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REPORTING FROM THE
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A glance at what’s happening this week
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08.12.07
WEDNESDAY
SUNDAY
ON STAGE
ON STAGE
Alice in Wonderland: 7:30pm, Underground
Theatre, WWU
Twelfth Night: 8pm, Edgewater Park, Mount
Vernon
MUSIC
Festival Vancouver: Through Aug. 19, Vancouver
B.C.
A FLAG,
NUDITY AND
A SONG about
COMMUNITY
Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds,
Mount Vernon
Wednesday Market: 3-7pm, Fairhaven Village
Green
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bad touch” will
likely be part
of Canada’s
irreverent
Atomic
Vaudeville
Cabaret Aug.
10-11 at the
iDiOM Theater
08.09.07
THURSDAY
ON STAGE
Alice in Wonderland: 2pm and 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, WWU
Abridged Shakespeare: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre
Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre
Measure for Measure: 8pm, Edgewater Park,
Mount Vernon
COMMUNITY
Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds,
Mount Vernon
08.10.07
FRIDAY
ON STAGE
Alice in Wonderland: 2pm and 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, WWU
Abridged Shakespeare: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre
Atomic Vaudeville Cabaret: 8pm, iDiOM Theater
Measure for Measure: 8pm, Edgewater Park,
Mount Vernon
Anniversary Shows: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront
Theatre
MUSIC
Tom Hunter: Noon, Bellingham Public Library
Subdued Stringband Jamboree: Deming Logging
Show Grounds
Summer Meltdown: Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater, Darrington
Davy Jones: 8pm, Silver Reef Casino
MUSIC
Summer Meltdown: Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater,
Darrington
Burnaby Roots and Blues Festival: 3-10pm, Deer Lake
Park, Burnaby B.C.
Northern Lights Jazz Orchestra: 1:30-3:30pm, Fairhaven
Village Green
The Prawns: 2pm, Whatcom Museum
WORDS
Storyfest: Various venues and times, Orcas Island
COMMUNITY
Corvette Show & Shine: 10am-2pm, Sehome Village
Haggen
Mt. Baker Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Kendall Elementary School
Civil War Reenactment: Hovander Homestead Park,
Ferndale
VISUAL ARTS
MUSIC
Matt Audette and Circle of Friends: 6-8pm,
Elizabeth Park
Cole Anderson: 7:30pm, Lairmont Manor
Alice in Wonderland: 2pm and 7:30pm, Underground
Theatre, WWU
Abridged Shakespeare: 2pm, Anacortes Community
Theatre
Julius Caesar: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C.
Twelfth Night: 2pm, Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon
Measure for Measure: 8pm, Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon
La Bella Strada: 10am-5pm, downtown Bellingham
COMMUNITY
Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon
Logging Show Grounds
Summer Meltdown: Whitehorse Mountain
Amphitheater, Darrington
The Chryslers: 7-9pm, Boulevard Park
08.11.07
SATURDAY
ON STAGE
Alice in Wonderland: 2pm and 7:30pm,
Underground Theatre, WWU
Abridged Shakespeare: 7:30pm, Anacortes
Community Theatre
Atomic Vaudeville Cabaret: 8pm, iDiOM
Theater
Twelfth Night: 8pm, Edgewater Park, Mount
Vernon
Anniversary Shows: 7:30pm and 9:30pm,
Upfront Theatre
DANCE
Tango by the Bay: 9-11pm, Squalicum Yacht
Club
MUSIC
Subdued Stringband Jamboree: Deming
MONDAY
WORDS
VISUAL ARTS
Bead for Uganda: 7-10pm, Center for
Expressive Arts
08.13.07
WORDS
Storyfest: Various venues and times, Orcas
Island
COMMUNITY
Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon
Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Bellingham
Senior Center
Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market
Square
Reefnet Festival: 12-8:30pm, Lummi Island
Civil War Reenactment: Hovander Homestead Park, Ferndale
Porterhouse Brewfest: 2-7:30pm, downtown
Mount Vernon
Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso
COMMUNITY
Northwest Washington Fair: NW Washington Fairgrounds,
Lynden
Bocce Ball: 5pm, Fairhaven Village Green
08.14.07
TUESDAY
ON STAGE
Alice in Wonderland: 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, WWU
The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C.
MUSIC
The Special Blend: 6pm, Fairhaven Village Green
VISUAL ARTS
Chalk ArtFest: 10am-6pm, downtown
Bellingham
La Bella Strada: 10am-6pm, downtown
Bellingham
Stone Sculpture Reception: 3:30-8:30pm,
Blue Horse Gallery
COMMUNITY
Northwest Washington Fair: NW Washington Fairgrounds,
Lynden
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REPORTING FROM THE
HEART OF CASCADIA
STALLING SPRAWL, P. 8
LOUD AND PROUD:
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A. Harris
FIRE THE SHERIFF
We have a right to be disappointed with our local election choices.
Our city “leaders” guaranteed disappointment by excluding women and people of
color from vacancy appointments for mayor and City
Council. Our county “leaders”
likewise guaranteed disappointment in the next judicial
elections, thanks to its three
most recent vacancy appointments, suspiciously timed to
avoid open-seat elections.
Still, until this week, I was
content to read the candidate
statements and quietly choose
the lesser of all the evil men
crowding my ballot.
Then I received my “Concerned Christian Citizens”
newsletter dedicated to condemning the Nooksack tribe.
I question why a “Christian”
group would spend its campaign money casting stones at
a small tribal business when it
could be practicing better vir-
tues. But, the contents of this
newsletter were more disturbing than its sponsorship.
In the lead article, our Sheriff airs a lengthy rant against
the Nooksack tribe, with the
same tired refrain—the Sheriff’s department cannot afford
to police cars from a tribal
business with a liquor license.
This is disingenuous. Our Sheriff just assigned a full-time
deputy to patrol a private,
for-profit development with
its own liquor establishment.
Sudden Valley has no treaty
guaranteeing its right to use
the land without interference.
As far as I know it provides no
supplemental funding for the
Sheriff’s office; it dumps human excrement in our drinking
water, and its cars threaten
our road safety.
In other words, our Sheriff
discriminates in favor of his
white business friends, even
though they are criminals.
And, since his vacancy appointment, he has “welcomed”
a gun-toting racist militia
group into our county and arranged free rifles for a group
promoting homophobia as its
official policy. Why not fire
the Sheriff after the primary
and appoint a well-qualified
woman or a person of color to
fill the vacancy until the next
election?
—Bern Haggerty, Bellingham
GRITTING IT OUT
I attended this weekend’s
“Sand in the City” event
outside the Bellwether Hotel. When I got there, I was
surprised all the sandcastles
we were supposed to vote on
were more like advertisements
for corporations than the fun
event we had expected. There
was our town’s VECO of “buy
a senator fame,” there was
the always present Comcast,
and a bunch of smaller companies. None of the castles
were sponsored or built by
families, groups of friends or
nonprofit organizations. Even
LOUISE IS ‘OUT THERE’
Two things in your Primary Dummy
issue stood out to me:
1. You mention the election of
leaders. In this republic in which
I sit, at the moment, we elect representatives. We don’t elect leaders. The only form of government
in which leaders are (truly) elected
would be anarchy, my personally
preferred form of government. But
until we are able to rise to the level
of the primitive red peoples that
inhabited this continent before our
white, yellow, black, brown or blue
faces showed up (those green people
aren’t here yet, they just envy us for
having found wonderful Whatcom
County) and embrace anarchy with
its even distribution of resources,
health care for all, without a need
for police state, selection of leadership naturally rising to the fore, we
are electing representatives.
2. Louise Bjornson (that’s Miss
Magoo to you) in the at-large position is still the best choice at that
position because, as you well know,
she is everywhere. The at-large person is to represent the entire community “as it is” in the moment.
This is the reason the person holding this place is to be elected every
two years, not every four.
Our community has done “many
things wonderful” in the past 20
years, and “many things wretched”
as well. We are a seemingly flipflopping bunch sometimes, and
hard-headed tenacious at others.
Louise is very much a reflection of
our community, which is what she
is supposed to be. The other candidates for this position sound wonderful, for a four-year term in some
ward, not necessarily to reflect the
“out there” that is our community.
—Terry Garrett, Bellingham
We live just outside of the Bellingham city limits, so we are unable to vote in the upcoming city
election. However, we draw our
water from Lake Whatcom and thus
depend on this vital resource as
do the citizens of Bellingham. In
that regard, we are very concerned
about the race for mayor of Bellingham—the watershed’s largest
jurisdictional entity.
In your most recent issue, you rated the candidates based on “moxie”
and “chutzpah,” but you left out that
very essential and overriding criteria:
trust. If the candidates are viewed
from the perspective of trust—especially with regard to Lake Whatcom,
we feel your rankings would come
out quite differently.
For example, Dan McShane appeared to rank highest on your
“moxie” and “chutzpah” scale, but
what happens when trust is considered? Over the objections of all
Lake Whatcom activists, in 2001
McShane pushed forward the designation of Sudden Valley as an Urban Growth Area—a huge misstep
that may well ultimately result in
the creation of another city within
our drinking watershed. In 2006
McShane voted in favor of the dedesignation of 2,400 acres of forest
resource land on Lookout Mountain
(Galbraith) that straddles both the
Lake Whatcom and Lake Samish watersheds. The proposal was seeking
to ultimately make this area into
a UGA, a disastrous proposition
for the health of both watersheds.
When the proposal was resubmitted and subsequently reconsidered
in 2007, McShane ultimately didn’t
vote for it, but could be found in
the council planning and development committee meeting arguing in
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TRUST IS AN ISSUE
the children’s area, which was fairly
small (the only place average people
could participate), was sponsored
by some small business. Each one of
the sand “sculptures” was actually
an advertisement for that business.
Besides the corporate sponsorship,
the whole event was not accessible
to the disabled. And it was not because the venue was made of sand.
It was not. It was jagged rocks and
stones where people in wheelchairs
and using walkers could either not go
at all or would have a miserable time
traversing. I (a walker user) had to
get out of the back because I couldn’t
cross the rocky areas.
I did not have a good time and
this is not the reason I moved to
Bellingham.
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The Gristle
TAKING THE INITIATIVE: Doug Karlberg, candidate for
Bellingham Mayor, is campaigning on only one issue. The
thing is, his one issue happens to be everything.
Karlberg says, “I ask people a simple question, ‘Do
you trust your government?’ The answer given most frequently is no—often hell, no. This is a sign of a failing
government that has lost the trust of the people. The
people simply don’t trust the government to represent
their interests.”
Nowhere are Karlberg’s concerns more evident than in
public officials’ treatment of the City Charter and the direct legislation granted to citizens not just through this
charter but under Washington law.
“Elected officials can become consumed with their
power and represent their own self-interest and not the
interests of the people,” Karlberg says. ”The last check
and balance for this situation is the initiative or referendum.”
The City Charter, the blueprint for our municipal government, agrees: “The first power reserved by the people
is the initiative.”
The strong language is intentional. The first article of
Washington’s constitution—which governs the charter—
declares, “ All political power is inherent in the people,
and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.” So does the charter reassert this
first principle.
Noting Bellingham as one of only 10 first class cities in
Washington, state courts affirm, “The state constitution
specifically provides that a first class city charter may
provide for direct legislation by the people through the
initiative and referendum process. All of the 10 first class
cities in Washington have adopted the powers of initiative and referendum.”
Can it be any more clear?
Yet every initiative and referendum advanced by Bellingham citizens over the past decade not eagerly supported by city government [e.g., fluoride] has been sued
and crushed down by city government. Perhaps most famous of these was the Lake Whatcom initiative, which directed city government to acquire land as a component of
reservoir protection—fought to the death on its way to
the polls by many of the same people currently seated on
Bellingham City Council, now considered de rigueur policy
by those same council members. Isn’t this the very point
of direct legislation? With avenues of reform by elected
representatives blocked, the people reserve the right to
order corrective action.
Karlberg himself was motivated to run for office by the
city’s similarly violent treatment last year of an initiative
that sought public opinion on the cleanup of toxics in
Whatcom Waterway.
“Suing your own citizens is no method to heal a rift
between government and its citizens,” Karlberg observes.
“My point is that it was not the specific initiative, it was
the principle to bring an initiative that was at stake.
Which issue near and dear to your hearts is next for this
mistreatment by government officials?”
Over the past two years, council has enacted policies
that, for all practical purposes, make direct legislation
impossible in the City of Bellingham. Unless, of course,
they approve of it first, which defeats its very purpose.
The Gristle will grant that council tries to do a good
thing (and likely does) by adding rules that clarify the
initiative process. But their clarifications—which do
revise the first power reserved to the people—must be
considered unlawful until the document that confirms such
mail
gristle
favor of the developer’s points on
the proposal.
Is this the kind of mayor the citizens of Bellingham really want?
Let’s face it, “chutzpah” without trust is much worse than no
“chutzpah” at all.
Fortunately, there are other candidates. Both Dan Pike and Seth
Fleetwood are forward-thinking
trustworthy candidates. We hope
the citizens of Bellingham will
choose to send these two to the
general election. Either of them
would be an excellent steward of
our watershed.
—Tom Pratum and Peggy Leviton,
Bellingham
SUPPORT LILLIQUIST
I would like to recommend Michael Lilliquist for your vote for
the City Council At-Large position.
Michael will bring a fresh voice to
the council that is based on intelligence, dedication, fairness and a
willingness to work far beyond what
is required for the job. Michael has
fresh, proactive ideas for protecting Lake Whatcom, our source for
water. Michael is very concerned
about financial oversight of our tax
dollars. Michael is a champion for
responsible, planned growth in our
city; he believes in neighborhood’s
input in the process to assure all
of us that growth will take place
in a manner that will acknowledge
infrastructure requirements and at
the same time reflect the character
of where we live. For too long, our
city government has ignored our
values; Michael Lilliquist will work
for us.
—Glenn Denkler, Bellingham
WHY KELLY?
District 1 County Council candidate Bob Kelly has been endorsed
by the Washington Conservation
Voters. Why?
Kelly’s record on the environment
is terrible. His campaign theme is
“salmon enhancement”, but the
pollution of the Nooksack River
and its tributaries occurred on Mr.
Kelly’s watch. His response is to go
to Olympia and lobby for taxpayer
dollars to clean up problems his
supporters started.
95 percent of the money in Kelly’s
war chest comes from interests outside Whatcom County. He has re-
letters
ceived twice as much money as the
other three District 1 candidates
combined. But money is no substitute for vision or experience.
Kelly is apparently relying on
a big mailing blitz to carry him
through the primary. Just because
a candidate gets the nod from the
WCV is no reason to believe he is a
friend of the environment.
—John Lesow, Point Roberts
MAYOR 2 MAYOR
It really matters who we elect as
our next mayor. We’d better get this
right because four years is a long
time to live with a mistake.
I know the job of mayor from
having done it for eight years, and
it’s a demanding one. For our sake,
we need to elect someone we know
has the right experience, the best
skills, and the temperament to
unite people.
I’d like to strongly recommend
that you vote for Don Keenan for
Mayor of Bellingham when you fill
out your ballot. I’ve known Don
for many years. He has solid management experience and he’s a visionary. Don knows how important
strong neighborhoods are and will
address the key issues of growth,
the waterfront, affordable housing,
need for parks, efficiency in City
government and protection of the
Lake Whatcom watershed.
Don Keenan is a leader—and has
proved it.
—Ken Hertz, Bellingham
I count several of the candidates
for Bellingham mayor as friends,
and we are fortunate to have them
all in the race. However, the standout candidate, based on qualifications, is definitely Don Keenan.
