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the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be SPRING FLING Shelter in place returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. with FishBoy P.09 Equal Rights Amendment, and now a woman’s teaches agricultural and resources economics, so COVER: Photo courtesy right to religious and reproductive freedom. she understands the economy and how to bring of Pahokee, which will show during the With the likely demise of Roe v. Wade, a deci- solutions to Whatcom County. Sharon is commit- Pickford Film Center’s sion that prevented states from forcing women ted to restarting our economy by providing high- virtual Doctober to give birth, 17 states have already decided to speed internet to rural businesses and homes, so they can compete with global businesses in competitive grant funding for clean and work and attend school from home. energy and green jobs and served on the Sharon understands that education is board of Spark Northwest to promote clean important for every Washington student, energy. She understands the finances and so she works tirelessly to help provide op- the management of PUDs as she has been portunities for early childhood education an adviser for the industry. and rural childcare providers. Christine is running for a position on our 19 Sharon’s background in economics in- PUD commission, with the hope to spur in- forms her policy decisions on housing. novation and move us out of our compla- FOOD If we provide more housing options, the cency. She says, “PUDs across the state
overall rents will drop. This looks like loos- are innovating to serve their communities 15 ening regulations for folks to build acces- through widespread access to affordable sory dwelling units (ADUs), allowing more high-speed internet, cheaper and cleaner people who are not in a family unit to reside power, and innovative water management.” B-BOARD in one home (this is really beneficial for col- Vote Christine Grant for Whatcom lege students and people in nontraditional County Public Utility District #1 Commis- 14 family units), and encouraging more new sion. Let’s see what can be accomplished housing and apartment developments. for our future. FILM Sharon knows we must protect the envi- —Naomi Murphy, Ferndale ronment as well as provide opportunities 12 for our workers in Whatcom County. That is A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE why she has worked on a natural gas bill Whatcom County soon will elect two Su- MUSIC to improve natural gas reporting, safety perior Court judges, positions 2 and 4. and transparency. She knows that gas and In position 2, we have an opportunity 11 aluminum produced in Whatcom County is to select a superior candidate, one with ART probably safer and less carbon-intensive proven independence, a commitment to than in other areas and so has worked to equal justice, and broad experience for preserve Cherry Point jobs and ways the Al- the position, James Erb. STAGE coa workers can transfer their skills to other True, I am disappointed that we do not living-wage jobs here in Whatcom County. have a woman candidate or a person of Sharon supports a community that color to choose from for either position. works for everyone, with no one left out, We need our justice system to reflect the
WINNING GET OUT so that is why she is committed to afford- diversity of our community. That being able, transparent, accessible health care, said, I will be casting my vote for James IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK! as well as diversity. Erb in November for Position 2.
These and many other reasons are why The broad support for James reflects 10 I am asking you to join me in voting for the diversity of our county. In contrast to
Sharon Shewmake. his opponent, his public endorsements in- WORDS —Pam Borso, Custer clude a long list of state and local leaders,
attorneys, judges, and the Lummi Nation. 6 BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Ratings as well-qualified by four state- Whatcom County Public Utility District wide minority bar associations and quali-
1 can be so much more than it is presently. fied by the Washington Women Lawyers CURRENTS
It has the authority to provide power, wa- Association and the Whatcom County Bar 4 ter and telecommunication utility services Association reflect Erb’s commitment to
to residents under its jurisdiction. equal justice, his independence and broad VIEWS Unfortunately, our PUD has fallen de- experience for this important position. 2 cades behind. Fifteen other PUDs in Wash- Let us all vote for the best-qualified, 2 ington have built high-speed broadband most-experienced and independent candi- MAIL MAIL for their residents and businesses, and date for Whatcom County Superior Court now provide faster internet, for less than Judge in Position 2, James Erb. we pay. Some of these PUDs began build- —Kathryn Hanowell, Nooksack ing broadband 20 years ago. Our PUD has 09.30.20 not built this critical infrastructure and we are now paying the price. .15 40
Many local students do not have the SEND YOUR LETTERS # reliable internet access (or any access at all) that they need for their at-home online schoolwork, harming their educa- tion and future career prospects. Many businesses and people working at home
have reduced productivity due to slow CASCADIA WEEKLY and unreliable internet. We can do better. That is why I am vot- 3 ing for Christine Grant this November. Got something on your mind? Share how Christine has spent her career working you feel. Send us letters and please keep with public and private utilities around them short and consise (300 words or the country, including PUDs, and teaches fewer). Send to energy policy at Western Washington Uni- SilverReefCasino.com • I-5 Exit 260 [email protected] Visit Reef Rewards for details. Management reserves all rights. versity. She has helped secure $25 million THE GRISTLE DEFINING FAMILY: Construction—and, potently, home construction—has been one industry that has
recovered aggressively from the COVID-19 pandemic
19 and economic shutdown. Both new home sales and new home construction fell sharply in spring during
FOOD views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, both have rebounded, with new home sales back above pre-
15 COVID levels and new home construction nearing re- cent highs. Still the imbalance continues in new con- struction for higher incomes and student needs while B-BOARD shortchanging the urgent need for affordable homes. In Bellingham and outlying areas, more than 863 14 new housing units have been authorized in 2020. Of BY WHATCOM COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE that number 386 multifamily units have been per- FILM mitted in Bellingham to date, the largest portion of housing construction, and that compares favorably 12 to 491 multifamily units permitted in 2019, accord- Census Countdown ing to City of Bellingham planning data. MUSIC New student housing accounts for a significant TEN MINUTES YIELDS 10 YEARS OF BENEFITS portion of that construction. Much of the latter is fi- 11 nanced by distant lenders leveraging investments—
ART that is to say the projects are driven more by avail- GOOD NEWS: Despite the many mining where to build manufacturing able capital than local market demand—and it seems challenges of COVID-19—not to facilities, offices and stores as well certain the city will vastly overshoot its need for mention a late start, the citi- as formarket analysis, fostering job student housing while continuing to fall short of zenship question, underfunding, creation and generating revenue. STAGE housing stock needed for working families and lower understaffing and a shortened That’s why our goal is 100 per- incomes. The surplus may free up rental housing in timeline—Whatcom County has cent response, and if any county Bellingham’s neighborhoods—and that’s good news surpassed the U.S. Census self- in this state can do it, it’s What- in the larger equation, but that slow transition is a response rate that we achieved in com. We’ve already beaten the odds
GET OUT secondary or tertiary knock-on effect to the issue of 2010. Our state ranks second in by surpassing 2010 rates and need housing the city’s future generations. the nation for its self-response av- look no further than the pandemic What’s being built precludes and forecloses on that erage rate of 71.9 percent; What- to see how citizens, organizations
10 which is not being built. The continued failure to tie com County’s rate is slightly higher and businesses here come together affordable housing to land capacity places additional than that at 72.6 percent. Way to to help neighbors prosper.
WORDS strain on the city’s neighborhoods to fill this need. step up and get counted Whatcom, However, the 2020 Census will Mayor Seth Fleetwood met remotely with his May- your Complete Count Committee end soon (possibly on Sept. 30). We
6 or’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission (MNAC) last couldn’t be prouder! to health care, and more. By par- must do all we can as fast as we week to reengage on a thorny issue—the so-called Bad news: For every 100 house- ticipating in the 2020 Census, you can to ensure every single person Rule of Three, a controversial city policy that defines holds not counted, our state loses help bring the resources and rep- in this community is counted—be- CURRENTS a family as “not more than than three unrelated per- $5.8 million over the 10-year cen- resentation our community needs cause every single person in this 4
4 sons living together within a single dwelling unit.” sus period—and in the wake of the to thrive for the next 10 years. community counts. To many the distinction comes across as intrusive, pandemic, our communities face The more accurate and complete The census will determine com- VIEWS VIEWS restrictive and athwart the goals of providing hous- unprecedented need. The 2020 Cen- the count, the more money we re- munity funding and political power ing to lower (and often younger and racially diverse) sus will help determine how fed- ceive to meet needs for schools, for the next 10 years. With so little 2 incomes in Bellingham; to others, the distinction is eral money is spent until 2030. To infrastructure, public safety and time left, and many more people still left to be counted, please complete MAIL required to meet the single-family zoning that ex- give you an idea of what’s at stake, emergency preparedness, while ists in many of Bellingham’s older neighborhoods. consider that in 2016, Washington also addressing our communities’ the census at www.my2020Census. The city has, in recent years, mostly swallowed hard, received more than $16.5 billion myriad, and growing, health and gov and encourage everyone you looked aside and abashedly refrained from enforcing from the federal government. That human service needs. Additionally, know to do the same.
