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At the Movies

It’s the perfect weekend to get in a little fishing – for free

Music: LeAnn Rimes, Laura Mvula Video Games: “Call of Juarez ...”

It’s a more complicated relationship in “Before Midnight”

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Warm Bodies”: The zombie love story introduces a new film genre: the zom rom com. It has all the leg shuffling, brain-eating fun of a horror film played out against a modern day “Romeo & Juliet” tale. The combination might sound as compatible as chicken and chocolate, but director Jonathan Levine makes the odd mix work. “Warm Bodies” works because of Nicholas Hoult’s sweet and slightly silly performance. He plays R with the same nervousness, uncertainties and doubts many very alive teens face when they fall in love. His plight happens to be complicated by being dead, but under all that rotting flesh is a typical teenager. The real joy of the film comes through voice-overs by R, where he reveals all the confusion he feels. There are no great revelations, but there are plenty of moments that resonate with anyone who’s had a first love. It’s really amazing how much emotion comes from R despite his being a zombie. “A Good Day to Die Hard”: The plot has more holes than a 25-year-old pair of favorite socks. But just like those tattered toe covers, there is something fun about the latest in this long-running film series to make you glad it’s still around. Bruce Willis dusts off the tough-guy attitude to reprise his most iconic role, detective John McClane — a man who always seems to be in the wrong place at the right time. This time, he travels to Russia in hopes of saving his estranged son, Jack (Jai Courtney), from a lifetime in prison. He ends up in the middle of a political and military mess — the norm for McClane. Did we need another “Die Hard?” No. But as long as the action is this intense and superficially fun, then keep them coming. “Identity Thief”: Jason Bateman plays Sandy Patterson, a hot-shot accountant on the verge of making the biggest move in his career. He needs to advance because Patterson, his wife (Amanda Peet) and their two daughters live on a very tight budget. Patterson’s life goes into the financial toilet when Diana (Melissa McCarthy) steals his identity and goes on a spending spree. The combination of cheap jokes, idiotic script and uninspired situations makes this the worst cross-country road movie since Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis teamed up for the 2010 disaster “Due Date.” Compared to “Identity Thief,” that clunker now looks

YOUR ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION GUIDE TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN SKAGIT COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: JUNE 11 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Paramount Masquerade - Inception/CJ Oz the Great and Powerful - Disney Snitch - Lionsgate/Summit

This Weekend / Page 5 Sky Colony to play 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy on Friday

JUNE 18 Jack the Giant Slayer - Warner The Last Exorcism Part II - Sony Stoker - Fox 21 & Over - Fox JUNE 25 The Call - Sony The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Warner JULY 2 Tai Chi Hero -- Well Go USA n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

like it was written by William Shakespeare. “Escape from Planet Earth”: An astronaut (Brendan Fraser) on the planet Baab goes on a daring mission. “Falling Skies”: First season of the cable alien-invasion story. “The Twilight Zone: The Complete Second Season”: Agnes Moorehead, Art Carney, Bill Mumy, Sydney Pollack and William Shatner guest star. “23:59”: Ghost story that takes place on a haunted island after an army recruit is found dead at exactly 23:59. “The First Churchills”: Juliet Stevenson plays a betrayed wife who stands by her man while secretly orchestrating a political power play. “Ring of Fire”: Jewel stars in the story of country music legend June Carter. “The Mad Max Trilogy”: Includes “Mad Max,” “Mad Max Road Warrior” and “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.” “Electra Glide in Blue”: The ’70s cult hit from director James William Guercio is now on Blu-ray. “Sadako 3D”: The scary long-haired girl in the white nightgown returns to emerge for all forms of technology. “Perfect Understanding”: Gloria Swanson stars in this 1933 comedy. “Mountain Men: Season 1”: Cable series about those living off the grid. “Journey of the Universe”: A look at the universe starting with the Big Bang. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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RECREATION

The riveting allure of WATERSPORTS in

‘Blazing Paddles’ Skagit Valley Herald staff @360_SVH

‘Blazing Paddles: A Paddling Film Festival’