Don is smart, even-handed, decisive, and broadly experience in
management and public leadership.
He’s not fancy, but he’s darn good;
and he’s a person of genuine good
will.
—Craig Cole, Bellingham
I LIKE PIKE
With gas prices at all-time highs,
increasing obesity levels at all
ages, and the looming crisis of
global warming, encouraging more
biking and walking for shorter trips
makes sense at a variety of levels.
It’s great to see so many people of
all ages exploring this option.
If you agree with me that Bellingham needs to continue enabling the
use of transit, cycling and walking as
meaningful alternatives to driving a
car, please support Dan Pike for mayor. Pike is the candidate who really
understands and supports providing
a complete transportation system.
Dan Pike is the one candidate
who understands the linkage between land use, transportation, and
community. His “Complete Streets”
approach better meets everyone’s
needs. Cars have their place, but
by focusing on all aspects of transportation we can have a more efficient system that works better for
pedestrians, bicyclists and cars; for
moving people and freight; for residents and business.
Too often we’re offered false choices pitting cars against other choices,
or pitting the business community’s
needs against the requirements of
residents. Dan Pike offers a better
option, where the needs of all are
addressed systematically. Best of
all, Pike’s approach generally works
better for each group, and enhances
the community.
Please join me in supporting Dan
Pike as our next mayor.
—Mike Brown, Bellingham
MCSHANE FOR MAYOR
I urge people in Bellingham to
support Dan McShane for mayor.
Time after time, Dan has stepped
forward to challenge the status
quo that was typical of the County
Council for so many years. When
the Concerned Neighbors of Lake
Samish recognized the lands surrounding Lake Samish needed to
be down zoned to protect the lake
for salmon and as a drinking water source for residents, Dan took
the initiative and led the effort to
reduce the number of houses that
could be built in this rural area by
approximately 1,000. I believe Dan
will be extremely effective in protecting Lake Whatcom, controlling
urban sprawl and finding a successful solution that will protect the
waterfront.
Dan is the right leader for the future of Bellingham. Please support
Dan McShane.
—Steven Harper, Bellingham
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power is concurrently revised by public vote.
The charter grants nothing about restrictions currently imposed by council.
Over the years, City Council has enacted other policies that likely require small
tweaks to the charter: The process by which
the city negotiates contracts and franchise
agreements, for example. The charter—
originally crafted in 1973—needs periodic
housekeeping just to align with state law
and municipal process.
But a tweak here may also require a reconsideration there.
For example, an elected office with audit authority over city operations—Finance
Director—was eliminated by amendment
last November. Voters agreed, yes, but—in
a piecemeal approach to the city’s constitution—voters weren’t given other options
to also consider: another position, perhaps,
with similar independent oversight. As a
consequence, referendum approval now resides solely within the mayor’s prerogative.
Monday evening, council advanced another charter amendment for the polls this November, this time to update the charter to
include gender-neutral language: No more
“he shall, he must.” Is this a good idea? Of
course it is!
But the piecemeal pattern continues: Council opens the armored door a crack, lets in
brief light on this document, scribbles their
legislative prescription and tosses the scrap
out to the ravening public. Slam goes the door
again until the next time they think up some
change to our governing document.
Curiously, council chooses to focus on gender-neutrality rather than ratify their recent
restrictions to the “first power” as a voterapproved charter amendment. No, city government is comfortable with its Catch-22s.
With surprising resistance, the council
also narrowly approved a (non-binding) resolution calling for a periodic review of the
charter “at least once every five years”—a
process they get to continue to control and
direct (and delay). Sounds like headway, but
it likely only institutionalizes a stall until
2012 of a review of a document that hasn’t
seen comprehensive review since 1973. Even
then, no comprehensive review is mandated
under this resolution, threatening more
piecemeal tinkering at the council’s pleasure. And even then, what council giveth,
council may taketh away? Will they revoke
or modify this resolution in 2011?
Their resolution intones, “Whereas, City
Council desires to provide… opportunity
for citizen input concerning a review of the
City Charter…” Wrong-o, folks. How about,
“Whereas, City Council humbly acknowledges citizens have the authority to review and
revise their City Charter….”
Once you get your thinking squared, City
Council, maybe citizens like Karlberg will
stop thinking you need to be removed from
public office.
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the microphone slowly,
faces lined with concern.
Most express a mild panic about changing lifestyle,
loss of rural character, decay in the quality of life.
Property owners are a mix—those who own stubbled
fields on the urban fringe complain of stalled investments and lost opportunity costs; those with farms
grouse about encroaching urbanization; those from
settled areas say keep it all far, far from their neighborhoods.
Others shrug. “Growth is inevitable,” they assert
amid murmured groans and catcalls. “Might as well
plan for it.”
Whatcom County Council took testimony this week,
gearing up for a showdown with the City of Bellingham
over a plan for growth over the next 20 years. The
council’s action represents the first step in eventually
sitting down with city counterparts in order to forge
a compromise. Both aim to send that compromise on
to the state later this fall—a compromise and a plan
already several years overdue.
Lines are drawn between COB and the Whatcom
County Council on how they believe the area should
handle the projected increase in new residents.
Under the state’s growth management laws, communities must plan for growth. Between 2006 and 2022,
the City of Bellingham expects the population to grow
by nearly 28,000 new residents. The question is, where
will these people find housing?
In its original proposal, Bellingham recommended
the addition of a total of 2,128 acres north of Bellingham into new Urban Growth Areas. Urban Growth
Areas (UGAs) are sections at a city’s edge intended to
receive higher building density. In future years, UGAs
become annexed into the city limits.
In a sense UGAs are incubators of a city’s future.
As part of the planning process, the city and county
periodically look at candidates for UGAs in “five-year
review areas.”
If not for these areas “where would space within
the current city limits come from?” real estate manager Fawn Macaras muses on her weblog. “There are
two sources, both infill lots and building ‘up,’ both of
which have been denied in the past. Infill is a touchy
subject with those living within Bellingham’s neighborhoods,” she observes. “Many residents reject the
idea of infill on currently vacant lots or acreage because of a fear they will lose their neighborhood’s
historical character.”
“Realtors’ concern with the county’s position is that
it represents a much smaller area than that recommended by the city,” explains Perry Eskridge, government affairs director for the Whatcom County Association of Realtors. “Whatcom County is in the ‘affordable
housing crisis’ and many people are working very hard
to fix the problem. Reducing the amount of land in
the urban growth area at the same time that elected
officials say there is no political will to infill in the
established neighborhoods is not the answer.”
“Everyone agrees that growth is the most contentious issue facing the county,” Whatcom County
Planning Commissioner John Lesow told the County
Council. “The acrimony and waste of human and fiscal resources over the past two years could have been
avoided if council had chosen the low population
projection of 33,791 for Whatcom County in the first
place. That number,” Lesow laments, “would have added 1,690 new residents to Whatcom County per year.
The city and county could have absorbed that number
and still preserved neighborhood character and protected agricultural land.”
Others disagree this was a realistic option.
“If you don’t plan for growth, then you get unplanned growth—sprawl,” Jack Petree argues. He
supports Larrabee Springs, a development planned
for North Bellingham that’s been held off while the
growth debate rages.
“The template for sprawl into the county was set
at the beginning of this process,” Lesow argues. “This
original plan made no sense from a practical perspective, unless you took the position that sprawl was inevitable.”
“Expansion into the five-year review areas is premature,” agrees Planning Commissioner Dave Pros, who is
running for a seat on Whatcom County Council. Pros
champions confining urban development to alreadydeveloped areas.
The city’s plan,
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to give much credence to the county’s arguments, but
the county is determined to move forward with its
smaller area.”
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BY STEPHANIE KOUNTOUROS
Reflections on
domestic partnerships
YOU ATTEND a wedding and you
probably know how you’ll feel.
Maybe you’re beaming with joy.
Perhaps you’re having difficulty
suppressing the notion that the
two people standing before you
aren’t completely right for one
another. You have nostalgia, remembering your own wedding, or
a deep longing to find that special partner of your own.
And if the wedding is your own, well, your
feelings are covered. You’ve been training for
this your entire life, watching Luke and Laura
or Princess Di, or smirking because Briteny’s marriage lasted
five minutes and your wedding is
so much better and nicer and real
and will last forever, for heaven’s
sake. You have cold feet? Moments
where you’re inches away from bolting
back through the church door? A fl ash
of regret for that long-ago someone
that maybe, just maybe, would
Stephanie Kountouros and her partner Ruth Hohman waited
in line in Olympia to receive a domestic-partnership license
have worked out? That’s covered, too, in endless books and movies and the romances of
your friends, your parents, your coworkers and
Just About Everyone You Know.
I’ll tell you what’s not covered: how to feel
about your domestic partnership. Do you celebrate it like a wedding, ignoring the almost
2,000 rights still denied to you? Do you treat
it as a business transaction, because, after
all, the partnership is not granted by the licensing department that handles marriage licenses, but by the corporations division? Or
do you just say screw it, drive down to Olympia to stand in line and help make history?
That’s what we did. At six o’clock on a rainy
Olympia morning, we waited with the first couples to arrive. Some had been there at 4am.
Some had been together for 30 years,
waiting to have just a
few of those rights
most straight folks
take for granted.
As we chatted together, feelings emerged. A
few had rings ready to exchange, although most
had done so in ceremonies years ago. We were
rueful, talking about how long and how hard
we’ve fought, and now we can visit each other
in the hospital—as long as that hospital is not
in Portland or anywhere beyond state limits.
And we were giddy. Almost as if a hundred or
so couples actually were getting married. I felt
a few waves of joy, swept my partner into my
arms for a kiss now and then. It didn’t feel like
marriage, but it was sort of... marriage-y.
But it’s kind of hard to feel romantic when
you’re surrounded by news trucks, politicos and
advocacy groups. It’s a little spiritually challenging to stand in line for two hours and be
handed a number that looked suspiciously like
it had made its way over from the local deli. And
you just can’t pretend it’s like marriage when
you’re queued up on a wet sidewalk while
morning traffic and city busses pass by.
As the doors opened and the first few
couples began to register, I was too excited to think about what this meant
for us. Two men, sitting together,
holding hands, became the
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WEDNESDAY
A 40-year-old interstate highway bridge
collapses in Minneapolis, plunging rush-hour
traffic into the Mississippi River 60 feet below,
killing at least five. The incident focuses attention on other aging infrastructure, including
the heavily used 520 floating bridge over Lake
Washington, considered at risk of collapsing
from wind and wave action in a bad storm.
George Bush won’t see Terry Bornemann.
Bellingham City Council member Bornemann,
along with officials from cities around the nation, attempted to deliver their resolutions
urging that the United States withdraw from
the Iraq War. The “Cities for Peace” delegation spoke to members of Congress and held a
press conference, but they were turned away
by Secret Service officials at the White House.
Officials would not accept their packet of resolutions because of “security concerns.” Bornemann says no city money was used to pay
for his trip.
A U.S. Senate committee passes a funding
measure for a new Bellingham Marine Trades
Center on the central waterfront. If passed
by the full Senate, the center could receive
$250,000 in federal money. The plan would be
to transform the five-acre Georgia Pacific tissue
warehouse into a center for marine trades that
could employ 500 people.
A bank robber doesn’t get far. Police say it
took them less than half an hour to catch 45year-old Stanley Green after he held up Horizon Bank on Alabama Street in Bellingham and
demanded money from the teller. Green was
found hiding in bushes along a trail. No weapon
was used and no one was harmed. The suspect
is also wanted for a bank robbery in Yakima that
happened earlier this year.
A Lynden teen fails to return from a YMCA
day hike to the Bat Caves near Blanchard
Mountain. Nearly 70 volunteers from Whatcom
and Skagit counties—including searchers on
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horseback, with helicopters and dogs—begin a
three-day hunt for the 15-year-old.
A 34-year-old Bellingham woman fails to arrive at her sister’s home in Stanwood.
08.03.07
FRIDAY
A groundbreaking ceremony launches construction on Bellingham’s new Art and Children’s
Museum.
The Lynden teen missing on Blanchard
Mountain walks out of the woods on Chuckanut Drive near the Oyster Bar restaurant. Scant
details explain why it took the youth two-anda-half days to walk the mile-and-a-half down to
the sounds of traffic.
Amtrak cancels weekend service from Portland, Ore. to Bellingham after technicians
discover cracks in the suspension system of a
passenger car. After inspecting their rail stock,
Amtrak will resume service on Monday.
Point Roberts residents, weary of shoreline
erosion and air pollution they say is caused by
Deltaport operations, have signed a petition
asking Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire
to recognize that the Vancouver cargo terminal is causing environmental damage.
Congressional Democrats—elected in large majorities last November in part to soften the excesses of the Bush administration—vote to allow
the president to continue and even expand his
warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens.
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office begins
searching for a 69-year-old Bellingham man
who disappeared in Larrabee State Park.
08.04.07
SATURDAY
Skagit, Whatcom, King, and Snohomish county
search and rescue teams find the 34-year-old
Bellingham woman approximately three miles
from where her vehicle had been parked along
the Cascade River near Marblemount. Carinna
Kuhns-Duffield is found nude and hypothermic,
with bruises on her legs and feet from walking
in the woods. Unable to walk out on her own,
she is transported to Skagit Valley Hospital by
NAS Whidbey chopper. Family members believe
an infection and fever may have caused her
strange behavior.
08.05.07
SUNDAY
The Lummi Nation ends their month-long
Intertribal Canoe Journey festivities with
a potlatch featuring traditional storytelling,
singing and dancing performances.
08.06.07
MONDAY
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Rick
Larsen attend the groundbreaking ceremony for
the new Peace Arch Border Station in Blaine. The
$56 million project will expand the number of inspection lanes and provide a new, larger building.
The project is expected to be completed in time
for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell tells an audience at
Bellingham Cruise Terminal she supports moving
America quickly toward energy independence,
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Glenn, 86, a former
Port of Bellingham
director, was found
dead in his home
after he failed to
arrive for a scheduled outing. Glenn
helped the Port of
Bellingham bring
two oil refineries,
an Alaska ferry
terminal, harbor
development and an
international airport
to Whatcom County.
Glenn was dedicated
to public service
even after his
service as port director, volunteering
for library work and
other community
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ficial domestic partners.
And then it was our turn. It seemed so
businesslike, presenting documents and ID.
Then, without warning, tears poured down
my face. How did I feel at that moment?
Right and good and accepted and still unaccepted and mostly deep, deep love for
this woman with whom I now shared a
union—no matter what it’s called.
We stepped out of the building, holding our registration, wallet cards and a
plastic cup. A woman handed them out
to Jewish partners earlier in the day. Before cheers and applause, we set the cup
on the ground and jumped—shattering it
completely.
Later, during the long drive back to
Bellingham, we found ourselves discussing symbolism. After an hour of quiet
contemplation, me gazing down at my
unadorned hands, I asked, “Honey, should
we have rings?” The resulting conversation was sweet, hard, sometimes painful,
but always loving. Were we ready? Should
we wait until marriage is legal? Deeper
issues arose: traditions, symbolism and
public versus private displays of affection. Ultimately, I wanted the world to
see and accept us for what we are. She
didn’t think it was anybody’s business
but our own.
We stopped in Fairhaven on the way
home. Perhaps wooden rings would convey
the sort-of-almost-married partnership we
now had. But nothing felt right. We’re not
quite sure how to capture the meaning of
our domestic partnership, and how that
meaning overlaps with our political, legal and spiritual selves. We do know we’re
blessed to be together and proud of our
state for taking a step toward recognizing
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raising fuel efficiency standards
for U.S. vehicles by 10 miles per
gallon by 2020—a standard already in place in most of the developed world.
