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CASCADIA WEEKLY impact of our policies. papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution COVER: Photo of SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material Cedric Watson by David Does a policy uphold a racist system that TEACH LIFE’S LESSONS 2 to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you Johnson locks people of color out of the best schools and I am voting to approve Referendum 90 on the include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday neighborhoods, or does it result in greater equity November 2020 ballot. Approving this referen- the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. across race and class? dum will allow SB 5395, which passed the state Trump understands the exclusionary impacts of legislature in 2020, to take effect, “thereby single-family zoning: banning duplexes, rowhous- requiring,” according to Ballotpedia, “pub- es and apartments from neighborhoods creates in- lic schools to provide comprehensive sexual visible walls that price out poorer people, dispro- health education for all students and requiring students to be excused if requested by their parents.” Prior to the bill’s approval, 42nd LD Rep- resentative Luanne Van Werven, on a Feb- ruary 22, 2020 KGMI Saturday Morning Live WINNING radio show, gave folks the false impression IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK! that this bill would not let local school dis- 26  tricts determine what curriculum they use for sex education. FOOD  The bill states, “Any public school may

identify, choose, or develop any other cur- 21 riculum if it complies with the requirements of this section [section 6a of the bill].” Accordingly, Van Werven’s statement on B-BOARD  the show that, “you have one curriculum that they are going to want in all of the 20 schools,” was not true. Many opponents of this approved bill FILM  that would help kids more confidently navigate positive relationships, have made 18 numerous unfounded and salacious alle- gations related to the legislation. On top MUSIC  of that, former 42nd LD Representative Vincent Buys on a May 30, 2020 Saturday 16

Morning Live show made unfounded, sala- ART  cious and defamatory claims about Olympia decision-makers regarding the bill. 14 In my book, the fact that such deceitful tactics were employed to collect referen- STAGE  dum signatures, goes to show that there

was nothing of substance that opponents 12 of SB 5395 felt they could truthfully per- suade people with. Let’s make sure our youth have all the re- GET OUT  sources, education and self-determination they need to stay protected and healthy in 10 all of their relationships. Vote to approve

Referendum-90! WORDS  —Dena Jensen, Birch Bay  6 END THE NUCLEAR THREAT August 6 and 9 we will observe the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima CURRENTS

and Nagasaki. Recently Pope Francis has 4 declared that it is immoral to possess nu-

clear weapons. VIEWS  Our current administration is invest- 2  ing billions in the upgrading of existing 2  weapons, while we are in the midst of a MAIL  MAIL  pandemic and there is not enough testing and tracing and American families wait for hours in line to get food to feed their

families. All over the world there are more 08.05.20 countries that have acquired nuclear capa- bilities without being signatories to the .15 32 nonproliferation treaty. # In honor of this anniversary I want to state that I stand in solidarity with the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and with the people of Japan. I believe that the existence of these All Local

weapons pose an unnecessary risk to all life CASCADIA WEEKLY on earth and remain an ongoing theft from those who are poor. I have hope that the All the Time 3 UN Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons will be ratified by all nations of the world in an effort to eliminate this frightening threat. Please join me in this HOPE by visiting SilverReefCasino.com • I-5 Exit 260 www.icanw.org. Visit Reef Rewards for details. Management reserves all rights. —Annie Welch, Bellingham THE GRISTLE IN THE MAIL: As President Trump continues to rant without evidence about the integrity of the na-

tion’s elections in general and mailed ballots in

26  particular, Washington seamlessly completed an- other primary entirely by mail. As a barometer of

FOOD  views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE the mood of voters in Western Washington moving into the fall, the results are not promising for the

21 president or his party. The overinflated governor’s race produced a blow- out, with the surfeit of individual candidates failing B-BOARD  to secure more than a scattering of support across the state. Stacking the total of all of it as votes 20 against Inslee, the incumbent governor (collecting BY DEBRA LEKANOFF, ALEX RAMEL, AND LIZ LOVELETT 60 percent in the primary) still appears solid going FILM  into the fall. By the strength of his standing against so many opponents across so many divides, a Big 18 Blue Wave appears to be standing offshore, ready to Your 40th District rush in in November. MUSIC  Outcomes in the 40th Legislative District are un- REPRESENTATION IN A TIME OF CRISIS surprising, with Democrats commanding double-digit 16 leads over Republican challengers.

ART  Results in the 42nd District appear more competi- IN OUR home, here in the 40th ready to honor the responsibility tive, with conservative candidates holding a lead in Legislative District, we represent you have given us, and together

14 early returns—yet not so commanding a lead as in some of the most diverse commu- we are committed to always put- past election cycles. nities in Washington. Our towns, ting the 40th LD first as we work STAGE  Tuesday’s early returns are likely the high-water cities, friendships and families to create a better future. mark for Washington Republican results in 2020. make up a diverse and passionate “We are so fortunate to have

12 Democrats are competitive in a dozen races that were community that have shown a con- collaborative and goal-oriented solidly red two years ago, and results will look even sistent desire to help one another representatives in the 40th LD. better moving into the fall. and push Washington State in the With Debra in Skagit, Alex in GET OUT  For many political junkies, though, the race to right direction. As elected offi- Bellingham, and myself in the is- watch is the Second Congressional District—among cials—we, State Representatives lands—we truly cover the unique  the most progressive districts in Washington. The Debra Lekanoff and Alex Ramel corners of our district. As a bi- question, as always—is there enough strength in and state Senator Liz Lovelett— We continue to work together cameral team, we have weekly

WORDS 10 that progressive cohort to mount a successful chal- know that our jobs are so much on budget priorities to ensure check-in meetings to make sure we lenge from the left against centrist Democrat Rick bigger than the three of us and we that the needs of our district are are updated on each other’s work

 6 Larsen, or would that effort again be dashed by the are so honored to represent you known and met. To ensure we are and so that our constituents can state’s aggressive top-two primary? and your voice in Olympia. consistently on the same page, we count on having ‘no wrong door’ The math was promising in CD2, with Republicans We are in the middle of an unprec- have standing weekly meetings to to access help and give input. CURRENTS splitting up their votes among six candidates while edented time in history. From the update one another on our work With this relationship in place, we 4

4 Democrats spilt their votes among two—six split 30 COVID-19 pandemic to nationwide and to make sure each person in will continue to sponsor and pass percent of the whole, while two split 70 percent. protests against systemic racism, our community can count on us to policies at the heart of the 40th VIEWS  VIEWS  Alas, the math once again appears elusive in initial from incredible political division answer their questions about what LD’s values: climate conscious, returns, with progressive Jason Call appearing to fall to the monumental election com- is happening in their home. equity focused and supportive of 2  shy of the votes needed to challenge Larsen in the fall. ing up in November, our nation is at In the 40th we stand for justice our communities.” —Senator Liz Lovelett

MAIL  Preliminary returns indicate another cycle of ro- a turning point. While all of this is and equality; we reach out and help bust voter participation—a feature expected when going on, the three of us wanted to our neighbors stand up when they “Together with Senator Lovelett the barriers to voting are reduced through easier, come together and collectively tell need help. We want to lead in leg- and Representative Ramel, I am same-day voter registration and postage-paid bal- you that we are here as one team for islation that provides a prosperous honored to represent the 40th LD

08.05.20 lots. Since these changes were approved by the the 40th LD who are committed to economy, protects our beautiful every single day. We bring three Legislature in 2019, turnout in local elections has serving you—those who entrusted environment right here at home, unique and important perspec-

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# Average turnout around the state could approach gether we will represent the 40th ton state’s place as a leader in the have always spread our arms wide 60 percent; and that means overall participation in LD into 2021 and beyond, speaking fight against climate change. We to welcome all who call this place November could perhaps reach record territory. with a unified vision of bettering will continue to collaborate on safe home. Together we can accomplish Elections in Washington, one of the few states that our communities and fighting for education policy and guidelines, so much for our families and com- accepts ballots almost entirely through mail, take our district to make sure you are essential workers protection and munities right here in the 40th LD.” on an added national significance during the COVID safe, you are healthy, and your small businesses, and our homeless- —Representative Debra Lekanoff

CASCADIA WEEKLY pandemic: The state just held one of the safest elec- voice is heard. ness and health care crises. “At a time marked by so much tions in the country. In recent months the three of us Our goal as your representatives politicaldivision, it’s a pleasure 4 Last week, Trump declared the 2020 election have collaborated together to host is simple: We want to make sure and an honor to be part of such a “will be, in my opinion, the most corrupt election town halls so that, even while we that you, the people of the 40th collaborative team working for the in the history of our country.” Mail-in ballots, he physically distance, you have the LD, have the impactful and co­ common good for our community.” said, could be stolen from carriers, counterfeited or power to actively engage with us ordinated team representing your —Representative Alex Ramel forged by either forces inside the United States or to discuss your concerns and needs. interests that you deserve. We are by “foreign powers.” Incomprehensibly and inanely, the same remarks the president praised absentee VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE balloting—another form of voting done entirely through mail.

