you for what Let’s just say he has a heart for them.

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hether it is the sniffles of a little one or a chronic illness being battled by a friend or family member, there is no medical issue that is small when it involves a loved one. Our health is one of our greatest gifts, so it is no wonder that finding the best doctor possible is at the forefront of our minds when there is a need. Here is the 2015-2016 Best Doctors in America® list, with 130 of our area’s best doctors, practicing in 41 different specialties. The doctor will see you now!

Allergy and Immunology KERRY DRAIN, MD Spokane Allergy and Asthma Clinic 508 West Sixth Avenue, Suite 700 Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-1624 Cardiovascular Disease BRADEN BATKOFF, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820

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ANDREW J. BOULET, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820

HAROLD ROBERT GOLDBERG, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820

JANICE D. CHRISTENSEN, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820

R. DEAN HILL, MD Heart Clinics Northwest 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 310 Spokane, WA 99204 509-838-7711

BRYAN E. FUHS, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820

DARREN CHARLES HOLLENBAUGH, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology 16528 East Desmet Court, Suite B3200 Spokane Valley, WA 99216 509-455-8820

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PHILIP R. HUBER, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820

MICHAEL E. RING, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820

TAMMY R. ELLINGSEN, MD Columbia Medical Associates Family Health Center 910 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 600 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-9800

MICHAEL A. KWASMAN, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology 212 East Central Avenue, Suite 240 Spokane, WA 99208 509-455-8820

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, MD Heart Clinics Northwest 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 310 Spokane, WA 99204 509-838-7711

DEBRA GORE, MD Group Health Riverfront Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 322 West North River Drive Spokane, WA 99201 509-324-6464

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JEFFREY O’CONNOR, MD 309 East Farwell Road, Suite 204 Spokane, WA 99218 509-385-0600

PIERRE P. LEIMGRUBER, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820 TIMOTHY J. LESSMEIER, MD Heart Clinics Northwest Providence Heart and Vascular Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 310 Spokane, WA 99204 509-838-7711 DIETER FRANTZ LUBBE, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820 GERHARD H. MUELHEIMS, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Spokane Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820 ERIC C. ORME, MD Heart Clinics Northwest 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 310 Spokane, WA 99204 509-838-7711 JOHN G. PETERSON, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology 212 East Central Avenue, Suite 240 Spokane, WA 99208 509-455-8820

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M. SHANE MCNEVIN, MD Surgical Specialists of Spokane 105 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 7010 Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-6194 Critical Care Medicine

P. Z. PEARCE, MD Champions Sports Medicine 730 North Hamilton Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-487-4467

DANIEL R. COULSTON, MD Rockwood Pulmonary and Critical Care Center 910 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 1001 Spokane, WA 99204 509-623-1456

WILLIAM SAYRES, MD Group Health Riverfront Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 322 West North River Drive Spokane, WA 99201 509-324-6464

SAMUEL JOSEPH, DO 101 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 1000 Spokane, WA 99204 509-951-5088 Endocrinology and Metabolism COLLEEN RUTH CAREY, MD Cancer Care Northwest 910 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 102 Spokane, WA 99204 509-228-1544 Family Medicine ERIN A. CHURCH, MD Rockwood Quail Run Clinic 2214 East 29th Avenue Spokane, WA 99223 509- 755-5250

Gastroenterology ARNOLD N. COHEN, MD Spokane Digestive Disease Center 105 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 550E Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-5145 Geriatric Medicine JEFFREY CLODE, MD Physicians Clinic of Spokane Medical Center Building, Suite 500 820 South McClellan Street Spokane, WA 99204 509-353-3950

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MICHAEL C. KERKERING, MD Spokane Internal Medicine 1215 North McDonald Road Spokane Valley, WA 99216 509-924-1950

Internal Medicine BERDINE BENDER, MD Providnece Medical Group Department of Internal Medicine 910 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 701 Spokane, WA 99204 509-624-0111 JEFFREY CLODE, MD Physicians Clinic of Spokane Medical Center Building, Suite 500 820 South McClellan Street Spokane, WA 99204 509-353-3950

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KIRK L. ROWBOTHAM, MD Providence Internal Medicine 820 South McClellan Street, Suite 200 Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-1144 BRIAN J. SEPPI, MD Providence Internal Medicine Physician’s Clinic of Spokane 820 South McClellan Street, Suite 500 Spokane, WA 99204 509-353-3950

Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine PETER WEITZMAN, MD Providence Holy Family Hospital Department of Hospital Medicine 5633 North Lidgerwood Street Spokane, WA 99208 509-252-6336 Medical Genetics JUDITH A. MARTIN, MD Providence Genetics Clinic Sacred Heart Doctors Building East Tower, Suite 454 105 West Eighth Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-474-3810 Medical Oncology and Hematology JANET CHESTNUT, MD Group Health Riverfront Medical Center Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology 322 West North River Drive Spokane, WA 99201 509-324-6464 MEI DONG, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000 ROBERT H. GERSH, MD Cancer Care Northwest 605 East Holland Avenue #100 Spokane, WA 99218 509-228-1400 SRIVALLI GOPALUNI, MD Cancer Care Northwest 605 East Holland Avenue #100 Spokane, WA 99218 509-228-1000 HAKAN KAYA, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000

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University of Washington and Gonzaga University announce UW Medical School partnership Launch initiative to advance medical education and research in Spokane region

THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW) and Gonzaga University (GU) have signed an agreement to continue, enhance and expand medical education and research in Spokane. The agreement makes Gonzaga a partner in the University of Washington’s regional, community-based medical education program and sets in motion plans to advance health related research, entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary health sciences teaching in Spokane. “Finding solutions to our most pressing issues in health care requires breaking down the traditional barriers in higher education and working together for the benefit of our State and local community,” says Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh. “Uniting Gonzaga University’s commitment to educational excellence, leadership and service with the UW’s nationally-recognized medical school and research engine will continue the long tradition of educating doctors in Eastern Washington, and represents a phenomenal opportunity not only for our faculty and students, but the entire Inland Northwest.” Starting fall 2016, the University of Washington School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Partnership will welcome its largest-ever entering class to dedicated facilities on the Gonzaga University campus. Gonzaga faculty will recruit, teach and mentor medical students together with UW faculty utilizing the UW’s new, award-winning medical curriculum. The UW and GU will also embark on a collaborative Regional Health Initiative to develop shared facilities and high-impact, applied research. A dedicated executive director at Gonzaga, Spokane-based UW School of Medicine leadership, and a new Community Advisory Board will guide the development of the partnership. “This is about more than a medical school, it’s about community and economic vitality,” says UW President Ana Mari Cauce. “Partnering with Gonzaga builds on the University of Washington’s lasting commitment to Spokane and eastern Washington. Together with Gonzaga, we will educate the next generation of health professionals and enhance the health, well-being and prosperity of the entire region.” “As the Spokane region asks itself where it wants to be in the next decade, it is critical to consider that growing medical education and related research has a potential $1.7 billion annual economic impact,” says Scott Morris, CEO of Avista and Chair of the Gonzaga Board of Trustees. “This partnership will be a key part of reaching that goal.” For more than 40 years, the UW School of Medicine has provided medical education in Spokane and Eastern Washington through a five-state, community-based medical education program called WWAMI. Today, more than 500 faculty in 18 communities throughout Eastern Washington serve as educators and mentors for UW medical students. This year, the UW was selected by the American Medical Association as one of 20 medical schools to join a consortium to create the medical school of the future. “One of the primary reasons the University of Washington is consistently ranked as the top primary and rural health care medical school in the nation is because of WWAMI’s community partnerships – and our partnership with Gonzaga will be no exception,” says Suzanne Allen, UW Medicine vice dean for academic, rural and regional affairs. “We want to thank the Spokane medical community and clinicians for their ongoing support and dedication to the University of Washington School of Medicine. We’re eager to find new ways this initiative can advance our shared commitment to advancing the health and vitality of the region.” — UW Medicine 68

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ROBERT H. LAUGEN, MD Cancer Care Northwest 1204 North Vercler Road Spokane, WA 99216 509-228-1200 DANKO MARTINCIC, MD Cancer Care Northwest 1204 N. Vercler Road Spokane Valley, WA 99216 509-228-1200 JONI C. NICHOLS, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000 NDEGWA M. NJUGUNA, MD Cancer Care Northwest 1204 North Vercler Road Spokane Valley, WA 99216 509-228-1000 PETER J. SCHLEGEL, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000 MARK E. SIENKO, MD Cancer Care Northwest 605 East Holland Spokane, WA 99218 509-228-1400 SARITHA C. THUMMA, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000 Nephrology RICHARD W. CARSON, MD Rockwood Kidney and Hypertension Center 400 East Fifth Avenue Spokane, WA 99202 509-838-2531

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SCOTT CARLSON, MD Rockwood Clinic Department of Neurology 910 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 1000 Spokane, WA 99202 509-342-3200 MADELEINE C. GERAGHTY, MD Deaconess Hospital Department of Neurology 800 West Fifth Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-458-5800 TIMOTHY POWELL, MD Providence Epilepsy Center Sacred Heart Doctors Building 105 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 318C Spokane, WA 99204 509-474-6650 Nuclear Medicine BRYAN E. FUHS, MD Providence Spokane Cardiology Providence Sacred Heart Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 450 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8820 Obstetrics and Gynecology STEVE BRISBOIS, MD Providence Center of Gynecology, Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery 101 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 1300 Spokane, WA 99204 509-474-7370 ELIZABETH A. GROSEN, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000 BRENDA S. HOUMARD SRM Spokane 15920 E. Indiana Avenue, # 200 Spokane Valley, WA 99216 (877) 866-5221

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FLOYD MCCAFFREE, MD ObGyn Associates of Spokane 601 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 301 Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-8866

ARNOLD GUSTAF PETERSON, MD Providence Orthopaedics of Spokane 820 South McClellan Street, Suite 300 Spokane, WA 99204 509-838-7080

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ANTOINE TOHMEH, MD Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists 212 East Central Avenue, Suite 140 Spokane, WA 99208 509-465-1300

LINDA M. PARTOLL, MD Northwest Obstetrics and Gynecology Sacred Heart Doctors Building, Suite 6020 105 West Eighth Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-455-5050 MARK SCHEMMEL, MD Spokane Obstetrics and Gynecology Sacred Heart Doctors Building, Suite 6060 105 West Eighth Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-838-4211 Ophthalmology NICHOLAS T. RANSON, MD Spokane Eye Clinic 427 South Bernard Street Spokane, WA 99204 509-456-8121 Orthopaedic Surgery MIKE H. KODY, MD Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists 601 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 400 Spokane, WA 99204 509-344-2663 TIMOTHY PATRICK LOVELL, MD Providence Orthopaedics 820 South McClellan Street, Suite 300 Spokane, WA 99204 509-464-7880

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MANCONG ZHANG, MD InCyte Diagnostics 13103 East Mansfield Avenue Spokane Valley, WA 99216 509-892-2700 Pediatric Allergy and Immunology KERRY DRAIN, MD Spokane Allergy and Asthma Clinic 508 West Sixth Avenue, Suite 700 Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-1624 Pediatric Cardiac Surgery NEIL K. WORRALL, MD Northwest Heart & Lung Surgical Associates 122 West 7th Avenue, Suite 110 Spokane, WA 99204 509-456-0262 Pediatric Cardiology C. CHRIS ANDERSON, MD Providence Center for Congenital Heart Disease 101 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 4300 Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-6707 Pediatric Hematology-Oncology JUDY L. FELGENHAUER, MD Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital Providence Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Outpatient Clinic 101 West Eighth Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-474-2777 Pediatric Neurological Surgery DAVID P. GRUBER, MD Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates Sacred Heart Doctors Building, Suite 200 105 West Eighth Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-624-9112 ®

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Spokane Breast Center

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DR. CAROL GUTHRIE is a fellowship trained, board certified surgeon who has devoted her practice to the care of women with breast cancer for the past 15 years. She is recognized as a local and regional expert who is sought out by women and their doctors. As a result, she receives referrals from throughout the Northwest and treats more than 150 women with newly diagnosed cancer each year. As the medical director of the Spokane Breast Center and the director of the Providence Breast Section, Dr. Guthrie is a leader in breast health and cancer care. She recently received the Washington State University “Woman of Distinction” award celebrating women of character, courage and commitment. Dr. Guthrie has been recognized as a “Best Doctor” since 2013. A diagnosis of breast cancer can be overwhelming and frightening. The Breast Center team provides personalized compassionate care to meet the patient and family’s individual needs. Appointments are designed to include time with the care coordinator who helps the patient navigate all aspects of the treatment plan and ensures that every need is met. Dr. Guthrie and her staff strive to offer each patient a personalized comprehensive approach that provides each woman with the best care possible. She collaborates with a multidisciplinary team consisting of medical and radiation oncologists, pathologists,

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breast reconstructive surgeons, geneticists and radiologists. This multidisciplinary approach results in every woman having a treatment plan that is not only personalized, but also reflects national guidelines of excellence. A common question once treatment has been successfully completed is “Now what?” The Spokane Breast Center’s Survivorship Program prepares patients for a post-treatment healthy life. Patients and their primary care providers are provided with a plan which contains a summary of their care, a recommended surveillance schedule and community wellness resources that can contribute to the patient’s long-term well-being. In addition to treating breast cancer, the Spokane Breast Center offers care for women at increased risk for developing breast cancer. At the High Risk Clinic, factors that contribute to the development of breast cancer -- lifestyle, family history and genetics, are reviewed. Based on each woman’s particular risk profile, a customized prevention plan is developed. This approach gives each woman every advantage to reduce the risk of breast cancer and to live a long healthy life. If you or a loved one has breast concerns or have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, consider scheduling an appointment at the Spokane Breast Center where Dr. Guthrie will work with you to develop an individualized approach to treatment.

