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WOLF BEST OF ANAIS RECOVERY: BELLINGHAM: MITCHELL: The dangers of Let the balloting Making mythology delisting, P.8 begin! P.11 through music, P.22 WEDNESDAY [09.10.14] Peter May: 7pm, Village Books

38 ONSTAGE COMMUNITY Shoe Me the Funny: 9pm, Horseshoe Cafe Founder’s Days: 8am-4pm, Sedro-Woolley

FOOD FOOD cascadia Fun’Raiser: 10am-4pm, Alger Community Hall, MUSIC Burlington Chinese Culture Festival: 7pm, Bellingham High Compete for a Cause: 11am, Boundary Bay

28 School Brewery Fall Festival: 11am-2pm, Lummi Island Grange GET OUT PFLAG Anniversary: 6-9pm, Mount Baker Theatre

B-BOARD B-BOARD Whatcom Water Weeks: Through September 20, Kulshan CLT Community Party: 6-9pm, Belle- various events throughout Whatcom County Wood Acres A glance at what’s happening this week 26 FOOD GET OUT Eat Local Month: Through September, throughout Fairhaven Runners Waterfront 15K: 7am,

FILM Whatcom County Fairhaven Village Green Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green FOOD 22 Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center MUSIC THURSDAY [09.11.14] Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centennial

20 ONSTAGE Intro to Imrov: 7-9pm, Improv Playworks Riverwalk Park

ART Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Farm Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Whatcom The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre County 18 WORDS VISUAL ARTS Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Art in the Park: 10am-5pm, Pioneer Park, STAGE Jeffrey Prager: 7pm, Village Books Ferndale Arts Alive: 11am-3pm, downtown Langely, Whid-

16 FOOD bey Island Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street Artists’ Demo: 2-4pm, Artwood Gallery Comic Book Swap Meet: 5-9pm, Spark Museum GET OUT FRIDAY [09.12.14] SUNDAY [09.14.14] 14 ONSTAGE Hotbox: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater ONSTAGE Truth Be Told: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Hotbox: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater WORDS DANCE MUSIC

8 Western Line Dancing: 6pm, Ten Mile Grange, Swing Connection: 1-4pm, BelleWood Acres Lynden Tubaluba: 2pm, Heart of Anacortes Friday Night Dance Party: 7:30-10pm, Belling- Opera Popolare: 3-4:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s

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6 The Studebaker Drivers Club will host its 42nd FILM COMMUNITY Classic Car Show The Blues Brothers: Dusk, Bellingham Parkade Founder’s Days: 8am-3pm, Sedro-Woolley VIEWS annual Sun., Sept. 14 at Hovander rooftop Classic Car Show: 9am-3pm, Hovander Hometead Park, Ferndale

4 Homestead Park WORDS Fall Book Sale: 10am-4pm, Deming Library GET OUT

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2 FOOD Wander to Wander 1K: 4pm, Johnny’s Donuts 2 Photographers, Bellingham Beer Week Kickoff: 5-9pm, Elizabeth Exploration Film Tour: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO painters, mixed- Station. The event continues throughout Sept. 21 throughout Bellingham FOOD media artists and Bite of Bellingham: 12-4pm, Depot Market Square

other creative VISUAL ARTS 09.10.14 SATURDAY [09.13.14] community Reaching Beyond Opening: 12-5pm, Whatcom ONSTAGE Museum’s Lightcatcher Building .09 Hotbox: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater Art in the Park: 12-5pm, Pioneer Park, Ferndale 37 members will # Emergency Circus: 8pm, Cirque Lab be showing and Truth Be Told: 9pm, Upfront Theatre MONDAY [09.15.14] selling their wares DANCE Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library ONSTAGE at the third annual Salsa Night: 9pm, Cafe Rumba Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab Art in the Park Guffawingham: 8pm, Green Frog MUSIC CASCADIA WEEKLY Sept. 13-14 at BUG Jam: 3pm, St. James Presbyterian Church WORDS Dillinger’s Clambake: 6-8:30pm, Heart of Poetrynight: 8pm, Bellingham Public Library 2 Ferndale’s Pioneer Anacortes Swing Connection: 7-9pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom COMMUNITY Park Rock & Gem Club Meeting: 7pm, Bloedel Donovan WORDS Peace Education Program Kickoff: 6pm, Blaine Fall Book Sale: 10am-4pm, Deming Library Library

