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ivalries, at their most basic, are about measuring one’s self against another. They can drive us to weird and unhealthy places (see: sibling rivalry), or they can help us reach heights we never thought possible (see: moon landing). On the FOOTBALL field, rivalries push teams to work harder, to dig deeper, regardless of the scoreboard or the standings. “Games all count the same,” Aaron Best, Eastern Washington’s coach tells us. “Some just mean more.” This year, we have another rivalry to watch as the University of Idaho returns to the Big Sky conference where they’ll face Best’s Eagles. Check out that story and other football coverage, beginning on page 22, and learn more about how the controversy-prone coach of the Cougs, Mike Leach, spent his summer vacation.

Also this week: education reporter Wilson Criscione examines why teachers across the state are demanding pay raises (page 13).

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I guess the way it militarizes society.

Can you elaborate?

Football started becoming really popular in the U.S. during WWI and WWII, as a way to prime us for conflict and violence in the wars, so when we sent soldiers off they didn’t view their acts as so egregious because they were normalized in our society.

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I think I would get rid of the pads, and change blocking rules in such a fashion that it minimizes the [head] contact. I mean, you don’t do it in rugby, other injuries occur, but head injuries are very rare. It would change the sport, let’s see if it does. It’s a great sport otherwise.

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I’d make it more for fun when [kids] are smaller. Keep it with the flag football a little bit longer before they start with the contact. Keep it more for fun, and then make it competitive later on so the kids can be making their choice instead of the parents.

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I’d not make it as long.

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saw John McCain in person only once. After upsetting George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary in 2000, he came to Spokane and spoke at the old COG on the Gonzaga campus. It was a large enthusiastic crowd. And it was a bipartisan crowd.

He was so engaging, so spontaneous. I remember seeing him out on the covered porch, where he laid his eyes on a TV reporter. He didn’t know the reporter’s name, but he held out his hand, got that giant smile he used so often, and said, “Where the hell have you been, I been looking all over for you!” Funny, endearing, to the point. Then he delivered a very upbeat, hopeful and well-received speech.

All this was vintage John McCain.

Next stop after was South Carolina, where he ran into an insider, dirty-tricks campaign. He lost there and never recovered. t the time, the display of the Confederate flag above the courthouses of the South was a very hot issue. Republicans wanted the flag displayed. McCain failed to support taking down the flag. Later he changed his mind and explained: “I feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win the South Carolina primary. So I chose to compromise my principles. I broke my promise to always tell the truth.” Again, vintage John McCain.

He lost the nomination to George W. Bush, but trooper that he was, he campaigned for his party’s nominee, all the while defending Bush’s Democratic opponent and fellow Vietnam veteran, John Kerry, against the “Swift Boat” attacks.

Arizona has long displayed a surprisingly independent political streak. Perhaps this is why McCain fit right in. We recall that it was Barry Goldwater, the father of the modern day Republican Party, who, after calling Richard Nixon the “the most dishonest man I ever knew” (along with another Arizona Republican, John Rhodes, and Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania), came to the White House and delivered the word to Nixon that he was done.

Or take the Udall clan, Democrats mostly — Stewart (secretary of the interior), “Mo” (congressional representative), Thomas (senator from New Mexico) and Mark (senator from Colorado).

And then there was Rex Lee, cousin to the Udall clan. Rex set grade point records at the University of Chicago Law School, founded the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU, became one of the most successful solicitor generals in history and served as president of BYU. Lee, too, was a Republican of independent mind. When Ronald Reagan’s Attorney General Ed Meese pressured Lee to take up cases that he thought unworthy, Lee refused (as might a John McCain) with the line: “I’m the solicitor general not the pamphleteer general.”

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Arizona Republican, who, no doubt, very much appreciated the kind of independence of mind demonstrated over all these years by John McCain.

McCain, while argumentative, valued comity. He sought bipartisan solutions. This is precisely what is so

missing today.

A look at the pallbearers he selected tells us even more about John McCain: actor Warren Beatty, former Vice President Joe Biden, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin), former Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colorado), former Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Ridge, McCain’s former Chief of Staff Mark Salter, founder and president of FedEx Fred Smith, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), vice chairman of Open Russia Vladimir Kara-Murza, longtime fundraiser Carla Eudy, businessman Stephen Dart and former McCain presidential campaign manager Richard Davis.

And then there are the eulogies, again a show of bipartisanship, coming from Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Donald Trump was not even invited to the ceremony, nor was Vice President Mike Pence, which says much. y his own admission, McCain made mistakes. His biggest, in my mind, was the choice of Sarah Palin to be his running mate. This thoroughly unprepared, morally challenged grifter became the darling of the Republican Party’s right wing — until that disastrously revealing interview with Katie Couric. My guess is that that “the base” liked her more than it did McCain himself.

All this noted, the overriding concern that defined him throughout his political career, above all else, was the treatment of the military.

He took on defending soldiers and sailors as his personal mission. And that, according to Robert Timberg in his fascinating book The Nightingale’s Song, is what drew so many military veterans to Ronald Reagan. The nightingale can’t sing until it hears its song. Reagan, at a time that the public was denouncing returning Vietnam veterans, sang their song. John McCain, whose political career paralleled Reagan’s, was the prime example of returning home with honor — so much so, that he was uniquely qualified to lead the charge to restore relations with Vietnam.

Reaganomics wasn’t why veterans flocked to him, rather it was because Reagan validated that they had followed their mission. He told them that they, like John McCain, were heroes.

They responded and still do. n

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THE YEAR THAT WAS… 2011 ADELE releases 21, the highest selling album of the century so far. The last entry of the HARRY POTTER film saga tops the year-end box office. OSAMA BIN LADEN is killed. R.E.M. breaks up. CHARLIE SHEEN makes “Winning!” a catchphrase. OCCUPY WALL STREET gears up in New York as the ARAB SPRING reaches its boiling point in the Middle East.

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9/11 changed everything, and in a special cover story (Sept. 8) on its 10th anniversary, we examined how the U.S. looked a decade after its most devastating attack. We spoke to students, politicians and local business people about where they were on that fateful day in 2001 and explored the state of government surveillance, Islamophobia and the grassroots support network for Chelsea Manning (then known as Bradley), the former U.S. Army soldier who was arrested for disclosing government documents to Wikileaks.

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Evil, the South Korean drama Poetry and the German farce My Words, My Lies — My Love. 2011 also found GET LIT! in a transitional phase. We chronicled its behindthe-scenes changes in our April 14 preview package: Coordinator Danielle Ringwald had just resigned and Eastern Washington University was restructuring the festival’s financials. That year’s featured authors included singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, The Oct. 13, 2011, issue Tim O’Brien (The Things They Carried) and Nancy Rawles (My Jim).

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MUSICAL SHAKE-UP

The beloved all-ages venue THE EMPYREAN, which had recently moved to the Big Dipper building, permanently closed its doors on Jan. 15. A two-day farewell concert brought out Spokane’s musical A-list — the Globes, Cyrus Fell Down, Dead Serious Lovers — and the about-to-be-huge Seattle band the Head and the Heart. The Empyrean’s demise came mere months after the Seaside (previously the Blvd) had shuttered; it’s now Garageland. Meanwhile, all-ages venue the Hop moved to its new home at 706 N. Monroe; it has since been rebranded the Pin! (412 W. Sprague).

THE PEOPLE WE MET

We spoke to late hot dog vendor and downtown fixture “CHEDDAR” CHAD RATTRAY for our Cheap Eats guide (Jan. 27)... On March 24, current Spokane poet laureate MARK ANDERSON talked about his new gig as host of the stillgoing-strong Broken Mic poetry events... PATTY DUKE, who won an Oscar for the 1962 film adaptation of The Miracle Worker, directed an acclaimed production of that play for the now-defunct Interplayers Theatre (May 5)...

Chewelah singer-songwriter ALLEN STONE discussed his breakout success on July 7... And in our Dec. 1 interview with CHRISTINE GREGOIRE, the former governor said of recently elected Mayor David Condon: “Frankly, I don’t know the name yet of that person.” (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

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COMMENT | SEATTLE

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Urban Punishment

Our big brother city to the west is going through some growing pains

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ife in Seattle feels punitive these days. Yes, we have the consolation of living in one of the most beautiful settings for a city anywhere in the world.

We also used to feel like a haven from many problems — a town that figured out the balance between work and play, between pleasure and responsibility, between nature and urban life.

Many folks came to Seattle in the late 20th and early

21st centuries looking for comfort, to kick back, to be a little more like their true selves here than someone stuck in a rat race. People wanted less glitz and more real; a town laid back enough where you could find yourself.

We were a middle-class city — big enough to get lost in, small enough to feel comfortable.

But living here feels different now. People move here for ambition, using the city as a stepping-stone to somewhere else. Nearly half of those who move here don’t intend to stay more than five years. As for glitz, luxury high rises now abound. We were once a bit of an antidote

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to urban growth — now we’re the exemplar of it.

For many of us longtime residents, today’s civic life and economic realities feel like a punishment much of the time.

It’s easy to feel punished if you try to go anywhere.

There’s a war on bikes, a war on cars, even a war on pedestrians. Streets and sidewalks are being torn up — even our detours have detours. We tell ourselves, “It’s worth it because it’ll all be better someday.” But will it?

Affordability — the lack of it — feels punitive as well.

Seattle’s median home price in April was $820,000 — up $43,000 in one month! Let that sink in. And we’ve divided into YIMBYs and NIMBYs: pro-growth and antigrowth. The world is more complicated than these polar opposites. But our debates often feel like they are fought from two distant corners, each of which is half right.

We often reach for punitive measures to solve problems. We punish pop drinkers with a tax on sugar drinks. We punish all city residents — especially those with low incomes — with the most regressive tax structure of any city in the state, according to a recent report by the Economic Opportunity Institute.

Nowhere does punishment show up more than in the thousands of homeless on our streets, under our freeways and in our greenbelts. This is a problem bigger than Seattle, but it might surprise people to know that there was a time when the legions of the homeless and panhandlers were not common on city streets. Homelessness is a widespread problem, but especially so in our prosperous cities. The economic engines driving our region and all the other progressive, tech-oriented cities on the coast are churning out more homeless people. The visible effect of punitive economics — displacement, lack of affordability — is dramatic.

Some might say that Seattle’s problems are what happens when cities go through growth spurts. Eventually, the dust settles and some kind of normalcy returns.

I’m not so sure the dust will settle. The Puget Sound Regional Council projects nearly 2 million more residents in the central Puget Sound region by 2050 — that’s at a slower growth rate than the current one, but still a lot of new bodies.

I hope that with growth, we find a way to improve our tax system along with other ways to lift the bottom and the middle. I hope we find a way to make it easier for people to find balance in their lives and to cooperate better with their neighbors. Can we again find what we used to call livability without punishing ourselves?

That, to me, is the question we need to answer. n Knute Berger is Editor at Large for Seattle Magazine, where a version of this column first appeared.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

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Readers respond to a story about the Spokane City Council’s efforts to increase renewable energy resources (“Breathing Smoke, Spitting Fire,” 8/23/18):

DANI DOUGLAS: Proper management of our forest lands will stop the smoke disaster. Not “eco” friendly business. That’s a separate issue. Fires don’t happen because people dump chemicals in our water, or create plastics.

Readers respond to the Inlander’s coverage of a town hall meeting with Cathy McMorris Rodgers where she said she regretted the tone of her attack ads against opponent Lisa Brown (8/24/18):

SARAH McCLURE: I’ll except nothing less than “Sorry, I lied.” Why is anyone accepting less than the truth?

LOANNE ODELL: Newsflash, Spokane has never been business friendly, environment or not. Grow the hell up! n

CHUCK LYONS: I watched her on the news this morning bemoaning how nasty politics has become and how we must learn to “reach across the aisle.” Too bad she didn’t think about this when Obama was president. The GOP did nothing but block, deny, obfuscate, and deride everything that he proposed. Maybe she could start the process by apologizing for the shameful behavior of the Republican Party.

ALAN PATTERSON: Her problem is precisely that she couldn’t win by keeping the election about the issues.

SHAY EDWARDS: It’s like saying “Gosh, I got busted for punching you in the throat. I might rethink that if I had the same opportunity.”

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NATHAN LANSING: So listening to your RNC handlers was a bad idea?

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EDUCATION

Spokane teachers picketed outside the district office last week, calling for a raise in advance of contract negotiations. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Striking a Deal Washington teachers pining for a big raise are clashing with school districts — and it may cause more teacher strikes

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s president of Spokane’s teachers union, Katy Henry started teacher-pay negotiations this year feeling optimistic.

In spring, the state Legislature pumped $1 billion into education, finally ending the McCleary court case, which had dogged the Legislature for not spending enough on

schools.

It was time for teachers to get a raise. And Henry, two weeks ago, thought early meetings went well.

“We feel like we’re in a good spot,” Henry said.

Days later, that feeling abruptly changed. By Wednesday, Aug. 22, Spokane educators were rallying outside

the district office. Chants echoed off downtown buildings.

Hundreds of teachers wearing red shirts formed a crowd that overflowed onto the street. They held signs demanding a pay increase beyond what was being offered.

“It is time for Spokane Public Schools to keep the McCleary promise and provide professional pay for classified and certified educators,” Henry said that night.

As of press time Tuesday, Spokane teachers were still negotiating with the district for a pay raise. But around the state, similar scenes of rallies and protests are taking place. As they clamor for a raise, teachers in more than 200 districts have yet to work out a deal with their local administrations. And it’s playing out differently everywhere. In one night, Mead teachers agree on a new contract, while hours later — and hundreds of miles away — a district on the west side votes to strike. ...continued on next page

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Mostly, it’s confusion created by the interpretation of the state’s McCleary deal. District administrators and unions can’t agree what the McCleary money is intended for, and what districts can afford. Districts say what unions are asking for is unsustainable for long-term financial health. But unions say the influx of money was always meant for teachers, seeing it as a once-ina-generation opportunity for teachers to get what they deserve.

“If they don’t do it now,” Rich Wood, spokesman for the Washington Education Association, says of the pay bumps, “then when are they going to?”

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A few dozen school districts in Washington have already negotiated big pay increases — anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent raises. So far, those have been in line with the 15 percent average pay bump that the Washington Education Association had in mind for teachers.

The reason the rest of the school districts haven’t come to an agreement varies. Some school districts have argued they legally can’t give a raise above 3.1 percent, based on their interpretation of a bill passed recently. Yet as the state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal says in a letter to district superintendents, the language of that is ambiguous. In OSPI’s view, there is no 3.1 percent cap.

“We do not believe salary increases are limited to 3.1 percent,” Reykdal says.

That’s not to say districts don’t have other concerns with significantly increasing teacher pay.

The state invested $2 billion into schools for this year — $1 billion that came from the Legislature in spring, and another $1 billion that came from a bill in 2017. It’s given Spokane, for instance, nearly $30 million more to spend this year. And Henry, like union members statewide, argues that money was earmarked for teacher salaries.

But school districts are hesitating. This year’s extra money is somewhat of an anomaly, a one-time surplus. While the Legislature pumped more state money into schools, it capped the amount school districts could collect from local levies, starting next year. That means school districts can’t necessarily plan for the kind of money they have on hand this year.

In the next two years, Spokane will see a drop in local levy funding of around $44 million, says district spokesman Brian Coddington.

In fact, Washington will see a net decrease in funding in 2019 overall, says OSPI spokesman Nathan Olson. The state solved the McCleary problem by reducing local districts’ reliance on local levies. But for many districts, it means the same or less cash.

And no two district are impacted in precisely the same way. OSPI says certain districts will have it worse than others. Those districts, according to OSPI, typically have one of four qualities: 1) they already pay salaries near the state average, 2) they pay more for certificated staff than they were given by the state, 3) they didn’t get a pay bump for having experienced teachers, and 4) they’re losing 50 percent or more of their local levy capacity next year.

Spokane meets all four criteria. And it was a

2017-18 TEACHER COMPENSATION IN SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS First year teacher with Bachelor’s degree: $45,031 First year teacher with Master’s degree: $62,011 Average teacher compensation: $72,768 Statewide average teacher compensation: $71,711 Source: Spokane Public Schools

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COMPS. Spokane Education Association President Katy Henry (right) says teacher pay raises are critical to maintaining a talented workforce. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO sticking point in negotiations for pay raises.

“The district is concerned about making commitments that are not sustainable beyond the present year,” Coddington says.

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On Sunday, the superintendents from Spokane, Central Valley, East Valley and West Valley penned a guest editorial to the Spokesman-Review outlining their concerns about funding.

Teachers, however, dismiss the arguments as “excuses” for not paying them what they deserve.

“Despite their claims, all four school districts have the money to provide much-needed pay raises so we can continue attracting and keeping great teachers and staff for our students,” the SEA writes on its blog.

Wally Watson, president of the Central Valley Education Association, says Central Valley schools have received roughly $6.2 million in McCleary money. All of that, and more, should go to teachers, he says.

He knows districts might get less money next year because of the levies dropping off, but he doesn’t think that should be a reason not to pay teachers. Reykdal, the state superintendent, has said he will push the Legislature to address the challenges certain districts face because of the new funding deal.

“It’s possible the state will make up for that,” Watson says.

Nine local unions have all worked together to put pressure on their districts. Of those, East Valley and Mead were the first to ratify agreements on Monday. Mead’s contract includes a 16 percent increase for a beginning teacher’s salary. That, Watson says, could open up negotiations for the rest of the districts in Spokane County.

One thing’s for sure: The unions in Washington will hold firm, Wood says. Sure, each district is in a different situation, he says, but they should figure it out and pay teachers what they deserve.

“At this point,” Wood says, “there shouldn’t be any confusion.” n

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Cherry Picking Washington growers say the trade war could cost them $86 million

W

ith President Trump’s trade war causing collateral damage for farmers across the country, Trump directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide financial relief to farmers.

But will that include relief for sweet CHERRY GROWERS in Washington? That’s unclear.

In a press release sent out Monday by the USDA that details how farmers will be assisted by the federal government, sweet cherries were in the “yet to be determined” category.

That could be a big oversight, since cherry growers in Washington say the trade dispute could cost them $86 million. On Monday, Sens.

Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray signed a letter with Reps. Dave Reichert and Dan Newhouse urging the Trump administration to include cherries in the relief package.

“While the priority for our growers remains an end to the trade disputes, our cherry growers are estimating they will experience up to $86 million in damages from trade wars during the 2018 season,” the letter says. The federal aid package will include an initial $4.7 billion to producers of cotton, corn, dairy, pork, soybeans, sorghum and wheat. The USDA will also purchase another $1.2 billion “in commodities unfairly targeted by unjustified retaliation,” the USDA press release says.

The Pacific Northwest grows more sweet cherries than any other region in the country, the congressional members say. Their growing season is short, from May until August, and sweet cherries cannot be stored. That creates pressure for cherry growers to sell no matter what, even if that means they lose money, the letter states.

“We urge you to implement the support our cherry growers are requesting,” says the letter from the congressional members. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

SIZE DOESN’T MATTER (MAYBE)

After a tumultuous few weeks in court, a GUN CONTROL INITIATIVE will appear on the November ballot after all.

More than 350,000 signatures collected for Initiative 1639 were thrown out by Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon on Aug. 17, as the format on the petition wasn’t up to par: The font size was too small and the text of the initiative was missing strikethroughs and underlines to highlight the changes to state law.

But the Washington State Supreme Court reversed that decision, ruling on Aug. 24 that state law doesn’t require Secretary of State Kim Wyman to keep the measure off of the ballot due to formatting issues.

“This clears the way for our preparations to put I-1639 before voters in time for ballots to be printed,” Secretary Wyman said in a news release. “My priority is protecting Washington citizens’ right to make informed use of our state constitution’s initiative process.”

The measure would raise the legal purchase age on semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, matching rules on handguns, expand background checks, institute a 10-day waiting period on semiautomatic rifle purchases and require a safety course. It also would change the name of semiautomatic rifles under state definition to “semiautomatic assault rifle,” excluding antique rifles and those “manually operated by bolt, pump, lever or slide action.”

Additionally, the measure would create punishments for gun owners who don’t use safe gun storage if their weapon is used to harm someone.

If passed, the formatting or wording issues could again be challenged in court. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

LEGISLATIVE SWITCHEROO SWITCHED BACK

Washington state voters will get to decide whether to change the law that makes it virtually impossible to charge police officers who use DEADLY FORCE, the state Supreme Court ruled this week.

In what Justice Gordon McCloud calls “clever legislation,” state lawmakers passed a compromise bill in March that made changes to Initiative 940 before the initiative was enacted.

A Thurston County Superior Court judge said that maneuver was unconstitutional, and a majority of state Supreme Court justices agree.

I-940 seeks to make it easier for prosecutors to charge law-enforcement officers who use deadly force. Currently, Washington state’s law says officers cannot be charged if they acted in “good faith” and “without malice,” a hurdle prosecutors say is nearly impossible to clear. The law is among the most restrictive in the country and shields police from legal accountability even in cases where deadly force is ruled unjustified.

I-940 was submitted as an initiative to the Legislature, giving lawmakers three options: pass the initiative, and it becomes law; ignore it, and it goes on the ballot; or oppose it, and propose an alternative to appear alongside the original on the ballot. But legislators went with a fourth option to amend the initiative with a bill. The differences between I-940 and the bill were brokered between law enforcement groups and advocates involved in organizing the initiative.

Frequent initiative sponsor Tim Eyman and Spokane Valley Sen. Mike Padden challenged the unusual maneuver in court and are both named plaintiffs in the state Supreme Court’s decision requiring I-940 to appear on the ballot. The compromise bill, ESHB 3003, violates the state Constitution, the court ruled, and will not appear on the November ballot as an alternative.

“The Legislature has impermissibly circumvented the balance of power between the Legislature and the people that is built into the Constitution,” Justice McCloud writes for the majority.

“Regardless of whether the Legislature’s actions constitute a conscious, intentional ‘palpable attempt at dissimulation,’ they are constitutionally impermissible under our case law.” (MITCH RYALS)

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THANK YOU, OFFICER The YWCA Spokane recognized seven local law enforcement officers last week for their work assisting survivors of domestic violence. The fifth annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Breakfast honored officers Todd Brownlee, Sam Chimienti, Shawn Tylock, Detective Mike McNees and deputies Darrin Powers and Greg Snyder. Detective Mike Ricketts received the second annual JACKIE BELL AWARD, named for a local legal advocate who died in February 2017. About a quarter of all criminal cases each year in Spokane County are domestic violence related, according to the Spokane Regional Health District.

Those cases create 3,900 victims in Spokane each year. (MITCH RYALS)

EMPTY CHAIRS AND EMPTY TABLES Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ TOWN HALL meeting Thursday, and the Inlander interview afterward, sparked a number of revelations: She regrets the tone of her ads that accused her opponent, Lisa Brown, of being soft on sex offenders; even after the news that Donald Trump lied about the Stormy Daniels payouts, McMorris Rodgers still chooses to trust him; the town hall itself was eerily empty, considering the free tickets had sold out in less than an hour. One major reason for that last one? Brown decided to hold a town hall on the same night, and Brown supporters with tickets to the McMorris Rodgers event ditched to attend Brown’s town hall instead. Ultimately, the visual undercut Brown’s latest campaign ads accusing McMorris Rodgers of being inaccessible: Some of McMorris Rodgers’ biggest critics got tickets, but opted to skip. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Brian Standow says he used to hang out with motorcycle club leader Scott Maclay at Daley’s Cheap Shots. Eventually, he claims, he heard Maclay threaten the sheriff’s life.

The Witness

Is insider Brian Standow pulling the curtain back on the local GOP — or burning it down?

BY DANIEL WALTERS

O

n that night in 2014, like so often in his life, Brian Standow is caught in the middle, watching a standoff that’s one hair-trigger away from

disaster.

By sheer chance, Standow is blockaded on the Sullivan Road exit of Interstate 90. He looks at the highway across from him and sees a suicidal veteran named Jedadiah Zillmer standing in front of an open car door, facing a line of Spokane County Sheriff’s cars.

Standow’s 14-year-old daughter starts recording it on her cell phone.

“He’s moving down,” his daughter says as Zillmer sinks to his knees. “Maybe he’s praying?”

And then, without warning, 17 shots ring out in the span of three seconds. The veteran’s body flops violently to the ground.

“He’s dead,” Standow is heard saying on the video.

Over the next four years, Standow, the former Spokane County Republican Party state committee-

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man, would be witness to one chaotic controversy after another — and what he did with what he saw would have major consequences.

He was one of those who told Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich that his political rival — Scott Maclay — wanted to kill him. He was the only one to warn the sheriff that the local GOP chair had planned to host a white supremacist. And, now, he’s telling me about the local Republican Party’s constant infighting, over everything from finances to a lawsuit to a Marriott Rewards program.

Several local Republicans warn me that Standow’s not exactly a hero: They say that he’s an untrustworthy gossip, a backstabber more focused on revenge than revelation. Standow shares with me a steady stream of emails, documents, text messages and recordings in an effort to back up his story.

Standow says, amid all of this, his goal had been to bring the Republican Party together, to push it toward

more transparency. Yet even before the word went out that he was talking to the Inlander, most of the bridges he’d built were burning, fires lit by fallout from what he witnessed and who he told.

“I’M GOING TO KILL HIM”

In the wake of witnessing the Zillmer shooting, Standow is horrified.

“If the tape was any less blurry, officers would be in the jail today,” Standow says. “I truly believe that.”

He uploads the video to YouTube. He gives it the title, “Spokane Cops Murder Veteran 2014 Spokane Valley,” referring to it as a “public execution.”

That video quickly earns him the interest of his former real-estate agent, a motorcycle club leader with a broad Joker grin: Scott Maclay. Maclay has long hated Knezovich and, for years, has waded into nearly every public controversy involving the sheriff. Standow says Maclay took him to Rattlesnakes Motorcycle Club meetings and introduced him to his “posse.”

Standow says Maclay wanted to use the video as a political weapon against the sheriff.

But Standow ends up talking to Knezovich at length, too. He says Knezovich argues that while what had happened to Zillmer was horrible and tragic, it wasn’t illegal.

Standow begins to develop sympathy for the sheriff’s perspective, for the pressure he and his deputies are under.

After Standow is arrested on a domestic violence charge in August of 2016, he meets with Knezovich, pleading with him to look into his case. Knezovich says he talked with the prosecutor, the prosecutor agreed the case against Standow was weak, and the case was later dropped.

Standow comes to see Knezovich as a mentor, a leader worth admiring. Eventually he’s forced to make a choice: the sheriff, or the sheriff’s tormentor? Standow says he was sitting in Maclay’s Jeep Grand Cherokee when he heard the motorcycle club leader threaten to kill the sheriff.

“He was spouting off about Ozzie: ‘Brian, if I can’t beat him, I’m going to kill him. He’s hurting too many people,’” Standow recounts. “[Maclay] truly believes he’s this archangel of doom to right the wrongs.”

Standow says a comment Maclay made to him at Daley’s Cheap Shots in Spokane Valley worried him even further.

“He says, ‘If a deputy shows up, I’ll leave my keys on the counter, [you] take my Jeep and get out of here,’” Standow recalls.

“There’s a gun under the seat.’”

Standow’s wife, Katrina, says she remembers Standow coming home from a meeting with Maclay and telling her that Maclay “wanted Ozzie dead.”

Standow decides to reach out to Knezovich to warn him about Maclay’s alleged threat.

“Is he a double agent?”

Knezovich recalls thinking. “Is LETTERS he trying to play both sides.”

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Knezovich had heard his life was in danger. The sheriff shows me a handful of messages from late 2016, all from different people worried Maclay would do something violent.

Within 24 hours after warning the sheriff, Standow says, he’s contacted by two members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. But to date, no charges have been filed as a result of the investigation, a point often cited by Maclay and his allies.

I reached out to Maclay by text message for comment. Maclay — who has since changed his name to DumpOzzie Dot Com as he mounts an electoral challenge to the sheriff — initially refused to directly answer yes-or-no questions about whether he ever said he would kill Knezovich if he lost. But he explicitly says he denies anything Standow says, including any threats, calling Standow a “liar, a paid informant and a known Ozlican Supporter.”

Maclay also calls me a “murderer” and says I would have to “give an account” for the blood on my hands for not being more suspicious of a “corrupt and murderous” sheriff.

“Your sins in this will search you out,” Maclay writes to me.

“Please, quote me accordingly.”

INFIGHTING AND INCITING

Meanwhile, the fight between Knezovich and Maclay wasn’t the only long-running conflict Standow had waded into.

Enthusiastic about Trump, Standow had joined the local Republican Party. But he quickly discovered that the party was dominated by infighting between roughly two factions: On one side, you have the establishment Republicans, like state committeewoman Beva Miles, the sort who celebrate cops and tax cuts and praise Knezovich.

On the other, you have the local Liberty Caucus Republicans, like Northwest Grassroots co-founder Cecily Wright and controversial state Rep. Matt Shea. It’s a movement aligned with libertarians, John Birchers, militias and self-described constitutionalists and patriots. They hate Knezovich.

That’s the side that took Standow under their wing, handing him political support. Wright and her husband, John Charleston, start mentoring him.

Standow says he was invited to exclusive strategy meetings held by Shea, the kind where phones are banned and the meetings are held in undisclosed locations. He rose in the party quickly. A former manager for Best Buy, Circuit City and Gateway, Standow became tech chair. Later, he corralled enough votes to become state committeeman.

“I thought about it — ‘if I was a Democratic mole, man, the damage I could have done to this party,’” Standow says.

Instead, Standow says he was a “driving force to try to unify the factions.” Standow says he sat down for breakfasts with a slew of Republican candidates from across the spectrum, pushing ...continued on next page

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Former Spokane Republican Party Chair Stephanie Cates says Standow played different sides of the party against each other — until he angered too many people. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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Standow even floated the idea of Knezovich and Shea making a show of unity by standing together in a video to promote Second Amendment rights. It didn’t happen.

The meetings with Knezovich, Standow says, eventually made him suspect in the eyes of Shea and some of his allies. To them, Knezovich is a Democrat and a traitor.

But Miles, the party’s state committeewoman, says Standow was like a “bull in a china shop,” unfamiliar with the factions’ complicated history of grievances.

“I could put two of them in the room and they’d stab each other in the back the next morning,” Standow says about the factions. “It’s like Spy vs. Spy. They’re always determined to get each other.”

The internal battles weren’t just over ideology: They were over transparency and financial responsibility. Spokane Republican Party district leaders asked for bank statements in 2017, Miles says, but were rebuffed by the leadership. The party was long overdue for its bylaw-mandated twice-yearly audit. But the audits didn’t happen at all that year. And then, in the fall of 2017, the county GOP is hit with a campaign finance lawsuit alleging “fifty-seven apparent violations of various provisions of Washington’s campaign finance law.”

When Standow received the email informing the party of the lawsuit threat, he forwarded it to Wright and tipped off Miles before informing Stephanie Cates, the chair of the party. He says he was worried party leaders would try to bury it.

Cates wasn’t happy. “Should have been forwarded to me and me only,” Cates later writes to Standow.

Combine the settlement, legal fees, and the legal retainer and the bill tops $11,300 — among the party’s biggest expenditures of the year. But it’s kept quiet. Cates says there wasn’t a formal announcement, leaving it up to district leaders to communicate the news to the party.

“I didn’t think an email blast was appropriate,” Cates says. “I didn’t think we needed to shout to the rest of the world.”

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Even today, several of the precinct committee officers called by the Inlander had only a vague idea the party had been sued. “[The party leaders’] reasoning is they didn’t want to make us look bad,” Miles says. “For the love of God, what do you think it looks like now?”

In April 2018, Miles pushed the board to “freeze all assets and expenditures” for a month, create an audit committee and conduct a full-scale audit of the party finances. Cates, exhausted and stretched thin with work, resigned as chair at the same meeting.

But the controversy over Cates’ tenure wasn’t over.

The board discovered that Cates had taken a slew of Marriott Rewards points, accumulated for the Spokane GOP’s big spending at the Davenport Grand for the 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner, without telling anyone.

Some board members were furious. Leonard Christian, candidate for county assessor, wanted to call the police.

Instead, the controversy was handled internally.

Cates says she used about $300 worth of the rewards points for two nights at Marriott hotels on the west side on party business. Cates remains unapologetic, pointing to the thousands of dollars she’d personally donated to the party.

“For anyone to suggest that I personally profited from being the chair of the GOP is laughable,” Cates says. “I gave four years of my life to the party at great personal cost. … The only decision I regret is not thoroughly vetting Brian Standow.”

THE ALLSUP HEADS-UP

This summer, the party was beginning to put all that messy past behind them. In a show of unity, members of the establishment wing of the party, like Miles and Knezovich, had agreed to set aside their differences to support Wright, of the Liberty Caucus wing, for party chair. Wright’s background in banking was a major asset, Miles says. Their finances were on solid ground.

But then, at the 2018 Lincoln Day Dinner, white

supremacist James Allsup shows up, a guest of his girlfriend, Abigail Osborne, herself a district leader within the Spokane GOP. Just a few days later, the news breaks that Allsup has been elected to a precinct committee officer position in Whitman County. The party scrambles to distance themselves. Wright sends out a message — ghost-written

by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ team, according to Wright’s husband — condemning the alt-right figure.

But in July, word starts to get around that Wright and John Charleston’s conservative group, the Northwest Grassroots, was going to be hosting a secret, special guest for their July 11 movie night. At a gathering of Republicans at Jack & Dan’s Bar and Grill days before the event, Standow begins needling Charleston, trying to get him to spill the beans.

“He likes to know everything,” Charleston says. “So he can be a bee buzzing around and telling everything.”

Standow makes a guess: It’s James Allsup, isn’t it?

Finally, Charleston admits it. It’s Allsup.

Standow tells one person about it: Knezovich.

“I thought, if anyone could have stopped them, I thought Ozzie could have called them and put an end to it,” Standow says.

That didn’t happen. And when, two weeks after the movie night, media outlets report that Wright had hosted and defended a white supremacist, all hell breaks loose.

When the Spokesman-Review reveals that Standow was the one who alerted Knezovich, Standow says, it shatters the party’s fragile new sense of unity. It destroys his relationship with Wright and Charleston. The Liberty Caucus crowd is furious.

“They crucified me for telling Ozzie,” Standow says.

“They believe this is all Ozzie’s fault.”

Wright resigns. Several other party leaders, like longtime Knezovich critic Vitaliy Maksimov and Abigail Osborne, now Allsup’s fiancee, resign for other reasons.

Standow resigns shortly after.

“It proved impossible being friends with both sides of the factions,” Standow lamented in his resignation letter.

And in the ensuing Facebook fights that explode across the local GOP, Standow makes another public admission: He was the one who’d told Knezovich about the alleged threat from Maclay.

In a series of text messages, Maclay confronts Standow, comparing him to some of his other enemies who’ve spoken with the sheriff, like his ex-wife.

“Is the Sheriff playing you just like these other whack jobs?” Maclay writes to Standow. “What makes you think you’re special? You now have no political future.

Just like all of them Brian.”

Standow adds an alarm to his house, concerned for his family’s safety. Already, Standow’s reputation is under attack from Maclay’s allies. He knows they might not only dredge up the dismissed domestic violence charges, but also his bankruptcy, a brief divorce filing and medication-linked mental health breakdowns.

For many of his former political allies, Standow isn’t seen as a whistleblower fighting for transparency. He’s a warhound or a shit-stirring saboteur.

“During this time of year, with the white supremacist stuff fresh in people’s minds, we might as well hand the election to [McMorris Rodgers’ opponent] Lisa Brown,” Miles wrote to Standow after learning he’d spoken to the Inlander. “I won’t air dirty laundry to the whole world.”

But Standow says he was just sick of all the games, all the infighting and cover-up and conflict. Maybe the party will have to lose seats, he muses, before it can truly unite.

“I got caught up in a shooting. Got caught up with the patriot group. Got caught up in conflict with the establishment,” Standow says. “All because I wanted to do what I thought was right.” n danielw@inlander.com

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Big Sky football in 2018 marks a new beginning for old foes in the Inland Northwest

Rivalries Renewed

BY DAN NAILEN

“There has to be a level of ‘I don’t like them very much’ with a rivalry.

