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22 2018 ELECTION GUIDE With over 90 candidates and 40 races, this year’s election can appear daunting.

Politics has manically dominated the news to an inescapable point. According to the North Carolina Board of Elections, in 2014, less than half of the state voted in midterms, a number that trails even the least developed democracies. In the face of such adversity, YES! Weekly hopes that our readers will embrace their CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY and do some of their own research into what they are voting for. Research the candidates, look up your local voting center and plan ahead.

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Sticky rice, spring rolls, flavorful broths - you name it, I’m in. Luckily, LAO RESTAURANT + BAR in downtown Greensboro has just what I needed on a Sunday night. The interior of the restaurant is crisp white, with the infamous narrow hallway toward the restaurant’s dining area. The space was the original home of Crafted, Art of the Taco, which has since moved across the street.

10 Ahead of their ballistic musical attack this Friday night at Boxcar’s cavernously cozy Event Space on Lewis Street in Greensboro, I got together with Caleb Gross, drummer for punk sensation BASEMENT LIFE, and John Chester, drummer for hardcore hammerheads VELVET DEVILS. 11 Author PHIL HALL, the film historian whose previous works include The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time (2013) and In Search of Lost Films (2016) – the latter having been reviewed in this very column – now examines a cinematic phenomenon of somewhat dubious origin and reputation.

12 The Los Angeles-based singersongwriter MICHELLE LEWIS doesn’t mind if her songs make you sad. She’s made YES! WEEKLY

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peace with the fact that tear-jerkers are sometimes what flows out of her pen. Life is heavy and intense, and sometimes those feelings associated with powerful experiences are the ones that stick with us. Depending on your constitution, a song that makes you sob might be more memorable than a song that makes you get out on the dance floor.

18 Unfortunately, HUNTER KILLER isn’t a striking example of cinéma vérité but rather a complete piece of fiction. As such, it’s a rampaging mediocrity, even if it does represent a slight uptick in quality for a movie starring Gerard Butler.

24 Voters are being asked to vote on SIX AMENDMENTS to the state constitution, all of which are vaguely-written attempts at making permanent and sweeping changes to North Carolina’s most important legal document.

25 The last midterm ELECTION we had was in 2014, and in that year, only 46 percent of registered North Carolinians turned out to vote, as compared to the 2016 election, when 67 percent of voters showed up at the polls.

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WICKED ON ELM WHAT: Are you ready to get Wicked? This Halloween will be a night you won’t remember! Join us for the first annual Wicked on Elm Halloween Bash and Costume contest.

Best costume will walk with a cash prize.

Drink specials and a DJ will keep the party going.

WHEN: 8:30 - 11:30 p.m.

WHERE: The W Bistro/Bar Downtown.

324 South Elm Street, Greensboro.

MORE: $5 entry for ages 21+. $10 entry for ages 18-20.

7TH ANNUAL COSPLAY COMPETITION WHAT: Geeksboro Battle Pub invites everyone to don their best Cosplay and come out to our 7th Annual Cosplay Competition! To enter, simply wear your BEST COSPLAY and come out with your friends to Geeksboro Battle Pub! All cosplayers will be professionally photographed. And winners get free COFFEE OR SODA for a year plus SUPREME BRAGGING RIGHTS! WHEN: 6 - 9 p.m.

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A Rotary BBQ competition benefiting Children of Vietnam. This year we’re adding a RUSH food drive. Out of the Garden Project will provide food cartons. Bring a canned good donation and receive a raffle ticket to be entered to win a Grand Prize.

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WHAT: Come join us for a great night of dinner, drinks, games and prizes! Greensboro Roller Derby is hosting a Fundraiser Gala with a Raffle Auction at Pig Pounder Brewery! Admission is free! Dinner will be provided by Olive Garden and can be purchased for $12 for an adult plate and $8 for a child plate. It will include a salad, breadsticks and spaghetti. Raffle tickets for two different raffle auctions will also be on sale.

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SAT 3 NCA&T HOMECOMING CONCERT FEAT. CARDI B & 2 CHAINZ WHAT: The N.C. A&T State University Student Government Association, Student University Activities Board and Diamond Life Concerts have announced the 2018 Aggie Homecoming Concert will come to Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The all-star lineup will include Cardi B, 2 Chainz, Ella Mai, Lil Baby and DJ E Sudd.

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32ND ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY FEAST FOR THE HOMELESS

BY TERRY RADER

Talking with Mary Lacklen, co-founder of the Community Tables Thanksgiving Day Feast, she shared with me that she had done this event for half of her life.

I remember the first one in 1986 held at The Salvation Army. There were 300 homeless served that day with the help of many volunteers. Today, they’ve fed over 110,000 hungry people. Lacklen strives to be a good steward of her volunteers who make it all possible.

“Serving food to the homeless can be cathartic for all of us,” she said. “If you’d like to join us and volunteer, please sign up on Facebook or Community Table’s link to Sign-up Genius. We always need more volunteers.”

As the numbers of people in need continue to grow each year, the demand for more food grows as well. Community Tables is not affiliated with the Greensboro Urban Ministry, where they previously used their facility. Now, the Greensboro Coliseum opens it’s facilities for the entire week that it takes to prep and prepare the meals that served 5,200 homeless citizens on Thanksgiving Day last year.

Ken Conrad, co-founder and former owner of Libby Hill Restaurant worked alongside Lacklen on this event for 28 years. When he died unexpectedly, she wanted to do something to honor his legacy. Lacklen met with Walker Sanders, president of The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, to create two funds in Conrad’s memory.

The Conrad Legacy Endowment only allows an annual percentage to be drawn to add to the Thanksgiving Fund’s donations that pay all of the bills. This year, Lacklen is worried about how she will raise the remaining $5,000-$6,000

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needed to meet the 2018 budget requirements. With Florence and Michael, she said many North Carolina turkey farm crops were destroyed, and turkey costs have significantly increased on top of donations falling short.

Lacklen said she is accepting taxdeductible donations and Sanders will handle all donations. Lacklen said she is grateful for the support that the community provides through her grassroots funding efforts. “Mary is the heart and soul of it,” Sanders said. “We are looking for a longer-term business model to sustain it because it’s far too important to lose. We want it to live on forever and honor Conrad’s wishes, too.”

“I’m worried about what would happen to this event if something happened to me, what if I got hit by a bus or something?” Lacklen said. “I’m thinking it may be time for me to hand off the torch to someone who will love it as much as I do, so it doesn’t disappear.”

One thing I know for sure is that whenever Lacklen has that apron on, she is truly happy and if she’s cooking, there are lots of happy bellies at the table. After owning four restaurants, she is still dedicated to the food industry in her work at Triad Local First. Lacklen is also available as an independent restaurant consultant and event planner.

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ating at a restaurant alone, just like traveling alone, is a solo venture that can feel awkward.

It’s different than curling up on your couch with a pint Jennifer Zeleski of ice cream while your apartment is Contributor empty, or grabbing a quick and quiet lunch in the middle of a workday. After recent experiences asking for a table of one, I have found a reoccurring indulgence while I’m on my own: Asian comfort food.

Sticky rice, spring rolls, flavorful broths - you name it, I’m in. Luckily, Lao Restaurant + Bar in downtown Greensboro has YES! WEEKLY

just what I needed on a Sunday night.

The interior of the restaurant is crisp white, with the infamous narrow hallway toward the restaurant’s dining area. The space was the original home of Crafted, Art of the Taco, which has since moved across the street. The bar is expansive with an elegant marble counter, and a lengthy list of cocktails and draft beer as a backdrop. Their Triad Margarita Wars runner-up certificate is also proudly on display, in honor of their second place Thai Chili Coconut Margarita, which is still available upon request.