His remarks are corrosive to the very concept of holding free and fair and 26  orderly elections—ever a moment of optimism for our battered democracy. FOOD  Trump’s comments drew rebuke from

Washington’s Secretary of State Kim 21 Wyman, a Republican, who told NPR, “I think it really shatters peoples’ confidence in the process. We need to B-BOARD  make sure we’re inspiring confidence in the public that this is a fair elec- 20 tion. And the ay you do that is bal- ancing access and security.” FILM  “When someone makes a really ro- bust claim about fraudulent activity, 18 we can show all the security mea- sures,” Wyman said.”If someone said MUSIC  there’s rampant voter suppression, we can show all of the things we did to Car wash water 16 make the election accessible.” ART  Wyman’s remarks were supported by is toxic to fish. state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, 14 a Democrat who supported the Repub- therapeutic • sustaining • self-reliant • food security lican’s assurance of the integrity of NEVER wash your car on the STAGE  Washington’s vote-by-mail system. street or a driveway that drains “President Trump is simply wrong to a street. Water that runs off 12 about mail-in voting,” Ferguson said. A NEW WAY OF LIVING: “Washington state conducts elections into ditches or storm drains entirely by mail, and as Secretary flows directly to creeks. GET OUT  of State Kim Wyman has made clear, Happier • Healthier

Washington has never experienced DO go to a car wash. There the 10 ‘rampant’ voter fraud. water is captured and treated. “Despite clear evidence that vote- If you wash at home, park on WORDS by-mail is effective and secure, Presi- Skagit Valley's Victory Garden Specialists for grass or somewhere water can dent Trump continues to claim that  6 mail-in voting will lead to a fraudulent soak into the ground. Use a • information election. His attorney general, William spray nozzle to save water and Barr, echoed the president in testimo- use biodegradable soap. • materials CURRENTS

ny before the House Judiciary Commit- 4 • design/build 4 tee last week, saying he thinks ‘there VIEWS  is a high risk’ mail-in voting will lead Wash your car, VIEWS  to ‘massive voter fraud.’

“Let me be clear,” Ferguson said, not the fish. 2  “There is no data to support this base- MAIL  less claim. If the president uses it as an excuse to try to illegally delay the election, we’ll see him in court.”

The type of voter fraud the admin- 08.05.20 istration professes to be concerned about does not exist; rather, it has .15 32 been used to justify policies that make # it more difficult, and in too many cas- es, outright prevent, individuals from exercising their right to vote. The im- pact of these policies is inherently un- equal, and disproportionately borne by Now Sowing Fall Edibles

communities of color. CASCADIA WEEKLY Washington’s elections are a model for the nation. We should celebrate Onions • Chinese Radishes • Carrots 5 them, express pride at how well they Beets • Lettuce • Mustard Greens work, duplicate them across the country, and not call as fraudulent Azusa Farm & Gardens the opinion of millions of Americans who desperately want this president’s Open Daily 9am-5pm reign to end. 14904 State Route 20 - Mt Vernon ration, and repair and removal of forest roads in the North Fork Nooksack water- shed. Although most of its watershed lies within the boundaries of Whatcom Coun-

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26  and Skagit County. “We are looking at how to improve FOOD  currents NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX habitat and forest health along this cor- ridor,” District Ranger Erin Uloth, USFS

21 Mt. Baker Ranger District, noted in a statement. “Our goal is to create a di- verse, resilient forest that provides hab- B-BOARD  itat to many species of plants and ani- mals. In this case, that means cutting

20 trees. Cutting trees allows us to relieve overcrowded forests, speed up progress FILM  to an old-growth condition, and provide different kinds of forest habitat.” 18 Forestry officials say thinning in dense- ly stocked young stands allows larger MUSIC  trees to grow bigger, faster—by reducing competition from overcrowding. Thinning 16 also helps increase the amount of light

ART  that reaches the forest floor, resulting in an abundance of “understory” plant diver-

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12 es of the Nooksack, but say the project moves well beyond selective thinning and includes extensive clearcuts in areas GET OUT  prone to landslides in a critical watershed and salmon habitat. The federal forest-

10 ry agency has received more than 1,500 comments on its plan.

WORDS  “The Trump administration may be in its waning months, but it’s pulling out all

 6 the stops to maximize extraction of nat- STEWART TOMLINSON, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY U.S. GEOLOGICAL TOMLINSON, STEWART ural resources on our public lands while it still can,” board members of the North CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 Cascades Conservation Council said in a

4 THE UPPER Nooksack is a rugged, statement. “The details of this proposal forested landscape that carries glacial read like something from the bad old days

VIEWS  melt and rainfall to feed more than 1,400 of National Forest logging. stream and river miles that comprise a “It threatens to turn our green back- 2  vast watershed. Most of the upper wa- yard in the shadow of Mount Baker into a pulp farm for Trump’s business cronies MAIL  Not tershed is under federal control, and in recent years was spared the wrost ravages in the timber industry for years to come.” of commercial forestry. Until now. “Regenerative harvests, also known In a reversal of ecological policy that’s as clearcuts, dramatically change the

08.05.20 become common in the Trump administra- environment and have little environ- tion, the U.S. Forest Service has apparently mental benefit,” Karlee Deatherage, .15 NICE scrapped its integrated conservation and land and water policy manager for the 32

# FORESTRY PLAN COULD ALLOW EXTENSIVE enhancement plan (NICE) for the upper public policy group RE Sources, said in LOGGING IN NOOKSACK WATERSHED reaches of the Nooksack River and proposes comments about the plan. “We strongly instead a more extensive logging plan for encourage the Forest Service to reduce BY TIM JOHNSON the North Fork and its tributaries. or completely remove stand regenera- The management plan—now called the tion harvests from this plan and instead North Fork Nooksack Vegetation Project— employ more environmentally sound

CASCADIA WEEKLY encompasses nearly 4,000 acres just east harvesting regimes.” of the town of Glacier, along Highway 542 Indeed, the pivot from a holistic land- 6 in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National For- scape plan to restore waters and forests est. If approved, the project would allow simultaneously as originally proposed by commercial logging of nearly three square NICE to a more aggressive and tradition- miles of forest habitat, with selective al forestry plan took many conservation thinning on an additional 2,000 acres. groups by surprise. The proposed project includes a mix of “For many years, the initial effort pro- commercial logging, huckleberry resto- posed some careful thinning of planta- tions to create conditions that will more The DECK is OPEN! rapidly develop into older forest condi- Dinner Tuesday - Sunday tions, doing aquatics work and road de- 4:30 - 9:00 commissioning,” Dave Werntz, science "the combination Pepper Friday & Saturday until 9:30 and conservation director for Conserva- tion Northwest, said. of unstable lands, 26  “This was the plan about one and a half

highly erosive soils We can’t wait to see you! FOOD  or two years ago. The Forest Service an- Sisters nounced NICE and started public outreach and generative clear- Southwest Cuisine peppersisters.com 360-671-3414 around that, and we expected that would cutting is a recipe for 21 be what was proposed,” he recalled. “Sud- denly, in March or April, that compre- aquatic harm in Canyon hensive restoration effort was cancelled. Creek.” B-BOARD  About a month after that, this new proj- DAVE WERNTZ, SCIENCE AND ect was proposed. 20 “‘Vegetation management’ is a term that CONSERVATION DIRECTOR FOR is often used by the Forest Service to de- CONSERVATION NORTHWEST FILM  scribe not a restoration project but just a CIGARETTES AND forestry project—where can we cut trees— 18 SMOKELESS TOBACCO the kind of forestry that we haven’t seen in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie under the the potential for landslides. MUSIC  Northwest forest plan,” Werntz explained. “The county has spent considerable “It proposes instead what they call ‘regen money and personnel resources in the $ 00 16 harvest,’—which can mean many things, area of this proposed project, particularly ART  but it typically means a clear cut: You’re to improve public safety and fish habitat removing all of the forest overstory, and in the Canyon Creek Area,” former What- 56TO 14 you’re regenerating a new stand in its place. com County Council member Carl Weimer

