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THE GRISTLE, P.6 DEVOTCHKA, P.20 FREE WILL, P.29 

c a s c a d i a 

REPORTING FROM THE 

HEART OF CASCADIA 

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4.23.08 :: #17, v.03 :: FREE 

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WRITER 

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JOHN FRANKLIN KOENIG: REMEMBERING A MASTER, P.18 APRIL BREW’S DAY: QUAFF FOR A CAUSE, P.34 

BEAF: MAKING MUSIC OUT OF ELECTRICITY, P.21

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04.23.08 

WEDNESDAY 

ON STAGE 

Dog Sees God: 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, WWU 

Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: 7:30pm, Mount Baker 

Studio Theatre 

MUSIC 

Kate Long, Robin Kessinger: 7:30pm, Roeder 

Home 

WORDS 

Slam Poetry: 8pm, Underground Coffeehouse, WWU 

Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham 

Public Market 

COMMUNITY 

Mayor’s Arts Awards: 6:30pm, Whatcom Museum 

GET OUT 

Tulip Festival: Through April 30, Skagit Valley 

04.24.08 

THURSDAY 

ON STAGE 




Forever Plaid: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community 

Theatre 

Virtual Solitaire: 8pm, iDiOM Theater 

Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 

The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 

WORDS 

Rick Barot: 7pm, Village Books 

COMMUNITY 

Spring Career Fair: 10am-2pm, Wade King Student 

Rec Center, WWU 

Drag Bingo: 6:30-10:30pm, Norway Hall 

04.25.08 

FRIDAY 

ON STAGE 

Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: 6pm, Mount Baker 


Robinson Crusoe: 7pm, Assumption Gymnasium 


Theatresports: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront 

Theatre 

Alice in Wonderland: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, 

Mount Vernon 


Forever Plaid: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre 


A glance at what’s happening this week 

DANCE 

Reporting Live From Crazy: 7:30pm, Firehouse 

Performing Arts Center 

MUSIC 

Festival of Music Fundraiser: 5:30pm, Bellingham 

Golf & Country Club 

Bible College Choir Concert: 7pm, Immanuel Bible 

Church 

Joshua Roman: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU 

04.26.08 

SATURDAY 

ON STAGE 

Robinson Crusoe: 2pm, Assumption Gymnasium 

Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: 6pm, Mount Baker 



Theatresports: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront 

Theatre 

Alice in Wonderland: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, 

Mount Vernon 


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DANCE 

Dancing Feet to a Latin Beat: 7pm, Nancy Whyte 

School of Ballet 

Reporting Live From Crazy: 7:30pm, Firehouse 

Performing Arts Center 

MUSIC 

Chamber Chorale Fundraiser: 7pm, Bellingham 

Golf & Country Club 

Leo Kottke: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU 

WORDS 

Burning Word Festival: 9am-7pm, Greenbank Farm, 

Whidbey Island 

Kathleen O’Brien: 7pm, Village Books 

COMMUNITY 

Dirty Dan Days: 9am-5pm, historic Fairhaven 

Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot 

Market Square 

Safety Fair: 10am-1pm, Barkley Village 

LinuxFest: 10am-5pm, Bellingham Technical College 

Latino Heritage Celebration: 6pm, Viking Union, 

WWU 

Rainbow Prom: 7pm, Syre Student Center, WCC 

FINGERPICKING FINESSE CAN BE 

EXPECTED WHEN GUITAR GURU 

LEO KOTTKE 

returns to Bellingham for an April 26 gig at 

Western Washington University 

GET OUT 

Miles for Memories: 9am, Fairhaven Village Green 

04.27.08 

SUNDAY 

ON STAGE 

Alice in Wonderland: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount 

Vernon 




MUSIC 

Martin Kuuskmann: 3pm, First Congregational 

Church 

Wellspring Benefit: 3-7pm, Uisce’s Pub 

David Friesen Trio: 4pm, American Museum of 

Radio 

WORDS 

Jane Kirkpatrick: 4pm, Village Books 

COMMUNITY 

Dirty Dan Days: 9am-5pm, historic Fairhaven 

LinuxFest: 10am-5pm, Bellingham Technical College 

04.28.08 

MONDAY 

WORDS 

Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books 

Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso 

COMMUNITY 

Laughter Club: 10:45am, Bellingham Senior Center 

04.29.08 

TUESDAY 

ON STAGE 

West Fest: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU 

MUSIC 

Spring Whimsy: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum 

WORDS 

Knute Skinner: 4pm, WWU 

Dan Nelson: 7pm, Village Books 

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REPORTING FROM THE 

HEART OF CASCADIA 

JOHN FRANKLIN KOENIG: REMEMBERING A MASTER, P.18 APRIL BREW’S DAY: QUAFF FOR A CAUSE, P.34 

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HILLARY CLINTON pandered her gun and church-going credentials 

following Barack Obama’s recent “bitter” comments, 

and it appears to have paid off. Exit polls of Pennsylvania 

Democrats say 58 percent of gun owners voted for Clinton 

while 42 percent went for Obama. 

VIEWS & NEWS 

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8: The living Buddha 

10: Purse purloiners, liquor dicks 

12: Weekly review 

ART & LIFE 

16: Coastal cleanup 

17: A night at the opera 

18: Northwest master 

20: Devotchka 

21: What’s the BEAF? 

24: Counterfeiters, stoners 

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28: Crossword, Free Will Astrology 

29: Wellness 

30: Troubletown, Doug Ogg, Rentals, 

Buy Sell Trade 

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COVER: photo by Derek Shapton 

WAR ON NATURE 

I’d like to announce a few 

post-Earth Day awards for 

slick PR campaigns advocating 

environmental degradation in 

the guise of living greener and 

supporting our community ’s 

best interest. 

Here’s to the following master 

wordsmiths for their creative 

efforts to bolster support 

for the political perspectives 

they are obligated to represent, 

regardless of reality: 

· Cornwall Park Neighborhood 

Vice Chair Mitch Friedman 

and The Bellingham Herald 

Editorial Board, whose recent 

litanies on the $26 million cost 

of preserving the Chuckanut 

Ridge urban forested wetlands 

ecosystem railed against public 

funding for fiscally conservative 

protections of scientifically 

adequate habitat, wildlife 

and salmon-stream corridors 

inside Bellingham city limits. 

They get top honors for 

their strategy of manipulating 

public opinion to support 

a specific development-driven 

outcome on Chuckanut Ridge, 

rather than embracing the 

collaborative, win-win approach 

recommended by the 

surrounding Southside neighborhoods, 

best local science 

and full-cost environmental 

accounting tools available to 

justify profitable alternatives 

in the same neighborhood 

that more accurately reflect 

the best long-term interest of 

all taxpayers. 

· Ward 1 City Council member 

Jack Weiss and Fairhaven 

Village Association supporter 

Bill Geyer, whose back-handed 

volleys against proportional 

resident input in identifying 

neighborhood plan priorities 

could make even the 

most stalwart double-speak 

analysts writhe in contradiction. 

Their responsible infill 

recommendations soar to new 

heights of Enron-fashion accounting, 

demonstrating that 

red is the new black in this 

city when it comes to deficit 

spending designed to undermine 

any proportional balance 

between competing public infrastructure 

interests. 

· Not to forget the Sunnyland 

neighborhood resident 

bicyclist who objects to a bike 

lane because it will eliminate 

some vehicle parking, or the 

public works administrators 

who would throw dirt on our 

Critical Areas Ordinance just 

so they can play with their 

heavy equipment. 

In the war on nature, even 

in this subdued corner of the 

Evergreen State, it’s business 

as usual: divide and conquer 

to the brink of extinction, and 

block the evolution of enough 

common sense to preserve our 

own species. 

—Cathy McKenzie, Bellingham

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THE GRISTLE 

ADDING ASSAULT TO INJURY: Entire towns sprang up along 

tracks laid in the conquest of the West, a classic illustration 

from the 19th Century of how growth follows infrastructure— 

whether by railroads, or along high-volume pipes laid into areas 

without water tables to support development, or along 

arterials cut into increasingly expensive and environmentally 

sensitive terrain that, without such facilitation, would never 

see development. Bottom land exhausted on low-density buildout, 

hillcrests bristling with trophy homes and view castles, 

what remains are the undistributed middle heights—forested 

slopes that shed their runoff to boggy soils, the fertile ground 

left for our new homes. 

Build it, as the saying goes, and they will come. 

Let’s take the example of San Juan Boulevard, a winding 

arterial proposed for the uneven terrain and sketchy soils in 

what is currently the forested hills above Lake Padden, an unbroken 

area that dwarfs the 80-odd acres of Chuckanut Ridge 

and, gazing at a topo map, no reasonable person would readily 

propose for development. 

In the ‘80s and ‘90s, Bellingham City Council members (some 

of whom are still seated) thundered San Juan Boulevard would 

never be connected on their watch—primarily because of its 

expense, but also, whispered almost as an after thought, the 

hills above the Padden watershed just didn’t seem a good candidate 

for development. 

Times change; and by the late ‘90s comments about a San 

Juan connector would bubble up offhand from city planners 

and engineers to the point where, among policy makers, it became 

de rigueur understanding of not if but when and on whose 

watch the connection would occur. 

A school gets planned on Yew Street Road (in another example 

of facilitating infrastructure) and suddenly what was de 

rigueur is now fait accompli. 

By 2006, the San Juan connector had crept into the Top Ten 

of 25 projects slated for a six-year transportation improvement 

program (TIP). What the TIP has to say about the connector 

is instructive: “San Juan Boulevard is a prerequisite for continued 

development in the north Samish Neighborhood, and 

right-of-way dedication, frontage improvements, and transportation 

impact fee contribution will be required as development 

occurs. This new corridor between Yew Street Road and 

Elwood Avenue will provide alternative access to Interstate 5 

and is expected to relieve congestion along Lakeway Drive” by 

creating a high-speed east-west corridor through southeast 

Bellingham. 

Phase I construction for the connector begins in 2009. 

In one of the most mendacious schemes ever contrived and 

approved by a smilin’ city government, Phase I merely punches 

a primitive road through forests and wetlands. Phase II widening 

of this road comes in 2012 from nearly $5 million in “unknown,” 

unspecified funds, presumably from the federal government 

or transportation impact fees. The latter are not in 

place and—in any event—will likely not raise more than 30 

percent of the funds necessary for the widening, meaning, one 

way or the other, taxpayers freight the development of this 

subsidized “short cut” through the green hills overlooking their 

Padden watershed. 

Thus do things formerly too expensive and inadvisable get 

foisted on unwilling non-beneficiaries, as the unthinkable 

curdles to conventional wisdom. 

Assault is added to the injury: 

Back in January, Bellingham Planning and Community Development 

Director Tim Stewart wisely proposed a framework 

for evaluating what lands should be brought into the city. This 

framework—including a more detailed financial analysis of 

infrastructure and essential public facilities needed to support 

urban levels of service—would serve as a lens to help 

BY FRED MILLER 

LAKE WHATCOM Water 

& Sewer District has been busy 

trying to pull a fast one several 

times over, seemingly in desperate 

pursuit of its own survival 

and obviously in defiant disregard 

of a changing paradigm of 

protecting Lake Whatcom. 

Unchecked, this district is 

about to plunge headlong into 

a financing scheme that makes 

it toxic to any notion of being 

absorbed by the City of Bellingham. 

The rush to poison negotiations 

with a new $6 million dollar 

building is only part of the ploy. 

The district has built into its 

financing projections a 20 percent 

growth rate. Accepting that 

the district has 3,900 current 

customers, that’s just shy of 800 

new households being required 

to be built in order to finance 

the poison palace that fends off 

interference from the City. 

What sense does it make to 

force building nearly the equivalent 

of both Everson and Nooksack 

(2000 Census data) into our 

water supply reservoir? The district’s 

new financing plan relies 

on the hookup fees and rates 

gained from promoting growth 

and development in the watershed. 

Did the district stop to 

consider that it shouldn’t bank 

its future financial viability, nor 

its ratepayers’ responsibilities, 

on degrading the quality of the 

water for 91,000 residents? 

Of course not! For decades, the 

district has steadfastly clung to 

views 

OPINIONS THE GRISTLE 

Pulling a Fast One 

WATER DISTRICT EXPANSION MAKES LITTLE SENSE 

the notion that its sole mission 

is to provide water and services 

to any developing lot in the watershed. 

Ignoring and skirting 

its responsibilities to oversee 

protection of the quality of the 

water it serves to its ratepayers, 

the district has fueled its growth 

and survival with this notion. 

Some have argued that the 

city would have to play the 

same role if it absorbed the 

district, that there would be 

no change in the unbridled 

pursuit of bringing a few more 

Eversons, Nooksacks and Ferndales 

into our reservoir with its 

current zoning. Here are three 

ideas to counter such myopia: 

The nauseating confusion of 

three governments grappling with 

managing the reservoir would be 

reduced to only two players, and 

that would dramatically simplify 

inter-jurisdictional communications 

and cooperation. We might 

even see progress re-defined in 

our watershed. 

The city’s new energy and fo- 

VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY 

LAKE WHATCOM WATER & SEWER 

DISTRICT HAS BEEN BUSY TRYING TO 

PULL A FAST ONE SEVERAL TIMES 

OVER, SEEMINGLY IN DESPERATE 

PURSUIT OF ITS OWN SURVIVAL 

cus on watershed protection, 

exemplified by the mayor’s and 

City Council’s recent actions, 

would provide a new perspective 

on the most appropriate 

measures needed to balance the 

provision of quality water as it 

manages the new district, instead 

of the current district’s 

destructive pursuit of development 

at all costs. 

The city currently holds the 

contracts with district for the 

volumes, rates, and performance 

standards pertaining to water 

and sewer services. By absorbing 

LWWSD, the city would accelerate 

the need to resolve the 

conflict of Whatcom County’s 

zoning with its ability to provide 

those services. Certainly 

the district, which has failed 

miserably since its inception 

to face the fact that it cannot 

possibly serve all the zoned 

watershed lots with the city’s 

contractual agreements, cannot 

now claim that 800 new hookups 

in its new 25-year financ-

ing plan will resolve that problem. 

Instead, the city’s newly absorbed 

dual responsibilities—providing 

and protecting water—will force 

it to spend “quality time” with 

Whatcom County to resolve the development 

problem inherent in our 

current zoning. 

Is it stubbornness or delusion 

that keeps LWWSD refusing to accept 

the paradigm shift? In their 

good old days just a few years ago 

after the moratorium was lifted, 

the district was approving permits 

faster than the ink could dry on 

them. In a recent meeting, LW- 

WSD commissioners admitted to 

their having to shift from 200-250 

new permits per year to the current, 

curiously slow pace of “10 or 

20.” Clearly, without the promise 

of new fees and revenue from district-fueled 

growth, LWWSD faces 

a serious financial problem. And 

its solution is to build a new $6 

million dollar building. 

Instead of looking with an open 

mind to the possibility of a merger 

with the city, the district spent 

more time in its past meetings 

wailing about how the new proposed 

merger couldn’t work and 

pointing belligerently to “show 

stoppers” and “deal-killers” that 

might occur if the city didn’t address 

every possible nuance of the 

district’s rate structure currently 

assessed on its 3,900 clients. They 

were almost annoyed at the request 

to begin thinking about the 

91,000 residents who rely on Lake 

Whatcom for their drinking water. 

It’s time to get over it, accept 

that we can no longer manage the 

watershed like we have for the past 

40-plus years. Water quality is degrading. 

New regulations are coming. 

New drastic restrictions and 

requirements from the Department 

of Ecology will soon be upon us. 

