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P.2 | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | Cascadia Weekly clip it post it plan it |do it wednesday09 friday11 saturday12 monday14 Black and Blue Burlesque will be part Theater. On Stage Words On Stage of the vaudevillian fun when the Yard Music Comedy of Er- Poetry Open Mic: A Strange and Ter- Dogs Road Show hits town Aug. 15 at Dance Festival Orchestra: rors: At 8pm at At 8pm at Stuart’s rible Evening: With the Nightlight Lounge Tango by the Bay: At 9pm at As part of the Festival Edgewater Park, at the Market, 1530 Evan Puckett at 8pm the Squalicum Yacht Club, 722 of Music at 7:30pm at Mount Vernon. Cornwall Ave. at the Pickford Dream Coho Way. the Performing Arts The Sound of Jana McBurney Space, 1318 Bay St. Center, WWU. Music: At 7:30pm Lin: Reads from Upfront Anniversary Music at the Performing My Half of the Sky Show: At 7:30pm and Subdued Stringband Jam- Words Poetry Night: All are Arts Center, WWU. at 7:30pm at Village 9:30pm at the Upfront boree: From noon-11pm at the welcome at a poetic Books, 1200 11th Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Deming Log Show Grounds. Open Mic at 8pm every Music Cody Rivers Show: Flowmotion Summer Melt- Monday at Fantasia Ruzivo Ma- Community Volume #10 at 8pm at down: At the Whitehorse Moun- Espresso, 1332 Corn- rimba: And Ruvara Wednesday iDiOM Theater, 1418 tain Amphitheater, Darrington. wall Ave. Marimba perform Market: Open Cornwall Ave. The Kooks: From 7-9pm at from 5:30-9pm in from 3-7pm on the The Sound of Music: At Boulevard Park. Community the alley between Village Green. 7:30pm at the Performing Northwest Wash- Mindport and Wild Skagit County Arts Center, WWU. Words ington Fair: Kicks off Buffalo. Fair: From Open House: At 8pm at Beyond the DaVinci today at the NW Wash- The Marriage of 10am-10pm at the Anacortes Community Code: Talk from 3- ington Fairgrounds, Figaro: At 7:30pm the Skagit County Theatre, 918 M Ave. 6pm at Canterbury Lynden. at the Mount Baker Fairgrounds, Mount Hamlet: At 8pm at Court Clubhouse, 3790 Bocce Ball: Weekly Theatre. Vernon Mount Vernon’s Edgewa- Canterbury Lane. tournament starts at ter Park. Community 5pm at the Fairhaven Village Green. Farmers Market: From 10am- 3pm at the Depot Market Square, Bellingham. Skagit County Fair: From 10am-10pm at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon. tuesday Reefnet Festival: From noon- 15 9pm on Lummi Island. On Stage Porterhouse Brewfest: From Godspell: Summer 2-7pm in downtown Mount Stock offering at 6pm at Vernon. Resort Semiahmoo. Bellingham Flea Market: From Yard Dogs Road 10am-3pm at 1111 Cornwall Ave. Show: At 9pm at the Civil War Reenactment: From Nightlight Lounge, 211 9am-5pm at Hovander Home- E. Chestnut St. stead Park, Ferndale. Legendary musician Don McLean will be drivin’ his Chevy to the levee when he performs Music Aug. 10 at the Silver Reef Casino Visual Arts More Mozart: As part of the Festival of Music Cody Rivers Show: Volume #10 Pacific Northwest Printmak- On Stage at 7:30pm at McIntyre at 8pm at iDiOM Theater, 1418 ers in Florence: Exhibit opening Upfront Anniversary: At Hall, Mount Vernon. Cornwall Ave. from 5-7pm at Lucia Douglas Music 7:30pm and 9:30pm at the Up- thursday Hamlet: At 2pm and the Com- Gallery, 1415 13th St. Subdued Stringband front Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Words edy of Errors at 8pm at Mount Artwood Carving Demo: From 10 Jamboree: From 7-11pm A Strange and Terrible Eve- Philip Garrison: Night: At 9pm at at the Deming Log Show Vernon’s Edgewater Park. noon-4pm at Artwood Gallery, On Stage ning: With Evan Puckett at 8pm Reads from Because Wild Buffalo, 208 Grounds. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: At 1000 Harris Ave. Cody Rivers: at the Pickford Dream Space, I Don’t Have Wings: W. Holly St. Flowmotion Summer 7:30pm at WWU’s Underground Volume #10 shows 1318 Bay St. Stories of Immigrant Life Meltdown: At the White- at 7:30pm at Village at 8pm at iDiOM Music Theater, 1418 horse Mountain Amphithe- Books, 1200 11th St. Howlin’ Wood: ater, Darrington. Cornwall Ave. Perform from 6- Jazz Concert: With Greta Community Good, Bad & 8pm at Elizabeth Matassa at 7:30m at the Northwest Washing- Ugly: New works Park. Fairhaven Village Green. sunday ton Fair: Continues night at 8pm at the through Aug. 19 at the Upfront Theatre, Community 13 Words NW Washington Fair- 1208 Bay St. Skagit County Bill Lightfoot: Reads tain Amphitheater, Darrington. Corvette Show and Shine: grounds, Lynden. The Comedy of Fair: From from Beneath the Surface On Stage Burnaby Blues Festival: From 10am-2pm at the Sehome Errors: At 8pm 10am-10pm at at 7:30pm at Village The Sound of Music: At From 3-10pm at Deer Lake Park, Village Haggen, 210 36th St. at Mount Vernon’s the Skagit County Books, 1200 11th St. 7:30pm at the Performing Arts Burnaby, B.C. Firefighters Competition: Edgewater Park. Fairgrounds, Mount Center, WWU. Bent Grass: From 4-7pm at the From 9am-4pm at the Ferndale Godspell: At 6pm Vernon. Community Hamlet: At 8pm at Mount Fairhaven Village Green. Haggen, 1815 Main St. Send your at the Fairhaven Bellingham Bay Skagit County Fair: Vernon’s Edgewater Park. listings to Village Green. History Cruise: From 10am-10pm at the Community Visual Arts calendar@ Begins at 7pm from Skagit County Fairgrounds, Music Civil War Reenactment: From Artwood Carving Demo: From Dance cascadiaweekly.com Squalicum Harbor. Mount Vernon. Flowmotion Summer Melt- 9am-3pm at Hovander Home- noon-4pm at Artwood Gallery, Coco Loco Latin down: At the Whitehorse Moun- stead Park, Ferndale. 1000 Harris Ave. doDO It IT3 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | news 6-9 | words & community 10-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- Cascadia Weekly | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | P.3 to force and living the way someone tells The Gristle them they should want to. I am leaving on a business trip, so I won’t CONFESSIONS OF SAINT JOAN: Bellingham City see the promised follow-up editorials for a Council’s newest member, Joan Beardsley, is- couple of weeks, but I ask that when I’m sued an odd statement at this week’s regular back you entertain a column by myself on session. letters the issues you address. Aside from your letters the gristle Describing comments she had made at unwarranted and unfair slaps at Mr. Watts a July 20 Greenway Advisory Committee and Mr. Vega, you’ve avoided citing anyone (GWAC) meeting, Beardsley said, “I have dis- disagreeing with the position you seem to covered that I spoke as if I were representing have taken on growth management. It council and not as if I were giving my impres- would be good for your readers to hear sions that came from… open discussion. What “The Rest of the Story.” I said makes it sound as if some members of I would, however, ask two things of you this council had made a prior commitment to now. Before you prepare the next install- support a purchase of Chuckanut Ridge. This ment of your piece, take the time to actu- is absolutely untrue. Nothing of the sort would ally read Bellingham’s new Comprehensive ever take place.” Plan and the Growth Management Act. It Joan’s apology refutes earlier statements seems to me many of the loudest voices in she made to (GWAC) members at her first the discussion belong to those who have meeting with the group since she took office not bothered to do even the most rudimen- in January and the Greenways III levy passed tary research on the issues they proclaim by a wide margin last May. and disclaim about. As enacted by voters, approximately 60 per- Second, take a look at Birch Bay. Several cent (or $26 million) of Greenways funds are of the people you quote had a free hand intended for land acquisitions—with roughly there because Birch Bay is an unincorpo- half that amount slated for Bellingham’s woe- rated growth area completely under County fully park-free north side. Half again that—or control. There is no better location in the $6 million—is earmarked for the Southside. county for the dozens of 25–30 story sky- In February, supporters of an alternate levy scrapers some want to stuff into Bellingham. proposal, Greenways Legacy, threatened to Instead, we see “maximum” density zones work against the Greenways levy unless funds of only four or six units per acre, almost no were made available for the purchase of prop- jobs (how many millions of extra commute erty within the proposed Chuckanut Ridge miles does that amount to yearly?) and se- (CR) development, pastorally known as Hun- vere concurrency problems. Hmmmm. dred Acre Wood. A compromise measure was Mercury problems monomethylmercury or in dimethylmer- By the way, when all that planning was be- passed 7-0 by City Council on March 13. cury vapor forms. Atmospheric dispersal ing done at Birch Bay just a couple of years Under the compromise, $2 million was Mr. Gristle, in his glee to support the could then result in it being carried to an- ago, I didn’t hear your voice calling for higher made available for “undesignated property goals of the “Healthy Bay Initiative,” print- other area—the Lake Whatcom watershed densities and mixed use either. Shouldn’t ar- acquisitions,” a euphemism for Chuckanut ed some chemical nonsense in his most for example. eas designated as resorts have both? Ridge. The measure also specified that the recent column. Elemental mercury, and Now, I might not have a highfalutin’ ge- As always, thank you for your time and council, in its discretion, could allocate more many of its chemical compounds, have ology degree like Mr. McShane, but I do energy as you participate, along with the than $2 million for CR acquisitions. limited solubility in water. Therefore, they think I have some valid concerns regard- rest of us, in the discussion about how Suddenly, Greenways Legacy people were don’t necessarily mix better in water than ing the supposed environmental benefit of Bellingham and Whatcom County can best evidently appeased and—in several cases— in soil (the surface effects in the soil are land-filling the sediments in the ASB rather work together to retain those things we all endorsed the official Greenways III levy. then important). than restoring the marine and intertidal value so much about them as growth con- But on July 20, as GWAC members began More significant is that this really has habitat of that same structure. tinues through coming decades. work on a land-acquisition timetable, Joan nothing to do with the potential problems By the way, is that a deafening silence —Jack Petree, Bellingham informed them she did not believe their plan caused by the mercury in the sediments I hear from mainstream environmental for the Southside was something the council of the GP site. Environmental mercury cy- groups regarding the “Healthy Bay Initia- Editor’s Note: Jack Petree is a consultant would adopt. cling from elemental to inorganic to more tive”? Makes one wonder.... for attorney Robert Tull, who represents According to GWAC recollections of that toxic methylated forms and back again —Tom Pratum, Bellingham Caitac U.S.A. Corp., owner of the property meeting, Beardsley said that, back in March, mostly involves either surface reactions, proposed for the Larrabee Springs devel- she had reached an agreement with council or anaerobic biota supported by surfaces opment. In our view, Caitac’s position on colleagues Barbara Ryan, Terry Bornemann, such as soils and sediments. Conditions Big, Baggy growth has been well represented within and Gene Knutson to allocate Southside for the transformation of relatively nontoxic Bellingham the Bellingham Planning Department, and funds solely to Chuckanut Ridge. According to elemental mercury to more toxic methyl- The quotes put forward in your editorial in media and the public record. In our re- GWAC members, Joan wanted to make sure ated forms are likely present both in the comment, “Big, Baggy Bellingham” point search, we discovered some challenges by they understood she felt ethically bound by sediments of the current GP site and at any to two problems some have with growth contrast have been little examined in local this earlier agreement. landfill disposal site. All that is needed are management. media. We look forward to reading Jack’s Greenways Advisory volunteers were thun- anaerobic conditions, a source of carbon First, some just hate the idea the Growth proposed column. derstruck. to be oxidized and an electron acceptor Management Act does not require cities “I never would have agreed to work for Gre- (most likely sulfate). to destroy the character of their neighbor- enways if I’d known this deal had been made,” It is possible that moving the sediments hoods as growth takes place in them. GWAC volunteer John Blethen said. to a local landfill site such as the ASB may Second, many dislike the idea that facts Dept of Corrections Others echoed his outrage. result in the future atmospheric release of matter in the discussion about how cities Placemaking Woprkshops: Presentation and “For us to put something to the voters, toxic methylmercury in either aerosolized and counties manage growth. Their reac- discussion of Bellingham’s proposed Arts Dis- ask them to support a measure that had al- tion to reality, on accidently bumping into trict and its relation to Flora Street will take ready been undermined by private agreement an inconvenient bit of real life, is to give a place at 216 Grand St., future home of the among elected officials… if it is true, it is just Winnie the Poohish, “O bother,” then wan- Children’s Museum, from 11:30am-1pm and unconscionable,” a dismayed Del Lowry said. Cover Photo der off into an alternate reality not inconve- 5:30pm-7pm Weds., Aug. 9 and Thurs., Aug. “We asked Joan about her remarks after A U.S. soldier grieves on medical evac in Iraq. nienced by ordinary people trying to make 10. We encourage your participation in these the meeting. I wanted to make sure we’d un- Photo by Peter Turnley. ©2006 an everyday living and build lives ordinary important forums. derstood her correctly.” GWAC member Jack people want to live rather than bowing

