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20 24 Art at the Winery: 10am-6pm, Dakota Creek WEDNESDAY Winery, Blaine FILM FILM ON STAGE Improv Intro: 7pm, Mindport 20 20 King Lear: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. 08.24.08

WORDS SUNDAY MUSIC Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham Public Market ON STAGE 18 The Tempest: 1pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C.

WORDS Situation at Sullivan Slough: 2pm, Pioneer ART Kaya McLaren: 7pm, Village Books Park, La Conner Oklahoma Auditions: 6:30pm, Barn Theater,

COMMUNITY Sudden Valley 17 Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Twelfth Night: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C.

Green STAGE DANCE GET OUT Filipiniana Dance Company: 2pm, Peace Arch 16 Chowder Charter: 6-9pm, Bellingham Bay Park WORDS GET OUT Michelle Nolan: 4pm, Village Books 08.21.08 THURSDAY 14 08.25.08 ON STAGE WORDS Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre MONDAY

The Tempest: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. 8 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ON STAGE The Wiz Auditions: 5:30pm, Presbyterian MUSIC Church, Mount Vernon Juba Marimba: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Steel Magnolias Auditions: 7pm, Claire vg CURRENTS Eat ’n’ Run: 6-8pm, Community Food Co-op Thomas Theater, Lynden

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Rumpelstiltskin: 3pm and 5pm, Mount Baker Honor Day: Noon, Maritime Heritage Park Grange, Lynden # DANCE Studio Theatre Psychic Fair: 1-5pm, Fairhaven Library Twelfth Night: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Dance Party: 9-11pm, U & Me Dance King Lear: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. RE Store Celebration: 2-5pm, Guide Meridian Unscripted: 9pm, Upfront Theatre WORDS MUSIC GET OUT Ken Waldman: 7pm, Village Books Andy Blythe: 12pm, Bellingham Public Library DANCE Waterfront 15k Practice Run: 8:30am, Fairhaven Damon Jones: 7pm, Bellingham Public Market Scottish Ceilidh: 1-3pm, Boulevard Park Runners VolksWalk: 10am, Bellingham YMCA VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, SEND INFO CASCADIA WEEKLY Tammy Zlotnik Retrospective: 6-9pm, Allied Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot VISUAL ARTS TO [email protected] Arts, Blue Horse Gallery, Mount Bakery, Center for Arts Center Plein Air Paint Out: 10am-3pm, downtown 3 Expressive Arts, Mindport Bellingham Contact THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: E 360.647.8200

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FILM FILM ô music@ cially the Gristle, I know you do VIEWS & NEWS cascadiaweekly.com not hold real estate developers in high regard. That may be the 20 20 4: Our readers respond Production reason for your diatribe on the 6: Freedom cages Art Director: Countywide Housing Afford- MUSIC 8: Your vote here Jesse Kinsman ability Taskforce (CHAT). I per- ô graphics@ 10: Shocks, shortfalls, suspects sonally found the column to be 18 cascadiaweekly.com malicious and distasteful. Spe- 12: Police particulars ART ART Graphic Artist: cifically, I feel your trite com- Stefan Hansen ment, “We’ll admit that not all ART & LIFE ô stefan@ of CHAT was scat” was offensive 17 cascadiaweekly.com 14: Percussive poet and uncalled for. Send All Advertising Materials To STAGE STAGE 16: Tricycle thrones Yes, there were developers in [email protected] the groups, but meetings were 17: Going for the gold 16 Advertising certainly not controlled in any 18: Artists head out Nicki Oldham way by them. I found most of 20: Mirah and Phil E
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CURRENTS CURRENTS Board pany representatives, city and many parks that are being sold quieted a bit for the moment, 30: Free Will Astrology Distribution county executives, WWU staff, for redevelopment. This trans- Tammy’s story puts a human 6 32: This Modern World, Tom The Dancing David Cloutier, Robert directors of Catholic chari- lates to a major loss of afford- face on the issue and I think it Bell, JW Land & As- Bug ties, Kulshan Community Land able housing, especially for se- is worth telling. This is the body VIEWS VIEWS sociates Trust, and Bellingham Housing niors and low-income families. of an email I received from her ô distro@ 34: Outdoor edibles Authority gave hours of their The CHAT report recommends landlord: 4 cascadiaweekly.com 4 time and were willing to devote “retaining existing mobile home “I think the story of Tammy is MAIL MAIL MAIL CASCADIA Letters whatever was needed for the parks.” I plan to present the city a good one for talk about zon- Send letters to letters@ much-needed endeavor. This is and county councils with spe- ing. She was an artist who free- cascadiaweekly.com. Keep 3 ©2007 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by letters shorter than 300 words. to benefit everyone from the cific ways to means of how to ly gave to the community. She Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly

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.20. SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send Even those like myself were sist me in the effort to save the who’ve been remanded there by 8 material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be allowed to ask questions and manufactured homes. returned of you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be the courts. At her memorial ser- considered for calendar listings, notice of events must be received in

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4 tend all of the meetings. properties to someone else for working on her art, and working I had a specific reason for at- the finished product—properties for the arts community in Bell- NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre tending, I am a senior citizen on such as mobile home parks! ingham. She was honored by a Mayor’s Arts Award for her efforts but who hosted quiet prayer meetings in their had precious little money to live on. home. Nobody needs to enforce the unre- “In spite of her poverty—almost a lated rule against a household like that. vow of poverty—she lived in a lovely So the real-world compromise has always room in a nice house with a garden in been that an inoffensive multi-person a beautiful neighborhood. She could household is left alone while the unrelat- do that because rent here is $220 a ed rule is the lever used to pry misbehav- 34 month. Fewer people in the house ing tenants loose from overfilled rooming FOOD would mean much higher rent, pric- houses. This is the workaround everyone

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TILTING AT WINDMILLS: Longtime Democrat Hue Beattie did not emerge among the “Top Two” for Sen. Harriet Spanel’s seat in the 40th Legisla-

tive District. The lone Republican was practical- 34 34 ly guaranteed a slot; and the remaining opening views broke into a power struggle as the 42nd District FOOD OPINIONS THE GRISTLE leveraged its considerable money and influence

27 against the sleepy district south. It’s a shame Hue’s campaign is over, because he alone among candidates carried a blueprint for a new energy BY AMY GOODMAN independence. Let’s hope others listened. CLASSIFIEDS “It’s windy here some days,” Beattie offers, “and some days it’s windy in the San Juans. It’s 24 windy somewhere, everywhere around this dis- ‘Freedom Cage’

FILM FILM trict and we need to get at that energy source.” Indeed. Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced CONVENTION RULES SHOULDN’T CENSOR DISSENT last month that its Hopkins Ridge and Wild Horse 20 20 wind farms have each produced more than a mil- THE BULWARK against tyr- health care for the uninsured; pro- lion megawatts of energy. Encouraged, energy anny is dissent. Open opposition, the viding clean, renewable energy.” The MUSIC developers have launched plans to build large right to challenge those in power, is plea has not been answered. The city,

wind farms in Oregon and Washington, which a mainstay of any healthy democracy. meanwhile, is stocking up on “less- 18 they claim might almost triple the amount of The Democratic and Republican con- lethal” pepper-ball rifles and has set

ART ART wind energy produced in the Northwest. ventions will test the commitment of aside a space for permitted protest- Back east, Beattie says, three 1.5-megawatt the two dominant U.S. political par- ing that some are referring to as the wind turbines “were doing quite well,” provid- ties to the cherished tradition of dis- “Freedom Cage.” 17 ing pumping power for Atlantic City’s sewer sys- sent. Things are not looking good. receiving intelligence about the pro- Meanwhile, in the Twin Cities, the

STAGE STAGE tem. “They put them up in September ‘05 and Denver’s CBS4 News just reported tests at the 2004 Republican Nation- evening Obama was giving his Demo- they had them up and operating the following that the city is planning on jailing al Convention in New York City. The cratic acceptance speech in June, the

16 December. That is the easiest, quickest way to arrested Democratic Convention pro- growing problem is that legal, peace- St. Paul Police Department arrested get electrical capacity.” testers at a warehouse with barbed- ful protesters are ending up on fed- a 50-year-old man peacefully hand- Hue’s not the only quixotic gent armored up wire-topped cages and signs warning eral databases and watch lists with ing out leaflets promoting a Sept. GET OUT for windmills. T. Boone Pickens—the legendary of stun guns in use. Meanwhile, a scant legal oversight. 1 march on the Republican National Texas oilman who claims he’s drilled more oil federal judge has ruled that a des- Former FBI agent Mike German is Convention. After mass arrests at 14 than just about anyone in the industry—has in- ignated protest area is legal, despite now a national-security-policy coun- the RNC in Philadelphia in 2000 and vested millions in wind technology and reckons claims that protesters will be too far sel for the American Civil Liberties roughly 1,800 arrests in New York

WORDS wind might make up about 20 percent of the from the Democratic delegates to be Union. He said, “It’s unclear who is City in 2004, ACLU Minnesota pre- U.S. electricity supply by 2030. heard. actually in charge and whose rules dicts hundreds will be arrested in St.

