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ART. NEW WORKS BY SONJA BLOMDAHL WILL ALSO 28 A glance at what’s happening this week BE ON DISPLAY CLASSIFIEDS 24 10.15.08 10.19.08 WEDNESDAY SUNDAY ON STAGE ON STAGE Suds: 7:30pm, Walton Theatre Oklahoma: 2pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn

The Passion of Dracula: 7:30pm, Coast Capitol Steel Magnolias: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, MUSIC 20 FILM Playhouse, White Rock, B.C. Lynden Dream Science Circus: 2pm and 7pm, 142 Ohio St. 18 18 WORDS A Funny Thing Happened: 2pm, Anacortes Com-

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The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Hellingham: 10pm, Upfront Theatre A Funny Thing Happened: 8pm, Anacortes Com- MONDAY CURRENTS munity Theatre Hellingham: 10pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC DANCE WORDS 6 The Prawns: 6-8pm, Swan Café Ephemera: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: 7pm, Village Latin Dance Party: 8-11pm, U & Me Dance DANCE Books WORDS Ephemera: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Anker Café VIEWS Laura Kalpakian: 7pm, Barkley Village Library MUSIC Contra Dance: 8-11pm, Fairhaven Library 4 Sibyl Sanford: 7pm, Village Books Fritz & the Freeloaders: 7-9pm, Stuart’s at the Ballroom Dance: 8-10:45pm, Melody Hall COMMUNITY Market Dispatches from Iraq: 12pm and 7pm, Fairhaven MAIL MAIL GET OUT MUSIC College Auditorium

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4 on the scam: fleece the flock crap games of financial hocus- Of the candidates, Barack as fast as you can brainwash pocus! Obama has the largest, most NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre them, or miss out adding to —Eric Lovald, Blaine active plan to combat global climate change. He and Joe Biden plan Week changes from Afghanistan to Iraq to create five million new jobs by invest- to France, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, North ing $150 billion throughout the next 10 Korea, Libya, Palestine, Bolivia, etc. years toward the United State’s transi- The fear of the week changes continu- 34 34 tion into clean energy use. They aim to ously. save more oil in the next 10 years than Craziest of all are candidates for pub- FOOD the U.S. currently imports from Ven- lic office who want to continue most of

ezuela and the Middle East combined. the same policies—lower taxes, more 28 By 2015 they plan to produce one mil- wars, privatize social security, delete lion, made in America, plug-in hybrid choice in personal medical decisions, cars (150 miles per gallon). Purchasers tap our phones and disqualify poor vot- will receive $7,000 in tax credit. Obama ers. What can be done for those still CLASSIFIEDS plans to have 10 percent of our elec- clinging to sanity? The Democrats are #VZJOBU tricity come from renewable sources by a sad bunch but they seem better than %JBNPOE 24 2012 and 25 percent by 2050. Obama the Republicans. I wish there were a %JWJEFOET will provide short-term relief for mid- credible third party. dle-class families that cannot afford —Dick Smith, Bellingham the rising oil prices by demanding very Tuesday compensation from the oil companies VOTE ANARCHY E reaping profit (McCain opposes this ap- I have been following old John Mc- 7pm MUSIC 20 FILM proach). Furthermore, by 2050 green- Cain’s example by waffling. I’ve been house gas emissions will be reduced 80 waffling about whether to vote for 18 percent through the implementation of him or Obama-been-leaden (he is Mus- Enjoy our friendly dealers ART an “economy-wide cap-and-trade pro- lim, right?). Since voting is my duty, gram.” In the cap-and-trade system, I’ll vote and then I can skip the next atat over 2200 ooff your carbon emission permits are auctioned few years (sorry, Ralph Nader, not this favorite table games! 17 off to help fund research on alternative time). I want my vote to go for the STAGE STAGE energy and restrict the amount of car- masculine figure who will assure me #MBDLKBDLt$SBQTt3PVMFUUF bon produced by large cooperations. that our heavenly, evangelical United DBSEQPLFStQMVTNVDINPSF Both presidential candidates empha- States will remain the best country on 16 size energy security via domestic pro- earth... well, the best after China, In-

duction. In this they are on the right dia, Brazil, Japan, Abu Dhabi, Tanzania, GET OUT track. Throughout history our depen- Canada, Oklahoma City, Disneyland, dency on fossil fuels abroad has caused Wal-Mart, and those other countries. us major vulnerability and frequent con- Since the Bush family has disap- 14 ﬂicts. Localizing our energy production pointed me and not paid Jeb to be the will produce less greenhouse gases by next president, with Condoleezza Rice WORDS minimizing transportation and will sta- as the vice person, and since the Bush bilize our economy, but unless we make family says that democracy is all Iraq, 8 the energy renewable and sustainable, Easter Island and the Vatican need to we won’t be stable for long. be like the United States, then I will Obama proves to be the candidate consider voting for the Democratic additions

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struction lobby is having a wild month. 34 34 Nationally, the bottom got knocked out of

FOOD creative home ﬁnancing for at least a generation as the nation’s housing and lending and in- views

28 28 vestment banking bubbles burst over Wall Street OPINIONS THE GRISTLE like sticky gum. Locally, greenﬁeld builders likewise got knocked ﬂat by a Growth Management Hearings CLASSIFIEDS Board decision this week that upholds Whatcom County’s Comprehensive Plan update, meaning

24 Bellingham’s urban growth boundaries may re- BARBARA ROFKAR, JAMES LOUCKY, SHIRLEY OSTERHAUS main ﬁxed... for now. (Sayonara, Caitac!) Sandwiched between national and local is the statewide “Buildergate” scandal brewing up for the Building Industry Association of Washing- Good as Gold ton (BIAW) and Republican challenger for gov- MUSIC 20ernor FILM Dino Rossi over alleged campaign ﬁnance GLOBAL ECONOMIC REFORM SHOULD INCLUDE MONETARY FUND irregularities.

18 18 Lawyers for Rossi ﬁled papers in a Seattle “HISTORY, IT appears, cannot it is more important to pay the IMF worker shortages. In many African

ART ART court this week to block efforts that would force escape hunger,” writes James Vernon interest on their loans than to help countries, HIV medications are avail- Rossi to testify, under oath, to charges the can- in 2007, in Hunger: A Modern History. feed or give health care to the citi- able but there aren’t enough workers didate illegally coordinated his campaign with Someone will have died from it in the zens of these fiscally struggling na- to staff clinics and treat patients. 17 building industry lobbyists while the governor’s time it takes you to read this sen- tions. Meanwhile, people are literally Second, the IMF must rescind the use race is still in play. In their arguments, Rossi’s tence. Every day 35,000 people die dying for growth! The policies by IMF of overly restrictive deficit-reduction STAGE STAGE lawyers complain the charges are politically mo- needlessly of hunger, 12 times the have often exacerbated poverty and and inflation-reduction targets. The tivated in a hotly contested political season. number who perished in the terrorist inequality in poor countries. current targets set by the IMF are 16 Yes, certainly; but—are they true? attacks of Sept. 11. Now is our chance to act. The IMF preventing developing countries “Rossi and the BIAW have said that they have It is too common to hear such news

GET OUT nothing to hide in this matter. If this is so, then and quickly tune out. With a seem- they should welcome the opportunity to tell ingly endless litany of woes in places NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO ACT. THE GOLD HELD their story under oath,” said Knoll Lowney, an we can’t even pronounce, even the BY THE IMF IS, IN ESSENCE, A 14 attorney representing two Bellingham business- most well-meaning people suffer es who brought forward the original complaint “compassion fatigue.” Yet, as citi- GLOBAL PUBLIC GOOD.

WORDS last year. That complaint was joined and ex- zens of a privileged society, we can panded upon by two former state Supreme Court demand that our country emulate in is proposing to sell some of the gold from growing their economies. justices—Faith Ireland and Robert Utter—each policies the humanitarian potential stock it holds to create a trust fund. We have this unique opportunity 8 sent to the bench by Republican governors, con- and principles we hold dear. The proceeds from this sale would be to send a message to Congress to servative jurists angered by breaches of cam- Today, we have an historic oppor- used to pay for the IMF’s administra- influence this board. Approval of paign finance law. tunity to push for policy change in tive expenses; however, selling this the gold sale will be the first time CURRENTS CURRENTS The BIAW and the Master Builders Association one of the world’s most powerful in- gold requires authorization by the U.S. since 1944 that the Congress—that Congress. Here is where we come in. is us of course—can influence the 6 of King and Snohomish Counties have poured ternational institutions, the Interna- 6 hundreds of millions of dollars into the race, op- tional Monetary Fund (IMF) in which We need to tell our Congress mem- IMF economists to remedy decades VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS posing Gov. Chris Gregoire and pushing conser- the United States has a primary bers that before they approve the of historic wrongs. vative causes. The original complaint questions voice. We sometimes hear about fiscal IMF gold sales they must ensure pro- Call, write or contact your con-

4 the role of BIAW in skimming worker compensa- policies that the World Bank and IMF ceeds are not used exclusively for gress people and in particular the tion refunds for donation to the association’s promote to end hunger in poor coun- maintaining IMF staff. The gold held U.S. House of Representative Com- MAIL MAIL political arm; while the latest twist questions tries, yet we don’t hear the full story by the IMF is, in essence, a global mittee on Financial Services. Rep.

3 to what extent Rossi may have illegally helped of how they also demand and collect public good. If gold sales are to be Barney Frank is the chair of the com- coordinate activities by these independent po- most of it back as interest on debt. approved, a signiﬁcant portion of mittee. The number to the capital is DO IT IT DO litical committees when he met with the groups We don’t hear about the conditions the proceeds should therefore be de- 1-202-225-3121. last year. that demand the borrowing countries voted to the public good of alleviat- Demand the reforms that will al- 08 08 Documents submitted by the justices target cap hiring workers in vital sectors of ing global poverty. The best way to low those who need help have the .15. phone calls Rossi made to MBA and BIAW lead- health care and education. do this would be to allocate part of opportunity to assist their own citi- 10 ers in early 2007, when those groups were decid- An evaluation by the IMF’s Indepen- the money toward debt cancellation zens rather than make our bankers

.03 ing how to disperse their political funds. dent Evaluation Ofﬁce (IEO) in 2007 for poor countries. We can also urge wealthier. Please act to uphold the 42

# Rossi contends he was merely trying to patch documented a pattern of IMF policies Congress to condition the IMF gold integrity of this nation! a rift between the two groups, both of which in Sub-Saharan Africa that resulted sales on making policy changes that had supported him in the past. Although their in less economic growth. This is will help developing countries. Barbara Rofkar is a professor of Inter- political spending was part of the schism, Rossi partly due to IMF preconditions that Here are two examples of needed national Studies at Western Washington says he didn’t discuss specifics about money. require poor countries to divert for- policy changes: First, the IMF should University; James Loucky is a professor Yet the facts on the ground are damning: The eign aid away from vital investments allow developing countries to expand of Anthropology at WWU; Shirley Oster- BIAW did create “a fund for Rossi” with the sole in health care and education and into spending in health and education by haus is the former director of campus CASCADIA WEEKLY intent of influencing the 2008 gubernatorial deficit reduction and the accumula- eliminating budget ceilings. These ministry at WWU’s Shalom Center and a

