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4 committee chair Robert Gibb decision to reject the voters’ omy and potential (I would started to blurt out that there right to decide the fate of the say “real”) abuses of domestic NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre was a “phone call” in reaction Chuckanuts. Some 2,500 vali- surveillance. However, Larsen Authentic Southern-Style Cooking doesn’t even mention the bull in the HELP MOTHER BABY Happy Hour china shop—the War in Iraq! CENTER Bellingham’s Only BBQ & Soul Food It is that damned illegal war, Mother Baby Center is in a serious Restaurant $ 50 based on lies and deceptions, that is financial situation that is threat-
menu destroying America’s international ening our ability to survive much 4 standing (both reputation and real longer as an organization. We have 34 security), devastating our economy been caught between funding cuts $ 50 FOOD and sacrificing our cherished civil from the state and rising costs. The 3 drafts liberties. combination is squeezing the life & wells 29 Rick Larsen has voted for all the out of us. The situation has become n PM s 4UESDAYn3ATURDAY Iraq War funding requests submitted critical and needs to be resolved Voted Flavored by Bush. This includes his vote just a within the next month. We need at Margaritas few days ago when the House refused least $60,000 to cover our immedi- Best BBQ CLASSIFIEDS to approve the latest $166 billion ate needs. 5th Year $ 50 24 request. Larsen was one of a minor- Last year we provided 4,200 Running 4 ity of Democrats who voted for the home visits to help more than 850 FILM funding request, cravenly intended families. This is more than a third Tuesday PM 714-0606 to extend America’s commitment to of the infants in Whatcom County. DINE IN / TAKE OUT / CATERING 20 the Iraq War into the next admin- Approximately 1,200 families made Check out our website istration without Congress having use of our resource center services All You Can MUSIC to consider it before the election in to weigh their babies, learn skills www.speakezs.com November! What cowards! they needed, inform themselves Eat Spare Ribs -ERIDIAN 3T s &OUNTAIN $ISTRICT Larsen has been on the wrong side and get tools they needed to help 18 of the bill amending the Bankruptcy them succeed. We have been there ART Act, the vicious Sensenbrenner anti- for families at night and on week-
immigrant bill, and the horribly mis- ends. We have answered more than 16 guided attempts to repeal the fed- 1,000 phone calls a year from anx-
eral estate tax. He has not lifted a ious parents with questions for our STAGE finger to address this nation’s badly nurses.
broken health care system or to pro- In 2007 alone, we collected and 15 tect American jobs from overseas distributed $23,000 worth of baby competition using forced labor or care items—an important service tolerating environmental degrada- for low income parents. We have GET OUT tion. Even on the Farm Bill, Larsen’s had a dramatic influence on moth- support goes primarily to corporate ers wanting to breastfeed but 14 agri-business, not to the small fam- struggling to be successful. This ily farms who supply the fruit and has improved the short and long WORDS produce our families require. term physical, mental and emotion-
A growing proportion of Larsen’s al health of the baby and the moth- 8 Democratic constituents are already er. We have provided new dads with aware of his deficiencies and have a safe space to learn “dad skills.” been increasingly expressing their We have been present at delivery to CURRENTS unhappiness with him. help moms with no other support In his recent letter, Larsen said, system. Most of our services have 6 “When the president tries to fright- been provided to the 50 percent of en the American people into giving parents in Whatcom County who are VIEWS him broad-reaching powers, Demo- low income. 4 crats say: ‘We will not stand for it. Together, we have given a signifi- 4 MAIL MAIL We will stand up to it.’” cant gift to Whatcom County. MAIL
Sadly, it has been Rick Larsen Mother Baby Center needs im- himself who has given in to those mediate financial help from donors 3
fears. It is Larsen who voted for who understand the importance IT DO the Patriot Act without having of the services we deliver. We are
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Iraq War funds demanded by this in our community. Please help us .28. 5 imperial president—funds which do that. Who do you know that
have seldom gone to “support the might be willing to help? Who do .03 21
troops” but have rather fueled the you know that might know some- # wholesale corruption and waste of one who can help? Our community the likes of Halliburton and the pri- excels at networking. I am asking vate, for-profit mercenary armies of you to help us network. Our board Blackwater and other war profiteers members and I are ready and will- who have grown exceedingly rich ing to speak to anyone who needs even as thousands of Americans more information. I am the best have died. initial contact point and can be CASCADIA WEEKLY We need and deserve a far better reached at 360.647.1544, ext 108, 5 Democratic Congressman from the or [email protected]. 2nd District of Washington! —Linda Dorsett, Executive Director, —Tom Goetzl, Bellingham Mother Baby Center THE GRISTLE
STORMWATERS RISING II: Not to be outflanked by Whatcom County Council’s recent activity on water resource protec- tion, Bellingham City Council—at the urging of Mayor Dan
Pike—this week unanimously passed an emergency mora- 34 34 torium stalling all subdivisions and building permits in the views city’s portion of the watershed throughout this year’s con- FOOD OPINIONS THE GRISTLE struction cycle.
29 29 Stealing a page from the county’s playbook, Pike intro- duced the moratorium to limit new impervious surfaces, re- sponding to the release of a state Dept. of Ecology report that said—essentially—the watershed was already 74 per- CLASSIFIEDS cent overpaved. Myopic, inane zoning would allow for devel- opment of more than 10,000 additional acres beyond even 24 that—enough to crowd another 15,000 people into Belling-
FILM FILM ham’s drinking water supply. The city is legally required to develop a stormwater plan BY BOB KELLER to address the cautions in Ecology’s final report, Pike not- 20 20 ed. The moratorium yields the city some breathing room to develop that plan. The “emergency” additionally triggers, MUSIC under the state law that allows it, a public hearing on the Here’s the Scoop building ban within 60 days. 18 18 Will this hearing produce another snarling shriek by prop- LOCAL BUSINESS ENCOURAGES LIFELONG LEARNING
ART ART erty right istas; or has the tide of public opinion turned against the creeping buildout of Lake Whatcom? FOLLOWING AN eve- til awakened by our own impend-
16 Whatcom County Council, meanwhile, swallowed hard this ning at the Pickford Cinema, my ing death? How can the threat of week and discussed budget increases, also in response to wife and I normally cruise over mortality change our lives?
STAGE STAGE Ecology’s report, that would acknowledge and address Lake a few blocks to Railroad Avenue Ice cream makers and servers, Whatcom’s burden as an increasingly urbanized water supply. for locally-made ice cream at it turns out, also become good
15 The increase—at least $3 million applied to new programs Mallard Ice Cream, a necessity students in discussing such annually—would be paid in part by the creation of a new to soothe one’s throat after a questions. They achieved one of stormwater utility district in the watershed. tub of movie-theater popcorn. ences, wills, funerals, autopsies, the main goals for a seminar/dis- GET OUT Yet, is even that enough? Aside from the further irrita- music and poetry. The Mallard cussion style of learning. County Council learned to their dismay earlier this year tion of being confronted with Ice Cream class had a shorter list “Students,” writes researcher 14 that more than 40 projects already approved to restore and 28 different flavors, rang- of subjects but the same goals. Richard Jones in his survey of protect county surface water resources have stalled due to ing from Raspberry Chocolate Who are we? What are we? What is coordinated study at Evergreen
WORDS budget and staffing limitations. More than 280 other proj- Chunk to Black Cherry to Chai life? What gives life value? Can State College, Experiment at Ev- ects have been identified, at a projected cost of more than Cheesecake, we select delicious we truly conceive of our nonex- ergreen, “must come to believe
8 $200 million. They languish on a list. cones, sundaes and milkshakes istence? How do Americans deal that the qualities of thought, As the Gristle noted last week, the dialectic now becomes provided by friendly young with death, or do they avoid and feeling and judgment with which how much we should tax ourselves in order to ensure what- servers. deny that reality? they are reading the books, and
CURRENTS CURRENTS ever tax dollars we do spend are not simply wasted doing too A few months ago, Mallard My college class required read- the artfulness with which they little, too late. And we’ll aver that the crime of government Ice Cream’s owner, Ben Scholtz, ing 10 books. For Mallard, we are showing these qualities, are 6 6 is not taxation—the means by which the public maintains decided to encourage his staff had only three: Leo Tolstoy’s The more important than the impor- public assets—but waste of those taxes in misdirected or to encounter the humanities— Death of Ivan Illych, Kazuo Ishig- tance of the books… that read- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS ineffective projects. a catch-all term for art, phi- uro’s Never Let Me Go, and selec- ing an important book is only as County Council this week and last considered a spectrum losophy, literature, poetry and tions from Joan Didion’s Slouching important as one’s abilities to 4 of budget responses, ranging from holding at current spend- history. If his employees would Towards Bethlehem. In addition, think, talk and write about it.”
