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4 single-payer system? same message! of us—and, in particular, our It’s a shame neither Barack —Brent Waggoner, young people—are going to NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre Obama nor John Mc Cain sup- Bellingham pay for, get seriously ill and die from such products, including The changes that need to happen those from crude oil. include a massive redirection of cur- The people’s governments of all of rent investment lines and resource Canada and the United States should allocations. The rich are in the best do the ethical/moral thing: tobacco position to reposition themselves to and alcohol production, as well as all both shape and beneﬁt from the redi- 34 of our natural resources, should be rection of investment toward clean- FOOD completely government owned and ing up and making an advanced tech-

operated, with all proﬁts and ben- nological sustainable economy that 28 eﬁts going to all Canadians. is both capitalistic and democratic. —Frank G. Sterle, Jr., White Rock, B.C. But change on a personal level and on a collective level only comes with BLACK POWDER BLUES forgiveness, absolution, repentance CLASSIFIEDS I read Amy Kepferle’s column in and penance. your last issue and was somewhat This would be a great motivator 24

surprised. I know ﬁreworks are a for many of the principle and minor FILM celebrated tradition (especially in actors—architects of neocon-ism,

Whatcom County), but I have to say, known and unknown. Pardons for 20 there are more than a few war vet- the Administration can be worked erans around, including myself, who with congressional hearings. Within MUSIC think they are foolish and not ”fun” the legislation for the pardons, im- as she describes them. Explosives munity, there would be a very harsh and gunpowder may be appealing, penalty for “contempt of Congress.” 18 but not after you have seen what a Then get talented interviewers, cross ART real explosion will do to a body. I examiners to draw out a complete feel it necessary to point out that picture of just what happened and 17 even symbolic weaponry (like ﬁre- how. This will be sobering and heal-

works) are proven to be aggression- ing to the players and the general STAGE eliciting stimuli (Berkowitz & LeP- public.

age, 1967), and should therefore be The technology is now available to 15 treated as harmful in the same way facilitate what even a generation ago carrying around an RPG might. Not to would seem too impractical: peace, mention the psychological harm they world peace. The fact is, we can 3ATURDAY !UGUSTPM GET OUT cause to veterans in this area. make a credible effort at cleaning up Otherwise, good work! the mess; at redirecting investment 14 —Evan Knappenberger, Bellingham to uplift humanity and open up the

potential, in our lifetimes of a world WORDS PARDONS, IMPEACHMENTS golden age.

AND ACCOUNTABILITY Too optimistic? 8 My personal thoughts at ﬁrst ran We can’t afford to not be optimis- “Come“Come On Get Happy”Happy” - “I’ll Meet You Half WaWay”y” along the lines of life imprisonment tic. “Let the word go out....” “Doesn’t“Doesn’t SomeSomebodybody Want To Be WanteWanted”d” “I“ Think I Love You” - “I Woke Up In Love This Morning” for the whole administration, includ- What does it mean to not try our CURRENTS $ ing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelo- best to step forward? 4)#+%43/.3!,%./7

4ICKETSAVAILABLEAT$IAMOND$IVIDENDS 6 si, and have them rotated through a —Jorge Lausell, Bellingham world tour of all the places they have sent others to be tortured. Then the SUPPORT SNYDER Win yoyyouroouuurr sshareshhahaarrere ofof $1,000$$11 0 a day all summer long! VIEWS thought of them also having to do The upcoming primary race for the 4 chain gang work restoring habitat position of Judge in Whatcom County 4 MAIL MAIL they have destroyed had some ap- Superior Court, Dept. 3, will be de- MAIL

peal, cleaning up the Killing Fields. cided in August. I urge you to return Silver Reef 3 Then again, the fact is that “after your ballot with the X by the name of Silver Reef

all, it was you and me...” got me to Judge Charles R. Snyder. IT DO think the only way out of this whole Judge Snyder’s work to improve the Fast Cash Frenzy

dilemma, that I can see, is through court system has given him a broad 08

forgiveness. base of support in the county. .16. 7 Not a Pollyanna here. He has devoted himself to the June 23 – August 28

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SETTING THINGS ARIGHT (or alight?): ”It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it.” —Thomas Jefferson, 1806.

I. Tom Jefferson, like most of the framers of 34 34 the Constitution of the United States, under- views stood their efforts did not produce a perfect FOOD OPINIONS THE GRISTLE document, or one incapable of surviving review

28 28 or being improved through revision. One evident deﬁciency of the federal model is that it is not referendable; that is, no forum exists where the people of the United States can CLASSIFIEDS assemble in the nation’s capital and have guaran- BY NAOMI KLEIN tee of being heard by our elected representatives. 24 (Some historians and scholars might assert this

FILM FILM is not an oversight or defect at all, but a deliber- ate effort to enforce republican government; the Oil Shock Gristle will be more generous to the Framers and 20 20 suggest the 18th century of arrogant monarchies SURRENDER THE ARCTIC OR NEVER DRIVE AGAIN didn’t furnish a lot of examples of how best to MUSIC accommodate citizen rebuke—indeed, the entire ONCE OIL passed $140 a barrel, from the oil market’s recent behav-

lead-up to the American Revolution was a series even the most rabidly right-wing me- ior, it is that the price is going to 18 of rebuffs by the monarchy to the entreaties of dia hosts had to prove their populist keep going up regardless of what new

ART ART petitioning Colonies.) cred by devoting a portion of every supplies are announced. Neither does such a forum exist at the state show to bashing Big Oil. Some have Take the massive oil boom under level. One cannot march on Olympia and expect gone so far as to invite me on for a way in Alberta’s notorious tar sands. 17 to be heard; the Legislature offers no public com- friendly chat about an insidious new The tar sands (sometimes called the

STAGE STAGE ment forum (although the state is referendable). phenomenon: “disaster capitalism.” oil sands) have the same things go- Only at the municipal level does a forum ex- It’s been 10 months since the pub- ing for them as Bush’s proposed drill

15 ist to allow the public to speak directly to their lication of my book The Shock Doc- levels—or even higher—our nation sites: they are nearby and perfectly elected representatives, the level at which Civics trine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, in must produce more oil.” secure, since the North American Free and the duties and rights of citizens can be per- which I argue that today’s preferred This is the President as Extortion- Trade Agreement contains a provision GET OUT sonally expressed. method of reshaping the world in the ist in Chief, with gas nozzle pointed barring Canada from cutting off sup- It’s for this reason the Gristle ﬁnds value in interest of multinational corporations to the head of his hostage—which ply to the United States. And with 14 the efforts of Terry “Moonbeam” Bornemann is to systematically exploit the state happens to be the entire country. little fanfare, oil from this largely and Bellingham City Council to unanimously ap- of fear and disorientation that accom- Give me ANWR, or everyone has to untapped source has been pouring

WORDS prove a preemptive statement urging the Bush panies moments of great shock and spend their summer vacations in the into the market, so much so that Administration to pursue diplomacy with Iran crisis. With the globe being rocked backyard. A ﬁnal stickup from the Canada is now the largest supplier

8 before carrying out military aggression against by multiple shocks, this seems like a that nation. Their resolution—modeled after good time to see how and where the one narrowly endorsed by the U.S. Conference strategy is being applied. “THE OIL CRISIS HAS CREATED THE

CURRENTS CURRENTS of (revenue-starved) Mayors last month—does The disaster capitalists have been CONDITIONS IN WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO SELL nothing to stall or deter the administration’s busy—from private ﬁreﬁghters already

6 A PREVIOUSLY UNSELLABLE (BUT HIGHLY 6 pounding of the drums of war and, honestly, at on the scene in Northern California’s this early stage in the lead-up to war, is not the wildﬁres, to land grabs in cyclone-hit PROFITABLE) POLICY” VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS most pressing of municipal concerns (if it is any Burma, to the housing bill making its of COB’s business in the ﬁrst place, as numerous way through Congress. The bill con- cowboy President. of oil to the United States, surpass- 4 critics contest). There simply is no other forum tains little in the way of affordable Despite the “Drill Here. Drill Now. ing Saudi Arabia. Between 2005 and

MAIL MAIL by which citizens can be formally heard by their housing, shifts the burden of mort- Pay Less” bumper stickers, drilling in 2007, Canada increased its exports government; so COB’s moonbat council tenderly gage default to taxpayers and makes ANWR would have little discernible to the States by almost 100 million

3 provided that forum: Many came; many spoke, sure the banks that made bad loans get impact on actual global oil supplies, barrels. Yet despite this signiﬁcant

DO IT IT DO impassioned. That’s got to count for something. some payouts. No wonder it is known as its advocates well know. The argu- increase in secure supplies, oil prices

II. A second defect of our Constitution might in the hallways of Congress as “The ment that it could nonetheless bring have been going up the entire time.