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6 30: Film Shorts Scott Pelton 360-647-8200 x 202 Bellingham some clarification is needed. way transportation infrastructure, yet at the same { spelton@ It has nothing to do with coal or oil trains. It time complain about work being done to improve VIEWS REAR END cascadiaweekly.com is part of WSDOT’s Amtrak corridor reliability im- our country’s rail transportation infrastructure. 31: Whatcom: Erik Burge, 4 Bulletin Board

4 provement project that has been in the planning Work needs to be continuously done on each Stephanie Simms, 32: Wellness Robin Corsberg stages for years. as they are both an integral part of our national MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL This year’s project is similar to the corridor transportation system even if we are personally 33: Crossword Skagit: Linda Brown, work done in the mid 1990s before Amtrak once inconvenienced at times. 2 Barb Murdoch 34: Comix Canada: Kristi Alvaran again started operating between Seattle and —Carl Johnson, Alger DO IT IT DO 35: Slowpoke, Sudoku Vancouver, British Columbia. And yes, I recall 36: Free Will Astrology Letters at times entry to Boulevard Park was inconve- A GAME OF INCHES Send letters to letters@ nient then, too. Not surprised by your recent article [on rail- 37: Advice Goddess cascadiaweekly.com According to WSDOT local work this year in- road improvements as precursor to export expan- 09.10.14 38: Local motion cludes crossing rehabilitation, concrete tie in- sion]. It’s exactly what one would expect. stallation, ballast replacement and surfacing of I still think your readers would benefit from .09

37 ©2014 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by the track between Blanchard and Ferndale. Work an understanding of the DEIS process and the # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 will also be done in Blaine. behind-the-scenes maneuvering that will unde- [email protected] Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Plans for added sidings or double track are not niably influence the outcome of this project. Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing part of this project. The bigger the project, the more the meddling; papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material The only part of the BNSF corridor between Van- although it usually never takes the form of a di- to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you couver, B.C., and Portland, Ore., that isn’t double rect attack since that would be too alienating to include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- COVER: Photo courtesy of ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday track is that stretch between Everett and New opposing supporters and potential donors (and the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be Sustainable Connections CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. Westminster. The rest has been double track for political colleagues, if they are forced to choose LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. well over 100 years. Personally, I’m surprised this sides). Instead, what you’re more likely to see are 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your last piece hasn’t been filled in long before now. efforts that nibble around the edges, limiting or letters to fewer than 300 words. As for the work done this year on the Sumas expanding options that directly or indirectly af- line, it is part of a 15-year cycle for major tie re- fect a project’s feasibility: transportation corri- newal on this subdivision. The last major tie re- dor improvements, modified zoning or land use newal was in 2001, prior to that was 1985 and designations, limited or expanded municipal and NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre state authorities, that kind of thing. Also, expect behind-the-scenes maneuvering to include old-fashioned horse trading on pet issues, and budgetary threats to agen- ?GFGJL@>GJ;9KAFG>MF cies that are perceived not to be on board 38 with the game plan. An effective strategy EG<=JF;GE>GJLKOAL@GD<%>9K@AGF=<@GKHAL9DALQ is to develop relationships with key po- FOOD litical staff that are inclined toward your positions and use them to keep abreast of 28 what’s going on, in the process building trust and potentially influencing support.

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THREE CRITICAL DAYS 26 When children enter foster care from

Whatcom County, social workers have 72 FILM hours—three working days—before they

appear before a judge with a plan about 22 where the children will live. Where do the

children go in the interim? There’s cur- MUSIC rently no plan. It’s a massive service gap,

that a local group of social service provid- 20 ers, faith communities and childcare pro- ART fessionals would love to solve. At the first meeting of the commu- 18 nity solutions workgroup commissioned

by Mayor Linville, a group of individuals STAGE coalesced around their shared passion to solve the problems with the foster care system. They were inspired by the pre- 16 sentation of Todd McNeal, executive director of Hand in Hand in Everett, who GET OUT has managed to solve this 72-hour problem in Snohomish County with a facil- 14 ity staffed by volunteers. Speaking with McNeal after the meeting, the group was WORDS encouraged to launch a similar facility right here in Bellingham. 8 After several months of planning and preparation, the group incorporated as