The atmosphere is ideal for an upscale dining experience without breaking the bank, as well as bringing a group of friends or family together in the heart of Greensboro’s downtown. But the real winner wasn’t just the design of the space; it was the reason everyone shows up: the menu.

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There is an art to ordering the right appetizer when you’re dining alone, and with so many options it was difficult to decide.

Did I want something that only I would enjoy, or did I venture out into unknown territory? I chose both routes. My first order was the moneybags, which stood out from the list next to tod man pa (fried spicy tuna bites) and seen lod (crispy, over-dried seasoned beef or pork strips).

The moneybags were crispy wontons stuffed with cream cheese and imitation crab. There were six in an order, the perfect amount to share, and each came neatly wrapped with a string of seaweed to hold their shape. They truly looked like

moneybags, similar to what you might imagine on a cartoon or in a child’s video game, but their look was overshadowed by their taste. Each one had a crisp exterior but was soft and creamy on the inside.

Mixed in with the cream cheese was a small amount of onion that was reminiscent of French onion dip, but so much better. They weren’t greasy despite being deep-fried, and the fish sauce for dipping offered a layer of sweetness. It might seem like an odd pairing: crab, cream cheese, onion, and a sweet dipping sauce, but each component made them live up to their name. I stopped myself from eating all of them on my own but knew I

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would be back to share with friends in the future. I’d never had strictly Laotian food, which is very similar to Thai and Vietnamese but featuring dishes that are more distinct than others in their ingredients and overall flavors. One that caught my eye was the sakoo sai moo, described as a lettuce wrap with poached tapioca dumplings, filled with pickled peanuts and pork with palm sugar. I loved dumplings but had no idea what to expect for a poached tapioca exterior. It was probably a good thing that I had no clear expectations because they looked slightly intimidating when they arrived at the table.

For lack of a better term, they looked

like a small orb, each one steaming on several crisp leaves of romaine lettuce.

They were very sticky, and it took a little maneuvering with chopsticks and fingers to get them onto a piece of lettuce. They were gummy and chewy, but not overwhelmingly sweet like one might expect.

It reminded me of mochi, a Japanese rice cake made with sticky rice, but warm and stuffed with groundnuts and pork rather than a sweet filling or ice cream. They took a little while to get used to and really relied on the lettuce to create a balance of texture. They were nothing like my idea of dumplings but were an experience nonetheless. I would suggest them to

chose the chicken, with similar expectations of pho or ramen.

This soup was all its own.

The broth was packed with flavor and saltiness that I would never be able to immolate at home, even if I tried. Each bite warmed the soul, and the noodles melted in your mouth but held enough of their texture that they didn’t make the broth clumpy or congealed. The chicken was white meat and added just enough protein to be filling. There weren’t any vegetables added, but you didn’t miss them. After realizing I was almost done with the bowl, I decided it was the Laotian version of one of my favorite Pennsylvania comfort foods, chicken and dumplings.

Exactly what you need when the temperatures start to drop, and a comfy blanket just won’t do. One bonus to eating soup alone? No uncomfortable noodle-eating eye contact. (Slurping in public is still up for debate.)

There are a handful of restaurants that I leave knowing I will highly suggest to others, and this was one of them. I was disappointed when I finished my dishes because I didn’t want the experience to end. There were details in every dish that was noticeable and exceptional, especially when it meant handmade, well combined or neatly plated.

If getting one roundtrip ticket to Laos is a little out of your price range (or comfort level), go to Lao Restaurant + Bar for your comfort food fix. A lonesome venture is good for you, even if it means not crossing continents. !

adventurous eaters and be wary of trying to share; it might be ideal for someone looking for something small rather than a full entrée.

What’s the best food to cure a cold, mend a broken heart, or to satisfy a craving? Soup. We’ve finally made it to a season where soup is a heartwarming dish that can be satisfied with a crockpot, or at your favorite Asian restaurant.

The khao piak sen might become your new favorite. A thick, ginger-based broth topped with crispy garlic and scallions, and protein (chicken, tofu or shrimp). Did I mention the homemade rice noodles in each bowl? In honor of comfort food, I

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head of their ballistic musical attack this Friday night at Boxcar’s cavernously cozy Event Space on Lewis Street in Greensboro, I got together with Caleb Gross, drummer for punk sensation Basement Life, and John Chester, drummer for hardcore hammerheads Velvet Devils.

These two skin-beaters had never Billy Ingram met before, and both have been crawling from the wreckage of our Contributing local music scene for over a decade.

“My first band was a Christian columnist punk band, and we were awful,” Gross said. “I was like 16, sleeping on the carpet my drums were on. I had a backpack I used for a pillow, and all of my clothes were my blanket. [Bandmate] Nick worked at Taco Bell, he’d bring home all the leftovers, and that was our dinner every night. It was so stupid.”

Chester has a similar origin story; he used to walk

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around Tate Street with all his clothes in a bag. Chester was drumming for Jonas Sees In Color when they were launched into the mid-stratosphere of the music business beginning in 2005.

“When Jonas was just starting out, we actually got sponsored by Taco Bell,” Chester said. “They gave us like $500 in Taco Bell Bucks. The crazy thing is, they come in $5 increments, so if you got an empanada, they’d give you the rest of the money back in cash. So I could buy a pack of cigarettes, you know?”

(Among the bands showered with Bell Bucks that season was Third Eye Blind and Faith No More, Chester said.)

Gross recalled being in the audience for Jonas Sees In Color at the 2012 Van’s Warp Tour show in Charlotte.

“I submitted us on a whim, thinking no way we’re going to get it,” Chester responded. “Six months later they hit up our manager, ‘Hey, you guys won the battle of the bands.

You get flown out to LA, get Ernie Ball guitars of your choosing, then go out on the national Warp tour.’ And we were like, ‘What?!’”

Basement Life continues to garner strong reviews for their latest hardcore LP (and CD) “Devour,” as well as attracting a growing live audience. Gross said he doesn’t know how Basement Life started but that he just started practicing with singer/songwriter Gavan Holden and Eric Mann. “Sometimes it clicks and goes forward,” Gross said. “Our latest album really came together naturally; it wasn’t a lot of hard work.”

Velvet Devils came into being similarly. Chester said that when Jonas Sees In Color started not playing as often, he talked to bass player Mikey Demming about starting a new group.

“After 13 years, I wanna keep playing, you know,” he said. “I went to open jam when it was at Longshanks and saw Hunter [Good] play guitar. We rented out On Pop of the World for a couple of hours with Mikey, Hunter and I and it was like, ‘Okay we have everything except a singer.’”

By chance, Chester wandered into Walker’s one night and ran into Derrick Davis, whom he went to high school with.

“I didn’t even know he played music,” he said. “He has the voice of an angel, and he’s really good at guitar too.

We all got together, and it kinda happened. With Jonas, we were always trying to take over the world, with Velvet Devils we’re just trying to get to the next show.”

Get two musicians together, and the conversation inevitably gravitates to their equipment. Gross gets agro on a Dave Conaway custom, “This was my first real drum kit. Played a lot of shows on it, spilled a lot of beer [and sweat] on it.”

“I finally got the kit I’ve always wanted, a C&C drum kit,” Chester said. “I love playing giant drums. It looks like a vintage Ludwig or Rogers but a modern, custom version with a 24-inch rise cymbal. I got a cymbal endorsement from Paiste so, yeah, I’m getting the biggest thing they make.”