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Plastic Surgery ALFONSO OLIVA, MD Plastic Surgery Northwest 530 South Cowley Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-838-1010 Psychiatry TAD PATTERSON, MD Providence Internal Medicine Residency 101 West Eighth Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-474-3022 RANDALL S. RIGGS, MD Randall Riggs, MD, Co. 701 East Third Avenue, Suite 102 Spokane, Washington 99202 509-534-5000 Pulmonary Medicine SAMUEL JOSEPH, DO 101 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 1000 Spokane, WA 99204 509-951-5088 Radiation Oncology JASON A. CALL, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000 ROBERT FAIRBANKS, MD Cancer Care Northwest 601 South Sherman Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-228-1000 J. LANCE GRIFFITH, MD Spokane Radiation Oncology Associates 101 West 8th Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 509-474-3336

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The Center for Urogyneco logy and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Offering Women Hope and Help We congratulate Dr. Linda Partoll for continuing her many years of recognition as a “Best Doctor” for her work in urogynecology. Dr. Linda Partoll and her partner Dr. Sarah Hammil are board certified specialists known as urogynecologists. Urogynecologists specialize in treating many common yet sensitive conditions that affect the female pelvic organs and the muscles and tissues supporting these organs. Examples of these conditions include pelvic organ prolapse (loss of support of the pelvic organs), frequent and sudden urges to urinate, leaking urine with coughing and sneezing (stress incontinence), recurrent urinary tract infections, bladder pain, vaginal dryness and pain with intercourse. Our urogynecologists strive to ensure that our patients have access to the most current technologies and treatment options. Our most recent treatment option is the Mona Lisa CO2 laser (MLL). The MLL is a non-hormonal solution for vaginal dryness and painful intercourse. The MLL was approved by the FDA in 2014 and treats vaginal atrophy through the formation of new collagen in the vagina. This non-hormonal treatment has been found to be highly effective. It is an in-office treatment that takes about as much time as a short office visit and patients usually have little to no pain during or after the procedure. A course of treatment includes three services, approximately six weeks apart. It has also been successful in the treatment of other skin disorders such as sclerosis of the vulva with a similar course of treatment. Pelvic floor problems can have a negative effect on a woman’s quality of life, resulting in embarrassment, discomfort, and inability to do her usual activities. These conditions are most

often experienced by women who have had children and are in menopause, though they can affect women of all ages. These conditions are also more common than you may realize. The American Urogynecologic Association estimates that one in three women suffers from pelvic floor conditions. Our medical team at the Center for Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery has many years of experience in successfully treating pelvic floor conditions. There are many treatment options for pelvic floor conditions including conservative options such as exercise, physical therapy, medications, nerve stimulation or the use of simple devices such as pessaries. Many surgical options for treatment exist and many of these procedures can be done on an outpatient basis. Our experienced urogynecologists excel in creating effective, individualized treatment plans to help you enjoy the life you desire and deserve. Drs. Hammil and Partoll understand the life-altering effects pelvic floor conditions can have on women. One of the most fulfilling parts of caring for women with pelvic floor conditions is seeing women regain their quality of life after successful treatment. You can still be active with your family and play with your kids and grandkids. Our doctors are here to support you in living your life to the fullest. Learn more about common pelvic floor conditions at www.voicesforpfd.org. Learn more about Drs. Partoll and Hammil at www.nw-woman.com

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SUSAN M. LAING, MD Spokane Radiation Oncology Associates, Northside 5633 North Lidgerwood Street Spokane, WA 99208 509-482-2271 WAYNE LAMOREAUX, MD Cancer Care Northwest 1204 North Vercler Road Spokane Valley, WA 99216 509-228-1000 CHRISTOPHER M. LEE, MD Cancer Care Northwest and Gamma Knife of Spokane Department of Radiation Oncology 910 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 102 Spokane, WA 99204 509-228-1532 AARON E. WAGNER, MD Cancer Care Northwest 700 West Ironwood Drive #130 Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814 208-754-3100 Radiology JAYSON S. BROWER, MD Inland Imaging 525 South Cowley Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-455-4455 WILLIAM DAVID KEYES, MD Inland Imaging 525 South Cowley Street Spokane, WA 99202 509-455-4455

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Northwest OB/GYN offer a is a full scope 24 hour a day, seven days week coverage Nurse Midwifery Practice. Northwest Midwives has three Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs), Shelley Northern, Lisa Larkin and Kelly Rickman, and will be adding a fourth during 2016. Northwest Midwives has been providing excellent care to women in the Spokane region for more than 30 years. We are the only midwifery practice attending births at the beautiful Birth Place within Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. Historically, the word “midwife” means with women. Midwives have been taking care of women throughout the world for thousands of years. Though the training has changed throughout the centuries, the premise of midwifery remains – to provide individualized care to childbearing women in the safest way possible. Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) are Advanced Practice Nurses (Nurse Practitioners) with a Master’s or Doctorate degree that must pass a national certification exam. In Washington state, they are primary care providers who have independent prescribing authority. Not only can they provide care to women during preconception, pregnancy, labor, delivery and the postpartum period, but they also provide gynecological

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care including well-woman exams, contraceptive counseling and care, and treatment of many common female health disorders. Often women seek out care by a CNM because they desire a holistic approach that honors the woman’s intuition, wisdom and informed choice. We strive to honor a woman’s intentions for her pregnancy and birth and enjoy building relationships with the families we serve. Our woman-centered approach values shared decision making. Blending the philosophy and traditions of midwifery with the back up and safety of the hospital setting is the hallmark of Northwest Midwives. This practice has the benefit of being supported by Northwest OB/GYN, a group of five well-respected OB/GYN’s. We pride ourselves on providing seamless co-management or transfer of care when a patient’s situation requires care for a high-risk situation. Whether a woman desires natural childbirth or plans on having an epidural for her birth, our goal is to make sure she is informed of her options and to support her in making decisions that are best for her and her family. Our passion is to guide women through pregnancy, birth and beyond while ensuring that their experiences are positive and safe. spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

It can be the ultimate paradox. "My feet are numb, but they are killing me!" This is a common refrain from people who suffer from painful peripheral neuropathy, a condition resulting from damage to the peripheral nervous system. And suffer they do. People with peripheral neuropathies can experience constant sharp, stabbing and burning pain. Causes include diabetes, previous chemotherapy, and complex regional pain syndrome (or RSD). Treatments tend to center around medications like antidepressants, opioid pain medications like morphine, and topical pain relieving creams. Unfortunately, these treatments most often provide only minimal to modest relief and many people can suffer side effects that makes continued use of the medications very difficult to tolerate. A relatively new treatment has emerged that shows great promise in the treatment of painful neuropathies. Scrambler therapy uses electrical stimulation on the skin to essentially overwhelm nerves with non-pain information. Of the 19 published reports on scrambler therapy, 18 have shown benefit. The initial treatment generally consists of 8-10 sessions, but people know after the first treatment if it will be successful or not. Currently, Dr. Scott Magnuson at Pain Management of North Idaho is the only physician in this area offering Scrambler therapy.

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BRANDEN R. REYNOLDS, MD Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 110 Spokane, WA 99204 509-456-0262 LELAND G. SIWEK, MD Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 110 Spokane, WA 99204 509-456-0262 NEIL K. WORRALL, MD Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 110 Spokane, WA 99204 509-456-0262 Urology THOMAS FAIRCHILD, MD Spokane Urology 820 South McClellan Street, Suite 118 Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-3147 DAVID MIKKELSEN, MD Spokane Urology 820 South McClellan Street, Suite 118 Spokane, WA 99204 509-747-3147 Vascular Surgery STEPHEN P. MURRAY, MD Providence Vascular Institute 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 420 Spokane, WA 99204 509-626-9440 MANDYA VISHWANATH, MD Northwest Heart & Lung Surgical Associates 122 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 110 Spokane, WA 99204 509-456-0262

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was laid for Northwest OB-GYN, the premier obstetrics and gynecology group in the Inland Northwest. The founding physicians created a vision to offer matchless patient care to all women. This tradition of excellence has been continued by our current team of highly trained physicians and providers. Northwest OB-GYN offers three divisions to offer every type of care a woman may need over the course of her life. Our Obstetrics and General Gynecology Division consists of Dr. Daniel Zwiesler, Dr. Jeffrey Hilton, Dr. Kathryn Miles and Dr. Stephen Pakkianathan. We are happy to announce that our practice will be joined by Dr. Dawn Kopp in August 2016. Dr. Kopp will enrich our practice with her significant experience in international women’s health and her special interests in obstetric care, fertility and research. We were recently blessed to celebrate Dr. Peter Fern’s 30th year of practice at Northwest OB-GYN. He continues to provide outstanding gynecologic care to the women of the Inland Northwest. The unique relationship between our physicians and their individual patients is extremely important to us. The strong commitment of our providers to their patients is reflected by the fact that our obstetric providers deliver their own patients about 80% of the time. Our commitment to providing excellent care for women during and after pregnancy is further demonstrated by our Midwifery Division. Midwives are trained professionals with expertise in supporting women to maintain healthy

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pregnancies and have optimal births and recoveries. Midwives are also trained Stephen Pakkianathan, MD to provide “well woman” and basic gynecologic care. Northwest Midwives pride themselves on consistently providing their patients with individualized care uniquely suited to their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs. In 2015, we expanded Northwest Midwives to provide 365/24/7 coverage by our three (and soon to be four) Certified Sarah Hammil, MD Nurse Midwives. Shelley Northern, CNM, Lisa Larkin, CNM and Kelly Rickman, CNM are all graduates from the University of Washington Nurse Midwifery Program. We are currently the only midwifery practice which delivers babies at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. (Please see page 77 in this issue for further information about Northwest Midwives.) The Center for Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery is the third division of Northwest OB-GYN. Longtime and 2016 “Best Doctor” Dr. Linda Partoll and Dr. Sarah Hammil are the only two fellowship-trained urogynecologists practicing in an area covering over 300 miles. Urogynecologists are specially trained to care for women with pelvic floor problems including urinary incontinence, weakening of the support of the female organs, bladder pain and recurrent bladder infections. (Please see page 77 in this issue, dedicated to Dr. Partoll and Dr. Hammil and the Center for Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery.) Northwest OB-GYN has provided compassionate and individualized care to women at all stages of life for over 30 years. We look forward to continuing to provide matchless patient care, building relationships with patients, sharing their joys and sorrows and providing the highest quality of care. Spokane and our neighboring Counties and regions are growing and we are committed to continuing to grow and to serve women for all their obstetric, gynecology and urogynecology needs. spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

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Valuing Professional Practices in Divorce Actions Professional practices include ownership interests of doctors, dentists, veterinarians, lawyers, pharmacists, physical therapists, accountants and chiropractors. Goodwill may exist for a professional person even though the goodwill is personal to the professional and is not readily marketable. “I can’t sell my practice” is not a defense to a goodwill valuation. In the Washington Supreme Court case of Marriage of Fleege, the court set forth the appropriate factors for the courts to consider when setting the value of professional goodwill in a divorce. The determination of the value of a professional practice can be reached by consideration of such factors as the practitioner’s age, health, past earning power, reputation in the community for judgment, skill, and knowledge, and his comparative professional success. However, professionals must have an ownership interest in their practice in order for there to be potential goodwill value. Employee (salaried) professionals have no goodwill value. It is critical to make a determination of ownership. Because these factors are very general in nature, a wide discrepancy in valuation may be presented (often by hundreds of thousands of dollars) and the evaluating accountant is given the ability make a personal judgment in arriving at a determination of value. While it may seem that qualified appraisers should be able to reasonably concur on values, as would be the case with a home appraisal, this is not typically the case. Much of the valuation process in entirely subjective. Five different methods of valuation have been approved by the Washington Supreme Court. The choice of the valuation method by the respective appraiser can substantially impact the result. Similarly, the appraiser will apply a “capitalization rate” in their valuation process.

Also entirely subjective, a difference in just a percent or two can result in a substantial difference in the ultimate value derived. Frankly, it is not a difficult task to “skew” the true value of the practice simply though the subjective selection of valuation method and capitalization rates. The success in setting an appropriate value depends in large part on the skill of the attorney representing either the practitioner or their spouse. There are many traps for the unwary present in professional practice and business valuations. Similarly, it is critical to use skilled appraisers. These appraisers are traditionally CPAs trained and certified in business valuations. These CPAs should also have extensive experience in prior court testimony as well. The goal is to present the Court with a fair, supportable, and appropriate value.

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estled on a park-like sweep of a nearly an acre of land, the Tudor Revival home of Patricia and Phil Butterfield is private and serene, with a South Hill location that takes advantage of city and mountain views, yet is conveniently located within minutes of downtown. The home is on the National Registry of Historic Places, and is part of the Rockwood National Registry Historic District—the only neighborhood in Spokane designed by the nationally acclaimed landscape architecture firm of the Olmsted Brothers. The elegance of the home combined with the privacy of the setting makes this

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property truly special. “That’s the magic of this house,” says Patricia. Patricia and Phil, both faculty at WSU, purchased the home when they moved to Spokane in 2007. They were immediately drawn to the property. “We came from Seattle. The idea that we could be one and a half miles from work and live in complete privacy—that’s what was amazing to me,”

says Patricia. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom home has seen a long chain of ownership, beginning in 1910 with Myron and Maud Folsom; Myron was a prominent local litigator. Designed by noted architect W. W. Hyslop, the home has the storybook quality long associated with Tudors, with a cross-gable roof, clinker brick chimneys and

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the trademark stucco and timber exterior. The black window casings and other dark accents provide a welcome contrast to the light-hued stucco, and the slate roof and copper gutters are as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional. The landscaping is diverse but harmonious, bringing together flower beds, manicured shrubbery, rock gardens, deciduous and evergreen trees, and grassy expanses lined with basalt retaining walls. The home looks like it belongs on the site, and may always have been there. Since the home was erected over a century ago, owners have come and gone, and Patricia and Phil feel grateful for the good stewardship that has been shown all along the way. “One family sows, another family reaps,” is how Patricia thinks of it. “A historic home site is really

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for the ages…and each family brings a new layer of love and joy to the site,” she says. One person they’ve especially appreciated is Betsy Jewett, who owned the home previously, along with her family. Over their many years on the property Betsy and her family did much of the landscaping, in addition to major projects like modernizing the kitchen and adding a

breakfast nook, expanding the brick terrace (a spot beloved by the Butterfields, who are counting down the days till the weather is nice enough to eat outdoors), putting on the slate roof, and updating the electrical system to get the home in good shape for emergency conditions. “Our family has benefited from the beauty and thoughtfulness of her planning,”

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hurricane-force winds, took out power for 180,000 Avista Utilities customers). Working upstairs in the office during the storm, Patricia could hear trees falling all around the neighborhood, but when the power went out, all the Butterfields had to do was purchase five gallons of gas and start up the generator Betsy’s family had put in years earlier. “The fact that the generator was wired in so well—I felt almost guilty because we were in such good shape,” Patricia says, noting that most of their neighbors moved into hotels during that period. Between the gas stove, the fireplaces and the generator, the house’s essential functions were barely interrupted. “You have Ice Storm to thank for that,” says Betsy, referring to the notorious 1996 Eastern Washington storm, in which freezing rain coated trees that came crashing down, damaging property and taking down power lines for half the city. Betsy and her family were out of power for eight days. “I didn’t want to ever do that again,” she says. Following the storm, they had an electrician out and worked with him to establish the seven zones that would be powered by the generator in the event of another outage. So when the windstorm hit in November, Patricia and Phil were well prepared. Though the majority of the house was dark, all of the key areas were functional, like the kitchen and, oddly enough, a certain closet in the master. “I would go upstairs, and the ladies’ closet had lights!” Patricia says with a laugh. One of the benefits of living in a home with a long history is visiting with its previous residents. Along the way, both Patricia and Betsy have had people return to tour the property and reminisce; some who were children at the time they lived in the house have been older than its current owners when they return. Betsy remembers the “kids who grew up there who were older than me when we bought it!” What a home it is to come back to! Approaching the property, a wrought iron gate opens onto the home’s circle driveway, which curves past the garage and the covered breezeway that leads from the garage to the home. Steps ascending from

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The front door opens onto an entry vestibule, which passes through to a center reception hall, off of which the living room, den, dining room and kitchen are located. While maintaining all of the home’s original integrity, the Butterfields have made changes in keeping with their personal taste, updating wall colors, some light fixtures (mostly from Revival Lighting) and the

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echo the feel and design of a national park lodge, says Patricia. One of Patricia’s favorite rooms is the conservatory, where she and Phil like to drink their morning coffee as light streams through the many windows. The exterior door here opens onto the spacious brick terrace. In the dining room, rich red walls (the inset wallpaper here, by William Morris, is called Brer Rabbit) provide the backdrop for some of the couple’s art collection, which includes pieces by George Flett, Russell Chatham and Ric Gendron. When it comes to furnishing and decorating their home, Patricia says there’s a simple litmus test. “First and foremost, it’s about whether we like it,” she says. The Colorado sunrise lithograph by Chatham looks as suited to the dining room as does the vivid artwork by Gendron, though the pieces are vastly different in terms of color, subject and material. The décor has the welcoming, collected feel that comes when residents bring in pieces they love, over time. Case in point: the library desks. “I just happen to love old library desks, so we have a lot of old library desks,” says Patricia. Why not? The kitchen is white and spacious, with a gas range, a large island and handcrafted cabinetry. Patricia describes herself as the rare person who has more cabinets and drawers than she knows what do with. “It’s a luxury I’ll never have again,” she says. The original butler’s pantry has built-in china cupboards and wide drawers designed to hold cutlery and linens. The eat-in kitchen nook, lined with built-in glassfront cabinetry and multi-paned windows, provides a sunny eating spot and opens onto a deck. Also on the main floor is a cozy den with a fireplace as its focal point; the walls are lined with built-in bookshelves. The main floor powder room is located just off of this space. A stately staircase off the reception hall leads to the second story. The master bedroom has a charming alcove with its own fireplace, topped with a copper and zinc hood; the master boasts two closets and an en suite bathroom. The second

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story also has a large office and two guest bedrooms, in addition to an upstairs laundry room (a space added to the house in 1914, which first served as an openair sleeping porch). A smaller staircase connecting the first and second stories was designed for domestic help. The home also has a spacious lower level. “We have a whole vast empire down there,” says Patricia with a laugh, noting that it’s complete with a sauna and a Japanese soaking tub. Downstairs there is also a recreation room, storage space, bedrooms and bathrooms, and a mechanical room. The home is full of rich details and quality craftsmanship, all of which convey the hard work and love that have been poured into it for more than 100 years, with each owner placing his or her stamp on the property before it becomes shelter for its next good stewards. New owners will have that opportunity again before long. Phil and Patricia are preparing to embark on their next adventure and have put the home on the market. It will soon be time for the next family to grow herbs on the deck off the kitchen, as Patricia does and Betsy did before her, and for someone else to meander down to the secret garden that Betsy’s family put in and that Phil and Patricia laid a path to one year for their anniversary. The next owners will make their own mark, reaping the benefits from those who have come before and sowing for the generations to follow. “We’ll make sure the next family loves it and will take good care of things,” says Patricia. If you’d like to learn more about this historic home, which is currently on the market, please contact broker Joe Dinnison: (509) 8694509, joedinnison@johnlscott.com, or www. joedinnison.com. A 3D tour of the property is also available on the home page at www. joedinnison.com.

