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Pig Out in the Park

Like so many fine Spokane traditions, Pig Out in the Park is back. But how much do you know about this food and music festival we use to close out our summer? Doug Clark speaks to Papa Pig—Bill Burke.

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CONTENTS ( W H AT ’ S I N S I D E )

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EDITOR LETTER

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FIRST LOOK Mandi Price Lilacs & Lemons Maker Made Spokane Rising

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THE SCENE

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LOCAL CUISINE Best of Washington Salad Heirloom Tomatoes Wine Guide For the Love of Coffee Ribbon Cuttings Dining Guide

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CLARKSVILLE Pig Out in the Park

Community Builder Lilac Lit Art & Words Teen & Kid Closet Soulful Living Datebook

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NEST S’more Perfect Evenings House feature

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HEALTH BEAT Teens and Mental Health Stay Active

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Creative director/lead graphics Kristi Soto | kristi@spokanecda.com

Editorial Copy Editor | Carolyn Saccomanno Datebook Editor | Ann Foreyt

Contributors Darin Burt, Doug Clark, Samantha Clark, Dave Cotton, Nina Culver, Kiantha Duncan, Ann Foreyt, Anthony Gill, Jonathan Glover, Kailee Haong, Sarah Hauge, Riley Haun, Adriana Janovich, LINC Foods, Brooke Matson, Kim Mehaffey, Megan Perkins, Kacey Rosauer, Kate Vanskike

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EDITOR LETTER

Dear reader, I’ve known Lilac Lit’s Kailee Haong for several years now—we both went through Eastern Washington University’s creative writing MFA program. Before she started Lilac Lit, I had admired her taste in books. When I came onboard with the magazine and learned that Sharma Shields was stepping back, my first thought was Kailee. Every month since, Kailee has written about books that expand the way we look at our world and challenge our beliefs in necessary ways.

In that way, the June issue was no different. Kailee wrote about books that had been adapted to the screen, and included on her list was Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, which became a critically acclaimed and intensely popular Hulu show starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon. I am firmly a book-before-the-movie person, but if you’re never going to read the book, do watch the show. When I posted that month’s Lilac Lit on the magazine’s Facebook account, I received a response I wasn’t expecting. Mandi Price echoed Kailee’s Little Fires Everywhere pick, and threw in a fun fact: “I’m a Spokane native, and one of the producers on the TV show!”

I sent Mandi a message less than a minute after receiving the notification—I knew we would want to write about her. I couldn’t have been more thrilled when Adriana Janovich agreed to write the profile, and I think you’re all going to love reading more about this dynamic woman brimming with Spokane pride. Reading about her accomplishments will fill you with Spokane pride, too.

But this issue tells the stories of so many interesting Spokanites. Doug Clark sat down with Bill Burke, the man behind Pig Out in the Park. Jonathan Glover profiled Roin Morigeau, an artist who, following an accident, worked through incredible amounts of pain to create their art installations. Coffee columnist Kate Vanskike sat down with Tom Hammer of Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters to talk to him about the new community coffeehouse on the South Hill designed by HDG Architecture, as well as how a mentor early on helped shape how he does business.

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This is our Top Lawyer issue, so hang on to your copy because you never know when you might in need of good representation. We published a list of more than 200 attorneys in the area who received a rating of eight or higher from Avvo, an online legal directory that uses multiple metrics to evaluate attorneys across the country.

In keeping with the lawyer theme, Riley Haun profiled Gail Hammer, the director of Gonzaga Law’s new Lincoln LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic and the coordinating attorney for the university’s Clinical Legal Programs. Gail was first bit by the justice bug in high school, when her hometown paper in Montana published a letter to the editor from a woman who was criticizing the way people in the town were treating migrant farmworkers.

“She was a significant figure for me in speaking up and not backing down, even though she was saying an uncomfortable truth for the people in the community,” Gail tells Riley.

I’m also excited to announce a brand new columnist this issue. While Kiantha Duncan has written for the magazine in the past, this is the debut of her column, Soulful Living, which will run every other issue. I’m excited for the journey we’re embarking on by opening ourselves up to Kiantha’s words. This first column, she gives us all an idea of what to expect.

Of course, don’t forget to check out Kailee’s Lilac Lit column; she’s picked out some challenging books, but they’re worth it. Who knows—one might pop up again. Until the next issue, I would love to connect. Send me an email, find me on social media, or send me some snail mail.

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Spokane Native

MANDI PRICE

Achieves Hollywood Dreams

by Adriana Janovich

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hen Amanda Kay “Mandi” Price watches a movie, she stays until the very end. And she insists others stay, too.

“I will watch until the final credits are finished,” she says. “It’s like saying thank you to every person who put in the time and energy to create the art.

It’s like saying thank you for your time and your gifts.”

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Mandi Price, Kerry Washington, and the Hulu team on Little Fires Everywhere

Price worked her way up from her earliest Hollywood gig as a production assistant/ coordinator on the last two seasons of the TNT crime series “Rizzoli & Isles” to heading the post-production department on the recent Hulu drama “Little Fires Everywhere.” In the not quite seven years since she arrived in LaLaLand, she’s racked up more than 100 episodes to her name.

Now, “I’m the one department head involved in every aspect of production,” Price says.

“At the end of the day what is shot becomes my responsibility until it airs. I’m the continuity, myself and those under me in my department.”

She’s worked with Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Angie Harmon, and Seth Rogen. Heather Graham has practiced yoga poses in her office. And she counts Sasha Alexander and her husband Edoardo Ponti, son of Sophia Loren—whom Price has met— among her closest friends. In fact, they were part of her “pandemic bubble,” some of the few people Price would see during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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She’s worked with Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Angie Harmon, and Seth Rogen.

Heather Graham has practiced yoga poses in her office.

And she counts Sasha Alexander and her husband Edoardo Ponti, son of Sophia Loren— whom Price has met—among her closest friends. In fact, they were part of her “pandemic bubble,” some of the few people Price would see during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Still, the Nine Mile Falls native remains enchanted with the magic of the big and small screens and all the work that goes on behind the scenes. “I’m constantly starstruck every moment of every day,” she confesses. “I don’t act like it at work because you can’t. But when I get an email from Reese or her team, sometimes I think, ‘Is this really for me?’ At the end of the day, I’m just a small-town kid from Spokane. The only difference is my co-workers are famous.

And we spend sixty hours a week together.”

Shooting a season of the big-budget shows she specializes in usually takes three or four months. Post-production is another nine to twelve months. “One day of filming is about seven and a half pages of script,” says Price, who’s typically on set by 7 a.m.

“Shooting is about eighteen days. And it takes forty-six to fifty-six days or longer until one episode is ready to air.”

That is “slow by TV news standards,” says Price, who landed a job at Spokane’s NBC affiliate while still in college, pursuing bachelor of arts degrees in both political science and broadcast journalism at Gonzaga University. By the time she graduated in 2014, she had been at KHQ for two years, editing the morning show.

She worked overnight, went to class from 10 a.m. to noon, then slept until it was time to wake up for night class and go back to work. “I call it the zombie years,” says Price, who left the station to work for Delta Airlines. By then, she notes, “I was trying to get to Hollywood.”

The Shadle Park High School grad emailed “over a thousand résumés” to TV producers in hopes of landing an interview, flying stand-by from Spokane to Los Angeles to meet the approximately fifteen who actually responded. “I did that several times until I finally met a producer who said, ‘I have a job for you.’ I was crazy lucky.

I’m like the one LinkedIn success story in Hollywood.”

When she arrived in LA at the end of 2014, Price “didn’t know a single person.”

She found and moved into an apartment in the hip and eclectic Los Feliz neighborhood on the same day. That night, her car was burgled. But, that week, she started working on the set of “Rizzoli & Isles” at Paramount Studios.

Mandi Price with Sasha Alexander on the red carpet

“I was used to working under high-pressure, live-news deadlines,” Price says. “Being able to work with that kind of speed under that kind of pressure really helped me throughout my career.”

On her next assignments, she was promoted, serving as post-production supervisor on a couple of pilots. After that, she served as post-production supervisor on season one of “Future Man,” with Josh Hutcherson of “Hunger Games” fame.

“That show launched my career to a whole new level,” Price says. “It’s where I learned how to do what I do now. It was the first show where I was allowed true creative input. It wasn’t just making sure the budget was correct and that everyone was on time. I truly left my mark on the screen.” For example, “I love Harry Potter, so I added lightning bolts to our time jump,” or time travel.

She acknowledges her career feels fast-tracked. “To get to where I am, it normally takes ten years,” says Price, associate producer on “Future Man” season two. “It took me two years. The first time I signed a million-dollar check, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, am I allowed to do this?’”

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leagues. I had to continuously prove myself, over and over again. People assumed I was someone’s assistant, especially older white men who have been in this business a long time. I had to prove that my position was earned, that I deserved it, that I had a right to be there.”

While she was still among the youngest on BET’s “Boomerang”—with Lena Waithe and Halle Berry as executive producers—“it was,” Price says, “the first show where I was not like the only Black person.”

When her former boss, Cindy Kerber, went to Sony Pictures Television, she hired Price her first job as a department head, working on the pilot for the Hulu show “Woke,” which was followed by the pilot for “Hypnotist Love Story.”

Then Hulu invited her to interview with executive producers from Hello Sunshine, Witherspoon’s media company.

Like “Future Man,” Price says, “Little Fires Everywhere” was a game-changer. “It was something truly incredible to work on that caliber of a show.”

Mandi Price and the entire Little Fires Everywhere team

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Based on the 2017 book by Celeste Ng, the mini-series, set in a picture-perfect suburb in the late 1990s, explores issues of race, classicism, and gender issues—and featured, Price says, “the most diverse writers’ room I’ve ever seen.”

She met Witherspoon and Washington in pre-production. “To work with them not just as actors but as producers—they were my bosses—was a joy. They are two of the hardest working women in Hollywood.

Watching them work was an honor. It was watching masters at their craft. They’re continuously prepared. They’re always on time. And yet they are still able to laugh and have fun,” Price says, even while working “seventeen- to eighteen-hour days for fourteen months straight.”

The show started airing while still in postproduction and just as the pandemic was hitting. “The finale, I kid you not, was hours from not airing because the world shut down,” Price says. “We were live-scoring while I was editing (the final credits). It was nuts.”

Mandi Price on the set of Little Fires Everywhere

Mandi Price on the Future Man set

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This is where you’ll find the Hollywood producer when she’s back in her hometown.

Picks

• DRINKS: Baby Bar“For cocktails or a PBR.” • DINNER OUT WITH FAMILY: Palm Court Grill at the Historic Davenport Hotel.

• PIZZA: Flying Goat.

• BURGERS: Zip’s.

• BEER: Manito Tap House.

• COFFEE: Thomas Hammer or Dutch Bros.

• DESSERT: Birdie’s Pie Shop in Post Falls.

• RIVERFRONT PARK: the Looff Carrousel. “You’re never too old for a carousel.”

• GIFTS: Atticus and Boo Radley’s.

• CASUAL DINNER: “My mom’s cooking. That’s what I miss

most. My mom’s taco soup or shepherd’s pie or biscuits and gravy.”

• AT THE MOVIES: “The Garland. That’s the place I fell

in love with movies. I watched ‘Gone with the Wind’ for the first time there, and it’s how I knew I wanted to make movies. The Magic Lantern is great, too.”

• ON THE GOLF COURSE: “I went to college for golf. I

went to Southern Virginia University, then transferred to Gonzaga. I played on a golf scholarship. I still play golf all the time. It’s a big part of my life. I’m in a women’s league.

It’s my de-stresser. I can take out all my frustrations on golf.”

• AT THE ZAG SHOP: “I always go to the Zag Shop. I always buy Zag gear. Every single time I come home, I’m always buying something at the Zag Shop. I have GU license plates. I have GU stickers on my car. In LA, I get heckled a lot for my Gonzaga gear.”

• ON THE RIVER: “My uncle has a cabin in Ione. I go up to

the river when I want to get away from city life. There are bald eagles flying around, and there’s real fresh air. I love being with my family on the river in summer or go sledding in winter. I do miss the seasons.”

The COVID shutdown marked “the first time since I moved to LA that I had more than two weeks off and that two weeks was not Christmas,” says Price, who spent the first four months of lockdown at her parents’ home north of Spokane. She normally returns for quick trips “about ten times a year. My niece and three nephews are pretty young, and I don’t want to miss out on them growing up.”

Price has three siblings: an older brother and two younger twin brothers, who were adopted. She was adopted, too. “I come from a place of privilege, and I know that,” says Price, whose family owned Sun Dance Golf Course for decades. “I know what it’s like to grow up in a white, upper middle-class household—we had a pool—but I can’t deny the Black side of me. I’m half white and half Black. I feel like I am a bridge between two cultures.”

She volunteers with Reel Start, a nonprofit that aims to give students a chance to turn their stories into films, as well as the Joyful Heart Foundation, whose mission is to transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse as well as support survivors’ healing and ultimately end these types of violence.

Price picked up her next project in July 2020, working remotely on “Archive 81,” which she calls “a big sci-fi paranormal scary show.” It’s slated for release on Netflix in early 2022. Meantime, she starts on “Daisy Jones and the Six,” a mini-series about the rise and fall of a 1970s rock band based on the best-selling 2019 novel

by Taylor Jenkins Reid and produced by Hello Sunshine for Amazon.

The allure of LA has definitely not worn off. “It’s a city full of storytellers, and it is unlike anything else,” says Price, who recently moved to Hollywood to be closer to Paramount and hopes to continue working her way up, serving as executive producer, writing a script, and making her directing début.

“I want to tell stories that matter,” she says. “I want to tell stories that bring people hope. I don’t want to put my name on anything else. That’s the Gonzaga mentality. It’s ingrained in you. You are the story you tell.”

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What an honor to be asked to carry on the tradition of ‘Lilacs & Lemons’ in memory of Vince and Emily Bozzi—Spokane’s unofficial social directors. Both were kind and gentle souls whose number one priority was for people to enjoy themselves at the numerous Bozzi Media social events. On a personal level, I’m grateful that Vince and Emily asked me to emcee ‘Hot Summer Nights’—an annual outdoor festival of music, dancing, food, and beverages. I’ll never forget dancing under the stars at this event a few years ago on a beautiful summer night at Arbor Crest with the lights of Spokane twinkling in the distance. “It doesn’t get any better than this,” I recall thinking at the time. I’m getting a bit misty-eyed as I write this thinking about the void they have left behind. But, I’m told by the former editor-in-chief of this publication, Stephanie Regalado, that there are plans to bring back several Bozzi Media events in 2022 under the leadership of new owner Jordan Bozzi. Lilacs to that!

LILACS to those involved in the planning and implementation of the Riverfront Park makeover. The park hadn't had major updates since its construction for Expo ’74. My favorite update is the Pavilion. Despite differing opinions on how to give the iconic Spokane landmark a facelift, the result is a home run—a unique, spectacular, and mesmerizing multi-colored light scheme along the structure’s support cables. Not only is it eye-catching from a distance, but it’s also a natural gathering place for locals and visitors alike, be it for outdoor concerts, graduation ceremonies, Hoopfest elite division finals, or just a nice place to take an evening stroll.

LEMONS to smoky summers becoming the norm. Until just a few years ago, Spokane summers were perfect, with high temps mostly in the eighties and moderate, smoke-free evenings— perfect for entertaining on our decks and patios. Sadly, August has become a month where locals consider fleeing in search of clean, breathable air. Last year the hazardous air quality due to wildfire smoke set records. And, the economic toll is staggering, with locals staying holed up at home (the last thing we need after the pandemic) and tourists forced to suspend or cancel vacation plans.

LILACS to the Spokane Indians for being such an outstanding community partner. Their latest community project is ‘Operation Fly Together’—a unique new partnership with Fairchild Air Force Base which raises money for local veterans through the sale of special ‘Operation Fly Together’-themed jerseys and caps (worn by the team on selected nights) and other merchandise. The team should also be applauded for their deep, impactful, and 24

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ongoing engagement with local tribes, raising money for tribal causes, educating non-Indigenous baseball fans about tribal history as well as Spokane River preservation. And the Spokane Indians’ ‘Bark in the Park’ promotion is the best idea ever. Baseball fans can take their dogs to Avista Stadium on designated game nights, with ticket proceeds going to local animal shelters.

LILACS to Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley. Since arriving in Spokane five years ago, Curley has injected new energy into Spokane’s local newspaper at a time when daily metropolitan newspapers are reducing circulation days or shutting down altogether—a troubling reality that isn’t healthy for our democracy. Local journalists keep the citizenry informed on issues that affect their day-to-day lives and serve as a watchdog against wrongdoing and corruption, just to name a couple of their critical responsibilities. The same goes for our talented local broadcast journalists. We are in good hands with Curley running the show

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by Jonathan Glover

Roin Morigeau’s art—much like their life—is marred in pain.

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one race forcefully takes land from another.

Of their experience as a gender non-binary person, living in a world of absolutes. Of existing between matriarchy and patriarchy.

And pain, of the most intense, physical

kind.

Pain. Then art. Now beauty—powerful reds, understated grays, and sickly yellow.

You’re supposed to feel something when you look at it. And you do. Maybe it’s pain.