MAIL MAIL ing levels to a Cadillac level of service that would fund all agree to study such subjects, he we watched two documentary Ben Scholtz deserves admira- existing water resource plans and programs. Ironically, that would provide books, a space, films, Night and Fog (1955) and tion for his innovations. A busi-
3 Cadillac level of service—with its Cadillac price tag—is and instructors. Ben invited Flight from Death (2005). ness can provide workshops,
DO IT IT DO the only one that would timely and adequately address the me to be the first teacher of a Encountering this subject, retreats or training seminars
county’s deteriorating water resources in under 30 years; in five-week course and I accept- Mallard staff drew upon their for its employees with the goal
08 other words, the costliest option—which could in theory ed. Who can refuse anything at own personal, sometimes hard, of increasing production and
.28. raise taxation rates by a heartbreaking 35 percent—is likely Mallard? life experiences. About dying sales. Few, if any, support and 5 the only one that will really work. Other, less extensive op- We met on Monday evenings: everyone is an authority, and encourage their workers to meet
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# “Fourteen million dollars per year might get us there,” Jessie, Molly, Neil, Pat, and describes the main character as Kazuo Ishiguro. What can be county Assistant Public Works Director Jon Hutchings ob- Thomas. Our topic was a subject I someone whose life had been gained from that? Who profits? served dryly (that’s nearly one dollar in 10 of Whatcom Coun- taught for years at Fairhaven Col- “most simple and most ordinary, From such enlightened business ty’s total operating budget in 2007). lege, “Death and Dying.” When and therefore most terrible.” practices, we all profit. A council majority initially leaned toward asking the Coun- studying this matter for 10 weeks When Ivan dies, someone whis- ty Executive to provide greater details on what that level of at the college we covered many pers, “It is finished.” Robert Keller is a former professor service would look like in terms of staffing and project time- facets—grief, burial practices, What makes an ordinary life at Western Washington Universi- CASCADIA WEEKLY tables, leaving aside for a moment the questions of costs suicide, homicide, genocide, cre- “most terrible?” How and why do ty’s Fairhaven College and a board
6 and revenue sources for such a monumental service level. mation, war, near-death experi- we live shallowly and falsely un- member of Whatcom Land Trust. Get the facts first, council members like Seth Fleetwood ad- vised; worry about the very real realities of how to pay for it VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE LZmnk]ZrFhkgbg` all after the facts are in evidence. ;k^Zd_ZlmIZgbgb But, council member Sam Crawford ob- BEFORE THE MARKET, NOW OPEN AT 9AM ACROSS FROM THE HERALD. served, “It’s all about costs; all this is is a question of funding. We don’t disagree TUES–FRI 11–6 & SAT 9–5 34 that we’d like to have all these proj- GGJF bD ghUhY gh @ Xckbhckb V=\Ua FOOD ects, but we need to talk about levels
of funding that are realistic,” Crawford 29 continued. “This is purely a monetary question.” Men’s and Women’s “I do not want us to preclude staff ® from exploring all the options by focus- TEVA Mountain Scuff CLASSIFIEDS ing all our attention on costs,” council member Bob Kelly countered in support ListList $60$60 24 of Fleetwood’s original motion. “I agree $ 99 FILM with the concerns that now—or ever—is ONLY 49
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Particularly challenging to the coun- 8 ty is its lack of tools with which to 1) equitably charge those who create the largest environmental impacts (and who CURRENTS similarly enjoy the greatest rewards from 6 externalizing those costs on the broad- 6 er public) and 2) guide and control ap- VIEWS VIEWS propriate levels of impact. Behind the VIEWS curve as the City of Bellingham is on 4 impact fees (when they are in place at all, they’re widely acknowledged to be MAIL at least 50 percent too low), the county has hardly broken ice on a serious discus- 3
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This circles back to the earlier point # of how much we should tax (and whom) to generate the best public value in a public watershed. The city has tackled this piece-by-piece; the county has done likewise—but how little cooperation there’s been between them! Pike smartly borrowed the moratorium idea from the CASCADIA WEEKLY county; now how about a reciprocal theft 7 by the county of complementary COB stormwater utility notions already in ex- istence and free for the taking? appropriately. Opponents, many from Skagit County, argued district boundaries were improp- erly drawn, and would in any case create an unnecessary added layer of govern- ment that would have taxed them and currents could have power to take lands against news commentary briefs their will. The proposed tax is 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. State law al- lows park districts to levy as much as 75 cents per $1,000. Park district supporters say that the large pool of taxpayers in Bellingham would actually provide a disproportion- ate benefit to rural Skagit County. IN WHAT’S by now become a familiar District supporters gathered more than BY TIM JOHNSON pattern, a local citizens initiative is killed 2,400 signatures from residents inside by bureaucratic action before it can reach the boundaries of the proposed district, the ballot. A proposal to create a funding and in April 2007, the Whatcom and Sk- mechanism for protective land acquisition agit county auditors certified there were Mountainous from south Bellingham to Bow suffered a enough signatures to advance the idea. crippling blow last week after the What- Opponents declared a portion of the sig- com CCountyounty BBoundaryoundary ReviewReview BoardB fol- natures were fraudulent, and district lines lowedlowed its countercounterpartpart in SkaSkagitgit CCounty and had been gerrymandered to favor voters unanimouslyunanimously rejectedrejected thethe plan.plan. in densely populated south Bellingham. OPPOSITION Supporters ofof a ChuckanutChuckanut MountainsM In December 2007, North Sound Con- ParkPark District, wwhichhich wouwouldld tax lalandowners servancy and individual residents sued CHUCKANUTCHUCKANUT PARKPARK DDISTRICTISTRICT to preserve land from development,developme vowed the auditors, claiming some signatures to fifightght on, but the unanimous rejection shouldn’t have been counted. The audi- RECEIVESRECEIVES A KKILLINGILLING BLOWBLOW byby both boards maymay have destrdestroyedo their tors defended the initiative’s validity. effort.effort. NearNearlyly 100 ppeopleeople oopposingpposin the dis- “For me, the most troubling aspect is trict appapplaudedlauded andand cheeredcheered afterafte the 4-0 the thousands of people who signed a votevote byby thethe WhatcomWhatcom County BoBoundaryu Re- petition to at least have the opportu- viewview Board.Board. nity to vote on the parks district and are “I“I hohopepe this will be the end of this,” said denied their right to vote,” Gibb noted. BobBob Rauch, vice ppresidentresident of ttheh Skagit- “A few dozen people, well organized and basedbased NortNorthh SounSoundd ConservancConservancy,y, which or- well funded by outside interests, stopped ganizedganized thethe opposition. RauchRauch is a land use democracy.” attorney withwith property near BowBow.. “We need In March, the Skagit County Bound- to get on with our lives,” he saisaid.d ary Review Board moved to unanimously ResidentsResidents of SkagitSkagit and WhatcomWhatc coun- reject the Skagit portion of the district. ties formed a preliminarypreliminary advisoryadvisor commit- Supporters say the Skagit board acted tee to susupportpport thethe 65-square-mile65-square-m taxing district,district, wwhichhich ttheyhey say coucouldld generate fundsfunds necessary to protect tthehe CChuckanut range,range, a relatively unbroken ecosysteme “A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE, that connects PugetPuget Sound to thethe foothills ofof thethe Cascades. WELL ORGANIZED TheThe pparksarks ddistrictistrict itseitselflf is aalsols unique, AND WELL FUNDED BY spanning thethe jurisdictionsjurisdictions ofof twotwo counties. StateState llawaw ddoesoes aallowllow fforor tthehe fformationor of OUTSIDE INTERESTS, such districts, but the exact processproc of do- inging so is less than clear.clear. STOPPED DEMOCRACY.” “The“The state could have providedprovided clarity on —BOB GIBB, CMPD ADVISORY thethe mumulti-jurisdictionallti-jurisdictional aspectsaspects oof the dis- BOARD MEMBER trict,” oobservedbserved BobBob GiGibb,bb, a memmember of the advisoryadvisory committee formedformed to puput CMPD on the ballot. “Instead thetheyy kicked iit down to the countcountyy boundarboundaryy review boardsboard without improperly when it rejected the district a clear roadmaroadmapp of how those boardsboa should without an environmental review of its proceed.”proceed.” merits. A legal review of that decision is TheThe parparkk ddistrictistrict proposaproposall beganbeg to un- still pending. ravelravel lastlast summer wwhenhen SkagitSkagit CountyCo com- “To be clear, all that is being proposed missioners and other governmentgovernment agencies to the boundary review boards is a bal- asked the two boundarboundaryy review boards to lot measure to the voters that, if ap- assess the pproposal’sroposal’s validitvalidity.y. OOne job of proved, will establish boundaries for a thethhe review bboardsoards was to ddetermineetermi wheth- special-purpose taxing district, along err thethe parkpark districtdistrict boundariesboundaries werew drawn CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 ESTATE WINERY What are you
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YOUR WEEK ON DRUGS On May 6, police in Arlington, Wash., arrested a CLASSIFIEDS man who has allegedly been impersonating a po- lice officer for more than 10 years. Police say the 24 51-year-old truck driver allegedly stole OxyCon-
FILM FILM tin from an Arlington Rite Aid last October while wearing a Washington State Patrol uniform. Po- lice in Washington and Idaho have been investi- 20 20 gating the man since 1997 for allegedly imper- sonating a police officer. Police won’t say how the MUSIC man got the uniform.