“Skookum Kids.” Skookum is a chinook CURRENTS word that means “strong” or “healthy,” but lifetime residents of the Pacific 6 Northwest will know that it has crept into our regional vernacular too. The group VIEWS

thought it summarized their goals well— 4 O@9L;GE;GMFLQKF=O=KL;9KAFG 4 that foster children should have the same MAIL MAIL chances to live healthy, happy lives. MAIL

You can learn more about Skookum Kids 2 at SkookumKids.org. DO IT IT DO —Ray Deck III, Bellingham Free Car-Themed SAVE THE ADULT HEALTH CENTER Gift on Saturday! Experience causes us to understand 09.10.14 value. We learned the value of the Adult Saturday, .09

Day Health program in Bellingham when September 13 37 # my father-in-law was diagnosed with Al- at 3pm ²¿UVW zheimer’s disease four years before he OafMhLg)(((>ja\YqkKYlmj\YqkAfK]hl]eZ]j :LQQHUV&OXE passed away. 0HPEHUVZLOOUHFHLYHYHH My mother-in-law did her best to care Drawings hourly from 6pm to 10pm every DQHPHUJHQF\ for him in their home. This labor of love Friday and Saturday night in September! URDGVLGHNLW and necessity dictated every moment until the PeaceHealth Adult Day Health Pro- CASCADIA WEEKLY gram gave her much needed time alone for BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA household tasks and replenishing her spir- O@=J=L@=>GG<9F<>MFF=N=J=F

PDA DOA: Bellingham City Council returned from

38 their August recess to a market analysis for economic development downtown of sufficient gloom FOOD FOOD to probably doom the Bellingham Public Develop- views ment Authority. OPINIONS THE GRISTLE “Overall, the time is good to consider a catalytic 28 development project in downtown,” the consultants’ report, prepared by Portland-based Leland Consult-

B-BOARD B-BOARD ing Group, began on a hopeful note. “Downtowns across the country are seeing a resurgence in eco-

26 nomic development, largely driven by housing development.” The report, completed in July, also noted BY BILL ELFO, WHATCOM COUNTY SHERIFF FILM an absence of Class A office development in Belling- ham’s core over the past 20 years, suggesting po-

22 tential for pent-up demand in new, high-end office buildings downtown. Safeguarding the Guardians MUSIC On the specific issue of revitalizing the city’s central waterfront as a catalyst for large-scale MODERN LAW ENFORCEMENT USES TOOLS WITH TRAINING

20 economic development, the time has either been

ART squandered through abyssmal planning or remains ecent events have raised ques- of a gunman who later engaged of- in the future, the report indicates. tions about federal govern- ficers in a shootout. These specialty “Up until the fall of 2013, Bellingham had dra- ment programs that provide vehicles are also designed to tra- 18 R matically high hotel occupancy rates, which would surplus military equipment to law verse floods, mud and other chal-

STAGE indicate pent-up demand for a new hotel,” the enforcement. Fundamental to ordered lenging terrains and can facilitate authors note. “However, between 2013 and 2015, liberty in the United States is the search and rescue missions. several new hotels will be opened in Bellingham principle that local law enforcement Armored vehicles are not used for 16 that will dramatically oversupply the market with is not a force of military occupation, routine patrol. The Sheriff’s Office hotel rooms. While none of these hotels are located but rather are part of the community maintains highly-refined risk-assess-

GET OUT downtown, they will have an overall impact on room and accountable to locally elected ment and deployment protocols for rates throughout the city and will make it impossi- officials and the citizenry. Law en- the deployment of this special equip-

14 ble for rates at a downtown hotel to be high enough forcement officers do not function ment. The vehicles are operated by to support new construction.” as soldiers, but rather as guardians of , trained Special Response Team depu- We’ve noted the explosive construction of ho- the community. Our citizens rightful- ties and are used when reasonably WORDS tels in the city’s congested big-box commercial ly expect that officers be respectful Anti-ballistic necessary to safely transport officers

8 area around Bakerview Road adjacent to Belling- of constitutional rights but remain equipment and or protect and evacuate citizens. ham International Airport. There, a dozen hotels highly-trained, well-equipped and Anti-ballistic equipment is just and 1,000 rooms constructed or underway intend to prepared to responsibly and effec- vehicles maximize the one protection tool available to of-