08 be its lack of speciﬁcity on how to handle rulings Credit Suisse Plan,” after one of the down oil prices is based not on hard What is driving the ANWR and off-

.16. voided by subsequent jurisprudence. banks that generously proposed it. economics but on market psychoanal- shore drilling push is not facts but pure 7 Under Article VI, where any law—federal, state Meanwhile, the Bush Administra- ysis: drilling would “send a message” shock doctrine strategy—the oil crisis

.03 or local—conﬂicts with the requirements of the tion is busily using a related crisis— to the oil traders that more oil is on has created the conditions in which 29

# Constitution, such law is void. Ambiguity exists, the soaring price of fuel—to revive the way, which would cause them to it is possible to sell a previously un- however, on the process for voiding one constitu- its dream of drilling in the Arctic start betting down the price. sellable (but highly proﬁtable) policy. tional interpretation overturned by another. National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Two points follow from this ap- For example, attorneys for the state Demo- And of drilling offshore. And in the proach. First, trying to psych out hy- Naomi Klein is an award-winning jour- cratic and Republican parties argue that a 9th rock-solid shale of the Green River peractive commodity traders is what nalist and syndicated columnist and the Circuit Court of Appeals injunction banning the Basin. “Congress must face a hard re- passes for governing in the Bush era, author of the international and New state’s blanket primary remains in place, despite ality,” said George W. Bush on June even in the midst of a national emer- York Times bestseller The Shock Doc- CASCADIA WEEKLY a U.S. Supreme Court decision last spring that 18. “Unless members are willing to gency. Second, it will never work. trine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

6 such a primary is facially legal. accept gas prices at today’s painful If there is one thing we can predict (September 2007) “No court has vacated the injunction entered by the district court in July, 2005,” state Repub- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY Eff!Xjmefsnvui!BSOQ!!XpnfoÖt!Ifbmui!Ovstf!Qsbdujujpofs!'!Dmbttjdbm!Ipnfpqbui THE GRISTLE ESTATE WINERY lican Party attorney John White warned Secretary of State Sam Reed and At- Are You Having torney General Rob Mc Kenna last week. 3487!Nbjo!Tusffu-!Tvjuf!4 “The injunction against implementing Fun This Summer? Gfsoebmf-!XB!:9359 34 the modiﬁed blanket primary is still in Just 3 Miles From Bellingham )471*!495.3:11 FOOD effect. Conducting a modiﬁed blanket sDIFFERENTWINESTOTASTE xxx/cfuufsifbmuiczdipjdf/dpn!!!!!Dpwfsfe!cz!nptu!jotvsbodf!qmbot primary in August will be a willful vio- 28 sLOCALARTISTGALLERY 35!zfbst!pg!fyqfsjfodf lation of the injunction.” jo!dmjojdbm!qsbdujdf The salvo is the latest in a decade sBRINGAPICNICOUTSIDEPATIO XpnfoÖt!Ifbmui!Dbsf of litigation against the state by the sHANDICAPPED CLASSIFIEDS two parties, who at this point are little ACCESSIBLE INJURED? Auto Accident •Fall •Defective Product better than special-interest lobbies seemingly in complete harmony when (360) 756-6770 Free consultation 24

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The Supremes sided with that elec- 20 Thursday–Sunday, 11am–6pm torate in March, when SCOTUS ruled mhpro57.com 1628 Huntley Rd., Bellingham that overturning the citizen initiative Take I-5 Exit 255, Mt. Baker Hwy. 3 miles MUSIC that created the top-two primary was “I’ll help ease the stress of your injury by Then left on Noon Rd. 1 Mile, left on Huntley an “extraordinary and precipitous nul- protecting your legal rights while you recover.” liﬁcation of the will of the people.” 18

“Ever since the courts threw out ART our beloved blanket primary in 2003, I have led the ﬁght for a replacement 17 that would continue to give our inde-

pendent-minded voters the rights to STAGE ‘vote for the person, not the party,’”

Reed, the state’s chief elections ofﬁ- 15 cer, replied. “The voters approved our new top-two system in 2004 by nearly 60 percent and the U.S. Supreme Court GET OUT has upheld it in a strong 7-2 opinion.... We believe the 9th Circuit Court of Ap- 14 peals will not depart from the direc- tion the U.S. Supreme Court has set WORDS forth.”

McKenna’s ofﬁce likewise senses the We Serve You 8 state is on solid ground in pressing forward with the August primary. “The

Supreme Court order speaks for itself,” Sunday Brunch CURRENTS Deputy Solicitor General James Pharris 6 said. “It would just be a technicality to 6 go back and have that order dissolved.” with a View VIEWS VIEWS Yet it seems evident McKenna’s VIEWS ofﬁce could have been more diligent We serve it to you every Sunday from 10 am until 2 pm. 4 in approaching 9th Circuit Court Judge We start you with a platter of fresh seasonal fruit and our Thomas Zilly weeks ago and respectfully MAIL warm homemade blueberry coffee cake. Then we bring you

starting the process to properly dissolve 3 his injunction. the individually prepared entree of your choice.

Demonstrating that injunction might IT DO Enjoy our waterfront view with your Sunday brunch still have teeth, the letters from party at Anthony’s at Squalicum Harbor. attorneys were prompted by Zilly last 08

week in his request for supplemental .16. 7 brieﬁng materials in the dispute over

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antee is still very much alive. # At issue is whether, because SCOTUS rejected one basis on which the injunction was initially granted, there aren’t other grounds to support one—a matter still up to the 9th Circuit to determine. We predicted this new top-two primary was ripe for abuse and could get CASCADIA WEEKLY ugly. Now, with the legality of results 7 in question (as in 2004) by party bellyaching, it could get downright hideous. www.anthonys.com currents news commentary briefsbriefs

BY TIM JOHNSON Mental $'') .. AND ITS IMPACTS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

“SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES make expensive COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES VS. JAIL granted by the state Legislature. The increase has al- mental health counselors,” observes Laurie Caskey- versus incarceration (annual cost per individual) ready been passed by a number of counties—including Schreiber—a statement with which many would agree, SOURCE: Washington State Institute for Public Policy; Corrections Yearbook, 2002 Skagit, Island, and King counties. including, readily enough, the overwhelmed Whatcom “We all care about the issue and want to find ways $25,000 County Sheriff’s Office. to better care for the mentally ill, but to even imply Caskey-Schreiber—who serves on the Whatcom that this tax is going to solve the problem is ridicu- County Council’s public safety and health committee Jail Incarceration lous and insulting,” Barbara Brenner counters. with Barbara Brenner, chaired by Ward Nelson—pro- “We’d better get very serious about cutting the poses the council majority approve a small sales tax $20,000 current budget in every area that is not basic public increase in order to fund a suite of county mental health and safety,” Brenner warns. health care options, with an eye to reducing the ris- But “the proposed budget allocations are for pro- ing costs of criminal justice. Her proposal has only grams that will not duplicate current services and scant support among her council colleagues—even $15,000 will provide opportunities for cost containment in less among members of her own committee, who favor the county budget, especially as harder economic putting it to a vote of the people, if at all. times will strain current resources in the criminal Caskey-Schreiber admits these are challenging eco- justice system as more crime happens,” observes nomic times to put a tax increase in front of Whatcom $10,000 Benita Bowen, who serves as board president of the families. But—she says—that makes it even more im- Whatcom chapter of the National Alliance on Mental perative for the council to act. “We have,” she says, “a Community- Illness (NAMI). responsibility and a duty as elected officials.” Based Surveillance- Substance She and council members Carl Weimer and Seth Oriented $5,000 Abuse Supervision A GROWING CONCERN Fleetwood championed a one-tenth of one percent Treatment Consider some statistics: Perhaps as many as one sales tax increase to help fund new mental health and family in four has a member affected by a mental dis- drug dependency services, using a taxing authority order or substance abuse problem, according to the “THESE ARE NEEDED PROGRAMS TO REDUCE THE COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION AND CRIMINAL

JUSTICE; BUT THE PUBLIC HAS ALSO SENT STRONG MESSAGES THAT THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN 34 34 DECISIONS THAT RAISE THEIR TAXES.” —WHATCOM COUNTY EXECUTIVE PETE KREMEN FOOD 28 28 National Institute of Mental Health. Nearly half (49 the criminal justice system, Kupers explains, noting “It’s a tool the state has provided to allow counties percent) of more than 22,100 people screened in a there are only a fraction of the mental hospital beds to fund necessary programs that can save money in special study at nine emergency rooms throughout now than were available in 1960. Following deinstitu- the long run,” Caskey-Schreiber explains. the state showed signs of mental health or substance tionalization mandates in the ‘80s, community mental As of November 2007, eight counties had passed CLASSIFIEDS abuse problems. health resources were reduced, welfare was cut, and the sales tax option. Five others are considering the As one moves into situations that frequently in- ever fewer mentally ill offenders were diverted into option, including Whatcom. 24

volve police, statistics worsen. More than a third of noncorrectional treatment programs, he says. The Funded services could include a range of mental FILM Whatcom County’s homeless population report they’re most vulnerable of the mentally ill had virtually no- health and substance abuse treatment options, in-

homeless due to mental illness or substance abuse. By where to go but down. cluding alternative courts and sentencing. Other 20 the time jail looms, as many as 80 percent of inmates According to the Consensus Project on Mental proposals suggest expanding mental health educa- on any given day may suffer from drug and depen- Health—a collaboration of mental health profession- tion and early intervention in public schools, plans MUSIC dency issues, according to state estimates als, corrections and law enforcement ofﬁcials, crime the at have met with broad public support.