6 race. The BIAW did ask the MBA to contribute tion of currency reserves. This means ceilings translate to severe health professor at Fairhaven College. over half a million dollars to this fund, for that the express purpose. And when the MBA hesi- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE tated, Rossi did call board members to 34 34 press them to cooperate. Rossi’s public statements make this context clear. FOOD “Rossi knew a solicitation request was pending before the MBA board dur- Thanks for riding WTA. 28 ing that period,” Lonwey relates. “He made calls to each of the three top officers during this period; and he talked by phone to at least one of the officers CLASSIFIEDS and specifically discussed the pending fundraising solicitation. The officers 24 clearly understood Rossi was calling about the solicitation.” If Rossi did coordinate campaign activities, then those committees would become ineligible to make “independent expenditures” on his behalf and MUSIC 20 FILM would be limited to spending a mere

$2,800 on the candidate’s race. With 18

candidates within a hairsbreadth of ART one another in the polls, the money each receives in the ﬁnal weeks before the election could prove critical. 17 Two weeks ago, Rossi managed to STAGE STAGE dodge two bullets on a single day. #1 in the nation First, a Seattle judge ruled Rossi may refer to himself on ballots as preferring for increased 16 “GOP Party,” a fortuitous dodge that allows the candidate to avoid tarring transit ridership. GET OUT himself as a Republican, a party everywhere in a conﬁdence meltdown worse than Wall Street’s. 14 In a separate ruling, a second judge declined to immediately freeze cam- WORDS paign funds the BIAW intends to use to boost Rossi while legal challenges work 8 though the system. Yet Rossi’s luck may run dry. A King County Superior Court judge last week CURRENTS CURRENTS agreed to accept additional evidence

to determine whether a pre-election 6 6 injunction—to stop further expendi- VIEWS VIEWS tures—should be granted. VIEWS Sensing their machinations could be suddenly curtailed by court order, the 4 BIAW this week ﬂooded another $4 mil- MAIL MAIL lion into the governor’s race, according

to the Public Disclosure Commission, 3 bringing their spending on Dino Rossi DO IT IT DO to an astounding $7 million—the largest such “independent” expenditure in state history. The pathology shifts 08 from scofﬂaw to deeply criminal, dis- .15. 10 turbed behavior.

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ly decided the beneﬁts of a Governor # Rossi outweigh any ﬁnes the association risks for illegal activities, voters of Washington could also pay a heavy price from an administration beholden to a lobbying organization that, as late as last spring, in a BIAW member news- letter, likened those with environmen- CASCADIA WEEKLY tal sensibilities to (we’re not kidding) 7 Hitler and Stalin. Lie down with builders, wake up nailed. currents news commentary briefs

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BY KENNI B. MERRITT BY JACK WEISS NO YES TO PROTECT VOTERS’ RIGHTS, VOTE NO ON SUPPORT THE BELLINGHAM CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT o protect citizens’ rights, Bellingham voters should vote NO on this Char- n Nov. 4, Bellingham voters will decide whether the Bellingham Charter ter amendment. This amendment may be more convenient for politicians, should be changed to make the At-Large Council position a four-year but it takes away citizens’ rights to elect a majority of City Council mem- term. Because the issues facing the council have become more and bers every other year. more complex and time-consuming in the time since the charter was Our Charter was drafted by Bellingham’s freeholders so that four out of the written 35 years ago, a wide array of citizens support this amendment. seven City Council members—three Ward representatives with four-year terms and As individuals who also sit on the City Council, we too see the need for this one At-Large member with a two-year term—are up for election every other year. amendment. Under our current Charter, if citizens are unhappy with the direction of a majority Because the At-Large Council member is required to campaign for office every of council members, voters have the opportunity to change a majority of council two years, much of his or her time can be spent in campaigning and fundrais- every other year by electing four new council members. The proposed amendment ing—a distraction from the work of the council and an expensive election cost would double the term of the At-Large position so that it would require four years, for the citizenry and the candidate (the average spent by each Council candi- instead of two, before citizens could vote to replace a majority of council. This date considering office in 2007 exceeded $17,000). amendment is contrary to our Charter’s intent. In addition, it often takes a new council member a year or more to become Our City Charter is our constitution. The proposed amendment would take away familiar with the issues and work of the council. In a two-year election cycle, opportunities for citizens to vote to change a majority of council members and campaign season arrives just as one is getting up-to-speed. Many feel that it would make our City Council less responsive to the people. This is as important would be better to have council members working on issues before them rather today as it was in 1972. than constantly campaigning. The proponents’ focus on costs is misguided. The real cost issue here is that, at This is in keeping with the fact that, of 232 elected offices throughout the local a time when Bellingham is facing budget shortfalls and painful cutbacks, it will jurisdictions in Whatcom County, this is the only two-year position. cost the city from $25,000 to $35,000 in unbudgeted general fund money to put The intent of the Charter in including an At-Large position is laudable. this Charter amendment on the November ballot. Though each council member is charged with considering the larger, citywide No one knows for sure that doubling the At-Large term would reduce campaign view, the At-Large council member has a special responsibility to look beyond costs. In 2007, the campaign costs for one of the four-year council seats were ward boundaries in weighing the matters before the council. The position is twice as much as the costs for the two-year At-Large position. Besides, cam- extremely important and was wisely created. paign contributions are personal financial decisions, not under the control of city The intent was also to have the council elections rotated to maintain a balance

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OUR BIAS 28 THE WEEKLY’S VIEW: Over the years, the At-Large position has become of government excess. Checks and balances are not o what extent is this initiative a reaction to— ambassadorial, but again—to what extent is that a intended to make government more efﬁcient and ef- and referendum on—the personality who cur- feature of constant campaigning or of the personality fective; in fact, they’re designed to produce the op- CLASSIFIEDS rently holds the Bellingham City Council At- of Louise, an impassioned community activist whose posite, an assurance of restraint.

Large position, Louise Bjornson? public life is her life? It’s hard to separate, since Lou- The At-Large position was deliberately designed to 24 Bellingham is broken into six representative wards ise has held the At-Large position for more than two- be different, and to function differently from other tied to a speciﬁc territory. The seventh position was thirds of the time the position has been in existence. council positions. Citizens can transform their elect- envisioned by the framers of Bellingham’s governing She is constantly campaigning, yes, but is she cam- ed representation every two years—a blessing, not a Charter as a tie-breaker—not rooted to any district paigning as a requirement of the At-Large position or curse. If, as council members in support of the initia- map and, as a consequence and a designed limitation, because she is Louise Bjornson? It’s hard to know. tive say, the At-Large position “was wisely created,” subject to reelection every two years. This amend- For certain, the Charter is an interlocking, internally why alter its wisdom? REJECT this amendment, and MUSIC 20 FILM ment would change that, and create a nigh-permanent consistent set of checks and balances to curb cen- support a comprehensive review of the city’s founda- plurality on Bellingham City Council. tralization of power and to provide citizen oversight tional documents by its citizens. 18 This amendment would create a nigh-permanent ART

majority on Bellingham City Council. 17 STAGE STAGE 16 NO, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE VOTEVOTEVOTEVOTE

INITIATIVE MEASURE GET OUT ofﬁcials, and campaign expenditures our daily lives, closer to the people and mostly go to beneﬁt local businesses. able to make informed decisions. The election cost to the city for Some potential candidates for the At- 14 the two-year At-Large term under Large seat might prefer a two-year term # 985 our current Charter is very small. In over a four-year commitment. In fact, WORDS November 2007, the city would have in recent years some four-year coun- saved only $3,500 if the At-Large po- cil seats have had only one candidate, 8 8 sition had not been on the ballot. while there have been numerous good Voters’ rights are worth these minor candidates for the At-Large position. election costs. Our Charter’s intent is to give citi- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Our U.S. Congressional Representa- zens the right to change a majority

tives and our Washington State Rep- of Council members every other year, 6 resentatives, by Constitutional re- not to provide a convenient alternat-

quirement, have two-year terms, like ing election cycle for Council and the VIEWS Bellingham council’s At-Large represen- Mayor. tative. This keeps our representatives To protect voters’ rights, please vote 4 more accountable to citizens. Accessi- NO on the Charter amendment. MAIL MAIL bility and accountability are important

fundamental values of good gover- Kenni B. Merritt is a Bellingham attor- 3 nance. Regular campaigning keeps can- ney and is active in civic and commu- FOCUS ON TRAFFIC DO IT IT DO didates in touch with issues affecting nity affairs. Professional signature-gatherer Tim Eyman is brilliant in ways that have escaped broad analysis. He understands most voters enter the system through their motor vehicle 08 registrations—the Motor Voter Act—and he tailors a large portion of his mea- .15. YES, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE 10 sures to focus and capture road rage—the voices of thousands of enraged vot-

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of newly-elected and incumbent council ficient and effective city government. Eyman’s Initiative 985 is particularly ingenious. It focuses attention # members. Changing the term of the At- For more efficient and effective gov- on those mostly empty car pool lanes—the ones that taunt you while Large council member to four years and ernment, please vote YES on the Charter you’re trapped alone in traffic—and asks the question, “Why shouldn’t electing that position in the off-year amendment. you be allowed to drive there?” Going further, the measure would strip from the mayor would maintain a bal- off revenues directed to transportation alternatives and pour them into ance of four elected officials every two Jack Weiss serves on Bellingham City Coun- roadbuilding and traffic control. years. If adopted, this change would cil. Council colleagues Terry Bornemann, The state’s Office of Financial Management performed a detailed analysis of begin in the 2009 election. Gene Knutson, Barbara Ryan, and Stan I-985: “Over five years, approximately $668.6 million would be redirected from CASCADIA WEEKLY We urge you to support this Charter Snapp also reviewed and approved this projects and activities supported by state and local general and transporta- 9 Amendment. It will help create more ef- statement in support of the initiative. #985, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 YOUR GUIDE TO THE VOTEVOTE VOTEVOTE

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24 WHATCOM COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT # 1: END DISTRICT-ONLY VOTING voting districts—the Balkanization is Imagine this: You approach County perhaps most keen. Council with a concern about your “What I’ve noticed in the short time MUSIC 20 FILM neighborhood. When it’s your turn at that amendment has been in effect the mic, two-thirds of them decide to that some council members have joked,

18 18 run out for coffee or cigarettes, or to ‘I don’t care about that issue, it’s not

ART ART check on a few baseball scores. And in my district,’” Brenner relates. “And why shouldn’t they? They do not repre- I was told, on one particular issue I sent you, and they do not have to listen was interested in, to butt out; it was 17 to you. not in my district. That’s not good Back in 2005, a committee was government. We’re elected to serve all STAGE STAGE tasked with looking at the county of the people of Whatcom County.” INITIATIVE MEASURE Charter. Among them was a vocal mi- Ultimately, one of two outcomes is 16 nority that had just spent the previous bound to happen, she continues, “’I’ll decade in various secession schemes trade you this for that’ or ‘I don’t need # 1000:

GET OUT to break the county into smaller to work with you.’” parts. The thought among this group Her concern becomes particularly DEATH WITH DIGNITY is that the ﬁner one splits the hair of acute in council committee assign- Initiative 1000 mirrors the Oregon law, which took effect in 1997 after

14 governance, the more likely that gov- ments, where—with only three council a lengthy court ﬁght, and would allow terminally ill people to obtain ernment’s decisions might resemble members assigned to a committee— lethal prescription drugs for ending their own lives.

