The Gristle, 3ɀɆ * The Emergency Circus, 3ɁɈ * Film Shorts, 3Ƀɀ cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM *SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {09.10.14}{#37}{V.09}{FREE} local motion WHATCOM COUNTYOUNTY )A5M TOU55 3.ɃɃɈɈ 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 CURRENTS CURRENTS ham Dance Company Old City Hall 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 MAIL MAIL Koon Woon, Keith Hoyoak: 7pm, Village Books Chuckanut Century Ride: 7am, Boundary Bay Brewery 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. 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Send all advertising materials to 16 [email protected] 12: Last week’s news Advertising GET OUT ARTS & LIFE Account Executive: 14: Road tripping Scott Pelton 360-647-8200 x 202 14 16: Skagit spotlight { spelton@ cascadiaweekly.com 18: WORDS Where’s the emergency? Stephanie Young 20: Bikes, benches, brews 360-647-8200 x 205 { stephanie@ 8 22: Living up to her name cascadiaweekly.com WORKING ON THE RAILROAD 1972. It was not done for or because of coal or oil 24: Clubs Distribution With all the pulling of hair and gnashing of teeth trains as some imply. CURRENTS CURRENTS 26: A sequel with smarts by some over the inconvenience of track work be- I find it hypocritical that there are those who Distribution Manager: ing done this year by BNSF in Whatcom County and bemoan a lack of work to improve our nation’s high- 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. 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