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4 zone more important than my of doing business, just as trenched powers will have to interest in living in a peaceful shingles, site prep, and la- give nothing up. They want to NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre single-family neighborhood? bor are already. The issue is eradicate risk for themselves and pass it on. It is called “privatizing living ecosystems in which they ex- th, pm profits, socializing risk.” ist. Accompanying this right to life is SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 7 Instead we can reverse that in- our responsibility as stewards of the Literature NewWorld-Renowned York Times writer Canopy Biologist equality, and prioritize currently dis- land. We cannot disproportionately advantaged concerns: preservation of log, mine, develop and build roads LIVE! KATIE HAFNER will introduce her acclaimed book a livable community for all of our cit- through our forests, mountains, wet- EVENTS izens. The proposal for fully funded lands, and salmon streams without 34 impact fees, just as the articulation harming and financially encumbering A ROMANCE on FOOD of the degrading consequences of the future generations, no matter how THREE LEGS Chuckanut Ridge development, seeks many super markets, concrete retain- 28 to “generalize benefits, and clarify ing ponds, “core” forest stands, and consequences and risks to the com- “green” streetscapes we devise to Glenn Gould’s Obsessive Questt mon good.” Impact fees that account feign otherwise. for the Perfect Piano for the costs of development will es- True fiscal conservatives will unite A grand tale of obsession about the brilliant and eccentric CLASSIFIEDS Glenn Gould and the unique, temperamental instrument he tablish a more fair tax structure and to eliminate such deficit spending came to love beyond all others. Written by a top New York 24 create resources to meet our other and support increased op tions—like Times writer, this “musical version of Seabiscuit” is a tale and an event you don’t want to miss!
and many pressing needs. There is no park districts and renewable energy FILM inherent reason that higher impact incentives—to proportionally repre- a FREE event at
fees mean higher home costs: they sent our long-term values and public 20 won’t if the market will not bear it. resource needs. VILLAGE BOOKS Furthermore, perhaps it is not so bad True fiscal conservatives will be will- MUSIC an outcome: maybe people will learn ing to place more effective limits on how to get by with a 3,000 sq. ft. the human activities and industries house and two-car garage. that are most collectively wasteful, 18
Wouldn’t that be something? damaging, and costly to our society ART —Larry Freeman, M.D., Bellingham and our local economy. —Cathy McKenzie, Bellingham 16 FISCAL CONSERVATISM
In this election season, our commu- PAYING ATTENTION STAGE nity is appropriately focused on fiscal Is it just me, or does it seem that
conservatism—the bottom line and Sarah Palin was educated at FOX 15 government accountability regarding News? Did her speech at the RNC have our tax-dollar subsidy and expenditure any substance, really? Does she have choices. That it why it is incredible any knowledge or opinions on any GET OUT that a small faction of local property real issues? Because what I heard owners seems blind to the long-term was namecalling, wisecracking and 14 fiscal return on public investment of the same smartass attitude I hear preserving natural open-space habitat, from the likes of Bill O’Reilly and Ann WORDS such as that remaining in and around Coulter. She was not so much a po- the Chuckanut Mountains. litical candidate as a caricature of a 8 History teaches us that environmental politician, a comic representation of h! 0LACE )N 4HE 3UNv injury collectively incurred by dispro- the decaying state of American cul- h,OVE 7ILL &IND A 7AYv portionate logging, mining, fossil-fuel ture, an offensive and perverse joke h7HATCHA 'ONNA $O v CURRENTS refining and residential constructing against women in politics. is deficit spending at its worst. “It’s a Meanwhile, on the other side of 6 way of loading the cost of our genera- the world, the real insidious threat tion’s prosperity onto the backs of our lies, where Dick Cheney is stoking the VIEWS children,” says environmental attorney fires in Georgia. Is anyone back home 4 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. paying attention? How dare the Bush- 4 MAIL MAIL All we have to do is look out our ies give away a billion dollars of our MAIL
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DELIVERANCE: When the board of directors of Seattle-based Washington Mutual, the na- tion’s largest home lender, hoisted their mo-
gul and CEO Kerry K. Killinger by his faded 34 34 power tie and featherweight money belt and views pitched him to the curb Friday, we might have FOOD OPINIONS THE GRISTLE guessed something continues to be amiss in
28 28 the nation’s ailing financial markets. Killinger is only the latest in a growing list of banking bosses thrown into the street by their boards; and WaMu was more patient than most, wait- CLASSIFIEDS ing until the company lost almost 22 percent of original value before kneecapping their CEO 24 and scrawling in crayon their apology in the BY DAVID FROOMKIN
FILM FILM form of a multi-year business plan and fore- cast for performance to the schoolmarmishly named federal Office of Thrift Supervision (“I 20 20 will not subprime; I will not subprime...”). An Unqualified Success The faceplant was completed Monday as the MUSIC baby-daddy Bush administration ‘fessed up to WHEN ‘SPIN’ GETS MISTAKEN FOR A RÉSUMÉ
the DNA of its bastard twins, homelenders Fred- 18 die Mac and Fannie Mae. Now taxpayers owe ONE OF the problems with mod- from McCain supporters is being
ART ART child support. ern political journalism is that when treated like a supportable position. Of course, it was clear to everyone this side of something manifestly absurd takes By contrast, it seems to me that any- rightwing mouthbreathers that—in the way the place, as long as there are people one suggesting Palin was selected for 16 offspring of ogres resemble ogres—the “private- willing to argue both sides, our top anything other than political reasons
STAGE STAGE ly owned” Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corpora- reporters feel obliged to treat it as should be considered presumptively a tion (Freddie Mac) and Federal National Mortgage deserving of serious debate. liar from this point on.
15 Association (Fannie Mae) were anything but. No, Case in point: John McCain’s selec- This is not a radical view. Here, the power and authority of these hybrid entities tion of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his SOMEBODY WITH EVEN for instance, is Richard Cohen on the came from the appearance of private ownership, running mate. Washington Post op-ed page: GET OUT but—as one economic analyst describes—with Palin would be spectacularly un- LESS EXPERIENCE COULD “Probably the most depressing “an implicit government guarantee that people qualified for the job of vice president MEET WHAT EVERYONE thing about Palin is not her selec- 13 at the end of the day considered explicit.” even if McCain were immortal. But the tion but the defense of it. It has The end of that day arrived Monday, as the prospect of her suddenly being thrust SHOULD BE ABLE TO AGREE produced a parade of GOP spokes- WORDS federal government made explicit plans to bring into the leadership of the free world IS A BASIC REQUIREMENT men intent on spiking the needle Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under government has got to leave everyone but the on a polygraph. Looking right into
8 control, seeking to halt the grisly death of two most loyal, talking-point-equipped FOR OFFICE: THAT SHE OR the camera, they offer statement entities that make up almost half the U.S. mort- partisans deeply chilled. HE HAS GIVEN SERIOUS after statement that they hope the gage market. This is not a question of her poli- voters will swallow but that history
CURRENTS CURRENTS The estimated cost to taxpayers in another tics. And it has absolutely nothing THOUGHT TO ISSUES OF will forget. The sum effect on the federal bailout? In excess of $200 billion, we’re to do with her gender. It’s not even, OUR TIME. diligent news consumer is a feeling 6 6 told, as the nation’s working class groans under strictly speaking, a question of expe- of consummate contempt for the in- another boondoggle transfer of wealth to the rience. Conceivably, somebody with certainly quite fascinating, but none telligence of the American people— VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS wealthiest Americans. even less experience than Palin could of them as essential. a contempt that will be justified Goodness, who might have imagined that meet what everyone should be able What possible reason is there to should Palin be the factor that makes 4 home prices bloated beyond 30 percent of their to agree is a basic requirement for nominate someone so lacking in gravi- McCain a winner in November.”