“It was a surprise to us that you would commented on the plan. “This area is STAGE  propose doing this kind of intensive for- prone to rain-on-snow events that have $ 00 EXPRESS

estry in a riparian areas at all.” caused major flooding in the Canyon Creek 12 Like many rivers in Washington, the area. In 1989, 1990, and 1995 large debris DRIVE-THRU Nooksack River has seen a century of hard floods destroyed four homes and damaged Per Carton • Includes Tax! 88 GET OUT  use. Its upper reaches are still mostly pris- a private resort, a county road, salmon tine, protected as park and national for- habitat, and interim flood control efforts ALL MAJOR BRANDS est lands. But much of the rest has been in the lower mile of Canyon Creek in the & GENERICS 10 heavily logged, hardened with levee walls, Glacier Springs community. Clear-cutting farmed and altered for development. has been shown to add to these debris OPEN WORDS  “Given the scope of the proposed proj- flood issues in many areas,“ Weimer said, 6 ect and the very significant environmen- cautioning that extensive clear cuts could  6 tal impact it could have on the North Fork trigger similar future debris floods.” 7AM-9PM Nooksack watershed, we strongly encour- “To date no loss of life has resulted CASINO• RESORT CURRENTS age the Forest Service to complete an from these hazards, but significant risk  CURRENTS to life safety is interpreted due to the 7 DAYS A WEEK environmental impact statement (EIS),” On I-5 Exit 236• theskagit.com 4 *Price at time of printing. Limit five cartons/rolls per customer per day. Must have Jim Davis, president of the Belling- presence of large platted developments valid ID. Cigarettes are not legal for resale. Prices subject to change. No Returns. The Skagit Casino • Resort and U.S.I.T. Tobacco Shop owned by Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health. ham-based Shuksan Conservancy, noted on the Canyon and Glacier Creek alluvial VIEWS  in comments about the plan. “The unique fans and the very active SR 542 transpor- nature of the North Fork Nooksack water- tation corridor,” Whatcom County Public 2  shed (i.e., steep slopes, high diversity of Works Director Jon Hutchings noted in MAIL  wildlife, free-flowing rivers and streams, comments on the plan. multiple salmon populations, and heavy “The combination of unstable lands, recreation use) precludes application of highly erosive soils and generative clear-

a cookie-cutter approach to managing cutting is a recipe for aquatic harm in 08.05.20 these National Forest lands. Canyon Creek,” Werntz said.

“An in-depth analysis of environmen- “The focus in this area should instead .15 32 tal conditions, tribal treaty rights issues, be in improving conditions for fish and # and recreation needs is needed to prevent wildlife habitat, and improving public use irreparable damage to the watershed,” he that can produce byproducts of resto- said. “The EIS should consider the cumu- ration that can go to the mill and achieve lative impacts of proposed timber harvest other objectives for public lands. and ongoing climate change. “Our hope as a collective of interests

“If conditions supporting Chinook de- is to try to shift the focus back to where CASCADIA WEEKLY grade in the North Fork due to further the Forest Service had started, and en- timber harvest or other factors associated courage them to take up that restoration 7 with the vegetation management propos- work again,” he said. al, extinction of that population will be “We hope to work closely with the pub- hastened. This issue alone should compel lic on this project from the very beginning requirement for an EIS,” Davis said. as we take a look at the area to determine Others expressed concerns about the what is important and what needs work,” steep terrain around Canyon Creek and Uloth said. DAMS WILL STAY

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12 Bellingham and Whatcom County officials hold the first of four “listening sessions” on race and justice, creating an opportunity for community members

to share their experiences and ideas for how leaders can make meaningful, UASCE COURTESY PHOTO GET OUT  effective changes. The series is sponsored by area elected and appointed lead- Four large dams on the lower Snake River will not be removed. The Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, ers, including the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Lummi Nation, Western and the Bonneville Power Administration released their final Environmental Impact Statement, calling for spilling more 10 Washington University, Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, What- water over the dams at strategic times to help fish migrate past the dams. Native tribes and environmental groups have com County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bellingham Police Department. [COB] fought for decades to breach the dams, which impede the passage of fish to spawning areas. WORDS  Critics ask how can these listening sessions can produce an honest and

 6 productive conversation when the conversation is controlled by those holding power. “If these conversations truly aim at dismantling systemic racism and percent of classes offered in person. Since 08.01.20 white supremacy, then a paradigm shift must exist from the very beginning, that time infection rates have increased CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 by bringing potential supporters to plan for a series of listening sessions to- locally and nationally. University officials SATURDAY

4 gether, providing accessibility—internet access, devices, interpreters, closed say they now expect only 8 to 10 percent of Whatcom County health officials report an captions—and protecting the confidentiality, safety and dignity of those be- classes will be held on campus during the abnormally high number of cases of salmo-

VIEWS  ing asked to speak,” board members of the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force fall quarter. [WWU] nella infection. The federal Food and Drug said in a statememt. [WHRTF] Administration issued a notice of a multi- 2  The City of Bellingham launches a new state outbreak of salmonella in red onions

MAIL  Salmon will have better habitat with help from a $332,000 penalty settle- website to allow people to engage with that has sickened nearly 400 people from 34 ment with Cooke Aquaculture after the collapse of its floating pen near Cy- city government while public meetings are states. It is unknown if local cases are relat- press Island in 2017. The settlement requires that the fine be split, part going limited due to the pandemic. The site gives ed to the recent recall of red onions. [WUC] to an environmental project for regional salmon enhancement or habitat people the opportunity to provide feedback

08.05.20 restoration and the other part going to a coastal protection fund. [Ecology] and participate in discussions about city de- 08.03.20 cision-making processes through an online

.15 An environmental group is proposing to take over and hold in trust four platform. Bellingham Planning and Commu- MONDAY 32

# sites throughout Puget Sound that have for years been used to farm fish. nity Development Department Director Rick The state Attorney General responds to The Wild Fish Conservancy submitted a proposal to the state’s Department of Sepler said launching this new public engage- recent statements by President Trump and Natural Resources that would allow the group to pay to take over net pen sites ment site now is key to being able to move members of his administration that call into that have been run by Cooke Aquaculture. The net pens have been used to forward on projects that are a priority for the question the integrity of vote-by-mail elec- raise nonnative Atlantic salmon. [Kitsap Sun] city and the community. The website is locat- tions. “Despite clear evidence that vote-by- ed at www.engagebellingham.org. [COB] mail is effective and secure, President Trump

CASCADIA WEEKLY Baker Lake is closed to fishing for sockeye salmon. Wildlife officials say continues to claim that mail-in voting will the closure will help the remaining 1,500 sockeye spawn naturally. [WDFW] The Lynden YMCA closed during the coro- lead to a fraudulent election,” the Democrat 8 navirus pandemic and it won’t reopen. What- said. “As [Republican] Secretary of State Kim 07.31.20 com Family YMCA officials say the Lynden Wyman has made clear, Washington has never Y has run at a deficit for the last several experienced ‘rampant’ voter fraud. There is FRIDAY years and the shutdown has made it impos- no data to support this baseless claim,” AG Nearly all classes at Western Washington University will be held online sible to recover financially. The facility has Bob Ferguson said. “If the president uses it during the coming quarter. The college had originally recommended a hybrid served the Lynden community for 40 years. as an excuse to try to illegally delay the elec- model of instruction with most classes offered remotely and approximately 20 [Lynden Tribune, KGMI] tion, we’ll see him in court.” [AGO] On July 11, an Anacortes patrol ser- geant spoke with several people after police were called to investigate some- OF FUZZ one who was possibly shooting a gun. WHATCOM “After speaking with multiple witness- COUNTY

52 WOMEN es in the area, it was determined that BUZZ BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BELLINGHAM AND WHATCOM COUNTY the noise was likely from fireworks de- 26  ployed by a young male who had since

Frances “Bess” Bay (1898-1998) FOOD  DON’T BLAME BLAINE left the area on foot,” police reported. was considered the “Grand Dame of On July 30, Blaine Police said they are Lynden” and was instrumental in the aware of rumors on social media that a A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA formation of Whatcom Community Col- 21 protest rally is planned for their city, but On July 27, Bellingham Police checked lege. Born in Missouri, Bay moved West to their knowledge the rumor is untrue. on a report of a firearm being brandished in 1949. “We liked living in Lynden and “At this time, the police department is in Birchwood neighborhood. the unhurried life here,” she says. B-BOARD  unable to confirm that a protest will oc- Her “unhurried life” included support of the arts and education, earning her cur, as there are no credible sources for On July 27, Bellingham Police assisted 20 the information to date,” Blaine’s police someone who reported an accidental Grand moniker and a street name, Bess

Bay Drive. Her influence stretched FILM  chief noted in a statement. “The Blaine self-inflicted BB gun wound in the leg. beyond Lynden. In 1969, Governor Dan Police Department and the City of Blaine Evans appointed her to the first board WILSON LIBRARY WWU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, support citizens’ rights to peacefully as- On July 31, Bellingham Police checked of trustees for Whatcom Community Col- 18 semble. Should a peaceful protest occur, on a person who was wearing a tin-foil lege, which was committed to “borrow, officers will work to protect the rights of hat and had pointed an object at another rent, lease or rebuild facilities, but not We liked living in Lynden and MUSIC  those assembled.” person in Birchwood neighborhood and create a central campus.” She served

the unhurried life there. 16 said, “Bang, bang, you’re dead.” a term as trustee chair of the “campus