Impressed, Gross asked Chester when Velvet Devils were playing next; “We’re opening for Basement Life Friday night!”

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On Nov. 2 at Boxcar’s Event Space, Basement Life will be headlining, and Velvet Devils kicks off the night at 9 p.m. Bandage follows, and will recreate ‘Milo Goes to College’ by The Descendents. (I’ll likely to be the only person in the room who actually attended Descendents’ gigs when they first assaulted audiences with those tunes in dimly lit dives back in 1982.)

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Seeing is believing ... or is it? Taking Shergar: Burden of beast

Mark Burger

THE WEIRDEST MOVIE EVER MADE: THE PATTERSON – GIMLIN BIGFOOT FILM

by Phil Hall. Published

by BearManor Media.

122 pages. $14.95 (softcover), $24.95 (hardcover).

Author Phil Hall, the film historian Contributor whose previous works include The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time (2013) and In Search of Lost Films (2016) – the latter having been reviewed in this very column – now examines a cinematic phenomenon of somewhat dubious origin and reputation.

In October 1967, in the wilds of Northern California, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin claimed to have taken film of a strange and hairy beast loping along the banks of a creek, claiming it to be proof positive of the existence of Bigfoot. They called it the “Sasquatch of Bluff Creek,” and they were all set to reap the rewards of fame. Only they didn’t.

In this slim but entertaining volume, Hall delves into the history of Bigfoot lore and goes over the various theories regarding the origin of the film – beyond, of course, the simple opinion that it could be genuine.

(Indeed, Hall seems to lean toward the opinion that it isn’t.)

Initial reaction to the footage was generally indifferent, and in many cases outright dismissive, but come the conspiracy-theory era of the 1970s, when Vietnam and Watergate began to chip away at the public’s faith of the establishment, the Bigfoot phenomenon became just that – a phenomenon. When it came to discussing the existence of Bigfoot (or “Sasquatch,” if you

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prefer), the Patterson-Gimlin film became a major component of the mystery.

The Weirdest Movie Ever Made can’t really be classified as an academic treatise, but it does approach its subject with a modicum of seriousness. It’s unlikely to sway the opinion of Bigfoot believers but provides ample fodder for skeptics.

To sum things up (and further lighten the mood), Hall enlists a group of filmmakers and historians to offer their own memories and opinions of the Patterson-Gimlin film, billed as “a cinematic appreciation,” although that term may be somewhat loosely applied.

Patterson and Gimlin are long gone, neither having achieved much in the way of recompense or recognition, yet as is so often the case it’s the film that lives on, continuing to baffle, fascinate and, yes, entertain the masses. Their place in history is assured, such as it is.

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TAKING SHERGAR by Milton C. Toby.

Published by University Press of Kentucky.

196 pages. $29.95 retail.

Whether one believes in Bigfoot or not, a more legitimate – and more historic – mystery is tackled in Taking Shergar, a true-crime treatise that, in the parlance of the Western genre, could conceivably be tabbed “a horse opera.”

In February 1983, in Ireland’s County Kildare, a group of men committed a kidnapping – one that sent shockwaves through the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. Shergar, the stallion that had won by the 1981 Epsom Derby by a recordbreaking 10 lengths and was considered one of the top thoroughbreds in competition, had been abducted.

Appropriately subtitled Thoroughbred Racing’s Most Famous Cold Case, author Milton C. Toby sifts through rumor and evidence in methodical fashion to get to the bottom of the mystery. That Taking

Shergar doesn’t build to a particular climax is no fault of Toby’s, as Shergar was never recovered. The trail, while never hot – due in large part to the delay in notifying the authorities of the horse-napping – very quickly turned cold, so much so that psychics were actually enlisted to assist the investigation.

In the parlance of the mystery genre: Whodunit?

Needless to say, the culprits aren’t talking, and those who hinted (or stated outright) they might have been involved are dead. But Toby offers extremely persuasive conjecture that the IRA (Irish Republican Army) was behind the abduction.

For those who don’t remember, or weren’t yet alive, the early 1980s were a particularly heated time in the long-standing “Troubles” between the English monarchy and Northern Ireland. Only a few years before, the IRA had bombed Lord Mountbatten’s yacht, an act that certainly achieved headlines but also, to an extent, effectively and further divided the movement, appalling even some long-time IRA hard-liners. The subsequent success of Shergar, and the publicity he engendered made him a symbol … and a target.

Having written extensively about thoroughbred racing (Dancer’s Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby), Toby does a good job of explaining the sport to those unfamiliar with it, as well as the history of the Aga Khan, whose family owned Shergar. And, of course, there’s the legacy of Shergar and what he accomplished, both in his brief life and in his disappearance.

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Michelle Lewis is trying to break your heart

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he Los Angelesbased singersongwriter Michelle Lewis doesn’t mind if her songs make you sad. She’s made peace with the fact that tear-jerkers are John Adamian sometimes what @johnradamian flows out of her pen. Life is heavy and intense, and Contributor sometimes those feelings associated with powerful experiences are the ones that stick with us. Depending on your constitution, a song that makes you sob might be more memorable than a song that makes you get out on the dance floor.

Lewis, who just released “All That’s Left” in mid-October, said she doesn’t set out to make a sad song — she doesn’t even really think of them as “sad songs” per se, she calls them emotional songs.

Lewis grew up just outside of Boston, and she attended Berklee College of Music to study guitar. And you can hear the central role that fingerstyle patterns and picking play in her songs. She’s not much of a strummer. Lewis came of age listening to the classic folk/pop singers of the ‘60s and ‘70s: Paul Simon, James Taylor, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell.

I spoke with Lewis by phone last week while she was in Oakland, California.

Lewis plays a show at Joymongers Brewing in Greensboro on Nov. 6. When I asked her about formative connections with music that had an emotional punch, Lewis said she remembered sitting in her basement as a 14-year-old listening to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” over and over again. That’s a song that might cause some people to pull out their hankies, but it’s about more than just the sadness, vulnerability and emotional wallop of that big chorus: it’s also a song of hope and uplift.

If there’s an overarching theme to Lewis’s music or a throughline of meaning to many of the songs, she said it might be something like this: “Life is hard sometimes, but we’re gonna be fine, and there’s hope.”

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sonic surface of pop, but Lewis isn’t making music that fits easily into any of those slots.

Her songs often cover terrain fraught with the pain of love that’s faded or vanished, or of trying to maneuver through life’s surprise turns and dead-ends. “It’s the last time I fool myself into thinking it’s forever,” she sings on “That’s What They Say,” the first track on the new record. Regret, loss and emotional isolation pervade many of Lewis’s songs.

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songs on the record is “Scars,” which is based on details from Lewis’s grandmother’s life. The song charts the story of a woman who loses a husband along the way, raises kids, watches them grow up and move out, ponders the passing of the years, faces her own physical frailty and basically confronts impending mortality.

“I only had to kind of imagine how she might have felt,” said Lewis of how she explored aspects of her grandmother’s life that were only partly revealed to Lewis while the older woman was alive.

With fingerpicking patterns that bring to mind Fleetwood Mac or Cat Stevens and somber, subdued accordion in the background, Lewis lets the bare autumnal feeling carry the song. The delicate nature of the guitar playing pairs nicely with Lewis’s delicate singing.

On “Please Don’t Go” the subject of impending death returns, with a living loved one trying to hold on to someone whose life is about to end. Death and dying are not subjects that are alien to folk and country music, certainly. But there’s something about the way Lewis comes right up to the moment of death that catches the listener’s ear. She’s unflinching.