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15 of children, violation of protection orders, fraud, failure to ap- pear, larceny and military desertion. The 50th was the arrest of a Delta, B.C., man wanted in Montana for the sale of amphetamine. GET OUT He was nabbed at the Lynden Port of Entry.
14 LIQUOR DICKS ON THE LOOSE On March 25, Bellingham Police observed store clerks at the
WORDS Smart Shop grocery on East Holly Street selling liquor to intoxi- cated customers, prompting a suspension of the store’s liquor
8 8 license by the Washington State Liquor Control Board. The sus- pension ends May 24, just in time for more drunken revelry over Ski-to-Sea weekend. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS LLAMAS ON THE LOOSE 6 On May 3, three llamas were reported loose on Highway 20 near Concrete. A Skagit Sheriff’s deputy knew where the beasties be- VIEWS VIEWS longed. They were rounded up and returned to their pasture. NUMBER OF SPECIAL elections Congressional Republicans have lost this year in
4 districts they would normally win, forecasting a potential GOP disaster next November. MATRIMONY ACRIMONY 3
MAIL MAIL On May 3, two women got into a fistfight at a wedding reception in Mount Vernon. One woman was arguing with another guest,
3 when another tried to intervene and received a punch in the PERCENT OF CRUCIAL environmental votes Republican presidential candidate John McCain dodged in Congress this session.
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# hours. An officer checked the contents of the pillowcase, which was filled with vomit. NUMBER OF RANKING McCain aides who have quit his campaign over concerns his 5 campaign is being run by lobbyists and lobbying firms. IMPRACTICAL JOKE On May 1, a Blaine father took a $1,700 chest of tools from the truck of his son, evidently to teach the lad a lesson. When RANK OF REPUBLICAN challenger Ron Paul's new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto, a theft report was filed, the father came forward and admit- on the New York Times bestseller list. CASCADIA WEEKLY ted that taking and hiding the tool box was probably not his 1
10 smartest-ever practical joke. “It hopefully wasn’t his funniest,” police observed. SOURCES: Associated Press; Washington Monthly; Washington Post; League of Conservation Voters; New York Times CHUCKANUT, FROM PAGE 8 with a governing body to manage those funds and to carry out the business of the park district. Nothing more, noth- 34 ing less,” Ken Wilcox explained. Wilcox FOOD is an environmental and outdoor writer
and trail planner who, like Gibb, serves 29 on the CMPD advisory committee. “Once the district is created, the elected com- missioners will determine what projects and programs they want to pursue.” CLASSIFIEDS Earlier this spring, the Whatcom County Boundary Review Board received instruc- 24
tions from the state to examine an envi- FILM ronmental checklist that might determine
whether a full environmental impact 20 statement would be needed to study CMPD’s potential impacts. The board asked MUSIC for consultants to do that review, but no W.T. Follis company stepped forward. Realtors “Many of these consultants have cli- 18
cascadia...... ents in timber and development inter- EEKLY ART ests they’re reluctant to annoy,” Gibb
speculated. “It was our thought that 16 county Planning should make the check-
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In April, CMPD supporters filed a law- 15 suit to prevent the Whatcom County [user-centered design consultants] board from rejecting their proposal be- fore that pending environmental review. GET OUT The judge disagreed, allowing the board to vote last week. 14 Rauch said that because the environ-
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8 submitting a complete application. The 8 law, he said, does not provide a way for them to ask for an extension. Supporters CURRENTS CURRENTS had 180 days after the voter petitions CURRENTS were certified in April 2007 to complete their application, Rauch reasoned. 6 “The board initially scheduled a public hearing sometime last year, then quickly VIEWS Jonathan Block, pulled the plug because they could not CFP® 4 figure out how to conduct an environ- mental review of the proposal under MAIL the law known as SEPA,” Wilcox coun- ters. “Yet hundreds of local agencies in 3
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ing to learn a new thing. # “I would say this is one of the sorriest public decisions I’ve seen in my 28 years observing local politics.” Vowing his group will fight on, Wilcox added, “Yes, the ruckus and the delays are frustrating, but we feel as strongly as ever that the voters are ready to save CASCADIA WEEKLY the Chuckanuts from the do-nothing 11 alternative put forth by an opposition that simply argues blindly against the park district.” a community land trust NURSERY, LANDSCAPING & ORCHARDS NIQUE U featuring a wide assortment of vegetarian and gluten- free menu options 34 34
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ton University administrators and the college’s united faculty. STAGE Negotiators will meet again with the mediator May 20, with a COURTESY OF COURTESY goal of completing an employee contract more than three years 15 past due. Road crews work to clear North Cascades Highway (SR20) after avalanches and landslides closed the pass last week.
05.14.08 Cost Cutter parking lot on LaBounty Drive. He struck the wall of an adjoining house on Iron GET OUT WEDNESDAY threatened the car owner with a knife before Street. No one was injured in the incident. running away and jumping into a vehicle driven 14 The wife of a man arrested for trying to sell documents sto- by another man. The two were pulled over near 05.19.08 len from the library at Western Wash- Bakerview Road a short time later. MONDAY WORDS ington University also faces charges.