As fast as prison populations have increased—400 victims, and advocates who work to improve outcomes Whatcom ofﬁcials remain cautious about imposing percent over the past 20 years, according to the feder- for people with mental illnesses involved with the a tax increase without approval by voters. 18 al Bureau of Justice Statistics—jail populations have criminal justice system—the majority of people in “The voters of Whatcom County have expressed over ART risen even faster. jail with a mental illness have not committed a serious and over again that they want to be involved in rev- “U.S. jail populations may be on the rise because crime. Rather, they have been arrested for displaying enue decisions,” Ward Nelson expressed recently. “We 17 society has simply become more punitive—we are manifestations of untreated mental illness in public need to respect that. These are decisions the commu-

more likely to detain people pretrial for longer periods that involve some aspect of criminality—crimes such nity should make.” STAGE of time and less likely to use as public urination, disturbing the peace, property “I think the point exactly is these are very challeng-

alternatives to pretrial deten- damage or drug abuse. ing economic times for Whatcom County families, and 15 tion,” analysts for the Justice Increasing the chance that people with mental ill- passing a tax increase in front of voters in November Policy Institute noted in a re- ness will be in contact with the criminal justice sys- will be very difﬁcult,” Caskey-Schreiber notes. “But port on jail expansion released tem is the general lack of affordable or supportive that doesn’t remove our responsibility as elected of- GET OUT last April. housing for this population. ﬁcials to do what we are elected to do. County Council Overcrowding is a terrible Estimates from the National Coalition for the Home- also serves as the Board of Health, and we have a 14 problem, and few are aware less indicate nearly one in four homeless people have responsibility to act.” of the staggering costs of the ATTEND some type of serious mental illness. Supporting this Council member Sam Crawford confesses he’s un- WORDS corrections system—where WHO: Whatcom claim, the BJS reports 17 percent of people in jail certain. In an email to colleagues, he expressed his

Washington has increased County Council were homeless at the time of arrest and also suffered concerns. “If there are not four votes to pass [the pro- 8 spending on higher education WHAT: Public dis- from a mental health problem. posed] ordinance, the ordinance would fail,” he wrote. just 30 percent in two de- cussion of mental Once behind bars, those with mental illness don’t “I, for one (I think there may be others on the council health care tax CURRENTS CURRENTS cades, increases in corrections initiative tend to get better. The jail experience and its stresses also), would like to see the matter go to the voters CURRENTS costs have jumped ﬁve times WHEN: 7pm, July won’t make mentally ill people healthy, Kupers be- for an ‘advisory vote’ this November on the general that amount. 22 lieves, and it won’t make American society safer or election ballot.” 6 “In blurring the lines be- WHERE: Whatcom better in the long run. If council support of Caskey-Schreiber’s proposal tween prison and jail, the pub- County Court- According to the National Association of Counties, fails, Crawford worries, might that send a message of VIEWS house lic and media often forget that jail often “traumatizes persons with mental illness and “no conﬁdence” to voters and doom an advisory ballot

INFO: 4 the majority of people held in co.whatcom.wa.us makes them worse.” Upon release, community health measure in November? jail have not been found guilty professionals say they often have to work “twice as Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen says his MAIL

of any crime,” JPI researchers wrote. “According to hard to get them back to where they were before they administration remains open on the discussion and the BJS, 62.1 percent of people in jail in 2006 were entered the jail.” encourages their debate. 3

unconvicted—a percentage that has grown and is still “The council needs the freedom to discuss this IT DO increasing,” researchers wrote. AWAITING SOLUTIONS thoroughly,” Kremen said. “We all know these are

Where jails once focused on detaining people await- Recognizing these concerns—not in just in numbers needed programs that have demonstrated their abil- 08

ing trial or in incarcerating people who received short of sufferers, but in rising impacts on criminal justice ity to reduce the costs of administration and criminal .16. 7 sentences, as Americans chose to deal with drug resources—the Washington State Legislature in 2005 justice; but the public has also sent strong messages

abuse, mental illness and homelessness through the passed the Hargrove bill, which allows counties to that they want to be involved in decisions that raise .03 29 criminal justice system, the country has also filled pass a one-tenth of one percent sales tax increase their taxes.” # the nation’s jails beyond capacity—a fact that has for mental health, substance abuse treatment and to Yet Kremen may have telegraphed his administra- serious consequences for both the communities that support court treatment programs. tion’s ultimate position last November, when the ex- now pay to maintain large jails and the millions of The initiative was designed to provide funding ecutive vetoed a different council-approved tax in- people who face serious, lifelong consequences once for programs where state and federal funding falls crease: “Before the county increases revenue via a tax they have been jailed. short—typically for people with recurring disorders, levy,” he wrote, “we must first identify a clear and “Life behind bars is unimaginably harsh,” writes Terry working poor or people with developmental delays compelling rationale; develop a well supported plan Kupers, M.D., author of Prison Madness: the Mental Health who have mental health problems. The funding may that will address the matter with adequate justifica- CASCADIA WEEKLY Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About it. “Need- also offer alternatives to jail for people with behav- tion for additional revenue; and obtain meaningful 9 less to say, the mentally ill fare poorly in this setting.” ioral health problems, and for prevention and inter- public involvement either through public hearings or Many forces converge to entangle the mentally ill in vention programs. a vote of the people.” currents THE WEEK IN REVIEW

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20 20 ee MUSIC THE THAT WAS “The Street” took another tumble this week amid fears of bank collapse and mortgage default. The President sent in his Federal Reserve surge to rally troops, but Ben Bernanke sourly predicted the fragile economy will continue to face “numerous difficulties.” Bush staged a photo op to smirk and 18 07.07.08 joke about the situation, as stocks slumped and Dow industrials plunged again after suffering steep ART ART PASSAGES MONDAY losses last week. Showing Bellingham how it’s done, Ferndale City Council 17 eases its moratorium on “big box” stores in favor of specific without sufficient funds and with Blaine. The bear’s fearlessness and

STAGE STAGE retail development standards and a point-based development the intent to defraud. Patrick Kim, “brazen aggressiveness” gave them review system that will assess the economic, environmental and 49, was arrested after he was iden- reason for concern.

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14 ton. Harding will A man sought on a $2 million murder warrant from Seattle ingham Bay to begin a six-week sam- FRIDAY represent Washington is arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia. Cesar Trochez-Jime- pling of sediments in preparation for in the Miss America WORDS nez, 27, was sought in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man in Two men are arrested after hikers a cleanup of Whatcom Waterway. competition, which a parking lot in suburbs southeast of Seattle. Trochez-Jimenez and a ﬁshermen report bullets ﬂy- takes place in January

in Las Vegas. Hard- 8

8 apparently narrowly escaped capture Tuesday evening when re- ing by them at Baker Lake. Deputies An ambitious Bellingham City ing, 21, is studying ports arrived that he may have checked into a hotel in Blaine. arrest the men for reckless endanger- Council agenda brings residents out elementary education, ment and making false statements in droves to comment on council’s social studies and CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 07.10.08 to officials after the pair deny their plan to approve a resolution pre- communications. She THURSDAY target practice. Deputies seize two emptively opposing U.S. military serves on the board 6 rifles and a shotgun. action against Iran. Bellingham is of Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Whatcom The Port of Bellingham says Rob Fix will replace John Carter as the first city in Washington to adopt County. VIEWS VIEWS the agency’s chief financial officer. Fix claims more than 17 years U.S. Immigration and Customs such a resolution, 7-0. Closer to of experience in managing financial and investment operations Enforcement officials report depor- home, council hears comments on 4 in the hotel and lodging industry. Carter is now Bellingham’s tations from Washington, Oregon, the city’s emergency building mora-

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.16. period last year. If the monthly aver- public facilities that may be con- 7 A Bellingham man who deserted from the Army is arrested age continues, the agency is on pace structed within the city’s environ-

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22 vacuum-sealed plastic bags from TRANSIT TROUBLES 15 two bunks that contained $1.13 million On June 30, a man described as being in dollars. Agents said, “Experience tells his 50s who was enraged that he could us that this is the criminal element at- not pull his bicycle from the front rack MEDIAN WEALTH FOR HOUSEHOLDS, AGES 35-44 GET OUT tempting to circumvent the law of hon- of a red GoLine bus in Fairhaven kicked “The U.S. economy has experienced two extraordinary asset bubble collpases: a stock bubble that est work and wages,” but would not rule the door windows until one shattered. began in the mid-’90s and crashed over the years from 2000-2002, and a housing bubble that grew 14 out that the large covert cash transfer up alongside the stock bubble and has been deﬂating since the middle of 2006. These bubbles made it extremely difﬁcult for families to plan their savings, since they would have no simple way WORDS might have other implications as well. On July 1, a man kicked a Whatcom to distinguish bubble-generated wealth, which would prove ephemeral, from real wealth, which Transit bus shelter on Indian Street un- could be expected to endure.

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a physics experiment that would stay on DONUT SUGAR... .03 29 their property.” On July 4, a man brought a brindle $20,000 # chow and “another very large, very On July 8, Bellingham Police arrived white, very hairy dog” to the Blaine at Sammy’s Place on North State Street Police station. The pair had been res- for a report of the owner and a cus- cued from the freeway onramp at the tomer getting into an argument. “At north end of town where they had been one point it was reported the owner frolicking. “Ofﬁcers housed the rascals had armed himself with a baseball bat,“ until a Whatcom Humane Society Ofﬁ- CASCADIA WEEKLY 2009 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 police observed. cer could claim the friendly pets and ID projected) 13 the owner. The dark-uniformed police ( GARDEN-VARIETY CRIMES then began a search for very good lint SOURCES: Source: Survey of Consumer Finances; Center for Economic and Policy On July 7, Bellingham Police contacted brushes.” Research doit

friendly activities, petting zoos WORDS and wagon rides at McPhail Berry 34 34 words WED., JULY 16 Farm and much, much more will RADIO HOUR: David Guterson be part of the excitement. FOOD COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS reads from his latest tome, The 354-5995 OR LYNDEN.ORG Other, as part of the Chuckanut 28 28 Radio Hour, which starts at 7pm SAT., JULY 19 at the Leopold, 1224 Cornwall ANACORTES MARKET: The An- Ave. Entry is $7.50. acortes Farmers Market is open 671-2626 from 9am-2pm at the Depot Arts

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ART ART AHH, SUMMER camp. Just the phrase brings fond 1200 11th St. open from 10am-3pm at the De-

memories of my youthful days at camp. Long canoe trips 671-2626 pot Market Square, located at the corner of Railroad Avenue across crystal clear lakes. Hikes through the woods during 17 FRI., JULY 18 and Chestnut Street. STORY NIGHT: Kids and their which we campers learned about native shrubbery, weevil 647-2060 OR parental units can listen to Bell-