Instead of rushing to award 

contracts for the poison palace, 

or forcing financing schemes that 

require aggressive development in 

the watershed, the district should 

change its tune and make some decisions 

for the benefit of the entire 

community. 

Fred Miller is a 29-year resident of 

Bellingham, a co-founder of Friends 

of Lake Whatcom, and a developer of 

the Lake Whatcom Pledge program. 

In addition to his career in telecommunications 

technology, he has 

been active in environmental and 

business issues including recycling 

and business development, and protecting 

water quality. 

THE GRISTLE 

policymakers focus on what lands make best 

candidates for annexation. 

Employing this lens, Stewart reckoned the 

southern portion of Yew Street Road was not 

a good candidate for annexation because 

essential infrastructure—roads, sidewalks, 

sewers—was not in place. Identical in most 

aspects, the northern portion—already annexed 

by a less circumspect process—would 

likewise not pass this new analysis. 

Heigh-ho, the San Juan connector solves 

several infrastructure concerns; as does a 

sizable water tank sited right on the brink 

of city limits, proposed by Public Works to 

serve water to areas currently underserved 

by water—another example of facilitating 

infrastructure, underwritten by public dollars, 

that fuels private development. 

Only one problem remains: The connector 

must chop through several wetlands of the 

highest environmental sensitivity, a construction 

forbidden by the city’s own critical 

areas ordinance (CAO)—the rights-of-way 

challenge noted in the San Juan Boulevard 

project plan. 

The solution? Draft a variance to the city’s 

CAO that allows these wetlands to be compromised. 

Bad enough, perhaps; but as long as Stewart 

and Public Works Director Dick McKinley 

have the hood up, they might as well propose 

sweeping exemptions to the CAO, a veritable 

wish list of anything the city might conceive 

of constructing anywhere, at any time (it’s 

worth noting the city already has license to 

construct essential public facilities in areas 

not restricted by its CAO). 

As the public interest group Futurewise 

notes in objections to this proposal, “The 

existing CAO already allows for exemptions. 

The only reason for the proposed ordinance 

is to allow the city’s capital projects to 

avoid the strict mitigation requirements of 

the current ordinance. 

“With the proposed changes,” Futurewise 

continues, “these common facilities would be 

considered so vital that they merit weaker standards 

of environmental protection. If the city 

believes certain projects are absolutely vital, 

could not be built under current regulations, 

and will include sufficient mitigation, it should 

seek project-specific exemptions. It should not 

seek the kind of all-encompassing exemption 

that this proposed ordinance offers.” 

Dashing these concerns, Bellingham City 

Council last week approved the underlying 

framework for these exemptions, shunting future 

public land use decisions away from the 

daylight of public forums and policy debate to 

the shadowy realms of the Hearings Examiner, 

a quasi-judicial rubberstamp of status quo development: 

What Planning and Public Works 

want, the Hearings Examiner is prepared to 

deliver in a closed (unelected) loop of city 

bureaucracy. 

“Do as we say,” City Council beams. “Not as 

we do.” 

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HOLINESS, 

PICO IYER 

& ME 

FOUR YEARS ago, the 14th Dalai Lama visited the 

Pacific Northwest, giving teachings and participating in 

roundtable discussions at venues across Vancouver, B.C. 

One of the highlights of his trip was an elaborate ceremony 

at Christ Church Cathedral where the Dalai Lama, 

along with fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates Archbishop 

Desmond Tutu and Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin 

Ebadi, were awarded honorary doctorates by Simon 

Fraser University. With marching dignitaries, blaring 

bagpipes, a heavenly chorus of children and enormous 

leaded stained-glass windows dripping colored gems, it 

was a breathtaking blend of pomp, posturing, spirituality 

and substance, and I was shocked to find myself with 

front row seats for the show. 

I had been following His Holiness around town for 

several days as part of the media contingent, taking 

photos and notes, watching the pros from the Vancouver 

Sun and Time magazine at work. We were herded 

here and there, given background briefings, backstage 

access and an intimate press conference I’ll never forget. 

I watched a lot of serious journalists lose all professional 

detachment when the Dalai Lama entered the 

room—it was near impossible not to be impacted, not 

to swoon, when in such close proximity to a “living 

Buddha.” 

I was mingling with the media in the basement of 

the cathedral, pre-bagpipes, when I saw a reporter that 

looked familiar from dust jackets of several books on my 

shelves back at home. “That looks a lot like Pico Iyer,” 

I thought of the small, smiling Indian man with the 

beat-up rucksack slung over his shoulder, and a glance 

at his nametag confirmed my suspicion. I had read and 

relished Video Nights in Katmandu: And Other Reports 

from the Not-So-Far and Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely 

Places of the World, two of his finest books collecting 

some of the most observant, piquant and intelligent 

travel essays I’ve ever come across. 

Iyer was fresh on my mind because Whatcom Community 

College, where I was teaching composition 

at the time, had chosen another of his books—The 

Global Soul—as the Book of the Year, and it was being 

taught in a wide variety of courses. I was already 

looking forward to meeting him on campus in a few 

weeks, when he would visit with the classes studying 

his books, but here he was, in the flesh, in the basement 

of a cathedral in downtown Vancouver. 

I introduced myself and quickly learned why he 

was such a successful world traveler: friendliness! 

With charm and genuine interest, he asked me for my 

story—who I was, where I came from, what I do and 

what brought me to such an auspicious gathering. Together 

we talked about the Dalai Lama phenomenon, 

the frenzied adulation that accompanied him every- 

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On April 16, an impaired driver 

smashed into the rear end of a marked 

Washington State Patrol car on West 

Bakerview Road near Cordata Parkway. 

While investigating the crash, Bellingham 

Police officers discovered drug 

paraphernalia in the suspect’s vehicle 

and he appeared to be under the 

influence of drugs. He was 

charged with DUI. The WSP 

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received minor injuries. 

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On April 17, a young woman 

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ground and gave up. He got up and ran 

off, cursing at the woman. The woman 

suffered minor abrasions but was otherwise 

uninjured. 

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On April 11, U.S. Customs and Border 

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On April 15, A trucker who attempted 

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marijuana into the United States at 

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of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. 

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a request by Costco Wholesale Corp. to 

reconsider a decision upholding Washington 

state’s rules on beer and wine 

distribution. An appeals court panel 

ruled in January that most of 

the state’s Prohibition-era 

laws are still valid, including 

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delivered to a warehouse. 

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On April 9, Bellingham Police 

arrested a 22-year-old man following 

a spree of grafitti incidents at 

Fairhaven Park, Roosevelt Elementary 

School, Whatcom Community College, 

and public bridges over the past week. 

The incident at Whatcom Community 

College resulted in graffiti damage to 

five buildings, mostly to the restrooms. 

The style matched other “tagging” on a 

bridge near Woburn Street, which had 

resulted in the man’s arrest. A search of 

his residence turned up materials that 

further implicated him. He was booked 

into Whatcom County jail on multiple 

counts of malicious mischief. 

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On March 28, Skagit officers observed 

between 10 and 12 adults standing 

outside of a business in downtown 

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squatting between two parked cars 

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Hospital patient survey. The national average is 63 percent. 

NUMBER OF FAMILIES without a home in Whatcom 

County, up by 20 over the previous year. 

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BY TIM JOHNSON 

THE 

04.15.08 

TUESDAY 

ee 

THAT WAS 

A cyclist recovers in the hospital after being struck by a 

90-year-old driver on Bellingham’s Alabama Hill. Police say driver 

Verda Korte says she thought she saw two bicyclists just before the 

collision. Her eyesight may have contributed to the accident. 

Ferndale Mayor Gary Jensen issues a temporary stop-work 

order on the construction of a skate park after volunteer laborers 

leave the work site a mess over the weekend. 

Ferndale also delays construction of a new Law and Justice 

Center after consultants find flaws with the site, including 

its location in a flood plain, earthquake vulnerability and 

security issues. 

Whatcom County Council votes against a replacement for the 

40-year-old Whatcom Chief ferry to Lummi Island. 

Allegiant Air says they’ll add direct flights from Bellingham 

to California. Seasonal flights to San Francisco start June 6. 

Flights to San Diego begin June 12. 

04.16.08 

WEDNESDAY 

ABC shames the nation in the most asinine and embarrassing 

televised presidential “debate” in U.S. history. One commentator 

calls the children’s hour “something akin to a federal 

crime…. Seldom has a large corporation so heedlessly inflicted 

so much civic damage in such a short space of time.” 

Bellingham is both shamed and ashamed to learn a woman 

who claimed she was kidnapped and raped while jogging at 

Little Squalicum Beach last month may have made the whole 

thing up. Police say an extensive investigation turned up no 

evidence a crime had occurred. The woman is taken into protective 

custody. 

A Whatcom County man faces vehicular assault charges after 

triggering the collision of five vehicles in Bellingham. At least 

two people are seriously inured in the crash. 

With help from the county, Whatcom Land Trust completes its 

purchase of Lily Point, 90 acres of undeveloped shoreline at 

Point Roberts. The land trust bought Lily Point for $3.5 million, 

transferring the beach to the county for use as a park. 

04.17.08 

THURSDAY 

Unsurprisingly, the state Attorney 

General finds no illegal manipulation 

of the elevated cost of fuel in the 

Fourth Corner, declaring typical market 

forces of supply-and-demand are to 

blame rather than “price gouging.” 

Meanwhile, gasoline hits an all-time 

high in Bellingham, averaging $3.67 a 

gallon throughout the city. 

04.18.08 

FRIDAY 

An annual report released from the 

Institute for Watershed Studies at Western’s 

Huxley College of Environmental 

Science confirms the quality of Lake 

Whatcom continues to decline, but 

yields a nod to Bellingham’s water filtration 

efforts. 

04.19.08 

SATURDAY 

Unseasonal snow continues to dribble, 

dumping as much as 10 inches of 

snow on some parts of Western Washington, 

as an unusually powerful low pressure 

system drifts over the region. 

04.20.08 

SUNDAY 

A group representing downtown music 

venues meets to propose major revisions 

to Bellingham’s noise ordinance. Bellingham 

Downtown Alliance for Music and 

Nightlife co-chair Richard Hartnell says 

B’DAMN wants the city to define decibel 

limits, lower fines and change what he 

calls “vague language” in the ordinance. 

04.21.08 

MONDAY 

Washington’s Sen. Maria Cantwell and 

Rep. Jay Inslee say record gas prices 

cannot be explained by market forces 

and demand the Justice Department investigate 

possible price-fixing by the oil 

industry (see Thursday). 

Reeling from last month’s levy failures, 

the Blaine School Board meets with 

district staff to discuss how they’re going 

to manage cutting $655,000 out of 

next school year’s budget. 

Lake Whatcom Water & Sewer District 

commissioners meet to further discuss 

a report on merging with the City of 

Bellingham. Mayor Dan Pike threatened 

legal action unless commissioners 

agreed to study the report. 

Failing to convince Bellingham City 

Council (0-6) to initiate an appeal of an 

extension of water service to a mentalhealth 

facility in the Lake Whatcom watershed, 

the Squalicum Community Association 

decides to go it alone with the 

Whatcom County Hearing Examiner. The 

association says servicing the facility 

would encourage only new development. 

The state Supreme Court says it will 

consider a legal challenge of voterapproved 

limits. The state’s Senate Majority 

Leader filed the challenge after a 

pair of initiatives passed that require 

supermajority approval from the Legislature 

in order to raise taxes. 

04.22.08 

TUESDAY 

Earth Day dawns. 

PASSAGES 

Community activist 

Stephanie Kountouros 

joins the lengthening 

list of candidates 

filing for the 40th 

District position vacated 

by state Senator 

Harriet Spanel. Kountouros 

has worked 

professionally with 

survivors of domestic 

violence, people with 

AIDS, mental health 

and chemical dependency 

issues. Her work 

in the social services 

field includes children 

surviving sexual abuse 

and homeless and 

runaway teenagers. 

Paul Gonzales, a 

decorated Washington 

State Patrol veteran, 

also seeks the 40th. 

The Mount Vernon 

resident joins fellow 

Democrats Hue 

Beattie, Kevin Ranker, 

Ken Henderson, and 

Republican Steve Van 

Luven in the race for 

Spanel’s seat. 

No sooner does KGMI 

morning host Brett 

Bonner depart the 

airwaves than KVOS 

Northwest Notebook 

host Ty Ray announces 

he’s also moving on, 

completing the evisceration 

of thoughtful 

community commentary 

in local electronic 

media. Good luck, Ty; 

we’ll miss your winning 

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“I WAS NERVOUS AT THE PROSPECT OF MAKING A CERAMIC PRAYER 

WHEEL LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT 200,000 HANDWRITTEN PRAYERS” 

CHRIS MOENCH, a longtime Bellingham 

sculptor, recently presented two ceramic 

prayer wheels to the Dalai Lama during his 

Seattle visit for the Seeds of Compassion conference 

April 11-15. Last August, Moench ran 

into conference organizer Pamela Eakes at an 

art fair and offered to make two prayer wheels 

for the event. The first was used onstage in 

a public “Inter-spiritual Dialog” attended by 

10,000 participants. The second prayer wheel, 

created small enough to fit in a carry-on bag 

to Dharamsala, India, was a gift to the Dalai 

Lama from Moench and all the people involved 

in Seeds of Compassion. 

LAMA, FROM PAGE 8 

Reached at his retreat near Lake Padden, 

Moench commented on his experience: “I was 

honored and nervous. Honored to be able 

to give something back to the Dalai Lama 

who has devoted his whole life to promoting 

peace in the world. Nervous at the prospect 

of making a ceramic prayer wheel large 

enough to fit 200,000 handwritten prayers. It 

took three months and 175 pounds of sweat, 

prayers and clay.” 

To see more of Moench’s work, visit 

www.axisofhope.net 

where he spoke in Vancouver, indeed 

everywhere he popped up around the 

globe. We tried to be a little bit jaded 

about it, but couldn’t quite pull it off 

since we too were extremely excited 

to be a part of his historic visit to 

Canada, especially the ceremony that 

was about to take place in the cathedral 

above our heads. 

I mentioned to Iyer that I had read 

and appreciated an essay he wrote 

on the Dalai Lama from his then-new 

book Sun After Dark: Flights into the 

Foreign and he responded that if I 

liked that one, just wait until his next 

one came out. 

“I’m actually writing my next book 

entirely on the Dalai Lama, based on 

over 30 years of conversations I’ve 

had with him and many travels to 

hear him speak all over the world,” 

Iyer told me. 

Flash-forward four years, and the 

Dalai Lama is back in the Pacific 

Northwest, Pico Iyer is once again 

visiting Bellingham and his longawaited 

biography is finally in print. 

The Open Road: The Global Journey of 

the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is an erudite, 

insightful and expansive book 

that is based, as advertised, on Iyer’s 

three-decade relationship with the 

exiled ruler of Tibet. It isn’t a chronological 

retelling of the Dalai Lama’s 

life, but instead a series of interlocking 

chapters that examine the world’s 

most famous monk from three different 

angles (which also serve as section 

titles): In Public, In Private, In 

Practice. 

Iyer begins his biography by examining 

the aspects of the Dalai Lama’s 

public life, dividing public perceptions 

of him into chapters entitled “The 

Conundrum,” “The Fairy Tale,” and 

“The Icon.” In the first, Iyer points 

out the rich ironies embodied in the 

Dalai Lama: “A religious teacher who 

is telling people not to get confused 

or distracted by religion; a Tibetan 

who is suggesting that Tibet does not 

have all the answers; a Buddhist who, 

more and more, is urging foreigners 

not to take up Buddhism but to study 

within their own traditions, where 

their roots are deepest.” 