ROAD TRIP without walls.” —Frances “Bess” Bay ART  On July 24, Whatcom County Sheriff’s CRITTER CRIMES deputies arrested three men from Ya- On July 19, a Skagit County resident SOURCES: Ancestry.com: birth, death, census & other records 14 kima Valley after they allegedly drove called police to report a neighbor’s sheep Greenacres Memorial Park headstone all the way to Bellingham to buy drugs. got out. “When the officer arrived at the Koert, Dorothy. Portrait of Lynden. 1976 STAGE  They were contacted in the North Bell- scene, the issue was being resolved and Map of Lynden with street named after her, sourced from Google

ingham area and found to be in pos- the sheep were being rounded up,” the Obituary for Bess Bay’s Mother at http://wagenweb.org/whatcom/wgsobits/deathsadc_ales.htm 12 session of two kilos of cocaine, over Anacortes Animal Control officer said. Telephone call to Whatcom Community College where Ms. Bay was a founding trustee $60,000 in cash, an AR-15-style rifle “You might say the situation went from InternetWayBack machine to access dates & names of her degrees from Columbia and a handgun. All three admitted that baa’d to good.” GET OUT  their reason for coming to Whatcom

County was to buy cocaine and then On July 27, a Blaine woman called police 10 sell it in turn to buy even more cocaine. requesting assistance with constantly

The wholesale value of the cocaine was barking dogs in the neighborhood. When WORDS  estimated at about $55,000. asked if the dogs were currently barking, Deborra Garrett (b.1951) was the

first woman to be elected to the bench 6 the woman said no. Police advised the  6 THE CONTINUING CRISIS woman to call police when the dogs are of the Whatcom County Superior Court. Before moving to Bellingham in 1979, On July 27, Bellingham Police tried to barking again. Garrett worked as a trial attorney for the CURRENTS CURRENTS  CURRENTS make sense of a verbal domestic dispute National Employment Relations Board that erupted in Sunnyland neighborhood On July 22, a mother called police to (NLRB). In her first Bellingham job, she 4 that arose from a disagreement over po- report that she and her young daughter served as an attorney with Evergreen

litical views. were walking on the Tommy Thompson Legal Services, providing legal assistance VIEWS  Trail in Anacortes when a small terrier to indigent individuals. After switching On July 28, Blaine Police responded to a bit her daughter on the leg. The wom- to private practice in employment law, in 2  verbal dispute. “Officers determined this an told police that the man with the 1989, Garrett represented the plaintiff in MAIL  event was a juvenile problem involving dog provided a name that may have a landmark disability rights case, Kimbro juveniles babysitting juveniles. The par- been fictitious and a non-working v. Atlantic Richfield Co., which established ents returned home and were advised of phone number, so she was unable to standards later encoded in the Americans

with Disabilities Act. Representing the JILL BERNSTEIN the call,” police reported. follow up with him about the incident. 08.05.20 Whatcom County Library System in 2004, The woman took a photo of the man Garrett successfully argued that confiden- THE NEVER-ENDING HOLIDAY and his dog that was shared by APD on tial use of a public library is protected by .15 32

On July 25, Blaine Police received a social media. the First Amendment, leading the FBI to # report of a loud boom. A patrol officer withdraw their subpoena for library users’ Garrett received the arrived in the area and heard addition- ALIEN SKIES lending records. Garrett served on the Washington State Bar al fireworks being lit and located the On July 22, the Sedro-Woolley saucer board of the Womencare Shelter and was source. “Contact was made with a Blaine nest was active again. An Anacortes an active member of Whatcom County’s Association’s award for her resident who stated he wasn’t able to resident noticed a couple of especial- Incarceration and Prevention Reduction Task Force. She was a leader in establish- pro bono work.

spend July 4 with his children and was ly bright lights low in the southeastern CASCADIA WEEKLY unaware that he couldn’t ignite fireworks sky. “I watched awhile, thinking they ing the new pretrial release program for the Superior Court. This program will help after July 4,” police reported. The resi- might move. I then walked to the east- 9 reduce the number of persons held in our dent was issued a verbal warning. ern side of the house for a better look,” jail awaiting trial. Garrett remained on the the eyewitness reported. “I took a se- court from 2012 to 2020. On July 28, Bellingham Police spoke ries of photos, and a video, then went to a defender of liberty after he dis- back inside. The blowup of the photos SOURCE: Whatcom County Superior Court website charged a display of aerial fireworks at shows some odd anomalies that I can’t Telephone interview with Judge Garrett in August 2019 a residence in Roosevelt neighborhood. explain.” doit UPCOMING EVENTS AUG. 5-OCT. 15 WHATCOM WRITES: Pick up your pens and

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B-BOARD  AUG. 6-9 castle family to commemorate the death NO MORE BOMBS: Join Skagit Valley peace of their son Thomas, who was murdered and nuclear disarmament group, No More

20 there years before. Bombs, to commemorate the 75th anniver- Aiden struggles to piece together saries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima FILM  what has happened, but when morn- and Nagasaki, Japan, at 7pm Thurs., Aug. 6 via Zoom. The local remembrance will feature ing comes he dis- a talk by founder Tracy Powell, as well as 18 covers he’s now in show both locally produced and international a different guest’s videos. National events will livestream all day MUSIC  body—and he’s liv- August 6 and 9. “The bombs killed and muti- ing the entire day lated over 200,000 men, women and children,”

16 organizers say. “Our nation perpetrated these again from that per- crimes against humanity, and is the only ART  son’s perspective. nation ever to do so. So it is fitting that we He meets Evelyn pause to commemorate these terrible events,

14 Hardcastle, newly to mourn the dead and honor the survivors, GET IT arrived from Paris, the hibakusha, their descendants, and all who HOW: Residents have been affected by testing and nuclear STAGE  living outside and learns from a weapons production. Seventy-five years later, Bellingham city masked man that the legacy and unthinkable potential of nucle-

12 limits may visit Evelyn is destined ar weapons are still here, with tens of billions www.wcls.org to to die the night of U.S. dollars spent annually.” place holds on of the ball at pre- WWW.NOMOREBOMBS.ORG OR WWW. GET OUT  physical library HIROSHIMANAGASAKI75.ORG materials and cisely 11pm. Aiden designate a needs to solve the TUES., AUG. 11 10 10 library location mystery of Evelyn’s WORLD’S BEST TRIVIA: Join Quizmaster for curbside death—and he has Randall of World’s Best Trivia at 7pm every holds pickup. Tuesday for a round of online trivia. If you’re WORDS  WORDS  only eight chances You can also find missing your team and weekly game during access to eBook to do it, as each this time of social distancing, sign up in  6 and eAudiobook time he falls asleep advance to join the fun. Play solo or with a versions. People team. Teams designate a captain who submits STUART TURTON he wakes up in an- who do not have other person’s body, answers using Google forms. They are as-

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MAIL  time travel element, Seven Deaths can visit pickups are now available from 11am-4pm www.bellingham with one character Monday through Friday at the Anacortes GROUNDHOG DAY MEETS AGATHA CHRISTIE publiclibrary.org. placing clues for the Public Library, 1220 10th St. Visit the library next character, and during pickup hours once you receive a noti- fication that your items are ready—and re- 08.05.20 ESCAPISM SEEMS to be in order these days, and some- changing their behavior one time in a member the library is limiting checkouts to times a twisty mystery is just the ticket for engrossing way that impacts the next. There are oth- five items per card. Park in one of the three .15 distraction. Stuart Turton’s inventive 2018 whodunnit, The er characters similarly caught in a time designated spaces in front of the library 32

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Valley peace and nuclear disarmament group No More Bombs, Thurs., Aug. 6 via Zoom. National events STAGE  will livestream all day Aug. 6 and 9 as well. 12 can be picked up curbside from 10am-6pm a door or the trunk is open so they can safely

Monday through Saturday at the Bellingham place your holds inside. Milling Our GET OUT  Public Library, 210 Central Ave. You’ll receive a WWW.UPPERSKAGITLIBRARY.ORG YOUR notification by email, text or phone when your Own Fresh 10 requested items are on the hold shelf. Call (360) MOUNT VERNON CITY LIBRARY: Curbside DAILY WHOLE GRAIN 10 778-7275 on the day you plan to come to the li- hours are from 11am-6pm Tuesday through Friday, brary to pick up your items—the advance notice and 11am-3pm Saturday at the Mount Vernon Flour! BREAD! WORDS  WORDS  will give staff time to get your holds ready for City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. You must first you and check everything out to your account. place items on request via the library’s online

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the northerly snow catchments onto

26  more southerly exposures, we watched outside vast stretches of melted-out greenery FOOD  HIKING RUNNING GARDENING unfurl themselves in sun-drenched spec- tacles of copious wildflowers and shrub-

21 by tree islands. Trickling freshets imbued with soft gravel beds and curvaceous clumps B-BOARD  of flowering mosses spilled tunefully over terraced piles of lichen-encrusted

20 stones and we were obliged to diverge and amuse ourselves in style for the FILM  lion’s share of a couple hours. Then—harassed by pesky swarms of 18 biting flies, stricken with intensifying hunger pangs and increasingly desper- MUSIC  ate to secure a sheltered campsite for the next couple of nights—we followed 16 Uncle Don down a random goat trail and

ART  came out into a grassy notch just above the shore of a rock-rimmed lake.