The passion of paddlesports will be on When: 7-10 p.m. today full display at 7 p.m. today as the Lincoln Where: Lincoln Theatre, Theatre presents “Blazing Paddles: A 712 S. First St., Mount Paddling Film Festival.” Vernon The festival will present a unique Tickets: $12, includes opportunity to view some of the best door prize drawings Information: 360-336watersports films, inspiring people to 8955 or lincolntheatre.org. explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push physical and emotional extremes, embrace the lifestyle and appreciate the heritage of the wild places we paddle, according to a news release. The films will cover action, documentary and environmental categories featuring sea kayaking, whitewater kayaking, surf skiing, canoeing, rafting, stand-up paddle-boarding and other paddling-related footage. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Washington Water Trails, which is dedicated to the recreational use and environmental stewardship of Washington’s waterways. Reel Productions photos

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RECREATION By VINCE RICHARDSON @Sports_SVH

The weather has taken a turn for the better, and the state is offering a Free Fishing Weekend. Can it get much better for the outdoor enthusiast? Those who are interested in fishing but don’t have a license can get in on the action for free on Saturday and Sunday. No license will be required to fish or gather shellfish in any waters open to fishing in Washington state. Also, no vehicle access pass or Discover Pass will be required to park at any of the 650 wateraccess sites maintained by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). “Free Fishing Weekend is a great time to revive an old hobby or to introduce friends and family to fishing,” said Craig Burley, WDFW Fish Division manager. “Adults can take kids fishing on a wide variety of waters around the state.” While licenses will not be required, other rules — season closures, size limits and bag limits — must be adhered to. Also, anglers will be required to complete a catch record card for any salmon, steelhead, sturgeon or halibut they catch.

A fishing free-for-all

Wildlife caution

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chased from contracted, private fish growers. The 10,000 trout are in addition to about 42,000 triploids stocked in more than 100 lakes across the state earlier this year. In addition, hundreds of other lakes have been stocked with Mountains of trout millions of trout over the past June also offers a special opportunity to hook large trout. year, said Donley. Portions of the Skagit and CasWDFW fish hatchery crews will cade rivers are open for hatchery be stocking 10,000 triploid rainbow trout in 20 lakes just before chinook salmon fishing through July 15. Father’s Day weekend (June The Skagit is open to hatch15-16). ery chinook retention from the “This is the second straight Highway 530 bridge at Rockport year we’ve stocked trout before Father’s Day, and this year we’ve to the Cascade River Road. On the Cascade, anglers can fish for doubled the number of fish and salmon from the mouth of the added six more lakes to the river to the Rockport-Cascade list,” said Chris Donley, WDFW Inland Fish Program manager. “A Road bridge. The daily limit on fishing license is a great Father’s the Skagit and Cascade rivers is four hatchery chinook, two of Day gift and catching these big fish will make for some wonder- which may be adults (chinook salmon at least 24 inches in ful memories.” length). Locally, Campbell Lake will Fishing for salmon is also open receive 250 triploid trout, as on portions of the Skykomish will Lake Padden in Whatcom River. County. Crab fisheries are open in The triploid trout, which avermost areas of Puget Sound, age 1.5 pounds each, were pur-

and-release fishing for salmon. Fishing is allowed north of a line from Point Monroe to Meadow Point. Farther north, the Tulalip Bay “bubble” fishery is under way. The fishery is open each week from Friday through noon Monday through Sept. 2. The exception is June 15, when the bubble is closed for the Tulalip Tribes salmon ceremony. Anglers fishing the bubble have a two-salmon daily limit, plus two additional pink salmon, and can use two fishing poles with the purchase of a WDFW two-pole endorsement. The halibut fishery in the region closed May 31, though fishing for lingcod is still a viable option. The lingcod fishery runs through June 15. During the hook-and-line season (through June 15), there’s a one-fish daily limit for lings, with a minimum size of 26 inches and a maximum size of 36 inches.