Sometimes Art is Suffering.

Sometimes, That’s the Point

Maybe that’s the point.

“Art is just a mirror,” Roin says, seated at their desk in their tiny downtown creator studio they share with three other artists.

Their tiny dog Bird is wondering aloud with

each echoing clank of a bone on wood why furniture or metal. nobody is impressed with her new treat. “It Then there’s the pain. The kind that sears means nothing until you assign something and burns and persists like a limb that won’t to it.” wake up. That kind of pain they assign It’s a remarkably pertinent comment, a name. In the medical world, it’s called made during a conversation about impact, central sensitization, a condition of the ability, COVID-19, and the human need nervous system where high activity causes for stimulation, especially the visual kind it to react, lowering the threshold of the that comes from things hanging on museum original catalyst, essentially prolonging it walls. Specifically, how one person’s Mona forever.

Lisa is another’s ordinary still life of an It also causes things to hurt that apple. About materials, directed purpose, shouldn’t. Like the touch of a loved one. Or and blueprints about life. About art finding a dog cuddled in your lap. Or a simple walk an audience and artist, down a flight of stairs. not the other way “Things that people around. feel as a one or a two, I Because if you’re feel as an eight or nine,” But as the months following the plans, Roin says. “Things like and years passes, Roin’s architect being in a taxi. I would covered the wood have to ask the driver mobility returned. A floor in linoleum. Next to pull over. I’d rather little at first. Then a to a spinal injury that’ll walk an hour than be in never quite heal. It can a taxi for five minutes.” setback. Then a little only be managed.

Before their fall, more. They were About eleven years Roin had always been ago, they were living interested in art as a able to move around, in New York, working concept. Especially work with larger a blue-collar life. They as a descendant of were moving people’s the Flathead Salish materials. They could furniture for money, Tribe of Montana, buy bigger canvases paying cheap rent to certain mediums and live on a houseboat, styles represented a and fill it with bigger and fabricating large connection to heritage colors. They could sheets of metal. Their and culture. craft was craft and that They’d dabbled in turn entire rooms into was good. sculpting as part of an experience.

One day, on the job, their work making they fell. Hard. About sets and backdrops for twenty feet, reinjuring high fashion shows. an already damaged spinal cord and flipping That was no longer possible, not with their it all upside down. Roin went to bed a limited mobility. tradesperson and woke up not being able to So then post-accident, art turned into lift a cell phone. a transaction. At least at first. You give me “That changed my relationship with respite and distraction from pain, and I’ll everything in my life,” they say. “Your entire turn your white canvas into something experience is intertwined with what you do. colorful. Hopefully people want to look at With your work. And I couldn’t work.” the result.

Life slowed down to a crawl. No longer But as the months and years passes, were they moving anything, much less from mobility returned. A little at first. Then a their own apartment. Building architecture setback. Then a little more. They were able suddenly became an insurmountable to move around, work with larger materials. obstacle, and don’t even mention heavy They could buy bigger canvases and fill it

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with bigger colors. They could turn entire rooms into an experience.

They could fill it with flour painted yellow, to look like sulfur. They could buy and haul so much of it that it reinvents the meaning of space. They could have you look at it and intuit— something isn’t right here.

They could put a simple fire extinguisher next to it. Now you know—something isn’t right here. Why do I feel this way?

“The idea is invisible emergency,” Roin says of their installation, aptly called ‘Pull in Case of Emergency.’ “This idea of chronic pain people can’t see. And if they could, they would call an ambulance. People are asking paper or plastic and you feel like you’re bleeding from the gut. When there’s fire we grab an extinguisher. But what would it look like if we grabbed these objects for things we cannot see?”

Roin found their medium. Art that’s here and now, not there and then. Art that requires participation, an active member and open an imagination. Art that you can see from a window and know—there’s more happening than just a room with separate pieces. It’s a story. A dialogue.

To a passerby, that’s the wonder: is that just a rope on the ground, or is something more?

PULL IN CASE OF EMERGENCY II, 14' x 14', mixed media installation, 2019

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To plenty of people, it’s hardware. To some, it’s a snake. To Roin, it’s a river. Especially when you look and walk around. On the wall, it’s not just red on white. They’re salmon eggs. Look closer, count them. How many? Doesn’t matter. Why does it look like blood in the water? You be the judge. Better hurry, though, because come tomorrow, the installation is gone.

“I remember when they were starting to put it together, they were still experiencing an incredible amount of chronic pain,” says Anne-Claire Mitchell, Roin’s friend and an art administrator who met Roin in 2016 as the Spokane-based program coordinator of the statewide arts nonprofit Artist Trusts. “They were trying to be as autonomous as possible and working within the confines of what their body could do and communicate these messages. That was really breakthrough work for them.”

What followed was more. More installations, more color on canvas, more art. And while COVID-19 has put a damper on in-person shows, to anyone walking by on Lincoln Street downtown at Steam Plant Square, turn and look at the giant windows just above your eyesight.

What you see might illicit a response.

Roin is counting on it.

“I love how local art interacts with local people,” Roin says. “You don’t see a lot of queer artists, native artists, first-gen artists.

You don’t see it a whole lot. But we’re getting better in Spokane.”

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by Anthony Gill

Anthony Gill is an economic development professional, graduate student, and founder of Spokane Rising, an urbanist blog focused on ways to make our city a better place to live.

Adapting Local Government to the New Workplace I’ve been an employee of several local governments over the years. I’m always struck by the commitment of city employees to fairness, transparency, and a high quality of work.

In that context, I view the recent staff turmoil inside Spokane City Hall from a fundamentally different perspective from many other commentators. Yes, the individual resignations are deeply concerning—particularly those in homeless services, like Cupid Alexander—but I am much more worried about the culture of the organization moving forward.

According to reporting by The Inlander, more than eight percent of roles at the City of Spokane currently sit vacant. That’s more than 180 positions. Even more concerning, more than half of city employees are eligible to retire today. That portends serious challenges over the next several years as these long-time staff members retire, taking years of institutional knowledge with them and requiring hundreds of hiring processes. Who will fill those new roles? How will the city instill a strong institutional culture of innovation and transparency?

Will these team members represent Spokane’s diversity?

Many municipalities in our region have made significant changes to their human resources

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practices to more effectively recruit and retain the best talent.

Seattle, for example, reformed its outdated civil service system to allow more flexible hiring and ditch “examinations” in favor of simple interviews for most positions. That reduces the time it takes to hire a new staff member and more closely mirrors the processes of private companies.

Their Civil Service Commission, in turn, focuses more on policies and procedures, employee complaints and discipline, and embedding anti-racism into the city’s hiring processes.

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Other localities are experimenting with allowing flexible schedules (like four ten-hour days with Fridays off) and full-time remote work. Cities are more complicated than private employers, due to public records laws and the need for engagement at council and commission meetings.

But the pandemic has proven that remote work in government is not only possible, but in many cases more productive and efficient than inperson.

Finally, many municipalities of our size have in recent years conducted compensation studies to determine if their pay remains competitive. Given that a low cost-of-living is no longer the selling point it once was, this type of analysis would be particularly meaningful in Spokane, where we compete for staff with cities in the Seattle and Portland areas.

At the end of the day, however, the morale of city employees depends largely on the quality of their leadership. Department heads and elected officials alike should be careful to listen, validate, and address employee concerns. Expert staff recommendations should be carefully considered. And clear, transparent decision-making—as in all fields—is essential.

As the city works to fill its critical vacancies (particularly in positions related to housing and homeless services), and as more and more employees begin to retire, the organization must find a way to adapt to the modern workplace.

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GAIL HAMMER

Works to Take the Fear out of Law, Inside and Out

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by Riley Haun nder the best of circumstances, the legal system is a traumatic experience.

If you find yourself having to hire a lawyer, chances are you’ve been wronged already. And as the legal process drags on, the injuries begin to mount: legal fees, unwanted publicity, and a justice system that’s often a little less than just.

Gail Hammer knows the injustices of justice inside and out.

For three decades as an attorney, she’s represented people who so rarely get the chance to be heard on their own terms—victims of domestic violence, children, Indigenous people, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

As a faculty member at Gonzaga Law for the past twenty years, Gail has guided countless budding legal professionals through the process of learning to represent those same groups with the care and compassion she exemplifies. She knows the law can traumatize those who wield it, too—and she’s working to build a better system from the top down.

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There is something about the way we do law school that makes for unhappy humans. In every class, I ask why students came to law school. Someone always says, ‘It’s cheesy, but I came because I believe in justice.’ Why would anyone in law school think justice is cheesy?

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Now the director of Gonzaga Law’s new Lincoln LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic and the coordinating attorney for the university’s Clinical Legal Programs, Gail’s work focuses on supervising law students as they provide free legal aid to low-income clients. Over the years, Gail has worked with the school’s general practice clinic and its specialized domestic violence and Indian law clinics to defend clients in cases ranging from routine traffic stops to multinational legal battles to find and return a refugee woman’s stolen baby.

Her desire to speak for the voiceless stirred early. Growing up in the small town of Sidney, Montana, Gail realized early she was outraged by everyday injustices which sparked an interest in seeking out remedies.

When she was in high school, Gail’s hometown newspaper published a letter to the editor criticizing locals for their poor treatment of the migrant farmworkers who toiled in the sugar beet fields. The writer took heat for her views, but she never backed down.

“She kept on saying that this is what’s happening, and this is not right,” Gail says. “She was a significant figure for me in speaking up and not backing down, even though she was saying an uncomfortable truth for the people in the community.”

From there on, Gail never stopped pursuing resolutions to the uncomfortable realities that pervade the legal system. After graduating from law school, she threw herself immediately into a career in legal aid, providing representation to low-income clients through organizations in Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

Vicki Yount, a paralegal with Gonzaga Law’s clinical program, has worked closely with Gail for years in the Indian Law Clinic and others. She’s seen firsthand the dogged determination Gail brings to every case—she remembers the time when, after an urgent phone call saying a client had taken a turn for the worse, Gail wrangled up two witnesses and drove the distance from Spokane to the Kalispel Indian Reservation in the middle of the night to record the dying woman’s last will and testament.

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She’s calm and collected no matter what, no matter if a client is screaming in her face or under the worst of situations.

That translates to how she handles clients with compassion and understanding, but it applies to her students too—she has a heart of gold for everyone.

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Over the thirty-one years she’s worked as a paralegal, Vicki knows what makes a good lawyer. She knows without a doubt that Gail is among the best.

“She’s calm and collected no matter what, no matter if a client is screaming in her face or under the worst of situations,” Vicki says.

“That translates to how she handles clients with compassion and understanding, but it applies to her students too—she has a heart of gold for everyone.”

It was a “fluke” that she ended up in clinical work, Gail says—she just happened to see a listing for a position at a university, and she just happened to be fresh off quitting a job—but that fluke awakened a desire to remedy another kind of injustice in the legal system.

For Gail and many other students, law school was “essentially a traumatic experience,” Gail says. The structure is highly competitive, pitting students against each other from the get-go; the curriculum is challenging and intense by nature, but so is medical school, Gail says, and studies have shown that legal students are far more likely than medical students to struggle with depression, substance abuse, and other symptoms of stress and overwork.

The system also focuses disproportionately on extrinsic values like success or wealth rather than intrinsic values like a desire to seek justice or to help others, Gail thinks, resulting in students and professionals feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied.

“There is something about the way we do law school that makes for unhappy humans,” Gail says. “In every class, I ask why students came to law school. Someone always says, ‘It’s cheesy, but I came because I believe in justice.’ Why would anyone in law school think justice is cheesy?”

Gail was drawn to Gonzaga because she believes the legal program there is on the right track to redefining that system. A huge part of that is the thriving clinical program, which allows students to get on-the-ground experience in serving the populations that need their help most and shows them the value of justice for justice’s sake.

For Jessica Couser, who graduated from Gonzaga Law in 2009, Gail’s innate drive toward justice rubbed off. When Gail

approached Jessica to work as a research assistant on a legal article Gail was writing, Jessica was a third-year law student on the verge of dropping out. School was taking its toll on her, and Jessica was beginning to think that maybe she could serve the world better on another career path.

When Jessica began to work on the article—which focused on the case of a transgender woman’s legal battle against an unjust family law ruling and the transphobic mistreatment she faced while in jail—she was awakened to the injustices faced every day by underserved communities and the trans community especially. It reminded her of why she’d come to law school in the first place and reinvigorated her desire to keep going.

Jessica now owns a legal practice in Utah that specializes in helping trans clients with everything from workplace discrimination suits to divorce filings. If not for Hammer seeing the potential in her and asking her to step up, Jessica believes she might never have made her way here.

“Without [Gail] and without her encouragement—giving me another perspective of what it means to be a lawyer and what it means to be an advocate, to assure me that there was value in the work that I would do as an attorney—I might never have finished law school,” Jessica says.

“I might never have helped all the people I’ve helped now, and hopefully the many more I’ll serve through my career.”

For Gail, the first director of the new Lincoln LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic, stories like Jessica’s exemplify the kind of success she set out to have when she began her law career. The clinic, which opened last year, is regularly flooded with more requests for help than it can handle—not ideal, since it means people are struggling, Hammer says, but good in that it shows the community is gaining access to the tools of the law.

“One of my teachers started a class when I was in law school by saying, ‘The law best protects those who need no protection.

Never forget that.’ And I’ve found every day that’s true,” Gail says. “So, I'm trying to make the law live up to its promise. And that's what many people who work on social justice are up to. We're at a disadvantage.

But still, we can try to use that tool.”

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by Kailee Haong

Kailee Haong is a queer fiction writer. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. Her work has been published in Split Lip, The Inlander, The Brown Orient, and Lilac City Fairy Tales, among others. She writes and resides in the Inland Northwest.

In lore, the dog days of summer referred to the hottest period of the year, usually between July and September, and signified a time of

drought, bad luck, lethargy, fever, etc. To put it simply, a period of pain and discomfort—yearning for the relief of autumn. Ancient Greeks believed catastrophe would occur during the dog days. “Dog days” derives from the Canis Major constellation, with the “nose” of the dog being the star Sirius, which is often called the dog star. During the dog days, Sirius sets and rises with the sun each long summer day.

It’s best to stay cooped up inside with a book and the air conditioning blasting during these blisteringly hot days. Since the days are longer, why not cozy up with a long, brutal, devastating novel? While many prefer a light and simple vacation read, something pool-worthy and cheerful to read under the sun’s rays, I know there are a handful of you who are more drawn toward darkness instead.

Reader beware. These books are not easy. They are painful, sad, and breathtaking—and they might destroy you. Proceed with caution.

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun is an imaginative, heartbreaking novel.

Josie grows up in a futuristic society where children can buy Artificial Friends (AFs). She immediately takes to one AF in particular, Klara. The two forge a quick and fast bond, Josie forgetting her illness and enjoying the company of her new friend, and Klara learning every detail about Josie through interactions with her, her friends, and her family.

The dialogue is light, airy, and the story itself allows you to move quickly and easily throughout the novel, despite its length. I read it in just a few days because of this. When I first reached the end, I thought for a moment the ending felt too cherry-on-top, but then I sat with the utter sadness and the bittersweetness. It leaves you with a “What’s next?” type of loneliness. The technological aspects of the novel present dystopian, something that feels far-fetched yet right around the corner.

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A Tale for the Time Being

by Ruth Ozeki

Ozeki oscillates between two characters: Nao, a sixteen-year-old girl, in Tokyo writing a diary, and Ruth, a Japanese American in British Columbia who finds the diary washed ashore by a tsunami.

Nao experiences extreme social isolation and withdrawal as she is uprooted from California to move to Tokyo with her parents.

Battling depression, language barriers, and a lack of care and attention from her parents causes her to feel suicidal. She vows first to write down the story of her grandmother, Jiko, before ending her life.

Ruth too experiences an isolation, though hers is geographic.

This novel twists and turns throughout time, pulling these two worlds together into an unlikely convergence.

A Little Life by Hanya Yanigihara

I saved this recommendation for last because it is excruciating compared to my other recommendations. Every month that I’ve done this column I have wanted to recommend this book, but I’ve held back because it is brutal. Truly, it is a lot to handle. Yanagihara vividly describes deep and unsettling trauma. I found myself having to put it down and take breaks for my own sanity and well-being. It was painful to read but is easily the most impressive book I’ve read. My heart aches for Jude, Willem, JB, Malcolm, Andy, Richard, Harold, Julia... the list goes on. I know I’ll always carry this with me. From a craft perspective, what Hanya Yanagihara is doing here is insane. The characters are so lively, full of life, and drained of life that they feel as close to real as you can get. The dialogue is spot on every time. The pacing, especially for it being a 700-plus page book, feels exactly right.

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art by Megan Perkins Megan Perkins uses her brush to capture the spirit of Spokane places and events, exploring her hometown with paint and love. Follow her adventures on Instagram @artistseyeonspokane, Facebook, and meganperkinsart.com.