In a weird way, games all count the same, some just mean more. I think rivalry games, they just mean more.”

— Aaron Best, Eastern’s football coach The best rivalries have the ability to unite communities, transcend the passage of time, even attract people who otherwise never care about sports to watch the Big Game. Rivals are typically close geographically (but they don’t have to be), hopefully competitive (again, not always), and usually combine a genuine mutual respect with a just-as-genuine mutual disdain, as Aaron Best so eloquently puts it.

As the 2018 football season prepares to launch, Best and his Eagles are trying to bounce back from a disappointing 2017 campaign in which EWU was left out of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in the coach’s first year at the helm. How the team responds this season — EWU is predicted to win the conference by both the Big Sky media and coaches — is one of the main storylines soon to play out. Others include the return of Idaho to the Big Sky battlefield after leaving for (allegedly) greener pastures in 1995, and the comeback of one of the conference’s most successful coaches, Montana’s Bobby Hauck, after nearly a decade away.

BOUNCING BACK

As Best looks back at 2017, he says he was “kind of the proud papa” after seeing his Eagles team persevere after a rough start to the season to put themselves in a position

to at least be considered for the playoffs. He attributes that to his team’s blue-collar approach and “gritty” personality, and contends that by the end of 2017, despite missing out on the playoffs, “we had some of our swagger back.”

That swagger mixed with the feeling of being unfairly skipped by the playoff selection committee fueled the players’ off-season and spring workouts.

“We’ve had kind of a chip on our shoulder … because we felt like we got snubbed,” says EWU All-American quarterback Gage Gubrud. “That’s been motivation ever since we found out we weren’t in, and we’ve been getting after it ever since.”

Best stresses that the past is the past, and 2018 is the chance to write a whole new story. There’s plenty of reason to think the season will have a happy ending for the Eagles, given the talent on the team, and the earned experience of a coaching staff now in its second season together.

The arrival of Idaho back in the Big Sky for the first time in 23 years is something that will not only affect the balance of power in the conference, but give the Eagles another natural rival to go along with teams like Montana and Portland State.

“My father was a U of I alum, so he has Moscow ties,” Best says, recalling that the Vandals left the Big Sky just as he arrived in Cheney as a teenager to play ball. “There are guys on our staff who are Vandals, and they’ve played in the Eastern/Idaho game, and they know it, they’ve lived it.

“It might take a few years, but it’s exciting to know you’re going to have another natural rival 79 miles away or whatever it is.”

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The big story: For coach Paul Petrino and the Vandals, 2018 marks a move into the Big Sky Conference after spending the last few years in the Sun Belt. They’ll be enjoying much easier road trips and stressing out over whether Idaho alumni will accept the team’s move from the Football Bowl Subdivision (the big guys) to the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as 1-AA).

A bowl team two years ago, Idaho should be competitive on Day One in their new/old conference, and if things break right, they could find themselves in the FCS playoff hunt.

The big game: The Vandals’ conference finale against Montana is not only a reminder of a once-great rivalry, but it could also be a showdown for a playoff spot.

The best road trip: While the environment at EWU should be electric, the season-closing game at Florida offers a chance to visit the legendary Swamp and go to Florida in the middle of November.

The tailgating cocktail: Grab a bottle of Grand Teton Potato Vodka, made with Idaho spuds, and add it to your favorite bloody mary mix. You’ll be ready for kickoff in no time.

2018 VANDALS SCHEDULE Sept. 1 at Fresno St. Sept. 8 vs. Western New Mexico Sept. 22 at UC-Davis Sept. 29 vs. Portland St. Oct. 6 at Idaho St. Oct. 13 at Montana St. Oct. 20 vs. Southern Utah Oct. 27 at Eastern Washington Nov. 3 vs. North Dakota Nov. 10 vs. Montana Nov. 17 at Florida

EWU EAGLES

The big story: A year after finishing 7-4 and missing out on the FCS playoffs, the Eagles are playing with a little chip on their shoulder, and it’s one the rest of the league has noticed. The Eagles were picked to win the Big Sky by both the conference coaches and media. In coach Aaron Best’s second season, the team is loaded with experienced players, including All-American senior quarterback Gage Gubrud, and anything less than a trip to the playoffs will be a massive disappointment.

The big game: Weber State surprised everyone by sharing the Big Sky title in 2017 and finishing the season ranked No. 5 nationally. While most will point toward the renewed rivalry with Idaho, the game against the Wildcats is huge.

The best road trip: It’s tough to beat the fall in Montana, and a trip to Bozeman at the end of September should feature a win against Montana State and some killer fall colors on the drive.

The tailgating cocktail: They play on the eyeballsearing bright red turf of the Inferno, right? Gotta be Fireball shots.

2018 EAGLES SCHEDULE Sept. 1 vs. Central Washington Sept. 8 at Northern Arizona Sept. 15 at Washington St. Sept. 22 vs. Cal Poly Sept. 29 at Montana St. Oct. 6 vs. Southern Utah Oct. 13 at Weber St. Oct. 27 vs. Idaho Nov. 3 at Northern Colorado Nov. 10 vs. UC-Davis Nov. 16 at Portland St.

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UI legend Jerry Kramer

Idaho linebacker Kaden Elliss.

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“RIVALRIES RENEWED,” CONTINUED... imagine not playing Montana, who the Eagles won’t see due to a quirk in the Big Sky schedule. But he thinks Idaho will quickly become a team Eagles players focus on season to season.

“Right now, they’re just going to be another team, until that [game] week comes,” Fettig says. “But when that week does come, I think it’s going to sink in that, ‘OK, these guys are going to kind of be our new rivals.’ I think the coaches are going to intensify just because they’re our neighbors, too. They’re right next door, so that’s going to be exciting. I think once that first snap is played, we’re going to be like, ‘Yup, this is going to be a fun one.’”

task at hand; namely, embracing the chance to compete for a national championship, something that would have never happened in the Sun Belt.

“What we can control is how hard we’re going to work every day, what our attitude is every day, how we go about our business and how we try to be the best we can be,” Petrino says.

“Whatever league we’re in, we’re going to try and be the very best in that league. That’s something our players have done a good job with, and I think that will carry over and help them in life.”

VANDALIZING THE BIG SKY

Besides the return of Idaho, there’s another “new” old face returning to the Big Sky in 2018, and it’s one that could make the rivalries a little more interesting.

Bobby Hauck spent seven seasons as Montana’s head coach, from 2003 to 2009, and during that time the Griz won the conference title every season, reaching the FCS national championship three times. After stints at San Diego State and UNLV, Hauck’s back at his alma mater to try to get the once-dominant Griz back on the level of EWU and, in his eyes, Idaho. Hauck picked the Vandals to win the conference this season.

“Adding Idaho’s the big thing” for the Big Sky, Hauck says.

“Paul’s done a great job, and I think Idaho has a great football tradition. That’s our second-oldest rival, we’ve played it like 80 times.”

While Montana certainly has several rivals in the conference, Hauck says the Griz only have one true “rivalry,” and that’s with Montana State. “That one’s been played 118 times, and for people in that state, the game is important to everybody,” Hauck says. “There’s very little fence-riding.”

Both the Vandals’ Petrino and EWU’s Best acknowledged that the Montana game is historically a highlight of their teams’ schedules. And while Idaho and Montana will renew their longrunning gridiron showdown at the Kibbie Dome this season, the conference’s unbalanced schedule means Eastern won’t face Montana every year. It’s a void on the schedule that EWU’s Gubrud doesn’t like.

“It sucks,” Gubrud says. “I wish we could play them. It’s always fun. But things change, and sometimes they change for the better. I’m sure Idaho is going to be a great team in the conference this year, and that’s who we’ll be playing every year from now on, and that could turn into a new rivalry pretty quick.” n

If there’s any disappointment among Idaho coaches and players about the Vandals leaving the “big-time” Football Bowl Subdivision to return to the Big Sky and the FCS, you don’t hear it as they express excitement at the possibility of making the playoffs and playing teams that, historically, were huge rivals to the team from Moscow.

“My dad actually went here back in the ’90s, like ’90 to ’93, and when I was growing up he’d tell me all about the rivalry they had with Idaho State, Eastern and Montana,” says the Vandals’ powerhouse senior running back Isaiah Saunders. “He really talked about Eastern more than the rest of them. He said at that game, they’d talk a lot of mess to him and keep going back and forth with him.”

Saunders believes the best rivalries are the ones with a lot of history, or “that team that just keeps getting on your nerves.”

When Idaho played in the Sun Belt Conference, that team was New Mexico State. Now they’re ready to make some new rivalries out of old foes. Kaden Elliss, a senior linebacker for Idaho, is anxious to reignite some of those old rivalries. For him, it’s even a little personal.

“My fiancée’s from Spokane, and all her family friends keep talking about, ‘Eastern is going to kill you guys,’” Elliss says with a laugh. “That’s what gets me excited, those type of games. And we just had an older gentleman telling us about the old rivalry between Montana and Idaho. … We have a couple games we’re really looking forward to, with hostile fans and packed houses.

That’s going to be exciting.”

Paul Petrino, Idaho’s head coach, says the two years between when the decision was made to return to the Big Sky and this season’s kickoff gave all his players the chance to focus on the

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A RENEWED ROAR

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“You can if you will.” Jerry Kramer looks over the crowd in Canton, Ohio, and repeats the phrase a few more times. It’s something his high school football coach told him and it’s stayed with him throughout his illustrious football career. He partly credits that phrase with helping get him into the Pro Football Hall of Fame exactly 50 years after his retirement in 1968. The road to the Hall of Fame was a long one for Kramer, now 82, but on the day of his induction he claims the wait was worth it.

On Aug. 4, Kramer became the only Idaho Vandal to ever reach the Hall of Fame, inducted in a class alongside much younger superstars like Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Brian Dawkins, Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis.

After graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1954, Kramer accepted a football scholarship to Idaho. There, Kramer was a standout offensive guard and kicker while also lettering in discus and shot put. In the NFL, Kramer won five NFL championships and two Super Bowls over 10 years with the Green Bay Packers. Kramer was a five-time All-Pro and was named to the NFL’s AllDecade Team of the 1960s.

Kramer’s career accomplishments seemed to warrant an obvious induction into the Hall of Fame, but over the years he was repeatedly overlooked. Kramer was a finalist 10 different times but never selected, and was named the best player in NFL history to not be in the Hall of Fame in 2008 by the NFL Network. Alicia Kramer, one of Kramer’s daughters, was able to get testimonials from 60 current Hall of Fame members all recommending that Kramer be inducted.

Finally, a half-century after he last wore a football uniform, Kramer was given the highest individual honor in football. And in what was probably the most touching moment during the induction ceremony, Alicia was able to present the ceremonial gold jacket to her father. (SEAN PRICE)

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WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS The big story: Wow, so many questions for the Cougs in 2018. Who will be the new team leader after the record-setting run by former quarterback Luke Falk? How will the team react to the tragic off-season suicide of Falk’s heir apparent, Tyler Hilinski? Will coach Mike Leach ever manage to get his high-powered offense to function against Washington in an Apple Cup game? The media covering the Pac-12 doesn’t think much of WSU’s prospects this season, picking them to finish fifth in the North Division, but fans should expect another bowl game at the very least.

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The big game: Honestly, it’s the opener at Wyoming, a team the Cougs should throttle.

The Cougs haven’t been known for great starts in Leach’s years, and this year they could really use one.

The best road trip: Sure, USC has the L.A. glamor, but it’s hard to beat the beauty of Boulder, Colorado, and partying on Pearl Street.

The tailgating cocktail: Given Leach’s love of Donald Trump, and Coug fans’ love of the campus creamery, let’s go with a White Russian. (DN)

2018 COUGARS SCHEDULE Sept. 1 at Wyoming Sept. 8 vs. San Jose St. Sept. 15 vs. Eastern Washington Sept. 21 at USC Sept. 29 vs. Utah Oct. 6 at Oregon St. Oct. 20 vs. Oregon Oct. 27 at Stanford Nov. 3 vs. California Nov. 10 at Colorado Nov. 17 vs. Arizona Nov. 23 vs. Washington

HOW MIKE LEACH SPENT HIS SUMMER VACATION

The WSU coach’s eccentricities are legion, and divisive.

His obsession with pirate stuff? Great, who doesn’t love tales of adventure on the high seas? His campaigning for Donald Trump? Um, less endearing.

While Coug fans probably wish Leach spent his summer trying to figure out a way to not get crushed by the Huskies in the Apple Cup again, Leach found himself in a couple of media maelstroms in the months leading up to the new season. In June, he was feuding with a USA Today columnist who found Leach’s sharing of a conspiratorial, doctored Barack Obama video uncool, particularly coming from a coach at a public university. This month, state Sen. Kevin Ranker started asking questions about a trip to Cambodia Leach took in May with Spokane state Sen. Michael Baumgartner and some other state pols. While the coach was reportedly on the Asian tour on his own time and his own dime, Ranker was apparently concerned about the image of a WSU employee meeting with leaders of a repressive regime in Cambodia known for cracking down on dissent. Clearly Ranker is unfamiliar with how most college coaches run their programs. Maybe Leach was just looking for some new tricks to take to his Pullman practice field. (DAN NAILEN)

Whitworth enjoys a nice home-field advantage in the Northwest Conference.

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Coach Rod Sandberg will need some new blood to step up to compete with Linfield and a frisky George Fox squad that tied with Whitworth for second place in the NWC. The big game: Whitworth opens the season with three home games, and the third could determine their fate for the entire season. Beat Linfield, and Whitworth could have a serious shot at winning the Northwest Conference.

The best road trip: Not a lot of great options, but Willamette in Salem, Oregon, at least offers a chance to drive the Columbia River Gorge for a bit.

The tailgating cocktail: The Pirates beg for a rum-based cocktail, but Whitworth is an alcohol-free campus, after all. Make it a Virgin Daiquiri. (DN)

2018 PIRATES SCHEDULE Sept. 1 vs. La Verne Sept. 15 vs. Chapman Sept. 29 vs. Linfield Oct. 6 at George Fox Oct. 13 vs. Pacific Lutheran Oct. 20 at Puget Sound Oct. 27 vs. Pacific Nov. 3 vs. Lewis & Clark Nov. 10 at Willamette

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Each season, coaches teach Lewis and Clark High School football players how to avoid head injuries.

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In Spokane, parents weigh the dangers of youth football against the love of the game

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homas Ehring always imagined high school would be like the movies. He wanted to play football.

He wanted a letterman jacket. He wanted to walk around the halls with his arm around a cheerleader.

“I’ve always had that American dream,” says Thomas, a 17-year-old senior at Lewis and Clark High School.

Thomas spent three years living overseas in Portugal during middle school. Watching football kept him connected to home. In high school, back in Spokane, he decided to try out for the football team.

His mom, Beth Ehring, was skeptical. She’s a nurse.

Thomas’ grandfather on his dad’s side played football, and she saw how heavy a toll it took on his body. With

more research coming out on the dangers of repeated head trauma, parents were growing concerned about the sport. And Thomas wanted to play center, a position known for its constant head-banging.

But she was reassured by new equipment and safety measures at the high school level. She wanted to let her son follow his dream.

“American football is so much a part of our culture and who we are,” Beth Ehring says.

It’s a question families across the nation are struggling with. Football is ingrained in our culture. But is it worth the long-term risks?

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ic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, keeps making the decision harder, especially at young ages. In April, a Boston University paper found youth tackle football was linked to cognitive, behavioral and mood symptoms later in life. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found CTE in the brains of 99 percent of NFL players and 91 percent of college football players. And the local community was shaken to learn that Tyler Hilinski, a Washington State University quarterback who committed suicide in January, was found to have CTE at just 21 years old.

Statewide, the number of high school football players has dipped since 2010 by about 6 percent, according to data from the National Federation of High Schools. Locally, the Spokane Youth Sports Association shut down tackle football, in part due to dwindling participation from parents worried about concussions. The YMCA, which still has a local youth tackle league, has seen a slight decrease in participation, according to youth sports Director Patrick Bryant. So have high schools in the Inland Northwest, like Spokane’s Lewis and Clark.

Still, it’s only a small dent in participation. Largely, youth football remains strong, with parents cautiously letting their kids play if they want.

“They have to reach for their dreams and goals. I can only support him,” Beth Ehring says. “I would love for him to be eight months old and in my arms still, but that’s not going to happen.”

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oncussions are the first thing on the agenda for Lewis and Clark High School football, says coach Dave Hughes.

In a meeting during the first week of practice, Hughes tells the team members how to protect themselves from a head injury: keep your head up, don’t lead with your head when tackling. If you think you might have a concussion, say something. If not, then you risk injury, including death.

Then the kids go through baseline tests, used later to compare when an athlete is suspected of having a concussion.

The game is safer now than it’s ever been, Hughes says.

“Everybody is aware of it. Everybody is concerned with it,” he says.

Still, he tries to balance the concern over head injuries. He hands parents articles suggesting football isn’t as dangerous to youth as it’s been portrayed. The articles include a study that suggests high school football is not associated with cognitive impairment later in life, though the study was done on men graduating from high school in 1957. The rest of the information consists of opinion pieces on why kids should play football, including one by a brain scientist, and one by John Harbaugh, coach of

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the Baltimore Ravens. technique, he says. But improved helmet technolIt’s a line of thinking common among high ogy has inherent limitations: the injury happens school coaches in Washington. Mike Colbrese, on the inside of the skull, not the outside. executive director of the Washington Interscho“If you were to put any helmet — the best hellastic Activities Association, met in the world — on someone, says teams all follow concusand you hit them with another sion protocol — in fact, he says, helmet, or they hit the ground, Washington was the first to the brain still bounces [inside the develop concussion protocol in skull],” Panos says.

2009. Improved helmets, field Some experts have recomsurfaces and teaching of techmended that kids wait until high niques all have made the game school to play tackle. safer than ever, he says.

“We know that the younger Concussions occur in all you are when getting head youth sports, he notes. injuries and the more you have “Concussions are really at a younger age, the more likely a concussion issue. It’s not a it’s going to impact you later on,” football issue,” he says.