including the Strait of Juan de Fuca on July 1. Anglers have their pick of several other fishing opportunities in June. Several area rivers and streams are open for trout. Under the statewide rule for trout, there is a two-fish daily limit and a minimum size of 8 inches in rivers and streams. However, some of the region’s streams have a rule requiring trout to be at least 14 inches in length to keep. Lake fishing for bass, bluegill, perch and crappie is steadily improving as water temperatures increase and fish become more active, said Danny Garrett, fisheries biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

the same habitats as largemouth bass, but smallmouth are often more abundant around rocky points, riprap, and offshore rock piles,” said Garrett. “Both species are highly adaptive to specific lake conditions, and habitat use will vary from lake to lake.” For smallmouth and largemouth, Garrett recommends using spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, jigs and plastic baits such as worms, tubes and creature baits. Perch and bluegill can also be caught with an assortment of artificial jigs, spinners, and flies, although many anglers prefer to use live worms under a bobber, he said. Those fishing for perch and bluegill should try fishing around several different pieces of cover in the lake until a group of Know the environment fish is found. When fishing for these species, “Generally, a single, small area focus on areas where there are will produce many individuals, bridge pilings, boat docks, rocks, since both species tend to consubmerged trees and bushes, gregate in large groups,” said grass beds, lily pads and flooded Garrett. vegetation along the shoreline, On Puget Sound, the northern Garrett said. portion of Marine Area 10 (Seat“Smallmouth bass use many of tle/Bremerton) is open to catch-

As spring turns to summer, wildlife sightings naturally increase for species ranging from butterflies to black bears. One reason is that animals become more active, emerging from cocoons and dens to feed and breed; another is that more people are outside to see them. WDFW wildlife managers ask that people observe a few basic rules in their interactions with Washington’s wildlife. n Keep a respectful distance. Using binoculars is a good way to get a close-up view of wildlife species without disturbing them. n Leave baby animals alone. Deer fawns and baby birds may appear to be abandoned when a parent may be nearby. Picking up wildlife of any kind not only can be harmful to the animal, it’s illegal. n Don’t feed wildlife either intentionally or unintentionally; this requires keeping campsites clean by storing food and garbage securely. Many of the problems with wildlife that require WDFW’s involvement stem from human handouts, in one form or another.

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THIS WEEKEND in the area SUMMER ARTWALK The Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Summer Artwalk will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 7-8, at several locations in downtown Anacortes. More than 20 merchants will display work by local artists, including paintings, sculptures, jewelry, photography and more. 360-293-3832.

NEW MOON DRUM CIRCLE The event will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 7, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Join Rev. Elke Macartney to drum in new ideas for the month and drum out the old. Bring your own hand drums and rattles or borrow hers. $5-$10 suggested donation. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenter forhappiness.org.

SVC CAR SHOW The Skagit Valley College Auto Club

SKY COLONY IN CONCERT Sky Colony will play folk music at 8 p.m. Friday, June 7, at the 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5, 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

will host a car show from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8, on the SVC campus, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Check out stock and custom cars and trucks, low-riders, rat rods, street rods, custom bikes and more. Registration: 8 to 10 a.m., with cash prizes and trophies in a variety of categories. Free admission for spectators. 360-416-7661 or email scott.hall@ skagit.edu.

SALISH SEA NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE CELEBRATION Join with the Samish and Swinomish tribes to discover the cultural history along the Salish Sea from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at Deception Pass State Park, Bowman Bay picnic area, Whidbey Island. Enjoy canoe rides, Native American storytellers and music, demonstrations of weaving, woodcarving and more. Free admission. Traditional food will be available for purchase. June 8 is a State Parks free day in honor of National Get Outdoors Day; the Discover Pass is not required. 360-675-3767.

SUNDAY JAZZ A-Town Big Band will perform from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 9, at Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. Weather permitting. Free. jazzatthelibrary.com.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Laura Marling

groove, while the exposed nerves of the modern rocker “You’ve Ruined Me” burn with the fire of truth. Rimes displays a newfound subtlety in her strong voice on several songs. She effectively uses phrasing and shifts in tone to express complex feelings that sound like they come from real experience. It’s too soon to say Rimes has finally found a direction that can carry her back to the top of the charts. But “Spitfire” does show she’s found her adult voice — as a songwriter as well as a singer.