8 Still, turbulence does swirl around wind pow- The full spectrum of police and apply to the information that’s be- Paul, and is organizing and training er. Landowners in central Washington’s Kittitas military will also be on hand at ing collected and shared and distrib- 75 lawyers to defend them. County continue their fight against a PSE plan the Democratic Convention in Den- uted through these fusion centers.” For now, the eyes of the world are

CURRENTS CURRENTS to put in 65 wind turbines. The devices, they ver, many of them coordinated by a German explains how police expand on the Beijing Olympics. Sportswriter say, create noise and shadows and reduce prop- “fusion center.” These centers are “beyond normal law-enforcement Dave Zirin is reporting on the sup- 6 6 erty values, And, they say, windmills kill birds. springing up around the country, functions, and start becoming in- pression of protests that are occur- Yet the costs of not pursing energy technolo- as an outgrowth of the post-9/11 telligence collectors against protest ring there. He has an interesting VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS gies are immense. national-security system. Erin Rosa groups. The reports that we ob- perspective, as he is a member of If the top five planned transmission projects of the online Colorado Independent tained… make clear that there was the anti-death-penalty group infil- 4 in the Pacific Northwest are not built, the region recently published a report on the no indication of any sort of criminal trated in Maryland. He told me, “Our

MAIL MAIL will lose out on $55 to $85 billion in economic fusion center, which will be sharing activity. And yet, that investigation taxpayer dollars went to pay people activity and as many as 60,000 jobs annually over information with the U.S. Secret Ser- went on for 14 months, and these to infiltrate and take notes on our

3 the next 25 years, according to a report released vice, the FBI and the U.S. Northern reports were uploaded into a federal meetings, and it’s absolutely enrag-

DO IT IT DO last week at the Pacific NorthWest Economic Command. The center is set up to database.... It’s a very dangerous ing… a lot of this Homeland Security

Region (PNWER) annual summit in Vancouver, gather and distribute “intelligence” proposition for our democracy.” funding is an absolute sham… it’s

08 British Columbia. The economic region—which about “suspicious activities,” which, After Barack Obama became the being used to actually crush dissent,

.20. includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Rosa points out, “can include taking presumptive Democratic nominee, not to keep us safer in any real way.” 8 Washington and the three provinces of Western pictures or taking notes. The defini- the protest coalition in Denver splin- The lack of freedom of speech in Chi-

.03 Canada—serves 20 million people and produces tion is very broad.” tered, as many were motivated origi- na is getting a little attention in the 34

# more than $700 billion in gross regional prod- Civil-rights advocates fear the fu- nally by the anticipated nomination news. But what about the crackdown uct. sion center could enable unwarrant- of the more hawkish Hillary Clinton. on dissent here at home? Dissent The study, commissioned by PNWER’s Energy ed spying on protesters exercising An anarchist group, Unconventional is essential to the functioning of a Horizons project, notes that failing to deliver their First Amendment rights at the Denver, actually offered to call off democratic society. There is no more lower-cost wind and hydro power to load centers convention. Documents obtained by its protests if Denver would redirect important time than now. may increase electricity costs 40 to 50 percent I-Witness Video, a group that docu- the $50 million federal grant it is re- Amy Goodman is the host of “De- over the next few years as growth outstrips in- ments police abuses and demonstra- ceiving for security to “reinvest their mocracy Now!,” a daily international CASCADIA WEEKLY creases in power generation and delivery. tions, revealed that the CIA and the police budget toward real community TV/radio news hour airing on more

6 The politics and economics of energy shift as Defense Intelligence Agency were security: new elementary schools; than 700 stations in North America. states—particularly across the West—create renewable-energy mandates and the federal gov- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE ernment moves glacially toward limit- ing carbon emissions. Some advocates gauge the Northwest coast as “ground zero” for looming energy debates. 34 Offshore, winds blow strong and FOOD steady, and could potentially produce

900,000 megawatts of electricity— 27 roughly the same amount as all the nation’s existing coal, nuclear and gas- fired plants, dams, co-generation and Suzanne, solar projects combined, according to CLASSIFIEDS U.S. Department of Energy estimates. Sudden Valley Their report rates the Northwest coast 24

as “outstanding” for wind generation. FILM A far-offshore wind turbine could op- Started making Smart Trips: July 2006

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Australian investment bank Macquarie Reduced carbon emissions by: 16 claim the buyout would cut PSE’s debt ratio by a third, but the state office 1,720 pounds of Public Counsel more skeptically es- GET OUT timates the $300 million deal could cripple the credit profile of Washing- 14 ton’s largest utility by saddling it with additional debt—debt that cannot get WORDS plowed back into research and develop- ment of a new generation of genera- 8 tion technologies. Consumer advocates claim Washington customers are bet- Log your trips at ter off with Puget Energy as a publicly CURRENTS traded company rather than a privately whatcomsmarttrips.org. 6 owned utility borrowing from rocky You can earn rewards, 6 capital markets to fund its growth. VIEWS VIEWS win prizes, and start VIEWS A battery of public utility districts agree and are mobilizing for a proposed tracking statistics (like 4 takeover of PSE assets in Skagit, Jef- these) of your own. ferson, and Whatcom counties and on MAIL

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agency to pursue PSE assets. A petition # asks Whidbey Island voters to commis- sion a special PUD to do likewise. Whatcom County Public Utility Dis- trict ponders similar moves that might ultimately condemn and/or acquire PSE assets. Ahead of the curve but slower to turn, Whatcom PUD is already in the CASCADIA WEEKLY power supply business. 7 As the political winds of November stir, perhaps time draws near to tilt at Log in to WhatcomSmartTrips.org, or call 756-TRIP a new breed of windmill. currents news commentary briefs

Lt. Governor Brad Owen (D) $120,534 BY TIM JOHNSON 5% 55 Marcia McCraw (D) 247% $22,095 Top Two Secretary of State Sam Reed (R) $344,891 4% (D) 7% AUGUST PRIMARY RESULTS 57 Jason Osgood 34 $16,489 State Treasurer Allan Martin (R) $68,080 5% FEDERAL 44 Jim McIntire (D) 425% $182,896 U.S. Congress, Dist. 1 Rick Larsen (D) State Auditor Brian Sonntag (D) $57,774 2% $1.041M 60 Dick McEntee (R) 337% $1,200 Attorney General (R) Rick Bart (R) 383% Rob McKenna $1.412M 0% 8% (D) 1% 54 $31,456 55 John Ladenburg 44 $382,782 Lands Commissioner (R) STATE* Doug Sutherland $474,793 3% (D) 6% Governor 50 Peter Goldmark 49 $560,891 Chris Gregoire (D) Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler (D) $31 $9.129M 2% 55 John Adams (R) 354% $119,113 (R) 5% Dino Rossi 45 Supt. of Public Instruction (NP) $176,003 7% Terry Bergeson $7.036M 0% (NP) 6% 48 42 Randy Dorn 29 $128,962 ** REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES 40th District Rep. Jeff Morris (D) $344,891 40th District Senate 0% Steve Van Luven (R) 80 Howard Pellett (G) 199% -- $35,798 42nd District Rep Doug Ericksen (R) $75,957 2% 58 Mark Flanders (D) 417% $6,110 Kevin Ranker (D) 288% 4% 42nd District Rep. Kelli Linville (D) $87,190 39 $76,558 4% Jere Hawn (R) 395% $3,755 JUDICIAL 60 Supreme Court Justice (NP) Whatcom Superior Court Mary Fairhurst $31 (NP) 8% Chuck Snyder 59 Michael Bond (NP) 401% $1 $33,461 Supreme Court Justice Charles Johnson (NP) $31 3% Doug Shepherd (NP) 347% James Beecher (NP) 323% $1 2% 56 65 $40,550 Supreme Court Justice Debra Stephens (NP) $31 0% 100 -- Lustick Law Firm Criminal Defense, Civil & Family Law Experienced, Effective Counsel DEM’S 40TH DISTRICT SENATE RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL for Citizens in Whatcom, San Juan Washington’s contested “top two’’ pri- Pelz said the primary “reduces the value of & Skagit Counties mary made its debut Tuesday, with state information of who is a Democrat and who 34 officials predicting near-record turnout and is a Republican.” FOOD political parties waiting in the wings for Pelz said the candidates’ ability to de- Jeffrey A. Lustick Mark A. Kaiman

