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PAGE 2 • February 2016 • The Entertainer
February
2016
Brew & Bacon Festival builds on last year’s success
W — especially if they’re
served together?
hat’s not to like about brews and
bacon
And it’s not any
convenience-store beer we’re talking
about, but true craft brews.
The second annual Three Rivers Craft
Brew and Bacon Festival will be held
for the year this year on Feb. 20 from 6
to 10 p.m. at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick.
Many of the craft brews to be
featured have never been available or
served in the Tri-Cities. Vendors from
all over the Pacific Northwest, California and even the East Coast will be
represented at the event.
A small selection of wines and
distilled beverages will also be available for tasting, including spirits from
Kennewick’s River Sands Distillery.
Local restaurants will be serving
samples of their favorite bacon appetizers and competing for prizes for the
best bacon dishes. And entertainment
will be provided.
Tickets are only $30 if you purchase
them in advance at the Toyota Center
box office or get them online at
ticketmaster.com. They will sell for $35
at the door.
Your ticket includes a commemorative tasting glass, four tasting tokens,
all of the bacon-themed foods presented by local restaurants and the
live entertainment. Tokens for additional tastings can be purchased for
$1.50 each.
You can also opt for a $75 VIP
ticket that includes a commemorative
pounder glass, a tee shirt, eight
tokens and early admission at
5:30 p.m. VIP tickets are limited, so
act quickly to get yours before they’re
sold out.
Naturally, this is a 21-and-over
event, and photo ID is required. The
Three Rivers Convention Center
reminds you to drink responsibly and
to use a taxi service or have a designated driver.
Guest rooms are available at the
new Spring Hill Suites next to the
convention center. Make your reservation and tell them you are with the
Craft Brew and Bacon Fest to get a
discounted rate. Call (509) 820-3026.
For information and links to ticket
sales for the second annual Three
Rivers Craft Brew and Bacon Festival,
visit threeriversconventioncenter.com
Organizers of Mom and Baby Expo want to help moms succeed
On Feb 27 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
the Mom and Baby Expo will take
place at the Three Rivers Convention
Center in Kennewick. This annual
event is meant to be a one-stop shop
for moms and families of young
children to see what resources and
businesses are available in our area.
Vanessa Sanchez-Bell of Bell
Productions created this event last
year and hopes that it will continue
growing each year. As a mom of young
children herself, she wanted to create
a place where moms can get inspired,
engage with one another about their
journey through motherhood, and shop
not only for their needs but for their
children’s needs as well.
The expo is a place where moms
can go and find support from other
moms, and it gives them a chance to
break from their normal routines. It will
be a fun event with entertainment for
both children and parents. There will be
two great fashion shows during the
event — the babywearing
fashion show at 1 p.m. will highlight
some cute fashions by Babywearing
International
of southeastern Washington, and the
This Month’s Features
Mastersingers concert is Feb.26-28 ... 4
Marcus Whitman Hotel invites lovers .. 4
KHS ‘Madhatters’ will perform ............. 5
Inland NW Orchestra concerts set ...... 5
Capitol Theatre presents Ragtime ..... 6
My Fair Lady to be staged in Elgin. ..... 6
Fry Street Quartet will play in Richland 7
CBC Arts, planetarium schedules ....... 8
RadCon 7 goes boldly to Red Lion ..... 9
Antique Show to be at Southridge ..... 10
Princess Theatre hosts classic farce 11
The Producers coming to Kennewick 11
‘Fame’ is subject of Walla Walla play 12
Pasco High to hold talent quest ........ 12
Yakima Symphony collaboration set . 13
Young artists to play with symphony 13
Toyota Center hosts The Illusionists 13
Quilting show to celebrate seasons . 15
Walla Walla Diversity Day planned ... 15
Yakima SunDome hosts home show 15
Clover Island Inn invites lovers .......... 16
Beit Immanuel will hold classes ........ 17
Folk Society happenings this month .. 17
Allied Arts exhibits sketches, photos .. 18
High-tech and kids explored in art ..... 18
Just Roses gears up for Valentine’s .. 18
CyberArt 509 has new exhibits ........... 18
Film: Revenant wins, 5th Wave loses 20
Two ‘psychological’ novels reviewed . 21
Benton City dance competition set .... 22
How to do the East Coast Swing ....... 23
Baum’s chocolate indulgences ......... 24
Barnard Griffin takes a top award ...... 24
Brews Taphouse plans ‘barrel’ event 25
Brasserie Four changes hands ......... 25
Special weekend at Columbia Crest . 27
Travel: Cruising ‘down under’ ............ 28
Lake Placid offers more than skiing .. 29
Anthony Lakes’ Spring Break Camp .. 30
WSU students to build solar house ... 31
Fire officals address falls in home .... 32
Help is available for skiers’ thumb .... 32
How to keep face and body healthy ... 33
Globetrotters coming to Kennewick ... 34
TRAC to host Home & Garden Show . 36
Gardening dreams and nightmares .. 37
Calendar Of Events
Monthly Entertainment Planner ... 38-39
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Moms explore the many exhibitors at last year’s First Annual Mom and Baby Expo.
Mom and Baby fashion show at 4
p.m. will highlight some cute fashions
for moms and babies that can be found
at numerous boutiques in this area.
There will be a Kids’ Zone for
children and a Dads’ Zone as well.
The show is also a great educational
platform where parents can attend
seminars and classes taught
by experts. There will be a car-seat
safety class taught by Safe Kids, a
toddler nutrition class taught by the
Benton-Franklin Health District, a
Babywearing 101 class taught by the
Babywearing International of southeastern Washington and many more
subjects.
Vendors and businesses at the expo
will be offering many products, services, and resources from health,
wellness and beauty products to
photography, clothing and birthing
options.
Area businesses will be offering
samples, expo specials and product
giveaways during the event. Safe Kids
is giving away a car seat. T
Advance tickets can be purchased
at Swanky Babies in west Pasco or
Sassafras Children’s Re-Sale Boutique
in Kennewick — or at the door the day
of the event.
Adult admission is $5 and all the
seminars and classes are free with
admission. Kids 12 and under are
admitted free.
For more information and updates,
visit momandbabyexpo.com.
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The Mid-Columbia Mastersinger and Artistic Director Justin Raffa pose on a Tri-Cities hillside in their formal attire. Their next performances are Feb. 25, 27 and 28..
Clarinetist, percussionist to perform with Mastersingers
T
he Mid-Columbia Mastersingers
and Artistic Director Justin Raffa
will present an choral performance
they’re calling “The Rose Concert,”
featuring the Mastersingers with
husband-and-wife guest artists Jason
Rose on clarinet and Carri Rose on
percussion. Performances will be
February 26-28. The concert will also
feature a display of rose-inspired
artwork by local artists.
Jason and Carri Rose are wellestablished local music educators and
highly-respected performers. They are
national board-certified teachers for the
Richland School District, and they play
together as members of the MidColumbia Symphony.
Jason Rose has led the bands and
orchestras at Richland High School
since 2008, and he is the principal
clarinetist of the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Percussionist Carri Rose has
been a much-loved music teacher at
Lewis and Clark Elementary School
since 2006, and is a frequent performer
with the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers.
Regular Mastersingers audience
members will remember her incredible
percussion performance in Libby
Larsen’s Missa Gaia (Earth Mass) in
2010, and in the Mastersingers’
performance of John Muehleisen’s Eat
Your Vegetables-Set 2 in 2013, among
many other performances.
February’s concert features
Muehleisen’s Eat Your Vegetables Set
1, and Bob Chilcott’s The Making of
the Drum. The centerpiece of the
program is David Maslanka’s A Litany
for Courage and the Seasons, a set of
six songs for chorus, which will feature
SYMPHONY, MASTERSINGERS TO HOLD
JOINT FUNDRAISER — BACCHANALIA XVI
Save the date for the MidColumbia arts fundraiser, Bacchanalia XVI. The joint fundraiser of
the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers
and the Mid-Columbia Symphony
will be held on Feb. 13 at the Three
Rivers Convention Center in
Kennewick.
It will be a night of music and
fun. Musicians will be putting on a
production of Oedipus Tex (a 30minute comedic oratorio by P.D.Q.
Bach) to go along with your
wonderful meal and wine.
There will be some other entertainment and games to enjoy
before the meal, as well as silent
and live auctions. Music for
dancing will be provided after the
meal and auction.
For details, tickets and auction
information, visit
biddingforgood.com/MCAF. If you
would like to donate an auction
item, contact the Mid-Columbia
Mastersingers at (509) 460-1766 or
the Mid-Columbia Symphony at
(509) 943-6602
Marcus Whitman Hotel celebrates
National Romance Month in style
Romance is in the air this month,
and you’re thinking about how to make
Valentine’s Day special for that special
someone. The Marcus Whitman Hotel
and Conference Center in Walla Walla
is ready to help you make it an
unforgettable experience.
The Marcus Whitman is a Walla
Walla landmark and storied gathering
place for the local community and
visitors alike.
Anchoring historic downtown Walla
Walla, the property includes a luxury
hotel, expansive modern conference
center, seven on-site wine-tasting
boutiques and a nationally recognized
gourmet restaurant — perfect for a
romantic weekend.
What could be a better way to treat
your special someone than a romantic
night at the Marcus Whitman. Their
Valentine’s “Hearts” package is
available the entire month of February,
which includes a luxurious night’s
stay, an $80 dining voucher for the
award-winning Marc Restaurant, a
bottle of sparkling wine and decadent
chocolates sent right to your room.
Rates start at $233.
In addition, throughout the month of
February, the Marc Restaurant will
feature a special Valentine’s menu.
To book a dinner reservation at the
Marc, call (509) 525-2200.
If you’re engaged, while you’re there
for Valentine’s Day, check out the
Marcus Whitman facilities as a
wedding or reception venue, for
catering, for photo settings and many
special features that make it the
perfect wedding spot.
For more information and reservations, call (509) 525-2200 or visit
marcuswhitmanhotel.com
the guest artists on clarinet and
vibraphone. Maslanka, who resides in
Missoula, writes for a variety of musical genres, including works for choir,
wind ensemble, chamber music and
orchestra. Best known for his highly
acclaimed wind ensemble compositions, he has published nearly 100
pieces, including nine symphonies,
nine concertos and a mass.
Performances will be Friday, Feb. 26
at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, the 27th and 28th at 3 p.m.
Performances will be at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church in Kennewick. A
“Behind the Music” talk will be given 30
minutes before each performance.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $22 at
the door. K-12 students are always
admitted free. Advance tickets are
available online at
Jason Rose
MidColumbiaMastersingers.org, in
person at the Tri-Cities Academy of
Ballet and Music, or by calling (509)
460-1766.
Inland Northwest Orchestra will
play in Enterprise, Hermiston
homage to the lovers.
The Inland Northwest Orchestra will
The Reformation was composed by
present two concerts in Oregon in
Felix Mendelssohn in 1830 in honor of
February, performing Tschaikowsky’s
Romeo Et Juliette and Mendelssohn’s the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The
Symphony No. 5, Op. 107, known as
Confession is a key document of
The Reformation.
Lutheranism and its presentation to
The first concert will take place on
Emperor Charles V in June 1530 was a
Saturday, Feb. 20, at 4 p.m. at Enterlandmark event of the Protestant
prise High School in Enterprise. On
Reformation.
Sunday, Feb. 21, the orchestra will
For more information about Inland
Photo by Allen Johnson
play at Hermiston High School, also at
Northwest Musicians, visit
4 p.m. Concerts by musical groups of
The talented members of the Kennewick High School Madhatters
inlandnorthwestmusicans.com.
the Inland Northwest Musicians are
always free.
Tchaikovshy’s Romeo and Juliet is
an orchestral work based on the
Shakespeare play — a symphonic
poem in sonata form. The music
he Kennewick High School Choral musical arrangements, and she sings ranges from chorale-like to agitated and
Department will present an original the praises of the pit band. The band is ultimately to the passionate “love
made up of five student musicians and theme” signifying the couple’s first
production, “Show Biz — Madhatter
Style,” on Feb. 18, 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. four adults on keyboards, drums,
meeting and the scene at Juliet’s
guitar, percussion, saxophone, trumpet balcony. The English horn represents
in the school auditorium.
and flute..
The department’s “Madhatters”
Romeo, while the flutes represent
Monte Ingersoll, pastor of the Living Juliet. A final battle theme is played
choral group will be taking you on a
musical journey that will include some Room Church and a dynamic musical and then the woodwinds play a sweet
The Inland Northwest Orchestra
of the best music written for television, performer in his own right, will be the
master of ceremonies for the show.
movies and Broadway. Many of your
“Show Biz — Madhatter Style” is
favorite songs from Wicked, Grease,
High School Musical, Curious George, more than a concert. It’s a highly
produced show featuring backdrops,
Looney Tunes and other musicals will
beautiful sets by Cynthia Holman,
be present. For comic relief, the
lights and sound by David Harris, and
students will also re-enact some of
ACT will hold ‘Heart for the Arts’ fundraiser
videos produced by Allen Johnson to
your favorite 60s and 70s television
The Academy of Children’s Theatre will hold its 13th annual major fundraising
be displayed throughout the show.
commercials. If you’re too young to
event, “Heart for the Arts,” on Saturday, Feb. 27, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the
Jessica Small is in charge of tickets,
remember them, they’ll still bring a
Richland Red Lion. The event will have a Tony Awards theme and will include a
programs and projector design.
laugh.
tribute to ACT alumni and a special guest. There will also be outstanding
Tickets are $10 in advance and are
The production includes several
entertainment, exciting auctions, wonderful cuisine and local wines. The event
available from any Madhatters member raises critical funds for ACT, allowing the organization to offer performances,
numbers choreographed for the
Madhatters by Rebekah Mann. “She is or at the Music Machine and Ted
classes, and special programs at an affordable cost for families. Event and table
Brown Music. You can also order
able to make pretty good dancers out
sponsorships are available at a variety of levels at
of a bunch of kids who didn’t sign up to tickets by phone by calling Debi Eng
academyofchildrenstheatre.org, or by calling (509) 943-6027 or sending email to
dance,” said Debi Eng, choir director of at (509) 222-7100 or (509) 460-0459.
[email protected]. Individual tickets are $85 after Feb. 1.
They will be $12 at the door.
the Madhatters. Eng did all of the
Kennewick High Madhatters will
present ‘Show Biz’ choral concert
T
IN BRIEF
The touring cast of Ragtime will perform at Yakima’s Capitol Theatre in March.
Yakima’s Capitol Theatre
presents musical Ragtime
C
oming to the Capitol Theatre in
Yakima on March 6 and 7 is the
musical Ragtime. Its original production received 13 Tony Award nominations and received the awards for Best
Original Score and Best Book of a
Musical.
In Ragtime, Harlem musicians,
Eastern European immigrants and
upper-class suburbanites share the
stage with historical characters
including Harry Houdini and Booker T.
Washington. Their compelling stories
and lives intertwine, all set in turn-ofthe century New York City and united
by their desire and belief in a brighter
tomorrow.
Audiences will be swept away by
this timeless celebration of life. Its
award-winning score includes “Wheels
of a Dream,” “Back to Before” and the
title song, “Ragtime.”
The Bloomberg News hailed Ragtime as “explosive, thrilling and nothing
short of a masterpiece.” The Hollywood
Reporter declared Ragtime to be “one
of the best musicals of recent decades.”
Ragtime features a book by
Terrence McNally, music by Stephen
Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.
Tony-nominated director and choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge leads
the effort, supported by Kevin Depinet
(scenic design), Mike Baldassari
(lighting) and Craig Cassidy (sound).
Ragtime is based on E.L.
Doctorow’s best-selling 1975 novel,
which won the National Book Critics
Circle award and sold 4.5 million
copies. It became a film in 1981 and a
Broadway musical that opened in 1998
and ran for 834 performances. A 2009
revival received rave reviews on Broadway, and Phoenix Entertainment has
toured the show throughout North
America.
The March 6 performance at the
Capitol Theatre will be a 3 p.m.
matinee, and the March 7 show is an
evening performance at 7:30 p.m.
For tickets or more information on
upcoming events at the Capitol
Theatre in Yakima, visit online at
capitoltheatre.org or call (509) 853ARTS (2787).
Historic Elgin Opera House
will stage historic musical
You’ll feel as if you “could have
danced all night” after seeing My Fair
Lady in Elgin, Oregon! The sparkling
Broadway hit musical, which opens
Feb. 19 and runs through March 12,
plays at the historic Elgin Opera
House.
Set in 1912 London, the story
centers on Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney
flower girl, and how she is transformed
into an upper-class lady. One night in
Covent Garden she encounters Henry
Higgins, an eccentric professor of
language, who then bets that he can
transform Eliza into a duchess in six
months by changing the way she
speaks and dresses.
The musical is based on the play
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
My Fair Lady, by Alan Lerner and
Frederick Loewe, was a famous stage
success in 1956 and introduced the
now-classic songs “I Could Have
Danced All Night,” “The Rain in Spain,”
and “Wouldn’t it be Loverly”.
The Elgin Opera House production
showcases the talents of Renee Wells
(Eliza), Brent Clapp (Henry Higgins),
Terry Hale (Colonel Pickering), Kenn
Wheeler (Alfie Doolittle, Eliza’s father),
and Devin Frasier (Freddy EynsfordHill, Eliza’s new suitor).
My Fair Lady is directed by Michael
Frasier, long-time choral and stage
director. Choreography is by Beckie
Thompson-Hendrickson, master
choreographer and dance instructor.
The Elgin Opera House is at 104 N.
Renee Wells as Eliza Doolittle in the
Elgin production of My Fair Lady.
8th St. in Elgin, just 20 miles north of
La Grande. It is on the National
Register of Historic Places. Other
Opera House productions in 2016
include Ring of Fire (the Johnny Cash
story), April 29-May 14, and Disney’s
The Little Mermaid, Sept. 2-24.
Performances of My Fair Lady are
at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, 20, 26 and
27 and March 4, 5, 11 and 12. Matinees are on Feb. 20 and 27 and
March 5 and 12 at 2:30 p.m. Ticket
prices range from $8 to $17 ($12 per
ticket for groups of 10 or more). For
tickets, visit elginoperahouse.com or
call the box office at (541) 663-6324.
World-famous string quartet will play at Hanford High
Fry Street Quartet,
formed in Chicago, now
resides at Utah State
Music Seminar and the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute.
Together with physicist and
educator Dr. Robert Davies, the
n Saturday, Feb. 27, the worldquartet created the Crossroads
renowned Fry Street Quartet will
Project, an all-encompassing
be flying up from their residence home
performance that combines
at the Caine College of the Arts at Utah
poetic lectures, paintings and
State University to perform a 7 p.m.
music in response to issues of
concert at Hanford High School. The
global sustainability. Crossconcert is the next offering in the
roads: Rising Tide has perHanford High Guest Artist Series.
formed dozens of times in three
Founded in Chicago in 1997 under
countries, has been featured on
the mentorship of cellist Marc
National Public Radio and has
Johnson, this string quartet received
been celebrated in a host of
rave reviews as prizewinners at the
print media.
Yellow Springs Competition and the
Advance tickets are $15 and
Banff International String Quartet
are available at Ted Brown
Competition.
Music and Adventures UnderThe quartet traveled to Israel to
ground in Richland. Tickets are
participate in the International Encounalso being sold by Richland
ters Chamber Music Seminar in 2000,
School District band members
where they studied with Isaac Stern.
in grades 8 through 12, and all
Stern invited the quartet to the Isaac
proceeds will benefit Richland
From left: Rebecca McFaul, Bradley Ottesen, Ann Francis Bayless and Robert Waters.
Stern Chamber Music Workshop in
music programs. Tickets will be
from the address of its first rehearsal
New York City and subsequently
Music Camp, the Oficina de Musica in $20 at the door. For information, call
arranged for the quartet’s Carnegie Hall space in a Chicago neighborhood once Curitiba, Brazil, the Virginia Suzuki
(509) 967-6532 or send email to
ruled by gangster Al Capone. Compris- Institute, the David Einfeldt Chamber
debut in 2001.
[email protected].
ing the quartet are violinists Robert
Since then, the Fry Street Quartet
Waters and Rebecca McFaul, cellist
has won the Grand Prize at the
Anne Francis Bayless and Bradley
Fischoff National Chamber Music
Otteson on the viola. They have
Competition, allowing the group to
studied and taught at prestigious
serve as cultural ambassadors to the
Balkan States, sponsored by Carnegie music schools and played with a
Walla Walla Symphony seeks volunteers
variety of outstanding orchestras.
Hall and the U.S. State Department.