Laura Mvula

rock songs that draw on guitar-based ’70s rock — as seen through a spider-cracked “Once I Was An Eagle” “Sing to the Moon” windshield. Which is to say, those looking for singLaura Marling With a look as stark along joy and simple conceits have some already sounded like as her sound, the Birwork to do here. Friedberger’s work is an old soul when she mingham, Englandoften heavy with odd phrasings, curious released her haunting born Laura Mvula is a images and jagged lyrics. “Other Boys,” for debut, “Alas, I Cancommanding presence. example, features a line about a spider in not Swim,” in 2008, when she was 18. On She stands apart from the Brit retro-soul a stairwell who “demonstrates acoustics to her fourth album, the 23-year-old British movement, which gave the world Amy ne’er-do-wells.” “Staring at the Sun” opens songwriter sets herself even further apart Winehouse and Adele. Mvula is stranger, with the stage-setting line, “In the back of from her peers with a pretty-much-peerjazzier, with a spacey sound that features the tax / you turned off the TV / and read less collection of folk songs. her throaty vocals, which often (but not me a book on the phone.” These words are “Once I Was an Eagle” is so confidently n Michael McCall, Associated Press always) recall Nina Simone. accompanied by guitar/bass/drum-heavy conceived it seems neither precocious nor Written with producer Steve Brown, haughty. She quotes Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Queens of the Mvula’s “Sing to the Moon” is arranged for structures that roam easily through samba, Me Babe” in “Master Hunter,” the cenmaximum chamber-pop effect (lots of harp soft-rock and ’70s canyon rock, combining terpiece of an interconnected seven-song Stone Age and celesta), with odd melodic tangents out to create a record that feels wonderfully askew, making “Personal Record” a chal“. Like Clockwork” suite about love, pain and loss that begins of nowhere on songs such as “Make Me the album. Lovely” and “Is There Anybody Out There.” lenge worth taking. Opening to the On her first three records, she moved Mvula nearly goes off the vocal rails during n Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times sound of breaking from ultra-spare to a fuller band sound. the theatrical tune “She,” but she manages, glass and riddled But working here with producer Ethan via whispered dynamics, to keep her cool. The Idan with lascivious Johns — who also produced Tom Jones’ For all of “Moon’s” fussiness, there’s also Raichel Project impressive new “Spirit in the Room” — intent throughout, Queens of the Stone a welcome, singular fragility to this album, Marlin pares her approach back down. Age’s new album “. Like Clockwork” is “Quarter to Six” plus a deep groove running throughout, as She often relies on just her guitar and the soundtrack to the B movie of your (Cumbancha) in the hand-clapped rhythms behind the voice to put across songs with a mythic dreams. synths and double-tracked, Laurie Anderquality that are at once timeless in their In the six years since the release of the son-like harmonies of “Green Garden.” The idea that one connection to British and American folk band’s critically acclaimed “Era Vulgaris,” Onto all these starry melodies, Mvula grafts could create a cohetraditions, and utterly personal. Queens founder Josh Homme has moon- a potent, naturally dramatic sense of soul — sive album by pulling together unique voiclighted with the Eagles of Death Metal es singing in different languages and from the centerpiece to a perfect debut effort. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer and supergroup Them Crooked Vultures. different musical traditions would seem n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer Now, the California native sounds enerdaunting. Yet this challenge is what Israeli LeAnn Rimes gized back in his day job. keyboardist and composer Idan Raichel has “Spitfire” The credit list for “. Like Clockwork” embraced and brought to blossom. reads like a who’s who of modern rock, Eleanor Over the last decade, Raichel has led his LeAnn Rimes has with appearances from the band’s freimpressive collective pairing up with musiFriedberger appeared in tabloid quent collaborators Dave Grohl and cians from around the globe to create pieces “Personal Record” headlines more often Mark Lanegan, as well as Homme’s forthat leap through boundaries and create than the record mer bandmate Nick Oliveri, Nine Inch synthesis where one expects disparity. On Best known for her charts the last few Nails’ Trent Reznor, Artic Monkeys front- work as half of the “Quarter to Six,” Raichel has composed 16 years. But don’t fault her music. Her last man Alex Turner and, perhaps surprissongs, collaborating at times with his partthree albums have featured the best work ingly, Sir Elton John — who lends backing sibling duo the Fiery ners, giving the body cohesion. Raichel’s of her career, and the new “Spitfire” tops vocals and piano to “Fairweather Friends.” Furnaces, singer and songwriter Eleanor orchestration is subtle, allowing the differFriedberger has been a rock outlier since them all. Thankfully, “. Like Clockwork” isn’t ent languages and instruments to shine on her band burst out of the same ’00s New The onetime child star always had a overwhelmed by its roster of guest each piece. York scene as the Strokes and Yeah Yeah powerful voice. She often picked good stars, as Homme and his cohorts create There is a unifying spirit in the songs, a Yeahs. Over the following decade they material, too. But it never gelled into a merry hell as Lucifer’s house band. The spirit that conjures senses of longing, melpoured forth ridiculous amounts of music consistent creative direction. 10 tracks range from piano-led laments ancholy and hope. This sentiment can be that melded brother Matthew Friedberger’s “Spitfire” finds Rimes emerging as a about solitude (“The Vampyre of Time felt in two of the album’s strongest works: encyclopedic knowledge of music with mature artist whose songwriting abiland Memory”) to loose-limbed desertThere’s “Sabe Deus (God Knows),” perEleanor’s gentle, wavering voice and way ity is catching up with her vocal talent. funk (“Smooth Sailing”) in a collection formed with Portugal’s Ana Moura, and the with a curious lyric. Ballads like “What Have I Done” and that represents a welcome expansion of haunting “Mon Amour (My Love),” sung by On her second solo album, Friedberger “Borrowed” convey deeply felt, difficult Queens of the Stone Age’s sonic temstrikes further afield of her brother’s impa- Vieux Farka Toure, the Malian guitarist who emotions. She also has developed into plate. tient prog-rock tendencies, offering a dozen is the son of the acclaimed Ali Farka Toure. an effective pop-rocker: On “Gasoline reasonably focused, verse-chorus-verse art- n Michelle Morgante, Associated Press n Matthew Kemp, Associated Press and Matches,” she bites into a raw, bluesy