WORDS something they’d approve. entire districts may be excluded from I-1000 would allow terminally ill patients—those medically determined The committee, by one vote, placed discussion. to have fewer than six months to live—who are at least 18 years old and the issue on the ballot—and it was a The counter-argument—expressed declared competent to qualify to receive lethal prescriptions. 8 8 mighty fair sounding proposal: “Shall by Council member Sam Crawford, who Under the new law, any patient requesting the fatal medication would the Charter be amended to provide delivered the single vote against test- have to make two oral requests, 15 days apart, and submit a written that each member of the County Coun- ing the measure in front of voters a request witnessed by two people, including one person who is not a rela- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS cil… be elected by majority vote second time—is that district-only tive, heir, attending doctor, or connected with a health facility where voting allows for more direct repre- 6 within his or her own council dis- the requester lives. trict?” Well… sure they should! It sure sentation and allows citizens in each Certainly this is an emotionally charged measure, strongly opposed

VIEWS VIEWS sounds fair, and the change passed by district to select candidates who share by religious groups. A recent Elway poll found the measure had support a slim majority—but did voters really similar values. among 57 percent of voters, with 33 percent opposed. That poll, con-

4 understand that when they voted for It’s a compelling argument, but dis- ducted in September, showed 10 percent were still undecided, while 16 this they were also voting to divorce tricts already get that chance in the percent were leaning “yes” and 10 percent were leaning “no.” MAIL MAIL themselves from two-thirds of their primary, in which only those within Former Governor Dan Evans scoped it best in a recent guest column in

3 elected local representatives? a particular district may vote on the the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: “Are we so big as a county that we ﬁeld of candidates. “Few people will be directly affected by this law,” Evans wrote, “those DO IT IT DO should be Balkanizing our most local “There is no perfect system of gov- who are likely will be suffering from end-stage cancer. It may not change form of government?” asks Council ernment,” Brenner notes. “But some how you or I spend our ﬁnal days. But the terminally ill patients who 08 08 member Barbara Brenner, who—to- are less perfect than others. I would are directly affected, and their friends and family, will be deeply grate- .15. gether with colleague Ward Nelson— rather have a one-in-seven chance of ful for the freedom to decide for themselves how and when to end their 10 brought the amendment back to someone listening to me than a one- suffering.

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# to return the measure to voters with Whatcom County gets another bite make up our own minds, is based on an agreement that every person is clarifying language. “There are deci- at the apple on the question of the entitled to their opinions and their own guiding principles, but no one is sions that County Council makes for public’s access to their elected repre- entitled to impose their opinions or beliefs on others. all residents, including those in the sentatives. We recommend you take “That’s why I-1000 leaves the decision in the hands of the terminally cities—like public health.” it, and make the county whole again ill patient. No one else should make this decision for patients—the deci- With Bellingham, in particular— by supporting council Ordinance sion rightly belongs to terminally ill patients themselves. It is a matter with half the county’s population but #2007-069. of respect, a matter of autonomy and a matter of freedom.” CASCADIA WEEKLY carved and distributed among three APPROVE the amendment. We couldn’t have said it better. Vote YES on I-1000.

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& Skagit Counties FOOD INITIATIVE MEASURE 28 28 Jeffrey A. Lustick Mark A. Kaiman # 1029: [email protected] [email protected] Fmr. Bellingham City Prosecutor (360) 685-4221 Fmr. State & City Prosecutor LICENSE AND TRAIN LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS CLASSIFIEDS Some initiatives are best left to the Legislature. Laudable in intent, I-1029 is a proposal to require extra training, and also INJURED? Auto Accident •Fall •Defective Product 24 state licensing, of long-term care workers. These are typically entry-level Free consultation employees who help patients with dementia, mental illness or disabilities— helping them with cooking, eating, bathing, dressing, taking medication (360) 312-5156 Michael Heatherly and doing household chores. northwestdrg@ Attorney Currently, long-term care workers complete only 34 hours of training. In mhpro57.com 2007, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation creating a Long-Term Care Worker MUSIC 20 FILM Training Workgroup that recommended an 85-hour training and certiﬁcation “I’ll help ease the stress of your injury by

standard as the new standard for long-term care workers. This recommenda- protecting your legal rights while you recover.” 18

tion would require long-term care workers to have the same level of training ART as workers in nursing homes. 17 If I-1029 is defeated, Olympia will surely take the issues up STAGE again in the next legislative session. 16

The Legislature should have acted on that recommendation, and indeed GET OUT they tried… and failed. This initiative sprang from the ashes of that failure. As the Seattle Times relates in a recent editorial: 14 “There was a bill in the Legislature, House Bill 2693, sponsored Rep. Dawn

Morrell of Puyallup. Morrell is a critical-care registered nurse and was co- WORDS chair of a state task force on training for long-term care workers. Morrell’s bill would have required 35 hours of training for all workers, many of whom 8 8 have it already. For the ambitious, it had an option for an extra 50 hours of training and a test for a new state certiﬁcation. Versions of her bill passed both houses of the Legislature almost unanimously, but the ﬁnal bill was CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS killed by opposition from the Service Employees International Union.

“The SEIU spent $650,000 of union funds to promote its proposal as 6 I-1029. Instead of an option of more training and a test, I-1029 requires 75

hours of training and a test. Workers already organized would be trained by VIEWS the SEIU and paid by the state.” If I-1029 is defeated, Olympia will surely take the issues up again in the 4 next legislative session. For something as important as this, we think they Bellingham Family Health Clinic MAIL should be given a chance. Vote NO on I-1029.

3 DO IT IT DO FROM PAGE 9 #985, Be Satisfied With Your Health Care. tion funds to congestion relief activities. This would include $239.2 million Men & Women’s Health plus Families 08 for opening carpool lanes to general trafﬁc during off-peak hours, $65.7 mil- .15. Flu, Coughs, Sore Throats, Skin Issues and Rashes, Birth 10 lion for synchronizing trafﬁc lights, $18 million for additional emergency relief Control, Menopause, Allergies, High Blood Pressure,

and $1.4 million for the State Auditor to monitor performance. The remaining .03

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$343.9 million would be available for other congestion relief activities, includ- # ing expanding road capacity. Funds would not be allowed for bike paths, land- Immunizations: We have Gardisil: HPV. “People are scaping, wildlife crossings, park and ride lots, ferries, trolleys, buses or rail.” Cholesterol Screening, Strep Throat Tests. happy seeing Eyman’s initiative assumes car-generated congestion can be ﬁxed cost-free Sports Physicals, Travel, Pap Exams. without other forms of transportation, an estimation considered naïve by Nurse Monday – Friday 8am to 6pm Practitioners” nearly every professional involved in transportation management. His measure Located next to the College feeds the petroleum-chewing, single occupant motor vehicle dinsoaur.

Bookstore in Sehome Village. CASCADIA WEEKLY Tim Eyman is brilliant; but so are the guys who invented waterboarding. Vote NO. Bonnie Sprague, ARNP Kirstin Curtis, ARNP Renee Wilgress, ARNP 11 for appointment call: Insurance Accepted www.bellinghamhealth.com 360-756-9793 currents POLICE BEAT :: INDEX

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28 28 was just getting out of jail and planned fuzzbuzz to come visit. Police report, “The resi- MCCAIN’S COLLAPSE AMONG VOTERS 60 YEARS AND OLDER: dent was a little worried because he TUBULAR TRICKS didn’t know anyone named Jimmy, and

CLASSIFIEDS 20 On Sept. 30, a man in his 20s, wear- deﬁnitely didn’t want to be visited by ing a dark blue shirt, jean shorts and anyone just being released from cus- 60+ Demographic 24 a dust mask robbed an armored car tody. He asked for extra patrol in his outside a Bank of America branch in neighborhood.” 15 Monroe, overpowering the guard with pepper spray. He made his escape On Oct. 3, a Blaine resident contacted by running about 100 yards to the police after receiving phone calls from 10 Skykomish River, where he had an old a county jail inmate, in violation of MUSIC 20inner FILM tube stashed to facili- a valid restraining order. Of- McCain’s Lead tate his escape. The robber ﬁcers asked jail deputies

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ART ART up at least a dozen decoys ping the illegal calls. around his escape route, which he had recruited BITING THE HAND 17 0 through Craigslist. One of THAT FEEDS the unsuspecting decoys told On Oct. 9, a drunk was arrest- STAGE STAGE police, “I came across the ad ed for assaulting a bartender that was for a prevailing wage job on State Street in Bellingham -5 16 for $28.50 an hour” for a road-maintenance project in Monroe. He said he On Oct. 11, a 50-year-old drunk backed 9/11 9/13 9/15 9/17 9/19 9/21 9/23 9/25 9/27 9/11 10/1 10/3 10/5 10/7 10/9 10/11

GET OUT inquired and was e-mailed back with his van into a car parked at Lakeway instructions to meet near the Bank of Fred Meyers, then left without stop- America in Monroe at 11am. He also ping and parked in another part of the 14 was told to wear certain work cloth- lot, where he immediately passed out. ESTIMATED ELECTORAL VOTES leaning toward Barack Obama ing. “Yellow vest, safety goggles, a He awoke when police knocked and versus electoral votes leaning toward John McCain, as of Oct. WORDS respirator mask... and, if possible, a was transported to jail, where he pro- 363/175 14. Obama leads McCain in polling by 10 points, 53 percent to blue shirt.” Investigators continue to vided breath samples of .279 and .257, 43 percent. search for the robber. nearly three times the legal limit. 8 8

BRINGING GARBAGE SERVIC YABLO THE ABOVE, EXPRESSED as a percentage of probability that, TO THE HOME On Oct 9, Bellingham Police Depart- if the presidential election were held today, Barack Obama would CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS On Oct. 8, the brakes on a Bellingham ment’s Hazardous Devices Unit han- 100 win 100,000 of 100,000 simulated election scenarios.

