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ALAN RHODES, P.6IVAN DOIG, P.14 RUMOR HAS IT, P.22
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everything from car shows to live
music and athletic events can be
had at the event, which occurs
July 16-17 throughout Lynden
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A glance at what’s happening this week
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Picoso: 7-9pm, Boulevard Park
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Steve Martini: 3pm, Barnes & Noble
COMMUNITY
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Shipwreck Day: 8am, downtown Anacortes
Lummi Farmers Market: 10am-1pm, Nugent Drive
Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-1pm, Centennial
Riverwalk Park
Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot
Market Square
Discovery Days: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay
FILM
Ghostbusters: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green
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Bellingham Roller Betties: 5pm, Whatcom Community College
Workboat Races: 4-8pm, Anacortes Port Dock
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VISUAL ARTS
The quintessential “American band,”
"-)!0)&-$'-*, pulls into
Burlington to rock out July 18 as part of the Skagit
Speedway Music Festival
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Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour: 10am-6pm,
Skagit Valley
Children’s Art Festival: 10am-4pm, Hillcrest
Park, Mount Vernon
Stone Carvers Artwalk: 1-5pm, Camp Brotherhood, Mount Vernon
Sunnyland Stomp: 4-10pm, Sunnyland neighborhood, Bellingham
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The Glass Menagerie: 3pm, Walton Theatre
Comedy Night: 8pm, Fairhaven Pub
ON STAGE
Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre
The Glass Menagerie: 8pm, Walton Theatre
The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre
Intro to Improv: 7pm, 302 W. Illinois St.
Sylvia: 8pm, Walton Theatre
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The Globes: Noon, Performing Arts Center Plaza,
WWU
Spoonshine: 5-9pm, Holly and Bay streets
Heidi Grant Murphy: 7:30pm, Performing Arts
Center, WWU
A Few of My Favorite Things: 7:30pm, Blaine
Performing Arts Center
COMMUNITY
Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green
Festival of Music Freebie: 12:30pm, Whatcom
Museum
Juba Marimba: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park
Big Band Benefit: 7:30pm, Semiahmoo Golf Club
Pavilion
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Chowder Charter: 6-9pm, Bellingham Bay
Ryan Stiles & Friends: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre
Lost in Yonkers: 8pm, Walton Theatre
Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre
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MUSIC
ON STAGE
Bard on the Beach: Through September 30, Vanier
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Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library
Robin Cody: 7pm, Village Books
Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach
What the Heck Fest: Through Sunday, Anacortes
MUSIC
Speedway Music Festival: 12-9pm, Skagit Speedway, Burlington
Alma Villeges: 2-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green
Evolution Trio: 3:30-5pm, Big Rock Garden Park
Stefan Jackiw, FOM Orchestra: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU
COMMUNITY
Northwest Raspberry Festival: 10am-7pm,
downtown Lynden
History Cruise: 6pm, Squalicum Harbor
ON STAGE
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Richard and Helen Scholtz: Noon, Bellingham
Public Library lawn
The 3Ds: 7-9pm, Stuart’s at the Market
Jazz Fest Student Showcase: 7:30pm, Blaine
Performing Arts Center
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COMMUNITY
Northwest Raspberry Festival: 10am-7pm,
downtown Lynden
Discovery Days: 10am-5pm, Birch Bay
Vettes in the Vineyard: 12-4pm, Carpenter Creek
Winery, Mount Vernon
ON STAGE
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: 4pm, Hovander
Homestead Park, Ferndale
Things That Fly: 2pm, Fairhaven Village Green
Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre
MUSIC
GET OUT
Celebrity Golf Classic: 1pm, Bellingham Golf &
Country Club
VISUAL ARTS
Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour: 10am-6pm,
Skagit Valley
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Dancing in the Park: 7-9pm, Elizabeth Park
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Poetrynight: 8pm, iDiOM Theater
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Cover: Avett Brothers will
play the Vancouver Folk Music
Festival this weekend. See
page 22 for more details.
VEGETABLES ARE NOT ALWAYS
THE ANSWER
For people who only have access to industrially grown food of unknown origin, a vegetarian
diet is probably the safest and most responsible
choice; however, in terms of erosion, soil fertility, and outside inputs of fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides, well-managed perennial
pastures and the grass-fed livestock associated
with them are the most environmentally sustainable of all agricultural enterprises.
Unfortunately for local organic growers, maintaining fertility is becoming even more difficult
as many of our locally owned dairies are going
out of business as a result of falling commodity
prices and development pressure. Additionally,
tilling up good land to plant vegetables or row
crops releases massive amounts of carbon into
our atmosphere as soil organic matter is oxidized, and that doesn’t even take into account
all of the diesel burned by the farmer’s equipment. In contrast, rotationally grazed pastures
are the most efficient way of putting organic
matter (carbon) back in the soil.
To make a long-winded letter short, even the
most environmentally and health conscious individual does not have to feel guilty about eating meat and dairy. If you really want to be a
purist, you will probably have to give up your
pork and poultry, which normally require substantial supplements of grain in their diets, and
stick to local grass-fed beef and lamb and find a
dairy that does not feed grain.
I would recommend Eatwild.com as an excellent place to start your search for locally and
responsibly raised products.
—Randall Reinders, Bellingham
(edited for length)
KALB FOR CONGRESS
Larry Kalb is a Bellingham resident who is
running for the congressional seat presently
held by Rep. Rick Larsen.
Larry’s political orientation can best be
described as an FDR Democrat. At this critical time in our nation’s history we are in dire
need of congressional representation that is
of, for, and by the people. Larry Kalb has the
knowledge, vision, and integrity to represent
citizens in a fashion that prioritizes their needs
over that of corporate interests. Kalb will work
for jobs based on the Made in America model,
health care for all citizens equal to that of congressional members, a 20 percent reduction in
the bloated military budget, the creation of a
Green New Deal, sensible trade policies, and
last but not least, publicly financed political
campaigns.
Larry is the real deal and will be a principled
leader and a positive force for necessary change
in Congress. Our nation has very serious problems that require a change from “business as
usual” politics and Larry Kalb represents that
change very well.
Please vote for Larry Kalb! More info at www.
kalbforcongress.com.
—Kent Heuer, Bellingham
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SPARE CHANGE FOR THE BUS: Suffering from a transportation mobility problem of his own, Bellingham City Council
member Terry Bornemann hobbled in from recent hip surgery
to cast the critical deciding vote for what might keep public
transportation options from being crippled next year.
Earlier this spring, Mayor Dan Pike proposed forming a
transportation benefit district (TBD)—a special purpose
taxing district—as an instrument to raise revenues that
might assist transit service inside Bellingham. A countywide
transit levy narrowly failed in April, although the measure
passed strongly (65 percent) in Bellingham precincts. As a
result of the failure of that levy, Whatcom Transportation
Authority plans to trim service countywide as early as September. An independent contract with the city could blunt
that threat for Bellingham, a contract paid for by a sales tax
increase that might be placed on the ballot in November.
While—as council member Seth Fleetwood observed—
Bellingham City Council already has the authority to achieve
everything contemplated by a TBD (the city can place sales
tax proposals in front of voters; and the city can enter into
contracts with transit service providers), the special purpose district—the mayor responded—is a means of reassuring voters how (and how long) the revenues will be used.
Narrowly approved this week by council, the benefit district has a lifespan of 10 years. Next up, an embattled council must decide whether to ask voters to feed this new creature with a two-tenths of a percent (.2¢) sales tax increase.
Should voters approve those revenues, the city could contract with WTA for restored bus service. Since 2007, Western
Washington University has maintained a comparable independent contract with the transit authority for increased
bus service to campus, paid—as approved by a vote of students—through a small tuition hike.
In one sense, the TBD and proposed tax attempt to scoop
up the support and goodwill expressed toward transit service left on the table by Bellingham voters last spring. In a
broader sense, the effort responds to the collapse of more
than $28 million in city revenues as a result of a disastrous
downturn in the economy, revenues that might otherwise
fund a range of projects like new sidewalks and bike paths,
and the resurfacing of aging roadways. Unlike the feds,
state and local governments cannot run deficits and are
required by law to pay as they go for these projects.
Council member Stan Snapp was absent for the initial
public hearing that debated the merits of a TBD, but he
roared to life this week in opposition to the concept.
Snapp said he believed the proposal is isolated from the
broader discussion of long-term capital facilities needs (he
serves on a committee that is expected to produce a report
on these needs later this fall) and the long-term financial
plans of WTA (like Pike and council member Jack Weiss, he
serves on the WTA board). He joined a strong minority of
council members in questioning whether this tax was the
right tax to place before voters at this time.
“Can this TBD proposal stand the scrutiny that long-term
planning requires for both COB and WTA?” Snapp asked. “I
don’t believe it stands the sniff test beyond keeping the
current Bellingham-only buses on the road.” He added,
“This entire process flies in the face of good, systematic
and orderly planning.”
His disapproval was met with a challenge from the mayor,
who admitted the pace of the proposal—racing to get on
the November ballot—is not ideal.
“We can argue about how we might reallocate dollars if
there are funds in the system,” Pike said. “If you don’t get
those funds back, you can argue about how you might allocate them theoretically until you are blue in the face.”
OPI N IONS › › T H E G R IST L E
BY ALAN RHODES
Protecting the Defenseless
RIDING ALONG WITH ANIMAL CONTROL
CARRIE ANDERSON,
an
animal control officer with the
Whatcom Humane Society, was on
call last night, receiving phone
calls through the early morning
hours, so she hasn’t had much sleep
when she walks into the shelter to
begin her day. After an hour of paperwork, she heads out to patrol
the county. I’m along for the ride.
A woman had called from Blaine
at 2am to report a runaway horse.
“She’s holding it on her property,” Carrie says. “We’ll see if we can
find the owner.”
We spend much of the morning
going from one horse property to
another. We don’t locate the owner, but Carrie asks people to spread
the word.
On the way to the next stop I
read the printed history of the
man we’re visiting. He keeps five
pit bulls chained outside who bark
incessantly, fight and get loose to
terrorize the neighborhood. Someone has reported them loose again.
The owner has paid so much in impound fees that you would think
he’d get the message, but apparently not. The animals are chained
up again when we get there, snarling and lunging at us. There isn’t a
neighbor around to verify that the
animals were loose, so there’s not
much Carrie can do other than deliver yet another lecture to him on
responsible dog ownership.
A call comes in to pick up a box
of kittens left on a construction
site, but another officer is closer so
we head out to the east county to
check out a report of a dog abandoned in a trailer parked along the
Nooksack River.
The road down to the river is
flooded and we turn back when the
water reaches the truck’s doors. We
park and find a place to clamber
dog to a veterinarian. They have
no money, so this has not been
done and the six-month-old dog
has been limping on a damaged
leg ever since. Carrie convinces the
couple that the best thing for the
dog is to surrender it to the shelter where it will be given medical
treatment and placed in a home
where it can receive proper care.
The two kids, who are living handto-mouth, agree.
From here we drive out to Paradise, an ironic name for this area
dotted with meth labs, abandoned
cars, dilapidated doublewides and
WE’RE MAKING A FOLLOW-UP CALL ON
A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS KEEPING A
DOG LOCKED IN A COLD, DARK SHED FOR
WEEKS AT A TIME. CARRIE TELLS ME
HE’S HOSTILE AND BELLIGERENT.
down a steep, slippery bank.