MAIL MAIL market value could combine with mortgage lend- the office: That she or he has given tas for the vice presidency? In this Even though the cable networks can ing practices at volatile, artificially suppressed serious thought to the national and case, of course, it couldn’t be more ob- find matched pairs of pundits to take
3 interest rates and dangled in front of buyers international issues of our time. vious that Palin’s selection has every- opposite sides on just about anything,
DO IT IT DO with lousy credit and zero discretionary incomes Is there any evidence that Palin is thing to do with politics and nothing I can’t help but think that the vast
might lead to a housing default? anything other than an utter neophyte to do with governance. Palin’s gender majority of political journalists recog-
08 08 Why, golly, it’s as unforeseeable as, say, the when it comes to issues such as Iraq, and her hard-right credentials were nize there is something seriously out
.10. deregulation and consequent raids on the sav- the economy, health care, and domes- clearly seen by McCain’s top advisers of whack with the Palin selection. 9 ings-&-loan banks that cost U.S taxpayers $160 tic and foreign policy generally? as just what the campaign needed. So it’s time for our elite political
.03 billion in the mid-1980s, causing a collapse in Palin’s lack of the most basic pre- Whether that was a clever or sui- reporters to look into their own heads 37
# the finance industry and real estate markets that requisite for the job should be the cidal political calculation remains to and decide: Do you value what’s in sparked Bellingham’s nascent speculative hous- dominant message of the news cov- be seen. It’s certainly looking more there? Or are you willing to report ing boom. Or as unforeseeable as ratcheting up erage. Instead, her selection was and more like it was a reckless one. whatever people tell you? the nation’s bankruptcy laws in 2005 in a way hailed as a “bold move,” with her But it doesn’t just strain credulity— that decoupled lenders from the consequences lack of qualifications relegated to the it pulverizes it—to suggest that she David Froomkin is a columnist for the of (and making it easier for them to further lend status of a Democratic complaint. In- is the best and most qualified person Washington Post. This article origi- to) the cash-poor consumers they’d hoodwinked stead, the media establishment has McCain could find for the job. nally appeared on NiemanWatchdog. CASCADIA WEEKLY with their credit offers. let itself get drawn into a number of It’s a tremendous failure of politi- org and is reprinted by permission of
6 Freddie and Fannie, stumbled because—un- alternate story lines, some of them cal reporting that such patent spin the author. accountably—they were unable to recognize the housing bubble and adjust their lending VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE to protect themselves against the inevitable crash. got recreation? As economist Dean Baker explains, “Fannie and Freddie are very far from 34 innocent victims. It is their job to know i my bellingham parks and recreation department FOOD the housing market and to recognize a
bubble. If Fannie and Freddie had begun 28 to tighten credit five or six years ago, when house prices were already clearly Brunch out of line, they could have stopped the Sat & Sun 10-2 growth of the bubble before it reached CLASSIFIEDS such dangerous proportions.” Sleep in and For a good time Rather, under the Bush administra- still get breakfast! 24
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during that period. 15 Oh yes, our financial systems are Leisure Guide. admirably capitalist when it comes to vacuuming out profits. When it comes GET OUT to assigning losses, socialism seems the remedy for most ailments. 13 Please. Allow one of two possibilities as being true: Either the captains of fi- 2ND ANNUAL WORDS nance are experts at privatizing profits while externalizing loss (“other people’s Skagit Valley B2C EXPO 8 money”); or they are grossly incompe- tent at exploiting the system(s) they create, operate and nurture. Reader, CURRENTS flip a coin to decide… but do be careful ~ ADMISSION: $2 PER PERSON $5 PER FAMILY 6 when you bend over to read its results 6 not to find your pants around your an- TH TH VIEWS VIEWS SEPTEMBER 19 & 20 VIEWS kles and your wallet cleaned out. “The big question,” says Baker, co- AT THE SKAGIT COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 4 director of the Center for Economic and F &SATURDAY 10 AM-8 PM
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ly had Fannie and Freddie just operated .10. Presented by: 9 in a conservative manner—buying up WE HAVE WHAT YOU NEED! and mortgages that met solid lending cri- .03 37 teria, and packing them into standard # mortgage-backed securities. Fannie Grand Sponsor: and Freddie’s eagerness to keep mar- ket share, even at the cost of acquiring Premier riskier mortgages, was the main cause Sponsors: of their bankruptcy,” Baker explains. “Their innovative ‘private sector’ prac-
Executive My Own CASCADIA WEEKLY tices are likely to cost taxpayers tens Sponsors: Vintage of billions of dollars in this bailout, in 7 Evening Reception addition to the much greater harm they Sponsors: caused to the economy by extending the housing bubble.” For information, schedule & booth registration, visit www.skagitb2c.com or call the Chamber at 360-428-8547 currents news commentary briefs ' 4*! /# ' ) SETTLEMENT ASSISTS SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT POLICY QUESTIONS REMAIN . + BY TIM JOHNSON WHATCOM COUNTY won’t rush to “get along” in a settlement may not actually settle anything or—worse— neighborhood quarrel. At least—apparently—not now, and could open the city and county to additional claims. not without a few more of their questions answered. The lawsuit was originally brought against the state by In a closed session at the beginning of a lengthy meet- Skagit County, Mount Baker School District, and other small- ing that drifted far into the evening, council members ex- er taxing districts that collect revenues from the harvest pressed concerns with a tentative agreement between the of state forest trust lands in the watershed. Timber inter- county, the City of Bellingham, Skagit County, Mount Baker ests—notably the Washington Forest Law Center—backed School District, and state officials that might strengthen their suit, which challenged the state’s authority to protect the Lake Whatcom Landscape Plan while compensating the public safety and drinking water in ways that reduce logging school district for financial losses incurred as the result revenues to schools. of the plan. The plan, which restricts timber harvests and Pike told City Council the agreement is contingent upon road-building on steep slopes and near streams in the wa- final approval by the state Legislature, which could take tershed, is an important tool in protecting Lake Whatcom’s some time. water quality. While council members support a settlement, “The bottom line for us is protection of the landscape some wanted more time to better understand nuances of an and the protection it provides to our water supply,” Stan agreement Bellingham City Council counterparts reviewed Snapp said in support of his council colleagues’ unanimous and approved the previous evening. approval of the settlement. “It’s not ideal, but it’s good The settlement would direct $1.1 million to be paid by enough that we don’t want to lose it.” the city, county and state to the Mount Baker School Dis- Conservation Northwest, a party in the lawsuit, indicated trict. The settlement also instructs those governments to they would decline to sign the settlement agreement. advocate for legislation to change how the state apportions “This increases rather than decreases concerns about school funds so districts may keep more of the revenue gen- statewide equity in how we fund public schools,” said Mitch erated from logging state trust lands near them. Present Friedman, executive director of the environmental advocacy policy pools these revenues and redistributes them to pro- group. “This deal would deepen anachronistic policies that vide equity to smaller school districts statewide. fund education through destruction of forests. We should “This is a matter of protecting our drinking water, pre- have both well-funded schools and a healthy environment.” serving the environment and supporting social equity,” Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen supports settle- said Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike, who helped spearhead the ment but shares some of Friedman’s concerns. agreement. “I wanted to make sure we are able to uphold “The state has a constitutional mandate to fund schools, the landscape plan while not sacrificing the needs of chil- and a duty to trust beneficiaries that does not deplete our dren in a small rural school district.” natural resources,” Kremen said. “In this proposed settle- Pike, who promised a swift end to this dispute in his cam- ment, county government would forego at least $100,000 paign last fall, has been working for months on a compro- per year in timber harvest revenue. We have already contrib- mise with school district officials. But critics fear a hasty uted an estimated one half million dollars in timber revenue “WE’RE DRIFTING TOWARD A WATERFALL IN HOW WE FUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND MANAGE OUR PUBLIC LANDS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WON’T LIFT A PADDLE.” 34 34 —MITCH FRIEDMAN, CONSERVATION NORTHWEST FOOD 28 28 as the result of the landscape plan. This lawsuit on the side of the state. “The district does not get to keep both the this also mean the county will incur ad- is a significant financial loss during these It was an expensive decision Skagit state funding and timber revenues from ditional expenses such as a lobbyist to difficult economic times.” County ultimately came to regret, con- state lands. When one is received, the pursue legislative changes?” CLASSIFIEDS Whatcom County and Bellingham are ex- fessed Skagit’s chief civil deputy, Will other is reduced based on a formula set “How will this settlement be viewed by pected together to pay $375,000 by July Honea, who helped brief county commis- by the state, and this is what Mount Baker the other taxing districts that have also 24
1, 2009. The agreement calls for $725,000 sioners on the settlement this week. wants to get at—at the expense of other lost revenue as a result of the landscape FILM to also arrive from the state in 2009. “Resolving this is very important to the small districts like Meridian.” plan?” McFarlane continued. “If they see