6 garbage truck failed, sending the unoc- dled yet another bomb-like object, cupied truck crashing into a home near this time old explosives collected

VIEWS VIEWS Toad Lake, knocking it off its founda- from an address in the county. tion. The homeowner saw the blue Bell- 9 PORTION, IN TRILLIONS, of the $10.2 trillion national debt

4 accrued under "ﬁscally conservative" Republican presidencies ingham Sanitary Service Company truck MUNCHIE EXEMPTION $7.7 over the past 31 years. leap past his garage and crash through On Sept. 27, a Blaine Police ofﬁcer MAIL MAIL the front door. Neither the homeown- stopped a pedestrian on State Route

3 ers or their dog were hurt in the wreck, 543. The walker explained she had been although the home appeared a total denied entry in to the United States Actual amount of federal debt (in trillions of dollars), 40 trillion DO IT IT DO loss and in danger of collapse when the at the Pacific Highway Port of Entry a 13 of which is "off the balance sheet," the amount taxpayers would $5.6 have to pay immediately to fully cover government's financial truck was removed. short time earlier, and was returned to obligations, according to former GAO Comptroller David Walker. 08 08 Canada. “While waiting for a bus at Ca- .15. ‘SALVATION SALVAGE’ nadian Customs,” the officer reported, 10 On Oct. 9, Bellingham’s Salvation “she got hungry, so decided to hike into

.03 Army store on Birchwood Ave. was Blaine to grab something to eat. U.S. THE AMOUNT EACH American would have to pay per year over

42 75 years to cover a $56 trillion debt. # burglarized. Crooks cut an opening Border Patrol agents arrived soon after, $31,000 into the new vinyl roof of the build- and detemined there was no ‘Munchie ing and carted off a vintage safe. The Exemption’ to her inadmissibility.” safe contained around $350 in cash, according to ofﬁcials. Damage to the WALKING TALL, THE FINAL store was estimated at $1,000. FINAL CHAPTER 11 NUMBER OF STARS (700 billion) in the Local Group of 35 nearby galaxies (including our own). On Oct. 11, Bellingham Police searched 7. CASCADIA WEEKLYYARDBIRDS for a man reported swinging a 2x4 12 SAYING HELLO and swearing at people while growl- On Oct. 5, a Blaine resident received ing threatening comments on Railroad SOURCES: Pollster.com; Daily Kos; Government Accountability Ofﬁce; Atlas of the Universe a voicemail from “Jimmy,” who said he Avenue. THE WEEK IN REVIEW currents 34 34 FOOD 28 28 BY TIM JOHNSON CLASSIFIEDS 24 PASSAGES

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THE THAT WAS 18 ART ART AP PHOTO/SKAGIT VALLEY HERALD, MATT WALLIS 10.08.08 Isaac Zamora appears in court in this file photo. Zamora was charged with six counts of first-degree murder and four counts of first-degree assault after a Sept. 2 shooting rampage near Alger. WEDNESDAY 17 Port of Bellingham commissioners empower the agency’s Dorothy Haggen, who STAGE STAGE executive director to expand demolition of the Georgia- The U.S. Border Patrol unveils its the environmental assessment of helped her late husband launch the downtown gro- Pacific site to include several brick buildings south of the new Sumas station, a 21,000-square- the Waterfront District. “Proceed- cery that became a 16 tissue mill. The decision triggers a surprising response foot, $10 million HQ for more than ing with the demolition of three of 33-store legend was laid to from the City of Bellingham (see Monday). 100 agents. The station will replace 13 potentially historic buildings and rest last week at age 99.

the Border Patrol station in Lynden. structures in the heart of the New Every Thursday and Saturday, GET OUT 10.09.08 Whatcom... will prevent the com- right to the end, she set up shop inside the Barkley Vil- 10.11.08 plete assessment of... whether the THURSDAY lage Haggen store and sold SATURDAY potential for a historic district ex- candy to benefit St. Paul’s 14 Isaac Zamora, charged in a September shooting rampage ists,” Mayor Dan Pike asserts. With Episcopal Church. that left six people dead in Alger, creates an emotion- Twenty-four hours after an Alaska the port readying to roll out its site WORDS charged ruckus at his arraignment in Skagit County Superior legislative probe finds Gov. Sarah development plan Wednesday, the Court. Zamora, 28, faces 20 felony counts—among them, six Palin violated state ethics laws and change in lead agency status may 8 8 counts of aggravated first-degree murder. The dead include abused her power by trying to have trigger a lawsuit. a sheriff’s deputy. Based on Zamora’s behavior in court and her former brother-in-law fired as a in custody, his public defender said it’s clear his client has state trooper, the vice presidential The Western Washington Growth CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS significant mental health issues. Prosecutors have 30 days to candidate is on the campaign trail, Management Hearings Board up- Claire vg Thomas, nationally decide whether to seek the death penalty. saying she and her running mate holds Whatcom County’s Compre- renowned pianist, organist 6 will put a stop to violations of law hensive Plan update restricting and choir director and name- 10. 08 10. and abuses of power. Bellingham’s Urban Growth Areas. sake of Lynden’s community VIEWS FRIDAY Rebuffing a legal challenge to the theater, Whatcom County’s Three Whatcom County wom- plan’s legitimacy, the hearings “Matron of the Arts,” cel- 4 ebrated her birthday with The Whatcom County Medical Examiner reports that an en are injured in a fiery crash on board finds, “Whatcom County has her children on Oct. 11, MAIL unidentified woman found near a burned boat on the Interstate-5 near Bellis Fair Mall. been given the authority to desig- before she passed away this

Lummi Reservation last July had died days before the According to the State Patrol, a dis- nate a UGA and was not bound to week at age 91. 3 fire. Toxicology tests confirm the woman had alcohol in her tracted motorist rear-ended a van the [original] recommendation pre- DO IT IT DO blood but the cause of her death is still unknown. The FBI stopped in the exit lane, pushing sented by the City of Bellingham.” has not released her identity. both vehicles into two others. Bellingham will stay the size that it is... for now. 08 Bonneville Power Administration proposes an energy deal The National Weather Service marks .15. 10 that could keep Ferndale’s Alcoa Intalco aluminum smelter a new record low temperature for Bellingham Police search for two

operating for the next 20 years. The proposal would allow In- the day—26 degrees, 6 degrees lower masked men who pulled a gun on a .03 42

talco to buy 240 megawatts of low-cost BPA power until their than the former record set in 1983. man and tried to force their way into # current contract expires in 2011, and 160 megawatts for seven his Sunnyland home early this morn- years beyond that. In exchange, the company agrees to invest 10.13.08 ing. They demanded money, but when between $125 million and $160 million to modernize the plant MONDAY the resident refused and blocked and maintain a robust payroll. them from entering, one suspect ﬁred Reacting to a Port of Bellingham a shot. The bullet went through a The Port of Bellingham agrees to provide the Heritage decision to take down several brick glass window in the door, and shards Flight Museum a new home in a hangar near Bellingham In- buildings south of the Georgia- of glass struck the homeowner in his CASCADIA WEEKLY ternational Airport. The museum—which houses a P-51 Mus- Pacific tissue mill, currently being face and neck. The pair attempt an 13 tang and other vintage aircraft—lost the lease to its original demolished, the City of Bellingham escape in a gold Lexus, but crash. facility at the airport last year. asserts its role as lead agency for They escape on foot. doit

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FOOD THURS., OCT. 16 words MONEY OR LIFE: Vicki COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS Robin, co-author of Your 28 28 Money or Your Life, gives a talk about “Feeling Free in a Finite World” at 6:30pm at the Center for Spiritual

CLASSIFIEDS Living, 2224 Yew St. Sug- gested donation is $5-$10. 714-9305 24 BY TIM JOHNSON PAINTING THE SPIRIT: Watercolor artist Sibyl Sanford talks about her book, Painting the Spirit End Game Within, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 671-2626 MUSIC 20 FILM JOURNALIST ROBIN WRIGHT DESCRIBES THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST KALPAKIAN TALK: Award-winning author

18 18 We have to be much more front and destroy, but they Laura Kalpakian reads from her works and signs copies

ART ART thoughtful about how we get cannot offer the constructive of her books at 7pm at the alternatives to the challenges out of Iraq than we were when new library in Barkley Vil- we got into Iraq. We have to of daily life. lage, 3111 Newmarket St. 17 ensure we don’t leave behind CW: What challenges will continue 778-7206 a country in which Iraqis are to confront that region? STAGE STAGE FRI., OCT. 17 RW: The next President will inher- worse off when it comes to the FALL FABLES: Members of challenges of daily life—em- it a very messy policy agenda, the Bellingham Storytell- 16 ployment, security, political and ﬁve of the biggest issues ers Guild will tell “Stories order and social tensions. are in the Islamic world: Iraq. for the Fall and Harvest” at 7pm at the Fairhaven

GET OUT CW: I think the current wisdom Afghanistan. Pakistan. The Ar- Library, 1117 12th St. is “the surge worked,” and the ab-Israeli conflict in Palestine. 671-2626 And Iran. politics are not correct to chal- CHELSEA CAIN: Crime 14 14 lenge that wisdom. Yet I’ve Things are so tough for each fiction writer Chelsea read—in the Washington Post, of those that Iraq could ironi- Cain reads from her lat- WORDS WORDS among other places—that what cally end up being the most est thriller, Sweetheart, at really worked was less “the straight-forward to resolve. The 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. award-winning correspondent Robin Wright to de- troops” than good old-fash- most difficult will be Iran. 8 I ASKED 671-2626 scribe the exit strategies for Iraq proposed by the two presidential ioned, behind-the-scenes di- The United States has for- candidates and what each might look like played out in the Middle plomacy and the old age-art of eign relations, military liai- SAT., OCT. 18 East. She replied, firmly, that she does not speculate on national buying off one’s enemies. Can sons, intelligence, contacts or BOOK SALE: Find page- CURRENTS CURRENTS turners at a Used Book you comment on that? aide flows with each of those politics. Ever. Still… an end is in sight, whether in one year or Sale from 10am-6pm at the other areas. But we have noth- 6 one century—and we might anticipate the RW: Only historians will be able Everson McBeath Commu- nearer rather than farther horizon. to judge the surge, but it’s clear ing with Iran. So we don’t have nity Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. 966-5100

VIEWS VIEWS Robin Wright has reported for dozens of the Iraqis themselves took the a process in place, much less news bureaus and publications from more most important steps to be- a substantive program to deal MON., OCT. 20 4 than a 140 countries on six continents. gin turning Iraq around. The with Iran. SLEEPING BADLY: Gen- Her new book is Dreams and Shadows: The surge fortuitously coincided CW: Do you have a sense we’re at der-bending author Mat- MAIL MAIL Future of the Middle East, a future she says with a fundamental change in the end of a cycle of jihadist ex- tilda Bernstein Sycamore

reads from her new book, 3 will absorb and challenge the world for at attitude among pivotal Sunni tremism, or are we at the begin- So Many Ways to Sleep Bad- least the next generation. tribal leaders who became dis- ning of a cycle? ly, at 7pm at Village Books, DO IT IT DO Wright’s foreign assignments include illusioned with al-Qaeda and RW: I have a picture of the HEAR 1200 11th St. the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and sever- WHAT: The Future of jihadism and began to form the wider Middle East that con- 671-2626 08 08 al years as a roving foreign correspondent. the Middle East First Awakening councils. tains both good news and bad. POETRY NIGHT: Poetry .15. She has covered a dozen wars and several WHO: Journalist Robin CW: Is it your perception there’s I think there is good news Night starts at 8:30pm 10 revolutions. Wright been a change in attitudes in that we’re overlooking in our every Monday at the Anker WHEN: 6:30pm, Tues., Café, 1324 Cornwall Ave.