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WORDS Mount Vernon’s Skagit County WORDS my formative years just as surely as 671-2626 Fairgrounds, 1410 Virginia St. it’s shattered my fragile attention Entry is $6. TUES., JULY 22 8 span, I come to the sad realization NEW NOVEL: Antoinette Trys- (206) 234-4977 that, in point of fact, I never went senaar Villa reads from her new BARKLEY BBQ: The 2nd annual to summer camp. novel, A Kaleidoscope for June, Barkley Village BBQ will feature CURRENTS CURRENTS But am I really missing out on ATTEND at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 tunes by the Motown Cruis- that much? I can still ﬁnd my way 11th St. ers, food, interactive booths, WHAT: Comic Book 671-2626. clowns and more from 11am- 6 through a state park and craft a Camp 2pm at Barkley Village. pinecone bird feeder without much WHEN: 12-4pm, WED., JULY 23 441-5882 OR BARKLEYDISTRICT. VIEWS VIEWS trouble, and I managed to stumble July 21-24 AMERICAN STORIES: Belling- COM my way through young love without WHERE: Cosmic ham author and historian Ja- 4 Comics son Ripper reads from his book SUN., JULY 20 some smarmy counselor guiding my COST: $195 American Stories: Living American TROLLEY TALK: Historian Jeff MAIL MAIL hand. And I missed out on plagues INFO: 734-8058 or Darren Davis of Bellingham’s comics pub- History at 7pm at Village Books, Jewell will lead an illustrated his- of bug bites, meals of beans and cosmiccomicson- 1200 11th St. tory of “Bellingham’s Trolleys” at

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08 wedgies. But camp can’t be all bad, can it? Someone’s got to and Chad Helder to get their ideas down on pa- MON., JULY 21 CANNING CLASS: Master food .16. have a new idea on how to do this whole tired summer camp per and gain an understanding of the art and FRI., JULY 18 7 business, don’t they? As it turns out, someone does. And industry of comic books in the bargain. TAG SALE: A “Gigantic Tag preservers will lead a free “Ba- Sale and Bazaar” happens from sic Canning” class at 6:30pm at

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# to save the day. heavy hitters like DC and Dark Horse Comics, Sat. at Lummi Island’s Grange 1220 N. Forest St. July 21 marks the return of Comic Book Camp to Belling- the kids will come away with some great shwag Hall, 2220 N. Nugent Rd. In 676-6736 OR 734-8158 ham. Taking place at Cosmic Comics, “Comics Camp for Kids” from some of their favorite heroes as well as addition to the rummage sale ROCKS AND GEMS: Dick Rants will give youth ages 10 to 17 a chance to learn the nuts and a bevy of new skills and self conﬁdence. And items, there’ll be a beer tent, will talk about “How to be a bolts of creating their own comic books from industry pro- since it’s a day camp, parents won’t even have live music, food and more. Rockhound” at the monthly 758-3750 meeting of the Mt. Baker Rock fessionals. This intensive, four-day course seeks not only to to worry about any zany, Meatballs-esque an- and Gem Club at 7pm at the answer kids’ questions about making their own superheroes tics with the rival camp across the lake while JULY 18-19 Bloedel Donovan Community CASCADIA WEEKLY come to life, but to reinforce young talent and nurture a kids won’t have to worry about snake bites or RASPBERRY FEST: The annual Building, 2214 Electric Ave. The Raspberry Festival happens Friday public is welcome. 14 variety of different styles, emphasizing the fact that none stolen underwear. Leave it to the funny pages and Saturday throughout Lynden. of the students have to be natural artists or writers to make to bring a little badly needed civilization to 384-3187 A basketball tourney, family- worthwhile books. this whole sordid affair. doit

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HIKING RUNNING CYCLING HISTORY CRUISING: The Sardis Raptor Center will lead a FOOD Whatcom Museum continues its “Hunters of the Sky” program 22nd season of Bellingham Bay at 7pm at Birch Bay State Park. 28 History Cruises at 6:30pm every The event is free. Thursday at Squalicum Harbor’s 371-2800 Island Mariner dock. Tickets are CAMPFIRE PROGRAM: Listen $20-$25.

to stories about the cultural and CLASSIFIEDS 778-8963 OR natural history of Semiahmoo STORY AND PHOTO BY AMY KEPFERLE WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG around the campﬁre at 8:30pm 24 FITNESS FORUM: Cherrelyn at the Semiahmoo Park Museum Seegers will lead a free Fit- in Blaine. Cost is $2 and regis- FILM FILM ness Forum focusing on “After tration is not required. Your Workout: Self Massage” at Chowder Charter 733-2900

7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 20 1209 11th St. SUN., JULY 20 SETTING SAIL ON SUMMER 647-4955 GARDEN TOUR: Six private and MUSIC water on a summer day. unique gardens in and around SAT., JULY 19 Bellingham can be viewed from

We motored out of the harbor, passing a DAY TRIP: Head to the North 10am-5pm as part of the 5th 18 mama seal and her pup cavorting nearby. One Cascades Environmental Learn- annual Relay for Life Garden

of the other passengers attempted to communi- ing Center on Diablo Lake from Tour. Tickets are $10 and can be ART cate through a series of hoarse barks, but there 8:30am-4pm for a free Day Trip. purchased at most Bellingham It will be first come, first served was no reply from below. nurseries. Proceeds benefit the for guided canoeing, forest and American Cancer Society. 17 As soon as we were out in the open water, waterfall hikes. 676-9289 (360) 856-5700 OR Don and his crew hoisted the sails and the en- STAGE HIKE THE DIKE: Join the NCASCADES.ORG gine was, blissfully, turned off. If there’s a more Friends of Tennant Lake to BOCCE TOURNEY: As many as

“Hike the Dike” starting at 15 soothing sound than waves gently hitting the 15 hull of a boat, I’ve yet to hear it. 32 teams will compete as part noon at Ferndale’s Tennant of the annual Bowler Hat Bocce Lake Interpretive Center, 5236 The next few hours is a blur. I recall eat- Ball Tournament from 9am-3pm GET OUT

Nielsen Rd. The event is free, GET OUT ing a couple servings of savory Boundary Bay at the Fairhaven Village Green. but registration is encouraged. FAIRHAVEN.COM Salmon Chowder out of a bread bowl, quafﬁng 715-3686 14 homemade Summer Sippers, casting lingering FLOWER TALK: “We Love Hy- FAMILY FUN: “Sunday in the glances at the curva- drangeas” will be the topic of Park” family interpretive pro-

ceous silhouettes of a workshop at 9am at the Gar- grams start at 1pm at Ferndale’s WORDS den Spot, 900 Alabama St. The Hovander Homestead Park, 5299 Portage and Lummi event is free, but reservations

Neilsen Rd. Kids and adults can islands and Mt. Baker, 8 are requested. take tours, churn butter and

learning the life sto- 676-5480 check out rabbits, goats and ries of my fellow pas- BIODIVERSITY IN BLOOM: pigs. Cost is $3. Master gardeners will lead a sengers and watching 733-2900 CURRENTS the crew deftly keep “Biodiversity in Bloom” walk at OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP: 10am on the beaches of Semiah- DO IT the sails—and the “Learning Outdoor Leadership 6 moo Spit. The event is free, and in the Pacific Northwest” will WHAT: Chowder boat—on course. registration is not required. be the topic of a talk by Dan Charter VIEWS SHE WAS coy at first. “So, do you think you’ll be going “These open Chowder 733-2900 Harter at 12:30pm at La Con- WHEN: 6-9pm every on the Chowder Charter again this summer?” my coworker Charters have helped BIVALVE BASH: A “Low Tide ner’s Skagit County Historical Wed. through Aug. 27 4 Mud Run” will be part of the 6th Museum, 501 S. 4th St. Entry queried, peering at me from the next desk over. WHERE: Leaves from us rediscover what we annual Samish Bay Bivalve Bash is $3-$4. With my man away working on trails in the mountains of Squalicum Harbor, love about sharing MAIL happening from 10am-6pm at (360) 466-3365 Utah for the next few months, she knew she had a chance gate 3 the Shawmanee,” says Taylor Shellfish Farms, 2182 COST: $45 BIKE 101: A free clinic on 3 to tag along on my annual sojourn through the waters of first mate Kathy. “That Chuckanut Dr. Other activities INFO: 734-9849 or “Bike Maintenance 101” hap- include a crab race, oyster-shell Bellingham Bay aboard the Shawmanee. This would be my rediscovery includes IT DO bellinghamsailing.com pens at 7pm at REI, 400 36th fourth trip on the 65-foot gem of a sailboat, and she want- getting folks out on sculpture contest, live music, St. dancing, a beer garden and 647-8955 ed to be my “plus one.” Days later, an invite from owners Bellingham Bay, sharing in some simple, real 08 more. Entry is $5 for the Bash,

Don and Kathy Beattie came across my desk, and I gave my food and doing it in a safe, environmentally .16. $13-$23 for the race. (425) TUES., JULY 22 7 coworker the good news. sound, fun way.” 501-0709 or bivalvebash.com KAYAK SAFETY: The Whatcom BEACH WALK: Investigate

As we ambled along the dock at Squalicum Harbor on a As the sun set pink and orange on the hori- Association of Kayak Enthu- .03

tideland life and listen to local siasts (WAKE) presents a free 29 sunny July afternoon, her excitement grew to a fevered zon, our journey neared its end. My coworker # pitch. “Chowder Charter!” she yelled repeatedly, drawing seemed content as she gathered her things lore at a two-mile “Semiahmoo clinic on “Kayak Safety” at 7pm Beach Walk” at noon on Semi- at REI, 400 36th St. glances from passerby. She didn’t care. She’d heard tales together, and I asked if it was everything she ahmoo Spit. Cost is $2. 647-8955 of the joys of my previous excursions—the Beatties set thought it would be. 733-2900 sail for a three-hour tour every Wednesday throughout the As an answer, she shared a journal entry ROW THE PLUME: All are wel- WED., JULY 23 summer—and wanted in on the action. she’d penned during the trip. “Dear Diary,” it come to “Row the Plume” today WORK PARTY: From 6:30- 8:30pm, join folks from Village As we settled into chairs aboveboard to listen to Cap- read, “Today I went on the Chowder Charter. It at 3pm at Squalicum Harbor, 722 Books to weed and maintain tain Don’s safety talk, I realized life was about to go from was delightful. I got cold, but they gave me a Coho Way. The long boat, which CASCADIA WEEKLY was built in 1996, serves as a the South Bay Trail. “good” to “better.” Although I once had a man tell me he fleece. I got hungry, but they gave me chowder floating classroom. The tours 671-2626 15 couldn’t date me because I didn’t know how to sail (among and goldfish and bread and a cookie. Overall, a are first come, first served. other things), there’s nothing I like more than being on the lovely experience.” presents