And this, the most painful of the 

Dalai Lama’s ironies: despite being 

celebrated the world over as a leading 

peacemaker, the political situation in 

his own country is disastrous. The 

recent demonstrations by Tibetans 

against their Chinese masters have 

resulted in riots, curfews, imprisonments 

and more than 100 Tibetans 

killed. The violence has unsettled 

much of the world, and threatens to 

derail China’s coming-out party at 

this summer’s Olympic games. 

“The country that he was born to 

rule is slipping ever closer to extinction,” 

laments Iyer, “…on his watch, 

his own people have lost most of their 

contact with their leaders, their loved 

ones, and their culture, and one of 

the great centers of Buddhism…has 

been all but wiped off the map.” 

Iyer likewise brings his sharp insight 

to the Dalai Lama’s cult of personality, 

examining how a man who 

describes himself as “a simple monk” 

came to acquire the same global recognition 

as Michael Jackson, Coca- 

Cola, or Pirates of the Carribean. 

He believes the Western world’s 

fascination begins with our cultural 

perception of Tibet as a “Shangri-La,” 

a place of peace, unity and perfect 

wisdom hidden away from the imperfect, 

divisive, crass world we inhabit. 

The well-known narrative of the Dalai 

Lama’s unusual life story—from the 

mystical origins of his being recognized 

as the 14th Dalai Lama as a 

2-year-old to the dramatic flight from 

Tibet as the Red Army invaded to his 

tireless work as a leader-in-exile— 

also fuels the adoration that follows 

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LAMA, FROM PAGE 13 

him wherever he travels. Tibet and the Dalai 

Lama both “wear the contours of fairy tale” 

and this turns out to have both benefits and 

drawbacks. 

But fairy tales aside, Iyer also sees something 

genuine in the way people of many nations 

and cultures flock to the Dalai Lama. 

“The world seemed to have moved from having 

too little information about itself to having 

too much,” he observes, “and what the soul 

cried out for…was something that could put 

the clutter into a larger perspective.” The Dalai 

Lama wins audiences over with “transparent 

sincerity and lack of shadow: just one man 

obviously speaking from the heart, with no apparent 

wish to sell any position or philosophy, 

let alone himself.” 

These natural talents were evident in the 

Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Seattle. More than 

50,000 people filled Qwest Stadium for the capstone 

event of the five-day Seeds of Compassion 

conference. The gala featured a colorful parade 

highlighting more than 200 different cultures 

that live in Washington state, a 1,500-member 

intergenerational choir, drumming and dancing 

ceremonies and a beaming Gov. Chris Gregoire. 

The Dalai Lama spoke to the capacity crowd 

about compassion, nonviolence and dialogue, 

with a special emphasis on the importance of 

passing these qualities on to children. 

It was the Dalai Lama’s first international 

trip since riots have broken out in both Tibet 

and along the global path of the Olympic torch 

as it winds toward China, though he chose 

words 

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Global Journey of 

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to make little reference to the controversies. 

Instead, he engaged with diverse groups of 

people on and offstage throughout the conference, 

including the governor, researchers from 

the University of Washington, musician Dave 

Matthews, local school children, author Ishmael 

Beah, Costco co-founder Jeffrey Brotman, 

and Archbishop Tutu. 

He also made time to meet with a few people 

from the Whatcom area, including members of 

the Lummi Nation, who presented the Dalai 

Lama with traditional gifts including a cedar 

bark hat and a beaded necklace. 

The ultimate outcome of his trip to Seattle 

was rather like the outcome of his visit to Vancouver 

four years earlier: to discuss what he 

considers to be the “universal values” of love, 

dialogue, respect, equanimity, reason, happiness 

and especially compassion. Rather than 

prostelyze about his own Tibetan Buddhist 

faith, or speechify about the fate of Tibet, the 

Dalai Lama barnstorms city after city, country 

after country, reminding us of what we already 

know. 

Iyer describes this particular gift of the Dalai 

Lama’s as helping people “return to the clatter 

and commotion (of their lives) a little differently, 

in part by seeing how they could change 

the world by changing the way they looked at 

the world.” 

“The Dalai Lama liked to talk of ‘human beings,’ 

nearly always preceded by the pronoun 

‘we,’” Iyer says, “but what he was really talking 

about was ‘human becomings,’ and the ways 

each one of us could travel along the open road 

to becoming more compassionate and responsible.” 

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WED., APRIL 23 

SPOKEN WORD: Spoken Word Wednesdays 

happen every week at 8pm at the 

Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Cornwall 

Ave. The event is free. For more info: 

714-0800. 

THURS., APRIL 24 

JARED PAUL: Slam poet Jared Paul gives 

a free reading at 8pm at WWU’s Underground 

Coffeehouse in the Viking Union. 

For more info: 650-3263. 

FRI., APRIL 25 

RICK BAROT: Tacoma poet Rick Barot 

shares his newest collection, Want, at 

7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. For 

more info: 671-2626. 

SAT., APRIL 26 

BURNING WORD: Workshops, readings, 

concerts and more will be part of the 

Burning Word Festival from 9am-7pm at 

Whidbey Island’s Greenbank Farm, 765 E. 

Wonn Rd. Entry is $8-$15. For more info: 

(360) 331-7099 or washingtonpoets.org. 

GREEN PRIMER: Kathleen O’Brien, coauthor 

of The Northwest Green Home Primer, 

talks about sustainable living at 7pm 

at Village Books, 1200 11th St. For more 

info: 671-2626. 

SUN., APRIL 27 

MENDING: Jane Kirkpatrick reads from 

her new tome, A Mending at the Edge, at 

4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. For 

more info: 671-2626. 

MON., APRIL 28 

OPEN MIC: A literary Open Mic starts at 

7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. All 

are welcome. For more info: 671-2626. 

POETRY NIGHT: Sign up to read your 

creations at Poetry Night at 8:30pm every 

Monday at Fantasia Espresso, 1332 

Cornwall Ave. For more info: 715-1634 or 

poetrynight.org. 

TUES., APRIL 29 

KNUTE SKINNER: Former Bellingham 

professor and nationally acclaimed poet 

Knute Skinner returns to town to give a 

reading at 4pm at WWU’s SMATE Building, 

room 150. The event is free. For more 

info: 650-3350. 

COMMUNITY 

THURS., APRIL 24 

CAREER FAIR: Drop by the Spring Career 

Fair from 10am-2pm at WWU’s Mac Gym at 

the Wade King Student Recreation Center. 


HEALTHCARE MEETING: United for National 

Healthcare will hold a meeting at 

7pm at Bellingham’s Laborers Hall, 1700 

N. State St. For more info: 714-8999. 

IRAQ TALK: A panel discussion on “Occupation 

in Iraq” starts at 7pm at WWU’s 

Fraser Hall, room 4. For more info: (206) 

298-0848. 

DRAG BINGO: Help out the Evergreen 

AIDS Foundation by attending Drag Bingo 

from 6:30-10:30pm at Norway Hall, 1419 

N. Forest St. Admission is $20 and includes 

bingo, food and drink vouchers. 



SPRING FLING: A “Spring Fling Fashion 

Show” starts at 7pm at Harley-Davidson 

of Bellingham, 1419 N. State St. The 

event is free. For more info: 671-7575 or 

harleyofbellingham.com. 


FARMERS MARKET: The Bellingham 

Farmers Market is open from 10am-3pm 

every Saturday through December at 

the Depot Market Square, located at the 

corner of Railroad Avenue and Chestnut 

Street. For more info: 647-2060 or bellinghamfarmers.org. 

SAFETY FAIR: The 7th annual Haggen 

Safety Awareness and Community Fair 

happens from 10am-1pm at Barkley Village. 


CAT ED: Attend the Alternative Humane 

Society’s Cat Education Day from 11am- 

4pm at Garden Street United Methodist 

Church, 1326 N. Garden St. For more info: 

alternativehumanesociety.org. 

GRANGE CENTENNIAL #4: An all-ages 

celebration focusing on “Grange Centennial: 

1981, The Fourth Generation: Today 

and Tomorrow” happens from 3-8pm at 

the Rome Grange, 2821 Mt. Baker Hwy. 


LATINO HERITAGE: Mariachi music, 

tango and Panamanian dancing and food 

from Peru, El Salvador, and the Dominican 

Republic will be part of tonight’s “Latino 

Heritage Celebration” at 6pm at WWU’s 

Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Entry is 

$10-$15. For more info: 650-7275. 

RAINBOW PROM: Whatcom Community 

College’s Queer Straight Alliance will 

hold a Rainbow Prom—open to those 16 

and older—at 7pm at the Syre Student 

Center, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. Admission is 

by donation. For more info: 927-0341 or 

wccqsa@gmail.com. 

APRIL 26-27 

DIRTY DAN DAYS: A boat race, chowder 

cook-off, live music, yacht tours, an uphill 

piano race and much more will be 

part of the Dirty Dan Days Festival happening 

from 9am-5pm throughout historic 

Fairhaven. For more info: 739-9625 

or Fairhaven.com. 

EARTH SALES: Celebrate the tenets of 

Earth Day from 9am-4pm by participating 

in the 8th annual Earth Day Garage Sale. 

Look in local newspapers for participants. 


LINUXFEST: The 9th annual LinuxFest 

Northwest happens from 10am-5pm at 

the Bellingham Technical College, 3028 

Lindbergh Ave. Entry is free. For more 

info: linuxfestnorthwest.org. 

MON., APRIL 28 

TRAGEDY, TRIUMPH: Dr. Craig Broyles 

will give a free lecture on “Discerning 

God’s Intervention in Tragedy and Triumph” 

at 7pm at the Mount Baker Studio 

Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. For more 

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WORLD ISSUES: “Post-Genocide Rwanda” 

will be the topic of a free World Issues 

Forum at noon at WWU’s Fairhaven College 

Auditorium. For more info: 650-2309.

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BY AMY KEPFERLE 

Life’s a Beach 

AND THEN YOU CLEAN IT 

get out 

HIKING RUNNING CYCLING 

PLASTIC IS dangerous. If you don’t believe me, ask the 

hapless sea turtles who mistake floating plastic bags for jellyfish—their 

favorite food—or the gray whales who have been 

found dead with bags and sheeting in their stomachs. Query the 

numerous birds, fish and mammals that confuse the alarmingly 

durable substance for sustenance and feed it to their young—or 

die of starvation because what they’ve eaten gives them a false 

sense of fullness. 

In an attempt to lessen the blow from harmful marine debris 

to both animals and humans, the Northwest Straits Chapter of 

the Surfrider Foundation will hook up April 26 at Rialto Beach as 

part of the 9th annual Washington Coast Clean Up. Rain or shine, 

more than 30 groups of volunteers will meet at locations up and 

down the coast to gather beach trash so it can be disposed of 

properly. If you’re looking for a way to combine a weekend road 

trip with community service, form a carpool and make your way 

to the coast. 

At last year’s event, more than 8,000 volunteers removed 25 

tons of debris in an attempt to keep Washington’s ecologically 

sensitive coastline clean. Plastic water bottles, tires, fishing nets 

and other assorted debris were part of that day’s catch, and this 

year’s event promises more of the same. 

Rochelle Parry of the Surfrider Foundation points out that 

most of the debris found on Washington’s 

coastline wasn’t left there by day-trippers 

or folks heading to the beach to watch a 

sunset. She says storm drains discharging 

directly into waterways and trash dumped 

into the ocean by commercial and recreational 

boaters comprise a large part of 

the debris that makes its way to beach. 

According to data compiled from the 

Coast Savers, almost 90 percent of floating 

marine debris is plastic. “Due to its durability, 

buoyancy, and ability to absorb and 

concentrate toxins present in the ocean, 

plastic is especially harmful to marine life,” 

reads an excerpt on the group’s website. 

“Surfrider Foundation’s mission is to 

keep ocean water 

clean and beaches 

publicly accessed,” 

Parry says. “The 

Northwest Straits 

DO IT 

WHAT: Washington 

Coast Clean 

Up with the 

Surfrider Foundation 

WHEN: Sat., April 

26 

WHERE: Rialto 

Beach, near La 

Push 

INFO: (253) 

905-3478, 

WashingtonCoast- 

Cleanup.org, or 

CoastSavers.org 

chapter does water 

quality monitoring at 

local beaches around 

Bellingham. You don’t 

have to be a surfer to 

be involved.” 

Even if you can’t 

make it out to coast 

for this weekend’s 

event, Parry says 

there are ways to 

keep debris in landfills 

instead of in 

our local waterways. 

“You can always help 

out by placing your 

cigarette butts in 

proper receptacles; 

cutting your six-pack plastic before disposing 

it; using less plastic (bring your 

own canvas bags for shopping); disposing 

of motor oil properly; don’t release 

balloons into the air; pick up after your 

pet and leaving a beach cleaner than how 

you found it!” 


TULIP FEST: The 25th annual Skagit 

Valley Tulip Festival is happening 

throughout the month. 

For more info: (360) 428-5969 or 

tulipfestival.org. 

SQUIRES HIKE: Join members 

of the Mount Baker Club for an 

evening hike to Squires Lake. 

Meet at 5:45pm at Sunnyland Elementary 

or at 6pm at the trailhead. 


THURS., 

APRIL 24 

WHITEWATER FILM: American 

Whitewater will hold a fundraiser 

featuring the film Hotel Charley 

3: The Lost World at 7pm at 

Broadway Hall, 1300 Broadway. 

Tickets are $5-$6. For more info: 

bellinghamwhitewater.org. 

FITNESS FORUM: Mary Lindahl 

will lead a free Fitness Forum 

focusing on an “Introduction 

to ChiRunning” at 7:15pm at 

Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th 

St. For more info: 676-4955. 


VOLKSWALK: The NW Tulip Trekkers 

will hold a free Volkswalk 

starting at 10am at Fairhaven 

Runners & Walkers, 1209 11th 

St. For more info: 676-4955 or 

nwtrekkers.org. 


MILES FOR MEMORIES: The 

Alzheimer Society of Washington 

will hold its 9th annual Miles for 

Memories 5K Walk/Run starting 

at 9am at the Fairhaven Village 

Green. Cost is $25 per person, 

$10 per canine. For more info: 

671-3316 or elderserviceproviders.org. 

PLANT SALE #1: Lynden Garden 

Club will host a Plant Sale 

from 8:30am-2pm at the Northwest 

Washington Fairgrounds. 

Info: 354-7659. 

PLANT SALE #2: Bellingham 

Unitarian Fellowship will hold 

its 24th annual Plant & Tree Sale 

from 9am-2pm at its digs at 1708 

I St. For more info: 676-1554. 

PLANT SALE #3: Birchwood 

Garden Club will have its 16th 

annual Plant Sale from 9am- 

12pm at the Bellingham Public 

Library, 210 Central Ave. For 

more info: 384-6250. 

PLANT SALE #4: The Everson 

Garden Club hosts a Plant Sale 

at 9am at Everson Elementary 

School, 216 Everson Goshen Rd. 

For more info: 

WORK PARTY: Join members 

of Nooksack Salmon Enhancement 

Association to pot bare 

root plants and organize the 

native plant nursery at 9am at 

the WWU Environmental Center 

on the corner of Bakerview and 

Hannegan roads. For more info: 

715-0283. 

ANIMAL TRACKING: John 

McLaughlin will lead an outing 

focusing on “Animal Tracking” at 

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10am at Deming’s Homestead Eagle 

Park. Suggested donation is 

$5-$10. For more info: 650-9470 

or whatcomlandtrust.org. 

WILDLIFE ORIENTATION: The 

Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation 

Center will hold a Volunteer 

Orientation at 10am at its headquarters 

at 4671 Mount Baker 

Hwy. For more info: 966-8845. 