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fied. Whatcom County Superior Court Judge First Amendment right to select their own 20 Chuck Snyder handily won reelection. nominees without outside interference. Benefit for the Arts SAT., SEPT. 6TH pm Ballots went to voters on Aug. 1. For the Under Washington’s system, all candidates Reserved Seats $24,21,18 360-336-8955 8 ★ MUSIC first time since 2003, voters could skip back for a particular office may list their politi- Proudly Sponsored by: Skagit Valley Publishing, Skagit Valley Food Co-op, LINCOLN THEATRE and forth across party lines as they picked cal party preference after their names. Susan Cooper with Realty Executives Northwest, Hugo Helmer MOUNT VERNON, WA finalists for governor, Congress, the judi- The top two finishers advance to the gen- 18 ciary, the Legislature and other statewide eral election on Nov. 4, regardless of party. ART offices. Despite this freedom, voters ap- The top two primary, passed by initiative in Art & Frames Inc. peared to cleave closely to party lines. 2004 with 60 percent of the vote, is a win- H 17 Secretary of State Sam Reed, who’s been nowing process rather than a nominating talking up the top two system in a state- election. The model was put on hold by the Quitting Business Sale STAGE wide tour, said he detects a “huge sigh of political parties’ court challenge. relief on the part of the voters” as they State Republican Party spokesman Patrick 75% off all Frames & Posters 16 gauge the success of their primary. Bell said the current system deprives voters Last Day August 29thsNOADDITIONALCUSTOMFRAMINGORDERS “When we had pick-a-party, my office and of a meaningful choice in November. county auditors received a huge amount of “We maintain that the current system is 'RAND!VENUE "ELLINGHAMs   GET OUT complaints and gripes,” said Reed, who’s unconstitutional,’’ he said. also up for re-election this year. Now, “we In its ruling, the Supreme Court noted INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE 14 are hearing nothing, which is an indica- that since a top two primary had not yet tion that people are satisfied. It’s been a been carried out, there was no basis to the WORDS remarkable change.” parties’ argument that voters would be con- 360-441-1704

9 But not everyone is happy: The state Re- fused. [email protected] 8 publican, Democratic and Libertarian par- ties’ legal challenges of the new system THIS ARTICLE WAS PREPARED WITH MATERIAL FROM CURRENTS CURRENTS still linger in the background. ASSOCIATED PRESS. CASCADIA WEEKLY IS A MEMBER OF AP CURRENTS State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight NEWSFINDER. 6 a branch of Lakeway Realty, Inc. Preliminary results from early state returns, subject to update. Campaign contribu- tions as of Monday, Aug. 18, courtesty of Wash. State Public Disclosure Commission. VIEWS

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27 to $2. A public hearing on proposed changes is scheduled for Sept. 11.

Western Washington University announces CLASSIFIEDS they’ve received a $1 million scholarship en- dowment from the estate of alumna Mildred Bain 24 that may help students become teachers. Offi-

FILM FILM cials say it’s the largest single gift to the Woo- dring College of Education to date. Bain gradu- ated from Western in 1942. 20 20 ee Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies arrest a MUSIC THE THAT WAS Blaine man they suspect may have been plan-

ning to kill his estranged wife’s boyfriend. The While elevated numbers of voters statewide took time to try Wash- 18 08.12.08 man allegedly pointed a pistol at the boyfriend’s ington’s new top two primary ballot, mail-in response appeared low in Whatcom County, according to county election officials. Perhaps ART ART 14-year-old son, among others. He is booked on TUESDAY the reason was that no race in the 42nd District was at risk in suspicion of attempted second-degree murder. August. Most eyes were fixed on the governor’s race. A Deming man recovers from minor injuries after being at- 17 tacked with a machete the previous evening. The man says a 08.15.08

STAGE STAGE tenant who lives in a trailer on his property challenged him to a FRIDAY A second case of hantavirus is reported in fight, then struck him several times with the weapon, inflicting Whatcom County. Health officials say the patient

16 small cuts on his forehead and wrists. Whatcom County prosecutors officially charge was hospitalized and is now recovering at home. an Oregon State Penitentiary inmate with the Officials believe the infection was acquired lo- Three Sudden Valley teens are treated for stab wounds after 2007 slaying of Bellingham resident Jessica cally. The first case of hantavirus in Whatcom GET OUT an early morning brawl. Deputies say the intoxicated teens were Franklin. Nathan Robert Goninan is charged with County was diagnosed in March 2006. “play fighting” when the fighting escalated. All are transported first-degree manslaughter nearly a year after 14 to St. Joseph Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; the Franklin, 17, was found strangled under a free- Facing a nearly $2 million shortfall and severe eldest is later booked into jail. The incident remains under in- way overpass in Bellingham on Sept. 9, 2007. staff reductions for the 2008-09 school year, the

WORDS vestigation. Investigators say DNA samples and other physi- Ferndale School Board unanimously adopts a cal evidence link Goninan to the crime. Goninan, $50 million balanced budget.

8 10 A man who severely shocked himself when he cut a power who is currently serving an 11-year sentence for line on Orcas Island to avenge a killer whale’s death is expect- unrelated weapons and assault crimes, will be 08.16.08 ed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge, say prosecutors who extradited to Washington state in time to stand SATURDAY CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS filed papers today. If so, the government won’t seek prison time trial in Whatcom County Superior Court this fall. for Gabriel Mondragon, 26, who lost an arm and a couple toes Lynden’s Northwest Washington Fair breaks 6 when he was shocked March 15. Mondragon told authorities he Skagit County prosecutors file a first-degree attendance records. Fair officials estimate more cut the high-voltage line to protest the death of an orca named manslaughter charge against the 14-year-old than 51,000 people visited the fairgrounds on VIEWS VIEWS Luna, who was killed in 2006 by a boat propeller. bear hunter accused of fatally shooting a hiker Thursday, the highest single-day attendance near Concrete, Wash. If convicted of shooting figure ever recorded at the annual event. Ap- 4 08.13.08 the 54-year-old hiker the boy could be jailed un- proximately 200,000 people attend the fair each

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3 The first of two teens accused of setting a fire that destroyed Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies respond A Mount Vernon man dies of injuries suffered

DO IT IT DO Lynden’s Delft Square mall pleads guilty to charges of second- to a domestic assault in Lynden. Officers say a when he is struck by a hit-and-run driver on Me-

degree burglary and reckless burning. Sentencing for the 21-year-old pointed and fired a 12-gauge shot- morial Highway.

08 13-year-old is set for Aug. 28. A second youth, 14, also impli- gun at his girlfriend’s car after an argument. He

.20. cated in the June 9 blaze, is scheduled to enter his plea later allegedly shot at four other cars in the area be- 08.17.08 8 this month. fore retreating into his house. Several deputies SUNDAY

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34 08. 08 # 14. into custody after a brief standoff. A 16-year-old driver, suspected of being in- THURSDAY toxicated, crashes off a temporary bridge and Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies arrest an lands in a creek feeding Lake Whatcom. State of- In a special executive committee meeting, Whatcom Trans- intoxicated Sedro-Woolley man after he alleg- ficials think as much as a gallon of oil may have portation Authority sketches transit successes and challenges. edly points a gun at a South Bay resident near leaked into South Bay. The driver, who wasn’t An anticipated drop in expected sales tax revenue next year Lake Whatcom. Investigators say the 44-year-old injured, flees the scene but is later arrested on could plunge the transit authority into a $2 million shortfall tried to leave the scene, but crashed his vehicle suspicion of driving under the influence of al- CASCADIA WEEKLY next year. WTA staff looks at cutting budgeted items, and may— in a nearby ditch. He is taken into custody on cohol.

10 despite increased ridership on the route—consider raising fares charges of assault and felony harassment. on their county connector route to Mount Vernon from 75 cents

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27 eral airborne Bibles hurled by an upset along the length of Ludwick Avenue. neighbor. “The lady next door apparently Police say the reporting party opined felt that this was a way to motivate the that long-haul truck drivers parking victim to help her clean up her yard,” overnight were significant contribu- CLASSIFIEDS police speculated. “Since throwing The tors to the mess, which is increasing in Book at your neighbor is not a good way severity. “None of the local fast food 24 to work out differences, a case report restaurants are serving pallet sized por-

FILM FILM is being forwarded to the prosecutor,” tions,” Police noted, “so the presence of who—police surmised—may throw a the busted-up pallets in the weeds does book of his own at the woman. indicate a freight-hauling component to 20 20 the problem.” HOT DAYS OF AUGUST MUSIC On Aug. 11, a Deming man was attacked On Aug. 6, Blaine Police observed a

with a machete after a tenant on his tractor-trailer combination parked in 18 land challenged him to a fight and he the roadway. The driver of the truck

ART ART CHANCE IN 100 a Whatcom Country resident rates his refused. According to Sheriff’s deputies, explained he had nowhere else to park 87 or her health as "excellent." the tenant, who lives in a trailer on the other than in the roadway while he ran property, reportedly showed up at the into a gas station to purchase ciga- 17 man’s house drunk and challenged him rettes. The officer cited the driver for

STAGE STAGE to a fight. When the victim refused, the unattended vehicle in roadway while en- CHANCE IN 100 the same group reports they perform moderate levels of exercise for an average of nearly five tenant hit him in the leg with the flat gine running.