Together they form a distinct quartet in
The Walla Walla Symphony has a new volunteer program and is seeking
Other international appearances
the world of classical music.
man and women for its marketing, education and development efforts as well as
include the ProQuartet Academy at
In 2002, at the invitation of Utah
for ushering. Benefits of volunteering include one comp ticket per four hours of
Pont-Royal, France, the Prague
Chamber Festival and Trutnov Autumn State University and the Caine Founda- non-concert service, and ushers receive a comp ticket to the event at which
tion, the Fry Street Quartet arrived in
they serve. In addition, volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and practice
Festival in the Czech Republic,
Logan, Utah, where the group is now
important skills such as customer service and teamwork, as well as to connect
Kulturvereinigung Oberschützen in
the university’s resident string faculty. with like-minded individuals who enjoy symphonic music. For more information
Austria and three visits to the Oficina
As guest faculty, the quartet has made about the program or to apply, visit the “volunteer” page at wwsymphony.org or
de Musica de Curitiba in Brazil.
The Fry Street Quartet got its name repeated visits to Madeline Island
send email to [email protected].
O
IN BRIEF
CBC Arts Center events warm up the winter months
A
By Bill McKay
t the Columbia Basin College Arts
Center, we are presenting a
number of wonderful events this winter
for your entertainment and education.
Keep reading the Entertainer in the
months to come as our Art Center has
so much in store for you, our patrons.
Lecture Series
On Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.,
historian Tames Alan will present “Life
in Service at Downton Abbey,” a
fascinating lecture about the popular
British TV show. Everywhere, it seems,
events are featuring “Downton Abbey”
are — even our CBC Orchestra concert
in December, when the orchestra
performed the theme music for the
series.
Britain’s great estates of the past
could not have functioned without an
army of both indoor and outdoor
servants. Using period images, Alan
talks about what it was like to live and
work downstairs on an estate such as
Downton Abbey before World War I.
You’ll learn what was expected of
those who entered service, from the
complicated hierarchy between upper
and lower servants and their duties to
the highjinks downstairs that accompanied the long hours of drudgery.
As with all her Living History Lectures, a question-and-answer period
will follow. This presentation is hosted
by the Mid-Columbia Libraries and will
be held at the main library on Union in
Kennewick.
Historian Tames Alan is also an actress who
often illustrates her lectures with costuming, as
in this “Downton Abbey: presentation.
reception to be held on Feb. 23 at
12:30 p.m. This annual exhibit offers
an opportunity to see new work
created by the CBC Art Department
faculty. These gifted faculty members
are also working studio artists actively
exhibiting in both regional and national
exhibitions.
This group show demonstrates a
wide range of media and artistic
practices. Ceramics, drawing, painting,
photography and sculpture will be
presented by Tracy Walker, Howard
Barlow, Zachary Mazur, Victoria
Gravenslund, Karen Kurta, Randal
Jones, Rachel Smith, Zach Kolden,
Ted Neth, James Craig, Morse Clary
and Mary Dryburgh.
Theatre
The Theatre Department will stage
the Tennessee Williams play Night of
The eagerly anticipated CBC Faculty the Iguana, directed by Ginny Quinley,
Art Exhibition will be in the gallery from in the CBC Theatre from Feb. 11
through 13 beginning at 7:30 p.m. The
Feb. 22 through March 24, with a
Esvelt Gallery
show is rated PG for some adult
content. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10
for students and seniors, and are
available at Adventures Underground,
J.D.’s Time Center and the CBC
Bookstore.
In 1940s Mexico, an odd assortment
of people converge at the squalid
Costa Verde hotel for various reasons.
There are those on vacation, those who
seek solace, and those who are down
on their luck and have no place else to
go. Some of these “lost souls” find
companionship and roots with one
another, and some find only despair.
Night of the Iguana was written by
Tennessee Williams and premiered on
Broadway in 1961. A 1964 Oscarwinning motion picture based on the
play starred Richard Burton, Ava
Gardner and Deborah Kerr.
Lit Fest
The popular Mid-Columbia Literary
Festival kicks off with the yearly
“About the Book” at 6 p.m on Feb. 2
at Zinful WineBar (See Books and
Movies section, page 21). It’s expected to be packed, so you’ll want
to get their early. Stay tuned for more
from Lit Fest as the season unfolds.
Bill McKay is Dean of Arts and
Humanities at Columbia Basin College.
Orion: Your guide to many stars
By Erin Steinert
If you can brave the chill in the air,
winter is a great time of year for
stargazing! An early-setting sun,
coupled with an abundance of blazingbright stars, means that clear winter
nights are perfect for learning your way
around the sky.
A familiar seasonal constellation is
there to be your celestial guide: Orion.
Known as the Hunter in Greek mythology, Orion is easy to find this time of
year, dancing across the SouthSoutheastern sky after sunset through-
out February. Look for the bright triplet
of stars that makes up his belt; they
are all very bright, close together, and
form a diagonal line. That belt will be
the key to finding other nearby stars
and constellations.
Drawing an imaginary line through
Orion’s belt up and to the right will lead
you to a V-shaped grouping of stars,
dominated by a bright red star called
Aldebaran. The V itself is known as the
Hyades star cluster, and it forms the
face of Taurus the Bull. Glancing to the
‘Stars’ continues on Page 37
CBC PLANETARIUM FEBRUARY MOVIE SCHEDULE
Feb. 5: Secret Lives of Stars, 7 p.m.; Black Holes, 8 p.m.
Feb. 6: The Zula Patrol, 2 p.m.; The Enchanted Reef, 3 p.m
Feb. 12: Supervolcanoes, 7 p.m.; Stars of the Pharaohs, 8 p.m.
Feb. 13: Black Holes, 2 p.m.; Secrets of the Sun, 3 p.m.
Feb. 19: Secret Lives of Stars, 7 p.m.; .; Oasis in Space, 8 p.m.
Feb. 20: Dynamic Earth, 2 p.m.; Cell! Cell! Cell!, 3 p.m.
Feb. 26: Supervolcanoes, 7 p.m.; Bad Astronomy, 8 p.m.
Feb. 27: Black Holes, 2 p.m.; Two Small Pieces of Glass, 3 p.m.
IN BRIEF
Stacia Gunderson to give genealogy presentation
Special RadCon guests Jennifer Brozek and Toby Froud
RadCon 7: Boldly going where
we never should have gone!
H
By Elizabeth Vann-Clark
ow many times have you watched
a movie with apprehension as the
lead character explores spooky
corridors? Don’t go through that door!
This President’s Day weekend,
2,700 fans will crowd the Pasco Red
Lion to celebrate the darker side of
science fiction, fantasy and horror! The
number in attendance at the annual
event makes RadCon one of the
largest conventions of its type in the
Pacific Northwest.
Some of the exciting guests we
honor this year are short-story and
horror writer Jennifer Brozek, awardwinning artist Stephanie Law, media
guest and puppetmaster Toby Froud,
and “the great Luke Ski,” the famous
rap artist and comedy musician of “The
Doctor Demento Show.”
Evenings are lit up by Ignition, fire
artists of the highest caliber. Ignition
has developed their show into a living
art form that fuses martial arts, dance,
and music into a heart-pounding
experience. Nightlife this year includes
a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture
Show, complete with a shadow cast
and goodie bags!
Annual highlights of the convention
include costume contests, board
gaming, movies, children’s activities,
book-signings and a variety of artistic
workshops. Vendors of swords,
costumes, books, art and jewelry are
available throughout the convention.
The art show features Pacific
Northwest artists with fantasy and
science-fiction themed drawings, oil
paints, original comics, stained glass
and jewelry.
RadCon is proud to support our
community with the fourth year of the
student art contest. Students submit
their art for professional critique and a
chance to win cash prizes.
Convention registration will be open
from noon to 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb.
12. Registration continues through the
weekend from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on
Saturday and 10 to 3 on Sunday. A
membership to a weekend of excitement is only $45.
For more information, visit the
RadCon website at radcon.org.
The Tri-City Genealogical Society will meet on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. at
Charbonneau Retirement Community, 8264 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick.
Stacia Gunderson will discuss the importance of symbolism on cemetery
headstones, why certain flowers were used on decorative grave markers and the
wording patterns that told about the deceased. Gunderson has a bachelor’s
degree in history, has worked as an interpreter ranger for both national and state
parks, and was the resident pre-Hanford historian for the former CREHST
museum. For more information, contact Susan Davis Faulkner at (509) 554-1050
or [email protected].
Tickets on sale for Hunter Hayes concert at fair
Tickets are already on sale for the Hunter Hayes concert at the BentonFranklin Fair next August. Hayes is the country-rock and blues artist who has
five Grammy nominations to his credit for multi-platinum-selling hit songs such
as “Wanted,” “Somebody’s Heartbreak” and “I Want Crazy.” He will perform on
Aug. 26 at the fair. Reserved-seat tickets are $15 and are being sold at
Kennewick Ranch & Home and the fair office.
2nd comedy fundraiser to feature Dena Blizzard
Comedian Dena Blizzard will highlight Walla Walla’s second annual Comedy
Night for the Moms’ Network on March 12 at the Gesa Power House Theatre.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the evening events begin with a lip-sync contest at 7.
Blizzard will perform her one-woman off-Broadway show, One Funny
Mother...And I’m Not Crazy. Reserved-seat tickets for the show and other events
are $50, and you can get an $85 VIP ticket that also includes a meet-and-greet
with Blizzard after her show with wine by Isenhower Cellars and cuisine by the
Olive Marketplace. VIP ticketholders also receive a swag beg of various items.
For details visit themomsnetwork.com.
Liberty Theater hosts fundraiser for its musicals
On Saturday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m., the Liberty Theater in Dayton will host the
third annual “Ebony & Ivories,” a benefit concert and reception to support TVAC
Productions, the group responsible for the Liberty’s renowned fall musicals. It
will be an evening of music, champagne and chocolate. Enjoy classical and
contemporary music performed by the valley’s top musical talents.Tickets are
$12 for students and $15 for adults. Admission to the concert and reception
includes one complimentary glass of champagne for those 21 and over. Visit
libertytheater.org or call (509) 382-1380 for tickets and information about this
event or for the theater’s film schedule and other information.
Spring into vintage, antiques and home décor at
Tri-Cities Antique Show, March 11-12 at Southridge
J
oin your friends at the Tri-Cities own
Spring Antique Show–with a Twist of
Vintage. The event returns to the
Southridge Events Center in
Kennewick on Friday and Saturday,
March 11 and 12. Show hours on
Friday are 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on
Saturday the show is open all day from
9 to 4. Adult admission is $7 for both
days, and kids under 12 years of age
are admitted free. Parking is always
free and there is plenty of it.
The Tri-Cities Antique Show–with a
Twist of Vintage is partnering with the
Three Rivers Carousel Foundation to
produce this annual spring event. With
your admission to the Antique Show,
you will have an opportunity to ride the
You never know what you’ll find when you browse the floor of the Antique Show, but whatever it is, someone collects it!
Gesa Carousel of Dreams located just
next door.
cabin energy, Sue and Herb Johnson
The Carousel Café will be providing
Antique and Vintage items
to take a break from your antiquing
lunch, fresh salads, beverages and
No matter what your tastes or what have the coolest vintage Western
adventure.
snacks throughout the show,
treasures. Bits, reins, Western art, a
you collect, you will find it here. Here
Rockabilly Roasting will be open for
Rockabilly Roasting Company will
is a short list of the Northwest dealers saddle or two and authentic blankets
business in the Southridge Events
can accent your rustic home.
serve gourmet coffee and baked goods who will be here for you to visit.
Center with gourmet coffee and sunfor those with a sweet tooth.
Randy and Ginny Davis of
Do you have a brewpub or outdoor
dries — fresh baked goods, for exMcMinnville, Ore., showcase all things ample.
patio and are looking to bring an
old and awesome. You will see items
unusual element to it? Jim
Southridge Events Center
If you just want to satisfy your sweet
more than 100 years old that have a
Huttenmeier
of
the
Spokane
Valley
is
This Premier events center has
tooth, Real Fudge will be in the show
history to them. Randy always has a
all about beer signs, beer taps and
30,000 square feet of exhibit space,
with their delicious sweet treats.
and the Tri-Cities Antique Show will fill trays — all authentic and vintage. Ask treasure that he loves and can share
“Specialty fudge is our favorite and we
the story with you. Ginny is an avid
Jim and you will learn all about beer.
every inch of it. Dealers from throughhave a variety of flavors for you to
Salts, shuttles, thimbles, exquis- rhinestone collector and has some of
out the Northwest will have antiques
enjoy,” said Nancy Schultz, owner of
the “brightest” pins, bracelets and
ite sewing tools, plus a lovely collecand collectibles, vintage jewelry, oak
Real Fudge in Mesa. “And we have
jewelry
you
will
see
around.
We
all
tion of dinnerware and serving pieces
furniture, books and stamps, pottery
great fun meeting everyone and
know
the
impression
that
is
made
will line Ed and Marie Simonson’s
and glass, plus “A Twist of Vintage”
sharing.”
when you wear a real rhinestone pin.
space. Ed and Marie travel from
with painted (or not) furniture, garden
Of course, throughout the show
Liberty Lake and can visit about all
treasures and home décor.
you will find linens for your kitchen,
Early Buyer Badges
Come to the show and be inspired to things small and elegant.
galvanized
treasures
for
your
garden,
a
Cabin Fever? For the Western fan
Early Buyer Badges are back. Do
add to your home, create a special
beautiful piece or two of oak furniture,
you want to be first into the show? You
space in your garden or find a treasure. and those whose homes have that
vintage jewelry and clothing, baskets
may purchase your Early Buyer Badge
galore, old wood working tools, primiat the Roxy Theatre Antiques in
tive furniture and lovely accents for
downtown Kennewick. Badges are
your own home.
available before the opening day of the
Antique Show for $15 each. Access to
R.O.Y.’s Glass Repair
the Events Center and the dealers will
Roy Taylor of Real Oldies of Yester- be at 12 noon on Friday, giving you
years Antiques will be available at the
time to browse and find that treasure
Event Center entrance to help you with before the official open of the show at 2
repairing your heirloom glass or pottery p.m. Contact Roxy Theatre Antiques at
treasure. “Every piece has a story and (509) 585-2301 to be included.
a special challenge,” Roy said. “I have
So round up you friends, and shop
even been asked to redesign broken
stylishly curated vintage finds! Come
pieces into something very different,
and visit with the experts, ask quesgiving them a new life. Just ask.”
You can drop off your item with Roy tions, find a vintage “look” that you love,
and then stroll the exhibit floor while he and have some fun with your friends.
completes the repair. With great care, With 30,000 square feet filled with
dealers from throughout the Northwest,
he will remove scratches and chips,
glue your glass and pottery, drill holes no matter what you like or collect, you
will find it.
in glass or pottery, repaint gold and
silver trim and repair and rewire lamps.
For more information, visit
roxytheatreantiques.com or follow the
Roxy Theatre Antiques on Facebook.
Lunches and treats
You can always give the Roxy a call at
With the Gesa Carousel of Dreams
right next door, you will have a fun spot (509) 585-2301.
Your admission to the Antique Show includes a ride on the Carousel of Dreams.
Classic farce kicks off 2016 for Valley Theater Company
V
alley Theater Company’s first show
of the year will open this month
and will include a special matinee
performance on Valentine’s Day.
See How They Run, by Philip King,
is a classic British farce. It will open at
the Princess Theatre in Prosser on
Feb. 12 and continue with performances on Feb. 13, 14, 19 and 20.
The Feb. 14 matinee will begin at
2:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a
Valentine’s Day luncheon at 1 p.m. All
other performances are at 7:30 p.m.
The luncheon and play combination
tickets are $35 and must be purchased
by Feb. 8, online or at Adventures
Underground in Richland or the Sixth
Street Art Gallery in Prosser. (There’s a
small pass-through fee for online
purchases.) They will not be available
at the door. You may also attend the
matinee at the regular ticket price
without attending the luncheon.
Play tickets are $12 for adults and
$10 for seniors (65 and older) and
students. Ticket outlets in addition to
and mayhem. Valley Theater Company
veteran Rick James directs the show.
The characters include an English
vicar and his American wife (a former
actress), their Cockney maid, an
American Army corporal, the church
busybody, a Russian spy, a bishop,
another vicar and a police sergeant. In
the cast are Grandview residents
Jenalee Mariotti, Amy Householder and
Brian Patterson; Prosser residents Ben
Riley, Bryce Rude, Joshua Lansing,
Peter Cole and Dean Smith; Mari Page
of Benton City; and Rufus Howard of
Pasco.
VTC also offers opportunities for
people who are interested in helping
Valley Theater Company cast members rehearse a scene in the classic British farce
behind the scenes with everything from
See How They Run. From left are Mari Page as Penelope Toop, Bryce Rude as
building and painting sets to collecting
Corporal Clive Winton and Amy Householder as Miss Skillon. The play will open
props, styling hair and doing makeup.
Feb. 12 at the Princess Theatre in Prosser and continue on Feb. 13, 14, 19 and 20.
Contact Producer Richard Reuther at
(509) 375-3531 for more information
Adventures Underground and the Sixth
See How They Run is set in an
about those opportunities.
Street Gallery include Patnode’s True
English vicarage shortly after the end
VTC and the Princess Theatre are
Value Hardware in Benton City, Bleyhl of World War II, and the play combines
online at ThePrincessTheatre.net. Visit
in Grandview, Melange in Sunnyside.
mistaken identify and fast-paced
Youcan also pay at the theatre door.
action, resulting in hilarious confusion the site for information and ticket sales.
Touring company of The Producers is coming to Kennewick March 4
A scheming producer and his mousy
accountant aim to produce the biggest
flop on Broadway in Mel Brooks’ laughout-loud musical The Producers. It was
a smash hit on Broadway in 2001,
garnering a record-breaking 12 Tony
Awards. Now it’s coming to the TriCities, with one performance on March
4 at 7 p.m. in the Windermere Theatre
at Toyota Center in Kennewick.
The show is based on the Oscarwinning 1968 film of the same name.
After the success of the Broadway
musical, The Producers made it to film
again in 2005 with Nathan Lane,
Matthew Broderick and Uma Thurman
in the starring roles.
Brooks’ side-splitting masterpiece
chronicles the misadventures of
washed-up Broadway producer Max
Bialystock and his mild-mannered
accountant Leo Bloom as they
scheme to get rich quick by producing
the most notorious flop in the history of
showbiz. It spoofs the big, old-fashioned Broadway musicals while paying
tribute to them at the same time.
Hailed as one of the funniest
Broadway musicals of all time, The
Producers features a rioutous mix of
eccentric characters and showstopping songs including “I Wanna Be
a Producer,” “When You Got It, Flaunt
It” and “Springtime for Hitler.”
Written by Mel Brooks and Thomas
Meehan, with music and lyrics by Mel
Brooks, The Producers features Susan
Stroman’s Tony Award-winning direction and choreography recreated on
tour by director Nigel West and
choreographer Lauren Kladel.
To close out the season’s “Broadway” series at Toyota Center, Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat is scheduled for a May 10
performance.
Tickets for The Producers are
available at the Toyota Center box
office, all Ticketmaster outlets and
online at ticketmaster.com. For
telephone orders, call (800) 756-3000.
Leo Bloom meets Ulla in The Producers.
Power House will examine fleeting nature of fame
I
n 1968, Andy Warhol said “In the
future, everyone will be world-famous
for 15 minutes.” His prediction of
fame’s fleeting nature in our celebritysaturated culture could not have
been more true.
On Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. the
Gesa Power House Theatre in Walla
Walla will explore the fleeting nature of
celebrity in a highly entertaining
reading series called “Fame! (they’re
not going to live forever).” It’s a highly
entertaining series in which intimate,
private letters written by some of
history’s most famous (and infamous)
people are read aloud.
Through the personal letters of some
of history’s most famous and infamous
celebrities, including Warhol himself,
the performers examine the high price
of fame and how it has evolved and
devolved over the years. The show is a
funny, poignant and moving experience
with live musical accompaniment and a
dynamic slide show.
Reserved-seat tickets are $28 and
are available online or by calling the
theatre box office at (509) 529-6500.
Members may receive a 20-percent
discount.
& Brewz.
“We are grateful to our new season
sponsors,” said Mark Anderson, coowner of the theater. “Their support
allows us to continue bringing highquality entertainers to Walla Walla,
and their commitment to the community is commendable.”