CURRENTS CURRENTS turn a quick buck on a volatile imbalance in mercu- tively protect them. ficers. Responding to high-risk cri- rial airfares between the small municipal airfield I cannot speak to the type of sur- safety of officers as sis situations involving weapons is a 6 6 and the metro Vancouver market, a boom that in its plus military equipment acquired in very complex business. Seconds and gluttony strongly implies a commensurate bust. It other states or how it is deployed. they respond to these skill count and can literally mean the VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS will take years for the city to absorb that capacity. I can specifically address the na- high-risk situations. difference between life and death. 4 The problem is compounded, BPDA Executive Jim ture of equipment that has been Law enforcement must have a wide- Long noted to council, by the collapse of the con- acquired by the Sheriff’s Office and array of options for quickly defusing MAIL MAIL struction bubble in 2007, which left many cities the circumstances and manner in such threats.

with an oversupply of hotels and hospitality busi- which it is used. spond to these high-risk situations. All first-responding deputies are 2 ness that has not fully recovered, creating a great The Sheriff’s Office received surplus The vehicles and equipment also pro- trained to peaceably defuse situations DO IT IT DO deal of competition for a hotel and conference cen- anti-ballistic type body armor and ve- vide a platform from which officers whenever possible. However, they are ter in downtown Bellingham. hicles. This equipment is designed to can more safely evacuate citizens also trained and prepared to imme- “I know there’s feasibility for that use,” Long maximize the level of protection af- from zones of danger. diately and appropriately respond to said. “Not now.” forded officers, victims and innocent Dramatic news footage of school instances posing an imminent threat 09.10.14 The market analysis prepared for and by the BPDA is bystanders from those seeking to use shootings, the Jewish Community to life. Deputies are provided a range a fascinating look at near-term development poten- weapons against them. The vehicles Center shooting in Seattle, and other of less-lethal training and equipment .09

37 tial for the City of Bellingham, scanning key and com- are “armored,” but are not “armed.” incidents involving active shooters as options. While some situations will # petitive areas around the city including Fairhaven This means that they provide a high- highlight risks to innocent bystand- dictate the use of deadly force, less- and Barkley Village, while acknowledging the down- level of ballistic protection from ers and victims who suddenly find lethal equipment and training has in town core remains the city’s premiere provider of jobs weapons but are not “weaponized” or themselves in the midst of a violent many instances minimized the degree and employment. It is frankly light years beyond any in any way used as weapons. attack. It makes no sense to evacu- of force needed to safely resolve con- sort of analysis the Port of Bellingham produced prior Law enforcement is increasingly ate citizens by running them un- frontations, reduced injuries to of- to shackling taxpayers with the $200 million cost to confronted with armed, dangerous protected through a potential field ficers and suspects and undoubtedly

CASCADIA WEEKLYrepair and revitalize the central waterfront. At a slim and often mentally ill and irrational of fire when safe and effective al- saved lives. 60 pages, the report is more candid and intellectually persons and must plan for respons- ternatives are available. Earlier this Deputies are supported by a Cri- 6 honest about the prospects for investment and devel- es to terrorist acts. Anti-ballistic month, officers in Nevada used an sis Negotiation Team with advanced opment than that agency has ever been. equipment and vehicles maximize armored vehicle to safely transport skills in defusing situations involving Awareness and recognition of a wider realm be- the safety of officers as they re- schoolchildren out of the line of fire ELFO, CONTINUED ON PAGE 29 yond the port’s pet project is precisely the sort of benefit the agency might have received in teaming VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE with COB to support a public development authority, a business entity TAKE THE TUNNEL TO 1,000 CONVENIENT 38 led by local development interests PARKING SPACES AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE! and civic leaders focused on devel- FOOD oping vacant or underutilized public properties. 28 The failure of the port to support the BPDA amputated half its mission.

Absent mission support and stag- RICHARD MARX B-BOARD TH gered by economic collapse, the other SAT OCT 4 • 8PM half was in jeopardy when, in Febru- Tickets Starting At $29.50 26 ary 2011, the BPDA encouraged the sale of a piece of property the city FILM bought along Cornwall Avenue from