09.30.20 a rule that tries to define a family; however the defi- allocation is based on 2010 figures, services providing the most urgent You can help build a better future nition lies at the very heart of what many consider and our state has grown by nearly needs support the most vulnerable in Whatcom County. It’s your right
.15 the continued character of their neighborhood. one million people since then, ac- in our community, who are often and obligation, it’s vitally important, 40
# “Bellingham’s definition is contrary to recent efforts cording to estimates from the the least likely to be counted, are and it couldn’t be easier. Thanks for with respect to fair housing,” Perry Eskridge wrote the Washington State Office of Finan- those who are homeless, minori- stepping up and being counted! mayor on behalf of the Whatcom County Association cial Management. ties and lower- income families. of Realtors in April, noting a federal district court We have very little time left— Thus the census goes far beyond The Whatcom Complete Count Com- judge in Ohio recently found “the restriction neither depending on court decisions, un- counting people and money, it is a mittee is a voluntary effort led by advanced the city’s goal of regulating neighborhood til either Sept. 30 or Oct. 31—to key part of our community’s equity tribal and local governments, com-
CASCADIA WEEKLY density nor mitigated common nuisance complaints.” achieve our goal of 100 percent and social justice. munity leaders and organizations to The organization recommended not allowing out- participation in the 2020 census. Of course, the census also affects help ensure a complete and accurate 4 moded definitions to stand in the way of addressing Success means receiving our fair how much political representation count in 2020. Opinion written on a local housing crisis. share of federal dollars, increasing we’re allocated at state and national behalf of the entire Whatcom Com- The MNAC is a valuable tool in the mayor’s pol- representation in Congress, more levels. Data from the 2020 census plete Count Committee by Co-Chairs icy deliberations, with members recruited from funding for key infrastructure, will also guide private-sector busi- Lethal Coe, Mauri Ingram, and Sum- the city’s neighborhood associations—groups as safe housing, education, access ness decisions, for example deter- mer Starr. diverse and distinct across geographic and socio- economic areas as the neighborhoods they repre- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY Maikham is based on THE GRISTLE the values of authentic 2020 General Endorsements Thai and Lao cuisine. Bellingham/Whatcom Co. sent. Needless to say, there is a great We use as much fresh, variety of opinion expressed through local, and organic food Professional Firefighters as possible, with special MNAC on the Rule of Three. attention paid to the IAFF Local 106
“It’s enjoyable to get the flavor from dietary needs of our 19 our neighborhood representatives,” diners. Eat in or take out! Fleetwood reflected. “For the longest U.S. CONGRESS FOOD time, we called it the Rule of Three. DIST. 1: DelBene
Now we’re calling it the ‘family defini- 15 tion,’ which seems more precise while $5 OFF DIST. 2: with purchase of Larsen also less restrictive.” The mayor speculated that defini- $25 or more! B-BOARD tions should invite solutions, and not WA GOVERNOR exclude solutions. Inslee 14 “Broadly speaking,” Fleetwood said, 1125 Finnegan Way
Bellingham, WA 98229 FILM “there seems to be some interest within Tel 1(360) 746-8098 WA LEGISLATURE the group in reimagining the role MNAC WWW. MAIKHAM.COM might play in city planning. One of the 40TH DIST, SENATE: Lovelett 12 Open Wednesday - Monday points of view shared by some would be Lunch 11:30am-3:00pm
40TH DIST, HOUSE POS. 1: MUSIC inclusion of an MNAC representative on Lekanoff the Bellingham Planning Commission.” 40TH DIST, HOUSE, POSITION 2: Ramel The opportunity seems ripe for a 11 reimagining, with four positions open- 42ND DIST, POSITION: Rule ART ing on the seven-member community 42ND DIST, POSITION 2: Shewmake panel authorized to study planning issues and make policy recommenda- STAGE tions to Bellingham City Council. Three BELLINGHAM TRANSPORTATION FUND: Yes members are reaching the ends of their terms on the commission. Terms of of- Paid for and authorized by IAFF Local #106 P.O. Box 1024 Bellingham, WA 98227 fice are four years with a two-term Your Local Union Fire Fighters Local #106 representing: Bellingham Fire ghters limit. In recent years, the commis- GET OUT Lynden Fire ghters | North Whatcom Fire & Rescue Fire ghters sion had been heavily represented by South Whatcom Fire Authority Fire ghters | Port of Bellingham Fire ghters developers or those with development
interests, leading to some organiza- 10 tional changes to the structure of the We need housing solutions that create commission by City Council. WORDS A fourth member, appointed by safe, equitable, and a ordable homes for everyone.
Fleetwood, failed to materialize and 6 ultimately resigned from the commis- sion after taking an administrative po- sition elsewhere. CURRENTS
The appointment of the fourth mem- 4 4 ber was significant, as she had served VIEWS on the election campaign of April VIEWS Barker, who had challenged Fleetwood for the mayor’s position last year. The whatcom 2 appointment served as an olive branch MAIL to heal the divisions of a fractious HOUSING election, but was considered contro- WEEK versial because Barker had expressed oct 12-16 such strong views opposing the family 09.30.20 definition and pledging to end single- family zoning in Bellingham. .15 40
Service on the planning commission # has traditionally been the gateway to higher elected city office, as it pro- vides important insight into one of the most foundational roles of mu- nicipal government. JOIN US FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT ADDRESS INEQUALITIES IN NEIGHBORHOODS & HOUSING
A more formal role for MNAC on the Local Food CASCADIA WEEKLY commission would more strongly tie Topics Include: planning to neighborhood goals, and All the Time Moving Away From Racist Housing Policies • Activating Historically Underrepresented Voices 5 strengthen the communication be- Discussing The Color of Law • Breaking Out of the Housing Trap tween both the commission and the Creating Housing & Mobility for Vibrant Communities neighborhood associations. With so Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt, Photo Contest, and Housing Awards, too! many positions vacant on the com- mission, the time may be right for a reimagining. Register at WhatcomHousingWeek.org crat share similar concerns but intend to approach solutions differently. “When I was first elected I expected to go to Olympia and to come into this, you know, partisan clashing of ideas,” Van
Werven reflected. “I think maybe we see
19 what’s going on at the federal level and we assume that’s happening here in the FOOD currents NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX state, too, but the truth is that in Olympia we work together across party lines and
15 we recognize that if we want to advance policies that are good for our communi- ties, for our districts, that we need to B-BOARD work together across the aisle. “It is a very cooperative bipartisan
14 atmosphere and you know we obviously have our differences when it comes to FILM philosophical issues like the budget—it is probably the biggest example, but that 12 would be the operating budget and so that is the one area where there’s that bright MUSIC red line about the difference of ideas— but with our capital budget our transpor- 11 tation budget and for most of those bills
ART it is a very cooperative experience and I would just say that the majority of the bills that come off the house floor, come off unanimous, so that is something I’ve STAGE really appreciated being in Olympia,” Van Werven said. Rule’s experience on Blaine City Council has similarly shaped her views, there is
GET OUT much agreement about municipal priori- ties. But the small things matter, too. “People care a lot when their potholes
10 are filled and you know sometimes it’s just a matter of something seemingly
WORDS small like saving six trees in a park,” Rule said, “and those things matter too.”
6 The deep roots of family in the com- munity inform both Van Werven and Rule. “Some of the values that they have CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 LUANNE VAN WERVEN passed down to us through the generations
4 are, you know, we work hard and when times get tough, we help each other out
VIEWS and we stick together and we don’t leave anyone behind,” Rule said. “And I think 2 those values still generally remain here and
MAIL it makes, for me, a special place that I want to raise my kids here because of that.” Similarity Where the candidates diverge is in their views of the role state revenues should
09.30.20 play in achieving community goals. For and Van Werven, that should come in the form .15 Partisan Fears of tax relief; for Rule, the government 40
# should play a more proactive role in as- ALICIA RULE AND LUANNE VAN WERVEN sisting families in a pandemic crisis. “We do have a budget crisis looming BY WREN HEALY ahead of us,” Van Werven predicted of the impacts of COVID-19 and the shutdown of the economy. “I wish Gov. Inslee would
CASCADIA WEEKLY IN A county often characterized by its divisions, the campaigns for Whatcom’s seats in the state have called us back for a special session House of Representatives show a remarkably unified focus on issues—fighting through pandemic and we could have dealt with some of 6 crisis, and then carefully picking through the state’s damaged budget for priorities. these issues before they got worse. I’m Incumbent Luanne Van Werven and her challenger Alicia Rule share similar backgrounds and afraid that if we don’t go into a special mutligenerational histories in Whatcom County. And fundamentally the Republican and Demo- session that in January when the Legis- lation goes back we’re going to face some deeper cuts and harder decisions when it comes to our budget. So a budget crisis moving into the next session is going to You’ll FALL For Our Handcrafted Favorites!