Lewis and Clark coach Dave Hughes says he says.

The problem, experts say, Panos says he doesn’t believe he has “no problem” talking with parents is that CTE isn’t necessarily in “putting athletes in bubble about concussion safety. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO a concussion issue. It could wrap.” He lets his own sons simply be repeated blows to the ski, even though he often deals head. And that, uniquely, is a football issue. with major head injuries with skiers. And Panos himself played football in high school. raig Panos has seen his fair share of head But when asked if he’d let his own kids play injuries. Panos is a physician for the U.S. football, a repetitive contact sport, Panos says Ski Team, and he’s Kootenai Clinic’s he’s not sure. sports and concussion medicine physician, over“They have never asked,” Panos says. “I seeing concussion programs in schools in North never was faced with that.”

Idaho. s Thomas Ehring walks toward the Yet for all his experience, he admits there’s sideline during an August practice at Hart plenty to be learned about head trauma and Field, he pulls off his helmet, his sweaty youth. hair dangling over his forehead. His teammates “We’re trying to figure out: What is the age razz him as he approaches a reporter. He speaks at which we can start allowing contact to hapconfidently, with a reassuring deep voice of somepen? Is there an age where there’s less risk with one much older. contact?” Panos says.

For Thomas, it’s all pretty simple. Use proper The challenge with studying CTE in youth is technique. Keep your head up. Know the differthat it can only be diagnosed after death. ence between a headache and a concussion.

What has been established, however, is that “Don’t be stupid, really,” Thomas says. someone can have CTE without ever being diagHe thinks about the dangers of the sport nosed with a concussion. sometimes. Family members lecture him all the “I would suspect an isolated concussion or time about safety. And even though his mom, two that’s appropriately treated is probably not Beth, trusts the staff at LC, she still has reserwhat CTE comes from,” Panos says. vations about the toll the “barbaric game” of Rather, it’s the repetitive head-banging upon football may have down the road. contact, the jarring of the brain inside the skull.

But it doesn’t faze Thomas. He’s living “We never find anything good about getting his high school dream. Next, he wants to play repeated contact over the years,” Panos says. college. Even when he sees teammates go down Women’s soccer can be just as dangerous with concussions, it doesn’t scare him. when it comes to concussions, he says. But “I hate to say this, but it’s almost normal,” he there’s a major difference: In football, the intent says. “You see it and you’re like, ‘That’s what it of every play is to make contact. is.’” n Coaches are smart to teach kids safer tackling

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orget Oct. 1. Halloween season officially begins when school supply displays go up in retail stores.

And “Bat-to-School” season is here! Spokane’s cruel summer of wildfire smoke has already cast a ghastly ambience of despair and mandatory indoor time. Though the pumpkins up on Green Bluff aren’t yet ready to

carve, the spooky spirit has arrived. Let’s get goth.

You don’t have to wear black lipstick and drive a hearse blaring Bauhaus to be goth. You don’t even have to be clad in all black. If you’re a Halloween lover or fan of fall, then crunch-stomping those first dead leaves brings you joy, not woe. You cackle with glee when you

spy a once-shuttered building converted into a Halloween Express store — impermanent as a carnival.

The way I see it, goth is a spectrum. Here’s a classification system I made, ordered from most to least goth: 1. Goth is easy to spot because of obvious markers like a head-to-boot black wardrobe. Most people are familiar with popular goth touchstones such as Anne Rice and The Addams Family. Tim Burton is goth. The moon is goth. Emily Dickinson = Queen Goth.

2. Casual goth is what I’d consider myself. I’m a sensitive, astrology witch, tarot-reader poet… who loves neon colors. Interests and actions define a casual goth more than appearances. Dancing alone to Joy Division is casual goth. Observing Pagan holidays? Casual goth. ...continued on next page

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3. Goth lite means pleasant, mom-friendly goth-ish symbols that anyone can enjoy. Choker necklaces and crushed velvet are goth-lite. Scarfwaving, lace-loving Stevie Nicks is goth lite.

4. Demigoth is a subtle kind of goth. It’s more of a bitter attitude. Garfield — with his dry, dark sense of humor — is demigoth. Most moody Scorpios and kids with morbid fascinations are demigoth.

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Spokane Parks & Recreation even offers guided cemetery walks through Greenwood — led by “Gothic Historian” Chet Caskey — some Sunday afternoons, September through November.

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A paranormal enthusiast, Caskey also leads walking ghost tours downtown on certain weekend nights, September through November. Bundle up and hold hands. You’ll tour the Steam Plant and other purportedly haunted buildings like the Montvale Hotel. This town is full of mysteries that refuse to die.

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hen I was a kid I devoured books on Black lights! Fun-in-the-dark Space Mountain the paranormal and savored episodes vibes — but without nausea! Raver goths will be of The X-files and Unsolved Mysteries. glad to know most Spokane bowling alleys offer Since I found slasher films too disturbing and ofsome version of “Cosmic ten misogynist, I rented Bowling” on weekend movies like The Lost A PLAYLIST FOR nights. Valley Bowl does.

Boys and The ’Burbs. By YOUR INNER GOTH North Bowl has “Moon13 I had a pet rat and 1. The Knife, “Forest Families” light Madness” on Fridays carried a coffin-shaped 2. La Luz, “The Creature” and “Lucky Lights and purse — yet still wore 3. Donovan, “Season of the Witch” Strikes” on Saturdays. bright floral prints.

4. Nine Inch Nails, “Dead Souls” (Joy Division cover) Lilac Lanes offers “Cosmic (Casual goth!) Growing 5. Corey J. Brewer, “Talk” (Tacocat cover) Bowling” weekend nights, up in a desert climate too. BYO glow sticks. with sensitive skin, I ac- 6. Florence + The Machine, “Big God” 7. Roky Erickson, “If You Have Ghosts” tively avoided the sun.

8. Garbage, “#1 Crush” I hid from Yakima’s 9. Oh Sees, “Graveyard Drug Party” The Gilded Unicorn and summer heat by cutting 10. Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Spellbound” Hogwash Whiskey Den and pasting together 11. Q Lazzarus, “Goodbye Horses” are low-lit, below-ground zines in my room.

12. The Cure, “Let’s Go to Bed” hideouts that are perfect As I write this, I’m for holing up and perhaps wearing a Cure T-shirt; pulling tarot cards. Durearlier today I used kin’s basement bar, a former speakeasy, is ana parasol. Plastic bats and jack-o’-lantern lights other eerie option Wednesday through Saturday. adorn my home year-round. Does my personal history include a marriage proposal inside Disney’s Haunted Mansion? Yes. Jedi Alliance on Boone is a massive building Goth means staying curious about mysterdedicated to arcade games of the past. Open ies. Goth means finding beauty in the reviled.

Friday through Sunday nights, the place is an Snakes, spiders and mourning jewelry are almost windowless, cave-like maze of rooms fascinating, not “bad.” This human experience within rooms. An Elvira pinball machine and includes bliss as well as excruciating pain and a movie memorabilia museum in the basement longing. Might as well be honest about that. (with an emphasis on horror) make it extra goth.

Goths aren’t afraid to confront uncomfortable truths like: We’ll all become skeletons. Halloween — gothest night of the year — is a way to laugh at Zines are self-published, photocopied mini books death with candy and capes! that require hours of indoor time to create.

Autumn’s frosty chill also means spooning Therefore zines are goth. Spokane’s own zine season is approaching. All summer our sweaty festival takes place on Oct. 6 at the Bartlett. You bodies pumped out pheromones of physical atcan tour tables of zines and buy directly from traction. Now it’s time to get tender and cuddle authors and illustrators. up through another brutal Spokane winter. No stranger to deep sighs and intense feelings, goths generally embrace intimacy and burning, swoonRare books, occult titles and the intoxicating ing love (see: The Crow, Romeo + Juliet). Yet goths scent of yellowed pages and dusty covers are know there’s also romance in solitude. So while waiting for goth bookworms at Giant Nerd the activities in the following list would make Books on Monroe. Plus, the art on the walls romantic Spokane dates, you can certainly enjoy usually involves some kind of monster or framed them solo. Carpe noctem! animal skeletons.

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Graveyard strolls are great ways to glean local history. My favorite cemeteries in Spokane are Fairmount and Greenwood. The hilltop location of Fairmount makes it more scenic than scary, but its old stone buildings and vast mausoleums are plenty creepy. Greenwood Cemetery’s valley locale increases chances of fog and mist. Just scram before sundown, because those gates do shut and lock at dark, trapping your car inside.

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Don’t act like you’ve never cranked up an Evanescence song. Yes, Hot Topic. Not every town has a reliable retail source for blue hair dye and mesh glovelets. About twice a year I head to NorthTown to browse Hot Topic’s clearance accessories. The store is a complex Venn diagram where punk-goth-metal-anime interests all intersect. At Hot Topic, every day is Halloween. n

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NO FRANCHISE FATIGUE HERE Late summer is a dumping ground for movies the studios don’t really want you to see, so AMC Theatres is going back to the (relatively recent) past. Starting Thursday with 2008’s Iron Man, they’re screening the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in IMAX to celebrate its 10th anniversary. And if superheroes aren’t your bag, the Harry Potter film series will also be returning to AMC screens, with two consecutive installments showing every Sunday this month, beginning with Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets on Sunday, Sept. 2. See amctheatres.com for ticket info. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

Test yo’self at Spokane Public Library’s new pub trivia night

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on’t forget your library card when you head to Monday night trivia at the Logan Tavern. You won’t need it to check out books, but your team can get a bonus point for having one.

Hosted by a librarian from Spokane Public Library, the recently launched, weekly event is an innovative collaboration that brings the knowledge-seeking services of the library out of the stacks and into a nontraditional environment.

And if you don’t already have a card to check out books, movies and more, don’t worry — you’ll be able to sign up for one as you learn, between rounds, about the many modern services the library offers.

“The library is all about access to information and presenting that information in a fun and engaging way, and trivia seemed like a natural extension of that,” says

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BATTLE OF THE BBQ I spent a rainy Sunday judging a barbecue rib cook-off at Coeur d’Alene Casino. It’s a rough job, as they say, but somebody has to step up and eat 10 ribs in a sitting for charity. While all of the competing pitmasters had skills, and Spokane’s Nordic Smoke BBQ won the top prize, I have to give a shoutout to Andy Kitt of Smoke ’N Tee Pee, who delivered my favorite plate thanks to perfectly cooked meat and a nice side of cornbread. The key, it seemed, was the hand-picked huckleberries Kitt used in his barbecue sauce — and in a giant ball of huckleberry butter! Kitt’s place doesn’t have a web presence, but keep an eye out for the name, especially if you’re in the De Smet, Idaho, neighborhood. (DAN NAILEN)

Kathryn Illback, trivia host and customer experience manager for Spokane Public Library.

Since the series began earlier this summer, students from nearby Gonzaga University, along with residents of the area, have been turning out to test their knowledge of popular TV shows, mythology, local landmarks and more. The mixed demographic has challenged Illback to come up with questions that cater to a broad audience.

So while a team from the Inlander was able to ace a category on local breweries and cider makers, newly turned 21 undergrads not from Spokane might have some trouble. (Full disclosure, our team won that recent night by one point.)

“You don’t want anyone to feel dumb, you want it to feel fun and for people to feel confident going in,” Illback says.

To keep things moving fast, questions are displayed on TVs throughout the bar. Rounds are broken up by fun tie-breaker games led by jovial Logan Tavern co-owner Nehemiah Zilar.

Another bonus competition is a continuous game of What Do You Meme?, a photo-captioning party game.

The bar also serves $5 food specials and discounted shots for library card holders before the final round.

“I think [Spokane Public Library] is doing some really cool, outside-the-box stuff that you wouldn’t normally think of libraries doing. It’s been a great partnership,” Zilar says. “It’s really cool when someone asks ‘Who does your trivia?’ and I can say ‘Spokane Public Library.’” n Library Trivia • Mondays from 7-9 pm • Free to play • 21+ • Logan Tavern • 1305 N. Hamilton • spokanelibrary.org or facebook.com/thelogantavern

KEEP DIGGING I downloaded the newly released Graveyard Keeper on Xbox One last week out of sheer boredom only to discover an immersive and all-consuming action-adventure game. Try to imagine Harvest Moon mashed with the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

The cutesy 16-bit animation is a nice juxtaposition for a game that centers around burying corpses — and occasionally snacking on them. You also have to build your church, unlock new technologies and evade the Inquisition. Your companions include a drunken talking skull and a communist donkey. This game elicits a lot of questions. Most importantly: WHY CAN’T I STOP PLAYING IT? (QUINN WELSCH)

BREAKING THE BLUE LINE Twelve NYPD cops, all people of color, knew the department’s secret and illegal quota system was wrong. The practice eventually led to a class action lawsuit, but before that, the 12 officers were pressured to arrest a predetermined number of people. Often those people lived in communities of color. The “NYPD 12,” as they’re known, pushed back and were punished by superiors. A new Hulu documentary, Crime + Punishment, by director Stephen Maing, is the culmination of four years of shooting and features covertly recorded conversations between the officers and their superiors. “This is a story we didn’t ask permission from the department to make,” Maing tells the Guardian. (MITCH RYALS)

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores Aug. 31. To wit: ALKALINE TRIO, Is This Thing Cursed? If you like your indie-rock with a touch of evil, these guys are total pros.

AARON LEE TASJAN, Karma For Cheap. This dude killed it opening for Social Distortion in Spokane this summer.

If you like gritty folk-rock a la Shakey Graves, check him out.

AMOS LEE, My New Moon. Maybe you caught him playing some of these new tunes at the Festival at Sandpoint this summer.

MADELEINE PEYROUX, Anthem. The jazz vocalist wrote through the 2016 election season, collaborating with seasoned non-jazzbos to create some contemporary new tunes.

MEGHAN TRAINOR, Treat Myself. The pop star tries to keep her hot streak going. (DAN NAILEN)

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CULTURE | VOLLEYBALL

EWU’s volleyball program is aiming for a culture change.

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Bounce Back

New EWU volleyball coach Leslie Flores-Cloud looks to turn around a program in turmoil

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ach practice, before the Eastern Washington University volleyball team takes the court, before any stretching or drills or scrimmages, the team gathers around and listens to coach Leslie Flores-Cloud read.

It’s a book about personal transformation.

It’s a book about change. It’s called Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great. And for Flores-Cloud, who’s taking over the volleyball program following an era of turmoil for the team, it’s a book the team needs right now.

“We relate to it a lot, because this is the first year for EWU volleyball that we’re starting to change culture. And it’s hard. And it will take a while. But you have to love the process, and that’s kind of what that book’s all about,” FloresCloud says.

Coming off a losing season is the least of the team’s problems. In spring, head coach Michael King and assistant Nathan Fristed were fired

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following an investigation into the coaches trying to secretly pay a player $300 in cash. And the investigation revealed deeper issues with the program that led 18 players to leave the team in King’s three years as coach.

Flores-Cloud says she’s heard enough about what happened before her. Her focus is on the future.

“We’re about to turn the corner,” she says.

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lores-Cloud glances over her shoulder, where her team marches across the court for agility exercises. Shoes screech against the hardwood and medicine balls bang against the wall.

It’s mid-August, and the team is coming off a 4-12 season, but Flores-Cloud shows optimism for the upcoming season. She has her sights set on the Big Sky tournament.

“I think that’s something we can strive for,” she says.

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New EWU volleyball coach Leslie Flores-Cloud.

Success isn’t new to Flores-Cloud, especially as a player. She was the setter at the University of La Verne team that went to the Final Four each year from 2003-2005.

Even then, she knew she wanted to be a coach someday.

“It’s never been important to me what level I was coaching, I just wanted to be coaching,” Flores-Cloud says.

Through the years, she’s tried to model her coaching from her own mentors. She knew she wanted to be a strong female role model for women because of Randi Smart, the only female coach she ever had. She learned how to “teach” volleyball from Tom Black, now the head volleyball coach at University of Georgia.

She learned how to lead, she says, from former University of Southern California coach Mick Haley.

By 2013, she accepted a job at Drake University as associate head coach. It was there that she decided she was ready to lead her own program. Eastern Washington University had always been on her list, because her husband went to school at Whitworth and living here allows them to be close to family. When the job opened up, it was a no-brainer.

“It’s awesome here,” she says. “It’s absolutely where I wanted to be.”

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uring her interview with Lynn Hickey, EWU’s new athletic director, Flores-Cloud says she didn’t ask questions about what happened in the program previously.

“I really don’t want to hear any more,” Flores-Cloud says.

What Flores-Cloud would bring, however, is a passion for mentoring the players.

“I told her I’d love on these girls, that it’s really important that they feel loved and appreciated for who they are, not just what they do on the court,” she says.

Moving forward, she promises to recruit women with high character and who do well in the classroom. That’s the kind of program she wants to build on.

And Flores-Cloud says it’s already starting. In meetings with seniors, they told her they’ve “never been so excited to be part of EWU volleyball,” Flores-Cloud says.

“To hear that they’re loving what they’re doing, it just means we’re moving in the right direction,” she says. “Because I don’t think that they’ve always loved it in the past.” n

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Nature’s Bounty

Aubrey Mundell, the Wandering Lemurian, harvests fireweed at Mount Spokane.

Aubrey Mundell shares her passion for harvesting wild, edible plants around the Inland Northwest through Wandering Lemurian Herbs

BY CHEY SCOTT

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n untrained eye would have overlooked the cluster of silvery green leaves poking up through a pile of smooth rocks on the banks of the Spokane

River.

But wild plant forager Aubrey Mundell immediately spots the herb, a variety of mugwort, traditionally used to soothe the stomach, aid digestion and even to treat menstrual problems.

Many other edible and medicinal plants naturally grow along the banks of the Spokane River below Ken-

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dall Yards, and even along the Centennial Trail above.

During a walk through the neighborhood on a hot, dry August day, the self-trained forager points out a handful of plants that can be cooked or eaten raw, dried and steeped into teas, or used as smoking herbs.

Though it’s extremely invasive and classified as a noxious weed in Washington and many other states, Japanese knotweed’s young spring shoots can be harvested and prepared a number of ways; even pickled. So can the immature leaves of red dock, a plant of the genus

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Rumex that’s commonly found growing along roadsides and by late summer is several feet high with a stalk topped by feathery, burnt red sprays of seeds. Cattails are also edible throughout the growing stage, from the plant’s stem to its pollen.