City Council unanimously approves fee increases for Medic
One ambulance transportation
service in order to offset paramedic student overtime costs and
a decrease in Medicare reimbursements.
08.07.07
TUESDAY
The public comments on plans
to expand Bellingham’s Urban
Growth Area as Whatcom County
Council prepares to negotiate
with COB on the total amount of
rural land Bellingham may absorb in the next two decades.
After 10 months of posturing
and fuming, the U.S. government begins arbitration proceedings in what will be the
first major test of the CanadaU.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement. The U.S. claims Canada
violated terms of the treaty by
pushing too much British Columbia and Alberta lumber into the
U.S. market. Canada counters
they were defending their interests under the agreement.
In a week full of lost-and-found
stories, Bellingham Police locate
Donald J. Fosmire, Sr., after he
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Chief Justice Gerry Alexander wrote.
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On July 20, Ann Marie Gordon—manager of the Washington State
Patrol’s toxicology laboratory—
resigned during an internal investigation of an anonymous tip that
suggested she may have failed
to check a lab result as required
before signing sworn statements
that her breath test machines were
functioning properly. The investigation
could leave hundreds of drunken driving
cases and some drug cases in question. Defense lawyers say if Gordon lied in court or
in certifying breath test machines, questions
could be raised about criminal cases in which
she testified and about whether breath-test
results could be used in court against people
charged with drunken driving.
‘MARK OF ZORRO’
On Aug. 2, the Washington State Supreme
Court unanimously upheld the convictions of
two Seattle men convicted of malicious mischief after they used acid to etch graffiti on
the windows of downtown Bellingham businesses in 2001. After their 2004 convictions,
both were sentenced to prison and ordered to
pay restitution for the defaced windows, estimated at $42,000. The nine justices agreed
that evidence of distinctive graffiti signatures,
or “tags,” used by the defendants was admissible because it showed their “modus operandi,”
helping the state to establish the identity of
the culprits. “If a tag like the ‘mark of Zorro’ is
left at the crime scene, and there is evidence
that person charged with that crime made the
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On Aug. 2, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection officers seized
more than $1 million worth of
marijuana at Blaine’s Pacific
Highway border crossing. Officers
were running a routine search of a
trailer when they found the stash
under the floorboards—423 pounds
of potent “B.C. Bud,” valued at $1.2 million. The driver, a 24-year-old resident of
Canada, was a participant in “Free and Secure
Trade,” an expedited border-crossing program.
He faces federal prosecution.
PEASHOOTER
On Aug. 5, a Deming man was arrested after he
allegedly pointed a handgun at a neighbor. After a three-and-a-half hour standoff, Whatcom
County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pry the
man from his travel trailer. As they came in,
the man sprayed a deputy with his urine, WCSO
reported. He was booked on multiple warrants
and on suspicion of unlawful display of a firearm and resisting arrest.
B-MAIL
On Aug. 2, a witness told police he’d seen an
unknown man throw a beer bottle through the
window into an apartment on Railroad Avenue.
No injuries were reported.
On Aug. 3, someone threw a chuck of concrete
through the front window of a vacant business
on Magnolia Street. Damage to the smashed
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DROP (%) in crime rate in Whatcom County,
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his home in Largo, Fla., with his business partner,
Denis, when they saw what appeared to be a large
animal crouching by the side of the road. As they
got closer, Valenti says the being stood up from its
squatting position to a height of at least seven feet.
The animal’s stature, combined with a variety
of other characteristics—patchy fur, sloping forehead, defined muscles, humanistic hands—convinced Valenti he’d seen a Sasquatch. At the time,
Valenti says he was a born-again, right-wing Christian who’d never thought much about the large,
hairy, humanlike creatures of North American folklore (also called Bigfoot).
“Seeing this creature
knocked me on my ass,”
Valenti reports. “My belief system was blown to
bits. It challenged every
fiber of my being. We were
so close to this creature
that if he’d rolled down
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his window, Denis could
WHAT: “Search for
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have reached her arm. I
WHEN: 3pm Sat.,
know what I saw. Nobody
Aug. 11
can tell me it was a man
WHERE: Canterbury
in a suit. There’s no huCourt Clubhouse,
man that can do what
3710 Canterbury Lane
COST: $5
she did. The whole thing
INFO: 752-1824 or
about it being a hoax is
sasquatchresearch.net
not a question.”
Eleven years later, Valenti’s exhaustive research has led him to the conclusion that the Sasquatch species is not only real, but
it also may well be the missing link. He’ll share his
theories on the hunt for Bigfoot and beyond with
the public at an Aug. 11 talk dubbed “Search for
Sasquatch.”
Valenti, who moved to Bellingham in 1999 and
hosted a Sasquatch Research Conference here in
2005, says he’s in the process of writing a book
and developing a foundation called the Hominoid
Research Group. Among the topics he delves into
RADIO HOUR: Sumas-area mystery author
Jo Dereske—she of the Miss Zukas series—
will be the featured author at this month’s
live Chuckanut Radio Hour variety show at
7pm at the Van Zandt Community Hall off
Highway 9. Tickets are $5. For more info:
671-2626 or villagebooks.com.
BABY BOOK: Seattle’s Nina Laden reads
from her board book for youngsters, Who
Loves You, Baby?, at noon at Village Books,
1200 11th St. For more info: 671-2626.
CLEAN READING: Kids and their parental units can listen to stories about keeping the planet clean at 11am at Barnes &
Noble, 4099 Meridian St. For more info:
647-7018.
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is the idea that humans will only fully
understand what the Sasquatch is by
killing one.
“I’ve come to the conclusion that if
and when we can capture a hominoid
and compare its DNA with humans it’ll
answer a lot of questions,” Valenti explains. “We have an unidentified primate roaming North America. Plain and
simple, it will require a body to take us
to the next level of understanding.”
Valenti acknowledges that when he
talks about Sasquatch, and the idea
that the mysterious species may hold
the key to all of human civilization,
people might think he’s crazy. He
doesn’t care.
“I know they exist. What I’m trying
to do now is be an interpreter about
what this ultimately means to humanity,” Valenti stresses. “If humanity
knew the truth, it would cause us to
become unified. I’m firmly dedicated
to the belief that it would transform
everything. You live differently once
you know.”
POE TRY NIGHT: Sign up to read your
words at Poetry Night at 8:30pm every
Monday at Fantasia Espresso, 1322 Cornwall Ave. For more info: 715-1634 or poetrynight.org.
WORLDLY TALES: School-age kids and
adults can listen to Olga Loya share stories from around the world in both English and Spanish at 7pm at the Bellingham
Public Library, 210 Central Ave. For more
info: 676-6860.
WED., AUG. 15
SLIPKNOT: Maine author Linda Greelaw
reads from Slipknot, her first work of fiction, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th
St. For more info: 671-2626.
COMMUNITY
WED., AUG. 8
WEDNESDAY MARKE T: The Wednesday Farmers Market happens from 3-7pm
throughout the summer at the Fairhaven
Village Green. For more info: 647-2060 or
bellinghamfarmers.org.
AUG. 8 - 11
SKAGIT FAIR: The Skagit County Fair kicks
off today and continues through Aug. 11
in Mount Vernon at the Skagit County Fairgrounds. Entry is $5. For more info: (360)
336-9453 or skagitcounty.net.
THURS., AUG. 9
MONE Y MANAGEMENT: Women are invited to attend a free workshop on “Positive Money Management” at 6:30pm at
the Connection, 100 E. Maple St. For more
info: 961-4734.
SAT., AUG. 11
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Attend a Pancake Breakfast from 8-11am at the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. Cost is $2.50 for kids and $4 for
adults. For more info: 676-1450
FARMERS MARKE T: The Bellingham
Farmers Market is open from 10am-3pm
every Saturday at the Depot Market
Square on Railroad Avenue and Chestnut
Street. For more info: 647-2060 or bellinghamfarmers.org.
BREWFEST: The Porterhouse Brewfest
happens from 2-7:30pm in downtown
Mount Vernon. More than 20 breweries
will participate, and there’ll be a plethora
of live music. Cost is $20. For more info:
(877) 754-6284 or lincolntheatre.org.
OPEN HOUSE: A progressive open house
starts at 6:30pm at the Center for Expressive Arts & Experiential Education, 1317
Commercial St. At 8pm, head to the Connection, 100 E. Maple St. The event is free
and open to all. For more info: 920-2292
or 961-4734.
AUG. 11 - 12
CIVIL REENAC TMENT: Attend Civil War
Reenactments and Living History Reenactments this weekend at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead Park. Entry is $2-$7. For
more info: 733-2663 or wcwa.net.
SUN., AUG. 12
SHOW & SHINE: From 10am-2pm, head
to the Sehome Village Haggen for the
Corvette Show & Shine. If you want to
enter your vehicles, the cost is $15, but
the event is free for spectators. For more
info: 676-7779.
QUICK SPIRITUALIT Y: The Rev. James
Kubal-Komoto leads “How to be Spiritual
in 15 Minutes a Day” at 10:30am at the
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I
St. For more info: 733-3837.
FAMILY FUN: Kids and their adults can
come to today’s Teddy Bear Picnic from
2-4pm at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset
Dr. Tours, teddy bear crafts and stories
will be part of the free fun. For more info:
733-6897.
MON., AUG. 13
LYNDEN FAIR: The Northwest Washington Fair kicks off today and continues
through Aug. 18 at the NW Washington
Fairgrounds in Lynden. Ted Nugent, REO
Speedwagon, Clay Walker, and others
will perform, and the usual fair festivities will ensue. Admission is $4-$8 and
grandstand entertainment costs vary.
For more info: 354-4111 or northwestwashingtonfair.org.
WED., AUG. 15
MCKENNA TALK: Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna will give a
talk about identity theft at 11:45am at
the Bellingham Golf and Country Club,
3729 Meridian St. Cost is $25-$30 and includes lunch. For more info: 734-1330.
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HISTORY CRUISING: Whatcom Museum educator Richard Vanderway hosts
the Bellingham Bay History Cruise at
6:30pm every Thursday leaving from
Squalicum Harbor. Tickets are $25. For
more info: 676-6981 or 734-8866.
BIKE 101: Glean details on how to
keep your two-wheeler going at a free
“Bike Maintenance 101” clinic at 7pm
at REI, 400 36th St. For more info:
647-8955.
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Reefnet
Festival
AUG. 10 - 12
SOCCER TOURNE Y: The Rimland Pacific Cup Soccer Tournament happens
from 2-8pm Fri., 8am-9pm Sat., and
8am-5pm Sun. at the Northwest Soccer
Park, 5238 Northwest Dr. Entry is free
to the public. For more info: 384-6323,
ext. 4, or whatcomsoccer.com.
net-caught salmon for sale, food, a beer
garden, a filleting contest, a salmon
barbecue, and displays featuring local
food products, produce, plants, fine
crafts and art. There will also be live
music by Scott and
Eliel, VGR and Taryn
Cross, and an information booth to anWHAT: Reefnet
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8:30pm Sat.,
and the philosophy
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of the festival.
WHERE: Village
The underlying prinPoint Marina,
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COST: $2
ting is that if salmon
INFO: 758-2194
are to be caught and
eaten, they should be
treated with the utmost reverence and
respect. The Lummi Island fishery makes
this happen by using selective and sustainable methods for wild-caught salmon
making their way through the northern
tip of Puget Sound at the edge of the
San Juan Islands, on their 1,500-plus
mile journey to their stream of origin on
the Fraser River.
The intent of the festival is to acquaint those interested in the operation
and benefits of the long-standing fishery. Come and take in a day of culture
and learn about reefnetting. Celebrate
the day, the ocean, the sky, the orcas,
the salmon, the eagles, the herons, the
seals, the otters, the jellyfish, the sand,
the driftwood, the reefnet fishers with
their gears, and most of all, life!
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YOUTH-A-LON: Kids can race solo or
in teams of two or three as part of the
Bellingham Youth Triathlon starting at
9am at the Wade King Recreation Center at Western Washington University.
Registration is $20. For more info: 6477665 or cob.org/races.
DAY TRIP: Head to Diablo Lake from
8:30am-4pm for a free Day Trip at
the North Cascades Institute’s Environmental Learning Center. Guided
hikes and canoe trips will be part
of the day. Additional trips happen
Aug. 25 and Sept. 8 and 15. For more
info: (360) 856-5700, ext. 209 or
ncascades.org.
MAKE A PASS: Hook up with Mount
Baker Club members at 8am for a hike
to Excelsior Pass. For more info and location details: 676-9965.
T IDE GUIDE: Meet at 10am in the
Wildlife Theater at Birch Bay State
Park to “Discover Low Tide.” The event
is free. For more info: 371-2800.
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CHOWDER CHARTER: Hop aboard
the Chowder Charter every Wednesday
throughout the summer leaving at 6pm
from Squalicum Harbor. Cost is $45. For
more info: 734-9849 or bellinghamsailing.com
WOMEN’S RIDE: Meet for a “Bike to
Beer Cruiser” with the Fanatik Women’s Group at 6pm at Bellingham High
School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. For more
info: 756-0504.
WORK PART Y: Bellingham Parks and
Rec will hold a work party from 6:308:30pm at Little Squalicum Park. For
more info: 676-6801, ext. 24.
REEFNETTING IS one of the
oldest forms of net fishing in the world.
First Nations people using cedar canoes
and cedar nets first practiced it centuries ago. Though the boats have gotten
a little bigger, and winches are used to
pull the nets up, there isn’t a big difference in the fishing method today.
People still stand on towers. There
are two boats with nets between
them. They wait to see a school of salmon swim along the reef and over the net
before making their haul.
After a successful catch, reefnet salmon are gently rolled into a netted live
well, having been out of the water for
only seconds. Using the most sustainable practices around, other non-targeted species are released unharmed.
You can see that method take place,
live, every year at the only locale in
America that still fishes this way: simply go to Lummi Island in July and August and walk, bike or drive to Legoe
Bay. This year, celebrate the heritage
of the unique fishing method when the
Washington Reefnet Owners Association
holds the third annual Reefnet Festival,
which will take place Sat., August 11, at
the Village Point Marina on Lummi. The
festival is being held to benefit a reefnet exhibit and memorial and will honor
reefnet fishers past and present.
With the stunning backdrop of Legoe
Bay and Orcas Island, a memorable day
is assured. Activities planned include
boat rides to the reefnet gears, reef-
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AUG. 8 - 15
BARD ON BEACH: See The Taming of the
Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar,
and Timon of Athens at various times
throughout the week at Vancouver B.C.’s
Bard on the Beach at Vanier Park. Tickets are $17-$31. For more info: (877)
739-0559 or bardonthebeach.org.
BARD ON RIVER: The Skagit River
Shakespeare Festival will perform
Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure in
repertory through Aug. 19 at Mount Vernon’s Edgewater Park. Tickets are $12.
For more info: (866) 624-6897.
THURS., AUG. 9
BY JORY M. MICKELSON
Alice in
Wonderland
Down the rabbit hole
A WHITE rabbit flashes across the stage, glancing
at his pocket watch. For a young girl, this is how the
story begins. Little does she know she is about to journey into a strange land filled with unlikely characters,
strange customs and singing oysters.
*Alice in Wonderland*, as you’re more than likely
aware, is the magical story by Lewis Carroll. Beginning
Aug. 8, his classic work, adapted by Jim Eiler and Jeanne
Bargy, becomes a family-oriented musical and the last
play of Western Washington University’s 37th annual
Summer Stock.