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rent state spending far outpaces popula- “I think what’s been the hardest of all WORDS tion growth and cost of living,” Van Werven has been this changing metric, just the 6 said. “So from my perspective, I believe we changing debate about this,” Van Werven 6 would say this is true across political par- said. “First, it was all about flattening ty boundaries, but we need to scrutinize the curve—well, we’re six months beyond Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts CURRENTS every part of the budget, we need to fund that. And then it was about, oh, keeping NOW OPEN at the Lightcatcher! CURRENTS
our priorities, and then we need to make our hospitals open, making sure that they Visit the Museum in phase 2. We have Lightcatcher building | 250 Flora St. 4 targeted reductions where there is waste. were available to take an overflow of pa- safety measures in place to make your visit 360.778.8930 healthy, while still enjoyable! whatcommuseum.org “I just think at this time taxing our tients and we handled that very well. And VIEWS families and our business when they are then it became about how many people are struggling should not be a consideration,” dying. And even the CDC, the data through 2 Van Werven said. August, indicates the deaths have moved MAIL “I think that one of the primary respon- below the threshold for excessive deaths. sibilities of our state Legislature is to pro- “We are just trying to deal with this READ & SHARE vide opportunity,” Rule said. “So it’s really pandemic,” Van Werven said, “but yet at incumbent upon us to provide opportunity the same time recognizing that to keep Read the inspiring story of thru-hiking 09.30.20 for good living-wage jobs and I think we our economy shut down is hurting a legend Heather “Anish” Anderson’s can do that moving forward by investing whole lot of people. And I think Whatcom .15 Paci c Crest Trail record. 40 in infrastructure and ultimately that actu- County at this point isn’t as dramatically # ally comes back to our economy—our local impacted by COVID, so I think we should economy—much better than tax cuts do.” resume opening into Phase 3 and Phase 4. Join online Rule said that while she was general- We can still encourage safety and precau- author events ly satisfied with the state response to tions at every opportunity, especially for COVID-19 and the leadership role the gov- our vulnerable population. We understand October 1–10
ernor played in establishing public health now who is most impacted.” CASCADIA WEEKLY guidelines, more work needs to be done. Rule sees a role for increased social ser- Learn more “There are certainly some holes,” Rule vices to help with recovery. 7 admitted, “it’s not perfect. We’ve never Behind complaints about economic and register: really in our lifetimes been in a pandemic shutdown, “I’m hearing increasing con- wcls.org/readandshare like this so I do tend to worry a lot about cerns about mental health needs,” Rule the unemployment gap, people who need said. “We already knew we had a mental unemployment need it now. And so that’s health crisis before COVID even hit and The Power of Sharing something that needs to be fixed right CONTINUED ON PG. 8 that people have because it’s not ef- SIMILARITY, FROM PG. 7 fective, and it’s expensive, and it’s killing—literally killing—our Black and IT’S A BOY! now we are in a position where we Brown community members.” can’t even connect together that we For Rule, however, the issue goes
are really meant to. We have brain beyond police reform to establishing
19 science that humans are meant to be a more just and equitable society. connected, we long for it. And this “When we think about mental illness, FOOD is really hard on everybody. It’s just people can heal, this is not a mystery,” hard. It’s necessary, but to acknowl- she said. “We have all the information
15 edge the fact that it’s hard on every- we need to help people get better. But body is critical to understanding how we haven’t been doing a very good job we move forward while taking care of of that. In fact, in Washington we are B-BOARD our mental health. consistently ranked 48 out of 50 in “Mental health and social services, if terms of mental health services.”
14 we fund them wisely and use our re- On housing security, Rule believes Another baby orca has been born to a pod of endangered southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound. It’s the second calf born this month for J pod, according to Ken Balcomb, director of the Center for Whale search to base our decisions, can be big the state can play a larger role in
FILM Research, who confirmed researchers had spotted the the calf with his mother foraging off Point Roberts. There money savers,” she said. “If we wait un- planning for affordable, walkable are now 74 southern residents in the J, K, and L pods. Threats to their survival include boat noise and vessel til the point of needing a first responder communities. Van Werven believes disturbance; pollution; and lack of food, especially Chinook salmon. 12 whether it be, you know, a firefighter, a state controls should be reduced, and police officer, or our emergency rooms, that property tax has a corrosive ef- MUSIC those are the absolute most expensive fect on the costs of rent and housing. 09.24.20 cies are being cut down by the courts— people to send as a response and they “We face an affordable housing cri- THURSDAY even by Republican-appointed jurists who 11 are not the right people.” sis,” Rule said. “Everyone should have the administration had hoped would be
ART Commenting on the topic of public the opportunity to live in a safe, af- The number of COVID-19 cases in What- friendly. Those losses have heightened safety policy reform, Van Werven ob- fordable home. We can make and keep com County is not trending in the right the stakes in the election and the fight served, “I was privileged to serve a homes affordable so that regular work- direction. Whatcom County has seen an over a replacement on the Supreme Court couple of years on the House public ing-class folks, seniors and families can increase of new cases over the last two for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A second STAGE safety committee. I was also part of afford to live in Whatcom County. And weeks, defying a downward trend in new term, coupled with a 6-3 conservative the negotiation for House Bill 3003, we must no longer allow so many Wash- COVID-19 cases statewide. Health officials majority on the high court, could save and that was a bill where impacted ingtonians to be homeless—dramat- say the risk of COVID-19 transmission re- some of Trump’s biggest environmental families, law enforcement and legisla- ically increasing shelter to get people mains high and Whatcom County continues rollbacks. [New York Times]
GET OUT tors came together and we negotiat- off the streets is a top priority.” to find increasing cases of COVID-19, with ed that bill. That was a model for law “We need reform in the Growth Man- 115 new positive cases reported in the last 09.25.20 enforcement in the area of de-escala- agement Act,” Van Werven comment- two-week study period. [WCHD]
10 tion and mental health funding and ed. “It is inflexible and very restric- FRIDAY training,” she said. “And we came a tive as far as where we allow building. The number of people seeking unemploy- A federal judge rules that President
WORDS long ways, and then right on the heels Reforming it would be a big step for- ment aid in the United States rose slightly Donald Trump’s steward of public lands of that, the voters passed initiative ward in providing affordable housing. last week to 870,000, a historically high has been serving unlawfully, blocking
6 940, which increased the police train- I have also advocated for reducing figure. In Washington, 19,574 initial reg- him from continuing in the position in ing even more and spending for that. the real estate excise tax for multi- ular unemployment claims were filed in the latest pushback against the adminis- Yes, we can still keep moving in the ple housing and then also modifying the same period, up 6.4 percent from the tration’s practice of filling key positions CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 right direction, but here in the state of some of the zoning regulations relat- prior week. Unemployment claims appli- without U.S. Senate approval. U.S. In-
4 Washington I would say we are leaders ed to accessory dwelling units,” she cations remain at elevated levels and are terior Department Bureau of Land Man- in the area of police reform.” said. “But I do think it comes down at 271 percent above last year’s claims agement acting director William Perry
VIEWS Rule believes additional structural to how the Growth Management Act applications, according to the state Em- Pendley served unlawfully for 424 days changes are required in public safety. restricts where we can provide for our ployment Security Department. [ESD] without being confirmed to the post by 2 “My career has really been as a so- different housing options.” the Senate as required under the Con- Overall, we need to think as a com- MAIL cial worker,” Rule said. “Anything from An Alaska mining executive resigns stitution, the U.S. District Court deter- working as a school social worker, munity again, Rule believes. after being caught on tape boasting of mined. The ruling came after Montana’s school counselor, to working in hospice, “We need to turn toward each other, his ties to GOP politicians. Tom Collier, Democratic governor sued to remove doing home visits. I’ve worked with the we need to reconnect again and we who stood to get a $12.4 million bonus if Pendley, saying the former oil indus-
09.30.20 rich, I’ve worked with the poor. I’ve need to remember that we have more Pebble Mine went ahead, resigned in the try attorney was illegally overseeing worked on the streets and in homeless in common than we have differenc- wake of secretly recorded talks with envi- an agency that manages almost a quar-
.15 shelters. In each of those roles I have es,” Rule said. ”And that some of our ronmentalists posing as potential inves- ter-billion acres of land, primarily in the 40
# heard people’s hardest stories. differences are beautiful and can be tors. The manner in which the tapes were U.S. West. [Billings Gazette] “I’ve walked into situations that celebrated and that we can actually acquired does not excuse the crass com- would be pretty shocking to most become closer because of it. I believe ments that were expressed, Ronald Thies- Washington’s Legislative Ethics Board people,” Rule said. “Most of the time that that can happen at every level. sen, CEO of the Canadian parent company, finds 42nd District Rep. Luanne Van Wer- the police were accompanying me as That happens as individuals in our Northern Dynasty Minerals, admitted. In ven violated the state’s Ethics in Public a colleague and a backup. There have neighborhoods but it also can happen the taped conversations, the executives Service Act by using taxpayer resources
CASCADIA WEEKLY been a few times where they have in our communities on a larger scale. suggested that while they were seeking a for her reelection campaign. Legislators are kept me safe. “I think it’s very useful at the state permit for a 20-year operation, it might prohibited from using state facilities for 8 “We need the police. We really do,” level as well,” she said, “that we can expand and last for as long as 180 years. campaign purposes. The board determined Rule insisted. “But I have lots of long- work together to face our shared prob- [Washington Post] Van Werven violated the law by filming a term clients that will tell you that when lems and work together to come up campaign video from inside her legisla- they had their interaction with law en- with solutions. We’ve almost forgotten President Trump has initiated the most tive office in Olympia. The Republican was forcement, it was the rock bottom that that with this really polarized society, aggressive environmental deregulation ordered to pay a $300 fine, with half sus- allowed them to propel into recovery, but I just don’t believe that we have to agenda in modern history, but as his first pended if she does not commit another vio- but it can’t be the only intervention continue down that path.” term drives to a close, many of his poli- lation in the next five years. [LEB] OF Home OF Bellingham's Best Bloody Mary WHATCOM COUNTY
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en's Hall of Fame, Food First, Civil Eats WORDS 6 6 CURRENTS Ramona Hi-olit-saw Phare-Mor- CURRENTS ris grew up on the Lummi Reservation 4 and later served as the Lummi Health Clinic director and chair of the Law and Order Committee. Morris served VIEWS as a member of the Lummi Tribal 2 Council, and assisted in developing
Lummi aquaculture. She was on the MAIL Lummi task force against taxation, and was appointed as chair of the Indian Advisory Committee. Morris gathered witnesses to testify in the Boldt case 09.30.20 and lobbied and garnered federal support from members of Congress. .15 Her knowledge of water rights and her 40 # ability to persuade and inform was so good that the other side “accused” her of being an attorney. She always encouraged tribes to work together on common issues. As a leader she Because of her extensive was driven by her commitment to the knowledge of water rights,
children and to the Lummi commu- CASCADIA WEEKLY nity, striving for everyone to receive Morris was an effective services without limitation. Morris was advocate for her tribe on a 9 inducted into the Northwest Women’s Hall of Fame in 2014. critical issue in the community.