05. 08 8 Caroline Brubaker is married to James 16. A 19-year-old female college student is 8 Brubaker, who was arrested in March for FRIDAY missing after going diving off Rosario Beach allegedly trying to sell rare books, maps near Deception Pass. A Coast Guard spokesman CURRENTS CURRENTS and other documents stolen from libraries A convicted felon allegedly tries to stab a says the woman was diving with a partner when CURRENTS across the country. Lynden Police officer. Police say the assault she disappeared. Her partner was not injured. 6 BELLINGHAM WHATCOM COUNTY TOURISM BELLINGHAM WHATCOM A farm bill with more money for rasp- Crowds delighted in the weekend’s 2008 Junior Ski-to-Sea Race Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike springs an emer-
PASSAGES inaugurated by the Junior Parade downtown on Friday. VIEWS berry farmers clears the U.S. House of The Bellingham gency moratorium that temporarily prevents Representatives by a broad margin. The landowners from building houses or subdivid-
School Board picks 4 bill includes $1.3 million for investments Keith Schacht as ing property in the Lake Whatcom watershed in specialty crops like raspberries. Presi- the next principal happened after a routine traffic stop on Birch while the city develops its stormwater plan. MAIL of Squalicum
dent Bush says he’ll waste no time in kill- Bay-Lynden Road when a passenger in that stop City Council unanimously approves the ban. City
High School. The 3 ing it with his veto pen. former assistant got out of the car and, after being questioned, Council also approves the purchaseof 10 acres
allegedly threatened the officer with a knife. in the Lake Whatcom watershed for $450,000. IT DO principal at Bel- 05.15.08 levue High School Council plans to eventually pass a bond mea-
takes over July 1. 05.17.08 sure to pay for future acquisitions. 08 THURSDAY Schacht attended .28. Western Wash- SATURDAY 5 The Whatcom County Boundary Re- ington University Bellingham City Council continues to collect view Board follows the lead of the Skagit and Sehome High The National Weather Service reports today’s public testimony to create a citizens task force .03 21
County Boundary Review Board and kills School, as well as high temperature of 82 degrees was the hot- to study the public impacts of rising fuel # a citizen’s initiative that would create Whatcom Middle test temperature ever recorded in Bellingham prices. Gas prices nudge into $4-per-gallon ter- a taxing district to acquire lands in the and Roosevelt El- for this date, beating by 1 degree the previous ritory at some local service stations. ementary Schools. Chuckanut Mountains. Supporters of a record-holder in 1956. Chuckanut Mountain Park District needed 05.20.08 the approval of the boundary review boards to bring the pro- Residents of Bellingham’s York neighbor- TUESDAY posal to a public vote. hood report hearing gunshots. Responding po- lice officers find that two shotgun rounds had The North Cascades Highway, State Route CASCADIA WEEKLY Washington State Patrol troopers arrest two men on suspi- penetrated a window of a house in the 600 block 20, reopens after an avalanche last week bur- 13 cion of car prowling and first degree assault. Ferndale Police of Potter Street. One round exited through the ied the road in 25 to 35 feet of snow, rocks and say a car owner caught one man breaking into his vehicle in the back wall, penetrated a wooden fence and then uprooted trees. doit
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WED., MAY 21 THURS., MAY 22 JEOPARDY RELEASE: Celebrate HEALTHCARE ALERT: United 34 34 words the new edition of Jeopardy mag- for National Healthcare will hold azine—WWU’s annual literary a public meeting at 7pm at the FOOD COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS arts publication—at 4pm at the Laborers Union, 1700 N. State university’s Viking Union, room St. For more info: 714-8999. 29 29 565. For more info: 650-3118. GLAM BINGO: Dress to the SPOKEN WORD: Spoken Word nines for “Hollywood Glam Bin- Wednesdays happen every week go” from 6-9:30pm at Norway at 8pm at the Bellingham Pub- Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. Cost is
CLASSIFIEDS lic Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. $20 and includes bingo and food The event is free. For more info: and drink vouchers. You’ll get
24 714-0800. $5 off if you come dressed for MAY 21-24 the red carpet. For more info: FILM FILM 671-0703 or evergreenaids.org. BOOK SALE #1: The Ski to Sea Used Book Sale kicks off with SAT., MAY 24
20 20 a Preview Sale from 3-6pm at ANACORTES MARKET: The An- Bellingham Public Library, 210 acortes Farmers Market is open Central Ave. The sale continues from 9am-2pm at the Depot Arts MUSIC BY AMY KEPFERLE from 10am-8pm Thurs., 10am- Center, 611 R. Ave. For more 6pm Fri., and 10am-3pm Sat. For info: (360) 293-1294 or ana-
18 18 more info: 778-7250. cortesfarmersmarket.org. BELLINGHAM MARKET: The ART ART THURS., MAY 22 Bellingham Farmers Market is HOLOCAUST TALK: Noemi Ban, Wig Out open from 10am-3pm every
a holocaust survivor and author Saturday at the Depot Market 16 of Sharing is Healing, shares her HAIR-RAISING FUN Square, located at the corner of story at a talk at 5pm at WWU’s Railroad Avenue and Chestnut
STAGE STAGE Fraser Hall, room 3. The event is Street. For more info: 647-2060 free, but reservations are neces- or bellinghamfarmers.org. sary. For more info: 650-3337 or 14 15 FOR HALLOWEEN a few years ago, I donned [email protected]. MAY 24-26 a blond beehive wig that extended more than a foot FESTIVAL OF FLAGS: Honor above my head. Then I put on a tight black dress SAT., MAY 24
WORDS vets and their families at vari- GET OUT BOOK SALE #2: A “Book and and “sexy librarian” glasses and stuck a pocket-sized ous events as part of a “Festival Bake Sale” happens from 10am- dictionary in my purse. When people asked me what of Flags” daily from 9am-5pm at 5pm at the Maple Falls Library, 14 Ferndale’s Greenacres Memorial in the heck I was, I tersely replied, “Spelling Bee” 7509 Mt. Baker Hwy. For more Park, 5700 Northwest Dr. The event before whipping out the tome to quiz them on a word part in a downtown Wig Walk. Second, you don’t need info: 599-2020. is free. For more info: 384-3401 or WORDS POETRY WORKSHOP: A “First of my choice. If they spelled it right, I treated them to over-think the situation. It’s all about fun, and it’s molesfuneralhome.com. to an impromptu shimmy. If they got it wrong, I in- not a benefit for anybody or any group. Finally, don’t Thought, Best Thought” poetry
workshop happens from 11am- SUN., MAY 25 8 formed them they were disqualified from the compe- be nervous. The 90-year-old in the mullet and the 12:30pm at the Bellingham BOAT SHOW: The 18th annual tition and asked them to move along. baby wearing an electric-blue bob aren’t concerned Shambhala Center, 1101 N. State Ski to Sea Antique Auto Restor- Without my formidable hair- about the way they look, so why should you be? St. Cost is $15. For more info: ers and Antique Wooden Boat
CURRENTS CURRENTS piece, I doubt I would’ve had “Last year was awesome,” Clark says. “There were 483-4526. Show will have a display of the the nerve to sass folks the way people who came that I didn’t recognize just because conveyances from 10am-4pm at MON., MAY 26 Boulevard Park. For more info: 6 I did that night. But with it, I they were wearing a wig.” OPEN MIC: Writers can share skitosea.org. original poetry, nonfiction or felt transformed and able to After the Wig Walk—which will include home- IT ALL ENDS: As part of the an-
VIEWS VIEWS fiction at an Open Mic at 7pm at say and do just about anything made music led by the All-City Street Band and a nual Ski to Sea festivities, “It All Village Books, 1200 11th St. For I wanted. promenade with the Roller Betties—attendees can Ends in Fairhaven” happens from 4 more info: 671-2626. 10am-8pm in Fairhaven. Food “The thing about wearing a stick around the AMRE for a dance party and wig POETRY NIGHT: Sign up to read vendors, activities for kids, live MAIL MAIL wig is that it really will change contest. Each contestant will have their turn on your creations at Poetry Night ATTEND music, a beer garden and much the way you feel about your the catwalk as they compete for prizes in catego- at 8:30pm every Monday at Fan- more will be part of the free
3 WHAT: Wig Out tasia Espresso, 1332 Cornwall identity,” says fake follicle WHEN: 5pm Fri., ries such as “Best Total Look with Wig,” “Best Wee fun. For more info: 671-7275 or Ave. For more info: 715-1634 or Fairhaven.com. DO IT IT DO fan Kate Clark, one of the or- May 23 Wig (kids only),” “Most Creative Handmade Wig,” poetrynight.org. ganizers of the second annual WHERE: American and the “Wigster Violet Memorial Award,” which TUES., MAY 27 Museum of Radio, TUES., MAY 27 08 Wig Out. “You don’t realize day honors Wig Out co-founder Violet Malone, who died MINE TALK: “History of Belling- 1312 Bay St. KARY WAYSON: Award-winning
.28. to day how much your whole earlier this year. ham Coal Mines” will be the sub- 5 COST: Free Seattle poet Kary Wayson will ject of a free talk with geologist identification is conveyed by INFO: 739-3545 or If you find yourself at the shindig without some- give a free reading at 6:30pm at George Mustoe at 12:30pm at the