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Call of Juarez: Gunslinger’

as you traipse around the dusty town settings and unload lead into a host of bad Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC guys with gnarly teeth and classic cowboy Genre: Shooter mustaches. Publisher: Ubisoft Choose the rifle and longer six-shooters ESRB Rating: M, for Mature to keep your foes at a distance, or arm Grade: 3 stars (out of 5) yourself with a sawed-off shotgun and more power handguns for in-your-face I must shootouts. Either way, the baddies won’t say: What a stand much of a chance against you, but rebound for the point of the game is your enjoyment the “Call and success, not theirs. It plays more like of Juarez” a carnival shooting gallery, so you can franchise. expect to receive lots of damage before After the dying while a single shot takes out most rather disasopponents. The boss battles are a trying trous “The affair, often more repetitious and boring Cartel,” the than the culmination of your previous show-runhard work, and they detract from an othners made a erwise solid experience. smart deciThe quick-draw element from past sion. They “Call of Juarez” games thankfully shows stripped away any pretense, more or less discarded up, and provides many of the game’s beteverything from the series and went back ter moments. Expertly timing your faceoff to the roots. Away went the modern trap- against another armed foe delivers tenpings of “The Cartel,” which never found sion and high satisfaction when you go all Blondie on some fool before he gets the proper footing and ended up a technical drop on you. and narrative mess. During the regular gaming portions, In its place comes “Gunslinger,” a stringing together combos and fast kills pared-down shooter harkening back to earlier arcade games where the object was earns you score multipliers, which helps you leap up the online leaderboards and to leave your brain on the table and just impress your friends. sit back, relax and have fun putting bulThe guns all have an appropriate heft lets into bad guys. The game doesn’t aim and kick to them, and watching the outfor high-minded excellence. Instead, it laws drop from a slug to the noggin brings achieves notoriety for keeping everything a certain amount of satisfaction when simple yet effective. cleaning up this ramshackle town. Offer powerful guns, a bevy of targets By keeping it simple, “Gunslinger” and some otherwise cheeky or outright stays true to its title and delivers satisfying forgettable dialogue, and chances are arcade shooting action. Making the game gamers will be rewarded by doing the available as a download instead of asking basic things really well rather than trygamers to buy a retail copy also wisely ing to hit a creative home run and failing serves as a way to make amends for “The miserably. Cartel” — and should give those fans a The game takes place back in the Old reason to stick around to see if “Call of West, where “Bound in Blood” found Juarez” can regain its mojo. a good deal of its fan base. The plot in “Gunslinger” never really takes off; sure, n Follow Chris Campbell at @campbler or one exists, but it can largely be forgotten email him at game_on_games@mac.com.