P.4 | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | Cascadia Weekly do It 3 | LETTERSletters 44 | views 5 | news 6-9 | words & community 10-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- in water than in soil, and thus, there are somewhat more stringent cleanup levels The Gristle for sediment (in water) than for soil. The problem is the ASB is now in a neth- Weiss related. “She was very detailed and er land—neither land nor water. There has candid that she believed an agreement had been no definitive answer to whether the been reached that all $6 million planned for viewsyour opinion the gristle lagoon is or will be considered an upland Southside acquisitions would be made avail- or water site. If it’s considered an upland able for Chuckanut Ridge, along with the $2 site, the mercury will need to be cleaned million undesignated funds, or $8 million to- up to the level of 2.0 parts per million. tal. I think she was feeling regret about it.” If it’s determined to be a water site, the Council members Knutson and Bornemann cleanup standards will range from 0.59- deny any such agreement ever took place. 1.2 parts per million (which is 2-4 times By the time the Gristle spoke to Joan, she’d more stringent). recanted earlier remarks and expressed re- The upcoming cleanup will determine gret she’d been misunderstood. By Wendy Sfeffensen whether we convert the ASB to an upland or “I simply wanted the committee to under- water site, and therefore whether we clean stand that, according to the ordinance we it to lesser or greater standards. Removal of passed in March, the council had the option contaminated material in the lagoon, and of dedicating more than $2 million to Chucka- Bellingham Bay Cleanup use of the more strict standards is required nut Ridge,” Beardsley said. to turn the ASB into a marina. Leaving con- Joan’s two confessions are difficult to rec- tamination in the lagoon, made easier by ad- oncile. Was such an agreement ever forged? Details on the waterway, uplands and ASB herence to upland standards, will preclude Back in February, Barbara Ryan was fer- The upcoming cleanups in in the Whatcom Waterway sediments are that option. It will also mean, however, a vently working with Legacy people to avoid a Bellingham Bay have gotten a lot of press more contaminated than waterway sur- lesser cleanup for the lagoon, and the likely dispute that could splinter Greenways III. Of recently, but not a lot of context. To bet- face sediments, but not as contaminated conversion of the lagoon into a landfill. particular concern to Barbara was sending a ter understand and advocate for the best as the ASB sludges.) As a toxicologist, I I, as the North Sound Baykeeper, and mixed message from City Council by a likely cleanup in Bellingham my organi- 4-3 split (or possible veto) on their ordinance Bay and the GP up- zation, RE authorizing Greenways. Ryan was under no land area, we should Sources, do illusion about Legacy demands. be clear on the pro- We do not believe that the desired end land use not endorse “The $10.5 million for Chuckanut Ridge is a cedures and timing the idea of a firm bottom line for Legacy out of Greenways of the cleanups, the of the ASB (whether it be a marina, a park, or marina, nor and should be considered as such,” Legacy mercury levels at dif- do we en- spokesperson Gerry Wilbour declared in Feb- ferent sites and the housing) should define the cleanup. dorse mak- ruary. differences between upland and water ing another Ryan duly proposed that $8 million in cleanup standards. am familiar with the contamination in the landfill on our waterfront. We are working Southside funds should be directed toward Mercury contamination from GP can be bay, as well as its implications for wildlife for the most healthful cleanup of the bay CR, with an additional $2 million gathered found in the Whatcom Waterway and ad- and human health. The lagoon is, in fact, for fish and for people. The most health- from park impact fees. jacent waters, the treatment lagoon (also more contaminated than the Whatcom ful cleanup attainable may, in the end, in- “We need one levy which can pass, mean- known as the ASB), and the uplands. All Waterway in many areas where sampling clude a marina or a landfill, but we do not ing that needs and desires in all parts of the of these areas need to be cleaned up. To has occurred. In addition to mercury, the believe that the desired end land use of city must be addressed,” Ryan insisted, argu- direct these cleanups, the Department of ASB also contains toxic levels of other the ASB (whether it be a marina, a park, ing that the compromise aided the success of Ecology engages in a lengthy decision- contaminants, notably wood-breakdown or housing) should define the cleanup. a $44 million levy. making process that includes the publi- products, such as phenolic compounds. Let’s work together for the best cleanup Supported by Bornemann and Beardsley, cation of a remedial investigation/feasibil- The next question is how much does possible for all of Bellingham Bay. I believe Ryan dubbed her proposal the “Knutson ity study (RI/FS) for the target area. The contamination in the ASB matter? Con- we can do that through acknowledging our Kompromise” in what some observers view as RI/FS details the level and extent of contamination with mercury matters a great agendas, moving forward, and engaging in a bold attempt to co-opt its namesake. Gene tamination, compares different possible deal. Mercury is a bioaccumulative toxin; open and honest community dialogue. Knutson—one of the last to actually hear of alternatives for cleanup, and presents a it affects our nervous and reproductive the so-called Knutson Kompromise—erupt- preferred cleanup remedy. As part of this systems, with developing fetuses and Wendy Steffensen is the North Sound Bay- ed at his “guilt by association,” ending any process, Ecology must accept and ad- young children especially sensitive to its keeper for ReSources, a nonprofit conser- veto of the impending Greenways III levy but dress comments and concerns from the effects. Mercury is considered more toxic vation organization. certainly still presenting a rift in the council. public. Currently, Ecology is working on When did that rift heal? What turned a 4- the RI/FS for the Whatcom Waterway and CASCADIA www.cascadiaweekly.com Ph/Fax (360) 647-8200 3 vote in mid-February into a 7-0 vote one ASB. The RI/FS for the uplands is years month later? P.O. Box 2833 Bellingham 98227-2833 away. That means the cleanup before us, staff Such apocrypha has become heretical, and right now, pertains to the Whatcom Water- heretics have recanted. Only scribes are left EDITOR & PUBLISHER: MUSIC & FILM EDITOR: Carey Ross, Papetti, [email protected] way and the ASB. Tim Johnson, [email protected] to ask if there was any truth in Joan’s original [email protected] INTERN: Lance Henderson, How contaminated are the Whatcom confession. Perhaps we may learn, should NEWS EDITOR: Emily Weiner, GRAPHIC DESIGN: Jesse Kinsman, [email protected] Waterway and ASB? According to the [email protected] [email protected] the other Gospel be unearthed: If Legacy has Gristle in last week’s issue of the Cascadia been betrayed by a “kouncil kiss-off,” we ex- A&E EDITOR: Amy Kepferle, ADVERTISING: Marc McCoy, director Weekly, the lagoon is not very contami- [email protected] of advertising • Kevin Brown • Marisa pect they’ll soon go public. nated when compared to the Whatcom But before Joan’s confessions vanish en- ©2006 Cascadia Weekly is published each Wednesday by Cascadia the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will Waterway. Rather than argue about how Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to Cascadia Weekly, be returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. tirely into catechism and absolution, we’ll PO Box 2833, Bellingham WA 98227-2833 Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. 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BIG, Baggy

tion Growth BELLINGHAM pula Po Part II: Parks, proﬁts and peanuts challenge land supply

By Tim Johnson

The City peers north, into what looks to be the natural direction in which to grow. There, land is flat and dry, with relatively few critical areas or anticipated environmental impacts. Thanks to a key City Council decision to enlarge water and The Act directs Washington cities to esti- of properties along the Guide, including a sewer capacity north of Bellingham in tandem with state Department of Transpor- mate future land-supply needs and pass golf course in roughly the center of their tation improvements to Interstate-5, the area is well supplied with infrastructure to them as recommendations to their respec- planned development. The course and accommodate considerable growth. tive county. While county government has other properties are managed by Caitac Yet is the purpose and intent of the state’s Growth Management Act (GMA) mere- final say on what lands may be incorporat- Vice President Terry Teraoka, who lives in ly to accommodate growth? ed into a city’s Urban Growth Area (UGA), Bellingham. Within standard definitions, accommodate means “to make room for; to hold even this authority may be challanged by As an indicator of the level of technical without crowding or inconvenience.” Manage means “to work upon or try to alter the hearings boards. sophistication of the company, Terry Moore for a purpose.” As City Planners worked through GMA and David Helton serve as consultants for “Taking the Washington State Legislature at its word, the Growth Management Act requirements, a land-supply shortfall Caitac. Both work for ECONorthwest, the should be used to ‘alter’ growth, not to ‘make room for it,’” argues Larry Horowitz, appeared unavoidable. Seattle consulting firm the City employed who—together with Helen Green and Harold and Donna Macomber—this week filed To the north, developers presented Larra- to develop Bellingham’s population growth a citizen’s challenge to the City’s Comprehensive Plan for growth with the Western bee Springs, a solution—Donna Macomber estimates. Similarly, Caitac employs con- Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (WWGMHB). Their complaint is says—that fits the problem oh-so-well. sultant Kurt Gahnberg. Gahnberg also yet another in a series of challenges to the City’s land-supply analysis. works for the Transpo Group, Inc., the ana- “In no event can ‘manage’ be construed to mean ‘to force crowding or incon- lysts who helped the City forge its transpor- venience’ on residents. Based on its definition, even ‘accommodate’ cannot be Enter Caitac tation plan. construed to mean that,” Horowitz insists. Larrabee Springs is a planned residen- Caitac is active in the community and, Passage of the GMA in 1990 created the growth management hearings board tial development on 580 acres of rural land whether directly or through agents, has Horowitz intends may resolve these land use disputes. Three independent boards north of the city. Currently, development contributed substantially to the campaigns were established to focus on characteristics unique to central, eastern and west- there can only occur by extending the city’s of elected officials, according to public dis- ern Washington. In practice, unless overridden by the courts, these boards are UGA north to Smith Road. Properly devel- closure documents. In 2003, Jones Engi- intended as final interpreters of GMA, an act with goals frequently in conflict with oped, the area could support as many as neers—then project representatives for one another. 2,000 homes, according to the property’s Caitac—made the largest single contribu- “The 13 different goals of GMA really are conflicting values,” Bellingham Plan- owners, Caitac U.S.A. Corp. tion to the re-election campaign of Belling- ning Director Tim Stewart said in a recent interview. “You’ve got protection of the Based in Bellingham with leverage from ham Mayor Mark Asmundson. The com- environment and you’ve got accommodating growth. Well, some might argue that Japan, Caitac is a privately held company, pany and its agents have been similarly you can’t do those at the same time. The challenge is to find the balance, and that active here since 1989. In 1990, Caitac generous in recent City Council elections. is really the duty and obligation that we have as a local government to find that founder H. Kaihata and company Presi- Caitac has invested significant funds—in balance.” dent M. Kaihata were named honorary citi- excess of $40,000 per month, according zens of Bellingham. Caitac owns a number to some estimates—to assist the City with