14 In a flash, we busted out our bivvy bags, slapped together regimental por- STAGE  tions of spaghetti with meatballs and waddled off to buffer ourselves in downy 12 12 splendor against the frigid air. The next morning, after enjoying the sleep of the dead, we emerged from our GET OUT  GET OUT  cocoons on creaky limbs to find the world encrusted in ice.

10 Thankfully, the oceanic frost melted quickly enough so we could suit up into

WORDS  our climbing harness and follow Uncle Don on a high-angle tour of the top-se-

 6 cret mineralized breccia formation. The cliffs around there weren’t too steep and were well-featured, present- CURRENTS ing a plethora of footholds and hand-

4 holds to choose from as we edged ef- STORY AND IMAGE BY TRAIL RAT silent brooding mountainside. ficiently across gritty slabs that hung

VIEWS  Our sharpened senses and expanded imposingly with increased exposure over consciousnesses were fused to the for- a gaping void. 2  Hidden Gems est in a hypnotic sort of glee when we After squeezing ourselves into a body- width declivity and stemming our arms MAIL  inevitably encountered the first traces VEINS, VUGS AND VERTICAL VIVIFICATION of snow lingering in the trees. and legs a few hundred feet up a natu- As one icy embankment led to anoth- ral chimney, we contoured out to a broad WORDS WERE scarce and conversation was minimal as our socially distanced er, the crunching sounds of knee-deep road-sized ledge full of dangerous-look-

08.05.20 party of rockhounds crawled up an overgrown boot trail that seemed to twist and post-holing grew prevalent and a bevy ing rockfall that ramped gently upward turn forever through dense brush and heavy timber. of ice axes were somberly deployed to across a sheer granite face. The singular

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# slopes and an exposed breccia vein with pockets of pyrite-bearing quartz crystals The treachery of a thousand rock impossible to miss and we were enthralled known for their rare beauty and extraordinary size. wells and snow bridges abounded and to thoroughly explore its features. Under any other circumstance the four of us would have been belting out show just around the rocky foot of a tower- Snooping around hundreds of crystal- tunes, yodeling at each other or engaging in philosophical banter toward some larger ing spire we found our route impeded by pyrite-lined cavities called “vugs” we degree of motivational purpose. the log-strewn debris of a substantial discovered several specimens as big as But since Uncle Don considers both the route we were following and our destina- avalanche path. dinner plates and one measuring closer

CASCADIA WEEKLY tion to be classified top-secret—his favorite long-deceased uncle, a New Age guru The chopping blade of a felling axe to coffee-table-size. named “Jingles,” first guided him to the breccia vein decades ago—it was prudent soon rang through the air and as we The lure of taking some big trophy 12 to keep our pieholes shut and let the natural noises of the North Cascades prevail. forged ahead with significant route- pieces did run strong initially, but in the So other than a handful of chattery squirrels and a couple industrious woodpeck- clearing work we found ourselves aided in end not a single one of us could find it ers making an occasional racket, we were subsumed by the rhythmic thunk of our innumerable ways by the digging blades in our hearts to wrest more than a hand- heavy boots on the trail, mixed with outbursts of breathing, expectorating, snot- of two small foldable shovels. ful of smaller crystals. The pleasure of the blowing and the discordant clatter of trekking poles. Contouring the gullied sidehill over moment was just knowing such exquisite The less we talked, the deeper we listened and the more audible our movements intermittent snowfields for the next mountain treasure remains to be discov- became as we bashed, bonked and painstakingly maneuvered our way across the mile or so proved exceedingly arduous, ered by anyone willing to find it. Store Pickup Thur - Mon 8:30am - 12:00pm How will you save

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MUSIC  Bellingham Repertory Dance’s Online Youth Workshop taking place from 10am-1pm Aug. 10-14. Students will explore the possibilities 16 of dance learning via Zoom in the spaces

ART  currently available to them. Throughout the week, students will develop tools for 14 14 improvisation and composition, learn about digital technology, engage in dance-related discussions, and experience master classes STAGE  STAGE  taught by special guest instructors. Addition- ally, Bellingham Repertory Dance members

12 will offer mentorship and facilitate team- building. Through kinesthetic and creative learning opportunities, dancers will complete

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CHRISTOPHER GAZE of experience are encouraged to sign up now for the fourth annual 7-Day Dance Festival WORDS  PHOTO BY DAVID COOPER DAVID BY PHOTO happening Aug. 21-29 in a modified format that meets COVID-19 health and safety guide-

 6 lines. This event will include online classes, BY AMY KEPFERLE mer Night’s Dream, the epic drama Henry workshops and opportunities to collaborate V, a restaging of 2015’s hit Jazz Age with other artists. Participants will either CURRENTS production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, and work solo or with a group to create a socially distant dance-for-camera piece. This can be 4 Bard Alert Paradise Lost, Erin Shield’s modern take as simple or complex as each group would on the battle between good and evil— like, and the festival will include built-in

VIEWS  BEYOND THE BEACH would return in the summer of 2021, with support structures to help you along the way. the intention to reassemble the same tal- Fees are $20, due by Aug. 15. 2  MY BROTHER-IN-LAW has dual citizenship in the United States and Canada ented teams next spring. WWW.BHAMREP.ORG

MAIL  and owns property in Kamloops, but not even he dared cross the border during a re- “There is some good news in that we cent trip to Whatcom County for fear of having to adhere to Canada’s strict two-week are able to confirm we intend to present quarantine mandate before taking care of business—and eventually returning to a the same dynamic 2020 lineup of plays in who would’ve been portraying fairies in COVID-ridden country travelers aren’t in a particular hurry to visit. our 2021 season,” Gaze said in a video an- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and related

08.05.20 Even before the restriction on all discretionary travel at the border was implement- nouncement. “Each production’s concept is content—as well as blog series, behind- ed on the first day of spring—and recently extended until at least Aug. 21—Canadi- unique and innovative, and we’re thrilled the-scenes blogs, Shakespeare-related

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# thinking ahead to what the ban might mean to their bottom line. vive and be fulfilled next summer.” active gatherings—is also meant to elicit In the case of Bard on the Beach, the powers that be had already spent a month In the meantime, however, Bard on the donations to help “build a bridge” to 2021. intensively exploring what could be possible for the popular Shakespeare-focused Beach intends to remain relevant. Last “Our focus must be to keep the festi- festival’s 31st season, which had been scheduled to run from June 10-Sept. 26 in Van- week, they announced they’ve repurposed val’s stories and spirit alive in the hearts couver B.C.’s scenic Vanier Park. Their conclusion: Ensuring the safety and well-being their vision for this season to focus on and minds of festival followers dur- of their patrons, staff, volunteers, donors, sponsors and partners meant Bard on the creating new digitally delivered content ing this ‘gap year’—and also reach new

CASCADIA WEEKLY Beach needed to be shuttered for the summer of 2020. and experiences to festival followers as people who are able to visit our virtual An April 6 press release announcing the pandemic-related closure came with well as new audiences from around the spaces more easily than a physical loca- 14 both bad and good news. In the negative category was the stark fact that more world. No cross-border considerations are tion,” Gaze says. “We are truly excited than two-thirds of Bard’s $8 million annual operating budget comes from ticket and required, and everybody stays safe. about what we’re creating, and the new ancillary sales generated over its four-month run, and the organization employs The bard’s own “Hearts remote, yet opportunities it offers for growth, rel- nearly 300 administrative and production staff and artists—people who rely on not asunder” quote is the tagline of the evance and inclusion.” these jobs for a large portion of their annual income. Bard Beyond the Beach initiative, which In the better-news category came a report from founding artistic director Christo- in addition to providing “Bard Around For more information about Bard Beyond pher Gaze, who noted that the 2020 lineup—including the beloved comedy A Midsum- Town” videos, performances by dancers the Beach, go to www.bardonthebeach.org

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21 the world, was canceled due to the perils of the pandemic—the exhibit at the De- pot and the wind dragons crafted by local B-BOARD  artist Monica Bretherton became a way to creatively reclaim the city and take a step

20 toward recovery from COVID-19 and its negative effects. FILM  “Dragons are a gateway between the natural world and our imagination,” says 18 Bretherton, who originated the project. “That’s obviously a significant relation- MUSIC  ship because we have been creating art about them for at least 10,000 years.” 16 16 Paid for by the City of Arlington’s Pub- ART  ART  lic Art Program—which last year started funneling 10 percent of new construction

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# route that started in the town of Snoqualmie and ended in Arlington. ful to Bretherton for coming up with the In between the former and latter locales, the day took on a gauzy fairy-tale quality idea for the community-minded project. as we happened upon colorful farm stands selling ripe peaches and freshly harvested “Since we had to cancel our Art in Le- tomatoes, watched masked tourists wander dreamily through Darrington’s historic dis- gion Park Festival and all our youth art trict, detoured through a sinuous and magical agricultural road that was never iden- events, it was lucky that Monica was able tified—I’m still not sure if it actually exists—and eventually found our way to the to re-conceive Suddenly Dragons to func-