.03 your hair. When you change thewigout.com thing to stick on your noggin, Clark says they’ll be WWU’s Communications Build- Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect
21 ing, room 105. For more info: # your hair, it changes how you selling inexpensive hairpieces for those who didn’t St. For more info: 778-8930. look, how you’re feeling about plan ahead. She says she’ll be wearing a hot pink 650-6146. BLAST ZONE: Susan Zwinger, WED., MAY 28 yourself and how other people see you.” bob when Wig Out hits the streets. She considered Charles Goodrich, and Nalini WORLD ISSUES: “Social Move- If you weren’t part of the inaugural Wig Out last wearing the sexy white wig she sported last year, but Nadkarni will talk about their ments is Oaxaca” will be the top- Memorial Day weekend, Clark says you should know decided, as an organizer, she should branch out. tome, In the Blast Zone: Catas- ic of a free World Issues Forum a few things about the event, which happens May 23 “Last year I got called a ‘vixen,’ which was really trophe and Renewal on Mount St. at noon at WWU’s Fairhaven Col- this year. First, all you really need to do to take part nice for me,” Clark recalls. “Just remember, we’re not Helens at 7pm at Village Books, lege Auditorium. For more info:
CASCADIA WEEKLY 1200 11th St. For more info: 650-2309. is put on a wig, wear it to work or school (or on a trip taking ourselves too seriously. If you have a strong 671-2626. 14 to the supermarket), and get to the American Mu- feeling that you’d never wear one, you really need to seum of Radio and Electricity (AMRE) by 5pm to take Wig Out.” doit
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Learn more about keeping your boat afloat at an “Intro to Sailing” course happening May 24 at the CLASSIFIEDS Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center 24 WED., MAY 21 BY ABBY SUSSMAN FILM BIKE 101: Learn how to keep your two-wheeler in good working order at a free “Bike Maintenance 101” clinic at
6pm at REI, 400 36th St. For more info: 647-8955. 20 PLANT MEETING: The local chapter of the Washing- ton Native Plant Society presents a free talk on the Ski to Sea MUSIC topic of “Why are Caterpillars Such Picky Eaters?” at INTRODUCING TEAM TATEYAMA 7pm at Fairhaven Park, 107 Chuckanut Dr. For more info: 714-8629. 18
THURS., MAY 22 ART IF YOU know enough about Bellingham to pick up one of these PADDLE RESCUE: Sign up for a “Paddler Rescue” course
from 5-9pm at the Bellingham Bay Community Boat-
newspapers, you’re either leaving town for the weekend, or you’re 16 ing Center, 501 Harris Ave. Cost is $65. The course is going to be dragging yourself out of bed at 5am to stand in the geared toward prepping for Ski to Sea. For more info:
sloppy snow waiting for your skier to come in. If for some reason 714-8891 or sailpaddlerow.org. STAGE you have no idea what I’m talking about—perhaps you spent the FRI., MAY 23 winter in the Alaskan bush, or have been on a silent retreat for the VIRTUAL TOUR: Archaeologist Alfred Reid will give 15 last 35 years—ask the person standing next to you. a virtual tour of the area’s use by early tribal resi- Rather than outlining the follies of Harvey Haggard, discuss- dents at a free presentation at 7pm at Birch Bay State ing the improvements in the timing system, or the efforts of the Park’s Wildlife Theatre. For more info: 371-2800. GET OUT Chamber of Commerce towards a “greener” race, I thought I’d in- SAT., MAY 24 15 troduce a Ski to Sea team everyone should all cheer for, regardless WALKING GROUP: Join the Fairhaven Walking 14 of your competitive status—the team from our Japanese sister Group at 8am at the Lake Padden park entrance. You’ll loop the lake twice, then head to Fairhaven. WORDS city, Tateyama. GET OUT For more info: 676-4855. One of our four sister cities (the others GRAND PARADE: Watch the Ski to Sea Grand Pa- are Nakhodka, Russia; Port Stevens, Austra- rade starting at noon on Cornwall Avenue at Alabama 8 lia; and Punta Arenas, Chile), Tateyama is to Street and continuing through downtown Belling- Tokyo as Bellingham is to Seattle. On the tip ham. For more info: 734-1330 or skitosea.org. INTRO TO SAILING: Sign up for an “Intro to Sailing” of the Boso Peninsula, only a two-hour train CURRENTS course starting at 1:30pm at the Bellingham Bay Com- ride from the teeming city, Tateyama offers munity Boating Center, 501 Harris Ave. Cost is $35. many of the same features and activities we For more info: 714-8891 or sailpaddlerow.org. 6 enjoy here—from a quieter and slower pace “TATEYAMA IS TO TOKYO AS SKY HUNTERS: Trained volunteers from the Sardis
ATTEND VIEWS of life to cycling through farmland, walking Raptor Center will lead a “Hunters of the Sky” event WHAT: Ski to Sea BELLINGHAM IS TO SEATTLE. at 7pm at Birch Bay State Park’s Wildlife Theatre. along beaches and hiking in nearby forests. WHEN: Starts at Experience live birds of prey up close and personal at 4 Like the Skagit Valley’s tulips, Tateyama is 8am Sun., May 25 ON THE TIP OF THE BOSO the free event. For more info: 371-2800. known for its springtime carnation blooms. WHERE: Begins at MAIL MAY 24-25 While Bellingham has been on too many of Mount Baker and PENINSULA, ONLY A TWO-
ends at Post Point HOMES & GARDENS: Ballet British Columbia will 3 those “Best Towns to Move To and Subse- COST: Free for HOUR TRAIN RIDE FROM THE host its fundraising Home & Garden Tour this week-
quently Ruin” lists, our superlatives are end featuring the city’s “most prominent homes and IT DO spectators overshadowed by Tateyama’s claim to fame, INFO: 734-1330 or TEEMING CITY” gardens.” Tickets are $50-$75. For more info: (604) 280-3311 or ticketmaster.ca. Japan’s largest reclining Buddha. skitosea.org 08
The citizens of Tateyama are not en- After the race, the Tateyama team is “looking for- TUES., MAY 27 .28. 5 tirely new to the Ski to Sea race—a delegation participated ward to seeing friends again, sightseeing, and would FAT TIRES: Learn more about mountain biking in the Northwest at a free “Fat Tire 101” clinic at 6pm at
in 1998. They are back this year to help celebrate the 50th like to see a baseball game in Seattle (Ichiro).” The .03 REI, 400 36th St. For more info: 647-8955. 21
anniversary of the friendship between our cities. Eight team younger participants are also interested in seeing a # members (one support person) range in age from 16 to 59; only Bellingham high school. WED., MAY 28 two members have visited Bellingham previously. The goal behind sister city friendships is to learn PLANT WALK: Members of the Washington Native Plant Society will lead a free “Plant Walk” at 6pm at Like many of us, the Tateyama crew has some concerns about the about another culture. Kawasaki would like Belling- Whatcom Falls Park. For more info: 319-6988. race. “We are worried whether or not everyone will be able to com- ham residents to “introduce us to famous sights in BEACH NATURALISTS: If you’re interested in be- plete their individual races” says team captain Kinyo Kawasaki. Bellingham, and tell us about recent news in your coming a Beach Naturalist, attend a slideshow and But, since the canoer, bicyclists and runner have been practicing city.” The team invites all Bellinghamsters to visit volunteer orientation session at 7pm at Blaine’s regularly, the Tateyama team seems more primed than many local Tateyama. “Please feel free to come anytime. We Birch Bay Bible Community Church, 7039 Jackson CASCADIA WEEKLY Rd. Another session happens tomorrow at 6pm at teams, whose intense preparations have focused on stocking up look forward to meeting you,” Kawasaki says. the Bellingham RE Store, 2309 Meridian St. For more 15 on beer, cleaning up the yard and digging new outdoor fire pits for Good luck, Team Tateyama, we look forward to info: 733-8307 or [email protected]. the pre- and post-race parties. cheering you across the finish line! doit STAGE MAY 21-28 HUMAN COMEDY: Follow the lives of the Macauley family during World War II when The Human Comedy
shows at 7:30pm May 21-24 and 27-28, and 2pm May 34 34 stage 25 at WWU’s Performing Arts Center Mainstage. The opera can be seen at various times through May 31.
FOOD THEATER DANCE PROFILES Tickets are $9-$13. For more info: 650-6146.
29 29 THURS., MAY 22 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The Project: Mad Comedy in the Making.” Cost is $5 for the early show, $3 for the CLASSIFIEDS late one. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com.
24 MAY 22-24 RAISED IN CAPTIVITY: See American playwright FILM FILM BY MELANIE MERZ Nicky Silver’s Raised in Captivity at 8pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The play, which is about “alienation, AIDS, and murder”, will show through 20 20 June 7. Tickets are $5 on opening night, $10 other- wise. For more info: 201-5464 or idiomtheater.com. MUSIC The Laramie Project MAY 23-24 MIXED BAG: Local players will mix it up with Se-
18 18 WHAT WOULD BELLINGHAM DO? attle’s Dart-Mondo for the 7:30pm Friday night show at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Dart-Mondo will ART ART least eight different characters. “I wanted to do these take the stage for the 9:30pm show. On Saturday, people justice,” says actor JJ Palmer, highlighting the show up for 7:30pm and 9:30pm showings of Doubles Improv. Tickets are $8-$10. For more info: 733-8855
16 challenge of playing characters that are still alive. “They 16 are real. I wanted to do them a service—portray them as or theupfront.com.