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Preseason Prep

From Perennials to Pools by Robin Bishop

hile there is something cathartic in it, spring yard cleanup is rarely at the top of the list of enjoyable outdoor activities offered in the Northwest. When faced with the daunting task of vegetable and flower bed clean up, repairs to sprinkler systems, water feature and pool maintenance, tree and shrub pruning, or just facing grass issues after a long wet winter, knowing what to tackle first can be a bit intimidating.

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Fortunately, the Northwest also offers an abundance of qualified professionals that can steer us in the right direction. We’ve asked a few of them to give us their top spring clean up tips. Richard Lambert of Garden Landscapes advises waiting until late winter and early spring to get busy cutting perennials and grasses back to the ground. “I like to leave the cutting until just before the bulbs start to grow. My planting beds are densely layered with perennials and bulbs that look very different from month to

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month.” He goes on to say that many of the flowering perennials and grasses he plants look great throughout the winter months. Cleaning up beds and cutting back perennials in the fall, as some do, can deprive gardeners of a great winter show providing the proper assortments of plants were chosen. Star Pruners’ owner, Scott Miller, says he starts with scanning the yard for what might be out of place and removing things like broken branches, fallen debris and anything hanging from trees or shrubs. “After the winter we’ve had, especially with the wind storm, there is more than normal damage in most yards.” Miller adds that with our longer wet winters, lawns often have moss growing well after the season fades. He uses gypsum (calcium sulfate), a naturally occurring mineral that can be purchased from most nursery or garden stores. “Gypsum is a non-mechanical aerator. It opens the soil on a microscopic level. The moss dries up and the lawn grows in.” His final tip is to fertilize everything with a product called ProRich. In Miller’s experience fertility is key to a beautiful garden and lawn. Josh Tripp, landscape architect at Stone Creek Land Design and Development, has the following tips once soil temperatures reach about 55 degrees. This is the temperature most grass types begin to awaken from winter dormancy. He stresses that it is important to help your lawn get ready for the growing season ahead by completing the following: Raking Raking should be your first task of spring lawn care. Even though you more than likely raked leaves in the fall, raking is for more than just removing leaves - it’s for controlling thatch, too. Thatch is a layer of grass stems, roots, clippings and debris that either slowly decompose or accumulate over time.

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Compaction check Soil compaction is a compression of soil particles reducing total pore space of soil. It significantly compresses the larger pores of healthy soil restricting air and water movement into and through the soil. The restriction creates lower soil oxygen levels causing problems with plant growth. Tripp says aeration is the most helpful cure for lawns that suffer from compaction. “Among other things, moss can be an indicator of compaction.” Overseeding The application of grass seed to bare or thin patches in your lawn is called overseeding. Apply a slow-release nitrogen fertilizer at the same time as you overseed your grass. Fertilizing Fertilize your lawn with a lighter application in spring and a heavier one in the fall for cool-season grasses. Miller advises, “Too much fertilizer in the spring can lead to disease and weed problems,” so be diligent during application. Spring in the Inland Northwest is unpredictable. There are days that we achieve balmy temperatures into the seventies. On those days it is always nice to have the backyard ready for friends and family. For landowners that have pools, Pool World in Spokane Valley offers a few reasons you might consider opening your swimming pool in early April or May instead of waiting until later. Reduce the opportunity for algae to bloom. Open your swimming pool early because the warmer days of May allow algae plenty of time and warmth to grow. Sometimes the warmer weather during the winter and spring allow the algae to become an issue even before the swimming season has kicked

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off. Opening your swimming pool earlier allows time for murky issues to be cleared up without interfering with the swimming season. E n j o y t h e b e a u t y o f y o u r b a c k ya r d . Opening your swimming pool earlier can be uplifting and can help beautify your yard. Crystal clean water, sunshine sparkling off the surface of your readied pool, will help you welcome the coming summer months. Ridding your pool of the winter cover with debris scattered across it is a passage that ushers in the summer lifestyle.

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S a v e m o n e y. If readying your swimming pool is put off until later, May or even June, the cost of opening can increase with the expense of added water care products and time to clean up the water. Some pool owners end up purchasing three or four times the amount of shock, water clarifier and other products in order to use their pool by the end of June. When a swimming pool is opened earlier, the owners can save money on water care products offsetting the slight increase in electrical costs for the pump to circulate the water. Coming from a newly confessed nongardener, your outdoor clean up woes can be addressed through a shift in your state of mind. Pace yourself. Make it work for you. Avoid the temptation to procrastinate because you’re overwhelmed at the size of the task by taking that chore list as an opportunity to clear away the mental cobwebs of the long cold season. Take your time enjoying the process instead of blasting through the tasks, leaving yourself sore and exhausted. Connect with the outdoors again, get your hands in the soil, and take in the fresh air and new life spring offers. You might be disappointed with how quickly that chore list gets done.

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to discuss with your significant other before purchasing a home IN A RELATIONSHIP,

you count on your significant other to be there with you through the good and the bad. They are your best friend, your confidant and your closest ally. And you count on being able to have important conversations with them as well. One of those important conversations every couple should have focuses on money and each person’s respective financial goals, especially if you are planning to purchase a home. However, 33 percent of married or partnered adults have difficulty discussing money with their significant other, according to a Wells Fargo survey. “I think money is one of those topics most couples put off discussing because it can be sensitive,” says Arlene Maloney, senior vice president, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. “However, if you don’t discuss money before entering into a major credit purchase, like homeownership, you open yourself up for potential problems down the road.” Purchasing a home is one of the largest investments most people make in their lifetime. When two people decide to achieve the goal of homeownership together, it’s important to understand not only your own finances and credit profile but your partner’s finances and goals as well. To help you broach this conversation with your partner, here are some things you should discuss before you move forward: Where you will live and what you want to purchase. Do you want to live in the city or the suburbs? Are you set on a singlefamily home or a condo? Do you want to build your home or purchase an established property? Having answers to these questions will help you speak to a lender and learn more about how the type of home you choose may affect loan approval requirements or what options exist if you

want to build your home. You’ll also learn if any bond or down payment assistance programs may be offered in the municipalities you are considering. Your partner’s credit score. Lenders use customers’ credit profiles to help determine your ability to repay a loan. When purchasing a home with someone else, both of your credit scores are considered. In most cases the lowest middle score between the two of you will be used. If you or your significant other has a very low score this may not only impact the loan amount you receive but also the interest rate. It may even prevent approval. If one of the credit scores is very low, as a couple you might discuss only one person applying for the mortgage loan. Have an honest conversation about debt. An important factor that lenders evaluate is your debt-to-income ratio. This varies by mortgage program but a good rule of thumb is to ensure your debt level is at or below 36 percent of your gross monthly income. Having an overabundance of debt could impact the amount of the loan or whether you receive mortgage approval. How much money can you put toward the purchase? It isn’t necessary for you to put 20 percent down but most loan options require some sort of down payment. In many cases lower down payment options require mortgage insurance, which will increase your monthly payment. Will one or both of you be on the note? If purchasing a home with someone else, each of you must qualify in order to be on the note, and both of you are responsible for the debt. If only one person is on the note, the other may not engage in any transactions regarding the loan, including refinancing, or application for modification. If one of you has less desirable credit, you may decide that only one of you will apply for the mortgage. You should also consult your state’s attorney general’s office to see if any community property laws exist in your state. Such laws could make a spouse legally responsible for any debt acquired by the other spouse after marriage. If such a law exists in your state, it’s important you are aware of it. Purchasing your first home is an exciting time and, for many people, a sign of success. But while you may want to rush out and start the shopping process now, take your time. Having a conversation with your significant other about the topics above beforehand will ensure you’re both on the same page and set you up to make the most of your future and the home it includes. To find answers to your other questions about credit and homeownership, visit Wells Fargo’s Smarter Credit Center or WellsFargo.com/mortgage. (BPT)

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Nancy Wynia Associate Broker ABR, CNE, CRS, GRI 800-403-1970 509-990-2742 nwynia@windermere.com

OLD WORLD CHARM

831 E. ROCKWOOD BLVD.

PEACEFUL SETTING

GORGEOUS ROCKWOOD MID-CENTURY

807 E. ROCKWOOD BLVD.

7511 E. DAY MT SPOKANE RD

Magnificent 1913 2-story Tudor Rockwood Mansion. New custom cabinetry complements the original woodwork. Grand formal library boasts Englenook FP. Epicurean island kitchen features rainforest slab marble. Luxurious master suite retreat with private deck and a stunning 2nd master suite both on upper level. Olmsted Bros. inspired gardens w/in-ground pool & tennis court. 5 Bedrooms, 6 Baths $1,492,000

Beautifully detailed & pristine throughout. Grand, entertaining sized LR includes elegant marble fireplace and picture window. Formal DR opens to covered patio. Nostalgic kitchen with eating nook. Cherry paneled library/den features black marble FP. Main floor utilities. Lower level boasts oversized family room & hobby/dark room. Spacious corner lot with circular driveway & park like landscaping. 3 Bedrooms, 4 Baths $498,000

Gorgeous Greenbluff Contemporary sited on over 10 pastoral acres with Peone Prairie views. Updated island kitchen features quartz counter tops & stainless steel appliances. Oversized master suite boasts FP, luxury bath w/dual vanities, jetted garden tub & walk-in shower. 3 addt'l BRs & full bath. Lower Level includes rec room, non-conforming BR & hobby room. 3 car garage. Good well & crop land. Mead Schools. 5 Bedrooms, 4 Baths $475,000

ARROWHEAD TRADITIONAL

SUNSETS & STARGAZING

BROWNE'S MOUNTAIN VIEWS

340 W. WILSON AVENUE

9423 S. LABRADOR LANE

5109 S. SUNWARD DR.

Exceptional Two-Story features custom detailing & upgrades throughout. Open floor plan. Spacious formal living room with wall of windows. Cook's island kitchen with eating area adjoins family room. Luxurious master suite includes garden tub & private deck. Upper level boasts 4 total bedrooms. Finished walkout lower level. Oversized 3 car garage. Friendly deer neighbors & river views! 6 Bedrooms, 4 Baths $460,000

Over 10 panoramic view acres. Elegant formal living room with library alcove. Formal dining room with built-in cherry buffet. European kitchen features gas range, hardwood plank floors, adjoining sun room & family room with gas fireplace. Walkout lower level boasts family room w/gas fireplace, kitchenette with gas range, theater room. Outdoor shop with indoor & RV parking. Special solar panel with grid feedback. 4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths $450,000

Gorgeous Raised Rancher sited on territorial view lot. Formal living & dining rooms. Cook's island kitchen with quartz counters, updated gas range & pantry opens to great room with gas fireplace & slider to patio. Luxe master suite with tiled shower & jetted tub. Lower level features bedroom & rec room could be 4th BR. 3 car garage with storage. Stunning backyard. Close to shopping & conveniences. 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths $309,000

WEST PLAINS PARCEL

DOWNRIVER BUNGALOW

GREAT LOCATION

RICHLAND/FRUITVALE RD

Rare find! Close-in acreage zoned LDR - low density residential - with The Fairways golf course views. Easy access to freeway. Adjoins West Terrace Heights. Bring your builders! 7.20 Acres $274,500

3312 N. COLUMBIA CIRCLE

Gorgeous one-story with golf course views and spectacular sunsets!! Nostalgic living room with fireplace. Country kitchen with farm sink & eating nook. Updated bath with marble floor. Lower level features spacious family room, open laundry & nonconforming bedroom plus storage. Newer windows & storm doors. Charming backyard. 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath $165,500

406 E. 7TH AVE.

Mint Condition Duplex close to hospitals & downtown. Each updated unit features 2 bedrooms, full bath, nostalgic kitchen, living room, dining area and stacking washer & dryer. Recent updating includes new vinyl siding, new windows, new carpeting, updated bathrooms and new side fence. 4 parking spaces. Fenced backyard. Great tenants. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths $135,000

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Nancy Wynia Associate Broker ABR, CNE, CRS, GRI 800-403-1970 509-990-2742 nwynia@windermere.com

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Welcome Home

NORTHWOOD RETREAT

8025 E. GUNNING DRIVE | SPOKANE, WA 99212 Wonderfully Updated 2-Story on corner lot with views from almost every room. Formal living room & dining area. Cook's kitchen with new slab granite countertops & subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and eating area opens to covered deck. Great room with floor to ceiling fireplace. Master suite features walk-in closet, double sinks, jetted tub & large deck with hot tub. Walkout lower level with recreation room & in-law setup. Oversized 3 car garage. 40 year roof. 4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths $345,000

Meadowwood Estates

PRIVATE ESTATE

The Crest

Meadowwood Estates at its finest, a private gated community. This home sits on 2 lots overlooking the golf course and lake. Home has everything, high ceilings, 3 family rooms and a super functional layout with plenty of space for family and friends. Can’t replace….over 8000 sq.ft. 15-11951. NWSelectRealEstate.com

A masterpiece of engineering and architecture. Sitting on 65+ acres of wooded privacy, this palace-like estate feels more like a resort retreat than a home. From the 40 foot ceilings in the great room to the tranquility of the spa suite you’ll experience incredible attention to detail at every turn. Come see a higher caliber build than similarly priced waterfront homes. 15-10970.

Stunning custom home offering breathtaking views from Idaho to west Spokane. 5 BR, 3 BTH, 3 fireplaces and approximately 5,326 sqft. Perched on 18+/acres. This contemporary home offers floor to ceiling windows. Generous use of granite, slate, marble and red birch floors. Sumptuous master with fireplace and private deck. Every room designed to take in city, mountain and valley views.

John Beutler | 208-661-2989

Sue Wolford | 509-999-8629

$999,990

Incredible, Breathtaking Views

NWSelectRealEstate.com

$4,200,000

Glennaire

$799,000

Parker Rd.