Black hawthorn berries, which Mundell spots growing on thorny trees along the river, can be dried and used in teas, as can wild rosehips. Western salsify, another common weed in urban environments, can be harvested for its long, edible taproots. Locals may recognize the plant by its small yellow flowers that bloom atop a long stem and transform into large fluffy seed heads resembling a dandelion’s.

“That one grows all over my backyard. I pick that and cook it and eat it. My neighbor is always like ‘What are you gathering over there?’ and she’s offered to spray my yard” for weeds, says Mundell, a soft spoken woman with long brown hair that’s faded to silver at the roots.

Rather than her given name, Aubrey, Mundell prefers to be called Haseya — of Navajo origins, that means “she rises.”

“I was really surprised how many [plants] grow in

my backyard or my neighborhood where I can walk and gather things,” Mundell continues.

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undell has turned her love of nature and the many wild, edible plants it provides into her Spokane-based business Wandering Lemurian Herbs, through which she hosts wild foraging classes several times a year — mostly in the spring and fall — and also sells herbal tea blends and other products.

Some of these teas, infused honey spreads and other products, including her popular “Forest Faerie Sprinkles,” made from dried, crushed flower petals, are stocked by the Pop Up Shop in downtown Spokane at the Steam Plant. Wandering Lemurian’s line of herbal products is also sold through her website.

While growing up in Arizona, Mundell fondly recalls her mother, Carol, using medicinal herbs and sharing naturopathic healing and spiritual practices with the family.

Mundell’s interest in foraging wild plants, however, didn’t blossom until after moving to Spokane about six years ago.

“First I got really interFresh thimbleberries from the mountain. ested in the wildflowers and wondering what was edible and what wasn’t,” she recalls, adding that she and a friend became curious about wild plants during frequent hikes around the region.

“We started photographing and researching, and bit by bit we started understanding which plants were edible and the characteristics between them, and that has evolved over the past six years.”

Wandering Lemurian Herbs is currently a side project for Mundell, who also works as a server at a local restaurant, though she hopes to gradually grow the venture as time and interest from her customers allow.

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t the peak of another dry summer in the Inland Northwest, there’s not much still growing at lower elevations that can be harvested and eaten. Spring and early summer are the region’s most bountiful seasons for harvesting wild, edible plants. Come fall, there will be wild roots to dig.

Up on Mount Spokane, however, Mundell is able to easily find huge swaths of fireweed, a tall-stemmed plant bearing bright purple-pink blossoms that can be consumed at many stages of growth, including its flowers.

“The reason I wanted to connect back to the earth is because I was getting sick from foods I was eating,” explains the practicing vegetarian. “These natural nutrients our ancestors were able to live off of was really appealing.”

When she’s out gathering in the forests and fields, Mundell is mindful of ethical foraging practices, which means leaving enough plants behind to ensure future propagation.

In addition to gathering what she can from wild environments, Mundell tends a small herb garden at her North Spokane home, where she grows calendula, lavender, skullcap, hyssop, lemon balm, St. John’s wort, feverfew, wild strawberry and some vegetables.

Most of the wild plants Mundell gathers she eats fresh alongside everyday foods in her mostly plant-based diet. Depending on the plant, she’ll boil, pan fry or consume raw.

“A goal I made myself is to eat some form of wild food every day, even if it’s something from my backyard,” she says.

“A lot of people think [wild plants] are unsafe, and I understand that feeling. That’s part of the reason I’m offering classes to identify things I’ve eaten myself. I think that will help with that disconnect and help people see there are things they can eat outside of the grocery store.” n cheys@inlander.com

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WATCH PARTY RESCHEDULED FOR WADDELL’S ON TRIPLE D NATION

Local restaurants and foodies were abuzz when Food Network star Guy Fieri was in Spokane earlier this summer to film an episode for his new show, Triple D Nation, revisiting favorite spots previously featured on the host’s long-running Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Fans of #DDD can come together to watch Waddell’s Neighborhood Pub & Grille’s segment, airing Friday, Sept. 14, at 9 pm; Fieri previously visited in 2010. For the occasion, Waddell’s is offering Guy Fieri specials on some of the dishes Fieri gorged on, including its smokehouse brisket sandwich and “Pop Rockin’” chicken wings. Head to facebook. com/waddellspubandgrill for all the details.

In addition to Waddell’s, Spokane’s small plates spot Ruins is also slated to be featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, in an episode airing on Sept. 21 titled “From Pork to Pasta.”

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As part of efforts to reduce its impact on the environment, Roast House’s new First Avenue Coffee in downtown Spokane is now a Certified Green Restaurant with the Green Restaurant Association. The designation makes First Avenue Coffee the third such Spokane-area restaurant to receive the organization’s stamp of approval (at the one-star level), which requires an establishment to practice composting and recycling and to not use polystyrene foam products, among other standards. Other Certified Green Restaurants in the region include Manito Tap House and the

Blackbird, both at the four-star level, and three campus dining facilities at Washington State University in Pullman.

CHEF IAN WINGATE JOINS CULINARY TEAM AT THE WANDERING TABLE

A familiar face and name is now heading up the kitchen at the Wandering Table in Kendall Yards.

Chef Ian Wingate, former executive chef of Table 13 at the Davenport Grand Hotel, and before that chef-owner of Moxie Restaurant, among others in the region, has taken over as acting chef at the Northwest-centric restaurant from chef and restaurateur Adam HegIan Wingate sted. Wingate started the new role about a month ago after moving back to Spokane, Hegsted says, adding that the two chefs share “a lot of the same ideals” and a desire to showcase local producers and products. “Teaming up has been a really great situation for both of us. Everyone is excited about having him back in town, and we’re excited to have him be a partner with us.”

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Disaster of Puppets If 2018 produces a worse comedy than The Happytime Murders, we’re all doomed

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

Muppets least wanted: Even Melissa McCarthy seems bored in the tedious R-rated puppet film The Happytime Murders.

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he Happytime Murders is the definitive answer to a they’ve forgotten Roger Rabbit, Fritz the Cat, Meet the Feebles, not-very-important question: What would happen Team America: World Police, Ted and Avenue Q. It’s borrowing if you ripped off Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but from all those superior works, but without a comic POV replaced the toons with Muppets and then made it super or a biting satirical edge. raunchy and R-rated, and what if it also totally sucked?

It goes like this. A disgraced former puppet copThis F-grade comedy has but one joke, which it then turned-P.I. named Phil Phillips (voiced by Muppets veteran bludgeons to a pulp. I laughed zero times, and I might Bill Barretta) is sniffing around a string of felt slayings. have preferred to have been bludgeoned. Here’s its only When his actor brother ends up dead, Phillips posits gag: There are a bunch of felt puppets, and they all say that someone is knocking off the stars of an old sitcom dirty things while engaging in outrageously inappropriate called The Happytime Gang. His one-time partner, a hubehavior. They go to strip clubs and porn shops. They man played by Melissa McCarthy, is the only one who excrete violent volumes of bodily fluids. They snort lines believes the theories about the serial killer, and they team of pure, uncut sugar through licorice up to crack the case. straws. Sometimes they’re comically It’s basically a parody of a film THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS noir written by somebody who’s dismembered or blown apart by shotRated R gun blasts. never actually seen a film noir.

It strains so hard to be outrageous Directed by Brian Henson There’s the dusty upstairs detective Starring Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Maya that it’d probably pull a muscle if it agency, the bubbly secretary (Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks had any.

Rudolph, wasted), the stripper Don’t get me wrong: I’m not ofwith a secret (Elizabeth Banks, fended by the content of The Happytime Murders. It’s actuwasted), the scowling G-man (Joel McHale, also wasted), ally unbelievably tame for a movie wearing its bad taste the nymphette who’s being blackmailed (a puppet, but as a badge of honor. No, what’s offensive is that the makwasted nonetheless). Weirdly enough, the film takes its ers of this film are selling its central gimmick — characters own plot seriously, and there are protracted sequences you normally associate with children’s entertainment in which McCarthy and her puppet co-star genuinely cursing and screwing — like it’s a new one: How quickly share their feelings with one another. And let’s not even

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mention its half-baked commentary on race relations and police brutality.

What’s most dismaying is that this is a genuine Henson Company production, directed by Jim Henson’s son Brian, who also helmed The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island. Those films had a sense of adventure, visual panache and a lot of colorful supporting players. What happened in the meantime? The Happytime Murders is visually flat — odd, considering it’s spoofing one of the most visually expressive movie genres — and lacking in energy, a waste of the complicated artistry that is puppetry.

Remember when Kermit the Frog rode a bicycle in The Muppet Movie and it was a magical moment of simple cinematic wonder? I shudder to think what horrific things the felt creatures in this movie would do with a bike. Here, we get a scene in which a puppet octopus sexually pleasures a puppet cow by yanking on its udders until it lactates milk in thick, gushing geysers. My, how the art of cinema has progressed since 1978.

I can see how this premise might have appealed to so many talented people, and some of the film’s individual set pieces probably seemed funny on the page. But as it plays out, The Happytime Murders is terrible. Horrible.

Half-assed, tone-deaf, ugly, unfunny, idiotic, joyless, witless and seemingly endless at barely 90 minutes. n

FILM | SHORTS

OPENING FILMS KIN

A troubled kid finds a high-powered alien firearm, and its rightful owners come after him and his ex-con brother.

(NW) Rated PG-13

THE LITTLE STRANGER

Based on the novel by Sarah Waters, a gothic mystery about a 1940s country doctor who travels to treat a patient in a crumbling country estate and finds its inhabitants haunted by eerie forces.

(NW) Rated R

OPERATION FINALE

In the years following WWII, a group of Mossad agents attempt to locate and capture high-ranking Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley star. (NW) Rated PG-13

SEARCHING

A mystery told entirely through FaceTime calls and text conversations, as a concerned father (John Cho) tries to track down his missing teenage daughter using her computer and social media accounts. (NW) Rated PG-13

NOW PLAYING ALPHA

An injured Ice Age caveboy, separated from his tribe, befriends a wolf that was left behind by its pack. Unusual and ambitious, and spoken entirely in a made-up prehistoric language. (ES) Rated PG-13

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP

Marvel’s third feature this year is the least essential of the bunch, but it’s still a breezy, mostly fun adventure.

This time out, microscopic superhero Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) ventures into a so-called “quantum zone,” teaming up with scientist Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) to rescue her long-lost mother. (JB) Rated PG-13

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A loner teen discovers a hulking robodog abandoned in a junkyard, and it turns out to be a high-tech government weapon. Makes it pretty easy to dispatch bullies. OK low-budget kiddie fare. (NW) Rated PG

BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN

An inspirational Christian film about two families — one fleeing genocide in Rwanda, the other suffering a crisis of faith in suburban America. Based on true events. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Spike Lee’s latest joint concerns the true tale of black cop Ron Stallworth, who posed as a white supremacist and befriended David Duke in 1979.

An endlessly fascinating story is occasionally undone by Lee’s own dramatic heavy-handedness. (JB) Rated R

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

Winnie the Pooh tracks down his former owner, now an adult played by Ewan McGregor, to help him search for his missing friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Though it devolves into mayhem, much of it floats along on gentle whimsy. (NW) Rated PG

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Based on the bestsellers by Kevin Kwan, an economics professor discovers her boyfriend is actually from one of Singapore’s richest families. It hits all the traditional rom-com beats, but it’s enlivened by a winning cast and a distinct cultural identity. (JB) Rated PG-13

EIGHTH GRADE

The directorial debut of comedian Bo Burnham is an empathetic comingof-age story about a teenage social outcast and how she navigates adolescence in a hyper-connected world. A pure slice of life, featuring a knockout central performance by Elsie Fisher. At the Magic Lantern (SS) Rated R

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A dire, adults-only Roger Rabbit ripoff, in which a puppet P.I. and his human partner investigate a string of grisly felt killings. The worst comedy of the year. (NW) Rated R

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION

The popular animated series continues, with Count Dracula and his monster pals going on a cruise where the fanged one falls in love. The voice cast includes Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi and Mel Brooks. (NW) Rated PG

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The long-awaited sequel to the 2004 Pixar hit is pretty fun, but it’s hardly in the upper tier of the studio’s work.

Explosive action ensues as the superhero family is called out of retirement, fighting a mind-bending supervillain who’s targeting their colleagues. (JB) Rated PG ...continued on next page

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NOW PLAYING JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM

The Jurassic juggernaut lumbers on, with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard returning to the prehistoric island as a volcano threatens to wipe out the dinos. It’s slightly better than its immediate predecessor, but it still doesn’t deliver on the potential of its premise. (MJ) Rated PG-13

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Set in the woods of Portland, this gentle drama explores how the relationship between a father and daughter living off the grid is tested when they’re forced back into society. The latest from Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik. At the Magic Lantern.

(JB) Rated PG

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN

A new and improved ABBA film musical, both a prequel and a sequel to the 2008 original, linking the past and the present on that idyllic Greek isle. Corny? Most definitely. But it still works. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Subversive, surreal and unexpected, rapper Boots Riley’s directorial debut imagines an alternate-reality Oakland where a black telemarketer rises in the ranks of a shady corporation by putting on his so-called “white voice.”

(NW) Rated R

Mila Kunis discovers her most recent ex-boyfriend was a secret agent and, along with her BFF Kate McKinnon, is chased through Europe by the CIA and assassins. Only sporadically funny and surprisingly violent. (NW) Rated R

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When a submersible filled with scientists is menaced by a megalodon, former Navy diver Jason Statham goes tooth to tooth with the same beast that cost him his career years ago.

Could’ve been worse, but it’s no Jaws, either. (JB) Rated PG-13

SKIP IT

The remarkable tale of New York triplets who were separated at birth and reunited as adults, and the troubling secrets behind their estrangement. A fascinating, unpredictable and ultimately heartbreaking documentary. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

Fred Rogers, the Presbyterian minister and groundbreaking children’s TV show host, gets the biographical documentary treatment. Yes, it’s as heartwarming as you might expect, but it’s also a much-needed ode to gratitude and compassion. At the Magic Lantern.

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MILE 22

The fourth collaboration between Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg, a thriller about a CIA operative who must protect an asset with top-secret government information. About as subtle as a roundhouse kick to the side of the head. (ES) Rated R

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — FALLOUT

Who would have thought a ’90s film inspired by a ’60s TV show would still be cranking out solid sequels? As convoluted as the plot of this sixth installment may be, the action sequences are as jaw-dropping as ever. (JB) Rated PG-13

PAPILLON

Remake of the 1973 Steve McQueenDustin Hoffman drama about prisoners plotting an escape from a barbarous prison colony. Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek star. (NW) Rated R

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Kelly Macdonald is solid as a bored housewife who discovers she has a knack for putting jigsaw puzzles together, and so she enters the world of competitive puzzling. It ain’t exactly Rocky, though it has some fleeting charms. At the Magic Lantern. (JB) Rated R

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There’s no middle ground with this one: You’ll either be taken by it, or you’ll despise it. See for yourself. In Darren Aronofsky’s surreal, violent, darkly funny fever dream, a woman’s home is invaded by unwanted visitors, and it only gets crazier and trippier from there. (NW) Rated R

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Alpha is an ode to caveman’s best friend, and it’s disarmingly strange and ambitious.

Teen & Wolf

The unusual prehistoric human-dog adventure Alpha will really appeal to outdoorsy kids

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hey don’t make a lot of movies that are dead, or at least beyond saving, and mournfully set in 18,000 B.C. and told entirely in leave him behind. But Keda is not dead, just made-up caveman languages, perhaps badly injured, and here, at the halfway point, is for obvious reasons. Nor is the theme of “where when the film becomes a survivalist adventure, dogs came from” often explored in film, though like a PG-13 version of The Revenant. that angle sounds a lot more lucrative.

Armed with a knife, Keda proves resourceful Here to fill those needs is Alpha, set 20 millenand well trained, though he still struggles with nia ago among the hunter-gatherers of Europe, making fire, and more peril awaits him in the starring Kodi Smit-McPhee as a teen form of flash floods, saberwho becomes separated from his toothed tigers and a pack of ALPHA tribe and must find his way home in wolves. One of those wolves, Rated PG-13 a harsh but beautiful world, befriendwounded in its altercation with Directed by Albert Hughes ing a wolf along the way. The use of a Keda, sticks around and bonds Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, fictitious primitive language (subtitled Johannes Haukur Johannesson, with the kid. The whole premise in English, of course) gives the film an Natassia Malthe of the movie — prehistoric boy earnest geekiness, which, in addition meets wolf — is thus a spoiler, to the occasionally dodgy CGI, means since it doesn’t begin to happen we’re always teetering on the edge until the second half. of ridiculousness. But it mostly works, and it’s Written with a sense of innocent wonder by unusual and ambitious, which is always good for first-timer Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt, the a few bonus points. film isn’t long yet could have used some trimOur boy, a soft, willowy lad named Keda, is ming in the first act, leading up to the incident the son of the tribal chief, Tau (Johannes Haukur on the cliff. That’s when the story becomes truly Johannesson), and is joining the men for the first engaging, and when director Albert Hughes (on time on their annual buffalo hunt. Father and his first solo outing after making Menace II Society, son both take the rite of passage seriously, Tau Dead Presidents, From Hell and The Book of Eli with spending much of the first 30 minutes of the film his twin brother Allen) can start showing off the giving Keda loving guidance and stern correcmovie’s gorgeous, desolate landscapes. There’s a tion, emphasizing the principle that everything in lot of natural beauty here (it was shot mostly in life — even life itself — must be earned. When a Canada), and Hughes composes evocative and hunter from another clan observes that Tau must haunting images. There’s also a lot of CGI, some be proud of his son, his reply indicates this has of which is unconvincing and mildly distracting. not yet been determined: “I hope he makes me But Keda’s journey is frequently thrilling in proud.” No pressure, Keda! the way that boys’ adventure novels are, intense As the result of a scary, vertigo-inducing but not overwhelming, with a satisfying resoluencounter with a herd of buffalo near a cliff, Tau tion. I liked it. I think an outdoorsy kid who’s 11 and the hunters come to believe that Keda is or 12 would love it. n

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Jen Borst and Navid Eliot are the voices behind Planes on Paper, the folk duo that hits the Bartlett stage on Saturday.