A young couple is living in a tiny
battered trailer. How they got it
here I don’t know, since they don’t
have a car and use the bus to get
to town. They missed the late bus
back last night, so the dog was
stuck alone in the trailer. Carrie
does some checking and learns the
dog was hit by a car a month earlier and another animal control officer advised the couple to get the
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garbage-strewn yards. We’re making a follow-up call on a young
man who was keeping a dog locked
in a cold, dark shed for weeks at a
time. He’s been breeding dogs and
wanted to keep the female locked
away from the eight other dogs inside his tiny house. Carrie tells me
he’s hostile and belligerent.
“Do you carry a gun?” I ask, hoping the answer is yes.
“No,” she answers. “I try to treat
Follow-up: The runaway horse’s owner
was located and the horse went home.
The leg of the injured pup had gone too
long without treatment and the dog will
never regain its use.
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Stressing an urgency to respond before transit cuts occur, Pike noted, “If
you make cuts in a transportation system, after a year it is really difficult and
costly to get people to trust you enough
to get back on the bus. They will have
found other alternatives.
“It’s important,” the mayor added,
“that we continue our leadership in providing people options besides driving.”
The division of Bellingham City Council on the issue is, in part, a reflection
of mixed signals arriving from the WTA
executive board, concerned that Bellingham’s efforts might siphon away support for WTA’s own comprehensive revenue planning.
The WTA board probably overestimates
its own readiness to place a second attempt at a countywide funding in front
of voters; and just as likely overestimates
the chance such a measure might pass:
A countywide levy requires the county’s
conservative voters, living in rural areas
underserved by transit service, to agree
to tax themselves to support levels of
service largely invisible to them, basically to agree to pay for something they
cannot or will not use. In the current
economic climate and widening political divide, we place the chance of that
public generosity at zero.
“Most of the people in the county
don’t use transit,” Pike observed, “and
feel justified in their vote. If cuts occur,
they will not have missed a thing.”
’hamsters, using the service, support
the service. The advantage of a TBD,
which municipalities like COB have the
authority to create, is it focuses where
service will be supplied and collects operating revenues from the visible beneficiaries of the service. WTA might find
such a finance tool useful, but lacks authority from the state to create one.
Nine years ago, WTA expanded its
board to include more representation
from Whatcom’s smaller, outlying cities. The effect was that the influence
of Bellingham—by the far the largest
user and beneficiary of WTA services—
became diluted and defocused WTA efforts in urban areas where support (and
density metrics) for transit is greatest.
The WTA board, recognizing the county’s deadweight, deadbeat drag on urban
services, should welcome efforts to keep
ridership from collapsing. Instead, illustrating their division, the board frets
over (and narrowly rejects) Bellingham’s
apparent willingness to pay its own way,
believing those efforts imperil WTA’s
own chances at a more comprehensive
funding package down the road.
But maybe scattered contracts are the
way through for WTA, for now. Sometimes piecemeal is the only meal.
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people with respect, use humor and
keep things calm. If none of that works
I go get the sheriff.”
The guy isn’t there and, happily, the
shed is empty. A relentlessly uncommunicative woman answers the door.
Her relationship to the dog’s owner
is unclear, but it appears there are
now only three dogs on the property,
which is good, but Carrie tells me she
will check back from time to time because the situation is very likely to
get bad again.
On the way back to Bellingham we
stop on Slater Road for a follow-up visit to a man who calls Carrie his hero.
His black Labrador was missing during
a recent flood, and he found the dog
stranded on high ground but couldn’t
get to him. When Carrie got the call,
she stopped at a store and bought, at
her own expense, a small rubber boat.
She and the owner were able to paddle
out and rescue the dog.
Carrie is here with a definite purpose. The pup is sweet and friendly,
but Carrie explains that his personality
will soon change if he isn’t neutered.
“He’ll disappear for long periods,” she
explains, “and he’ll become aggressive
toward other male dogs.”
She gives the owner a flier from
WeSNIP, the mobile spay/neuter station. “Since you’re out of work,” she
explains, “the service is free. It will be
good for your dog—and will keep him
from bringing more homeless puppies
into the world.”
It’s 6pm when we get back to the
shelter. We’ve been all over the county, guided sometimes by Carrie’s GPS
system that she paid for herself to
save hours of time fumbling with maps
on rural roads. She hasn’t stopped for
a lunch break, preferring to take extra
time at each call to educate people
on proper animal care. It is a hard,
demanding and sometimes dangerous job. There are days when Carrie
witnesses unspeakable cruelty, those
times when it’s hard to sleep at night
because of the horrors she’s seen—
most recently it was a man who apparently was starving his ex-girlfriend’s
dog to death. This is a job that takes
a special kind of person working for a
special kind of organization. It’s a job
that most of us would not want. Fortunately for us, and for the animals,
people like Carrie and the other officers at the Whatcom Humane Society
are out on the city streets and county
roads caring for the most vulnerable
among us.
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WASHINGTON WILL not be
among those states following the lead
of Arizona in considering limits on immigration and immigrant labor—but not
for a lack of interest.
Failing to gather enough petitions in
support of their effort, backers of an
initiative that would require state and
local agencies to enforce federal immigration laws say they will make another
run at getting the measure before voters
next year.
The initiative, which would have also
required all employers to use the federal
“E-Verify” system to check their workers’
immigration status, fell far short last
week of the 241,153 signatures needed
to put the measure before voters. Organizers said they collected only about
30,000 signatures.
Sponsors of Initiative 1056, Respect
Washington, blamed the low number on
a lack of funds.
Only $20,000 was raised for the campaign, hardly enough to pay gatherers the
average $1 to $2 to gather a signature.
“Every single year since 2004 there has
been an anti-immigrant initiative filed
in the state of Washington. Every single
year,” observed Rosalinda Guillen, a Latina
activist who advocates on behalf of Washington’s farmworkers and immigrants. “So
far they have failed miserably to get anywhere near the signatures needed. But it
is the same group of people each year.”
After spending seven years with the
United Farm Workers union, Guillen started her own nonprofit, Bellingham-based
Community to Community Development,
to work on social justice issues. All major projects and programs in her organization are led by women. Guillen has
been active in protesting efforts by the
Minuteman Civil Defence Corps, a selfappointed patrol group that watches for
illegal crossings at the Canadian border.
“The Minuteman Project is a national
group that has established policy groups
in each state,” Guillen explained. “This
is a group that is not looking at building
community, that is not looking at commonsense solutions for local economies,
it’s looking at scapegoating one particular group of folks and then using the
cover of policy.”
The Whatcom chapter of the Minuteman
CDC, headquartered at a private range in
Whatcom County north of Ferndale, are
part of the Arizona-based organization
whose volunteers focus on border issues.
In May, Minuteman organizers and other
supporters urged Whatcom County Council to begin using the E-Verify system
for county employees and businesses
that contract with the county. The administration agreed to develop a pilot
program—in effect, agreeing to abide
by I-1056 before the measure was even
certified for the ballot.
E-Verify compares an employee documents with data from U.S. government
records. If the information matches,
that employee may be hired to work in
the United States. If there’s a mismatch,
E-Verify warns the employer. If the mismatch cannot be resolved, the employer
must terminate the worker.
“The county is not hiring anyone right
now, so it’s hard to say just how effective E-Verify will be,” Whatcom County
Executive Pete Kremen said. The county
is developing a one-year pilot project to
test the system. “I don’t anticipate the
pilot program will be expanded,” Kremen said.
Critics of E-Verify say the system is
personally invasive and imperfect—a
black mark can permanently stain a
person’s opportunity for future employment. Meanwhile, E-Verify doesn’t
do anything more than can be achieved
through the I-9 process already required by the Immigration and Control
Reform Act of 1986, the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce complained in a recent
lawsuit. The national Chamber believes
E-Verify requirements unduly burden
private companies who contract with
local governments.
Locally, the Bellingham/Whatcom
Chamber of Commerce & Industry has
complained the system appears cumbersome for private companies that work
with the government.
“This is something that’s being forced
upon (the county) and there’s no evidence to back up the accusations that
are being made” about numbers of undocumented workers employed by the
county or its contractors, Chamber of
Commerce President Ken Oplinger told
The Bellingham Herald. “That’s sort of a
waste of time.”
Kremen said the administration had not
had enough experience with E-Verify to
determine its limitations or effectiveness. He stressed that he does not support programs that target people based
upon their ethnicity.
His assurance does not satisfy Rosalinda Guillen.
“As a Latina in this community, I believe the county’s use of E-Verify is a
race-based decision,” she said.
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On June 26, a 32-year-old man stuffed
a baseball bat down his pant leg and
attempted to lope out of Prostock with
the item. He was followed to a nearby
trailer park where Bellingham Police
contacted him and recovered the stolen
item. He was cited and released with a
warning not to return to the sporting
goods supplier.
BLACK LAB TALIBAN
On June 17, two black Labradors triggered an international incident. An
officer spotted the duo chasing birds
in Semiahmoo Bay. The animals’ owner
arrived and said that they had escaped
by pushing out a window screen at his
house. Officers tried to help him retrieve the retrievers, but they eluded
capture and ran north into Canada. The
owner remained in the area to await
their return.
On June 28, a Blaine Police officer again
observed two black labs running at-large.
“One of them added insult to misdemeanor by messing in a homeowner’s yard as
the officer was calling to them,” police
reported. “The pair had been running free
several days earlier and their owner had
already received a warning. He was recontacted and advised that a report was
being forwarded to Animal Control and
the prosecutor for citation.”
FRACTURED FAIRY TALES
On June 25, a Blaine resident reported
hearing several people in an apartment
parking lot shortly before midnight yelling and screaming. The resident told
police this is an ongoing problem. Police contacted a group of people sitting outside of the building the caller
identified. ”They said they started to
yell and scream because a large spider
scared them,” police reported. “Spiders
don’t have ears, and officers advised
the group to have a little respect for all
their neighbors who did.”
On June 27, Blaine Police spoke to a distraught woman observed crying in a car
parked along the street. “She explained
that she had just left a birthday party at
a relative’s home,” police reported. ”For
some reason, her sister had taken offense
at her dressing up as a fairy godmother
for the celebration, and an argument had
erupted.” Police observed, “It wasn’t as
good as waving a magic wand, but the
lady talked things out with the officer
for a bit, then left for home.”
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On July 2, Border Patrol agents at the
remote and sleepy Laurier crossing in
the Okanagon were roused when their
pup discovered 300 pounds of highgrade marijuana concealed within a
commercial load of woodchips. Agent
“Diesel” gave a positive alert to the
presence of a narcotic odor in five
crates stuffed with 255 plastic bags of
B.C. Bud, a highly potent form of marijuana cultivated in British Columbia.
B.C. Bud can sell for $3,500-$6,000 a
pound in the United States. With more
than 21,860 metric tons of marijuana
reported to be entering the country
each year, according to high estimates
of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP), Diesel’s haul amounts
to little more than a rounding error.
Didier
On July 2, a man complained to Bellingham Police that he’d sent money out of
the country to claim a cash prize. “He
has not collected any prize money to
date,” police said.