CASCADIA WEEKLY dragons of Arlington. tion in this new environment,” she notes. That last vision wasn’t a sleep-deprived hallucination brought on by spending three “Ironically, she proposed the project for 16 days on the open road. As was evidenced by a press release awaiting me upon my city funding over a year ago, before any- return to civilization, a number of the mythical fire-breathing creatures have “flown” one even imagined such a thing as the into downtown Arlington in recent days as part of what is described as an “interactive COVID pandemic. To me, it represents the public art adventure.” magic and power of art for recovery.” This means residents and those passing through the Snohomish County city south of Mount Vernon will be treated to sightings of the winged beasts crafted by area artists For more details, go to www.suddenly through August—including hidden dragons in the windows (and one fence) of local busi- dragons.com doit ONGOING EXHIBITS Seventy-five years after the first nuclear ALLIED ARTS: From Aug. 7-29, view “We Are WACK” at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The exhibit ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES weapons were used, the weapons are features various works by members of Whatcom #stillhere. So are the survivors. Artists of Clay and Kiln—a group with a passion

for creative expression with clay. Gallery and thrift 26  store hours are 11am-4pm Tues.-Fri. for the foresee- August 6 and 9 are the 75th anniversaries of the Atomic Bombings of able future. Safety guidelines are in place. FOOD  WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, respectively. No More Bombs, a Skagit Valley peace and nuclear disarmament group, is proud to join a coalition

ARTWOOD: Hours are currently 11am-5pm Wednes- of over 100 organizations worldwide to honor the victims — and to 21 days through Fridays, and 11am-6pm Saturdays at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. Please wear a embrace our role in ensuring these weapons are never used again.

mask when entering the gallery; gloves will be avail- B-BOARD  able for guests who need to handle the merchandise. Join us August 6th for a local remembrance from 7-8pm via Zoom. A WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Zoom link will be available on the NMB website August 6. National

Barbara Noonan’s “Rothko Sunset” is one of 20 GALLERY SYRE: Peruse “David Syre: Envisioning many works that can be seen by the featured events will livestream all day on August 6 and 9. Featuring programs a Better Future” from 11am-4pm Tuesdays through pastel artist through Sept. 1 in Anacortes at with luminaries such as Dr. Ira Helfand, Daniel Ellsberg, and Setsuko FILM  Thursdays (and by appointment) through Nov. 7 the Scott Milo Gallery. Thurlow. We hope you’ll join us in this global movement! at Gallery Syre, 465 W. Stuart Rd. The works Syre 18 created during quarantine have a unique language www.nomorebombs.org and message for a better future. Mostly abstract 2345 Blanche Way. and painted with powerful colors, these recent WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org MUSIC  canvases inspire people to take a leap into the unknown, to think about new forms of living PERRY AND CARLSON: “Altered Landscapes” an 16 16 together—and a new world in which humans can exhibit of works featuring linoleum block prints ART  coexist with nature again. by Natalie Niblack and paintings by Esteban ART  WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM Silva, shows from 11am-5pm Thursdays through

Sundays through August in Mount Vernon at virtual 14 GOOD EARTH: “In Cahoots“ an exhibit of works Perry and Carlson Gallery, 504 S. First St. Call by featured artists Ann Marie Cooper and Heather (360) 889-5032 to schedule a private viewing of STAGE  Hitt, can be viewed from 11am-5pm Thursdays the shop or gallery. through Saturdays, 12pm-4pm Sundays, and WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM

11am-5pm Mondays through August at Good Earth 12 Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. A reception happens from SMITH & VALLEE: Peruse hand-cut works by paper 1pm-3pm Sun., Aug. 9. No more than six patrons artist Ann Chadwick Reid and pencil drawings by Kim

will be allowed inside the gallery at a time, and Obbink through August in Edison at Smith & Vallee GET OUT  customers and employees will be required to wear Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. The exhibit—plus a “De- a mask. Gloves and hand sanitizer will be provided constructed Art Fair” exhibit in the Flex Gallery—

for handling pottery, and a sneeze guard/barrier is can be viewed in person from 10am-5pm Saturdays 10 installed at the cash register. and Sundays. The number of visitors in the gallery WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM will be limited, and guests are asked to wear masks. WORDS  The venue is also open weekdays by appointment FOURTH CORNER: Paintings by Brooke Borcherd- with free curbside pickup for online purchases. ing can be viewed through Sept. 12 at Fourth WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM  6 Corner Frames and Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. Masks should be worn in the shop, and hand sanitizer SCOTT MILO GALLERY: Seattle-based artist will be available. Barbara Noonan’s new interpretive, abstract CURRENTS WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM landscape pastels can be viewed from 11am-4pm

Wednesdays through Fridays from Aug. 7-Sept. 1 4 I.E. GALLERY: See Rachel Maxi’s newest body in Anacortes at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial of work, “Divine Mind,” from 11am-5pm Fridays Ave. Also showing are still-life photographs by VIEWS  through Sundays through mid-August in Edison Randy Dana, oil and pastel landscapes by Amanda #SAVEOURSTAGESBEINGHAM at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. The solo exhibit Houston, and big-sky oils by Jeanne Levasseur. 2  features pieces by the former realist painter who’s WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM Downtown Sounds go virtual to raise funds and save our ag. now doing abstract work. An artist meet-and- DONATE AT DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COMSAVEOURSTAGES MAIL  greet takes place from 1pm-4pm Sat., Aug. 8. WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Art LIVE STREAMING BEGINS AT 7PM WWW.IEEDISON.COM Guild members can be seen from 11am-3pm Fri- days through Sundays through August at Whatcom JANSEN ART CENTER: Submissions for the 2020 Art Market, 1103 11th St. Due to public safety 8/12: petty or not 08.05.20 Fall Virtual Juried Exhibit will be accepted through concerns, masks are required for all customers, Mon., Aug. 17 at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 and hand sanitizer will be provided. hoed by Wild Bu‚alo Front St. Juried exhibits are open to the public as WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG .15 32 a way to showcase the artistic talent in Whatcom 8/19: Mostafa Live Band + dryland # County and the surrounding region. Artists are in- WHATCOM MUSEUM: Due to concerns about hoed by The Shakedown vited to submit as many as five pieces to be judged COVID-19, Whatcom Museum’s campus—includ- by a qualified jury made up of artists, curators and ing the Lightcatcher Building, Family Interactive 8/26: hot damn scandal other figures in the arts community. There is a $25 Gallery, Old City Hall, and Syre Education Center— submission fee. The exhibit opens virtually Thurs., will be closed until further notice. Museum staff hoed by Boundary Bay Brewing Sept. 3. If guidelines allow the center to open are preparing for safe reopening during Phase 3 of during the duration of the exhibit, it will transfer Governor Inslee’s plan. Meanwhile, the museum is over to a live exhibit in the building. Deadlines for hosting virtual programs designed to educate and CASCADIA WEEKLY VIRTUAL DOWNTOWN SOUNDS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: the eighth annual Virtual Cup Show will be accepted engage audiences of all ages; offering a selection 17 through Aug. 24. of downloadable at-home activities; updating its WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG YouTube channel with curator-led virtual gallery tours, collection highlights, and educational MATZKE GALLERY: A variety of paintings and activities; updating articles about the museum’s sculptures can currently be viewed from 11am- art collection; and offering curbside pickup from 5pm Fridays through Sundays on Camano Island its Museum Store, at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG WITH SUPPORT FROM RAM Construction Freeland & Associates rumor has it IN MY NEVER-ENDING, but hopefully end-

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21 the Racket is open for takeout and deliv- ery—and even has a wee bit of outdoor seating for folks who simply can’t wait B-BOARD  to tear into their Philly cheesesteaks and falafel sandwiches.