Stunning Jon Saylor architectural masterpiece embraces the spectacular use of high-end hardwoods. 6 BR, 6 BTH, 6172 sqft. Massive exposed log beams. Creatively designed staircase w/ incredible view balcony. Celtic stone fireplaces. High-end chef’s kitchen w/gorgeous use of granite textures. Handsome library/ office. Romantic view master w/spa bath. Billiards room w/leisure bar. Fitness room and resort sauna. Expansive deck w/stainless steel kitchen w/panoramic Latah Creek Valley views.

Incredible South Hill views from this gorgeous custom home! 5 BR/5 BTH 7000+ SF home on 3.9 acres with unparalleled city, mountain, and woodland views. Custom Pella windows bring the scenery inside. Handcrafted knotty alder woodwork, custom wrought iron accents, and one-of-a-kind stonework make this home a showstopper. City water and sewer. TONS of storage, 400+ SF finished flex space. Private, yet close in...

Live OFF the grid in this gorgeous timber hybrid home with auxillary dwelling 20 mins to downtown Spokane. Situated on 18 treed secluded acres and boasting its own 1/2 acre lake, indoor climbing wall and detached shop. This one of a kind home has it ALL, including alternative energy boiler, solar back-up and radiant heat. Visit the virtual tour at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjPEbAjhNpw.

Patti Boyd| 509-710-5240

Mike Bass | 509-990-4980

Connie Slackman | 509-939-5863

$1,500,000

$1,249,000

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BUSINESS CLOSE-UP ADVANTAGE PLUS CAREGIVERS

THE CAREGIVER ADVANTAGE Everlastingly Us, Inc. - DBA Advantage Plus Caregivers Red Flag Bldg., Ste. 201, 104 S Freya Street, Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 714-1794 | sherrie@advantagepluscaregivers.com www.advantagepluscaregivers.com

ADVANTAGEPLUSCAREGIVERS.COM® is a fast growing group of individually owned and operated franchises. Through their proprietary AdvantagePlusCaregivers.com® Application & Systems they are renown for 'Caring Quality'. Advantage Plus Caregivers’ mission is to have the highest standard of excellence for clients, caregivers and care recipients. Through their example of precise continuity they strive to bring together the surrounding care-giving community by being the top standard, thereby being the number one source for care. At Advantage Plus Caregivers they will assist you through the process to specifically reduce the burden. They work directly with your insurance company and other care coordination elements to assure you the best coverage and care with the least amount of stress. Advantage Plus Caregivers is dedicated to providing compassionate personal care for all people in need, in an effort to advance or maintain the

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quality of their lives. They strive to uphold the highest standards in every endeavor they undertake. Advantage Plus takes pride in their attention to detail providing clients with the best experience in the care-giving field. This includes their total teamwork approach. Beginning with the initial phone call received, to the diligent research and scrutiny they take when selecting their caregivers, to the personal touch of visiting clients in their homes, they are steadfast in providing the best possible care to their clients and caregivers. Advantage Plus Caregivers provides services on an hourly, daily, temporary or extended basis. They also provide live-in or live-out caregivers and offer on-call, after-hour emergency care coordinators to help you 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Matching caregivers with the proper skills, qualifications and the right attitude, with the needs and desires of their clients is an art and talent that sets them apart from any other caregiving agency.

BUSINESS CLOSE-UP DANIA

FURNISHINGS FOR LIFE Dania Furniture Co. 319 West Riverside Avenue, Spokane, WA 509-624-7740 | Spokane@daniafurniture.com www.daniafurniture.com

DANIA FURNITURE is a home furnishing destination rooted in a love of modern design and quality craftsmanship. As a family business 52 years in the making, Dania recognizes that your home is more than just a dwelling. Through each hand-selected item, they strive to blend the timeless tradition of Scandinavian design with your individual style. Their product is made to complement the art of living well–because Scandinavian design is a way of living, not just a design style. The Scandinavian term “hygge” is at the heart of everything they do. Hygge has no direct translation in the English language and is a concept that needs to be experienced to be truly understood. Hygge isn’t just one thing; it is many things working in harmony. It is pockets of cherished moments when your body and soul are both comfortable and content. It’s the understated elegance of a home well lived in. It’s about appreciating the simple, useful and beautiful elements that surround you in your home, which define the way you enjoy your every day. The adventurous spirit of the Dania Furniture founder is a great source of pride and inspiration for all that work for the company. Like many business success stories, Dania’s story begins there – with an entrepreneur, a necessity, a sense of adventure and a discovered passion. It was on a trip back to his native country of Norway, after being in the United States for a few years, that Dania’s founder began his career in furniture. At the 1963 furniture show in Stavanger, Norway, he met with several small furniture factories that all agreed to give him modest credit, on a handshake.

The foundation and history of this family business is based on valuing authenticity and honoring obligations. The entire Dania team continues to strive to deliver the best customer service and the finest quality products at an exceptional value. Dania is proud to be part of the Spokane community, so three and a half years ago they decided to invest in the preservation of the 1904 building that houses their downtown store. With this major renovation, they took great care to keep all the historical significance of the 1904 building intact and began to rebuild the store from the ground up. The building is a time capsule of historical old Spokane. When you walk into the store, all of the old brick walls have been preserved. In different areas of the building, you can see old advertisements on the brick from as early as 1904. The huge old beams have been exposed, showing the girth of the old timbers. On the top floor, the original tin ceilings are still intact. Renovations included a state-of-the-art elevator that was prebuilt in two sections and craned in through the roof where the old shaft had been. They discovered a skylight that had been blacked out, likely during World War II, and replaced it with a beautiful new skylight. They opened up the light well underneath it to let the light shine down to the third floor. The open stairwell and main floor are enhanced by a beautiful wood and metal railing built by local artist Robert Sevilla. As a result of the renovation, Dania gained an additional 20,000 square feet to display their furniture and home décor, growing to 40,000 square feet filled with modern, Scandinavian-inspired furniture. This renovation has been a labor of love. One they know will be appreciated by all of their Inland Empire customers. spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

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Inland Northwest’s tree experts rate the state of the region’s urban forests

As both modern and ancient visionaries say, it’s easier to create a desert than a forest. Bending with the Wind

Tree Dialogues

Talking trees with the typical Spokane “tree surgeon/arboriculturalist” is like speaking to a philosopher/doctor/medicine man/geek all in one breath. These men and women have a passion for trees because they see each community’s health, resilience and psychological wellbeing tied to robust and plentiful trees. Emblematic of how a community or even family should thrive, a city’s vast mosaic of trees and runs of forests turns our ecosystem into a fully connected biological living history – past, present and future. Some sentiments can be dry – urban forests are part of the green infrastructure of a community and, therefore, raise the value of land, homes and buildings. Then there are global projects tied to bringing connected forests, parks and greenways back to urban places, called biophilic cities – literally “more full of nature” – which is greater than an antidote to climate change and keeping cities cooler in the summer. Trees literally change the soul and soothe high blood pressure and anxiety.

It’s both fortunate and unfortunate that the wind storm of 2015 put Spokane’s urban forest on the front burner with the few trees that made the news after hitting homes. This is not where we should be as a community, allowing this new baseline shift future policies with the added fear of trees crashing down on homes, cars and infrastructure, the dozen tree people tapped for this story profess. One of the area’s foremost tree experts who started the city of Spokane’s urban forestry almost 20 years ago, Jim Flott, has some strong passions around the state

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of not only this city’s urban canopy, but many cities’ flagging programs since he is now a consultant who works in the Pacific Northwest hired on by government agencies in counties and city halls, as well as golf courses, private homes, cemeteries and parks to inventory and assess current trees, and plan for more. “The primary problem Spokane faces is the unnecessary removal of healthy trees,” says the 60-year-old Flott. Ponderosa pines are some of the most common victims, purely because people don’t want to deal with the liter of pine cones and needles. “This attitude is fostered by unscrupulous tree people who prey on fear,” says Flott. As a kid, Flott accompanied his father throughout Omaha’s vast park system because his father was a professional arborist. Flott got interested in horticulture and trees when he was young, and he went on to receive a master’s from the University of Arizona in forest pathology. Tree Surgeon or Pathologist?

The tree doctoring field has advanced over the decades. “It’s not this guy with a pickup truck and chainsaw anymore. Now, sophisticated processes and equipment are used to diagnose diseases and insect problems.” says Flott, likening the work to what a diagnostician does for human medicine. The former City Urban Forester made a call out to professionals in the field and received responses to my questions from around a dozen, ranging from arborists identifying themselves as “someone who prunes and studies trees,” to an urban forestry coordinator, forestry program manager, division manager, consulting/commercial arborist and several commercial tree men, using their heads, tools and consulting along with that pick-up and chainsaw. These fellows and women use sophisticated mountain climbing gear to hoist themselves and equipment up 120 foot tall trees. Interestingly, all those who responded wanted their answers to remain anonymous, for various reasons, but mainly because many are critical of Spokane’s weak, lacking and sometimes inane urban forest policies and practices. As is true of so many important policies and projects begging to be implemented, political and business forces can’t see the forest for the trees, so chronic underfunding of urban forestry projects and just missing the mark on the cost benefits of planting trees throughout a city, wherever they can be sited, is the norm. Flott worked for the City from 1994 to 2005, and then embarked on his own, starting up Community Forestry Consultants, Inc. which, according to its commercial blurb, “provides arboriculture, community forestry, and horticulture consulting services for residential properties, attorneys, insurance corporations, universities, golf courses, utilities, counties, 116

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municipalities and state government agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada.” In 1994, he was hired to manage Manito Park, but pitched the idea of taking on the role of urban forester. He helped rejuvenate the urban forestry council, started in 1979 by well-known arborist (more like guru and sensei) Rich Baker and WSU professor Tonie Fitzgerald. Flott secured funding for an urban forest inventory, counting the city’s trees in the summer of 1996. A few months later, Ice Storm 1996 devastated some of those trees, but the detailed inventory gave the city raw data which in turn garnered the city some mitigation funding from FEMA. Count that as $5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for tree removal, clean up and planting. All because of hard data. “Our storm was so significant that FEMA discontinued the planting funding stream across the U.S.,” he says. Again, this is illustrative of the short-sighted thinking of politicians of every stripe. Holistic Thinking Around Living Organisms

What makes a good tree man/woman? One of the experts responded with aplomb. “A good arborist is one that cares about individual trees as well as a whole neighborhood’s. Someone who can be invested in the long term health of a forest and its community. Someone with vision, who can see trees within a whole living ecosystem and help it to thrive. Someone who’s main objective is doing quality work before making a bunch of money.” On the flip side, hands down, the group of respondents agreed that poor arborists don’t further their knowledge because they don’t ask questions, believing there’s nothing else to learn. Tellingly, this poor example of a tree surgeon doesn’t associate with other tree industry professionals or have a mentor. The same person who responded above added: “A poor arborist is someone who disrespects a tree’s history and beauty by making poor maintenance decisions.” As all botanists and ecologists know, everything is connected, and an urban forest gives so much back to the community beside the aesthetics of impressive treelined streets and huge canopied parks and

greenways. We are talking about cooling and wind breaking services, added to the bigger benefits of erosion control, water filtration and carbon capturing to mitigate climate change. The industry has some incredible professional organizations such as the International Society of Arboriculture tied to metropolitan and regional planning to make cities greener and healthier. “Trees Are Good” is a link to all those resources and professional and scientific tools to inventory an urban forest and to measure how effective those natural services an entire urban forest are in making a community healthy. The biggest problems trees face are humans, says Flott. Big issues are poor planting, soils, pruning and way too much concrete and pavement hemming in trees’ natural course of root growth and other mechanisms. Spokane is way behind, according to the professionals surveyed. Spending money up front for planting trees in as many places as possible has incredible payoffs, and the value of that healthy urban forest is incalculable to the mental and cultural wellbeing of the community. “I see pines removed needlessly out of fear and the mess in a neighborhood,” Flott told me. “It’s the height of arrogance to remove one hundred year old species because you have a personal view and desires.” Fear = Ignorance = Chainsaws

The 2015 wind storm was a lynchpin to discussion with the arborists and tree pruners. Yes, wind speeds of 70 mph took out healthy trees and sick ones. The issue for Flott is more unscrupulous companies putting the fear of Mother Nature into people who might opt for cutting down healthy trees. Additionally, Flott likened the true percentage of downed trees to a real fine, small number: “Nobody knows how many we lost in the county, both public and private trees.” He stated that, for instance, if a million trees are in the county, and say 10,000 trees were lost in the windstorm, “that’s .01 percent, a very small number.” “The trees fared fairly well. These trees are generally safe,” Flott reiterated. “There’s spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

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no arborist in the world who can go up to a tree and state it’s safe.” With proper pruning, pest control and feeding and watering, trees in the Inland Northwest do well. Tree Whisperer

The art of tree knowledge and urban forestry involves science, boots on the ground and outreach. Peeling back the urban forestry onion more, I spoke with retired WSU extension agent, Tonie Fitzgerald, whose roots spread back to Northampton, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, but who ended up in Pullman working on a graduate degree in plant pathology and horticulture. “I didn’t want to do hard core research or work in a nursery or tree plant. I was more interested in a systems approach to horticulture,” she says. That was 1978, and she ended up marrying Gary Ingram from Moscow, and working in the field as an extension agent for Spokane County. “Spokane at that time did not have an urban forestry program or certified arborists.” She says she enjoyed the relationships and educational outreach she developed practicing her skills as extension agent with working people. Ironically, the term, “urban forest,” is oxymoronic – cities-pavement-buildings go hand in hand with urban, and forest is about mountains, streams and green spaces, Fitzgerald says. What the 61-year-old horticulturalist also brought to Spokane and the region was a conference, held annually, called the Inland NW Ornaments Conference the first two years, then changing to WSU Inland Turf and Landscape Conference and then, finally, WSU Turf, Tree, and Landscape Conference. “We needed to increase the number of certified arborists, because so many companies did tree topping, tree removal and pesticide spraying,” she says. Fitzgerald is proud of increasing both awareness within the profession and amongst the public with the common goal of placing value on trees and “getting people to see trees as living organisms rather than structures to nail signs into.” Flott, Baker and Fitzgerald worked tirelessly to have progressive policies put in place to grow the urban forests, to replace aging trees and to give the right species the appropriate growing conditions and care to increase the vibrancy 118

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of our street trees (another oxymoron—street and tree—Fitzgerald points out). The East Coast native now calls this place home, but Fitzgerald discusses how New England was the first to institute urban forestry, in reaction to the Dutch elm disease that wiped out many states’ street trees. Out west, the elm was not utilized for such purposes. She also states that in the Inland Northwest, it’s at first difficult to wrap one’s head around urban tree management when we have so much wild forest around us and on the edge of cities and towns. Her biggest regret was not “marrying the science in my field with policy and politics.” Funding is the biggest issue now, as are so many other pressing needs of society – education, mental health, special education, policing and fire. Urban forestry funding takes a back seat to them all. Fitzgerald likes to use maxims to illustrate her passion for education and for trees: “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Then, as is true of most ecologists’ and horticulturists’ way of thinking, she says, “You pull a carrot up and find it’s attached to the world.” The Roots Speak to the Leaves