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On June 14, a woman contacted Blaine
Police to report she’d sent $1,500 and
information about her financial accounts
and personal identity to a post office
box in Arizona after a company representative there claimed he would help
her settle some debts. “Once the crook
got the money and ID information, he
disappeared,” police reported.
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On July 2, a woman slipped a counterfeit
$100 bill past busy employees at a Meridian Street business, using what Bellingham Police termed a “quick change”
tactic. The bogus bill, police reported,
is a very poor counterfeit.
On July 3, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection officers in Blaine apprehended a Salvadorian who was wanted
in Dallas, Texas for allegedly assaulting
a family member. CBP officers discovered his warrant when he presented a
counterfeit “green card” for identification, a temporary permit to reside
in the United States. The 45-year-old
national claimed to have been visiting
his sister in British Columbia and was
returning to his residence in Texas. Officers sped him on his way, sending him
to jail, where he awaits extradition by
Dallas law enforcement.
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More than 400 people listened to congressional candidates at the Bellingham Tea Party’s town hall
forum last week. The audience was asked to rate the candidates on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being
most-favorable. Sen. Patty Murray and challenger Dino Rossi did not attend.
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Republicans in the U.S. Senate, who thunder the unemployment rate is primarily due to
those causes. National statistics on the underemployed—including those who chronically
cannot gain full-time employment—topped 22 percent last month.
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NUMBER of people killed at a train crossing in Washington last week. Eight have been
killed this year. An average of 18 people die each year, nationally, from train collisions.
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After weeks of unseasonably chilly weather, summer arrives
with a roar. The National Weather Service reports record highs in
Bellingham and other Puget Sound area cities. Today’s temperature
of 88 degrees in the Subdued City broke a record that’s been intact
since 1952.
While the state’s taxable retail sales plummeted to $22.6 billion
in the first quarter of this year, sales in Whatcom County apparently bucked the trend. State revenues were 2.9 percent lower than
the same period last year; Whatcom County’s taxable retail sales
were up 1.2 percent over the same period.
The federal Food and Drug Administration may be a step nearer to granting market approval for an aggressive, quick-growing Atlantic salmon
that’s been genetically modified with Pacific Chinook salmon DNA. The salmon would be the first transgenic animal headed for the dinner table,
but biologists warn the escape of these “frankenfish” from aquaculture pens could decimate wild stocks. Estimates say between 400,000 and 1
million Atlantic salmon have already done so in British Columbia. A Purdue University study alleges if 60 transgenic fish bred in a population of
60,000 native fish, the wild fish would be extinct in 40 generations.
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Gunfire erupts at the Blaine border after a man rams a barricade in an attempt to elude Customs and Border Protection officers. Officers approached the man in the frequent traveler lane
at the Peace Arch border crossing, but he refused to turn off his
engine and was evasive in answering questions. The man suddenly
stepped on the accelerator and rammed through the gate, swerved
around other traffic but crashed into a barricade. The customs officer fired two shots as the van drove off. The man was unwounded
and fled, but was later spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter and
arrested by agents.
Plans to ship Hawaiian garbage into Washington state waters
encounter another delay. Officials with Hawaiian Waste Systems
LLC were expecting to have several containers of city garbage
shipped off to a Washington landfill, but final approval fails to arrive from the federal government. Approval will arrive Monday.
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A divided Bellingham City Council narrowly
approves the creation of a new special purpose taxing district to help support alternative
transportation efforts. Now, will they agree to
collect taxes?
A gray whale given a second chance at life
strands itself again off the shores of Everett. More
than a dozen volunteers kept the whale wet with
buckets of water and protected its sensitive skin
with wet towels for hours on Thursday until the
tide rose and the the 40-foot whale was able to
swim out to open water. Today, those volunteers
discover with dismay the whale was again beached
about a quarter of a mile west. Marine experts say
whales that are sick seek the shores. The whale is
unlikely to survive a second beaching.
The Washington State Supreme Court agrees
to hear a dispute between elected officials. The
state Attorney General’s Office has refused to
defend the Department of Natural Resources in
the appeal of a right-of-way case in Okanogan
County. The county Public Utility District won
a lower-court decision allowing it to run power
lines across state trust land DNR manages. The
AGO is the law firm for state agencies in official
matters. The head of DNR, a Democrat, requested
the appeal. The AG, a Republican, says the appeal
is without merit.
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FOR TWO years, he stayed a barefoot step ahead of the law—stealing
cars, powerboats and even airplanes,
police say—while building a reputation
as a 21st-century folk hero, never physically harming anyone in his banditry. On
Sunday, Colton Harris-Moore’s celebrity
became his downfall.
The American teenager pleaded
guilty Tuesday to minor offenses in the
Bahamas. He expects to be deported
soon to face prosecution for a string of
break-ins and plane thefts across the
United States.
Witnesses in the Bahamas recognized
the 19-year-old dubbed the “Barefoot
Bandit” and called police, who captured
him after a high-speed boat chase,
Bahamas Police Commissioner Ellison
Greenslade said at a news conference in
Nassau, capital of the island cluster.
Greenslade said shots were fired during
the water chase but he did not say who
fired them. He also said Harris-Moore was
carrying a handgun that he tried to throw
away. Captured, his feet bare as they reportedly often were in the commission of
his lengthy string of crimes, the 6-foot-5
Harris-Moore was led away, his legendary
bare feet shackled at the ankles.
Another senior police official said police fired to disable the motor on the
suspect’s stolen boat, and that HarrisMoore threw his gun in the water. The
official, who spoke on condition of ano-
nymity because he was not authorized
to discuss the case, also said that police
recovered a laptop and a GPS locator the
suspect had tossed overboard.
Residents and law enforcement officials in another chain of islands—
the San Juans, Camano, and Whidbey
islands—breathed sighs of relief, both
that the youth had been captured and
that he’d been captured unharmed.
Few were more relieved than San Juan
County Sheriff Bill Cumming, who has
played cat-and-mouse for years as the
teen bandit seemingly burglarized with
impunity in his jurisdiction.
“The bottom line is that our citizens
can rest easier in the knowledge they
will not be further victimized by HarrisMoore,” Cumming said. The resourceful
youth allegeldy stole more than $3 million in property.
Cumming and other law enforcement
officials watched with fascination as
crime patterns matching those of Harris-Moore unfolded across the country,
like footprints indicating the route of
the Barefoot Bandit moving east into
the Midwest. Planes would go missing
and turn up in odd places, cars would
be stolen in those places and turn up
in neighborhoods, neighborhoods then
flooded with incidents of break-ins and
(mostly) petty theft.
In late June, two years after he escaped from a juvenile detention center,
the teen was suspected of vehicle thefts
stretching as far east as Illinois. The
trail of suspected thefts passed through
Idaho, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa,
and Illinois.
In early July, a Cessna 400 singleengine plane was reported stolen from
the Bloomington, Indiana airport. The
plane was later found crashed near the
shoreline waters of Great Abaco Island
in the Bahamas with no pilot inside—a
well-documented end to many of Colton’s alleged plane thefts—leading to
speculation that the youth, with no
formal flight training, was responsible.
Shortly afterward, a pattern of break-ins
was reported across the islands, leading
the Royal Bahamas Police Force to issue
a manhunt for the teenager.
Associated Press provided material for
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WRITER’S THEATER: The monthly Chuckanut
Sandstone Writer’s Theater begins at 7pm at
the Firehouse PAC’s Café, 1314 Harris Ave. Everybody is welcome.
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DEBUT COLLEC T ION: Suzanne Rivecca reads
from her debut short story collection, Death is
Not an Option, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200
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HEART OF LIES: ML Malcolm reads from Heart
of Lies at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St.
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MORRIE AND THE MINERS
HISTORY HOLDS a world of intrigue for acclaimed author Ivan Doig, but that
doesn’t mean he wants to pack up and move
back in time for the rest of his natural life.
Still, Doig says, he wouldn’t mind sneaking
a peek for short periods to witness events
like he writes about in his new novel, Work Song, which recreates the popular
character of Morrie Morris—who was last seen making a dramatic exit from
a one-room Montana schoolhouse in the final pages of a previous novel, The
Whistling Season.
The new tome finds Morrie back in the state a decade later in 1919, ready to
seek his fortune in Butte, then the copper mining capital of the world. But, as
is to be expected with any novel that needs a captivating plot to keep readers
turning the pages, he runs into a few problems along the way.
For those who aren’t aware of Morrie’s character traits, it must be said that
sometimes the former schoolteacher and wrestling manager—who spent time
in the previous novel pretending his girlfriend was his sister—is a smidgen
too smart for his own good. In this case, his brains first land him a job at the
surprisingly opulent Butte Library and then
cause mining union leaders to seek him out
for help on a variety of fronts.
Among the other characters Morrie meets
along the way—a lovely widow named Grace, an
eclectic duo of retired Welsh miners, a former
student from his schoolhouse days and hulking thugs are among them—the true aggressor
in the book isn’t even a person, but Anaconda,
the longtime mining
company that seemed
in many ways to be
(at least when it was
operating in the early
1900s) evil incarnate.
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involved. The Montana
National Guard occupied Butte at the bidding
of the mine owners six times in six years during
the strike agitations in 1914-1920. It was like
what Theodore Roosevelt, not all that much earlier, had called 'malefactors of great wealth.’ ”
For further proof of Anaconda’s many transgressions, Doig points to the 1917 Speculator
Disaster—which killed 168 men and injured
many others—and, that same year, the lynching of labor leader Frank Little, who was hung
from a railroad trestle a month after arriving
in Butte and was found with a note pinned to
his chest that read “First and last warning.”
Because of Doig’s canny ability to merge
historical facts with sublime storytelling,
Work Song doesn’t feel like proselytizing, but
instead storytelling that manages to educate
readers along the way. You’ll probably learn
a lot about what was going on in the copper
mines of Butte more than 90 years ago, but
you’ll also get caught up in the stories of Morrie, the miners and the rest of the people who
populate the tale.
When asked if readers will see Morrie again,
the author says chances are good.
“Like Morrie, I never say never.”
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FRI., JULY 16
FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Members of the Bellingham Storytellers Guild will tell tales at Family Story Night at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library,
1117 12th St. The reading is free.
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WAYS OF THE RIVER: Find out what it means
to live, love, work and play in the Pacific Northwest when Robin Cody reads from his nonfiction
collection, Another Way the River Has, at 7pm at
Village Books, 1200 11th St.
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JULY 16-17
BOOK SALE #1: A Library Friends Book Sale
takes place from 10am-5pm Fri.-Sat. at the
Lynden Public Library, 216 4th St. Starting at
4pm Saturday, you can pick up a bag of books
for $2.
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SAT., JULY 17
BOOK SALE #2: Attend a Book (and Stuff)
Sale from 9am-2pm at the Sudden Valley Community Center’s Flea Market.
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STEVE MART INI: Bestselling author Steve
Martini reads from and signs his latest thriller,
The Rule of Nine, at 3pm at Barnes & Noble,
4099 Meridian St.
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MON., JULY 19
CRYING TREE: Naseem Rakha reads from The
Crying Tree: A Novel at 7pm at Village Books,
1200 11th St.