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TRAVEL

Ken Nedimyer (right), president of the Coral Restoration Foundation, works with a volunteer in the foundation’s coral nursery situated in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Key Largo, Fla. Photos by Florida Keys News Bureau via AP

Divers volunteer on coral restoration in Florida Keys By SUZETTE LABOY Associated Press

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Ken Nedimyer likes to say that he breathes new life into coral reefs. In fact, he’s been doing it for more than a decade, and recreational divers are

volunteering in the effort. “We are trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together again,” said Nedimyer, whose Coral Restoration Foundation has planted four coral nurseries off the shores of the Florida Keys. The foundation offers workshops and

diving trips for recreational divers who help by cleaning and preparing new coral for planting. “We are trying to get people to realize that it was a lot better and it can be brought back again,” Nedimyer said. Divers helping out with

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the work first get a crash course in everything about corals. They learn that coral reefs are experiencing a rapid decline, particularly in the Caribbean. “It’s not as magical as it once was, and it’s going downhill,” said Nedimyer. The decline has dire implications. Coral reefs, much like a rain forest, support a huge amount of biodiversity; attract tourism and commercial fishing; and act as a natural barrier to coastal erosion during storms. In the Florida Keys, staghorn coral (cylindrical branches) and elkhorn coral (antler-like branches) face local extinction. Both are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and the National Oceanic and

of NOAA. “Caribbean coral reefs are already dramatically changed from the way we understand they should look because 50 to 80 percent of the coral has already been lost from most Caribbean reefs.” Nedimyer’s four coral nurseries are thriving. But Ken Nedimyer shows Miller cautioned that while recreational divers how the “nurseries are helping to help clean and prepare us keep pace with this negnew coral for planting. ative decline,” there needs to be a concerted effort to address larger problems Atmospheric Administrasuch as global warming tion has proposed listing and the chemical makeup them as endangered. “Corals are dying rapid- of the ocean “if coral reefs ly, much more rapidly than throughout the world are we believe they have in the going to survive.” In the meantime, recpast, which is a problem for sustaining the populations,” reational divers can join marine scientists in helping said Margaret Miller, an ecologist with the National to buy time through the reef restoration efforts. Marine Fisheries Service

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TRAVEL “The idea is to come up with a simple process and train people just like you to do it,” Nedimyer told a group of seven volunteer divers at a recent workshop in Key Largo that included a series of educational lectures and hands-on dives to restore corals. Nedimyer explained to the group that disease, severe cold fronts, multiple years of coral bleaching (caused by warmer water and other environmental factors) and frequent hurricanes are among the “stressors” that have contributed to the rapid decline of the coral, along with climate change, overfishing, coastal development and more. Nedimyer and his group have experimented with different ways to grow corals in the nurseries, much as you would with plants. At first, corals were mounted

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nursery — about the length of an acre (four-tenths of a hectare) and as far as your the size of a knuckle but goggled-eyes can see — to can grow to 12 or 15 inches. clean and prepare corals for The volunteer divers help planting. Nedimyer attach the tiny “This is my way of giving starter coral fragments onto back to the community,” the tree nurseries about 30 said Erin McKinnon of feet below the surface of Orlando, who has taken the the water. When the coral course twice. Ken lengthens and has healthy “This garden is blossomNedimyer multiple branches, Nediing,” said Sharon Boggess and Kayla myer clips it for replanting of North Conway, N.H., Ripple are in the popular diving and holding back tears. “It’s just shown during snorkeling spot Molasses so amazing to replenish the a workshop Reef in the Florida Keys reef.” on restoring National Marine SanctuNedimyer, whose work coral reefs ary. (Boats are tied up has led to the cultivation of in Key Largo, to permanent moorings, some 40,000 corals in total, Fla. marked by buoys, to presaid he hopes his “obsesLow-cost line nurserthe lines. The foundation’s vent dropped anchors from sion” with coral restoration ies were later introduced, latest technique has proven damaging the reef.) can be expanded to local where corals hanging from to be most effective: CorThe divers at the recent dive shops, so they can offer wire or monofilament surals hang on a tree nursery Keys workshop traveled his workshops to visitors to vived at high rates and grew (think a Christmas tree with from across the U.S. for help in the nurseries. rapidly. But wildlife offiornaments) that is tethered what they described as “Now we have more cials were concerned that to the sea floor but can “underwater community corals than we can plant,” dolphins, turtles and other move around in storms. service.” Their visit included he said. “We’ve created a species would get caught in The coral starts out about swimming out to the coral monster.” n On the Web: coralrestora tion.org

on concrete disks using underwater adhesive, with each disk attached to a PVC pipe with a cement base raising the disk off the ocean floor. Live tissue grew over the adhesive as the coral formed new branches.