SOURCES: Northwest Women’s Hall of Fame Moles Obit READ & SHARE VIRTUAL EVENTS
DREAM BIG: To kick off the Read & Share
19 program focusing on Thirst, Heather “Anish” An- words derson will lead a “Dream Big. Be Courageous” COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS FOOD presentation at 4pm Thurs., Oct. 1. Expect an hour of inspiration through the lens of thru- hiking, and find out how and why Anderson
15 has continued to pursue her dreams despite setbacks, failures and societal pressures. Regis- tration is required for the free Zoom event. B-BOARD THRU-HIKING 101: Tune in from 10am-11am Sat., Oct. 3 to hear Anderson talk about the
14 realities of thru-hiking and gain tips to help you prepare at a “Thru-Hiking 101” primer. There will
FILM be ample time for a Q&A, so think about what you’d like to ask her before Zooming.
12 BACKPACKING FOR WOMEN: Even though women are well-suited to backpacking, many
MUSIC have concerns about hygiene, safety and physi- cal challenges. At a “Backpacking for Women” presentation at 4pm Tues., Oct. 6, find out 11 answers to common issues you might encounter,
ART then get to planning your next adventure.
BOOK TALK: At 7pm Thurs., Oct. 8, register to hear stories and readings from Thirst: 2,600
STAGE Miles to Home that tell the backstory of Ander- son’s first Fastest Known Time and life lessons she’s learned along the way.
HEATHER “ANISH” ANDERSON ADVENTURE STORIES: At the Read & Share series finale at 10am Sat., Oct. 10, “Adventure GET OUT Stories” will see Anderson weaving stories and experiences from the trail into a compelling BY AMY KEPFERLE “Tears rolled down my face,” she wrote storyline sure to both inspire and entertain. Like 10 10 of the dangerous crossroads where she’d the rest of the virtual events, participation is found herself after realizing the creek free and registration is required. WORDS WORDS she’d been depending on to refill her For more details about WCLS’s Read & Share program, go Thirst water supply had run dry. “The moment to www.wcls.org/readandshare 6 of quitting I’d imagined on my first day TALES FROM THE TRAIL hadn’t been like this. It hadn’t involved me sitting in the desert sun, dehydrated ety, and the reasons she continues to push CURRENTS IN HEATHER “Anish” Anderson’s 2019 memoir, and dizzy, three miles down trail from the herself through barriers that would crush
4 Thirst: 2,600 Miles to Home, the title refers not only nearest water. I’d imagined simply being the average human. to her desire to slake her longing for adventure by too tired or incapable of continuing. I had You’ll also find out that her first
VIEWS traversing the trails of North America, but also to imagined being in control of my own des- “drunken waltz through the desert heat” the bodily reaction caused by severe dehydration— tiny, even in the end.” wasn’t in 2013, but was in 2001, when 2 a condition that brought the author and adventurer While Anish could’ve simply pressed the as a neophyte hiker she undertook a
MAIL nearly to the brink of death only eight days into a button on her tracking beacon and been solo crossing of the Grand Canyon wear- record-breaking thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. rescued from the perilous predicament, ing flimsy Walmart Velcro sandals that When Anish (Anderson’s trail name) set out from she reasoned that if her body had enough fell apart not long into the 14-mile trip, the border of Mexico in June of 2013 with a mission fluid to produce tears, then she could find causing Anderson to wrap her feet with
09.30.20 to make it through California, Oregon, and Washing- the energy to soldier forth. She did, but an ankle brace and duct tape in order to ton to the trail’s terminus at the border of Canada this wasn’t the last time she’d be forced to make it to the trail’s end.
.15 faster than anyone ever had before, she was a sea- make decisions that would have her ques- The passage predicts Anderson’s future 40
# soned hiker and ultra-marathoner in her early 30s tioning if she was on the right track. as a person willing to take risks in order who thought she had what it took to succeed. What For perspective, Anderson weaves tales to find her own pathway and quench her she wasn’t prepared for was the way her body and mind would react to being pushed from her past to share how she trans- various thirsts. to their limits in an effort to achieve the FKT (fastest known time) on the PCT. formed from an overweight, inactive and “I felt a burst of energy as the top of During a rainy-day reading of Thirst last weekend in advance of Whatcom County introverted youth more apt to read books the climb came into view,” she writes. Library System’s second annual “Read & Share” events taking place virtually from than join track into an elite athlete—a de- “When I reached the trailhead fountain, I
CASCADIA WEEKLY Oct. 1-10, the harrowing yet hopeful tales from the trail transported me from a scription she still has a hard time accept- dropped down beside it and let water flow soggy Saturday in Bellingham—where Anderson lived with her then-husband in ing, even after being named the 2019 Na- into my mouth and over my face. Then I 10 the years preceding the journey undertaken in the book—to the punishing heat of tional Geographic Adventurer of the Year. let it wash the blood and dirt from my California’s Mission Creek. By the time she makes it to the shadow feet. With a smile on my face, I hobbled It was there Anderson realized she’d vastly underestimated the amount of wa- of Mt. Baker after 60 days, 17 hours and toward the parking lot. I threw the tat- ter she’d need to carry and consume while hiking as many as 50 miles every day, 12 minutes—breaking the previous FKT tered brace into a trash can at 2:45pm. often in daytime temperatures that soared into the triple digits, and that the by four days—readers also discover more Not only had I crossed the Grand Canyon, “reliable” hydration sources she’d counted on while planning her 2,600-mile od- about why Anderson has always had a dif- I had done so barefoot. And faster than I yssey weren’t sure things during a drought. ficult time conforming to the rules of soci- thought I could.” doit
UPCOMING Jamie R. McPherson. EVENTS WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG FRI., OCT. 2 ARTWOOD: Hours are currently ART WALK: From 6pm-10pm, 11am-5pm Wednesdays through Fri-
downtown businesses will showcase days, and 11am-6pm Saturdays at the creative talent to be found in Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. 19 visual Bellingham at the return of the WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM FOOD GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES monthly Art Walk throughout the urban core. Individual businesses GALLERY SYRE: Peruse “David will be participating in their own Syre: Envisioning a Better Future” COVID-compliant way, whether that from 11am-4pm Tuesdays through 15 is utilizing sidewalk space for a Thursdays (and by appointment) pop-out, displaying art for sale in through Nov. 7 at Gallery Syre, B-BOARD windows, or welcoming a limited 465 W. Stuart Rd. The works Syre number of guests to their spaces. created during quarantine have a WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM unique language and message for a 14 better future. OCT. 2-3 WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM FILM WHALE PEOPLE: Attend an open- ing program for “Whale People: GOOD EARTH: “Kindred Spirits”
Protectors of the Sea” with bless- will be featured through October 12 ings, speakers and songs starting at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris at 6:30pm Friday at the Lummi Ave. The juried exhibition of wood- MUSIC Nation Stommish Grounds. The fired, soda-fired and salt-fired outdoor exhibition and 13-minute ceramics features works by invited 11 immersive film focusing on “Our artists, as well as 61 atmospheric- 11
Shared Responsibility: A Totem fired works selected through the ART ART Pole Journey” will show on a loop jurying process. through 9pm, and again from WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM 6:30pm-9pm Saturday. Masks and social distancing will be required. I.E. GALLERY: “Less: Presence STAGE WWW.SACREDSEA.ORG in Absence” can be seen from 11am-5pm Fridays through Sundays SAT., OCT. 3 through Nov. 29 in Edison at i.e. NATURE OF THINGS: From 2pm- gallery, 5800 Cains Court. 5pm, attend an opening reception WWW.IEEDISON.COM
for sculptor Maria Wickwire’s new GET OUT body of work, “The Nature of JANSEN ART CENTER: Mike “SHIMMER,” BY LESLEY DILL, 2005-2006 “SHIMMER,” BY Things,” in Mount Vernon at Perry Bathum’s “Emerging Nature 2,”
and Carlson Gallery, 504 S. First St. “Through the Eyes of the Be- BY AMY KEPFERLE WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM holder,” a Whatcom Artist Studio and white oil paint- Tour showcase, a Juried Exhibit,