16 89 days a week. edge of the machete, and then struck him again several more times, leaving On Aug. 8, a Blaine business called po- minor cuts on his forehead and wrists. lice to complain a truck driver refused GET OUT PERCENT INCREASE OVER the past decade in the When deputies arrived, they could hear to move his very sizable load off their number of residents who reported they couldn’t afford the tenant cursing in his trailer, firing lot. “Police arrived and were not able to 14 100 to see a physician some time during the past year. up a chainsaw. He was arrested with- convince the gentleman to remove him- out incident and booked into Whatcom self and his property off the business’s

WORDS County Jail. land. Ultimately, the 30-year-old Surrey, B.C., resident was arrested for trespass-

PERCENT INCREASE IN Northwest fuel prices from 8 12 one year ago. On Aug. 11, three Sudden Valley teens ing after ignoring several instructions 71 were treated from stab wounds suffered to leave,” officers noted. “His load was in a brawl. One teen had been stabbed removed by a tow truck and he was re- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS completely through his forearm, the moved to the police station where he PERCENT INCREASE IN WTA transit ridership from one other in the lower abdomen. The youths was cited and released.” 6 46 year ago. allegedly had been drinking and play- fighting, but it got out of control. Po- HOMELAND SECURITY VIEWS VIEWS lice arrested a 19-year-old neighbor who On Aug. 10, Canadian officials closed fled from the house after the stabbing. the Peace Arch border crossing at Blaine

4 PERCENT INCREASE IN oil revenue posted by Exxon Mobil in the second quarter of 2008. Revenues were Police found a folding knife with a four- for yet another bomb scare after a wom-

MAIL MAIL 40 $138.07 billion, but analysts were expecting $144.39 inch blade dropped on the ground out- an who was denied entry to the United billion. side. The man himself had a minor stab

States claimed she had something suspi- 3 wound in the chest. All were treated at cious in a bag. The woman was appar-

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08 $5 boundary between middle class and wealthy. On Aug. 15, Bellingham Police respond- her purse. A Royal Canadian Mounted Po-

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# result of proposed permanent tax cuts. Average family’s pects and arrested them for threatening cartridge, but a large one that might be $370,000 annual savings from same tax cuts: $319. their victims with baseball bats, rocks in a soft drink machine.” and screwdrivers. All were arrested and booked into juvenile detention, with the On Aug. 13, a 37-year-old Canadian PERCENT OF $92 billion U.S. "economic stimulus" eldest going to Whatcom County Jail. stole a car in Surrey, B.C. and drove to 143.9 package wiped out by higher fuel and food prices in the There were no injuries. Police suspect the border. “He waved jauntily to the past year. Fuel and food increased by $132.4 billion. the incident was gang related. Customs Canada inspector as he passed CASCADIA WEEKLY southbound through the northbound

12 SOURCES: Whatcom County Health Department Behavioral Risk Factor survey; Oil TROUBLE WITH TRUCKERS inspection station, then crossed the Price Information Service; Whatcom Transportation Authority; Exxon Mobil; Wall On Aug. 7, a Blaine resident reported boundary line into the United States,” Street Journal; Boston Globe; IHL Groupr

34 34 Blaine Police noted. “Having (illegally) entered ALL THE WORLD’S HIS LIVING ROOM ALIEN SKIES FOOD the Land of the Free, and rather than stop to On Aug. 15, Bellingham Police contacted a man walking On Aug. 2, a self-described retired military aviation

chat with the U.S. Customs officers, he parked around a Lettered Streets neighborhood in his underwear. specialist observed a bright steady white light high in 27 in the northbound truck route traffic lanes and Police theorized the man, who was living out of his car, the atmosphere over Mount Vernon. The object, he said, fled southbound on foot. This proved to be yet might have a mental problem. transited from the southern horizon toward the northern another bad decision,” police reported. Border horizon in less than one minute. The object “stopped to Patrol agents, U.S. Customs, Whatcom County ‘FEWER DROPPED CALLS THAN hover,” then reversed course and “disappeared from view CLASSIFIEDS Sheriff’s deputies, Washington State Patrol OTHER CARRIERS’ at a rapid pace almost vertically.” The object travelled at troopers and Blaine Police sealed the area. Un- On Aug. 16, a Bellingham woman called 911 several times “hypersonic speed with abrupt change of direction and 24

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# Waldman will kick off his book and CD release tour in Bell- She says Waldman’s perfor- WHAT: Ken Wald- ingham at 7pm Tues., Aug. 26 at Village Books. mances appeal to a wide range man, Alaska’s His new book, Are You Famous?: Touring America with Alas- of people. She describes his Fiddling Poet WHEN: 7pm Tues., ka’s Fiddling Poet, is a collection of thoughts, stories of his style as keeping alive the true Aug. 26 travels and memoirs gathered over the course of Waldman’s troubadour tradition of story- WHERE: Village career as a writer and musician. telling and live music. Books, 1200 11th “I spend a lot of time on the road,” he says. “It gives me a “He brings his listeners on a St. CASCADIA WEEKLY lot of time to think about the world around me.” journey through music and po- COST: Free INFO: 671-2626 or 14 The book details Waldman’s journey of self-exploration etry in his performances.” villagebooks.com and determination to become a fulltime musician. presents

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8 WED., AUG. 20 OLD TIME PICNIC: The Happy Valley WEDNESDAY MARKET: The Wednes- Neighborhood Association will hold its day Market takes place from 12-5pm at annual Old Time Picnic from 1:30-6pm the Fairhaven Village Green. The weekly at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 1720 CURRENTS event happens every Saturday through Harris Ave. Food, live music, sack races,

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RED CROSSING: An orientation for VIEWS those interested in volunteering for the RE STORE CELEBRATION: Music, a mini-putt Funky Junk golf course, a re-

Red Cross happens from 6-9pm at the 4 Mt. Baker Chapter of the American Red cycled art station and the grand open- ing of the Sustainable Living Center Cross, 2111 King St. MAIL 733-3290 will be part of the RE Store’s 15th An-

niversary Celebration from 2-5pm at the 3 SAT., AUG. 23 company’s digs at 2309 Meridian St.

ANACORTES MARKET: The Anacortes 647-5921 OR RE-STORE.ORG IT DO

Farmers Market is open from 9am-2pm YOUTH EXPLOSION: Thousand Foot every Saturday at the Depot Arts Center,

Krutch, The Listening, and speakers 08 611 R Ave. Kyle Garman and David Frombly will .20. (360) 293-1294 OR take part in today’s Rim Fire Youth Ex- 8 ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG plosion event from 5-9pm at Joe Martin

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Vernon Farmers Market happens from $15-$18. # 9am-1pm in downtown Mount Vernon at 306-8438 OR RIMFIRE.EVENTBRITE.COM Gates and Main streets. (360) 292-2648 OR TUES., AUG. 26 MOUNTVERNONFARMERSMARKET.ORG BROWN BAG: “Whatcom County Going Green with LEED: An Energy Efficient BELLINGHAM MARKET: The Bell- Future Assembled Locally” will be the ingham Farmers Market is open from topic of a free Brown Bag discussion at 10am-3pm at the Depot Market Square,

12:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 CASCADIA WEEKLY located at the corner of Railroad Avenue Prospect St. and Chestnut Street. 778-8930 15 647-2060 OR BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG FERNDALE MARKET: The Ferndale

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27 WED., AUG. 20 DAY TRIPPING: Take kayak- CHOWDER CHARTER: Tour ing and hiking tours at a free Bellingham Bay aboard the first-come, first-served Day Trip Shawmanee from 6-9pm every starting at 8:30am at the North BY MELANIE MERZ Cascades Environmental Learn-

CLASSIFIEDS Wednesday on the Chowder Charter. The sailboat leaves ing Center at Diablo Lake. from Squalicum Harbor. Cost is (360) 856-5700 OR 24 $45 and includes dinner. Aug. NCASCADES.ORG 27 is the last charter of the VOLKSWALK: The NW Tulip FILM FILM Cascadia Cabs Trekkers will host a Friendship summer, so make reservations now. VolksWalk starting at 10am at

20 20 GOING ALONG FOR THE RIDE 734-9849 OR the Bellingham YMCA, 1256 N. BELLINGHAMSAILING.COM State St. The six-mile walk is free.

MUSIC FAST & LIGHT: Learn how to THERE’S A new bike gang in go further and faster at a free NWTREKKERS.ORG SKY HUNTERS: See live birds town. Forget about roaring engines, “Backpacking 102: Fast and 18 because this band of bikers is roam- Light” clinic at 7pm at REI, 400 of prey up close when volunteer 36th St. handlers from the Sardis Rap- ART ART ing the streets on three wheels, pow- 647-8955 tor Center present a “Hunters ered by two pedals and finely toned of the Sky” program at 7pm at quads. Armed with chipper bells and AUG. 21-24 Birch Bay State Park’s Wildlife 17 infallible enthusiasm, the men and WOODEN BOAT FEST: Head Theater. Hawks, falcons, owls to Vancouver, B.C.’s Granville and an eagle will be on hand.