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POE TRYNIGHT: Through July, read your original verse at poetrynight at 8:30pm every Monday at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave.
Sign-ups start at 8pm.
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WED., JULY 21
GARDEN STORIES: “Once Upon a Time in the
Garden” will be the theme of an hour of tales
by nationally known storyteller Rosemary Vohs
at 7pm at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead Park.
The event is free and open to the whole family.
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WED., JULY 14
FAIRHAVEN MARKE T: The Wednesday Farmers
Market is open from 12-5pm at the Fairhaven
Village Green. The midweek market continues
through September.
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FLEA MARKE T: A Community Flea Market
occurs from 9am-2pm at the Sudden Valley
Community Center, located in Gate 2. Space
is still available for vendors.
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JULY 17-18
DISCOVERY DAYS: A grand parade, an arts
and crafts fair, food, kite flying, wakeboarding and more will be part of the 31st annual
Birch Bay Discovery Days throughout the
coastal town.
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SUN., JULY 18
VINE YARD VE T TES: Carpenter Creek Winery
and the Bellingham Corvette Club will host
“Vettes in the Vineyard” from 12-4pm at the
Mount Vernon winery, 20376 E. Hickox Rd.
Bring a picnic lunch, and visit the tasting
room.
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PRAYERS FOR PEACE: All religions are welcome to show up for a Prayer Vigil for Peace
in the Middle East at 5:30pm at the First Congregational Church of Christ, 2401 Cornwall
Ave.
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MON., JULY 19
ROCK S, GEMS: See what the Mt. Baker Rock
& Gem Club is all about at the group’s monthly
meeting at the Bloedel Donovan Community
Building, 2214 Electric Ave.
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Friday, Saturday, Sunday
July 16th, 17th, 18th
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WONDERS OF WHATCOM: As part of a new
“Wonders of Whatcom” series, show up for a
free slide presentation on “Early Bellingham
House Styles” at 1:30pm at the Bellingham
Public Library, 210 Central Ave.
Each road-ready box includes: Hand-cut
and wrapped cheese, a coordinating cheese
condiment, a
spreader,
a Breadfarm demi-baguette, fresh fruit,
napkins, and a sweet taste of chocolate.
The Chuckanut
Anacortes
Earth, Karl Blau, Mount
Eerie, Kimya Dawson,
Calvin Johnson, Ô Paon,
Lloyd & Michael, Andrew
Comedy Comedy, Vanessa
Renwick, Stella Marrs
Clyde Petersen, Harry
Smith, LAKE, Arrington
de Dionyso’s Malaikat
dan Singa, Broken Water,
Matthew Stadler, D+,
Cumulus, Birthday Present,
The Hive Dwellers,
Chestnut Collection,
Motorbikes, Gift Machine,
Bryan, Frank & Bob, NK,
Lori Goldston, Caulfield
& His Magical Violin,
Nicholas Wilbur, The Drink
Up Honey, Angelo Spencer
& Les Hauts Sommets, Key
Losers, Ropin’ The Wind,
and more.
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from 12-4pm drop by Bellingham’s Heritage
Flight Museum,4165 Mitchell Way, to see vintage military aircraft take to the skies. Suggested donation is $5.
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BLAINE MARKE T: Local vendors will sell
their wares at the Blaine Gardeners Market
from 10am-2pm at H Street Plaza. The weekly
event continues Saturdays through Oct. 9.
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through the summer next to the Islander grocery store.
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Riverwalk Park. The market continues every
Saturday through Oct. 9.
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SOLAR TALK: The Bellingham chapter of Solar Washington meets at 7pm at the RE Store,
2309 Meridian St. “Living Machines”—which
focuses on ecologically based wastewater
treatment and recycling—will be the topic of
the gathering.
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WORK PART Y: Join Bellingham Parks & Rec
for a work party from 6:30-8:30pm at Squalicum Creek Park.
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SAFE SEA K AYAKING: A “Safe Sea Kayaking
in the PNW” seminar and outing happens from
1-5pm at the Community Boating Center, 555
Harris Ave. The class is free, but pre-registration is a must.
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WORKBOAT RACES: The 2nd annual Anacortes Workboat Races happen from 4-8pm
starting from the Anacortes Port Dock and
continuing into Guemes Channel.
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Seine Program” begins at 1pm at Bayview
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EVERY THURSDAY, when the Island Caper is set loose from its
moorage at Bellingham’s Squalicum Harbor, it travels a whole lot further than
the three or so miles of shoreline it routinely traverses as part of the Whatcom
Museum’s weekly Summer History Cruise.
While the voyage isn’t far in terms of geographical distance, the length of
the seafaring journey is multiplied exponentially by the 150 years of knowledge
crammed into the sunset cruise.
Last Thursday, as the thermometer nudged its way up to a record-breaking day of
heat, my dad and I took our places on the upper deck of the 110-foot-long craft.
Before long, as tour guide Brian Griffin—skillfully picking up the reins where
longtime Whatcom Museum historian Richard Vanderway left off after 22 years
at the helm—shared his intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of Bellingham’s
waterfront, we were caught up in tales of the past, present and possible future
of the place we call home.
Although I’ve been on the museum’s educational cruise in summers past, it
never ceases to amaze me how different Bellingham looks when you’re on the
water, or how interesting it really is.
For instance, we discovered that, once upon a time, when runs were plentiful, king salmon could be had for as little as 25 cents—that’s for a full
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Zuanich Point Park memorial (an ode
to the 66 fisher-folks who’ve been lost
at sea) and explained who and what
was behind the Blue Canyon Coal Company and the Bloedel Donovan Lumber
Company.
But that was just the beginning. I’ll
leave the bulk of knowledge for you
to discover on your
own, but factoids
that stood out for
me included these:
More than a billion
pounds of product are housed at
Bellingham
Cold
Storage each year.
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History Cruises
moored near the
WHEN: 6-9pm
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through Aug. 19
up $1,400 each day
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it’s there. Even on
Caper leaves from
a hot day, seals get
Squalicum Harbor
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coal mine. There’s
been a shipyard in
Fairhaven since 1912.
I also learned that, when it’s a
scorching day in the Pacific Northwest,
sometimes the moon comes out before
the sun sets—in this case, via a trio of
young fellas who dropped trou as we
edged further away from Bellingham
proper into the forested wonderland
that precedes Chuckanut Bay.
I can’t promise you’ll see skin when
you set out on your own adventure, but
if you keep your eyes open and listen
carefully to Griffin’s sonorous spiel,
you’re bound to find out a vast number
of things you didn’t know about your
own backyard.
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ROLLER BE T T IES: Show up for “Battle
Royale”—the final bout of the season for the
Bellingham Roller Betties—at 5pm at Whatcom Community College’s Pavilion Gym. Tickets are $6-$12.
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LADIES NIGHT OUT: Join naturalists from
Wild Whatcom Walks for a “Ladies Night Out”
moonlit excursion from 8-10pm beginning at
Whatcom Falls Park. Cost is $7 per woman, and
registration is required.
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LAVENDER FEST: Experience all things purple
and fragrant at the 9th annual San Juan Island
Lavender Harvest Festival happening Sat.-Sun.
at Pelindaba Lavender Farm.
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GARDEN TOUR #1: The 7th annual Relay for
Life Garden Tour takes place from 10am-5pm at
six unique Whatcom County gardens. Tickets
are $10; proceeds will benefit the American
Cancer Society.
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Roberts Garden Tour will feature 10 unique
gardens in Point Roberts. Master Gardeners
will be on hand to answer questions. Tickets
for the self-guided tour are $15.
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CELEBRIT Y GOLF CLASSIC: As part of a
weekend of fundraising for the Burned Children
Recovery Foundation, sign up for 18 holes of
golf with a celebrity as part of the Ryan Stiles
Golf Classic starting at 1pm at the Bellingham
Golf & Country Club, 3729 Meridian St.
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PADDEN MTN PEDAL: The off-road bike race
known as the 18th annual Padden Mtn Pedal
begins at 10am at the Lake Padden Recreation
Area. Entry is $15-$30.
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MON., JULY 19
VOLK SWALK: Hook up with the NW Tulip
Trekkers for a VolksWalk starting at 6pm at La
Conner’s Potlatch RV Park.
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WORK PART Y: Meet up from 6:30-8:30pm for
a work party along the Padden Creek wildlife
corridor.
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INTRO TO IMPROV: A free introductory
improv class for adults begins at 7pm at
302 W. Illinois St. Sheila Goldsmith will
lead the way.
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SUMMER REPERTORY: Neil Simon’s
coming-of-age comedy, Lost in Yonkers,
shows as part of the Summer Repertory
at the MBT’s Walton Theatre. The production plays in repertory with Tennessee
Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and Sylvia
at various dates through Aug. 1. Tickets
are $10 for students, $20 general.
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On the other hand, the lack of philosophical inquiry from members of the
canine species isn’t really missed once the production gets going. Because
while it’s true the eponymous character is just a dog with base instincts—
eat, sleep, run, sneak on the couch, rut—the interaction between her and
her human owners is rife with hilarity.
Sylvia, which shows alongside Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and
Neil Simons’ Lost in Yonkers on various dates through Aug. 1, is the clearly
comedic element of the fourth Summer Repertory Series at the Mount Baker’s Walton Theatre. All three plays are directed by award-winning WWU
Theatre Arts professor Mark Kuntz, who, each year, gathers a mix of professional and community actors together to produce high-quality theatrical
fare for the masses.
The premise for Sylvia is straightforward: A middle-aged man named Greg
who’s dissatisfied with his job and his life finds a dog in Central Park one
day. She’s got a nametag, but there’s no contact info, so he takes her home.
His busy wife, Kate, is not pleased, and declares she’s already raised kids
and pets and that phase of her life is over. After a spirited argument, Kate
agrees Sylvia can stay “for a few days.”
As those handful of days turn into weeks, Greg becomes increasingly infatu-
ated with the bundle of fur while becoming less
and less interested in his job and, as it turns out,
his wife. It’s clear a showdown is in the works.
Have I mentioned yet that the character
of Sylvia—played with unerring wit and rambunctious, romping energy by Western theater
major Andrea Nelson—can talk? Well, she can,
and she’s not afraid to speak her mind. Whether she’s declaring her expansive affection for
Greg (“Even when you hit me, I love you”),
cursing out a cat that crosses her path (“I’d
like to chase you up a tree, you cocksucker!”)
or handing out a warning to her owners (“I’m
getting nervous; I might bite”), you can’t wait
to hear what she says next.
And, because disbelief is already suspended
to allow for a dog that walks and talks, Greg
(Justin O’Brien) and Kate (Heather Dudenbostel) can talk back—which makes for some
interesting living-room
conversations.
Even though Sylvia
stays true to its comedic
roots throughout, the
heart of the tale focuses
on what happens when
a husband and wife are
no longer on the same
page concerning their
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Greg figure out what in
the heck he’s going to do with the rest of his
life? You’ll have to purchase a ticket to find
out but, considering you’ll be laughing for the
better part of two hours, it’ll be worth it.
Although dogs are cute and talking dogs are
even cuter, you might want to leave the kids at
home for this one, as there’s an ample amount
of canine cursing and sexual references.