Despite a faint roadmap, Pike agreed COB commissioners and is one of the things the county, the city and the state willing 20 will pay the school district an additional I was brought on board to do,” Honea CONTINUING CONCERNS to reach a settlement to protect the plan, $100,000 if the city cannot convince the said. “But having started this, we were “I continue to have fears that this may wouldn’t they also be encouraged to pur- MUSIC state Legislature to approve changes to also committed to finding a resolution to not be the end of disagreement,” Kremen sue a similar course of action?” school funding laws. it. You can’t just start battles and then warned in an interview. “There is no assur- “Those are all important questions,” “There is hope but no guarantee the leave. ance in this settlement that we are going Friedman said. “My frustration has been 18 state will agree to any of this,” Kremen “The idea that we are going to totally to be able to keep intact the landscape how little deep thought our elected ART warned. “My staff have also expressed decouple schools from timber harvests plan, which was a central reason for sup- policymakers have put into this. Whatever strong concerns that this settlement may is probably not realistic, given the huge porting settlement. The agreement does Mount Baker School District seems to feel 16 not actually settle anything with regards amount of money we’re talking about. But not make that provision plain. We could and wants to assert has been held as true
to the landscape plan.” Skagit County is just going to leave its end up back at square one.” by policymakers. STAGE money on the table,” Honea explained. For example, Kremen noted, a proposal “We’re drifting toward a waterfall of bad
THE LANDSCAPE PLAN “We’re going to give it up, just as What- currently under discussion to transfer public policy in how we fund our public 15 In 2000, the Washington State Legisla- com will, to bring this to a conclusion. But 8,100 acres of state forest lands in the wa- schools and manage our public lands, and ture passed a bill directing the state Dept. we ought to continue a discussion about tershed to county management is not part elected officials won’t lift a paddle.” of Natural Resources to provide Lake What- finding ways for people who receive an of this agreement and could other trigger “I have no idea of the inner workings GET OUT com protection against logging practices economic benefit, like clean water, to give lawsuits from taxing districts armed with of the Legislature and have no idea what that have harmed the lake through ero- some of that benefit to people who are los- a surfeit of timber money. their issues will be around timber fund- 14 sion and landslides. Ted Anderson, a tim- ing economic benefit, like the school dis- In a memo to the administration, What- ing for a small portion of schools in the ber industry advocate and then a Skagit trict. That’s a good discussion to have.” com County Parks Director Michael Mc- state,” Snapp said. “Our goal is to retain WORDS County commissioner, immediately helped Yet, “the idea that Mount Baker’s fund- Farlane expressed his concerns that “the the landscape plan and avoid the risks
8 embroil Skagit County in a lawsuit against ing for basic education is reduced because county has to work to obtain an amend- and costs of further litigation in this 8 DNR to tip over this legislation. Other tax- forests are not logged is very mislead- ment to the school funding laws is ex- matter. With those two concerns clearly ing districts joined Skagit; Conservation ing,” noted Mary Ann Armstrong, who has treme and may be at the expense of other in mind, I’m okay with the decision we’ve CURRENTS CURRENTS Northwest, the city and county joined the served on the board of the school district. school districts within the county. Does made.” CURRENTS 6 VIEWS VIEWS
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18 THE THAT WAS ART ART THE SKAGIT VALLEY HERALD 16 09.02.08 STAGE STAGE TUESDAY PHOTO/ AP Washington State Troopers and a Skagit County Sheriff’s Deputy lead shooting suspect, Isaac Zamora, 28, to the county jail, Tuesday Sept. 2, 2008
15 A standoff with an armed man ends peacefully in Belling- in Mount Vernon, Wash., after he led authorities on a high-speed chase from Alger, Wash. The Washington State Patrol says six people are dead and ham. Police report the incident began when Christopher Ross- two are wounded after a shooting rampage. Authorities say Zamora turned himself in after the shootings Tuesday afternoon. In court, Zamora twice miller, 47, refused to leave a home on Cable Street. His family explained, “I kill for God. I listen to God.” He is being held on $5 million bail. GET OUT said Rossmiller was armed, and threatened to shoot anyone who came on the property. He eventually surrenders and is taken 13 into custody. Zamora had been admitted to hospitals for men- 09.03.08 WORDS In an incident that may take weeks to fully understand, a tal health treatment and attempted suicide several WEDNESDAY lone killer takes six people’s lives—including that of a Skagit times, his friends and family say. His record includes
8 8 County sheriff’s deputy—and injured four more people. about 50 court cases in Washington state, the Sk- Republicans sneer at elitists and community orga- The carnage spread from a rural neighborhood in Alger onto agit Valley Herald reports. Most were misdemeanors nizers, then nominate John McCain (husband of an busy I-5. It ended after a police pursuit when a suspect, Isaac ranging from driving on a suspended license to pos- heiress) and his running mate, Sarah Palin (originally CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Zamora, 28, of Alger, was arrested in Mount Vernon. session of marijuana, but eight cases were felonies, a community organizer). McCain gets an 11-point Associated Press reports Zamora shot Skagit County Sher- including three before he turned 18. In 2007, he was bounce from his nominating convention. 6 iff’s Deputy Anne Jackson, 40, and Chester M. Rose, 58, at convicted of malicious mischief for throwing a ce- the same location near Alger. Two construction workers were ment block at a neighbor’s car. 09.04.08 VIEWS VIEWS found shot nearby, David Thomas Radcliffe, 57, and Gregory Ex-girlfriend Connie Hickman, who met Zamora THURSDAY Neil Gillum, 38, both of Mount Vernon. Julie A. Binschus, 48, in 2000 when they both worked at a health care 4 of Sedro-Woolley, was found a few houses away. Motorist, Le- facility, told The Seattle Times that he had a lot of Ferndale’s new school, Cascadia Elementary,
MAIL MAIL roy Lange, 64, of Methow, was shot and killed as the carnage promise, but signs of trouble kept recurring. Hick- opens. School officials say construction is not com- moved to Interstate 5. Four other people, including a state man said his growing volatility eventually led her plete, but classes have begun. 3 trooper, suffered gunshot wounds or stabbings. Authorities— to take out protection orders and leave the state, 09. 08 DO IT IT DO a team that includes 30 detectives from 10 different agen- and that she has had no contact with him for about 05.
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.10. With a history of mental illness and a lengthy criminal record, took him to a Whatcom County hospital, saying they While their investigation continues, prosecutors 9 Zamora had been locked up in Skagit County Jail until Aug. 6, feared for their safety. He was held involuntarily for file murder and assault charges against Isaac Zamo-
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# as likely to commit more crimes, but state officials didn’t expect tually, he was admitted to another hospital. During him to act violently. that stay, court records show he bit an orderly who A judge in Tacoma signs a death warrant for serial Arlington police arrested him in 2006 for marijuana posses- was trying to restrain him. Criminal charges were killer Robert Lee Yates, setting an execution date sion and driving without a license. The case has continued to filed, but later dropped. of Sept. 19. The high court ruled last year that Yates rattle around for two years. On May 15, Zamora was sentenced Zamora’s mother told reporters that her son is received a fair trial and that his death sentence in to serve six months in Skagit County, followed by a year under “desperately mentally ill” and had been living in the 2002 was legal. state supervision. He also was required to have a mental health woods near his parent’s property in Alger. CASCADIA WEEKLY screening after his release. As required, Zamora checked in twice Tomorrow, a Skagit County judge will order Zamora Six people become seriously ill after being over-
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09.08.08 18 MONDAY ART Skagit County Sheriff’s deputy Anne Jackson died in Tuesday’s killing spree in Alger. Two warriors—each thousands upon 16 thousands of years old—square off in
remain hospitalized in serious condition. court this week. JZ Knight, the current STAGE Neighbors say they have complained to container of Ramtha and founder of a
authorities for years about a foul stench school in Yelm that teaches his ancient 15 from the composting. wisdom, is suing another spiritual teach- er called WhiteWind Weaver for copyright Bellingham Public Works crews restore infringement. Knight says Weaver at- GET OUT service to more than 30 homes and busi- tended a Ramtha seminar and signed a nesses near the waterfront after fixing a contract agreeing not to use the teach- 13 ruptured water main. The repairs close ings for commercial purposes. a section of Wharf Street near the train WORDS tracks for most of a day. Bellingham City Council extends a
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SHREK-ECTOMY CHANCE IN TEN a woman polled sees John McCain's choice of a running mate GET OUT On Aug. 30, two unidentified males broke into a vending as a calculated political decision, rather than one based on Alaska Gov. Sarah machine at an arcade in Bellis Fair Mall and stole a large 6 Palin's experience and qualities. stuffed Shrek doll. The pair fled across the parking lot with 13 the Shrek doll. Bellingham Police later recovered the Shrek PERCENT OF WOMEN polled who say Barack Obama-Joe Biden is more in touch doll, which had been abandoned on the pavement. The hug- 53 with the issues that affect women than John McCain-Sarah Palin (35 percent). WORDS gable green ogre was returned to his den.