Blood Sisters poetry by Brooke Matson like two tarnished pennies rubbed together iron friction a bead of crimson

I felt afraid afterwards at what I’d done which was to snag

was she blonde like me the lack of wind seems important

pressed between the ridges of our fingerprints like a wax seal

myself on someone else and leave

the hot prick that burned for days

on a letter we lost the pin from my mother’s sewing box

a hole in each of us we made chains from dandelions threading

in the grass stared at the petals blooming from our skin

their stems through one another I imagined our blood

and smiled our oath lacquered the sunny afternoon

braiding like this I don’t remember her name I want to do this justice

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Teen & Kid Closet Works with Community Partners to Clothe Youth in Need

Common Threads

The importance of feeling good about yourself can’t be overstated, but sometimes it can be easier to start that work from the outside in. Robyn Nance co-founded Teen & Kid Closet—a local non-profit that provides free clothing to disadvantaged kids—with friend and foster parent recruiter Linda Rogers. Robyn remembers one teenage girl who came in to shop wearing shorts and an oversized t-shirt. She was adorable and looked super athletic, Robyn recalls—but looks can be deceiving.

“She was with her social worker, and they were giggling and just having a good time. The girl put on a dress and was twirling around in it, and she looked so happy. The social worker made the comment to the girl that now she didn't have a reason not to be in class,” Robyn says. “It turned out that the clothes the girl was wearing were literally all she owned, and not something she felt comfortable wearing to school every single day.”

“To me that was everything Teen & Kid Closet stands for,” says Robyn. “We’re providing a necessity, but it is not just clothes. Like with this girl, it’s a way to boost their dignity and selfesteem so they can better function in their worlds and be more normal kids.”

But Teen & Kid Closet doesn’t give handouts. Since its start in 2017, the boutique-style shop offers a real shopping experience, with curated racks of clothes, shoes, and accessories, where youngsters can select garments that best suit their individual personalities and tastes.

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“Some kids want to stand out and others want to fit in and look like everybody else—whatever they want is what we want for them,” says Robyn, morning anchor at 4News Now, where one of her regular reports, “Wednesday’s Child,” shines a light on kids in foster care, desperately needing someone to adopt them.

More than 100 shoppers visit Teen & Kid Closet each month. Children and teens (newborn through twenty-two years old) are referred by social agencies, school counselors, and church leaders to enjoy twice-yearly shopping sprees at no cost.

According to board president Sean Grubb, $70,000 is needed annually to run the charity. Grubb says added funding would

allow Teen & Kid Closet to expand for better accessibility to Eastern Washington and North Idaho kids and families.

Volunteers make up the staff at Teen & Kid Closet, and much of the brand new and gently used clothing is donated (accepted on the first Saturday of each month at 307 E. Sprague). Monetary donations are also welcomed as they are constantly in need for the basics of new underwear and socks.

No-Li Brewhouse is among the many local businesses and community partners that generously support the efforts of Teen & Kid Closet. It’s a cause that’s especially significant to No-Li co-owner Cindy Bryant, who volunteers as a court-appointed special advocate—or CASA—and acts as the eyes and ears of the juvenile court judges who make decisions involving kids in the foster care system.

"Everyone at No-Li is invested in serving the under-recognized and underserved members of our community,” Cindy says, "And the most vulnerable members of our community are our children, especially the children in foster care.”

A big part of Teen & Kid Closet’s mission, Cindy notes, is giving kids choices, which helps them feel like they have some power and control over what they do—an important step in growing up.

“It's pretty darn cool when a wide-eyed kid asks, 'Where'd you get all this stuff?' and we’re able to tell them that it came from 'your' community who doesn't know you, but cares about you,’" Bryant says. “If we can give these kids a leg up, hopefully they can mature to be productive citizens that give back then in turn to their communities.”

For more information on how you can support Teen & Kid Closet, visit teenkidcloset.org.

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soulful living Soulful Living Together we can co-create a community and a world in which we all thrive—a world full of diversity, energy, and soul.

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by Kiantha Duncan, Soulful Leadership Architect Kiantha Duncan is a lover of conversations, dinner parties, and mankind. A transplant to Eastern Washington, she enjoys bringing people and organizations together. In her spare time, she is the President of the Spokane NAACP.

Soulful: the spiritual, nonphysical part of someone or something regarded as the source of individuality, personality, morality, will, emotions, and intellect.

A Soulful person: A presence that is timeless, reliably calm, and detached from the daily drama that pulls us in many directions. A person in touch with self, a personality of inherent beauty and serenity.

Soulful living invites us to dedicate of our hearts, minds and spirits to showing up every day as our best selves, contributing to our best lives and co-creating with others our best world. This journey is a combination of the roads we’ve travelled to get to where we are right in this moment.

A soulful existence for me has meant waking up every day with a grateful heart and a knowing that when I show up as my full self, life responds by offering me more than I could ask for, think, or imagine.

Living a soulful life in no way means that we are not continuously challenged by the cares of life; we are reeling from a year of what is possibly the only pandemic we will experience in our lifetime. There is so much unknown about how our world will rebound. The way in which we interact with one another

can feel wonky and awkward, and our days are inundated managing heavy workloads, homeschooling, business, and family.

Soulful living offers us an anchor as we address, react, and respond to life’s challenges and opportunities.

Soulfulness reminds us to connect to the deepest parts of ourselves while using emotional intelligence, compassion, and, most of all, love to deal with any of the things that come our way.

Soulful living is a journey, not a destination. A journey in which we will continuously interrogate what we think we know, while stretching to consider multiple truths. Together we can co-create a community and a world in which we all thrive. A world full of diversity, energy, and soul.

I look forward to being your co-pilot and accountability partner on this journey to a more soulful life.

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August 6: First Friday and Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine release party First Friday is designed to showcase the downtown art and retail scene. 180 Bar & Bistro will be hosting local artist Audreanna Camm while celebrating the release of this issue. There will be live music from 5-8 p.m. A five dollar cover includes either a free beer or glass of wine. bozzimedia. com/180barbistro.

August 7: BAZAAR Spokane’s largest downtown, all-local art market returns.

In addition to the plethora of handmade goods, there will also be fun for the whole family provided

by River Park Square and The Botanical Alchemists, a beer garden by Flatstick Pub, live music, and so much more. terrainspokane. com.

Through September 5: American Inheritance: Unpacking World War II Seventy-five years after the fighting stopped, evidence of the world’s deadliest global conflict can still be found in almost every home, community and aspect of American life. WWII legacies survive in suburban attics, and are memorialized in public spaces and the ways in which Americans view the world itself. Over the course of their lives, the men, women and children who experienced World War II firsthand passed down the triumphs and terrors that make up our American Inheritance. The MAC presents American Inheritance: Unpacking World War II, an exhibition of usable history that figuratively “unpacks” the legacy of an American generation’s

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response to crisis. Northwestmuseum.org.

Through September 19: American Original: The Life and Work of John James Audubon An exclusive selection of original prints, paintings, manuscripts and personal possessions of an American icon. The exhibition tells the incredible story of a man who overcame so many obstacles to attain international recognition through his creativity and initiative on projects such as the ubiquitous The Birds of America. On loan from the John James Audubon State Park Museum, Henderson, Kentucky. Northwestmuseum.org.

Through September 19: Justin Gibbens: Birds and Beasts ​By lifting the formal conventions of classic natural science illustration, such as the work of Audubon, Gibbens imagines curious wildlife of a forgotten natural history through the lens of a 19th century field artist. Presented in conjunction with American Original: The Life and Work of John James Audubon. northwestmuseum.org.

Through September 5: Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science.

Children and families will discover the unique

partnership between cutting-edge western science and traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples. The exhibition offers visitors real life examples of how complementary solutions to ecological and health challenges are being applied to improve our world. Through the voices of elders and youth, storytelling, hands-on interactives, and clever video games, visitors will take part in the growing movement towards sustainability and reclamation of age-old practices. Exhibition designed and produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. northwestmuseum.org.

Through January 9, 2022: What We Make: Nature as Inspiration People are makers. Delve into the vital relationship between makers and nature.

Discover how the landscape inspires artmaking through the works and relationship of Northwest artists Wesley Wehr and Joseph Goldberg. Explore the natural motifs, tradition, and importance of beaded bags in the plateau cultures. Investigate the use of natural materials in millinery and its many different forms.

Learn the story of a blacksmith who flew the first plane in the Inland Northwest, illustrating our obsession with flight over the ages. northwestmuseum.org.

COMMUNITY August 21: Unity in the Community Celebrating its 27th year, Unity in the Community is a multicultural celebration that includes a diverse group of performers to keep you entertained all day, as well as five vendor areas: youth fair, career and education fair, health fair, early learning fair, and general vendors.

Nwunity.org.

August 27: Crave! NW A food and beverage festival in Spokane Valley designed to highlight the best of our culinary scene. This year’s festival is chef-focused and features the best our region has to offer. cravenw. com.

August 28: Millwood Daze Close out summer in a big way! Join Millwood Daze for their annual street fair complete with Friday night movie, Saturday 5k run, breakfast, Bottles car show, and family activities and kids games! You won't want to miss this.

Millwooddaze.millwoodnow.org.

MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT August 5: Bill Engvall Best known for his work on Blue Collar Comedy Tour and Them Idiots Whirled Tour, Comedian, actor, and writer Bill Engvall returns to Coeur d’Alene Casino. Engvall’s most recent work includes the Netflix comedy special “Just Sell Him For Parts” and horror movie “The Neighbor,” as well as his newest show, “Blue Collar Auction.” Tickets start at $40. cdacasino. com.

August 12: Billy Idol Forget about Dancing with Yourself, it’s gonna be a much bigger party when punk rock legend Billy Idol brings his British Invasion to the Inland Northwest this summer. Northern Quest. 100 North Hayford Rd. Airway Heights. northernquest.com August 13: Primus - A Tribute to Kings It’s a story about gluttonous individuals sucking the colors out of the world,” says Primus singer/ bassist Les Claypool. “The overuse of resources by the greedy elite, and how the meek masses can overcome them in the end by unifying. It seemed pretty relevant these days.” The tale Claypool is describing comes from a 1978 children’s book called The Rainbow Goblins by the Italian author and artist Ui de Rico, and it forms the basis for the new Primus album coming out September 29, The Desaturating Seven. Pavilion at Riverfront. Riverfront Park. 574 N Howard St. spokanepavilion.com August 13: Brantley Gilbert As one of only five Country artists this century with back-to-back platinum albums, this Georgia-born Country rocker and songwriter has built a legion of fans known as BG Nation. And it’s a "nation" likely to grow based on his current six number one country hits and numerous AUGUST 2021 / BOZZIMEDIA.com

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awards, including Top New Male Artist in 2013 and Favorite Country Album for Just As I Am the following year. Northern Quest. 100 North Hayford Rd. Airway Heights. northernquest. com.

August 19: Grits & Glamour: Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis Grits & Glamour: Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis will grace the Coeur d’Alene Casino stage with their classics like Tillis’ “Maybe it was Memphis” and “Mi Vida Loca” and Morgan’s “Something in Red” and “Except for Monday,” as well as new original music. The show is loosely scripted with good-natured ribbing and off-the-cuff remarks. The country duo are backed by some of Nashville’s finest musicians and singers making for a night of laughter and great music. Tickets start at $50. Cdacasino.com.

August 20: Collective Soul and Better Than Ezra with special guest Tonic The ’90s alt-rock, post-grunge revival is alive and well this summer at Northern Quest. Don’t miss this blast from the past when the Just Looking Around 2021 tour hits our outdoor stage.

Northern Quest. 100 North Hayford Rd. Airway Heights. northernquest.com/ August 25: Rebelution Founded in Isla Vista, CA, Rebelution has followed their instincts since the release of their breakout 2007 debut, Courage To Grow. Rebelution’s transcendent live performances, meanwhile, have earned the group sell-out headline shows everywhere from Red Rocks to The Greek Theatre along with festival slots at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, ACL, Glastonbury, and more. Their new album, In The Moment, is deliberate and wide-ranging, infusing the quartet’s soulful, exhilarating brand of modern reggae with addictive pop hooks, alt-rock grit, and hip-hop grooves. Pavilion at Riverfront. Riverfront Park. 574 N Howard St. spokanepavilion.com.

August 28: Counting Crows Counting Crows have enchanted listeners worldwide for more than two decades with their intensely soulful and intricate take on timeless rock & roll. The band just released their 50

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newest record, Butter Miracle, featuring hit single “Elevator Boots”. Pavilion at Riverfront.

Riverfront Park. 574 N Howard St. spokanepavilion.com.

September 1-6: Pig Out in the Park In its 41st year, Pig Out in the Park will run from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily in Riverfront Park, with three stages for live performances, fifty food booths, thirty-five public market booths, adult beverages, and so much more. To learn more about this Spokane tradition, read this month’s Clarksville.

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September 4: Spokane Symphony Labor Day Weekend concert This is the 20th Annual Ludlow Kramer Memorial Concert at Pavillion Park in Liberty Lake. The Symphony performs light classics, patriotic songs, and movie music for the whole family to enjoy.

The concert is 90 minutes long, with one intermission. spokanesymphony.org.

September 6: Spokane Symphony Labor Day concert This year’s free Labor Day concert will be in Riverfront Park’s U.S. Pavilion at the end of the Pig Out in the Park weekend. The Symphony performs light classics, patriotic songs, and movie music for the whole family to enjoy.

The concert is 90 minutes long, with one intermission. spokanesymphony.org.

September 8: Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard,

Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper, and Zac Rae. Death Cab for Cutie rose from being a side project to becoming one of the most exciting groups emerge from the indie rock scene of the ’00s. They have been nominated for eight Grammy Awards.

The band’s latest release, The Georgia E.P., raised over $100,000 for voter rights organization Fair Fight in 2020.

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Riverfront Park.

574 N Howard St. spokanepavilion.com.

FITNESS August 22: Silver Mountain Trail Run Choose between a 6k (3.7mi), 9k (5.6mi), and 18k (11.2mi) course at Silver Mountain Resort.

Start your day with a ride up North America's longest gondola to the mountain start line. Run an epic course with breathtaking views from Kellogg and Wardner Peaks. Longer distance runners will challenge their technical skills with shale rock sections and varying terrain. Register at: runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/ SilverMtnTrailRun August 28: Millwood Daze 5k Close out summer in a big way! Join Millwood Daze for their annual street fair complete with Friday night movie, Saturday 5k run, breakfast, Bottles car show, and family activities and kids games! You won't want to miss this. Register at runsignup.com/Race/Info/WA/Millwood/ MillwoodDaze.

FOOD & FARMERS MARKETS Wednesdays, through August 25: Wine Wednesday Dinner Series at Nectar Seems like travelling the world, or anywhere for that matter, has been put on hold. As the world breathes fresh air again, it is time to do what we like to do: explore! If you can't explore the physical world, at least we can explore the culinary world.

The Wine Wednesday Dinner Series is a

Olympic Game Farm On the Olympic Peninsula 3-course buffet dinner with 3 wines expertly paired by owner Josh Wade. For this series we will unveil the new branding for the 1889 Building and the secret 1889 Mine dining room.

Nectar Catering and Events. 120 N. Stevens St. nectarcateringandevents.com Mondays: Hillyard Farmers Market Open 3-7 p.m. This market runs through October 25. 5012 N. Market St. facebook.com/ HillyardFarmersMarket

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Tuesdays: Fairwood Farmers Market Open 3-7 p.m. This market runs through October 12. 319 W. Hastings Rd. fairwoodfarmersmarket. org/ Tuesdays: Garland Farmers Market Garland Farmers Market is new this year. Open 3-7 p.m. This market runs through September 14.

726 W. Garland. garlanddistrict.com/ Wednesdays and Saturdays: Spokane Farmers Market Open 8 a.m.-1 p.m. This market runs through October 31. 20 W. 5th Ave. spokanefarmersmarket.org

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Wednesdays: Kendall Yards Night Market Open 5-8 p.m. This market runs through September 30. 1335 W Summit Parkway. kendallnightmarket.org/ Wednesdays: Millwood Farmers Market Open 3-7 p.m. This market runs through September 30. 9300 E. Frederick Ave. farmersmarket.millwoodnow.org/ Thursdays: Perry Street Thursday Market Open 3-7 p.m. This market runs through October 31. 924 S. Perry St. thursdaymarket. org/ Fridays: EmersonGarfield Farmers Market Open 3-7 p.m. This market runs through September 24. 2310 N. Monroe St. market. emersongarfield.org/ Fridays: Spokane Valley Farmers Market

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Open 4-8 p.m. This market runs through September 17. 2426 N. Discovery Place, Mirabeau Point Park. facebook.com/ SpokaneValleyFarmersMarket.

Saturdays: Wonder Market Open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. This market runs through October 30. 835 N. Post St. wondersaturdaymarket.com.

Saturdays: Indian Trail Night Market Open 4-8 p.m. This market runs through September. 9025 N. Indian Trail Rd. facebook.com/indiantrailnightmarket.

Saturdays: Cheney Farmers Market Open 10 a.m.-12 p.m. This market runs through September. 1011 1st St. Cheney.

Saturdays: Liberty Lake Farmers Market Open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. This market runs through October 9. 1421 N. Meadowood Ln. Liberty Lake. libertylakefarmersmarket.com.