ing—becomes even MEET & GREET: Attend an and the annual “Cup Show” can WORDS 10 more loaded with mean- opening reception for an exhibit be viewed through Nov. 28 at the featuring works by painter Rob Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. ing when it is revealed 6 Connections Vetter and bronzes, cast glass and WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG that the work was left original sculptures by Peregrine ANATOMY OF A COLLECTION on his easel the day he O’Gormley from 12pm-3pm in MATZKE GALLERY: Peruse ap- took his own life. Edison at Smith & Vallee Gallery, proximately 100 pieces of fine art CURRENTS 5742 Gilkey Ave. The works can in a variety of mediums as part of
IT HAD been approximately six months since I last walked Other works of note 4 through the doors of Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, SEE include an “Untitled” be viewed from 11am-5pm daily an annual “Art Auction” exhibit WHAT: “Anatomy through Nov. 1. Fridays through Sundays through
but when I entered the lobby Sunday afternoon on my way to watercolor depicting VIEWS of a Collection” WWW.SMITHAND Oct. 31 on Camano Island at explore “Anatomy of a Collection: Recent Acquisitions and Prom- an Eastern Washing- WHERE: VALLEEGALLERY.COM Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculp- ised Gifts,” it seemed as if almost no time had passed. Whatcom ton landscape by the ture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. 2 Inside, of course, there were a number of differences to be found Museum, 250 Lynden-born painter Z. OCT. 3-17 WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM MAIL since my last pre-pandemic walk-through. Staff were masked and Flora St. Vanessa Helder, pieces WHATCOM ARTISTS STUDIO seated behind plexiglass, and helpful signs pointed to the best WHEN: Through by Ed Bereal, and con- TOUR: More than two dozen area MONA: “The Barn Show,” an March 7 artists will open their spaces to exhibit commemorating the annual ways to navigate the space while hewing to COVID-19 safety and INFO: tributions by John the public as part of the 26th art shows held at the Reims’ farm health requirements. www.whatcom Cole, John Grade, and annual Whatcom Artists Studio on Fir Island, can be seen Thurs- 09.30.20 Once inside the main gallery, it was easy for my date and I to museum.org many others. The art- Tour taking place from Oct. 3-17 days through Sundays in La Conner
maintain physical distance from others who were there to check out ists’ perspectives are throughout Whatcom County. Due at the Museum of Northwest Art, .15 to COVID-19 restrictions, appoint- 121 First St. 40 the nearly 70 artworks in the exhibit that marks 10 years since the many, but there is still a cohesiveness to # ments with individual artists must WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG Lightcatcher’s construction and celebrates the art that has become the exhibit of paintings, sculptures, pho- be made in advance. Some artists a part of the museum’s permanent collection during that decade. tographs and multimedia pieces. have additional restrictions, so SCOTT MILO GALLERY: Land- Some of the subject matter was familiar. I’d previously seen According to curator Amy Chaloupka, make sure and suss them out be- scapes by Keith Sorenson will be Lesley Dill’s ambitious “Shimmer” when she had a solo show at that’s not a mistake. fore your arrival. Entry is free. featured Wednesdays through the Whatcom Museum in 2011. Making the 60-foot-long, floor- “The common ground across the ex- WWW.STUDIOTOUR.NET Fridays through Nov. 3 in Ana- cortes at Scott Milo Gallery, 420
to-ceiling installation utilized two million feet of fine wire to hibition is connection and growth Commercial Ave. CASCADIA WEEKLY create the cascading curtain augmented by a fragment of a poem through relationships,” she says. “Art- ONGOING WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM written by Salvador Espriu. It’s a stunning work—and since Dill ists don’t work and generate ideas in 11 donated it to the museum, it will always be accessible. isolated bubbles, and museums don’t EXHIBITS WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works Other artists whose work I’ve come to recognize are also rep- operate successfully without the in- ALLIED ARTS: “Magnificent by Whatcom Art Guild members can Emotion” shows from Oct. 2-31 at be viewed from Fridays through resented—including PNW favorites Mary Henry, Clayton James, tegral relationships built with artists, Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The Sundays at Whatcom Art Market, Wendell Brazeau, Philip McCracken, Tom Sherwood, Mary Randlett, donors and the larger community. The exhibit features paintings by Tanya 1103 11th St. Mark Tobey, and Bellingham-born painter Richard Gilkey. exhibition reflects all of these inter- Tjoelker, Jean Ferrier, Lori Hill, and WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG Gilkey’s stark “Thoughts of Light and Dark”—an abstract black connected relationships.” rumor has it IT WAS A rough week for some of Belling-
ham’s mainstay cultural institutions.
19 On the same day that What’s Up! Maga- zine announced they’d ceased publishing, FOOD music the Pickford Film Center made public that it SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT would not reopen the Limelight Cinema, its
15 Cornwall Avenue theater. To dispense with some good news as there seems to be some confusion: The Pickford’s B-BOARD flagship Bay Street theater, the Pickford Film Center, will reopen with COVID-19 safe-
14 Schmid: So well put. What will attendees of the ty measures in place festival, this year dubbed the Bellingham Irish during Phase 3. FILM Festival, Virtually, actually be doing? A bright line can
Schmid: We’ve decided to preserve three of the be drawn from both 12 12 original programming elements that seemed What’s Up! and the the most suited to an online format. Music Limelight straight MUSIC MUSIC workshops are the biggest piece of the pie. to me and my posi- These will take place throughout the week- tion within the arts 11 end and are geared mostly toward advanced- community. Shortly BY CAREY ROSS
ART beginner/intermediate/beginning-advanced after editor and publisher Brent Cole decided instrument players, especially those that play to take me on as a What’s Up! staffer, he also melodies, who are interested in learning new hired me as a projectionist at the Limelight, tunes and techniques within (or adjacent to) back when it was still the Pickford and he STAGE the pan-Celtic genre. Secondly, there will be was its manager. That was not only the be- special showcase concerts featuring some ginning of a 19-year (and counting) career as fantastic musicians, many of whom are also a Pickford projectionist and put me on the NATALIE HAAS teaching workshops. An ongoing “rolling” ses- path to my job with the Cascadia Weekly, but
GET OUT sion is the final piece of the pie, hosted by a it was also the start of my enduring friend- variety of players, each leading a 30-minute ship with Brent, a relationship I treasure. section before it rolls over to the next host. The shuttering of both the magazine and
10 BY CAYLEY MIRANDA SCHMID Schmid: I love pie. Will baked goods be incorpo- the theater reveals how merciless COVID-19 rated into the festival? can be, and the vastness of its collateral
WORDS Schmid: Funny you should ask. Maureen Peschl damage. Like so many publications—includ- Bellingham Irish will continue the tradition of baking her Irish ing this one—COVID had an immediate and 6 soda bread. You can preorder it for pick-up in disastrous effect on the advertising revenue Bellingham using the form on the website. of What’s Up!, and not only did the magazine Schmid: Who else will be involved? lose much of its income, but with our music CURRENTS Festival Schmid: We’ve got a lineup of faraway favorites venues going dark, it also lost most of the
4 CAYLEY VS. CAYLEY and local luminaries, tradition bearers and subjects that comprise its content. No ads, envelope pushers including Andrea E Beaton, no stories—no magazine. Simple as the math
VIEWS AFTER YEARS of pretending to be her own booking agent and writing Natalie Haas, Ewen Henderson, Rakish, Dale might be, the calculation is a brutal one, not reviews of her own shows, Northwest-based fiddler, founder of the Bell- Russ, Gallowglass Irish Band, Michaela Cun- just for Brent and his partner Becca, but for 2 ingham Irish Festival, and highly qualified laptop owner Cayley Miranda ningham, Ryan Murphy, Darcy Noonan, Biddy the music community, which is left without