The Gesa Power House Theatre,
home of Shakespeare Walla Walla,
opened in 2011 when the historic coal
gas plant was renovated to become a
300-seat theatre complete with dressing rooms, lobby and lounge area. In
2014, a new business model was
adopted, resulting in many more
shows and opening up the building for
rentals and outside promoters. Today
the theatre hosts weddings, meetings
and other events, and the community
The Gesa Power House Theatre
has enjoyed live concerts, staged
readings, comedy shows and family
2016 sponsors
entertainment.
Title sponsors for the 2016 season
Ticket sales alone are not able to
at Gesa Power House Theatre are
support a venue such as this. but
Waterbrook Winery, the Browne
Walla Walla Valley residents are
Family Vineyards and Canoe Ridge
strong supporters of the arts, and local
Vineyard. Additional support will be
businesses have stepped up to ensure
provided by KAPP-KVEW TV, the
continued world-class entertainment
Courtyard Marriott and Wingman Birdz and culture. Sponsorship opportunities
are available, and interested organizations may contact Betsy Hadden
at [email protected].
Memberships
If you want to receive early notice
and access to ticket sales, you can
become a Gesa Power House Theatre
member starting at $75 a year, or you
can sign up online for the theater’s
email list. Visit phtww.com. Members
had priority for tickets to “An Evening
with Judy Collins” on Feb. 12, which is
already sold out.
Other February events include the
Walla Walla Symphony concert, “From
Darkness to Light,” on Feb. 27 and 28,
presented as part of the annual “Music
360° Festival,” an initiative that explores the impact of music through
different lenses. Featured will be Robert
Convery’s Songs of Children, remarks
by Richard Kaplan and James
Winchell, Hana Szenesh’s Walk to
Caesaria and Grigori Frid’s one-act
opera, The Diary of Anne Frank.
The orchestra, conducted by Yaacov
Bergman, will be joined by the
Whitman College Chamber Singers and
soprano Ani Maldjian.
Pasco High Choir and Drama groups team up for talent showcase
together the most inspiring talent from
Pasco High,” said Wendy Newbury,
Pasco High School choral director.
The Pasco High School Choir and
groups from Pasco High including the “Each talent is so unique and extraorDrama Associated Student Body
Tenth Avenue Singers, PHS Jazz Band dinary, the audience will get a fresh
invites you to the 2016 Bulldogs Night 1, and the PHS Mariachi Ensemble.
take on every act.”
Live Talent Showcase on March 4.
You, the audience, will pick the top
“I have been impressed with the
With more variety than ever, the 15- three winners of the night. With grand skills of these students from day one
plus acts include the school’s most
prizes on the line, the stiff competition and am enthusiastic to be a part of
talented singers, dancers, skits, actors ensures a wonderful evening of enterPasco’s performance history,” said
and instrumentalists. Headlining the
tainment.
Heather Johnson, Pasco High School
evening’s showcase are the elite music
“This exciting showcase brings
drama director. “I know every audi-
‘Bulldogs Night Live’ will be held March 4
ence member will find something
different to enjoy!”
The showcase will be held on Friday,
March 4, at 7 p.m. in the Gregson
Auditorium at Pasco High School.
Tickets are $5 in advance and will be
$7 at the door. Advance tickets are
available now through PHS Choir and
Drama Club students, the Pasco High
ASB Office and the PHS Choir and
Drama offices. Call (509) 547-5581,
ext. 3702 or 3822.
Mid-Columbia Symphony will
celebrate ‘history’ in February
Young Artist winners
will perform with the
symphony orchestra
included performances by 18 pianists
and violinists from area high schools
and middle schools. The Young Artist
Competition is held annually to promote and encourage talented student
musicians across the region. Young
musicians compete in one of nine
The fourth concert in the MidColumbia Symphony season will be a divisions, and a jury of regional professional musicians evaluates the comcelebration of history.
petitors.
Music selections will include The
Music duos Planes on Paper, left, and Brothers Mikey and Matty
In addition to a chance to play with
Doctor Atomic symphony by John
the symphony, there are cash prizes at
Adams, which premiered in 2005 in
San Francisco. The work was inspired stake. The winners will be announced
by the stress and anxiety experienced in early February.
The final concert of the symphony’s
by those at Los Alamos while the
season will be a celebration of faith on
Trinity test of the first atomic bomb
May 21. It will feature the voices of the
was being prepared.
Mid-Columbia Mastersingers and the
Also included is The Billy the Kid
he Yakima Symphony Orchestra is received national media attention and
Mid-Columbia Boys Choir. Music
presenting the work of local
paved the way for a cross-country tour. Suite, a ballet piece by Aaron
selections include Gloria, with soprano
Copland. It is most famous for its
songwriters for the first time in its 45The national attention, coupled with
Molly Holleran, plus Stravinsky’s
incorporation
of
several
cowboy
tunes
year history. The orchestra will hightheir knowledge of orchestral music,
Symphony of Psalms and other faithand
American
folk
songs.
light Yakima’s rich local music scene
made Navid Eliot and Jennifer Borst an
based compositions.
The
two
overall
winners
of
the
Midin a collaboration with singerintriguing partnership for the Yakima
For information and online ticket
Columbia Symphony’s Young Artist
songwriter duos Planes on Paper and
Symphony to cultivate.
purchases,
visit
competition
will
perform
with
the
Mikey and Matty on Feb. 27 at 7:30
They will be joined by the 70-piece
midcolumbiasymphony.org.
orchestra.
The
competition
on
Jan.
30
p.m. in the Capitol Theatre in Yakima. symphony orchestra and their friends
Planes on Paper has been deand frequent collaborators Mikey abd
scribed by publications such as the
Matty. It will be an entertaining and
Seattle Times and Music Insider as “a exciting first-of-its-kind event for the
truly beautiful musical partnership”
Yakima Valley.
whose music is a “showcase of pure,
“Our hope with this partnership and
Toyota Center will host The Illusionists Feb. 12
unadulterated song craft.” The Yakima performance is to, first and foremost,
What may be the greatest touring magic show ever is coming to the
Herald-Republic has hailed brothers
put on a special kind of musical
Windermere
Theatre at Toyota Center on Feb. 12 for one performance at
Mikey and Matty Gervais as being “on evening,” said Eliot. “But also to foster
7
p.m.The
Illusionists
- Live from Broadway is a mind-blowing spectacular
par with anything else the Northwest
a lasting closeness between the art
showcasing
the
jaw-dropping
talents of the most incredible Illusionists on earth.
folk scene has produced.”
music and pop music communities in
The show has shattered box-office records and has dazzled audiences of all
In their brief two-year history,
our region. It would be wonderful for us
ages with a powerful mix of the most outrageous and astonishing acts ever seen
Yakima’s own Planes on Paper has
to see that the Yakima Symphony
on stage. This non-stop show, packed with thrilling and sophisticated magic, is
released two highly acclaimed excontinued this partnership in years to
part of the 2015-16 Broadway series at Toyota Center. Tickets are available at
tended-play recordings of their thought- come, perhaps with other songwriters the Toyota Center box office, all other Ticketmaster outlets and online at
ful songwriting, the second of which
in central and eastern Washington.”
ticketmaster.com.
Yakima Symphony Orchestra to
collaborate with folk musicians
T
IN BRIEF
Tri-City Quilters’ show will celebrate seasonal cycle
T
ri-City Quilters’ Guild will present
its 33rd annual show and vendor
mall on Friday and Saturday, April 1
and 2, at the Three Rivers Convention
Center in Kennewick. Admission is $8;
parking is free; food and beverages are
available.
The theme, “Quilts for All Seasons,”
was chosen by chair Rena
Christensen. An avid gardener, Rena
values the weather changes through
the year and uses them as inspiration
for the colors and patterns of her
quilts. “The seasons also dictate when
and how much time I can spend on my
sewing hobby; the garden hobby pretty
much takes over in the summer,” she
said.
A special exhibit, “Seasons in the
Home,” will depict four cozy corners.
Chairs and occasional tables will be
fitted out for summer, fall, winter and
spring to show how quilters create an
environment for their art and needlework activities.
whose booth is a familiar fixture at TriCity Quilters’ Guild shows. Dee’s line
of patterns is called Deezines. It
contains her own designs for raw-edge
applique — “without tracing, because
I’m lazy” — and Robin’s ideas for
knitting, rug hooking and wool applique. Both artists will give free lectures.
The featured artist among guild
members, Laurel Sutton, is planning
her display “to honor the people she
has quilted with and for.” “I am a
groupie,” she confesses; “I love to find
friends to shop and sew and consult
with.” Quilts belonging to her family
and friends will be retrieved for the
show — four wedding quilts made over
“Trifecta,” the Tri-City Quilters’ Guild’s
a period of two years and a series of
2016 raffle quilt, was designed by Tanya quilts inspired by cars.
Finken and assembled by guild members.
Perimeter walls will be lined with
challenge quilts from Hoffman’s
Guest featured artists are Dee
travelling exhibit, and from the guild’s
Brown and Robin Halliday, associates contest to create a punning title and a
at The Quilted Trillium — a shop
fun-filled image of a cow or moose.
The raffle quilt, “Trifecta,” will go to
the owner of the winning ticket at 4
p.m. on Saturday.
More than 35 sellers will offer
quilting and fiber arts merchandise in
the vendor mall. The silent auction will
feature similar sorts of previouslyowned items. Many will have “buy now”
prices so purchasers will not have to
endure the suspense until the end of
the show.
Tri-City Quilters’ Guild was established to disseminate information about
quilt history, patterns, techniques and
trends; to contribute to the community
by providing comfort quilts to agencies
and individuals; and to sponsor activities that encourage quilt creation, quilt
collection, quilt appreciation, and the
enjoyment of other quilts’
company. Proceeds from the annual
show help fund the guild’s activities.
For more information about the
show or the purchase of raffle tickets,
visit www.tcquilters.org
Booth space available for annual Walla Walla Diversity Day
The Diversity Coalition in Walla
Walla is already planning for the 23rd
annual Diversity day, a multicultural
arts festival to be held in Pioneer Park
in Walla Walla on Sunday, Sept. 25.
The Diversity Coalition and local
colleges and universities celebrate
Freedom From Discrimination Month in
October with speakers and events
emphasizing multiculturalism. After
careful consideration, the members of
the coalition decided to move the arts
festival to the end of September to
draw attention to the events that occur
in October.
As usual, booth space will be
available to all groups, organizations
and individuals interested in furthering
the fundamental purpose of the festival,
which is to promote unity and appreciation for the diversity in the area. All
booths will reflect diversity themes and
include ethnic foods, arts and crafts.
Information and interactive booths are
welcomed and encouraged.
High-quality entertainment will
continue to be provided throughout the
day, including music and dance
performances reflecting the traditions
and artistic influences of diverse
Home builders will hold annual
show at Yakima Valley SunDome
The Central Washington Home
and Garden Show, sponsored by
the Central Washington Home
Builders Association and Western
Materials, is a place for
homeowners and consumers to
see what’s new gardening, home
improvement and home décor. But
it’s also a place where you can
enjoy art, wine much more while
you learn how ways to improve
your home. This year’s show is
Feb. 26-28 in the Yakima Valley
SunDome in Yakima.
The show is fun for kids as well
as adults. This year, the show will
repeat the popular LEGO building
challenge for children ages 5
through 12. Children who enter can
win some great prizes. The contest
will be held on both Saturday and
Sunday, with contestant sign-in
beginning at 1 p.m. The building
competition begins at 1:30.
Categories by age group are 5- to
8-year-olds and 9- to 12-year-olds.
Pre-registration is required.
A popular attraction for young
adults is the tiny home display
erected by Yakima Canyon Tiny
Homes. You can tour the home all
weekend!
General admission tickets to the
Central Washington Home and
Garden Show are $10 ($8 for
seniors). Kids 12 and under are
admitted free. You can also opt for
a “Sip and Shop” ticket to enjoy
wine-tasting as you browse
The Yakima Valley SunDome is
at the State Fair Park in Yakima,
and parking is free if you’re attending the show.
For more information, visit
cwhba.org, and look for updates on
Facebook.
cultures and
nationalities. A
wide array of
games and
activities for
youngsters and
young adults
make the festival
an enjoyable
experience for
the entire family.
Vendor
applications will
be available in
May.
An audience enjoys the multicultural entertainment at last
year’s Diversity Day in Walla Walla.
Dining in the Crow’s Nest at the Clover Island Inn alwasys comes with a beautiful
view of the Columbia River. It’s always good, and always romantic.
Spend a romantic evening
on the river at Clover Island
C
rab stuffed halibut, filet mignon
barbecue and a cold beverage. Starting
and chicken cordon bleu are a few June 15, Thunder on the Island starts
of the tasty entrees being offered at the again at 6 p.m. every Wednesday.
Crow’s Nest Bar and Grill at the Clover
Also on Clover Island, the AC/DC
Island Inn this Valentine’s Day weektribute band,Hells Belles, begins the
end. Also being offered is an overnight season with a spring concert on May
room package that includes a party
29, and Sawyer Brown will close out
with local band Soundwall. The packthe summer on Sept. 3.
age includes a river-view sleeping
Take that special someon to Clover
room, $50 credit for the Crow’s Nest, a Island on Saturday night, Feb. 13, for a
dance party with Soundwall providing
delicious dinner and a night of dancing.
the music, and a hot breakfast buffet
If you wish, you can opt for the over— all for only $145 per couple.
night package and wake up together
“We wanted to offer a fun getaway
on Valentine’s Day.
for couples,” said Amber Martin,
Call (509) 586-0541 for infomation
director of Sales and Marketing for the and reservations, or visit
Clover Island Inn.
cloverislandinn.com.
Soundwall is a versatile band that
plays everything from Red
Hot Chili Peppers music
to the Rolling Stones. You
may recognize a few of
the band members; lead
singer KC was previously
with the Shades and Walt
and Tony perform with
Groove Principal.
The Shades and Groove
principal have played
before at Clover Island
Inn’s Thunder on the
Island, part of the outdoor
For your Valentine’s Day dinner, the menu at the
summer concert series
that is free for families to
Crow’s Nest will feature crab stuffed halibut and
enjoy a local band, fresh
other special entrees.
IN BRIEF
Save this March date for Craft Beer Festival
The Tri-Cities on Tap Craft Beer Festival will take place March 19 at the
Benton County Fairgrounds. More than a hundred craft beers from at least 50 of
America’s best craft breweries will be avaiable for sampling along with food, live
music and vendors. There will be two sessions, from 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.
The cost is $35, which includes a sampling glass. Ticket sales will be limited to
3,000 people, and you must be 21 or older. Visit tricitiesontap.com.
West Richland Chamber to hold awards luncheon
The West Richland Area Chamber of Commerce will recognize members for
their outstanding service to the community at its annual awards luncheon on
Feb. 3 at 11:30 a.m. at the Shilo Inn in Richland. Ten awards will be given to
members in 2016, including the Business, Volunteer, Chamber Member, and
Community Spirit Awards. Organizers promise some “fun” awards as well.
Columbia River Catering will supply the meal, and entertainment will be provided
by Tapteal Elementary Steel Drum Band. The cost is $30, and chamber members and guests can register online at westrichlandchamber.org.
WSU student-made wines available to purchase
WSU has a line of student-made wines, called Blended Learning, sold around
the state. Learning wines can be purchased at WSU Connections stores, the
WSU Brelsford Visitor Center in Pullman, the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary
Center in Prosser or by contacting Debbie Schwenson in the WSU viticulture
and enology program at (509) 372-7224 or [email protected].
Take a journey of discovery to Christianity’s Hebrew roots
the covenants,
Yeshua’s teachings,
iscovery is a joyful experience.
the Kingdom of
Imagine when Lewis and Clark’s
Corps of Discovery realized, right here Heaven, Yeshua’s
yoke, repentance,
in Tri-Cities, that the Columbia River
redemption, Paul,
was their final path to the Pacific
kosher food, the
Ocean!
Sabbath, the biblical
Biblical discovery is like that, only
better. Many in the Tri-Cities’ Christian calendar, the spring
and fall holy festivals,
community want to know what their
the 613 commandconnection is to the Holy Land, the
ments, Jewish
Jewish people and the Hebrew Scriptures. Discovering this connection is at destiny and Gentile
destiny.
the heart of Messianic Judaism.
Have you wondered why Easter
The first believers in Yeshua (Jesus)
(March 27 this year) is observed before
were torn from Judaism when the
Passover (April 23)? How can Yeshua
Jewish people were torn from their
rise from the dead before the crucifixhomeland in the year 70 CE by the
Romans’ horrific destruction of Jerusa- ion? HaYesod will reveal the Bible’s
Hebrew calendar, which does not sync
lem and the Holy Temple. The war
claimed 1.1 million people, leaving the so well with our Gregorian one introduced by Pope Gregory. Since all the
landscape ravaged.
biblical holy days are portents of future
Mark Twain walked the Temple
Mount 1,797 years later and described events, it makes sense that we should
know the Hebrew calendar.
the area as “…given over wholly to
Just as the Columbia proved to be
weeds…a silent mournful expanse…a
Lewis and Clark’s final route to the
desolation….”
Today, it is amazing how the Jewish Pacific; restoration of the gospel’s
Hebraic foundation is becoming that
people are at last returning to their
final river of connection for believers to
homeland as G-d promised. Simultathe land, the people, and the scripneously, Messianic Judaism is a
historic restoration leading a rediscov- tures of Israel.
Please join us at Beit Immanuel on
ery of Yeshua’s Jewish roots, and
thereby placing the gospel back on its Saturday mornings beginning Feb. 20
for the HaYesod course, and experiHebraic foundation.
ence your own biblical discovery.
At Congregation Beit Immanuel in
Register by calling (509) 737-7566.
Kennewick, I’m proud to lead ChrisCourse information is online at
tians and others in discovery of the
gospel’s Hebraic foundation through a hayesod.org.
professional 10-week course appropriAlan Thietje is a teacher of Messiately titled HaYesod. HaYesod is
anic Judaism at Congregation Beit
Hebrew meaning “the foundation”.
HaYesod examines the topics of the Immanuel, meeting in Kennewick
Torah, grace vs. law, animal sacrifices, (beit-immanuel.org).
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By Alan Thietje
3 Rivers Folklife Society
activities for this month
By Micki Perry
In February, 3 Rivers Folklife Society will have two singlongs, a coffeehouse
and a concert. For directions to venues and further information about 3 Rivers
Folklife events, check our website at 3rfs.org or call (509) 528-2215.
Singalongs scheduled for Feb. 5 and 13
The First Friday Folkie Free-for-All on Friday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. takes place
at my home at 1011 South Dawes in Kennewick. Whether you call it a hootenanny, a jam, a song circle or a singalong, gathering with friends to make music
is a lovely way to spend an evening. If you play an instrument, bring it — or just
bring your voice and a snack to share. Call (509) 783-9937 for directions.
At the Second Saturday Sea Song Singalong on Saturday, Feb. 13, the
singing of mostly sea songs and shanties begins around 7 p.m. at Round Table
Pizza on George Washington Way in Richland. Since it is close to Valentine’s
Day, expect some love songs as well. Everyone is welcome and there is no cost
except for your food and beverages
Coffeehouse features Jami Cooper on Feb. 12
The 3 Rivers Coffeehouse will be held on Friday, Feb. 12, at the All Saints
Episcopal Church, 1312 Kimbal Ave. in Richland. It will feature local singer and
songwriter Jami Cooper. As usual, the coffeehouse will begin at 7:30 p.m. with
an open-mic session. Potential performers should arrive early to secure a
performance slot. Suggested donation at the door is $8, or $6 for seniors and
students.
Jami Cooper is a Richland songwriter who has been writing her own songs
and performing at local venues most of her life. She even performed for the 3
Rivers Coffeehouse events when she was just a teenager, and she has been at
the Tumbleweed Music Festival and more recent coffeehouses during the past
few years. Her original music is very eclectic, drawing on blues, jazz, folk,
country and rock styles and often weaving in Christian themes.
Matt Hammer does Tumbleweed benefit Feb. 20
Local singer and songwriter Matt Hammer will present a concert of mostly
original songs on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Unitarian
Universalist Church, 2819 W. Sylvester St. in Pasco. This concert will be a
benefit for the Tumbleweed Music Festival that is held on Labor Day weekend.
Tickets are available in advance for $14 ($12 for seniors, students and society
members) at Bookworm stores Octopus’ Garden in Richland and at the door.
Matt is a fairly recent import to the Tri-Cities music scene. He began playing
guitar when he was just 8 years old and went on the road as a traveling
folksinger right after high school. He even played in the Tri-Cities in the mid-70s
at Clinkerdagger’s and Chapter 11, which some of you may remember.
In 1976, Matt moved to Alaska, where he stayed for more than 30 years,
becoming totally immersed in the Alaska music scene. As a performer, he
opened for some prestigious acts: Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Hoyt Axton,
Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Goodman and Air Supply. He was also a producer of
the Great Alaska Opry, which provided a forum for Alaska’s finest musical talent.