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FESTIVAL OF PLAYS: The gave Godwin a well-deserved standing ovation. 13th annual Summer Fes- SUN., JULY 20 18 THE ANSWER: Dottie Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy is a gentle look into tival of Plays happens at ART Partridge—a.k.a. Krissa race relations in the mid-20th century South. The mov- 7pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sat.-Sun. at the Sudden Woiwod—presents “The

ie offered iconic performances by Jessica Tandy and 17 Valley Dance Barn’s Barn Answer” at 8pm at the 17 Morgan Freeman, but the two actors in this production Theatre, gate 2. Toad of beer garden stage at Toad Hall, The Clown Prince Boundary Bay Brewery, STAGE bravely refuse to be bound by those paradigms. The STAGE result is a fresh look at what has become something of of Wanderlust, and scenes 1107 Railroad Ave. The from Great Expectations weekly event mixes the-

a theatrical chestnut. 15 will be on the bill. Tickets ater, music and a “big Harlene Marley, professor emeritus of drama at Ke- are $8-$11. tent revival atmosphere.” nyon College in Ohio, portrays the cranky Miss Daisy 756-9916 Entry is $3. with prune-faced perfection. Gary Giles’ take on Hoke, 647-5593 OR GET OUT FRI., JULY 18 BBAYBREWERY.COM Daisy’s black chauffeur, is exquisitely subtle and low- SHOWCASE: Students 14 key. Don’t confuse subtlety who have taken part in the with a lack of power. The Summerstock Youth The- DANCE Philadelphia resident wrings atre Institute will pres- WORDS nuances from the role that ent a free “Showcase” at THURS., JULY 17

7:30pm at WWU’s Old Main BALLROOM DANCE #1: will leave you breathless. 8 Theatre. Attend a Swing Ballroom Last summer’s rep series 650-6146 Dance practice party from featured a married couple 8-9:30pm at U & Me Dance,

playing lovers and this year’s JULY 18-19 1027 N. Forest St. Admis- CURRENTS married couple is playing a UNSCRIPTED: Be pre- sion is $3-$5. pared for just about any- married couple. Neil Simon’s 676-0292 OR 6 thing when “Upfront Un- UANDMEDANCE.COM Barefoot in the Park has aged scripted” shows at 9pm at IF THERE is one word that best describes this year’s sum- SEE into a warm and fuzzy bit of the Upfront Theatre, 1208 FRI., JULY 18 VIEWS WHAT: The Belle of mer repertory offerings at the Mount Baker Studio Theatre, it nostalgia that brings back the Bay St. (Please note there DANCING QUEENS: Bring Amherst, Driving Miss 4 would be “Americana.” The feeling that runs through all three radical idea that marital spats will only be one show on costumes and wigs to ex- Daisy, and Barefoot in weekend nights through- press your inner celebrity productions is that of a Norman Rockwell illustration, hearken- the Park can have happy endings. out the summer.) Tickets at Ham @ Heart’s “You As MAIL ing back to simpler and more innocent times. Last year’s pro- WHEN: 7:30pm Tues.- Erika Godwin returns as are $8-$10. a Star” event, which hap- 3 ductions set the bar high and this year’s shows don’t disappoint Sat., 3pm Sun., through Corie and invests the charac- 733-8855 OR pens from 7-8:30pm at the Aug. 1 THEUPFRONT.COM Firehouse Performing Arts in the slightest. ter with the same free-spir- IT DO WHERE: Mount Baker SOUL PLAYS: Nicola Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Director Mark Kuntz doesn’t approach summer rep in a tradition- Studio Theatre, 104 N. ited style she brings to Em- Pearson’s The Soul Plays 2 The event is free. al manner. He recruits top actors from around the country, sends Commercial St. ily Dickinson. Her husband, 08 features short plays about 319-9963 them the scripts, and then conducts eight very intensive days of COST: $10-$15 Tyler Rhodes, plays Paul, the .16. life—and life after life— SALSA PARTY: A Salsa 7 INFO: 734-6080 or rehearsal before opening night. Somehow, the productions end up very deﬁnition of the term at 7:30pm at Mount Ver- Dance Party happens from mountbakertheatre.com non’s Phillip Tarro Theatre. 9-11pm at U & Me Dance, looking as polished as if there had been weeks of rehearsal time. “buttoned-down.” The new- .03

(360) 416-7723 1027 N. Forest St. Entry is 29

That’s how you know you’re seeing real professionals. lyweds land in a closet-sized # The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce, effectively shatters any New York apartment five flights up and his steel starts $10-$12. JULY 18-20 676-0292 myths left over from grade school regarding beloved American striking her flint. BEAUTY, BEAST: Lyric poet Emily Dickinson. I admit to harboring some of those illu- Harlene Marley gives rock-solid support as Corie’s Light Opera presents a SAT., JULY 19 sions about a pale spinster cloistered in her New England home. love-starved mom and Gary Giles oozes suave charisma musical version of Beauty BALLROOM DANCE This one-woman show reveals the sharp wit behind the roman- as Victor, the upstairs neighbor. Local actor Brian Pape and the Beast at 7:30pm #2: A monthly Ballroom Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at Dance happens from 8:45- tic poetry and the soul of a 19th-century Dorothy Parker. contributes a nifty cameo as the Telephone Repairman. Mount Vernon’s McIntyre 10:45pm at Melody Hall, CASCADIA WEEKLY Western graduate Erika Godwin portrays Dickinson with a If you appreciate fine theatre, come out and support Hall, 2501 E. College Way. 4017 Home Rd. Entry is Tickets are $15-$32 and breathless bravado that suits the character perfectly. The term Summer Rep. This is a precious jewel in Bellingham’s $7-$10. 17 “tour de force” is perhaps overused, but I have no qualms about theatrical crown and I hope to be reviewing it for years additional showings hap- 734-5676 using it here. Neither did the opening night audience, which to come. doit

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34 34 visual 36th annual Holiday Arts & ONGOING GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Crafts Show at the Roeder EXHIBITS FOOD Home should know Aug. 4 is the deadline for submitting ALLIED ARTS: View Mike Bathum’s “Woodscape” acrylic

28 28 photos of their art for consid- eration. paintings and Robert Gigliotti’s 733-6897 ﬁgurative bronze sculptures through July 26 at Allied Arts, FRI., JULY 18 1418 Cornwall Ave. CLASSIFIEDS BLUE HORSE: A reception for 676-8548 OR ALLIEDARTS. gallery artists happens from ORG

24 6-8pm at the Blue Horse Gal- BOUNDARY BAY: The “Salm- lery, 301 W. Holly St. on at the Bay” art show can be FILM FILM 671-2305 seen and bid on through Aug. BY DANIELLE KOAGEL PADDEN FRACTALS: “The 24 at Boundary Bay Brewery,

20 20 Fractals of Lake Padden,” a 1107 Railroad Ave. one-night art show by Profes- 647-5593 OR N-SEA.ORG sor Michael Barnsley, happens COLOPHON: “Nature’s Can- MUSIC Skagit Artists Together from 6-8pm at Studio UFO, 301 vas,” a photography exhibit W. Holly St. by Kim Friberg, can be perused 671-8682 18 18 18 THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGINS through July at the Colophon Café, 1208 11th St. ART ART ART SAT., JULY 19 647-0092 INTERNAL LANDSCAPES: An GOOD EARTH: The work of opening reception for Liliana Linda Hughes will be featured 17 Franz’s “Internal Landscapes” through July at Good Earth exhibit happens from 5-8pm Pottery, 100 Harris St.

STAGE STAGE at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th 671-3998 OR St. The abstract and functional GOODEARTHPOTS.COM works will be on display until 15 Aug. 9. LUCIA DOUGLAS: “Northwest 738-DOLL Essence” shows through Aug. 9 at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, GET OUT JULY 19-20 1415 13th St. DISCOVERY DAYS: The 29th 733-5361 OR LUCIADOUGLAS. annual Discovery Days Arts COM 14 & Crafts Fair happens from MINDPORT: “Feets,” an ex- 10am-7pm Sat. and 10am-5pm hibit featuring a collection of WORDS throughout Birch Bay. Entry is whimsical wooden sculptures free. by Mark Scherer, will be on dis-

371-5004 OR play until July 31 at Mindport 8 BIRCHBAYCHAMBER.COM Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Entry ART BY BAY: Food, music, ﬁne is $2. arts and crafts, garden art and 647-5614 OR MINDPORT.ORG

CURRENTS CURRENTS more will be available from MONA: Glass artist Ginny Ruff- 10am-5pm at the 16th annual ner’s “Aesthetic Engineering:

6 “Art by the Bay” at Camano The Imagination Cycle” can Island’s Utsalady Elementary be seen through Oct. 5 at La School, 608 Arrowhead Rd. VIEWS VIEWS Conner’s Museum of Northwest Entry is free. Art, 121 S. First St. STANWOODCAMANOARTS.COM 4 (360) 466-4446 OR SUMMER FAIR: The San Juan MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG

MAIL MAIL Island Summer Art Fair hap- SMITH/VALLEE: Peruse Todd “SULPHUR CREEK” SEDGWICK JOHN BY pens from 10am-5pm at Friday Horton’s “Present Tense” ex-

3 Harbor’s San Juan Courthouse, hibit from 11am-5pm every 100 Court St. More than 50 Fri.-Sun. through July 27 at

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THE OVERPOWERING artists’ booths, a sidewalk art Edison’s Smith/Vallee Gallery, a group of grazing cows and the lap-lap sound of water hitting the docks are contest, music and more are on 5742 Gilkey Ave.