APRIL 26-27 

REGATTA: The 9th annual 

Semiahmoo Bay International 

Regatta happens through the 

weekend at the Blaine Marina. 

For more info: 332-6484 or 

iycbc.ca. 

GARDEN ART FAIR: A Garden 

Art Fair occurs from 10am-5pm 

at the Depot Arts Center, 611 

R Ave., Anacortes. Info: anacortesfarmersmarket.org. 

SUN, APRIL 27 

DAN HARRIS CHALLENGE: 

Sign up now for the Dan Harris 

Challenge, a nine-mile rowing 

and paddling race starting at 

10am at Fairhaven’s Taylor Avenue 

Dock and Boulevard Park. 

Cost is $20-$25. For more info: 

danharrischallenge.com. 

BENEFIT: Help out Heifer International 

by taking part in a 

5K Benefit Run/Walk starting 

at 1pm at Lake Padden’s south 

entrance. Suggested minimum 

donation is $10. For more info: 

305-6703. 

PLANT WALK: Mark Turner will 

lead a three-mile “Native Plant 

Tour” starting at 1pm at the 

Stimpson Family Nature Reserve 

on Lake Louise Road. The event 

is free. For more info: 650-9470 

or whatcomlandtrust.org. 

FITNESS FORUM #2: “Deep- 

Water Running: Into the Pool!” 

will be the topic of a Fitness Forum 

at 1pm at the Arne Hanna 

Aquatic Center, 1114 Potter St. 

Cost is $4 for pool entry. For 

more info: 676-4955. 

BIOLOGY WALK: REI staff 

member Nicolin Sky will lead a 

“Biology Walk” at 2pm at the Sehome 

Arboretum. For more info 

and to register: 647-8955. 


PERMACULTURE TALK: Seth 

Williams will give a talk on “Urban 

Permaculture Community: 

Growing a Sustainable Community 

in Our Backyards” at 6pm at 

the Building Performance Center, 

1322 N. State St. For more 

info and to register: 671-5600, 

ext. 7, or kclt.org. 

FAT TIRE 101: Learn more 

about mountain biking in the 

Northwest at a free “Fat Tire 101” 

clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 36th 


TRAIL TALK: Dan Nelson presents 

a slide program on his book, 

Day Hiking Mount Rainier at 7pm 

at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 

For more info: 671-2626.

BY LYNN ROSEN 

Regina 

UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN 

stage 

THEATER DANCE PROFILES 

”Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes.” 

—SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 

THE HOUSE lights dim. The orchestra begins. Curtains 

open on a black scrim. MGM-like Hollywood title 

and credits flash. The scrim rises to reveal a 1900-era 

sumptuous Southern plantation. Black servants break 

into spiritual, then gospel, then jazz, then ragtime 

cakewalk. A Dixieland band on stage? Spoken dialogue? 

Dancing? We’re at the opera, right? 

Part traditional opera-with-arias, part Broadway, 

part Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, part Stephen 

Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George, part Kurt 

Weil’s Threepenny Opera, part Harlem blues, part Southern 

black gospel, part jazz alley, even a touch of Hollywood—composer 

Marc Blitzstein has gathered a multitude 

of American musical idioms together in one piece 

to showcase the rich depth and breadth of these musical 

traditions in America. The result is Regina. It is unlike 

anything you’ve ever seen. 

Based on Lillian Hellman’s play The Little Foxes, which 

opened in 1939 on Broadway starring Tallulah Bankhead, 

this operatic adaptation stays true to the original text 

and storyline of a Southern family’s greed for wealth and 

power and their evil means of achieving both. Many will 

remember Bette Davis’ role as Regina in the 1941 Oscarnominated 

film. 

Regina Giddons, the beautiful, ruthless wife of a banker 

and sister of two conniving brothers, is commandingly 

sung by mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber. In an extremely 

demanding role, Barber as easily delivers her acid dialogue 

as her high C and low G. 

Brothers Ben, played with an ironic, humorous twist 

by baritone Doug MacNaughton, 

and Oscar the bully, sung by 

baritone Gregory Dahl, seamlessly 

switch from opera to the 

spoken word. Oscar’s son, Leo, 

tenor Lawrence Wiliford, provides 

delightful comic relief at 

the beginning of Act II with his 

ditty about what a pity it is he’s 

ATTEND 

WHAT: Pacific Opera 

Victoria’s production 

of Regina by Marc 

Blitzstein 

WHEN: 8pm, April 24 

and 26 

WHERE: Royal Theatre, 

805 Broughton St., 

Victoria B.C. 

COST: $25-$100 

INFO: (205) 386-6121 

or rmts.bc.ca 

not in the city where a boy like 

him belongs. 

Hands down, the two sopranos, 

Kathleen Brett singing Birdie and 

Robyn Driedger-Klassen, her niece 

Alexandra, highlight the production 

with their beautiful voices, 

clear characterizations and intuitively 

interpreted performances. 

Alexandra serves as the moral 

standard, opposes her grasping, 

toxic family and leaves. 

Even in the face of such overwhelming 

greed, Blitzstein offers hope with the rousing, 

closing lyric, “Is a new day a-coming? Certainly, Lord.” 

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APRIL 23-26 

DOG SEES GOD: See what 

happened to Charlie Brown 

and his friends after they 

grew up a bit when Dog Sees 

God: Confessions of a Teenage 

Blockhead shows at 7:30pm 

at WWU’s Underground Theatre 

in the Performing Arts 

Center. Tickets are $7-$9. 


APRIL 23-27 

TRIBUTE TO ELLA: Broadway 

veteran Freda Payne 

channels the “First Lady of 

Song” when she performs A 

Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald at 

7:30pm Wed.-Thurs., 6pm 

Fri.-Sat., and 7:30pm Sun. 

at the Mount Baker Studio 

Theatre, 104 N. Commercial 

St. Tickets are $49. For more 

info: 734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. 

THURS., 

APRIL 24 

GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch 

“The Good, the Bad and the 

Ugly” at 8pm at the Upfront 

Theatre, 1208 Bay St. 

At 10pm, stick around for 

the “Project”—which tonight 

features sketch comedy. 

Cost is $5 for the early 

show, $3 for the late show. 


theupfront.com. 

APRIL 24-26 

VIRTUAL SOLITAIRE: 

Seattle playwright and 

performer Dawson Nichols 

performs his acclaimed oneman 

show about a man who 

gets lost in cyberspace, Virtual 

Solitaire, at 8pm at the 

iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall 

Ave. Tickets are $10. 


idiomtheater.com. 

APRIL 24-28 

FOREVER PLAID: The musically 

enhanced play, Forever 

Plaid, shows at 7:30pm Thurs., 

8pm Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. 

at the Anacortes Community 

Theatre. Additional showings 

happen through May 3. Tickets 

are $16. For more info: 

(360) 293-6829 or acttheatre.com. 

APRIL 25-26 

THEATRESPORTS FINALS: 

The final weekend of a Theatresports 

championship 

happens at 7:30pm and 

9:30pm at the Upfront Theatre, 

1208 Bay St. On Saturday 

night, the champs will go 

up against a team of secret, 

out-of-town guests. Tickets 

are $8-$10. For more info: 

733-8855 or theupfront.com. 

ROBINSON CRUSOE: The 

Missoula Children’s Theatre 

presents The Amazing Adventures 

of Robinson Crusoe 

at 7pm Fri. and 2pm Sat. at 

the Assumption Gymnasium, 

2116 Cornwall Ave. Tickets 

are $5-$7. For more info: 

733-6133. 

APRIL 25-27 

ALICE, WONDERLAND: See 

a musical version of Lewis 

Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland 

at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. and 

2pm Sun. at Mount Vernon’s 

McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College 

Way. Additional showings 

happen through May 

4. Tickets are $17-$36. For 

more info: (866) 624-6897 or 

mcintyrehall.org. 

APRIL 26-27 

AUDITIONS: Shakespeare 

Northwest will hold auditions 

for its upcoming season 

from 3-6pm Sat. and 

11am-3pm Sun. at the Skagit 

Valley College’s Phillip 

Tarro Theatre. For more info 

and to set up an audition: 

(360) 770-7748. 

TUES., 

APRIL 29 

WEST FEST: Song, dance, 

poetry and more will be 

highlighted at the West Fest 

2008 at 7pm at WWU’s Performing 

Arts Center Concert 

Hall.Entry is $3-$7. For more 

info: 650-7271. 

WED., 

APRIL 30 

POLYANNA: See an optimistic 

orphan come to life when 

Polyanna opens tonight at 

7:30pm at Lynden’s Claire vg 

Thomas Theatre, 655 Front 

St. Tickets are $11-$13 and 

additional showings happen 

through May 18. For 

more info: 354-4425 or 

clairevgtheatre.org. 

DANCE 

APRIL 25-26 

LIVE FROM CRAZY: Watch 

one woman’s mental breakdown—from 

joyful to suicidal 

and back again—when 

Reporting Live From Crazy 

combines dance and theater 

at 7:30pm at the Firehouse 

Performing Arts Center, 1314 

Harris Ave. Additional showings 

happen May 2-4. Tickets 

are $13. For more info: 

961-2087 or firehouseperformingartscenter.com. 

SAT., 

APRIL 26 

DANCING FEET: A free performance 

dubbed “Dancing 

Feet to a Latin Beat” happens 

at 7pm at the Nancy 

Whyte School of Ballet, 

1412 Cornwall Ave. For more 

info: 734-9141 or nancywhyteballet.com. 


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BY AMY KEPFERLE 

Home and Away 

THE LIFE AND WORK OF 

JOHN KOENIG 

“Life every day should be an adventure, a creation, 

no matter where you are.” 

—JOHN FRANKLIN KOENIG 

TIMING IS everything, and acclaimed artist John 

Franklin Koenig fully planned on being front and center 

when “Northwest Master, Home and Away,” an exhibit spanning 

his life and expansive body of work, opened last March 

at the Whatcom Museum of History & Art. 

Although he was in failing health, Koenig’s death on 

Jan. 22 at the age of 84 was 

unexpected, and instead of being 

a celebration of his art, the 

opening reception morphed into 

a commemoration of his life. 

But exhibit curator Kathleen 

Moles, who had the chance to 

meet with Koenig in the course of 

putting the exhibit together, says 

the two are one and the same. 

“We couldn’t tell the story of 

his work without telling the story 

of his life, because his work was a 

direct reflection of how he lived 

his life,” Moles explains. 

One of the major themes Moles 

says arose during the putting 

together of the exhibit was that 

it was possible to trace Koenig’s 

artistic arcs to the story of how 

he lived. Born in Seattle in 1924, 

Koenig spent a large part of his 

life in France (his first foray there was during World War II). 

In later years, he told those who asked that he’d traveled 

visual 

GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES 

SEE IT 

WHAT: John Franklin 

Koenig: Northwest 

Master, Home and 

Away 

WHEN: Through 

Aug. 24 

WHERE: Whatcom 

Museum, 121 Prospect 

St. 

COST: Admission is 

by donation 

INFO: 778-8930 or 

whatcommuseum.org 

“Vecteur de Nancray,” 2000, mixed media on canvas 

the world seven times. 

He was best known for his large-scale abstract paintings, 

but Koenig didn’t like to be tied down to any particular 

medium. When his reputation as a collage artist started 

gaining momentum, he was quick to move on to something 

else—whether it was photographs, glass, sculpture, intaglio 

prints, raku or tapestries. 

“He became known for collage early on, but didn’t want 

to be forever linked to that,” Moles says. “He started painting 

more, but he always kept that collage aesthetic…even 

his paintings look ripped.” 

After 1960, travels to Japan, China, and Africa—among 

other far-flung locales—further influenced his art, and with 

“Home and Away” being divided mostly chronologically, it’s 

possible to witness his growth and discovery as an artist. 

“Everything was a form of art to him—whatever he did,” 

Moles says. “Even music and dance informed him.” 

In his later years, Koenig came back to Seattle to live full 

time. One of the fascinating things you’ll see at “Northwest 

Master, Home and Away” is a recreation of his final studio, 

complete with hundreds of paintbrushes of different sizes, 

scraps of paper, pigments in herring fillet jars, squeezed 

tubes, rulers and personal photographs and notes. It’s a little 

spooky—although there’s nobody there, it looks like Koenig 

could come in at any moment and pick up where he left off. 

Above all, “Home and Away” is a fascinating look at one 

man’s lifelong mission to immerse himself in art. “We felt 

like he had never really been given his dues in his homeland,” 

Moles says. “I’m excited to finally be showing the 

fullest portrait of his work and his life.” 

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EVENTS 

WED, APRIL 23 

MAYOR’S ARTS AWARDS: The 29th annual 

Mayor’s Arts Awards will include a public 

celebration honoring this year’s winners at 

6:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect 

St. Winners include the Dream Science 

Circus, John Goodman, the Cody Rivers Show, 

Lucia Douglas Gallery, Ben Mann, and many 

others. The event is free. For more info: 

778-8930. 


CAREER DAY: High school students can 

come face to face with artists, educators and 

arts professionals as part of “Art Career Day” 

today at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect 



ART BOOTH: Get ready for the upcoming Procession 

of the Species by stopping by an Art 

Booth every Saturday in April from 10am-3pm 

at the Bellingham Farmers Market at the Depot 

Market Square. For more info: bpots.org. 

GROUP SHOW: A “Group Show” featuring 

more than 30 local and regional artists can 

be seen beginning today at the Lucia Douglas 

Gallery, 1415 13th St. The exhibit will be 

on display through May 10. For more info: 

733-5361 or luciadouglas.com. 


BIENNIAL BYE-BYE: If you haven’t yet 

seen “Photography Biennial: Nine to Watch 

from the Pacific Northwest,” currently at the 

Whatcom Museum’s ARCO Exhibits Building, 

206 Prospect St., you should know today is 

your last chance to do so. For more info: 

778-8961. 

ONGOING EXHIBITS 

ALLIED ARTS: “Innovative Fiber Arts,” a 

two-woman show featuring works by Peggy 

Kondo and Margie Thierry, shows through 

April 23 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. 

For more info: 676-8548 or alliedarts.org. 

AVELLINO: View abstract artwork from Bellingham 

artist Kellie Becker through April 27 

at Avellino, 1329 Railroad Ave. For more info: 

441-2321. 

BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The 

museum is open to the public from noon-5pm 

Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. 


BLUE HORSE: Gallery artists will be on 

display through June 7 at the Blue Horse 

Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. New artists include 

Laurie Potter, Trish Harding, Nicole Sharpe, 

and Michael Heath. For more info: 671-2305. 

COLOPHON: See art deco pieces by MimoK 

through April at the Colophon Café, 1208 

11th St. For more info: 647-0092. 

GOOD EARTH: Works by Eugene and Ene 

Lewis will be featured through April at Good 

Earth Pottery, 100 Harris St. For more info: 

671-3998 or goodearthpots.com. 

HISTORICAL MUSEUM: View “Lost Cities of 

Skagit: Rediscovering Places of Our Past” 

through Nov. 2 at La Conner’s Skagit County 

Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. For more 

info: (360) 466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/ 

museum. 

INSIGHTS: Alfred Currier’s “Skagit Legacy” 

paintings show through April 30 at the Insights 

Gallery, 514 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 

For more info: insightsgallery.com. 

LYNDEN LIBRARY: A non-juried exhibition

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Ed Kamuda’s “Spring” oil painting can be 

seen as part of a “Gallery Artists” show 

opening April 26 at the Lucia Douglas Gallery. 

More than 30 Northwest artists will be 

represented at the exhibit. 

of works by local artists and photographers 

celebrating the upcoming Lynden Holland 

Days Festival is on display at the Lynden 

Library, 216 4th St. A “Meet the Artists” 

reception happens May 1. For more info: 

354-5995. 