STAGE STAGE women of Cascadia Cabs are conquer- Island today through Sunday Seating is limited, so consider ing hearts, minds and sore soles at a for the 21st annual Vancouver bringing a chair to the free 16 16 rate that would impress Alexander the Wooden Boat Festival. event. Great. VANCOUVERWOODENBOAT.COM 371-2800 At around 10pm, the sleek, white GET OUT GET OUT FRI., AUG. 22 TUES., AUG. 26 pedicabs emerge from a secret lair, PUMA PACIFIC: Teams from LAKE ANN: Meet up with mem- their “bat cave,” descending down Washington, Oregon, Idaho, bers of the Mount Baker Club for 14 Holly Street to deftly maneuver their and Canada will take part in the an eight-mile, roundtrip hike to tricycle thrones through downtown in Puma Pacific Coast Challenge Lake Ann. Meet to carpool at from 8am-8pm daily through 8am at Sunnyland Elementary, WORDS search of pedestrians looking to put

PHOTO BY PAUL TURNER PAUL BY PHOTO Aug. 24 at the Northwest Soc- 2800 James St. their feet up and enjoy a ride. Cascadia Cabs owner Ryan Hashagen on a custom-made pedicab in front of the infamous “bat cave.” cer Park, 5238 Northwest Dr. 332-3195

8 “The payment system is tip based,” Spectators can watch the ac- BACKCOUNTRY CHEFS: explains company owner Ryan Hasha- tion for free. Learn—among other things— gen. “People pay what they feel the bucks. All the way up Lakeway. I don’t still unclear, but the entire commu- 676-1919 OR how to make Maple Bacon WHATCOMSOCCER.COM Scones for breakfast at 6,000- CURRENTS CURRENTS experience was worth, usually five to think I could do that. I’d get tuckered nity is reeling from the magnitude of 20 dollars. But the money thing is sec- out. I’d have to stop for a Slurpee.” the loss. The relatively flat terrain in SAT., AUG. 23 feet at a free “Backcountry Cooking” clinic at 7pm at REI, 6 BAY TO BAY: The Bay 2 Bay ondary to having a good time.” Hashagen has been pedaling cabs Bellingham minimizes the potential 400 36th St. Bike Ride begins today and The pedicab drivers are out there for eight years. He worked for a Seat- danger of Seattle’s steep hills, how- 647-8955

VIEWS VIEWS ends tomorrow at the Fairhaven because they love bikes. They’re hav- tle company until its doors closed in ever recent events will undoubtedly Village Green. Whatcom County WED., AUG. 27 ing fun, making friends and—more 2006. Not willing to give up when he demand that everyone reevaluate and North Rotary is putting on the 4 MAP & COMPASS: Discover often than not—some money along had a good thing rolling, Hashagen strengthen their focus on safety con- 110-mile ride. Proceeds will how to stay found at a free

MAIL MAIL the way. Drivers rent the cabs for $30 bought his first cab last June. Now, cerns. benefit the Boys & Girls Club. “Map & Compass Skills” class at a night, then pocket whatever they just over a year later, a fleet of nearly The rapid expansion of Cascadia WCNROTARY.ORG 7pm at REI, 400 36th St.

3 make in fare over rent. 50 cabs spans across Vancouver, B.C., Cabs seems to suggest profits are WATERFRONT RUN: If you’d 647-8955 like to practice for the upcom-

DO IT IT DO “Sometime you get that hundo for a Bellingham, Seattle, Portland, and all soaring. “Not exactly,” Hashagen ing Waterfront 15K, take part in couple of blocks, but sometimes you’re the way to Eugene. says. “We’re hoping to make this a a free practice run and walk for

08 all the way out to Bellis Fair and the “Hopefully we’re helping transition sustainable venture for the people of all paces today at 8:30am start- ing at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 .20. kids just run away,” employee Tyson the streets from being a place of just the Pacific Northwest. If the commu- 8 Miller says, leaning against his parked vehicular transportation to being a nity supports us, then we’ll be suc- 11th St. 676-4955

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# glow-in-the-dark stuffed reindeer. In and fun, safe times,” Hashagen says. The pedicab mission certainly the bat cave we have a shelf filled with The necessity of drivers’ safety seems right up Bellingham’s alley. ABOUT FALCONS, ridiculous payment, things like fanny precautions and bike maintenance is They’re biking for a cause—partaking HAWKS, OWLS AND EAGLES packs and granola.” even more profound in the wake of in the downtown renaissance, lending AUG. 23 WHEN Normally the cabs stick to down- a pedicab accident and consequent a hand to the environment and giv- REPS FROM THE town, but some drivers push their lim- death of a passenger in Seattle ear- ing relief to the alcohol-battered and SARDIS RAPTOR its for amiable passengers or pretty lier this month. “They’ve been rolling stiletto-bruised who just want to go CENTER BRING CASCADIA WEEKLY pennies. Greg Brusseau is a newbie, in Seattle since 1964,” Miller says, along for the ride. BIRDS OF PREY TO BIRCH BAY STATE 16 ringing his bell for the first time this “and this is the first death. It’s hit Cascadia Cabs can be reached at PARK FOR PUBLIC week. “I heard Big Troy gave a guy a everyone really hard.” (360) 80-TRIKE or at cascadiacabs.com PERUSAL ride up to Yew Street for a hundred The exact cause of the accident is

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AUDITION #2: Women CLASSIFIEDS WED., AUG. 20 ages 19-70 are encouraged IMPROV INTRO: Sheila

to audition for Steel Mag- 24 Goldsmith leads a free in- nolias at 7pm at Lynden’s troductory drop-in improv

Claire Vg Thomas Theatre, FILM BY AMY KEPFERLE class from 7-8:30pm at 655 Front St. Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. 966-8869 OR Holly St. CLAIREVGTHEATRE.ORG 20 756-0756 AUG. 25-26 MUSIC Rumpelstiltskin AUG. 20-27 AUDITION #3: Audition BEACH BARD: King Lear, for META Performing Arts’ Twelfth Night, The Tempest,

CHILDREN’S THEATRE BRINGS FAIRYTALES TO LIFE upcoming performances of 18 and Titus Andronicus play the musical, The Wiz, from in repertory as part of 5:30-9pm at the Mount Ver- ART FOR THE past few weeks, local kids have been working hard be- to experience live the- Bard on the Beach through non Presbyterian Church, Sept. 26 at Vanier Park in 1511 E. Broadway. hind the scenes to help bring classic fairytales to life onstage at the ater—are added to the 17 Vancouver, B.C. Tickets are 17 Harold and Irene Walton Theatre. mix once they arrive. Af- : (360) 466-3072 OR $18-$33. METAPERFORMINGARTS.ORG STAGE At the beginning of August, an innocent lass with a cool cape— ter the youngsters have (877) 739-0559 OR STAGE SEE IT AUDITION #4: The North- otherwise known as Red Riding Hood—figured out her grandma was auditioned and been as- BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG. WHAT: Rumpelstiltskin west Washington Theatre being impersonated by a wolf. The following week, a young girl named signed a role, they have WHEN: 7pm Fri., Aug. THURS., AUG. 21 Group will hold auditions 16 Alice fell down a rabbit hole and was introduced to a world inhabited less than a week to pull 22; 3pm and 5pm Sat., GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch for Twelve Angry Jurors at by odd folks like the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and Tweedle the show together. Aug. 23 “The Good, the Bad and 7pm at Lynden’s Ten Mile GET OUT Dum and Tweedle Dee. “It’s a big production WHERE: Harold and the Ugly” at 8pm at the Grange, 6958 Hannegan Rd. This weekend, a baby stealing, gold-spinning dwarf named Rumpel- with cool costumes and Irene Walton Theatre, Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay 104 N. Commercial St. NWTG.ORG stiltskin will make an appearance to help finish the run of plays being real actors,” says a for- St. At 10pm, stick around 14 COST: $10 for “The Project: Mad Com- produced by the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT). With a mission to mer MCT participant who INFO: 734-6080 or edy in the Making.” Cost is DANCE WORDS “develop the life skills of children through participation in the per- took part in The Wiz- mountbakertheatre.com $5 for the early show, $3 forming arts,” the Montana-based company does just that by bringing ard of Oz when she was for the late one. FRI., AUG. 22

733-8855 OR everything needed for a full-scale production to both large and small in grade school. “You can’t get that in elementary DANCE PARTY: Attend a 8 towns and cities across the country. school when you’re doing a school play.” THEUPFRONT.COM beginner lesson at 8pm, then stick around for a In the little red trucks the MCT is known for, they bring theatrical Although the flying monkey costume she was given AUG. 22-23 Dance Party from 9-11pm necessities such as costumes, scripts, props, scenery and makeup. They freaked her out a little, she says taking part in the UNSCRIPTED: Be pre- at U & Me Dance, 1027 N. CURRENTS also throw in a few professional actors to round out the productions. production was one of the highlights of her child- pared for just about any- Forest St. Entry is $10- The vital missing ingredients—local kids grades 1 to 12 who want hood existence. “It made me believe that theater thing when “Upfront Un- $12. 6 scripted” shows happen at UANDMEDANCE.COM wasn’t very intimidating at all. I was 10, fresh off of 9pm at the Upfront The- VIEWS VIEWS being Clara in the Nutcracker in my school. I thought atre, 1208 Bay St. Admis- SAT., AUG. 23 I was ready for the Missoula Children’s Theatre. As sion is $8-$10. CEILIDH: No partner or 4 it turned out, all I had to do was stand there and 733-8855 OR experience is necessary THEUPFRONT.COM to check out today’s Scot- screech.” MAIL tish Country Dance Ceilidh Whether their parts are large or small—in other AUG. 22-24

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your favorite barista 17 IN BELLINGHAM, may well be an accomplished sculptor. Likewise,

STAGE STAGE the quiet librarian filing your books away might spend his nights hunched over an easel trying to

16 commit his nocturnal visions to canvas. Imagine for a moment that every artist you en- & still less expensive countered in your day-to-day interactions—at the GET OUT than our competitors bank, shopping for groceries, stopping at the post office—took their craft to the walkways of down- 14 big framing sales town Bellingham. At that point, it would be impos- *offer never expires sible to ignore them.