Pelindaba Lavender Farm, followed by a no-host lunch at Roche Harbor SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Parks and Recreation offers travel Westcott Bay Cidery and San Juan opportunities for participants ages Island Distillery, where you’ll taste 12 and older (adult supervision their ciders and spirits. Ages 21 and required for ages 18 and younger). older only. $75-$77. Register by July For information or to register, call 12. 360-336-6215. Abbotsford Airshow: 9 a.m. to 5 Next up: p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, departing from “Riches of Richmond, B.C.”: and returning to Hillcrest Park, 1:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 14, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. departing from and returning to Check out the 51st annual AbbotsHillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., ford, B.C., International Airshow, Mount Vernon. Check out the featuring aerobatics, flight formaInternational Buddhist Temple, tions, parachute drops and pyroSteveston’s restored waterfront and technic displays. Proof of citizenship the most popular night market in required (passport, DMV enhanced North America, with 80 food booths driver’s license or NEXUS card). and some 200 retail vendors. Proof $68-$70. Register by Aug. 2. of citizenship required (passport, DMV enhanced driver’s license or ESCORTED TOURS: The WhatNEXUS card). $55-$57. Register by com County Tour Program offers a June 7. variety of day trips and longer tours, “San Juan Island: Something for with most trips departing from and Everyone”: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. returning to the Bellingham Senior Friday, July 19, departing from and Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., returning to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. Bellingham. For information or to 13th St., Mount Vernon. Journey register: 360-733-4030, press #, ext. to San Juan Island to visit the 12th 47015, or wccoa.org/index.php/ annual SJI Lavender Festival at Tours.

Next up: The Heart of Eastern Canada: June 20-29. Fly to Toronto and see Niagara Falls; enjoy a scenic train ride to Montreal; travel on the historic Chemin du Roy carriage road along the St. Lawrence River to Quebec City; and explore the countryside of the Charlevoix region. $3,969-$4,999. Includes deluxe coach transportation, roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations, attraction entry fees and gratuities, guided tours and 15 meals. Passport required. Barkerville, B.C., and Scenic Loop Tour: June 22-26. Enjoy a scenic highway cruise up gorge Route 97 to Barkerville, B.C., a historic gold rush town. Travel points include the Gold Rush Trail along the Fraser River, Quesnel, the Western Rockies and Valemount, Clearwater and Wells Grey Provincial Park. $850-$1050. Trip includes round-trip motorcoach transportation, admissions and activities in Barkerville, five meals, all nights lodging, luggage handling and escort. Passport or enhanced driver’s license required.

Fall Foliage Mississippi River Steamboat Cruise: Oct. 4-12. Enjoy the quintessential American journey down the Mississippi River aboard the America Queen Steamboat. $3,199-$3,999. Includes Bellingham to Seatac transfer, airfare, first night hotel stay, seven-day cruise, all meals on cruise, shore activity at all ports, daily lecture by onboard naturalist, nightly entertainment, taxes, gratuities and escort. YOGA ADVENTURE SERIES: Join Dawn Jex for day trips and yoga. Each adventure includes activities at an area attraction combined with a yoga class. For information or to register, call Dawn at 360-631-0587 or visit yoga-gypsies.com. Next up: June 15: Theo Chocolate Factory Tour and Troll Yoga: Meet at 10:15 a.m. at the Theo Chocolate Factory, 3400 Phinney Ave., Seattle. Tour the factory, taste a little chocolate and then head up to the Troll under the Fremont bridge for some “Troll Yoga.” Afterward, explore Fremont for lunch, shopping or sightseeing. $20.

First Friday Gallery Walks

June 7 6 - 9 pm Anne Martin McCool Gallery Burton Jewelers Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa Apothecary Spa (2nd floor Majestic Inn)

Gallery at the Depot www.anacortesart.com

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area June 6-13

TUNING UP Playing at area venues June 6-13

SATURDAY.8 HAYNIE OPRY SOUTHERN GOSPEL MATINEE, FEATURING MATT AUDETTE AND THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BAND (pictured) 3 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

THURSDAY.6

WEDNESDAY.12

Nathaniel Talbot: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10 cover. 360-4453000.