THURS., JULY 15
GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every
Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208
Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The
Project.” Entry is $5 for the early show,
$3 for the late one.
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BARD ON THE BEACH: Head to Vancouver, B.C.’s Vanier Park for the 21st
season of Bard on the Beach. Much Ado
About Nothing opens the season, and will
be followed by Antony and Cleopatra, Falstaff, and Henry V. Tickets are $19-$38
(Canadian).
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FRI., JULY 16
WHOSE LINE?: Ryan Stiles, Chip Esten,
Jeff Davis, and Greg Proops from Whose
Line is it Anyway? will take the stage at
8pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N.
Commercial St. Tickets to the show are
sold out—which is a good thing, as 100
percent of the proceeds will benefit the
Burned Children Recovery Foundation—
but there’s rumor of a few left on Craigslist.
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HELLINGHAM: As part of a month of
performances featuring homegrown forms
of improv, show up for “Hellingham” offerings at 9pm at the Upfront Theatre,
1208 Bay St. There, you’ll see improvisers
facing life-or-death situations as a killer
runs amuck in the once-sleepy town of
Hellingham. Tickets are $8-$10.
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THINGS THAT FLY: WWU’s Department
of Theatre Arts presents Things That Fly
at 2pm at the Fairhaven Village Green.
The free performance—which can also
be seen July 24 as well as Saturdays in
August—tells the story of siblings who
attempt to build a flying machine in their
backyard.
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SHAKESPEARE IN FERNDALE: Shakespeare
Northwest performs The Two Gentlemen of
Verona—the comedy that’s believed by
many to the Bard’s first play—at 4pm Sat.
JULY 19-23
IMPROV FOR KIDS: Youngsters can learn
the fundamentals of improvisation at
a weeklong camp happening from 9am12pm (for those 7 to 10) and 1-4pm (11
to 14-year-olds) July 19-23 at the Upfront
Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Sign up now.
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CHILDREN’S CAMP: Kids can head
outdoors for the second iteration of the
Bellingham Children’s Theatre’s Summer
Camp, which happens July 19-30 at a
variety of Bellingham parks. During the
two-week event, they’ll put together two
original plays. Cost is $245, and scholarships are available.
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WED., JULY 21
TAMING OF THE SHREW: The Skagit
River Shakespeare Festival opens The
Taming of the Shrew at 8pm at Whatcom
Community College’s Syre Black Box Theatre. Tickets are $8-$12 and additional
showings happen at WCC and the Skagit
Valley College’s Phillip Tarro Theatre
through Aug. 14.
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JIVE IN JULY: USA Dance Bellingham
will host a “Jive in July” dance from
8-10:45pm at the Blue Moon Ballroom,
1213 Cornwall Ave. An East Coast swing
lesson will start off the action. Entry is
$7-$10.
734-5676
TUES., JULY 20
DANCING IN THE PARK: The Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers will host
“Dancing in the Park” from 7-9pm at the
Elizabeth Park gazebo. The event—which
will happen every Tuesday through Aug.
10—is family-friendly. Donations are appreciated.
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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: The WWU
Department of Theatre Arts presents Disney’s High School Musical starting tonight
at 7:30pm at the Performing Arts Center.
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the Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar, 1114
Harris Ave.
111 W. HOLLY ST.
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FULL MONT Y AUDIT IONS: Audition for
fall performances of The Full Monty! from
12-3pm Sat. and 5-8pm Sun. at the Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave.
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CURATOR TALK: Museum of Northwest
Art curators Kathleen Moles and Lisa
Young will lead informal walkthroughs of
the new exhibits at 1:30pm at the La Conner space.
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MY BACKYARD is better known than I am. In its lush environs,
I’ve hosted gatherings having to do with everything from birthdays to
theatrical forays. It’s been home base for a scavenger hunt. I’ve also used
a corner of it to burn an ex-boyfriend’s love letters under a full moon, lent
it to a few filmmakers here and there and thrown many a karaoke contest
over by my plum tree.
One thing my backyard hasn’t yet been transformed into is an art space.
But the Sunnyland Stomp has me seriously thinking about gathering the
many creative folks I know together for an exhibit that would combine
the sultry warmth of the Pacific Northwest summers with the raw talent
of my friends and neighbors.
But, alas, my soiree will have to wait—at least until the second annual
Stomp has had its day under the sun (as well as its night under the stars).
The beauty of the Stomp is that, as long as you live within the Sunnyland hood—think Trader Joe’s and Bellingham High School area, then
hop across Alabama Street—you can take part in what is shaping up to be
a seasonal tradition.
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NORTHWEST ESSENCE: As part of the
“Healing Through Art” program, a group
exhibit by seven Bellingham artists
dubbed “Northwest Essence” opens today
at the PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, 2901 Squalicum Pkwy. The works can
be viewed through Sept. 30.
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The key, she says, is to make sure you’ve got
signs up to point the way to whatever happening in the direction of your domicile, be
it straight-out visual art, beer crafting, circus
endeavors, live music or what have you (all of
which are on the lineup this year, so far).
Clark notes last year’s collective energy
was enough to get her stoked for the July
17 event, and hopes it will continue for the
foreseeable future.
“I loved watching people roam the neighborhood clutching their maps and enjoying
what each backyard revealed,” Clark says.
“The gallery owners take a bit of a plunge
by opening up their backyards, and I think
it’s like opening your little sanctuary in a
way. And the people on the Stomp are respectful of that.”
Another benefit of last year’s event, Clark
adds, was that neighbors who hadn’t previously connected were able to meet and greet
on a more intimate level.
“If we know each other—and better yet if
we know each others hobbies, passions and
what makes us tick—then we have something that connects us and we are not just
people that go from our car to the house
without saying hello,” Clark says. “That is
a good thing.
STONE WALK: Pieces by more than 50
stone carvers from Washington, Oregon,
Canada and beyond will available for perusal at the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association’s annual Artwalk from 1-5pm at
Mount Vernon’s Camp Brotherhood, 24880
Brotherhood Rd.
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Children’s Art Festival takes place from
10am-4pm at Mount Vernon’s Hillcrest
Park, 1717 S. 13th St. Entry is free.
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SK AGIT ART ISTS TOGE THER: Twentytwo of the area’s finest artists will take
part in the Skagit Artists Together studio
tour from 10am-6pm Sat.-Sun. throughout
the Skagit Valley. Entry to the self-guided
tour is free.
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STREET FAIR: As the culmination of the
weeklong Blaine Jazz Festival, attend an
“Art 2 Jazz” street fair from 11am-5pm
in downtown Blaine. Artists from around
the county will exhibit their works, and
there’ll also be live jazz tunes, food vendors and plenty of activities to keep all
ages busy.
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PILCHUCK OPEN HOUSE: Once a year,
the Pilchuck Glass School opens the gates
of the private campus to the public. Today’s the day, so make reservations and
then show up from 12-5pm at the Stanwood space. Entry is $20 for adults. Kids
12 and under can get in free.
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ALLIED ARTS: Experimental sculptures
by Francie Allen and abstract paintings by
Sharon Kingston can be seen at the “Interpretations” exhibit through July 31 at
Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave.
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ANCHOR ART: See Genevieve Castree’s
“Ceux qui ne sont plus (The Dead)” through
July 31 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave.
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BLUE HORSE: “Egypt, Normandy, Wiltshire & Tuscany Revisited” will be the
theme of an exhibit showing through the
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GALLERY C YGNUS: Paintings and sculptures from the likes of Peggy Doyle, Todd
Horton, Tracy Powell, Patty Detzer, Kevin
Paul, and others can be seen through July
25 at the “WildLife” exhibit La Conner’s
Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St.
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giclee prints of original paintings of Bellingham and Fairhaven and Kay D. Little’s
geometric paintings can be seen through
July at the Little Gallery, 1220 Bay St.
647-5675
LOOMIS HALL: “On the Edge: An Exploration of Today’s Contemporary Artists” can
be viewed through July at Blaine’s Loomis
Hall Gallery, 288 Martin St.
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by Charles Krafft and new paintings by
John Schaefer through July 24 at the Lucia
Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St.
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and the Skagit River” and “Max Benjamin,
Helmi Juvonen, and Louis Mideke From the
Permanent Collection” will be up through
Oct. 3 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest
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Contemporary Works by Select Fishtown
Artists” can be viewed every Wed.-Sun.
through July 25 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee
Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave.
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by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at
Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 1314 12th
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WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Expanded Horizons: Panoramic Photographs by J.W.
Sandison,” “Show of Hands: Northwest
Women Artists 1880-2010” and “Outside
the Home: Photographs of Women in the
Workplace” can currently be viewed at the
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BY CAREY ROSS
Vacouver Folk Music Festival
THE MANY SOUNDS OF FOLK
TO SOME, folk has a very narrow definition. Its music
hews to a certain, easily identifiable, sound, is made by
a certain set of people and follows a straight line from
a certain musical tradition. These are people who hear
the word “folk” and immediately think of Woody Guthrie,
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and even Bob Dylan. To them,
folk primarily means protest songs and other music with
a politically topical bent.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
But for a whole other group of people, folk has a meaning with a depth and breadth that allows for a more expansive interpretation of the musical genre. For these
people, folk is simply the music of the people, a storytelling tradition of sorts, one that has survived different times and climates, both political and social, and
embraces all sorts of artists, styles and sounds.
The organizers of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, a
giant musical hootenanny that takes place July 16-18 at
Jericho Beach Park in Vancouver, B.C., clearly subscribe
to the second school of thought. With a lineup
that draws from all corners of the globe and
encompasses a dizzying array of folk traditions,
the Vancouver Folk Festival is clearly trying to
expand the horizons of what is considered folk
music for fans and critics alike.
But the festival isn’t some sort of esoteric exercise in folk academia. It’s a living, breathing,
joyful-noise-making event. And over the years,
it has grown to such size and stature that it can
now offer an impressive roster of musical talent.
To wit: Helping to bring the festival to a close
Sun., July 18 will be mainstage performer Ricky
Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Bellinghamsters likely have the music 14-time Grammy
winner fresh in their memories, as it has been
less than a year since the bluegrass pioneer
played at the Mount Baker Theatre. Following
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Rumor Has It
WHILE I’VE SPENT the past few weeks extolling the
virtues of summer in Bellingham—virtues that are
indeed plentiful—I’ve sort of overlooked another irrefutable fact about these long, lazy, halcyon days:
Summer sort of blows for venue owners.
Some venues, like, say, Boundary Bay, are custom
made for the warm-weather months, what with its
welcoming beer garden and all the attendant barbecuing and hula-hooping that take place there.
However, other venues, ones that we are only too
happy to hole up in during the 20 or so long, rainy
cold months of the year, have a rougher go of it when
the sun comes out. The reasons for this are simple:
during the summer months, the town’s population
decreases. Those of us who do remain here, are so
sun-starved that we must bask while we can and so
we head outdoors at every opportunity. Said basking
can often come at the cost of spending many hours
inside the various music
venues we normally frequent to watch bands,
nurse drinks and grouse
about the terrible weather. As many venues are operating pretty close to the
bone even during theirr
most prosperous months,
summer can often be a
time when they cross theirr
fingers and pray to simply
make it through.