Matt’s CD, ”Alaskasongs,” was released in 1998 to critical acclaim. He was
also well-known for his songs and videos about Colonel Norman Vaugh, who
organized the Iditarod dog-sled races and later climbed Mt Vaughn in Antartica
at age 89.
Since moving to Kennewick in 2014 to be near family, he often sings with his
wife Lona. He has performed at the Tumbleweed Music Festival, the 2015 World
Relief Concert, and with Columbia Choral. He is getting to be known in the TriCities music community. In his spare time, he works in his own music studio
and mentors up-and coming young performers such as the Adventure Dirt Band.
Visit him online at reverbnation/matthammer.
Urban Sketchers, David Wyatt will show at Allied Arts
U
rban Sketchers Tri-Cities and
nationally recognized aerial
photographer David Wyatt will share
the exhibit space at the Allied Arts
Gallery at the Park in Richland in
February.
The featured show for the month
runs through Feb. 26, and you can
meet the artists at a reception on
Sunday, Feb. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Urban Sketchers was begun in
Seattle in 2009 by Seattle Times
correspondent Gabi Campanario.
Since then, groups have popped up in
Paris, New York, San Francisco,
Singapore and other places worldwide.
More than 100,000 artists are members.
Urban Sketchers’ mission is to
promote artistic, storytelling and
educational sketching, connecting
people around the world who draw
where they live and travel. Their
“manifesto” can be found at
urbansketchers.org. The primary
emphasis, internationally, is simply
“We show the world, one sketch at a
time.”
In 2011, Jim Bumgarner thought it
would be great fun to get Tri-Cities
artists into this growing group of
worldwide sketchers. He petitioned
Campanario, was accepted, and Urban
Sketchers Tri-Cities was born.
The group started out slowly with
only three regular members, but it has
grown to approximately 60. They meet
every Wednesday morning from 10 to
noon at a predetermined place and
sketch what they see. The number of
sketchers varies each week, but
usually includes 18 to 20 who sketch
people, places, and events. In the
summer they try to stay outside, but in
the winter they visit coffee shops,
wineries, libraries, grocery stores,
Columbia Center or other public
buildings.
Urban Sketchers Tri-Cities is not a
formal group, and there are no dues.
They do follow the international guidelines and have some local rules as
well. For example, sketchers must
bring supplies to draw on and with.
Experience is not required, so members range from beginners to experts.
Members are 18 years of age and over,
but children of members are welcome
as long as they come with a parent.
“While we are about the sketching
and its associated
enjoyment, we are also
about the socialization
that comes with that
activity,” said
Bumgarner. “The
challenge to improve as
artists and sketchers
never comes to conclusion and it is within that
context that we meet,
draw, sketch and paint
every Wednesday
morning while also
partaking of the joy of
interacting with other
people of like-minded
interests. Anyone is
welcome to join us.”
Although you are
used to seeing finished
pieces at the Gallery at
the Park, bear in mind
that the Urban Sketchers’ “finished pieces”
are their sketches. For
the show, embers have
printed enlargements of
some of their favorite
sketches on non-glossy
paper and mounted
them on foam-cored
backings, maintaining
“Carousel of Dreams” is a sketch by Urban Skethers member Dave Poynter (LaPoynte). “Wallula
the “look” of a sketch.
Gap” is a photograph by David Wyatt, winner of the Judge’s Choice Award in the 2014
Members can do what
they wish with their own Professional Aerial Photographers' Association Annual Print Competition .
work, but the Urban
Sketchers manifesto requires
tion. “David has demonstrated not just
ings. In the Tri-Cities he brings topreserving the sketch as a sketch.
the technical competencies and
gether his two passions — flying and
Members will also display some of
creative flare associated with his aerial
photography — to share his aerial
their sketchbooks.
photography; he is a wonderful role
perspectives on the Mid-Columbia.
For more information about the
model and leader in the business.”
In 2015, Wyatt received his Master
group, visit USKTriCities on
The gallery is open Tuesday through
Aerial Photographer designation from
Facebook.
the Professional Aerial Photographers Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and
Saturday from 10 to 5 at the entrance
Association. “Becoming a Master
to Howard Amon Park, 89 Lee Blvd. in
Aerial Photographer is the hallmark
David Wyatt’s photos
Richland.
achievement in our profession,” said
Award-winning aerial photographer
For information, call (509) 943-9815.
Chuck Boyle, president of the associaDavid Wyatt has been a resident of
the Tri-Cities for 24 years and a pilot
for more than 25 years. He is the
owner of Loftics Aerial Photography
in Kennewick.
Wyatt gained an early appreciation for beauty in nature and an
interest in aviation while growing up
in southeast Alaska. The mountains,
forests and glaciers of Juneau
sparked a lifelong love of the outdoors and beauty in our surround-
Cyber Art 509 has exhibits in
Kennewick, Benton City
A Joe Batt sculpture expresses how kids interact in the age of smart phones.
Art at WSU Richland campus
looks at high-tech and kids
A
n exhibit called “In the Cloud,”
showing the impact of technology
on daily life through sculptures of
children, will run through Feb. 26 at
Washington State University Tri-Cities.
The works will be on display in room
102 of the Consolidated Information
Center on the WSU Richland campus.
Artist Joe Batt’s work wryly questions the pervasive role of digital media
in daily life, said Peter Christenson,
WSU Tri-Cities assistant professor of
fine arts and Art Center curator.
“There’s a lovely, but haunting,
juxtaposition embedded in the ceramic
figurines themselves — handmade clay
dolls clenching a variety of electron-
ics,” he said. “They are unique and
approachable, yet eerily disconnected
and impassive like the technology they
embrace.”
In recent years, Batt said, he has
observed himself and nearly everyone
he knows interacting with electronic
devices at an escalating pace.
“Though it might be impossible to
understand the impact of these real
changes, this new body of work is my
way of beginning to creatively process
and, to a degree, question them,” he
said. “I chose children as the main
characters because I feel that the
unknown impact of the digital age is
effectively conveyed through them.”
This Valentine’s Day, say it with roses!
There’s no better way to say “I love
Wormington, who started the business
you” on Valentine’s Day
with his wife Connie in 1989. “Our
method ensures the
than with roses, either
freshest product shipped
delivered in style or
direct to us within two to
given in person with a
three days.”
hug and a kiss.
For information or teleJust Roses,
phone orders, call (509)
Flowers and More
783-ROSE (7673). For online
makes roses
ordering, visit www.jroses.com.
more affordable
than you thought
possible, and their locations in Pasco
and Kennewick are gearing up for
those special Valentine’s deliveries
starting on Feb. 10.
Valentine’s specials this month
include the “Key to My Heart Special”
and “The Works.” The first consists of
long-stemmed red roses in a beautiful
keepsake vase. “The Works” is a little
bit of everything including the stunning
vase, long-stemmed roses, beautiful
fragrant rose petals, tempting chocolates and an adorable stuffed white
bear. And the package is topped with
an 18-inch Valentine’s Day foil balloon.
It’s a gift she’ll always remember.
But your choices are not limited at
Just Roses. You can choose from a
variety of other designed flower arrangements, green plants, chocolate
truffles, wines and special gift items,
ordered online or picked up in person
at one of their stores.
Just Roses was founded on the idea
of providing the freshest roses at
affordable prices. “Many years of
experience and personally visiting
flower farms all over the country helped
us to understand the shipping and
ordering processes,” said Sanford
Cyber Art 509, an online cooperative
of Tri-Cities artists, has installed three
new art exhibits that will hang through
February.
The venues are:
Tucannon Cellars, 40504
Demoss Road in Benton City. The
tasting room is open from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and
from 11 to 5 on Thursdays and Sundays.
Grill on Gage, 8524 W. Gage
Boulevard in Kennewick. View the
display from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on
Fridays and Saturdays.
Blessed on First, 120 W. First
Avenue in Kennewick, open Tuesday
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and 10 to 3 on Saturday.
Alice Beckstrom is showing her
glass art. The two-dimensional works
include photographs, acrylic paintings,
oil paintings, and watercolors by Barb
Sutton, Barb Thrall, Claire Hastings,
Danny Paterson, Dave Poynter
(LaPoynte), Ed David, Greg Ashby, Jan
Taylor, Laura Turo, Maggie Remington,
Maja Shaw, Margo Fox, Marsha Wyatt,
Pam Spence, Pat Fleming, Patricia
Fleming, Sophie Calvey and Terry
Matson.
Jan Taylor has an individual show at
Wenaha Gallery in Dayton through
Feb. 6.
The exhibits are free and open to all
ages. For more information about the
artists and the exhibits at Cyber Art
509, visit them on Facebook ant at
cyberart509.com.
To join Cyber Art 509 or arrange to
have their art displayed in your business, call (509) 628-1795.
IN BRIEF
Stacia Gunderson will address Genealogy group
The Tri-City Genealogical Society will meet on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. at
Charbonneau Retirement Community, 8264 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick.
Stacia Gunderson will discuss the importance of symbolism on cemetery
headstones, why certain flowers were used on grave markers and the wording
patterns that told about the deceased. Gunderson has a bachelor’s degree in
history, has worked as an interpreter for national and state parks, and was the
resident pre-Hanford historian for the former CREHST museum. For information,
contact Susan Davis Faulkner at (509) 554-1050 or [email protected]
Airline CEO will speak at Regional Chamber lunch
The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce will host “Lunch with Brad
Tilden, CEO of Alaska Air Group” at the Three Rivers Convention Center in
Kennewick on Thursday, Feb. 25. Tilden will discuss Alaska Airlines’ service,
technology and vision for air travel in the Pacific Northwest. Cost to attend is $22
for chamber members and $32 for nonmembers. Register by Feb. 19 at
tricityregionalchamber.com or contact Jillian Marquez at (509) 491-3234.
The Revenant is aggressively raw and powerful!
L
By Aubrey Langlois
eonardo DiCaprio has done it again.
He has brought us a gritty, blowyou-out-of-your-theater-seat performance. For more than two decades he
has been known for such performances, but he refreshingly hasn’t
forgotten to keep his humility and
dashing charm.
The Revenant, released nationwide
in early January, is an extraordinary
tale — a starkly engaging adaptation of
Michael Punke’s historical novel of the
same name. It is American folklore that
shares its roots, its wonder and
heroics with the legends of Davy
Crockett, Daniel Boone and Calamity
Jane. As always in such unprovable
tales, there has been much conjecture
about the real-life 1800s fur trapper
named Hugh Glass. Yet no one seems
to deny the mauling he endured at the
paws of a giant mother grizzly — nor,
close to death, his abandonment on a
mountain by his trapping companions.
DiCaprio breathes
genuine life into the
role of Glass, and
masterfully constructs his relationship with his counter
actor, Tom Hardy,
who excelled as the
slimy, money-hungry John Fitzgerald.
The acting chemistry is explosive, and
the stark emotion among the entire
Fitzgerald, who murdered his halfblood Pawnee son, Hawk (Forrest
Goodluck).
There are none more deserving of
film awards than the actors, writers,
and director of this epic narrative.
They took some of Michael Punke’s
historical adaptations of the reverent
tall tales about Glass and brought
them to the screen with brilliant
detail that awes the eyes, tantalizes
the mind and tears at the
heartstrings without mercy.
It is refreshing to see a wellrounded script, coupled with the
acting talent that keeps the audience
at rapt attention from beginning to
end.
This movie forces onlookers to
feel. Bring a battle-hardened heart,
or be ready to ache with every
Leonardo DiCaprio as the frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass in The Revenant. bloody wound, every traumatic loss
and backstabbing betrayal. This is a
cast is electrifying, especially with the choices by director Alejandro G.
film to be seen, experienced and felt.
facially expressive Will Poulter as Jim Inarritu. He painted a dark and dingy
It is worth the extravagant budget
Bridger and Domhnall film canvas, leaving no stone unturned used to make it, and it deserves to
Gleeson (Bill
in the historical aspects. Any history
be remembered. True or not, the
Weasley in the Harry aficionado will find few, if any, inaccura- story is a fantastic and nail-biting
Potter films), who
cies.
tale that is true to our country’s
was made for the part
The Revenant is raw and gripping. It earlier, wilder years.
of Captain Andrew
pulls no punches in its blood and gore
The legend of Hugh Glass is a
Henry.
— from the terrifying bear attack and
generational tale that should be told
The well-written
the skirmishes with fur traders and
as often as it can be, much like Davy
storyline is enriched by fascinating
Native Americans to Glass’s phoenixCrockett and the Alamo, in order to
camera angles in fast-moving action
like rebirth after the ravages of a fever
preserve the rich history of our
scenes, and stellar environmental
— all in order to chase down
country.
Alien invasion movie The 5th Wave is a colossal flop
By Aubrey Langlois
There are numerous ways to decimate the human race efficiently —
nuclear fallout, a massive flood, a
debilitating plague or the occasional
alien invasion with brain-wrapping,
worm-like monsters that seem to have
been directly ripped off from the old
80s sci-fi flicks like Alien.
Apparently, all one need do to
complete a full-scale alien assault on a
global scale is to trick the world’s
teenagers into defeating the enemy for
you. The brilliance behind the idea is
fascinating in the wellwritten young-adult
novel by Rick Yancy,
but when Sony adapted
it to the big screen,
there were several
hitches in the execution.
In the movie The 5th Wave, Chloe
Moretz plays an awkward teen,
Cassiopeia Sullivan, struggling with her
typical high-school life and young
female problems. She has a crush on
a cute boy, has inappropriate conversations with her best girlfriend, and is
loved by her family — mother, father
and little brother Sam (Zachary Arthur).
When Cassie is thrust into making
some rather unsavory, humanitydefying choices after the occurrence of
these multiple alien waves, — cataclysmic disasters that wipe out the
weakest links in the human race —
she feels herself losing her humanity,
which she comments about in her
narrated journal throughout the film.
There are many questions that stem
from this adapted storyline. There are
gaping plot holes and lackluster writing
on the part of the writers and producers, who then force-fed a horrible script
to the actors. The cast made a valiant
effort to work with what they were
given. But not even Chloe Moretz, Nick
Robinson (Ben Parish–Zombie), Alex
Roe (Evan Walker) or the extraordinarily talented Liev Schreiber (Colonel
Vosch) could wake up the audience
after they snoozed through the movie’s
largely uneventful scenes. Nor could a
ridiculous amount of randomly placed
explosives near the
ending...in a militarized
base...with soldiers
everywhere...by
children! Figure out
that plot hole.
The picture does not
do justice to the novel or pay due
respect to the novelist who invented
the elaborate idea. One wonders about
possible sequels, as the book is part
of a trilogy.
With what feels like a dying stream
of young-adult novels making it to
cinema, it’s disappointing that it is this
dystopian world and alien invasion idea
that couldn’t get momentum. It was
not for lack of trying on the part of the
actors or the originator of this brainchild. Simply put The 5th Wave suffers
from poor writing, mediocre effects and
pointless plot holes. It is without any
genuine substance or interest that
would draw the audience in.
If there was ever a reason to boycott
a film, there are plenty with this one —
not only the shameless bandwagoning,
The performances of Chloe Moretz and other cast members could not save the movie
The Fifth Wave. It failed to deliver on the premise of the popular young-adult novel.
but doing it so poorly when the YA
minutes of your life that you will never
formula is so cliché and easy to follow. get back, don’t consider paying to see
For the sake of the hour and 45
this film.
BATTELLE FILM CLUB MOVIE SCHEDULE
After some reshuffling of dates, the Battelle Film Club has finalized its
schedule of movie screenings from now through May.
After the January Entertainer went to press, Life Itself, the 2014 documentary about the life of film critic Roger Ebert, was rescheduled to be
shown on March 4
You don’t have to be a Battelle employee or club member to attend for a
$4 admission price for adults or $2 for children.. All screenings are on
Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in the Battelle Auditorium in north Richland.
Here’s the schedule:
Feb. 5 — Slow West (2015), a western action movie
Feb. 19 — Fill the Void (2012), a romantic drama
March 4 — Life Itself (2014), a documentary about Roger Ebert
April 15 — Paprika (2006), animated science fiction
April 29 — The Woman with 5 Elephants (2009), a documentary
May 6 — The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and
Disappeared (2013), an adventure comedy
For complete information about the club and synopses of all the films on
the schedule, visit tricityfilmclub.org.
Grouch is transformed in this study of aging
Out of Sorts, by Aurelie Valognes,
Translated by Wendeline A.
Hardenberg, Amazon Crossing, 2014
F
By JoDean Jordan
erdinand Brun has had it with
women! Every one he’s ever loved
has left him. His mother had the nerve
to die in childbirth, his grandmother
died not long after, and his wife left him
for the mailman. His daughter moved
far away, and even his beloved dog
Daisy is not long for this world.
Worst of all, his dictator-like neighbor and apartment-house concierge,
Mrs. Suarez, seems out to get him
removed from his home. He wasn’t
always a grumpy old man, but the
women in his life have made him that
way. The question now is, should he
go on living at all?
His reclusive life is bleak, pessimistic, and one could even say alarming.
It’s so alarming that his worried
daughter tells him that if he doesn’t
prove himself competent, tidy, safe and
fit, she’s going to move him into a
retirement home. Mrs. Suarez would
like nothing more. Ferdinand has lived
as a hermit for years, and the last
place he wants to go is a retirement
home, even at age 83.
It’s now Ferdinand Brun versus Mrs.
Suarez, the one entrusted to report
back to his daughter on his progress.
Does he have the power to meet his
daughter’s requests and keep a
spotless apartment full of fresh food,
despite the fact that he’s never cleaned
in his life? Can he be pleasant to his
neighbors and keep appointments with
the dreaded Mrs. Suarez? Or is none
of it worth the effort?
Enter Juliette, his 10-year-old quickwitted neighbor who, despite his frown
and closed door, is drawn to the man
that she knows Ferdinand can be.
Juliette joins forces with Beatrice, a
vibrant, outgoing 93-year-old neighbor.
Together they come to Ferdinand’s
rescue with their lively outlook on life.
They breathe new life into a grouchy
old man. There is hope after all, and at
83 this may be the new beginning
Ferdinand was looking for.
Out of Sorts takes place in a small
French town. It follows an unusual
pace as it works through Ferdinand’s
thoughts and feelings as he’s breaking
down on the inside. Many unusual
events take place that move along
quickly in the life of an 83-year-old
man, and it’s easy to see why he’s
worn down and ready to quit. The
events work as mini-stories and subplots that, at times, seem not to fit into
the overall story.
The author paints a picture of a
stagnant, old-fashioned man interacting with quick-moving people who are
in tune with modern-day life, no matter
their age. Ferdinand is caught between
gossiping, petty old women, a nasty
apartment concierge, a precocious 10year-old girl, his daughter whom he
never talks to, and a 93-year old former
lawyer who is smarter than all of them
put together. It’s because of the variety
of women in his life that he begins to
see that they’re not all the same and
shouldn’t be held accountable for the
mistakes of the women who have let
him down.
This book was a bit hard to swallow
at times. Some of the relationships
and side stories seem a bit unbelievable and forced in order to move the
plot along. However, the book shows a
very interesting contrast between
young and old, and reveals that it’s not
necessarily your chronological age that
matters, but rather the age that you
feel in your heart that is true.
This novel can be purchased in
paperback from Amazon for $8.78 or
downloaded to a Kindle for $5.99.
Mysterious event drives this psychological thriller
time she sets foot outside her door?
What makes this book even more of
a thriller is that the reader doesn’t
know the answer to the most important
By JoDean Jordan
question of all: What in the world did
Leah Mills lives every day of her life
Leah do in her past?
thinking of the one horrific day that
The plot jumps back and forth
changed her future forever. Because of
between her modern-day life of parathat day she lives alone in a tiny
noia and isolation, and a seemingly
London flat. Because of this horrible
normal high-school lifestyle wherein
nightmare of a day, Leah works in a
she had good friends and a crush on a
public library where silence is apprecimysterious boy, whom she desperately
ated and she can do her job, making
wanted to impress so he’d like her
hushed, fleeting connections with
back. She changes from a gregarious,
preoccupied customers. No one knows
successful teen into a woman her
her, no one knows what she’s done,
former self wouldn’t even recognize.
and no one is interested in finding out.
There is indeed a mystery there.
Her life is predictable and generic, and
And it’s not just one surrounding the
she shuns any variation from her
enigma plaguing her adult life but,
routine.
more importantly, one that reveals how
That’s exactly how Leah wants it.
she got there in the first place.