P.6 | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | Cascadia Weekly do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | NEWSnews 6-96-9 | words & community 10-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- local regional |news its land-supply methodology. Financial deti- either/or situation,” he says. “Either we land supply shortage to a residential land als are difficult to obtain, as Caitac is a pri- create sardine-like zoning densities or we supply excess, would immediately relieve vate corporation. gobble up every piece of ag land and for- Five ways to grow the pressure to upzone, and would provide Caitac consultants and advisors routinely est. While the BIA has been successful in the ‘time-out’ needed to creatively plan for attend meetings of the Bellingham Planning spreading this meme, it is a false creation. smarter Bellingham’s future,” Horowitz maintains. Commission. Attorney Robert Tull has filed Bellingham residents are not required to In an April memo from the Department of His analysis, which he filed with the dozens of documents on behalf of his cli- live like sardines. Rather,” he says, “Bell- Community, Trade & Economic Development, the WWGMHB, is not without controversy. ent, helping educate City planners on land ingham residents can and should fight to state’s equivalent of a planning department, an- “Numbers are important,” Stewart supply needs. Tull’s detailed contributions preserve Bellingham’s livability and quality alysts gave City planners the following advice: cautions. “But what’s really important is are compelling and persuasive, staff admit. of life, as Whatcom County residents should 1. Cluster development to avoid critical areas; understanding the balance in the direction Susan Kirsch, a citizen who attended fight to protect their ag land, forests and 2. Develop multi-family residences in multi-fam- of growth. The decision that came out of many of those planning meetings, has a dif- other critical areas. If our leaders would ily zones; council was to accommodate some growth ferent view of Caitac: “Buy cheap resource truly manage growth, neither Bellingham 3. Employ low impact design to reduce stormwa- downtown, to accommodate some growth lands—forest, farm or rural lands—and residents nor Whatcom County residents ter volumes; in infill and accommodate some growth at lobby long and hard for rezoning. Hire would be required to sacrifice what they 4. Allow accessory dwelling units; the edge.” some lawyers. The money spent is peanuts have worked so hard to achieve.” 5. Set minimum lot sizes and minimum densities. While city officials and staff have compared with the potential profits. Make a Horowitz is a former financial officer “We have discussed all of these over the past reserved comment about Horowitz’ find- lot of noise about property rights, like you and auditor with Price Waterhouse, an six months. These are fairly concise recommenda- ings, outside City Hall, some find his argu- didn’t know the zoning when you bought it. international accounting and consult- tions from a disinterested third party that I think ment compelling. “Soon enough,” she predicts, “the sub- ing firm. Employing compatable analysis we need to give close consideration to. I would Associate professor of economics and urbs become the city, more rural lands skills to examine the City’s future parkland ask the City, how have they implemented these data analyst Mark Springer told Belling- become suburbs.” assumptions, Horowitz discovered what five things that CTED has put forward? It doesn’t ham Planning Commissioner David Auer, The alleged profit potential is consider- he believes to be a significant error. appear that they have.” “...My summary conclusion is that Larry able for Caitac—on the order of hundreds The City, Horowitz alleges in his GMA —Whatcom Planning Commissioner John Lesow has correctly identified several major of millions of dollars in the event they suc- complaint, drew from the wrong analysis errors and unjustifiable assumptions with ceed in their bid for an upzone and incor- in determining acreage needed to supply the City’s analysis.” poration into Bellingham’s UGA. Bellingham’s future needs for park and guidelines developed by our Watershed “I think there is a wide range in the cred- As Donna Macomber likes to relate, a recreation spaces. Advisory Committee, are to be returned to ible numbers,” Whatcom County Planning real estate agent contacted her family in “The Bellingham land-supply analysis forestry acres as soon as possible.” Commissioner Dave Pros agreed in March. 2001 with an offer to purchase their prop- materially overstates the number of acres Horowitz argues that because these “I think that Mr. Horowitz’s numbers are erty for twice its assessed value. When the needed for parks and understates the 1,000 acres are outside of the City of Bell- absolutely as credible as the City’s num- Macombers refused, the real estate agent number of acres available for residential ingham and its UGA, only 896 acres of the bers. We can pick between the two.” wrote them a letter stating that selling their development,” he claims. “The correct 1,896 total are to be acquired from par- “This is a critical story to tell,” Horowitz property, financially, would be like winning number of total park and recreation land cels within the City and its UGA. explains. “Not because of the park error the lottery. acres through 2022—including watershed “Of these 896 acres,” he continues, and the effect on the Comp Plan and UGA, acres—is 1,896 acres.” “500 are set aside for resource conser- but because it symbolizes the arrogance Horowitz does the math: “Of the 1,896 vancy, leaving a balance of 396 acres to and unresponsiveness of our local govern- The Parks Challenge total acres, 1,000 acres are designated for be acquired from developable acres. ment. Why do our City officials behave this Horowitz complains that a lottery of the acquisition of land in the Lake What- The land-supply analysis understates way? Is there some unseen force manipu- developer interests may have “cooked the com Watershed and Stewart Mountain the number of acres available for residen- lating the situation?” books,” skewing land-supply equations. area. But watershed acquisitions are not tial development by 61 percent. Correct- Conclusion: Safety factors and fudge “The [Building Industry Association] has parks. They are acres set aside to protect ing this 830-acre error would change the factors created the contagious meme that it is an the drinking water and, according to the entire planning paradigm from a residential

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Jefferson said. dent of the Puget Sound Agency of By Emily Weiner Mike Wootan, manager of Nooksack the Bureau of Indian Affairs says the River Casino and spokesperson for the Tribe’s purchase of the property “was construction project, did not reply to a trust to trust conveyance with trust requests for comments. ownership of the parcel transferring to Lawsuit Challenges Richard Stephens, the Bellevue lawyer the Tribe as of Feb. 2, 1984.” who filed the complaint in U.S. District The BIA letter says the Tribe has Court, said he would wait a few weeks jurisdiction over the Northwood parcel, Nooksack Casino Project for a response from the National Indian the Tribe’s land use and environmental Gaming Commission before asking for a regulations are applicable, and the Tribe Critics want federal oversight court order. has jurisdiction over preparation and But Jeffrey Nelson, staff attorney for approval of environmental documents. the gaming commission, already put An environmental report completed the agency on record disputing some for the Tribe in May by Ridolfi, a Seattle Casino Classes of the contentions of the lawsuit in a engineering company, contends that Northwood Crossing Casino will be a July 25 letter to project critics. because the project will not use federal Class II casino, unlike Lummi Nation’s Silver “Under the Indian Gaming Regula- funds or require federal permits, it does Reef Casino and the Nooksack Tribe’s Nook- tory Act (IGRA), the Nooksack Tribe not have to comply with federal envi- Opponents of the Nooksack Indian Tribe’s sack River Casino, which are Class III. Ac- does not have to receive permission ronmental law. The report concluded development of a casino north of Lynden filed a law- cording to the National Indian Gaming Com- from the National Indian Gaming Com- the project would have minor impacts suit in federal court Aug. 2 asking federal regulators mission web site, states have regulatory mission (NIGC) to construct a gaming on traffic, groundwater, vegetation and to halt construction. authority over Class III casinos, but “Tribal facility on this site,” Nelson wrote. growth of the area. It says there will The suit by North County Community Alliance is a regulatory authority over Class II gaming The letter explains that because the be beneficial effects on recreational complaint against the National Indian Gaming Com- was preserved in full” by the Indian Gam- construction site is located on Indian and educational opportunities and on mission and the U.S. Department of the Interior (the ing Regulatory Act of 1988. “The Act further lands acquired in trust for the Nook- socioeconomics. parent agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs), plus provided for general regulatory oversight at sack Tribe before Congress enacted Nelson’s July 25 letter says the casino agency top officials. the federal level and created the National IGRA in 1988, the Nooksacks have the will not be exempt from federal environ- “We’re saying, ‘Step up and do your job,’” said Indian Gaming Commission as the respon- right to build a gaming facility there. mental laws: “These federal regulations Craig Mayberry, a leader of North County Commu- sible agency.” “IGRA does not require the Tribe to do not require compliance with local nity Alliance who is also the Republican candidate obtain NIGC approval before construct- zoning regulations, but they do require challenging State Representative Kelli Linville in dollar investment is made in construc- ing the facility, which is why there has the Tribe to construct and maintain its the 42nd district. Mayberry wants the agencies to tion, and because she believes tribal been no federal public planning pro- facility in a manner that protects the require a public process in conducting an environ- members are not benefiting from the cess or environmental assessment,” environment and the public health and mental review of the casino project. Tribe’s Nooksack River Casino, which Nelson wrote. safety. We plan to coordinate our over- The Nooksack Tribe is constructing Northwood opened in Deming in 1993. The North County Community Alli- sight and monitoring of this site with the Crossing Casino on a 20-acre parcel of tribal trust “Financial records are never pre- ance lawsuit also challenges the legal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency land at the corner of Halverstick and Northwood sented to tribal members,” she said. status of the site, stating, “Plaintiff in order to ensure that the Tribe follows roads, in a residential and agricultural area near the Jefferson said she and the other believes that no agency of the federal these regulations.” Canadian border. Nooksack tribal members in North government has made a proper deter- Nelson said in a phone interview Aug. Nooksack Tribal member Julie Jefferson is also a County Community Alliance hope the mination as to whether this parcel of 7 that his agency would start regulating member of North County Community Alliance. She suit will make casino administrators land is held in trust status.” the casino, under IGRA rules, as soon supports the lawsuit because she wants environ- accountable. But a November 2005 letter to the as it opens. “The NIGC’s regulations mental issues to be resolved before a multi-million- “They have to be accountable to us,” Tribe’s chairman from the superinten- affect casino operations.”

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Briefs FUZZ BUZZ News from around WANTED the region Bay Initiative signatures OK’d Whatcom County Auditor Shirley Forslof determined Aug. 8 that the Healthy Bay Ini- WCJ1604921 WCJ1604921 tiative has a sufficient number of signatures to be put on Bellingham ballots in Novem- Comings and goings ber. Forslof verified 3,663 signatures, pro- ON AUG. 1, Bellingham Police providing a cushion above the required 3,652 moted the first woman to lieutenant signatures. in the department’s 100 year his- The initiative would require the City to tory. Flo Simon, who started out as a advocate and support cleanup plans that patrol officer in 1989, has been pro- would permanently remove mercury and moted from sergeant to lieutenant. other contaminants from the Whatcom Wa- ON AUG. 1, Bellingham Police terway and would clean the former mill site announced the retirement of Lt. Dac to meet residential standards. Jamison after 30 years on the force. WellSpring Community School Jamison began his career as a jailer 10th Street will get parallel parking in 1975 and the following year was New!ExpandedCampus Bellingham City Council voted Aug. 7 to hired as a police officer. He was pro- :JPLUJL3HIZ:[\KPV(Y[Z install parallel parking on 10th Street north moted to sergeant in 1984 and then [O:[)LSSPUNOHT of Taylor Dock, instead of the angled park- to lieutenant in 1989. The burly offi- ing called for in the 1998 master plan for cer held a variety of positions on the the dock and adjacent open space. force, including the “Officer Friend- Council members Terry Bornemann, ly” special unit attached to schools. Barbara Ryan, Bob Ryan, and Gene Knut- son voted for parallel parking. John Watts Budgie bandits and Joan Beardsley voted against. Louise ON AUG. 1, a Meridian Street caller Bjornson was absent because of a death reported parakeets were stolen. in the family. Police theorize the ’keets may have Parallel parking will retain about 3,500 just flown the coop. square feet more green space than angled parking would, but produce 12 fewer park- YABLO ing spaces. Local residents formed an or- ON AUG. 3, someone detonated yet ganization to lobby to retain as much as another bomb-like object—this time possible of the level lawn that was created police say it was “a low-grade ‘pipe School Since 1992 after the Parks Department cleared black- bomb’-type device”—in a vacant 2006-07 OPEN HOUSE! Thurs., Aug. 10th, 7pm call 671-5433 berry bushes in 2003. nursing home on Victor Street. The noise was heard for miles and more Affordable housing clears hurdle than 20 neighbors came from as far Bellingham City Council unanimously as four blocks away to see what had approved the final plat on Aug. 7 for Mat- happened. No injuries were reported. thei Place. The 14-home development will remain permanently affordable for house- Clothing crimes holds at or below 80 percent of the area’s ON JULY 26, thieves cut the locks off median income. lockers at Arne Hanna Aquatic Cen- Plat approval clears the way for Kulshan ter and stole all the belongings and Community Land Trust to apply for building clothing, leaving three swimmers permits for the project, which is on Harris shivering in nothing but the swim- Avenue at 15th Street in Fairhaven, on land suits they were wearing. purchased from the city. ON JULY 24, a caller reported that a This will be Kulshan CLT’s first construc- man wearing only a blue towel went tion project. The land trust has contracted through his backpack while he was with Wellman & Zuck to begin construction, swimming at Whistle Lake near Ana- and its subcontractor, Callen Construction cortes. When he returned to shore, Company, started site development the he found he was missing cash and a first week of August. digital camera. The 14 homes will meet Built Green, ON JULY 16, Bellingham Police cit- LEED, and Green Community Initiative ed a 35-year-old man wandering guidelines, three of the most advanced outside Rumors Cabaret at 1:51am programs for quality, energy-efficient without any clothes on. homes.