MAIL Schmid has expanded her self-serving typing skills to include conducting on the Bench, Kat Bula, Elias Alexander, Jenna a vital voice and staunch advocate at the her own interviews. Moynihan, Derek Duffy, Ryan McKasson, Mairi exact time it needs those things most. It is “It was nerve-wracking at first,” Schmid admitted. “I didn’t know if I had Chaimbeul, David Pender Lofgren, Laura Reed, impossible to imagine what the Bellingham those homerun questions, you know? I wanted this interview to be personal, Sam Vogt, Robert Sarazin Blake, and more. music scene looks like without What’s Up! to
09.30.20 to get through to the real Cayley.” Schmid: Sounds super well-organized and like help rebuild it. But at the same time, I re- Schmid: Thank you for taking the time to sit down with me today. I can only you’ve totally got this under control. What is main incredibly grateful for the time, energy .15 imagine that this is a very busy couple of weeks as you are preparing for your biggest concern for the weekend? and fierce love Brent and Becca poured into 40
# the fifth annual world-famous Bellingham Irish Festival. Can you tell me a Schmid: Off the record, I’m concerned that peo- the arts community. That they did so for so little bit about how you made the daring and mostly unpublicized decision ple won’t understand that it’s a virtual event. long speaks to the very core of who they are. to take this event online? I’m afraid that they’ll show up in-person. Although the Limelight did not fall victim Schmid: To be honest, I wasn’t very interested in trying to host a vir- Schmid: So you’re saying they shouldn’t show to financial woes—thanks in no small part tual version of the Bellingham Irish Festival at first. Creating virtual up in-person? to overwhelming community support, the replacements for the elements that make this in-person event special Schmid: No. I mean, yes, they shouldn’t. Pickford remains stable in its stasis—the
CASCADIA WEEKLY seemed like an impossible task. And ultimately, that’s because it is. But impossibility of keeping staff and patrons with a little soul searching, I realized what I really was going to miss To recap: Yes, the Bellingham Irish Festival is safe in the physical space the Limelight 12 about not having the festival this year was the life-affirming feeling of happening Oct. 9-11 everywhere the internet has occupied for two-plus decades brought belonging to a vibrant and supportive community of musicians and mu- reaches. No, you should not show up in person. about its end. They say life always finds a sic appreciators. This is, of course, based around the great scene that Yes, Cayley really did interview herself because way, but the same seems to be true of COVID. Bellingham residents have created, but also includes the extended com- she is a truly delightful human. No, she did not If last week taught me anything, it is this: munity of friends and players who visit us here on special occasions. write that previous sentence. Find out more Despite these losses, we have much left to So this year’s festival is about maintaining that sense of community about the Bellingham Irish Festival, Virtually at be grateful for. But we must protect all of it despite our physical separateness. www.thebellinghamirishfestival.com. with everything we’ve got. Visit Homes For Sale in Whatcom County LOCATED JUST EAST OF BELLINGHAM IN BEAUTIFUL WHATCOM COUNTY Taking the extra steps to keep We're here to help YOU and your VOLVO safe. JUST SOLD Learn more about our COVID-19 you reach your real precautions at RainbowAutoService.com
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15 soundtrack by Seattle artist SassyBlack. Once you’ve got some history under your nervous as Doctober can be an intense belt, join the state of racial protest in the B-BOARD and wily beast to wrangle. present day through the eyes of activist
But 2020 is no normal year, and instead filmmaker Tajuan LaBee, who takes view- 14 14 of bugging my bosses about Doctober ers on an in-depth journey into the heart punch cards, asking for yet another crash of the Capital Hill Occupied Protest in FILM FILM course in how to set up a Skype inter- 24 Hours in the Chop. To get a glimpse of view, getting to work with enough time the protest movement in Portland, queue 12 to practice running the light board so I up the short film 100 Days of Protest in don’t pepper a guest with dancing stars Portland. The final of the free offerings MUSIC instead of bathing them in a warm glow is Public Trust, which traces the shifting of a spotlight and generally preparing to relationship the federal government has 11 handle anything, I’m sitting at home, in to Public Lands—our land—and how we
ART my pajamas, having not popped a batch can protect this vital American asset. of popcorn nor pressed play on a movie But that’s just the beginning of what at the Pickford in more than six months. Doctober has in store. However, the show, as it always does While I can’t give a rundown of the STAGE at the Pickford, goes on. Since we are not more than 25 films that are part of this able to invite you to the theater itself for year’s festival, I can point you toward a Doctober, we’re bringing Doctober to you, smattering of them to get you started. wherever you may be—and if you must Take a highly personal look at Chinese art-
GET OUT watch the documentaries chosen for this ist and wickedly clever dissident and hu- year’s festival in your pajamas, we are not manitarian Ai Weiwei in Ai Weiwei: Yours here to judge you. We will likely join you, Truly. Do the same with legendary First
10 if not together, than in pajama solidarity. Nations artist Robert Davidson in Haida If you’ve ever watched a film via the Modern. Explore rural small-town life of HAIDA MODERN
WORDS Pickford’s virtual screening room, you’re a group of Florida schoolchildren in the already familiar with how Doctober will observational Pahokee. Learn about Rock
6 work. The lineup of documentaries is live Against Racism, the 1970s-era effort in on the Pickford’s website (www.pickford the United Kingdom to counteract a ris- BY CAREY ROSS filmcenter.org/doctober) and is also in- ing neo-Nazi movement using punk rock CURRENTS serted into this week’s print issue of the as a uniting force (featuring cool foot-
4 Cascadia Weekly. As in years past, there’s age of the Clash, X-Ray Spex, and more) Doctober a gap between when the schedule is re- in White Riot. Ride along during the bat- VIEWS leased and the showings begin—in this shit (there’s no other word to describe it) THE VIRTUAL TRUTH case, Doctober kicks off Fri., Oct. 9— R2AK, an adventure race that begins in 2 which you can use to reorient your life Port Townsend and ends in Ketchikan, AK when the winner claims a $10,000 prize MAIL IN A normal year, the Pickford Film Center staff would be putting the finishing touch- around the docs you want to see. While es on preparations for what is the nonprofit arthouse movie theater’s biggest annual watching at home can’t really ever match nailed to a tree in The Race to Alaska. undertaking: Doctober. experiencing Doctober at the Pickford, as Adding to the growing canon of excellent Those who manage the calendar would have long since made sure that each piece of it was meant to be seen, it does allow for docs detailing the rise of women activ-
09.30.20 the vast scheduling puzzle that is Doctober was in place and as it should be—while more flexibility in terms of calendar man- ists and politicians following the 2016 troubleshooting the various unforeseen issues that always arise. Those involved in film agement. It doesn’t quite make up for the presidential election is Resisterhood—
.15 trafficking would be constantly updating spreadsheets and systems showing which lack of big screen, surround sound and ex- watch it while you vote. Speaking of poli- 40
# of the movies booked for the month-plus celebration of all things documentary had cellent Pickford popcorn, but we do what tics, hearken back to a kinder, gentler era arrived and which were still in transit or required downloading and file conversion. we can under circumstances such as these. with an examination of the intersection Those in charge of the many special events that go along with the documentary show- This year’s Doctober films are organi- between former President Jimmy Carter ings would be nailing down details of in-person filmmaker appearances, Skype inter- zied into the categories of Social Justice and, of all things, rock ’n’ roll via such views, panel discussions, champagne receptions, after-show talkbacks and, because it Themes, Arts and Entertainment, Womxn luminaries as Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, wouldn’t be Doctober without a touch of whimsy, the furry animals that have somehow Filmmakers, Family Friendly, BIPOC Film- and Roseanne Cash.