08 some of the sensory images brought to mind when describing the Skagit Valley. the lineup. (360) 305-4892 SANJUANISLAND.ORG .16. It’s no wonder this spectacular and diverse area has inspired sculptors, painters TODD GALLERY: “Chucka- 7 and photographers alike. TUES., JULY 22 nut Wanderings” can be seen through Aug. 4 at the Todd

.03 The art of Skagit Valley will be on display July 19-20 in the Skagit Artists TRIP TALK: Wade Marlow pres- Gallery, 690 Chuckanut Dr. 29 ents a slideshow on “An Art- # Together 5th annual juried studio tour. The event encompasses the work of 25 676-5606 artists in 18 unique studios from Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Conway, La Con- ists’ Trip to Egypt” at 12:30pm SEE IT WHATCOM MUSEUM: “John ner, Anacortes, and Edison. Designed to be a driving tour from studio to studio at the Whatcom Museum, 121 WHAT: Skagit Artists Prospect St. The event is free. Franklin Koenig,” “Logging for members of the public to view artwork in the artists’ creative environment, Together Studio Tour 778-8930 Days,” “The Melville Jacobs the annual event draws viewers from both near and far. WHEN: 10am-6pm, July Legacy,” and “World of the Susan Lenarz, chair of the Studio Tour committee, says the event is a great way 19-20 WED., JULY 23 Shipwright” are currently on WHERE: Throughout for people to get acquainted with the vibrant art community in the Skagit Valley. ART & WINE: Local artists and display at the Whatcom Mu-

CASCADIA WEEKLY Skagit County artisans from Whatcom County seum, 121 Prospect St. The tour features artists of a wide variety of mediums, including, but not limited COST: Entry is free will be represented at “Art at 676-6981 OR 18 to, glass, ceramics, photography, metalwork, paint, forgers and textiles. INFO: the Winery” from 10am-6pm at WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Lenarz says this year’s studio tour is collaborating with the organization skagitartiststogether.com Blaine’s Dakota Creek Winery, CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 SKAGIT, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland

(SPF) to insure that the beauty of Skagit Valley is protected. 34 During the tour, SPF will host 8]]fi[XY`ckp FOOD their 13th annual gallery show

and benefit at Seaside Gallery in 28 La Conner. Development Direc- tor Susan Macek says the gallery show will feature 66 artists, many of who are also part of the tour. MXcl\% CLASSIFIEDS Macek notes the proceeds from the show will benefit education and KfpfkXXe[JZ`feZfdYè\[_Xm\0df[\cj 24

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lic into their homes and studios. “When viewing the studios you 18 can really observe how people ART incorporate their love of art into their lives,” Lenarz notes. 17 Artist Theodora Jonsson says Camry Hybrid Prius Scion xB

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is built around her studio, making 15 it a natural place to get creative work accomplished. “My studio is the center of my GET OUT daily life,” Jonsson says. “When I go there, I can smell the water and Corolla Matrix Scion tC 14 hear the birds. It feels wild and puts me in touch with nature.” WORDS This will be Jonsson’s first year participating in the studio tour. 8 She primarily works with oil painting, pastels and watercolors to create slightly abstract landscape CURRENTS Yaris Solara CCoupe Scion xD drawings. She says she is excited about the studio tour because it’s 6 a personal way for people to con- nect to art. Effk_\idXel]XZkli\ijf]]\iXjdXep]l\c\]ÔZ`\ekm\_`Zc\j% VIEWS “I enjoy sharing the process of 8e[k_XkËjefkfecp^ff[]fipflinXcc\k#`kËj^ff[]fik_\\emìfed\ek#kff% 4 how I create,” Jonsson says. “I think it’s really special when you J\\k_\\ekì\j\c\Zk`fef]_`^_DG>KfpfkXXe[JZ`fem\_`Zc\j MAIL get to let people in on the stories behind each piece.” XkN`cjfeDfkfijkf[Xp%@e[fnekfne9\ccè^_Xd% 3

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and driftwood. This will be Bry- # ant’s second year participating in the annual event. At last year’s tour, more than 200 onlookers stopped by the house to take a 800.634.1395 www.wilsonmotors.com peek at their creations. “The best part was getting a chance to talk to people,” Bryant CASCADIA WEEKLY says. “It’s not that often that you 19 get to ask questions face to face *City or highway; 2008 EPA City estimates: Camry Hybrid, Prius; 2008 Hwy estimates: Corolla w/manual transmission, Matrix 2WD w/manual transmission, Solara coupe 4cyl, with the artist.” Yaris w/manual transmission; Scion XD, XB, TC; actual mileage will vary. Rumor Has It WITH ALL THE crazy shenanigans taking place when it comes to music venues in this town, I have to say, the Quarterback Pub (and to a lesser

extent, the Cabin Tavern) getting in on the live 34 34 music music action was a move I just didn’t see coming. However, it seems the powers that be at the FOOD PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT ol’ QB—along with Johnny of the Hot Roddin’

28 28 Romeos, who is handling the booking duties— saw music venues in town becoming more and more scarce and decided to give live music at the sports bar a go. Shows have already begun, CLASSIFIEDS and the ﬁrst reports are cautiously optimistic. Of course, this is an action that has come 24 with its fair share of naysayers, who simply

FILM FILM have a tough time believing that rock shows and a sports bar are a good mix. Jury’s still out on that, and said 20 20 20 naysayers have made some good points MUSIC MUSIC BY IAN CHANT and raised some fair

questions, but I’d like 18 to point out that not

ART ART every venue this town Action in the Alley has ever spawned has been an ideal one. 17 DOWNTOWN SOUNDS TAKES IT TO THE STREETS Chiribin’s, of course,

STAGE STAGE comes immediately to mind. In fact, few

15 For my own part, I’m unlikely to ever places in town have BY CAREY ROSS be mistaken for a summer person. I’m one been less ideal for of a seemingly small proportion of Bell- live music than Chiribin’s, yet, for reasons both GET OUT ingham residents who live here because obvious and mysterious, the restaurant’s ten- I actually like the weather most of the ure as a music venue was a successful one—at 14 year. My idea of T-shirt and picnic weather least in terms of great bands and good times is about 48 degrees, mostly cloudy, and had by all. Sure, the Quarterback isn’t Chiribin’s

WORDS I’m delighted to wake up to a forecast of and vice versa, but that’s beside the point. light rain more days than not. And when Frankly, I’m all for any enthusiastic supporter

8 summer inevitably does arrive in Belling- of the music community who wants to go to the ham, I do the same thing I’ve done every headache and hassle of offering live music. If summer since I was it doesn’t work, at least it was a worthy experi-

CURRENTS CURRENTS a kid—I run like a ment. And if it is a success, imagine how happy madman for cover, we will all be. 6 be it a bookstore Speaking of more music in unorthodox places, or a friendly pub. it seems Jenni Potts has a CD release show— VIEWS VIEWS So while the city’s or, rather, a couple of them—on the immediate sun worshippers horizon for her album Take This and Go. The ﬁrst 4 are breaking out takes place Fri., July 18 at the American Museum

MAIL MAIL EAT IT the tank tops and of Radio and Electricity and is all ages. The sec- WHAT: Downtown sunglasses they ond happens a day later at the Temple Bar and is

3 Sounds hoard in dressers for the slightly more aged crowd. I believe both WHEN: 6pm-9pm

DO IT IT DO and closets like feature Potts playing with a full band of local every Wed., July 16-Aug. 6 so many totems musical luminaries, so the CD releases are deﬁ-

08 WHERE: The and talismans to nitely worth checking out (as is the album it-

.16. alley between Holly their pagan god of self). If you happen to miss both of those shows, 7 Street and Bay/ choice, I’m seek- however, you can catch the chanteuse playing at Champion streets

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# cool, dark place to all of these outings, feel free to ask Miss Potts JASON RICCI MORE INFO: downtownbelling bide my time until why she’s gotta be so darn sad all the time. ham.com nightfall. And last, but certainly not least, Bison The killer here is Bookbinding and Letterpress is hosting its first IT’S BEEN nearly five years since I moved to Bellingham, and that while I’m taking in the latest summer show in more than a year at 8pm Thurs., July among the few things that continues to baffle me is just how many of blockbuster or sequestered in front of a 17 featuring the Librarians, Memes, and Lone- my friends and peers would describe themselves as “summer people.” barroom pinball machine in poorly lit, air- some Shack. Probably because it is a strangely CASCADIA WEEKLY They thrive on sunlight and warmth and, it would seem, suffer ter- conditioned ecstasy, the rest of the world wonderful place to see a show—as well as the

20 ribly under slate-gray skies and misty horizons from September until goes on without me, having saved up most fact that space is limited—these things tend June every year, laying in wait like some strange predator for summer of their creative energy for these few brief to ﬁll up pretty fast. Consider yourself duly to show it’s soft underbelly. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE warned. musicPREVIEW musicPREVIEW non-clubMUSIC WED., JULY 16 Band performs from PLAZA SHOW: Slim 2-4pm at the Leopold, BY LANE KOIVU Pickens performs at a 1224 Cornwall Ave. Sug- free noontime concert gested donation is $5.