This production, directed by Deb Currier, is fast-paced.
Ten actors bring more than 50 characters to life as the
play parades briskly from scene to scene. By the smart
use of props, costuming and choreography, the actors
take you with Alice, through Wonderland. Children are
given special seating, up front, and cushions in the first
two rows provide a better perspective for small eyes.
The most startling innovation to enjoy a show within a show.
of this play is that it isn’t just “The Walrus and the Carpenter”
the actors who move on and off is an enjoyable number—this is
stage, the audience moves as where the bivalves make their
well. Guest set designer Glen singing debut.
Andersen has created revolving
Danny Kam is the beloved
seating that whisks the audience Mad Hatter. And because there
from set to set. When the White are many roles and not many
Rabbit and Alice descend through actors, he also portrays a
the rabbit hole, they drift with helpful table, the sun, a mock
them. This device enhances the turtle, a cook and a playing
play’s dreamlike qualicard—Kam performs
ties. A chime announcall his parts well.
es when the audience
Let’s not forget
is about to take flight.
the royalty. Stacy
(It is best to use the
Citron inhabits the
restroom before the
role of the infamous
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play begins.)
Queen of Hearts and
WHAT: Alice in
Becca Orlowski plays
delights in bellowWonderland
Alice. In her blue dress
ing out “Off with
WHEN: 7:30pm
and white apron, she
their heads!” You
Aug. 8-12, 14-18
and 2pm Aug. 9opens and closes the
can feel her glee.
12, 16-18
play with a solid presThe Duchess, Crystal
WHERE: Underence. Orlowski may
Brooks, also perground Theatre,
feel “curiouser and cuforms her role well.
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Her presence and
COST: $6-$10
INFO: 650-6146
but the audience will
voice stand out.
want to know what
One note of warnhappens next too.
ing: the songs are catchy. Two
The White Rabbit, played by audience members were singHarry Jamison, is always on the ing snippets from the play after
move. When he is not late for an exiting. You may find yourself
appointment, he invites Alice humming a line or two in the
to the Wonderland Music Hall week to come.
GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm at the
Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets
are $5. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com.
PLAYWORKS: Sheila Goldsmith will lead
a free introductory improv class at 7pm
at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St.
For more info: 756-0756.
AUG. 9 - 12
ABRIDGED BARD: See 37 Shakespeare
plays condensed into one when The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged!)
shows at 7:30pm Thurs., 8pm Fri.-Sat.
and 2pm Sun. at the Anacortes Community Theatre, 1302 10th St. Tickets are
$14. For more info: (360) 293-6829 or
acttheatre.com.
AUG. 10 - 11
ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE: An irreverent
mixture of music, sketches, satire and
beauty can be seen when Canada’s Atomic Vaudeville Cabaret comes to town at
8pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. FYI: Local performers will join
in for the fun. Tickets are $8. For more
info: 201-5464 or idiomtheater.com.
UPFRONT ANNIVERSARY: Help celebrate the third anniversary of the
Upfront Theatre with special performances by Mainstage members, visiting troupes and (maybe) founder Ryan
Stiles with shows at 7:30pm and 9:30pm
at the Upfront, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are
$8-$10. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com.
DANCE
SAT., AUG. 11
TANGO BY BAY: All are welcome at
“Tango by the Bay!” from 9-11pm at
the Squalicum Yacht Club, 2625 Harbor
Loop. Show up at 8pm for a lesson. Entry
is $5. For more info: 734-5676.
OPENINGS
PROFILES
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EVENTS
THURS., AUG. 9
FIGURE STUDY: Attend an open
studio featuring live models from
7-9pm at BellinghamART, 1701 Ellis
St. Additional life figure sessions
happen Aug. 16 and 30. Cost is $8$10. For more info: 738-8379.
BY LANE KOIVU
Chalking It Up
FRI., AUG. 10
BEAD FOR UGANDA: Purchase
and peruse beadwork as part of
“Bead for Uganda” from 7-10pm
at the Center for Expressive Arts
and Experiential Education, 1317
Commercial St., suite 202. Funds
raised will help create economic
opportunities for refugee women and children. For more info:
220-0232.
Taking art to the streets
SAT., AUG. 11
IT’S NOT
every day that people are encouraged
to get all artsy on crowded public sidewalks—more
often than not, this art form is called “vandalism”
and is considered to be highly illegal. But some rules
are made to be broken and, every year, during the
second weekend of August, downtown Bellingham
finds citizens of all ages taking their creative energy
to the streets at the annual Chalk Art Festival.
Celebrating its 15th year, Chalk Art has proved a
smashing success in Bellingham, with sidewalk spaces filling up faster than ever as people transform the
pale concrete into a colorful, communal art space.
“It’s an art extravaganza for all
levels,” Allied Arts Executive
Director Rebecca Hutchins says.
”The mission is to bring arts to
the community in an interactive
way. It’s an important opportunity for families and kids to express WHAT: WHAT:
Chalk Art Festithemselves.”
val and La Bella
Chalk art itself has a long hisStrada
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WHERE: Downtown Bellingham
anytime soon, either—200 sideCOST:
Free to
walk spaces have been made
attend
available this year, with half of
INFO: 676-8548
those reserved exclusively for
or alliedarts.org
children. “Our youth are lacking
in opportunity to learn through
the arts,” Hutchins explains, adding that she feels
it’s important to offer an informal, family-friendly,
fun communal environment.
As if chalking pavement wasn’t enough, Allied
Arts will also be hosting the second annual La Bella
Strada Art Festival in conjunction with Chalk Art on
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Cornwall Avenue. Translated as “the beautiful street,”
the festival will feature more than 40 vendors selling
everything from paintings, metalwork, jewelry and
other fine art merchandise. Both Saturday and Sunday will feature live music from the Otters, Zephyr
Winds and Cabin Fever NW, to name a few. “The idea
is to present fine artwork from artists throughout the
region,” Hutchins says. “Adding the fine art festival
component really expands our audience.”
So, if chalking isn’t exactly your bag of cookies,
there’ll be plenty of eye candy to keep your creative
cravings at bay for a couple days. Mixed in with the
public pieces will be the street art of R. R. Clark (Fishboy), Vince LaLonde, Ben Mann, Shawn Pagels, Laurie
Potter, Patricia Stowell, and Sharon Swanson—local
artists who have been selected by Allied Arts to create “cornerstone” pieces at various intersections in
the downtown area.
And if your neck starts to get sore, the Allied
Arts Gallery will be showcasing 31 vertically placed
fine art pieces by local and regional artists selected
for La Bella Strata Juried Art Competition. In short,
the least you could walk away with is a uniquely
interactive look into Bellingham’s diverse artistic
community. ”I think we forget that imagination and
creativity are an inherent part of us,” festival manager Christine Scheid-Zurline notes. “That’s why we
have Allied Arts, because the desire to create never
goes away.”
STONE CELEBRAT ION: A reception for the “Celebration of Stone
Sculpture” exhibit happens from
3:30-8:30pm at Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. A concurrent stone-sculpting demonstration featuring Pacific Northwest
artists happens from 10am-3pm
at the Depot Market Square. For
more info: 671-2305.
AUG. 11 - 12
COUPEVILLE ARTS: The 44th
annual Coupeville Arts and Crafts
Festival happens from 10am-6pm
Sat. and 10am-5pm Sat. on Whidbey Island. For more info: (360)
678-5116 or coupevilleartsandcraftsfestival.org.
MON., AUG. 13
FARM FOR LIFE: See the “Farming for Life!” exhibit, which features more than 200 photos of
Whatcom County’s agricultural
industry, Aug. 13-18 as part of
the Northwest Washington Fair in
Lynden. For more info: 354-1337
or wcfarmfriends.com.
MON, AUG. 13
PLEIN AIR: Studio UFO’s Trish
Harding will lead a Plein Air
workshop from 10am-3pm at
Woodstock Farm. Cost is $40.
For more info: 319-6115 or
studioufo.net.
TUES., AUG. 14
ART GROUP: Wade Marlow
leads a free slide program based
on “Twelve Years of Art Group
Travel with Blue Horse Gallery”
at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Mu-
seum, 121 Prospect St. For more
info: 676-6981.
ALLIED OPENING: Bellingham
photographer Tore Ofteness’ exhibit, “Construction/Deconstruction,” opens today at Allied Arts,
1416 Cornwall Ave. A reception
happens Aug. 17. For more info:
676-8548.
O N GO I N G
EXHIBITS
BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The museum is open to
the public from noon-5pm Tues.
and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. For more info: 393-7540.
BOUNDARY BAY: View works by
pop artist Andrea Heimer through
the month at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. For more
info: andreaheimer.com.
CENTER
FOR
EXPRESSIVE
ARTS: See the “Artist Salon
Members Show” through Sept. 2
at the Center for Expressive Arts,
1317 Commercial St. For more
info: 920-2292.
COLOPHON CAFÉ: “The Way
of Light,” an abstract spiritual
art exhibit by Sherman R. Buck,
will show through August at the
Colophon Café, 1208 11th St. For
GOOD EARTH: See featured artist Deb Martin’s elegant but functional stoneware pottery through
August at Good Earth Pottery,
1000 Harris Ave. For more info:
671-3998.
HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “Harvesting the Light: Images of
Contemporary Farm Life” shows
through November at La Conner’s
Skagit County Historical Museum,
501 4th St. For more info: (360)
466-3365.
INSIGHTS GALLERY: “Art of the
Islands,” featuring a variety of
regional artists, shows through
Aug. 11 at Anacortes’ Insights
Gallery, 516 Commercial Ave. For
more info: (360) 588-8044 or insightsgallery.com.
LUCIA DOUGLAS: Works by
Ryan Dobrowski, Margaret van
Patten, and Amy Huddleston can
be seen through Aug. 18 at the
Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th
St. For more info: 733-5361 or luciadouglas.com.
MINDPORT EXHIBITS: Peruse
“Jonathan Winter: Jeweler’s
Hand, Collector’s Heart” through
Aug. 19 at Mindport Exhibits, 210
W. Holly St. For more info: 6475614 or mindport.org.
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PRE V IE W S
RUMOR HA S I T
show PREVIEW
BY CAREY ROSS
The Nuge and I
A pseudo-interview with Ted
Nugent
TED NUGENT is a busy man. Aside from being a rock ‘n’
roll icon for the past four-plus decades with millions of albums
sold and such hits as “Cat Scratch Fever,” “Stranglehold,” and
“Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” to his credit, he also runs a successful hunting enterprise and is an ardent activist for not only
the Second Amendment, but also for many of his other conservative—and often controversial—beliefs. In his spare time, he
advocates for his clean-living lifestyle through his affiliation
with DARE and MADD, writes his memoirs and entertains political aspirations, all the while facing down criticism from animal
activists, feminists, gun-control supporters and just about everyone else in his own highly quotable style.
It has often been said that, when it comes to the Nuge, the
real show happens offstage, when he opens his mouth. And,
while that downplays his very real status as one
of rock music’s premiere axemen, there’s certainly some truth in the statement. When I received the news that Nugent would play a show
at the Northwest Washington Fair, I was hoping
to experience some of his famous outspokenness firsthand, but alas, it was not to be. However, thanks to such fine publications as CREEM
and Classic Rock Revisited, I am able to pretty
easily envision how my encounter with the Motor City Madman would’ve gone. So, here’s my
take on what the Nuge might have said if I’d
only had the chance to chat him up myself.
CW: So, Ted, how’s it going?
TN: All right, all right! You got questions, I got
answers. I’m ready to rock! Yeah, I’m game for
basically anything. I’m saying let ‘er rip. Actually, you might want to just start flinging
questions at me now ‘cause, God am I full of
ideas.
CW: Well, all right. So, I’m going to guess you’ve
never played a show in Lynden before. What can
people expect from the Motor City Madman?
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Rumor Has It
SO THE SUMMER’S biggest weekend for local
music is upon us—however, none of the bands
involved are actually playing in Bellingham.
Which means, if you want to partake (and I
think you do), you’ll have to do a bit of traveling. How far you’re willing to go is up to you.
For those wanting to stay close to home, and
want the added benefit of being able to square
dance in a field and sing around a campfire
late into the night, the Subdued Stringband
Jamboree is your best bet. This year’s lineup
includes the Gallus Brothers, Yogoman Burning Band, Chuckanut Drive, and many more,
but if you can only
go for one day
of the weekendlong event, you
should probably
make it Saturday,
as the finale and
all-band superjam
is definitely the
highlight of the
whole
shebang.
If you happen to
see Robert Blake
out there—he’ll
be the guy on the
BY CAREY ROSS
bike in the big hat
who is everywhere
at once—knock him down and wrestle him to
the dirt by way of thanking him for organizing
this thing every year.
If you’re willing to expand your travel radius
a bit, check out Flowmotion’s Summer Meltdown Festival. While the folks organizing it
call it a “grassroots” festival—and in terms of
organization and implementation, it certainly
is—the term is a bit misleading. First of all, it
takes place at Darrington’s Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater, which is not exactly a small
place. Secondly, the festival draws thousands of
people and features such talent as Garaj Mahal,
Spanish for 100, Sky Cries Mary, the Yard Dogs
Road Show, and, of course, Flowmotion. For my
money, there’s no better act on the roster than
the March Fourth Marching Band, who I happened to catch in all their considerable glory
during a recent trip to the band’s hometown of
Portland. Tickets are still available, however, so
you don’t have to take my word for it.
And last, but certainly not least, if you’re
truly a die-hard music fan, there’s really only
one place you’ll be spending your weekend:
Missoula, Mont. Aside from being a town that’s
generally extraordinarily friendly to Bellingham
musicians, Missoula is also home to Wantage
Records’ Total Fest, which this year offers up
such local talent as the Trucks, the Narrows,
and the Dandelion Junk Queens. The best way
to describe Total Fest is it’s sort of like Garage
Shock, except not confined to one small bar and
with the support of the surrounding community. It’s also, for many Bellingham bands and
their fans, known as the Mecca to which they
pilgrimage every summer.
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TN: I am classic rock revisited! I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has
the spirit and the attitude and the fire and
the middle finger. I am Rosa Parks with a
Gibson guitar. Eat me!
CW: Um, thanks, but no. Do you worry that
likening yourself to Rosa Parks isn’t the most
politically correct move?
TN: Political Correctness is about turning a
blind eye to painful reality because your
comfortable feelings are more important to
you than saving lives and providing quality
of life to people who work their ass off to
be productive and are a benefit to this great
American Dream.
CW: The American Dream, huh?
TN: I have the American Dream licked.
CW: That’s great. So about your upcoming
show—
TN: I have got the American Dream figured
out. I put in more than I ever take out. If
everybody would do
that then, my God, we
would get rid of the
punks and the scum
and the monsters
and the criminals and
the
bloodsuckers.
ROCK IT
We would encourage
WHO: The Nuge
WHEN: 8pm Wed.,
people to become
Aug.
15
independent and selfWHERE: The
sufficient and to help
Grandstand, Norththeir neighbor instead
west Washington
of suck blood from
Fair, Lynden
COST: $25
their neighbor. That
MORE INFO: (360)
is what the American
354-4111 or nwDream was supposed
wafair.com
to be about but we
have tolerated stupidity, evil and indecency for so long that it
has become a celebrated subculture. I think
it is time to change that crap.
CW: Sure, the American Dream. I think I get
it, Ted.
TN: I have got a threat going right now that
says if the Republican Party cannot project
the proper representation of productive members of the American Dream then maybe Uncle
Ted will run for Governor of the State of Michigan... I am not saying that I am going to run
but I am saying that it is a possibility.