SPORTS August 3-8: Spokane Indians vs Everett AquaSox 602 N. Havana St. www.milb.com/spokane August 13: Spokane Shock vs Arizona Rattlers Spokane Arena. 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com August 17-22: Spokane Indians vs Hillsboro Hops 602 N. Havana St. www.milb.com/spokane

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August 23-29: Circling Raven Championship Featuring some of the world’s best female golfers, the event will feature a full field of competitors vying for their piece of the $200,000 purse. Spectator passes are now on sale. Single-day passes are just five dollars or enjoy the full week-long tournament for twenty dollars. Two-day and three-day passes are also available. Cdacasino.com.

August 31-September 5: Tri-City Dust Devils 602 N. Havana St. www.milb.com/spokane

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MICHAEL LOVE LAW, PLLC Michael Love Law, PLLC, provides legal services in the area of

employment, labor law, tort, business, and contract law, and civil trial practice in those areas. The firm was founded on June 1, 2015 and is located in downtown Spokane.

Attorney Michael Love has been practicing for over thirty years. Love began his career as a deputy prosecutor for the City of Spokane. After his time with the city, Love worked for a variety of large-to-medium size law firms practicing in the area of labor and employment and general civil litigation. Most recently, he was a partner at the law firm of Workland & Witherspoon from 2010 to 2015.

Love said he went out on his own so he could be his own boss after being encouraged by fellow attorneys who were also solo practitioners that Love associates with on civil litigation matters. “I really wanted to focus on having a firm where I had more control,” he says. “I’ve been doing it for thirty years and I’ve been practicing in the same areas for twenty-eight years.”

Love earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Gonzaga University in 1987 and his law degree from Willamette University College of Law in 1990. When Love was attending law school he didn’t know what type of law he wanted to practice. Some of his professors told him after taking trial practice in law school that he fit the image of a trial lawyer and was a natural.

While his work has involved civil litigation, his focus has shifted. “For many years I was exclusively a defense attorney defending the company,” he says. “Now I work a lot with individual plaintiffs while still representing businesses.”

Love has handled cases dealing with overtime violations, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. He says he admires those who stand up for themselves and society in general even in the

by Nina Culver face of possible termination or retaliation. “I’m kind of passionate about retaliation cases and whistleblower cases,” he says. “Those people have to be protected and they have to have redress when they are wronged.”

Love has also represented clients at administrative hearings, labor arbitrations, and before the Merit System Protection Board. Love has also appeared and tried cases in the United States District Court for both the Western and Eastern Districts.

Love also has substantial appellate experience. He has appeared before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Washington Court of Appeals (Division III), and the Washington Supreme Court on numerous occasions.

Though he’s spent decades in the courtroom, Love doesn’t call himself a litigator. He’s proud to call himself a trial lawyer. “A lot of lawyers don’t get a chance to say that because they don’t try cases or have maybe tried 1 or 2,” he says. “In the last ten years, I’ve tried twelve matters that either went to a jury or bench trial. When a person tells you they’re a trial lawyer, then you know they’re the real deal.”

He has earned an “AV Preeminent” peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest peer review rating given. He has also been selected by publications as a “Super Lawyer” and in Best Lawyers in America representing individuals in employment and litigation matters. Love has been recognized as a Top Lawyer in the area of employment law by Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine every year since 2015.

Love also teaches continuing education classes to attorneys on a variety of subjects, including employment and labor law, trial practice, investigating workplace disputes, and drafting legal documents.

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But making the cut isn’t easy. The lawyer had to score an eight Avvo rating or better. The company determines the rating using information from the lawyer’s Avvo profile, state bar associations, as well as other organizations that license lawyers. To calculate the rating, Avvo factors in experience, background, years licensed, education, peer endorsements, associations, awards, publications, and speaking engagements.

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Mark Iverson Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Mark R. Iverson P.S. adoptionwa.com (509) 462-3678

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Barry W. Davidson Gonzaga University School of Law Davidson Backman Medeiros PLLC dbm-law.net (509) 624-4600 David E. Eash Gonzaga University School of Law Feltman Ewing feltmanewing.com (509) 838-6800 DAVID GARDNER Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com (509) 838-6131 “Dependable advice in difficult times.”

Lisa McBride Gonzaga University School of Law McBride Law lisamcbride.com (509) 838-0435 Michael J. Paukert Gonzaga University School of Law Paukert & Troppmann PLLC paukertlawgroup.com (509) 232-7760 S. Brent Sorenson University of Tulsa College of Law Brent Sorenson & Associates, P.C. brentsorensonlaw.com (509) 444-2600 Ian Ledlin Gonzaga University School of Law Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews & Sheldon, PLLC spokelaw.com (509) 838-6055 Heather Ramirez Seattle University School of Law Envision Family Law envisionfamilylaw.com (509) 590-0365

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BUSINESS April Anderson Gonzaga University School of Law Randall | Danskin, PS randalldanskin.com (509) 747-2052 JAMES BLACK New York University School of Law Lukins & Annis, PS Lukins.com (509) 623-2031 “Areas of emphasis include: business law, estate planning, real estate, and tax law.”

TYLER BLACK New York University School of Law Lukins & Annis, PS Lukins.com (509) 455-9555 “Areas of emphasis include: complex transactional law, business law, tax law, corporate law, and real estate.”

William Buckholdt New York University School of Law Randall | Danskin, PS randalldanskin.com (509) 747-2052 Daniel J. Gibbons University of Oregon School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265 Shaun Greer University of San Francisco School of Law Lukins & Annis, PS Lukins.com (509) 822-5594 Wm. Scott Hislop Gonzaga University School of Law Wolff Hislop Crockett whc-attorneys.com (509) 927-9700 Gregory S. Johnson University of Puget Sound School of Law Paine Hamblen painehamblen.com (509) 455-6000

Christal Lam Gonzaga University School of Law Spokane Business Attorneys spokanebusinessattorneys.com (509) 818-3350 Alicia Levy Gonzaga University School of Law The Levy Law Firm, PLLC levy-lawfirm.com (509) 432-6881 Timothy Nault Gonzaga University School of Law Randall | Danskin, PS randalldanskin.com (509) 747-2052 Andrew Ouimet Gonzaga University School of Law A&L Law Group PLLC allawgroup.net (509) 292-3525 Eric J. Sachtjen University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Paine Hamblen painehamblen.com (509) 455-6000 Andrew M. Wagley Gonzaga University School of Law Etter, McMahon, Lamberson, Van Wert & Oreskovich, P.C. ettermcmahon.com (509) 747-9100 Becki Wheeler Gonzaga University School of Law McNeice Wheeler, PLLC mcneicewheeler.com (509) 928-4141 Peter A. Witherspoon University of Washington School of Law Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC workwith.com (509) 252-5655

CAR ACCIDENTS Tom Farrell Gonzaga University School of Law Farrell Law Office tomfarrell-law.com (509) 325-4994

Ezra Glanzer Gonzaga University School of Law Glanzer Law PLLC spokanefamilylaw.com (509) 326-4526 James V. Hill Seattle University School of Law Russell & Hill, PLLC russellandhill.com (509) 204-9701 RICHARD LEWIS Gonzaga University School of Law Richard E. Lewis, PS Richardlewislaw.com (844) 214-8395 “A voice for justice.”

Sara Maleki Gonzaga University School of Law GLP Attorneys GLPattorneys.com (509) 455-3636 Craig Swapp University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Craig Swapp & Associates craigswapp.com (509) 252-5037 JJ Thompson Gonzaga University School of Law Armitage & Thompson PLLC law-wa.com (509) 252-5048

CIVIL RIGHTS Breean Beggs University of Washington School of Law Paukert & Troppmann, PLLC paukertlawgroup.com (509) 232-7760

CLASS ACTION Matthew A. Mensik University of Washington School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265

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CHILD CUSTODY DOUGLAS HUGHES University of Oregon School of Law Hughes & Nelson, Attorneys at Law, PLLC Hughesnelsonlaw.com (509) 252-3013 “When Family Matters, the experienced team at Hughes & Nelson will guide you through.”

CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT John Black University of Puget Sound School of Law Dunn & Black, P.S. dunnandblack.com (509) 455-8711 Robert Crick Gonzaga University School of Law Robert Crick Law Firm, PLLC Cricklawfirm.com (509) 838-7139 John H. Guin University of Oregon School of Law The Law Office John H. Guin, PLLC guinlaw.com (509) 443-0709 BENJAMIN MCDONNELL Gonzaga University School of Law Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC Pyklawyers.com

(509) 321-5930 “Construction Litigation.”

Luke W. O’Bannan Gonzaga University School of Law Kirkpatrick & Startzel, P.S. ks-lawyers.com (509) 455-3647

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JASON PISKEL Gonzaga University School of Law Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC Pyklawyers.com (509) 321-5930 “Construction Litigation.”

Rick Wetmore University of Colorado School of Law Dunn & Black, P.S. dunnandblack.com (509) 455-8711 RYAN YAHNE Pepperdine University School of Law Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC Pyklawyers.com

Dean Chuang Gonzaga University School of Law Crary, Clark, Domanico & Chuang, P.S. ccdlaw.com (509) 926-4900 Steven Clark University of Washington School of Law Crary, Clark, Domanico & Chuang, P.S. ccdlaw.com (509) 926-4900 Dennis Cronin Gonzaga University School of Law The Law Office of D.C. Cronin dccronin.com (509) 328-5600

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KEVIN CURTIS Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com (509) 838-6131 “A lawyer you’ll swear by. Not at.”

Brian Cameron Gonzaga University School of Law Cameron Sutherland, PLLC cameronsutherland.com (509) 315-4507

Sean M. Downs Gonzaga University School of Law Grecco Downs, PLLC greccodowns.com (360) 707-7040

(509) 321-5930 “Construction and Real Estate Litigation.”

CONTRACTS & AGREEMENTS BEVERLY ANDERSON University of Puget Sound School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com

(509) 838-6131 “Briefly speaking, we’re the best!”

CRIMINAL DEFENSE Zachary Ayers University of North Dakota School of Law Ayers Law Firm, PLLC ayerslawfirm.net (509) 252-6005

Jeffry K. Finer University of New Mexico School of Law Jeffry K. Finer, P.S. (509) 279-2709 Steve Graham Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Steve Graham grahamdefense.com (509) 252-9167 Carl E. Hueber Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com (509) 838-6131 Jason Johnson Gonzaga University School of Law Johnson Litigation johnson-litigation.com (509) 535-2997

Mark Knapp Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Mark Knapp PLLC firearmslawyer.net (509) 237-5464 JOSEPH KUHLMAN Gonzaga University School of Law The Kuhlman Law Office, PLLC kuhlmanoffice.com

(509) 593-8533 ”I am very pleased to be receiving this award again, so many years in a row. I appreciate the trust and confidence that the public has put in my firm to defend their future.”

Karen Lindholdt University of Idaho College of Law Karen Lindholdt, PLLC .karenlindholdtlaw.com (509) 994-7423 Kailey Moran Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Roger J. Peven rogerpevenlaw.com (509) 323-9000 TIMOTHY NOTE Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Timothy S. Note, PLLC Timothynotelaw.com

(509) 774-0364 “Champion of the Underdog.”

Erek Puccio Gonzaga University School of Law Cooney Law Offices, P.S. jcooney.com (509) 326-2613

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Christian Phelps Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Christian Phelps chrisphelpslaw.com (509) 323-2420 Mark Vovos Gonzaga University School of Law Mark E. Vovos, P.S. markvovos.com (509) 326-5220 Brandon West Thomas M. Cooley Law School Law Office of Brandon West brandonwestlaw.com (509) 774-5202 Phillip Wetzel Gonzaga University School of Law Phillip Wetzel Attorney at Law phillip-wetzel-attorney-at-law.business.site (509) 326-3502 Courtney Whitten Gonzaga University School of Law Gerl & Whitten, PLLC gerllawoffice.com (509) 328-0757

MATTHEW FISCHER Gonzaga University School of Law Allen Fischer PLLC Allenfischer.com “Our motto: A good attorney knows the law, but a great attorney knows their client too.”

G. Olaf Hansen Washburn University School of Law Pacific Northwest Family Law pnwfamilylaw.com (509) 319-2900 Ellen Hendrick University of Washington School of Law Ellen M. Hendrick PLLC ellenhendrick.com (509) 402-2248 Shadan Kapri Gonzaga University School of Law Kapri Law Firm spokane-family-law.com (509) 822-5663

GABRIELLE ROTH Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com (509) 838-6131 “No prenup, no problem.”

Gary Stenzel Gonzaga University School of Law Stenzel Law Office familylawspokane.com (509) 327-2000 Glenn Tanner University of Montana School of Law Glenn E. Tanner - Attorney at Law (509) 244-6353 Julie Twyford Gonzaga University School of Law Twyford Law Office twyfordlaw.com (509) 327-0777

DUI & DWI

Jonathan Lee Gonzaga University School of Law Lee Law Office, P.S. jleelawoffice.com (509) 326-1800

Chris Bugbee University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law Bugbee Law Office, P.S. bugbeelaw.com (509) 337-5082

David Partovi Gonzaga University School of Law Partovi Law, P.S. partovilaw.com (509) 992-1764

Lewis Cooney Gonzaga University School of Law Cooney Law Offices, P.S. jcooney.com (509) 326-2613

Mark Cassell University of Denver Sturm College of Law Twyford Law Office twyfordlaw.com (509) 327-0777

Benjamin Platt Gonzaga University School of Law The Law Office of Benjamim D. Platt plattlegalgroup.com (509) 571-2277

Deanna Crull Gonzaga University School of Law Action Legal Group actionlegalgroupwa.com (509) 868-0811

David Crouse Gonzaga University School of Law David J. Crouse & Associates, PLLC crouselawgroup.com (509) 624-1380

Andrea Poplawski Gonzaga University School of Law Poplawski Law poplawskilaw.com (509) 309-8169

Sarah Freedman Seattle University School of Law Sarah Freedman, Attorney at Law sarahfreedmanlaw.com (971) 998-8119

DIVORCE & SEPARATION Zachary Ashby Brigham Young University Reuben Clark Law School Pacific Northwest Family Law pnwfamilylaw.com (509) 319-2900

In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.

—Woody Harrelson

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John Kidd Gonzaga University School of Law Kidd Defense PLLC kidd-defense.com (509) 381-1001

CRIMINAL DEFENSE • EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS DUI/DWI DEFENSE • VICTIM’S RIGHTS • IMMIGRATION LAW

Joe Kuhlman

A Law Firm with Experience.

The Kuhlman Law Office was formed with a simple mission: to represent the people of Washington State in a manner that is fair, dignified, and efficient.

At the Kuhlman Law Office, we provide representation that combine real world experience, tested negotiation skills, and proven litigation ability.

With combining traditional legal practice and current communications technology, we offer in-person and virtual meetings for our clients in order to adapt to their busy schedules and our current state of affairs.

(509) 904-0500

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TOP ATTORNEYS/avvo rating

Senit Lutgen Gonzaga University School of Law Action Legal Group actionlegalgroupwa.com (509) 868-0811

Stephen Bergman Gonzaga University School of Law Cooney Law Offices, P.S. jcooney.com (509) 326-2613

Scott Staab University of Puget Sound School of Law Staab Law PLLC staablaw.com (509) 325-6100

Michael H. Church Gonzaga University School of Law Stamper Rubens, P.S. stamperlaw.com (509) 326-4800

ELDER LAW Holland McBurns Gonzaga University School of Law Evergreen Elder Law evergreenelderlaw.com (509) 325-5222 LYNN ST. LOUIS University of Washington School of Law Elder Law Group Elgwa.com (509) 468-0551 “The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” -Robert Frost

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Philip J. Carstens New York University School of Law Foster Garvey Foster.com (509) 241-1563

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR Andrea Asan Gonzaga University School of Law Paukert & Troppmann, PLLC paukertlawgroup.com (509) 232-7760 Jenae Ball Gonzaga University School of Law Randall | Danskin, PS randalldanskin.com (509) 747-2052

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Michelle Fossum Gonzaga University School of Law Sayre, Sayre & Fossum, P.S. sayrelaw.com (509) 325-7330 MICHAEL FRANKLIN University of Oregon School of Law Lukins & Annis, PS Lukins.com (509) 822-5594 “Excellent value/excellent results.”

SCOTT GINGRAS Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com (509) 838-6131 “I am dedicated to achieving a successful resolution for all of my clients’ legal problems.”

Thomas Jarrard Gonzaga University School of Law Service Member Law servicememberlaw.com (425) 239-7290

(509) 212-1668 “The man to see.”

MICHAEL LOVE Willamette University College of Law Michael Love Law Firm, PLLC michaellovelaw.com

Thomas McLane George Washington University Law Center Law Firm of Thomas W. McLane, PLLC twmclanelaw.com (509) 290-6968

Michael McMahon Gonzaga University School of Law Etter, McMahon, Lamberson, Van Wert & Oreskovich, P.C. ettermcmahon.com (509) 747-9100 Amy Mensik University of Washington School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265 Thaddeus O’Sullivan Gonzaga University School of Law Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC workwith.com (509) 455-9077 BENJAMIN RASCOFF Seattle University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com

(509) 838-6131 “I strive to approach every matter with honesty, integrity, and an open mind.”