Climate, soil conditions, native inventories (species) and wider spaces for which to plant trees are important factors in a city cultivating robust and significant green spaces, both Flott and Fitzgerald agree. Knowing drought tolerant species, which native shrubs, grasses and perennials to use, and how landscape, rocks and soil dynamics can offset flooding and pooling toxins also play a huge role in what we call the city’s “green space.” Fitzgerald gives Jim Flott high marks for taking the city of Spokane into a research-based and informed operating system tied to the urban forest. There are more certified arborists

in the city, and more people are becoming aware of the dangers of topping trees and unscrupulous tree service operators advocating for unnecessary tree removal. “There’s so much research now around the benefits of trees providing air and water filtering, shading, cooling. So much more research on the benefits of our green spaces than when I first started as the extension agent,” says Fitzgerald, pointing out that she, her husband, Gary and their dog, Fern, spend countless hours hiking the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, bordered by Gospel-Hump Wilderness to the northwest and Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness to the North. Flott, all of the other arborists who answered my questions and Fitzgerald all herald the truly responsive and keen arborists in our region. One of the standouts Fitzgerald met 20 years ago as a young guy was Joe Zubaly. “He lives in Post Falls where his office is located. Great guy. His oldest son is named Forest! Joe was working for a Spokane tree company when we met, but in not too many years, he went on to establish his own company, Northwest Plant Healthcare, which remains one of the finest Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and tree care companies in the area. Joe is a champion of arboriculture and IPM principles,” she says. There’s no argument from any of the arborists, horticulturists and tree guys/ gals when bringing up a very old Chinese Proverb to define their philosophical mettle: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Younger people, Flott says, would be satisfied with a career in arboriculture because it has the best of all worlds – entrepreneurship, science, plants, face-toface relationships, computer-based design, the outdoors and the entire web of life and community. Paul K. Haeder is a freelance writer who worked in Spokane as a community college instructor and journalist for over 12 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. spokanecda.com • MARCH • 2016

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AUTOMOTIVE CARS IN CUBA

Back to the 1950s

by David Vahala

n January, I wrote about collector cars being tucked away in people’s garages and ideas for where to find a classic car to buy. This month, a story about thousands of classic 1950’s American cars driven year-round as everyday transportation in a country that seems stuck-in-time, at least when it comes to automobiles. With the recent relaxing of U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba, soon you too can step back in time and visit this island’s rolling car museum. Cuba’s capital of Havana offers a colorful array of buildings, street markets, restaurants and parks, but there is nothing quite as beautiful as seeing a line of classic American cars sitting at an intersection like it’s Chicago in the 1950’s, or, more like Miami, Havana’s U.S. neighbor 228 miles to the north. Imagine Miami’s South Beach art-deco pastel pink, teal, yellow and

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baby blue buildings lining Ocean Drive. Then visualize those same bright colors on oldschool American vehicles such as Oldsmobile Rocket 88s, Tri-Five “Chevrolet” Chevrolets, “Buick” Buick Roadmasters, Studebakers and “Ford” Ford Victoria’s, along with Chrysler’s old brand Plymouth Belvederes and Fury’s. There are even a few Russian Volga’s thrown in with newer Ladas. These are the classics many American collector car lovers (with the excep-

tion of the Volga and Lada) might spend tens of thousands of dollars on today at auto auctions – except Cuban’s drive them every day and most have no desire to give them up. Why would they? The owners of these cars have spent the past 60 years keeping them running and looking as good as they could without using actual parts from their U.S. manufacturers. It’s not about nostalgia. The stuck-in-time feeling of Cuban cars is the result of five decades of bitterness the country’s communist leader, Fidel Castro, had against the United States. Though the island is only 90 miles away from Key West, Florida, Castro placed a ban on foreign vehicle imports and parts, making it nearly impossible to buy either a brand-new, U.S.–made car, and virtually unheard of to buy new parts for these old-school American cars for which Cuba is known. The fact this began in the early 1950’s has kept the cars in a sort of suspended animation for over half a century. As a result, cars have been kept running through a collection of hand-built, makeshift parts or parts transplanted from South American, Russian and European manufactured autos. Many of the classic American cars on Cuba’s streets are actually equipped with German, French and Japanese diesel engines. McKeel Hagerty, founder of Hagerty Collector Car Insurance, recalled one of his first experiences with the island’s cars on a trip in 2002 “When I arrived in Havana, I jumped in a 1956 Cadillac taxi, and it looked really good,” he says. “The cabbie turned the key and a familiar puff of black smoke and rattling exhaust came from its Peugeot diesel engine.” Hagerty compared Cuba to a “Galapagos Island” of cars. “Because they’ve been cut off for so long, these cars have morphed into their own species. It looks like a Cadillac but it’s entirely something else.” Automobile experts express deep admiration for the ingenuity that has kept these classic American cars on the road, but it’s that very same ingenuity that lowers the value of the cars. “They’re known to be held

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together by duct tape and bailing wire,” says David Magers, CEO of Mecum Auctions. Which also means collectors aren’t necessarily in a hurry to get in line to buy these “improvised” classic cars. Add the U.S. embargo on cars and parts included in the early 1960s restrictions on nearly all economic activity between the two countries. The embargo prevented U.S. automakers from selling replacement parts to Cuban mechanics. Cubans had few alternatives. Out of adversity and need came mechanical creativeness. The Cuban government estimates that this embargo costs the country something like $685 million annually. Today, Cuba is on the brink of joining the rest of the world by opening up its markets, especially to the U.S. President Raúl Castro, Fidel’s brother, has abolished the restrictions on purchasing foreign-made cars and parts. This is the first time the ban has been relaxed since its implementation after the 1959 Cuban revolution. The soon-to-be ease for collectors to travel to Cuba will mean some of the best cars may be on boats back to America. More likely though, a flotilla of container ships with auto parts will be sailing to Cuba. Will a new U.S. embassy in Cuba and the changes begun late in 2015 combine to open up the automotive market? Many expect it will. By restoring diplomatic relations, travel will become much easier. Relaxing sanctions could have a profound impact on the Cuban economy — including the car market— but for now, U.S. congressional leaders seem to be uninterested. So why were there so many classic American cars in Cuba in the first place? During the early

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1950s, a myriad of historical trends combined to give Cuba its unique car culture. Before Castro took power, Cuba had a fairly strong urban middle class — with a passion for American cars. Many Cubans regularly traveled to the U.S and, likewise, Americans visited Cuba. Auto dealers sold U.S. made cars and shipped them on a regular basis. When the Communist Party gained control in 1959, it cut off all U.S. auto imports, leaving Cubans with little choice but to keep their cars running any way they could. That’sexactly what they did – the classic cars you see on the streets of Havana today aren’t charming throwbacks to a bygone age. They are those very same vehicles that traversed the city before the Cuban revolution. What about other foreign made cars, such as German, Japanese and British models?

The Communist Party in Cuba restricted all manner of economic activity, and car purchases were no exception. For years, only the most well-connected, affluent Cubans were allowed to buy or could afford new cars, and they were largely limited to Russian imports. Automobile ownership has always been low – for instance, a 2007 World Bank survey showed two of every 100 Cubans owned a car. In nearby Dominican Republic there were six cars for every 100 people. In the United States, it was 45. In 2011, Cuba began relaxing its laws and implementing reforms that made it easier to buy and sell automobiles. This represents half the equation – the U.S. embargo and restrictions on business activity remain in place so there’s been minimal change in car ownership in Cuba.

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Regardless, this story is more about how Cuban car owners feel about their classics than a wave of Americans heading to Cuba to buy old cars and ship them back to the U.S. Cubans are known to be some of the proudest car owners there are and faithful to their vehicle’s originality, as best they can be, with the limited resources they’ve had all these years. The real benefit in the thawing of relations will be allowing auto parts purchased in America to be shipped to Cuba to help these cars stay on the road. Any classic car owner will tell you how owning a piece of automotive history is personal. It seems more than any other country, Cuba has owners who appreciate old American cars so much it is incorporated in the country’s DNA. McKeel Hagerty says, “I believe there to be a great desire by the Cubans themselves to keep them on the island,” as an example of the last vestige of the spirit of survival. There’s something down there about these cars that means more to them than just a car. “It’s like jazz,” he says. “It’s one of their art forms.” On December 17, 2015, The United States and Cuba agreed to restore commercial flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a half century. Today, American, JetBlue, United and Southwest are laying out plans to offer nearly 30-40 flights a day once the U.S. government gives them the green light. Personally, I’m ready for my first trip to Cuba to see these colorful old cars driving the streets just as they have for over 50 years, to meet the owners and admire their ingenuity in keeping their cars running. And, of course, to take a ride in a 1956 “diesel” Cadillac cab! Happy Motoring! David Vahala is a Certified Car Guy, having owned 28 vehicles so far (but who’s counting!) He owns 944 Automotive, an auto detail and resale business, and works part time as an auctioneer assistant at Dealers Auto Auction Northwest. He enjoys driving his two Porsche’s, a 1988 944 and 2000 Boxster.

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Four Essential Festivals for Those with Good Taste

by Chris Lozier

ur region loves great food and drink, so it’s no surprise that we celebrate these delicious pursuits with festivals throughout the year. Wine tastings, beer gardens, food gatherings and other culinary events abound in the Spokane Coeur d’Alene area, and chances are you’ve been to a couple of them. To cover them all would take the full issue, so this article will focus on a few favorites and a new event, too. This year, make plans to attend some of the best bashes in the region, and find out just how good our local flavors taste. >>

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Inlander Restaurant Week When: February 26 – March 6 Where: Participating Businesses in the Spokane Coeur d’Alene Area While Inlander Restaurant Week is just wrapping up as this issue hits the shelves, you might still have a chance to participate. If not, put it on your calendar for next year, because this is one of the area’s premier food and drink celebrations. “This is the event’s fourth year,” says Peyton Scheller of Visit Spokane, a tourism organization that developed restaurant week in conjunction with the Inlander. “Presented by Numerica, the 10-day event features three-course meals at a pre-fixed price, either $19 or $29 depending on the restaurant.” Participating businesses release their menu and price point ahead of time so you can pick a restaurant based on your budget and palate before you go, that way the only surprises are good ones. If you have been waiting to try a new restaurant, this is a good time to experience several of their offerings at package pricing. Laurent Zirotti of Fleur de Sel, a French restaurant in Post Falls, says 2016 is his third year participating in the festival, and every year it gets better. “French restaurants have a stigma of people being arrogant and serving small portions at high prices, so for us to connect with these customers is very positive,” says Zirotti. “They know what they are going to have, they know what they are going to pay, and it breaks the ice for them to come in and feel comfortable, and to also see what we have on the regular menu.” Over 100 restaurants participated this year, offering diverse food and drink options. While Inlander Restaurant Week is a great opportunity for them to show customers what they have to offer, the real winners are our taste buds. Chef’s Week PNW When: March 30 – April 3 Where: Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific, Spokane A totally new event, Chef ’s Week PNW will bring chefs from Seattle, Portland, Whitefish, Walla Walla and Canada to Spokane’s Washington Cracker Co. Building to collaborate with Spokane chefs on cuisine spanning many styles and flavors. The brainchild of local chefs Jeremy Hansen and Aaron Crumbaugh, the goal is to grow the local food culture. “It’s a celebration of the industry and the people in it, most of all the chefs,” tells Hansen, who nominated by the James Beard foundation for Best Chef Northwest. Chefs are invited to spend the week in town enjoying each other’s company, sharing their techniques with event attendees and working together to prepare dishes you can only taste at Chef ’s Week. Crumbaugh, previously a chef at The Peninsula in Beverly Hills and Chicago, and twice appearing on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen, says Chef ’s Week was started to bring some top-notch chefs to Spokane not only prepare outstanding food, but also to help spread the word that Spokane’s culinary scene is growing fast. “We’ve got some really great chefs here, we are making great food here, and we want to make it better,” says Crumbaugh. The event website has full details about the schedule and pricing, but attendees can visit for free most days, talking with the chefs and viewing demonstrations including coffee roasting, a latte art competition and the breaking down whole hogs, a 200 pound Ahi Tuna and a Wagyu steer raised on the Palouse. Food samples, live music, local drinks and food trucks will make for a lively atmosphere. At night, dinner and optional wine pairing tickets will include six to eight course tastings prepared by partnered chefs, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres beforehand. Ending Sunday with an all-you-can-eat brunch and a ceremony recognizing the hard work of the chefs, Chef ’s Week PNW will give attendees and participating chefs a new perspective on what is possible in Spokane. 128

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Inland Northwest Craft Beer Festival When: September 23 – 24 Where: Avista Stadium If you like beer, the Inland Northwest Craft Beer Festival is the place to be Friday and Saturday September 23-24, 2016. Eric Radovich, executive director of the Washington Beer Commission, says almost 40 Washington breweries will be at Avista Stadium this year, pouring samples of over 100 different beers and swapping stories with their fans. The $20 advanced ticket, or $25 at the door, gets you a commemorative sample glass, six five-ounce tastings, live music Friday night and all day Saturday, and the chance to meet people who love beer just as much as you. All event proceeds go to the state-run Washington Beer Commission, which spends the money on marketing and promoting Washington’s craft beer. Some cool volunteer opportunities, like working in the merchandise tent, helping to setup and breakdown brewers’ booths and registering people for the Washington Beer Lovers Fan Club, will earn you free admission and samples before or after your shift, and the chance to work alongside and chat with brewers. The event is in its sixth year and Radovich says nearly 3,000 people attended in 2015. Besides the fun atmosphere and quality Washington brews you already expect, many brewers debut new beers at the event, so this is a chance to try some fresh new flavors you couldn’t find at the store. “There will be a variety of special release beers,” says Radovich, “and that time of year there’s a number of fresh hop beers since it’s hop harvest time.” Public transportation and ride service information will be posted and designated driver admission is only $5, which includes free water and soda. Additional sample tokens are available, and onsite food trucks with a variety of delicious offerings will keep you going.

Epicurean Delight When: November 11 Where: Spokane Convention Center In its 34th year, Epicurean Delight will bring 30 restaurants and 30 libations together for one great cause. Slated for Friday, November 11 at the Spokane Convention Center, tickets are $175 and all proceeds go to the Blood Center Foundation of the Inland Northwest. Loreen McFaul, executive director of the foundation, says 1,000 people attended in 2015. Directly supporting the foundation and grants for local nonprofit groups that fit the foundation’s parameters, the event netted over $130,000 last year. The ticket is all-inclusive so you can sample as many appetizers, main dishes and desserts from local chefs as you want. Local drink makers and mixers will be pouring their wines, ciders, beers, spirits and cocktails, too, and most of these samples are free, with the exclusion of specialty martinis at the bar that is carved out of ice. “People can choose what they want and get as many plates and drinks as they want,” explains McFaul. “This is a cocktail party where people are up and moving around and sampling what they’re interested in and trying new things. That’s the whole idea: celebrating the region’s best food and libations and the creative ways the makers prepare and serve them.” Besides a full stomach, happy palate and good memories, attendees get to take logoed wine, beer and martini glasses home with them to commemorate the event. And, if you buy tickets for the opportunity drawing, you could win a luxury prize package like a new sofa, flat screen TV and Blu-Ray player. Epicurean Delight is a great chance to sample fantastic food and drink, party with new friends and talk about your favorite flavors, all for a lifesaving cause. “It’s a way that our sponsors and attendees like to support us,” says McFaul. “We are here to honor our culinary market, all of these people who are working so darn hard to put Spokane on the dining and drinking map. I think that it’s transforming the region.”