Unfortunately a person can’t live in
There are areas of the book that lag
there
that
she
discovers
more
quesparanoid solitude forever. When a man
with
tedium and too much normalcy to
tions than answers. It seems that
named Julian starts to show an
move
the plot along, but perhaps this
some crimes are never meant to be
interest in her via a book-lovers’ chat
is the author’s way of keeping the
forgiven
and
some
people
don’t
deserve
room, she can’t believe that he might
reader on the edge so he or she
to forget their past.
be the key to a bit of normalcy.
doesn’t know when the momentous
The Girl With No Past is indeed a
Unfortunately, letters begin to arrive on
events are to occur. Overall, it’s well
psychological thriller that leaves the
her doorstep reminding her of the
written and easily can be considered
reader asking the same questions as
anniversary of the event that haunts her
an entertaining and suspenseful pagethe main character. Who is out to get
daily.
turner.
her? What do they want? Why is her
Emails follow that remind her that
This novel can be purchased in
world falling apart? What is behind her
she doesn’t have a right to happiness
paperback from Amazon for $9.27 or
new friendships? Why do strange
and should live her life in shame and
downloaded to a Kindle for $2.99.
events keep happening to her every
isolation as she deserves. Can she
trust Julian, and should she attempt a
friendship with the highly entertaining
woman who works alongside her at the
library? She dares to think so and finds
her voice enough to bravely respond to
the emails and claim her right to live a Lit Fest 2016 to open Feb. 2 at Zinful Wine Bar
life she wants.
Lit Fest, the Tri-Cities’ annual celebration of authors, will open with a
The question is…can she? Not when night of book reviews on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Seven local book enthusiasts will
she ventures again into the world and
take part in “About the Book” at 6 p.m. at Zinful Wine Bar in downtown
strange things happen to her time and Kennewick. Talking about admired novels and nonfiction books will be assistant
time again. They may not be coincieditor Kristina Lord of the Tri-City Herald; Martin Valadez, educator and health
dences, and she might be targeted by director; Merry Leow, a retired Battelle editor; Dr. Joshua Miller of Northwest
someone who wants to see her suffer. Orthopedics; John Swope, a chemical engineer; Carol Berry, a literacy advoWith no choice, Leah journeys to
cate; and Matt Taylor, a retired Herald editor. Lit Fest committee member Ed
the one place she swore she’d never
Frost will emcee the event. Lit Fest events are free to the public, and the next
return — her childhood home. It is
“About the Book” session will take place in June.
Movies
New Releases
Playing in Theaters
February 2016
5th
Hail, Caesar!
The Choice
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
12th Deadpool
How to Be Single
Zoolander 2
19th Race
THe Witch
Viral
26th Eddie the Eagle
Gods of Egypt
Triple 9
March 2016
4th
Desierto
London Has Fallen
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Zootopia
11th 10 Cloverfield Lane
The Other Side of the Door
The Young Messiah
18th The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Midnight Special
25th Batman v Superman: Dawn of
Justice
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
The Girl With No Past, by Kathryn
Croft, Bookouture, 2015
IN BRIEF
Releases
New DVD Releases
February 2016
2nd Bridge of Spies
The Last Witch Hunter
Rock the Kasbah
Suffragette
9th MI-5
Love the Coopers
Crimson Peak
Spectre
16th Black Mass
Steve Jobs
The 33
Criminal Activities
23rd I Smile Back
The Good Dinosaur
Spotlight
My All American
Diablo
March 2016
1st
The Night Before
The Danish Girl
Room
8th The Peanuts Movie
Victor Frankenstein
15th Alvin and the Chipmunks: The
Road Chip
Concussion
22nd Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2
Daddy's Home
The Letters
29th Exposed
Forsaken
Benton City fundraiser mimics TV dance competitions
to encourage the audience to keep
their votes coming in. Though most will
be performing conventional ballroom
dances, there will also be belly dancing
and tap-dance exhibitions. Talented
young singer Annie Garcia will also be
performing during the show.
ans of television’s “Dancing With
The Revitalization Committee was
the Stars” can have a front-row seat
formed when Brenda Trammel, owner of
and cast a live vote for their favorite
the Enchanted Acres Alpaca Ranch,
couple in a local competition planned
stirred up enthusiasm for bringing some
for March 12 in Benton City. The
color and a fresh look to Benton City‘s
admission price of $15 will include
downtown area. The committee has
wine and micro-brew tasting, lots of
worked with the Benton City Economic
hors d’ oeuvres and a silent auction.
Development Council to identify
A passion for ballroom dancing and
potential partners and projects. The
a desire to promote revitalization and
committee hopes to bring a sense of
economic development in her commuBenton City’s “railroad town” history to
nity sparked Benton City Mayor Linda Mayor Linda Lehman and Glenn Hernando of Tri-Cities DanceSport of Washington
Lehman’s idea for “Benton City Thinks will be performing and International Waltz at “Benton City Thinks We Can Dance.” the design process.
“Benton City Thinks We Can Dance”
We Can Dance.” It’s being held as a
The event is a fundraiser to benefit Benton City’s Downtown Revitalization Project.
will be held on March 12 at the St.
fundraiser for Benton City’s RevitalizaFrancis Xavier Cabrini Catholic Church
tion Committee, with proceeds going
“You can have a lot of fun, vote for your Goodman and Bruno Tonioli — will
assembly hall, 1000 Horn Drive in
toward creating a harmonious and
favorite local ‘stars’ and benefit Benton critique the competitors, but the
Benton City. The event will open with a
welcoming downtown. Proceeds will
City’s downtown revitalization efforts at winners will be determined by which
social hour beginning at 6 p.m. with
couple garners the most financial
provide paint, awnings and flower
the same time,” she said.
wine and microbrew tasting and an
support from the audience. Emcees
boxes, refurbished benches and solar
The competition will follow the
opportunity to peruse the silent aucplaying the roles of TV emcee Tom
lighting. The Revitalization Committee format of “Dancing with the Stars” by
tion. The dance program will begin at 7
Bergeron and his lovely assistant will
offers financial incentives to downtown pairing community leaders with
p.m. and the evening will conclude with
keep the action going.
businesses that follow their newly
experienced dancers to compete for
open dancing until 11.
In addition to organizing the event,
developed Style Guide and Color
the coveted mirror-ball trophy. The
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at
Mayor Lehman and her partner Glenn
Palette.
three people who portray the TV
the
door and will include hors d’oeuvres
Hernando of the Tri-Cities DanceSport
Lehman is excited about the dance. judges — Carrie Ann Inaba, Len
of Washington will perform an Interna- and beverage scrip. Additional wine and
beer will be available for purchase by
tional-style waltz exhibition between
competition rounds. Both are members the glass. Tickets are available at
Benton City businesses including Quail
of the Tri-Cities DanceSport Team, for
Crossing, Hair It Is, Maeleena’s Salon
which Hernando is artistic director.
Care, Carrousel Day Care and
Other team members will perform the
Branches & Vines, as well as by phone
role of the “pros” by teaching the
at (509) 713-5836 or online. Visit
“stars” to dance, partnering them and
bentoncityedc.org and click on “Revitaldoing exhibition dances.
ization Project.”
The stars will be representatives of
Tickets will be sold at the door if not
different segments of the Benton City
sold
out. Seating is limited, and the
community including city government,
last event had standing room only, so
churches, wineries, Benton REA and
get your tickets early and mark your
the Latino community. Some friendly
calendars for March 12!
rivalry among the groups is expected
If you like ‘Dancing
With the Stars,’ you
will love this event!
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IN BRIEF
VIDA Guitar Quartet will perform Feb. 15
Community concerts of the Tri-Cities will hold its next concert — a performance by the VIDA Guitar Quartet — on Monday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Faith Assembly Auditorium in Pasco. This renowned group comprises four
guitarists of exceptional artistry who share a passion for chamber music. They
have performed on some of North America’s most prestigious stages including
the Long Island Guitar Festival and the Allegro Guitar Series in Dallas, Fort
Worth and Las Vegas. Single tickets will be available at the door for $25, ($15
for students). A subscription for the three remaining concerts of the season is
available for $40 and $10, respectively. The final two concerts will feature the
Repertory Dance Theatre on March 17 at Richland High School and the Male
Ensemble Northwest on April 9 at Faith Assembly. For more information, call
(509) 547-6243 or visit communityconcertstc.org.
The East Coast Swing is a lively, popular dance!
Kennewick offering swing
classes in February, March
T
By Beth Trost-Hayter
he East Coast Swing is one of our
favorite swing dances, and it’s
classified as a beginner-level starter
dance. It’s danced to medium-tempo
music, giving it a “middle of the road”
rhythm — a style that’s neither fast nor
slow.
The dance has some specific
patterns that only relate to it — in
other words, the patterns (or figures)
work best in East Coast Swing where
they would not work well with singlestep or double-step swing. East Coast
is a triple-step, side-to-side pattern,
with a rock step.
Footwork for the gentleman (leader)
is left, right, left (counted 1 and 2),
then right, left, right, (3 and 4), then
back left, forward right, a rock step
(counted 5 and 6). Footwork for the
lady (follower) is the same, but starting
with her right foot.
I like this online description in which
I have made a few alterations for
clarity:
“The dance was created by dance
studios including the Arthur Murray
studios in the 1940s, based on the
Lindy Hop.
“The Lindy Hop was felt by dance
studios to be both too difficult and too
unstructured to teach to beginning
dancers, but there was market demand
for training in swing dancing.
“The dance studios had initially
dismissed the Lindy Hop in particular
as a fad. East Coast Swing is a
rhythm dance that has both six- and
Sherry Haws and Richard Shetlar dance the East Coast Swing at the Kennewick
Senior Center, The dance will be taught there in February and March.
eight-beat patterns. The name East
Coast Swing was coined initially to
distinguish the dance from the street
form and the new variant used in the
competitive ballroom arena (as well as
to distinguish it from the West Coast
Swing, which was developed in California.)”
I tell my students to be sure to learn
all the different styles of swing dances
so they do not have to sit out a dance
because they don’t know a version that
will fit the tempo of the music being
played. We teach the following swing
dances: East Coast Swing, Four Count
Swing, Hustle Swing, Jitterbug and
West Coast Swing. Each has its own
set of figures that fit the tempo.
Here’s more of the online description:
“While based on Lindy Hop, East
Coast Swing does have clear distinctions. It is a standardized form of dance
developed first for instructional purposes in the Arthur Murray studios, and
then later codified to allow for a medium of comparison for competitive
ballroom dancers.
“It can be said that there is no right
or wrong way to dance it; however,
certain styles of the dance are considered correct ‘form’ within the technical
elements documented and governed by
the National Dance Council of
America.”
February and March are the months
to learn East Coast Swing with our
teachers. Classes will be held on
Monday nights at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 1-29
and March 7-28.
The classes are offered by
Kennewick Parks and Recreation and
are held at the Kennewick Senior
Center, for all ages.
To register, call (509) 585-4293.
Beth Trost-Hayter teaches Ballroom,
swing, Latin and country dancing and
can be reached at (509) 586-7609 or
via e-mail:to [email protected].
Visit her online at her website,
www.dancebybethtrost.com.
TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION CELEBRATES SPECIAL-NEEDS PEOPLE
The “Night to Shine” is a national prom-night experience for people with
special needs, ages 16 and older, organized by the Tim Tebow Foundation.
Nationally, more than 200 churches in the U.S. and seven other countires
will hold a “Night to Shine” on one night, Feb. 12. Volunteers and special
guests are making this night possible around the world.
Baum’s Chocolates — a local favorite since 1981
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or sweet treats in the Tri-Cities,
Baum’s has been a tradition in the
Richland area since 1981, when it was
founded as Baum’s Candies. Customers who couldn’t get enough of Baum’s
gourmet chocolates followed them
when they moved from Richland to
West Richland, and they can now find
Baum’s in Kennewick as well.
For some customers, a visit to
Baum’s is a nostalgia trip, and now
they’re sharing their childhood memories with children and grandchildren.
Now known as Baum’s House of
Chocolates and Gourmet Popcorn, the
company continues to create its
famous candies with the finest ingredients and craftsmanship. They were
featured as the area’s number-one
choice in “The Chocolate Lover’s Guide
to the Pacific Northwest.”
In a kitchen next to the West
Richland showroom, everything is
made from scratch using more than 90
chocolate recipes. Owner Mindy
Sandlin-Sheppick credits Andy,
Baum’s chocolatier for the past 25
years, with creating their delectable
chocolate candies.
Mindy and her husband Don also
own Let’s Party in Kennewick. To open
a second Baum’s location in
Valentine’s treats from Baum’s House of Chocolate and Gourmet Popcorn, whether heart-shaped or not, are sinfully delicious.
Kennewick, it was an easy matter of
breaking down a wall to the space next
door. The new location is on Edison
near Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick.
Baum’s does many holiday custom
orders for businesses, with custom
printing of packaging to personalize
gifts for their customers. Their Let’s
Party store, which carries all kinds of
party supplies, is a natural fit for
packaging Baum’s products.
And if they don’t have what you
want, Baum’s may do a custom order
of a candy for you. A woman from Gig
Harbor told of her experience in this
Washington wine honored at
largest U.S. wine competition
Barnard Griffin
Winery of Richland
earned the title of
Best Rosé at the
31st annual San
Francisco Chronicle
Wine Competition,
held each year in
Cloverdale, in
northern Sonoma
County, California.
The competition
drew a record 7,162
entries. More than 70
wine professionals
spent four days
evaluating the wines,
culminating in a
sweepstakes tasting
of the 70 top wines.
Named “Best Rosé”
was Barnard Griffin’s
2015 Rosé of
Photo by Andy Perdue
Sangiovese.
Winemaker Rob Griffin and his winning rosé
Winemaker Rob
Griffin’s Rosé of
Sangiovese is consistently one of the
A couple of judges at the San
best rosés in the country, earning a
Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
gold medal or better in the competition commented on the wine’s bright color,
for 10 of the past 11 years and winning wondering if it came naturally. That
the top trophy at least three times.
caused Griffin to chuckle. “That
Griffin produced about 15,000 cases
electric pink is part of what Sangiovese
from the 2015 vintage.
gives you,” he said. “We’re using the
Barnard Griffin uses several vineright grapes. There’s nothing phony in
yards for its rosé, led by Balcom and
the color.”
Moe. “It’s superior fruit,” Griffin said.
Barnard Griffin retails the wine for
“We know what we want to do before
$14, and it will be released around
we do it. Most rosés are made as an
Valentine’s Day. Last year, he pushed
afterthought. We sit down well ahead
production of his 2014 rosé to more
of time to figure out what we want to
than 11,000 cases, yet it sold out by
do.”
July — faster than it ever has.
online testimonial: “I was looking for
some peanut brittle to bring to my
father who was recovering in the
hospital. I hadn’t had any luck until I
called Baum’s. They were actually out
of peanut brittle but told me they would
make a batch specifically for me. I
received a call within a couple of hours
and picked up the best peanut brittle I
have ever had.”
And that’s not the only positive
testimonial for Baum’s. On websites
that post reviews of products and
businesses, there are many rave
reviews for Baum’s Chocolates .
For Valentine’s Day you can find
heart-shaped everything — custom
boxes in a variety of sizes, heartshaped candies, liquor truffles,
custom gift basket and more. They
are known for their homemade toffee,
and their chocolate-covered strawberries and cherries are to die for.
Give your loved one a gift this
Valentine’s Day. Shop where you
know you’ll get something unique and
delicious. Stop by at 4033 Van
Giesen in West Richland or 513 N.
Edison in Kennewick, or call
(509) 967-9340.
Brews Taphouse plans its second barrel-aged beer event
A
s if beer wasn’t good enough
already, brewers have taken the
malt, hops, water, and yeast combination to the next level by borrowing a
practice from the spirit and wine
industries — barrel aging!
Barrel-aged beer has become known
as the holy grail of beer, producing
flavors that cannot be replicated or
experienced elsewhere, and Brews
Taphouse and Growler Fills in Pasco is
having an event to celebrate these rare
beers. Brews is hosting its second
annual Barrels @ Brews Feb. 26-28.
“If you’ve never had a barrel-aged
beer, this will change your mind on
what beer can be!” said owner Mark
Garrett. Having a couple of barrel-aged
beers on tap anywhere is rare, but
Mark and his team at Brews Taphouse
have managed to pull together 28
barrel-aged beers of all different types
— IPA aged in gin barrels, sour ale
aged in Jameson Whiskey barrels,
saison in chardonnay barrels, and
Imperial stouts in bourbon barrels —
and that’s just listing a few.
These beers are very rare and often
only released one time, according to
Garrett. “These beers demonstrate the
creativity of the breweries that produce
them,” he said. “Brewers challenge the
orthodoxy and create some insane
beers!”
Not only will Brews have a tap list
full of rare beers, but they’ve invited
Kim’s Got Smoke BBQ to come from
Yakima for the event. Kim’s is often
seen at Bale Breaker Brewery over the
summer and offers amazing dishes
such as smoked prime rib, whole
turkey legs and weighty pulled-pork
nachos.
“Kim’s never disappoints!” shouted a
patron at Brews when he overheard our
Mark Garrett, owner of Brews Taphouse, knows beer better than almost anyone, and
he’s always willing to chat with a customer about any of the beers he offers. Behind
him are dozens of taps and an extensive tap list that is constantly changing.
conversation with Garrett. “I came both said another gentleman, raising his
days last year and the beer, food,
beer.
music and people were all awesome,”
Barrels @ Brews starts at 3 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 26, and continues through
the weekend. Garrett and his team are
taking over the alley at the side of their
building and pitching a heated tent to
make sure there’s plenty of seating.
Wondering how you could coax an
early taste of some of these rare
beers? “Only our Black Card members
get early access to a few of the best
beers,” Garrett said, smiling. “And
that’s not until the Thursday before the
event. Sorry.”
Want to be part of that crowd? It’s
easy — just ask anyone on the staff
and pay only $35 for a one-year Black
Card membership, which gives you
special privileges at Brews.
Brews is locally owned and has the
Tri-Cities best tap list, containing 40
craft beers and ciders that always
rotate. There are different beers every
time you visit.
Brews focuses entirely on craft
beers and is “all about the beer.” Join
them for a pint or growler fill at 5426
Road 68 in Pasco, next to Walgreen’s.
Walla Walla’s Brasserie Four under new ownership
Brasserie Four, a locals favorite and
nationally recognized Walla Walla
restaurant serving French cuisine, is
being sold by chef and owner Hannah
MacDonald to Jamie Guerin, owner
and chef of Whitehouse-Crawford. The
transfer will take place early this
month, and both parties have said that
diners are likely to see very little
change.
Guerin and MacDonald describe the
transition as a logical and welcome
next step in the evolution of the
restaurant. The staff, many of whom
have been with the restaurant for five
years or more, will stay on. And
MacDonald herself will be present for
the first few months to help where
needed.
Brasserie Four opened in 2008 in
the downtown storefront at 4 East Main
Street where the former Grapefields
was located. When Grapefields closed,
MacDonald and four of her staffers
opened Brasserie Four in 2008.
Brasserie Four is open Tuesday
through Saturday for dinner, and Friday
and Saturday for lunch. It closes during
the first week of February each year.
Call (509) 529-2011 for reservations.
You can preview the menu at
brasseriefour.com.
Brasserie Four in downtown Walla Walla
The tasting room at Columbia Crest Winery
Give your sweetheart a Valentine’s
Day visit to Columbia Crest Winery
Mountain) and the 2011 Reserve
Coyote Canyon Vineyard Syrah (Horse
Heaven Hills). All wines will be paired
with an assortment of chocolates.
f you want a fun, inexpensive get
This is an entirely complimentary
away with someone special for
event. On Saturday, Feb. 13, enjoy live
Valentine’s Day weekend, show your
love by indulging him or her with a trip music by Tri-Cities musician Eddie
Manzanares from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
to Columbia Crest Winery.
Manzanares is a masterful guitarist
While you’re there, you’ll both be
with more than 20 years playing a
indulged with the finest red wines and
chocolates. And you’ll be relaxing in a combination of Latin jazz, bossa nova
and rumba flamenca. Originally from
beautiful setting surrounded by vineMexico, Manzanares has performed for
yards and overlooking the Columbia
audiences, large and small, in Mexico,
River in Paterson.