.03 Cascadia Weekly: What are the challenges that region? obsession with terrorism; and Oct. 28 POETRYNIGHT.ORG 42

# in general for that region should coalition WHERE: Western RW: I think what’s happened in I think there are other con- forces depart? Washington University Iraq is something happening cerns we have to be bluntly WED., OCT. 22 Robin Wright: Honestly, the United Performing Arts Center across the Middle East, and realistic about. HOLY ROLLER: Author and environmental activist States did not have a good plan when it COST: Free, but tickets it is part of the larger picture Jihadism will be the leading are required Diane Wilson reads from went into Iraq. We didn’t have enough I have written about. Seven challenge to the United States MORE: Part of Western her second book, Holy Roll- troops. We relied on a group of exiles, Washington Uni- years after 9-11 we’re begin- for the next decade, even the er: Growing Up in the Church the leader of whom had not been to Iraq versity President’s ning to see the emergence of next generation. Yet in a grow- of Knock Down, Drag Out; or CASCADIA WEEKLY since 1958. Distinguished Lecture various types of anti-jihadist ing number of places, it is losing How I Quit Loving A Blue- Eyed Jesus, at 7pm at Vil- CW: Chalabi. Series movements and leaders. Peo- its appeal because it does not 14 INFO: lectureseries. lage Books, 1200 11th St. RW: Ahmed Chalabi, correct. We didn’t ple have begun to recognize provide answers to the problems wwu.edu 671-2626 have a game plan for the aftermath. that the extremists can con- of daily life. doit YOGA NORTHWEST THE B.K.S. IYENGAR YOGA CENTER OF BELLINGHAM

FERNDALE MARKET: COMMUNITY 34 The Ferndale Farmers OCT. 15-17 Market takes place from FOOD FOOD DRIVE: Non-per- 10am-3pm every Satur- ishable food items will be day through Oct. 25 at accepted at the Commu- Riverwalk Park. 28 nity Food Drive through FERNDALEFARMERS Oct. 17 at all Industrial MARKET.ORG Credit Union branches HALLOWEEN DAY: Sea-

and Haggen stores in sonal crafts, face paint- CLASSIFIEDS Whatcom County. ing, a magic show and COMMUNITYFOODDRIVE. much more will be part of COM the free Halloween Family 24 Activity Day from 12-4pm Come stretch, breathe and relax in our beautiful new Yoga studio. THURS., at the Whatcom Museum, OCT. 16 121 Prospect St. Treats Sign up now for our Late Fall Session: Oct 6 - Dec 14 SUSTAINABLE 101: will be provided. Attend a free informa- WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG yoganorthwest.com 360.647.0712 tional meeting about HARVEST FEST: Cel-

1440 10th Street Historic Fairhaven MUSIC 20 FILM Sustainable Connec- ebrate the fall bounty tions and its role in the as part of a Harvest Voted Best Yoga Studio in Bellingham! community at a talk by Festival happening from 18 Executive Director Mi- 10am-4pm at the Lyn- chelle Long at 6pm at den Community Center, ART 1701 Ellis St., suite 221. 401 Grover St. SCONNECT.ORG LYNDEN.ORG 17 OCT. 16-21 VIGIL FOR PEACE: All denominations are wel- HAUNTED HOUSE: Head STAGE come at the monthly to Mother Frightmare’s Prayer Vigil for Peace Asylum and Haunted

in the Middle East at 16 House from 3-11pm ev- 5:30pm at Christ the Ser- ery Tues. and Thurs. and vant Lutheran Church, 3-12pm Fri.-Sat. through

2600 Lakeway Dr. GET OUT Oct. 27 at Pandora’s Box, 733-1277 314 W. Champion St. Ad- mission is $6. MON., OCT. 20 14 483-3650 DISPATCHES FROM 15 FRI., OCT. 17 IRAQ: As part of the WORDS World Issues Forum se- WORDS HARVEST DINNER: At- ries, Dahr Jamail will tend a Harvest Potluck talk lead a forum titled Dinner at 6pm at the

“Beyond the Green 8 Glen Echo Community Zone: Dispatches from Building, at the corner an Unembedded Jour- of Goodwin and South nalist in Occupied Iraq”

Pass roads. The event CURRENTS at 12pm and again at is free. 7pm at WWU’s Fairhaven 966-7370 College Auditorium. The 6 ANNIVERSARY PARTY: events are free. Music by Vaughn Krees-

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issues at a Fall Speaker IT DO BALLOT FORUM: The Series luncheon at 12pm League of Women Voters at the YWCA, 1026 N. For- will host a Ballot Issues 08 est St. The event is free

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WED., OCT. 22 # WHATCOM.ORG GHOST HUNTER: Expert BELLINGHAM MARKET: ghost hunter Jeff Davis The Bellingham Farm- will give a lecture on ers Market is open from ghost hunting in the Pa- 10am-3pm at the Depot ciﬁc Northwest—as well Market Square, located as leading a ghost hunt at the corner of Railroad around WWU’s campus—

Avenue and Chestnut starting at 7pm at the CASCADIA WEEKLY Street. Viking Union. Entry is 647-2060 OR $5-$7. 15 BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG 650-6146

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CLASSIFIEDS help you hone your map and compass skills at a Found- ers Day Orienteering Meet 24 at 10am at Fort Casey Sate Park on Whidbey Island. Cost is $5-$8. CASCADEOC.ORG BY AMY KEPFERLE Have a hoot at the “Owl WORK PARTY: Join staff Prowl” family program Oct. and friends of Village Books 16 at Ferndale’s Tennant for a trail work party from MUSIC 20 FILM Lake Interpretive Center 1-3pm on the South Bay Spore Sports Trail. Meet at the trailhead at the corner of 10th Street 18 18 THURS., OCT. 16 and Douglas Avenue.

ART ART MUSHROOM SHOW FEATURES FUNGAL FORAGING FITNESS FORUM: Physi- 671-2626 OR cal therapist Cheryl Batty VILLAGEBOOKS.COM will lead a free Fitness Fo- AUTUMN TRAIN: Ride the 17 Although the rum dubbed “Strong Feet Lake Whatcom Railway’s Au- annual event is Make Stronger Athletes” at tumn Train from 12-1:45pm STAGE STAGE great for ﬁnding 7:15pm at Fairhaven Run- through the woods of Wick- ners, 1209 11th St. out more about ersham. Cost is $9-$18, and FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM you must make reservations 16 16 the mysterious OWL PROWL: Have a hoot in advance. plants growing exploring ﬁelds and forests LAKEWHATCOMRAILWAY.COM as part of the “Owl Prowl” GET OUT GET OUT in our region as SHRUB ADVICE: Garden well as pointing family program happening expert Debra Olberg leads from 7-9pm at Ferndale’s ATTEND out which ones a clinic on “Fall and Winter Tennant Lake Interpretive 14 WHAT: Wild Mush- Shrubs and Trees” at 9am at are poisonous— Center, 5236 Neilsen Ave. room Show the Garden Spot, 900 Ala- Moore says a good Cost is $7 per person. WHEN: 12-5pm bama St. The event is free, WORDS Sun., Oct. 19 rule of thumb is 733-2900 but advance registration is WHERE: Bloedel “if you can’t name ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: Head required. Donovan Pavilion, it, don’t eat it”— to a foreign land without GARDEN-SPOT.COM 8 2414 Electric Ave. it’s clear the real leaving Bellingham as part LAWNS & ROSES: Attend of the Travelogue Series COST: $3-$5 excitement of for- free events today at the INFO: northwest- happening from 7-9pm at Bakerview Nursery, 945 E. aging for fungi is the Bellingham Public Li- CURRENTS CURRENTS mushroomers.org Bakerview Rd. At 10am, the time spent in brary, 210 Central Ave. show up for a “Fall & Winter “Trekking in Nepal” will be Rose Care” seminar, or take

6 the ﬁeld. SECRETS ABOUND in the world of mushroom hunting. This “For me it’s really about the hunt,” the topic of the slide pre- part in the 2pm “Fall Lawn sentation. Entry is $2. Care” workshop.

VIEWS VIEWS became clear to me recently when I ran across a friend who had spent Moore says. “Forays are always surpris- 778-7000 BAKERVIEWNURSERY.COM the prior day “somewhere near the Nooksack River” foraging for chant- ing and you never know what you are REEL ROCK: Watch the 4 erelles. He gifted me with a hefty serving of the meaty, funnel-shaped going to ﬁnd. Hunting for mushrooms world’s premier rock climb- MON., OCT. 20 woodland wonders, so I didn’t ask any more questions. requires long hours wandering in quiet ers do their thing when the ROCKS & GEMS: The public MAIL MAIL Erin Moore, former president of the Northwest Mushroomers Associa- woods, seeking out the mature and Reel Rock Film Tour hits is welcome to attend the monthly meeting of the Mt.

town at 7:30pm at WWU’s 3 tion and current member of the 20-year-old organization, also keeps old growth, and using all your senses. Arntzen Hall. Tickets are Baker Rock & Gem Club at mum about where she once found the prized Oregon black trufﬂe, a You’re open that way to a lot more $3-$5. 7pm at the Bloedel Dono- DO IT IT DO fungi so fragrant and powerful that a single walnut-sized tuber can things than mushrooms.” 650-6146 van Beach Pavilion, 2214 ﬂavor an entire dinner for two. “This was, ah, somewhere in the conifer Because mushroom spores can eas- Electric Ave. Door prizes

08 08 SAT., OCT. 18 and refreshments will be woods in Whatcom County,” she says. “I will not divulge further.” ily be transferred, Moore says the time TRAIL RUN: The 12th an- available. .15. With miles of dank forest to explore in and around the place we live, hunters spend in the great outdoors 10 nual Barkley Autumn Trail 384-3187 it’s possible for pretty much any intrepid spore seeker to ﬁnd their own also helps spread the growth of new Run kicks off at 10:30am beginning at Barkley Vil- WED., OCT. 22

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# Moore says those who get excited about finding one of the more than Mushrooms’ Alex Winstead—who’ll winter by getting advance 1,000 species that grow nearby have been on the hunt since as early head up the cultivation demonstra- proceeds benefit the Bell- ingham Boys & Girls Club. tickets for the 9th annual as August. tion at the show—is fond of saying 527-9777 OR Mt. Baker Film Festival, Both serious foragers and those who are wondering what the strange we’re all cultivators. WHATCOMCLUBS.ORG which happens tomorrow at 6:30pm at the Bellingham mushrooms growing in their backyards are can glean knowledge at the “We facilitate the transfer of spores TULIP TREK: The NW Tulip Sportsplex, 1225 Civic Field Mushroomers Association’s Wild Mushroom Show happening Oct. 19 at by simply walking around,” Moore Trekkers will hold a Volk- Way. The event highlights swalk today leaving from the Bloedel Donovan Pavilion. Attendees can learn to identify common says. “As [Alex] puts it, we’re ‘fulfilling indie filmmakers and fea- CASCADIA WEEKLY the Anacortes Ferry Termi- mushrooms, bring in their own to find out what in the heck they are, the wildest dreams of mushrooms to tures a vendor expo, music, nal. The 6.8-mile walk will food and much more. Tick- 16 see displays of locally collected species, squeeze a few at the “touch spread their spores as far as possible.’ be “moderately easy.” ets are $7-$9. and feel” table, learn about edibility, view a cultivation demonstration It’s yet another one of those sexy things NWTREKKERS.ORG and taste succulent samples from the kitchen. about forests and mushrooms.” MTBAKER.US doit