Eowen Rosentrater Gonzaga University School of Law Eowen S. Rosentrater, Attorney at Law eowenlawoffice.com (509) 868-5389 Milton Rowland Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Milton G. Rowland spokanelitigation.com (509) 327-2560 KAMMI MENCKE SMITH Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com

(509) 838-6131 “Provide thoughtful advice to help clients achieve their goals and evaluate their risks, avoid unnecessary legal conflict, and expeditiously and zealously defend litigation if it arises.”

HUGHES & NELSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PLLC

by Nina Culver

The Hughes & Nelson law firm in downtown Spokane, founded in 2008, focus-

es on family law matters, particularly child custody and divorce.

Partners Douglas Hughes and Emily Nelson are both former prosecutors who decided to go into business for themselves. Hughes focuses on child custody and divorce cases while Nelson serves as a guardian ad litem and focuses on juvenile court issues and guardianships.

Hughes said he and Nelson have a lot of experience in the courtroom but like to solve issues without going to court when they can. “We have a very strong litigation track,” he says. “We balance litigation with problem solving.”

The firm often takes complicated cases where emotions are running high.

Some cases involve allegations of abuse or neglect and Child Protective Services is involved. “Sometimes the emotion of a family law case or a custody case prevents people from being rational,” he says.

The firm’s emphasis is on clearly laying out all a client’s options and recommending which approach to take given the client’s situation. Hughes said he always urges

his clients to consider the long-term impact of the decisions they make regarding a child custody agreement. “We tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear,” he says. “We try to act as a guide.”

Most of the firm’s new clients are referred by previous clients, Hughes says.

Both he and Nelson decided to specialize in family law because it’s rewarding, Hughes, says. “The vast majority of our cases settle with a positive outcome,” he says. “That’s what keeps us coming in every day.”

Hughes & Nelson, Attorneys at Law, PLLC | 505 W. Riverside Ave. #600 | hughesnelsonlaw.com | (509) 252-3013

Matt Andersen

Carl Hueber

Beverly Anderson

Michael Howard

Patrick Cronin

Nancy Isserlis

Kevin Curtis

Collette Leland

Darren Digiacinto

Benjamin Rascoff

David Gardner

Gabrielle Roth

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Kammi Mencke Smith Elizabeth Tellessen

Most TOP LAWYERS in one firm in 2021 509.838.6131 | WINSTONCASHATT.COM SPOKANE | COEUR D’ALENE

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Dunn & Black, p.s.

(509) 455-8711

s el ect ed and honor e d

as

Best Law Firm

by U.S. News & World

Report for 2013-2016

Construction - Business and Personal Injury Litigation - Labor/Employment - Eminent Domain/ Condemnation - Insurance and Real Estate Disputes.

Bob Dunn

Selected and honored as 2014 Spokane Litigation - Labor & Employment "Lawyer of the Year" by U.S. News and World Report Super Lawyer – Washington Law & Politics 2005-2020 Selected and honored as Best Lawyer by U.S. News and World Report for 2013-2018 AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Top Attorney in Washington – Seattle Met magazine July 2013 AVVO Superb Rating Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine “Spokane’s Best Lawyers” 2003-present

John Black

Selected and honored as Best Lawyer by U.S. News and World Report for 2013-2018 2013-2020 Super Lawyer – Washington Law & Politics AVVO Superb Rating Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine “Spokane’s Best Lawyers" 2015-present

Susan Nelson

2013 and 2014 Rising Star Super Lawyer – Washington Law & Politics 2013 and 2014 Top Women Lawyers AVVO Superb Rating 2015 AVVO Client’s Choice Award Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine “Spokane’s Best Lawyers” 2011–present Client Champion Silver 2021 Martindale-Hubbell

Rick Wetmore

Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine “Spokane’s Best Lawyers” 2019-present

Ryan Poole

2017-2018 Rising Star Super Lawyer – Washington Law & Politics Top 40 Under 40 – The National Trial Lawyers 2015 Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine “Spokane’s Best Lawyers” 2016-present AVVO Superb Rating

Adam Chambers

Washington Rising Star by Super Lawyers 2017-present Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine “Spokane’s Best Lawyers” 2017-present

Alexandria Drake

Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine “Spokane’s Best Lawyers” 2019-present

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TOP ATTORNEYS/avvo rating

William Symmes Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265 Ronald Van Wert University of Califonia, Hastings College of Law Etter, McMahon, Lamberson, Van Wert & Oreskovich, P.C. ettermcmahon.com (509) 747-9100 Bryce Wilcox University of Idaho College of Law Lee & Hayes, PLLC leehayes.com (509) 324-9256

ESTATE PLANNING Jessica Allen University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC workwith.com (509) 455-9077 Steven Anderson University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Stamper Rubens, P.S. stamperlaw.com (509) 326-4800 Gary Brajcich Gonzaga University School of Law Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC workwith.com (509) 455-9077 Megaen Childress Gonzaga University School of Law Paladin Childress Law Office, PLLC pclawoffice.com (509) 624-4107 Christopher Crago University of Washington School of Law Crago Law Office, PLLC cragolawoffice.com (509) 252-4650 Frederic G. Emry II New York University School of Law Paine Hamblen painehamblen.com (509) 455-6000

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Jonas Hemenway University of Oregon School of Law Gravis Law gravislaw.com (509) 412-3427

Christine Gallagher Gonzaga University School of Law Gallagher Law Office spokane-familylaw.com (509) 326-4162

MATTHEW LUEDKE Gonzaga University School of Law Moulton Law Offices P.S. moultonlaw.com (509) 328-2150 “At Moulton Law Offices, we keep the estate planning process simple and make sure it’s done right so our clients can show their families they love them when they need it most.”

Sara Herr-Waldroup Gonzaga University School of Law Gravis Law gravislaw.com (509) 412-3427

Rial Moulton Seattle University School of Law Moulton Wealth Management moultonwealth.com (509) 774-5416

Marla Hoskins Gonzaga University School of Law Feltman Ewing feltmanewing.com (509) 838-6800

FAMILY DENA ALLEN Gonzaga Unversity School of Law Allen Fischer PLLC Allenfischer.com (509) 822-2926 “As family law attorneys, we focus on obtaining an equitable result for our clients and a process that strives for integrity.”

Kiley Anderson Gonzaga University School of Law Feltman Ewing feltmanewing.com (509) 838-6800 Angel Base Gonzaga University School of Law Angel M. Base, Attorney at Law (509) 328-1773 Lisa Brewer Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Lisa E. Brewer (509) 325-3720 Gregory Decker Willamette University College of Law Decker Law Offices (509) 924-0303 66

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Heather Hoover Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Heather Hoover hhooverlaw.com (509) 960-6179

Teresa Keene Gonzaga University School of Law Keene Law keenelawspokane.com (509) 326-1666 Joseph Linehan Gonzaga University School of Law Allen Fischer PLLC Allenfischer.com (509) 466-7770 Heather Lund Gonzaga University School of Law Lund Law Offices (509) 455-8458 Paul B. Mack Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of Paul B. Mack paulbmack.com (509) 624-2161 Connie Powell Gonzaga University School of Law Powell Law Offices, P.S. powelllawoffices.net (509) 325-4828

JOHN RANDOLPH Gonzaga University School of Law Law Office of John Randolph jrandolphlawfirm.com (509) 992-4327 “Your legal rights are my business.”

Karen Schweigert Gonzaga University School of Law Schweigert Law (509) 808-5045 Constance Shields Gonzaga University School of Law Constance Shields Law, LLC constanceshieldslaw.com (509) 624-4922 Julie Watts Gonzaga University School of Law The Law Office of Julie C. Watts, PLLC (509) 703-4725 KENNETH ZIGLER, JR Western New England School of Law Zigler Family Law, PLLC Ziglerfamilylaw.com (509) 818-5555 “Family Law is My Passion.”

FEDERAL CRIME John McEntire Seattle University School of Law Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and ID fd.org (509) 624-7606

FINANCIAL MARKETS & SERVICES Peter Moye Gonzaga University School of Law Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC workwith.com (509) 252-5655

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

—Abraham Lincoln

(L-R) Dean Chuang, James Domanico, Robert Crary, Steven Clark, Aaron Crary

CRARY, CLARK, DOMANICO, & CHUANG, P.S. Established in Spokane in 1948, Crary, Clark,

Domanico, & Chuang, P.S., is committed to providing our clients with the absolute highest quality legal representation. If we accept your personal injury, criminal defense, gun rights restoration, probate, traffic infraction, or other legal matter, you have our assurance that we will use our absolute best efforts to win your case.

When you have been seriously injured in an accident, charged with a criminal offense, or even received a traffic infraction, it is crucial to seek the professional assistance of a competent attorney who can help you understand your legal options and ultimately protect your rights.

Serving residents of Washington and Idaho, Crary, Clark, Domanico, & Chuang, P.S., has come to be known as a leading personal injury and criminal defense law firm in the Spokane area. More than six decades of dedicated service to our community has earned our firm recognition as one of Spokane’s best.

Having effectively assisted nearly 20,000 clients over the past three decades, Crary, Clark, Domanico, & Chuang, P.S., has rightfully earned a reputation as a reliable, professional and knowledgeable legal resource. Call today for a free consultation with one of our award-winning attorneys.

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HEALTH CARE Teresa Sherman Gonzaga University School of Law Paukert & Troppmann PLLC paukertlawgroup.com (509) 232-7760

HOUSING/LANDLORD TENANT LAW ERIC STEVEN Gonzaga University School of Law Eric M. Steven, P.S. ericstevenlaw.com (509) 631-8082 “Preparation is the key to success.”

IMMIGRATION Est. 1893 Attorneys advising and representing clients across transactional, litigation, corporate and regulatory areas for over a century.

PaineHamblen.com

Alycia Moss University of Idaho College of Law Moss Immigration Law PC mossimmigrationlaw.com (509) 203-1063 Hector Quiroga Gonzaga University School of Law Quiroga Law Office, PLLC quirogalawoffice.com (509) 795-1595 John Wheaton University of Washington School of Law John L. Wheaton, Attorney at Law johnwheatonattorney.com (206) 829-8214

INSURANCE Janelle Carney Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law GLP Attorneys GLPattorneys.com (509) 455-3636 Kent Doll, Jr. Gonzaga University School of Law Feltman Ewing feltmanewing.com (509) 838-6800 John Giesa Gonzaga University School of Law Reed & Giesa, P.S. (509) 838-8341 68

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TOP ATTORNEYS James S. Black Tyler J. Black Michael D. Franklin

Building relationships based on a foundation of

TRUST

for over 49 years.

Michael J. Hines Reid G. Johnson Kelly E. Konkright

lukins.com 509.455.9555

717 w sprague ave / ste 1600

At the Law Office of Timothy S. Note, we focus our practice on criminal defense in order to provide the most knowledgeable, experienced defense in your particular case.

Few things in life are more precious than your freedom.

That’s why you should never trust your criminal matter to just any lawyer. Timothy is an experienced trial attorney who has handled numerous jury trials ranging from simple misdemeanors to serious felony charges.

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Brad Smith University of Washington School of Law Feltman Ewing feltmanewing.com (509) 838-6800 Todd Startzel University of Oregon School of Law Kirkpatrick & Startzel, P.S. ks-lawyers.com (509) 455-3647

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REID JOHNSON Gonzaga University School of Law Lukins & Annis, PS Lukins.com (509) 623-2012 “Representing businesses and individuals in a wide array of industries.”

Brett Nelson George Mason University School of Law Lee & Hayes PLLC leehayes.com (509) 324-9256 Daniel Wadkins Gonzaga University School of Law Lee & Hayes PLLC leehayes.com (509) 324-9256

LAWSUITS AND DISPUTES Bil Childress Gonzaga University School of Law Gravis Law gravislaw.com (509) 412-3427 Lisa Dickinson University of Washington School of Law Dickinson Law Firm, PLLC dickinsonlawfirm.com (509) 326-0636

Alicia Dragoo Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University Kutak Rock LLP kutakrock.com (509) 747-4040 Aaron Dunham Gonzaga University School of Law Wolff Hislop Crockett whc-attorneys.com (509) 927-9700 MICHAEL HINES Cornell Law School Lukin & Annis, PS Lukins.com (509) 623-2037 “When in need, your best advocate indeed.”

Kenneth Kato University of Washington School of Law Law Office of Kenneth H. Kato (509) 220-2237 KELLY KONKRIGHT University of Idaho College of Law Lukins & Annis, PS Lukins.com (509) 455-9555 “My priority is to get the best results for my clients as efficiently and quickly as possible.”

Ryan McNeice Gonzaga University School of Law McNeice Wheeler, PLLC mcneicewheeler.com (509) 928-4141 Ryan Poole University of Idaho College of Law Dunn & Black, P.S. dunnandblack.com (509) 455-8711

It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world.

There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

—Charles Dickens

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LITIGATION TODD ADOLPHSON Gonzaga University School of Law Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC Pyklawyers.com (509) 321-5930 “Civil Litigation, Construction, Personal Injury.”

Charles Andersen Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com (509) 838-6131 Casey Bruner Seattle University School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265 Adam Chambers Gonzaga University School of Law Dunn & Black, P.S. dunnandblack.com (509) 455-8711 Bradley Crockett University of Washington School of Law Wolff Hislop Crockett whc-attorneys.com (509) 927-9700 Matthew Crotty Gonzaga University School of Law Crotty & Son Law Firm, PLLC crottyandson.com (509) 850-7011 Matthew Daley University of Washington School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265

(509) 838-6131 “42.”

DARREN DIGIACINTO Seattle University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com

Preparation is the key to success

STEVEN LAW OFFICE For over thirty years Eric M. Steven, of Steven

Law Office, has been at the forefront of Landlord Tenant Law in the Inland Northwest. Practice focus is representing landlords in eviction and fair housing claims with an emphasis in affordable housing and manufactured housing. Steven Law Office represents numerous property owners, landlords, management companies, mobile home parks, and subsidized housing providers in all counties east of the Cascade Mountains in Washington and Northern Idaho.

Associate lawyers in the office are Mrs. Michelle Myers, Jean Paul Barnard, and Brandon Slaven. Mrs. Myers is a senior associate and former paralegal with

(L-R) Jean Paul Barnard, Eric M. Steven, Michelle P. Myers Brandon Slaven, not pictured

Steven Law Office for over ten years. Jean Paul Barnard is a college debate coach with a strong litigation background. Brandon Slaven is a young lawyer with an engineering background.

Steven Law Office excels at assisting landlords with technical advice for policies and enforcement of tenant duties. In these times of intense government regulation, Steven Law Office is available to assist landlords and managers in navigating the myriad of complex federal, state, and local regulations.

1315 W. Dean Ave. | EricStevenLaw.com | (509) 325-8777

C AR , TR U C K , M OTO RCYCL E ACCIDE NT S | P E RSONAL INJURY

INJURED IN SPOKANE?

RICHARD MAKES THINGS RIGHT Richard E. Lewis has been fighting for the rights of injured people in Spokane County and throughout Eastern Washington for more than three decades. He has handled a wide range of injury cases with an emphasis on injuries to children, serious injuries such as brain injuries and amputations, and wrongful death cases.

Richard Lewis realizes your case is about more than money. It's about personally holding the people who caused your injury accountable for their actions. It's about providing you with the resources you need to rebuild your life. It's about defending your rights. It's about justice.

RICHARD E. LEWIS, p.s.

509-413-1278 | RichardLewisLaw.com

2208 W Second Ave., Suite 201 | Spokane, WA 99201 AUGUST 2021 / BOZZIMEDIA.com

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Alexandria Drake Gonzaga University School of Law Dunn & Black, P.S. dunnandblack.com (509) 455-8711 Robert Dunn Gonzaga University School of Law Dunn & Black, P.S. dunnandblack.com (509) 455-8711 Aaron Goforth William & Mary Law School Davidson Backman Medeiros PLLC dbm-law.net (509) 631-9490 NICHOLAS D. KOVARIK Gonzaga University School of Law Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC Pyklawyers.com

(509) 321-5930 “Complex Civil Litigation, Employment, and Catastrophic Personal Injury.”

COLLETTE LELAND Gonzaga University School of Law Winston and Cashatt Lawyers winstoncashatt.com

(509) 838-6131 “Good work. Done well.”

Sawyer Margett University of Washington School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265 James McPhee Gonzaga University School of Law Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC workwith.com (509) 455-9077 Kirk Miller Gonzaga University School of Law Kirk D. Miller, P.S. millerlawspokane.com (509) 331-5669 72

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Susan Nelson Case Western Reserve University School of Law Dunn & Black, P.S. dunnandblack.com (509) 455-8711 WHITNY NORTON Gonzaga University School of Law Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC Pyklawyers.com (509) 321-5930 “Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Employment Law.” Brian Rekofke Gonzaga University School of Law Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265 Erica Roberts University of Chicago Law School Witherspoon Kelley witherspoonkelley.com (509) 624-5265 Kevin Roberts University of Idaho College of Law Roberts Freebourn, PLLC robertsfreebourn.com (509) 381-5262 Matthew Russell Hamline University School of Law Russell & Hill, PLLC russellandhill.com (888) 920-3183 Robert Wright Gonzaga University School of Law Wolff Hislop Crockett whc-attorneys.com (509) 927-9700

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After being at another law firm for more than a decade, Folger joined Paine Hamblen as a litigation partner in February—citing Paine Hamblen’s ability to adjust its business practices to meet modern expectations.