MINDPORT: Cary Lane’s mixed-media exhibit, 

“The Sheepcarder and the Small, Stolen 

Sky,” shows through April 30 at Mindport 

Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. For more 

info: 647-5614 or mindport.org. 

MONA: View “East and West,” a major retrospective 

of the late artist Paul Horiuchi, 

through June 15 at La Conner’s Museum of 

Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. For more info: 

(360) 466-4446 or museumofnwart.org. 

PAPERDOLL: See an exhibit of works by 

Bellingham artist Steeb Russell through the 

month at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th St. For 

more info: 738-DOLL or steebrussell.com. 

PICKLE BARN: “Art in a Pickle Barn” will 

show from 10am-6pm daily through April 27 

as part of the Skagit Tulip Festival. For more 

info: (360) 428-8576 or skagitart.org. 

QUILT MUSEUM: “Barns & Botanicals” 

and pieces from “MetroTextual: Manhattan 

Quilters Guild” are on display through 

May 11 at La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 

703 S. 2nd St. For more info: (360) 

466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com. 

SEASIDE GALLERY: “Tulip Mania” runs 

through May 15 at La Conner’s Seaside Gallery, 

112 Morris St. For more info: laconnerseasidegallery.com. 

SMITH/VALLEE: Works by Northwest artist 

R. Allen Jensen can be seen through 

April 27 at Edison’s Smith/Vallee Gallery, 

5742 Gilkey Ave. For more info: (360) 

305-4892 or smithvalleegallery.com. 

WESTERN GALLERY: View “Field Notes: 

Photographs by Dianne Kornberg” through 

May 31 at the Western Gallery on the WWU 

campus. For more info: 650-3963. 

WORLD CUP: View a variety of works from 

Squalicum High School students through 

April at World Cup Coffeehouse, 2118 

James St. For more info: 733-5615. 

WHATCOM MUSEUM: “John Franklin Koenig: 

Northwest Master, Home and Away,” “Love, 

Murder, Magic,” “Photography Biennial,” 

and “The Melville Jacobs Legacy” are currently 

on display at the Whatcom Museum, 

121 Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981 or 

whatcommuseum.org. 

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BY IAN CHANT 

Devotchka 

VIDDY WELL, BROTHERS AND SISTERS 

FROM COMPOSING award-nominated movie soundtracks 

to a critically acclaimed EP consisting mostly of covers, 

the terrain Devotchka treads in life is much the same as what 

they cover musically: eclectic, varied and more than a little 

bit strange. In other words, just about what you’d expect from 

a band that got their name from A Clockwork Orange and their 

start playing backup music for burlesque shows. 

Like a good horror movie, much of Devotchka’s sound hearkens 

back to the Romanian countryside, informed by the traditional 

gypsy and folk tunes of Eastern Europe. But each 

member of this Denver-based four piece brings their own 

unique musical sensibilities and leanings to bear on the 

whole of the band. From Frank Sinatra, rock ‘n’ roll and Italian 

wedding music to mariachi, Dixieland jazz and Celtic folk 

music, everyone lays a variety of musical chips on the table 

during the songwriting process. 

“Tom [Hagerman, on violin and accordion] is a classically 

trained violinist and composer, but also played in a goth band 

in college,” says Jeanie Schroder, who holds down brass and 

bass duties for the quartet. “We all find ourselves drawn to 

gypsy, tango, mariachi, Balkan, and Eastern European music. 

†We’re never really sure which style is going to come out when 

we begin working on a song.” 

This musical version of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle 

has yet to steer the band wrong. Following their critically 

acclaimed 2004 album How It Ends , Devotchka went on to 

record the six-song EP Curse Your Little Heart in 2006. Though 

music 

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DEVOTCHKA 

the title track is from an earlier, hard-to-find 

Devotchka album, the rest of the material features 

the band’s reinterpretations of songs from 

traditional folk tunes to Frank Sinatra’s “Somethin’ 

Stupid,” and is highlighted by an absolutely 

mind-blowing cover of Siouxsie and the 

Banshees’ “The Last Beat of My Heart.” They 

also expanded onto the silver screen, netting a 

Grammy nomination for the dark-but-sweet, polka-flavored 

soundtrack for the dark-but-sweet 

2006 film Little Miss Sunshine . 

More recently, though, Devotchka has returned to 

the studio to release their first full-length album 

since 2004, A Mad & Faithful Telling . 

“ A Mad & Faithful Telling showcases Tom’s string 

arranging on many of the songs.†I would say it 

has grown out of†both How it Ends and Curse Your 

Little Heart ,” Schroder says. 

“We did more of writing in 

the studio than we have ever 

done before and also had the 

opportunity to include more 

guests.” 

But while the studio is all 

well and good, the stage is 

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WHO: Devotchka, 

Basia Bulat 

WHEN: Thurs., 

May 1 

WHERE: Wild 

Buffalo, 208 W. 

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the only place to get the full 

Devotchka experience, which 

includes a feature or two that 

recalling their more tawdry 

and sordid burlesque days. 

“We love to include the 

burlesque girls,” Schroder 

says. “In fact, we†have one 

of them with us on this tour— 

the Amazing Alexandra—she 

will be performing an aerial 

tissue act to our music.” 

Their road act will continue through the summer 

as they begin cruising through the European festival 

circuit, including a stop in Moscow the band 

couldn’t be more excited about. But for those of 

you who might not make it to Europe and need 

your fix right now, you can see them Thurs., May 1 

at the Wild Buffalo. 

Rumor Has It 

DID YOU KNOW that under Bellingham’s current 

noise ordinance, a person can go to jail for being 

too noisy? And I’m not talking about serving a day 

or two—a habitual noise offender can receive as 

many as 90 days in jail. 

This was just one of the many eye-opening 

things I learned at B’DAMN’s recent public forum 

dealing with proposed revisions to the city’s noise 

ordinance. Probably the main lesson I took from 

the forum is that, given the sheer amount of hard 

work B’DAMN has put into this issue, not to mention 

a turnout for the meeting that numbered 

80-plus people and included everyone from local 

musicians to members of city council, noise, and 

the regulation thereof, is something this community 

cares deeply about. 

As it currently exists, the noise ordinance allows 

anyone, anywhere, at anytime to call in a noise 

complaint, and whether or not the noisemaker 

is cited requires a judgment call on 

the part of the officer who checks 

out the complaint. Such 

subjectivity in the 

law has made for a 

situation in which 

one or two noiseaverse 

folks have 

been responsible for 

the vast majority of 

complaints in the 

downtown core, 

thus effectively stifling 

nightlife for 

BY CAREY ROSS 

the masses. Thus, the 

will of one creates an unwanted outcome for many. 

However, B’DAMN thinks they have found a better 

way. The group has come up with a proposal 

that consists of a mix of specific decibel levels for 

acceptable noise, as well as quiet hours, for both 

the downtown core and residential neighborhoods. 

The other proposed changes have to do with lowering 

the fines for noise citations—not to mention 

eliminating the threat of jail. And a four-year review 

would also be implemented, so the ordinance can 

grow with the city. 

While community members who spoke at the 

meeting seemed to largely agree with the components 

of the proposal, many expressed wariness 

that the very objectivity the new ordinance 

seeks to define could somehow become a trap of 

our own making. In other words, while we think 

we may be building bridges, what we’re really doing 

is gilding the bars of our own cage. 

It’s certainly a point worth considering. However, 

so much of the meaning of any law is in its application, 

and, in this case, it seems attitudes—on 

the part of the police department, bar owners and 

downtown residents—need to change at least as 

badly as the existing ordinance requires revision. 

When wielded as a weapon, any law can be used as 

a means of punishment rather than a measure of 

protection. A new noise ordinance is just the first 

step. However, building and maintaining a peaceful 

community isn’t really about legally mandated 

decibel levels or quiet hours, and any claims to the 

contrary are really just so much noise.

BY LANE KOIVU 

he’s since moved on we pretty much 

share his vision, though it’s expanded to 

include more national and international 

artists. 

CW: What made you think Bellingham needed 

such a festival? What did you feel was 

(and is) lacking in the local music scene? 

BH: Well, there’s no proper venue for a sustained 

series of experimental (for lack of 

a better term) shows; music and art that 

would probably appeal to at least enough 

people to forge some kind of small scene 

of enthusiasts, despite being somewhat 

more challenging or off the beaten path 

from what most folks expect. I also think 

it’s important to help spread music and 

art that’s not well known, as popularity 

has little to do with value. I have an 

opportunity to do that at Western, but 

that’s not enough. 

CW: How would you define “electronic” mumusicPREVIEW 

Where’s the BEAF? 

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE 

INNOVATION IS almost always 

an accident. When Thomas Edison developed 

the phonograph in 1877—a device 

that recorded sound onto a piece of tinfoil 

wrapped around a grooved cylinder— 

he unknowingly opened the floodgates for 

modern music, allowing artists to record, 

duplicate and distribute their performances 

to a mass audience. Much like the printing 

press spread the reading of the gospel, 

the recording of music allowed artists to 

be heard on a much broader scale, in places 

they themselves have never been, and long 

after they were dead and gone. 

More importantly, 

the recording 

studio completely 

redefined the nature 

of composition 

itself. Technological 

innovations— 

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the Theremin to Electronic Arts 

synthesizers to Festival feat. Idiot 

GarageBand—have Pilot, the Blow, 

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like, and how it’s 

made. It should be no surprise the Bellingham 

Electronic Arts Festival (BEAF) 

will only push the envelope further, with a 

multitude of performers and speakers waxing 

poetic on the various wonders of making 

music out of electricity. 

Spread over four days and featuring 

more than 40 local, regional and international 

artists, BEAF will be all but unavoidable 

this week. Starting Wed., April 

23 with performances by the Nextdoor 

Neighbors and Feathers at the Underground 

Coffeehouse, BEAF will continue 

through the weekend, with notable appearances 

by the Blow (Fri., April 25 at 

WWU’s Viking Union), local favorites Idiot 

Pilot (Thurs., April 24 at the Old Foundry), 

and a whole slew of others, playing 

everything from electropop to sound art 

to ambient noise. There will also be various 

lectures at WWU, Pickford Cinema, 

and the Museum of Radio and Electricity, 

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and various art installments on display 

throughout the week at Mindport and the 

Viking Union Arts Gallery. In other words, 

get a schedule and plan accordingly. 

I talked with festival co-organizer and 

Bruce Hamilton, who also doubles as the 

Associate Professor of Music at WWU. Aside 

from organizing BEAF, Bruce will also be 

performing in the Electro Groove Garden at 

the Majestic on Saturday night. 

CW: How did BEAF materialize? What were 

you initially hoping to accomplish? 

BH: Nicholas Brittain Shaber thought electronic 

music (in general) was under-represented 

in Bellingham and held the first 

BEAF in July 2004 to showcase regional 

talent. The one-day marathon show at 

the Pickford Dream Space spanned electropop, 

various types of experimental 

music and improvisations, along with VJs 

and sound art installations. Later, Nicholas 

got more people on board and though 

—BRUCE HAMILTON 

BEAF, CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 

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APPALACHIAN ACTION: Appalachian 

musicians Kate Long and 

Robin Kessinger will perform at 

7:30pm at the Roeder Home, 2600 

Sunset Dr. Suggested donation is 

$8-$12. For more info: 671-3480. 


FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER: The 

Bellingham Festival of Music will 

hold its “Celebrate the Night” 

auction starting at 5:30pm at the 

Bellingham Golf & Country Club, 

3729 Meridian St. Tickets are $75. 

For more info: 739-0264 or bellinghamfestival.org. 

CHOIR CONCERT: The Multnomah 

Bible College Choir Concert 

performs at 7pm at Bellingham’s 

Immanuel Bible Church, 2000 W. 

North St. The event is free. For 

more info: 733-0672. 

SOLO CELLO: Joshua Roman, 

principal cellist for the Seattle 

Symphony, will give a free concert 

at 8pm at WWU’s Performing 

Arts Center Concert Hall. For more 

info: 650-3130. 


CHORALE FUNDRAISER: The 

Bellingham Chamber Chorale presents 

its annual fundraiser, “BCC 

and Friends: A Showcase of Talent,” 

at 7pm at the Bellingham 

Golf & Country Club, 3729 Meridian 

St. Tickets are $60. For more 

info: 738-9399. 

LEO KOTTKE: Guitarist, composer, 

singer and all-around good guy 

Leo Kottke returns to town for an 

8pm performance at WWU’s Performing 

Arts Center Concert Hall. 

Tickets are $32. For more info: 

650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu. 


BASSOON CONCERT: Martin 

Kuuskmann will give a concert 

featuring the bassoon at 3pm at 

the First Congregational Church, 

2401 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are 

$10; proceeds benefit the Interfaith 

Coalition. For more info: 

734-3983. 

BENEFIT SHOW: Michael Costello 

and other local musicians will play 

traditional Irish and folk music at 

a Benefit Concert for Wellspring 

High School from 3-7pm at Uisce’s 

Pub, 1319 Cornwall Ave. Suggested 

donation is $10. For more info: 

671-5433. 

ART OF JAZZ: Portland’s David 

Friesen Trio will perform at 

an Art of Jazz concert at 4pm at 

the American Museum of Radio & 

Electricity, 1312 Bay St. Tickets 

are $12. For more info: 650-1066 

or jazproject.org. 


SPRING WHIMSY: Local musicians 

will perform chamber tunes 

at a free “Musical Spring Whimsy” 

concert at 12:30pm at the Whatcom 

Museum, 121 Prospect St. For 

more info: 779-8930. 


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THURSDAY 

04.25.08 

FRIDAY 

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Boundary Bay Phil Sotile & Phil Emerson 10 Killing Hands, Counselor 

Commodore 

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Common 

Ground Coffeehouse 

Department of 

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Hardstock '08 

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Island, Aurora 

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Acoustic Tavern 

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John Muther, I Love You 

Avalanche 

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deerseekingheadlights John Muther Jon Itkin The Dandilion Greens 

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Pilot, Obelus 

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The Braille Tapes, Born 

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Felix Sonnyboy and the 

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REVIEWED BY AMY BIANCOLLI 

IT’S EASY to see why The Counterfeiters 

won this year’s Oscar for best 

foreign language film: Sensitively acted, 

crisply directed and written with 

not an ounce of sentimentality, it tells 

of Jews who survived the Holocaust on 

wit and the whim of fate. 

But this isn’t Schindler’s List ; it’s the 

flip side of the same accounting sheet, 

scratched with messier handwriting. 

The Counterfeiters portrays its concentration-camp 

survivors as pragmatists 

who ate well, slept on soft mattresses 

and played table tennis while the unlucky 

masses were marched and shot 

and starved and gassed scant yards 

away. 

But the Holocaust is more than just 

one story. It is six million separate 

tales, even more if we’re including those 

who lived, and the narrative of history 

has room for every single one of them. 

A movie that bears witness to the full, 

flawed humanity of Holocaust survivors 

has its place, even when their behavior 

is less than perfect. Even when the protagonist’s 

a criminal. 

Salomon “Sally’’ Sorowitsch (Karl 

Markovics) makes a splendid and pithy 

anti-hero—a slumping opportunist with 

an unsurpassed gift for counterfeiting. 

We meet him in Monte Carlo just after 

the war has ended, so we know he 

survives. We also know he walked off 

with a suitcase full of cash, which he 

splurges at the gaming tables and on a 

swell brunette who discovers the serial 

number on his forearm. 

Flash back to 1936 Berlin: Sally, “the 

king of counterfeiters,’’ gets nabbed in a 

raid led by the smug Nazi Herzog (Devid 

Striesow) and lands in Auschwitz with 

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a green triangle denoting a “habitual 

criminal.’’ 