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CAREYY ROSS
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Case in point: the Green
Frog, a venue that 1. all of us probably love—and for
good reason and 2. is maybe the only bar in town
where it is not unusual to find live music seven nights
a week, is currently enduring a summer situation that
is just this side of dire. Owner James Hardesty, never
one to mince words, has laid it all out pretty clearly
and it sounds a little something like this, “Show up
soon, or you won’t have a bar to show up to at all”
(I’m paraphrasing here, but I think you get the point).
Make no mistake, this is not James ringing the alarm
bell because he wants you to feel sorry for him or
pity his situation. He likes his bar. He knows you like it
too. He wants to keep it open (he also wants to move
it to the former Rogue Hero space, an idea I heartily
endorse). And he will as long as he can. All he needs
for you to do is show up, see some music and drink
some beer. You can even heckle his hair if you want.
He may even hug you. What about any of that sounds
like a bad deal?
Speaking of things that are a good deal—and in
this case a deal that can only be described as “Ican’t-believe-this-is-actually-for-real”
good—the
much-ballyhooed Make.Shift van is tuned, greased
up and ready to ferry bands on tour throughout
the Pacific Northwest. How does it work? Simple. If
you’re in a band that would like to tour regionally
but cannot due to lack of money or wheels, go to
www.makeshiftproject.com and fill out an application to use the Magic Van. The van committee will
then assess your application, and, if it’s approved,
you’ll have a van and a driver for your summer tour.
Pretty amazing, right? However, you still have to
book the tour yourself. The Magic Van, after all, cannot do everything.
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the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown. She recorded her
first full-length at Muscle Shoals, spent some time as a Motown
artist, and even did a stint on Broadway, appearing alongside
Cab Calloway. However, if you’re like me, you probably weren’t
aware of LaVette until her amazing 2005 album I’ve Got My Own
Hell to Raise, which saw LaVette covering songs by everyone
from Fiona Apple to Dolly Parton, and thrust her back into the
musical limelight.
But the Vancouver Folk Music Festival is much more than
just the sum total of its mainstage acts. Musicians come from
far—Morocco, Colombia, Belgium, Scotland, Mali, Australia,
etc.—and near—all corners of Canada as well as the United
States is well represented at the fest—to mix, mingle and most
importantly play music all weekend long. All you have to do is
show up and soak it all in.
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kicks off the seasonal Downtown
Sounds concerts, which happen weekly
from 5-9pm in the 1300 block of Bay
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MURPHY AND MUSIC: Bellingham
native Heidi Grant Murphy performs
with the Festival of Music Orchestra at
7:30pm at WWU’s Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $18-$43.
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BLAINE JAZZ FEST: As part of the
9th annual Blaine Jazz Festival—which
aims to connect students with professional musicians—attend a variety of
concerts through July 17 throughout
Blaine. Costs vary, and many events
FREE FOM MUSIC: As part of the
Bellingham Festival of Music, show up
for a free community concert with the
festival’s Chamber Players at 12:30pm
at the Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall
building, 121 Prospect St.
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African dancing band known as Juba
Marimba from 6-8pm at Bellingham’s
Elizabeth Park.
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FOR THE KIDS: The first Brown Bag
Children’s Concert of the summer features tunes by Richard and Helen
Scholtz at noon on the lawn of the
Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central
Ave.
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THE 3DS: Bluegrass and Celtic tunes
can be heard when the 3Ds offer up a
free show from 7-9pm at Stuart’s at the
Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave.
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PICOSO: Listen and dance to the “urban Latin” sounds of Picoso from 7-9pm
at Bellingham’s Boulevard Park.
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MCCAULE Y AND CO.: Three Pacific
Northwest musicians—Lydia McCauley,
Jami Seiber, and Nancy Rumbel—will
perform at 7pm at a Bellingham House
Concert. Tickets are $20.
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SUN., JULY 18
SPEEDWAY MUSIC: Starting at noon,
the Jimmy Murphy Band, Mid-Life Crisis
and the Alimony Horns, Jamie O’Neal,
and Grand Funk Railroad will be among
the musicians who’ll take part in Burlington’s Skagit Speedway Music Festival. Tickets are $20.
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FIDDLIN’ FOX: As part of the annual
“Fiddlin’ Fox” outdoor world music se-
ries, listen and dance to the Latin sounds
of Alma Villeges from 2-5pm at the
Fairhaven Village Green. The concerts are
free and happen every Sunday in July.
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Trio will perform their global fusion
mix from 3:30-5pm at Bellingham’s Big
Rock Garden Park. The event is free.
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Music Orchestra for the concert that
will close out the annual gathering at
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him, and closing the festival in true folk fashion, is Boukman
Eksperyans, a band whose name might not provoke instant
recognition, but one that is a true star in its native country
of Haiti, for their music itself, as well as a tradition of political protest that has seen them flee that dangerously unstable
country in exile while their songs became anthems for the
people there. Take that, Bob Dylan.
But plenty will happen at the festival before those final mainstage performances. And with three full days worth of music
(plus a couple of free warm-up concerts set
to take place before the festival kicks off)
on 10 or so stages, the sheer magnitude of
this event can be difficult to comprehend.
Also set to take the mainstage, this time on
the festival’s opening night, Fri., July 16, is
the Avett Brothers, a North Carolina band
that are commonly described as “folk-rock,”
HEAR
which is as apt a description as any gross
WHAT: Vancouver
Folk Music Festival
generalization gets, but with their blend of
WHEN: July 16-18
bluegrass, honky-tonk, with a little ragtime
WHERE: Jericho
and a whole lot of melodic jangle mixed
Park, Vancouver,
in, they’ve got a sound that’s equal parts
B.C.
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Southwestern alt-country band that’s been
at it a long time, and has performed their
ethereal, melodic and instantly recognizable music with everyone imaginable, including a several critically praised collaborations with Iron & Wine and Neko Case.
But if the alt-country end of the folk spectrum isn’t your
thing, and you’d like to hear something with a little more soul,
the Vancouver Folk Music Festival has got you covered in that
regard as well. The second night, Sat., July 17, features a mainstage performer that should be right up your musical alley. Bettye LaVette got her start in the early ’60s, charting her first hit
with 1962’s “My Man—He’s a Lovin’ Man” and has toured with
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Micmacs
WELCOME TO THE FUNHOUSE
MICMACS IS a whimsical whirligig of a movie filled with salvaged metal and
salvaged lives, where a bullet to the brain brings insight and a bunch of clever misfits bring a couple of weapons-making giants to their knees. What fun.
This good-versus-evil fable soon reveals itself to be a wide-ranging philosophical
playground for French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet as he settles into a Paris junkyard where discards, human and otherwise, find a second life.
Bazil (the wonderful Dany Boon) is our hero. Orphaned when his father was blown
to bits by a land mine, he’s grown up to be a video store clerk content to pass the
time watching classic films. A stray bullet from a drive-by changes everything.
Removing it from Bazil’s brain box, as someone puts it, would turn him into a vegetable, and so it stays. In short order, he is discharged by the doctor, then his boss,
then left waiting to see if the bullet will eventually discharge him too.
Both Bazil and his world are infused with a surreal circus quality to start with, but
that sensibility grows sharper when he’s taken in by a collection of freaks who make
their home in the scrap yard. In Paris, even
the dumps are beautiful. There’s a contortionist (Julie Ferrier) who folds herself up
in the fridge when she needs to get away
from it all and a cannonball man (Dominique Pinon) still pining to make the Guinness Book. There are seven in all, as Jeunet says he was reminded of Snow White’s
Seven Dwarfs.
That sort of quirky brilliance is in much
of Jeunet’s work and it is very much at play
here. Like the delightful Amelie, what he
and longtime screenwriting collaborator
Guillaume Laurant have created in Mic-
macs is unexpected charm, with irony rich
like candy and worth savoring along with
the surprise. When Bazil happens upon
a street occupied by the company that
made the land mine that killed his father,
the conglomerate responsible for the bullet that penetrated his brain turns out to
be right across the way. That something
must be done to stop the killing and the
maiming is a given, and that is where the
movie spends much of its time.
Though the issue of the arms race and
the devastation it leaves behind is a
loaded one, the comedy style, liberally
plucked from the silent era, keeps things
light enough and broad enough that any
serious contemplating should be saved for
later. Jeunet understands the enjoyment
to be had from watching the underdog pull
the rug out from under the big guys and
he lets Bazil do that again and again.
With his mournfully pliable face and
clownish physicality, Boon is perfect for
the task, bumbling his way along in Chaplin-esque fashion so that dialogue often
becomes completely unnecessary. When it
is, Jeunet and Laurant have fun with it and,
thankfully, little is lost in translation.
As much sheer pleasure as there is to
this comeuppance story, the look of the
film pulls more than its weight in layering
in context. Created by production designer Aline Bonetto—like most of the crew,
another long-timer in Jeunet’s creative
collective—it is strangely beautiful with its
pastiche of metal scraps filled with artistic
possibility, a dancing marionette mouse
made of found parts for one. There’s a
sepia tone to this Paris that, coupled with
the postcard-care taken in framing it by
director of photography Tetsuo Nagata,
makes this modern-day tale feel as if it is
parading around in ’40s vintage wear.
The filmmaker has said he was influenced by Pixar’s Toy Story in devising the
characters, but then you could spend all
day sorting through the cinematic influences Jeunet has woven into the film, from
Sergio Leone’s stark western showdowns
to the musical style of The Big Sleep. But
whatever the influences, Micmacs is ultimately shaped by Jeunet’s unique creative vision—a funhouse of mirrors that is
lovely to get lost in.
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Despicable Me: I love the idea of an animated flick
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that villain is voiced by the deadpan and dead funny
Steve Carell. Sure, this movie totally rips off Pixar,
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who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! I think we all know
what I’m getting at here. Opening up the show will
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the Ghostbusters theme song, I will be sorely disappointed. ★★★★★1(tISNJO
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Grown Ups: What do you get when you team Chris
Rock, Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, and
David Spade up in the same movie, at the same time?
Comedic disappointment on an epic scale. Pretty
much the only way this movie could be any worse is if
Carrot Top were also starring in it. And by “worse,” I
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vigilante with a mercenary past and an axe to grind,
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The Karate Kid: Proof that every movie will soon
earn itself a remake—whether it needs one or not.
Crane kicks and catching flies with chopsticks aside,
in my opinion, if no one says, “Put him in a body bag”
and then cackles maniacally during this incarnation,
it can’t possibly be worth seeing. ★★1(
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two stars in need of a comeback—she only somewhat, but he desperately so. They were both probably
hoping this over-adrenalized, totally implausible actioner would be the ticket. Unfortunately, sometimes
Hollywood giveth, but Hollywood also taketh away.
★★1(tISTNJO
The Last Airbender: Just to confuse matters, this
movie was originally titled Avatar: The Last Airbender. But it features no sexy blue catpeople, no mixed
messages about people who preach peace while waging war and no James Cameron anywhere to be found.