Lewis said she wants her songs to be relatable, but she also values the emotional fire-power songs that stir feelings.

“It hits me on a deeper level,” she said.

Even a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” probes the song’s more somber depths. The Boss’s recording of the song has that peppy beat and the bubbly keyboard sound, and a video that seemed to focus on its driving energy. But beneath all that the lyrics are really about loneliness. Lewis’s slow cover highlights the darkness that was right there all along.

But Lewis doesn’t always dwell in shades of blue. There are a few clear spots of hope and light fun on the record. “You and Me” is a fizzy piece of pop about love that endures and sustains. And the single “Push On” is a song about finding reserves of strength even when physical and emotional fatigue set in. It’s a poignant type of uplift that hints back to Lewis’s formative teenage experiences with “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Album closer “Lay On My Pillow” is a quiet and gentle song about how we persevere sometimes with little more than simple companionship.

“When you write so many sad songs, a happy one is bound to pop out every once in a while,” Lewis said with a laugh. !

JOHN ADAMIAN lives in Winston-Salem, and his writing has appeared in Wired, The Believer, Relix, Arthur, Modern Farmer, the Hartford Courant and numerous other publications.

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Butler did it ... again: Sub saga sinks fast

BY MATT BRUNSON

If the new motion picture Hunter Killer ( ) were real life, it would merit four stars.

The U.S. President is a smart, compassionate and progressive woman who prefers to spend her time governing effectively rather than sending out factually challenged tweets like some raving lunatic. And instead of allowing itself to be owned by Russia, the United States remains wary of its former Cold War adversary and still keeps a cool distance. Clearly, Hunter Killer is set in some alternate universe, not unlike those seen in vintage Justice League comic books and modern Star Trek movies.

Unfortunately, Hunter Killer isn’t a striking example of cinéma vérité but rather a complete piece of fiction. As such, it’s a rampaging mediocrity, even if it does represent a slight uptick in quality for a movie starring Gerard Butler. Butler, whose resume over the past two years alone includes the laughable trio of Geostorm, London Has Fallen and Gods of Egypt, here plays Joe Glass (presumably no relation to Samuel L. Jackson’s Mr. Glass), a submarine captain who is first glimpsed in the film hunting a buck in the most manliest of manly fashions, with arrows instead of bullets. But we know right off the bat that Joe is a sensitive macho man since he decides not to kill the animal once he sees it being followed by a doe and a fawn (of course, since most critters have families, why was he even out there hunting in the first place?).

We also learn that Joe is a rarity in the annals of the U.S. military: an officer who never went to any prestigious colleges but instead worked his way up from washing dishes and polishing missiles (in other words, no way he’s a pointy-headed intellectual!). So when Joe is assigned a new sub and a new crew, he tells the slobs working under him that “I know you” and “I am you.” (Why he stops short of uttering, “You complete me,” I can’t say.)

The reason for Joe being tasked with captaining the USS Arkansas is because the Russian president (handsome Alexander Diachenko, who only looks like Putin in Putin’s own mind) has been taken hostage by his warmongering defense minister (Michael Gor), who hopes to start World War III for some vague reason?

(Maybe he was angry that Kim Jong-un unfriended him on Facebook?). While a trigger-happy American admiral (Gary YES! WEEKLY

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Oldman) incessantly barks like some yippy Pomeranian, another officer (Common) and an NSA agent (Linda Cardellini) talk the rational U.S. President (Caroline Goodall) into allowing a rescue mission.

Thus, four Navy SEALs are ordered to retrieve the Russkie Prez while Glass is assigned to pick everyone up with all the efficiency of a 5-star Uber driver.

Approximately 99.9 percent of submarine flicks manage to evoke a genuine sense of claustrophobia among audience members peering down all those narrow corridors in a confined space — think back to, for example, Robert Wise’s Run Silent, Run Deep or Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot — but Hunter Killer is surprisingly light on the tension. It is, however, heavy on the cock-swinging exchanges, particularly between Glass and his second-incommand (Carter MacIntyre), who’s on hand to raise daft objections simply so Glass can prove his superiority time after time (in short, don’t expect any of these flaccid standoffs to match the sizzling intensity of the battle of wills between Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in Tony Scott’s Crimson Tide). And then there’s Oldman’s gung-ho warhawk, who bellows at levels that would put George S. Patton to shame. Clearly, Oldman made Darkest Hour to nab an Oscar; just as clearly, he made Hunter Killer to nab a sizable paycheck.

The last-act action perks proceedings up a tad, even if it all remains stridently silly. Still, Hunter Killer was taken seriously enough by the Navy, which assisted in the making of the movie. And Butler was even invited to the Pentagon to hold a press conference in support of the film, a reallife/reel-life merger that admittedly is less wacky than most of what’s transpiring

around the nation’s capital these days.

AS FANS OF JAMES BOND wait impatiently for the next installment, they can at least take (quantum of?) solace in the fact that there’s a new Johnny English film hitting theaters. Then again, Johnny English Strikes Again ( ), the third entry in the spoof series, is so devoid of genuine wit that they might be better off staying at home and spending time mulling over who should play 007 postDaniel Craig.

Even fans of 2003’s Johnny English (raising my hand here) and 2011’s Johnny English Reborn (raising only a finger here) will be disappointed in this creaky comedy that finds Rowan Atkinson again essaying the role of the bumbling British agent who’s decidedly less Bond and infinitely more Clouseau. The plot this time involves English’s efforts to expose a Silicon Valley whiz kid (Jake Lacy) plotting to gain digital control over every nation.

Olga Kurylenko, who played the female lead in the 007 entry Quantum of Solace, appears here as a Russian spy, while Emma Thompson is on hand as the British Prime Minister. Yet only Atkinson matters (although I did appreciate the cameos by the veteran actors playing retired MI7 agents). The British comedian (who, by the way, did once appear in a Bond flick himself, portraying Nigel Small-Fawcett in the non-series effort Never Say Never Again) once again throws himself in his role, but the material just isn’t there this time. There are a few bright bits scattered about, but most of the gags are on the moldy order of English getting stuck inside knight’s armor or smacking someone with a baguette. Such a reliance on antiquated gags of this nature patently marks this film as a Johnny-come-lately. !

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RiverRun to screen ‘The Best of the 2018 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project’ at the Ramkat

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iverRun International Film Festival, a sponsor of the Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project, will screen “The Best of the 2018 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project” in partnership with The Ramkat at 170 W. Ninth St. in Winston-Salem on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 plus tax (cash or card; processing fee will be charged if a card is used) and will be available at the door. Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project director Iris Carter will be on hand at The Ramkat to introduce the screening.

On Friday, July 13, 40 teams of filmmakers assembled in Greensboro. Each team had drawn a genre by chance, and all teams were issued three elements that had to be included in their films: a character, Carrie or Carl Waters, a lifeguard; a bar of soap as a prop; and the line of dialogue, “I know exactly where this is going.” Films were required to be between four-seven minutes long with a minute or less for credits at the end of the film. Filmmakers had 48 hours to write and produce

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their entries. The films were judged and awards were presented during a special screening in Greensboro. Taking the award for “Best Film” of Greensboro was Pierre Poulet by team Film Flam, with Marie Stone van Vuuren as team leader. Their film will be sent to the international 48 Hour Film Project competition, Filmapalooza, to be screened and judged with more than 100 city winners from around the globe. From there, 12 films will be chosen to screen in the Short Film Corner at the Cannes International Film Festival.