Ever the opportunist, he curries favor 

by drawing portraits for preening Nazi 

officers until the day he’s shipped to 

another camp, Sachsenshausen, where 

he’s shuttled into a special barracks 

that houses a covert Nazi counterfeiting 

scheme codenamed Bernhard. 

Run by the very Herzog who pinched 

Sally in Berlin, Operation Bernhard offers 

something close to living for the Jewish 

printers, graphic artists, bankers and 

photographers busy cranking out fake 

documents for the Third Reich. It’s Sally’s 

job, as an expert in forged currency, 

to oversee the design and production of 

ersatz English pound notes and American 

dollars for the Nazi war effort. And 

so the knotty, toughened realist sets to 

work, doing what he must to fill his own 

belly without betraying his fellows: Adolf 

Burger (August Diehl) the communist 

typographer, Kolya Karloff (Sebastian 

Urzendowsky) the dreamy Russian youth. 

“One adapts or dies,’’ he says simply, but 

this isn’t the law of the jungle. It’s the 

law of the jailed. 

Directing from his own adaptation 

of Burger’s memoir ( The Devil’s Workshop 

), Stefan Ruzowitzky paces the 

action swiftly—with a few jangles 

of handheld realism—and invests it 

with small juxtapositions that ping 

with meaning. And we can’t see them, 

but from within “the golden cage’’ of 

Operation Bernhard we can hear the 

dull tattoo of prisoners outside being 

forced to run until they drop—a 

“shoe-testing squad.’’ Look sharp, and 

you’ll find a brilliant shine on Sally’s. 

Is this the last word on the Holocaust? 

No. But nothing is. And nothing 

ever should be. 

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REVIEWED BY ERIK DAVIS 

Harold 

and Kumar 

FROM WHITE CASTLE 

TO GITMO 

“IS IT as good as the first one?” 

That’s the question I’ve been asked 

most since watching Harold and Kumar 

Escape from Guantanamo Bay . 

Short answer: Yes and no. The sequel 

to 2004’s surprising hit Harold 

and Kumar Go to White Castle comes 

across just how you’d expect it to: 

raunchy, wild, disgusting and completely 

absurd. This isn’t—and has 

never been—a real-life comedy (all 

that went out the window when 

the boys rode a cheetah in the first 

installment); it’s a fantasy/comedy, 

the kind you’d dream up while 

stoned out of your mind on a Saturday 

night. I tend to think that’s how 

writer-directors Jon Hurwitz and 

Hayden Schlossberg came up with 

this idea in the first place. 

The Harold and Kumar films are all 

about three things: drugs, sex and 

racial differences. And, as in any sequel, 

the ante is upped considerably. 

Instead of traveling across the state 

of New Jersey, Harold (John Cho) and 

Kumar (Kal Penn) are now traveling 

across the United States. The stakes 

are also higher; this time, the boys 

are mistaken for terrorists while on 

a plane heading for Amsterdam after 

Kumar rigs up a high-tech bong that 

is mistaken for a bomb. They end up 

at Guantanamo Bay, where the first 

ridiculous homosexual joke plays 

itself out and the boys manage to 

escape. But where will they go and 

how will they clear their name? And, 

most importantly, do we care? 

Probably not. This isn’t the type of 

film that tugs at your heartstrings; 

more like the kind that appeals to 

the tiny stoner inside all of us. The 

boys realize they need to get to 

Texas where Colton (Eric Winter) is 

about to marry Kumar’s old flame 

Vanessa (Danneel Harris)—not to 

stop the wedding, mind you, but to 

ask Colton (who has tons of political 

connections) to help get them 

out of this mess. Of course, Kumar 

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may miss his ex-girlfriend and Colton 

may not be all you think he is, 

but as with the first film, it’s not 

really about the paint-by-numbers 

story—it’s about their adventure, 

it’s about the ridiculous characters 

they meet along the way and it’s 

about a solid friendship that not 

even a mushroom-eating, whorehouse-visiting 

Neil Patrick Harris 

can break up. 

Standing in the way of the duo’s 

success is head of Homeland Security 

Ron Fox (Rob Corddry), who’s 

probably the most moronic character 

we’ve seen in quite some time. 

Yes, it’s obvious this is all a big 

misunderstanding (to us and most 

of the characters), but somehow 

Fox is allowed to chase these two 

from state to state—from one racist 

joke to the next—in an effort 

to thwart those wild terrorists. The 

racial humor is present in almost 

every scene—this time around 

they target everyone from the Klu 

Klux Klan to blacks to Mexicans to 

Koreans to Indians to Jews. 

Missing from Harold and Kumar 2 , 

unfortunately, is the ability to relate. 

Fans had a heckuva fun time 

with the first film because they 

could relate to having the munchies 

late at night, and wanting to 

satisfy that craving by taking a 

simple car ride to the local White 

Castle. Here, it’s hard to relate to 

two guys who are mistaken for terrorists 

and locked up in Cuba. But 

those fans who simply want an hour 

and a half of classic Harold and Kumar 

toilet humor will be rewarded 

big time—just don’t expect to walk 

away craving more.

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BEAF, FROM PAGE 21 

BY CAREY ROSS 

FILM 

SHORTS 

Baby Mama: You’d think with all the 

comedic skill and experience Tina Fey 

and Amy Poehler have between them, 

they could somehow fashion a movie 

that isn’t quite as stupid as this one obviously 

is. But the same could be said 

for Saturday Night Live as well. ★ 

1 hr. 36 min.) 

Bellis Fair Call 676-9990 for showtimes. 

The Counterfeiters: See review previous 

page. ★★★★★ 

Pickford 4:20 | 6:40 

Deception: An accountant is introduced 

to a mysterious sex club known as 

the List by his lawyer friend. But in this 

new world, he soon becomes the prime 

suspect in a woman’s disappearance and 

a multi-million dollar heist. ★★ 

 

Sunset Square 12:00 | 2:25 | 5:00 | 7:30 

| 10:05 

Drillbit Taylor: When a group of kids finds 

itself persecuted by the school bully, they 

call upon the talents of Owen Wilson—a 

soldier of fortune who isn’t all he seems 

to be. ★ 


Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!: Dr. 

Seuss finally gets the animated treatment 

he so richly deserves with this 

classic starring characters voiced by Jim 

Carrey and Steven Carell. ★★★★ 

 


88 Minutes: This film—which should’ve 

just skipped the theaters entirely and 

gone straight to video—has a running 

time of one hour and 46 minutes. If Al 

 

 

minutes? ★ 

Sehome Call 676-9990 for showtimes. 

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed: 

Ben Stein uses his mighty mind to attempt 

to disprove evolution—or at the 

very least to point out that it is theory, 

not scientific law—and unsuccessfully 

tries to make a case for teachers who 

preach the gospel of intelligent design. 

★ 

Sunset Square 12:15 | 2:35 | 4:55 | 7:15 

| 9:35 

The Favor: An unmarried photographer 

living in New Jersey receives a phone 

call from a woman who broke his heart 

25 years ago. A week later, he has loved 

her and lost her all over again, and her 

troubled teenage son is living with him. 

★★★★ 

Pickford Sat. & Sun. @ 1:40 

The Forbidden Kingdom: All I know 

about this movie is that it stars both 

martial arts masters, Jet Li and Jackie 

Chan, and has something to do with a 

monkey king. Sold. ★★★ 

53 min.) 


Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Jud Apatow, 

who, with his mix of lewd humor 

and endearing humanity, has become 

Hollywood’s most surprisingly bankable 

comedic force. Here, he scores another 

hit in this story of a sad sack who takes 

off to a tropical locale to get over his 

girlfriend, the titular Sarah Marshall. 

★★★★ 


Harold and Kumar Escape from 

Guantanamo Bay: See review previous 

page. ★ 


Leatherheads: George Clooney does 

double duty—both in front of the camera 

and behind—in this screwball farce 

about the world of football when the 

helmets were leather and the fields were 

made of mud. ★★★ 

min.) 

Sunset Square 1:15 | 3:55 | 7:00 | 9:55 

Nim’s Island: Abigail Breslin ( Little 

Miss Sunshine ) stars as a mini adventuress 

who, with the help of her scientist 

father (Gerard Butler) and a famous but 

reclusive author (Jodie Foster), must 

save the tropical island she calls home. 

★★★ 


Noisefold: Part of the Bellingham 

Electronic Arts Festival, this is the work 

of a Santa Fe duo who perform real-time 

works combining generative video, visual 

noise and mathematic visualization 

to breed virtual forms that both create 

and respond to sound. I don’t know what 

that means, but it’s free and it sure 

sounds cool. 

Pickford Fri. @ 3:00 

Prom Night: Yet another horror remake, 

which, without even seeing it or 

SHINE A 

LIGHT 

watching a preview, I’m going to guess 

is far gorier (despite its rather tame 

PG-13 rating) and exponentially less 

scary than its predecessor. ★ 

 

Sunset Square 12:45 | 3:00 | 5:10 | 7:45 

| 10:10 

Shine a Light: Martin Scorsese has 

made the best concert film since his 

masterpiece The Last Waltz. His subject? 

Only the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ 

roll band, the Rolling Stones. ★★★★★ 

 

Pickford 9:00 

Smart People: Dysfunctional family 

dramedy that never really gets off 

the ground, despite the best efforts 

of Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, Sarah 

Jessica Parker, and the ever-hilarious 

Thomas Haden Church. ★★★ 

35 min.) 


Street Kings: At one point, everyone 

from Oliver Stone to David Fincher was 

tapped to direct this story of a police 

officer out to avenge the death of his 

partner. Stars Forest Whitaker, who 

has won an Academy Award, and Keanu 

Reaves, who may have attended the ceremony 

once or twice. ★★★ 

47 min.) 

Sunset Square 4:25 | 9:25 

Superhero Movie: Yet another spoof 

flick, this one deals with the trials and 

tribulations of the superhero set. ★ 

 

Sunset Square 2:15 | 6:55 

21: Based-on-a-true-story account of a 

group of MIT students who, under the 

tutelage of their enigmatic professor 

(Kevin Spacey), figured out how to beat 

the Vegas casinos at their own game. 

Sometimes the house does not always 

win. ★★★★ 

Sunset Square 1:00 | 3:45 | 6:45 | 9:30 

sic? It’s such a broad description, 

but when I hear the term 

I tend to think of computers, 

drum machines, synthesizers... 

BH: Yep. Or unconventional use 

of guitars, pedals, circuitbending, 

use of field recordings, 

use of synthetically 

generated sounds, music or 

sound art in which processing 

is an integral component, 

music for multi-channel playback 

environments, interactive 

music, sensors, etc. 

It’s one of those questions 

we have to answer 

every year. Electronic music 

can mean anything with 

electronics, even though we 

don’t usually put traditional 

rock or jazz ensembles in 

that category. 

CW: How were the artists chosen 

for this year’s festival? 

BH: To a certain extent, we split 

curational duties for different 

shows, or types of artists 

even if it’s an eclectic lineup. 

This year we also were happy 

to collaborate with ASP Pop, 

WhAAM, and Boogie Universal 

on shows. Those people do 

fabulous work. 

CW: How is this festival different 

from, say, a more rockbased 

one, like Coachella or 

Sasquatch? 

BH: It’s just a different focus. 

We love rock and are glad 

there’s lots of it around. One 

thing that really makes BEAF 

unique, though, is its fusion 

of academic conference and 

pop festival models. There are 

some diverse electronic fests 

out there...but BEAF is really 

a new experiment, one that 

we tweak a bit every year. 

CW: There seems to be this idea 

that “electronic” music that 

tends to be more technologybased 

is less authentic or 

“real” than traditional rock, 

jazz, or acoustic-based music. 

Why do you think this is? 

BH: Well, the “human-factor” 

I suppose. I think this will 

be close to a non-issue in a 

few decades, when computerbased 

technology is as expressive 

for human performance 

as a guitar. I think making 

art is what’s important here, 

that’s what’s human. Making 

my computer bleep is no more 

a novelty than drumming on 

my stomach, and I do both 

every day. 

CW: What will the lectures be 

discussing? 

BH: Douglas Kahn’s lectures will 

probably be wild rides discussing 

sound in the arts, media 

politics and psychology, 

electromagnetism’s effect on 

culture, and who knows what 

else. It’ll be fun. Dajuin Yao 

will discuss Chinese auditory 

culture from a historical perspective 

and outline the current 

East Asian experimental 

music/sound art scene, which 

he is a big part of. Santa Fe 

duo NoiseFold will screen and 

discuss some of their interactive 

visual-music-noise performance 

work. Psychedelic 

but edgy. The panel discussion 

will deal with the use of 

field recordings in the arts. 

There’s also a vintage synth 

expo at the Radio Museum! 

CW: The festival has been steadily 

growing since its inception, 

and more and more local acts 

are incorporating electronic 

elements into their music. Do 

you think such innovations allow 

the artist more room for 

expression? Is something lost 

when people begin to prefer 

drum machines to an actual 

drummer? 

BH: It depends. Sometimes it 

works well, sometimes not. 

But playback has always 

been a big part of most kinds 

of electronic music performance, 

whether samples, full 

mixes, or anything in between. 

I tend to like playback 

more when it’s obviously not 

possible to produce the sound 

with conventional means, but 

I’m also open to a karaoke 

situation if the performance 

is intriguing. As you point 

out, there can be logistical 

and economic incentives 

to go this route. But it really 

does also allow for new 

avenues of expression, even 

in a pop context. Anyway, a 

lot of the negative reaction 

might come from people who 

are afraid that acoustic music 

or conventional performance 

is really being replaced. I 

don’t think so—we love it too 

much! We just need to make 

more room at the table. 

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FREE WILL 

ASTROLOGY 

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The U.S. government is 

spending over $500,000 per minute on the war in Iraq. 

Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil is raking in about $73,000 of 

profit per minute. Is there any connection? Though I have 

my suspicions, I don’t know for sure. I do know that the 

coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to phase 

out any situation in your personal life that resembles 

America’s cash drain in Iraq. It will also be a favorable period 

for you to brainstorm about how you could upgrade 

your financial intake to be more like Exxon Mobil’s. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The greatest poverty 

is boredom,” said one of my teachers, Ann Davies. “The 

greatest hell is not having a goal.” Make those ideas 

your touchstones as you carry out a twofold assignment. 

First, use all your ingenuity to banish any reasons 

you might have to feel bored. Second, invoke your 

craftiest optimism and wildest discipline as you identify 

a goal whose pursuit will move you ever closer to the 

state the mystics call heaven-on-earth. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In a study of pop songs, 

sociologists from the University of Colorado concluded 

that love isn’t as popular a topic as it used to be. Bestselling 

tunes sung by women rarely use words like “care” 

and “cherish” anymore, and references to love have 

declined precipitously. Meanwhile, male singers ignore 

love and obsess on sex far more than they once did, and 

both genders revel in pain and selfishness at a higher 

rate. I tell you this, Gemini, as a prelude to announcing 

your assignment, which is to counteract the trend I just 

described. For the foreseeable future, be a prolific genius 

of love, a creator of beautiful collaborations, an unsentimental 

devotee of sweet and tender intimacy. 

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Many a man fails to 

become a thinker for the sole reason that his memory is 

too good,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche. I suggest you contemplate 

that riddle, Cancerian. Is your ability to stir 

up new perspectives sometimes hindered by the deep 

feelings you have about your history? Is it possible 

that past experiences you’ve grown to treasure tend to 

diminish your motivation to reinvent yourself periodically? 