CASCADIA WEEKLY made their way into each festival (Buster the goat remains my forever favorite). makers, Queer Filmmakers and Queer Those are just a few of the many films Along with all of that comes procuring the community sponsorships that make Doctober Content, Strong Youth Leads, and Local the Pickford has carefully chosen for your 14 possible, as well as the large—and largely unseen—amount of effort that goes into the Showcase, with quite a bit of overlap be- entertainment and edification during Pickford’s Doc-Ed program that enables thousands of Whatcom County public and tribal tween the groupings. this most unorthodox Doctober. Whether schoolchildren to come see documentaries free of charge nearly every weekday before the If you’re new to the sometimes-confusing at home or in the theater itself, those theater opens its doors to the public for the duration of Doctober and beyond. (it’s not just you, I swear) realm of virtual of us at the Pickford know one thing As for me, a member of the Pickford’s projectionist staff, right about now I’d be cinema, are on a budget or would simply about this area’s movie-goers and their bracing for impact, half-excited to once again be part of pulling off feats of movie like to get a taste of what Doctober is all relationship with documentaries: You can magic in service to one of the coolest community events I’ve ever seen, and half- about, the Pickford has made three full- handle the truth. BY ROB BREZSNY ers if you’re brave enough to make pivotal transforma- BY AMY ALKON creep’s ethical shortcomings when your tions in your bonds with yourself. eyes are doing that flashing cartoon LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In her high school
heart thing at 1,000 rpm. The same goes FREE WILL yearbook, Libra-born Sigourney Weaver arranged to have THE SCIENCE ADVICE for relationship deal-breakers with less this caption beneath her official photo: “Please, God, 19 sociopathic suitors that you’re blinded please, don’t let me be normal!” Since then, she has
had a long and acclaimed career as an actor in movies. FOOD to at first but that eventually reveal ASTROLOGY GODDESS ScreenPrism.com calls her a pioneer of female action he- themselves—maybe after you’ve been ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I am, indeed, a roes. Among her many exotic roles: a fierce warrior who
king, because I know how to rule myself,” wrote defeats monstrous aliens; an exobiologist working with 15 15 GO WITH THE WHOA “all in” for months or more. Whenever I go out with someone I like at You may have work to do in the 16th-century author Pietro Aretino. By January 2021, indigenous people on the moon of a distant planet in Aries, I would love for you to have earned the right the 22nd century; and a naturalist who lives with moun- all, I fall for them right away. How can I self-acceptance department and re- to make a similar statement: “I am, indeed, a royal tain gorillas in Rwanda. If you have ever had comparable B-BOARD stop from jumping headfirst into wanting to lated areas, but you don’t have to sovereign, because I know how to rule myself.” fantasies about transcending normalcy, Libra, now would B-BOARD be with a guy just because we have a nice be all psychologically “fixed” to be- Here’s the most important point: The robust power be a good time to indulge those fantasies—and begin and clout you have the potential to summon has cooking up plans to make them come true. evening together? I know some witty banter have in healthy ways. Just under- 14 nothing to do with power and clout over other doesn’t equal a soul mate, but good luck stand that your emotions will likely be people—only over yourself. Homework: Meditate on SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-born Prince telling my heart. your sabotage staff, not your support what it means to be the imperial boss and supreme Charles has been heir to the British throne for 68 FILM —Leap First staff. That’s OK because, as I write in monarch of your own fate. years. That’s an eternity to be patiently on hold for his big chance to serve as king. His mother Queen “Unf*ckology,” “Your feelings are not 12 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The basic principle Elizabeth just keeps going on and on, living her very If your grandma was like mine, her the boss of you.” Because you have a of spiritual life is that our problems become the very long life, ensuring that Charles remains second-in- advice was to find “the one”—as op- feeling, a longing to do something, place to discover wisdom and love.” Buddhist teacher command. But I suspect that many Scorpios who MUSIC posed to “the anyone.” doesn’t mean you should let it drag Jack Kornfield made that brilliant observation. It’s have been awaiting their turn will finally graduate to always worth meditating on, but it’s an especially the next step in the coming weeks and months. Will 11 There’s a term for your “Speed Rac- you down Emo Lane. potent message for you during the first three weeks of Charles be one of them? Will you? To increase your er” approach to getting into relation- What you can control are your ac- October 2020. In my view, now is a highly favorable chances, here’s a tip: Meditate on how to be of even ART ships, and it’s “emophilia.” Emophilia tions, especially through “precommit- time for you to extract uplifting lessons by dealing greater devotion to the ideals you love to serve. is the “tendency to fall in love fast ment,” psychologists’ term for making forthrightly with your knottiest dilemmas. I suspect that these lessons could prove useful for the rest of SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Inventor and often,” explains psychologist Dan- advance preparation to limit your abil- your long life. Buckminster Fuller was a visionary who loved to STAGE iel Nelson Jones, who coined the term ity to duck your goal in the heat of imagine ideas and objects no one had ever dreamed of (perhaps not noticing that “emophilia” the moment. To slow down and get to GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “My business is before. One of his mottoes was, “There is nothing in a sounds like the Cockney version of a know a guy, change the length of your to love,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson. I invite you caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” I to adopt this motto for the next three weeks. It’s recommend that you spend quality time in the coming blood-clotting disorder). dates from marathon to mini: dates as an excellent time to intensify your commitment to weeks meditating on butterfly-like things you’d love to Emophiliacs aren’t the only ones who hors d’oeuvres rather than three-day expressing compassion, empathy and tenderness. have as part of your future—things that may resemble GET OUT dive into “I’m in love.” People who are banquets. In this column, I often ad- To do so will not only bring healing to certain allies caterpillars in the early going. Your homework is to “anxiously attached”—those who lack vise keeping first dates “cheap, short who need it; it will also make you smarter. I mean envision three such innovations that could be in your that literally. Your actual intelligence will expand and world by Oct. 1, 2021. emotional security in respect to their and local.” This keeps them from lead- deepen as you look for and capitalize on opportunities 10 interpersonal relationships—are also ing to big outlays of cash, effort, or to bestow blessings. (P.S. Dickinson also wrote, “My CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): During World War business is to sing.” I recommend you experiment with II, Hollywood filmmakers decided it would be a good
leap first-ers. However, research by premature feelings of being perfect for WORDS psychologist Jacqueline Lechuga and each other. that mandate, as well.) idea to create stories based on graphic current events: for example, American Marines waging pitched battles
Jones finds that the motivation is dif- The essential bit of that for you is CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I’m the diamond against Japanese soldiers on South Pacific islands. But 6 ferent in anxious attachment versus “short.” Schedule dates for a limited in the dirt, that ain’t been found,” sings Cancerian audiences were cool to that approach. They preferred emophilia. For the anxiously attached, time—an hour or hour-and-a-half at rapper Curtis Jackson, also known as 50 Cent. “I’m the comedies and musicals with “no message, no mission, underground king and I ain’t been crowned,” he adds. no misfortune.” In the coming weeks, I advise you to it’s the avoidance of being alone as op- most—and have someplace to be My reading of the astrological omens suggests that a resist any temptation you might have to engage in a CURRENTS posed to the excitement of being in afterward. And, so you can’t throw phenomenon like that is going on in your life right similar disregard of current events. In my opinion, your 4 love (in emophilia). that plan over in the moment, have a now. There’s something unknown about you that de- mental health requires you to be extra discerning and Emophiliacs aren’t without stan- friend pick you up at your date to take serves and needs to be known. You’re not getting the well-informed about politics—and so does the future full credit and acknowledgment you’ve earned through of your personal destiny. VIEWS dards; for example: “A man needs a you somewhere else. By the way, this your soulful accomplishments. I hereby authorize you pulse. At least a weak one.” But Le- could very well be your couch, which to take action. Address this oversight. Rise up and AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Pretending is 2 chuga and Jones found that emophili- you sit on with said friend, giving correct it. imagined possibility,” observes actor Meryl Streep. acs are often especially attracted to yourself props for changing your emo- “Pretending is a very valuable life skill and we do it MAIL LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The author bell hooks all the time.” In other words, fantasizing about events flashy, charismatic manipulators with maniac ways. (who doesn’t capitalize her name) has spent years that may never happen is just one way we use our the antisocial fun pack of “Dark Triad” Your second date should be a week as a professor in American universities. Adaptability mind’s eye. We also wield our imaginations to envision has been a key strategy in her efforts to educate her scenarios that we actually want to create in our real personality traits: Machiavellianism, later (and so on), with minimal talk 09.30.20 psychopathy and narcissism. Machia- on the phone or texting with the students. She writes, “One of the things that we must lives. In fact, that’s the first step in actualizing those do as teachers is twirl around and around, and find out scenarios: to play around with picturing them; to vellianism reflects callous self-inter- guy in between. For times when you what works with the situation that we’re in.” That’s pretend they will one day be a literal part of our world. .15 40
est: deceiving and exploiting others do chat on the phone, again dip into excellent advice for you right now—in whatever field The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to # for one’s own gain. Psychopathy in- the precommitment well by setting a you’re in. Old reliable formulas are irrelevant, in my supercharge the generative aspect of your imagination. volves impulsivity, selfishness, re- silent timer and getting off when it astrological opinion. Strategies that have guided you I encourage you to be especially vivid and intense as in the past may not apply to the current scenarios. you visualize in detail the future you want. morselessness and a lack of empathy. hits zero. Ration the number of texts Your best bet is to twirl around and around as you And narcissism, of course, involves be- sent per day and calls per week, and experiment to find out what works. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “My own soul ing egotistical, entitled and lacking have a friend monitor you to keep you must be a bright invisible green,” wrote author and VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Your relationship philosopher Henry David Thoreau. Novelist Tom Rob- in empathy, with an inflated sense of from cheating.
with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship bins suggested that we visualize the soul as “a cross CASCADIA WEEKLY one’s own greatness. Because habits are created on a neu- you have,” says motivational speaker Robert Holden. between a wolf howl, a photon, and a dribble of dark It’s hard even for people who aren’t ral level through repetition of behav- Hallelujah and amen! Ain’t that the truth! Which is molasses.” Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szym- 15 emophiliacs to see the Dark Triad traits ior, in time, if you keep repeating your why it’s so crucial to periodically take a thorough borska observed, “Joy and sorrow aren’t two different inventory of your relationship with yourself. And guess feelings” for the soul. Poet Emily Dickinson thought behind the charisma storm—well, at more measured dating MO, it should what, Virgo: Now would be a perfect time to do so. that the soul “should always stand ajar"—just in case least until they notice their life savings become your default behavior. As a bo- Even more than that: During your inventory, if you an ecstatic experience or rousing epiphany might be have grown digital wings and flown off nus, the “slow-it-down” steps I’ve laid discover ways in which you treat yourself unkindly or lurking in the vicinity. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I to the Grand Caymans. It’ll likely be im- out will make you seem a little out of carelessly, you can generate tremendous healing energy invite you to enjoy your own lively meditations on the by working to fix the glitches. The coming weeks could nature of your soul. You’re in a phase when such an possible for you to spot a charismatic reach, amping up your desirability. bring pivotal transformations in your bonds with oth- exploration can yield interesting results. rearEnd crossword
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11 passports 10 “Land sakes alive 48 Coffee dispensers that’s awesome!” ART 49 Cartoonist Guise- 11 Prefix for byte mean- wite, or her comic ing “billion” strip 12 Amorphous clump STAGE 51 Faith whose name 15 Jam, margarine, or comes from the cream cheese, e.g. Adjusted to Fit Your Screen Arabic for “glory” 18 Sci-fi film set inside WHAT THE FLIP IS GOING ON? 53 Rapper ___ Def a computer
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6 5 Hiking path 21 Jewel 33 Cupid’s Greek coun- 62 Homer’s outburst 28 Make big speeches LOOKING FOR PUZZLE SOLUTIONS? 10 “Which came first?” 22 Amy Winehouse hit terpart 63 It may be tossed 29 Do the “I am not a Last week’s puzzle was published in our digital edition, which can be viewed on the Cascadia Weekly website www. choice song 34 Wire-___ (like some after a wedding crook” thing with the cascadiaweekly.com. Last week’s digital edition also includes CURRENTS 13 Clapton or Cartman 24 Complainer’s sounds terriers' coats) 64 Charity benefit, V-signs, for example? the solution for the prior week’s puzzle.