the municipal parking fund at a loss 22 of $300,000 to help finance and fo-

cus PDA energies on an assemblage of MUSIC public and private properties at Army

Street in Old Town, gateway to the 2 TIMING IS 20 central waterfront. A successful proj- ART ect there, city leaders were advised, 1 TOO MANY could more than repay the parking Mystery Comedy Dinner Theatre 18 fund. The raid enraged many; many WED OCT 15TH • 7PM more were enraged as efforts lan- STAGE guished at Army Street. To date, the Tickets Only $39.50 BPDA has spent more than $1.1 million on those efforts. Price Includes 3-Course Meal! 16 Critically, the Army Street assemblage would need to include a signifi- GET OUT cant parking component to justify the raid on the parking fund, a solution 14 deemed all but impossible by the recent market analysis. At an estimated Sunrise Rotary Presents WORDS $20,000 per parking space, the cost of a multi-story parking garage that SIPS & CIGARS 8 would tie the waterfront to higher el- Featuring Premium Cigars, Spirits and Beers! evations at grade on Holly Street and TH serve as a building pad for additional SUN OCT 26 • 4PM CURRENTS floors would be prohibitive, Long ad- $ .00 6 mitted, and would not yield signifi- Tickets Only 60 6 cant excess parking capacity. Cigar Lounge Locker Auction at 8PM VIEWS “The capacity of the structure VIEWS

would need to be limited to just what 4 the project requires,” Long admitted. “Unfortunately, there would not be a MAIL

significant excess capacity. Parking 2 rates are low, construction costs are DO IT IT DO high, and those costs will put stress UPCOMING EVENT on the rental rates required to justify TH the expenditure.” Holiday Gift Expo • NOV 30 Mayor Kelli Linville has already eliminated funding for Executive Long 09.10.14 and the BPDA from her 2015-16 bud- .09

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38 age of livestock lost. Recent statistics show 2 percent in the Northern Rocky States and FOOD FOOD currents 0.23 percent nationwide. That’s less than NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX one quarter of 1 percent of livestock lost to wolf depredation! U.S. Fish and Wildlife, 28 using professional, field-verified reports, calculates these numbers even lower than

B-BOARD B-BOARD NASS, which uses unverified livestock in- dustry reports.

26 While non-predator causes account for about 95 percent of livestock loss:

FILM disease, injury, weather, poisoning and theft, wolves continue to be blamed, to be

22 trapped and bludgeoned and gassed, poi- soned, shot full of bullets and arrows. We

MUSIC brought them back from the brink for this, after wolves were exterminated from the

20 lower 48 more than 50 years ago?

ART Wildlife Services, actually taking the “life” out of “Wildlife,” spends hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to “lethal- 18 ly control” an estimated 100,000 native

STAGE predators each year. This count includes wolves, and the number of dead wolves is adding up quickly. Washington depart- 16 ment of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) took out the Wedge Pack in 2012, aerial gunning

GET OUT them to the tune of $76,500, to protect irresponsibly ranged cattle. Note that

14 necropsy reports proved the Wedge wolves had not been ingesting cattle. Now with Washington’s Huckleberry Pack WORDS it’s the same song, second verse. So far, one

8 pack member is dead (aerially shot by WDFW as called for by Director Phil Anderson) as a means to “protect” sheep that were being CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 In 1973, Nixon signed into law the Endangered grazed by the Dashiell family in unsuitable Species Act (ESA). The following year, wolves in terrain and without human presence for a 6

S the Lower 48 were the first species to be declared long period of time. Not only does lethal W endangered under this shiny new law. But time action cost wolves their lives, it costs tax- VIEWSVIE can be a cruel mistress—In 2011 the Obama Ad- payers hundreds of thousands over the long 4 WOLF ministration compromised both the ESA and wolf run. It disrupts packs, often making them recovery in one fell swoop by approving a federal less predictable. In addition to the cost of MAIL MAIL budget with a sneaky rider. For buried deep within lethal action to taxpayers, the Dashiell fam-

the budget’s muck and mire, the delisting of wolves ily has received millions in farm subsidies 2

IT was mandated for the Northern Rockies. (farm.ewg.org), while paying little to graze O RECOVERY DO IT IT DO D The delisting of Northern Rocky wolves, a popu- their livestock on allotments. ON THE BRINK OF FOREVER lation naturally returning (unlike those in Yellow- If you support wolf recovery, be certain 4

.1 stone National Park, where gray wolves were rein- to know where your conservation organiza-

0 By Tricia M. Cook

.1 troduced in 1995), marked the first time Congress tion stands on this matter. In 2012, Con- 09 09.10.14 alone stripped a species of protection under the servation Northwest (CNW) supported the ESA. Since the delisting, I fear the sun may be set- lethal removal of the Wedge Pack. From 09