20 not just a showcase of the music we’ve all come They’re also offer- to expect and love, but is also proof of the pow- ing to-go cocktails, FILM  er of ingenuity and adaptability in trying times. which means I will

It’ll work like this: On the original Stringband not have to spend 18 18 dates—Aug. 7-8—a safety-minded skeleton a summer without crew will film and record the lineup of musi- drinking the Blood MUSIC  MUSIC  cians, and those performances will be beamed of the Earth, oth- out into our ears, eyes and hearts via Facebook, erwise known as 16 YouTube, and the Jamboree’s website, as well as “that beet thing,” BY CAREY ROSS ART  broadcast live on KMRE 102.3 FM. otherwise known as “We’ve been guided by three principles,” my favorite cocktail in town that does not

14 Blake says. “1. In the state of Washington, by come in the form of a Jell-O shot. order of the governor under the stay-at-home Speaking of Jell-O shots—because I am STAGE  order, artist and musician livestreaming is an always speaking of Jell-O shots whenever essential service. 2. All plans need to be flex- possible—Rumors Cabaret has dabbled in

12 ible to meet COVID safety needs. 3. Physical slinging rainbow Jell-O shots from their ga- distancing is mandatory, but suffering is op- rage door entryway, while its buddy bar, the tional—let’s have some fun.” Back Door, has reopened with limited hours GET OUT  Fun shall be had and it’ll come courtesy and offerings, including a drink styled after 2019 SUBDUED STRINGBAND JAMBOREE of Blake himself (of course), Devin Cham- a Capri Sun that will allow you to relive your 10

PHOTO BY DAVID JOHNSON DAVID BY PHOTO plin, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Cumulus, Baby childhood, but with 100 percent more booze. Gramps, Sweater Weather String Band, Tango While Rumors might not come immediately WORDS  BY CAREY ROSS Cowboys, Meg Yates and the Kindred, Hot Damn to mind when we think of music venues, with Scandal, the Sweet Goodbyes, and more. its DJs and drag shows, it occupies an impor-

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4 keeping everyone safe. While it would certainly slackening of laws allowing restaurants and band Jamboree be easier for musicians to perform at home or other businesses to sell to-go cocktails,

VIEWS  in their own backyards, Blake says that’s not in why such places as the Wild Buffalo or the SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL keeping with the spirit of the thing. Underground are closed instead of keeping 2  “It’s important to me that all the musi- booze flowing and reaping the benefits. The

MAIL  IT IS true to say I grieve every event, concert series and festival canceled cians perform from the same stage live for answer is simple: They operate under night- due to COVID-19. However, in the interest of honesty, it is not accurate to say the at-home audience,” he says. “We’ll be club licenses, which don’t allow them to do I mourn them equally, as some own a larger piece of my heart than others. presenting a consistency of sound, space anything right now other than remain idle. One of the losses I’ve felt most keenly has been the Subdued Stringband and subdued charm. The at-home audience As I understand it, there’s little they can

08.05.20 Jamboree. When the live music was turned off a few months ago, I knew fes- will be able to watch the shade on the set do short of changing their liquor licenses, a tival founder Robert Sarazin Blake would have to cancel this year’s Jamboree, shift throughout the day. A livestream isn’t time-consuming and expensive process.

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# year as I used to, the Jamboree and its sense of community remain dear to me. We know as viewers we’re sharing a moment arbitrary at best and draconian at worst, but But Stringband has always been, at its core, as much about that community with the performer.” what was once a source of frustration has as it has been about the music itself. And that community, at its core, is about This extra-subdued Subdued Stringband Jam- now become a matter of life and death for figuring shit out. It is adept in the art of navigating and troubleshooting ob- boree isn’t exactly what Blake had envisioned businesses classified as nightclubs. stacles, and though Blake might’ve felt at first that the only thing to do was for the 20th anniversary of the event. However, But we can help by contacting everyone go on hiatus for 2020, others nudged him in a different direction. he’s able to appreciate that it’s very much a from Governor Inslee on down to our state

CASCADIA WEEKLY “For a moment back in March, at the prospect of postponing the 2020 return to the festival’s roots. and local politicians to ask them to either Jamboree, I felt a sigh of relief,” Blake says. “After 19 summers of organiz- “This 20th annual ’Tin Can’ Jamboree has loosen the strictures of the nightclub license 18 ing a jamboree, I started to imagine an alternate pace to my summer. First been scaled down from three days to two days, so establishments operating under them can up, I planned on finishing War and Peace, which I theoretically read in high from 40 performers to 14, from international sell to-go alcohol and/or eliminate the fees, school but abandoned somewhere after 1,100 pages. The momentum of the performers to a hyper-local lineup,” he says, expedite the process and create a means by crew quickly derailed my plans for Tolstoy, and we’ve been scratching at the “but it’s still the Jamboree and—just like the which “nightclubs” can temporarily change plan since mid-April.” first annual—it’s being held in a backyard.” their licenses to something more suited to “The plan” has taken form, the 2020 festival has been rechristened the “Tin our current situation. We’ve got time for Can Jamboree,” and the details are now fleshed out. This year’s Stringband is More info: www.stringbandjamboree.com. this. Let’s make shit happen. ORDER GROCERIES

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filmgoers. The Business and Criterion is

26  a match made in movie heaven. film But how does a tiny store in Anacortes FOOD  MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS get hooked up with a prestigious distrib- utor like the Criterion Collection?

21 “The partnership with Criterion has been a long time coming,” Rennis says. “Since we avoid working with large dis- B-BOARD  tributors, we wanted to partner directly,

which proved to be more of an involved 20  20 process than we had anticipated so it took a long time to arrange. I think it’s FILM  FILM  unusual for stores to go about sourcing things as direct as we like to. We just 18 want there to be fewer pieces of the pie. When you buy a Criterion [film] from us, MUSIC  you are supporting the Business and Cri- terion. That’s it.” 16 As for the specific films you might find

ART  if you find yourself at the Business, that’s still a work in progress. Rennis is seek-

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4 fairly and their distributors well. you can’t make your way to Anacortes but A Perfect Partnership Which brings us to the part having to have a hankering for a Criterion release

VIEWS  do with movies. for yourself or to gift someone else, I’m THE BUSINESS MEETS CRITERION When Rennis took over the Business, it about one million thousand percent cer- 2  SINCE TRAVEL is inadvisable to impossible, I’ve recently come around in a big way had a small used video section that was tain you can contact Rennis at the Busi- ness and he will find a way to get your MAIL  to the idea of day-tripping and staycations. almost an afterthought. As he retooled Who am I trying to fool here? Anyone who knows me is well aware that exploring the and refined things, he jettisoned that movie to you—after all, he does it with nooks and crannies of my surroundings is like oxygen to me. Name a tiny town in Wash- department, but offering movies that fit records all the time. His fiercely inde- ington in my presence, and it’s likely I’ll say something like, “I ate a plate of enchiladas within the store’s ethos of doing every- pendent spirit is coupled with a strong

08.05.20 and then accidentally went to a pep rally there.” Or “I drove through there and watched thing with intention and working directly drive to get as much of the art he loves a guy in a hot dog costume dance on a street corner during mariachi lunch hour.” Or “I with distributors was always in the back into the hands of as many people as pos-

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# These are all true stories that have nothing to do with the movies, but I’ll get routes in the film world he could’ve taken Criterion Collection. there, I swear. to his desired destination, but in reality, “In a time when so many folks might During the summer, fall and possibly winter of our COVID-19 discontent, I am commit- all roads led to the Criterion Collection. normally disregard physical media in any ted to taking safe, masked and socially distanced daytrips to places near and slightly Every film buff (this one included) way as an inconvenience, we appreciate less near. None of these places will be new to me, but they’re all spots I love, and of who knows anything about anything even more the great lengths a company them, Anacortes is at the top of the list. worships at the altar of the Criterion like Criterion goes toward making a spe-

CASCADIA WEEKLY Most people consider the lure of Anacortes to be its scenic wonders. Situated on Collection, which offers both well- cial experience for the collector,” Rennis Fidalgo Island, it is truly a lovely waterfront locale and is also the ferry gateway known and more obscure films, but gives says. “I’ve always been a huge Criterion 20 to the San Juan Islands. As for me, I love Anacortes’ mixed roots as a scrappy port each selection the gold-star treatment, fan and feel really lucky that I get to town as well as artist enclave the effects of which remain evident in its fiercely with painstaking restoration, behind- share that with our community.” independent nature. the-scenes bonus info, insightful com- No place harnesses that fierceness or sense of independence quite like the Business. mentary and more. Because of the time For more information about the Business, Anacortes’ music scene is long and storied and the store that once housed Knw-Yr-Own and effort that goes into each Criterion including store hours, shipping information Records and employed Karl Blau and Phil Elverum has been at the heart of it since 1978. release, as carefully as Rennis sources and COVID-19 policies, find them at www. For the past several years, Nick Rennis has been the Business’ owner, and he takes its his music, the folks at Criterion show thebusinessanacortes.com BY ROB BREZSNY aren’t as serious as you might imagine. The biggest BY AMY ALKON Anger does its recalibrational work— problem seems to be the messy congestion that has accumulated over time in your links to sources that that is, incentivizes better treatment— usually serve you pretty well. So if you’ll simply dis-

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Have you been saving FOOD  ugliness of aggression) or to withdraw ASTROLOGY GODDESS any of your tricks for later? If so, later has arrived. benefits (such as the various social and ARIES (March 21-April 19): In her book Sticks, Have you been postponing flourishes and climaxes