CW: But you’d have to give up touring.
TN: I don’t just enjoy making music and I don’t
just like touring. I literally crave it. I can’t
wait to pick up that nasty-ass Michigan Gibson guitar and turn on an amp and cause
people to go berserk. I crave the primality, the primal scream, the primal urges and
awareness that my music represents to my
lifestyle, and it’s a lot like my hunting lifestyle, it’s just a little bit more crazy.
CW: Speaking of your “hunting lifestyle”—
TN: I hump the wild to take it all in. There is
no bag limit on happiness.
CW: Well, the Nuge, I don’t quite know what
that means...
TN: Rock ‘n’ roll, the great outdoors and short
skirts is what makes Ted Nugent tick. The
reason that Ted Nugent kicks major ass is
because I’ve never done drugs.
CW: I really don’t think you need them, Ted.
TN: You know what my biggest problem in life
is? I’m my own worst enemy because I am
too intense for my own good.
CW: Word up, bro.
So, there you have it: A totally fictitious
account of my nonexistent conversation with
Ted Nugent, courtesy of several very real conversations he had with CREEM, Classic Rock
Revisited, The Detroit Free Press, and WRIF-FM
Radio in Detroit. Long live the Nuge.
VISIT THE FAIR
While Ted Nugent is probably the most bombastic
of the acts featured on the entertainment lineup of
this year’s NW Washington Fair, that doesn’t mean
the rest of the roster can’t hold its own as well.
Kicking things off on Tues., Aug. 14 is the legendary REO Speedwagon, who can see the Nuge a
couple of mega hits—among them “Take it on the
Run,” “Keep on Loving You,” and “Can’t Fight this
Feeling”—and raise him a platinum album or two.
The band is touring behind Find Your Own Way
Home, their first album in 11 years.
Thursday night sees the Christian rock outfit Third
Day grace the Grandstand Stage. And while Nugent
and REO Speedwagon probably enjoy more mainstream name recognition, Third Day has racked up
three Grammys—which is exactly three more than
either the Nuge or REO have received.
After that, the last two days of the fair take a
turn for the twang. The Charlie Daniels Band takes
command of the Grandstand Fri., Aug. 17, while the
dual bill of Clay Walker and George Canyon close
things out in sweet country style on Sat. Aug. 18.
AUG. 8 - 15
FESTIVAL VANCOUVER: Two weeks of
live music from around the world—and
close to home—will happen through
Aug. 19 as part of Festival Vancouver
at various venues in Vancouver, B.C.
For more info: (604) 280-3311 or go
to festivalvancouver.ca.
THURS., AUG. 9
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: Hear everything from gospel to bluegrass
when Matt Audette and the Circle of
Friends band perform from 6-8pm at
Elizabeth Park. For more info: 6765016.
CHORAL WORKSHOP: Zimbabwe music professor Sheasby Matiure will
helm an African choral workshop at
7pm at Bellingham Cohousing, 2614
Donovan Ave. All are welcome. Cost
is $20. For more info: 671-0361.
CLASSICAL TUNES: Pianist Cole Anderson plays works by Gershwin, Bach,
and others at a free concert at 7:30pm
at Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston Rd.
For more info: 733-4676.
FRI., AUG. 10
SING ALONG: Sing-alongs and original songs by Tom Hunter can be
heard at noon on the lawn of the
Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. For more info: 676-6985.
MONKEE MAN: Davy Jones of the
’60s group the Monkees performs
hits such as “Daydream Believer”
and “Last Train to Clarksville” at
8pm at the Silver Reef Casino, 4876
Haxton Way. Tickets are $35. For
more info: (866) 383-0777.
AUG. 10 - 11
STRINGBAND JAMBOREE: The 7th
annual Subdued Stringband Jamboree kicks into gear at 5pm Fri. at the
Deming Logging Show Grounds. Musicians include the Pine Hill Haints,
the Gallus Brothers, Kasey Anderson,
Finnegan’s Wake, the Stilly River
Band, and many others. Tickets are
$15 for Fri, $20-$25 for Sat. or $30
in advance for the entire weekend.
For more info: (800) 451-3873 or
stringbandjamboree.com.
AUG. 10 - 12
MELTDOWN: The 7th annual Summer
Meltdown happens Friday through
Sunday at the Whitehorse Mountain
Amphitheater in Darrington. Tickets
are $100 for the weekend, $60 for Sat.
and Sun. and $30 for Sun. only. For
more info: summermeltdown.com.
SAT., AUG. 11
WESFEST: Head to Wesfest ’07 at
2pm in Glacier at the Community
Field behind Graham’s, 9989 Mt.
Baker Hwy. Fallfast, Kreg Pressley,
Troy Fair Band, 3rd Rail and more
will provide the tunes. Donations
will benefit the Maple Falls Public Library. For more info: everettbone@aol.com.
CLASSIC ROCK: The Chryslers will
play classic rock at a free concert
from 7-9pm at Boulevard Park. For
SUN., AUG. 12
BURNABY BLUES: James Cotton,
Otis Clay, the Mud Bay Blues Band,
and Los Lonely Boys are among the
acts scheduled to take the stage at
the Burnaby Roots and Blues Festival from 3-10pm at Deer Lake Park
in Burnaby, B.C. Tickets are $40 in
advance or $51 the day of the show.
For more info: (604) 291-6864 or
burnabybluesfestival.com.
NORTHERN LIGHTS: Big band tunes
can be heard when the Northern
Lights Jazz Orchestra performs from
1:30-3:30pm at the Fairhaven Village Green. The event is free. For
LIGHT JAZZ: Hear swing tunes and
light jazz courtesy of the Prawns at
a free concert at 2pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. For
BIMA BASH: Join the Bellingham
Independent Music Association
(BIMA) from 3-5pm for a Songsalive
Songwriters Critique Workshop
at the Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly
St. For more info: 656-6535 or
bima.com.
TUES., AUG. 14
SPECIAL BLEND: Jazz and rock
combine when the Special Blend
gives a free concert at 6pm at the
Fairhaven Village Green. For more
info: 676-6985.
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addresses and phone
numbers
07.08.07
WEDNESDAY
07.09.07
THURSDAY
07.10.07
FRIDAY
07.11.07
SATURDAY
Archer Ale House
Boundary Bay
Phil Sotile & Phil Emerson
(Tap Room), Yogoman’s
Wild Rumpus (Beer Garden)
Commodore Ballroom
Fairhaven Pub
Green Frog Café
Acoustic Tavern
Main St. Bar and
Grill
Nightlight Lounge
Poppe’s
Richard’s on Richards
Rockfish Grill
Rumors
Wild Buffalo
Gallus Brothers
Karaoke
Spaceband
Deja Groove
Comedy
Chris Hoke
Lonesome Shack
Hans York
High Diving Horses
S.S.S.S.Slam
Ashaman Gray
MONDAY
DJ Marcus Purnell
Robotronica
Rental 58, Bonded By
Duct Tape
Karaoke
Open Mic w/Chuck D feat.
Hannah
The Knight
The Knight
Charlie Hunter Trio
’80s Night
TUESDAY
Jazz Jam
Open Mic w/Chuck D feat.
The Otters
College Night
Julie Payne
Marc Broussard’s Soul
Revue/Aug. 10/Richard’s
on Richards
Line Dance Lessons w/Bev
Ollerenshaw
Karaoke
Eye Candy
Kenny Hess
07.14.07
Clutch, Year Long Disaster,
Backyard Tire Fire
The Penny Stinkers
DJ Dance Party
DJ Deerhead and Friends
Kenny Hess
Police Teeth/Aug. 11/
Rogue Hero
The Russians, The Cherubs,
Chores, Batman vs.
Predator
Counselor, Sheal, Team
Awesome
Marvin Johnson
Fab 4+1
Fab 4+1
Marvin Johnson
Marc Broussard’s Soul
Revue
Chicklets Pride Recovery
Party
Evans Blue
Subtle
Switches
The Duntons
Nick Gravenites, David
LaFlamme
Photo by Hollie Huthman
Bump Kitchen
The All-Nighters, The Verb,
The Lava Rats
Police Teeth, Lake of
Falcons
Industry Night
College Night
Ladies Night
Party Night
Betty Desire Show, DJ
Velveteen
DJ F, DJ Buckshot
DJ Qbnza
DJ Scooter
Kenny Hess
Davy Jones (Pavilion), City
Zu (Lounge)
City Zu (Lounge)
Country Cruise Karaoke
Wild Card Weekend feat.
Pop Culture
Wild Card Weekend feat.
Pop Culture
Cool Summer Jazz feat.
Susan Pascal Quartet
Walt Burkett
Tim Matheis & Ray Downey
The Spencetet
Ashaman Gray
Hot Rod Helgy
Hot Rod Helgy
Ladies Night feat. DJ Super
Dave
Skylark’s
Village Inn
Gus & Kati and the
Mighty Ghosts of Heaven;
Clampitt, Gaddis and Buck;
The Pine Hill Haints
Karaoke
Silver Reef Hotel
Casino & Spa
Skagit Valley Casino
Shawnee Kilgore, Kevin
Carlson
Michael White and the
White
Rogue Hero
Royal
Quickdraw Stringband
Belly, George, Elise
Estrada, more
Nooksack River
Casino
The Old Foundry
07.13.07
SUNDAY
UB40
Honey Moon
Hot Shotz
Happy Hour Live Music
feat. The High, Wide and
Handsome Band, Shaun of
the Dead
07.12.07
Karaoke w/Rocky
Acoustic Oasis Open Mic
feat. Jeremy and Pat
Larry Hanks and Mike
Marker, Kristin Allen-Zito
Happy Hour Jazz Project
(early), Jude Taylor
w/Zydeco Explosion
Karaoke
Band Fight Nite
Halleck Street Ramblers
DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave
Jump-Jive An’ Wail feat.
Prawns
’80s Night feat. DJ Chrissy
Wild Buffalo Weekly Blues
Invitational Jam
Boundary Bay Brewing Co. 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Chiribin’s 113 E. Magnolia St. • 734-0817 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Department of Safety 1011 12th St.
Anacortes • (360) 293-8361 | Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar 1114 Harris Ave. • 671-6745 | Fantasia Espresso & Tea 1324 Cornwall Ave. • 715-1622 | Green Frog Café Acoustic Tavern 902 N State St. • 756-1213
| Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • 384-2982 | Nightlight Lounge 211 E. Chestnut St • 527-1531 | Poppe’s Bistro & Lounge 714 Lakeway Dr. • 671-1011 | Richard’s on Richards 1036 Richards St.
Vancouver • (604) 687-6794 | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave. Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Rogue Hero 1313 N. State St. • 756-0069 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad
Ave. • 671-1849 | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N Darrk Ln, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Stuart’s at the
Market 1530 Cornwall Ave. • 714-0800 | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included in this esteemed newsprint, send pertinent info to clubs@cascadiaweekly.
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RE V IE W S
F IL M T IME S
film REVIEW
REVIEWED BY JOHN ANDERSON
Stardust
One funny fantasy
film REVIEW
REVIEWED BY TY BURR
Crazy Love
Emphasis on crazy
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD has its freak-show
married couple—the two who call each other names at
parties, break things and toss their emotional trash all
over the lawn. You wince and look away, but, at the same
time, part of you is grateful for the entertainment.
Crazy Love more or less nominates Burt and Linda
Pugach as New York City’s most dysfunctional couple of
all time—which is astounding when you consider the
competition. But the documentary backs it up. Director
Dan Klores traces the mad, sad tale of Burt and Linda
from humble Bronx weirdness through several explosions
of tabloid infamy all the way to today, when they appear
to be just another sweet elderly couple at the deli.
Don’t be fooled. How many sweet old men at the
deli once hired goons to blind their girlfriend with lye,
served jail time, then married said girlfriend when they
got out?
When he spied 18-year-old Linda Riss at the beach in
1957, Pugach, then 30, had to have her. An ambulance
chaser with a brisk law practice, Pugach liked to live
large. The naive Linda was dazzled. So what if he looked
like movie nerd Arnold Stang? “He owned a nightclub.
He was a lawyer. He had a plane,” recalls one of her
friends. What wasn’t to like?
The fact that he was already married, for one thing.
Pathological jealousy, for another. When Linda dumped
him after learning of his wife, Burt lay on the floor and
wailed like a two-year-old. Then he grew a scary beard.
Then he called the goons. “If I can’t have her, no one
can,” he said—the eternal cry of the spurned loser.
Crazy Love doesn’t downplay the awfulness of what
happened, but it also knows a good media circus when it
sees one. Burt acted as his own lawyer, turned the trial
into a carnival, was convicted and sent to Attica, where
he was such a successful jailhouse lawyer for other prisoners he was put in solitary confinement.
Meanwhile Linda traveled to Europe and back, growing steadily lonelier with the years. When Burt was pa-
roled in 1974, he used a television interview to publicly
propose to her; eventually she said yes. The tabloids
swooped in once more.
There the two are in headlines and on magazine covers;
there they are on The Mike Douglas Show and Geraldo. Everyone wants to know one thing: Why? Why would Linda
Riss take back the person who maimed her, the man People magazine called “America’s Most Horrible Husband?”
Why would she stick by him in 1996, when he cheated
on her with a younger woman and they wound up on the
front page of the New York Post all over again? It’s a mystery Crazy Love never quite solves, perhaps out of respect
for everything Linda has gone through.
The final scenes with Burt and Linda today are unexpectedly touching. The two bicker like your grandparents,
with the same affection but considerably more poison
flowing under the bridge. Linda’s a taskmaster, and when
she says, “It’s not easy being with me—I figured this was
the best revenge,” the laugh sticks in your throat.
She also says, when asked why she went back to Burt, “To
him, I was still beautiful.” Maybe it is as simple as that.
EVERYTHING BUT the
enchanted kitchen sink shows up
in the sprawling fairytale Stardust, including evil witches, airborne pirate ships, double-parked
unicorns and Robert De Niro as a
cross-dressing sea captain. Sprinkled with tongue-in-cheek humor,
fairly adult jokes and some wellknown faces acting very silly,
this adventure story should have
particular appeal to fans of The
Princess Bride, but, in any event,
will never be mistaken for a movie
that’s strictly for kids.
One of the opening scenes
(there are several) involves the
dubious conception of our hero,
Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox)—the
collaborative effort of a witch’s
slave (Kate Magowan) and Tristan’s
wall-jumping father (Ben Barnes).
They live in Wall, which separates
England from the supernatural
kingdom of Stormhold. There, a
battle for succession to the throne
of the ailing king (Peter O’Toole)
rages among seven princes, only
three of whom are left alive as the
story begins.
There’s a lot going on in Stardust,
which is based on the novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated
by Charles Vess. The royal rivalries
are raging; the dead princes, who
appear in black-and-white, are a
hilarious Greek chorus, providing play-by-play on the homicidal
antics of their surviving brothers. Meanwhile, the young, inept
Tristan is wooing the fair Victoria
(Sienna Miller) by telling her he’ll
bring her the fallen star they’ve
seen pass over their heads. Then
there’s Yvaine (Claire Danes), who
is the fallen star.
And then there’s Lamia (Michelle
Pfeiffer), the evil witch who wants
to cut out Yvaine’s still-beating
heart and eat it with her horrid
sisters so they can prolong their
already unnatural youth. The very
best thing in the film, Pfeiffer
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MY BEST
FRIEND
(Mon meilleur ami)
CRAZY LOVE
Fri-Thr, Aug 10-16 @ 6 PM
Sat-Sun, Aug 11-12 @ 1:30 PM
USA • 2007 • 92 min • English • PG-13
shows great comedic timing, and her
metamorphoses—as Lamia careens
from flourishing beauty to horrible
crone—show considerable courage,
as the actress manages to be funny
regardless of what state of decrepitude she’s in. It’s not a very admirable
character, after all: Lamia turns people into goats and goats into people,
and she and her sisters foretell the
future by hacking up animals and
reading their entrails.