“Paine Hamblen’s innovation, adaptability and its client-centered focus are significant reasons why I decided to join the firm,” Folger says.

litigation partner Scott Cifrese. “Using encrypted portals, we’re able to securely share files with clients, where it used to be done through snail mail. In some instances, we’re also able to take depositions remotely via Zoom or other platforms, saving time and money that comes with traveling. Such technologies enable us to be a much nimbler firm for the purpose of servicing our clients.”

Recruiting Diverse Attorneys Another major shift has been prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. According to Folger, who is also the Diversity and Inclusion Partner at Paine Hamblen, the legal profession has historically been one of the least diverse professions. Paine Hamblen has made a point to recruit a diverse group of attorneys. But it’s more than just celebrating differences—differences, Folger says, become strengths in a collaborative effort.

“People who are alike tend to be likeminded, so it can be very helpful to have a wide array of attorneys from different backgrounds who can offer their unique ideas, opinions and perspectives,” Folger says.

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A New Norm Transactional partner Eric Sachtjen, an attorney who specializes in tax and estate planning, points out that law firms can often be resistant to change.

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GLP ATTORNEYS Shareholder Janelle M. Carney and partner Sara Maleki of the GLP Attorneys Spokane office are passionate when it comes to advocating for clients involved in personal injury cases. Compassion and dedication to every case plays a huge role in why clients have nothing but positive words to say about them.

Janelle is the managing shareholder for the Spokane and TriCities offices of GLP Attorneys and comes from a background in insurance, which was an experience that led her to believe that representing plaintiffs was her true passion. Janelle handles all aspects of personal injury law, including wrongful death claims, premises liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, and insurance bad faith law all over Washington. She is a former chair of the insurance law group for Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ). Janelle is passionate about insurance bad faith law and doing everything she can to make sure insurance companies do the right thing. She regularly presents on the topic of insurance law throughout the state of Washington. Janelle has been consistently recognized as one of Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine’s Top Lawyers from 2014 to present. She has been awarded the Rising Star Super Lawyers Award for the past nine years, which is awarded to the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state of Washington. She has also been consistently awarded the National Top 100 Trial Lawyers Award, an award for a select few in the United States. Janelle was granted membership into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum as well as the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, of which fewer than one percent of U.S. lawyers are members. In 2020, she was admitted into the Top 100 Registry for Lawyers nationally, which

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Gianna Caputo and Mark Braun’s Shadle-area home, purchased three years ago, falls in the second category. The previous owner was an artist, and the interior was, fittingly, vividly colorful: pink and orange walls, green Formica countertops, orange-y oak woodwork, shiny red-orange terra cotta flooring. Still, they knew it was the one for them.

“The bones were good,” says Gianna—who works as an interior stylist and designer (on Instagram as @indie.boho.nest)—of the three bedroom, one bath, mid-century home. “I just saw the potential in it, but a lot of people were like, ‘You’re nuts.’”

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To conceive their son, Gianna went through seven rounds of IVF. That difficult and expensive process meant they weren’t looking for a home that would work for more than one child. It also meant that, after tens of thousands of dollars invested in IVF, their home budget was fairly limited. They were surprised and overjoyed when Gianna became pregnant with now ten-month-old daughter Siena without interventions.

DIY painting projects help to visually distinguish spaces and add personality in the home, like the freehand three-toned rainbow she added to Siena’s wall, or the arched green accent she painted to designate an office area along an otherwise ordinary wall.

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The limited budget not only affected what homes they considered in their search, but it led to innovation and a can-do attitude when it came to making the many updates they’ve undertaken in the past few years. “We’ve probably done about sixty percent DIY and forty percent we’ve hired out,” Gianna says. “We’ve basically done every room. We didn’t gut the house, but we did stuff in every space.”

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cabinetry a soft blue-gray color, adding open shelving, and updating the hardware. They replaced the flooring in the living room and sunroom. That turned out to be just phase one of the sunroom flooring updates. “Because there’s so much sun, it melted the rug pads into the flooring,” Gianna recalls. The peel and stick tile laid there now “is really easy and pretty affordable” as a solution. They rethought the home’s closet doors, removing some, painting bifold doors, and adding trim. They updated features like window treatments and put in a new

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deck last summer.

“I would say it’s modern organic,” Gianna says of her style. “Kind of earthy and rustic… and then there’s some bohemian, some farmhouse, some modern, some vintage. And there’s definitely mid-century.”

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“It’s funny because my style five years ago was, like, pastels,” she says. “I wasn’t doing this.” At the time, she remembers thinking, “Neutral’s so boring and anyone can do it.”

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Gianna has since switched her tune completely on neutrals. “Now that I’ve gotten into it, it’s anything but boring. You can constantly change things around. It’s like an open palette.”

As a basis, “I like to have that clean bright white and bring in contrast with heavy texture, green and black, and wood tones,” she says. She plays with neutrals by layering like tones with a variety of textures. Woven blankets, tasseled pillows, wooden beads, painted planters, and cane-back chairs all contribute to the cozy, inviting aesthetic. She sources décor and accessories everywhere from Target to Room and Board to JOANN’s (her favorite underthe-radar spot for home finds), as well as from vintage shops like Northwest Thrift and Gift, Tossed and Found, and Paint in My Hair.

“When people ask where I thrift to find such great pieces, my answer is always the same. It’s not about where, it’s about luck and an eye for things with potential,” Gianna says on her Instagram.

She estimates her home décor and furniture is fifty percent new things and fifty percent vintage/ antique/DIY. DIY painting projects help to visually distinguish spaces and add personality in the home, like the freehand three-toned rainbow she added to Siena’s wall, or the arched green accent she painted to designate an office area along an otherwise ordinary wall.

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Her tips to DIY newbies? Begin with something simple and doable. “Start with some little things that can empower you.” And also: “YouTube and stuff like that is your best friend.”

Purchasing equipment also prodded them to keep going. “Once we started spending the money on tools, it was like, ‘Okay, now we’re invested.

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Another key to success is expecting to hit bumps in the road. You may think something’s going to be a totally cosmetic project—only to discover below the surface there’s a serious plumbing issue that needs to be resolved by a professional. “Just know that even for experienced DIYers, you’re always going to run into some hiccups.

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While it’s important to think through where you can cut costs, it’s also valuable to know when it’s worth spending money for what matters most to you. For Gianna and Mark, that included the kitchen’s quartz countertops, the hardwood floors in the living room, and adding air conditioning.

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this feeling well. “It’s tough,” she acknowledges. But there’s always a way forward. “I think you take time and figure out what’s worth investing in and what’s worth doing more affordably,” she advises.

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Embracing the process, taking your time, and finding inspiration—rather than discouragement—in the limitations can make any home feel just right, right now.

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Lean In and Love Hard:

by Samantha Clark

For Our Kids, COVID-19 After-Effects Have Just Begun

Content warning: suicide

Resources if you or someone you love needs help: Suicide prevention hotline: (800) 273-8255 Washington state 24/7 crisis and recovery hotline: (866) 789-1511 Washington state confidential call/text peer-to-peer helpline for teens (Teen Link): (866) 833-6546 To learn more about how to talk to your kid about their mental health and what signs to look for, visit: mentalhealth.gov/talk/ parents-caregivers.

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by Samantha Clark

hen I was fourteen, I tried to kill myself because a girl at school made fun of my nose.

I was an Advanced Placement student, an endlessly loved eldest daughter, a soccer star, and a big sister of two adorable little girls—yet I was so fragile in my teenage years that, in hopes of fitting in, I chose swallowing pills over swallowing my sadness.

Today, I still think my nose is big, but as an adult you learn there are many people whose opinions are more important than that mean girl’s in junior high, and about a billion more important things to focus on.

As a teenager, you are chemically predisposed to feel in the spotlight; every motion you make, everything you say, every tiny aspect of how you look feels like it’s being scrutinized under a burning magnifying glass. Your time with friends becomes your priority, and your obsession with social media pulls you away from the simpler things you delighted in as a child. Your hormones are raging, you feel complex emotions constantly, and your body is going through so many drastic changes that it just feels natural to sleep past noon every single day.

Now add a worldwide pandemic onto the chaos that is being a teenager and tell me how that feels.

Over the last year, the number of mental health therapy referrals we have received at MultiCare Behavioral Health here in Spokane have tripled. Suicide attempts and thoughts of suicide have skyrocketed and inpatient psychiatric demand for kids and teens has grown, as has substance use in teens. You cannot convince me that the mental health of our children has not suffered severely this last year. That is why it is so important that as parents, guardians, and caretakers, you lean in and love hard as our kids return to school this fall.

The return of in-person school brings a tidal wave of peer pressure, reforming

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social norms, establishing friend groups, assessing the last year’s effects on physical development, and more. Our kids may also still be digesting their own concerns about safety, COVID-19 spread, vaccinations, and may self-silence their concerns in fear of judgment from their peers.

Game on, adults! What do you do to help your kids transition back into school? A real, empathetic listening session. There are many resources you can find online to help you start the conversation with your kid on their mental health, but never forget to start with your heart. Tell your kid you love them, you recognize this has been and still is a very stressful time, that you worry about them, and that you want to really hear how they are feeling.

And adults, please take note: your kids aren’t going to open up if they don’t feel it’s a safe space. For example, many parents fall into a defensive mechanism when their kid tells them they’re feeling depressed. Parents might list everything that’s great in their kid’s life or tell them that they should just go outside more often. By doing this you are telling your kids their feelings aren’t valid and giving them more reasons not to talk to you about their feelings.

If direct conversations don’t work,

try something covert like making a new tradition at the dinner table of each person in the family sharing what the best part of their day was, and that the worst part of their day was. This simple habit gives an easier opportunity for your kids to share more about their lives, and for you to ask how they are feeling.

Lastly, look for the signs your kid is not coping well and know when to get help. There are many potential signs of depression, including little interest or pleasure in activities, lack of appetite, trouble sleeping, or sleeping too much. If you suspect your kid may be struggling with depression, anxiety, or other mental health needs, call your pediatrician or primary care doctor to help assess which treatment might be best.

The COVID-19 after-effects have just begun. You can help your kids transition safely and successfully back into school by supporting them, listening to them, identifying the risk signs, and getting them help. Lean in and love hard.

Samantha Clark is a human, social workergone-rogue, recovering teenager, and executive director of strategy and business development for MultiCare Behavioral Health Network.

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by Ann Foreyt

Ann Foreyt (they/them) is a project manager by profession and a runner and CrossFit/HIIT enthusiast by passion. They also practice and teach aerial silks. Their goal is to make fitness accessible and enjoyable for all bodies and ability levels.

CLEARING THE FIRST HURDLE:

It’s hot. It’s cold. It’s supposed to rain. I don’t feel

like it. My favorite shorts are in the wash. I think I feel a headache coming on. I just don’t wanna.

We all have days when motivation isn’t there and we look for any excuse to avoid the gym or complete a planned workout. Just a few weeks ago, I used, “It rained this morning, it might be humid” to rationalize not working out in the afternoon. (Yeah, I know. Super convincing logic there.)

So, on those days when you’re grasping for any excuse to avoid activity, how can you motivate yourself to get in movement?

First and foremost, I want to stress that everyone’s motivating factors are different. This is not an exhaustive primer on what will work, but instead a list of potential suggestions and ways of thinking to help you identify ideas that you can use to help yourself.

I’m a believer in the idea that any movement is better than none, so most of these suggestions are not intended to compel you to go from loafing on the couch to executing a previously determined workout plan or schema. They’re intended to help you get up and get moving in any way, shape, or form; to help lower your “excuses wall” to a minor speedbump.

Generally, there are two motivation types: intrinsic and extrinsic. Both are useful tools to find the oomph to get up and moving.

Intrinsic motivation refers to drives that are internally resonant: the choices you make because you want to, not out of necessity. This motivation is focused on personal joy, growth,

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and the desire to find purpose. Examples of this include playing a sport because you enjoy hanging out with your team and playing the game, trying out new recipes because you appreciate the act of preparing nourishing food for yourself and others, or plummeting down a Google hole because you find a topic fascinating and want to learn more.

In order to leverage this type of motivation, it can be helpful to do a bit of pre-work on days you are feeling yourself and your workout.

After good gym sessions or workouts, write down or talk about what made it so good. Identify what your endorphin rush feels like and luxuriate in it. Then, pinpoint what made the difference: maybe it was the thrill of personal record lift or distance-time, a sense of pride holding perfect form for all your reps, a rush of self-compassion for giving yourself grace instead of pushing through pain, the joy of having tried a new class, movement that felt like just what you needed, or having had a great conversation with a gym buddy. Give yourself permission to acknowledge that you moved your body and it felt good.

As you build up a backlog of these positive experiences and memories, you can start using them to talk yourself through the moments when you are avoiding movement.

“Hey, self. I know you’re feeling overwhelmed today and going to spin class sounds stressful. Want to cancel that and

MOTIVATION

After good gym sessions or workouts, write down or talk about what made it so good. Identify what your endorphin rush feels like and luxuriate in it. Then, pinpoint why this workout felt good.

go to the gym and pick up heavy things and put them down again? That always feels good and helps you recenter.”

“Hey, Me. I know you said you were going to run today, but it’s unexpectedly hot, so I get why you don’t want to. Maybe take a walk around Manito instead? The rose garden is supposed to be in full bloom and it’s gorgeous. Bring the nice camera!”

Just because you didn’t do the workout you’d planned doesn’t mean you didn’t work out. Choosing what feels good over what was causing you to make excuses is a powerful tool.

The other type of motivation is extrinsic: motivation that is driven by the hope of a reward or the fear of punishment. Going to work because you need a paycheck, buying something on sale because it’s a good deal, and posting on social media just to get “likes” are all examples of extrinsic motivations.

While this type of motivation is a little trickier to use consistently, it can still be helpful.

Tap a friend to come work out with you, especially on those days when you’re not feeling it. You now have an obligation to another to show up, even though you might not want to. If

you know that, for example, on Sunday at 10 a.m., you’re meeting Jimmy at the park to run, even if you’d maybe rather not, you will probably have a better chance of showing up to avoid disappointing a friend.

Next, and this might be a little controversial in some arenas, but dang it: post your wins on social media—get those likes! Maybe it’s a post about how you’re really focusing on your push-up form and are feeling good about your improvement.

Maybe it’s a post about a new personal record. Maybe it’s just a grumble about how you totally didn’t feel like working out, but you did it anyway (Yay you!). Explicitly ask for that social acknowledgement cookie. There’s nothing wrong with your community validating your efforts.

None of these motivation tactics are guaranteed to get you back on your previously scheduled plan on any given day but taking the time to prepare some coping or management strategies to deal with the days when you just really, really “don’t wanna” can help.

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HISTORIC FLIGHT FOUNDATION: Located in Felts Field and is ideal for large weddings and events. The glamour of the planes adds a level of excitement and distinction to your event, but can also be taken out. When the hangar door is fully open in the summer, it unveils a beautiful view of the runway and nearby mountains.

For smaller groups the Terrace, with a view of the entire facility, is available for a significant discount. Plenty of free parking and room for up to 400+!

Delectable Catering + Events is a preferred caterer.

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Delectable Catering is also available for your offsite events or in any facility that allows outside catering. Call us first! We can arrange things with any venue.

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GLASS HALF EVENTS: Beautiful big city loft-like industrial leatherfurnitured warehouse apartment space. Large enough for 150 people yet can be arranged to host an intimate party. Includes a full kitchen. Fully air conditioned in the summer, with onsite parking.

Sound system and TV available. Featuring a beautiful enclosed outdoor spillover area. The outdoor patio is a great place to cool off, smoke a cigar, and enjoy a cocktail.

180 BAR & BISTRO: Rent for private parties at a very reasonable price, with certain food and alcohol minimums. Private back room for VIPs or for use as a green room/staging area. Sound system in place for speaking engagements. Option to reserve a portion of the room for your group without closing the restaurant. For private parties order from the catering menu; for group meetings guests can order off the menu. Enjoy the fun and cozy atmosphere!

THE HIDDEN BALLROOM: is located in downtown Spokane above Bridge Press Cellars, on Pacific and Browne. Perfect for weddings, concerts, birthday parties, corporate parties, holiday parties and celebrations of any kind. The space can accommodate up to 299 guests.

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by Kacey Rosauer

Follow Kacey Rosauer of Rosauer's Kitchen on Instagram for more recipes and food inspiration.

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ashington state is crazy—and has crazy good food coming from land and sea. We have 3,000+ miles of coastline, with Puget Sound, home of the United States’ largest island—Whidbey Island. We have a rainforest on our peninsula and an active volcano that will kill us all one day (and no, it’s not Mt. St. Helens).

We have a desert, so many rivers, and rich agriculture; mix that with volcanic ash and ice-aged land shifts, and you get some of the world’s best soil and growing climates for some amazing wines.

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I built this salad Washington ingredient by Washington ingredient to show off the best of the best from the whole state. Spring lettuce is on its way and the freshness is such a relief after a Spokane winter. Walla Wallas are probably one of our best-known foods, but did you know we grow more potatoes than Idaho “the potato state”? Fingerlings are the perfect potato for this salad—plus it’s fun to say.