About RiverRun RiverRun International Film Festival will celebrate its 21st year in 2019 and will run April 4-14 with screenings in WinstonSalem and Greensboro. The RiverRun International Film Festival is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to the role of cinema as a conduit of powerful ideas and diverse viewpoints. To become a member and view more information about the Festival, visitriverrunfilm.com. !

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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (PG) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:40, 3:00, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 MID90S (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15, 10:15 THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:45, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 12:00, 1:15, 2:55, 4:10, 5:50, 7:05, 8:45, 10:00, 11:40 Sun - Thu: 12:00, 1:15, 2:55, 4:10, 5:50, 7:05, 8:45, 10:00 NOBODY’S FOOL (R) Fri - Thu: 12:00, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 DON’T GO (NR) Fri & Sat: 12:00, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10, 9:20, 11:40 Sun - Thu: 12:00, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10, 9:20 HUNTER KILLER (R) Fri - Wed: 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 Thu: 12:00, 2:30 HALLOWEEN (2018) (R) Fri & Sat: 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35, 11:55 Sun - Thu: 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 THE HATE U GIVE (PG-13) Fri - Tue: 1:25, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Wed: 1:25, 7:25, 10:20 Thu: 1:25, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 FIRST MAN (PG-13) Fri: 12:35, 3:35, 10:10 Sat & Sun: 12:35, 7:10, 10:10 Mon: 12:35, 3:35 Tue & Wed: 12:35, 3:35, 10:10 Thu: 12:35, 3:35

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Halloween won’t be quite so frightening for residents of Nottinghamshire, England, now that a “killer clown” has been apprehended Chuck Shepherd and sentenced to 11 weeks behind bars, plus 18 weeks that had previously been suspended, according to the BBC. Damien Hammond, 29, is a homeless and jobless man who has taken on the persona of Heath Ledger’s The Joker from “The Dark Knight Rises.” He admitted to what police called a “crime wave” of offenses, including terrorizing staff in retail stores, waving a gun-shaped cigarette lighter while standing in traffic, and striking a police officer. He arrived at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Oct. 10 with bright green hair, and as he was led to jail, he shouted: “See what you have done. I will kill today!” adding that he would stab police officers and fellow inmates. He has also been banned from central Nottingham for three years.

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION

The District of Columbia’s Department of General Services fell victim to a scam in July when officials there wired almost $700,000 to a hacker posing as a city vendor. The fraudsters gained information from a vendor’s computer system, reported The Washington Post, then created a fake email address by changing just one letter, from which they requested electronic transfers from the D.C. government. David Umansky, a spokesman for the district’s chief financial officer, told the Post that since then the city’s protocols for making vendor payments have “been modified to require additional confirmation before changing bank information.”

None of D.C.’s money has been recovered.

NEWS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE

In Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, chicken owner Stephanie Morse told KNOE-TV on Oct. 18 that she is not going to be deterred from dressing up her chickens for Halloween, even in light of the warning from the Centers for Disease Control about exposure to salmonella. More than 90 people in 29 states have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of the bacteria after coming into contact with raw chicken

products. Dressing up live chickens might also cause people to be exposed to the germ. “Don’t kiss your birds or snuggle them,” the CDC warns. But Morse clucks back: “I just like to put a sweater on them to keep them warm and comfortable.”

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The University of Kansas Cancer Center just wants its colon back. The $4,000 giant inflatable colon, used to educate the public about colon health, was stolen from the bed of a pickup truck on Oct. 19. The Kansas City Star reported it was scheduled to appear at a run/walk event at a local park the next day. Kansas City Police are hoping the public will help find the 150-pound, 10-foot-long colon and return it to its owners.

EXTREME REACTION

Helen Washington, 75, of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, faces charges of seconddegree assault with a dangerous weapon after she ran out of patience on Oct. 12 with her grandson, who continued to put his teacup on her furniture even after she repeatedly asked him not to. After dumping his tea out, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported, Washington left the room, apparently to get a gun. Meanwhile, the grandson had made a new cup of tea and put it on the furniture. The argument resumed, and Washington pulled out the .38 Special, shooting her grandson in the leg.

She told officers at the scene she didn’t think she should go to jail; a judge ordered an evaluation to see if she’s competent to stand trial.

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— When Denver Broncos backup quarterback Chad Kelly wandered into a suburban house in Englewood, Colorado, early on the morning of Oct. 23, he didn’t appear to pose much of a threat, accord-

ing to ESPN News. He sat down on the couch next to the female resident, who was holding her young child, and began “mumbling incoherently,” police records showed. But the man of the house, thinking quickly, shooed the 24-year-old Kelly out with nothing more than a vacuum hose. Kelly, who had been at a Halloween party with teammates, was later found sitting in his car about a block away. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal trespass, but the real shame is how Kelly hosed his own career: On Oct. 24, the Broncos released him.

— Atif Masood, 42, an employee at a Tesco supermarket in Thornton Heath in south London, is suing the store over the harassment and racial discrimination he says he suffered when a fellow employee broke wind in his face. The Sun reported Masood claims he was targeted because he is Muslim, saying the “unwanted conduct ... had the purpose or effect of violating his dignity.” Tesco dismissed Masood’s complaints in February, saying it found no evidence of racial discrimination.

Masood’s hearing will take place in 2019.

ABOVE AND BEYOND

Judge R.W. Buzzard got a free pass on doing his cardio on Oct. 16 after two inmates appearing in his courtroom at the Lewis County Courthouse in Chehalis, Washington, made a break for it. The Daily Chronicle reported that Tanner D. Jacobson, 22, of Onalaska, and Kodey L. Howard, 28, of Winlock, were being escorted out of the courtroom by a deputy when they turned and ran out the public door of the chamber. Judge Buzzard stripped off his black robe and set off in hot pursuit, grabbing Howard as he followed Jacobson down the steps. Jacobson was caught a few blocks away. Both inmates were charged with felony second-degree escape.

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Police officers in Clearwater, Florida, shared their good fortune on Oct. 16 after they recovered a stolen van filled with Krispy Kreme doughnuts, reported the Tampa Bay Times. The van was stolen almost 200 miles north of Clearwater, in Lake City, where the store manager donated the sweet cargo to the officers, who shared their treats with local homeless people. Evidently the resulting sugar coma impaired the officers’ ability to hunt down criminals, as the doughnut thief is still on the run. !

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The YES! Weekly election guide ov. 8 marks two years since the election of President Donald Trump. Since that day, issues such as immigration, income taxes and voting rights have inspired fervent debate between the country’s two major parties and their constituents. Early voting ends Saturday, Nov. 3. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Forsyth and Guilford voters (like millions of other Americans) will head to the polls to express their views on the last two

years through the ballot: the ultimate referendum on elected officials.

Many contrasts found at the national level are embedded into the various races. In the three U.S. House districts that divide Forsyth and Guilford, incumbents Virginia Foxx, Ted Budd, and Mark Walker, all staunch conservatives, face progressive challengers running on polar opposite platforms. Democrats’ statewide aim is to disrupt the Republican supermajority in the North Carolina House by picking up four seats. Nearly every state legislature race this year boasts competitive candidates, each one vying

to gain a seat on the body who oversees major policies such as Medicaid, education programming, and Confederate statues. A high-profile race for a seat on the state Supreme Court compounds what’s at stake for voters, along with races for county commissioner, sheriff and board of education.

With over 90 candidates and 40 races, this year’s election can appear daunting.