Stardust ’s saving grace comes in
the form of a lot of incidental humor. Pfeiffer delivers elaborate,
well-timed eye rolls when things
like eternal youth don’t go her way.
De Niro, whose Capt. Shakespeare
is so swishy it’s amazing he doesn’t
go overboard, does a “Can-Can” fan
dance that, while it doesn’t have
REVIEWED BY MICK LASALLE
My Best Friend
Who’s your BFF?
SOME OF
the best French films
of the past 20 years have been made
by Patrice Leconte. His movies can be
grand and historical, such as The Widow
of St. Pierre, or modern chamber pieces,
such as The Man on the Train.
My Best Friend is more in Leconte’s
chamber piece category, the story of
an aggressive antiques collector who
doesn’t quite realize he is living an
entirely friendless existence. He is interested only in things and sees people as means to an end. And then one
day, as if intuiting this lack within
himself, he pays an exorbitant sum of
money for an antique vase celebrating
the friendship between two men.
much to do with the film’s story, is
as engrossing as a car crash.
Typical for a fantasy with love at
the center, the romance turns out to
be the least interesting thing in the
film. Tristan undergoes an extreme
makeover over the course of the movie, moving improbably from Edwardian
nerd to Byronic swashbuckler; but the
fit is never quite right. Danes is outright cranky as Yvaine, to the point
where viewers may want to hand her
over to Lamia.
But the sweep of the story and the
humor keep things on something of an
even keel. The film’s production values
are good, with the more obvious computer-manipulated moments not really
distracting from the whole, as the story
and the characters are generally cartwheeling around reality anyway.
The purchase leads some of his associates to observe that he has not
one friend in the world. He insists he
has, that indeed he has a best friend.
His partner goads him into agreeing to
forfeit the vase if he can’t produce a
best friend by the end of the month.
Francois takes notice of a cabdriver, Bruno (Dany Boon), who seems to
have a way with people, and Francois
hires him so that he can learn how to
be likable. As one might expect, this
inevitably leads to a series of delightful humiliations, in which Francois
tries and fails, but what makes My
Best Friend interesting is the interactions are not all one way.
Along the way, My Best Friend offers insights into the emotional and
psychological components of both
friendliness and friendship. Bruno
has the gift of friendliness. Friendship, however, is a little harder to pin
down.
Fri-Thr, Aug 10-16 @ 3:45 & 8:15 PM
France • 2007 • 94 min • Subtitles • PG-13
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“A freak show of a fairy tale, rendered by a
filmmaker who knows how to pierce tabloid
reality right in its anguished, bloody heart.”
— Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
film REVIEW
“You’ll revel in the pleasure of its company.”
— Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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Bratz: I don’t know anything about this movie
except it’s based on a popular line of dolls
with giant heads. Sort of like bobbles, but
more hip. However, their human cinematic
counterparts don’t appear to be afflicted in
this way, which might actually make them less
appealing. + (PG • 1 hr. 30 min.)
Sunset Square 12:20
The Bourne Ultimatum: Matt Damon kicks
ass all over London in this, what he claims will
be the final installment, of the mega-successful and wholly entertaining Bourne franchise.
++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 51 min.)
Bellis Fair 1:35 | 2:10 | 4:20 | 4:55 | 7:05 | 7:40
| 9:50 | 10:25
Crazy Love: See review previous page. ++++
(PG-13 • 1 hr. 32 min.)
Pickford 6:00 | Sat. & Sun. @ 1:30
Daddy Day Camp: Because Daddy Day Care just
wasn’t idiotic enough. + (PG • 1 hr. 33 min.)
Bellis Fair 12:35 | 2:50 | 5:10 | 7:30 | 9:45
The Goonies: In terms of cult films, it gets no
better than The Goonies. Join Sloth, Chunk,
and the Fratelli brothers in the Boundary Bay
Beer Garden and relive your youth all over
again. Dress-up theme: Pirates. +++++ (PG
• 1 hr. 54 min.)
Boundary Bay Beer Garden Thurs. @ dusk
Hairspray: This is the film that’s based on a
hit Broadway musical that was, in turn, based
on a film by John Waters. All this begs the
question: Can a twice-removed John Waters
film made without any assistance from Waters
himself possibly be better than the original?
+++ (PG • 1 hr. 47 min.)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
Harry Potter grows up and gets dark in this,
the shortest movie adaptation of the longest
book in the frenzy-inducing series. +++ (PG13 • 2 hrs. 18 min.)
Bellis Fair 12:30 | 3:45 | 7:00 | 10:15
Hot Rod: An Evel Knievel wanna-be with a
whole host of family issues looks to enter the
record books, save the day for his downright
mean stepfather and redeem his own sense of
self-worth—while earning plenty of laughs
along the way. +++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 28 min.)
Sunset Square 3:00 | 5:15 | 7:45 | 10:10
I Know Who Killed Me: When Lindsay “I heart
rehab” Lohan isn’t busy getting arrested for
drinking and drugging, she sometimes makes
movies. This is one of them. ++ (R • 1 hr.
45 min.)
Sunset Square 9:00
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry: Could
this be the stupidest movie ever made? While
the preview suggests this may indeed be the
case, I’m certainly not going to slap down my
hard-earned sawbuck to find out. + (PG-13 •
1 hr. 50 min.)
Sunset Square 1:15 | 4:10 | 7:15 | 9:50
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: It can’t be
summer movie season in Bellingham without
Monty Python and crew bringing their brand
of hilarity to an outdoor screen somewhere.
Prozac Mountain Boys will kick the whole
thing off in fine bluegrass style. +++++
(PG • 1 hr. 31 min.)
Fairhaven Village Green 7:30
My Best Friend: See review previous page.
++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 34 min.)
Pickford 3:45 | 8:15
No Reservations: Catherine Zeta-Jones
shows off her knife skills and slices and dices
her way to Aaron Eckhart’s heart in this serviceable recreation of the foreign flick Mostly
Martha. +++ (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.)
Bellis Fair 2:05 | 4:45 | 7:20 | 10:00
Ratatouille: Brad Bird (of The Incredibles) teams
up once again with Pixar to craft what looks to
be the animated event of the summer, a story
about a rat with big dreams and a refined palate
to match. ++++ (G • 1 hr. 50 min.)
Bellis Fair 1:40 | 4:25 | 7:10 | 9:55
Rush Hour 3: Chris Tucker, who has parlayed
being ridiculously irritating into a reported
$20 million payday for this film, returns with
partner Jackie Chan in tow to use top-notch
martial arts and subpar humor to defeat the
bad guys once again. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 30
min.)
Sunset Square 12:00 | 1:00 | 2:10 | 3:15 | 4:20
| 5:30 | 6:50 | 7:50 | 9:15 | 10:15
The Simpson’s Movie: After dominating the
small screen for almost 20 years, Springfield’s
infamous animated yellow family finally
makes the big leap to the big screen. Will bigger mean better for this dysfunctional clan?
++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 27 min.)
Sehome 12:45 | 3:00 | 5:15 | 7:35 | 10:20
Stardust: See review previous page. ++++
(PG-13 • 2 hrs. 10 min.)
Sehome 1:00 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 9:55
Transformers: Michael Bay makes robot
magic—and proves there is indeed more than
meets the eye—as he brings the epic battle
between the Autobots and Decepticons to
over-the-top cinematic life. ++++ (PG-13 •
2 hrs. 24 min.)
Sunset Square 12:30 | 3:45 | 7:00 | 10:00
Underdog: What’s an ordinary beagle with a
wicked case of radiation and a penchant for
solving crimes to do? Sew up a uniform and
become a superhero, of course. There’s no
need to fear, Underdog is here! +++ (PG •
1 hr. 24 min.)
Sunset Square 12:15 | 2:20 | 4:30 | 6:40
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ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The face is the most
erotic part of the body,” says fashion designer Vivienne
Westwood. Try out that perspective for a while, Aries.
Your assignment in the coming week is to enjoy getting
excited by faces that captivate your imagination. This
isn’t just about pure physical beauty, of course. You
should also be alert to the titillating wisdom and arousing compassion that are revealed in their features... as
well as the ripples of inscrutable emotions and the flows
of secret knowings.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Lately, it’s as if you’ve
been riding a roller coaster on which you’re forbidden
to scream. It’s as if you’ve been trying to suppress your
laughter as you watch a series of the funniest stand-up
comedians on the planet. It’s like you’ve been ordered to
sit stiffly in a chair and keep your feet motionless while
your favorite band plays the dance music you love best. I
hope you won’t put up with this predicament any longer,
Taurus. Either scream, laugh, and dance, or else escape
any situation that’s keeping you clamped down.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I do not wish to hear
about the moon from someone who has not been there,”
wrote 19th-century wit Mark Twain. That’s an extreme
statement of how important it is to formulate conclusions based on first-hand knowledge rather than on
hearsay and random opinions. In the coming weeks, this
principle will be even more crucial to your mental health
than it usually is. In my astrological opinion, you need
to significantly increase the proportion of information
you acquire through your direct perceptions, as well as
from people who’ve had intimate contact with the things
you’re curious about.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Dear Rob: Do you
have any tips on dealing with fear that paralyzes you?
Like say I need to tell a certain someone how I really
feel. My heart keeps telling me to do it. My mind
keeps telling me to do it. But my fear makes me put
it off again and again. And I don’t have much time
before the window of opportunity closes. Please help!
I don’t want to miss out! - Cowardly Cancerian.” Dear
Soon-To-Be-Courageous Cancerian: In accordance with
cosmic rhythms, which are conspiring to assist you
in summoning hidden reserves of chutzpah, I hereby
assign you to actually do the thing you fear at one of
these times: Friday, August 10 between 7 and 9 pm;
Saturday, August 11 between noon and 2; Sunday,
August 12 between 3:30 and 6 pm; or Monday, August
13 between 6 and 8 pm.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I predict you will dream
about at least three of the following things in the
coming week: a flying carpet, a genie’s lamp, the
food of the gods, a wizard’s wand, healing ointment,
a silver chalice, and enchanted mud. “So what?” you
might be saying. “What do dreams, no matter how fun
they might be, have to do with my pursuit of happiness in the cold, cruel world of my waking life?” And I
say unto you, Leo, that these dreams will mysteriously transform your psyche in such a way that you’ll
be able to accomplish magic that may have seemed
impossible before.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Why fight for rights
that are already yours, Virgo? Why sacrifice yourself for
the benefit of people who wouldn’t fully appreciate your
gifts? And why are you even thinking about dividing
when you should be multiplying? Any of these acts would
be a crime against yourself. So listen up: You just have
to hold out a little longer. If you can avoid running up a
big karmic debt in the next few days, if you can refrain
from hurting yourself in a misguided attempt to fix situa-
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When you see a shooting
star, you’re usually looking at a piece of cosmic debris
that’s 30 to 60 miles away and no bigger than a grain of
rice. As it streaks through the atmosphere, the compression of air in front of it creates a shock wave, generating
enough heat to send a bright light to your eyes. Sound
like something you want to emulate, Libra? I believe
that in the coming weeks, your smallest actions, like
those of shooting stars, could produce dramatic, farreaching effects.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Dear Rob: In the past
few weeks, life has been opening me up over and over
again, as if I were a rose that couldn’t stop blooming.
Every perception hits me with a soothing bolt of clarity.
Every conversation is gracefully sculpted, as if composed
by a higher power. I’m listening and actually hearing
what people really mean. I feel accountable for each
word that comes out of my mouth. It’s amazing. Do you
have any tips for keeping this state going on forever?
I’m afraid I’ll slip back into a duller, more self-absorbed
state. - Scorpio On Fire.” Dear Scorpio: Don’t cling. Don’t
be grasping or anxious. Instead, do what is potentially
every Scorpio’s specialty: Die and be reborn every day.
Again and again, kill off the magic that’s working so well
and artfully resurrect it in a transformed version.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Infinite Jest,
novelist David Foster Wallace imagines what life will be
like in the future. One big change is that the years will
no longer be known by numbers. The naming rights will
have been sold to corporate sponsors. What might have
been 2013 and 2014, for instance, will be the Year of
Dairy Products from the American Heartland and the Year
of the Depend Adult Undergarment. I thought it might
be fun to borrow that idea for your horoscope, especially
in light of the fact that imminent events may play a big
role in defining the main themes of 2007. Will this turn
out to be your Year of Fertility Rites in the Wild Frontier?
Or maybe the Year of Your Inner Animal’s Intelligence
Upgrade? Or the Year of Your Fantastic Voyage to the
Cosmic Lost and Found? We’ll soon find out.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Certain religions
whose names I won’t mention have given prayer a bad
name. It has come to be associated with sentimentality,
desperation, delusion, greed, and wishful thinking. But I
prefer to define prayer as an intention to align your emotions and thoughts with the highest possible good. Can
you give that definition a whirl? I hope so. It’s Big Wild
Prayer Week, a time when you will have an extraordinary
ability to get in sync with almost unimaginably catalytic
currents of cosmic beauty and truth.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Desire is not an
occupation,” croons the lead singer of the industrial
rock band KMFDM. But I beg to differ, at least as far as
you’re concerned. For the immediate future, it would
definitely not be totally crazy for you to play hooky
from your job and stop doing all the busy work you
usually do so that you could fully devote yourself to
exploring the riddles of your deepest longings. I’m not
just talking about the yearning for love and sex, but
every single one of your bone-aching, abyss-tempting,
reality-crunching hungers.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’d like to see you
permanently lose at least 50 percent of your chronic
aggravation. And I have an idea about how you might
do that. Choose a day when you’ve got the leisure time
to spend one intense half hour cursing about everything
that annoys, frustrates, and upsets you. For those 30
minutes, you’ll allow yourself to unleash tremendous ferocity as you commune with visions of your outrage. Giving yourself that permission—so my theory goes—would
drain the backlog of vexation you’ve been carrying
around. If you do it right, your spirit will be purged of
the sour heaviness of background rage for at least eight
weeks, probably longer.
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access. Tenant?s Requirements: Available at August
2007 1st month $1,500 plus
security deposit $2,000 Nonsmoking, no pets, no guns, No
exception References required
Utilities paid by tenants Contact Song Elston 206.788.6535
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New spacious 1 bdrm,
1.5 bath condo with a
partial view, 950 sq. ft.,
W/D, balcony, covered
parking, fitness center,
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$650 / 2br - Affordable &
Spacious Affordable & spacious 2 bedroom, 1 bath unit
in 4-plex. Washer & dryer,
dishwasher, bright top floor
corner unit. Conveniently located near WWU shuttle, on
busline, near shopping. Off
street parking. Water, sewer
& garbage paid by landlord.
$650/mo. Section 8 ok. Call
Brian for details & a showing
@ (360) 303-1787.