SKELETONWITCH (pictured), WITCHBURN, LEATHERHORN 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Andy Koch (blues, soul): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

SATURDAY.8 BOBBY HOLLAND AND THE BREADLINE 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

FRIDAY.7

Thursday.6 CABARET

“Chicks in Space: a Sci-Fi Cabaret”: featuring The Provocateurs, 9 p.m., The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, 1312 Bay St., Bellingham. $7 at the door. 360-738-3886.

THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: interactive comedy murder mystery, 7:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45, includes dinner. 360336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com. “The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Friday.7 CABARET

“Chicks in Space: a Sci-Fi Cabaret”: featuring The Provocateurs, 9 p.m., The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, 1312 Bay St., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-738-3886.

MUSIC

“The Day The Music Died”: Haynie Opry presents a tribute to the music of Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly: 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

THEATER

“The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

VARIETY

Miss Betty Desire: 8 p.m., Firelight Bistro, 10007 270th St. NW, Stanwood. No cover. RSVP recommended: 360-629-7575.

Saturday.8 CABARET

“Chicks in Space: a Sci-Fi Cabaret”: featuring The Provocateurs, 9 p.m., The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, 1312 Bay St., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-738-3886.

MUSIC

“Swing Into Spring”: Stanwood-Camano Chorale, with small ensemble Trouvere, 7 p.m., Stanwood United Methodist Church, 27128 102nd Drive NW, Stanwood. Freewill offering. 360-445-2721. Josephine Howell, Paul Richardson Quartet (jazz, blues): 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org. Haynie Opry Southern Gospel Matinee, featuring Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band: 3 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

“The Day The Music Died”: Haynie Opry presents a tribute to the music of Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly, 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20 at the door. 360336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry. com.

THEATER

“The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Sunday.9 MUSIC

A-Town Big Band: 2 to 3 p.m., Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. Weather permitting. Free. jazzatthelibrary.com.

THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: interactive comedy murder mystery, 6:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45, includes dinner. 360336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com. “The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Monday.10

The Modern Relics: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7 cover. 360-445-3000.

MUSIC

“Setting Standards”: Mount Vernon High School’s Synergy Ensemble accompanied by the Ev Stern Trio, 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $8. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

Tuesday.11 VARIETY

Lincoln Elementary School Talent Show: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Brian Hillman Band: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

5 Dollar Fine (country, rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

The Fender Benders: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Ann ‘N Dean: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360848-8882.

Equal Opportunity: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gourmet Mexican Restaurant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-299-2120.

Enema, Flannel: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

SATURDAY.8 Hardwire: 10 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. Mia Vermillion & Kevin Sutton First St., Mount Vernon. No cover. (blues, jazz, folk): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-336-3626. $12 cover. 360-445-3000. The Fender Benders: 8:30 p.m. to Divas & The Dudes: 8:30 p.m., Edi12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, son Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-766-6266. 360-422-6411.

$cratch Daddy: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666330. Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Thursday.13

Joyride: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956. 5 Dollar Fine: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448. John Dennis (acoustic guitar): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

The Tony Zapnow Benefit Experience: with My Dad Bruce, Haunted Authors, Mike Champoux, Jesus Chris Willis, Jenni Potts, Cliques and Whistles, IG88, Plague Doctor, Care Package, Mostafa, Mark Shirtz, Dinofour & Brie Boogie, Thad Wenatchee, 3rdegree, Bloodshot, White Licorice, A-Hale, Kyle Vest and Honesty, 6 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3-$5 suggested donation. 360-778-1067.

MUSIC

Geoffrey Castle: “The After School Special!”: 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $15-$25. 360941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: interactive comedy murder mystery: 7:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45, includes dinner. 360336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com. “The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

SUNDAY.9 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

WEDNESDAY.12 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Early Evening Jam: with CC Adams and $cratch Daddy, 4 to 8 p.m., The Station House Bar & Grill, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360-466-4488.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-2263.

Ghost Tribe Fires, Furniture Girls: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

Stilly River Band: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

THURSDAY.13 Skeletonwitch, Witchburn, Leatherhorn: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Nick Moyer (one-man band): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Trish Hatley: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

The Rudy Trio (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.