You will be treated to complimentary South America, France, Italy, Spain,
Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South
tastings of Columbia Crest’s wineryexclusive Reserve Korea, Canada, and the Caribbean as
well as the United States.
red wines — the
Columbia Crest is just an hour’s
2011 Reserve Four
Feathers Block 8 drive from the Tri-Cities. Drive south
Merlot (Columbia as if you’re going to Umatilla, but
Valley AVA), 2011 before reaching the bridge to Oregon,
Reserve Cabernet take exit 31 onto Washington Highway
14 West and continue to Paterson.
Sauvignon (CoTurn right on Columbia Drive.
lumbia Valley),
For more about Columbia Crest and
2011 Reserve
its products or to shop online, visit
Cabernet
Eddie Manzanares Sauvignon (Red
columbiacrest.com.
Indulge yourselves with red
wine and chocolates Feb. 13-14
I
Celebrity cruise includes parts of Australia, New Zealand
that make for gorgeous photos. A few of
the passengers chose to disembark
s I write, I am aboard the Celebrity
and spend the night in Queenstown,
Solstice as an on-board hostess
and if I hadn’t been there before I would
cruising from Sydney, Australia, to
have wanted to do so myself because
Auckland, New Zealand. Travel Leadit’s a beautiful place.
ers and our partner companies includOur first New Zealand stop was
ing Vacations.com, Cruise Holidays
Dunedin,
which has an interesting mix
and Results Travel participate in a
of
Scottish
and native Maori culture. It’s
program called Distinctive Voyages, a
also
a
place
to see wildlife from
free gift to our clients that includes the
penguins
to
albatrosses.
We chose a
hostess, a cocktail party and a
two-hour
harbor
tour.
complimentary shore excursion.
In Wellington, the capital of New
We flew from Seattle on Jan. 1,
Zealand,
I hosted our Distinctive
bound for Sydney, and arrived two days
Voyages
shore
excursion, highlighted
later after crossing the International
by
a
ride
up
to
Mount
Victoria for a
Date Line, and stayed for two nights in
panorama
of
Wellington
Harbor and
Sydney before the cruise. Sydney is a
Cook
Strait.
We
did
a
cable-car
trip
fun city with lots to do. Near the hotel
with
more
great
views
and
drive-by
was an area called the Rocks, full of
visits to the Parliament and other old
colorful convict history and great pubs.
government buildings. Our last stop
Touring should include the Harbor
was at Old St. Paul’s Church which
Bridge, the Opera House, Darling
The view of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, from Mount Victoria.
dates back to the mid-1900s. I loved
Harbor and more. There’s also the Blue
Wellington and its history. It was a
Mountains outside of Sydney for
in the summer. I’ve been on it twice
Murano, and Silk Harvest, an Asian
great day.
wildlife, ziplines and other adventures
restaurant. There is a spa, a fitness
before, and there is so much to like
In Tauranga we explored more of the
that we didn’t have time for.
about this ship. We are enjoying
center and entertainment. The Solstice Maori culture. This populated area and
having scenic views from a veranda
offers all the things you would expect
the Bay of Plenty offer sailing, fishing
The ship
to find on a great cruise ship. And the
cabin. And I love the specialty dining
and dolphin-watching. Salt-water pools
that includes a Tuscan Steak House,
good news is that it’s summer down
The Celebrity Solstice is the same
and extinct volcanoes also make it an
an Italian fine dining restaurant called
here, so the weather has been great.
ship that sails from Seattle to Alaska
interesting area to visit.
As I write this, our last official stop
will be tomorrow at the Bay of Islands,
Melbourne, Australia
Our first stop was Melbourne, which with 146 Islands dotting the area. We
look forward to the natural beauty,
has it all from fashion to wine and so
many wineries and gorgeous beaches.
much more. One of the most popular
things to do in Melbourne is the trolley It’s truly New Zealand’s treasure, and a
big wine area known for Cloudy Bay
tour, which includes lunch on colonial
trolleys as you cruise around the city. and Sauvignon Blanc. We will take a
Melbourne is a wonderful city full of old winery tour stop at a famous chocolate
world charm combined with high-rises factory.
buildings and commerce.
Although this is my fourth trip to
My New Zealand ‘family’
Australia I’d never been to Tasmania. It
Once off the ship, we’ll be staying in
is a bit off the beaten path and not part Auckland for five more days with my
of what most would consider your
New Zealand “family.” A decade ago,
basic Australia tour. This stop was very George and I hosted a young lady from
interesting as we arrived on a Saturday New Zealand. Why we were, at our
and enjoyed wandering through the
age, willing to take on a 15-year-old I
Saturday market and the downtown
truly don’t know. But years later she is
area. Hobart is the capital of Tasmania still very much in my life, and her family
and home to 200,000 people. Austrais my family. They are so far away that
lians love Americans and its one place I don’t know how many more times we
in the world you can truly feel at ease. can visit, so I plan to make the most of
this opportunity. On the agenda are sun
and sea, a bit of golf, lots of local wine
New Zealand
After we sailed from Hobart we went and laughter. After that we say goodbye
to summer and return to the cold Triacross the Tasman Sea to New
Cites. Thanks for sharing my journey.
Zealand, our primary destination. We
cruised some beautiful places includSondra Wilson is president of Travel
ing Milford, Doubtful, and Dusky
Leaders, which is now celebrating its
Sound. The scenery is breathtaking
34th year of business in the Tri-Cities.
and reminds me of Alaska, with fjords
A
By Sondra Wilson
UPCOMING TRAVEL LEADERS EVENTS
Her are two travel-related events to put on your calendar:
Travel Leaders will host Viking’s Michael Weldon for the Viking River
and Ocean Cruise Night on Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Clover Island Inn in
Kennewick.
An Australia and New Zealand Night on March 8 at 6 p.m. at the
Clover Island Inn will feature Travel 2 (formerly Qantas Vacations) with a
special visit from the New Zealand Tourist Board. This will be a great
opportunity to find out more about visiting the “land down under.”
For either or both events, RSVP to Jan at (509) 943-4686 or
[email protected].
There’s more to Lake Placid than skiing
T
By Steve Bergsman
Creators Syndicate
he Lake Placid paradoxes are numerous: The town,
which can be found in the Adirondack Park region of
upstate New York, is world-famous for having hosted
two winter Olympics, one of only three locations around
the globe to have doubled-down on Olympics fever (the
others were St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Innsbruck,
Austria), yet its busy tourist season is the summer.
About 70 percent of Lake Placid’s tourists arrive in
warmer weather, despite the region boasting an Olympic ski mountain, Olympic skating oval and, of course,
the ice rink where the greatest American hockey victory
took place, the Miracle on Ice, when the United States
upset the mighty Russian hockey team in 1980.
I’ve been to most of the major ski towns in North
America, stretching from Banff and Whistler in Canada
down to New Mexico, and Lake Placid is the most
proletarian-looking of them all. The one thing almost all
ski locations have in common, whether they’re in pricey
Vail, chic Lake Tahoe or funky Telluride is second-rate
restaurants. It’s hard to get a good meal in an overpriced ski town.
However, in down-home Lake Placid, I had the best
meals I ever had in a ski town, from the Breakfast Club
with its pancakes topped with Adirondack berry compote and the Prince Edward Island mussels, or salmon
over leeks at Lisa G’s to the tender smoked brisket
(lean or marbled) at Smoke Signals. I was pleasantly
shocked at how good the food was.
Finally, the town is called Lake Placid, but I spent a
couple of days there and I never saw the actual lake.
The famed Olympic hamlet is built on the edges of
Mirror Lake, which is frozen over in the winter and
groomed for dozens of activities from hockey to speed
skating.
There is even a toboggan run built at the edge of the
frozen lake, and it’s here that I’ll begin my story,
because tobogganing was the first activity I did in the
town.
My wife and I drove from Connecticut and arrived midafternoon on a frigid Wednesday; the temperature sat
below double digits. After sundown, I put on my coldweather ski attire and wandered over to Mirror Lake,
where an elevated platform had been constructed and
Photo by Steve Bergsman
Fat-tire biking through the woods is a popular sport in
Lake Placid, New York.
now was lit up like a Christmas tree.
The toboggan platform was reconstructed from an old
ski jump owned by a private club that in a bygone era
was a major presence in the town. As I wandered closer
I could see a healthy crowd of people, many families
with school-age children pulling toboggans about the
incline. I peered up to see two runs side by side. Each
run was an inset with wooden borders so each toboggan
would stay in its own chute, and the base of each run
was an absolute, smooth-as-glass ribbon of ice.
I pulled over the guy in charge and asked how fast the
toboggans go. He scratched his exposed and scruffy
chin and said when you get toward the bottom you are
doing close to 30 miles an hour. I had to try it.
So here it was, a dark night with the temperature
quickly heading to subzero and there were about 60
people, mostly families or teenagers on their own,
cavorting on the icy toboggan run as if it were midday at
Disneyland. I joined the crowd, grasping the cord of my
toboggan. I pulled it slowly up the side path alongside
the runs and waited my turn at the top.
The toboggans, which are for rent, can seat up to four
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Anthony Lakes will hold annual
Spring Break Camp
in March
.
A
nthony Lakes Mountain Resort will
again hold its popular annual
Spring Break Camp for ages 7 to 18.
This year’s camp will be held March
20-25.
This five-day, all-inclusive camp is
open to the first 100 skiers or riders
who sign up. The cost is just $80,
which includes five consecutive days of
lift tickets plus lessons and rental
equipment if needed.
Spring Break Camp focuses on
health, physical activity and fun. It
helps kids wotj physical fitness, social
interaction, self-confidence, balance
and a better appreciation of winter
activities.
To register, visit anthonylakes.com,
fill out the registration packet. Email it
to [email protected] or send
it by postal mail to Anthony Lakes
Mountain Resort, 47500 Anthony
Lakes Highway, North Powder, OR
97867. If you have questions or
concerns. contact Chelsea McLagan
at (541) 856-3277, ext. 12, or
[email protected].
Taste of Nordic
Back by popular demand at
Anthony Lakes is the Taste of
Nordic and Poker Ski on Sunday,
March 20. Participants ski or
snowshoe the beautiful Anthony
Lakes Nordic system and enjoy
local craft food and drink along the
way. Skiers have the option of
collecting a poker hand along the
way.
Take your friends and family for
this family-friendly event that features amazing local cuisine and
beverages and a stunning Nordic
system.
Snow cat trips
Anthony Lakes is ready to roll
with its snow-cat trips. With the
highest base elevation in Oregon at
7,100 feet, the resort boasts the
best powder snow and amazing
scenery. There’is no better way to
experience, fresh, untracked powder.
To book a seat on a cat tour, send
email [email protected].
Happy fresh-powder skiers pause for photos on a snow-cat trip at Anthony Lakes.
Aiming for the sun: WSU chosen to vie for solar prize
W
ashington State University
students will design and build a
solar home during the next two years
as part of the U.S. Department of
Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition.
For the first time, the contest will
include $2 million in prize money.
WSU was one of 16 college teams
from across the world chosen to
participate in the 2017 competition,
which requires students to plan and
build a 600- to 1,000-square-foot home
that receives all of its energy from the
sun. Darrin Griechen, a faculty member in the School of Design and
Construction, is leading the effort for
WSU.
The competition aims to increase
public awareness of solar energy and
inspire innovative solutions in ecological design.
“Our students will be working on our
most critical challenges in smart and
sustainable living while also gaining
tremendous hands-on experience at
designing and building for the future,”
said Phil Gruen, director of the school.
‘Placid’
Continues from Page 29
people, but I was on my own. I was
snuggly almost warm with my ski
parka exposed to the elements.
Unfortunately, as it turned out the
parka still had a lift ticket attached to
the zipper, which, with the zip pulled
up, was just under my chin.
I got pushed off the platform, the
toboggan rocketed downward and the
lift ticket flapped up in my face. My
hands were holding the toboggan’s
“WSU remains focused on our landgrant mission of training our students
to solve these most important and real
problems for the world.”
WSU has a long history and expertise in electric power, advanced
materials and smart systems. The
team has had preliminary discussions
about locating the home permanently
within Spokane’s University District —
a test area for Spokane’s larger “smart
city” initiative.
Initial construction of the house is
expected to be near WSU’s new
PACCAR Clean Technology Building on
the Pullman campus.
“We are perfectly positioned to
design, engineer and build a home
within this smart paradigm,” said
Griechen.
WSU students from a wide variety of
disciplines — including architecture,
interior design, landscape architecture,
construction management, mechanical
engineering, civil engineering, electrical
engineering, computer science,
communications, business and English
— may participate in the project.
Student teams will participate in 10
events in the competition. The home
will be judged on architecture,
affordability, market appeal, comfort
and energy use. The teams must
commute with an electric vehicle using
energy from their solar-powered home.
cord and there was nothing I could do.
For the few seconds I was at peak
speed down the chute I was almost
blinded with the lift ticket firmly stuck
to my glasses by g-force pressure.
Obscured vision turned out to be my
biggest misadventure in Lake Placid.
The next morning I met Dan Cash, a
local mountain-bike enthusiast, who
was going to guide me on a fat-tire
bike excursion through Henry’s Wood,
just on the outskirts of town. When I
awoke the temperature was -10, but at
the start of our excursion it has risen
to zero, which Cash assured me was
perfect for our ride.
Now Henry’s Wood is a wonderful
forest cut with fine trails for backcountry skiing, snowshoeing and even
fat-tire biking, but the first part of it is a
ridge, which is a hard climb in zero
weather on low-pressure tires. I worked
hard on the trail, building up a nice
sweat underneath my layers of
clothes. My heavy breath rose up and
condensed on my glasses, which then
froze in the zero degree temperature.
Even though I’ve worn glasses since I
was 10 years old, I had to pull them off
and ride the single-track back down
the ridge sans spectacles.
The only time I had clear vision all
day, it was the one activity too many
for me. In the afternoon, a young skater
named Christie agreed to show me the
finer points of speed-skating on the oval
of Mirror Lake. Having ice-skated just
once in the past 40 years, I really didn’t
have what it took to even muster a
stride. The only clear vision I had all
day was of me falling on my behind.
Christie was a good teacher and I
survived this most dangerous of my
Lake Placid activities, but there was no
Olympic speed skating in my future.
It was time to close the day and
head for another fine meal at an
unheralded Lake Placid eatery.
This is the second time WSU students have participated in the solar-energy event. In
2005, students displayed their solar home on the National Mall in Washinton, D.C.,
where these visitors took a close look at it on a not-so-sunny day.
Fire officials offer home injury-prevention program
A
ccording to the Centers for Dis
ease Control, more than a third of
adults over 65 years of age fall each
year. Falls can lead to hip fractures
and even traumatic brain injuries, and
they are the leading cause of fatal and
non-fatal injuries in older adults.
But most falls are preventable.
That’s why Benton County Fire
District 4 has launched a program to
reduce injury from slips and falls.
Firefighters and EMTs — emergency
medical technicians — are visiting
residents’ homes at their request and
performing comprehensive evaluations
of the exterior and interior.
The inspections take about an hour.
Once the survey is complete, the
firefighter/EMT will sit down with the
homeowner and review a list of recommendations to reduce the risk of injury
from a fall.
“We provide a comprehensive
inspection into each area to identify
potential risks,” said Lieutenant Kevin
Gaidos. “However, homeowners can
request that we not survey a specific
area or room if privacy is a concern.”
This initiative is the first step in the
launch of the district’s own medical
emergency prevention program called
“FD CARES” (Fire Department Com-
schools, homes and area businesses,
and now helping to reduce injuries.
The area serves some 17,000 people
with about 50 volunteer and career
firefighters, EMTs and paramedics.
Last year they responded to 1,322
emergency calls, 835 of them medical
emergencies. Sixteen percent of those
medical calls were due to slip and falls.
If you would like to schedule a
complimentary fall-prevention inspection, contact Lieutenant Gaidos at
(509) 967-2945 or [email protected].
For more information about Benton
County Fire District 4, visit
www.bcfd4.org.
SLIPS AND FALLS
Lt. Kevin Gaidos of Benton County Fire District 4 reviews recommendations with
homeowner Annie Goodwin. The free inspections are meant to help you avoid falls.
munity Assistance, Referral and
Educational Services) to reduce calls
to 911 and lower health-care costs.
The fire district, which covers 52
square miles including West Richland,
Is a painful thumb putting
a damper on your skiing?
By Claire Hara, OTR/L
Every skier has had his
or her share of falling while
going down the slopes.
Some falls may be harmless, whereas others may
result in a common injury
called skier’s thumb.
Skier’s thumb occurs
when the person falls while
holding onto a ski pole or
falls on hard snow. The
force transfers to your
thumb, possibly stretching
or rupturing a ligament that
helps stabilize your thumb
during movement.
The severity can range
from a small ligament tear,
which can be treated with
hand therapy, to a comThere are newer ski-pole designs and products
plete rupture that requires
such as this wrist and hand guard that can help
surgery.
prevent skier’s thumb..
Symptoms of skier’s
thumb include:
your thumb.
Pain at the base of the thumb
Hand therapists may also use a
near the web space
variety of modalities such as ultra Swelling of the thumb
sound, electrical stimulation and low Weak grasp
level laser therapy to abate the
Pain while moving the thumb
pain.Ignoring your injury may result in
In most cases, conservative treatchronic pain and joint instability.
ments can be used. I am a hand
If you suspect you have skier’s
therapist, which is an occupational or
thumb, contact your physician and
physical therapist who focuses on
see if you can be treated for the pain
hand and arm problems.
by a hand therapist before ski season
A hand therapist will help relieve
your pain by giving you a splint to wear is over.
during the day or night, or both.
Claire Hara is an occupational
The hand therapist also develops an
therapist specializing in hand and arm
individualized exercise program to
safely strengthen and regain motion in therapy at Therapy Solutions.
was originally formed just to put out
fires. Now a large part of what it does
is prevention-related, including safety
inspections, educating the community
about fire prevention through local
One out of 5 falls causes a
serious injury.
Each year, 2.5 million seniors are
treated in ERs for injuries from falls.
More than 700,000 are hospitalized annually because of falls.
More than 95 percent of hip
fractures are caused by falls.
Falls are the most common
cause of brain injuries.
Annual medical costs due to falls
are $34 billion, adjusted for inflation.
HEALTH IN BRIEF
‘Detox water’ is not healthier than your tap water
Assorted health personalities are touting the toxin-flushing abilities of water
infused with fruits or vegetables, sometimes dubbed “detox water.” But does it
do something ordinary water doesn’t? “More water makes the body’s job of
flushing toxins easier, but I can get that water from my tap,” said Thomas
Brenna, a Cornell University nutrition and chemistry professor. Water helps the
liver and kidneys filter toxins. Adding minimal fruits or vegetables (there’s not
enough of them to really add nutritional value) doesn’t give the water any added
oomph. It does, though, add to the price tag.
For better health, interact socially while young
Staff members of Synergy MedAesthetics demonstrated Botox treatments and
other services at the Tri-Cities Women’s Expo in October. At left is Rene Janke,
director of Aesthetic Services.
Synergy, not surgery, is your
key to looking and feeling good
L
ooking our best and feeling fit
and healthy are goals we all
share, and there is synergy in
caring for both the face and the
body. That’s the goal of Synergy
MedAesthetics, established in 2012
and now located at 3500 Zintel Way
in the Southridge area of
Kennewick.
Synergy MedAesthetics specializes in the most advanced nonsurgical cosmetic and bodysculpting treatments available.
Under the medical direction of
Doctors T. Kent Vye and Robert
Johnson, the professional staff
offers services and expertise
normally found only in major
metropolitan areas. There is no
longer the need to travel to Seattle
or Portland for Botox, Juvederm or
non-surgical i-Lipo or TriPollar
procedures to sculpt the body and
smooth the skin. Laser hair
removal, medical-grade chemical
peels and other services are
performed safely and effectively.
To receive a complimentary
consultation and learn how you can
become the absolute best aesthetic version of yourself, call :
(509) 222-8022.
The more social ties you have early in life, the better your health will be at
both the beginning and end of it, according to University of North Carolina
researchers, who looked at links between social relationships and concrete
measures of well-being, such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure and
inflammation. Data were taken from four national representative surveys of the
U.S. population. They found that the sheer size of a young person’s social
network generally encouraged behaviors that promoted a healthy life, early and
late. Social isolation as a teen increased the risk of inflammation (linked to
myriad diseases including cancer) as much as physical inactivity.
Night-shift workers tend to be drowsy drivers
Night shifts and stick shifts don’t mix well. Researchers at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital asked study participants to participate in a daytime test-drive
after working a night shift. More than 37 percent of the bleary-eyed drivers nearly
crashed. The same workers took the test drive again after a good night’s sleep.
Result: Zero near-crashes. The study has major public health implications. More
than 9.5 million Americans work overnight or in rotating shifts.Between 2009 and
2013, a drowsy driver was involved in 21 percent of fatal crashes and 13 percent
of crashes causing severe injury.