STAGE OCT. 17-19 LA TRAVIATA: Skagit Opera OCT. 15-19 presents La Traviata—translat- 34 SUDS: Have some good, clean ed, it means “the woman who fun when Suds: The Rocking strayed”—at 7:30pm Fri. and FOOD stage ’60s Musical Soap Opera shows 2pm Sun. at Mount Vernon’s at 7:30pm Wed.-Thurs., 6pm THEATER DANCE PROFILES McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College 28 and 9pm Fri.-Sat., and 7:30pm Way. Tickets are $15-$56. Sun. at the Walton Theatre, (866) 624-6897 OR 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets MCINTYREHALL.ORG are $49. DREAM SCIENCE: Acrobatics, 734-6080 OR CLASSIFIEDS juggling and much more will MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM BY MELANIE MERZ be part of the Dream Science THURS., OCT. 16 Circus performances at 7pm 24 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch Fri. and 2pm and 7pm Sat. and “The Good, the Bad and the Sun. at 142 Ohio St. Suggested Ugly” at 8pm at the Upfront donation is $15. Ephemera Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, DREAMSCIENCECIRCUS.COM stick around for “The Project: SAT., OCT. 18 YOU CAN’T PIN IT DOWN Mad Comedy in the Making.”

AUDITIONS: At 11am, audi- MUSIC 20 FILM Cost is $5 for the early show, tion for Drue Robinson’s The $3 for the late one. Key: Re-Visioning Bluebeard and 733-8855 OR THEUPFRONT. that the choreographer can come to Unlocked!. 18 COM 734-9999 Bellingham to work with the dancers in ART their performance space. By bringing in OCT. 16-19 SUN., OCT. 19 STEEL MAGNOLIAS: The professional choreographers, the BRDC AMATEUR NIGHT: Community 17 Lynden Performing Arts Guild 17 is ensuring they’re putting on quality members are invited to try performs Steel Magnolias at shows that don’t grow stale. Each cho- their comedy chops onstage STAGE STAGE 7:30pm Thurs.-Fri. and 2pm STAGE when “Amateur Standup Night” reographer has a unique style that helps Sat.-Sun. at the Claire vg takes the stage at 8pm at the to keep fresh ideas ﬂowing into Belling- Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $11-$13. 16 ham’s dance community. General admission is $8. CLAIREVGTHEATRE.ORG This year’s production includes six 733-8855 FUNNY FORUM: Watch A Fun-

widely diverse pieces. The choreogra- GET OUT ny Thing Happened on the Way phers are from Seattle, Vancouver, and WED., OCT. 22 to the Forum at 7:30pm Thurs., IMPROV PLAYWORKS: Sheila New York, and even include a piece by 8pm Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. Goldsmith of Improv Playworks Bellingham’s own improv duo the Cody at the Anacortes Community will lead a free introductory 14 Rivers Show. “It reminds me of a silent Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets for improv class at 7pm at Mind-

“EPHEMERA ARE things used for short time, then movie,” dancer Brooke Evans says of the the musical are $16 and shows port Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. WORDS continue through Oct. 25. thrown away,” explains Diane Williams, a founding member of the Cody Rivers piece. 756-0756 ACTTHEATRE.COM Bellingham Repertory Dance Company (BRDC). Their fall produc- Ecuadorian-born Pablo Cornejo now OKLAHOMA: The Barn Theatre 8 tion, dubbed “Ephemera,” will be at the Firehouse Performing Arts lives in Seattle. One of the BRDC’s pieces presents the Rodgers & Ham- DANCE Center both this weekend and next. is a segment taken from an evening-length merstein musical, Oklahoma, The BRDC formed three years ago with a dual purpose: to piece that Cornejo put on with the Ecua- at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat., and THURS., OCT. 16 CURRENTS CURRENTS provide a stage for Bellingham’s accomplished dancers, and to dorian National Ballet Company. 2pm Sun. at the Sudden Valley FOLK DANCING: Join the Dance Barn, gate 2. Tickets are Fourth Corner Folkdancers for

bring skilled, accessible contemporary dance performance to Bellingham Repertory Dance is differ- 6 $8-$11 and additional shows their weekly dance happen- the community. ent from most dance companies because happen through Oct. 25. ing from 7:30-10pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th People have all sorts of preconceived notions about modern it is not presided over by one artistic di- 671-5970 VIEWS dance. That’s understandable, since it’s a category of movement in rector, and they don’t perform the pieces St. Suggested donation is $5.

OCT. 17-18 4 which pretty much anything goes. “That’s one of only one choreographer. Though three MIXED BAG: Watch Upfront SAT., OCT. 18 of the beauties of modern dance, you can’t pin core members make ﬁnal decisions, all of CONTRA DANCE: East Meets

Unleashed at 8pm Fri. and MAIL it down,” dancer Alona Christman says. the dancers contribute suggestions and Theatresports Sat. at the Up- West—Ray Bierl, Clyde Curley,

and Ginny Snowe—will provide Easier than deﬁning it, and maybe more inspirations to the group. Ticket sales and front Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 3 10pm, viewings of “Helling- the live tunes for tonight’s telling, is its history. Modern dance is a reac- fundraisers make just enough to cover Contra Dance from 8-11pm at ham: An Improvised Murder IT DO tion to ballet. Classical ballet has extremely choreography, practice space and market- Mystery” take the stage. Tick- the Fairhaven Library, 1117 deﬁned movements, positions and rules. Con- ing materials. ets are $8-$10. 12th St. Suggested donation is $8-$10. 08 temporary dance takes many of the same move- Besides the hours spent rehearsing, the 733-8855 OR THEUPFRONT.

BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE. .15. ments, then tweaks them, expands them and dancers spend considerable time taking COM ORG 10 completely casts away the rigid structure of a care of the company’s logistics. One of VAMPIRE DREAMS: Find out SEE IT what happens when a delu- BALLROOM DANCE: At-

traditional ballet piece. their goals is to someday be able to pay .03 WHAT: BRDC’s sional college professor who tend USA Dance Bellingham’s 42

Since modern dance is known for being the performers. For now, though, it’s all # “Ephemera” believes he’s a bloodsucker monthly Ballroom Dance from abstract and hard to stomach for audiences WHEN: 7:30pm done on their own time, fueled by their goes to visit a superstar ther- 8-10:45pm at Melody Hall, that don’t know what they’re getting into, the Oct. 17-18 and passion for dance. apist when Vampire Dreams 4071 Home Rd. Entry is $5-$7. BRDC takes great care to present pieces that 24-26; 5pm Oct. The Night Blooming Cereus is an ephem- shows at 7:30pm the Blaine 734-5676 19 and 26 have been performed to popular approval in eral flower whose majestic petals unfold Middle School Cafeteria, 975 SUN., OCT. 19 WHERE: Fire- H St. Additional shows hap- the past. They seek pieces that both estab- only one night each year. Unlike the Cere- BIG BAND: The Swing Con- house Performing pen through Nov. 1 Tickets nection Big Band holds a Pub- lished and first-time patrons of modern dance Arts Center, 1314 us, we know exactly when the Bellingham are $8-$10. lic Dance from 2-4pm at the CASCADIA WEEKLY will enjoy. Harris Ave. Repertory Dance Company will be flourish- 392-0582 OR Leopold, 1124 Cornwall Ave. When the dancers see a piece they like, COST: $12-$15 ing on the stage. So take this tip to heart, BLAINECOMMUNITYTHEATER.ORG INFO: bhamrep. Entry is by donation. 17 they approach the choreographer and arrange and get your tickets early, because they org 714-0057 to purchase the piece. It’s important to them tend to sell out.

34 34 doit FOOD EVENTS 28 28 visual THURS., OCT. 16 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES MODERN DOG: Robynne Ray and Michael Strassburger of graphic design company Mod-

CLASSIFIEDS ern Dog will talk about their exhibit, “Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art,” at 7pm at WWU’s Viking Union Gallery. The exhibit will be on

24 display through Oct. 31. BY AMY KEPFERLE 650-6534 OR MODERNDOG.COM OCT. 16-18 LYNDEN CRAFT & ANTIQUE SHOW: More than 100 ﬁne artisans and antique dealers will converge for the annual Craft and An-

MUSIC 20Awareness FILM Through Art tique Show from 10am-8pm Thurs.-Fri. and 10am-5pm Sat. at Lynden’s Northwest Wash- REACHING FOR THE LIGHT ington Fairgrounds, 1775 Front St. Entry is 18 18 18 18 $3.50-$4. 966-5573 OR LYNDENCRAFTANTIQUESHOW.COM ART ART ART ART Light,” which got its start 11 FRI., OCT. 17 years ago when counselor Les- OPEN HOUSE: Attend an Open House from 17 lie Jacobson—co-founder of the 6-9pm at the Lynden Pioneer Museum, 217 Bellingham Breast Center—saw Front St. Volunteers in costumes of bygone STAGE STAGE a similar exhibit and decided to eras will be on hand to demonstrate various bring a variation of it to Belling- skills at the free event. 354-3675

16 SEE IT ham. With the help of the Blue WHAT: Reaching for Horse Gallery, the show goes up OCT. 17-18 the Light FIBERS & BEYOND: Fiber artists will as- GET OUT WHEN: Opening every October as part of National tound and amaze at the annual “Fibers & reception 6-9pm Breast Cancer Awareness month. Beyond” show and sale from 6-8pm Fri. and Fri., Oct. 17. The ex- Because the event features works 9am-4pm Sat. at Bellingham’s Fox Hall, 3985

14 hibit runs through by those who have survived breast Bennett Dr. Woven scarves, baskets, hats, Oct. 31 cancer as well as those who’ve had jewelry, purses, blankets and much more will WHERE: Blue Horse

WORDS be available to peruse and purchase. Entry is Gallery, 301 W. someone close to them be affected free. Holly St. by it—some have lost a friend or 380-9203 OR WHATCOMWEAVERSGUILD.ORG COST: Entry is free a member of their family to the 8 INFO: 671-2305 disease—an important piece of SAT., OCT. 18 the exhibit is including an artist’s CRAFT FAIR: Peruse handmade gift items at statement about their own experi- a Craft Fair happening from 9am-3pm at Fern- CURRENTS CURRENTS dale’s Peace Portal Park, 6350 Portal Way. ence next to each piece of art. FERNDALE-CHAMBER.COM