Politics has manically dominated the news to an inescapable point. According to the North Carolina Board of Elections, in 2014, less than half of the state voted in midterms, a number that trails even

the least developed democracies. In the face of such adversity, YES! Weekly hopes that our readers will embrace their civic responsibility and do some of their own research into what they are voting for. Research the candidates, look up your local voting center and plan ahead. The events of the past two years have brought into sharp focus what effect your vote has on the lives of not only others but yourself. To vote is to have a say in the direction of your locality, your state and your county. Don’t be left out of that conversation. See you at the polls! !

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5th Congressional District Virginia Foxx (R, i) DD Adams (D)

Associate Justice, Seat 1 Barbara Jackson (R, i) Anita Earls (D) Christopher (Chris) Anglin (R)

6th Congressional District Mark Walker (R, i) Ryan Watts (D) 13th Congressional District Ted Budd (R, i) Kathy Manning (D) Robert Corriher (G) Tom Bailey (L)

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N.C. Court of Appeals Seat 1 (Arrowood Seat) John S. Arrowood (D, i) Andrew T. Heath (R) Seat 2 (Calabria Seat) Tobias (Toby) Hampson (D) Jefferson G. Griffin (R) Sandra Alice Ray (R)

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Seat 3 (Elmore Seat) Allegra Katherine Collins (D) Chuck Kitchen (R) Michael Monaco, Sr. (L) Guilford County Elections N.C. Senate, Guilford County District 24 Rick Gunn (R, i) J.D. Wooten (D) District 26 Jerry W. Tillman (R, i) William (Bill) McCaskill (D) District 27 Trudy Wade (R, i) Michael Garrett (D)

District 28 Gladys Robinson (D, i) Clark Porter (R)

District 60 Cecil Brockman (D, i) Kurt Collins (R)

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District 61 Mary Price (Pricey) Harrison (D, i) Alissa Batts (R)

District 57 Ashton Clemmons (D) Troy Lawson (R) District 58 Amos Quick (D, i) Peter Boykin (R) District 59 Jon Hardister (R, i) Steven A. Buccini (D)

District 62 John Faircloth (R, i) Martha R. Shafer (D) Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes (R, i) Danny Rogers (D)

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Tedd Budd (R, i)

Kathy Manning (D)

Robert Corriher (G)

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District 2 Alan W. Perdue (R, i) Scott A. Jones (D)

District 18A (Hinnant Seat) Lora Christine Cubbage (D) Mark T. Cummings (D)

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District 3 Justin Conrad (R, i) Tracy Lamothe (D)

District 18D (Wood Seat) William A. (Bill) Wood (D, i) Gavin Reardon (D)

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N.C. District Court Seat 2 (Kreider Seat) Jonathan G. (Jon) Kreider (R, i) Larry L. Archie (D)

At-large Winston McGregor (D, i) Marc W. Ridgill (R) District 2 Anita Sharpe (R, i) Greg Drumwright (D) District 4 Linda Welborn (R, i) Desirée Best (D) District 6 Wes Cashwell (R, i) Khem Denise Irby (D)

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Guilford Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor (two seats to fill) Anna Gerringer Amoriello Lewis A. Brandon, III Andrew J. “Andy” Courts, Jr. Dave Crawford Gay Dillard Mike Faucette Josh Myers Kirk Perkins Michael A. Washington

District 31 Joyce Krawiec (R, i) John Motsinger, Jr. (D) District 32 Paul Lowe, Jr. (D, i) Eric Henderson (R) N.C. House, Forsyth County District 71 Evelyn Terry (D, i) Scott Arnold (R) District 72 Derwin L. Montgomery (D, i) Reginald Reid (R)

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District 75 Donny C. Lambeth (R, i) Dan Besse (D) Forsyth County Board of Commissioners At-Large Ted Kaplan (D, i) Keenen Altic (G) A.L. (Buddy) Collins (R) District A Fleming El-Amin (D, i) Tonya McDaniel (D) Forsyth County Sheriff William T. (Bill) Schatzman (R, i) Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr. (D)

Forsyth County Board of Education At-Large (three seats to fill) Elisabeth Motsinger (D, i) Robert Barr (R, i) Deanna Kaplan (D) Jim Smith (R) Andrea Pace Bramer (D) Timothy Brooker (R) District 2 (four seats to fill) Lida Calvert Hayes (R, i) Dana Caudill Jones (R, i) Lori Goins Clark (R, i) Rebecca Nussbaum (D) Marilynn Baker (D) Leah H. Crowley (R)

District 73 Lee Zachary (R, i) William Stinson (D) District 74 Debra Conrad (R, i) Terri Elizabeth LeGrand (D)

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Vote against the six Constitutional amendments *Editor’s note: The amendments have been numbered according to the order they appear on a sample ballot. Please note that the amendments will not be numbered on the ballot. I agree with the Ian McDowell author, Mayor Nancy Vaughan, more than Contributor 80 North Carolina elected officials and several other media outlets in the state (including The Winston-Salem Journal and The Greensboro News & Record) that urge voters to vote against all six proposed amendments. If the North Carolina General Assembly really cared about voters, the wording on these proposed amendments would not be intentionally vague. After attending a ballot primer session on Oct. 1 hosted at FEARLESS in Winston-Salem by Democracy North Carolina, it sounds to me like the North Carolina General Assembly is nervous about the potential outcome of the election, and is trying to secure a blank check from uninformed voters. I usually do not like to tell others how to vote, but these amendments could end up costing taxpayers more money than any of them are worth and could be dangerous in the long run. I urge undecided voters to do some more research on these amendments before heading to the polls. Please read more about the nonpartisan organizations such as Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Common Cause and Stronger NC that are encouraging voters to “nix all six.”

Voters are being asked to vote on six amendments to the state constitution, all of which are vaguely-written attempts at making permanent and sweeping changes to North Carolina’s most important legal document. Even if a chorus of bipartisan voices were not calling this a naked power grab, the speed, and secrecy with which they were written and shoved on the ballot deserves rejection and rebuke, and I’d say that even if I agreed in principle with every single one.

1. Constitutional amendment protecting the right of the people to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.

I’ve fished all my life, hunted as a teenager, and enjoy eating game shot by hunter friends. I’d vote for this amendment if hunting and fishing rights were in danger, but they’re not. Like the other YES! WEEKLY

amendments, this pandering, manipulative and suspiciously vague legislation deserves to be thrown back at those who drafted it the way an angler tosses an inedible chubsucker back into a pond.

2. Constitutional amendment to strengthen protections for victims of crime; to establish certain absolute basic rights for victims; and to ensure the enforcement of these rights.

As someone who’s been a victim of violent crime, including an assault with a tire iron and an attempted home invasion, I might well support this if it wasn’t a terse and vaguely worded amendment that offers few details and was rushed onto the ballot. To put it bluntly, I don’t trust the General Assembly to look out for anyone’s interests but their own, and I’m not about to buy a pig in a poke from them. If some version of “Marsy’s Law,” as variants of the California Victims’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008 have come to be known, is going to be enacted in North Carolina, let’s do it with transparency and proper deliberation, not as part of a tacked-on duplicitous rush job like this.

3. Reduce the income tax rate in North Carolina to a maximum allowable rate of seven percent (7%).

I don’t like paying taxes any more than you do, and North Carolina’s state income tax is the one where, year after year, I always owe rather than getting a refund.

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Carolina’s deplorable lack of commitment to funding teachers and public education, not to mention the natural disasters it’s recently suffered, this draconian measure, which wouldn’t actually reduce what any of us are currently paying (the current rate is a flat 5.499 percent), is dangerously short-sighted.