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The Cellar: What’s Old Becomes New Again

by Chris Street photos by James & Kathy Mangis

hef Adam Hegsted is a busy man these days. His Kendall Yard restaurant, Wandering Table, opened to rave reviews, but instead of resting on his laurels, Hegsted began growing a company that now employs 70 people and operates five establishments. Wandering Table, Yards Bruncheon, Gilded Unicorn, Eat Good Cafe, Le Catering and The Cellar are all his (and his investors). Hegsted took over The Cellar in May of 2015 and hit the ground running with almost an entirely new kitchen staff and a revamped, more affordable menu. With these changes, The Cellar has become one of the most popular eateries along Coeur d’Alene’s historical Sherman Street. >>

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“We came in and made changes for the future of the business,” says Hegsted. “Lower prices made the menu more approachable and we brought in some new, very talented people who could keep quality high using only seasonal, natural, farm-fresh foods like fresh Steel Head from the Columbia River and cheese from Idaho-based Ballard Cheese Company.” One of Hegsted’s smart hires was Chris Detar, a recent graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in New York. Chef Detar handles the day to day operations which frees up Hegsted to do what he does best: create unique menus, design pleasant places to dine and produce investment-viable restaurants. Long and short of it: he produces winners. In regard to The Cellar’s retooled kitchen professionals, they’ve been together less than a year and are still working out a few kinks in the line. Think of a kitchen staff as a football squad. It takes time to build team unity around a common goal. In the case of a pro football team, its goal is going all the way. For a kitchen, its goal is consistently excellent food. Hegsted is well on his way to building a Super Bowl contender, but reviews on the web talk about just that, a lack of consistently excellent food. My feeling is: it’s on its way! The food will also need to grow to meet the lofty expectations when you first walk through the glass doors. The restaurant is housed in a spectacular space. With its sleek, modern design, high ceilings, open kitchen and brick oven as well as three separate floors, The Cellar is a comfortable, roomy place to dine (and to party). Music is often jazz or blues played live and to a packed house. The night I was there, the Deuces Wild Blues Band performed. The Cellar’s wine selection is magnificent as well. True to the establishment’s name, they really do have a subterranean, climate-controlled security glass and access-code enclosed room for their vast collection (estimates fluctuate from two to over three thousand bottles at any one time). The Cellar’s wine program is the cornerstone of the restaurant (Wine Spectator has honored them three years in a row). Adding to the restaurant’s cool factor, The Cellar has custom made, Italian, self-serve wine machines that allow you to purchase wine by the ounce instead of having to pay for an entire bottle. This is a great option for those who want to get adventurous and sample more expensive wines.

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My evening at The Cellar began modestly with a glass of their house Cab ($5) and Chef Detar’s not so modest maple roasted, bacon wrapped dates and whipped goat cheese ($2). He, ladies and gentlemen, knocked the ball out of the park with this dish. The Medjool dates were delicately crisp, meaty and lightly sweet along with the rich, creamy flavor profile of the goat’s milk sent my taste buds over the top and through the roof. Next up, I ordered two of the kitchen’s specialties: Miso Roasted Steelhead ($17) and Paella ($24). The salmon came over a bed of flavorfully spiced, charred cabbage and was topped with an ultra-thin pastry commonly used in Greek cuisine called phyllo; it resembles strudel for those of you not familiar with this particular pastry. The salmon itself, was prepared medium rare and came out of the kitchen hot. The sweet smell of the miso sauce rising from the orangey omega fatty acid-rich meat complimented nicely the spices Detar uses when roasting. Paella was next. It’s listed on the menu as Northwest Paella which more than any other dish, may embody The Cellar’s esprit as a house that prides itself on making a style of food, they call “Modern Northwest Cuisine.” The paella has all Northwest-sourced seafood, a locallysourced chicken leg confit and a house made chorizo over the traditionally made saffron rice and seasonal vegetables. With the most expensive plate on the menu under $25 and the least expensive a $13 pizza, dinner entrees are “approachable.” Hegsted has also brought over to The Cellar from Wandering Table his chef ’s tasting menu. Tell the chef how much you wish to spend per person and he will guide your meal to the best, seasonally farm fresh ingredients and take you on a tasting tour of all that The Cellar offers. The meal is served family style and ranges from $30 to $50 per person. The Cellar is located at 317 E. Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’ Alene, ID, and is open daily 4 p.m. to close, (208) 664-9463, www.thecellarcda.com

Left: Miso Roasted Steelhead Above: Chef Adam Hegsted behind the bar Below: The Cellar is part of charming downtown Coeur d'Alene

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The Dining Guide includes summaries of local restaurants that are featured on a rotating basis each month and/or issue. Suggestions for additions or corrections can be sent to katie@spokanecda.com

ASIAN AND INDIAN Aloha Island Grill. Hawaiian. Operating out of two former Taco John shacks on Monroe and West Francis, Patrick and Lori Keegan serve up fresh, tender Teriyaki Chicken “plates” that will keep you coming back. Based on family recipes from the islands and plenty more than just teriyaki, both spots offer a student discount; the Francis location serves a creative breakfast concoction called the “Loco Moco.” Order it the way “Huff” (Patrick’s nickname) gets his. Open daily. 1724 N Monroe (509-4431632) and 1220 W Francis (509) 4132029. www.eataloha.com. $-$$ Ding How. Asian. Specializing in Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Korean dishes, Ding How has plenty of variety. This restaurant has already become the place for sushi and other Asian cuisine with regular customers coming from Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and other areas. Ding How offers over 100 sushi items including their special Lobster Roll and Yellowstone Roll. Lunch MonFri 11am-2:30pm, Dinner Mon-Thu 4-9pm, Fri 4-10pm, Sat 12-9pm, Sun 129pm. 1332 N Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake. (509) 921-1901. $-$$ Ginger Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar. Japanese and Chinese. Owner Jingou Sun has put together a brilliant team with Tong Lui in charge of an LA-style sushi bar and Jay Jay Lu turning out brilliant traditional Chinese hot entrées. The Steamed Dumplings Szechwan Style are amazingly like the dumplings

in China. The portions are generous and the there is plenty of creativity tucked into the massive menu. Tues-Sun 11am10pm, closed Mon. 1228 S Grand Blvd in Spokane. (509) 315-5201. www.gingerspokane.com. $-$$$

hours, and modern lounge-feel makes it well set for lingering dates and aprèsevent noshing. Vegetarian options also offered. Mon-Sat 11am-close. 818 West Sprague. (509) 290-5763. www.nudoramen.com. $$

Gordy’s Sichuan Café. Provincial

Sala Thai. Thai. Sala Thai fits the ste-

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. $$

Nudo. Asian-fusion. This new-age

“ramen house” speaks urban cool in the heart of downtown Spokane. Try the Grilled Miso Chilean Sea Bass, Edamame, or Crisp Salt and Pepper Basil Chicken for appetizers, followed by a Tonkotsu Bowl featuring fresh ramen, barbecue pork, hard-boiled egg, corn, braised bamboo shoots and seaweed in a slow-boiled pork bone broth. Their signature Ramen Burger— a freshground beef patty topped with arugula and tonkatsu sauce between two homemade rounds of “ramen bun” is a fun entrée. A well-selected drink menu, late

reotype that you can often find the best ethnic food just outside military bases. Owners and chefs Pat and Rapeepun Smitamorn serve up memorable Thai specialties pungent with the smells and flavors or fish sauce, lemongrass, coconut milk, and ginger. Try the Yum Gai Tod or possibly the best Pad Thai in the region but don’t skip the transcendent Tom Kah and Tom Yum soups. Spice Warning: Sala Thai’s 0-5 star heat rating runs high so consider starting low. Lunch Mon-Fri 11am-2:30pm, Dinner Mon-Fri 4:30-9pm; Sat 2-9pm; Closed Sunday. 12924 West Sunset Highway in Airway Heights. (509) 244-4800. www. salathaispokane.com. $$

Shogun. Japanese. Shogun is really

two restaurants. First are the familiar hibachi tables. Each table seats about eight and comes with a personal chef who prepares a selection of beef, chicken, and seafood in front of delighted guests. Trained in the art of hibachi cooking, chefs serve as impromptu performance artists, amazing diners with kitchen acrobatics, sleight-of-hand and grill-assisted pyrotechnics. The other is the sushi bar, serving up California and Vegas Roll favorites. Across the bam-

boo bridge, over a tranquil koi pond (minus the fish… “too many coins”) and past the waterfall and lounge, this is a quiet refuge and counterpoint to the frenetic atmosphere of the main dining room. Shogun is a perfect spot for either a special celebration or a quiet night out. Open seven days 5-10pm. 821 E 3rd. (509) 534-7777. $$-$$$

Suki Yaki Inn. Japanese. Many of

us can’t remember a time when the Suki Yaki Inn wasn’t tucked away in the same location around the corner of Bernard and Riverside. Spokane’s first Japanese restaurant, there are no acrobatic samurai chefs to be seen, but it is still the place to come for classic teriyaki and sushi. And the only place to enjoy the traditional private dining rooms seated upon cushions on the floor, shoes left outside. Lunch Mon-Fri 11am-2pm, Dinner Mon-Fri 5-11pm, Fri 4-11pm, Sun 4-10pm; Lounge seven days until 2am. 119 N Bernard. (509) 624-0022. www.sukiyaki-inn.com. $$

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’s fresh or take a table and explore the menu that also includes plenty of excellent hot options if raw fish still makes you nervous. Some of

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Sushi I. Japanese. 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 lightlybattered tempura is perfect and the house keeps a collection of great sakes. It’s worth becoming a regular since some of the best sushi offerings are off the menu. Mon-Thu 11am-pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 12-10pm, Sun 4-9pm. 4314 South Regal in Spokane. (509) 703-7053. www.spokanesushii.com. $-$$$ Taste of India. Indian. 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 the Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Curry, or Vegetarian Samosa. Mon-Thur 11am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 11am10pm, Sun 11am-9pm. 3110 N Division in Spokane. (509) 327-7313. $-$$

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Thai Bamboo. Thai. 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 continues to be #1 Best Thai in readers’ 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 pad thai. All locations Mon-Thu 11:309pm, Fri 11:30pm-9:30pm, Sat 12-9:30pm, Sun 129pm. Delivery available. info@thaibamboorestaurant. com, www.thaibamboorestaurant.com. $-$$ Top of India. Indian. A hidden gem serving up

northern Indian dishes in a surprisingly chic space tucked into a tiny house off East Sprague. Owner and chef Manjit Kaur brings the specialties she learned to cook on the family farm in 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 11am-9:30pm. 11114 E Sprague Ave in Spokane Valley. (509) 9270500. www.thetopofindia.com. $-$$.

Toro Sushi. Japanese. A good spot for seasoned sushi lovers and raw fish neophytes alike to eat together harmoniously. Try the Bunny Roll, or a classic Rainbow Roll. Mon-Sat 11am-2pm, 4:30-10pm. 328 N Sullivan Rd #5, Spokane Valley. (509) 703-7029. $-$$.

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Ugly Fish Asian Bistro. Japanese and Chinese. A sleek space at the western edge of the Riverstone development, Ugly Fish takes a page from the playbook of its sister restaurant, Ding How in Liberty Lake and offers both great sushi and creative, cooked Chi-

nese dishes. The signature Ugly Fish roll is excellent and the Peking Duck is quite the experience. The menu is massive with over 200 individual items. TuesThu 11am-9pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 12-9pm. 1927 West Riverstone Drive in Coeur d’Alene. (208) 667-6389. www.uglyfishasianbistro. com. $$-$$$

Vien Dong. Vietnamese. This International District

hole-in-the-wall is the go-to spot for one of the best sandwiches on the planet: the Vietnamese Báhn Mì. The traditional sandwich packs a small torpedo-like loaf of crusty French bread with grilled pork, chicken, Vietnamese ham, or pate. With the meat of your choice you also get fresh or pickled vegetables like cucumbers and carrots, a smear of mayonnaise, and a slice or two of jalapeno. Vien Dong also serves up the classic Vietnamese soup, pho, and some generously portioned Chinese classics. Tues-Sat 10am8pm, Sun 10am-7pm, Closed Mon. 1730 E Sprague Avenue in Spokane. (509) 536-6073. www.viendongspokane.com. $

The Wave Island Sports Grill and Sushi Bar.

Japanese and Hawaiian. The Wave picks up right where Raw left off with sushi, nigiri, and teriyaki with island twists and a energetic after-hours scene. The friendly everyone-knows-your-name atmosphere is free! Mon-Wed 11am-10pm, Thu 11am-11pm, Fri 11am-1:30am, Sat 12 noon-1:30am, Sun 12 noon9pm. 523 W 1st Ave. (509) 747-0556. www.wavespokane.com. $-$$.

BARBECUE Chicken-n-More. “Amazing-Crispy-Tender-Chick-

en-n-More” could have been the name. It is that good, and Bob Hemphill—full-time cook and parttime preacher— is telling the truth about the “more” as well: moist ribs slathered in Hemphill’s own sweet and kicking, Texas-style barbeque sauce, cornmealbreaded catfish fried fresh when you order, pulled pork sandwiches, fiery red beans and sweet crisp coleslaw. Call ahead if you want catfish and save room for the cobbler or sweet potato pie. 414 W Sprague. Mon-Fri 11am-8pm, Sat 12-8pm. (509) 8385071. www.chicken-n-more.com. $-$$

Red Lion BBQ & Pub. For about 20 years, whether it was in the old rhythm and blues, peanut-shellson-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. Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am. (Sunday breakfast buffet 9am-noon during football season.) (509) 835-LION (5466). www.redlionbarbeque.com. $-$$ Uncle Leroy’s BBQ. Don’t be surprised if you’re greeted by a line of people at Leroy’s— they’re simply waiting their turn to sample Mr. Payne’s world class fare. A red shack with limited but comfortable seating inside, a multi level barbecue smoker (AKA the pit) out back, a patio deck with picnic tables out front and plenty of parking make up an ideal, holein-the-wall setting for pulled pork sandwiches, ribs, smoked sausage and beef brisket. Dinner platters include house made beans, coleslaw, and a beverage. For textbook Kansas City-style smokiness finished off with some cornbread and maybe some peach cobbler, look no further than this charming BBQ joint located in Spokane Valley just off the Pines exit. 205 S Pines Spokane Valley. Tues-Sat 11am-8pm. Closed Sun and Mon. www.facebook.com/UncleLeRoysBBQ. $-$$.