6 “One year I did a piece I called ‘Second Time SCARECROW DISPLAY: The “Bountiful Har- Around,’” Hardan explains, saying it was soon after vest Scarecrow Display” kicks off today from

VIEWS VIEWS she’d fought her second bout of breast cancer. Her 9am-6pm on Peace Portal Drive in Blaine. statement included details about what she’d had to 332-6484 OR BLAINECHAMBER.COM

4 go through, and what was different from her initial MODERN MENAGERIE: An opening recep- diagnosis. “I heard some lady who had just read it tion for Shelley Muzylowski Allen’s “Modern MAIL MAIL Menagerie” and Sonja Blomdahl’s “Incalmo/ say, ‘That’s exactly what happened to me.’ It’s great Glass” happens from 2-5pm at La Conner’s Mu-

3 for people to know they’re not alone in the things that seum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Pearl Yewell’s “Watching the Sunrise” they’ve gone through.” (360) 466-4446 OR MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG DO IT IT DO Because of its sobering message, one might expect BRONZE DEDICATION: An unveiling of DOES ART save lives? In the case of “Reaching for the “Reaching for the Light” to be a somber affair. While the latest Robert McDermott masterpiece— 08 08 Light,” the annual breast cancer awareness exhibit at the Blue Hardan admits there are typically tears shed at the ex- a bronze bust of C.X. Larrabee—happens at

.15. 3pm at the entrance to McKenzie Alley in his- Horse Gallery, the answer is an emphatic “yes.” hibit—especially when attendees read the accompa- 10 toric Fairhaven. A reception will follow. In addition to showcasing art of many stripes and a vari- nying statements—she says it’s more of a celebration FAIRHAVEN.COM

.03 ety of mediums, the main message the non-juried show drives honoring both survivors and those who have passed PAPERDOLL SHOW: An opening recep-

42 tion for Sehome High School student Rifka # home is early detection of the disease. away. “It’s very powerful,” she says. “It’s not really Stella Hardan, a longtime contributor to the exhibit and a sad. It’s hard to explain, but it’s a really fun event.” MacDonald’s “Wooden Forest” happens from two-time breast cancer survivor, says thanks to information For those who want to know more about early detec- 5-8pm at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th St. THEPAPERDOLL.NET gleaned at “Reaching for the Light,” women have come to the tion, educational materials will be on hand. Noted Cali- show, realized the importance of getting mammograms, then fornia sculptor Gwynn Murrill—another breast cancer OCT. 18-19 gone on to be diagnosed. The earlier the cancer is found, the survivor—has also donated a bronze sculpture that will PRINTING AND POETRY: Writer Judith better their odds of beating it are. be up for auction through the end of the month. Money Roche and artist Rebecca Meloy will helm

CASCADIA WEEKLY “Woodstock West: Impressions in Word and “Your prognosis and the treatment you have depends on early raised from its sale will help fund future showings of Ink” throughout the weekend at Woodstock 18 detection,” Hardan says. “The survival rate depends on that.” “Reaching for the Light.” Farm. Cost is $95 for one day or $180 for both. Although she’s not a professional artist, Hardan, 58, “This show is all about saving people’s lives,” Hardan ncascades.org has contributed to every incarnation of “Reaching for the says. “It’s way too important not to do it.” Introducing Tivoli’s Happy Hour Drink Specials

doit Five to Seven p.m. 34 FOOD ONGOING EXHIBITS 28 28 ALLIED ARTS: “Three Ways of Seeing,” an exhibit featuring local contemporary photog- raphers Kenneth Osthimer, John Sloan, and Dennis Walton, shows through Nov. 1 at Allied

Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. CLASSIFIEDS ALLIEDARTS.ORG

ARTWOOD: The woodwork of David Gray will 24 be highlighted through October at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. New Fall Menu 647-1628 DARKROOM: “Deja Revue,” an exhibit fea- Open for Lunch & Dinner turing photographer Tore Ofteness’ work from the late ’60s and early ’70s, shows until Nov. 1 Lunch: Wednesday–Friday 11:30–2:00 at the Darkroom, 310 W. Champion St. Dinner: Tuesday–Thursday 5:00–9:00 MUSIC 20 FILM 961-3860 DEPOT ARTS CENTER: The “Cascadia: Born Friday–Saturday 5:00–10:00 19 From Nature” exhibit shows through Oct. 24 www.tivoli-bellingham.com 18 ART ART at Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. ART depotartscenter.org 360.594.4313 GOOD EARTH: Functional stoneware by Mi- chael McDowell can be seen through October Reservations Accepted 17 at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 671-3998 OR GOODEARTHPOTS.COM ~~Û:gee]j[aYdÛÝÛ8[jgkkÛ^jgeÛl`]ÛGYjcY\] STAGE HISTORICAL MUSEUM: View “Lost Cities of Skagit: Rediscovering Places of Our Past” until Nov. 2 at La Conner’s Skagit County His- Music Wednesdays by 16 torical Museum, 501 South 4th St. (360) 466-3365 OR SKAGITCOUNTY.NET Bar Tabac

Open year-round! GET OUT INSIGHTS: New paintings by Larry Heald can be viewed through Oct. 31 at Insights Gallery, Locally grown flowers & bulbs 516 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 14 INSIGHTSGALLERY.COM Gifts for your home & garden $9/$13/$16 MCCOOL GALLERY: “Fall Color,” featuring paintings by Anne Martin McCool, can be seen Ship flowers anywhere for tickets call 360-650-6146 WORDS through November at the McCool Gallery, 711 in the USA overnight! Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

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artistry of Helen Hiebert, is currently on dis- October 25 MAIL play at Bison Bookbinding’s One of One gal-

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SMITH/VALLEE: View the “Northwest Moun- PAC Concert Hall tain Invitational”—featuring 17 artists with works based on Northwest mountain land- 08 08 scapes—through Nov. 17 at Edison’s Smith/

Proudly presented by the .15. Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. 10 (360) 305-4892 Sanford Piano Series WESTERN GALLERY: Works from Western .03 Washington University’s art faculty can be 42 seen at the “Faculty Review/Preview” ex- # hibit, shows through Nov. 22 at the Western Gallery. 650-3963 OR WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU Sean Duggan WHATCOM MUSEUM: “World of the Ship- wright” and “Art + All That Jazz” are currently on display at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Pros- www.pacseries.wwu.edu

pect St. CASCADIA WEEKLY 778-8930 or whatcommuseum.org Sibyl Sanford and the Whatcom Community 19 Foundation’s Spirit Fund Rumor Has It

IT WASN’T SO long ago, in the annals of local 34 34 music, that a group of girls gathered together

FOOD some toy instruments and some dirty lyrics and formed a band. With their naughty songs, sexy

28 28 music tranny stage fashion and ability to out-brazen PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT all the boys in Bellingham’s notoriously male- dominated music scene, they quickly drew a loyal fan base and inked a deal with Clickpop CLASSIFIEDS records. A full-length, some touring, a slot at Bumbershoot, and a shout-out on NPR—

24 among other things—rapidly followed, and we all thought these girls were poised for breakout musical success. musicPREVIEW I am, of course, talking about the Trucks. 20 However, lately, all has been pretty quiet in the Trucks’ camp. The girls are geographically MUSIC MUSIC 20 FILM BY CAREY ROSS far-ﬂung, their varied interests are taking them away from the band and shows have become

18 18 fewer and farther between. So, after ﬁve years

ART ART of sex, sass and spandex, the Trucks are calling The Fleet Foxes it quits. The band’s very last show—forever, or until something happens that makes them 17 EVERYBODY’S DOIN’ IT want to play another show—takes place Nov. 8 at the Nightlight STAGE STAGE songs played during the closing credits of Lounge and features an episode of The Hills, their indie domina- the lovely ladies, as well 16 tion will be complete. as Portland’s Strength, It’s all a bit much. Sugar Sugar Sugar, and

GET OUT The Fleet Foxes’ saving grace? They may Dudamana. Bring your actually live up to all the hype. dancin’ shoes and be It’s a bit tough to believe, when listen- ready to shake some

14 ing to the homegrown, heartfelt music of ass. the Fleet Foxes, that they Speaking of the

WORDS intended for it to be this Nightlight—because, way. One gets the sense when it comes down to that, although the hype it, we’re always speak- 8 BY CCAREYAREY RROSSOSS exists because of them, ing of the Nightlight— they exist in spite of it. the grand re-re-re- In other words, even if opening is still in the works—very much so, as CURRENTS CURRENTS the record companies it turns out. As of last week, according to owner

6 HEAR hadn’t come knocking Matt Feigenbaum, who has been working dili- WHO: The Fleet and the fans weren’t gently behind the scenes, the ﬁnal hurdle is

VIEWS VIEWS Foxes, Frank showing up in droves, securing a liquor license, then he’ll be calling Fairﬁeld these ﬁve dudes would all the bands in his enviable Rolodex and the

4 WHEN: 8pm Sat., still be hanging out, Nightlight will be ready to rock once more. In Oct. 18 swapping instruments case you’re wondering how soon the bar will be MAIL MAIL WHERE: PAC Concert Hall, WWU and harmonies, and hav- open once the liquor license is procured, Matt

3 COST: $6-$10 ing a good time. Or may- tells me that, when he gets the good word, the MORE INFO: be it’s just the long hair only delay will be the time it takes him to put DO IT IT DO THERE’S NO escaping it: The Fleet Foxes are indie dar- popmusic.as.wwu. and beards that make me the key in the Nightlight’s door and unlock it. lings in every sense of the term. Exhibit A: A self-titled debut edu think that’s so. And, since rumors have been rampant about 08 08 album produced by Phil Ek, a man who such bands as Built to Since we’re talking this for months, I can indeed conﬁrm that for- .15. Spill, Modest Mouse, the Shins, and Band of Horses (and that’s about hype, I suppose the issue of what— mer 3B owner Aaron Roeder will be bringing 10 just for starters) all owe a creative debt to. Exhibit B: The Fleet or, more accurately who—the Fleet Foxes his expertise to the Nightlight mix, thus creat-

.03 Foxes’ current residency, after a purported bidding war, on Se- sound like needs to be addressed. Sure, if ing a base of band-drawing power the likes of 42

# attle’s venerable Sub Pop, a record label that has reinvented Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Simon & which this town has never before seen. I’m sure, itself after its grunge beginnings to once again become one Garfunkel somehow had five babies that for sentimental reasons, this is great news for of the country’s most enviable indies. And, maybe the most were then raised by the Beach Boys, well, many of us. But, from a purely practical stand- damning evidence of the Fleet Foxes’ status as certifiable indie those babies would grow into Fleet Fox- point, Aaron has impeccable musical taste that darlings is that the notoriously persnickety critics at Pitchfork. es. Which is to say, the Fleet Foxes don’t extends far beyond the beer-slinging garage com—perhaps the music industry’s most acerbic haters—can- sound like nothing you’ve ever heard be- rock with which he is most closely identified— not love on them enough. And they’re not the only ones. Critics fore. Rather, upon first listen, they sound not to mention a wealth of experience in luring CASCADIA WEEKLY have been lining up to hump the collective leg of this Seattle just like a lot of the music you may have bands to Bellingham and then treating them