Lush harmonies and emotional introspection take flight in the delicate folk of Planes on Paper

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he songs of Planes on Paper are deeply personal, intimate stories about its members’ life experiences and the issues they care about. But they’re also meant to be relatable, hyper-specific musical narratives that are nonetheless pitched to anyone and everyone.

As Navid Eliot, one half of the Yakima duo, puts it: “You don’t feel alone while you listen to it.”

He and his co-writer and bandmate Jen Borst produce a haunting but welcoming brand of folk, their two voices always in sync and in harmony, with delicate instrumentation practically cradling the vocals. It’s the kind of music you might hear at a low volume in a coffee shop and find yourself unable to tear your ears away.

The duo’s regular touring presence means they’ve become perhaps Yakima’s best-known act, and although

the town isn’t exactly known primarily for its music scene, it’s actually an ideal place to live as a working musician, Eliot says: The cost of living isn’t exorbitant, and you’re pretty close to bigger cities like Seattle, where Eliot is when he talks to the Inlander — he drove over the day before to play a show with another band.

Eliot is originally from Seattle, and he moved to Yakima about six years ago. He remembers hearing a general grumbling about the lack of venues and original bands, and so he started a local open mic night.

“Some of the guys that were 15, 16 when I started that open mic are in their early 20s now, and are in touring bands,” Eliot says. “Some of them moved to bigger cities to have more of a local scene, and there are still a few that are around Yakima.”

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That’s how he initially met Borst, who was working as a photographer for the Yakima Herald and snapped some shots of Eliot for a piece about the town’s burgeoning singer-songwriter scene. They were both later recruited to sing harmonies in a local band, and when that project went in a different direction in 2014, they decided to branch out on their own. Hence, Planes on Paper was born.

“We took our share of the band funds and recorded what was intended to be a demo, but it turned into an EP,” Eliot says.

Planes on Paper dropped their debut full-length Edge Markings earlier this summer, and the release tour wraps up in Spokane this weekend. Half of the album’s tracks have been in the band’s repertoire for a couple years now, while the other half were written specifically for the record, “about things that seemed pretty topical for the time we’re living in,” Eliot explains.

But all the songs feel of a piece, and certain themes recur throughout the album — the perils and pleasures of isolation (“I’m not lost, just hard to find,” they muse on “Hermit Song”), the degradation of communication, the difficulties of escaping past trauma. “All That’s Flesh Is Grass” is about the demise of the planet, and the people who want to hasten an almost certain apocalypse, while “Television” is even more overtly political: “I know ...continued on next page

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“IN GOOD COMPANY,” CONTINUED... you’re angry and you’re confused,” it goes, “but it’s not the rest of the world, babe — it’s you.

“And it’s where you get your news.”

It seems appropriate, then, that “Television” actually landed the band an invite to play the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center last year, and the lyrics packed a particular wallop while echoing through the legendary Washington, D.C., theater.

“It’s an observation about how politics are really dividing us as a country. It’s like this broken marriage,” Eliot says. “The big sweeping goal is that people hear it and they don’t necessarily feel like they’re listening to some kind of factual narrative of our experiences, but that they listen to it and take the emotional content and think of their own emotions rather than ours when they hear it.”

Eliot likens his working relationship with Borst as that of a writer and editor, roles that change depending on who’s on which side of the pen. One of them will start a song, and then the other makes suggestions until it’s just right, and that collaborative backand-forth manifests itself in their live show.

They’ve played the Bartlett several times now, mostly as an opening act and usually as a duo on a spare stage. This time they’re bringing a small backing band and they’re headlining, but the show is still going to be as intimate as ever.

“We don’t have much of a wall between us [and the audience],” Eliot says. “We’re speaking as honestly as we can to a roomful of strangers and hoping that they can take away from that that we are not different than they are, and they’re not different from one another. We’re all people who experience the same emotional inner dialogue.” n Planes on Paper with Marshall McLean and the Holy Broke • Sat, Sept. 1 at 8 pm • $10 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

MUSIC | PIG OUT Harrison, the Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell and Prince sideman David Z in producing a long line of strong albums. Main man Kurt Neumann remains in fine form on their 2017 album Thirteen, and they should make for a Pig Out highlight. Friday, 9 pm, Lilac Stage (DN)

DISHWALLA

Tribute act Petty Fever hits the Clocktower Stage on Saturday night at Pig Out in the Park.

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HEART BY HEART

How much value do you put in a crackerjack rhythm section? Your answer could go a long way in determining how much you enjoy Heart by Heart. OK, not really — if you love the classic Heart tunes of the ’70s, you’re going to dig this band led by Heart’s original bassist Steve Fossen and drummer Michael Derosier. The two guys went in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Heart sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson in 2013, and they’ve put together a band they hope delivers the visceral kicks of classics like “Magic Man,” “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda” and more. Thursday, 8:30 pm, Lilac Stage. (DN)

DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS

Don’t let that name fool you. Dead Winter Carpenters aren’t some dour, downbeat group with nothing but songs to scowl to. On the contrary: Their catalog is full of stompers, with the occasional wistful-yet-optimistic track, and their live shows contain plenty of energy. The

Northern California five-piece seems to be on the road all the time, which has built them a serious fan base, particularly on this side of the Mississippi. “Roller Coaster,” their newest single featuring bluesman Jackie Greene, is a good encapsulation of what makes them tick: It puts country, folk and roots-rock into a blender and marries it to a memorable melody. Thursday, 8:30 pm, Clocktower Stage (NW)

BODEANS

Dishwalla had a huge hit in 1996 with “Counting Blue Cars,” and if that title doesn’t ring any bells, allow me to sing its chorus for you: “Tell meeeee alllll your thoughts on God.” OK, now we’re on the same page. Although that was their only MORE EVENTS single to crack the Visit Inlander.com for Billboard Hot 100, complete listings of the Santa Barbara local events. alt-rockers have been going strong (save for a brief hiatus in 2005) since they released their contribution to ’90s playlists everywhere, performing with (mostly) the same lineup. In fact, they released an album called Juniper Road in 2017, their first studio release in 12 years.

Saturday, 8:45 pm, Lilac Stage (NW)

PETTY FEVER

Guitarist and singer Frank Murray was already winning awards in Las Vegas and Los Angeles for his popular band paying tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. When Petty died last year, you can bet Petty Fever’s schedule filled up fast. You can certainly count me among the people who don’t want to go through life without hearing live versions of “Breakdown,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “American Girl” and “You Wreck Me” ever again. If you didn’t catch Petty Fever at the Bing a few months back, you got lucky — you can see them for free this weekend. Saturday, 8:45 pm, Clocktower Stage (DN)

KID ‘N PLAY

I don’t know about you, but I still love the House Party movies from the early ’90s, which starred hip-hop duo Kid ‘n Play as rap-obsessed high schoolers trying to throw a kickin’ get-together despite being grounded.

Energetic, brightly colored and featuring wall-to-wall music, they still hold up as glorious musical time capsules.

And Kid ‘n Play — that’s Christopher “Kid” Reid (he of the hi-top hairdo) and Christopher “Play” Martin (he of the leather eight-ball jackets) — are back together again, delivering that upbeat, positive-vibe hip-hop that they don’t seem to make much of anymore. Watch them prove that they can still kick it with the best of ’em. Sunday, 9 pm, Lilac Stage (NW) n

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here are artists who emerge from their underground bunkers every couple years with a new release, and then there are artists like Karl Blau.

The Anacortes, Washington, songwriter has been quietly prolific for the last decade, cranking out albums with the regularity — but hardly the uniformity — of a machine. Name a genre and odds are good Blau has dabbled in it: orchestral-pop, spare folk, honky-tonk, indie-rock backed by a tangle of horns and blipping electronics. He’s even recorded a reggae-tinged adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, because why not? He’s a restless musical spirit in the best way imaginable.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Karl Blau with Heatwarmer • Fri, Aug. 31 at 8 pm • $10 advance, $12 day of • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 7472174

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219 LOUNGE, Kevin Dorin ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Christy Lee J THE BARTLETT, Edmund Wayne, Sulphur Banks BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, KrashKarma, Dysfunktynal Kaos BISTANGO MARTINI LOUNGE, KOSH J BOOTS BAKERY , The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen J COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute CORBY’S BAR, Steve Fleming THE CORK & TAP, Truck Mills CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Mike McCafferty CRUISERS, Open Jam Night DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Usual Suspects DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave THE JACKSON ST., Songsmith Series MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Son of Brad NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), JamShack J J PANIDA THEATER, The Lil Smokies POST FALLS BREWING, Robby French RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RIPPLES RIVERSIDE GRILL, Land of Voices J J RIVERFRONT PARK, Pig Out in the Park with Heart by Heart, Dead Winter Carpenters & more (see page 47) J RIVERSTONE PARK, Idle Poets THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, Jam Series SLICE & BISCUIT, Bluegrass Jam J J WASHINGTON CRACKER CO. BUILDING, Jango with Kung Foo Grip, Treveezy and Young Smoke ZOLA, Blake Braley

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f you love a good rave (do kids still call them raves anymore?), then you’re probably already familiar with the swirling, insistent beats of What So Not. It’s the solo project of Australian DJ and producer Emoh Instead (real name Chris Emerson), who has been regularly dropping EPs — and remixes of said EPs — since 2011. He just put out his debut LP, Not All the Beautiful Things, which features collaborations with artists both contemporary (Skrillex) and old-school (Toto — yes, that Toto). That bridging of two distinct eras is typical of Emerson’s style — simultaneously futuristic and retro.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER What So Not with Chrome Sparks and Beauflexx • Thu, Sept. 6 at 8 pm • $20 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 228 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

Friday, 08/31

1898 PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow 219 LOUNGE, Fat Lady 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS, Ethereal in E J J THE BARTLETT, Karl Blau (see above), Heatwarmer BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOLO’S, Vern and the Volcanoes BORRACHO TACOS & TEQUILERIA, Perfect Mess J THE BUOY, KOSH THE BUZZ, Dylan Hathaway CARLIN BAY RESORT, Casey Ryan CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Sky & Jeremiah CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Bob Sletner CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRUISERS, Jay Statham and the Tokie Show CURLEY’S, The Happiness DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave FARMHOUSE KITCHEN, Tom D’Orazi

FORTY-ONE SOUTH, Truck Mills J FORZA COFFEE CO. (VALLEY), Fort Vine GEM STATE CLUB, JamShack J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Dave Matthews Band HOUSE OF SOUL, Jip Skippy and the Unprepared IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Mostly Harmless IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Smackout Pack IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Smash Hit Carnival THE JACKSON ST., Mad Fly KLINK’S LAKESIDE, One Street Over LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Sadie Sicilia MAX AT MIRABEAU, Usual Suspects MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Brian Jacobs & Chris Lynch MOOSE LOUNGE, Dragonfly MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Dr. Phil and the Enablers

NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Jake Rose; Gigawatt ONE SHOT CHARLIE’S, Royale J OUTLAW BBQ, Bryan Warhall PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Harold’s IGA J RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jelly Bread RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J J RIVERFRONT PARK, Pig Out in the Park with BoDeans, Curtis Salgado, Blake Braley & more J SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN RESORT, Fall Fest feat. Dimestore Prophets SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Robby French; Christy Lee (at Noah’s) SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Ruthie Henrickson J ST. MARIES, Paul Bunyan Days feat.

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219 LOUNGE, Pamela Jean and The Devon Wade Band BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Pamela Benton J J THE BARTLETT, Planes on Paper (see page 45), Marshall McLean, The Holy Broke BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOLO’S, Vern and the Volcanoes CARLIN BAY RESORT, Wyatt Wood CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Bob Sletner COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Craig Wayne Boyd CURLEY’S, The Happiness DI LUNA’S CAFE, Alexa Wildish J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Dave Matthews Band J HARRISON CITY PARK, Luke Lautaret Project HOUSE OF SOUL, Nu Jack City and DJ P-Funk

J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Chris & Co. feat. Danielle Ring IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Smash Hit Carnival THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Kerry Leigh LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Mary Chavez MARYHILL WINERY, Ron Kieper Jazz MAX AT MIRABEAU, Usual Suspects MOOSE LOUNGE, Dragonfly MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Kyle Swaffard NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Jake Rose; Gigawatt ONE SHOT CHARLIE’S, Royale PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, The Van Paepeghem Quartet J THE PIN!, Kevin Moore-Young, DJ Vybe POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Rusty Jackson J RED ROOM LOUNGE, Indian Goat, Bar Talk, Wayward West, Youth & Canvas REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Robert Sarazin Blake RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos

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ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Atomic Jive CARLIN BAY RESORT, Bob Sletner COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, The Powers CRAFTED TAP HOUSE, Casey Ryan CRAVE, DJ Dave CURLEY’S, Haze GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Dave Matthews Band HOGFISH, Vanessa Silberman & Carissa Johnson IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Smash Hit Carnival LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Sharon Daggett J MOOTSY’S, FAUS, Bar Talk, Hilltop Rats O’DOHERTY’S, Live Irish Music ONE SHOT CHARLIE’S, Royale PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Peter Lucht J THE PIN!, Violet Night, Ten Speed Pile Up, Quaggadog

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Wednesday, 09/5 219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills J BLACK DIAMOND, Justine Ponsness CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam Night GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with Host Travis Goulding HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz & Whiskey Wednesdays THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke LOST BOYS’ GARAGE, Jazz Wednesdays LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MILLWOOD BREWING COMPANY, Scotty Nicol J THE PIN!, Separating the Seas RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jam Session RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROADHOUSE, Open Mic SLATE CREEK BREWING CO., KOSH THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke ZOLA, Whsk&Keys

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MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. BERSERK • 125 S. Stevens • 714-9512 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR • 4720 Ferrel, CdA • 208-274-0486 HOUSE OF SOUL • 120 N. Wall • 217-1961 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MARYHILL WINERY • 1303 W. Summit Pkwy, Ste. 100 • 443-3832 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR CATERING & EVENTS • 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY • 15 S. Howard • 598-8933 OMEGA EVENT CENTER • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S • 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • 208-9300381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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MUSIC DAVE AND DA BOYS

Honoring their Labor Day weekend tradition, the Dave Matthews Band takes the stage at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Central Washington for three nights of rock ’n’ roll. To dedicated fans’ delight, the group has graced this outdoor stage more than 50 times now, and this year will be no different than past shows. DMB will play tracks from Come Tomorrow, their most recent release and the band’s ninth studio album, as well as the classic crowd favorites. The lineup of openers include Moon Taxi, Margo Price and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The venue is selling out fast, so if you haven’t grabbed tickets yet, jump on it.

— BROOKE CARLSON Dave Matthews Band • Fri, Aug. 31 to Sun, Sept. 2 • $49.50+ • The Gorge Amphitheater • 754 Silica Rd., George • davematthewsband.com • Tickets at livenation.com

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SPORTS LAST CHANCE TO PLAY BALL

BENEFIT HEART FOR ART

Spokane Indians • Sat, Sept. 1 at 6:30 pm; Sun, Sept. 2 at 3:30 pm; Mon, Sept. 3 at 6:30 pm • $5-$20 • Avista Stadium • 602 N. Havana • spokaneindians.com

Hank Chiappetta Benefit Show • Sat, Sept. 1 from 7-10 pm • Free to attend; donations accepted • 1507 E. Sprague • bit.ly/2wqyKkE

One of the fun aspects of heading to the ballpark for a Spokane Indians game is hearing the songs the players pick to play as they head to the plate to swing the bat. You really capture the diversity of the players’ tastes when you hear, say, outfielder Austin O’Banion bat to Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” first baseman Curtis Terry swing to Outkast’s “Rosa Parks” and several of the team’s Latin players bat to the sounds of Puerto Rican sensation Bad Bunny. The team is fighting for a playoff spot as they enter their final series of the season against the Vancouver Canadians.

— DAN NAILEN

Local artists are coming together to help one of their own this weekend. Spokane woodcarver Hank Chiappetta is known for his ornate and entirely hand-chiseled wood carvings, including pieces on display in the Spokane City Council chambers at City Hall.

Chiappetta is currently battling stage four terminal liver cancer.

A heartfelt benefit show featuring pieces by the artist, alongside original pieces by other local artists, has been organized to support Chiappetta’s family during this difficult time. Friends have also started a GoFundMe, under “Helping Hank in Time of Need.”

— CHEY SCOTT

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— Your neverending story — A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR.

a MONTH FULL OF FUN. FESTIVAL SUMMER’S FINALE

Head up to the mountain one last time and send summer off with a bittersweet toast during Schweitzer’s 26th annual Labor Day weekend celebration, Fall Fest. The four-day event packs in all the live music, beer, wine and cider you can enjoy, with 75 microbrews and ciders on tap in the beer garden and performances from nearly a dozen local bands and musicians. Kids are welcome at this family-friendly weekend and even get their own soda tent where they can become mini mixologists. Other activities throughout the weekend include the last chances to hike, mountain bike and ride the resort’s Great Escape Quad to the top of the mountain before summer operations close for the 2018 season.

— CHEY SCOTT Schweitzer Fall Fest • Fri, Aug. 31 to Mon, Sept. 3 • Free admission • All ages • Schweitzer Mountain Resort • 10,000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint • schweitzer.com

— UPCOMING EVENTS —

FILM OH, THOSE SUMMER NIGHTS

First, the bad news: Our outdoor Suds & Cinema screening of the 1978 musical Grease had to be postponed because of all the smoke in the air. But the good news: The event is back on, and it’ll still be free and family-friendly.