do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | NEWSnews 6-96-9 | words & community 10-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- Cascadia Weekly | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | P.9 wards system where Iraqis were routinely rounded up and interrogated if they ran away when shooting started. “Imagine,” Hildes’ wife and legal as- sistant, Karen Weill, says, “anyone who ords wouldn’t run for cover when shooting wcommunity lectures books started.” “But the way you got promoted—if you wanted to go from Mosul to Abu Ghraib to Baghdad to Guantanamo and out of there—is that you got X number of successful interrogations. Which means they are torturing routinely in order to receive promotion,” Hildes claims. Nine times out of 10, Rick estimates people they interrogated just happened to be on the scene or were huddled in door- ways. If a door closed in response to gun- fire, it was torn down by soldiers and the occupants interrogated. If soldiers didn’t meet their quotas, they would interrogate at random. “He couldn’t take it anymore—the tor- ture, the actions against unarmed non- Soldiers who walk away from Iraq combatants,” Hildes says. “It was not what he signed up to do. Later, at Fort Bragg, he refused to go back. He walked away.” Many soldiers experience moral fatigue similar to Rick. Others are characterized by Hildes: “Some were lied to by their recruiters,” he says. “In fact, we find nearly all were lied to by recruiters in one way or another. Some were promised they’d never be shipped out. Others were promised benefits or assignments they never received. “In civilian life, when an employer lies to you about your job or pay or benefits, it’s a breach of contract and you can leave. Not the case with the military.” “They’re called GIs,” Weill agrees. “Gov- ernment Issue. They’re considered property of the U.S. government.” Still others, they explain, were young and naïve when they signed up and have By Tim Johnson tice. Some stay AWOL. since discovered—through age and experi- “For many, desertion is the only way ence—that they object to war on a funda- On Friday Rick,* a sergeant assigned to United States Army 82nd Airborne out,” explains Larry Hildes, a Bellingham mental level. “They grew up,” Hildes says, division, will attend a rally in Seattle. Immediately afterward, he will surrender attorney defending American soldiers “the way we expect people to grow up when who—for one cause or another—walk they serve in the military. Some object to all himself to military justice at Fort Lewis, the latest casualty in a conflict that has away from duty in the Middle East. war, but a lot object to this war.” claimed thousands of lives. A civil rights attorney for 11 years, Hildes Regulations do not permit soldiers to be has been practicing in Bellingham for the choosy about the wars they’re assigned to You won’t find these names listed among those killed past four, approximately the same amount fight. Because today’s military is an all-vol- or wounded in combat. They are among the more than of time he has been defending service unteer force, troops seeking objector sta- 40,000 U.S. service personnel who have deserted Rally personnel in military courts. His clients are tus must convince superior officers they’ve since 2001. WHO: Veterans for Peace detained at Fort Lewis and the U.S. Navy had an honest change of heart about the Members of the armed forces are considered absent WHAT: Picnic at Peace Arch base at Bangor. morality of war. without leave when they are unaccounted for, military Park to Support Soldiers Refus- “I got recruited,” he laughs. “I have a “None of us can choose our wars,” says regulations say. They’re listed as deserters after they’ve ing to Serve in Iraq good friend who is chair of the Military Law Joe Davis, a spokesman for Veterans of been AWOL for 30 days. WHEN: 12-3pm, Sun. Aug. 13 Task Force.” The MLTF is a committee of Foreign Wars. “They’re always a political Earlier this summer, Pentagon officials admitted that WHERE: Peace Arch Park, the National Lawyers Guild composed of decision.” more than 40,000 troops from all branches of the mili- Canada attorneys, law students, legal workers and Conscientious objector status, as defined tary have deserted over the past five years. That fig- COST: Free advocates. The organization provides legal by the military, means a total rejection of ure—which has yet to be widely reported—represents MORE INFO: support for military personnel. war, Hildes explains. “But a lot of these a dramatic revision of the Pentagon’s previous deser- veteransforpeace.org “Mostly my wife and I got involved as part guys would fight a World War II, against a tion estimate, in March, of just 8,000. The Pentagon of our contribution to the anti-war effort.” real enemy for a just cause. They’ve just reports 46 percent are U.S. Army volunteers. Marines—a service branch where lost faith and heart in this war.” For that va- desertion was once virtually unheard of—now represent about one in every 10 All Ranks, riety of objector, he explains, there’s little active duty desertions. All Branches choice but to walk away. Hundreds have fled to Canada. Others, like “Rick,” surrender to military jus- Hildes’ most recent client, Rick was an Many enlist from a high sense of moral *Name changed to protect the soldier’s anonymity until he surrenders later this week. interrogator for the 82nd Airborne. Sta- purpose, believing the cause was just. tioned at Mosul, some 250 miles north- “They learn very quickly they’re mistaken,” west of Baghdad, Rick described a re- Hildes says.

P.10 | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | Cascadia Weekly do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | news 6-9 | wordsWORDS/COMMUNITY & community10-1310-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- Prominent among this group is U.S. the ones that make it to the front page. We Army 1st Lieutenant Ehren Watada, the understand by talking to our clients that first commissioned officer to refuse de- atrocities are occurring every day. ployment to Iraq. “When the war started, GI Rights Hotline The Army filed charges against Watada logged a few hundred, maybe a thousand after he refused to deploy to Iraq in June. calls a month. It went to 2,000 by about STUDENT OPERATED RADIO Watada says he doesn’t object to war, but May 2003. It’s more than 3,000 a month ATNEWS WESTERN AND PUBLICWASHINGTON AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY he considers the conflict in Iraq illegal. now and I am told that is a low estimate,” DEMOCRACY NOW FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS The Army refused his request to resign. If Hildes explains. SPECIALTY SHOWS convicted, Watada faces as many as seven “That’s just the GI hotline. That’s not 40 HOURS/WEEK OF NEW MUSIC years in prison. soldiers calling local groups for assistance; WWW.KUGS.ORG His attorney, Eric Seitz, says, “What the that’s not people who don’t know where to 89.3FM Army has clearly tried to do by the nature go; that’s not even most of the folks who of these charges is send out a message are going to Canada. There are a lot of an- to people in the military, that if you criti- gry soldiers out there and it is growing rap- cize the war and if you criticize the deci- idly,” Hildes continues. “And the more that sions that were made to bring the United come forward, the more that come forward States into this war, that you, too, could be after them. charged with disloyalty, contemptuous re- “If they’re admitting to 40,000—out of marks and disrespect for higher officers, 200,000 total active duty personnel—my and in this case, specifically in this charge, God, that is a huge, huge problem.” the President.” It’s just the tip of the iceberg, Hildes Hildes predicts other officers may refuse maintains. “These are the people who to serve in what they see as a unwinnable stood out and declared they wanted out conflict. or didn’t want to go. Think of the many “Everyone from the prime minister of thousands more who are now adamantly Iraq, whom they installed, on down is say- opposed to this war but who won’t leave ing that the U.S. has to leave, that the situ- because they believe it is their duty, or be- ation will not stabilize until the U.S. pulls cause they believe they signed a contract, out of the region. War, continued on pg. 12 “The Administration has admitted they knew there were no weapons of mass destruction,” Hildes continues. “They’ve admitted that Saddam Hussein was no Hear threat. The next excuse was to restore democracy. Now the story is that we have to stay for the memory of those who died, which makes absolutely no sense. They’re not even making a pretense anymore that we’re there for any reasonable purpose. It takes its toll on those who serve.” “I wish everyone in the country could talk to someone who has actually been in Iraq, because it is a totally different mind- set,” Weill furthers. “Their world is very, very different than we imagine.” “One thing we’re finding more and more is that a lot of these folks are against the war before they even go. When they come back, they’re just that much angrier.” In early cases, Hildes found this anger and resistance to war was slow to come out. “We learned about it eventually. Now it comes right out, first thing.” WHAT: Author Peter Laufer reads from Mis- sion Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq Growing Resistance WHEN: 5pm, Sun., Aug. 13 Across all branches of service, resistance WHERE: Village Books, 1200 11th St. to the war is building. Belief systems, so COST: Free important to a soldier’s morale, are in col- MORE INFO: 671-2626 or villagebooks.com lapse, Weill says. Suicide and suicide rates NOTES: This event will be televised on continue to climb among service person- C-SPAN nel in Iraq. WHAT: Journalist Dahr Jamail, on Iraq and Hildes says, “When revelations of mas- Lebanon sacres came out, all of a sudden, GI Rights WHEN: 7pm, Sun., Aug. 13 Hotline started receiving hundreds of calls WHERE: Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, from Marines wanting to get out.” The GI 2600 Lakeway Dr. Rights Hotline provides information to ser- COST: Free vice personnel about discharges, grievance MORE INFO: 734-0217 or WhatcomPJC.org and complaint procedures, and other civil NOTES: Currently reporting from the Lebanon- rights. “Marines are not the first people Syria border, Jamail is a special correspondent you hear from, let me tell you. When they for the BBC, Democracy Now!, the Inter Press start calling by the hundreds, saying, ‘I’m Service, and others. He will be joined by Mike not going to go, I am not going to do as I Ferner, author of Inside the Red Zone: A Veteran am told,’ you have a very serious situation. for Peace Reports from Iraq. “Those atrocities,” he says, “are only

STREET LAW: Get free legal advice and refer- or who just don’t want to get into trouble or rals at Street Law from 1-4pm every Saturday go to jail. It’s staggering.” Words through Aug. 26 at the corner of Railroad Av- Weill agrees. “Army Times did a survey Wed., Aug. 9 enue and Magnolia Street. For more info: 671- that found 70 percent of service personnel SPOKEN WORDS: Peter Gunn hosts the poetry- 6079. are against the war—70 percent. That’s an driven Spoken Word Wednesday at 8pm at Stu- BREWFEST: Live blues tunes and brews from amazing figure.” art’s at the Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. For more 10 regional breweries will be part of the Porter- Hildes shrugs. “It’s a house of cards, info: 714-0800. house Brewfest from 2-7pm in downtown Mount waiting to fall.” DEBUT NOVEL: Jana McBurney Lin reads from Vernon. Tickets are $20. For more info: (877) her debut novel, My Half of the Sky, at 7:30pm 754-6284 or lincolntheatre.org. Women As at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The event is free. TOUR DE WHATCOM: Take a 25, 50 or 100-mile Well As Men For more info: 671-2626. bike tour through Whatcom County as part of BOOK TALK: Join a free discussion of Laurie R. the Tour de Whatcom Big Brothers Big Sisters Hildes’ most prominent client was Army King’s The Beekeeper’s Apprentice at 6:30pm fundraiser starting in downtown Bellingham. Specialist Suzanne Swift. Swift, 22, was ar- at Barnes & Noble, 4099 Meridian St. For more Cost is $25-$45. For more info: 739-9953. rested in Oregon in June and confined to info: 647-7018. PANCAKE BREAKFAST: All are welcome at a Fort Lewis, where she awaits the outcome Blueberry Pancake Breakfast from 8-11am at of an investigation into allegations that she Fri., Aug. 11 the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Hal- was sexually harassed and assaulted by BENEATH THE SURFACE: Bill Lightfoot reads leck St. Cost is $2.50-$4 or $12 per family. For three sergeants in Iraq. from Beneath the Surface: Submarines Built in more info: 676-1450. Swift says the sergeants propositioned Seattle and Vancouver, 1909-1918 at 7:30pm at FLEA MARKET: Support the Opportunity Council her for sex shortly after she arrived for her Village Books, 1200 11th St. The event is free. by attending the Bellingham Flea market from first tour of duty in February 2004. She re- For more info: 671-2626. 10am-3pm at 1111 Cornwall Ave. For more info mained in Iraq until February 2005. “When Sat., Aug 12 on renting booths: 724-5121, ext. 213. you are over there, you are lower than dirt; STORIES: Bring the kids to listen to stories such Aug. 12 - Aug. 13 you are expendable as a soldier in general, as Virginia Lee Burton’s The Little House and do CIVIL REENACTMENT: Battle reruns, military and as a woman, it’s worse,” Swift said dur- projects at 11am at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, camps and family activities will be part of the ing a recent interview. 4099 Meridian St. For more info: 647-7018. Civil War Reenactment and Living History Reen- Returned to Fort Lewis, Swift was initially BEYOND DAVINCI: G. David Bock leads a discus- actment from 9am-5pm Aug. 12 and 9am-3pm placed under the command of the very per- sion dubbed “Beyond the DaVinci Code” from Aug. 13 at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead sonnel she claims assaulted her. Egregious 3-6pm at Canterbury Court Clubhouse, 3790 Park, 5200 Nielsen Rd. Tickets are $2-$7. For but not unusual, said Hildes, who was re- Canterbury Lane. Entry is a suggested $5. For more info: (360) 398-8914. cently removed as Swift’s counsel. more info: 752-1824. “What she experienced you can call Sun., Aug. 13 Sun., Aug. 13 SHOW & SHINE: Attend or take part in the Cor- ‘command rape,’” Weill explains, an expe- GAY MEN’S LIT: A free discussion of Tom Span- vette Show and Shine from 10am-2pm at the rience among U.S. servicewomen more bauer’s The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon Country music vixen Terri Clark performs Aug. 15 as part of the Sehome Village Haggen, 210 36th St. Entry fee Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden broadly termed “military sexual trauma.” starts at 2pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. is $15, the event is free for spectators. For more Veteran’s Administration researchers say The event is free. For more info: 671-2626. info: 676-7779. the term covers everything from verbal Cost is $45. For more info: 734-9894 or belling- FIRE FIGHTS: More than 40 firefighters from the abuse to forced rape. Mon., Aug. 14 hamsailing.com. region will compete at today’s Firefighters Com- “When we took this case, we had women POETRY NIGHT: Spoken word and acoustic per- petition from 9am-4pm at the Ferndale Haggen, coming out of the woodwork. We still get formances can be shared at Poetry Night at Aug. 9 - Aug. 12 1815 Main St. Cost is $20 for competitors, free 8pm every Monday at Fantasia Espresso, 1332 SKAGIT COUNTY FAIR: A rodeo, stage shows, ex- calls.” Hildes says a National Public Radio for spectators. For more info: (360) 384-0303. Cornwall Ave. For more info: 715-1632 or poet- hibits, live music and more can be experienced segment on Swift in July generated hun- rynight.org. at the Skagit County Fair from 10am-10pm at Mon., Aug. 14 dreds of calls to KUOW-FM. “Their phone Mount Vernon’s Skagit County Fairgrounds, HOME ED: A free Home Buyer Education Work- lines were totally jammed with women call- Tues., Aug. 15 1410 Virginia St. Entry is $5. For more info: shop happens today and Aug. 16 from 6-9pm at ing to say, ‘This happened to me.’” IMMIGRANT LIFE: Philip Garrison gives a free (360) 336-9453. KulshanCLT, 215 W. Holly St. For more info and Estimates of sexual abuse among women reading based on his book, Because I Don’t to register: 671-5600. soldiers in Iraq tops 63 percent, according Have Wings: Stories of Immigrant Life, at 7:30pm Thurs., Aug. 10 to GI Rights Hotline reports. at Village Books, 1200 11th St. For more info: HISTORY CRUISE: Whatcom Museum’s Rich- Aug. 14 - Aug. 19 Despite the high media attention given 671-2626. ard Vanderway helms the Bellingham Bay His- NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR: Live music tory Cruise leaving at 7pm every Thursday from to Swift’s case, Hildes explains that “most from the likes of Terri Clark and Merle Haggard, Wed., Aug. 16 Squalicum Harbor. Cost is $10 for museum cases we try to do quietly. We try to get them a carnival, agricultural displays, vendors and lots WOMEN’S SUPPORT: Join the Women Writers’ members, $20 general. For more info: 676- of food will be part of the Northwest Washington a discharge, we try to avoid getting them Support Group for reviews and critiques of your 6981 or whatcommuseum.org. Fair through Aug. 19 at Lynden’s NW Washing- court martialed; we just want to get them work at 7pm at Barnes & Noble, 4099 Meridian BABY FOOD: Learn to make your own natural ton Fairgrounds. Entry is $8 for general admis- out. A lot of times they don’t even care what St. The event is free. For more info: 647-7018. baby food at a free class at 11am and again at sion. For more info: 354-4111 or northwest- kind of paper they get” upon discharge, he ZANESVILLE: Kris Saknussemm reads from 1:30pm at Haggen, 2900 Woburn St. For more washingtonfair.org. says. “We try to get them a general if not an Zanesville at 7:30pm at Village Books, 1200 11th info and to register: 650-8371. honorable discharge, but these days a lot of St. The event is free. For more info: 671-2626. Tues., Aug. 15 them just don’t care. They just want out.” Sat., Aug. 12 STUMBLER’S GUIDE: Wendy Friel and Kathy Hildes figures that “for every one we get REEFNET FESTIVAL: From noon-9pm, head to Thurber give a free “Stumbler’s Guide to Eng- Lummi Island for the second annual Reefnet out of military service, we save not only Community land’s Coast to Coast Walk” at 12:30pm at the Festival at the Village Point Marina. A wild salm- their lives but the lives of everyone they Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. For more Wed., Aug. 9 on barbecue, live music, skiff rides to fishing info: 676-6981. might have killed in combat. WEDNESDAY MARKET: The Wednesday Market is boats, art and craft vendors and more will fill the “It’s very satisfying to realize that we’ve open from 3-7pm on the Fairhaven Village Green day. The event is free, and shuttles will be avail- Wed., Aug. 16 not only kept these soldiers from being (behind Village Books, 1200 11th St.). For more able from the ferry. For more info: 758-2620. FREE RIDE: Members of the Mt. Baker Bike Club killed but also have gotten their lives back info: 647-2060 or bellinghamfarmers.org. FARMERS MARKET: Attend the Bellingham will lead a free, guided family ride for new and for them. We’re winning the war,” Hildes CHOWDER CHARTER: Get on board the Shawma- Farmers Market from 10am-3pm every Saturday returning bike riders starting at 6pm at the De- says, “one life at a time.” nee for the weekly Chowder Charters happening at the Depot Market Square. For more info: 647- pot Market Square and continuing to the Bloedel at 6pm every Wednesday at Squalicum Harbor. 2060 or bellinghamfarmers.org. Donovan Park. For more info: 676-6974.