$625 / 1br - Pleasant
Daylight Apartment 850
sq ft in quiet,nicer family
neighborhood. Close to I-5,
Lakeway Shopping Center and
WWU. Off street parking, private entrance and unit, large
yard/garden view. Washer
and Dryer shared with very
nice woman upstairs. House
rules include no loud music,tv
or parties. Available August
22nd. Please call if you want
to view it before. 360 647-2425
W/G/S included. 10 month
lease. Sorry NO PETS
$2000
Beautiful
new
home with west water
view beautiful sunsets
We want to rent out our 2200
sq ft house. It is furnished. We
require EXCELLENT references
as this is our home. We want
at least a 6 month lease. The
house overlooks Lummi Island,
Sandy Point, Point Roberts and
has breathtaking sunsets. We
don’t want pets. Housebroken
kids OK. The house has a large
livingroom and a family room,
a sitting room off the master
bedroom and 2 other bedrooms. One of the bedrooms is
being used as an office. Email:
homer.kiki@yahoo.com
$1150 / 2br - 2601 Lynn
Street Adorable-2 Bedroom
1 bath -Garage,basement,
fenced yard, wood fireplace,
all appliances. Very cute corner lot in great neighborhood.
Available Sept 5th. $1150.00
per month. Renters are in until
end of August. Please call and
we’ll set up an appt. Thank
you, Tracie Day 360 223-0955
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$725-$750 / 2br - 22bedroom/1bath apartments in York neighborhood 2 apartments available
in the same house. Nice, sunny 2 bed/1 bath 800+/- sq ft
apartments in the heart of the
York neighborhood. Tri-plex
older home. Each unit has one
entire floor. Unit #1 is on the
main (middle)floor. Recently
updated with large eat-in
kitchen, tall ceilings, front
and back porch, hardwood in
kitchen, carpet thru the rest
of the place. Rent is $750/
month, $750 deposit and is
AVAILABLE NOW. Unit #2 is
also a 2bed/1bath with hardwood floors, lots of character,
windows, clawfoot tub, eat-in
kitchen and has a large back
porch with views of the city.
Rents for $725 month with
$725 deposit and is AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST. Rent
includes water, sewer/trash.
You pay for gas and electricity. 1 year lease. Lots of offstreet parking, no smoking,
no pets. 401 Gladstone. Call
John at 360-815-0411.
$1400 Lake Samish Waterfront Home Beautiful
waterfront home in very quiet
area. 120 feet of Waterfront
with dock and beautiful
grounds Every room except
Powder room and Laundry
room overlook lake 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms 3 Fireplace including one in large
well appointed kitchen large
laundry room 2 car garage
Available Sept 10 - June 22
$1400.00 per month plus utilities Call 604-880-6432
$825 / 2br - apt in an
old Victorian 2 bedroom 1
large bath in the upstairs of
a sunny top floor apartment.
In the unit there are also a
huge kitchen great for that
gourmet and a laundry room.
All utilities are seperate. We
would prefer to rent out to
grad students or professionals. The unit is about 900sqf.
Also the house is located very
close to cornwall park so you
have great access to all those
trails. Please feel free to call
or email I should be showing
the house for the rest of the
weekend. 206-372-2210 abbybange@gmail.com
$1450 / 2br - Downtown
Bellingham 2 bdr 2 bath
condo with Bay view Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom
condo with a Bellingham Bay
view. Morse Square Condo on
Railroad Ave. Garage parking.
No pets. Call (360) 398-8630
(360) 927-9134
$685 / 1br - 1bdrm includes all utilities! Cheerful basement apartment located on Jameson street near
the high school. Available
immediately upon completion of application and credit
check. First, last and deposit
required. $500 deposit $200
non-refundable. Seperate entrance, 3/4 bath, full kitchen
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non smoker. (Single cat may
be all right dependant on circumstances, $100 additional
non-refundable pet deposit.)
360-416-0413
a long-term rental or lease. No
smoking. Will consider pets.
Available starting August 21.
Call Jeff at 360-376-3679.
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$1400 / 4br - NEW Home
in Gated Community
4bdrm/2.5 bath NICE!! For
Rent- Beautiful New Home in
Sea Links, approximately 2300
square feet, large bonus room,
3 car garage, many upgrades in
custom-style home, low maintenance yard. Call 303-5392 for
more information.
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$1400 / 3br - LG 3 BED 2
1/2 BATH HOUSE W/VIEW
Nice big 3 bed 2 1/2 bath, large
kitchen with lots of cabinet
space home. This house is two
story with a w/d,d/w. It has
large bedrooms and a great
room. The location is prime,
easy access off I5 going north,
and close to downtown F’dale.
Please call for appt Terri 360820-0150 Thanks Hurry it won’t
last long.
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$1500 / 2br - Waterfront
home with great views
Beautiful high bank waterfront home on Lummi Island
for rent or lease. Great views
of the water, Mt. Baker, and
Bellingham. Two bedrooms
and two baths; unfurnished.
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$850 / 2br - Bright Lower
Apartment Avail now, very
clean & cozy. main floor: 1500
sq ft, 3 BD, 1.5 BA, kit, living
room w/ fp, fenced yard, 2 car
gar, $1200, NS, no dogs. Lower apt: 1500 sq ft, kit, living
room, 2 BD, 1 BA w/ jacuzzi,
huge fam room w/ fp, separate entrance, no gar. $850,
NS, no dogs. 6854 Hannegan,
across from Raspberry Ridge
Golf Course. Call for viewing,
360-933-1808
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WTD: Storage Space for
smaller car. WWU student
looking for covered parking
space for the 2007-08 school
year, or until June 2008. Car
is a smaller sedan (1983 bmw
320i). I will make arraingements to keep floor clean of
oil because the car has a few
leaks. If you are interested,
please contact me at 425-8293464. I have a max limit of 50/
mo. although I am negotiable.
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apartment near Wahtcom C/C Looking for share
apartment or unfurnished
room near Whatcom C/C
soon. Male Student with excellent references who is quite
and nice. call 4252314618 or
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rental
wanted 2+ bed in Birch Bay or
Blaine by Sept.1st. Good references and stable job. Please
call Tamara at 360 223-5750
we are in need of housing My self and my partner
are in need of housing before
the 15th of august. we are
female and both in our late
20s. we work full time and
need a farly priced appartment/house. we have pets
so it would need to be a pet
friendly home. we are good,
honest and quiet people looking for a place to call home.
please feel free to email us at
kellyjeaster@hotmail.com if
you have any ideas or openings! thank you for your time!
hope to hear from you!! Email:
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ROOM NEEDED
Now Room needed in
Bellingham ASAP. For
one person and one cat
that would stay in the
room only. Quiet working
person, writer. Weekly
or monthly while I get
settled in Bham. Prefer
Fairhaven. Do not need
use of anything but bedroom and shower. Contact
highcountry_life@yahoo.
com or 360-752-4587
Looking for a studio
Looking for an inexpensive
studio or one bedroom apt
near Western Washington
University. Must be bus accessible. Private kitchen and
bathroom a must. Willing to
live in a basement of a house
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$375 2 rooms for rent I
have 2 rooms for rent starting
Sept. 1st and both are $375
including all utilites. There is
cable internet, basic cable,
and phone service which are
also included in the rent. Possibility for a cat or two since
there are two living here
currently. It is about a 15- 20
minute drive to western from
here. Please email me or give
me a call if you’re interested
in renting. 360-739-9793 Jeff
$600 Rooom for rent
New 3BR/2.5 BA house located in a quiet neighborhood in
Trickle Creek close to Squalicum High School, Barkley
Village, Sunset Square, St
Joseph?s and easy access
to I-5 . House features hardwood floors, high ceiling,
granite counter top, stainless steel appliances, wireless high-speed internet, cable tv, fireplace, guest room
and two car garage. Looking
for mature grad student or
working professional roommate. You will have your own
bathroom. Non smoker and
no pets. The first and last
month rent. Utilities will be
spilt 50/50. I?m a male, nonsmoker, never used drugs, in
my 30?s. I?m clean, considerate, responsible, progressive liberal and working professional. Joe 360-224-2195
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9 Auberjonois of “Boston
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13 “Dead man’s hand” cards
14 Word before major or
minor
15 He flirts with Paula
16 Does some tailoring
17 Like broken or worn-out
tools
19 Primed for parenthood,
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23 Money for later
26 Month after avril
27 Skip-Bo relative
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37 Zone named for Dr.
Grafenberg
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41 “SNL” rival
43 Drink with a lizard logo
44 Ship front
47 Momentarily
49 Prank someone’s house,
maybe
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cash
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old food in the fridge
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NASCAR racers
18 Pawn
20 “___ Calling” (cancelled
Fox show)
23 Commands
24 Song with the lyric “she
really shows you all she
can”
25 State lines?
28 Holds the title to
30 In the past
31 Invitation request
33 Jersey jersey wearers
35 Prefix for an ear doctor
36 Beloved beef
39 “___ Maria”
40 Some chickens
41 Prefix for appropriation
42 Colony member
45 Concept found in Hinduism
46 Lets in on the joke
48 Cremona closing
50 Reason to stop on a
road trip
54 “Me ___” (1987 Roger
Waters song)
55 “In ___” (Nirvana album)
57 Some vegans won’t lick it
58 Sioux Falls is there: abbr.
59 Some Audi models
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$329,000
Wonderful
home, a good rental
income or great investment property Home
on huge city lot...approximately 1/3 of an acre. Lot
size is 17,000+ square: 60
feet across the front, 45 feet
across the back and 254 feet
deep. House is situated in
such a way that you do not
feel there are any neighbors
near with a wonderful front
porch to sit on. The one plus
car garage is ATTACHED to
the house by a three-sided
enclosed patio breezeway.
Two bedrooms wth large
closets—one of which is a
walk-in. Two full bathrooms.
Large charming kitchen
with dining area overlooking
fenced backyard. 1155 square
feet on the main floor and 840
square feet in the basement.
Electric baseboard heat. Just
steps from the triangle Peabody Park located between
Northwest Avenue and Walnut Street at 1521 E. Victor
Street. Close to busline,
Yeagers, Cornwall Park and
grocery stores. Call 360-7342098 or 360-380-1851 for an
appointment.
$189,900 Fantastic 2
Bedroom Condo! This
easily accessible ground level
2 bedroom, 1.75 bath condo
built in 2004 has 9ft. ceilings,
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Specialty
Deli / Grocery /
Micro’s / Etc. $1600.
Also wanted
partner for Espresso
stand at same locaton.
Terms negotiable.
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wooden-key xylophones and
hosho (dried gourd shakers).
Ages 9 and up welcome.
Info: 360-671-0361
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Home in
Happy Valley!
Is your income
between
$33,000 and $46,000?
Apply now
for a home at
our Matthei Place
Development
Construction is
underway on 14
new green-built
homes.
For more information
and to apply visit
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or call
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gas heat, cozy gas fireplace,
delightful gourmet kitchen,
large master suite with bathroom & walk-in closet. Lots of
storage and a tranquil back
patio overlooking greenbelt
& walking trails. Awesome
location close to shopping
medical facilities and Whatcom Community College.
$189,900. Call Brian Henderson @ Muljat Group Realtors
(360) 303-1787 for details & a
showing!
$234,900 Amazing View
Condo Close to WWU!
Amazing sunsets can be
yours with this recently renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom
condo just a few blocks from
WWU, downtown and the
waterfront! Walk out to the
huge balcony overlooking
Bellingham Bay & downtown
Bellingham from the living
room & master bedroom.
This is a great opportunity to
own a home for a great price!
$234,900. Call Brian @ (360)
303-1787 for details & a showing. Owner is agent.
$349,900 Fantastic Bellingham Duplex! Great
duplex in desirable location
in Bellingham! 5 bedroom &
2 bedroom units, 2900+ sqft.
of living space, large lot, fully
rented! Perfect location close
to WWU, shopping, busline,
etc. $349,900. Call Brian
Henderson @ Muljat Group
Realtors for details (360) 3031787.
$399,900
Aiki
Built
Home in Sudden Valley
MLS#27112511
Beautiful Aiki built home! Features
include high-efficiency insulation, whole-house air ventilation, instant hot water &
radiant in floor heat, cherry
hardwood floors, cherry
cabinets, extensive use of
tile, large trex deck, spacious master suite w/walk
in closet, dual vanities, large
tile shower & jetted tub. Enjoy
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large back yard with sounds
of nature and fish pond.
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$499,000 4BD 2.5BA Quality Rambler With High
Ceilings MLS#27050600
Exquisite home, landscaping & neighborhood. Welldecorated quality rambler
with high ceilings, Palladium
window, vacuum system, jacuzzi, and large oak floored
kitchen/family room with
brick fireplace. On a dead
end street close to trails!
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$625,000 Highly Appointed
Waterfront
Condo
MLS#27031708
Highly Appointed Waterfront
Condo. Wake up and watch
the eagles soar over the
ocean with the view of the
San Juan Islands. Must see to
believe upgrades, built-ins,
a luxurious spa in your own
home! Soak in your jetted tub
in one of the two master bathrooms. Watch a movie on one
of the two drop down 90 inch
projector screens or just enjoy listening to your favorite
island music throughout the
house with surround-sound
in virtually every room. The
Master dressing room is fit
for a Queen. Buyer Tours Realty MLS Info and 360 Virtual
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Gorgeous
sunny side waterfront
property with dock
MLS#27035536 Gorgeous
sunny side Toad Lake, lightly
treed WATERFRONT. Septic
permit approved and on file
for 3 bed home. Moderately
steep bank with plateaus for
building or yard gives great
views to the South and South
West. Plans put house just
above access road (only 3
lots have easement) then
60 Ft of gentle slope to lake.
Dock in place. Great trout
fishing lake. Electric motors
only, quiet, great for kayaking or canoeing, excellent
swimming lake, clear deep
water. Parking above and/
or below. Buyer Tours Realty MLS Info and 360 Virtual
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$364,900 4BD 2BA Beautiful Fairhaven Area
MLS#27046177 4 Bdrm 2
Ba Fairhaven home, Bonus
room could be finished for
bedroom or playroom! Close
to Interurban trails, backs
to forest. Buyer Tours Realty
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$155,000 1 BD 1 BA Cottage, Stick Built Foundation, Studio Cabin
MLS#27046361 Clean 1
bedroom cottage redone in
2004 with quality vinyl windows, appliances, bullnose
corner drywall, small deck.
Call Marie Rose
Re/Max
Whatcom County
for more
information.
360-224-6992
PRIVATE RUSTIC RETREAT $349,000
Private one-of-a-kind home on 2.75 acres
at the end of the road. Three story home with
3 bedrooms, 1.75 baths, sunroom & detached
garage/shop. Enjoy seasonal pond, wildlife,
territorial views & walks along the
Nooksack River. MLS #27099488
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CLASSIC CONDO
$529,900
Amazing Panoramic View of Bellingham Bay,
the San Juan Islands, and Downtown.
In the heart of Historic South Hill. Minutes from
WWU, Sehome Arboritum, Bellingham Farmer’s
Market and City Center. Luxury living with
1346 square feet, 2 Bedrooms, 1.75 baths, bamboo
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Bridget Between
the Sheets
The pace car
I have
a male friend who
is under the assumption that he offers profound sex advice. Ever heard
the phrase, “You’re the gas, she’s the
brake?” He uses this term so often
you’d think it was etched in stone in
the caverns of sexual history, right
next to that dusty volume of Men are
from Mars. Many readers struggle with
a shared problem, your gal Bridget included. Who is the pace car in your
sexual relationship?
We’re all breezing around the track
at full speed these days. After the
dishes are done and the bills are paid,
it’s tough to give it your all when you
reach bed at 11pm. And as it happens,
most women don’t go from zero to 60
in 3.5 seconds.
All of us have our own rate of speed
in the bedroom. On average, the difference in the time it takes women
and men to reach orgasm during
foreplay and vaginal intercourse is
greater than it is for masturbation.