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14 09.30.2020 BY CAREY ROSS screen for the arthouse theater. The Pickford’s Bay Street flagship is ready FILM Welcoming to return as soon as Gov. Inslee gives the Phase 3 go-ahead. Pour out a bag
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THE CHALKBOARD CASCADIA WEEKLY SATURDAYS CLIMB ON IN DEPOT MARKET SQUARE The long-vacant parcel of land at 315 W. 18 1100 RAILROAD AVE, BELLINGHAM, WA Holly St. will be vacant no longer. It’s about to become the Chalkboard, a roped climbing 10:00am to 2:00pm gym that, when built out, will have 15,000 square feet of climbing terrain, 60-foot-tall walls, a community-minded ethos and more. WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG Projected opening is spring 2022. doit
UPCOMING Railroad St. Posted signage will EVENTS direct shoppers to follow safety guidelines, and, for now, it’s a WED., SEPT. 30 drive-in, farmers-only market.
SEDRO MARKET: The Sedro- Artisans and crafters may return Woolley Farmers Market when safety restrictions are 19 19 continues today from 3pm-7pm lifted, so keep an ear open for FOOD chow at Heritage Square. Health and updates. FOOD RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES safety protocols are in place in WWW.CONCRETE light of the COVID-19 pandemic, SATURDAYMARKET.COM but the market is still commit- 15 ted to bringing fresh, local food BELLINGHAM MARKET: Attend and products to residents and the Bellingham Farmers Market Order by noon on Tuesday for pickup
neighbors Wednesdays through from 10am-2pm Saturdays at the B-BOARD Thursday through Saturday, and you’ll Oct. 14. Depot Market Square, 1100 Rail- have what you need WWW.SEDROWOOLLEY road Ave. At the modified mar-
for weekend cooking FARMERSMARKET.COM ket, social distancing is strongly 14 projects. At the same enforced, patrons are not
FRI., OCT. 2 allowed to touch the food, and FILM time, nab discounted FERNDALE MARKET: The Fern- a limited number of vendors are fruit trees and other dale Farmers Market continues allowed on site. Entertainment,
nursery staples such today from 2pm-6pm in the music and eating areas have 12 as culinary herbs, parking lot next to the Grocery been suspended until further no- vegetable and flower Outlet. If you’re interested in tice, and masks are mandatory. MUSIC helping them grow, head over— Please stay home if you are sick, seeds, grapevines and be prepared to follow safety and be prepared with small bills 11 ATTEND and more. Sales ben- standards. to offer exact change to vendors WHAT: Fall Fruit efit the center, which WWW.FERNDALE when possible. ART Extravaganza helps grow new farm- PUBLICMARKET.ORG WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG WHEN: 10am- 5pm Thurs.-Sat., ers through intern- SAT., OCT. 3 BLAINE MARKET: The annual October 1-31 ship and incubator
ANACORTES MARKET: The Blaine Gardeners Market contin- STAGE WHERE: Order programs, educates Anacortes Farmers Market is open ues from 10am-2pm Saturdays online or by phone home gardeners, and from 9am-2pm at the Depot Arts through October at the city’s for pick-up at Center, 611 R Ave. Their rules G Street Plaza. Due to social Cloud Mountain works tirelessly to increase the diver- include following and obeying distancing requirements, vendor Farm Center, 6906 all signs, markers, barriers and booths will be spread out.
Goodwin Rd., GET OUT sity of fruit variet- instructions from market staff or WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM Everson ies grown in Western volunteers. INFO: www. Washington. WWW.ANACORTES SUN., OCT. 4 cloudmountain FARMERSMARKET.ORG BIRCHWOOD FARMERS MAR- farmcenter.org For those hop- 10 ing to choose their KET: Find locally grown veg------MOUNT VERNON MARKET: etables, flowers, fruits and other
FARMERS' CHOICE TASTING BOX WORDS WHAT: U-Pick own fruit, Belle- The Mount Vernon Farmers goods from more than 10 grow- Apples PHOTO COURTESY OF CLOUD MOUNTAIN FARM CENTER FARM OF CLOUD MOUNTAIN COURTESY PHOTO wood Farms & Dis- Market takes place from 9am-2pm ers and producers in Whatcom WHEN: 10am-5pm tillery will continue Saturdays through Oct. 20 at County at the Birchwood Farmers 6 Wed.-Sun. through Riverwalk Park, 501 Main St. Only Market happening from 9am-2pm Oct. 31 to open its 62-acre BY AMY KEPFERLE farm to the public 25 customers are allowed in at a every Sunday through October WHERE: time to peruse the goods. Check at the Park Manor Shopping CURRENTS Bellewood Farms for U-pick opportuni- their website beforehand to find Center, 1538 Birchwood Ave. The & Distillery,
ties through Oct. 31. out which farmers will be in cooperative single-stand market 4 6140 Guide Not only can people attendance each week, then get is dedicated to increasing food Meridian inspired to make a meal plan. access in the Birchwood neigh-
Fall Fruit VIEWS choose from among INFO: WWW.MOUNTVERNON borhood by providing fresh, www.bellewood 22 varieties of apples HARVEST HAPPENINGS ARE HERE FARMERSMARKET.ORG sustainably grown produce at a 2 farms.com in the orchard—or in reduced prices. When attending to inform you that the Cloud Mountain Farm the store, where CO-
WE REGRET TWIN SISTERS MARKET: The the market, please wear a face MAIL Center has canceled its annual Fall Fruit Festival—a two-day VID-19 protocols are in place—but edu- Twin Sisters Market continues its mask and keep social distancing affair taking place every October in Everson that gives visitors cational opportunities for both kids and fifth season from 9am-3pm at in mind. the chance to taste-test more than 200 varieties of fruits and adults will also be available. Nugent’s Corner, and 10am-2pm WWW.BIRCHWOOD in Maple Falls at the North Fork FARMERSMARKET.COM vegetables grown at the teaching farm, purchase plants, query “It’s good for everyone to know where Library. In addition to having 09.30.20 staff about small- and large-scale gardening projects, and take their food comes from and how things protocols in place to keep the ALGER MARKET: Kids can vend home piles of goodies for use in the kitchen. grow,” Bellewood Farms President Eric Abel community healthy, Foothills for free at the Alger Sunday Mar- .15 40
Luckily, a Fall Fruit Extravaganza has been planned in its says. “Even if people don’t pick their own folks who are accustomed to ket taking place from 11am-4pm # place and will extend the harvest happenings throughout the apples, they can enjoy the free apple bin picking up a diverse array of Sundays through Oct. 11 at Alger high-quality produce grown Community Hall, 18735 Parkview month. Although the farm and nursery are currently closed for train ride through the orchard and farm. nearby should know they can Lane. The low-key, barter-friend- in-person shopping due to coronavirus concerns, those want- When children reach dead ends in the corn still expect to find great pric- ly neighborhood cooperative ing to stock up on fresh fruit, veggies and nursery products maze, they’ll see signs with answers to ag- es—by taking turns having the features produce, plants, artisan can still safely do so. riculture questions and will receive a prize farmers staff the market, they’re crafts and recycled and upcycled able to keep prices low for East items to reuse. Drop-ins are wel-
Every Friday through Tuesday throughout October, place or- when they return with the answers.” CASCADIA WEEKLY Whatcom County residents. The come to “sell from your truck and ders online or over the phone for five-pound bags of apples, Meanwhile, their adult counterparts can markets continue Saturdays make a buck,” but the number pears, gallons of fresh apple cider, grapes and a variety of learn more about which apple varieties are through Oct. 23. may be limited due to COVID-19 19 squash. Additionally, “Farmers’ Choice” Tasting Boxes can best suited for baking, sauces, storing and WWW.TWINSISTERSMARKET.COM restrictions. be had for $20. Inside, you’ll find a selection of fruit picked snacking while they grab cider donuts and (360) 724-0340 at the peak of its flavor. Everything will be labeled and de- kettle corn to pass around. And, since fall CONCRETE MARKET: The Concrete Saturday Market takes SEND EVENT INFO TO: scribed, and suggested recipes and tips for growing will also has officially arrived, it’s a good idea to place from 10am-1pm at the Con- CALENDAR@ be included. Expect the edible assortment to change every drop by Bellewood’s pumpkin field before crete Community Center, 45821 CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM week, and prepare to be pleasantly surprised. you head home with your haul. EARN 3X POINTS ON THURSDAYS | NOW - OCTOBER 29! 50 100 EarnAND RECEIVEPoints EarnAND RECEIVEPoints $10 $10 FOOD VOUCHER FREE-PLAY
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