If so, it’s a perfect time to break free of the old 

days and old ways. Induce a little forgetfulness so that 

you’re more available for the future. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is there really such a 

thing as free will, or are our destinies shaped by 

forces beyond our control? Here’s one way to think 

about that question: Maybe some people actually 

have more free will than others. Not because they 

have more money. (Many rich folks are under the spell 

of their instincts, after all.) Not because they have 

a high-status position. (A boss may have power over 

others but little power over himself.) Rather, those 

with a lot of free will have earned that privilege by 

taking strong measures to dissolve the conditioning 

they absorbed while growing up. They’ve acted on 

the advice of psychologist Carl Jung: “Until you make 

the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and 

you will call it fate.” As you enter the phase of your 

astrological cycle when more free will is yours for the 

taking, Leo, meditate on these thoughts. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The billboard I saw 

said, “Develop a recreational habit that won’t show 

up in your urine.” I didn’t catch what product it was 

advertising, but there was an image of a hang-glider, so 

I figure it was promoting outdoor sports as a preferable 

alternative to taking drugs. The billboard message happens 

to be excellent advice for you, Virgo. In the coming 

weeks, you’ll be wise to seek liberating adventure 

and explore new modes of natural fun. Doing so will 

steer you away from a path that could lead to messy 

adventure and decadent fun. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Why do people have 

sex? A study by the University of Texas found that there 

are 237 reasons, from “I wanted to communicate at a 

deeper level” to “I wanted to boost my self-esteem” 

to “I wanted to be closer to God.” According to my 

research, Libra, you’re likely to be motivated by as many 

as 25 of those factors in the coming weeks, way up 

from your average of eight. We might logically conclude, 

then, that you may seek out erotic experiences at a rate 

three times your norm. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Opinion is really the 

lowest form of human knowledge,” says educator Bill 

Bullard. “It requires no accountability, no understanding. 

The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it 

requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s 

world. It requires profound, purpose larger than the 

self kind of understanding.” In that spirit, Scorpio, 

I encourage you to renounce three of your opinions, 

preferably those that are least-well-informed and not 

rooted in first-hand experience. I also challenge you to 

carry out a week-long experiment based on the following 

hypothesis: Expanding your capacity for empathy 

will make you smarter. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your metaphorical 

pregnancy has gone on rather long. No reason to 

panic. I’m sure your brainchild or masterpiece will arrive 

shortly. But just for fun, maybe you could watch a timelapse 

film of a rose opening. That was helpful in expediting 

the birth process for two new mothers I know. 

Here are two other tricks to try, even if the blessed 

event you’re about to enjoy is purely symbolic: Arrange 

to be in a place where a storm is coming on. Folk tradition 

says that labor often follows drops in barometric 

pressure. Or get a hold of rings made from a rattlesnake 

tail. Early American explorers Lewis and Clark gave them 

to their Native American guide Sacagawea when it was 

near her time, and they seemed to magically expedite 

the baby’s arrival. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’ve got three 

messages for you. They may seem unrelated, but by this 

time next week you will see that they are intimately 

interconnected. 1. Unless you were raised in the woods 

by badgers, it’s a perfect moment to slip into your second 

childhood. 2. Unless you really can’t stand having your 

mind changed, it’s an excellent time to launch a daring 

project that would have seemed impossible to the person 

you were a year ago. 3. People unsympathetic to your 

cause may think you’re in the throes of delusions of grandeur, 

but those of us who have faith in your untapped 

powers say they’re not delusions but viable fantasies. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On the San Francisco 

State University campus, the lampposts shine blue 

lights. It’s not just a decorative touch. Of all the colors, 

blue best pierces through fog, which is a regular feature 

in that part of the world. In this spirit, I suggest you 

install a blue light bulb in a prominent place in your 

environment for the next two weeks. It will be a symbolic 

reminder that there may be more mental murk and 

emotional haze for you to navigate through than usual. 

With the proper illumination, you won’t be deluded or 

slowed down a bit. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Washington 

Post gave its readers an assignment: Come up with a 

statement they’d like to sneak on to President Bush’s 

teleprompter during a major speech. Chances would be 

good that he’d probably just say it, right? The entries 

included “I shall make it my duty to eat a kitten for 

breakfast every day,” “Global warming can be reversed 

if everyone just turned his air conditioner around,” 

and “I wish to announce my conversion to Islam.” I 

bring this to your attention, Pisces, because you’re in 

peril of getting into a situation like that. Unless you’re 

careful, you could end up saying things you don’t mean 

or expressing yourself in ways that don’t reflect your 

actual feelings. To make sure that doesn’t happen, concentrate 

hard on communicating with maximum clarity 

and candor. 

000 

Crossword 

BY MATT JONES 

000 

Crossword 

A Greet Addition 

DON’T JUST SAY HELLO 

Across 

1 Leading 

4 Michael of “Juno” 

8 Like some registries 

14 Prefix for terrorism 

15 “I hear ya, brother!” 

16 Lunar craft 

17 ___ Lingus (Irish airline) 

18 “Hi, here are some TV 

knobs,” in Spanish? 

20 One of the five Beijing 

Olympics mascots 

22 Pocket watch attachment 

23 They may veer from the 

main melody 

24 Chicago-style hot dog 

option 

26 “Deserving Design” host 

Vern 

28 Record, in a way 

29 Neckwear organizer 

31 “Pride and Prejudice” 

author 

33 Singer Bareilles 

34 Trail followers 

37 Letter signoff, for short 

38 “Hello, here’s some 

wheat protein,” in 

German? 

41 Org. that sets law school 

standards 

44 More than enough 

45 “Friends” friend 

49 Insect in a plague 

51 Seek 

53 Rudiments 

54 Stick in the microwave 

57 Like some sherpas 

58 Transparent, as hose 

60 “Help!” 

62 Photo finish, so to 

speak? 

63 “Greetings, I’m a happy 

dog,” in Japanese? 

66 Bill the Cat outburst 

67 College credit source 

68 Trig ratio 

69 “___ need to explain?” 

70 Empty-___ (one whose 

kids have left the house) 

71 “Oh, my!” 

72 Hill critter 

Last Week’s Puzzle 

000 

Crossword 

Down 

1 Short, stout vessels 

2 Island group that 

sometimes includes New 

Zealand 

3 More X-rated 

4 Structure by the swimming 

pool 

5 Aussie bird 

6 Hazard for a hull 

7 Bug the hell out of 

8 Stool samples, for short 

9 Handguns 

10 Numskulls 

11 Good and evil, e.g. 

12 Pervasive 

13 Word after chess or 

tennis 

19 ___-Wan Kenobi 

21 Item banned under players’ 

helmets by the NFL 

in 2001 

25 Longtime Starbucks 

chairman Howard 

27 “Wayne’s World” encouragement 

30 “Being for the Benefit 

of Mr. ___!” (“Sgt. Pepper’s” 

song) 

32 “Psych” network 

35 “Letters from Iwo Jima” 

actor Watanabe 

36 Docs who check out 

head colds 

39 Turntablist’s collection 

40 Complaint 

41 From Fairbanks 

42 Burbank’s airport is 

named for him 

43 Southern, French and 

Cockney, for three 

46 It’s played before many 

NHL games 

47 Element #14 

48 2006 comedy about 

gymnastics 

50 Web newsgroup collective 

52 Three-___ race 

55 Baseball bat wood 

56 Cool quality 

59 Get up 

61 Drink out of a paper bag, 

perhaps 

64 Midpoint: abbr. 

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(360)734-1560. 

Doula Services Silver 

Moon Doula Services offers 

birth doula services in 

Bellingham, WA. For more 

information, contact Solana 

at (360) 510-6019 or email at 

silvermoondoula@gmail.com 

Progressive Catholic 

Community Rev. Art Spring 

invites you to participate in a 

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compassionate and inclusive 

community that proclaims the 

unconditional love and compassion 

of God and embraces 

every human person regardless 

of their state or condition 

in life. The American Catholic 

Church in the United States 

(ACCUS) seeks to reach those 

who feel alienated by prior 

church experiences. We reject 

artificial barriers to the 

reception of the Sacraments 

based on marital status, sexuality 

or orientation. Mass is 

on Sundays at 10AM at the 

Community of St. Francis Pastoral 

Center, 1334 E. Axton 

Rd., Bellingham. Contemplative 

prayer proceeds Mass 

at 930AM. ALL ARE WEL- 

COME! Phone: 360-734-2814. 

Email:rev_art@comcast.net 

www.accus.us 

CranioSacral Therapy 

Advanced Licensed Massage 

Therapist now taking 

new clients for cranial treatments, 

gentle work to shift 

constricted cranial bones, 

release blocked energy, build 

the immune system, and for 

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relaxation and wellbeing. 

Sliding scale. For appointment 

call Nancy 676-6823, 

Fairhaven 

Chaplain Tony Cubellis 

Christian Non-Denominational 

Ministry * Marriages, Vow 

Renewal, Baptisms, Grief 

Counseling, Liturgical Services 

Call 360-961-1975 or email 

chaplaintony@yahoo.com for 

more information 

MULTIMEDIA 

Photo Restoration - 

Bellingham owned and 

operated Empire Imaging 

NW, located in Bellingham, 

offers a variety of imaging 

services. Our specialties include 

photograph restoration, 

large format printing, artwork 

replication and image editing/post. 

Our goal is to be 

your one stop photo business. 

We are able to perform virtually 

any imaging tasks you 

may have — from scanning of 

slides to printing on t-shirts 

and everything in between. 

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Empire Imaging Northwest, 

www.empireimagingnw.com 

360.734.1803 

Mac Computer Training 

Got a Mac and don’t know 

how to use it as well as you’d 

like to? Affordable, professional 

training available at 

360-303-6877. 

Pro Audio Tutoring Want 

to record your next album on 

your own computer and don’t 

know how to use the software 

as well as you’d like to. Affordable, 

professional, training 

available in Pro Tools, Digital 

Performer, and Reason software. 

Call 360-303-6877. 

Final Cut Pro Tutoring 

Quadruple your editing speed 

in Final Cut Pro. It’s all about 

the workflow and shortcuts. 

Affordable, professional training 

available at 360-303-6877. 

Wedding/Event Videographer 

Have you thought 

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you have an office, school, or 

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BY AMY ALKON 

The Advice 

Goddess 

BATTLEFIELD GIRTH 

In a recent column, you validated a 

woman’s desire to lose weight solely to 

meet her husband’s needs. Your encouraging 

her to take off pounds and get plastic 

surgery for him is an insult to yourself and 

every woman who reads your disgraceful 

article. I disagree with your notion that 

males care more about looks. I’m a heterosexual 

woman (19...am I a woman 

yet?), and my dates’ looks are extremely 

important to me. For a few extra pounds 

to prevent a man from seeing why he fell 

in love with his wife is barbaric. If you’re 

really in love, you transcend the external. 

If this woman can find it within herself 

to love the stuff she’s made of, she’ll attract 

attention she never thought imaginable—the 

sort only unconditional selfacceptance 

brings. —Appalled 

If a woman’s sex appeal sprang from 

inner beauty, Eleanor Roosevelt, who 

looked like a scone in a housedress, 

would’ve been Playboy’s hottest-selling 

cover girl of all time. 

The woman who wrote me wanted to 

lose weight after stress-eating herself 

50 pounds heavier in seven months. 

Her husband hadn’t lost track of her 

inner beauty, he was just having a 

hard time finding her waist. He didn’t 

stop loving her, he just stopped wanting 

to have sex with her. Although she 

wasn’t losing weight “solely to meet 

her husband’s needs,” when is it not in 

a woman’s interest to keep her husband 

interested? 

It isn’t just my “notion” that women 

are less looks-driven, but my notion 

based on reams of data showing that 

women seem to be hard-wired to care 

more about a guy’s status and earning 

potential. Sure, you can make a guy’s 

hotitude your priority because, at 19, 

it doesn’t matter so much if he’s earning 

his living carving carrots into swans 

on the street corner. Ten years from 

now, if you’re looking to start a family, 

I’m guessing you’ll be up for a little 

less hair in exchange for a little more 

401(k). Think about it: If Bill Gates became 

single, women would line up like 

it was free tickets to The Stones. Whaddya 

wanna bet, when he was your age, 

women kicked him out of the way to get 

to the rocker boy who turned in cans to 

pay for food? 

According to you, if a man’s “really in 

love,” he can “transcend the external.” 

Lovely idea, no basis in reality. Male 

sexuality is much more visual than female 

sexuality. But, don’t just take it 

from me, take it from a man who used to 

be a woman. Griffin Hansbury, a former 

lesbian who underwent sex reassignment 

surgery, talked on “This American 

Life” about how he saw women before 

and after “T”—testosterone injections. 

“Before...I would see a woman on the 

subway, and...I’d like to meet her, what’s 

that book she’s reading?” Afterward, 

even nice ankles on a woman would be 

“enough to flood my mind with aggressive 

pornographic images.” 

If anyone’s reducing this woman to 

the sum of her fleshy parts, it’s you. 

“The stuff she’s made of” isn’t 50 extra 

pounds. She could continue collecting 

chins and insist a worthwhile man would 

lust after her character alone, but that’s 

really just a different kind of unhealthy 

than starving yourself until you look like 

a praying mantis in shoes. 

OUT OF BOUNCE 

You advised a guy on the rebound to 

go fix what’s broken instead of talking 

about his pain on dates. I’m for getting 

back on the horse. You need to have relationships 

to understand them. How 

do you know what’s wrong with you 

without testing it out on other people? 

—Joe Pragmatic 

Be sure to put your wishes in your 

personals ad: “I’m not so much looking 

for a girlfriend as I am a nice sturdy 

mare to transport me to the other side 

of my emotional wilderness.” While 

you’re waiting to be deluged with replies, 

you might give some thought to 

what went wrong in your last relationship, 

and what you need to change to 

prevent it from going wrong in your 

next one. Then, maybe you won’t have 

to make some unsuspecting woman 

your test lab—kind of rude, considering 

she’s probably looking for a boyfriend, 

not an opportunity to trade 

drinks for therapy. Even if a woman’s 

looking for something casual—some 

exercise for the old erogenous zones— 

good luck coming up with a story about 

how erotic it can be when a man lays 

his head on a woman’s shoulder and 

sobs uncontrollably.

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PROFESSIONAL 

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Art Photography by Christine 

and Lisa Blu. We specilize 

in Portrait, Sports, Special 

Events, Stock, Weddings. Offering 

many different unique 

options. Giving expertise to 

every shoot.With over twentyfive 

years experience. Please 

call us with your photography 

needs. 360-922-0891 

Amy’s Pet-In-Home Sitting 

“Quality Care When 

You’re Not There” Professional 

‘In-Home’ Pet Sitting & Dog 

Walking -Serving Whatcom 

County* Licensed/Certified 

Verterniary Technician Amy 

Daddabbo (360) 820-3778 -All 

Pets Welcome* NEW CLIENT 

DISCOUNT- 

Collection Liquidation 

Have a collection gathering 

dust or hiding in your basement 

or attic? Want to convert 

to cash? We offer free 

appraisals, consignment/ 

fee liquidation or quick cash 

transactions. Fast, knowledgeable 

and honorable! 

Will give or get top dollar and 

specialize in coins, stamps, 

toy trains but will tackle just 

about any type of collection. 

Email: bill@visresults.com 

Need Organized? Call a 

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professional organizer! 

Orderly Impulse is a professional 

organizing service 

that assists clients to relieve 

anxiety in their day to day 

life. Whether its your garage, 

office or pantry, Orderly Impulse 

is here to help you create 

a functioning space by 

bringing order to your life. 