8 POPULATION OF WASILLA, Alaska. 8 WONDER WOMAN 7,025 Population of Snohomish, Wash.: 8,494. On Aug. 30, a woman reported her son woke up to a blonde CURRENTS CURRENTS woman in her 30s wearing neatly done makeup and stiletto ANNUAL REVENUE OF state of Alaska in billions. CURRENTS heels inside of their Anacortes home. When the son asked $12.3 Washington annual revenue, 29.8 billion. her to leave, the woman politely asked, “Would you like me 6 to turn the light off?” The mother described her as “su- PERCENT OF ALASKA’S unrestricted revenues derived from oil activities perwoman” because the woman reportedly jumped over two 89 ($5.2 billion). VIEWS large crab pots and cleared a retaining wall as she left. 4 STATE REVENUES DISTRIBUTED per Alaska resident.
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flashlight beamed into her face. She screamed and the in- 3 truder stumbled out of her house. The woman’s friend chased DEBT LOAD OF Wasilla before Sarah Palin took office as mayor. Debt load of
down the man, who explained he was really drunk and just Wasilla after she was forced from office after six years by term limits: $22 million. IT DO $0 looking for a party. When police arrived the drunk bolted and ran into a field. He could not be found again. NUMBER OF TOTAL votes that gave Sarah Palin her 50.5 percent primary vic- 08
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On Sept. 7, a bicyclist traveling downhill on Old Fairhaven INCREASE PROPOSED BY Gov. Palin to the $2,000 annual check Alaskans .03 37 Parkway encountered a Landrover intent on making a left in $1,200 already receive from oil revenues. # front of the cyclist. The cyclist struck the passenger door and ended up on the hood of the Landrover, smashing the ESTIMATED ACRES OF wildlife and marine habitat destroyed by drilling in windshield with his body. The cyclist was wearing a helmet 17,000 Prudhoe Bay since 1980. and no one was injured in the crash. BOUNTY ILLEGALLY ESTABLISHED by Palin to state-sanctioned aerial wolf PISSTOLERO hunting as an incentive to increase kills. The governor later authorized $400,000 On Sept. 5, a man entered Taco Del Mar on Railroad Av- $150 of state money to block attempts to end the hunting of wolves by aircraft. CASCADIA WEEKLY enue in Bellingham to use the restroom. When he was asked 13 to leave, the 40-year-old raised his coat to imply he had SOURCES: EMILY’s List Monitor; Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group; City of Wasilla; US Census 2006 a weapon and threatened to kill the manager. Police frog- estimate; Alaska Dept. of Revenue; 2007 Alaska Revenues Sourcebook; Washington Office of Financial Management; Anchorage Daily News; Center for Biological Diversity; UK Independent. marched him to jail. doit
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CLASSIFIEDS the store, 1209 11th St. The BY AMY KEPFERLE gathering is free. Science Center will take part in tonight’s “Explora- 676-4955 24 tions of Bellingham Bay” SAT., SEPT. 13 event from 5-7:30pm aboard FILM FILM WATERFRONT 15K: Run- the Snow Goose. Tickets are Tour de Farms ners and walkers can sign $25 and include food from
20 20 up for the annual 9.3-mile the Co-op. THE SOURCE OF SUPPER Fairhaven Runners Wa- (360) 336-1931 OR terfront 15K starting at PUGETSOUND.ORG MUSIC long-term vision 8:30am at the Fairhaven Village Green. Cost is $25 SEPT. 13-14 is that everything to take part, but you must GROUP RIDE: The Group 18 your eye lands on register by Sept. 11. Live Health MS Ride happens
ART ART stimulates thought music and complimentary through the weekend in or curiosity.” massages will await you at Skagit, Whatcom, and Is- land counties. Figure-eight For those who are the finish line. 16 courses range from 50 to FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM also stimulated by 175 miles. WINCHESTER HIKE: Join NATIONALMSSOCIETY.ORG STAGE STAGE the thought of fol- members of the Mount Bak-
ATTEND lowing their food er Club for a hike to the his- WHAT: Tour de SUN., SEPT. 14 15 16 from seed to table, toric Winchester Fire Look- Farms CHUCKANUT CENTURY: out. Meet to carpool at 8am WHEN: 9am-5pm, Common Threads The Mt. Baker Bicycle Club at Sunnyland Elementary, Sat., Sept. 13 Farm will be open to will hold its annual Chucka- GET OUT GET OUT 2800 James St. Bring lunch WHERE: Common nut Century Bicycle Ride the public Sat., Sept. and water. Threads Farm, 13 as part of the starting at 8am at Boundary 392-1015 OR Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad 14 Boxx Berry Farm, Tour de Farms. The MOUNTBAKERCLUB.ORG Ferndale Farmers Ave. Riders can choose from Market, Lone Boot countywide event BOATING SAFETY: The rides ranging from 25 miles WORDS Buffalo Ranch, is part of Sustain- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to 124 miles. Cost is $40; Grace Harbor Farms, able Connections’ will offer a “Boating Safety” proceeds benefit the What-
class from 8am-4:30pm at com Hospice Foundation. 8 McPhail Berry Farm, Eat Local Week, and the Squalicum Yacht Club, MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG BelleWood Acres, participants will be Samson Estates 2633 S. Harbor Loop. Cost is Winery able to take part $45 per person, $25 for ad-
CURRENTS CURRENTS “CAN I pet a turkey?” a young girl in a striped sunbonnet asks COST: Carpool and in potato harvest- ditional family members. MON., SEPT. 15 Laura Plaut. With nary a pause, the kid also wants to know, “Can I bus fees range from ing, cider pressing, 647-9715 OR BLIAUX.COM BACKPACK 101: Backcoun- try tips, gear suggestions 6 pick a sunflower? Can I eat a nasturtium?” $8-$10 cheese making, egg BEACH CLEANUP: Volun- teers are needed to assist and much more will be part Plaut, a self-described “one-woman show,” gets these kinds of INFO: Sustainable collecting, garden- Con nections.org RE Sources and the Surfrid- of a free “Backpacking 101” VIEWS VIEWS questions—and many more—on a regular basis at Common Threads based art projects er Foundation to clean up clinic at 6pm at Lake Pad- Farm, a six-acre spread on the west side of Lummi Island. With a sim- and more. (Warning: the Whatcom Chief beaches in Whatcom County den. Take the east entrance 4 ple mission to “promote thoughtful engagement in sustainable food is off getting its yearly checkup, so you today. Register at 9am at and look for the black REI the C Shop, 4825 Alderson tent. MAIL MAIL and energy,” for the past two years Plaut has been offering farm- must take the passenger-only ferry and Rd., Birch Bay. Volunteers 647-8955 walk or bike to the nearby farm.) based educational programs to people of all ages. will also be needed Sept. 3 WED., SEPT. 17 “My programs are focused on knowing where your food comes from,” Although the farm wasn’t technically 20. TREKKER TALK: Ron Weav-
DO IT IT DO Plaut says. “My belief is that the younger we get ‘em, the better.” open the day I was getting a tour, a 733-8307 OR RE-SOURCES. er, president of the NW Tulip ORG Looking at the long beds of vegetables—chard, carrots, artichokes, number of folks stopped by to take ad- Trekkers, will lead a presen- MAKE IT, TAKE IT: Learn 08 08 beets, zucchini, kale, pumpkins, potatoes and cabbage are some of vantage of the U-pick garden (otherwise tation dubbed “Take a Walk how to make garlic braids
.10. the identifiable goods poking their heads out of the dirt—it’s hard to known as “weigh and pay”) and ask Plaut on the Mild Side” at 2pm at 9 at a “Make It and Take It” believe Plaut had never stuck a seed in the ground and helped it grow questions about the farm. the Bellingham Unitarian workshop at 9am at the Fellowship, 1708 I St. The
.03 until just a few years ago. She’s happy to educate visitors, but Garden Spot Nursery, 900 event is free. 37