4. Constitutional amendment to require voters to provide photo identification before voting in person.

In 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down key portions of North Carolina’s strict 2013 voting law, unanimously concluding it was racially discriminatory. The court blocked a requirement that voters show photo identification to vote and restored same-day voter registration, a week of early voting, preregistration for teenagers, and out-of-precinct voting. This amendment is a naked attempt to get around that. It’s also, in the form it’s being presented to voters, suspiciously vague, with no indication of what types of IDs will be approved. Lawmakers would decide what kinds of identification are valid only once the ballot measure passes. This is another “just trust us” ploy, and perhaps the shadiest one of all, from legislators who have done nothing to earn that trust.

5. Judicial Vacancies amendment.

A year ago, I’d have laughed if you told me I’d be quoting both Pat McCrory and the Koch-founded conservative/libertarian Americans for Prosperity. But I agree

with the former Republican governor’s charge that this is a blatant power grab and with AFP director Chris McCoy, who said the amendment “does open the door to special favors from special interests or cronyism.” It would give legislators new powers to dictate which judges the governor must appoint, and allow them to serve for up to four years without any input from voters. Unsurprisingly, it’s opposed by all five living former Republican and Democratic governors.

6. Constitutional amendment to establish an eight-member Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement in the Constitution to administer ethics and elections law.

What this wording doesn’t tell you is that the amendment is actually aimed at eliminating the Governor’s power to appoint a ninth unaffiliated board member.

Limiting the Board of Elections to four Democrats and four Republicans creates the possibility (I’d argue, likelihood) of deadlock, thus resulting in dismissals of cases challenging election results or charging voting violations. This is the other amendment that Pat McCrory called “a blatant power grab from the executive branch” and he’s right. !

IAN MCDOWELL is the author of two published novels, numerous anthologized short stories, and a whole lot of nonfiction and journalism, some of which he’s proud of and none of which he’s ashamed of.

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Boot Wade, keep Barnes, Budd, Walker The last midterm election we had was in 2014, and in that year, only 46 percent of registered North Carolinians turned out to vote, as compared to the 2016 election, when 67 percent of voters showed Jim Longworth up at the polls. This year, Democratic candidates running Longworth in heavily Republican at Large districts are hoping that normally apathetic voters will be energized by the #MeToo movement; by a Congress that is controlled largely by white, misogynistic men; by right-wing lawmakers in Raleigh; or by Trump’s own disturbing behavior, and they will show up at the polls in record numbers on Nov. 6.

Republicans, meanwhile, are hoping to hold onto power at the local, state, and federal levels. Given the space constraints of a newspaper column, I’m going to limit my focus to three Congressional races, two state senate races, and two sheriff’s races.

I’ll begin with the candidates for sheriff in Guilford and Forsyth counties.

I’ve never met Danny Rogers and know very little about him, except that he has 10 years of law enforcement experience, and has allegedly been embroiled in some financial and legal problems. What I do know is that BJ Barnes has been an outstanding sheriff in Guilford County for the past 24 years, and beyond that, I just like the man. I disagree with 80 percent of his conservative Republican politics, but I am 100 percent a fan of his ethics and honesty.

A former Marine, Barnes is both tough and amiable, and he deserves another term as sheriff.

I have similar feelings about the sheriff’s race in Forsyth where Democrat Bobby Kimbrough is challenging Republican incumbent Bill Schatzman. Kimbrough appears to be a serious man who, as he told the Kernersville News, believes that “leadership saves lives.” Schatzman, a former FBI agent, has served as sheriff for 16 years, and during that time he’s been accessible to citizens and has tackled the county’s drug problem head-on. As with my pick in Guilford, I support Schatzman because I respect the job he has done.

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Cooper’s veto power. I’m hoping that two of those net gains will come in the 27th and 30th districts. Republican incumbent Phil Berger of Rockingham’s 30th district is the big dog in Raleigh. Since becoming Senate President Pro-Tem, Berger’s handprint has been on every major piece of legislation, and on every major issue, from voter suppression to transgender rights. Who but Berger could stall and frustrate the courts by continuing to offer re-drawn districts that are gerrymandered for either race or party? Who but Berger could pull an end run around the Supremes by crafting Voter ID into a Constitutional Amendment after the court had rejected it as a bill? Berger has to go, and perhaps Jen Mangrum is the person to show him the door. Mangrum is a college professor at UNCG (full disclosure, I am a UNCG graduate and member of the alumni board), so education and workforce development are important issues to her, as is accessible, affordable healthcare.

Berger is a solid favorite thanks to gerrymandering, but if Mangrum can inspire large numbers of women and young people to turn out, then she might upset the incumbent.

While Berger is drunk on power, those who do his bidding can be just as dangerous. One prominent politician described 27th district Republican Trudy Wade as someone who, “carries water for Berger.” In return, Berger gives Wade the latitude to introduce some really wacky, partisan legislation. Her attempt to re-align the structure of Greensboro City Council was described by former Governor Pat McCrory as “legislative overreach.” After all, state lawmakers aren’t supposed to meddle in local politics, but Wade didn’t get that memo. Fortunately, her ploy to stack the city council with Republicans and muzzle the Mayor, fell short. But that didn’t stop her from using her office to get revenge on the Greensboro News & Record, Carolina Peacemaker, and Jamestown News. Though she has denied any vengeful motive in introducing legislation that could cost local papers to lose tons of money, the fact remains that Wade’s so-called pilot program to allow counties to bypass the print media and post all legal notices on county websites targets only Guilford county newspapers who have never endorsed her. Voters may not care about the plight of local print media, but they should care about abuse of power, and cast their vote for Wade’s Democrat opponent Michael Garrett.

Last week on my Triad Today television program, I moderated discussions with candidates from three Congressional districts.

The 30-minute “Voter Education Special,”

included a solo interview with 5th district Democrat DD Adams (incumbent Republican Virginia Foxx declined to participate) and debates between 6th district Rep. Mark Walker and his Democratic challenger Ryan Watts, and between 13th district GOP incumbent Rep. Ted Budd and his challenger, Kathy Manning.

Adams is a member of Winston-Salem City Council and a dedicated public servant who advocates for affordable healthcare, and who believes that term limits are needed for Congress. Foxx is a hard-worker, but she has been in lock-step with every hair-brained policy put forth first by George W. Bush, and now by Donald Trump. Foxx also misled voters into thinking that passage of Obamacare would create death panels for seniors. That was not only a false narrative; it was a cruel joke to play on the most vulnerable among us. Foxx has served seven terms, and it’s time for her to let someone else give it a try.

Ryan Watts is a business consultant from Burlington who favors more gun controls including a ban on assault weapons. He also favors a less restrictive immigration policy, and he supports a public option for healthcare. While I agree with most of his positions, and Lord knows I think we need more Democrats in the house, I’m not sure he’s got the gravitas to survive in D.C. just yet. On the other hand, two-term incumbent Mark Walker, a former minister and missionary, entered Congress with highly developed people skills, which served him well in building coalitions with members of both parties. Walker is also a great listener who has acted on constituent input to re-work legislation. Walker is a true, com-

passionate servant of the people, and he deserves a third term in Washington.

That brings me to the contentious 13th district race between first-term Republican Congressman Ted Budd and challenger Kathy Manning, an attorney from Greensboro. In past columns and on Triad Today, I have made it known that we need more women in Congress, and while I agree with Manning on almost every issue, she might not be the right woman at the time for this district. Two years ago, Budd wrested the GOP nomination away from a host of more seasoned candidates mainly because he had a half million dollars in D.C. PAC money at his disposal. Those funds allowed him to purchase lots of T.V. ads and build his name recognition in a way that his underfunded opponents couldn’t. Spilled milk. Budd, the owner of a gun shop and shooting range, is against a ban on assault- style weapons, and he is against Medicare for All. Yet, like Walker, Budd is a personable, humble man, almost devoid of ego, who is willing to listen to opposing views. He also handles criticisms with a smile instead of a snarl.