STAGE STAGE they really are with no judgment.” STAGE STAGE MAY 27-28 The theater seats only 37 audience members and the in- ETHEL’S BROADWAY: Rita McKenzie recreates the life and times of a classic actress and musi- 15 timate setting enables the actors to make eye contact with the audience. It also forces the audience to see and experi- cian when Ethel Merman’s Broadway hits the stage at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Studio Theatre, 104 ence each other’s reactions to the play. When not speaking N. Commercial St. Tickets are $49 and addition- GET OUT as a resident of Laramie, the actors onstage sometimes watch al shows happen trough May 31. For more info: in character, but oftentimes are just as much a part of the 734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. 14 audience as the paying spectators. Instead of observing the character’s stories unfold from a
WORDS removed perspective, the audience listens and reacts to The Laramie
8 Project as a small community of its own. Like Bellingham, Laramie is home
CURRENTS CURRENTS to a state university. Director SANDY DICKENSON Shawn Fuller points out a second 6 THE TOWN of Laramie, Wyo. was ripped from its com- strong similarity between our town Stand-up comedy and improvisation will intersect seam- fortably snug ignorance in 1998 when Matthew Shepard, a and Laramie: “You have that pro- lessly when Seattle’s Dart-Mondo troupe heads to Bell- VIEWS VIEWS 21-year-old openly gay student, was savagely beaten and left ATTEND fessional world butting up against ingham for a 9:30pm gig May 23 at the Upfront Theatre WHAT: The Laramie tied and dangling from a fence to die purely on account of a rural population.” It is easy to
4 Project his sexual orientation. WHEN: 7:30pm May forget the open-minded ideals so DANCE
MAIL MAIL The Laramie Project, finishing its two week run at 22-23 prevalent in downtown Bellingham, WHERE: Black Box fueled by the influx of young peo- THURS., MAY 22
Whatcom Community College’s Black Box Theatre this
3 YOUTH SHOWCASE: A “Youth Dance Recital” can weekend, is a play about a community’s reaction to a Theatre, Whatcom ple from WWU and the longstanding Community College be seen at 6:30pm at U & Me Dance, 1027 N. Forest
DO IT IT DO brutal hate crime, and its struggle to find its collective “granola” mentality that much of St. Suggested donation is $5; proceeds benefit the COST: $4-$6 footing in the harsh glare of the national spotlight. INFO: 647-9242 the state pegs on us, do not always Youth Scholarship Program. For more info: 676-0292 or uandmedance.com. 08 The Laramie Project could be described as an onstage hold their own in the more conser-
.28. documentary. The script was written—edited, rather—by vative reaches beyond city limits. FRI., MAY 23 5 Tectonic Theater Project, a Manhattan theater group that You would be hard pressed to find anyone, in any bliss- DANCE PARTY: Argentine tango will be the focus at a Dance Party from 9-11pm at U & Me Dance, 1027 N. For-
.03 traveled to Laramie to interview more than 200 citizens of fully happy town, who would ever guess two of their own est St. Show up at 8pm for a lesson. Entry is $10-$12. 21
# the small western town in the wake of the killing. could execute such a horrendous crime. The Laramie For more info: 676-0292 or uandmedance.com. The play is not comprised of traditional scenes, but in- Project requires its audience to ponder how Bellingham stead a series of “moments” where the actors assume the would respond to such an act, one driven by hate and SAT., MAY 24 identities of Laramie citizens sharing their thoughts and closed-mindedness. MOVEMENT, MISCHIEF: Choreographer and dancer Rick Merrill will offer a workshop dubbed “Movement experiences revolving around the murder. The wide scope “It is extremely important to remember that this isn’t and Awareness: Mischief with a Wakeful Smile” from of personalities and ideas presented ranges from comical just theater,” actress Jen Dickenson says. “This is theater 1-3pm at the Bellingham Shambhala Center, 1101 N. to heartbreaking. that interacts with the world around it. This happened in State St. Cost is $15. For more info: 483-4526. CASCADIA WEEKLY The purpose of the play was to represent a fair sampling Laramie, but the reactions to the incident, and to the play, BALLROOM DANCING: Attend a Ballroom Dance of Laramie’s reactions to the killing; how it changed the are making wider ripples in the whole social pool. Because from 9-11pm at Melody Hall, 4071 Home Rd. Show 16 up at 8pm for a lesson. Entry is $7. For more info: mindsets of some, and only further supported the fear of productions like this, people are becoming more aware, 734-5676. and hate of others. Each of the eight actors plays at and more sympathetic.”
34 34 FOOD 29 29 CLASSIFIEDS 24 FILM FILM 20 20 MUSIC 18 18 ART ART
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MAY IS BIKE MONTH. WORDS
Celebrate riding all month long. Participate in Bike to Work 8
and School Day, Friday May 16th. Sign up for community CURRENTS CURRENTS bike rides or everybodyBIKE “Full Cycle” classes. 6 VIEWS VIEWS Request a Bike Buddy for a personalized session on safe riding 4
and your best routes to work, school, or errands. Class details MAIL
and calendar at everybodyBIKE.com or 671-BIKE. 3 DO IT IT DO
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EVENTS FRI., MAY 23
SUMMER ART: Registration has 34 34 visual started for the upcoming Summer GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Art Classes at the Roeder Home, FOOD 2600 Sunset Dr. Classes start June 23 and continue through July 31. 29 29 For more info: 733-6897 or what- comcountry.recware.com. ALLIED ARTS: A photography exhibit featuring works by Gary
CLASSIFIEDS Meador and Donald Simpson opens today from 12-5pm at Allied Arts,
24 1418 Cornwall Ave. A reception for the artists will take place May 30.
FILM FILM For more info: 676-8548 or allie- darts.org.
20 20 BY AMY KEPFERLE MAY 23-26 WAG SHOW: The Whatcom Art Guild will host its annual Ski to MUSIC Sea “Art by the Lake” show this weekend at Bloedel Donovan, 2214 18 18 18 18 Lummi Studio Tour Electric Ave. An opening reception happens from 6-8pm Fri., and the ART ART ART TIME FOR A CHANGE show can also be seen from 9am-
ANN MORRIS’ “BONE STEM” MORRIS’ “BONE ANN 8pm Sat.-Sun. and 9am-6pm Mon.
For more info: 398-1411. 16 ON A small San Juan Island 13 miles from Bellingham, SAT., MAY 24 COIL WORKSHOP: Focus on “The STAGE STAGE there’s a strange time-space continuum at work. The phe- nomenon is called “Lummi time,” and as soon as you leave Joy of Handbuilding with Coils” at a workshop from 9am-12pm at Lake
15 the Whatcom Chief ferry and make your way onto the island Hill Clay Art, 4380 Lake Hill Lane. it takes effect. You’ll learn an ancient meditative In spring and summer, time on Lummi Island becomes even technique for making pots at the GET OUT more abstract. When someone says they’re “coming right over” class. Cost is $20. For more info: to join you at the Beach Store Café for a cold brew and a plat- 527-1872. 14 ter of nachos, that means they’ll be there in anywhere from 15 LUCIA OPENING: Sculptures by Ann Morris, mixed-media works by minutes to an hour. Don’t be angry if they’re late—it’s likely Jasmine Valandani, and John Cole’s WORDS they were distracted by the way the sun was reflecting off the woodblock prints can be seen at an water, fell asleep while listening to the tide come in or stopped opening reception for the artists
8 to pick wild daisies or blackberries along the way. from 5-7pm at Fairhaven’s Lucia A few times a year, the creative Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. The show will be on display until June types on the eight-mile-long land 29. For more info: 733-5361 or lu-
CURRENTS CURRENTS mass join forces for the Lummi Island ciadouglas.com. Artists’ Studio Tour. And while they
6 MAY 24-25 stick to a schedule—the first tour GARDEN TOUR: Nine artists will of the year happens from 10am-6pm be part of “Sculpture in the Garden: VIEWS VIEWS Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day Lopez Style” from 10am-5pm at Lo- weekend—there’s a certain laissez- pez Island’s Benoliel & Buchanan 4 faire attitude to the event. Gardens, 379 Williams Lane. Entry is free. For more info: (360) 468-2057
MAIL MAIL SEE IT What this means for you is that or lopezsculpture.com. you shouldn’t feel rushed to cram WHAT: Artists’ Stu-
3 in every stop on the map. Take your dio Tour WHEN: 10am-6pm, ONGOING DO IT IT DO time, ask questions of the artists May 24-25 AMY KEPFERLEAMY and respect the fact that people WHERE: Lummi EXHIBITS
08 actually live and work here. Drive Island Maps will be available at the Islander store (directly to the B-GALLERY: “Jeopardy on Dis- COST: Tour is free. play” shows through May 23 at .28. slowly, breathe in the salty air, and left once you disembark) and balloons will mark participating 5 remember that part of the beauty Cost for ferry is $7 venues, but those unfamiliar with the lay of the land shouldn’t WWU’s B-Gallery in the Fine Arts per car plus driver, building. The show is culled from
.03 of the tour is getting to take in $2 each additional be afraid to query the painters, sculptors, knitters, photogra- Jeopardy magazine, the college’s 21
# the views of the picturesque island passenger phers, jewelry-makers, glass artists, herbalists and others tak- annual literary art offering. For (which is a lot harder to do when INFO: 758-7121 or ing part for more details. more info: 650-3118. you’re driving 40 miles per hour). lummi-island.com Whether you’re perusing the larger-than-life mythical bronze BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MU- If Ski to Sea isn’t your thing, or if sculptures at Ann Morris’ outdoor gallery, checking out giclee SEUM: The museum is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. and you’ve been looking for a road trip that doesn’t involve using prints of the island by Paul Owen Lewis, watching Nancy Sim- Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. up a tank of precious fossil fuels, the tour provides a unique merman create knitwear from cat fur or inspecting Lynn Dee’s For more info: 393-7540. chance for visitors to see parts of the island they wouldn’t nor- raku vases, don’t look at that device on your wrist that tells you BLUE HORSE: Gallery artists will CASCADIA WEEKLY mally get to. This weekend, 25 artists and craftspeople will be when you need to be somewhere else. If you miss the ferry that be on display through June 7 at represented at 16 venues throughout the isle, providing plenty will get you off the island and back to the real world, just wait the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. 18 Holly St. New artists include Lau- of chances for interaction with the natives. until the next one comes. You’re on Lummi time, after all. doit rie Potter, Trish Harding, Nicole Sharpe, and Michael Heath. For more info: 671-2305. GOOD EARTH: Pieces by pot- ter Linda Stone will be featured
8ccE\n)''0 34 through May at Good Earth Pot- tery, 100 Harris St. For more info: 671-3998 or goodearthpots.com. FOOD HISTORICAL MUSEUM: View
“Lost Cities of Skagit: Rediscov- 29 ering Places of Our Past” through Nov. 2 at La Conner’s Skagit Coun- KfpfkX:fifccX ty Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th
St. For more info: (360) 466-3365 CLASSIFIEDS or skagitcounty.net/museum. INSIGHTS: Works by Dianna Shyne, 24 Anne Schreivogl, Gordon Edberg, and Yvonne Buijs-Mancuso can be FILM FILM viewed through May 31 at Insights Xe[DXki`o Gallery, 514 Commercial Ave.,
Anacortes. For more info: (360) 20 588-8044 or insightsgallery.com.