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8 BELIEVE THE BATMAN HYPE forget the actor behind the cracked white make- Chris Bell interweaves all these strands into up and blood-red rictus grin, so complete and one grand question mark about the hypocrisy frightening is his immersion in the role. With all beneath America’s outsized physical aspira-

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the initial interests that never grew into full-fledged Quitting Business Sale STAGE look less scary and more inviting? relationships—and then fantasize that you are in fact doing those things. Aside from being fun, this SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s like you’ve 25% to 50% OFF experiment could lead you to actually try out some pos- stumbled upon the Cosmic Lost and Found Office, (no additional custom framing orders) 15 sibilities that maybe you should have considered long Sagittarius. Whether or not it happened “by mistake” ago. And it might at least free up energy that has been is irrelevant: It’s an opportunity to recover good stuff 'RAND!VENUE "ELLINGHAMs trapped inside feelings of remorse. that prematurely disappeared from your life. But keep GET OUT in mind that your valuables may be mixed in with GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Kate Knapp Johnson’s abandoned and forgotten junk, both yours and other poem “Meadow” begins like this: “Half the day lost, people’s. You might initially feel discouraged at the 14 staring/ at this window. I wanted to know/ just one prospect of having to wade through all that meaning- true thing// about the soul.” She goes on to imply that less dross in order to locate your treasures. Don’t give she wasn’t successful in her meditation. You, on the WORDS up. Your diligence will ultimately be rewarded. other hand, will enjoy a boom time if you go in quest of such insight. By next week, you could discover at least CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here’s my first

ﬁve true things about the soul. Here’s one possible question: Are you willing to change yourself in ways 8 truth now: The soul needs nourishing stories in the that would allow you to get more of the love you long same way the body needs healthy food. for? Here’s my second question: If you are willing to change yourself, are you capable of actually carrying

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I really do feel that CURRENTS out those changes, thereby creating a permanent shift you’re here with me as I create these horoscopes. In in your identity? If your answer to those two questions a sense, you’re my assistant. Our telepathic connec- is yes, the coming weeks will be prime time to get to 6 tion is utterly palpable and practical. The hopes and work. Now here’s my third question: In what precise questions you project my way stream into my higher ways would you have to change yourself in order to get mind, coloring my psychic environment and enriching VIEWS more of the love you long for? Write down or print out my desire to give you exactly what you need. Now, in your thoughts on a piece of red paper. Cuisine of #FTU*OEJBO

accordance with the astrological omens, I’m asking you 4 to give our collaboration more conscious intention. It’s AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A cardinal had a Emperors %JOJOHJOUIF confrontation with my picture window yesterday. For time for you to be aggressive about seeking help and /PSUIXFTU MAIL inspiration—not just from me, but from everyone. Try 45 minutes, it hammered its beak against the glass.

With the help of my good friend and research assistant this for starters: Once a day for five minutes, visualize 3 that you and I are sitting face-to-face and discussing Google, I figured out that the bird had probably mistaken its own reflection for a rival that it was trying the issues that feed your longing to be brave and free IT DO

and authentic and smart and loving and creative. to attack. Now I’m offering this scene as a caution- ary metaphor for you, Aquarius. Keep three lessons in

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I saw the angel in the 08 mind: 1. If you feel the urge to ﬁght others, you’re marble and carved until I set him free,” said the

probably mad about something in yourself. 2. Watch .16. sculptor Michelangelo about a statue he made. Let 7 your tendency to get ﬁxated on an image that is at best that approach be your guide in the coming weeks, Leo. a distorted representation of a real thing and not the

Proceed according to the hypothesis that the beautiful .03 real thing itself. 3. Don’t hurt yourself or drive yourself $IJDLFOt-BNCt7FHFUBCMFt5BOEPPSJ thing you want to create is embedded in stuff that’s 29 crazy in an effort to chase away an illusion. # hiding its true nature, and your job is simply to liberate it from what’s extraneous. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The uterus of a preg- nant sand tiger shark is not exactly a peaceful sanctu- 1/2 OFF DINNER! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Dear Rob ‘Fat-Burner’ ary. Her eggs hatch in there well before she gives birth. Brezsny: I used the Sweet and Sassy Toner video and Soon the multiple embryos begin a fight to the death. lost only two pounds in five weeks. I tried the No More By the time the mother goes into labor, there’s just #VZ'JSTU%JOOFSBU3FHVMBS1SJDFBOE3FDFJWF4FDPOE%JOOFS Love Handles program and actually gained weight. The one pup remaining. I suspect there’s now a similar kind PG&RVBMPS-FTTFS7BMVF0GGXJUI$PVQPO only thing that really worked was your column. Reading of survival-of-the-fittest struggle going on within the %JOOFS$PVQPO7BMJE4VOEBZo5IVSTEBZ&YQJSFT

your horoscopes has, I’m convinced, been responsible CASCADIA WEEKLY metaphorical womb of your imagination, Pisces. Several for bringing me much closer to having my dream body. pretty good brainchildren are tussling for supremacy. You’ve helped me jettison a ton of psychic fat, not to Which one will defeat and eat the others and grow into $PSOXBMM"WF #FMMJOHIBNt 31 mention a wad of guilt, a load of concern about what maturity? I bet we’ll ﬁnd out soon. JOEJBHSJMMC!IPUNBJMDPNtXXXJOEJBHSJMMVT other people think of me, and a mass of remorse about TAKE OUT AND FREE DELIVERY SERVICE rear end COMICS :: DUBROW

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FOOD energy and planetary health. I’m more likely to trust a company so passionate 28 28 28 about the environment that they were willing to publicly voice their concern before their competitors jumped in. Lo-

CLASSIFIEDS cal companies such as Quicksilver Pho- CLASSIFIEDS to Lab, Village Books, Terra Organica,

24 Pastazza Restaurant, Steele and Com- pany (CPA and financial planning), and FILM FILM 2020 Engineering come to mind. Think about a specific segment of the 20 20 marketplace and I’ll bet you can name a firm who was a founder in speaking

MUSIC up for the natural world. And if you can’t, consider referring to Sustainable

18 Connection’s website for our local community of businesses who care about ART ART BY RICK DUBROW the triple-bottom-line issues of planet, profit and people. 17 ON THE Governments are also paying attention to the recent wave of greenwashing, STAGE STAGE perhaps reminiscent of their actions in LEVEL the early ‘90s when “recycling” and “bio- 15 degradable” first became buzzwords. In SHADES OF GREEN 1992 the FTC issued its first green guide,

GET OUT clarifying how terms like “recyclable” JUST ABOUT everything, we’re could be used. Then, when oil prices fell

14 now told, is earth friendly. It’s ubiqui- in the late ‘90s, this early greenwash- tous. Marketing, suddenly, is all about ing wave faded away. “Now there’s a new wave,” says James A. Kohm, the direc- WORDS waving the ﬂag of environmental ben- eﬁts. tor of the enforcement division at the

Even “clean coal” is earth friendly. It consumer-protection arm of the FTC. 8 must be; I heard it on CNN! “It’s really more of a tsunami.” I believe such claims at face value You can also turn to a spectrum of about as far as I can throw a hybrid product veriﬁcation labels—eco-labels CURRENTS CURRENTS Chevy Tahoe, the 6,000-pound, 20-mile- such as “EnergyStar,” the Forest Stew-

6 per-gallon, 2008 “Green Car of the Year.” ardship Council’s “FSC” mark for sustain- Greenwashing is a big deal, creating ably harvested wood, our local “Enviro-

VIEWS VIEWS countless speed bumps along your road Star” program and the USDA “organic” toward doing the right thing. logo.

4 Check out “The Six Sins of Green- But how trustworthy are these eco- washing,” a study by TerraChoice En- labels? MAIL MAIL vironmental Marketing, in which all The folks at Big Room, Inc. provide

3 but one of the environmental claims a great resource (ecolabelling.org) that being made on more than a thousand proﬁles and categorizes more than 400 DO IT IT DO reviewed products were either false or eco-labels, the world’s largest data- misleading. base, making it easier for people to 08 So, my fellow consumer, how do you make green choices. .16. 7 differentiate truth from a marketing Of utmost importance is to ask your- scam? self whether you really need to make .03 the purchase in the ﬁrst place. Down-

29 You can turn to watchdogs like # greenwashingindex.com, “home of the sizing and curtailment may be your world’s ﬁrst online interactive forum most appropriate action. But if you that allows consumers to evaluate real don’t hold yourself back, it’s critical to advertisements making environmental have a healthy dose of skepticism about claims.” Check it out. the marketing that reaches your senses. Or you can turn to companies that Hopefully, using these tools can help

CASCADIA WEEKLY were early ﬂag wavers of environmen- you avoid being misled on your path to- tal concern, as opposed to ﬁrms that ward environmental stewardship. 32

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those stats you’re holding up like the Ten FOOD Commandments. Those stats tell you how 28 28 28 THE ADVICE things turned out for a bunch of women somebody surveyed. But because some- GODDESS thing could happen to somebody in your demographic doesn’t mean it will happen CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIEDS TENDER IS THE NIGHTMARE to you. Those particular stats didn’t even include couples who’ve been together for Women these days think they have the 24 eons but aren’t married, like my lovebird luxury of being picky about men, and you

senior citizen friends, Kay and Earl, and FILM encourage them. You ran a letter from those cute little old ladies in San Fran- “Almost A Bride,” the woman whose ﬁance

cisco who just celebrated their 55th an- 20 has difﬁculty dealing with conﬂict. She niversary of not being allowed to marry said, “I’m in my late 40s, and don’t want

with a wedding at City Hall. MUSIC trilogy that in- to end up alone. No man is perfect, right?” Last spring, my friend Cathy Seipp cludes “The Golden I have news for her: If she doesn’t marry Compass”) died of cancer. The fall before, she told him, she probably will end up alone. I read 18 21 McDonald’s Corpo- me she was afraid to be alone, so 15 of about a study of women over 65 who’d ration mogul Ray her friends became “Team Cathy,” and ART been married: 25 percent were still married, 23 Neville who some- saw that she never was. Did I mention times sings like 50 percent were divorced or separated,

that she was divorced? Not one of us was 17 thi--i--i--is and 25 percent were widowed. The article A Little Bit of Everything there because we were married to her or 24 Boy band that also stated that 70 percent of girls in high