When it comes to policy, Budd and I are polar opposites on most issues, and yet I think it’s OK to support someone you disagree with, so long as he isn’t disagreeable. That’s why I’m endorsing Budd for another term in Congress.

In the end, my opinions might not count for much, but your vote does, so please show up and be counted next Tuesday. !

JIM LONGWORTH is the host of “Triad Today,” airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15).

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC NOVEMBER 13 FOR THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF U.S. 220 (BATTLEGROUND AVENUE) FROM WESTRIDGE ROAD TO THE EASTBOUND I-840 RAMPS GUILFORD COUNTY STIP PROJECT NO. U-5892 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed project to widen U.S. 220 to six lanes with a median from north of Westridge Road to the future eas tbound I-840 ramps in Greensboro. Sidewalks are proposed on both sides of U.S. 220.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall located at 2005 New Garden Road in Greensboro.

The purposes of the project are to address congestion now and through the design year of 2040, and to improve safety along Battleground Avenue. Widening the road will improve mobility along the corridor, and is consistent with previous City transportation plans.

The public may drop-in at any time during the meeting hours. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by December 7, 2018. Comments received wil be taken into consideration as the project develops. Please note that no formal presentation will be made.

Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings.

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NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Samantha Borges, Environmental Analysis Unit at smborges@ncdot.gov or 919-707-6115 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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[THE ADVICE GODDESS] love • sex • dating • marriage • questions

JENNY FROM THE FLOCK

I hit it off with this guy I met on Match. com. We’ve been dating for a month and slept together twice. He said he’d delete his Match profile because Amy Alkon things were going so well, so I deleted Advice mine. Recently, a Goddess mutual friend told me he’d just gone on Tinder. I’m super upset, and though we didn’t have the exclusivity talk, it seemed implied. — Dumbfounded Okay, so it seems he didn’t quite get around to mailing out the formal invitations to the funeral for his freedom.

Now, the guy may be an out-and-out lying cad, cooing commitment-y things to you that he never intended to follow through on. However, it’s also possible that he was legit enthusiastic in that moment when he offered to delete Match — confusing the buzzy high of a love thing that’s brand-new with a love thing that’s really right.

Neuroscientist Wolfram Schultz discovered that things that are new to us — people, relationships, pleasure-producing substances — activate our brain’s reward circuitry and its chemical messenger boy,

dopamine, in a way things we’re used to do not. (That very first bite of chocolate cake is always the tastiest, most chocogasmic.)

In fact, Schultz’s research suggests that “novel rewards” may be two to three times more dopamine-elevating than delishy stuff we’ve previously experienced. Basically, once we’ve tried something, even if we really, really enjoyed it the first time (hot diggity!), it becomes less motivating to us (kinda lukewarm diggity).

This motivational downshift comes out of how dopamine neurons are, in a sense, fortuneteller cells; they predict how rewarding things or situations will be. Dopamine, contrary to what countless books and articles contend, is not a “pleasure chemical.” It does not generate a heroin rush-type euphoria. It’s stimulating. It drives wanting and seeking, motivating us to explore new stuff that might enhance our ability to pass on our genes.

After dopamine calculates the difference between the initial high a thing gave us when it was new and its current level of more meh rewardingness, it can push us to go out and chase the initial high — seek some new provider, and then another and another: “Sure, I could have a stable adult relationship — or I could continue my groundbreaking research into The Tramp Stamps Of Tinder.”

This is not an excuse for this guy’s lack of forthcomingness but a possible expla-

nation for why he said he’d delete Match but then signed right up for Tinder. It’s also possible the powerful human fear of regret is at play. Going exclusive with you would mean waving bye-bye to the rest of womankind. It’s possible that he and his penis feel the need for a second opinion.

The problem from your end is that your wanting to go exclusive with him is the dating version of the impulse purchase.

A month in, you don’t have enough information to judge his character, see whether he’s boyfriend-grade, and see whether there’s, uh, brand loyalty. You should be just starting to see who he is and reserving judgment — much as you’d like to believe that he’s a wild dude seeking domestication, kind of like a lion knocking on the door of the zoo: “Got any vacancies, chief?”

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I’m a woman who wants a serious relationship, and a happily married friend is urging me to go on Jdate. I’m not Jewish and not interested in converting. Wouldn’t people be mad I’m on there? — HusbandSeeking Men on FarmersOnly would be understandably annoyed if I posted a profile there, as my idea of farming is keeping a houseplant alive for more than a year.

But this site is called Jdate, not JewsOnly. Sure, some will be annoyed to find a nice non-Jewish girl like you there, but

there are others — like atheists from Jewish backgrounds and not-very-observant Jews — who might not find it a deal breaker. Uh, that is, until they register the reality of inviting mom, dad, and bubbe over for Christmakkah.

Cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga estimates that 98 percent of our brain’s activity is subconscious — including some of our decision-making. A man seeking a relationship can have his shortterm mating standards triggered without his knowing it while going through women’s profiles online. Not exactly surprisingly, evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt find men in short-term mode are prone to lowering the bar on “their mate preference standards ... across an array of mate qualities, including personality, intelligence, and even attractiveness.”

Religion is surely one of these. Recognize this risk from being on Jdate as a non-J. If you do end up dating a Jewish guy, do your best, as early as possible, to suss out whether questions like “But what religion will the children be?” would lead to his ultimately following the advice of poet Dylan, uh, Thomasenstein: “Do not go gentile into that good night.” !

GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com) © 2018 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.

[HOROSCOPES] [LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your Leonine pride might make it difficult to offer an apology to a co-worker you unintentionally offended. But a quick and sincere “I’m sorry” could prevent problems down the line.

21) Before you point fingers at who might be to blame for the unexpected change in your plans, take a few moments to reflect on how this turn of events might be a blessing in disguise.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) This is a good time to tackle those backed-up chores that have kept you from moving into other, potentially more worthwhile projects. A personal matter needs your attention.

December 21) You seek out advice in the first part of the week. But be careful not to let counsel from others overshadow your own sense of perception. Things become clearer by the week’s end.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You usually have no problem rushing to the defense of someone you perceive as being treated unjustly. But perceptions could be deceiving this week. Check the facts before you act.

ary 19) The trusted colleagues you relied on earlier continue to offer support with your project. But you take more control, and by the week’s end, you should be in full command.

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Your social life takes a gratifying turn by the week’s end.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) An already confusing situation appears to grow murkier during the first part of the week. But it all starts to clear by the week’s end. Plan to spend the weekend with someone special.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Keep your feelings to yourself as you work through an awkward circumstance. Complaining is useless, and also unwise since your words could come back to haunt you.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A sudden flash of Bovine practicality shows you how you might be able to turn your artistic pursuits into a profitable venture. A

spouse or partner offers some sage advice.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Be prepared with several “Plan Bs” that you might have to use as backups just in case you encounter some troublesome complications with your carefully constructed schedule.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might think you’ll never have a free moment again with the demands of the workplace piling on. Cheer up. The pressure eases as holiday time nears. An old friend brings good news.

[BORN THIS WEEK You have a passion for life that inspires others to follow your example. You could be a motivational speaker. © 2018 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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