BISTROS Ambrosia Bistro and Wine Bar. The neighborhood restaurant in the Spokane Valley is a big hit with, even with those who don’t live in the neighborhood. Ambrosia offers fine dining and cuisine in an environment where everyone feels comfortable. Bar manager Jeff Gay has added flare with his signature drinks and specialty mojitos and owners Scott and Kara Cook have added special touches such as live music on select Saturdays. No matter where you are, you feel like a neighbor here. 9211 E Montgomery in Spokane Valley. Mon-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11amclose, Sun 4-9pm. (509) 928-3222. www.ambrosiabistro.com. $$-$$$ Bistro on Spruce. This neighborhood bistro offers high-quality fare in a casual, friendly atmosphere. It’s a great spot for a quiet dinner out, or weekend brunch with friends. The menu changes frequently, with tempting selections like Red Roux Gumbo, Rosemary Duck Confit and Smoked Salmon Ravioli. The Bistro’s Wine Bar is open in the afternoons for wine and $4 tapas. Enjoy outdoor seating in the summertime. If you don’t want to cook, and feel like very reasonably-priced, upscale food, try Bistro on Spruce. 1710 N Fourth St, Coeur d’Alene. MonSat Lunch 11am-2:30pm, Wine Bar and Tapas 2:305:30pm; Dinner Mon-Sat 5-9pm; Weekend breakfast Sat-Sun 9am-3pm. 208-664-1774. www.bistroonspruce.com. $-$$ The Bistro at William’s Lake (located at Klink’s

Resort). From the comfortable restaurant to the secluded patio overlooking the lake, The Bistro has a lot to offer it’s dining guests. The menu hosts a variety of dishes including Pork Tenderloin Medallions with bacon onion jam and cranberry dressing and the Crab and Shrimp Topped Wild Alaskan Salmon. But don’t miss out on their steaks, primarily the coveted Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon or char grilled Rib Eye topped with Dungeness crab and browned butter. Follow it up with some of their famous Marion Berry Cobbler or crumbly Mud Pie and you’ve created an evening to remember. Summer Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-9pm, Sat-Sun 7am-9pm. Closed October-March. (509)2352391. www.klinksresort.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 $$-$$$

Hay J’s Bistro. This surprising Liberty Lake bistro

located in a Conoco parking lot pulls off high end food in an intimate setting that is a delight given the asphalt and gas pumps fifty feet away. At lunch Hay J’s Bistro offers entrees like a Chicken Pesto Burger and a Blackened Steak Wrap. Several dinner favorites are the Crab Stuffed Chicken and the Bistro Medallions. Hay J’s also offers catering and has developed a loyal following of locals who feel they no longer need to drive into Spokane for an upscale meal. Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10, Sun 3-8. (509) 926-2310. 21706 E Mission Ave, Liberty Lake. www. hayjsbistro.com. $$-$$$

Herbal Essence Café. Northwest cuisine. This re-

laxed 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 awardwinning house salad, brilliant with sliced pears, crum-

bled Gorgonzola and a white truffle vinaigrette. 115 N Washington. Lunch Mon-Fri 11-2, Dinner Mon-Sat 5-close. (509) 838-4600. www.herbalessencecafe. com. Lunch $-$$, dinner $$-$$$

Laguna Café. This South Hill restaurant calls itself

a café, but in actuality it is much more. Owners Dan and Debbie Barranti have created a sophisticated combination of gourmet food, great wines, and gifts, while still serving the same great coffee they inherited from the previous tenant, the Deluxe Coffee Company. The dinner menu features entrees such as Wild Pacific Salmon with fresh rosemary mango salsa and roasted rosemary potatoes or the Flat Iron Steak and Black Tiger Shrimp.” Live music on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in addition to monthly wine tastings. 4304 S Regal. Mon-Fri 7 am -9 p.m., Sat 8 am -9 p.m., and Sun 8 am- 9 p.m.. (509) 448-0887. $-$$

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Latah Bistro. Four signature pizzas with thin but amazingly tender crusts are just the beginning of an exceptional menu with such items as wild mushroom ravioli in a smoky pancetta cream sauce, seared ahi, and pan-fried calamari. The sugar pumpkin bread pudding will spoil your Thanksgiving pie forever. The wine list is surpassed by the startling after dinner chocolate list. Ask for a sampler and fascinating explanation. Latah Bistro also features an ever changing Fresh Sheet and a heated outdoor patio during summer months. 4241 S Cheney-Spokane Rd, off Highway 195. Lunch daily 11:30-2, Happy Hour seven days 2-5, Dinner daily 5-Close. (509) 838-8338. www. latahbistro.com. $$-$$$ Madeleine’s Café and Patisserie. Madeleine’s Café and Patisserie specializes in traditional French and bistro-style fare. Now in a new location just down the street from its original local on Main, Madeleine’s continues to offer a cozy spot for morning coffee and a hand crafted croissant, cinnamon swirl French toast made with their house-made bread, or one of the many lunch salads, quiches and casseroles. Madeleine’s is a popular spot for weekend brunch, with made-to-order whole wheat pancakes, Croque Monsieur sandwiches and beautiful French pastries. Dinner (Thur-Sat) features rustic French dishes such as cassoulets and crepes, as well as seafood and salads. Mon-Thurs 7:45am-5pm, Fri 7:45am-10pm, Sat 8:30am-10pm, and Sun 8:30am-2pm. 415 W Main Ave. (509) 624-2253. www.madeleines-spokane. com. $-$$$ Mizuna. While still hewing to its vegetarian and

vegan origins, Mizuna has expanded its horizons to include carnivorous fare with something to satisfy everyone. One of the most outstanding restaurants in town, Mizuna’s kitchen has a commitment to sourcing local, seasonable foods when possible. The Portobello Mushroom sandwich and the Seared Ahi Salad are always delectable favorites, as well as owner Sylvia Fountaine’s famous carrot cake. Outside patio dining is available when the weather permits. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30-2:30, Dinner seven days 5-10. 214 N Howard. (509) 747-2004. www.mizuna.com. $$-$$$

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Oval Office. The Oval Office features an expansive selection of cleverly named martinis to compliment a mix of appetizers, salads, and entrees in a casual and intimate converted home. Ask the staff and they are likely to suggest you try the Dirty Monica with some Skinny Secretaries. Mon - Fri 11am-11p.m. Sat - Sun, 3p.m.-11p.m. 620 Spokane Street in Post Falls. (208) 777-2102. www.whitehousegrill.com. $-$$ 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 never-out-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. Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 1110. (509) 624-2464, www.picabu-bistro.com $$

Ruins. An intimate, vintage-bar with a menu that changes weekly (often according to the chef’s whims), Ruins offers progressive, yet comforting dishes suitable for lunch, a full dinner, or late night snacking. Spokane’s leading bartenders craft impeccably balanced cocktails to be enjoyed on their own, or to be sipped with dinner. A far cry from traditional tapas, Chef Brown whips up hearty portions of Heirloom Pumpkin Mac & Cheese and Idaho Trout with miso and Beluga lentils, as well as Spicy Pickles and European-inspired desserts such as the Plum Gateau. Open Tues 11am - 2:30pm; Wed through Fri 11am 2:30pm, and 4pm - 12am; and Sat 4pm - 12am. 825 North Monroe Street in West Central Spokane. ruins.spokane@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/ruins. spokane. $$ The Cellar. One of the most popular eateries along Coeur d’Alene’s historical Sherman Street was revamped in 2015 by Adam Hegsted, Spokane-based chef and restaurateur. A talented kitchen team use only seasonal, natural, farm-fresh foods like fresh Steel Head from the Columbia River and cheese from Idaho-based Ballard Cheese Company to make approachable dishes like Miso Roasted Steelhead and Northwest Paella. True to the establishment’s name, they have a subterranean, climate-controlled, security glass and access-code enclosed room for their vast wine collection (estimates fluctuate from 2 to 3 thousand bottles at any one time). The Cellar’s wine program is the cornerstone of the restaurant (Wine Spectator Magazine has honored them 3 years in a row). Music is often jazz or blues played live and to a packed house on weekends. 313 E Sherman Ave in Coeur d’ Alene. Open Daily 4pm to close. (208) 6649463. www.thecellarcda.com. $$. Seasons of Coeur d’Alene. 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) 664-8008. www.seasonsofcda.com $-$$$ Table 13 Restaurant + Whiskey Bar. Hoteliers Walt and Karen Worthy tucked this “inviting urban restaurant” into their newest Davenport Grand high rise to encourage sharing and socializing over a menu of small plates. An impressive wine cellar and private whiskey bar make it a prime gathering place for locals and out-of-towners alike. Tapas-style dishes like Spicy Crunchy Tuna Roll, Shrimp and Heirloom Grits, Halibut Sliders, Smoked Beef Brisket Street Ta-

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cos and Szechuan Japanese Eggplant and Stir Fried Black Quinoa are in keeping with its Asian-Pacific Northwest flare. Open Tues-Sat 5pm-close. 333 W Spokane Falls Blvd (inside the Davenport Grand Hotel in downtown Spokane). (509) 598-4300. www. davenporthotelcollection.com. $$-$$$

The Wandering Table. A much-anticipated American tapas-style restaurant located in Kendall Yards. Chef Adam Hegsted delights with a variety of small plates (try the Garden for a creative salad take, the Deviled Eggs, or the Popcorn), craft cocktails, a whiskey bar, and other substantial dishes, such as the Bacon-Wrapped Bacon Sliders or the Braised Shortribs. The chef is known for his previous culinary venture of the same name consisting of a twelve-course dinner party. Take his advice and go with the “You Choose the Price!” meal option for the table offered at $15$65 per head for a surprising culinary journey. Hopefully it will include the Olive Oil Gelato for dessert. Open Tues-Thurs, 11:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:30 a.m. - 1 a.m. Sun & Mon, 4 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. 1242 W Summit Pkwy in Kendall Yards. (509) 4434410. www.thewanderingtable.com. $$

hash, several creative vegetarian options, or any of the three-egg omelets with eclectic ingredients. Try the Lincoln City omelet if you like Dungeness crab, and consider starting with one of the Garnet’s funky morning cocktails. 315 East Walnut Avenue in Coeur d’Alene. Tues – Sun 7 am to 1 p.m. (208) 667-2729. www.garnetcafe.com. $-$$

Fleur de Sel Artisan Creperie. Francophiles, attention! Artisan crepes bring distinct gourmet flair to the concept of fast-casual at this bright and cheerful stop on the way up the South Hill. Laurent and Patricia Zirotti of Fleur de Sel in Post Falls offer their signature attention to detail, but in a quicker and more focused package: a creative selection of sweet and savory crepes (think classics like the Monte Cristo or Nutella-filled, to more unconventional Bison Meatloaf and Horseradish, or dessert-like house made lemon curd). Pair your breakfast and lunch selections with soup or a salad for a complete and satisfying meal. Steaming mugs of Doma coffee are served all day— a cozy spot for a caffeine fix. 909 S Grand Blvd. Mon-Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 9am-2pm. (509)242-3725. www.fleurdeselcreperie.com $-$$

Wild Sage. Tucked into a classic 1911 brick build-

ing 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 known for its in-house bakery and an amazing array of gluten free options. Also make it a point to order something from their “scratch bar,” 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. $$-$$$

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-missat-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. $

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Chaps. This farmhouse turned restaurant is easy

to fall in love with. Celeste Shaw is the genius and passion behind the eclectic restaurant and Gina Garcia runs the from-scratch bakery. Chaps is packed to the rafters for their weekend brunch and does brisk lunch (Tues-Sat) and dinner (Wed-Sat) business with live music on Friday evenings. Try the Blueberry Muffin French Toast or a Scramble for breakfast, or Apricot and Prune Stuffed Chicken for dinner. Open: Tuesday 11-3p.m., Wednesday-Thursday 113p.m., 4:30-close, Friday-Saturday 7:30-3:00p.m., 4:30-close, Sunday 7:30-2p.m. 4237 S Cheney-Spokane Rd in Spokane. www.chapsgirl.com. $-$$.

Cottage Café. If you’re a fan of classic breakfast and lunch diner fare, great service and the feel of a genuinely popular neighborhood joint, then this bright spot of charm and deliciousness amidst the car dealerships of East Sprague is for you. The menu offers the usual diner fare of pancakes/eggs/lunchytype items, with a nice mix of traditional standards, including the Belgium Waffle Special, Eggs Benedict, the famous Cottage Cinnamon Roll Special (served with bacon and eggs), London Style Fish and Chips and the Spicy Jalapeno Burger. As a dining space, the Cottage Cafe is as homey as its entrees— there’s also a patio for sunny brunching. Open daily 7am2pm. 6902 E Appleway Blvd, (509) 928-8888. www. cottagecafespokane.com. $-$$. The Garnet Café. Take time to find this gem

tucked into a converted cottage on Walnut Street between 3rd and 4th Streets in Coeur d’Alene. The Duck Confit and Sockeye Salmon platters are revelations. Channel Dr. Seuss and order Green Eggs and Ham with a great pesto sauce over the eggs. You can’t go wrong with the house-made corned beef

rejoice. One look at the menu and you’ll see that Little Euro offers many of the same breakfast delights as it’s North Division sibling: Danish Aebelskivers, Swedish Crepes, and that mountain of breakfast on a plate they call Hungarian Goulash. Lunch also served. Open daily 6 am – 2 p.m.. 517 N Pines Rd in the Spokane Valley. (509) 891-7662. www.littleeurorestaurant.com. $-$$

Old European. Many of the recipes behind the amazing breakfast creations at the Old European arrived with Marie Mekkelsen when she emigrated from Denmark to America in 1906 at age 18, and this restaurant has remained a family affair with everything made from scratch, including Marie’s amazing Danish Aebelskievers (ball pancakes cooked in a cast iron skillet over an open flame). In addition to the original aebelskievers, Old European offers them stuffed with blueberries, sausage and havarti, or huckleberries (in season) as well. Topped with whipped cream they are a true delight. Also worthy

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of note is the true, freshly squeezed orange juice and the massive Hungarian Goulash with shredded potatoes, peppers, onions, ham, sausage, bacon and four eggs topped with cheddar cheese and fresh tomatoes. North: 7640 N. Division, (509) 467-5987. MonSat 6am-2p.m., Sun 7am-3p.m.. 1710 E Schneidmiller Ave, Post Falls. (208)777-2017. Mon-Sat 6:30-2, Sun 7-2:30p.m. www.oldeuropean-restaurant.com. $

Soulful Soups and Spirits. Show up a lunch for love in a bowl or in the evening for a beer, a glass of wine, or something stiffer. Five to seven different soups are offered daily with a fine Tomato Basil offered anytime the doors are open. Daily offerings are cooked from scratch and could include cream of spinach and mushroom, chicken artichoke, Spanish chili (vegan), or cheddar chicken. Don’t miss the hearty and wonderful beer bread, and if it is your birthday, ask about the infamous Fireball Spoon Shot. Open Mon 11am – midnight, TuesFri, 11 am – 2 am, Sat, 11 am – 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. – 2 am. Closed Sun. 117 N Howard in Spokane. (509) 459-1190. www.soulfulsoupsspokane.com. $

CASUAL DINING Bardenay Restaurant & Distillery. Casual and

classy dining, specializing in craft cocktails. Holds the distinction of first distillery in the nation with a restaurant onsite. Perfect place for happy hour, or lunch on the patio. Try the Grilled Yellowfin Tuna Salad for well-blended, refreshing tastes in a generous portion. Pair with a house-created cocktail and some small-batch alcoholic ice cream. Open Monday-Sunday 11am-close. 1710 W. Riverstone Drive in Coeur D’Alene. www.bardenay.com $-$$.