.09. SUNSET IS AN ANGEL WEEPING, holding out a 7

37 3 ting on wolf recovery. I have read about and seen CNW’s website regarding the Huckleberry # bloody sword,” begins Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics for “Pac- far too many images of bloody swords, swords both pack issue: “We understand that with the ing the Cage.” I identify with these lyrics, of Cockburn figurative and actual, covered with the blood of natural recovery of wolves in Washington, thousands of wolves. the agency will sometimes need to use le- WEEKLY

writing of growing older, the expectations of others, Wolves have become easy targets for misdirected thal removal….” blame and aggression. Blame it on the fairy tales Wolves help restore riparian areas that

ADIA WEEKLY to the feeling of being without a clear path. And when C

S we read to our children. Blame it on the Three Little have been severely damaged by overgraz- A CASCADIAC CAS WEEKLY the song continues, “I never knew what you all want- Pigs! Know that Little Red Riding Hood lied! I will ing from unnaturally enhanced ungulate not argue that today most small and multi-gener- populations, keeping herds on the move 8 ed, so I gave you everything… all the spells that I ational family ranches are struggling to survive. and numbers in check. By preying on weak- could sing,” my thoughts turn to wolves. Adding wolves to the equation just makes it that er herd members, wolves keep deer and much more difficult, or so we are told. However, it elk healthier, reducing the transmission of is convenient, actually romantic for some, to point diseases. Tree and willow stands are able W a finger—or a gun—at an apex predator, making it to reestablish and bird populations return. This re-vegetation improves fish spawn- splendent with birdsong, bear scat, and ing areas, keeping waters shaded and the tracks of big cats and ungulates, cool, protected from the hot sun. skirted by clear, cool rivers and snowy Wolves generate economic benefits. peaks. I want them to know there are

Tourists who visit Yellowstone to view wild places without roads and trails, 38 wolves add over $35 million annually wild places without humans. I find this to the region’s economy (University of comforting, and I hope they will, too. FOOD Montana study). Delisting the gray wolf Wolves are on the brink of forever. Don’t means that states containing some of let them vanish, this becoming our sad 28 the nation’s best wolf habitat, Washing- and shameful legacy. ton, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and north- Hope from Cockburn’s “Pacing the ern California, may never hear the howl Cage,” “Sometimes the best map will not B-BOARD of wild wolves, never reap the ecological guide you, you can’t see what’s ‘round and economic benefits wolves bring. the bend. Sometimes the road leads 26 I do not want to grow older amidst through dark places; sometimes the homogenized forests, amidst wilderness darkness is your friend.” FILM with its wild cut out, with its heart cut

out and left to bleed. I want to know Tricia M. Cook writes from Glacier, Wash., 22 children can become stirred alive by the having recently returned by way of Silver-

song of wolf and coyote, to hike along ton, Colorado and wolf country across the MUSIC trails that seem to go on forever, re- east slopes the North Cascades. 20 ART

ALPHA FEMALE SHOT BY the Huckleberry pack: the switch from preying 18 on wild to domestic animals. This switch can be

WDFW SHARPSHOOTER determined by energetics, ease in taking, and by STAGE On September 4, WDFW posted a news release en- abundance, what is most often being seen. titled, “Sheep moved from scene of wolf attacks.” The GPS collar on the Huckleberry pack’s alpha The agency noted that rancher Dave Dashiell male collects data every six hours. It was observed 16 worked over the Labor Day weekend collecting his that by the 3rd or 4th depredation, with the wolf flock of 1,800 sheep to eventually truck them, traveling back and forth from the rendezvous site prematurely, to their winter pasture area. to the sheep, the animal had begun solely preying GET OUT This is good news for the Stevens County Huck- on the domestic sheep. This behavioral pattern can leberry wolf pack as it acts as a stay of execution also be passed on to pups. 14 after a WDFW sharpshooter shot dead the breeding “Sheep are such easy prey and so abundant, it’s female from a helicopter on August 23rd. The pack hard to get wolves to stop preying on them,” had been preying on Dashiell’s sheep with WDFW said Marearello. Dashiell’s range allotment is also WORDS determining the need for lethal action on August rugged, brushy and sprawling; it can be difficult to