MORE RANDOM WORDS IN A MESH reunited in 2008 sleeping with her. Face reality, ladies! STAGE school would work full time their entire with the album You’d better make some friends and fill “Summertime,” for lives. So much for the marrying the guy and 30 Move slyly “My Fair Lady” in whatever in yourself you’ve been try- 15 Across short being a full-time mommy dream! Face real- 1 1971 album that 31 One who’ll keep 54 #5 hit for Edwin ing to patch with a man. Eliminate des- you in stitches McCain in 1998 27 Just sitting there ity, ladies! —Realist features “Baba 28 Liam Gallagher’s peration, and there’s no need to settle 32 Dennis Quaid 55 Go after, like with Imagine shopping for dinner the way GET OUT O’Riley” brother for the first exploding cigar that falls in 9 Outcast remake of a 1950 a housefly you suggest shopping for a husband: film noir thriller 57 Prohibition 29 Like some targets your lap. Of course, being pickier may

15 Overly enthusias- 34 Designation for “Oh, look! A piece of rotting meat 14 tic response 33 Fireworks that 58 One way to serve mean that women like “Almost A Bride” shoot “stars” cafe some dinosaurs that’s fallen on the grocery store ﬂoor! 16 Reunion at- 35 Dark clouds will miss out on that “full-time mommy

37 Philip Seymour 61 Monks, sometimes I’ll take it!” WORDS tendees 36 Flashlight battery, dream” you talk about—or whatever 17 How some tests Hoffman title role 65 Sleeping sickness- This woman’s fiance doesn’t just of 2005 carrying fly perhaps you’d call life with a tantrum-throwing are graded have “difficulty dealing with conflict.” 37 Key in a computer 3-year-old who’s just this side of 50. 8 18 The Sunflower 40 How some things 66 Circus act that He causes scenes in public. Feels every- are played or done makes people “three-finger sa- State lute” body’s out to get him. And the woman 19 ___ Video 41 Find the fountain look up THE JOY OF EX of youth, so to 67 Like one of two 38 Car make with a wrote, “My wedding would’ve been to- My boyfriend stays in touch with many CURRENTS (Randal’s place four-ringed logo of employment in speak evils morrow, but my fiance broke up with exes, including one he was wild about who 45 It’s been replaced 68 One who quaran- 39 Buggy, in Bristol

me over a triviality, took my engage- 6 “Clerks”) 42 50 ___ calls as his “friend” to tell him why I’m 20 Pissing off on food labels tines 43 City on the Arabian ment ring and stormed off—his pattern wrong for him. How do I know? He tells me. slightly by the Reference Down Sea at the slightest conﬂict.” As I pointed VIEWS 22 Lindsay who tied Daily Intake: abbr. Can I ask him to put his past in the past? 1 Loops’ alternatives, 44 Offer from a sug- out, “Being with this guy isn’t a way with herself for 46 Remove a coupon He tells me not to worry, but how can I not

in ﬁngerprinting gestive sort 4 a Worst Actress the quick way to avoid ending up alone, but a near 2 Muppets man 48 Even though when she’s a woman with whom he had an Razzie by playing 47 Really fun time guarantee you’ll end up alone—dozens 3 City in northeast 49 Italian eatery at intense sexual thing? —Disturbed MAIL two roles 51 Like overcooked 18-across the mall and dozens of times.” As far as one’s current partner is con-

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25 Spock’s feature 3 53 Prof. Higgins, to 4 “___ Punk!” (1998 50 Less relaxed But, hey, a girl’s gotta do what a cerned, there are three kinds of sex one’s 26 Trigonometry 52 Tests for high Eliza Doolittle, in Matthew Lillard girl’s gotta do to get a man! Or, as you had with one’s exes: Bad sex, boring sex, curve IT DO movie) school jrs. put it, “Face reality, ladies!” Yes, la- 56 Full of smarts and really bad, really boring sex. And 5 Sch. located in dies, do that. Reality number one: the

Greenwich Village 58 Hartsﬁeld-Jackson then there’s your current partner, hang- 08 Last Week’s Puzzle airport code marketability of skills like wiping a tod-

6 Suffix after moun- ing up the phone and announcing: “Hey, .16. tain or profit 59 Take advantage of dler’s nose and reading The Very Hungry just talked to my ex, the one I had all 7 60 Actor Lye of “You 7 “The Happy Hooker” Caterpillar. If your husband leaves you that mind-blowing sex with, who keeps author Hollander Can’t Do That on for his Very Sexy Secretary, let’s hope .03 insisting I can do better than you. And 29 Television” # 8 Something to you didn’t have children at 22 after “Blame It On,” in a 62 In the past how was your day, Honey?” Sorry, but Milli Vanilli song 63 Sports league that graduating with a B.A. in philosophy. why is he telling you this? He’s imma- 9 Resident of 43-down awards the Conn It’s wonderful if you can read Heide- ture? Insecure? Passive-aggressive? Or Smythe Trophy 10 Parsons with a gger in the original German, but as a just a blithering idiot? You don’t tell Project 64 Carrier that folded newly single mother, adrift at, say, 31, into American in a guy who he can talk to, but you can 11 Ladder parts that qualifies you to be an unusually 12 Texts at the 2001 tell him what you do and don’t need to keyboard well-read salesgirl at Dress Barn. hear. Do that, and see whether he comes CASCADIA WEEKLY ©2008 Jonesin’ 13 Top-ranked tennis Reality number two is human mortal- around—and with more than a “Why player Ivanovic Crosswords editor@ ity. Damn humans keep getting picked 33 jonesincrosswords. Your Girlfriend’s Not Good Enough” pie 14 ___ Dark Materials off by buses and drowning in their own (Philip Pullman com chart from his ex.

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8 GREENS, EGGS, AND HAM A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES My favorite salad dressing is equal parts oil cooking oil of your choice and/or butter.

CURRENTS CURRENTS and balsamic vinegar (the oil part being equal When the bacon is browned, add pepper flakes parts olive and safflower), plus a clove or two of and chopped onions and garlic. When these have 6 PEOPLE HAVE been eating greens, or plant leaves, basi- garlic per cup. Put everything in the blender and cooked together, turn up the heat to high. After cally forever. While much has been said about the benefits of leaf liquefy ’til you smell the blender’s motor heat- a minute, add the greens of your choice. VIEWS VIEWS eating, only a few negative assessments have stuck. The occasional ing up. For store-bought dressing, I’m a big fan The water from the just-washed greens will drip E. coli victim has complained, as have those who ate leaves from of Annie’s Naturals Cowgirl Ranch, especially on and sizzle in the pan, wilting the leaves. For some 4 the wrong plant. And of course there is the enduring tradition of sweet leaves. extra-flavored steam, add a shot of sherry and

MAIL MAIL people who claim to not like greens. Their condition is curable, Most greens can be cooked as well, each with its drop the lid. At this point, you want the pan to be usually by treatment with pork. own tolerances and requirements. Spinach wilts just a little wet, steaming furiously and on sched-

3 Leaves contain the majority of any plant’s chlorophyll—a pigment under barely a hard stare, while tough greens like ule to dry out, but not burn, by the time the eggs

DO IT IT DO molecule that helps convert solar energy to biological energy via kale can use some tenderizing. Consider removing are cooked. Season with salt and pepper.

photosynthesis. Beyond being blood-building, chlorophyll boasts the leaf’s central vein, which is even tougher, and Give the greens a ﬁnal stir and crack in your

08 other health claims, too, some of them probably true. And beyond takes longer to cook. eggs, sunny-side up. Replace the lid, turn the

.16. chlorophyll, most leaves are packed with a cocktail of vitamins, an- Usually, you can simply add washed and heat down to medium, steam-fry until the egg 7 tioxidants, enzymes, minerals and enough ﬁber to make you a happy chopped greens to whatever’s cooking—soup, tops are as dry as you like ’em, and serve.

.03 crapper in the morning. lasagna, whatever. Or, greens can be a load- For vegans and other pickyvores looking to 29

# Ideally, the greens you eat will vary with the seasons and your bearing pillar of your dish. spice up their greens life, any way you can add location, and include purchased, gathered and homegrown speci- Many culinary traditions combine greens and pig. fat and protein to your greens is worth exploring. mens such as amaranth, arugula, beets, broccoli, bok choy, cabbage, From bacon bits at the salad bar to the ham hock in One foolproof recipe is to blanch your greens for a collards, dandelion, endive, fennel, garlic, kale, lettuce, mustard, southern-style collard greens, it seems that pork minute in boiling water, drain and toss them with nettle, purslane, radicchio, seaweed, sorrel, spinach, turnip, water- and greens bring out the best in each other. sesame oil, crushed garlic and soy sauce. Then cress—and the edible leaves of another thousand or so plants grow- Which brings us to my recent breakfast of toss in sliced green onions—a.k.a. onion greens— ing around the world. greens, eggs, and ham. In a medium-hot pan, toasted nuts and cider vinegar to taste. CASCADIA WEEKLY I like to hang in my garden with a bowl of salad dressing, munching I placed a few chunks of frozen fat from Ben So, what are you waiting for, piggyvores and

34 on minimally reﬁned sunshine via the dipped leaves of crops and edible and Julie’s pig. If none of your friends have a pickyvores? Go eat some plant leaves, be they raw, weeds—leaves that are not only raw, but also still living. This tech- pig, use chopped bacon, or pork chops, or left- fried with meat or cooked with steam. Eat them nique is best after watering, when the leaves are on the clean side. over ribs, whatever. Non-piggyvores can use the ’til your blood runs green. And you will like it.

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