# Plaut ended up on Lummi Island after attending a workshop on the payoff for Plaut comes when kids— Alabama St. Cost is $20 and NWTREKKERS.ORG making houses out of straw bale. Four months later, she and her hus- and adults—have those “ah-ha!” mo- includes garlic and all sup- band and young son had relocated from the dry climes of Arizona to ments when they realize the true cost of plies. GARDEN-SPOT.COM the mossy world of Western Washington. These days, they live off the what it takes to create food. grid. They get power from solar panels, utilize a composting toilet “The kids are hungry for knowledge,” and rely on a cistern for water. Chickens—who have their own mobile Plaut says. “I had a kid out here this home to roost in—offer up a steady supply of eggs. Recently, a “hands summer who, after eating chard fresh- CASCADIA WEEKLY on, heads off” workshop helped Plaut learn how to take the chickens ly picked from the garden, said ‘This Volunteers can help keep local from the pen to the freezer. is better than pizza and hot dogs.’ 16 waterways pristine as part of “I’m constantly educating myself,” Plaut, a former Outward Moments like that make it all worth- a beach cleanup happening Bound director and education chair at Prescott College, says. “My while.” Sept. 13 in Birch Bay doit STAGE THURS., SEPT. 11 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm
at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. stage At 10pm, stick around for “The Proj- 34 ect: Mad Comedy in the Making.” Cost
THEATER DANCE PROFILES FOOD is $5 for the early show, $3 for the late one. 28 28 733-8855 OR THEUPFRONT.COM SEPT. 12-13 BY AMY KEPFERLE MIXED BAG: Teams of improvis-
ers will go head to head in a The- CLASSIFIEDS atresports match at 9pm Fri. at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. 24 “Hellingham,” an improvised murder Accidental Acting mystery, takes the stage at 9pm Sat. FILM FILM Admission is $8-$10. THE PLANE TRUTH 733-8855 OR THEUPFRONT.COM 20 20 SAT., SEPT. 13 IMPROV SHOW: Brock Madden and MUSIC the All-In Improvisers will perform a show that may contain “mature con-
tent” at 7pm at the Firehouse Per- 18 forming Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. The gig will include pop music, too. ART Admission is by donation. 734-2776 17 16 TENT SHOW: The Dream Science Circus will hold its final show in its STAGE original tent at 7:30pm at the new STAGE Quarry Arts Center in Lookout (oth-
erwise known as Alger). Before and 15 after the nighttime performance, there’ll be a Soapbox Derby, live mu-
sic, dunk tanks and an after-hours GET OUT dance party. Admission is $15 for the tent show and by donation for the 14 other events. DREAMSCIENCECIRCUS.COM WORDS SEPT. 13-14 AUDITIONS: Try out for parts for an
upcoming production of It’s a Won- 8 derful Life from 1-4pm Sat. and 6-9pm Sunday at the Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. FIRE AND smoke burned and billowed from a remote runway out of various body parts and long gashes in their heads. Some, as CURRENTS 360-293-4373 OR ACTTHEATRE.COM at the Bellingham International Airport last Saturday as onlook- was evident by their advanced pallor and the tags hanging from ers watched in horror. The plane that had just crashed on the their arms, were dead. MON., SEPT. 15 6 runway held 63 of our loved ones, and we were freaking out. We’d all come to the St. Luke’s Health Education Center that BAAY CLASSES: A variety of theater “My pregnant fiance’s on that plane!” said one man. “Oh, my day—Sat., Sept. 6—to take part in a Federal Emergency Drill. and music classes start this week VIEWS at the Bellingham Arts Academy for god, my kids are out there,” wailed another woman. I was there Some were assigned the roles of victims, while others, like me,
Youth, 1059 N. State St. 4 with my boyfriend Bob, and we were waiting for his brother and were playing family and friends reacting to the accident. The BAAY.ORG sister-in-law to touch down when the accident happened. Bob drill, which happens every three years, gives local and federal law MAIL WED., SEPT. 17
is typically the most stoic guy around, but as we were hustled enforcement, fire departments, Homeland Security, and others a
PLAYWORKS: Sheila Goldsmith of 3 to an outbuilding to wait for details of the crash, I could see he chance to practice responding to a full-scale accident. Improv Playworks will lead a free
was getting anxious. I tried to comfort him, but could barely “You just watched a plane crash, and these are the people you’re introductory improv class at 7pm at IT DO hold it together. there to meet. Be dramatic, but remember it’s an active airport to- Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. 756-0756 Airline employees and members of the Red Cross were slowly day,” we were told by one of the directors before being bussed to 08
filtering information to us, but phone lines were down. The ten- the airport for the accident reenactment. Most of my fellow actors .10. 9 sion and sadness in the room were thick. One elderly woman who took that to heart and played it real. A few teenagers hammed it DANCE couldn’t speak English was getting details translated to her by up, laughing as they pretended to cry. But as someone who’s had FRI., SEPT. 12 .03 37 another Spanish-speaking woman. A middle-aged guy got in the a fear of flying for the past couple decades, I found it easy to slip DANCE PARTY: Attend a free Public # face of an airline employee, demanding a list of the passengers into the role of Mary Smith. When I talked to a few of the “vic- Dance Party from 8:30-10:30pm at and wanting to know what the body count was. She remained tims” who’d been on the tarmac, they reported they were treated the Blue Moon Ballroom, 1213 Corn- calm and reassured him that as soon as she knew what was going efficiently and with kindness on the field. wall Ave. on, he would too. Bob had to head outside for a smoke, some- For the most part, the drill was deemed a success. Observers THEBLUEMOONBALLROOM.COM thing he hasn’t done in years. I bit my fingernails, paced, cried found a few glitches—perimeters weren’t clearly defined, etc.— SAT., SEPT. 13 and waited for news. but said they couldn’t have done it without us. At the end of TANGO: Head to the monthly “Tan- Fast-forward a couple of hours. The family members and friends the day, I said goodbye to the characters of Bob and Mary and go by the Bay” from 9-11pm at the CASCADIA WEEKLY were sitting in a room with all the victims who had been col- headed home, glad the events of the day weren’t real, but con- Squalicum Yacht Club, 720 Coho Way. Entry is $3-$5. 17 lected from the tarmac. Some were only slightly scratched and fident the men and women who weren’t just playing roles got a 734-5676 bloodied, while others were walking around with bones sticking little real life practice. doit
34 34 EVENTS FOOD visual WED., SEPT. 10 GROUP SHOW: “Re Collections,” an exhibit 28 28 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES utilizing recycled materials, features works by Tom Calenberg, Mary Ennes Davis, Kathy Bastow, and Arunas Oslapas starting today at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. A reception hap- CLASSIFIEDS pens Sept. 19, and the show will be up through Oct. 4.
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FILM FILM BY AMY KEPFERLE FRI., SEPT. 12 ANIMAL BOTANICAL: An opening reception for Erin Clancy’s “Animal Botanical” exhibit 20 20 happens from 5-8pm at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th St. The show, which features minute de-
MUSIC Woodstock Farm tails of the world of flora and fauna, will be on display through Oct. 10.