protect livestock on this type of landscape. 8 15th. “If non-lethal tools fail, lethal actions can 8 be taken. It is a process,” WDFW’s Wildlife Conflict The agency’s original goal was to remove four Manager Stephanie Simek said. animals from the Huckleberry pack as a means Wolves are on Washington’s landscape and ranch- to reduce their numbers on the landscape. This CURRENTS CURRENTS ers now need to put in place the new best practices reduction would lower the food requirements and CURRENTS for ranging livestock. These practices include nutritional needs of the pack. In this case, the re- 6 quickly removing injured, sick or dead livestock, all moval of the breeding female may have broken the of which help attract wolves and other large car- Huckleberry pack’s pattern of sheep depredation. nivores. Consistent human presence in non-fenced “Removal of a single animal may have been VIEWS range situations to “babysit” herds is imperative. enough to break the pack’s cycle,” Marearello said. Such models are being taken from Western Idaho Killing the breeding female was not the depart- 4 and Montana ranchers: range-riders go out on foot, ment’s intention. Their goal was to not take the MAIL MAIL four-wheeler or horseback, attending to the herds. breeding pair, but to remove yearlings and two year

“This may not be accomplished 24/7,” said Donnie olds from the pack. The litter had a mix of colors 2 Marearello, WDFW’s Carnivore Manager, “but they go with the pack’s collared adult male being black. The out as much as they can.” Wolves can also be hazed sharpshooter was to look for color (the breeding DO IT IT DO by shooting overhead and with rubber bullets, as or alpha female’s color has yet to be released), well as by being chased off. Spotlights and flashing look for smaller (younger) wolves to shoot, and to lights may also be employed. only shoot when multiple wolves were under the Was Stevens County rancher Dashiell timely and helicopter to use for size comparison. diligent in his non-lethal tactics? Reports have When the breeding female was shot, she was the 09.10.14 been mixed. WDFW had claimed that Dashiell sole animal under the under helicopter and weighed

was out every day and night, along with four only 66 lbs—small, but not uncommon for an adult .09

female wolf. “We were certainly disappointed in 37 guard dogs, a range rider, and eventually with the # department adding a second rider and a greater this outcome but, there was no way to sort from human presence during the night. West Coast Wolf the air in this circumstance,” Marearello said. Organizer for the Center for Biological Diversity, “You know going into it you get what you get. We Amaroq Weiss, believes otherwise. did not have the opportunity to sort in this case,” Weiss spoke with David Ware, WDFW’s game Marearello said. division manager who also oversees wolf manage- The Huckleberry pack is a relatively young pack, ment for the department. While WDFW had released having only been formed in the last 3 years and statements that Dashiell’s range rider was on task with a young breeding female. It would not be CASCADIA WEEKLY and the sheep were being moved, “Ware confirmed uncommon, then, for another female next in the hi- that these actions were not happening and that erarchy to step in and care for the pups, pups now 9 (Dashiell’s) range rider had quit a month ago. The almost full grown and traveling with the pack. She following week the sheep still had not been moved may also become the new breeding female. With and a range rider did not show up until August the Huckleberry pack WDFW finds evidence, in these 20th,” said Weiss. early stages, that pack cohesiveness remains and Wildlife officials observed prey switching within that there may not be a loss in pack structure. On Aug. 31, Bellingham Police checked on a index FUZZ woman passed out drunk in the restroom at Boulevard Park.

38 BUZZ ONE DUCK IS FOOD FOOD MUCH LIKE ANOTHER POLICE WORK IN On Aug. 29, people complained of a couple THE NEW CENTURY who were screaming and throwing rocks at 28 On Sept. 2, Bellingham Police spoke with a citi- ducks in Maritime Heritage Park. The couple zen on Primrose Lane who wanted to report the began screaming and throwing rocks at the

B-BOARD B-BOARD theft of 12 marijuana plants from his garden. people who complained.

26 On Sept. 2, a federal Homeland Security THE NEW ECONOMY agent, bellied up at the all-you can-eat Su- On Aug. 31, Bellingham Police checked on

FILM per Buffet, threw a fit when he saw someone the status of two dejected Kirby vacuum smoking marijuana. He demanded local po- salesmen sitting on a sidewalk above What-

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MUSIC On Sept. 1, Bellingham Police raced to Ge- On Aug. 28, a Bellingham business reported a neva to rescue donuts being threatened by man claiming to be from the power company

20 disorderly partiers in the parking lot of La arrived at her door, demanding immediate pay-

ART Feen’s Bakery. ment for her power bill under threat she would be disconnected. The woman suspected a scam.