Sex education inadequate in many places
If sexual health depends upon knowledge, a lot of kids these days may be in
trouble. A new federal study reports that fewer than half of U.S. high schools and
only one-fifth of middle schools teach all 16 topics of sexual health recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State-by-state
percentages ranged across the board, from a low of 21 percent of high schools
mandating courses in Arizona to 90 percent in New Jersey. (Only New York and
New Hampshire were also above the 75 percent mark.) The proportion of middle
schools requiring all 16 topics ranged from 4 percent (again in Arizona) to 46
percent in North Carolina.
Harlem Globetrotters’ 90th Anniversary Tour is
coming to Toyota Center in Kennewick this month
Team’s Great Assist
program is helping
local communities
C
elebrating 90 years of providing
smiles, sportsmanship and service
to millions of people worldwide, the
world-famous Harlem Globetrotters will
bring their unrivaled family show to
Toyota Center in Kennewick on
Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m., on their
Anniversary World Tour that began in
December.
Known worldwide as the “Ambassadors of Goodwill,” the Globetrotters
have also announced their Great Assist
program that will be part of tour. Stars
of the team will leave a mark in communities across North America with
acts of goodwill during the tour to 260
cities. You can nominate a worthwhile
cause by visiting GreatAssist.com.
In addition to fulfilling fan requests,
the team is bringing their bullying
prevention program on the tour, and
they will talk to youth about character,
education and physical fitness.
On the court, the Globetrotters’ 90year celebration will feature some of
the greatest athletes and entertainers
on the planet. With a star-studded
roster featuring Big Easy Lofton, Ant
Atkinson, Hi-Lite Bruton, Thunder Law,
Bull Bullard and Cheese Chisholm —
plus female stars TNT Maddox and
Sweet J Ekworomadu* — the
Globetrotters’ one-of-a-kind show is
unrivaled in the world of family entertainment. Of course, the roster is
subject to change with any particular
game.
Every game,however, will showcase
incredible ball-handling wizardry, rimrattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious
comedy and unequaled fan interaction.
After the game, Globetrotter stars will
sign autographs and take photos with
fans.
Throughout their history, the Original
Harlem Globetrotters have showcased
their iconic talents in 122 countries
and territories on six continents, often
The famous Harlem Globetrotter’ Thunder Law”flies” to the basket , while Bull Bullard takes tthe easy way to the top.
breaking down cultural and societal
barriers while providing fans with their
first-ever basketball experience. Proud
inductees of the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame, the
Globetrotters have entertained hundreds of millions of fans — among
them popes, kings, queens, and
presidents.
The lineup of stars has included
some of the greatest players
ever, including stars such as Wilt
Chamberlain, Marques Haynes, Curly
Neal, and Connie Hawkins, to name a
few. Their reach is so universal that the
whole world mourned when legendary
Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon
died this past December.
Tickets start at $20 and are now
available at all Ticketmaster outlets
and ticketmaster.com, at the Toyota
Center box office, or by phone at (509)
453-7139. Information on ticket
discounts for scouting and other
groups can be found at
harlemglobetrotters.com.
Tri-City Americans sign Bantam
Draft players Bjorklund, Sawchuk
The Tri-City Americans hockey team
has signed 2015 Bantam Draft pick
Paycen Bjorklund and 2914 pick Riley
Sawchuk to standard WHL player
agreements. Bjorklund was taken in
the second round (25th overall) in the
2015 Bantam Draft, and Sawchuk was
taken in the sixth round (116th overall)
in the 2014 Bantam Draft.
Ams General Manager Bob Tory
praised both players. “Paycen is a
dynamic skater with good offensive
upside,” he said . “We are happy that
Paycen and his family have chosen the
WHL and the Tri-City Americans in
pursuit of his hockey future.”
Sawchuk, said Tory, is “a dynamic
offensive player who has continued to
improve each season since he was
selected in the sixth round of the 2014
Bantam Draft.” He is currently playing
for the Prince Albert Mintos AAA
Midget team.
Bjorklund, a native of Grande
Prairie, Alberta, currently plays for the
Grande Peace Storm of the Alberta
Major Bantam Hockey League. Last
season he played 23 games, scoring
37 goals and 18 assists.
The Americans are back in their
home arena at Toyota Center for much
of February, with home games on Feb.
2, 5, 6, 19, 23, 26 and 27. Tickets are
available at all Ticketmaster locations,
the Toyota Center box office and online
at ticketmaster.com.
It’s a critical offseason for the Seattle Seahawks
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By ‘Philly’ Robb Francis
he Seattle Seahawks’ season
came to an end earlier than fans
would have liked after they fell to the
Carolina Panthers in the divisional
round of the NFC playoffs. As had
happened a number of times this
season, the Seahawks surrendered a
large early lead but mounted a valiant
second-half comeback. Many times in
the past their comebacks have succeeded, but this time they just gave up
too many points in the first half.
Now that their offseason has officially begun, the Seahawks have some
significant personnel issues to deal
with before they make another run for
the top in Super Bowl 51.
As free agency approaches, the
Seahawks have a league-low 38
players signed for the coming season.
Without addressing the players eligible
for free agency that they would like to
keep in blue and green, they have
roughly $29.1 million in cap space to
address holes via the draft and bring in
players from other teams.
These are the key players for the
Seahawks and how they may affect
the cap:
Marshawn Lynch – The man
affectionately known as “Beast Mode”
is due $9 million in salary plus a $2.5
million roster bonus for an $11.5 million
cap hit. Lynch will be 30 and is coming
off the first significant injury of his
career — a sports hernia that required
abdominal surgery, costing him half the
season.
If the Seahawks cut Lynch before
June 1, they will save $6.5 million on
the cap. If they wait until after June 1,
they’ll save $5 million. Unless Lynch is
willing to renegotiate his deal to lower
the cap number, it’s likely the
Seahawks will thank him for his help in
winning Super Bowl XLVIII and turn to
undrafted free agent Thomas Rawls to
lead the running game.
Rawls averaged more than 5½ yards
per carry and had just shy of 850 on
the ground in 12 games before his
season came to an end due to injury.
Rawls will make about $11 million less
than Lynch in 2016.
Russell Okung – The sixth
overall pick in the 2010 draft just
completed his rookie contract and is
put up career numbers this season.
The only other team in the NFL to
consistently do more with less at the
wide receiver position than Seattle is
New England. They have two receivers
on the roster who have been drafted
with one of the two, Paul Richardson,
usually hurt and the other, Tyler
Lockette, finishing a promising rookie
campaign.
Kearse has already said he wants to
set up his family with this contract and
a hometown discount isn’t in the cards
for the Seahawks. While he had a
career year, Kearse’s career numbers
are that of a number-four receiver in the
NFL. If he thinks someone will overpay
him like the Lions did for Golden Tate,
more power to him. The Seahawks can
find another unrestricted free agent to
fill Kearse’s spot. Let him test the
market and see what happens.
Marshawn Lynch: Is he too expensive for
Brandon Mebane – This gapthe Seahawks to keep?
filling defensive tackle is set to hit the
market after making $5 million this
an unrestricted free agent. Even
past season. Mebane has had some
though Okung has a penchant for false injury issues the past couple of years,
starts and a holding call here and
but when he is healthy he is huge on
there, the tackle position is one that is that defensive front.
sorely needed in the NFL, and good
The Seahawks have already decided
left tackles are even harder to find.
they will not pick up Bruce Irvin’s fifthOkung will have no shortage of
year option, so there is money there to
suitors believing they are one offensive keep Mebane. Depth was an issue this
lineman away from the Super Bowl.
past season for the Seahawks, and
Last year the franchise number on
depending on Mebane’s demands he
offensive linemen was just under $13
could put himself out of the Seahawks’
million. It will probably go over $13
price range, but he is a guy who
million for 2016, meaning that is what
Okung will make if the Seahawks use
the franchise tag to keep their left
tackle while attempting to hammer out
a new long-term deal.
Like him or hate him, Okung is the
most experienced member of the line,
and while they made great progress
over the season, the Seahawks don’t
need another shake-up on Russell
Wilson’s blind side. Okung needs to
stay in Seattle, especially when
Center Lemuel Jeanpierre and right
guard J.R. Sweezy are also unrestricted free agents. The line is going
to be crucial this offseason for the
Seahawks.
Jermaine Kearse – Kearse has
played his high-school, college and
professional football in Seattle. He
made around $2.3 million last year and
IN BRIEF
Adult drop-in volleyball held Thursdays in Pasco
From now through May 12, Pasco Recreation Services is sponsoring adult
drop-in volleyball on Thursday nights from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at McLoughlin Middle
School, 2803 N. Rd. 88 in west Pasco. The fee is $2 per person, per evening,
and you must be at least 18 years of age to even enter the site. Drop-in volleyball provides an.informal way for adults to participate in the sport, and it’s all for
fun. Players will be randomly placed on teams, and it’s a great way to make
friends as you exercise and have fun. For more information, call Pasco Recreation Services at (509) 545-3456.
Teams sought for JA bowling tournament
The 20th annual bowling tournament to benefit Junior Achievement will be
held Feb. 29 through March 5 at Atomic Bowl in Richland. This year’s theme is
“Americana Bowl 2016..” Funds raised through the event support JA’s in-school
programs that serve more than 11,000 students in Washington state. It’s great
fun for a worthy cause. To register a team or find out about joining one, call
(509) 783-7222, ext. 108, or vist jawashingtonsewa.org. While you’re there, you
can also explore becoming a classroom volunteer for Junior Achievement and
helping prepare teens for their lives and careers. Training is provided, and the
next training session for volunteers is on Feb. 2 at the Red Lion Coumbia Center
in Kennewick.
should be kept. His ability to plug
offensive linemen has been a key to
Michael Bennett’s and Cliff Avril’s
production.
Jon Ryan and Deshawn Shead
– Ryan is one of the best punters in the
game, and I’m sure he would prefer to
stay in Seattle — meaning keeping him
shouldn’t be difficult unless another
team makes Ryan an obscene offer he
can’t refuse.
Deshawn Shead showed a lot when
pressed into starting duty in the
secondary. He is an exclusive-right free
agent, meaning the Seahawks have to
make Shead a contract offer by the
free-agency deadline or he becomes
unrestricted. Shead has shown the
ability to play not just corner but also
safety in this defense, and if the
Seahawks have to make a difficult
decision on Kam Chancellor and the
threat of another holdout, Shead
becomes vital to keep in the fold.
For years to come, the Seahawks
have the potential to compete for
another title. The number of players the
team has who are able to explore free
agency, along with their decisions as to
who stays and who leaves, could have
more impact on that potential than the
next offseason or even the following
one.
If the brain trust of Schneider and
Carroll ever needed to nail an
offseason, personnel- wise, it’s this
one.
Home & Garden Show has something for every home!
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he 2016 Regional Home and
Garden Show, presented by the
Home Builders Association of TriCities, is scheduled for Feb. 19-21 at
the TRAC Center in Pasco. With more
than 200 exhibitors, there will be
something for every taste in indoor and
outdoor products and services. The
show occupies the entire facility with
an exhibition hall full of booths and a
garden area in the Ranch & Home
Arena featuring life-size, fully landscaped exhibits.
Whether your interest lies in new
construction, gardening, landscaping,
interior decorating, remodeling — or
you just want to see the spectacular
and unique exhibits — this year’s
Home and Garden Show has something that will interest you and enhance
your home.
The HBA is bringing back the Wine
Walk, sponsored by Wine Press
Northwest. This special two-night event
premiered in 2013 and will take place
again this year on Feb. 19 and 20.
There are 250 tickets available at the
door for each night at a cost of $15
each. Ticket-holders will receive a oneounce sample of up to eight different
wines from Barnard Griffin Winery.
Tomatoes and Peppers,” “Remodeling
on a Budget” and many other subjects.
To help you plan your visit, a seminar
schedule is included in the Regional
Home and Garden Show special
section to will be distributed in the TriCity Herald on Feb. 19.
The Blue Mountain Flower Club will
again host their standard flower show,
displaying their amazing green thumbs
and flower-arranging skills throughout
the weekend. This year’s theme is
“Mysteries Abound.”
More than 12,000 people attended
last year’s Regional Home and Garden
Show, and the Home Builders Association expects even more this year. “Area
residents look forward to the Regional
Home and Garden Show all year long,”
said Jeff Losey, executive director of
the Home Builders Association.
The Rock Placing Company and Heritage Professional Landscaping designed this
“People are looking for ways to ingarden exhibit at last year’s Regional Home and Garden Show.
crease the comfort and value of their
homes, and this show is a terrific
They will also receive a commemoraactivities.
opportunity to research products,
tive wine glass and free readmission to
Educational seminars during the
projects and services all in a single
the show all weekend.
weekend are free with your paid
location.”
Parents and children are invited to
admission and are held in the iDream
Premier sponsor for the show is
check out the Kidstruction Zone,
Mattress Seminar Room near the main Rick’s Custom Fencing and Decking,
sponsored by the National Association entrance of the TRAC facility. Past
of Women in Construction. Kids can
seminar topics have included “Granite
‘Home’ continues on Page 37
participate in crafts and other fun
vs. Quartz Countertops,” “Growing
A gardener’s February
dreams and nightmares
By Micki Perry
Let’s hope the groundhog doesn’t
see his shadow this month, because
I’m dreaming of an early spring. We’ve
had a pretty mild winter with hardly
enough snow to make a snowball, let
alone a snowman. But lots of rain has
made the ground moist and verdant.
The ground isn’t even frozen, so
every day that it’s not cold or wet I
want to go out and putter in the
garden. On sunny days I catch up on
all the garden chores I couldn’t finish
before winter set in.
I have spent the last few sunny days
pulling up tomato plants, asparagus
foliage and sunflowers, and cutting
back hollyhocks in my vegetable
garden. I have a huge pile to take to
he dump.
Dealing with the leaves
I didn’t get all of my leaves mulched
before that surprise snowstorm in
November. I did get most of them
mowed off the lawn, but there were still
piles of leaves in dirt areas that I hoped
to mow into mulch. They have been too
wet and soggy, so I
have left them in
place and will deal
with them when and if
they ever dry out.
Right now they are
keeping down the
weeds that are
sprouting up everywhere that there’s
bare ground..
This spring will
probably seem like
fall, with lots of leafraking going on. An
easier way to deal with leaves — especially those on the lawn — is to wait
until a dry day when the lawn and
leaves aren’t too wet, and then just
mow them up.
If you have a compost heap, save
those shredded leaves to add as brown
stuff every time you add green stuff to
the heap. The secret of making
compost is a balance of green and
brown materials. Be thankful you will
have a ready supply of chopped-up
leaves to augment those lush green
glass clippings and the ready supply of
weeds.
them sprouting up too soon, just cover
them with a little mulch (those
chopped-up leaves) and don’t worry
about them.
The iris beds
February is a great time to clean up
the iris beds if you didn’t do it earlier.
Just pull off everything that’s not green.
If you accidentally pull up the whole
tuber, just stick it in the ground (not
too deep) wherever you want it to be. It
may not bloom this year, but then
again it might.
Irises are very forgiving. I hardly ever
thin mine until I run out of room to put
anything else into the bed. I’ve thinned
and planted them in the early spring
and they didn’t seem to mind. I always
divide Siberian iris in February — also Visitors to the 2015 Regional Home & Garden Show look over information on
peonies. I got my original plants in the energy-saving windows from Perfection Glass, one of hundreds of exhibitors.
month of February when a friend
7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10
divided his.
to 4 on Sunday. For more information,
visit hbatc.com and click on “events.”
Garden dreams
Cold February days are a good time
for garden dreams. It’s a great time to
plan this year’s garden and peruse the
catalogues (or
websites) for
wonderful new stuff.
I love to curl up in a
comfy chair in front
of the fire and read
gardening books
and magazines. I
look out the window
and it still looks
pretty bleak and
dull, but I can dream
about what it will
look like in just a
few more months.
This year I am dreaming about my
front entry garden. I’m thinking how
nice it will be to have a cottage-style
garden right outside my living room
window. I’m dreaming about those
tulips and daffodils and grape hyacinths, irises and peonies I planted in
freezing October and how beautiful
they will be this spring.
Primroses along the front path will
be a perfect touch. They are already
available in the entrance at Fred
Meyer! I haven’t bought any yet, but I
will soon. That’s one dream to make a
reality in February.
‘Home’
with media sponsorship from 98.3 The
Key, the Tri-City Herald and KNDU TV.
Admission is $6 for adults, and
children ages 12 and under are admitted free. Anyone that brings a nonperishable food item for the Salvation
Army food pantry will receive a dollar
off of the admission price. Admission is
good for the entire weekend. Parking is
free and a free car-to-entrance shuttle
service is available.
The J & J Kelly Construction, Inc. exhibit
The hours for the 2016 Regional
Home and Garden Show are 10 a.m. to at the last year’s Home & Garden Show.
‘Stars’
star, can be found in the upper left
portion of this constellation (making up
Orion’s right shoulder). It is the ninthbrightest star, and is so large that,
Continues from Page 8 were it placed where our sun is now, it
would engulf all of the inner planets out
right of this, you will see a smaller
to Jupiter!
group of stars that resembles a tiny
After getting some practice using
dipper. This is no dipper, but rather the
Orion
as your guide, let us guide you
Pleiades star cluster (also known as
around
the rest of the sky during one
the Seven Sisters, although you many
of our public shows. Public shows at
only see five or six stars with the
naked eye). This open cluster contains the planetarium run every Friday at 7
hundreds of luminous, relatively young and 8 p.m., and Saturdays at 2 and 3
p.m. Tickets for all events and memblue stars.
berships can be purchased online
Go back to Orion’s belt and draw
another line through, this time heading befpe show time. If seats are available,
you may obtain tickets at the door.
down and to the left. You should find
Speaking of weeds...
Visit columbiabasin.edu/planet for
Garden nighmares
an extremely bright, white star known
One of my favorite February pasWhat about the garden nightmares I as Sirius. This star is hard to miss, as more information.
times is going out to look for green
Erin Steinert is a planetarium
alluded to earlier? Mine actually
it is the brightest star in the night sky.
sprouting things — and, yes, some of happened on an icy day in January
outreach specialist at Columbia
The star gets its name from the Greek
them are weeds. At this time of year I
Basin College.
when someone lost control of his car
word for “glowing” and is found in the
even welcome the chickweed growing
on 10th Avenue in Kennewick and took constellation Canis
in my containers because it’s green.
out 18 feet of my wooden fence.