HISTORY AND ART ON CHUCKANUT DRIVE THEPAPERDOLL.NET 18 18 18 SAT., SEPT. 13 ART ART ART The Conservancy is in- ART & JAZZ: A gala celebration for the an- terested in preserving the nual “Art + All That Jazz” exhibition happens pristine qualities of the from 6-8:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 16 site, Turnbaugh notes. To Prospect St. In addition to the variety of art up for sale by more than 100 Pacific Northwest art-
STAGE STAGE that end, parking is limited ists, there’ll be live jazz by the Jud Sherwood to motorcycles and bikes, Trio, food and drink and a chance to meet the
15 SEE IT and those who come to this creators. The exhibit will be up through Nov. WHAT: Woodstock weekend’s event are encour- 16. Cost for the gala is $25. Farm Art Show aged to leave their cars be- 778-8935 OR WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG GET OUT WHEN: 12-6pm Sat.- hind. Shuttles will run con- Sun., Sept. 13-14 SEPT. 13-14 WHERE: Woodstock tinuously from parking areas PLANT FARM ART: Attend “Art at the Plant 14 Farm, Chuckanut at Fairhaven Middle School Farm” from 9am-7pm at the Plant Farm, 15022 Drive and the Chuckanut Moun- Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville. Live music, fine
WORDS COST: Entry is free tain trailhead, so you won’t art by members of three Snohomish County art INFO: 739-1757 or guilds and flowers will be part of the free fun. have to search too hard to cob.org (360) 474-8576
8 find your way there. Once you’ve made your SUN., SEPT. 14 “Governor’s Point” by Joy Olney way to Woodstock Farm, you’ll be faced with a GLASS TALK: Ginny Ruffner will talk about her work and the underlying ideas of her installa- CURRENTS CURRENTS hard decision: Should you head inside to check tion, “Aesthetic Engineering: The Imagination out the glasswork, paintings, photography, sculp- Cycle” at 2pm at La Conner’s Museum of North- 6 “INSPIRATION” IS a medium-sized word with an ex- tures and ceramics by noted artists such as Susan west Art, 121 S. First St. The event is free with tra-large meaning. Without it, those who are creatively inclined Bennerstrom, Shirley Erickson, Tom Wood, James admission to the museum. VIEWS VIEWS struggle to put meaning into their work. With it, almost anything Lourie, Joy Olney, and others, or should you stroll (360) 466-4446 OR MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG can happen. the grounds and soak up the natural beauty? If TUES., SEPT. 16 4 Witness the end product of people finding their inner mojo at you give yourself enough time, you should be able PHOTO SHOW: Tore Ofteness gives a slideshow
MAIL MAIL the first-ever Woodstock Farm Art Show. The event, which hap- to do both. based on “Eighteen Days in France” at a free “It’s an appropriate way to begin to use this site,” presentation at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Mu-
pens Sept. 13-14 at the city-owned farm on the shores of Chucka-
3 seum, 121 Prospect St. nut Bay, will feature the work of more than 25 local and regional Turnbaugh says. “The show will be fantastic, and the 778-8930 OR WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG
DO IT IT DO artists who created pieces inspired by both the property and the site itself is so amazing. There are mosses, lichens
surrounding bluffs, forests and wild places that combine to make and plants that grow there that don’t grow places WED., SEPT. 17 GREEN DESIGN: Attend an open house and
08 08 up the jaw-dropping beauty of the Chuckanut coastline. that aren’t pristine. It hasn’t been overwhelmed at multimedia exhibit on “The Art of Modern
.10. “I’m really excited about people seeing the site,” says Chris- this point.”
9 Green Design and Architecture” from 4-7pm at tine Turnblaugh, who put together the juried exhibit with co- Fairhaven’s Haven Design Workshop, 907 Har- ris Ave.
.03 organizer Chris Veseth. “You can stand at shoreline of the farm
37 527-2840. # and look up at the bluff and see lines of charcoal and shelves. When you look at the bluff, you’re looking back 3,000 years. It’s such a historic spot.” ONGOING EXHIBITS Since the city purchased the site in 2004 as a public heritage ARTWOOD: Woodworker Michael Flaherty will locale—and a way to secure a critical 16-acre tract within the be featured through September at Artwood Gal- South Chuckanut Bay Greenway—it’s mainly been open for work lery, 1000 Harris Ave. parties and landscape restoration. With the help of the Wood- 647-1628 CASCADIA WEEKLY stock Farm Conservancy group, the goal is to utilize the space for BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The mu- seum is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. 18 the public good while still keeping its natural beauty intact. This weekend’s art show will be the first time the original house on and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. 393-7540 the property will be open to the community at large. doit
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Creative Life: Visions of the Fantastic” shows FOOD through Sept. 27 at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. 28 28 671-2305 FERNDALE LIBRARY: The Whatcom Art Guild’s KfpfkXI8M+ “Fall Art Exhibit” shows through Oct. 2 at the Ferndale Public Library, 2222 Main St. CLASSIFIEDS 384-3647 FIREHOUSE: Ben Mann’s “Pariscapes” can be 24 seen through Sept. 30 at the Firehouse Café, 1314 Harris Ave. Xe[?`^_cXe[\i FILM BEN-MANN.COM GOOD EARTH: Nature-based ceramic designs by Gene Buckley and Cheryl Lee will be featured 20 through September at Good Earth Pottery, 1000
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HISTORICAL MUSEUM: View “Lost Cities of 19 Skagit: Rediscovering Places of Our Past” until 18 Nov. 2 at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical ART ART ART Museum, 501 South 4th St. (360) 466-3365 OR SKAGITCOUNTY.NET
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at Insights Gallery, 516 Commercial Ave., Ana- STAGE cortes. (360) 588-8044 OR INSIGHTSGALLERY.COM 15 MINDPORT: Sculptures, paintings, ceramics and more are on display as part of the multi-artist “Off the Edge” exhibit on display through Sept. GET OUT 28 at Mindport Exhibits, 219 W. Holly St. Admis- sion is $2. E\n)''/?`^_cXe[\i
647-5614 OR MINDPORT.ORG C\Xj\k_\E\n)''/I8M+ 14 ' lgkf-'dfjFI MONA: Glass artist Ginny Ruffner’s “Aesthetic (00&dfj]fi*-dfj!! Engineering: The Imagination Cycle” can be pe- ! WORDS rused through Oct. 5 at La Conner’s Museum of ('''ZXj_YXZb Northwest Art, 121 S. First St.
(360) 466-4446 OR MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG 8 ONE OF ONE: “Untied,” featuring the paper art- istry of Helen Hiebert, is currently on display at Bison Bookbinding’s One of One gallery, 1420 CURRENTS CURRENTS N. State St. N`cjfeDfkfij`jDfm`e^ BISONBOOKBINDING.COM 6 PEACE ARCH PARK: The annual Peach Arch Park 9\^`ee`e^J\gk\dY\i)0#m`j`kljXkfli International Sculpture Exhibit is open through VIEWS VIEWS Oct. 1 at Blaine’s Peace Arch Park. YiXe[e\ncfZXk`feXk((''@fnXJki\\ke\okkf@$,% 332-7165 OR PEACEARCHPARK.ORG 4 PUBLIC MARKET: An exhibit featuring photos from the demolition of Georgia-Pacific buildings K_\9 Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. 8kk_\E QUILT MUSEUM: “Paths to Edo: Quilts from Japan” and “Sashika Old & New: Works of Kazuko Yoshiu- ra” can be seen through Sept. 21 the La Conner 08 Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 South 2nd St. .10. 9 (360) 466-4288 OR LACONNERQUILTS.COM SMITH/VALLEE: Jack Gunter’s “Where Pigs Fly” exhibit will be on display from 11am-5pm every .03 37 Fri.-Sun. through Sept. 28 at Edison’s Smith/ # Vallee gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. The 25-year ret- rospective features Gunter’s championship flying mammal. 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Must take retail delivery from new 2008 dealer stock by 9/30/08. Rumor Has It IT’S THAT TIME of year again. I’ve seen them. Wandering around downtown. Acquainting 34 34 music themselves with all the delights Bellingham has to offer. Who am I talking about? College stu- FOOD PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT dents, of course. Every summer, pretty much as 28 28 soon as they leave, I sort of forget their exis- tence. And every fall, when they start to trickle back, I find myself surprised. Such is life for the year-round Bellingham resident. CLASSIFIEDS The return of the students is not without its de- lights, however. Never, even after last call on ‘80s 24 musicPREVIEW night, do I see so many people going the wrong FILM FILM way down Bellingham’s myriad tough-to-navigate one-way streets. Plus, the town seems to shake itself out of its summer stupor and return to the 20 20 20 BY CAREY ROSS (slightly) more lively state of this subdued excite- ment we all hear so much about. Mostly, however, MUSIC MUSIC the influx means campus music programs, such as ASP Pop Music and the Underground Coffeehouse, 18 The House that Music Built kick themselves into high gear. ART ART Sure, I’ve A BATTLE WORTH FIGHTING leveled my fair share of criti- 16 able to help every veteran who needs them. cism at these BLACK DIAMOND STAGE STAGE Like most nonprofits, Homes For Our Troops programs, in HEAVIES survives through the use of a multitude of particular ASP 15 creative funding sources. Donations in the Pop music, form of building materials and expertise, mostly for the crews of hardworking volunteers, corpo- lack of local GET OUT rate sponsorships and benefit events are all talent on the methods employed by Homes For Our Troops bills for the 14 and its supporters to get these specially shows they adapted houses built. book. How- WORDS One such benefit—and a pretty big ben- ever, all criti- efit at that—will take place Sat., Sept. 13 cisms aside, BY CAREY ROSS 8 in the Boundary Bay beer garden. Featur- there can be ing a whole slew of no doubt that ASP Pop has been responsible for varying kinds of lo- bringing bands to Bellingham that would oth- CURRENTS CURRENTS cal musical talent, erwise skip right on by our little dot on the the show kicks off map (the Roots and Cat Power, for instance). For 6 at 4pm, and is set this, we should all be deeply grateful. So far, it to rock late into looks like Stars will pay an Oct. 10 visit to cam- VIEWS VIEWS the night. Folks of pus, and Fleet Foxes appear to be on deck for all ages are encour- an Oct. 18 show, all of which is pretty exciting. 