MINDPORT: “Byproducts” can be >i\Xk]l\c\Zfefdp# MUSIC seen through May 31 at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. The show 19 features works by John Sloan, Chel- 18 sea Von Stubbe, and Hsiu-Ching ART ^i\Xkjkpc`e^ ART Lee. Admission is $2. For more info: 647-5614 or mindport.org. MONA: View “East and West,” a ma-
! 16 jor retrospective of the late artist ' lgkf*-dfj Paul Horiuchi, through June 15 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, STAGE 121 S. First St. For more info: (360)
466-4446 or museumofnwart.org. 15 PAPERDOLL: Andrea Heimer’s text-based “Encouraging Words” exhibit is on display until May 30 GET OUT at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th St. For more info: 738-DOLL. 14 PEACE ARCH PARK: The annual Peach Arch Park International
Sculpture Exhibit is open through WORDS Oct. 1 at Blaine’s Peace Arch
Park. For more info: 332-7165 or peacearchpark.org. 8 QUILT MUSEUM: “Spice of Life” and “Creative Clothing: One Wom-
an’s Journey” will be on display CURRENTS through July 13 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. 2nd 6 St. For more info: (360) 466-4288 )''0:fifccX`jk_\(j\cc`e^ )''0DXki`oÆ or laconnerquilts.com. ROEDER HOME: Ron Pattern’s “Lo- jlYZfdgXZkÆXe[^\kj*,DG> XmX`cXYc\`eXcc$n_\\c[i`m\ VIEWS cal Landscapes” watercolor exhibit will be on display through May 22 4 at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. For more info: 733-6897. MAIL
SMITH AND VALLEE: View “Jen- 8kN`cjfeDfkfij#`e[fnekfne9\cc`e^_Xd% 3 nifer Eaton and Jason William- son: New Paintings and Draw- DO IT IT DO ings” through June 1 at Edison’s Smith and Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. For more info: (360) 08
305-4892. .28. 5 WESTERN GALLERY: Peruse “Field Notes: Photographs by Di- .03
anne Kornberg” through May 31 at 21 the Western Gallery on the WWU # campus. For more info: 650-3963. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “John Franklin Koenig: Northwest Master, Home and Away,” “Logging Days: Recent Dona- tions of Darius Kinsey,” and “The Mel- 800.634.1395 www.wilsonmotors.com ville Jacobs Legacy” are currently on display at the Whatcom Museum, 121 CASCADIA WEEKLY Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981 or whatcommuseum.org. 19
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FOR ALL OF you who showed up to last week’s WhAAM benefit at the Rogue Hero, not only did
you treat yourself to a night of music by Full Fron- 34 34 music tal Assault, Serious Black, and the Contra, but you also helped to raise somewhere in the neigh- FOOD PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT borhood of $1,200 for the procurement of a new
29 29 PA for the do-gooding all-ages organization. Nice work. I’m sure WhAAM would probably like to thank the bands that CLASSIFIEDS played and the Rogue for hosting. Sure, they 24 haven’t exactly told me BY CAREY ROSS
FILM FILM they’d like to thank those folks, but they’re decent people and I’m sure they 20 20 20 It All Ends Everywhere feel a good amount off gratitude, so I’m justt MUSIC MUSIC PARTY LIKE IT’S A LONG WEEKEND going to go ahead and speak for them on this 18 18 matter.
ART ART Speaking of WhAAM JAMIE LIDELL once again, it is likely
16 many of you have no- ticed that next Sat., May
STAGE STAGE 21 they will put on a show featuring Triumph
15 of Lethargy Skinned BY CAREY ROSS Alive to Death, a band with a name that is both GET OUT convoluted and terrify- ing at the same time. 14 Said band also features former members of the Murder City Devils and Pretty Girls Make Graves.
WORDS Also appearing on the bill is Black Eyes and Neck- ties (natch), who must have it in their contract
8 somewhere that they play any/all local shows fea- turing any/all members of the Murder City Dev- ils. I don’t know who they would’ve signed this
CURRENTS CURRENTS contract with, but that’s beside the point. Maybe they signed a deal with the devil—a devil who re-
6 sides in Murder City, perhaps. Whatever the state of the ownership of the souls onstage, there can VIEWS VIEWS be no doubt that this will be an incredible show. If you’re not into Devil worship, don’t worry, 4 WhAAM’s offering up something for you as well. Ca-
MAIL MAIL siotone for the Painfully Alone, which is a slightly less scary name for a musical endeavor (although
3 some unenlightened fool once told me it was a
DO IT IT DO “downer”) returns to town to play a rare Sunday
NICOLE NODLAND NICOLE show June 1 at the WhAAM space. Vice magazine
08 referred to his music as “pussy-ass” (I believe it was
.28. FOR MANY around these parts, Memorial Day, and the IT ALL ENDS IN FAIRHAVEN: Now, I’ve com- intended as a compliment), so that’s how you know 5 weekend leading up to it, means one thing: the Ski to Sea race. mented on the apocalyptic nature of the he’s got cred.