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do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | news 6-9 | wordsWORDS/COMMUNITY & community10-1310-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- Cascadia Weekly | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | P.13 Insights Gallery in Anacortes. For more info: (360) 588-8044 or insightsgallery.com. LYNDEN PIONEER MUSEUM: “Putting Old Dob- bin Out to Pasture,” an exhibit featuring bug- gies, antique cars and photos, shows through April 2007 at the Lynden Pioneer Museum, 217 Front St. Entry is $3-$5. For more info: 354- visual art galleries openings 3675. MINDPORT GALLERY: View paintings by Alan Weydert, Kathleen Harris, and Dawn Kimber- ling at the “Three Views” exhibit through Aug. 20 at Mindport Gallery, 210 W. Holly St. For Chelm, Yogoman, and Courtney Fortune, more info: 647-5614 or mindport.org. and a plethora of food vendors and family MONA: “All in the Painted View” presents the activities. “Chalk Art is destined to grow,” Northwest landscape through the eyes of vari- explains La Bella Strada organizer Chris- ous artists through Oct. 8 at La Conner’s Mu- tine Scheid-Zurline, who’s been involved seum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. The off and on with Allied Arts since its in- Benaroya Glass Gallery will also feature a trib- ception in 1979. “It’s part of the strategic ute to legendary artist Italo Scanga. For more info: (360) 466-4446. plan for the arts in Bellingham to have MOUNT BAKERY: Works by Robert Finnigan a juried arts festival. On the second day can be seen through August at the Mount Bak- you can come see all the art; it’s kind of ery, 308 W. Champion St. For more info: 715- like an art fun run.” 1772. Scheid-Zurline encourages people VIKING UNION: Haida and Apache artist An- to come peruse the event while it’s still drew Morrison’s “Beyond Words” can be seen “small and sweet” and says she gives through Aug. 18 at WWU’s Viking Union Gal- props to the artists who are lending their lery. For more info: 650-6534 or onestaa.com. talents to the debut event. It’s part of Al- WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Contrasting Objectives: lied Arts’ mission to enrich the commu- Fifteen Pacific Northwest Photographers” and nity by supporting local artists, nurturing “Bert Huntoon and the Mount Baker Lodge” are currently showing at the Whatcom Museum children’s arts education and connecting of History & Art, 121 Prospect St. For more the public to a vibrant arts community, info: 676-6981 orwhatcommuseum.org. and La Bella Strada and the Chalk Artfest merges these tenets. “We plan to build this into a full-fledged Openings/Events festival,” Scheid-Zurline emphasizes. “I’m proud of the people who stepped Fri., Aug. 11 up to participate in a new event. They’re IVERSON OPENING: Attend an opening of Mark taking a chance. They’re putting them- Iverson’s latest works from 6-9pm at La Con- selves out there. I hope the public will ner’s Café Culture, 109 E. Commercial St. The back them. exhibit will be on display through Aug. 24. For more info: (360) 421-0985. “It’s a chance for people to get some ART NETWORK: Share information at an Art fine art in their homes and help out lo- Network meeting at 8:30am every Friday at cal and regional artists. Come find a trea- Fantasia Espresso, 1324 Cornwall Ave. The sure, buy something from an artist and free gathering is open to all artists and cultural Local chalk artists show your support. Make it part of the organizations. For more info: 676-8548. create street art for culture in Bellingham.” the masses Sat., Aug. 12 LUCIA’S LATEST: An opening reception for the Ongoing Exhibits exhibit “Pacific Northwest Printmakers in Flor- ALLIED ARTS: Paintings and pottery by Nancy ence” happens from 5-7pm at Lucia Douglas Leshinsky and Lynn Dee will be featured through Gallery, 1415 13th St. Heidi Epstein, Thomas August at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. For Wood, Tom Sherwood, Gerald Purdy, Dana By Amy Kepferle more info: 676-8548 or alliedarts.com. Mattson, and Courtney Lang are among the BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The museum artists who’ll be on display through Sept. 9. For is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. and more info: 733-5361 or luciadouglas.com. Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. For more PAINT LA CONNER: Regional artists will take Beautiful Streets info: 393-7540. part in today’s Paint La Conner! event through- BLUE HORSE GALLERY: “The Blue Horse Art- out the town. An auction preview of the day’s ists” exhibit can be seen through August at creations starts at 4:30pm and a silent auc- The real meaning of urban art the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. Tom tion begins at 5:30pm at the La Conner Quilt Something unusual happens to the Schlotterback, Tom Wood, Rachel Foreman, Museum, 703 S. 2nd St. Tickets are $10 at sidewalks of downtown Bellingham every year during Helen Dorn, Lanny Little, and Tracy Powell are the door. For more info: (360) 466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com. the second weekend of August. Artists of all shapes, among the artists being displayed. For more info: 671-2305. ages and ability levels take colored chalk to cement Festival WHAT: La Bella Strada and Chalk BOUNDARY BAY: Peruse “Salmon at the Bay” Aug. 12 - Aug. 13 and create art that will likely be washed away by rain CARVING DEMO: Rocky MacArthur and Thu Artfest through Aug. 26 at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 or soon scuffed by passerby. But that doesn’t seem Nguyen will be among the sculptors sharing WHEN: 10am-7pm Aug. 12, 10am- Railroad Ave. Bid on the pieces throughout the to stop the artists from putting their all into the tem- month to benefit the Nooksack Salmon Enhance- their talents at the 15th annual Artwood Carving 6pm Aug. 13 porary works as part of the Chalk Art Festival. ment Association. For more info: 715-0283. Demonstration from noon-4pm at Artwood Gal- WHERE: Downtown Bellingham This year, the 14th for the inclusive community FIREHOUSE ART: Pamela Willett’s “Photos of lery, 1000 Harris Ave. For more info: 647-1628. event, the Allied Arts-helmed fundraiser will be up COST: Free to peruse, $10-$20 for Nepal” are on display through Aug. 31 at the to something a little different. In addition to featuring chalk artists Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Tues., Aug. 15 FARM FOR LIFE: Peruse the “Farming for Life” the chalk art of more than 200 willing participants, MORE INFO: 676-8548 or al- Ave. For more info: 676-5387. liedarts.com HANDPRINT ARTS: See works from more than 50 agricultural photo display from 10am-10pm the La Bella Strada Arts Festival will make its debut. today through Aug. 20 at Lynden’s Northwest Translated as “the beautiful street,” the juried local artists at Handprint Arts, 1611 N. State St. For more info: 647-9087 or handprintarts.org. Washington Fairgrounds as part of the NW arts festival will include as many as 80 fine art and craft vendors selling their INSIGHTS GALLERY: New paintings by Anne Washington Fair. For more info: (360) 354- original creations. There’ll also be music by the likes of REdux, What the Schreivogl can be seen through Aug. 31 at 1337 or wcfarmfriends.com.