4 IN A country as politically polarized as the United States, it’s HEAR aged to attend un- Details will be forthcoming. MAIL MAIL tough to find issues we can all support. And, when what we’re WHAT: Homes For til 10pm, and will Have you ever been hanging out at the Tem- Our Troops benefit be treated to the ple Bar and thought to yourself, “Wow, all this talking about is related to this country’s military actions in 3 both Afghanistan and Iraq, points of agreement are very often feat. Black Diamond likes of Shawnee tasty wine sure is nice, but what I’d really like Heavies, Sugar Sugar DO IT IT DO few and far between. However, whether you believe in Mission Kilgore, Big Sur, Se- right now is a strong cocktail?” Yeah, me neither. Sugar, Loyal Sinners, Accomplished and the troop surge or Troops Home! resolutions Sweaty Sweaters, rious Black, Jenni Mostly because it never occurred to me to crave 08 08 and the protest movement, we can all easily agree that amid Jenni Potts, Boris & Potts, the Sweaty liquor in a wine bar. However, if you are one of .10. all the sturm und drang of the methods and motivations, the the Waterboarders, Sweaters, and more those folks with a craving for cocktails with your 9 voices of veterans—particularly wounded veterans—are often more (including Boris & cheese plate, you’re in luck: With the aid of its WHEN: 4pm Sat., .03 lost in the shuffle. the Waterboarders, “fabulous new bartenders,” starting Sept. 19, Sept. 13 37 # When a soldier is wounded, they often spend months in a hos- WHERE: Boundary the musical project you’ll be able to get your hard liquor fix at the pital undergoing surgeries and therapy before being discharged. Bay, 1107 Railroad of benefit organizer Temple Bar. No word on whether the Temple will During this process, thoughts of home can be powerful motiva- Ave. Boris Budd). With offer up a full bar, but one drink sure to be on the tion to a successful convalescence. However, the cruel truth is COST: $5 minimum bands clocking in menu is “the best Vesper you’ve ever tasted.” For donation that, for a soldier with permanent disabilities, the home of their for snappy, half- those of you not up on your Ian Fleming, a Vesper MORE INFO: mys- dreams can often become their prison. pace.com/borisbudd hour sets, it’s a is essentially a martini, James Bond-style. The One group is trying to change that. Homes For Our Troops, great way to get an original recipe can be found in the book Casino CASCADIA WEEKLY a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded four years ago, education in the local music scene. Royale, although I have a sneaking suspicion in- 20 seeks to either build or adapt homes to suit seriously wounded At 10pm, it’s time to say goodnight to novative owner Chelsea Farmer will give the drink and disabled veterans. Active in 20 states, their goal is to be HOUSE, CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 her own distinctive Temple Bar twist. musicPREVIEW musicPREVIEW Real Estate for HOUSE, Real People BY CAREY ROSS FROM PAGE 20 JEFF 34 the kiddies and hello to rock ’n’ BRAIMES FOOD roll. Kicking things off will be Japanther 961.6496 E Andy Piper and the sweet sounds 28 734.3420 OIE of Sugar Sugar Sugar, Following SEE THEM IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT ! & # '%# them is the well-seasoned grit of the Loyal Sinners, a three-piece whose members have done time CLASSIFIEDS in such local favorites as the Dt’s and Slick Watts. 24 Closing the show will be the FILM Black Diamond Heavies, a band MILLER-ARNASON 20 20 whose recent swing through REAL ESTATE, LLC 20 these parts had music fans JUST ASK: drooling Pabst and dreaming of MUSIC & %$+ "%'( ""% MUSIC & ')"" &+ &*+( * a big yellow “Dancing” sign. Take FULLERCRHIS Southern rock and mix it with the blues. a smattering of soul TO CALL Japanther a is as real as it gets. 18 and a heaping helping of the rock band is missing the And the effect they ART dirtiest garage rock you’ve ever point. Even to tag them have on audiences has to heard—and it still just barely with the label of “noise be seen to be believed. GhpHi^g 16 scratches the surface of the rock”—nothing if not a Suffice it to say, if you Black Diamond Heavies. Consider forgiving and expansive don’t leave a Japanther Fhg]Zrl STAGE that all this big sound is created genre—may flirt with the show soaked in your by just two—impossibly hard- truth, but also does little HEAR own sweat, not to men- Plus a New Expanded Menu! 15 working—musicians, and you’ll to convey what this New tion that of the people Prociutto, Pancetta, Molinari Salami, start to understand what all the York duo is capable of. WHO: WhAAM ben- around you as well as at efit feat. Japanther, Antipasti Platters, Beer & Wine, GET OUT fuss was about. Even listening to their least one member of the No-Fi Soul Rebellion, Sandwiches Eat-in or Take Out. On hand to record all this mu- albums is secondary when Little Party and the band, well, you probably sicality for posterity will be the it comes to getting this Bad Business, and 10 got your logistics wrong 14 Killing Hands Monday 11–3 folks from Protest Nation, a mo- band. and weren’t actually at a Tuesday –Friday 11–6 WHEN: 8pm Tues., WORDS bile documentary of sorts that In short, the stage is Japanther show. Saturday 10–5 Sept. 16 hopes to hit 70 cities in 90 days Japanther’s natural habi- WHERE: Nightlight Of course, in Belling- 1140 N. State St to record the state of protest in tat, and there, they are Lounge, 211 E. ham we’ve had a taste Downtown Bellingham 8 the United States. While protest nothing short of explo- Chestnut St. of what could be called phone isn’t exactly the name of this par- sive. Formed in 2001 by COST: $7 in advance, the Japanther Effect, in 360.738.2090 $9 at the door CURRENTS CURRENTS ticular game, Protest Nation has Ian Vanek and Matt Reilly the form of No-Fi Soul fax ;>EEBG@A:F%P: MORE INFO: whaam. 360.733.3169 closely aligned itself with musi- while they were students org Rebellion, who they’ll be cians of all stripes, and Belling- at NYC’s arty and elite sharing the stage with at 6 ham’s Homes For Our Troops ben- Pratt Institute, the Japanther duo their Sept. 16 show at the Night- g^pahnkl%lmhihg[r efit is as good a place as any to is one that plays a variety of instru- light Lounge. In fact, No-Fi’s Mark VIEWS pick brains and gather opinions. ments, all the while singing into and Andrea Heimer could make the 4 Whether you’re there for the their trademark tele-microphones. argument that whipping audiences music or the cause, at the end They create music that is as fierce as into that level of frenzy could ac- MAIL ESTATE WINERY of the day, your attendance will it is fun, and as dirty as it is dance- tually be termed the No-Fi Effect. 3 help make the dream of home able. And they are wickedly under- I have to assume that, upon meet- Are You Having sweet home a reality for a dis- ground, a band that doesn’t have ing, these two bands will either fall IT DO abled veteran, and that’s one to work at keeping it real. Because in love or fight to the death. Either Fun This Summer? battle everyone wins. when it comes to music, Japanther way, it’ll be a helluva show. 