WORDS When the third annual Plein Air Paint Out hits the streets of downtown Bellingham Sat., Aug. 23,

8 that’s precisely what will happen. From 10am-3pm that day, as many as 100 local artists will set up their easels somewhere nearby the Holly Street TODD HORTON AT WORK AT HORTON TODD

CURRENTS CURRENTS corridor and paint what they see, whether it be the 1421 Cornwall Ave. crimson turrets of the Whatcom Museum, the hazy Because it isn’t juried, both professional and amateur artists are 6 360-650-1001 visage of Bellingham Bay, or the line of smokers welcome to take part in the annual event, which will happen whether loitering lazily outside the Horseshoe Cafe. it’s sunny, rainy, dropping dime-sized hail from the sky or gusty and VIEWS VIEWS “The reason for the whole thing is so that we’re gloomy. visible to the public,” says organizer and Studio “If they’re not plein air painters when the day begins, they soon will 4 UFO owner Trish Harding. “To know we’re here, first be,” Harding says. “It’s a whole different ballgame. You’re under the

MAIL MAIL people have to see us. If they see us all on the gun. You have to deal with the air, wind, rain…and the sky moves. I streets of Bellingham, it’s a visual impact.”

bring bungee cords and tape along to hold down the easel.” 3 Harding, a plein air—translated from the French When all is said and done, the works that are

DO IT IT DO it means “open air”—painter and longtime advo- created this weekend will not only be used for

cate of keeping downtown spaces affordable for a mid-November exhibit at Studio UFO and the

08 working artists, says the reasons for the inclusive Blue Horse Gallery, but they’ll also be making

.20. event are many. In addition to giving the artists history. Harding points out that pieces created 8 experience in painting in the great outdoors, it during the inaugural event are visual reminders

.03 also serves to educate the public. Harding encour- SEE IT of what the city was like during that particular 34 Brunch

# ages the artists to interact with passers-by and moment in time. Certain Georgia-Pacific build- WHAT: Plein Air Sat & Sun 10-2 talk to them about why they’re out there. Paint Out ings that were included in paintings have been “I give them a little statement, then have them WHEN: 10am-3pm torn down, and businesses that were depicted— Sleep in and post it,” Harding explains. “It says that our mis- Sat., Aug. 23 such as Brenthaven—have closed or moved on. sion is to promote outdoor painting, but also to WHERE: Downtown “This event is a documentation of the actual still get breakfast! Bellingham have the public be aware of how local, working changes Bellingham is going through,” Harding COST: $35 entry fee Late Risers Welcome artists impact the quality of life in Bellingham. INFO: 671-8682 or points out, “but it also shows that art is alive CASCADIA WEEKLY $4 Cajun Bloody Marys & Cajun Coffees For the most part, people say, ‘Oh, I never thought studioufo.net in Bellingham.” 18 about that.’” Garden · Bakery · Cafe Gift & Wine Shop Fabulous Lunches & Rustic Pastries doit e o $ 5-lb Apple Pie as f 2 rch 0 u or p m y

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ZLOTNIK RETROSPECTIVE: Receptions for St. $ & Wine 27 “Seeing From Within, A Retrospective and Cel- 647-0092 ebration of Life, Tammy Zlotnik, 1963-2007” GOOD EARTH: The work of ceramicist and art Gluten-Free Pastries happen from 6-9pm at Allied Arts (1418 Cornwall educator Lonnie Schang will be featured through Ave.), Blue Horse Gallery (301 W. Holly St.), the August at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. CLASSIFIEDS Center for Expressive Arts (1317 Commercial St.), 671-3998 OR GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Mindport, (210 W. Holly St.), and the Mount Bak- HISTORICAL MUSEUM: View “Lost Cities of ery (308 W. Holly St.). 24 Skagit: Rediscovering Places of Our Past” until ALLIEDARTS.ORG Nov. 2 at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical FILM FILM FANTASTIC VISIONS: A reception for Erin Museum, 501 South 4th St. Libby’s retrospective, “A Creative Life: Visions of (360) 466-3365 OR SKAGITCOUNTY.NET

the Fantastic” happens from 7-9pm at the Blue 20 INSIGHTS: Acrylic paintings by LeAnn Adams Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. The work will be can be viewed through Aug. 30 at Insights Gal- up through Sept. 27.

lery, 516 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. MUSIC 671-2305 (360) 588-8044 OR INSIGHTSGALLERY.COM

SAT., AUG. 23 LUCKY DUMPSTER: “My Mythology,” a group 19 WINERY ART: More than 40 Whatcom County exhibit featuring 28 regional artists, shows 18 through Aug. 31 at Edison’s Lucky Dumpster and ART ART artists will be represented at “Art at the Winery” ART from 10am-6pm at Blaine’s Dakota Creek Winery, Dear Edison Gallery, 14011 Mactaggart Ave. NURSERY, LANDSCAPING & ORCHARDS 3575 Haynie Rd. Live music, tours and, of course, (360) 907-4074 wine will be available. Entry is free. MINDPORT: “Seeing from Within: A Celebration 17 820-4752 OR DAKOTACREEKWINERY.COM of the Work and Life of Tammy Zlotnik, 1963-

THREAD PORTRAITS: A reception for Libby 2007” hangs through Aug. 24 at Mindport, 210 UNIQUE STAGE Chenault’s “Fascination: Portraits in Thread” W. Holly St. Admission is $2. happens from 5-8pm at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th 647-5614 OR MINDPORT.ORG 16 St. The exhibit will be up through Sept. 6. MONA: Glass artist Ginny Ruffner’s “Aesthetic LANTS FOR 738-DOLL Engineering: The Imagination Cycle” can be seen P

through Oct. 5 at La Conner’s Museum of North- CREATIVE SPIRITS: Northwest artist and film- GET OUT maker Galen Garwood presents Connecting the west Art, 121 S. First St. Creative Spirit at 7pm at the Whatcom Museum, (360) 466-4446 OR MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG NORTHWEST 121 Prospect St. The collection of short films fo- MOUNT BAKERY: “Seeing From Within, A Retro- 14 cuses on the creative spirit as seen through the spective and Celebration of Life, Tammy Zlotnik, eyes of an artist. 1963-2007” shows through Aug. 31 at the Mount GARDENS WORDS WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Bakery, 308 W. Champion St. ONE OF ONE: “Untied,” featuring the paper art-

SUN., AUG. 24 istry of Helen Hiebert, is currently on display at ornamentals, natives, fruit 8 KOENIG CLOSURE: If you haven’t yet seen Bison Bookbinding’s One of One gallery, 1420 N. “John Franklin Koenig: Northwest Master, Home State St. and Away”—and you really should—today from BISONBOOKBINDING.COM Wednesday-Saturday 10-5 12-5pm is your last chance to view the master- CURRENTS PEACE ARCH PARK: The annual Peach Arch Park  

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MON., AUG. 25 VIEWS WAG MEETING: If you’re interested in the arts, QUILT MUSEUM: “Paths to Edo: Quilts from Ja- show up at the monthly Whatcom Art Guild meet- pan” and “Sashika Old & New: Works of Kazuko

Bellingham Family Health Clinic 4 ing at 7pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Yoshiura” can be seen through Sept. 21 the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 South 2nd

Central Ave. MAIL 384-4045 St.

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shows through Aug. 22 at La Conner’s SeaSide ALLIED ARTS: “Seeing From Within, A Retro- Gallery, 112 Morris St. Men & Women’s Health plus Families spective and Celebration of Life, Tammy Zlotnik, LACONNERSEASIDEGALLERY.COM Flu, Coughs, Sore Throats, Skin Issues and Rashes, Birth 08 1963-2007” shows through Sept. 6 at Allied Arts, SMITH/VALLEE: Jack Gunter’s “Where Pigs Fly” .20. 1418 Cornwall Ave. exhibit will be on display from 11am-5pm every Control, Menopause, Allergies, High Blood Pressure, 8 676-8548 Fri.-Sun. through Sept. 28 at Edison’s Smith/ Depression and Well Primary Care.

ARTWOOD: Furniture maker Steve Hall will be Vallee gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. The 25-year ret- .03 34 featured through August at Artwood Gallery, rospective features Gunter’s championship flying Immunizations: We have Gardisil: HPV. “People are # 1000 Harris Ave. mammal. Cholesterol Screening, Strep Throat Tests. happy seeing 647-1628 (360) 305-4892 Sports Physicals, Travel, Pap Exams. BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The mu- VILLAGE BOOKS: “Messages Home” shows Nurse seum is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. through September at Village Books, 1200 11th Monday – Friday 8am to 6pm Practitioners” and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. St. Located next to the College 393-7540 671-2626 Bookstore in Sehome Village. BOUNDARY BAY: The “Salmon at the Bay” art WHATCOM MUSEUM: “John Franklin Koenig” CASCADIA WEEKLY show can be seen and bid on through Aug. 24 at and “World of the Shipwright” are currently on Bonnie Sprague, ARNP Kirstin Curtis, ARNP Renee Wilgress, ARNP Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. display at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect for appointment call: 19 647-5593 OR N-SEA.ORG St. Insurance Accepted 778-8930 OR WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG www.bellinghamhealth.com 360-756-9793 Rumor Has It NOTICED A FEW empty barstools at your fa-

vorite watering holes lately? That’s because 34 34 music a good portion of Bellingham’s music scene made its annual pilgrimage to what has be- FOOD PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT come our very own musical Mecca: Missoula,

27 Mont. and Total Fest. I have it on good au- thority that the big, fat festival, organized and pulled off every year by independent record label Wantage USA, was the best in- CLASSIFIEDS stallment to date. Per usual, Bellingham lent several of its most favorite bands to the ef- 24 fort—including Federation X (will they never

FILM FILM play in Bellingham again? Sigh)—and I’m musicPREVIEW told all went off without a hitch—or almost all, that is. Apparently, at some point during 20 20 20 what I have to assume was an over-the-top set by Black Eyes and Neckties, Bradley Hor- MUSIC MUSIC ror broke/fractured/cracked his fibula in such

a fashion that he will be sporting an ever- 18 so-fashionable cast for the duration of the

ART ART band’s tour. Between that and Josh Holland’s recent guitar-and-wall-smashing inci- dent at the Rogue Hero, it seems play- 17 ing in that band comes

STAGE STAGE with its fair share of collateral damage.