20 band seemingly since they played their ﬁrst note just a couple grown up on. But that doesn’t mean the like family—so bringing him on board at the of years ago. Once they score an extended cut of one of their Fleet Foxes are some sort of hairy parody Nightlight is a wise move indeed. Serving Cascadia since 1973 musicPREVIEW non-clubMUSIC THURS., OCT. 16 h C THE PRAWNS: The jazz urt orn o er 34 BY CAREY ROSS trio known as the Prawns F m will perform as part of Fra es Home of FOOD the Third Thursday Se- FREQUENT FRAMER REWARDS ries from 6-8pm at the

Co-op’s Swan Café, 1220 Archival Quality Custom Framing 28 Rose Hill Drive N. Forest St. The concert is free. Needlework & Shadowbox Framing BRINGING SEXY BACK 738-8158 Residential & Commercial Consulting known for. Hard-driving guitars and a pen- FRI., OCT. 17 CLASSIFIEDS chant for keeping things loud and heavy FRITZ, FREELOADERS: Hear

make for a band that is fueled far more by both original tunes and /FF 24 cover songs when Fritz power rock than ﬂower power. In fact, give ST and the Freeloaders per- #USTOM&RAMING them an arena and 50,000 screaming fans, form from 7-9pm at Stu- THROUGH/CTOBER and I have a feeling this band would know art’s at the Market, 1530 20 20 exactly what to do with them. Cornwall Ave. The show 10–5:30 Monday–Saturday Lately, Rose Hill Drive has been making a is free. MUSIC name for itself on the festival circuit, while 714-0800 311 W. Holly Street Bellingham MUSIC 20 FILM also catching the attention of everyone SAT., OCT. 18 (360) 734-1340

from Wilco to the Who. In fact, the band has ALL THAT JAZZ: The Loui- 18 siana Joymakers will bring

opened several shows for the Who—the ART original arena rockers—with Pete Town- traditional jazz to the forefront when they per- shend joining them onstage at a show in form from 2-5pm at the 17 Chicago. As endorsements go, it doesn’t VFW Hall, 625 N. State St. Ready to Ride? get much better than having the stamp of Tickets are $8-$10. STAGE STAGE approval of genuine rock royalty. 734-2973 While Rose Hill Drive claims to be tired of BENEFIT SHOW: The

Whatcom Symphony Or- 16 all know, the Internet can be all the comparisons to great bygone bands AS WE chestra presents “En- enlightening in all sorts of unanticipated of the ’70s, the fact remains that it’s impos- sembles Live” at 7pm at

ways. For instance, when I was doing a little sible to listen to their epic brand of rock the American Museum of GET OUT research into the origins and backstory of without hearing shades of Cream or Led Radio & Electricity, 1312 Colorado’s Rose Hill Drive, two words kept Zeppelin—not that there’s anything wrong Bay St. The Glacier Bay WE HAVE WHAT YOU NEED! cropping up in relation to the long-haired with that. And, like those great bands of yes- String Quartet, Spinna- 14 ker Trombones, and the rockers, particularly in the blogosphere: teryear, Rose Hill Drive is never better than WSO Cello Ensemble will “hippies” and “sexy”—although not neces- when onstage in front of a receptive audi- be among the groups WORDS sarily together, or in that order. ence. Monster guitar riffs, ﬁerce energy and performing at the fund- Sexy hippies though some may think amps cranked up a few notches past deafen- raiser for the WSO’s In- 8 they are (although given how hard their ing are all part of what has earned the band’s strument Loan Program. Tickets are $5-$15. music rocks, I’m a little mystiﬁed by how live show its must-see reputation. That, and 733-7651 anyone could mistake them for hippies. I’m told people think they’re sexy. CURRENTS CURRENTS It must be the hair), the boys of Rose Hill SUN., OCT. 19 FARM SHOW: Folksinger

Drive are not representative of the type of Rose Hill Drive and Backyard Tire Fire play at 6 Tom Rawson will be jamtastic bands the Boulder, Colo. area—a 10:30pm Fri., Oct. 17 at Boundary Bay Brew- joined by the Wander-

place that has birthed the likes of Leftover ery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Cost: $5. More info: ers—the duo of Carl Al- VIEWS Salmon and the String Cheese Incident—is bbaybrewery.com. len and Bill Murlin—for

a 2pm concert at 2pm 4 at Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E.

Smith Rd. Suggested do- MAIL nation is $10-$12.

musicPREVIEW NANCYSFARM.COM 3 ORGAN SPECTACULAR: DO IT IT DO A bevy of organists will perform as part of an

their various instruments and grew these “Organ Spectacular” at 08 3pm at St. Paul’s Episco- FLEET FOXES, songs and harmonies organically—and .15. pal Church, 2117 Walnut 10 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE maybe they did—but that familiarity and St. Admission is by dona- tions for the Food Bank. accessibility has a whole lot of skill and .03

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thought behind it. # band. Even to call them derivative isn’t re- It remains to be seen what this band’s WED., OCT. 22 ally accurate. While the Fleet Foxes may musical destiny holds. After all, the success RAY BIERL: Oakland- wear their influences on their sleeve, their or failure of the indie darling often rests on based traditional fiddler music is more a natural progression of the their sophomore album, an obstacle the and folkie Ray Bierl will perform at 7:30pm at the songs and artists from which they draw Fleet Foxes have yet to negotiate. If new Roeder Home, 2600 Sun- their inspiration than a cleverly disguised songs played at recent live shows are any set Dr. Hear everything CASCADIA WEEKLY knockoff. And, beneath that homey, camp- indication, their sound is becoming bigger from cowboy ballads to country classics. Sug- fire-sing-along sensibility lies a wealth of and bolder, the music of a band really com- 21 carefully considered lyricism and interesting into its own and unafraid of its future— gested donation is $8- ing instrumentation. On the surface, it or, at least, that’s what the hype would have $12 at the door. 733-6897 may sound like the band sat around with you believe. See below for venue addresses and 10.15.08 10.16.08 10.17.08 10.18.08 10.19.08 10.20.08 10.21.08 phone numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Rose Hill Drive, Backyard James Higgins and the Jazz Jam feat. Blake Boundary Bay Tire Fire Muddy Boots Band Angelos Trio 34 34

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18 18 WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND ART ART OLIVER STONE’S W.—his take on the gether with present-day footage of his mother life and legacy of George W. Bush—might be 17 and younger brother, that makes up the bulk of the first movie ever to come with footnotes. The Corporal’s Diary, a loose, unpretentious and To counter those who are going to character- STAGE STAGE at times startlingly frank view of the lives of ize his film as propaganda by a latte-drinking a few of the soldiers who struggled then and Hollywood liberal, Stone aims to have a Web 16 still struggle today to put back together a na- site up for the film’s release that will detail all tion torn apart. sources for the anecdotes in his film and the

GET OUT From the peaceful moment of soldiers rationale about why, when and how they were sleeping in airport terminals to the tension used. But the real question is not whether W. of waiting for an explosives team to safely got a girl in trouble during his wild youth or

14 detonate an improvised explosive device whether he really eats food, picks his teeth at the side of the road, little escaped the and talks at the same time. What matters is

WORDS lens of Santos’ camera. But the most tell- what led our 43rd president to need a war to ing moments are the small things. On leave prove himself. before shipping off to Iraq, Santos turns his Here Stone and writer Stanley Weiser stick 8 camera on a roomful of his reluctant friends, to the father-son dynamic that many other on what they know may be one of their ﬁ- biographers and political commentators have nal carefree nights. The most moving foot- championed. It presents its anecdotes so as to CURRENTS CURRENTS age, however, comes from later in the night. psychoanalyze a sitting president and to un-

6 As the car in front of Santos takes a wrong derscore the strengths and weaknesses of W.’s turn, Santos ruminates character, which are reﬂected in his behavior

VIEWS VIEWS loudly on sometimes and eventual policies in the Oval Ofﬁce. having to follow a W. is not really a political movie per se;

4 convoy that has gone rather, it’s a movie about a man who went down the wrong road. into politics but probably shouldn’t have. It’s MAIL MAIL “If the lead vehicle about how a father can misread a son, how a

3 takes a wrong turn,” son can suffer in the shadow of a famous dad FOR ALL of its good points, Bellingham can be a pretty insular rails Santos, his frus- and how temperament is molded by events DO IT IT DO town. We understand things are going on elsewhere. We understand, SEE IT tration turning to an- both internal and external. arguably better then most, for example, that there’s a war on. But war WHAT: The ger. “Then you follow We are introduced to Josh Brolin’s imperson- 08 08 is a mighty big concept to wrap one’s head around, especially when Corporal’s Diary it! You know, I’ve been ation of W., Richard Dreyfuss’ uncanny Dick WHEN: 7pm Wed.- .15. the falling bombs and shattered buildings are separated from us by saying since seventh Cheney, Thandie Newton’s Condoleezza Rice, 10 Thurs., Oct. 15-16 oceans and continents. WHERE: Pickford grade, seventh grade, Scott Glenn’s Donald Rumsfeld, and Jeffrey Cinema, 1416 .03 But after ﬁve years of combat, peacekeeping, and rebuilding efforts that I’m never going Wright’s Colin Powell. And everyone is right

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24 During the 37 days prior, however, Jonathan had been a careful and to life, bringing into stark relief the real stuff (James Cromwell), is too busy climbing the methodical observer of the situation around him, documenting the sit- of the war. Lines like “A strange thing happened power ladder to do more than shake his head uation in Iraq from a soldier’s point of view. It is this footage, cut to- today. We were shot at with rockets. Six of at his son’s indiscretions at Yale and then in ﬁlmPREVIEW Happy Hour Discounts

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Santos’ life, as well as Matthew Drake, ART the only survivor of that terrible day. And when his words and memories Bellingham 17 light up the theater, some part of Jon- Firefighter athan Santos will ﬁnally get to come STAGE STAGE home. It’s too small a part, to be sure, Local #106 and grossly inadequate for those who 2008 General knew and loved him. At its heart, The Election Endorsements 16 Corporal’s Diary is a tribute to Santos,

a moving meditation on the men we Governor GET OUT send to war, those that don’t come Chris Gregoire back, and what they leave behind. 40th District Senate Kevin Ranker 14 40th District Representatives W., FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Jeff Morris & Dave Quall WORDS 42nd District Representative Kelli Linville 8 a succession of failed business ven- tures in Texas and elsewhere. W. re- * * * sorts to the bottle and to rebellion U.S. President CURRENTS CURRENTS against family propriety. He woos Barack Obama/Joseph Biden

his wife, Laura (Elizabeth Banks), by U.S. House of 6 crashing a car into the garage door Representatives 2nd District:

when she criticizes a speech. He Rick Larsen VIEWS loses an election, discovers God and gives up booze, but his thin skin and 4 to-the-manor-born arrogance never MAIL MAIL desert him.

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