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Genial Colin plays selfishly on STAGE STAGE the basketball court, driven by hoop dreams and his father’s pushy advice. Free spirit Hannah has a 15 bipolar mother and a tendency toward depression IN BURN AFTER READING, herself. Even Megan, the least sympathetic of the lot, the Coen brothers have taken some of cin- reveals a bombshell of a loss midway through the ema’s top and most expensive actors and GET OUT film that explains (if not mitigates) some of her more chucked them into Looney Tunes roles in a obnoxious and destructive antics. It ain’t easy, caring thriller set in and about Washington D.C. 14 about a girl who spray-paints hate language on one It takes awhile to adjust to the rhythms classmate’s window and engineers the viral spread and subversive humor of Burn because WORDS of another’s topless photo. But Burstein manages to this is really an anti-spy thriller in which humanize everyone. nothing is at stake, no one acts with in- 8 How? Through interviews, text messages, ingenious telligence and everything ends badly. animated fugues—shy Jake’s romantic yearnings, for As a follow-up to last year’s multiple- instance, are imagined as a video game—and sheer Oscar winner No Country for Old Men, Joel CURRENTS CURRENTS omnipresence. Burstein appears to have parked her and Ethan Coen clearly are in a prankish cameras 24/7 on her main stars and supporting play- mood, knocking out a minor piece of sil- 6 ers (including Mitch, Colin’s affable teammate), catch- liness with all the trappings of an A-list ing them in their natural habitats while engaged in studio movie. Those who relish this mov- VIEWS VIEWS hormonal behavior. We witness a hook-up in the mak- ie might treat it as the second coming of ing; we hear a discussion of sexual experience of a The Big Lebowski; those who don’t might 4 highly localized sort. wonder at a story in which no character MAIL MAIL Parents of teenagers might blanche at some of this, has a level head. as well we should; like the cautionary narratives Thir- The linchpin to the shenanigans comes 3 THE JOCK, the artist, the princess, the geek. Could director teen and Kids, parts of American Teen seem to sound in a particularly funny scene in which DO IT IT DO Nanette Burstein have reduced the suburban American high school an alarm for ostrich-headed moms and dads. But it a CIA analyst, played by a caustic John experience to four bigger, more obvious stereotypes? Nope. Has won hearts and kudos at Sundance (directing, docu- Malkovich, gets summarily fired. He re- 08 08 she turned these same clichés into a witty and engaging docu- mentary) because it’s also funny and warm, and these treats to write a tell-all memoir amid .10. mentary? Yup. sharp Warsaw high schoolers display a self-knowledge bouts of heavy drinking. Under the cir- 9 That’s the paradox of American Teen, a bright-eyed look at white uncommon for anyone of any age. In describing his cumstances, his wife (an anal-retentive .03 Indiana teenagers in their senior year at Warsaw Community High quest for a girlfriend, Jake refers to himself as a Tilda Swinton) schemes to divorce him in 37 # School. No one who sees it should generalize too broadly or apoca- mateless piece of laundry: “To me, I’m a sock.” With a favor of her married lover, federal mar- lyptically based on its content. Like the old saw about the el- poetic streak like that, the kid’ll do just fine. shal George Clooney, under the false as- ephant and the blind men, the “average” adolescence is too huge At the finish, Burstein inserts updates on the sumption Clooney will leave his author- a beast to be described by just one viewpoint in just one film. Not principals. This one transferred colleges, that one wife (Elizabeth Marvel). every kid in America belongs to a clique that would trash a girl’s transferred coasts. That’s nice to know, but the real Meanwhile, seemingly in another uni- reputation just for the sport of it. newsflash in these follow-ups is the spark of maturity verse, sports gym employee Frances McDor- Here, then, are our four paradigms of teendom. We have our jock: each one reveals—incontestable proof that against mand’s forlorn love life causes her to obsess CASCADIA WEEKLY Colin, a gifted basketball player trying to snag the attention of all odds, most people make it alive through the hor- over expensive plastic surgeries, oblivious 24 college scouts. We have our artist: Hannah, a creative young wom- rors of adolescence. I survived mine; you survived to the fact that her boss (a moon-eyed Rich- an who longs for a filmmaking career. We have our princess: Megan, yours. The jock, the artist, the princess and the geek ard Jenkins) is obsessed with her. When a a queen bee of seemingly boundless popularity and ego. And we all survived theirs, too. computer disk containing the cashiered CIA filmPREVIEW analyst’s first draft falls into her hands, she and her pickle-brained colleague (Brad Pitt) scheme to 34 blackmail the author. FOOD Everyone here is suffering from a full-blown midlife crisis. All 28 operate in a morality-free zone. 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It 16 worrisome ordeal. may signify that your physical vitality will be excep- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Once a year I tional, or maybe you will be visited by an exhilarating STAGE revelation about the future. To get yourself in the hike into the hills above San Anselmo, CA and perform proper spirit, why not jump up and down and scream a concert for the trees, birds, insects and sun. If clouds for joy right now? Then keep doing it at least twice a happen to show up that day, I include them as part of 15 day until the breakthrough actually occurs. my audience. The show typically consists of 80-minutes’ worth of a cappella songs and ecstatic poems, along with GEMINI (May 21-June 20): After my psychic my “Dionysian sermons” and “primordial gossip.” None of GET OUT reading in Santa Rosa, I waited in the parking lot for my listeners ever express anything resembling applause, a friend to pick me up. To entertain myself, I watched but that’s fine. For me, it’s an exercise in giving without a robin as it pecked at a small patch of grass nearby. strings attached. I provide the gift simply because it 14 I applauded when it snagged a fat worm for its meal. makes me feel good to be generous, not because I have Minutes later, I cheered and whistled as it found a expectations about how the gift will be used. I recom- second worm. When the bird subsequently plucked up WORDS mend that you find an equivalent approach to bestowing yet another reddish-brown wriggler, I yelled “Bravo! blessings in the coming week. Bravo!” Still it continued to hunt. My mood turned. “Aren’t you getting greedy?” I said to the robin. It CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Writing in the 8 rummaged around fruitlessly for a while, no longer in magazine sub-TERRAIN, John More makes the following tune (or so I imagined) with the grace of the cosmos. declaration: “Captains of industry, great generals, art- The moral of the story, in accordance with your cur- ists of genius, even politicians, are often just people CURRENTS CURRENTS rent astrological omens: Be alert for the unexpected who have discovered that alcohol can enable them to abundance packed into a seemingly modest space or make economic, tactical, creative, or political decisions situation, but don’t try to keep milking that bounty whose implications would paralyze a sober individual.” 6 beyond what you need. Your assignment, Capricorn, is to find an alcohol-free way to make such a decision. It’s time for you to CANCER (June 21-July 22): There’s more help VIEWS summon visionary courage from your soul, not from available to you right now than you realize. You may a bottle, as you catalyze complex blessings that will have to cure yourself of an illusion in order to connect 4 ripple through your future for a long time. with it, however. What’s the illusion? I suspect it’s a AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To get a read on misguided belief that you never have enough help! MAIL Here’s another mini-shocker, Cancerian: You’ve been how democracy and human rights are faring on the planet, check out the research of an organization making a certain process more difficult than it has to 3 be. If and when you cure yourself of an illusion, every- called Freedom House (freedomhouse.org). In its most- recent annual report, it declared that 90 countries are thing could very well snap into place and the process IT DO will unfold with relative ease. What’s the illusion? I free. They represent 47 percent of the world’s popula- suspect it’s your (unconscious?) belief that success is tion. Fifty-eight countries, accounting for another 30 08 08 more valuable if it’s hard and complicated. percent of the human swarm, are “partly free.” Then there are the “not free” nations: 45 of them, with 23 .10. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s a perfect moment 9 percent of the Earth’s inhabitants. (Half of the “not for you to try the kind of money mojo that worked free” people are in China.) It so happens that your per- for one of my readers, Tamara L. of Las Vegas. Here’s .03 sonal degree of freedom, Aquarius, almost matches the her testimony: “I never believed in any of this mystic 37 world’s. You’re 46 percent completely free, 35 percent # mumbo-jumbo before. But I was desperate. I was partly free, and 19 percent not free. The good news paying the price after indulging in the sick pleasure of is that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to telling my boss to go to hell. I couldn’t pay my bills. reduce that 19 percent. What did I have to lose? I took Rob Brezsny’s advice and did a financial ritual. I wrote ‘I hereby purify my PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your funny bone money karma’ on a dollar bill, then burned it in the isn’t a bone at all; it’s actually your ulnar nerve. flame of a green candle while wearing a hat made out A firefly is a beetle, not a fly. A lead pencil has of the Wall Street Journal and chanting the magic spell graphite in it, but no lead. A cucumber is technically CASCADIA WEEKLY ‘Money is my servant, not my god.’ Within days, I won a fruit, not a vegetable. Is there anything in your life big at the casino.” that might be mislabeled like these things? Anything that’s different from what it’s alleged to be? Now is 31 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Surprise! You’re not as an excellent time to penetrate to the truth below the fragile as you imagine. 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