P.14 | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | Cascadia Weekly do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | news 6-9 | words & community 10-13 | VISUALvisual artART 1414 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- water Park. Tickets are $12. For more info: (877) 754-6284 or shakesnw.org. Thurs., Aug. 10 GOOD, BAD & UGLY: Sketch comedy, stand-up and improv can be experienced at the Good, the Bad & the Ugly, every Thursday at 8pm at the stagetheatre dance performance Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Entry is a paltry $5. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com. fun of everyone and everything—including Aug. 10 - Aug. 12 myself. I don’t take anything too seriously.” CODY RIVERS 10: The Cody Rivers show presents Although Puckett was active in drama in all-new material with Volume #10 at 8pm at iDiOM high school in Port Townsend, it wasn’t until Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $5 Thurs- his senior talent show, when he got up and days, $10 otherwise. For more info and to make started making fun of his classmates and reservations: 201-5464 or idiomtheater.com. By Amy Kepferle teachers and was subsequently asked to be Aug. 10 - Aug. 13 the class speaker at graduation, that he real- BARD COMEDY: Shakespeare Northwest stages ized how much fun one person could have TheComedyofErrors at 8pm Aug. 10 and 12 alone on stage. and at 2pm Aug. 13 at Mount Vernon’s Edgewa- Bizarre and Delightful “I felt drunk with power over it,” he ad- ter Park. Tickets are $12. For more info: (877) mits. “I really liked performing, but hated 754-6284 or shakesnw.org. An evening with Evan Puckett working with other people stepping on the Note to uptight soccer moms: joke. I’m kind of a control freak where per- Aug. 10 - Aug. 15 “A Strange and Terrible Evening with forming is concerned.” GODSPELL: Jesus gets his groove on when Sum- mer Stock presents Godspell at 6pm Aug. 10 at Evan Puckett” probably isn’t your thing. Puckett warns that topics such as gay sex the Fairhaven Village Green and 6pm Aug. 15 And if you do come, you’ll want to leave and racism might rear their heads during at Resort Semiahmoo. Tickets are $8. For more your progeny at home. Puckett has this weekend’s shows, but invites us all to info: 650-6146. slapped a “parental advisory” sticker come along for the ride. After all, he notes, on his Aug. 11-12 shows at the Pick- his Republican pharmacist father and ele- Aug. 11 - Aug. 12 ford Dream Space, which means he’ll mentary schoolteacher mom will be there, UPFRONT ANNIVERSARY: Celebrate two years of be free to open up about the things that front and center, like they are for most of funny business at special Upfront Anniversary are important to him. his performances. shows at 7:30pm and 9:30pm at the Upfront “No kids,” Puckett, 25, reiterates. “My “My parents go to almost every show Theatre, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $8-$10. humor is part of my personality and there I’ve ever done,” says the comedian. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com. may be some swearing and disgusting “They come to see me in gay bars, Aug. 12 - Aug. 16 sexual jokes. I won’t be performing etc. My standup is just a bigger CAT ON A ROOF: Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a at children’s birthday parties any- version of myself. The show has Hot Tin Roof shows at 7:30pm Aug. 12 and 16 time soon.” definite queer sensibilities, but at WWU’s Underground Theater. Tickets are Considering that Puckett’s last it’s not just for a homo crowd.” $6-$10. For more info: 650-6146. one-man show at the Pickford, Puckett says his one-and- “American Idle,” covered every- a-half hour show will likely Mon., Aug. 14 thing from stories about him having end with an ’80s power bal- GALLUS FAREWELL: Help send Devin Cham- to relieve himself in a bag perched lad complete with a costume plin—from the Gallus Brothers—off in style at a farewell celebration/ vaudevillian variety show at in the bathtub when the toilet at his over- including angel wings, bling, 8pm at Boundary Bay, 1107 Railroad Ave. Cost is priced San Francisco apartment went out silver men’s hot pants and a Freddy $5. For more info: 647-5593. (“my MacGyver instincts kicked in”) to his Krueger glove. resemblance to singer Clay Aiken (“I’m an “It’ll be bizarre, upsetting and delight- Tues., Aug. 15 altogether different gangly sexually ambig- ful,” Puckett promises. YARD DOGS: Sword-swallowers, dancing dolls, fire uous fxxker”) to an open letter to women eaters, hobo poetry and a cartoon gypsy band will in stretch stirrup pants, white people with On Stage be part of the burlesque extravaganza that is the dreadlocks and folks who wear sandals Yard Dogs Road Show at 9pm at the Nightlight with socks (“you look like an asshole”), Lounge, 211 E. Chestnut St. Entry is $10. For it’s safe to say Puckett’s stand-up com- Aug. 9 - Aug. 13 more info: 527-1531 or nightlightlounge.com. SOUND OF MUSIC: Rodgers and Hammer- edy could include almost anything. stein’s version of The Sound of Music shows as “It’s like a dirty mixed tape,” the blond, Evan Puckett part of WWU’s Summer Stock season at 7:30pm Dance impish Puckett explains. Audiences at the WHAT: A Strange and Terrible Evening with Evan Aug. 9, 11 and 13 at the Performing Arts Center. multi-media show can expect a mishmash Puckett Tickets are $8-$10. For more info: 650-6146. Sat., Aug. 12 of rock covers tagged on to the end of mono- WHEN: 8pm, Aug. 11-12. TANGO BY BAY: No partner or experience is nec- logues and stories—some about Puckett WHERE: Pickford Dream Space, 1318 Bay St. Aug. 9 - Aug. 16 essary to partake in “Tango by the Bay” at 9pm himself and others about the strange and COST: $6 HAMLET: Shakespeare Northwest performs the at the Squalicum Yacht Club, 722 Coho Way. En- terrible world at large. “I’m basically making MORE INFO: evanpuckett.com dramatic Hamlet at 8pm Aug. 9, 11, 13 and try is $5. For more info: 733-2663. 16,and at 2pm Aug. 12 at Mount Vernon’s Edge-

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Often mocked and rarely understood, the move- ment in communal living that blossomed with Flower Power during the ’60s gets its most honest appraisal yet on film with Jonathan Berman’s Commune. Rather than taking on the phenomenon, Berman delves into the genesis and day- to-day reality of the Black Bear Ranch commune, one of the most radical and durable of such communities spread around the United States. In 1968, Black Bear cofounder Elsa Marley, now a college art professor and painter, hatched the slogan “free Trade Center with John and Will and—except for essen- land for a free people,” and ignited interest among hippies, Reviewed by Jack Mathews tial and heartrending visits with their concerned and in- intellectuals and young people who wanted to connect with creasingly panicked families, and rescue attempts from the land and reinvent a small agrarian society. “We tried,” above—keeps us there. says original Black Bear-ite Peter Coyote, “to create an al- It’s as harrowing as moviegoing gets; the sound of the ternative culture.” World Trade imploding towers is numbing, and the fear felt by the Like tales of how movies are made, the film’s early dis- trapped officers as millions of tons of debris crashes cussions revolve around how cash was raised to pay for around them is palpable. and organize the commune, which included pitching sym- Center Cage and Pena, doing most of their acting from their pathetic stars like James Coburn (a pitch which incongru- necks up and in near darkness, are completely convinc- ously featured a flag burning). Stone keeps it simple ing as men trying to help each other stay awake and Judging by the wide-ranging, eclectic and generously provided comments by the many residents who speak to As we watched the twin towers collapse on the morn- Berman’s camera, the practical needs of providing for a ing of Sept. 11, 2001, it seemed a case of life imitating community starting from scratch trumped theoretical nice- art—the images looked like scenes from a disaster movie. It’s as harrowing as moviegoing ties of pure communalism. Yet the documentary leaves no Now, with Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center, art is imi- doubt Black Bear was a largely successful experiment in tating life and, in completing the circle, Stone shows the gets; the sound of the imploding Marx’s credo of “from each according to his ability, to each transcendent power of film to capture the moment. according to his need.” Hardships of weather and scarcity World Trade Center is not the first great Sept. 11 mov- towers is numbing, and the fear forged intense bonds that gave the commune its staying ie—that distinction goes to Paul Greengrass’ United 93, power when many others in the country faded away. released earlier this year—but it’s the first one that taps Fortunately, Berman isn’t tempted to play up too many the main emotional vein of that day. felt by the trapped officers as of the personal dramas, though he’s interested in how the Politics and division would come later; on Sept. 11, community was sometimes torn between those who wanted Americans were united in the single hope that survivors millions of tons of debris crashes more individualism and those who wanted the group above could be found. all, as well as the ever-present gender divide. As it turned out, only 20 people would walk, crawl or be around them is palpable. Commune takes on further poignancy when the Black pulled out of the rubble and World Trade Center focuses Bear kids emerge with their own memories and stories, on two of the last: Port Authority Officers John McLoughlin alive, and the anxieties and near-hysteria of their wives including a hair-raising adventure experienced by Creek (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Penal). are conveyed with heartrending conviction by Maria Bello Hanauer’s daughter, Tesilya. Some of these kids still live After scenes establishing the calm under a dawning and Maggie Gyllenhaal. and work on the commune, continuing their aging parents’ blue sky over New York City, World Trade Center follows This is as uncomplicated a movie as Stone (Born on legacy; others, such as Aaron, son of Elsa and Richard Mar- McLoughlin and Jimeno from their homes in Orange the 4th of July, JFK) has made, and one of his most pow- ley, want nothing more to do with it. County, N.Y., and New Jersey, into the routine of their erful. Look closely at the last scene, of a staged reunion The film forms a fluid intertwining of present-day inter- jobs, and then, as first responders, into the twin towers. two years after Sept. 11, and you’ll see the actors meeting views and documentary footage with past archival work (in- Just as Jim Cameron put us aboard the Titanic and the characters they play. cluding home video shot on the ranch during the late ’60s), took us down with the ship, Stone puts us in the World It’s a nice touch. which reinforces the sense that the old commune and the new one are one and the same.

P.16 | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | Cascadia Weekly do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | news 6-9 | words & community 10-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | FILMfilm 16-1716-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- Bellingham Public Library Sat. @ dusk Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs have Film Shorts traded their trademark pastel garb for SCHEDULE STARTS FRIDAY black on black—always good in the Mi- By Carey Ross ami heat—but the lifestyle is still just as 2 DAYS ONLY! decadent and the criminals as colorful in An Inconvenient Truth: Former Vice Pres- Sat-Sun, Aug 12-13 @ 2:30 PM Michael Mann’s big-screen adaptation of ident Al Gore addresses the “myth” of Posei- USA • 2005 • 78 min • In English • Unrated his small-screen trendsetter. (R • 2 global warming using an army of fright- +++ HELD OVER BY POPULAR DEMAND hrs. 12 min.) ening facts and sobering statistics. He Sunset Square Call 676-9990 for show knows what he’s talking about—and he’s times. figured out how to say it without doing that droning thing. ++++ (PG • 1 hr. 35 Monster House: Animated flick about min.) three kids who realize that the house Fri-Thr, Aug 11-17 @ 4:40 & 9:15 PM Pickford 7:00 down the street is haunted—and angry USA • 2006 • 100 min • In English • Rated R enough to want to eat everyone in sight. Barnyard: The Original Party Animals: They vow to destroy it before it destroys More animated animal antics, this time the neighborhood. (PG • 1 hr. 31 centering around Otis, a “carefree party ++ min.) cow,” who is thrust out of the party scene Bellis Fair 11:50am | 2:15 | 4:40 | 7:00 and forced to become the leader of the The Night Listener: Robin Williams takes Fri-Thr, Aug 11-17 @ 7 PM pack. +++ (PG • 1 hr. 23 min.) USA • 2006 • 100 min • In English • Rated PG Sunset Square Call 676-9990 for show on another serious role (that’s how you times. know the film might be worth watching) as a late-night radio host who befriends Cars: Pixar and John Lasseter once again an abused boy who may not really exist. prove they’re a winning pair with this (R • 1 hr. 30 min.) kid- and adult-friendly story of the secret +++ Sunset Square Call 676-9990 for show world of the cars we drive. ++++ (G • 1 times. hr. 56 min.) Bellis Fair 1:20 | 4:15 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: Johnny Depp reprises his role as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Tim troublemaking buccaneer Jack Spar- Burton teams up once again with Johnny row. Expect swashbuckling aplenty when Live Music & Outdoor Movies Depp to create a visually sumptuous film presented by creepy-faced Davy Jones shows up to lay featuring memorable characters—and a Saturdays at the Village Green claim to Sparrow’s soul. (PG-13 • 2 ridiculously edible-looking river of choco- +++ hrs. 25 min.) late. Music by Yambique opens the show. Sehome 12:15 | 3:30 | 6:55 | 10:15 Aug 12 - 7:30 pm +++++ (PG • 1 hr. 55 min.) Fairhaven Village Green Sat. @ 7:30 Pulse: Kristen Bell takes a break from Music by Yambique / Film - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory solving whodunits on Veronica Mars to Commune: See review previous page. take on a big-screen mystery about a Aug 19: The Wanderers / Whale Rider +++ (Unrated • 1 hr. 18 min.) mysterious force that transmits itself to Aug 26: Chuckanut Drive / Walk the Line Pickford Sat. & Sun. @ 2:30 unsuspecting college students via e-mail. 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Reeve, Brandon Routh does not disap- Sunset Square Call 676-9990 for show point as the Man of Steel. (PG-13 times. ++++ • 2 hrs. 37 min.) Little Women: Long before the Spice Girls Bellis Fair 9:25 sang songs about it, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Amy March taught us what Girl Power Bobby: Will Ferrell turns his attention to- was really all about. This 1994 adapta- $1"0GD#/& 0.2/"!+ "GD ward the comedic goldmine of NASCAR tion of the classic story stars Winona Ry- #/& GD01 GD!3 with predictably hilarious results. Ricky der, Claire Danes, and Susan Sarandon. Bobby may not be smart, but he sure can ++++ (PG • 1 hr. 55 min.) do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | news 6-9 | words & community 10-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | FILMfilm 16-1716-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 | classifieds 22-27- Cascadia Weekly | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | P.17 Rumor Has It Unless you’ve spent the past week with your head shoved someplace dark and silent, undoubtedly you already musicjamboree rumor has it misc music know about the sudden closure of Casa Que Pasa. In case you’re unaware, the pertinent facts are these: early Thursday evening, Aug. 3, state Department of Revenue Jesse Sykes agents shut the doors of the beloved local burrito house and revoked its business license, citing almost $45,000 in back taxes owed by the es- tablishment. Signs of trouble at the popular eatery have been evident for some time, By Carey Ross with indicators of its downfall coming in the form increas- ing complaints about the quality of Casa’s once notably excellent burritos. By the time the rodent population had made itself known, employees’ paychecks began to bounce and rumors of possible illegal activities started to swirl around the restaurant, the writing was on the wall for anyone not too distracted by their potato burrito to see it. With the possibility of reopening the restaurant in the face of enormous debt (not to mention the probable bureaucratic nightmare of reinstating Casa’s business license) almost nonexistent, Bellingham now has to figure out what it will do without its de facto dining destination. What does all this have to do with music? Well, nothing really, unless you consider the fact that, during its seven years By Graham Isaac of operation, Casa employed many of this Festival town’s musicians—and probably regularly WHAT: Subdued Stringband Jamboree features fed all of them. Some were current em- Jesse Sykes, Robert Blake, The Gallus Brothers, ployees when the eatery was shut down, Subdued Stringband Sweetheart of the Rodeo, many others (includ- and now must search for employers as ing Saturday’s all-band jam) forgiving with regard to touring schedules WHEN: Fri. and Sat., Aug. 11-12 and band practices—to say nothing of the Jamboree WHERE: Deming Log Show Fairgrounds, droves of lost musicians who will wander Deming the streets searching for that one last po- COST: Weekend passes are $25 and are tato burrito with extra sauce. A weekend’s worth of pickin’ and grinnin’ available at Avalon Music and the Co-op. At the But the week’s losses didn’t end Thurs- For the last six years, the Subdued Stringband Jamboree has been taking gate, tickets are $15-$20 per day. Kids under day. A few days later, news also came roots-based, acoustic and bluegrass music and putting it in a family-friendly 15 get in free. Camp for an additional $5-$10. from the Gallus Brothers of their imminent festival context. The event has given wider audiences access to bands that MORE INFO: stringbandjamboree.com split. Unlike Casa, the wildly popular duo’s typically play to bar-goers in Bellingham and the surrounding area. This year, breakup did not involve the aid of any the festival features perhaps its biggest names to date, as well as a more singer/ “We’ve talked about that for a long time,” law-enforcement officials, but rather was songwriter-oriented lineup. Blake says. “As it goes on, it gets easier to prompted by the happy news that Devin “It’s definitely more songwriter heavy this year,” says festival organizer Robert add things. There’s a lot of talent at the Jam- Champlin, one half of the mighty musi- Blake. “That’s partly because that’s what I’m into right now. It isn’t necessarily a boree I figured, why not let them share it?” cal act, is relocating to Phoenix, Ariz. to direction the festival is heading in permanently, it’s just how it is this year.” In addition to the formal performances study “luthiery” for six months. I’m told Blake, who is a singer/songwriter himself, will take a break from overseeing and workshops, there will be tons of im- this “luthiery” is the art of guitar building, the festivities to play a set Friday night on the Flat Stage before the evening’s promptu picking and jamming over the not black magic as I first assumed. At any headliner, Jesse Sykes. The bulk of singer/songwriters are set to perform Friday, course of the weekend. Attendees often rate, the Gallus Brothers’ last performance while Saturday will take on a more old-timey party/hoedown feel. cite this as the festival’s biggest highlight: is set to happen Mon. Aug. 14 at Boundary New to this year’s festival are workshops for musicians honing their craft, put actually being able to hang out with the Bay. Please show up to thank both Devin on by some of the performers in two different designated areas. Ron Hardesty musicians and watch the late-night pickin’ and Lucas Hicks for the many hours of en- and Kristin Allen-Zito will host a songwriting workshop in one area, while the party around the campfire. tertainment they’ve so willingly and capa- other workshop will feature “harmony singing” with Laurel Bliss. The lineup this year consists of half re- bly provided.