However, it was helmed by M. Night Shyamalan, who
is a filmmaker I’m not quite willing to write off as a
total disappointment. (Previous statement amended
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his net—a woman who may or may not also be a creature of Celtic myth. ★★★★1(tISNJO
Predators: Remember that one Predator movie
starring Ah-nold Schwarzenegger? The one with the
super-creepy, almost-invisible villain that could only
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Toy Stor y 3: Pixar has amassed a string of hits unprecedented in Hollywood history—and don’t expect that
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like cartoons, yet somehow I still can’t get enough of
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: Are you Team Edward? Or
Team Jacob? Me, I’m on Team I Don’t Give a Flying Fu—
what I’m trying to say is this is a movie about vampires.
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IF MOVIES are shared dreams, then
Christopher Nolan is surely one of Hollywood’s most inventive dreamers, given
the evidence of his commandingly clever
Inception. Applying a vivid sense of procedural detail to a fiendishly intricate
yarn set in the labyrinth of the subconscious, the writer-director has devised a
heist thriller for surrealists, a Jungian’s
Rififi, that challenges viewers to sift
through multiple layers of (un)reality.
As a non-franchise follow-up to the
enormous success of The Dark Knight,
and availing himself of the resources
that come with a studio’s confidence,
Nolan places mind-bending visual effects and a top-flight cast in service of
a vision that demands, and rewards, the
utmost attention. Even when its ambition occasionally outstrips its execution,
Inception tosses off more ideas and fires
on more cylinders than most blockbusters would have the nerve to attempt.
Our guide to this world of high-stakes
corporate espionage is Dom Cobb (DiCaprio), an “extractor” paid to invade
the dreams of various titans of industry
and steal their top-secret ideas. Cobb
plunders the psyche with practiced
skill, though he’s increasingly haunted
by the memory of his late wife, Mal
(Marion Cotillard), who has a nasty
habit of showing up in his subconscious
and wreaking havoc on his missions.
That’s what happens during a dreamraid on wealthy businessman Saito (Ken
Watanabe), who is in fact merely auditioning Cobb for a far riskier job. The
target is Saito’s future rival, billionaire
heir Robert Fischer Jr. (Cillian Murphy),
and the goal is not to steal an idea but
to plant one—the “inception” of the
title—that will lead to the dissolution
of Fischer’s empire.
In Nolan’s hands, this ingenious conceit becomes no more implausible than
that of a caped crimefighter, as the writer-director grounds his flight of fancy
with precise methodology and an architect’s attention to detail. Indeed, Cobb
retains an actual architect, Ariadne (Ellen Page), and teaches her how to mentally construct every street, building
and room in the artificial world (essential if the dreamer is to be deceived) in
a series of visually playful scenes whose
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M.C. Escher to mind.
It’s heady, brain-tickling stuff, and like
the spinning top that serves as a key plot
device, it seems forever on the brink of
toppling over, especially toward the end
of the nearly 2 1/2-hour running time.
But even when questions arise, one
so completely senses a guiding intelligence at the helm that the effect is
stimulating rather than confusing.
Never one to strand the viewer, Nolan
remains a few steps ahead, keeping total comprehension just out of reach but
always in view.
If Inception is a metaphysical puzzle,
it’s also a metaphorical one: It’s hard
not to draw connections between Cobb’s
dream-weaving and Nolan’s filmmaking—an activity intended to seduce us,
mess with our heads and leave a lasting
impression. Mission accomplished.
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as you avoid more metaphorical kinds of destruction. Please be careful not to unleash ill-chosen
words that would crush someone’s spirit (including
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sprouts of the light they need to keep growing. To
put this all in a more positive frame: It’s time for
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everywhere you go.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here’s the really
good news: CIA director Leon Panetta says there
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U.S has over 94,000 highly trained human beings in
Afghanistan whose express purpose is to destroy AlQaeda. I bring this up as a prod to get you to question your own allotment of martial force, Gemini.
You definitely need to make sure you have a lavish
reserve of fighting spirit primed to serve your highest goals. Just make sure, please, that it’s pointed
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Give us this day
our daily hunger,” prayed French philosopher Gaston
Bachelard. It was his personal variation on the “Give
us this day our daily bread” line from the Lord’s Prayer.
I suggest you use his formulation as your own in the
coming week, Cancerian. It’s the high season for your
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was over. TV announcer Mike Krukow was describing the “ugly victory” that the San Francisco Giants
had just achieved. The team’s efforts were sloppy
and chaotic, he said, and yet the win counted just
as much as a more elegant triumph. He ended with
a flourish: “No one wants to hear about the labor
pains; they just want to see the baby.” That’s my
message to you this week, Taurus. All that matters is
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band Girls, and how he wore pajama bottoms during a show he did in San Francisco. A reader named
Eric was disgusted by this, seeing it as evidence
that Owens is a self-indulgent hipster. “Just another spoiled trust-fund kid,” he said in his email,
“whose excessively privileged life has given him
the delusion that he’s uninhibited.” With a little
research, Eric would have found the truth: Owens
was raised in an abusive religious cult by a single
mother who worked as a prostitute to earn a meager
living. I bring this to your attention in hopes it will
inspire you to avoid making any assumptions about
anyone. More than ever before, it’s crucial that you
bring a beginner’s mind to your evaluations of other
human beings.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I want to see your
willpower surge and throb and carry you to a ringing
triumph in the next two weeks, Virgo. I hope to be
cheering you on as you complete a plucky effort to
overcome some long-standing obstacle... as you put
the finishing touches on an epic struggle to defeat a
seemingly intractable foe... as you rise up with a herculean flourish and put the stamp of your uniqueness
on a success that will last a long time.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Italian word
terribilità was originally used by art critics to de-
scribe the sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo. According to various dictionaries, it refers to
“a sense of awe-inspiring grandeur,” “the sublime
mixed with amazement,” or “an astonishing creation
that provokes reverent humility.” In my astrological opinion, terribilità is a prerequisite for the next
chapter of your life story. You need be flabbergasted
by stunning beauty. Where can you go to get it? A
natural wonder might do the trick, or some exalted
architecture, or the biography of a superb human
being, or works of art or music that make you sob
with cathartic joy. For extra credit, put yourself in
the path of all the above.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In a favorable review of Badger Mountain Riesling wine, Winelibrary.
com said, “The sweet succulent aromas of bosc pears
are woven with lilacs and just a hint of petrol.” Meanwhile, Allure magazine named Sécrétions Magnifique
as one of the top five sexiest perfumes in the world,
even though its fragrance is like “floral bilge.” Petrol?
Bilge? Both commentaries seem to suggest that greatness may contain a taint — or even that the very
nature of greatness may require it to have a trace of
something offensive. I’m guessing that’ll be a theme
for you in the coming week.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): During the
grace period you’re currently enjoying, you have a
talent for tuning in to the raw potential of whatever
situation is right in front of you; you just naturally
know how to establish rapport with circumstances
you’ve never seen before. That’s why your spontaneous urges are likely to generate fun learning experiences, not awkward messes. You’ll thrive as you improvise adeptly with volatile forces. It may therefore
seem like your progress will be easy, even a bit magical. Some people may regard your breakthroughs as
unearned. But you and I will know that you’re merely
harvesting the benefits that come from a long period
of honing your powers.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A few single
friends of mine use the dating site OkCupid to meet
potential lovers. One woman got the following notice:
“We are pleased to report that you are in the top half
of OkCupid’s most attractive users. How can we say
this with confidence? Because we’ve tracked clickthrus on your photo and analyzed other people’s reactions to you... Your new elite status comes with one
important privilege: You will now see more attractive
people in your match results. Also! You’ll be shown to
more attractive people in their match results. And, no,
we didn’t send this email to everyone on OkCupid. Go
ask an ugly friend.” According to my analysis of the
astrological omens, Capricorn, you will soon receive a
metaphorically comparable message, not from OkCupid, but from the universe itself.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The liberation
movement kindled in the 1960s wasn’t all fun and
games. It ushered in expansive new ways of thinking about gender, race, sexuality, spirituality, music,
and consciousness itself, but it was fueled by anger
as well as by the longing for pleasure and meaning
and transcendence. A key focus of the rage was opposition to the Vietnam War. The adrenaline stirred
by anti-war protests was an instrumental part of the
mix that propelled the entire era’s push for freedom.
I’m hoping that the oil hemorrhage in the Gulf of
Mexico will become a similar beacon in the next ten
years. Can you think of a comparable prod in your
personal life, Aquarius? A gnawing injustice that will
help awaken and feed your irresistible drive to emancipate yourself?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s a thought
from Piscean poet W.H. Auden: “The image of myself
which I try to create in my own mind in order that
I may love myself is very different from the image
which I try to create in the minds of others in order
that they may love me.” If what Auden describes
is true for you, I suggest you try this experiment:
Merge the two images; see if you can make them the
same. You’re entering a phase in your cycle when
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inner and outer parts of your life. (And if Auden’s
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bill came, he didn’t get up and make
tracks for the ladies’ room. Things
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pays. By the end of the date, he knew
it was O.K. to pick up the tab. But,
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feminist, will you hate him for paying, accuse him of being personally
responsible for lowering the glass
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you go in expecting the worst. If so,
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And yes, the person who does the inviting should pay—to a point. On the
second date, it’s nice to avoid being
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I was on a first date, and the guy arrived
at the pub before me. The waitress took my
order and asked if I’d like to start a tab. I
paused, and when he didn’t offer, I gave
her my card. He ended up buying my next
two drinks, and I had a pretty good time,
but thinking about it now, I’m mad he let
me pay at all. After all, he asked me out.
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Who says you can’t take the man out
of San Francisco? Just force him into
the trunk of your car at gunpoint and
promise him a bathroom break and a
Snickers when you hit Bakersfield.
So, the guy chases you down, wins
you back, and now he’s not sure
whether it’s you or that tramp with
the cable cars? That’s not how love
is supposed to work. According to
Shakespeare, the Bronte sisters, and
every romantic comedy ever made,
love is throwing aside everything to
crawl across broken glass on four continents, only to die in your beloved’s
arms. This, on the other hand, is like
Romeo texting Juliet (on parchment
delivered by servants), “OMG, not
sure if i can give up pizza nite w family 2 b w/u.”
In the real world, for people with
more to them than an obsessive connection to another human being, there
are often practical considerations:
whether they both want kids, who’s
going to pay for them, whether they’ll
join the Hari Krishnas or keep working
as tax accountants. While some people
can live anywhere as long as they’re
with the person they love, for many,
where they wake up and walk out the
door every day is no small thing. It’s
not just the place, but the way of life
in a particular place (“the city that
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a teaching stint abroad, he broke up
with me. I was devastated but eventually
started seeing somebody else. He got really
jealous and flew out a few times to see me
until I said yes to getting back together.
We’ve had a phone relationship since January, with visits whenever possible. Well, I’m
starting grad school on the East Coast, and
won’t be mobile for three years. But, as for
moving to be with me, he’s now saying he
doesn’t know if he can leave San Francisco.
It’s not even a job keeping him there! He’s
unemployed and still unwilling to leave one
of the most expensive cities! He simply just
wants to live there. I’m wondering if all
the waiting’s worth it since he isn’t willing
to work very hard for us to be together.
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never sleeps” versus “the suburb that
never wakes up”).
The guy might love you, but he’s
made his priority clear: He’s left his
heart in San Francisco, and the rest
of him is staying to keep it company.