Major, Orion’s huntingLittle grassy weeds are easy to pull
Since it was a hit-and-run, nobody’s dog companion. In
when they are small and the ground is insurance is covering the replacement reality, Sirius is
damp. If it’s not too cold, I love to pull
and my homeowner’s deductible is so actually two stars
up oregano and lemon balm (they are
high that my insurance doesn’t cover it orbiting each other at
weeds in my garden), but I usually
either. For me, replacing that fence for a distance of about 8.6
leave most of the lunaria (also known
the second time is a nightmare.
light years from our
as honesty, silver dollar, or money
So dream your garden dreams, but
Sun.
plant) that come up everywhere.
be prepared for some garden nightOrion himself is
I love them because they are
mares too, even if it’s a minor inconve- home to several
biennials, which means that they
nience like raking up autumn leaves in brilliant stars, includbloom their second year. Last year’s
spring.
ing Rigel, a triple-star
plants will have beautiful purple blooms
Happy February! May all your
system that makes up
about the time my daffodils, forsythia
garden dreams (and none of your
the leg we see on the
and grape hyacinths are blooming,
nightmares) come true!
right of the hunter (or,
while this year’s sprouts will be a sort
Orion’s left leg, since
of ground cover/filler until I pull them up
he is depicted as
Micki Perry produces folk music
to make room for other things.
facing toward us).
concerts and The Tumbleweed Music
To me, yellow and purple are
Rigel is the seventh
beautiful complementary colors. I also Festival for Three Rivers Folklife
brightest star in the
have some purple and yellow crocuses Society., She has been a gardener all night sky, making it
that I hope will bloom this month. And I her life and has been a Master
rather easy to spot.
go out looking for daffodil and tulip tips Gardener since 1997though she is
The stars in Orion form a nearly perfect figure of a
Betelgeuse, a daznow retired.
in February. If you are worried about
hunter with a bow.
zling red supergiant
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Jam night with Vaughn Jensen, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ............................ 8
Karaoke Contest Prelims, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ...................................... 9
Mary Lou and Stevie Show - Retro-Pop, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ............ 5
Jazz jam with Kelin Kreider, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................................. 8
Wednesday Nigh Circle Open Mic, Am. Legion Post 34 (509) 205-0330), Pasco ................... 6
Geeks Who Drink - Pub Trivia, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ............................ 8
Wabi Sabi - Jazz Fusion, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland .................................... 10
Steve Carver - Jazz Piano, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland .................................. 5
Fruition - Newgrass Favorites from Portland, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ..... 9
Dan Myers Musical Mystery Tour, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ...................... 5
Kenny Day - R&B/Soul, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ........................................ 5
Tuck Foster & the Mossrites - Blues, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland .................. 9
Jam night with Vaughn Jensen, Emera;d of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ........................... 8
Steve Haberman, Brandy Larsen - Jazz, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ........... 5
Kevin Selfe & the Tornadoes - Blues from Seattle, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328) .............. 9
Michael LeFevre - Classical Guitar Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ..................... 5
Trio Subtonic - Jazz Fusion from Portland , Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ........ 9
Ballroom Dancing, live swing music, Pasco Eagles (509-946-6276), Pasco ........................... 1
Otis Heat - Alt Funk from Portland, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ....................... 9
Justin King - Acoustic Singer/Songwriter, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ........... 5
Ballroom Dancing, Easy Swing Dance Band, Community Ctr (509-946-5385), Richland ...... 1
Humphrey, Hartman and Cameron - String Trio, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328) .................. 5
Mystery Machines, Savage Henrys, VHS, Fraudulence, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328) .. 9
Cindy McKay - Songs from an Angel, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................ 5
Hopeless Jack w/Strengthen What Remains, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ..... 9
Wil Blades, Skerik, Andy Coe, Simon Lott - Jazz Fusion, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328) . 9
Three Rivers Saxtette - Saxophone Quartet, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ..... 5
Jam night with Vaughn Jensen , Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland .......................... 8
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12- 20 VTC’s ‘See How They Run’, Princess Theatre (ThePrincessTheatre.net), Prosser .......... 7:30
12, 13, 19, 20 ‘Holes’, ACT Theatre (509-943-6027), Richland ............................................................... 7
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Tames Alan ‘Downton Abbey’ lecture, MC Library on Union (509-542-5531), Kennewick ..... 7
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“Fame!” - Letters of famous read aloud , Gesa Power House Theatre (509-529-6500) .......... 7
18, 19 , 20 ‘Show Biz Madhatter Style’, Kennewick HS Auditorium (509-222-7100 ), Kenn. ........... 7
19- Mar 1 ‘My Fair Lady’, Elgin Opera House (541-663-6324), Elgin, OR ...................................... 7:30
25- 28 Wintergrass, Hyatt Regency (253-428-8056), Bellevue ............................................................... 9
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Musical ‘Ragtime’, the Capitol Theatre (509-853-2787), Yakima ........................................... 7:30
SPECIAL EVENTS
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Lit Fest ‘About the Book’, Zinful Wine Bar (509-586-6100), Kennewick ..................................... 6
Feb 12- 14 RadCon 7, Red Lion (radcon.org), Pasco ..................................................................................... 9
Feb 12-14 Red Wine & Chocolate, Willow Crest Winery (509) 786-7999, Prosser .................................. 11
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Second Saturday at WAAAM, Air & Auto Museum (541-308-1600), Hood River, OR ............. 9
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Bacchanalia XVI Fundraiser, 3 Rivers Convention Ctr (509-460-1766), Kennewick ............... 6
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‘Life in Service at Downton Abbey’, Tames Alan, MC Library on Union (509-542-5531) ........ 7
Feb 19- 21 41st Annual AAUW Book Sale, Marcus Whitman Hotel (509-522-5240), Walla Walla .............. 9
Feb 19- 21 HBA Tri-Cities Home & Garden Show, TRAC (hbatc.com), Pasco ......................................... 10
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Craft Brew and Bacon Fest, 3 Rivers Conv. Ctr (threeriversconventioncenter.com), Kenn .. 6
Feb 22- Mar 24 Faculty Art Exhibit - Mixed Media, CBC Esvelt Gallery (509-542-5531), Pasco ............. 8
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Mom & Baby Expo, Three Rivers Convention Center (509-222-9157), Kennewick ............. 10
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ACT’s ‘Heart for the Arts’, Red Lion (509-943-6027), Richland .............................................. 5:30
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Senior Health Resource Fair, Bethel Church, 600 Shockley Rd (509-628-0150), Richland ... 9
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Tri-Cities Spring Antique Show, Southridge Events Center (509-585-2301), Kennewick ........ 2
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Tri-Cities Spring Antique Show, Southridge Events Center (509-585-2301), Kennewick ........ 9
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Patriot Route 66 Car Show, Liberty Christian Sch., 2200 Williams (509-946-0602), Rchland 9
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3rd Annual Route 66 Show & Shine, Liberty Christian Schoo (509-946-0602), Richland ........ 9
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Mid-Columbia Patriot Auction, Red Lion Hotel (509-946-0602), Pasco ...................................... 5
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Jenny’s Hope Super Pet Adoption, East Columbia Park ([email protected]) .. 10
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Plant, Tool & Bake Sale, Master Gardeners, Library on Union (509) 783-8898, Kennewick .. 2
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Group Health Inland Empire Century, Columbia Park (509-586-6836), Kennewick ............. 6:30
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“Corvettes on the Columbia” Car Show, Columbia Park (509-713-3289), Kennewick ...... 9:30
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WAAAM Traffic Jam, Car Show & Swap Meet , (541-308-1600), Hood River, OR ................ 8
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Sep 9- 10 Wheelin’ Walla Walla, Downtown (509-529-8755), Walla Walla .................................................. 9
Sep 10- 11 Annual Hood River Fly-In, 600 Air Museum Road (541-308-1600), Hood River, OR ............. 8
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Model A Day at WAAAM, Air & Auto Museum (541-308-1600), Hood River, OR .................. 10
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Omar Tarango, Jokers Comedy Club (509-943-1173), Richland ............................................... 8
Andy Beningo, Jokers Comedy Club (509-943-1173), Richland ................................................ 8
Rich Williams, Jokers Comedy Club (509-943-1173), Richland ................................................ 8
Todd Armstrong/Andrew Rivers, Jokers Comedy Club (509-943-1173), Richland ................. 8
“One Funny Mother” - Dena Blizzard, Gesa Power House (509-529-6500), Walla Walla ....... 7
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Michael LeFevre, classical guitar, St. Paul’s Episcopal. (509-529-1083), Walla Walla ... 12:15 pm
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An Evening With Judy Collins, Gesa Power House (509-529-6500.), Walla Walla .................. 7 pm
Feb 15
Community Concerts, Vida Guitar Quartet, Faith Assembly (509-205-5848), Pasco ......... 7:30 pm
Feb 20
Inland NW Orchestra - Tschaikowsky & Mendelssohn, Enterprise HS (541-289-4696), Ore . 4 pm
Feb 20
Matt Hammer, Community Uunitarian Church (509-528-2215, 3rfs.org), Pasco ................. 7:30 pm
Feb 21
Inland NW Orchestra - Tschaikowsky & Mendelssohn, Hermiston HS (541-289-4696) .......... 4 pm
Feb 27
Fry Street Quartet, Hanford High Auditorium (509-967-6532 ), Richland .................................... 7 pm
Feb 27, 28 Walla Walla Symphony: ‘Diary of Anne Frank’, Power House Theatre (509-529-8020) .......... 3 pm
Mar 4
‘Bulldogs Night Live’ Talent Show, PHS Auditoriium (509-547-5581, ext. 3702), Pasco ......... 7 pm
Mar 11
Boz Scaggs, Capiol Theatre (capitoltheatre.org), Yakima ............................................................ 6 pm
Mar 12
MC Symphony, ‘History’, Richland HS Auditorium (509-943-6602), Richland .................... 7:30 pm
Mar 13
David Crosby, Capitol Theatre (capitoltheatre.org), Yakima ................................................... 7:30 pm
Mar 17
Community Concerts, Repertory Dance Theatre, Richland HS Aud.(509-205-5848) ......... 7:30 pm
Mar 26
Guest Artist Soiree Series No. 2, Reid Campus Center (509-529-8020 ), Walla Walla ....... 7:30 pm
Mar 29
Madeleine Peyroux, Gesa Power House Theatre (509-529-6500, Walla Walla ...................... 7 pm)
Apr 6
Walla Walla Symphony: Classics in Concert, Cordiner Hall (509-529-8020), Walla Walla ..... 7 pm
Apr 9
Community Concerts, Male Ensemble Northwest, Faith Assembly (509-205-5848) ......... 7:30 pm
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Feb 11- 13 CBC’s ‘Night of the Iguana’, CBC Theatre (509-542-5531), Pasco ....................................... 7:30 pm
Feb 12- 20 Holes, ACT Theatre (academyofchildrenstheatre.org), Richland ................................................ 7 pm
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Painted Valentines with Alcohol Inks, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................ 6:15
Being or Choosing an Executor , Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ......................... 7
Forensic Science-Death Scene Investigation, Benton Co. Coroner’s Ofc (509-222-5080 ... 6:30
Belly Dance - American Tribal Style, Mondays, TC Academy of Ballet (509-430-1656) ... 7:15
Frugal Living, Horse Heaven Hills MS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ..................................... 6:30
Yoga for Scoliosis & Back Care, weekly, Yoga Community (509 521-4287), Kennewick ...... 6
Excel Projects: Using Your Spreadsheet to Keep Track, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080 ... 6:30
Photographing the Floods, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................................. 6:30
Spring Pruning & Preparation, Ridge View Elementary (509-222-5080), Kennewick .............. 7
Wine-Watercolors, Chris Blevins ‘Branch of Hearts’, Goose Ridge Winery (509-396-7347) ... 6
Stir Fry for the Beginner, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................................... 6:30
Learn to Knit , Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................................................... 6:30
Gentle Yoga, recurring weekly, Yoga Community (509 521-4287), Kennewick ..................... 10
Begin Weekly All Levels Yoga , Yoga Community (509 521-4287) .......................................... 9
Unlocking Social Security, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................... 6:30
European River Cruising, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................................. 6:30
Traditional Jewish Cuisine, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................ 6:30
Excel Projects: Adding Power to Your Spreadsheets, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080) ...... 6:30
Perpetual Edibles, Ridge View Elementary (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................................. 7
Chain Maille Jewelry-Shaggy Loops Earrings, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kenn ......... 6:30
5 Spice Stewed Beef, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ......................................... 6:30
1-Bag Travel Packing, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ........................................... 6
Glass Beadmaking, db Studio at Barnard Griffin Winery (509-627-0266), Richland ............... 10
Facebook for Beginners, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ......................................... 6
Tri-City Accordion Social, Lord of Life Lutheran Church (503-806-1992), Kennewick ............. 2
Herbs, Ridge View Elementary (509-222-5080), Kennewick ..................................................... 7
Credit 101:Understanding Your Credit Score, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ..... 6
Lurou Fan & Fish Ball Soup, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .............................. 6:30
Chain Maille Jewelry-Helm Earrings, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............... 6:30
Intro to Fly Casting, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .............................................. 9
Spring/Summer-Decorative Blocks, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................... 9
Intro to Organic Gardening, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................................. 1
Low Maintenance Gardening, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .............................. 2
To Bee or Not to Bee-Backyard Beekeeping, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .... 9
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‘Calendar of Events’
CLASSES & ACTIVITIES, CONT.
CLASSES & ACTIVITIES, CONT.
Learn to Crochet, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................................. 6:30 pm
Feb 24
Tomatoes and Peppers, Ridge View Elementary (509-222-5080), Kennewick ........................ 7 pm
Feb 25
Moo Shu Pork & Tofu Miso Soup, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ..................... 6:30 pm
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Sophisticated Sticky Rice, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................................. 6:30 pm
Mar 3, 21 , 31 Learn to Crochet, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ...................................... 6:30 pm
Mar 7, 17 Learn to Knit, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ..................................................... 6:30 pm
Mar 8
Supper Norwegian Style, 509-222-5080 (509-222-5080), Kennewick ....................................... 6 pm
Mar 10
Chain Maille Jewelry-European 4-1 Earrimgs, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick 6:30 pm
Mar 10
1-Bag Travel Packing, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ........................................... 6 pm
Mar 15- May 10 Russian III, Tuesdays, Kennewick HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ......................... 6:30 pm
Mar 16
Fit it! For Woment: Sprinkler Repair, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................. 6:30 pm
Mar 16
Myths & Truths about Estate Planning, Probate, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kenn .......... 7 pm
Mar 17
Oriental Torn Cotton Paper Art-Cherry Blossoms, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kenn ..... 6:30 pm
Mar 17
Oriental Torn Cotton Paper Art, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .......................... 6:30 pm
Mar 17
Chain Maille Jewelry-Japanese 12-2 Earrings, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kenn ......... 6:30 pm
Mar 22
Cupcake Creations, Kamiakin HS (509-222-508), Kennewick ................................................... 6 pm
Mar 23
Being or Choosing an Executor, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .......................... 7 pm
Mar 24
Take Exceptional Photos, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................................... 6:30 pm
Mar 24- May 19 Beginning Spanish II, Thursdays, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................. 7 pm
Mar 25- Msy 20 Beginning Guitar, Fridays, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ........................ 6:30 pm
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Let’s Fish, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................................................... 10 am
Mar 26
Watercolors with Suzi, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ........................................... 10 am
Mar 26
Learn to Sew, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ........................................................... 9 am
Mar 26
Beekeeping is Easy, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................................................ 9 am
Mar 26
Make Beehives for Next to Nothing , Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............ 12:30 pm
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Raising Backyard Chickens, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................................. 1 pm
Mar 26
Pure Sweet Honey, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................................................. 3 pm
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Aviation History in the Tri-Cities, Bergstrom Aircraft, Inc. (509-222-5080), Pasco ................... 9 am
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Oil Painting for Beginners, Eastgate Elementary (509-222-5080), Kennewick .......................... 6 pm
Apr 12
Unlocking Social Security, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................... 6:30 pm
Apr 13
Birds Eye view of Ice Age Floods, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................... 6:30 pm
Apr 13, 20 Introduction to Knapping, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ........................................ 6 pm
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Pan Sauces/Cooking for Two, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .......................... 6:30 pm
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Chain Maille Jewelry-Captive Inverted Bracelet, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kenn ...... 6:30 pm
Apr 18
Forensic Science-Death Scene Investigation, Benton Co. Coroner’s Ofc (509-222-5080) . 6:30 pm
Apr 20
Credit 101: Understanding Your Credit Score, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .... 6 pm
Apr 21
Wine & Watercolors, Chris Blevins - ‘Guitar’, Market Vineyards (509-430-8633), Richland ... 6 pm
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Fly Tying, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................................................... 9 am
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No Fear Pressure Canning, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................ 12 Noon
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Watercolor Paiting: Butterfly & Peacock Feather, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kenn ........ 10 am
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Learn to Sew-Pajama Pants, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................................ 9 am
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Explore Badger Mountain, Dallas Road Parking Lot (509-222-5080), Richland ...................... 10 am
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Travel to Ireland, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................................... 6:30 pm
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Vegetable Gardening, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ............................................. 7 pm
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Quick Pasta Sauces, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .......................................... 6:30
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Myths & Truths about Estate Planning, Probate, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kenn .......... 7
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Wine & Watercolors, Chris Blevins ‘Dandelion Poof’, Goose Ridge Winery (509-396-7347) ... 6
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Organizing Photos on Your Computer, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ................... 6
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A Trip to Asia, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick ...................................................... 6:30
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Housed Hanford Buit-Tour 1, South Richland, (509-222-5080), Richland ................................... 9
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Being or Choosing an Executor, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .......................... 7
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Oriental Torn Cotton Paper Art-Grapes & Cherries, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kenn ... 6:30
May 11
Discover Iceland, Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .............................................. 6:30
May 12
Oriental torn Cotton Paper Art-Country Sightseeing, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kenn .. 6:30
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Houses Hanford Built-Tour 2, The Gold Coast , (509-222-5080), Richland ............................... 9
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Oriental Torn Cotton Paper Art-Summer Bouquet, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kenn ...... 6:30
May 19, 26 Chain Maille Jewelry-Full Persian Bracelet, Kamiakin HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .... 6:30
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Houses Hanford Built-Tour 3, Central Richland, (509-222-5080), Richland ............................... 9
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Fix it! For Women: Switch it Up! , Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................. 6:30
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Voice-Overs: Now is Your Time , Southridge HS (509-222-5080), Kennewick .................. 6:30
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Wine & Watercolors, Chris Blevins - ‘Sunflower’ , Market Vineyards (509-430-8633 ............. )6
HOROSCOPES
change everything. Put yourself in joy’s
way by doing more of what makes you
happy!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Remember
when your travels allowed you to study an
area of interest in great depth? This
knowledge is so much a part of you that
you take it for granted. Don’t assume that
what you know is common knowledge;
it’s not. Someone new will help you
understand the specialness of all you
have to teach.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There will
be conflict. It’s inevitable. Try to avoid it by
turning and running in the other direction
and you’ll only come up against another
type of conflict, equally as troubling.
Therefore, it behooves you to be brave
instead. Face the unsettling truths. You’ll
come out of it better, stronger and more
fortunate, too!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
Someone will treat you like you’re special,
flattering and indulging you. He or she will
try to service your needs and cater to your
wants. Is there an ulterior motive here?
Well, let’s just say there are reasons.
Know what they are so you can determine
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rather than later.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Relationships can be byproducts of
HOLIDAY MATHIS
daily life, i.e., the natural result of your
efforts to get what you need. But what
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The plan
if you took things one step further?
won’t match the reality. Know this. Accept it. What if you raised your awareness
Embrace it. Then keep the plan anyway.
and your expectation of interpersonal
When you try your best to execute it,
connections? With greater
brilliance happens. You’ll get closer than
consciousness, they become works
you ever would have if you had, say, tried to of art.
wing it. You have good instincts, but they
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your instinct
are even better with a road map.
is to inspire, encourage and cheer.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The bad
That is why you can’t even
heartbreak of yesterday has evaporated like comprehend why anyone would do
a wan ghost. And here is the most beautiful otherwise. Comprehend or not, steer
part about that: It feels as though the whole clear of those who are not actively
thing never happened, or maybe like it
participating in your success and the
happened to someone else in a movie you success of those close to you. Also
watched long ago. Even better, your spirit is note that apathy can be worse than
lighter and brighter for the loss.
active discouragement.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There will be
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You do
a dreamlike quality early this month. You’ll
love that moment when the sun
feel as though you’re floating from one
breaks through the clouds and turns
fantasy to the next, but this is real life. It’s a the whole world golden. Just know
heightened reality, to be sure, but a reality
that you really don’t have to wait for the
nonetheless. Therefore, all consequences heavens to open up in order to feel
will need to be dealt with. Do it sooner
revitalized. One moment of joy can
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12 Adult Drop-in volleyball, McLoughlin Middle School (509-545-3456), Pasco ......................... 7
Tri-City Americans vs. Kamloops, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick ............ 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Victoria, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick ................ 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Spokane, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick .............. 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Everett, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick ................. 7:05
Tri-Cities Fever vs. Spokane, Toyota Center (tricitiesfever.com), Kennewick ................... 7:05
Harlem Globetrotters, Toyota Center (509-453-7139), Kennewick ............................................. 4
Tri-City Americans vs. Prince George, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick .... 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Seattle, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick .................. 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Prince George, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick .... 7:05
Tri-Cities Fever vs. Billings, Toyota Center (tricitiesfever.com), Kennewick ...................... 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Kamloops, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick ............ 7:05
Tri-Cities Fever vs. Cedar Rapids, Toyota Center (tricitiesfever.com), Kennewick .......... 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Everett, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick ................. 7:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Kelowna, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick .............. 5:05
Tri-City Americans vs. Spokane, Toyota Center (amshockey.com), Kennewick .............. 7:05
Group Health Inland Empire Century , Kiwanis Bldg, Col. Park (509-586-6836), Kenn ..... 6:30
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the true cost of all this attention.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Ennui
is dangerous. Go where things are
interesting or make them more
interesting right away. Otherwise, your
bank account (or worse — your personal
life) could suffer. Don’t be fooled; you
can’t scratch this itch by buying things or
flirting with people. This is not a material
problem; it’s a spiritual one.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your
success formula is simple. Mostly it has
to do with identifying an unmet need and
either finding or creating the solution that
will satisfy it. There is one more part of
this worth mentioning, though: Often
people don’t want what they need. They
have to be led to that. You’re charismatic.
You’ll find a way.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
Sometimes your intentions are pure and
the results don’t reflect it. Sometimes you
benefit from the very actions that were
meant to thwart your progress. In any
case, the cause and effect will not
balance out in the expected way. Your
mind is open and creative enough to
make good of whatever you’re dealt.

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