work covers (Nine Inch Nails, anyone?) all serve to make it a party. RON HARDESTY: (7pm Fri.): Songwriter Ron Music, cont. Hardesty melds classic folk and classic country, creating tunes that are both instantly familiar and wholly their own. His songs are alternately hilarious and heartbreaking, stories of characters faced with all the hardships, big and small, that life tends to throw quite unexpectedly. BROTHER MUD: (12pm Sat.): Devin Champlin— who’s already been mentioned in this article as one half of the Gallus Brothers—writes gentle, amusing songs that stick to your ribs with their subtlety and depth. Chances are, he’s destined Our coffee for stardom—or at least some form of cult following—so see him now and you can say you saw him when, if you’re into that sort of thing. He’ll be playing in the round with Shawnee Kilgore and Kevin Carlson. monkeys are Music Miscellany Wed., Aug. 9 Lucas Hicks trained. MARIMBA TIMES TWO: Ruzivo Marimba and Photo by Chris Fuller Ruvara Marimba perform from 5:30-9pm in the alley between Mindport and Wild Buffalo as 300 W. Champion Street, Downtown peat performers, and half newcomers to part of the free Downtown Sounds Summer Al- the festival. Gates open at 3pm Friday, with ley Concerts. For more info: 527-8710. 738-DROP music kicking off at 5:30pm with a square MIDDAY MELODIES: Various artists taking part in dance called by Lucas Hicks. Saturday’s the Bellingham Festival of Music will give a free concert at 1pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 lineup hits the stage at noon and the party Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981 or what- goes until 11pm, when it culminates in an commuseum.org. all-band jamboree. For those who choose FIGARO’S FATE: See and hear Mozart’s operatic to camp, however, the music continues all Marriage of Figaro at the Festival of Music of- night long. Here are some of this year’s no- fering at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, table performers. 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $25-$30. JESSE SYKES: (10:15pm, Fri.): A near-legend in For more info: 734-6080. her own time, Northwest country-gothic singer Jesse Sykes plays dark, atmospheric twang, Thurs., Aug. 10 HOWLIN’ WOOD: Hear “blues with a groove” transcending the easy categorization of “alt- when Howlin’ Wood gives a free concert from country” through sheer gravity. At times sad, 6-8pm at Elizabeth Park. For more info: 739- at times menacing, but nearly always gorgeous, 3660. expect goosebumps from the haunting chan- teuse. For her Friday performance, she’ll forgo Fri., Aug. 11 the whole-band treatment and play as half of a JAZZ CONCERT: The Bellingham Festival of Mu- duo, the first time she’s done that in a while. sic features a free jazz concert with Seattle vo- THE GALLUS BROTHERS: (8:15pm Sat.): Belling- calist Greta Matassa at 7:30pm at the Fairhaven ham’s best-loved acoustic act will be calling it Village Green. For more info: 734-6080. quits mid-August so that Devin Champlin can pursue his guitar-making education in the sun- Sat., Aug. 12 KOOKS: The Kooks will supply “island dance nier climes of Arizona. Throughout the duo’s music” from 7-9pm at Boulevard Park to close too-brief existence in town, the Gallus Broth- out the park’s series of live tunes. For more info: ers have built a massive following due to their 676-6985. engaging live shows, which feature not only the playing skills of both Champlin and Lucas Sun., Aug. 13 Hicks, but also juggling, acrobatics, vaudevillian GREEN JAZZ: The Northern Lights Jazz Orchestra elements and much more. gives a free concert at 1:30pm at the Fairhaven KASEY ANDERSON: (5:30pm Sat.): Though he Village Green. For more info: 733-6872. hasn’t been playing shows much these days, BENT GRASS: Bluegrass tunes by Bent Grass instead focusing on creating new material, will be provided at a free dance-friendly con- Bellingham’s alt-country darling and longtime cert from 4-7pm at the Fairhaven Village Green, Stringband veteran can still pluck as many courtesy of Fiddlin’ Fox. heartstrings as guitar strings. BAR TABAC: (4pm Sat.): Bar Tabac make some Mon., Aug. 14 MORE FOM: The Bellingham Festival of Music of the most interesting music in the region right features the festival’s orchestra, pianist Andrew now, with their dark, intriguing mix of gypsy von Oeyen and others at 7:30pm at WWU’s Per- folk, classical and Russian traditional music. forming Arts Center. Tickets are $22-$25. For At once both “fun” and thought provoking, Bar more info: 734-6080. Could this be you? Tabac have been igniting spaces of all sizes and shapes. Wed., Aug. 16 We want to get to know our readers. Fill out the Cascadia THE DIRT BROTHERS: (5pm and 6pm, Sat.): Like SUMMER SOUNDS: Latin Expression and Yam- Fill out the Cascadia Weekly Reader Survey in the August 16 Weekly Reader Survey in the August 15 Cascadia Weekly (or to dance? Good for you. 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Birds are even nesting in the steel and concrete they worked with a network of interconnected pendulums that and clean, nice character, Certain ads have been blocked by anonymous posters lot with bay and city view po- “sarcophagus” built over the exploded reactor. This is not to were all waving around chaotically. When they brought random who do not wish to receive unsolicited emails or attach- tiental, abuts city parkland on slightly hippy. No garage, but forces to bear on the tumult, the pendulums locked into sync. lots of storage. Off-street park- ments. When replying to anonymous ads (anon-), please two sides. Historic, renovated say that everything’s peachy. There are many problems linger- ing provided. Rent includes wa- do not send HTML or formatted mail, or attachments. For 1905 railhouse, 2 bdrm, 1bath ing from the original devastation. I propose to you, Aries, that The physicists’ results may not necessarily imply a universal ter, sewer, garbarge. 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Ideal party wishes house....all appliances....great Victorian Flat 1 Bedroom, weight, alco-pop-swilling, sex-and-celebrity-obsessed tele- 1 bath House, Lake What- to stay longer than 1 year. backyard please feel welcome 1Bath Clean and bright apart- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Britain’s last census, 390,000 com w/dock Cute and clean vision addicts,” according to the travel book Rough Guide to Avail. 9/1. $875. 733-9091 lv to call Kimm at 360 201-5764 ment available for rent Septem- house that sits across the street England. I recommend, therefore, that you avoid traveling to people declared themselves to be members of the Jedi faith— phone msg. ber 1st. The rent is 525.00 per 1601 Alabama Rent $595. from Lake Whatcom in Geneva month, single occupancy and that part of the world if you’re a sensitive person who’s sus- a fictional religion depicted in the Star Wars movies. That was Deposit $500. WSG paid. area of Bellingham. Lake ac- 3 bedroom lower level of there is a 500.00 deposit. We heartening to those of us who lobby for a wider array of belief Available September. 2 bed, 1 cess and private dock in fenced ceptible to taking on the attitudes of the people around you. house for rent 3 bedroom are looking for a NON-SMOKER bath duplex, garage, gas heat, waterfront area. Kitchen with systems. My ultimate hope, however, is for there to be 6.5 bil- lower level of dublex house for and NO PETS, please. W/S/G/ The astrological omens suggest that you should take stringent fireplace, washer/dryer hook garbage disposal, dishwasher, rent. Huge yard. Next to arbo- and Heat (natural gas) are in- measures to exorcise any impulses you might have to indulge lion different religions—a singular form of worship for each up, no smoking, no pets, 900 gas stove and frig. Living room retum on sehome hill. Short cluded. The unit is in the 1908 person on the planet. It happens to be a perfect astrological s.f. Windermere Management has charming gas stove for in excessive consumption of bad food, numbing intoxicants, walk to WWU. Available imme- Victorian apartment building, by Ebright Wight, LLC 4061 heat, electric baseboard heat in phase for you to advance that cause, Sagittarius: to break out diately. $1050/month plus utili- Magnolia Court, located in the superficial sex, dumbed-down entertainment, and mindless Eliza Ave, Bellingham 98226 bedrooms. Washer and electric ties. Kirk 541-399-2532 500 block of East Magnolia be- gossip about famous lightweights. For that matter, you should of the pack and fashion your own unique spiritual path. It’s (360)733-7944 (360)733-7969 dryer hookups. Built in drawers be ruthless in sealing yourself off from influences that tend to also an excellent time to dream up a new political party that bring out the worst and the mediocre parts of you. intimately reflects every one of your idiosyncratic views, and to identify yourself as a member of a brand new racial or ethnic GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The wife of pro baseball pitcher Chris group that has never before been defined. Whip up your own Benson has made public her desire to experience a wide array niches! of erotic diversity while remaining faithful to her husband. “I would like to have sex with Chris in every major league stadium CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Recently my nine-year-old bike has in North America,” Anna Benson told the press. She’s your role developed an unfortunate glitch. When I ride up hills, and only model for the coming week, Gemini. Your assignment is to when I ride up hills, the chain periodically gets lodged in the expand the variety and explore the frontiers of your familiar transmission mechanism. If I act quickly, taking action the pleasures. instant I hear the incipient grinding noise, there’s something I can do to fix the problem and keep from lurching to a halt: CANCER (June 21-July 22): A reader named Amanda Jarosz has of- I have to temporarily pedal backwards; doing that frees the fered an alternative to the traditional name for our astrologi- chain from its stuck place. So picture this scene: As I ascend, cal sign: Canswer, a blend of “can” and “answer.” It’s not a I’m able to push forward for long stretches, but now and then viable long-term solution, but it would make a lot of sense in have to pedal in reverse, slipping backward a few feet. From the immediate future. Here’s why. According to my analysis of what I can tell, Capricorn, this is similar to the rhythm your the omens, you’ll be able to get a useful answer to just about life has right now. It’s OK to bitch about it, as I do during my any question as long as you craft it with thoughtful preci- travail, but you should also feel grateful for the way it’s build- sion. So for example, “How can I get more love?” is a sloppy ing your strength and character. P.S. I predict you will reach formulation that won’t yield fruitful insights, whereas “What the top by September. long-term plan can I set in motion that will help me earn more of the care and blessings I deserve from doing what I’m good AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The often-inebriated Calamity Jane at?” will be a gem. character on HBO’s TV show Deadwood uttered words that are important for you to take to heart. I’ll paraphrase her observa- LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A few weeks ago, eight-year-old Harrison tion in order to streamline her drunken syntax: “Every day you Vonderau was playing golf with his dad on a course in Cleve- have to figure out how to live all over again.” Of course this is land when he shot a hole-in-one. Father and son experienced always true, Aquarius, but it’s even more intensely apt for you an even more shocking delight 20 minutes later when the boy right now. The good news is that you’ll be unusually skilled at scored yet another hole-in-one. It was an almost unbelievable deciphering the ever-changing rules of the master game, and accomplishment for anyone, let alone a kid. Harrison is your you’re also likely to have maximum fun while doing so. role model for the coming week, Leo. I predict that a young part of you—either your inner child or your inner teenager—will PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Anger or bitterness toward those who score an unlikely and spectacular coup, the equivalent of two have hurt you will block your path to higher ground,” said holes-in-one. inspirational author Vernon Howard. “You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Of all the times in your life when you have can’t have both.” I suggest you make that one of your guiding been in captivity, this has to be one of the least arduous and thoughts in the coming week, Pisces. An undreamed-of burst frustrating ever. I’ll go so far as to say that I have rarely seen of liberation is now possible for you if you compel yourself to a more beautiful prisoner than you; for a drudge in bondage, experiment with radical generosity on the wild frontiers of for- you’re ravishing. As hard as it may be to contemplate, however, giveness. it’s almost time to escape. Your dark though sexy night of the