Chances are, he got so focused on
winning you back, he forgot to ask
himself “And then what?” Now that
he’s won you, he’s all “Actually, I’m
kind of attached to fog, earthquakes
and stepping over a wino to get into
my favorite patisserie.” It’s a lucky
thing he figured that out before he
gave up his apartment and moved to
Collegetown. (Love in a place you
hate quickly becomes seething resentment.) If you don’t resent him
too much, maybe you and he will try
to keep it going long distance while
you’re in school. If so, you need to
be practical, too: Ask yourself how
you feel about spending the rest of
your days in San Francisco, because
you probably won’t get the guy out
of there for any length of time—not
until you can fit him into an urn.
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“Obviously, we’re pretty disappointed
with Pete that he would give credibility
to the Minutemen by even considering EVerify,” agreed Caroline Correa, who works
with Guillen on immigrant labor issues.
“No council member has voted on this. The
administration just agreed to it after the
Minutemen pressured Pete for more than a
year. They’ve created fear in this community that is not warranted by evidence.”
“My question to our elected leaders is,
‘why are you listening to folks that come
from a philosophy that has nothing to
do with the local economy, nothing to
do with things actually wrong in Whatcom County?’” Guillen added. “We asked
Pete Kremen, ‘Is there a problem with
immigration in Whatcom County?’”
Supporters of a crackdown on migrant labor “aren’t taking into account the impacts
on local economy,” Guillen said. “What is
the impact to the agricultural economies
in Whatcom and Skagit counties?
“That’s a very basic, commonsense
benchmark to begin to look at. But our
leaders are not looking at the issue of immigration reform from the bottom up, on
an economic basis. They’re looking at the
national economy from a corporate view,
which is huge—corporations need guest
workers of all different types coming in.
Many of those guest workers stay. But
there is a big disconnect between that
and what happens in Whatcom County.”
With unemployment at historic highs
nationally, Whatcom County is only the
latest place in the country to succumb
to fears someone may have a job who is
not legally entitled to it.
Arizona’s new law—spurred by changing demographics in the Southwest—
essentially requires police to demand
“papers” from anyone they might believe
to be undocumented. The federal government recently responded that such
laws appear too close to institutionalized racial profiling.
“The idea that you can tell someone is
undocumented just by looking at them institutionalizes racism,” Guillen agreed.
“I’m an American. I was born in Texas.
My entire family are Texans. We’ve spent
a lot of time in Mexico, but if you’re just
going to look at us, I don’t think you can
tell the difference.”
Correa added, “If someone walked up to
you and said ‘I need you to prove right this
minute that you are an American citizen,’
could you prove that? A driver’s license
doesn’t prove that. A birth certificate
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might prove that, but who carries their
birth certificate around with them?”
“The Latino community across the country is very concerned,” Guillen admitted.
Echoing that concern, the U.S. attorney general last week filed a legal
challenge to Arizona’s law, deeming it
unconstitutional. Attorney General Eric
Holder argues it’s the federal government’s sole authority to regulate immigration. States, though, complain the
feds just aren’t up to the task.
President Barack Obama weighed in
last week, imploring Congress to pass
comprehensive immigration reform to
a “fundamentally broken” system. The
remedies have long been known: bolstering enforcement of existing laws
while offering a path to citizenship for
many of the approximately 12 million
people in the United States illegally.
“What’s discouraging is seeing other
states that are taking up a similar type
of action as Arizona,” Guillen said. “In
Washington, the Minutemen and their
cohorts are going into small towns and
trying to get resolutions passed that
support a hardening of immigration law.
And, of course, there is no talk of offering those illegally in the country a path
to become legal citizens.
“The most serious element in my view
is that it has become criminalized to be
undocumented,” Correa observed. She explained, “To be undocumented is a civil offense, like getting a traffic citation. The
change from a civil offense to a criminal
offense happened during the Bush administration. Clinton didn’t help at all” when
he enacted the Immigration Reform and
Control Act tried to address rising levels
of undocumented immigration.
“Immigration reform has been very seriously impacted by a suffering U.S. economy,” Guillen admitted. “Immigration has
been looked at through an economic lens,
and the need for labor in this country over
the past 15 to 20 years. That view is very
different from the view of immigration
through history, where we see ourselves
as a nation of immigrants, a melting pot
of cultures that made this country great.”
Peeling away the layers, the anger seems
less about illegal immigration, a problem
eased by making legal immigration easier,
than about immigration in general—who
gets to come to this country, and what
culture they’re allowed to bring.
“I have tried to reach out to the Minutemen and have conversations with
them on immigration issues,” Guillen said.
“They tell me, ‘I don’t want to walk down
the streets of Lynden and hear Spanish
being spoken by people like you.’”
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BY AMY KEPFERLE
The Real McCoy
HAVE SUITCASE, WILL BARTEND
WHETHER HE’S waxing poetic on the wonders of vermouth, making
his own bitters or burning a sugar cube in preparation for concocting an
absinthe cocktail, it’s clear Brandon Wicklund has a passion for preserving
the craft of a well-made cocktail.
When the traveling bartender—working under
the moniker of the “Real McCoy”—stops by the
Temple Bar this weekend, it’ll be with Prohibition
on his mind. But don’t worry; the Feds won’t be
stopping by this particular speakeasy.
Cascadia Weekly: Can you share some of the cocktail history you learned from your mentor? Where
was this?
// )
Brandon Wicklund: I had the good fortune to intern
WHAT: The Real
with Jim German at his bar in Waitsburg, Wash.,
McCoy
WHEN: 7pm-12am
which is about 20 miles outside of Walla Walla.
Sat., July 17
History of liquor and drinks, such as the origin of
WHERE: The
the martini (still up for debate), I picked up from
Temple Bar, 306 W.
my nose being buried in Jim’s bar books. I choose
Champion St.
to say the martini was born in the late 1800s in
INFO: www.
therealmccoybar.
the town of Martinez, Cali.—where the “first-ever”
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martini (Martinez) was crafted: 4 parts sweet vermouth, 1 part gin.
Over the course of my stay with Jim our conversations spanned from
bar etiquette to coping with losing a loved one. It was an unforgettable experience, and I’ll forever be indebted to Jim.
CW: What made you decide to start a traveling bar service, and
what’s your ultimate goal?
BW: The traveling bar idea evolved from wanting to show off
what I learned at “Jim German Boot Camp.” I would bring
grocery bags full of booze and fruit to friends’ and family’s
houses and mix up drinks. Everybody was diggin’ it, which
gave me confidence to pursue my newly discovered passion. It was a Christmas present from some good friends,
though, that jumpstarted the Real McCoy—a vintage suitcase decked out in classic liquor advertisements. So, “have
suitcase, will travel,” right?
My goal is to give people a cool experience. Through cocktail history and eclectic liquors, I hope to make each event as
unique as possible. When I started the Real McCoy, I said my
ultimate goal was to have my traveling bar find a permanent
home (in the Bellingham area).
CW: After reading your short history of the Real McCoy, it seems
like quality over quantity really does count for something.
Should people scrimp when they’re searching for the perfect
cocktail?
BW: I don’t think you need to scrimp or splurge when looking for
the perfect cocktail. Fresh ingredients and attention to detail
are what make up a good drink, not the dollar amount.
CW: What sort of Prohibition-era drinks will you be serving up July
17 at the Temple Bar?
BW: A couple on the menu: Aviation and Corpse Reviver #2. The
Aviation first appeared in print in the 1916 book Recipes for
Mixed Drinks, by New York barman Hugo R. Ensslin.
The Corpse Reviver #2 was a part of a series of “corpse
reviver” cocktails that were staples on bar menus during the
1930s, only to have been lost in the shuffle during the last
half of the 20th century.
CW: What’s your take on Prohibition?
BW: I think Prohibition was a complete mess. While the idea
may have been noble, the execution was flawed and America
turned into one big secret gin joint. Alcohol consumption,
crime and government spending all witnessed increases. The
silliness of banning alcohol actually reminds me of a more
current issue…
CW: Will you be taking questions?
BW: Get a spot at the bar and I’m all ears.
CW: If someone wanted to hire you for their event, what should
they expect?
BW: Through cocktail history and eclectic drinks, I want to give
people a unique experience. Working with the party host, I
like to come up with specialized menus for each event. The
traveling bar comes equipped with all the booze, fruit and bar
essentials to set the stage for a memorable event.
CW: What’s your favorite drink, ever?
BW: In this heat it’s tough to beat a cold beer. But I do have a
fondness for stirring up a Manhattan. The mixture of whiskey,
vermouth and bitters is simple, classic and so freakin’ good!
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2 ounces gin
½ ounce lemon juice
¼ ounce rose syrup
2 dashes peychaud bitters
Champagne
Orson Welles would’ve loved
this drink. A cocktail I first
crafted at jimgermanbar, the
Rosebud is fun and refreshing.
Fill a pint glass with ice and
add gin, lemon juice, rose
syrup and bitters. Shake and
pour into a tall glass and top
with champagne. Garnish with
a lemon twist (or a rosebud, if
you can find one).
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JULY 16-17
NORTHWEST RASPBERRY FEST IVAL: In addition to the loads of delicious offerings you’ll
find at this weekend’s Northwest Raspberry
Festival—which celebrates the largest harvest
in North America—happening from 10am-7pm
Fri. and 10am-9pm Sun. in downtown Lynden,
there’ll also be a farmers market, basketball
tournament, classic car show, live music, fun
run and more.
WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG
ANNIVERSARY PART Y: Celebrate the second
anniversary of the Chuckanut Brewery at a party starting at 5:30pm at the establishment’s
home at 601 W. Holly St. Live music, a Locavore
menu and more will be part of the fun.
WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM
WED., JULY 21
SWEE T ONIONS: Chef Charles Claasen will
lead a “Sweet, Sweet Onions” cooking course
from 6-8:30pm at the Cordata Community Food
Co-op. There, you’ll learn to prepare eggs with
boletus mushrooms and sweet onion tops,
French Onion soup and beer-battered onion
rings. Cost is $35.
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CAMP COOKING: Join folks from REI for
a “Camp Cooking Basics” clinic starting at
6:30pm at Larrabee State Park. Meet at the first
shelter near the entrance of the campground
and look for event signs. Show up tomorrow
night at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St., for a “Backcountry Cooking Basics” course. Both classes
are free, but registration is requested.
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VIEWS 6
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CHEF IN THE MARKE T: As part of the monthly
“Chef in the Market” series, Chef Michael Hannah (Bellingham Golf & Country Club) and Chef
Illana Knudsen (Boundary Bay Brewery) will
give free cooking demonstrations at 11am and
1pm at the Bellingham Farmers Market at the
Depot Market Square. Recipes using strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and more will be
on the menu (sample will be available).
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E. Bakerview Rd. Entry is free, but registration
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6pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 Unity St. A fee of $45
will garner you a dinner that you won’t soon
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EAT LOCAL: As part of Eat Local (Every) Week,
nosh on specials throughout the day at both
Bellingham Community Food Co-ops (downtown
and Cordata). Today’s choices include Swimming
Tofu Rama (locally made tofu in a Thai peanut
sauce with fresh local spinach over a bed of
rice) and an all-local salad.
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plus a $7 optional wine fee.
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