Accepting all major credit 

cards. 360.483.6638 www.orderlyimpulse.com 

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Buy Sell Trade 

THREE BED FURNITURE 

BARNS GMC Furniture Barm 

has 200+ beds, All sizes, 

$79.95 Queens; George’s 58th 

Year on Guide Rd; 398-2771 

Please Lv. Msg. 

Megma Bike: Barely used, 

$50. Phone 360.714.1269 

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Wheels 

1985 Ford E350 Conversion 

Van (Band van, 

man) Asking $800, paid 

$1200 and put in about $300 in 

time/effort/cash to take care 

of some overdue maintanence. 

Was going to use it for touring 

but plans fell through. Runs 

well but could use a new battery 

soon and the front shocks 

are “clunky” but O.K. Big ugly 

bills to pay, selling at a loss. 

Load up the band, your work 

equiptment, or live in it down 

by the river. Call 647-3505 most 

anytime with any questions 

(about the van, that is.) 

400 

Wheels 

9 5 

3 4 1 

9 1 8 5 7 

7 2 

4 5 2 8 9 

3 4 2 

7 9 

3 1 4 

How to Sudoku: Arrange the digits 1-9 in such a 

way that each digit occurs only once in each row, only 

once in each column, and only once in each box. Try it! 

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Rentals 

RENTALS: 

COMMERCIAL 

ART/WRITING STUDIO 

FOR RENT Morgan Block 

Bldg. in Fairhaven. Applications 

available 4/15 at Good 

Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris. 

Due 5/3/08. Info with the application. 

RENTALS 

WANTED 

WANTED TO RENT Retired 

professional woman w/small 

dog wants a 2BR/1-2BA, lower 

level house or duplex. Fairly 

priced in Bellingham available 

by 8/1. (360)592-2232 before 

9PM. 

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Bulletin Board 

NOTICES 

Real people looking for 

real answers: Are you a 

Jr High or High School Student 

looking for a real place 

to hang out? Do you live in 

real areas such as Kendall, 

Deming, Maple Falls, Sudden 

Valley, Glen Haven, etc. 

I want to invite you to come 

check out Area32, a real place 

where you’re among friends: 

people just like you. Real 

people looking for change and 

learning how to make it happen. 

Come as you are. That’s 

just how God wants you and 

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Area 32: Transforming real 

students into real followers 

of Jesus Christ. - Jr. High 

- every Tuesday night from 

7-8:30pm and - High School - 

every Wednesday night from 

7-8:30pm. You can contact 

MikeJ. at (360)318-9446 or 

mikej@ncctk.com. Check out 

our website at areathirtytwo. 

com. Also looking for Adults 

to be involved and set up possible 

carpools from Sudden 

Valley and Glen Haven. Hope 

to hear from you soon! 

COME GET 

YOUR CAR 

WASHED 

in support of local 

youth. Funds raised will 

go toward Big Brothers 

Big Sisters’ annual picnic 

event which recognizes 

those who volunteer as 

mentors and make this 

organization a success. 

Donations are accepted. 

Big Brothers Big Sisters 

of Northwest Washington 

serves nearly 300 

children in Whatcom 

County. National Impact 

studies show how having 

a positive role model can 

impact a child’s future. 

Mentoring relationships 

have shown to improve 

a child’s self-esteem, 

overall academic performance, 

social skills, and 

behaviors. April 27th and 

May 3rd, Noon to 4pm, 

Fairhaven Food Pavilion 

All City High School 

Rummage Sale-CWHSP 

Accepting additional donations 

of usable goods to 

benefit all three HS PTA’s. 

Drop off at B’ham HS loading 

dock April 21-25 from 4-7pm. 

Follow the signs. Sale is Saturday, 

April 26 from 9-3pm. 

No large appliances or computers, 

please! Questions? 

961-2585. 

2008 Sue C. Boynton 

Poetry Contest Call to all 

Whatcom County Poets of any 

age and experience. Please 

submit one unpublished poem 

of no more than 25 lines and 

55 characters (letters & spaces) 

per line, on any topic. Mail 

or deliver entries to Poetry 

Contest C/O Allied Arts, 1418 

Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, 

WA 98225, by 5 PM on April 

25. Send two copies, one with 

name, phone number, email 

address and postal address 

in the upper right hand corner 

and one without any identifying 

marks. Guidelines available 

at www.alliedarts.org 

Arts Education International 

Victimized children 

recovering from recent wars 

in Sierra Leone need creative 

outlets of expression. Please 

support young artists by donating 

any new or used art 

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supplies like crayons, markers, 

paper, and paint. There 

is a drop off box at World 

Cup Coffeehouse/Moka Joe 

Roastery 2118 James St. Bellingham. 

March through April 

2nd. For more information 

please call 360 966 9604. 

CLASSES & 

WORKSHOPS 

CLASSES 

CPAP 

SUPPORT 

GROUP 

Traveling with your 

CPAP Machine Thursday, 

May 8th, 2008 from 

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm 

Madrona Medical Group- 

Conference Center— 

Lower Level This event 

is offered at no cost and 

refreshments will be 

served. Please call the 

Sleep Disorders Center 

at 360.752.5648 to RSVP 

or e-mail madronasleepcenter@madronamedical.com 

by May 5th, 2008. 

Seats are limited. The 

Madrona Medical Group 

Sleep Disorders Center 

would like to inform you 

we are sponsoring a 

health awareness group 

for people with sleep 

apnea. Twound Sleepers 

is part of the American 

Sleep Apnea Association’s 

(ASAA) Alert, Well 

and Keeping Energetic 

(A.W.A.K.E.) Network. 

The purpose of these sessions 

is to provide support 

to all of us through 

education and sharing 

of ideas and information 

among persons who are 

affected by sleep disordered 

breathing. Together 

we can help each other 

with similar interests, 

problems and solutions. 

New Class, Wu Style Tai 

Chi Demonstration and beginning 

class learning a long 

form Wu style. Excellent for 

balance, strength, energy, 

and nurturing a tranquil mind 

set. This is your chance to 

start from the very beginning. 

All experience and physical 

conditions welcome. First 

class- Friday April 25, 3:30, 

Firehouse Center, Fairhaven. 

$50 for 8 week session, or 

$10 class. Bring a friend $40 

each/session. For more information- 

Humphrey Blackburn, 

366 5709 

MOVIE-WRITING WORK- 

SHOP The Indie Film Group 

(IFG) is pleased to invite the 

public to attend an entertaining 

and motivational glimpse 

into the process of writing 

a screenplay for the movie 

industry. Participation is absolutely 

FREE and will be held 

on Saturday, May 3 from 2-3 

pm at the Bellingham Public 

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Library Main Lecture Room. 

At the event, the IFG will give 

away two Final Draft screenwriting 

software packages, 

each valued at $200. Simply 

e-mail your name with “FREE 

WORKSHOP” in the subject 

line to info@indiefilmgroup. 

com or call (360) 920-5867. 

DREAM GROUP IN BELL- 

INGHAM Understand the 

helpful message in every 

dream. End nightmares, increase 

well-being and creativity. 

Learn how to apply insights 

to your waking life. TUESDAY, 

APRIL 29, from 7-9 pm. $20. 

Presented by Jenny Davidow, 

M.A., author of “Embracing 

Your Subconscious - Bringing 

All Parts of You into Creative 

Partnership.” For information 

and registration, please 

call Jenny at(360) 676-1009 or 

visit: http://members.cruzio. 

com/~twave 

A permanently 

affordable 

home for sale 

in the Columbia 

neighborhood. 

2 bedroom 

1 bath 

Near amenities 

You may 

be eligible if you: 

Have good credit 

and are able to 

obtain a bank loan 

Meet the income 

guidelines for your 

family size 

(See our website for 

new income limits!) 

For more information 

visit 

www.kclt.org 

or call 

360-671-5600, ext. 7 

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Beginner Quilting 

Classes Learn the basics 

of quilting, including rotary 

cutting, using templates, 

basic piecing, paper piecing, 

applique, seminole patchwork, 

log cabin, strip piecing, 

circular piecing while 

completing a 40”x40” wall 

quilt. 6-2hr classes for $60. 

Classes starting March 1 

nancls60@juno.com 

Dynamic Dance Classes 

New dance classes offered in 

Bellingham: Hip Hop, All skill 

levels and abilities welcome. 

Join us every Tuesday 4-5pm 

@ BAAY- Bellingham Arts 

Academy for Youth (located 

at 1059 N. State St.). Beginning 

Modern Dance: every 

Tuesday 6-7 @ the Chinese 

Martial Arts Academy. Contact 

Improvisation Classes: 

suitable for teens and adults 

16 and over. Every Tuesday 

7-8pm @ Chinese Martial Arts 

Academy (located at 1705 N. 

State St., near Hot Shots and 

Bellingham Fitness). All classes 

are $10 drop-in or $35 for 

the month More info at Dance- 

Plant.org. Instructor: Nicole 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Byrne, nicole@baay.org 

Play Bluegrass Banjo, 

Mandolin, Guitar louder, 

faster, better! Bluegrass, 

Old Country, Old Timey. All 

Levels. Banjo: Learn Scruggsstyle 

on your 5-string banjo 

using finger & thumb picks. 

Mandolin: Learn how Bill 

Monroue & other greats flat 

pick leads or chop chords. 

Guitar: Learn how to flat pick 

or strum & sing at the same 

time in any key. Music theory 

is optional- learn to play by 

ear. 20+ years teaching experience. 

Contact Jordan Francisco 

(360)296-5007 at Coda 

Music 1200 Harris Ave #104 in 

Fairhaven. 

Marimba Classes Learn 

to play the joyous music of 

Zimbabwe on wooden-key 

xylophones. Adults and kids 

welcome, ages 7 and up. Info: 

360-671-0361; nancysteele@ 

comcast.net 

Knitting Lessons by 

Jen Interested in learning to 

knit but don’t know where to 

start? Wish you could learn 

at home where you’re comfortable 

and you can find the 

time? Then I’m your girl! My 

name is Jen and I’ll do everything 

for you that I wish someone 

had done for me when I 

started knitting. Let’s make 

a scarf, dishcloth or hat for 

your first project! Call Jen at 

303-7300 

Music Theory and Lefthanded 

Guitar Instruction 

Take your songwriting to 

the next level. I also specialize 

in left handed guitar instruction. 

Email Adam at bluebiz@ 

mac.com for more info. 

CHILDREN’S DANCE 

CLASSES Creative Dance 

and Beginning Ballet for children. 

Ferndale - 6 miles North 

of downtown Bellingham. 

Ballet Arts Northwest, (360) 

333-0293 

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We are not alone. 

There’s a wonderful world around us. Full of 

fascinating places. Interesting people. Amazing 

cultures. Important challenges. But sadly, our 

kids are not getting the chance to learn about 

their world. When surveys show that half of 

America’s youth cannot locate India or Iraq on 

a map, then we have to wonder what they do 

know about their world. That’s why we created 

MyWonderfulWorld.org. It’s part of a free National 

Geographic-led campaign to give your kids the 

power of global knowledge. Go there today and 

help them succeed tomorrow. Start with our free 

parent and teacher action kits. And let your kids 

begin the adventure of a lifetime. 

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BY TRAIL RAT 

LIKE MANY self-styled microbrew 

aficionados who were raised on cheap, watery, 

mass-produced American swill, my 

voracious, near-unquenchable appetite for 

robust, flavor-fueled ales was first kindled 

during an extended stay in Europe. 

It was 1991, my sophomore year in college. 

While Nirvana and Pearl Jam rode a 

screaming tsunami of grunge across the 

Atlantic, I and my fellow study-abroaders 

tippled our way through the sundry, 

cigarette-infused public houses of Birmingham, 

England singeing our tongues 

and numbing our brains with celebratory 

pint after celebratory pint of Newcastle 

Brown, Tetley’s Bitter, and something 

called Old Peculiar. 

To start with, the vast majority of 

these pungent, vinegary-tasting concocchow 

RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES 

A Paler Shade of Ale 

GOOD CHEER, GREAT BEER 

“He was a wise man who invented beer.” 

—PLATO 

tions made us cringe. But since it was 

dirt cheap (the equivalent of $2.50 for 

a 21oz. pint) and readily, confoundedly 

available, we could do little but grow ruinously 

accustomed to it. 

Fortunately, before our impressionable 

palates could be Anglicized beyond repair, 

we took advantage of our first extended 

“bank holiday” and tarried off 

into the Low Countries (Holland, Belgium, 

Luxembourg), where we learned to 

wash our breakfasts down with Heineken 

and render ourselves speechless with hallucinogenic 

quantities of skunky-sweet 

Trappist ales. 

Inspired by these rollicking medieval 

concoctions, we soon embarked upon a 

crusade to slake our growing thirst with 

as much of the Continental flavor as our 

DRINK UP 

WHAT: April Brews Day: A Micro-Brewery 

Affair 

WHEN: 5:30-10pm Sat., April 26 

WHERE: Depot Market Square, Railroad 

Avenue 

COST: $15 advance, $20 at the door 

INFO: 733-1828 or maxhigbee.org 

constitutions and finances would allow. 

By the grace of God—and Sallie Mae 

and Discover Card—for the better part of 

a full academic year we managed to beer 

our way through the Old World from the 

lager-fueled barrelhouses and beer halls 

of Bavaria deep into the woozy, boozy 

heart of pilsner-soaked bohemia. 

When I finally returned stateside the 

following spring I was, as my friends 

liked to say, “a ruined man.” The canned 

beer that had once been my staple had 

been reduced to little more than anathema. 

Pabst made me gag. Budweiser gave 

me migraines. 

And so it was that, five days after receiving 

my walking papers from the University 

of Minnesota, I lit out for the burgeoning 

microbrew hotbed of the Pacific 

Northwest equipped with a B.A. in Urban 

and Regional Studies and a palate capable 

of engaging in the fullest possible array 

of beer-drinking possibilities. 

I started in Oregon. The nutty, 

creamy-rich Terminator Stout at Mc- 

Menamins became an instant favorite 

along with the stunningly aromatic 

(marijuana-smelling!) Brutal Bitter 

from Rogue Brewery, and the delectably 

smoky Black Butte Porter from 

Deschutes. 

As the seasons passed, the stouts 

grew stouter and the pales grew paler. 

By the time I finally made my way up 

to the Evergreen State, circa 1997, I’d 

become a certified, frothing-at-themouth 

hophead. 

Washington is literally the hoppiest 

state in the nation. Although commercial 

hops production—which routinely 

accounts for 75-80 percent of the total 

U.S. harvest—is centered exclusively in 

Yakima Valley, the 80-plus microbreweries 

peppered throughout our state do a 

yeoman’s job of dispensing this beloved 

agro-cultural treasure in liquid form via 

refreshing pints and bottles full of hopinfused 

India Pale Ale (IPA). 

Nothing says community like great 

beer. And, for hopheads, nothing says 

great beer quite like IPA. Although you 

don’t need to be a hophead to enjoy 

the expansive, near-exhaustive list of 

fermented grains made available at 

April Brews Day—happening April 26 

at the Depot Market Square—it certainly 

won’t hurt. 

Alongside the medal-winning, Northwest-brewed 

stouts, porters, lagers and 

lambics, there are bound to be at least 

a dozen or so world-class, Washingtongrown, 

Washington-brewed IPAs. More 

than 20 breweries from near and far 

will be represented at the annual event, 

which benefits the Max Higbee Center, 

a nonprofit agency that provides recreational 

opportunities for teens and 

adults with developmental disabilities. 

So come on down and tip your 

cup—admission includes a tasting 

glass and scrips for the brew. Like a 

wizened old publican once told me, 

“Good beer drinkin’ is an adventure, 

mate. Ya’ never know who you’ll meet, 

nor just where the bloody hell ya 

might end up.”

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