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Call 319-1104. 000853000 4 beds/1 bath, gas heat stove, bellingham veiw pics link below electric hot water heater, Fantastic Modular - Pri- please contact Rick at 201-8341 range w/oven, refrigerator, vate, Quiet, and Peace- avail. Sept.1st 0 8 0 3450 2 0 washer/gas dryer, large yard, 1 ful - 4 Acres! This property carport. Renter responsibilities is FANTASTIC! I wish I didn’t Beautiful Horse Property inclue: Maintain yard, garbage, have to move. This 3BR, 1.75BA 1 bedroom available in beauti- 5 00000007 gas, water, electric, cable, & house is approximately 1000 ful farmhouse 5 minutes east phone. If interested potential sq. ft. nestled in 4 acres of of Bellingham. Private, quiet renters must fill out application woods next to the radio station setting in beautiful valley. 10 0 4 0 2670 9 0 & a rental agreement is avail- on top of Yew St. Rd.. Water, acre property and horse board- able. Will need references and Sewer, Garbage are included ing facility on site. Large bed- will do credit check and back- - Big Deck, Big Fire Pit, Stor- room with own private office 000138000 ground check. Call Richard or age Shed, Big Water Heater and walk in closet. $350/month Dina 360-856-2812 all electric & LOW utility bills. with $200 security deposit and Vaulted Cielings! Washer/dry- share of utilities. Available 6 0002 0008 Zak Van Winkle and Christine Clauson er hookups - Dishwasher, Stove September 1st. 20 minute com- Roommates Wanted and Fridge all Stay. Wired for mute to Western campus. No star. 3Bdr Craftsman style Cable and Dish, tons of parking illegal drugs and no smoking. house, Needs Two Room- space. Great place to share rent Steady employment and good 005 0003 00 mates I am a young profe- ´&DQG\%DUµ and a FANTASTIC study retreat. references a must. Outdoor sional woman with a dog, in 10 minutes from I-5 in BOTH di- dogs ok but must be cat friend- need of two roommates, pref- rections. 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Room would be great for some- restaurants, boutiques and the studio (500+ square feet) in rian duplex, first floor. $635 ing but nature on 3 sides of the :K\6KRRWLQ%HOOLQJKDP" Cats allowed on a case-by-case one looking to save money for a downtown bus depot. One year the York, Downtown, Sehome, double occupancy. Yard with house, and, when I’m around, basis and smoking outside only. couple of months or a student lease, no pets, non-smoking. South Hill or Fairhaven area, ´,·PDPD]HGDWWKHGHSWKRIWDOHQW garden space. Gas heat. Off I like lots of privacy. Single or $1200. Available September new to the area. Call or email. Email me with any questions, an older building with some street parking. Great for cou- couple - sorry, no families. Cat \RXFDQÀQGLQWKHORFDOÀOPFRP- 1. 1615 King St. Call Maxine at 360-656-6051 or if you’d like to come over and charm preferred. The nice girl ple because you have to walk possible. 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Will help Huge Yard 2 bedroom, 1 bath great, we have a fenced yard, and last. Available MID-Au- won’t qualify. $485 / month. all appl incl W/D, WSG pd, Gar, with animals or what not. A one home on huge lot with great parking and just minutes from gust. 7101 Goodwin Road out- Available now. Address is 1619 gas heat,$1050 sec. dep. Call bedroom cottage/cabin will do shade trees, private setting. WWU. email: Melisska24@ho- side Everson. 20 minutes from King St #4, Bellingham. Call Pat or Jim 360-733-6060 just fine as long as it is acces- Off-street parking. Washer/ tmail.com Sunset Square. email: anon- Maxine @ (360) 527-9482 for sible by car. Please contact me P.24 | 8/09/06 | #1.22 | Cascadia Weekly do It 3 | letters 4 | views 5 | news 6-9 | words & community 10-13 | visual art 14 | on stage 15 | film 16-17 | music 18-19 | venues 20-21 |CLASSIFIEDS classifieds22-2722-27- classifieds:rentals 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Rentals Rentals Rentals Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate with location, price, amenities. who needs a place to move by I moved into had a dog or cat. really enjoy my privacy so I am have a big family, Live in the centrally located. Only minutes I am responsible, clean, quiet, the end of August at the latest. If you are interested, please looking for a detached studio Representing Home Buyers front and receive $700mo. from to I-5, Bellis Fair, Sunset Square semi-retired, in my 50’s with a I am good at keeping common call me as I will need some- space to rent. A little cottage in Let me show you any home the apt. or live in the apt and re- & Whatcom Community Col- 6 y.o. cat who is house trained areas clean, but maybe not the where to go at the end of the your backyard or an apartment ceive $1,700 a month rent from lege. Open Greatroom w/pergo and sleeps all day. I work on the best at cleaning my room. Have month! Email Bethany: anon- over the garage or....??? If you available in Whatcom County the front and cover your mort- floors & vaulted Ceilings. De- internet. I do not party or both- all my own furniture for a room, 189668787@cascadiaweekly. have any leads please contact gage payment. Put your pay- tached 960 sq. ft. 3-car garage/ er anyone. I pretty well keep but none that need communal com Jennifer @ 318-3040. Sally Webb check in your saving account to shop which has an attached 320 to myself. I like hiking, nature, space. Looking to pay some- #360.224.1270 buy your real dream home next sq. ft. finished office and a 1/2 boating, tranquility. Non-smok- thing around $300. Prefer a Young couple/WWU year and sell this property in bath for a versatile home office. ing, no drugs. Email Michael: laid-back, open minded sort of grads looking for dog- 500 2010 when the Olympic’s bring Bonus outbuildings for garden- friendly house We are a [email protected] place. I do smoke, but am able Real Estate buyers from everywhere in the ing tools and extra workspace. to keep it outside. Just need a young couple (24 year olds) world to Bellingham. Call -360- High efficiency gas furnace, HELP! I need a place to place to sleep and eat, and do looking for a house to rent in the 527-9593 (527-1304) gas hot water heater, F/P and [Jerry Swann, Keith Cook, rent 19 year old female needs homework really. Proximity Bellingham area. We both work dryer. 2-10 Home Buyer’s War- other real estate ads] a room to rent in a house that to WWU a plus. email: anon- full time and are looking to get Swann ranty included with sale (1 allows pets, I have one ger- 189813274@cascadiaweekly. a dog. Please help us out if you yr). Features: 3 Bedrooms 2.75 man shepard/retreiver/chow com can. We don’t want to spend Condos: Bellingham Bathrooms 2,346 Sq. Ft. Built in dog that is the sweetest pup more than $1000 per month. Home Inspections Keith Cook 1994 Call: Dave Ulrich Re/Max Brand New Condo 2br/ in the world.... she’s VERY well In need of dog friendly email: anon-189436013@cas- 739-5600 Whatcom County Office (360) 2bth with all appliances behaved, and im willing to pay housing We’re a couple in our cadiaweekly.com experienced • licensed • insured 384-1010 or Cell (360) 510-5478 extra deposit.... i really need forties, looking for a home for included This is a brand new a place..... email: rebeccara- us and our dogs. 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Squalicum High School just 50yrs old with jobs, pension tention to a home that needs to pay up to @$600/mo. I’d and to get in you must pay a Close to Western Wash- a few minutes walk. Both are and pets. Can make improve- it. Call Jan or Jacob at 903-376- prefer a small house or cabin $1000 deposit, as well as first 319-7776 ington University, on bus excellent school districts. ments to property. Very good 1017, or 541-929-5604 somewhere in north Belling- and last months rent. All appli- line. $379,900 Garden space, grassy yard. references. Been in same house ham. I’m returning to school for cants will be subject to a credit Pet friendly. Freshly painted for 5 years, but owner has de- 21 year old female stu- a second degree at Bellingham check. There is also a one year Village Haggen Area. Property and ready to move in! Relocat- cided to sell. Prefer place in dent looking for a room Tech College and will be in the lease required. In the price wa- Houses: Bellingham 4 bedroom/2.5 bath borders Interurban Trail. Front ing? Call Luanne Highlander County, North of Bellingham. I am looking for somewhere area for at least 2 years. I have ter, sewage, and garbage are all home...1/4 acre lot bor- house has 5 bd. 3 ba. and 2 are at Relocate Northwest for real Can pay around 1000./mo plus to live (apartment or house, a cat and a VERY clean, quiet, included, and with the inclusive MAGNIFICENT LAKE dering creek Price Reduced. big master suites (downstair estate information for Belling- utilities. Please reply to: anon- doesn’t matter) beginning Sept. well-behaved dog. I can pro- appliances you get a washer, WHATCOM VIEW This pris- Immaculate 4 bedroom home master is 400sq ft with 12 ft ham-Mount Baker. Investment 190094661@cascadiaweekly. 1. My rent in my apartment now vide references for myself and dryer, and microwave. As a last tine rambler style home is full on sunny 1/4 acre lot. Seasonal closet and dressing area and advice, retirement homes, com is up at the end of August, and my pets. Call 509-395-2723 or thing, I can’t allow smoking in of charisma, located on a 1/4+ stream borders backyard, walk- upstairs master is 300sq. ft. vacation homes, short or long I have one more year to finish email [email protected]. the condo, nor pets. If you have (100’x 125’) acre lot. Built in ing trails to Barkley Village. with bath has 2 man air jetted term rental assistance, com- Calm, clean boy needs a at Western. Looking for a group any questions, comments, or 1993, the 2, 276 square foot Close to Squalicum High School tub). There is a legal 700sq. ft. plimentary relocation packets, place for next school year of girls who are easy-going and Looking for detached stu- concerns please call me, Joan, home has 3 bedrooms & 2 full and Northern Heights Elemen- 1 Bedroom Townhouse Apart- area tours and real estate for (near campus) Hi! I am a friendly. I don’t have any pets dio/apartment I love living at (360)398-1040. baths, jacuzzi tub, formal din- tary. Great for growing family ment that rents for $700mo. in Bellingham and surrounding ar- mellow, fairly introverted guy but I would love it if the place with other people however I ing & family rooms, oak kitchen or investment home. Freshly the rear and is very private with eas. Fairhaven and waterfront, cabinets, hardwood & carpet, painted inside & out. Tile entry, little back yard. There are 5 waterview home real estate gas hot water & forced air, at- oak cabinets and newer carpet- concrete pad pull in car spaces specialists! 888.583.5678 tached 2 car garage. Quality ing. Bonus room and bedroom next to the driveway, not in the throughout. 4933 COLUMBUS downstairs with 1/2 bath. Sun- driveway. The front house will AVENUE, Lakeway Drive turns ny deck for entertaining. Beau- rent for $1700mo. There is a into Cable Street, then turn- tifully landscaped and garden possibility of a 5 year lease to ing into Lake Whatcom Blvd., space ready. Squalicum School ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL if you Keith Cook Right on Coronado Ave., Left on district (a good one!) For more want to rent it all out. Rent per 739-5600 Columbus Ave. FSBO 360-220- listings of homes in the Bell- month would be negotiated 7280 or 360-224-4768 ingham Washington area, visit with St. Joes, but should be ap- www.relocatenw.com or call us proximately $2,400 mo. +. Also Affordable Mount HOME & INCOME Ap- at 888.583.5678 praised $470,500 Just ap- possibility of a conditional use Baker praised for $470,500. Act this permit. Either way you slice it, Sweeping View Sweeping 2 BD, 2 BA, traditional week, before I list it and it’s even if you want to live in it, you view of Island, Sound & City of doublewide manufactured yours for $52,000 less than have income to help you pay Bellingham. 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