Women average 10 to 20 minutes from
warmup to the finish line. And—surprise!—men get there quicker. Single
men, on the average, take about seven
minutes. Married men pass the checkered fl ag in about 14 minutes. A good
thing to remember about “averages” is
this includes men who take a lot longer to reach orgasm as well as those
who don’t take nearly as long. When
it comes to actual penetration, most
men are reaching the end of the last
lap in two minutes fl at. Interestingly,
the first few orgasmic contractions
for women and men happen at exactly
the same intervals: 0.8 seconds. (That
may be why some couples find simultaneous orgasm so compelling.) Men
average four to six orgasmic contractions; women, six to 10.
Let’s look at the mechanics here.
Most women experience orgasm
through stimulation of the clitoris. But
for many, the clitoris is positioned in
such a way that it doesn’t get enough
rub during intercourse to achieve orgasm quickly, if at all. This is different for guys, of course, as their most
sensitive part is directly stimulated
during intercourse and most types of
sex play. So that can put a rest to the
theory that males are simply jumping
the gun—it’s merely a difference in
body design.
There can also be psychological issues that can be sexually inhibiting
for women and lead to engine failure. Some women may feel anxious
about unintended pregnancy and
sexually transmitted infections. They
may worry whether they’ve picked
the right partner or if their partner
is faithful. Others struggle with body
image issues that can make them less
comfortable during sex. And some
women feel ambivalent about whether
they should really enjoy themselves
sexually or make their sexual needs
a priority. All of these concerns, and
others, can lead to performance anxiety that reduces a woman’s ability to
relax and enjoy the ride.
So in our quest to cross that finish
line, forget about the need for speed.
Think of it as more a triathlon than a
drag race. It’s helpful to mix it up a bit
with different types of activities and
stimulation to get everyone’s needs
met, and the goal is for both members
of the team to get their medal. Finding the pace car for your relationship
means realizing we may need to slow
down for our partner, cheer each other
on and stop feeling pressured to finish
the “race” at the same time.
Column provided by Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood. E-mail questions to BRIDGET@MBPP.ORG. For personal
medical questions or to make an appointment, call your nearest health center. Bellingham (360)734-9095
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On the
Level
Terminate the
obscene
The cherry
tree, in its attempt to produce another cherry tree,
creates thousands of seeds. At first
glance, this sounds inefficient and
wasteful, but not if you
take into account the fact
that the “extra,” “wasteful” seeds become food
for other organisms in the
web of life. Waste is food.
While seemingly inefficient, Mother Nature is
very effective.
Duane Jager has taken
this to heart. He says,
“We are constipating nature” by clogging our
landfills with our waste
instead of turning it into food. Follow
his lead and the very concept of waste
is obscene.
In this particular case, he’s talking
about appliances. Since opening ReUse Works in 2005, he and his team
have saved more than 700 appliances
for reuse.
“We are the tip of the iceberg,”
Jager says. ”There’s so much more that
needs to be recovered from the waste
stream. Our discards are as much a local resource as water, farmlands, fish
and forest.”
Just how big is the appliance iceberg? More than 27,000 appliances
are destroyed every year in Whatcom
County without first being assessed
for reuse potential. Consider the ReUse Works’ alternative the next time
you need to purchase, or dispose of, an
appliance. Terminate the obscene and
make waste into food.
Even if you can afford to buy a new
appliance, consider buying used. Shoppers at places like the RE Store and
RENTALS
REAL ESTATE
BUY SELL TRADE
600 Village include many
600 folks who
Value
Real
Estate
Real
need not be there; they
canEstate
afford to
spend more; they can afford to buy
something new. Instead, they pluck
their dollars down in support of the reduce/reuse/recycle mantra we so desperately need to prevail.
Duane’s team repairs and sells donated washers, dryers, ranges, fridges
and freezers. You’ll find ReUse Works
at 802 Marine Drive (more info: 5272646 or reuseworks.org). They accept
unwanted home appliances, working
or not. You can drop your items there,
or they’ll even schedule a pickup from
your home. After testing and repair,
if needed, appliances are cleaned and
sold with a 90-day warranty. Appliances that can not be
cost-effectively repaired
are stripped for reusable
parts and recycled. And,
of course, they recycle
the Freon from the refrigeration units.
There’s another piece
to this local gem of an
organization: sales revenues support their job
training program by partnering with the Community Jobs program. Your
decision to donate an appliance or purchase a refurbished unit supports onthe-job training in shipping, receiving,
repair, maintenance, cleaning, material
handling and sales.
“Unwanted materials are simply resources that are out of place,” Jager
says. “We must find their place, using
as little energy as possible—recycling is
not enough. Consider the recycling costs
when you ship recyclables like appliances out of the area, use energy to melt
them down, use energy to re-manufacture a new product, use virgin materials
for new products, and then ship those
products back into Whatcom County.”
Whether you donate an appliance
to ReUse Works to keep it out of the
landfill, or purchase a used appliance
to extend its service life, you successfully erase a portion of your ecological footprint. And you also shrink
your spending. At $79 and up, a ReUse Works appliance will stretch your
hard-earned money and this, too, is a
good thing.
Rick Dubrow owns A-1 Builders and Adaptations, their design division www.a1builders.ws. Tune in to his
radio show ‘On The Level’ on KMRE FM 102.3. His past shows can also be found on A-1’s website.
BULLETIN BOARD
600
Real Estate
Includes Studio Cabin w/loft,
kitchen & 3/4 bath. Live in
house, rent cabin as studio
or use as teen space/riding
pals/guest cabin. 1/2 acre
lightly wooded, asphalt to
gravel driveway. Bicycle or
ride horses to Birch Bay; store
gear in cute shed w/power at
entrance, or shed in back.
RR Ranch = pool in summer,
riding trails, stables. Sunset
Farm Equestrian Center by RR
entrance. Buyer Tours Realty
MLS Info and 360 Virtual Tour
Free 24 hour recorded information on this listing 1-(800)676-6175 Ext: 7
$189,000 Attention Investors—Must Sell 3 bd, 1
ba solid rambler on level, sunny corner lot in Sudden Valley
Gate 9. Newer roof, new windows, new kitchen cabinets.
Creek on property. Rent as-is
or easy fix & flip. Must sell
quickly. 360-540-5235
HOUSES:
FERNDALE
$320,000
Beautifully
Landscaped ,Mt. Baker
Views 6023 Sunshine
Dr. Beautifully Landscaped
Split Level Home, Views of
Mt. Baker. 3b.r. 2 1/2 bathrooms.Bonus room above the
Garage. Formal living room
w/ French Doors.Large family room w/ cathedral ceiling. Fully fenced yard w/two
decks.2 car garage.GFA.
Close to Schools-Bus line.
1804 s.f. Beautiful Home,
waitng for the right family
. Realtors Welcome Virtual
Tour@ www.6023sunshine.
com (360)410-0267
$115000 Flat, fully serviced
lots
available
Ferndale?s BEST sub division
has only 26 flat & fully serviced lots available. Starting
at only $115,000, most lots
have some view of Mt. Baker
& some will have views of the
Bay. Will build to suit. Discount offered for multiple lot
purchases. Homes sales up to
$440,000. I-5 to Main St Ferndale, all the way thru town to
Chruch Re, turn R and go 2.2
miles to Pacific Highlands Dr.
Call James at 360.319.4894
james@jamesheintz.com The
Muljat Group Realtors
$325000 Terrific Family
Home I could be Whatcom
County?s BEST new construction value! All granite
surfaces and stainless steel
appliances too. Excellent
floor plan, 3 bedrooms & a
bonus den too! Fully landscaped, patio, lots of tile and
upgraded finish and fixtures.
All in a great sub division with
terrific amenities, including trails, tennis court & two
tot lots. I-5 to Main St, Ferndale, all the way thru town to
Church Rd, turn R and go 2.2
miles to Pacific Highlands Dr.
Call James at 360.319.4894
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james@jamesheintz.com The
Muljat Group Realtors
HOUSES:
GLACIER
$274900 Glacier Three
Bedroom Unique 3 bdrm,
2 bath chateau style home in
beautiful Glacier Rim. Very
open and spacious living,
family and kitchen areas upstairs from private bedrooms,
office and laundry room.
Quiet setting with gorgeous
view near hiking, skiing and
fishing. Community tennis
court, recreation center and
pool. Something for the whole
family! Call Jim Odell at Keller
Williams R.E. 360 303-2859.
HOUSES:
LUMMI
$110,000 Septic installed3 BD house, near boat
launch MLS#27043387
Build your dream home on
RARE improved lot on Lummi
Island! With a cleared lot,
septic INSTALLED for a THREE
bedroom home, TWO possible sites for your home,
ONE incredible opportunity!
This rare lot is near the boat
launch, clubhouse, freshwater
lake, playground, basketball/
volleyball court. Limited only
by buyer’s imagination. Buyer
Tours Realty MLS Info and
360 Virtual Tour Free 24 hour
recorded information on this
listing 1-(800)-676-6175 Ext: 8
HOUSES:
LYNDEN
$395,000
3BD
2.5BA
Brand New Home in
Gated-Community
600
Real Estate
MLS#27129035
Brand
new, custom 3 Bdrm, 2.5 Bath
home in desirable Meridian
School District. Home boasts
granite counter tops, hardwood floors, tile, stainless
steel appliances and a 3 car
garage. Home is plumbed for
central vac. Large bedrooms
upstairs. Master bedroom
has jetted tub. Private, gatedcommunity on .41 acres with
view of Canadian Mtns. Plenty
of room for a shop or RV parking. Buyer Tours Realty MLS
Info and 360 Virtual Tour Free
24 hour recorded information
on this listing 1-(800)-6766175 Ext: 10
700
Bulletin Board
CLASSES &
WORKSHOPS
Bellingham Plays! New
Workshops: New season
of workshops begins on
Wednesday, September 5.
One may join at any time, but
a commitment of six weeks
is expected and is open to
beginners as well as experienced actors who want to
hone skills. Workshops are
basically split into two parts
each meeting. The first half
is theater games, improvisation and more. The second
part is developing scenes
between two or more individuals or a monologue.
For the next year the group
will be focusing attention
on the work of American
playwrights. Cost is $90 for
six weeks. For information
call Gene Schankel at 6717854 or e-mail spencer911@
gmail.com.
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PRO
SCREENWRITING
WORKSHOPS - BELLINGHAM In September,
Aubrey M. Horton (MFA,
UCLA film school) will teach
a series of screenwriting
workshops in Bellingham,
WA 98225. Horton has consulted on projects for Warner Bros., Paramount, and
HBO. “Creative Screenwriting” magazine has rated him
as a “highly recommended”
script doctor, i.e., in the top
8 nationally. Horton has also
mentored five writers who’ve
won national screenwriting
awards. In 2005 a student
of his (now represented by
CAA)... signed a blind deal
with Warner Bros. and then
a 2-picture deal with Paramount Pictures. Horton’s
students have had a number
of their scripts go to camera.
Horton’s 4-week workshop
begins Sept. 22nd and meets
3 to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. The
fee is $180. Horton’s 8-week
workshop begins Sept. 23rd
and meets 3 to 6 p.m. on
Sundays. The fee is $380. Go
to -> www.ScriptDoctor911.
com for more info. The application deadline is Sept.
15th.
Ongoing
Marimba
Classes: Learn to play
the joyous music of
Zimbabwe on wooden-key
xylophones and hosho (dried
gourd shakers). Ages 9 and up
welcome. Info: 360-671-0361;
nancysteele@comcast.net.
CHILDREN’S
DANCE
CLASSES Creative Dance
and Beginning Ballet for children. Ferndale - 6 miles North
of downtown Bellingham.
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RE V IE W S
PROF IL E S
BY DAWN LANDAU
Bayou on Bay
Food with a kick
I HAVE
loved New Orleans since my first visit. It’s a city that
brims with the exotic—a place of endless character and color. The
people are as colorful as their surroundings: laughing hard and
loud, proud of their heritage and city (even after it was ravaged by
Hurricane Katrina). However, the food is definitely one of the defining elements for those who love New Orleans. The cuisine, like the
city, is synonymous with spice.
Bayou on Bay is a new Bellingham restaurant in the old Stuart’s
Coffeehouse on Bay Street. Owner Steve Crosier is a big fan of New
Orleans’ cooking, and, as a new transplant to Bellingham, thought
it would be a fun addition to the local offerings. He bought the space, decorated it
in French Quarter hues and accents, hired
several recent grads from the Bellingham
Culinary Institute, and created a fairly authentic “N’awlins” eatery.
New Orleans cuisine has its roots predominantly in Cajun and Creole culture. The
EAT IT
names of the dishes dance in your mouth
WHAT: Bayou on Bay
and tickle your tongue: jambalaya, etoufWHEN: 11am-3pm
fée, gumbo, po’boys, beignets and café au
Mon., 11am-9pm
lait sing out their ethnic roots. African,
Tues.-Thurs, 11amFrench, Spanish, Native American and Afro10pm Fri.-Sat.
WHERE: 1300 Bay
Caribbean cultures all blend to create food
St.
with a kick. It’s not food for those who preINFO: 752-2968 or
fer simple flavors or don’t like spice.
bayouonbay.com
We tried a sampling of several menu items
and were impressed. Appetizers included Crab
and Crawfish Cakes ($6.50) served over house coleslaw, with a buttermilk lime dressing. The flavors were just right and very different
from local crab cakes. The Cajun Corn Fritters ($4.99) were unique as
well, with spinach, whole corn and topped with
a smoky, tomato-okra mash. Bayou also offers
Fried Frog Legs ($6.99), Oyster Shooters ($1.50
ea.), Hush Puppies ($3.50), and more.
Étouffée ($8.25) is a traditional Creole seafood
dish served over rice. Bayou’s Étouffée starts
with a mushroom base, and combines crawfish,
onions, green peppers, celery, garlic, cayenne
and a brown roux (versus the traditional blond).
The rich flavor was my favorite and my husband
was back for more a couple days later.
Gumbo ($3.50-$5.99) tends to be thicker, less
spicy, shrimp-based, and sometimes includes
file (powdered sassafras leaves). Bayou’s is Creole-style and includes chicken, andouille sausage, tomatoes, onions and okra. (One happy
diner told me he had “inhaled” his.) Jambalaya
($7.25), a Creole cousin to paella, differs from
the others in that the rice is incorporated into
the sauce while cooking, allowing it to thicken
and absorb the spices and flavors. It includes
chicken, crawfish, prawns and peppers and was
by far the spiciest thing we tried.
The Pulled BBQ Pork Sandwich ($7.99) was
sweet, tangy, tender and spicy all at once. The
sweet potato fries are to die for. The mixed
drink menu is distinctly southern (Mint Julep or
Alabama Slammer, anyone?) with a large selection of beers in bottles or on tap.
For dessert we tried the Beignets ($2.50$3.50) and the house Pecan Pie ($4.50). The pecan filling was over-the-top delicious. I wasn’t
impressed with the Beignets, but in fairness,
I am a slave to Café Du Monde’s in the French
Quarter—these were distinctly chewier.
Bayou on Bay is a welcome addition to Bellingham, offering a Southern alternative to the
growing list of local restaurants. Reasonable
prices, a fun atmosphere and good food make
it worth a try.
Do it 3 | Mail 4-5 | Views 6-7 | Currents 8-15 | Words & Community 16 | Get Out 17 | On Stage 18 | Art 19 | Music 20-23 | Film 24-27 | Classifieds 28-33 | Food
Food 35
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T H E F O OD I S
DEF I N I T ELY ON E
OF T H E DEF I N I NG
EL EM EN T S F OR
T HOS E W HO L OV E
N E W OR L E A N S .
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