Head down to Kendall Yards around 6:30 pm next Thursday, when seating will become available (we encourage you to bring a blanket to sit on); the film starts at dusk. Bring your best singing voices, too: We’re encouraging you to belt it out with the movie’s stars, along with song-leaders from the Spokane Civic Theatre, with the lyrics to all those memorable songs up onscreen, karaoke-style. We’ll have a beer garden serving $5 pints from Icicle Brewing, and Brain Freeze Creamery will provide free scoops of ice cream courtesy of Horizon Credit Union. We hope to see all you there.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Suds & Cinema Presents Grease Sing-Along • Thu, Sept. 6 at 6:30 pm • Free • All ages • 21+ beer garden feat. $5 pints from Icicle Brewing, benefiting Terrain • Olmsted Brothers Green • N. Nettleton and Summit Parkway • bit.ly/2NZAad5

Mary Poppins, Civic Theatre, 9/14

Food Truck Fridays, Downtown on Wall Street, through 9/28

Los Lonely Boys, The Bing, 9/16

Fiesta Spokane, Downtown on Post Street, 9/29

Spokane Symphony Chamber Soiree Davenport Hotel, 9/25-26

Simon & Garfunkel Story The Bing, 9/30

Don’t miss the next First Friday: September 7th, 2018

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W I SAW YOU

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CHEERS JEERS

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I SAW YOU LIGHT MY SUMMER NIGHT? You: Flaming red hair as bright as the wagon on Centennial Trail. I see you running every morning by the carousel. Me: Team captain that’s been admiring you from afar.

Light my Quaker fire?

SPOTTED PRINCE I saw you from afar at the Creed concert. Your short, brilliant, fiery hair made my knees weak and took all my confidence away. Never had I seen a man fill jean shorts so perfectly. Your lack of any sort of rhythm was well overcome by an endless sea of freckles. Come and take me higher, my spotted prince.

SPICY NUMBERS MAN You have been in my organization’s conference room all week with two of your co-workers. Every day I have walked by and looked in to see what you were up to, lingering just a minute or two, hoping you would look up and notice me. I asked around and you have been looking at our company’s financials, making sure all our numbers are in order and accounted for. I bet you could do a number on me, not that you haven’t already... I am shy and did not have the courage to approach you. This Friday I stopped at the conference room window, hoping for one last chance to see you. I noticed you were working hard on your computer. I assumed you were engrossed in a complicated matter, as you furrowed your brow and didn’t look

up once for a solid 3 minutes, fingers flying on your ten-key. I got chills watching you, so focused and determined! And then it happened, you looked up from your screen and noticed me. We locked eyes, and I gave you a smile. You gazed back with a blank stare, as I imagine you didn’t want your co-workers to see how excited you were. Oh, what a professional! As you looked at me with your feigned puzzled look, I new we were sharing a moment of ecstasy together.

Then one of your colleagues stole your attention, and I retreated, sullen, to my desk. I couldn’t contain my emotion, so I had to pour out my soul here. If you are somehow reading this, then it is a sign we were meant to be together! Post here if you are interested, I know you are ;).

Sincerely, Your Dearest Admirer SPLIT SHORTS THAT MADE MY HEAD TURN I was biking. You were running by.

Red hair in the wind. Shorts split down the side. Your pale legs glistening in the August heat. I hadn’t seen you in years but you just pranced by. Goodbye brown eyed guy. Run like the wind.

ASL IN AIRWAY HEIGHTS You were in a white car, and I was the fat guy walking near the gas station wearing a beat up old wolf shirt. You stopped when I let you pass, and I couldn’t hear (because I am actually losing my hearing, I haven’t lost it 100% though, I hear bits and pieces) you talking. I started to sign to show you I couldn’t hear you, and to my surprise you signed back! I understood some of what you were signing, but I am just learning ASL, I am sorry to have disappointed you! If there was time, I’d have told you to pull over so I could have signed this to you. I am not sure who you were looking for, but I hope this provides you some clarity why I looked like a deer caught in the headlights. I’m learning still, but it’s getting easier. If you see me around town, don’t be afraid to say hi. Love to have more friends that know ASL. HOT FOR GINGER You were a blur of flowing ginger hair and nearly translucent pale skin as you passed me on my run. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes you stirred my metallic heart. I hope you

weren’t turned off by my halting, robotic gait, I can change I promise. I am up for anything, extensive travel, IPAs and job searching are my favorite hobbies.

PONYTAILED MOM WITH GLASSES I’ve seen you a couple of times at one of the coffee shops up by Wandermere. This last time you were wearing a grey sweatshirt. I don’t have the nerve to approach

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you directly but maybe you’ll see this and be interested in having a glass of wine?

You can find me over in the CL missed connections :).

HANDSOME MAILMAN Friday 8/24 we locked eyes as you smiled and drove by near Valley Mall. I walked by and said “hi” but was too shy to say anything else. I was walking my dogs and was wearing a pink top. I hope I get the chance to have a convo with you and maybe drinks. My treat. Email: mmc8765309@gmail.com with a picture to confirm it’s you :)

CHEERS IT’S IN PRINT NOW, BB Bet you thought I was kidding, but here it is, Mr. David.

You’ve quickly become one of my favorite humans and I just adore you. I like to think you feel the same. You’re gonna get that 4.0 (if we don’t play Switch too much), I know it. You know why?

Because you are super-mega-foxy-awesome-hot. Mwuah. smol girl COOL SAMARITANS Thank you to every-

1. Visit Inlander.com/isawyou by 3 pm Monday. 2. Pick a category (I Saw You, You Saw Me, Cheers or Jeers). 3.

Provide basic info: your name and email (so we know you’re real). 4. To connect via I Saw You, provide a non-identifying email to be included with your submission — like “petals327@yahoo.com,” not “j.smith@comcast.net.”

PULLED PORK DUNKER I was at a beer festival for a bachelorette. While drunk-

came out and invited us inside, and of course Papa Tony — you all demonstrated that even on the hottest day of the year, people around here are the coolest!

JEERS LIFE SKILLS 101 For all of you who seem to find it necessary to spit on the sidewalk, please remember we walk over your body fluid and then walk on the floors and carpets in our homes. This is where our babies are crawling on the floor and children play with their toys. You may think, “Well, take off your shoes,” but we also walk our pets and service animals. We surely can’t remove their feet. No, the responsibility rests with you. Please just stop spitting on the sidewalk. Use a bandanna for what they were actually made for or use the curb.

This is more than a decency issue, it is a health issue. They banned spittoons in 1918 because it was a health hazard. They found out it spread the flu. While we are at it, when did it become OK to put your dirty feet on the seats of buses or even public seats in general? I wear business

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enly staggering around, you decided to dunk a whole pulled pork sandwich in my beer. Then you turned around and denied ever committing the crime. At least buy a new beer next time you ruin someone’s fun. You looked like a Bob. SO YOU DON’T LIKE GEYSERS?!?! I’m not sure what the red headed beefcake who rained on my geyser parade has against geology. Or fun. But get over it.

When I’m in geyser territory I mean business. Jeers to you for not appreciating the natural wonders of nature. n

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SATU R DAY

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9/2 3:30 PM

9/3 6:30 PM

vs. Vancouver Canadians

vs. Vancouver Canadians

OUTDOOR EXPO GA Explore local non-profit outdoor organizations and a day focused on the Inland Northwest outdoors. Plus postgame Pizza Factory Catch on the Field.

SEASON FINALE FIREWORKS

vs. Vancouver Canadians

MARGARITAVILLE NIGHT Join us as we kick off Labor Day weekend Jimmy Buffet style!

Plus post-game Dairy Queen Circle the Bases.

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clothes and pay good money for them.

I sure don’t want the dirt from the street (and spit) on my clothes. I know one thing, if the bus system doesn’t do something to enforce some general etiquette principles, they are going to lose commuters. I for one am getting tired of it.

I’m not sure what the red headed beefcake who rained on my geyser parade has against geology. Or fun. But get over it. When I’m in geyser territory I mean business.

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BENEFIT

STEAK AND BAKE FUNDRAISER: The monthly fundraiser includes live music from Diminishing faculties and a dinner menu of steak, salad, baked potato and garlic bread. Monthly on the last Friday from 5-7 pm. $10. VFW Post 1435, 212 S. David St. (535-9315) NOURISH UGANDA: A delegation of Ugandan officials, including the Minister of Public Service Honorable Muruli Wilson Mukasa, visit Spokane for a benefit event to support the launch of a sustainable nutrition and feeding pilot program in 20 Ugandan schools. Sep. 4, 6-8 pm. Southside Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. facebook.com/NourishUganda (509-535-0803) YAPPY HOUR: An event to benefit the Spokane Humane Society’s partnership with the Pawsitive Dog Prison Training Program at Airway Heights Correction Center, for which eight shelter dogs live with inmates to learn social and behavioral skills. Sep. 5, 4:30-7:30 pm. $20.

The McGinnity Room, 116 W. Pacific. themcginnityroom.com (467-5253) COOKING FOR A CAUSE: An evening of food tastings, auctions, music, dancing and more. Attendees can sample each dish from a local chef and vote for their favorite. Proceeds support Greater Spokane Meals on Wheels. Sep. 7, 6-11 pm.

Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. sanew.org (951-6708) THE NINETY: A premier wine tasting event featuring only 90+ rated Washington wines, including from Cayuse, van Löbel Sels Cellars, Leonetti, Quilceda Creek, DoubleBack, Long Shadows Vintners and more. Includes food pairings, vertical tastings and more to support Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital. Sep. 7, 6-10 pm. $150-$200. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. bit.ly/2O9gZ1j (509-927-9463) SYNERGY AGAINST CANCER: A celebration of the opening of the new bar and restaurant in the basement of the former Masonic temple. All proceeds support local families affected by the immense costs of cancer treatment.

Sep. 7, 4-10 pm. $20. North Hill on Garland, 706 W. Garland Ave. facebook. com/drinkeatnorthhill (805-650-6121) HOWLING AT HAMILTON: Join the Humane Society of the Palouse for the 11th annual dog day at the pool. Bring your pooch for a day of swimming, and a jumping contest at 5 pm. Sep. 9, 1-6 pm. $10/dog. Hamilton-Lowe Aquatics Center, 830 N. Mountain View Rod. hu-

manesocietyofthepalouse.org/events (208-883-1166)

COMEDY

2.0PEN MIC: Local comedy night hosted by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ (244-3279) GUFFAW YOURSELF!: Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. facebook.com/pages/ Neato-Burrito/115509695145435 (509847-1234) BLUE RIBBON: Improv skits based on county fair-themed prompts and suggestions. For general audiences. Fridays at 8 pm, Aug. 17-Sept. 14. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) LATE LAUGHS: An improv show featuring a mix of experiments with duos, teams, sketches and special guests.

Events on the first and last Friday of the month at 10 pm. Rated for mature audiences. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) STAND-UP COMEDY: Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com (509-838-6688) AFTER DARK: A mature-rated version of the Blue Door’s monthly, Friday show; on the first and last Saturday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE: Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, from 8-9:30 pm. Free. The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com (509-822-7938) MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY: Hosted by Jared Chastain, with local acts followed by open mic. Mondays at 8 pm. Ages 21+. Free. Etsi Bravo, 215 E. Main. etsibravo.com (715-1037) OPEN MIC: A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998) COMEDY NIGHT: Host Darryl Burns with headliner D. Abrams and featuring David Anderson, Tracy Jazzo and Bran-

dy Roenback. Sep. 6, 8-11 pm. $5. House of Soul, 120 N. Wall St. bit.ly/2MB3J4c (509-598-8783)

COMMUNITY

DOGGIE DIP: Bring your four-legged friend to the last splash of the season!

The event hosted by Spokane Parks Foundation and SpokAnimal seeks to raise awareness and funds for the High Bridge Dog Park. Dropins/donations welcome at the door. Proof of rabies vaccination required. Aug. 26 (Comstock), Aug. 27 (Shadle), Aug. 28 (Hillyard), Aug. 29 (Cannon) and Aug. 30 (Liberty). $10. Spokane, n/a. spokaneparks.org HERITAGE GARDENS TOUR: The Gardens have been restored to look as they did when the Turners entertained their guest more than a century ago. Aug. 30 at 2 pm and Sept. 2 at 11 am. Free.

Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh Ave. heritagegardens.org SUMMER WORKOUT SERIES: Get fit with three nights a week of activity: barre on Monday, yoga on Wednesday and cardio on Thursday. July 9-Aug. 30; events begin at 7:15 pm. Free. Spokane Tribal Gathering Place, 347 N Post St. bit.ly/2HomSTz UNDER THE FREEWAY FLEA MARKET: Hundreds of vendors ply their wares in the protected open air space beneath I-90 and the Northern Pacific Depot Museum grounds. Also includes live music, kids’ games, street drinks and eats and more. Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Downtown Wallace, n/a. wallaceidahochamber.com FIRST MONDAY NETWORK FOR SPOKANE ENTREPRENEURS: A networking event held the first Monday of the month (5:30-7:15 pm), hosting sponsors and speakers who can help business owners and entrepreneurs in taking their business to the next level. $10. Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. mirabeauparkhotel.com (208640-1331) VINTAGE THRESHING BEE: Wheat will be harvested with all horse/mule drawn equipment during this event at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds, 5 miles west of Colfax on Hwy. 26. A no-host lunch will be available. Sep. 3. Free.

Colfax, n/a. visitcolfax.com/ (509-6573682) WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE: The Spokane Folklore Society presents the first of the season Wednesday Night Contra Dance. Beginner work-

High energy JUNK ROCK from pots, pans, power tools, car parts and more…

SATURDAY

Sept 29 7:00 PM

HAUNTED

HALLOWS

THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER Just in time for Halloween, a musical ode to Harry Potter.

SATURDAY

OCT 27 2PM & 8PM

Eckart Preu, conductor Nick Norton, magician Angeline Melzer, artistic director featuring Professional Ballet School Dancers

(509) 624-1200 • FoxTheaterSpokane.org Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

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RELATIONSHIPS

Advice Goddess HAVING IT SMALL

I met somebody online, and we have a real connection, but he is agoraphobic and hasn’t really left his bedroom for 10 years. I have a job and a life, so it’s hard to keep up with his barrage of messages. However, it seems unfair to bail on dating him just because he has this condition.

What causes agoraphobia? Is it treatable? —Wondering It can be really romantic to spend the entire weekend in bed with a man — but only when you don’t have to spend every other day of the month there, too.

The term “agoraphobia” starts with “agora,” the word for the ancient Greek version of a ginormous open-air shopping mall and outdoor auditorium. However, agoraphobia is not simply a fear of big open spaces. Agoraphobics also fear (and avoid) unfamiliar environments and situations that leave them feeling their safety is beyond their control — like being in a crowd of strangers with little room to move. (To an agoraphobic, a free pass to Coachella is like a coupon for a free hour of electric shocks at a CIA black site.)

Additionally, the “my duvet is my continent!” lifestyle (in severe cases of agoraphobia) can develop out of a fear of having these dreaded situations trigger a panic attack. Evolutionary psychologist and psychiatrist Randolph Nesse explains that panic, a form of fear, appears to be an “adaptive” reaction — meaning one that evolved to protect us — driving us to flee from “life-threatening danger.” It does this by kicking off a “coordinated pattern” of changes in the body, emotions, and behavior.

In the body, panic causes your adrenaline to surge, ramping up your energy.

Your lung capacity increases, and your blood flow gets redirected — away from your brain and to your arms and legs, so you can kickbox somebody into submission or (if you got a D in ninja school) run for your life.

Mentally, panic turns you “Aaah! Lemme outta here!”-centric. As Nesse explains it, “the mind becomes focused on finding escape routes. If none are obvious, anxiety rises quickly,” and there’s an “overwhelming” motivation to seek shelter in protective places and be near protective people (like “trusted relatives”).

If you’re staring down a lion or an angry mob, this response will help you survive. And Nesse notes that “mild ‘normal’ agoraphobia seems” to be a reaction akin to “fear of leaving the home range in territorial animals, a situation fraught with danger in the wild.” However, Nesse explains that extreme agoraphobia — like that experienced by your friend — seems to be an over-functioning of a survival mechanism, an excessive response leading to the avoidance of not just meaningful danger but the stuff of normal day-to-day life.

But there is hope for agoraphobics — from research on anxiety disorders.

Clinical psychologist Michelle Craske reports that the mind and body can often be successfully retrained through a form of cognitive behavioral therapy. It’s called exposure therapy, and it involves a therapist gradually and repeatedly exposing a patient to something they’re irrationally afraid of (like spiders, social rejection, or leaving their bedroom).

These experiences can eventually lead the patient to see that their fear is unfounded and — in time — to react more rationally, both consciously and in their subconscious physical reactions. So, for example, going to the grocery store would eventually give rise to the bodily reactions of any other tedious to-do list item — as opposed to the adrenalized reactions that go with being chased down the cereal aisle by a guy with a bloody ax.

The thing is, this is a long process — often rife with setbacks — and you aren’t this guy’s doctor. As for your notion that it’s unfair to nix a relationship with him because of his condition, you seem to be conflating sticking by a person you love — that “in sickness and in health” marriage vows thing — with doing it for a person you hope to love.

You may also be falling prey to the “sunk cost fallacy.” This is a cognitive bias — an error in reasoning — that leads us to irrationally decide to continue an endeavor based on how much we’ve already invested (in, say, time and energy).

But that prior investment is gone. The rational way to assess whether to continue is to see what we’d get out of any future investment.

In other words, you should only consider this guy a viable prospect for a boyfriend if you’re willing to sign on for the day-to-day reality — a relationship that takes place entirely in his bedroom, save for the occasional exotic vacation to the living room: “Uh, when you get a chance, two more pina coladas...Mom.” n

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EVENTS | CALENDAR shop at 7:15; 7:30. This is a community dance. No experience is necessary, all are welcome, and it is fun for all ages.

Sep. 5, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. womansclubspokane.org (509-838-5667) BECOME DEBT FREE: Assess your current finances and learn how to use tools that make debt-free living possible.

Registration required. Sep. 6, 6-7 pm.

Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. stcu.org/workshops (893-8400) FIRST THURSDAYS: The monthly community celebration features live music, an outdoor beer garden, vendor fair and more. Colfax, n/a. explorecolfax. com (553-9729) BREWFTOP: A party with the Lands Council to catch supporters and the community up on what TLC does for the regional environment, why it’s important, and how you can get involved.