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Have you been wondering when you would Trees imparted wisdom about herbal cures, weather get a ripe opportunity to express and highlight the rising up. It’s all her and her new love all the angry person’s interests, and this can 20 patterns, and ecologically sound strategies. Until most interesting truths about yourself? If so, that time. If she asks anything about me or how motivate them to mend their selfish, recently, many scientists might have dismissed this opportunity is available. I’m doing, it’s an afterthought. I try to avoid neglectful ways. lore as delusion. But in his 2016 book The Hidden Life FILM  conflict, so I haven’t said anything. I keep In other words, in anger, you’ve got a of Trees, forester Peter Wohlleben offers evidence that SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I learned to make trees have social lives and do indeed have the power my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there hoping she’ll realize she’s behaving really self- fantastic tool to protect you from being 18 to converse. I’ve always said that you Aries folks have is room for paradoxes,” writes Scorpio author Maxine ishly. What will it take to get her to recognize taken advantage of—that is, if you use it great potential to conduct meaningful dialogs with Hong Kingston. That would be an excellent task for this and start being a better friend? —Upset instead of trying to suppress it. Because animals and trees. And now happens to be a perfect you to work on in the coming weeks. Here are your MUSIC  anger is triggered automatically, stifling time for you to seek such invigorating pleasures. formulas for success: 1. The more you expand your imagination, the better you’ll understand the big There’s actual friendship, and then it won’t make it go away; it’ll make it go 16 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Joanne Harris picture of your present situation—and the more there’s calling somebody a friend but away and get bigger and uglier. It’s likely writes, “The right circumstances sometimes happen progress you will make toward creating the most ART  using them as a giant ear-shaped to leak out at inappropriate times (like of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without interesting possible future. 2. The more comfortable warning. The magic of everyday things.” I think that’s you are about dwelling in the midst of paradoxes, trash can. in sniping hostility when you speak), 14 an apt oracle for you to embrace during the coming the more likely it is that you will generate vigorous Not surprisingly, being treated this and there can be an eventual out-of- weeks. In my opinion, life will be conspiring to make decisions that serve both your own needs and the way has left you feeling angry. Like proportion explosion, often at some se- you feel at home in the world. You will have an excel- needs of your allies. STAGE  many people, you’re uncomfortable riously minor perceived “slight,” like the lent opportunity to get your personal rhythm into with anger. Anger is often character- person you’re angry with not passing a close alignment with the rhythm of creation. And so SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Some people you may achieve a version of what mythologist Joseph will never like you because your spirit irritates their 12 ized (wrongly) as a “negative” emotion. condiment quite zippily enough. Campbell called “the goal of life"—“to make your demons,” says actor and director Denzel Washington. Sure, the expression of anger—ours Healthy assertiveness, on the other heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match “When you shine bright, some won’t enjoy the shadow or that of somebody around us—can hand, requires the expression of what I’d your nature with Nature.” you cast,” says rapper and activist Talib Kweli. You may GET OUT  make us feel stressed out, uncomfort- call “timely, judicious honesty.” “Time- have to deal with reactions like those in the coming GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Author Gloria weeks, Sagittarius. If you do, I suggest that you don’t able and even poisoned. Uncontrolled ly” means expressing that you have un- Anzaldúa writes, “I am an act of kneading, of uniting take it personally. Your job is to be your radiant, gen- 10 anger can get us in trouble (sometimes met needs relatively quickly—as soon as and joining.” She adds that in this process, she has erous self—and not worry about whether anyone has become “a creature that questions the definitions the personal power necessary to handle your radiant,

for 20 years to life). you can after you realize there’s an issue. WORDS  However, anger, like the rest of our Being “judicious” means taking an of light and dark and gives them new meanings.” I generous self. The good news is that I suspect you will would love for you to engage in similar work right stimulate plenty of positive responses that will more emotions, is actually functional. Over emotionally strategic approach: framing now, Gemini. Life will be on your side—bringing you than counterbalance the challenging ones.  6 millions of years, our emotions evolved the discussion with how you feel rather lucky breaks and stellar insights—if you undertake the to be the factory foremen of human be- than how someone’s wronged you. In heroic work of reformulating the meanings of “light” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn occult- and “dark"—and then reshaping the way you embody ist Peter J. Carroll tells us, “Some have sought to avoid havior, motivating us to behave in ways practice, this means evoking the other those primal forces. suffering by avoiding desire. Thus they have only small CURRENTS that solved problems humans dealt with person’s empathy (saying, “I feel bad desires and small sufferings.” In all of the zodiac, you 4 on a recurring basis, such as finding a when...”) rather than using language of CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Pleasure is one of Capricorns are among the least likely to be like that. mate, avoiding a beat down, and get- accusation or blame (“You do this rot- the most important things in life, as important as food One of your potential strengths is the inclination to or drink,” wrote Cancerian author Irving Stone. I would cultivate robust desires that are rooted in a quest for VIEWS  ting a friend to be more give-and-take ten thing...”), which makes a person love for you to heed that counsel, my fellow Crabs. rich experience. Yes, that sometimes means you must than take, take, take. feel attacked and motivates them to What he says is always true, but it will be extraordi- deal with more strenuous ordeals than other people. 2  Evolutionary psychologist Aaron Sell, fight back instead of listening. narily meaningful for you to take to heart during the But I think it’s a wise trade-off. In any case, my dear, who researches anger, explains that it The third step, “honesty,” is express- coming weeks. Here’s how you could begin: Make a list you’re now in a phase of your cycle when you should MAIL  of seven experiences that bring you joy, bliss, delight, take inventory of your yearnings. If you find there is one of a few emotions that serves ing, “Here’s what I need...” and seeing fun, amusement, and gratification. Then make a vow— are some that are too timid or meager, I invite you to to regulate not just our behavior, but whether the other person says they’re even write an oath on a piece of paper—to increase either drop them or pump them up. the frequency and intensity of those experiences. also that of others (as do shame and up for providing it. Then, of course, 08.05.20 sadness). When we express sadness, there’s seeing whether they actually AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The people who LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At times in our lives, it’s live in the town of Bazoule, Burkina Faso regard the for example, like by sobbing, it evokes will (perhaps with a reminder or two impractical to be innocent and curious and blank and local crocodiles as sacred. They live and work amidst .15 32

empathy in others, which makes them from you if they automatically fall back receptive. So many tasks require us to be knowledge- the 100-plus creatures, coexisting peacefully. Kids play # want to reach out and give us a hug and into their old ways). able and self-assured and forceful and in control. But within a few feet of them, never worrying about safety. maybe even let us use their shoulder as If you accept responsibility for being according to my astrological analysis, the coming I’d love to see you come to similar arrangements with weeks will be a time when you will benefit from the untamed influences and strong characters in your own a substitute for snotty Kleenex. delinquent in expressing what you want former state of mind: cultivating what Zen Buddhists life, Aquarius. You don’t necessarily have to treat them Sell calls anger a “recalibrational from your friend, it should help you cool call “beginner’s mind.” The Chinese refer to it as as sacred, but I do encourage you to increase your emotion” and explains that it func- off enough to do that now in a civil way. chūxīn, or the mind of a novice. The Koreans call it empathy and respect for them. the eee mok oh? approach, translated as “What is tions as a bargaining tool for us to If it turns out she isn’t genuinely inter-

this?” Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield defines it as PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your body naturally CASCADIA WEEKLY negotiate for better treatment. When ested in your welfare—that is, in being the “don’t-know mind.” During this upcoming phase, I produces at least one quart of mucus every day. You we notice that another person doesn’t a real friend to you with all the give- invite you to enjoy the feeling of being at peace with might not be aware of it, because much of it glides 21 place enough value on our “welfare” and-take that involves—you can down- all that’s mysterious and beyond your understanding. down your throat. Although you may regard this snot as gross, it’s quite healthy. It contains antibodies (meaning our interests, our well-be- grade her accordingly (like from friend VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Almost everything and enzymes that kill harmful bacteria and viruses. I ing), anger rises up in us, motivating to “someone I know”). Of course, you will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, propose we regard mucus as your prime metaphor in us to take action to get the other per- really couldn’t be a better friend to her including you.” Author Anne Lamott wrote that, and the coming weeks. Be on the alert for influences and son to correct—that is, recalibrate— right now—that is, unless you had your now I’m conveying it to you—just in time for the ideas that might empower you even if they’re less than Unplug-Yourself Phase of your astrological cycle. Any beautiful and pleasing. Make connections with helpful the imbalance, to treat us better. jaw wired shut for a month. glitches or snafus you may be dealing with right now influences even if they’re not sublimely attractive. rearEnd crossword

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10 I’ve ordered it. I wouldn’t even call it a chicken fillet or burger, it’s more a gi-

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# biking are not viable means by which for me to pass the time. chicken tenders prior to taste-testing very generously sized and had some de- What I can still do, however, is eat. their Fried Chicken Po Boy. Was that the cidedly nonstandard toppings in the form Because I like to eat with a purpose, a few weeks ago, I hatched the idea of consum- smartest plan? No, but do I seem like a of arugula and aioli—and Mama Lil’s pep- ing several of Bellingham’s more popular fried-chicken sandwiches and then writing person capable of making and executing pers, which is the condiment I love above about them. the smartest plan? Either way, it did not all others. Their sandwich offered the And while eating four fried-chicken sandwiches in five days was definitely a treat for diminish my po boy experience. Of all the zestiest, crunchiest breading of the four

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