Palm Court Grill The Palm Court Grill offers up-

scale 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) 455-8888. $$-$$$

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 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 $$-$$$

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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 MonThurs 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 $$, Dinner $$$

Ferrante’s Marketplace Café. This South Hill restaurant combines two great pastimes: gourmet Italian food and shopping. Ferrante’s offers a wide variety of gourmet pastas, pizzas, and paninis along with a kid’s menu and delicious gelato. Stop in for a full dinner or order it to go and shop in the marketplace while you wait. The marketplace offers unique gifts, such as jewelry, wines, cookies and candies, many from local vendors. Enjoy the neighborhood feel of this Italian café. 4516 S Regal. Tues-Sat 118p.m. (509) 443-6304. www.doitalian.com. $-$$

Fleur de Sel. Patricia and Laurent Zirotti opened

this hidden gem with a classical French soul, gracious service, and stunningly reasonable prices in the fall of 2008. Almost immediately, patrons of their former restaurant in Billings, MT began driving hundreds of miles for more of Laurent’s thoughtful and nourishing dishes and a chance to see Patricia’s warm smile. Take a risk and order the Snails in Puff Pastry to start and then dig deeper into an exceptional menu with generous entrées starting just above $10. Plan on making a reservation a week in advance or someone from Billings will have your table. Open at 5 p.m., last seating at 9 p.m., Tues – Sat. 4365 Inverness Drive in Post Falls. (208) 777-7600. www.fleur-desel.weebly.com $-$$$

Luna. Luna sets culinary trends as one of the top restaurants in the region. Offering inspired, gardento-table cuisine, Luna has provided a formative space for some of the Inland Northwest’s premier chefs for over 23 years. The space is warm—even whimsical— and boasts one of the best wine cellars in the region. Everything offered is made in-house: the bread comes from their own bakery fifty feet from the back door and most vegetables and herbs are picked from their backyard garden or sourced from local growers. We love Luna’s pizzas fired in their wood-burning oven, their Ahi Tuna Tartare starter and their salads— the Lacinato Kale, Beet and Luna Salads are each filling, yet elegant. Large plates include a diverse list of distinctive entrées including chicken, duck, beef, fish, pasta and vegetarian dishes. Luna offers a full service bar, classic marble-top dining areas, a chic private dining room, and a large patio for comfortable, warm weather dining. 5620 S Perry. Mon-Fri 11:00am-Close, Sat-Sun 9:00am-Close. (509) 4482383. www.lunaspokane.com $$-$$$. Masselow’s at Northern Quest. 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 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. $$

PIZZA Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria and Café. Unpretentious and welcoming with earth-toned walls, hardwood floors and local art on display, Allie’s is one of the only entirely vegan establishments in Spokane. A chalkboard menu lists such pizza delicacies as the Buffalo Chicken, Wild Mushroom and the Italian Sausage (all made with their homemade vegan cheese and plantbased meat substitutes by Gardein) and a separate drinks board lists espresso (available with almond, soy, hemp, coconut or rice milk), lemonade, iced tea, hard cider, local craft beer on tap and made-to-order fresh organic juices. You can also order a variety of salads, sides and desserts from the refrigerated display case. With everything fresh and house made, it’s hard to order just one item— to make it worth your while, make sure you at least try a few of Allie’s successful vegan feats: the Mac ‘n Cheese pizza, Caesar salad and a slice of the green tea, mango or blueberry cheesecake. 4803 N Nevada. Mon-Thur 11am8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9pm, and Sun 11am-7pm. (509) 321-7090. alliespizza.com. $$ Fire Artisan Pizza. Walk in the front door and you smell smoke from local orchard wood burning at 800 degrees in the Forno Bravo oven that is a focal piece of the open kitchen at the back of the restaurant. Whether you order up one of the creative pizzas on the menu or design your own pie, you are in for a treat. Fire’s chewy charred crust and bright red sauce are both excellent. The wine list is also well chosen and the space has an industrial retro feel that also manages to be warm and welcoming. Open Sun – Thu, 11:30 am – 9 p.m.; Fri – Sat, 11:30 am – 11 p.m.. 517 Sherman Ave in Coeur d’Alene (another loca-

tion in Downtown Spokane). (208) 676-1743. www. firecda.com. $$

The Flying Goat. Careful thought went into the

design of this pub and pizza sibling of the Downriver Grill— and it’s paying off. The Goat offers both classic and artisan toppings on Neapolitan-style pies, the “char” on the crust imparting a distinctive, crunchy flavor. Try the surprising Kiernan and wash it down with a craft beer (14 taps, 1 gravity-fed cask beer, and over 50 more in bottles). The Goat has a “Mug Club” for regulars; all dishes are named after neighborhood quirks – see if you can decipher their menucryptography. Open daily at 11 am. Closes at 10 p.m. (11 on Fri and Sat). 3318 West Northwest Boulevard in Spokane. (509) 327-8277. www.theflyinggoat.com. $$

Republic Pi. From the purveyors of The Flying Goat is the South Hill version of artisan pizza goodness. The overall unique pizza-gourmet salad-craft beer concept is the same, but with little menu overlap (favorites like the Dalton, Waikiki and Kiernan are served at both locations). Prior to pies, try the Rockwood Avocado sliced, beer battered, fried and served with Pico de Gallo and lime crème, or the spicy and addictive Cliff Park Brussels Sprouts roasted with crispy bacon, balsamic, cracked pepper and chili flakes. Pizzas come in two varieties: ”Traditionalists,” like The District with red sauce, sopressetta, fresh basil, cremini mushrooms and smoked fresh mozzarella, and “Progressives,” like The Republic, a puttanesca pizza topped with tomatoes, capers, Kalamata olives, green onion, basil and fresh mozzarella. A wide selection of locally-focused beer on tap, wine, cocktails and a dessert menu round out the experience. 611 E 30th Ave. Sun-Thur 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-midnight. (509) 863-9196.

PUB AND LOUNGE FARE The Blackbird Tavern and Kitchen. Head

straight to the bar where there are 34 beers (and 4 wines) on electronic tap, or take a seat at a squishy leather booth at a butcher block table. If it’s warm enough, you might want to sit on the patio under strings of Edison light bulbs. Located in the historic Broadview Dairy Building just north of downtown, the Blackbird offers southern-inspired gastropub fare like Bacon Fat Popcorn, Marinated Scallops and a bevy of burgers. A convenient location, kind, attentive service, the chance to try ingredients and combinations unlike any other area restaurant, bottomless mimosas at brunch and a bit of homey resemblance to its sister restaurant Manito Tap House on the South Hill make it a solid choice for friends and families alike. 905 N Washington. Open Mon-Fri 11am-11pm, Sat-Sun 8am-1pm, 3-11pm. (509) 3924000. theblackbirdspokane.com. $$

Famous Ed’s. Family-friendly restaurant and bar Famous Ed’s on the South Hill covers your comfort food basics: pizza, sandwiches, burgers, and pastas, and entrees featuring chicken, salmon, and steak. Here is the place to get your fix of David’s pizza on the Spokane’s South Hill; other standouts are the sandwiches and burgers. 11 – close daily. Breakfast Sat and Sun from 8 – 2. 2911 E 57th Ave Spokane. (509) 290-5080. www.famousedsgarlicgrill.com $-$$ Manito Tap House. 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 inside-out veggie burger . 11 am – 11 p.m. Sun – Thu. Open until 2 am Fri – Sat. 3011 S. Grand Blvd in Spokane. (509) 279-2671. www.manitotaphouse.com. $-$$

O’Doherty’s Irish Grille. Traditional Irish pub fare. Reuben sandwiches, fish and chips, burgers and salads are the specialties. An outdoor eating area in this downtown restaurant overlooks Spokane Falls Boulevard and Riverfront Park; perfect for early evening dining and people watching. Live folk music most Tuesday evenings. 525 W Spokane Falls Blvd. Sun-Mon 11:30-9, Tues-Thurs 11:30-11, Fri-Sat 11:30-1am. (509) 747-0322 $-$$ O’Doherty’s Irish Pub and BBQ Catering Company. The valley pub with a family-friendly

dining room, a traditional Irish menu, and Southernstyle barbeque done on the premises thanks of massive smoker installed by the former tenant, Smoky’s BBQ. Try the Guinness beer-battered fish and chips, the slow cooked corned beef, and the smoky pulled pork. In addition to the beers on tap, the bar includes a line-up of high-quality Scotch. Opens at 11:30 am during the week and 9 am for breakfast on the weekend. 11723 E Sprague Ave in the Valley. (509) 924-2578. www.odohertysirishpub.com. $-$$

The Onion Taphouse & Grill. 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 beerbattered 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. $$-$$$

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vation of the former Fugazzi space in the Hotel Lusso by Walt and Karen Worthy of the Davenport gives downtown Spokane a great English-style pub with a striking bar, twenty beers on tap, and a reasonably priced menu built around comfort food. We feel they do some of their fried food particularly well: the Halibut and Chips, the Fried Mozzarella “cubes,” and the Ale House Fried Pickles. If you are hungry, try the Guinness Braised Short Ribs served over mashed potatoes and topped with a pan gravy chunky with vegetables. 11 am – 2 am daily. N 1 Post Street. (509) 789-6900. $-$$

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) 7773900. 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

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A Spokane favorite for 25 years!

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60 television screens, The Swinging Doors is a sports fan’s paradise. On the food front, the 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. $-$$

Timber. A sleek yet laidback gastropub in Post Falls, Timber is all about nostalgia with its sepia-hued history of the region’s logging industry on their walls and a friendly wait staff bedecked in lumberjack-chic red suspenders. The diverse menu puts its focus on pizza with star attractions like BBQ Roadhouse (brisket, pulled pork, German sausage, sliced apple and house-made cheese blend). Other gastropub-esque dishes include the duck quesadilla, a surprisingly creative house salad, and chocolate Stromboli. More conventional favorites like the “Consummate Burger” and airline chicken also pepper the menu. Timber has enough funky dishes to earn its gastro pub cred, where new combinations are likely to become old favorites. 1610 E Schneidmiller Ave, Post Falls, ID 83854. Mon-Thur 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm, Sun 11am-9pm. (208) 262-9593. facebook.com/timbergastropub $$.

STEAK HOUSES Churchill’s Steakhouse. Carved into the first floor

and basement of the Joel Building is this temple dedicated to dry-aged USDA Prime steaks and possibly the only ground Prime burger in the region (it is brilliant and shows up weekly in the basement bar as a $7 special). The dining room has all the pomp and circumstance for a great celebration meal (and prices to match) while the bar below has the intimate feel of a high class club and a separate menu with a few lighter items not offered upstairs. Open daily: 4 – 9 p.m. on Sun, 4 – 10 p.m. Mon to Thur, and 4 – 11 p.m. Fri and Sat. 165 South Post in Spokane. (509) 474-9888. www.churchillssteakhouse.com $$-$$$$

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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, FriSat 11:30-11, Sun 11:30 - 9. 322 North Spokane Falls Court inside the Doubletree. (509) 744-2372. www. spencersforsteaksandchops.com/spokane. $$-$$$$

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Brain Freeze Creamery. Ice cream, espresso drinks and sandwiches are offered all day at this welcoming, family-friendly spot in Kendall Yards. The small-batch creamery opened their own storefront in 2014. They offer 24 different flavors with at least a few vegan and dairy-free options each day. Try a scoop of their famed Palouse Crunch, a blend of cinnamon ice cream, red lentils and candied almonds, or Muddy Cups-Dirty Dishes, a brownie batter ice cream studded with mini peanut butter cups. Another favorite is Cakey Doe, vanilla cake batter ice cream with chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough. Anvil coffee and espresso and a small selection of hearty sandwiches broaden the menu just enough to suit everyone’s tastes. 1238 W Summit Parkway, Spokane. Sun – Thurs 7am-9pm, Fri & Sat 7am-10pm, www.brainfreeze.bz (509) 321-7569. $-$$.

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by Chris Street

TOP OF INDIA'S DAL MAKHNI

KNOWN FOR its diverse culture, super friendly people and wonderfully flavorful,

healthy food, the Punjab region in northern India is considered to be one of the most fertile areas on Earth. It’s this region, more specifically, the village of Marajwala, where the Top of India owner hails. The owner’s family, many of whom have lived to be over 100 years old, were farmers who grew Basmati rice, vegetables and aromatic spices like cardamom, aniseed, cinnamon, cloves, fenugreek and fennel. This Sikh farming family passed down its recipes and cooking techniques from one generation to the next. This is where Top of India’s story begins— with farm fresh, natural ingredients and cooking traditions almost as old as civilization itself. If you go to Top of India on Tuesdays you get a special treat. This is the day when the two regular chefs are given the day off and the matriarch of the family, Manjit, cooks. Only a trip to Mother India will get you food this good. A staple of the Punjabi people, this month’s Signature Dish from Top of India is Dal Makhni ($11), which happens to be one of the most wholesome and nutritious foods you can consume. Lentils, or dal, are high in protein, fiber-rich and loaded with vitamins and minerals. A lifelong vegetarian, Manjit takes pride in this meatless dish and it’s also her personal favorite on the menu. Made from lentils slow cooked with spices, dal is the quintessential vegetarian food: nutritious, earthy and good for the body. Its preparation is as simple as it is exquisite. Once the lentils have been cooked they are next sautéed in a type of clarified butter with caramelized milk solids that give it a slightly nutty flavor. This particular butter is called ghee and when the lentils are sautéed in it, along with fresh ginger, garlic and onion— without fear of boasting on behalf of TOI—it’s palate pyrotechnics.

While the aforementioned is being sautéed in a flash of flame, a blend of fresh and dried spices called garam masala is liberally sifted through the hand. Unique to each family, no one quite makes the same garam masala as another. It is this special spice mix which gives dal a wonderfully warm flavor. Served in a communal bowl to be shared with family and friends, it’s food that’s good for the soul. Served with enough Basmati rice to feed a small village, your order of dal makhni will be enough food to necessitate a to-go box. Top of India is located oat 11114 E Sprague, in Spokane, and is open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. for lunch and 4:30-9:30 for dinner service. Open Sunday at noon to 3 p.m. and 4:409 p.m. (509) 927-0500, www.thetopofindia.com

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LIQUID LIBATIONS LAURA DETWILER

Meet

LAURA DETWILER story and photos by Cara Strickland

of Garrison Creek

f you’ve spent any time in Walla Walla wine country, you might be familiar with the name Garrison Creek. Known for their velvety Cabs (and the way their wine quickly sells out), it’s a name you’ll want to remember for your next visit. Another name you’ll want to file away is Laura Detwiler (nee Hollman), Garrison Creek’s assistant winemaker.

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Laura grew up in Spokane, moving with her family when she was four years old. She developed a desire to learn about cooking from her mother, who always encouraged her to pursue her vocational interests. When Laura expressed interest in becoming a chef, her mom suggested that she call one and ask if she could come and see how a kitchen was run. Laura called Shilo Pierce, then chef at Luna. She was 15 years old. Shilo let Laura hang out in the kitchen, explaining everything as it happened and giving her a tour. He offered her a job as a dishwasher, and when he found out that she wasn’t quite old enough, he told her to come back when she was. She started in the dish pit about a week after her 16th birthday. During her time at Luna, Laura worked her way from the pit to prep, pizza, the communicator between the front and back of the house, and finally, to the pastry department. At that point, she was in culinary school, and pastry became her focus. After culinary school, she moved to California briefly, working as a baker for a camp. She became used to heavy machinery and hard labor (even more so than the demanding work she’d already experienced in the kitchen). When she returned to Spokane, she took a job at Rockwood Bakery, taking charge of muffins and quiches (“You don’t want to know how much whipping cream is in those,” she told me). Again, it was her mother who suggested her next step, this time into winemaking. “She knew that I liked to be outside, I like to garden, I like food and I like people and I’m good at science. I like bugs and dirt and winemaking is such a cool blend of all of those things,” says Laura. In 2008, as an almost 21-year-old, she started the enology and viticulture program at Walla Walla Community College. At that point, Garrison Creek was just getting ready to open their own winery (their first vintage was in 2001, but 2008 was the first time they were making wine in their own space). Laura waited on the original general manager, a regular at the restaurant where she was working, and she started help-

ing out a short time later. Although she experienced a lot of different wineries through her program, Laura had a soft spot for the winery right away. “Garrison Creek has been home for me since day one,” she says. During her two years of school, Laura spent her free moments at Garrison Creek, learning from their winemaker, Mimi Mott, who has been with Garrison Creek from the beginning. “Watching it take off has been really interesting,” says Laura, “from ‘Garrison what?’ to ‘oh, Garrison Creek, I love that place!’ and not being able to sell anyone any wine because we’re out. It’s been a really cool journey.” One sip of the wine tells me all I need to know about why people return. Even straight from a thief in the cellar, right out of the barrel, this wine is silky, sophisticated and complex. A bottle of the Cabernet Sauvignon will cost about $65, while some of the other varietals will be slightly less. For Laura, it’s an honor to be making such fine wine. “At this price point, you have to

realize that for a lot of people it’s going to be their celebration wine. It’s going to be their anniversary, the wedding wine,” she says. “Knowing that this is not going to be an everyday kind of wine for people, it has to be as special as the occasion that it’s going to be drunk at. Just knowing that what you’re making is going to be part of people’s most important moments is really cool.” Laura has been a part of those special moments for eight vintages now and she’s not planning on leaving Garrison Creek. “Luna is a small family business, Rockwood Bakery is a small family business. I guess I’ve always liked small businesses,” she says. “It’s cozy, feeling like you’re part of the family, being important to the overall health, not feeling like a cog in the machine.” The wine alone might be a good reason to plan a trip down to Walla Walla. But according to Laura, the way to make a wine taste better is to drink it with the winemaker in the winery. After a glass overlooking the vines, I’m inclined to agree.

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