Jammy ramen eggs because representation matters, green beans because every backyard garden in Seattle is overrun with green beans—or at least mine was. Of course, we can’t forget Washington’s biggest seafood, specifically salmon and crab (thankfully not so much for our oysters, clams, squid, octopus, shrimp, or any freshwater fish).

This salad is made with salmon but can easily be traded with a steelhead trout. It’s seasoned with my version of “Rub with Love” which is made by Seattle’s celebrity chef Tom Douglas and made with seasons from Spiceology, a Spokane company. I built this salad with Washington in mind—and yes, I left out the apple on purpose because... “they basic”.

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Instructions Prep ahead

1. Boil the fingerling potatoes in salted water until fork-tender. Remove from pot, then add to an ice bath to stop the cooking process. Remove from water, towel dry, then place in fridge uncovered until the salad is ready.

2. Repeat with green beans. Blanch until cooked but still crisp before adding to the ice bath.

3. Soft boil eggs: bring a large saucepan of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Using a slotted spoon, carefully lower eggs into water one at a time. Cook six-and-a-half minutes, adjusting heat to maintain a gentle boil. Transfer eggs to a bowl of ice water and chill until just slightly warm, about two minutes. Place in the fridge until salad is ready.

4. Thinly slice your Walla Walla onion into the thinnest possible, or use the thin setting on a mandoline. Place the onions in an ice bath separating the rings, this can be left on the counter until salad is ready.

Salmon

Ingredients

• 1 lb salmon, skinned • 1 head green leaf lettuce (or half green and red leaf lettuce)

Toppings

• 1 lb fingerling potatoes • 10 oz thin green beans • 4 large eggs • 1 medium Walla Walla sweet onion • 2-4 tbsps (or to taste) capers

Salmon Seasoning

(about ½ cup of seasoning) • 1 tsp granulated garlic • 1 tsp granulated onion • 1 ½ tsp smoked paprika • 1 tsp cayenne pepper • 1 tsp black pepper • 1 tsp dried oregano • 1 tsp dried thyme • 2 tsps salt • 1 tbsp dark brown sugar

Dressing

(about a cup of dressing) • ½ a large lemon’s juice • 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce • 2 tsps dijon mustard • 1 large garlic clove, minced • 3 anchovy fillets, minced • Salt and pepper to taste • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil • 1-2 tsps. honey

1. Mix all dry ingredients together in a small bowl.

2. Sprinkle about half of the seasoning over the entire salmon filet, place the seasoned salmon on a parchment-lined sheet pan.

3. Place on the second to top rack in your oven and cook at 375 degrees for ten to thirteen minutes until it’s golden in color with an inner temp of 125 degrees for a perfect medium cook.

Dressing

1. In a small bowl, mix together everything but the oil.

2. While whisking, slowly add in the olive oil. Once it's added, taste to check on the salt and sweetness level. If it’s still too tart add more honey.

Assembly

1. Dress the washed lettuce and place it on the bottom of your serving dish.

2. If needed, slice potatoes so they fit on a fork. Add to the top of the greens and sprinkle with a little finishing salt.

3. Add the rest of the toppings decoratively on top of the greens.

4. Flake the salmon into bite-sized pieces and top the whole salad with it. Serve familystyle.

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Heirloom Tomatoes of the Inland Northwest

by LINC Foods The Local Inland Northwest Cooperative lincfoods.com

Heirloom tomatoes are in their peak season—each heirloom variety brimming with a unique balance of sweet and tart flavors. Pop a tiny sun gold tomato into your mouth and let its yellow sweetness explode.

Place a large, pink slice of brandywine on a burger for that classic and rich tomato flavor. Cook the bright red, deeply ribbed costoluto Genovese into a sauce to fully enjoy its meaty acidity. Heirloom tomatoes are grown from seeds selected for their desirable traits and passed from one season to the next.

Each heirloom tomato presents a flavor dependent on variety but influenced by the plant’s growing conditions. Two tomatoes of the same variety but grown with differing fertilizers, temperature patterns, or watering cycles can display diverging acidity levels, sweetness, and juiciness. The cultivation techniques used by many small farms in the Inland Northwest combined with the region’s weather patterns creates flavors that are unmatched elsewhere.

Try these three tomato-centric recipes to unveil an heirloom tomato’s delicious and juicy flavors.

Feta Roasted Cherry Tomatoes Serving Size: 2-3

Crispy feta balances the sweetness of ripe cherry tomatoes and balsamic vinegar. Serve on crostinis, with pasta, or alone as a warm salad.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb cherry tomatoes from Elithorp Farm • 2 cloves garlic from Dogwild Farm, sliced thinly • ½ cup marinated feta from Brush Creek Creamery • Balsamic glaze • Salt and pepper • 1 sprig Italian parsley from Big Sage Organics, minced

Process:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the tomatoes, garlic, and feta in a cast iron skillet and toss slightly. Drizzle with balsamic glaze and roast for half an hour until the feta is crispy.

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Herbed Heirloom Tomato Salad Serving Size: 2-3

We love how the lemon and salt in this recipe makes the unique flavor of fresh heirloom tomatoes pop!

Eat with a fork or focaccia bread for dipping.

Ingredients:

• 3 medium heirloom tomatoes from Full Bushel Farm, sliced into ¼ inch rounds • 1 clove garlic from Dogwild Farm, minced • ½ lemon • Olive oil • 1 tbsp herbs of choice (we used basil, oregano, and fennel), minced • Salt and pepper

Process:

Arrange the tomato slices on a serving platter. Sprinkle the minced garlic and squeeze the lemon over the tomatoes. Add a drizzle of olive oil, herbs, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.

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Toast with Heirloom Tomatoes and Labneh

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Serving Size: 3

This toast is simple, elegant, and delicious. When roasted, the tomatoes thicken and become creamy. Enjoy as an appetizer or quick lunch.

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf of bread from The Grain Shed • 1 medium heirloom tomato from Jackson Farm, sliced into six ¼ inch rounds • Marinated labneh from Brush Creek Creamery • Salt and pepper

Process:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut three slices of bread from the loaf. Spread each slice with labneh and top with two tomato slices. Drizzle with labneh oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast for ten minutes, until the bread is toasted golden brown on the edges.

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Maryhill Winery Club member appreciation days Every Tuesday Twenty-five percent off all food menu items and five dollar bottle discounts off Maryhill Proprietor’s Reserves and Vineyard Series wines (two bottle maximum limit).

Arbor Crest Wine Cellars Live music from 5:30-7:30 p.m., $8 August 8: Justin James Band August 12: Ron Greene August 15: The Powers August 19: Christy Lee August 22: Nu Jack City August 26: Eric Engerbertson August 29: Luke Jaxson Band

For late summer drinking from Maryhill, try: 2019 Chenin Blanc Proprietor’s Reserve, 2019 Albariño Proprietor’s Reserve 1303 W. Summit Pkwy.

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Three Glasses: Spokane’s Wine Scene Continues to Grow Barrister Winery Live music from 7-9 p.m.

August 4: Karrie O’Neill August 6: Spare Parts August 18: Pamela Benton August 20: The Cronkites

by Sarah Hauge

Maryhill Winery Maryhill Winery began production with a 1999 vintage. At the time, says Craig Leuthold—who owns the business with his wife, Vicki—there were about 125 Washington wineries. “Right now, we’re at about 1,000,” he says. It’s been a time of exponential growth for our region and for Maryhill as well, which has expanded to include their three other tasting rooms and bistros, as well as their flagship location in Goldendale.

“We want to showcase the best of what the Columbia Valley is currently growing,” Leuthold says. They source grapes from twenty different vineyards, work with thirty-five varieties of grapes, and offer sixty-seven distinct bottlings.

“The high number of varietals we work with, I don’t know any other winery that offers as many varietals or offerings,” he says.

As they’ve grown, Leuthold continues to reflect on how special it is to be a part of the state’s broader wine landscape.

For our region to have an array of wineries of different sizes and production levels “is critically important,” he says.

He notes how bigger wineries—such as Chateau St. Michelle—are where many budding winemakers get their start. “You need those big boys…you think about how many winemakers have left there and started their own wineries.”

The Leutholds live directly above their tasting room in Goldendale, staying— literally—close to the business they love as they continue to expand their portfolio.

“I recognized early on that Washington was special,” Leuthold says. “To see the monumental growth we’ve had has been one of the great surprises.

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Barrister Winery Over twenty years ago, fellow attorneys and friends Greg Lipsker and Michael White were vacationing with their families in British Columbia when they realized they had brought no wine. So, they purchased a winemaking kit.

One thing led to another and a couple of years later, they opened Barrister Winery.

Long gone are the days when they’d crush a ton and a half of grapes in Lipsker’s garage and give wine away to friends. They’ve produced award-winning wines, grown a cult devotion for their red blend, Rough Justice (“it has its own following,” White notes), developed a beautiful event and art space, added a tasting room in the Liberty Building, and brought on another part owner, Tyler Walters.

Barrister is known for wines that are fruit forward, with a gentle mouthfeel, soft tannins, and a long, rich finish. “We work hard at maintaining that consistency,” says Lipsker. They do all wine-making on site, gathering neighborhood attention when they use the adjacent alleyway for crushing and destemming grapes each season.

And then there’s the secret “ingredient”: trains. Located on Railroad Avenue, they are passed by 25,000 trains each year, which gently vibrate the contents of their inventory, settling the particulates.

As they continue to build their business back to pre-pandemic levels, the goal at Barrister continues to be a simple one, says White: For people to come and “enjoy their time, and drink some of what we think are some really good wines.”

For late summer drinking from Barrister, try: 2018 Sauvignon Blanc, Klipsun Vineyard; 2016 Sangiovese, Kiona Vineyard 1213 W. Railroad Ave. Barristerwinery.com

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For late summer drinking from Winescape, try: 2020 Riesling, Yakima Valley 6011 E. 32nd Ave. www.winescape.com

Winescape “We’re kind of the true boutique-y winery,” says Pat Butterfield of Winescape, the winery she and her husband, Phil, own on Glenrose Prairie. They got into commercial winemaking a little over four years ago—she was previously the Dean of the WSU nursing school; his background is in health research and environmental engineering.

They followed their interests and opened what has become a destination for those who want to enjoy quality wines in an environment that celebrates its surroundings.

“I think we tried to create an experience where people understood more about the making of wine,” says Pat, an interest stemmed by their own passions. “We’re a learning organization,” she says.

They source their grapes from Washington ACAs like Red Mountain, choosing to have everything hand-picked to reduce oxygenation and general mangling. The rest of the process takes place on site: crushing, destemming, aging in French oak barrels, and eventually bottling wines four at a time.

Phil works at their in-house lab to test Brix sugar levels, residual sugar levels, and other critical data points along the way.

Winescape has a strong relationship with their robust and growing wine club. “We listen to them, we respect them,” says Pat. Through the pandemic, the wine club was “really emotionally supportive,” she says.

“For us, that was a really big deal.”

The goal is not to grow huge, but to maintain a footprint that feels specific to its location in Spokane and the larger Washington wine scene, a place where people can “come and feel like they’re getting world-class wine” while always celebrating what Pat describes as “local excellence, local identity.”

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loveofcoffee

You can touch base with Kate via Instagram (@wordsncoffee) or www.wordsncoffee.com.

by Kate Vanskike

photo by Kate Vanskike

COME AS YOU ARE This year, amid the chaos of ever-changing guidelines for business during COVID-19

restrictions, Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters opened two new locations, bringing the company total to nineteen. After twenty-eight years as a local independent roaster, its crown jewel, a community coffeehouse, opened on the South Hill.

In bold, black brush strokes on a white wall, lyrics from Kurt Cobain call out: “Come as you are.”

That message was an important distinction for founder Tom Hammer, who wanted to build an actual coffeehouse, harkening to the 1960s metropolitan gathering places that fostered conversation and the exchange of ideas and beliefs. “Especially at this point in our country, we need a place to get together and hear each other,” Tom adds.

He’s always wanted a shop on the South Hill, but the right space was difficult to find. He knew that when he finally got there, he would bring everything he had dreamed. “Like a celebration,” he says.

It would have a variety of good, quality food and a selection of beer and wine. It would have a blend of comfort and elegance. It would offer an elevated coffee experience not available at his other shops. It would be a place where people wanted to stay a while, a place for community.

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The Right Place and People The ideal arrangement came from Washington Trust Bank, which wanted a partnership for property it was developing on Grand Boulevard, and for almost three years, Tom’s team collaborated with others to make it the coffeehouse of his dreams.

For food inspiration, Tom reached out to Merrilee Lindaman of the longtime favorite South Hill restaurant, Lindaman’s, less than a mile away, for collaboration on his menu.

“I wanted to pay homage to them even before we knew they were closing. We were fortunate to have had Merrilee’s touch and her validation.”

He adds, “She’s a passionate, soulful person and if I can carry a portion of that

photo by Kelcey Boyce

along, I’m doing my job and the community right.”

For the coffee, Tom borrowed from the concept of Starbucks’ Reserve Roastery, calling his line “LTD Reserve coffees,” which he finds a perfect match for the new space.

That space—designed by HDG Architecture—accomplishes what Tom describes as an “elegant Palm Springs” vibe, layering lines and textures with warmth and regality. His favorite elements: the door, a tree bar, and lots of unique pods of seating.

For sure, the door is a statement piece. At twelve feet by six feet, the massive wooden entrance sets the tone for customers, says you’ve arrived somewhere special. A live tree grows in the middle of a square-shaped bar with chairs. Customers can choose from cozy spots and small tables, a glass-enclosed coworking space, a counter with an up-close view of the action, or outdoor seating.

Separation & Duplication The aesthetics are amazing, but the real genius of the design at the Grand Avenue coffeehouse is a separate service area for the drive-through.

“Drive-through is just critical today, but I didn’t want people to come through the front door and have the experience clouded by baristas wearing headsets and talking to someone out a window,” says Tom. It was a serious financial additive, as he had to replicate all the equipment and utilities to create that separation, but it was a gamble he was ready to take.

“I like to think that after thirty-five years, I had one really good concept,” he says. “It’s been a cool project. And there’s a lot more coming down the pike.”

Continuing the Magic It’s been quite the journey. At age eighteen, Tom was slinging joe at Nordstrom’s coffee bar, then working at Four Seasons, and driving around with bags of coffee in his car, trying to get businesses to buy wholesale. While an M.B.A. student

at Gonzaga, the dean of the business school, Bud Barnes, took interest in his projects.

Today, Bud is still a strategic partner, whom Tom calls the ultimate mentor in professionalism, business ethnics, being community minded, and having a work-life balance.

“Three decades of tutelage from someone like that is pretty special,” says Tom. “He’s always concerned about the quality of business, not quantity, and that’s led to where we are today. We have more than a dozen crew members who’ve been here more than twelve years because there’s a culture that people like.”

As Tom thinks about the next steps in his business, it’s actually more of the same. “We’re a customer service company that roasts coffee,” he says, clarifying that he tends to avoid the latest trends that highlight the precision technical processes.

“Coffee has traveled so far and been touched by so many people,” says Tom, “including the barista who was up til 2 a.m. studying before coming in to work.

So a little artistic expression needs to be expected, with a smile.”

He adds, “At the end of the day, it’s just a cup of joe. That’s the beauty. Just enjoy the drink, and the connection with others.”

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LOCAL CUISINE/new eats

Food + Cocktails 21706 E Mission Ave Liberty Lake 509-926-2310 hayjsbistro.com

Ribbon cuttings

Quality meat, fresh seafood, lunch deli, baked goods, bottled wine & craft beer 21724 E Mission Ave, Liberty Lake 509-928-4530 | hayjsbutcherblock.com

Food + Cocktails

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What: Dry Fly Distilling has officially opened in their new space in the heart of downtown. As always, Dry Fly’s products are all farm-to-bottle and embrace the best of the Pacific Northwest. While the company was started between friends in 2007, it only recently decided it was time to move on from its Trent Avenue location.

Where: 1021 W. Riverside Ave. Try the Huckleberry Lemonade dryflydistilling.com

SOUTH PERRY LANTERN

What: Housed in the building that was formerly the Lantern Tap House, South Perry Lantern has an eclectic cuisine style, ranging from classic burgers to bulgogi Korean ramen to fish and chips to curry. The atmosphere fills the spot of a fun, late night location in the South Perry District.

Where: 1002 S. Perry St. Try the Duck Dip lanternspokane.com

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LOCAL CUISINE/dining guide

diningguide 180 Bar & Bistro. Features unique gourmet sandwiches, fresh salads, and homemade soups for lunch, as well as amazing appetizers—including some crowd favorites from Delectable Catering and Events—along with fun drinks, all locally sourced. 180 is a great place for people to enjoy a festive, positive atmosphere. In the evening and on weekends, allow 180 Bar & Bistro to host and cater your private event.

180 N. Howard St., (509) 824-1180, Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. bozzimedia.com/180barbistro.

1898 Public House. With a nod of respect to the year Kalispel Golf and Country Club was established, 1898 Public House combines a storied history with modern flair. The culinary team takes pride in preparing classic foods with a fresh twist, while using the finest ingredients. From hand-pressed gourmet burgers and house-cured bacon, to housemade rolls and charcuterie, dining at 1898 will be an exciting culinary tour for your palate. 2010 W. Waikiki Rd., (509) 466-2121, Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 1898publichouse.com.