16 Such is the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, I guess. With September on GET OUT the horizon folks are starting to wonder 14 once again about the fate of the Nightlight

WORDS Lounge. To refresh MIRAH HEAR your memory, Night- BY CAREY ROSS

WHO: Mirah, Mt. 8 Eerie, Tender light owner Matt Feigen- Forever baum had pegged September as the month WHEN: Fri., for his latest grand reopening. Since then,

CURRENTS CURRENTS Aug. 22 he has been largely silent, although I hear WHERE: rumblings of strategies and schemes that Nightlight 6 BY IAN CHANT Lounge, 211 E. assure me Feigenbaum has been busily Chestnut St. working away behind-the-scenes. Hopeful- VIEWS VIEWS COST: $12 adv., ly, all will soon be revealed, but until then, $14 at the door Conquest will keep booking shows—after 4 Mirah and Phil Elverum MORE INFO: this weekend’s one-two punch of Mirah and myspace.com/ MAIL MAIL themightycon- Idiot Pilot, hip-hop is on the entertainment TOGETHER AGAIN menu in the form of Oldominion Sept. 4 quest 3 and Sweatshop Union Sept. 27. By the time

DO IT IT DO the latter show rolls around, the Nightlight

should, theoretically, have reopened, and,

08 IN A town the size of Bellingham, pretty much everything dents will fit in a Canada-bound Subaru oddly enough, the Sweatshop Union show

.20. is grist for the ever-churning rumor mill. If someone sneezes, wagon. That said, it’s often better not to is the only one not being billed as all-ages 8 someone else knows about it, and pretty soon a team of hip- read too much into this sort of thing. In- by Conquest. Coincidence? You decide.

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# PBR, trying to discern what, oh what does it all mean, even if a weekend of top-notch shows on tap at munity, sometime musician and artist Craig it’s all so much sound and fury. But, occasionally, a sign comes the Nightlight Lounge this weekend, even Logghe passed away last week from a brain along that doesn’t just beg interpretation—it demands it. if beer won’t be. aneurysm. While it had been awhile since So while the future of the Nightlight Lounge remains uncer- This weekend starts off Friday in fine Craig made music in this town—as anyone tain, the fact that the little showcase that could has opened form with a show featuring two of the who knew him was well aware, he had spent its doors—aided and abetted by the savvy local concert book- Pacific Northwest’s finest songwriters and the past several years struggling with some ers and promoters at Conquest—to showgoers of all ages for longtime K Records collaborators in the pretty sizey demons—he was exceedingly, CASCADIA WEEKLY a string of concerts that remind us why the venue is the best phenomenal Mirah and Phil Elverum, the exceedingly gifted when it came to his ar-

20 place to catch a show short of seeing how many college stu- man of many bands, among them the Mi- tistic endeavors. He will, it goes with out —CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 saying, be missed by all who knew him.

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WED., AUG. 20 FILM FOLK & FIDDLE: Lissa Schneck- 20 20 enburger, a fiddler and folksinger 20 BY CAREY ROSS from New England, performs at 7:30pm at the “Big Back Yard” on MUSIC Jaegar St. MUSIC 676-9659 OR LIZDIZBIZ@GMAIL. COM 18

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rimba gives a free concert from 17 6-8pm at Bellingham’s Elizabeth

Park. STAGE TRUST ME when I say that Jonathan Byrd is not 739-3660 EAT N’ RUN: The Third Thursday a man in the middle of a career-long identity crisis. 16 Despite the fact that he divides his time between Music Series continues with a free gig featuring the fiddle and his own solo folk efforts and as half of a world music

banjo tunes of Eat n’ Run from GET OUT duo, and even though his music can range from old- 6-8pm at the Community Food timey to alt-country to rock ‘n’ roll during the span Co-op’s Swan Café, 1220 N. For- of a single album, Byrd, it seems, knows exactly what est St. 14 he’s doing. 734-8158 Or, at least he has since he quit delivering pizzas FRI., AUG. 22 WORDS eight years ago to follow his musical vision—wher- TICKLE TUNER: Tickle Toon Ty- ever it might lead him. Where it initially led him was phoon’s Andy Blythe plays music 8 to a dark place, not without a certain amount of hu- with kids in mind at a free show at noon on the lawn of the Bell- mor, and populated by such folks as Robena and Molly ingham Public Library, 210 Cen-

Dear, who can be found on Byrd’s first full-length, tral Ave. CURRENTS 2001’s Wildflowers. However, it was a song named for : 778-7000 another woman, Velma, that would bring Byrd his first DAMON JONES: Acoustic per- 6 bit of musical acclaim. former Damon Jones gives a free Written about Velma Barfield, the last woman to gotten into his work with Dromedary, concert of mostly original tunes VIEWS from 7-9pm at the Bellingham be executed in Byrd’s home state of North Carolina, which melds world and folk music).

Public Market, 1530 Cornwall 4 “Velma” is a dark, rich murder ballad. But what makes However, anchoring all this exploration Ave. this song unique—aside from the murderer in ques- is a storytelling skill and distinctive 714-0800 MAIL

tion being a woman—is that Byrd actually has a per- voice that mark each of Byrd’s differ-

SUN., AUG. 24 3 sonal connection to the song’s subject matter: his ent songs and styles as being uniquely ASIAN CONCERT SERIES: Se-

grandfather was one of Barfield’s victims. The song, his own. IT DO attle’s Filipiniana Dance Company evocative and powerful, has become a staple of not Joining Byrd onstage at the Green brings the music and movement of the Philippines to Blaine as only Byrd’s set, but those of other musicians as well. Frog will be Chuckanut Drive, a band HEAR 08 part of the free Asian Concert But murder ballads are just part of Byrd’s varied just as tough to pigeonhole into a par- WHO: Jonathan .20. Series happening at 2pm at Peace 8 repertoire. As a musician, while remaining rooted in ticular genre or sound. Also rooted in Byrd with Chuckanut Drive Arch Park.

old-timey traditions—he is, after all, a flatpicker— a more traditional sound, Chuckanut .03 WHEN: 9:30pm 332-7165 OR 34 he’s certainly not constrained by them. His latest al- Drive, led by songwriter Steve Leslie, Sat., Aug 23 PEACEARCHPARK.ORG # bum, 2006’s appropriately named This is the New That, is not afraid to incorporate both rock WHERE: Green MON., AUG. 25 Frog Café shows progression beyond his previous efforts, while and more soulful elements into their WSO AUDITIONS: Open audi- Acoustic Tavern, also adopting a bigger sound than he’s embraced to down-home musical paradigm. While tions for positions in the all- 902 N. State St. date. Straightforward rock ‘n’ roll and alt-country both Byrd and Chuckanut Drive will volunteer Whatcom Symphony COST: $10 Orchestra happen today and share space in this part of Byrd’s musical lexicon, likely take the stage independently of MORE INFO: tomorrow at the Garden Street along with more traditional tracks like “Jesus was a each other, at some point during the myspace.com/

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Elverum will be performing this Anyone who has seen her play fuzzed-out, near-folk tunes. 34 34 Friday night at what promises a show can testify that her live Do shows like this and the fol- to be an all-ages show not to be performances are always out of lowing Saturday night perfor- FOOD missed. this world, experiences that are mance by Bellingham rock main-

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FILM FILM things that make us tick, or the your favorite coffee shop. what you can get. Especially intimate details of the lives of Also along for the ride with when what you can get is top- insects on her latest studio al- Mirah and Elverum is new K notch shows featuring incredible 20 20 20 bum, Share This Place, her eye for Records artist Tender Forever, performers like this. MUSIC MUSIC

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STAGE STAGE Rocker, playing a heavy-metal burnout who gets a second shot at stardom—never mind that success comes 20 years

16 too late, drumming at his nephew’s high school prom. It’s the kind of role ready-made for Jack Black (had School of Rock not happened), and Wilson makes the most of it in this GET OUT well-crafted, feel-good satire. For those who loved The Full Monty, The Rocker also marks 14 a return to form for director Peter Cattaneo, tapping into the same winsome, risk-everything spirit that defined the 1997

WORDS hit. Working with Seeing Other People scribes Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky, Cattaneo puts character first: Wil-

8 son’s Robert Fishman, or “Fish” to his friends, may be an outrageous 40-something man-child, but he’s not a charac- ter you grow tired of by the second act.