18 UNCLEAR ON THE INSTRUCTION On Aug. 29, Bellingham Police checked on a WALKING TALL,

STAGE young man and woman smoking pot by the THE NEW CHAPTER children’s play area at Cordata Park. The cou- On Aug. 29, a woman was reported bran- ple were yelling “It’s legal ! It’s legal” when dishing a length of two-by-four and yelling 16 police arrived. “Guess they haven’t studied at random people outside the McDonalds on the laws yet,” police commented. Samish Way in Bellingham. 600 GET OUT

On Sept. 2, Bellingham Police again respond- On Sept. 4, a woman in a wallker was report- PERCENT increase in toddlers being exposed to toxic levels of nicotine. The

14 ed to a report of two 18-year-olds smoking ed being disruptive with customers outside Washington Poison Center (WAPC) reports an increase in e-cigarette use may place marijuana in the parking lot of a business the Samish Way McDonalds. highly concentrated liquid nicotine within reach of children. Nicotine can be complex. The women were smoking in their absorbed through the skin. WORDS car in a public place and were cited for such, TERRIBLE TEENS

8 police reported. On Aug. 13, Blaine Police attempted to calm 83 19 an enraged teenager. Police spoke with the On Sept. 1, Bellingham Police scolded a teen boy and his father. “The young man agreed CASES of toxic exposure to nicotine REPORTED cases of toxic exposure to CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 with marijuana in his possession. “He was to try to better control himself and his fa- reported to the Washington Poison nicotine reported to the Washington placed into custody and transported back to ther said that he would be taking the lad to Center through August of this year. Of Poison Center in all of 2012, all age 6 his residence where he was released to his see his counselor,” police reported. this number, 82 percent were among cohorts. parent,“ police reported. children under the age of three. VIEWS On Aug. 13, a Blaine parent called police for

4 THE MONTH BEFORE help getting her son to calm down. “An offi- BEER WEEK CONTINUES cer responded to the home and found the ju- 107 MAIL MAIL On Sept. 3, Bellingham Police spoke to a venile already in bed and mom on the phone

belligerent drunk downtown. with a counselor arranging an appointment TOXIC exposure to marijuana among children in Washington since WAPC began 2 for the next day,” police reported. monitoring incidents in 2013. The number of children aged 6 to 12 reported to pediatricians with accidental or excessive consumption of marijuana and marijuana DO IT IT DO On Sept. 2, a man was cited for drinking in edibles has doubled in the state this year compared to last. public at 2am in downtown Bellingham. SUICIDE GOES SWIMMINGLY On Aug. 30, Blaine Police were called to the On Sept. 2, Bellingham Police cited 14 peo- Interstate-5 freeway bridge across Dakota 54,390 2,334,004 09.10.14 ple for partying in Maritime Heritage Park Creek, where a pedestrian was threatening after hours. suicide. “Officers arrived and found a man EXPOSURES to poisons or toxins HUMAN exposures reported to poison

.09 reported to the Washington Poison centers nationally in 2011. Of these,

37 standing on the bridge, threatening to com-

# Center in 2011. Of these, about 51 about 49 percent were among children On Sept. 2, Bellingham Police dragged a mit suicide by leaping from the structure,” percent were exposures to children under the age of six. 24-year-old drunk to jail for drinking in Mar- police reported. “The gentleman spoke briefly under the age of six. time Heritage Park after he’d already been with the officer and then jumped, landing in kicked out of the park earlier in the evening. the creek a second later. He was neither killed or injured by the fall and apparently decided 46 56 On Sept. 1, Bellingham Police dragged a drowning was unacceptable because he start-

CASCADIA WEEKLY 42-year-old drunk to jail for drinking in Mar- ed swimming upstream,” police comment- RANK of analgesic painkillers among INGESTION of poisons and toxic the top categories of toxic exposures medications are the second leading itime Heritage Park after he’d already been ed. “Officers re-engaged with him from the 10 among children and adults. Other cause of deaths among infants and kicked out of the park earlier in the evening. side of the creek and negotiated for another common categories include other seniors over the age of 65. couple of hours. Ultimately, the 28-year-old medications like antidepressants and On Sept. 1, a man was reported passed out Blaine resident agreed to accept protective antihistamines, as well as cosmetics, drunk in his underwear in the Bay Center custody, and was transported by sheriffs dep- pesticides and cleaning supplies. market parking lot in Birch Bay. uties for evaluation at a hospital.” SOURCES: Washington Poison Center (WAPC) MEDITATE Place To Buy Kids’ Wear ______Pet Store ______

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