Sep. 7, 5-9 pm. $3. Kendall Yards, Summit Parkway. bit.ly/2vRAcgp (2092407) THE LIBERTY BUILDING’S 110 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY: Celebrate the 110th anniversary of the historic Liberty Building as well as anniversaries of longstanding local businesses that call it home today. The celebration includes treats, art demos, discounts, raffles and giveaways and more. Sept. 7-8 from 9 am-9 pm. Free. Liberty Building, 402 N. Washington. bit.ly/2MkrsJP (541-6550303) AUNTIE’S BOOKSTORE “BOOK & GAME CO.” 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: The local bookstore celebrates its 40th anniversary, having been originally founded in 1978 as the “Book & Game Co.” Celebrations include giveaways, discounts, new merchandise, and more. Sep. 8, 9 am-7 pm.

Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. bit.ly/2ogK2nW (509-838-0206) COEURFEST 2018: A new festival celebrating the North Idaho business community, organized by the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce. The all-day event challenges participants to “Observe, Learn & Do” in seven different experience areas that highlight the North Idaho lifestyle and what makes our region so special. Sep. 8, 11 am-5 pm. Free. McEuen Park, 420 E. Front Ave. cdachamber.com (208-769-2252) DROP IN & READ: Read great books from Spark’s collection to inspire your own stories, crafts and drawings. Participants may read at their own pace and then choose from writing, arts or crafts activities based on what they have read. Grades K-8. Second Saturday of the month, from 2:30-4 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org/events/2018/6/26/drop-inread (279-0299) FALL GARDEN CLEANUP: Master Gardener Marilyn Lloyd shares the importance of fall cleanup in the garden, along with easy steps to get it all done.

Sep. 8, 2-3 pm. Free. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St. scld.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=56124&bac kTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/09/01 (509-893-8320) FALL OPEN HOUSE: View class schedule online at harmonyoga.com. Sep. 8, 9 am-6:15 pm. Free. Harmony Yoga, 1717 W. Sixth Ave. harmonyoga.com/ workshops.html (509-747-4430) FALL PLANT SALE: The annual event offers drought-tolerant and deer-resistant plants for sale, along with berries, grapes, asparagus, pollinator-friendly

plants, shrubs, vines, grasses and more.

Includes kids’ activities, live music, a petting zoo and more. Sep. 8, 8 am-3 pm. Free. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito.org (509456-8038) FORT PARTY: Team up with friends to build the fort of your dreams, then play inside the structure you’ve built.

Learn to plan, collaborate and engineer in a fun, whimsical way. Sign up online; grades K-3. Sep. 8, 10 am-noon. Free.

Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org/events/2018/9/8/ fort-party (279-0299) MUDGY & MILLIE BIRTHDAY PARTY: Ten years after they began a hide-andseek game in downtown Coeur d’Alene, Mudgy & Millie’s new adventure in Australia will be revealed at the annual birthday celebration for the pair at the library with author Susan Nipp. Book sales benefit the CdA Library Foundation; also includes cake and a visit from the characters. Sep. 8, 11 am. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315) UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE FOSTER PROGRAM INFO: Lutheran Community Services is currently seeking Spokanearea individuals and families interested in fostering refugee youth. Learn more at informational sessions on the second Tuesday of the month, from 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. Lutheran Community Services, 210 W. Sprague. lcsnw.org (3435018)

FESTIVAL

26TH ANNUAL FALL FEST: Bid summer farewell with this annual send-off at Schweitzer, featuring four days of live music, wine, craft beer and cider, kids’ activities, and the final weekend of summer mountain operations. Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10,000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555) FUNKY JUNK: The 11th annual antiques and craft show featuring 100 booths of juried vendors. Also includes a beer and wine garden, live music and more. Sept.

1-2 from 10 am-4 pm. $5/weekend admission. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer Rd. funkyjunkantiqueshow.com/ (208-263-8414) SANDPOINT RENAISSANCE FAIRE: The second annual faire features jousting and equestrian performances, a variety of food and drink, local artisans and entertainers, live music, dancing, comedy, and demonstrations, crafts and activities for kids, and craft merchants. Sept. 1-2 from 10 am-6 pm. At 784 Shingle Mill Rd. $5-$10. Sandpoint, n/a. sandpointrenfaire.com SPOKANE COUNTY INTERSTATE FAIR: Come “Turnip the Jam” at the 2018 Spokane County Interstate Fair and lettuce entertain you with familyfriendly rides, activities, shows and vendors. Sept. 7-16 from 10 am-10 pm daily. $8-$11. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. spokanecounty.org/972/Interstate-Fair (509-477-1766)

FILM

EMOJI MOVIE: Showing as part of the Garland’s annual “Free Summer Movie Series;” doors open at 9 am. Through Aug. 31, 9:30 am. $2.50. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com/ (509-327-1050)

WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?: An intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination. Rated PG-13. Aug. 30-Sept. 3, times vary. $3-$7. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) ANDY IRONS: KISSED BY GOD: Threetime world champion surfer, Andy Iron’s struggle with bipolar disorder and opioid addiction. Andy struggled with the same demons that millions of people worldwide battle with daily.

Sponsored by La Chic Boutique and a portion of ticket sales benefit NAMI. Film presented in the main theater. After discussion in the Reel Lounge (Little Theatre). Sep. 1, 7:30 pm and Sep. 2, 3:30 pm. $11-$13. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org/event/andyirons-kissed-by-god (208-255-7801) SATURDAY MARKET CARTOONS: Join the Kenworthy for this favorite summer tradition. Cartoons are screened every Saturday through September from 9 am to noon. 9 am-noon through Sep. 29. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) INLANDER SUDS & CINEMA: GREASE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SING-A-LONG: An outdoor screening and sing-a-long of the 1978 classic in honor of its 40th anniversary, with free Brain Freeze ice cream and food from the Incrediburger truck for purchase, as well as a 21+ beer garden with $5 pints from Icicle Creek Brewing, benefiting Terrain. (Rescheduled from Aug. 16.) Sep. 6, 6:30 pm. Free. Olmsted Brothers Green, N. Nettleton St. and Summit Pkwy. bit. ly/2NZAad5 ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: The Garland’s regular screenings of the cult classic include prop bags, shadow casts and other revelries. Screenings at midnight on March 17, June 9, July 21, Sept. 8, Oct. 27 and Dec. 22. $7. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com/ (509-327-1050) MOVIE & A MISSION: SUICIDE: THE RIPPLE EFFECT: To celebrate World Suicide Prevention Day and kick off our kindness campaign, FailSafe for Life hosts a screening of the film “Suicide: The Ripple Effect” for the Spokane community. Sep. 10, 7:30 pm. $11.12.

Regal Cinemas, 4750 N. Division. bit. ly/2LEXAr7 (509-482-0209) KYRS PRESENTS: THE HEMINGWAY SERIES: KYRS and the Magic Lantern host monthly screenings of classic films based on Ernest Hemingway’s writings.

Second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm: March 13 (The Sun Also Rises), April 10 (A Farewell to Arms), May 8 (For Whom the Bell Tolls), June 12 (Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man), July 12 (Under My Skin), Aug. 14 (The Old Man and the Sea). $5/show. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. magiclanternonmain.com (509-209-2383)

FOOD & DRINK

BARBECUE, BEERS AND BANDS: Each Thursday features a local brewery and musician, with a barbecue meal and sides prepared by Culinary Stone staff.

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21-Aug. 30, Thursdays from 4-7 pm.

The Culinary Stone, 2129 N. Main St. culinarystone.com (208-277-4166) PIG OUT IN THE PARK: The 39th annual food and music festival in Riverfront Park is host to more than 40 food vendors, with live music all weekend on three stages, three beer gardens and more. Aug. 29-Sept. 3, 11 am-10 pm daily. Free admission. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard St. spokanepigout.com (509-625-6600) SCOTCH & CIGARS: Select a flight of whiskey, scotch or bourbon paired with a recommended cigar during an event on the outdoor patio. Thursdays, from 6-10 pm. $15-$25. Prohibition Gastropub, 1914 N. Monroe. facebook.com/ Prohibition.Gastropub.Spokane1 (4749040) THURSDAY WINE SOCIAL: The weekly complimentary wine tasting event features different wine themes and samples of the shop’s gourmet goods.

Thursdays, from 4-6 pm. Free. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Government Way. gourmetwayhayden.com/wines/ (208-7621333) FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY: Back by popular demand, Downtown Spokane is shutting down Wall Street between Main and Spokane Falls every Friday this summer. This year’s series features a wider variety of trucks, entertainment and company. See weekly schedule online. Fridays from 11:30 am-1:30 pm through Sept. 28. 11:30 am-1:30 pm through Sep. 28. Downtown Spokane, n/a. bit.ly/2LHESM2 (456-0580) FRIDAY NIGHT SEAFOOD BUFFETT: The Weekly menu features oysters, clams, scallops, king crab and more.

Fridays from 3:30-9:30 pm through Sept. 29. $36-$29. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino. com (800-523-2467) PRODUCE SWAP (DEER PARK): Bring in extra fresh produce from your garden and take home something different from another garden. Leftovers will be taken to a local food bank. Fri-Sat from 10 am-6 pm; Sun from 1-5 pm through Sept. 30. Free. Deer Park Library, 208 Forest St. scld.org (509-893-8300) RIDE & DINE: Enjoy a scenic gondola ride, live music, and a savory mountaintop barbecue. Lift ticket included in price; dessert, beer, wine and mixed drinks available for an additional charge. Fridays, July 6-Sept. 1, from 2-8 pm. $25-$33. Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com (208-783-1111) SIP AND SAMPLE: The market’s weekly afternoon tasting, featuring 1-2 wines and something to munch on. Saturdays from noon-4 pm. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. petuniasmarket. com (328-4257) SIP OF BEVERLY’S: An introductory wine class and tasting event with Beverly’s Sommelier Trevor Treller. Interactive sessions include appetizers and featured wines at discounted bottle prices. First Saturday of the month, at 3 pm. Ages 21+. $25. Beverly’s, 115 S. Second St. beverlyscda.com (208-7654000) INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS BUFFET: Take a culinary trip around the world and feast on Swedish meatballs with egg noodles, Italian-style Tuscan salmon, manicotti with alfredo, chicken pad thai, sweet and sour pork, Mexican taco bar, New England style clam chowder and more. Sundays from 4-8 pm. $22.

Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com (800-523-2467)

COMMUNITY COOKING CLASSES: The Kitchen at Second Harvest provides nutrition information, scratch cooking skills, budgeting, and more. Free hands-on cooking classes in the kitchen teach low-income families how to prepare nutritious meals while making optimal use of their limited resources. See website for dates and times; typically meets Tue and Wed from 5:30-7 pm.

Free. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen. org/classes-events/ (252-6249) PRODUCE SWAP (CHENEY): Bring in extra fresh produce from your garden and take home something different from another garden. Leftovers will be taken to a local food bank. Tuesdays from 10 am-8 pm through Sept. 25.

Free. Cheney Library, 610 First St. scld. org (509-893-8280) CHEF TALKS: Store chefs speak about particular cooking topics during a complimentary, Q&A-style event. First Wednesdays of the month, from 5-6 pm. Free. The Culinary Stone, 2129 N. Main St. culinarystone.com (208-2774166) MIMOSA SUNDAY AT THE FAIR: Join us for a pop-up mimosa bar to celebrate Ladies Day at the Spokane County Interstate Fair. Choose from several mimosa flavors to kick off your day at the fair the right way. Sep. 9, 11 am-3 pm. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. bit.ly/2OCCMh7 (509-477-1766) BLOODY MARY MONDAY AT THE FAIR: Enjoy your Bloody Mary on the north lawn while dueling pianos entertains with a fantastic (and free) show!

Sep. 10, 4-7 pm. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. bit. ly/2MJMuO8 (509-477-1766) TACO TUESDAY AT THE FAIR: Enjoy yummy tacos and margaritas on this fun-filled Tuesday night at the fair.

Sep. 11, 4-7 pm. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. bit. ly/2MdTAOK (509-477-1766)

MUSIC EVENTS & CONCERTS

LILAC CITY LIVE AT PIG OUT IN THE PARK: A special edition of the “late night” talk show featuring local Spokane talent, this time at the Ice Ribbon Stage. Featuring music from Atari Ferrari and Midnight Goats, and segments with guests Bill Burke (Pig Out) and Nathan Weinbender (The Inlander, Movies 101). Aug. 30, 8-9 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard St. spokanelibrary. org (444-5300) TUMBLEWEED MUSIC FESTIVAL: A weekend featuring 100+ performances by musicians from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including folk, sea chanteys, bluegrass, blues, Celtic music and more. Also includes food and craft vendors, singalongs, workshops and more. Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Richland, n/a. tumbleweedfest.com/ (509-987-7630) LABOR DAY CONCERT IN THE PARK: Say farewell to summer in spectacular fashion. The Spokane Symphony will delight families and friends with their lineup of light classics, patriotic tunes and favorites from the world of pop, Hollywood and Broadway. Sep. 1, 6 pm.

Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. spokanesymphony.org (509-755-6726) LABOR DAY CONCERT IN THE PARK: Say farewell to summer in spectacular fashion at the Spokane Symphony’s

30+ year tradition, featuring a lineup of light classics, patriotic tunes and favorites from the world of pop, Hollywood and Broadway. Sep. 3, 6 pm. Free. Comstock Park, 29th Ave. and Howard St. spokanesymphony.org MUSIC VIDEO JAMS: From the venue: A music video festival and competition pairing local filmmakers with local musicians to create brand new collaborative work. Sept. 9 will be the finale where the videos will be screened and judged and the winner of the competition announced. Sep. 9, 7:30-10 pm. $5.

The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. thebartlettspokane.com LEVI THE POET & COREY KILGANNON: Touring artists Levi the Poet and Corey Kilgannon are traversing the West Coast and stop at the Corbin Corner (328 W. Cleveland), an all-ages house venue, to perform their music and poetry. Local musician Sean McGrath opens. Sep. 10, 7-10 pm. $10. Spokane, n/a. bit.ly/2wtMcEf

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

KAYAK AND DINNER: Paddle your way through clear waters to an amazing dinner at Bangkok Thai on a tandem sit -on-top kayak. Offered July 12, Aug. 16 and Aug. 30, from 5:30-9:30 pm. Registration required. $25. Bangkok Thai, 1003 E. Trent Ave. spokaneparks.org (509-325-8370) YOGA IN THE PARK: All levels and ages are welcome to this family-friendly series sponsored by Banner Bank and endorsed by City of Spokane Parks & Recreation. Participants should bring their own mat and a water bottle. July 26 and Aug. 30 from 6-7 pm. Free. Franklin Park, 302 W. Queen Ave. yogajoynorth. com (509-328-2402) SPOKANE INDIANS VS. VANCOUVER: Send off summer during this threegames series with Margaritaville Night, the Outdoor Expo Game Day (Sept. 2) and season finale fireworks. Sept. 1-3. $5-$20. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St. (535-2922) SPOKANE BADMINTON CLUB: Meets Sundays, from 4:30-7:30 pm, and Wednesdays, from 7-10 pm. $5+/visit.

West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt St. spokanebadminton.com (448-5694) WEST CENTRAL TABLE TENNIS: The local ping-pong club hosts open dropin sessions on Tuesday, 6:30-9:30 pm ($3), and league play on Sundays, 1-4:30 pm ($5) at the Girl Scouts Center.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and N. Idaho, 1404 N. Ash St. westcentraltabletennis.com (342-9322) SPOKANE RIVER LABOR DAY FLOAT: Enjoy a relaxing scenic rafting trip on the Spokane River with your Labor Day. Wiley E. Waters’ Rafting professional guides will let you embrace your day off from hard work, and allow you to paddle off some stress. This trip will put in at Water Ave. and take out at TJ Meenach Bridge, and will run an hour and a half. Sep. 3, 10 am-noon. $32.

FREE THE SNAKE FLORTILLA: Join others to call for the removal of four outdated, low-value dams on the lower Snake River. This year’s flotilla features activist Winona LaDuke of the Ojibwa Nation as a special guest of Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment. Bring your boat and join activists at Chief Timothy Park outside of Clarkston. Sept. 7-8. Free. Clarkston, n/a. freethesnake.com n

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NOTE TO READERS Be aware of the differences in the law between Idaho and Washington. It is illegal to possess, sell or transport cannabis in the State of Idaho. Possessing up to an ounce is a misdemeanor and can get you a year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine; more than three ounces is a felony that can carry a fiveyear sentence and fine of up to $10,000. Transporting marijuana across state lines, like from Washington into Idaho, is a felony under federal law.

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End the summer in classic style at SILVERWOOD’S COASTER CLASSIC CAR SHOW, Sept. 1-2, free with admission to the park. So, in addition to all the rides, stage shows and fun stuff to do, you get a rare up-close-and-personal view of some of the hottest hot rods and coolest classics from across the Northwest. Tickets: $47 (ages 8-64); $26 (ages 3-7, 65-and-up). Visit silverwoodthemepark.com or call 208683-3400.

Just $10 reserves your seat at the COEUR D’ALENE CASINO COUNTRY MUSIC CONCERT on Sept. 1 for Craig Wayne Boyd, winner of NBC’s The Voice.

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All work and no play is no fun! Treat the kids to three times the fun at TRIPLE PLAY this Labor Day weekend and rediscover how much fun it is to play with go-karts, bumper cars, a climbing wall, laser tag, mini golf and a huge arcade. Tickets: $36.95; add ropes course, and/or Raptor Reef pass, $4.9510.95. Visit 3play.com or call 208-762-7529.

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Squeeze some summer-like fun out of September during Silverwood’s Community Appreciation Weekends where park admission is discounted and $4 from every adult ticket and $1 from each youth/ senior ticket will be donated to local food banks.

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Kootenai County Farmers Market SEPTEMBER 1, 5

It’s harvest time, so stock up on fresh produce from the farm vegetables, local cheese, honey and much more at the North Idaho farmers markets. More than 100 vendors sell their wares Saturdays from 9 am-1:30 pm (Highway 95 and Prairie Avenue in Hayden) and Wednesdays from 4-7 pm (Fifth Street and Sherman Avenue). Both markets continue through October.

Keeping History Alive THROUGH OCTOBER 31

The Museum of North Idaho is celebrating its 50th anniversary with its feature exhibit “Keeping History Alive,” showcasing some of its favorite artifacts that reflect and preserve our region’s history. Tue-Sat, 11

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