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MAIL MAIL Fired from work and forced to move back in with his sister Will Arnett, Fred Armisen, and Bradley Fish’s hair-metal roots, but it’s hard to (Jane Lynch) and their family, Fish reluctantly agrees to join imagine someone who quips, “Loads

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DO IT IT DO cast friends (emo-eyed Teddy Geiger and Superbad’s Emma ing to formula, with even the smallest doesn’t make it right,” getting his fix

Stone), who perform mopey pop ballads under the name subplots playing out as expected, but drumming such vanilla tunes. (The re-

08 ADD. No sooner is Fish back at the kit than he’s stealing the the material cuts together; in other cent indie air-drum parody Adventures

.20. show, turning a slow-dance rendition of Peter Gabriel’s “In words, audiences needn’t be stoned of Power may not have this film’s pol- 8 Your Eyes” into a rafter-rattling drum solo. or drunk to appreciate a comedy that ish, but it does understand the instru-

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# lead singer’s mom, played by Christina Applegate), but his structure. Instead of feeling like a Saturday enthusiasm is contagious, and they’re soon practicing to- But the cast still has room to riff, Night Live sketch that overstays its gether via webcam. Not quite familiar with the technology, and with this inspired performance, welcome, the entire operation has a Fish jams in the nude, a sight that inevitably makes its way Wilson’s comic persona is truly taking certain momentum, growing steadily onto YouTube, attracting a shady manager (Jason Sudeikis) shape. As in The Office, he plays the to the climactic burst of Europe’s The eager to represent “the Naked Drummer.” self-righteous buffoon, with each bel- Final Countdown—a rock anthem the The band takes off (a commentary of sorts on the tween- ligerent outburst making his character likes of which these characters could CASCADIA WEEKLY driven state of the music biz) and, with ADD and Vesuvius seem an even bigger fool. never touch.

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ABOVE IT ALL CLASSIFIEDS 24 24 FILM FILM FILM FILM And then, as dawn broke, and tens of still in the planning stages. In the film,

thousands of people emerged down on the flamboyant, theatrical Petit, now 20 the streets far, far, far below, Philippe 59, says it was love at first sight. He Petit walked out on that wire. warmed up to the event by walking atop MUSIC In fact, he walked back and forth from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and across

one tower to the other repeatedly. He a bridge in Australia. And then he and knelt down on the wire, and then he lay his buddies began his plot to conquer 18

down on the wire, waving to the crowd the towers. ART below. Then he got back up and teased The beauty of Man on Wire is it captures the cops who were trying to get him to the mad spirit of the entire endeavor as 17 come off the wire. Seen from far away, he well as the unbelievable coincidences

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The entire mad process that led up to After Petit came down off the wire 16 this stunt is laid out by director James and was arrested, he became an instant ASTONISHING. DARING. Mind-boggling. Visually stunning. Marsh in Man on Wire. And while the celebrity, and the American media del- A true heart-stopper. And, oh yeah, the movie’s pretty good, too. film’s majesty would have been impos- uged him with questions as to why he’d GET OUT Man on Wire is such a dazzling, farfetched story that it often seems like sible if footage from the time wasn’t so done it. The answer, of course, was be- the world’s greatest fake documentary. This can’t have happened, can it? plentiful, the movie also glides along on yond verbal expression. Petit had lived a 14 Apparently. And even more shocking, people were carrying movie cam- lively interviews with Petit’s helpers and moment like no other.

eras around in 1974 to document it. Petit himself. Man on Wire delivers that soul-stirring WORDS Wire is the story of a young French guy named Philippe Petit who, along The entire enterprise was kicked off moment in all its glory, leaving you

with a ragtag team of amateur conspirators, sneaked into the World Trade when Petit, a young street magician in breathless, shaken and somehow in- 8 Center towers during that Watergate year and strung a wire from the top Paris and self-taught high-wire artist, spired. In keeping with the moment it of one to the top of the other in the middle of the Manhattan night. saw an early sketch of the towers while captures, it is a film like no other. CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 VIEWS VIEWS

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BY CAREY ROSS CLASSIFIEDS FILM SHORTS 24 24 The Dark Knight: With more than $400 million in ticket sales, oodles of critical acclaim and Oscar buzz THE HOUSE FILM FILM FILM FILM surrounding Heath Ledger’s maniacal turn as the joker, BUNNY this Batman blockbuster could very well be the best

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ART ART long since graduated from high school. They still all The quartet of lovely ladies are back in a coming- make Rydell High rock, and grease is, in fact, the word. of-age sequel to their first coming-of-age film. Whatever that means. ★★★★★
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duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.” He’s your role model for the rest of 2008, Libra. May ASTROLOGY he inspire you to give yourself the slack you need and compete with no one but yourself as you become more ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your next assignment of the unique work of art you were born to be. CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIEDS is to inject more fun into your job—or into anything SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Everyone’s life is a that feels like work, for that matter. You’ve got a head hero’s journey, yours included. You have been on an

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FILM FILM reinvent your approach to activities that push you to to master as you pursue the long-term dreams that your limits and test your resolve. For best results, be are uniquely meaningful to you. But like all the rest of open to the possibility that you really don’t have to us, you sometimes lose sight of this big-picture view 20 20 keep being bored and cranky in places where you’ve for months at a time. You may even be fairly happy as assumed you will always be bored and cranky. you focus on your daily details without any thought

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ART ART SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Michelangelo wearing golden hats. They looked like a prince and prin- 12 Equipment never finished two-thirds of the sculptures he started. cess, and were wandering around inside a ritual circle 13 Makes a deci- Basketball mega-star Michael Jordan failed on 26 about 10 yards in diameter, drawn with white chalk in a sion different occasions when he was given the ball to try 17 green meadow. Vases of cut flowers and statues of gods 24 Hot concept the game-winning shot as time ran out. Of Bob Dylan’s and goddesses ringed the circle. So what does my vision 26 Chocolate 57 albums, maybe only 15 of them are masterpieces. I

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for two years and have discussed marriage. 8 throw them on the lawn, light them on time to ask for your feedback. It takes The clothesline is under our roof over- I don’t think this is THAT big of a deal, but a good amount of time, focus and study hang so inclement weather doesn’t hin- fire, bolt the door, make him sleep na- it hurts and disappoints me because I’ve ked in the bushes, and then stay up all to keep these up on a weekly basis and der its use. Again, this has felt peace-

been totally honest about everything in my CURRENTS night praying he’d be gnawed to death I need to know that I’m using my finite ful, right, green and clean. life. How do I bring this up? Or should I? time and energy wisely. I enjoy this Although we’ve used cloth grocery by a family of hungry wolverines. You? —Unlucky Strike 6 Of course, should I have an attack of process, but I must know that said pro- bags for many years, until now we’ve Since you’ve been “totally honest” cess is worthy of its investment. There’s continued to rely upon in-store plastic sanity and rationality, I’d probably as- VIEWS about everything in your life, don’t stop no pay. Instead, there’s the sense that bags for produce and bulk items. Like sume he noticed the girl because he’s now: “You know, Honey, one afternoon,

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moose head out of the frat house next 08 1. Chain him to your living room media you think I truly am helping you walk using plastic storage containers.

door. Yet, you don’t think it’s “that big .20. center for the rest of his natural life. 2. more lightly upon the earth? Are my Step by step, we continue down our 8 of a deal”—maybe because she’s shown columns realistic or off the mark? Am I path of letting go of the consumer Only date men who are legally blind. herself to have such sterling character, The truth is, beauty is eyeball-grab- wasting my time? goods we’ve robotically embraced since .03 or maybe because it would be a real 34 Please write to me at rdubrow@ the ‘50s; since cheap oil has offered # bing. I’m as straight as plate glass, and drag if it turned out she didn’t. Love I ogle beautiful women. Straight guys a1builders.ws or call me at 360-734- us all of the things that are destroy- isn’t ignoring somebody’s faults; it’s 5249, x105. Call after business hours ing our natural world. Letting them go sneak glances at Jude Law. Purty is facing them and deciding you can stom- purty. Meanwhile, on a Crimes Against and leave me a voicemail if you feel has been a blessing and our lives feel ach them. Once you learn the real deal the need for anonymity. But no matter cleaner, fresher and more abundant. The Relationship scale, your boyfriend on hers, you’re sure to have a question merely asked you about this girl; he which path you choose, please take a With less. With smaller. With human or two—either “Will you marry me?” or moment and help steer me in the right power. With solar power. didn’t ask her about her—running after “What’s in your wallet (and did you hap- CASCADIA WEEKLY her and shouting, “Hey, Busty! How’dja pen to take it out of my wallet)?” like to go a coupla rounds with me in Rick Dubrow owns A-1 Builders and Adaptations, their design division www.a1builders.ws. Tune in to his 31 the back of Frank’s Escalade?” radio show ‘On The Level’ on KMRE FM 102.3. His past shows can also be found on A-1’s website. SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th, 4pm COMICS Literature Local Author rear end LIVE! MICHELLE a FREE event at

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