Chinook crafted by Chef Adam Hegsted. Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel’s signature “upper casual” restaurant had its grand reopening on November 11, with a reimagining of its menu and cocktail offerings thanks to Chef Adam Hegsted. The restaurant still features items diners have grown to love—such as a delicious steak dinner—but has added new items at a lower price point. There is something for everyone to love at Chinook. 37914 S. Nukwalqw St., Worley, ID. (800) 523-2464, MondaySunday 7 a.m.-3 a.m. cdacasino.com.

Frank’s Diner. Frank’s breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu, available all day, has all the classics.

Among our favorites are the open-face turkey, roast beef and mushroom sandwiches, chicken pot pie, Joe’s Special (the venerable scramble of eggs, ground beef, spinach, onions, and parmesan), and, of course, the don’t-miss-at-breakfast hash browns and silver pancakes. 1516 W. 2nd Ave., (509) 747-8798, 10929 N. Newport Hwy., (509) 465-2464, daily 6 a.m.-8 p.m., franksdiners.com.

Featured Dish: Fried Green Tomatoes Classic white cornmeal fried green tomatoes topped with Creole hollandaise.

Gander and Ryegrass. An Italian-inspired restaurant in downtown Spokane with a menu featuring coursed meals based around whole animal butchery and homemade pasta. Their robust beverage program includes a full bar and wine cellar delivering a variety of pairings for each course. They would love to welcome you for your birthday and other celebrations, as well as offer you the best service for a great night out on the town. À la carte options available, too. 404

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W. Main Ave., (509) 315-4613, daily 12 p.m.–9 p.m., ganderandryegrass.com.

Hay J's Bistro. Thriving in Liberty Lake for fourteen years, Hay J’s Bistro has been providing excellent entrees, cocktails, high-end service, and, most importantly, a passionate love for food. Hay J’s prepares only the finest steaks and seafood, while also offering an extensive wine list and other cheers-worthy libations. With a new outdoor patio, you can enjoy the summer sunset with dinner. This is the life. 21706 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake, (509) 926-2310, daily 3 p.m.-9 p.m., hayjsbistro.com.

Indaba Coffee. With a slogan like “Love People, Love Coffee,” Indaba stands out from the pack with its award-winning coffee, welcoming atmosphere, and community-oriented mission. If you want your coffee to come to you, Indaba offers subscriptions to its incredible roasts. 1425 W. Broadway Ave., (509) 4433566, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.- 6 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 1315 W. Summit Pkwy., (509) 328-4786, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 8 a.m.3 p.m., 419 N. Nettleton St., (509) 868-0421, MondayFriday 7 a.m.-6 p.m., 210 N. Howard St., (509) 4132569, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 518 W. Riverside Ave., (509) 822-7182, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.- 6 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 8 a.m.3 p.m., indabacoffee.com.

Maryhill Winery. The winery draws more than 75,000 guests to annually, while the region offers warm summer days, year-round appeal and excellent winemaking and continues to gain recognition as an emerging wine destination. Each location offers beautiful scenery, frequent live music and special events, food menus featuring small plates and charcuterie, and an expansive selection of awardwinning wines. 9774 Highway 14, Goldendale, (509) 773-1976, Sunday-Friday 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m., 1303 W. Summit Pkwy., Ste. 100, (509) 443-3832, Monday-Thursday 12 p.m.-8 p.m., Friday 12 p.m.-9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., ​Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 801 Waterfront Way, Ste. 105, Vancouver​, (360) 450-6211, Monday-Thursday 12 p.m.-9 p.m., FridaySaturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-8 p.m., 14810 NE 145th St. #A, Woodinville, (425) 481-7925, Monday-Thursday 12 p.m.-8 p.m., Friday-Saturday 12 p.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.-7 p.m., maryhillwinery. com.

Masselow’s Steakhouse. With nine primegrade steaks and the best seafood oceans and rivers have to offer, Masselow’s Steakhouse continually provides the “wow” factor. With an outstanding array of mouth-watering cuisine, an extensive wine selection, and true Kalispel hospitality, Chef Tanya Broesder and her team create a special experience you won’t soon forget. 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, (509) 481-6020, Wednesday-Sunday 5 p.m.-10

p.m., masselows.com.

No-Li Brewhouse. Family owned and fully independent, the No-Li team comes to work every day to make great beer in the artisan, hands-on tradition.

Beer that does justice to the natural resources around us. Beer that wins awards and gathers folks together in conversation and celebration. 1003 E. Trent Ave. #170, (509) 242-2739, Sunday-Thursday 12 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., nolibrewhouse.com.

Park Lodge. A fine dining restaurant featuring a relaxing atmosphere and locally inspired comfort meals from its award-winning chef, uniquely prepared on a wood-fired grill.

411 N. Nettleton St., (509) 340-9347, TuesdaySaturday 5 p.m.-9 p.m., parklodgerestaurant.com.

Piccolo Kitchen Bar. Under the same roof and owners of Hay J’s Bistro, Piccolo Kitchen Bar offers a welcoming, casual experience while serving topnotch brick oven artisan pizza, as well as other deliciously orchestrated plates. Come for happy hour appetizers and pies alongside a great craft beer, wine, and cocktail selection. A personable and eccentric staff will ensure a good time. 21718 E. Mission Ave., (509) 926-5900, daily 3 p.m.-9 p.m., piccolopizza.net.

Rancho Viejo. When you want authentic and traditional Mexican food, Rancho Viejo Spokane is the perfect choice. Stop by this family restaurant today for something for everyone! They are locally owned and operated to ensure you get quality service. 14201 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane Valley, (509) 927-8428.

3209 E. 57th Ave., (509) 448-3834. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., ranchoviejomexican.net.

Republic Pi. Republic Pi was founded in 2015 in the Manito Neighborhood. With a heart for community and a passion for food and drink, the menu and space were curated to bring people together.

Running at over 700°, our wood-fired oven allows us to create each pizza with the utmost care. We source the highest quality ingredients to bring our own twist on Neapolitan influenced cuisine. Wood-fired pizza, craft beer, local wine, hand-crafted cocktails. Republic Pi was truly built for the people.

611 E. 30th Ave., (509) 863-9196, daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m., republicpi.com.

South Hill Grill. South Hill Grill is a laidback bar and eatery with a spacious patio that will soon be converted for all seasons. The restaurant serves American staples for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and strives for the ‘wow factor’ for their guests. Sushi rolls are served on dry ice and set aflame. 2808 E. 29th Ave., (509) 536-4745, daily 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

Sushi.com. 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 our favorites are the super white tuna and the house tempura. 430 W. Main, (509) 838-0630, Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.-8 p.m., mainsushi.com.

The Butcher Block at Hay J’s. A neighborhood butcher shop committed to offering the finest selection in beef, pork, poultry, seafood, as well as an extensive wine and craft beer selection.

Lunch at the deli is not to be missed. 21706 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake. (509) 928-4530, Lunch available Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m., hayjsbutcherblock.com.

The Flying Goat. The Flying Goat was created in 2010 to become a neighborhood craft beer bar and casual eatery. The team was inspired by the legacy, flavors, and aromas of neapolitan style pizza.

They honor the craft of artisan pizza making, while creatively infusing local flavors and ingredients. 3318 W. Northwest Blvd., (509) 327-8277, Monday-Sunday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., theflyinggoat.com.

The Onion Taphouse & Grill. It all started in 1978 when they introduced the first gourmet burger in Spokane. Their first menu had more than forty kinds of exotic burgers, taking Spokane by storm.

Today, their menu has grown, but their commitment to only using the finest ingredients, thoughtfully prepared fresh, by trained chefs remains the same. 302 W. Riverside, (509) 747-3852, (takeout only) daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 7522 N. Division, daily 11 a.m.- 10 p.m.

(509) 482-6100, restaurantji.com/wa/spokane/theonion-bar-and-grill-downtown-spokane-/.

Vaqueros Mexican Restaurant & Taqueria. If you’re searching for authentic Mexican cuisine, look no further than Vaqueros. All ingredients are fresh, and the food is made from scratch daily. If that isn’t enough, they have great happy hour specials and a full bar. 16208 E. Indiana Ave., (509) 922-0770, Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., vaquerosmexicansv.com.

Dine-in & order for take-out

180 S Howard 509.824.1180

Available for private events: • Rehearsal Dinners • Bachelor/bachelorette parties • Birthdays/baby showers • Retirement Celebrations

Contact us for details

Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar. Named after the three prominent peaks outlining the Spokane Tribe’s homeland, Three Peaks is the Spokane Tribe Casino’s premier dining destination. This upscale casual eatery features weekend brunch, as well as lunch and dinner specials all week long. Discover your new favorite Happy Hour from 3-7 p.m. every day with amazing patio seating, local and regional wines, as well as $2 drafts with 20 taps to choose from.

Visit spokanetribecasino.com for menus, details and to make a reservation. 14300 W. SR-2 Hwy., Airway Heights, (509) 818-1547, Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

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CLARKSVILLE/pig out in the park

clarksville

by Doug Clark

LIVING HIGH ON THE HOG:

advertising.

Burke said the two were tossing ideas around for the next event, when...

“How ‘bout Pig Out in the Park?” snickered Takeshita.

Burke chuckled and said, “Why not?”

Onto the poster it went, and the biggest laugh was on Burke and Takeshita. The Pig Out moniker proved to be catchy, cultural legacy he created and B) find out humorous and—most of all—loved by the how it came to be. public.

We’d barely started yakking when Burke Well, a sizable portion of the public, got up and left the living room. He soon anyway. There has always been this stuffy returned with two posters known in the (condescending?) faction of pseudo critics cinema biz as “one sheets.” who enjoy looking down their snouts at Pig The first poster was from the fortieth Out. event in 2019, the Pig Out Burke has Not me. I consider the name an honest dubbed “the best ever.” The second was unpretentious reflection of our humble circa 1979, the event’s first year. inclinations.

Which, to my startled bemusement, “We don’t receive a good deal of credit, wasn’t called Pigout at all, but… which is okay,” Burke conceded. “What we “Yum Yum.” love to see is families having fun in a safe Yum Yum? Not exactly the work of Mad environment.”

Men sloganeers, huh?

He paused. “To give Burke laughed. It great entertainment for took a bit of fine tuning, free. It’s a gift for our he explained, before his community.”

WHY SPOKANE? free music festival found -its identity.

Burke entered Eastern Even so, the Washington University concept of funding and left with a degree We live in heaven. in marketing and radio/ the music acts through commissions from food It’s just mismanaged. TV. He would eventually sellers and sponsors go on to form his own was brilliantly simple. marketing company, but In those early years, that’s not why he created however, the festival Pigout. was more of a restaurant The idea for hosting fair, which proved a free music festival had problematic. been percolating in Burke’s brain for years.

Restauranteurs are adept at serving the It came from playing in bands, he said, as public within their own walls. Catering a well as being exposed to many fine musical large outdoor venue over days was out of acts during his extraordinarily nomadic their comfort zones. upbringing.

The answer, Burke found, was to bring in See, Burke the kid moved around more traveling food vendors. than the Mayflower company. He attended And that Pig Out brand? no less than twenty-seven different schools A joke, he claimed. during his childhood, he said.

Credit goes to the late Bob Takeshita, All that packing and unpacking came a gifted graphic artist who created much with being part of the Charles Samuel of the artwork Burke used for posters and Burke family. A full-bird colonel in the

BILL BURKE,

T H E F AT H E R O F P I G O U T A reassuring sign that life around here is edging into a post-pandemic normal: Pig Out in the Park rides again.

It’s true. Lord willing and the Covid counts don’t rise, Spokane’s annual festival of food, frolic, and free music will return to Riverfront Park Sept. 1-6, during the hours of 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“I wasn’t sure it would happen,” Pig Out founder Bill Burke said. “Last year, we were already running ads, already hiring bands.”

As the months went on, “we knew something was up and it was going to be bad.”

Ultimately, he added soberly, “we had no choice. It was the year that wasn’t. You had to just accept it and move on.”

No one was bummed more about Burke’s year that wasn’t than yours truly.

Close Disneyland if you will. Sideline March Madness.

But Spokane without a Pig Out? That’s like Domini’s sans salami slicer.

Or Hillyard minus saloons. Or City Hall without incompetence and indecision.

Life just isn’t the same without our annual end-of-summer carnival of tasty treats and tuneage.

Pig Out’s comeback is not only stellar for the City of Lilacs, but it’s also great news for… *SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT!! …my band, Trailer Park Girls. (Come join us Sept. 6 as we assemble for a 2 p.m. performance on the Clocktower stage.)

-On a recent sunny morning, I drove to the valley home where Burke lives with Desiree, his bride of forty-eight years. (The Burkes have one son, Christopher, who lives in Seattle.)

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Doug Clark is a Spokane native and lead singer/ songwriter for his band, Trailer Park Girls. He recently retired from The Spokesman-Review after writing three columns a week for more than 30 years.

Clark’s humor and general-interest commentaries have won scores of local, state and regional honors along with three awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

He can be reached at dougclarksville@gmail.com.

United States Air Force, Burke the senior was charged with rebuilding Air Force hospitals on bases around the globe.

Such an important job kept the family constantly on the move.

“I grew up in a very weird environment,” said Burke, “but I discovered that if you have a baseball glove or a guitar, you can always find a group to play with.”

Burke is one of eight siblings, including two sets of twins.

He gives his mom, Bernadette, a lot of credit for working hard to provide a stable home life despite all the relocating and the absences of his dad.

Flash forward to 1968. Burke found himself in Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he landed a job pumping gas for low wages.

Being there also put him within hitchhiking distance of a freshly opened Philadelphia club called the Electric Factory. There, Burke soaked in some of the best acts in Rockdom, acts like the Chambers Brothers and the great Jimi Hendrix.

Fairchild Air Force Base made the Inland Empire a magnet for many Air Force families, including the Burkes.

Which is why Burke returned to the Spokane area after New Jersey. He decided he’d found a place worthy of putting down roots.

Why Spokane?

“We live in heaven,” Burke said, grinning. “It’s just mismanaged.”

Over time, Pig Out exceeded Burke’s wildest expectations. With Val Workman and Craig Heimbigner, Burke’s team of loyalist pals, the festival has continued to not only grow, but attract an impressive

array of stars like Bob Dylan, Edgar Winters, Maria Muldaur, Rick Derringer, Bo Diddley, Kenny Chesney, Shaggy and Lydia Pense and Cold Blood.

And on and on.

Like everything else in life, of course, there’s always some crackpot who can’t be happy. What’s especially hilarious is when that crackpot happens to be mayor.

Take the case of the late Jim West, who didn’t like the fact that his mayoral office practically overlooked one of the Pig Out stages.

West “wanted the music shut off because it was giving him a headache,” said Burke.

In response, Workman hurried to City Hall with a glass of water and an aspirin.

Did West calm down?

“For twenty seconds maybe,” said Burke.

-No story about Bill Burke would be complete without discussing what he likes to call his “illness.”

No, he’s not sick. What he’s referring to is his decades-long passion (Fixation?

Addiction?) for accumulating hundreds of highly desirable vintage electric guitars and amplifiers.

Burke is coy about how many he actually has. And due to the high values involved, he doesn’t show off his collection very often.

That said, imagine the honor I felt when he blindfolded me, stuck me in the trunk of a sedan and drove me to the undisclosed vault where many of these treasures are stored.

True, there was a small, um, catch involved.

I had to sign a waiver allowing Burke to toss me off the Paulsen Building

should I ever spill the beans.

Worth the risk. Being a guitar geek myself, I can report with some authority that Burke’s collection is beyond fabulous.

The pieces are not only rare, but nearly all of them are in mint or showroom condition.

This isn’t a collection; it’s a museum exhibit.

Speaking of which, Burke said he has contacted Spokane’s Museum of Arts and Culture offering to loan his trove to the MAC for a show.

They weren’t interested, which is a shame. I think they’d pack the joint.

Burke has amassed fantastic examples from the 1950s and beyond. It’s a history lesson with all the necessary makers represented: Fender. Gibson.

Gretsch. Rickenbacker. Vox. Mosrite.

Kay. Epiphone….

The curves, the colors, the intricate bindings. A great guitar is as much art as it is instrument.

Burke blames his guitar obsession on Scott Spence, a kid he knew when they were both about twelve. One day after school, Spence opened up a case to show Burke his new guitar: a gleaming sunburst Silvertone six-string.

“That’s when it hit me,” said Burke.

“I thought, ‘Oh, my God. If he can play it, I can play.”

It wasn’t long before Burke had joined the ranks of wannabe rock stars.

Welcome aboard, Bill.

As for me, I nearly asked for a towel to mop up my drool after Burke handed me his pristine 1954 Fender Esquire to strum.

Considering its immaculate condition, I wouldn’t be surprised to see such a guitar fetching fifty-grand in an auction. Not that Burke would consider letting any of his babies go.

“You know,” said the Father of Pig Out, his voice trailing to a whisper, “if I had all these guitars and amps back when I was a kid, I could’ve been in any (#$%^)ing band I wanted.”

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