.03 To these people, putting together a tip-top team, training and name of this particular celebration before, In other news of what magazines are saying (or 21
# undertaking whatever other duties are required to (hopefully) but I think it bears repeating that, the “All,” what I’m not sure they’re saying, as you’ll come cross the finish line first—or just cross it at all—is what this organizers are referring to is the Ski to Sea to see), our very own Dt’s received a four-star re- weekend is all about. race, not, say the end of the world or the view for their latest release Filthy Habits in South For others, of which I am one, Ski to Sea is cool and all, but rapture or whatever other ominous event American Rolling Stone. As the review is entirely you’ll never find us manning an oar, working our ski poles or us- this title could entail. In fact, It All Ends in Spanish, I don’t have the first clue as to what ing our pedal power. It’s not that we frown on all this athletic in Fairhaven is an annual, family-friendly, it says, but I know what four stars mean, even endeavoring. It’s just that, with so many entertainment options all-day party featuring music, local vendors, in a language I don’t speak. If you need a refer- CASCADIA WEEKLY at our disposal, we prefer to break a sweat lifting beers, shaking tasty foodstuffs, a beer garden and other ence point, that’s exactly half a star more than
20 our asses and rocking out. To each his own, I say, but if you’d things geared toward seeing to it that you either the Black Keys or the Raconteurs nabbed. like to join me in the latter group of merrymakers, here are have a good time. Sure, parking is a night- So when the Dt’s tell you they’re big in South some of your entertainment options. CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 America, believe it. musicPREVIEW non-clubMUSIC THURS., MAY 22 WIND SYMPHONY: Western Washington University’s Wind FLOWMOTION Symphony will give a free con-
cert at 8pm at the Performing 34 34 Arts Center. Flutist Lisa Mc- Carthy will be the featured FOOD performer. For more info: 650-3130. 29 29 FRI., MAY 23 BUFFET TRIBUTE: Garratt Wilkin & the Parrotheads per-
form “A Celebration of Jimmy CLASSIFIEDS Buffet’s Music” at 7pm and 9:30pm at Bow’s Skagit Valley 24 Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane. Tickets are $15. For more FILM FILM info: (877) 275-2448 or thesk- agit.com. 20 20 MAY 23-26 20 FOLKLIFE FEST: Head to the MUSIC Seattle Center—in Seattle, MUSIC naturally—from 11am-11pm for the annual Northwest 18 18 Folklife Festival. Music from
around the globe, arts and ART crafts and much more will be
part of the free fun. For more
info: nwfolklife.org. 16 SAT., MAY 24 LONG WEEKEND, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE BIGFOOT BLUEGRASS: STAGE Queen’s Bluegrass, the Kon-
zelman Family, and Nashville’s 15 mare, the place is a zoo and it may seem like the trouble in just Randy Kohrs Band will be the getting there isn’t worth the effort, but once you’ve actually made featured performers at the it to the party, you need go nowhere else for the rest of the day Bigfoot Bluegrass Jamboree GET OUT happening today at Mount and the entertainment is so plentiful, it is likely you won’t want to. Vernon’s Skagit County Fair- 14 Choose from family-friendly entertainment on the Village Green by grounds. Tickets are $10-$15 or the likes of the Bellingham Youth Jazz Band, What the Chelm, the $40 for a family pass. For more
Squalicum High School Marimba Band, and more. The Walrus, Space- info: bigfootbluegrass.com. WORDS band, and others have drawn musical duty in the beer garden, while SUN., MAY 25 the Replayzments, Jimmy Wright Band, and the Dagwoods will hold BLUES UNION: The Jazz Proj- 8 SPEAKER ect presents an Art of Jazz it down at Marine Park. SPEAKER WHERE: Fairhaven. MORE INFO: fairhaven.net. concert with Blues Union at 4pm at the American Museum CURRENTS CURRENTS of Radio, 1312 Bay St. Tickets BOUNDARY BAY BREWERY: If braving the crowds on the Southside WHERE: 1036 Richards St., Vancouver, B.C. MORE INFO: richardsonrichards.com. are $12 general. For more info: isn’t your idea of holiday weekend bliss, you need go no further than 650-1066. 6 Boundary Bay’s beer garden to be shown a good time. Top-notch lo- ROGUE HERO: Let’s face it: Although family-friendly celebrations TUES., MAY 27 VIEWS VIEWS cal bands are on the roster all weekend long, so settle in Friday night certainly are wonderful, sometimes all you want to do is toss down UNIVERSITY CHOIR: “War and prepare yourself for a long weekend. The festivities kick off some Jager bombs and get a little rowdy. If that’s your entertain- and Reconciliation” will be 4 Friday with a rare appearance by Ween cover band Tender Situation. ment status, then the Rogue Hero is your destination. Friday you can the theme of a free concert by the University Choir at 8pm at Saturday gets a little more rockin’ when the Dt’s, Police Teeth, and travel the road from psychobilly to garage rock and back again with MAIL WWU’s Performing Arts Center
Wooden Wings take the stage. If, by the time Sunday rolls around, the Whiskey Wailers, Goldie Wilson, and the Hot Roddin’ Romeos.
Concert Hall. For more info: 3 you’re looking to have one last good time before the long weekend Saturday, you can undertake a similar musical journey, only this time 650-7290.
draws to a close, Flowmotion is happy to oblige with their danceable you’ll be going from swaggering rock to whip-smart power pop, when IT DO WED., MAY 28 jams that are sure to draw big crowds. Shim, the Sweaty Sweaters, and Speaker Speaker take the stage. Af- SELENA TRIBUTE: The 6th
WHERE: 1107 Railroad Ave. MORE INFO: bbaybrewery.com. ter that, you’re likely to be all tuckered out. And I don’t blame you. annual “Remembering Selena” 08
WHERE: 1313 N. State St. MORE INFO: 756-0069. tribute happens at 7pm at .28. 5 RICHARD’S ON RICHARDS: Sometimes, when the holiday weekend rolls Mount Vernon’s Lincoln The- atre, 712 S. First St. The event
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Co. are back to take on the KGB and take an- this time starring Edward Norton and helmed 14 INDIANA JONES AND other crack at cinematic success. The ques- by Transporter director Louis Leterrier. Will THE KINGDOM OF tion on everyone’s lips? Can Harrison Ford— this try turn out better than the first at- THE CRYSTAL SKULL WORDS at 64 years old—still be a convincing action tempt? Well, it couldn’t hardly be worse. hero? The answer, at least according to the
8 notoriously persnickety critics at the Cannes THE HAPPENING (JUNE 13): Dear M. Night Film Festival where the movie premiered, is a Shyamalan, I have to confess that, despite somewhat surprised yes. figuring out the much-vaunted “twist”
CURRENTS CURRENTS about 10 minutes into the movie, I was SEX AND THE CITY (MAY 30): If you, like just as taken with the Sixth Sense as every- 6 me, were one of the millions of fans who one else. I was even still on board through were elated when Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Unbreakable and Signs. I confess, though, VIEWS VIEWS Big finally found true love—or at least that my enthusiasm began to wane a bit what passes for it in Manhattan—and si- with the release of The Village. However, 4 multaneously disappointed when their then you inflicted the crap that was Lady
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CURRENTS CURRENTS meats used in various dishes. The décor Bakerview Rd., is a distinct step up from casual dining, Suite 112 6 while the friendly, relaxed service makes WHEN: Open from the vibe informal and laid back. The staff 10am-9pm Mon.-
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3 came a new favorite. Complex flavor combinations and textures is particularly amazing. Soy House uses organic mung bean, Vietnamese Jell-O, sugar syrup and co-
DO IT IT DO are hallmarks of Vietnamese cooking and that was evident in Misty Isle beef in most dishes and it is incred- conut milk, served with crushed ice. The pastier
the variety of foods we tried. Many dishes combine salty and ibly tender and flavorful. Bo Luc Lac ($14.99) bean texture contrasts with the Jell-O and, while I
08 sweet elements that are anchored by beans, various rice noodles combines a light, soy-based, sweet sauce with found this interesting and worth trying, the rest of
.28. and combinations of vegetables and meats. The crispy crust on seared beef cubes, sesame, sweet grilled red the group was not impressed. 5 my favorite appetizer, Banh Cong ($4.99), competes deliciously peppers and onions. Served with bread or rice, it Soy House serves a variety of familiar bottled
.03 with a soft center of black-eyed peas and jumbo prawns. Chewy was definitely the group favorite. The Banh Cuon beers ($3.50), soda, teas and juices. For something 21
# meatballs, crunchy bean sprouts and various meats and vegeta- Thit Nuong ($8.99) blends homemade, steamed different, try the House Organic Soymilk ($1.99) bles are added to the complex broths of Pho dishes ($7.25-8.99) rice paper with tender barbecued pork, basil and in plain, peanut or chocolate flavor. Personally, I to provide a variety of textures that make everything more in- fresh vegetables in a fish sauce. The rice paper thought a cold beer really worked well with the teresting. The Khoai Lang Chien ($2.99) were the most interest- was unusual and added a unique flavor and tex- foods we tried, but there are numerous non-alco- ing sweet potato fries any of us has tasted. Fried to perfection ture to this dish. holic options. and dusted in powdered sugar, they’re served with sweet and We tried two of the three desserts, to mixed re- When we arrived at 6:30pm, the restaurant was sour sauce. It was a salty-sweet combination that is truly addic- views. The Chuoi Nuoc Dua ($2.99)—baked banana quiet. By the time we finished dinner there was a CASCADIA WEEKLY tive. There are also numerous spring and egg roll combinations served with warm coconut milk, tapioca and roast- wait. With excellent service and incredibly unique 34 ($1.50-$1.99), each fresh and delicious. ed peanuts—was unusual, featuring delicate fla- and delicious options for the both the adventurous Soy House offers loads of vegetarian options and many vors that really hit the mark. The Che 3 Mau ($2.99) and the more traditional diner, it’s apparent Soy dishes work fine with meat omitted. For carnivores, the beef is a sweet, colorful dessert combining red bean, House is well worth seeking out. Please stand by.
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